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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
SILVER NOT THE FARMER'S
FRIEND.

One of the numerous recent con-
verts from free coinage to sound cur.
rency is Mr.. Firman Smith, of Nash
vile, Tenn. Owing to the fact that
Mr.. Smith is considered one of the
brainiest young lawyers in the South,
and is not politician or Office seeker,
he was requested to make public the
reasons for his change of opinion. H
has done so in three excellent letters
published in the New Orleans Picay.
une. The following is an extract frous
one of his letters:
"What hope the wheat and cotton
growers of the United States can have
in a silver standard it is difficult to see.
One third of our wheat and two-thirds
OF our cotton are exported and to gold
standard countries. The silver coun-
tries raise their own wheat and cotton
and have a surplus for export. The
worlds prices for wheat and cotton
are fixed at Liverpool, the chief i'm
porting market of gold standard Eng
land. All Liverpool prices are fixed
by gold andquoted in gold. A decline
in the gold price OF silver will mean
that the English importer can buy
with less gold the silver necessary to
pay for the wheat aud cotton we have
contracted to ship him.
"Nor would our farmers be benefit
ed by rise in silver. When they sell
their produce to the exporter OF cot
ton and wheat in Chicago, New York
or New Orleans, the latter individual
knows full we'll that should rise in
the gold value of silver occur, the
English importer to whom he intends
to sell would at once lower the gold
price of wheat and cotton, for the rea-
son that more gold would be required
to buy the same amount of silver with
which to pay for them. Some idea can
be obtained OF the probable loss our
farmers might suffer from the auctua-
tons of silver by studying the follow
ing from the last report of the mint,
showing the highest and lowest bull
lion value las measured in gold) of
our silver dollar in certain years:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
A "Bimetallic', Papers Blunder.

The Philadelphia Manufacturer ex-
presses a common Populist error when
it says: est is exactly true that the
commercial prosperity of a country
depends upon the presence OF metallic
money in large abundance" Instead
of being true this statement is exactly
the reverse of the facts. The produc-
ton, distribution and consumption OF
large quantities of goods, which is
what is meant by commercial pros.
perity, depends on the honesty, in
dustry and intelligence OF the people
of country; on the natural condi-
tions of soil, climate, etc. /; and on the
mineral and other resources which
furnish the raw materials for manu-
featured goods. The presence OF
metals which will serve as measure
of values, and means for exchanging
goods more readily than by barter,
will be OF material aid in the general
machinery of industry and commerce.
But to say that commercial prosperity
depends on the means OF lessenlng the
frictionsbf exchange is equivalent, to
use an illustration from ex-Secretary
of the Treasury Fairchild, to saying
that the transportation of goods de-
ponds on the amount of grease used
on car or cart axles. Does the Manu-
fscturer pretend that with large
abundance of metallic money Iceland
or Greenland would be prosperous,
while without such money Holland
would lie poverty-stricken country?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
4 BITTER EXPERIENCE.
That of the Wase-Earner With De
preciated Currency During Our
Ierinl

That of the Wage-Earner With De-
preciated Currency During Our
Greenback Period.
Perhaps there is no better or clearer
demonstration OF the effect of de-
preciated currency upon wages than
that offered by the experience Of the
United States during the Civil War.
Prices advanced as soon Us the Gov
eminent began to issue legal tender
notes. Wages advanced little later
but less rapidly. At no time during
the period from 1861 to 1867 had
wages advanced sufficiently SO that the
wage Garner could purchase as much
for his days labor as in 1861.
In spite of the fact that about one.
fourth OF the best workers We're serv-
ing as soldiers aud withdrawn fro
competition with their fellow wage
earners, so great was the decline IN
the purchasing power Of wages that,
in 1855, the workingmen found him
self working for four-ffths of what he
had received in 1861. Since 1865, and
especially since the resumption Of
specie payments in 1879. the purchas-
ing power of days labor has been
steadily increasing.
In the following table (taken from
EQUALITY OF Money aud Wages" by
Frank L. McVey) the average nom
inal wages paid in leading occupations
in 1860 was taken as normal-1Oo
per cent. the prices for the leading
necessaries OF life in 1850 were taken
as the norm Il for prices; the amount
of these necessaries that could be pur-
chased by a days labor in 1859 was
taken as the normal for the purchas-
ing power of wages.
TABLE OF WAGES. PRICES AND PURCHASING
POWER IN THE UNITED STATES, 1S60-1S9l.
[Aldrich's Senate Report. Part l.. PIP. 10. 90. ]
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

"This is not mere theory. It is what
is actually taking place at present in
trade of gold with silver standard
We are more dependent
upon Europe in the matter OF wheat
and cotton exports than she is upon
us; for we produce surplus that
must be disposed of there, whereas
Europe can buy from other countries
as we'll as from us.
eff it be said that gold is not in free
in this country at present.
the reply is that we have not recov-
cred yet from the panic. Besides,
the spectre of possible free silver
legislation causes uneasiness. In
times of uncertainty those who pos
sess solid values hold to them. Three
or four years ago gold circulated as
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

freely as any other kind of money.
and will again as soon as the future of
our present monetary system is as
sured.
''But our gold performs far greater
service than acting as circulating
medium. It acts as our standard OF
values, maintaining all other kinds of
our currency on an equality with it.
self in purchasing power, and giving
us fixed par ofour exchange in trade
with the powerful commercial Nations
of the globe"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
SMALL CHANGE.

Silverites claim that the adoption
of their scheme would "make more
work" In the sense that men would
have to work harder to get the things
they need, free silver would certainly
make more work. So would burning
down houses make more work for car.
penters. But that is no reason for
abolishing fire departments in our
towns and cities.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

In the same way the adoption of an
inferior metal like silver for stand
ard of value would make the process
of production and exchange Of COM
modit1es more difficult. and thus the
working classes would have more
work. ;" But since it is not merely
work in itself, but the products OF
labor, which workingmen really want,
their best interests are served by the
use of that standard of value under
which production and exchange are
greatest and easiest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

The progress of civilization in any
country is best shown by the use OF
superior tools and labor saving inven-
lions. There is no doubt that If the
skilled American mechanic were COM
PEELED to work with the crude tools
used in China and India, it would
take him far longer to make an arti-
Gle, and he would thus have to work
harder than he does now. Does he
want that kind of "more work."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
Colorado Ammunition.

"Now," said one OF the campaign
managers to the candidate, ''to start
with you are a bimetaiist.
Excuse me. I'm trimetallist.
"What do you mesu?"
II propose to run this campaign on
gold, silver and brass. Washington
Star,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
Unsafe.

Teacher -"Now. Dick, you may re-
peat the golden text.
Dick Hicks-'I don't dast; me fad
der is 8 silver man."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

1t seems strange, with such a history
and such an experience before him,
that any wage-earner would be foolish
enough to agitate for deprecated sill
yer OF any other kind Of cheap dollars.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04
A Question.

Quericus-"What do the silver peo-
pie mean by 16 to l ?"
Jollicus-''Those are the odds
against their winning"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

The money question has been laid
away, and instead the farmers are dis
cussing and devising ways to take care
of their big corn GRO
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-10-04

The wage-earner's loss is shown in a
more striking form in the accompany
ing diagram, also taken from Mr.. Nc.
Vey's pamphlet:
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
sarages who Believe in Ghosts

Ii is believed by the Australian 9h..
rhymes that every person over four or
i've years of age has Il spirit or ghost
n regular attendance which. although
dormant through life, assumes a visible
out underlined form after death.
recent contributor to Belgravia tells
good deal about the elaboration of this
lncanny belief. For instance: For
lime the ghost haunts the spot where
i corpse is inferred or placed in Il tree
1t is considered to be harmless. vet il
regarded with fear. 1t is said to h.
seen sitting on the grave or near the
body; but it sinks into the ground or
disappears if any one approaches As
the friends of the deceased are unwil
ING to go near the place, it is seldom
seen and never examined. The abo-
regimes believe every adult has a wrath
or likeness of himself, which is not
visible to any one else, and visible To
him only before his premature death.
should he see this wrath, it So prpys
On his mind that he falls into low spir.
us, and the result he breads some
times comes to lass. After the dis.
2OSal of the body of n good person its
shade walks about for three DAYS. al
;hough it may appear to persons, it
holds no communication with them
Should it be seen and named by any
me during these three days it instant.
: disappears. At the end of three
lays it goes off to a beautiful country
above the clouds, Astounding with
kangaroo and other game, where life
Will be enjoyed forever. Friends will
meet and recognize each other there:
but there will be no marrying. as the
bodies have been left on earth. Chill
tren under four or five years of age
nave no souls and no future life. The
shades of the wicked wander miser
IDLY about the earth for one year after
death, frightening people, and then de
scend to Ummekullun, never to return.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
Turkeys Formidable Guns.

In 14lS MahOmet H., in prosecuting
the siege of Scutari, in Albani EN-
plOyed fourteen heavy bombardS, the
ighteSt of which threw a stone shot
Of 80 pounds weight, two sent shots
Of 800 pounds, one of $50 pounds. two
OF $50 pounds, one of loo pounds,
i've LOCO, and one of the enormous
weight of 1910 pounds, enormous even
IN these days, for the only guns whose
shots exceed the heaviest of these are
our S0-ton guns, throwing a 1. 7CO pound
projectile, our 10O-tOn, throwing one Of
1000 pounds, and the 11O-ton. throw
ng an 1,S00-pOund shot with l high
velocity.
The stone shot of Mahomet's guns
varied between twenty and thirty-twO
inches in diameter, about the height Of
I dining-table-2.534 of them fired on
his occasion weighing, according to
y calculation of Gen. Lefroys about
1000 tOns-and were cut out of the
solid rock on the spot
Assuming twenty-four inches as the
average diameter of the shot fired az
the siege, the total area of the surface
dressed was nearly $4,000 square feet.
At this siege the weight Of the powder
fred is estimated by Gen. Lefrtr 70
have been $50 tons. AT the siege OF
Rhodes, in 1850, MahOmet caused six
ceen basilisks, or double cannon. TO be
asst on the spot, throwing balls TWO OF
three feet in diameter.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
SPORTING CHIPS.
THEATRICAL.

The event of last week was the in
vasion of the town by w. S. Cleye-
lands Big Minstrels. There are Fl
colored members CT the troupe, and
they were comfortably quartered at the
Philadelphia House. There is none of
the names on the register that have
made the genuine negro Ministries ia
nous all over the world; Kersands,
Bohee, Mcintosh, Bland, King, ct al,
are scattered all over the world or
have dropped out of the game, al
though their memory still fingers and
their triumps are still remembered.
am confident however that the young
er men now to the front will acquit
themselves creditably when they have
had the experience of their more noted
predecessors.
Chas. Gibbs, of "My Aunt Bridget"
Company, arrived in Washington from
Atlantic City Wednesday, where he
had just concluded a two weeks en-
gagement. Charlie speaks hopefully
of next season on the road, and says
there will only be four colored mem
bers of the company next season, him
self, Harry Eaton, Will P. Carson and
one other. They are going West as
far as the coast.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
6oRGIA AND MAccHrAyer1,
The Man OF Blood Defended
Crafty Statesman

The Man OF Blood Defended h.
Crafty Statesman. as
Caesar Borgia was bold. anb;s.
crafty, able, handsome and ~,slO0s
able for his physical strength p rts
was as false and cruel as his fan s,bt ae
He early formed large schemes f :~.sf
extension of his domains, and his :, ne
he might have carried out had ~ paas
been arrested at critical mOmon. I NY
the death Of the Pope and his
illness. '"a
He had, indeed, foreseen the do,
Of his father, and so arranged ms rraa
is to establish the State of Ro1na,ssS
and overcome his enemies. Dofr. aa
standing such event. But he had u u
foreseen his own illness. which Nv ny
:apacitated him from all action IN II
told me himself" says Macchiaronn:s
that he had anticipated evprv,bia+
and had provided for everything Us
for being sick unto death at the tir
Of the POpe's decease." LUG
In Macchiavelli's own Treatise
The Prince" Caesar BOrgia was " ~
model and hero, and all that can ~ ~
suggested IN justification of his cha.
acter and conduct may there be- rao Ii'
But it must be confessed thai NJ NJ.
chiavelli's own principles of life ana
conduct, as therein set forth. are NJ
Of high moral cast, and in thai -
markable book he upholds, or seems :,
uphold, acts Of cruelty and bad fa,S
which are ordinarily considered :
nave the stain of dishonor.
Experience" he says, has pror.,
N our own times that the Princes NH
nave achieved great deeds are rboZ,
who have held good faith of small a.
count, have known how to bqwi|do,
mems brains by cunning, and have yIc.
ceeded better than those whose action,
have been ruled by honor"
And in another passage be saws ..
Caesar BOrgia: Putting together m
The actions of the Duke, | could M,
blame him. On the contrary. in sppms
good to me to propose him. as an pv.
ample to be initiated by all who
through good fortune and the arms nj
others have attained to supreme com.
mand." To which statements We can
only hold up our hands in surprise
Magazine.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
Scientific Thief Catching.

Among the latest inventions is an
electrical thief phOtOgraphing process
by which any one who attempts 10
open a drawer, or box, or room where
ae has no business, will get himseh
photographed for his pains without MS
knowledge, so that he may be after
wards identified. A tobacconiSt Of
Toledo, o., had repeatedly missed
cigars from his showcase without D.
ing able TO discover the thief. Hence
be applied TO an electrician 70 give
him an apparatus which would take d
portrait of any one going to that case
An electromagnetic was 50 fastened y
a match as to strike il against rough
surface whenever the electric clrcH1
was completed, and by the light OF uV
III n an instantaneous photograph
was taken, and Immediately the snut
ter closed on the camera On exam-
nation after the next disappearancee
Of cigars, the portrait Of tive are to g.
discovered, and they were1sa re a niaD
ed and sent to prison fcter.
Such an arrangement
ing burglars without 3
Ii that could be r.
make burglary
most astute prot
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
NIss WATSON MAY WEAR BLO0MERs.
Her Mother Cuts Up One Suit but Her
Father Gives Her Money for Another.

Her Mother Cuts Up One Suit but Her
Father Gives Her Money for Another.
Sidney, N. Y, Sept. 3.-Silas Watson.
4 Sidney farmer, purchased a bicycle
for his fifteen-year-old daughter last
week and also gave her money to buy
bicycle costume. When Miss Watson
rode into the yard attired in bloomer
her mother was astonished. but the
father was much pleased with his
daughters appearance and ability as
cyclist. The mother declared that her
daughter should not be allowed to dress
like new woman. After the girl had
resumed her ordinary dress and gone
20 a neighbor's the mother took the
boomers, chopped them up and pre-
scented the pieces to her daughter when
she returned.
Farmer Watson was so indignant at
his wife's conduct that he Immediately
gave his daughter more money to buy
another boomer costume, and assured
her that she should henceforth be pro-
tected from a similar experience.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
ONE BOLT KILLS TWO SWIMMERS.

Stamford Man Struck While Making fer
Shore With His Boy.
Stamford, Sept. 2.-SAmuel Searle, 40
years old, assistant foreman at the
Bleckensderfer typewriter factory, in
this city, and his fve-year-old son, VIII
liam, were killed by lightning stroke
last evening while the former was try
ing to swim ashore from capsized sail
beat at Greenwich Point, with his little
boy on his back.
Their death was instantaneous. The
fathers body showed marks about the
neck and breast closely resembling the
traces OF severe burns. The body Of
the boy was unmarked.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
MR.. MENDELs0EN MUST PROVE IT.

Customs Inspector Donohue Resents an Inn
putation That He Accepted Gratuity.
New York, Sept 3.-Aaron Mendelsohn,
4 potash manufacturer of Albany who
was arrested on Saturday, charged with
smuggling sealskin sacques and other ar
ticles, has brought down upon himself the
wrath of the customs inspectors by insin-
uating that one Of the officials in whose
charge he was accepted SO in cons.oera-
ton for not being locked up Customs In
spector Donohue said Yesterday:
while Mr.. Mendelsohn mentions no
names he apparently refers to Inspector
Brown and myself, who arrested him. I
intend to give him a chance to prove his
statement. ] shall place the matter in the
hands of my lawyer at once. My friends
know well enough that 1 never accepted a
gratuity, but nevertheless 1t does me in jury
to have such a suggestion made There
is no ground whatever for such state
ment so far as we are concerned"
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
GENERAL HOWARD DRAWS OUT.

He Sewers His Relations with q Scheme to
Irrigate 100000 Acres.
San Francisco, Sept. IA special to
the local paper from San Bernadino
says: There was a big shake up in the
Columbian Colonization Capital, which
has the Victor Dam enterprise in hand,
and Gen. o. O. Howard, Of Chicago, and
his brother, have severed their connec-
ton with the concern.
The company proposed to construct
dam at the Victor Narrows, on the Mo-
jave river, and by means Of natural
reservoir to store water enough to irri-
gate 300, 600 acres on the desert. It was
the biggest irrigation scheme ever at
tempted in the southwest
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
ANTHONY CLINCHY'S TRIAL ENDED.
Investigation of the State Inspector OF Gas
Meters Concluded at New York.

Investigation of the State Inspector OF Gas
Meters Concluded at New York.
New York, Sept. 2.-One witness, Isaac
Blauvelt, check clerk of the State Treas
ury, testified at the closing session yester-
DAY of the investigation of the official
conduct of Anthony Cinchy. State In
spector of Gas Metres, and he Identified
Clinchy's handwriting.
The rest Of the time was occupied by
William sulser, who began n. the 1 gay o of
persecution If not an illegal proceeding
to make him come to court on Labor Day,
when he wanted to go to Philadelphia 10
the letter carriers convention.
Other Quips and retorts were in this wise:
Il do not desire to examine Mr.. Clin-
chy," said Mr.. Hasbrouck. II desire to
show the criminality of his conduct"
You can't do it." roared Mr.. Suizer.
the tufted cockatoo. That's funny, ain tt
it? That's enouh to make a horse laugh"
"A long-eared horse?" asked Mr.. Has
brouck.
Commissioner Sharpe will receive briefs
from both the Deputy Attorney General
and Mr.. Sulzer and Will submit them with
his report to the Governor, who will act
unon II
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
POPE HEARS A PROTESTANT APPEAL.

Methodists Ask for Religious Liberty in
South American Countries
Chicago, Sept. 3.-The committee ap-
pointed by the Chicago Methodist minis
tiers to appeal to Pope Leo XIII. in the
interest of religious liberty in those South
American countries where the Roman Ca
tholic religion is dominant mace it's re-
port at the regular meeting Of the minis
ters yesterday. After sixteen months the
members of the committee report that
they have succeeded in having the matter
taken UP by the authorities of the Church
at Rome.
What is asked Of the Pope is that the
Protestants Of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia
shall have the same religious liberties as
the Catholics in the United States
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
NEWS OF THE PNARY RELIEF PARTY
Very Little leo 10 Encountered and the Ex
petition May Reach Wales Sound.

Very Little Ice IL Encountered and the EH.
petition May Reach Wales Sound.
St Johns, N. F., Sept. 2.-The first
news of the Peary relief expedition
since its departure was received here
to-day. It Dame by the American
schooner John e. Mackenzie. returning
from the Greenland hanbut fishery. The
Mackenzie met the Kite with the expe-
dtion at Holsteinburg, on July Is. A.
Holsteinburg the Kite took aboard Pro-
fessor Diche, one Of the members OF
the expedition, and sailed again the
same evening,
Very little Toe was reported south OF
Greenland waters. The Mackenzie fish
ed In latitude SO, almost as high as Dis
CO, and saw no Toe sufficient to cause the
steamer inconvenience. The crew of
the Mackenzie think the Kite will have
no difficulty In reaching Wales Sound
where Peary's headquarters are located
The return Of the relief party is ex-
pected about the end of this month.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-09-07
DROWNED AT A SWIMMING MATCH.

Thomas Cook Sinks While Leading in q
Contest at New Dorp.
New York, Sept. 3.-Thomas Cook, %
years old, of 81 Tenth avenue, was
drowned at New Dorp, S. l.. yesterday
Afternoon while participa ting I'm a SWIM
ming contest.
When the contest began Cook, who
is an expert swimmer, led his three
competitors.
He had gone about 500 yards vixen
he suddenly uplifted his arms and
eank beneath the surface. His COM
panions fastened to his aid and sue
ceeded in bringing him ashore.
He was unconscious, and all efforts to
resuscitate him failed. The body was
removed to Coroner Oates morgue at
Stapleton.