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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-28

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-28
NIppon's sound Pilot.

Capt. David Gilmore. pioneer steam
boat man on the Sound. has been APP
pointed pilot Of the steamers OF the Nip
pom Yusen kalsha. and left yesterday for
Port Townsend 10 meet and board the
Mike Maru. The position Is something OF
slnecure and has been much sought
after. The pilot meets the vessels at
Port Townsend and guides them from
there IN. taking them back 10 the same
port when the start Is made for the re-
turn voyage. Capt Gilmore's appoint
menf vas 40 surprise TO the many aspir-
ants for the position. as Il has been known
for some time that he was the probable
apponiee. He II probably one of the best
known steamboat men IN the Northwest.
and has done some notable things as a
pilot and captain. The steamer Edith.
belonging - ;ns p. s. sad A. s company.
Was purchased FOR n. Il. jackson and
brought Gers b Cert. Gilmore from san
Francisco. many ycacs age some time
ago having acquired a. Independent sort-
une. ne settled iG Seattle and bought con-
siderable property IN the city. HIS most
valuable property Is the Arlington docil.
OF which ne il sole owner. OF late years
he has spent his iiFue IN managing the
wharf ard his other interests.
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2.4s3.5O6,Gs
1.s19,44G,3Oo
Cheap Dollars.
GG4,0CO,375

Everything is cheap or dear according
to what we have to pay for it. Sugar is
cheap at 5 cents u pound, but would be
dear at 10 cents.
A cheap dollar, therefore, is one that
the merchant buys with less goods than
lar If merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for Il dollar. and the dol
lar which he gets is 2OO-cent dollar;
and if the 2OO-cent dollar is Il dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by 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-ccnt 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, if you
with labor, Does lie want cheap col
lar. for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds of sugar! Or does he
WANT 2OO-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.
"Oll, no." says the workingman, "that
is not what l want; but. if dollars were
cheap. l would get twice as many Of
them for days work.
Would you. indeed! Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, ut
the ratio of 16 to /, is simply scheme
to reduce your wages without your know
ing it or having an excuse for striking.
What good would it do you to get twice
as many dollars for days work if 81
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 20 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 it all
means to you and to your little family
Springfield Qll) Journal.
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What Stewart Thought in 1894.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made n
r,oech in Congress February II, 1874, in
which he said:
Let everybody know what a dollar is
<,ortL The farmers will then know how
to measure the difference in price be-
tvoan his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in liverpool The wheat will be meas
mred by the same standard d-gold-in
illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man
terv. @ fhc whole subject of finance is n
mystery. and what do we see every day?
We see those who devote their attention
to # making large fortunes out of this
mystery. ~, ,,o oe A., .,,
have been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold, adopt the
pct rid of this mystery:
NJ I.ogau-What does the senator
NJ Stewart want the standard gold,
and no paper money not redeemed in
gold, no paper money the value Of which ihca
,s y;l1 10 organize a gold board to speculate
With viii It. Who pays for this gold board?
Wyho novs these immense fortunes? How
~ VI T. That millions and millions can be
ro,led up annually there? Did anybody
ever calculate who paid for it? It
comes out of the producers. How do
these men exist? By the latitude which
vonr depreciated currency gives to specu-
lation and nothing else.
Persons who are speculating in your
denreciated currency are making the
,, money. and they will continue to make
!; It SO long as you have deprecated cur
rency.
have got to become skilled in this fuctuat-
ing currency and make corners and man
initiate the market, and if they do that
tkey cannot farm.-(Congressiona Rec
ord forty-third Congress, first session.
vol 2. o. 1927
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FARMERS EGG BASKET
The Mckinley Law Checked I'm.
portation and Gave q
Home Market.
EFFECT OF THE WILSON BILL.
The 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 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 thu benefit of part
of his natural market.
The purpose of this article is to show
by II 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 10 cents a. dozen for his
present Wilson-Gorman bill, he hardly
averages cents dozen; and the people
could better afford to pay 10 cents Il
dozen in 1Sl2, than they can 5 cents Il
dozen in 1896.
From 1883 to 1890, there was no tariff
upon eggs. The Canadian farmer could
to California. Mexico, China. France.
Germany and other countries supplied
us with 15,5OO,OOO dozens of eggs, an
nually, on the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farmer on this small
product alone, at Is cents dozen, ~
100000. This importation of over L.
day was felt. in the way of competition.
by our farmers chiefly in the large cities.
Farmers can 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 rail?
The following statement shows imror-
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.
1888, to June 30, 1889.
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used to pay the expenses of the govern.
ment." The tariff on some of the neces-
sarics of life might be reduced. and the
deficit made up by an issue of money"
Or, if this is not deemed advisable, "gOv-
ernment paper can be issued to pay for
special improvements; harbOrs can be
dccpcned and rivers improved in this
way" He introduced bill to issue
$76.ooo.ooo Of United States treasury
notes. with which to inauguratc the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that 1--WE can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma
turcd bonds and replace the coin SO used
with paper money!" He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment of the S2i,OOO.OOO outstanding
9 per cent. bonds. lie did not stop even
ut that point, but gravcly proposed that
government paper should he issued In
the place of national bank notes, rs 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-
plainc'l that he meant both gold and sill
yer. wilfully ignoring the disparity in in
trnsic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this is the financier and states-
man for whom honest and sensible men
are asked to cast their votes, next No
ypmhnrt
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
Question. Why should Democrats Legis-
late in favor of the Canadian AS against
the American Farmer?
Pointer for Farmers.

remember one instance that bears
particularly upon this question that came
TO me today as sat here, and that was
this: MY father came from the New
England states upon this prairie in 1887.
He told me this instance once: That
after sowing crop of wheat by hand,
cutting it with the cradle, binding it with
the rake, and threshing it with the ball
upon the floor, he put it upon wagon
and drove it to this city of Milwaukee,
ninety-six miles away, and sold it here
for Is cents bushel. This was in the
sos, and silver then was $1.3O an ounce.
Now tell the silver men to explain to you
how it was that in the early sos wheat
was 4G cents bushel, and silver $1.3O
an ounce. if the price of silver always
carries with it the price of wheat. And
when he. hens and haws, say to him:
ut is not only confined to wheat, but
that other commodity you yoke up with
silver, cotton; and tell him that for the
four years ending in 1915 cotton in the
city Of New York averaged only cents
bound; and that for the four years
ending in 1894 the s. same class averaged
) cents a pound. Tell him to explain
that to you. That was when we had
free coinage and silver was then $1.3G
nm ounce. He cannot explain it. That
one illustration my friends, utterly de-
stroys the whole silver hercsy.-Con-
grcssman Fowler of New Jersey.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
A Question for Farmers.

If the volume of silver money controls
prices, as the free coiners would have
us believe that it does. so that the more
silver coin there is in circulation. the
higher is the price Of wheat. and the
less silver coin there is in circulation
the lower the price of wheat; then will
some farmer. who believes in the free
coinage of silver at IL to 1, answer the
question:
How did it happen that wheat was
lower in price i'll 1894 than ever before.
while the amount of coined silver in the
world was greater than ever before?-
Illinois State Journal.
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Total. ............ lis, ,01s. 500 81 AIS, ,97G

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 5 cents a dozen on eggs. This law
went into effect October 1. 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 in 1894, so that
instead Of nearly 100000 dozen eggs
being brought into this country. as here
tofore, in 1901 we imported 5000. 900
dozen: 100000 in 1S31-32; 3.OOO.O,O
in 1923: 1.75O.000 in 1884. BY 1891
nearly $2,0O0OOO had been taken from
the foreign shipper, which now went into
the pockets of the American farmer
The following table shows the importa-
tions of eggs since 1888:
Annual importations Of foreign eggs. 1885,
1S0i
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
Bryan a Grccnbackcr.

Mr., Bryan is not so much slvcritc
MS he is n grccnbnckcr. He said on the
floor of the House of Representatives in
Washington, June 5, 1894:
."Thc issue of money by the govern
mcnt 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 Il
bank issues money. you must pay the
market rate of interest to get it: but
when the government issues money, the
people save the interest. if the money is
afterward called in: and they save the
principal also, if the money is kept in cir
culation."
He asserted that greenbacks "can be
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
yiduals. A man who has repudiated his

yiduals. A man who has repudiatcd his
debts is never trusted again and is re-
garded with contempt by all his neigh
bors. And so is IL nation.
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 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 reputation the silver men
want, and reputation is dishonor.-Chi'
cago Times Herald.
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Notice to Parents.

children of families not resi-.
of Dickinson school district
70 required to pay in advance a
tuition of IS each for the fall
pring terms. All children will
bject to this tuition fee where
cad of the family resides out.
If the district. 8.15.3t.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
You Ought to Try

Robinson's Vaporizing Inhaler for the
cure of catarrh and all throat and
lung troubles. Relief is sure and
certain. 1t is made by the Sims st.
druggist. Call in and see it In opera.
tion. 2-2o
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
Cure for Headache.

a remedy for all forms of Head
Electric Bitters has proved to be
cry best. 1t effects a permanent
and the most dreaded habitual
headaches yield to its influence.
lrge all who are afflicted to pro-
a bottle, and give this remedy a
trial. In cases Of habitual con-
ton Electric Bitters cures by
e the needed tone to the bowels,
few cases long resist the use Of
medicine. Try it once. Fifty
1; and $1.OO at Dreukel & Davis
Store.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29

Don't trife away time when you
have cholera morbus or diarrh0ea.
Fight them in the beginning with
DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure.
You don't have to wait for results,
they are instantaneous. and it leaves
the bowels in healthy condition.
Drenkel L Davis. tt.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29

5hl6 Kans but II eeed 1oWotl oltoeHstt
on Willard, and both men fred at
once, Sewell's bullet passing over
Willard's head and lodging In the
wall of the opposite building. Will.
lard's struck Sewell in the neck, sew.
ering the jugular vein, and he
dropped dead. The coroner's jury
exonerated Willard,
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
Tho ,ris,,man and the Potato Bug.

The IFISHH1HH "1f1 t'fC 0esst0 D'Fs'
Mr.. Tcnncy's story at Madison of the
Irishman who swallowed 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
1882, and now, to cure the misery which
he has suffered ever since. the Populist
quark doctor is trying to induce him to
swallow an unlimited dose of free silver.
But if the workingman takes it. he will
find, when it is too late. that the cure l.
worse than the disease.
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he Discovery Saved His Life.
G. Caillouette, Druggist. Beavers

G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
ILL.,, says: ITO DIR. Kings New
ovcry owe my life. Was taken
La Grippe and tried all the ply
MS for miles about, but of no
l and was given up and told I
| not live. Having DIR. Kings
Discovery in my store I sent for
tile and began its use and from
irst dose began to get better, and
using three bottles was up and
again. 1t is worth its weight In
We won't keep store or house
out it," Get q free trial bottle at
lkel & Davis Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
Bucklen's Arnic. salve.

Bucklen's Afnica Salve.
Best Salve in the world for
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
lm, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
ds, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
,tions, and positively cures Piles,
0 pay required. It is guaranteed
i've perfect satisfaction or money
lded. Price Is cents per box. Foi
by Droukel & Davis.
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PERSONAL MENTION.
l Cannon has gone to the Coast
.ch of health.

PERSONAL MENTION.
l Cannon has gone to the Coast
:ch Of health.
Ada Quinion has been visit.
town this week.
missioner Mcclure was up
sichardton on Tuesday.
Dollard Of Belfeld spent a
!ys in Dickinson this week.
Coleman, mother of Mrs.
aoodall, is visiting in the. place.
C. H. Klinefelter, Jr.. and
en- are visiting friends in Glen.
:. Crowl hopes to find time to
the G. A. r. encampment next
70 Campbell will be in attend.
t the G. A. r. encampment
week.
I. Dinsdale went west Monday
up the chances for buying
sheep.
Koesel the Antelope mer.
was in Dickinson Wednesday
lg on business.
iel Manning left Friday to be in
ance at G. A. r. encampment
.neapolis the coming week.
Folsom left Friday for Min.
is where he will visit relatives
out 10 days and take in the G.
Brsdie went to st, Paul Thurs
vening on matters connected
he purchase of machinery for
W Lehigh coal company.
John w. Currie and the chill.
accompanied Chairman Currie
ssday on his tour of the state
he railroad commission.
and Mrs. j. E. Dafoe left Mon.
ening for the Twin Cities and
y, where they will take in the
al and visit friends for about
G. R. Pendergast expects to go
neapolis the first of the week
t relatives for a short time and
ticipate in the festivities Of the
in the Twin Cities.
and Mrs. j. L. Sizer, accom-.
by Miss Perrine, of Val.
;ity, arrived in Dickinson
" morning and will spend sew.
eeks in the vicinity.
w. j. Kirby, Mrs. Geo. Muz.
Mrs. w. G. Taylor, Of New
nd, were in town Monday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Sizer who drove
" England with them in the,
ag.
and Mrs. j. G. Murphy, Of
on, Wis, arrived Monday and
Q the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
field for a short time. Mr..
by, a brother of Mrs. Scofield,
retary and deputy railroad com.
3ner Of his state.
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S. Reward.

9 undersigned will pay IS each
le delivery of ali cattle branded
bar on right side. o. p. liner.
---- 8.l5tf.
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\ gain during four years Of

A gain during four years Of
Republican rule Of. .........
During the last two years.
under the second adminis-
tratiOn Of Mr.. Cleveland. and
under proposed and accom-
plished free trade and sweep
Ing tariff reductions, values
again decreased from (1S03).
To the comparatively Insight
ficant total Of. of..............
Showing the enormous loss
In l,,,t two Q, years of Democratic
The Dickinson press., 1896-08-29

During the last year of the Mckinley
snd Cna for Were be cb
qese. We bought none whatever from
European countries, as before. Even at
s cents 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 Dickinson press., 1896-08-29
FIGURES FOR FARMERS
Arithmatic for Wheat Growers
Which Neglects Tax and In
terest Considerations.
A FREE SILVER MATHEMATICIAN.
Silver Accountants Concede Double
Expense in Mexico and As.
sumo Equal Profits.

Warren, Minn., Aug. G.-To the Editor:
enclose comparative slips circulated by
nn advocate of free silver. which subject
l would like your opinion on. 1t, of
course, is intended to 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.. Lnmberson.
The first slip processes to show The net
profit to farmer of raising 5000 bushels
Of wheat in the United States:
5000 bushels. at SO cents per busl,cl. So, 500
Expenses ............ ,WD
tFelsnC ............... S'D
interest ZD
IuXeS ~
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Assumed net profit to American
Assumed net profit TO Mexican

farmer. -. ,.:.................... .:D
AS this assumed profit would be in
silver and the wheat would have to he
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 az many silver
dollars as in the United States. as
sunlcs that the profit on it would he the
same number Of silver dollars as i'll the
United States. AS Il matter of fact the
freight rates in Mexico are higher rx-
pressed in the gold standard than in the
United States. but assuming that they
are the same. the American railroad COM
panics. as soon as 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
our free silver accountant states it.
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 he paid
on twice the number Of silver dollars hor-
rOwcd by the American farmer, so that
even s,lpposing the rates of interest
TO br the same. the amount of interest
would be double. raising it from 5000 to
$500. Moreover. the equivalent of $40
taxes paid by the American farmer
would lr $50 in Mexican dollars. 50 that
the account of the Mexican farmer, thus
corrected. would stand as follows:
5000 bushels at sl.12 per busheI. -. 5000
Expense .................. ....2WW
Freight ........ ............... GOD
Interest ........... ............ 400
Taxes ............. ............ ~
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Bryan Shown to DO Uncertain.

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan is an insincere politician and an
unreliable adviser of tho people. He
was n bolter in 1893 and in that year,
clarcd that the exchnngeable value of a
dollar depended on something besides
congressional cdict.
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic tickc for judge of tho
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
ter from Mr.. Irvine, calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention to his unexpected position, the
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote Il statement of
his reasons for boltfng which contained
the following cool remarks and assur-
ances Of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidates:
regret that our people chose for slaughter
so deserving a man. They ought to
have selected some one of the numer-
PeoSnts 9ns o WhS &c, Are are nrsponsbe
frankly and coniidentialiy, because
! feel that you deserve better fate
this fall.
During the extraordinary session of
Congress of 1893, called by President
Cleveland, Mr. Bryan made speech in
which he declared that:
While the government can say that given
weight of gold silver shall consti-
tmte a dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities. it cannot
fix th. ,. purchasing power of the dol
lar That must depend upon the
law of supply and demand.
If the number Of dollars increases
more rapidly, than the need of dol
lnrs.as i di'l after the gold discover:
les Of 1S4?-thc exchangeabc lie value of
each dollar will fall and prices rise.
Thus it appears that MIR. Bryan knew
what the cxcl,angeal,le value of Il dol
lar depended on. His change of tune,
therefore, is not because conditions have
changed. but because he shifts his prill-
ciples with the varying political brcczes,
and that lie is willing to do anything for
office.
In tho spring of 1892 Bryan declared
in speech made by him on the tariff
attributed
To the inventive genius that has multiplied
I. thousand times, in many instances.
the strength Of n single arm and
enabled MS to do today with one man
what fifty men could not do nifty
years ago. That is what brought the
prices down in this country and else
where.
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 ''thc crime of 1873" which the
News has shown to have been no crime
at all, has pulled everything down with
How can the people believe a man
who thus stultifics 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. .