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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
FARM PRODUCTS.
Prices Have Fallen Because Of Increased
Production In All Parts of the World.

Production In All Parts OF lne Woriu'
Q. Is it true that the price Of wheat
and many other farm products has fallen
heavily? A. 1t is
Q. How are such declines, in wheat,
for instance, to be explained? a BY
the enormously rapid increase in grain
growing area throughout the world.
Q. Has this increase been especially
rapid since 1872? A. The increase in
grain growing area in this period, espe-
cially in North America, South America
and Asia, has never been approached in
any equal period in the history Of the
world.
Q. How do we judge Of actual com
petition in the sale of wheat? A. By
the supplies thrown annually on the
worlds great distributing markets
Q. What market in particular? A.
England, where most Of the buying
nations 90 to purchase their grain
@ What are the figures? A. As re-
Gently as 1850 Great Britain imported,
for consumption and re-export, So, 26l,-
924 hundredweight Of wheat-a large
increase over the preceding annual aver
age. In 1895 it imported 81, 749, $50
hundredweight.
Q. What has made possible this re-
markable increase in wheat production?
A. The exceedingly rapid development
Of transportation facilities in newly Gull
tivated grain countries; among them
India, Russia and the Argentine Re-
public.
Q. Has there been an increase in the
United States itself? A. An enormous
increase.
Q. How large? a. In 1875 there
were 20, 1891, SIP acres Of wheat cult
waited in this country; in 1891 there
were 80, GIG, S97, an increase Of so per
cent. The yield in 1915 was 292, 1875,
600 bushels, a heavy increase over pre-
ceding years. In 1891 the yield was
6l1,7S0,0O0. Even last year, with
greatly reduced acreage and a partial
crop failure, the yield was 4G7, 100, 900
bushels.
Q. Has the yield Of other crops in
creased oorrespondingly? A. 1t has.
Q. Give instances. \. The cultivated
area Of corn in the United States in
1871 was 1901, 49, acres; in 1891 it
was 7G,204, 51j; increase, 124 per cent
The yield Of corn last year was more
than double that Of any year prior to
1878. Both the acreage and the average
annual yield Of oats have doubled since
ISL Our cotton crop in 1894 W rs 90
per cent greater than in any yea prior
70 1857.
Q. Was decline in grain and cotton
prices under such conditions inevitable?
A. As inevitable as a decline in the
price Of clothing or furniture or books
or steel rails or pins when competition
in their manufacture has extended enor-
mously.
Q. Would free coinage help the pro-
ducers Of grain to large profit under
such conditions? a. Not in the least.
Q. Why not? \. Because if the NOM
inal price Of grain were to rise through
initiation Of the currency the price Of
everything else would rise also. and the
farmer would be relatively no better of
Than he was before. New York Even
ing Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

There were two interviews printed in
The News yesterday which ought to set
people thinking. 1t was shown in one
of these interviews that the banks are
already beginning to call in their paper
even paper which at other times they
would have been glad TO renew This
tendency on the part Of lenders Of money
will grow stronger as the situation
grows moro uncertain. Men who lend
money on gold basis will 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 a building
association mortgage made in the past
three years which did not contain gold
clause. We quote his words:
lido not believe it is generally known
that nearly every building and loan as
ISOLATION in this city and in the state, l
suppose, has put in every mortgage it
has taken for the last three years a
clause to the effect that the loan shall
be paid in gold, if demanded by the as
ISOLATION. The association Of which l
am secretary has ont $4,000, and that
rlause is in every mortgage. Indian
apolis News. June IL.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

To the warning Of the true bimetal-
lists that free silver coinage at 10 to |
by this government alone would drive
gold out Of use as money and so cause
"A disastrous contraction shallow critics
sneeringly ask, where would the gold
go tor"
1t would 60 where it went during the
war time-either abroad or into hiding
or into vaults as a commodity for spec
Native gambling.
It would 90 where gold has gone in
every free coinage country in the world
out Of sight and out Of use either as
currency or as the reserve for banks.
Gold is now in general use as currency
in the Pacific states IL is held by the
government and by banks in all parts Of
the country as a reserve to sustain the
circulation Of greenbacks and treasury
notes and to maintain the bank credits.
1t serves perfectly its function as money.
When it goes to a premium, it will no
longer do this.
Free coinage means silver monomet-
allisIn. New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Tho late william woodward.

William Woodward Of Baltimore,
who recently died in that city, was
nearly 95 years old and was for many
years one Of the most prominent and
widely known citizens Of the Maryland
metropolis He was an influential Epis'
copalian, and was connected, as teacher
and superintendent, with the Sunday
school Of ST. Peters Episcopal church,
Baltimore, from 1919 until one year ago,
a period of - years In length Of serv-
ice this record is thought to be unsur'
passed He cast his vote for president
for John Quincy Adams in 1924 and
voted at every national election since.
During the war he was a supporter Of
the federal cause and since the war
voted the Republican ticket
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Silver and the Poor Man.

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. He does not say how the
poor man is 10 get any more money,
which is the important thing, nor that
a 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 a moment that free silver
should drive the gold dollar cut Of cir
culation 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 it than with the higher priced
money, Of course. If he happens to be
earning $l2 a week and the dollars are
cut down from gold basis to silver
basis he will get ~ dollars, worth pos
sibly 20 cents each, or s. 40, instead Of
the value that prevails when the gold
standard is accepted. With cheap money
prices will go up. What he buys he
will 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 a.
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 l.
the creditor while lie is earning his
wages, until he is paid He is debtor
for the few things he buys without pay
ing for when he gers 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 cred
itor more than he is a 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 deprecated coin.
There is but one standard desirable,
and that is the best dollar that can be
made. The standard is now fixed at a
trife more than % grains Of pure gold.
The aim Of the country is to keep all
other dollars, gold, silver or paper, up
to that standard and not dobaso or
cheaper any Of them. -Pittsburg Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
saving. Banks DeposItora, Awakel

"All the great savings bank states,
with the exception Of California. voted
for the gold plank at st. Louis, says
the Boston Transcript 1T is safe to
say that the vote for the gold plank
stood for fully scven-eighths of the total
deposits, and perhaps more" These de.
posts, amounting to more than 81, 7O0,-
600, 600, are the rainy day savings. as
The Transcript says, Of the "toiling
millions" about whom the silverites are
so greatly concerned The Transcript
adds; Reckoning their dependents,
these depositors stand for very consid-
cradle proportion Of the entire popula.
tion Of the United States If free COIN
age triumphs, these deposits will virtu.
ally be cut in halves. "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10


Train 40s connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving az 1913
p. m. arriving Columbus at $50 "A. m and
Phtsburg at s:i5 p. m. and Chicago at 100 a.
m. next morning: with train leaving at 5;l9 =.
m. arriving AT Cincinnati at i:ij a. m. and at
st. Louis al 500 pm. and connects at Viewer
ton with ain arriving at Hagen town az
2:l3 D. m. and AZ Washlr gtOn Junction with
train arriving at Frederick az go p. m.
Train 40 connects with fast Yestibuled
trains az Harpers Ferry Al sii p. m. tor
Chicago; iU.2l p. m for Pittrburg and l:i0 a.
m. for Cincinnati and -. Louis. Arrive az
Pittsburg at 6.i5 "A. m. Chicago at 800 y. m.
Cincinnati at $50 p. m. and ST Louis az s:l2 a.
m. ParlOr cars on trains Nos f(s and 900 be-
tween StauntOn and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through
10 Cincinnati. 81. Louis. Chicago and Pitts
burg, on all express trains.
For rates. tickets. baggage checks apply
20 any Office Of the B. q .. X. r.. or 70 {. +.
DudrOw travelling passenger agent Winches-
ter. Va. or so c. T. Hammond. city ticket
agent. StauntOn. Va.
CHAs. O SCULL, VI. VI. GREENE.
Cen Pass. Agt. Gen Man
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The thrones used by the French kings
and emperors before the time Of the re-
public was known as 'the throne Of
the lilies. 1t was so called because Of
the old national emblem Of the Franks
which was the feur-de-lis, a species Of
lily. The story Of the adoption Of the
heur-de-lis as national emblem is curl
GUS and interesting. Clovis, king Of the
Franks, married Princess Clotilde Of
Burgundy in the year 493 A. d. The
young queen was Christian, and it
was her earnest desire that her husband,
a heather Frank, might be converted.
Her arguments had no effect upon him,
but an incident which occurred in bat
tie later on changed his mind In the
year 400 Clovis and his Franks met the
fierce Allemanni (Germans) in battle at
Tolbiac.
Clovis was finally so hard pressed that
he called on the God Of the Christians
for help, vowing on his honor that if he
should be victorious he would become a
Christian. Within the hour the Ale
manni were routed and on Christmas
day of the same year Clovis and several
thousands of his soldiers were baptized
into the Christian church. According TO
the story, ON the eve OF the baptism an
angel from heaven appeared and pre-
sented Clovis with a blue banner en-
broidered with beautiful heur-de-lis.
These heaven embroidered lilies were
forthwith adopted as the French en-
blem, and from that time until the time
of the revolution all kings Of France
bore upon their arms some kind Of a
representation Of the feur-de-lis First
the number thus worn varied according
to tho taste Of the monarch, but during
the two or three centuries preceding the
fall Of the monarchy the regulation
number was Gully three st Louis Re-
public. ---
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Movable Stairs.

Movable "stairs" are a vast i'm
provement on those which have to be
climbed. These "stairs" work on the
principle of an endless chain and revolye
on circular drums at either end. To use
this continuously moving platform,
which is made of substantial Stats like
those Of Venetian blind and rubber
covered, it is only necessary to lay ones
hands on the moving balustrade, and
the next moment one finds oneself at the
pp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The causes Of the free silver craze are
thought by the Baltimore sun to be
"the same which caused the greenback
heresy TO find advocates IN so many
states Of the Union 20 years ago-the
feeling of unrest and desire for a
change, no matter what, produced by
hard times, bad business and lack Of
conference.-the desire, conscious or
unconscious, Of debtors to scale their
debts by paying them in a deprecated
currency-the vague idea that more
money in circulation means more
money in each individual pocket, with
out reference to his means or opportunity
TO earn or acquire it. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

Suppose, says Coins Financial
School, " that congress should pass a
law tomorrow authorizing the purchase
of 100, 900 cavalry horses Of certain
sizes and qualities. Horses would ad-
vance in value"
This is one Of Coin" Harvey''s argu-
ments TO show how free coinage would
raise the price e silver. 1t does not fit
the case, becauA under free coinage the
government would not purchase silver,
but would simply stamp it and make it
legal tender. Is it likely that the gov
eminent stamp is going to greatly in
crease the value Of silver: Will some Of
COINS" pupils tell how much the
stamp 20. S. " added to the value Of this
army mule:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

81 believe in man living up to his
principles, " said Uncle Allen Sparks.
"Now, have a neighbor who is howl
ing silverite and is always talking about
the crime of 1878, but whenever he finds
that somebody has passed Canadian 10
cent piece on him he saves it to throw
in the contribution box at church. -
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Best That Silver Can Expect.

There is a field for silver in our cur
rcncy system just as there is for paper,
but il is one which is subordinate to
gold. The United States cannot afford,
either as a matter Of honor or self inter-
est, to abandon the present single stand
ard. New York Advertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
sure cure Dor sI1teen to ono Malady.

The following suggestion was sent by
the editor Of the Velasco Tex World
to a prominent sound money man in
New York:
Can't you get information from Mex
IGOR The people on the Rio Grande Dor
der are against free coinage and our
people who go there in nearly every IN
stance come back converted. You ought
to send an intelligent man to Mexico
and get the facts. went there and it
converted me to the gold standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Why Gold Is Exported.

A single white metal standard paper
says that gold is going out every week,
and that but for silver the country soon
would be destitute Of coin. If it were
not for silver, gold would stay at home.
Chicago Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

From 1892 silver free Any could take 1n
During these 81 years S9
During the next 81 years the coinage oil silver
added making total silver com
age of free coinage During the last q years
Of government have coined 1884, '2OSo OF silver OF
sensible will not meetings 10
liver
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Reller IN SIX Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder disease.
relieved in six hours by the New Grea:
South American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is a great surprise on account OF
its exceeding promptness 10 relieving
pain in the bladder, kidneys, back ana
every part Of the urinary passes in male
or female. Ii relieves. H. relieves re-
teniIon Of water aud pain in passing IL
slTost Immediately. II you want quick
relief and cure this Is yous remedy. Sold
by i. r. lhwiN, Druggist Woodstock,
Va. nov. 30 -1yr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

A flags responsibility depends upon
what it stands for. The stars and stripes
stand for a government of the people,
the liberty of the people. The flag
stands for freedom and for honor and
right. c. L. Thompson, Presby-
terrain, New York.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Society and the Church.

The Christian church is not a reli-
gious club, which meets weekly for pur-
poses of mutual acquaintance and i'm
provement. Sociability is good and
needed thing, but the church is not a
mutual admiration society. Rev. W.
7. McElveen, Congregationahst, Brook
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

$50 MIXED TRAIN NORTH.
Leave Woodstock az 90 a. m. arrived at
Harper's Ferry at 5li p. m. On Sunday
leave Woodstock at y p. m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The saloon is at the bottom Of about
all that is bad on this continent Alec
hol is the devil in solution. If we would
destroy the works Of the devil, we must
be uncompromising foes Of the grog-
shop. The welfare Of this country is
bound up with the moral condition Of
its people. Rev G. L. White, Baptist,
Pittsfeld Nc
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Religious Life.

Never was the religious life Of peo-
pie more intense and throbbing with
energy than it is at this moment among
the Americans, and they are the most in
telligent and progressive people in the
world. Rev. H. B. Steelman, Baptist,
Salt Lake City.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Poverty In the Church.

think there is no one in more need
of the gospel than the rich man. 1t Is
true that the gospel is not preached TO
the poor as much as it ought to be.
Nevertheless the church is made up for
the most part Of poor men, and the poor
men furnish the larger support Of the
church. Rev Wallace Nutting, Con-
oregationalist, Providence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

40 MIXED TRAINS SOUTH.
Leave Woodstock Sunday at 1885 p. m. arrive
at Harrisonburg al sop. m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Sin.

Sin is always expensive. 1t never
pays what it promises. The flowers in
the distance in the pathway Of sin al
WAYS wither before you reach them, and
the way becomes a way Of thorns. The
Sabbath breaker, pleasure seeker and
drunkards all pay their fare, but never
reach the intended destination. Blasted
prospects, shattered constitutions, ruin
ed families are the price Of sin.-Rcv.
P. A. Baker Methodist, Columbus, o.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
The Art of Life.

Science has already done a vast
amount of detached work for the i'm
provement Of life. But she is now be-
ginning to go to work constructively on
the life Of man as a whole. She is be-
ginning to recognize that all the sciences
exist for the supreme science, the sci
ence Of life. Out Of this supreme science
is to come some day the supreme art,
the art of fe.-Rev. W. r. Taylor,
Presbyterian, Rochester.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The time must come when all scien-
tifc men will admit that there must be
something beyond this present life Of
ours. The theory Of evolution is now
being accepted by all leaders OF science,
and the only Interpretation Of life as
we see it is that there must be another
life beyond for which we are being pre-
pared. The doctrine Of Immortality IS
now popularity accepted. Rev. Henry
Blanchard, Universalist, Portland, Me.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
Church Growth.

The church is numerically stronger
than ever before; the influence Of the
church and pulpit is stronger than ever
before; Christian principles are influence
ing the minds of men more deeply and
in more ways than ever before. Rev.
+. w. Hamilton, Universalist, Roxbury,
Mass.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

Of Tie new literature, It Is because lis
works are some recognition of the laws
Of nature and their results. Rev. G.
J. Little, Presbyterian, Evanston, Ills.
City Life.
The city is the battlefield Of the clos
ing days of this century. 1t will be more
and more so in the next century Some OF
us deplore this massing into the cities
What is the need Of the hour? 1t Is that
moral fiber and manhood shall be
equaled to the emergency.-Rev DR.
Hickman, Evangelist, Terre Haute, Ind.
The Human Kind.
Man is midway from nothing to
Deity. He is rooted in nature. He is so
much an animal as to be close akin to
them. All forces, kingdoms and powers
beneath him ascend into him and stamp
their impress on him. This qualities
him for dominion of earth and animal
Rev. G. S. Lucas, Christian, Ale
phany, Pa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

Ignorance is sin. and it is time to
have that understood. Whatever your
work, not to know how to do 1t Is
wicked And if ] welcome the realist
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The best answer to criticism Of Scrip
ture is Scripture. Know your Bible from
cover to cover. The tidal wave Of oppo-
sition to the church is best met by a
clear presentation of gospel truth
Rev. Wayland Hoyt, Baptist, Philadel-
mia
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
MaterialisIn.

materiaiism.
The materialistic philosophy of the
times is not the cause of materialism,
but materialism is the cause of its own
philosophy. When men are determined
to 60 in wrong path, they wish TO be
furnished with reasons for considering
It the right one.-Rev. c. K. Binder.
Lutheran, Camden, n. j.
Boys.
We like and love the boy who is every
inch Of him boy. God never meant
boys to be namby pamby and glrlish,
but he did mean boys to be men, and
whether we become the right kind OF
men depends upon the ideals that we
have es boys. -Rev. ]. c. Mitchell,
Episcopalian, Philadelphia
Theology.
The religions Of different peoples re-
feet their racial characteristics or the
stages of their culture. Whatmen really
think and feel concerning God is deter
mined more by their associates ard en-
vironments than by theologians or any
system Of theology. Rev. ]. w. Chad
wick, Unitarian, Brooklyn.
Mastery Of Self
Self conquest, what is itl The sub
ordination Of selfishness to generosity;
Of inclination to duty; of pleasure to
sacrifice; Of feeling TO principles; OF
fancy and imagination to sober judg-
ment; Of will to reason; Of body to
spirit; of self to God Rev. J. +. Pow
ers, Episcopalian. Reading, Pa
Ignorance.
Ignorance is sin. and IL is time to
have that understood. Whatever your
work, not to know how to do 1t IL
..,;o,,ad And ~ veIooma the realiet
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10

The discovery of law as operative in
the natural world has made possible true
science. Lawfulness is Synonymous with
progress. Sequence and order are the
fundamental features Of law.-Rev. A
q. Conrad, Congregationalist Boston.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-10
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
AN EPlTOME OF THE SERMONS OF
A WEEK.

what the Pastors OF the Country Are
Thinking and Ssying-ThouEht For the
Life That Is and the Life That Is to
Come.