The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-05

1 ppffetton. eq13 70 ~ PER CENT % N oukys
| 70 The sdsaasaxe al the home ovsy he
4 foreign market n the American dealer IN
forsiyn goods prefers TO psy bis English
bin 10 gid. thss fsct Doe not - I'll ssses
! the srxnnsenl The dt6srsncs stilI exists
/ befssen the money he sefls for and that be
buys With. and mast b. m incentive TO
buy ~ home rather than abroad
From this point Of vssu. which hss bsen
brought ont by Mr. Frederick A. Sawyer.
. rzhid gold rssaonetaiist. II y quite ap-
| parent that TO honest Rspuhtican psoesc-
tionssf can afford ~ furn cold shoulder
| 10 silver.
The ssts rstsrrt Of Director OF tho NfEt Leech
Shoes sks kasi prsesaes Ia the United states CUR
/! lag sas sess 1s,s % ia e been s.e7Da1 ounces
vssHea - xtas.ao1 falling &c Of one million
compared wisa tss4 OF this sst.ssleG was de-
posted 81 rai1fg scr co.nsxe. The silver pspdncf
aHsounsa 70 q commercial vaiuc Of &C., oo.
With so.laz ssiHe Of tsi.sts. isis ssziass
coinage sa;sas OF 80 igssg0 To issa Daring the
yssv The xsvesnnsnt purchased for coinage II
1895 Dances. s.axs 90 osness wsse used ia the
afss a.soocn ouacss wsss exported 20 the East
Indies ard 10 KONG. and shout 1z.on.ooD
ounces were shipped 70 London FOR SALE The mes
loss Of 20 a aud silver By excess of exports over
imports uss sss.s5stie. Of which $sssss .5S vas
gold ard tlt7ss.sss wks ssiseE. The amount Of
gold used la tbs Industrial arts VS. tislssz GO.
and cf silver. coinage value . .ooo The total
metallic stock Of the United sssses on the lat Of
January = sestimsfed Al 80 z5.oC7 in gold
Coin and bniiion AMI tts. sss Ga silver erin and
bullion total Of II. III &C.. ssi. or about elxtS
per capita on = basis Of sixty million popuis-
Iieu.
p. r. spinner, the wartime United states
Treasures, whose autograph wAs one Of tho won
ders of that period. has Contributed paper 60
the Celtsge ard Srhoei, in which he says: my
father. . clergyman. protested against the use
Of the Old Testament In schools In his neixhboy-
hood. and IL was thrown out q . book unit for
youth TO Rad The routine OF the school excr-
cGses oi that day va 10 commit 10 memory pass
aGes from the hooks. the meaning of which the
pupil hsd mo- moro eonccpsion Of thsn Sico-
demus had OF the second birth ecoiiect this
was read at . school examination: AZ wise sx
= aerpeDt and - harmless ~ dove The ques-
ton was asked. what II . serpent and what IL
dove Not oue in me c'aa could answer
either question. The little fellows were de-
Lighted when told that ono was snake and the
other pigeon. They were taught only to read.
not 10 understand
In al Of the literature called forth by memo
riss OF the late war. nothing more significantly
spprecissive OF General Grants proves has APP
p.arcd than . paragraph In lstter written by
Colonel Charles Msrshaii. Of Baltimore. accept
Ing "A invitation 70 attend banquet In Brook.
iyn. n. r.. com memorativs Of the great Union
commanders birthday. Remembering that
Colonel MsrnhaIl VS. chief Of staff 10 General
Robert r Lee. IL must be admitted that the fol-
lowing IL eouspieuously eloquent: II am free
20 assure yoa that II my presence At the banquet
be accepted - evidence Of the respect OF
southern soldiers for the great commander of
the federal armies. l may fairly claim 10 repre-
sent tbs sentiments OF those who saw and felt
his tenacious reso utioa along the bloody road
from the Rapldan TO the James. and who ex-
perleneed bis patriotic magnanimity n Apo
mst,ox..'
Gath" The Washington correspondent Of the
clnetasasi fagsirrr. has bean To the Census
Raseau snf reports sane startling figures on
farm nsossesres end rates OF interest In Arizona
aud atsna. In the former mortgages ara
G per cent. q raonsh, while rs per cent year Is
quits eouanaou. This IL attributed 10 the small
AMOUNT 81 capital thar il taken into that eoun-
Try. The rate o. intcrest IS seldom lower than
~ per esisf year. In Green and Dark coan-
ties. Assba.na. mortgages drawing Is per cent
year ware soaad. but generally In small amounts
OF SIS 10 soa and the crop as we'll - the land
was holden.
Congressman Hall Of Minnesota has gotten
hlmsgif Into sraiding no, water. The leading
papers 81 hi. state aud the more prominent 81
his constituents are loud In denouncing . bill
recently introduced by him, imposing . tax
upon ali incomes In excess Of t2.on0. They very
properly hold that all experience proves that
ihis Is the most oaions Of taxes. and only excus-
abe ~ . war measure Il In an incentive 10
fraud and perjury, givss 10 dishonesty an adj.
vantage over honesty. aud Is practically impos-
slble of equitable enforcement Mr. Hall has
made grave mistake. which. u wise or shrewd.
he can none too speedily rctrsct
A man died in south Dakota short time ago
under circumstances that indicated poisoning
He had lust pArtaken OF hearty lunch, hu; 10
was Supplied by respectable people who bore
him eamity ard were above suspicion Of
toai play. The nrst reports represented that
"the affair vas wrapped in mystery" Bu, now
comes Dakota paper snd declares this mis-
tsie: that on the contrary the affair. or at least
the iaueh. was wrapped in . copy Of our
loathed and disgusting contemporary" and
thinksts no wonder the poor man died. There
Is great deal OF uniaaeness about those pa.
koss editorss
The New York senate has passed libel law
which provides that aay rcrsoa IL guilty OF
miS,lemeaner who wlilhllly states. delivers OF
transmits ~ . newspaper for publication therein
any nhelious statement concerning any person
os corporation. sad thereby secures the actual
publication OF the same. This 10 rev depart
ere and IA Improvement itp'sces the blame
In ssea eases whore 1, belongs. with the person
who imposes GA = newspaper false statement,
rather than with the Newspaper
The reported agitation Ia Cuba. in favor Of
snnexss.oa 10 the United States. ia more readily
unsevxtocss ia the LIGHT el latest intelligence
from thai Island. which ss 10 the effect that high
saxea have resulted Ia tho seizure Of sa.xo
farms. sai thu pseseut levy sgasns, Cuba
toward sas surpcrs os the military ana naval
establishment 10 ti4esoso q year. Within the
las, tse years Thousands Of cnhasS have lefi
thsss hcnaes snd gone TO south America.
manifest eessinys II Of wcrf.