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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
EMANCIPATION IN CUBA.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Private information
received in Washington in regard to tile progress OF
emanc ipaton In Cuba is OF very encouraging char
scter. Within the last thirty days it Is reported
that nearly 5000 slaves have been freed by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16

til the investigation asked for by Senator Blaine
has been ordered. They do not propose to allow
the Democrats to postpone his matter until late in
January when il will be impossible for the inquiry
To no made
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16

rlaners who were engaged in the late rebellion or gave
IL aid and who returned to the island since peace
was stored. All Of this class are pledged 10 enaci
pate their own slaves and to promote general emancpa-
ton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

THE INVADING COLUMNS MAKING PROGRESS.
LAHORE Dec. IS, 1878.
General Roberts telegraphs, under date of Thurs
day, as follows 1--WE have finished reconnaissance
TO the top of Shaur-Gardan Pass and returned TO ALI
Khel without firing shot. The country is friendly
am rapidly fortify ing Pewar Pass camp" General
Roberts leave Ali-Khel for kurum to-day.
General Browne has sent Sikh regiment back
from Dakka to Peshawur on account OF sickness.
General Biddulph has constructed road over the
KhOjuk Pass unopposed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
MARCHING on JELALABAD.

LONDON, Monday, DC. TO, 1915
The DGi'y Necs's correspondent at PeShawur un-
derstands that General Brownies advance on Jelala-
bad has commenced aud meets with no opposition.
1t Is impossible that tho Turke5tan relnforcements'
which the Ameer is reported TO DO intriguing for,
will arrive in time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
THE ITALIAN CRISIS.


Signor Depretis has undertaken the forma
ton Of Cabinet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.
WHY GENERAL ARTHUR WAS REMOVED.
AN INQUIRY ADDRESSED BY SENATOR CoNKLING TO
SECRETARY SHERMAN.


iDY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator Conkllng, as
chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce.
TO whom were referred the New-YOrk Custom House
appointments has addressed letter to Secretary
Sherman asking why General Arthur and MI
Cornell were removed last Summer. When similar
request was sent TO the Treasury Department year
ago, no reasons assigned hut copy of the re-
port of the Jay Commission was sent in reply. 1t
is understood that this time the Secretary III addl
ton TO this report, Will also transmit those which
were the result of subsequent inquiries, and add,
that upon examination of them the President be-
convinced that the good of the public service
required that the changes he made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
THE BLAINE RESOLUTION.

no PoslPoSEMEST OF VOTE UPON IT TO BE AL
LOWED.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIpuSsI
WASHINGTON, Dec. ia disposition exists
among Republican Senators to postpone action upon
the resolution Of adjournment over the holidays I'M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-16
1NHUMANITY IN THE SOUTH.
THE ELECTION NOT THE END OF 1T.

TuR COLoRED MEN AND REPUBLICANS or LOUISE
ANA TeEArED WITH INCREDIBLE HEARTLEss-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The st. Paul Chamber of Commerce
on Monday last took under considera-
ton the robbery of the farmers by
the wheat ring called the Minneapolis
Millers' Association. They purchase
wheat to a great extent on the main
line Of the st. Paul & Pacific, where
they have no competition, and where
they rob the farmers as mercilessly
as the highwayman. They do this
by reducing the grade of wheat be-
low its proper standard. and then
make a difference of from Is to 20
cents per bushel in price between No.
2 and 3, and by grading as No. 3,
wheat which actually is No. 2, make
the robbery simply enormous. The
Washburns are leading and CONTROL.
ing spirits in this Millers' Associa'
ton. The local papers all along the
line confirm all that is here said
about robbing the farmers of from II
to 20 cents bushel on their wheat
and the farmers will, we think, re
member it in their votes this fall.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
CREENBACKS AND TEMPER
ANCE.

Temperance is a cordinal virtue.
Every one who stands as just and
upright man is temperate in all
things. This is a perfect point which
he makes on entering the race of
life. We cannot consistently advo-
cate the nomination or vote for the
election a any man to any Office who
is not temperate. Should he, through
our ignorance of his moral delinquen.
cy, get a nominations, we should
scratch his name from our ballot. So
far on the temperance side. Now fol
the Greenback. This is an issue
which over-rides every other one,
even temperance itself in importance.
We are certainly and inevitably fast
drifting, and must drift without Z
financial change through hard times
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The legislation of Congress for the
last decade has been little less than
a series of swindles on the people.
Take for instance the s'Credit
Strengthening Act'' of 1859, whereby
the payment of the $50 bonds was
changed from greenbacks to coin.
At the time of the passage of this
act, large amount of these bonds
were outstanding, and were worth, or
quoted in the market at from 75c to
SOC on the dollar.
Many of them were due, and others
coming due within year or two.
After the passage of this act they
advanced to high premium.
Berkey. in his "Money Questions
says:
Congress and the president had
done everything in their power to
make the 5.2Os payable in gold, but
the Rothschilds, and the money
power generally. were apprehensive as
to the future, inasmuch as the act of
Congress of March Is. 1859, was in
violation of the terms of the contract
under which the bonds had. been
issued, and might be repealed.
''No time was to be lost in inducing
the Secretary to pay off these bonds
in gold, or its equivalent.
Therefore, by means best known
to themselves, McCulloch had been
! induced to redeem about $3.50, 900, 900
Of these bonds, during his admins
ton, and the process was continued
under Boutwell,"
Now let us see what that process
was.
On the 18th day of May following
the passage of the Credit Strengthen
ing Act of March 18, 1859, the process
commenced.
These bonds were redeemed by
purchase, at their market price, and
paid for in greenbacks.
| For the first million purchased
1884 per cent premium was paid.
The premium rose to 1888 per cent
During three years. four month.
and ten days, from May IL, 1859, t.
September 25. 1872, 1926, ,541 $50 o.
these bonds had been redeemed By
purchase, for which 1920, 1922, ISL, il
currency, was paid, aggregating ;
premium or net gain to the bondhold
ers, and loss to the government ant
the people, of s35, ,O8l, ,1Ol.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

Receipts from internal revenue on
Tuesday the 18th were s549.o44; Gus
toms S485, 500. There is food for
thought in those figures. They contain
a problem which all should study. Sup
pose you, reader, paid just your aver
age proportion. what was it, and
what would it amount to in year,
supposing the above to be fair aver
age for the year! If working man,
and supposing the workingmen to
average one-eighth Of the population,
how much of it must be ground out
by your labor. Will it not make some
difference with your pocket which
way you vote this fall! We fgnred
the difference from other premises at
500, which is quite sum these hard
times.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The United States Monetary Com
mission made the following valuable
observations in their Report to Con-
gre IS near year ago:
"The worst effect, however,
economically considered, of prices is
not upon existing property. nor upon
debtors, but upon laborers, whom it
deprives Of employment and consigns
to poverty, and upon society, which it
deprives Of the vast sum Of wealt h
which resides potentially in the
vigorous arms of the idle workman.
A shrinking volume Of money
transfers existing property
uniustly and causes a concen.
tration and diminntion of wealth.
It also impairs the value of existing
property by eliminating from it that
important element Of value conferred
upon it by the skill, energy and care
of the debtors from whom it il
wrested. Bnt it does not destroy any
existing property, while it does
absolutely annihilate all the values
producible by the labor which it con.
demns to idleness. The estimate il
not an extravagant one that there
are now in the United States 3 3.000, ,OO(
persons willing to work, but who are
idle because they cannot obtain EN-
pioyment. This vast poverty-stricker
army is increasing and will continue
to increase as long as falling price!
shall continue TO separate money
capital, the fund out of which wage.
are paid, from labor, and to discourag,
its investment in other forms o.
property"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

" AT meeClng OF Jne n AJhd
Greenback Club. attention being called
to the fact that many of our laws and
usagey favored the rich and were
against the poor. one of the speakers
made N substance these points: In
stead = equal, impartial taxation our
laws exempt the bondholder from any
tax of any sort on his bonds. and by
exem ting him it increases the burden
of taxation on all others; and that
whoever votes the Republican ticket
votesto continue and perpetrate this
injustice. And not only do our laws
exempt one class. but they double tax
anothsr-tax them not only for what
they .wn, but actually for what they
OWE !Tax them not only for their
property. but also for their indebted
ness Let the poor man get in debt,
and give mortgage on his farm. yet
the farm is taxed just the same as if
they we're no mortgage on it, and the
mortgage is taxed besides, which the
MORTGAGE always gets from him who
gave It. Hence city or town deeply
mort@ged, is assessed at much
highe. valuation, and pays higher
tax than it would without the mort
gages-In this way those are always
compelled to pay the most tax who
are the least able to pay any. Now
turnn ito another ujust custom and
practice. The Speaker had recently
been to Hon. w. D. Washburn and
Co.'S Office in Anoka to purchase gang
wood, and on inquiring the price, was
told that under 10 loads they changed
so cents each, from 10 to 25 forty
cents each, from 25 to so, thirty-five
cents each, but over 50 only 30 cents
each load. The speaker told them he
would take fifty loads. They inquired
if he wanted it all delivered at hi:
house. He answered. No, he wanted
it delivered in three places. They
replied that then they should chargs
10 cents. as a third Of so would be 1csl
than 25. He asked why, since they
could Just as easily deliver it in
three places as one. why they shoult
make ten cents q load difference
They replied that if they should per
nit neighbors to club together to ge
their wood, they might as well pu
the price down at once to 30 cents
So a rich man being able to buy NOR
at a time can get his wood for 8
cents. a man not qnite so rich mus
pay IS, a poor man 40, and very poo
man. who can from his scanty earning
and the necessities of his family
snare not 50 much as FIVE dollars
must pay 50 cents load-near doubl
that Of the rich man. And il no
able to get his winters supply Of WOO
before the mills shut down, he will b
Obliged to almost double the price Q
his family must suffer and perhap
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
en-. Butler on Tuesday of last

Cen. Butler on Tuesday of last
week received the endorsement of the
voters of the Democratic party, Of
Massachusetts,, at Worcester. The
regularly chosen delegation were
l. 300 of whom 900 were instructed fol
Butler. But the State Committee, in
order to keep out the Butler delegates
refused to give them tickets of ad-
mission to the Hall; but the plan did
not succeed. The Butler delegates
got possession, and the hard shells
were obliged to adjourn to Boston
where they were to meet yesterday.
So the party has split into. This in
sures the Greenback triumph.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

one district this years year, and he IS run lust % to
make fun for the boys. The report that he
is running in all the Congressional districts,
is mistake. Glencoe Register.
The fact is that Donnelly has so
many good qualities that all the dis
tricts would like to have him repre-
SAINT them in Congress; but not one
of them will even set up Liberty
Hall as candidate. Liberty's best
hold is distributing money among
the grasshOpper sufferers.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

they cease to convey the new idea
OF the age, should be dropped as we
/ quit a railroad that ceases to run in
the right direction.
W The present increased circula.
tion of the ANTI-MoNoPOLIsT by
thousands of campaign and other
subscribers. make it most excellent
medium for advertising. Our readers
and friends should bear this in mind
and If they have anything to adver-
tise, to bny or sell, to know or have
known, make this the medium of
their communication.
t. The hard money papers are
continually talking of gold and sill
yer as standards Of ralue. Do they
know that the Supreme Court of the
Uuited States has decided IL Wallace,
Supreme Court Reports, page 553)
that THEY ARE, IN NO SENSE, stand
ards of value, and cannot be, as value
is an ideal thing! When stampted as
money they represent value, and so
does paper. Wherein. then, are gold
and silver better than paper
t. A greenback dollar would al
ways pay a dollar of debt, a gold dollar
has never been able to do more than
that. A dinner bought with green
back affords as much nOurishment
as one bought with gold dollar and
none but the money bugs have been
able to see why it is not just as good.
The material for either the people pay
for, and the cheaper material suits
the present condition of their pockets
much better than the dearer.
1 The faith Of the government is
the only guarantee for the payment
of our bearing bonds, yet
these bonds are always above par.
The legal-tender greenback should be
worth as much as the bond, for it has
the same guarantee. Then why should
the government pay over hundred
millions annually as interest, when
the greenbaek is equally good, and
upon which there is no interest
Ed The cent now in use weighs 48
grains, and is composed of o5 per cent
Of cOnnpr and < Dpr cent of tin Or
zink. The intrinsic value of this ma
terial is l6 cents pound. But it is
no matter how little value there is in
a cent, the less there is the better for
the country. because they have less
capital invested in the material. The
fiat of law gives them their value
They are legal tender for any pay.
ment not exceeding four cents.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

D. B. Sturgeon, of Toledo, O..cnalr-
man of the National Executive Com
mittee announces that the Greenback
Song Book is now ready. The songs
are set to popular airs, and are calcu-
lated to arouse the people and inspire
their minds with success. Price 20
cents each or for ST.. Greenback
clubs, wherever it is practicable,
should get the book and organize a
choir.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

perish with cold. Such is the unjust
and wicked discrimination which the
rich make in favor of their own class
and against the poor. Such are the
partial laws and wicked wages by
which the poor and unfortunate are
compelled. to keep their faces on the
grindstone of hard labor, that the
rich may luxuriate in wealth and
ease. Would it be so if the poor
would mass their political strength,
pool their issues, and vote for some
poor man instead of a rich landlord I!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

What man with money wouldn't t
buy bonds when the government pays
a higher interest than he could make
on the same amount Of money honest
" invested in businessi II il good for
the bondholder, but DEATH TO THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE T0RcKD TO SUPPORT
HIN.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

President Grant in his annual mes
sage, Dec. l, 1913, says the currency
had been contracted in the last four
years more than 1926. 100000. Then
commenced the distress throughout
all the land which is yet, and the con-
traction was the cause that produced
it. Yet some ignorant Republicans
assert there has been no contraction
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The editor Of the Buffalo Star, n.
Y, says that a gentleman just in
from the southern tier of counties
in that State, reports that the Green.
back movement is sweeping over
those counties like wild fac, and
threa atens to break up both of the old
partieS
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The ort of the government is
derived from customs and internal
revenue. Tho aggregate amount
from customs for the year ending
June SOth 1878. is Sl32.024. 400. To-
tai cost of collecting the same $685.
7s7; number of persons employed So
565; average per cent. OF cost OF col
lection 4.l40 per cent.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

We like brevity. We like to con-
vey our ideas in the fewest words
possible. Hence we generally drop the
various names sometimes connected
vith the Greenback. - the last ex-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

Secretary Sherman determined to
force specie resumption at once, so
he issued an order authorizing the
exchange of standard silver dollars
for United States notes, but when he
heard from Maine he recinded the or
der.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The prominent falsehoods. perpetu
ally repeated by the Republican press
are, unlimited money, irredeemable
money, unconstitutional money, dis
honest money, worthless money, and
scme others. But they never try to
prove either of the charges true, for
they know they cannot.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

to reputation, communism, revolu-
tion and bloodshed. This is as GER
tain as that two and two are four.
And there is only one way out, and
that is the Greenback. We cannot
pay our debts, nor even the interest
on them under the reign Of hard
money and hard times, and hard
money and hard times are always
synonomous. They stop industries.
They compel to be tramps. Tramps
lose self-refpect. With want Of en-
ployment temptation to stimulants
comes with tenfold power. All vices
and bad habits naturally aggregate.
Chewing, smoking, drinking, swear
ing. stealing. generally go together.
When we open the door of our lives
to one, the whole company is apt to
come in Does not every reader of
the papers know that there is twice
the amount of criminality in the land
that there was ten years ago! And is
it not caused, indirectly it may be, by
the hard times, the want of employ
ment, ragged clothes, hungry stom-
achs, and the loss of self-respect!
Through the hard times which neces-
sarily lie along the road to resump-
ton more than three millions of men
have been thrown out of Unemployment.
With want Of employment come
temptations to drink. They feel the
need of a stimulus to pass away their
time or drown their sorrows. Hence
the best use which all temperate peo-
yle can put their strength to, is to
vote for the Greenback. They will
accomplish more in so doing than they
can in any other way. for temperance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

There are 692 voters in Hartford,
Conn.,, who have signed the Green
back club rolls, and more signatures
are being added every day.-Hartfor
NnfionnI
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The eastern papers say that in st.
Paul, Hayes played second fiddle to
Rarus. Some on the ground failed to
see Hayes, but we presume every one
did see the horse
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

press all that the combined term
"The Independent National Green
back Labor party but we always
mean all that these various terms i'm
NV
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
R. THORNTON, EDITOR.

Post Office box IF. Office No. Is East Third
Street, W there he will be glad to make the ac-
ouaintance of any Greenbackers who may be
in the city at any time, and have little spare
time.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

Room left yet for campaign sub
scribers-only Is cents each. We
want a thousand more.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

they cease to convey the new idea
OF the age, should be dropped as we
quit a railroad that ceases to run in
the right direction.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-22
BISMARCK AND GRANT.
The Smoker H"bnobbing With tho Great
Mfnister--An Incident Illustrating Lit
tie Phil'sn Quick Eye to Discover DANGER.

The Smoker H"bnobbtng With tho Great
Mfn'ster--An Incident illustrating lit
tie Phils" Quick Eye to Discover Danger.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.
New YORK, July 20.-The Herald has
long account about Gen. Grants visit to
Berlin. He called to see Bismarck, who
gave him a very pleasant welcome. After
the first exchange of compliments the
prince asked about Gen. Sheridan. s.The
general and ]" said the prince, .swere fellow
campaigners N France, and we became great
friends. Gen. Grant said he had letter
from Sheridan recently, and that he was
quite well. SHERIDAN said the prince,
s'seemed to be 6 man of great ability.
Eyes" answered the general, II regard
Sheridan as not only one of the greatest
soldiers of cur war, but one of the greatest
| soldiers of the world. AS man who is fit
for the highest commander" 81 Observed -
said the prince, "that he had wonderfully
quick eye. On one occasion an emperor
and staff ook position to observe battle.
The emperor himself was always
near to the front, and was always impatient
| to be as near the fighting as
possible. Well, said Sheridan 10 me as we
rode along, 1--WE shall never stay here;'' the
enemy will in short time make this so un-
tenahle we shall be leaving n hurry. Then
while we are advancing they will see US re-
treating. Sure enough. in an hour or SC
cannon shot began to plunge this way and
that way, and we saw we must leave. I,
was difficult to move the emperor, however
but we all had to go, and" said the prince
1--WE went rapidly. Sheridan had seen il
from tho beginning. wish I had SO quick
| an eye"
OF the congress, then in session, Bismarcl
said: In the settlemen. of the question:
arising out of the San Stefano treaty, Ger
many has no interest of selfish character
Isuppose the whole situation may be summed
up in this phrase: SIN making the treaty
Russia ate more than she could digest, ant
the main business of the congress is to re
lieve her. The war has been severe upo
Russia, and of course she wants peace"