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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
County of Providence, SIS.
!, George w. Newell, Cashier OF the above
statement Is true to the best of my knowl.
edge and belief.
GEORGE w. NEWELL, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
231 day of December, 1896.
CHARLES III. NEWELL, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest.
STEPHEN A. JENKS,)
HEZEkiAH CONA>T, Directors
EDWARD A. GREENE
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-28

The games this week in the National
Polo League are as follows:
Monday-Fall River at Providence, New
Bedford at Salem.
Tue e,day-Pawtucket at New Bedford.
ednesday-Providence at Pawtucket
Salem at Fall River.
Thursday-Providenc at New Bedford,
Fall River at Salem.
Friday-Pawtucket at Fall River.
Saturday-New Bedford at Providence,
Salem at Pawtucket.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-01
THE REASON WHY
The American Dollar Il Worth Two
Mexican Dollars.

The American Dollar Il Worth Two
Mexican Dollars.
So many references have been made
to the difference between the purchas-
ing power Of the present American
standard silver dollar. the product Of
limited coinage and the parity law. and
the Mexican dollar, that what viii Ger.
tainly be accepted a. an authentic opin.
ion win be useful to the people.
In The North American Review for
June, 1895. the Mexican minister, Senior
Romero, writes as follows:
"It is rather puzzling and bewilder.
ing to some travellers who 60 from this
country to Mexico to see that Q United
States silver dollar, containing lees
silver bullion than . Mexican silver
dollar. was exchanged there for two
Mexican silver dollars. when pure silver
was at about 80 cents an ounce. But In
such an exchange the Mexican silver
dollar 10 sold for the price Of the bullion
IL contains, while the United States
silver dollar 10 the representative Of q
gold dollar and 10, therefore, merchan.
disc disc bought TO pay debts in the United
The United States silver dollar IL the
representative Of . gold dollar and has
the purchaGng power Of . gold dollar By
reason Of the credit Of the government
which adds TO the value OF the silver
bullion conventional value, raising 50
cents to 100 cents. This u possible only
under limited coinage of silver. II We
10 TO the silver Standard our silver dol.
lar. like that Of MEXICO, win ceai,e 70 Be
the representative Of gold dollar and
viii bay no more propogtioually than
the value OF the oliver bulliop & con-
tains- That 4. IN Hsxioo itself. where
u now commands twp dnllaEs' worth Of
cammodities, y will be worth lss than
~ 4sxican Silver dollar. althoueh tWo
1eHican dollars aRs given toe Is II -
change - tbe pgQeept time.
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A HEAVY LOSS.
How Il Was Sustained on . Life Insur-

How Il Was Sustained on . Life Insur.
snce Policy.
On the 18th day Of December, 1889,
Mr.. Luigi M. de JEST, civil engineer,
residing in the City Of Mexico. took out
q policy for $4,000 on his life in an
American life insurance company. hav.
ing its headquarters in New York city.
Il was proposed to him at the time by
the company either that the policy be
issued with the premiums payable in
United States currency, in which case
the $4,000 would be payable in the
same currency, or that he have it issued
payable in Mexican money, the pre-.
miums also being payable in Mexican
money. As Mexican silver dollar was
at that time worth SO cents in American
currency. and as he was living and do
ing business in Mexico. he. chose the lat.
ter course.
Mr.. De JEST died March ,6, 1895, and
the claim was paid by the life insurance
company, as it agreed to do, in 10000
Mexican dollars. The widow in the
meantime had removed to her former
home in Pittsburg, Pa, where she now
lives. To use the money she was obliged
to convert it into United States currency.
She did 40 and received exactly $5,847..
60 for her $4,000. The pursuance by
Mexico Of its free silver policy has re-
suited in the steady decline Of their
dollar in value, and instead Of receiving
even $500, which she would have done
had her husband died the first year, she
received but $5,Y47.6O.
Every dollar paid by her husband on
this policy was intrinsically worth more
than had he paid American silver dol.
lars, as the Mexican silver dollar con-
tains 417H grains Of silver with
Q fineness Of 972 while the American
dollar contains but 4121s grains with
fineness Of 900. The explanation Of this
widows loss lies in the fact that the
American silver dollar was backed up
by the custom and established policy OF
the government to keep all Of it's dollars
equal in value to gold dollars, whereas
the government Of Mexico is committed
to the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver as it is proposed to commit this
country. Should this government adopt
this Mexican basis Of currency, what
guarantee have the holders of policies
in American life insurance companies
that their policies will not depreciate
and be paid at b8 cents on the dollar a.
this was?
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WHY NEcessARYi

The Payment Of Gold Rather Than sil-
ver by the Government.
Advocates Of 58-cent dollars object
strenuously to payment by the govern
ment of the United States Of gold in dis.
charge Of its honest obligations, but
they did not offer the slightest objeo.
tion to payment Of gold by the United
States for silver bought from silver mine
owners.
Under the act Of 1890. during the II
months beginning May 81, 1899. and end.
ing May /, 1893, the coin treasury notes
issued for the purchase of silver bullion
amounted to $49, ,S8I 1874. and during the
same period the amount of those notes
paid in gold was S4T,745, t7S. It thus
appears that all silver bullion purchased
during that time, except t2,2l6,O11
worth, was paid for in gold, "while the
bullion itself is stored in the vaults Of
the treasury and can neither be sold nor
used for the payment Of any kind Of OBJ.
legation" So wrote Secretary Carlisle.
OF course free silver advocates will
say that those notes need not have been
redeemed in gold. II they had not been
the parity with gold would not have
been maintained, and the silver dollars
would have been worth exactly their
market value in silver. At the price to
which silver declined in August. 1898,
the loss was to the United States Si34,.
857. 900.
Should Mr.. Bryan become President
no gold would remain in the treasury to
redeem United States notes based ON
the purchase Of silver. Those notes
would depreciate from their present
value Of 100 cents to the dollar to the
then value Of the silver bullion repre-
sented BY them. the price to be fixed
daily by Lond0n.-Ohicago Times Her
aid.
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A A1arket, Not |. Mine.

To-
"You can not help the farmer by more
coinage Of silver. He can only be help.
ed by more consumers Of his products.
You can not help him by free trade. but
~ have shown, he can be hurt. and
seriously hurt. by the free introduction
Of competing products into this county.
Better thousand times enlarge the
markets for American products than to
enlarge the mints for the silver product
Of the world. Tremendous cheering
and cries Of "You are rightly You
might just - well understand now that
You can not add value to anything BY
diminishing the measure Of the value
with which the thing Il sold OF exchang-
I'd. II you can increase the value ~
lowering the measure Of value. and you
want 70 beneflt the farmer. then MAKE
the bushel smaller. the pound lighter,
and declare . legal dosen less than IL.
fGreat laughtsr.] The home market 4
the best friend Of the farmer. II u his
best market. II d his only reliable
market. IL u his own natural maskstA
He should b. protscted In IL enjoymant'
~ wise tariff legislation. and this home
market should not b permitted 70 -
dsstscysd by lsasening the danand Ia
Amssinaa lahos and diminishine ~
~ of American woftmsn snd thesoh,
dinlnishine the dszsnd to- aGSioEt
tlsNl wodu0ts." (Applauss. l-WilHon
lnKanleg's addseas 70 fasnneEs.
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Average
49, -

With this decrease of two-thirds in
the transportation rates wheat has only
declined one-half in price, while many
other commodities used by the laboring
man have fallen in about the same
show, therefore, that what Bryan mis-.
represented as an injury to the farmers
has in fact been to their benefit. AL.
though the fall in prices Of commodities
has been great :the fall in the cost Of
transportation has been greater. Capi.
talists have been the only sufferers, and
the dividends paid on the total railroad
capital Of the United States, stock that
aggregates more than five billions, has
fallen to only one and one half per cent.
The complete reversal Of Mr.. Bryan's
argument is the usual fate that befalls
that worthy when he so forgets his role
as to attempt to deal in facts. Chicago
Tribune.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-01
CoNrIDEMCE u NEEDED.

Osnslsmsn, oonndsaes lies at the foun.
dasion Of every sotive asd suocsssful
businsss operation. We ess nes restore
sosadssss b. proposition 70 dshass
The currency - ths Osvsrnnsss a.A
ssais devn publis ead privass ehligs-
saens. sush . pespesitiss strikes q ths
vssy liss - credit asA business. n nakes
u Aarass - - asssy ~ legltiaats
sd vsrshy sstespsisss ~ aslibsssasay
pssSseang y ~ bssA vAas has alrsaAy
bssa ssssevsA b . AsDvssaassa sssssa-
W.-Qsvsssss asIiaseg - BseaVsssais
weehisgnsa.
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NOT A Bit OF IT.
A Prominent Farmer Who Was
Reported For Free Silver.
HAs SOMETHING TO SAY OF IT.

my Conviotions Are Clear and Positive
That Free and Unlimitsd Coiusgs Of
Silver 1t the Ratie Of 10 to I, - Ad-
vocatsd By Bryan Democracy, Would
BE DISASTROUS to the Best Interests Of
This Country" Says Mr. Smith.
The free silverites have q habit Of
telling how certain farmers, known as
Republicans, are now advoovting the
free coinage heresy. In nearly all in.
stances these reports turn out to be
false, as in the case of Hon. T. r.
Smith. the well known Delaware coun.
ty farmer, who has been prominent a.
q worker in the Grange Of Ohio. Mr..
Smith promptly sets the matter right by
having published in the Delaware
Gazette the following communication
over his signature:
under-scrupulous persons are circulat.
ing the story that I am free silver
man, allow me to say that my convic-
tions are clear and positive that free
and unlimited coinage Of silver at the
ratio Of l6 to as advocated by Bryan
Democracy would be disastrous to the
best interests of this country. A dou.
BILE standard has been tried again and
again and always with the same result,
viz. one metal circulates and the other
goes into hiding Either gold or silver
must be our redemption money and the
other must be subsidiary.
Our present standard is gold, and has
been since 1858. when the Democrats
demonetized silver. All our business is
adjusted to this standard and will move
smoothly ON and our own business in.
terests will improve if we let our stand.
ard alone but if we insist on trying ex.
periments and changing the standard,
we unsettle all business and must re-
main in q state Of turmoil, doubt and
depression until our business interests
become adjusted to the new standard.
ut seems very clear to me that free
and unlimited coinage would lessen
rather than increase the volume Of
money in circulation. Such q revision
Of the tariff as would give us sufficient
revenues with protection to American
products and American muscle, with
liberal reciprocity treaties. would "drive
these dark clouds from the sky" and
start the wheels in our mills. the pick in
our mines, the plows on our farms and
our ships on all seas. Such q happy
condition Of affairs is possible under
Mckinley and Republican congress;
impossible under Bryan and q Demo.
cratic congress; therefore I shall vote
for Mckinley and Hobart, and the
whole Republican ticket and advise all
my friends to do the same"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-01

Sooe - Wnoe labor Woooo naehop 3ho0
. new Dsllas nm.
The notable thing about Mr.. McKin.
1ey's front poech campaign d ths prss.
ponderance Of the ''Creditor olasses'' ID
The delegations that visit him from day
10 day. Who are these creditor claseeSf
Certainly not the bondholders, bankers,
brokers or corporation monopolists, who
corner the gold In the marietta of tho
world. No delegations Of bankers have
called upon Mr.. Mckinley g Canton.
No goldbug octopus has been summing
his greedy tentacles on Mr.. Mckinley
front porch.
The delegations that have been "a.
dressed by the Ohio protectionist thus
far are composed Of laboring men from
the shops, the factory, the railway and
the farm. These are the 'screditor
Glasses To these men the owners Of
factories and railways are debtors from
week to week. Their interest in the
maintenance Of an honest and stable
monetary system and In the restoration
OF the American policy Of protection Il
greater than that Of the millionaire and
banker. That the crowds Of people who
visit Major Mckinley are largely made
uP VI tnAs CAaSs OI 'CE0OuGOEb - 818nlu-
cant.
To q delegation Of mill operatives
from Pittsburg Major Mckinley said:
There are two things which deeply and per.
sonally interest the workingmen. They are,
work and wages. They want steady work at
good wages They are not satisfied with n.
regular work 1T inadequate wages. They
want the American standard spilled TO both.
With steady work, they want to be paid in
sound money. They do not want to lose any
part Of their hard earnings through poor dol.
lars, and they don't want to be paid In dollars
whose value can only be ascertained by the
daily market reports. Whatever wsrk they
now have 10 paid for in good money, and there
fore NO complaint is made on that score. They
are satisfied with the money, but they are NOT
satished either with the scant work or the re-
duced wages. They are satisfied with the
present dollar bill, but they arc not satisfied
with the present tariff bill.
Under the present standard for meas
uring the value of labor the dollar bill Il
all right. The workingman knows IL is
worth 100 cents in any market in. the
world. He Is not anxious to have Il
changed, but he wants more of them
than he has been in the habit of hand.
ling in the last three years. He can not
get them through the mints. He can
not possess them if he IL denied the op-
portunity to earn them by honest labor.
Mr.. Bryan has not yet shown in any Of
his speeches how the free coinage 18 to
dollars can get into the hands Of labor
through the mints. The burden Of
proof is upon Mr.. Bryan.
The laboring men want new tariff
bill ; the dollar bill is all right. Chicago
Times. Herald,
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yive vasss worthy Of Dsily se.Ay.

1ave 1sess worthy Of Daily 0tuAy.
First-Thera 10 not o free coinage
country in the world today that 10 mot
ON silver basis.
Second-There is not gold standard
country In the world today that does
mot use silver - money along with gold
Third-There 10 not . silver standard
conntsy In the world today that uses
any sold - money along with oliver.
Fourth There q not oliver standard
coqntry in the world today that he's
more than one-third - much money In
circulation PER capita - the United
6eates hsye Sand ~
yilth-Theee h not . diver standard
couptsy In the world today whseo the
lao@ins nan seesivss faiS pey foe ~
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marched around che convention halls,
hurting cries of derision ct that, the
symbol Of our Savior's death and the
symbol which is the Catholics hope and
70 which his eyes turn In love and
alteration. How Catholic can support
. man who countenances scofhng at the
cross. I can't understand, and I don't
believe they Will.n
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-01
WANTED-cONFIDENcE.
Mr. Mccormick Knows What Bryan's
Election Would Mean.

Mr.. MoCormiok Knows what Bry.n,.
Election wou,d M..n.
ovrus n McCorm;ck ba. c.I,ed ~, -.
f, soo So. - ~ ~ III IA I. nas oaieu oa :ne
''ooo aeen.s VI inc harvester macnine
company ior inrormation as to the po.
itical outlook in the districts which
they cover. His reason for doing this Is
Is follows:
We have never before been 40 At a ,os. to Law
out our plans and work for the next season ~
we are at this time. If we Thought the ooun.
try would 60 for unlimited coinage Of silver
We should not wish to run our shops for more
snan one naiI sneir capacity. we 90 not know
% sdv.mcs ucse th WAY 70 s senso.e @ ,ntofmss0n ~ sn
agents for their honest @ exnrsssions a Tmv ~ o wv
Thoro are thor.erd. ~ oth. -
factnrers ~ vhn = sra IN the " ss,ma "yme, r-ad;ao r
ment that M Mcf.orm;ch ;s .mw -
them % sra s.E narocrsts M 90 ha t ;s hrt ~ ~ ~
then, % Sae, sat;sfoS = ae 5s, ns ~. .hs ~ .Sa ~
% siect;on MO ~ Rrvan The % nsn;c % % wh;ch ' Iii .TS
Soiiow and ths sirmn % ~ V tha .;S.a. Mr 1t.rS WI
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NJ 10 DEAD wRoNo.


treight Dates Upon the nailfesds AevO
0reatly DsellneA.
Mr.. Bryan's statement In Madison
Square garden that the rates Of trans
portation on the railroads since 1879 had
not declined ~ much q the value Of the
products they carry has evoked another
convincing denial from Mr.. Henry w.
Poor, the widely known statistician. In
proof Of Mr.. Bryan's gross inaccuracy
Mr.. Poor submits tabulation Of the
pertinent figures taken from official
sources showing that in the time refer.
red to the tonnage handled by the rail-.
roads Of the country has increased more
than fourfold, while the rate per ton
per mile for that service now is only
about one-third the rate Of 1873. The
table follows:
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We can not inspire confidence By I'D
vooating repudistion OF prsetioins dis
honesty. We can not restore connhsnos,
either to the treasury or to the people,
without . change in our present tariff
lsgislation.-- MKINLEY.
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SILVER CALENDAR.

~ra-. A. :. :.
s"s Ass"ius Nssions OF sne WorAo
Did.
The following financial oalandar ~
shn .I -x,-s - =
s-o pHso 4uaEcoE y. |" century SHOWS
Wnat Cne leaoing nacions OF the world
have done with silver durinr that reriod :,
1871. oerm.nv .aontsd . .o,d,...,s..s
ia7a Heie,rrr s,,sr"..a.s .."~%
Coinage ''"nuA1u 'uv'l
1ca HoiIarS sr-r.,a.a .u.
is7s Denmart % sdonted . sesSl so,S .esnd..S SU%S
is1a Ge-ra.r- S.Sr.. p ~ . sSAI .ssus
isR Norwsy .dontsd ! .'O,d IN . .t.,aS.d .1A
ls7a swsdsn sdontsd : .C,S .t.rS..S
ie7H TTritsd steta. s,,srs.SsS s.I s."S sos. !,
silver doilsrs. -
1874 Tha atir TI,;c,, u,,,..a ...,. .,,.
coinage. ''''. '-'''
1875 Suspension Of silver coinage in Italy.
1875. Switzerland declined to ooin her quota
49,. Of silver under Lstin Union.
1910 suspension o. SILVER coinage on account
,s7a Frsnos asUn smsromdnd Coron,ss -. ,,,,. :. .
is77 F;nisnd sdontsd ths ooId stsrd"rd =, ivol
1873 Spain suspendsd tie ires ooinses ~
silver. -
1879 Latin Union suspended coinage Of silver
900 except subsidiary coins.
1910 onateo stetes resumed coinage Of she
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Cheap Money Very Dear.

In his speech to the delegation OF col.
ored citizens from Cleveland, Major Mo.
Kinley uttered another Of those pithy,
pointed and briefly put truths for which
he 10 fast becoming famous when he
said:
I'VE have . great country, and we
must keepitso. We want neither cheap
money nor cheap labor. Nothing can
be cheap that injures our laboring peo-
pls."
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When We part with our labor, ear
products, or our property. vs should re-
osivs In return money which is - stable
and unchasging In value ~ the ingsnui-
" Of honest men can make it.-wILLIAM
KKINLEY.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-08-19
A CRUSHED APPLE BLOSSOM.

Let me tell you story about little
girl and an apple blossom.
This little Helen had always been
very fond OF flowers. She would
water plant; and help them all she
could, and if she loved anybody
dearly, she always wanted to give them
flowers. She liked to wear flowers
pinned on her dress, but as soon as
they commenced to droop she put
them in water, and they always fresh
ened for her. Then she changed the
water every day, and really believe,
I never knew flowers to keep fresh SO
long for anyone as they did for Helen.
One day she came in from school
with tears in her eyes, and her voice
trembled as she held up spray of ap-
pie blossoms and said :"Why, mamma,
somebody threw them down and they
have been stepped on"
Mamma said it was too bad that peo-
pie are so careless.
Helen said: "Oh, any one who
would step on flower is not kind.
But mamma told her again that she
thought they were careless, but she
hoped her little children would al
ways be thoughtful and treat flowers
carefully. then others who loved flow
ers as dearly as Helen dId, would not
be made to feel so sad.
Helen patted the flower and put it
in water, and it really frightened up,
and seemed to be trying to fill the
room with it's sweet odor, to show
Helen it was thankful for her care. =
San Francisco Chronicle.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-08-19
Crime That Was Handed Down.

Professor Pellmann of Bonn uni
versity, Germany, has made special
study OF hereditary drunkenness. He
has taken certain individual cases, a
generation or two back, and has
traced the careers of children, grand
children, and great-grandchildren in
all parts of the present German en-
pire until he has been able to present
tabulated biographies of the hun
dreds descended from some original
drunkard.
The last person whom Professor
Pellmann has immortaliZed thus in
medical literature is Frau Ada Jurke.
She was born in 17i0, and she was
II druukard, thief, and tramp for
the last forty years of her life, which
ended in 1900 Her descendants
have numbered S34, of whom 709 have
been traced in local records from youth
to death by Professor Pelmann. OF
the 700, he found LOG were born out
of wedlock. There were 142 beggars,
aud G4 more who lived from charity.
OF the women 181 led disreputable
lives. There were in this family 76
convicts, of whom were sentenced
for murder.
In seventy-fve years this one family
rolled up big bill of costs in aims.
houses, trial courts, prisons and cor
rectional institutions. Professor Pell-
mann says this bill, which the authori-
ties of Germany and therefore the
taxpayers have paid, has been at leaat
about 81. 25O, 900.