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The advocate., 1889-10-19

authoritatiyely decided by the United
States monetary commission, half OF
whom were republicans and half
Democrats.
They say; "The true and only cause
Of the stagnation in industry and
commerce now everywhere felt, is the
fact everywhere existing Of falling
prices, caused by a shrinkOge in the
volume Of money"
They say also; "An increasing val
Ne Of money and falling prices have
been, and are, more fruitful Of misery
than war, pestilence and famine"
AT the meeting Of the monetary con
ference at Paris, Senator Howe, OF
Wisconsin, one of the tbreo members
from this country, said in speech,
tho publication Of which bears lat'
from June IA, 1881, speaking OF J
time since the war closed in 1866.
mo man has bought did not
know that he would sell to a shrunken
market, No man has planted who
did not know that thestandard which
measures the cost Of his seed and his
labor would by no means be accepted
to measure the value Of his crop"
Why all this ruin and loss to the
wealth producers 10 the country.
Gen. Logan gives us the only true
answer; only "to benefit the money
holders, and those who receive inter
est and have fixed incomes"
The advocate., 1889-10-19

From the state of New York a farm
or writes; "In the last twenty-five
years the price Of produce hos been
reduced one-half, while salaries, in
terest and transportation remain about
the same United States bonds which
were bought for 40 to 80 cents ON
the dollar, are now paid at 81. to $L30
and no taxes, while in New York state
real estate pays nine-tenths Of all the
taxes. While the farmer has been
working, the money sharks have been
devising ways and means TO rob him
Of his hard earnings The million
aires on the zone hand and the strug-
Cling farmers on the other tell only
too we'll how they have succeeded
What is the cause Of oil thisY Legis-
lation. What is the cure3 Lsgials-
ton. When will tho cure be brought
about? Never, SO long as farmers
continue to vote for money sharks
and corporation lawyers" Southern
Mercury.
The advocate., 1889-10-19

Of the government instead OF a few
bondholdors as was tho case with our
own government at tho close Of the
late war This circulating medium
thus put in circulation in France an
swered all the demands Of commerce
because the people had the utmost
confidence in the ability Of her gov
ernment to redeem it. Prosperity and
material Advancement have continued
TO bless France since that date until
the present moment, Notwithstanding
her taxpayers are compelled to pay
tho expense Of large standing army.
The third and last fact which The
MercWy will consider as forming the
basis Of her material wealth is the
distribution OF her wealth among the
people. You will find in France moro
than in any other country under the
sun, that the wealth Of the nation is
more generally distributed among her
people. The direct tendency OF this
state Of things is 10 make her people
contented, patriotic and happy.
France has fewer millionRires than
any country in Europe. While the
surplus wealth Of England is seeking
investment in tho United States,
France keeps her wealth at home in
the hands Of her people. The money
which EagIandds investing in tho
United States is drawn from the greet
body OF her people under conditions
which do not exist in France. This
happy condition Of things in France,
is the very strongest guarantee that.
one could look for towards perpetual
ing her government You make a
people prosperous and happy, aud il.
tends TO increase the patriotism. Of
such people, and with it a desire to
perpctuate their government. Our
own government could learn an inn
portant lesson from the history Of
France for the past eighteen years,
and The Mercury is inspired to say
these things in order that our people
may think about the matter discussed.
-SOutheyn Merc1rU
The advocate., 1889-10-19
FRANCE AND HER PROSPERITY

France is to-day the most prosper
ous country in Europe, and this fact
makes the study OF her material adj
vOncement an interesting study for
consideration by other nations. The
study Of her material prosperity dis
covers 10 the reader a few prominent
facts upon which her prosperity is
believed to rest. The first fact to be
considered in connection with her
prosperity, is the fostering care
bestowed upon her agricultural and
horticultural industries, which indus
tries attain a higher degree Of perfec-
tion in France than in any country in
the world. These industries are en-
couraged by laws which tend to pro
mote their growth and advancement.
The second leading fact which has 80
largely conduced to the general pros
perity Of the country, is her excellent
monetary system. Readers fhistory
remember the enormous war idemnity
which France had TO pay TO Germany
at the close Of the Franco-Prnssian
war, which amounted in round num-
bersto $1,OO0OO0,OOO, and how quick
ly the same was paid. AT the close Of
that great war her national treasury
was empty, but the people Of France
had money, and her great fnancicrr
at once adopted measures for gather
ing in her money from among her
people This was done by the gov
ernment issuing promises of paper
money and exchanging this for the
gold and silver held by the people
Thus the great war idemnity was
quickly paid and her people through.
out the country became Che creditor
The advocate., 1889-10-19
AMERICAN PAPER MONEY
DESTRUCTION OF TIE PEOPLES
MONEY---CONTRACTION.

gHunpCNNuADlNA AASpWnAANNA "AAW H"AA
Ooratic Evidence That IL Was Accom-
plished Entirely for the Benefit Of
Usurers, Men who Live Upon the
Toll Of Others, 10 the Ruin OF the La
bOp Of the Country.
From The Chicago Express.
In 1865, at the close Of the war,
there was in circulation S2,000,O0O,OOO,
in currency which WIS not too much
to make the country prosperous, as it
then was Everybody was employed
at good wages, and laboring men,
counting upon the continuance OF the
present prosperity were buying them
selves homes on monthly or other
payments. Tho country Ind not more
money per capita than France, or
than any really prosperous country
needed. The interests Of no class OF
men but bondholdcrs and usurers
could be subserved by lesscning the
amount in circulation. Instead OF
lessening the amount Of money per
capita in actual circulation, from that
point it should have been increased
in proportion to the growth Of popu-
lation, and the increased needs OF the
country. The whole Of the Industries
OF the south had been Frustrated and
destroyed by the war, and there was
vast and new field for the use Of
money.
Under such circumstances the In
sane cry for contraction and resump-
tion Of specie payments was raised by
subsidized press in the interests Of
bondhoIders and usurers In order
to show that the sentiments here ex-
pressed are not the distemperd tancies
of a disordered mind, l will here quote
from various reliable sources, that the
reader may receive without prejudice
the damaging and terrible facts yet
to come This dreadful robbery and
ruin Of contraction, was not entered
upon without full knowledge on the
part OF the real malefactors who were
engaged in it, Of the dreadful effects
it would bring upon a suffering peo-
pie. Mr.. Spaulding banker and
member Of congress, himself the au-
thor of a financial history Of the war,
that was suppressed by the bankers
organization after ii was stereotyped
and actually in print, because it gave
the people too much light on the
crooked ways Of bankers, said in a
letter to the secretary Of the treasury
II shall look for money to be tolera-
bly, plenty for the first year or two
Too violent contraction at the be-
ginning might open the peoples eyes
to the enormity of the conspiracy that
was being set on foot to swallow up
their property and their liberty to-
gether.
Hugh McCulloch, the secretary Of
the treasury, when this destruction Of
the people began, says in his report:
In 1866 the people were compare
The advocate., 1889-10-19

while pretending TO serve them, said
in aspeech delivered Feb. n, 1868:
The appreciation OF the currency is
far more distressing than the senators
suppose. Our own and other Rations
have gone through that process before
" y IL is not possible to tako
this voyage (meaning the contraction
of the currency to appreciate It's val
ue) without the sorest distress, To
every person except a capitalist out
Of debt, or a salaried officer or annui-
tant, it is a period Of loss, danger las
situde Of trRde, fall of wages, suspen-
sion of enterprise, bankruptcy and
disaster. *%t Il means the fall Of
agricultural production, without any
great reduction OF taxes"
From "Whither Are We Drifting
as a Nation" / take the following eE-
tract from General Logan's speech
published in the Congressional Rec
ord for 1874:
"There are many who firmly be-
liove q return Immediately to q specie
basis, though oppressive for a time,
would ultimatly prove most beneficial,
But /, for one, can sse benefit only to
the money holders, and those who re-
ccive interest and have fixed incomes.
/ can soc as a result our business op-
erations crippled, and labor reduced
to q mere pittanco I can SEQ the
beautiful prairies Of my own state
which were beginning to bloom as
gardens, with the cheerful homes, ris-
ing like white towers along the path
way of improvement, again sink back
to idleness. lean see the hopes OF
the industrious farmer blasted, as he
burns his corn for fuel because the
price will not pay the cost of trans
portation. can sec our people Of
the west grooming, and burdened I'M
dor taxation, to pay the debts Of the
states counties and cities, incurred
when moneywas more abundant, and
bright hopes Of the future held out
to lead them on. / can see the people
of our western states who are produ-
GERS, reduced almost to the condition
Of serfs to pay the interest on our
state, county and other public and
private debts to the money lend
ers Of the cast" Prophetic words
but the senator only lived to begin to
see them fulfilled.
Senator Ferry, Of Michigan, Re,
publican, who voted for the diabolical
measures which produced these fear
full results as he Confesses with his
eyes open as to the heartrending re-
suits which followed, in a speech il
May 1873, said: "The universal dis
tress and the unparalleled failures
which have followed those past year
of trial, must sadly record the severity
ofthe process which has brought thu
country 50 near resumption and sC
close to financial ruin" The question
"What brought the disaster Of 1877
and years Of dreadful suffering to thi
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
BAYARo CONSENTS.
Tho Proposition OF Bismarck tor Gone
ference In Berlln on the samoan Ques-
tim Agreed 70.

Tho Proposition OF Bismarck tor . Con.
ference In Berlin ON the samoan Ques-
tim Agreed 70.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Secretary Bayard
has notified the German Minister at Wash
ington that his Government accepts the
proposition for o resumption at Berlin OF
the conference begun in Washington in
1887 in regard TO Samoa.
1t is thought that IL will not be ncccs-
sary to send q special commi issioner to
Berlin to represent this Government in
the Samoan conferences, as the Tn ted
States Minister there can carry on the
negotiat ons. II it shLuld be deemed
necessary t. formulate treaty between
this countrs, England and Germany, q
comm ssion would probably have TO be
appointed.
NEW YoyK, Feb Tho Herald Wishing
ton c. correspondent telegraphs the follow
ing statement which he says was dictated
by Secretary Bayard for publ cation. IL
will DO noticed. the correspondent adds,
that Secretary Bayard lets it te known
that he consents to the German PROPOSE
tion that the Samoan negotiations shall
be removed from Washington to Berlin:
With the resumption at Berlin OF the AMIGA
BILE conference, IL acco. dance with the pr0-
posal Of Prince Bismarck. and which is accept.
able to this Government, there seems little
ground TO DOUBT that peaccable and perma-
nent settlement Of all the questions Of na.
tive gh.s In Samoa 40 well as the ghts
OF the three treaty powers, will be ~.
Ia ned. But further than to comment
in terms OF general proyal on the good tern.
per shown by Count Bismarck In relation TO
the United States and The resolve 10 keep al
the quest ons involved IN the atmosphere of
diplomatic settlement II - more resp ctful 10
-.
should be first laid before them ana in that
way h0 made nnblIc's
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LOST AT SEA.

An Unknown Vessel Sunk and All On
Board. About 100 In Number, Believed
TO Have Been Drowned-F.ve Victims
q > Shipwreck on Cape Hatteras.
LONDON. Feb. Tho bark Largobay,
for Auckland, has arrived at Spithead In
tow In sinking condition. Her captain
reports that ON Monday night the Largo
bay came into collision with an unknown
steamer OF Beachy Head and that the latter
sank. Several of the blrk's crew are con-
fident that the steamer carried passengers
and estimate the number OF persons on
board Of her. including her crew, was at
least 100. Their fate is unknown. The
steamer went down within eight minutes
after the collision.
DEATH on wiSTRY SEAS.
New YORK Fob. THE schooner James
=. Kelsey, Captain J. Wheaton. Jr.. ar
rived at this port Wednesday from Will
m ngton, N. c., having on board the sec
ond mate, John Christmas. and two sea.
men, F. Anderson and J. Roach,
sole survivors Of the crew OF the
schooner Allie r. Chester, from
New York, which struck in a
gallo on the outer edge of Diamond
reef, eleven miles south-southeast OF
Cape Hattcras. January 20 The captain
Of the Chester, Thomas IngersoIl, First
Mate Wells, the cook and two seal0cn
were drowned.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Over sixteen years were spent In
the preparation Of the Encyclopedia
Dictionary, the fourteenth and final
volume of which has been issued.
Ono Of the leading English poets Is
Socialist-William Morris. Tennyson
is Liberal-Unionist. SO strong as to
be almost Tory. Browning doesn't
care any thing about politics and
Swinburne grows moro conservative
every year.
Mrs. Delano A. Goddard. who died
in Boston. was a lady Of fino literary
attainmcnts and a linguist OF unusual
accomplishments. She was for many
years the Boston correspondent OF the
Worcester Spy, and part OF her liter.
ary work was the compilation, with
Harriet w. Preston. Of volume Of
poems, Sea and Shore"
They say Thomas Hood first
planned tho phonograph; - witness,
this, from his Comic Annual for
1889: I'm this century Of inventions.
when sclf-acting drawing-p paper has
been discovered. for copying visible
objects. who knows but that a future
Nicnce. or Dagucrrc, or Herschel.
or Fox Talbot, may lind out some sort
OF Boswcllisl writing paper. to repeat
whatever it hrars.
Toward tho end OF his life, il IL
said, Charles Keade was accustomed
to dictate his compositions TO secre-
tary while he paced the room. suitine
his actions to his words. In Love
and Money the remark occurs in the
dialogac. There's smut on your
nose" The great dralnatist gave the
original exclamation off with such
perfect intonatioa and gesture that his
secretary was for once deceived. lie
rose, went to the mirror, handkerchief
in hand. only to be laughed at BY his
employer. N. Y. Tribune
An old book has just come to light
which was written by Jay Gould, the
railway magnate, before he was known
TO fame. 1t is entitled "A History oi
Delaware coanty and tho Border
Wars Of New York The book il
/ loud in dcnEnciation Of nristocrats.
and in praise Of liberty. honest mon
and manual toll, containing. among
other things. this sentiment:
THE noble.t men know in earth
Are men whose hands are brown with toll
! Who. backed by no ancestral graves,
Hew down the woods and I'LL tho SOL
! And win thereby prouder fame
| Than follow kings and warriors name
General Lew Wallace and his wife
are both handy with the pen, and
busy with 1t. too, having each sent out
two books during the year just ended.
They made money. The Harrison
biography. by the General. was well
paid for, and the "Boyhood of Christ. :
a high priced holiday book, has already
gone into its fifteenth Thousand. Mrs.
| Wallace's two books. 1.-The Repose OF
Egypt" and Tho Land OF Pueblos. :
both sold well. 1t il said that the
General has made ut least sixty thou
sand dollars from his Ben Hur.
and his Fair God' has also turned
him in neat sum.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The University Of Leyden. in Iiol-
land, is said to he the richest in tho
world. II owns real estate valued at
5000. 900.
"a find ii being raised in San Franz
cisco to found Memorial Galibaidi
School. where Italian history can be
taught to young Italian Americans.
The evangelical Christians OF Mex
leo count now over FIFTY martyrs.
brethren and sisters. who have fallen
victims to the frantic fanaticism OF
wicked men. Every year adds to tho
list.-Presbytcrian Record.
The Rev. Anthony SweEsson. OF
Detroit. Is the first Swedc to become .
Roman Catholic priest since the Ref
ormation. Out OF q population OF
6,OOO, 900. Sweden has only 2,ecO Ro-
man Catholics.
The Gustavns Adolphus Society OF
Germany, which aims specially to o.
tablish r .otcstant churches in Roman
Catholic countries. during the last
iifty-six years has erected l,395
churches and 69l school buildings II
reports immediate need Of 3l4 moro
church buildings.
The net gain Of new churches in
the United States during the year 1883
was 6, 43I: the increase in the number
OF ministers was 4.505, while the in
crease in church members was 774.-
S6l. The average gain for each day
OF the year was II churches. i min-
listers and 2.l2O members.
The first school census taken in
Georgia since 1882 has just been com
plcted. 1t gives the total number ot
children II school ago rs $50, PSI.
against SOB, 722 in 1882. and shows that
in the country districts the boys out
number the girls, while in the cities
and towns the girls predominate.
Livery church needs. every Chris
tian young or old needs, enthusiasm.
And from the nature OF the case there
Is reason for such enthusiasm. B.,t,
rs Arnold Toynbee, Of Ogfo q. re.
marks: .Languor can only be con.
QuCrCu Nv SIll1HsiSi5fi, duA
can only be kindled By two things. ~
ideal which takes the imagination ty
storm. and q definite iE..liigioie plan
for carrying ont that ideal into prac.
tice.n
The twenty-five missionary so
cictics in the United States managed
by women. ana whose -urJos. comes
from women. support 75l III ,sionar:es.
last year contributed s.. --53. md
since their organizatica. have cou-
tributed Sla.s35.'24. In, forces OF
Great Britain. coatinant III Europe end
tho United Safes have annual income
50. SOC, 900; man and equip 300
stations; support 5,45i missionaries;
have the assistance Of 32,0lj native
helpers. and mission churches that
have 5s8, ,974 communicates and 1876.
/, 6J5 adhcrents.
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SCARED TO DEATH.

4 New York School Girl Dies from Fl fght
Occasioned by nm Adventure with .
Bc0undrel.
New York Feb Fannie Moore, aged
II years. WAS stopped on the street Janu-
ary - while going homo from school, by
a well-dressed man, who insultcd her ami
declared that he was 'Jack the kipper.,
TIE ch Id was terribly frightened, aud On
seeing the effect Of mis- words the ma,
fed. Fannie was del.rious whom sho
reached home, and brain fever sa in.
from which she died Monday. The police
are cndcavoring TO find tho stranger. He
is said to have interfered with j nu n,bor
Of school children In similar Mannor
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CIsAsT RS At SEA.

A Collision Between Two Vessels on the
British Coast In Witch Twenty. -Four
Lives Were Lost.
LONDON, Feb. 5-The steamer Nereid
coliidod with the Br tish ship killochan,
Captain Manson, from Lyttlcton. of Dun
geness Sunday night and both vessels
went to the bottom in y very short time
Twcntyfour persons wero drowned.
incluiing the captain of tho kllOchan.
Nine members Of the crew were rescued,
one of whom aftarward died. The weather
Wns clear at the time Of the collision.
The Span sh mail steamer Renus has
foundered OF the Island Of B.llran. ono Of
the Philippines. All the passengers are
supposed TO have been drowned.
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GAVE UP THE STRUGGLE.
In Overwhelming Defeat for Organized
Labor In the Street-Caf Strikes In New
York and RrOOklvn.

IN Overwhelming Defeat for Organized
Labor In the Street-Caf Strikes IN New
York and Brooklyn.
NEw YoRK. Feb THE great street
ar strike Is over. After an attempt last
ng just eight days to coerce the compan es
md annoy the public, the representa-
ives Of the strikers, shortly before mid
light. voted the struggle failure,
md the men will return 70 their
Id places as far as these have not been
illed with competent men, This decision
8 wise one. Tue strike has been . fail
ire almost from the start, and nothing
rould have been gained By keeping mp
he dsht for q month or longer. The les
son has been o costly one to tho strikers
rhe loss in actual money to the strikers
Turing the eight days. struggle amounts
o little over &10O 900, and t. the com.
,anies about $780, 900.
Some cars are running on all the surface
'oads, and on nearly ell Of them the full
lumber are running The reserve Io.ice
lrc still kept on duty, and the patrol
wagons are still in readiness, but
he officers have been Withdrawn from
most OF the oars. The strikers are pour
work. Generally speaking the roads arc
Is individuals. The roa is arc unanimous
refusing to employ any man who comes
IS the representative of union organl-
sation. The Second avenue limo are
.aking all the old men back. Tho
Broadway line are receiving no applica-
lions from new men. On all the lines tho
men who are given work have to sign
paper to the effect that they are not, and
will not be. subject to the order of any
labor organization. The result will be
hat there will not be q union car line in
New York. This course was adopted by
The Third avenue line on the last pre-.
.cding strike, and they were able to run
al dur ng the recent strike. Tne Knights
of Labor appear to be fully conscious Of
the disastrous defeat they have sustained.
PRooKLYS. Feb. THE striking drivers
and conductors Of the Richardson lines
signed an agreement last night to apply
Tor re employment as individuals on Mr.
Richardson's terms and take their chances,
the company retaining the new hands, but
Hlling vacanc es with the old men Tho
stable men will not be taken back on an ,
terms. The roads will resume operations
to-day