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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Cheap Dollars.

Everything is cheap or dear according
to what we have to pay for 1t. sugar Is
cheap at cents pound, but would be
dear at 10 cents.
A cheap dollar therefore, is one mat
the merchant buys with less goods than
he would have to give for n dearer dol
lar. If merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for dollar, and the dol
lar which he gets is a 2O0-cent dollar;
and if the 200-cent dollar is a dishonest
dollar and ought to be replaced by Il 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 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, il you
please The workingman buys dollars
with labor. Does he want n cheap col
lar, for which the merchant will give
only ten pounds of sugar? Or does he
want a 200-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.
"Oh, no." says the workingman, "that
is not what / want; but, if dollars We're
cheap, / would get twice as many of
them for days work"
Would you, indeed? Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, at
the ratio of 16 to l, 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 a days work if 50
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 go 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.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan Is an insncere politician and an
unreliable adviser Of the people. He
was Il 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 a
congressional edict.
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic tickle for judge of the
Supreme court Of Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
supported n Populist. In reply to let
ter from Mr.. Irvine, calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention to his unexpected position, the
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote n statement of
his reasons for boiling which contained
the following cool remarks and assur-
anccs of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidate:
l regret that our people chose for slaughter
so deserving n man. They ought to
have selected some one Of the numer-
Gus Democrats who are responsible
for the falling of Of the Democratic
frankly and conhdentially, because
feel that you deserve n better fate
than the one which fear awaits you
this fall.
Congress of 1893, called by President
Cleveland, Mr.. Bryan made a speech in
which he declared that:
While the government can say that given
weight Of gold silver shall const-
tute a dollar and Invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities, II cannot
lar. That must depend upon the
law OF supply and demand.
IL the number Of dollars increases
more rapidly than the need Of dol
lars-as II did after the gold discover
les Of 1Si9-the exchangcable value Of
each dollar will fall and prices rise.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the exchangeable value of 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.
I'm a speech made by him on the tariff
question that the fall of prices must be
attributed
To the inventive genius that has multiplied
Il thousand times, In many Instances.
the strength OF single arm and
enabled us to do today with one man
years ago. That IL what brought the
prices down In this country and 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 10 the fall in the price of silver.
Mr.. Bryan and his associates declare
that "the 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 stultifies himself and puts him.
seIf on both sides of vital questions,
while. at the same time, he proves un-
true to his party associates ?-Buffalo
News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
What Stewart Thought in 1904.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made a
speech in Congress February II, 1874. in
which he said:
Let erybody know what a dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
to measure the difference in price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in Liyerpool. The wheat will be meas
ured by the same standard-gold-in
Illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man
can figure it up. But now it is mys-
terry: the whole subject of finance is a
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, ana
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 gold board TO speculate
With IL Who pays for this gold board ?
who nays these immense fortunes! How
;s II that millions and millions can be
rolled M annually there? Did anybody
ever calculate who paid for it? 1t
comes out of the producers. How do
these men exist? BY the latitude which
your deprecated currency gives to specu-
iation and nothing else.
Persons who are specializing in your
deDreciated currency are making the
money. and they will continue to make
It SO long as you have a deprecated cur
rency.
have oot TO become skilled in this fluctuat-
ing currency and make corners and man.
inmate the market, and if they do that
thew cannot m.-(Congressional Rec
ord forty-third Congress, first session,
vol. 2, p. 1922
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

If the Mckinley law had been let
alone, the American farmer in 1896
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
iff on eggs reduced from 5 cents to )
cents a dozen, importation increased
100000 dozen in one year, at an in
creased price of $125,000. 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 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
a few large cities there, and they are
near to the Canadian cheap farms The
half-a-dozen small markets in Canada
have total population only one-quarter
as 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 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.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

yiduals. A man who has repudiated his
debus 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 Il 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-
care Times-Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
1t would evidently be impossible for
farmers fifty miles In the interior of any

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 ere
tofore, in 1901 we imported 100000
dozen; 100000 in 1892; 100000
in 1923; 1,750,000 in 1884. BY 1894
nearly $2,OO0,000 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 1888:
Annual importations of foreign eggs, 1888
1895.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
FARMERS EGG BASKET
The Mckinley Law Checked I'm
portation and Gave q
Home Market.
EFFECT OF THE WILSON BILL
The Canadian Farmer Has Prote ctioD
but the American Farmer
Has None.

There is no reason why Canada, Next
co, China. or any other country should
supply the United States with a single
egg. Canada does not buy a 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
but because under that law he received
an average of Is cents dozen for his
eggs all the year around. Under the
present Wilson-Gorman bill, he hardly
averages cents dozen; and the people
could better afford to pay Is 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
nually, OH the average. We paid every
year to the foreign farmer on this small
product alone. at Is cents dozen, ST.
100000. This importation of over l.
100000 dozen month or $4,000 dozen
day was felt, in the way of competition,
ny our FARMERS cnleny IN the large citleS.
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 impor-
tations 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,
1888. to June 80, 1889.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
AOuestion 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 l, answer the
question::
How did it happen that wheat was
lower in price in 1894 than ever before,
while the amount of coined silver in the
world was greater than ever before?-
Illinois State Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Bryan n Greenbacker.

Mr.. Bryan is not so much silverite
n he is greenbacker. He said, on the
floor of the House of Representatives in
Washington, June 5, 1894:
'"rhe issue of money by the govern
ment directly to the people gives us
safer currency than national bank BILLS
and saves TO the people as a whole the
profit arising from its issue. When a
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
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
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
hone 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 Populist
ouack doctor is trying to induce him to
swallow an unlimited dose of free silver.
But IL the workingman takes il. he will
find, when it is too late, that the cure il
worse than the disease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
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. 6.-To the Editor:
l enclose comparative slips circulated by
an advocate of free silver, which subject
l would like your opinion on. IT, 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.. Henderson.
The first slip processes to show the net
profit to farmer of raising 5000 bushels
of wheat in the United States:
5000 bushels. at Sc cents per bushel. . SO, 800
EApenSeS .Yl,pDU
Freight ........ ............... 500
Interest NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 80. 200
IaXes ~
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

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
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

$1,520
Reducing this TO gold. as in the original
statement, the net profit of the Mexican
farmer would be S76O, 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.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 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
nese. We bought none whatever from
European countries, as before. Even at
8 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.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

A loss during four years Of
Democratic rule of. .........
During the ensuing four years.
until the second election OF
Mr.. Cleveland in 1892, values
again increased from. .......
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
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 and swine were
valued at ..................$1,4 AS, 423, 0Ga
During the ensuing six years,
until the election of Mr..
increased to. ............... 2,4G7, sGs. 1924
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Assumed net profit to American
Assumed net profit to Mexican

Assumed net prOHt 10 Mexican --
Reduced to gold. ................... 1850
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
accommodating accountant, while con-
ccdng that the expense of raising the
wheat would be twice as many silver
dollars as i'm 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 cx-
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.
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 Dor
rOwed by the American farmer, so that
even supposing the rates of interest
TO be the same, the amount of interest
would be double, raising it from 5000 to
S400 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 $l.12 per bushel. -. So, GOO
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Years ending June 80. Dozens. Value.

n Under Free Trade.
b Protected, October 6, 1890, at cents per
dozen.
G German &c Tariff
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Dozens. | Value.

The next table shows the points at which
these eggs were received:
AMERICA PORTS OF ENTRY FOR EGGS.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

A gain during four years Of
Republican rule Of. ........
During the last two years,
under the second admins
tration of Mr.. Cleveland, and
under proposed and accom-
pllshed free trade and sweep
Ing tariff reductions, values
again decreased from 1888. 2
To the comparatively insight
ficant total of. ............. ]
Showing the enormous loss
In two years Of Democratic
rule or .........
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
52,712,2S0

GC4.OG0,3T
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25

is hardly mere confined than in shirt
waist alone.
Worn over soft front crepe or silk
waist the general effect IS dressy and
charming. Such an accessory is also
useful made CT black chiffon or grena-
dine and will transform a simple bodice
and one perhaps litte old fashioned.
In these days 1t isn't the girl who has the
greatest number of dresses, but the one
Who can most successfully adapt those
she has, who makes the hit.
A g1od many Of Us are struggling with
the bang that won't grow, and yet we
must wear a pompadour as every one
else does. This means that you must
make your knot high on the head as in
this sketch. The top bang will be long
enough 20 meet this. and the side locks
can be held with a side comb. Don't be
afraid TO cut hair for a pompadour, be-
cause to cut some Of the front hair and
adjust it to a new fashion does the hair
good. 1t is 50 much easier to give good
care 10 a portion Of the hair, especially
II i, is only half length, than it is to
attend constantly TO tine whole growth.
The special care Of one portion Of the
scalp can only improve the whole head.
FLORETTE.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25

CHICAGO, July 24.--Wall street weak
ns'ss and general disposition 10 realize
! on the ec-Et upward turn Of the market
c.osed September wheat &c lower to-day,
| after an cary advance OF &c. Corn also
| suffered Sc decline. Oats show but lit
| t-9 change and provisions CLOSED IlsQl0c
| .5wer
Flour. steady.
Wasat. cash No. 2 spring, 57isc No. 2
| REQ, 5Slzc July, 5I0sSc. closing at 51lsc:
| ; t@Tn bcy, 5lS,N5S&c, c.osiLg al 577sc; De-
GIN e Ssi'gTS * e'9 9 = 30 'S'c yellow
| 2Ac; july c.os1d at 3@tc; September, 2Gis
| Q26Ac, closing at 26l4c; December 25az a
Zi4sc. c.55s-ng al PC; May, 205sa91sc, clos
oats, cash No. .. -AealSasc: No. . white,
| Ni2c I. o. b.; NJ. 8. lNi30lec; July, lSlb4
| E'2c. closing al lS'sc: September, 17zsGlS2sc,
c.1555i5Sg at T7se' May Ga42lAc. closing
= rye ;' No. ,. aqao.
Bars5y, Ne. 2, nominal
| FiaXs5sd No. l. 73c.
Prime tm5;hy seed. So 15aS %
July CLOSED at S 6: sop;emb5r. So o5a$ ~,
Sns at Sc 8 c 5 Jana SlH3s Sc Sal io clo3
Ing at So 92ls.
Lard. cash psr 100 lbs. 50 22lka9 .: July.
c.osed at s. 22l9: September, 50 G5G3 20,
c;;osing at Sc s2ls; January, IS f0dS 72l2,
snort rl5s. cash sides. 50 za8 80; July
lrE at g 50: October. SC 3o63 45. closing at
9 S5i. JdHuffy' IS 4-i@9S 3D. c-osihs at
'-,l.., .t-,.,s-..- o,,>,,
e. e. ~ditSL SI1uiu ~ : 9o49fc.
W - S 80 ,12,,l9'EC.
- " ~, .,,sN = HE-sl."eIS HhlSh5u goC-S Per
Ill 81 81 =, ,e .,., zoo
TusdIs' GU oar f4oc; granu ateQ. AS3c,
eUttef, hrin' creamsry. U1lic; dairy,
SGl-c
, lesse. Gull ar ,49sMlc.
I,HSs, nm; IrrsA' I'VE,
49, -'l>-i cur, 2,ty narr@.s' wheat
$1,000 u,aS s; corn, lSAO9 ousl5I5' oats,
~ 6-,.',. bbuSS.--s' IS-' 0'V" puSHeis' odr'ey'
-. -. i'.S. r,, ,oooc ,.-,-. 49,
-, .llS iits-f loII' 49, odIIS.s; "hStt'
-, ousn 5.a, corn; f>a:yJ DUST > cats
l-t"V business Darcy. L") oush-.s.
BALTIMORE. July 24-F,0ur. uuiet and
STEADY and UNCHANGED: vecsiDts. $50 bar
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25

Hrs. Rhode Noah. OF this place, was
taken in the night with cramping pains
and the next day diarrhOea set in. She
took half bottle of blackberry cordial
but got no relief She then sent TO me
to see If had anything that would help
her. l sent her a bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and the first dose relieved her.
Another of our neighbors had been sick
tor about a week and had tried diff
ferent remedies for diarrhoea but kept
getting worse. l sent him this same
remedy. Only four doses of it were re-
Cuired 10 cure him. II says ne owes
his recovery 10 this wonderful remedy.
Mrs. Mary Sibley, Sidney, Mich. For
sale by druggists.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25
MINING STOCKS.
PRODUCE.

NEW YORK. July 2t-Flour. receipts.
1850 barrels. exports sos barrels. mar
k=t firm 3.d I'm some instances slightly
bigrer than Yesterday.
Wheat. receipts. 81 Geo bushels: exports.
$1,000 bushes: SPOT market dull: No .
rcl. CT g.; N. I hard. CSC; options closed
unrn7nC5d; July closed az csc: Septem-
h=r closed at 6G1ac.
C-rn receipts. 80 400 bushes: exports.
81 lN bushels. spot marEet duh: No. ..
3295c. options closed partly &c lower; July
C.cs-l az S2i,c; September Chased at S2i,c
oats, rec pts. 10000 bushels; EXPORTS.
$50 bushels. spot market firm; No ..
c-i 4H-fC: outiCus closed nc higher: Iuly
C ,sej NJ 222, &C.: September closed at 22l.c.
Hay. quiet.
Hops ard Hides. ste2av
leather and Wool qUi5t.
r-I-~eate. steady.
Fork quiet.
Tl-'oW. steady.
Cltcus5ci C.i. dull
Resin. steady.
Turp5u.ine easier.
Rice. steady.
No'aSseS, quiet
Freirhts 10 IlverpoCl. higher.
COTE options cac~ steady at 5Gf5
r--fr.s r-t decline: sal e. $500 bags.
SUGAR. raw qut5t; refined uuset.