Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-10

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In 1873 the purchasing power of the
gold dollar was little more than half
hat OF the silver dollar at present.
How dishonest gold dollars must have
oeen then, and how depreciated.-Prat
Union.
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The fact that the government has to
BUY gold to keep up her credit ought
10 be evidence enough that you will
have to buy gold to pay your taxes and
other debts.-Liberty (Mo.) Search
Light.
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Every great statesman and political
economist of the last three hundred
years has laid down as a political axiom
that the values of property are deter
mined by the volume of money proper
tionate to the volume of trade transac-
ton .-Beloit Call.
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The most audacious notion of the
western cranks is that they actually
begin TO want some of the proceeds
Of their labor, instead of sending it all
east to pay interest. No wonder those
European snobs think we're crazy
Topeka Advocate.
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Kentucky democrats met, thanked
the lord for the Wilson bill, asked for
a continued separation of church and
state, endorsed Cleveland and Carlisle,
nominated 16 to man for governor
and went home to sober up.-Lexing-
ton (Mo.) Intelligencer (dem)
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The great west has suffered severely
from the villainous financial legis-
lation of congress, but it is as full of
pluck as an egg is of meat. With
marvellous resources and the ballot
box, the west will avenge It's wrongs
and achieve wonderful prosperity
Chicago Voice.
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The LeaYenworth Times charges
that the first labor commissioner, a
man named Bolton, inaugurated the
system of holding up clerks for a part
of their salary. Todd, the populist
wasn't on to the scheme. and that is
why he made an unsatisfactory officer
He ignored the precedents.-Wi Wichita
Beacon.
The gold dollar has suddenly become
very base, judging from the price OF
wheat, for Its purchasing power has de
creased more than 60 per cent. in si1
weeks, when paid for in wheat. 1t viii
now be in order for plutocracy to de
mand that the government expel the
chinch-bug because of his attack on the
honest value of the gold dollar.-Ls
Crosse Chieftain.
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Congressman Kirkpatrick of the 3rC
district, while in Washington, June
18th, said to press reporter that til,
republicans of the state will take a con
sentative position on the money ques
ton, but are opposed to free coinage
and that Mckinley is their choice TO
president. We are satisfied that as t
the party machine he told the truth
Harper Advocate.
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The many different ans xers to Coin
Financial School, have been the mean
of increasing the circulation of tba
book, and Its readers are now number
ed by the thousands. The gold stand
ard men are putting forth every effor
to divert the minds of the people from
the issue and are trying to frightel
them into abandoning the fight for tn
free coinage of silyer.-Anthony Bulle
| tin.
The governors chosen redeemel
Jobes, whose application to supplan
Breidenthal the supreme court denied
is likely to remain out of a job. Non
of the redeemers seem to have tn
nerve to swear complaint against th
populist bank commissioner, lookln
to his removal "for cause" Jobles
jackslave Jobes was out OF luck whe
he encountered competent Commission
er Observation-Disclosures City Trit
une.
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1t seems so strange that the part
which claims to be the "only frien
of silver" should be afraid to declar
its friendship when It's people get t
gether. 1t Will do for Dick Blue to g
about the state during campaig
making such h1pocritical claims, br
when lot of republican clubs come K
gether they rob the claim of its fore,
But the election is over, and, by ii
way, what has become of that can
paign sky rocket they called Blue?-
Wellington Voice.
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] You are now paying eight or ten pr
, cent for money? Yes. viii you cor
, tinue to pay it? You think not, bl
: the probability is you will keep renew
5 Ing your notes for the next fifteen year
5 In 10 years at 10 per cent you pay 81 ~
+ interest on 81 900 principal With
: two per cent loan from the government
: 500 a year for fifteen years would pa
: all the interest and all the princip
: and several hundred dollars NOR
( With private loan at the end of fife,
!. years you would still owe $1,000 aft
!, paying $l.50G. With two per ce
: government loan you would have Il
{. principal and interest all paid al
2 several hundred over. Quite dl
r ference.-Missouri World.
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g The Smith Center Pioneer Motif
: Gov. Mckinley to ''get down of t
e fence ON the silver question p. d. q
2 or Cy Leland's political promisso
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