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Newspaper
Hull Index
Location
Hull, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1896
Page
2
The text argues free silver would harm farmers by triggering loan withdrawals, causing mortgage losses, choking credit, and provoking a financial panic. It warns of reduced loans, farm sales at sacrifice, factory closures, unemployment, and disrupted trade with gold-standard nations, concluding no silver advocate can show a real farm benefit.
The passage argues for and against free coinage of silver, comparing dollar value to silver bullion and questioning labor value, trade goods, and future worth. It cites a Lumber Trade Journal view on government mint profit and notes workingmen’s opposition to three cent dollars during a huntingdon passage by Populists.
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