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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-09-25


gold standard In the United States,
and had it referred to the Finance
Committee, of which he was chair
man.
In a short time he brought it
from the committee with care
fully prepared report urging its
passage, and giving many reasons
why we must abandon silver and
adopt the single gold standard.
Senator Sherman has been un-
relenting in his assaults upon sill
ven. He is responsible, more than
any other public man, for the "act
to strengthen the public credit"
passed in 1869, which made the
bonds of the Government payable
exclusively in gold, thereby adding
hundreds of millions to the bur-
dens of the taxpayers. This was
the first and most deadly assault
upon silver as money metal, and
it was followed in 1873 by the en-
actment of the provision eliminat-
ing the silver dollar from coinage.
Mr.. Sherman says that "the sill
yer dollar has been effectually de-
monetized by the act of 1853, pass
ed by a Democratic Congress. "
Why, then, the necessity for the
act of 1878, which was prepared by
Mr.. John Jay Knox, then Comp
troller Of the Currency, and press
ed by Mr.. Sherman through Con-
gress?
Mr.. Sherman asserts that the
free coinage of silver would imme-
diately stop the coinage of gold
He says:
No man would be fool enough to de
posit an ounce of gold for coinage into
$16 when with his ounce of gold he
could buy enough silver bullion anG
have it coined without cost into $40.
If the owner of the gold bullion
should be forced to take silver dol
lars from the mint, this argument
would be good; but, in fact, the
owner of such bullion receives golt
coin, which is the same gold will
the stamp of the mint added, an(
he can either ship this coin as golC
or purchase silver bullion and have
that coined into silver dollars
Why, then, should he not coin golC
bullion? The coinage costs hin
nothing, and gold in like quantit,
and fneness is returned for hi
bullion.
1t is vehemently contended b,
Senator Sherman that free coinag
of silver would drive gold out O
circulation, and that it would b
exported to foreign countries.
This was the argument used b,
Mr.. Sherman against the Blan,
act of 1878, but the quantity of gol,
speedily increased in this countr
after the enactment of that law, an,
all the predictions of its disappear
ance proved false.
Even Mr.. Cleveland admits tina
he was mistaken when he made
similar prediction in his letter t
Messrs. Warner, Reagan, and 9th
ers in 1884.
These soothsayers overlook tn
fact that gold is but the represents
tive of value, and that so long q
this country can supply the neces
saries of life to countries that az
compelled to have them, we WI
procure all the gold we need. Ems
land will take our wheat, corn an
cattle because she is forced to d
SO, and if we demand gold in II
turn the same necessity compe,
its payment.
But the argument most persis
: emily urged against free coinage
) that all the silver of foreign coul
y tries, pots, pans, spoons, and al
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-09-25

hlSIo Oll Uhc 0,UUO,UuOyOUU pOuuub
q protection of $15,000,-
600 annually. And the Optimates
claim that this reduction saves to
the American consumer at least
a year. While making
this reduction however, ON an ar
ticle which yielded more revenue
with less class protection than any
the duties on woolen goods,
cotton goods, hardware, tin-plate
and other articles were increased
to an aggregate Of $75,0O0,000 an
nually, at the expense of the con-
sumner.
At the same time, to recompense
the sugar-gRowers of this country,
a bounty Is given them of 2cents a
pound, amounting to $10,000,000
for the present year, thirteen sugar
planters in Texas receiving of this
amount 100000.
WOOL.
In one respect great change
has come to the Optimates. Their
chief matter in the last Presiden-
tlal canvass for daily discussion
was wool, but now the Optfmate
eampaigneF would rather face a
Bengal tiger than the innocent,
harmless sheep. Thousands Of
votes were obtained for Harrison,
and some from the Democratic par
ty, by the promise of high prices
of wool if Cleveland could be de-
feated. Wool is now selling for
less than in many years past, but
the tariff tax on imported woolen
cloths is no lower 1t takes four
pounds of common grease wool to
make a pound Of cloth, and the
farmer is protected by a tariff tax
on his wool of IL cents a pound.
BY the same law the manufacturer
is protected by a tariff tax on the
cloth of GA cents a pound, the the
ory being that he receives A cents
for what he pays the farmer as the
increased price of the wool, and &c
cents to pay higher wages to his
workmen- The farmer is certainly
not getting his share, and the work.
men are constantly striking on &C
count of reduced wages, but the
manufacturers protective duty con.
tinues, with his contribution to the
campaign fundof the Optimate par
ty- In the meantime the imports Of
the shoddy increases annually anC
poorer class of consumers are fore.
ed to risk health and life by wear.
ing fabrics almost guiltless of wool
Mr.. Mckinley is now silent az
to- WOOL but wonderfully eloquent
about reciprocity. He is scream
ing like the cuckoo over an egg il
another birdsnest. He fought the
reciprocity clause m the Mckinley
bill when proposed by Mr.. Blaine
and defeated it in the House. bu
it was put in by the Senate an(
forced upon Mckinley in confer
enee at the point of the parliament
ary bayonet.
OhbhMAN AND bFhNEh
Senator Sherman, another leade
Of the Optimates, has lately deliv
cred an address on silver whicl
contains some remarkable state
mentsI
/ He is indignant that he or hi
party should be suspected of beinl
: opposed to bi-metalism, but if h
, is not it would be interesting +
, know when and for what reason h
has changed his opinion.
, In 1867 Mr.. Sherman wrote
! letter to Mr.. Ruggles, Representing
this country in the inteTmonetar
conference at Paris, in which h
advised Mr. Ruggles to support tn
single gold standard, and declare
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-09-25

lUS SOlu. IL lld5 HtU,OOO,VUOO VI Dill
yer and $26, ,855,000 of gold, and it
needs both.
The same thing is true of Ger
many, with $1O7,OOO,OOO worth of
full legal tender silver thalers of
which the Imperial Bank holds
$48, ,0OO,000-this, with $1S0,000,-
600 in gold, constituting its cash
reserves.
This legal tender silver coin is
afoat in Europe of the valuation at
which it was issued, viz, at 15.5 to
/ in gold, and if we take our gold
dollar as the unit of comparison this
silver money would yield 359.91
grains Of pure silver as against our
mint requirement of 37l.25 grains.
Anyone bringing this European sill
yer money to exchange at our mints
if we adopt free coinage must add
1134 grains to every 100. There
fore, at ST for 371.25 grains of sill
yer in the United States and 81 for
359.91 grains in Europe, or$l. .29per
ounce of 480 grains here as against
ST. .33per ounce of 480 grains abroad,
there would be loss to the specu-
lator bringing European silver to
this country of 3 per cent, togeth-
er with cost of transportation.
Upon the estimate of the Direct
or of the Mint that there is 81, ,100,-
100000 Of this European legal tend
er silver money, there would be a
loss of more'than $33, 100000 with
carriage added. Besides this the
gold obtained by the transaction
would be worth no more in the
banks of Europe as cash reserves
than the silver legal tender money
which had been disposed of in the
United States.
AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
The Optimates are constantly
boasting of an American system
and of commercial independence.
Weown continent and produce
more Of the absolute necessaries of
life than any other nation, but,
, Notwithstanding our enormous re-
sources, we are now tied onto the
tail of the European gold kite and
dragged from one point of the f.
: nancial compass to another by the
manipulations of European specu-
lators. If there is fall in South
American, or Italian, or Spanish
. securities, or the failure of an En-
glish banking firm, the money mar
ket Of the United States is imme.
diately affected. How long is this
,, serfdom to continue?
: EQUALITY Is JUSTICE.
l Senator Sherman is mistaken in
,, supposing that the silver miners
are responsible for the demand al
over the West and South for free
coinage. 1t comes from the popu
- lar instinct that there is manifes
injustice in closing the mints tC
silver, which is placed by the Con
stitution side by side with gold.
Above all it comes from the set
tied belief that silver has been de
graded to increase the profits of th,
. money lending classes. 1t comes
from the conviction that the debt
y or should have the privilege of pay
ing in either gold or silver, thu
> money of the Constitution, anC
= that Congress should not legislat,
y against either metal. The singh
! goldstandard, which is the ultimat
- object, will add to the indebtedness
of every debtor 20 cents for eacl
;s dollar he owes, but if the singl
gold standard is not established
!. follows logically that all discrimi
nation against silver increases tn
It value of gold and adds to the debt
# or's burden.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-09-25
SILVER AND TARIFF.
Senator Vest at a Fairness Picnic
at Liberty, Mo.

An old-fashioned basket-dinner
picnic was given by the Democracy
of Clay County, Mo-, recently to
counteract any third party spirit
that might be lurking in, the ALI
ance of that staunch old Democrat
ic stronghold. The speech-making
began in the forenoon by an able
address by Senator George G. Vest,
who spoke for nearly two hours,
devoting his remarks principally
to the tariff and silver questions.
Owing to- the length of the speech
we are prevented from giving it in
full, but We furnish our readers
with the following abstract of his
remarks =
Senator Vest began by saying
that the Senatorial or Patrician
party in Rome. which divided out
the provinces among it's members
and Systematically plundered the
people, called themselves the OPP
Inmates. They claimed to repre-
sent the craftsmanship, culture, in
tellect, and refinement Of the en-
pire, and denounced their adversa-
ries as fit only to be artisans and
laborers. They claimed that all
public prosperity came from them
and the laws they enacted, while at
at the same time they amassed for
themselves enormous fortunes.
The Republicans are the Opt
mates of this country.
Providence has blessed us WITH
an enormous crop, and at the same
time has cut short the crops of Eu-
rope, and Messrs. Mckinley and
Sherman claim that the Legislation
of the Republican party which tax.
es all imported goods 47s per cent
and provides for reciprocity OR lin.
tied free-trade with South America
has enhanced the market price o1
our agricultural products.
They committed the Transparent
fraud of increasing the tariff duties
OH wheat, ryey corn, and cattle tt
protect the farmers when they
knew that we exported largely O
all these products and imported
virtually none.
RECIPROCITY.
And now, when we are daily ex
porting million bushels of whea
to England and continental Eu
rope, whose manufactures are ex
eluded from our shores by the Nc
Kinley tariff, they are shouting
"Behold the results Of reciprocit,
with Cuba and South America!"
Every man qualified to vot,
knows that the market for our farm
products is In Great Britain ant
not in South America For tn
year ending June 80, 1891, we ex
ported to Great Britain $29, ,767 40
worth of cattle, and to all Soutl
America and the West Indies $3.50
$50. During the same period W
shipped to Great Britain $23, ,l56
737 worth of corn, and to Sout
America S169,40S
Of wheat, during the same yeal
we sold to Great Britain $3l, ,470
31S, and to South America 81, ,437
227. Of wheat -four for the sam
time, we sold to Great Britai
$35,42S,624 and to South Americ
$5,301,S53.
One of the Optimates, e3-Speal
er Reed, has lately punetured tn
reciprocity balloon with a singl
question;
How are we to compete IN She fire
markets of South America with BIRTHS
goods when our manufacturers say it r
qrlires a protective duty of474 per cen
to enable them to compete with Il
same goods here?
SUGAR.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1891-09-25
SUGAR.

For years the Optimates have
denied that the tariff duty was al.
timately paid by the consumer, but
this pretence is abandoned The
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
CONVICT ROAD LABOR.

Superintendent Warner, of the w orkhouse,
in His Annual Report, Argues in Favor
of Employing Prisoners on the Public
Highways-The Record of Year.
The twenty-first annual report of affairs
of the Allegheny County Workhouse for
1890, has appeared in neat pamphlet form.
Superintendent Warner in his statement,
says the average number of prisoners has in
creased, while the cost nf maintaining them Is
diminished. The cooperage department shows
a decrease in earninsb OH account of the de-
pressed condition OF 16e barrel industry. The
manufacture OF artificial ice was begun May Is
and has been, conducted ever since with great
success. The manufacture, of brooms has in
creased with correspondingly increased profits.
In speaking of the road labor problem the
superintendent says: II have given the subject
of road making more special attention than
probably any other department. In Difference
to public sentiment on that subject have sue
ceeded in making practical tests that hope
will be Of great value. 1t is my opinion that
great good would result to the public by The
employment of such prison labor as we have
control of on county roads. ! reiterate the
suggestion made In my report for 1889 on this
subject, that the Improvement of the public
roads should commence in the immediate
neighborhood of the workhouse. As far as the
workhouse is concerned no additional legisla-
tion is needed. The labor of the inmates may
properly be employed on work outside as
inside the walls"
The daily average of prison population for
1890 was 7Uo 306-365 as against 62S 2S8-365 for
1859. The daily cost Of each inmate for 1890,
80 49, 100 cents as against 36 32-l00 cents for
1889.
The earnings from business for 1890, were
S47,S55 05, as against $50 1876 SO for 1889.
The expenses of the institution for the year
amounted to SS6 80 81
Since the organization OF the institution,
August g. 1869. there have been received
81, 7S3 prisoners, 1883 of whom were of the
ignorant classes who could not read or write.
During the year 1890. $3.50 prisoners were re.
ceived. There were IL deaths during the year.
The report OF Workhouse Physician G. NJ.
Kelly is strong argument in favor of SUPER
intendent Warmers road labor ideas. as iT
shows that during the year $50 cases of Indi-
gestion were treated. La grippe laid up IS of
the prisoners.
Chaplain Henderson gives statement of the
number of religious services held and urges the
necessity of more reading matter for the pris-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
ITS PROPERTY ATTACHED.

Shareholders of the Columbia Iron and
Steel Company Take Legal Action
Against It-aow the Company Stands at
Present.
A special dispatch received last night
from New York saws: "The Sheriff has re-
ceived two attachments against the Colum-
bia Iron and Steel Company of Pittsburg,
one for S11, ,757 in favor of Alfred H. and
Reese I. Neal, and the other for s., sos in
favor of H. Whittemore. The attachments
were served on the New York agents, at 81
Fulton street, this city"
Regarding this statement an effort was
made to see L. NJ. ButZ, the Vice President
of the company, at his residence on Arch
street, Allegheny. Mrs. Butz said that her
husband could not be seen, as he was confined
to his bed with the grip. A similar attempt to
see Christian Zeager, the President of this and
the Pennsylvania Construction Company. an
identical concern, was equally fruitess.
Neither of the Messrs Neal could be seen.
The principal stockholders IN the concern
are the gentlemen mentioned and Boggs q
Buhl, the drygoods men OF Allegheny. The
company was understood to have some large
orders on hand and the addition to the capital
stock voted at the meeting two weeks ago was
TO permit OF an extension OF operations. Dur
ing the last couple OF years the
company has made various efforts TO
dispose of its interests. Messrs. Neal and
Bulz visited London last summer for this pur-
pose, and succeeded in inducing English capt.
talists to consider purchase. They did SO,
but the negotiations subsequently fell through
on investigation of the companys accounts
An attempt to raise S6OO,OOO on mortgage ponds
in the same quarter was equally unsuccessful
Latterly, 1t was stated in reliable quarter
that Englishmen were again after the plant
and had nearly concluded negotiations Mr.
E. NJ. Butz, when Questioned on this matter.
requested that no mention of it should be
made as negotiations might he disturbed
Since, nothing has been heard OF the
matter. The company has lately had
legal controversy with the Westinghouse
Machine and Manufacturing Company in
which it was defeated. -Rumors regarding the
company's financial standing have been freely
current on the street for some time past A.
H. Neal is the metal broker of Liberty avenue,
and R. T. is clerk in the Pittsburg and Lake
Eric COmpany's offices.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
ALLEGHENY's NEW OFFICERS.
Henry Muth Appointed Superintendent of
Police.

The chiefs of the various departments in AL
legheny have not quite concluded the lists of
appointees for their various positions in their
several offices. They will all be ready, as far
as it ia intended to make them at present. by
Saturday and some of the new positions will be
assumed on the first Monday in April.
Chief Murphy, of the Department. of Public
Safety, has appointed Henry Muth, of the
Sixth ward, Superintendent of Police. He is
81 wears OF age and is at present clerk in the
office of the Internal Revenue Collector.
The question whether or not Mayor Wyman
will sign the Allegheny appropriation ordinance
is yet unsettled. He returned Yesterday, but
would not say whether he would sign it or not.
If he veIoes it and Councils do not pass it over
the Veto the bill must 60 back to the old
Councils and may not get through before the
latter part of May.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
POLICE NEWS CUT SHORT.

IDA JOHNSTON, aged II years, was arrested
at her home on Soho street near Fifth avenue,
last night, for beating her sister.
ALBERT TEsLoCK was arrested last night
when boarding q train at the Union station
charged by Mrs. Mary Hichey with stealing two
bank books, one of which contained SO In bills.
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS was held in sI.OOO bail
yesterday by Alderman Richards for hearing
to-day, charged by w. ]. Burgess. of Summer
street, with assault on his 4-year-old daughter.
JOHN THOMAS alias Magee. released from
the w orkhouse a few days ago, was rearrested
by Roger O'Mara last night as being profess
sional thief. He was placed in Central station.
THOMAS woKsHIF made information before
Alderman Kerr yesterday, charging his wife
with aggravated assault and battery, claiming
that last Sunday she beat him with rolling
PIN.
JOHN GRIoNow will have hearing to-mor
row before Alderman Kerr for threatening to
knock William Wefnefsky's brains out with a
pair of heavy tongs at the Carbon Iron Works,
Monday last.
HUMANE AGENT O'BRIEN last night made
oath before Alderman Beinhaur that he had
not received his Information about Southside
cock fights from George Eisler, who was ac-
cused of giving up names.
MRS. ISABELLA and John Gallagher will have
a hearing before Alderman McGarey to-
morrow. Mrs. Isrealde Harris, of South
Twenty-irst street, charges them with pulling
her around by the hair. cross suit has been
made before Alderman Beinhaur.
PETER FROST. who is charged by Agent
O'Brien of the Humane Society with aiding
and abetting chicken fight. was given par
tial hearing before Alderman Beihhaur last
night On account of the absence of some wit
nesses the case was continued for one week.
MINNIE KAYLoR is at the Twenty-eighsh
ward police STATEN under a charge of incor-
rigibillty made against her by her mother She
is l6 years of age. She has been away from
home for some time past. The girl will be
given hearing before Alderman Succop this
morning.
GEORGE R. KREss, the Forbes street light
ming rod man, made an information before
Alderman Richards yesterday charging ]. H.
Sponsler, an agent living at McKeesport, Pa,
with embezzlement. Kress alleges that SponsIer
collected money on work done and failed to
turn 1t in. He was arrested and held under
$500 bail for hearing Saturday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
SMALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.

GOOD FRIDAY will be observed in the courts
as holiday.
JAMES MCGEE. of Versailles, has been de-
clared a lunatic
CHIEF MURPHY, of the Department of Pub
lie Safety in Allegheny, will have to appoint a
chief clerk in the place of w. N. Howard, who
has already resigned.
THE friends of Miss Simpson, late teacher of
history in the High School, can view the re-
mains at Christ NJ. E. Church, Penn avenue
and Eighth street, between IL and p. M. to-day.
Services will be held at 8 p. NJ.
\ BOY named Gierst, was run over by a
buggy on Shady avenue Allegheny, last night,
and quite severely hurt about the face. He
had to be carried home, but was not seriously
injured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
CLEARING THE WRECK.
Southside Butchers VIII Not Build a Sep
arate Market House.

Marketmaster Mcdonald, OF the Southside
Market House. is making every effort TO have
the building open for business on Saturday.
He has men working day and night and should
nothing happen all the debris will be out of the
building by tomorrow evening. After this
work is finished the place can be washed out
in short order and The stands replaced for bus
mess
In speaking of the proposed new market
house which the butchers OF the Southside
were talking about, Mr.. Mcdonald says that
none will be built. He was alta meeting held
by the butchers and they wanted to know what
accommodations he could give them by Satur-
day. On being informed that they could have
their old places in the Market House soon the
majority Of them dropped the matter at once
and seemed satisfied to stay at their old stands.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-26
TO USE ONE WIRE.

Birmingham and Pleasant Valley Cars to
Run on the Same Trolley.
The Pittsburg and Birmingham Traction
Company have completed arrangements with
the Pleasant Valley line to use its trolley wire
from Fifth avenue to Seventh avenue, on
Smithfeld street. Connections were made last
night and the extra wire was taken down. An
employe of the Birmingham line stated that
the wires were being tightened and motors be-
ing placed in the cars but the trucks had not
arrived and he did not know when they would.
AS soon as they arrive the line will be put in
operation.
A force of men were at work yesterday max
ing connections with the track on the new part
of the Smithfield street bridge. Cars will be
running over this in few days.