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.
PER CAPITA OF MONEY.
I n 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.