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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1895
Page
2
The Silver State Publishing Company offers subscriptions at one copy per year by mail, six months by mail, and Sunday delivery by carrier for 25 cents per week. Advertising rates: one square ten lines for first insertion 2.50, with reductions for regular advertisers per square.
The author argues that when farm product prices are very low, manufacturers, workers, and entire economies suffer. He cites carpet weavers, wheat growers, and Georgia cotton planters, urging that higher prices paid in silver dollars would raise demand, help workers, and revive industry from field to factory. George G. Merrick.
The article argues bond issuance depends on policy choices as gold and treasury resources tighten. It highlights two escape routes for the government: raise taxes or redeem paper money with silver or gold at its discretion, depending on congressional action and monetary policy.
The Sacramento Bee ridicules Secretary Morton of the Agriculture Department for paying employees in silver, calling him a monumental ass. It questions his stance on gold and greenbacks, suggesting the act proves little and labels him a hayseed. The piece mocks his logic and authority in Washington.
Advertisements tout Hood's Sarsaparilla as the standard spring medicine and blood purifier claiming it makes the weak strong. Hood's Pills are promoted as a popular cathartic at 25 cents per box. Also featured are ads for Epicure coffee and tea, shoe goods at low prices, fruit box orders, and fabric cloth offerings with prices.
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