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CHURCH SERVICES.


The Rev. Edmund Belfuus breaches at the Church
of the Holy Trinity, Corner OF Dearborn ant Er4e
1trects, morning and evening.
CHRISTIAN.
The Central Church has removed to No. GOT Van
Bur:.n street. The Key. 4. j. White will preach
morning and evening.
The Rcv. i. ". Owen will preach nofnlns
and evcnin. the First Church, corner OF sndlana
ayenue md Twenty fifth street.
There will be services in the morning ut Camp
bell Hail. corner Of Van Buren slrect ant Campbell
avenue.
CONGREGATIONAL
The rev. Charles Hall Everest breaches at
flvmouth Church morning AMI evening.
The rev. Z. F. Williams breaches at the
Fony-scvcn Street Church this morning.
--1he Rev. D.. n VAnderveer will pseach at the
Unionpar Church. Subject: Morning, ''Scrv~
ice Of God; evening. 'fhc Duty OF the Strong to
the We:ss.''
The rev. George n Boardman will preach
morning aid evening at the New England Church,
The Ret G. ". MYckie w1il preach this morn
ing III the South Park Avenue Church, near Thirty
ttlrd stsect-
The Kew. = II. Peake will preach morning and
evening Lcaitt Street Church, corner OF Adams
street.
BAPTIST.
The Rev y. " Eycrts will preaeh at the First
Church this morning. and by speciul request re-
peat his lecture on the ''Reiarlons OF Science 10
| l,cligiou." Services In the evening III usual.
| The Rev. Il. +. +lltsou useachcs Vi tAe Nottn
, 1877-11-11

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The Rev. F. ". Taylor has removed from
Cleveland, O., to Highland, Ulster County, n Y.
60. .t.~ .:ou >fo.,o4;,+ p;.,o,>
Dr. Lew oeott, 1nc senlor aAetnoos. nlsnop'
was consecrated in 1852. lie Is in his 10Th year.
Tim Rev William G.. Starr has resigned his
nosi.ion rs assistant minister OF st. James,
Ennrrh. Philadelphia.
~ ~, TT ,,:..o ,..o ~ c,p,,,hor-,,
Inc itc'- y. II. Mltsenoe, Ia.e ~ ~ ~, Wa".;t{t
Point, llus accepted the pastorate OF tue baptlst
Church at Shell Nock' Id.
Henry V,r1ev and Dr. Someryille OF En-
, 1877-11-11
CLERICALISI IN FRANCE.

1ETERFEREeSCE ELECTIONS.
Letter to the London Times from, an Enpisanan In
the French ProcfnceS.
TOULOUSE, uaute Garonne, Oct. G2.-1n 4
previous letter have described to you tile kind
OF intimidation to which the Department of the
Hautc Garonne has been subjected. My infor
marts declare that but for this violence the
whole OF the Republican candidates would have
been elected. As it is, the Department has re-
turned clear majority Of 1900 votes for the
Republican cause against the of1icial coalition.
But it may be worthy Of attention to consider
VINO were tue candidates thus treated as out
laws BY the Government Of France, what are
tic crimes they impute to them, and what arc
the dangerous doctrines which they feel it a
duty to extirpatc.
Here, in this ancient capital Of Langucdoc,
where all the historical remains carry the mind
back to some triumph OF Catholic fury Or OF
arbitrary force; where the old palaces OF the
local magnatcs still block up the dark and mar
row streets which have run SO often with the
blood OF Nanichseans and Ariaus, uuguenots
ard Socnans, anu Of all manner Of heretics
ami rebels; the city where the Idrte7ne7.t aud
Priesthood strove to withstand the just indig-
nation Of VoItaire; where, only fifteen years
ago, the Archbishop attempted to celebrate u
Jubilee in memory Of the glorious day
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TIME WILL TELL.

.e We ought re had more STUMP
)eeches. s.. re agonized p. p.
Did not Donnell, 20 out! lnsatlate
archer, will not { , suffice.-St. raul
Dispatch
Donnelly spoke out in four places;
Twice i'm his own town at the request
Ut his constituents, and at two places,
by special request on the line of the
st. p. 81 p. r. r.. on his way from
Stevens county to st. Paul.
Tie cared so little whether the prop
usition was voted up or down that he
did not even go home to vote, although
: within twenty miles of his home on
election day.
He did not originate the bond prop
osition. he had to vote for or against 1T
in the Legislature and he concluded
that it was better to pay half now
than run the risk of paying fall SIX
wears from now. Time will tell
whether he was right. 1.-The end.
Shakespeare says, tries the man.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
A CURIOUS VIEW.

The Rabbi Gattheil,a distinguished
Jew, in a New York synagogue, de-
clares that there never was a teacher
better treated than Jesus was by the
Jews. He was welcomed. warmly in
Jerusalem, and was hailed as the
prophet of Nazareth. There was no
ill-will shown toward him then. He
goes into the temple and drives out
the money-changers, though they had
as good right to be there as
the merchants of this city have to ply
their trade. Still there was no i'll
feeling. 1t was when some injudi-
cious youth raised the cry, Hail the
son of David - that the people
were displeased. This was a revOlu-
tionary cry; it meant the overthrow
Of the reigning dynasty-it meant
war on the Romans. TWAS answered
hy the Roman legions marching into
the temple and trampling under foot
men. women and children. Then it
was that the political complications
began which ended with the death of
NaZarene.
This will not hold water, for the
record is clear that Pontius PLATE.
who represented the Roman authority
sought to save Jesus; and that he was
executed for theological, not govern.
mental reasons. 1t is true, that the
technical offence for which he suf
fered death was treason in cOnspirine
to overthrow the Roman authority
but this was because the subject
Jews mad no power to infict death
for opinions sake. PLATE did not be
lieve for an instant that the bare
footed, bare-headed, unarn;s prophet
was trying to organize military rev
olution against the Caesars; but thu
Jews were indignant because Jesu!
had said that he could overthrow tn,
temple and build it again in tire,
days, and they slew him. He died ;
martyr to religious intolerance ant
bigotry, as many hundreds and thou
sands of all creedS have died since.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
THE SCHOOL BOOK SWINDLE

The Stiiudter Messenger has the
following very sensible remarks on
the school book ring:
Gov. Pillsbury is determined that
the provisions of the cheap text books
law enacted last winter shall be car
ried out if he has power to secure it's
enforcement. Sanford Niles of
Rochester. one of the commissioners
named in the act. rendered his resig-
nation recently on account of nom
sympathy with the provisions of the
act. but Gov. Pillsbury persuaded him
to retain his place in the board. School
book publishers are making a most
desperate fight for the purpose of pre-
venting the successful enforcement of
the act for they see that if Minnesota
succeeds in asserting her independence
of the school book ring other states
will follow in her wake, their power.
full combination will be broken, and
millions of dollars of extOrtiOnate
profits will be lost to them. 1t be-
hoOves the people Of Minnesota wi Z
have so long suffered from this gigan
tic monopoly to give this act fail
trial. If it fails we can not be any
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
THE DIFFERENCE.

The bullion sheets are very fond OF
abiding to the greenbackerS paper
mills and printing presses. They new
err allude to their own bond mills.
They forget that'they have used up Il
great deal more paper and ink IN
printing bonds, than has ever been
consumed in making greenbacks, and
still they keep the mills running, and
their constant cry is ''mOre, more. =
Indianapolis Sun.
Neither do they allude to the fact
that their national bank notes are
), printed on the same kind of paper.
and in the same building. and on the
same press as the greenbacks;-yet
the greenbacks are rags while the
Rational bank notes are 1.-The best cur
rency in the world !!
Why simply because the people get
the use of the greenbacks free while
they have to pay the bankers $4,000,
900 per year for the use of the bank
notes. in the shape of interest on the
bonds on which they are based.
Why could not the bankers banl
on greenbacks and thus save the Ma
tion $4,000. 900 per year! Why!
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INCREASING THE DEBT:
A correspondent of the Mdianapoli

A correspondent Of the Indianapolis
Sun says:
But how do we find matters, if,
instead of keeping our GreenbackS as
money, we convert them into bonds,
and add the $710,O0O,OOO to our inter-
est debt! This one per cent. for the
sinking fund was raised by tax on
the people as an extra to the amount
required to meet the current expen-
ses and the interest on the bonded
debt. By converting the Greenbacks
into bonds beariug the average rate
Of interest paid on the balance of the
bonded debt, we find that it adds to
the annual interest paid $40, 1926, 900.
This increase of interest amounts to
81. 2oO,885 more than the one per
cent. provided for by the sinking
fund.
Thus it will be seen that the Debt
would be annually increased instead of
diminished, notwithstanding the use
Of the one per cent. provided for by the
sinking fund.
We have made an estimate as to
how this account would stand in thirty
years. We find that instead of having
the debt paid and the people relieved
from taxes at that time, the debt
would be increased from $2,756,431,.
81 to So, 49,, $50 ,636-an increase OF
81, 379, 1880
We ask our readers to show this tC
their neighbOrs, and ask them wheth'
er they want to see such policy car
ried out as will in thirty years nearly
DOUBLE THE NATIONAL DEBT, and il
the meantime will consign the people
to such condition Of poverty and
decentralization as will endanger theil
liberties
Is it not time to call halt, abandon
both the old parties, and unite Will
the Independents!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
RISING IN THE WORLD.

THE ANTI-MONOPOLIST is at last a
paper of general circulation. Last
year we put in bid for the publica-
ton of the tax list of Ramsey county,
and we were ruled out, and the con-
tract given to the st. Paul Dispatch,
although it's bid was more than one.
half larger, on the ground that the
ANTI-MoNOPOLIsT was mot paper
of general circulation
But there is no virtue like perse-
verance. This year we again put in a
bid, at the same figures, and the result
is. the contract is awarded us for the
printing of the taxes of the 9th Ward
West st. Paul. for the year 1874 and
previous years.
Those whose souls languish to rev
ell in the wild delights of such ex-
citing paragraphs as slot 5 block 10
1.88" or IS. e. IA of n. w. IA of n. e
IA s. 20, t. 100, L. 70'' etc., continued
through many columns, will shasten t.
subscribe for THE ANTI-MONOPOLISI
before the edition is exhausted. One
of George Elliott's novels is nowhere
compared with the thrilling Interest
of a Minnesota tax notice.
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HIGH RATES or INTEREST.

A contemporary APPLY remarks That
few persons properly estimate the dlf-
ferences between u high and low
late of interest, and therefore often
borrow money at ruinous rates that
n6legitimate business can stand. But
few have figured on the difference be-
! tween and per cent. One dollar
loaned for 100 years at 6 per cent.
with the interest collected annually
and added to the principal. VIII
amount to 1910. At 8 per cent. 1t
amounts to 5000, or nearly seven
Ntimes as much. At 3 per cent, the
usual rate of interest in England, 1t
amounts to $l9.25. whereas at 10 per
cent, the usual rate in the United
States. it is $l3,SO9,s or nearly one
I thousand times us much. At II per
cent. it amounts to SS4,675, or more
than four thousand times as much. AT
A18 per cent. it amounts to SIS, AS, OO7
and at "a per cent, (Which we some
times hear talked oG it reaches the
enormous sum of S2,55l, 100 ,4O4. OF
more than the State of Ohio is worth
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
WONDERFUL CONCEPTION

Tombs and graveyard monuments
are pretty much all Of one fashion !;
but one has been designed in France
terrible in its significance. We
quote:
M. Bartholdi, the sculptor of the
colossal "Liberty,' is, according to
an article by Charles DeKay in Scrib-
ner for June, the author of a design
for grave-stone of singular vigOr
and boldness, which commentaries
the men fallen in French ranks during
the late Franco-Prussian war. What
the feeling in Colmar at annexation
to Germany must be, can perhaps be
learned from brief mention of the
design.
The head stone is severely plain but
massive, and upon it reads these
words only:
s'Morts ell Combattant
IA Septembre 1870"
The grave is covered by two great
slabs of stone, but one of them has
been pushed up by an arm. This arm
reaches out from the dark evening of
the grave and gropes ION the surface
of the other slab for sword which
lies near. The arm and sword are OF
bronze. The idea of this tomb re.
minds one of the Gothic ghastliness
that pleased Albrecht Durer and the
engravers of this day, but the mOnu'
ment is also one of those trumpet
calls, silent but never ceasing, which
keep alive hatred and finally summon
a conquered nation to terrible acts OF
retaliation
There is something awful in that
conception:-the arm of the dead
blindly cropping for the fallen sword
with which to strike for revenge.
Is it well that the dead cannot rise
or many tomb would be pushed
open. and many a hand would be crop
ing for instruments of death. Their,
is passion enough among the living
it is we'll that the dead are only dust
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
PROTECTION.

The Medical Association of the
United States. at its recent session in
Chicago, unanimously adopted Sc
ries of resolutions asking the abolition
of the tariff on quinine. 1t is asserted
that this tax works a double swindle
it enables few manufacturers in
Philadelphia to exact from so to So
per cent. more for the nauseOuS but
necessary drug than they would other
wise get, and in enables them to adul-
terate it. which they could not do if
the pure article from other countries
was allowed to compete freely.
That's the way it works. If you
once admit that the capitalists engaged
in lthe great industries are to be pro.
tected." through bounties taken from
the pockets of their fellow citizens
then every man who owns pill fac
tory, or a nickel mine or any other
two-penny industry, rushes in and de
mandS to be protected also.
Is it right that the whole people Of
the United States should pay from 81
| W ID pei Ccut. iuolo AoI VIC quiIiiA0
Ia necessity of life in some sections,
and then be content to put up with al
inferior and adulterated article, un
der the pretence that the workmel
in those few Philadelphia factorie
are ''protected!' Does anybody be
lieve that those workmen get SIS pc
cent. higher wages than their fellow
workmen engaged in unprotected in
dastriesi Not bit of it. they are al
down to starvation rates, but we pa,
SIS per cent. more for our quinine al
the same. The profits go to the OWL
ers of the pill factories. 1t is
shameful humbug.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
WHAT WE OWE.

Reader ARE you curious IN statistics!
Have you patience to carefully study
a mass of dry figures! If SO read the
following. from the Labor Tribune,
and ask yourself what we are coming
to:
The National Government owes 81
200 900 900; the railroads owe ST., $780,
600. 900 the States and cities owe
ST. ,OOO, 100000. We owe the national
banks $9S0;000,000; private banks,
1850. 900 900; we owe on mortgage
securieties $4,000. 100000. We owe
on private debts, notes, book ac-
counts, etc, few more thousand
million. This total indebtedness is
simply appalling. 1t is ruinOus, yea
more ruinOus to a man who imaglneS
he does not owe Il dollar. as to the
debt oppressed man who is in hope
less depression. Some tinancierS eSti-
mate this total debt at $43 900, 900, 900;
others $4,000, 100000. Nearly all
this Indebtedness besrs interest. Some
is moderate, most of it high. Suppose
it to be 10 per cent. Here is an annual
charge of 81 200, 100000 per year,
which labor must pay. Say the inter
est was even ID per cent the annual
interest paid to those who loaned this
money is 81 200, 900, 900. This amount.
to $25 per head of population every
year. Labor pays this. How long i:
this to lastl Forever.
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GOOD NEWS IF TRUE.

WASHINGTON. June 12.-President
Hayes although, in former years pre-
disposed like many other hard money
adherents to the prevalent doctrine of
finance writes in favor of single gold
standard. has materially changed his
views during the progress Of general
discussions regarding the wisdom and
propriety Of the act of 1873, which de-
mOnetized the old legal tender silver
dollar. He is now in favor of it's re-
mOnetiZation and of the adoption of
the double standard of gold and sill
yer, or in other words he favOrs full
return to the condition of things in
relations these subjects which existed
previous to the legislation of 1872,
being convinced that such a return to
the former system will greatly pro-
mote the resumption of specie pay
ments, an object that he regards as Of
the first Importance. While however
he considers the legislation of 1873 to
have been a hasty and uncalled for in
reference with the legal tender pow
ers Of a large portion of our circu-
lating medium, he has not yet formed
any determination to bring the sub
ject officially to the attention of
Congress, although it is by no means
improbable that he may hereafter
conclude that some recommendations
on his part on the nature above out
lined will be Observation-Disclosures
Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-''I think
John is little mixed on that point
himself" said Hayes recently Of the
Secretary of the Treasury, in group
which sat talking at the White House
on the silver question. He had just
been expressing his particular wish to
see the dollars of our fathers restored,
ond to have once more the silver dol
lar and the fold dollar circulating side
by side. whic was the Presidents way
of putting it. but which, as matter
of fact, they never have done, and
never will do. After weeks stay
here, and the most constant inter
course and consultation at the White
House. Gov. Thomas Young, Hayse's
successor. has gone back to Columbus
and written letter fierce for the dol.
lar of our daddies. Hayes talks con.
stantlv in favor of the same fiat and
heavy coin, and it was in answer to a
question as to whether Secretary
Sherman agreed with him that he
made the remark just quoted. Sher
| man put his views into a bill lsst
| winter which devised various ways
of giving the country the silver dollar
without letting it get into the treas.
ury, receiving it for customs or pay.
| ing the debt in it. Close observers OF
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
THE BASIS OF REFORM.

In the Public Health Congress con-
yened by the King of Belgium. one
delegate caught the glimpse of an i'm
nortant truth when he observed that,
# the general condition of the people
were improved. they would drink less.
-Hdrper's Weekly.
That's it. The root and ground of
NIL moral reform is just laws. An
Impressed people are always a poor
people, and poor people are very apt
TO be degraded people. Sin is kind
Of moral sweat. whose fountains are
dirt and wretchedness.
To the drunkard intoxication Is
,ften a substitute for a thick coat, q
warm fire, a full stomach and bright
home. Give him all these and rum
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THE HARD TIMES.
The WinOna Herald says:


1T is worthy Of remembrance that
during the late campaign the revival
of business was constantly thrust be-
fore the public and the universal cry
among the Republican leaders every
where was: ''get Hayes elected and
business will Immediately revive"
In support of this delusion, fraudulent
representations were industriously
circulated to the effect that confede-
rate bonds went up in London every
time the news from Washington indi-
Gated the election of Tilden. The
fuctuation in bonds and gold were
daily pointed to as indications that
trade was in sympathy with the elec-
ton of Hayes. But more particularly
after the iniquitous decision Of the
10. Bradley Commission it was discOv-
cred that Congress had the power to
defeat the conspiracy, they again
raised this phantom of revival OF
business and used it as bull-dOZer to
brighten Congress to acquieSce in that
villaniOuS decision. Hayes is PreSi-
don't and since the 5th day of March
has been exercising the functions OF
that office, but where is the revival
of business - Echo answers. where
The general commercial condition OF
the entire country is one of disaster
and anxiety. The thousands who
struggled bravely through the long
stagnation are yielding to their fate
and crowding bankrupt courts. and
smile sadly when asked if the election
of Hayes has brought revival OF
business The most stupid of NOR
tails can now readily discover that il
was only pretence. a knavish trick
of INSCRIPTIONS politicians to obtain
Office and nothing else. On the con
trary the tendency of the times is tt
greater depths of dependency and
financial distress, on every hand, il
Ievery city, town and village. in the
entire land, the cry of distress con
tinues and increases in volume and
extent with the rising and setting OF
every sun, while the future has scarce
one ray of hope for better times fol
years to come. There is but ont
thing, and that is reform in every
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-06-21
ARE GREENBACKS MONEY F.?
The Cincinnati Commercial, (hart

The Cincinnati Commercial, (hard-
money! says:
A greenback is a promise to pay specific
number of dollars 1t is not money, but q
promise to pay money. This promise is not
performed. Adollar is not piece of paper,
but coin, containing certain weight and
fineness of metal The greenback being legal
tender is a forced loan. The people have to
give up their property for it, and then when
the promise it bears on its face is not kept, it
is dishOnored paper, and it is fair to say that
it is not honest. This is matter of fact, not
personal affair.
To which the Indianapolis Sun, the
great organ of the Greenbackers of
Indiana, replies:
The greenback is money. The lazy
making the greenback says it is claw
full money and legal TENDER That S
the precise wording Of the law.
Whatever legally pays debts, lis money
Greenbacks have been the only legal
money within reach Of the people for
the last sixteen years. They have
used no'other. They have paid debts
and accomplished all with the green.
back that they could have accomplish.
ed with any money. A piece Of paper
may be dollar. 1t is not forced
loan if it is legal money. Whatever
is made a legal tender by the govern
ment for the payment OF debts, can
not be forced loan. The Commercial
idiot ought to know enough to know
that much. 1t is not ''dishonoret
paper because it is .'lawful money
and legal tender and paper that is
in and or itself a illegal tender ant
lawful money! cannot be dishonoret
paper, and the Commercial idiot Ough
to learn that fact. The legal tender
quality of the paper supplies to it al
the money qualities Of gold or silve
coin, SO that the redemption of coin i
not necessary and not desired. TIL
greenback is better, cheaper, and NOR
honest than bank note. The peopl
know that fact. The editor Of tn
Commercial knows it, but the rapscal
lion won't acknowledge it. And afte
all, that is the only question at issue
The conflict is between greenback
and bank notes not between greer
backs and gold. The greenback me
say, bring on your gold and silver an
coin it and use it; but when you com
to supply the deficiency it must b
made up of government legal tende
paper, and not bank notes.