MARKET DRAYTON, 14 June, 1894.

Indian difficulties must, however, force the silver question upon us before long, and then your ingenious proposal may be a great help towards solving the problem. Some of our leading men, including Mr. Balfour, are much disposed to agree with your view.

(Signed) FRAS. R. TREMLOW.

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, June 16, '94.

But behind this movement there is a real element of popular sagacity, which finds honest expression in the silent rather than the outspoken desire of many millions not to give up silver as a part of the world's stock of money. Mr. Stokes of New York, who is neither a Republican nor a Populist, nor a crank of any class, recognized this silent preponderation of public sentiment some months ago, and began to print in the New York newspapers some letters on "Joint-Metallism," which attracted attention ... and thus carried on the discussion with good temper and in a style where pleasant humor is mingled with forcible suggestion, and a candor which no infallibility from the Delphic Oracle to the New York weeklies can be expected to indulge the world with. The merits of Mr. Stokes's plan will be sufficiently discussed before Congress adopts it,—but it has real merits, and contains the element of a just appreciation of the present world difficulty, which neither Reed nor Lodge nor Harrison even seek to express, and apparently do not see.

DOWANHILL GARDENS, GLASGOW, 19 June, 1894.

It is a most suggestive contribution to a subject which is now creating as much interest in Great Britain as it does in its parent country.

(Signed) W. SMART.

N. Y. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, July 23, 1894.
There is much ingenuity in his plan and his sup-

porting argument.

ROCHESTER CHRONICLE, June 26.

The book is well and intelligently written, and

has some novel ideas. As a contribution to the literature of a subject of world-wide interest it is well worth reading.

INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, July 27, 1894.

The book is an interesting contribution to the currency question.

August 3, 1894.

I have read your book on the silver question with very great interest.

(Signed) C. SCHURZ.

South Eagremont, Aug. 16, 1894.

It occurred to me, on looking at your book when it was first issued, that its citations looked inviting, and that probably your own part was better than the citations, so I bought it. I have it here on my vacation. I think you have performed a very useful and distinct public service; you have presented a plan the most practical of anything I have seen suggested for the solution of a question, beset, from whatever point we regard it, with obvious difficulties. . You have answered all the criticisms, and your citations admirably back you up. The book is one that I shall put with those that I most frequently have occasion to refer to on subjects of national interest.

tion, now much enlarged, Mr. Stokes shows good humor, good sense, and a competent knowledge of his subject.

(Signed) F. B. SANBorn.

LEICESTER, MASS., December 16, 1894.

The importance of the question you so ably discuss

cannot be overestimated.

(Signed)

JOHN E. RUSSELL.

133 East 35th Street, NEW YORK, December 17, 1894.

The matter of "Joint-Metallism" is one which I have, for a long time, been desirous of making a study of; it enters as so large a factor into serious current questions that a man who professes to know anything about his day and country ought to have at least a degree of information respecting it. (Signed) C. H. PARKHURST.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

BUREAU OF EDUCATION,

WASHINGTON, December 19, 1894.

Your valuable book on the subject of "Joint-Metallism," in my humble opinion, is the best book on this subjecta subject of vital importance to the prosperity of the people of this country.

SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Jan'y 22, 1895.

It often happens that when two opposites have battled against each other for years, a middle term, or peaceful union, is at last found, by which the fierce strife is composed. Thus was the long war of the red rose and the white, in England, brought to an end by the marriage of the white rose of York to the Lancastrian but unblushing Henry Tudor. At present the battle of the standards-on one side gold, on the other silver-is raging savagely, like the quadrilateral puss-in-thecorner of Milton's chaos:

For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce,
Strive there for mastery, and to battle bring
Their embryon atoms; Chaos umpire sits,
And by decision more embroils the fray.

Far be it from us to compare Anson Phelps Stokes of New York to Satan, though, if he goes on pestering the souls of the infallible in New York and London, somebody will give him as ill a name, but really, his attitude before he began to

print essays on "Joint-metallism' was a little Satanic, if Milton is a correct reporter:

Into this wild abyss the wary fiend

Stood on the brink of Sheol-and look'd awhile,

Pondering his voyage.

At last an intuition came to him, and he saw that the way to umpire this awful game of financial football was to marry the two precious metals in one act of exchange, so that, instead of monometallism or bimetallism, the world should rejoice in "joint-metallism." And what is that? . . . He proposes to admit gold and silver freely to the mint, if presented in quantities of equal value (according to a government ratio fixed from time to time)-the silver coin to have the same weight as the gold one, but, of course, to be much less valuable. Then make one gold coin, plus as many of the silver coins as will equal it in value, legal tender to twice the value of the gold coin, for all debts contracted after a fixed date. Next let the United States receive these twofold coins, when offered in equal values of each metal, and issue against this deposit "joint legal-tender currency certificates," payable half in gold and half in the new silver coinage, -the government fixing the ratio of one metal to the other. If all men were as well-informed and fair-minded as he, "joint-metallism could be introduced this winter, and would probably work well.

BOSTON GAZETTE, Dec. 29, 1894.

The favor which attended the earlier edition of this work will no doubt be extended to this fuller and more comprehensive consideration of the same subject. The ideas are presented in a fresh and lucid manner that will attract the interest of thoughtful people.

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KANSAS CITY TIMES, Jan'y 28, 1895. ‘Joint-Metallism," a work by Anson Phelps Stokes, is especially valuable now while the currency question is being discussed both in and out of Congress. undoubtedly a book to interest students of political

economy.

It is

KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, Jan'y 28, 1895.

The work is a profitable study of the great and all-absorbing question of the present time, and from a standpoint calculated to do much good.

ROCHESTER HERALD, Jan'y 5, 1895.

Perhaps one of the most valuable monographs on the monetary question now available. In view of the intense interest the subject has for every resident of this country, the publication is timely.

UNITED STATES SENATE, WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 8, 1894.

I have read the book with very great interest and pleasure, and shall very carefully and patiently study your plan. It seems to me to be worthy of the most thoughtful consideration.

(Signed)

JAMES K. JONES.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan'y 2, 1895.

I have taken much pleasure in perusing it. Your theory attracts me very much. It seems to me that there is within it the solution of the difficulty.

DETROIT JOURNAL, Dec. 20, 1894.

Mr. Stokes's plan is novel, and his arguments to support it are at all times interesting and impressive.

BALTIMORE AMERICAN, Jan'y 2, 1895.

This is a subject of intense interest at the present time, and any method by which the relative values may be maintained is of great importance to every citizen. In this volume much information of great value may be obtained.