Silver and trade in Mexico show costs under two standards
A St Louis Globe Democrat reporter surveys Mexican towns and mines to show how silver coinage, wages, and rail transport under the silver standard affect prices, labor, and profitability. The piece highlights Monterey, Cerralvo, Promontorio mine, and Maximiliano Damm, detailing wage gaps, ore yields, and minting implications.
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High Seas
Europe
United States
Mexico
Monterey
San Antonio
Tex
Great Britain
Dnbor
Mexibuy
Texas
Antonio
Monte
Bernardo Reyes
Durango
Maximiliano Damm
Damm
Maximiliano
The Farmer and the Silverite Satire Speech
A rural caricature narrates a farmer listening to a talker blaming crops and prices on gold and Wall Street. The farmer retorts that politicians seek to regulate nature and economies, recalling promises from November and Cleveland free trade with tariff shifts. The piece lampoons populist money schemes and farm folk awakening to deception.
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Cleveland
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Sound Money and National Honor in a Young Voter Era
A Chicago Times-Herald viewpoint urges young first-time voters to favor sound money tied to gold and silver standards. It argues debased coinage harms national honor and contrasts gold standard policy with Bryan's silver plan, weighing global economic effects and inquiring about real outcomes for debt and contracts.
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England
Mexico
China
Germany
Chicago ‘Times-Herald
Free coinage of silver debate cited with figures from 1894
An analysis argues that Bryan’s 16 to 1 silver policy would raise prices globally, citing Voorhees’ 1894 report. It calculates world silver supply at about 8 billion ounces and discusses past protectionist gains, labor voting, and employer letters as part of a broader political campaign.
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Monterey
Omaha
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Mr. Harrison
Nuevo Leon
Cerralvo
Colorado
Arizona
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Voorhees
Finance Committee
The
Senate
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Farmer Browne’s Dilemma IRL
A rural audience hears a city speaker advocate free coinage to create dollars at fifty cents. He proposes melting four bits of silver to mint a one dollar coin, claiming vast economic gain. The writer doubts who would accept fifty cent dollars at their stated value, questioning the plan's viability.
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Cerralro
Nueva Leon
Benavides
Cerralvo
Mexico
H. C. Harrison
Damm
Durango
Promontorio
Maximiliano Damm
United States
Las Mitras
Harrison
Great Britain
Germany
Denmark
Austria
France
Italy
Spain
Bryan
Hght
Chicago
Times-Herald
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