Silver Coinage Debate Shocks Cedar Rapids Readers
The piece, a dense political feature, argues for silver, rails against free coinage, and weighs gold versus silver. It cites treasury holdings, foreign practices, and labor impact while accusing Wall Street brokers and Populists of driving silver policy. It questions how workers would be paid if silver gains favored status and warns of price swings affecting wages and living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Mexico
Wiis
Cedar Rapids
Bryan’s Speech Attacks Silver Policy and Dollar Value
The Chicago Chronicle analyzes a two hour speech by Bryan criticizing silver monometalism and demanding free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. It argues the plan would cheapen the dollar, harm labor, benefit mine owners, and fail to solve economic woes, while noting the speaker’s failure to clearly address practical effects on workers and banks.
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Mexico
Japan
Chi
India
China
Spain
Kir
United States
Lee
Bryan
Argu
Oll
Lars
Chicago Chronicle
Dem
Wussell B. Hastings
Dllen
Twenty-third
Ohio
America
Robert
Lincoln
Hiere
Rich and the Poor in the American Economic Divide
A skeptical view of class tensions questions the idea that rich interests alone drive policy. It argues that wage earners and farmers rely on broad business confidence for prosperity, and that if crops fail and industries falter, merchants, bankers, and manufacturers suffer too. The piece defends free government and warns against exploiting economic divides for political ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flere
What Prosperity Means in Different Nations
The text compares Japan and Mexico, noting prosperity as a relative concept. It cites wages for workers as so low that an American worker would deem them starvation wages, and recalls Diaz era Mexico as peaceful yet chronically revolutionary, highlighting differing paths to stability and growth.
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Japan
Merce
Ieee
Countrien Ike
Mexico
Diaz
Survivors of the Twenty third Ohio Regiment salute Major at Canton rally
Two hundred veterans from Cleveland and distant towns gathered at Maj. McKinley’s home on August 12. They recalled the Twenty third Ohio Volunteer Infantry’s Civil War battles and lauded McKinley’s leadership. Speakers, including Capt. John Allen and Gen. Rutherford B. Hayes, praised loyalty, unity, and the nation’s credit.
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Maj. McKinley
Cleveland
Ohio Volunteer
South
Gen. Williams
Rosecrans
San Fransco
Russell Hastings
Infantry
Pplause
Mekhinsey
Tam
Union
William St. Rosccrans
California
West Virginia
Neammon
Feneere
South Mountain
Seammon
Graton
Twenty-Third Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes
Gourley
The Wise Kansans and the Corn Price Folly
A narrative lampoon recounts Kansas lawmakers forcing corn over wheat by law, raising corn to 45 cents a bushel while wheat lagged, causing shortages and cross-state exchanges. Citizens faced famine-like effects as other states laughed until wisdom and policy were reversed years later.
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F. A. Stillwell
Kansas
Kansan
Questions on Wage Earners and Cost of Living
A Galveston News letter argues that wage earners suffer as money loses value. It says even with Secent dollars as the unit of redemption wages for railway workers, teachers, and women and children workers could not be doubled, highlighting persistent wage lag.
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Galveston
William J. Bryan Lecture Argued on Debate Tactics
The record notes a lecture attributed to William J. Bryan addressing debate strategy and public speaking pressure. It highlights Bryan’s stance on rhetorical approaches and the risks of inflamed partisan rhetoric in civic discourse.
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