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AMERICUS,' GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING; JULY
Iron Gets a Big Boost During
the Week Just Passed.
Powder
ADVAH0E8 IH PRICES S03TA.IHfcD.
TWO CHAMPIONS OH THEIR METAL
ver has ever Leon demonetised any
where in Clio world. I beliove that the
law of 187%, which Mr. Harvey's book
denounces as a “crime,” was honestly
couc jiTcd, openly advocated and passed
by the American congress after foil de
liberation, and because the people at
that time who held scats in tho Ameri
can congress believed that such a law
ongbt to bo passed. I do hot believe in
the teachings of this book that this ua
tiou is ou tho verge of financial min, or
that starvation is staring our people in
the faoe. I believe, if our nation should
adopt the course advocated in this book
it would seriously injure the eutire
wage earners ot the United States. I
believe we would destroy the confidence
of the business men of the world in Car
integrity m a uatiou. and we would
procipitate such a financial panic us
our country has never soou before. ~
1 shall deny most emphatically that
the great majority of tjjo people of this
country are in debt, and shall iusist
that three-fourths of tho American peo-
wakes
- xirea ot irun yurrili.
London, July )6.—The Chronicle, re
ferring to the disputes between the
different factions of the Irish parlia
mentary party, says: “The people are
sick of the miserable Irish quarrels and
the vile personal squabbles by which
PRICE. SO CENTS.
Davenport Drujy
84 86 toO 4 OH I
capturo Yager*t
found their trail 25 miles west of Wan*
konis and ran part of the gang to cover
in a log house. They surrounded the
housft. captured tho desperadoes* horses
aud saddles and some arms. After 90
hours' saiga, the outlaws, five in num
ber, forced two women living there to
walk ahead of them as shields^ tokeep
the posse from shooting, and drawing
a brace of Colt's revolvers they made
their escape to the heavy timber, firing
a number of shots to keep the posse
from press! ug them too closely.
They released the women after mak
ing them walk over a mile and stealing
horses from the farmers mads their es
cape. They headed for their rendez
vous in a section of close by mountains,
known as “Tho Boot,'* where they axe
known to hare a fortified stronghold.
The posse is still determined nod is
being recruited daily.
rude for ten court-
id best acricult,
^ ual ci-tton wo"
\n Sou-.hw.-st G<
icd t»*e •‘CmuP.er
W.L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE fig
Property if •» k*nds 1-. ywv re v>r*ble «n price,
though ftttidily etiksn- inn in u*. and any
.yestmenf Wade in -itSw-r city real estate or
!•{■* bn<!s ant sure to I nn-; a "roht to the
lyerst yn early date. Tte inhabit aut* of both
»tr end country -'.re cnltiv -ted. c-.uit-ous, and
_JTT—- J of the old time bmpitalit' : and a most
vrdlal welcome will be e> tended to all people
cm whatever quartet vrl»o de-ire to caa* tladr lots
rSlsfavoirdv^tion. , .
To eotetpri-dne manufacturers, i'idkiou* cnpl-
ifists sad Indu triou« (am*r» this region oilers
^ faeSt Opportunities. Every cocoevrion ar.d
dvnntace still be (iven to those whn desire to
■CabUsh manufactories, Ian a or; small, in this
Itv. and with abundance of raw material at hand
ndcheap foal obtainable, mi better location can
• found for Successful tnanu act tiring.
Farmers from the bleak tedious of the West
For sale by CEO. D. WHEATLEY.
SANDERSYILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.
HAMnERSVir.LE, GA.
Arrival and Departure ot Train,.
CREAM
Mr,.*" S. Hicltford, stenogzapber
anrt typowiint. Oflloa it 8mlu«tok%
Qqn SUIre.-
Tbe - best, cbe.p«t and qnlckcat
method of -preserving fruit is by the me
nf antifirmonttee, solfi ai Dr. Eldricge’s
drug store,. 7
For pretty designs in ball, party or
wedding cards and stationery call at
The Tivks-Rkcordkb office.
Tenatlleat 79>ai
property owners nni laborers.
8. Teat *u > gold unit as the measure
of values, wirh no concurrent coinage
of any otiior menu to assist it lo per
forming the i auctions of primary
money, bat canted the fall in prices as
sequently, if our nation alone should
attempt any such action it would sim
ply place our country on a silver basis,
and the attempt wo* id end In silver
monometallism. If we are compelled
to decide between gold monometallism
and silver monometallism, then I am
decidedly in favor of adopting tho
standard used by tha civilized nations
of the world. I do not believe that sti*
f valu* of both metals. That the
of «»r :rJ*ty and labor hqvQ do-
1
7, 1895.
VOL.JS
AMERICUS.
TLo
Commercial Capital of
Southwest Georgia.
Americas Is the county teat of Sumter county,
Geociri*, situated at the Interaction of thn South-
yrestem Division ot the Cenlral. the Savannah and
Western, and the Savannah, Americn* and Mont
gomery railroads, 71 miles southwest of Macon.
1* miles south of the celebrated Andersonville
prls-m grounds, about 90 miles from the
Florida line, and SO miles-from Thonasvllle. to
which city it is in all respects equal as a winter
resort, by reason of climate at.d surroundings.
Amerirus is located in the finest section of Geor
gia, which, by reason of its great fertility and
favorable seasons, U enormously productive; and
during the last two years of the civil war produced
the bulk of the supplies for both tbe Virginia and
Tennessee armies of the Confederacy, thereby
taming tlie title of “Egypt.”
This Immediate section raises a greater varietv
of ftgrlru'tural and horticultural products than
%ny olivet i*art ol tbe South; combining all the
fruits, grains and vegetables of tlie temperate
end semi-tropic-*! zones—wheat, corn, rye. liarley,
outs, tice, Irish and sweet potatoes, peanuts
ctiufas, cotton, peas, sugar cane, app'es, pears,
peaches. grap> s. plums and other fruits.
This is especially the land of the IreContepear
•nd all varieties of peaches, some of the most sue
eessfol fruit farms being in this section and neat
this city.
The production of surar ea-e per acre' is
enormous, some farmers having obtained resullsol
#300 per acre in cane and syrupin this county, upon
land valued at #10 to 4 -25 per acre.
The climate is mild and equable, the tempe a-
ture seldom going below 30 degrees Fahrenheit,
and still more rarely below 2.1 degrees. Only about
twice in many years has it gone below 20 degrees
There is seldom any ice formed as late as March,
ind killing frosts are due about November 1Mb
rhe summer temperature is never oppressive, bj
•eason of continuous breezes from tbe Gulf ol
Mexico,about 160 miles south; and a rang® oi
10 degrees higher than in other sections fartliei
to the north and west is no*, nearly so oppressive
Since the general Introduction some years age
of artesian wells there is no more healthy section
of the Union; there being absolutely no malarial
diseases prevailing, and chills and fevers are
almost unknown. The air Is pure and dry, and e
most beneficial to tlirowt and lung diseases. Con
sumption is very rare among the natives, and
many instances of the cure of this disease among
the afflicted from northern sections who come here
The country is high and rnllingand the dnlnag*
the very best, and all kinds of outdoor work can
be performed twelve months in the year without
Inconvenience from heat or fold.
Americus has a population of over 1,000, which
Is continuously growing; the increise from ISWIto
1*93 lielng nearly 4,000 ot over 1*0 i>er cent.; and
there is today a greater demand for dwellings tha*
the teal estate sreents can supply. The city it
situated on high and prettily rolling hills
and has some of the handsomest business block*
and public buildings to be found in any city in the
country. The new county court house and jail
among the finest of the kind In the St:vte; the city
hall la second to none in beauty, and the Windsoi
Hotel block costing #150,000 Is surpassed only by
the DeSoto in Savannah in «Jze and beruty. Tite
aew postofiice la a three-story Georgia m
structure, and compares favorably with
‘building In Atlanta or Savannah. The bu*
blocks are nearly all handsome brick strut
that would he creditable to any dty of five times
theslseof Americus.
- —J Tb® dty has the hest of public schools, and
tan Indication of the healthfulness of the pin
f the fact is given that out of an average srlw
attendance of 1,600 children per rear, tie re ha
been only three deaths in five years amnwg tlie
There are Methodist, llaptist, Preshyteri
Eplspcopal and Catholic churches-the Ifap*
church being a beautiful >21.000 edifice
The city has a good public library; one dalb
and one weekly newspaper of large drculath
this and adjacent counties; a good opera I
completely furnished with first class scener
capable of seating 1,000 people; a well organised
paid firs department; a first-class system o f
tary aewerage; a large gas and electric lightln
plant; a telephone exchange; and a co
tern of water works supplying pure spring and
artesian water in abundance.
Among tho industries are an extensive !i
works plant, a furniture fadory, guano wo:
and oil mill, two Ice fadories, planing nglls a
variety works, two carriage factories, a st-.
laundry, railroad car shops and a number of
, smaller manufactories, a id about two hundred
Arms engaged in mercantile pursuit*, five excel
lent banka with capital of #400.000; and a loan
and trust company with r# y large resources and
connections; and three excellent hotels with ample
floccommodations, one of which is a magnificenl
‘winter resort hotel built in 1892, with special ref
erence to the wants of tourists at a co«t ot
f tUO.OOC, elegantly furnished, and second to
•( tha Ge^reia -»r Florida winter tnnrist h
It has every c*»n cm -r.ee u >wit t«.
building*, such a* elevit** *. w-U-rr, gas.
tridty, bath* and sttemn heLt.ng. and i.* prei
to supply every luxury iod delicacy d.»in
tourists.
The railroad facilities ol Ameri<-ua are
very best, tlvre bring three dime 1 lln-a t<
North and W.*t. a. d (hue t.» Florida. Sat,
and Brunswick; giving all tire l*:.-*Gt* of
J rr petltiva freight- to merciwi.ts h«-re. *•»„> ,
. . . . *- busr.re** with
fflOlT TO LOAN
ON
IMPROVED FARMS
DESIRABLE CITY PROPERTY
For terms of two. three or Bve years In
sum* of
1200 and Upwards.
tar"Liberal terms with privilege ot paying
rtf at any Lime.
nMuiim
0. A. COLEMAN,
Treasurer and Gen 1 Manager
PRESCRIPTION
DRUG STORE.
The heat extract ot Lkmon and
axilla.
Worm Hyrup 52, 10c and 25c a
bottle. %
'are Powder, new lot, all prices,
10c, 16c, 20c. and 25c.
Preserving Tablets, a fresh lot
jtint in.
Cigars and Tobacco a specialty
AT
Rembert’s
Drug Store,
Next to Postoffice.
The Old Friend
And the best friend 1 ,' that never
fails you, is Simmons Liver Regu
lator, (tho Red Zy—that's what
you hear at the mention of this
excellent Liver medicine, and •
people should not he persuaded
that anything else will do.
It is the King of Liver Medi
cines; is better than pills, and
takes the place of Quinine and
Calomel. It act3 directly on the
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels and
gives new life to tho wholo sys
tem. This is the medicine you
want. Sold by all Druggists in
Liquid, or iu I'owder to be taken
dry or made into a tea.
WEVBnV PACKACB-SS
lUa the Z Stamp la* red oaa wrmppe*,
J.U.ZE1US & CO., Philadelphia, 1*0.
B.Myrtcg, Pres. joo Windsor Cashier
Lester Windsor. Assistant Casblei
No. SSS8.
Peoples National Bank,
OF AMERICUS.
Capital, *50,000, Surplus, »10 000
ORGANIZED 1883.
1
urove
Ionia Xadaotrlm With Large I a vest manta
Behind Them Are Notable ^entaree.
The Southern** Ulg Mnchiate Skepa la
Atlanta—'Merth Carol Ian Leads Cottoa
Mills With a 9300,000 Plant. *
Chattanooga, July 16.—The Trades
man, in its review for the week emjing
July 15, yeports a stronger condition of
the iron market. The advanoes iu
prices qre*fully sustained, there is a
good inquiry and iron is moving freely.
The recent'eOnadmmation of the pool
by the coal and iron interests of Ala
bama will doubtless have a tendency
to farther strengthen prices for south
ern iron, and has already causod a ma
terial advance in the price of coal.
Trade in commercial and industrial
circles has been greatly stimulated by
the active request for iron and steel and
prospects are favorable for continued
improvement. The rapid rise in iron
has caused the starting up of many
idle furnaces and others are preparing
to go in blast The rolling mills are
all busy aud the lumber and textile
mills report an increased demand for
their product
The situation among the striking
coal miners in West Virginia remains
unchanged. Elsowhere iu the coal re
gions of tho south unusual activity pre
vails.
It reports 36 new industries forth©
week, the most importaut being a *50,-
000 eleotrio light plant at Chattanooga,
Tonn., a light and power .plant to cost
*15,t)00 at Mexim, Tex., fertilizer works
at Cordele, Ga., a flouring mill at Le
noir, N. C., and a *50.000 ico factory at
Greenville, Tex. Machine and repair
shops to cost *300.000 will bo orected at
Atlanta, Ga., a *2,000 gold mining com
pany has been organized at Atlanta,
a *50,000 oil and gas company at
Charleston, W. Va. A *60,000 bagging
and tie concern has been chartered at
Waco, Tex., and a *40.000 oil mill will
bo built at Bonham, one to cost *50,000
at Greenville and another to cost *25,-
000 at Ladonia, Tex. A * 100,000 cotton
mill will be erected at Birmingham,
, one to cost *300,000 at Madison,
NjAJ., another with a capital of *150,-
OOi) at Lancaster, S. C., and a *250,000
mill at Now Hope. N. C.
Among the woodworking plants re
ported is a *50,1)00 lumber mill at New
Orleans, La, and lumber companies
with capital of *10,000 each at Hubbard
and Texarkana, Tex.
The enlargements reported include
eleotrio light, gas and waterworks at
Charleston, W.Va; implement works
at Nashville, Tenn.; cotton mills at
Petersburg. Va, and Pnloski. Tenn.,
and woodworking plants at Zirconia,
N. C., Dovesville, S. C., and Gunters-
ville, Ala
Among the now buildings for tho
week is a *30.000 college at West Point,
Miss.; a *20,000 courthouse at Gunters-
Ville, Ala; a *19,000 church at New
Orleans, La, and a hotel to cost *20,000
at Wilmington, N. C. ^ ,
Xalla Taka a Blc Jnmp.
New York, Jaly 16.—Inquiry in the
nail trade in this city shows that there
has been an advance in the price of
nails in the last CO days of nearly 100
per cent. This i* said to bo due to a
strong agreement which includes all
the manufacturers' agents, and dealers
in nails in this city are now selling
nails at the same price. It was also
learned that there is a strong probabil
ity that the prioes will go from 80 to 60
cents per 100 pounds higher. This ad
vance is oheckod only by the fear that
too much greed, may promote foreign
aompetition.
ONE enjoys
Both the method and retmlto when
Syrup of Figs is taken; ft is pleasant
and refreshing to tho taste, and acts
enily yet'promptly on the Kidneys,
liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and trnly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 60
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
3AH nifpfl, CAL
iornvuif. nrw tool
[Copyright secured by Azaql E. Hatch of
Chicago.]
Chicago, July id—The field of the
Cloth of gold with all its magnifioenoe
of chivalry was ontrivallod in Chicago
in elaborateness of arrangement at least,
and celebrity of the combat ante. The
majority of spectators present were
persuaded rightly or wrongly that the
np to date tournament equalled, if it
did not surpass, the famous occasion
when the knightly champions of old
had a joust, and challenged the atten
tion of Christendom.
The present affair was strikingly
modern in every detail, and though
lacking in display of tinsel and plumes,
it seemed all the greater to the wit
nesses who understood that it _was a
contest of intellect instead of muscle.
Certainly both sides displayed an earn
estness and vigor worthy of an encoun
ter that was apparently felt by them,
wonld attract the keenest national, por*
haps interna ional iinmost.
No such **big ta k“ h id over boon
planned before it was claimed as the
ten-day-go as you pie ise match between
the chosen representative! of the op
posing sides of the m-mey question—
Roswell G. Horr and William H. Har
vey.
It was about 2pm whon tho wiry
congressman from Michigan, now a
resident of New York, amt the sharp
Colorado newspaper man, now a citi
zen of Chicago, signified to the judges
and the select an lienee present by invi
tation at tho Illinois club on Ashland
avenue that all was in readiness for
the successive 1.100 word broadsides
that with three uuuate intervals were
to lost three lionrs a day for ten succes
sive days. Tho judges were ex-Solici-
tor General of the United States
Charles H. Aldrich and Hon. Henry
Miller. Mr. Horr spoke first. He said:
Gentlemen—It is agreed between
Mr. Harvey and myself that previous
to entering npon the goneral discussion
each of ns shall make a brief statement
defining in a geueral way the position
he proposes to occupy in this debate.
Tho question which we are about to
discuss is not ouly receiving very great
attention among tho people of the
United. States, but it is one that is also
receiving somenttention from the na
tions of the old world. The question
involves the kind of money that shall
bo used by the .people of the United
States anri has to do with laws which
will affect the business interests of this
natiou. The question of finance is a
very complicated ouo and there are
some features of it abont which the
ablest men of tho world have been
differing for years.
Tho foundation of the discussion npon
which we are about to. enter is a small
book published by Mr. Harvey, my op
ponent, and entitled “Corn's Finanoial
School.”
The real aim and objeot of that book
is to convince the people of tho United
State-s that this government alone
should at onco enter upon the free and
unlimited coinage of silver upon the
old ratio of 16 to 1. Tno wisdom of
such a coarse I dispute. Mr. Harvey
will still maintain the affirmative of
that issue.
1 will state in the outset that from
tho beginning to the end of the book
there is hardly a proposition made to
which I give my assent. I propose to
controvert mauy things which are
stated as facts and shall attempt to
prove that the ontire theory set forth
by its author, if adopted by the people
of this country, would lead only to
business disaster and finanoial rnin.
I do not now remember ever to have
examined a book carefully in which I
found so few subjects and statements
that I consider worthy of belief and I
certainly never saw so many errors
crammed into so few pages.
I am not here as an opponent of bi
metallism. I believe in the use <Jf gold
and silver as money to tbe fullest ex
tent that can be done on sound business
principles. My position npon this ques
tion has been too frequently stated
within the last five years to be misun
derstoodr by any one. I believe that
both gold and silver are the natural
money of the world, that in all the
larger transactions gold is better adapt
ed to the needs of the people than sil
ver; that all the smaller business trans
actions ot the human family tor many
years have been and always should be
conducted with silver. I also believe
that in all transactions of the nations
of the work' between themselves, tbe
two metals .bould be used in the set
tling of balances, but only at their com
mercial value, i also believe that in
the business of-our nation the people
should nova attempt to use either met
al except at its actual value, only in
oases where one metal may be used as
token money and be made redeemable
in motel at its commercial value.
I have always entertained the hope
that the business men ol the world
would yet come together iu an inter
national convention and agree npon
some basis whereby gold and silver can
both be used as the money of final set
tlement among the people of the entire
world." I am very dear in my id»a
pie nro today creditors aud not debtors,
and that couseqneqtly^hu system which
Mr. Harvey .advocates would work
groat injury to tho vast majority of
American citizens;
1 will state further that if this book,
abont which we are goug to debate, is
true, then 1 am all wrong. It seems to
mo to be devoid of business sense lrom
beginning to end, aud I shall enter
npon the work of attempting to prove
that aud hope to be able to do it in lan
guage that shall bo so plain and explicit
that my fellow citizens wilt bo satisfied
that I have accomplished my task—un
derstand me in a few words.
I believe that the American nation
should have just as good money as any
natiou uses ou tha face of tho earth; 1-
believe that overy dollar paid to a poor
man for his daily toll should bo worth
os mnoh as tho dollars paid to the men
who are rich. I wonld have the money
which moosnres values the most stable
that can be desired, and would insist
that tho buyers and sellers, londors and
debtors shall os near as possible be re
quired to use the same measure of val
ues and shall insist that repudiation in
all forms is disgraoeful ana dishonora
ble in the case of nations, corporations
or individuals.
What oar poople nood is good credit,
E ood money, good principles and sound
nsiuess souse.
Visionary schemes and debased
mouey never yet made a nation pros
perous. The quality of the mouey used
in any country is far more important
than the quantity. Laws should bo
drawn to protect the men who earn
money os well os those who owe money.
A man who works faithfully aud lives
on his daily earnings shonld never be
eacrificod for tho benefit of mou who
live on what thoy borrow.
clined accordingly as compared vrith
187b, except when held np relatively by
increased demand or short supply of
combines and trusts or special reasons
affecting a particular service or proper
ty. That the average prioe of all pro
duction, ox* pt gold, will show thlsds-
cU te is adjusting itself to the sold
standard. And that when we include
in labor the unemployed and the time
lost by thoe . unemployed, there is a fall
iu wages of one-half os compared with
1873. That labor is adjusting itself to
the gold standard measurement of val
ue*.
& Thai the decline in prices oovering
a period ot 2'J yean, has as a rule made
all classes of productive, mercantile and
manufacturing business unprofitable;
that a falliug market, covering * long
—>riod, destroys tho prospective profits *
kstxl on cost of purchase and prodno-
tiou aud a majority ot our most astute
men cannot avoid failure or loss of eap-
ital under these conditions.
10. It has worked a hardship and in
jury to debtors, who, unconscious of the
muses that contiftnonsly reduced the
prices of their proporty, have contract
ed debts during those 2# years. That
the fall in prices causes a sacrifice of
property to purchase the dollars with
which to liquidate these debts. That
this has oan.-ed the renewal of debts;
the contraction of new debts to pay old
debts and an enlarged volnmed ot all
debts. That this unjustly takes from »
debtor his property and emphasises the
importance of a stable money measure
ment of value.
11. That iu tho end no one is benefit-
ted by a fall in prices but the money
lender, the owner of money aud secur
ities payable in money—fixed incomes.
12. That tho foregoing tacts and con
ditions produced by a change in oar
money measurement of values will im
poverish tlm masses of tho people and
points, by reason of the disturbances it
will produce, to tho overthrow of the re
public.
To all unbiased men and those who
will lay aside their prejudices daring
their reading of this debate, I expect
to mako good all of the foregoing prop
ositions. Every fact in the school that
Mr. Ilorr does not attack, I shall take
for granted that ho admits its truth. I
am now ready t6 proceed in the order
indicated in Coin’s Finanoial School
and us contemplated by the rules of the
debate. '
FATE OF RUSTLERS.
Omaha, July 10.—-A special to Tho
Bee lrom Butte, Nob., says: There is a
general belief that the rustlers captured
by ♦ the vigilants have been lynched.
Viffilimti hwl btien ftor tho ru.tler.
some tune aud found them iu camp in
fully explained as the contest pro
gresses.
Sir. Harvey** Position.
Mr. Haivey, in explaining his posi
tion, said:
I am here to defend the facts and
principles in “Coin’s Financial School. ”
I am aware that the illustrations in
that book are a great aid in presenting
clearly its slows. We find this true in
onr schools. Many scientific works re
ly largely on illustrations and onr
newspapers find that illustrations make
plain many ideas that could not other
wise be doarly expressed. And yet I
am here to defend orally those samo
principles.
I expect to moke good, in this debate,
the following propositions:
1. That silver and gold are tho money
of the constitution. That the silver
dollar was the unit of value in onr
coinage system in this country from
1792 to 1873, just as the yardstick was
the measure of length. That gold was
measured in this silver unit and con
current coinage given to it (gold.) That
silver and gold oombined constituted
the legal standard of value in this
country an til 1873. Silver measured
gold; the two together measured all
other property.
2. That the act of 1873 was surrepti
tiously passed.
3. That during the period of 1792 to
1873 the mints were open to the unlim
ited coinage of both metals into prima
ry or redemption money, and that both
were treated as such. That daring that
period peoj»le had a right to have either
metal coined into fall legal tender
money, and that it was at the option
of the debtor to in ooins of either
metaL
4 This bimetallic -system made an
unlimited demand for both metals to
be ooined into money; increased the
demand for these metals, and so long
as this law authorizing anyone to coin
87 i 4 grains of silver and 28 2-10 grains
of gold into a dollar, there was no ono
to sell either for lose than a dollar.
5. That the option to pay in either
metal caused the cheaper of the two
metals to be used, and transferred the
demand from tbe dearer to the cheaper
metal and restored its relative commer
cial value. We are tor both silver and
gold. We are called silver men because
we are defending the metal that has
been demonetized.
ft. That it is to tbe interest of the
United States to act independently in
the remonetization of ailver at the ratio
to gold ot 18 to 1. without waiting for
the action of any other nation.
7. That monometallism oonsists in
the use of the dearer of the two metals
to the exclusion of tbe other as primary
or redemption money. That monomet
allism is an experiment on trial for the
first tini3iu the history of the world,
and began with the period of 1878; that
it is impractical and impossible as a
stablo mouey measurement of values;
is not ba**i on scientific financial prin
ciples; in in tno interest of the money