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Decorah-posten., 1896-06-12

cnrer arbeiSep Sal aas The
Sepsa Rurierp Cos ADVERTISEMENT / en- an.
ben Spalte.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
VOICES OF THE PRESS.
Pertinent illustrations.
{NeW York SUM


Our esteemed contemporary. the New
York Press, has aided the cause OF hon
est money with a series OF cartoons en-
titled The Boy Schoolmaster." Rry-
an. with fatuous expression of self
conplacency which is truly humorous.
points out. day after day. upon the
blackboard various propositions and
doctrines characteristic of his genius.
such as:
"Chiccory would be as good rs coffee
If we passed law declaring it So
our present dollars buy too much. .
"Workingmen of America, Your
loaVes of bread are twice too big"
Doughnuts would be as good as dol
lars if | said So
II we passed a law making dime
a dollar, wouldn't il be a dollar
"A knife made Of tin will cut as well
as knife made of steel A knife is {,
knife
Dishonesty and prosperity are syn
onyms."
Elect me President and / will turn
your dollar into So cents. Then you can
economlze and be happy"
The Press series has now nearly
reached three-score and ten; and for
pertinency, sustained interest. and pic
torial humor it deserves recognition as
one of the most effective productions of
the campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
News Which is Good News.

| 1t pays everyone to follow the thou
sands who are accepting that remark
able free offer of DIR. Greene of "a Tenn
/ pie Place. Boston. Mass. the most sue
cessful specialist in curing nervous and
chronic diseases. He has established a
| system of free letter consultation to
| tell the sick and suffering everywhere
just what their trouble is and how to
get Well. All you need to do is to write
nm a letter. telling him your symp-
toms and how you feel. He will ans.
wer it, explaining your case infinitely.
and giving all possible information.
And for all this he charges nothing. 1t
is the best opportunity you ever had to
consult the highest authority, without
leaving your home. and without paying
any fee.
He gives such careful attention to
every letter. that you understand in
stantly just what ails you. He makes
speciality of treating patiently through
letter correspondence. and Is having
most wonderful success by this method
1T was the same successful physician
who discovered that remarkable medi-
cine. DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. The Doctors long ex-
perience and enormous practice, en-
ables him to thoroughly understand
your complaint by writing him your
symptoms. 1t is easy enough to try it.
and 1t won't cost you anything. Write
him today and it will certainly be the
means of your getting strong and WELL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
What is Money?
Chimes Herald.)

Two hundred years ago the money
system of England was in a state of
great confusion and the best statesmen
of the nation We're considering the best
means Of restoring it to order
John Locke in writing To a friend
said:
The affair of our money, which is in
lamentable state, is now under de-
bate here. What the issue will be |
know not. | pray for a good one.
find everybody almost looks upon it as
a mystery. To me there appears to be
none at all in it. 'Tis but stripping it
of the cant which all men that talk in
volve it in, and there is nothing easier
Lay By the arbitrary terms of pence
and shllings and consider it in grains
and ounces and it's as easy as telling
of twenty"
The contest at that time was exactly
such as we are now engaged in. and
raised the same issue. Silver was then
the standard in England. as it had al
ways been, and the coinage had be-
come debased through clipping. The
question was. how shall it be reformed?
Up to that time an ounce of silver had
been coined into five shllngs. A large
party in the state demanded that it
should be recoined into six. and main
tanned that each shilling would remain
just as valuable and would buy Just
as much as if the ounce of silver were
coined into only five shillings, and
therefore everybody would be SO much
better off.
The idea naturally became quite
popular, just as it is with us at the
present moment, when many people are
of the opinion that there is something
magical about a government stamp
and that so cents worth of uncoined
silver can be made worth a hundred
cents by putting it through the mint
1t was to combat this idea that Locke
wrote his essay on the money question
that settled it for all time in England
He stripped the issue of all its am
biguities by treating money as so
many stamped grains of metal. An
ounce of standard silver" he said, .'can
never be worth an ounce and quarter
of standard silver; nor one ounce of
uncoined silver exchange fof~4an ounce
and quarter of coined silver" Every
body who reflects at all must see that
this is true but it would be more clear
ly seen if we ignored, as Locke sug-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
A Lie anda Liar Exposed.

Beaten before the people on the is
sues of the campaign, the followers of
Bryan have resorted to forgery and
falsehood. and the rotten egging Of
sound money speakers in the frantic
hope of bolstering up their hopeless
cause. Their leaders have not hesi-
tated to utter the most brazen lies.
Not long ago Mr. Daniel ]. Campau of
Detroit, the Popocratic national COM
mittee man for Michigan, and the first
lieutenant of chairman James X. Jones
made the following statement which
he made up out of whole cloth:
Mr. Hanna has sent twenty men in
to Michigan to do peculiar work. 7
mean. that Mr.. Hanna has sent these
agents into that state to bride voters
to stay away from the polls. l have
evidence to support my charge
When this statement was brought to
the attention of Mr.. Hanna he said;
Mr.. Campau is liar. I mean lust
what say. / mean it for publication
TOO. Mr.. Campau is a liar. He knows
ne is liar. He must retract thai
statement or stand before the Ameri.
can people as self-convicted liar TIL.
time has come to call things by the;,
right names.''
"ea Mf' campau was informed OF
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27

Mr.. Bannas statement, he made pre-,
cipitate haste to crawl into his hole
In fact he skunk away like whipped
cur.
L didn't mean to use the word
.bribes.' !" he said in explanation. II
do not think 1 used the word brides.
/ certainly did say that Mr.. Hanna
had sent men into Michigan to do pc
culiar work. That remark l stand by
do not remember using the word
.bribes. / did not mean to use it, If
did"
What Mr.. Campau very evidently did
mean to do, was to start cheap politi-
cal lie in the hopes that it would aid
his debilitated cause. and not reach
Mr. Hanna until it was too late to re-
flute it. The promptness and vigor with
certed him sadly. 1t is too much to
hope, perhaps, that this humiliating
experience will cure Mr.. Campau of
lying. That appears to be constitutions
ain fact, about the only thing con-
stitutional-with the Bryan managers.
1t is safe to say, however, that what
everfuture falsehoods he may indulge in
as the day of election draws near, will
be launched with the greatest possible
circumspection. and no pains spared to
prevent them from reaching the ears
of Mr. Hanna.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27


Now it occurs to me that before the
people of this country can be expected
to have confidence in. that wing of the
Democratic party that is now in con-
troll of the organization, before we can
be expected to intrust it with further
power, or with control of the government,
and accept it's promise that with free
silver will come better times to all of
us; that before we do that, it seems to
me the Democratic party ought to
make good the loss it has entailed upon
us in the last three years and a half.
They can hardly expect us to have
confidence in their present prescription,
when the prescription which they gave
us in 1892, and which they insisted was
the cure for all our troubles, was SO
complete a failure. WIN. Mckinley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27

Nothing that has occurred in the
present campaign has more clearly
demonstrated the anarchistic character
of the Bryan movement, or has helped
dastardly assault upon Secretary Car
Isle at Covington, KY, his old home.
Mr. Bryan has hadscopsiderable to say
in his political addresses about free
speech but the fact remains that his
followers alone, are the only ones who
have resorted to physical sindignities in
the effort TO throttle it in the present
campaign.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27

viding machinery, Implements or stocks,
and ZIG. $50 of the incumbered families
had no ether incumbrance than that
thus created, which was in amount
5000. 915, 226 or S3.51 per cent. of the
whole. while the remaining indebted
ness for family and farm expenses and
all other purposes was only 1919 per
cent of the whole, and was incurred by
only 1872 per cent of the families in
dcbted. When it is considered that the
debts include all those created in the
transfers by constantly migratory
people from old to new states. and that
many who parted with property in old
or states for that reason hold mort
cages thereon, while giving mortgages
for part of the purchase money on
farms further west, 1t will be plain
that no considerable proportion of the
farmers has been running into debt
through excess OF expenditures over re-
ceipts.
These are figures for the whole coun-
try, and in some of the Western states
the proportions are less favorable.
But in the six states, including Ken
lucky, between Pennsylvania and the
Mississippi. only 23.9 per cent. of the
farms bear any mortgage, and their
value is only % per cent of the total
value of farms in those states, the debt
being less than eight per cent of the
total value, and the debt created in
purchase of farms and improvements
nearly six per cent, leaving little over
one per cent. or about $4,000, 000 repre-
sented by all mortgages given for all
other purposes. In the newer states
west OF the Mississippi. where large
part of the settlers have not yet had
time to discharge their indebtedness,
the proportion is greater. But in Min
nesota. Iowa, Missouri Kansas, Ne
braska. the Dakotas and Wyoming the
number of farms mortgaged is 1876 per
cent. of the whole number of farms,
and the value of farms mortgaged is
BAL per cent of thetotal value of farms:
the proportion of mortgages given in
purchases and improvements is more
than three-quarters, and the amount
OF all other mortgages, about $75,000,-
900. is only 2l@ per cent. of the value
of all farms in those states Even in
those states, out of 942, 532 farms only
500. 435 are owned by occupying families
with any incumbrance. With reason
men hope that this vast conservative
force at the West may he found on the
right side in the struggle for national
honor and the sovereignty of law
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
II Bryan Were Elected.

What will happen should Mr.. BRYAN be
elected?
re stands pledged to sell no more bonds
10 Keep up the gold reserve. to pay in sill.
Yer the principal and interest on govern.
meht bonds. to redeem the outstanding
paper money in silver. and to pass as
speedily as possible u free coinage act
What will the consequences be?
l. Since the gold in the treasury will
not suffice, by about 200 million dollars
70 pay the greenbacks and treasury notes
must be paid in silver Since our ma
tional bank notes are redeemable in
greenbacks. all of these must also fall tc
a silver basis. The election of Bryan will
put TINS country on a free silver basis sc
soon as the gold reserve shall be ex-
hausted, and without waiting for the pas
sage OF a .,d free coinage act:
stipulated. will then be paid in silver.
J. In anticipation of this result foreign
capitalists having money loaned out or
balances due them here WILL on the 9Th
of November. cable their American cor
respondents to call in loans and remit
balances. These correspondents will
make heavy drafts upon the banks and
will be among the first at the national
treasury to draw gold. which alone can
be used in making foreign remittances.
=. 4. In order to meet this drain upon
their cash balances the banks will be
compelled to collect moneys due them
from their customers.
.. Moreover. since the principal and in
terest of United States bonds will then
be payable in silver, well as all divi-
dends on stocks. foreigners will dispose
largely of their holdings in both of these
classes of securities, and thus compel still
further large remittances of gold abroad
8. The example set them by foreigners
will be followed by all American credi-
tors who prefer gold to silver dollars tin
GLIDING those who advocate the free COIN
age of silver but make their own mort
cages, leases. and notes payable in gold }
If gold cannot be obtained from the treas
ury they will buy sterling exchange or
exchange on Canada. thus compelling
further exports of gold.
I. The enormous demand for money
thus created will bring on a stringency
in the money market, which will be the
occasion, not merely of litigation but of
general run upon the banks.
s. In the cities, where combined action
is possible, the banks will suspend. The
country banks. although solvent, unless
they can devise some practicable method
of suspension of payments, will fail
3. Gold Will go to a premium and be
exported or boarded
10 The disappearance of all our geld
and the drop in the value of silver and of
paper redeemable only in silver will con
tract the currency to one-third it's pres
ent volume. According to circular No. 123
OF the u ). treasury department. (pagc
%, the stock of money in the United
States July !. 1886. was made up of three
items: ~ 5000. 100000 gold, all of which
VIII disappear under the operation Of a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
THE INSULT TO sEC'Y CARLISLE.
The Character Of the Popocratic Campaign
(Waterville Mail.)

When Secretary Carlisle made a
sound money speech in Kentucky the
other day gang of Bryanites did their
best to break up the meeting by boot
ing and kissing and firing rotten eggs
ON the stage. And yet this in the eyes
OF the Popocrats was not nearly so bad
conduct as was that of the Yale stu
dents, who simply cheered for McKin-
ley, compelling Bryan to cut short his
speech, after he had taken pains to call
them sons of unworthy sires, The
character of the Popocratic campaign
is IN Keeping with the quality of the
eggs thrown at the Carlisle meeting.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
BRIDGEWATER.
Cumberland.
FREEpORT.

The Six Town Times reports that Fred
Brown is suffering severely from a bad
sprain caused by kick in the ankle
rom one of his schoolmates recently.
SCARBORO.
Fire at Scarboro beach, Oct. 81. de-
stroyed Ferry Rock cottage, owned by
Mrs. $. j. Morgan. Partially insured
SOUTH GORHAM.
Master Seth Elliott while oat gum
ming Saturday. was accidentally shot
" rifle in the hands of another boy,
he bullet going through his jaw and
breaking out several teeth.
SEBAGO.
As Charles Douglass of Sebago, was
picking apples one day last week a
iimb broke, letting him fall to the
ground. a distance of about fifteen feet.
one rib was broken and he was badly
bruised. but his injuries were not as
serious as was at first feared
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27

Secretary Morton, of the department
of agriculture, says: 1.-THE most con-
servative estimate of the amount re-
ceiyed by the farmers for their wheat
up to the 21st instant, when wheat
reached it's highest point, is $2S,6S8, 900
over and above what they would have
received at the prices ruling Sept. L.
And still the price of silver continues
to fall, and still Mr.. Bryan hasn't a
word of explanation for it all. Facts
are making sad work of the Boy Ora
tors buncombe just now
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
oAir.Y KENNEBnC JOURNAL. TUESDAY. OCTOBER ~ 1896
gested. the arbitrary terms Of dollars

gested, the arbitrary terms Of dollars
and cents.
Suppose a coin instead OF being
stamped zone dollar bore the inscrip-
ton this is 4121. grains Of standard
silver" or this is 25.S grains of stan
dard gold" The government weighs
, out the precious. metals because of
their superior convenience as stan
dard of measurement for other COM
modities. and if instead of our using
the term dollar we should use the term
ounce the exchange could be just as
readily effected. So many ounces of
silver or so many ounces of gold for so
many bushels of wheat or pounds of
cotton.
from this point of view the money
question Is as simple as the table in
addition. The confusion begins when
the term dollar is applied to different
metals at different weights,
ana the government makes
them both legal tender at the same
value. Then we get lost in tangle.
Nobody in the world objects to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver as
such. The objection is to fixing it's
price IN relation to gold and to debts.
The government has just as much right
to fix the price of wheat or of cotton in
relation to gold and say that so many
bushels of wheat or pounds of cotton
shall be equal to one ounce of gold as
to say that IL ounces of silver shall be
worth one ounce of gold.
1T has often been suggested that the
legal tender quality should be taken
from both metals and unlimited coin
age given to both. That would leave
them to stand on their merits and i'm
mensely simplify the money question.
This is the manner now in all interna-
tlonai business transactions. where
money goes by weight and not by tale.
There are economists who think that
the system could be advantageousIy
adopted in domestic transactions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27
PRESS COMMENTS.
How the Farmers Stand.
IN. Y. Tribune.)

The coming election is to answer one
of the questions which have been asked
of late with growing concern by the
ablest students of economic and social
life. The ownership of farms by the
farmers has long been regarded as the
most powerful conservative force in a
free country. But the growing dis
content Of farm owners, their increas-
ing tendency in European countries
and until recently in this country to
separate from and set themselves
against other conservative forces, has
led many to doubt whether the farmers
could any longer be relied upon to re-
sist the revolutionary and destructive
tendencies in society. If they become
possessed of the idea that modern in
situations and monetary systems and
Industrial developments are hostile to
their interests, and calculated to reduce
them to virtual serfdom, as Populist
demagogues assert, may not this most
powerful and once conservative force
he transferred to the side of the repu-
diators and anarchists? The election
in Western states is to answer this
question. and If the latest accounts are
not strangely in error, will SO answer it
as to strengthen greatly confidence in
free institutions here.
The notion that the farmers of this
country have been losing money finds
no support in official records The
farms, implements and live stock were
| worth in 1860 $780, 49,, 063 and during
| the war decade increased only II per
cent in gold value to $S,S78,65S,21S but
| increased 36 per cent in the next decade
| to 81, 104 ,OS1 , 440, and 80 per cent in the
last decade to $15,9S2, 267 $3.50 in 1890.
| The increase has been fourfold in 40
years; the acreage has little more
than doubled, and the average value
per acre has a little less than doubled.
| rising from $11.15 in 1850 to SIG. 81 in 1860.
S1S.13 gold in 1870, $19.02 in 1885, and
| $2l31 in 1890. Had the value of the
farms been invested in government
bonds in 1850 at 3l2 per cent, and com
pounded each year, the entire interest
| being relnvested at the same rate. the
| amount would have been not quite the
value OF the farms in 1890, but mean
whlle they have supported nearly half
| the population. The capital there in
vested is about two and half times
the amount employed in the manufac-
lures, and yields larger net prof,
with smaller risk: it is not quite doub,e
the capital actually invested in rail
roads in 1880, and yields more than
double the gross, and six or seven timas
| the net income of railroads
OF this great property only % NO.,
cent. pears any incumhrance and the
amount CT that mortgage debt is only
per cent OF the total value. Out of 4 :
49, aoa.d.s FAMILIES occupying farms only
eeo'soo nave any mortgage debts, or 1S 6
per cent OF the whole. But of the mort :
cages by tar the greater part was
I, gwen for purchase money. or in nro.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-27

Bryan says he is looking to the fu-
ture for political reward of his labors.
This explains his addresses to news
boys and pIerile talk but it does not
remove the, to him, painful fact that
the influence OF his labors is not cal
culated to last until Nov. 8. much less
four years. Mr.. Bryan is no luminary.
at best he is but a shooting star on the
downward curve.