The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-06-03


to-day. and no man he's ever vet soen. o.
~ likely 20 So the tine When oliver
which i generally received - money b
fwoihifds o. the population m III
globe. will become too plentiful foI
convenience.
| The prosperity Of the farming class I,
closely allied 90 IN equal coinage Of sil
yer. Particularly Il THE The case vitl
the wheat AMI cotton growing Interests
In India and Eussis. our chief roopesi
tore In these producss- siIssr Il admitted
70 free coinage ~ ratio 81 Is 70 ol
god. Therefore IN those countries
where silver u almost the exclusive
money. anything that enhsnces thl
price Of silver money. raises The value
Of their wheat and cotton. and thus ren.
ders them iess ebis 20 compete with
American farm products- In other
words the same number Of rupees viii
buy . given quantity OF uheas o. cotton
Ia India. regardless Of The gold cost oI
the rupees as the gold does not cIreu-
late there q money. Hence when sil-
yer Is lcw. cotton snd wheat 10 India ere
lcheapensd 10 proportion. and our cot
ron and wheat must compete Wi'h it q
the Liverpool market % . gold basis.
thus enabling she gold opeculatoFo 70
nuy the India products cheapest. Or forcs
ours down in proportion This h
where the interest Of our farmers and
bDrinhss men. not banker or specnls-
tors, IL the sams q that Of The silver
miners and lsborers generally.
Ire total production n silver q the
u. S. does not exceed 100000 ounces
annually TWENTY-FIVE per ceat. Of thst
would be from tll 0o0. 900 TO &l2QOO
only, while Is per cent on the wheat
and cotton crops Of the T. s., which
would be advanced thst much oy the
free coinage Of silver. would excoed
$50 900 COO. 10 say nothing Of other
crops. which w0nld slso b onhanced %
value. In Dubois county the adding Of
20 cents = bushel 10 the price Of wheat.
would have put Ct least $4,000 u the
pockets Of our farmers This yoar--enough
20 have paid . very large part Of the
money stolen from them By the tbieving
tariff.
In 1873 when silver coinage vas free.
corn WAS worth 40 cfs. Z bushel, while
this year. Notwithstanding the stimulous
OF partial demonstration, il was Only
worth 80 cts In Dubois county, and d
good deal Vas sold lower than that
In 1873 wheat wss worth here 81 O5
70 <l-i0. averaging at Chicago u IS
This year fhe average price here has not
exceeded Is eta. and the average e Chi
cago has been under 80 cents-
Oats in 1873 gss worth 10 Dubois
county IS cents. Much Of it sold this|
year It 20 to ~ cents-
Barley In 1879 Vas worth 80 eta In
Jasper. and last Fall the farmer was|
lucky who got Sd cents bushsl for IT,
The Agricultural Reports show that
in ls73 there were 10.SC3 600 mich
cows in the e. s, worth o339O00 600
or nearly &33 each In 1880 the Is 953.-
600 we're worth tS5e GOO 600. or e22l
each. while the number had actually del
creased some in proportion TO the popu- !
lstion. At she vaIuaiien Of cows in 1854. |
those of 1880 would b worth o158. 900 u
DO more than they vera ]
j. Il any wonder fas0ers bsvo -
hard tines when tbs money o. ~ eenD-|
try hes been manipulated b New York
spectators. OF both political parties. - |
sisted BY = majority Of the Republican !
legislators, 80 - 70 deprecisle The val !
ue Of all their prodncts, and enhances |
The value Of eli they bad 70 bny!
We repeat Il u time that farmers and |
laborers we're awaks0ing 70 their owl
vital Interests. and watching thsse New |
\ ork politicians which bold deosh |!
grip on the Republicans, = next week |.
convention will show. and aspire soI
hold grip on the DeDocrstic party a. |
%. but in which We don't believe they
san succeed.
DECORATION DAY was generally OBJ
served il this county on Mondsy- Al
Jasper the member Of Guekes- WelmanI
Poet. Q. A. r. assembled q 81 o'clock II |
he morning. and details visited the
three grave yards IN this locality. put
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