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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
MEXICO As A SILVER COUNTRY.

Minister Romero, who represents
Mexico Mt the seat of the Government
OF the United States, has written an
article on the money question, which
Is of considerable interest to Ameri-
| cans.
Mexico is silver money country
Minister Romero says that the low
price OF silver abroad makes it un.
profitable to export it, and that, there.
fore, there is anample supply of silver
In the Mexican banks, stimulating in
dustry. maintaining prices and in q.
creasing the demand for labor.
IL is quite true that, although Mexi-
co has an abundance of silver, and in
cludes within her bosom mines known
from the middle ages and not vet
worked, silver is SO cheap that it is
Improbable to export. 1t is very
easy for the Mexican banks to be full
OF such money, but as TO stimulation
OF industry and increasing the demand
for labor, the sister Republic furnishes
the best possible illustration the
people of the United States ought to
require in demonstration of the effect
OF IA silver standard.
Labor in the Republic of Mexico
deems itself fortunate at "A wage of
from six cents to thirty.three cents
day, Mexican silver money.
SO abundant and so cheap is il that
men make of themselves trucks, and
on their backs conduct porterage of
TIN lnng from, An aanlr Of A..
OF furniture, when so rare thing as
a load of furniture is to be seen in
street OF Mexico. SO abundant is labor
anu 80 cheap, yet SO desperately poor
are the cities of Mexico, notwithstand-
ing that its banks are bursting with
silver, that the water system consists
OF earthen vessels carried on the backs
OF labor, which sells modicum of
water to such private patrons as may
be had for the pittance asked. American
travellers in Mexico realize, by getting
nearly twice dollars worth of every.
thing for an American dollar, the diff
ference between sound money and
cheap money.
The free silver advocates would have
taken pains, had they known it in
time, to prevent the publication of
Minister Romero's views on the silver
question. As II contribution to cur
rent discussion, it must be, in their
Judgment, rs unfortunate as it is
timely.
A high estimate of the intelligence
of Mexico is that ten per cent. of its
naA,,ln
without sewerage or schools ought TO
be content with cheap money. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

ia hoard. The banks, trust compan-
les and individual capitalists would
therefore be the great gainers--at the
expense OF their depositors.
Again. the great life insurance COM
panies of this country have for some
time been investing their funds
throughout the country upon gold Sc
curities. II our free coinage people
had their way these gold securities
would still have TO be paid in gold by
the farmers and business men whose
mortgages these companies hold; but
every widow and orphan, every owner
OF life or benefit insurance would have
the amount coming to her or him prac.
tically cut in two, to her or his loss,
and to the gain of the company, which
could dispose of its gold at premium.
81 am not in favor myself of robbing
anybody. But il one is to go into that
business he ought at least to be rs de-
cent as was Robin Hood-steal from
those who have most and give some.
what of the plumber to the others who
have too little, and not rob poverty
with the result of increasing wealth. I"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
UNCLE SANS SOLILOOUY.

Uncle Sam is lot sleeping; he has
simply shut his eyes to do some sober
thinking. He is soliloquiziug about
rs follows:
These noisy free coinage people
make me tired. They pretend TO want
prosperity, but are doing their best 20
scare it away. They want TO borrow
money at low interest; and yet they
favor laws that will make il unsafe TO
loan money at ordinary rates OF in.
terest. Then, too, they're such big
fools as to think they can get rich by
making cheaper money and more of
1t. They imagine that if their Uncle
Sam says fifty cents is 100 cents it will
double their wealth. Ny dear nephews
and nieces, / do not care for such ex-
pressions of faith and confidence nj
the expense of your common sense.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

There are n sight of things your Uncle
Sam couldn't do. He might pass laws
every day of the year declaring that
water shall run up hill, but every
drop of il would continue to run down
hill.
"You are silly enough to think that
because have put my stamp on fifty
cents worth of silver and had 1t ac.
cepted as one dollar that eau make
money out of anything or nothing.
Let me tell you something. SO long
as l do not put my stamp on any more
silver aud greenbacks than / can re.
deem in gold, | can apparently make
more money. But it weakens my
credit and costs me more in the long
run than it does to put 100 cents in
every dollar and to keep my credit Al.
This is the conclusion | have come to
after much trouble and worry from
trying to please you fiat money peo.
pie. Often during the last thirty
years have | been ON the verge OF
bankruptcy.
LET this tree, against viii rest,
represent my currency system. 1t
stood firm and sound until the fiat
money worm-now called Free Sill.
Ser'-got under the bark and began
to eat at the heart. 1t still stands,
when it is half eaten away, though l
was afraid it would topple over during
the last financial storm. Do you think
that il would continue to stand if /
should allow that fiat money worm to
eat clear through it? Ii you do your
uncle will disown you. Anyhow, I'm
going to kill that worm; I'm through
monkeying with the fiat money peo.
pie. / want the soundest currency
system in the world, AMI be CAD I'm
going to have it,"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
DEMAND FOR CURRENCY LITERA.
TURE.

The demand for literature on the
currency question IS something phe-
nomenal. Probably 5000, 900 pamph-
lets and books on this subject have
gone into the hands of the American
people during the past three months.
Fully half of the 10000 newspapers
and periodicals in this country are de q.
voting considerable space to the silver
question. This means that our think
ing people have taken hold of the cur.
rency question and are studying it as
they seldom study question. That
they will reach n sound, safe and
practical solution of the problem is the
opinion of all who believe with Lincoln
that "you can't fool all of the people
all of the time"
The two great sources of supply for
books and pamphlets on the currency
question are the Coin Publishing Com
pany and the Reform Club. The
Coin Publishing Company has proba-
bly, sold over 1,000,000 books and
pamphlets since last January. 1t has
sold nearly 500, 900 copies of "Coin's
''ehooAg DtCOult
the text book and bible of the 16 to /
free-coinage people. The Sound Cur
rency Committee of the Reform Club,
of New York. has sold and distributed
fully 1000, 900 pamphlets and books
on this great question. II has distrib-
uted 200, 900 copies of "Coin's Finan-
cial FOOL" one of the best OF the
thirty or more replies to "Coin's FL.
nancial School, and $50. 600 copies of
"A Financial Catechism." Both of
these pamphlets are published as num-
bers of "Sound Currency" single cop
les of which are sold at five cents each.
SO great has become the demandfor
literature on both sides of this ques.
tion that the Reform Club has estab-
lished supply bureau at SO William
street, New York City. II has on
hand nearly every valuable book or
pamphlet in print and has reprinted
many essays and speeches, the demand
for which has suddenly revived.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
"C0IN'S FINANCIAL FOOL.y
HIS SOLILOQUY.

MS soLILOQUh.
want bogus dollar, just based on mere
pretence;
i hate the "gold-bug's" gold one that is
worth hundred cents;
ForIm n "Silyer Beetle" rs all the world
can see,
And except my precious humbug, you will
nnd no bugs on me.
can give you learned statistics from Rome
TO Adam Smith,
And quite miscellaneous lot of fallacies
Herewith,
To prove that all our troubles in panics new
orold
Are but the rank production Of dollar made
from gold.
Ibrook no British meidling with the "whlte"
stufftha laud,
For what care we Tor England or the folks
who live "abroudt'
They tell us two and two make four, as sure
as I'm alive,
And SO to be American" vow that they
make Ave.
Does anybody thinS the Yankee Nation eau
not say
That anything's dollar AMI make its value
stay?
Should England ever dare TO, by the Reyo-
lutions birth
We will suddenly annex her" or ''wlpe her
from the earth"
We need pile OF money, and It isn't Eng
lands right
10 refuse the kind we offer. II she does
want TO fight
Forif We Yankees legisate tina. water runs up
hill,
In spite OF all creation will bet you that it
will.
know the silver bullion that the people had
To- buy,
Piled up. would make monument broad
base and six miles high
Besides the minted silver, which nobody takes
away,
But We ought to keep on buying 1t in spite of
what they say.
don't care continental for Wall Street or
GroyerC,
For all the bioared 'sold-5ugs" are as mean
as they can be;
30 I've sent broadcast my phamphlet as q
sort OF 'Summer School"
10 show the folks the wisdom of "Coin's
Financial Fool"
joel Benton. In Haroers Weekly.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

The average farmer or woikingmnn
would not for n moment think of Civ.
ing an opinion on question of astron-
omy or chemistry in opposition to the
teachings of special students of those
sciences. Yet on the far more intri.
cate and difficult question of finance,
every voter thinks himself fully COM
petent to contradict the conclusions
of men who have spent many years
studying the problems involved in the
currency and banking questions. 1t
would be little more becoming in
our crossroads fnanciers if they
would admit that hearing or reading n
few free coinage speeches does not fit
n man to give an intelligent opinion
on such complex problem. There is
n great deal more to the money ques.
tion than the issue betwe en- our pres
ent financial system and the silver
standard of Mexico.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

Arguing about the monetary unit
established in 1892 is a pure waste of
time. 1t matters not what may have
been the intention of our forefathers.
Wise and great and good as they were.
they could not tell the changes which
would be made by the enormous in
crease in the amoUnt of silver mined.
The gradual progress of the country
has made necessary wide departures
from the plans of our first Federal
Government. The fact that gold is
the standard of value of nearly every
civilized Nation. should lead us to
adopt the same standard even though
we were still on silver basis. APP
pealing to the history of one hundred
years ago has no weight on present
issues. What we want now is the best
possible money, and there is no sense
in shouting about "the dollars of our
daddies."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

The st. Louis Republic Dem. be-
lieves that true Democracy will favor
sound money. 1t declares: "Not only
does the past of the party condemn
the silver recommendation OF the lG-to.l
politicians, but all educated financial
authorities on earth, including the
ardent bimetalllsts, are pronounced in
opposition. If the party ever does
pledge itself to free coinage of silver
at Ii to | with bullion selling at sixty
five cents an ounce in gold, it will
have to fight against the colleges, tho
business men, the solid farmers, and
all other intelligent, educated, re-
sponsiblc, and moral forces"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

"We only want to restore the con-
ditions which existed in 1873. say the
silverites. That is, they want less
than million silver dollars in circu-
lation, instead of the six hundred
millions of silver money now in use.
They want an inflated paper currency,
without specie for ITS redemption.
They want TO get rid of our six hun
dred millions of gold, practically none
of which we had in 1873. Is this what
they mean when they olamor for "the
conditions of 1892"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27
SMALL CHANGE.

If the Governments stamp can m AXE
oil silver bullion worth Sl.29 per
ounce, why can it not make it worth
sl.5O or 81 per ounce? Why does not
the Mexican Government'ssta stamp make
all the silver in that country worth its
coin value?
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

With free coinage we would use far
less silver money than at present,
when it is used as basis for silver
notes, which circulate on par with
gold. Mexico has free coinage, and
yet her 12,OOO,OO0 people can use
but $40, 900, 000-less than "a per
capita. At this rate, this country,
with free coinage, would nse less than
2anA nnn nnO -
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-06-27

The Florida Citizen (Dem.) SAYS !:
"The Democratic press of the State,
with the exception OF one or two
newspapers, is decidedly in favor of
sound money"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.

About $500 of an acre (21O5 ft0 part of Ap.
3, r. p. 1881 to Hailama. conveyed to said G. Z
Williams by deed of r. E. Wakeman, dated
July 10, 1872. recorded in Liber 50, page 3OS.
2-About 97-lOO Of an acre part of APP. , of r. p.
1880 10 II. y. Widemann, conveyed to c. E.
Williams by foreclosure OF Thomas Brown, of
May ), 1881, recorded in Liber &c, page 1913.
3-About 47-1O0 of part of K. 2. 1926 to
a. Sam, conveyed TO c. f. Williams by deed of
Kupihae, of July %, 1882, recorded in Liber 76,
page 210.
4-About 12-tO0 of an acre part of r. P 1903 to
W. L. Lee, conveyed to {. Z. Williams by deed
of W. NJ. Gibson President of the Board of
Education. of January p, 1884, recorded in Liber
5EAbout 6-1OO of an acre 1920 ftD OF R. p. 1925
to A. Sam. conveyed to c. E. Williams by cx-
change deed with Hananui, of February 2O.h
1884, recorded in Liber s., page 361.
6-AbOUt 15-1OO of an acre Ap. l and = of r. p.
4534 to Publ, conveyed 10 c. E. Williams by deed
of NIkaela. ct al, OF February % 1884, recorded
in Liber So. page 419 and by deed Kealoha Of
March 10, 1851 recorded in Liber S.. page 439.
About 5000 of an acre of Z. 2. 67S1 to Pa
paa, conveyed to c. E. Williams by deed of
Kealakua of November :. 1855, recorded in Liber
81, page 419.
For further particulars apply to
+. NJ. SWANZY,
Attorney for Mrs. Z. {. Judd
Dated Honolulu May 18th, 1895.
The premises covered by said mortgage are all
of the premises called - Greenfield" on north
west sid of Liliha Street. containing an area of
about 2}5 acres, with all buildings and structures
thereon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

certain companies, placing a tax
on all servants not employed on
farms and factories, taxing playing
cards and increasing the horse and
carriage tax. Though Frame is a
strong country with great resources,
during the last fifteen years the in
crease in expenditure has been
double the increase in revenue and
at the present time the total ma
tional debt approaches $8,OOO,OOO,-
900. Colonial enterprises have in
a great degree brought about this
Indebtedness, and the general dis
position is to push ahead rather
than retrench in these schemes,
while the minister of finance
evades the issue and allows the
load to accumulate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

THERE need be no petty hair
splitting on whether The Fourth OF
July is an American or Hawaiian
holiday. The fact that the day
has a double significance IN this
country ought not to effect the re-
spouse to the call of the American
Minister, except to make it more
hearty and universal. OF course,
the rigid customs Of diplomatic
formality require Minister Willis to
state that he is celebrating an Am
erican holiday, while the Govern
ment stamps it's celebration as Ha-
waiian. That's all right. The
officials are unfortunate in being
obliged to keep strictly to the let
ter, but the people need make no
fine distinctions. There should be
good patriotic celebration, the
combination OF Qualifications Civ
ing grander results.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15
Accomplished Musicians Coming

Professor Berger has received a
letter from John Marquardt at San
Francisco saying that he and his
wife will arrive in Honolulu by the
Australia of June 21st, and during
their stay will give a concert or
series of entertainments. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Marquardt are said to be
excellent musicians, the latter hav-
ing occupied prominent positions
with her husband in orchestras Of
Thomas, Damrosch and Leide.
Press clippings pay high tribute
to Mrs. Marquardt as among the
most accomplished of harp-players.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

LATEST Coast papers put Gen.
Harrison on the high horse of
popular favor for the next presi-
Dental nomination, as opposed to
Mckinley, Morton or Reed. There
is lots of time for all these aspir-
ants to fall before it comes to the
final decision of who the party
wants. To be a candidate early in
the field has been disastrous to
more than one candidate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15
SOME FIGURES IN IMMIGRATION.

A comparison of the report Of the
Labor Commission on the coffee
industry and that Of the Board OF
Immigration for the nine months
ending December 81, 1894, show a
wonderful discrepancy between
what has been and what ought to
be, according to the conclusions
drawn by the Commission. The
report of the Bureau of immigration
shows that Notwithstanding the
commercial interests of this coun-
try have been materially aided by
an Anglo-Saxon nation, and that
our products have found sale
among Americans, the country has
been fostering population OF
Asiatics, a people whose mode OF
life and principles, political and
moral, are entirely at variance
with American ideas, to say the
least. The report further shows
that for the sixteen years ending
March 81, 1894, there were 42,107
people brought to this country
under the auspices of the Board OF
Immigration, of which number
fully two thirds came from the
Orient. The remaining third con-
sisted of South Sea Islanders,
Portuguese, Norwegians and Ger
mans. What becomes Of this ORR
entail population is shown so far as
the Japanese are concerned in the
report of Inspector Nacayama
which gives the total arrivals of
Japanese in the islands as 3O,113.
Of this number 1871 have died, TIT
left for America, while 1854 or less
than one-fourth have left for Japan,
1,730 remain without contract and
1902 are now under contract. The
greater proportion of the cheap
labor brought to the country under
contract by "force of necessity" re-
mains in the country as cheap
labor not under contract, but COM
ing in direct competition with free
Anglo Saxon labor. If the impor-
tation of this character of labor
should continue and the proportion
of those remaining in the country
and those departing remain the
same, it is very plain where this
country would find itself before
many years and which civilization,
Occidental or Oriental, will obtain.
The Labor Commission very |
clearly points out that if it is actu
ally desired to promote new indus
tries and build up diversified |
agriculture, the Government must |
bring in American labor, or taking
the report of the Board of Immi-
grafton as a criterion, must change |
the tactics of former days. The
problem presents many knotty de-
tails, but there is no installing
the fact that to obtain a better
balancing Of industry there must
be better balancing of races
and the sooner this is realized and
acted upon, the better 1t will be for
the future welfare of the country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

Low prices suspicion because they often imply
poor stock and work Our prices may low,
there meritorous for it, Being thoroughly equip
ped with the best woodworking machinery, having an
abundance of electric and securing material
the wholesale markets. enabled to build and repair
carriages and wagons prices that actually eaven the
stringency of the times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

FRANCE has a financial problem
on its hands in the form Of a deficit
of over 100000 francs caused by
an increased expenditure and de-
creased revenue,and it is proposed to
make up this sum by modifying
the stamp duties on the bonds of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15

THE Hawaiian number of the
Overland Monthly has been re-
ceived and is in every respect cred
liable to the publishers and a valu-
able source of information for those
interested in the past, present and
future of the Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-15
II m2Iy Copies
me II, 1895.

richer, the well to do have be-
come rich, the poor have be-
come well-to- do in some cases
The poor however are still with
us. Many are found in ex-
IRENE poverty. Do industrial
conditions tend to extremes:
Have the boards of the rich
been filled from the pockets Of
the poor, as is implied in the
above quotation.
Riches and poverty are rela
tive terms. Considered rela-
lively, the very rich and the
very poor, are farther apart
than ever before. This may
be true, and still the very poor
may be at a higher point in
conveniences and even the
comforts of life, than was at
tainable in the past.
1t must be remembered that
better pecuniary conditions en-
courage artificial wants, and
that under the stress of such
wants, that what were once con-
sidered luxuries became neces-
saries. Qualification of artifl-
cial wants cannot easily be
denied. So it comes to pass
that the style of living is adj
vanced.
The Iaborer out of employ
ment finds that in pros
porous times he has lived up to
the limits of wages earned.
Envy SEXES the suffering en-
ploye. Can we rightly blame
him? Sympathy will not re
lieve his distress. Charity is
distasteful to him. Work,
whereby he may secure food,
clothing and shelter, is his
desire. But work is not al
ways at hand. What means
can he use to secure support
in times of forced idleness?
One answer rises to every
mind: While employed and
earning wages he should have
foresight enough to lay aside
a part of his daily earnings.
If a home is not attractive
there is something wrong.
Anyone can make it attractive
if they will only make an effort.
1t isn't altogether a question
of beauty; it is largely a ques-
ton of health. Leaving out
all considerations Of attractive
ness and looking at the matter
only on the side of comfort, a
person'sIhealth should be the
object Of greatest care and
thought. One of the first
things in building or renting a
house is the sanitary condition.
See that the drainage is per
feet in every respect, This
one particular point you can't
afford to overlook.
Those having homes or in
tending to build will do well 10
examine into the merits of our
Porcelain Lined Soil Pipes and
Fittings; they are coated on
the inside with the same mater
ial as our celebrated baths, and
prevent rust and the accuma-
lation Of dirt, in addition to
great strength to the
iron by being annealed by the
process, The baths are one
Of the many things we have
considered in our selection of
stock and wish to make a
thorough examination OF these
as well.
The Enameled Rolled Rim
Bath Tubs are one Of the many
things that go to make a nur-
sery complete, and for hospital
use they cannot be duplicated.
We have the same thing
suitable for families, being so
arranged and partially sunk in
the floor that they utilize all
waste space. The Enameled
Plain Kitchen Sink, Laundry
Tubs and Standard Open
Lavatory go to make your
home complete, and the SAINT
arv condition of 1,o11r honce &c