My countrymen, the questions involved in the present campaign merit
and deserve your most careful thought and study. It is the sober, honest
judgment of the thinking, reading, investigating American citizen that
the Republican party is relying upon for its support. Let me give you a
few facts which possibly you will consider worthy of remembrance:
FIRST. EVERY FREE AND UNLIMITED COINAGE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD IS ON A
SILVER BASIS.
SECOND. THERE IS NOT A GOLD STANDARD COUNTRY ON EARTH BUT WHAT USES BOTH
GOLD AND SILVER AS MONEY.
THIRD. THERE IS NOT A SILVER STANDARD COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT USES ANY
GOLD WHATEVER AS MONEY; AND
LASTLY, THERE IS NOT A SILVER STANDARD COUNTRY TO BE FOUND IN THE GREAT
OCEAN OF COMMERCE THAT ROLLS ALL 'ROUND THE WORLD THAT HAS ONE-FOURTH AS
MUCH MONEY PER CAPITA AS HAS THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GOLD STANDARD
COUNTRIES.
China, Japan, India, Mexico and most of the South American states are
on a silver basis. The United States, England, France, Germany, Belgium,
Sweden and others are on a gold basis.
One of the most interesting facts which the student of finance will
encounter, is the vast difference of the amount of money per capita
between the gold standard and the silver standard countries.