In a Silver Country What Mexicans Say on Free Coinage
A St Louis Globe Democrat reporter reports from Mexico on wages prices and trade under free silver. The article contrasts Mexican labor costs and exchange with American standards, detailing railroads brickmaking mining and smelting wages and the impact of silver depreciation. It includes figures for Monterrey Durango and individual mines.
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Mexico
Wall Street
St. Louis Globe Democrat
High Seas
Europe
United States
Monterey
San Antonio
Tex
States
Great Britain
Snme
Gulf
Texas
GE Elect
Bernardo Reyes
Laredo
Corous Christi
Rio Grande
Corpus
Ives
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
Bryan
Joaquin Maiz
San Pedro
Maiz
Omaha
Iere
Cerralvo
Nueva Leon
Benavides
H.C. Iarrison
Harrison
Nuevo Leon
Luere
Colorado
Arizona
Durango
Maximiliano Damm
Mr. Damm
Maximiliano
The Farm Talk on Chinch Bugs and Silver Cause
A farmer and a talking calf debate persistent threats to crops and prices. The calf rails at silver conspiracy and tariff changes while the farmer argues laws of nature and markets shape hardship. Written in dialect with references to Hessian fly, chinch bugs, and 16 to 1 silver.
Debated Money Standards Shape Young Voters and Nation
Editorial argues young first time voters should back a gold standard for stability and national honor. It contrasts gold with silver, warns against Bryan’s silver plan, and cites global implications and business leaders to weigh monetary futures.
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England
Mexico
China
Germany
Chicago Times-Herald
Modern Aladdin or Free Coinage Debate Amid Protection Policy
A political feature argues that under McKinley era protection and reciprocity farmers prospered with high meat and cereal exports. It critiques William Jennings Bryan’s free coinage stance and presents silver production figures to claim economic risk from changing coinage policy and urges continued protective tariff support.
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Harrison
Breatain
Germany
Denmark
Austria
France
Italy
Spain
Bryan
The Working Man's Vote Is Free and Sacred
In Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin the editor defends the secrecy of the ballot and rejects claims that employers letters to workers coerce voting. The piece argues campaign materials are part of a lawful education effort and voters must freely express their views.
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Bryan
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Farmer Browns Dilemma on Free Coinage Scheme
A city speaker at a rural schoolhouse meeting urged free coinage to save the economy. He proposed stamping a government imprint on silver to create one dollar coins worth fifty cents, arguing mines would flood the market and wealth rise. The author questions who would accept such dollars in practice.
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Damm
Durango
America
Dammy
Maximiliane Damm
United States
Promoentorio
Mr. Damm
Maximiliano Damm
Las Mitras
Great
Britain
Greece
Spain
Portugal
Austro-Hungary
Netherlands
Sweden
Denmark
Turkey
Australia
Egypt
Ape Straits
Mr. Bryan
Rusia
Mexico
American States
China
Bryan
Great Britain
Continental
Brian
Tem
Voorhees
Finance Committee of the Senate
Ailver Oh. J
Jee
Van
Dews
Chicago Times-Herald
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St Louis Globe-Democrat
Guggenheim
Onterey
Neoemey
Soc
Bbc
Cleveland
Paul Pioneer
Farmer Brown's
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