Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1894-04-13
HELENA.


to once more appear in print, is some
thing of conundrum to us, and will
doubtless be more so to some of your
readers. 1t won't increase yonr cir
culation, and You know that just as
like as not we will tramp on somebody's
pet corn field before we get through, or
otherwise get into hot water, but if you
are willing to run the risk, we will press
the button. at least we will have
helped increase the revenue of some
protected paper manufacturer, or the
post Office department..
1t has been very quiet winter, with
Edith and Jim Sinclair away at school,
Andrew, teaching. the young married
people content to stay ut home, and the
rest of us busy in figuring out or trying
to. the profit in 48 cent wheat, social
gatherings haye been few and far
between.
We rather think that few have been
engaged in trying to find out what has
become of the melody that was in the
song they sang year ago.
-Four more years of Grover,
Out they SO, in we go
Won't we be in clover"
But there, we wont talk politics Just
yet will only remark that the "clover"
seems to be musty now. unsatisfying
and i'll fact, rather nauscating.
Dam and Duncan Sinclair and j. G.
Mills shipped two cars of fat stock to
Chicago. They did not buy Saratoga
to bring back the returns. and one of
them has expressed himself to the effect
that with receipts of cattle smaller
than for years, with banks overflowing
with money, the market would indicate
that we were living undera pretty poor
administration.
j. w Flero has also been below with
stock. While he was in a St. Pau; bank
a depositor came in, wishing to renew
certificate of deposit for several
thousand dollars. The banker told her
she could leave the money, but that he
couldn't pay her any interest, as they
had more money than they knew what
to do with. Now will those of you who
are clamoring for free coinage of
money, and who claim that the present
depression is due to lack of money to
carry on business with, please rise and
explain? Secretary Carlislc's report
shows that on the 1st of March, 1894,
there was $50, ,OOO, 900 90 more circulat.
ing medium in the country than on
March 1st, 1893, yet compare prices OF
today and year ago and then reflect
Lieut.. Gov. Wallace addressed !,
large audience at Hannaford speaking
principally Of money and transporta.
ton. His address was a model of its
kind. IL fact we never heard a political
speaker handle opposing parties as con.
siderately as he did Mitchell did not
exercise more care in hitting Corbett,
than did he in denouncing his political
opponents. Most of his statements
were fair and honest, but we cannot
accept two of them. One was that the
national banking law was passed solely
in the interests Of the national bankers
and that the government lends them
money at per cent. He illustrated by
A. taking 100000 in bonds to start q
bank, and b. taking the same to raise
wheat, one got permission to issue 800.
600, in notes at a cost of 5000 printing,
or per cent, while B. asking the same
privilege, was shown the door. If that
were all the privileges occurring to
national banks, we figure that b. would
be ahead, as A. would have to pay II to
$50, 900 premium for his bonds, 5000 for
printing and only have 800, 900 to invest
at say 20 per cent, or an income of $2l,
900 counting the interest on his bonds
While B investing Sl17,9O0 at 20 pei
cent would have $23, SEQ. We shall con.
tinue to believe that the national banks
are wise substitutions for wild cat
banks in the interest of the people. Nor
can we see that the government lends
money at per cent. Next he claimed
that the tariff is no longer an issue, that
it is simply a big bass drum, on which
both parties are hammering. 1t may
be so, but if there was national elec.
ton before the people, woe be to him
who stood IN the way of the revebera.
tions from the protection side of said
drum. In our humble opinion, it would
be long before he knew what struck
him.
H.
Conventions.