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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
A FEW WORDS TO WORKERS
A Concise and Pointed Answer TO the
Question, What Is Money:

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
Gentlemen-So many things have been
called money, so many definitions given,
and we have heard so much about legal
tenders greenbacks and currency, ana
bills. and bonds, and notes, that we have
become somewhat muddled, l fear, and no
one of us would give the same answer
to the question above. Many OF us nave
almost concluded that anything Is money
which by thetforce of law, can be made to
nav a debt. But paying debts is rather
limited value of money; indeed, Is a very
small portion of the part it plays in civil
lied society 1t is medium of exchange
and measurer of values, mucn more gen.
eral and important uses in our complex
orpa nisu But money is more than q me-
dunn of exchange and measurer of values
and debt payer. 1t is these, but 1t is more
i have neither seen nor heard a defihllion
giving the element-the essential element
Without which it could not serve either OF
these purposes. What is that element!
Coin is money but coin is stamped metal.
Would a piece of lead or iron. stamped,
be money? No; because it would lack, 10
a very great degree, the essential element
of that article. Doing 1t by authority
would not change the fact. This essential
element so generally omitted in definitions
value Money is value. 1t is pay, compen-
sation, remuneration. because it is value
Answering then, the question, what Is
money" the writer would say: "Recog
nized value, exehangable for and meas
urer of other or all other, values" This
would present it's essential quality and in
clude its use in every condition of human
advancement. The articles used for money
purposes. and the extent to which they are
used vary with the varying conditions of
humanity the degree of development to
which they have advanced from the more
primitive state. From a very early day.
however. the most convenient. valuable
and indestructible precious metals, gold
and silver, have been the money-value-
exchangable for other values between men
and nations The exchanges, however in
earliest times, were made by weight; but
equal weight not of equal value. We
have no history when gold was not the
most priced and many times the most val
ued OF the two metals. The nearest we
know they ever approached each other in
value was in Rome before the Christian
era, when it was in value of gold
to S.93 of silver From that to the present
1T has varied irregularly to over 81 of
silver TO / of gold.
ONE OF THE WORKERS.
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READY FOR THE FAIR.
Busy WOrI<men LabOred All Day Yes
terday Getting Things in shape.

The State fair grounds presented new
appearance yesterday. Busy men were hur-
rying in every direction and many women
were at work arranging exhibits. There
was even one tent bearing the name of
leading church, where meals will be served
during the fair, which showed much signs
of activity. Women were at work arrang-
ing the place for the business expected to-
day. The appearance of the grounds yes
terday indicates that the exhibits will be
unusually large this year. The buildings on
the ground are not sufficient for one-half
the exhibits, which must not be out in the
weather and tents have been put in every
conceivable place. These tents are filled
and more arc going up every day. In fact
the grounds will we'll deserve the name
white City" Tents are everywhere
large tents and small tents. These tents
protect all kinds of machinery.
There has been considerable talk recently
about the agreement of threshing machine
manufacturers, that they would not exhibit
at this fair this year. The appearance of
the grounds would seem to indicate that
this agreement amounts TO about as much
as the annual agreement in the South
among cotton planters. The cotton plant
ers association meets early every spring
and when prices have been unfavorable
they agree that they will curtail their acre
age one-third for the coming year, so as TO
reduce the crop and thereby raise prices.
Then each one goes home and increases
his acreage 10 per cent. or more hoping
to profit by the reduction of the others 1t
seems that most OF the manufacturers have
concluded to profit by the absence of other
threshing machines, for there seems to be
no lack OF them.
Most Of the exhibits of agricultural imple-
ments are in place now ana they are many
New things TO save work for the farmer
appear every year. TO those unacquaintetl
with farm work many of the machines ap-
pear TO be incomprehensibe. There is one
that attracted a great deal of attention
| yesterday. ii is a hay rake that loads hay
| on to the wagon TO which. ii is attached. 1t
saves a great deal Of work. and enables the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14
Seaboard Air Lines Credit.

The intimation by New York paper
that the credit of the road had been i'm
paired through the course the Seaboard
Air Line Company had pursued in rate
matters called forth the following reply
sent to the New York Mail and Express
signed by r. c. Hoffman, president of the
company: 1.-The Seaboard Air Line is in
every way solvent. and for the year end
ing June 80, 1885, its net results, after pay
ing all charges of every nature, were fully
80 per cent. greater per mile than that Of
the Southern Railway. l have not seen
the article referred TO, but it is no doubt a
malicious falsehood and issued fer the pur-
pose of trying TO influence the Seaboard
Air Line stockholders to sell 10 the South
ern railway. Upon my return home if it
is found that the publication is what 1
suppose it is. l shall demand satisfaction
from its author and shall take steps to
protect the interests of the line
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CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
INCREASED LOADED CAR MOVEMENT
ON HEAVY CORN SHIPMENTS.
Corn Rates May Not BE Advanced
President Hoffman Says the Credit
of His Road Is Not Impaired.

The train records show healthy increase
in loaded car movement for five weeks in
succession. and for the first time in many
months it exceeded last week that of the
corresponding week in the years 1885 and
1894. The improvement is largely traceable
to heavy shipments of corn to the seaboard
and increased shipments of flour and provi-
sions, in each case chiefly for export and
it should be said that in local business the
last ten days has shown considerable i'm
provement 1t is questioned by freight men
if this heavy movement of corn to Eastern
seaboard points will continue after the rate
on corn is advanced to tariff the wisdom of
doing which is questioned by some freight
officials, as it will cut down earnings on
through business east-bound and encourage
grain men in the West to look to the lines
which export grain via New Orleans and
Galveston for relief. The Touring mills are
doing more, and this with the heavy ship
ments OF provisions for export of late, is
increasing the east-bound tonnage. Ship
ments of dressed meats and live stock con-
tinue to be in excess of any former year,
as was the case in August. In shipments
of hides, hardwood lumber and veneering
there is a marked falling off as compared
with former years, and in years past these
three articles have been important features
of east-bound traffic from Indiana polls
proper. West-bound business continues I'M
usually light, in the higher class freights
falling fully 80 per cent. below the Septem-
Der business of last year, and it is stated
by freight men who keep we'll informed
that in no fall of the last twenty years
have west-bound shipments OF dry goods
and boots and shoes been as light in
August and thus far in September. The
north and south lines are about holding
their enormous a he
South Increased business, and now it is in
creaSlng because of shipments of fruits and
vegetables from the North, especially Mich
lSdn points. Roads running from that ter
rltory are bringing south seventy-nVe TO
one hundred carloads of peaches daily, and
July as heavy shipments of vegetables. Lo-
cal business has frightened up some what,
but there is still room for Improvement.
The manufacturers are doing u little more,
but the Platforms OF the city freight depots
do not by any means present the activity
that is shown when business is at a healthy
volume. Below is given the car movement
for the week ending Sept. II and for the
corresponding weeks of 1895 and 1894:
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The Commission Question.

me commission Question.
The statement that the Chicago Bur-
Hngton & Quincy had announced that it
would pay commissions was a great sur
prise to passenger men here. as the ticket
action of the Western Passenger Associa-
ton on the commission question was final
and that the ticket agents would have to
ask for increased salaries but the great
est surprise is that the Chicago, Burlington
Quincy, which was considered the
strongest advocate against paying commits
SlonS, should take such action. OF course
the Chicago & Alton will resume paying
commissions, and there is no telling where
the letting down of the bars again by as
could have occurred to please James
Charlton, general passenger agent of the
chicago az Alton, more than this move
of the 90. In commenting on this mat
ter local passenger official said: Lines
in the Central & Trunk Lines Association
lines in the Western States to discontinue
the payment of commissions. The Chicago
d Alton would never agree to it. The
other lines gave their consent last week
and had about secured Mr.. Charlton'S con-
sent to go into the agreement to take
ing to show favors to agents, has agreed
to pay commissions on G.. A. r. tickets
thinking this would be the last month in
which any commissions would be paid
and the company would get handsome
vouchers from agents. The plan will not
sent to discontinue the payment from Oct
/, Will not now agree to it, and the ticket
agents will in the future stand by the c.
q A. for its action in the matter"
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week, most of the loss being on the East
ern division, the Western division handling
1,207 of the number.
In the week ending Sept. IL there were
handled at Indianapolis 1852 cars. eighty
five more than in the preceding week
The Monon handled at Indianapolis last
week $50 cars. 464 being loaded an increase
of forty-three over the week ending Sept. D.
The Lake Erie Sc Western handled at In
diana polis last week 597 cars, 487 being load
ed. an increase over the preceding week OF
ffty-eight.
The Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton han
died at Indianapolis last week 19S cars, 5lS
being loaded, 102 fewer loaded cars than in
the preceding week.
The Vanda1ia last week handled at this
point /, Tic loaded ears. bringing in 927 and
forwarding west 791. This was a falling or
as compared with the preceding week Of
twenty-three loaded cars The road brought
in 154 carloads of live stock last week.
The Big -Four lines proper handled at IN
dianapolis last week 1924 cars, S,132 being
loaded. a decrease as compared with the
previous week of twenty-nine. The Chi
cago division last week showed a slight de-
crease, and the st. Louis and Decline div1-
sions some increase, but the four lines ham
died more loaded cars at this point this
year than in the corresponding weeks Of
either 1885 1894
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The Corn Rate.

call has been issued for a special
meeting. Wednesday, of the freight COM
mittee of the Central Freight Association.
and it is understood that action may be
taken looking TO the extension of the time
for advancing rates eastbound on corn.
Some of the leading officials think it I'M
wise under present conditions. to do so.
In the six weeks that corn has been car
ried at the reduced rates the movement
has been very satisfactory over most lines
and just now the east-bound lines are in
need of ready money TO keep matters
moving smoothly.
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AMERICAN COMPANY SECURES 4
CONTRACT FOR 10000 TONS.
First Order from Louisville & Nash
viIle-The Enormous Peach Crop
August Shipping Business.

The American steel works, which oper-
} ate the old rolling mill have their works
now moving along smoothly in the manu-
facture of steel blooms, which are shipped
to the Anderson works in large quantities
weekly, and the company is now arrang-
ing to go into the manufacture of steel
rails. having but little to do in the
improvements to the plant to enable it
to do so. It has secured a contract to
make 10000 tons for the Louisville & Nash
vile road among its first orders. The
company hopes to begin to turn out rails
by the 1st of November, if not earlier.
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Pike! Bike! Bike!

Bike! Bike! Bike!
Ger the hare street stones. O She!
And / would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in mel
o we'll for the newspaper boy
That he scoots on his cycle away!
o we'll for the butcher Lad
That he pedas-perchance 1t may pay
But when stately girls get On
All acrouch and with prospect OF spill,
TT is q for the touch of a wee soft hand,
And the sound II voice that could thsill!
Bike: Bike Bike
With thy foot on the pedal, o She!
But the girlish grace that the wheel struck oeao
va ~ Punch.
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To Enlarge Parry Plant.

The Perry Manufacturing Company con-
templates in the early spring of next year
tearing down the several old frame build
ings on the east side Of South Illinois
street and erecting a four-story brick
building 204 feet square, of the same style
of architecture as that they built last year
on the west side of South Illinois street
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-14

In the week ending Sept. 10 there were
transferred over the Belt road 1865 cars
an increase over the previous week of 1,092
cars. Belt-road engines handled at the
stockyards last week $50 carloads of live
stock a decrease of 119 cars as compared
with the preceding week. Belt engines
handled for industries on it's line 632 cars.
which was II fewer than IN the week end
ing Sent. ).
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Passing Thought.
Kansas City Journal.

KANSAS CITY JUuIHdI'
An exchange pertinently asks why the
sound money Democrats. II they think tFee
silver is the only issue and that Repab-
leans oughtnt 10 talk tarifr-why they
went TO indianapolis and denounced pro-
lection and put a low-tariff plank in their
platform However we will not chew any
rags with the sound-money Democrats
nor this wear.
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IRA ffir NnfaS

The four Pennsylvania lines handled at
Indianapolis last week 430l cars, 800 be-
ing loaded.
The Peoria & Eastern on both divisions,
handled at Indianapolis 1910 loaded cars,
which WAS 1886 fewer than in the preceding
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Have been

Have bee. conveniently located at the following
drug stores in the various sections OF
the city, from which ,.,-r>
ADVERTISEMENTS WILL BE IEIAEPhoE>SD
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Central College Building.

The Central College of Physicians and
Surgeons has Just completed the remodel
ing of its building, corner of South and
Pennsylvania streets, at a cost of several
thousand dollars and it is now one of the
imposing structures Of the South Side. The
BIT icing is 100 feet in length by GA in width
and five stories high, including a mansard-
roof story. The lower floors have been
fitted up for business rooms, and the other
portion of the building Will be occupied
for nurnnsaS of the Institution.
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ladies' and children. Office always
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What you want when you are ailing is o.
medicine that Will you. Try Hood
Sarsaparilia and be convinced Of its merit.
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Sinker-Davis New Quarters.

The Sinker-Davis Company, which re-
Gently purchased what was known as the
Eagle machine works plant, will this week
move into it's new plant Last week it
moved some of the heaviest of the lathes
in the old plant. 1t is to be quite an I'M
dertaking and the company does not ex
pect to get moved and in full running or
der before the middle of October. Some
of the old-style machinery in both plants
is being sold, and new machinery will take
it's place. The company is putting up adj
diti0nal buildings, among others a large
foundry, and when complete the plant will
be ore Of the largest and best-equipped
machine shops in the West. The build
ings the Sinker-Davis works vacate were
erected by E. T., Sinker, who founded the
q Young wife and one child, reached here
that fall. coming up the river from New
Orleans and via Madison to indianapolis.
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TO SAVE YOUR DIGESTION
Use Garland Stoves and Ranges.
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Vie Great Peach Crop.

Commission men are beginning to wonder
when will peaches cease coming in by the
trainloads daily. Now for six weeks the
n srket has been overstocked with all kinds
OF fruit, and in peaches 1t has been flood
ed. AS on previous Saturdays the market
was loaded down, and many were held
over Sunday, some of the commission men
rla cling large quantities in cold-stora ge
houses. One of the commission men re-
turned Friday from Michigan and he says
that they have only commenced shipping
peaches to market from many points; trees
are loaded down, largely with choice fruit.
1t cannot be claimed that people have no
money to purchase fruits with, as treble
the quantity Of peaches nave been sold al
ready on this market as compared with
any former year and this statement is
confirmed by the statement of dealers in
fruit jars and cans for packing fruits.
Never before has there been such de-
mand. and the sales of last week reached
nearly as large a volume as in any pre-
vious week of the present packing season.
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The Business of August.

The official report furnished to the Board
of Trade by the several railroad companies
shows that in August there were shipped
by rail from Indianapolis as reported:
Flour 49, 265 brls; wheat, 700 bu; corn, U.s.
500 bu; oats, 5000 bu: rye, 2,400 blu; bran,
96 tons; hay, "a cars; cement, 1900 brls;
coal 1O9 cars; coke, 12S cars; cooperage,
SO cars; corn meal and homny, 1895, SIS lbs;
cattle 1920 head; hogs. 34S7S nead horses
l,4N head; mules, $50 head; sheep, $50
hair and bristles AZ, 0G0 TBS; hides, 1.076, 100
TBS; ice, lac cars; iron, 231 cars; lard, 1867
ties; lime, 10 cars; logs, cars; lumber. 50
cars; machinery, 145 cars; meats, bulk, A.,
346,O00 lbs; oil, 6.342 brls; pork. s7s brs;
poultry 100000 lbs; provisions. 2.5s2, 10 TBS:
brls; starch, 1853 900 rbs; stone 81 cars;
ta1low $50 200 lbs tobacco, $3.50 MS mis-
cellaneous, 115947,142 TBS; merchandise, &c.
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WILL MAKE STEEL RAILS

Indianapolis. Sept. IS.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-23
A Sarcastic Sign.

Floods in lowland countries have
their humorous side as we'll as their
tragic ones. A gentleman recently re-
turned from the West relates little
experience he had with swollen river
in Missouri. The country had been n
veritable swamp for some days, and
after travelling through it on horse
back for week doing business here
and there, he says he arrived at the
bank of the river. There was no way
to cross it except by swimming, so, dis
mounting, he tied his clothes to the
horse, and drove him into the river,
swimming after him. Reaching the
other side, he dressed and continued
on his way. Before going twenty feet,
however, he came to the forks of the
road, and not knowing the correct di-
rection he wanted to go, he looked
around for sign. There was none,
but just across the river, near the spot
he had entered to swim across, he saw
a board nailed on tree. Well, there
was nothing to do but to get in and
swim across again. as undoubtedly that
was the sign containing the directions.
He swan across, and after climbing
up the bank he read the following
notice:
"Five dollars fine for crossing this
bridge faster than walk"
He says that under the circum.
stancs the sarcasm of that sign put him
in bad humor for the rest of the day.
--Harper's Round Table.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-09-23
WHERE DID POTATOES COME FROM Z?

Nobody knows precisely where the
potato came from originally. 1t has
been found, apparently indigenous, in
many parts of the world. Mr.. Dar-
win, for instance, found it wild in the
Chonos Archipelago. Sir W. j.
Hooker says that it is common at VAL
paraiso. where it grows abundantly
on the sandy hills near the sea. In
Peru and other parts OF South Amer
ica it appears to be at home; and it is
a noteworthy fact that Mr.. Darwin
should have noted it both in the
humid forests of the Chonos Archipel-
ago and among the Chilian mountains
where sometimes ruin does not fall
for six months Mt stretch. 1t was to
the colonists who Sir Walter Raleigh
sent out in Elizabeth's reign that we
are indebted for our potatoes
Herriot, who went out with these
colonists, and who wrote an account
of his travels, makes what may, per-
haps, be regarded as the earliest men,
tion of this vegetable. Under the
heading of "Roots," he mentions
what he calls the "openawk. "These
roots" he says, "are round, some
large as walnut, others much larger.
They grow on damp soils, many hang
ing together as if fixed ON ropes.
They are good food, either boiled or
roasted"
At tho beginning of the sevent eenth
century this root was planted as Gu
rious exotic, in the gardens of the
nobility, but it was long ere it came
into general use. Many held them to
be poisonous, and it would seem not
altogether unreasonably so either.
The potato is closely related to the
deadly-nightshade and the mandrake.
and from its stems and leaves may be
extracted very powerful narcotic. In
England prejudice against it was for
long time very strong, especially
among the poor.-Detroit Free Press.