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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Some people are doing a good
deal of luf1ing and filling in this
campaign, in trying to reach the
port of safety without changing
their course or party worship.
There is but one of two things that
can be done. You have to vote for
the goldbug Rothschild financial
system and Mckinley, which has
spread wide ruin over this country,
or you have got to vote for free
coinage and Bryan. There is no
middle course. The lines are drawn
plain enough for everybody to see.
1t is old England with the Wall
street party and Mark Hanna'sIman,
or a return to American indepen-
dence and better times with Bryan
as their representative. 1t is no
use for any man to try to cheat
himself. He is going to vote for
one of these conditions. Party is
not involved. Bryan's election will
break up the English gold standard
and the republican party must go
with it. The election of Mckinley
means a continuance of the English
gold standard and present distress,
which must grow worse.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

The United States and the
greatest European nations have
tried the gold standard financial
system for more than twenty years.
The laboring, producing masses of
the farm, the factory, the shop the
mercantile trade are all much worse
off than they were before that
period in every gold standard
country. The rich money loaners,
the spectators, the bankers, the
stock jobbers and gamblers in the
products of industry, the trusts,
are all much better off, they who
earn nothing, who create not one
cent of the worlds wealth, while
all the industrial class with scarcely
an exception are much worse in
conditions than ever before. This
is true of every gold standard
country. Which side is the laborer
on farm, in factory, shop or store
on? The side of the millionaire or
his own side. There is no political
party in that answer. Are you for
or against yourself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
rlore Silver Than any Other Nation.

r1ore Silver Than any Other Nation.
Mr.. Mckinley in his famous
letter of acceptance says;
owe have much more silver in
use than any country in the world,
except India or China-$500, 900, 900
more than Great Britain; $780,
600, 900 more than France; $780,
600, 900 more than Germany; $685.,
600, 900 less than India and $l25,-
600, 900 less than China"
Let us see how a plain tale will
put Mr.. Mckinley down. Govern
ment statistics claim that there is
1926, 100000 silver in round
numbers circulating i'll this country,
including silver dollars, silver GER
tifcates and subsidiary coin. Stats
ties report France to have $780,
100000 in circulation and in the
Bank of France. But if we lower
that amount to what Mr.. Mckinley
claims we still have less than
France. The amount of money is
necessarily gagged by population
and business extent of territory etc.
The United States has twice the
population of France, three times
the amount of internal or home
business, nine times as many miles
of steam railway, and seventeen
times as much territory, leaving
out Alaska, as France, and Mr..
Mckinley resorts to quibbling in
the face of these facts, asserting
that the United States has more
silver in circulation than France.
Compare frances $47S, 100000
silver which Mr.. Mckinley claims
and lay it beside the United States
1925, 000,0 then take our popula-
ton two to one, our three times as
much home trade, our nineteen
times as many miles of railroad and
our seventeen times as much
territory not including Alaska,
compare them, and say does Mr..
Mckinley tell the honest truth or a
quibbling truth when he says we
have more silver in circulation
than France. He includes every
dollar of our silver whether held as
reserve in the treasury. and banks
and omits 100000, 900 of Frances
silver in the Bank of France.
Othello said "Honest, honest
Iago" while the latter was practic-
ing the most villainous deception
on the Moor, and numbers of our
people are saying honest Mckinley
while he is deceiving them as the
above statistice prove, as wickedly
as Iago deceived Othello.
Consider the great extent and
business demands of our country
for money, and compare them with
the same of any of the countries
named by Mr.. Mckinley and we
have less silver in circulation than
any one of them and no gold at all
in circulation worth mentioning.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

United States was the first to de-
monetize silver and is the only
nation that can successfully restore
silver to its former condition at the
head of the metal money of the
world. With our minis closed and
our silver mines pouring their metal
into the open minis of nations which
produced no silver, the United
States would have reaped the full
coin value of their silver at the
expense of every other nation
which bought our silver at the
highest price, paid to us in any
thing we demanded in return for
the silver, whether gold, merchan-
disc or other property, which
"other property would have been
the bonds and obligations held by
foreigners against this country.
But to avoid this other nations
I'closed their minis.
Had not the crime of 1873,
effected by the dark lantern man
agement of John Sherman and the
Rothschild gang of the Bank OF
England, the silver of our noun
tains would have paid every obi
cation held by foreigners, national,
state and municipal, by sustaining
prices and promoting an increase
of wealth.
The only way out of present dis
tress is to back out, to use com
mon expression Of teamsters when
they run their wagons and teams
into place they cannot get
through. Our mode of backing out
of present difficulties is by revers-
ing the financial system which has
led us into the inextricable bog
where we are now flonndering and
sinking deeper. Remonetize silver
is the first, easiest and most direct
step. That would at once break
down the enormous value of gold,
debts and interest which have been
forced up by an artificial money
famine.
This step taken our debts, farm
mortgages, municipal and personal,
would disappear before the rise in
prices and increase of new wealth,
like mists before the morning sun.
Every avenue of business in this
country now closed would open and
invite labor to the creation of new
wealth. The dirge Of despair which
is heard through the land would
give place to a hymn of gladness
and rejoicing, and the American
industrial class, now virtual slaves
under abnormal conditions which
need not and should not exist,
would again rejoice as American
freemen, freed from the chains OF
Shylock and his British gold
standard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11


The letter written by J. A.
Roman from Missouri to his friend
d. w. McVey, published on the
fourth page of the MIDLAND JOUR
NAL will attract attention. 1t
shows how the silver flood is sweep
ing all before it in the west as well
as in the east when such stanch,
intelligent republicans are borne
along with the mighty current.
The extracts from Senator w. Il.
Chandeliers letter to the Colorado
Silver Republicans which comprise
a large part of the letter will be
read by honest, well meaning re-
publicans with amazement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

1t is very significant that the
anarchist Herr Most and the New
York socialist leaders are all gold
bugs. They are foreigners and
anti-American in sentiment. The
gold system of finance is anarchis-
tic to free institutions and govern
ment by the people. The lowering
end of the prohibition party-all
that is left of the party-is also a
gold party side-show. Everything
that can be purchased which has
the semblance of an organization is
bought up by the Wall street
agents of the Rothschilds. Their
situation is desperate, as that of old
half barbarian Spain which is
spending her last cent and sacrific,
ing her last man to crush the spirit
of liberty in Cuba.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

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75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists
Testimonials free.
Halls family pills are the best.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Major John Byrne, President of
the Honest Money League, has re
turned from a prospecting tour
through central New York and re-
ports to his goldbug associates that
the State is ''rotten" with silver
sentiment, and that if an election
were held now it would 60 for
Bryan and silver by an overwhelm-
ing majority. He advises an i'm
mediate education of the people be
started or a delay of ten days will
be fatal. Alas! what grasping at
strawS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
Volume XIX.

The present number of the MID
LAND JOURNAL is the initial No. of
the nineteenth vol. of the paper
and will be found to be a capital
number. Read it and send in sub.
for past or future issues. We need
payment promptly of subscriptions
to get up a good paper. Every
direction label tells the date to
which the subscription is paid up.
Please attend to this matter and
oblige the publishers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Of all the silly rot that ever got
into the Cecil Wing, or for that
matter, any other newspaper, the
account of the Whitehead Marine
discussion at Rising. Sun which
appeared last Saturday is the silliest.
A lie is ridiculous when your
auditor knows you are lying, which
is the case with the "Kn tissue of
falsehOods about the d we were
going to say the debate between
Marine and Whitehead. Marine
said absolutely nothing to. any
point, either gold or silver, as every
person present will admit, but made
a bowling, senseless TRADE of words
without meaning, in answer to the
clear cut argument and array of
facts presented by Mr.. Whitehead.
But goldbugism is such palpable
fraud that its advocates, now
driven into corner are depending
wholly on naked falsehood. A
rogue will show a degree of plaus-
Utility and skill in his lying, but a
fool will do like "K" stand up and
lie to the face of those who know he
is lying.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
The Progressive Farmer of North

The Progressive Farmer of North
Carolina is pursuing a very bad
line Of policy in its so-called eight"
for Watson. The principles of the
Peoples Party are much greater
than Tom Watson. If Bryan is
elected the principles of the Peoples
Party triumph. The election of
Watson or the neglect of Watson
means nothing for or against the
principles of the Peoples Party
while the election of Bryan means
the complete triumph of the
Populist principles, and the defeat
of those principles. The Progress
sive Farmers course is not wise.
1t is helping the enemy and work
ing for party solely, not principles.
Watson delights in nothing so
much as a political shindy and in
yariably comes out with a broken
head.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
The goldbugs are nightly G

The goldbugs are nightly ex-
ercised about "wages." They
can't sleep at night for thinking
about the working mems wages.
They lament lest wages will not
rise where silver is remonetized
with other things. They admit
there will be general rise of
prices. They never tell the wage
Garner that he will find work then
all the time in place of losing half
his time and getting no wages as
under their present gold standard.
He will have six days work in place
of three and six dollars in place OF
three.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Rev. Mark Minser, Dunkard minis
ter of Deckers Point, Pa, says he can
recommend Chamberlain's Pain Balm to
any one in need of a good liniment, and
that he considers it the best he has ever
used Pain Balm is especially valuable
for rheumatism, lame back, sprains,
dwellings, cuts, bruises, burns and scalds
1t is one ofthe most remarkable medicines
in existence. and its effects will both sur
prise and delight you.- For sale at rs and
so cents per bottle by E. T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
The Cecil Wing as Silver Teacher

After describing the difference
existing between the paper currency
in circulation this financial school
master says:
"These notes are all alike to you,
because you know they are all OF
equal value.
Whyg Because they circulate
INTERCHANGEABLE and behind them
all is the pledge of the government
of the United States to maintain
them all at parity with gold"
Well, there is no such "pledge"
on any statute book in the United
States. If the Wing wants to make
a pile and will find such law
Wall street will pay half a million
for a sight of it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Never before in all the history of
this country has there been so much
sympathy for the working people
manifested by the millionaire class,
their newspapers and campaign
speakers. But the forced to be
idle working classes understand all
this. The millionaire class are in
favor of giving the workers very
high wages but no work. OF what
use to man are high wages if he
can find no work to earn the wages?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
he National Intelligencer

The National Intelligencer,
Washington, ID. c., puts it, all
south and west of Pennsylvania for
Bryan and free silver. The New
England States, New York and
Pennsylvania doubtful. AS things
look New York might be taken out
of doubtful" and placed with the
west. That is about as Major
Byrne, president of the ''honest
money" Democratic League sees it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
FURNISH
ING GOODS.
BUFFINGTON'S OFFER:

Any customer paying ONE CENT cash down, cents
next day. cents the next and thus continue paying each
day double the paid the previous day. for the short
term of 10 days. will furnish them with
I all-woo Gents Suit, late fall cut,
Flange Hat, of any staple color
pair of Shoes pointed or globe toe
I Numbered Shirt,
Silk Necktie
pair of regular made black tan Hose,
I suit of summer Underwear
will also present them with
$3.50 spending money with their outfit.
This offer open for 80 days, unless closed
Several suits of clothing already sold and they cannot be
placed for the money.
GENTLE HINT-Spend less time talking Gold and
Silver and keep eyey open for opportunities such
offer right home and 16 times you will profit by it,
and become money oaners instead of borrowers The old
saying continues true under any financial standard,
N penny saaed IS a penny made"
The opportunity offered it remains only for you to
brace it.
E. r. BURLINGTON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Mckinley doesn't 60 out among
the people like Bryan. That would
expose his weakness. He stays
close at home and the goldbugs
send an occasional delegation to
call ON him when he has got little
talk ready for them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Democracy is a Greek word and
means the people; Populistic is a
Latin word and means the people;
Peoples party is an English term
and means the same that the Greek
and Latin words mean. And the
free silver movement means the
peoples movement.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Powderly, Arthur and Gompers,
the three labor fakirs, are hard at
work for the gold ring and
Mckinley. What a wretched set
of traitor leaders the labor unions
have had to endure!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

The present political campaign
is no ordinary party battle but a
battle of the rich do nothings against
the poor have nothings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

Campaign literature for free
distribution at the MIDLAND
JOURNAL office.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11
the month Of September

invite attention line
especially adapted the namely
Fodder Yarn, Tin Fruit Cans
Stalk Hoes, Preserving Kettles,
Corn Knives, Wooden Ware,
Cucumber Pumps, Wheels Rims,
Tin Milk Cans, Shafts and Spokes
will display floor a full line of
Cook StOae, Room St0aes, Ranges and Double Heaters
a HEATING STOVES, which coming into
light and convenient to
another Everybody should of these
months be comfortable.
A full line HOUSE AND CARRIAGE PAINTS constantly
hand and sold at prices to suit the times
HAINES & KIRK,
SUM- Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-09-11

E. r. BURLINGTON.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
HARD TO DUPLICATE.

The pavement in front of the VIM. II.
Vanderbilt residence in New York city
cost over $4,000. The single stone ~
ing directly in front is the largest known
paving stone and cost, transportation and
all. $4,000. .on
A temperature Of 1000 to 5000 degrees
can be produced only between the carbon
points of an electric arc light. The next
hottest place in the world is the crucible
of an electric furnace.
Canterbury cathedral is the largest one
in England. Its extreme length is 545
feet and that of st. Paurs. London. is
512 feet. Salisbury is the highest spire
in England it's altitude being 404 feet
A 634-karat diamond, the finest ever
found in Africa. was discovered at ia.
gersfontcim in the Transyaal on the
day after Christmas. When cut it is
expected it will be worth $1,500,000.
The highest building in the world
monuments and towers not considered
is the Cologne cathedral. The height of
this building from the pavement to the
copper tip on the spire is 81 feet.
One of the largest checks ever drawn
in this country was S160O0.0O0 by Pres
ident Roberts of tho Pennsylvania rail
road in payment of 100000 shares of p.
w. & p. railroad stock.
The hardest precious stone. after the
the police agents. the court having juris-
diamond, is the ruby.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
THE WOOL MARKET.

Boston, June 12-The Boston CONNER
cial Bulletin will say tomorrow of the
wool market: The market is in the same
sluggish condition. There is little in
quiry, but largely for bargains, and of
such there are few. Dealers are holding
wool steady, hoping that square declare.
ton for the gold standard at st. Louis will
justify their hopes of business. The only
sales worth noticing are line of 100000
pounds from Texas on basis of 25c clean,
and sacrifice hit" of quarter-blood Aus
tralian cross breeds at CSC clean.
Wool manufacturing is stale at the Non
taum works, and the fact that the Non
taum company's "worsteds" has become
liquidation has been a factor
The sales of the week are 1,111,OOO
pounds domestic and 100000 pounds for
eign, against $4,000 pounds domestic
and 656,O00 foreign last week, and o,O20,
7S9 pounds domestic and S16,215 pounds
foreign for the same week last year. The
sales to date show decrease of 1884,
973 pounds domestic and GEO. 800 pounds
foreign from the sales of the same date in
1895. The sales to date show decrease
of %, 131 bales domestic and an increase
of 1889 bales foreign.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
vile and Nashville, 1900; St. Paul, IS
600.
STOCKS AND RONDS

New York, June 12.-Operations by
foreign houses played an important part
in today's speculation. The purchases
for this account were estimated as high
as $4,000 shares, and were mainly for
st. Paul and Louisville and Nashville.
This favorable condition of affairs was
attributed to the crop reports having es-
pecially encouraging bearing upon the
two stocks above mentioned. The en-
gagement of $2,200,000 for exports to
Europe tomorrow had been discounted
apparently, as the news had only tenn
porary influence. Liberal commission
buying was noted for out-of-town clients
in many instances and the prominence of
the low-priced shares in the trading at
tracted general attention, an; purchases
of some of the usually neglected shares
were made at improving figures. The
recent listing of large block of Chicago,
Great Eastern common and preferred
shares was reflected in fair amount of
activity today in the common stock, the
price advancing to 8 IL. The initial
prices were generally higher, with some
noteworthy fractisaal gains in some of
the railway shares. The gold engage
ment caused a temporary halt in the
improving tendency, but the advance was
soon resumed under fresh buying. The
Industrial list developed some irregu
iaii'y do tne uay proSresseu, WIN sugar
moving within range of a point. Re-
ductions in foreign and domestic goods
of the product contributed toward a
sagging movement in stock, but realizing
sales were also in evidence. The coalers
figured prominently, with Lackawanna
advancing IL per cent. The market
shaded off slightly in the final hour on
profit takings, but closed firm, with frac-
tional gains generally.
Business in bonds fell off today, but
there was no abatement of the strength
at the close yesterday. Kansas and
Texas seconds rose II per cent; Atchi-
son adjustment tours per cent Sales,
1892, 900.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18
COFFEE.

New York, June 12.-Coffee-Options
opened quiet at unchanged prices, ruled
dull and featureless with only small trad
ing. Closed quiet, 5 points advance to
points decline. Sales, 1000 bags, includ-
ing September, 10.65@10.75c.
Spot coffee-Rio, dull. No. Z, Ii 1-4c;
mild, quiet; Cordova, 16 1-401Sc; sales
late yesterday, 1000 bags Rio No. to ar
rive per Bysanz at - lac; 1890 bags
Maracabo, private terms.
Rio-Dul No. Rio, 11,6OO refs per
10 kilos; exchange, 10 3-16d; receipts,
1000 bags; cleared for the United States,
5000 bags; cleared for Europe, 5000 bags;
stock, 100000 bags.
Havre-Quiet.
Total warehouse deliveries from the
United States 1926 bags, including 49,
O29 from New York; New York stock to-
day, 1S4,567 bags; United States stock,
205, $50 bags; afloat for the United States,
$4,000 bags; total visible for the United
States, 347, 159 bags against 512, 416 bags
last year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-18

smaller yield than anybody expected, but
that has become SO much the rule that
the report had no real influence, and the
principal effect was the serious depres-
sion caused by large sales, in anticipation
OF the report, which was said to be
thoroughly known in advance to some
spectators. The government estimate
as 10 cotton was Unexpectedly favorable.
but it is only just to say that some re-
actlon from artificial prices would have
come earlier if information much more
reliable than that of the government had
not been persistently discredited.
IL is not the time to look for marked
Improvement in industries and the best
thlng that can be said of them is that
none have as yet been seriously dis
turbed by threatened labor difficulties. It
seems not improbable that all such diff
culties may be averted, except, perhaps,
the controversy about wages of iron
puddlers and tin plate workers,
iron markets are extremely dull. be-
cause OF great number of orders for
hnlshed products are being kept back by
uncertainty regarding the maintenance of
tons.
The textile manufacturers are making
no Improvement. The accumulation of
cotton goods continues; print cloths have
declined to the lowest point eyer reached.
ana general stoppage to relieve the mar
ket is expected
Failures for the week have been 24t;
IN the United States against PAL last year
ana ~ III Canada against "a last year