The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-05-02
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Lae U. S. Govt Report
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is beyond anything ever before
experienced in the history of
Mile Laos county, all the towns
are rapidly gaining in population.
The lake country is not behind in
the race People are settling all
along the roads leading northward
from Milaca to the lake, and
around it's shores. The wonder
full fertility and productiveness of
the soil of this part of the State
are known far and wide. The
prosperity of the farmers under
adverse circumstances as the
drouth of last year, has added new
leaven to the immigration tide.
On every side, the wall of distress
has rent the air, but in it's stead,
this part of the country,
outside of the terrible
fire, has been under the horn of
plenty, prosperity, development,
contentment and health. What
better grounds or evidence are
needed to induce thrifty, energetic
settlers to come and live with US?
1t is frequently asked, "What is
meant by free silver?'' It is the
privilege of taking silver bullion
to the United States mint, and to
have it coined into money, silver
dollars, that contain 3714 grains of
pure silver, OF 412! grains stand
ard silver. Another question that
is frequently propounded is;
"Why is there any discussion, at
the present time, about the relative
values Of the two metals, gold and
silver?" The coming ratio of the
two for many years has stood in
the proportion of Is times as much
weight in the silver cart wheel as
IN the gold dollar shirt stud, which
difference probably arose from
difference in quality, and the
greater abundance of the white
metal. At the present market
price of silver bullion, the amount
of silver in the silver dollar is
worth as a metal about 50 cents,
and the gold bugs contend that
this difference should be taken into
consideration in coming, making
the ratio about - to 1, or the sill
yer dollar about twice as large as
it now is. Either that course
should be followed, is the cold
bug cry, or the use of silver be
limited or still further, entirely
thrown out of money matters and
gold only, used as the basis of our
circulating medium. The gold
bugs claim that free silver would
drive gold into a merchandise
state, cause an initiation of cur
rency, loss of purchase power,
more or less in money, and a con-
sequent raise in the price of goods.
The silverites contradict the as
sertions of the gold bugs, in every
particular. Imitation of currency,
if it should follow, is not classified
as a serious state of affairs, but far
to be desired among the masses as
to the terrible depression felt so
keenly for the past two years.
About the close of the war and
after, for some years, there was a
deprecated currency, yet people
had money and could and did get
along with higher prices, in a more
contented frame of mind than now,
because they possessed the money
such as it was to buy what they
needed. To-day, the difficulty is
in obtaining the money. Whichis
the better, to have a gold bug
theory in active operation, with
the channels of work, trade, etc.,
clogged as in present times, or
have business interests as they
were when things we're higher, but
all had mOneV or ODDOrtl1nitiaS to