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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
INTEREST AND FREE COINAGE.

The chief grievance of which the
Western farmer complains is high in
terest on the money which he is COM
PEELED to borrow. At least it is the
principal grievance which he thinks
can be remedied by Government, for
in many cases drouth, grasshoppers,
frost, food or thistles are the farmer
greatest enemies.
When the agitation for more money
is traced to it's root among the far
mers, who honestly believe that their
condition would be improved by an
increase in the volume of currency, it
will be found that desire for lower
rates of interest is the origin of the
various cheap money theories.
There are SO many ways in which
the farmer can increase his crops
through the aid of more capital that
his wish for lower interest is perfectly
just and natural. Capital invested in
drains, fertilizers, machinery, nipple
ments, improved stock, etc., brings SO
labors that borrowing money for these
purposes nearly always pay.
But the question of low interest is
one which is not settled by the guam
tity of money in the country at large.
The idea of cheap money fnddists that
if the currency was doubled interest
would fall one-halt is a delusion, pure
and simple After the war interest
was far higher than it is now, though
there was then great imitation of the
currency. The Argentine Republic
had recently more than 5000 per capt.
ia, yet inteae ranged from ten to
fifteen per cent. Here in America,
with the same financial system for all
four and five per cent. in some States
to ten and twelve per cent. ia others.
The explanation is that high inter
est nearly always means high risks.
In many cases. it is true, bad banking
facilities are responsible for high in
terest. Foolish tax laws, which dis
courage the investment of capital, also
tend to make interest higher. But as
a rule the competition of the owners
of capital for employment of their
money tends to bring down interest.
Agreeing with the farmers that they
are justified in trying to get loans at
as low interest as possible, let us see
how the free coinage of silver would
aid them. The first result of free
coinage, as generally admitted by all
silverites, would be to put the country
on silver basis. Gold would at once
leave the country, as securities pay
able in gold would be sold by foreign
holders. All over the country loans
would be called in, and instead of
money seeking investment on mort
gage, nobody would lend except at
interest high enough to cover the risk
of being paid in cheap silver. Bust
ness of ali kinds would be unsettled.
Foreign commerce would fall off and
the farmers would soon find that in
trying to make interest low by debas-
ing the currency, they had struck a
blow at their own prosperity.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

swell, sonny, listen at me. I got
stable to build fer dat ole mule er
mine. I'm O wuckin' niger 1 is.
gifts dollar day. Now sposen I goes
ter git dem nails? wants keg. Hill
cost me now cordin' to yo' fggerin'
two ounces er silver wuth 81. 30. When
dat free silver Krismus comes every
thing gwinter to jump up. Dem nails
will coss me ST. 40. But how bout
my wages3 Is dey gwinter jump?
Who's gwinter double dat kyarpen-
ter's wages wen dat free silver comes,
wen he'll halter pay double fer his
hammer, his saw, his nails, an his
lumber who's gwinter to do dat,
say?"
"That old man has got some sense
like white folks, remarked the hired
butler, who had come up to the door
to listen.
"My ole oman wants new caliker
dress. De way fgger dresses now,
an de way you puts hit down in dat
air book, 1 can git sixteen yards err
caliker fer sixty cents, 'nuff to mex de
ole oman an my lii gal a dress. No
body ainter gwinter double up my
wages wen dat free silver comes, but
dat caliker's gwinter git doubled an
dem same dresses gwinter coss me q
dollar an twenty cents. Wat in de
name er Gawd, boy, does want wild
yo' free silver eff hits gwinter do me
dat way? kin wuck lii moren half
day now and mex huff munney to
buy dresses an go fishin' an ketch q
mess er fish fer supper, but wen dat
free silver comes, bless Gawd, de ole
nigger'u be wuckin' moren a day to
git it, an he won't git no time to fish,
halter wait twill fall an hunt 'possum
at mite fer ter git sup'n to grease de
skillet"
"But, Rastus, you must not forget
that dear old gentleman, Senator
Stewart; Just think of how much he
has suffered. He owns silver mine,
and at one time he was worth five or
SIX million dollars. Since the fall of
silver he has lost SO much that dare
say today he is not worth more than q
million. Think of how happy the old
man will be when silver is again made
free. and he and his loved ones ale
lifted from the depths of poverty in
which they have been plunged.
''He loss lots er mummy is hep"
"Oh, there's no telling how much
ne has lost 70
swell, I speck I kin tell whar hits
gone"
eyes. yes, it's painfully evident. 1t
has gone into the NAV of that blood
sucking vampire, Wall street, and the
Shylocks of Europe"
'Das wat you say, but we ain got
none er dem kinder fish in de creek
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
Why Silver Has Fallen.

Silver has dropped in value since
1878 just as many other commodities
have dropped, because the supply OF
il has increased faster than the do
mand. In 1873 the worlds produc-
ton of silver was of the value OF $751;
10000 In 1892, even when meas
ured by its lower price per ounce, 10
was of the value of S196, $50, 600, or
nearly two and half times az much.
In 1870, three years before tho de-
monetization which the free ailveritea
claim is alone to blame for the fall in
price, all the mines in the world only
yielded silver to the value Of S5l. 575,-
600, or only about one.fourth OF the
value of the silver supply Of 1892.
There is no commodity whose pro-
duction can be multiplied by four and
it's previous price maintained unless
the demand for il in also multiplied
by four. Baltimore Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

Forced to admit that free coin
age, at ratio of 16 to 1, by
the United States would result in
putting this country on silver basis,
the cheap money men say: 'Well,
even if it does drive out gold, we can
pay our debts in silver, and be so
much ahead of our creditors. A
much simpler way to get out OF pay
ing debts, and one which would not
do half as much harm to the business
prosperity of the country, would be
to pass law compelling creditors to
accept fifty cents on the dollar for
their claims. This would not affect
business and commerce after out
standing debts had been 1iquidated,
while the silver standard would IN
settle all trads and industry SO long
IS it lasted.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
de Hitalyun pulls de string de monk

de Hitalyun pulls de string de monkey
runs fer de top notch on de stick.
You looks mitey pious sittin' here
wild dat Jim swinger coat on, but
nummine, jess wait till Marse Semi
ter Stewart an Marse Jones pull de
silver strings on you an off you goes,
peart ez niger boy climin' greasy
pole"
Rastus said as he rose from the chair
and prepared to talk, SIN dat book er
yourn you say hit tuck three ounces
er silver to git key er nails in 1878,
but two ounces III git key now; is
dat SO ?"
ssThat's what / said, and the figures
are there to prove it,
'sWell das all rite, but you say wen
dat free silver Krismus comes every
thing gwinter double up in value?
Is dat sop
srMost assuredly.''
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

down my way. You say in dat book
dat Ill pinch er dat COLE, lii duss in
de pan er de ham soon be rich enufl
to buy mans soul er a statesman
honor. We ain got souls fer sale
down my way. Jesus dun bought de
lass one in Mount Zion Church, an as
fer de statesman's honor, we'll, speclz
ole man Stewart dun Hinged away
somer dat money er his'n buyin' up
dem sorter fellers. Dey do say he's
des fingin' dollars rite an left 'mongst
dem newspaper fellers an de men wat
rites books. i wish he'd come down
dis away, bless eff 1 didn't gin him a
hatful er honor for somer dem dol
lars"
The people who were present were
talking in an undertone and giving
significant shakes of their heads and
one of them was heard to say, "Can it
be possible?"
'You talkin' bout street kyar fare
bein' de same" continued the old man
without noticing the remark, ''but
how bout dat free silver time. Is dem
fares gwineter double up? How bout
dem fellows wat puts on de lectif
curnt' and twiss up de brakes, how
how bout dem? Dey meks lii huff
now, Gawd knows, fer de wuck
dey do, but when dat free silver
comes dey gotter pay two dollars fer q
dollar hat, TO- dollars fer a two dollar
pair er shoes, an two dollars fer dol
lars wuth err meat an bread. How
bout dem railroad men. Is dey all
gwineter git dere wages doubled up?
Is dey railroads gwineter double up
fares? How bout dem hotel niggers
down my way; dem niggers wat totes
kilograms, dem barber niggers, is dey
all gotter git de same pay an gotter
pay out two dollars fer ever one dey
pays out now ?"
''Well, really" replied the profess
sor, "you must not prolong this inter
view as / am not at all well to-day,
and have too much of a roaring in my
ears to talk intelligently. You must
come at some other time"
"Oh, das all rite, boss, / kin come
ag1n, but you better femme rub somer
dis hier Imminent hine yo' years
Hill sho stop dat zoonin, an wen yo'
go to bed to mite dem wheels in yo'
head qwineter run easy an you won't
see nair COLE bug ner money shark"
Professor Coin waived the old man
and his bottle off and the butler |
showed him to the door and asked his |
address as he said a committee of Chi |
,ago working men wanted to call on |
lim and get some of his views, which |
we're SO plain and simple.
They had been led to believe in the |
rec silver craze, because they had
never studied the question for them
'elves and had been misled by Coin
md others who were financially inter-
,sted In the business of silver mining.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
Not to Be Estimated by Their Noise.

Representative Tawney, of Mime
sofa, who is spending a few days in
Washington, is of the opinion that
the sentiment favorable to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of Is to 1 is not so wide
spread as has been represented by
some observers. SIN Minnesota" he
saio, $50 far as I can judge, it is not
making much Roadway"
ssYou see what Mr.. Moseley, Secre-
tary of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, says about it, was sug-
gested.
ssThat reminds me of the fellow in
Duluth who, after walking about the
swamps that used to surround the
town, went to hotel keeper and
wanted to sell him q car load of frogs
legs.
9 But I don't want car load, said
the landlord. L can't use them
well, take wagon load, them
the speculator urged.
That's too many.
Anyhow, you can use bushel.
Gail right; bring in bushel'
ssThe next day the seller appeared
with little paper bag which on in
spection was found to contain just four
frogs legs.
$ Z thought you said you could get
q car load, the landlord remarked.
81 did, the fellow replied in
mournful tone. Il thought from the
noise they made that the swamps were
full of them, but these were all / could
catch
sThat's the way the hunt for these
silver men will turn out" concluded
Mr.. Tawney. Washington Post.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
UNCLE RAS7US TALKS.
HE OPENS THE EYES OF THE CHI
CAGO WORKINGMEN.

Coin Has Wheels In His Head The
Old Man Says Senator Stewart
Pulls the String-Plain Facts for
Wage Farmers Who Toll.
(By Grapevine to the Atlanta Journal)
CHICAGO, May IS, 1895.-The ap-
pearance of Uncle Rastus in the Windy
City with his homely way of putting
questions to Professor Coin has been
the subject of much comment in the
hotel Hobbies.
Workingmen, those who are de-
pendent upon their daily toll for
bread, but who had been misled by
the plausible statements made in the
school of finance, have begun to think
for themselves since they read the re-
port of the interview between tn e old
negro and the teacher, report pub
l1shed in nearly all of the papers. ex-
cept the 1nter-Ocean and few others.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

A common delusion among cheap
money advocates is their belief that
the creditor class of the country is q
small number of rich men, while the
debtors are large number of poor
men. The facts are just the reverse.
The creditors are the millions who
have little money In the savings and
other banks. The debtors are the
merchants, manufacturers and real
estate owners, who borrow large sums
from the banks. In an average town
there are ten lenders to one borrower,
for the money is deposited in banks
in much smaller amounts than IL is
afterwards loaned out.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

Populists complain that the wealth
produced in the West goes to the
East without any return. To the ex-
tent that this is true it is only because
the property in the West is owned by
residents of the East, and rents and
interest are sent there. Instead of
tampering with the standard of value
the people of the West would do bet
ter to buy out the Eastern capitalists
and keep their interest and rents at
home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

If some of the people are poor it
is because they lack food, clothes,
shelter, furniture, books and other
forms of wealth. Doubling the guam
tity of money used in exchanging
wealth won't make any more of the
things which people need. No poor
man would be better off if there was
somewhere in the country twice as
many counters representing wealth, or
twice as much metal in the bank
vaults.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

The farmer thinks that it is our bad
financial system which makes interest
high on farm mortgages. Yet the
same system prevails all over the
United States, and interest on mort
cages ranges from five to fifteen per
cent. in various States. High interest
really means high risk Or bad banking
facilities. - -
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

Canada is sparsely settled coun-
try, with a colder climate and natural
resources inferior to those of the
United States. Yet during the past two
years of financial panic in this coun-
try and our hundreds of bank failures,
only one Canadian bank suspended.
In our political institutions we are
far ahead of Canada, but we can learn
something from their banking and
currency systems.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

A soldier who found his blanket too
short, cut strip off the bottom and
sewed it to the top. He was surprised
to find that it was no longer than at
first. A farmer who wanted to double the
price of his products by halving the
value of the money paid for them. was
Astonished to learn that he would
have to pay twice as much for every
thing he had to buy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

Silver advocates say that we must
have free coinage in order to compete
with the silver-paid laborers of India
and South America. Is that good
reason why the gold-paid American
workingmen should vote for cheap
money?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01
SMALL CHANGE.

A great many people who are clam
oring for free coinage say they don't
quite see what good it would do, but
anyhow it would bring big change.
Yes, and it would leave them without
even small change.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

s1ndia can undersell our wheat
growers because her people are paid
in silver" Is the condition of the
H1ndoo coolies that which the silver
ties want our farmers brought to, by
flooding the country with cheap
money?
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

'F'ree coinage would not benefit the
silver owner, as he would have to pay
higher wages" How truly unselfish
are all the silver barons who are Civ
ing their money to the cheap money
propaganda funds!
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

Money is tool of trade. The peo-
pie who have good tools can always
beat those who have poor ones. The
best money is none too good for the
most intelligent, industrious and pro-
gressive people of the world-the
Americans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

"The gold standard has made Eng
land the richest Nation In the world"
say the silver monometallists. There
fore. we Americans who don't want 40
get rich should adopt che silver stand
ard.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-07-01

NO of
themselves
who do they something
ting a stamp on hicagoT mes
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
Jacks RornI sprea.

"Kipling ought to study jack said
naval officer. Jacks the most pic
turesque man on land or sea, and no.
body has written about him as he is.
eff could do it as we'll as Kipling,
there is one story know Of which is as
good as the 'Reincarnation Of Krishna
Mulvaney.
when 1 was assistant engineer on
the San Francisco, there was a coal
passer named Tom Delargy under me.
he had been saving up his money for q
long time to cut big splurge when he
was discharged. I think he had about
5000 coming to him.
Jack is a royal 'spender, and his
shipmates all told him that he needn {
go farther than the Bowery to have the
most gorgeous spree.
"But Delargy wasn't going to be so
commonplace. He took time to think it
all ont and whenever he got hold of an
American newspaper he studied it. The
way the railroad magnates enjoyed life
struck his fancy.
$50 when his time was up. and Pay
turned over Delargy's 5000 to him, he
went and chartered private Car and
rode around the country till his money
was gone. Then he came back and re-
enlisted. New York Journal.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
NOTICE.

In pursuance of law there will be
nominated from Utah, on or before the
first day of July, 1895, cadet to the
United States Navel academy at Ann
apolis; and also a second candidate or
alternate to appear at the academy for
examination in case the first shall fail
of admission.
/ hereby invite all applicants for the
appointment to make their request by
letter addressed 10 George @. Coray,
librarian of the university of Utah, at
Salt Lake city. To receive considera-
ton the applicant must be bona fde
resident of Utah and must be of an
age which will make him not less than
fifteen nor me ie than twenty years of
age on September 2, 1895, the date of
admiss on to the academy.
Candidates will be selected after
competitive examination to begin on
June /, 1895, before committee here
after 10 be named.
FRANK J. CANNON.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

1 have on hand an immense stock of
pure solid ice, of better quality than
ever before, for the use of my patrons
this summer. l shall soon begin de-
livering from the wagon. In the mean
time parties wishing ice will please
leave orders at Boshard < Ssxey's
grocery store on street, apd they will
receive prompt attention.
Price, so cents per 100 pounds. de-
livsred to any part Of the city.
G. a. ALLEN,
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
Sealed PROPOSALS

Will be received by the territorial in
sane ASYLUM, Provo city, for furnishing
the asylum with supplies, for the ak
months ending October 81, 1896, con-
sisting in part OF fresh beef, groceries,
shelled corn, medicines, clothing and
coal.
Specifications of kinds and quanti-
ties of the supplies to be furnished can
be had upon application to James
Dunn, stewart, at the asylum.
AL bids to be in on or before the 8th
day IF May. 1895.
Tue board of directors reserve the
right to reject any and all bids con-
sidered by them to be not advantage
GUS to the territory.
By order Of the board.
W. r. PIKE.
Medical Superintendent.
Provo CITY, April II, 1895.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
The Worlds Fair Tests
showed no baking powder
SO pure or SO great in Ieav.
sning power as the Royal.
WHO DOES THIS APPLY To-?

CEDAR FORT, Utah, April 8, 1895
Rodeback u Roberts,
Provo City. Utah,
GENTS :-Replying to yours of the
9Th will say that l have used tobacco
regularly for number of years, and on
March 25th l took one sample Of Uncle
Sans TOBACCO Cure, and can truth
fully say that l have no desire for the
weed since that time. Will gladly
recommend it to all users of tobacco,
and will cheerfully answer any COR
respondence with regard to the validity
of this statement.
Respectfully yours.
HYRUM r. ELTON,
Notice-If you wish sample Of
Uncle Sans Tobacco Cure by mail,
send stamp to above address or call
and get it free.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
NnTICE
To Owners of Cemetery Lots inProvo. City


To Owners Of Cemetery Lots IMPROVE. City
Cemetery.
All persons.holdiDg deeds to ceme-
terry lots are requested to present their
deeds to the city recorder for record in
the mayors record OF cemetery deeds,
and those persons who have no deeds
as yet, but. claim lots, should show
evidence of ownership to the msyor
and have their claims adjusted as pro-
vided for by ordinance: and further
order is made that no cemetery lots or
fractions thereof, be transferred by
owners of said loGs to other persons, ex-
cept by the consent of the city council.
By order of the City Council of
Provo City.
JOHN D. DIXON,
City Recorder.
April Is, 1895.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
is from a poem entitled THE Forest"
by Ben Jonson. The air is an adapta-
ton from one of Mozart's opera melo-
dies.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

Beeoher generally spoke in CONVEX
sational tone, with no great effort at
what is commonly denominated oratory.
When he rose to climax, however,
his voice was equal to any emergency,
but even his loudest tones seemed to
cause him little effort.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
Use Pure Water.

Parties desircus of taking the city
water will do we'll to call on the super
intendent for the cost of connection
with the water mains. Rates or any
other question pertaining to cost and
use of the city water kindly answered
EPH HOMER, Supt,
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
Provo Mail Service.
MAIL TRAINS LEAVE.

MAIL TRAINS LEAVE.
q. P.-Going South. ....... 9:15a. m
r, G.. W.-Going East 80. 1926 a. N
&. G. W.-Going West. -. 1l:55 a. m.
U. P.-Going North. S:87 p. m.
Salt Lake and Salina East 3:55 m.
Salt Lake and Salina West 4:15p.m.
NAIL TRAINS ARRIVE.
q. Prom Salt Lake. -. 9:15 q. NJ.
r. G. W.--From the West. 9:26 a. m.
E. G. W.-From the East. 1855 a. m.
Salt Lake and Salina West 3:55 p. m.
Salt Lake and Salins East 4:l5 D. m.
q. 2. Mail from South. S.37 D. m.
OFFICE HOURS.
The general delivery, stamp and reg
lstrY windows open at q. M, and
close at $50 p. m.
The money order window opens at 8
q. M, and closes at p. m.
On Sundays and legal holidays the
general delivery and stamp windows
are open from 11:30 m. to 1890 p. m.
Mail pouches close thirty minutes
before the arrival of trains.
w. D. ROBERTS,
Postmaster.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

Kepler firmly believed the moon &c
be inhabited He always spoke of the
supposed people of that orb as 1.-The
Selenites- I"
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
Good Pasture.

The undersigned will be responsible
for the safe keeping of all stock taken
to pasture on the Holloway ranch,
Terms reasonable.
ANEREW HoLDAWAY.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29

The hoopskirt was in full feather in
1895. 1t was then made of iron and
sometimes weighed as much as 80
pounds
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-29
WANTED

Good farmer with two good-sized boys
and team. to partly work on salary and
farm on shares.
II. E. CARY,
Ellsworth Fruit Farm, mouth OF
Provo Canyon.