Show 2 t fr V j s fr r 5 11 1 1 4 v y 2 ga 5 7 J W tk t t 42 S ftp 1 y Ss r i 61 al 7 a g Z S 7 7 I 1 I 1 I 1 ap OL I 1 eon COME I 1 K i f 4 a i 1 a r 1 e 7 I 1 z S sovereigns L LETTER TO THE SILVER ILVER PARTY I 1 aar 7 e 7 fp l 1 aa maat f r bw kev abial a equal ial ca bianc to 1 I eaith 6 the a to ji saina an W 00 xua anak cannot B doag L the letter ot at mr grand rand ial aaker of the of labor in rg re waw to ao an aa invitation to attend the washington silver confer conference should ahouva be read lead by every person n in the th a united states advanced in years yeara to understand onder stand I 1 ita is imparl the picture lature which of the growing power of wealth an and 4 its ita danger to the common people la in as vivid as it Is in true time no one who stops to io think even evenor for a moment can fall to note the tremendous strides in wealth and power recently made by the money owning and an demoney money controlling classes nor the unscrupulous ulous manner in which their power Is employed the national does not advocate communism or anything approaching pro achIng it no obstacle acl should be placed in the way of a just and honorable acquisition of wealth deprive men of that incentive and it would operate as a brake upon the wheels of progress pt otress at once but it does cham champion plon as best it can such euch a policy as will give all classes an equal chance which will wl tend to at distribution of wealth and not build up a community a fa few toll Uon Hon alres on the one hand and untold millI milliant ont of suffering poor on the other that such Is the inevitable effect of an appreciating standard of value Is so plain as to scarcely need discussion cabney 1 67 appreciates pates gets bets tea it Is is plain as aa light itself that th the ae man who has a great deal of it or who owns of debt notes bondY i ta bonds mortgages and the llod reaps reap s a that does not belong to him the money on which he halsor hiL sOr collects froin time to 0 time will com command more re sa SL of those things n necessary tor for hla his support and comfort these things tire are produced by the labor of others aad and consequently they are injured let the producer exert himself to the asand nt utmost and there Js Is a limit to his pros power beyond a certain point he cannot possibly go but t there is no limit to to the 1 av aDIre ciati of money within n th the last twenty two years it has doubled in value under present conditions money can double again in the next twenty two years as easily as it did in the last what does that mean it means I 1 wheat corn cam cotton almost everything at halt half their present price it means a doubling of the burlien burden of debt an and d a dou doubling bline of the wealth of the creditor it means that the idle ide non producer living upon a fixed salary or other income can buy twice as much for it it means that the man engaged in production must gur surrender render twice as much of his product in order to get tile the same amount of money it la seriously claimed that this hurts i nobody because tate producer p gets money of double purchasing power this to is a most egregious error when one man doubles his wealth by adding to those things which make e up the aggregate of the worlds riches it may be truthfully said that he injuries nobody 3 but bitt when he be does so by an increased purchasing iasin g power of his idol dollar he must necessarily do it at io somebody me alses loss suppose the purchasing power of every e kiwy dollar in the world were instantly doubled no sane man would claim that the wealth we alth of the world would be doti doubled bled it would contain just what it does now and nothing more it would support just as many human beings as now nowland and nomore but it would malie make a vast d difference I 1 fre rence in the distribution of that wealth the man whose wealth was all in money would be twice as rich as bea before ore the mau man wiio whose se property was mortgaged tor for half its value would be ruined there being only a given amount of commodities in the worldly world worl dlf if the donled classes clissa could command twice iwic e 7 AS many it follow with unerring certainty that tharl I 1 I 1 other classes must be able abi e to command jess less the effect would be the same sam e as doubling the size of the measure by ry which thi rich man buys his goods in tact it Is aae the same th thing i ng for A of value va lue la li lianor also aNOL a measure of ai quantity quan alty if beet Is 10 16 cents a a pound it Is immaterial whether we ask for bor apo a pound doia or JO cents worth 1 in each 4 case 4 a we mean ean I 1 ahw the same sai thing whether ther redouble we 6 double the pound weight or double thi the 10 cents ln in a given jiken transaction the effet effect Is thi the ame tx a 1 v A s I 1 it if an all men me stood upon an exactly equal footing 4 I 1 g an d j selling equally of I 1 I 1 lid seand for cash then an hlaj ampre c elation il it al of r do compa comparatively raf it liitle little ii harm irmi iii Perhaps chaps note 1 7 but t ahl ls is a condition that does not J bifi t mea do not buy and sell jell anally au ally they are divided into il cIas g mane mp one ne 1 1 on e illi kand d 14 qi of property aaa soma a aether wa 9 me amra I 1 Z wo d and 1 eare e are S me debtors I 1 AU and a d soma so meare are creditors Some a large accumulation U 0 f man erand si M i ii n none cheref ore e arjil itis clear ear i appreciation J 11 Z bt gl ii 7 ii Vii iz aara if lt carried I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 w me z io and r r I 1 za aa 1 4 ca I 1 tl i ak I 1 I 1 div I 1 TA I 1 01 0 1 ie aka rt RAM to be bua I 1 th I 1 awat I 1 L pt aaL iv rf all aai 1 I 1 la the ey overthrew i im I 1 athe t t f IM I 1 ic fana lext 1 I 1 IAK Oey 1 MR upon j I 1 duft the people iw tig at aa vii 1 nt I 1 lac rt 4 t 1 I 1 0 A I 1 wr wl ft tor r mr that ve 0 wak I 1 I 1 aw 2 imm aj u 11 f e i ra 0 O 11 7 3 fr r s iz gt z i g k 71 t 71 I 1 1 rr iz othel A heff their ir substance bu buit V in the J ab physical c only fair and d I 1 rii coura courage i swell american f deop people le ponder otel IA let t the 4 tle hen ofia anthen nt n heed the words the appeal i 10 hal vi fi ato i your k L aillet z ea i t |