QUERIES FOR BRYAN.
Ln Open Letter, to the Popocratic
Candidate for the Presi
dency. 1 .
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS,
Apprehension Excited by Campaign
Utterances Refuses to be
Allayed.
The New York World, in an opi'ii let
ter to Candidate Iirrnii on Tuesday
morning, puis Nome grave nml important
IMi'stioiis to him, and urges him to
uuswcr thorn if lie wants to lie elected,
s the people lire pondering those very
points, aniJ their votes will turn on how
thev are answered and explained by
him. The renders of the Tribune should
Peruse this editorial, which is reprinted
here in connection with Hryuii's speech
at Madison Sipturc garden hist night.
The World savs, under the caption
"To Mr. I'.ryiin:"
To .Mr. Jlryaii: On the 10th of July,
t lie very day of your nomination for
President, you addressed a couiniuu' a
tiou to I he VVorld in the following words:
To the World: The restoration of silver to
lis hiii'IimiI place by the side of gold will, In
my Judgment, restore the purity between
liiiiney and properly anil I has permit a re
turn of gcnci'iil prosperity. The World,
which did such effective work In behalf of
nil Income lux, will tlnd u still larger Held of
usefulness In support lux the gold mill silver
coinage of the constitution.
WILLIAM J. IlltYAN.
The World lins conscientiously consid
ered your courteous reiiest. It has
carefully studied your speeches made
during and since the Chicago conven
tion. It has studiously exuinineil your
record in Congress. It has impart i illy
traced your cureer ns, u politieiin. a
lawyer, an oriilor ami editor, in order to
obtain an understanding of your real
character the hardest thing in the
world to ascertain concerning nny mail.
It ha published every word that could
lie obtained from your eulogist and an
notates, with the name end in view. It
lias done all lliis in the sincere hope that
the knowledge gained or impressions re
ceived would relieve Ihe fear and appre
hension excited by some of your uttcr
Hiices. and particularly by some parts of
the Chicago platform, ou which you
land.
In this connection -it Ih only just to
remind you that the plank in the Chica
go platform seeming to relied upon the
integrity of the Supreme court ami in
dicating a purpose to pack that tribunal
In order to secure a desired decision,
H ml the other resolution denouncing
"government by injunction," have been
Severely criticised by conservative and
law-abiding citizens. The people have a
iirofound and abiding respect for their
lighest court, even when they are dis
appointed in their decisions. They
would be glad to hear your interpret:!
lion of the resolution, which is generally
accented as a stupid and intemperate
Nttaik upon the Supremo court and the
t own I of the purpose to reconstruct it
i accordance with the lioliel of the
platform makers should your election
present the opportunity, la this your
understanding
I lelinilioii is also railed for of the
resolution denouncing "arbitrary Inter
fcrcitec by federal authorities in local
inn Iters." This is generally believed to
liieiui "free riot with free silver," in
well as sympathy w it li lawlessness am
disapprobation of President Cleveland's
action at the time of the Chicago strike,
Yet all who believe in law ami order
a the verv lite and root-basis of civil
led government regard this as one of
the iiiohI highly creditable ads of h
aduiiutstialinii. What is your view of
It?
Are ynii. Mr. Hi. inn. for actual and
practical biiiietalbsui Ihe ciiiiiiI coinngi
of gold and silver at a ratio ihat will
H-ruiit the free circulation of both money
loelaU, as ihe l.itlo of ID to 1 has never
il'.nc.' Winn ymi my that inn Iav.tr
free coinage bf (he I oiled Slates Willi
out wailing lor the .ml or tmiseiil of
any foreign government, do yon mean
that the mm in retire of the great com
luerciai li.ilnins Willi which we trade is
Hot dcMliihlo and even indl-'llable if
the rounuv is nut to sink to n silver
li.isis'f Pn j' mi really later the limni'
lary laiibitmn of the I n. led Males ill
tin- filtlillv in if i -nt mi I noi. tin we not
waul our I y to Is' in cepleil at ii
f iii ruble all uter Hi" nuilil,' Vol! in
1st llisill "tlie rmlii of I he t
I.le of Ihe Inilc.l SI lies. In hgi.hile
(or tllelll-i lies II I ill nil iiilmil
I lim right i no! iiiclinhei ! any
so far as we Limw. 1 1 tit llie light il.ica
liol imply Ihe duly or the wiaihuii. I 'mi
yteaa has Ihe right to declare Hint our
urnlua agi n nlliiral pr.i.locls shall Is
.l i briuiil. Hot would siii h an ni r
lion il i. iiim.nl indeH-iiieiii-e Ih'Io hi
the eiuilili t ? Would it bsie hells . I the
lartni-r nl llo' I oiled Stiles lo lint
lis. I Ihe s ism issi isl (lf ri.1 in
the ll tell )riir kept III Ihe b.one lour
kel, or In liste sid.l llielll fir a ilcpni i
ie l i in rein r while Imtlug In return at
gold pfl.es If yon I Hot f.Hor the
... 11 mil of llie I lllle.l Mate Wilt
t I.I tun ih.lt II 111111111 l..l:ltl..l?
Ill Ihe interest ol rb-ar liiidciliid
Ing ii f tour IhisiiIoii. and to allay if l-"
ltd III fear ll'l Bp rrlicliaintl wlmh
toll know In rlt. Will oil eilwr Hie
o.i.-.ii..ii III tmir in'.lmii ill Hie pn-sl
ihiilial tiiiiniiiniiiiii. whiih toil ar Isiul
I i ill liter f ml iiiusl icrTlte hi lh
iiieomatinii tor a x-cnel I i nns f alt.'
li kl. and In lb ilitiamii and tini
I. on am. nig tour ivpnhat and I'ltoo
-talk eiip.iti at lb Hmith, a growing
danger to p.iu ran W oiiio thai
ton sub ! r. !.! I In ar in
of lb Imlllta UlS'tl wboh eu i an
lie tele ht alUllug apprehension
Vm mat elan ls aid In do this I t rcptf
log la t!n-f niirH"ii, iiigi ul b uiir
l.l. giant l.i the W i!d
I In li Hi lb lnio'T u f tlili country
list adtrr . ilpod ' ii iii o ut pi
.t the id of g'd.ir- lit llH-r) rtet
I--, ii lime win ii Ih tj mi il e.i.u
11--I up.. u r.pil In in a full baal
1'ieb r iiooo t, wiili ll m ill i'i n in
!' li nl iii.l.ii..lJ ro.,-i' i) I l-'th!
It Ml. Wl, l WD
' u t Hi l lb r'r b.n i.f l'it
. riidiion nil. In for luiiimciii, "r-
l.f lb I - ly Ulwr. Ii Hi, . i, f ami
l.i. ..-lit'' ,1 l.i l.li.Hr r v id . tt I s
t. 0 liima I 11..? lial I Hi "pal ilt
WKn liio.. l. I ple.Ktltl I il t.tl
Kii-at) thai II -ri"ti 111 pin li)
f I. r, til I I. l Iii-;m lung tffn t &l llo
ji.,ii. n.i. l,,i.. i, iiaixp'.ria'i. n. rl
tn in, Iras' Ih nl f lni'ig ti a1!
I ! it U it.llio.lif.ilf t If tot. Wot
I "I kin l.f ftpiaia hu ilit in la
III i.-l of all f" Intl. Mil .r I Parlf lu
pt .n,..' "a rrliirw ef grttrral prawtl
It I' ill Ilia or king Ma), tb.s- )
i a'atiinar or iirailt an, ! la
a K ptaifitu tf kll.g ta -a t Wiif
.f ki f) r, Itirat. glisrW, ili. .rm.
'.. (ni'ia, trgrlalb. rlolhlng. k
h .11 uirni.ii. fit. aal all tta r of lit
WiH rot lk lifaift l fer'tr lt mik
4 .! t.t tnl, f..f b tn.i.rs, l Ihe
ah..r impfi.l al.i r-niluf am t Sat la
r.tii w II r- nll lit ? ". 'f k tninl
a i nl I fuf ttffjIL.Pg k kt laf
'.i. You point us to "a larger field of
usef illness in supporting the gold or sil
ver coinage of the Constitution." Hut
what is "the gold ami silver coinage of
the Constitution'.'" In what clause. of
the Constitution, or in which of the fif
teen iiinendir.onts, does the f iindaniental
law prescribe a gold and silver coinage
or any other coinage? In which does it
mention any coinage further than to au
thorize the general government to "coin
money" a nil "regulate the value there
of'.'" Actin:; under that authority Con
gress at first authorized coinage at 15 to
1. Was that the "gold and silver coin
age of the Constitution ?" If so. how
has 1(! to I come to be the coinage of
the Constitution? I'ntler the first ratio
silver was undervalued anil refused to
circulate except in the form of worn anil
abraded foreign coins. Our own silver
coins, even the subsidiary pieces, were
melted down for bullion because they
wort; worth about !i per cent, more than
gold dollars. In all the period up to the
time of the great silver discoveries Con
gress sought to make the coinage ratio
the same as the commercial ratio. It
never authorized coinage tit any other.
Was that the "coinage of the Constitu
tion?" If so. will it be a return to it for
us now to establish free coinage Jit the
ratio of 1(1 to 1 when the commercial
ratio is about ,'!1 to 1 ?
4. Will not free coinaire lit 1lito 1 re
dnee (lie value of the dollar unit by ubout
one-halt .'
.). Will it not be in fact n ro'iudhttion
of about one-half of all our debts, public
ami private?
li. Is there not dnnirer tiiat it will
cause the return to us of all the Ameri
can securities held abroad government,
railroad and industrial stocks and bonds
-thus precipitating a panic of giant pro
portions, with long years of depression to
IOIIOW
. Will not your election upon the Chi
(i phi I form cause the culling in, be
tween November anil March, of nil col
lectable debls, all loans, nil mortgages
that have expired? And will not this
produce such a distress ns this country
lias never known, narticiilarlv in the
West anil Soiilh. where canital nml
credit are most needed anil depend upon
confidence as their basis?
S. ill not free anil unlimited roinae
drive all the live or six hundred millions
of gold unit gold certificates out of use
as money or as hunk reserves? Will it
not cause n currency contraction of tire
most disastrous proportions, inasmuch
as Ihe utmost capacity of the mints to
coin silver cannot make good this with
drawal for several year to come?
!). Will not free coinage place us at
once on a financial level with Mexico.
India and China, and can we afford to
go upon that level?
1(1, Is there any country in the world
today which gives free ami unlimited
coinage to silver? Mexico does not.
India does not. None of the Central or
South American States docs. We know
of no country that does, of no cramiile
that can be studied.
II. Is there any country in the world
now on Ihe silver basis which is n pros
perous as llie l nitcd Mates, even In this
lime of depression .' Is there any in
wnicll wages are so Iiil'Ii as they are
here, or in which the dollar received in
wages will buy so much? Is there any
silver-luisis country that has a large
commerce, prosperous nianufiKdures, or
t well-to-do agricultural class? Is it
not a fact Ihat in every silver-basis conn
try iuNiie world n Licet ami hopeless pov
erty on the part of the masses i the
rule?
1'.'. Will you explain to us for our en
ligliteuuieul and guidance how our conn
try Is to escape bk .minions If we
go lo a silver basis, or how we are to
avoid the lapse to that basis if we adopt
free ami unlimited coinage nt ) to 1
when the commercial ratio betweeu the
metals is about twice that?
l.'l. And if you tell us, a ninny free
coinage ailvociites ilo, that free coinage
will raise the ioinmerci.il value of silver
to the coinaire rale, will you explain to
us how in that case free coinage is lo
make money chciii.er or easier to get.
how ll is to relieve "the debtor class,
how it is to increase the price of wheat
or aiiv ot her column. lit v :
II. You myv be aware Pint there tvn
last t ear ou deposit in the an vine bank
of this slate alone .li II S ,;i..i , I 'III
n. .no. .lis sum beloiik'eil to l.lit.YliH lie
tiieotiirs. giving an average to encii or
JC'.'.IH lUt. Il rriuesenl mainly the small
satiiii' of Ihe thriflv poor. Neatly nil
of il has been lb l..-lled mure till' pri
cut ainiiibird of table nd.pte.) by
the Kiivcriinieiil. I to vmi think it fair
or Jul lo impair by 47 s.r cent, nr by
even I tier cent, llie vnhie of the money
ill wlii. Il these ileHiits were ciirned and
in which tml.iv ihev would Is- paid?
.i. I here are in this lntc H.,r.i pen
s r. I hey ilretv from tlie govern
it. cot l.it tear itenrlv fll.uai.um. Con
"iderilltf I'll' lollure i.f this ilebl of honor
when in-tli doe -i mi ton look wli'i tn
r no. in n lit pnlict' Hint lincht result III
HI tool lliiMII III a ili'lireeinicn iiirrrin
ill i Here are in nil" iniinir .i-.-i
bml lina mid loan ani iiiihui, nl wbn li
lit are in N. tv nl k. I ln e ai"iii
lion lint l.il-i.l-.t .inircii.ii.ier mi in
the winking and anting iln..e. I her
'I lnt tenr were f .'sl.lHi7..Vl. tcpr.
at'liliil iliicllr by llliirtgiig Puma In
hiiitieais'ker, of whom 4.siial are iiiem
Ih-is of llie B"cintnni, Tin am i
Hniia bste nearly all Ihs-ii iitgnuinil with
in llie lal liltii-n yeura under III rtiat
hut money atsndnrl. Can ymt think il
fair or helieln oil lo lb Winking Hsipl
lo mine by 41 l r ii nl.. or any U-wt
biiiii. Ill tnlu of (he luteattiielit ot
Ihe thrill IsHirT
17. la il ii-il tact ttorni coni.erti.in
In prniitig a dew-rnt to lb ailn-r atnn
lard thai lit thirty nut el l attle III in
ailMher rtttllNlllte Blnll llolllg litta'ttr
III Ibis alnlr lnl yrst had III fori Iter
nearly 'Juaiual .iiir., bimriiig nrr
."i iaal laallaal lb aaoiilit fillip.
inc and t annua I iic"ii nl i.i.i-r ht a
tal flliintltit lie ire. nul l ll tint ! an
Itnnty and a wrung lo III Iwiirfl. lafii-a
-i.f tin- ts'lnv - Ih w...w and
nri.ban. wlmin a loiit l.b til m had
a,. .1.1. 1 lit .f..liN 1,i i ..n,-l hrm I't I-
r'l lit iMHiti' til ileprci iati-1 moiiet T
. ri i Him wimii yon
pfi.li. I a a feaolt "I in ailtcr conag
wool I nl riMirx', rm-an an in.-r. aa in in
i... i.f liting lo all Ih s..r-lit W a fi
rst nrf. aalariid tint, anl Ih hid
ty i.f i,ii.niii, ta M .'l know of any
raw In w hi, Ii a n' in .t nr aala.
in kaa Iii n puriibl with t! r In
priieaf I Ibei ant wa to rr li-r II
rtiaiii. or rtni ptll I. lhl Iti wage
rarin t will ! i-..iii ulr I l.if Ih In-
Itrm I 1il of lltllitf
I'l ,,l a'lti' ll'e 111 lb". 1:11 In .'
I I ti .1. limit, 1.11. ..It ll It a ltrf , vl
I.f iii l, I II....1.I1 Ibil ilnllar waa it l
llu-n loiiiril In ant iwim I. fable I uuit-ta,
an. I wa 11..I in 1 u.l....i at ail, owing
l.i li fa,! thai a.ltii luio-n H Wotfli
nml In Ibr Lull. I 1 1. a at lb Unlit.
I l.i .,i ii.m Ii r (Iinl IN ill. Iraa In h
w .0 1 I I ' pi., in- ' ' 11 f 1. hi III .ai nil
riiiM Pi ; I l.i i- li ! niimxa In
I 11 bad h.UM tl,iti lo ! In lu.ig lb
.n, rt,n ll...n,h g ll. Ih a aielal l
in, on t of ad gal mi iiwfi al na
I ..ti . ii. Ih Hm I ani.gttl ( f n
ft ii.r-.U. .a a ail In. frar. ta 1
dir an h.li- ?
.il .11 aiak r-f 0. "rt,m0 ,
adtrf" Intnltnl In aui-t In g IH ri a
ar of linti rriila'iiig tl-.l.ara llaa yeiif
aiirMmn l a rl!r lo lb ft-t llial lit
g..tn oii.n I ! putt 11 ailtar
Inliaia lit 171, but t U a t tmia Jan.iart
lo J. ill ft lii ffaf II plii t.
r'HJ. ef ii'.ii avr lata ta IWa
n.i r jbi; viii (tar of Pa li.aiuiy an
ii ini
li, jtaiia ar tk4 la al
riiiy, lb W t4 aonl I I ), la
rat II in I rli-af lkl l-! f f
(r and a nUM f".g al l t la
t!ta 4tt U t cwaattf, Wj
promises prosperity to all the people. It
would lie relieved to have its apprehen
sions allayed and its misconceptions, if
they are misconceptions, corrected.
he Democrats in vast numbers who
share this curiosity and these apprehens
ions stand bv what they nelieve to be
the historic policy of their party m re
gard to the currency. This policy was
declared in ISTti and reafhrmed in lSUli
in these words:
We hold to the use of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the
country, and to the coinage of both gold
and silver without discriminating
against either metal or charge for mint
age, but the dollar unit of coinage of
both metals must be of equal intrinsic
and exchangeable value, or be adjusted
through international agreement, or by
such safeguards of legislation as shall
insure the maintenance of the parity of
the two metals, and the efiial power of
every dollar at all times in the markets
ami in the payment of debt: and we de
mand that ail paper currency snail tie
Foolishness of the Declaration in
Favor of Monetary In-dependenca
POPULIST IDEAS OF FINANCE.
feeble Attempt to Invoke the Na
tion's Fathers in Support of
Free Coinage.
kcout par w.itli and redeemable in such
coin. We insist upon this policy ns
especially necessary for the protection
of the fanners and laboring classes, the
first anil most defenseless victims of wi
atiible money nml a fluctuating currency.
These Democrats still hold to the doc
trine of dollars of both money met ils of
en, mil value, that the country may have
the benefit of a concurrent circulation of
gold and silver, nml paXr redeeniajde in
the sumo. Why not give those Demo
crats a chalice to vote for you? Why
continue the alienation of so '.arje a
body of intelligent, honest and 'on.-'oi-
entious voters.' It you ore ready tor
bimetallism, and would welcome '.ntei
natioiial agreement, if it can lie secm-oQ,
to effect a change without possibility of
lisnster at home, why not say so: Yijh
surelv cannot object to an established
and world-wide parity of value between
gold and silver money. Why refuse dud
reject international agreement?
BRYAN'S" CREED.
The Cist of His Long Argument In
Few Short Paragraphs.
I believe it will be a blesainR to the
I'nited States to lose five hundred mil
lions of gold.
I believe it will be a blessing to the
I'nited States to take half the purchns
ing power out of its five hundred millions
of silver dollars.
I believe it will be a blessing for the
T'nited States to take half the purchas
ing power out of its billion dollars' worth
of paper money.
I believe that to cut a dollur ID. two Is
to double its value.
I believe that M cents is twice aa niucn
as ltMl cents.
I believe that the farmer will he better
off when he sells half aa much of his
produce as he doe now at the aiime rate.
1 , .- e - ...ill 1. 11.. ..I
I believe the farmer will be benefitted
by having to pay twice aa much us he
does now for everything he does not raise
and must buy.
Since I hold that the farmer would be
better off if he sold half a ninth na he
doe now at the same rate, it folbwa
that I hold the farmer will be Mill Let
ter off if he sold quarter na much as be
does now at the same rate.
Therefore, t follows that I hold it
would he better for the farmer if he cold
nothing at all, hut let hi produce rot on
his farm.
I hold that Ihe city worklngmnn would
he better off if he earned half aa much
as he tloes now.
I believe Ihat all the widow and or
phans whose means of support ia invest-
ctl in loans win ne uiessen oy gemng
back ,a) cent on the dollar their bread
winner toiled for at l'XI centa lu the
dollar, and that they would he still la-t-ter
off if I hey had to go to Ihe (Hiorhouse.
I nelieve it wouiii ne a messing inr
(khi.iiiki depositor in saving bank who
have laid up $ J. M a 1.1 m a I.IH at by toil at
Iini cent lo the dollar to get back half
Ihe amount af their savings instead of
Ihe whole.
lml. I that Ihe country would la Is-t-
Icr off if half Ihe value of the capital
of Ihe 4'xal mi 1 imtii I banks, amounting to
nearly $7iU"ii.'Ml, were extinguished.
It would help 'nusiues all over the country.
I believe il would lie a blessing on the
late of the Aim in an union if lb f'shl.-
IHHt.lKMI ii'uiiteil by private person ill 1
lml stale bunt a were reduced to 1
cent on the dollar or largely lnt alto- :
gethi-r. This ttould encourage thrift and
animate enterprise.
I lml. I Hull Hie alate Would m fur
ther bleasisl if half of the i"sl.iam.(Mkl
capital in slate bunk were shrunken to .
half their debt pat lug power. 1 Ilia
Would beln the fanner.
I Islnte 11 win. 1. 1 In- a lielng to
town if the lire luiirtiie cniiipaiiii-
n 1 rippbd thiil they cntil.l put milt 1
half ih lace table nf ri.i,.
I In hete thiil ll n.oild fall like a lien- '
die'i.ill I'pnli ton bidder of thirteen bib
I1..11 ihilUll' worth of lite i 11 11 r 1 11. ., mi
tt lin ll the) h i I pud lml n lil In lb ,1.1
Iii r. lo team that liny 111 11 realm only
,'sl is'iita 1111 Ihe ibdbir of their (sill, li-a.
I IhIicVc Ihat li wimii be an en-
i-niirageiiieiil lo In. to maker to knnw
tint l'ie l.oir hnii. Ire. I and tifty nullum
I. .U.i i a In boil. ling a-.N iiiii..ii aiiarea
wer. lo alirirel In half Ibeir tain.
I libel llltlt, allium, l ow lirr of
aiiver W1111I.I lml M tiinl Hi tttclal to las
i .0111. 1 Ilit, 1 ihilHl
II waa w ..I Hi urn
1. on. although inning waa Irw and 11 11
hunted, ow in-r of adtrr are lltiardtlah j
pttmt In .!.-. ring In coin unlimited ad- 1
t.-r Into dollar im w In n ttiry ran gel
a 1 ban. lo do au al lwiii Ih w isrlh 'f s
Hi adtrr al lb ma r kit .n. and half
lb tbi In lb dnlUra to Ih rs-npi.
I In. Id II In Ii a inn duly lo ih
Sialiaal tntalela and lb .'.1l.ll widow
and ntplnii mi Hi H-iianm I..II ibr
tiaiWoi 10 ili-prit Ho 111 of Imlf Iti
aim. cil l. 1a.l1 itmiilbly It will Iw
r 1.1 111 In tint- ,.r Ih.Mw who gl al-mg
imw mi f lo a uiiiiilu to iiiirit 1,1 n
on 1 a ami. in
I l b. I ll. tl II ia twltef f.if li I nit I
(tali M gead tint a ta it h Cliitit and
M.ti.o It, an tit with litt-at llrilam,
t .. r maj nt . I'lan. r. Aulli lluugaf),
I! til I, lb 'a'lillll
I I... Id thai rt nl.i..a of alt ear f ! I
and miiita. I1.1 of half nnr adtrf and
p' r ia rt 1 !.. n nt inir rtirtnn .
I I. ..I I llial Hi law of gratltaliua rB
lw iii-ti.,- by git tt I'ntigfraa
I I ict a f.inn. il i.nikau. I fork
I, .11. on f..f a haln.n
I U..t ll.al lb l-at ttaf 14 to. Id op
g i.-uiil la In ib 'r II.
I ll,t Hit wif.- baa atnt p-,tl.al
t a H an all lb p i l tana la lb omu
in ii1 1 1, I- ih of a. A Bn-a
I In. a..i I urn a . til )
Among nil the crazy assumptions of
the I'opulistie lilatforms, perhaps the
most foolish is the one that we can ct'e
ute nml maintain u monetary system in-
leoendent of that of other nations, lo
make this stroke of idiocy more prepos
terous, the spirit nml the example of the
lathers of the republic are invoked to
sustain it. The efforts of the fathers
ivere most earnestly and steadily directed
to bringing the young republic within
the commercial brotherhood of nations,
intl nothing was further from their
thoughts than the idea that the progress
if the country could be facilitated by a
leclnration of financial independence.
For sixty years after the passage of the
mint act, English, French, Spanish and
Portuguese coins were freely circulated
in the United States, iin.l were u legal
tender for the tiaviuent of debts at cer
tain values fixed by act of Congress. In
his celel rated Mint Report, Alexander
Hamilton endeavored to co-ordinnte our
monetery system with that of other na
tionsnot to iniike nny violent departure
from Eui'oneun practice. The only strik
ing departure that was made in the legis
lation framed on Hamilton's recom
mendations was in fixing the coinage
ratio between gold anil silver nt lo to 1.
snd the result of this quickly demon
t rated what the ropulisiic Democrats
call our "finnncinl servitude." That is
to say, it showed that while the mints
of France were open to the free coinage
of gold at the ratio of lo'j to 1, we could
not keep our gold from going where it
would have most value. Ihe difference
was only about 3 1-3 per cent., but it
waa sufficient to drive gold out of the
"oitntry, ko that in the words of Senator
Benton its extinction was complete.
If the establishment of a ratio of their
own was n strike for financial Independ
ence of EuroiH? on the part of the "fa
ther," it waa a manifest failure, and
established for the first generation of
the republic a regime of silver mono
metallism. Hut this waa not in the
least what they desired; in fact, so little
were they impressed by the necessity for
keeping silver as a part of the circula
tion that the coinage of silver dollar
wa suspended by executive order in
lHO.'i and was. for domestic purpose at
least, never resumed. That is to any,
the father were so determined to get
back the gold that for thirty year they
had been shunting into European mint
that they fixed a new ratio, which of
fered per cent, more to the possessor
nf gold bullion than he could get in
France or Holland. That-the bullion in
the silver dollar thus became more valua
ble than the bullion in the gold dollar did
not trouble them much, for they, appar
ently, did not want the silver dollar-
halve, quarter and dime of this met nl
being mu tlii -i'ii t for their want anil all
Ihe subsequent coinage of that much-talked-of
but little known piece, "the
dollar of the father," wa for export to
Ihe East. Here, again, if monetary In
dependence wa what they are aiming
at, the result wa a failure, for Europe
diverted Into it own mint the silver
nf Hie United State a peremptorily a
it had d.ilie the gold, for the simple rea
son that no law could compel the own
er of bullion not to take it where be
got most for it in returned coin,
i Hut the I'opiiliHis are determined to
have "an economic and tlnauciiil Rtstein
which shall make 11 mater of our own
tffair." Among the pre liminnric of
in. h a condition of thing, lin y are at
I least Ingieal enough lo recognize the ne
I -vsaity of Interferinu whh Ihe freedom
of private contract. Unit wa a cure
for tiltlt ll.-tn I biliii'lics lint thought of by
the father of Hie republic, and I on
; generally deemed to b contrary to the
' Idler and spirit of the conlitiiiion which
Ihcy framed. Hut Ih transformation of
(lie Iieue Hrnt into the Populist accm,
; among oilier 1 hange, lo work a snrpn
I ing linlifferetiii lo Ihe value of the safe
. guarda of the iiiiitilutbin. From obi
.habit, there l III euluiiinrjr profesalnn
of albgiati' lo "lhnc great reiitlal
1 priie-iplea of jiiHc au I liberty upnii
1 w huh nnr li.-tiliition are founded," mily
ilo la followed by a aetlea of piiiniMtiiia
,!,! HI. lit nbke of the priin ipl.' and
. iiitiiiitli.ii. 'n whatever other mlni
'the milker i.f the 1 nn-l it ul lull mar hum
j differed, they wer entirely at one a to
jib obbgatloa l.lh of natnm and nf In
J dividual lo tnak an Imtieat provWiou
i for paying Ihrlr debt. Ho. healer Post.
It ia a plea for bimetallism and in strong
opposition to the gold nionotnetallists.
He says, thoogh, as every other true bi
metallist says, that the attempt on the
part of this country to coin Rilver in
unlimited quantities free, without an un
derstanding with other nations, would
be an assault on the cause of bimetallism
and practical suicide for the finances of
the United States. In 1S78 Gen. Walk
er said: "For us to throw ourselves
alone into the breach, simply because
we think silver ought not to have been
demonetized and ought now to be re
stored, would lie a piece of Quixotism un
worthy the sound practical sense of ou,r
neotde. The remedy of the wrong must
be sought in the concerted action of the
civilized states, under an increasing con
viction of the impolicy of basing the
-wovld's trade on n single money metal."
This is his opinion totlay.
As to the possibility of free coinage
without nil immediate fall to a silver
basis, and the strident claim that this
country is big enough to "legislate for it
self," Gen. Walker points out two facts.
The stock of precious metals has so
greatly increased in the world, and com
munication hnd transportation are so
much more rapid than of old. that even
France found it impossible in 1ST3 to
continue free silver coinage. Since there
is vastly less money metal used in the
United 'States than in France, the in
fluence which this country can exert
upon the money market of the world is
less than the influence of France. And
yet no one accuses (Jen. Walker of be
ing less a patriot or less proud of the
country for which he fought than the
youngest orator of the far Wyst. The
difference is that he is a student aud a
man of sense. Syracuse Tost.
HALSTEAD'S LETTER.
Writer Introduces Himself to th
Farmers Telling of His Own
Rural Experiences.
WHATIS WRONG WITH FARMING?
Propounds and Answers This Question
Advocating McKinley and His
Policy as a Panacea.
The Money of the Constitution.
What wild talk is this of the "silver
ites' " convention, "in favor of restoring
to the people of the I'nited States the
time-honored money of the constitution
gold and silver not one, but both?'
The constitution prescribes no such
money, nor any form of money what
ever. Hut if it is "gold and silver not one,
but both" that they want, why nre they
not contented now? Both gold and silver
nre in circulation now. on equal terms,
in larger quantities than ever before.
In the twenty-two years since the blood
curdling "crime of 1873" waa perpetrated
more than fifty times as ninny silver dol
lars have been coined as iu the eighty
years preceding. '
The simple fact is that the United
States has a very much larger actual
supply of full legal-tended silver money
timn nv other country iu the world,
excepting India and China, ami a larger
supply iu proportion 10 us population
tl, 11 nnv other, executing France, Spain
and Holland. It has more gold in eircn
intimi nctnalllv. than any in the world,
excepting only France, and more propor
tionately tlllin auy r.uropean riiiiiin;.
r.v...iitinir Great Britain, France and
(ii.riiniiiv. It also has more money of
all kind" in circulation, and all at par
tli tin m.iyt nn tintm nf thp world.
1 til Ik and more reflection would
,.iiflii,vi these would-be currency re.
former that we already have what
thev talk of a "the time-honored money
nt thi constitution." in abundant supply,
for everv man who is willing honestly
to earn it. New York Tribune,
Mills, Not Mint.
More truth cannot be crowded Into an
. I number of words tlllltl i fotllld ill
this passage of Maj. McKinley' ssech
In reply to a congratulatory address, from
some of hi old comrade in arms:
I An not know what yon think about It,
but 1 believe It I a g."d b'l Is lter to open
.... mill nf iii l niif.1 winle to thp la
bor of 'America than to open up til mint of
tli l ulled Stat' to tbe silver or tlie worm.
Tlii cue hard ami straight to tlie
r...t nf I lilt lltHttl'r.
Time are not dull In Pii'slmrg because
thorn i no mint mining silver or gold
dollar in that city, but because Hie
great iron work are not running on full
liiin. There was no mint at work iu
Smith I'liicsiM when the rolling mill
were nl work by night and bv day. but
ihi.rii waa a wage roll of .i!.isi.isi a
tear. It wa not Im-chu of the at lit it t
nf ib mint l int Louisiana nearly 1I011
Lid it auu'iir output, but because of the
Melvinlev Iwlltilv. It lint liccailae
llie mini wer nmre arlive in IS'.ll than
in 1VCI that in the lirt year men were
striking liecail they could not earn
more than 1 Per day. and In the lnt
were hunting for Work at "1 cent a, and.
for the nio.t purl, not finding ll. The
mint were turning out a, mill h money
in lv.u't a in IM'I. Hut Ih uull wer
not turning nut so in any yard of cloth
or ton of iron.
Sinn lb mill and Ihe mint will tic
mm ailiv. It. turn lo protect 001. and
Hi riirri'ticy will acHl itself. t hiingo
Inter I lis-ail.
Tret Silver ami Wane.
o.rn-l-.iideiil attempt lo rip!
The liifTl. uliy l Hie Tariff.
In a reectit iee,b at Iji (.rang, Int..
frtelislnr lliitrnwt mil:
I'W'llti all 1I1M tiiinrlM nf lit itiFH
a fur Ameri, ii. when j nrtn ,,)Bif,,r th. y all unit In Ih .1.
r lo r.rl than lo 0I (, xu rtn. and iii.liniii.-l cilnatf
i.f kilrrr al M lo 1. and lo Hut qn.-.ti .n
Mr. Hr;ao dtnl a f.mlly l-ittmo of
hi tint In hi ajs-ih i.f siivi.tatii.
ileclafr.1 lhal 'luiM-a at tisr.f. pricm ar
low, and ..iiii-tlni, I titally wrong' It
I t"t lb rflllt i.f 'Tl. Iniwetrr, lull Ih
folly nf 'Ui when llarr -m wa drf-at
and lb ptii.p. nty i.( Hi l uitr.l Mat
itM)a1
"Mr, Whltner ufi: 'I'tn't talk ltiil
lh lr!!T ' t"t Hi wh.ll ibrVuity !
Hay Is lfiff. Wbo M. Kiiitey I .fr-.,.. ,
lb tnottry qu.-.ii.!n w .11 .nl (i.lf.
"Mf or do .lata Wrf nuni-l d'ir
nf ll. (.!!!. B a liii ti..iia'i..tia than djf
lit ill nf lb otbrf ..U:i lbl.- trttl i.f
pur htaiory.
Tanl a!t armor-an V f fr trad,
ftiirtnf Ih Ihirly trafa f rnui 1j. n
ItS'.' Kad Bnti'iilidcl I fi-ity;
wealth .ttr.-. Una rpulb a
Wad la Bianofai Hiring n I ai... a m I f
all athrr aatnma umd Minli 4. l"i
1 ha fiubbr .li l t a fr.bi. I .Infit I:.-,
(nil In a lii..ti.-ita'i .n an I tn ir .a, I
on.lf trm.KHi.i. 1 1., tf la tt, 1 a.ng,
day lt 111 f niiwrnl I r " 11 -, t, at l-
luol. TT b!.t. n, JatM Ji., lk
al'.r. Waa I (.l.iaal nil
"lb r-'ii t.f !, I ir ,., fa t if ! f
af ai r iri. 'ial a tn-tt taaii w a tier-.
raiy 1 1 n tlirn m a tghimt
f.an,i lf.-i H. .., I in ifia. ran..
ia.gn, at. I a. it..; a. i,al in t'. I i1
1 uUc an jaft mum-,) t, iii.i,' If
,i. ii. .11, I i a,,. art If I al ia a.t '.
.! 4 it t..( -.. i',;f lf . mi .
' r ...- 1. 11 an I i fcJ
a .i..t'-1 1 f t Hwo "
. ill Mat 10 Mra tor It.
Af'-r r ttn i;t Kw.itta f-fval
ilrt'l n i ll' I..- ,i(ii aha. I la .irlrt
.' I'.r-I ih - ' m u.i UK a.. a,rf I ,
rt'-. 'l a- b a r !. .. n l i.r pf nf in-,
.'no. ai l f .t 't it . ..trf lhl ".M
1 t'rf it llin rf lf .f
N .I nK t f Hirnt 'I l ! ta t t I
.t . ar, I ' t wi iiaj ria of .m
a,., at .l in Ih aam war iha'
11, .hrf I, ia a' lrn ff It tnMl
tm nl.ia nr-l In s-.iit airt ef li- uai.
tir.a i.f ramr.l aa M 1 bai la no
tihrf wa la tin iaoy raa
m , -Srar Hi ran I'Mayna.
-.!) II. Ktbsrt t ! l t
nana '! !-" tarxWta rf
al..rt. p'"
ail ft aprai k.a aMWt
haiioa fo lr.lt 1 Vrra) fa
faxfia r-.i.rt,a Mr Kl;y at aa Ui'a
t la tki at-'l
Urn. M aUrr'a l'lmtalllsn.
I'fao. a , .. f..,!rt f f,
l.-at,i Inal.to ef I r. t-t- ft. tuat li-
U I' ba.Uf af S I....HI,. il. f
ill I il riir, fr at a m a t 1 u
i-...iiw ra l r ;s. a i irf ! a
mnl a tall ka I--rn. a ii
II ka r-a aa ar lr.i a l -' r-f ini
aalKraial k.ar , ., f. m laa tarn
It yraca a iata 1 .,.'.... if m,
all " jt a. I v m
oaf l ra;M-. k a Mil
A ar kk f" iat t
t f fi-t t.lillirt, kl a f r 9
f".'!1!, ka J l arira4. tsat'i
, W kti aa Ika t i j.f.
A ri.tn-l-.iideiil a'lcinpt lo ptplnm
Imw ttitk'e wntild Im imt.n.-! m.der
fne silter iiiniiigi by air' tig tlni
"Ira iitiinii, through atrike mid
nlber mean, would .ih lb rii-e nf
htlmr to i higher stuudurd." '1 hi i
alni'r Imnai-nae.
lUfrielH- ll Ciinrllairi.t deltlfiB-
atrntiil lhl wge, under a i-iiaae, ai
lein of i-nrreiii y. never liii rei-l In Ihe
aain ib-frr- B Ib nmln y iw of mm-iiiihliin-a.
If Iliet wa rti-r a inod tmn
i.f affair libit wa fati.rnl.le t.i am h
sn lu. feaae ll wa during Hi It-1 lis. 11.
wer nut only on a ih-sp tin. m y
..t.. loll Ih tank i-f lal.f hnd Iwil
rlinrmniiBkr ilelb'liil lo aelid men to III
fr.ini t-i haul fur lb ri-tin'i.te. t.
what at. 1 null y or-i tirf . J.i.'.-. bv l'i
pun ha an pnwir f In wn.-i Hi !
,.trf In ll tweivcd ftll't , .-nil
w her Ii b. rti it. a a dd il"0r In
1 '.(! In l'l I' ffc.lr. al-.ul ! irlita
an l tn I " Intl otr '''I imt
boW il l Wnlkiligll.i a fain t th )!-
nf In ing ei.iii In .. . "lric"
in of-br H'l Ibr.r wa.-a tnv ..n !.
aam pin, iiaieg iwrf Ib.tt Hu t .l.i
ti..w 7 It will imf lo i.il l l..i,. ia
llial If ft a.ltrf lt,,-e . g.lfig .
.f.. ioilut a(t ki- f- alif f .f . i t-t
at agr. I.itl aite? !y lo !-. ti lb, w g
thai a'tra-lv r.. il w .! I . im f
at ,l to lo bl "ill It aUill NrW
laik t'limmi i Ul Adiittiarf.
fn ..) ml Mmiey ItriniH rata
rf I a It" I a i.l aonp ili. I
f.,r a-.im.l r in t l in
M ! w r I lo t l I i't an"
Tl t"1 ' " "' I ' ' '. 'to t-.tl
In., .-I ant f a f 4 ..tg it i,a
I . ril-. I. eg tl. K 1 0 '
J a ,i m ..! I 11 .f 1 111, f- I 1' I
li ,.r i f ai.y . it.f Wat ft l-t t t I
It rl"'. 'l.h i'ii. ' t ,1 -i
11 . '.f nil 1 11. 1 lr ia a ml rf- I
.- I. '-t f
Aua-r-a I t'l 1 af
mini!.. : ' I f -.i a- 1 e
1 1. .. f ta ' t il. .'f. I -r. ... 1 I.
11. in I r. - '. 1 ! I I
f lr t,.rt- wis' l'i ! I
iM-'
( nrt-raitir nf tiae . ,
t"r faf 1 a r ' ! a rv.
(! . atrt t
1. t I I 1 .lira. I ! it I w ta
..r :', ll a't'rl f it I . I
a". -a f I I--' ! ' r I 1
a f raa a Vi fr . i-- I t . , 1 t ' rr .
I-..!.5 lit tllrirl,l rif a ! t rml.f
1 feu, it IH I'-' 'f-i-r. i I ,a ft! . I
I . rr.. a.ltrf rri., , Ii.i r. . I
I If krt MI It - t r. 1 g l f
IK. m -r,; 1 pal itr f ta i.
rm It I'l tt, IV . t i'l'.
ail I W fi .ai'ra rt I lan l-f .- aa
In . ..rg - l lata -
r-f f: rai.t f Ul ' t a I
l :!'a.
Special Correspondence of the Chicago Dally
News.
New York, Aug. 5. I desire to intro
duce myself to the farmers by saying I
am by trade one of them, though for a
long time engaged in daily labor on tha
daily papers. There are still some frosty
old friends of mine who can testify of
their own knowledge that tifty years ago
there wasn't a boy in Butler county, O.,
who could turn a furrow better than I.
or was more expert iu using plows left
or right ha titled on hillsides or level
lands, so n.s to leave less unbroken land
at the turns than 1, and there is no light
work I would like belter now than plow-
ing corn when it is ubout ns Ingli as a
plowboy. The trouble then is it is so brit
tle, and it is very provoking to have tna
pretty stalks broken and many a horse I
have lammeu ns a punishment tor put
ting his rude foot into a hill of corn. I
was a great boy to bind wheat, rye. oat
or barley with double bands, and once. I
tied up a blacksnake in n sheaf of wheat
so tight he could not get out, and there
never was a snake or a boy more aston
ished. 1 could beat the girls dropping
corn four grains to the hill and 1 know
all about husking frosty enrs of corn
with a bone husking peg, held by a strap
over the two middle fingers of the right
nanii: ana tne accomplishments ot dig
ging potatoes without cutting them, and
niixii.g green and dry food for horse,
and watching calves become cattle, colt
evolve into horses, lnmbs and pigs bloom
into sneep ana nogs, are, with all th
hopes and fears associated with thera, fa
miliar, ihe practical tanners will de
tect in these observations the presence of
n line of Information not pulled out of
books or picked up iu schools. I know.
too, about the way good obi farms grow
less vaiuante, 111 spite ot tmthtul atten
tion, and how it is that some farmer
who do not buy putnns ou the install
ment plan find it a pleasant experience to
borrow money.
Farmer art Discouraged.
The new has been circulated a good
deal anil not conclusively contradicted
that this year a good many fanners are
so discouraged by the way their affair
have been going that they are ready to
ilo something uucxiiccted in politic
that some of them think tnnylie there I
something iu free silver that would
Just fit their case therefore, that there
are ICepublican farmers who if not en-
lightened are liable to vote for Hrran
and Watson or Bryan ami Sewall. They
have heard so much about free silver a
a patent medicine to cure the rheuma
tism, heartburn, earache, fistula, dyspep
sia ami vertigo that they do not know
hut they will try It. If they do they will
make the same mistake llie workmen
did four year ago ami invite even a
greater misfortune than they tumbled
upnii themselves. There is absolutely
nothing in free silver for farmer.
Whatever they want for relief it cer
tainly i tint depreciated money dollar
lebtisisl. We have been going on now
with dollar of the snme value a that
of gold for eighteen years nil. I a change
iu the purchasing mwcr of a dollar will
not help any honest man. miles it I
Incidentally and iu a petty aud frac
tional way.
What is the matter with farming?
The owner of one of Ihe lineal farm ia
Fitghind, within sight of the fnret of
Windsor and the lower of Windsor
raatle. stated to me that wheat had got
ati cheap ill Fiig!:ind lhal th.' slrnw wa
nmre valuable than the grain. The d
preaaion I not exelilsivi'ly American.
The trouble I ackimw bilged what I
III remedy? Whatever may he wrong,
and however dttht tilt it may be to right
th wrung, there should iu.i be a fann
er In all America Ignorant a not la
know Hint th m ill nho ha done most to
frimn a tariff law to help Ih firmer la
William M. Kinl. y.
Vi hal MrMnlrr Ha Hon.
Wbt did ll do'? I'lOI-bb-r "CCltr rKlllB
tie. for mi thing. If III Inn bud lei
ttllotti d in n main a lie dictv It N..ri.
kti bv ttiia tune Wind I hnv ti lied won
Ih... .iit.ir iiiahufiii ini ,, evity one
l'i- 1 to lb fiiriliei, and Hie oil of
Vt l.ink.i I Iwtier tor aiignr be.-t than
Hint of I ii-rmniiy mily ins-,! a giftd
tnrt lo ll.li-h a" en"tiiiei and In
titlnnl I Industry. The McKinley dur
en Itirlev eu-.l lb tatrfig rf million
nf .n.l..a addlli'Uitil In Hie i-rf nf
former H..". and I'lia rfttlrr-d ar'iiaiblf
lb etit-a nf Wheat j .-i. t!iit, T'll la
an rtampl of whit ne tin mi bf Hi rl
ti-faiflil tti-ittr that 1I1 pful.i lit ay.
in pr. .-. W waul in.il of ll. and
H a ia Mi K I' l.'t im
Wbr ar wheal and i-nit H A
it whif Th f af iiltmal me-
!-'.trfr and Hi liiiftfnt i-trntil n Iran)-
jmitiiiiiti t"t rhetoiM la' r anl
leii.b-d atallabl teiilinff A 'c-ntitnt I
a .f a! jiiiiia wbi-al In I I b a.. la
'...rai.le. Ih titna f . (, lb plaine
git fti'4 awnr-i trt l,p e.ai b:i . 1; . 'b fa.b
na.'i I at li.'V.ig rl In ' Han rr
rr tli ttbral ' llial. t Slit l at ailtrf
1 nrrt lb" ri lo I, !.- . ,1 tn ,e 1 a r-
g - 1 Pig tr-aa. '. fi I a '
l-:'.-l a! 'il bt -. Mi.tl b,. la.
.i....n 'h - rf i..iir i,.in Af
g -i.i .e m I rtt in i--. )',- i., i. ' a.
I'll. j I, l:eaia. r..n.a If "!i II la ' k
T. .- n. 4ll.i t nf . .t.tM 'r..n 1 k
,,l ia a a-. ft ..f ,.-irif. -i,-l tr.r.,w.
What la H el:rf "'i h I? ! t
t',r .,. .( In' .f g.t n'. it Nr Y. wa
in -f .I'l ra-tila a I ntii I 4 I ring -
g I, III. f nl t, . fig.
lar til I pf-be la
I.
I
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1 1 f i.tif li l-itit .if rata
h , -ir ii-.nn wi -e
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in il. " !"- I P f '
I n rf art . tra M I ai nat. I
I uri It Amrfi.n aurti rg.
m , p.ii.lii.liif I 4 , .o (nana '',
San r-sfii 'I iata.il iva
- ..f ! farm 1 i an t'r
.f-n at-Mti i't i-f a-fla a
f, 1 rt V fif t fr afcr tt mtt 19
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rf r 4 W t I'T U'K.aiar aia,
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