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Here is a total of 1924, 02s. 130, nine-tenths
OF which could and should have been pro-
duced by our own horny handed tilIers. Ifit
could have been kept at home and distributed
among our own farmers, there would have
been little talk Of burdensome mortgage,
exorbitant rates Of interest, and cut-throat
railroad rates, for there would have been
money enough to meet all demands There
would have been Iess corn, wheat and meat
sold abroad at Temunerative prices, less
would have been raised, and more eaten at
home, for thousands Of grain and meat
raisers would have been engaged in more
profitable employment.
We Uaat protective policy phich ,cW an
sure tie production at home of crery afticil
arhich oar soil and our people can produce.
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MAJ. AND MRS. PICKLER.
One OF the Soldier Representatives from South
Dakota and His wife.

We present this week the portraits of Hon.
J. A. Pickler and Mrs. Picklor, that were left
out in recent sketch of them. IN the mean
time the Major does not get left in any other
the Oklahoma bill, subject upon which he can
speak intelligently, Us he was not only there
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THE boycott the Portuguese and Brazil
ians are putting on English goods in retail
alton for England's highhanded course in
Africa will be more effective than any in
crease in the Portuguese armament. The
British will laugh Mt any thought of puny
little Portugal meeting force with force, but
when their trade is attacked they vince.
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II eaeL subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE agiH charge himself Nth getsiaq
one aelg Subscriber the circulation Of tie paDer
siH BE- doubled al o1ce, and acih lille trouble.
LII each subscriber uya
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c, MARCH 20, 1890.
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 100000
more subscribers, and TO do it viii give away
10000 OF the famous Trenton watches TO
club raisCTs.
We viii send watch FREE, post paid, 10
every club raiser who sends us n club of
ONLY TEN Subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered. because this watch is not cheap
catch-penny make-shift- but a genuine, full
jeweled patent-lever movement IA dia-
Inoud-siiver case, warranted for ID years
Diamond-silver is compound metal, as
its name indicates composed of pure silver
and nickel, 10 give it hardness and color.
1t is not plated, but solid, so il wears the
same clear through, and IS so warranted.
Now, who wants one2 There are just
10000 Of them to give away, and we do not
anticipate much trouble in dispOsing OF them
on these terms
An hours work viii get one. We hope
eur friends VIII appreciate the opportunity.
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CLIFFORD ELLMs, drunken, worthless
fellow, Of Rockland, Me-, asked his 72-year-
old mother for money, and upon her failure
TO give it TO him kicked her so badly that
she will probably die. Yet there are people
who advocate the abolition Of capital pun
ishment.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the only
champion The soldiers hare among the great pa
pers Of the country. The best Way 10 help all
teteraas is by getting ii more subscribers.
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THE Philadelphia Times is, of course, OPP
posed to the Lodge Bill, which proposes to
apply tho Australian ballot system to cleo
tons for Representatives and Presidential
Electors II asserts that il is direct blow
at the liberties of the people How the lib
critics are to be endangered by law which
secures every man his vote, and that that
vote shall be counted, without interference
from local bulldozers, il does not explain.
The only liberties endangered arc those of
the little gangs of political bosses to manipu-
late elections so as to Illustrate the will of
the people. The worst menace to our lib
critics is the fact that whole delegations in
the South are elected by less votes than are
required to elect single Representative in
the North. Take, for example, the Georgia
delegation in the last Congress. The votes
on the different Representatives were as fol-
lows:
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THE srRvfffE PENSION.

The service pension bill is bound to come
The innate sense Of justice of the American
peopIe-whose instincts are always right
will compel Congress tolpass it, though the
Free Trader may howl, the Copperhead rave,
ex-robel gnash his teeth, and the commercial
brigands in New York aud elsewhere fill the
mir with lamentation. Every day brings
fresh evidence Of the immensely of the serv-
ice rendered by the men who saved the
Nation, and the payment Of pension to
each survivor of the contest will be thought
as lite as the Nation can do in recognition OF
its great debt. The only question Is whether
that payment shall be now or at some future
time. Honor and justice say emphatically
Nop. 1t is owing just as much to the sol
diers who are alive to-day rs it will be TO
those who are alive 10 years hence, and
it will be inexcusable to defraud out OF it
those who may die in the meanwhile.
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nELIEr ZOE TIE rARMERs.

Unquestionably the prices of all manner
Of farm products are much too low. I'm
questionably it is hard for the best situated
farmers to make any great amount of money,
while it is exceedingly difficult for those
who are only making a start in a new coun-
Try, who are burdened with heavy debts and
mortgages, with interest that eats like a
cancer, TO make living and keep their little
homestcads from the grasp Of the Sheriff
The cause Of this is equally unquestion-
able. nc hare Toe many men engaged IN
embarrassing aud too JclC in ether farming
and manufacturing.
We are raising too much grain and meat
TO send abroad we have too few men Mt
home engaged in manufacturing and other
non-agricultural pursuits to consume the
proper proportion of our farm products.
This is the whole situation in a nutshell.
No man who is acquainted with even the
alphabet of political economy can success
fully deny this fundamental truth.
All the noisy, selfish clamor of railroad
men, grain and meat exporters, steamship
owners, elevator men and importers of foreign
/ goods Will not disguise the plain, solid truth
that instead of the country growing rich by
shipping grain and meat TO Europe, ii grows
poorer. We cannot sell those things in
! Europe except at the prices which the starry
ing Hindoos, and the poverty -stricken Rus
sian peasants Will sell theirs and every year
we rely on this trade is long step toward
reducing our farmers TO the wretchcd con
dition of those peoples We challenge con-
tradiction TO this statement,
Railroads and steamship lines have brought
the farms ofthe bOundlesss teppes of Russia a:
near the worlds markets rs are those of ou1
own country, and ifwesell ourgrain and meat
in Liverpool and Amsterdam il must be a
the same prices that the Russians will sci
theirs Undoubtedly the Western railroads
charge exorbitantly for transportation, bu
this is only part Of the evil The main eyi
is that we have to send our products abroad
TO find purchasers and consumers. 1t is th,
expense of transportation thousands of miles
with the profits of all the go-betweens, thai
is eating mp the profits of our farmers.
What is the remedy2 With so plain
diagnosis of the evil, the remedy is equally
clear. 1t is:
l. To develop by wise protective policy
cur own manufactures to the utmost, ant
so give other employment to many who ar
now engaged in farming, OF who may intent
TO 90 into that business This will provide
mere profitable markets for those who remain
on the farms.
2. To reduce to the lowest amount the i'm
portation Of products which come into in
furious competition with those raised Of
our own farms, or which can be raised there
This viii give other and more proftabl
employment TO the men who are now raisin
J a surplus of wheat corn, oats and meat, am
50 diminish the evil in that direction. Las
, year we imported of what should hav
been raised on our own acres:
30 90 horses. cattle sheep etc. worth. s. 32s. o.
l563ss sol doz cggs worth. 25l2.f
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at tho time of its opening, but ii was his duty
to sec the orders of the Government carried
out, aud secure the peaceful settlement of the
new State as far AS possible. He remained
there two months, aud, true TO his army school
ing that taught him to obey the orders of his
superiors, he was ever on the side of those who
obeyed the Presidents proclamation, and no
made a ringing speech in the House last week
in their favor lie also assisted in organizing
Post of the Grand Army in Guthrie, and was
holding his Office as Land Office Inspector when
elected to Congress from South Dakota.
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r.--s1 ~ ~ ...sro. sa.r otrs. :. s.0ose Gus ss-t.
The advocate., 1890-03-26

The Vance sab-Treasury, or Ware
house Bill.

AN IDEA THAT DATES BACK TO THE DAYS
or JOSEPH, IN EGYPT-A MEASURE oB
RELIEF FOR THE FARMERS SOME or
THE OBJECTIONS or THE SCHEME.
The advocate., 1890-03-26
MoNEY RAsED on REAL EsTAIE.
Senator stanEOrd's Novel Proposition and
Colonel Van Horns Com

ton regarding Senator Stanfords views
upon the currency
II is at once a surprise and the boldest,
most liberal and radical utterance ON the
money question that has come from any
man in public llfe-but to come from a
millionaire thirty times told, 10 q reyela-
ton and almost a revolution, writes the
colonel. II is the FIRST time have ever
seen from that class proper comprehen-
sion OF money Senator Stanford says:
81 can see no reason why land, or town
property having attained a permanent
value as indicated by the assessors estl-
mate, or ascertaned by impartial valua-
tors, might not be used as currency with
as much confidence as the paper obliga-
tions Of government or as the metals pro-
duCed from mines"
Ak Here Is the Reputation at the outset Of
the myth Of gold and silver, or metals as
money, that has been the sH5lGDSr Of
Labor since barbarlsm made metal for per
sonal adornment the standard OF value.
"The best money" says Senator Stanford,
"is that based upon the wealth Of the ma
tlon and the prosperity and honor OF all
It's people" ThGt iS GS radical Gs dng
Greenbacker eUer uttered, Det u is true
as truth. But the senator presents
another feature in very startling form
and will quote II in full. Ho puts It in
this way; "Currency that has for lts Sc
curity the real property OF the country is
more surely guaranteed than by bullion
produced from the mines and stamped at
the natlonol mlnts. The country owns
no mines, and who shall say that the
time Is distant when private ownership
will hold in trusts all the mines and be
entitled to all the roysltiesH And ofwhat
value will be the constitutional provis'
lon that gives government the right TO
coin money II it has neither gold nor
silyerto coin and stampp
THE PRODUCTION OF MONEY.
Here ls feature Of our money system
that few even Of our most advanced
money theorists have looked in the face,
and which "hard money men" have ignor-
ca II the money dealer gets hold OF the
mines and controls the output, OF what
benefit is the coming or uttering OF the
nationH The supply and price OF money
is controlled all the same and labor held
in subiecton. Sooner or later the bar
baric ietlchism that worshipa gold and
silver must give way 10 the more civiliz-
cd ideal that money is only the represent
ative of real value, and real value is due
TO labor. AS Senator Stanford says;
"A mountain Of gold might glitter in the
suns rays valuelesa, useless, and unem-
ployable; till at lts base the toiler swings
his pick, plunges his drill and explodes
his blasting sulphur" have seldom
seen the distinction between the money
owners theory and that of the newer
idea more clearly and tersely stated than
in the extract below, from this man who
has heretofore been Classed with the pluto
Gratis of the country, but who now is
seen to be as radical as the thinker who
has not dollar he can call his own
This is the extract:
"I'o coin and issue money for circula
tion is not the most important function
Of government. When IL is considered
that the congress Of the United States
ALo laoisloturaa ~ tha aavarAl atataa anC
The advocate., 1890-03-26
Editorial correspondence Of the journal

WAsHINGTON, March l3--lt the press
does not present the new features OF leg'o
lsation proposed-that is, those propos.
ing changes in methods OF business-how
are the people TO know about themY
am never afraid Of new idea. II II is
sound il will win its way, and If II Is OPP
posed TO the natural order OF progress u
will never become permanent just now
there is a bill introduced In the senate,
"on request" by Senator Vance, OF North
Carolina, that may as well talk about
for one letter, as IL IL not Il very popular
one with a very influential class OF peo-
ple-because ii is step in advance OF
present conditions; and looks In the d.
rection Of government control OF business
now done by private enterprise. The
bill is known as the "sub-treasury BILL"
but may be better understood by stating
that IL extends the warehouse system now
in operation to agricultural products.
Briefly, the bill authorizes the erection
Of warehouses by the government, in
which such products Of the soil as are
annually exported, or such as all must
have, may be stored.
The next provision is that the govern
ment shall advance to the producer 20
per cent. Of the local values Of the pro-
ducts stored in such warehouse, and that
the producer may retain ownership OF
such product for any term less than one
year. The charge for such service
by the government shall be graded
TO cover cost Of insurance, handling, ETC.,
and per cent. on the 80 per cent adj
vanced.
Because this is new and untried 10 no
reason for rejecting It, but 1t ought to be
discussed on its merits. Why should im-
ports be warehoused and not exportss
SO far, there can be no valid obiedtiOn
urged. n there is any way devisable
whereby the farmer can be allowed TO OBJ
tain the best price for his products, 1t
ought TO be adopted at once, for no man
is 80 much the victim Of circumstance
as he il, and no man loses what he has
earned TO the extent the farmer does.
The farmer is, as rule, forced TO sell
when the "corner men" of the market
get ready to buy, and he must sell at
their rates. The whole machinery OF
taxation, Of transportation and OF ware
housing, or storing, is so arranged that the
farmer must stand and deliver when the
demand is made. Were this otherwise
"corner" would be impractioable and
gambling In futures impossible. 80 that
the necessity Of something being done to
break up this system goes without say
ing. The simple law Of natural right is
that a man ought to own what he pro-
duces, but the system by which farm
products are handled practically de-
prives the producer OF that ownership.
It is not the question l am trying to
talk about, whether the bill referred TO is
the remedy, or a remedy, but the fact
that It raises the question Of the relief so
greatly needed in a practical form. The
first thing we do when any change is
proposed is to ask If it has ever been
tried? And the first mention Of any
thing of the kind that find was in the
warehouse system OF Joseph, in Egypt,
when the corn was stored against the
4,,,,o tl,ora ,,as n D,arkat for IL The de-
The advocate., 1890-03-26


~When II shall be understood that
money IL 10 be issued by tho government
for the benefit OF the great class OF pro-
ducers who demand IL for industrial pur'
poses, and that II is not created for the
benefit OF usurera tO sweat II, and OF
gamblers 10 risk II, and misers tO hoard
IL, Of millIonaires TO accumulate, and
sbend-thrifts 10 distribute II in the graft
fcatlon Of their luxurious tastes, then
some OF the errors which now pervade
the whole financial system will have been
dissipated aud the uses OF money will be
much better understood"
Here lies in brief paragraph the true
philosophy as TO money and the relation
Of government TO II. tits because II has
been 80 long the popular idea that a man
who could not make money for himself
had no financial ability and was unsafe
as q leader Of opinion, that ] take 80 much
qualification in quoting the richest man
ON the Pacific coast and the most success
ful money maker Of the later period.
Success has not added his brain or sur
felt Of wealth debauched his moral per-
ceptiOn, and what he says viii reach a
large class OF minds that would not listen
to anyone'other than millionaire on the
subject.
THE INITIATION DANGER.
The correspondent who interviewed
him suggested as an objection TO his Idea
Of money issued ON realty as we'll as metal,
that II would produce initiation, and that
this argumenthad been potential In discus
slOns in the past. The senator replied
to this as follows:
NJ have never observed any calamity
resulting from the circulation Of too
much money; / have known OF no locality
or era when there was too great activity
among the producing classes. / never
knew or read Of any country whore there
we're too many houses in process Of erec'
tion, OF to plentiful raiment, or too
abundant food, nor where transportation
OF products was too cheap and rapid. l
do not recognize high prices Of labor as
leading 10 disastrous results anywhere.
In those countries under conditions In
which labor ls ldadequately compensated,
countries Of redundant populations where
money 10 scarce and industrial activities
are not Temunerative, have heard OF
poverty and distress, but where activities
are pressing in the direction Of productive
industries, where money is plenty and
labor we'll repaid, / recall no distress not
rising from accidental causes, and
presume no one would question the fact
that the system Of finance suggested
would not excite TO abnormal activity all
industrial emplOyments.
"Money Is force II is the force that
underlles our civilization and pushes 1t To
the greatest possible activity Money inn
pels the merchant to his most venture
some daring, the mechanic TO exploiting
his most inventive genius, the scientist
to the most exhaustive research, the
artist 20 the most earnest and patient en-
deavors and the toiler in every direction
to the accomplishment Of the most earn.
est efforts for success. The power Of
money and the hope Of It's attainment ii
the incentive to nearly all humanity'i
most earnest and most honorable exer
tons, and presume no one viii question
The advocate., 1890-03-26
rapidlty in thinking as well as in other


THE REAL ESTATE BASIS
But / cannot close this letter or these
extracts without giving the IDEAS OF the
senator as 10 money issued on real estate
values, and at the risk Of being tedious !
will quote at length;
"That currency based upon real es-
tate values under limited estimates
would increase activities In all industrial
employments, / have no manner OF doubts
nor do think such volume OF currency,
properly limited by Legislative restric'
ton, would recall the days Of George Law
produce the Mississippi bubble, or the
Dutch tulip speculation. Why should
the man who has mortgaged for one'hali
or one-quarter its value the accumula'
tlons Of his life, be more careless In the
expenditure OF his resources than he
would II he had hypothecated his proper
w under an interest bearing mortgage "a
a usurer for coin, the interest upon which
he must pay whether he uses his money
or not? The national currency ! would
thus provide should bear no interest
and should the borrower retain II in his
hands unused, II would be ready for re-
turn to the national treasury whenever
called for. II, without bearing interest
this currency could be used for the retir'
ing of an interest bearing mortgage, II
would serve useful purpose, nor would
Il operate as hardship TO the payee
because he could use lawful money In
the thousand active employments oi
which the money lender knows 80 wei
how TO avail himself.
"Such an issue Of national currency tC
the extent Of limited millions, properly
distributed, would have for It's first elfeci
a quieting Of all apprehenslons OF panic
or financial disasters that are sometimes
more hard to bear and more ruinous In
their consequences than the resulting
calamltles. There would be no financial
panic possible and all disastrous probab
lllties be made avoidable. Business
activity would have breathed into then
new life. The danger Of money panic'
locks gold and silver, in coin or bullion
In the vaults Of the banker and money
lender, and while gold and silver coin II
unusable II is valueless-no man is ricf
and no community is prosperous will
boarded gold. Money, like any otheI
property, Is worthless until actively EN-
plOyed.
aWealth is timid, and in the presenc'
of danger hides; labor is always courage
GUS, works with CHEEKY zeal when wei
paid. Labor is never dangerous excep
when desperate. Labor seldom riot
when we'll fed, we'll housed, we'll clothed
and we'll educated. God, in His bene6
cence has provided everything that i
essential for the happiness Of all man
kind. The benefcenceOf nature denie
none Of the comforts or luxuries that thl
human family may require, and all tha
man does require is dependent upol
labor"
think I have given your reader
enough in these extracts to afford then
food for good, hard thinking for som,
time, and to people who think financia
wisdom is confined to those who maxi
money the wise words of this moderi
Midas may cause them to think as the,
never have before. have never beel
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-01-25
UNITED JEWISH TRADES.
Demanding the Establishment of tn,
Postal Savings Bank system,

Demanding the Establishment of the
Postal Savings Bank system.
AT recent meeting of the United
Jewish Trades in this city the following
resolutions were adopted:
awe wage.workers and citizens of
the United States, residing in the city of
New York, having often added to our
severe struggle for existence the misfor
tune of the loss of our small savings to
secure ourselves and families from want
during sickness or industrial depression,
through the failure of private banks, oc.
casioned frequently by reckless specula-
tion and intrigue among their officers,
and sometimes through robbery, as
instanced by the recent case Of Suskind
q Co.'S Savings Bank, and
Whereas, We are practically unable,
either Individually or collectively, under
the present law and system of savings
banks to recover our hard-earned saw
ings, or to bring the offenders to justice.
Therefore be it
Resolved. That we petition the Con-
gress of the United States to consider
the recommendation of the Post Master
General, in reference to Postal Savings
Banks, and to enact law for their i'm
mediate establishment throughout the
United States. for the purpose of giving
protection to workingmen and women
in the guarantee of national security to
our savings, as is already practiced in
some other civilized countries. And
be it
Resolved, That our secretary be in
structed to forward this petition to Con
gress for its consideration, and that we
also invite the cooperation of all trades
unions and societies in urging the enact
ment of the Postal Savings Bank system
for our protection