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The advocate., 1892-02-17

essentially common and OrdtltttOus. On what
basis then do you place prOpertyP When the
remuneration which give In order 10 obtain .
material product, corn for example, Is diStri
buted among all the labOreEg, near or at dis
tance, who have rendered me o SeTvice In the
production Of that commOdlty-WhO Is 70 receive
that portion Of the Udllle which corresponds to
the action Of nature, and with which man has
nothing to do? Is It Providence who Is to re-
ceive it2 No one viii say 90, for we never heard
Of Nature demanding wages. Is man to receive
It? What tiEle has he to 1t, seeing that, by the
hypothesis, he has done nothing?
What is true Of corn is true of gold,
and Bsstiat's reasoning entirely OBJ
literstes the idea of intrinsic value in
that or any other commodity, and
bases all value upon the exchange of
services among men.
We pass over the Capitals claims
that gold was designed by the Creator
for money, with this single statement
at this time. If such was really the
design of the Creator he very sig
nslly failed in the institution Of effec-
tive means by which to carry that de-
sign into execution, as we shall here
after show that gold and silver have
not been used as a legal tender cur
rency except to a very limited extent
by the nations Of the earth until the
advent Of the dark ages and that the
present notions Of money are relics Of
that benighted period.
Let us now look at another propo-
sition Of the Capital:
Alliance leaders generally admit that money
has intrinsic value, but they allege that this
value results from the stamp on the face Of the
gold coin which says: This is worth so much.
But 1t was worth so much-thouSands Of years
ago. The government stamp merely attests the
fact.
Hence, we have one commodity whose value
is approximately Stable-certainly necessary
quality ln standard Of values
The absolute absurdity Of the claim
that gold is or can be a standard of
value or that it is approximately
stsble' is sufficiently shown by the
following table which is taken from
the report Of the international None
tary Conference of1878. It is a gov
ernment document and is official. We
respectfully invite the Capital to
study it:
An account Of the London market price Of
standard gold, from 176O to 1929:
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THE capital" UPON INTRINSIC VALUE.


THE capital" UPON INTRINSIC VALUE.
In it's issue Of February IL, the
Capital again essays to answer the
inquiry Of THE ADVOCATE - Upon
what property Of gold and silver does
their intrinsic value dependT OF its
success in this answer the people
must judge. Let us examine the
propositions laid down. The Capital
says:
Mr.. j. B. HosfOrd, of Wichita, correctly re-
plies in the last Issue Of The ADVOCATE that
this question twas fully and unanswerably Gov
cred In the Topeka Capital Of May 10, lS0l." We
may add that 1t was more extensively covered
and Illustrated by extracts from long list OF
eminent authorities In the Capital Of July 8,
1891.
To the above we have only to say
that the fallscy of the Capitals
reasoning in the articles above re-
ferred to was so conclusively shown
in the subsequent issue Of The AD-
vocATE that it was completely silenced
and has remained silenced up to the
present time upon this subject.
Prompted now by the encouragement
Of Mr.. Hosford's letter, and believing
that the arguments Of The ADVOCATE
are forgotten, it has the courage to
again claim our question fairly an
swered. If the editor Of the Capital
could visit the thousands Of farm
houses of Kansas, and see the files Of
THE ADVOCATE preserved and In many
instances bound and kept for refer
ence, he would not presume our argu-
ments to be so soon forgotten, nor
would he presume that his own soph-
istries would be accepted in the face
Of them. Now we propose to take up
the propositions laid down in this ar
ticle Of February IL, and demonstrate
the fallscy Of each Of them.
tits strange that the intrinsic value OF gold
and silver shOnld be called 10 question at this
late day or that the qualities upon which it rests
should not be well understood by the meanesl
intelligence. The intrinsic value Of gold and
silver Ia not different In any respect from that ol
any other commodity. It depends IKE The In
trinslc value OF iron or brass, upon the desir'
ability and the rarity Of the article. Air and
water are desirable, but they have no intrinsic
value In commerce because they are ubiquitous.
Let us compare the above idea OF
intrinsic value with that Of the best
authorities the world has known. In
the older editions Ct Websters die
tionary, those containing the authors
own definitions, we find the follow
ing:
Value-Worth that property, or those prop
critics Of thing which render tuseiul or eSti-
mable or The d gree Of that property or those
properties The real value Of q thing Is Its util
ity, its power or capacity Of procuring or pro
duelng good. Hence the real or intrinsic value
Ofiron Is far greater than that Of gold. But there
The advocate., 1892-02-17

Not another word is needed upon
this subject The table demonstrates
that gold has not even an approx
mstely stable value, and it is only the
stamp Of the government giving it
the power of a legal-tender that can
give it any stability, and this stability
even as a legal tender depends upon
The advocate., 1892-02-17

on opinion or fashion, such as the value OF prec'
iOuS stones.
The value that is supposed to at
tsch to gold and silver before they re-
ceive the fiat stamp Of government is
precisely Of the character above indi-
Gated. It depends upon opinion or
fashion, and not upon any property
they possess which renders them ca
pable Of administering to any neces-
sity ofman. They are desirable, out
side Of their use as money metals,
only as they serve to administer to
the fancy, the caprice or the vanity
Of the people. In reality they pos
sess no intrinsic UGl,Ie 1Ch0teUer.
The Capital says:
Air and water are desirable, but they have no
intrinsic value In commerce because they are
ubiquitous.
Bastist is regarded as among the
highest authorities upon all ques-
tions relating to political economy,
and we desire to invite the Capitals
attention to what he has to say upon
this subject Of intrinsic value. In his
"Harmonies of Political Economy"
page 141, he says:
Value no mora resides In the diamond than in
the air or In the water. 1t resides exclusively
In the SerUtres which we suppose to be rendered
and received, with reference to these things, and
ID determined by the free bargaining of the
parties who make the exchange.
On page 145 we find this statement:
The action Of nature does not create UalIlS any
more than the action Of man creates matter.
And again on page Isl Of the same
work he says:
The gold, indeed, which we find spread on the
favored banks Of the Sacramento, derives from
nature many precious qualities ductillly, weight,
beauty, brilliancy, utility even, II you will, But
there Is one quality which nature has not given
It, because nature has nothing to do with that
ualue.
Bastiat proceeds to show that value
depends upon serUice, and the de-
gree Of value upon the extent to which
that service is capable Of administer
ing to the necessities Of man, rather
than upon the amount of labor in
volved in the service. Indeed he
shows that the UaFue OF many COM
modities is not at all commensurate
with the labor involved in their pro-
duction. This is peculiarly the case
with gold. On page 109 he says upon
the subject Of value as dependent
upon the amount OF labor involved
in the production of a gwen commod-
ity:
1t stlIl more frequently happens that laboriOuS
and overwhelming labor tends to what is absO-
lutely UdlileleSs.
Hence the conclusion, that value
depends upon "a SerUice rendered
rather than in the labor bestowed,
seeing it bears proportion to the one
and not to the other"
But Bsstiat more clearly expresses
his exact idea Of value and that upon
which it depends in the following
paragraph on page 134:
Thus the definition Of the word value, In order
to be exact, must have reference, not only TO hui
man efforts, but likewise to those efforts which
are exchanged or exchangeable. Exchange does
more than exhibit and measure values-it gives
tbano eyisfe,rs I do nok 'maan tn aay that Il
The advocate., 1892-02-17

capita of volume of currency in cir
culstion.
Here is another query Of the Capt.
tai
The Alliance theorists will probably admitthat
In this stage Of civilization commerce between
nations is necessary as well as desirable. VIII
they tell US how the United States is to carry on
business with other nations II its money contains
no internationally acceptable value? If we are
70 conduct our hom9 trade by means Of fiat pa
per how shall We pay fOV imports which now
amount to close on to billion dollars year? AS
there Is scarcely half that amount Of gold in this
country how long would 1t take to exhaust the
ability Of our people to pay for foreign cOmmOd-
tiles?
The statement of the Capital that
there is scarcely half the amount
Of gold in the United States
necessary to pay for our an
nual imports answers the ques-
ton how the great bulk of this busi-
ness is now conducted. We pay for
our imports with our exports, and
under a correct commercial system
we would never need to do otherwise.
But admitting for the sake of the ar
gument that some kind of money
might be necessary to settle balances,
we yet have examples in history show
ing that neither gold or silver are
necessary for this purpose. During
the existence of the Bank of Venice,
her commerce exceeded that of any
other nation of Europe, and yet she
had no money except her credits,
which were transferable upon the
books of the bank, and these credits
were always at a premium above
gold. No country can show a more
prosperous condition of it's people
than existed in Venice during that
period; and she had no difficulty in
conducting her foreign trade without
a single ducat in her vaults, and she
never pretended to pay gold or sill
YER In redemption of her credits.
We have another illustration in the
first $6O,OO0,GOO of paper currency
issued by this government during the
late war, which passed at par and
even at premium in England even
while the other greenback currency
commanded but 33 cents on the dol
lar in gold. The fact that any balance
represented by the pledge ofthe gov
ernment would be redeemsble in the
products of this country would make
those pledges good in any part of the
world.
Listen again:
A vast issue Of fat might increase the plI Q In
nat) Of all commodities, including corn and
wheat, but the price abroad in gold gould re-
main the same; our farmers might s. Il & cir sur
plus abroad for gold at the old price, bu il fat
and gold were, as they predict, at par, dbl for
dollOr, here at home, their gold dJar. received
from abroad would buy here only fiaI dollars
worth Of clothing, groceries and shoes, and the
farmer In casting up his accounts would dis over
that he had sold his surplus at q discount.
How sold at q discount ? If the is
sue of "fat" money would increase
the price of corn and wheat would
not the fiat dollar pay as much debt
as the gold dollar does now 7 And
The advocate., 1892-02-17
Topeka, FEBRUARY II, 1892.

Entered as second class matter in the Post
OdaCe at Topeka, Kansas.l
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05

AT Sioux Falls the divorce business
has taken q sudden squirt, as is
evidenced by a continuous run of APP
plications. Judge Aikens' time is now
largely devoted to this important
branch of jurisprudence, and during
the last three or four days he has heard
the evidence in the suit of Kittic
bailey, who charges her husband
Cornelius with drunkenness and
cruelty. lie is a carpenter i'm Geneva,
n. v. where they werc married in
1855. She is q dressmaker. Mrs. Mary
Van Solver of New Rochelle, n. ",
married in 1857, Henry Van Solver, q
CARPET salesman. Henry vampoosed one
fine morning and Mary came to Sioux
Falls to get a decree. Mrs. Inez Marie
Mayer lived in Camden, N. j. She
married Jacob Mayer. a designer and
illustrator. in 1883. Drunkenness and
cruelty caused her to come to Sioux
Falls, and since her advent she has
worked at typewriting. j. II. kidson
of st. Louis, u travelling salesman, has
just applied for a divorce and William
Henry Harrison Glover. 20 years of
age. from New Jersey. also wants q de-
cree from his wife, Eliza. Desertion in
the two last cases are alleged.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
TIE PASSING SHOW
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
OF THE DAY.
A MIGHTY COUPLING.
THAT OF ALL THE RAILWAY
EMPLOYEES.
The Five Order. OF Railway E.np,oy.,
to DO Linked TOgether-The Meml.er.
ship will be 1@5. 1000 Every lsUna 10
This County Represented.
A Big Organization.

ST.. LOUIS special: The coming week.
will in all probability witness til. for.
nation of the most powerful labor or.
ganization in America, with st. Louis
Us Its birthplace. This organization is
nothing more nor less than the fedora.
ton Of the five orders of railway EN-.
ployes aud imsures the active cO.Opera.
tion OF l?5, 900 railroad men operating
the transportation department of @
road In the United States aud Canada.
The orders that will be included in the
federation are the Brotherhood of o
connective Firemen, the Oruer of Railway
Conductors, the Brotherhood of Rail.
way Trainmcn, the switchmen's Mn.
tual Aid Association, and the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engine ers. The
strength of the federation car: be real.
lied when it is known that there arc
10000 members of the conductors or.
der, 1000 of the tiremcn. a..5UO cngi.
nccr>. .0,O 600 trainmen. and .l., Ul
switchmen that will be included i'm the
membership of the organization. TIL!
initial step toward forming this stup.n!
dous aggregation of railway employees
have already been taken aud are heart.
lily sanctioned by the members OF The
several orders that will be numbered ir
its fold.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
THE Dakota DIVORCES
THEY COUNT FOR NAUGHT IN
ENGLAND.
A Divorce Granted In south pakot. liz
Illegal in Great Brltain-America Must
lie Their Permanent Residing Place II
They Wish to Remain Un%lnolested.
They Don't Count In England.

They Don't Count In England.
ACCORDING to = cable dispatch from
Manchester, Eng, q decision has been
made iii the English courts which i'm
vOIved the validity of a South Dakota
divorce decree ia Great Britain. The
presiding Judge was Sir +. Jeune of
Manchester, and the cas- thxt of but
tefs VS.. Buffers. The wife brought Y
suit for the dissolution OF the marriage
VOWS OH the ground Of her husbands
bigamy and adultery. 1t seems that
DR.. Buffers married his wife Emma At
st. Mary's Hampstead, Eng, Nav %.
1887. They lived very u%nhappily to-
gether in consequence of the cruel con-
duct of the Doctor. On several Occa-
sions he told her that she was out other
mind and on other occasions pretended
to be in q tit and foamed ut the mouth.
On his wife's parents demonstrating. he
declared that he only did it to see what
effect it would have on his wife. 1t
made her i'll and she left him In .lanu-
airy. 1sss. remaining away until he
cember, 1855.
After her return his treatment was
no better and she only remained three
weeks, being again compelled to leave
him. About this time she learned that
sVulcttuS was SViuS Ou aU Ulc 0OluCN
Cross Hotel. London, and which had
reference to q Miss Gregory, whom the
doctor subsequently married. In 1891
the doctor came to South Dakota. re-
siding in iankton. and commenced q
suit for the dissolution of his marriage
vows on the grounds of his wife's deser-
ton. Mrs. Buffers was served with q
copy of the proceedings, but declined to
take notice of it. On Nav .3. 1891. the
decree was granted and the Doctor re-
turned to England and OH Aug. IL.
1851, was married to Miss Gregory and
continued to live with her there.
Sir Il. Jeune is said to have granted
the petition of Mrs. liutters No. 1,
making her husband guilty of Tie
charge of bigamy and adultery. The
effect of this decision is such that South
Dakota DEGREES, unless personal service
is obtained-and it is questionable then
are of no value in England. Quite u
number of DEGREES have been issued to
English clients in South Dakota, and it
is evident If they wish to remain unmo-
Tested America must be their perma-
nent residing place. 1t has been sug-
gested that should Mrs. Zborowski re-
turn to England Bacon de Stuers would
attempt to give her husband a great
deal of trouble. as he claims England
as his home and that he is O subject of
that country.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05

eases peculiar to females, loss OF az
tite, dizziness. sleeplessness. loss ot
memory, and all diseases arising from
overwork, mental worry, loss OF vital
force, etc.
II want to cay" said Mr.. Northrop.
that I don't have much faith in patent
medicines, but / cannot say too much In
praise Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills. The
proprietors, however, claim that they are
not a patent medicine in the sense In
which that term is used, but q highly
scientific preparation, the result OF
years of careful study and experiments
on the part of the proprietors, and Tho
pills were successfully used in private
practice for years before being
placed for general SALE" Mr.. North.
rop declares that he is a living exam
pie that there Is nothing to equal these
pills asa cure for nerve ,diseases.. On
inquiry the writer found that these pills;
were manufactured by DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y. and
Brockville, Ont, and the pills are sold
in boxes never in bulk by the h%undred).
at 50 cents a box, and may pc had OF
all druggists or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., from either
above addresses. The price at which
these pills are sold makes q course OF
treatment with them comparatively mex
pensive as compared with other REM
edies or medical treatment. This case
is one Of the most remarkable on record,
and as it is one right here in Detroit
and not a thousand miles away, 1t IAN
be easily verified. Mr.. Northrop is
very we'll known to the people of De-.
troit, and he says he is only too glad to
testify Of the marvellous good wrought
in his case. He says he considers it his
duty to help all who are similarly af-
flicted by any word he can say in behalf
of the wonderful efficacy Of DIR. Will
iams' Pink Pills.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
Law Against Hypnoti.,n,

Belgium is the first country to make
hypnotizing o. offense against the law
of the land. The law recently approved
by the Parliament in Brussels is as fol-
lows:
1. Whoever exhibits an individual
h~ypnotized by him or by another shall
be punished by imprisonment for from
two weeks to six months, and by q fine
Of SIS to. $500.
2. Any person, not a physician, hav-
ing hypnotized an individual under 81
years, or n not in full possession Of
his mental powers, shall be punished by
a fine of SIS to $500, even when the hyp-
noticed individual has not been exhib.
tied publicly.
8. With imprisonment shall be pun
ished, moreover, every person who, with
the intention of cheating, or otherwise
iniuring. causes a hypnotized individual
to sign a paper containing a contract,
disposition, obligation, release. or dec
laration or intention. The same pun
ishment shall be inflicted, also, upon
the person deriving benefit from such a
OaDer.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
THE REAL ESTATE MEN.
Annual Meeting OF the Cora lssls A.so.
citation.

Annual Meeting OF the Cora BELT Assoc.
citation.
Ar Mitchell the Corn Belt Real Es-
tatc Association of South Dakota held
its annual session with . large attend.
ance OF members. After hearing the
annual reports of officers and commits
ians, showing what had been accom-.
plished in the first year of the organs
cation. the following officers were
elected:
President-G. w. Roberts OF Yapk.
tom.
vice-Presidcnt-J. T. Stearns of
Chamberlain.
Secretary-Don c. Needham of Crow
Lake.
Assistant secretary-E NJ. o'Brien
of ianktOn.
Treasurer. c. Ryan of White
Lake.
Vice Presidents at Large j.. w.
Powell of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul Company; L. Il. Simmons Of
the Chicago and Northwestern Comi
pany.
County Nice-Presidents-C. E. Daw.
son. Clay; j. r. Hanson, Yankton;
George w. Snow, Bon Iiomme; George
II. roster, hanson: I. Ii. Roberts.
Douglas: +. a. Morris, Hutchinson: NJ.
j. Hogan. Turner: III. NJ. Cooper, Lin.
coin: j. NJ. Greene, Brule: IL. {. Hud-
die, Buffalo: {. Il. Kinds, Sanborn: C..
A. Crissey: y. w. lloldridge, Lake: q.
a. l'ettigrcw, Moody: q. w. Jewett,
Meade: II. j. .Ainley, Pennington: $.
H. Wilson, Fall River; A. T.. Zwiemer,
Minnehaha: j. G. llcadlce, McCo ,k:
\. II. Lucas. Charles Mix: a. NJ. Bow
die. Dawson; j. L. Edmunds, Law
renee: $. A. Wheeler, Butte: l.. NJ.
Loomis, .lerauld: Il. III. Clark. Aurora,
AT Il joint meeting of the citizens of
Mitchell and the members it was de-
cided to hold a corn belt exposition at
Mitchell some time after the harvest;
and the County Vice. Prcsidents of tho
Association We're constituted in an adj
Nisory committee on this matter. as
we'll as in connection with the State
Fair, the Plankinton Grain Palace and
other exhibitions calculated to advance
the interests of the corn belt.
Secretary Gibbs. of the Worlds Fair
Commission, addressed the association
in behalf of this project with q view to
securing co operations.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
PILL MAKERS TO MEET.
The state pharmaceutical Association to
Meet M sioux Falls.

The state Pharmaceutical Association to
Meet at Si0Mx Falls.
The seventh annual meeting of the
State Pharmaceutical Association will
be held at Sioux Falls OH Tuesday and
Wednesday, August 16 and IL. The
membership consists of every person in.
the state holding = certificate as a
registered pharmacist. Under the
pharmacy law it is the province of the
association to fix for the ensuing year
the annual registry fee. time and place
OF regular meetings of tho Pharmacy
Board, and to nominate three members
from the Third District, from which
number the governor will appoint Il
member of the State Board of Pharmacy
in place of %. II. Tarbell. whose term
OF office expires September 30, 1882.
The local Druggists Association is
making extensive preparations for the
coming meeting, and proposes to give
the association q reception of the most
pleasing character. The programme
Cor the session is jast out.
On Tuesday, in the afternoon, will
occur the presidents annual reports.
including State Pharmaceutical Board
and finally response to queries by c. e.
Maxwell of Arlington; A ii. Sites of
Sioux Falls; c. +. Aver of Howard,
and DIR. A. II. Keller of Sioux Falls.
On Wednesday, in the forenoon.
Mayor Peck will give his address of
welcome and receive the response of
President u. A. Cram, of the associa-
tion. Then will come reports of stand
ing committecs-on pharmacy and
queries. c. +. Aper of Howard: on edu-
cation, r. NJ. Cotton of Tyndall: on
trade interests, w. s.. Branch of
Parker: on legislation, Ed Murphy of
Rediield Prof. James II. Sheppard
of Brookings during the forenoon will
deliver IA Plea for Better pharmaceu-
teal Education" and the morning ses-
sion will conclude with responses to
queries by u. III. Tarbell of Water
town, John Mccain of Trip. DIR. II.
NJ. Cotton of Tyndall. ID. X. Bryant
and ii. \. Cadd of Dell Rapids. In the
afternoon queries will be received and
answered by W. 5. Branch of Parker.
DIR. {. C. Sprague of Pierre. 4. n.
Kjerlant of Bristol, /. a. Reith of Lake
Preston. A. A. Woodward of Clark, j.
III. Ferris of Carthage, Henry Packard
of Oldham and DIR. Nettie c. Hail of
Washington Springs.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-05
VIII nelx tic Whit. can..

CRAwFonDsvlII.r, Ind, special: John
Dodd, who was only saved from being
lynchcd a few days since by the opIicl.
tune appearance of an adopted son,
who had disappeared and was supposed
to have been murdered by his father.
received Il white cap notice giving him
a weeks time to sell out aud leave the
country. Rude sketches of Il hulyin ing
with Il coffin. ropes and frees scattered
about. emphasized the notice. Todd
has armed his entire household and will
pay no attention to the warming.