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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
4 MISCONCEPTIONS.

That eminent newspaper, the New
York Journal ofCommerce has this to
say about the recent vote on the bond
question:
THE MINNESOTA SHAME.--The re-
spectacle journals in Minnesota are
sorely smarting under the disgrace of
the reputation which was ratified by
a great majority of her people. These
papers explain to us that the over
whelming vote against good faith and
justice was caused by the ''ignorance"
of the back districts. In the towns
where the populationism is more ''enlight-
ened' the vote was much stronger the
other way. The Minnesota papers
which feel this shame the most acutely
are not without hope that agitation
and education may yet bring the dull
lest of farmers to see that his future
we'll being, like that of the merchants
of st. Paul, depends on the reconsider
alton of that fatal vote. We should
be happy to accept these views Of the
Minnesota press, and to hope that
at some future time the scandalous
verdict of the late election may be re-
versed. But we fear that the trouble
with the Minnesotians is not ignorance
but something far more serious and
invincible-a lack of common honesty.
1t looks as if they wereuvery conscious
that they were deliberately cheating
the creditors of the State and glad of
the opportunity to do it. This is the
opinion which unprejudiced observers
outside of the state have been COM
PEELED to form after watching the
progress of the discussion up to the
result in Minnesota.
The Journal of Commerce does the
people of Minnesota injustice;-they
are us honest as any community on
earth; and they do not mean to be
repudiators. They believe they have
equities of defence against the claim
of the bond-holders and they are in IA
vor of settling upon some basis OF
compromise. They rejected the re
cent proposition because they thought
the line Of compromise was drawn toe
high. The discussion has however
done good and sooner or later thi:
shameful muddle will be cleared up.
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4 FALLACI

We take it that the resumption OF
ecie payments would open an era OF
Osperity. ty.--Cincinnai Commercial.
Why!
Suppose the greenbacks was worth
'-morrrw 100 cents, instead OF 20,
ould that revive business; woulp 1t
,open the factories; would it crerte a
hmand for labor; would it assuage the
aims Of the starving; wonld it in
lease the assets of the struggling
kerchants!
How would it do it!
After England reached specie pay
ents in 1921 she passed through
EARS of the most terrible suffering,
| hy will not the United States have
he same experience?
If the prosperity of the country de-
ended on the premium on gold, that
Prosperity should have increased as
he premium decreased; but, on the
ontrary the lower the premium fell
he harder became the times.
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THE REASON WHY.

Even the New York Sun comedies
hat the legal tender paper money pol
A. CIV in France has proved a remarka-
lie success. 1t says:
Accordingly resource was had to the
Bank of France, whose paper was
made q legal tender, and nearly three
hundred millions were borrowed be-
-'ore the notes dropped below par:
This is remarkable phenomenon, ana
,he fact is also remarkable that at the
present moment-although five hun
lred million dollars in these bank
notes are in circulation, four-fltths
without State guaranty-gold does not
command the slightest premium.
= The reason is plain:-France did not
aishonor her own paper by declaring
that for certain debts it was not legal
tender.
If the government of the United
States should enact tomorrow that
greenbacks should be received in pay
-ment Of duties on imports the preml-
um on gold would disappear as COM
pletely as in France.
But how will you get the gold to
pay the interest on the public debt!
If gold aud greenbacks are of the
same value what is to prevent the
: government swapping greenbacks at
par for all the gold it will want!
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Amti- -Mouopolist.
NATIUS DONNELLY, EDITOR.
iPOLOGETICAL.

We have to apologize somewhat 10
! L readers for the curtailment OF our
nual editorial and news columns,
,lsed by the space we have been
,.liged to give to the publication Oh
Ae delinquent tax lists OF west 81.
e Jul, and Ramsey county. However
!, will only have to ask the lndul-
tnce of our subscribers for two more
f:ekS.
BUT what we feel most is the wretch
state Of mind we have thrown our
i. Paul contemporaries into, who
I'VE been accustomed to charge the
-sM payers Of the county almost treble
ar charge for doing this work. Like
| thieving monopolists who have
EN- for years unmolested in their
bberies, our st. Paul friends actual
think that we have robbed them
.'.an inheritance, and howl according
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
SIENCE.

DR.. Oliver Holmes, the poet, author,
scientist, inventor of the popular
stereoscope instrument, recently
delivered an address before the Boston
Microscopical Society. 1t twas mainly
an illustration of the progress of
microscopic the construction of
the instruments and in the discoveries
by their aid. ssTo those of my gen.
eration," he began, ''this modern
world which most of you take as a
matter of course, it being the only
condition of things of which you have
had experience, is perpetual source
of wonder-a standing miracle.
Science and art have in our time so
changed the aspect of everyday life
that one of a certain age might we'll
believe himself on another planet or
in another stage of existence. The
wand of Prometheus is in our match
boxes; the rock of Horeb gushes forth
in our dressing rooms; the carpet of
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tered as they are throughout almost
half the continent, and, for that
reason, standing greatly more IN need
of circulating medium than are the
people Of France
Is it any wonder that all growth,
progress and prosperity are created IN
our unfortunate countrya II it was
not for the foreign demand for our
agricultural productions, the entire
civic population Of the country would
starve to death. Our rulers are not
able to arrest the God-given fertility
of our soil, or they would have done
so long ago. They have done their
best, by their protective tariffs, to de-
stroy our intercourse with the rest OF
the world, and thus deprive us of the
only market which to-day saves us
from universal bankruptcy.
Now can any man give any reason
why old-fashioned, conservative, un'
progressive France should give hel
people $51.4O per head of currency
while the driving, pushing, enterpris'
ing American. engaged in the great
work of settling and developing a con
tinent is limited to $3.50 per head Of
population!
It is simply the result Of a crue
conspiracy to plunder the many fol
the benefit of the few; and both tht
old parties have agreed to shut theil
eyes and mouths lest they might OF
fend the mOneyed-classes.
There is no remedy but new party
based on the financial question alone
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
GR4DATIONS OF GUILT.

The wisdom Of many people, and OF
all ages, Ordains for the punishment
of the same act various degrees OF Sc
verify, according to the influence OF
circumstances, or the guilt OF the
offenders. Thus, homicide may be
only killing by misadventure, or will
full murder, or high treason, according
as the case may be. It is therefore
strictly on principle that the act OF
converting to ones own use the mon
ey of another exhibits, in the light of
our lofty civilization, various grada-
tions of guilt, which, after the manner
of criminal statutes, are signitied by
appropriate names, the amount OF the
spoliation being in this case the prin-
ciple criterion. Thus:
Taking ST. 100000 is called case of
Genius.
Taking 100000 is called case of
Shortage.
Taking $4,000 is called a case OF
Litigation.
Taking $25, 900 is called a case of In.
solvency.
Taking $4,000 is case of Irregular.
ity.
Taking $4,000 is called case OF De-
falcatiOn.
Taking 81 900 is called case OF Cor
ruption.
Taking $500 is called a case OF Eli
beZZlement.
Taking 800 is called case of dis
honesty
Taking $50 is called case of Thiev
cry.
Taking $25 is called case of Tota
Depravity
Taking one ham is called case O.
War on Society.-N. Y. Graphic.
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Just one point in all his long address
which the general puplic will notice
and understand and which has already
attracted more attention than would
be bestowed upon years discussion
of convict labor. Il implore you,
gentlemen Of the legislature, said
Mr.. Vaux, 'sto look at our statistics.
They show that our prisonis occupied
to very great extent by unappren-
ticed convicts. Of all the young men
under twenty-five years of age admit-
ted to the prison seventy-tive per
cent. are without trade and ninety
per cent. are educated. The State has
done so much for Intelligent labor and
nothing for trade education. Some
thing should be done to make trade
education as dignifed as intelligent
labor
What a terrible satire upon our
bOasted free school system is convey
ed in this word "educated J" Nine
tenths of the young criminals sent to
the penitentiary have enjoyed its
advantages, but three-fourths of them
have never learned to do an honest
stroke of work. Surely there must be
something very wrong about a system
which thus recruits the great army OF
idlers and criminals.
We boast, in this country, that ply
sical labor is honorable, and yet the
children of this land are taught to
avoid it as curse. We have left the
labor of the country to be performed
by foreigners, until the character OF
American youth, especially in our
eastern cities, has degenerated into a
shiftlesness, idleness and incapacity
for honest work, that must in the long
run have the worst effects upon the
national character.
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the Attorney General of Iowa, and i
holds that the Burlington & Missouri
River road, now leased by the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy, is subjectto the
State law of Iowa regulating charges
for transportation. The points deci-
ded are that the law is constitutional,
that the corporation, Notwithstanding
it's charter, is subject to that law, and
that the lease, though made prior to
the passage Of the law, does not ex-
empt the road from control thereby.
AS to the effect of this decision. the
New York Tribune remarks:
'sThe great importan &c of1the recent
decisions will be best appreciated II
their combined effect is considered.
is clearly decided that contract
formed by charter cannot be impair
ed by any subsequent legislation, and
vet, in respect to the control OF the
State over charges, it is declared that,
even if the charter had fixed perma-
nently the maximum charge, sit might
have presented''- belt observed.
would have presented-tsa contract
against future interference. The
choice of the word might in a de-
cision rendered after more than a
years consideration, seems to show
that the court is not disposed to hold
that valid contract wouldbe formed
even by a distinct provision in the
charter authorizing company tt
charge not more than CERTAIN rates
But the possible exception can be. only
on the score Of the reasOnableness OF
the charge. Apparently it follows
that, even if the legislature grants
power to charge to certain maxi
mum, if that charge through subse
quent changes in commerce becomes
unreasonable, it is still for the courts
to decide whether such a charge cal
be defended on the score of con
tract
The great powersAeteby recognizes
as existing in the Reorle, will only b
exercised in defenco M the absolut
rights of the people, and to resist com
binations that would crush out thei
material prosperity.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
A DEMOCRATIC AUTHORITY.

The Wabasha County Sentinel says:
There is some progress on the cur
rency question:; the men who only a
year ago were clamerous for an
irredeemable paper currency, and
declared that gold and silver were
relics of barbarous age and should
no longer tolerated, have now so far
changed their views as to demand,
with equal earnestneSS, the remOne-
tiZatiOn of silver.
Inasmuch as silver has intrinsic
value, and therefore is SO much nearer
the monetary standard of the world,
the country is to be congratulated
upon this change among paper money
men. Everything is tending toward
specie resumption, and that is likely
to be realized by the time set; and
then, with our paper amply secured
and worth it's face in gold, we shall
indeed have the best currency in the
world
The man who wrote that must be
grossly ignorant of the plainest facts.
The Independent party, in their
national convention at Indianapolis,
in May 1915, demanded the remoneti-
zing of silver; and they were the only
party that did so last gear. The Dem
ocratic party in it's national convention
at st Louis, was as silent as a grave
stone on the subject. And now one
would think, to read the Wabasha
conuty Sentinel, that the Indepen-
dents had moved forward and occupi-
ed the Democratic platform
| The truth is that the old parties
are now accepting the teachings of the
Independents on the silver question;
and in another year they will accept
our doctrines upon the paper currency
question.
The Sentinel says:
ssAnd then with our paper money
amply secured and worth it's face in
gold, we shall indeed have the best
currency in the world.''
Will the Sentinel particulariZe what
that currency shall consist of! If the
Sherman programme is carried out
there will not be green back left il
the land in year and half; but theil
place will be largely occupied b,
national bank notes on which we viii
be taxed to pay interest. Does th'
Sentinel approve of that policy? L
he in favor of destroying the green
backs ssamply secured" now!
What does this Demonatic editor
mean if he means anything!
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A Few Facts About Finance.
Infamous Designs of the Jew
Bankers of the World.
Their InSidiOus Influence over
the Governments Of Europe
and America.

The WashingtOg correspondent Of
the New York Graphic writes as fol-
lOws.--
.Apropos of the excitement about
SILVER and gold, there is a curious the
or, here that this combination to de-
preciate silver has been projected by
the great Jew bankers of the world.
These people have studied the whole
question of currency in very practi-
cal way, and understand it not only
much better than the community at
large, but better also than the Chris
tians associated with them in business.
They realize that the demOnetiZation
of silver means an era of low prices.
In other words the artificial enhance
ment of the value of gold reduces the
measure of prices all over the world.
By their direct action upon the gov
ernments of the Scandinavian States,
Germany, and the United States,
these great bankers succeed in par
TALLY demonetizing silver. The low
prices which have resulted, and the
destruction to the trade Of the world,
they have taken advantage of in the
purchase of all manner of staple prop
erty. When they have secured
enough they will again become con-
verts to the desirability of using silver,
which will be remonetized all over
the world, whereupon prices will rise,
and these gigantic operators expect to
sell out at extravagantly high prices.
These rich Jewish capitalists find it
necessary to influence only few peo.
pie in each administration. AS bank.
ers, they have direct access to Secre'
taries of Treasures and Finance
Ministers, and to people who manip
ulate the press Of the world. Upon
various plausible pretexts they get
laws passed demonetizing silver
which being effected they take advan
tage of the ruinous fall in prices
which occurs all over the world
From this they know there will be {
reduction in favor Of the two metals
and then they profit by the addition tt
the market value Of what they bough
at low figures, and sell out.
It will benoticed that the Syndicate
represents an immense Jewish inter
est. who have been the most activ
monometalists since the beginning 0
the controversy.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Eleven tramping vagS were COM
mitted to-day by the mayor.-Erenang
Neus.
They are in all probability vags for
the want of few of those swindling
lies that Mr.. Beecher talks about.
When an American citizengets SO low
that few lies will clothe and feed
him and make him happy, then we are
in favor of starting a greenback lie
factory.
The postponement of the extra
session Of Congress gives Secretary
Sherman his opportunity. For five
months business will be undisturbed
by political agitation. We may fairly
assume that its steady and healthy re-
cuperation will smooth his path to-
ward specie resumption.-NeO York
Tribune.
OF couse. The extra session was
postponed for that purpose. But who
is it that discerns that "steady and
healthy recuperation" of business!
Where is the evidence of it! In the
bankrupt courts!
When the Devil was sick, the Devil monk
would be;
But when he got well, the devil monk was he.
The Democratic party Of Indiana is
good deal like the devil in more re-
spects than one. And no wonder, for
why should it not resemble its Dad!
It is sick now-very sick; and the re-
suit is intensely Greenback. The Sen
ti7,el is taking the Greenback chute
again. The spring election gave the
party and the organ heavy setback.
Whenever it gets heavy blow, it be.
comes Greenbackish in order to curry
favor with the people; but whenever
the leaders think they see chance to
sail into.office and gobble the spoils,
they swallow hard money platform
andlcandidate quicker than duck viii
June bug. That trick is about thread
bare.
Nor is there any reason to doubt
that the Rothchilds might be fairly
asked to sell ten or fifteen millions o1
the IL per cents on the other side
even at a lower premium than they
have been realizing, against which tht
Secretary could draw for greenbacks
at the present liberal premium OF
gold, and thus arrest the present out
flOw.-Neu York Tribune.
| Let us see: The interest on $15 600,
1000, at Az per cent, is 5000
year. When the sale is made tht
amount will simply go to adjust balan
ces of trade, and it is not at all likely
that the government will receive
single ounce Of gold in return for them
Of course not. The ITibuue dor, t ex
pect that the Government will recelv.
| gold, but will draw on the New Orl
} banks for greenbacks, at the rate o
$lO4 or $1O5 Gust as the premium hap
i. pens to be at the time) in greenback
for each 800 Of the face OF the bonds
} less the commissions. The result viii
, be. the Government will be able to re
! tire about $4,000, 900 Of greenbacks
! which the people desire to keep an
use. and which cost them nothing, an
J will in return have no gold, but deb
lof $15,OOO,OOO lmore in the hand
} Of the Rothchilds, and an add
t tional annual draft Of nearly three
j SANA~S~-
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We have been educating the brains
in these United States at the expense
of the muscles and the character.
The Philadelphia Times says:
Mr.. Richard Vaux, in an experience
of many years in the management of
the Eastern Penitentiary and in the
careful study Of penal systems, has
gained knowledge which entities
him to speak as with authority, and
we have no doubt that his testimony
before the legislative comm ittee
upon Wednesday was intelligent and
we'll considered as anything the com
mittee is likely to hear. Yet there is
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Arabian story is spread in our Pullman
car; our words flash from continent to
continent; our very accents are trans
mitted from city to city; the elements
of forming worlds are analysed in our
laboratories; and, most wonderful and
significant of all, the despotic reign Of
tradition received it's deathblow when
the angle of an@sthesia lifted from
womanhood the worst terrOrs of the
primal malediction"
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Quarters of million Of gold to meet
the interest, thus increasing the aver
age balance Of trade against the coun-
try to that amount. This process
would temporarily arrestor lessen the
present outflow of gold, at the expense
of increasing the annual demand for
our gold by the amount of $675, 900.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-03-24

the sun to the going down thereof
and now comes the appalling an
nouncement that hordes from the
South are preparing to move on the
Capital in force, the appointment OF
MIR. Key being accepted as proof OF
the Presidents intention to distribute
the post offices among he'unrecon-
structed, and to create others if these
are not enough to 60 round. Those
who were here at the opening of the
Congressional session in December
1874, tremble when they refer to the
inundation from that section at that
time. It seemed as though the entire
white population South of the Poto-
mac was encamped in and about this
city scrambling and fighting like fam
ished wolves for the few positions
within the gift of the House of Rep
resentatives. SENTINEL.
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NUMBER %.
Weekly News Summary.
Foreign.
Gen. Ignatief is at london

Gen. Ignatief is at London.
Count Won Arnim is reported dying
at Nice.
A famine exists in Corea, causing
great mortality.
An extensive insurreetion is in pro-
gress in the province of Satsuma, ia
pan.
1t is rumored that Gen. Ignatieif
will succeed Prince Gortschakoff as
Russian Prime Minister.
A deputation from Bosnia has been
sent Go Russia to implore the aid of
the Gar in the contest with Turkey.
British minister Elliott will resume
his functions at Constantinople, and
be followed by the ambassadors of
the other powers.
The Khedive of Egypt has con-
firmed his fathers gift of CleOpatra's
needle to Great Britain and it will be
removed to London.
The report that Germany had ad-
dressed complaints to France rela-
tive to the rebuilding of Notifications
in the latter country is officially de-
MED.
The annual boat race between the
Oxford and Cambridge university
crews takes place on the Thames riv-
er to-day. Betting on the crews is
even.
The Montenegrin delegates at Con-
stantinople have rejected the terms
of peace proposed by the Porte, and
are awaiting further instructions from
their government.