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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
lie MARKETS
New York Financial.

~SC" avn Au1uCA0As
NEW YORK, Jan. 10
Money on call was easy at 5a51s per cent :
prime mercantile paper 6g9 per cent ;
sterling exchange steady. with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at 4s9G4sSll for de.
mand and 4s1ls "a 1854 for sixty days; posted
rates, <S694s5 and 1891 20 1904; commercial
bills, 4e6sz
Silver certificates 67@s71s; no sales; bar
silver, 63k- Mexican dollars. 52&.
United States government bonds firm;
SIS coupons rose II per cent. on a transaction
new As registered, lis; do coupons lis; SIS
registered. ll2la: SIS coupons, ia; As regis.
tered, 10ela; As coupons, log; rs registered,
50; Pacific IS of'96. lou bid
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO, Jan. 10.
The following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-January,
opened SIC, closed SIC; May, opened &c.
closed 59Ac; July. opened 6Olxc closed co. &C.
Corn-January. opened 26l,c closed 28ssc;
May, opened 2ec. closed 2s7sc; July. opened
a95sc. closed 1870. Oats-January. nomi.
mai. closed l1iac; February. nominal closed
LIZ sc; May opened 1880, closed le3lc. Pork
january, nominal, closed $3.50; May.
opened - 75 closed So s2i.. Lard-January,
opened $5.45, closed $S471,: May, opened
$aT1a, closed $3.50.
Produce: Butter-Extra creamery, 2SIsc
per h.: extra dalry, BE; packing stock, 10
NSA~S- ASkSS-r Etsh BUCK, lsc per OOZen.
Dressed poultry-Spring chickens. 714GSc per
lb; old hens 1td11.c; ROSTERS SC; turk eys,
9Gllc; ducks l0t. q ~ &C; geese 6d9c. Potatoes
-Burbanks. 20G9c per bu Sweet potatoes
Illinois. 500 $500 per Dbl. Apples-Fair to
choice. $L2:dgI5J per Dbl Honey-White
clover, l. Id sections fancy, Egg l5c per Id. ;
broken comb, 1Jal1c; extracted 5djc Gran.
berries-Cape Col. $2.6j92 81 per box.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO ian 10
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock
Yards today ranged as follows-Hogs-E,t,-
mated receipts for the day. 31JJJ; sales
ranged at S!15diS pigs, S365a3s1ls light,
S-lJda8o rough packing, S. IS Is. S7ls mixed
and $i6og5silz heavy packing and shipping
lots.
Cattle-Estimatcd receipts for tho day
1000; quotations rangel at $465G5o5 choice
to extra shipping steers, s4.25d4.65 good D.,
choice do, S3.15Gt25 fair to good, ST. 4J'd3 IS
common to mediums do. $32Od3.6O butchers
steers, S2.1Od32J stockcrs, So. log3. IS feeders
$l.S5'L3.6J cows, s26lG4OJ hcifers, $2ONaS 10
bulls, S2SJg435 Texas steers, and $a25.16. Is
veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day.
1900; sales ranged at s24yd37J westerns.
2.10G2.9 80 Texas, $a009LOo natives, and So so
$40 lambs
The Local Markets.
GRAIN. ETC.
Corn-New. ssoss.
Oats-New. 11cl1aOc.
Hay-Timothy. S120s13: upland. Sill; wild, q
OSLO; slough. s7uSs; baled. SSUs13.
VEGETABLES.
POtatocS-25c,
But.er-Fair to choice, I7c1lsc; fresh cream
cry. 23c.
Eggs-Fresh, 100.
POultry-f'hickens, 81.
Turkeys-7ck.
Geese-7c.
Ducks-Sc.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattlc-Butchcrs pay for corn fed steers
3hc04c: cows and heifcre, 3kcG3xc; calvee.
3xc04Xc
hOge-3c03;4c.
Sheep-3r08b<c.
Spring lamb. SIC pound
Coal-Soft, 1Oc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
A2seEHATEo IELEeRAMs

An ordinance will be presented to the
Chicago city council next Monday pro.
h.titing the delivery of milk on Sunday
during the months between Oct. 1 and
April 3d. North side milk dealers at Q
meeting champiored the measure and the
majority of milkmen throughout the city
agree with them.
The steamship Miowera, which has been
reported missing in the Pacific, has been
spoken 100 miles south of Honolulu, bound
for Australia and ali we'll.
A high officer of the government is au.
thority for the statement that unless Tur.
Key makes prompt PREPARATION for the burn
ing OF American mission buildings at
Harpoot the United States will collect tho
$40. 1000 indemnity by force, probably by
Selling the Smyrna custom house.
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, appointed
j. D. Milstead, of Mount Sterling, public
administrator and public guardian for
Brown county.
Obituary: At Madison, Wis, Alexander
d. Main. aged ~. At Port Said, Egypt,
james b. Moffatt aged 60 At Shoals,
Ind. Mrs. Nancy Smith, aged 1O4. At
Metropolis, Ills, Mrs. +. A. Gregory. At
Eau Claire, Wis. Madison W. Harris At
kokomo, Ind, Rev. Bavid Beckelhamer.
Mrs. Charles A. Goodwin. of Chicago,
was robbed of over 81, 500 worth of jewelry
by melancholy looking boy, 10 or 81
years old whom she hired, out of charity,
to wash windows for her.
The liabilities Of Dc Neufvill g. Co.,
brokers, who recently failed at New York,
are placed at $73. ,OO6. The face value Of
the assets is 81, 329, 995, but market quota
tons reduce them to s332, Az.
Thomas Parkinson, who said he cut his
wife's throat in Chicago on Nov. /, gave
himself up to the police at Detroit He
has become convert and Joined the Sal
walton Army. The Chicago police say he
Is fraud.
A decree has been gazettcd at Paris pro.
hibiting the export from Franco or the
French colonies Of warlike munit lions in
tended for the island of Cuba.
John Mcbride, cx-president of the Fed.
Grafton of Labor, in writing formal fare
well to the Federation reitcrates his de.
termination never again, to accept official
responsibility in the labor movement.
According to the commission which has
been investigating John McGough's 'con-
fesSion" that he and not bat" Shea muir.
dered Robert Ross during an election row
at Troy, n. Y, the confession is false
in nearly every line, and Shea will proba.
bly, die Feb. 1.
Governor Jones, of Nevada, is dying of
cancer of the stomach.
General Ezeta and his filibustcring cx-
petition against Salvador are reported to
have been captured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
Glad TidinEs to Asthma Sufferers.

Lawson Elvidge, of Darlington,
ILL.,, states he was cured of chronic
asthma of long standing by Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t gives positive re-
lief in all cases of asthma, SO that
this disease. when not completely
cured. is robbed of all its terrOrs by
this great remedy. No sufferer
should be without it. SO cents.
Take no substitute. For sale at Nj.
F. Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
Onaha's Ex-Treasurer Arrested.

OMAHA, Jan. LEX City Treasurer
Bolln was arrested last night He was de-
posed several months ago, owing to rumors
o: shortage in his Office Recently it de-
veloped that over slo0,OoO of city funds
could not be accounted for. His deputy,
Coulter, was arrested recently for taking
tSO, 600 Of the money, but for some reason
Boiln had escaped prosecution until last
DiYnf.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
Singer 4 Wheeler Assign.

PEORIA, Ills, Jan. l1.-Last evening
Singer s. Wheeler, incorporated, whole
sale dealers in drugs, assigned to Charles
X. Wheeler. The liabilities are-capital
stock, ESQ, 900, and bills payable sle6, 1O7;
the assets-stock on hand, &e23, s57, and
bills receivable, tls3,7 The principal
creditor is the Merchants National bank,
HQ,Ia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
AbOu Ben McGinty.
AFTER ABoU BEN ADHIs.

AFTER ABoU BEN ADH1s.
Abou Ben MeGinfy, may hir tribe inorsasc.
C,ewled out Of bed all covered with reece
''Bs jabb<rsp - he said. WHATS THE see'
Faith IL looks TO me ike P-Cox Brownie
"And what are you dong " raye VIC WY bold,
.WritIn. all oy. hat bo X Of :,oid,
The Brownie vanished out o1 sight.
Twas the last Nc Of him that night
The next night the Bro snic appeared 'a-iD-"
Nc had finished his praycrs aud Ilst turned In.
.sFaith " he said. .tnis % OGrady'- chost
.sTurIcd out TO give mt an elrgau; roast"
..And what will yc have" said &c in q trembling
squire tie whisky Ill take. it's always my
choice"
The Brownie vanished a. the night bsforc.
Went out Of the window instead o. the door
The next night the Brownie appeared fer the
third lime,
Nc had been out to q wake and was fun Of aeht
and rhyme:
The Brownie hsd written IN his book Of gold
A story he was now ready TO unfold.
"And what have ye writ in that precious book,
III give &c ewig IL yen give me look.
Of soaps that are best"
And 10 spd behold Anti wa,htoard Soap lcsds
al t5r rest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
Not So Awfully Superior.

Paleface-Why don't you get civ
ilized name for yourself, now that you
have become a civilized Indian9
Noble Red Man-Ugh! What your
name?
Paleface-My name is Iglehart.
Noble Red Man with crushing sar-
casm)-Ugh! Iglehart! Heap good In
jun's name Eagle Heart! Heap bad -
Chicago Tribune. :
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11

WA0 Baby vas ack. 10 gave h1 CAR01a
w ~ sas CAih, she cried far CnaxsA
Wh0 - became Min. shs chung to CaasaA.
Vhn - he'd Chndrsa abe s.vetheu OpG>us>
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11

Prayer has right to the word Gin
effable'' 1t is an hour of outpourings
which words cannot e1press-of that in
terror speech which we do not articulate,
even when we employ it.-Mme. Swetch-
ire
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Daily Telegraph
has dispatch from Berlin which says:
ION Wednesday a special messenger
brought an autograph letter from the
queen to the emperor, whose reply is now
in the queens hands. The emperor re-
marked to his encourage that he had re-
piled in Il manner which he believed would
prove acceptable to the queen"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE,

HICA0O. ROCK ISLAND . PACIFIC
Railvay-Tickets can be purchased or bag
gage checked ct 1 4 r Twentieth street depot
or G r q p depot corner Firth avenue and
fhirty-ars etreet Franz b. Plummer. Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
What is

Castoria Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use by
Millions Of Mothers Castora destroys and aays
feverisness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
Diarrhoa and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles constipation Aatulcncy.
Castoria assimatcs tho food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Gas.
tora is the Children's Mothers Friend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
Thinks Cancellation Due from Here.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Times has an
editorial this morning in which it urges
the government not to delay the publica-
ton of the papers on Venezuela. 1--WE
have been ready for Cancellation" says
Tine Times. ''all along. America does not
show similar disposition, and it does not
seem extravagant to maintain that the
first move in that direction can hardly be
expected from US
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
THE ARGUS. SATURDAY, JANUARY IL. 1896.


ing inquiry will be made into the con.
spiracy and offers his own cooperation.
Chamberlain in replying thanks him for
his offer and promises that there shall be
full inquiry and measures to prevent q
repetition of the Transvaal raid Cham.
berlain concludes: MY present chief
object is to prevent . further embitter-
ment OF the relations between the British
and Dutch. which might result from ex-
treme measures against either Johannes
burg or the prisoners"
The correspondent of The Times at Ber.
lin teleRraphs: Whatever after-effects
the Transvaal incident may have on Ger
man policy in government, and even in
higher circles, the disposition now is to re.
gard the matter as closed. A few uncom-
promising spirits still expect that the
Transvaal will insist upon a declaration
of absolute independence But it is doubt
full whether the German government will
sustain that hope. At the same time it
would be premature to imagine that all
cause for anxiety has disappeared"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11
CastOria..

"Castoria Is 20 we'll adapted to children thss
recommend Il assuperior to any prescription
known to me-"
Il. A. ARCHER, N. D.,
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. r
"Our physicians in the childrenS depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence IN their outside practice with Castoria.
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known q regular
products, yet We are free co confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won u to look with
favor upon It."
UNITED HosPrTAL AND DrsPKNsAaY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN G. SMITH, Pres,
array Street, New York City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11

THROUGH CAR SERVICE
ROCK ISLAND TO ST. LOUIS.
Train leaving Rock Island at 500
a. m. carries through coach to St.
Louis. passing through Pekin. Hav-
ana. Springfield and Litchfield.
Lines east Of Peoria carry through
coaches and sleeping cars on night
trains to principle cities.
K. STOCKHOUSE,
Gen. Ticket Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-01-11

Fave on hand 20 lots IN South RocA Island on
water Low taxes, and CHEAP insursnce Ten lots
On Inifty-eighth street snd Fifteenth svenue.
numesro o. ptsces Of property in The city for
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
The Money Question.

Editor .fgiS:
DEAR SIR-As a reader OF your instructive
paper permit mo few remarks aprOpus to the
resent financial question.
In the first place Hartford count is Il farm
in; district, producing district, essentially SO.
Now, every one knows That you are interested
in the welfare of your readers and neghbors,
no; only as il matter of business, but on the
broader ground of humanity.
note what you say editoriaily regarding the
tifty-cent dollar. Let us analyze this Silver
has been dcmOnctiZed, practically destroyed us
source of money supply. This dcmomctZa-
ton destroys onc-half of our supply Of pri-
mary money Ii lessons the volume of money
Now, is it not plain that when the volume OF
money is lesSenCd its value il increaSedE Id
hitting that the value of money is increased,
docs not the purchasing power OF the dollar in
crease? What is the result? There is only one
result. namely. that all prices must fall. THIS
is the whole subject
| firmly believe. in fact I know, that the dol
lar of to-day is double III value what it should
be. Every farmer knows that in order to get
Il dollar he must grow twice as mach produce
us formerly. This talk about 5O-ccnt dollars
is misleading and it is unfair. The purchasing
power of dollar is too great. Every farmer
knows that, and if he doesn't, let him reflect on
his present condition of poverty and compare
il with the times of twenty years ago. when
the dollar had not the power to purchase 81
much of his efforts.
consider the present silver agitation to be
the greatest reform movement of the age. Ii
is wrong to pass legislation which contracts the
supply of money. II simply means the dc
strucion of the American farmer. When we
look over the list of failures and the farms
torecioscd in Hartford county it is appalling
Who are behind this gold movement this
bogus cry for sound money! Is it not Wall
street, New York, the ROthschilds and other
rich tnanCierS:
Much has been said about tine silver-minr
owners of the West. They have nothing to dc
with the subject, except i'll an incidental way,
and they have been san;lcrcd numerically
through the inStigatiOu OF these money lenders
The question of blmetalism is very important,
and we can all learn by discussion. woulG be
glad to hear the views of your readers ON this
subject, ii you will kindly permit 1t through
your columns. Very respectfully,
EDWARD V. STOCKIAM.
ny
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
Religious Services. sunday, May 3.

-- Rev. $ d. Trsdway will preach in Bel Air
VI. p. Church At II 4. VI. ANA $ p. NJ. The
morning sermon will 10" followed by the nd-
mIniStration of ia" Lords supper. sunday
school at 9.i3 y. VI. Regular services will ne
held at Mt. Carmel NJ. ,. Church 1T $50 =. NJ.
Roy. \. \. Bichcii will preach at 1880 i. NJ at
Providence Church, ard ut Union Chapel 1T
$50 p. NJ. Tie puhllc is cordially invited 10
attend aud participate in all these ScrN ice.
Bel air VI. T.. Church, Rev. Z. c. Gallal or.
Pust"r.> sunday school :I.i5 \. NJ: SIcrGni. ut
OF the Lords supper II y NJ: prrachin.r s
p. NJ Mt. Zion Sunday Schu"I $50 p. Nj;
Sacrament of the Lords supper $50 p NJ.
East hartford Circuit, Rev. J. W Fleming,
Pastor Preaching at Abingdon 1890 A. NJ:
Magnolia 3 =. NJ.
Mountain Christian Church, J. i. Hopkins.
Pastor:-Sunday-sc school $50 y NJ; ruii.cmil
and rally services | a. NJ; l. p. :. G. f. :. 30
7. NJ Juppa- sunday 3 F. VI reach
ing / p. VI. Fork sunday school $50 p. NJ.
entertainment ut the Mountain Christian
Church has been postponed to Tuesday, May >.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01

At Cripple Creek, Colo, and elsewhere, are
being made daily, and the production for 1896
will be the largest ever known. estimated Mt
Two Hundred Million Dollars. Cripple Creek
alone is producing over One Million Dollars a
month, and steadily increasing. Mining Stocks
are advancing in price more rapidly than any
other Stocks, and many pay dividends Of 80 to
30 per cent. They offer the best opportunity
to make II large profit on Il small Investment.
j. f. MOHaAN y Co, 10 Broadway, New
urk, are financial agents for the Prudential
Gold Mining Co, and others in the famous
fee. interesting particulars of the Mining
companies they represent also their hook on
speculation in stocks, Grain and COTTON. con
tanning many now ana important features.
Send for these books ut once if sou are inter-
ested in any form of speculation or invest.
mcnts. They may prove profitable 10 you.
3lnlm
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
Discomfort AMONG THE SPOfLS-
MEN

The movements along the poltica
checker board of the State the past
week have developed no little discou-
tent in the Republican party This is
especially noticeable in Baltimore
City among such prominent political
lights as Mr.. Bonaparte and Mr.. Geo
R. Gather, Jr., who are not pleased at
the action of the Republican Conven,
ton i declining to instruct the dele
gates to the st. Louis Convention
The same spirit of dissatisfaction
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
How TO Treat u wife.
NFrnm Pnciilc Health Lomrnnl.

IFfOW I7NrIIIV IitH!II IOWTIIilI.I
First. get wife; second, he patient. You
may have great trials and prrpicNtlrS i'll yulIr
business, but do not therefore, carry to YEN
home IL cloudy or contracted brow. Your wife
may nave trials, which, though Of less maEni-
tIr, may be hard for her to bear. kind
word, Il cudcr look, will do wonders i'll ch,lsin =
from her brow IA! clouds 81 HlUC m.-1o This
would adj always keep Il bottle of Cham
b"riun'S Cough t;C!l"Gy in t'le hOus" 1t is the
i,,.,E and * sure 10 he needed sooner or later.
Your wife viii then know ;httf y.Iu II. Ally { r.
Tor her and wish TO project hr hra!th. For
Mo IN NriIggi>ts.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
seems TO have cropped out in this

seems to have cropped out in this
county.
Boss rule, which the people 0f
of the State last fall supposed by their
vote had been ellectualIy destroyed,
has, it seems, only been transferred
from Democratic to Republican lead
ers. The name of Wellington, not
German, is now a synonym for all
that bossism in its full significance
means.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
BALTIMORE MARK ELS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY
GILBERT X STHASBAUGH,
4 Cure for Muscular rheumatism.

Mrs. Il. l.. Lam*0n, of Fairmaut, Illinois SAYS:
My sister used FrImhcrlam's Pain Balm for
muscular rheumatism and 1t effected CON
piCtc cure. | keep it in the hou$.. ut all tiu~s
md have always found il beneficial fer acf'Cs
and pains. IT is the quickest cure for IlIeuiil-
tism, muscular pains and IlmcncsS have ever
seem For sale 10y druggists.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
Dissolution Of ljOpartnerShip.

The copartnership he retofore existing be-
tween Clara NJ. Wilkinson and Edward c.
Hanway, under the firm name of C, NJ. Wilkin-
son 4 Co. is this day disS Owed by mutual con-
sent The debts due and owing by the firm
will he settled by Clara N. Wilkinson:
CLARA NJ. WILKINSON.
EDWARD c. HANWAY.
Formerly trading as
C. NJ. WILKINSON x co.
April s. 1896. lOap
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Eight cents iiae 10" tee FIRST Insertion
and > cents Il line for each Subsequent inser-
tiOI,-scceH rrOrds to line. No ndrertisp-
HIenf inserted HHtcSS JIrcDdid.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01

For every quarter in il mans pocket there
are Il dozen uses and to use each one in such n
way as to derive the greatest benefit is Il ques-
ton every one must solve for himself. We be-
licve, however, that no better use could be
made of one of these quarters than to exchange
il for bottle of Chambcrlan'S Collie, Cholera
family should he provided with. For sale by
1rlIlrVjStG
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
THE EGIS AND INTELLIGENCE.

sS-THE EGlS is the oldest established
newspaper IN Hartford county. II has Il larger
circulation among intelligent farmers, Gamers
and other business men than any other news
paper publ he'd in the county. These facts
make it valuable advertising medium for
rcachingall cluSSes.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
TO THE FARMERS IN F4TOR OF
FREE COIN4GE


A surprising feature of the free sill.
vir coinage fever is that it RACES most
virulently among the farmers of the
country How these tillers of the sol!
are standing in their own light, and
endeavoring to strike down their sub
stantial interests, can be easily eX-
planned.
Great Britain now tbrives Won
drously by free trade and gold mono
metallism. She is our best customer;
she buys annually about 1910, 900, 900
worth of American breadstuffs, cotton,
meat products, &c, and she pays US
for them in good gold or its equiva-
lent. But if we went into this free
coinage of silver dollars (worth 80 cents
apiece in gold) as bi-metalists would
have us do, our Western farmers and
Southern planters would be paid for
their surplus products in our own
cheap and spurious silver coin, which
would purchase only $4,000, 900
worth of clothing, implements or other
merchandise. In q word, the hi
metallists are busy trying to persuade
all American agriculturists to favor Il
system of rotten coinage by which
they would have to sell their surplus
products for one-half of what they are
now paid for them and to give away
the other half to their dear British
cousins.
Do our farmers and planters wish to
be fooled by bimetallists out of one
half of what they have to sell in ad
dition to being taxed by protectionists
tariffs (as they already are) 40 per
cent, ad valorem on what they have
to buy? Free coinage of silver would
enrich bankers and be I'll nous to la
boring men. But its most deadly eff
fects would fall on our farmers and
planters.
Even should free coinage result in
making money more plentiful, how
much better off would the farmers be?
The value of their products would be
measured by the value of their money,
and as the value of their money de
creased, it would take more and more
of it to buy what they needed. No
surer means of bringing about the
ruinous policy of selling at the lowest
prices and buying at the dearest
could be devised than by forcing this
country to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01
BEL AIR. MD
MORNING, MAY I, 1896.

E-NOTICE 10 CuRRESPON DENTS.-All
communications intended for publication must
be accom- panied by the real name of the writer,
though not for publication unless desired,
otherwise they W. receive no attention.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-05-01

viii sell excursion tickets. Baltimore to Wash
ington and return, at the rate of 81 % for the
ronnd trip, on Saturday, May 8, and Sunday,
May 10, good to return on Monday, May IL
thus giving an opportunity of spending three
avs in Washington.