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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03

ne was ~ he Thought he understood
something about finance. When he was
GO he felt he did not know as much,
about it as he did at 40, and at 20 he:
began to doubt whether he knew any
thing about it at al. and scarcely dared
to open his mouth. Mr.. Gladstone pom
dered over the question till he said that
it seemed almost to defy human intel
lect, but Ben Tillman, from South Caro-
lima, knows that the goldbugs of Wall
street and vampires of Lombard street
are ''a'gin the farmer" and the way the
farmer can get even is to cut his dollar
in two. [Applause.l
We are living in n grand and awful
time. But the newspapers are printed
every day. and the Americans are not
asleep. The brain of the American peo-
pie is not dull. Their hearts are not dis
honest. These heresicS come and go as
the tide flows. and sometimes in the
thickest of the night we may not ap-
pear to see the stars that are shining.
But you remember on one historic occa-
sion, when the sky was all covered with
fog, some one asked: ooh, say, can you
see by the dawn's early light the star
spang!ed banner yet waving?" And it
was there! Enthusiastic cheers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03

Consul McIver's recommends
tons dovetails beautifully with Sen
at. Document 81 of the first ses-
sion of the Fifty-fourth congress,
presented to that body by Senator
Teller, tae chief of the free coinage
party, and printed at his request,
the substance of which we copied
from Harper's Weekly in our issue
Of Aug. ls. The document is made
up of letters of correspondents re-
ports of consular officers and others,
and includes statement Of Sir Ed
ward Arnold, who, when speaking
of the industrial skill of the Japan
ese, SAYS: "And when one realizes
that this ability and capacity can be
obtained there for an average of s
cents day against ST., SO day and
upward in America and 4 shillings
in England it is not hard to see that
there is reason in what ] say" The
whole argument of this Teller docu-
ment is intended to show that Japan
threatens our manufactures because
by gong to the silver basis the cost
of their labor has been reduced one
half, and that if this country will
follow the example of Japan and
become silver country, our manu-
facurers will be able to compete
with their oriental rivals.
When, therefore, the free-silver
orators aver that free silver will
bring prosperity to this country and
quote foreign authorities in support
of similar statements, what they re-
ally mean is that free silver would
cut the wages of. our workingmen
in two and thus enable us to com
|
pete successfully with other coun-
tries III the markets of the world.
And yet Mr.. Bryan in his New
York speech said that the demand
for free silver was supported bv tn e
labor organizations of America.
The demand for free trade was sup
ported four years ago by the same
organizations. Isn't it about time
that the workingmen of this coun-
try should do their own thinking,
and not let it be done for them by
mercenary leaders, the paid agents
no doubt of the silver kings, who
are deceiving and betraying them?
Merrill Advocate.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03
THE POOR MANS DOLLAR.

The free coiners call the silver
dollar the poor mans dollar, and
that is exactly the kind of dollar
they propose to give to the poor
man. According to their own argu-
ment the gold dollar is be, ter dol
lar than the silver dollar. Now,
why should not the poor man have
just as good dollar as the rich
man? Why should the silver dol
lar be forced on the poor man VIII IN
it isn't as good as the gold dollar
Burlington Hawkeye.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03
MONEY AND CREDITORS.

When the Measure of Value Varies, the
Laborer Gets the Worst of 1t.
Probably no question that has ever
been made apolitical issue appeals more
strongly to our selfishnesS than The
money question. The value of all the
property we possess is expressed in the
only but our labor.
A horse, a cow, a corner lot, share
of stock, bond or a note are all meas
ured as to their transferable value by
money. They are worth SO much. 50
OF our labor, whether in the profess
sions, the skillful trades or in more
manual employlnents. We are worth so
much an hour or a day or 81 week by the
services we are able to render, and we
are paid accordingly. The result is, it
we are not fools, that we want the best
money that circulates in exchange for
our services or our property, and the
less our income the more we want the
best.
The contention, therefore, seems I'M
answerable that a government or
community should establish the high
est standard of money whereby to meas
ure those exchanges of labor and prop
erty which constitute the business of
the world If this is not done and the
measure of value becomes variable, who
suffers? The men who have large re-
cources behind them or the men who
have nothing but their hands and
brains? Most assuredly the latter. A:
well-known banker of this town has
often been heard to say that the money
standard aid not and could not affect
him, for he could make money whether
we were on u gold or silver basis. So
he could, and so can any capitalist. 1t
is the man who depends upon his labor
that would suffer by deprecated cur
rency.
It is the creditor class of the COM
munity, therefore, which is most inter-
ested in preserving the stability of the
currency and it's high value. But Of
whom is the creditor class composed?
Manifestly of those to whom something
is due from day to day. from week to
week and from month to month. These
are the laboring people, the men at the
desk, at the counter, at the forge, at
the bench and at the pillow. The toiIer
who patiently yields the shovel and
the pick when nightfall comes is cred
tor, and he is entitled to be paid for
his days labor in the best money the
country affords. And SO throughout the
whole round of employment where men
and women receive wages.
Is it not, then, inexplicable that
large proportion of those who in the
sweat of their face earn their daily
bread, laying by perhaps trifie from
week to week toward a rainy day, de-
posting it in a savings bank-that
these should be led away by the cry for
cheap money? What do they want with
cheap money, or ''poor mans" money?
II there is any difference, why should
they not have rich mems money ?-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
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FREE SILVER THREAT TO WAGE
FARMERS.

81 am thinking of a conversation
l had few months ago at Yokoho-
ma with Mr.. McIver, United States
consul general in Japan. Speaking
of trade with that country it was re-
marked that Japan during the year
last reported has sold us sl7,ooo,-
900 worth of goods and she spent
with us only rs, 900, 900, a balance
of sl2 900, 900. 70 compete sue
cessfully with other countries, said
Mr.. Newer, for increased trade
with Japan we must reduce wages.
It would create something like a
revolution to propose general re-
duction. The adoption Of free sill
yer would be the scheme. 1t would
lower the wages Of labor nearly one
half, but he would get the same
number of dollars. Reduced wages
by this means would enable us to
compete successfully in the markets
of the world. Labor must pay the
bill incurred to bring thi about,
and free silver would be an effec-
tive means of doing the work with
out difficulty to the wage earners. 2
The above is an extract from a
letter to the New York Tribune by
Niels Gron, we'll known as a writer
and speaker on literary and econom-
ic questions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03
WHO WILL FREE SILVER HENEF,T7


VIM. j. Bryan in his speech at
Madison So uare Garden said: We
contend that free and unlimited coin
age by the United States alone will
raise the bullion value of silver to it's
coinage value and thus make silver
bullion worth $i % per ounce in gold
throughout the world" In other
words he contends that free and un-
limited coinage of silver will double
the bullion value OF the silver dollar
and make it worth exactly what it is
now under limited coinage and that
gold and silver dollars will circulate
side 10y side at par, as they do now.
That being the case there would be nc
rise in prices, no cheap money for the
debtor 20 pay his debts with and no
change in any of the existing condi-
tons.
We have now more silver money
than 1t is possible to keep in circula-
ton. Since 1873 there has been coined
423, 2S9, 900 silver dollars of which only
$4,000, 900 have remained in ciu ulation,
although the government has use.'
every means in it's power to force them
into circulation. The balance, Of over
S37l 900, 600, are in the United States
treasury vaults against outstanding
silver certificates, no one having any
use for them.
This being fact, ii Mr.. Bryan is
right in his assertion, how will amy
one he benefited by the free coinage
of silver except the silver-lnine owner?
That they would be greatly benefited
there admits of mo- doubt. The pres
emit market price of silver bullion is
IS cents per ounce. Under the condi-
tiOns stated by Mr.. Bryan they would
receive 81 20 per ounce, or clear
profit of 81 cents per ounce over the
present selling price.
Under the Sherman silver act the
United States purchased OF them f.
SOC, 900 ounces per month, So that
their output must equal that figure at
least Taking those figures their
profits for each month over and above
the present selling price would be s.
$50 600, snug little sum that, for one
months profits. and that to continue
month after month and year after
year. With that prospect before
them is it any wonder that they are,
through the bi-metallic league, put
ting thousands of dollars into this
campaign to hire speakers and to cir
culate free silver literature.
And who will this vast amount OF
money which they expect to make
come out OF? The people. and yet
they claim to he the wOrkingmens
friends, and talk long and loudl = OF
the great benefits that the poor labor
ing men and the farmers are 10 derive
from free silver.
Lincoln said: "You can fool part OF
the people all Of the time, and I'LL OF
the people part Of the time, but you
can't fool all OF the people all Of the
time" The people OF this country
| We're fooled four years ago anil they
| realize it now and we don't believe
that they will be fooled again this
! time.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03

Cheap and trashy money in which
to pay wages; high prices fur every kind
of goods which labor buys-these are
the blessings of free silver for the Amer
lean workingmen.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03

In 1873 the total worlds production
Of silver was C1.1000o0 ounces, and
the silver in a dollar was worth $1.04 in
gold. Last year the worlds product Of
yer in dollar was worth only so ITO
cents. Will the silver miners restore
the production of 1873 as tie first step
toward restoring tia conditions? ?"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-09-03
FRESH OYSTERS

At Mart HirZel's restaurant any way
you may desire, either in hulk or can
or by the plate either raw, stewed or
fried.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
THE DAIRY.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE JERSEY
TEST HERD AT THE
WORLDS FAIR.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
S1me considerable interest has been
manifested az to the particular sectors
of the country frtm which the Jerseys
were drawn that were sent to CnInagO
to constru-e the Worlds Fair Jersey
herd. A Is5 Of those who 50 kindly
and genrrouely placed their COWS at
the d sporaI Of the commiEtee having
charge f tGIs after viii show that
they were g n~rrrouted by 10 particular
section. bat may fairly BE- claimed a
representing every section Of the coun
try, Nor,h, = u:h, East and Wet.
the f+IJn tha. tae Owncrs of jerseys
had in the a0i9iJy OF cne;r breed - de
monsrra,e Irs superiority was most
marked. Tnc3rc,site nc- was 20 great,
end their 10y atty 10 tntlr favorl',s or
go marked Il r~hs4rarter, tna5 III ~ case
was a COW nsk"d from any owner an6
refused. Ia JUe seize JON aud manage
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
TO Mash County ALLIANCE
NAN.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer,
NASHVILLE N. @.
According to promise, / write to les
you a d your many readers know that
the Alliance Ia old N 81" IL st,li 10
the swim with head above water OF
course we r O 20 strong numeric
ally es We hava been in time past, bus
there are many signs that are very en-,
c0urasing TO ug, and show that tne
A llRn"e Is taking 90 new life.
Oar last county meeting was a COED
one. and there Is no dcuot but that
s me Of strongest A;llancemen ard
trueet refOrmers were honest-men
woo have been thoroughly tested end
tried. This alone would prove that we
had a grand time, but this is OILY a
part of the story.
Seventeen Subs reported and have
paid in fees and dues. One Sub which
has been dormant for a long while,
came forward and was received INTO
full fellowship again.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
4 New Southern journal.

Every number Of the S0ttth IN Reel Estatr
G0zttte. published monthly ct l28 Main street
Norfolk, y g., c~oDt.1n0 niue if I'm ton OF
valu TO The prospective Southern in eSTOr. Il
publishes letters nom Northerle-s who have
S tiled IN the southern COGntty. Every person
Interested in southern l. V stnlents or securities
or who is COL emp atiug a visit >1Cth shoulC
suIscri z, the Low price, - cents a year. piactna
in e5;4v r@"cI Of AL.
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h0a54o still IN DEMAED.

Horse breeders Who have been re
minded quite frequently Of late tina
horses are oe-tlus 4 TO take q bAcE seat
IN ane near future, TO make room for
Joe horseies5 carriage, need not give
their auiUa's away yetawnite. l. VIII
o. Il long time before any thing "a tax
the place Of tie horse ave our muo
rods, ard II seom5 That mud roads are
to be the rule in most parts Of this
country for ,omo time to come yet,
We are 0 told Chet the bicycle il as
expensive luxury "a the horse when
the great expense Of wear and taer enG
repair are taken into account. There
wili be some horses needed vet az h'le,
ana breeders viii yet get fair profits On
what they produce Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-02-25
ing sold now, and many who have
them are sick of them.

ing sold now, and many who have
them are sick of them.
GETTING ALL h CREAM.
Whatever system IS used, all OF the
cream should be obtained, or practic
ally all. By practically all, I II al all
Of any practical value. That this can
be accomplished by the Swedishs y stem
has been time and again demonstrated.
II there is any system by which more
that ali the G can be obtained, it
beats the Swedish.
CARE OF CREAM
When the final separation Of the
cream from the milk has been msde,
the cream should be store IL q sIiCa
Dle vessel TIL churnIng sine. 4 tin
pail or can. with q ventilated cover,
answers p good purpose. 1 am refer
ring t. cream raised by the cult deep
setting, or Svrdl5n method. It. should
o. koor At a temperature a. 81 degrees
for sb Ut twenty four hours, when II
~lli us ally become slightly acid. l.
should bp occasionally stirred.
T-MPEEING THE CHEM.
The cream can tee tempered by plac
i1e r7e cream pail n q vest Of hu' or
c,Id oa.er. rs = h.Hh~r or lower TEN
yorasure may be 4 slrsd f'rU P~"var
rtmyera. u~p for churnIu2 50 50 90 de
-r.~4 "a sumner, 90 To e. degrees II
"irrer.
Trs7 - . better way to temper cresm
Jh.u to pnur INTO Il either ho5 or c .li
@~rar, ssrt'itily IN former, as i
" .ul1 NETT the ia and iuUs mi ir2 Ihe
1ralu o. the buCger,
Z. n. Ii, S LEY.
Onion. Iowa.
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Q

As q foundation principle. says Prof.
and dam hogs that have those chsrec
teristics we desire, and have those fixed
by good breeding. Il is IN accordance
with the CGst practice and with best
theory that give reasonable purity of
breeding, il Is more important to have
an additional merit In the SIRE ana
dam than IN the mere remote ancestry,
sid 90, IN n descending scale, IS we go
OtCk. II we wIil Dear III mind thai IL
going back O ~ ten generations, We
a~e each Of Us carrying h blood Of
l 024 men and women III u veins. II
there have been nc iutermarria@e of
relations, we viii see we re i rot
VERY a.OUt vhet u tenth parental
Gnceetnr Vas So wh.n q man ttlIz me
the god points % - certain breed Of
hogs way back / II 1890. IT. don't carry
mucn weight Az a rule. we had heU
Ter lock tt Che individual merit. He
tninRs we make y mistake IN breedl,g
when we Ii s'7l upon getting c~o4raene=~,
per,eps length - Opdy, IN the dan, aud
look far a cJmpavj 8ldRossioiy eff9m
ina e male. Among hOgs tho male, a.
q rnje, Is coarrer enaG the female.
There may wisely % a distinction
made IN the practice OF the professional
breeder and the common breeder who.
IN raising hogs, lot for breeding pur
poses, bat to be sold in the market
Let the first. az far "a possible, breed
from mature stock. Let him see that
his hogs get a plenty or exercise. Prof.
Morrow has no faith whatever in the
wisdom CT the practice OF cOnfi0ing
any amin ii daeigned for breeding pur
poses without exercise, sUcnme Or
winter. O. the other hand be would
not have the farmer VINO breeds hogs
for the general market to be overly care
flu. II will not 10 to say thai IL l5 wise
fOrhIm to breed only from mature ami
n SIS. He will not do 1t, and as a rule
he would make less money If ne did
II he Will renew his stock from the
8RIilful professional breeder, he will
make more money by breeding from
c m~DaratIvely young animals, and as
soon a. may be turning eff the dams
for pork, than he viii by following the
prec-tca 50 important to the PROBES
sIJnaI breeder. II viii be wiser Tor the
producer OF the pig CnaC he wants TO
sell for pork, To iced llOerallv and well
at as early an age as prsc lcabie.
Nothing will ruin n country if the
people themselves will undertake It's
safety; and nothing can save l. if they
leave that safety IN any hands but their
! own Daniel Webster.
Fifteen years z the leading poll
tiCians pronounced the money question
dead, but now they agree that No other
dead issue ever caused so much trouble
as this one. Topeka Advocate.
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HOME DAIKYtNC, NO. 3
Getting J he Cream


Correspondence OF the Progressive Farmer.
There sre TWO Pranu divisions Of
cream sepa aGlon. Oae IS natural, 81
Is called tie gravity system; ana tire
other IL mechanical and Is called the
centrifugal ~ s.tm.
There are tw- subtivisi ns Of the
first, or gravity syJem, VIZ shallow
system and the cold despseStlng, or
Swedish system. Of couse there are
other s. ca.ie0 systems, but they are
really not systems, but mod hcarjof s
OF one or the other of the suOdt lslOCE
eboye m.uuIoned. Then again, it IL a
very common tniag for sCme one to IN
vent, or to imagine h. has IIVrnIed,
scme improvement IN cream raising
apparatus anG b { claim re has dis
covered Il new ~ ~Ten of cream TaI-lpg.
A case III point Is what Il kuuvn IS tie
Cooley, or Suomi rg-d s. stem. IL IL
simply q mJ~ctticAIJn Of 4 system,
but Is nO5 a. good - { e latter, BIC use
there are Serious Disadvantage j result
iug from euOm-rEI"g mLK.
TIE Sweu3-h sy5 IN consists In set
ting The MIX aU or reir Tne temDera
ture as wnscn drawn 8uu q Ick!g re
duciUg u 10 q lemrera5ure o. Is de-
grees, on IOHer, just as quI y as pos
sIb.e. To 90 tnI-, the max should b.
set as so0n alter Il X dawn as con /
tions VII aoTulV o. A11 20 insure
best re.uiTs 20 - ceEr"iuts lCa, as rule,
should he used TO reduce the tempera
ture. o. Cou5o wa er OF 45 degrees
will do. II changed Often enough.
TDeS gcdt-n -ls en- can oe pr&cticet
in most any KIND IF apparatus, from q
common es,Ot gan can and q wash tub,
or half of Il b rrei, TO an impr,v.d
portable creamery. But can be much
more &C n m3celly prac.iced ID the lat
ter go far S cooling and LABOR Is con
cerned.
Thcre has been some improvement in
apparatus for the prac ice OF rnes hal
low setting ey stem o C cam raising such
as large mix paus set Ia csotrs, also
large pans placed lii cabinets or re
frIg rator out all Of these Sc. IN nov
to be out OF the market. HeDce, these
that still practice that s. stem use
mainly C mmrn round milk pans.
CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM.
While The - stem has cJule to stay,
and is well adapted to factory work, II
Is not, In my OpIj n, and tGat If many
practical da,r3 men, as well adapted TO
the farm or private dairy SIS the Sized
ish system, e-pe:ially when the latter
is pracucrd in an improved portable
creamery, q CCz@n or mora kinds Of
which are on the market. II nee, any
re erence u that class IF apparatus Is
not a0verUi-I0g any n kl Il.
Hand .r tors 90 uo5 seem tt be
as much IN favor as they were q few
years after their Introduction. A cor
respondent IL La G. osse county, Wis,
consin, who has the reputation Of be
ing one Of tire most successful dairy.
men in that s ate, has recently written
as follows: There has been a boom
here of separators, and dairymen
would look at nothing else, but that
has died down. No new ones are be
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Yours IN the struggle.
@ II. BAINEs.
S9c'y Treas. Nah 90. Alliance.
FOR AN ALLIANCE SCHOOL.


correspondence OF the progressive Farmer
L en- re many Teas~ls why we
should establish Il school as Our "Aume'
AT rlllsburr. out can see no reason
Lo.,ta ,.o With .ooa Az;
700O Az
ehce schooI Inefo BIT poor toys Sho
gnI5 could 3 & @ good education by
their own ). lions Trcv might work
-
9ema 3ou work et nome IN the hun
mer, ano In me fail couIo bring corn,
ui~at. wheat. ccttun-.n facr, almost
envrhi,y 70 n.> ths,r,v. o. throroh
O
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The County Alliance alone pledged
800 to help start the shoe factory; be
sides some of our sub lodges have al
ready contributed snug little sums for
the enterprise. Our brethren are get,
ting quite anxious about this important
matter, and hope to see the factory in
full blast ere long,
The Alliance III this county is in bet
ter working condition now than it has
been Tor over Twelve months; but this
only means that the work is j asst be
gun.
II those ever faithful brethren and
sisters / n each Sub who make Up the
jIetie "9ldeon's Oan0" viii JUST double
their diligence aGd work ailJGte harder,
e;e long Ucey viii sec the truI s Of their
in0ura. O. M! We bitter mind how
we say "GIdeon'a banG!' Mr.. AGttr-
ney General or Mr.. 5}mebody else Will
make ouJ eu ''lrjIrc, ION" ors3me other
KIND Of ''uucti ~" or funcJion' ana
have Ua III cour5 before we can say
jack r Jbinaon" However, wo are
tr,nE 10 &tsoIt that we fully believe
tna5 we have sucn 4 noble iIC5ie "batd'
ao0 the il realtors are tina It IS
mig LarQ,r instead OF smnLer. G-cae
3-no! J,hnEie Kef sour GU!
My frtl3w W raers! Cane you d.
- PEEK, tis 2, or nray"-to
nplp us 20 try 10 C9un,6 C&r member