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brakes were applied aud Conductor
buchanan Jumped through the bag
gage car door aud fescGs1 tie little
maid, who was lying on her face. cry.
ing, and almost under the Wneois. Her
name IL Alice Ross, chii OF Mrs.
George NJ. HJsf, aud cue was handed
unihlureu Into iuo aims Ut her mother
who had almost tainted At the narrow
escape from death. The child is but p
year and seven months old ami had
sirayed int he street opposite her
home an q was about To place pebble
ON the track, us shs haI seru older
children do, when tue train Numbered
down upon her
At San Luis, Obispo, Cal, homas
l.. Young w.s arrested Ihureday
night ON Clatge Of assault 10 mut.
irr H0ung's wife was brought In Dy
lim from ranch near the city with
raetuTed ikull, and he tolJ q story
that sHc foil rom buggy and struck
a sharp rock with the factuto asa 70.
cult. This story was doubted, nnd %
claiuei that Young struck Ms wife
with stck while drunk snd b. il,ciUd
tue injufles. Mis-. Young l. ina very
Hefl0u8 condition ana may die at any
ms. l.uug is in the county jli. a
visit 90 tue house Of the N0uurs found
one " lie rooms IA very ut.
m0ruli2e1 cuuIiti0n,und a blutdstBiuCd
pair Ji cuiitund tDwulH In the bedroom
whore II ~ thought Young cared iof
his wife before bringing her 10 ibis
city. Young served 100 days In the
county jail IN hos Angeles In 1894 for
eating former wife.
Sacramento, Cal, Record U niof;
Elder A. n. Murdock, lately from
Uiah, delivered an address Lass night
In PythiAn Castle on "Cnufch OtgHni-
cation" After n few preliminary &C..
marks he read from Matthew XVI, and
argued thcTeffOm that the Church OF
Christ was built upon the foundation
90 revelation, instead OF upon Peter.
Quoting from the Epheslans (chsplef
~. that GOOD sut the membufs, every.
one # them Ia the b1dy, az ~ hath
pleased Him. And He gave some
Apostles qua some prophets, aud some
evaHgelieis anu some pastors anu
teschcfs," the speaker asked where
on earth can VIZ iind church today
with these came fiicef, except Ia tie
Mormon Church," To show why
they arc ntode1 IN the church at
present lac continued 10 IOhu 10 m tue
same chapter; "FOr the porfuuupg Of
tue Sainte, iOr the work OF the minis
Try, Tor the ediiying Of the BODY o
Christ, till We ali come IN the unity OF
the faith anu the knowledge VI the
sou Of God, unto a perfect man, unto
the measure Of the stature OF the Toll.
uess VI Christ" Mr.. Murdoch 6latvu
that the primitive Church OF Christ
was TO be taken from the tarih for
many hundred ycnfp, Notwithstanding
somu u the present churches clam g.
have received their power direct from
the Apostle. lie cited the audience o
| Tim. w., i.3, lsniah XIV, leo, Acts
Az, 20 80, Mat, xiv, o, anu Amo
wiz, IL, H.. He stated that according
lothe Prophet Daniel, Coz was 10
restore 10 the EARN His church VI king
dom, never more TO be- destroyed anu
that II would be Luiit upon the same
foundation ~ the primitive; thai u
would have the same Niece, and thtt
the fnme gifts anu blessings that toll
lowed the believers anciently were 10
DO with tue believers Ia the last days.
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The direct limo TO Kansas City, ~.
Louis anu Atlantic seaboard, Ia via
the Missouri Pacific Railway, from
Pueblo. Through sleeping and chair
Union dspols In thu day time. II you
ore going EnsI and care for daylight
ride Through tho graEdest scenery Of
that your ticket reads via Missouri
Pacific Railway. Elegant chair cars
positively FREQ to holders Of regular
Train tickets
II. n. KoOsER, G. +. & p. A.,
"a MOflan Block, Salt LAks City.
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ENHE WVNNW ~ IE"ETN"
Via NtO 0vauds Western hallway,
Milwaukee and return, 1880; July
10, l4Aud rs.
81. Louis and return, $3.50; July IS.
10 Hud 20.
Omaha and return, $4,000; August IS,
II and IS.
MilwausGo and Return, $3.50;
August % and 20.
81. Paul and return, $500; Augusl
20 and 30.
pa5- Through sleeping care; cool
anu delightful trip through the noun.
Ialni; famous scenery; comfortable
equipment.
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Gnrneid ncncl,.

Daily except Sunday.
Fare TOT round trip, 90 cents.
OlsOns orchestra In attendance
every afternoon and evening. Bath.
Ing, boating, dancing. Tue only
white sandy beach on the lake.
Wes.. ID. h. BuRLEY,
General Agent.
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For above occasion Union Pacific
will sell round trip tickets Nc one fare
from all stations IN Salt Lake, Utah
aud Juab counties, August 22..3, limit
returning August can.
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q. :. Martin Will scli Ell kinds lump
coal at 81 per tor; nut, s8,76.
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Gmnulaisu sugar, 10 pounds for 81
nj Equitable Coop.
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Buy oil your Dfugs anu Medicines
from the old reliable Godbe. Pitts
Drug Co.
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Cnrps. WARP, 81 per bunch, at EquI,.
able Coop,
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For sale by z. c. NJ. T., Clark r.
dredgc & Co. Western Hardware Co.
Salt Lake Hardware Co, aud Geo. A
lowe. Salt Lake City. Utah.
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scnndInRVian Reunion aud Confer
sncs. Provo, August .e'2I
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HIGHEST AWARDS
Western fa'f Ait1c.llJn. l8st1n, Car, 1879.
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OK GOLD WEDAL8
ridsl'i,f fa'f. $40 ffarliisc, CO... 1885.
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DIPLOMA
Ntsi0s sihi As'1 socleiI At Honl1omsT, ua1'
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HIGHEST AWARDS
H'bfaita ttlio BoafG otkqflcuiigfa, teBI.
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
ARGENTINE FINANCE.
An Example of the Evils Of SILVER and
Government Fiat Money.

The experience of the Argentine Re
public illustrates the results of more
different kinds of financial fallcies
than that of any other country at the
present time. Some years ago the ma
ton adopted one of the Populst ideas
of making loans on 'land"-that is, on
farm mortgages. These were issued
through national banks and guaranteed
by several provinces: but of course they
were not paid: interest could be paid
any more paper, and specie pay
mcntS We're suspended in 1852 and have
been suspended ever since. The United
states consul "a. EuenOs AyreS writes:
The condition of the paper currency
could hardly be more unsatisfactory.
or course 1t is guaranteed 10y the bonds
of the different provinces. but in ther
present bankrupt condition the guar
anty signifies nothing. and the fact
that the national government has as
surcd the public that it will protect
the nCtcholdcrs adds but very little TO
the value Of the notes At the current
quotations of gold ON the BuenUs Ayrcs
exchange the notes are worth about -
cents to the dollar, or. in other words.
it takes about $50 in bank notes to make
800 in gold. Being. however. the only
Curl ency III the country. 1t is the gem
erai medium Of exchange and it passes
from hand to hand in the business
operations of the day"
The amount Of "cedules" outstanding,
issued through the National Hypothe-
cary Bank. is given at about s100, 900 OCO
and the depreciation Of property on
which they were issued Is fifty per
cent. The government which guaran-
teed the interest. issued Certificates"
in payment. OF the Provincial Hypoth-
ecary bank OF Buneus Ayres, Mr
Baker writes: 1T is sufficient to say
that the institution is thoroughly and
irrevocably bankrupt. following the for
tunes of the province. Its outstanding
liabilities, i'm the issue of cedulas.
cages given as security are not sup
posed to be worth so cents to the dol
lar The cedulas cannot be sold for 20
cents paper money to the dollar"
Counting the various kinds of ma
tional Indebtedness. including the cedu-
las and bank currency. it foots up about
s7Si.00o.000. "With such a burden Of
debt on which ii cannot pay interest" !"
writes Mr.. Baker, ''and such IL burden
of bank notes which il cannot redeem
ii is not surprising that The finances of
the nation are in an unsatisfactory con-
dition. OF course, since it's default the
ancial centres
How all this affects the people is told
by an American recently returned from
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
GUATEMALA.
Experience of a Boston WOrkingman
in u Free Silver Country.

Adjoining Mexico on the south is
Guatemala, another free silver coun-
try. William r.. Russell. of Boston.
who lately returned from there, gave
to a correspondent q very interesting
account Of his experience.
Russell said he was carpenter. On
May 10. 1895. he was working at his
trade i'm New Orleans. At that time
the agents of the Panzos Railroad.
then being constructed in Guatemala,
were in Now Orleans. engaging mr-
chanics and laborers to work on the
road. They offered 81 per day for the
services of mechanics, and stated that
the cost of living in Guatemala was
much lower than in the United States
ana that Guatemala was a 1ree SILVER
culation. Attracted by the wages of 81
Der day and the statements about the
low cost of living and the plentitude
of money. Russell shipped as a car
nentcr on Nav 10. 1896 He was under
tbe impression that he was going to n
land of milk and honey. After ono
wears experience in the land of free
silver he found that his dreams had
been rudely and sadly dispeIled.
81 will tell you the sort of cheap liy.
ing we found in that free silver conn
,ry of Can,ral America ~ said RusselI
..rbs mechanical scuad Of which I was
a member was compelIed TO nav 81 81
for each scant meal Of which II mar.
took This amount had TO he forked
over I'm advance of tbe oat. or The din
= -. ,r,. ,;,,,.,., ., .a
money M food. and those who were
unfortunate enough To he without cash
went bungrv The dinner consisted n,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
COSTA RIGA.
Consul DeisadO Explains the Finan.
ciaI DisOricy Resulting from Free

The republic of Costa Itira adjoinS
Nicaragua. IL has been making AN ef
fort of late to eXtrica,e itself from the
evils of Il debaSrd currency. and q de-
cree restricting the coinage of ~i,ver
was lately published in The Times.
Concerning this the corsul of Porta
Rira. in New York. Mr.. Delgado, says:
'"rhe condition Of finances in Costa
Rica is similar To that of the other Cen
tral American republics and worse than
that of Mexico. Since the adoption of
the silver standard all the gold money
has left the country. Fractional cur
rency is in silver. but aside from the
foreign silver all dollars are paper, IS
sued by the National bark Exchange
has risen to IA ruinous rate. and the
merchant there never knows just what
he will have TO pay on account of the
iluctuating values of silver"
Nearly the whole of the foreign bus-
ness of the country Is done on credit.
A merchant buys $4,000 worth of goods
i'm New York and at the time he has
not he faintest idea what he will have
to pay for them when the bills become
due.
"On account of this uncertainty the
finances are always in turmoil. At
present an American dollar is worth
$50 there; that is. Costa Rica mcr-
chant is compelled to pay $12.50O Of his
money for $1,000 worth of American
goods. II is this imitation of values that
is running the country
Moreover. the country Is Overrun
with foreign silver, and the differences
of values between that and our own
currency causes endless confusion and
distress. Naturally. then, the first step
is to retire from circulation the foreign
coin in the country, and that is what
is aimed at in this decree.
Costa Rica today is facing the same
problems that this country must face
if it goes on a silver basis. 1t has the
results of a silver standard, a debased
currency, an abnormal imitation of val
ues, and ruinous rate of exchange.
President Iglesias will move slowly and
carefully in the matter. but as he is an
able man and is supported by the ablest
men in the nation, have no doubt that
! he will succeed in putting the country
once more on a sound financial foot
ing"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19

Those who believe that the financial
and industrial condition of the United
States would be improved by ''the free
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
of 10 TO - or any similar ratio. ara
not unjuSliy called upon To present
evidences Of the advantages of this
system. such evidence can he derived
only from experience and observation.
II is known that the system was tried
in This country at the beginning OF the
century with disastrous results. 1t Is
abandoned by nearly all European
countries. But if there are any eN-
amples of its present application under
existing conditions they must be in
structive to us.
Such examples are to be found at
the present time, except in Asia, only
in few of the Spanish-American re-
publics to the south of us. Most of
these have had so bitter an experience
with the system that they have aban-
doned IL or have taken steps for its
abandonment. 1t is of these countries
that we must look for a practical il
lustratinn of the working Of the sys-
tenn, and the accounts which follow
have been gatherd by The Times
from recent official reports or from
the statements of well-informcd per-
sons who speak from personal know
LEDGE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
FREE SILVER AS 1T REALLY is.

have to pay in this same Brazilian cur
rency three times as much as they
ever paid before for the cotton cloth
out of which they make their dresses
and clothes: for their -four all of
which is imported; for their jerked
beef, the greater part of which is
imported: for their beans. of which
they consume large quantities. and
which are also imported, and for all
manufactured goods which they bring
from the United States and England.
The working man Is, therefore. the first
and chief sufferer, and no one receives
any advantage.
1.-THE governments obligations are all
payable in gold. Its revenues are re-
ceived in paper milreis. When the mill
reis fell to about one-third of it's proper
value, the government was getting rev.
enueS on a basis of ne-third, while 1T
was paying interest on basis of three
thirds. The result was that the gov
ernment had Immediately. in order to
equali2e things, to increase the tariff,
the result of which has been that the
tariff along the entire schedule Is
doubled. and in some cases is trebled
the revenues on a basis which. at the
present rate of exchange, will enable
the government to meet the expenses
of administration and its gold interest
charges. The present percentage is
high, and the Brazilian tariff is alto
geiher peculiar because it has several
different classes of charges unknown
to us. The duties run all the way
from nominally free entry. let US say,
coal. to 100 per cent. on many classes
of goods.
CHEAP MONEY, CHEAP LABOR.
"'rhe Brazilian laboring man, how
ever, does not begin TO suffer because
of this to the eXten, to which the Amer
lean laboring man will be likely to suf-
fer if the repudiation of our gold money
and the acceptance Of the silver stand
ard he brought about. because the Bra
lillian needs SO much less to live ON.
and because there are SO very many
things which he can get at II light cost.
Fish from the rivers. which is dried,
is cheap and plentiful. Jerked beef.
even at advanced prices, is still cheap.
These and bananas and other native
fruits. together with blackberres. con-
stitute the chief food OF the Brazilian
laborer. His house rent costs him prac-
tically nothing. He lives in an abode
hut. with thatched roof, and the item
of rent does not average the ordinary
man $50 or $50 a year-in fact. that
would be very high. The consequence
is that he can bear the strain Of low
wages and high prices much more
,f,,lIx ,,,I
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
THE EXPERIENCE OF BRAZIL.
Evil Effects Of Departing from the
Sound STANDARD of Gold Values,

The largest and most important of the
republics Of South America is Brazil,
whose recent financial experience has
been of very instructive character. A
fair account of ii is given i'm a recent
Interview with William NJ. Wins, New
York business man having varied deal
ings with South America, who has just
returned from "a business trip to Brazil
IF some of the crazy men in the
western part of our country" said Mr.
wins. had to do business in Brazil
under conditions such as they are p.e-
IGring for the United States. they
would soon have the most marked
illustration Of the fact that a depre-
ciated currency reduces all business to
pure speculation. Before the revolu-
.ion of 1889 Brazil was ON gold basis
with a small issue Of national paper
currency. The English pound sterling
vas made full legal tender. with such
an inS Efficiency of paper money that
exchange was above par, which is an
Interesting phenomenon in financial
history. The par value. as fixed by
law, Of the Brazilian milres is ed,
sterling. Nevertheless, when | was N
teres ted in the fact that the Brazilian
paper money was selling at 29d., or ID
better than par.
AFTER that came the revolution.
which, beyond n possible doubt. has
been the greatest benefit to the coun-
try. because. under the Repub lean
regime. it is progressing. I think. more
rapidly than any other country in the
world, and certainly more than It
would have been possible under the old
imperial system. However, when they
began to make their constitutions and
To legislate hastily, the Brazilian ma
!ional commerce was dominated by
men who were pervaded with the soma
sort Of financial ideas as our wild men
of the west. They went into a most
elaborate national banking system and
got down to "a paper currency as soon
as they possibly could. The result was
that Brazilian exchange declined from
point to point until it has been as low
AZ Siad.. or. say. about One-third Of
par. whereas only seven years ago
it was at par or better Exchange to-
day fluctuates between 91ad. and 1Od.
Every man who buys or sells a dollars
wortt of goods does 1t subject to the
| risk Of this fluctuation i'm exchange.
PRICES UP, WAGES DOWN.
"As a consequence, there is no stabil-
ity. Prices have gone up. as exchange
has gone down. The prices on COM
modities of prime necessity are even
more than three times as high as they
were In 1888 and 1889. On the other
hand. labor has not risen I'm any such
proportion. Labor. believe, through
out Brazil--and l am speaking now of
experience in all of the coast cities of
| the Amazon Valley-is not worth much
more than half as much again in Bra
lillian currency as 1t was five or six
years ago, and in some places It ranges
from half as much to as much again,
but generally that Is due to peculiar
conditions. On the other hand, they
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-19
NICARAGUA.
What Free Silver Has Done for That
Country Told by an EX. Pre- sident.

A little further south Is Nicarag aqua,
a republic of considerable Importance,
whose former president. DR.. Cardenas,
arrived the other day in New York. He
was asked what was the financial con-
dition of his country.
Very bad" he said. "Our silver
money is very much deprecated. The
peso has about 95 per cent. as much sill
Yer in it as your standard silver dollar.
1t is worth in New York frsm AZ to As
cents. Twenty-Five years ago our
money was at par. Since then it has
become more and more deprecated.
Prices Of food and other necessaries OF
life have risen in proportion, going up
to more than twice their former figures.
But the wages of labor have not gone
up In proportion. They have slowly
risen "a little. but they are far less In
proportion to the present value of
money than they should he If we con-
slider the great increase In prices"
"Why does Nicaragua remain on y
silver basis" asked the reporter.
1T is almost necessary now," he an
swered. I'VE pay agricultural and
other labor in silver, and we sell our
products in gold"
"And your laborers get from AZ to IS
cents on the dollar for their work. while
their products are sold for gold, which
is at Il premium"
Yes" said he. "Gold is at pre-
MUM. a dollar being worth Sl.eO. The
iaborer Is injured. of course"
II wish some of your free silverites,'
said a Nicaraguan who was standing
by. could see the effects Of the silver
standard in our country. The laborer
gets in wages almost the same amount
he got twenty-five years ago. But he
has 10 pay more than twice as much
for everything he buys. The employers
sell what he produces for gold. and
pays him in debased silver. In other
words. say laborer gets Il peso for
producing certain thing that is worth
a dollar. The peso that he gets in
wages is worth in purchasing power less
than IS cents. The employers sell the
result of his work for 81 in goli. The
difference between the Wurkingman's
peso or dollar and the employers dollar
Is the difference between 4S cents and
sl.20. There YOU have the practical re-
suit of free silver in a nutshell
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gold was at a premium over silver Of
about 20 per cent.
In 1856 congress passed a law that
made paper money legal tender for
all debts, the paper to be payable in
gold or silver at the option Of the gov
ernment: this being an attempt to
make silver at par with gold.
This was an impossibility, for at once
the gold all went out of the country.
and the government was on a silver
basis in spite of its efforts by legisla-
tion to keep gold and silver at pari-
ty. From that time to this there has
been no gold in circulation in Colombia.
The effect of this was to raise the
premium of gold from 90 per cent. in
1885 to 100 per cent. in 1895.
At the present time (June 10 eX-
change on New York is 140. the price
of exchange depending wholly upon the
number Of drafts upon the market and
the demand for them. AS the coffee
crop is being shipped at this time and
the merchants for certain reasons are
not importing largely, the price Of eX-
change Is low.
In the department of Panama paper
money is not used. silver being the only
medium of circulation tho r.su,t bsinr
that silver in tbe other denartmants
has entiraIv oona o,,t of circulation
and naner is tbe 0n,v money, used
If one poos Ia m.r,,.t in Ro,ot. aud
offers silver for bis dinner n ;s refused
AS exchange Is lower in Panama than
In oth.r nor,s q, tho ,o,,ntr,, sna,u,at
or. huv ou ,bo ,i,,o,. than, ,,, tina or ,
uranium of from : to ~ n., conf and
send II IN Panama and make , nrott
toSf ot LIVING DOu BLEED.
Now. to show the effect of this upon
the people of Columbia, | will give GER
tain facts that are well authenticated.
In 1885, when gold was at premium
Of 20 per cent. wages of wOrkingmen
on the plains of Bogota were 40 cents
day, and in the hot country 30 cents
day. At the present time wages ar.
60 and 80 cents respectively, an advance
| of 80 per cent. All provisions have in
creased in cost about 100 per cent.
Meats at that time We're selling for from
to IL cents per pound; at the present
time they sell for 40 and 80 cents.
House rents have increased from 100
to 200 Der cent, Small tenements. such