Perkins Silver Debate On Free Coinage In 1866
The Oni Eli recounts a heated discussion on bimetalism as Populists press for more silver in circulation. Eli Perkins argues the United States must curb free coinage while detailing how other nations hold vast silver and gold reserves and how free coinage could harm labor, farmers, and currency stability.
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Eli Perkins
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Ned
England
United Retom
France
Gerty
Ghrly
Silver as the poor man's money debate in Cedar Rapids
The article argues that silver coinage would not raise workers’ buying power, noting that in unrestricted silver countries prices rise and wages fall. It contrasts American wages with Mexico and other silver nations, warning that free coinage could force workers to accept devalued pay. It concludes with a partisan critique and urges against silver’s unlimited use.
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Evan
Dew Moines
Rome
United States
Moexicn
Republican
Ufe
Mexico
Cedar Lapis
Wall Street and the silver question in New York opinion
A reader argues Wall Street controls silver mining and the national money system. The writer claims Wall Street brokers in New York, banks, and the subtreasury influence the price of silver and the value of the dollar through speculation. He contends silver barons push free coinage to shift the economy to a silver basis, risking the country’s finances.
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Obijeer
Dresden
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Propsry
New York
Oreale
Tolejy Thade
Bryan's Silver Dollar Plan Aimed at Silencing Voters
The article critiques William Jennings Bryan's push for silver coinage, arguing his demand for unlimited minting would cheapen the dollar. It asserts his rhetoric seeks to lower the dollar's value and misleads farmers and workers about paying debts with cheaper dollars, while claiming gold remains the true standard.
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Reran
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Bevan
Economic justice debate on wage earners and farmers
A Washington Star excerpt critiques a campaign argument about rich and poor, wage earners and farmers. It argues there is no reason to pit business against workers, asserting free government serves all interests and that shared prosperity depends on crops, mines, and factories operating.
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Washington Star
Prosperity myths in Japan Mexico and the Diaz era
A compressed critique contrasts Japan and Mexico under Diaz, noting vast worker precarity and differing paths to perceived prosperity. The text argues prosperity is relative, pointing to low wages in both nations and questioning what counts as peace or progress amid chronic unrest and economic strain.
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Alexie
Mexico
Rnee
Diaz
Veterans Gather as McKinley Honored by Twenty third Ohio
Two hundred Civil War veterans from the Twenty third Ohio, led by Maj. McKinney, met at his home on August 12 near Willoughby. Capt. Ellen spoke of McKinley’s private service and the regiment’s famed battles, urging continued national unity and fiscal prudence.
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Ohio
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Washington
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Phiadelphia
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Rutherford B. Traves
Toomloog
Tregmon
Kansan Corn Law Folly Sparks Economic Collapse
A satirical tale depicts Kansas politicians enacting a corn price law raising corn from three to four and a half cents a bushel, prompting rationing, interstate trade turmoil, and widespread hardship as wheat and corn markets destabilize. The governor and sages push the policy, only to reverse it after ruin ensues. The parable ends with regrets over misguided price control and folly.
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A. Stilwell
Afia
Kansar
Del
Kansas
Questioning wage response to cost of living shifts
In a Galveston News excerpt a debate questions whether wages lag behind rising living costs and if the wages of SAR railway employees, men, and children in factories would be protected by redemption money. The piece probes how workers react to economic changes and who bears the burden.
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SAR
Galvestog News
William J Gryan Editorial on Labor Costs and Wages
A fragmentary note discusses the laborer’s wife amid high costs and low wages, attributing views to Nie Atterbury American and reflecting tensions in cost of living and wage efforts.
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Atterbury American
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