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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12

into the streets where living men can
hear it. John Wesley rediscovered in his
time the forgotten secret of outdoor religion.
The frtars knew it well, and preached at all
the street corners. Wesley must have seen,
q great many times, that old stone pulpit
which juts out into the quadrangle of Mag
dalen College, built for just that fresh-air
purpose. Nevertheless, when the founder of
Methodism began, it was with fear and
trembling-not fear of the people, but OF the
prelates, of the rubrics, of the respectable
conventionalities-tha he first took a rock
for pulpit and the blue arch of the wide
sky for sounding-board. Ever since then,
Methodism has been an outdoor religion. 1t
has always been really to go out after men.
"Mohammed in motion" 1t has never been
quite content to sit down in a stone church
and wait for souls to come in and be con-
verted. Any way TO get hearing, was the
maxim of the old circuit riders. Mr.. Hugh
Price Hughes does all his great work in
West London without any church at all.
No "sanctified bricks-and-mortar" sets any
"moral rampant" between God and the soul
in that parish. Hughes hires hall. st.
James Hall, Wardowr Hall and Princes
Hall, are the tabernacles of the West Lon
don Mission-crowded with people.
That sort of thing is the contribution of
Methodism to our modern Christianity-re-
ligion made plain, practical, freed from
hampering conventionalittes, and brought
within the easy reach of common folk by
men in earnest,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
PARNELL,S FUNERAL.

The body of the dead Irish leader was
inferred at Dublin yesterday with all the
honors due to his magnificent services to
the Irish cause. The entire population of
the Irish capital united to mourn the loss
of the nation and to surround the inter-
ment of the man who had inspired life
in the national cause with the testimo-
mails of an entire peoples grief.
Fortunately the intimations of disorder
as result of the funeral proved to have
been unfOunded. The proceedings were
characterized by an orderly and harmoni-
Gus union in honoring Parnells memory.
ANY other course would have been dis
creditable to the occasion and dishonoring
to the fame of the man whose life work
was to unite Ireland.
That thought should contro! the future
course of the Irish nation. With all fac
tional disputes buried in his grave, the
Irish cannot do Parnell greater honor than
by united work to realize the great results
for which he devoted his life's effort.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
TEKMs OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG, MONDAY, OCT. Il, Issi.
THE COURSE OF THE SENATE.

The prospects for the extra session of
the Senate are discussed in our Harrisburg
special dispatches. The session will be an
extremely interesting and important one;
hut there is no good reason why it should
he protracted The work that it is called
to do can he accomplished in few days,
if the Senate is prepared to take the proper
course.
That course is the one outlined in a
Philadelphia telegram to yesterdays DIS
PATCH stating that the Senate will not at
tempt to cover up any official crookedness,
but viii give all charges full and fair in
vaSIigation. That course carried out is the
only way in which it is possible to either
discharge the public duty or TO keep up
within the rule of intelligent politics. In
the exact degree in which the Senate
shows itself ready to uncover and aid in
the punishment Of official misconduct, it
Will separate the party from the burden of
participation in those misdeedS.
our correspondence says that the Cover
noT's message will present at length the
charges ana proofs against the Treasurer
and Auditor General This is only what
was to be expected. The Governor is not
SO stupid or so ill-advised as to call an ex-
ira session without the backing of evil
dence sufficient to at least make out a
prima fdcie case. The nature of some of
the evidence is already known. Whether
there is more in reserve the next two days
wlj 5-s lose. If the Senate is to pursue
the cclrse marked out, it can get to bust
ness at once Its duty is to examine the
charges, and, if the proofs show them to
be well founded, it can only make the ad-
dress tc the Governor provided in the Con-
stitutiop. If the proofs are not adequate,
il viii have the task of making the fact
very clear to the people Of the State.
The present week, therefore, will show
whether the Republican majority in that
body VIII clear itself Of participation in
Treasury abuses by readiness to investi-
gate and punish them, or whether it will
burden tie party with that scandal by try
ing 70 evaGe the investigation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Reinforced Arguments for Free Coinage.
To the Editor Of The Dfspatch:

Reinforced Arguments for Free Coinage.
| To the Editor Of The Dispatch;
| In commenting editorialIy upon my silver
article, given place in your issue of the sth
| inst, you say: at is true there were some
silver dollars coined for use in the Oriental
trade" This unanswered would lead the
reader to infer that I was misleading him by
reporting a limited tender dollar as full
legal tender dollar, which was not the fact.
There were no trade dollars-the ones you
undoubtedly refer to-minted until after the
passage of the demonetization act OF 1873.
Hence could not have practiced such de-
ception had been disposed to do so.
was giving the history of silver coin and
bullion, together with the intrinsic value OF
one and the market value of the other. The
history as given dos show that up 20 the
discovery of the great California gold fields
there was more silver minted in the U nited
States than gold. 1t also shows for the sill
yer dollar from 1893 to 1873, the date of the
demonetiZatiOn act, that the intrinsic Value
of the 371l grains of silver contained in it
was at no time less than 100 cents in gold.
The record also shows that IL is not true
prior to 1873. On the contrary, 1 clearly
proved by the record from which took my
figures that silver dollars-the "Dollar of
our Dads"-were coined for the years 1872
and 1873 in large numbers. These are i'm
portant facts and should not be denied or
lodged in the interest of any party, or be-
cause they do not accord with incorrect IN
formation. Certainly all your comments
ebout ''some silver dollars coined for use
in the Oriental trade" go for naught
was quoting London prices for the period
from 1888 to 1878 on silver bullion, and it Is
by that market that the intrinsic value OF
the dollar is determined. The holder of
silver would have to pay freight to London
and marine insurance in order to save the
$50 you say he would lose in coming 81, 900
as compared with what he would realize if
he had sold the bullion for use in the arts.
These facts fully explode what you assume
"explodes the idea that the decentralization
of silver was secured by the monetary
classes"
In reaching your conclusions about
answers to "exploded'' ideas and wild
charges of ga conspiracy" of the money
lenders of 1873, you get outside and beyond
anything said. 1 made no charge OF con-
spfracy against any one. The facts l gave
about the boycotting act of Great Britain
ana the subsequent acts of the United States
and Germany are matters of history.
These facts, when viewed in the light of
experience before and after the act of 1873,
lead up to the question: Is it not lair to con-
clude that Germany and the United States,
by demonetizing silver, had acted in the
interest of Great Britain? l did not wish to
be understood as rejecting on the honesty
of either Government. You express doubt
as to the wisdom of Congress in passing the
act demonetizing silver. look upon it as
mistake that can only be corrected by the
passage of free coinage act.
SILAs c. PARKER.
MANSFIELD, O., October9 g.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
INCREASING FOREIGN CONNER cE.

The statistics of exports and imports for
the eleven months, ending August 81,
show a gratifying increase in the CON-
merce of the country, and a still more
| gratifying promise for the future. The in
crease in the total of our exports and i'm
ports is about AZ per cent, or nearly twice
the average increase of previous years.
The greater share of this increase is in the
matter of exports, which is over 81 per
cent, or two and a half times the average
annual increase for twenty years back
The balance of trade in our favor for
| eleven months is 81, 800, 600, a most re-
markable change as compared with hal
ance against us two years ago of over s.
600, 600 and three years ago of S2S, 900, 600.
The aggregate value of the exports for
twelve months ending August 81 is larger
than for any fiscal year in the history
Of the country.
These figures convey an exceptional
promise for the future when we reflect
that during the past year or two the con-
ditions of ira de have not been more than
ordinarily calculated to develop favor
able foreign commerce. During the CON-
ing year the conditions will all be in favor
of the United States. We have immense
crops, which Europe must take, and the
inevitable result must be an increase in
the favorable aspects of the figures just
quoted, which will mark the fiscal year of
1912 as one of the most remarkable ever
known in the foreign commerce of this
country.
As the conditions in the past year have
not undergone any radical change except
in the taking effect of the tariff act, these
figures certainly have an intimate bearing
on the effects of that law. 1t is shown
that our foreign commerce has not de-
creased, but increased. The widespread
misunderstanding Of the act is shown by
the fact that under it more imports have
come into the country free of duty by
nearly S1O0, 900 than ever before, the
percentage being Az per cent of imports
against 34l per cent in the previous year.
This result, too, isattained with free sugar
making part of the total for only five
months of the period under review.
The results of the reciprocity policy are
less plainly shown in the figures for the
simple reason that the treaties have been
in operation for so short time. Wher-
ever there has been time, however, the
figures show a marked gain in exports to
the countries with which reciprocity is es-
tabliShed. The increase of 500, 900 in our
exports to Brazil in the single month of
August is an indication of what may be
expected fir ON this policy.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
THE SPICE OF LIFE.

ALAS!
He vowed he loved her as his life
His gentle Caroline.
81 want you for my little wife.
Dear girlT'' he cried. ''Be minel'
'we ne'er can stand before priest"
The maiden sadly said.
''YOu do not wear your trousers creased,
Your necktie is not red!'
-Chieago TS-ib,sps
Maud-Why do you call that ring war
relic?
EtheI-I won 1t in my first engagement.-Rey-
stone.
Interested Old Lady-Ah, Mr. Stroller,
am glad to see that you have returned from the
South: went down ON business, suppose!
Mr. StroIler-Yes: my cousin wanted me to help
him raise Cain. ''-Snlith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly.
There's a question in my mind,
With the answer hard to find
And the study of it gives me little Joy;
1t is this, nv darling son;
VIII the boy shoot the gun!
Oris It, that the gun will shoot the boy?
Detroit Free Press.
Bella-Estelle is such lucky girl. She
was born with gold spoon in her mouth.
Nell-Yes, and it must have been a tablespoon,
too, should Judge.-Souls7vtle Journal.
doctor" said Mrs Worrit, sis it really
true that many people are buried allve?''
None of my patients ever are, - replied DR.,
Graves.-P,Sek.
Mr. Bretzfeld-Keep your horse still,
McGibbon. I've got to take another shot at him.
Riding Master MeGibbon-Why? You've taken
three pictures. haven't you?
Mr. B-I thought so, but had not taken the plug
out Of the camera. All right; now have him.
R. NJ. McG.-WelL you've got another ''pluR's
in the camera now.-Rider and Driver,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
WHY BRUTEs ARE DUMB.
A Curious Tradition of the Lake Region
Indians of Southern Canada.

st. Louis Repubic.1
The American Indians, especially those of
the lake regions of Southern Canada, relate
q curious tradition to account for the fact
that all lower animals are dumb. In very,
very early times, they say, the father of all
tribes lived in beautiful country over
against the rising sun. His form was perfect
and his face handsome in the extreme, his
descendants being all superb specimens of
humanity. Knowing of their accomplish
ments, and being much given to flattering
each other, they became very naughty and
arrogant. As punishment for their bigotry
the Great Father warned the father of the
tribes in dream that deluge would be
sent to drown them from off the face of the
earth. In the dream which forewarned the
father of the tribes of the great calamity i'm
pending, there was presented to his visionary
view the form and outlines of raft, which
was to be used in saving a remnant of this
bigoted people.
In those days all animals talked as men
do; and, when the father of the tribes in
formed the beasts of the field of his dream,
and of his intentions concerning the build
ing of great raft, they protested, declaring
their unwillingness to accompany him on
any such expedition. But the mans supe-
rior intelligence prevailed. He built the
raft and lol had hardly finished when the
great flood came. The mans family and
pairs of every beast took passage and floated
for many months on the surface of the
deluge. The clouds cleared away on the
second day after the embarkation, and for
II successive moons the man used the sun as
a guide continually steering toward his
place of setting. But the animals every one
of them (who, it will be remembered, had
the power of speech), protested against sail
ing to the West, declaring i'll one voice that
they preferred steering toward the suns
rising place. These murmurs had been 60
ing on for some days when, to the infinite
joy of the man, who had been holding the
fort against this horde of creatures who had
the voices of men and the reason of beasts,
great spots of dry land began to appear.
Finally this rudely constructed ark ground
ed, and the man and his family and the
beasts were again permitted to press the
face of the earth with their feet. But a great
and lasting calamity had overtaken the ami
mails. For their murmurs against the man
while on the water they were deprived of
their power of speech, and have remained
dumb from that day.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
GOVERNOR CAMPBELLs BLUNDERs.
His Vulnerable Points of the Ada Speech
Briefly and SkillfulIy Exposed.

st. Louis Globe-Democrat.l
Governor Campbell commits q serious
tactical blunder in asserting, as he does in
his Ada speech, that the condition of the
people is worse than it was in former times
AS man of intelligence and Judgment he
knows that the talk of this sort, which is
heard so frequently since the canvass began,
comes from Democrats only, that it origi-
mated in partisan exigencies, and that it is
absolutely without warrant in the facts of
the situation. In saying, as he does, that
yearly farming is growing more unprofit-
able" he overlooks or ignores the abundant
evidence at hand by which the falsity of this
pretense can be established. He isaware or
ought to be. that the interest on farm mort
cages is steadily declining, that the amount
of these mortgages per capita is being con-
stantly reduced, and that the value of the
properly in farming localities is growing
RAPIDLY in proportion to population.
When he asserts that "our commerce i5
swept from the seas" he conveniently omits
to add that the chief reason for this condi-
tion of things is not the navigation laws OF
the tariff, but the fact that capitalists find
much more profit in investing in railroad
bonds or stocks, or putting their money in
other corporate enterprises, than in build
ing OF running ships. If he glances at the
figures OF our foreign trade moreover, he
will discover that our commercial dealings
with the outside world are greater at pres
ent than they have been in recent years,
and that our exports reach the highest fig
ures ever touched.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE.

JOHN j. INGALLS, is connected with an
irrigation scheme in Texas, out of which he
expects to make barrel Of money.
AN ingenious person in Chicago has in
vented an automatic Adelina Patti. 1t is a
life-sized wax figure, which initiates her
smiles, gestures and poses.
THE King of Siam is said to perambulate
the streets of his capital disguised in plain
clothes for the purpose of Learning the true
condition of the people and initiating re-
forms, several OF which have already been
started.
A RECENT number of the Salvation
Army's War Cry contains this editorial note:
"Will the divisional staff please note that
no spiritual meeting is to be called Three
Hours at the Cross except those conducted
by the Commander himself, and then only
after his being notified" What the Saliva
tion Army calls "Three Hours at the Cross"
is what Methodist would name a revival
meeting.
"NEvER have 1 seen ex-President Cleve-
land in finer physical condition than on
Thursday night ut the Cooper Union meet
ing" writes ""The Cleaner in the New York
Evening World. "His face was tanned, his
eyes were clear and his voice resonant. He
had evidently shaken Off much avoirdupois
during the summer, and his whole appear
ance was that of a strong, hearty man in the
prime of mental and physical powers"
In addition to the vast amount of public
and private business which Senator Plumb
dispatches, he carries load of care and
anxiety as a family man which would tell
seriously upon person not as well fitted as
he is to carry heavy burdens. Owing to the
illness of his wife, who has been an invalid
for some years, the family of Senator Plumb
is widely scattered. Mrs. Plumb is at a sani-
tarium in Chicago. Ruth, the second daugh-
ter, is with her mother. Mary, the eldest
daughter, is in charge of the home at En-
poria. Amos, the eldest son, is receiving
treatment for nervous affection at South
Bethel, Pa, and is rapidly improving. Car
rie, the youngest daughter, is attending
Moravian school at Lititz, Pa, and Pres
ton, the youngest son, is at a school under
charge of the same denomination at Naz-
areth, Pa. The frequent visits which the
Senator makes to his wife and the other
members of his family occupy much of the
time which he is able to spare from his
official duties, but his strength and devotion
seem to be equal to every demand which is
laid upon them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12
TIE SILVER DISCUSSION.

Public interest in the coinage question
iS indicated by the ACTIVITY, with which our
readers continue to send inquiries to The
DISPATCH both for information and for
the purpose Of arguing the question. Both
classes are eXemplified in our Mail Pouch
column to-day
Taking first the inquiry asking for in
formation with regard to gold, we will
say that there have undoubtedly been
fluctuations in the purchasing power
Of the gold dollar during the history of the
world, both in ancient and modern eras.
This has been due to increase or decrease
in production and to increase or decrease
IN the use of gold, or, in other words, to
the varying conditions of demand and sup
ply. Broadly speaking the purchasing
power OF gold during the early part of
the century slightly increased; but the dis
covaries Of gold in California and Australia
seTt it in the other direction. In the later
63's this supply began to diminish, and, as
THE DISPATCH has frequently pointed
out considerable share of the present dis
parity between gold and silver is due to
the increase in the purchasing power of
gold caused by the diminished production
a1.d the increased consumption. The gold
dollar has not always contained the same
number Of grains; but during the periods
Of ductuation referred to it has remained
uuchangc4. The gold dollar itself was
not coined prior to 1919; but the eagle, or
ten dollar gold piece, as authorized by the
oct of 1886, contained 2+6 grains, which
was changed IN 1892 TO 27O grains, and in
1924 to 25S grains, the dollar subsequently
authorized containing the same ratio of
25.S grains.
Our other correspondent, Mr.. Parker, Of
MHnsteld, O., indulges in some complaints
rs to The editorial comments of THE DIS
PATCH which shows that he misapprehends
the reau52 situation OF the parties to the
discussion. This gentleman's complaints
thaJ We miSrepresenled his position, and
Indicates an idea that it is his right to de-
fine the limits of this discussion by the ac-
cusatioG that ''ycu get outside Of and be-
yond anything said" If our contributor
had taken the trouble to recall the circum-
stfarcs Of his first communication he
wouiG probably have omitted this charge.
The extent Of the discussion was defined
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-12

before he came into it. THE DISPATCH
had been replying to correspondents, who
charged a conspiracy of the monetary
classes to demonetize silver, one of whom
actually asserted that the panic of 1873
was due to the contra action of the currency
caused by the demonstration. In show
ing the foolishness of this charge, owing
to the fact that there was no silver in
circulation as money in 1873, THE DIS
PATCH made an assertion that was liter
ally incorrect; and Mr.. Parker's correction
was pertinent. But it remains the fact
that this silver was not coined for circula-
ton; that dem onetization did not at that
time injure the debtor or benefit the credi-
tor, and that the change in coinage was
largely for the sake of furnishing dollar
that would go to China and Japan and be
received with more favor there than the
81 IA grain dollar.
As to Mr.. Parker's other points, which
go rather largely into unimportant details,
we will simply say that we made no inti-
nation that he referred to trade dollar,
but distinctly stated that the trade dollars
were authorized by the act of 1873 to take
the place of those carried previously in the
Oriental trade. His assertion that the in
trinsic value of the silver dollar from 1898
to 1873 was at no time less than 100 cents
in gold is important, but only strengthens
the assertion of THE DISPATCH that the
demonetization of 1873 was not in the in
terest of the creditor classes.
The further assertion that in 1873 "the
holder of silver would have had to pay
freight to London and marine insurance in
order to save $780," is hasty, as is the
further assertion that he was quoting
London prices when he said that the silver
in dollar was then worth 103. The fact
is that London does not quote prices Of
silver in dollars and cents, but in pence
per ounce 1t is true that the London
price was the basis of our correspondents
calculation, but that expressed the relative
values of gold and silver all the world over,
in the United States as well as in London.
All these points lead up, not as our cor
respondent thinks, to an imaginary sub
servience of the United States and Ger
many to English interests, but to the fact
that in 1873 silver was discarded because
its superior bullion value and its inferior
convenience for monetary purposes seemed
to point to that course The conditions
have since proved temporary; but the
proper way to correct the error is not to
put the country on a silver monometallic
basis