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NOTICE or FLECTION-THE ANNUAL
" meeting Of school district 40. l. Lewis and
& lnrse county. Tor the election Of thres trustees
vill bo nsld on raturlAy pril z. 1874 at tina
entrAl school houss 1hs polls Will be open
between the hours Of two o'clock and six
o'clock p. m.
3 ". LASoHonSE.
JACOB ALKEH,
II. n &. kLuNsCHMTDT.
v. Cox.
n. n PAHCHES.
fRrD 6AMEH.
Z. ID. JREKNFIEID.
Wv. thur. CLERK. Trustees
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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
The Anti-Cheap Man.

"The fact is, we want nothing cheap
but money" is the frank declaration
OF the National Watchman, leading
cheap money organ. OF course not.
The editor Of that paper wants things
scarce and dear. Cheapness means
easy production, SO he wants things to
be hard to get. His wife may buv
goods when they are marked down.
but he waits to buy when prices are
way up. He always hires the printers
who do the least work for the most
wages, pays the highest prices for the
poorest paper, and never thinks of
such wicked inventions as labor saw
ing presses. He travels by stage coach
instead OF railroad, and he uses candles
because their light costs more than
that from oil. He always buys in the
dearest market, and would shudder at
the idea OF getting anything at bar
gain. Like true American. he never
tries to think of some way of doing
work easier, for that would mean that
things would become cheaper. He is
consistent, straight-out advocate of
everything dear but money, and that
ne wants as cheap land as poor) as it
,an be made.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Insinuating Evils OF Bad Money.

There are some political evils which
are seen as soon as they are danger
Gus, and which alarm at once as well
the people as the Government. Wars
and invasions. therefore, are not al
ways the most certain destroyers of
National prosperity. They come in no
questionable shape. They announce
their own approach, and the general
security is preserved. by the general
alarm. Not SO with the evils of de-
based coin, a deprecated paper cur
rency, or depressed and falling pub
lie credit. These insiauate themselves
in the shape of facilities, accommoda-
ton and relief They hold out the
most fallacious hope of an easy pay
nent of debts and a lighter burden of
taxation. Daniel Webster.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
A Serious Experiment.

The free coinage of silver and the
substitution of a new unit and meas
ure OF value for the existing one in
the business transactions of the coun-
try IS not an ordinary experiment
which can be safely tried to-day and
abandoned tomorrow if found iniuri-
GUS, because the immediate conse-
quences OF such step would be so
iar-reaching and SO enduring that
they would continue to be felt for
years after the policy had been re-
versed. 1t is incumbent, therefore,
upon those who insist upon the adop-
ton OF this revolutionary policy to
show plainly and conclusively in adj.
vance not only that it would result in
no injury, but that it would be posi-
lively beneficial, for if not positively
beneficial the change would at least be
wholly useless. This cannot be done
by appeals to the excited passions and
preJudlces OF the people, by attempts
TO array one class of our citizens or
one section of our country against an
other, or by loose and extravaganza
statements unsupported by facts and
'easons. The questions involved are
100 serious, the interests to be affected
're too large and the common sense
u the people is too strong to Justify
n even excuse this course of treat
nent. Hon. John &. Carlisle.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

The advocates. Of free silver seem to
think that the small bulk of gold, as
compared with the total amount OF
property in the country, is a reason
for adopting the silver standard.
They might as we'll complain that the
small quantity Of mercury in the
world, as compared with all the wealth
er to be measured, renders it unfit to
serve as means Of indicating the
temperature. just as a very little
mercury may be used to measure all
the changes from extreme heat to Sc
we're cold, SO small bulk OF valuable
metal will serve as measure Of
great deal Of property. It is quality,
not quantity, which is most desirable
in the standard Of values.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Inequalities in the distribution O

Inequalities in the distribution of
wealth may exist in our present social
system. but it is certain that no change
IN the material used to measure wealth
will do anything to help those who
now are poor. The silverites indulge
IN glowing generalities about the won
derful prosperity which will follow the
adoption of the 16 to l panacea,
but are always careful to avoid giving
particulars as to how the predicted
change will come about No advocate
OF free coinage has yet attempted to
explain how the men who have no
property would have chance to get
some under the silver standard, if, as
its friends claim. the price of all kinds
OF property would be doubled. Al
scheme for the relief of the poor
which proposes to put property further
out OF their reach, should be easily
seen through by those whom the sill.
yer mine owners agents pretend to be
DESTROYS of helping.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
A WRONG DIAGNOSIS.

A doctor writing in the California
Medical journal asks: "What is the
actual value of gold?' and answers his
question by saying: ''Simply fictit-
lous or fiat value, placed upon it by
legislation. If this doctor knows no
more about the science of medicine
than he does of finance, his patients
will have on excellent chance of test
ing the value of fat drugs and pills,
with possibly the result that they will
recover quicker than if they swallowed
real mixtures compounded according
to his directions. And if he should
have occasion to bring suit for pro-
tess1onal services rendered. the patient
could plead as defence that the value
OF such services was merely fictitious
or fiat value, fixed by legislation.
The error into which this California
doctor has fallen is one which is COM
mon to all cheap money advocates, and
especially to silverites. They believe,
or pretend to believe, that value is
something created by law, and placed
by Governments on gold, silver or
paper. That it is purely a delusion
can be seen by supposing the
laws making gold the stand
ard OF value to be repealed. At
once the natural laws of
trade would force the selection by
business men Of some common measure
OF values. What would be the material
need for such measure? Isit not GER.
tain that because of the very qualities
which make gold the superior money,
that metal would be used by tar the
largest number of persons? A few
might use silver, but when they found
that the rest were using gold, they
would see the advantage of having the
same standard as those with whom
they traded. So that without any
legislation gold would continue to be
The standard money of the country.
The value of gold depends on the
cost of production, and the demand for
t both in the arts and for money, and
the supply continued as at present,
is value would be the same. The
governments stamp puts no value into
he gold coin, for the gold is worth as
luch as bullion as wher coined. There
: no possible way by which Govern
lent fat can add fictitious value to
ny substance. No silverite will pre-
end that legislation could make six
cen ounces of iron worth one ounce
copper, or that the value of either
on or copper is fictitious. And it is
.st as impossible for Government to
We value to the two rarer metals,
I'D and silver. The Oakland doctor
III have to make new diagnosis of
ver's weakness and the strength of
Id.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

Walsh says he wasn't, Coin say,
| 'spose dis Govahment 'nounce dit am
guine to purchase hundred thousan'
mules for the boss marines, KANT
everybody see dat de price of mules is
guine to bound up, and not only de
mules de Government buy, but de
bosses and mules to teck dar places,
and dat am jes' de way de ack OBJ
Congress am guine to ris up de price
of silvah. Well, jis' as all de SCHOLARS
who had dar parts larnt war swal-
lowin' down, 'cordin' to de rule OBJ de
school, the good-for-nufin niggah
what KEEP de doah bus out latin his
bes'. What yo' latin at, yo' brack
rascal p says Coin. Den de niggah he
say: Didn't you say fodder day dis
Govahment mustn't buy silvsh. 'kase
buyin' made it commodity, and sill
yah didn't want to be dat?' 'In cose l
said SO, says Coin. 'An' didn't you
say that all de Govahment got to do
to fotch up silvsh war to weigh IL and |
put on de Govahment stampp' In
cose I did, says Coin. well, den,
says de niggah, how much you 'spose
de price OBJ mules would be riz Of, in
stead of buyin' and payin' down de
spot cash for 'em, de Govahment only
sent 'roun' man wild a hrandin' ir'n
% bran 'em u. s. on de fankf' Den
DE Hutch, who had been takin' lit
lie nap on one OF de back seats, got to
atm and fell off, and dey got de news
lown to de Bode of Trade dat dar was
big tumble in wheat. So de next ,
lay Coin he 'pollygize to de school
oh de niggah not havin' his paht COM
,itted and comm in wrong and spilin'
e show, an he say he gwine to hiah O
ew do keepah eff he have to pay TO- ;
its mo- q week. "-Sigourney lla.) .
eview.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10


Silverites cannot understand how
the increasing production of gold
should cause decline in the value of
silver. Full OF their idea that it is
the relative quantity OF the metals
mined which fixes the ratio between
them, they insist that as the annual
gold product is growing larger, the
value Of gold as compared with silver
should fall. One reason why in
creased production of gold means
cheaper silver is that as gold is the
more suitable money metal, larger
supplies Of it enable countries for
merly using silver money to replace it
with gold. The extensive production
OF petroleum, as compared with whale
oil, did not have the effect of making
whale oil dearer. So the general
adoption Of gold as money will not in :
crease the value of silver.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
SMALL CHANGE.

The Democrats of Ohio, following
in the lead Of those in Kentucky, have
pronounced by large majority in ia
vor Of honest money. Six months
ago the free silver people Of these
States supposed they were SO strong
that no party would dare oppose them ;
to-day they feel the ground slipping
from under them and growing diz-
illness in their 16 to heads. The
absurdity Of their position and the
falsity Of many oftheir claims is be-
coming apparent to all who think
with sound minds. The common
sense OF the people, when appealed
to, is the best safe guard against fat
money legislation.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Free Silver in Mexico.

"Mexico has free coinage of silver.
'Mexico is on a silver basis.
1.-THE wages in Mexico in mining
and agriculture vary from 10 to 80
cents day in Mexican money, which
is from 8 to Is cents in United States
money.
THE average for farm labor q day
In Mexico is 90 cents in Mexican
money or 10 cents in United States
money.
"If free silver can raise prices, why
does it not raise the prices of wages in
Mexico p-Commercial Review, Green
Bay, Wis.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Why Silver Has Fallen.

The silver men say it is because the
United States demonetized silver il
1873, that it has gone down in value
until the silver in our silver dollar is
only worth 80 cents.
They conveniently forget that the
United States was not the only Nation
to demonetize silver in 1873. Ger
many also demonetized silver in 1873.
France did the same in 1876, and In
dia the same in 1898; and since 1871,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland,
Russia, Austria, Switzerland and Bel
GUM have ceased the free coinage of
silver.
The action of these principal Ma
lions of the earth has had at least as
much effect on the fall in the price of
silver as the action of the United
States. But the great increase in the
annual production of silver has had
more effect on the decline in price
than any decentralization by any
country. The fall in the price of sill.
yer has simply kept pace with the in
crease of production, the same as any
thing else.
The average pro luction of silver in
The ten years prior to 1872 was, in
round figures, $50, 10000 each year,
md the average price was S1.32 an
ounce. In 1885. the production had
increased to $3.50, 600, 600, and natur-
lily the price had gone down to 80
ents an ounce. In 1892 and '93, the
nnual production had reached the
normous sum of s196, 600, 900, and
he price most naturally went down to
8 cents; and the most remarkable
act is that the fall in price has been
q nearly exact proportion right ,
traight through to the increase OF an
usl production. !
Will any fsir-minded man assert in :
be face of these facts that increased !
reduction has no effect on the fall in
rice, but that Decentralization of sill
sr by the United States has alone
reduced this resultf-From DR.. W.
Hills argument Against Free 81 !
II Coinage at Is TO l." =
The silver question; WIN you lend '
a n dallas :
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
BRUDDER JOHNSING A PUPIL OF
COIN.

"Ibeen wantin' to ak you, Brudder
Johnsing, whedder you's read de new
work entitled Coins Financial
school,, and what yo' done think
about it. !"
'Has read it, Brudder simpsing?
Doan' yo' recollect dat I tended de
school myself long wild Jay Cole, ole
man Vanderbilt, and the whole passed.
OF dem big bugs dat has some finances
Oh der own to financier wid?"
"Say, yo' doan' mean to say dat
Cole and Vanderbilt war dar, when
dey been dead years befo'? Sides I
haln't neyah mist yo' out OBJ de town
long enough fob yo' to get up dar an
back"
''Dat meek no difference, Brudder
Simpsing. ] war jes' as much dar as
any oh de fellahs de book say war dar.
and SO war Cole an Vanderbilt, and de
next time 70 runs across Lime Gage.
the big goldbug banker, or Walsh, an.
nodder Chicago banker, or Coal
Scuttle, yo' ak 'em eff wasn't dar Just
lie same time dey war"
swell, guess dat settle it dat yo'
var dar, Brudder Johnsing. But I
want to Ak yo' eft dat little kid did get
way wild all dem big bankahs and
'ollytishaners in the argument like de
'ook say?"
Indeed he did, sab, jes' as suah as
ley war dar. and his ansahs please de
ugence moutley. Say. yo' recollec,
at Walsh, believe it war, axt him.
is heah question: 'How kin de
fovahment by simple ac' OBJ Con-
ress raise de price OBJ any article?'
Zen yo' recollec' dat Coin say, you
asn't heah yestedy?' and when
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Not From His Standpoint,

Popullst-"How much did you say
you owed, $1,000? Now, my friend
with free silver, it will cost you only
$500 to pay that of" Farmer
"Umph I'm afraid that wouldn't do
me any good" Populist-"But why
not?" Farmer-"I want to borrow
$1,000 more. Life.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

just principles will lead us to disre-
gard the legal proportions alto2 !;
to inquire into the market price of
gold in the several countries with
which We shall be principally connect
ed in commerce, and to take an aver
age from them. Thomas Jefferson, on
fixing a ratio.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

Eyes, brethren and sisters" said
the Western minister, in the course of
the funeral sermon, ''our dear broth
er has gone to the land where all
things are known-even the truth
about the coinage question, per
haps. indianapolis Tribune.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

II living in mud huts, going half.
clad. with children stark naked, and
living on mesquite beans as they do
in free silver Mexico, is what the is
to l men call prosperity, ven confess
We are not yearning for il TO any
great extent.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
A Query,

IT the Government should coin
Soo, OOo, 600 month in legal tender
silver dollars how would the farmers
OF this section get any of it? Will
some free silver advocate please
answer?
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

The silver craze has been killed by
that terrible enemy of the calamity
bowler, General Prosperity" and
will be buried by the side of its twin
brother, the Mckinley bill.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
where Silver Is Wen Thou rht or.

First Church Member "What are
the charges agin' Deacon Jones?"
Second Church Member-'.Slander-
in tne parson. Said be was as good
as gold. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

Cotton is advancing and the free
silver craze is declinine
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10
Free Silver in Kentucky.

No amount of windy oratory will
initiate the free silver tire in Kentucky.
1t is punctured beyond repair.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1894-08-10

The silver question; WIN you lend
me doIlsrs
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29
Gods Way.

God says to the political parties in
this day: "By the principles of Chris
tianity remodel, govern, educate, save
the people," Failing to do that, down
they go, burying in their ruins their
disciples and advocates. God can spare
all the political intriguers of this day,
and can raise up another generation
who shall do justice and love mercy
If God could spare Luther before the
reformation was done: and if He could
spare Washington before free govern
ment had been fully tested; and if He
could spare Howard before more than
one out of thousand dungeons had
been alleviated; and if He could spare
Robert M'Cheyne just as Scotland was
gathering to his burning utterances
and if He could spare Thomas Clark
son while yet millions of his fellow
men had chains rusting to the bone
then He can spare any man, and lie
can spare any party. That man who,
through cowardice or blind idolatry to
party, forsakes the cause of righteous
ness, goes down, and the armed battal-
ions of God march over hint. De-
Wit Talmdge.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29

Miss Willard is en- route home.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Mrs. Mount Corrects Some Misleading
Reports.

Mrs. Mount Corrccts Some Misleading
Reports.
GREENyILLE, MISS, May -. 1894.
Incorrect reports having been pub
lished concerning the suffrage discus
sion in the Convention of the Missis-
sippi w. c. T. u, held in Canton, May
5 to 8, wish to make a brief state
ment of what occurred. The resolu-
ton which provoked the discussion
was introduced by the opponents OF
woman's suffrage, and was as follows:
"That we do not adopt woman's suf-
frage as a plan of work, or as an eX-
preston of sentiment on the part OF
the Mississippi w. G. L. u"
A majority of those in the conven-
ton were favorable to woman's ballot
but there was no disposition to force
their views on the minority, and the
convention, by resolution, declined to
take any action on the subject. This
is not the first time that those opposed
to suffrage have attempted to force
the question into convention and
with similar result.
Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman was not In
any way responsible for the discussion
and her name should not have appear
ed in the reports.
(MRs) LAvINlA S. MOUNT,
President Mississippi w. c. L. U.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29
PLEDGE.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

President-Mrs L. S. MOUNT, Grecnville.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. NELLIE NJ
GENT SoMERvILLE, Greenville.
Recording Secretary-Miss ALICE SHANNON,
Vicksburg.
Assistant Recording Secretary-Miss Nj. l..
Montgomery, Starkyille.
Treasurer-Mrs. f. w. PENTECosT, Columbus.
State Fyangelists Mrs. MARY MCGEE
SMELL. Mrs. NJ. T.. ERWIN, Columbus; Mrs.
MATTE G. NELSON, Clinton.
Superintendent OF Juvenile Work and Demo
rest Medal CONTESTANTS ANNA SIMoNToN,
shannon.
Superintendent OF Young Women's Work
Miss BELLE kEARNEY, Flora.
Associate Superintendent - Miss REBECCA
cARRADINE, Fayette.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29

Prohibition prevails in South Caro-
lima, according to the decision. of the
Supreme Court. The rummies started
out with boom, but it has turned in
to boomerang.-The Voice.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-29

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vile, Columbus, Shannon and other
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