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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

"Well, sonny, listen at me. got Q
stable to build fer dat ole mule 81
mine. I'm q wuckin' Niger I is.
gifts dollar day. Now sposen / goes
ter git dem nails? / wants key. Hill
cost me now cordin' to yo' fggerin
two ounces er silver with 81. 20. When
dat free silver Krismus comes every.
thing gwinter to jump up. Dem nails
will coss me $2.40. But how bout
my wagesl 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,
sayp"
"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 I fgger dresses now,
an de way you puts hit down in dat
air book, | can git sixteen yards Ell
caliker fer sixty cents, 'nuff to mex de
ole oman an my lii gal 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 a
dollar an twenty cents. Wat in de
name er Gawd, boy, does I want wild
20 free silver eff hits gwinter do me
dat way? ] kin wuck iii moren half
day now and mex huff munney to
buy dresses an go fishin' an ketch a
mess er fish fer supper, but wen dat
free silver comes, bless Gawd, de ole
nigger'll be wuckin' moren q 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 a 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 a
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. I"
"He loss lots er mummy is hep"
ooh, there's no telling how much
ne has lost |"
swell, I speck I kin tell whar hits
gone"
Eyes. yes, it's painfully evident. It
has gone into the nav of that blood
sucking vampire, Wall street, and the
Shylocks of Europe"
"Das wat you say, but we aim got
none er dem kinder fish in de creek
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
UNCLE RASYUS TALKS.
HE OPENS THE EYES OF THE CHI
OAG0 WORKIAGMEN.

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 JournalO
CHICAGO, May is, 1895. The APP
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 the old
negro and the teacher, report pub
lished in nearly all Of the papers. ex-
cept the Inter- Ocean and few others.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

down my way. You say in dat book
dat a lii pinch er dat COLE, o lii duss in
de pan er de han soon be rich enuff
to buy o mans soul er statesman's
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, well, Ispeck
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. l wish he'd come down
dis away, bless eff I didn't gin him
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
dollar hat, TO- dollars fer two dollar
pair er shoes, an two dollars fer a dol
lars with er 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 ?"
swell, 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 OF some other time"
"Oh, das all rite, boss, kin come
agln, but you better lemme 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 gwineter 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 committee Of Chi
,ago working men wanted to call on
him 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.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

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, In dat book er
yourn you say hit tuck three ounces
er silver to git key er nails in 1878,
but two ounces II git key now; is
dat so?"
"That's what I said, and the figures
are there to prove it,"
s"Well das all rite, but you say wen
dat free silver Krismus comes every
thing gwinter double up in value?
Is dat SOP"
"Most assuredly."
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

They had been told by Coin that all
values would increase, would double,
but they had overlooked the fact that
he had made no assertion about wages
doubling.
Many OF them wanted to see the COL
ored philosopher, the financier in
homespun clothes and black skin, but
Uncle Rastus, being negro who knew
his place, had sought some humble
lodgings and could not be found.
He turned up again this morning,
however, and paid second call at the
residence of Professor Coin.
Show do you do dis mawnin',
sonny?" said the old man, as he
walked in and seated himself upon
cane-bottom chair pulled in from the
hall.
"Oh, don't feel go we'll, replied
Coin; "there is a heaviness about my
head, sort Of buzzing in my ears.
"Hit's dem wheels in yo' head, l
speck," said Rastus, with sympa-
thetic look upon his face.
"What do you mean, sir9 Wheels
in my headP
"Toobe sure, honey, amt You got
yo' picter rit in dat book wild wheels
in yu' head? speck Marse Senniter
Stewart got holt er de string lass
mite an sent dem wheels agwine to git
anur book, an deys still zoonin'..
Fun de way dat book er you'rn reads,
buddy, I speck you'se got oner desc
yere brains dat you kin set off lax you
does watch, oner desc yere Water
berry fellers, an 60 off an leave hit
runnin'."
The old man stopped to chnckle for
minute and then, as he looked upon
the little fellow before him, he said:
els you ever seed desc yere Hital-
yuns agwine roun' wild monkey run
MIN up string?"
"Yes, I've seen them" replied the
professor, 'they are wonderful little
toys"
"Dey is dat fer fax, an dey puts
me in mine er you"
Chow is that, Uncle Rastus?"
"Well, sab, dey's got sup'n behine
'em dat makes 'em cline. Ever time
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

forced to admit that free coin
" at ratio OF 16 to l, by
United States would result in
Sr''llS this country on q silver basis,
w., y cheap !. money men say: "Well,
", %sa II 1t does drive out gold, we can
~ \. our debts in silver, and be SO
suVa ahead of our creditors. A
H. aOa simpler way to get out OF pay
4 ueots, and one which would not
w. n uall as much harm to the business
r!o,sperlty Of the country, would be
l,d rass q law compelling creditors to
Es sp' nifty cents on the dollar for
r r,il claims. This would not affect
as ,,aess and commerce after OUT
Ss Sulng debts had been liquidated,
lss,, a me silver standard would I'M
y !, ,. al trads and industry 20 long
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
/ common delusion among chea]

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 a 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 On average town
there are ten lenders to one borrower,
for the money is deposited in banks
in much smaller amounts than 1t is
afterwards loaned out.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
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 farmers
greatest enemies.
When the agitation for more money
is traced to its root among the far
mers, who honestly believe that their
condition would be improved by an
increase in the volume of currency, 1t
will be found that o 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
much larger returns to the farmers
lsbors 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 fsddists that
if the currency was doubled interest
would fall one-halt is 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, vet interest ranged from ten to
fifteen per cent. Here in America,
with the same financial system for all
the States, rates OF interest vary from
four and five per cent. in some States
to ten and twelve per cent. in others
The explanation is that high inter-
est nearly always means high risks.
In many cases. it is trae, 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
would be toput the country
on a 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. Busl-
ness of ali kinds would be unsettled.
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
blow at their own prosperity.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
Not to Be Estimated by Their Noise.

Representative Tawney, of Mime
sofa, who is spending few days in
Washington, is of the opinion that
the sentiment favorable to the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at the
ratio of 16 to / is not so wide
spread as has been represented by
some observers. sin Minnesota" he
saio, $50 far as can Judge, it is not
making much headway."
"You see what Mr.. Moseley, Secre-
tary OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission, says about it" was sug-
gested.
''That 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 car load Of frogs
legs.
"sBut don't want car load, said
the landlord. 4 can't use them.
"Well, take wagon load, then
the speculator urged.
That's too many
"sAnyhow, you can use bushel.'
".All right; bring in bushel.
'.The next day the seller appeared
with little paper bag which on in
spection was found to contain just four
frogs legs.
q Il thought you said you could get
q car load, the landlord remarked.
"I did, the fellow replied IN
mournful tone. 4 thought from the
noise they made that the swnmps were
full of them, but these were all ! could
catch
"That's the way the hunt for these
silver men will turn out" concluded
Mr.. Tavney. Washington Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

Canada is sparsely settled coun.
try. with colder climate and natural
resources inferior to those OF the
limited 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 ana
currency systema
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

Populists complain that the wealth
Produced in the West goes to the
EAST without any return To the ex-
s y; that this is true it is only because
We property in the West is owned by
iesldents of the East, and rents and
interest are sent there. Instead Of
anpering with the standard of value
we people of the West would do bet
20 TO buy out the Eastern capitalists
ss Keep their interest and rents at
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

|. Isome Of the people are poor it
!. !, because they lack food, clothes,
..aelter, furniture, books and other
.vlms Of wealth. Doubling the guam
wy OF money used in exchanging
a ssalth won't make any more OF the
lags which people need. No poor
IA would be better off if there was
saewhere in the country twice as
ssny counters representing wealth, or
vice as much metal in the bank
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

The farmer thinks that it is our bad
financial system which makes interest ,,s
bich on farm mortgages. Yet the
same system prevails all over the
Tinted States, and interest on mort
cages ranges from five to fifteen PEI
Cent. in various States. High interest,"
really means high risk OF bad banking
facilities.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

1.-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 to
get rich should adopt the silver stand.
ard.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

'Gndia can undersell our wheat
powers because her people are paid
p silver" Is the condition OF the
Hindoo coolies that which the silver
Yes want our farmers brought to, by
flooding the country with cheap
money?
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

Money is tool of trade. The peo-
PIE who have good tools can always
peat those who have poor ones. The
pest money is none too good for the
most intelligent, Industrious and pro-
gesslve people Of the world-the
americans.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

a soldier who found his blanket too
mort, cut strip off the bottom and
'sEed it to the top. He was surprised
. md that it was no longer than at
lfst' Afarmer who wanted to double the
price Of his products by halving the
nlue of'the money paid for them was
Rtonlshed to learn that he would
!, to pay twice as much for every
hing be had to buy.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

Silver advocates say that we must
have free coinage in order to compete
With the ailver-paid laborers of India
md South America. Is that a good
reason why the gold-paid American
Sorkingmen should vote for cheap
money?
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

Free coinage would not benefit the
ilver owner, as he would have to pay
higher wages" How truly unselfsh
Ne all the silver barons who are Civ
ing their money to the cheap money
propaganda fundsi
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06
SMALL CHANGE.

Ageat many people who are clam
wing 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
wen small change.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-06-06

greater patriotism be performed the South
s keeping the money question
md npartisan domain where shall
Republicans Noherners Souherner but honestmoney
they make something by merely
Hs stamp on i."-Chicago Nmes-Herald.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-18
MoRRIs's CONTRACT.
His CattIe-FeedinE Contract with the
New Whisky Trust.

NEW YORK Oct. 1.-THE settlement be-
tween the new Whisky Trust Company and
Messrs Morris and Greenhut contains one
important feature that has never yet been
brought to the attention Of the public. Mr.
Norris is the largest cattle feeder i'm the
world. 1t is said that he feeds many times
more cattle than all the other feeders put
together. Among the many sensational
charges made at the time Of the failure of
the Whisky Trust was the one TO the effect
that while Mr. Greenhut was president OF
the company and Mr.. Morris director the
company had made contract with Mr.
Morris for feeding thirty thousand head oI
cattle a year in the distilleries AZ cents
per bushel for slop, AID one-halI me pronts
on the cattle over 50 per head This CON-
tract was charged TO be far below me mar
ket rates and to have been frauo on tie
other stockholders.
Under the settlement just made the new
company-the American Spirits Manufactur-
ing Company, which is the successor OF the
old Whisky Trust, has made contract
with Mr. Morris by which he feeds his cat
tie In the distilleries at cents per Dusnei
for slop and no interest In the profits 10 the
new company. A sum of about 10000 was
claimed against the directors OF the Whis-
XIV Trust for the loss alleged TO nave been
Sustained by the company owing TO the
agreement with Mr.. Morris. BY the settle
ment agreed on between the new WHISKY
Trust and it's predecessor all the suits
AGAINST the board of the old trust, the
Claims in which amount 10 A,5oo,vvJ, have
heeu dismissed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-18

set forth in Secretary Olney's letter as SO
important that q long time must be taken
for it's consideration. AS there is nothing
new to Great Britain especially in an
enunciation In a mild form of the Monroe
doctrine IT Is assumed here that the only
purpose of delaying a response, which the
terms of the letter indicated would be
gratefully received IL sent promptly. is TO
afford the British government opportu-
nifty 10 consult some OF the other great
European powers on this subject. Most of
these powers are concerned in the fortunes
OF American states, some directly,
France and Spain, through their colonial
possessions, and others through heavy in
vestments of their citizens in securities and
concessions
The doctrine laid down by Secretary Oh
ney, IL carried TO its logical conclusion,
probably would stop any interference by
force on the part of European powers in
the affairs of an American republic, and
also, as in the case Of Venezuela, which
may find parallel in the case of the bound
ary dispute between France and Brazil, pre-
vent any of these European nations from
extending their colonial possessions in this
hemisphere. Therefore it is believed by
some diplomates here TO be within the
range of possibility that Great Britain may
have in contemplation a union with some
OF the other European powers in a joint re-
fusal TO accept the doctrine laid down by
Monroe
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-18
WILL STAND BY BOWLER.
Carlisle, However. VIII Give the
Sugar Producers Another Hearing.

Sugar Producers Another Hearing.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-Ex-Senator
Henderson, of Nebraska, will be given a
hearing by Secretary Carlisle on the ques-
tion raised by him in the sugar bounty
cases as to the jurisdiction of the Con-
troller of the Treasury. After Controller
Bowler's decision to send the cases to the
Court of Claims Secretary Carlisle prom
ised the sugar men that he would hear
them if they desired it on this question.
Last night the Secretary telegraphed the
ex-senator notifying him that the Court of
Claims will meet on the 2Sth of this
month, and unless the question to the
Controllers jurisdiction was raised before
that time he would send the claims TO. the
court. This morning the Secretary received
a reply from Mr.. Henderson renewing his
request for hearing, and asking that the
time for the hearing be fixed for some date
before Nov. ~. In his telegram Mr.. Man
derson declares that the Controller neither
had jurisdiction nor the right to send the
cases to the Court of Claims without the
consent of the claimants. II regard the
position of the claimants as unassala-
Although Secretary Carlisle will grant
the hearing the general impression at the
Treasury Department is that IL Will be un-
availing, as the Secretary. is reported to
pie some time ago that. he would stand
by the decision of the Controller. There
is an intimation that Secretary Carlisle
forced the issue at this time in order to
get the matter into court before Congress
convened, as it was always believed that
the sugar men hoped to keep IL out OF
court until an effort could be made in
Congress again to pass the appropria..
mandatory on the Secretary to pay ii
forthwith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-18
WITH A PLOW LINE
WILLIAM BLAKE HANGED BY A Mob
Of SOUTH CAROLINIANs.
He Had just Been Sentenced for Life,
to Die-Anti-Lynching Law.

HAMPTON, S. c., Oct. 17.-William
Blake. ST., Jason Blake, Prince Graves
and William Frazier were convicted this
evening Of the murder of Raymond Mears
on the 9th of August last. William Blake,
sr., was recommended to the mercy OF the
court. and his sentence was life imprison-
ment- The other three were sentenced to
be hanged on the 9th of Decembr next.
After the prisoners were sentenced 1t was
evident that there was dissatisfaction at
the jury's recommendation to mercy OF
William Blake, sr, and some persons were
heard to say that Blake would never reach
the penitentiary. The convicted men, as
soon as the court adjourned, about 7:30
o'clock, were handcuffed and taken out
OF the court room. On their way to the
jail, within a few feet of the prison, the
sheriff and his constables were overpow-
cred by a number of men and William
Blake, sr., and William Frazier who were
handcuffed together. were forced from the
custody of the constables and taken into
the woods. The handouts were unlocked
in some way and Frazier was returned TO
the custody of the jailer. The crowd, num-
bering about fifty men, proceeded to a
dense piece OF woods about a half a mile
from the courthouse, and hung William
Blake. sr. with plow line, to limb of a
large pine tree. Several shots were fired
into his body and the crowd dispersed