The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-03
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Much Of the timber is used for fuel,
% cities being ON record as consuming
5.OOU acres to 10000 acres each.
Fences use mp much timber, and rail-
way sleepers require the product of
100000 acres per annum. The amount
OF pine and lumber timber yet stand
ing in the United States is no longer
large. The sum of $l44.000,O00 is
estimated to be invested in the whole
timber industry, employing 100000
men.
Observers in the South say that
there prevails among the negroes
such poverty. shiftlesness, and immo-
rtlity. that the death rate is swelled
to proportions fatal to the continu-
:ance OF the race. In Washington.
last year, 1920 out Of every thousand
blacks died; and only 1922 out of
every Thousand whites. kStatistics
show pretty nearly the same proper
ton throughout the South. There
can be but one Interpretation to such
statistics. Without il great change
for the better the negro race III this
country is doomed to extinction.
From every direction we receive re-
ports OF the progress being made in
the great cause Of currency reform.
Greenback men (and their name is le-
yion} are rallying round the flag of
reform, and organizing for more eff
cient work. Gradually the Industrial
CLASSES are becoming convinced that
they have nothing to hope for in the
way Of relief from either of the old
political parties. Their only hope is
the success of the Independent Green
back party. 1t MUST succeed, or
the country will continue on the down
grade until it reaches utter ruin
Jackson (hieh.) Sun.
In reply to a letter from the Post
Office Department making inquiry as
to the legal status of the old copper
1-cent piece OF antc-5elium days. the
United States Treasurer states that
the coin named is not and never was
Il legal tender for any amount what
ever: and that. consequently. postmas-
ters are not required by law to receive
it in payment of postal dues. The
total coinage of the old copper cent
from the beginning of the Govern.
ment to the present date is l56, 2SS, IA
cents. equal to 1852, 8i1.44. This
coinage was discontinued in February,
1857.
The Scientific Farmer for October
comes to us with an illustration of a
device for keeping stalled cattle clean.
and is based upon the observed fact
that whenever COW voids her excre.
ment, she arches her back, or, in
common parlance, .'humps up" On
the supposition that anything that
would prevent the arching of the back
would also prevent the voiding Of the
excrement. some ingenious Yankee
placed Il rigid bar over the animals,
within an inch or two Of their backs.
SO that. when they attempt to get
ready for the operation, their backs
would strike this bar and prevent
them. Soon the animals learn to step
back. and the excrement is deposited
out of the way.
The hard money editor who pub
lished the following, tiattered himself
that 1t was a crusher for the Green
hackers: Thirty years ago woman
in Fultonville. n. Y. put 81 away
that it might be needed some day
when old age made it necessary for
her to cease work. A few days ago
she took the money from its hiding
place in the toe Of an old stocking
and started to make some purchases.
but not one cents worth could she
get; her money WAS worthless. The
banks had either failed or been wound
up. and the currency was irredeema-
BILE The bills had Il specie basis:
they were issued in "honest money"
times. and their worthlessness is ex-
cellent proof that the specie basis is a
fraud. The government, however,
cannot fail" or wind up" in the
sense above expressed. and its cur.
rency, as proposed by Greenbackers.
would be- rs good after thirty. and af-
terra hundred years. rs after as many
days.