Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

GOLD OB SILVER? Tables That Show Plainly Whfch Metal ('oiiHtitute»4:ho “Money of Civilization” Throughout the World. The subjoined tables give too standards of value in the currency the leading nations of the world:. GOLD. United Kingdom. Motherland*. France. I'enada. Germany. Norway. Belgium. .Sweden. | j Italy. , Denmark. Switzerland. Turkey. f Greece. - Australia. Spain. Kg/pt Portugal. Culm. IjS Boumanla. s Ilaytl. Servla. , ' Bulgaria. Austria-Hungary, United State* SILVER. Mexico. Japan. , lie a* la. India Central American State#. China. South American Statce. NlrnlU Settlement* There aro eight tuitions using silver and'24 using gold. OAnftho United States sustain her position and credit as a great nation by adopting a financial policy which would place her at a constant disadvantage with 28 of tho most powerful and influential nations on the globe? Do her people desire that sho shall drop to the level of Ity-xieo and tho Central American states? And again, if silver is tho "money of civilization,” fts tho free coinage orators delight to tell us, why is it that 24 of the most enlightened and progressive nations use gold? Which of these two groups represents the higher civilization, the better business or tho better labor conditions? jfo man of Intelligence needs to have these questions answered for hhu. sh ■ ,tT~ t j **--*• 4 ■„ , k' " „ if «*". -we * •. •’ 1 " ‘ ■’ v