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Show " THE SILVER QUESTION 'iblj Discussed by Senator Slewirt ami Hon. Francis Kenhod ATI in: (iiiMiiKHtir cuH.iritir. HieSulsJrel meat lliMlrratut imoux I roiioinlc lnetlliitii. A largo ami lutcll l((pnt Ixxljr of business anJ nilnluir men asstmMetl at the Chamber of Com tut rre tail ttliilit for the ur(ioi0 of lit nrlti rleuater rJteYVart, of ISivada, ilUcuss the sliver ,Unou. Tim illsllngultlieil amiable iltocaleof free sllter Introduced by I'rrtlJent Htnwu. lie was Krttttd vrttliastormofatjilau-e. nil t!l'I.C!(. Mr. I'rcslilint anil filluw cltlieiut Thiiuljrttuwn which 1 Itavebten ittl'icetnl to IV le Hie gientest ut tconoinlo iuietlone. The iurim of every Industrial and conitnerclalenter-irlMtlrniluonlt. conitnerclalenter-irlMtlrniluonlt. Wito ltostllile fur tho BOM Irtiitlo succved In Mucins the standard basis ot money througliuul the world ml diminish the 'Utautlty cf fold, there woul 1 1 vuy lltllo Irrigation Ir-rigation In Urn Wot or theehere; thu AUIUIIAN I'Amilll would reasu to, he an ludt pendent man by leronilnn: a tenant larnicr. 'Ilile cannot I doubted. It U an Inevltatlu ), Man ranuit check It. TIiokoM standard Meane the treatlim of very ilcli anlvtry or i le. Mm li tho luTenlor of twolhlnift, lollt purily arllllclal and Instil aUohite leteutlala In socltly and clvllliatlon. One U worthless without tile other. Wlienaiuan dwells In Isolation or elusion they are also wortltltss, the onu Issiai-clidamjuaKc: thu imam of oral ninmiuiilcatlou. In society a know.. i-dKoof litis cnaumiulriilioii It tseen-Hal. tseen-Hal. Tho aeegml Intention to ulikh 1 refer l money. It h alio nmsrary In elvlllie.1 society. Itt miyloii In ttaeitllal In srdcr to ixtnange the roiluct ufone inan'e labor for the product nf anilher men's Ulsir. It wo dtll alone thru, mouey like Uuguaice 1 no (rood to ut, Jlut tiy nne v, u eichanee the other lor thlncslliatwo cannot nroJucu or ilo not olsetl. Hull t IS A MXMOlIY. Its value dri.nda entirely ujun the unily anil iknund. Inheniit value ilon not exltt In anything lait limit Its creation In the mind of man. In order to crtate value two coudltloria ate necessary, flr.t, the IIiiiIUUoii nf iiiiintlt), second, the ditlrn to iu. tine without the other ho no value what ever. Much of the finery used at wtailng Intel It simply worllilss; fashion, homier, laces an Irnaitlniiry value on euili things. The value of money fluctuates Jutt like tho value of iiorjllilimrl.r. It I. llio quantity cf money, other things Ulim niual, that rniulatM the demand. Money la the tIKAIUIIK (If Al I. VAI L'i:. The natloni of Ihe earth have sought for It tluco the U ginning of the world. l.nil Irta havebtsjii founded and dca troyeil hy supplies and money famine, tuusid hy cunning sharks who have t layed with and at thoei,ne of Ilia multitude. The multitude dote not usually dlicUM Hit great quettlon and la coneMurntly Iguoiant of tho vital fartaofthla grtat tiucstlon. We are taildlyadvantlug lulliu AUTHANIlRJIlLNCTJt nnd are maklug Ihe eleinenla auk. atrvlent to Ihe many wanta of man. Thirty yeara ago Ami rlcana atruck the aharklea from four million alavta, and tlnce that time they have Invented enough laerhlm ry to ierlonn the Uhor of one hundred million human Uluira. Wo are making rogreu that la wtonltlilng to tho world; wo tan measure tucceanfully the distance of tliefliidhudlielii tho llrmaiuent and solve almost auy problem that doe not lertalnto jioni.v nil hi I tuiuv. Not being atheologlau, 1 shall not discuss religion. Kvery man has the right to entertain hl own rellgloua views, (lold and silver are the only materials that wo havo yit discovered from which we can make money which Ihe ople would generally acied. I mean ty money not credit, not a I romlso to iy, not a piece of iper that hat got to te rediemed by something some-thing elre, hut money that does nut have to tw redeemed, money of tiltl mate redtmi lion. It hat beeiimanu. facturtd from many things, bulge! I and sllnr alone glvu satlslactloii. Thesotwo metals have aluati Ucn Unilte-1 In quality, too much so. There liaa never It en enough of tlther. Ihe sliver question It a warmly waged con. list ltw in the iruduiiraandtheah. sorbers of wealth. When the world was In debt moro than ouehuuilred thousand million dollirs, which, by agreement, was )aldo In tlllior goll or sliver, the gudt of usury entered Into n coutlrary to I reak tho contra t. lly fraud and alrategy they stcretly contrived to munliulto It.n laws nf Ihe United Htatia and i:uro Inn manner tint would make It necessary to canwl the diUlngold aluue. At that lime It la tsllinatellliatlhegoIdaud silver colli of Ihe woild amounted In about seven thousand five hundred tnllllou dollars. lar uwnej , coiuuurcial credits, an I otlur obligations for tho naynir.ntrf money were t reilUled utn this stock of gold and sliver coin for redemption or ) Intnl. llJlli gohl ami sliver coin wero rial money for thu ultimate re demitlon of every romlso to uy In ' money. About half of llio coin of the worll u gold, und the olhir half sllter. 'I he relation ofsllttr I. ft no inDneyof fUtttl rtdenitou but gold. Hlncethat llnw the void coin of the world has not Ut'U mahrlally increased. in-creased. Theruduclof thenduea iiau in ts Ainonnrii Inkteploggoodthe stuck of gold on liatid and for non moueiary iirjie. The dlreotoruflhe mint now tstlinatis that there art, only J!.7l:7,lKl nf gold coin In the world with whk li to rud i in and iay n niutli largtr mast ol ludil t-udness t-udness than exlttid elghtieii ytnra ago, whon thero waa twhe oa much money fur ultlumte ndimjtluu aa Ihrru now la Hlmo 16JD, the a l jiljr of hold inttalt lua liureased nnd the world has Iwcn tu Mid with siilllrli'iit roln to keefi pare with her business Interests. Hut since silver Has de. monetlriil thu su ply of gold has lua Jnadiquiitc. For eighteen )iare the vlie like grap of contradiction has puriilyzed the vuerglva ol the tuuiuitrclal world 1'rlrefl have fallen from lb) to 41 (r cent. The imrcliatlng fiwer of rold bat nearly doubled llondi and oldlga llona ft r the pay unit ef money resting ufmll good ae. urlty hive eo'ilinoualt Irit rrased In value, The money kings if Horopeand A merlra contended that thete waa tleuty of gold for Use aa money until the (allure .,f the Hiring Ilros. lly that f dlure the gold res rvet of the Hank ofl.nglaudand ill other grtat mom tary Institutions were uu covered and funl to W In sufllcltnt. The tbanrellor of tho Lacliequer fotiu I It neceainry to warn the banks of I ngland that crtdlt must be curtailed and gold resales re-sales increased It avotl ilttatlrr. Hlncethat time the banks of the commercial com-mercial world have been robbing an I blueing their customers In order to save thenitelvea from ruin, iiom TiirY want and get at all hazards. It cannot longer bo denied that thtro la nut gold enough hi use aa money of ultlmtte rodtrup. Hon. Iterent nventa have proven that ointntrclal tredlta are worthba at soonat It hecntnra known that there la a dtflilencrot money of ultimate re-deni re-deni tluu. This man ntteni ta to provo that the ndvotatrs if free coinage are confined to rldi silver mine owiu rs who are attcm ling In sill silver t the governmeot for more than Its market value. The want of truth In this assertion as-sertion and the absurdity of such non-stnse non-stnse are glaring. Ifvery Oongrras slnni the inAl'l) of 181.1, demonetizing silver, waa discovered, discov-ered, hat contained a majority In eacli llousu In favor cf frie coinage. It hat reqnlnd the utmost efforts nf tho irold klmn. coml li.nl with the power of the Kaecutlvo of llio Unllrd Htati constantly tiirtcJ, to prevent Ihe mlotallon of silver, Ihe money of thu Constitution, to thu lacu It occupied tieforu Mr. Hhirniau'a amendnitnt, which was not read In ihuHouate, a aied In Ihe rtatule. More than lliriwfuurlhaot thu votera of the Unlleil Klalea are In favor of free coinage. Nop-jllllcd tarty dare ditlato against It In illicit trrms All illra ittend to favor It, hut In many oflhelr lair inna they avoid the quia Hon hy amblgiiou an I tunning fhrasea to dilude the niassis. Thu viliestantableatthliikeraofalll'.uroai also favor thu frm coinage of silver, flats gull tally It comprised com-prised ol Iiom holders. Thu lank-lug lank-lug houMa of New Verk are simply aginU for firilgn lnvlors. Many Ihiiutaul lullllouaof I uropeau money Imte bien Invested ly tlirm In our national, Htate, railroad nud oilier bonds. Ihe Investors demand ayment In the diarest moniy. They oppose the utu of silver aa real money heaiuii they fear that It wouM make money chi ajtr. Their New York ageuta hat o lutone oMrct In view, which la ti ileaw Ihelr l.uroan lront and clleuts and share with Ihciu the protllt of tin ir A tiitilcau Invittnieiits Urdera from l.urupoon nnaiulalquestlonaaru raiiniauda which the Niw ork bank-t bank-t rs must and do oliey. Thu II nance faklra have luvintel a newcatahgueoflil.r.ti smuidlngl hrasea dctlguidto dttelte. They admit thu necessity for more moniy, but say they wmt good money. They warn each dollar to tai worm aa niutli at any other dollar. Tiny aro willing to coin mote sllvtr, but they want hi knpiaili silver dollar tqual lu value to a gold ,n.n.r. Theiearo but two wayaloacco ni Hall thlt result! Due la frie coinage, w lilcli lualntilnedlhetwometaltat a I -it r 1 1 y for tbousinda of eur, the other Is a irouilte to rttltem tech sllvtr dollar with a gold dollar on demand. lly thu latter mithod a sllvtr dollar ma) U kept equal to a gold dollar III value ao long aa the iromtau of redemftloll can lie fulfilled, I ut If silver Is to l kel at par with gold by a romlso of redemllon In tho Utter, silver la only crolit money and It notetterlhi!inper. Therearu now about four thousand millions of ltr In clrculatlou In tho world, nnd aliout lulrty-eight hiindrcl mllllona In slherooln. Thu pretended njvocatit of allvrr money, who of itite Irui loIo-age, loIo-age, contind that Ihe I Iir and Ihe silver In circulation must diiiidfor value Uun redemtlon In gold, and that the gold stan lard must t maintained, main-tained, notwithstanding they admit that there Is not gold enough for that ,iurposi. Hut Mr. Bheruian, wliuduiionttUed silver, has a lot ted Ihecullle-llili lsdlcy and It attempting to decetiu and alaise the miners throughout tho west. The Treasury Drrartmtnt al lulling-ton lulling-ton looks uitin Wall stri 1 1 as being the cintroof all great butlue-a tran.ai-llona. tran.ai-llona. Tho dr arlmeut hat for In enty-tlve)ere enty-tlve)ere worked In harmony with Ihe gold ring. They hate together tucfuttfully imnlpulated Hits two great national dlllcl parllis. The quistloii Is now thnrouglily before be-fore Ihe people of III" United HUUt. It la bring dlsi'uswd uu every hand. The farratraare geuirally In favor of frtu coinage, and well they might be. Kor many yeara they have sold their whiat and tuttou at a difuuut of from thirty to forty ptrccut. to get gold with which to pay their debts. Cheap tllverhae roduud Ihe prlcu ol farm products and radically de rlvod llio farnu r of the i:uro i an luarki t. Ten ytara ago thu United ritaUa furnlslud 19 r cent, ofthewliiat shipped to Kurope. Two )tars ago we itnitrlbutMl loss that SI r lint. Mr. rilurman la In irror whin ho tujs that tho uilnu owners demand for thilr illter more than Itt market value. No rut has eter lll tiMcd. notlllhuaetrr Utu lntroducel, aud no I reposition has ever Un made, In or out of Congress, which could by any ivstiblllty give tho mini r more than the market value of his sllvi r. Under tho lllind act the government liought silver at Ha market prh-u nud paid It out at Ita uiln value, nn I undir the act of July It, IS1W, which waa tuUtlliitid for thu Illand ait, the guvrrnmiut docs not buy allverwlth money ratted by taxation, but Issues legal tend, rtriasurynotta In eichangu for slltir lullliii nt Its market price, dollar ft dollat; )rWi,iil ounces r luoiith ere m lived hj tho government oil list Mtvndllloiu. When thu gov. eminent colm thu tllvir it will maku the dllltleiuu tllueiill thu market iirke und llio coin value Hie samu at It did under the lllaud ail, I riouuluage would give the (IM.NKII 01' I1LI.I.I0N theeiait inarkit rhu for his slltir, nothing more and nothing lies. Under trie coinage a ttrtoii who had 1!1) grains of standard silver could ellhauge It at Ihe mint for a silver dollar. If it could l uchatiged at the mint lor a dollar It woul I he worth a dollar everywhere elsoalso, No one having sliver would si II It for a hat pllou than ho could obtain ob-tain at the mint. Consequiutly, thu mint price aud the market price wild be thu same, rlllvir w mid stand on the same footing Ith gold. A itrsou who now has .Atl.lu grains of standard gold tan get n dollar fur It at tho mint, and that It the market price of golu everywhere The gold parly sr that free coinage would And the Lulled HUlia wltli slltir from abroal. Tills Is slni I) preattrout. All thetllvtrlnclriiila-lion thetllvtrlnclriiila-lion lu foreign ivunlrlra la there needed, Uttl-AMirf an AWt. Attbeciniluslou of Hcnator Htea-art's Htea-art's sTtth, lion, l-rautlt Newlainla waalntroilucel an I responded aa lot lows! 'The very fact thai the paier mouiyis Inexhdeuce Is a conlcttloulhat Ihrre It not enough gold and silver. I am told that there Is a feeling lu this community that the sliver advneatts should be satltllrd with the coinage of the American iroduct. Will It raise the price of sliver In the rest of the world; It Is the woillwlde prim we tanttoralte. If we simply raise thu hintv rrlcowe simply emihaslto tho ol Jectlont ut for ard by the enemies ol siller , . , (J, ui ral A, J. Warner, who had tho courage to stand up lor Id melalliiu aurlngthe time that Cleveland at I'resldtnt, It at Ike lua 1 uf a league of which 1 am a reprteentatlve. Mr, Warner la not n lulnu owmr. The elallallis show that to maintain thu lrceeut itrcailta II will require the coinage of tJlM,OQ Inure moni). Tho circulation Is gradually being de-ileim-d al the tale of M.ul,ii er annum by the leitreisent of national bunks. Am you aware that In llila country the inr capita tsonlyf !,wlillo In rraiu-eltlsfui That Is Ihe stability stabil-ity of France. I am sorry lo eny that lu the mining country the peuiloaro loo often governed by theqiieettoll of selMnlerest. It would le letter If Ihlt country was eiclutlvclyonatllvcr basis than on a gold basis. Hut wo must give In something to the fears ot thepcoilo. Tlilt ftar cm be mil by thst will 1 re-tent thoie cuunlrhi throwing their sliver rulntge Un us This haguu hat been aulu lu raltu l,tXK)forlhe simple ure of ij-lug ij-lug rlntlng Iiuh aud rlaniit. I hud n letter dlretml to the lainktra of New Yolk, signed ly Mr. J-alrctill t, the stcritary of tho inatury under Clove. Uud, calling attention I.) Ihe work we nrt-dutia an I stating thai they had alio started two laptra to counleract our h rk. t)nu of lUese la lulled 7.o llunett MUir, hen It was charged that the silver mines werojiourlng money InloOhtolo dKit John riberiuau, I assured them that Ihe mluu owners ha I not gumption gump-tion enough lo defeat an) hod), and Hint It JolillHbenuaj waa defeated II would be hy the honest farmers v, Iiom he had wrougeil, Mr. lUlderslon of Ihe runes Introduced Intro-duced Hid followlur tesolullou, which waa passed, au I Ihe meeting tame to all end! Itcsohed, Tlial llio llinnka or this lu iel-log iel-log are berebv exiends.1 to Senator in M Mesiarlaiid ! II u. frallett New-lends New-lends f ir llio aide preseiiUllon uf Hie ell-ter ell-ter niiesiloti wltli wldrh they halo fttornl us, end, I totH.lt ed, rhot vt e lll Melutor "te -art an 1 lilt f How champions ol the great i aii-o tb il lltey alia 1 receive our tutwat cring support lor the free ami unlimited olnue if silver until Ihelr ellorla are rowiied with sutvest. |