The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-13
HERE's A CLINcHLR
bor the Free Hilyeritts to chew Over.
Plaln Exposition os Monty question.

Mckinley aida Republican majority IN
Congress- would result In the d%lscontln-
innrt uf silver ms n,htioyt md the use Of
gold only as d money metal, The prpS-
ent money System Ia good ono and
thoroughly sound, cvprY dollar issued
underit belnE, as good nsl gold The RE-
publican party has always been friendly
70 silver and would stand By tho ptpsent
system and cpntlnNc' II substantially MS
II is, maintaining at n parity the differ
eit classes OF the circulating medium
now issued, which are, In round num-
bors. MS follows:
STANDARD silver dollars. gal, gEJ,0 nI
Subsidiary silver coins.,,,,..,,... 7G,Se5,O00
Solu ceru!iSates 80. i!.,..ts.... t3,GD,gg
silver cr"rtlhChtcaS ,I.,......,,,,... 3lH,pi2,1Qg
Silver. treasury notes. .,...,.. ~. lSl $4,000
uaS. notes tErcenhncks). ~. n, aB,GS0,00O
Currency certificates .,.,tE,.,,,.. a3,670,OGJ
National bank notes. ,,n...s, 215, 22S,0CO
or the silver dollars, only ntty-three
millions are In actual circulation, the
balance being represented by silver cer-
tllcntes which ARE preferred blythe peo-
ole for convenience.
bNany still adhere to the belief that the
IsS>Sc dollar was dctlnnetlzed by tho law
n Sa<That net, referred to by the
Sse,slnd Denocratsla as the "crlmc
IN ASSnly discontinued the colin
x go & grain dollar for the tins
, 3sS,. neither gold nor silver
NJ ting az money, and for,
~. sSn that because OF the.
that metal was worth
bullion than when.
sSArin other words the
aNtSree cents more
than Ne silver dollar
wag.caSG MAS continued
TO bN0f Alip" Ms eurely
as hit N, large or
which prcsf amount.
Nosl Jyill deny.
that tS4 SsStg%e of.
silver VIII Nat
ed currency, eSN glt
the value OF then Iii
known that wltfS \,
ciRtcd money, with ~
er correspondlngiy p2H
Interest f0Vi loans al
as witness the rat<
the greenback inila 1T
times 10 1879, when
TO pay 'front.' per cefV
more than 10 per cell
more than Z per cent y
loans, and when PIT
from 6 to i2 percent, aCN
ity. But from the time u
sumption on q gold .bastsl{
rates Of interest began to
now the government Is able Nm
about 9 per cent, while busiEW
good credit, obtain money
z per cent.
To the credit OF our
mountaineers. the free Sill
not gained much Roadway N
.Populistlc colSr
this section OF West Virginia,
wont TO attach much greater in
to the restoration OF the 10 cent fr
on wool, which will benefit the
and, as your timely editorial suc
preserve the soil Fof our hillsidSE
washing away, than we do to
richInE OF the silver mine oHTarEt
expense OF the masses. S
With3a national ticket ha5<
OF Americas greatelSSti
state ticket made Sfg13&&4
gresslve. men, wlAlsS
son al tits head.
~
trf "a % 70 100
n number Of
9Eseported up to
amounting To 67,
3S0slrgtlons report.
sso-daY was $50 The
I .|Qf -l.fs 1f1cLaltr rpbbffpH
the day was Is.
tbs frcshenlns breez-
~ heated metropolis dis
happiness ard comfort
y people.
n Slick German TrtGk,
SSfNGTON Aus. 12-nRe or the
States consular officers stationed
germany has sought to attract the
n NentionE OF American manufacturers
u the danSer o~facceptIng resident Ger
"HnalfS as agents for the sale N thelr
wares without taking precautions 10
learn something of the character OF the
person selected He cites sthe case OF
a firm of OsWeEo -FupiP Makers, who
gISc fthc agency for the sale ~ lfeira
EuIds In Germany tOEwhNt they sup
posed 10 be a5rGputable Arm; ISd allied
with satisfaction and expectation nil ar
der FOR Rix. of their finest pumps tO7aI8rt
the trade, The Sherman agent turned
$opt To- be engaged in the same line 3jfI
businesA-puinpt m~aklng--und hi ltatl
taken the American pumps apart end
using them as patterns, was making
idnpllcatasiln numbers for tbPh German
market. There was no way o reaehlani
punish this ch9rarter OF fraud, 90 tho
consul seeks to warn &ineritan Un$r-
lcbants against IKE deception.
Why ue ISiIled Himself
SOUTH BEND Ind, aug 1a-JtSiRn