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The times., 1896-09-04
What 1G Co 1 Means.

1t means that 10 ounces of silver for
debt paying purposes shall be made, by
law, worth as much as ounce of gold.
One ounce of gold will now coin
$500. Sixteen ounces of silver shall
be made to coin $18. 60.
You can buy in any market today .16
ounces Of silver for 50. "a. The profit is
81 per cent, or $8.66.
In other words, if man borrows of
you today $500 he can pay you, if
"free silver at 16 to /" becomes law,
with 50. .94.
Look out that it doesn't!
Silver is merely d commodity, like
tin, iron or wood.
If the government should say so. 94
worth of wood shall cost G1S.G0 would
you buy it? Certainly not
The silver dollar today is worth 5S
cents. Its present ratio to gold is about
81 to 1, All the governments in the
world cannot change the commercial
value of silver any more than that of
coal, iron, tin or copperl
The more silver produced the cheaper
1t will get!
Would England, France or Germany
take in payment Of debt from us for
$500, 1924, simply because our gov
ernment said that 80 94 worth of silver
is worth $l8. 60 of gold?
Certainly notl No more than you
would accept such settlement of per-
sonal debt.
A standard of exchange must be CO.
extensive with the commercial world
and acceptable to all concerned.
The times., 1896-09-04
Have They Cornered the Copper Centsg

A majority of the letters from the
workingmen in your columns claim that
gold has appreciated in value since 1878
and that this appreciation has been
caused by the wicked bankers who have
cornered all the gold. Has any one sug-
gested that these wicked bankers have
cornered all the cents? In 1878 it re-
quired 129 cents to purchase only one
ounce Of silver. Today it requires only
68 cents to purchase this same one
ounce Of silver. In 1879 it required 1876
cents to purchase one bushel of wheat.
Today SO cents will purchase one bushel
Of wheat. And yet 100 cents will pur-
chase the same amount of gold today as
it could in 1878. Clearly, then, it is
this bad little copper cent that has
caused all our hard times and not the
gold. Let us compel all of our creditors
to accept five mills instead of ten for 1
cent. Common Sense in New York
World.
The times., 1896-09-04
silverites pretend to doubt that tn

Silverites pretend to doubt that the
result Of 16 to 1 free coinage law
would be to bring on panic. Is there
one advocate of silver who has money
loaned out who would not want to call
in his loans if he knew that after GER
tain day he would be paid in dollars
worth half of those which he had loaned
Would not all other owners of capital be
equally alarmed by the threat of pay
ment in 80 cent dollars, and would not
their natural desire to protect them
selves against loss result in a financial
panic?
The times., 1896-09-04
Dearness Not the Goal.

The silver men give away their case
when they say that free coinage will
increase prices" The one universal
human interest is cheapness. The ideal
condition would be one wherein all de-
sirable things were produced without
any cost at all. Every advance toward
that condition-that is to say, every
cheapening Of the necessaries Of life-is
o great gain for everybody. On the other
hand, every increase in.the price of the
necessaries of. life is. .a.direct and griev-
ous,hurt to,the-people.
The times., 1896-09-04
Free Coinage Men Not Bimetaliists.

Senator Teller calls himself BIZ
metallist. He defines bimetallism as
"the equal treatment Of both gold and
silver at the mints. -
Senator Teller is silver monometal-
list. and so are all advocates of free
coinage at 16 to /. They do not ask
equal" but unequal treatment of gold
and silver at the mints. All that the
mint does with gold is to stamp upon it
the certificate of its value. 1t stamps %
$40 grains of gold of standard fneness
as a dollar. The metal is worth a dollar
before il is stamped. 1t is worth dol
lar if melted in the pot. 1t will bring a
dollars worth Of value in either shape
anywhere in the world.
What the free coinage men ask is that
the government shall stamp 412%
grains of silver of standard fineness as
q dollar under the arbitrary and obsolete
ratio Of 16 to 1. But this silver is worth
only SO cents. 1t will sell for only 53
cents if melted. 1t will not pass for o
dollar in the markets of the world, ex-
cept to be sent back here, where its legal
tender quality and the policy of the
government to make it exchangeable for
gold keep it current at its face value.
In asking this unfair and dishonest
advantage for silver Mr.. Teller there
fore demands unequal treatment for the
metals. And as free coinage of either
metal at false ratio has everywhere
and always driven the more valuable
coin out of circulation, it would inevi-
tably precipitate this country to q silver
basis, making silver the only money of
redemption and silver or silver notes the
only money in use.
The free coinage men are therefore
not bimetallists, but silver monometal-
lists. They are contractionists They
would make money scarcer instead of
more plentiful, poorer instead of better.
The times., 1896-09-04
Where Were the Silver Patriots In 1873?

Where Were the Silver Patriots In 1873?
The advocates of the cheap silver
standard pretend that the white metal
is patriotic, while gold is disloyal.
One-half of the arguments for 80 cent
dollars consists of appeals to patriotism
for votes in favor of the American
money" and against the traitor gold"
of England.
In the happy days before 1878 the
bullion value Of the metal i'll silver
dollar was worth on an average about
81. O3. Did the noble hearted, patriotic
silver miners rush to pour their products
into our mints, so that the country would
have plenty of money? Not by great
deal. They were the kind of patriots
who shipped their silver Off to France
as fast as they could send it in order to
get little higher price for it. They
knew that at that time metallic money
was scarce in the United States, but
they didn't care for that. They wanted
the highest price for silver bullion, and
they therefore sold it in the dearest
market. Nobody blames them for doing
so. But now that the price abroad has
gone down, and they want Uncle Sam
to give them more for their bullion than
its market value, they talk Of patriot
ism" and pretend that they wish to get
their silver made into dollars in order
to benefit the country. Nice kind of pa
triots they are-men who will send
their silver away when it is badly need
ed and try to unload it on the govern
ment when it is cheap and PLENTIFUL
The times., 1896-09-04
Prophecy and History.

Why don't our silver friends stop tell
ing what is going to happen if they
have their way and content themselves
by learning what did happen when other
nations had similar epidemic of silver
lunacy such as now menaces us? Their
prophecies won't accomplish anything,
because they wish it, but stern reality
will repeat the disasters with us that it
inflicted on others if we persist in our
willful blindness George Cans
The times., 1896-09-04
Free Coinage In a NutsbeIl.

A fine ounce OF gold is worth $40. CT.
Sixteen ounces of silver are worth
911.20.
Congress can legislate until it is black
in the face without making the ounce
Of gold worth less or the 16 ounces of
silver worth more. New York Press.
The times., 1896-09-04
Wage Farmers Not Fooled.

An interesting straw comes from In
dianapolis. A few days ago the en-
ployees Of a large manufacturing estab-
ishment in that city were asked whether
or not they favored the gold standard.
OF nearly 1900 workingmen who were
interviewed 900 were outspoken for the
maintenance of the present money
standard. Only 362 declared against it,
and 1853 said they were undecided.
The times., 1896-09-04

Cheap and trashy money in which to
pay wages, high prices for every kind
of goods which labor buys-these are
the blessings of free silver for the
American workingmen.
The times., 1896-09-04

Measured in the cheap money of the
war period, wages advanced little and
prices great deal. Cheap silver dollars
would affect labor now in exactly the
same way. The working classes always
suffer most from debased currency.
The times., 1896-09-04

Low interest rates on farm mortgages
under free silver is the bait which has
caught good many honest farmers.
They will go back to sound money prin-
ciples when they understand that inter
est rates are far lower in gold standard
nations than in silver basis countries.
The times., 1896-09-04

India, with a population of nearly
800. 900, 900, tried in vain to keep the
bullion value of it's silver coins at par
with their nominal value. How can the
10000, 900 people of the United States
expect to succeed where India failed?
The times., 1896-09-04
SOME POOR DEBTORS.

Great Corporations Which Free Silver
Would Enable tn Cheat Their Creditors
Out of Half of the Money Borrowed.
The free silver agitators claim to be
working in the interest of the debtors
of the country, whom they represent as
being large number of poor persons.
The creditor class is denounced as q
small number of greedy bankers and
monopolists, banded together for the
purpose of expressing the masses of the
people. Reputation Of debts is openly
advocated by the silverite and Populist
press on the ground that the men who
borrow money are more numerous than
the men who lend. The belief that in
some way free coinage will benefit poor
debtors by injuring rich creditors is at
the bottom of nine-tenths of all the de-
mands for cheap money.
The falsity Of assertions that scheme
to pay debts in 80 cent dollars would
help the poor and hurt only the rich
can be easily seen by looking at few
OF the prominent debtors of the country.
Among the great corporations which
would be able to pay off their bonded
Indebtedness in dollars worth 90 cents
are the following:
Bonded in
debtedness
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy =. .$lO2 900, 600
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul e. 900, 900
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. $4,000, 900
Delaware Lackawanna and Western $4,000, 900
Lake Shore and Michigan Central. 46, 600
New York Central. ral.................... g. 900, 600
New York, New Haven and Hartford $4,000. 900
Northern Pacific. c...................... 42OO0,000
Central Railroad Of New jersey. $4,000. 900
Chicago and Northwestern. ........ 78OOO,OOO
Here are ten poor debtors whose obi.
cations Of $545, ,00O,O0 are payable in
coin-not gold. Under free coinage
law these corporations could pay the
thousands of persons who hold their
bonds, many of them held by savings
banks, insurance companies, people of
small means, etc., in $272, 800, 900
worth of silver And this is called re-
form in the interest of the masses.
The times., 1896-09-04

An honest dollar is the noblest work
q finance.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
The Papal Society Decree.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 2.-Arch-
bishop Ireland's attention having been
called to information taken from the
Review of Chicago, regarding the re-
cent society decree, admitted that the
decree alluded to is authentic. He
had himself received an official copy,
and had communicated it's contents
to the priests of his jurisdiction. While
the Catholic church clearly desires,
the archbishop further said, to hold
her members aloof from these societies,
she gives all possible consideration to
the difficulties of circumstances and is
as indulgent in the application OF her
principles as those principles will al
low. The previous DEGREES condemna-
tory of the societies of Odd Fellows,
Knights of Pythias and Sons of Tenn
perance are modified in two import
ant points. First, Catholics who had
joined these societies before the con-
demnation and who, by total sever
ance of the ties with them, would SUI
fer serious detriment, and are now al
lowed to leave their names on the rolls
of the societies and pay into them dues
and assessments, all other participa-
ton, however, being still prohibited.
Secondly, particular cases, where ex-
traordinary difficulties arise for com
pliance with the letter Of condemna-
ton, are now adjudicated finally by
the tribunal OF the delegate IN Wash
ington instead of having to be referred
to Rome.
What, in the archbishop's opinion,
forms the only objection of the church
against the societies of the Odd Eel
lows and the Knights of Pythias is
the religious features in them which
apparently transform them into re-
llgluuS SectS or churches. Those So
cieties should leave out from their
constitutions and rituals the mention
OF affairs, chaplains, bibles, etc., and
adhere exclusively to their prime pur-
poses of benevolence and brOtherly
counsel. In so doing the societies
strengthen their generous work and
invite to their membership, men of all
classes and creeds. "May be-" the
archbishop said, hopeful smile light
ing up his countenance, call people
concerned in these matters will work
in a conciliatory spirit and all conten-
tions and recriminations will cease
Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

STAND by your town; remember in
it you make your home. Stand by it
as you would your family or your wife,
for the town is your own; therefore,
never run it down. Give the town
you live in your best; give it the bene-
fit of your experience in the way of
improvement and growth. Chicago
does not need you to speculate on her
city government, but your town may
need your help and sympathy. If you
don't like your town clear out and let
somebody else in. Don't be afraid of
dollar you invest in the way of i'm
provement; not ten cent piece is
spent but there is some good that
comes from it. Stand by all things
that tend to advance the general good,
and bitterly stand against all who run
the town down. Stand by your town
and let the other fellow sit on the
cracker box and white, talk and do
nothing. Such fellow is no good to
himself nor anybody else. Be a
thorough advocate of your city or
nOthing.-Elma Chronicle.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
Republicans Carry Seattle.

SEATTLE, Wn. March 3-The city
election has resulted in an overwhelm-
ing majority for the republican ticket.
There were three tickets, the demo-
populist, the populist and the republic
can. Frank d. Black, the republican
nominee for mayor polled a majority
of over 1.400. This majority might
not have been so large but for the per-
sonality of the demo-populist candid
ates, it being such as to lead citizens
to believe that under their rule The
city would be given up to misrule and
disorder. The party was combina-s
ton of the lower element in the pOpu-
list and democratic parties. The de-
cent element of the latter voted the
republican ticket. The decent popu-
lists had ticket of their own and poll
ed but small vote. The entire re-
publican ticket with the exception of
alderman and delegate from the First
ward has been elected by handsome
pluralities. Black has majority of
IA over all, while his plurality over
Jordan dem.-pop fusionist is LOO.
The vote for Mayor stands as follows !:
Black, republican, 1904 Jordan, demo-
pop, 1896; Gilman, straight pop, 964,
giving the republican a clean plurality
over all of IA votes. The entire tick
ct was elected by an equally large vote,
except one alderman and one delegate
both on the demo-pop ticket from the
first ward, the lower part of the city.
This will prove a black-eye to the flu
sion scheme, which the populist and
democratic politicians are trying to
work all over the state this year, and
our populist friends were pointing to
Seattle as the place where the fusion
scheme would work, sure pop. All the
big populists of the state, including
our Farmer 1odd," were thick in the
fray at Seattle, and were more or less
roughly handled.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

In '95 the Populists cast s per cent
of the total vote in Iowa, 25.7 per cent
in Kansas, Al per cent in Kentucky,
ID per cent in Maryland, 2.3 per cent
in Massachusetts, 7.6 per cent in Mich
igan, 21.7 per cent in Mississippi, 49,
per cent in Nebraska,..6 per cent in
New Jersey, .58 per cent in New York,
6.21 per cent in Ohio, IL per cent in
Pennsylvania, and 8 per cent in
Rhode Island. And still right here in
Lewis county there are Populists who
will he so foolish as to throw away
their votes under the belief that the
Peoples party stands show of nation
al success. Better vote the straight
Republican ticket this year, neighbor,
and then you can claim some of the
credit for the improved condition OF
things that is bound to follow Repub-
lican success in November. This is
bound to be a Republican year.-Che-
halls Bee.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
Exodus to Alaska keeps Up.

Twenty-Five Yukon sleds, some of
them made to be hauled by hand and
some to be hauled by dogs, piles OF
furniture and stacks of miners "packs''
are to be seen in the ocean warehouse
on the Northern Pacific wharf. They
are to be placed aboard the City OF
Topeka and with their owners sail for
Alaska tonight. The exodus for the
northern territory continues. 1t is
becoming rush. So great is the de-
mand for tickets that the Pacific Coast
Steamship company's local agency is
unable to fill all requests and many
are being turned away who otherwise
would have gone on the Topeka.
The twenty-five sleds piled up in the
warehouse represent % Yukon bound
parties. With each sled is a complete
outfit. In addition to these articles
there are large number of consign-
ments for Juneau. Prominent among
these may be mentioned sewing ma
chimes and sewing tables addressed to
female names indicating that a num-
ber are going to Juneau intending to
make living by sewing-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
Is Your Nerve Gone?
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and Muscles to Health and Yigar.


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Dr. Charcot, the eminent authority OIL nervous
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nervous diseases and sure invigorator for the
blood
DR.. Charcots Kola Nervine Tablets are prepar-
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kola Nervine Tablets cure sleeplessness and
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The druggists say the demand for the Tablet is
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Thousands of packages have been sold Good
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Hundreds of letters says: "One package of the
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We absolutely guarantee that no harmful or
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OF "The Man Without Country" in an editorial
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The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

The Alaska gold fever is catching
large number of people on the Sound,
especially in the duller towns, and a
number who are doing fairly well
where they are, are getting the fever.
From what we have heard of Alaska
gold fields in the past, we believe that
few "strike it rich,' the gold is earned
by the hardships,rand most are entire
ly unsuccessful While Alaska is
fine country to visit for brief sum-
mer trip, we would not advise persons
to go for gold, unless they have enough
to properly equip themselves for the
search.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

The Cosmopolis Enterprise defines
itself on the question whether it is
Republican or not, in the right way.
1t is Republican as long as Republi-
cans stand for progress, for clean gov
eminent. for just taxation; but not
Republican unless the party embodies
these principles. This is right. The
Republican party is entitled to the
support of the masses just as long as
it gives the cleanes,, best government
and no longer.-Hoquiam Washing
tonian.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

THIS is indeed a very wonderful age,
and some very strange things are done
every day that usually escape notice,
On Thursday night during the big
wind storm, a message to the Ledger
was filed in the Postal Telegraph Office
at New Whatcom, but the wires were
down between that city and Seattle,
and twas accordingly sent to Vancou-
yer, thence to Montreal, thence to New
York, and from there to San Francisco
and Tacoma, going twice ocross the
continent from ocean to ocean, and
making the circuit of nearly half the
area of the United States, and was still
received at the Ledger Office in time
for publication, and at cost of only
one-half cent per word, the same as if
it had been sent direct-Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
A New Political Scheme.

Massillon. o., Feb. 26.-There is a
movement on foot here to induce every
intelligent person in Stark county to
write at least five letters to that num-
Der OF friends In outside states, urging
them to go to the primaries and work
for Mckinley delegates. It is reckoned
that 10000 people should send 100, 600
letters within ten days, and as each
correspondent will ask his other friends
to waite similar letters to other friends,
the scheme will be seen to be another
manifestation of the endless chain idea.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
The. Lunbernen'S Mercantile Co
J. D. RILEY, Manager
Which Ben Was 1T.

This is the way the state papers size
up Harrison's matrimonial engage
ment:
Mrs. Dimmick is a sort of "has
en."-Seattle Pr.
Your tense is wrong; she is sort of
would have Ben.-Olympian.
We believe she will have Ben
Tekoa Times.
We think that if she wants an ex-
president she must have Ben .-Colfax
COmmOner /.
For all we care she may have Ben
Oakesdale Sun. / :~
The Immigrant wants it understood
she shall have Ben.-Immigrant.
The Harrison children say she can't
have Ben. That settles it.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

WANTED:-Several trustworthy gentlemen or
III ladies to travel in Washington, for estab-
lished, reliable house. Salary $3.50 and expenses.
Steady position. Enclose reference and self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope. The Dominion Com
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06

E E. Cross Post No. 80, G. AR.
Meets in /. o. o. F. hall first and third Saturday
invited to visit and join
E. DUNBAR, J,B. R1TNER.
Adjutant. Commando
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-03-06
Shelton Public Schools.

Following is the report and roll of honor of
the Shelton Public School for the month of
February, 1896:
HIGH SCHOOI-B Z PAKEp