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The advocate., 1892-04-27

make in their business the prevalent,
current rate Of interest upon their cspi-
sal, l,they either move out or force their land
lords to reduce their rent, and the re-
ductlon Of rent reduces the value OF the
land because land is worth that amount
OF money upon which the rent Will pay
the legal, current rate Of interest. II
Mr.. Turner will come to Kansas City l
will show him some forclble, strik-
ing proofs Of these assertions. l will
prove to him that the ability on the
part Of land owners, to demand and OBJ
tain high rents, depends upon the ability
OF the business man to make the current
rates Of interest and profit after paying
such rents. will also prove to him
that many business house may remain
empty because Of the landlords inability
to "force" anyone to rent. But am not
an spologist for the present system.
Firmly grounded in the faith that the
land is the common heritage OF man, l
consider rent o crime against humanity
and would Supplsnt paper title deeds and
individual landlOrdism with system OF
actual individual "uSe and occupancy"
as the only title to the possession OF land.
The single tax would license occupancy
by proTg and allow capital to monopo-
llze all the land it was able to improve.
Mr.. Turner says:
In Eugland farm land rents for from S.
to $35 per acre, while interest has gone
down to as low as per cent
What of thstP 1t does not prove that
the rate Of rent is not exactly equal to
the current rate Of interest upon the
value Of the land. AS q matter of fact.
rent is less or cheaper in proportion to
land values In England than it Is here.
Just as much 80 as interest Is lower there
than here. What does the Kansas farmer
receive for wheat? And the Eoglish
farmerP What are the comparative
yields2 Mr.. Turner proceeds to say:
Land rent has gone up within the past ten
years from 81 to 50 per acre, to from 81 30
to S. per acre in this country, while inter
est rate has moved down from Is per cent.
to from per cent. to as low as even per
cent. completely refuting, it seems to me,
Mr.. Wards claim, viz, the rate OF interest
regulates land rent.
deny the proposition. Interest can
not be said to be going down 80 long as
the contraction in the volume of the cur
rency Of country more than keeps pace
with the reduction In the rates Of inter
est as expressed In decimal numerals
Eight per cent. interest ROt1 is much
higher a rate and will purchase much
more commodity than IL per cent. would
twenty years ago. There has been very
little reduction In the expressed per cent
rate Of interest, in the past eight or ten
years, but one-thlrd Of a crop of wheat
corn, cotton, hay or oats will bring
much less number of dollars than ter
years ago, so that interest If anything, il
higher, while rent Zone third of crop) Ii
lower than ten years ago. This, how
ever, is beating the bush. I assert that
cash rents, as a rule, are equal to th'
current, legal rate Of interest upon the
selling price Of the land, and that owning
and holding lands for rental Is mucl
like any other kind Of business. When i
ceases to be profitable, 1. e., pay the pre-
valent rate Of interest upon the none.
! inuaatad- fhnaa engaged in Il want 70 Re
The advocate., 1892-04-27

Ve1eQ bAElW Qu6S5lDus LOU m0 SApAoAA
The two factors which make it necessary to
maintain a protective tariff, are low rates
of interest and cheap labor in England
Low rates of interest make light profits,
and the two together make low prices
which, in their turn make the purchasing
power of low wages equal to that OF better
wages American laborers could work fol
less wages than at present and yet live as
well as they do now, were the rates of in
terest and profit as low as they are in Eng
land. We can never have free trade until
we as a government, regulate the value OF
money by limiting the rate of interest, as
does the English government through the
Bank of England. Free money, free land,
free trade and transportation at cost.
And yet, after reading the foregoing
Mr.. Turner actually propounds to me
this proposition:
Mr.. Blaine, in his discussion with Glad
stone, admitted that wages had gradually
gone up in free trade England, and you
surely will not contend that interest has
constantly gone up there, also; if so, where
is the force in your claim that we can have
free trade only by a reduction in interest
rate.
Great Scott! What Obtusenessl As
interest goes do0n wages should natural
ly go up, and Uice Vsrsa. The finished
product bears, as the component parts o.
It's price, four factors, to wit: Rent, In
terest, profit aud labor. Anything which
may be deducted from the portion o
either Of the first three factors will
prices remaining the Same-be added tt
the part apportioned to labor. Hence
low interest makes high wages, or, il
case capital proves itself stronger thar
trades unlonism, makes the purchasing
power of low wages greater than before
A few days ago the situation was thu
given in the New York papers:
LONDON, April 6.-The Bank of Englan'
has reduced it's rates of discount from 3 pc
cent. to 215 per cent. The rate of disooun
in the open market for both short and thre
months bills, is 11s per cent. Money
1 per cent.
New YORK, April Money on call loane'
at 2 per cent. per annum and at ~, and
closed at 2.
The demand for commercial paper cor
tinues good from all quarters. Quotation
are 32l to 4 per cent. for sixty to ninet3
day indorsed bills receivable, to AZ TO
four months acceptances, and ~ to 81
for good single names, having from fou
to six months to run.
Time contrects on good Stock Exchang
collateral are 215 to 23l per cent. for thir
ty days; for sixty days to four months
81 for FIVE to six months, and fo
longer dates.
That Is to say that American manufaC
turers, iobbers and merchants must pa
three times as much for money to use /
business as do their competitors acrof
the water. Competition Is impossibl
upon such unequal terms. Labor con
mlssioners and census officials, In com
putting the net profits OF New Englan
manufacturers, deduct from gross profit
as one item of expense, 5per cent. upo
capital invested. This is nearly p'
cent. more than net profits. With thet
facts in mind, have always had a leal
ing toward protection and have rath'
favored tariff upon imported goods.
But q change has come DER the spir
of my dreams. have come to the col
clusion that 1t is not as manufacturer
The advocate., 1892-05-11
GOLD DID NOT APPRECIATE.

To the Editor OF THE ADVOCATE:
l see that Mr.. Higgins still claims that
the soldier was not defrauded out of any
part Of his pay, and that the money 90 re-
ceived was at par with all commodities
except gold, and that the greenbsck was
not debased or deprecated by the excep-
tion clause, but that gold was appreciated
by the demand created for 1t to pay duties
and interest on the public debt. Is it not
fact that the duty on a cargo Of i'm
ported goods required just as many gold
dollars to satisfy the claim of the govern
ment as 1t did before the greenbecks were
issued, and Is 1t not fact also that when
the bondholder called for his interest
that he accepted the gold United States
dollar at It's face or par valueH II this
be true, then was gold appreciated? ]
think not. The fact that the government
dlshonored its own issue by refusing to
accept it did depreciate Its value and
purchasing power. In the early part Of
the war the soldiers were not paid for
several months, for the reason that there
was no money to pay with, and 1t was
causing great discomfort In the army.
While the ways and means committee
was striving to devise means TO pay them,
was in fact manufacturing the legal ten
der or greenback bill, the government
sent Gen. Scott into the field and author
lied him to say to the army that the gov
eminent would soon. pay them In paper
money, as good as gold. How was this
promise kept? By paying them In a
paper issue that was not money,
It not being q full legal tender,
and as consequence worth only
The advocate., 1892-05-11
One Pure Article of Food.
The Royal Baking Powder
Officially Commended.

1t is particularly gratifying know that the baking
powder which they have long been accustomed using the Royal
has invariably gone through all analyses and competitive tests made
under National and State authority only without reflection against
of mpuy unwholesomeness but each time emphacaly
mdorsed the superior Of all the baking powders of the market
The health authorities ofNew York Massachusetts, Ohio Indiana Hi
no Iowa Wisconsin, Minnesota California Washington and other States
have made exhaustive character uniformly finding the
Royal superior all Others The United States Government Chemist
after examination for the Indian Department. mphaCa stated that
"he Royal Baking Powder the pues quality and highest
strength of any baking powder Of which have knowledge The
official analyst Of Ontario says that he fnd the Royal Baking Powder
far superior the Others and recommends its in preference
other Likewise hundreds of tests made by public analysts and other
chemists of prominence throughout the country show the Royal pure
wholesome and produce average of twenty-five cent more
leavening gas than any other baking powder
When there many impure and unwhoesome mixtures called
baking powders the market will wisely adhere the Royal
whose good qualities they have proven and whose superior purity and
wholesomeness have been officially established.
The advocate., 1892-05-11

80 cents on the dollar, as compared
with gold. l think that / have shown
that the government both received and
paid out gold at Its par value; conse
quently it must be that the soldier did
not receive what the government con-
tracted to pay him for his services. Mr.,
H. says the greenback retained its pur-
chasing power and continued to be money
even for the purchase Of bonds. In that
/ will not disagree with Mr.. H.; il was
simply part Of the robber scheme that
the government should receive it for In
terest bearing bonds. The first step was
the exception clause, which enabled the
owners of the gold to buy them (the
greenbacks) at discount, the next step
was to make them receivable for bonds,
which did not benefit the soldier, or any
body except spectators and money gam
blers, but, on the contrary, it contracted
our volume of money, and thus reduced
prices, crippled enterprise, and caused
universal stagnatlon and ruin In all
branches of productive industry and
business. Nor is this all; It created q
large interest bearing debt where none
existed, and where there was no necessity
for debt, thus imposing a tax upon the
people which they could poorly afford to
carry in their almost helpless condition,
caused by the insane financial policy Of a
Shylock government.
Q. A. BALDWIN
Tonganoxie, Kansas.
The advocate., 1892-05-11
THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE"

THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE"
To the EditOE Of THE ADVOCATE.
It ls within the domain Of all to search
and ascertain for themselves the exact
condition Of things, both relative TO self
or neighbOr. And If "a wrong exists, 1t
is as much one mans duty as another's to
remove the cause, no matter what it may
be. No one can gsinsay that our social
systems are wrong. Instead Of govern
ment Of the people and by the people, We
have what? An arbitrary ruling
power delegated to a few money brokers,
whose very success depends upon con-
trsctive power, to manipulate the nations
life blood whereby they can reap har-
vest of interest. It Is no imaginary
dream, but actual facts. 1t has, in fine,
become natural law with these money
worshiperS whereby they can so change
the commercial flow Of the governments
finances as to create money famine In
some operative walks of life and boun-
tiful harvest In another, and that other is
always their own.
They are like the bacteria which infest
the corpuscles of blood; II Is their sole
vantage ground, their very source Of sub
sistence, but in both cases the body be-
comes impoverished, and finally yields
up its life. No government can exist In
healthy social state when 1t Is besieged
by barnRcles sucking Its life blood from
the legitimate channels Of commerce.
Any government whose money is dOctored
and tinkered with by private practltlon-
ers need never expect to become a gov
ernment Of people, but rather govern
ment of parasites, and the people on
which they feast. Money should abso-
lutely belong to the government, and not
to individuals; and individuals use 1t in
conveying their labor products and
nothing more. If we prefer q govern
ment of individuals. with private laws
for each, it is well that each should con-
troll hiS own measure of values, and we
should not complain If our little differ
enceS in regard to that measure of value
should clash, as each has right to make
it as small as he can and compel his
neighbor to take its worth.
/. N. RICHARDSON.
The advocate., 1892-05-11

Clarion, the Democratic state organ,
published at the state capital, speaks for
itself:
AS for Democracy it will have to bear the
loss as best it may-with becoming forti-
tude, we trust.
II we have noted our exchanges correctly,
the secessiOns from the Democratic party
are mainly found in Lee, Amite, Pautotoc,
franklin and Lincoln, where the County
Alliance organizations are stated as having
formally severed their relations. The Pike,
Holmes, Webster, Lafayette, Tate, Kinds,
Madison, Yallobusha and other certain
chapters or congregations have declared in
dependence.
The Clarion puts the matter as mildly
as possible. In Landsdale county the
Democratic executive committee met
and several Of the committee re-
signed before they would promise
TO vote for the Democratic nomi-
nees for president, etc, against the Peo-
pies party candidates. In Franklin
county the Democratic executive COM
mittee met, passed resolutions endorsing
the st. Louis platform and Peoples party
and Withdrawing from the Democratic
party.
Nearly every county 10 the state has
been, or is being organized into the Peo-
pies party. Mississippi has made bold
strike for liberty, and our brethren in
the north and west can depend on US
standing true to the new party in the
coming convention.
A state convention Of the Peoples
party has been called to meet at the state
capital on Wednesday, June %, next, to
elect delegates TO the Omaha convention.
The Democracy 10 much troubled over
the wholesale desertlon of its party by
the farmers and lsborers. We rejoice to
hear such good reports from other states
and expect to soon give as good report
Of Mississippi. G. W. BATON,
Chairman Executive Committee Peoples
Party Of Pautotoc county.
PAUToToC, Miss, April 30, 1892.
The advocate., 1892-05-11
GREAT BEND, Kan, April 80, 1892.
FIT. BAKER.

GREAT BEND, Kan, April 30, 1892.
EDITOR ADvocATE:-At the last regu-
lar meeting of Buffalo Alliance No. 1904,
of Barton county, the following resolu-
tlonB were adopted:
Resolved, That we do heartily endorse the
st. Louis platform, and are in favor of ].
Weaver and T. E. Watson for president and
vice president.
Resolved, That the secretary be instruct
cd to send copy Of these resolutions to
The ADVOCATE and the Barton County Bea-
con for publication.
JACOB ZTMMER, President.
J.E. WINS, secretary.
The advocate., 1892-05-11
Tonganoxie, Kansas.
THE SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI.
Q. A. BALDWIN
To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.

To the Editor Of THE ADVOCATE.
The farmers and laboring whites In
Mississippi are arousiDg to the import
ance Of looking to other sources than the
old political parties for legislative relief.
Having been born and raised Democrats,
they naturally hoped for relief in that
party, and stood by 1t until It proved un-
worthy Of their support, as it has lately
become, and as it is now managed by the
old party leaders. The people Of MIssls-
sippi have made the break for liberty
and look only to the Peoples party for
Legislative relief. The new party ls grow
ing In Mississippi so rapidly that it bids
fair to sweep everything before it. The
following extract from an editorial Of the
The advocate., 1892-05-11
People's Party Men,

II you want an able man, thorough
printer, to run q live Peoples paper, ad-
dress Lock Box 81, Erie, Kansas, for par
tlculars. Refer by permission to THE
ADVOCATE and Nonconformist.
The advocate., 1892-05-11
OTTAWA, Kan, April 80, 1892.
J. e. WINS, secretary.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: - The Franklin
county committee Of the Peoples party,
met pursuant to call. May %, was set for
holding the county convention to elect
delegates to state and congressional con-
ventions. The Franklin county contin-
gent Of the senatorial committee was
elected. After all the business for which
the convention was called, was COM
pleted, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Past experience has taught us
that there is no hope of redress in either of
the old parties, therefore be it
Resolved, That we are in favor of ''keep-
ing in the middle of the road" and we
hereby heartily approve of the course
adopted by the Ottawa Journal.
j. V. PoLLNGER, Secretary.
The advocate., 1892-05-11

are all perfected SO that certificates Of
stock In THE ADvoBATE can be issued.
One sub-AllIsnce in our county is ready
20 invest IS In the business.
Yours fraternally,
n r. RAKFR
The advocate., 1892-05-11

Ing AA bAE0 unANULo Va Ouo IOeNS anA VIC
hereby heartily approve of the course
adopted by the Ottawa Journal.
j. V. PoLLNGER, Secretary.
EDITOR ADVoCATE:-The Republicans
held their county convention at Emporia
on Saturday, the Both, to select delegates
to the different conventions. On motion
a committee, cut and dried for the pur-
pose, was selected to report list OF dole
gates.
The committee made their report, and
on motion, 1t was adopted. A colored
brother then gave them an overhsuling
such as they never had heard in Re-
publican convention, telling them some
very plain things about the treatment Of
the colored man, and notified them that
they would lose the colored vote unless
they put some of them on the list of
delegates.
The convention then ordered the COM
mittee to revise the lists and place the
names Of colored men on each, which be-
ing done, Gov. Eskerldge offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved, That the representatives of the
Republican party of Lyon county in Conven-
tion assembled, believe that the best inter
eSts of the people will be promoted by q
continuance of the Republican party in
power, and that it is the only party that can
be safely entrusted with the vast interests
of this great nation.
Resolved, that we have abiding faith in
its integrity Of purpose, and in It's disposi-
tion and ability TO meet the wants of the
people, and to maintain their rights at home
and abroad.
Resolved, That we endorse the admins
tration of Governor Humphrey and Presi-
dent Harrison as wise and patriotic.
Resolved, That the utter failure of the
representatives of the Democratic party
and the Peoples party in the national
house Of representatives to meet the expec-
tations Of the country, shows a lack Of
craftsmanship that renders il all the more
important to place every branch Of the gov
ernment again under Republican control.
But the better element seemed to have
got control Of the convention and could
not swallow such "lies," and on motion
they were tabled.
Gov. Eskridge did not believe them
himself but he thought the convention
should have adopted them. Yours,
W. NJ.
Emporia, Kan, May 2, 1892.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-25
HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
A New Cabinet Programme is
Outlined.
FAV0RING THE UNITED STATES
Closer Relations Desired and Also Granting
This Country Exclusive Right
to Felrl HarbOr.
'AVoRING THE UNITED STATES

San Francisco, Nov. 24.-Ths steamship
China arrived today from Hong Hong and
Yokohoma and the HOnowi from Honolulu.
Advicss from Hawaiia state that the new
cabinet has outlined a programme before
the legislature stating among other things
that they desired 70 establish closer rela-
tons with the United States. They favor
granting the United States an exclusive
right to Pearl harbor; declared their policy
To maintain autonomy and Independence Of
the Kingdom; declared they could not sup
port any measures tending TO legalize lot
teries or gambling.
Advices from Samoa state that the
trouble which has bee brewing over the
right Of chiefs at F0gotsGe and Upola 70
the title Of manga came 70 a head Oh
Oct. "A. The chief of Leite, who
had good deal to GO with giving Pagopago
chief attacked Hos, who with Fogotage
mad been supporting q rival of Manga.
-Four natives were killed and one wounded.
Oct 20 FOgotags and another chief went TO
Pagopago and endeavored to settle the
matter peacefully, but on the boats ap-
preaching the beach were fired on by Fo-
gansi people who had joined Pagopsgo's,
and two men were killed and three
wounded. The F'ogotage people and Uau
were driven out of the Dsy and both their
best villages were destroyed. They have
proceeded to the eastern end OF the island
of Leite. 1t is reported that other towns
are about TO become involved in trouble, in
which event the whole of 1utuila will be
aroused. Three men-of- war from the Brit
lsh Australian squadron are IN the hsrbo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-25
.SATOLLI'S MISSION.
The Pope Desires That Church
Disputes Shall Cease.
A LETTER FROM THE VATICAN.
American Delegates to the Money Conference
Have Their Proposal Rsady-A Sudden
Rise in Silyer-Ths Canal Scandal

ROME, Nov. 24.-An important letter
from the vatican, dealing with American
matters, has been dispatched to Monseig-
neur Satolli. His holiness keenly desires
that all disputes in the church in America
shall cease, and that Satolli's mission to
this end may succeed. The German and
Australian ambassadors made strong rep
reservations to Cardinal Rampolli, papsl
secretary of state, on the language of the
vatican journals. when commenting on
the Chicago fetes they dilated on the
Democratic policy of the pope. The am
bassadors complained of church papers SO
strongly fayoring Republican ideas, and
said there was danger that their advocacy
of ideas would tend to foster in
Europe Democratic propaganda Despite
these representations to the vatican that
these papers devoted to the election of
Cleveland articles highly sympathetic with
the United States, Leo rests immovable in
his designs
Further communications have been re-
ceived at the vatican from the German and
Australian governments aiming st obtain
ing the influence of the holy see in inter-
posing between France aud Russia 1t 1s
rumored that the pope will be called upon
to decide upon the question of disarmament
and impeachment between France and
Germany 1t is said England will play an
important role as mediator with view to
bringing about the isolation OF Russia.
Grand Duke Sergius has arrived in Rome
TO see the pope and try and induce him to
support q combination in the interests OF
Russia and Pan-Slavism.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-25
A Reeentiou O Phelps.

BERLIN, Nov. ga brilliant Thanks
giving reception was given today by Viii
liam Walter Phelps, American minister
to Germany. Almost every member of the
American legation was present, as were
also largo number of distinguished Ger
mans The Society of American Phy-
sjcians gave dinner at the haiserhof.
Two hundred guests were present, among
them Minister Phelps, who responded to
the toast, "rne President of the United
States.n He said: "President Harrison
has given the country the cleanest and
most successful administration in Ameri
can annals When history makes up the
name OF Benjamin Harrison" Mr.. Phelps
gave toast to 1.-THE Republican party''
which he said was temporarily withdraw
ing for repairs because it has given some
of US Offices"