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Philadelphia Jan 21 1891

To the Editor of the Record -
Dear Sir - As a democrat and constant reader of your paper but one who takes exception to your stand on the money question I address you to inquire if you do not think that the fact that the value of all money is primarily based on [[strikethrough]] the nature of [[/strikethrough]] man's labor has not been lost sight of particularly in Mr Atkinson's address in Boston. [[strikethrough]] If Man's purchasing agent or medium of exchange must stand the test of fire what test. [[/strikethrough]] He says gold is the only substance which will stand the test of fire and gives this as his principal reason for using it as money. Whilst this is chemically true does he mean to say that nothing else enters into [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] consideration [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] in making this gold valuable. [[strikethrough]] If so [[/strikethrough]] and would this [[strikethrough]] be money? [[/strikethrough]] alone make it money? [[strikethrough]] If so then he has, (as the editor of the Record and other financiers have) put the been so blinded by the dazzle of the gold that. [[/strikethrough]] If so, how does [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] he account for varying purchasing power of [[strikethrough]] that buy a [[/strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] and that [[/strikethrough]] and buy a dollar gold which alone determines its value. When will buy a gold dollar he would say labor. When [[strikethrough]] the go a bushel of wheat an hour's labor [[/strikethrough]] will buy a gold dollar he would say [[strikethrough]] wheat [[/strikethrough]] labor is hight not that gold is [[strikethrough]] cheap [[/strikethrough]] low. When it requires two bushels of wheat to buy 1 gold dollar then hes says wheat is low but does not say today I am twice as rich as [[strikethrough]] you [[/strikethrough]] the farmer was yesterday the producer of this labor and the move of riches is the owner of it and the poorer are the producers for they hae to sweat more to earn it. A postage stamp passes current as an article worth say 2 cts. No one thinks its value rests solely on the service which is rendered to the community and the gov

Transcription Notes:
stopped about half way down the page. The sentence in the middle of the page is difficult because of strikethroughs and insertions, but if you set aside the strikethroughs, I placed the arrowed insertion, which appears to move some text, so that the sentence reads: "If so, how does he account for varying purchasing power of and buy a dollar gold which alone determines its value." Please see if you also think that is what it says.