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Pennsylvania And Nevada

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Parent Issue
Day
16
Month
September
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Nevada Is for froe eoinage. Pennsylvania is against fres coinage. Nevada has no industry eicept miuDg, and is willing to throw the whole country upon a basis of silver monoiurtallísm in order that ahe alona may proaper. Pennsylvania has no silver mines but has maiiy other valuable Industries that would be paralyzed under illver monometallism. Nevada has 45,000 people. Pennsylvania has over 5,000,000 of people. The averapre annual mining output in Nevada is only $10.000,000. The annual ruining output in Pennsylvania is $150,000,000, besides her vast manufacturing and agricultural output. F ree coinage would help the 45,000 people of Nevada but would seriously hurt the 5,000,000 of Pennsylvania. Senators 8 te wart and Jones, who own nearly all the rieb mines of Nevada, are now traveling in Pennsylvania telling the people of that state what they ought to do. Senator Stewart is booked for several speeches in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. He will teil the farmers ■c these efats that th:y oaght to staud with Nevada in this contest, notwithstanding they have sold millions and millions of dollars' worth of food producís to l'rnnsylvania and not a dollar s worth to Nevada. ISvory acre of f?"m land in Iowa, Kansas and NebraSía is more valuable because of Pennsylvania and her prosperity but Nevada, whether sha sinks or swims, cuts no figure except to haunt 'the nation with these old white-whiskered ghosts of greed and selfishness. Senator Stewart will teil our farmers when he comes that he is working side by side with the boy orator In the interests of humanity and the farmers will believe it- nitl

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Ann Arbor Courier