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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12
WISCONSIN, THURSDAY,
THE ELECTION IN MAINE.

The result of Mondays election in
Maine is a surprise to all. Very few
anticipated such a display of strength
by the Greenback element. TIL e
change is sudden from an easy Repub-
lican majority to what is, at best, a
bare escape from defeat. The prospect
is that Common, the Republican candi-
date. who in 1879 received a majority
of 1914 for governor with total of
| 1876, 1913, and greenback vote of 533,
and in 1877 majority 5000 OH vote
of only about $4,000, with a greenback
vote of 1000, will not get majority,
and the election of State officers will
go to the legislature with a very I'M
certain result. The gain of about
| 10, 800, made by the Nationals, the
Greenbackers of last year, is likely to
give them power, by coalition with
the Democrats, to control the legisla-
ture by a majority of at least one. Still
it is too early to predict the result.
In the congressional districts the
change is even more marked than in
the case OF State officials. In congress
sional elections the plurality rule will
certainly insure the election of Tyre,
Reed and Lindsey in their districts.
A National is reported to have over
come Hale's majority of 2,9ll in the
fourth district; and the Eastern Kear-
ney, Laid, in the fifth district has de-
feated Powers who last year had 1920
majority. More full returns may
change this result to one more favor
able. The loss of two votes in Maine
would be a serious matter to the Repub-
licans in their strife for the control of
the next house; but one saving point
is the fact that Maine has certainly
returned her two best members, Frye
and Reed. This result is, after all.
of but little significance except to
show that the new party, sprung from
the spirit of unthoughtful discomfort
produced by the hard times, is capa-
BILE of making temporary trouble and
disturbance which will only lasttill the
return to settled honest money basis
brings back general prosperity. One
good, however, this disturbance may
produce is the total decentralization of
the Democratic party from which it so
largely draws its strength.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12

THE closing hours of the operations
of the national bankrupt law were
well improved by the siaaky aFms Of
the country and millions of debts were
unloaded during the last day of its .ex-
istence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12

THE Eau Claire News of September
7th says: ''If the country is able to re-
sumo specie payment next January
and maintain specie payment, the IL
nancial question will be dealer than
Julius Caesar long before the next
Congress meets. After resumption
has been an established fact for six
sanonths, the widest inflationist will
not want TO go back to the old order OF
things In it's same issue the News
also intimates it's faith in the ability
of the government to resume at the
time appointed, i'll the following Ian
guage: "With greenbacks practically
at par and large amount of gold and
silver in the treasury, there seems to
be no good reason for calling for the
repeal of the resumption act, as sew
eral political conventions have done.
The government will be in a position
to resume and maintain specie pay
ment on January lst, 1879, and ii
would be about as sensible to pass res
olutions postponing the next eclipse as
to ask for the repeal of the resumption
law In the suggestions above quot
ed the News evinces practical com.
mon sense and a desire for sound
currency, but these sentiments are
not very consistent with the implied
support which that paper extends to
the candidate of the Greenback-fiat'
irredeemable currency party for Con
gress in this District. These honest
money sentiments do not single with
the Greenback code of principles con
tanned in the platform upon which Mr.
Parker is presumed to stand. Will the
News inform curious contemporaries
how it reconciles its support of the
candidate of fiat money party with
it's convictions in favor of honest mon
ey!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12
or Member of congress-7th District:
HON. H. L. HUMPHREY.

EASTERN journals speak very en-
couragingly of business prospects for
the future.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12

BIsHoH McCosKEY, of Michigan, who
last spring gained an unenviable noto-
riety as being one of the principals in
a scandal case, has been deposed by a
conclave of Bishops, as he made no
effort to substantiate his protestations
of innocence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12

Contributions in large amounts
continue to pour III from the North
in aid of the yellow fever sufferers in
the South. President Hayes in his
travels leaves no opportunity unim-
proved to encourage the noble work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-09-12
O. O. HlCkS>
Contractor and Builder.

ls prepared to do all kinds of work in hisline,
taking buildings from the foundation, or
otherwise. Sash, Doors, Blinds, .Mouldings,
Brackets, &c, furnished to order. A fair
share of patronage respectfully solicited.
Shop near dwelling house at the corner OF
Cascade and Main Streets. River Falls Wis.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

More and more our agricultural
greatness comes to the front rs the
times grow darker. Now it is France
that is buying largely of our produc-
tions. An exchange says:
Consul Bridgeland, ut lIavre. re-
ports Il large increase in the demand
for American grain and provisions in
France. The general substitution of
corn for oats in feeding tramway and
cab horses has increased the demand
for this grain to double what it WAS Il
year ago. The demand for " heat has
also increased. Oar principal exports
of provisions to France are bacon.
pork, lard, tallow, and beef. The
shipments of bacon have doubled, and
of lard have trebled. those OF the cor
responding period of last year. The
shipment of fresh beef is also an i'm.
portant item. nearly half II million
pounds having been received ut Uavre
between November and May.
The manufacturing industry of
New England, under protective
tarin. did well enough to plumber the
agricultural population of the west in
the day of our prosperity. but when
the storm broke it went to the bottom
like cookie shell.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

pears from the best Information we
can get that Iowa will this year not
raise heya crop!
Minnesota's wheat crop is also af-
fected in many quarters by rust. and
it still has to run the ordeal of hot and
forcing weather WHICH may reduce
the yield one half. Nothing could be
more unwise than the indiscriminate
boasting which pur people indulge in.
We have seen the wheat crop in 1875
reduced one fourth in volume and
more than that in quality after it
was partly harvested. Few things
are more uncertain than wheat rails
ing.
Here are the last reports from To-
wa:
drop you a few lines in regard to crops
in this state. Corn has grown re-
markably within the last two weeks.
With a continuance Of good. warm
weather we Will yet have a fair aver
age crop. Barley generally light.
Wheat not headed yet, except extra
early varieties Remarkably late con-
sidering the early sowing). Farmers
are complaining of rust, in fact many
fields look as ii they had the yellow
fever, and | do not know of field in
Floyd or Butler counties which is not
affected by rust. A great deal of the
wheat has been injured by the long
continued cold and wet in spring.
Many fields are very poor; and again
some look as if they would yield il fair
crop. The opinion of some of the
best farmers is that the average will
not exceed one-half Of last year. Old
wheat about all sold, except odd lots
in the hands of well-to-do farmers
who design holding over. 1t looks
now as if harvest would not be in pro-
gress sooner than five or six weeks--it
will depend OH the weather some.
Farmers say that from the time
wheat heads until ripe, requires fully
four weeks.
P.S. l have just conversed with Il
gentleman in the grain trade who has
been through the state on an inspec-
tion trip. who informs me that the
Igst disease is widespread.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

Redfi eld. correspondent Of the Gin
cinnatti Commercial, writes July lst.
us follows:
We must be pretty near resumption
in fact as we'll af in law. l was in the
treasury this morning, where long
strip of bloated bondholders were
moping the sweat from their brOws as
each waited his turn, coupon III hand.
They were receiving interest in gold,
but every little while one would say:
"Oh, give me paper" actually prefer
ring paper to gold. When this is the
case, we seem 50 near resumption that
it is hard to see where the dividing
line is. \ sweltering day like this,
when men dislike to cross the broad
and hot street in front of the treas
ury, imagine that the officials could
resume without calling much of a
crowd. They could hang out a sign.
Gold given in exchange for paper at
par and the crowd rushing to take
advantage of this would not be larger
than Bob Ingersoll would draw If he
should lecture upon mo hereafter" at
ten cents head.
This illustrates the doctrine we have
long advocated that paper money was
preferable TO metallic money; and that
the latter was only insisted on
through an old world superstiti ON.
And lRedfeld makes this significant
admission which those who have
claimed That resumption would do
well to peruse:
There are numbers Of people in the
country who long with great long
ing for resumption, for with that
event they expect 'gnod times to
set in. They will be mistaken. The
times will be hard for some years vet.
and those y no look for resumption to
bring good times are as much mistak.
on as are the infationists who profess
To believe that resumption is ruina-
ton. Should resumption take place
tomorrow. or should it be postponed
a year or two years, the effect would
not be perceptible to a business man
in the land, with the possible excep-
tion Of bankers. Resumption will
have no other effect than to "infiate"
the currency with the gold that is now
locked up.
The gold now lockedNp will be held
in the bank as security for their out
standing notes. The people will see
little of it.
But if resumption will not produce
good times why have we gone through
wretchedness and ruin to reach it
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11
WHOLE NO. 2O9

The first load Of the present shipment
arrived at the ships side from the
stock yard last night ut about 10
o clock. Side boarded acids were
placed in position from the cattle
boat Golden to the steamer France.
and large number of men with poles
and short sticks were set to work
driving the cattle into the hold of the
ship. The bOat-lOads continued to ar
rive all night and till IL o'clock to-
day. Since the France arrived in port
last week. carpenters have been en-
gagged in erecting stalls and making
other arrangements for the carrying
of the cattle. The saloon of the YES
sci has been converted into cattle
house. In this apartment the cattle
are stored, or rather packed, in stalls,
each containing six head. The stalls
are arranged on the extreme sides,
and in the centre of the once magniti.
cent saloon. The hold and main deck
of the vessel, from stem to stern, are
filled with cattle. This shipment con-
tainei the finest Of cattle yet sent to
England. They are valued at from
$lOO to $3.50 per head, and are sold in
the fordign markets for more money
than dressed meats sent out in refrig-
orators. The animals are shipped by
McConville and Eastman, of this city,
and are consigned to Bell & Sons, Lon
don. The suffering among the cattle
on the passage across it was said would
be great. but this the shippers denied,
as they maintain that everything for
the comfort and convenience of the
animals is being sent. Large quanti-
ties OF epson salts, mOlasses, and nitre
are fed to the cattle, as they suffer
very much from the fatigue of the sea
voyage. They are d during the
voyage on corn, hay and salt. Twen-
ty-five attendants leave with the cat
tie to attend to their wants. A num-
Der Of carpenters also sail on the ves-
sci to repair injuries to the stalls. etc.
during the voyage. The shippers do
not anticipate any loss on the way
over. although the over crowded con-
dition OF the hold and deck makes it
probable that some wilfssuccumb to
the fatigues Of the voyage. The
freight is said to amount to between
SIS 100 and $4,000. Besides the cat
tie there are on the after deck nailed
up i'll wooden coops nearly three hum
dred head Of sheep shipped by John
McDougall, vf New York, to Samuel
Pool. London. These animals are
sold i'll the English markets for good
prices. They are fed during the voy-
age on hay, corn, and oats.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

We participated last week in Il re-
markdble celebration of the national
birth-d day 1t WabashaW. The audi
ence was one Of the largest ever AS
sembled in Minnesota; not only were
great crowds present from the conn-
try adjacent to the town, in Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota, but the Midland
Narrow gauge Railroad company cell
ebrated its opening by bringing down
great numbers of people from the rich
interiors of Wabashaw and Goodhue
counties. The day was fine, the
weather pleasant, the location select
ed for the celebration, lin Camp
bells grove,) beautiful; and alto
gether the occasion was Red Letter
Day in our existence.
The town of Wabashaw is waking
up from Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and
entering upon Il bright and prosper
Gus career.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

\ recent number of the Mark Lane
Erpress speaks as follows Of the bad
prospects of the wheat cropin England
and Scotland:
Broken and unsettled weather has
prevailed throughout the course of
the past week, and scarcely day has
passed without copious showers of
rain; while the temperature has been
low and the nights especially cold,
retarding the advance of vegetation
and seriously jeopardising the pros
poets If the cereal crops on the heavy
lands. With the advent of June in
creased warmth and cessation
of rain were reasonably expected
having regard to the usually humid
character of the preceding month. but
the weather has hitherto disappointed
all such expectations, and the agricnl-
tural situation is causing farmers
greater anxiety every day. Com
plants Of discoloration are rife alike
in England and France, where in
many districts, the wheat plant has
also been laid by the heavy rains,
while weeds have everywhere IN
creased with great rapdity. In
Scotland similar state OF affairs
exists, all low-lying land being in 4.
saturated state. and the oat braird
much damage by the ravages of grub
The pastures and artificial grass lands
bear heavy crop. it is true, but the
weather is anything but favorable
for haymaking, and the country is
everywhere pining for the want Of
warmth and sunshine. Speaking
generally. the appearance of all creals
is bulky, but the tendency of SO much
moisture has been to develope plant
at the expense Of grain-producing
power. and, however favorable the
weather may be during the next two
months. it may not be too much to
say that appearances do not favor
the presumption of more than a bare
average yield at harvest. at any rate
as regards wheat and barley.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

The leaders of the old parties have
succeeded in sitting the voice Of
Maine on the great financial miseries
of the countries, but at last she has
reused up and proposes to take her old
position at the head and front of the
greatest movement in the history Of
the country. And when her voice is
once heard calling fer Reform. ii will
be echoed all over the country.
''Oh Maine prayer founded! Never hung
Such choice upon a peoples tongue.
Such power to bless or ban !"
The prayers of the starving. the
tears and shame of the naked. and the
groans of the Wretched have stirred
Maine as she has not been stirred
since the flag Of Sumpter was fired on.
"The evil days have come, the poor are made
prey
and hilltop calls to hill top for the
people to come to the relief. And
they are ''coming as the waves come
when navies are stranded and all
parties that try to obstruct the way
will be ground to powder.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

Read this, and see the record of
ruin still being wrought by the deadly
legislation Of John Sherman and Wall
Street.
New York Specia! 3Oth.
There were Il very large number Of
failures in New York during the six
months ending June 30, 5l4 being re.
ported. with total liabilities of $39..
O30,795, while the assets amounted to
less than third of that sum, or
11.O12.602. This is large increase
over the number during the CORES
ponding period last year. The totals
for the year 1877 were SAT failures,
with gross liabilities of S5l ,687 900;
assets. 20, $40, 500. Among stock
brokers and bankers there were 90
failures; liabilities SO. s54, 260. less
than One-tenth. There were the
same lumber of suspensions among
manufacturers; liabilities. 81 .4l2, ,565:
assets, 1913 1903. Twenty-six grocers
failed, with total liabilities Of S978.-
1875; assets, S405 245; carpenters and
builders appear with ii failures;
liabilities, S3.5l8.047; assets, SlA. .234.
In January the drug trade was embar-
rassed by the assignment of f. J. Dun.
ming, Jr., note broker. and seven drug
houses suspended. Liabilities amount
ed to S537. l54; assets to S496, 398.
Twenty-one failures were reported in
the boo. and shoe trade; total liabili.
ties. 81 .3S8076: assets, $685.. .773.
Lumber dealers had seven failures;
liabilities, s2.147 .g28; assets SlO4. 1927.
In the hat trade there were is failures
liabilities amounting to Sl.04O.246.
Nineteen liquor dealers failed. owing
s809, ,088. In the provision trade there
were fifteen failures, in which the
liabilities. in which the liabilities
were S427. 1853. In the sugar trane
there were three failures, the liabili-
tie, amounting to Si.150,313; assets.
S239.487. Among shipping merchants
four firms suspended, having liabilities
Of SS46.0 .0s5. Pour real estate agents
became bankrnpts. with debts amount
ing to 81 .567 600. ard assets $50, coo.
Five railroad contractors failed owing
81 $40, 662, and having only S25 600
assets. In the jewelry trade IA fail.
ures had liabilities of $1.505 .826, and
assets Of S1O6, ,9S5. In the dry goods
trade only seven failures were reported
liabilities, s47l.SO4.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11
lodging regular rates by shifting
responsibility on employees. Other

dodging regular rates by shifting
responsibility on employees. Other
merchants spoke to the same effect.
of value and increase in the pu"chas-
ing power Of our coin dollar. Specu-
lators and politicians have made an
alteration in our unit of value. This
has rendered the debtor liable to pay
in a bigger dollar than that in which
he contracted to pay. The following
high authority sufficiently condemns
such 4 policy:
ITO make any direct alterations in
the terms Of the contracts entered in
to between the individuals. would be
too barefaced and tyrannical an inter-
ference with the rights of property to
be tolerated. Those. therefore, who
endeavor to enrich one party Of society
at the expense OF another, find it
necessary to act with great caution
and reserve. and to substitute artifice
for open and avowed injustice. In
stead of directly altering the stipula-
tions in contracts they have ingenious
ly bethought themselves of altering
the standard by. which the stipula-
tion were adjusted. They have not
said, in so many words. that ten or
twenty per cent. should be added to
or deducted from the mutual debts
and obligations of society. but they
have. nevertheless, affected this, by
making a proportional change in the
value of the currency. Men in their
bargainings, do not. as has been al
ready seen, stipulatc for signs or
measures of value, but for real equiv
alents. Money is not merely the
standard by a comparison with which
the value Of commodities is ascertain
ed !, but it is also the equivalent, by the
delivery of Il fixed amount of which
the stipulations in most contracts and
engagements may he discharged. 1t
is plain, therefore. that no variation
can take place in its valne without af-
fecting all these stipulations. Every
addition to the value of none Y, makes
Il corresponding addition to the debts
of the state, and of every individual.
and every dimnutiOn of its value
makes corresponding diminution of
those debts. Suppose, owing to an
increase in the difficulty of procuring
gold and silver, or in quantity of bull
lion contained in coins in the same
denomination, the value of money is
raised ten per sent. it is plain that
this will add twenty per cent, to the
various sums which one part of So
ciety owes tO another"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

One of the most striking schemes
of this age Of marvels is the plan now
mooted TO feed the water powers OF
Pennsylvania from the waters of Mag.
ara. 1t is rs if we were to supply the
rivers of Minnesota from Lake Supe-
rior.
The Scientific american says;
The head waters Of the Pennsylva.
nia streams are not very much higher
ner are they far distant from the rap
ids at Niagara Falls. and the sugges-
ton of increasing the water power of
the state of Pennsylvania tn an al
most unlimited extent by using the
power of the Niagara Falls to force u
supply from the head Of the rapids
across TO the head waters OF that
state is believed To be feasible. The
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-07-11

When we commenced the Green
back campaign here in the west it
looked for long time as if we could
expect neither sympathy or support
beyond the Alleghanies; as if, like
slavery, the financial question would
ba geographical question. But
within the past two or three years all
this is changed. Pennsylvania. New
York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and
above all Maine have led off in the
great revolution. The Portland,
(Maine.) Ner Era says:
"Dirigo." The motto of Maine is
''Dirigo lead. In 1910 Maine led
of for the wings. and that party tri-
umphed. Maine led on for the Re-
publicans, and that party swept the
county. And Maine bids fair to lead
of in the grand triumph Of the Ma
tional party.