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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-20
THE MONEY

If the United States bonds had been
issued in small sizes, and in denomi
nations from ST. to 500, they would
have been used as currency, and the
billions of dollars of usury that have
been paid to the bondholder would
not have been extorted from the over
burdened taxpayers. No coupons
would have been required, as the
bonds would not have borne interest.
Gold never can be a safe and suh.
cient basis for national currency. Of
the hundreds of commodities we use,
gold is one of the least valuable. Salt,
sugar, lead, Uneven these minor
commodities are each vastly o
valuable than gold, and yet they
would not be valuable enough to serve
as a basis for the volume of currency
needed by a commercial nation.
There never can be any "infation"
of rightly based and issued money. If
issued always on "ample security"
every dollar will be safely based. 1t
should be issued to all persons on
equal terms. National bonds, deeds
of land, deeds of insured buildings
and neutrality-suspicious. would be better
and ampler security than fractional
basis of gold, and the amount that
could be issued on such securities
would be abundant enough to put an
end to the credit systems.
sin aation" would be impossible.
The supply of currency would always
be regulated by the (rigatly ~qualided)
demand, as the supply of steam to an
engine is regulated by the demand of
the machinery.
Who aver heard of an initiation of
railway tickets or postage stamps, or
of a gold basis for them?
The use of gold or silver money is
simply a form Of barefoot giving
value for value in each transaction.
1t is uneconomical and ~barbarous, and
is maintained only for the benefit of
usurers-money mongers.
l will close with a warning to cur.
rency reformers. Do not approve of
any charge for interest by the govern
ment on its issues of currency to the
people. 1t is our business to abolish
the iniquity of interest, which is but
the modern name for usury, or a
charge for the use, or usance, of
money. WV. HARRISON RILEY.
Townsend Centre, Mass.
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03
SOUTH AMERICA.

Disor sanixntion of Labor Affecting the
Returns of the brazilian Coffee Crop
Progre~s Of the Argentine Republic In
Population. Material Wealth and Debt
Accommodation.
WASHINGTON. June 2G.-Thc bureau
of American republics reports that esti-
mates Of the brazilian coffee crop Of
lS9o-91 now coming into market CON
tinue 20 diminish. The first estimate
was 5,00o.000 bags; the next $500. 600,
and now Il is believed thatthc crop will
not exceed 100000 bags Notwith-
standing the incentive Of higher prices
than have ever been paid before. the
daily receipts do not average over 1000
bags Disorganization Of labor is the
chief difficulty. and should Il continue
i is believed that the coffee crop Of
Isel-2 now placed al 100000 or .. 600
5000. 900 or 1000. 600 bags.
A statistical summary Of the growth
u the Argentine Republic since 1861
shows that in thirty years the popuIa-
ton has increased from 1.35O. 900 10 a.
Jco. 900: and the number OF acres in cul-
sivation from $4,000 To s.000.ooo. In
1861 the only railroad in existence was
from Bucnos AyreS 70 Ncrlo. a distance
y Is miles. Now there are over 5000
miles Of railroad open 70 traffic and
Zoo more in course Of construction.
commerce and the national wealth
have multiplied FIVE times over within
he same period. but the p<blic debt
mas increased in much greater proper
lion. II was SIT. 100000 in 1881. in 1870
II was S40i. 100000. exclusive Of cedulas
md the paper currency. which would
saisc il 70 sjl3.010.01,.
The bureau Of American republics is
\ receipt Of information that qucs-
tons ~ boundary which have been
pending for man- years as to the linn
itations Of possession Of France and
Holland in Guiana. are now on the
ooint Of final adjustment. greatly to the
advantage Of Holland
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03
LATE NEWS ITEMS

a CorENHAGES dispatch saws that
the Danish government i entirely un-
favorable to the scheme 70 depopuate
Iceland by wholesale emigration 70
Alaska, and will not permit any move
ment beyond ordinary migration. The
government il convinced that IL the
present population should 20. Il would
be- impossible To replace ii and Iceland
would become. like Grecnland. mere
trading post in the far north.
JrDGE BARTLETT, Of brooklyn. has
appointed the Peoples Trust Co. the
Kings County Trust Co.. and the Brook
lyn Trust CO. receivers respectively for
the DE Castro & Bonner Sugar Co. OK
nard Bros sugar Refining CO.. Dick &
Meyer and the Havemeyer Sugar Co.
under the recent order for dissolu
tion Of the corporations forming the
old sugar trust
THE great Yale-IIarvard university
boat race was ro~ed al New London.
Conn. on the 25th. and for the six
teenth time in the history Of the an
nual event Harvard won. leaving Yale
with record Of eleven out ~ twenty
seven contests which have taken place
between the two great rival institu.
tions 81 learning and sport
THK Norfolk wooden mills AT East
Dedham Mass. were shut down. On
the 2sth. for an indefinite period. and il
l. reported that the Merchants wooden
mill. which i owned by the same cnm.
pany. will also be shut down. The
cause assigned is that there Is dull
market and no money i'm the business.
J. A. BARHAM. attorney for State
Comptroller colgnn. has advised him not
10 pay the ssoo0o appropriated by the
legislature for CALIFORNIA; exhibit at
the Worlds fair. on the ground thar
the appropriation Is Unconstitutional.
LoRp SsrisnrEy Is bent or steadily
increasing the English garrisons M
America, and especially in the West In
dies. where the men are kept con-
venient for service anywhere.
AUSTRIAN newspapers are publishing
long comments. couched in friendly
language. on the significance III the
tacit adherence IF the British govern
mcnt 10 the dreibund
TnK town 81 Moville. la. was nearly
wiped out by the late food. cut ~
fifty houses only one Is left standing.
The people are camping out in the
fields
The resignation of Commissioner
Mitchell ~ the patent office has been
accepted 20 take effect on August /. AZ
the end Of thirty days leave Of absence.
The president. on the 26th. appointed
Estes q. RathboHe. Of Ohio. 10 b.
fourth assistant postmaster general.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

NV loRK. June 20. By the explo-
sion 81 a barrel Of alcohol in the basc-
mcnt Of the Columbia college. ycsfer.
day. ID. John II. Northrop. an in
,tructor IN zoology. and two assistants.
VIM Simpson and Thomas Tighc. were
seriously burned.
Having reason 20 transfer the alcohol
from the barrel to small Jars. DR..
Northrop called in the aid OF VIM.
simpson. the college ianitor. and 81
Thomas Tighc, and the three went into
he basement. A. soon as the barrel
was opened the alcohol became ignitcd
and an explosion followed Dr. North
rop rushed from the basement with
his clothing ablaze Some workmcn
near by cxtingnished the flames bv
tearing off the doctors clothing and
with buckets Of water. hut not before
he had been frightfully burned about
the face. arms and legs
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

SIorx CRY. la. June 20. North
western Iowa has suffered heavily from
the rainfall Of the past two days IF
Little Sioux and Floyd rivers arc rag
ing and overlooking their banks. AZ
Cherokee fifty houses and barns on 'he
low lands have been swept away. and
the bridges along the Illinois Central
railroad have been washed out Only
few trains are arriving in Sioux 'i'y'
and the Milwaukee. Sioux City 4 North
ern and the Illinois Central roads are
taking out gangs Of men 70 repair ne
damages.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

TACOMA, Wash. June 20. 1T i ~
morcd here that tho miners disp'acea
BY the colcrcd scabs, imported from
the south 70 take the places q
the striking miners nc the '''r
man, Newcastle and Franklin mines
are drilling in the woods dai'y,;
From authentic sources they arr say
TO be armed with rifles, and a comh'nS
ton has been effected between the mee
thrown out Of work from the differen'
mines, 80 that any attempt TO rrsum'
work At any Of the mines will result Y
gathering the entire force Of ar'neS
miners rs resistance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

IyDfASArorIs. Ind, June %. A
shooting ARRAY occurred yesterday
afternoon AZ a coiored picnic from this
city held at Maxwell. Hancock county,
in which three men were shot, two
probably fatally. The shooting was
the result 81 an old quarrel between
Ed Harvey and John Banks. two negro
toughs 81 this city. Each had two re-
vclvcrs and each cmptied every cham.
Der Of his weapons. Councilman Henry
Swcetland. colorcd. o. this city. was
shot through the body but will recover.
Banks was shct in Ave places and will
die. Harvey. is fatally wounded.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

si>prrAiE organized IN London.
and having l'ari> interests allied with
u. has sent = representative % the
United states with authority % invest
SIS. 900. ooo In grain.
Tnf bordeaux tFrancel omnibus
strike resulted In victory for the
drivers and conductors. who have all
returned "a work.
THE duke Of Marlborough il 70 visit
America again. bringing large amount
~ capital 70 invest in the southern
states
TnE Iowa democratic state conven-
tion met az Ot;umwa. on the cath. and
renomlnated Gov. Boies BY acclama-
tion.
THE vintagc> OF the Rhine. Mosclle
and The fala'inate are reported 10 be
complete failures. owing TO severe and
protracted frostS which prevailed dur
ing the earlier part ~ the season. This
j. especially true o. the Rheingan. or
Rhine country"
Tnr retirement az Justin Mccarthy.
NJ T.. from tie leadership Of the Irish
party i expected 70 immediately follow
the release from jail ~ John Dillon.
TnE residence 81 Vim. Hnggins. a
farmer, living eight miles south 81
Grand Forks, y. ID. was burned.
Ga the -:d. with is contents. Mrs
liuggins was badly burned and died
within an hour. She was the daughter
~ y. H. Reeves. a pioneer settler ~ the
Red River valley
r. ,. HINTON. the special agent in
charge Of the irritation inquiry. ar
rived in San Francisco on the a5th. lie
says that the great Colorado plateau
can possibly be made arabic by means
of irrigation. thus adding So o0o 900
acres q the arabic area lie says the
Bear valley system in California is the
finest irrigation system on the CONT
nent-
The report 81 the marriage Of Charles
Stewart Parnell 70 Mrs Kate O'>hca
al Steyning. Sussex. England. on the
18th. is confirmed The ceremony was
performed by the registrar. the only
witnesses present being two Of the
clerks employed in that functionary's
oSice.
THE British ship New York. Capt
Thomas from Swansea England. Feb
ruary >, for San Francisco. has been
wrecked on Staten island. Terre Del
Fuego. while attempting 10 round Cape
Horn. With the utmost difficulty the
officers and crew escaped with their
lives
WALTER kENPsrER. a well-known
American specialist on insanity. will
testify at the trial IF the American.
Duncan. charged with attempting Il
murder his wife in Wales. Or. Kemp
ster is now in Wales
SEVERAL hundred men at the Pioneer
iron furnaces at Pottsvillc. Pa. struck.
on the a5th. because the owners Of the
plant refused TO pay them according tc
the Pittsburgh scale
THE Vanderbilt roads have declared
the following dividends: Lake Shore
2i9 per cent: Michigan Central. pei
cent. and Canada Southern. III PEI
cent.
The clergy ofthe Evangelical churcl
in Germany are very generally op
posed TO the kaiser's proposed plan te
raise 5000 900 marks by lottery for the
work Of suppressing the slave trade in
Africa, the ground Of opposition being
that the lottery would do vast deal
Of evil In Germany
CHIEF SPECIAL A0ExT or The CKx-
sr-s TmoNPsox, charged with the collec
ton Of the statistics Of manufactures
in Philadelphia, has been removed from
Office for disobedience OF orders
The big stable Of the Philadelphia
-.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

OMAHA. Neb.. June 20. -- The storm
was general throughout Nebraska and
Iowa. The Ellshorn and St Paul roads
are covered with water at several
points. and no trains have arrived sfice
Wednesday. At West Point. Neb.. the
water covers the track three feet. At
Lemars. la, the joint track used ~ The
Illinois Central and St Paul roads Is
covered and no trains can pass.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

The 81 James Gazette says the state
of Mr. Glad~sones health j. alarming
q his friends and sir Andrew Clarke
fears Mr. Gladstone may not recover
from the effects ~ the grip from which
he suffered some time ago
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

STORM LAKE. Ia. June 2G The storm
here was accompanied by binding light
ming and heavy thunder. The signal
service station reports that two and
threc-fonrths inches Of water fell. No
serious damage resulted here except tho
flooding Of cellars.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

W p BLACK and G. Il. Waite. as at
torneys for Miss Phmhe W. Couzins.
have filed with Assistant Secretary
Nettleton brief in her behalf. setting
forth the fact that she was illegally re-
moved as secretary Of the board Ct lady
managers Of the Worlds fair
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

ST. JAMES. MINI. June 20. "A de-
structivc hail-storIn occurred about
midnight Wednesday, damaging the
crops. There is scarcely a house for
miles around in which the west side
windows are not broken. Ithas -ained
continuously for twcnty-four hours
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

THE contract for furnishing the treas
ury department with distinctive paper
upon which 70 print money. bonds etc.
was awarded on the I'D. 70 Crane 4
Co. ~ Dalton. Mass. Al tSi4 cents per
rN,uud
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

GAIT. /. RorTESDoKFF. tho Russian
messenger who was reported 70 have
been murdered al Denver Col. by a
Japanese assassin. LETT that city on the
burlington route. ON the 5th, and Is be-
lieved - have taken the Canada south
ern from Chicago. Rottendorff was
not attacked in Denver. and was with
Daniel Mays ~ that city. most u the
time during his stay there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

OMAHA. Neb., June 90. A spcclal
from York, Neb., says: by waShou,
Of small culvcrt two miles east q
here freight train Of twenty-cgn'
cars and locomotive was thrown down
the bank. At this time brakeman
has been taken out with a broken ies
and the engineer and firemcn are s'u
under tie wreck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

A MELBOURNE dispatch SAYS that the
Victoria parliament opened there on
the I'D. In opening the session the
governor ~ the colony. the earl Of
Hopetown. stated that the government
would introduce bill providing for the
abolition ~ the system 81 plural vo.-
Ing. Another bin. he said extending
the franchise 20 women. wonld also b.
submitted 70 .he parliament for rs con-
sheraton
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

THE trial Of the New Work 4 New
Haven railroad directors on indictments
FIR mi~siem@anor charging them with
allowing the use 81 stoves in passenger
trains contrary - the statute. was be-
gun in the New York court Of oyer and
terminer on the I'D
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

II regard a. the advance ~ cne-eirhth
Of a cent per pound in raw sugar. Mr.
>earleS. % the sugar trust. says such
an advance j. usual AZ this season ow-
ing 70 the increased summer demand
The trust j. not forcing prices up be-
cause il has secured control ~ most u
the Cuban crop. a. alleged. the Cuban
crop beiny only about one-sixth Of the
world. crop-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

The number ~ American students in
Berlin this summer i very large They
are noted for their strict Attendance On
the lectures Of Nirchow. bergman,
Koch and other professors The young
women musical students are also very
Industrious
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

Cot THos. FITZGERALD. founder and
for forty-fire years publisher 81 the
Philadelphia Item who had been
travelling in Europe for TWO months.
died suddenly In London. on the 25th-
from an attack Of the grip