Perkins on silver and gold in the 1896 crisis
Eli Perkins argues for a mixed standard, detailing how the United States has minted far more silver than gold and how free coinage would ruin the dollar, while rival nations hoard gold and trim silver output. He cites Treasury holdings, international coinage, and per-person silver stocks to warn against free coinage and warn of economic collapse.
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Eli Perkins
Eli
United States
England
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Russia
Carlisle
Aes
Cleveland
Europe
Mexico
Japan
China
India
Todia
Spain
Mr. Perkins
Bryan
Mioley
Sryan
United
Staes
Mr. Bryan
Poor Man's Money and Free Silver Debate
A Cedar Rapids Republican editorial critiques free coinage of silver, arguing it would flood the U S with silver, ruin coin value, and harm workers. It warns wages could fall if silver is devalued relative to gold while mine owners benefit. It questions the notion that silver is the poor man’s money and cites international wage effects.
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Bryan
Des Moines
United States
Mexico
Republican
India
Cedar Rapids
Who Controls Silver Mines and Wall Street Influence
A Chicago Chronicle summary debates silver coinage and Bryan’s plan, arguing Wall Street and silver mine owners push for cheaper dollars via free coinage. It criticizes monetary reform as benefiting mine owners while harming farmers, workers, policyholders, and savers, dismissing Bryan’s arguments as misleading.
Rich and the Poor in a Free Market Debate
A Washington Tar columnist argues the rich vs poor clash is a false label and the business sector benefits with workers and farmers when times are strong. The piece claims mutual dependence across classes, with prosperity feeding all but acknowledges unequal shares.
Debating Silver Standards Across Japan Mexico
The Toledo Blade discusses arguments for and against the silver standard, noting that prosperity claims in Japan and Mexico are relative. It argues wage levels are low by American standards, while Mexico enjoys stability under President Juárez and reduced revolutions, and Japan advances machinery but remains behind the U.S. in many respects.
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Japan
Mexico
Amber, Mich
Flo
Ise
Jaz
Toledo Blade
McKinley Welcomes Twenty-Third Ohio Veterans Visit
Maj McKinley hosts two hundred veterans from the Twenty third Ohio at his home. Capt Ellen and others recount Civil War service from West Virginia to South Mountain, praising Rosecrans, Hayes, Scammon, Hastings, and the regiment’s loyalty. McKinley vows protection of sound money and national honor.
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McSkinley
Cleveland
Twenty Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
South Mountains
Attieram Aml
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
William St. Rosecrans
San Francisco
Russell Hastings
Bermuda Islands
Union
United States
Co. EB
Robinson
Fifth Infantry
William McQkinley, Jr
McKinley
West Virginia
Floyd
Cairns Ferry
Mack
Mr. McKinley
Maj. McKinley
Ellen
Twenty-third Ohio
Twenty-third
LOLO
Uty
William S. Rosecrans
California
VP. Scammon
South Mountain
Scammon
Rutherford B. Hayes
Stanley Matthews
Comley
Russell B. Hastings
Nabors
America
Washington
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Robert
Lincoln
The Parable of Kansas Corn and Wheat Law
A historical leaflet recounts a Kansas episode where state leaders pass a law to fix corn price equal to wheat. Citizens invest on corn, wheat disappears, prices misalign, debt rises, and other states mock the folly. Law is repealed years later as the corn scare cripples farmers.
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A. Stillwell
Kansas
Wage-Earner Wage Doubles Question Raised by Galveston News
The Galveston News argues that when the cost of living rises from depreciated money the wage earners respond last. It questions whether wages for 850,000 railway workers, 750,000 teachers, and 6,000,000 factory workers would double under a 58 cent dollar system.
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Galveston News
To William J. Bryan from a Waterbury letter
A Waterbury American letter counsels William J Bryan not to push labor issues with costly wins or low wages. The writer insists on fair treatment of workers wives and calls for balanced policy rather than pressure tactics. The piece presents a sharp, partisan stance on economic fairness.
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William J. Bryan
Waterbury American
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M’kinley
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