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New-York tribune., 1896-05-26
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New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

The announcement. Of the German Emperor re-
g,rding political pastors" has created wide
spread discussion in Germany. and is likely 10
Oh. an end at least to political haraneues or
court ministers "St6cker has ended, says the
Emperor. In his telegram TO DR.. Hintzpeter. the
full text OF which is now at hand. "as / prophe-
'sied years ago Political pastors are monstrosi-
ties Every Christian is a Socialist. Christian
Socialism is nonsense. and leads to self-exalta-
"tion and intolerance. both of which are incon-
"sistent with Christianity. The gentlemen minis
tiers should look after the souls OF their congre-
CATIONS. and cultivate brotherly love. but let
politics alone, as 1t does not concern them Al
though the declaration referred especially TO Dr
St0cker-who has long been thorn In the nesh
OF His Majesty--it was also directed at ofner
ministers with lofty ambitions. who Will not nave
the temerIty to dsobey their imperial master
New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

"Finis" must be written rs the closing word Of
the chapter Of rapid transit which was begun
with the passage OF the law of 1894 That is the
Judgment Of the Commissioners whose well-con-
sidered labors In behalf of the city have been
brought to naught by the decision of the Appel
late Division In the address which they issued
Yesterday they say: I'VE are forced TO aban-
"lon the hope that any adequate solution of the
''rapdtransit problem under existing law is
New-York tribune., 1896-05-26
Now that the jury for the trial Of Mrs. Flen

Now that the jury for the trial OF Mrs. Flem-
ing has been finally completed it is satisfac-
tion 10 know that in the opinion of men of long
experience In criminal cases, like Mr. Brooke
and Assistant District-Attorney Mcintyre, il Is
one of the best juries ever impanelled in the
city The impression created by reading list
OF the names of the men composing II, :th their
business and residence addresses, is decidedly
favorable. and 1t would seem that the methods
employed in sitting our jurors sometimes at
least leave survival of the tit Al any rate, let
US hope so in the present case. The trial will
be a protracted one. The jurors will be subject
ed to a severe strain during the month or more
that it will last 1t is Of Importance that they
be men of intelligence who will do their duty
sconscientiously
New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

The Sultan invites Sir Philip Currie to see 10 II
that THE London Times is no longer allowed 10
come into his dominions. That turbaned poteh-
tate cannot be aware OF the magnitude OF the
task which he thus seeks to Impose upon the
polite and concillatory Ambassador He might,
pcrhaps by some sorcerers art, make shirt 10
stop the noy of the IIeespont or call halt 10
the sirocco but when IL comes to arresting the
circulation OF the great British newspaper. all his
spells, II he chose t exercise them. would De
futile The Caph will have not only TO put up
with the censures OF that great organ OF the
worlds opinion but will find himself. with all his
allies amba ssadorial and other. powerless to
fence II entirely out OF his domnons. The best
thing he can do is to subscribe for 1t and keep II
on file In the Ydz Kiosk. not only for his own
reproof and edfcation. but for that OF the multi
tude OF his councillors. among whom Is much un-
wisdom inviting the enlightenment and correc-
ton which that great Journal is well qualified to
mpart to them.
New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

Mr.. Platt begins TO think he VIII support 'he
nominee Of the 81. Louis Convenuoh' even IL Nv
should be "a dangerous and misleading candi-
date" Does this mean that he 10 starting to get
in out OF the wet?
New-York tribune., 1896-05-26

The Brooklyn Park Commissioner has issued an
order that all vehicles moving IN the park roaos
and parkways under his jurisdiction must carry
lighted lamps after sundown and before sunrise
This is an entirely reasonable regulation Inc
rule that bicycles must carry lighted lamps at
night has long been enforced. 1t Is scarcely less
necessary in the interest Of public safety that car
rIages and other vehicles should be similarly
equipped.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
PRECIOUS METALS IN CHINA
Purchasing Power OF silver Has Not De-
cIined but Gold Has Appreciated.

prepared for The American by Col.
L. X. Jefferds. an American Engineer,
now in Shanghai Gold, in the
for of money, is never seen
in China, neither are gold ingots
in use in trade. but are used for hoard
ing only Hoarded gold is generally
found in only two forms. One is IN
ingots shaped like boat about SO
inches long, 0.S inches wide, and weigh
ing 1855 on. Troy weight; the othe.
is in the form of gold leaf, measuring
about eight inches square and weigh
ing abou thirty grammes. The relative
value of gold to silver was in the be
ginning of the Ming Dynasty "a. d..
1879 one TO four; under the Emperor
Wan Ii 0594) of the same dynasty, one
to seven; at the end of the Ming by
nasty 0635), one TO ten; under the
Emperor Kung-ns 1922 of the pres
ent dynasty, one to twelve; under the
Emperor Kien-lung 173O, one TO TWEEN
ty; in the middle Of the reign OF Ioak-
wang 1S40) one TO eighteen; at the be-
ginning OF the reign OF Hunting QS5O),
~
TO eighteen, and at present one TO thirty.
Gold not being used in China as money
but as a commodity, its only value Is
for boarding and ornamental purposes,
thus the people can readily comprehend
that gold has advanced nearly one
hundred per cent since 1882. One ounce
of silver will buy just as much rice
ILL hnt
except gold, as ever it would. but gold
is too high for all but the very richest
people to indulge in. Precisely the
same conditions, as far as values are
concerned. prevail in the United States,
only our people have been bulldoZed
into the belief that all values, except
gold. have gone down, down, while the
value of gold remains stationary.
Mr.. r. r. Bredon, commissioner OF
customs, in the Decennial reports OF
the custom house, Shanghi, says: 1T
would be impossible in the space at my
DISPOSAL 10 discuss the influences which
tell on the movements and value OF
the precious metals in China, even H.
writing with only the trade OF single
port before me. am in position when
qualities me to do so. ! can only say
that. in the general opinion, tael OF
silver buys as much produce as ii did
when it had a sterling value. This,
believe. is a fair general statement. An
intelligent native says that as regards
prices. a man who has an income or
one hundred taels year. can now buy
a greater quantity of useful articles
than he could with the same money ten
years ago.-The American.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
EBRASkA ALL RIGHT.
Free Silver Advocates VIII Sweep the
State i'm November.

Governor Holcomb and ex-Congress-
man Bryan, with other members of the
Nebraska Free Silver League, have is
sued an extended address to the voters
OF the state. After urging men of all
parties to unite, it says:
The unconditional repeal of the Sher-
man law, the veto of the seigniorage
bill, the refusal of the treasury depart
ment to retire the greenbacks and
treasury notes in the interest of a ma
tional bank currency, the issue of in
terest bearing bonds in general and the
execution Of the Rothschild contract
In particular-all parts of one compre-
hensive scheme to fasten the mono
metallic system upon the people of the
United States and make gold the only
legal tender money-have made il GER
tain that the money question will for
the time being be one of the m0st prom
inent issues before the people The cleo
ton of 1896 may determine whether this
nation will return to the bimetallic
principle or place itself in the absolute
control of the money changers
Dispatch.
The silver sentiment in Nebraska is
strong and constantly growing strong
er. The course of recent events has
shown the true inwardness of the
"sound money" cry with which the peo-
pie have been deceived for years.
Sound money" with the champions
of the gold standard, means simply
the money that the great financers can
control and manipulate for their own
advantage, regardless of its effects upon
the general welfare of the country. The
syndicate for example, which furnished
the government with 500 900 900 in gold,
realized a net profit OF IS 900 900 or $l0.-
600 900. We have not the exact figures.
but we feel safe in expressing the Opin-
ion that all the farmers in Nebraska.
working fifteen hours a day. have not
cleaned up such an amount of net profit
during the last two years 1t is becom-
ing apparent to all that the interests
OF the money kings" are directly an
tagonistic 10 the interests Of the people
rs body Therefore, when those
'money kings" demand sound money"
(meaning gold. that they are demand
ing something highly injurious to the
great nass ~ American toilers and pro.
ducers. Day by day it is becoming
clearer thai honest money" is the most
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
Private English Ghosts.

The ghost of Knaresdals Hall, near
Haltwhistle, in Northumberland, was q
steady belief not very, very long ago In
this case brother murdered an inconven-
tent sister by drowning her in a pond.
and the lady revenged herself by walk
ing from the house to the pond upon ev-
cry occasion that member of the fam
lily happened TO be about after dark.
But if one were to enumerate what may
be termed the private ghosts" Of Eng
land and Wales, the walking ladies and
gentlemen who, having been nobodies
during their lives, are determined that
something more than the mere epitaphs
over their graves shall keep their MEM
cries green, the limits Of this paper
would be very far exceeded The very
house in which the author of the paper
is writing is we'll known by the villa
gers TO have a white lady on its upper
most stair landing, discovery which
very much unhinged some American
visitors, who declared that if tney had
known it nothing would have induced
them 20 sleep SO soundly in rooms abut-
ting on the said landing during three
months. But who she was history say
eth not Chambers Journal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
A Pleasant Surprjse

Even Saxon courtesy and readiness to
oblige may be carried little too far
When about to return from "a Bohemian
village to frontier town in Saxony, the
occupants of sledge had their foot
warmers carefully rinsed out and re-
plenished with full bodied Hungarian
Wine. Thus they passed the guardpost
without let or hindrance, TO the merry
juggling of the sleighbells. Laughing
and joking at the success of their little
dodge, they called at wayside inn T
refreshments. On resuming their seats
one of the party exclaimed:
why the foot warmers are quite
hot -
Then the boots Of the inn stepped for.
ward, and said, with a friendly grin,
The foot warmers were quite cold, so.
just TO oblige you, emptied them and
filled them again with not water. -
Oabeim- kalender.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
Most Dangerous Reef ON English Coast.


The Manac!es rocks, situated about
midway between Falmouth Roadsted
al ! the Lizard point, are considered the
most dangerous point on our English
coast. These rocks cover "a considerable
space and extend seward about three
miles from the coast. AT low water
their bold and sharp spnrs, Uniting out
OF the sea, are To be seen stretching right
across the natural direction for ship to
take III makiHg for Falmouth Thor
oughly to appreciate the danger for yes
sells here, one has only 10 take up pO-
sition on bold headland overlooking
this wide eXpanSe Of sea, when these
rocks can be seen at low water covering
an Immense tract Of ground, over which
vessels are continually passing up and
down at high water.
Every winter, and sometimes IN the
summer months. fearful wrecks take
place on these rocks, attended with con-
siderable loss Of life. These disasters
take place at night, when it is probable
that the men in charge of ship are un-
certain of their position. There is
large bell placed between two and three
mile ont az sea 10 warn vessels Of dan
ger But during IA stormy and windy
night IL must surely he most difficult TO
catch the sound of this bell, particular
ly SO If the wind carries the sound away
from the ship passing these rocks. Lon
don Standard.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
WILL VETO 1T.
Cleveland Against All Measures In Favor
of the People.

The president appeals to congress for
help in sustaining the finances of the
country on sound basis" 1t is next
to certain that congress will not re-
spond in accordance with his desires.
In the first place Mr. Cleveland takes
it upon himself to determine what is
Sound basis" and in the second place
he assumes to dictate the legislation
necessary to preserve il. Such being
the case, the question naturally arises:
What has congress to do with the legis-
lation of the country anyway. Mr..
Cleveland seems to be under the i'm
preston that he is the government,
and that the only function of congress
is 10 come together and register his de-
crees A mere matter Of form. of
course. His second election. coupled
with his success in forcing the repeal
of the Sherman law" appears to have
completely turned his head 1t is more
than likely that he will veto any meas
ure that is sent to him. So far as the
merits of the tariff bill are concerned
1t is a matter of indifference TO us what
he does with it. AS a party measure
ii is neither FISH nor flesh. and its mer-
its are doubtless fairly open to dispute.
But in our judgment any president
makes a mistake who vetoes a bill
merely because he does not approve of
its details. The veto power is an ex-
traordinary one and should only be ex-
ercised on extraordinary occasions.
Unless a measure contravenes public
policy. or violates the constitution. the
president should not set up his judg-
ment against the combined wisdom OF
both houses of congress. In the pres
ent juncture nothing will satisfy Mr..
Cleveland but legislation that will fas-
ten the golden shackles upon the limbs
of his countrymen for all time. Can
dor forces us to admit, though. that
in congress who would be very glad to
help him. Some of them may actually
do So But some will not. Others
dare rot. We do not believe that there
will be any legislation that will tend to
sustain the gold standard. Without
such legislation that standard cannot
be maintained for any considerable
length of time. With a war, under
existing conditions. that premium Ia
bound to come little later, and then
good bye 10 the gold standard with all
Of its oppression. extortion and wrong.
Polo Oh ,ricycles is the latest Paris
novelty in mort
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
FOR JOSEPH CANNON.
BIMETALLIST DEFINES CHEAP"
MONEY FOR HIM.
Seems That He Never Could See That
Cheap Money Means Dear Prices
for the Products of the Farmer and
the Mechanic.

Hon II. +. Bartine in National Bi-
metallist: The above named gentleman
is a good fellow personally but he is a
republican politician al all times ana
above all things. If the idea that the
republican party can do any wrong
or make any mistakes ever found its
way into his head ii became fast prls-
oner upon reaching there Mr.. Can
non has just been interviewed by an
lnter-Ocean reporter, and takes coca
sion TO sneer at cheap money men oil
all parties. This is to be regretted be-
cause Mr.. Cannon has bestowed some
thought upon the money question, ana
has certainly many times expressed
desire to have silver restored. True,
he opposes every measure looking to
that end, but still he claims that he
wants it done. Why? How will the
restoration of silver have any effect
upon business? In just one way. BY
lessening the demand for gold. If that
will not make gold cheaper" tLen
there is nothing in the law Of supply
and demand. But Mr.. Cannon does not
Then we ask again why does he want
silver restored?
Whether silver be restored by inter-
national agreement or by the action OF
the United States alone, the effect must
be 10 make gold cheaper. That means
a rise of prices We are scarcely pre-
pared to believe Mr.. Cannon is ignorant
enough to think that prices can be
raised without making money cheaper,
although there are people who assert
that claim. Mr.. Cannon is strongly OPP
posed to the retirement OF the green
backs. But why? What harm will 1t
do? Certainly the presence of all this
mass of paper in our currency tends to
make money cheap" that is, cheaper
than il would be without it. He seems
TO be afraid that if the greenbacks be
retired. ii may make money just a III
tie too dear" to be good. Then the
questions arise what in his judgment is
cheap" money, what is dear" money,
and what is money that is neither
cheap" nor dear" but just sound"
He surely must know that the true test
of either "cheapness" or "dearness" in
money is its purchasing power. If so,
perhaps he will kindly vouchsafe to in
form us what quantity Of products Of
any kind he chooses TO name, 1t Will
take TO buy a cheap dollar, what
quantity dear dollar" and what guam
tity sound" dollar.
People who have so much to say
about cheap" money ought certainly
TO be able to give some definite idea
of what they mean by the term cheap"
as applied to money. II by sound
money Mr.. Cannon means gold, he
ought in all consistency TO favor the
retirement Of the greenbacks, because
that would bring us just so much nearer
to the true value of gold. If it was a
good thing to destroy silver as stand
ard money and make things cheaper,
why will it not be a good thing to de-
stroy the greenbacks and cheaper
things still more? "Ah, Joseph, Jo-
seph, Have a care or you will never
be a bishop"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14

important question before the people
Of this country. When We say honest
money" we do not mean money that
is always equal to itself. which is ,he
goldite's test. We do not mean money
that appreciates per cent each year,
increasing the burden of debt and rob
bling the producer at that rate, as the
gold dollar is now doing. We mean
money that has the same purchasing
power, today, tomorrow and forever
just as nearly as that result can be at
tanned by human intelligence. Hail to
the silver men of Nebraska, Other
states will speedily follow and we shall
then extend our congratulations to
them.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-02-14
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THE DiSHONEST DOLLAR.
It's Value Is Constantly Increasing While
Products Fall.

For some years past the gold standard
people have labored strenuously to
make the world believe that the gold
dollar is a fixed, unchanging and I'M
chaDgeable thing. 1t seems strange
that intelligent men who are honest
can ever put forth so preposterous an
idea. Every man who can read ought
to know that dollars" are purely ideal
things created by law. and that the
gold coin, silver coin, or paper note is
merely a representative of the ideal
thing. In the United States the dol
lar" or unit" was originally repre-
sented by 371A grains of pure silver
alleged with certain amount of cop
per, the purpose being to make it con-
form to the Spanish milled dollars, at
the average weight of those coins in cir
culation here. No other dollars" were
provided for by our first coinage legis-
lation. but the law did direct the coin
age of eagles, half eagles and quarter
eagles to be of the value Of 10, and 2l2
silver dollars respectively. But the
silver dollar was the starting point, and
the value of the gold pieces were based
upon S71A grains of pure silver as the
unit" The coinage of the gold dol
lar was first authorized in 1S49. There
has been much discussion of this ques-
ton of the unit, and We do not intend
to renew it. So long as both metals
were accorded free mintago and full
legal tender, 1t made no difference
which was called the unit" Each
performed its full function as a money
metal. Nevertheless, the fact that the
silver dollar was taken as the initial
point in our monetary system, empha-
sizes the grave improperly of not only
shifting the unit of gold, but of demone-
thing the silver entirely.
That the whole monetary system of
the United States was based primarily
upon the silver dollar as a unit and
that this idea prevailed for long time,
is concmsively shown by the circum-
stances that the weight OF pure silver
in the standard dollar has never been
changed, chile the weight Of gold in
the gold cCins has been changed twice.