Show ULrmTJSD COINAGE OF SILVER Vernal Utaftv Aug 1 1896 To the Editor of The Herald Will you answer thrbugh the columns of your paper what you understand to I be tibia meaning of unlimited coinage of silver as that expression is beng ueeJ todav in politics Does it mean that those favoring that measure would I have us admit free all the sliver of the world that might apply and that we would coin the same at the ratio of 16 to 1 or does unlimited Cinage refer to the product of our own country A SUBSCRIBER Free coinage means that silver and gold bullion shall be coined without charge by the United States mints Unlimied coinage means that all the gold and all the silver presented at the United States mints shall be coined into money It makes no difference whether the silver is the product of American I I or foreign mines The ratio of 16 to 1 means that the number of grains of pure silver in a I silver dollar shall be sixteen times the number of grains of pure gold in a gold i i dollar |