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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
VALUABLE RECORDS IN DANGER.

THE NEED or A FrREPRooF BUILDING FOR THE
REGISTERS OFFICE
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir The fire which occurred in the ONCE OF the
Corporation Counsel OF the city Of New-York last
evening. destroying some valuable papers therein.
prompts me to call YOUR attention to the want OF
security of the papers and valuable documents In the
Registers ONCE In the city and county Of New-York
may claim some familiarity with the office. having
been the Register OF this city and county for three
years up to January /. 1896 During my term as
Register. made personal application 10 the Board
OF Apportionment Of the city Of Newiork to provide
sufficient funds for the immediate erection or
hreproof building in which to locate the records OF
that important office and safely TO preserve The IN
rumerable documents which. for a century.
have accumulated In the Registers Office. affecting
they do the title 10 every piece of real property
in the city OF New-York also presented three ar
ferent petitions the Legislature OF the State or
New-York. calling attention TO the unsafe condition
Ct the 5udhg r and to the ,era liability OF
II behooves the people OF the city of New-York to
anihorities in this city to take heed OF the warning
through the fire In the Corporation Counsels Office
for the storage and protection OF the records now
contained in the Registers Office I'm this city The
6p h G% pn srd Of easy 0 and
originally used a military hospital and eventually
as schoohop'e. and som forty or MY years ago
unsafe and unfit for he purposes to which II Is now
s Tss Gs and s yasd Of n ssa"&
Plains and other nearby places In the manner In
which they their records and papers stored
there for protection. and immediate steps should be
taken for tn. erection Of freproof building for
the proper storage and safekeepng OF these valua-
be records relating to the real estate In the city OF
NewNork.
can hardly nrd language sufficiently strong 20
express the public the importance of this ma ter
as with the destruction Of the records In the Regis
tors office there will be cntailed ncalculabe injury
OF the real estate In this city and the
city will he involved In considerable LITIGATION.
FERDINAND LEVY
New-York October T. 1895. ExRegister.
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have found that breadstufs. meats and dairy
products have fallen since January, 1891 81 g
per cent. making their total decline since 1873
ohty oo.4S per cent and that clothing meats
and miscellaneous products have declined 126
per cent. making the total fall in these since 1873
only 4o3} per cent The tables show that rates
charged FOR transportation have declined from
'S.f per cent on Western trunk lines to g., per
cent on grain rates by rail. But it would have
spoiled the point Of one Of Mr.. Bryans so-caed
arguments had he made any effort to ascertain
!acts or paid any attention to those which. as a
man or average information. he must have
known.
Considering the effects OF interference with
railroad competition by United States and State
laws since 1870 it appears that the fall in rates
charged has been materially arrested. that
they are only II per cent lower the great
trunk lines. on the seven Eastern trunk lines hut
~ per cent lower. on the six Western lines but
Jag per cent lower, and on wheat from Chicago
only 20 per cent lower than in 1881. The rates
in that year We're reached by the unrcstrained
competition between railroads which these enact
ments arrested. and the consequence has been a
small decline i'm nine years. against decrease OF
more than third in the nine years preceding.
Whether the Interstate act and the various en-
actments by the states wise or not they
do not appear to have promoted cheapness of
transportation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
THE OUTLOOK " ALABAMA.
NOTHING BIT FRAUD CAN PREVENT A SOUND
MONEY vrcToRY-IMPoRTANT FUSION OF
REPJ BLICANS AND NATIONAL.
DEMOCRATS

birmingham. Ala. Oct. II 'SpeciaD Generals
Palmer and Buckner will find the geld movement in
Alabama In excellent shape when they reach Br-
mingham next Thursday.
Tine Republicans and Democrats have effected
stronp fusion in five Congress Districts and moth
ING but fraud can hinder the capture OF the lid
Congress District
The coalition exists In Districts H. ILL., ". VI and
TX The Gold Democratic nominees In these dis
,ricts are Thomas H. Clarke. of Montgomery; q. l..
Corners Eufala: Edward H. Dryer Taladcga: A. S.
Vandcrgraff Tuscaloosa, add DR.. A. Lawson. o.
Greensboro, respectively. The Silver Nominees ere
Congressman Stallings w. d. Clayton OF the Ma
tionaI Committee: Willis Brewer. Congressman
Rankhead and o. W Underwood. In Districts ii
and I'll the Republicans made nomination but
directly indorsed the Gold nominees. In Districts
VI and tx they withdrew their nominees. j. H.
C;u,n and Congressman r. H. Aldrch. and Endorsed
Torday r. a. Wilson. Republican nominee in Dis
trict ~ comes out In favor Of the gold nominee
completing the fusion In five districts The incrrse-
ment of the gold men by the Republicans ma
effected without any breach IN the atters ranks;
and therefore means their solid vote FOR the gold
candidates. ..o.or,a,,or n, tho
polls by a stiff demand. and this @ nsnaon u
Intelligent and courageous enough 70 Discover anu
denounce fraud. growing feeiing IN favor vi I'M
elections is with them ana VII, nth The cold Demo-
Gratis represent the best people N tneir commun,
ties and have given notice that they VII! MOI sun
any trickery The coalition does not extend 20 tne
Presidential tickets which sta scrin9 enSres.men
a.. to Thoroughly dismay The silvss men The OUT
look n excellent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
MR.. DIXON DENOUNCES SECTIONALISM

The Rev Thomas Dixon. jr.. spoke in the Academy
Of Music 10 u crowded house yesterday m)rni:g
when he chose for his theme Scc;ionilism. the Drift
Toward Anarchy" Mr. Dixon proceeded with mis- re-
marks without interruption. Policemen were. as
usuaI on hand quc any disorder
Mr. Dixon reviewed at length the many uttersnces
made hy Mr.. Bryan on the stump wherein he ar
raiened The East and arraycd the West and South
against H. The speaker said that the forces which
were at work prior to The civil War and which re-
su.,ed I'm the nlamng Of the passions and prcudices
~ mon were the same to-day az then. Appeals had
hecn made to the greedy and avaricous passions Of
,n.n and The most wanton sophstres cast out 10
zion, 4, tho hone OF melting them to vote contrary TO
I'm. ~ n.amonni good a. the Nation AZ large The
, ,nn man Mr. Dixon said. allowed the dema-
',nsm. 20 pose as his emancipation and allowed his
go IN Inc set up at war against the money-owners
III of the country. The rights OF capital
anu ',d.ntically those of the laborng man. Mr. Dixon
VII ~ more no less. and every mill in the land
H, ,or, In the country. stretching from the broad
f,ry ~ The shores % the Atlantic was weaving the
'Inn c,mnleyiiy OF States weaving the North, the
e gu, ,hn la a and the Wcst-in.O solid National
oJut 'Everv railroad tie that was laid OF the thou
lapic' - miles OF railroads In the Nation. said Mr.
Yanus nynr,, ep!kp that held tie, was bond Of IN
i'N o,, ,,non between the aggregation OF common
uIssv..uuo', nj the Nation wfoe. The man who
weatis % cot ND the industry OF one point. OF one
sout. the industry of another section Of this
sec.u,o, struck blow AT both. declared Mr.
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In order to make the comparison more perfect.
the rates for the three trunk lines are added for
the years since 1884 when the competition was
10 severe and resulted in such low rates that the
Interstate act was presently demanded and
passed as protection for the people against un-
Just determinations and combinations.
Mr.. Bryan's assertion does no credit TO him.
when these records are taken into consideration.
Other people vii! consider that the rates charged
1y the three great trunk lines now average only
no per cent Of the rates in 1850. and only 2oS
per cent OF the rates in 1861. while the rates on
the seven Eastern trunk lines are but 3l.2 per
cent Of the rates in 1860; on the western trunk
lines but q per cent and the rates charged for
Grain last year were only Isl per cent or less
Ihan fifth Of the rates charged in 100. Most
people will perceive at once that Mt Bryan mas
been telling stories which have no relation what
ever to the facts.
But II ne says that he had in mind only the de-
cline since silver coinage was stopped In 1915 ne
might have found rates not differing essentially
nom those above given for grain by rail- though
apparently averaged In a different mode. with
me rates by lake and rail and by lake and canal.
The United States Statistical Abstract" pag"
SN He might have observed that rail rates are
only about 36.7 per cent. or little over a third.
the rates charged in 1873 on grain. by lake
md canal the rates now charged are only 214
ser cent Of the rates In 1879. The tables above
gwen show that average rates for all freight on
Eastern trunk lines were but 416 per cent Of the
rs: In 1873 and on Western ;,,, trunk lines but
Of commodities have declined in any such ratio.
ne stands wofully in need Of education and of
me lf-respect and self-cOntrol which prevent
nan from talking when he does not know what
M talking about
THE FALL IN PRICES AND RAIL RATES
COMPARED
II he had looked at the price tables prepared
Tor the Senate Finance Committee. he would
have learned that from January. 1873. to Janu-
~ r.tc hu6 Aoc mad
only 8.8 per cent. and prices Of clothing. metals
and metal products. house furnishing goods, and
drugs and chemicals taken together had declined
only 3173 per cent. while the rates charged for
transportation had declined during the same
ume from - to 5S.S per cent. Had he examined
any correct statement of later prices he would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
SELECTIONS FROM THE NAIL
THE DOLLAR OF 1904.
AN ISSUE THAT WAS ABOUT ALL LOST AT SEA-
THE BRONZE CENT OF 1871

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In last Sundays issue notice a slight mis-
statement under the heading Of ways OF the Coin
Dealer" concerning which desire to add few
words OF correction. The statement referred to
reads follows: LAS a matter Of fact there were
probably coins made In the 1904 dollar die until
about 1856. and the few coins which were produced
quickly secured by collectors. II
is supposed that the die for the 1904 dollar Is now
In Germany. and that an occasional 1904 sill
yer dollar slips into the country"
BY referring to page ri OF the report of the d.
OF the Mint for 1926. find that there were
cepton of about handful the whole issue Of
1901 was consigned to n firm in Further India and
placed a ship bound for that region. The SHIP
and cargo were never heard from, probably
having foundered in a typhoon.
The few genuine specimens Of the 1904 coinage
that we're not sent this ship passed In due
course into circulation and by degrees came into
the cabinets of numismatists and have been there
to exist. That is. twelve genuine specimens. OF
electrotypes there number. but or course
these latter have but nominal value. That Is the
true cause of the 1904 silver dollar being so rare
II forms a small percentage of the circulation
Such careful collector as Mr.. stuart, VINO de-
voted his attention TO this issue from January:
1875 finds the percentage of 1877 in the general
examination of II $50 this year is still lower,
being expressed by .0O0573. This Is probably true
of the present. while Mr.. Stuart's is the average
OF eighteen years. He has secured only ninety In
all that time. 1t Is easily worth dollar 70 ma
one 1871 cent WILTON H. CAMPBELL
New York, October 7, 1896.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
RELIGION AND POLITICS.

pho p.v Ir William Justin IIsrsha. pastor OF
the second Collegiate Reformed 'hurch' IN mar
lem preached last night on "The Evans""S'c
r,mrnieu in N.w-York." He took as his text
Nehemiah viii !. "All the people gathered them
selves together a. one man" The doctor Is secfe-
,arv of IN. committee of pastors which mas ar
RANGED the coming campaign In when ~ J."
Moody the evangelist will take part III '"e
course OF the sermon Or iarsha said;
owe a great deal to u. l.. Moody As stu
d.ni Ina I'M. seminary IN Chicago al the tlinc OF ms
great campaign held In that city during me winter
OF 1876 and u. came IN soh,ao, VII ne In
deed a. boy. long before that time nnd pr ,,,
pnH rh, leading Of Providence which brought him
a. last TO preach the Gospel Undoubtedly. ms
great ann 1h IN - m' Witch hold in my hard taken
from Of the great N.w-i orK nJs u, n,ant
ms prern,iy held in this city. 1t reads Your
preachers will have TO give up pIsior, n s,homsands
rrouId be brought into your churches one OF the
greatest calames that has ever or.a ayen ' me
continues Sunday night should be gvrn To M
Won viii on Sunday morning and build up your
mock but throw away S set ant w taken in It's en-
, On H'' eontradcts itself What Mr. Moody really
said was that minister's should prea n ,'r tho Sh
I'm y nIain and simple manner, MAKING th' odp
hahevsnns meetings especially plain and d, simple IMP
could mistake t IN May p oil
am M sure he believes that there Is gospel OF poll
morals and religion It Is not only the privilege but
is the solemn duty Of tho preacher 10 %. sak adress
up spesMn r MOODY @o delivered he gave very fine
example OF the true way to preach ne nhoee
pc pSi human nxistence. and great business Is to
bring that life to bear upon every man NV ~, soc,o
every mans danger as wei !" P"'' W. -
and business affairs. .,ro,,,otiop NJ Greater
The campaign for the evange''iha'T" noper Union
i viii begin November and continue AS ,ony al
io ' - nYure under God and nave reason
70 believe from the hundreds 81 i nMre
re- " nrociicaly unanimous cooperation may
be counted upon We want TO , Feacn we hope to
hrst am H. Ares into ali sections Of the great city
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
SERMONS ON TIMELY TOPICS.
POLITICAL QUESTIONS DISCUSSED IN
PULPITS.

DIsCOURsEs BY THE REV. DIR. EATON. THE REV.
DR. WILLIAM LLOYD THE REV DIR.
MARSHA AND OTHERS.
The interest which cergymen are taking in the
present political campaign was again shown
yesterday by the number Of sermons on public
questions which were preached from various
pulpits. The iniquites Of the Chicago platform
were the chief topic. Among those who delivered
discourses Of this kind were the Rev. DR.. Charles
II. Eaton. Of the Church Of the Divine Paternity;
the Rev DR.. ]. o. Wilson, Of ST. Andrews Meth
odist Church; the Rev DIR. William Lloyd. OF the
Central Congregational Church: the Rev. Dr.
Robert 6. Macarthur. Of Calvary Baptist
Church. and the Rev. DR. William J. Harsha. OF
the Collegiate Reformed Church. of Harlem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
"rROM GOLD TO CLAY"

The Rev l. NJ. ialdeman preached las, n's"' a,
tho rirst BAPTIST Church. Seventy -nnth-st' ana
boulevard. the second % mis- series OF sermons OF
..Ss NJ the Times and Their Rela ton to the Second
-, ., christ" His particular theme was FROM
Cold to clay: or the Downward Trend in Govern
ment." . . A.. ~ .s.
rne prcacher said that gold is first among the
metals Cold" said ne. lis the standard OF highest
'.,I,os I, stands for God, for righteousness: for
knas,v Tor truth for faithfulness and duty Silver
ZONES after gold 1t is the first note IN tne IoWnI
,rI ,rend IL Is the beginning OF governmental
i,harv and violence awessness, denial OF God. ana
increasing ratio OF disaster Brass Is next then ron
Nv a.. of All clay is reached. Clay Is decomposeu
, ara II is corrupt human nature 1t Is unsanctiiied
i,n',, will seeking To take the place or Goo III Is
n 4a.rscw In Democracy God has no place: a
ir, onsmncratic Government dare not own God
God must not be officially Named i''''" less "e-
fined" -, .tl that "a Domncracv "a
f,ra,od IN he the last experiment OF man III gov,
aunmen, before Christ comes the present Signs ana
ccih,r,cterIstcs would indicate that the coming on
Christ Is not far distant III ~ inc "or'" o"''
hone Of settled government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
HARD WORK IN CALIFORNIA.

ONE OF THE WORKERS SENDS ENCoURA GINd
REPORTS
To The Editor of The Tribune
Sir: | inclose a letter received from a cousin OF
mine. Charles S. Fay. of Santa Barbara. Cal.
New-York oct. G. 1896. SIGOURNEY w FAY
Santa Barbara. Cal. September %. 1896.
| thought you might possibly be Interested In
hearing something of the political gossip and situa,
ton In this poor, Bryan burdened state First |
must tell you that | have gone into the political
field myself n very small extent and have earned
the somewhat dubious title Of the Boy boss OF
Santa Barbara County" am president of the Nc
Kinley Club here. with over 400 members. and was
also honored by being made the chairman or a
new county central committee. tell you this simply
TO let you know that am In a position 70 know
fairly well what Is going On>in our state politics.
We started into this campaign with the heaviest
handicap possible. Our party seemed broken up,
and everybody distrusted his neighbor. 1t was
Four weeks have passed. and to-day the Republi-
can party Of California Is as solid party OF fight
ing voters you can find In any State In tho Union
The loss due to silver convictions among Repuoii-
is less than per cent. while the gain from
the Democrats due to anti-silver convictions VIII
be least q per cent. We have fusion to fight
in this State. and II would be rash TO predict a
Republican victory as early as this but II We can
gain for two weeks more as We are doing now We
ought to crowd California into the Mckinley column
by 200 1900 ma jority. We not the only State
that will break up Bryans so-caled solid West for
the chances In Washington and Wyoming are better
than here and We are all working like the fradi-
tional beaver for common cause. Faithfully,
CHARLES S. FAY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
New-York Oct. ?. 1896
DANGERS OF SILVER FREE COINAGE

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: OF course. IL should adopt the free
coinage Of silver heretofore known. at the
ratio o. Is to J. we should have 53-cent dol.
lars enormous contraction OF the currency. panic
and Reputation. And as to Mr.. Bryan's unique
Populistic theory found In Coins Financial
School," of an 'unIimted' demand for silver with
it's 'imtation I'm price at exactly 81 % per ounce
and not cent higher. IL Is not honest even from
his own point of view. because thereby tell
creditors that the payment of their debts depends
entirely upon the of this novel speculation
IL by a great stretch of courtesy can dignity it
by such name.
But is there not another contingency suggested
by the condition OF Russia. which. though on .
silver basis. has paper circulation suspended In
value considerably above silver account OF a be-
lief I'm its ultimate redemption in gold? Suppose
our Popocratic friends In power: why should they
not try the experiment of free coinage of silver
with Government pledge OF redemption In eodf
Have not the mne-owners coveted the seigniorago
before? And suppose. after making this first step,
the people wanted to draw back Would We not
flood Of foreign silver. whose intensity would b
proportioned TO the height above bullion value at
which we could sustain the silver dollar-propors
toned 10 the faith In our ability 70 stand the
might determine? What splendid mining would be
here-the mining and undermining OF the credit OF
agine such a contingency when he proposed to rob
the exchequer? Argentina tried such things under
her Populistic Government. and the crash OF her
failure was felt even in the United States. and
must have hurt some Populiss In the West. And
vet this would be a very mild scheme compared
With those Others in the Chicago pia form. upon
every plank of which Mr. syya1 dsS%Tsi b
CanandatSua, y. V, Oct. I, 1896.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
MILLIONS OF ANIMALS.
YOU CANNOT SEE THEM But YOU MAY -
DEvOURED BY THEM If YOU ARE
NOT ON YOUR GUARD.

DEyOURED by THEM If YOU ARE
NOT ON YOUR GUARD.
Malaria-bad air. What is bad air." Il
il air loaded with millions Of miEute AMI.
mails too small to be seen by the naked eye.
and every ore OF them poisonous. Look at
q sunbeam where 1t comes streaming
through your window and notice the MILL
ions of atoms Of dust that 1t contains. HOW
many thousands Of millions OF smaller ami
mails there must be In every breath Drawn
into the lungs. and not one OF which can %
seen. But they must live and they 90 i've
upon that portion OF the human body WHICH
they can get at This Is malaria Is II any
wonder that nearly every man ana woman
Ia troubled with 1t? Kill the germs. HOW
Nothing so quickly and certainly Goes u
az pure whiskey. Nothing so certainly IN.
lures as impure whiskey, and no whiskey
was ever known that is so absolutely pure
in every respect as Dufy's pure matt. ITO.
fessor Henry A. Mott. OF New YORK. oecIareS
it; Mr.. William T. Cutter. State Cnem's. os
Connecticut. unhesitatingy asserts II, ano
prominent scientists. doctors. and professors
who have investigated II, agree ana are u"'
qualified in their commentator
Anv man or woman who feels tired, weak1
exhausted. Respondent. with all the signs OK
malaria and malaral poison. should not 1e.
Law and cannot do better than TO use; IN ~
nroper manner and with moderation. Ou"s
Pure Malt WhiSkey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
CLASSES AND MASSES.
THE REV. LYMAN WARDS SERMON AT THE
SECOND UNIvERsAILsT CHURCH.

THE REV. LYMAN WARDS SERMON AT THE
SECOND UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH.
The Rev. Lyman Ward. in the Second Univer-
salist Church. One-hundred- and seventh-st
and Lenox-ave preached yesterday on the Glasses
and the Masses lie said in part:
There has been much talk of late of the CLASSES
and the masses" BY the word masses We 10 not
mean the grea, mass Of mankind but the great body
classes mean that great division of men who are
capitalists So have capital and labor arrayed
against each other There are mistaken impressions
concerning these factors. Labor produces capl-
the channel OF labor. Capital consists in the hrst
place OF material which is sent out ID the word nm
ishcd by the hand Of toll Ii Is an Instrument when
use. it is provision such food. clothing. ETC.
The conditions surrounding II are complex me
implement OF money comes in Money l. not in Itself
OF value. FOR il is simply an article of exchange;
Capital brings interest, and interest IL just capita
aside from interest is abe to give men leisure, ana
they have a right 10 leisure. mean leisure which
gives the man time TO study the laws OF God. Capt.
tai exist unlcss there he labor. Labor is not
labor unless ii begets capital they are "A union
forever Large collections Of capital always lower
the prices Of products and increase the prices paid Tor
labor Immigration. however, changes TINS law, De-
labor than employ. II men come to this coun-
seeking .abor and there is already an oNefpro-
ducton. the factories are glutted and they can make
the wago-earner li,te better than the slave There
Is TOO little sympathy the part Of those VINO come
here for the cherished institutions of our native and
Mr. Ward said that who would not work
should not eat and he urged capitalists TO be con-
sderate in every way possible of the needs Of their
employees we a royal and hoy Nation. and We
and labor will work harmcniOus.y for the best IN
tsrests of both. he declared.