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y The Wealth Makers and Lincoln Independent Consolidated. VOL. VIII. LINCOLN, NEBR., THURSDAY, Aug. 27, 1896. NO. .12. Jl WJJ r. r , ; 1, r H WHAT WILL THEY DO? Anti-Silrerites Will Have a Hard Bow to Hoe. STOCK OF RIDICULE DEPLETED Thoy Recognize, in Vain, the Neces sity for Argument. O. P. Davis on Finance. From the position that great increase in the production of silver in the world, just prior to 1873, caused demonetazion of silver the defenders of the gold standard, when confronted with the fact which they now admit, that the market value of silver was the average of the legal coinage ratio in all tbe world, before demonetization, in 1873, regardless of the amount of production, and tnat this condition was the same when the world produced 57 ounces of silver to 1 of gold as it was when the world produced 4 ounces of silver to 1 of gold: they began to claim that there was an overproduction of both the mon etary metals. They nave conceded a uni versal demand for silver which always equaled the product of the world up to 1873, when tney claim tnat over pro duction of money began to be felt. We all remember how we were confronted in that year of depression and panic, with an over production of everything on earth but money. I now 'propose to show by public and impartial evidence that there was a continued demand for silver, which consumed the production, to the profit of all the world except JNorth America, which was robbed of one of her greatest products by either the idiocy or treachery of the govern ment at Washington. The question of overproduction of both metals cannot become one of inter est so long as the world coins no to the production of both, and there is still left in each of the principal nations hundreds of millions of dollars in uncovered paper and the largest nation on earth is issu ing copper for standard money, while shells and common commodities of the different countries are used as a medium of exchange on account of the scarcity of gold and silver. With all the conspiracy against silver, culminating in the act of 1873 by the United States destroying the double standard, adopting the gold standard, limiting the legal tender of silver to 5, followed by adverse legislation in every principal country of the world, and the final blow, by the uncondi tional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, tbe world coined in 1873 to 1894, 2,131,920,919 fine ounces of silver. You will find this in the table on page 51, re port of 1895. On page 50 we find that the world in the same years produced only 2,130,397,7UU One ounces or 468, 460,653 fine ounces less than the coin age during that period. On page 48 vou will find that of this silver the United States produced nearly 900,000,000 fine ounces or neariy two-nuns 01 tne entire production of tbe world, white on page 49 you will find that the United States coined less tban 4l7,wu,ouu fine ounces, or less tban half of her production. Tbe rest oi the world, including Mexico, 'coined 1.715,500,000, or nearly 469.. O00.000 more than they produced. To do this and at the same time stimulate the idiocy or infamous course of the gov ernment at Washington, in bearing tbe price of silver, its most valuable pro duction in the market of the world, the people of all the principal nations de posited in tbeir mints vessels made of silver. See answers to questions by rep resentatives 01 these governments com' mencing on page 316. 1895 report. Of this the Paris mint alone coined after 1880 to 1894 nearly 160,000,000 franks at 15X to 1, while in 1894 gold stand awl England coined 822,492 pounds erling value at 14.V2S to 1 at ner Lon don mint. If the United States bad cpined the balance of her product at 10 to lit would have covered our uncov ered paper with full legal tender coin and forced the balance of the world to melt the lemainder of their tea pots, fruit dishes, card receivers and silver watch cases to supply its mints or buy silver from us at our own price. We are informed by the report of the director of the mint for 1895, pages 40 and 41, that wben he compiled it, what he is pleased to terra the leading nations of the world bad uncovered paper aggre gating 12,469,900,000. Of this uncov ered paper the United States had nearly $417,000,000, Russia over $500,000, 000 and the South American states $550,000,000, while India, by its ab sorption of silver for a number of years, in amounts more than equal each year to tbe highest product of the United States for any one year, has no uncov ered paper and no gold, but she. baa puueu ner per capita up to j.j.zi. in stead of her 290,000,000 people dump ing their $3.21 of silver in our mints she will continue to absorb all she can get until they have some money to do busi ness on. She has not been very particu lar about stamp or ratio, but has taken the Mexican and every other coinage without reserve. China is given in the same table as having no uucovered pa per, because in answer to tbe inquiry of our government the Chinaman had no tatistics to give, but admitted (seepage 30) tnat dib atiu.uuu.uuu people, nearly e times our population, were well sup- ied with banks, each of which issued aper-money. For the purpose of using the evidence as the director of the mint gives it, foot ings and all, I use the twenty-two years Irom 1873 to 1894, inclusive. Pane 50 shows that the total coinage value, at our ratio, of the whole world's product of silver for that period was $2,754,452 900; the average for each year is fill,- 569.5UU. Ihe united states can use it all for four years in covering her uncov ered paper. Tbe principal nations of I i tne world and tne arts and sciences can use it all for thirty years without cover ing the uncovered paper, and without aiding the copper cash, bronze and shell countries to adopt a silver standard. By closing our mints to our silver and assaulting its value, then waiving our ngnt to redeem our coin obligations in silver, we have, by combining legislation and lawlessness, injected into each of our 540,000,000 legal tender silver dollars about 45 cents fiat, and temporary de struction of one-half our primary or re demption money is one of the results. A corresponding depreciation of our principal commodities is another result. (See Dr. Boetbeer tables.) We thus aid the nations that have gold to spare to get from us gold at half price, and to meet the deficiency in the supply of gold necessary to carry on this infamous practice. After selling all the products the world will take, using all of our boasted increased supply of food products, we borrow hundreds of millions, promising to repay in gold, when we have further depreciated prices to a point where we can compete with other and inferior na tions that work for those who have brains enough to formulate and courage enough to maintain a financial policy of tbeir own. The government coined and borrowed in these twenty-two years nearly $500,000,000 more than we pro- J s a . w . a . aucea cu goia. 11 ine silver we barred irom our mints nad been coined into legal tender dollars at the present legal ratio, we wouia nave avoiaea these gold bonds, kept the flat out of our silver, maintained tne prices 01 our products to tne stiver stanaara, ana tnat standard . wouiu nave oeen onr legal ratio, we would nave covered our uncovered out paper. We would have been solvent Your stump orators and goldbug papers say that silver was not demone tized in 1873, but that in codifying the coinage laws there is no provision for coinage of silver included. It was omitted by accident or design, it matters not, wnicn, ana tne result was, demoneti zation.- Any declaration to tbe contrary is a macnine maae subterfuge and, repeated for tbe purpose of deceiving tbe people. Our English brother is more candid. He sees what he wants and goes after it. You are not bold enough to call it by its proper name in this country; bear the English definition of tne act: The proposal of the Paris conference of I8b7, for a single gold standard, and a universal coinage on that basis, raised the question to great prominence. Wol owski aud others strongly opposed the recommendation, the former predicting that a disastrous appreciation of irold would follow. This . view eeems borne out by the result, for, although abui- versal coinage was not created, yet Ger many ana tne bcanaanaviun union both changed from a silver to a arold stand ard, while Holland and the United States both made movements in the same direc tion by demonetizing silver and making E reparations ior adopting gold. Tne atin nnion at the same time restricted their coinage, which had nearly tbe same effect as the adoption of the gold stand ard." Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. XVI.. page 762, Ninth Edition. Didlthe Bland-Allison, and the Sher man acts come from tbe friends of silver or were these acts forced upon them in form ot compromise, by the English in fluence in congress." Ihe crystalized opinion of British financiers, who bold a larger part of our obligations, is that we can adopt inde pendent bimatallism and open our mints to the free and unlimited -coinage of sil ver at any ratio we may name, maintain that ratio and force England to adopt the same ratio, open her mints to sil ver, or abandon the commerce of the world to us, within a few months. The English financier is no fool. neither can you appeal to his human ity. Justice to him is the satisfaction of his greed for gold. To get it he does not hesitate to oppress the pro ducing classes in every way which will enable him to get their products at prices that mean slavery to the produ cer, and opulence and power in tbe finan cial world for him. He is loaded with American securities upon which we pay now a gold interest, which represents commodities sold by ns for half the actual value, of which commodities he is the most extensive purchaser, but depreciation of those American se curities will create a panic in Europe that will close the Bank of England. He will be the first to rush to the maintenance of the double standard. In the language of her greatest financier, Lord Lidderdale: If tbe American people had the cour age of conviction and adopted tbe double standard of gold and silver, no matter what the ratio, they would inside of a year command the tradeof the east, India, the straits, tbma and Japan. Unless England should follow suit and adopt a bimetalic standard, she would inside of eighteen months cease to be a commercial factor in tbe markets of the world. This is the opinion of both bi metal is ts and defenders ot tbe gold standard, daily expressed in tbeir public press. We can force bimetalism now and free ourselves. We can wait for her consent which she would be foolish to give from a financial standpoint, until we have issued a few hundred milliou more gold bonds to strengthen our credit, and made return to bimetalism impossible, reduced our laboring classes to tbe gold standard wage, which will come with permanent gold mo tro metal- ism, and continue to resolve that we are the greatest nation on earth, assert tbe Monroe doctrine in conventions and mes sages, and continue in slavery. Which win we aof The Uuited States, before 1860. pro duced very little silver, the highest an nual product being 50,000, but be tween 1849 and 1860 she produced $651,000,000 in gold (see table, page 242,) This was more tban one-half of tbe world's product of gold for that period, or more than all that the bal ance of the world produced for that period. When the balance of the world saw this heavy percentage of gold pro duction in onr favor, all that were not then upon a silver standard hastened to adopt a silver standard except Eng land, and she adopted it for some of toe colonies. (Page 449 to 450, Keporr 1895.) In July, 1850, Holland demonetized the gold ten florin piece, and the Oil laume. Portugal prohibited any gold from having a current value except Eng lish sovereigns. Belgium demonetized' its gold circulation. Russia prohibited tbe export of silver, and France was so alarmed that a commission was ap pointed to enquire into tne matter. Evening News: "The cohorts of the silver octopus had banded together to strike down gold as money. They plot ted and conspired," but the money trust had not then captured Washington, and there were no statesmen there who inadvertently committed blunders worse tban crime. Any man who would have advocated tbe demonetization of gold at that time because tbe balance of tbe world was trying to shake the power of our in creased production, by hastening to adopt as their monetary standard the monetary metal which it produced and we did not produce, would have been ducked in tbe horse pond, then if he per sisted, restrained as a lunatic In 1801 our gold production began to decrease and our silver production to increase, reaching the two million mark in 1861, the increase was rapid, more than double for 1862 and quadruple for 1863; march ing on up it reached nearly thirty-seven million dollars in 1873. We increased in population from 23,191,876 in 1850 to about 40,000,000 in 1873, yet our pro duction of gold was reduced from nearly sixty-five million dollars per annum be tween 1849 and 1860 to about forty-six million dollars per annum between 1861 and 1873. When the balance of the world saw this great increase in silver production and decrease in gold produc tion in the United States and learned that we would further decrease our gold production and increase our silver pro duction, in tbe estimation of tbeir best financiers, the principal nations began , to fall over each other in a stampede back to the gold standard. The monetary congress at Paris failed to strike down silver, and when it was found that the United States held the balance of power in that congress, and tha't she refused to be coaxed or bulldozed into abandoning her double standard and legislating val ue out of one of her richest products tbe holders of her obligations began to take an active interest in our monetary sys tem. By intermarriage with the million aire families of this country tbe whole coupon clipping race has been solidified, disciplined and cabled together underone head, of which Morgan & Co. of this side are the American representatives. Their influence has been so potent that it pre vented the republican administration of 1888 to 1892 giving the people bimetal ism, though seven-tenths of the republi can party did then and do now demand it. It captured the democratic adminis tration now in power and dictated the financial platform of the disgraceful com bination at St. Louis, by which tbe re publican machine was delivered to it against the earnest demand of the rank and file of the party. On page 355, Report of 1895, we find that on May 20th, that year, "The lead ing bankers and merchants of tbe city of London met at Glyns bank, Lombard street, Mr. Bertram Currie presiding, when it was decided to form a gold standard defense association." Officers were elected, etc. The gold standard was not in danger there, but the usual British interference in American politics must begin one year before our presiden tial nomination. Lord Hillindon was appointed treasurer. How much will he disburse to protect the gold standard in this election. O. P. DAVIS. Io clubs often or more campaign subscriptions lOo each. No com mission allowed. NOT LESS THAN 50,000. A Well Potted Gentleman Sizes the Situation Up in Missouri. Mr. W. H. Allen of Clinton, Mo., was a caller at the Bryan headquarters at the Lincoln hotel today. Mr. Alien is a prominent democrat in his state and was honored by the ap pointment as sergeant at arms of tbe democratic convention at Chicago. To a representative of The Post Mr. Allen said the growth of the free silver senti ment among the rank and file of all parties in his state was very gratifying to the friends of the cause, and that the enthusiasm awakened among the younger element in the state by the nom ination of W. J. Bryan for the presidency is unprecedented in the history of Mis son ri politics. He paid a high tribute to the char acter and public service of Hon. L. V. Stephens, the democratic candidate for governor of Missouri. He stated that Stephens' services as state treasurer have convinced the people of his ability, integrity and fitness for ..public trust. Colonel Stephens has been one of the pioneers in the cause of bimetallism, being one of the original and ablest advocates of the free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 in bis state. Mr. Allen is a enthusiastic Bryan man and says that Bryan ior president and Stephens for governor will sweep Mis souri with a majority of not less than fifty thousand. Tbe Colors Still Float. The crime of being a young man was soon outgrown by Burke and Pitt, but what they said when they were young has never been ' outgrown. I cannot speak better praise of two Americans than to say that William ' Bryan begins at tbirty-six where Lyman Trumbull left off at eighty-three. The color-bearer falls, but forward the colors go. My ron Reed. tlR. BRYAN AT ALBANY Delirers Ringing Speech with r . Telling Effect. VAST AND MIGHTY THRONG Tarns Oat to Hear the Next Presi dent Speak. A Gladsome Greeting, i Alb an if, N. Y., Aug. 26. Ten thou sand people crowded closely together in front of the city hall last evening and listened to nominee W. J. Bryan deliver a political speech, and although the re ception was of an extremely cordial na ture and surpassed in attendance any meeting which Mr, Bryan has addressed in the east, it was secondary in general interest to the dinner givento the dem ocratic candidate by Senator David B. Hill in the afternoon. Exactly what was said , at Senator Hill's residence, or whether any agreement between thejtwo leaders ot the democracy was made, may never be known, as neither gentleman would speak, but general opiniou nat ur ally ascribes to the bread breaking an important place in the political cam paign. . Mr. Bryan's reception on his arrival in Albany some hours previously had pre pared him somewhat for that which was to come. His train from Rhincliff ar rived In BaltimoA at 4:05 o'clock. The cheering that greeted him was like tne sound of thunder, and again and again it came, until Mr. Chase began a few remarks introducing the nominee. Mr; Bryan said: "Fellow Citizens: In the presence of this immense audience, it is hardly nec essary to announce that tbe presiden tial campaign is open for business. (Ap plause.) It gives me great pleasure to be permitted to address,' even for a short tin t'je citizens of . 'Albany and its vicinity. I esteem it a "privilege , to be defend in your presence, the policies which I believe will bring prosperity and happiness to the American people. "The democratic party at Chicago met in convention, and there the majority of the democrats of tbe United States, speaking through their legally chosen representatives, laid down a platform and . nominated a ticket. It is not ex pected that every person will always find in a platform all that he desires and nothing that he does not like. But when a citizen comes to vote he acts with that party and indorses that plat form which gives to him the best assur ances of securing the most important things he desires. It is proper, aye, more, it is necessary, thattbecandidates ho stand upon a platform shall indorse the utterances of that plat form, and I stand before you to declare in your presence that 1 en dorse every word of that platform adopt ed at Chicago. (This sentence was de livered with great vigor and emphasis and was enthusiastically applauded.) But while I do so, 1 expect in this cam paign the support of many democrats who are not willing to indorse all that tbe platform declares for. (Great ap plause.) JUST ONE GREAT QUESTION. "We have, then, to consider this ques tion: Ought the American people sub mit longer to a gold staudard? (Shouts from the andieuce of 'No! NoP) The democratic party has begun a war of extermination against the gold stand ard. (Cheers.) We ask no quarter; we give no quarter. We shall prosecute our warfare until there is not an Amier can citizen who dares to advocate the gold standard. (Loud applause.) They ask us 'Why?' We reply that the gold standard is a conspiracy against the human race and that we would no more join it than we would join an army marching to Gespoil our homes and de stroy our families. 1 ask you not to take my word alone as to tbe evils of tbe gold standard. I call as a witness a gentlemau who has been heard in the councils ol the democratic party. I ask you (if you are inclined to accuse us of using extravagant language) to listen to tbe following language:" Here Mr. Bryan quoted at some length from the speech of Mr. Carlisle on tbe subject of bimetallism delivered in Jhe house of representatives some eight teen years ago. "That is the language of John G. Car lisle, aud I believe be spoke the truth. If if it was true then, it is truetoday,aud will be true no matter who may cbange bis opinion or bis course upon this ques tion. (Applause.) "If you want to restore confidence you have got to restore prosperity to tbe great mass of people and talk as much about good property as they have been talking about good money. Mon ey can be too good. It can be so good that you can long for it and pray for it and not get a dollar of it. (Laughter and applause.) "1 have asserted, and I assert, that without the aid of the money owning class tbe gold standard would not stand for a day in any nation uuder the sua. 1 assert that behind tbe gold standard in this country tbe only potent force consists of those who had fixed invest ments and those who are brokers, who provide of carry out greater bond is sues. "Now my friends, my time is up. I must leave you to greet other people." Mr. Bryan then drove to the station in time to board his train, which left at 8:10 p. m. Mr. Bryan's trip, via Summit Moun tain and Hudson, was a series of ova-' tions. At both places the candidate made a short speech in a happy vein. THEY'RE ALL RIGHT. Voters of Raymond are United on W. J Bryan. To the Editor I see in your paper the program ot silver meetings. The success of these is assured if they are anything like the meeting at Raymond last Satur day night. In that vicinity a McKinley man is looked upon as a sort ot freak. The Bryanite is the normal thing. Tbe school bouse was filled with citizens and farmers who listened closely to the ex cellent speeches of tbe two O. P.'s, New branch and Davis. Newbranch made his maiden speech and the audience evi dently appreciated it. The people then listened to some campaign ' songs Irom the little book, "Sixteen Silver Songs." Mr. Davis made a strong speech and was applauded again and again. There was a call for more music, and the glee club sang the "Bryan March" to the tune of "John Brown's Body," while tbe voters came up and slgued the roll. Tbe mem bership reached nearly 100. Let tbe good work go on and the truth be told about it through the pages ot. your new paper. It is a little daisy. . Yours for victory, Bryanite. ISSUES OF THE PAST. General Prentiss Unable to Secure a Di. Voice from Them After hearing General Prentiss speak yesterday one of his auditors, an old veteran, delivered himself as follows: "We can forgive Gen. Prentiss for talk ing politics because he is old and his tame is , behind him. His work is done. He cannot divorce himself from the issues of the past. He doesn't real.se that parties have changed, that issues have changed and that the question of seces sion was settled once for all thirty years ago. But men of Church Howe's age should be able to grasp the issues of the present and rely upon something more than the prejudices of the past to elect Major McKinley. The time is past, and ought to be, when a candidate can be elected to any office in tbe gift of the American people simply because he was on the right side a generation ago. If a man stands for the enslavement of his race today his past achievements cannot lessen their bondage." SERIOUS STAHBINO AFFRAY, Dispute Over a BUI Leads to What May Be Murder. Crete, Neb., Aug. 26 About 7 o'clock last evening George Laramy and J. W. Jackson, a resturant keeper, became in volved in a dispute over a settlement and Jackson stabbed Laramy with a penknife in the left breast, penetrating to the muscles of the heart. The injury is very serious and Laramy is still un conscious. It is not known yet whether he will recover. . Jackson is under arrest and says he had no intention of injuring Laramy, that he was whittling and forgot for the moment that the knife was in his band. J. B. Hendricks was passing at the time and was the sole witness. SHOT HIMsBLF AMD WIFE. Banker Church Employs Desperate Means to Evade Arrest. Lowell, Mich., Aug. 26. Charles A. Church, a member of the banking firm ot Church & Son, which failed yesterday, this morning shot and fatally injured his wife, Jennie, and then turned the re volver on himself and fired a bullet into his bead with fatal results. Deputy Sheriff Cowans of Grand Rap ids was approaching Church's house to serveawrifon that gentleman, which was sworn out by the National City bank of Grand Rapids. Church saw him coming. He locked the door of the house, seized a revolver, and shot his wife and then himself. THEY QRIEVB SORELY. Prohibitionists Disconcerted Over the Rush to Bryanism. The prohibitionists met in county con vention this morning and reorganized by electing H. 1L Hurd chairman; A. S. Beck secretary. Rev. Roberts offered prayer. The county executive committee was filled and H. H. Hurd elected chairman. J. T. Roberts, secretary: John Shuss. treasurer. The republican managers are taking no risks id securing attendance at tbeir rallies. By means of free transportation they get together a large number at a state convention, then advertise a rally. Now the re-union comes along and draws thousands in attendance, when they attempt to turn it into a republi can pow wow to deceive the people into believing it is all republican enthusiasm. The most encouraging reports come into Bryan headquarters from all over the country. Clubs are being organized in every precinct and many republicans are coming out tor Bryan and free sil ver. Many moro will come as soon as they understand that the republican party machinery left them at St. Louis and followed tbe golden calf into the wilderness of error and infidelity. A Former Republican Congressman for Free Coinage. HON. A. J. WEAVER'S SPEECH. A Few Extracts Therefrom Showing His Sentiments. Read, Read, Bead. Below will be found extracts from a speech delivered by Hon. A. J. Weaver, representative from Nebraska in the house of representatives February 27, 1886. The speech can be found in the Congressional Record volume 17, part 2 pp 1861-1871. "Mr. Chairman, from expressions of sentiment already recorded by the rep resentatives of the people there can re main no doubt that for once the united efforts ot the moneyed oligarchy, as sisted by the executive officers ot the na tion, will fail to successfully carry out the conspiracy to double the nation's debt and paralyse tbe industries of the country by proposed legislation the sole object of which is to increase their own material wealth by making money dear and all species of property, relatively cheap.- . ;""C,--t Think of all the lamentable conee quenoes, u once consummated, of the damnable conspiracy to deprive the common people of this country, in the sweat ot whose faces the nation has achieved all her greatness and the con spirators all their amassed and un counted millions, ot the only money that has ever reached the body of the people. Who has ever eeen gold dollars doing the business ol the country? Those who have mingled with the masses and have knowledge of the ordinary business aud commercial transactions carried on in this great country know well that gold k not the money that keeps alive the thousand industries that supply bread for the sustenance and clothes for the . protection of the millions. No one sees gold save the favored few, who, through a failure on the part of the . 1 1 A. . J A secretary 01 tne treasury to execute me plain letter of the law, by Using silver, absorb all of this money. In defiance ot the law successive secretaries of the treas ury have created a class of favored creditors to whom all the nation's gold has been and is being paid; and now when all that precious f coin and metal, except what still awaits them in the treasury of the United States, has been gathered into the coffers of the money kings, comes the startling advice from the president and the secretary ot the treasury to discontinue the coinage of silver, and the further advice from the secretary of the treasury to call in the 1346,000,000 of the legal tenders. Mr. Speaker, I ask in the name of Manning, and this without a desire to take this great name in vain, yes, and in the name of all the illustrious patriots the present incumbent's im mediate predecessors who, in willful disobedience to the solemn enactments of congress, have been trying to sub stitute gold for the pallldium of our liberties (first, before opening the trea sury door to the golden horse, hav ing made sure that no one was in the belly but the priviliged class of creditors, namely, the bondholders), I ask, I say, why in this great country of undeveloped resources, with it mines of gold and silver sufficient to supply the people with an abundance of good money, we should follow in the foot steps of England and Germany and lend the lawmaking power of this country to the aggrandizement and enriching of the few and to the oppres sion of the many and the demaraliza- tion of the whole country? This pro position to make gold alone the stand ard is an insult to the intelligence of all thinking men. Mr. Speaker, aside from individual, corporate and municipal indebtedness, the world's debts, I mean the national indebtedness amount to 122,885,200, 000, and the interest on this sum alone at 3 per cent amounts to more than six times the annual gold product of the world. The world's debts of corporations, states and municipalities amount to nearly f 12,000,000,000 and private in debtedness amounts to over $70,000, 000,000, so that the debts of tbe world national, corporate and private amounts to more than one hundred thousand millions, while all tbe gold in the world is less tban four thousand millions; hence if all the gold in the world were at once applied to the liquidation ot the debts Of the world it would not pay 25 per cent of the same, and all the world's annual product of gold would Continued on Fifth ra. WAS SILVER MAN