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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27
5S,S25,5O6
52,712,2S0
Cheap Dollars.

Everything is cheap or dear according
to what we have TO pay for II. Sugar is
cheap at 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 a merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for a dollar. and the dol
lar which he gets is n 20O-cent dollar;
and if the 2OO-cent dollar is a dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by II 100
cent dollar, worth only half as much; 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 Il not
This is precisely what cheap money"
means.
IL this what the farmer and the work
ingman really wantl
Apply this Illustration to labor. il you
pl,,se. The workingInan buys dollars
with labor. Does he want cheap col
lar. for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds Of sugar? Or does he
want 200-cent dollar. for which the
merchant will give twenty pounds of
sugar? Cheap dollars would cut his
wages in half. lie surely does not want
that.
"Oh. no" says the workngman. "that
is not what | want: but. if dollars were
cheap. ! would get twice as many of
them Tor Il uhN WORK.
Would you. indeed! Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver. at
the ratio of ~ To l, is simply scheme
to reduce your wages without your know
ing il or having al excuse for striking.
What good would il Go YOU to get twice
as many dollars Tor II days work if 81
would buy no more sugar, and no more
Of anything else. than 81 will now buy?
Besides. If prices 20 up. under free
coinage, as they will-we admit that
does not the workingman know that the
first thing TO go up will he rents, the
next thing will be food and clothing. and
the last thing will be lHrorl Under free
coinage. instead Of being better off. the
workingman would be- worse of than he
is now.
Think this over. and see what 1t all
means 10 you and to your little family
Springfield CID Journal
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used to pay the expenses of the govern
ment." The tariff on some of the neces-
saries of life might be reduced, and the
deficit made no by an issue of money"
Or,'if this is not deemed advisable, gov
eminent paper can be issued to pay for
special improvements: harbors can be
deepened and rivers improved in this
way" He introduced bill to issue
S10O0O.0O0 of United States treasury
notes, with which to inaugurate the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that 1--WE can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma
tured bonds and replace the coin so used
with paper money" He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment of the S2J,000.000 outstanding
2 per cent. bonds. He did not stop even
at that point, but gravely proposed that
government paper should be issued in
the place of national bank notes. IA they
are retired" His theory of the ultimate
redemption of government obligations,
as stated by himself. was that the larger
the issue of treasury notes. the smaller
will be the "coin" reserve required with
which to meet them. BY "coin" he ex-
planned that he meant both gold and sill
yer, wilfully ignoring the disparity in in
trinsic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this il the fnancier and states
man for whom honest and sensible men
are asked to cast their votes, next Mo-
vemberi
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan is an insncere politician and an
unreliable adviser of the people. He
was a bolter in 1893 and in that year,
too, he made a speech in which he de-
clared that the exchangeable value of a
dollar depended on something besides
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 a let
ter from Mr.. Irvine, calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention to 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 candidate:
| regret that our people chose for slaughter
so deserving a man. They ought TO
have selected some one OF the numer-
Gus Democrats who are responsible
for the falling off OF the Democratic
vote. / have spoken TO you thus
frankly and confidentially, because
feel that you deserve 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 a speech in
which he declared that:
While the government can say that n given
weight OF gold or silver shall consti-
tute a dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities, IL cannot
fix the purchasing power of the dol
lar. That must depend upon the
law OF supply and demand.
lf the number OF dollars Increases
more rapidly than the need of dol
lars-as IL did after the gold discover
les ~ 1s49-the exchangeable value OF
each dollar Will fall and prices rise.
Thus il appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the eAchangeable value of a dol
lar depended on. His change of tune,
therefore. is not because conditions have
changed, but 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 a speech made by him on the tariff
question that the fall of prices must be
attributed
To the Inventive genius that has multiplied
thousand times, In many instances,
the strength OF n single arm and
enabled us 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 aud 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 20 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
at all, has pulled everything down with
il.
How can the people believe a man
who thus stultfes himself and puts him
self on both sides of vital questions,
while, at the same time, he proves un-
true to his party associates ?-Buffalo
News.
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What Stewart Thought in 1904.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
sneech in Congress February IL, 1874, in
which he said:
Let every body know what dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
IN measure the difference in price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in Liverpool. The wheat will be meas
ured by the same standard-gold-in
Illinois as il is in Liverpool and any man
can figure it up. But now II il nlys-
ferry. the whole subject of finance is n
mystery, and what do we see every day.
We SEQ those who devote their attention
to il making large fortunes out OF this
mystery.
Let us do as all the people of the world
have been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold, adopt the
standard that all can understand, and
get rid of this mystery:
Mr.. Logan-What does the senator
want?
Mr.. Stewart want the standard gold
and no paper money not redeemed in
gold, no paper money the value Of which
is not ascertained, no paper money That
will organize a gold board to speculate
with IL. Who pays for this gold board?
Who pnys these immense fortunes? How
is II that millions and millions can be
rolled IN 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
your deprecated currency gives TO specu-
lation and nothing else.
Persons who are specializing In your
deprecated currency are making the
money. and they will continue to make
IL so long as you have a deprecated cur
rency.
III the farmers would get rich they
have got to become skilled in this fiuctuat-
ing currency and make corners and man.
ipulate the market. and IL they do that
they cannot farm.-tC Congressional Rec
ord forty-third Congress, hrst session,
vol. 2, D. 1922
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FARMERS EGG BASKET
The Mckinley Law Checked I'm
portation and Gavo q
Home Market.
EFFECT OF THE vIlLSo.I BILL.
Thu Canadian Farmer Has Protection
but the American Farmer
Has None.

There is no reason why Canada, Mexi.
co. China, or any other country should
supply the United States with a single
egg. Canada does not buy single egg
from us. and there is no reason why we
should buy 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
Kinley law; not merely because the
law stopepd imports from other countries,
but because under that law he received
an average of Is cents dozen for his
eggs all the year around. Under the
present Wilscn-Gorman bill. he hardly
averages > cents a dozen; and the people
could better afford to pay ID cents a
dozen in 1892, than they can . cents a
dozen in 1896.
From 1888 to 1890. 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 15,500,0 dozens of eggs, an
nually, on the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farmer on this small
product alone, at 10 cents dozen, S2,-
100000. This importation of over l.
100000 dozen a month or 10000 dozen
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 at cheap
rates of transportation by water. how
can the farmer expect to compete who
has to ship his eggs by railI
The following statement shows impor-
tations of eggs by countries, the year be-
fore the Mckinley tariff went into effect,
for the year ending June 30, 1889:
1mportations of eggs, by countries, July1,
1855, to June 80, 1889.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

1t would evidently be 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 duty
of cents dozen on eggs. This law
went into effect October /. 1890. Dur
ing the year ending June 80 1890 we
imported nearly 100000 dozen eggs less
than in the year previous, when there
was no protection. The importation of
eggs steadily decreased until the repeal
of the Mckinley law i'm 1894. so that
instead of nearly 16,OO0.00O dozen eggs
being brought into this country. as here
tofore, in 1901 we imported 5000. 600
dozen: 4.OO0O00 in 1891 80: 1000. 900
in 1929; 1,T50,000 in 1891 by 1894
nearly S2.OO0O0O 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 importations OF foreign eggs, 1882
1895
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

vduas. 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 a nation.
A free-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 a 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?
ant. and repndiation is dishonor.-Chi-
cago Times-Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27
BRYAN Grecnhackcr.

Mr.. Bryan Is not so much silverite
nj he il n greenbackcr. He said. on the
floor of the House of Representatives I'm
Washington. June :, 1874:
"The issue OF money by the govern
ment directly To the people gives us a
safer currency (than national bank billsl
and saves 10 the people AZ whole the
profit arising from its issue. When n
bank issues money. you must pay the
market rate OF interest 10 get il: but
when the government issues money. the
people save the interest. II the money is
nftcrward called in: and they save the
principal also. il the money Is kept in cir
culatiOn."
He asserted that grecnbacks "can be
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27
A Question for Farmers.

II the volume of silver money controls
nrices as the free coiners would have
ms believe that il does, 80 that the more
silver coin there is in circulation. the
higher is the price Of wheat. and the
loss silver coin there Is in circulation,
the lower the price Of wheat then will
some farmcr, who believes in the free
question:
How did il happen that wheat was
lower in price in 1904 than ever before
while the amount Of coined silver in the
world was greater than ever before p
Illinois State Journal.
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The Irishman and the Potato Bug.

Mr.. Tenney's story at Madison of the
freshman who swallowed a potato bug
and then a dose of Paris green, in the
hope 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 Popr list
quack doctor is trying to induce him to
swallow an unlimited dose of free silver.
But IL the workingman takes IL. he will
find. when IL is too late, that the cure is
worse than the disease.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

During the last year of the Mckinley
tariff the only eggs we bought were from
Canada and from China for the Chi
nose. We bought none whatever from
European countries. as before. Even at
3 cents dozen the tariff would not be
any too high. IL simply made differ
ence TO the countries across the Ocean. or
places In Canada, far from the shipping
points.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

If the Mckinley law had been let
alone, the American farmer in 1S9o-6
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
she depended for pin, money TO clothe
herself and her children. When the.
Mckinley law was repealed and the tar
if on eggs reduced from 3 cents to 3
cents dozen, importation increased
1,OO0.OOO dozen in one year, at an in
creased price of $4,000. Unless the
American farmer can see ii to he his in
terest to vote for Mckinley and the
restoration of n 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. as they have done
for the last two years.
late In favor OF the Canadian as 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
few large cities there, and they are
near to the Canadian cheap farms. The
half-a-doZen small markets in Canada
have ~tsstt4af44 i36pttfla ten Only one-quarter
al 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 a duty of
cents a dozen on our eggs, while we inn
pose a duty Of only cents Il dozen on
her eggs.
The Canadians have protection, but
under the Wilson bill we have not.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27
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 1879 our domestic
animals. horses, mules, cat
tie. sheep and swine were
valued at ..................s1 81, AS. 423. O62
During the ensuing six years,
until the election Of Mr..
Cleveland In 1884, the values
increased to-. .............. 2,467. SOS, 924
A gain during six years OF
Republican rule OF. .........s1. o22. AS. se2
During the ensuing four years
until the election OF Mr..
Harrison In 1885, values de-
creased from ............... 2,467, s6s, 924
TO-. ............ ...... 2. 409. 043, AIS
A loss during four years OF
Democratic rule OF. $500. So, S25 500
During the ensuing four years,
until the second election OF
Mr.. Cleveland In 1892. values
again Increased from. ...... 2.4O9. 043, AIS
To-. .............. ........ 2,i61, 155 sos
Republican rule Of. ......... 52.712, $50
During the last two years,
under the second admins
tration OF Mr. Cleveland, and
under proposed and accom-
pished free trade and sweep
Ing tariff reductions, values
again decreased from 1888. 2,4s3. SOC. es1
To the comparatively Insight
icant total Of. 1.s19. Az. 306
Showing the enormous loss
rule Of .................... 664. O60, 375
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Reducing this TO gold. as in the original
statement. the net profit Of the Mexican
farmer would be S160. 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.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-08-27

n Under Free Trhde.
b Protected. October o. 1890. at cents pc,
dozen.
g German Sc Tariff
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FIGURES FOR FARMERS
Arithmetic for Wheat Growers
Which Neglects Tax and In
tereSt Considerations.
AFREE SILVER MATHEMATICIAN.
Silver Accountants Concede Double
Expense in Mexico and AS
sumo Equal Profits

Warren, Mimi, Aug. ito the Editor:
l enclose comparative slips circulated by
an advocate Of free silver. which subject
/ would like your opinion on. IT, of
course, is intended 10 catch the farmer
who raises wheat and deductions of this
kind have had their influence in this dis
trict, which is largely wheat growing.
| would like the going wages in Mexico
and the rates of interest in countries on
silver basis as compared with the gold
standard countries. L. Henderson.
The first slip Processes TO show ;he net
profit to farmer of raising 5000 bushels
of wheat in the United States:
5000 bushels. at 50 cents per bushel. 81. 800
Expenses ......s' .............S 900
fTeRht ...'.... ....r.......... $40
interest '.'..'...'......... 40
" 2,oIo
Assumed net p-oft to American
The second slim makes n similar st steo
ment of the assumed profits of raising
5000 bushels of wheat in Mexico:
5000 bushels, at 81. per bushel s.. 600
Expense .............. ....''..SZ,OO
fFelght .'....s'.s .ss...s...... sOO
interest ..... ..........-.-..s. %up
Taxes ........... ............ 40
Assumed net profit to Mexican
farmer - .;...'......'...'.... ~ 3m
Reduced to gold. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1.2S0
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 10 gold, making
the net profit TO the Mexican farmer
$3.50. But to produce this result this
accommodating accountant. while con-
ceding 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 il would he the
6 IL. 4 -. "A.
United States. As a 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 IA they cross the border,
require twice as many Mexican dollars
to pay given freight rate as they re-
quire of American dollars on American
territory. so that the freight rate in Mex
leo would be $1,000 instead of $500, as
our free silver accountant states it,
Moreover interest rates are higher in
Mexico than in the United States. il
paid in Mexican silver dollars. and more
over the interest would have to be paid
on twice the number of silver dollars bor-
rowed by the American farmer, so that
even surprising the rates Of interest
10 be the same, the amount Of interest
would he double. raising IL from 5000 to
$500. Moreover. the equivalent of $40
taxes paid by the American farmer
wou,l bc $50 in Mexican dollars. SO that
the account of the Mexican farmer, thus
corrcctcf would stand MS follows:
300 bushels at SLIP per bushel. -. IS. 600
Expense .....,..+........ ..,. 1000
FrciEht ........ ............... 800
interest ........... ............ 900
taxes ''''''''.'s.. .s..''s..'.. 30
- 1850
$3.50
Doduc;no thts IN roid 10 In tho or;s.
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.91s. 500 81. 41s.976

The next table shows the points at which
these eggs were received:
AMERICA PORTS OF ENTRY FOR EGGS.
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s1,022, 445.S62
2,467.S6S,924
2. 400. 043.4
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-09

@. @. Smith-Improyements in
Bayhorse, lower end of town
above the slaughter house,
small house and stable Tax
and penalties due March 2,
1896, 1882.
er&Jump-Ranch improve
ments on the west of East
Fork of Salmon river, below
Leishinger's ranch. Tax and
penalties due March 2, 1896,
$26. 40.
Dan. Sheehan-Ranch improve
ments on Squaw creek above
Gauthier's ranch. Tax and
penalties due March 2, 1896,
1884.
Salmon River Mining Co.-Pat-
ented mineral land in Bayhorse
Mining District and described
as Old Cabin, Little Fellow,
Keno and Pacific lodes con-
tanning 81 acres. Tax and
penalties due March 2, 1896,
$66.51.
Levi Taylor-Ranch improve
ments on Big Lost river below
Joe Blaize's ranch. Tax and
penalties due March 2, 1896,
1928.
Whistler Mining Co.-Patented
mineral land in Yankee Fork
Mining District, described as
the Whistler lode, containing
6.066 acres. Tax and penal
ties due March 2, 1896, S14.57.
81. j. Jones-Improvements, one
house in Challis, known as the
P. Storrs store; one cabin in
Bonanza opposite McGowan's
meat market. Tax and penal
ties due March 2, 1896, SPA 6.
Notice is hereby given that 1,
John Kirk, Assessor and Elk
Oficio Tax Collector in and for
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-09

years, and his nervous system finally gave
way under the strain. He was forced ~ re-
tire from regular work at the piano, but that
did not have the effect of improving his con-
dition. Upon the contrary, he steadily grew
worse. His nerves had been shattered and
in addition he discovered that one of his
lungs had been affected by his having been
exposed to counter draughts in poorly ven
tilated halls. His condition soon became
such that he was confined TO his home, q
finally gave himself over to the care of a
physician. Mr.. Coleman's experience as a
druggist had given him an acquaintance
with diseases and their remedies, so he had
full knowledge of just what was necessary
on his part to effect cure.
After several weeks careful treatment
by the physician, said Mr. Coleman
could notice no improvement in my condi-
ton. If anything, / think / was consider
ably worse. The action of my lungs had
any distance unassisted for fear of falling
through loss of respiration. My nervous
ness had advanced to an alarming stage. |
was not able to contain myself for even a
short time, but had always to be fumbling
with something or moving nervously about
the room. 1t was while / was in this con-
dition that noticed in paper an article on
Williams Pink Pills. / determined to try
them, even though they killed me. Well,
they didn't kill me, but Pm not going to tell
you that they cured me Immediately my
case was much too serious for that. But
had not taken full box before l felt great
relief My respiration was more certain,
was gradually regaining control of my nerves
and my condition was generally improved.
kept right on taking the pills and getting
well. Now, had taken just three boxes of
them when ] considered myself cured man.
And was right, for although quit taking
the pills, did not relapse into my former
condition, but grew stronger daily.
1T was truly marvellous cure, and viii
say that l think Williams Pills possess re-
markable curative properties, and / would