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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-12
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Hogs-Receipts, 1900: shipments. 700. The
supply was fairly liberal for Monday. The
market opened lower. generally &c on light.
There were no heavyweight hogs on sale:
had there been they possibly would have sold
TIC lower than on Saturday. Packers and
shippers bought ALL All were sold in good
season at the decline.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-12
BOARD SEEMS TO NE .woRKED.~
Street-Sprinklfng Contracts Let On
single Bids at High Figures.

Yesterday the Board OF Works went
through the form of receiving bids for
sprinkling certain streets which were not in
Guided in the specifications when drawn up
early in the spring. There was just one
bid for the streets In each district and that
was from the contractor who Is now sprink-
ling the district The contracts were all
let on these single bids. which were as fol-
lows. the price named being for each l0.eo0
square feet from to-day until Nov. i:
District No. 1, Theodore Brown & CO.. 80,
No. 4, Fuehring Brothers. 81 and s51. no.
z. Fuehring Brothers. So: No. s. Henry +.
No. 10, Henry T. Noting. So: No. ii. Henry
I. Noting, SIS: No. Is, City Sprinkling Com
pany, $3.50; No. IL, City Sprinkling Com
pany $3.50; No. IS City Sprinkling Com
pany, $40; No. q, John r. Remington =
Bro, $50.
1t may be difficult for the people to under
stand why Fuehring Brothers can sprinkle
some streets In No. for so and demand
$50 for other streets. Clerk Parker. OF the
Board Of Works says he thinks there II
no "gouge" in the AFFAIR, although ne says
some OF the bids higher than is being
paid for the rest OF the district IL has been
suggested that this matter could be simpl-
fed and the suspicion OF being worked"
be avoided by the Board OF Works IL the
specifications on which bids were received
should call for sprinkling all the streets
named within a certain district, and such
other streets as the board might later deter
mine should be sprinkled.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-12
Oils.

NEW YORK, May 1L-Pig iron quiet;
Southern Scotch, slO.75@13; Northern Amer
lean. Noq1S.5O. Copper steady; brokers'.
brokers', &c: exchange, 3.05c. Tin steady;
straits, 13.35GI1345c. Plates steady. Speiter
quiet; domestic, 4.05Q4l0c.
ST. LOUIS. May n.-Lead easier; fifteen
cars for May selling at 2.77lsc. Spelter held
at 3.9Qc.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
THE LABOR WORLD
chief interest centered in the sports

and speeches. >>.>' :.
The committe on sports had
gotten up what proved to be an ex-
citing program. The winners in
the events were as follows:
100 yard dash, open to all-Percy
Lockhart l; r. Brown 2; ]. Michaud3
100 yard dash, union men only
John Sunneberg, 1; P. Lockhart, 2;
r. Haire, g.
Boys race-William Bennett, i;
John Morley,2; Edward Carson, 3.
Smoking race--John Sunneberg,1;
P. Lockhart, 2; J. Michaud, 3.
Delegates race, 100 yards-Robert
Hare, 1; T. Timlin, 2; Henry Dwor-
setback, 3.
Fat mems race, 100 yards-Frank
Schultz, l; Lou Rutter, 2; Van
Burgess, 3.
Ladies' throwing match-Mrs.
Clark, 1; Mrs. Habberstead, 2; Mrs.
Hadlock, 3.
Married ladies' race-Mrs. Morp,
1; Mrs. Rankin, 2; Mrs. Sullivan, 3.
Young ladies' race, over II years
Fannie Burger 1; Miss Nellls, =;
Miss Christopher, 3.
L uIcc-lcRRcO 1dCC, 1OO al 40
LOckhart and Michaud.
Girls race, under II years of age
Miss Reed, 1; Miss La Ve1le, Z;
Miss Sampson, 3.
Running broad Jump. Lock
hart, IS feet; James Brown, II feet:
p1 Pntting 20 II +as pound ;n shef-' NJ
O'Donnell, SO feet, inch.
In the selection of the speakers
stand the committee on arrange
ments were unfortunate, as the
orators had to talk against the
wind, and consequently many
people could not get near enough
to hear with any degree of satis-
faction.
Alfred McCallum presided and
made the opening address. He
spoke of what organized labor had
done and eloquently set forth it's
purposes and it's influences in the
development of national life. His
remarks were heartily applauded.
Congressman Towne was the
orator of the day. He eschewed
politics and in mastery manner
discussed the relation of labor to
capital, production, citizenship and
the maintenance of free insti-
tutiOns.
Cali over this grand republic"
said Mr.. Towne, tabor is meeting
today to commemorate the dignity
of labor. When we think of it, it is
one of the most m0mentous and
interesting things in history. X
It is matter of history that there
always has been point at which
despOtism has had to pause, and
that point has always been the
nQint of endurance which the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12
Labor's Great Day.


successful celebration of Labor
Day than occurred Monday. The
weather was fine, the displays
unique, the uniforms handsome
the sports lively, the speeches in
structive, the crowds that viewed
the parade the most massive ever
seen on our streets, and the attend
ance at the island all the most san
guine members of organized labor
could desire.
The parade was formed as
promptly on time as possible con-
sidering the difficulty of MARSHALL
ing such vast army. Its extent
including the advertising floats
that brought up the rear, exceeded
two and one-half miles. The ad-
vance guard had reached the depot
and disbanded before the floats
that brought up the rear were all
in motion. The line of march was
from Fourth avenue west on First
street to Third avenue east, thence
to Superior street, thence west to
Tenth avenue west, thence counter
march on Superior street to Fifth
avenue west, thence to Union depot.
The number in line has been
variously estimated at from 1000 to
1000 or 5000, though conservative
estimates place the number be-
tween 5000 and 1000. The West
Duluth saw mill workers had the
largest turnout, having in line at
least 800 men. About twenty
organizations participated and the
number of striking appearances has
never been equalled in Duluth.
One of the most interesting features
was the appearance in carriages of
the laundry girls and waiter girls,
which, while not the first appear
ance of union women in Duluth
labor day parades, was the first
public appearance here of any
considerable number of women
trade unionists.
The floats we're many and unique,
comprising at least a third of the
procession's length.
The railroad displayed in marked
contrast to occurrences within the
memory of Duluth labor day COM
mittees, commendable promptness
in handling the passenger traffic.
Four trains carried from $500 to
5000 people to the picnic grounds
on the island at Fond du Lac. The
first three trains each contained
II crowded coaches, and the last
iowa rds the euenin or WAS nafr0nized
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-09-12

govern them is the foundation of
Civil government. Xxx X The ex-
preston Labor Day is suggestive
of class, but it has a broader and
higher meaning. Labor claims to
be received as a principle as well
as class, and claims an interest
in common, and is becoming more
inclusive, in the welfare of the
whole body Of the citizens, All
progress depends on labor for it's
advancement in the broadcast
sense. The labor movement, so
called, is perfectly natural. It is
in the direction of acquiring just
measure to those on whom the
burden of production rests. 1t
matters not in what way we may
labor, all who are busy with the
hand or with the brain contribute
directly or indirectly to the great
scheme of production.
ut used to be question of ethics
and law whether labor had the ght
to organize, but the question was
settled long ago, that it had the
right, and the law now recognizes
it. I can say without attempt to
flatter anyone that the laborlng
class Of the United States is among
the most law abiding and patriotic
people under the flag of the repub-
lic.. The interests of the labOring
men are precisely the same as the
interests of every other citizen of
the country"
On the whole the day was an en-
inent success in every particular.
The Trades Assent bly, is ahead tin-
ancially a good round sum for
future expenses, and organized
labor has been drawn closer to-
gether in acquaintance and SYM
pathy such as come only from
participation in celebrations OF
common interest.
The dancing pavilion was gener-
ously patronized by the folks young
enough to trip the "light fantastic,''
and during the whole proceedings
there was not a jar to mar the mer-
riment of the participants.
The prize for "uniquity" certainly
belonged to the laundry workers,
who displayed the dress shirt of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS genius. whose
patronage would be worth fortune
to the laundry that could contract
his work by the square yard. 1t was
II feet high, contained % yards OF
wide cloth. In lieu of diamond
studs the immaculate bosom was
adorned with sunfl0wers.
The base ball game between the
plumbers and printers was won by
the former. Score, 6 to 4.
There were thirty-seven unions IN
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
Speech to the Laborins Men.

At the railway station, in Canton. on July 22d. as MT. Mckinley was about to take the train for Cleveland, an as- semblage of wOrkingmen called for a speech. In response Mr. Mckinley re ferred to the object of his visit to Ali ance and said:
 All of us are interested in the well fare of our country, because in the well fare of our country is involved the indi- vidual welfare of every citizen. If our great country is prosperous, then the peo- pie are prosperous. What we all want no matter to what political organization we may have belonged in the past-is & return to the good times of years ago. and when we have them we want them to be paid in good money. Applause and cries of You are right.7J Whether our prices be high or whether they be low, whether our wages be good or whether they be bad, they are all the cents each. Tremendous cheering.l If we have good wages they are better by being paid in gold dollars. If we have poor wages, they are made poorer by be- being paid in gold dollars. If we have low citizens, what we want more than anything else is to keep our money equal to that of the most enlightened nations of the earth and maintain the credit and honor of the government of the United States. [Great applause.l We are the in our freedom, greatest in our possibili- ties, greatest in our opportunities, and we are too great to taint our country'S honor or to cast suspicion upon the credit or obligations of our government. lAp- plause.
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markets to commodities from abroad which we should produce at home, while closing foreign markets against our prod ucts, and which, at the same time, stead- fly augments the public debt, increasing the public burdens, while diminishing the ability of the people to meet them, is a policy which must find its chief popu- larity elsewhere than among American citizens.
 I shall take an early opportunity, gen. tlemen of the committee, through you, to communicate to my fellow citizens with somewhat more of detail my views concerning the dominant questions of the hour and the crisis which confronts us as a nation.
 With this brief expression of my ap- preciation of the distinguished honor that has been bestowed upon me, and this signification of my acceptance of the trust to which I have been summoned, 1 place myself at the service of the Re publican party and of the country.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
WORDS OF LIVING TRUTH,
Patriotic Wisdom Culled from Mir, Mckinley's Speeches Upon
 Questions of the Day.

The American people hold the financial honor Of our government as sacred as our flag, and can be relied upon to guard it with the same sleepless vigilance.
 Not content with the inauguration of the ruinous policy. which has brought down the wages of the labOrer and the price of farm products, its advocates now offer a new policy which will diminish the value of the money in which wages and prices are paid.
 Our trouble is not with the characte of the money that we have, but with inc threat to debase it. We have the same currency that we had in 1892, good the world over, and unquestioned by % any people. Then, too, we had unexampled credit and prosperity.
 The platform adopted by the Repub- lican National Convention has received my careful consideration, and has my un- qualified approval. It is matter of be be to you and Republicans M s%ne !, eVeps. mpy. where and to all our people, that the ex- pressions of it's declaration of principles are so direct, clear and emphatic, They are too plain and positive to leave any chance for doubt or question as to their purport and meaning.
 The employment of the idle money we already have, in gainful pursuits, will put every idle man in the country at work, and when there is work there is wages, and when there are work and wages there are consumers who consti- tute the best market for the products of our soil.
 The money of the United States, and every kind and form of it, whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world. It must moi only be current at its full face value at home, but it must be counted at nar in any and every commercial center of the globe.
 What we want is a sound policy, fnan- cial and industrial, which will give cour.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
How the old Thing werks.

city handed 8 bullion dealer who hap pened to be in his shop on Saturday a Mexican silver dollar, and asked him what he would give him for it. He re- piled that the bullion value was B cents> and that he would take the dollar from him at that price, to which the barber re- piled: "You can have it. l gave my customer haircut, shampoo and shave. equal to T5 cents; he handed me this dollar; l gave him quarter changes so am out 41 cents on the transaction" The bullion dealer answered: That is just what will happen every day if we go on silver bssis." The shop was full of people, wao all loudly declared that they would vote for Mckinley and sound money.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
A SILVER CATECHISM.

The Detroit Free Press publishes the following: In mysjudgment an association of men eminent in business and otherwise should be formed in this city without delay, whose duty it should be to write or procure to be written, a large number of tracts treating solely the question Of sound money, to contain not more than 1000 words each. and to be printed in large type and upon good paper. These should be distributed, or be ready for distribution by the middle of August and copies should be placed in the hands of every wage-earner and farmer in the state of Michigan.
 They would best subserve the purpose if drawn up in the form of catechismS of which l append a specimen:
 Q.-What is the fundamental conten- ton of the free-coinage ad rocates?
 A.-That the amount of money in cir- demonetizatiOn of silver, ani that this decrease has caused a general fall in prices.
 Q.-Is it true that the money supply has been decreasing?
 Alt is not.
 Q.-What are the facts?
 As far as the United States is con- cerned there has beep an enormous in- crease. In 1860 the money in circula- in 1872 it was S73S, ,3O9, 9,549: by the treasury bulletin at the beginning of the present month of July it was $l, 5O9, 725,- 200.
 Q.-What does this showa
 Alt shows that our money supply has increased 24O per cent. as compared with 1860, and 104 per cent. as com pared with 1872.
 Q.-Has the money supply increased faster than the population?
 Avery much faster.
 Q.-How do you prove this?
 A.-By dividing the total money in circulation at each date by the total population of the country at the same date, and thus finding the circulation per capita.
 Q.-What does such process show2
 A.-The per capita circulation of the United States on July 1, 1860, was $14.O6; on July 1, 1872, it was $1S.7O; at the beginning of July in 1906 it was $21.15.
 Q.-But has not the money supply of the world at large been decreasing?
 A.--On the contrarys it has been in creasing rapidly.
 Q.-How is this proved? A.-By the statistics of new gold pro- duction.
 Q.--How large has this production been?
 Al ne reports or tne u1rect0F or the mint, which are acknowledged authority, show that from 1873 to 1894, inclusive, the worlds total new gold production has been $2,526 S34, 300.
 Q.-ls this new product of gold in- creasing or decreasing?
 Alt is increasing with enormous ra- pidity.
 Q.-Give the figures.
 An 1873 the worlds gold produc- ton was S96, ,2OO,0 900; in 1880 it was S1O6, 6,436,SOO. In the year 1890 it was S11S,S49,00O. In 1894 it was $1SO,626.- 100. For 1895 the exact total is not yet compiled, but is closely estimated at $199 100000.
 Q.-What does this mean?
 Alt means that the amount of gold annually added to the worlds money supply has more than doubled in the last twenty-three years.
 Q.-But has not the issue of silver with full coinage privileges cut down the total annual addition to the worlds me tallic money supply?
 Alt has not.
 Q.-Why?
 An 1873 the worlds gold produe- tion was $96. 6.2OO. 900: its silver produc- ton, $S1, ,S0O,O0O; total, $1TS,OOO. 900. Last year the production of gold alone was $199, 100000.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
Mexico's Burden of Free Silver.

Michigan Iron Ore: The Detroit Trib- une has 2. staff correspondent in Mexico. try as being half beggars. and the bal ancc doing poorly. He says everything is impoverished, and that the tales being told of the success of that country are lies, pure. cold and simple. And the cor respondent is right, and truly describes the condition. The reason that we re- fer to this is that certain free silver champions delight in calling attention to the wonderful strides being made by Mexico under the B to l plan.
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age and confidence to all, fer when that is done the money now unemployed, because of fear for the future and lack of confidence iB investment, will quickly appear in the channels of trade.
 Our creed embraces an honest dol- lar, an untarnished national credit, ade- quate revenues for the uses of the gov- ernment, protection to labor and indus try, preservation of the home market, and reciprocity which will extend our foreign markets.
 Recent events have imposed upon the patriotic people of this country a re- sponsibiIity and duty greater than any since the Civil War. Then it was a struggle to preserve the government of the United States; now it is q struggle to preserve the financial honor of the government of the United States. Then it was q contest to save the Union; now it is contest to save spOtless it's credit. Then section was arrayed against sec- ton; now men of all sections can unite, and will unite, to rebuke the repudiation of our obligations and the debasement of our currency.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
Matter of Pensions.

The veterans of the Union army de- serve and should receive fair treatment and generous recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given the pref 'srence in the matter of employment, and
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13

The American people hold the financial honor of our government as sacred as our flag, and can be relied upon to guard if with the same sleepless vigilance.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13
ing power to the dollar paid to any gov

ing power to the dollar paid to any gov ernment creditor.
 The contest this year will not be waged upon lines of theory and specula- ton, but in the light of severe practical experience and new and dearly ac- quired knowledge. The great body of our citizens know what they want, and that they intend to have. They know for what the Republican party stands, and what it's return to power means to them. They realize that the Republican party believes that our work should be done at home, and not abroad, and ev- anywhere proclaim their devotion to the principles of protective tariff, which, while supplying adequate revenues for the government, will restore American production and serve the best interests of Amegican labor and development.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13


 The Republican party is unreservedly for sound money. It caused the enact ment of the law providing for the re- sumption of specie payment in 1S79,t since then every dollar has been as good as gold.
 We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our cur. rency or impair the credit of our coun- try. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver. except by interna- tional agreement with the leading com nerical nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the cx isting gold standard must be preserved, All our silver and paper currency must be maintained at parity with gold, and we favor all measures designed to main tain invoilably the obligations of the Unit. ed States, and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened na- tions of the earth,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13

Such are the principles and policies of the Republican party. By these principles we will abide and these policies we will put into execution. We ask for them the considerate judgment of the Ameri- can people. Confident alike in the his- tory of our great party and in the jus tice of our cause, we present our plat form and our candidates in the full as- surance that the election will bring vic tory to the Republican party and pros- perity to the people of the United States
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-08-13

earth. A' VI tue
 The question admits of no comprom;sa It IS vital principle at stake. but it. is III no sense partisan or sectional, It con cerns all people. Ours, as one of tha foremost nations, must have n monetary standard equal to the best. It is of vital consequence that this question should be settled now in such way as to restore public confidence here and everywhere in the integrity of our purpose. A doubt of that integrity among the other great commercial countries of the world will not only cost us millions of money, but that which, as patriots, we should treas ure still more higEly-our industrial and commercial supremacy.
 My estimate of the value of nro- tective policy has been formed by tbe study of the object lesson of n great in- dustrial state extending over n period Inf thirty years. It is that protection not only builds up important industries from small beginnings, but that those and all other industries flourish or lanpuish in proportion as protection is maintained or withdrawn. l have seen it indisnuta blv proved that the prosperity of the farmer merchant, and all other classes of off, zens, goes hand in hand with that of the manufacturer and mechanic, am firmly persuaded that what we need most of all to remove the business paralysis that aftlicts this country is the restora. tion of policy which, while affordine ample revenue to meet the expense of the government, will reopen American workshops on full time and full-handed. with their operatives paid good wages in honest dollars. And this can only come under tariff which will hold the interests or our own people paramount in our political and coninercial systenA.
 The opposite policy, which discouragcs American enterprises, reduces American labor to idleness, diminishes the earn ings of American workingmen. opens our