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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
WOULD HURT INSTEAD OF HELP:
How Free Coinage Would Inture the
Farmers.


The chief strength Of the 16 to 1 agi-
tation lies in the belief that it would
benefit the agricultural classes. This is a
serious error. The facts of all human
experience show conclusively that free
silver would cause widespread and pro-
longed injury t o the farmers Of this
country.
The mere threat of free coinage would
greatly injure the farmers by causing
an immediate calling in of all loans
through the natural desire of lenders to
get back money worth as much as they
lent. Hundreds of thousands of farmers
would be unable to pay their mort
cages, and their farms would be sold at
a sacrifice. No new loans would be
forthcoming, as the owners of capital
would not invest SO long as there was
any danger that by "a change i'll the
money standard the value Of loans
would be cut i'll two. AS the chief com
plant of the farmers now is that inter
est is too high and capital too scarce,
the effect of a policy which would make
capital scarcer and dearer can be figured
out by each farmer for himself.
A second Way in which free coinage
would hurt agriculture would be by the
financial panic which would inevitably
follow the overthrow Of Il present
sound financial system and the adoption
of the unstable cheap silver standard
With the millions of bank depositors
demanding their savings the machinery
of credits, by which 5 large q part of
the countly's business is done. would be
suddenly stopped. Merchants would be
unable to buy goods for lack of credit
manufacturing industries would be clos
ed down, as in 1898, and millions of
workers would be idle. Men out of EN-.
ployment do not buy as much farm
products as when they are ut work, and
the farmers who now complain of the
lack OF markets for their produce would
find themselves with a large part of
their crops unsold. Would not this be a
serious injury to agriculture?
Another evil which free coinage
would bring to American farmers would
be the unsettlement Of their trade rela-
ton with the great gold standard com
mercial nations, which purchase each
year 5000, 900, 600 worth of our surplus
farm products. The adoption of the sill
yer standard, with it's constantly huctu.
ating scale of prices, would prove the
same barrier to commerce between this
and other countries that it has to trade
between gold standard Europe and In
dia, China and Japan. Do the farmers
want 70 curtail and unsettle our foreign
trade?
These are some of the ways in which
free coinage at Is to 1 would hurt the
farmers? No advocate of SO cent dollars
has ever been able to show a single way
in which it would help them.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
Ca pital va. Money.

What We want is o more money. not
more capital. Money always comes
with capital. We have money now,
more than we can use. lying idle. We
have just exported II lot of It. Money
is the Transformer of capital. as a hay.
rack aud horse are a transformer II
hay. More h~ayrackS will never make
more nay. hut more hay will require
more hAyracks. and is sure 10 get them.
Il hCmaH Il. Reed.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
no" Will They Vote?

''' uI IN" coming election will
''h III" vote of the farmers and
''firrN. This is as it should
~ more than any other class.
' Interested in the outcome.
''i'r". should examine care
+ opposition which the Demo
| r,'>' platform offers them. and
1 vote on IL with Il full knowl-
''iiltl"ns and its Inevitable
.''iaiic platform proposes free
'''''d coinage or silver. This
''' W"rkin"man that the dol
receives today will purchase
'.'' 81 what it now purchases.
I"' IN" seller Of commodities
~ l''>n"nt for them on Il gold
~, q" SAY. he will accept sill
""' l'1luir" twice as much of
,'h article aS he does today.
~ and all other employers of
pay wages In silver. SO that
.,''f VIII have as much lur-
as he has today. This
'l Nagc-earncr in the Unit
"H''h"r he hc Il day lnborcr,
" superintendent. Il salaricd
resident of II company.
VIII this affect the farmer?
,,'' 81 Wagc-earncrs will be
r." market only half what it is
ne consumption of the en-
No., ana this class forms the
81" ">'IiS element of our country
n"Wh onr-half. They will
" get along on half the
Wv, meat and half the clothes
NV consume. There will be-
n'"i ms. because their earn
only half what they will
"Dr' viii he. accordingly. Il
r,n'hd for all food products.
','hc knows that when there
Tor wheat. corn. potato,
F'''n"'s. he cannot sell |,
every holder of "A mnr
ti"rm will either demand
mortgage on n gold ba
Ic''1rlos" AT the earliest
ne r"news the mortga
h' viii require twice :
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
A Trade Journals Summary.
To a man who has no money there are
several ways to get it-namely:

IL d Iudu WIZ His uO uiOiity tlcIc uTc
several ways to get it-namely:
(a) Beg it.
90 Steal it.
Co Borrow it.
(d) Secure it by gift.
(e) Trade something for it.
If we are to beg for it, we might just
as we'll do the best we can. Therefore a
dollar based on a gold standard is better
than a 16 to l silver dollar, which today
is worth about SO cents intrinsically.
If we are to steal it, we want the best.
A thief who would steal a silver dollar
in preference to a gold dollar would be
acquitted on the ground that he was in
sane.
If we borrow it, we want hat kind Of
money which will 60 farthest, for so we
can get along with a smaller loan.
Therefore u gold dollar is better to Dor
row than a 16 to l silver dollar.
If we are to secure it by gift, certainly
we should not depreciate that which we
are about to receive.
This brings us to e, which is the
way most money is obtained. A peril
uCAt 4uCStlOh lOl VoOLl VI no W dSh dU
this time is, What have I got to trade
for money which l want? 1t may be
labor; it may be a horse or COW it may
be lumber or shingles; it may be a saw
mill. At the present time we can trade
any Of the above and get "a gold dollar
for every dollars worth Of value, as may
be agreed upon between buyer and sell
er. We can get a dollar which is worth
q dollar anywhere and everywhere.
Now, your labor Of horse or COW or
lumber or machinery will be worth just
as much. or nearly as much, next year
as it is this, but if we have free coinage
at 16 to l will the dollar which you get
in trade be worth as much as the dollar
you can get now? What will that be
worth? Can you tell? 1t may be worth
SO cents or more or less. One day this,
II day that, but can II one tell?
These are all pertinent questions, and,
when carefully considered, must guide
US i'll voting at the next election in No
vember, and do not lose sight of the fact
that if all the silver in the world els
coined into money you canno get . cent
Of it except by Il. b, G, d or g, above re.
ferred { {. Lumber Trade Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
A. h. SH ELDON.
How Money - Like Water.

Let me say here. 1T the threshold of
the discussion of This question, that
money cannot be made permanently
plenty in any Il country, to the eX-
clusiOn of the other commercial IA
tons. so long rs is free. If
we could and should, by any method
whatever, accumulate rea money in
this country in excess of the demands
Of trade, the surplus would go abroad.
Just like your surplus Wheat'and pork
and beef. | surely need not insist that
if it were possible to fill up the Gulf of
Mexico with additional water, say a
mile deeper than it is nov this accu-
mutation would not remain unless you
should close the channels between the
islands of the caribbean Sea, which
lie across its mouth. All the waters of
the Mississippi River, the Alabama
River, the Rio Glande. the Orinoco,
and hundreds of smaller streams are
constantly pouring their vast floods
into this Gulf. and yet the surface of
the waters of the Gulf is said to be
constantly on IA dead level with that
of the Atlantic Oceon: simply because
the water flows out as fast as it comes
in.-Hon. James Harlan at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
INDEBTED FARMER
,.cEMENT OF THE CURRENCY
WILL NOT HELP HIM.

wages to the Laborer Would Lead
rurtailment Of Tho Consumption of
products-Prices Would Rule
|IoMer'
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
How the Value of Gold Is Fixed

Men DO not work at gold mining for
mere pleasure. Men would not remain
miners. and capitalists would o oper-
ate mines. unless il was probable that
they would receive in other lines of
industry. Unless. TOO there is an un-
usual influx Of labor and capital into
mining, II is evident thai the gains to
be derived from il are not unusually
large. n, then, gold mines are In cI,-
Grafton and are not crowded, we have
AT a ratio approNimating their cost Of
production. when Coinage of Silver
Is Free" w. VI. cole. 4. NJ. ex-Instruc-
tor III Harvard.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17
Wages Move Slowly.


1t may be recognized as a fact that
his wages will remain stationary at the
present figures until. by an increase OF
profits to employers. force Of cOmbina-
ton or through the expensive medium
Of strikes, they are raised up higher.
After the first panic is over, which
would necessarily follow the radical
change in the coinage system, it is prob
able that the business of the country
would adjust itself to the deprecated
currency. as il did during the var era
There would probably he a nominal adj
vance in prices Of all commodities. That
is. prices would remain substantially
as they are now. measured by a gold
standard, but would advance in terms
of the deprecated currency. The work
a would find that his two or three
dollars Of daily pay would only buy
from one-half To two-thirds as much
of the necessaries of life a. it did under
the gold standard. While his wages
would remain unchanged, a large share
Of theirpurchasing power would be lost,
and he would have to bear the greatest
proportion of the burden of the depreci-
ated currency. Seattle PoSt-IntelH.
gencer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-09-17

part Of those who have been blinded
by it will recover their senses before
election and the silver mania disap-
pear. as did the greenback and other
fallacies of the past. The fact that the
sagacious men of both parties are us
ing their influence strongly against
this matter will have a large influence
even with those who give little con-
SideratiOn to the merits OF ordinary
political matters. and help TO crush
this movement, and with its destruc-
ton business cannot fail to resume its
usual cOurse.-Architecture and Build
ing.
Big Prices For Farmers Products.
The Chautauqua News Of Sherman,
N. Y, contains in its latest number an
advertisement which we copy free OF
charge:
WAR PRICES.
In order to assist those who believe in the
"white metal" / will pay the following prices
MEXICAN SILVER DOLLARS
tho change given for live stock and produce
delivered at Sherman:
Steers weighing / 600 pounds
or over, fine and fat......6 cents per pound
Heifers weighing 900 pounds
or over. fine and fat......5 cents per pound
Sheep, fat and ~heavy.......5 cents per pound
Lambs, fat and heavy......72 cents per pound
Veals, fine and fat."........8 cents per pound
Pigs weighing 100 to $50
pounds. ...... .......... So cents per pound
Best Holstein milk cows.....S5O per head
No. l reamer butter......S cents per pound
Fine factory cheese. ........ 10 cents per pound
These dollars contain more pure silver than
the United States dollar.
eS Those who deliver stock i'll droves
should bring an extra horse to draw home
their money.
Dated Aug. |.
A. b. SHELDON.
Mr.. Sheldon is able to do what he
promises to do. He is giving the farm
ers of Chautauqua the benefit Of he in
fated prices which the advocates Of a
so cent dollar desire and is doing it
without asking the United States gov
eminent to become Il repudiator and a
swindler.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-28
A Great Country,

Siberia Ia a Russian Canada, larger
and more pOpulOus, and, like Canada,
1t has great future before 1t. 1t Is
very rich In gold, while there are whole
hills of graphite (black lead and lapis
lazuli; coal can be picked up ON the
very road near Merchinsk, there IL sill
yer In the same district, and there are
rich mines of iron near Nikolaefsk. ST.
beria, like Canada, is rich In fish. On
the Amur river was told that 200, 1000
pubs Of the kita fish have been caught
within a few weeks In August, when
the fish ascend the rivers, the pud
(p0od) being forty pounds. That means
100000 pounds Of fish. In the Kha-
bar0fka museum 10 stuffed kaluga
tlsh. weighing thirty puds. or 1900
pounds. caught In the Amur.-Vort.
nAGhtly Review.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-28
CHANCE ron THE sovs.
Many Of Them Have Profitable Em
0oOy ment ON Ocean 0tea meea.

Many Of Them Have Profitable Em.
ployment on Ocean Steamers.
IN every large city there Ii a perplex.
Ing problem to be solved by workers
among the waits and children Of tho
poor in the question:: "What shall be
done with the boys as they grow up to
manhood" Trade conditions are often
such that they cannot be apprcnticed,
or there may be no special aptitude In
the lads warranting their being put 10
some mechanical pursuit. Too few Of
them are capable Of mental develop.
fnent required in professional lines,
and the field available for the major.
ity Of them to occupy Is small, indeed.
There Ii a feature Of the admlnistra-
ton Of O German line Of steamers that
Offers q partial solution Of the prob.
lem. This company recruits q great
part Of Its service from the German
public schools, taking the boys at tho
age Of about IA years, when the major.
ity Of them, as is the case In many cit.
les, are compelled by family circum.
stances to leave the educational institu.
tons to help in getting living. They
enter the steamers service as appren.
tees, 30 to speak, and they develcV
into the ships officers.
J American passengers on these steam.
ers testify that the stan officers, who
are In most cases graduates from the
apprentice classes 30 formed, compare
most favorably with those Of other
lines, and the men all show an unusual
degree Of intelligence. The boys are
trained In every branch Of seamanshlp,
and are thus given q technical knowl.
edge better than many trades and con.
tanning great and ever growing posi-.
bilites for advancement and expan.
sion. The business Of carrying passen-
gers, malls and freight across the ocean
10 greatly on the increase and the i'm.
provsments constantly being applied
to the merchant marine tend to widen
the profitable possibilities Of that call.
Ing. There 10 no American line Of
steamers now employing such com.
mendable methods. but It ID highly dc.
slrable that there should be some den.
mite movement to that end. There are
Thousands Of boys In this country who
might most advantageou be placed
In such lines Of work, and their EN-.
ployment thus would take q great bur.
den Of responsibility from the city, tho
church, the society, the individual char.
ity worker, and In many cases the
parent.-Washingto STIR.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-28

Among fierce beasts there are few
who are moro fierce or more courageous
than the common wildcat. The follow
Ing narrative, clipped from an ex.
change, exhibits both the vindictiveness
Of wildcat. and the cool courage Of
Q widow. Mrs. Wilson, a widow, lives
near Weeler's Farms, Conn. She was
returning home on foot In the evening.
A. she turned at the narrow cattle
lane that leads to her house, her dog
rushed to her side and assumed fight.
Ing attitude. The widow heard q snarl
from the Stone wall, and knew It was
q wildcat. She ran % rapidly az she
could towards her house, hardly dar.
ing to look behind her, and hearing the
creature swapping and splitting in pur-
suit. but It did not catch up with her
until she reached the door.
Before she could enter something
struck her shoulder and half knocked
her over the sill. The plucky dog, Tim,
came to the rescue, and for q moment
drew of the brute's attention. The
widow lost no time in slipping past and
closing the door.
Then she remembered her poor dog.
and could not let him die without an
effort to save him. Opening the door
about o foot, she called Tim, and the
poor cur made dash for II.
Hard at his heels came the cat. Az
1t tore through the opening the widow
closed the heavy door on Its body. II
fought and writhed and clawed and
struggled, uttering such blood.curdling
screams that q Mr.. Plat heard them at
his house almost O mile away. The
widow held on, and before Mr.. Plat ar
rived, breathless, on the scene, she had
squeezed the life out of the "varmint."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-03-28
Too Cord ial.

Courtesy and an air Of genial fellow.
ship will atone for much that 10 dis.
agreeable. The Punxsutawney Spirit
tells q good story in this connection.
While bridge In Western town was
undergoing repairs, all teams forded
the river and pedestrians picked their
way across on planks. A genial fel.
low, driving one.horse wagon, came
along one day a. q gentleman was
about to cross the dlsmantled bridge.
"Hellow he called. cheerily. "Get In
and I'll haul you over"
His manner was 30 hearty that the
gentleman said: II accepted the In.
vitation. He drove into the water, and
not knowing exactly where the best
fording place was, he soon got In up
to the hubs.
az guess. old boy he remarked,
briskly, that you'll have to hold your
feet up
"Next thing tho wagon.bed was sub
merged, and tho water came over the
seat.
~ dunno, old fellow, but what what
you'll have to stand up said the driver.
II stood up. BY this time the man
had lost his bearings completely, and
we went into hole about ten feet
deep, and tho horse had to swim. Al
the wagon-b0x sank beneath the water,
he yelled with the same cheerful voice;
~ guess you'll have to swimg
I'VE both swan out, and after the
fellow had his horse safely landed on
the other side he said, as he climbed
back Into the wagon:
"'Well, old boy, you got wet, didn't
you? Sorry. So lOng!'
HE was 90 kind and genial that !
really could not say q word about the
ducking had received. even thank
ed him for his kindness"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-20

who is not ready to die with me and for
me, replied Louis Kyle
Before another sun rises they will
have chance to prove their devotion. y
"And you can trust me that they viii
not be found wanting" responded
Louis.
Come, my friends, - said the Proph-
ct, before doing more yen must eat
and rest OF old the faithful lived in
caves, but it is no place recorded that
they lived without food. Come with me
and battle Nature has made ample
provision here.
He led them into q smaller apart-
ment, illuminated by two torches, the
red light of which fell upon deep, clear
fountain in the center.
Twill call you when the meal is pre-
pared
When the Prophet withdrew, Howard
asked Louis Kyle how he reached that
place with the Prophet and where his
horses were.
1.-TWO of my men are guarding the
horses in well grassed valley far up
the cliffs But as to the manner Of our
reaching here cannot tell you. only
know that could not retrace my steps,"
replied Louis.
Ibid you not come through the can
yon?''
mo; we entered q cave miles away,
it seems to NE. We had no lights and
had to hold to each others belts, the
Prophet taking the lead. How he ever
made his way through the Stygian
labyrinth I cannot explain. But here we
are, and only your presence assures me
that we are not in another world
They washed their hands and faces in
the pool and were surprised to find the
water quite tepid to the touch and some
what saline to the taste. In less than
half an hour the Prophet again appeared
and called to them to follow hin. He
led them into the place where the fire
was burning and the grateful aroma of
broiiing venison filled the air On wood
en- dishes ranged about the altar they
found an abundance of cooked meats and
delicious trout. They would have set to
work eating with western promptness
had not the Prophet called out in a SOL
emn voice:
First kneel and let Us return
thanks''
Every man knelt before dish, so
forming circle about the altar, and the
Prophet offered up a prayer, filled with
Biblical quotations and startling rhe-
torical phrases Of his own. He had the
good sense not to pray the victuals cold.
He brought up suddenly and set an ex-
ample he would have his guests follow.
Nov. my brethren, - said the Prophet
when the meal was concluded, 1--WE
must have rest. Sleep without fear. and
when the time for action Genes will
call you
fro BE Continued
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-20
HE PROVED THE OMEN.
a Sailors Superstitious Prediction Of DE-
aster Followed by His Own Death.

Sailors Superstitious Prediction OF D:s.
aster Followed by His Own Death.
Speaking of sailors superstitions, !"
remarked the veteran lighthouse keeper
Josh Reeves of Sea Isle City. reminds
me of an incident that happened half a
century ago off the Five Fathom Bank
lightship, in which q sailors prediction,
based on an omen, resulted fatally to
the prophet himself.
IA bright winter morning had caused
the crew of the lightship to row short
distance away in small boat in search
Of Goldfish, which are very abundant off
the capes in winter time. A few hours
fishing resulted in goodly catch and a
return was made to the lightship. The
fish were cleaned and the refuse thrown
overheard, but a calm sea, with not q
breath of air to disturb it, caused the
refuse TO drift in circle around the
ship. Toward noon large flock of geese
came in sight and settled under the
lightship's very bows and commenced
to feed. The waterfowl became very
tame and swan chattering and kissing
close to the ships sides.
josh Crowell, grlZZled old MEM
Der Of tho crew, shook his head and pre-
dicted death to some one on board with
in "a hours. He said that whenever
geese became SO tame as to feed around
q vessels bow or stern, it was an un-
failing omen of impending death on
board. Crowell's companions laughed
at his fear, but he told them to bide
their time
Toward noon strong gale came out
Of the nor'east and kicked up heavy
sea. Crowell was ON the forward or bow
watch.
MANY of the crew were in the main
cabin below enjoying q social game of
| euchre, checkers or dominos, when
suddenly they heard the sound of chain
running rapidly through the starboard
bow scuppers. We rushed on deck in
dismay, thinking the windlass gearing
had given way. The sight witnessed
will never be forgotten. Crowell had
been caught in the relief chain and
/ ground around the rapidly revolving
| windlass. His death was instant. His
omen came true. New York Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-20
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the city
clerks Office. Rork leland, H.. until Monday,
July 8. 1896, at O'Clock p. m for consf rucfinc
the imp 'ovemcat ordered by m ordinance en-
titled Ne follows:
An ordinance for the construction Of q storm
drain the city Of Rock leland. H., beginning nj
the foot OF 1wenfy-fvurth street IT the point of
intersection Of the nfcr line Of said street with
the vi, sissfppi river; running thence s,uthsr,y
IN Ninth sveaue; thence casterly 10 TWenty fifth
street; thence sOuthery o certain defiance on
sa,d wenty NTH stfcet. Passei April Is, A. d.
Andfor farniening q the materials and doing
the work sccsrdinR 10 tn plans and speech cations
on 1le at thu city clerks Office.
Blank bide will be furnished on apple .tior.
All bid. must be accompanied ~iih . certified
check in the sum Of Eve hundred fShsOp dollars on
some Rock Island bank payable n the order Of the
mayor Of said city, which rhaii &ecssne forfeit
20 said CITY in csse the bidder shan fail 10 enter
Into contract with approved sureties to execute
the work for the price mentioned In HE hid and
Ding TO the plans ard specifications In the
event that the contra shall be awarded % him.
"A. ID. BUesixe. City Clerk.
Rock Island. Ill, June z. 1soa