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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
2
The Silver State is a Winnemucca Nevada newspaper published by Windle and Brackett with daily issues except Sundays. Subscription rates list one year six months and three months by mail and a weekly carrier option in Winnemucca.
The Reno weather bureau notes a 24 hour forecast with showers this afternoon and tonight, then cloudy skies Friday. A long column follows with political and social notes from California and Nevada, including comments on the Philippine War, marriages in Reno, California divorcees, a deaf and dumb Sunday school, a rapid San Francisco medical college, and census disputes. The piece mentions Edison’s new air heating device and Cuba-like imperialism costs.
General A J Warner, president of the American Bi metallic Union, emphasizes restoring the tie between silver and business interests. He argues government action is needed to stabilize monetary policy and support industry and working people.
The piece argues that changes in gold and silver usage dominate world trade. Since 1898 about 700 million dollars of various paper money has been issued by many nations, and minting more money continues. It asserts that silver money is preferable to gold based currency and that high gold output depreciates the standard, making the current gold dollar worth only about eighty five cents compared with three years earlier.
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