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The bee., 1896-09-10
That Appreciated Gold.

The silver orators say, "Under
the gold standard there is a con-
slant increase in the purchasing
power of money. This is only an
other way of saying that there is a
constant shrinkage in the prices of
property and of the products of la
bor."
Thisis not true as to commodities
whose product has increased since
the existing gold standard was
recognized and accepted. 1t is
least OF all true of the most impor-
tant commodity of all labor. This
has risen in value. A days labor
buys more of the necessities, the
conveniences and the luxuries Of
life than it ever did before. Farm
products have fallen. Farm labor
has not. City labor has not. Man
ufacturing labor has not. Even
farm products buy more cloth, more
travel, more machinery and meet
more wants than ever before. Low
as wheat is it takes no more BUSH
els to buy a moving machine than
before 1879, no more to buy a suit
of clothes, to pay for newspaper
or to furnish parlor or kitchen.
Capitalists have suffered because
land, stocks, etc., have fallen in
value and money has fallen in in
terest or earning power, but the
purchasing power of labor has
risen and the joint product of land
and labor, like crops, can be ex-
changed for more than in 1879.
The falling prices of farm pro-
ducts are due to the competition OF
new sources of supply, made avail
able by cheap transportation. Ar
gentina is one OF these, unknown a
few years ago. No coinage law
can change this. Competition re-
duces prices in all pursuits and the
only remedy is change of product.
Free Silver will not help the farm
er, because the money he makes
by paying off gold standard mort
gage in silver standard dollars worth
half as much will be lost in the
advance in prices of all he buys.
Look up the accounts and or
ders of any country store for the
past twenty or thirty years. You
will find in all that in commodities
the farmer is buying more pounds
of sugar, tea and coffee, more pairs
of boots and shoes and more cloth
now than he did. In dollars he
may pay less, but men don't cal
dollars or drink them or wear
them.
What this country needs IS moi
more dollars but better credit,
strict adherence to contracts and a
dollar always the same and as good
as any the world over. -PhIladel
phia Record. (Dem.)
lob Work neatly executed at thi.
The bee., 1896-09-10

In case free coinage of silver
should be established in this coun-
try, ] presume insurance compa-
nies and all other institutions
would continue to make their pay
ments by checks and drafts on
banks, as heretofore; but, in my
opinion, the whole volume OF our
currency would sink at once to the
silver basis, and these checks and
drafts would be paid in silver dol
lars or their equivalent, instead OF
gold or It's equivalent, as is now
the case. I. G. CARLISLE.
The bee., 1896-09-10
DANIEL WEBSTER.

al don't believe that you can
legislate up the value OF anything
any more than | believe you can
make generals heroes by legisla-
ton. The Continental Congress
tried legislating value up even by
resorts to penalties, but the mex
orable laws of trade, as independ-
ent as the law of gravitation, kept
them down. | do believe you can
legislate a value down, and that
you can do it by attempting to leg
islate it up."-Roscoe Conkling,
February 4, 1862.
The bee., 1896-09-10

The statistics show that there are
4, o47 millionaires in this country
whose average wealth is So, 600, 900
each, making Io per cent of the
wealth owned by millionaires, who
are 3 per cent Of the families.
The balance is owned by I,I25,-
Sra families worth S., 600, and over
to the extent of S34, ooS, 539,I25;
by II, 500. 293 families, worth SI6,-
93S,552,o72, and So, 900, 900, 900
held by foreigners. 1t will be seen
that the per centage of increase 49
per cent from 1880 to 1890. The
reason why these facts do not show
that tour government is gradually
changing from a democracy to a
plutocracy" is because they are all
the other way. When the depos-
its in the savings banks, building
associations, and cooperative in
surance companies are constantly
increasing, even during these hard
times; and during the last twenty
years they have been taking more
newspapers, buying more bicycles,
wearing better clothes, using more
furniture, and owning more houses.
They use three times as much sug
ar per head; twice as much coffee;
one-iourth more tea; three times as
much beer, as in 1867. Unless the
poor have been improving in con-
dition, how could they increase to
this extent the consumption per
capita of the above named arti-
cles and more than treble the use
of boots and shoes. They have
$500, 600, 900 in building associa-
ton assets; So, 900, 900, 900 in saw
ings bank deposits, and an an ag
gregate of many millions in regular
National Bank deposits. They
patronize foot ball, base ball, cir
Gus, theatre, fairs and kindred
amusements to an extent undream-
ed of thirty years ago. Rich men
own less and less of the general
wealth. William Penn once owned
the State of Pennsylvania and to-
day his descendants own none of
it, and every year the number of
owners increases. Three men once
owned the State Of New Jersey, and
now it has half a million owners,
while the lineal descendants of the
first proprietors have scarcely
foothold in it. When Stephen
Girard died his estate comprised
one fourth of the total valuation OF
Philadelphia. No one man to-day
owns one-fftieth of its wealth.
Such expressions are worse than
foolish and msliciously deceptive.
There are not two kinds of pros
perity, one for the rich and the
other for the poor.
The bee., 1896-09-10
Republican Doctrine.

The American people hold
the financial honor of our Gov
ernment as sacred as our flag.
The money of the United
States and every kind and
form of it, whether of paper,
silver or gold, must be as good
as the best in the world.
The dollar paid to the far
fner, the wage Garner and the
pensioner must continue for
ever equal in purchasing and
debt-paying power to the dol
lar paid to any Government
creditor.
WILLIAM Mckinney.
The bee., 1896-09-10

A year or so since man found a
pocketbook containing SI5o IN
cash on the sidewalk IN Portland,
Me. A card in the wallet showed
that the money belonged to a
bookkeeper of business house in
that town. The man returned the
money to its owner, and as re-
ward a bill which he owed the
house was receipted.
The bee., 1896-09-10

Mr.. Bryan frankly tells him would
be worth only half as much1
I3. Will the workingman, under
free coinage, have to work as hard
and as many hours for a dollar as
he does now1
Upon your answers to the fore
going questions depends the vote
OF myself ana a large number of
workingmen of this community
who have made up their minds
that the interest of themselves and
their families is superior to any
question Of allegiance to party.
Very respectfully,
w. L. TIMBERLAKE,
Conductor Mobile Street Railway.
The bee., 1896-09-10
IT is a fundamental princi-

pie in coinage, recognized and
followed by all the statesmen
Of America in the past. and
never yet safely departed
from, that there can be only
one basis upon which gold and
silver can be concurrently
coined as money, and that
basis is equality, not in weight
but in the commercial value
of metal contained in the re-
spective coins.
GARRETT A. HOBART,
The bee., 1896-09-10

The American Protective Tariff
League has just issued document
No. 5o,, "The Tariff which gives
extracts, in parallel columns, from
the speeches OF Hon. w. ], Bryan
and Hon William Mckinley This
document should be read by every
voter. Address, w. f. Wakeman,
General Secretary, 1856 w a3d
Street. New York.
The bee., 1896-09-10
Ignores the Constitution.

Not only should the General Gov
ernment supply all needed paper
money, but it should make all
money, gold silver and paper, a
full legal tender for all debts, pub
lie and private, and shOHldHOf permit
the making any contract hereafter
for a particular kind of money.
w. ]. BRYAN.
The Terrorists of the French re-
volution asserted and enforced this
right of controlling private con-
tracts as to the standard or meas
ure OF value, but they did it by
sending to the guillotine those who
refused to take the assignats for
goods or debts at their face value,
who charged in excess Of the rates
fixed by law as the maximum for
the necessaries of life, Nothing
but Terrorism can make effective
such interferences with commerce
and private contract for a measure
of value by count, they will con
tract for such measure by weight.
Gold and silver are commodities of
intrinsic value, and no legislation
can prevent men from measuring
their services, or agreeing to ex-
change their services or commodi-
ties for such commodities as they
deem proper.
The bee., 1896-09-10
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WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

"GoLD is the one standard
of value among all enlightened
commercial nations. An hon
est dollar worth 100 cents
everywhere, cannot be coined
out of s. cents worth of silver,
plus a legislative fiat"
GARRET A. HOBART.
The bee., 1896-09-10
GARRET A. HOBART.

A disordered currency is fatal to
industry, frugality and economy.
1t fosters the spirit OF speculation
aud extravagance.
1t is the most effectual of inven-
tions to ferlilize the rich mans
fields with the sweat of the poor
mans brow.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
BENNINGTON.

In the Pittsfeld. Mass, court Saturday,
Charles Turner. who was held there
charged with stealing a horse and buggy
from j. B. Percy, was held for further
examination the 17th inst. Turner was
Identified by Mr.. Percy as a man that was
hanging around his place the afternoon
the horse was stolen.-The remains OF
Chauncey j. Olds arrived here Tuesday
afternoon by special train from Valley
Falls, n. Y, where he dropped dead in his
yard Saturday evening.-A post-mortem
examination disclosed the fact that the
death of Charles G. Cole was caused by
cancer of the pancreas, the disease tnVolv-
ing portion of the small intestines. His
funeral was very largely attended from
the Second Congregational church Monday
afternoon. The services We're conducted
by Mount Anthony lodge, f. and A. NJ,
John NJ. Burt, w. NJ Sixth corps post,
G. A. r., also attended the exercises. as
did the trustees and teachers of the viii
lage.-William Cox leaves this week for a
several months visit to Glasgow, Scot
land.-Rev. Claude NJ. Severance will oc-
cupy the pulpit of the Congregational
church in Manchester the coming four
Sundays. He will not return to Japan, as
the climate there does not agree with his
wife,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
YIELDS TO SILVER MEN.
SENATOR MORRILL, OBLIGED TO RE
PORT A SILVER SUBSTITUTE.
But Said ICED Save the Commonwealth"
as He Did It Republicans Will Give
the Silver Devotees Plenty of
Rope Now.

Washington, Feb. lin the Senate to-
day, Mr.. Morrill,, rep, Vermont, chairman
of the finance committee, reported back
from that committee the House bill ITO
temporarily increase the revenue to meet
the expenses of the government and pro-
vide against a deficiency, with an amend
ment to strike out all after the enacting
clause and to insert in lieu thereof the
free coinage substitute adopted by the
Senate last Saturday. He added, loosely,
that he felt like using the words closing
the proclamations of the governor of Mas
sachusetts God Save the Common
wealth."
lie also stated that 1t was unnecessary
for him to say that he did not favor the
action of the finance committee, but that
he would endeavor to bring 1t up to-mor-
row unless 1t should interfere with an APP
preparation bill.
The republicans believe they have suf-
fcient votes to do this and they think they
may be able eventually to pass the bill as
1t comes from the House There are many
obstacles in Its pathway, however, and
1T was rumored this morning that a num-
her of anti-sver democrats would vote
with their silver colleagues to pass the sill
YER substitute through the Senate for the
sole purpose OF defeating the tariff bill,
just as Hill and several others voted for
the populistic amendments to the free sill
yer bill of last week in order 10 kill the
measure itself If possible. The republic
cans will :efrain from debating the bill
to any great extent. They will permit the
silver element to do anything IL may be
capable of, so that the country may know
in whose hands the power in the Senate
lies.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
MARTIN II. OEMlNG DEAD.
A Well Known Politician and Citizen In
B-nnington County.

Remington, Feb. 2.-Martin II. Deming
one of the leading men OF Bennington
county. died at his home In Arlington
Saturday morning. He had an attack OF
apoplexy Thursday and never rallied.
He was born in Arlington, his family
having been prominent there for nearly q
century. He was 81 years of age and
leaves a wife and two sons. Mr. Deming
represented his town in the Legislature
of 1850 and 1881 He was Senator from
Bennington county in 1890 At the time
of his death he was first selectman OF the
town and trustee of public money. He had
been active in town and county anairs
for number Of years. He had been the
member of the executive committee from
Bennington county for the young mems 3
republican club of Vermont and with the
late Col. M. S. Colburn of Manchester
was active in republican campaigns OF
1892 and 9i in Bennington county. Mr.,
Deming was prominent in the Episcopal
diocese OF Vermont, lie was senior war
den of st. James church, Arlington, and
a member of the finance committee in the
general convention. Mr.. Deming had a
wide acquaintance all oUer the State. He
was genial, opened hearted and was very
popular In his own county and his death
will be regretted by hosts OF friends. In
addition to his immediate family he leaves
a mother and brother. who Is treasurer
of the Panama Railroad company. He
was the junior member of the firm OF Jud'
son & Deming, East Arlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
A BUILDING UNDERMINED
And Considerable Other Damage Done by
Water In Randolph.

Randolph, Feb. 5.-Water for the second
time this winter has done considera bic
damage here. Some time during the night
a six inch pipe, 1t Is thought has burst
near where 1t connects on to the main
pine on the corner OF Main and South
Pleasant streets. 1t Is right opposite the
Richmond block. The water followed the
pipe and to the cellar OF this building,
which Is on bank or side hill. The water
washed away about 20 feet of two, walls
and a cross wall and excavated place
underneath the street nearly large enough
for a small house. This building or at least
the old part of 1t went down the bank
some four or five years ago. Many think
that If there is thaw 1t will settle con-
siderably now. The damage will amount
to considerable and Vt is not in such q
manner as to be correctly estimated The
ground Is frozen so that the men can work
excavating without disturbing the road
bed. At the present writing the leak has
not been found
The Herald and News secures Its power
from the water system and as this Is pub
lication day, the paper will he a day or
two late. The creamery and Abbott mill
also secures its water supply from this
source. These places with the east part of
the village from Main street are without
water. The leak was not discovered this
morning until nearly o'clock and the
breakage must have occurred early in the
night.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
BURLINGTON, VII, THURSDAY FEBRUARY

ed the funeral OF Caleb Wright, which
was held last Sunday at his late residence
in New Haven. Mr.. Wright had been for
many years a member of the Methodist
in this town.
Mr. p. w. Tierney of st. Albans spent
Sunday in town with relatives and friends.
Miss Rachel daughter of G. j. Hodges,
is i'll with la grippe.-School closed In dis
trict No. Friday, January 81, with
candy pull in the evening. Miss Edna
Jones of Addison was teacher.-Rcv c. l..
Leonard. pastor of the Methodist church,
is giving a series of illustrated sermons
Sunday evenings.-Albert Bent is suffering
with a felon on the left hand
LINCOLN.
Among the sick are Mrs Fayette Eddy,
Mrs. GurCion Tucker, DR.. Cushman and
David Merrill.-An infant son of Warren
Hatch died Sunday night OF membranous
croup.-About sixty teams are engaged In
hauling pulp logs to Bristol.-Dr. Powers
of Ripton preached in the Methodist
church Sunday morning.
CORNWALL.
Exercises to celebrate the 18th anniver-
sary of the formation of the first Christian
Endeavor society was observed by the
local of the Congregational church with a
special programme consisting of selec-
tons, responsive readings, music and an
address by the pastor-Dolegates to the
mid winter county Christian Endeavor
convention to be held in New Haven the
last of February are Messrs. Ralph Rob-
bins, Frank Foote, and Misses Lena Frost
and Estelle Lane.-The special meetings
which were commenced last Wednesday
evening at the Baptist church in West
Cornwall, conducted by Messrs. Hunter.
Cantwell, Kinzie, Lyman and Lovett. will
continue a part of this week.-The death
of Franklin Hooker occurred at his home
Monday, February 3. His funeral was
attended from his late home on Wednes-
day at IL o'clock.
NORTH FERRISBURGH.
The funeral of Mrs. Ruth Hazard was
held from her late residence Sunday.-The
Ladies' Foreign Missionary society met
with Mrs. George Palmer Wednesday,
February 5.-School In district No. 3 has
been closed on account OF the illness of the
teacher. Miss Mary Dean.-Dick Mallory
is sick.-Mrs. Fay Hubbell is seriously i'll
ADDISON.
Effort Lodge" No. 72, elected officers
for the quarter ensuing as follows: w. c
r., Ezra S. Smith: w. V. T., Lizzie Il
Smith; treasurer L. E. Whitford; secre
tary, Charley Seeger; F. S., Marcia Tor
rey; p. w. c. T., X. W. Smith; chaplain
Il. Jones; guard. willis Palmer; sentinel
Bertha Norton; marshal, Harry Smith
Q. NJ, Elva Torrey; l.. O., Mary VIII
marth. The lodge now numbers abou
forty members.-E +. Gulley of Rjchfort
was at home over Sunday.-A wedding re
cepton was given at the home of c. w
Blake for Mr.. and Mrs. Ira 8. Barber OF
Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th.-There will
be sociable at Lizzie Smiths Frida,
evening. The proceeds to go to repair TIL,
church.-The school at the Corners
taught by Matte Clark closes Thursday
Feb. G.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
rTH MASONIC DISTRICT MEETING.
CONVENTION HALLS CHOSEN.
Republicans VIII Use the Exposition
Building-Dcmocrata the Coliseum.

St. Louis. Mo-, Feb. At has been
finally decided to hold the republican ma
tional convention in the Exposition build
ing. The northern portion of the building
will be remodeled. at an expense OF about
100000, and 1t will insure a satisfactory
hall for convention purposes. The hall
will be bounded on three sides by st.
Charles. Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, thus securing proper light and
ventilation.
Chicago. Feb. 2.-The subcommittee OF
the national democratic committee de-
c!ded yesterday afternoon that the Coils
cum would be the best place in Chicago
for the holding of the national democratic
convention, and arrangements for its COM
pletion will therefore be hurried up. the
contractors being under bonds OF $4,000 to
complete it by May ! next. Some months
ago. during a storm, the structure, which
had reached the first story and was almost
ready for the roof, was blown down. and
since then little or nothing has been done
to rebuild it.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-02-06
SHOUTED FOR THE U. v. M.
Younger Alumni In New Yotk Hold .
Banquet

New York, Feb. 2-An enthusiastic
meeting OF the younger alumni of the Uni
versity of Vermont residing in New York
city was held Friday evening at the
Arena, the we'll known meeting place of
Gotham college organizations. over 80
of the recent graduates OF the U. V. M.
were present to partake of the supper.
Among this number were d. p. Kingsley,
DR.. w. Il. Forrest, Prof. ]. X. Wheeler,
f. NJ. Corse. Dr. G. w. Roberts. Rev. 3.
b. Bosworth, W. A. Mitchell, G.. l.. Whee-
lock, Il. C. Day, W. C. Flanders and
large number of the more recent grad
yates Toasts were responded to by sew
eral in an informal and spirited manner
and these with numerous college songs
with instrumental music by an impromptu
banjo club, made the occasion one per-
vaded BY a genuine college spirit, Several
other meetings of similar character will
be held during the year II will be the aim
of these occasions to keep closely in touch
with the best interests of the University
and to keep informed as to the number of
young alumni. who are continuously visit
ing New York. The next meeting Is to
be held on the last Friday in March.