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Myrtle Lodge No, 3.

FRANK D FOWLER. Secretary.
The advocate., 1892-04-06

The calculation might be extended
to other years but this is sufficient for
the illustration. It will be seen from
the above that the New York soldier
who received his pay in paper cur
ancy lost in 1862, 81 cents, in 1863, 81
cents, in 1854, 55 cents and in 1866,
$135 on every bushel Of wheat his
family consumed, as compared with
the cost to the money changer who re-
ceived his pay in gold. The same
ratio OF loss would be experienced in
every part of the country, and upon
every commodity purchased; and this
discrimination did not terminate with
the war. It continued as long as
gold remained at a premium. So
much for the immediate individual
losses resulting from the exception
clause. Now let us turn our stten-
ton to the public losses
The advocate., 1892-04-06

necessary that the importer Of for
eign goods should have gold with
which to pay interest. This he must
purchase Of the bullion brokers with
paper currency and pay the premium
demanded. The paper currency thus
coming into the hands of the money
changers at immense discounts was
at once invested in government bonds,
as Mr.. Higgins says, at par. Thegold
received by the government in pay
ment of duties was returned to the
brokers for interest and by them
again sold to the importers stanother
premium. It thus continued to move
in this narrow circle during all the
years Of the war and for some time
thereafter, the profits being constant
ly piled up in the vaults Of the spec
ulators. In the meantime the
amounts of these premiums upon gold
were added to the tariff rate paid
upon the goods, and the people and
the families of the soldiers and the
sailors who were compelled to receive
paper currency IN payment for servic-
es and commodities, paid for these
premiums and high gold tariffs when
ever they purchased imported goods.
Thirty-one thousand people in this
country to-day own five.eighths of
it's entire wealth, and this ex-
ception clause was the first step in
the series Of vicious Legislative acts
by which this result has been attained
Now we wish to examine Mr.. Hig-
gins proposition thai "the soldier
was not wronged in his pay" in con-
sequence of this depreciation of cur
rency, and to show the wrong which
we hold he did suffer, we shall use
the illustration respecting the price
Of wheat in paper currency and in
gold. We shall use the table pre-
pared by Hon. Jeremiah NJ Rusk
and used as q part Of his argument
in q speech on the tariff delivered in
Congress August IL 1875. This table
gives the prices of various sgricul-
tural products in New York City on
the 1st of January from 1926 to
1876. We have computed the com,
psrative prices in paper currency and
gold and find them to be as follows
disregsrding small fractions:
The advocate., 1892-04-06

The war closed early in the year
1866. II will be observed that prior
to that year but S6O3,262,25O had
been purchased. The great bulk of
the bonds were purchased after all
The advocate., 1892-04-06
LET US KNOW THE TRUTH.

issue. His series Of able articles, re-
Gently published, have attracted wide
attention and favorable comment
Although at variance in some respects
with the fundamental doctrines Of the
Peoples party, his writings have been
marked by so manifest spirit OF
fairness as to command the respect OF
our people. They have been exten-
sively read and have likewise been
commented upon in a like spirit
of candor and fairness. Mr.. Higgins
in this issue Comments on the Com
mentors
We have not thus far participated
in the discussion Of the questions In
volved in this communication, as our
correspondents took the matter up
before we had time to do so. There
are certain propositions here laid
down, however, that we desire to con-
slider.
We shall not stop to question
whether the currency issued by the
government during the war depre-
ciated, or whether gold appreciated.
The important fact for us to consider
is that there was difference in the
value of the two kinds of currency,
and that this difference was purpose
" caused by discriminating legisls-
tion. We shall quote from the de-
bates in the House Of Representa-
tives upon the Senate amendments
placing the exception clause upon
the paper currency, to show that it
was done for this purpose. The bill
providing for this currency as it pas
sed the House contained no exoep-
tion. It provided for a currency
that should be legal tender for all
debts, both public and private The
amendments were attached by
the Senate. In their discussion in
the House Mr.. Spaulding said;
lam opposed to all these amendments Of the
Senate which make unjust discrimination be
tween the creditors OF the government. sol
der or sailor who performs service In the army
or navy is creditor of the government. The
man who sells food, clothing and material oi
war for the use OF the army and navy Ii
creditor Of the government The
capitalist who holds your 7,3 treasury notes OF
your per cent coupon bonds Is creditor o.
the government. I am opposed to all thes'
amendments Of the Senate which dlScriminat'
in favor Of the holders Of bonds or notes b!
compelling the government to 90 int
the streets every six months t
sell bonds at the market price" Il
purchase gold aud silver in order to pay the In
terest "In coin" TO the capitalists who nov
hold United States stocks and treasury note
heretofore issued, and who may hold notes an'
bonds hereafter Issued.
Mr.. Hooper said:
lam opposed to this amendment Of the Senae
that requires the Interest on government note
and bonds to be absolutely paid In coin, becauS
its effect will De to depreciate these az com
pared with coin bv declaring them IN Gdrdnc
TO be so deprecated.
Mr.. Stevens said:
have very few words to say. Iapproach tn
subject with more depression Of spirit than
ever before approached any question No pei
sonal feeling or motive influences me. hop
not at least have melancholy forebOdin
that we are about to consummate a cunningl
devised scheme which will carry great Injury an
great loss to all classes OF people throughout tn
The advocate., 1892-04-06

paper at the discounts, gave profit to the bond
holders as follows"
1862. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9l3S'989
1868 ...............'...........' 9f595 1I5
1864 3l655l ,555
1865. neutrality-suspicious.. llOI5g,36I
1866. 03I4I'lo3
1901 io6
On account Of per cent bonds. 9S,2S7 S94
This vast sum, literally stolen
from the people by legislative enact
ment, was made good to the bond
holders by subsequent legislation
through which the principal of these
bonds, originally payable in legal
money of the United States, was made
payable in gold.
There is another thought to which
we call attention in this connection.
The people have been taught to
believe that these bonds were sold
to provide the means to carry on the
war, and that these patriotic capital
lists came to the rescue of the govern
ment in it's hour of peril, generously
pouring their fortunes into it's empty
treasury. A more glaring imposi-
ton was never attempted to be per-
petrsted upon an over -credulous pub
lie. It is a we'll known fact that, at
the very beginning of the war, gold
skunk away to its hole, as it always
does in the hour of danger, and cap
italists demanded from 25 to 30 per
cent. for the loan to the government,
not of coin, but Of their bank notes.
It was this emergency that gave birth
to the greenback. Mr.. Spaulding
stated these facts at the opening of
the discussion of the report of the
ways and means committee, and he
also stated that there was not gold
enough in the country altogether to
carry on the war sixty days.
As q matter of fact the bonds were
not purchased at all until the paper
had first been issued and depreci-
ated so that it could be bought up
at a discount. Not single dollar in
gold or silver was ever paid for one
of these bonds, and by examination Of
the statements that follows it will be
seen that they were purchased when
the government had no need of the
money. They were purchased in
fact not to furnish money to the gov
ernment at all, but as a means of de-
stroying the money of the people
retiring it from circulation and get
ting 1t out of the way. They were
purchased as a means of contracting
the currency, thereby depreciating all
values except that of gold. Let us
/ look at the facts. The following
table shows the amount of bonds
, sold from 1862 to 1868.
, 1862. s 6O,9s2, ,45O
1905. l6O 9S1.b5O
lo64' 4'''.'''''''.'''.. '.'.......'... 3Sl Zy2Z5O
The advocate., 1892-04-06

Senator Beck, in 1869, upon the
floor of the United States Senate
made the following statement, the
truth Of which may readily be veri-
fed by reference to the treasurer's re-
ports:
"It can be shown by the treasurer's reports
from year to year, giving the amount of bonds
sold each year, and the premiums on gold f'Om
1862 to 1869, that the purchase of the bonds with
paper at It's face value, and the purchase of the
paper at the discounts gave profit to the bond
holders as follows"
The advocate., 1892-04-06
Mr.. Stevens said:

have very few VOL ids to say. Iapproach the
subject with more depression Of spirit than
ever before approached any question. No per-
sonal feeling or motive influences me. l hope
not at least. l have q melancholy foreboding
that we are about to conSummate cunningy
devised scheme which will carry great Injury and
great loss to all classes OF people throughout the
union except one. With my colleague, believe
that no act Of legislation Of this government was
ever hailed with as much delight throughout the
length and breadth Of this union BY every class
OF people, without exception, as the bill which
We passed and sent to the Senate. Congratula-
tons from all Clssses-merchantS, traders
manufacturers, mechanics and llbOrerS-poured
In upon us from all quarters. The boards OF
trade from Boston, New York, st. Louis, Phila'
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TOTAL ABsr INENcE NEWS.

ST. THOMAS, of Braddock, has . flute and
drum band.
EVERY society should make an effort to
have a reading room.
V.P ". H. GRIFFEN got homo from the
summer school Monday.
UNION Secretary. Mary j. Dougherty. re-
turned from the East Thursday.
The Union will meet to-day at Braddock.
Train leaves Union station at l:S0.
AT the union meeting to-day reports will
be received from delegates to tho national
convention.
HENRY LuKENs, of Connersville, Ind, or
dered supply of school children pledge
cards this week.
STATE ORGANIZER P. W. JOYCE proposes to
devote his greatest efforts to Pittsburg and
expects to have several large meetings dur.
ing the winter.
ST. KIERAN Is setting good example in
Introducing literary features in its meetings.
Miss McEnter. the Presidenr, deserves great
credit for this.
PATRICK DoueHERrY, Secretary Of st.
Thomas at Braddock, was seriously injured
last week'in railroad collision at the Besse.
NOR Steel Works.
TEE new issue Of school children pledge
cards will be handsomer in design than the
old ones. Now that schools are about to 70.
open the time is auspioious for the introduc.
ton Of the cardA
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audience By her eloquent and soul-moving

audience BY her eloquent and soul-movins
sermona
Still more depressing and disheartening-
if their example should be followed, as of
course it Willis the fact that B. w. Jones
and Efie K. Jones-husband and wife
completed their studies together at the
Ryder Divinity School, of Lombard Uni.
versity, and both received the degree Of
Bachelor of Divinity Their graduating
theses were respectively entitled, s'Per.
manence of the Religious Instinct" and
philosophical Unity" These young mar
ried people, few weeks afterward, were
ordained to the ministry. Mr.. Jones has
secured a regular charge at Waterloo, Ia ,
| and Mrs. Jones breaches wherever called.
OF the latter, writer says: "Mrs Jones
is strong preacher, strong with the spirit
of the Lord.
The World Is on tho Move.
The world surely is coming to . pretty
pass when wives and husbands graduate to-
gether as bachelors of divinity, and are Or
dained together as ministers of the gospell
Another chill will run down the backs of
some Of the brethren when they read the
item that Mrs Mary A. Woodbridge, Sec
retary of the w. G. T. U.-even without
regular ordination-is filling the pulpit of
the Congregational Church at Ravenna, O.,
tion.
These ways of doing are "truly awful"
to the conservative souls Of the strictly
orthodox pattern. The despair of it Is that
they may cry out to these women: "Back
to your kitchens, back to your parlors,
back to the inanities and frivolities of So
eiety. back to your fancy work and crazy
quilts, back to your chronicling of small
beer" But will the women go back? A
broad, sonorous, emphatic "No" Is the
answer. Such women have nerve enongh
to dare the 'world's dread laugh" and
ignore Its prejudices Their minds are
of divinity" than parlor ornaments or
kitchen drudges. Though why any inde-
pendent woman should select the ministry
for vocation is mystery. The average
pay of q preacher is very small, and poverty
is always subject to more or less disrespect
and contempt. Still, with both husband
and wife working at preaching, they might
be able to. make both ends meet with less
straining and without the donation parties
that are so often mere makeshifts to atone
Tor shortcomings in salaries.
Bgotry OF Women Preachers.
But while the ministry in the main are
opposed to women in the pulpit on the
score that they are under perpetual obliga-
tion to keep silence, it remains for the radi-
cals to express opposition from . wholly
different standpoint These claim that
women preachers, in their intemperate zeal
and unyielding bigotry, will work to up
hold the offensive "blue laws" and to i'm
pose Puritanic severity in society that
will simply result in more of cant and hy-
pocrisy.
But this objection amounts to little or
nothing. Women, who on entering the
ministry have withstood opposition, and
felt the lack of Christian charity, will
doubtless be more filed with the spirit of
liberation than of persecution. Practical
experience, in most cases, will have taught
good. and that it is more of manifestation
of pride than piety. BESSIE BRAMBLE
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History Of q Word,

The way in which the name 'buresu" be.
came applied to articles of furniture in.
tended for literary purposes is rather
curious It. was the custom in the DAYS
when writing was done on parchment, and
when bookbinding was an expensive luxury,
for those who were connected with literary
pursuits to have on their tables piece Of
cloth, of a thick nature, to prevent the
book kbinding receiving any injury. This
piece of textile fabric, originally of wool,
course of time that name has attached itself
to articles of furniture which have space
protected by some material for writing
operations
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shape with def fingers, and when we
entered the small shops where they
were sold, made our purchases with
much pantomime on both sides On Sun
day We enjoyed much little gathering of
grave men and women at school house
near the village They wore their holiday
peasant costumes, the women with small
shawls tied on their heads. They listened
with great seriousness to one of their num-
Der, . peasant who, with a Bible before
him, poured forth a torrent of eloquence
that we, who understood not word, felt
We were told it was one of a large num-
Der of congregations in Norway, who are
dissatisfied with the formalities of the
Lutheran Church.
Norwegian Funeral Procession.
There was funeral at Odda What a
queer, weird thing it wasl A procession on
foot headed by an odd vehicle, upon which
was a long, narrow box. On this sat q
woman dressed ip dark clothes. Her face
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ExTRAvAGANcE OF ROYALTY.

In Spite OF Their Huge Incomes They
Rarely Know How to Save.
Harper's Young People.1
Potentates are apt to be very extravagant
persons, and seem to have as hard time
living within their allowance as any small
boy on 8 cents week. Of course they have
tremendous expenses to meet in the way Of
entertaining other potentates, and no king
ever lived who failed to have . royal family
big enough to fill all the palaces at his dis.
posal and two more; but often they could
look after their own, and still have plenty
left for pleasure if they did not waste.
The worst two instances of royal extrava-
gance in modern times are the King OF
Slams submerged palace. and the pipe Of
Kings palace is not known, but it is q
splendidly costly affair, and is so arranged
that his Roval Highness and his suite can
sp end a great deal of their time under water,
surrounded by the most luxurious things
the world affords. 1t would seem as though
king with so much splendor at his COM
mand on the surface of the earth could
get along without palace under water, but,
as popular song says. 'Things are seldom
what they seem," and it is the greatest
danger of great luxury that We tire of the
blessings we have. and become, even in the
midst of them, most unhappy because we
can have no more.
The Shah of Persia's tobacco pipe is worth
S400, 600, and the chances are that he does
not get half the pleasure from smoking it
that the poor laboring man gets from puff
ing his one-cent clay pipe When one
reflect. upon the amount of good that could
be done with 100000 put out at fair inter-
est, one is forced to consider it wicked to
keep SO much monev locked up in 80 un-
worthy an object Five per cent on $780,
600 is $40, 900, or enough, when applied to
the needs of the children of the poor in our
cities, to send 6,666 of them off into the
country for two weeks every summer, re-
newing their strength and making better
citizens of them in every way. Think of
that, and then think what you would do
with s4O0 900 pipe if you had one. You
will not be long in making up your mind if
you are children of the right sort
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was full OF 3 yoiceless sorrow. Around the
box, down on the bed of the vehicle, sat
little children weeping silently. "hey
were carrying to the grave the remains Of
the husband and father.
Neighbors and friends followed on foot,
all dressed in the same dark clothes Be-
tween these and the funeral car was group
OF singers. They walled out the most mys-
terious and sorrowful dirge, and the mount
aims, echoIng back, increased its effective
ness It was melancholy experience.
The illustrations accompanying this ar
ticle will serve to give Pittsbure people a
faint idea of the grandeur of Norwegian
scenery. The picture of the Buerbrae
Glacier we saw from Hardanger Fjord is
only hint at its massive magnifcence.
The scene from Gudvangen county is of an
overhanging rock of mammoth proportions.
A wagon road passes beneath it. At the
left is lakelet, many acres in extent And
such scenes confront you at every.tu in
Norway. j. A. HALL.
PITTsBURG, August, 1892