People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1896 — Not Afraid of Too Much Money. [ARTICLE]

Not Afraid of Too Much Money.

I shall vote for free silver becaus silver is the only money that the poor man can get. It is the only money in circulation and a money that this or any other nation cannot get along without. I shall vote for free silver becauce our present silver dollar is a 16-to-l dollar good for 100 cents and a full legal tender for any amount—unless a contract is made calling for gold. I shall vote for free silver because it is as good as gold. I shall vote for free silver because the opening of our mines will give work to thousands of idle men who are now tramping the country crying for bread. I will vote for silver because I think it is far better to have the precious metal coined into fine, new, shining 16-to-l dollars with the broad wings of the American eagle spread upon its back than to leave it buried in the hearts of the rocks where it was placed by the Almighty to be worked and used for man’s use and benefit. I shall vote for free silver because I am not afraid that I shall ever get too much of it; indeed, I pity those poor workmen who are led to believe that under free coinage they would have so much money that it would be no good. The gold man says that the-ffree-silver will be worth only 50 cents to d workman and with the next breath he says it is worth 100 cents to the mine-owner. There must be a mistake somewhere for the dollar that’s worth a 100 cents to the mine-owner must be worth the same amount to his workman. I shall vote for silver because the men who are at the head of the gold campaign are the worst enemies of union labor. They are labor crushers of the worst

type.

HENRY MERTZ.

Chicago, Sept., 27.