Show BrnF F E COIVAGC CATECHISM For the Use of tlier Ladies Bryan Silver Club CHAPTER FIRST Q What i intrinsic value I A There is but one kind of value i economics viz purchasing power Q What is fat money A All money created by law including includ-ing gold is fiat money The dollar whether it be composed of gold silver or paper is fiat money because the stamp of the government makes its value as a purchasing agent Q What is bimetallism A The equal legal treatment of the two metals gold and silver as money at a given ratio of coinage Q What is the ratio demanded by the Chicago platform A 16 to 1 Q What is meant by 16 to 1 A That in coining the two metals into money 16 ounces of silver are to be deemed equal to 1 ounce of gold Q What is the present commercial ratio of silver and gold bullion A I is about 30 to 1 Q What has caused the divergence between the coinand bullion value of silver A The demonetization of silver In 1S73 by the United States and some other nations of Europe Q What is the ratio of the two metals silver and gold a they exist by weight In the world today available for money A I is about 15 23 to 1 which means that there are only about sixteen times as many tons of silver in the world available for money as there are tons of gold Q What therefore i the natural ratio ra-tio between silver and gold A 16 to 1 is the natural ratio between be-tween silver and gold bullion and would be the commercial ratio had there not been legal interference Q Why was silver demonetized A I was demonetized because of the desire on the part of some Individuals to limit the supply of money make money dearer and thus increase its purchasing power Q What classes of people would profit by the demonetization of silver A The money dealers bond holders creditor classes and those having fixed incomes Q What classes of people would be injured by the demonetization of sil verA All the debtor classes wage earners earn-ers laboring classes agricultural and mining classes and all others not included In-cluded in the monied classes in fact about seventenths of the people of the United States To be continued by S B Ferguson General laws of naturalization as they apply to women All women born in the United States who will have eached the age of twen I tyone by the 3rd of next November I are entitled to vote in Utah in the I coming election for the candidates I nominated by their respective parties All women born In foreign coun bor foreign countries tries who came to the United States in their childhood and whose father was naturalized before they reached the age of 21 years are entitled to vote All women born in foreign countries who are legally married to a native born or naturalized citizen of the United Uni-ted States and are 21 years of age are legal voters All women who are legal voters must register again this year in order to vote in November The Fifth Precinct Ladies Bryan Silver club will meet at Mrs Watsens residence 344 South Fifth East street or Tuesday Sept S at 230 p m TOie Ladies Bryan club of the Fifth precinct will meet at Mrs Watsons 213 South Fifth East street on Tuesday Tues-day at 230 p m Mrs Lai Barthe and Mrs Dr Dart have been invited to speak MABEL NEWMAN Secretary The Ladies Bryan Silver club of the Fourth precinct will meet at the residence resi-dence of Mrs R M Evans 701 East Brigham street Tuesday at 230 p in Briam MRS J FEIW6ON SMITH President The Ladles Bryan Silver club O the Second precinct will meet Thursday at 230 at the Barnacle 443 South First West street Mrs C E Allen will speak MRS R K THOMAS President The Ladies Bryan Silver club of the Third precinct will meet at the Mammoth pavilion corner of Fifth West and First North streets Friday September 1 at 230 p m Gcod speakers will be present a < The Ladies Bryan Silver club o theFt the-Ft precinct will meet at the residence resi-dence of E M Weller on East Seventh South street Friday Sept 1 at 230 p m The Hon T G Merrill will I speak |