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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
52,712,2oS0
Cheap Dollars.
6G4.OGO.375

Everything is cheap or dear according
TO what we have to pay for 1t. Sugar Is
cheap at 5 cents a pound, but would be
dear at 10 cents.
A cheap dollar, therefore, Is one that
the merchant buys with less goods than
he would have to give for dearer dol
lar. If Il merchant now gives twenty
hounds of sugar for dollar, and the dol
lar which he gets is 200-ccnt dollar;
and il the 2OO-cent dollar is dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by 100
cent dollar, worth only half as mIch; in
that case, the merchant will give only
half as much sugar for the cheaper dol
lar as he now gives for the dishonest
2OO-cent dollar. That is clear, is It not :?
This is precisely what cheap money"
means.
Is this what the farmer and the work
ingman really want?
Apply this illustration to labor, Il you
please. The workingman buys dollars
with labor. Does he want q cheap col
lar. for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds of sugar. Or does he
want. 20O-cent dollar, for which the
merchant will give twenty pounds of
sugar? Cheap dollars would cut his
wages in half. He surely does not want
that.
"Oh, no." says the workingman. 'that
is not what want: but, If dollars were
cheap, would get twice as many of
them for days work"
Would you. indeed? Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, Mt
the ratio of 16 to /, is simply scheme
TO reduce your wages without your know
ing 1t or having an excuse for striking.
What good would il do you to get twice
as many dollars for days work il So
would buy no more sugar, and no more
Of anything else, than 81 will now buy :?
Besides, If prices go up, under free
coinage, as they will-we admit that
does not the workingman know that the
first thing to- go up will be rents, the
next thing will be food and clothing, and
the last thing will be labor? Under free
coinage, instead of being better off. the
workingman would be worse off than he
is now.
Think this over, and see what Il all
means to you and to your little family
Springfield QllJ Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
Bryan Shown to be Uncertain.

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan Is an insincerc politician and IN
unreliable adviser of the people. He
was II bolter in 1893 and in that year.
too. he made speech in which lie de-
clared that The exchanged bic value of
dollar depended on something besides a
congressional edict
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic tickle for judge of the
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr., Bryan
supported Populist. In reply to u let
ter from Mr.. Irvine, calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention e. his unexpected position, the
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote a statement of
his reasons for boiling which contained
the following cool remarks and assur-
ances of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidates:
I regret that our people chose for slaughter
go deserving man. They ought to
have selected some one Of the numer-
Gus Democrats who are responsible
for the falling or Of the Democratic
vote. l have spoken to you thus
frankly and confdentially. because
feel that you deserve a better fate
than the one which fear awaits you
this fall.
During the extraordinary session of
Congress of 1893, called by President
Cleveland, Mr.. Bryan made speech in
which he declared that:
81
weight of gold or silver shall consti-
tute u dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities. 1t cannot
lar. That must depend upon the
law OF supply and demand.
II the number OF dollars Increases
more rapidly than the need of dol
lars-as Il did after the gold discover
les Of 1Si0-the exchangeable value OF
each dollar will fall and prices rise.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the exchangeablc value of dol
lar depended on. His change of tune,
therefore, IL not because conditions have
changed. hut because he shifts his prin-
ciples with the varying political breezes,
and that he is willing to do anything for
Office.
In the spring of 1892 Bryan declared
in speech made by him on the tariff
question that the fall of prices must be
attributed
To the inventive genius that has multiplied
II thousand times, In many instances.
the strength OF single arm and
enabled MS to do today with one man
what fifty men could not do fifty
years ago. That Is what brought the
prices down In this country and else
where.
At this time another change has come
over the spirit of his white house
dream. He and his fellow Populists
ascribe the fall in the prices of commod-
tiles TO the fall in the price of silver.
Mr.. Bryan and his associates declare
that 1.-THE crime of 1873" which the
News has shown TO have been no crime
ut all, has pulled everything down with
il.
How can the people believe q man
who thus stultifes himself and puts him
self on both sides of vital questions,
while. Mt the same time, he proves un-
true to his party associates ?-Buffaio
News.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

1t would evidently he impossible for
farmers fifty miles in the interior of any
of the states bordering on the Great
Lakes, to compete with eggs shipped by
water from Canada.
The Mckinley tariff imposed a duty
of cents dozen OH eggs. This law
went into effect October /, 1890. Dur
ing the year ending June 30. 1890, we
imported nearly 100000 dozen eggs less
than in the year previous, when there
was no protection. The importation of
eggs stendily decreased until the repeal
of the Mckinley law in 1904. so that
instead of nearly 100000 dozen eggs
being brought into this country, as here
tofore. in 1901 we imported S,OO0,OOO
dozen; 100000 in 1S91-02; 3.OO0,0O0
In 1929; 1,750,0O0 in 1884. BY 1894
nearly $2,OO0,00O had been taken from
the foreign shipper. which now went into
the pockets of the American farmer.
The following table shows the importa-
tons of eggs since 1883:
Annual importatlons Of foreign eggs 1888
1885
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
Rrynn a Grccnbackcr.

nj he Is n greenbacker. He said, on the
floor of the House of Representatives in
Washington, June 8. 1894:
'.Thc issue Of money by the govern
ment directly to the people gives us a
safer currency than national bank bills)
and saves to the people as whole the
profit arising from its issue. When a
market rate of interest to get il; but
when the government issues money, the
people save the interest. II the money Is
ufterward called in: and they save the
principal also, II the money Is kept In cir
culation."
He asserted that greenbacks "can be
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

viduals. A man who has repudiated his
debts is never trusted again and is re-
garded with contempt by all his neigh
bors. And so is nation.
A frce-coinage law is Reputation. and
that it is understood in that sense is in
dicated by such letters as the above.
For if under free coinage the silver dol
lar is to appreciate to the value of II gold
dollar how will the farmer get more of
them for his thousand bushels of wheat!
How can he pay his debt any easier than
he can now!
No, it is population the silver men
want, and reputation is dishonor.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
What stewart Thought In 1904.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
speech in Congress February III, 1874, IN
which he said:
Let everybody know what a dollar Is
worth. The farmers will then know how
TO measure the difference in price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in Liverpool. The wheat will he meas
urcd by the same standarl-so
Illinois MS il is in Liverpool and any man
can figure it up. But now It is u mys-
,tery: the whole subject of finance Is a
Anystery. and what do we see every day
Ve see those who devote their attention
to Il making large fortunes out OF this
mystery.
bavc been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold, adopt the
standard that all can understand, ana
get rid of this mystery.
Mr.. Logan--What does the senator
want?
and no paper money not redeemed IN
gold. no paper money the value of which
e not nscertained, no paper money that
will organize n gold board to speculate
with II. Who pays for this gold board
Who pays these immense fortunes! How
10 n that millions and millions can be
rolied M annually there? Did anybody
ever calculate who paid for II! 1t
comes out of the producers. How do
these men exist? BY the latitude which
vonr depreciated currency gives tv spccu-
intion and nothing else.
Persons who are specializing in your
denreciated currency are making the
money. and they viii continue to make
n 20 long as you have deprecated cur
IL the farmers would get rich they
hoyc cot to become skilled in this fluctuat-
Ing currency and make corners and man.
;nn,ate the market, and IL they do that
thew cannot farm.-(C Congressional Rec
ord forry-third Congress. first session,
vol. 2, p. 1922
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
FARMERS EGG BASKET
The Mckinley Law Checked I'm
portation and Gave q
Home Market.
EFFECT OF THE WILSON BILL,
The Canadian Farmer Has Prote ctioD
but the American Farmer
Has None.

There is no reason why Canada, Next
co, China, or any other country should
supply the United States with n single
egg. Canada does not buy a single egg
from us, and there Is no reason why we
should bry from her. When we do, the
American farmer loses the benefit of part
of his natural. market.
The purpose of this article is to show
by a few figures the benefit which the
American farmer derived from the Nc
KiAley law: not merely because the
<Jaw stopped imports from other countries.
hut because under that law he received
an average of Is cents a dozen for his
eggs all the year around Under the
present WilsonG German bill. he hardly
averages cents a dozen: and the people
could better afford to pay 10 cents n
dozen in In 1 ISoe than they can . cents a
From 1888 to $780, there was no tariff
upon eggs. The Canadian farmer could
send his eggs across the line from Maine
to California. Mexico, China, France.
Germany and other countries supplied
us with 15,500,0OO dozens of eggs, an
nually, on the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farmer on this small
product alone. at 10 cents Il dozen, S.
100000. This importation of over l.
600 900 dozen month or 10000 dozen a
day was felt. in the way of competition,
by our farmers chiefly In the large cities.
Farmers cen get the best prices for eggs
and their products in the large cities;
but when New York. Philadelphia. Bos-
ton, Buffalo. Cleveland, Chicago. San
Francisco and many other markets are
supplied with eggs. shipped ut cheap
rates of transportation 10y water. how
can the farmer expect to compete who
has TO ship his eggs by rail?
The following statement shows impor-
IN N
fore the Mckinley tariff went into effect,
for the year ending June 30. 1889:
Importatlons OF eggs, by countries, July1.
1855. to June 80 1850.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

If the Mckinley law had been let
alone. the American farmer in 1886
would be supplying nearly every egg in
the American market. The farmers
wife would have felt encouraged TO in
crease her stock of poultry. on which
herself and her children. When the
Mckinley law was repealed and the tar
i'll on eggs reduced from 3 cents to )
cents dozen, importation increased
1,OO0.O0O dozen in one year, at an in
CREASED price of $4,000. Unless the
American farmer can see II to be his in
terest to vote for Mckinley and the
restoration of proper duty on eggs. the
Canadian and other foreign farmers will
soon again ship us 100000 dozen a
year and the price of domestic eggs will
continue To decline. rs they have done
for the last two years.
late In favor of the Canadian MS against
the American Farmer?
The American farmer could not sell
eggs in Canada, even If they had no
tariff on American eggs. There are only
n few large cities there, and they are
near to the Canadian cheap farms. The
half-a-dozen small markets in Canada
have n total population only one-quartcr
as large as that of the city of New York
A few election districts in the city Of
New York. or in Philadelphia. or in
Chicago. afford better market for
American eggs than the whole of Can
ada. Yet Canada imposes duty of >
cents dozen on our eggs, while we i'm
her eggs.
The Canadians have protection. but
under the Wilson bill we have not.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

Mr.. Tenncy's story at Madison of the
freshman who swallowed a potato bug
and then a dose Of Paris green, in the
hone of killing the bug, Is very pat to
the political situation. The American
workingman swallowed free trade in
1892. and now. to cure the misery which
he has suffered ever since. the Populist
ouack doctor In trying to induce him to
swallow an unlimited dose of free silver.
But II the workingman takes II. he will
find, when II Is too late, that the cure Is
worse than the disease. Ggga
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
FIGURES FOR FARMERS
Arithmetic for Wheat Growers
Which Neglects Tax and In
terest Considerations.
AFREE SILVER MAT HEMATlClAN.
Silver Accountants Concede Double
Expense in Mexico and AS
sumo Equal Profits.

Warren, Mimi. Aug. 6.-To the Editor:
l enclose comparative slips circulated by
an advocate of free silver, which subject
l would like your opinion on. II. of
course, is intended to catch the farmer
who raises wheat, and deductions of this
trict, which Is largely wheat growing.
l would like the going wages in Mexico
and the rates of interest in countries on
silver basis rs compared with the gold
standard countries. l.. Lamberson.
The first slip processes to show The net
profit to farmer of raising 5000 bushels
of wheat in the United States:
5000 bushels. at sc cents per bushei. 50, 500
Expenses ........ .............S 81, 900
SDO
interest ..........s. Zb
Taxes ...... .................. 40
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

Reducing this to gold. as In the original
statement. the net profit of the Mexican
farmer would he $TG0, exactly what that
of the American farmer would be. This
is fair specimen Of the illusory and
deceptive statements put forth by free
silver men to deceive American farmers.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
Assumed net profit to American
Assumed net profit to Mexican


Reduced to gold. .. 1.2so
As this assumed profit would be in
silver and the wheat would have to be
sold upon the gold standard, this skillful
accountant reduces this to gold. making
the net profit to the Mexican farmer
$3.50. But to produce this result this
accommodating accountant. while con-
ccding that the expense of raising the
wheat would be twice as many silver
dollars as in the United States. as
sumes that the profit on 1t would he the
same number of silver dollars as in the
United States. As matter Of fact-the
freight rates in Mexico are higher ex-
pressed in the gold standard than in the
United States, but assuming that they
are the same, the American railroad com
panies. as soon as they cross the border,
require twice as many Mexican dollars
TO pay n given freight rate as they re-
quirc of American dollars on American
territory, so that the freight rate in Mex
leo would be $1,000 instead of $500, rs
our free silver accountant states IL.
Moreover. interest rates are higher in
Mexico than in the United States, if
paid in Mexican silver dollars, and more
over the interest would have to be paid
on twice the number of silver dollars hor-
rowed by the American farmer, so that
even supposing the rates of interest
TO be the same. the amount of interest
would be double, raising II from 5000 to
500. Moreover, the equivalent of $40
taxes paid by the American farmer
would be $50 in Mexican dollars, so that
the account of the Mexican farmer, thus
corrected. would stand as follows:
5000 bushels at SIP per bushel. .. .s5, COO
Expense .................. -. 1000
Freight ........ .............. 600
Interest ........... ............ 400
Ihxeb ....sss.s.sss ss.s........ 80
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
VALUES DECREASED.
Prices OF Live Stock Under Republican
and Democratic Rule.

Prices OF Live Stock Under Republican
and Democratic Rule.
When we resumed specie pay
ment In 1870 our domestic
animals, horses. mules. cat
valued at ...............,.s 81, Az. 423, oG2
During the ensuing six years,
until the election of Mr.
Cleveland In 1884. the values
Increased to. .............. 2.467 ,S6S. 02l
A gain during six years of
Republican rule OF ........ 81, O2o. i45. SCI
until the election Of Mr..
Harrison In 1888. values de-
creased from ......... 2.4GT, SOS 92i
To. ....... ............ ...... 2,l09, 043, i1S
A loss during four years of
Democratic rule of,......... 5S,S25. 50G
During the ensuing four years.
until the second election OF
Mr.. Cleveland In 1892, values
again Increased from. ....... 2, 400. O43, AIS
To. -. .............. ........ ., 461 155, 6!'S
: Republican rule OF. ......... 52,7l2. $50
During the last two years.
under the second admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland. and
under proposed and accom-
plished free trade and sweep
Ing tariff reductions. values
again decreased from 1888. 2, 4S3, JOG CS1
fcant total Of. ............. 1910. 446 BOG
Showing the enormous loss
In two years Of Democratic
rule Or ................. oof.oOo'o'o
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
Year ending June aO.I Dozens. Value.
- ..',...',,,...

b Projected. October O. 1890, at cents per
dozen.
cGorman &c Tariff.
During the last year of the Mckinley
tariff the only eggs we bought were from
Canada. and from China for the Chi
ncse. We bought none whatever from
European countries. as before. Even at
4 cents n dozen the tariff would not be
any too high. 1t simply made differ
ence to the countries across the Ocean, or
places in Canada. far from the shipping
points.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29
Countries.
Dozens. / Value.
l5.O1s. 500 s.. as 7G

The next table shows the points at which
these eggs we're received:
AMERICA PORTS OF ENTRY FOR EGGS
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-08-29

S1,022. 445.SG2
2.4GT,SGS,92i
., 100, I1S
Evening star., 1896-12-16
Death of Frederick W. sto,.

Frederick w. Stone, the youngest sor
OF Mr. David d. Stone, the well-knowr
real estate deals died Monday at Phoenix
Ariz., where he went in search of health
While the cause of death is not given !,
is supposed to be consumption. The youna
man had been sick for about eighteer
months and received the best of medical
attention. His physicians advised change
OF air, and about three months ago nc
went to Arizona. Reports received from
time to time by his friends here Indicates
that he was improving rapidly in the rare
atmosphere OF the west, and the announce.
ment of his death will be a great surprise
TO his many frieLds In this city
The deceased was in his twentieth wear
and during his life won many friends by
his amiable and gentle ways and kind dis.
position. Though born in PENNSYLVANIA he
spent the greater part of his life in this
city. He was prominent member of the
Arlington Wheelmen, one of the best known
local cycling organizations and upon his
departure for Arizona was given a rovaj
send-of by the club members He held
the lteutenancy in the club for two years
and his death at such ON early age is
regretted by all. The club will present q
magnificent floral tribute with the cIu,
emblem at the funeral. The remains have
been shipped to the east, and the funeral
will be held Monday al Miff1ntown, Junia ia
county, Pa, where the interment will be
made.
Evening star., 1896-12-16
Church and State.

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Rev. w. F. Crafts, agent of the God-in-
the-Constitution party, now before Con-
gress, alleges in recent number OF The
Star that 1.-The Supreme Court said, on
February %, 1892, in unanimous opinion
Trinity Church case): This is a Christian
nation"
Mr.. Crafts is entirely mistaken. The Su-
preme Court has uttered no such opinion,
unanimous or otherwise, as the most cas-
ual inspection of the Trinity Church case
would have shown Mr.. Crafts. All that
the Supreme Court 0hrough Mr.. Justice
Brewer) alleged was that there. have been
great many declarations, unofficial and
organ ic, that this Is Christian nation. -
This is true, of course. Mr.. Crafts and his
folks have made such assertions early and
often. But the Supreme Court was very
careful not to indorse that crude opinion.
1t probably still stands on the declaration
made just one hundred years ago in the
treaty with Tripoli, at the instance of Geo.
Washington and by his ambassador, that
the United States government is not In
any sense founded upon the Christian re-
ligion." A majority of Americans may be
Christians-though the census ayers that
less than a third of them are-but the ma
ton itself has no religious character what
ever. any more than a social club has, or
a fectory, or a railroad company, because
was not made for religious purposes 1t
has no funo ton except to promote the sec
ular welfare of its citizens. Church and
state must be sedul0,isly kept apart
st->f w. A. CROFFJJT
Evening star., 1896-12-16
Protective Association,

The general and executive committees of
the National Republican Protective Associ-
alton held second joint session Monday
evening at the headquarters of the associa-
tion, 600 F street northwest, James w. Poe,
president, presiding in the absence of Rev
W. H. johnson. chairman of these COM
m1ttees. from the city. 1t was decided that
the numerous clubs of the association in the
several states be importuned to visit Wash
lnston on March to participate in the in
arsural parade. that one uniform be de-
c1ded on for all of the visiting clubs of the
association, and that they be informed of
the same at an early date; that the ar
rangement for clubs from Tennessee. Ken
lucky and Indiana be left to Prof. W. H.
Hastie, who is in charge of branch head
quarters at Chattanooga, Tenn; that the
association use its influence to aid in Sc
curing the reelection of ]. c. Pritchard of
North Carolina to the Senate Of the Unite.l
states, and that it will also use it's influ-
ence to impress upon President-elect Nc
kinley the Importance of giving the south
Iepresentation in his cabinet, and will in
dorse James A. Gary of Maryland for that
position and early formulate an address to
Mckinley asking that selection
Evening star., 1896-12-16

The United States civil service commits
sion has ordered that an examination be
held by its local board in this city on Tues
day. February 2. 1897. commencing at 8
o'clock am, for the grades of postal clerk
and carrier in the postal service. Only cit
izens of the United States can be examined
The age limitations for this examination
are as follows. Clerk, eighteen years or
over; carrier. over twenty-one years and
under forty years No application will be
accepted for this examination unless filed
with the undersigned. on the proper blank
before the hour of closing business on We'd
nesday. January 13- Application for blanks
and Information should be addressed TO w
ID. Peachy, secretary board of examiners.
postal service, Washington city post office