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loaned to producers, and to those
who purchase their products and fur
nish their supplies. In every ex-
change effected by this borrowed
money, the interest is added to the
product that is sold and deducted
from the product that is purchased,
thus heaping usury upon usury, to
be paid by the consumers. Under
this system it is only the farmers,
wage workers and retail dealers who
have any pressing need for money,
and the large operators who control
the supply see to it that they are not
able to get the use Of it, without high
rates of interest, secured by cut
throat mortgages on property.
It is thus that the producers of all
wealth, who are also the great mass
Of the consumers, have become the
great debtor class Of the country,
while the few, who control the medi-
um by which debts are paid, consti-
tute the creditor class. The debtor
class, as 9 producer of wealth, pays
interest to the creditor, and as q con-
sumner, it pays profits to the same
class. Thus this imperial power of
money robS the people according to
law, and has established a despotism,
in the name Of liberty, more power
full than any political despotism that
has ever been established on earth.
1t sbsorbs all the wealth created by
the people, as interest, profits, ETC.,
and is continually re.investing its &C.
cumulations in erest-bearing Sc
curities, upon which the people must
pay interest The more wealth that
is created by the people, the more
this Unsuitable creditor is enabled to
absorb, and the more effectually is it
enabled to oppress the debtor, with
out violating single law Of the state
or nation, and in strict accordance
with the popular code of business
morals which has been established
among men by the false teachings Of
money despotism.
According to law and custom, all
property possessing money value is
regarded as entitled to a percentage
Of increase equal to the legal interest
that would be allowed for the use Of
the money that it would sell for in
the market. Even many reformers
recognize this as a correct principle,
and in counting the cost Of any en-
terprise, add interest on the invest
ment as something that justly be-
longs to the investor outside of q full
compensation for all the services rem
dered to society, together with cost Of
repairs and insurance against loss.
Such calculations are presented with
a simplicity that would be amusing
to an accute reasoner, were il not for
the serious nature of the error to
which they give countenance. By
this rule, railroad, for instance, that
cost $1OO,OOO,OOO to construct, would
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The advocate., 1891-12-30
a MONEY DEsPOTIsM.

4n0 QeDt-DurueneQ IArmef, the pow
eEty- stricken laborer and the business
man who is trembling on the verge
Of bankruptcy, all suffer from the
same causes, and would be benefited
by the same measures OF relief. Nei-
ther the producers Of wealth nor the
legitimate business classes who rem
der useful service by it's exchange,
have any controlling power over the
machinery by which all exchanges are
effected. BY law and custom, money
is the medium by which all debts
must be paid on the demand Of the
creditor. The price Of products is ex-
pressed In the language Of money,
and when products change hands
money is the consideration. Hence
money is the chief factor in the
mechanism of exchange, and money
is controlled by the favored few, who
by law are enabled to dictate the
manner of its distribution.
This legslized monopoly of money
is equivalent to a monopoly Of all
that money will purchase. The peo-
pie create wealth by labor, but money
can only be created by law, and the
few who have secured a monopoly of
money, also control the law makers
elected by the votes of the people.
This imperial power Of money con-
trolls the press, the politician and
even the pulpit, and at its command
false ideas are disseminated among
the people. The press and the poll
ticisns raise false issues, and seek to
keep the people divided into warning
factions concerning matters which
have but little or no bearing upon
their social or financial condition,
while from the pulpit they are taught
to owe no man anything; to pay all
their obligations to the utmost farth-
ing, according to the strict letter Of
the contract.
ALI agreements to pay are agree
ments to pay money, while the masses
Of the people have nothing to pay
with but the products Of their labor.
Organized wealth is the creditor, and
organized wealth controls the legal
medium by which debts must be paid.
To pay the debt would stop the inter
est and cut off the income Of the cred
itor, and such a creditor as this i'm
perial money power, which is the
product Of usury in its varied forms,
will not permit this. Hence the peo-
pie are compelled to compromise,
turn over the products OF their labor
at a price fixed by the creditor, pay
the interest, extend the mortgage,
and in case of a deficiency, negotiate
q new loan, and thus increase the
burden Of debt.
This imperial power Of money,
stands between the producer and con-
sumner, and exaCts a tribute from each.
With its control over the medium by
which debts must be paid and ex-
changes effected, it is practically both
The advocate., 1891-12-30

AnnAO nlA OAonVcA W0oAgDS An SueCt1 OIL
interest bearing debt sgainst society.
This false principle is the keystone
to our false economic system, which
is responsible for nearly all there is
Of poverty, with all it's attendant con-
sequences of ignorance, vice and
crime.
In the very nature Of things, this
principle, which recognizes the right
of the investor to legal interest on
the investment, in addition to a full
compensation for the service rendered
to society, cannot be generally sp-
piled. The farmer cannot add inter-
est on the money value of his farm,
stock, machinery, ETC., to the selling
price of his products, but our imper-
ial money power can collect interest
from the farmer on capitalistic in
vestments. Under the conditions
established by the application Of this
principle, the wealth producing clas-
ses are payers Of interest every time
they purchase a commodity or sell a
product in the market. They cannot
avoid paying interest by keeping out
of debt. The business of the coun-
try is conducted on a credit basis, and
interest on the money invested is ad-
ded to every commodity that is offered
for sale after it leaves the hands of
the producer, who pays interest upon
the price of the product he sells in
the shape of a discount. The only
way by which the producer can avoid
the payment Of interest is to place
the entire business of the country on
q cash basis, and as soon as this is
done no debts will be created and no
interest will be required The estab-
lishment of a cash basis sbolishes
usury.
There is but one method by which
this can be accomplished, and that is
for the people to assume absolute
control of the issue and distribution
Of the medium by which debts are
paid and wealth exchanged. This
could easily be accomplished by the
cooperation of a majority of the peo-
pie at the ballot box, with a view to
the establishment of a debt-psying
system of finance. Such a system
would require the naturalization of
the entire business of banking, pro-
viding safety for deposits and loan
ing money to the people upon such
securities as the banks now require,
at just enough to defray expenses.
Something Of this kind will no
doubt be the elimination of the pres
ent demand for financial reform. This
would be, in effect, a system OF bank
ing products instead of bonds, mort
cages and other evidences Of debt
The money issued on these products
would practically be sub-treasury
notes, secured by all the wealth of
the country, and redeemable in any
and all kinds of wealth at its market
value. This ample security would Of
, 1891-01-14

upper;~the sugar is ready for the centrifugals,
the whirl in which completes the process of
manufacture. It is then conveyed by carriers
to a loft over the sugar store into which it is
dumped automatically. The finished product,
OF fine grain, with the ~much-desired yellow
tint, appears to the eye to be the exact thing
to please the fastidious taste of the connois-
seurs Of the article.
Speaking without special reference to
Belair) of the difference between double
crushing ard diffusion, Mr.. Won Ziegesar
said, that where by the best double crushing
100 per cent. of juice can be obtained, 1876
may be secured by diffusion; which practical.
~ means that where z per cent. of sugar is
obtained by double crushing 81 per cent. may
be obtained by diffusion. 1t is not denied
that where the diffusion process is employ ed,
q larger amount of evaporation and conse-
quent consumption Of fuel follow as a matter
of course. The problem still to be decided is
therefore whether the additional return in
sugar will more than counterbalance the ad-
ditional expenditure in fuel. Mr.. Quintin
Hogg hopes that it will Mr.. Neville Lubbock
thinks it will not. Mr.. Lubbock's views on
the subject were fully explained in the last
number of "Timehri," and in proof of his
confidence therein, he, as chairman of the
ColoDlaI company, mas olreCteo Inc erecllon
at Pin. Albion Of the most powerful set of
double crushing machinery in the colony, in
Guiding one of Messrs. McOnie and Co.'S. five
roller mills, Of greater power than any previ-
ously constructed. 1t may, therefore, be
expected that in course Of the coming year
the vexed question will he set at rest, so far
as is possible, by the competition between
diffusion on a large scale at Belair and double
crushing with the most powerful machinery
ct Albion.
, 1891-01-14
TIGER KILLING IN THE WYNAAD.

49, Among the hill tribes of the Wynaad
there is a novel method Of netting and
destroying tigers which partakes some
what of the char acter of q religious festi-
val, and which ia attended with much ex-
citement and som danger. Quite recent
~, reports a Madras paper, there was
such an exhibition at a place called Kun
tichadi. 1t was determined by the in
habitants of the neighbOurhOOd to get rid
oil an immense tiger that had de-
strOyed several head Of cattle, the carcass
of one Of which was traced into the
. midst of a neighhOuring piece. of Jungle
OF the slope of a hill, about a mile and a
half from the hamlet. Along the lower
sides of this Jungle a line wasAcleared, and
nets, made Of cOir rope, were set up OH
posts, about eight feet apart, while above
am entrance was left for the tiger. At
might the villagers and their friends, who
had been invited from all the neighbour
ing parts to Join Ill the sport, mounted
trees aud other points OF vantage and
waited, armed with spears 12ft. to l8ft. III
length, tor the advent of the tiger. Dur
ing the night he appeared and entered the
enclosure of nets through the opening left
Tor him. After invoking Divine assistance.
and encouraged by one who was believed
10 be under inspiration, the watchers de-
seconded from their posts, and with yells
and shouts drove their victim into the
middle of the enclosure, when they stop.
ped the entrance with more posts and
,ropp netting. The men remained round
the Jungle all night, lighting fires to pre-
vent any attempt at escape; and at noon
the following day, after more ceremony
and much ieasting, the whole country
turned ont in holiday attire to witness the
work of destruction. The tiger, which
was a fine brute, measuring about ten feet,
was then reused by stOnes and sticks, and
made several furious rushes at its tor
mentors. .on!y to be foiled by the net
It was q magnificent sight to see it
. sprinc forward in all it's ferocity and
with q mighty roar dash itself against the
net. After several charges, however, it
got disheartened and returned to the
middle of the enclosure. from which moth
=, ing would induce it to move. The circle
of rope-net was then drawn closer round
! it, until the tiger could be reached with.
the spear. It made one more charge, and,
after demolishing several spear handles,
was pierced below the neck and fell dead.
The skin, was. retained by the: headman
: iof the hamlet as a trophy OF the event.
. This manner of sport is said to be courted
i with religious fervour and to. pVoPitiats
! the Deity. a." e
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Solved the Problem in His Sleep

Some men were talking of dreams and
peculiar experiences of kindred nature
around the dinner table, when one of the
company said: "a friend of mine had a
queer experience which 1 think is rather
interesting. It happened while he was at
college, and made a vivid impression on
him. He had been engaged On a particu-
larly difficult problem in higher mathe-
matics, but was unable to solve it. After
exhausting every meaRs at his command
of working at the puzzle, covering sheets
of paper with his Intellectual attempts, he
gave it up and went to bed. He slept heavi
ly. and awoke refreshed and bright with
the chapel bell. Preparing to make his
usual lightning connections fer chapel, his
eye lit upon the collection of papers GOV
cred with all sorts of figures and diagrams
"He gave start as he saw the problem
correctly worked out on the top sheet. He
looked the work over again and again, and
could not persuade himself that the prob
lem had really been solved. He was sure
that no outsider had entered his room that
night, and besides the solution was done
in his own characters and figures, and at
the end of it, in his own writing. were
those triumphant initials @. T.. D. He
had unconsciously solved the puzzle dur
ing the night, and after the first surprise
over the weird achievement had passed
away he began to wonder whether he had
lit the gas to help him in his mysterious
labors. He never found out, bat he missed
chapel that morning. New York Trib-
nne
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A Live Commissioner.

Uncle Silas Brown is very much gratified
over his election to the Office of school COM
missioner in the town of s.. He assert
ed that when he assumed the duties of
his position he intended to GO into it for
all it was worth and make his influence
felt. So no one was surprised at the first
meeting of the new board to find him in q
pugnacious mood.
"Pve heern lots O. complaints about the
lack Of eddication about these parts" he
said, rising to his feet. "Now, there amt
no excuse for this here state Of affairs.
There's plenty of eddication in the world.
More'n enough to go round, and our kids
have got ter have it. So move, Nh. Chair
man. that this committee find out jest how
many boys m gals there are in town, M
then get enough eddication to supply 'em
all, whatever it costs. I'd like to know
whar we'd be eff we hadn't got our full
share of it. Give the kids a chance"
1t is pleasure to announce that Uncle
Silas' remarks were received with applause,
and that the kids" got quite as much ed
ucation as most of them could stand
Harper'S
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The Groom Felt Liberal.

1t isn't often that the man who takes up
the contribution in church is nonplussed
and forgets his business, but such was the
case recently, and this is how it happened:
Before singing the doxology the minister
had announced that a collection would be
taken for the foreign missionary work. A
young married couple were sitting in the
body of the church. When the collection
plate came around the groom, thinking
himself doubly blessed, felt quite liberal.
He put S. bill in it, The man who was
taking up the collection seemed dunn
founded. He first looked at the S. and
then at the giver; then, whirling around,
walked rapidly up the aisle to the pulpit.
He halted there for moment, took an
other glance at the bill, scratched his herd
and came back to the groom. He touched
the young man on the shoulder and whis-
pered in his ear, How much change do
you want". Not cent" said the happy
groom.-Philsdelphia Press.
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MRS. FRANCES BURKE-RoCHE.


former, like nations that know not war,
make little history The latter always
come beneath the public gaze.
Had the married life of Miss Frances
Work, of New York and Mr.. j. B. Roche,
of London, been felicitous no reports of the
couples welded bliss would have crowded
the columns of English and American
papers. But the union proved a mistake,
and consequently tho calcium light of curl
osity shone ON the deplorable affair from
start to finish. The finish has just been
reached. 1t takes shape as decree of
divorce granted to Mrs. Roche because of
her husbands desertion and non-support.
The testimony elected at the trial ap-
parently stamps Mr.. Burke Roche, as he is
known in society" for fortune hunter.
After he had wooed and won the beautiful
daughter of the wealthy Frank Work the
bridegroom seems to have settled down tC
a career of luxurious ease at the expense
of his yankee father-in-law." At least
that is among the sworn statements heard
in court. Mr.. Work stood the drain until
it piled up toward the hundred thou
sand dollar mark. Then he frightened his
purse strings and the London gentleman"
so wearied of matrimony that he sent his
wife and three children to America, where
they are liable to stay, for it is hardly pos
sible that Mrs. Burke-Roche will ever
again accept the task Of supporting a
''highly connected" husband of foreign
birth. The decree granted by the superior
court of Delaware orders that said
James B. Roche, the respondent, pay the
costs of this cause, and the costs are taxed
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THE DROWNED EMIGRANTS.

GIBRALTAR, March 20-A sad scene, one
of the sequences of the Utopia disaster,
was witnessed here today. The bodies Of
twenty-eight adults and three children
were inferred together in trench. which
had been dug in the ground especially
blessed for the reception Of the remains of
the drowned passengers on the Anchor
line steamship.
During the course of the day the divers
from the British war vessels recovered ten
more bodies from the wreck of the Utopia.
The bodies of many of the drowned were
found so firmly clasped together owing to
the desperate fight for life that it was
difficult to separate them.
Capt. McKeague of the Utopia, who WAS
arrested yesterday, charged with wrong
full acts. improper conduct, negligence and
mismanagement," and who was released
on bail the same day, was formally charg-
After a short preliminary hearing, be was
remaDded for a further hearing
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Matthew westbrook, who ended an co

Matthew WeStbrOOk, who ended an co
centric career by hanging himself while a
prisoner in the Wayne county, Mich, jail,
sought in death relief from unhappy
welded life. He resided in New York city
for many years, and gained some notoriety
on the Bowery as lecturer and composer
of dialect songs. His wife was medium
known in professional life" as Nine.
Louise. After her demise Westbrook re-
turned to his native county of Wayne and
there entered into a new matrimonial al
lance with young woman Of whom he
was very fond and extremely jealous. For
some reason he assumed that her regard
for neighbor was Objectionable. He
therefore put dynamite in stick of wood
with the intention of demolishing the
aforesaid neighbours house. The scheme
didn't work, and when the old man was
locked up he seized the first opportunity
to end his earthly troubles with a rope.
James E. Pardon is native of Connec-
ticut, who married, quarreled and ran
away. He went to New York and had
secured employment when detectives ar
rested him on charge of committing
burglary at his old home. 1t was over
Pardon that Governor Hill, of New York,
and Governor Bulkeley, of Connecticut,
came to an issue The former refused to
honor the latter's requisition, claiming
that Bulkeley was no governor and there
fore not legally in authority. BY reason
of this refusal Pardon regained his liberty,
and it is supposed has ere this put more
miles than ever between himself and the
wife he SO bitterly dislikes
A divorce, three murders, two suicides
and case of abandonment On the evil
dence it looks as though pretty strong
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had died from strychnine poisoning. The
theory Of the prosecution is that Miss Zol-
dosky was infatuated with her employer
and wished 70 become his wife, so she killed
her mistress and then the maiden who
afterward crossed the path Of her ambi-
ton
Another person charged with murder Is
Gus Salamanson, who is now in custody at
Maaistee, Mich He wanted money TO de-
fray the expenses Of his wedding with
pretty Anna Hanson. and TO get ii he slew
his best friend, Richard Carlson. and stole
500 from his pockets Then he went mer-
rily ahead Preparing for the nuptiais unsi.
detectives secured crushing proof OF his
guilt and placed him under arrest.
It was by suicide that Claus Greve and
his niece attempted 70 settle their 1nsatss-
factory account with Cupid The man
was fhirty-five years Of age and the girl Is
hardly on, OF her teens They lived as
Petaluma, Cal, and through some strange
perversity OF fate fell in love Because Of
their consanguiniey they had scruples
against marrying. They resolved TO die
rather than 20 live apart. So they went 20
San francisco and secured communicating
rooms at the Prescott House Then they
turned on the gas and laid down, clzsped
iE each others arms, to await the end A.
O'Clock the next morning the hotel en-
ployes broke open the door. Greve Was
corpSA Els niece was .. he last gasp
Vigorous Treatment restored her % cor
scsousness, and sk- Is now in fair way 70
Fertect recoySA
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THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 20.-The house
this morning passed motion to fix the
date of final adjournment for next Tues
day at noon A resolution was passed sug-
gesting to the governor the 18th of Octo-
Der as a fitting date for an extra session to
redistrict the state. The beef inspection
bill. which applies only to st. Louis, was
passed. The bill granting to the United
States the right to hold land in any city
in the state, not to exceed five acres, was
passed. In the senate the bill requiring
foreign corporations doing business in the
state to incorporate under the laws of this
state was passed, and also the deficiency
appropriation and educational institution
bills. The house passed the bill appro-
priating $50, 900 for state exhibit at the
worlds fair by an almost unanimous vote.
The bill was Immediately sent to the SEN
ate and passed the first reading. 1t will
probably be passed and receive the gov
nor's signature Saturday.
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BRIEFS.

Writs of injunction against sixty saloon
keepers have been granted at Fort
Dodge, Ia
Frazier was run over and killed by the
cars at Springfield. Mo.
L. A. Turgeon, Kansas City (Mo)
halter, assigned yesterday. Liabilities,
$4,000.
Mass, probably the oldest Methodist
clergyman ia America, is dead.
The betting On the Oxford and Cam
bridge boat race, which takes place to-day,
is IL TO 4 in favor of Oxford.
The stock of the George A. Kennard
Wholesale Grocery company, of St: Joseph,
No, was destroyed by fire late Thursday
night Loss, S12O, 600; insurance 900.
The coroner's jury at Indianapolis. in
auiring into the causes of the wreck at
Hagerstown finds the railway company
responsible, for the reason that the train
was running at an unsafe rate OF speed.
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WEATHER BlIifETIN.

UNITED STATES SIGNAL OFFICE,
WICHITA, KAN. March 20. 1891.
The highest temperature was Coz, and
the lowest $50, and the mean 4S0, with
trace of rainfall.
Local forecast for Wichita and vicinity
Occasional showers or furries of snow;
colder.
Last year on March 20 the maximum tenn
perature was 74e, minimum "a, mean 599.
Two years ago the corresponding tenn
peratures were 64o, 4O', 500.
B. L. WALDRoN, Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, d. c.,
March 20, 9 p. m.-Forecast until 8 p. N.
Saturday:
For Kansas-Fair; Saturday night,
slightly cooler; northwesterly winds.
For Missouri-Fair; Saturday night.
slightly cooler, winds becoming northwest.