| Show A 2 DOLLAR vs A 50 60 CENT DOLLAR for FOB the first time in the history of the united states havethe people i ople within the last year or two heard that a piece of refined silver amed by the united states and bearing the inscription one dollar I 1 n a dishonest dollar it is said the people of the west want to make fifty cents worth of silver worth one dollar and hence they and their dollar are an both dishonest suppose the govern government mento acting through caprice or under the claim of exercising its police power should make it unlawful to sell or give away any pork and all persons and transportation companies were forbidden to ship or dispose of any swine awine or the fauct to any oth other F person what would he be the effect on the price of hogs and other meats undoubtedly hog meat and lard would depreciate and beef tallow matton etc would rise in value suppose after a trial of twenty years aars it was evident that the world could not Is apply sufficient beef and mutton to feed the people and that owing offing to the high price of meat the poorer classes were compelled to do without irit hout and go meat hungry and some meat crank should advocate the taking off of the restriction on the hog who do you suppose would be the first to declare in favor of honest meat and sound beef it would be the fellows engaged in the beef and mutton monopoly they would argue that pork was not wholesome that the jews did nt ue lae it that there was plenty of meat of other kinds to feed the people on and that hogs should not be recognized as meat until there vas an international agreement by other nations that they would all eat pork they would claim that the pork cranks were trying to sell 50 cent ham for oae avs dollar and finally that to recognize pork in the markets would only benefit the hog ranchers in the west this hypo attical illustration needs no aai application we have aust such a candi condition as regards the two money metals I the 50 cent dollar was 1 made e possible by act of law just as 50 cent ham could be creat created edL A 50 cent dollar is ia far more honest thim a 2 dollar all tW thi products and nd balnes of the country have Iff offered ered a decline of fifty per cent ia consequence of the law app appreciating red i the value of gold golo gold has more ole than doubled its value value and therefore it alono alone is dishonest as it to be worth more then than it really is or ought to be it is is dishonest because it takes from the laboring boring man and the producer double what it ought to do it blea all indebtedness ednes mid and ais araa comita all values one half it is nad because it will bring misery is and want to millions of homes lad at last end in revola revolution tion or oti arp the gold cra crazes zeh bee el clutching Ching at the throats afta of the people since 1873 but th bluy fingers arera of avarice are losing their ei ath and soon will b from the peoli pomer themselves lym and haefs generally right and w will right this 0 |
