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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29
Cripple

The iron grasp of scrotula mas no
mercy upon its victims. This demon
of the blood is often not satisfied with
causing dreadful sores, but racks the
body with the pains of rheumatism
until Hoods Sarsaparilla cures.
"Nearly four years ago 1 became af-
aicted with scrofula and rheumatism.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-05-29

Those who receive copy of
the FISHERMAN & FARMER this
week, who are not already subs
scribers, are invited to subscribe
atOnce.
WE MUST HAVE HELP. We paw men
and women $40 to SIS per week for easy
home work. No books Or peddling.
Steady employment guaranteed. Send
stamp for work and particulars at once.
Ter NJ ANN &,SEYMOUR, 2I3 South
Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

l. Tariff, not only to furnish adequate
revenue for the necessary expenses of the
government, but to protect American Ia
Dor from degradation to the wage level
of other lands. 2. Reciprocal agreements
for open markets and discriminating du-
ties In favor of the American merchant
marine. 3. Maintenance of the existing
gold standard and opposition to free coin
age of silver except by international
agreement with the leading commercial
nations of the world. 4. Pensions and
preferences for veterans of the Union
army. g. A firm, vigorous and dignihed
foreign policy. 6. The Hawaiian Islands
to be controlled by the United States: the
Nicaraguan canal to be built: naval sta
tion in the West Indies. T. Protection of
American citizens and property in Turkey.
g. Reassertion of the Monroe doctrine.
Eventual withdrawal of European powers
from this hemisphere and union OF all
English-speaking people on this continent.
.. The United States actively to use inilu-
ence to restore peace and give independ-
ence to Cuba. 10. Enlargement of the
navy. defense of harbors and seacoasts.
ii: Exclusion of illiterate and immoral i'm
migrants. r. Reapproval of the civil SER
vice law. 13. A free ballot and an honest
count. IA. Condemnation of lynching. 10.
Approval of national arbitration. IS. Ap-
proval of free homestead law. II. Ad
mission of the remaining territories. rep
resentation for Alaska and abolition of
carpet-bag federal officers. IS. sympathy
with legitimate efforts to lessen intemper-
ance 49, Sympathetic reference to "the
rights and interests of woman."-Con-
densed by the Times Herald.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
Free Coinage Clearly Explained.

The following explanation of the free
coinage proposition is truthful and
clear. 1t has been prepared at Repub-
lican national headquarters, and de-
serves to be read by every voter:
A silver dollar weighs sixteen times as
much gold dollar. This is what is meant
by the coinage OF silver "at the ratio of
l6 to l." Free" coinage of silver means
that silver bullion, when brought to the
mint, shall be coined into dollars at the
expense of the United States government
without cost to the owner. BY the "un
limited" coinage of silver Is meant that
all the silver, American or foreign brought
to any of our mints shall be so coined at
the owners demand.
When the ratio of 16 to / was estab-
lished by the government sixteen ounces
OF silver bullion were worth in the market
just as much as one ounce of gold bullion
silver dollar and gold dollar were then
worth precisely the same before they were
coined. when they were coined. or after
they were melted. The face value of the
silver dollar was its actual value. But Of
value, so that now the commercial ratio,
instead of being 16 to /, is about 81 to l.
That is to say, an ounce of gold bullion
is exchangeable for thirty-one ounces of
silver bullion, instead of being exchange
able for only sixteen ounces Of silver bull
lion, as 1t formerly was. Silver bullion is
thus worth in gold only about half os
much as 1t was when the coinage ratio
was made 16 to I.
A silver dollar, with the stamp of the
government upon 1t, passes for more than
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

II Is worth. just as a paper dollar passes
for more than the paper upon which IL IS
printed Is worth. The credit of the gov
| ernment is behind the paper dollar. and
the credit Of the government Is behind the
silver dollar. The United States govern
ment lends its credit to every man with
an American silver dollar In his pocket, so
that he can pay 100 cents of debt with 81
| cents worth OF silver. But the credit of
| the government is not behind the uncoined
silver in the form of bullion. Therefore
the bullion Is exchanged BILE for other COM
modities only to the amount of Its actual
or intrinsic value. The free and unlim-
Ited coinage of silver at the ratio of Is to
T. means, therefore, that the government
OF the United States, instead of pledgine;
its credit for the maintenance of limited
! amount OF coined silver at parity with
sold shall pledge It's credit for the man
tenance of limited amount of silver. now
worth only u to !, At a parity with gold at
a ratio of IL to l. By this the United States
would undertake to double the value OF
every ounce of silver, coined or uncoinei,
in the world, and extend an invitation TO
all nations to send their surlus silver here
to be coined into silver dollars at ratio
of l6 to /. These silver dollars. II coined
in an unlimited quantity, would not be
worth as much as gold dollars. because It
is the credit CT the government which
makes those We now have equal In phr-
chasing bower to a gold dollar, and the
credit of tha government is not withou;
limit.
UNLIMITED" coinage Of silver would eX-
haust its credit by exhaustlng its power 10
redeem it's pledge 20 maintain silver at u
parity with gold at the ratio o. l6 to J. Inv
consequence would be that the silver dol
lar would son decline in purchasing poNe
to the commercial value of the bullion 1t
contains, and would be worth little, II
any, more than half a dollar in gold. AS
all private and public debts not explicitly
payable in gold would then be payable
In these half-rate dollars. our gold woul.
disappear from circulation, and would
quickly be drawn out of the country IN
paying our obligations and purchases
from gold using countries, where our
silver coins would not be accepted. AS
consequence We should in few months
lose all of our S6l2, 900, 900 of sold. leaving
us with a much contracted and greatly
deprociated currency. disastrous
panic would ersuc followed by the sns-
pension of thousands of factories anu
business houses. n general business co!-
lapse and the loss of employment ry man
dreds of thousands of wage-earners and
laborers.
Under our present monetary system ana
until the agitation for the free coinage OF
silver became a dangerous menace TO
business and labor we had the most pros
porous years known in American history
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

81 do not know what you think
about il, but I believe that it is a
good deal better to open the
mills Of the United States to the
labor of America than to open up
the mints Of the United States
to the silver Of the world"
WILLIAM M'kINLEY.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

The Times says it cannot see how
free silver dollar can purchase more In
the hands of the mineowner than In
the hands of a workingman. But that
isn't the point. The mine-owner start;
to the mint with SO cents worth of sill
YER bullion and takes back a legal ten
der dollar Result, profit of AZ cents.
Now the workingman comes along and
wants to earn that dollar. Can he earn
1t by doing SO cents worth of work!
Not on your life, Mr.. Times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

We sometimes wonder whether, If
Grover Cleveland could have foreseen,
in 1892, the full consequences of his
demagogic massing of class against
class, he would have applied the match
to the Populistic prairie grass of the
south and west. Evidently, though,
he had no such foresight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

The Mexican prices are the prices which
prevail in the free zone, on which there
is small duty. OF course, in the interior
they would be higher. l also find that
Mexican labor in Mexico. in the larger
cities, is paid from % cents to sl.5o a day
in Mexican silver. The highest price for
the very best and most skilled labor is Ss
per day in the same kind of money. In the
interior of Mexico, in the country, and
the smaller cities. the wages paid are from
20 to 30 per cent. lower than given above.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AstroIOger.
Astrolabe cast: 1.03 a. m, for Thursday,
Aug. go, 1896.

A child born on this day will be of the
opinion that some one must have un-
corked the local Democracy and let the
fizz all out.
There is no reason why persons who do
not indulge in arguments on the currency
question should not be satisfied with the
present temperature.
Bryan, IT is said, looked ten years older
the morning after his nomination. He
will probably have an opportunity to look
young again after election.
1t seems rather unwise in the county de-
tective to arrest fortune tellers. They
might locate some of the speak-easies.
Democratic leaders are beginning to be
of the opinion that their candidate Is
simply an agent for Mrs. Billy Bryan.
Midsummer Jingle.
The bicycle damsel. who was not afraid.
In pursuit of the pleasure persisted:
And beautiful spectacle she would have
made,
But her bloomers were awfully twisted.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
TALE OF TWO CITIES.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphla RECORD.
Mayor r. i. Campbell, of Ell Paso, Ten.
writes: 81 have made careful and thor.
ough inquiries into the wholesale price OF
some common articles of merchandise In
the city of III Paso, Tex, and the city OF
Juarez, Mexico, just across the Rio
Grande and at this date-Aug. Z, 1885,
the prices Of the following articles In the
two cities are as follows Chose on this
side Of the river being reckoned in United
States money, and those on the other
side in Mexican silver.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

We begin to suspect, as we perceive
that the Hon. Jennings Bryan Is
something of an artist in getting free
advertising.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

When the working man can get dol
lar for SO cents worth of work then he
ought to favor giving the owner OF sill
Yer bullion dollar for SO cents worth
of silver. but not before.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

Before we vote to give the owners of
silver mines a clean bonus of AZ cents
on the dollar let us make sure we will
eventually get some of 1t back.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

Carl Browne out on the stump for
Bryan is another good reason why men
of patriotism and common sense should
vote for Mckinley.
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;5y. GIG. 7O1 90 siGi, no, 262 8


Loss IN purcnase.. e.....''''''.'.' .''"i'''o'i'''- -
The government has had to sell bonds
and increase the national debt in order
| to maintain the parity between its gold
| coins and its silver coins, and for very
good reason. If it once failed to keep
these coins at an equality Of value, the
gold coins would go to a premium, all
debts would be paid in deprecated sill
Yer and every depositor i'm a bank. ev-
cry man with savings. every day Ia
borer would have his earnings cut down
| to the extent of silver's depreciation.
or almost one-half. An honest govern
ment would never permit this if it could
prevent it.
1t is true that this parity between
| our gold and silver money was not diff
Gcult to maintain before the Democrats
| crippled the nations revenues with
their deficit Wilson bill 1t is true that
we had no such difficulties with our ma
tional finances in the good, old Repub-
lican days of Protection and a treasury
surplus And we therefore hold Mr..
Cleveland and his associate free trad
ers responsible for our present predca-
ment. But no matter where the blame
lies, the fact remains that If our gold
and our silver money were not kept at
a parity by the strong arm of the
American government there would be
such a crash in the business affairs Of
this country as has never been paral-
leled in the nations history. Though
it has cost us a good deal of money to
maintain this parity, it has saved us
an intellectually larger sum. 1t is i'm
possible to conceive u limit to the disas-
ters which would have ensued had this
parity not been maintained.
Yet in the face of this warning as to
the dangers in even a limited coinage
of silver, a large party today actually
has the hardhood to come before the
people with the proposition that the
present limit to our coinage of silver
shall be abruptly brushed away; that
in defiance of its commercial value We
shall undertake, alone and single-hand-
ed, to coin all the silver in all the world
which shall be presented for that pur-
pose not at 80 to 1, it's real value in the
markets of the world, but at the arti-
fetal, inflated value of 16 to l. And
this party, moreover, has the effront-
cry to tell us, in contradiction both Of
demonstrated fact and of eminent and
trustworthy prediction, that such a
wholesale coinage Of cheap silver, at
at artificial, part fiat value, will not
sacrifice the parity between gold and
silver, will not send gold to premium
and will not bring on any of the evils
which history and common sense unite
in pointing out as inevitable conse-
quences of a debasement of the cur
rency, but will, instead, make the poor
rich. the sorrowful glad, the envious
satisfied and the downtrodden happy.
What arrant, transparent, ridiculous
nonsense!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
LEGISLATIVE.

Senate, 21st District-COL. w. ]. SCOTT
Representative. I'd District-A. T. CON
NELL; Sd District-DR. N. Z
MACkEY
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Mr.. Bryan's denial that he received
pay from the silver mine-owners Of
course ends the matter, but what an un-
grateful lot those mine-owners must ba
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

In private business relations there's
no hesitancy in characterizing the
man who borrows at the rate of 100
cents on the dollar and tries to repay
at the rate Of so cents. Why, then,
should Uncle Sam become a dead beat /?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

vote for Mckinley on Nov. will be
vote to invite back those conditions
which our history shows make for gen.
eral confidence and prosperity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

Congress-WILLIAM CONNELL.
commissioners. w. ROBERTS, GILES
ROBERTS.
Auditors-A. E. KIEFER. FRED l..
WARD.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
To the WOrkingmar.

We invite the attention of working
men to the following fact relative to
the free silver proposition. The Bry-
antics ask you to vote for a law which
will enable every owner of silver bull
lion to take SO cents worth of that bull
lion to mint of the United States and
get in return, without expense, a brand
new dollar which shall be legal tender
for 100 cents worth of debt.
That, of course, would be good
thing for the bullion-owner, but how
would it benefit you?
We will suppose that the bullion
owner, after he gets a supply of these
new dollars, will want to spend them.
Now one thing is certain. He will not
give them away. The only way you
can get one of them is by working for
1t. Let us, then. suppose that the bull
lion-owner wants certain work done
and that he hires you to do 1t. Upon
what basis will he pay you? His dol
lar cost him exactly SO cents. Will he
give you a dollar in wages in exchange
for SO cents worth Of work? If he will,
then undoubtedly you would share in
the advantages Of free coinage and
ought to vote for it, But is it your ex-
perience with human nature that
wealthy men who get Al per cent. profit
in certain transaction are in the hab-
1t Of turning to the men who work for
them and giving them the benefit of
this profit? Have you found that to be
characteristic of employers as a class?
And If it is not characteristic of them
now. would free coinage modify and
ameliorate their hitherto selfish ma
lures?
But If the government may give to
the bullon-owner 100 cents worth of
legal tender money for So cents worth
Of commercial value, why should it not
give to the workingman 100 cents worth
of legal tender money for SO cents worth
of work? The one would be Just as
fair and reasonable as the other. The
bullion-owner has no more right to
make Al per cent. gift profit out of the
government than the working men has,
He can't get this right unless the voters
give it to him. Why should they feath-
er his nest and leave their own bare?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

1t Is no doubt chivalrous on the
part Of the local Democratic or
gan to rush to the defense of Wana-
maker, but that does not alter the fact
that grave charges are in circulation
concerning the part which money is
said to be playing in behalf of the
Philadelphia merchants senatorial
boom We hope those charges are
untrue; but whether true or false. we
don't see why the people Of Pennsyl-
vania should be asked to chose as one
Of their national senators q man whose
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

1t may have been sentimental on the
part Of Bourke Cockran's audience to
vary sound money oratory with pa
triotic songs. but it at least shows that
the people recognize the vital import
ance Of this campaign.
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The Absurdity of II.

1t has cost the government a great
sum already to keep its silver money
up to a parity with gold. a recent
statement prepared by the director OF
the mint at the request of Senator
Sherman shows that the aggregate
amount and cost Of silver bullion pur-
chased under the act of February 2S,
1878, and July IA, 1890, We're as follows:
Act of Feb. %,
Fine Ounces. Cost.
1873 ......... 29l ~, ,OlS 56 S30S, ,279, go Il
Act of July II,
1890 ............. l6s,67l,6s2 SO 1881 ,UO2 %
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

chief recommendation appears to be his
wealth,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
STATE.
COUNTY.

Congressman at Large-GALUSHA a
GROW, SAMUEL a. DAVENPORT.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

THE ELK CAFE, 125 and l27 FRANK.
lin avenue. Rates reasonable
p ZEIGLER prooriato,
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Schools.
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
BAUER'S ORCHESTRA-MUSrC FOR
balls, picnics, parties. receptions, wed.
dings and concert work furnished, Foe
terms address r. j. Bauer. conductor.
III Wyoming avenue. over HulbertS
music store.
supplies. envelopes. paper bags twine.
warehouse. 40 Washington ave. Scran.
ton. Pa
FRANK P. BROWN & CO.. WHOLE.
sale dealers in WOODWARD, Cordage and
OIL Cloth. TO West Lackawanna ave
THOMAS AUBREY. EXPERT AC.
countant and auditor. Rooms ls and =
williams Building. opposite oosto63cN
Agont for the Rex Fire Extinguishsf.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

SCRANTON HOUSE. NEAR D.. L. & W.
passenger depot. Conducted on the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

Totals .......
Worth at today'S
market price
for ST V r,
namely s0.G92l3
per fine ounce.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20

surely the same men, who four years
ago, persuaded the mechanic that the way
to have good wages was for the Ameri-
can TO buy his goods in England. ought
now to advise him to cut 80 per cent. off
the yard stick with which his wages are
to be measured. The mechanic swallowed
the first bai;--hook, bob and sinker-and
it remains to be seen whether he Will
take this less tempting bait with equal
avidity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

c. c. LAUBACH. SURGEON DENTIST
No. lie Wyoming avenue.
r. NJ. STRATTON. OFFICE COAL EN-
change.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-02
INTERESTING Route TO SCOTLAND.

The recent competition between the different lines
OF English railways between London and Scotland
has been productive Of many improvements for the
comfort and convenience Of the tourist Perhaps
the mos, 81 these he found on the East
Coast Route leaving London from Kings Cross
station VIA the Great Northern Railway. and pass
Ing on the way through part OF England and
Scotland which. In point OF historical interest and
uicturesaue beauty il peculiarly attractive TO the
American tourist. Among these may be mentioned
tho cathelrals OF Lincoln. Peterboro. York Ripon
and Durham the abbeys of Newstead. Seby. Whit
he and nolton and many famous castles. The
s1eciaI sfopover tickets issued by tho Great North
rn Railway TO enable tourists to visit the different
,n;rssiing points are a distnc, advance In English
railway enterprise Full nformato on may be had
from Messrs. cook Son. or Frank G. CLARK NO.
1
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-02

THE STATE GRAND LODGE TO BE OPENED WITH
PRAYER BY BISHOP POTTER
When John Stewart, Grand Master OF the Grand
Lodge of tho Ere. and Accepted Masons OF the
State OF New-York, calls the one hundred and tenth
convention 70 order to-day in the Temple at Twenty
third-st and Sxth-ave. nearly one thousand master
Masons will respond 10 the rap OF his gavel There
are 1871 Masonic lodges in the State and each lodge
will send one delegate. Each delegate Is entitled
10 three votes for his lodge and It's first ffty men,
bers and to an additional for every other nifty
members Bishop Potter chaplain OF the Grand
Lodge will open the convention with prayer
The convention will adjourn on Thursday.
There will be no opposition TO the reelection OF
Grand Master Stewart. According TO the rules OF
the Grand Lodge no one but W. f. Suther-
land Deputy Grand Master. is eligible for the
Mace and Mr. Sutherland has declined 10 ac-
cent a nomination. He will serve another
year as deputy James s Manning, the Grand
Marshal who Is candidate for the deputy
ship was DESTROYS that Mr.. Sutherland should make
a vacancy by running for the Grand Mastership'
but Mr. Sutherland declined.
The officers TO be elected are Grand Master Dsputy
Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden. Junior Grand
Warden Grand Treasurer. Grand Secretary. Ihere
are three retiring trustees, Alexander 4. GOODWIN
Frederick =. Morris and James b; Gtlle. Mr.
Goodwin IS not candidate for re-e,ecuon; lnere
is no opposition TO the other two MI. G,.he was
appointed 70 I'LL the place made Nacaht ey nee
otfices In the gtft OF the Grand Master. including
thirty district deputy grand marshalsh.ps m .
All the proceedings OF the convention VIII be In
executive sessions and only delegates and officers
OF the Grand Lodge and a few visitors VII 1e per.
m!tted to be present. The visitors VIII Include z
members OF the grand lodges OF New-Jerssy, OF
PENNSYLVANIA and OF North Carolina