Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-01

'ec1 snas tncy Will Get ~ Woftn Oh paeo
ball trsps for few hours work. Most
any reputable journal would be
ashamed OF such casch-penny fake.
nR. HARrEK ON SILVER
In speech made before the Bank
ers' club Of Chicago, Congressman
Harter showed that the adoption Of free
coinage OF silver would hurt the poor
instead of the rich. Men of wealth
are the debtors. They have have credit.
The majority Of working men and wo.
men have their oil in savings banks,
life insurance and homes. During the
last tive weess Nlyer fluctuations have
been great enough to ruin these people.
Wage earners and pensioners would be
compelled to receive dollars worth less
than two-thirds their face value. and
this would mean to them an annual
loss of 81. 427 200, 0C0. Free silver coin.
age - solely IN the interest Of mine
owners. In California bankers who
urge tree coinage inconsistently demand
gold payments on all bills. In Austria
lia and Mexico silver is produced at .
cost not exceeding 81 cents per ounce.
The Bland bill proposes to open our
minis to this silver IS we'll as our own.
Volume should not be, and is not, the
principal consideration. Only ] per
cent in Great Britain and New York,
and only per cent in Chicago. of the
business transacted is done IN actual
money. Value, not quantity, should
be the measure. They have only $ls
per capita IN Great Britain as against
our s2i. The Argentine Republic has
more than ten times this amount per
capita, but they have no such prosper.
ity as We would want. If the people
who are now calling the loudest for
free silver would bend their energies
toward increasing their credit, all the
evils of which they complain would
disappear. No country enjoys better
credit than Great Britain. No country
has so we'll maintained its money stand
ard. She based it on the recognized
standard of the world and has not
sought to pay in . deprecated cur.
rency. Any tampering with money 10
more or less disastrous. This is shown
in the fact that today We are receiving
our securities back from Europe at the
rste OF about $4,000. 900 per month.
Had there been no tampering with our
money We would b. receiving gold in
place of securities.
THAT second childhood which comes
TO the aged and clothes them with a
bloom more fragrant, more lovable
than the waywardness Of childhood
will allow, seems not to have spread il,
softening influence over . Georgls
couple whose combined age 10 l6s
years. He sues for divorce because
bis ancient spouse does not love him
as she did in the sweet bat unforgotteu
long ago.
THERE Is only one way to get around
Judge Burlingams's dscisicu annuliina
the milk ordinance and that Is Chica.
go-Iike to take in several miles on each
side of the present city limits. We
shall then have city Of farms and
COW pastures Add Chicago will not b
alone N its glory.
Ma. MAyxARp's trenchsnt article on
the labor question 10 printed in Part II
of this mornings issue. In some oil
his conclusions there 10 ground for dis
sent. but ~ . whole the paper 10 one si
the most remarkably complete and ex.
haustive ever written on the subject.
THOSE people who are constantly
iteratlng ths, their county district oil
state "is red hot for Cleveland" may
yet be plugged into . chilling defeat
To be sure they will sizzls for awhile
but the chill will finally penetrate and
| cool their ardor.
ToDAY has been marked on the an
arehistic calendar to b . day oil
/ events. IL they are IN earnest about
this aud really wish 10 astouish The
world. let them take . bath and &C
.oserly 10 church. Such an event
would, indeed, Astonsh the world.
Tskr 10 . powerful agxregasion oil
capital and enterprise sfnxsd to the
petition praying fer the improvement
OF Grasd river. Ia will have weight
with the senator's
PsrsIosSr Dkvrs' report has The
merits Of eenprshesavensss iucidisy
snd srsvity-three grsces rarely com
bsnsd n es5cisl repssts-
MIS- lSsrktros ErSrsAx lost bic tcb
Just IN time to ssesps the ssSesai ere
/ eusisnsr.
sHkrI we have The state convention,
or oil itso 70 NusEWss o. Ksisaa
xeor
Tsn last eonscsl very properly ended
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