The Oskaloosa herald., 1893-08-10


hibit at Chicago as the crown piece Of
agriculture. The Iowan not proud Of
Iowa is dodo.
Which gives the most pleasure
expectation, or realization? This is
question that touches political economy
of the present day.
The American sheep fold is now
being de-sheeped, as it were, and the
shambles are crowded. Free wool prices
and promises are the cause.
Every congressman should be a
patriot and do all things for the whole
country, on all questions. That means
divorce from free trade notions.
The John Ii. Warren plan for a
stable currency is sound as a valuable
basis can make it. And to something
like that the country will have to come
The Keokuk X. c. has already trotted
out 'the Pinkston wench" of Louis
lana, and slung her bones at John Sher-
man. That's waving the bloody shirt
Or chemise.
The democratic newspaper men IN
the Sixth district are all voting for Bob
Moore for postmaster at Ottumwa. Bob
returns the compliment and votes for
EN- in return-and that is right
National banks should be provided
with, and compelled to carry the full
amount of their capital stock in notes
of issue. That would increase the cir
culating medium by many millions.
The cost of supporting the insane
of Iowa for the two years ending June
30, 1893, was S9l7 ,726.25, of which S7l7,-
Sl2 were paid by the counties and 1885,
9I4.25 by the state for state patients.
The Keokuk county democrats
meet in mass convention Aug. IL, for
delegate Matching. In case Billy Hol-
lingsworth wants any material for
new tale of woe we venture to suggest
that he can easily find it,
The southern congressman never
has cared for the man who "wuks."
For generations he owned and sold the
worker-and so he has no notions of
care or respect for the American labor
er. He comes by that view by inner
itance.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Des Moines Leader telegraphed Sat
urday that about 5000 pensions have
been suspended by Commissioner Loeb
rem to date, and the average daily sus-
pensions are nearly 30O." Nearly all
are under the June, 1890, act.
The August number of the North
American Review will contain two ar
ticles on "The Coming Extra Session.
the first by Senator Vest, of Missouri,
who writes from a democratic stand
point, and the second by Senator DOlph,
of Oregon, who presents the republican
view.
Who was that historic gentleman,
asks tbs Washington Post, who toiled
so long and plotted and intrigued so
earnestly to have himself harnessed up
with certain bull calf of violent opin-
ions and rude behavior? Was not his
name Dennis, or something to that
effect?
Let the silver states store their
silver bullion, issue certificates against
it, 16 to |, and see how long they can
keep them ahOat at par i'll their own
states. That will test the silver and
wheat value so far as they are concern
ed-n we are to believe what their
orators say.
Wool varies in value in different
states. 1t has been quoted at cents
in Utah, 6 in Montana, 8 in Nebraska,
and 10 in Iowa-and as basis of ex
change for beer it varies too much to
become general. Four pounds Mon
tana wool for bottle of bulge of that
sOrtWon't do at all.
The man who can open our mar
kets, without protection, to the world,
increase our own manufactures in COM
petition with all others, and keep up or
increase the American wage rate, is
wanted down at the front. Good refer
ences required-salsry anything wanted
that is in sight and loose.
-Supposing now, with the many
banks suspended or broken, we had
state bank money ahOat? What
crash there would have been. Instead
ofworryingabout the notes, no one cares,
for all know that the National bank
notes have a secure and safe redemption,
and that there can be no loss to the
note holder.
We open the columns of the only
really religious journal in all this sec
ton to this wall from the Bloomfield |
Democrat: why should men be denied |
the privilege of borrowing? Why is
money locked up in safe deposits, or
hidden away in the ground?S Crops are |
good and have been good. There has
been no national calamity come upon |
the people, and yet money is hard to |
get and prices low. The reasons for |
this are plain. 1t is but legitimate |
result of Harrison administration and |
a Reed congress" In April, 1891, when |
Tom and Ben were in the band wagon |
together, wheatsold, cash, in Chicago at |
SI.13, and other truck in proportion. |
The boys seem to have kept up their |
end Of the log while running the ma
chine-alwsys supposing that admins
tratiOns attend to the matter of prices
-One of the Colorado editors, stand |
ing amid industrial ruins almost un-
parallelled, takes up the horn of hope |
and toots away cheerily in this strain:
Erase discouragement from your die |
tionary. 1t can claim no brotherhood |
with true manhood. Dissppointments |
and failures are not necessarily disasters. |
Storms are natures beauti6ers. If you |
would grow like the palm, and flourish |
like the cedar, faint not in the day of |
adversely Grapple with your trouble.
mold fast to your shield. Keep your
eye on its sublime inscription: Cast |
down, but not destroyed; perplexed, but |
not in despair 1t is the divine model |
by which true heroes are fashioned. |
That is a grand success which conquers
failure, while the sky is black with |
clouds, and the winds blow and beat |
against you" Then he closed up his |
Office, wired his wife's people for money |
to come home with, and by the light of |
the moon took blackboard to the near |
est railway station, and rolled into Den
yer, where he awaited the corn-raised |
cash.
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