Mohave County miner., 1893-03-11

srty at the level which 1t had before. by
mistake or fraud, one half Of the cur.
rsncy Of Farmersyille was DESTROYED by
the decentralization OF wheat. Farmers.
1t may be proper to add here, however
much they might suffer in the case ,us,
Supposed. would not suffer nearly 30
much as the farmers Of the United
States have bsen made 10 suffer by the
characterization Of one OF the precious
metals in the sadly historic year 1873.
II is we'll that statesmen, when legis
lsiing Tor the farming interests Of the
United States, should take far reaching
yiex ot the monetary all. .irs OF different
nations. Little d, many statesmen real
izr how vart - the interest OF u lAry,.
ciass vi farmers ia tile United States xoy
er.,nent's opening ITS inlnts to the coin
aye vi silver, ~ IL did Ia the da,s OF
Washington and Of Hamilton. Even 4
brief slan.e u, the fiaanciering Of the
British W i.rnmsnr III relation To lndis
M, -napc one 10 s,'e souie vi the ways
10 wti |, Amerlcan i,f,ner. are inpov.
eri-,I~,i, by tire n,ats of The United
States not being open for the coinage OF
sil yer on the same terms that they ale
op n 10, ,ne coinage Of gold
Tue great empire Of India is dominated
by the government OF Great Britain. By
= census ia Ihdii, the returns Of which
were g,vcu 20 the public in the early pArt
OF 1891, is appears that there are in
B iti-h Iadla 2Sl 600 900 people, or about
c,,- iith of the human race. THIS vast
population. however strange to an Amer
lean 1t may seem. is ruled by scarcely
more than u h tndiul OF Englishmen,
who are known a. the Council of India.
10 this Council-tne m-mbers vi which
receive salaries that enaple them 10 live
in grand style--there is not single
Hindu. Ia short, the people OF India,
who pay a vast amouni Of taxes. espec-
tally when their properly is considered,
have no representation b, tn. gosern-
ment OF India.
Naturally, English s'aiesman-hip en-
de .vors to make Of India mine OF
MD a for the people oi Great Britain
i ies statistics may here Ire helpful in
enabling one to get At least faint idea
some aspects of The grandeur Of the
sc 10 on which + ,.lish tinsnciers ann
the B INK oi England roniuct monetary
afurs sf siiog ti,-- pr,c. of silver 10
Iaiia and in New York, and thus, as il
will be seen ,n due time, affecting the
price of hundreds upbn hundreds oi
millions vi dollars worth oi farm pro
duets IN the United States By IN.
Statem.u.'s Year Book for 189l--a high
English authoriry--it appears ihst the
estimator for expeudiinr- nv the lndis
Council iar lsa) 9l sas S46,6l7OO IN
pses. This Nas' anon 4 nj ~ ney had
,i,-t ai- firriy .,ined in he United
States, wa- in all puts VI the world
never worth l-ss ih,D about fifty cents
in United States money. The silver
rliIme. which hears upon il the impres
sion OF Viriori, in India costume, VII
III ,his per he calculated in United
States mints acre, in 1878, closed TO
liver. fiuptustes IN valne as measured
by gold. br, as rule il has not fallen in
vslue one cent in India, as far IT.
pnrclr,-ing pIwer il concerned, by the
demoneiiz tim oi silver in the United
States in 1873 Counting the rupee at
ffiy cents in United States money, tor
AZ soon "a silver is remone'izad in the
United States a rnpe- will represent in
all p,rfssof the world, for reasons which
u is hoped in due time to make obvious,
at least that sun, the people OF lndis
are at present paving TO the Indian
Council, in taxes. some $423, 3,3)8.5oo.
A part Of the revenues OF India ID
1890. amounting TO So. .464 900 rupees. or
tn cay &42, 1872 900. was derived from the
monopoly OF the opium trade. by which
the British government fastens cruel
hahi's OF intemperance upon hundreds
Of thousands Of Chinese, with whom this
trade, which is perhaps more iniqnitous
than was ever the African slave trade,
is principally carried ons Among the
deadly physiological effects OF op'nm a.
used nv the Chinese is said 10 he that OF
making. in time, its users ehlldless. But
this traffic. which may we'll call forth the
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