The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1891-04-01
OUR GOLD MONEY LEAVING.
ONE aii.IioN AT ONE SHIPMENT
AND MORE SHIPMENTS TO
FOLLOW.
y" seed FOR the Destitute Peopie..A
Prominent Man E.poa~es Alliance
PIincipls>--A Lost Hit Of Aarca.m

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. March %. 1881
For years past, gold has been regular
| ly shipped from the United States te
Europe in large quantities. Ii has bee,
custom Of the United States Mints 70
convert gold coin into bullion for con
venience in shipping when so desired hy
the shippers Last week one million dol
lars in gold coin was presented 10 the
| mint by two New York firms TO be con
verted iato bars or bullion for shipment
20 EUROPE By an act Of Congress the
secretary o! the Treasury is given dis
cretion IN the matter OF allowing coin 10
be converted into bullion at the mint.
When this million Of dollars in gold coin
was presented Tor that purpose, the See
retary, for various reasons declined to
allow the mint to convert IL into bullion
IL was hoped 10y many that his action
would prevent the expectation of the
gold but il did not. The coin WAS shin
ped, and will be followed by other large
shipments
This is An incident which will serve 10
show how the amount aud volume 81
gold can be and is contracted in this
country 10y constant expectation Of the
metal III coin or in bullion, and IL is an
incident which will go far toward
showing the necessity of having some
thing more than gold for money stand
ard.
A Contrary Incident.
Another incident, very contrary 10 the
above occurred last week A Colorado
firm presented some silver bullion At the
mint for coinage into money The d-
rector of the mint refused to coin it, his
action being based on :hs provisions OF
the Bland Silver Bill.
Here are two incidents for considers
ticn and digestion. The Reform Press
Bureau will give in next weeks letter,
AS full and clear treatment of the metal
money question as the space of the letter
will admit.
No Seeds for the Drouth Stricken and
Destitute Sections.
Many applications have been received
at Alliance Headquarters in Washing
ton from drouth stricken sections OF the
West, for seeds with which to plant
crops during the coming season. These
applications are the result OF publca-
tioD in some western paper that seeds
could be provided by the Alliance. That
publication was an unhappy mistake.
The Alliance has no cofnmano OF seed,
nor is there any fund wi, h which TO buy
them. While the applications were
pouring in, President Polk, N. F. A.
and |. U. wrote to Hon Jerry Rusk,
Secretary OF Agriculture, asking if the
government conid give the relief needed
The reply of the Secretary was as fol
lows:
seed for which appropriation is made by
al 20
tors and Representatives in that Con
gress, and are forwarded by this depart
ment under their franks, as they may
direct. From the remaining one-third,
the statistical and other correspondents
Of the department are first supplied; the
residue, II any, being reserved to meet
miscellaneous requests for small quaint
ties to be used in experimenting. l very
much regret that 1t Is not in my power
to furnish assistance to these suffering
people,"
And this condition OF affairs further
illustrates what the last Congress WAS
capable Of, viz: Spending nearly ten
hundred millions Of the peoples money
and making no provision for supplying
an absolute necessity to even a few OF
the nations destitute, struggling aud
suffering people. What truth Oxen
stern spoke when he said, "You do not
know, my SOD, with how littl) wisdom
men are governed"
Espouses the Principles OF the All.
ance.
Hon. Geo G.. Gorham, of California,
very prominent and influential leader
on the Pacific slope, has declared him
self in favor of the principles OF the Ma
Ea rt,1
Union. Mr.. Gorham was the first man
who, in bold and manly way, lifted
his voice in California against the mono
poly and and avarice OF the railway sys-
tenn on the Pacific slope. He is a mag
netic and convincing speaker before the
people.
There has been a notable assemblage
of the managers and representatives Of
the various lottery schemes of tho world
in this city within the past week The
close watch that Postmaster General
Wannamaker has been giving the lotte
ry people, has caused them to council as
to the best manner and way to evade
rigid laws recently enacted by Congress
ne never intends to let up on them as
long as he remains in power, and the law
stands on the statute book.
State Organizations.
The Iowa State Alliance was organized
last week. Proclamations have been
issued by President Polk for the organi-
zation of the Ohio State Alliance at Co.
lumbus, on April 10th, ard for the or
ganization Of New York State Alliance
at Hornellsville on April 22d.
A Lost Bit OF Sarcasm.
A defeated member OF Congress Of the
silk stocking order sat in front Of lead
| ing hotel yesterday, smoking fragrant
cigar, while pedal artist Of the colored
| persuasion performed service on the ex-
NJ C's ten-dollar calf skins. There was
meditative, wish I-was- coming bac K
| look in the ex-M C's face as be remarked d
| to the foot-fear artist:
| "Jeff, the congressman who will Come
here next year don't have their shoes
polished; they eat meals in their shirt
! sleeves; they pick their teeth with forks
they eat cornbread and bacon, and board
at cheap hash houses; old fashioned corn
shucklugs will be in order again, and
i yoar business will be goue."
The colored artist looked wonderingly y
aud doubtfully at the n. c. for a mo-
ment, thea an inafsble smile of pleasant
anticipation widened his features as he
replied:
"Judge, denis de kind of folks likes.
is granger was raised on de farm,
and xllus stands by my folks. Dey don't
put ef. frills / can make livin' wid
dem kind. Yid you folks it takes all l
cad make to keep mp de style to git
business.
A Statesman Looking for a Job.
When Senator lne.,ls left the Senate
Chamber on the 4sHsA march he met