People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-10-11

The reason for this is that silver
bullion is coined into rupees in India
on the ratio Of 10 to l, or $l.37 an
ounce, consequently, as silver fails, it
takes less gold to get the silver to
convert into rupees to pay for wheat
In other words the same number Of
rupees will buy given quantity of
wheat in India, regardless of the gold
cost of the rupees: hence, as silver
goes down, the gold cost of wheat in
India is reduced, and as our surplus
wheat goes to Liverpool in direct
competition with the wheat Of India,
the price falls, as the gold cost of the
same products in India 90 down.
In other words, as long as importers
can come here and bny silver at 10
cents per ounce and take each ounce
to India and have it coined into $l.37
which would 60 as far in Indil tow
ard buying wheat as the same amount
Of money would 60 here, the Ameri-
can farmer was placed under the ne
cessity of selling his wheat on the
basis of giving S1.37 worth of wheat
for 10 cents less the cost of tranSpOr-
tatiOn, import duties and mintage.
Free coinage of silver in this coun-
try will at once raise the price of sill
yer bullion TO coinage value and stop
this swindling of the wheat raiserS of
America in the interest of Johnny
Bull.
REPUBLICAN RECORD.
The republicans demOnetized silver
In 1873.
The republicans defeated the free
coinage bill in 1875.
The republicans defeated free coin
ace in 1878 and submitted the Bland
Allison act over the veto of a repub-
lican president.
In the house June 26, 1886, twenty
three republicans voted for free silver
and one hundred and thirty against.
April 80, 1888, republicans for silver
30. against 9S. June I, 1888, republic
cans for silver, Is and l27 against.
In the senate June Il, 1890, there
were Is republicans voted for silver
and % against
In the house March q, 1892, for sill
yer, II reps; against, g.
Senate, July 2, 1892, for silver II
reps; against, 10.
House, July ID, for silver, republi-
cans; against, 60. House, August %,
1893, for silver, 13; against, Ill. This
was the vote to repeal the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act at the ex-
ira session.
The Bland seignOrage bill, which
Cleveland vetoed, received only 10
votes in the house. while
ITO were cast against it.
A large majority of republicans
thus voted to sustain a democratic
president, rather than favor silver in
the least.
THE STATES FINANCES.
The state tax levy for the last
three years has been less than ever
before.
The receipts in 1889, 80 and 81
MeIt'. .............. .oS, lOz, $3.50
-. SO, OPS, $500
The receipts for 1872, 1913 and '94
were. ........ ............ ~ ,9J9. l36.O0
-. .......s7, 55S, 3l2. %
The expenditures for the last three
years were, 81, 467, 246.7S less than
previous three when the repub.
Leans had full control of all depart
mentS and during the last two years
there has been expended for public
...........S 2l8, SSS.7 10
For exterminating chinch bugs. .....
Observation-Disclosures. 81, 10000
Worlds Fair. .............s 63, 355. 10
Total S2S4.244. 46
Which is not customary expen-
diture and if added to the savings as
above will give the sum of 81, ISL, 49l.-
n that has been saved to the taxpay-
ers by the Popullst administration.
The above facts will more fully ap-
pear by reference to the ninth bien-
nlal report OF state treasurer for 1893
aud 1894.
COUNTY FINANCES.
BY reference to the annual reports
Of the county clerk we find that for
the years named the county's aggre-
gate expenditures for all general pur-
poses (which includes everything but
the building of new bridges and the