In the countries on a silver basis we find the Central American states
with a per capita of $3.78, Japan with a per capita of only $4.09, India
$3.33, China $2.08, Mexico $5.47. Now note the difference between these
countries and a few that I will mention that are on a gold basis:
The United States has a per capita of $21.10, England $19.98, France
$36.70, Germany $18.78, Belgium $27.82.
In this connection, fellow citizens, let me impress upon your minds the
facts that you cannot go into any country on the face of the earth where
its mints are open to free and unlimited coinage of silver and find a
single gold coin circulating among the people, moreover, that the silver
standard country does not exist where the United States gold dollar, the
United States silver dollar, or the United States paper dollar will
not purchase twice as much merchandise as any dollar which you can find
circulating among its people. I challenge the author of Coin's Financial
School or the Demosthenes of Nebraska, William Jennings Bryan, or any
one else, to successfully contradict this statement.