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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
sAUsALI1o,s BIG RALL1.

General Dfcktnson Given an Enthasi-
astic Greeting.
SAUSALITO, CAL, Oct. 1.-THE Re-
publicans participated in monster rally
here this evening. The whole water
front was illuminated with over 1900 jap
anese lanterns. There were music, fire.
works, bontires and decorations in abun-
dance. Regardless OF party the entire
population turned out to honor their
fellow-townsman, General ]. II. DicKin-
son. A special train broucht big crowd
from San Rafael. The speakers were Gen.
eral Dickinson, Senator TREY L. Ford, E.
B. Martinelli, Matthew Canavan and
others. The meeting was held IN the
depot pavilion and was one of the largest
ever held in Sausalito.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
FRESNO CoN1R4 croR ROBBED.
VatuGbles Stoten From Him by a Trio
of DisreDufables.

FRESNO, CAL. Oct. Thames Kervin,
Valley road grading contractor, was
robbed OF $500 draft and SIS in money
last night while riding with two women of
questionable character and a male friend
OF theirs. Kervin met the trio In q saloon
and they started for drive.
When two miles from town Kervin
thought OF his valuables, and reached into
his inside coat pocket to find if they were
there. The draft and money were gone,
and the contractor realized that he had
been robbed. He jumped from the buggy
to the ground, stopped the horse and de-
manded the return of is valuables. The
driver started the horse off on a run and
left Kervin standing in the road. The
trio were arrested to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Wedd.d a. Santa Cruz.

SANTA CRUZ, CAL, Oct. II. = Miss
Freda Winkle of this city and G. Salmon,
son were united in marriage today by
Rev. A. B. Snyder of Sequel. Miss Winkle
is the only daughter of II. Wrinkle, the
oldest German pioneer of Santa Cruz.
The bridal couple left for San Francisco
tonight.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Santa Barbara,s Innora.ion.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Oct. 1.-THE
Republicans and sound-money men OF
Santa Barbara held very unique bicycle
parade this evening. There were over 19C
wheelmen in line, all carrying japanese
lanterns and riding decorated wheels.
Many complicated movements were exc
cuted with great precision and nicely, the
procession winding around the streets in
serpentine form to the accompaniment oi
fish-horns, bicycle-bells and whistles.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18

on behalf of the commerce of this city
during the thirty wears of his captaincy
OF steamers plying between Portland and
San Francisco The occasion is CAPTAIN
Bolies retirement from the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company to accept the posi-
tion OF Government Inspector OF Hulls at
San Francisco, position gained in COM
petitiye examination with six of the
oldest and most experienced masters on
the coast The captain was rendered a
reception by many old friends who have
travelled with him so long on the coast.
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Colonel of the Seranfh.

LOS ANGELES. CAL, Oct. 17.-After a
long delay the Seventh Regiment n. G..
c., has a lieu.enant-co!onel. Captain
Frank Schreiber of Company a was elect
ed to that position this evenin-. He va
formerly colonel of the old Seventh Req
ment, but was ''reorganized out OF office. "
bis election gives general satisfaction.
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Dro,cned Near Revelstoke.

REyELSTOKE. B. c., Oct. 17.-J. Nc
Arthur of New Westminster, B. c., and a
man named Dyell of Fort Saskatchewan
were drowned to-day in the Colum bia,
north of this place. They were towing a
boat loaded with miners supplies for Big
Bend up the rapids when the boat became
unmanaeeable, pulling both men into the
river. Their bodies have not yet been
recovered
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Tho Peoples Church.

At the Peoples Church, Metropolitan Tenn
pie, Sunday night, Rev. DR.. w. L. Birch will
deliver an address. Professor Eckman, whose
services have been lent for the occasion by
the Fourth Congregational Church, will plav
organ selections at7 80 P. NJ. Miss Ella Ellis
and the Misses Pearl and Maude Noble Will
sing and play solos.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
Ukiah visited by Cutler.

UKIAH, CAL, Oct. 17.--Fletcher A.
Cutler, fusion candidate for Congress in
the First District, addressed large audi
ence at the opera-house here this evening.
Preceding the speaking there was torch
light procession.
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PORTLAND HoNoRs Bo11Es

Sftver Serrice Given to the Retirtno Can.
tain of the Columbia.
PORTLAND. Or, Oct 17.-At the Port
land Hotel tonight q. Il. s. Wood, on
behalf of the merchants of Portland, pre-
sented to Captain Frederick Bolles of the
steamship Columbia q handsome silver
service in commemoration of his efforts
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Andersom Greets McKinfav.

ANDERSON, CAL, Oct. I'D. E. Nc
Kinlay OF Santa Rosa, Republican candi-
date for Presidential Elector, addressed a
large gathering here last night. Voters
from all portions of Shasta County came
to hear the eloquent painter. Rev. G. w.
Burtner, Grand Army man, presided
over the meeting.
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FokEsT HILLS DEMoNsTA1IoS.
ColfaD Mckinley Club Joins With Local
ReDnbIicans In q Parade.

COLFAX, CAL. Oct. 17.-Forest Hill
was given over to the Republicans to-
night, when Charles A. Swisler, nominee
for Senator, and Harold T. Power, nomi-
nee for Assent bly, man, appeared before the
people.
Preceding the speaking there was a
grand parade. headed by the Mountain
Bell band, in which the Mckinley Club in
uniform from Colfax Joined the people OF
Fore-t Hill. Frequent and hearty were
the cheers for the cause of Mckinley and
protection.
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cALIFoRNI1 N, in WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 17.-Among to-
days arrivals are: Henry L. Downes, San
Francisco; J. Dewey, B. P. McGill Los An
geles; Lewis Hoffmeiser, Oakland.
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Ral5y of Waters Der, ocrnt,.

WINTERS, CAL. Oct. 17.-W. B. Eng
lish, Democratic nominee for Congress in
the Second District. and G. R. vann, Pop
ulist, spoke here to large audience last
night.
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CoSN1oPOErrAN.

Opposite o. 8 Mint, 100 and 1O2 Erfth :, -
Francisco, CaL-The most select family hotss -
the city Board and room 81, 81 rs and 81 Al 70.
day, according &c room Meals Csc. Roarrs SHs
and 75c . day. Free coseh 70 and from, rhe h,1ss
LOOK for the coach bearing the name OF rha 80
napoltsa Aeish Nm. FAHkY, ProprissoE
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At sutro Baths.

The programme at Sutro Baths to-day will
include a ftty-yard race for boys, 1oo-yard
race, open to all, high diving by Shulle, Milo
and Bayley, champion high divers, Messrs.
Connell and Epey in an amusing act perform
ances on the trspeze by Professors Matt Gay
and Green and drowning act by Connell.
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Talks to Petntunsa F,.stontsts.

PETALUMA, CAL, Oct. II. = G. ].
Swift of San Francisco addressed an au-
dience here tonight under the auspices or
tn Democrats and Popnlists. Ali of the
fusion candidates on the local ticket were
present.
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RRIlcHEc ss.. ssn sss,sissP.. sasssss F.s. ssls.
brewers, bookbinders, candy.makers, Gamers
dyers, fourmils, foundries, laundries, paper.
hangers printers, painters, shoe factories stable
men. tar-roofers, tanners, tailors, etc.
BUCHANAN BROS,
Brush Manufacturer. eos o9SacramentoSs.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18

NEW frames in oaks, chestnuts. mohoganies,
green's and mat gifts. Sanborn, Vail & Co.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-08-05

Sprntdg Mprgen feline Srdl1 Caroline nrtb
mabte panns hur9 einen 99uB III ben 8ppf
1einem 2eher ein @nbs. GriD.: ipar, irenn
er fi6 bern Srunfe er9ab, Elm rD5er Nsiron,
Der feline Samilie f9Ge4t ~bebanbelte.
Ser f9parse aufpdrter zines Punmdns
T6en @9laftpasens, 9upib $. &amiep, err
T6rB @unntug in 9enper feline 3ubdlz
term, Mattie GGarf, sbenfans cine S9par5e,
unb iaste fi9 bunn ielbft eine &ugel bur4
ben aopf. @as i'm gu Der sbat peranlaBt
bat, 1T nt9t befunnt.
Sin Mdnn, in tpel9em man %. 9. @dr=
isle bon Pueblo, @Dl., betmutbet, purDe
M2ittppd Mbeno in Decatur, Su.,
in einem leeren @e~treibetpug9on be-
pubtlos b~orgefunben. Sein S4doel mar
5erI9mettert unb fetn @eii4t nit elmer barr
ten 8lutfruite bebedt. Die Ier3te id9en,
Der Mann lei bereits mebrere Sage Dhne
Na6runq ~eeipeIen unb er tpiirbe ME tpieber
gum 8epuBtfein tomrnen. SSn feiren Sd<
fdsn muroen 8riefe BON 2iba 8ea; pueblo,
@pf., unb BON q. 81. Ben, 2o25 Olipeitr..
ct. 2puis, gefunbsn. 9tus ~benfelben gina
berbpr, baB er BON ben @enannten in Ilton,
Su., @e1b ertpdrtete. Man glaubt, baB er
berdubt uno in benz Wdggon auriidgelafen
pprben 1T. gr lit dnf9etnenb Elm 3eitangss
mann. Seine aleibuns 1T f4dbig.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-08-05
Qn n 3.
OcutfhIau0.

Die 8oli5ei bat einen neusn plan auseez
bedt, ben gefiir9teten So3ialbemotratsu
bei5utommen. S9uBleute nerben in biir.
gerliAer Rleibung mad alien 0ffentli9en
8ergnigungspldben, po Die l1n5uFriebenen
unb uberbaupt bic nieberen alafen bsrfe6=
rem, gef9idt; ben DertleiOeten Si9er6eits=
tpa4tern tpirb cine GENTLE Summe fir in
ienen 2otalen genpffene Speilen unb Sc
trdnte befpili9t unb ales, mas iie gu tbun
haben, 1T, baB fe bic Sbren uni. Musen
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-08-05
@o6emf6alt.
GortIebung BON Der 1. eetts.)

Ser Mrat, Der bic Sbbuttion Der 2ei9e
tDrgenpmmen bate, fagte, bic BON INN angez
iteGte Inter iu9ung babe ergeben, baB bas
MGb9en erIt acknowledgement bur9 einen
G6lag auf Die @tirn benuBtlos gema6t
norDen fei; bunn iei iie b~ergepaltigt unb
fpdter 9etDbtet tpprben, inbem ibr bic 2ufts
rDbre urb bic 6aIsf4ldguber burdI4nitten
nurben.
Die SurD CAB prompt einen nit bieier
Grtldrung iibereinitimmenben 8a6ripru9
db.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-08-05
Sbnene ;fdhrt.

Ser gunarbbampfer Serbia" Der Sreitds
Wpraen nit Der nNneient unb 6onOrable
artiaerD @ompanb" an 8orb in @uit Bolton
eintraf, bat ale ietne friiberen &ecOrbs bur9
feline Sabrt BON Aueenstolpn na9 biefem
feline Sabrt BON AueenstOnn nu9 8ofton
in ben S9atten eefteut. Die Strede
geleet.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-08-05

Die BON ben Eotb1d)tlDs dltsgegebe1e ru1 :
fif@e Mnleibe BON 1000 00 900 Srancs
($2o0,0Oo,oOO tit finfunb5tpan5is Mal
iiberaei9net tpOrben.
5taiien.
Der gapt celebrtrte Sonttas Morsen in
oer paulinif4en &upele i'm 9atitan in Nn@
peTenbeit Der in Hom eingetroffenen ameri=
faniI9en pilger Die MeHe. Au9 aablreide
grieIter tparen 5ugegen. Ra4 Der Mefe
fente elm gomite, au tpel9em audi bic Getz
loren bes ameritanii9en unb bes ct. 8oni=
faeiuse @olege sebDrten. benz papite bic pitz
aer einaeln Dor. Die ptlser iiberrei9ten
benz gapft elm pradtbolles Sternenbanner
nit benz @appen Der pilgerfobrt bdruuf.
Sine Der pilgerinnen iiberrei9te Dem papit
cine ~elegante 80rfe nit Der pilgersabs. Der
qapft fab gut aus unb unter4ielt fi9 freunbz
lt6 nit ben ein3elnen 6erren unb 0anner
Der @eIeGf9aft. I'm 10 ubr tpdr bic Gerez
mpnie beenbet. Mls ber papt mad Ietnen
@emd9ern 5uriidfebrte, braben bic gilger
in begeiIterte 9o3rufe auf ben 9eiligen 8ater
aus.
Boomerang tpurbe bas italienii9e panoer>
16iff Soma bonn 8lib getroffen unO ge>
rietb in 8ranb. Die SIammen el;ffen
56neG UNI fi9 unb brobten bas Pulper=
magoain au erret4en, 10 baB es nOtbpeaOig
purbe, bas @4iff bur9 Sorpebos gum Sim
fen gu bringen. 9as S4iff purbe i'm
Sabre 1865 gebaut, bate Mdf@inen Don
5000 pferbefraft, mar 262 SUB lang unb
bate cine @ef9pinbtgfeit BON nngefdbr
ID &nDten.
@ignpr Bernardo Sanlonso, Der friibere
@ouberneur Der 8anca Homana, 1T getor=
ben. @r tpar cine Der 9auptfiguren in ben
nit Der r0miI9en 8dnt, oerbunbenen @canz
bal. Sanldngo mar bei9ulbigt, 100000
Trancs bon ben @elbern Der 8anf Ii9 be-
triigerii9 angeeisnet unb nm ben 8etrug gu
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CHESS AND ITS pEvoreEs.

The name of chess is supposed by
some philologists to have been derived
from shah, the Persian name for king
Napoleon was fond of chess, but did
not like to take the time it required.
He said: 1T is too slow for a busy
man."
Charlemagne was noted chess
player. He said that "a game OF chess
cleared his mind for the planning of a
campaign"
Frederick the Great was chess
player as well as flute player, and gave
almost as much attention to the former
as to the latter.
Voltaire, the artist, was fond of chess,
and in his study at Fernow invariably
challenged visitors to bout with the
chess board.
Haroun al Raschid, the jovial monarch
of the Arabian Nights" was q devotee
Of chess, and, it is said, could beat any
player in Bagdad.
The first book printed in Great
Britain was The Game and Playe OF
Cheese" translated and printed at West
minister by William CaNton in 1A74.-
Globe Democrat
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What a remarkable exhibition of
generosity and humanitarianism con-
fronts us in these latter days. Here
we have all the men of money. all the
great monopOiists, all of the enemies
to the efforts of trades unions to i'm
prove the condition of wage workers,
all the bankers and others of the same
class, all banded together and expend-
ing their money freely to keep the
farmers in the fields and the toilers in
the city from voting for free silver and
making a dollar worth only so cents,
and thus rendering the gold dollar
owned and controlled by these wealthy
men twice as valuable as it is at pres
ent. The employer who would not
listen to a petition from his wage
workers for an increase of one cent in
wages is weeping great tears at the
thought that these wage workers will,
by their votes, reduce their wages one
half and thereby make a present of
that half to their employer, who is
now so deeply interested in their wei.
fare as to plead with them not to do it,
There is only one day in the year when
the wage workers own the mopopo-
lists, and that is. the day when they
have an opportunity to vote against
them. (Mass-) Diamond.
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OUR rEN-YEAR-oLo.

Dear Ten Year Old, dear winsome boy,
whose birth and years bring wealth Of
e joy,
How full of hope your field to-dar,
While sowing seed along the way.
Rare promise waits. Oh, God of love.
I pray for wisdom from above
That he may find the narrow path,
And keep it free from sin and wrath.
Dear. merry lad, now of ten years, a.
A gift from Heaven, of hopes and fears,
Dear babe, dear child, dear coming man,
May strength be thine for life's full span.
Dear CHEEKY countenance, open. bright,
Rejecting rays of love and light,
Dear welcome wait from the hand of God
May blows fall light from His Christening
rod.
Dear loving eye and smiling face,
Where lineaments of love we trace,
Dear, blessed life so we'll begun,
May your day be bright till set of sun.
Oh. God OF Heaven, in mercy bend.
And peace, and joy, in blessings send;
Look down anear and far away,
And lead these feet Alright Away.
Almighty Father, look in love,
I pray Thee, from Thy home above,
Keep this dear soul near mercy's shrine,
And hold him there as Thine and mine.
A sigh, q smile, a whispered prayer,
All these yield, in homage rare,
And all a loving heart can hold,
To my bonny boy, my Ten Year Old.
CLARK W. Bryan, fn Good Housekeeping.
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Sweet PIckled Fruit.
And the end is not yet.
THE END.

For every seven pounds of fruit
pears. plums or peaches-use three
pounds of sugar and one pint of vinegar.
Make n strip of the sugar and vinegar.
Put into a muslin bag one tablespoon
full each of ground Glove, cinnamon and
allspice. and let it boil in the sirup, put
tins8t in the jar when the fruit is done.
When the strip boils, skim if neces-
s.ry, then put in the fruit, a little at a
time. Cook until it can be pierced with
a straw. Lay in stone jar. Put more
fruit into the strip. When all is cooked,
boil the sirup ten minutes and pour
over the fruit. Picked fruit should be
ecalded about a month after it is pre-
Dared and it will keep all winter in a
atone Jar. Or it can be sealed up in
glass jars, like preserved fruit-Good
housekeeping.
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THE PARITY PROBLEM.

Mr. Bryan's Critics Misrepresent Him When
They Treat of the Parity of the Metals.
The American Banker of New York,
IN its issue of August 19, descends into
the arena of pettifogging and quibbling
| when it says: The objection that the
free silver party proposes to put into
circulation deprecated dollar, Mr..
Bryan answers by affirming that the
silver dollar would rise to par with
the gold dollar. But if this is so. then
the silver dollar will be just as dear
dollar as the gold dollar is now as
sumed to be. And if so, what possible
end is to be attained by free silver
coinage?" And again: The silver
party claims that free coinage of silver
would raise prices, and at the same
time bring the silver dollar to par
with the gold dollar. We cannot
reconcile these propositions.
We are panied to see a leading finan-
cial journal thus stoop to garbling and
misrepresentation. Why did not the
Banker quote Mr.. Bryan's language in
full and in it's conteXtual harmony?
This is what he said:
There is an actual necessity for BIZ
metallism as we'll as theoretical de-
Tense of it. During the last 23 years
legislation has been creating an addi-
tional demand for gold and this law
created demand has resulted in increas-
ing the purchasing power of each ounce
of gold. THE restoration Of bimetaUism IN
the United States acW td.te d,cay from gold
just so much Of its purchasing po,eer as
seas aided to 1t By the denaonetization Of sa-
Ger by the United States. The silver dol
lar is now held up to the gold dollar
by legal tender laws and not by re-
demption in gold, because the standard
dollars are not now redeemable in gold
either by law or by administrative
power.
1--WE contend that free and unlimited
coinage by the United States alone
will raise the bullion value of silver
to it's coinage value, and thus make
silver bullion worth S1.29 per ounce
in gold throughout the world. This
proposition is in keeping with natural
laws, not in defiance of them. The
best known law of commerce is the
law of supply and demand We recog-
nize this law and build our argument
upon it. We apply this law to money
when we say reduction in the vo l.
ume of money will raise the purchas-
ing power of the dollar; we also
apply the law of supply and demand to
silver when we say that new demand
for silver, created by law, will raise
the price of silver bullion
1t does not follow that because 81 %
grains of silver become equal in ex-
change value to % 29 grains of gold
that, therefore, there is no rise in the
price of commodities. The parity of
the metals can bereached as easily by
a cheapening of gold as by an APP
probation in the value of silver. A
cutin another column shows just what
will take place under free coinage
Kansas City World
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it had a greater value than IL. And
with cotton, so with other produce.
Just as the golden monetary Vi rdstick
has heightened, it has taken mole pro-
duce to pay our Indebtedness, taken
more pounds of cotton. more bushels
of wheat, more pounds of flour. to
measure the dollar In 1873 the bushel
of wheat was worth SI.3l in gold, last
year but 65 cents. In 1873 for the flour
we exported in payment of our indebt-
barrel of flour only sufficed to extin-
guish $3.50 of Indebtedness.
Thus has the gold standard virtually
effected a dou bling of all debts, yet in
such doubling Mr.. Sherman sees no
harm. But in the scaling down of in.
debtedness he sees great wrong. great
in justice, and on this ground he cries
out Justify against the free coinage of
silver. But there would be no scaling
down of debts, consequent on opening
our minis to the free coinage of silver,
in the sense Mr.. Sherman implies Mr..
Sherman assumes that free silver coin.
age would give US a 5S-cent dollar, as
measured in gold, and that in this dol.
lar debtors would pay their debts.
But why 53-cent dollar? Because,
Mr.. Sherman tells US, that this is the
bullion value of the 37l4 grams of sill
yer in the dollar, that 50 CENTS is all
that the silver would fetch at this
time, if melted down and sold as bull
lion, and, as he truthfully SAYS, after
the opening of our minis to silver, the
bullion and face value of the silver
dollar would be the same.
But why suppose that silver would
be worth no more under free coinage
than now? Why suppose that the rela-
tive value of gold and silver would re-
main unchanged? The effect of the
opening of our minis on the demand
for gold and silver would be marked,
the demand for silver would grea thy
increase, while the demand for gold
decrease, and to suppose that such
changes in the relative demand for the
precious metals would have no effect
on the relative values of gold and sill
yer, to suppose that an increased de-
mand for silver. the cheaper. and a de-
creased demand for gold, the dearer
metal, would not cause silver to rise
and gold to fall, thus bringing the rela-
tive values of gold and silver together,
is preposterous
The free coinage Of silver would not,
therefore, give us 53-cent dollar, and
creditors need have no fear of scaling
down of debts in this way. Under free
coinage the silver dollar will be the
equal of the gold. If our creditors
who have stipulated payment in gold,
demand payment in gold, they can
have gold, but this gold will not be
the dear gold which they now exact
1t will no longer he gold of such great
value that each dollar will purchase
TWO bushels of wheat, or IS pounds
of cotton, but it will be cheaper gold,
cheaper because by restoring silver to
its place as money we have les>ened
the demand for gold. and it will be
gold that will cost our producers less
sacrifice of products and expenditure
of la Dor than now.-Philadelph Amer
lean.
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THAT 53-CENT DOLLAR.

It Does Not Appear to Occur to the Gold
Bugs That the Value OF Gold Might Be
Reduced.
For years Senator Sherman has
championed the approaching. and
hence dishonest, gold standard, behind
the mask of honesty and SO it is not
surprising to find him charging
with dishonesty all those who urge
the restoration of an honest measure
of value by opening our minis to sill
yer. sit is impossible" he told his
hearers, in opening the republican
campaign at Columbus recently, Ito
estimate the wrong and injustice that
will be done to creditors by the scaling
Of nearly one half of the debts due
them" But of the wrong and injus-
tice done to debtor by doub bling the
value of the dollar with which they
have to pay interest and principal of
their debts, he had not one word to
say. If it is wrong to defraud the
creditor through forcing him to accept
deprecated dollar from his debtor,
it is surely just as wrong to rob the
debtor by obliging him to repay his
creditor in a dollar worth twice as
much, taking twice the expenditure of
labor to obtain, as the dollar borrowed.
To defraud the creditor is dishonest,
but to rob the debtor is equally so, and
indefinitely more injurious to trade
and industry. But to the wrongs of
the debtor, Mr.. Sherman pays no heed.
The dollar which brings the greatest
.eturn to the capitalist is alone the
honest dollar to him. He decries
against the scaling of debts by the
opening of our minis to the free coin
age of silver, with an assumption of
outraged honor. but ayainst the stand
ard that requires us to pay two bushels
Of wheat and two pounds of cotton,
where justice and equity require the
payment of but one, he has not one
c-ord to say.
In 1873 the value of gold was such
that cotton, measured by tine golden
yardstick, was worth. at the average
export price, 16s cents per pound.
But since then silver has been out
lawed by the western nations as a
money metal, the demand for gold has
thus been arbitrarily increased, and
with this increased demand gold has
risen in value And as gold has grown
in value, the golden monetary ward
stick has been stretched so that for the
cotton we exported during the fiscal
year closing June 30th last we realized
an average price Of but 6 cents Der
pound. In shork in 1873 our monetary
ysrdstick, the gold dollar. had less
value than six pounds Of cotton; in 1895