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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
Editorial.
LOCAL POLITICS.

The different candidates for county
offices are beginning to urge their
claims and offer reasons why they
should receive your support at the
polls. They will claim consideration
on the ground that it is custom to
re-electi that by reason of economi-
cal administration or judicious man.
agement of affairs they are deserv-
ing or that their great executive
abilities and natural fitness entitle
them to your suffrages. They will
have abundant evidence of home
manufacture to prove that their
knowledge of the duties of the Office
is so complete and comprehensive
that it would be a costly experiment
to try to educate others for the posi-
ton. They will meet you at every
mental turn with plausible sugges-
tion for their retention in or cleo
ton to office. Voters should care
fully listen. candidly weigh and i'm
partially consider these arguments,
and with their personal knowledge
as to the fitness of the candidate
based on his past record determine
whether he is as well qualified to
perform the duties of the station
which he aspires to fill as some other
man.
1t is not a question of tariff, or
FREQ silver, of gold, OF protection, it
Is one which more nearly and di-
rectly concerns your pockets and
the prosperity of the county.
In national affairs you vote a pol
icy which influences the general
prosperity of the country, in county
matters you vote no policy save
that which bears directly on the
economical management of the
money you pay as taxes and the bet
terment of the physical condition of
AOCtb1 A4bCIOSbas LII 6uCA n1h0bOAo ~
were better that the strictly parti-
san eye which sees only a name and
the ear which hears only a party
slogan, be closed, and that you vote
in accordance with the dictates of
sound common sense, that is the fit
test man for the place to be filed.
Should this doctrine be established
all parties would exercise more care
in selecting candidates and the re-
suit would inevitably be that bet
ter and more capable class of officials
wonld administer our affairs.
Do the voters of Pike desire any
such result =?
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
why minnesota Ia For Cola.

Minnesota Democrats declared un-
equivocally for the gold standard. They
did so Unexpectedly. Tho big delega-
tions from Minneapolis and Duluth were
pledged for 16 to 1, and it was taken
for granted that the country delegations
would favor silver. Why did they vote
for goldP
Several reasons have been suggested.
The one most often met with Is that the
farmers are composed largely of honest
and intelligent Scandinavians and Ger
mans who cannot be caught with free
silver sophistry. AS over 70 per cent Of
Minnesota's population Is foreign born.
this answer may be partly true. A more
reasonable explanation, however, ii
found In the reported statement that IA
large portion Of the farm mortgages I n
Minnesota are made payable in ''gol d
coin Of the United States of the presa mt
standard Of weight and fineness' - I|e-
ing compelled to pay their debts in g old
the farmers wish to receive as q ood
money when they sell their product
The fact that far larger porto a Of
mortgages will contain the gold O. ause
next November than now may spoil
many votes for the 10 to / scheme.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

Every crank who ventures to proselyte
for free silver seems to think that the
poor man Is his most promising game
The doctrine he presents is that more
money Is needed that the poor man may
have plenty. BE does not say how the
poor man Is to get any more money,
which Is the important thing. nor that
q cheap money Is the one thing the poor
man can stand less ably than the rich
man. The poor man, the workingman,
or the farmer, are served only when
they have the best money obtainable.
Suppose for q moment that free silver
should drive the gold dollar out Of cir
culatiou. The first effect is ON the poor
man When he receives his weekly
wages It is paid In the cheap money.
he Is the first loser. He can buy less
with 1t than with the higher priced
money, Of course. If he happens to be
earning e1e a week and the dollars are
cut down from gold basis to a silver
basis he will get 10 dollars, worth pos
sibly 20 cents each, or S8. 40, instead Of
the value that prevails when the gold
standard Is accepted With cheap money
prices will go up. What he buys he
win have to pay more for. Manufactur-
ers are not going TO produce their wares
and sell them for the same number Of
dollars when the dollars are worth less
money. The poor man will catch 1t In
both directions
Cheap money disarranges all business
relations There Is no such thing as
one standard for one class and another
for another class. The talk of the debt
or's money and the creditors money Is
bunko Every man is debtor and cred
itor all the time The workingman Is
the creditor while he is earning his
wages, until he Is paid He is a debtor
for the few things he buys without pay
ing for when he gets them. AS he pays
cash for much Of what he buys and al
lows all his wages TO stand until the
end Of the week or month. he Is a cred
itor more than he is debtor. The cheap
money, which is to benefit the debtor,
would benefit the employer who owes
him wages, and who pays the wages In
the depreciated coin.
There Is but one standard desirable,
and that is the best dollar that can be
made The standard Is now hxed at a
trifie more than 20 grains Of pure gold
The aim OF the country Is to keep all
other dollars, gold, silver or paper, up
10 that standard and not debase or
cheaper any Of them. II Pittsburg Times
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
DISHONESTY NEVER PAYS.
Free Coinage would Hurt Debtors ns wen
"a Credffora


''He needs long spoon who would
sup with the devil" is a good old Span
ish proverb. It Is one which should be
remembered by all the voters who have
been deluded into favoring the free sill
yer plan for robbing creditors by cutting
the value of the dollar In two.
It is unfortunately true that the clear
est proof of the dishonesty of a scheme
which would enable men who have bor-
rowed 100 cent dollars TO pay back the
loan In 90 cent dollars does not cause
the men who favor it to abandon their
agitation. There was q time when the
people had only to be shown that GER
tain policy was dishonest and immoral
to secure its prompt condemnation. But
through a shortsighted and foolish self
ishness, which seems to have blighted
their moral sense, a large number Of
persons now openly declare their will
ingness to repudiate debts. Free silver
will cheat creditorsP" they say. "Tken
all the more reason why we should
have It. ;"
Such men can only be reached in one
way. This Is by showing them that
stealing from creditors Is exactly like
stealing from any other property owner,
and that II this country once inaugu-
rates q policy of confscating one-haR of
the property Of some men, it will not be
long before all property rights will be
Rssailed How will this suit the great
majority Of the American people, who
all have some property and are trying to
get morep Are they ready to start in
robbing on wholesale scale by yVlebasing
the currency2
Even If one-hah of the debts in this
country were wiped out it by no means
follows that debtors would be benefited.
The paralysis Of industry which would
follow the withdrawal of capital would
cause such suffering and loss to allIclasses
that debtors as we'll as creditors would
be involved In the common ruin. When
the men who paid their debts in ohear
silver went to borrow more money, they
would find that no one would lend, un-
less at very high interest rates, sufficient
10 cover the risk of another Reputation
scheme Thus in the end the men who
had hoped to profit by dishonesty would
find themselves still poorer than they
are now. The attempt to cheat the devil
by robbing people of their property will
a 16 to 1 law, instead Of stealing II
openly, is a miserable trick. His satanic
majesty cannot be fooled in that way.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
How snrinrn WIN be Lost.

There will be millions of mad farm
ers, workingmen. clerks and professional
men when they go to draw their little
savings out of bank after we have gone,
or decided to go, to silver basis, should
we foolishly decide to go there via the
10 to short line. The 4, S75, $40 depos-
itors, who have 81, $40, ,597, 02s in saw
ings banks, would all suddenly conclude
to withdraw their savings and to con-
vert them into gold before we should
drop to the silver basis. Only a small
percentage could obtain their deposits
before the doors Of tho banks would
close. The great majority of depositors
would have to wait until we had aotu-
ally reached silver basis before they
could withdraw their deposits, and this
picture shows the kind Of money they
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

under the Mckinley measure. Fig
ures may be juggled, and statements
calculated TO deceive, ooncooted, to
catch the unwary. The cry in 1894
was " the tariff is tax down with
protection, and thousands of voters
looking only ON the surface reasoned
no farther than that If duty was
laid on a certain article which they
bought, they paid that duty in adj
dition to the cost of the goods, which
is naked fact. They did not con-
slider that this duty OF tax was
necessary to furnish revenue for
the support of government, nor did
they pause to enquire what wages
the workmen earned who made the
goods, or whether they were paid
the same as American workmeD.
They did not reflect that if a foreign
mechanic earned but fifty cents per
day in factory, or ON farm, our
laborers could not be paid at any
higher rate if American products
were to compete with foreign wares.
They did not reason that in order to
pay certain fixed and living wages
to American workmen the products
of our mines, manufactures and
farms, must be protected by just the
difference which it cost to produce
the same articles in foreign lands.
The Canadian farm hand is paid
about fifty cents per day, and at
that rate labor costs about one-half
what it does here. Now can our
farmers raise potatoes in oompeti
tion with the Canadian farmer ? If
a duty is laid on potatoes per bushel
just the amount of that tax either
goes in the pocket of our farmer or
his hired help, and by just that
amount are we benefited. 1t is 80
with every class of products. This
is all there is of protection aside
from raising the revenue necessary
to carry on the government. Now
is thEs requisite ? Laying aside the
figures which our Democratic
friends cite every one knows the
fact that the Cleveland administra-
tion has been obliged to borrow inn
mense sums of money. The Harri-
son administration did not borrow,
it paid large sums on our indebted
ness. These are facts. Now which
policy should be endorsed ? Under
which state of affairs will our coun-
try be prosperous, and our work
men contented Every voter will
answer that question as he casts his
ballot for or against Democratic mis-
rule.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
oola claus. n.eo.nlnr repal.r.

There were two interviews printed In
The News yesterday which ought to set
people thinking. II was shown In one
Of these interviews that the banks arc
already beginning to call In their paper.
even paper which at other times they
would have been glad 10 renew. This
tendency ON the part Of lenders OF money
will grow stronger as the situation
grows more uncertain. Men who lend
money ON . gold basis win take no
chances Of being repaid In cheap silver.
This Is shown by the practice Of the
building associations, as described In
the other interview. The secretary of
one Of these associations said yesterday
that there had been hardly q building
association mortgage made In the past
three years which did not contain gold
clause. We quote his words:
lido not believe 1t Is generally known
that nearly every building and loan as
ISOLATION in this city and In the state, ]
suppose. has put In every mortgage II
has taken for the last three years a
clause to the effect that the loan shall
be paid In gold, IL demanded by the as
ISOLATION. The association Of which ]
am secretary has out &470, 900, and that
clause Is in every mortgage. Indian
apolis News, June IL.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
WHICH SIDE Are YOU ON,
Some Test Questions For Undecided vos-

Some Test Questions For Undecided voe-
ers.
Are You opposed TO q sudden oontrao-
ton In the volume Of money now In
usef A free coinage law would immedi-
ately drive out of circulation over SeOO,-
900, 900 in gold
Do you believe In q stable measure of
values which shall be fair to both debtor
and creditor2 The 10 to scheme would
put this country on huctusting silver
basis.
Have you money in the bank or loaned
out to any onep Free silver would cut
the value Of your savings In two.
Are you prepared to abandon the
monetary standard which is used by all
the great commercial nations of the
world and adopt that of India, China
and other cheap labor countriesp If not,
you should protest against free silver.
Do you believe that common honesty
demands that debts contracted in 100
cent dollars should be paid in money
worth as much as that which was bor-
rowed2 Free coinage means the repudia-
ton Of one-haH Of all obligations
Do you know of any way in which
men who are now poor can get rich hon
estly, except by hard work. If not, you
should condemn the quacks who are
promising the people to make them all
rich by legislation which will debase
the currency.
Would you like to see capital abun-
dant and interest low1 Money is far
more plentiful and interest rates are
lower in gold standard nations than In
the silver using countries.
Do you consider 1t important to the
interests of trade and industry that there
should be no uncertainty in regard to
the basis of the country s flnancesP Then
you must oppose the senseless agitation
which is checking the investment Of
capital and depressing business
Would you like to see the purchasing
power Of the workingman's wages cut
down one-haH by currency law which
should declare that 30 cents worth Of
silver was "dollarp" Under free coin
age this country would have silver mono
metallism, with doubled prices for ev-
erything the workers buy.
Are you willing to bring on a flnan-
cial panic, caused by the calling In Of
loans through fears of free silver repu-
diation, merely for the sake of trying
cheap money experiments which have
always resulted In disaster3 If not. and
II you want an honest dollar and pros
perity. you should work and vote against
all attempts to debase the currency.
Whiddeu Graham.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

would obtain. 1t will not be the fault
of the bank officers If the banks are un-
able to return as good money as they
received. They have loaned the banks
funds out at interest and, exceptin cases
where officers have suspected the honest
intentions of their country and inserted
the gold clause In mortgages the banks
themselves will have to accept depreci-
ated dollars in return for the fun value
dollars loaned They win, therefore,
have only cheap dollars TO return to
their depositora These depoaitors, then,
are the real creditor class of this coun-
try. Instead of being few and wealthy
there are over 10, 900, 900 Of them hay
ing deposits In all kinds Of banks and
In building and loan associations, and
their average per capita deposits are
only $500. This country will not go to
q silver basis without the consent of a
large portion ofthese depositors If they
do vote to put 1t ON silver basis, sew
eral millions Of them will be kicking
themselves the next morning after they
find out what they have done
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

The shrinkage in value of farm
crops between 1891 and 1895 was in
round numbers eight hundred mil
lion dollars. The cost of labor, tax
es, insurance, interest and repairs
was nearly as great in '95 as in '91.
The loss to the American farmer
has been at least five hundred mill.
ion dollars. Does he want a change?
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

Four years ago the Democrats told
the farmers that if they voted for
Cleveland and free trade, they would
have good times and lots of money.
Now they say vote for the ticket
and free silver and the good times
and cheap money will come. What
about the story of the burnt child
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

There are some Democrats who
are not sure that Mckinley is a
sound money man. What state
of mind they must be in It would
appear as if they had been imbibing
too freely of their own party doc
trine, and ought to be in some gold
cure establishment.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
SHERIFF'S SALE.

J3y virtue of a writ of Levari Faoias is
su ed out of the Court of Common Pleas of
Pike County, to me directed, L will expose
to public sale by vendue or outcry, at the
5 heritf's Office in the Borough of Milford,
on
SATURDAY, JULY II, A. ID. 1896
AT 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
All that certain piece or parcel of land situ-
ate in the Township of Blooming Grove, in
the County of Pike and State of Pennsyl-
vania, butted and bounded as follows, to
wit; Beginning at a stone corner, thence
south two and half degrees west seventy
eight rods to a stone corner, thence north
eighty-nine degrees west three rods to a
corner, thence south two or u half degrees.
west eighty-two perches Co a stone, thence
south eighty-nine degrees east dfty-twO
perches to a stone, thence north two and
half degrees west forty nine perches to the
place of beginning, containing fifty acres
more or less it being part of a larger tract
OF Land IN the Warrantee name Of James
Barton.
IMPROVEMENTS
on the above lands about 40 acres are i'm
proved and upon same are erected good
tWo-story frame dwelling house, barn and
oufbuildingS, with excellent fruit orchard
Balance Of said land well timbered-the
whole comprising desirable farm and re.
Isidence.
Seized and taken In execution as the pro-
perty of Maggie E. Pletscher, executrix Of
John Fletcher, deceased and Margaret
FLETCHER, and will be sold by me for cash.
II. l. COPYRIGHT,
Sheriff.
Sherif's Office Milford, Pa,
June 10, 1895.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

II believe In a man Living up 10 his
principles" said Uncle Allen Sparks.
''Now. I have a neighbor who is howl
ing silverite and is always talking about
the crime Of 1879. but whenever be finds
that somebody has passed = Canadian 10
cent piece ON him he saves 1t 70 throw
In the contribution box at ohuruh- -
Chicago Tribune
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

The discussion about silver and gold
reminds one much of discussion about
the relation of the earth and sun The
gold men matptain that the earth goes
round the SUM- the silver men that the
sun goes round the earth, except when
detected by the efforts Of the bankers
and ''goldbuga New York Evening
pOak
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

Esser's candidate for Congress, l..
H. Barber, isn't going to have every
thing his own way. The opposite
faction have trotted out John E.
Lauer, of Lansford, who promises
to make things exceedingly interest
ing for the other fellows.-Lehigh-
ton Press,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

have gone through congress like the
silent tread of q cat " Yet this Is but
a sample Of the false statements made
by most of the leading silverites The
following summary Of procedure indi-
Gates how like the silent tread Of q
cat" the act Of 1873 stole through con-
gress;
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
WORD ON THE TARIFF.

Some Democratic newspapers are
attempting to demonstrate by figures
claimed to be taken from the trea-
sury reports that the receipts under
the Wilson tariff bill exceed those
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

Entered at the post office of
Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania,
as second-olass matter, November
twenty-first, 1895.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

1t is sometimes convenient to re
member the following items of
cooks measure. One pint of liquid
equals pound.
Half a pound of butter will make
one cup.
Four cups of flour make one pound
Two cups of granulated sugar
make one pound, but in powdered
sugar it will take two and half
cups to make a pound
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
CANDIDATES CARD.
Associate Judge.
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby notified that
throwing or burning papers or refuse Of
any ki nd In the streets Of the Borough is
prohil ited
BY order of the town council,
j. G. CHAMBERLAIN,
President, pro tenn.
At est, d. II. HORNBECK, Sec'y.
Mi ford, May 8, 1896.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

This bandit not intend to shoot but he
pointed capitalists
and uncertain progress But little capital will be invested industries
until practically certain that
not suddenly lose half their value by being dollars
all doubts the standard Of value
capital will out of its hiding
old factories and mills will
undeen thousands de will find employment
kets for their product merchants will have
times will
Europe ready for investment at low of
promising and all conditions are favorable for prosperity
TO threat aimed at capitaists
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

wal Never Vote Tor ChaaD Mo0ag.
The attempt 10 convince the masses
Of the people that depreoiRted currency
would shower blessings upon them can
peVer 1aooeed Atlantis journal (Dem }
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

Oh well for him whose will is
strong;
He suffers, but he will not suffer
long;
He suffers, but he cannot suffer
wrong .-Tennyson.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

LEMON CUsTARD PE.-Grate the
rind of one lemon, squeeze the juice
into one and one-half cups of sugar
butter the size of an egg, one table
spoonful of flour, and the yolks of
four eggs stir altogether as for cake
and pour over it one pint of boiling
milk beat the whites separately
and stir in after it has cooled a little
then bake in a crust as you would
custard pie. F.w
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10

L. o. a reader of the PRESS, re-
quests receipt for lemon sherbet
and we give her the following which
we find to be very good. Put two
quarts of new milk in porcelain ket-
tie, and one pound or two cups of
granulated sugar. The rind of four
lemons peeled off taking care not to
cut into the sour part Scald the
lemon peel in the milk and set off to
cool, leaving the peel in milk till
the milk is cool Skim out the peel
and add one pint of rich cream and
two t,lblespoonfuls of Cooper's gele-
tine which has been Dissolved in a
small bowl of milk, put in the free
ger and freeze till like slusb Have
prepared the juice of eight lemons,
to which is added one pound and a
half of sugar and the whites of five
eggs beaten to froth When the
milk is half frozen add this and
freeze till done. This will make a
six quart freezer full.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-07-10
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