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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02
kennebec.

RIVERSIDE.
Mr.. and Mrs George w Kincaid OF
Waterville. passed last Sunday here
spected citizen Of this place, passed
away after a long and painful illness
last Wednesday evening and his flu
neral services occurred Saturday after
noon.-Will Hutchins and Arthur Glea-
son of Oakland, We're here last Sunday.
Mt. VERNON.
Judge Philbrick of Waterville, gave
a very interesting Memorial address
before the Cyrus Williams G. A. r.
Post. at Vienna. The house was well
filed Notwithstanding the shower in
the afternoon.-Eiisha l.. Wells has
his new stable up and boarded. H. II.
Pratt of Colby, preached at the Bap-
list church Sunday.-Mrs. Eben Leigh
ton continues in a critical condition.
Several of her sisters came to visit her
Saturday, Weston has been get
ting his large lot of logs, 800 600 feet,
from Parker's Pond into Crochet Pond
the past week.-Guy +. Healey visited
his friends here. Mr.. Healey has been
stopping at Madison.
SOUTH CHINA.
The South China band furnished
music Memorial day.-Mr. and Mrs
Preston Starrett Of Athol Mass, have
been visiting their parents. Mr. and
Mrs. S. G. Starrett. for the past week
An interesting missionary meeting
Was held at the Friends chapel. Satur-
day evening. A number of speakers
from abroad We're present and an at
tractive programme was presented
Jes se Mcpherson of Winthrop. preached
IN the Friends chapel Sunday.
NORTH VASSALBORO.
Memorial day was observed by r. ".
Mullen Post, G.. A. r., East Nassalboro.
With an address by Prof. Strickland Of
Weeks Mills.-The next meeting of
Eassalboro grange will be June 3 at
which the third and fourth degrees will
b" conferred upon six candidates. The
next Pomona will meet with this
grange June 10.-The Kennebec Dis
tIict lodge. l. O. G. T.. will be held with
Loyal Band lodge in this village June
}.-The tent caterpillars are very
plenty in this vicinity ana the or
chardists are fighting for the crop of
apples promised by the abundant
blnom.-W. r. Gray is in Duluth. Mimi.
w. S. Bradley. 6. S. Halves, Isaiah
Clifford, e. G. Barrows, e. G. Ballard,
were elected delegates to the State
convention at Bangor. this week.
EAST vASsALBORO.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mayo and Mrs.
Holway of Watervile. were the guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Dow.-Oak
Grove Seminary and Bailey Institute
closed Thursday. 1t has been one of
the most successful years the seminary
hes ever known. The graduates all
showed a thorough knowledge of their
subjects The floral decorations We're
very choice The Winthrop quartette
furnished music.-The Friends Quar-
terly meeting was held at China. Fri
day. Saturday and Sunday. Rev. Jesse
Mcpherson of Winthrop. was in atten-
dance-Decoration day was observed
here. The Vassalboro band furnished
music The graves of the fallen heroes
were decorated with appropriate cere-
monies Then an address was de-
livered by Mr.. Strickland of China, in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02


ALMA Mary +. Farr to The Maine
Water & Electric Power Co.. rights and
privi eyes, 81; Albert NJ. Card to the Msiue
Water & Electric Power Co, rights and
privileges. 81.
BRISTOI-Daniel T. Church to Round
Pond Oil & Guano Co., land and build
ings. 81 etc; Albert Gray. & GO. to Round
Pond Oil & Guano Co., land. 81 etc; Abb
bic l. Wallace to Vida +. Sproul, land
and buildings, 81; Eiiphaht =. Carnage TO
Benz. ". Andrews. land $500; Vida f.
Srroul to Nath G. Penney, land and
buildings. $25N.
DAMARISCOTTA-W J. F'lint's
estate to Nath w. Morse, land and buildings
81,
JEFFERSON-Julia a. Grant to Benz.
+. Knight. land. $3.50: Abiel Trasks es-
tate to David S. Weeks, land and build
ines. $1,000.
NOBLEBORO-Hollis G. Moody to f.
5. Benner ct al land, $40: charles w:
Aver to Ella +. Lundy. land, 81 etc.
WHITEFIELD-Alo Palmer's heirs
to Alvarsdo lioudlett, land and buildings
$500
SCASSET-Richard T. Rundlett to
George G. Rundlett, land buildings 5000;
George S. Lincoln to Walter II. Averill.
land and buildings. S155.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02

G. H. Cummings & Sons Of Norway.
have nearly 1000. 900 feet of logs in the
lake and on its shores They manufac-
ture boxes etc, and have n ready mar
kGt for all they can make. They also
manufacture heels and heeling and
employ about IS hands in this branch
of business.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02

\ new industry is to be started in Free
port. that of the manufacture of wooden
boxes and paper cordngs for the shoe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02

The drive of Jordan & Comstock of
Bangor, in which there is about $500,
900 feet of logs, is hung up on Houston
deadwater. Katahdin Iron Works.
The logs will be left until next spring.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-06-02

Mr.. Thomas G. Burleigh of Vassal
boro. owner of ST. Croix .Ir.. says ~"
report that this great horse is to be
campaigned throughout the west tins
season. is not correct. He will not take
him out of New England.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
A Pointer for Farmers.

remember one instance that bears
particularly upon this question that came
to me today as | sat here, and that WAS
this: My father came from the New
England states upon this prairie in 1897.
He told me this instance once: That
after sowing Il crop of wheat by hand.
cutting it with the cradle. binding it with
the rake. and tbreshing it with the ball
upon the floor. he put it upon a wagon
and drove it TO this city of Milwaukee,.
nincty-SiX miles away and sold il here
for 4G cents Il bushcl. This was in the
sos. and silver then was Sl.30 an ounce.
Now tell the silver men to explain to You
how ii was that in the early sos wheat
was 46 cents Il bushcl, and silver $50
an ounce. if the price of silver always
carries with it the price of wheat. And
when he hens and haws, say to him:
1T is not only confined to wheat, but
that other commodity o yoke up with
silver. cotton; and tell him that for the
four years ending in 1919 cotton i'll the
city Of New York averaged only 1 cents
Il pound: and that for the four years
ending in 1894 the same class averaged
s cents a pound. Tell him to explain
that to you. That was when we had
free coinage and silver was then $40
an ounce. He cannot explain it. That
one illustration. my friends, utterly de
strovs the whole silver heresy.-Con-
gresham Fowler of New Jersey.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
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c-.t l-.-NN
6Gi,0G0.31,l
Cheap Dollars.

Everything is cheap or dear according
to what we have 10 pay Tor 1t. Sugar Is
cheap at > cents Il pound, but would be
dear ut 10 cents.
A cheap dollar. therefore, is one that
the merchant buys with less goods than
he would have to give for 4 dearer dol
lar. If Il merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for 4 dollar. and the dol
lar which he gets is Il 2oO-ccnt collar;
and if the 2OO-cent dollar is Il dishonest
dollar and ought To he replaced by Il 100
cent dollar. worth only half as mrcl: in
thai ease. the merchant will give only
hall as much sugar for the cheaper dol
lar as he now gives for the dishonest
2OO-cent dollar. That is clear. is i not:
This is precisely what cheap money
means.
Is this what the farmer and the work
in@nian really want:
Apply this illustration to labor, if YOU
please. The w"rkinghlan buys dollars
with Labor. Does he want Il cheap col
lar. for which the merchant viii give
only ten pounds of sugar: Or Toes he
want Il 2o0-cent dollar. for which the
merchant will give twenty pounds of
sugar: Cheap dollars would cut his
wages in half. He surely does not want
that.
"Oh. no." says the w~orkingman. that
is not what | want; but. if dollars wcr"
cheap. | would get twice as many of
them for a days work"
Would YOU. indeed: Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage OF silver, ut
the ratio of Ii to l. is simply Il scheme
Ia reduce your wages without your know
ing it or having an excuse for striking.
What good would it do you to get twice
rs many dollars for a days work if 81
would buy no moro sugar. and no more
of anything else, thar 81 will now buy:
Besides. if prices 20 up. under free
coinage. as they will-we admit that
does not the workingman know that the
first thing To go up will he rents, the
next thing will be food and clothing. and
the last thing will be labor: Under free
c|oira@r. instead Of being better off. the
-Worku.man would be worse off than h.
is ron.
Think this over. and see what ii all
means To YOU and to our little family
Springfield tIlll Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
Ii would evidently be imDoSSiblr

1t would evidently be impossible for
farmers fifty miles in the interior OF any
OF the states bordering on the Great
Lakes, to compete with eggs shipped 10y
water from Canada.
The Mckinney tariff imposed Il duty
OF > cents a dozen on eggs. This law
Went into effect October /. 1880. Dur
ing the year ending June 30 1890. we
imported nearly 9G0,0Go dozen eggs less
than in the year previous. when there
was no protection. The importation of
eggs steadily decreased until the repeal
of the Mckinley law in 1894. So ihat
instead of nearly 10000. 600 dozen eggs
being brought into this country. as here
%toforc, in 1901 we imported S.0OuOUo
dozen: 4.000.0O0 in 1891 92: 3.UO0Mn
in 1929; 1.II0,00O in 1881. BY 1894
nearly $1,000. 900 had been taken from
the foreign shipper. which now went into
the pockets of the American farmer.
The following table shows the importa-
lions of eggs since 1852:
Annual imp0rtations of foreign eggs. ISL
1SD1
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

used to pay the expenses Of the govern
mrnt.' The tariff on One of the neceS-
Sarirs of life might be reduced, and the
deficit made mp by an issue of money"
Or. if this is not deemed advisable, gov
eminent paper al be issued to pay for
special Improvements: harhors can be
dcc9cned and rivers improved IN this
way" He introduced Il bill to issue
StD.o00.nOW of United States treasury
notes. with which to %inaugurate the con
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that 1--WE can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma
turcd bonds and replace the coin SO used
with paper money" He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment of the S2J.O0O.000 outstanding
> per cent. bonds. lie did not stop even
at that point. hut g~ravely proposed that
government paper should he ISSUED in
the place of national bank notes, as they
are RETIRED His theory of the ultimate
redemption of government obligations.
as stated by himself. WAS that the larger
the issue of treasury notes. the smaller
will be the coin reserve required with
which to meet them. by coin" he ex-
planned that he meant both gold and sill
Yer. Wilfully ignoring the disparity IN in
triiSic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this - IN. iuHutIrr and st.. tcS-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
What Stewart Thought i'll 1891.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
spccch in Congress February II. 1871, in
which he said:
Let everybody know what "A dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
TO measure the difference in price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in Liverpool. The wheat viii be meas
ure,i by the same Standard-gold-in
Illinois as ii is in Liverpool and any man
can figure il NJ. But now it is Il myS-
terv: the whole subject of finance is a
mystery. and what do we see every day?
We see those who devote their attention
To it making large fortunes Out OF this
mystery.
have been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold. adopt the
standard that all can understand, and
get rid of his mystery:
Mr.. Logan-What does the senator
want:
Mr.. Stewart want the standard gold,
and no paper money not redeemed in
gold. no paper money the value of which
is not aSccrtainod. no paper money that
will organize Il gold hoard To speculate
with il. Who pays Tor this lvll board?
Who uays these immcnS" fortunes: How
is it that millions and millions can BE-
rolled UP annually there: l'ld ANYBODY
| ever calculate who paid for il: Il
comes out of the producers. How do
| these men exist: BY the latitude which
| your deprecated currency gives To sprcu~
lation and nothing else.
Persons who are Specializing in your
deurcciatcd currency are maxim" the
| money. and they will continue Ia make
| it 50 long as You have Il Deprecated cur
rcncy.
If the farmers would get rich they
| have 90, To become skilled in this tluctuat-
| iu~ currency and make corners and maI!~
| ipulate the market. and if they do that
they cannot farm.-tConGreS>ional Rec
ord forty-third Congress, first session.
vol. >, p. 13?2)
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
Bryan Shown to be Uncertain.

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan is an insinccrc politician and an
unreliable adviser of the people. He
was Il bolter in 1893 and in that year,
too, he made Il speech i'll which he de-
clarcd that the eXchangeahle value of a
dollar depended on something besides Il
congressional pdict.
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic tickle for judge of the
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
supported II populist. IN reply to a let
ter from Mir. Irvirc. calling Mr.. Bryan'S
attention To his unexpected position, the
present canG;1etc for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote Il statement of
his reasons for boiling which contained
the following cool remarks and a>>Ir-
anccS Of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidate:
| regret that our people chose for slaughter
so deserving. a man. They ought 70
have selected some one Of the nuInCr-
ous Democrats who are responsible
for the falling of of the Democratic
vote. have spoken to You thus
frankly and confidcntialiy. because
| feel that YOU deserve Il better fate
than the one which 1 fear awaits you
this fall.
Congress- of 1893. called 10y President
Cleveland, Mr.. Bryan made q speech in
which he declared that:
While the government can say that a given
weight of gold or silver shall consti-
tute a dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities. it cannot
fix the purchasing power of the dcl-
lar. That must depend upon the
law of supply and demand.
If the number IF dollars Increases
more rapidly than the need Of tlDl-
larS-aS il did after the gold discover
les Of Si9-thc cXchangraulc value Of
each dollar will fan ana prices rise.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
-. IL ,,-- H. IL -
lar depended IN. His change Of tuuc.
therefore, is not because conditions have
changed. but because he shifts his i,rin-
ciplrS with the varying political brocZCS.
and thar he is willing to DO anything for
Office.
In the spring of 500 Bryan declared
in Il speech made by him on the tariff
question that the fall of prices must bc
attributed
TO the inventive gcnius that has multiplied
q thousand times. in many instances,
the strength of Il single arm and
what fifty men could not do fifty
years ago. That is what brought the
prices down in this country and else
where.
At this time another change has come
over the spirit of his white house
dream. He and his fellow Popu!iStS
ascribe the fall in the prices of comMod-
tiles 10 the fall in the price % silver.
Mr.. Bryan and his associates declare
that 1.-THE crime of 1873. which the
News has shown To have been 40 crinA'
at all. has pulled everything down. With
How can the people believe Il man
who thus ,tuitiiics himself ana puts him
self ON both sides of vital questions
While. at the same time. he proves IN
true to his party associates: Buffalo
News.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
FARMERS EGG BASKET
The Mckinley Law Checked I'm
portation and Gave a
Home Market.
effect OF THE WILSON BILL.
The Canadian Farmer Has Protection
but the American Farmer
Has None.

There is no reason why Canada, Next
20, China, or any other country should
supply the United States with Il single
egg. Canada does not buy Il single egg
from us, and there is no reason why we
should buy from her. When we do. the
American farmer loses the beneht OF part
of his natural market.
The purpose of this article is to show
by a few figures the benefit which the
American farmer derived from the Nc
Kinley law; not merely because the
law stopped imports from other countries.
but because under that law he received
an average of 10 cents a dozen for his
eggs all the year around. Under the
present Wilson-Gorman bill, he hardly
averages ) cents Il dozen: and the people
could better afford to pay 10 cents Il
dozen in 1892, than they can D cents a
dozen in 1896.
From 1888 to 1890. there was no tariff
upon eggs. The Canadian farmer could
send his eggs across the line from Maine
to California. Mexico. China, France.
Germany and other countries supplied
us with 15,50O,OO0 dozens of eggs, an
nually, or the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farme on this small
product alone, at 10 cents Il dozen. s.
500 600. This importation of over l.
100000 dozen a month or $4,000 dozen Il
day was felt, in the way of competition.
by our farmers chiefly in the large cities.
Farmers can get the best prices for eggs
and their products in the large cities;
but when New York. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton. Buffalo, Cleveland. Chicago. San
Francisco and many other markets are
supplied with eggs, shipped ut cheap
rates of transportation by water. how
can the farmer expect to compete who
has to ship his eggs by rail:
The following statement shows impor-
tations of eggs, by countries. the year be-
fore the Mckinley tariff went into effect,
for the year ending June 80. 1889:
1mportations of eggs, by countries, July1,
1SSS. to June 80. 1889.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
\ Question for Farmers.

If the volume Of silver money controls
prices. as the free coincrS would have
us believe that it does. So that the more
silver coin there is in circulation. the
higher is the price of wheat. and the
less silver coin there is in circulation.
the lower the price of wheat; then will
some farmer, who believes in the free
coinage of silver at IL to /, answer the
question:
How did it happen that wheat was
lower i'll price in 1891 than ever before,
while the amount of coined silver il the
world was greater than ever before
Illinois State Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

viduals. A man who has %repudiated his
debts is never trusted again and is re-
gardcd with contempt hy all his neigh
bors. .And SO is Il nation.
n free-coinage law is reputation. and
that it is understood in that sense is in
dictated by such letters as the above.
For if under free coinage the silver dol
lar is to appreciate To the value of Il gold
dollar how will the farmer get more of
them for his thousand bushels of wheat:
How can he pay his debt any easier than
he can now:
No. it is population the silver men
want. and reputation is dishonor.-Chi-
cago Times-IIcrald.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
EuNan Il ~Grccnhackcr.

Mr.. Bryan is not 50 much Il s~ilverite
os he is a g~rcenhackcr. He said. on the
floor of the House of Representatives in
Washington. June >. 1891:
The issue of money 10y the govern
mcnt directly to the people gives us Il
safer currency than national bank billS)
and saves 10 the people as Il whole the
profit arising from its issue. When Il
bank issues money. YOU must pay the
market rate of interest to get it: but
when the government issues money. the
pcople save the interest. il the money is
aftcrward called III; and they save the
principal also, if the money is kept in cir
culation.'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
The Irishman and the Potato Bug.

Mr.. Tenney's story at Madison OF the
Irishman who swallowed Il potato hug
and then Il dose of Paris green, in the
hopc of killing the bug, is very pat 10
the political situation. The AiHtitean
workingman swallowed free trade in
1S92. and now to care the h.iHcf% winch
he has suffered ever since. The !'opu.i>t
ouack doctor is trying to induce HIN T.
swallow an unlimited dose of free silver.
But if the workingman takes II, he VIII
find. when ii is too hate, that TIC cure II
worse than the disease.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27

If the Mckinley law had been let
alone. the American farmer in 1So3-6
would be supplying nearly every egg i'll
the American market. The farmer
wife would have felt encouraged to in
crease her stock of poultry. on which
she depended for pin money to clothc
herself and her children. When the
Mckinley law was repeated and the tar
if on eggs reduced from > cents to >
cents a dozen. importation increased
1.UOO.0O dozen in one year. at an III
creased price Of $4,000. Unless the
American farmer can see it to be his in
terest to vote for Mckinley and the
restoration of Il proper duty on eggs, the
Canadian and other foreign farmers will
soon again ship us 100000 dozen a
year and the price of domestic eggs will
continue to decline. as they have done
for the last two Years.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
Question. Why Should Democrats Legis-
late in favor of the Canadian as against
the American Farmer:

The American farmer could not sell
eggs in Canada. even if they had no
tariff on American eggs. There are only
Il few large cities there. and they are
near to the Canadian cheap farms. The
half-a-dozcn small markets i'll Canl,a
y few election districts in the city of
New York. or in Philadelphia. or in
Chicago. afford II better market for
American eggs than the whole of Can
ada. Yet Canada imposes Il duty of :.
cents Il dozen on our eggs. while we i'm
pose Il duty of only = cents Il dozen on
her eggs.
The Canadians have protection, but
under the Wilson bill we have not.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
els. at IG cents Der bush
Assumed net profit to Mexican

farmcr... s.. $40
Reduced to gold. 1.2No
As this assumed profit would be in
silver and the wheat would have 10 be
sold upom the gold standard. this skillful
accountant reduces this to gold. making
the net profit to the Mexican farmer
$3.50. But To produce this result this
accommodating accountant. while con
Cetling that the expense OF raising the
wheat would be twice rs many silver
dollars as in the United States. as
Sumcs that the profit on it would he the
same number of silver dollars as in the
United States. As Il matter of fact the
freight rates in Mexico are higher eX-
pressed in the gold standard than in the
United States. but assuming that they
are the same. the American railroad com
panicS. as soon as they cross the border.
require twice as many Mexican dollars
to pay Il given freight rate as they re-
Quirr of American dollars on American
territory. SO that the freight rate in Mex
leo would be $1,000 instead of $500. us
our free silver accountant states it.
Moreover. interest rates are higher in
Mexico than in the United States. if
paid in Mexican silver dollars. and more
over the interest would have To be paid
on twice the number of silver dollars Dor
rowed 10y the American farmer. SO that
even surprising the rates of interest
IL be the same. the amount of interest
would be double. raising it from $500 to
$500. Moreover. the equivalent of $40
taxes paid by the American farmer
would he $50 in Mexican dollars. so that
the account of the Mexican farmer, thus
corrected. would stand as follows: .
5000 bushels at SLIP per bushel. -. 81. 900
ENpenSe .....o 600
Freight $500. ....... 900
Interest ....'.-'-- 400
Taxes ............. .......-... 81
-- 4 ESQ
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-27
The M0RTGAGED FARM
Payment of Debts in Debased Cur
rency Means Practically
Reputation.
NEBRASKA FARME Err ANSWERED
FaIlacy Of What is Considered the
Strongest Free Trade
Argument.
NEBRASKA FARMER ANSWERED

The following letter is ono of many
that are daily received 10y the Times
Herald. II is supposed To contain the
strongest free silver argument that can
Ic addressed To- the farmer. and il j.