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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1897
Page
2
Public school teachers gathered at the high school yesterday morning for a well attended meeting. Supt Gchoch organized an excellent program and opened with an engaging address on school methods, highlighting the elementary department's work and progress.
A mosaic of notes from Kerrville, Hays County, and San Antonio. Dr. Clark’s attempt at a procedure failed. Capt. Schreiner’s district plant was reassigned. Mrs. Ethridge visits, and Miss Schrainer returns to San Antonio for school. Quarantine talks rise as Memphis fears epidemics. regional efforts continue. Local clergy events, revival services, and a cancer case highlight health and community life. marriage licenses, legal strides, and law-and-order notes pepper the page.
Pearsall, Tex. residents host a Thursday reception at Mrs. A. Seavill’s home as Pearsall court sessions draw crowds due to moved cases. In Austin, the University of Texas football team prepares for a Dallas game with Go roeders and Varsity Tennis Association delegates head to Dallas for the state tournament.
The Republican candidate Hon. Lostia M. Shaw argues for maintaining silver dollar parity with gold and criticizes free coinage. He uses bank and trade examples from 1808 and 1895 to claim gold's limited role, warning against monetary loosening that would destabilize weights, checks, and everyday commerce while asserting rising wealth across the nation.
In the 1870s debate the Democratic party faces questions of tariff policy and financial silver issues. The piece notes lingering disputes from 1872 and 1876 developments, with references to shifts among factions like the Grecolagites and Brysavites and how past defeats influence future strategy.
A critical analysis argues the Pacific coast states led wealth gains in 20 years, with high per capita riches, strong agricultural and industrial output, and vast silver and gold exports. It depicts tensions with eastern states over silver pricing, debt repudiation, and political friction fueling a costly national debate.
The 1854 arrival of settlers in Wathena met an old chief who initially rejected a one dollar per row offer for 20 rows of corn. After skirmishing, silver coins were gathered to complete the payment, with the chief insisting on silver rather than paper money. The article notes broader adoption of a silver standard and the growth of the metal industry.
The Macon Telegraph argues that the Democratic test is belief in silver at 40 cents on the dollar and the government taking all world silver to hold it against gold at a ten to one ratio. The piece condemns the policy as insane and damaging to any party if persisted.
A New York Journal of Commerce report explores failed southern bank ventures and argues branch banking as the solution. It contends real estate loans burden banks, deposits surge without borrowers, and a network of branches could mobilize parent capital for farmers and merchants, easing southern credit and currency needs.
The article discusses historical coinage ratios from 1684 to 1837, noting shifts toward aligning legal ratios with market values. It cites the danger of silver driving gold from circulation, describing Mexico’s bimetallic system and the practical premium on gold coins for travelers.
The article lists Japan, El Salvador, British Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru and Haiti as having moved to the gold standard this year. It notes remaining silver-standard South American republics and Mexico plan to adopt the same system, hoping to improve trading relations with other nations.
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