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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
Waiting for England.

II the statements Of Major Mckinley
and the republican platform are to be
accepted at their face value in the cam
paign, the two parties are agreed on the
necessity Of the restoration Of silver to
it's place as money metal, IN order to
remove the unfair advantage which the
gold standard gives to producers in sill
YER using countries. The only differ
ence 10 40 to when this benefit shall be
extended to our producers. Mr.. Bryan
wants to do it at once-Msjor Mckinley
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mate. But assuming it to be IA, ,OOO, 900
the normal crop should be 100000, 900
more than 10 years ago.
No one who has regard to the fact will
affirm that the low prices of wheat are
due to increased production in tho last
few years. Under normal conditions
this would have been realized before and
wheat should bs higher than it 10 now
and should have been 90 for some time.
The gold standard papers are trying to
make capital out OF the fact that the
bullion price OF silver has not risen with
the present price Of wheat and to prove
thereby that the average price Of eralu
and commodities has no relation to
average prloe Of silvsr-as hes been fully
shown to 30 tho case by tables Of aver.
ago prices and statistics.
The average price Of silver and OF the
leading products 60 up and down to-
Rether. This 10 proved, not by taking
the prices in year Of extreme scarcity
or extreme plenty and comparing them,
but by taking the average prlce Of both
silver and commodities for series of
years. The gold standard politician is
already attempting to disoredit this fact
by declaring that because silver has not
followed the present extraordinary fiuc-
tustion of wheat, it has nothing to do
with tho price.
Every one knows that silver will not
advance until there is q law passed or
sure to be passed, which will increase
the use Of silver as money. Then there
will be good reason for silver to 60 up,
and when money becomes plenty prices
will be good.
The farmers Of North Dakota are too
we'll posted on the subject to be deceived
by any sophistry or misleading conclu-
slons on the part OF the gold standard
politician and prees, at this late day.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
Silver and Wheat.

The gold standard papers are claiming
to disprove the bimetalllc argument by
pointing out that wheat has gone up
while silver has gone down. That the
decline in silver caused by it's demoneti-
zation has resulted in putting the raiser
Of fern prodacts at disadvantage IN
the United States % compared with his
competitors in silver standard countries
has been stated by Mckinley. by Presi-
dent Harrison in his 1890 message, by
Congressman johnson in his Fargo
speech and by other republicans Of high
authority. During the past few weeks
wheat has gone up because Of general
belief that the stock of the world is less
than the demand. Under free silver q
scarcity would produce the same result
higher prices. But under free silver the
prices could never have been crowded
down 80 low as they have been of late
years in the gold standard countries.
But the goldbugs ask why silver has
not gone up in sympathy with wheat; il
wheat goes down in sympathy with sill
YER. For the same reason that because
all birds have two legs, it does not follow
that all two-legged creatures are birds.
The reduction in the volume of money
caused by the decentralization of silver
has caused continued fall in prices, IN
accordance with the axiom that prices
are affected by the amount of money ip
circulation. When this amount is stable,
prices are then affected solely by the law
of supply and demand. Under free sill
yer prices weuld have risen Is cents just
the same, but the price would never have
been so low to start with.
Silver has not gone up during the past
month, because there has been no reason
why it should. The market for silver is
limited at present, and while those who
have 1t to sell are many and widely scat
tered the buyers are few and united in q
strong combination to keep the price
low. It 10 the boast Of the English fnsn-
oiers that London controls the money
matters Of the world, and it is not to
their interest that their monopoly should
be endangered by money being made
more plentiful.
In arguing as they do the republican
press is exposing the hollowness OF the
declaration in their platform for "bimet-
allism." Their actions favor the main
tenance Of the single standard, under
which prices Of farm products are forced
to the lowest point.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22

These are the coal producing nations
that alone produce enough for their
needs.
The American miner of the middle
west is now told that he is out Of work
and mines idle because the Mckinley
tariff OF IS cents ton on foreign coal
has been reduced to 40 cents under the
Wilson bill. We have annually imported
less under thu Wilson bill than under
the Mckinley bill. Under the Mckinley
bill also vessels engaged in coast or for
eign trade got drawback of Is cents a
ton. They consumed more coal than
was imported and thus that law did not
benefit miners or mine owners. The
American miner works so cheap and coal
is so abundant as natural gift to this
nation, that we sell Canada half the coal
she consumes and pay duty of go cents
for the privilege Of selling there In COM
petition with other countries. What
need Is there OF protective duty on
coal to "help the miner of the United
States?
Mr.. MoBrlde says that under every
labor organization, under all kinds Of
tariffs the condition Of the American
miner has been growing worse and the
consumer knows his coal has become
dearer. The reason is that financial
system has prevailed that permits few
nonproducers to control the money of
the country and bleed both the govern
ment and the people at will. The un-
employed man standing at the mouth of
the nine ready to work for mere pit
tance, makes labor organizations power
less to MAINTAIN good wages. Mcbride
points out to both miners and consumers
that as long as they vote for the present
gold standard and for polity that
creates trusts and retains them in power
and makes money scarce, so long will
the present condition OF things continue.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
COAL CONSUMER miner.
Their Interests are the Same
Facts About the Cost
of Coal.
Protection by a Tariff Duty
Has Not Helped the
Miners.
The Trust Has Got the Public
and the Miner.

Anything relating to oosl 10 Of inter-
est to ths North Dakota voter, when he
comes to lay down his 90. 81 for ton Of
hard coal. But it 10 a. hard for the coal
miners Of the east to get living mining
coal, ss it for the farmers of tho west to
pay for it. The coal trust is getting fat
of both miner and consumer and in this
connection the report is current that the
coal trust, Of which Mr.. Hobart il price
maker, has raised several million for
Mark Hanna, to spend to elect McKip-
ley and Hobart, for fear that if Bryan 10
elected, the law against such trusts can
be enforced. The way the money has
been raised is seen in the great advance
in cosl-taken from the people them
selves.
John Mcbride. who has been couneo-
ted with coal miners organizations for
20 years has shown, in circular ad-
dressed to miners unions, facts gathered
from government reports, coal journals
and statements of leading coal dealers,
that . protective tariff has not benefited
United States miners of coal, nor has
foreign competition injured them.
Canadian coal is the only source of COM
petition the Mckinley tariff law was
Designed to prevent, there beng no
danger from other foreign countries.
Nova Scotia coal, imported into the
United States in 1895, only amounted to
73,OO7 tons. One county IN Illinois pro-
duced more than this. Nova Scotia coal
seldom comes west of Montreal and is
sold chiefly on the borders. The United
States exported to the other parts Of
Canada in 1895, over 100000 tons Of
coal. In 1896 the figures show still
greater in favor Of this country. The
average value Of Canadian coal with the
present tariff added. was 1915 per ton.
The average value of Illinois coal at the
mine was 95 cents per ton. The Coal
Trade Journal is quoted by Mcbride as
showing the average cost of coal as fol.
lows at the mine:
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
FAMINE IS CLAIMED.


There was an advance of over cents
"a bushel in Liverpool for wheat Sstur-
day. The price closed in Chicago at an
advance Of 81 cents over the day be-
fore and closed at 75B. Monday there
has been an advance Of over ! cent
the market opened over cents
higher than Saturdays but reacted. 1t is
oil attributed to higher foreign markets
and created great excitement on the
floor Of the board of trade. Foreigners
are scrambling for wheat. Berlin, Liver
pool end London all are bidding for it.
A SAM Francisco despatch eaid that two
more steamers we're taken for carrying
wheat to India where the dispatch says,
the drouth has 80 greatly injured the
crop, that, in northern India, the natives
are selling their silver for wheat when
they usually keep it to uae for orna-
ments and other purposes. In Berlin
81 cents more per bushel we're offered
Saturday. The bears had no chance
Reports from Argentine SAID that the
crop was being injured greatly by in
sects, also.
) The Associated press says:
The famine in northern India, which
now appears to be inevitable, causes the
greatest anxiety here and it is recognize
ed that the import OF American wheat is
likely to be the prime factor OF the slt-
ustlon. Prices in the effected districts
have risen considerably and the Gal
ifornia wheat on route is sold IN advance
ut higher price than the native wheat,
indicating the conviction that the prices
will have risen higher by the time the
/ imports arrive. The Indian government
is already sketchlng out vast schemes
for railroad, canal and other relief work.
Everyone knows that the United
States crop is short. In the northwest
the yield is lower by from half to two
thirds than last year. Threshers have
pulled in, and farmers have little left
outside Of seed. The rise, therefore,
,,whlle it will help those with wheat, comes
in year when it will not benefit the
state as it usually would. There was
less wheat raised IN the United States
Chs year than for the past six years, and
this, taken with the great foreign short
age, makes an unusual condition just
now. Tables of production show that
tho decline in price has not been due to
over production. Nothing can be bet
ter settled than that the production Of
H1hest in the United States and in the
Srld hes not increased, but has re-
tained materially the same Tor nearly
yOyears. The worlds supply IN the last
IL years has not increased but when the
increase OF population IL considered, the
erop hes materially decreased In the last
~ years. A good authority, Carl
s3churz. stated that tho increased con-
Saumpt,on was estimated to be from H.
100000 to 100000 bushels annually.
This u away below sny reasonable ssti.
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wants to wait, 1t might make it incon-
venient for England If We we're to help
ourselves without asking for her consent.
1t rests with the American people to
say which is right. Will they vote to
have bimetallism now, or to wait till
England gives MS leave?
That 10 the real question.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
TO FlIm.FLAm The FARMER
Wheat Market Believed to be
Manipulated for Political
Purposes.
This is One Reason Assigned
] For the Recent Rise
: In Wheat.
Extreme Scarcity Reported
and Denied-Gold Stand
ard Press Tactics.

The Chicago Dispatch asserts that the
recent furry in wheat 10 not, in reality,
due to the reasons assigned, but 10 due
to manipulation Of tho market BY the
money interests Of this country and the
old world.
An election 10 pending IN the United
States of the greatest importance to
Europe. The gold papers are every
whore lin flowing headlines-attempting
TO show that 40 the rise in wheat has not
been followed by the rise in silver, the
price Of products 10 not connected With
financial legislation. The effort 10 being
made to capture tho granger vote for
Hanna's candidate by giving products .
fictlcious value.
In support Of these assertions the Dis
patch and the Penny Press point out tho
extraordinary efforts Of the gold press to
mix up politics and wheat. The price
has been forced and the reports of fam
inc, etc., exaggerated to give credence to
the reasons for advancing wheat. There
are no large buying orders in this coun-
try following the higher cables, and the
exports of Pacific coast whe It are but
;, two small loads to date.
2 II the rise 10 permanent and based on
good grounds, it is due 40 much to the
belief that free coinage of silver 10 not
Tar distant, under which prices will nec-
essarily advance. 90 admitted by gold
bugs. All kinds of commodities and
property-not protected by trusts are
now cheaper than ever, and will not long
remain 20 should silver be again used %
merey. Shrewd men realize this, and
<sre only waiting to purchase on the first
assurance OF the passage Of . free coin
anA Law
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22

As showing the reliance to be placed
upon the figures shown by the Chicago
Records postal card ballot, it appears
that OF the 60 names, 90 per cent OF the
vote) cent in from jamestown, not over
halt dozen are democrats. This is tax
ing the first sixty names OF voters from
the directory. This would appear IN
the Record az though jamestown would
vote 10 to l for Mckinley, which every
body knows 10 absurd.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-10-22
The Former Mckinley.

Here is also another one on Mckinley.
| To his Toledo speech, which has gone
| all over the land, showing his lnconslst-
ency on the silver question, another has
been dug up from the record, delivered
at Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, Pa, Oct.
IS, 1890. Here is what he said about
| that "cowardly makesEift," the Sherman
law:
I'VE passed silver bill which. think,
is the best silver legislation that has
passed in the American Congress. 1t
| utilizes every ounce of silver IN the
United States, and makes the treasury
note issued on that basis redeemable in
gold and silver, and good in all public
debts and legal tender for all purposes.
When Cleveland went out II cents was
the value of the silver dollar. After this
! bill passed the VALUE OF THAT
SAME DOLLAR ADVANCED to 80
cents. To my mind, it is the most
liberal legislation passed on this money
question that has ever been sanctioned
in Congress. 1t gives the people more
currency, and gives them more volume of
money, AND PUTS SILVER MORE
NEARLY ON A PAR WITH GOLD
THAN IN EIGHTEEN YEARS, AND
TIE TIME IS COMING WHEN
GOLD AND SILVER WILL BE
MARCHING SIDE BY SIDE. DOING
THE BUSINESS OF THE COUN-
TRY"
The Harrlsons, McKinleys, Tburstons
are all in the same boat, and go is any
other man who opened up his mouth for
the republican cause in all the years
which the party stood for blmetallism
and the double standard. How could
any party shift position. as the republi-
can party has done, and not have it's
orators stranded high and dry on the
rocks of inconsistencies The policy
advocated by Mr.. Bryan is the same as
advocated by Mckinley six years ago.
L..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-12-05
CRADLE SONG.

TO sleep the corn is sinking,
For heavy hangs it's head:
The tilnid flowers are shrinking
From darkness in their bed.
The evening breezes docking,
Like gentle angels blest,
Come softly, softly rocking
The corn and flowers to rest.
Just as the flowers are shrinking,
80 timid, too, art thou,
And as the corn heads sinking,
So pods thy dear head now.
And sounds Of evening winging,
Like gentle angels blest,
Come round thy cradle, singing
My darling one to rest.
j. Edmund Y. Cooke.
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Natures Cold Storage House.


In the valley of the Plethora river,
which flows from the Ural mountains
into the Arctic ocean near Nova Zem-
bla, there is a state of things which is
attracting the attention of naturalists
and is only one more example Of how
judicious]y nature does her work when
her primitive conditions are observed.
This valley has sturdy growth Of
orowberries, oloudberries, cranberries
any number of small fruit bearing
plants, with heath moss and ichens,
some Of which bear seed and fruit in
great profusion. An eminent Ornitholo
gist, in the course of his researches in
this locality, stopped for little time.
There were millions of acres covered
with these growths. The arctic summer
has a perpetual sun, and the indigenous
plants and trees grow and develop with
great rapidity. The summer comes sud-
denly. and with it innumerable birds
of all varieties, but they come to what
seems barren waste, for there is MOTH
ing visible but snow and ice. Within "a
hours, however, this frostbound region
changes it's appearance. The snow dis
solves, the ice me1ts away. and natures
bounty stands revealed. The autumn
SHOWS fall here and cover the plants,
with their loads Of fruit, keeping it in
the most perfect condition until the
springtime, when it furnishes food for
the millions of birds that make this
their summer home. New ork Ledger.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-12-05
LABRADOR DOGS.

LABRADOR DOGS.
How Number of Them Went on an I'M
promptu Hunt.
The dogs of Labrador are not only
most useful as draft animals, but for
hunting as we'll. A writer in Forest
and Stream, who has spent several sea;
sons in Labrador, relates rather thrill
ing experience with team of these
dogs, who, he says, trot along content
eddy enough so long as there is no game
in sight, but the moment they scent
game they seem to conclude that drag
ging a sled is for them merely side is
sue; that their actual mission in life is
to 60 after the game whenever it is
within range. He says:
"A thaw had been followed by
frost, and the snow covering the ice on
the lakes was frozen hard. so four of
our party got on the sleigh to have
final drive. They started in great glee,
and just as they rounded the first point
they saw a fine young caribou buck
about 500 yards ahead. AS soon as the
dogs saw it they gave yelp like pack
VI "OIVc0 ouu 6UdI L0u A4Ao Ill dlIO"
from a bow after the caribou, which
looked round on hearing the yelp saw
Its pursuers and flew over the ice, keep
ing in the middle of the lake. When the
dogs started with jerk, one Of the party
was thrown off violently and slid long
way on the hard snow before he could
pull up, feeling redhot from the frio-
tion and gazing wistfully after his fast
disappearing comrades, who chung to
the sleigh like grim death and enjoyed
this novel hunt. Of course, there was
not the slightest chance Of their catch
ing the animal, which, instead of max
Ing for the bush on the nearest shore,
held on in the middle of the lake, right
up to the end, where it took to the
woods. The impromptu hunters soon
found themselveu in difficulty, for it
was impossible to stop the dogs, who.
could not realize that they had sleigh
behind them with passengers The
driver tried in vain to stop them, and
there was every probability of broken
limbs or necks when they would strike
the bush. However, they soon made up
their minds and dropped off one by one,
rolling over and over in the snow, or
sliding some distance away, with much
damage to their neither garments and
much abrasion of the cuticle. Mean
while the dogs, relieved of the weight,
rushed after the deer, and, entering the
woods, got tangled up among the trees.
and, as usual on such occasions, wound
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up with free fight among themselves.
After extricating them the party re-em-
barked and drove quietly back to the
house, where they repaired damages,
related their adventure and wrote it
down in the clubs logbook. -
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-12-05
New York Chinese Quarters.

There is one feature Of New York
amusements that is wholly unknown to
the Chinaman, and that is the concert
garden. TO congregate in a public place
to drink Intoxicating beverages, listen
to sensuous music and watch vulgar
displays of the human figure, to be
waited upon by young women of more
than questionable character, to take
part in profane and obscene talk, all
this is beneath the dignity Of China
man, and nowhere in the Chinese quar-
ter, from beginning to end, can such a
place be found. But they are found on
the Bowery, and Germans, Irishmen,
Italians and Jews fill the places to the
doors. Helen F. CLARK in Century.
Too Much to Swallow.
"Inkwell nearly lost his job on the
paper yesterday
''How was that?'
HE handed in an account of the
athletic sports and said one Of the win
ners Of the foot races was messenger
boy. Washington Times.
When Nero made his artistic tour as
q musician and actor through the cities
Of Greece, more than 400 CROWNS were
bestowed upon him, and when he re-
turned to Rome he decreed himself
triumph and entered the city with these
crowns borne in solemn procession.
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-30
CLEARING THE STREETS.
Commissioner WiIIink Has over 100
Men at Work.


Men at Work.
Public Works Commissioner Willink set
to work to clear the streets as soon as
the storm abated. Gangs were organized
and set at work.
On account of the rain the street and
lane forces had been dismissed for the
day. They had to be gathered together
and additional men put on. The old
scavenger stables had blown down dur
ing the storm, and that department had
to move to the new stables before it
could begin work. Foreseeing this proba-
bility, the stock had been turned out of
the old stables shortly after the storm
began.
The scavenger teams were put to work
hauling away the debris from the prln-
cipal streets.
Attention was first given to the paved
streets as most necessary to traffic, and
two gangs of men were put to work cut
ting away the trees on each street. BY
night all the paved streets had been clear
ed as far south as CASTOR. Bay and
Broughton streets were soon clear, there
being few trees on those streets Two
gangs Of men were put to work on each
of South Broad, Liberty, Jones and Gas
ton streets. These streets were only
partially cleared, and the work
will be completed to-day. On ac-
count Of the darkness little work could
be done in the way Of cutting
away trees last night, but the scavenger
wagons were kept at work hauling away
the debris until a late hour. The side
walks were also cleared north Of CASTOR
street
Commissioner Willink said at midnight
that 1t would require a large force OF
hands at work for several days TO clean
up the city. The squares are in bad con-
dtion In clearing up the wreck the et-
fort Will be made to save as many trees
as possible. Many Of those which are up-
rooted can be set back in place.
one thing is certain. and that is that
there is unlimited employment in Savan-
nah for a time for timers, and a great
deal of work for carpenters, brick layers
and common laborers. The damage
would have been much greater had there
been a heavy rainfall during the after
noon. Stores and residences would have
been flooded, and the damage to the con-
tents Of the injured buildings would prob
ably have equalled that TO the
buildings themselves. Fortunately
the rainfall was not very
heavy and ceased entirely within an hour
after the StOfm nbQ passed.
Some few business men had storm in
surance but the vast majority of the
losses are net.
A noticeable feature Of the damage to
the trees is that more trees are broken
off than are uprooted. This Is due to the
fact that the long drought had hardened
the earth, thus holding the trees firmly
by the roots. the small amount Of ram
which had fallen not being sufficient to
soften the earth