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The advocate., 1896-09-09
Railroad Discrimination Against Kansas
Coal.


Coal.
EDITOR ADVOCATE:-It 10 now near
ing the time when coal miners should
get steady and Well.psid employment,
because of the increasing demand for
coal at this time of the year. But not
so IN Kansas, Notwithstanding the
Creator In HIS wisdom has blessed the
State with extensive coal fields. The
arbitrary and selfish action of the rail-
way corporations makes 1t impossible
for the people Of the State to enjoy ma
ture'8 bounty at reasonable rates, ex-
cept In q few localities. AT nearly
every Kansas railroad station can be
found coal from Wyoming, Colorado,
Illinois, Arkansas and the Indian Ter.
ritory, but very little Kansas coal,
These foreign Goals are even shipped
into the coal.mining towns Of the
State. This certainly is carrying
Goals to Newcastle" with vengeance.
What ia the reason or cause Of this
state of sffsirsH It is because the
local rates on coal within the confines
of the State of Kansas are entirely too
high. Nearly every railroad company
In the State Is interested in Coal-minlng
in other States, and In this manner
they destroy the coal.mlning business
In Kansas, and with 1t the livelihood
of thousands Of honest tollers In the
State whose business Is that Of mining
coal In many instances the railroad
companies have organized auxiliary
companies owned by themselves to
whom they give special rates, and these
auxiliary companies in this manner
absolutely control the coal-mininR bust.
ness on their lines, to the exclusion OF
independent mining concerns. Coal
from the State of Illinois is laid down
In central Kansas almost as cheap as
Kansas coal. Why this disCrimins-
tion? Why are not the local rates In
the State reduced, thereby giving the
Kansas coal miner q chance to work
and at the same time putting the CEN
tral and western Kansas farmers In
position to buy fuel at reasonable rates
In place of burning prairie chips or
freezing to death as an slternstiVeP
What has become of the grand (P)
home market and protective prin.
ciple that the Republicans prate
80 much aboutH Surely the Re-
publican party, though governing the
State for q third of a century, never
put their ch-cherished theory Of
protection into practice in Kansas.
Charity, 1t is said, should begin at
home. Had any Republican Legisls-
ture during the last thirty years low
cred the local coal rates In the State by
legislative enactment, they would at
once have provided home market for
Kansas product, and provided re-
muneratiVe employment for our Kan
sas miners at the same time. This Is
The advocate., 1896-09-09
FINANCIAL CATECHISM.
BY L. A. STONE.
is money?


ties.
Q-Of what does money consist?
A-Money consists of credit, entirely,
always and everywhere.
Q-Whst forms of credit are usedP
A-Individusl credit, bank credit
and National credit.
Q-Whst is money on individual
creditP
A-Due bills, notes, any paper used
in trading.
Q-What is money on bank credit ?
A-Checks, drafts, bank notes,
passed in buying or selling.
@ What is money on National
credit?
A-All coins, treasury notes, gold
and silver certificates, greenbackS, cir
culsting in everyday business.
Q-Whst is the efficient attribute Of
money?
Confidence. Confidence lost,
money fails, psniCs result.
Q-What is confidence?
A-Confdence is firm assurance
that money taken in selling will pass
freely again in buying.
Q-Whst credit most possesses con-
fidenceF
A-Nationsl credit. Individual and
bank credit are always questionable.
Q-Why is National credit most
trusted?
A-Becsuse the whole wealth of the
people is security for it. This security
gives justice to legal tender money.
Q-Whst is legal tender money!
A-Legal tender is National money
made such by law, that when offered
by the debtor it must be received by
the creditor or his claim will be denied
process of law for collection.
Q-Ought banks to issue circulating
notesP
A-No. Controlling money controls
industry and subjugates the people
Q-Whst is a dollsrP
"A dollar is the unit of account.
By it the values Of commodities are
reckoned and compared in trading.
Q-Csn a dollar be made of any ma
terisl?
Alt cannot. 1t is abstract and
wholly ideal. Like other ideas, it can
be printed on paper or stamped on
metal or otherwise shown.
Q-Is money, then, idealH
A-As fully so as credits, obligs-
tions or promises, which may be writ
ten down, but have no visible, tangible
form Or shape.
Q-Of what material should money
be msdeP
A-Of the cheapest material suits-
BILE. A paper dollar will buy as much
as q coin dollar.
Q-Is coin credit money!
A-The metal worth of q dollar In
gold coin is about 81 cents, in silver so
cents, in nickels Is cents, In coppers 6
cents. The balance of the dollar In
each Is National credit, nothing else.
Q-Whst advantage has coinP
A-None whatever. The metal
worth is wholly disregarded in money.
Q-Has coin Disadvantage
A-Much. Coin Is costly, by weight
- IL n.hnnnnn 20
The advocate., 1896-09-09
SScrofula

Manifests itself in many different ways, like
gOitre, swellings, running sores, bORs, salt
rheum and pimples and other eruptiOHs.
Scarcely man is wholly free from it, in some
form. 1t clngs tenaciOusly until the last vestige
of scrofulOus poison is eradicated from the blood
by Hoods Ssrsaparllla. Thousands of voluntary
testimonials tell of suffering from scrOfula often
inherited and most tenacious, positively, per-
fectly and permanently cured by
The advocate., 1896-09-09

l5c gets the ADVOCATE till Nov. IL
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UPHOLSTERY.
The Republican
Financial Plank
Adopted by the National Convention at st.
Louis, June Is, 1896

''The Republican party is unre-
servedly for sound money. 1t caused
the enactment of the law providing
for the resumption of specie pay
ment in 1879; since then every dol
lar has been as good as gold
I'VE are unalterably opposed 10
every measure calculated to debase
our currency or impair the credit of
our country. We are, therefore, op-
posed to the free coinage of silver,
except by international agreement
with the leading commercial nations
of the world, WHICH WE PLEDGE
OURSELVES TO PROMOTE; and
until such agreement can be OBJ
tanned. the existing gold standard
must be preserved. All our silver
and paper currency must be main
tanned at parity with gold, and we
favor all measures designed to
maintain inviolab bic the obi cations of
the United States and all our money,
whether coin or paper, at the pres
ent standard, the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the
world"
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CATHOLIC GOODS.

CRUCIFIXES, STATUES, HOLY water
fonts, prayer books, Bibles. rosary beads,
etc, etc; also candies, TOBACCO and GI-
BOLD'S. 1122 j street
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w. F. FIR AZER,
AND RzTAlL LUM BE1 r.
CORNER FIFTH AND 1 sIREEIs sACRAMENIo: CAL -

ady / can not afford to reject the only
physician who is in a situation to help
me, or even because 1 think there are
better physicians than he, If they could
only be had in time.
And If my voice, which does not
trouble them often and will not trouble
them long, should reach any of those
with whom | have stood for many
years in exertions that we have a right
to claim were disintereSted because in
our own State they were always hope
less, l should say to them: Stand as
you have always stood for what you
telieve to be right and for the best
interests of your country.
Let no man cajOle you out Of that
proud consciousness, or lead you to blot
a record that is your children's best in
heritance."
With sincerest hope for our success
in the good cause in California, I am,
dear sir, very truly yours,
f, T. PHELPS
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gently propagated it, and their follow
ers, who, if it prevails, will get into
office by it's means. The rest of US
will be common sufferers in the general
ruin.
The argument by which they support
their financial proposals is jargon of
stock phrases and vague statements, of
false premises and conclusions not re-
lated to them, vOciferouSly asserted, but
which no man can understand, not
even the least ignorant 1t is upon
such grounds that it is proposed to
abandon the old, cool-headed financial
principles that have been established
by the experience of all civilized coun-
tries, by which all considerable nations
firmly abide, and under which this
country has attained its unexampled
growth and prosperity, and to substi-
tute in their place the newly discovered
theories that have conducted the few
small countries that have experimental
with them into hopeless embarrassment
of finance and business.
I do not believe there is any man
whose experience is large enough or
whose imagination is vivid enough to
predict the extent of the evil conse-
quences which, if adopted, they will en-
tail upon us.
There are those, strange as it may
seem, who concurring in the views
have tried TO present are still consider
ing whether adhesion to the existing or
ganization of the Democratic party is
not more important than the salvation
Of the public interests. With a man
who is content to place his party right
or wrong above his country, | cannot
y-e.o bor-
mon. But the question still remains.
will the sacrifice preserve the party
that makes it? Shall we get after all
the mess of pottage for which we ex-
change our birthright?
The party is already hopelessIy dis
rupted on the issue presented. We
cannot follow both its divisions at the
same time, however desirable it might
be, since they are moving in opposite
directions. On the one side are the
old and tirne-honored principles of the
party, under which all its great tradi-
tlonS have been generated, and which
all its illuStriouS leaders have adyo-
Gated.
Chief and foremost among those prin-
ciple5 in times past has been the main
tenance of sound and honest money Of
dollars that are dollars, of a. national
stamp upon them that does not lie. If
this is now abandoned the party has no
principles on the most vital question
of the time. On the same side are its
most trusted present statesmen and
leaders and a very large proportion at
the least of its better and most in
structed element.
Which way shall we go then. since
we cannot go both ways? With it's
statesmen, or with its camp followers?
With its principles, or with it's organ
ization, stampeded and degraded by its
enemies? In which direction lies the
future of the party if it is to have any
future? And who are they who will
control it hereafter, when this tyranny
shall be over past?" Let no man be
afraid to be right on this question. for
it is the right that will triumph in the
end, whether it reforms the party or
destroys 1t.
/ shall, therefore, vote for Mr.. Nc
Kinley. / am not a Republican, and I
never shall be. / do not believe in pro-
lection, and / shall never be converted
to it. But in the throes Of deadly mall
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LABOR IN MEXICO.
Report of the Committee Sent There
by Chicago WOrkinQmen.

CHICAGO Oct. II. - At a somewhat
stormy session of the Trade and Labor
Assembly yesterday report on labor
conditions in Mexico was received by
the assembly and ordered placed on
file. The report was the result of a
visit of investigation made by p. j.
Mas and Patrick Enright, who had
been given letters of Introduction by
the assembly. The document in part
is as follows:
''The two peoples, as to their habits
tastes, customs and modes of life, are
such that a comparison is unnatural
Life is regarded from very different
standpoints, as they live under differ
ent conditions, inasmuch as the Mexi-
can laborer is apparently content with
the four bare walls of his ten-foot-
square adobe house, with nothing inside
but the ground to sleep on, a shawl or
blanket to cover or wrap himself up
iu q dish of tortiilas (corn pancakes)
and frijoles (beans) for his frugal meal
and in a large number of cases a little
pig and a chicken or two of the game
cock order, sharing his scant quarters:
while tLS American laborer across the
line has Ali the comforts of home and
may of the luxuries of life
Wages in Mexico, except to skilled
and steady mechanics-always foreign
ers-are very low. On railroads en-
gineers (Americans) on passenger trains
receive $40 per month, while the fire.
men (Mexican) receive 81 S5 per day;
freight engineers (American) $3.50 per
month, firemen fMexican) 81 50 to 81 IS
per day, passenger conductors (Amer-
ican) $50 per month, brakemen Mex
ican) 81 80 per day; freight conductors
(American) 5000 per month, brakemen
(Mexicam S37 to S63 per month; Pull
man conductors $50 per month (Amer-
lean money, and the porter $50 per
month (American money!, with S5 per
month extra for being able to talk
Spanish
1.-The national soldiers Cor regular
army of Mexico, called rurales. and
who are all ex-bandits, receive 81 per
day. In broom factory near the depot
at Jiminez the men are paid so cents
and the women and children from %
to 37E cents per day. In the cotton
mills, cotton seed oil mills and soap
factory at Torreon men are paid 3I12
te. so cents, and women and children
25 cents per day.
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LIS LIFE IS THREATENED.
EI-AlnlSter Phelps Warns His Fellow
Citizens.
Ihe Distinguished Democrat on the
Peril of the HOur-NationaI
Life Menaced.

The distinguished Democrat and pub
licist, Edward ]. Phelps, has written
letter to the San Francisco Bulletin"
on the political situation which is given
in full below.
Who Is Mr.. Phelps? He is a revered
and distinguished citizen of Vermont.
where he, with band Of sturdy Demo-
Gratis have all their manhood lives been
voting in hopeless minority, but have
never wavered in allegiance to the prin-
cipleS Of the party. He was a student
with Horatio Seymour He is a grad
uate both of Middlebury and Yale Col
leges. He began to practice law in
1910. Under President Fillmore he was
Second Comptroller Of the Treasury.
He helped frame the new Constitution
of Vermont in 1870. He became very
prominent because Of his lectures and
his book upon medical Jurisprudence.
In 1880 he was chosen President of
the American Bar Association, and the
same year was the Democratic nominee
for Governor of Vermont The next
year he was chosen to fill the chair of
law at Yale, which he occupied until
very recently. He became still more
famous as a commentator on the Fed
and essayist on constitutional law. In
1888 he became the American Minister
TO the Court Of st. James. He is a man
of great courage, profound convictions,
ardent patriotism and high scholarship.
He comes of family of publicists.
His grandfather was a soldier of the
Revolution. His father was a soldier
of the war of 1872, State legislator.
q IlCffpa nf fha
United States Senator. and was an
author of law works which stand to
this day high in esteem with the legal
profession. minister Phelps writes
to the Bulletin" as follows:
Editor Bulletin: / regard the pend
ing Presidential election as presenting
the most dangerous crisis that this
country has ever encountered 1t does
not, in my judgment, involve any DO
Htical controversy, nor any question of
the supremacy Of party, for such con-
siderations are lost sight Of in the far
greater gravity Of the situation The real
issue Is the one upon which all patri-
otto men and all who are interested in
the prosperity and welfare of the colln-
try should find themselves upon one
side, and opposed 10 a common en-
emy.
The attack that we have to resist is
not upon the policy, but upon the life
of the nation For they would take its
life who destroy the means by which it
Eves-the business of many thousands
and the industry of millions On these
we are all, whether rich or poor, high
or low, alike dependent. Those who are
Independently rich are very few in pro-
portion to the 100000 Of American
people. the vast majority of whom gain
their living by some form or other OF
useful employment. Even the rich are
dependent upon the business of the
country, for their wealth chiefly con-
sists in investments in It's various in
dustries, and must speedily perish
when they are extinguished. That
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A Partial RIOcIxado

OF the main avenue for escape Of refuse
from the human system is utterly sub
versive Of regularity among the other
organs. Let constipation become chronic.
and, leaving out the imminent danger of
Inflammation of the bowels and their total
obstruction occurring. jaundice is almost
certain to ensue, the liver is liable to be-
come engorged, the blood and urine are
poisoned by the bile, which also vitiates
the juices of the stomach. and other un-
happy consequences follow. Hostetter $
Stomach Bitters, prime tonic Alternative,
prevents or remedies these results and
their cause, as the case may require, and
is also signally efficacious in overcoming
flatulence, heartburn and variable as well
as cOnstipated action of the bowels IT
renews nerve power. improves the appe-
tite, stays the progress of early decay,
relieves the infirmitieS Of age, and is a
healthy appetizer.
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"A carcador (public carrier) has a
rate OF 1912 cents per hour, but YOU
can hire him for from 25 to 3115 cents
per day.
Common laborerS can be hired for
from is to 80 cents per day. House
servants, male and female, receive from
S3 to So per month and board them
selves. In or near cities poems live in
adobe houses and pay rental OF 81 A.
year for the ground that the house
stands on. When leaving this for an
other location all improvements the
peon has made go to the landlord or
owner of the land, who pays no taxes
whatever on the land.
Your committee, on learning of the
lew prices paid for labor in Mexico
looking at that fact from a humani-
tartan standpoint and that the laborer
was worthy of his hire, was shocked TO
say the least. But later, when we saw
that although it took but 20 or - cents
per day to keep a peon family of five.
and all members worked and that to
pay him more was his ruination. we
were somewhat relieved. If a poems
wages are raised he will only work
until he earns. a certain amount and
then quit, and not do another stroke
Whlle ne has a. cent of money COnSe-
quently they are totally unreliable and
dear workmen. This condition was
brought about by the lack Of interest
manifested in them as workers by their
indolent employers. Thus, among the
great nations of our advanced civiliza-
ton Mexico has been marking time
While other nations have been march
ing on.
Your committee would caution Amer
lean worlIingmen against going to
Mexico without sufficient funds to bring
them back, or to have employment Sc
cured before going there or they will
be obliged to subsist on cactus and the
sap Of the toquila plant while doing the
country On asking an American who
was conducting a prosperous business in
one of the cities which your committee
visited why it was that all the foreign
ers seemed to be making money, no
matter what business they were en-
gagged in, he, with characteristic Yankee
frankness replied: The laborer here is
different from the laborer in the States
Here labor is cheap, and we have no
brains to contend with -
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ART NEEDLEWORK.

ROYAL BATTENBERG LACE FOR
handkerc hiefs. centerpieces and pillow
shams. Large assortment Of patterns. in
cluding collars and picture frames. les
sons given; work commenced 10l4 Eighth
MISS l.. SCHURERT-
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SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT!

Owing to the fact that many Of
the ladies Of Sacramento were On
able to witness the display Of
ELECTRIC COOKING at the re-
cent State Fair, the Sacramento
Electric, Gas and Railway Com
pany have arranged to put their
entire list of articles for Electric
Cooking and Heating on exhibi-
bition IN the House Furnishing
Department Of Messrs. Weinstock,
Lubin & Co.'s store for one week.
commencing MONDAY, October
18th.
An able corps OF attendants will
be in charge, and cooking will be
done daily between the hours of
and 5 p. m.
SACRAMENTO ELECTRIC.
GAS AND RAILWAY CO.
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COLLECTORS.

kRIGBAUM & CO, COLLECTORS.
Office open until p. m. Capital telephone
$50. 1907 Fourth St, Sacramento, Cal.
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AN INDEX
TO SOME OF
SACRAMENTO'S
Reliable Firms
ARTISTIC TAILOR. .

NEWEST SHADES, DESIGNS AND
Fabrics in fall and winter suitings SIS TO
SIS. Fashionably cut, richly trimmed and
strongly Sewed. 1. RIPINSkI 40s r ST.
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A MAN WHO HAS WASTED THE POwER
- OF youth by excesses and fast living
Is only half q man; to him the greatest
pleasures are only pastime, he enjoys moth
ing. because his delicate senses are stunt
ID and al his vital powers weak Are you
,ne Of thsm? Go to the spring Of HE
slectricity; drink to your hearts satisfac-
ion, saturate your body with It's vitalizing &
powers. 1t will restore your manhood. Is
Is life, and will renew what you have lost.
DIR. SANDEN'S ELECTRIC BELT, in
rented years ago; now as near perfect as
science can make It; physicians recommend
it as the one remedy which will restore
manly vigor. 1t will prove a fruitful source
Of energy to your shattered nerve forces.
Fry it.
81 could dance with Joy when eonSssser that
| have been saved from the necessity Of living
the rest OF my life In that miserable state,
says ]. A. J. Morss, Los Gatos, Cal.
This shows what 1t does. The book,
aFhree Glasses of Men," is free. sealed, by
mail. Get it.
Dr. Sanders Electric Belt cures weak
men. Call or address,
sANDEK ELECTRIC CO.,
$50 Market street. San Francisco opposite Palace
Hotel once hours a.. m. to $50 .. M
sundays 10 TO l. Ofices at Los Angeles Cal
2O4 South Broadway. Portland. Or, 253 Wash
ington street. Consultation free and invited.
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UT mlntfdI drugs ana
go to using a pure herb remedy. If you
use this herb remedy you Will have no
pimples on your face, no blemishes, no
boils-nothing to show that your blood is
being purified, except better feeling, q
clearer eye a better stomach. II you are
ccnstipated be sure to use
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-26
INDEPENDENCE PARK.
Saturday, Oct. 81.

Complimentary Benefit rendered to
the Gonzales Sisters prior to their de-
parture for Australia.
NINA, the Little Wonder.
STELLA, Contortionist Extraordi-
nary.
NORA MARTIN, Descriptive Vocal
list.
MASTER KARL, Declaimer
MILE KINGSLEY, the Spanish
Dancer.
LIZZIE BRANDON, the Skip-rope
Dancer.
SIG. LEONARDO, Trapezian and
Gymnast.
JAMES KULOLIA, the Hawaiian
Blondon.
WILFRED BURNS (retired circus
mani has kindly volunteered for this
occasion only, performing his feats Of
strength and break-away ladder act.
PROF. BERGER has generously Of
fered his valuable services, and will
discourse all the popular airs of the
day.
CHILE GONZALES will illustrate
japanese, Chinese and Arabian tum-
bling.
A host of other Volunteers.
Carriages may be ordered at 1915.
The Sisters will visit you all and
offer their tickets for sale.
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Balloon Ascent.

by pedestrians yesterday afternoon in
balloon with a parachute which pass
ed over the city, going in a southerly
direction, shortly after 4 o'clock. A
great many persons believed it came
from California, but on inquiry it was
learned that it had been sent up from
Punchbowl.
1t was about fifteen feet high and
had a parachute with dummy hanging
from the bottom. When the bag reach
ed a height of two thousand feet the
parachute detached itself and floated
gracefully into the sea. The balloon
shot up higher and disappeared in an
immense cloud.
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ARRIVALS.

Saturday, Oct. "a.
Stmr Kaala, Thompson, from Oahu
ports.
Stmr Mokolii, Hilo, from Lahaina,
Molokai and Lanai.
o. & o. S. S. Belgic, Kinder, from
San Francisco.
Stmr Kauai, Bruhn, from Lahaina.
Schr Ka Moi, Mana, from Paauilo.
Sunday, Oct. %.
Stmr Hawaii, Weir, from Hawaii
ports.
Stmr Claudine, Cameron, from Maui
ports.
Stmr. Mikahala, Haglund, from Kauai
ports.
Stmr. James Makee, Peterson, from
Kappa.