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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
4 SENSIBLE VIEW.

The Rochester Record and Union, a
very able paper, by the way, has this
excellent article:
1T cannot be denied by the friends O.
the Resumption Act that the policy O.
contracting the currency at time when
large class OF people are heavily in
debt is q system OF injustice against
which they may very properly urge their
earnest and hearty protest. A system
which causes the shrinking of the value
OF all real estate to such an extent that
it cannot be sold, or mortgages obtained
for more than one-halt the amount which
the property would have brought five
years ago, may well cause serious alarm.
While the currency has been contracted
by the acts OF the government there has
been no corresponding shrinkage OF the
debts contracted in its use at time of
unexampled prosperity. Those who
bought real estate, farm implements,
horses, etc, or contracted debts of any
kind, when there was an abundance of
money in circulation, have found to
their sorrow and dismay that the con-
traction policy has left them without adj
obligations. In 1860. at time of our
greatest national prosperity. statistics
SHOW that there were in the hands of the
people SIS per head while ten years later
the currency was Sl7.35 per capita, with
failures amounting to two hundred mill
lions OF dollars in year.
The contraction policy OF the govern
ment has not only caused the financial
ruin OF many honest and industrious men
through the country, but it has destroyed
public confidence and caused capitalists
10 withdraw their means largely from
he legitimate business of the country.
The consequence is that several million
persons have been thrown out OF employ
ment, immigration has well nigh ceased
altogether, and the manufacturing inter-
ests OF the country are in 4 paralyzsd
condition.
The question naturally presented by
these considerations is. what advantage
is derived from such a system. or who is
to be benefited thereby? We have seen
| the disastrous results TO the debtor and
laboring classes. We find that nearly
every commodity has shrunk in value
fifty per cent. with Il single exception.
ana that is gold. The purchasing pow>
er OF this commodity has been largely
increased. and. hence it will be seen the
legislation of the past few years has
been in the interest OF the capitalists and
the money power. Ii the Resumption
Act is enforced, every man who is in
debt will be liable to have his property
sold out tor what it will bring in gold
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
GEORGE FRANCIS TRIM on TIE
SITUATION.

This curious and eccentric character,
who is not without his st reaks Of tact
and sense, has been interviewed, by u
correspondent OF the n. Y Graphic and
and gets off the following:
"Cor. You have in,ima.cd. Mr..
Train, tina. the finance question would
soon absorb the Presidential imbroglio.
In what way?
Mr.. Train By crash that will
throw the 1873, 1885,. 1917. Is57, 1866,
1873 panics all in the shade. The Hol-
land tulip mania, the French Mississippi
land scheme. the English South Sea
bubble, all told. would not equal q week s
transactions in Wall street. Ten sar-
ings banks already. out OF forty in this
city have succumned, and the other
thirty are swamped in real estate and
unproduc,ive property. How many
OF them can stand . forty .eight hours
run? When the 100000 depositors call
tor their 500 .oo0. 900 at sigh, the streets
will be blocked with an army of wild
mena The life and fire insurance COM
panies have $50 900 900 out on bond
and mortgage. taat would not bring
| $50, 900. 900 under the sheriff-s hammer
Ask Ludlow. Muller, Morgan. Stephen
son. The entire Tammany Ring outf,
is cleaned on. on this real estate trouble
don't believe Tweed has . dollar to
his usme left. Astor has been cut down
t.om 5000 600 to $15, 900 900. The
Surrogate will tell you that all these rich
estates scarcely realize enough to pay
expenses. kernochan paid Ludlow
$4,000 tor the Leupe>Ronalds- Barreda
/ Delaney Kane Athenaum Club "Ghos'
Mansion in Madison Square. which cos
/ 1850, 900, and he has not found ten
ant or purchaser since the sale las
spring. The sl0.ooo. 900 Furness estatt
scarcely produces enough to pay thu
family bills. Cooke, Clews. Duncan
Ralston, Woodward. Lockwood. Shep
herd. Dimmock. and Sprague are only ,
few Of the representative wrecks. Tit
! 1873 panic was postponed, you reuem-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Der. The coming crash will produce a
hundred Black Fridays in one. Business
men are laying the present stagnation
to the Presidential fiasco, but the real
trouble is the currency.
G.. And this, you say, will disorgan-
ize all governments?
Mr.. I. Yes. The breakdown of
corporation monopoly, the crash in real
estate, the dissolution of private fortunes
the corruption of public men, the in
crease OF crime, all mark the decadence
OF the old systems of government based
on the unholy alliance of priest and
politician. Tacitus describes the downs
tall ct the American Republic when he
pictures the disease that destroyed Rome
Almost his exact words apply to our
present rottenness, and we have no St.
Augustine to make an argument as to
the why and the wherefore. Tweed
planted, Grant watered, and Beecher
gave the increase
Z. We certainly arc not quite as bad
as Rome on its decline.
Mr.. T. Worse. Our freedom, eunuchs
and slaves 60 by their names Our par
tricians are corporation directors. Our
popes are christian impostors Did
Rome average FLOODED murder a
day as we do in New York? Two hun
dred and eighty-one last year, and only
thirty-one convictions and seven hung :.
Was every tenth man in Rome q con-
vict? New York arrests 100000 annually
out OF its 100000 population. Can the
Roman republic beat that?
G. Taxed to death Why do YOU say
we are taxed to death, Mr. Train?
MI. L. A country that raises in taxes
IN fifteen years "a sum larger than the
debt that it took England thousand
years to accumulate. is certainly in a
bad way. Over $4,000, 100000 have been
spent since they shot into Sumter, and
counting city, county, State, and nationa,
bonds We owe some $1,000, 900, 900 more
Nearly ,O00,O00,000 in three presi-
dental terms sauandered in war, blood
shed, bribery, and the loss Of personal
and national honor and manhood.
c. VIII congress do anything on the
resumption act9
Mr.. I. Who knows what congress
will doo A bone tide repeal is to indorse
the Peter Cooper platform. To legislat,
on the Grant Bristow-Hayes plan of de.
priving greenbacks of their legal tende
is to lay sinking fish on what little cur.
rency there is. To do nothing is to iloa
into universal bankruptcy.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Judge Miller, of the United States
Supreme Court, and one of the aolest
men in the nation, had an interview the
other day with q correspondent of the
Chicago Times, in which this occurred +:
Reporter; "Do you anticipate the possibility
of the p8ople forgetting the results OF the late
civil war 50 speedily as might be implied il
they allowed themselves to BE- hurried into
anoth 4 trouble by the Temperance OF politi-
clans"
Judge ii: The people may be led astray to-
day as easily as they were 10 years ago. Com
munities are governed more by the impulse
given their sentiments by men who lead pub
lie opinion than by common sense"
Reporter; "You think. then, there is dis
position on the part OF the men you term lead
ers to mold public opinion Improperly"
Judge NJ: "AssuredIy | do. | can repeat that
the Democrats mean llden Or mischief"
This is not rating public intelligence
very highly, but many will agree with
the Judge.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

The New York Herald publishes table
showing that 40 ,375 men of different trades are
now out of work III that city, and those figures
are said to be below rather than above the
reality Mechanics are so hard pressed that
thousands of their families on the verge Of
restitution, with the idle winter before them.
Multiply 1915 by four, the estimated
number dependent upon each workman,
and we have $4,000 persons ''on the
verge OF restitution - And all from a
pernicious financial policy.
under Hayes or Tilden, or to 60 to burn
inc and robbing on their own hook.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

astute observer, he is puzzle to the
politicians OF both parties for whom he
has the contempt so often felt by profess
sional soldiers. His policy can only be
inferred from his acts. Words to him
are like men-only instruments, and he
uses phrase just as he would employ
Spencer OF a Patterson, meaning
nothing by it except to gain his end.
His faculty of deception is apparently
infinite. With such cold, impressive
and subtle character an upright and in
genuous man like Mr. Hewitt stands no
chance whatever. Tojudge of Grant by
single interview is like guessing at
the size and style of house by a br ick.
The only safe way to infer his character
and purposes from his past career. He
has said "Let US have peace" he prom
Used President johnson that he would
hold on to the War Department and
force Mr.. Stanton to appeal to the courts !;
he declared but the other day his desire
for fair count in South Carolina and
Louisiana. and l am not sure but that,
like dream, the shrewdest way is to
interpret him by contraries. In short
l regard him as most dangerous when
he makes the most tair and friendly
professions. His recent avowals cost
him nothing. His acts, you will please
observe, are all in one direction. The
man is dangerous. Everything indi>
Gates that we are entering upon u crisis
which will be his grand opportunity :.
Those who despise him because he can
not write a message or make a speech
have not read history. Military dyn-
asties according to my reading, have
never been founded in that sort OF way,
but by bold men who knew how to take
advantage ofthe chapter OF accidents.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

STATE OF M1NNEsOTA-COUNTY or
RAMSEY. District Court-second Judicial
District.
T. K. stateler, Pitt
We. Summons.
James FLOYD, Den.(
THE STATE or MINNESOTA 70 the above
named Defendant
You arehereby summoned and required TO
answer the complaint in this action which il
filed IN the Office Of the Clerk Of said Court, in
the City OF st. Paul, Ramsey County, Mime
sofa, and to serve copy Of your answer TO th.
said complaint On the subscribers, 1t flieir
Office In AcClung's Block in the City Of st.
Paul, County Of Ramsey, State Of Minnesota,
within twenty days after the service Of this
summons upon you, exclusive offbe day Of
such service, and IL you fail to answer the said
complaint within the time Aforesaid, the Plain
tin IN this action will take judgment Agains.
you for the sum Of six hundred and seventy
Elk dollars and 42-l00 dollars, with interest At
seven per cent. per annurn on the sum Of
TIC 42-iO0 from Nay 7th 1876, and interest
upon the sum Of 600 from November 9th
1875, At the rate Of seven pr cent besides the
costs and disbursements Of this action.
Dated Novsmb~r I'd, 1876.
ExwIS 4 GuyY1y,
Plaintiffs Attorney, 81. Psul, MINI.
: 121.5t
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
4 St. Paul friend hands US the follow

4 St. Paul friend hands us the follow
ing:
merchant going down town one morning
last week, unused within himself after this
fashion: snow the important question with
me is, whether to go to the bank and borrow,
as know shall have to do, or to try to squeeze
through WITHOUT borrowing, which know
can't do.
For the honor Of the race we wish to
add that the proprietor Of this bull was
not an 1rishman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

mess Of fish. They took spears and a
light, and, in about four hours, returned
with upwards of three hundred pound OF
fish in their wagon These comprised
pickerel, pike, bass, suckers, bsffalo.
red horse and some other varieties, all
fat and good. Yours, sc.
TN. LOWATER.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
Good For Hastings.

Prot. Campbell has done a great deal to build
up and perfect the High School of Hastings
He has time and again given exhibitions and
with the proceeds purchased philosophical
apparatus, for the use of the pupils, until now
the Hastings School is far better equipped in
this particular than any other school in the
State. The following figures are drawn from
the report of Prof. Burt, Superintendent of
Public Instruction of the State, and show the
cost of apparatus in the cities named:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1876.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. lit. J. Fitzgerald, ex-
editor of The Catholic Advocate and late au-
ditor of the l.. P. S. W. railway suicided this
afternoon with strychnine. Cause-no work,
Another victim to contraction.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Wheat is advancing in this market. and No.
l is worth Sl16. There are more mortgages
being recorded IN this county than during any
previous year since the winter of 57-S.-Has-
tirg's Gazette.
This is q sad story. The short crops
is answerable for part OF it, the financial
policy of the government for a good deal
more
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
STEVENS COUNTY.

We hear great many who propose &c
migrate to Stevens county in the spring
The pressure OF hard>times will drive
tens OF thousands 10 the fertile lands OF
the west. They find they can better de.
pend upon the bounty of God then the
bounty of man. The grasshoppers are
not as bad rs the eaters.
As many OF our readers are interested
in Stevens county we quote the following
letter from Morris to the Grange Id,
rance =
MORRIS. DEC ID. 1876.
t'rtend Iuonq:-l send YOU copy o
our paper. which after long sickness anC
almost death. has revived and come ou
with 4 new coat. and we hope will have
vigorous and healthy lite hereafter
Business here is still fair, and there is s
good deal OF trading going on.
ADJUSTMENTS are now in order, ant
almost every evening we have parties
sociables. Good Temp.ars' meeting. OIL
some kind OF entertainment There i.
good school here with fifty scholars ut
tending.
We have mad very little snow her,
and no sleighing. The weather is lin,
and the health generally good through
out this country. Claim making is still
in progress and new corners are con
stantly arriving.
Ever an anon we have visits from tn,
aborigines. who come here to procur,
supplies. and \ grea. many mink ans
muSkra, oel,s are brought here and sold
and the fur trade many called active
Deer are said TO be plenty in the vicinit,
OF Alexandria and some of onr hunter
are getting ready to 60 out there ate
venison
A short time ago FIVE OF our citizen
went to the river one evening to get I
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Lines Addressed with the Sincerest Symna-
thy to Mrs. John S. Prince, on the Death
Of her Little Dauohter Laura, whose
pet.name was LARK"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
BY ELEANOR c. DOSNELLY.

Knowest thou not in fair summer mornings
(The dawn of golden days that follow spring,
The lark shoots upward from its grassy cover,
With lifted head, and sure, unerring wing;
And leaves behind, sweet truant Of the sky,
The happy rest wherein its dear ones lie?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
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Or Tor the entire four years OF ample volume
of currency 2o3 fewer failures for the last three
months, which are so enthusiastically cited on
being radiant with promise for the future.
One mercantile agency summarizes the gen
eral position throughout the commercial world
thus.
Excepting France and Belgium, almost in
every other commercial country the failures
have been quite as numerous i'll proportion to
the number engaged in business as IN the
United States
Which might truthfully be stated thus:
every largely productive nation which has
forcibl reduced its currency, either by adopt
ing the single metallic standard for the same,
or otherwise, thus giving control Of the circu-
lating medium to priveedged rings and max
ing thereby corner in the same possible, with
larger interest or rent than producing would
even, share with us in the evils of such class
legislation. France and Belgium preserve the
double standard, and by legislating for the
whole body of their people, stimulating in
dustry, and insuring ample monetary re-
sources at small cost, constitute marked ex-
cep;ion to thu general rule Of industrial anc
commercial prostration.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
St. Paul
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Silent and swift it goeth, as an arrow
Shot into space; the bird no more we see,
But, from the clouds that curta' n in the singer,
There falls burst of rapturous melody
A gust of sweet exstatic song down-ringing,
1t is the lark its lay Of freedom singing.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
THE SCIENTIFICAMERICAN

which has been long published weekly for
the last thirty one years, does this. to an ex-
tent beyond that of any other publication; in
fact it is the only weekly paper published in the
United States, devoted to Marufa ctu, es
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21
BANKRUPTCIES.
Day by day the screws tightens. D;
by day the list of victims increases.

Ddy ny udl tue SCIeWS LlputtuS- OdN
by day the list of victims increases.
The Wisconsin Greenback says:
Mathematicians ascertain the momentum of
a body by multiplying its quantity by its We
locity. We have this rule in physics illustra-
ted in another sphere by the steadily gathering
and slowly accommodating volume of our
commercial failures, which began its disas-
trous career Immediately after Mr.. McCulloch's
contraction OF our national currency, and has
now obtained such volume ana Roadway as to
threaten almost entire commercial insolvency,
as demonstrated by the report of the CONNER
cial agencies to October LIST, 1870. They say
that the failures for the previous three months
footed 2,450 making an aggregate Tor the first
nine months Of the year OF ,05U-or a. the rate
of 9,400 for the entire year.
When we remember that but I, 1882 failures
were chronicled for the year 1857, so noted for
its devastation bankruptcies, induced by the
owners Of our specie basis withdrawing it for
their own purposes, thus credit, was most adj
vantageously eliminated in the years 1868, "a,
'65 aud 66, when an ample volume Of money
enabled US to effect our exchanges for cash, Is
demonstrated by the commercial agencies
which report failures in those years thus:
looo ...... ...... ...... 100
1904 ..... oIU
1000 go. 49,. o5O
Or for the entire four wears of ample volume
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-21

Why sllouldst thou grove, then, that in ife's
fair morning
Thy little Lark should take her happy flight
TO speed aleft on sure and steady pinlons
Into the realms OF eternal light.
The dear home nest the truant bird may miss,
But she shall find sweeter nest than this.
Silent and swift her passage thro' the ether,
Straight to the sunny portals OF the skies.
Hearst thou, o mother heart! from out the
sadness,
The burst of song that drops from Paradise?
That new, glad song! Oh. list,-the harps are
ringing
1t is thy bird amid the angels singing.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 9Th, 1876.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-12
R.5Tk EDEDS.
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STEEL RAILS, splendid SG t5M En-
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT,
Trains leave Washington from depot OF BAL
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For Philadelphia New York snd the ssst ~
y, M. daily, with Palace Cars attached Linn
tied Express Of Pullman Parlor Cars 9:25 a.
M. daily. except Sunday. For Philadelphia
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d.y: for Philadelphia 4.55 p. m. daily, with
Psrlor Cars attached.
For pittsburg and the West, 6 3, m. daily, with
Psrlor Cars to Pittsburg; 7.40 p m. daily
with Palace Car to Chicago, and ll.o5 a. H.
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For Canandaigua and the North, g.: m. daily,
except Sunday; and I ~ p. n. daily, except
Saturday, with Palace Car to Rochester. For
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For the South via Richmond, o. AZ a. M; sno
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