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though its indestructibility and weight remain the same  Yet yesterday if it took but 1 bu [[bushel]] of wheat [[strikethrough]] will [[/strikethrough]] to buy it [[strikethrough]] when he [[/strikethrough]] would he not buy wheat is as high & not that a [[gold dollar?]] was cheap   [[strikethrough]] low [[/strikethrough]] and today when it requires two bus [[bushels]] of wheat to buy if wheat is low not that gold is high and today I am twice as rich as yesterday because I can command twice as much of the farmers labor and the more of his labor he can command with that [[strikethrough]] gold symbol of wealth - the wealthier he is and the [[/strikethrough]] dollar the richer is the owner [[strikethough]] of the dollar [[/strikethrough]] and the poorer are the [[strikethrough]] producers [[/strikethrough]] farmers for they have to sweat more to earn it. If then the owner of the dollar can command that increase of labor is he not [[soaring]] richer and every succeeding day better able to dictate how much labor shall be required to purchase his coin. The greater the contraction of the money the more tyrannical the owners of it and the greater amount of labor it represents to purchase it. It is good doctrine for misers, that is the [[strikethrough]] indestructible [[/strikethrough]] imperishable quality, the longer you hoard it from circulation the greater its purchasing property [[strikethrough]] and its but [[/strikethrough]] with no danger loss of its [[strikethrough]] mutable quality [[/strikethrough]] loss [[strikethrough]] by [[/strikethrough]]through the elements but [[strikethrough]] for [[/strikethrough]] bad for those who depend on it as a circulating medium. Supposing the government takes another metal silver, it represents so much labor, it has other qualities, weight, durability, beauty etc and stamps 412½ grs of & free of charge [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] as a $. Expansion takes place and no longer does [[gas]] the miser [[strikethrough]] doctrine goo hold good for then the farmer and laborer dictates how many of them it shall take to buy his wheat and labor as there is a greater supply of money and his has lost his [[/strikethrough]] dictatorship as there is more [[strikethrough]] money [[/strikethrough]] circulating medium to bid for the wheat and labor and he is [[strikethrough]] correct [[/strikethrough]] the one whose hardships

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Most does not make sense after all the strikethroughs. Needs commas. I think two of us, at least, have tried to make sense of this. Please see if there are things to change before saying it is okay. **Think I figured it out. Only wondering if that word is "gas" down near bottom before all the strikethrough?