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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-31
sLIver-Produetion, Price, Ratio, Value OF
the Dollar.

the Dollar.
Advocates II the free coinage OF silver
insist that Blk grains of fine silver are
now. and always must b., worth 100
cents. To put II another way, that six
teen unces OF silver are now. and al
ways bust be. worth one ounte.Of gold.
This is the 'l6-to-l" upon which they
harp so much. This, they say. Is the
natural ratio ~ new convert goes so
far as to call II Gods own honest ratio"
There Is no natural ratio between
wheat and potatoes. between potatoes
and nails, between nails and gold, be-
tween gold and silver. Trade fixes all
these ratios. and when 1t comes to do
this 1t is interested to know the supply
and the demand. The best trader or the
best guesscr succeeds best In the mar
ket-
1t Is admitted. In respect of everything
but silver In these days, that II the pro-
ductIon OF any article Increase faster
than the demand the price will fall.
This all experience proves. The free
coinage advocates cannot admit ;hls
without admitting away the foundation
OF their argument. But their unwilling
ness 10 admit does not alter the fact.
The production OF silver has increased
rapidly In recent years: the demand has
not Increased In proportion: and so
within two years ne have seen silver
reach the lowest price on record. Silver
has long since fallen below the point
where sixteen ounces Of 1t would buy an
ounce OF gold or as much OF anything as
an ounce OF gold would buy. The more
st falls below this point the further 1t
sfalls below the ratio Of 16 to |. and the
iless marf.et value there Is In the silver
In a silver dollar.
In order to. show how reasonable Is
the decline In the price OF silver we have
prepared a table showing the increased
production Of silver In the world begin
ming with the first year OF our civil war,
the average market price Of silver for
certain years, the commercial ratio be-
tween Sold'and silver In the years given.
rand the commercial value Of the silver In
q silver dollar for each Of those years.
The returns Of the production down to
1885 arc taken from DR.. Soetbeer, an ac-
copied authority. and for The other years
from the reports OF the director of tho
United States mint. The table of pricca
is also from the official record. The
market price establishes the commercial
ratio and determines the commercial
value OF the silver in Il silver dollar:
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Where Money va. Plentiful.

a writer IN an eastern newspaper re-
calls this instructive chapter Of Alnerl.
can history;
In 1850 the state OF Rhode Island ostnb.
llHhcd II state bank and authorized tho
l0Hnlng OF money on land double IN value
tho amount of tho lOnr. Money soon 10.
came plentiful, hut merchants and traders
refused 10 take It except ut Il discount.
The general assembly sought to relieve
the holders OF tho money By cnncting n
law Imposing u heavy fine on my Ono
who should refuse to take tho money ut
nnr. This mldo matters worse, for niCr-
chants and traders refused to make sales
many OF them closing their shops and
stores. People became idle and famine
was imminent IN the cities. In Providence
Il loan wtB negotiated to purchase food
for distribution, and In Newport there was
rinting.
Tho value Of this money ran down TO
tho ratio of u to l.. AS n nnnl result tho
state paid OF her debt at the ratio OF Il
to aud for years bore the stigma Of re-!
puulatlon. The people who wcrt dcludCd
cnlculRblG hardShlps for many years, but
they learned the f0rclblo lesson that they
could not compel owners Of rood money
70 EXCHANGE II FOR cheap money ut ppr.
Of the United States" and the Century FOR
May, 1871.
This true story shows that the quality
OF money Is OF first Importance. 1t
shows also that. driven to the last re-
sort, people who have something to sell
and are compelled TO take bad money
for what they sell, refuse to sell n, all.
Finally It shows how misery m to n
people that loses Its head and hands
over It's affairs to cranks and charla-
tanS.
Acts OF legislative bodies cannot
change the law of human nature, The
laws of trade rest on the law OF human
nature.
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Rising at morning or evening from some
.~lowlands, often carries In It's folds the
seeds OF malaria. Where maIarial fever
prevails no ono IS safe. unless protected
by some efficient medicinal safeguard.
lloStcttcr's Stomach Filters IL both n
protection and n remedy. No person who
inhabits, or soIourns In n miasmntic re-
zion or country. should omit TO procure
this terrifying agent, which Is also the
finest known remedy for dyspepsia. con-
stIpatlon. kidney trouble and rheumatism.
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With their 100000 mIlcsrof wire and an.
other army Of cInployea--,hcy also are
toinass Into government ownership,
II thlng1 move the Poporrn,io way the
ropocratIc rootars Will have more offices
to hand around than the country has
ever known, but II DIES not follow tina,
the railroads and the ,clegraphS will
give better satisfaction to the people
wha use them than they do now.
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1873" passes TO 1882 MS showing the In
creased product In the Intervening de.
cadc, and from 1883 down to 1891, tho last
year for which we have the worlds rc-
turns. Glycs the Information In detail by
years, 1t would be az easy TO cover Il
much longer period OF years. but the d..
slrc n to give as few figures us viii tell
the story. !.
The most striking feature OF The table
Is tho tremendous increase III tho
amount OF silver produced. Where ono
ounce was produced In 1861 nearly four
ounces were produced In 1891. The year
1883 was tho first In which tho produc.
ton was more than 100, 900, 900 ounces,
aud since then tho increase has been
constant and rapid,
The column giving the commercial
value per line ounce shows TINT us the
production han gone up the price has
come down. There Is but one break In
this record OF falling price. aud that Is IN
the return OF 1870, the year In which
Congress passed the act compelling the
treasury TO buy 1900, 900 ounces OF silver
monthly, Speculation put up the price
but could not hold It up In the face OF the
continued large output, That happened
to silver which has happened { wheat,
and fora like reason. 1t came down for
lnck of demand to sustain il.
The column of commercial ratio shows
how much silver would buy m ounc. OF
gold. or ms much as an ounce OF gold
would buy, In any OF tho years given.
In 1861 no owner of silver would have
given sixteen ounces OF silver for n
ounce OF gold. lie could buy mn ounce
OF gold for fifteen and onc-halt ounces.
In 1891 no owner az an ounce OF gold
would have sold It for less than thirty
two and OnC-halt ounces. for he could
have got that much silver from anybody
who desired to trade silver for gold. The
test OF the true ratio between two things
Is, how mucli OF one viii get II given
amount OF the other. N6law can deter
mine that question.
The column, OF the, commercial value
OF the silver In a silver dollar shows that
In 1861 a silver dollar had 81 O3 worth Of
silver In 1t. 1t had long had more than
100 cents worth In Il and for that reason
was not In circulation. In 1894 the silver
dollar had but 40 cents worth OF silver
in 1t. 1t circulated for 100 cents because
the government kept 1t at par with gold.
Us II did its paper money.
Since 1891 the price OF silver has been
higher, less silver Is required to get an
ounce OF gold or its equivalent In other
things, and the value OF the silver In n
silver dollar Is greater. This In spite of
the fact that we not only have not gone
Into free coinage but have stopped buy
Ing silver for the treasury.
The record makes perfectly clear the
fall In the price OF silver and shows 1t 10
be as natural as the fall OF the tides.
Silver. owing to causes that have 10 do
With supply and demand. may have Its
times OF recovery. as In the past two
years. bat so long as the supply Is
greater ,han the demand. so long will its
| general tendency be downward. 1t may
reach a point where the silver dollar will
be worth much less than 80 cents. The
free coinage OF silver would not stop the
fal! n more than the liberal govern
| ment purchases OF silver STONED II.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-31

Tom Watson. Of Georgia.. is the
originator of the expression, Where are
va at?" MS nov commonly used. It was
peculiarly iictins that the Populistl
should place him Oh the ticket with
Bryan,
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Several months ago VIC sold n fine
Cabinet Grand Upright Piano 10 a sum
mer hotel. which has recently made an
assignment. In order to sell the piano
quick. we offer Ii for nearly Onc-halt of
Its original cost. This Is Il rare Oppor-
tunity for an immediate purchaser.
+. W. RAEMER co,
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AN HONEST DOLLAR.


was hnuc In III" ~li'gInning.
TO the Editor of the IntcllIfrnrar.
SlII:-Thc writer believes that we rs
II nation have driftcd into n very scrI-
Gus state Of affairs, as far M money
matict3 are concerned. because n right
CuHd stop was not taken ut the proper
time. There wa Il time. not very long
ago. wlcn .ilS!Ia grains of silver were or
tho value of II dollar; then silver fell IN
value aud It took iiU. 600 md now IL
takes about 700 grains to make u dollar.
The right thin; 10 have done waa to
have Increased the weight of the dollar
az the raluc OF silver decreased. This
wHg the honest way; but the failure to
take thlH righteous step lINI brought ita
penalty. Our country cUunut afford to
pg@S of light weight dollars; no one
country can afford 1t. There is no rcn-
S0nwiiy silver men may not have all the
silver they want. for th"rr ls plenty of
IT,, bu; CunGrcH9 ought to forever stop
cnininS light weight dollars. No, Il
dollar, hnlf dollar, quarter dollar, dime
or nicEcl ought to ho coined ,lia, has
not In II the worth OF what II purportu
to be.
Having made orr silver coins real dol
lars. We then could sec on u dollar, IN
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Illinois sound money Democrats will
have a state ticket as well as an electoral
ticket In the field. This Is logical. The
unsound money Democrats In Illinois
will be supporting the unsound national
ticket. 1t would be- going ut things
wrong end foremost for sound money
Democrats to help the other fellows in
anything. Men fl to be on a state ticket
will not support Bryan and Scwall.
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In Washington 1t is believed that the
President and HOke Smith. secretary of
the treasury, are out. Mr.. Smith took
the sound money side against ex-
Speaker Crisp on the Georgia stump.
Since then his newspaper. the Atlanta
Journal, has endorsed Bryan and Sc
wall, and now the secretary OF the inter-
Tor is to open the Bryan campaign In
Georgia. The President Is understood
to look upon Hoke as something sharper
than Il s%erpcnt's tonth.
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Captain Sheridan, OF Mineral county.
whom the President has made n Pacific
Railroad director. is a man OF high
standing who should serve well in that
important position.
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Major Mckinley puts it just right:
The Republican party stands for hon
est money and the chance to carr it by
honest toll" This is what We are fight
Ing for this year.
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Men VINO do no, endorse the Chicago
platform are shouting FOR Bryan and Sc
wall because they were nominated in
the name OF the Democratic party. Sup
pose a foreign foe were to land on these
shores m the name OF the Democratic
rarty-would the same men fall In line
and fire on the flag OF their country?
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

DNHMGRs AND FRUIT GRowFSs
II We make buFhel boxes and ir,II, ri.nS-
Of every l%gscriptlGn Cali Or Wrt, "'tu
prices. THE ACME Ho% CO, Whecsl ,o'
W. Va "'iarS,
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Detroit Tribune.
He told the old. old story,
TIL she TO believe him grew.
And married the man, and after that
Most any old story would do.
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STAIE REPUBLICAN IlCkET.

For Governor.
G. ". ATKINSON,
of Ohio county.
For Auditor.
L NJ. LA TOILETTE,
OF Taylor county.
For Treasurer.
NJ. A. KENDALL,
OF Wood county.
Tor Attorney General.
e. P. RCCRER,
OF Mcdowell county.
For Superintendent OF Schools.
j. r. TRoTTER.
OF Cpshur county.
For Judge OF Court Of Appeals.
H. c. McWHoRTER.
OF Kauawha county.
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This table is prepared for thoJe who
Wish more light on the subject and have
not at hand the necessary Information.
1t begins with the first year of our war.
gives next the year before the crime OF
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1.-THE lNTELLIGENcER embracing Its
several editions, Is entered In tho POST
Once ut Wheeling. w. Va. as s%econd.clasS
mattcr.l :
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-05-29
WILLIAMSP0RT.

WILLIAMsPORT, May 26.-Since l have
learned, through Mr.. Foster, of the in
terest with which the Williamsport
items are read, have fully made up
my mind to furnish news from this inn
portant town every two weeks, anyway.
One may learn more of the cOmings and
goings of his friends and their cCndi-
ton every way through the columns of
the HERALD, than any other channel
| know.
Corn is looking well now, and in fact
crops in general are good since the eX-
tinction of the army worm.
Miss Hattie DOrsett has just returned
from Franklin, where she has been
visiting for some weeks.
Rev. and Mrs. f. L. Gregory spent
most of the week in Columbia, hearing
Sam Jones.
Mrs. f. II. Collins and Elina have re-
turned from Winchester. They visited
relatives, and also attended the com
mencement of Winchester Normal.
A great many from and around town
went up to hear Sam Jones.
All the girls are looking out for q
good time this summer, as Jim Bratton
dashed in home last week with a nice
new buggy.
Will close this time with good wishes
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IRON BRIDGE.

IRON BRIDGE, May 25.-Well, we'll!
We have been reading the county pa
per,the HERALD, for sixteen years, ever
since we were eight years DID, and some
one all the while has been having some
thing to say about the poor old inoffen-
sive courthouse. We attended church
there last Sabbath and didn't find it
near as bad as we had expected, though
we might not have been close OBJ
server, as we were interested in the edi-
flying sermon Elder Moore was preach
ing. Two souls were added unto to the
Lord and the gospel was presented in
nice language in meek way, earnest
ly appealing unto the sinner to turn
from the evil one to serve the true and
living God, who gives us all things
richly to enjoy.
Quarterly meeting convened at Mt.
Olivet Saturday and Sunday, with very
good attendance.
Little Harvey Tankersly, while play
ing Saturday evening with hoe, fell
across the edge of the hoe, cutting an
ugly cash in his face; we hope it will
not leave scar.
Mrs. Annie Tankersley and children
will leave Wednesday for few days
visit to Mrs. Street of Murfreesboro.
Although we are stranger in person,
yet we are familiar with their writings,
and would like to read little pleasantly
again from the gifted pens of "Cale-
dOny" and "Fac Smile" If they are
sick, some one write it up; and if they
have gone back on the HERALD, we
don't want any response. In haste,
OMNIA VERITAS.
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damage to shipping alone will run
up intOsthe hundreds of thousands
of dollars.
The Laclede Gas Company's tank,
Fourteenth and GratOit, was struck
by lightning and exploded.
Samuel Cupples Woodenware
Company's warehouse,- at Seventh
and Spruce, was burned.
Six unknown men were taken out
of the ruins of box factory at Ninth
and Barry.
The Founding Asylum, at Hick-
DRY and Elm, is complete wreck.
On South Jefferson avenue four
fine residences were completely
wrecked. Ganahle's lumber yard
was struck by lightning and de-
stroyed, and the Annunciation
Church, at Sixth and La Sale, was
blown down.
The st. Louis Cracker Company's
building, at Eighteenth and
Choteau, is wrecked.
A million dollars will not cover
the loss done to property; the loss of
lives will not be less than 400, and
several times that number are badly
injured, many of them for life.
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LAND SALE.

A. A. Hodge, ct all VS.. George d. Hodge
ct. al.
IN obedience to decree of the Chan
/ Gerry Court at Columbia, made at the
october term, 1895, in the above styled
case, l will, on
Saturday, the Goth Day of june, 1896.
at the courthouse doorin Columbia, sell
to the highest and best bidder, the prop
erty in said decree described, being five
lots of land known as the Hodge, prop
erty, lying and being in Columbia,
Maury County, Tennessee, three lots
fronting 80 feet each on Garden street,
and running back between parallel lines
80 feet, and two lots fronting 80 feet
each on South Main street, running
back $50. A plat of said property may
be seen at this office.
Terms of Sale.
Said sale will be made on credit of
one and two years, except one-third
cash on day of sale, and in bar of the
equity of redemption. Notes, drawing
interest from day of sale, with good
personal security, will be required of
the purchaser, and lien will be retained
on the property sold, as further security.
A. n. AKIN, G. IL NJ.
Jas. A. Smiser, Solr. may29 At.
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GROVELAND.

GROvELAND, May 26.-Children's Day
at the NJ. f.. Church at Hurricane, last
Sunday, was quite success. Each one
did their best, and little Katie Thomas
deserves special credit for a beautiful
solo which she sang.
Rev. Allen Fitzgerald delivered a
very impressive sermon from the pull
pit at Zion last Sunday.
Rev. II. Green Witherspoon, of near
Columbia, is expected to preach at Zion
next Sunday at IL o'clock.
Rev. Fred S. Mitchell, of West Point,
paid home folks visit last week, and
attended the Sam Jones meeting.
Birdie Dawson, of this vicinity, is
quite sick at this writing. She has
been suffering for the last two weeks
with fever.
DIR. oliver has very sick boy.
Miss Susie Dillehay and Miss Lizzie
Gillian, of this place, have been speud-
ing the week with relatives in Column
bia.
The farmers are getting along well
with their farm work. Some have
commenced to cut clover, which bids
fair to be a good yield. Oats are look
ing great deal better since the recent
good rain. Wheat will soon be cut; it
IS very good.
With best wishes to all, am as ever,
ROBIN.
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THE EWELL FARM SALE.
The Best Sell Well, but the Average
Price was DiscOuraging.

The Best Sell Well, but the Average
Price was Discouraging.
The twenty-third annual sale of
trotting and pacing horses of Ewell
Farm, held at Ewell Station, in
this county, Wednesday, was large
ly attended, and, considering the
times, the prices realized were fair.
However, some of the most royalty
bred youngsters that ever passed un-
der the hammer were sold at prices
that few years since would have
seemed ridiculously low. The horses
disposed of were the property of
Woodlawn Farm, Smith Bros, pro-
prieturs; Ewell Farm, George Camp
bell Brown, manager, and Cleburne
Farm, M. G. Campbell, proprietor.
Among other youngsters that gave
unusual promise in the matter of
speed may be mentioned Red Leaf
Hal, Fanelle, Baytola and Caleenda,
of Smith Bros consignment, and
Jessamine, Mazette and Brown
Heels, of the Ewell Farm consign-
ment. The two last mentioned were
probably the most promising of any
SOlQ. In TRIAL, bTOWu h6elS mas
proven to be the fastest year-old
Brown Hal colt ever bred, and paced
an eighth the other day in :l64
Gull and Miss Priss are also very
promising animals.
Immediately after dinner Brown
Hal was led into the ring and shown.
The greatest living sire of PAGERS is
II years old, but has the action and
looks of 2-year-Old colt. He is
truly grand looking animal and
was greatly admired by the horse
men present.
Following is a list of those bring
ing 800 or over:
Property of WOOdlawn Farm.
Bay Leaf Hal, b. c., 3, by Brown Hal,
Bay Leaf, by Bay Tom, Jr., sold TO Geo
#. HOdgson, Athens, Ga, for $3.50.
Fanelle, T. f., by Bay Tom, Jr, Fancy,
by Gen. Hardee c. H. Jennings, Pitts
burg, Pa, $3.50.
Gull, D. c., l, by Blue Hal-Nora Ell
more, bv Harding's Bay Tom; T. -
Tounds, Birmingham, Ala, Sl45.
Myrtilline, b. T., I, by Young Jim
Mary Engleman, by Lyle Wilkes; c. H
j ennings, Pittsburg, Pa, SlOa
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Prnnertv nf Ew.ll Ear,

Brown Heels, Dr. c., l, by Brown Hal
Hettie, by Snow Heels; Allen Camp
bell, Ewell Station, Tenn, $40.
Momentum, b, c., /, by Tennessee
Wilkes Myrtle, by Enfield; Geo. T..
HOdgson, Athens, Ga, $40.
Minstrelsy, b. f., /, by Minstrel
Cameo, by Tom Hal; Guy McLemOre,
Spring Hill, Tenn, $40.
Mazette, b. f., /, by Tennessee Wilkes
Marcia, by McEwen; Jack Shackle-
ford, CORTLAND, Ala, $3.50.
Monopoly, b. c., l, by Tennessee
Wilkes Lizzie Moore, by Tom Hal;
Judge Dan Gordon, Abbeyville, Ala,
$780,
Enrica, b. f., l, by McEwen- Bertalda,
by Dictator; &C. II. Jennings, Pittsburg,
Pa, $3.50.
Enid b., blk. T., 4, by Egbert-Pilotta,
by Gen. Wilkes; John Jamison, Carter's
Greek, Tenn, $l05.
Property OF CIsburne Stock Farm.
Annita, CHI. f., l, by Tempest Dixie, by
Pat Malone; Judge Dan Gordon, Alb
beyville, Ala, 800.
Miss Priss, b. f., 4, by Mercury, by a
daughter of Nuthill; C. H. Jennings,
Pittsburg, Pa, 1910.
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McEnery Nominated.

BATON ROUGE, LA May 27.-The
Democratic caucus which lasted I'M
til midnight nominated Justice S.
D. McEnery for United States Sena-
tor. Blanchard, Price and Black
man withdrawing in his favor, thus
leaving the contest between Nc
Emery and Denegre. 1t looks now
as if McEnery will be elected to-
morrow.
P. S.-Since the above was put in
type and just before our hour of 60
ing to press, E. H. Hatcher, Esq, of
this city, received a telegram from
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Geo. Phil
lips, stating that Gov. McEnery had
been elected by the Legislature to
the United States Senate. Senator
McEnerv married Miss Lizzie Phil
lips, a sister of Mrs. E. H. Hatcher.
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moral vineyard for the past week has
been attending the services held in your
city by the Rev. Sam Jones.
Miss Matte Cleveland of Wartrace, is
visiting her cousin Miss Marie Osborne,
near Goodwin.
Miss Mamie Johnson of Nashville, af-
ter spending one week as the guest of
Mrs. J. R: Tankersley, returned home
last Monday.
Chills are very prevalent in this vi
cinlty just now. Walter Estes, Ernest
Faris and your scribe, are having a
pretty tough time with them.
Miss Hattie Johnston of Nashville, is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs. n. F.
Carr.
What has become of "True," Mr.. Edi-
tor? Is she off on furlough? We APP
preciate her newsy letters very much.
Please ask her to write more regularly.
BUCKLAW.