| Show ATKINSONS IDIOCY al 11 A goldbug sends us a computation by the renowned edward atkinson which it aiji ailef lii let Is that the value of 0 the silver product lit in the united states Is tl OOOO OIW annually that the production of the hen hc n yards ot of the united states according to the lh census statistics stall sUca w was 83 in dozen eggs that if 1 the hens lave have increased la ill the ratio ot of the population it Is now dozens which at only ten cents a dozen would exceed the a value ot of the product 0 of tho the silver wines mines then mr air atkinsons conclusion la Is that it would be vastly more lor for congress to order the compulsory purchase of woi wet til lit ot of eggs per mouth jo in order to sustain the hen product than it Is to buy r aloo worth of silver because the eggs could be a used or else would rot while the silver cannot be used and is expensive to store and to watch that la Is an old statement of mr AtUn sons and it chows the height and and depth ot of the fraud that lie ts IB lit that the eggs i e i s could bo be used or would rot compared with sl silver lver sounds differently now argul roin what it aou would id have sounded lit in 4 1 when ilia life 0 of tills nation lung hune on oil the product of 0 the nevada minem then the treasury department vias flaa in mortal tenor lest it a steamer nl caTner should one ot of tho the pacific mall mail steamers mcra with bullion from tills lails coast and tale take front rom the tock of gold and alver in tills this tou countey so no much money that it would have five to lo default in its ll 11 interest in lerest n whereupon hereupon greenback greenbacks creen green back backs w m out have lave gone cone to nothing loathing lut ali re Is a nother another feature about it which mr lison never thought ot of because tho the government lias iles refused recognition to 10 that sliver silver for far th tha 3 last few years ream the lions bons eggs have dropped drol pod ped in value CO 60 per cent and to be as fair as wilkinson lkinson at Ai la Is it lit la der factly to say bay that the con gratin ot or the united stollen nad mid tile tho th threll cooped donn dealt to rob the poor door women of tills thin country uha w ho raisa chi clent ot or a r F ar b cause would riot hal ha drop lid ten tell cents except for the of silver they were worth orth twenty cents a doyen when kilver was waa de they aro hardly worth ten cents now and it if tho the congress Cone anil and president down to rob tho e poor women ot of this country ot of a year on tho the single article of 0 hens aggio wo we can got get a little what the tha producers pro lucer generally have been robbed of we commend coin mr atkinson and tho the cold bus bug who sent us tills this card to tit think I 1 it over from that end ot of tho the line and sea after all Ni hether are not both malting idiots of themselves in trying to compare the loss jena of tile the silver milvor bilth the loss ion of 0 the iho poor women who also eggs |
