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Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

Emp lOyed Gy His Correspondent, Accord.
ing to the Secretary's Views

Emp loyed by His Correspondent. Accord.
ing to tho Secretary's Views.
The secretary then attacks the term
demonstration of silver" used SO freely
by silver men, as having been accom-
plished in 1873, and says the silver dollar
is not even mentioned in the act Of that
year. continuing: "All the demonetiza-
tion of silver, as 1 understand it, that
ever came about in this country hap
pened in the law of 1853, after open and
full discussion, and practically with unan-
unity, when congress intrUiuced the subsid
iary silver coinage, of which a nominal
dollars worth weighed 69l per cent. less
than the silver dollaM and also took
away the legal tender quality Of all silver
in payment OF debts of over Is in
amount
Then Morton comes to his second sub.
ject, the logical one, as follows:
You employ over and over again
in your letter the two most common log.
ical fallacies that enter into the speech
OF argumentative men every where, name
ly, putting cause into the place of effect.
and assuming that because one thing
happened after another in point of time,
therefore it Was the result of that other.
Let us look candidfy together at two or
sAAASS VI thts, AmCSt at
random. You ask What creates de-
manoF and answer use ask, in nv
turn, what creates user and answer de.
mand.'
why is it that there is SO little use of
silver dollars in this country today, while
there are millions upon millions of them
lying idlef l answer confidently. be-
cause there is no adequate demand for
them Have you not innocently. but
badly, mixed up cause and effect in
this cases Demand in its commercial
sense is nothing but desire for something
on the part of one man, coupled with his
willingness to pay something for it salts
factory to the one who owns it. Use of
that thing, no matter what it is for, only
follows the demand for it, You have
heedlessly put the cart before the horse.
What is the sense of clamorinQ stall
for unlimited coinage when the treasury
cannot get rid by hook or by crook Of q
tithe OF those alreacy coined and lying in
useless heapsf They are we'll minted, of
Just weight, nine-tenths fine, are legal
tender for all pebts and bear the legend
In God We Trust What ails themf 1
answer, and 50 must you ON reflection,
there is no demand for them, and there
fore no use Of them What more can
the Law do for themf
1t may b., my dear sir, that in your
study OF finance you have overlooked, In
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
Illinois Legislative Proceedings.

SPRINGFIELD, May S.-Several bills were
advanced by the senate, and then the
Siegel, Cooper & Co. case came up. 1t
was finally decided that Frank II. Cooper
be required to state how much business
his firm did last year. the vote being tie
and the presiding officer (GilD voting aye.
Cooper refused to answer, and was given
into the custody OF the sergeant-at-arms,
who says he will not put him in Jail un.
less the Legislature passes an indemnity
resolution. In the house the question of
adjournment was postponed for week.
Many members expect to be in session
later than June ID. A number Of bills
were advanced.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

ST. JOINS. Nd, May s.-There is an
other banking scare here. The story was
circulated that the bank of Montreal had
suspended. This story was traced to q
number of anti-confederation fanatics
who are constantly starting damaging re.
ports. 1t started q run on the banks and
caused great excitement. There Is no ap.
prehension of any danger to any of the
banks. The managers all say they have
al abundance Of gold to meet any possible
call, and it is expected that the panic will
subside soon.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
ILLINOIS WEATheR-cRoP BULLETIN.

What the Expert People in the Chicago
Auditorium Tower Have to Say.
CHICAGO, May a-The past week has
been characterized by abnormally high
temperatures, with rainfall lacking ex-
cept in the west central and northern
sections; the latter section had heavy
showers which effectually relieved the
drought. The general average rainfall
of the northern section was about Ii
inches, central section about LOO and
southern section about .25 of an inch.
with temperature for the state about 10
degrees daily above the normal. All
northern and west central counties re-
port the general excellent condition Of
wheat, rye, oats, sprouting corn, clover,
timothy and other grasses and meadows,
potatoes, gardens and fruits.
In the southern and east central coun-
ties the conditions are not SO promising;
rain is needed and vegetation is growing
slowly. with nOxious insects numerous,
especially chinch bugs and cut worms.
Corn planting is we'll along over the en-.
tire state, although slightly further ad-
vanced in central and northern counties
than in southern, where dEyness has re-
tarded the preparation Of the ground.
Fruit setting is unusually heavy; small
fruit is advancing rapidly and straw
berries will probably begin to ripen in
southern counties by the last Of the week.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
j hat Tired Feeling

. certain indication Of impure and i'm
poverished blood. II your blood could
always be rich and pure, full of the
red corpuscles upon which its vitality
depends, you would never be weak, or
|ervous! Boils, pimples, scrofula, salt
rheum, would never trouble you. But
our mode Of living, shut in all winter
in poorly ventilated homes and shops,
depletes the blood and there is loss Of
appetite, and weakness. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla is the standard remedy for this
condition. It purifies, vitalizes and
enriches the blood, overcomes that
tired feeling, builds up the nerves ana
gives perfect health. Read this:
Our daughter, Blanche, when four years
of age had q humor break out on her
hands and face, which our physician
pronounced eczema. II the cold air
reached her face or hands they would
swell up, look almost purple, and
beaded busters would form and break,
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

ischarging . watery fluid, and the hurn-
ing and itching would drive her nea-Iy
wild. Unless we incased her little
hands sine would tear patches of skin
from her face and hands. We tried
many doctors and many remedies and
at last gave the case up as hopeless.
But our daughter Cora tried Hoods
Sarsaparilla, to cure . scrofulous lump
near the left breast which caused her
much pain and after taking 4 bottles IL
disappeared. Blanche, who il now
eleven, had spent seven years of suffer-
ing, 90 l concluded to give her Hoods
Sarsaparilla. She took bottles and her
face is smooth and soft g Q baby's, the
color Of . rose petal. Her hands arc
soft and white, where four months
ago they were blue and red and
cailoused nearly like leather. I can
not express my gratitude BY pen or
mouth. 1t seems o miracle and our
friends are surprised" MRS. ANNA
L. CLARK, 40l E. 9Th st.. Duluth, MINI,
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
Cr.d,.or. w,u saw. ,s Per Cent.

MINNEAPoLIs, May s.-The affairs of N.
p. Clarke e. Co. are still in q tangled
condition, but the impression seems to be
that the creditors will get about as cents
on the dollar. Something OF a sensation
has been caused by the discovery that
Fred Clarke, the Junior partner and resi-.
dent manager, has drawn for personal
expenses during the last seven years s2l5.
(xn
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
FRANK COOPER TO BE ARRESTED.
Warrant Out Against Him Because he
Refused to Answer Questions.

Warrant Out Against Him Because He
Refused to Answer Questions.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills. May S.-After q long
conference with Attorney General Molo-
ney Lieutenant Governor Gill issued o
warrant of commitment addressed to the
sergeant -at-arms of the senate and and all
shcriffs, directing that Frank H. Cooper,
of the firm Of Siegcl, Cooper g. Co., Chi.
cago, be placed in Jail and kept there un.
til he signifies q willingness satisfactorily
to answer the questions which he refused
to reply to at the bar of the senate re.
garding the affairs Of tine firm of which
he Is a member.
Scrgeant.at-Arms Anderson declined to
place him in Jail unless an indemnity res.
olution was passed to protect him lander.
son) in case Of action for false arrest and
imprisonment. The warrant, however,
being directed to all sheriffs, deputies. and
constables, Cooper will probably be placed
in prison. Much interest is felt a. to the
outcome of the case.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
Protest from Uncle sam.

WASHINGTON, May S.-Acting Secretary
of State Uhl has cabled Acting Consul
General Springer at Havana to immedi.
ately protest to the Spanish AUTHORITIES
against the trial by military court of
Manuel Fuentes, the New York World
correspondent. The consul general has
been enjoined to act speedily in the mat.
ter as there is some apprehension that his
life is in danger
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

The Local Markets.
GRAIN, ETC.
WheAt-s5c
Coxn-new. 4sl1isc.
Oats-2403ac.
Kay-Trnothy. 412A&1S: upisnd s1l0Sls;
Wild. S100$11; slough S71a9; baled. S1l.
rRCTT AND vEGErABLEs.
Potatoes 6OQ55c.
Onions-3Oc per bu.
PRopUoI f-..'
Butter-Fair to choice, l7c; fresh cream
cry 10.
Eggs-Fresh, lie.
Poultry-Chtckeus. &c; turkeys, &c.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butchers ray for corn fed steers
4G5:: cows and heifers. S94h calves
306c.
Hogs A a4Kc
Sheep-xc
Spring lamb. Sses5 heat.
Coal Soft, lOc. -.
Wood-$3.50 per cord.
WOOL.
Wool-l3c per pound.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
Colored Man VIII he Orator.

ROCKFORD, Ills. May S.-George W..
Bryant, colored, of Baltimore, editor Of q
paper at that place. has been engaged to
deliver the Memorial Day address in this
city by Nevius post, No. ], Of which
Commander-in-Chief Lawler Is COM
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
On the Is>se Bsll FSsltl.

CHICAGO. May a-Following are scores
at base ball made BY League clubs: At St
Louis-Boston d. st. Louis 10; at Cincin-
matthew York 6, Cincinnati 2; at
Pittsburg-Brooklyn 9. Pittsburg s; at
Washington y Chicago 10
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
Sustain
Home Industry
On Tap everywhere.
Only Union labor employed.

The Rock island Brewing Company, success
ors to George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery, |.
Huber's City Brewery and Raible & Stengels
Rock Island Brewery. as we'll as Julius Junge's
Bottling Works. has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including Bottling de-
partment in the country. The product is the
very best. Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part Of the tri-cities. and may
he ordered direct from the head offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

When Baby was sick. We gave her Caaoria.
When she WIS Child. she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, she cluns to CastoiA
When she bad Children, she gave them C.ssos1A
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08
THE MARKETS
New York FjoaaciAl.

NEW YOnK. May Z.
Money on call nominally ~ per cent.
Prime mercantile pa,er 3I4x per cent Ster-
ling exchange fairly steady at the decline
with actual business in bankers bills at 1854
04Ss3$ for demand and 4s.N N0is7 " for sixty
merciai bills 4s7.
Silver eertiEcates G6Iset57; no sales; bar
silver, 66I<. Mexican dollars 5.,s-
United States government bonds strong: new
As reg. isl; do coupons. Ii: SIS reg.
1l511; SIS coupons. ll5,1: As reg, ll33s: 4's
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. May.
Following were the quotations on the
opened 6llSc. closed 6essc; July. opened tS.ssc
closed 65lac; September. opened 6sszc. closed
65ssc. Corn-May. opened 49ssc. closed asSc;
July opened 4el4c. closed A3sc: September,
opened i9s4c. clos d iO5sc. Oats-May. opened
2s,4c. closed ss14c; June. opened .s,1c. closed
May, nominal closed $ll-Ss July. opened
Sll2,s. closed Sll.9i Lard-May, opened
S6.47ls, closed 6.52Is.
Produce: Butter - Creamery, l6c per
lb: extra dairy, lie; fresh packing stock,
61sc. Eggs--Fresh stock loss OH. kUl2c per
dozen. Live poultry-Chickens. S0s,fc per ID:
turkeys. 7GlOc: ducks, s99c, geese. $aOO0
500 per dozen. Potatoes-Burbanks, fair to
choice. 5s@6Oc per bushei; Hebrons. 5s6s5c;
Peerless. j0sD5Sc; mixed, 51i.c. Apples
Fair to choice, $,.5O1t.5) per bbl. Honey
White clover. Lib sections, new stock. l3l{
0ltc; broken comb. la@l2c; dark comb. poor
packages. &c; Strained California. 5G6c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. May Z.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
yards today ranged as follows: Hcgs-Esti-
mated receipts for the day 1000: sales ranged
at g. l00I4O pigs, $4.2jlli6O light, $la01A3j
rough packing. sL3146j mixed, and $A4J0
4.SO heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day
300; quotations ranged at S56yal6.l, choice
to extra shipping steers. $ll5tDL6j good to
choice do. S4.6lll'.e) fair to good. $L0tlt4.sJ
common to medium do. $I.9Iit:.41 butchers
steers. $2.50aD;S70 stockers. $l75DA1 feeders.
Sl7503 50 cows, S3.501LO heifers. $s.0lG4. "
bulls $s9Olb5.2U Texas steers, ami $2OO6LE
veal calves
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day
8OOI; sales ranged at $3.0J0445 Westerns
H.50f13.70 Texas. $2O00G61 natives, ami S2.75
Ga6J lambs.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

Wants the Psrty's Position Defined.
DALLAS, Tex May s-Chairman Dud.
ley has called meeting of the executive
committee of the Democratic party Of
Texas at Dallas on the 9Th inst. for the
purpose of defining the position OF the
party on silver.
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

whole or in part. the nomentous fact
that all but mere fraction OF the words
commerce is mediated by instruments Of
credit, and not by metallic money at all,
whether cf gold or silver; and that by
far the most essential service of money in
this age Of the world is to furnish q
steady measure.
'Mr. Eckels. the present comptroller
o the currency, has made it probable by
careful inquiries instituted through his
department that about 80 per cent. of the
retail business Of this country Is achieved
by means Of checks drawn on local banks
and cleared by the banks with very little
use Of coins The relative employm
of these instruments of credit is constant
ly increasing through the multiplication
Of banks, and otherwise; and Of course,
also, the quantity of coin money required
to do the business OF the world, or of any
advancing country in the world, is steadl.
ly decreasing relatively to the business
lone"
Rock Island Argus., 1895-05-08

GUTHRIE, May S.-A number Of Repub-
licans have inaugurated n movement for
free silver and will at once open head.
quarters and organize free silver leagues
all over the territory looking to the se-
lection Of free silver delegates to the Re-
publican convention.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-06-29
COTTON PRODUCTION.
Can the Staple be Profitably Produced q
- PraYaIlInR Prices

Can the Staple be Profitably Produced at
Prevailing Prices
The south is suffering to-day from
sunderconsumption" rather than over
production. The increase of popula-
ton and the march Of progress should
demand, the present season, over To-
900, 900 bales of cotton at fair prices.
The general financial depression limits
the worlds capacity to buy it. Hence,
low prices and stagnation of trade.
Cotton responds more quickly to finan-
cial depression than do food products.
1t is the sensitive plant" among agrl-
cultural products. The external man
must suffer before the internal, and
,slothing is bought in limited quantities
only when incomes are barely sufficient
30 supply the table. The high tide
of universal prosperity, eliminating
first in the Argentine Republic, then
In Australia, has been followed By the
lowest ebb of prices ever known all
over the world. These low prices are
due to the worlds incapacity to buy
rather than to overproduction.
The present crop of cotton is esti-
| mated at 9,250,o0o bales. This will
! give an average acre yield of about
| 200 pounds of lint cotton, with about
! four and one-half cents per pound to
the producer, or nine dollars per acre
| To this may be added the seed, about
twelve bushels, worth now to the
] planter not over ten cents per bushel-
] an extremely low price, caused by a
/ combination of oil mills. An aggre-
/ gate value per acre for cotton-raising
is thus S1o.2e.
Can cotton be proitably grown al
i such prices? Under existing conditions,
no, emphatically no, Shall the future
crop be reduced, or shall new eondi.
tions be established and the present
size of the crop maintained? We cant
j afford to surrender cotton-groWing te
the competing countries of the world
and any material reduction in our croI
4 would cause increased prices next year
which might stimulate enlarged pro
duction in Egypt, India, Brazil, Rus
sia, etc. We must destroy the eompe
tition Of other countries by growing il
d cheaper than they can do it. How car
we do this? BY adopting new and I'm
proved methods of cultivation, diversi
tying crops, readjnsting labor AM
changing our system of finances. De
pleted soils, unreliable and unfntelli
gent labor, and high money rates. ar,
. the causes of low yields and unprofta
BILE returns.
The soils must be improved. Thi
can be best accomplished BY introdne
ing d rotation of crops involving corn
. oats, cowpeas and cotton Corn an
oats will furnish feed for stock laos
largely bought IN the vest. and
heavy annual expense saved. he
!. will raise hogs and furnish bacon fo
laborerss syllfeii y now sailiIos1 81
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-06-29
HERE AND THERE.

An adage for the sheep raiser:
stThrow physic to the dogs" and let it
be of the most drastic kind.
"A given measure contains more
weight when the individuals contained
in it are large. A bushel Of large POI
tatoes weigh more than q bnshel Of
small ones.
The man who can convert his feed
into marketable meat in the shortest
time is the man who viii make the best
profit. It will not pay these days to
spend year in doing six months work.
Lon many farms It will pay better
to feed ali the surplus milk to pigs and
calves than to make III into butter.
Distance from market and ability to
turn out the best butter, are conditions
to be considered.
"A hundred bushels OF potatoes
stored in cellar in fall will weigh out
about eighty-three bushels at planting
time next spring They lose in bulk
in the same proportion.
IS. 1T ii stated that an Idaho sheepnan
has arranged for shipping I. 500 car
loads of alfalfa and eorn-fed wethera
to London. This is q wholesale busi-
1 ness that ought to give good balance
on one side Of the account, and will AZ
least be instructive.
Good cream contains from IN TO 1S
/ per cent. Of butter fat, and six pounds
of such cream will make q pound OF
butter About 20 per cent. OF butter. ia
/ other than fat. In average butterrrpsk-
ing the loss of tat during the process
nearly equals the solids in the butter
other than fat sst.g
he Industrial American says Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana will feed this
4 year rs, 900 Deeves on cotton-seed meal
/ and hulls for northern markets Texas
4 will do the same for more than 256. 00f
q beeyes This is a business that is 10
its infancy now By the time the west
i. er-fl lands wear ont the southwest vii
Il Be able III feed the enlila oiatd1
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-06-29
FARMER AND PLANTER.
FARM MANAGEMENT.

~ i Z
Soaae Cogent Objections to Hit-and-hIiss
business Methods.
In these days Of sharp competition,
aarrow margins Of profit. close ealcu-
lation and the application of mathe-
maticaI accuracy to the conduct of al
most all human occupation, it is as
tonishing that the business of farming
is still carried on in such loose way.
In many cases it is largely guess
work.
Every merchant and manufacturer
knows that TO escape bankruptcy he
must clearly observe business prfnci-
Piles, and must at least keep ac-
counts, simple perhaps, but complete
and accurate. On the contrary,
many farmers don't even keep cash
account; they know how much money
is in the wallet, but beyond this their
financial affairs are very misty, and
the income and outgo judged only by
guessing, more or less shrewd. Yet
farming is business; indeed, it is the
business of the country, upon the gem
eral success of which all others depend.
The farmer is q manufacturer, and
merchant, and much more. OF ali per-
| sons he is the one who should conduct
his affairs on the strictest business
principles. The very fact that farm
| ers who often utterly disregard funda-
mental business maxims and methods,
| without utter ruin, is in IseIf the
| strongest evidence that it is a business
offering unusual security and wide
margin of profit when properly man
aged.
| Every farmers boy knows all the
tables of weights and measures by
heart, but how little these are used ON
the farm. Even the size of thefarm
itself is a matter Of uncertainty, de-
pendent upon an old and unverified
deed or the books of the assessor.
There is no accurate knowledge of the
size of the various fields or their
actual product; 1t is all guess work.
The farmer gusses which cow gives the
most, and guesses which is losing
weight and which gaining, and guesses
which gives the most milk in q
year, and guesses which milk is
the richest, and SO guesses at the
merits and profits Of all his stock,
with very little actual knowledge as
TO any, and making frequent serious
mistakes which are never known. And
in the house they guess the cream is
i just warm enough toschurn, and guess
IT won't pay to become patrons Of the
creamery. 1t Is d wonder that clocks
and watches are ever used in such
places. instead of depending upon the
sun and guessing at the time of the
day in cloudy weather.
II A tape line, or a surveyors chain
SEvo aTtEcIs. afsa 81 ovsry firm
have one and use it, that the
size Of every field may be ac.
curatly measured and recorded, and the
exact average ofevery crop known, not
guessed at. And to apply the ordinary
prudence and system to ones business
! affairs, the farm equipment should in.
clude scales Of such capacity and va
riety as to enable complete record d
z everything going into the barn O
storehouse, and Of everything con
sumed or sold.s In place OF estimate:
and rough guesses there should be s
correct record of almost every occur
renee on the farm which involves timt
or quantity; product, purchase or sale
81 Southern Farm.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-06-29
Intelligent Dairying and Prosperity Go
Hand I'm Hand.

s.You show me community of
farmers who are largely interested in
the dairy industry and / viii show
you a community of prosperous and
happy people, no mortgages on their
farms, plenty of money, children prop
erly educated, and all enjoying the
Injuries of life Hard times do not
materially affect them. On the other
hand, in community where the COW
is left out or is Of secondary consider
fation, where they keep but few, and
those not half cared for, picking up
their own living in the winter from
corn fields or straw stacks, where they
make little butter and trade 1t at the
stores for groceries, kick at the cream
cry, claim it does not pay to keep
cows, and ]. feel sure II does not for
them, and will show you a come
mnnity that is continually growing
about the times, this or that admins
| tration,'' tc.-Prof. T. Z. Hacker.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-06-29
AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
The buckeye State Contributes
the Story ofa We teran.s Sc arch.
How Fred Taylor Memhsr es the aair
Y lant 188th N. r., W t. FlmaIiy Found
What He Has Sought since
tho war CIosed.

fIsos.. the AsAtabssla, Ohio, Beacon.
+ M T,aa T,av,or was horn md brought nm
,aa,. ar Elr,,ira n " ana from thera an
i;st.a 4, sta 1Soth raadp,ant n Y "
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s. aIu a .ss,.,s, a. rrsch
=. ~ On ,th III.
y naS su1.s. ~ s." ss,,, nv
<,
Gas Il - ]. 49,, s. s Nc as tbs
- - -, ,,,a sIsad b;,,, iye.
s M s, sss
afyorsed hirn relief. He rad farribIe EiaadA
achaa l,is nerves were shattered, he could
~. s,sa,,ss,, bo,,r i l1av On II, average. and
: ,..s,,ead ~ : ssao vea,. AGA ha
ne " e - !, a,;ss i, .,ans,a of
ana ms WIG sous Nv 90 - : = .s. az
climate aud removed 20 ssnepas o.s pup t,io
change III health came not Finally on che
recommendation OF r, j. Hoffner, the
iaadinv aeuppiss az Geneva. who was cog-
~ ], ,r7iia,. which, pink pills had
Allal1 =. go y,
cured, ME. 1syioE w. p'.hsasAoou .sss " J.
box. AS q oroWnlng lnasn ssaspS y as =
straw SO / took the pills. says Mr. Ifylor,
ssbut with no morehope of rescue. But after
thirty wears Of suffering and fruitless search
~, ,,,;af at; 1asf, foiird fl IN Ilr SVilliamsy
Iur ~ g,e ~ t, t9 tbe yss
lanA .,l - 81, ,,s.ts ~
plls - 80 ft
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