Perkins on silver and the case for gold standards
The narrator reproduces Eli Perkins arguing against free silver. He claims the US has coinage of silver and gold far beyond other nations, warns free coinage would flood the market, depress silver value, and leave the country like Mexico or India with little gold. He states federal debt and banking would worsen, exports drop, and ordinary people lose wealth.
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Eli Perkins
United States
England
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Russia
Carlisle
Cleveland
Rothechilds
Bnitish
Enela
Franre
Murope
Thor
Prence
Ertuity
Poor Man’s Money and the Silver Question
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that silver as the poor man’s money misleads workers. It contends a silver dollar buys the same goods as gold, warns free coinage would force wages down if silver and gold diverge, and compares U S wages to those in Mexico and India to question the policy.
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Bryan
Des Moines
United States
Mexico
Republican
India
United
Cedar Rapids Republican
Who Controls Silver Mines in Wall Street Debate
A Toledo Blade excerpt argues Wall Street denotes New York brokers rather than a single actor. It credits silver mining corporations with ownership of mines and notes financiers backing free coinage to shift the dollar to silver markets. The piece critiques Populist views on monetary control.
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Wall Street
J. Dresden
United States
New York
Toledo Blade
Bryan cheap dollar claptrap by which the orator seeks to capture voters
The Chicago Chronicle notes that Mr. Bryan’s informal presidential nomination speech centers on the money question. It argues his plan is silver monometallism, replacing the gold standard with a cheaper silver dollar, harming labor and savers while benefiting mine owners.
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Bryan
United States
Mr. Bryan
Chicago Chronicle
Dem
Rich and the Poor
An essay argues against the view of a rich man driven campaign against workers. It states the campaign is a business issue that affects all by ensuring a healthy economy. It contends in a free government all interests are allied and that prosperity depends on wage earners, farmers, and business alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flore
Washington Tar
Debate on Silver Standard and Prosperity in Japan and Mexico
The letter argues that silver as a standard would trigger panic, while noting Japan and Mexico show prosperity due to policy and labor conditions. It contends prosperity is relative, cites Diaz era stability in Mexico, low wages, and growing Japanese industrialization with machinery adoption.
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Japan
Mexico
J. K
Amber
Mich
Diaz
McKinley Welcomes Twenty third Ohio Veterans Home
Maj. McKinley greets two hundred veterans from the Twenty third Ohio at his Willoughby home on August 12. Capt. Ellen narrates the unit’s Civil War heroism including South Mountain Antietam and Shenandoah battles. McKinley lauds sound money and national honor as old comrades pledge loyalty.
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MclXinlery
Cleveland
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry
South Mountain
Antietam
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
William S. Rosecrans
San Francisco
Russell Hastings
Bermuda Islands
William McKinley, Jr
McIiney
West Virginia
Floyd
Carnifax Ferry
Mack
Mr. McKinley
Maj. McKinley
Capt
Ellen
Twenty-third Ohio
Twenty-third
Union
California
Russell B. Hastings
McKinley
United States
America
Washington
Robert Morris
Philadelphia
Robert
Lincoln
Rutherford B. Hayes
The Wise Kansans Folly of a Parity Corn Law
A satirical tale recounts Kansas leaders enacting a parity price law to equalize corn and wheat at 45 cents a bushel. The scheme collapses as supply and demand fail, farmers flee to other states, prices crash, and the governor admits folly before repeal.
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A. Stillwell
Kansas
J. Iansas
Corp
Wage-Earners Question on Cost of Living
The Gelveston News argues that wage earners will not see wages double when money loses value. It questions if railway workers, teachers, or factory workers would receive such gains, citing that living costs rise faster than wages in depreciated money.
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Gelveston News
To William J. Bryan You Shall Not Provoke Labor
A Waterbury American note denounces targeting labor with silver goods and inflaming workers wives over rising costs and stagnant wages, urging restraint in labor provocations.
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Wiliam J. Bryan
Waterbury American
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Scammon
BE. P. Scammon
Stanley Matthews
Comley
Comiecy
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