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Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
what Stewart Thought in 1894.

"n0C StcW0rC xuOu&ut An AoO3s
Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
speech in Congress February IL, 1874, in
which he said:
Let everybody know what dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
to measure the difference in price, be.
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
ured by the same standard-gold-in
Illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man
can figure it up. But now it is a mys-
terry; the whole subject of finance is 9
mystery, and what do we see every day.
We see those who devote their attention
to it 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
Mr.. stewart-1 want the standard gold,
and no paper money not redeemed in
gold, no paper money the value of which
"a not ascertained, no paper money that
will organize gold board to speculate
with It. Who pays for this gold board? ?
Who pays thsse e immense % fortune fortunes? How ~
rolled t up up annually there? Did anybody
comes con, out Of the producers. How do
these men exist? By the latitude which
your deprecated currency gives to specu.
fation and nothing else.
Per Persons who are speculatins in your
depreciated currency are making the
money. and they will continue to make
it so long as you have deprecated cur.
II the farmers would get rich they
have got to become skilled in this fuctuat-
initiate the market, and If they do that
they cannot farm.-(Congression Rec
ord forty-third Congress. first session,
vol 2, p. 1927
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

used. used to + Rsy y the Is, expense. Of The severn.
earies Of life might be reduced, and the
deficit made up by an issue of money"
Or, It this 10 not deemed advisable, ''govs
ernment paper can be issued to pay foe
special Improvements: harbors can b
deepened and rivers improved In this
way" He introduced bill to issue
SO. 100000 Of United States treasury
notes, with which to inaugurate the con.
etruction Of the Nicaragua canal. Ho
further suggested that I'VE can use any
available coin on hand to take up ma.
tured bonds and replace the coin 90 used
with paper money" He introduced ans
Psssa 1 sS q 81; ta:
2 per cent. bonds. He did not stop even
at that point, but sravely. proposed that
government paper should be issued II
the place Of national bank notes. a. they
are retired" His theory Of the ultimate
redemption Of government obligations,
40 stated BY himself, was that the larger
the Issue OF treasury notes, the smallSe
will be the "coin" reserve required With
which to meet them. By. ''coin' he ex.
planned that he meant both gold and sil.
yer, wilfully ignoring the disparity In in.
trinsic value between the gold and silver
dollar.
And this is the fnancier and states.
man for whom honest and sensible men
are asked to cast their votes. next No.
vemberi
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
FARMERS EGG BASKET
The MoKinlsy Law Checked In
portation and Gave q
Home Market.
EFFECT OF THE WILSON BILL
The Canadian Farmer Has Protection
but the American Farmer
Has None.

There 10 no reason why Canada, Mexi-
-, China, or any other country should
SRpply the United States with q single
fGx.i Canada does not buy q single egg
from, uss and there is no reason why we
ehould buy from her. When we do, the
American farmer loses the benefit of part
of his natural market.
aThe purpose of this article IL to show
By few figures the benefit which the
American farmer derived from the Nc
Kinley law; not merely because the
h1t because under that law he received
IN average of Is cents dozen for his
eggs all the year around. Under the
Dresent Wilson, German bill, he hardly
averages 5 cents q, dozen: and the people
could better afford to pay Is cents a
Dozen Dozen IL IL 1856 isSs. 'aa' '0e' ean . Genus .
From 1883 to 1890, there was no tariff
upon eggs. The Canadian farmer could
eend his eggs across the line from Maine
e California; Mexico. China. France:
q With ii, 800 900 dosens Of eggs, an
oually, on the average. We paid every
rear to the foreign farmer on this small
PCoduet alone. at Is cents dozen, ST.
tQ0,O0O. This importation Of over l.
10000 dozen q month or $1,000 dozen a
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 rail?
The following statement shows impor-
cations Of eggs, by countries. the year be-
fore the Mckinley tariff went into effect,
for the year ending June 80, 1889:
Importations Of eggs. by countries. July1,
1884 to June 70 1850
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

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 a duty
Of 5 cents q 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
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 100000
dozen; 100000 in 1891-92; 100000
In 1928; 1,750, 900 in 1894. BY 1894
nearly $2,O0O.O6O had been taken from
foreign n1. shipper ri Thaeh now went into
The following table shows the importa-
lions of eggs since 1888:
Annual importations Of foreign eggs. 1883.
HQQS
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II the Mckinley law had been let

alone. the American farmer in 1856
would be supplying nearly every egg in
the American market. The farmers
wife would have felt encouraged to in
crease her. stock Of poultry, on which
herself and her children. When the
Mckinley law was repealed and the tar.
iff on eggs reduced from 5 cents to 8
cents dozen, importation increased
creased price Of $125,OOO. Unless the
American farmer can see it to be his in
terest to vote for Mckinley and the
Canadian and other foreign farmers will
soon again ship US 16.000,O 600 dozen q
year and the price Of domestic eggs will
continue to decline. a. they have done
for the last two years.
Question. Why Should Democrats Legis-
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
tarih 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
Us 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 a better market for
American eggs than the whole of Can.
ada. Yet Canada imposes duty of 8
cents dozen on our eggs, while we i'm.
pose duty Of only 3 cents a dozen on
her eggs.
The Canadians have protection, but
under the Wilson bill We have not.
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

viduals. A man who has repudiated his
debts 10 never trusted again and 10 re-
garded with contempt BY all his neigh.
bors. And so is nation.
a free.coinage law is repudiation, and
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. 1t is reputation the silver men
want, and reputation 10 dishonor.-Chi.
cago Times-Herald.
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
AQuestion for Farmers.

If the volume Of silver money controls
prices, as the free coiners would have
us believe that It does, 20 that the more
silver coin there. 10 in circulation, tho
higher is the price Of wheat, and the
less silver coin there 10 in circulation,
the lower the price Of wheat; then will
coinage Of silver at 16 to /, answer the
question:
How did Il happen that wheat was
lower in price In 1894 than ever before.
while the amount Of coined silver in tho
world was greater than ever before?-
Illinois State Journal
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
Bryan . Greenbacker.

Mr.. Bryan 10 not 90 much a silverits
40 he 10 q greenbacker. He said, on the
door Of the House Of Representa- IN
Washington, June 8. 1894:
'sThe issue Of money BY the govern.
ment directly to. the people gives 10 Z
safer currency .(than national bank bills)
and saves to the people - whole the
Bnnf ssues ssss Money y You mus. mSe1 ne@ hs
market rate Of interest to get It: but
when the government issues money, the
people save the interest, II the money q
sfterward called In: and they ave thu
prindpal also, Il the money 10 kept n cir.
culaton."
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
Bryan shown to be Uncertain.

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan Is an insincere politician and an
unreliable adviser Of the people. He
was q bolter in 1893 and in that year,
clared that the exchangeab!e value Of
dollar depended on something besides
congressional edict.
When Frank Irvine was running On
the Democratic tteke for judge qf the
ter from Mr.. Irvine. calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention to his unexpected position, the
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote statement Of
his reason: for bolting which contained
the following cool remarks and assur.
for the Democratic candidate:
! regret that our people chose @ for slaughtss
Ssys .aa man They !, ought to
for the falling OF Z Of Of the De%1oc1.sss D1sa1ocr:ss
ssi,v ma nave sgSdks1 f. you thus
han the ons which s fear Ssssia await. !s,s yoS
Congress Of 1893, called By President
Cleveland. Mr.. Bryan made . speech In
which he declared that:
While the government can say that gives
tqte . dollar and Invest that dollar
az the purchasing power Of the dol.
"a, sx q sappig Rass snd ddePsnd deP%sSd upon the
II the 9 999mber Of dollars Increases
!arszas I did after the gold discover:
each dollar Viii is .ad peis.s 1ss
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the exchangeabls value Of . dol.
therefore, II not because conditions haye
changed, but because he shifts bis prin.
ciples with the varying political breezea,
and that he 10 willing to do anything for
Office.
In the spring Of 1892 Bryan declared
in a speech made By him on the tari6
question that the fall Of prices must b
attributed
To the inventive genius that has multiplied
4 thousand times. In many instances,
ns.d the :sdsensta q. 70 81 to.1 :ss Gin arm and
what afty men could not DO dft1
down ia III: saa' soun.ss a1GSsas. :sa .l:s e:
At this time another change has come
over the spirit Of his white house
dream. He and his fellow Populists
ascribe the fall in the prices Of commod.
tiles to the fall in the price Of silver.
that "the crime Of 1873" which ths
News has shown to have been no crime
ct all. has pulled everything down with
How can the people believe man
who thus stultifies himself and puts him
self on both sides Of vital questions.
while, at the same time, he proves IN.
true to his party associates?-Bu6ale
News.
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
FIGURES FOR FARMERS.
Arithmatio for Wheat Growers
Which Negleots Tax and In
terest Considerations.
AFREE SILVER MATHEMATICIAN.
Silver Accountants concede Double
Expense in Mexico and A.
sumo Equal Profita

@pa avs SS tss sG s.
an advocate Of free silver, which subject
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
I would like the going wages in Mexico
and the rates of interest in countries on
silver basis as compared with the gold
standard countries. Il. Lamberson.
The first slip processes to show the net
profit to farmer of raising 5000 bushels
of wheat in the United States:
fSoo F1oeDsss bushels. At se cent. per bu.ss
trelgnC 100000 ss.s.ss...s.... $40
interest s...s.ss..ss.....es SOO
taxes ...... ........s......... 10
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
Tho 1ri.hm.n and tho Potato B

Mr.. Tenney's story At Madison Of the
Irishman who swallowed Q potato bue
and chem q dose Of Paris green, In tbs
hope Of killing the bug. Q very pat .
the political situation. The American
Workin9man swallowed. free trade i1
1892. and now: to cure The nihssFK ah Mhisa
ouack doctor o trying to induee hin q
eWaliow an unlimited dose Of froe silve9,
But n the workiugman takes Il - WW
6nd, when y is to late. that tha eure 3
Wosle than the dlseasA ---~
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
Assumed net proft to Mexican

00buucU u0S pEOuG 70 01exIC4u
Reduced to gold. :. ................. " 2so i.2so
As this assumed profit would be in
silver and the wheat would have to be
sold upon the gold standard, this skillful
accountant reduces this to gold, making
the net profit to the Mexican farmer
$3.50. But to produce this result this
wheat would be twice as many silver
dollars as in the United States, as
sumes that the profit on It would be the
same number of silver dollars as In the
United States. As matter Of fact the
freight rates in Mexico are higher ex-
pressed in the gold standard than in the
United States, but assuming that they
are the same, the American railroad com.
panies, as soon as they cross the border,
require twice as many Mexican dollars
to pay 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..
Mexico than in the United States, II
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. 90 that
even supposing the rates of interest
to be 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 be $50 in Mexican dollars. so that
the account of the Mexican farmer. thus
corrected, would stand as follows:
5000 bushels at SLIP per bushel. .s5 GOO
Expense .................. .....2.000
Fntaega.t FE.eagns ''.''..' ..''''..........l.e@
IexeS .seess.s.sssa ess.ss.ss... 80
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

Reducing this to gold, as in the original
statement, the net profit Of the Mexican
farmer would be $500, exactly what that
Of the American farmer would be. This
is fair specimen Of the illusory and
silver men to deceive American farmers.
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

A gain during six years Of
Republican rule Of. .........
During the ensuing four years
until the election Of Mr..
Harrison In 1888, values de.
creased from ...............
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Assumed net proflt to American

Assumed net profit to American
The second slip makes a similar state.
ment of the assumed profits Of raising
5000 bushels of wheat In Mexico:
5000 bushels. at SLIP per bushel. {. .. IS, 600
Expense .............s s...... .$Z,OOO
HFelGnC se.se.ssss 6uO
interest s.... ..ss..ssss.ssssss 2UO
TaxeS ........... ssss......... 10
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

A loss during four years Of
Democratic rule Of. f..........
During the ensuing four years.
until the second election Of
Mr.. Cleveland In 1892, values
again increased from. .......
1o.... .............. ........
A gain during four years Of
Republican rule Of. .........
During the last two years.
under the second admins.
tratlon of Mr.. Cleveland, and
under proposed and accom-.
plished free trade and sweep.
Ing tariff reductions. values
again decreased from (1893).
To the comparatively Insight.
dcant total Of.
Showing the enormous loss
in Int two ., years Of Democratic
rue OF ................
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
VALUES DECREASED.

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 aud swine were
During the ensuing six years.
until the election Of Mr..
Increased to-. .............. 2,4e7. .ses. .e24
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21

2.487,s8s,M4
2,4W.043.418
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
6s.s25.5oe

2.4O9. .043.41s
2.481,755,69S
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
62.7l2.2so

2.4s3.5oe.esl
1.sle.44e.soe
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
THE M0RTGAGED FARM
Payment Of Debts in Debased Cur
rency Means Practically
Reputation.
A ANEPRASKAFARMER ANSWERED
FaIIacy Of What is Considered the
Strongest Free Trade
Argument.
A NEgaAsKAFARmER ANSWERED

The following letter is one Of many
that are daily received by the Times
Herald. It is supposed to contain the
strongest free silver argument that can
be addressed to the farmer, and it is
used by the free silver orators with Inn
mense assurance Of its success:
Griggs courier., 1896-08-21
$l.o22.445.se2

2.4e7.ses.e24
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-14
YOUR PALATE is YOUR STOM-
ACH'S CONSCIENCE.
YOUR STOMACH KNOWS WHAT II
GOOD FOR YOU.

Thin Poeplelare thin because the food they
eat is not absorbed. Reasons, either wrong
food or right food undigested.
Fats. oils and grease will not make any one
fat. This is because they are Indigestible.
Thin people find If hard to digest their food.
Fatty foodsmake it still harder.
Have you ever noticed that almost without
exception, thin, pale, dyspeptic ansemic people
have an aversion to fat? This is of itself proof
enough that such foods are bad for them.
Let your palate tell you what 70 eat. Nature
makes very few mistakes and we should listen
to what she says.
Thin people may become fatter, and dyspep
tics more comfortable by taking the Shaker
Digestive Cordial. 1t agrees with the weakest
stomach. 1t helps the weak stomach digest
other food. 1t is fattening and invigorating in
ITSELF for it contains artificially digested food.
The Mount Lebanon Shakers have made a
great many interesting discoveries within the
past hundred years, but none more important
than this ingenious cure for all diseases which
are traceable to faulty digestion. A single 10
cent bottle VIII tell whether it is adapted to
your case, and can be had through any drug
gist.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-14
sPAULDING's GENEROSITY.
His Gift to Well Known Portland Horse.
man.

The death last Saturday of John P.
Spaulding, the sugar 1nagnate, known
as king john and the extensive news
paper mention of his immense wealth
and still more of his unusual generosity,
make of special interest the following
incident in which Portland man
figured very prominently. Mr.. Spauld-
ing's love of fast horses and extreme
enth usiasm in regard to races WAS q
prominent characteristic 1t was either
two or three years ago that Ira Woodbury.
of this city the celebrated driver drove
Spaulding's great stallion Mahlon at
Mystic park in such a mastery manner,
winning the race, that Spaulding
gave Woodbury. half of the promising
stallion Arthur Cleveland. Spaulding
won good deal Of money as result
of the race. 1t was rumored at the time.
and in fact one man who ought to know
told the writer that it was SO, that
Spaulding also gave Wood bury enough
sugar stock to insure him an income of
500 month.
Such was this millionaire's enthusia SIN
and generosity.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-14
MINERAL WEALTH.
An Abundance of Gold Exists in the Ter
ritory Now in Dispute.

The region which is now attracting the
attention in Venezuela, owing to the dis
puted boundary question between that
country and England, involving the
principal of the Monroe doctrine, is with
the exception Of the Yuruan river coun-
try almost unknown owing to the diff
Guilty of communication. The districts
of the Yuruan, Supamo, Akreka, Cuyu-
nj and Mazaruni are inhabited by Indian
tribes in their primitive and savage con-
dition.
Count de Mombelo, who knows the
country we'll, says great natural riches
abound. Gold is found in quartz veins
and mixed with and in the beds of the
streams; also on their banks few feet
below the soil. The famous Ell Callao
in this district was discovered by q wash
erwoman. On the Yuruan she found a
Jump of quartz containing gold. The
mine gave to it's stockholders an annu-
al dividend of $500, 600 per share. There
were SO shares of stock, two of which were
bought by the Rothschilds at 500, 900
share. There are many other mines
near these, but on account of the expense
and the difficulty Of comm ioation they
have not been developed. What is re
quired is o railroad, which, as there are
no engineering difficulties could be con-
structed for $50, 100000 Twenty mining
companies would at once go to work,
which would ensure an annual profit of
3d. 900, 000. The Venezuelan government
has given concession for railroads to
several European bankers, but the Eng
lish government has always interposed
in some way. The railroad ought to be
constructed by American capitalists. 1t
would be 100 miles in length and would
run from the Orinocossto the Cuyuni river
Certainly this region is Ri Dorado.
Gold Is found in every part of it. One
rich mine was discovered by COW dig
ging up piece of ore. Another was
found by man who discovered the
walls Of his hut sparl1led in many places.
The brillianey was owing to the presence
of gold in the clay. Notwithstanding
the difficulty of communication the Q
arerat least dozen Villages inthe district
with about 49, 600 inhabitants who OBJ
tain a livelihood by washing the gold
fromsthe sand The valleys of the Yuruan
and Cuyuni rivers are covered with vir-
gin forests which abound with rubber
trees. If this product were gathered here
the profit would be large especially with
the great demand for the article in the
United States for the tires of bicycles
alone This fact should certainly attract
the attention of American capitalists.
Gum arabic, cinnamon, quinine and
other valuable drugs and spices grow
here which only require the iron horse to
bring them to market from these unex-
plored wilds. New York Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-14
HELPED CONVICT HIS SON.
The Prisoners Father One of the jury.
men Who Found Him Guilty.

(From the New Orleans Picayune.)
A very unusual occurrence took place
recently in the Mobile city court, o. J.
Semmes presiding, in the case of Walter
Hall, Golored, charged with assault and
battery for having beaten negro woman
at or near Citronviile, in this county.
The jury in tie case was one of the regu-
lar juries of the court sworn in for a
weeks service, and when they took their
seats to try the case of Hall none Of the
attorneys examined them on their voir
dire and omitted asking the usual
questions if any of them were related by
blood or marriage with the defendant
at the bar.
When the case had proceeded at some
length E. o. Fawikes, member of the
jury arose and informed the court that
he understood that the father of the de-
fendant, Martin Hall was on the jury.
The court asked IL this was correct, and
on being informed that it was, requested
the attorneys for the defence to consent
to the dismissal of the juror and the
substitution of another juror in his
place but MIR. Brom berg of the counsel
for the defendant refused to allow this
to be done ande the law would have oper-
tied to acquit the defendent if the Court
had taken the case from the jury. Judge
Semmes refused to interfere and the case
was continued to its conclusion and was
given to the jury and to the surprise OF
everybody after being out about Is min
utes they returned a verdict of guilty
as charged in the Indictment against Wal
ter Hall.
1t is probably one of the first instances
on record where o father has sat upon
jury and aided in the conviction of his
son. When the attention of Judge
Semmes was called to the defendant
father being upon the jury he stated that
he would investigate the matter 1t
seems there is no direct law against such
contingency unless it is found out he
fore toe case is gone into, and, of course
in that event the court can order the
kinsman off the jury for cause.