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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1896
Page
5
The Post invites readers to discuss the id and silver question now dominating the ming presidential campaign. Contributors labeled as the gold bug silver bug or straddle bug are welcome as long as they follow parliamentary rules and avoid personal abuse.
The Post invites concise letters on the silver question. Readers urged to state points briefly to allow more letters to be printed and reach a broader audience. Correspondents of all opinions are asked to keep letters short.
The letter asserts the 1873 demonetization of silver was a crime and swindle. It cites Congressional Record passages, quotes Senator Bright and others alleging fraud, and argues that silver relief was blocked to favor wealth, leaving the South and West desperate for money reform. It ends with a call that relief is necessary and unavoidable.
A letter to the Post editor criticizes silver coinage supporters and Bryanites. The writer argues gold and McKinley are the people’s party, questions Western reliance on Eastern capital, and cites a prior Post letter by Fine Ants. Letter is signed Cc from 31 Milk Street.
F E G argues the demonetization of the silver dollar and the gold standard were the act’s aim, a policy clear long before the 1873 bill. He recalls silver was valued as bullion, rarely as currency, and the "crime" critique arose only after silver’s price fell.
A speaker attacks free silver proposals, arguing they devalue the dollar, harm imports, and unleash costly coinage. He notes silver worth 53 cents and gold at 69 times, warns foreign acceptance would fail, and labels the plan repudiation with reference to “GOLD BUG.”
A letter argues that savings bank depositors and veterans with fixed pensions would face serious losses from a proposed silver inflation. The writer criticizes theoretical explanations and warns of difficulty for a war veteran and his wife to cover rising costs, urging caution about the cost of living increases.
Letter writer from South Boston argues that asking old veterans to cut their own bread and vote themselves into the almshouse is an astounding proposition if silver advocates’ claims are true. He says veterans bear hardship uncomplainingly but warns against eroding veteran support.
The editorial attacks the Democratic platform as repudiation and defends paying debts in silver coin. It argues silver remains a unit of value, legal tender, and questions paying public debts in gold. It cites private practice versus public policy, cites England, and urges enforcing the existing coin payment law to reveal its merit or repeal. By John J. Dow from Boston.
A reader questions the impact of free silver on purchasing power and gold value, arguing that silver coinage would halve money value and raise wheat income only to bias against farmers, laborers, and private contracts, citing Populist platform statements and critiques by Mr. Nickerson and others.
In a blunt argument the author contrasts bank clearings under the gold regime from 1893 to 1896 with the period after repealing the purchasing clause. The total clearings show a loss of about 35 billion dollars since repeal, roughly a billion dollars per month, warning that without cross regional reform the nation risks bankruptcy. East Walpole, Mass. Attaches a dire financial warning about sound money advocates.
A July 27 issue cites a correspondent known as Junius who urges the silverites to look before they leap and argues the government should quit banking altogether and destroy all money forms except national bank notes and gold coin. He challenges estimating the cost of the national banking system versus the savings from greenbacks. If he is a business man he has…
An ad touts Sanford's Ginger as superior for fighting disease germs in drinking water, claiming it contains medicinal French brandy and imported ginger. It urges consumers to ask for Sanford's Ginger and look for the Owl trademark on the wrapper, sold by Porter Drua & Co Em. ComP., Boston.
Jun ius of Portsmouth argues that the 1863 national banking act and the demonetization of silver harmed the public by converting greenbacks into bonds and raising banks profits. He claims greenbacks were legal tender saving interest and that abandoning them increased national debt, suggesting a historical surplus in Jackson's era.
A Silveriter from Waltham Mass argues for free coinage, claims gold supply limits per person, cites Andrews and St John in support, defends Bryan, Bland Altgeld Tillman, and Cleveland era officials, and urges trial of free coinage to improve hard times, condemns Rothschild influence and calls for broader public support.
A letter argues that opposing free coinage by eastern money interests will worsen debt and that revived business requires more money in circulation. It claims labor and working people should share in profits and own homes, urging wider monetary circulation to boost employment and confidence.
Letter writers urge Republicans and Democrats to define core terms such as supply demand and capital to avoid confusion. The writer notes varied definitions in articles and asks for explicit meanings to clarify positions.
A reader argues for defining demand as the needs of people, not consumption, and defines supply as total production. He critiques common uses, cites a safety accident example, and urges distinguishing demand from consumption to explain prices. He requests data on silver and gold supplies and demands for 1880, 1870, and 1895 to support future articles.
Cathal Ua Barca argues that history shows both metals must back currency. He cites demonetization effects, gold exports, and shifting silver value to defend free and unlimited coinage at a 16 to 1 ratio as the nation’s best path, urging leadership and action.
A reader argues that currency volume affects prices regardless of the dollar’s cent value. The letter criticizes the Post’s claim that free coinage would leave the public unaffected, comparing dollar value to measurable commodities and criticizing cents as a misrepresentation.
W M B argues that both sides fail to explain how wages and prices interact under free coinage and inflation. He questions why prices rise faster than wages, critiques gold standard panic rhetoric, and urges a plain, common-sense demonstration for voters and lawmakers.
The Lancaster Elevated Railway represented by James N. Mellen and George E. Lancaster seeks subway franchise from Boston transit commissioners. West End Street Railway and Lynn & Boston Street Railroad also filed for similar rights. Proposals include leasing subway tracks amid possible arrangements. bids for steel and construction of Section 5 triangle between Shawmut avenue and Tremont street open on August 13 and August 20 respectively.
J B Dixon a Boston lumber firm representative was arrested on arrival from Hartford after presenting a Bristol Waterbury ticket the conductor said had already been used. Dixon refused to pay fare, was jailed, then released on bond. He plans to fight the read and conductor for false imprisonment claiming he bought the ticket from a Boston broker.
By Mrs Harriet Webster widow of Dr Peter Parker who died in Washington on July 10 a bequest of 2000 is left to Plymouth Congregational Church in Framingham Massachusetts Though not a member Mrs Parker’s husband served in Framingham for sixty eight years and was a long time missionary physician and US government representative in Canton China The Parkers bought the homestead in Framingham in 1860
Plymouth becomes more attractive daily as crowds flock to the historic town aboard the Winthrop Steamboat Company line. The large, comfortable steamer runs Boston to Plymouth with on board dining, music by Dunbar's Band, and a daily 9 30 departure from Winthrop wharf 478 Atlantic avenue, Sundays 10.
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