People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1894 — Intrinsic Value. [ARTICLE]

Intrinsic Value.

People who talk of intrinsic value forget that much of the value is put into the metal by the demand created by law. Is there such a thing as an absolute staple dollar. If there is we all want it If you can show us a dollar which is the same yesterday, to-day and forever; if you can show us a dollar which changes not from generation to generation, the people certainly would take that dollar, even if they had to turn every mine into a wilderness. There is no such dollar. The simple contention now is, which dollar is the best dollar; what kind of a standard is the best standard. What kind of a standard will give the least fluctuation and the most justice? Doss any one say the gold standard is invariable? Let me say if there is such a one, you cannot find a writer on political economy who is willing to stake his reputation on the statement. No dollar, whether it be based upon gold or based upon silver or based upon both, is an absolute staple and invariable dollar.— Hon. W. J. Bryan.

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