The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-06-12

ireland Incideats.
X. 5. Norman and Elwood Ora
/ went to st. Leuis last week to vie,
the wreck. They say it is just aw
full.
| Last Sunday was day of NOR
than ordinary importance at tn,
churches here, about Z children hay
ing made their first communion a
she Catholic church, where the ex
ercises were very imposing anc
beautiful. 1t was also children,
day at the c. p. church, where a
beautiful program had been ar.
ranged and was well executed.
The fox-hunters from Pike have
been here nearly all Spring. fox
chasing, but as their dogs damaged
the wheat, running through it, the
people prevailed on them to forbear
any further hunting until after har-
vest.
The farmers will soon be gin to
cut wheat, and while it can not be
called full crop, YET it is far more
than half crop. The yield bids
fair to reach an average Of IA to l6I
bu. per acre, whereas a full crop
reaches from IS to - bu. per acre. |
This is not so bad after ALL and
while the wheat is generally thin on
the ground yet the heads are CORE
spondingly large and well filled, SO
that, with the prospects for better
times and the inevitable increase of
the price Of wheat, the farmers NAV
hopefully look for better times. es-
pecially when we consider that the
prospect for large oats and hav
crop was never more fiattering than
now, and if we could have free silver
Il ratio Of 16 to /, everything !
would take new life, pr ces would /
ONE up, business would have new
lie, there would be no necessity for (
ny further bond issue, and every
hing would show prosperity. But i
avs the monometallist what would J
on do with so much deprecated .
Let me tell YOU my 4 :,
lend, there is no good reason WHY If
LIVER coins should be deprecated
hen John Sherman and others d
ere Secretaries Of the treasury
lere was no such thing as depreci
ed silver, because they construed :
e law 50 as to enable them to paw
bonds or debts in silver as we'll e
gold, and by the way this is the ,
ne construction. But when Fos- !
took charge Of that office he gave y
e law very different construction
which in its effect
preciated silver coins. Instead
following in the footsteps Of Fos-
:, and paying any Indebtedness
gold, if so demanded, had Secre-
y Carlisle decided to pay in sill
coin, rather than to impair the
ID reserve, there would be no de-
md for bond issues, and the pan
of 1893 would have long been a =
ng OF the past, and silver would
at par with gold. But Just as
g AS the Secretary Of the Treas
gives the bond holders their OBJ
n to demand certain kind Of
n, Just that long the coin which >
y demand will be in advance br'
d they demanded to be paid in Brc
'er, gold would be to-day the srae
'reciated coin. The reason they ICY
nand gold instead Of silver is ob- pay
~, gold not being so abundant Ju
silver, its value would increase -
er, as the abundance Of silver
I'D have a great tendency to re- III.
its ascendancy over gold. II ~
iires no seer to see these things s
the thing for the democrats to
st, declare entirely in favor Of 1Ir
silver, at what ratio is Of small -.
nent, as these things will adjust kS!
nselves, if either coin is available u
BAY the debts Of the country
the "Goldbug Democrats" 20
the Republican party, where
belong; the Democratic party
,e party Of the people, and the =
er all men who oppose the in -
Is OF the people are out Of it. r.
ooner the people will endorse
nd the sooner the people will III
their rights. 81
democrat who opposes the free
I the money Of the people is out an2r
! place in that party, and il he
rs IN remaining in its ranks, An ,,
ou'u oe reiegated TO the rear as For
80 kSOSslOlCs MY VIEWS Ma (