The whole question of bimetallism is opened up by the amendment offered by the Senator from Iowa . Therefore it is pertinent to the issue and comes in point very materially. Besides. the whole question of money is involved by the fact that the Asiatics are manufacturing on a silver basis. and that they are thus enabled. in view of the fact that silver has retained its purchasing power in those countries. to compete with us to our great disadvantage. because wages are no higher. as food is no higher. the same amount of silver buying the same amount of products that it did in those countries twenty. years ago.
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Asiatics are characterized as manufacturing on a silver basis, giving them an unfair economic advantage.