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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16
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Governor Altgeld of Illinois expresses
. popular dclusion Of the free coinage
advocates when he asserts, Formerly
all of the gold and all Of, the silver. that
was mined each year was added to the
stock Of money Of the world. - In one
form or another this assertion / is being
repeated throughout the country as an
argument for free silver.
By formerly" however, Altgeld
means previous to 1878. But he is very
much astray as to his facts. In no coun-
try Of the world, at any period in his
tory, have all Of the gold and silver
mined each year been used as money.
Large quantities Of both metals have al
ways been used in the arts, at some
periods the consumption in this form
exceeding the annual production. AT
least 80 per cent Of all the gold and sill.
YER mined has been used for other pur-
poses than for money. Since the discov.
cry Of America the value Of the worlds
production Of gold and silver is given
by DR.. Soetbeer and other statisticiana
at about $18, 700, 600, 900.
The total value Of the worlds stock
Of money is now but little more than
%, 600, 600, 600, showing that over elO,-
600, 900, 900 worth, or about so PEI
cent, Of gold and silver has been used
in the arts
In the 80 years previous to 1873 the
United States coined only 8, 900. 900 zl-
yer dollars, and about $125. 600, 900 Of
subsidiary coins During the past %
years there have been coined over 422,
900, 900 silver dollars and about $50,
100000 in subsidiary coinage. Thus in
stead Of adding less silver to our stock
of money since 1878, we have coined 80
times as many silver dollars as were is
sued before that time and have greatly
increased our annual coinage Of SUBJ
sidiary silver. Our coinage Of gold has
also increased largely since 1878, the
average amount for the 20 years before
that date being about $31, ZOO, 600 an
nually, while for the past % years It
averaged over $45, 900, 900 per year.
In spite Of these indisputable facts,
which can be verified by any voter who
will write to- thu director of the mint
and ask for his official report, Governor
Altgeld asserts that "the annual ad-
dition to the stock Of money is less than
half of what it formerly was" Gould
there be a clearer proof Of the campaign
of deception and Misrepresentation
which is being carried on by the 16-to-1
agitatOrs?
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

and must be paid in such money.
It has also been asserted that
legislation can be had which would
annul this feature Of contracts
As far as future contracts are con-
cerned this is probably true, but
no such law could apply to mort
cages already made. The constitu-
ton of the United States expressly
prohibits any state from passing
any law which would impair con.
tract obligations. About the
ability of congress to pass alaw
which would have this effect there
is more question, but the ablest
lawyers are Of the opinion that it
has no such power.
But, even if this power existed it
would never be exercised, for not
only did Bryan expressly say in his
speech before the chicago cOnven-
ton that it was not proposed to
interfere with contracts which
were, by their terms, payable in
gold, but Stewart, Altgeld, Scwall
and many other great silver leaders
are among those who insist most
strcnuously upon having this
clause not only in their own mort.
cages, but in every little contract
in which any money is coming to
them. And they certainly would
forbid or defeat any attempt by
their own party to destroy the eff:
ficacy Of such agreements.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Bryan is one Of the most radical
free traders in the United States,
yet G. A. Towne is making can
vass of the Sixth district with
him., and urging his election t.
the presidency. Towne has no
right to the support of any pro.
tectionist. If Towne is elected he
will hereafter work with the free
traders from the south. No man
in congress can possess any in.
fuence and flock by himself.
TONNES position is now in the
Popocrat party, and he will be
controlled by it's caucuses and his
party associates. He must work
with them, to accomplish any.
thing. Don't vote for him unless
you want to place an enemy of
Mckinley in congress from this
district,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

The fires in the northern Wis.
consin pineries have made itneces.
sary for the lumbermen to cut
much of the damaged timber this
winter, and they will thus be
compelled to bank more logs than
the demand really calls. for. This
is spoken of in the telegraph news
as boon to many laboringmen,
as the prospect was that there
would scarcely any demand for
labor in this section this winter.
It was not so much a question as
to the amount of wages, but en-
ployers could not use any labor
to speak of, and winter without
work or income was the prospect
for many men. Now that some
log cutting is assured, there is a
certainty that some men will get
through the winter without suf-
fering. The supply Of labor is so
much larger than the demand,
however, that wages are absurdly
low, and as low as IS per month is
paid in some cases. The onl y way
to shut out Canadian lumber from
the American market is by re-
ducing wages to the lowest limit,
or by protective tariff. Bryan
says protection is robbery, and the
condition of the American lum Der
industry probably just suits him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16
Arguing For Fiat Money.

All the arguments in favor. Of free
silver rest on the fact that silver is
cheap; that the silver in a dollar is
worth less than 100 cents. If this makes
silver good material out of which to
coin dollars, the paper is still better, for
It is worth almost nothing. If the stamp
of the government can make So cents
Tor 81 cents') worth Of silver as good az
a dollar, then it can make piece Of
paper equally good. This was clearly
the idea of the minds Of the trainers Of
the Chicago platform. - New York
Times.
Ninblo Wit.
A comedian in Paris theater recently
made a great hit out Of painful Incl
dent. While indulging in bit Of horse
play on the stage he struck his head
violently, entirely by accident, against
one of the pillars upon the stage. On
hearing the thud everybody uttered q
cry.
mo great harm done," said the
comedian. "Just hand me napkin, q
glass of water and a saltcellar." These
were brought, and he sat down, folded
the napkin in the form of a bandage,
dipped it in the glass and emptied the
salt cellar on the wet part.
Having thus prepared compress &C.
cording to the prescription. and when
every one expected he would apply it to-
his forehead, he gravely rose and tied it
round the pillar. Paris Figaro.
PLovER ON GUARD.
Oh. little plover, still circling over
Your nest in clover, your house OF Lowell
Sure none dare harm it and none alarm it
While you are keeping your watch above.
IT'S she doth love you and we'll approve you,
Your little love bird SO gray and sweet
II hawk and falcon swept down above you,
TITS she would trust you the twain to meet.
Now, let me pass, sir, a harmless lass. sir.
With no designs on your eggs Of blue.
wish your family both health and wealth,
sir,
And to be as faithful and kind as you.
But not shadow steals DER the meadow
: That he will swoop not to drive away;
The bee in clover and wind the rover
He fears means i'll to his love in gray.
The showers 40 sunny and sweet as honey
Have power to trouble his anxious breast
Now might one purchase Aor love or money
That watchful heart and that pleasant nestl
katherine lyman Hinkson.
War to the Knife.
Gladys@Shal you marry Jack If re-
fuse hirns
Maud-Yes, and If you accept him-
Pick Ne Up 49,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Fergus Falls Journal: If legis'
1ation can make SIC worth OF
silver worth 81 it can certainly
make 1Oc worth OF copper worth
81. If Legislation is all we need,
what is the use of collecting taxes,
anyway Why not let the govern
ment declare that a few cents
worth ofcopper is 81, and let us
all become rich Immediately! Is
this not the SILVER mems argument
carried little further than they
care to carry it? When this free
silver craze has gone the way Of
the old greenback craze, people
will wonder how they were led
astray by it.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Here's a question for working.
men. The Bryanites tell us that
the merchant will not mark up
his goods under free silver. That
he won't dare to because the other
fellow will undersell him. Well,
if people refuse to buy he will still
have the goods, won't he? And
how about the workingman. If
he marks up his services and his
employers decline to pay the raise
won't he be in the same boat with
the nerchant-won't the working.
man have his services-to sell.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

4 IF the American farmer will aid
in giving the American laborer
work, the American laborer will
use his income to buy farm prod
ucts. Shutting down mills and
demoralizing business will injure
both farmers and laborers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Bryan says the gold standard
means lower prices for wheat, yet
the price of wheat is going up.
Bryan says he will make silver
worth twice what it is IN gold, yet
it Is going down. The law of
supply and demand and testimony
of actual, world wide business
conditions absolutely disprove
Bryan's assertions.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16
In the Cheap Money Future.

Cheap Money Slave-Here, SIR are
three dollars-all I can spare. I would
gladly give you more relief and by so
doing get relief myself, did I not need
come change today.
Cheap Money Invalid-Thank you.
These will at least get a cup Of coffee
for me. Like yourself I was once strong
enough to carry my own money, but my
spine gave way and the doctor forbade
the use Of my Bryan leather pockets. I
a9 sorry to have troubled you, but am
now DEPENDENT, when away from home,
upon the generosity and strong muscles
Of others.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Bryan's pleadlngs with the
workingmen last night to vote for
reduction in their wages and for
high prices, showed an astonishing
amount of nerve.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

We hear considerable nowadays
about the stipulation inserted in
mortgage notes that principal and
interest shall be paid in gold.
Some have been utterly unable
to understand the reasons of the
lender for insisting upon this
clause, and have thought there
might be some dark conspiracy be-
hind it. The truth is that the
gold clause is simply inserted as a
protection against free silver. No
one is ever called upon to make
payment in the actual gold, and,
as long as our present financial
system continues, no one ever will
be.
Everyone who has borro wed
money since Jan. l, 1879, in this
country has received gold Or its
equivalent, and even money
loaner could not be blamed for
wishing to receive back as good
money as he loaned.
As long as our present system
continues, the kind of money in
which payment is made is indiffer-
ent to both debtor and creditor,
for the simple reason that every
dollanof the United States is as
good as any other dollar. But
should free silver prevail and gold
go to a large premium, as it un-
doubtedly would, the borrower
would be called on to pay in gold,
which he would have to purchase
like any other commodity.
This clause has been inserted in
ninety. nine out Of every one hun.
dred mortgage notes given in this
county for the last seven or eight
years, or ever since the agitation
for free silver from the mining
states and Populist party has
been so evident, but has been con-
sidered so purely a matter of form
that the average borrower could
not have told three months
after his mortgage was signed
whether it contained this provis-
ion ornot. And hundreds of mort.
cages have been given and paid IN
which the man who paid them
could not tell today whether or
not such an agreement was in the
note.
1t has been believed and asserted
in some quarters that this stipula-
ton could not be enforced in any
event, but that payment could be
made in any legal tender money,
whether gold were at premium
or not. This idea is entirely erro.
neous. Not only does the Bland.
Allison act, in making the silver
dollar legal tender, expressly
except cases where the con.
tract stipulates otherwise, but this
would have been true without be.
ing expressly stated in the law, for
the supreme court of the United
States had, long before, in the
cases of Bronson vs.. Rodes Z Wall
229-Trebilcock VS.. Wilson 70
Wall 687 and other cases, distinctly
held contracts of this kind good,
and that Judgment could be entered
for the kind of money agreed upon,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Mr., Bryan "be]leves" IN free
silver. What if lie does! He
believed in free trade four years
ago. We have,ried Mr.. Bryan's
"belief" for four years already and
we know what it amounts to.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Here is Bryan's speech in nut
she'll: Anything the rich or we'll
TODD think is right IS wrong.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Here is Bryan's platform IN a
nutshell: II propose to regulate
the finances of the country and
determine the business conditions
without the consent of any bust
ness man."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16
LITTLE BRYANITES.

Minneapolis Journal
Bryan drew big crowd in Min
neapolis. But so he did in Maine.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-10-16

Gladys-Shall you marry Jack II I re-
fuse hims
Maud-Yes, and If you accept him.
Pick Ne Up. ..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-15
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-15

and Reed. Both OF these great states
men have many warm admirers in this
part Of the territory, but the feeling for
both of them is the best in the world
unless politicians for selfish interests
precipitate a fight of some kind. These
fellows who are now out roaming over
the territory and whooping it up for
some particular candidate will bear
a little watching and if the listener will
keep his weather eye open he win be
able to catch on to the way and the
strain upon his political X rays Of ether
wherefore without any very great
The roast of the supreme court of the
territory published in the Eagle of to-
day is attracting a great deal of at
tention, and a great many of the peo-
pie of all parties in this section are
trying to count our Judge Bierer out of
that nefarious deal
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-05
TELLTALE FORCE OF HABIT.

This Bank Clerk Unconsciously Revealed
His Occupation.
They were both students at the new
school of psychology, physiognomy and
metaphysics. They dropped into an all
night restaurant and were talking of
hypnotism, says the New York Press.
''See that young man over there near
the ice-box?" asked one.
"Yes, why?" answered the other.
what business does he followP judg-
ing from scientific observation"
HE is either night operator or a
gambler"
by what reasoning"
Because he is pale and nervous, The
sun never shines on him. He has voca-
ton that keeps his nerves at q high
tension"
The students left the contemplation
of scientific research to investigate the
merits of two clam chowders.
I'M tell you what line of business that
man follows" said the second philoso-
pher, after long pause.
"Well, what does he do for living?"
Paying teller in bank"
How do you know"
81 watched him when the waiter
brought his pancakes a minute ago. He
dampened his fingers and ran them over
to see if the count was right"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-05

was very much opposed to the duel, and
reasoned with Shields for long time.
As a result of his talk several notes
were passed between the seconds.
Lincoln remained firm and said
Shields must withdraw his first note
and ask him whether or not he was the
author of the poem in the Journal.
When that was done, he said, he was
ready to treat with the other side.
Shields was infexible, and finally DR..
Hope got angry and said Shields was
bringing the democratic party of Illi-
nois and himself into ridicule and con-
tempt by his folly. Finally he sprang
to his feet, faced the stubborn little
Iffshman and blurted out:
Jimmie, you little whipper-snap-
per, II you don't settle this I'll take you
across my knee and spank you'll
This was too much for Shields, and
he yielded. A note was solemnly pre-
pared and sent across to Lincoln, which
inquired IL he was the author of the
poem in question. Lincoln wrote a
formal reply, in which he said that he
was not, and then mutual explana-
lions and apologies followed.
II watched Lincoln closely while he
sat on his log awaiting the signal to
fight. His face was grave and serious.
I could discern nothing suggestive OF
old Abe as we knew him. I never
knew him to go so long before without
making a joke, and began to believe
he was getting frightened. But pres
emily he reached over and picked up
one of the swords, which he drew from
its scabbard. Then he felt along the
edge of the weapon with his thumb,
like barber feels of the edge of his
razor, stretched himself to his full
height, stretched out his long arms and
chopped off a twig from tree above
his head with the sword.
There wasn't another man of us who
could have reached anywhere near that
twig, and the absurdity of that long
reaching fellow fighting with cavalry
sabers with Shields, who could walk
under his arm, came pretty near max
ing me howl with laughter. After Lin
coin had cut off the twig he returned
the sword to its scabbard with a sign
and sat down, but / detected the CLEAN