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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25

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and there are in existence for their special
training only two small schools, contain
ing altogether not more than fifty pupils.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25

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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-25
Remarkable Discovery That Opens a New
Door to Science and May Lead to
Wonderful Results.

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
Tho Pensioner's Dollar.

You say you want TO hear little
about the old soldiers. Well, my friends,
the crisis which approaching now, the
question before the country now, APP
reals to the old soldier as much as it
did in 1861. l. al, not afraid that any
man who rislzed his life in his nations
behalf is going to be influenced by the
arguments that are addressed to the sol
diers how by the financiers,' etc:-Mr.
Bryan at Milwaukee, September 5.
Not one word in answer to the ques-
ton whether the purchasing power Of
the monthly pension payments to 97O,-
coo pensioners.w would be reduced by the
free coinage of sixteen to one silver dol
lars. Not a word as to the effect upon
pension payments hereafter of the tex
termination" of the ''20G-cent dollar"
because it is worth too much and buys
too much.
Wedo not assume that the veteran SOL
diers are thinking of nothing but pen
sions, but they should compel Mr..
Bryan to say frankly what would be
the effect of free. coinage upon the pen
sioner's dollar.
Make him answer the question one
way or the other.-Exchanga
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
The Money Power Analysed.

An illuminating glimpse into the
constituents of "the money power is
afforded by an analysis of the deposi-
tors in a savings bank Of DUBUQUE. Ia.
which has 1914 accounts, representinp
s4,ooo,ooo. These 1914 persons are
classified as follows: Mechanics anf,
laborers, $40; farmers. 1907: teach
ers and professional men, e32; admin
istrators and executors, GOA: canital.
'sts. 81. Still another glimpse is fur
nished in this statement by an excen-
tionaliy well informed man of Franklin
county, Mass. a county composed AL
!, entirely Of small farming towns
Gratis OF that region who have loaned
money on western mortgages: error,
data that have obtained believe +hat
not less than 100000 of Fronl-l;n
county money is to-day invested IN
western t, farm mortgages and that two
.hirds OF this belongs to farmers nov,
III active life.'' AoW
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
1;ryan's Rotten Egg Argumen.

AS contribution to financial ans
economic thought the following utter
ance of Mr.. Bryan. made in Kentucky.
is the most remarkable yet offered even
by him:
IF amy man in this community would
offer to buy all the eggs produced at 20
cents dozen and was able to make
good the offer, nobody would sell eggs
for less, no matter what the cost of pro-
duction, whether one cent or five cents a,
dozen. So with silver. Free coinage
would establish the market price OF sill
yer at $780, and nobody would sell it
for cent less
Why limit the price of eggs to &c cents
and Of silver to $1.29? Ii the reason
ing is sound, the price in each case
might easily be doubled, and the conse-
quent benefit to the human race CORE
spondingly increased. And why stop
with eggs and silver? Why not mark up
the price of everything you wish to
buy-offer TO pay double or treble what
is asked for it and keep On paying that
price to all coners-hold it there.
That's all you have to do-hold it there.
"Ncbody would sell it for a cent less.
says Bryan, SO long as you held it. 80
with silver" And the man who is put
ting forth such thought as that is can
didate for the presidency CT 1o.ooo,ceo
OF people in the closing years Of the
nineteenth century.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
Farmers Want Cheap Honey.

The advocates Of free coinage in the
west and south don't take any stock"
IN BIyan's occasional assertion that he
contends" that the adoption of this
policy would put up the price CT silver
to $1.2o. Indeed they would lose all
interest in the agitation if they sup
posed that the silver dollar under free
coinage was to be worth as much as
the gold dollar is now. The real senti-
nents of these people are clearly eS-
pressed by James Kitchen. an extensive
farmer and stockman Of GGayscn, Ky,
who, when asked the other day why he
was for free silver, made this reply:
81 am fer free silver because I am in
debt, and If we get free coinage can pay
my debts with one-half of what it now
costs under cur present money standard.
And another reason, I employ laborcrs on
my farm. They are the creditors. am
the debtor. Under free coinage can pay
them with one half it costs me row, for it
will raise the price OF products, and I can
hire my farm help fer Go cents Gay and
pay them in bacon at Is cents a pound
1t must become more and more plain,
as the campaign proceeds, that this is
the motive and must be the result of the
free coinage agitation. The question at
issue will thus finally resolve itself into
the larger question, whether the Amer
lean people still believe that honesty is
the best policy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
BRYAN ON TRUSTS.

The pot that called the kettle black
WAS consistency itself compared to w.
j. Bryan, His f;evorite theme is the
denuMiatfon Of trusts and syndicates
ant. corporations. He stands before
the WORSE as the chosen representa-
tive ard champion OF the most power
ful. the most ruthless and the most
rapacious trust that ever reared its
head in any country INDUSTRIOUS
combine OF the silver asine owners.
Less than hundred lnan control the
richest silver mines OF the United
States. Their united wealth is esti-
mated at SGl6 900 900 This gigantic
silver trust controls the solid congress
sional delegations OF seven silver min
ing states and Il majority OF the senate
of the United states. It's directors and
attorneys sitting in thu: body are the
dictators of the policy of the govern
ment in that highest branch in the
national legislature. The annual
product OF thcit. mines is over $40 OOO
coo, on Which they make q large profit
at GG cents per ounce. Foe eighteen
years, this rapacious combine has
sought to a, grade the government of
the United States tUa mere instru-
mentality for raising the price Of
their product. All other interests and
all other legislation has been suborai-
mated to that end. liz carrying out
this purpose ttey forced the govern
ment to purchase over 5o0.O0o.000
ounces of their silver, for which they
demanded and received gold in re-
turn and thus they brought the gov
eminent to the verge OF insolvency
and population in 1893 They have
noW seized upon the organization of
Il great party in the hope OF being
able IT, control the executive and leg
issative bra'a.'sr5 of the government
and by a., ~ Z. the minis t. the I'M
limited coinage OF their silver prod
uct 10 force the siive.' standard upon
the people of tire Uait>t States. They
expect that by thus widening the mar
ket for their silye. to raise the price
temporarily, and even if they should
realize but ten additional cents rer
ounce for two Years, it would swell
their profits to from $lO.Go0. 600 to So
900 600
Mr.. Bryan is the unblushiug repre-
sentative OF this r;,paciDas trust. Up
on the mere chance ct increasing its
profits he is willing 70 plunge the peo-
pie into the long agony Of ruin anil
disaster which would follow the de
scent to the silver standard. A pretty
man. lie is, to talk about trusts!-Pio-
neer Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
Which? Which?

In communities where wageworkers
pred ominate Mr.. Bryan continues to
deny any intention of cheapening the
dollar. He knows and they know that
this would mean diminishing by one-
half the purchasing power of wages and
reducing by one-half the value of all
savings, insurance and loans. And so
he pretends that free coinage will in
crease by nearly one-half the price Of
silver and make silver dollar worth
truly as much as gold one.
But in the west and iii farming COM
munities Mr.. Bryan wakes eloquent ON
the need of a cheaper dollar to increase
the price of farm products and enable
the farmer to pay 500 of debt with
s51 in silver. Leading silver advocates
at the west have repudiated Mr.. Bryan's
idea for eastern hearers only that free
coinage will increase the price of sill.
YER to $1.29. They say fatty that such
dollars would be as bad as gold. What
they want is a dollar worth only 81
cents.
Which dollar does Mr.. Bryan really
want? He cannot have both. Which is
to be bunkoed-the workingman or the
farmer, the mine owner or the debtora
Which, Y. Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
SILVER IN q NO.o1GLL.
Free Coinage OF Tricks Would not Isaise
Their Price.


Did you ever stop to think what would
be the result if the government shoul,.
Inv LEGISLATION determine that ordinary
BUILDING bricks two b. four by eight
inches in size should be legal tender ir
any amount for one dollar each and
should arrange to have them SO stamped
in any quantity free of cost to the per-
sons presenting them9
Under such circumstances the price
of building bricks would at once ad
vance to $1,000 thousand, for if they
could be coined without cost the.
bricks .'uncoined" would be worth just
as much as the coined briclls-one
dollar each. But did it ever occur to
YOU that it would rot be an advance in
the value of the bricks, Tut a decrease
in the value Of the dollars. which would
thus establish a new PARTY between
money and property" that under such
a system $1,000 would be worth only
1000 bricks; that that LOCO bricks
would exchanges for no more ccnlmodi-
ties or labor than it does to-day. and
consequently that $1,000 would mean
no more to us than / LOCO bricks do now?
In other words, our government can
determine by legislation what com
modify and what alncHnt Of that cc1n-
modify one dollar shall be, but it must
leave it to the laws Of comparative sup
ply and demand, cost of production,
etc., to determine what the value Of that
commodity shall be. It may declare
that brick shall Ee dollar, in which
case one dollar VIII lie worth whatever
a brick will exchange for. 1t RAY de-
clare that 25.s grains CT god shall be Il
dollar. in which case one dollar Will be
worth whatever 25.3 grains CT gold will
exchange for, or it Ray declare that
412H, grains of silver shall be dollar,
in which case one dollar VIII lie worth
only what 412H. grains Of silver will eS-
change for, the same to-day rs 50.3 cents
in gold Or, "giying the debtor the OPP
ton as to what dollar he shall use
with which to pay his debts, it may de-
clare that each Of these tsslrce shall be a
dollar, in which case one dollar will be
worth just rs much as the least valuable
of the three, which under present con-
ditions would be the briclz.-L. Carroll
Root
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15


For the position of school superin-
tendent the Republicans have put up
the best man for the position that
could be found in the person of Rev.
II. G.. Todd. He is one of the ablest
if not the ablest man in the county,
and has had g, good deal of experience
in the educational line, having served
four years as county superintendent of
Marinette county. He gave the best
of satisfaction there and would make a
superintendent that the county might
be proud of. He is not only an able
man but q fluent talker and would make
Villas county known in educational
meetings. He is not a politician and
will make no canvass for the Office and
his election would do much to remove
that office from the scramble of mere
party politics. The office of superin-
tendent OF schools is not and should
not be a mere political office and all of
those who have the welfare of our
schools at heart should join hands in
helping to elect Mr.. Todd.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
One Unsettled Point.

An cd 11.an who bore evidence Of
more work than culture, approached a
representative CT free silver paper the
other day in the state library.
Can ask you a question:"
"Certa;Ely.s
well. if we have free silver coinage,
We'll all have more money. won't we %
why. yes, certainly. That's easy
10 answer
well. what l want TO know" said
the old fellow. earnestly. SIS whether
they viii bring it to me or whether ri
have to go after Nebraska State
Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15

self to be accommodating and obliging
and has always been found at his post
when needed. He is poor man and
has large family depending upon him
and therefore could not afford to make
a personal campaign even If the in
come from the Office would warrant it,
which it does not. He has many
friends throughout the county who
will not forget him on election day
and he will not only poll his full party
vote but will draw some from the OPP
position as WE'LL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15

No better man could have been
named for county clerk .than Joseph
elliott of Arbor Vitae. His two terms
on the county board have given him a
familiarity and knowledge OF county
matters that will come into good play
as county clerk. He is a good penman
and accountant and knows something
about book keeping, requirements
which Will come in handy in that Of
fee. He is painstakiug and accomo-
dating, qualities which will make it
agreeable to transact business with
him. He is we'll known all over the
county and has not an enemy. He has
worked for the Ross Lumber Co., OF
Arbor Vitae, for Several years and is
we'll acquainted among the laboring-
men of the county. That he IS popular
with them is shown by the fact that he
has twice been elected chairman of his
town. Joe win get big vote all over
the county and that he will be elected
is a foregone conclusion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
andrew Jackson VS.. ". 8. Rrv.n

MT. bryan says cheaper dollar wo,,1a
be better for the WORKING ,c1asaa "ouiu
sar al' ,v, Jackson said in his last mes
n ,,sss, Engaged from day to day il their
al1i - ooils, they do not perceive that
az their wages are nom;na,,s :,
H. same or even somewhat hipbar
t,,o ale greatly reduced, in fact ~
.he rapid increase of a spurious ms ~. ~
rehey' which. as it appears - !, eur-
money abound, they are at flrst ;naa luke
g consider blessing. cnnsd
a ,el Until the prices of the necessa, :
cI Il see become SO dear that the labor; ,en
e = s,s cannot supply their wants oilna
= 'iieir wages that their wages re; = " :.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
Eagle River Review,
Eagle River. Wisconsin.
o. 3. MOON, Editor and Proprietor.
w. A. Bradford. the Republican

w. A. Bradford. the Republican
nominee for sheriff, is making strong
canvass for the Office and is sure to
win. He is one of the Oldest settlers
of the county, having &C m, here when
what is now Villas county, was part
of Lincoln county. He has spent the
greater part of this time in the woods
or on the river ann there is probably
no man in the county better acquaint-
ed with the laboffng men than he is.
He has worked with them for years
and is known by and is popular with
them all He is Que of them and they
He is equally we'll lknoWn and popular
with the business element and tax-pay-
.ers of the county. They have tried
him as assessor of this town and al
ways found him perfectly square and
for that rerson they have confidence
that if he is elected to the office OF
sheriff that he will! perform the duties
in manner that will be for the best
interests of the county. That with
him in the sheriff's office there will be
no large bills for the county to pay
without adequate tastnfns. His record
while in office in the past is known to
all and is such that he has no reason to
blush for it and he will make equally
as good a record as sheriff. Every
taxpayer and all of those interested in
keeping the expenses of the county
down as low as possible should do all
in their power to aid In the election OF
Mr.. Bradford He is poor man and
is handicapped by a lack of funds to
carry on the campaign. This may
make some difference with the floating
vote and he may loose some of it which
he would otherwise get but the tax
paydrs and citizens generally, who fa-
vor economy in public affairs, should
offset this possible loss by extra exer-
tions on their part and see to it that he
gets big vote. and is elected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
The Office of register Of deeds, is

The Office Of register Of deeds, is
one of the poorest paying of any in the
county and for that reason the nomi-
nees cannot afford to make much of a
canvass for it. L. e. McGill, the Re-
publican nominee for it, is a young
man of good business ability and a
good penrnan. Ii elected he will give
his attention to the duties of the Office
and will fill it to the satisfaction of all.
He is a Republican and has always
done what he could for the success of
the principles of that party and should
and will receive his full party vote for
the position.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15

&C. r. Sanborn, the Republican
nominee for district attorney, is a
young man we'll qualified to fill the po-
sition. He has been practising in this
county for the past three years with
good success. He is the senior, mem
Der of the firm of Sanborn &. Walsh.
The firm not only have a good practice
in this county but have won a good
reputation in Forest county as we'll
and do a large part Of the legal BUSH
ness that arises there. They have
been retained in several important
cases in that county and are'at present
the attorneys for the town Of Pelican.
The Democrats of this county recog-
nized Mr.. Sanborn's ability and fitness
for the Office by endorsing him for the
position at their convention, and there
is no question but what he will be cleo
ted, as he should be.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15

ale Swenson, the Republican candi-
date for county treasurer, is one OF the
best known men in the county, and has
been identified with it's interests for
years. He came to Woodruff some
eight or nine years ago and built a
small store. By square dealing and
strict attention to business he has
built up large trade and lis to-day,
probably doing more business and has
u larger trade than any other mer-
chant in the county. He is pre-emi-
nently self made man and has at
tanned his present position by hard Ia
Dor and perseverance.
He is frst-class business man as
we'll as one of the solid men OF the
county and will make safe custodian
of the funds OF the county.
Besides being in every way compe-
tent to fill the Office for which he has
! been named, he is q Republican and
stands for the principles of that party
and so should receive the votes OF all
WHO Uc1lcVc LII CloaS u iAAOAP
has always been found supporting the
Republican cause and doing all in his
power for it's success, and for that rea-
son has the right to expect the sup
port of all good Republicans and the
Republicans here should see to 1t that
he gets his fllll party vote here as we'll
40 in other. narts of the county where
he is better known. Above every
thing else the Republicans OF the coun-
ty should not allow sectional feelings
to influence them in casting their bal
lots. The whole Republican ticket is
made up of good men and each man On
it is entitled toeand has the right to
expect the vote ofeEery Republican IN
the county.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
80 TO So Nothing to Ate.

Pat--How Go yen stand on the silver
question, Moike?
Milse-Me? Sixteen to wan is moi
platform.
I'at-~i;'iis. :siea Well. me laddybuck,
If you and the long phiskered cranks
win Tn thinking that by next winter
ivrybcdy's platform will be: Nothing
to ate. Detroit Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
a,sMARck's ADVICE
= ~ 10 FOLLOW TT .+rre.

r. Tt UnprGJu0ic0u
a annears to set greac So.
MT. ,..+ar which Gov. CuDpersol b.
Tsxas has received from :. = : U;lling
! s arcr The peoples frnena .sM.n 81
- raceive advice from tne la,on;en
Rlood and Iron,'' and tn0 ,:.+ana to
Dloo ~ American farmer ls1ens
- f.nons friend of American - -
1na ~. go Who shut the German Pol's
culeu .;oan nork il 1884 and to Ame, ,s,r,
Alae., n 1855. and who would giau
80 un;ted all central Europo
nave -. L. r,,e aimed directly agalIsc
All American produce. bls hv Mr..
rather diplomatic letter IS 49, - favor
rowan in his recent speeches. ~ J7a;tad
the free coinage Of silver Dy .nI n;s-
states. The devotion OF Cnance 10
s,,a,oL 10 the cause of silver lnay
saan IN the following historical la
sesn ~ annears TO have escaped generaa
notice: h.nce1Ior Of
The emnire and minister or coMm aao
for prussia the equivalents OF i'oo.,
n oo ono marks lover s27O, 200, OoO) IN sli-
yer was demonetized between snc ~ 1000 900
1874 and 1881, and over Sloo'oov'oSs
worth of the bullion into which sA -
were melted had been SOLD py 1857
+bat wear. finding that the price Q. 81
rar was becoming demoralized, SO 1lias
his remaining $109,O00,o00 was dePrer
eating. he stopped sales by a decree
issued in May, 1879. These points were
frankly stated by his delegation W '.
international monetary conferences "
1881. when Germany likewise o1tereu
to suspend sales for a tune IN oluer
that the price might not be 1urtner
depressed. With these assurances uo
fore the monetary powers ana Win III!
decree of 1879 still in force, BlsmarcA
saw an opportunity of dumping sons
German silver on the sly and proceeoeu
to do so. In 1885 the Egyptian govern
ment decided to change its coinage and
invited bids for contracts to com us
silver piasters. The German mint Sc
cured the contract to make the coin ana
incidentally furnished $3,1S9.6oO OF Sill
YER bullion to Egypt. The matter was
kept very quiet or escaped genera no
tice. Reference to it will be found.
however. in the London Economist OF
December 4. 1856, which saw in 1t
proof of Bismarck's lack of faith IN
silver.
With all his faults, Bismarck is q
sturdy patriot. To help the German
distiller he was willing to see trichinw
in every American pig. and to protect
the German farmer he smelled bugs on
every American potato. Germany has
to-day s1o7ooo,ooo worth of silver
whose value is declining. If the United
States could be induced to follow the
example of Egypt and give Germany
chance to do some more unloading.
where is the harm, from the ex-chan-
cellor's point of view. in writing a let
ter of not entirely disin terested advice?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15

Probably a better man for county
surveyor could not have been. named
than M. E. Monsell of Minocqua.. Mr..
Monsell is a practical surveyor and
has had lots of experience in his pro-
fession. He has the reputation OF be-
ing very competent and careful sur
veyor and one that can be depended
upon. He always does his work we'll
and without fear Or favor for any one.
He is just the man needed for county
surveyor and seeuld be elected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-10-15
Sar.a ions E-asSss I5 .n:sr.

Suppose" says Isex. ss5;..-1 ''2sses. .
Georgia. the government q llS,e' SIS. ! Is
grist NILS in this count ~. .li.s' c'ssss'ss q,
SHOULD ersct Il law that eli corn : .aot e.
be ground by tie government l-.-i.3
free. ard that while corn was yeffl a
cents husasl the goves.F 's Noas !,
stan. ? TIE .sac,ss Of r,s;sf sos.assa = Weu.i
bring - cents Il rus.tsi asasi oo q, & sl
nothirtra It IS a very haFd ~. s. =
keep a,ssl ,lss..a tl,e price OF corr