Show THE OTHER day in the woods near Pittsourg Pa some government detectives detec-tives discovered the camp of eleven counterfeiters who were engaged in the manufacture of silver dollars The apparatus ap-paratus was complete and the coins made by it were undistinguishable the government dollar in appearance I not only this but they were exactly like the genuine coin as regards the metal used and so far as intrinsic value is concerned Were worth just as much as the dollar of the daddies Nevertheless Nev-ertheless the men were counterfeiters and their coins were spurious Government Govern-ment alone has the right and power to make its coin a legal tender and it is as much a crime and just as punishable to coin silver dollars as it is to coin pewter ones It would still be counterfeiting and punishable ifjthe weight of silver the spurious were greater than in the l genuine At the same time it would approach very close to an inconsistency to presecute a man for giving more money for a dollar than the government govern-ment would give for tea same price |