Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06

people. They would have more sill
yer put in the dollar. A goldbug
now and then las the hardihood to
propose the same thing with tn,
purpose of making the coin more
unwleldv and thus really unpopular
But the silver dollar is he same
to day that it was in 1889. save ii
trifling addition of alloy.to harden it.
1t has in it exactly the same number
of grains of pure silver that it had
nearly a hundred years ago. 1t is es-
sentially the same dollar established by
our fathers. 1t is the single tangibl.
heirloom of the wisdom which made
its one hundredth part the lowest
practicable unit of value, and which,
coming along with the history of
coinage, lmpresses us with the con
victlon that in that elder day was
struck for all time an accurate and
honest average between the relative
values of gold and silver.
In 1S4s, however, shortly after the
discovery Of gold in California, Con
gress, frightened by the apprehension
that glut of gold would drive silver
out of the country, put Il little more
gold in the gold dollar to make it
equal with the"dollar of the daddles."
This was wrong, but 1t was done. If,
therefore, an excuse for changing the
fineness of our coins can be found 1t
exists in this precedent, and that
would restore the gold dollar to its
lesser proportions.
But the weight and fineness of our
money should not be disturbed on
any account, and nothing is more
certain that every attempt at it has
been grounded i'll stupidity or fraud
In either case the people have suffer
ed. The law demonetizing silver Was
smuggled INTO the statutes SO adroitly
that Il congressional committee of
investigation could not uneartll the
culprit. The discovery of the law
itself, however, sent up the price Of
gold gave it Fictitious boost which
it has i'll moneyed circles ever since
enjoyed.
But so firmly is silver us IL circula-
ting medium engrafted iii the hearts
of the people its value remained p,ac-
ncally unchanged. Gold accRt up--
that was all then gold g'lded down
and dwelt among men in co equal
fraternity with silver-so far us the
industrial masses have seen and felt.
The current agitation Of the subject
in this country is an echo of European
imperialism, which, responding to
the wishes of the insatiate money
lenders, has demonetlzed silver at
the expense of the working people
That is to say, the currency Of the
poor must be deprecated that the
invested boards Of the rich may be
made more valuable.
THE fallacy of far-ahead weather
prophecy is demonstrated by publ
cation in Mondays Baltimore Sun.
Somebody wrote to that journal
paper, which was published, giving a
forecast of the weather for each day
during January. Monday the Sun
printed, side by side, the prophecy
and the actual weather record for the
month. The prophet only hit it cor
rectly for two days. A few samples
On the Sth, predicted fair, mild :"
actual-''cold, clear and deep snow at
night" On the 10Th, predicted-"in
tensely cold y actual-''mild and
clear. .'-Cumberland Ne,es.
The JOURNAL, which is sometimes
II person and not paper, noted the
prediction at the time. A brief tx
animation of the conditions for sever.
al days persuaded us that the Balti
more prognosticator was not even
novitlate in meteorul,gy. and
that he had laid himself out for il
complete flooring,
His failure should not, therefore,
be accepted us demonstration" of
the fallacy of far ahead weather
prophecy The day is coming--it
is possibly not far distant-when the
ephemerides of the weather, so to
speak, will be an open book to the
scientist, just as the planetary transi-
llons are to the astronomer.
'lF the world" says Texas SiftinQs,