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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

reduce prices in the exact proportion Of
the increase, for increased demand
comes Ill and very frequently offsets
all the gain in production. For cen
venience's sake will state in the brief
est possible form what silverites believe
On this subject We maintain:
l. That there is not enough gold in
the world and cannot be enough pro-
duced to maintain the present level Of
prices. II recommendation prevails, there
must be still further shrinkage. l
dare not conjecture how far it will 60,
but l am certain that it will rot stop
short OF 40 cent wheat and cert cotton
and other things in proportion. Gold
will then be q far more honest money"
than now, for it will buy much more
You see how neat and complete this
honest money argument is and how it
rapidly grows stronger as prices 60
down. for, if dollar which will buy
bushels Of wheat and 16 pounds Of cot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

such misleading documents as the AL
drIch report, about which so much has
been said Examine that report careful
ly and you will md that the working
men in all the trades mentioned in i:
do not together number quite fourth
rs many US the farmers of the country.
And their method of treating this
subject accounts for very large part
of the i'll humcr among farmers. In
spite of the census and common sense,
our alleged statesmen and economists
insist on treating TIE subject as if the
farmer were not IA laboring man. A con-
gressienal committee is appointed to go
out and prove that wages have risen,
and of course they prove it. But how:
They take the highest wages paid to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

knows that, by the method of the az
ministration in constituting the laws, sill
yer now performs no function that
greenbacks would not, ard that silver,
silver certificates ard greenbacks are
mere token money. all resting on the
dangerously narrow basis of that metal
which Is the money Of ultimate rcdemp-
ton.
You admit, however, that the free
coinage Of silver would produce some
imitation. Suppose it were but 1 0 or 90
per cent, as Senator Jones thinks.
Would not even that much initiation dc
great harm in disfocatins existing bust.
ness conditions
History has answered that question
so conclusively that argument is I'M
necessary. In 1896 the specie intia-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

has ever denied it. In his
d" Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith says: "Gold
and silver, like every other
commodity, vary in their
value. The discovery Of
the abundant mines of
America reduced in the
fifteenth century the value
of gold and silver in Eu-
rope tn about Il third Of
what it had been before.
This revolution in their
value, though perhaps the
greatest, is by no means
the only one of which his
tory gives some account"
Professor Jevons, in his
work upon Money and
the Mechanism IF Ex
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

INSENSIBLY WORE OFF UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PRO-
DIGiOUS INCREASE.
The Wages Of Labor.
He might have added, and this point
seems to worry our monometallist
friends, that the wages Of laborers rose
considerably faster than the prices Of
necessaries. Even so did they in lS4S-
Sc. And why not again? In truth the
wages of more than half our laborers
have got to rise before there can be u
rise i'll necessaries. Monomerallists have
conveniently overlooked the fact that 60
per cent of the laborers in the United
States do not work for fixed money
wages; they produce. and what they sell
the products for constitutes their wages.
1t is self evident, therefore, that rise
in the price of the product is itself a
rise in wages. This class includes all
the farmers, cotton. sugar and tobac-
20 growers. vegetable gardeners. fisher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
Marvellous Results.

From q letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract:
Il have no hesitation in recommend
ing DIR. Kings New Discovery. as the
results are almost marvellous in the
case OF my wife. While I was pastor
of the Baptist church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with
pneumonia succeeding Ia grippe.
Terrible paroxysms of coughing
would last hours with little Interrupt
ton, and it seemed as If she could
not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DIR. Kings New Discovery;
it was quick in its work and highly
satisfactory in results" Trial bot
ties free at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store. Regular size SOC and 81.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

The national, state. provincial, NUM-
clpal and railroad debts of the world,
those debts which are funded and per-
manent, the interest only being paid.
now amount to at least $40, 900, 900, 900,
and the interest ON it is over 81, 600,
900. 600 per year. IT NOW TAKES
ALMOST EXACTLY TWICE AS
MUCH CORN. WHEAT, BEEF,
PORK, COTTON AND OTHER EX-
PORT PRODUCTS TO PAY THAT
INTEREST AS IT DID WHEN THE
DEBTS WE'RE CONTRACTED. DOES
HONESTY REQUIRE THAT THE
LABORING PRODUCERS OF THE
WORLD SHOULD PAY 100 PER
CENT MORE THAN WAS ORIGI-
NALLY CONTRACTED FOR?
well, granting that many things
have been done to the injury of the
farmer, what can we do at this late day
to remedy them:"
A Word of Counsel.
We can at least reverse the machine.
We know what has hurt us, and we can
put stop to it. One man Just now
stands for all that has hurt the farmer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

cause 1t does not fit the arguments
Of those who have selfish interests 10
serve. They now maintain that all
forms Of currency, including checks
Gnd every other kind Of representative
iaoney. must be counted the same as the
coin basis. though every sound 6nancier
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

change, " chapter 6, says, "In respect to
stcadiness of value the metals are prob.
ably less satisfactory, regarded as a
standard Of value, than many other COM
moditics. such rs corn
By corn Professor Jevons means
wheat and al other cereals.
Ricardo, in his paper on the High
Price Of Bullion" says. IF we dimin-
ish the quantity of currency, we give
an additional value to it,
By currency" Ricardo meant money
of every character, including gold.
Mr.. Macleod, in his able work on
the Elements of Banking" says, THE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

MINES OF SPAIN AND GREECE,
AND. AS If PROVIDENCE HAD
INTENDED TO REVEAL IN THE
CLEAREST MANNER THE IN
FLUENCE OF THIS MIGHTY
AGENT ON HUMAN AFFAIRS.
THE RESURRECTION OF MAN
KIND FROM THE RUIN WHICH
THOSE CAUSES HAD PRODUCED
WAS OWING TO \ DIRECT
LY OPPOSITE SET OF AGENCIES
BEING PUT IN OPERATION. CO.
LUMBUS LED THE WAY IN THE
CAREER OF RENOVATION. WHEN
HE SPREAD HIS SAILS ACROSS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

ton throughout
the world is al
legged to have
been some % per
cent, and in this
cou ntry there
was a general
currency infia-
ton of 40 peg
cent. Was any
body badly hurt?
Look over the pa
pers of that time
and see if You
can find any COM
plants from the
farming regions.
DO not CcoEO.
IN j is Of all
schools agree
tina: the IL years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
Honest Money.

figure out to o
cent, but l think
we can com e
much nearer to
it than the mono
lnetallists admit.
All past expert
ence has shown
that increased
production Of the
necessaries of life
does not of itself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

most skillful la
borers in the
h i & h est priced
cities at the bust
est season of the
year. As a rule
they take only
t h rose laboreIs
who are i'll well
organized trades
unions, although
they are hut a
tenth of the Ia
bOrers of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

deceptive ~ measure of the obliga-
ton Of the debtor, Of the claim of the
creditor. Thus Professor Jevons csti-
mates that the value Of gold fell between
1888 and 1909 46 per cent, and from
1909 10 lSi9 it rose I45 per cent"
When Gold Was Cheap.
1t is point well worth noting, how
ever. that i'll the seven or eight years
lsi9-5G-that gold, according to the
best authorities, lost % per cent Of les
value, the world accommodated itself
very easily to the change. The only
cutlery was from the holders Of fixed in
dcbtedness, and they wanted to demone-
tie gold because 1t was too cheap. We
heard very little about that i'll this
country and the masses of our people
did not even know it, because we had
then no permanent creditor class, no
great bondhnldcrs; but the literature of
Europe at the time was full Of COM
plants, AND AUSTRIA, GERMANY
AND BELGIUM ACTUALLY De
MONETlZED GOLD. On the other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
The FARMER.
Continued from Second Page.

proved Ill every way open To the human
intellect that gold is shifting and I'M
stable standard of value, far more I'M
stable than silver, and that twice with
in the memory Of men not very old it
has changed in .alue so suddenly as to
vitiate all long time contracts and dis
locate all industrial conditions.
The Fact About Gold.
Evcr- economist worthy of the name
had said again and again that gold fiuc-
tuates in value. No economic writer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

ayers meet in high con- n. Y. World.
clave to make profitable rates on freight !;
manufacturers do the same for their
profit: brokers labor to advance stocks.
All these vote and use the government
to make money, and all denounce you
farmers as no better than thieves for do
ing the same thing. Vote, as justice re-
quires, to restore the old CONTRACT Vote
to help yourselves. Vote for Bryan. the
money of the constitution and the up
lifting of the agricultural interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
A Real Gold Basis.

and II there is
another turn of
the screw-and
there must be
several turns be-
fore we get down
to "a real gold
basis-it is much
to be feared that
t n ere will be
something like
general bank
ruptcy and repu-
diation. Just con.
slider this fact:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
Executors Notice.

Estate Of Patrick Mcdonald, dceeasei
The undersigned having been appointed execu-
rix Of the lsst will ard Testament of Patrick NC
Donald. late Of the county of Rock Island, state
OF Illinois, deceased. hereby gives notice that she
will appear before the county court Of Rock leland
county, At the Office Of the clerk Of said court in
the city OF Rock Island. NJ the Move mber term on
ne first Monday In November next, NJ which time
al persons having claims against said estate are
notihed and requested to attend, for the purpose
OF having the same adjusted
All persons indebted 90 said ee.a.e are re-
quest d TO make immediate payment 10 The IN.
dersigned.
Dated this cath day Of August. A. n. isQa.
BRIDGET MCDONALD, Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

ton is more hone,t than "a dollar which
will buy l bushel of wheat and 8
pounds Of cotton, then a dollar which
will buy 4 bushels of wheat or So
pounds OF cotton will be twice as hon.
est as the one we now have.
2. That there is not enough Of both
gold and silver to restore the prices Of
1903 or of lSS0-3.
A Real Gold Rssis.
3. That in consequence of the much
greater increase of population and pro-
duction than of the metals, if there had
been no demonstration, both gold and
silver would have gained greatly in val
ue since 1878. The villainy of mono
metallism lies in the fact that all the
gain has been concentrated in gold. By
way OF general conclusion, believe that
monometallism for the world is impos-
slble, and that Europe only maintains
1t on the condition that other nations do
not. In fact, if it is to be maintained
in this country and Europe, We must
prepare for another shrinkage SO great
that the people will not endure it, There
IS spirit abroad in the country now
that Is not very pleasant to think Of,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
The Farmers' Measer Income.

Win those things they
have wanted SO long and
been compelled to do with
out. All the country mer-
chants and all the country
artisans Immediately de-
pendent on the farmers,
such as blacksmiths, cob
.blers, carpenters, painters
eand the like, would i'm
mediately share in the
gain. and all others in the
improvement due to q
general gain in trade.
Our agricultural depart
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

THE ATLANTIC, HE
BORE MANKIND AND
ITS FORTUNES IN HIS
BARK. THE ANNUAL
SUPPLY OF THE PRE-
CIOUS METALS FOR
THE USE OF THE
WORLD WAS TRIP
LED. BEFORE A CEN
TURY HAD EXPIRED
THE PRICES OF EV-
cry SPECIES OF PRO
DUCE WERE QUADRU-
PIED. THE WEIGHT
OF DEBT AND TAXES
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

men, growers of all kinds of live stock
fS food, and many others that cannot
detail. One Of the worst errors of the
monometallist is in assuming that the
great mass Of our workers are hired la
borers. and they get that impression from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
LEGAL.
+ Xecutor's Notice.

Estate 81 Amszah Thornton, deceased.
The undersigned having becn appointed execu-
Tor OF the last will ard testament OF Amaziah
Thornton. late CT The county Of Rock leland.
s,ate OF Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice
u Al he will appear before the county court OF
Rccx Island couutv, al The Office Of the clerk of
ssd coutt. in the city Of Rock Island, at The No
next, =. which time al persons having claims
against said estate AZ notified anc requested {,
attend Tor the purpose Of having the same I'D
Jus'ed. All crsons indebted 10 said estate are
requested to make immediate pay ment TO tho un-
dersigned-
Dated this 26.h day Of August, A. ID. 1886.
Us. REED. Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

hand, the rapid increase
in the value Of gold with
in the last go years has
wrought worldwide bank
ruptcy, has brought a wall
of distress from producers
in all lands, has again and
again shaken the very
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

country, and they are extremely careful
not to take into the account the number
who are earning 10 wages at all, which
is IA pretty considerable item when you
reflect that i'll Ohio, for instance, the coal
miners only averaged l4S days of full
work last year. If yon will take all Ia
borers, especially all who produce the
necessaries of life from the soil, and
count lost time, you will find that since
1873, except in cases where they have
been abnormally kept up by trades
union methods, wages have declined in
the same ratio as commodities.
The Farmers' MeaSer Income.
A rise in the price of necessaries then
would of itself be rise in the wages Of
60 per cent Of the laboring producers.
But would it stop there? Certainly not.
The farmers would first pay their press
ing debts and set the money in motion.
They would then supply themselves
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

actual alteration
IN the quantities
If the precious
metals has ma
tcrially altered
their value ut
different periods
Of history. F"
Professor Fran
els A. Walker of
the Massachu-
srtts Institute of
Technology, Ill
his able work on
money, says:
Cold and silver
do over long Pc
riods undergo
great changes Of
value and become
i'll "a high degree
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

trrinlnlug tn .
general level IF
prices. 1t was
taken for granted
that the amount
Of money of ulti-
mate redemption
dct, rmined the
Iricc level. 1t
was the founda-
ton upon which
All di>pUtauts
built their Igu-
rlents. But now
you can hear it
denied every day.
And why: Be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

TO SLAVERY.
EGOTISM AND
MORAL COR
RUPTION,WAS
IN REALITY
Il r O L G. H T
ABOUT BY A
DECLINE IN
THE SILVER
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

No family should he without Fo-
ley's Collie Cure for all bowel CON-
plants. Sold BY NJ. +. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

Commercial Advertiser. ton of silver
and the enormous increase in the power
of gold; Of Credit Mobilicr and force
bills, of vastly increased government
expenditures and every eStravagant
scheme for building up great corpora
tions. He represents it all and glories
in representing it. He tells you with re-
freshing candor that if he can have his
way you shall have q great deal more Of
that sort of thing. A vote for him is I,
vote to indorse it all and open the way
to much greater advance i'll the same
direction. A vote for him is vote for
for farm produce
William Jennings Bryan, on the other
hand, stands for i restoration Of the BIZ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

y. Y. world. foundations Of credi t
throughout the British empire, and right
now. according to DIR. Eduard Suess,
threatens redivision of the earth. In
short, contraction is very many times
more destructive than initiation.
But the monometallists deny that
there has been any contraction, or that
gold chcapcned in 1SI9-56, or that it
has really appreciated in value since
1870"
oh. yes, they'll deny anything nor.
Macaulay has well said that if a prop
crty interest were affected by 1t thou
sands at intelligent men would deny the
law of gravitation. Only few years
ago some If the greatest scholars i'll this
country denied that man whose skin
was black and his hair woolly had nat
aral right IT, the traits of his labor or
that a married woman had right IL
ior own earnings.
n Dangerous. BASIS.
In no speech "r book published before
lS"O VIII yUG find it denied that the
volume cf money and its proportion &c
general trade arv the main factors III de
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

William Mckin.
ley is the politi-
cal incarnation
of those enor-
nous land grants
and subsidies
which made mil
lionaires by the
hundreds; of the
war tariff in time
of peace, which
transferred S12,-
600, 600, 900 in
values from the
west to the east
and from the
country to the
| great cities; of
lthe national
banking system,
the dcuouptiZa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
Administrators Notice.
Estate of Thomas 8 Silyis dcccasch

Administrators Notice.
Estate OF Thomas s. Silvis, deceased
The undersigned having been appointed admin.
etratoYs Of the estate Of Thomas s Silyis late of
The county of Rock leland, staic Of Illinois, de-
ceaeed. hereby give notice that they u III appear
before the oodnty court Of Rock island coun-
~, Al the oftic. OF the clerk OF said court, IN
the city OF Rock Islsnd, at the October term. On
the first Monday in October. Dext. III which tine
all persons having claims against said &C.
tate are notified and requested 10 attend for the
purpose OF having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted 70 ssid estate arc request
ed to make immediate payment to the under
eigned.
Dated this 18th day Of August, A. d. 1885.
RicaAsp I s. srIvs. Administrators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

metallism OF the constitu-
ton and aga. INST the things
above mentioned. All
other classes are striving
to get more for what they
sell, and why not you, the
farmers? Railroad man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10
The Benefits OF Expansion.

l might quote all the economic writ.
ers, from Adam Smith down, to the
effect that the volume of money is the
main factor III fixing the general price
level. You will find the doctrine ably
set forth i'll the works Of Adam Smith.
John Locke, David Hume, John Stuart
Mill, David Ricardo, William Stanley
Jevons and by all the French and Ameri-
can economists. The appalling effects of
long continued contraction and the al
most marvellous benefits resulting from
Il liberal increase in the coin supply are
thus beautifully set-forth by Sir Archi-
bald Alison in his history of Europe:
THE TWO GREATEST EVENTS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
HISTORY OF MANKIND HAVE
BEEN DIRECTLY BROUGHT
ABOUT BY A CONTRACTION AND,
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN En-
PANSION OF THE CIRCULATING
MEDIUM OF SOCIETY. THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, SO
LONG ASCRIBED IN IGNORANCE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

immediately preceding our civil war
were the golden age of the Ameri-
can farmer, if he ever had one:
Again, from early in 1862 to early in
1865 the currency of this country was
inflated at least $50 per cent. Some
harm was done, of course, because the
initiation was rapid and tremendous. 1t
was six times as great as any initiation
now possible from the free coinage of
silver, but the only serious evil IN it
was that it gave occasion for a subse-
Qrent contraction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-10

down hill Tor 20 years I
should not complain if we
were seven years in get
ting to the top again.
The great thing to 90,
and the one thing that
must be done if we are to
avert general paralysis, is
to stop the decline where
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20
SUPPORT HOME INDUSTRY.

These are the People Who Sell Homemade Goods.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20

We stopped to look at the downy CON.
tent Of that sober plant, tho mullen.
Many plants had the central leaves fold.
cd continuously one about another until
sort Of large, gray green bud wits
formed, and in one Of these buds hou
was taking an afternoon nap, snugly
sheltered from the air, which was grow.
ing somewhat chilly We thought TINT
any prudent insect might hnd u com
Portable winter home by asking ihc
mulloin 20 open it, yolyOt leaves Just q
little and then 10 fold them tightly
around tho wunGergr Aud while we
were speaking % blucbottle fly went
humming past MS, as II 10 say be had
no mind vet TO be- nsking shelter Of any
one Edith NJ Thomas IN 81. Nicholas
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20
Easter and Eastern Styles.

Good grades and bottor. Prloos lowor
than woro over before shown. Try Us
and DO convinced
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20

"Iwish 10 say, shouted that eminent
tragodiln, Mr. Barnes former "thul
the foud who threw that china egg and
knocked mo hrcathloss is nothing but o
brute, with tho instincts N an assassin.
l am Injured TO ordinary expressions II
disuppruyal, but this is more than flesh
aud blood can bear indianapolis
journal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20

Three hogs were locked up At Fow.
Ter, Cal, In January, aud was forgot
ten for Seventy.thfss days, when de.
covered one animal was alive, and VIII
recover from the long fast The hos
had not attempted 10 eat the bodies u
It, companions.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-20
Has Doubt. About II.

Tho Bachelor-It's easier to break
things than to mako them.
Tho Engaged Young Man (dubiouslyI
Il don't know about that, -Philadel.
phia Record.