People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1896 — Restoring Silver’s value. [ARTICLE]

Restoring Silver’s value.

Edward Atkinson denies that the congress of 1792 regulated the value of money. In Benton’s “Thirty Years” he states that th© congress of 1792, in fixing theratio of gold and silver, took the average value of the two metals in Europe for 300 years previous -that is, from the discovery of America by Columbus. This general average was continued until 1873, nearly 400 years. It was by legislation that silver lost its commercial value, and legislation alone can restore it. Wecannot have legislation favorable to silver unless we have a president favorable to silver, who will send a solid silver commission to> Europe, as by a divided commission we invite other nations to decide for us. If the commercial value of silver is not restored it will cease to be used as money. It seems to me that' it is either Bryan or the gold standard for the world forever.

J. M. Durham.

Ashley, 111., Oct. 10.