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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-05

SOUTHFTELD-The Excise Boards Of the several
townships Of hichmond County Monday a1d many
the delinquent liquor aeis came forward ald pii sf
Incense tees ia OF SOufancli alone about 500
received hcens,s The rtsfs Of The arIcs'. onse
recently held to 0l by tue different ,t,es
appear Trial ycsir ay, nave been furtef postponed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-09-05
THE DEAD. MISSING AND INJURED.

Excess Of loss nsurarc ....-........-- $J1,3
Total number Of buildings destroy
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
/ Misconceptions.

That eminent newspaper, the New
York JourndL of Commerce 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
Il 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 populations 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 wereHvery conscious
that they were deliberately cheating
the creditors of the State and glad OF
the opportunity to do it. This is the
opinion which unprecedented 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 as honest as any community or
earth: and they do not mean to be
regulators. 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 o
compromise. They rejected the re
cent proposition because they though
the line of compromise was drawn to-
high. The discussion has howeve
done good and sooner OF later thi
shameful muddle will be cleared up.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
IIIE, REASON VH\.

Even the New York Sun comedies
hat the legal tender paper money pol
CIV III France has proved q 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 Il remarkable phenomenon, ana
he fact is also remarkable that at the
present moment--although five nun
lred million dollars in those bank
notes are in circulation. four-titths
without State guaranty gold does not
command the slightest premium.
The reason is plaln:-France did not
Jishonor 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
nreenbacks should be received in pay
.ment of duties on imports the preml'
I'M on gold would disappear as com
pletely rs in France.
But how will YOU get the gold tC
pay the interest on the public debt
If gold aud greenbackS are of tht
same value what is to prevent The
government swapping greenbacks a
par for all the gold it will want!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
NsRjD1IIONS OF GUILT.

The wisdom Of many people, ana OF
all ages, ordains for the punishment
of the same act various degrees OF Sc
verify. according to the influence OF
circumstances. OF the guilt OF the
offenders. Thus, homicide may be
ONLY killing by misadventure, OF will
full murder. or high treason, according
as the case may be. 1t is therefore
strictly on principle that the act OF
converting to ones own use the mon
ev of another exhibits, in the light Of
our lofty civilization, various grada-
tions of guilt. which, after the manner
of criminal statutes, are slgnlfled by
appropriate names, the amount OF the
spoliation being III this case the prln-
ciple criterion. Thus:
Taking ST 100000 is called case OF
Genius.
Taking 100000 is called a case of
Shortage.
Taking $4,000 is called a case OF
Litigation.
Taking $25 900 is called case of In
sol@ency.
Taking $4,000 is case of Irregular
ity.
Taking 700 is called case OF De
falcation.
Taking 81 900 is called a case OF Cor
ruption.
Taking $500 is called a case of I'm
bezZlement.
Taking 500 is called case Of dis
honesty
Taking $50 is called a case of THEY
cry.
Taking S25 is called Il case of Tota
Depravity
Taking one ham is called case o
War on Society.-N. \. Grdphac.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
Anti- ;5}lollopclist.
MATHIS DONNELLY. EDITOR.


: We have to apologize somewhat 10
| L readers for the curtallnent OF our
rual editorial and news columns
lsed by the space we nave peeh
,liged to give to the publication Oh
Re delinquent tax lists OF west st.
e.ul, and Ramsey county. However
will only have to ask the lndul-
tnce Of our subscribers for two more
feks.
But what We feel most is Tie wretch
state Of mind we have thrown our
i. Paul contemporaries into. VINO
we been accustomed to charge the
TX payers Of the county almost trepie
j r charge for doing this work. Like
thieving monopolists who have
en- for years unmoiested III 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
FRANCE AND THE UNITED
STATES.

Compare the amount of currency in
use in France and the United States.
and YOU will easily understand why it
is that times are prosperous in France
and terrible hard in the United States.
Here are the figures as given by
that distinguished authority Hon.
Henry C. Carey:
ssOf this. as nearly as can be ascer-
tanned from official reports, the
quantity in the vaults of the National
and State banks. in saving funds, and
in the Treasury itself. is not less than
$3.50, 100000. Deducting that amount
from the apparent circulation, we
obtain the sum of 1915 900, 900, scarce
ly more than the actual paper circula-
ton of little France with her 36,0OO,.
900 of people, for the total circulation
now allowed for our 100000, scat.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12

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, ito look at our statistics.
They show that our PRISONS 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 seyenty-fve 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
boosted free school system is convey
ed in this word "educated = Nine
tenths of the young criminals sent to
the penitentiary have enjoyed it's
advantages, but three-fourths of them
have never learned to do an honest
stroke of work. Surely there must be
something very wrong about system
which thus recruits the great army OF
idlers and criminals.
We boast, in this country, that ply
steal 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.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12

We take it that the resumption OF
ecie payments would open an era OF
osperitv .--CinciRn0i Commercial.
Why!
Suppose the greenbacks was worth
-morrrw 100 cents, instead OF 70,
ould that revive business; Woulp 1T
open the factories; would 1t crerte a
hmand for labor; would it assuage the
aims Of the starving; Wonld 1t IN
ease the assets of the struggling
Merchants!
How would it do 1t!
After England reached specie pay
aents in 1921 she passed through
ears of the most terrible suffering
nv will not the United States have
ne same experienced
If the prosperity of the country de-
ended on the premium on gold, that
Prosperity should have increased us
he premium decreased; but. on the
ontrary the lower the premium tel
ne harder became the times.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12

Or. Oliver Holmes, the poet. author,
scientist. inventor of the popular
stereoscope instrument. recently
delivered an address before the Boston
Microscopical Society. 1t was mainly
an illustration of the progress of
microscopy-ln the construction of
the instruments and in the discoveries
by their aid. ITO those of my gen.
Grafton" 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
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
IN IMPORTANT DECISION

The grangers have won another vic
tory. The Supreme Court Of the
United States recognizes the truth of
the doctrine that the legislative power
of a state is not only superior to any
and every corporation existing within
the state. but that it cannot ever be
tied up or controlled by the acts ofany
previous legislature. The whole doc
trine of "vested rights as against
the people is thereby exploded. The
sovereignty of free people cannot be
tied, ssneck and HEELS by any trick
of words, or by any corrupt bargain
effected in the past. A legislature
cannot barter away the rights of it's
constituents.
This decision is in the case of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy against
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12

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 countryl 1t 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 $51.40 per head Of currency
while the driving. pushing, enterpris
ing American. engaged in the great
work of settling and developing con
tinent is limited to $3.50 per head 0.
population!
It is simply the result of a crue
conspiracy to plumber the many TO-
the benefit of the few: and both thu
old parties have agreed to shut thei
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
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 Y ork 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 a 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 decentralization
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
italy 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 tC
sell out at extravagantly high prices
These rich Jewish capitalists find il
necessary to influence only few PEG
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. Upor
various plausible pretexts they ge'
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 t
the market value of what they Dough
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.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
4 DEMOCRATIC AUTHORITY.

The Wabasha County Sentinel says:
There is some progress on the cur
rency question; the men who only
wear ago were clamerOus for an
irredeemable paper currency, and
declared that gold and silver were
relics of q 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 ISIS 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 its 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 year. The Dem
ocratic party inits national convention
at st Louis, was as silent as a grave
stone on the subject. And now one
would think, to read the Wabasha
county 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:
And then with our paper money
amply secured and worth its face il
gold. we shall indeed have the hes
currency in the world
Will the Sentinel particulariZe what
that currency shall consist of! If thu
Sherman programme is carried on
there will not be green back left il
the land in a year and half: but thel
place will be largely occupied b,
| national bank notes on which we viii
be taxed to pay interest. Does tn
Sentinel approve of that policy! [
he in favor of destroying the green
backs s'amply secured now!
What does this DemOnatic edlto
mean if he means anything!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12

the Attorney General of Iowa. and it
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 eN-
empt the road from control thereby.
AS to the effect of this decision. the
New York Tribune remarks:
1.-The great importan ce of1the recent
decisions will be best appreciated II
their combined effect is considered.
1t 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, 1T might
have presented '--not, belt observed.
would have presented-''a 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 would be formed
oven by a distinct provision IN the
charter authorizing a company t(
charge not more than CERTAIN rates
But the possible exception can be only
on the score of the reasonableness OF
the charge. Apparently 1t follows
that, even if the legislature grants
power to charge to certain maxi
mum, if that charge through subse
quent changes in commerce become
unreasonable, it is still for the court
to decide whether such a charge cal
be defended on the score OF con
tract
The great powers hereby recognize
as existing in the people, will only b
exercised in defence Of the absolut
rights of the people, and to resist com
binations that would crush out thel
material prosperity.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Eleven tramping vags were COM
mitted to-day by the mayor. -Erenang
Neacs.
They are in all probability vags for
the want of few of those sWindling
lies that Mr.. Beecher talks about.
When an American citizen gets SO low
that a 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 it's steady and healthy re-
cuperation will smooth his path to-
ward specie resumption.-N 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
But when he got we'll, the devil monk was he.
The Democratic party OF Indiana is
| a good deal like the devil in more re-
spects than one. And no wonder, for
why should it not resemble it's Dad!
1t is sick now-very sick; and the re-
suit is intensely Greenback. The Sen
tinel is taking the Greenback chute
again. The spring election gave the
party and the organ a heavy setback
| Whenever it gets heavy blow, 1t 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 vii
a June bug. That trick is about thread
bare.
Nor is there any reason to doub
that the Rothchilds might be fairl,
asked to sell ten or fifteen millions O
the 4 IL per cents on the other side
even at lower premium than the.
have been realizing, against which thu
Secretary could draw for greenbacks
at the present liberal premium OF
gold, and thus arrest the present out
!, foW.-New York Tribune.
Let us see: The interest on $4,000,
900. at Az per cent, is S675,OOO
year. When the sale is made tn
amount will simply go to adjust balan
ces of trade, and it is not at all llkel.
that the government will receive
single ounce Of gold in return for them
: Of course not. The Tribune don eS
: pect that the Government will recelv
| gold. but will draw on the New or
: banks for greenbacks, at the rate Q
: SlO4 or S1O5 Gust as the premium haI
pens to be at the time) in greenDack
t for each 800 Of the face OF the bonds
; less the commissions. The result Wi
3 be. the Government will be able to re
( tire about Sic, 100000 of greenbacks
! which the people desire to keep an
, use, and which cost them nothing, an
5 will in return have no gold, but DEB
of sl5,OOO,OO0 fmore in the hand
e Of the Rothchilds, and an add
t tional annual draft of nearly three
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-07-12
FALSE EDUCATION.

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 a 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
well 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 its deathbloW when
the angle of an4sthesia 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.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-01-25

To Our DEMONSTRATING our
selves of the opportunity presented in
this the commencement of another
year, we desire to tender to all our old
friends and patrons not merely the
formal compliments of the season. but
as we'll our sincere thanks for the pat.
ronage with which they have been
pleased to favor us, we trust no. with
out resulting benefits upon their part
as we'll as upon our own.
Grateful for the confidence thus
hitherto reposed. We shall in nowise
relax our efforts ia the use of our best
endsayors TO bring to our aid the latest
medical discoveries and improvements
that our friends may find it has not
been misplaced.
And If. the little bills ace hold
against any of you for medical services
shall remind any of our prospective
wants of the present year We shall be
pleased to meet you and receive your
kiad remittance for the same
Yours truly.
Da. C. E. WrrER.
TsnTSv4 ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-01-25

"A jolly crowd of the Methodist
ladies mixed themselves up with buffa-
10 robes and comforters, and good
things for Bro. Evans, and slid up to
Stevens Point yesterday, intending. we
suppose to give him a surprise. We
prophesy they had a good time it
couldn't have been otherwise with Mr..
Evans and his excellent wife IS mine
host and hostess.