Emerson on Sound Money

By Willis George Emerson

First published in 1896, “Emerson on Sound Money” is the transcript of a speech delivered by Willis G. Emerson to the Young Men's Republican Club at Lockerby Hall Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1896. The speech primarily concerns money and finances, referring to the contemporary political situation and providing suggestions as to how it can be improved. Willis George Emerson (1856 – 1918) was an American lawyer, novelist, politician, and founder of the North American Copper Company and the town of Encampment in Wyoming. His most famous novel is “The Smoky God, or A Voyage Journey to the Inner Earth”, presented as a real account penned by the author in 1908 concerning the escapades of a Norwegian sailor named Olaf Jansen who sailed through a hole to the Earth's interior at the North Pole. Other notable works by this author include: “Winning Winds” (1885), “Grey Rocks: A tale of the Middle West” (1894), and “Was It a Crime? 'Coin at School' dissected” (1900). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.

• Language: English
• Publisher: White Press
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781528786836

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EMERSON ON

SOUND MONEY

By

WILLIS GEORGE EMERSON

First published in 1896

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Contents

Willis George Emerson

SPEECH OF HON. WILLIS GEORGE EMERSON,

KNOWS COIN HARVEY.

THE PEOPLE A JURY.

MORAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED.

WILSON LAW CLOSED FACTORIES.

BREAD AND BUTTER THE ISSUE.

JACKSON AND JEFFERSON.

GREENBACKS WERE CHEAP MONEY.

HONESTY AND SOBER JUDGMENT NEEDED.

PER CAPITA OF MONEY.

I AM A BIMETALLIST.

THE CRIME OF '73.

CONSISTENT FRIEND OF SILVER.

DO NOT DEMAND BIMETALLISM.

FREE TRADE SHOULD BE UNDONE.

GOES AFTER BRYAN.

IMPROVED HARVESTING METHODS.

WHY ARE THEY NOT HONEST?

SHALL PRICES BE RESTORED.

PROTECTIVE TARIFF THE REMEDY.

THE QUESTION IS SIMPLY ONE OF HONESTY OR DISHONESTY.

LABORERS SHALL BE HONESTLY REWARDED.

A PRINCIPLE UPHELD BY STATESMEN.

ENGLAND HAS BEEN SERVED.

HE TALKS OF WOOL.

WHAT THE RECORD IS.

SPIRIT OF REVOLUTION.

REAT IS CONFIDENCE.

PROUD OF BEING A REPUBLICAN.

MARCHING TO GREATEST VICTORY.

Willis George Emerson

Willis George Emerson was born in 1856, and spent his early education at Knox College, Illinois, USA. He later attended Northern Ohio University, after which he was admitted to the bar in 1886. Emerson quickly lost interest in the legal profession however, and moved to Kansas where he became heavily involved in politics; actively campaigning on behalf of the Republican Party in both the 1888 and 1900 elections. Emerson is best known as a prominent American novelist though, and is famed for his evocative tales of the Mid-West. Among his better-known novels are Buell Hampton (1902), The Builders (1906), Smoky God vs. Voyage in the Inner World (1908), The Treasure of Hidden Valley (1915) and The Man Who Discovered Himself (1919). Smoky God vs. Voyage in the Inner World is particularly notable for its unusual plotline; the protagonist discovers an Eden like civilisation in in the centre of the earth, where a scientifically advanced race of long-lived giants is discovered worshipping a ‘smoky God’ – the interior sun. This was the first literary work to bring Emerson widespread acclaim. A man of many talents and interests, Emerson also worked as a newspaperman, lawyer, politician and promoter, forming the North American Copper Company in Wyoming. Emerson is also credited with founding the town of Grand Encampment, a municipality in Carbon County, Wyoming. With Emerson’s Copper Company based there, it became a booming centre of copper mining and smelting.  A sixteen-mile tramway was built to carry copper ore from the mountains into the town for smelting; a tramway which was, at the time, the longest in