Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-02-10

Saturday night. Let there be
iarge attendance.
Col. Hatch forced prima-
~ election on the people of the
First District to secure the Dem
ocratic nomination for Congress,
and it now looks like the people
will force primaries on Col
Hatch to nominate the Democratic
Ipostmasters. What WAS fair for
Col. Hatch, ought to be equally
fair for other office seekers.
1t is reported on good
authority that within three
months there will be change IN
the management of the 0. *. line,
and that the road will be made g
part of one of the great trunk
lines of the country. Such q
change would be great benefit to
Kirksville, and would add to hel
Importance as the commercial
center of Northeast Missouri.
The smount of stock nov
subscribed for the artesian well lr
$3.50. This leaves only $40 ye
to be taken. BY the close of the
week the entire $1,000 will have
been subscribed, and preparation
will at once begin for sinking the
well. Business men have taken
hold with commendable zeal ano
will continue the work until
Kirksville's water supply is equal
to that of any city in the state.
Our exports to Soutl
American countries are steadily
increasing. From advance sheetf
cf the Bureau of American lie
publics for 1892, the total value
of the exports of The principal ar
ticles shipped from the United
States to the Southern Republic
during the first eleven months O
1891 amounted to S56,695,643 anC
for a corresponding period il
1892 the exports had increased tC
S62, ,e02,003. Agricultural imple
ments in 1892 represented value
of 81, ,S60,2S steam engines anC
machinery, S6,694,405; builders
hardware, saws and tools, S1,0O6,
27l; and timber for building pur
poses, S5,023,259; furniture an,
other manufactures of wood
81, ,497, ,6S3; coal, g, l55, 1872. Thes
indicate the drift and volume c
American trade on gustral lines
and are suggestive of future de
velopment as commercial ties kni
the republics of the western hem
isphere closer together.
1t is not probable that th
Sherman silver purchase law wi
be repealed during the life Of tn
present Congress. The argr
ment that it has served its pun
pose and ought to be repealed wi
hardly y influence enough votes
wipe it off the statute books. Tru
the Sherman law is wrong i
principle because it looks to silve
as merely convenient commodit
upon which to base evidences c
government Indebtedness, the lat
ter redeemable in gold under th
precedent and practice establish
ed by the Treasury since the lay
went into effect. While confer
ring the power upon the Trsasur
er to thus degrade silver, it pro
vides for the redemption of tn
notes in coins stamped from thi
same bullion of the weight ant
{ fneness of current silver coins i
| he so wishes it. That is to say, b.
{ can suspend the gold redemption
payments he is authorized t
make, aud put the country on
Zoe dollar basis if the Treasur,
;! gets too short of gold. The posi-
! billty of this happening is wha
] alarms Wall Street. Perhaps n
/ fear is that if the country shoul'
! once more return to silver basis
I accidentally or designsdly, j
would remain there under som
sensible arrangement for the fire.
coinage of silver-as for instanc
in dollars worth in bullion abou
one dollar everywhere in th,
/, world. For, it must occur to ev
cry one that enough grains of sill
yer can be put in dollar to pre-
vent too full production Of that