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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
Hogs and Cattle in Iowa r,rhartv
one Years.

Hogs and Cattle in Iowa forTharty.
one Years.
Inc great argument of the silver men
with the farmers is that prices are dow.
or course everybody knows that prices
are low. But an intelligent man always
wants to know, before he tries a rem
edy. what 1t is going to do for him. In
fact, when a man Is in bad straits tinan-
clally he wants. il he is prudent, to be
more careful than ever about trying ex-
periments, for an unlucky one at such
time might ruin him completely.
When he Is prosperous, as we we're
in 1892. he can take flyer, and survive
one mistake. but he doesn't want two
mistakes in succession. The farmer is
in poor condition in 1896 to have an
other experiment turn out on him as
the experiment of 1892 did. Now ewcry-
body agrees that farm products are
distressingly low. What shall we do
about it? Mr.. Bryan says give us free
silver. Mr.. Bryan is one of the fellows
who led lis into the 1892 experiment..
He said nothing about free silver then.
1t was free trade then Now he saws
all we need is free silver. He saws this
trouble about prices originated away
back i'll 1873. and that rltings have been
getting steadily worse ever since. He
says that the trouble is that since. 1879
we have been measuring things in
money kept ut par with our gold coin.
and he alleges that gold has been stead
lily becoming dearer, as compared to
farm products. making prices lowcr.
This argument will not stand exaurin-
alton. In the historical department of
the State of Iowa at Dcs Moines, is q
file of the Dubuque Herald, reaching
back before the war; The Herald has
maintained a good market report
through all of these years. These. mar
kct reports have been examined, and
average taken for each year. by taking
the market quotations ON the first day
of each month from 1861 to 1892. This
was done on wheat. oats, corn, butter,
eggs. hogs and cattle. The prices dur
Ing the paper money period were re-
duced TO gold because it Is the value of
gold which Is alleged to have arisen.
Here are the ngures on hogs and cattle:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

from the change. Thus he remarks:
"Of one class of commodities it Is
safe to make n production that the rise
OF price would come late rather than
early. Even the poorest families are
supplied with the bare necessities of
life, and none have use for much
larger supply. Cereal products are so
largely of this class that the demand
for them would be but slightly increas-
ed. presumably, even if the incomes of
most families were doubled. Thus the
rise In price Of plain foodstuns would
come much later than that for other
| things"
SO, with regard to the wage rate, he
sees no encouragement for the work
lngman: 'Unfortunately," he says,
There Is no ground for expecting high
er immediate wages. Nothing in the
changed situation will alter tho relation
of labor and capital or laborer and capt.
talist. When higher prices are realized
In any industry the employers will be
able usually to pay higher wages; but
nothing in the situation will immediate
ly compel them to do so. Either higher
wages Will come very slowly as result
OF the increased cost OF living, or else
after long struggles between employers
and employees. in which each failure
VIII make subsequent struggles harder"
The concluding chapter OF Mr. Coles
pamphlet is good enough to quote in
full. Here it is:
Free coinage, as proposed in the Uni
ted States, would make new standard
OF payments, to which all prices must
adjust themselves for free coinage
would absorb comparatively little of
the worlds surplus OF silver, and would
barely affect the value of gold; it would
give new meaning to the word dol
lar III all contracts. and would make
their value so uncertain that our credit
currency, which is of vastly more i'm
portance than our specie or paper,
would suffer an immediate and severe
contraction, precipitating bankruptcy,
shut-downs and general business stag
nation, with consequent distress among
those dependent upon day wages. AS
time passed 1t would raise prices, but
III some industries earlier than in 9TH
ers. and 1t would raise most prices ear
lier than it would raise wages, and
hence good proportion of the people
would be forced to pay higher prices
long before they received higher in
comes. 1t would enable land specula-
tors, building owners. railroads, gas,
electric and manufacturing companies
to pay off their debts in money inferior
to that borrowed, and would put much
of this loss on savings bank depositors
and investors of small means, who have
saved at great sacrifices for old age,
for dependents and for the education
of children. Indeed. free coinage has
nothing to recommend II and every
thing to condemn it. Its sole virtue lies
in its profitable services for bullion
owners and politicians The politicians
find 1T profitable, moreover. only in so
far as they can induce others to disre-
gard all reason and experience and
blindly imagine that they see panacea
for the country's Ills in free coinage of
silver dollars" s."-Philadelphia Ameri-
can.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
How Will Cheap Money Help the
Farmer:

FQrmcr.
In n speech at Reinbeck, in Grundy
County,, the other day. eX-Gov. Boies
advised farmers to take no alarm at
the talk about ''chcap dollars" since
cheap money means higher prices for
farm products and is therefore in their
interest. This advice is in the same
line with Gov. Allgeld's talk. in llli-
nois. about the present ''2UO-ccnt gold
dollar" These gentlemen both virtu-
ally admit that they do not expect the
silver dollar, under free coinage. to re-
tain its present current value. In say
ing so they take issue With their can
didate. for Mr.. Bryan in his speech
accepting the nomination for the presi-
dency, distinctly and uncquivocally de.
clared:
I'VE contend that free and unlimitef,
coinage by the United States alone will
raise the bullion value of silver To it's
coinage value, and thus make silver
bullion worth S1.29 per ounce in gold
throughout the world
n public speaker presumes upon the
Ignorance of his audience, when he
urges his hearers TO vote for cheap
ulolley OH the ground that cheap money
means more money, and that if money
is more abundant they will get more of
it for their crops. Farmers and work
ingmen. by voting for Bryan. can, II
enough of them are for him. succeed
iii debasing the currency. They can
make the money Of this country less
valuable than it is. But they cannot
prevent the disastrous consequences of
their action nor avert the calamities
which Invariably follow the cheapen-
ing OF the monetary unit Of value All
that they can do is TO shut their eyes to
the teaching uf history aud take the
risk.
The price OF everything which is
bought and sold depends upon two
values. which must be equalized, be-
fore any two parties to any transaction
can close bargain. These are: first,
the value Of the article offered for sale,
and, second, the value of the money
given in exchange for it. If the dollar
is made cheaper and poorer, of course
farmers will have to get more of them
in payment for their corn and wheat.
But more dollars, if they are cheaper
dollars, do not mean more value receiv-
ed. The man who supposes that they
do is ignorant as child, and hopeful
victim for swindlcrs. He is not
sharp"
We sell every year to foreign nations
about one billion dollars worth of
our products. There is no magical
power in coinage legislation to compel
these nations to pay us for our pro-
ducts more than they think they are
worth. If we reduce the value of our
dollars. they may pay us more of them
than they do now; just as, If we should
reduce the number Of pounds in a busll-
ell of wheat from 60 to 80. they would
take more in number of the lightweight
bushels than if they were of full weight.
But they would not take any more
pounds Of wheat, and they would not
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

give US In exchange for them any more
English sovereigns. In other words,
we cannot sell them any more wheat
by changing the weight Of a bushel,
and we cannot get any more value for
our wheat by taxing pay in cheaper
dollars.
The experiment which the advocates
OF free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 ask
us to sanction by our votes is an ex-
pertinent attended with fearful risks.
The mere apprehension that this ex-
pertinent may be tried has alreauy fill
ed the country with fear verging upon
panic. 1t has paralyzed business. No
element OF uncertainty in business is so
alarming as doubt what the value of
the dollar will be. within the next six
months. With this uncertainty staring
MIN In the face, the manufacturer re-
fuses to make goods, the merchant re-
fuses to buy them, improvement and
enterprise wait, labor is unemployed.
and the farmer loses his market. No
class of citizens can profit by such con-
ditions. unless it be the class known as
spectators. All legitimate business
Interests demand money OF steady
value,
When the Gold Is All in England.
There's smile of satisfaction ON the sill
yer magnate's face,
And he waits without q trenior for the
outcome of the race;
And he dreams of trips to Europe, and of
yachts and horses fine
When the gold is all in England-and the
silyer's in the mine.
There's twinkle in his optic and a
chuchle in his grin
And he drops bit of silver in the slot
near Bryan's chin;
And he plans to fool the public with his
little cash combine
Till the gold is all in England-and- the
silver's in the mine.
He leaves to politicians all endeavors to
explain;
He's cruciied his conscience on the cross
of sordid gain;
He merely pays the salaries, and waits
with smile divine,
Till the gold is all in England-and the
silver's in the mine.
He's waiting till each dollars worth of
silver in his hoard
Will bring him in just double what. the
country can afford;
'Tis then he'll pocket all the cash and
shake each foolish dupe,
Ana the gold will be in England and Our
Willie in the soup.
Samuel Merwin, in Times Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
gold. 1871 to 1880. ...... 2s7@ 800
A Vara 1o s,riao nf hnof naA&lo

gold, 1917 to 1880. ....... 2S7@ 800
Average price of beef cattle in
gold, 1881 to 1892. ....... 3.7OM 4.27
The figures from 1861 to 1867 are on
dressed hogs, as that was the way they
were marketed at that time. That, of
course, raises the price for those years.
1t is a further fact that in those years
following the war the country was
nearly stripped of hogs, which had a
tendency to make prices high. The war
comes in the first period also, when
farmers by the hundred thousand were
IN the army, and every influence helped
to make high prices.
And yet it will be seen that there Is no
average decline after 1873, down to
1892. There were years of low prices,
and SO there were before 1873, but the
price of hogs in Dubuque, after our cur
rency came to the gold standard (Which
means equal in value to gold). was the
same as 1t was before. These figures
completely disprove the theory that
prices have any relation to the year
1873. They have none.
When Bryan IL Elected.
They say men will not have to work,
When Bryan is elected;
There'll be no toiler, hence no shirk.
When Bryan is elected;
For silver then will all be free
And, every morn and night, will be
Brought round in carts to you and me,
When Bryan is elected
know man who wants job,
When Bryan is elected;
His name is Peter, twill be Bob
When Bryan is elected;
He says for twenty 'slugs" day,
He'll hire himself. his horse and dray
Delivering silver down his way.
When Bryan is elected
l know another who declares,
When Bryan is elected;
He'll silver-plate the golden stairs.
When Bryan is elected:
They'll just make laws to beat the band,
Repeating all with Sherman's brand
Like that one called ''supply and demand" !"
When Bryan is elected.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18
Butter, 4c per pound.

Butter, &c per pound.
Beans, zoe per bushel.
Cabbases free.
Cider free.
Cheese. DC per pound.
Eggs. &c per dozen.
Hay, 50 per ton.
Poultry, Be, dressed,
Poultry, &c, undressed.
Honey, 10c per gallon.
Hops, Sc per pound.
Milk free.
Onions, 2Oc per bushel.
Peas. zoe per bushel.
Potatoes, 15c per bushel.
Castor beans. 25c per bushc!.
Flaxseed, zoe per bushel.
Wool free.
Mckinley tariff
Apples, 25c per bushel.
Butter, &c per pound.
Beans, 4Oc per bushel.
Cabbages. &c per head.
Cider. sc per gallon.
Cheese, &c per pound.
Eggs, &c per dozen.
Hay, 81 per ton.
Poultry, SC, dressed.
Poultry, &c, undressed.
Honey. 25c per gallon.
Hops. 15c per pound.
Milk, SC per quart.
Onions, 40c per bushel.
Peas. 4Oc per bushel.
Potatoes. Doc per bushel.
Castor beans, soc per bushel.
Flaxseed. 30c per bushel.
Wool. lie to l3c per pound.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-18

FOUR
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07
ARRIVE DEPARTS
CONNECTIONS

No. 1.-Connects at Burton, Kan,
with A. T. & s. F for points in Kansas.
Has reclining chair cars (seats free),
aud Pullman drawing room sleepers to
Burton, Kan.
No. 2-Connects at Monette for points
in Arkansas, Indian territory and
Texas. Connects at Grand Union
Station, st. Louis, with all lines for
the east, north and southeast. Has
reclining chair cars (seatS free) and
Pullman drawing room sleepers to st.
Louis.
No. 3.-Connects at Burton with A.
T. & S. Z. for all points west and north
west. Has reclining chair cars (seats
free) Pullman drawing room sleepers
to Burton. Through Pullman sleep
ers Burton to Los Angeles, San Diego
and San Francisco. On Sundays has
Pullman sleepers through 10 Los An
geles without change.
No. 4-ConnectS a. Monette for points
in Arkansas and Texas. Connects at
st. Louis Grand Union Station with all
lines for the east. north and southeast.
Has reclining chair cars (seats free)
and Pullman drawing room sleepers TO
st. Louis.
Thought tickets on sale TO all points.
For further information call upon or
address TAGG & CARNEY,
City Ticket Agents.
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T1e adhia nairu gaere Tuesaau Eorne january z 1896

high up, so that the audience could see
ii. Then, stopping, anw with what
seeend to he a softly n1uTmured player,
ne placed it upon the head Of the new
cardinal.
Cardinal Satolli arose and for the
first time in its history there were two
cardinals upon American soil. Adj
vancing to the front of the altar, Car
dinal Satolli then delivered an address
Upon finishing his address, Cardinal
Satolli, who I'D TO this time, had worn
the robe Of an archbishop, retired to
the inner sanctuary and in a few min
utes returned clad in the gorgeous ap-
parel of a cardinal. He was seen in
these but few moments, however. as
he was almost Immediately robed in
the white and gold vestments OF the
mass, which he was to celebrate As
sisted by his priests and deacons, he
proceeded with this amid the breathless
attention of the vast audience. When
the gospel was reached a movable pull
pit was pushed to the center Of the au-
ditorium and Archbishop Kain Of st.
Louis ascending it, delivered the SER
mon of the occasion.
AT the close of the mass Cardinal Glib
bOns announced that the holy father
had cabIed his congratulations and
that he had authorized the speaker TO
pronounce the apostolic benediction
upon all those present.
AT his request DR.. Rocker read the
cablegram, which Cardinal Gibbons
said he wished particularly 10 say was
spontaneous and not evoked by any sug
gestion from this side of the Atlantic.
1t is as follows: ITO his eninence,
Cardinal Gibbons. Archbishop of Bal
timore: The extraordinary slpendor
accompanying the comforting of the ber-
retta upon Cardinal Satoli gratifies the
holy father beyond measure, and he
asks your eminence to express his sat
fsfaction. Furthermore, as a token
of his deep appreciation, ne empowers
your eminence to impart to all present
at the ceremony the apostolic benedic-
ton"
The cardinal pronounced the benedic-
ton and the ceremony was ended.
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BEREI'TA Is HIS
MAGNIFICENT POMP WHICH MADE
sAT0lLI a CARDINAL.

Address From Rome With the Seal of the
Fisherman, Comforting the Cardinal
Cap, and the Circumstance With Which
They Were Acknowledgement Head
ed by the Professional Cross-Bearer,
a Marvel of Beauty, Containing Cor
geously Clad Prelates, Priests students
and Monks-How the Pageant Looked.
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*Daiiy except sunday.
Free chair cars on all trains. Pull
man Palace sleepers to Kansas City
and Chicago without change. Also to
Fort Worth and Galveston. Connects
at Newton with Vestibule limited hav-
ing chair cars, Pullman Palace and
compartment sleepers and dining cars
through to Los Angeles and San Diego;
also with train carrying chair cars,
Pullman and Tourist sleeper's to Ell
Paso, Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Through railroad and steamship tick
cts sold to all points.
TAGG & CARNEY,
City Ticket Agents.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY

sunday
ici nh Information call city ticket olice iis
alu u street
Delo. cuTLer Second ard Wichita streets
> =. RLtCRIET, T. AMI r A.
Time Table Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Raiiwsy
TRAIN : rri,-g -
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GOING NORTH AND Vast.
No : Kansas City, 81 Louis
ami Chicago limited daily .O5apl Chan
No Colorado Springs. Den
yer and Pacinc coast daily :OSam flOan
No Kansas cry ~ Loais'
and Cb Ica-ra mig Int express
daily except Monday ..... - I0a II Iai5am
NolSA CcummoGat4on daily
excel,t sunday..........--. IL l0s II Is0I p N
GOING SOUTH ArD wESr
no Tort Worth. Dallas.
houston and Galveston.
,sxpree;s,s, daily. :s2Pm 7O7pm
No Okisboms, Ft Worth
New Orleans and laciGc.
eOas,, daily -, .0-Pm 7GPa
NJ 3 Oklahoma. Fl North
Dallas and New Orleans
express. daily, except
Su2oaN ----------.-- -----.. - IN - \ -
No Fort North. Houston
Galveston aud oan Aato-
HIS, express, dsl.y, except
,Suuday. 80 a M saea m
No u AcconiHgo1sA. ION, eA-I
ceiit >0nday- -.-.-lI 40 IA 5 s. ? N
Elegant free reclining char cars on al
trains and Pullman Palace sleeperS from
Wichita to Chicago and Kansas City
without change. Also sleepeTs en- all
trains 20 Fort Worth. Houston san Ar
tonic Aid New on leans Tickets sod anA
baggage checked 20 all points -or1h
south, east aad west StraElNhlp tickets
sgd % all European points ~ lowest
ates- CITY Ticket Cflice leo East Doug
las avenue, corner Main street PaSSsa-
ger station corner Douglas ard 2ezcs
avenues Telephone iss.
JOHN SEBASTIAN. J. 4 PHILLIPS,
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WICHITA AND WESTERNS.

ARRIVE FROM WEST.
No. 2 Pratt ard Kingman passen-
ger daily sxcept Monday ........I
No. Pratt and Kingman accom-
mediation, Tues, Thurs. and sat.
DEPART WEST.
No. kingman and Pratt passen-
ger daily except Sunday. ......
No. 3 kingman and Pratt accom-
mediation, Mon, Wedn. and Fri. :
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TRAINS.
WEST.

No. !. Kausas mall, also to
Ellswort h..............4
No 3, California express. -,
EAST. {,
No. ., st. Louis mali, from 10
Ellsworth. ..............
No. 4, Atlantic express. u 1C
The herald., 1896-08-11
Rheumatism

DO you want to get rid of those torturinS
pains that bother you as you arise from
your bed in the morning? DO you want
relief from the present stiffness in the back
and limbs? Do you want to feel like
bunch of springs. wiry, elastic and free OF
action, full of snap and vim ready to take
hop-skip-and-jum with any of your
younger friends? In fact do you want to
have your body strong and active? Then
wear DR.. Sanden's Electric Belt for ten
days. 1t has wonderful power to timber
UP the old muscles and charge them with
new life-the energy of youth. So thinks
old John Fallman, who is known to every
body on Bernal Heights as almost life
long cripple from rheumatism. He lives
at the corner of koscuszko street and Old
Hickory avenue. He says that DR.. San
denis Electric Belt is the only thing he has
been able to find in % years to relieve him
| of rheumatism. 1t gives him relief within
| two hours after he puts it on. Under date
| of April g 1895, he makes a statement TO the
| effect that his Sanden Belt has proven in
| valuable to him. and that several of his
friends who have tried 1t have found equal
ly good results.
The herald., 1896-08-11
FOR BRYAN AND FREE Sill YER
Letter From the Standard-Bearer TO the
Los Angeles Club
Returns Thanks for the Friendly Interest
Taken in His Candidacy-The East
Side Siiverites

In reply to a letter of congratulation
sent to Mr.. Bryan by the Bryan Silver
club of Los Angeles several weeks ago.
the following was received yesterday:
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 8, 1896.
Moye G.. Norton, Esq, President Bryan
Silver club. 115 North Spring street. Los
Angeles. Calmly Dear Sir Owing to
the volume of my correspondence, have
been unable to reply to your letter Of
July IA until now. I thank you and the
officers and members of your organiza
tion for the kind congra tulations sent
me and for the friendly interest you are
taxing IN my candidacy. Very truly
yours, W. J. BRYAN
EAST SIDE FREE SILVERITES.
The East Side Free Silver club held q
large and enthusiastic meeting at their
hall last evening. The feature Of the
evening was an able address by judge
Utley.
Another meeting will be held next
Tuesday evening at Banquet hall. corner
OF DoWney avenue and Chestnut street.
when addresses will be delivered by Sen
ator Stephen NJ. White W. S. Creighton
and j. S. Mussey. Every one in the Firs t
ward is invited to be present in honor OF
Senator White.
SEVENTH-WA SILVER CLUB
The Seventh-ward Bryan Silver club
Will hold itS.regular weekly meeting this
evening at o'clock a No. 610 East Fifth
street. Good speakers will be in at
tendance, and all the free-silver voters
in the ward are urged to attend and
place their names on the club roll of
membership.
PICO HEIGHTS SILVER RALLY.
All friends of silver, irrespective Of
past political affiliations. are earnestly
requested to assemble at Pinel hall
Pico street, a 7:30 tomorrow evening,
for the purpose of forming a silver club
and taking such action fayora bic to the
cause of silver as may be deemed ex-
pedient by the majority of the meeting
ARISTO M'CRIMMON,
MILTON X. YOUNG,
THOMAS REEVE,
j. M'LEAN.
E. C. BOWER
The herald., 1896-08-11

Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. japan,
China and Russia are. according to the
prophecies of the .astrologers, to expert
ence disaster and this is not to be i'm
mediate, but some time in the next six
months.
ANNUAL METEORIC SHOWER.
While this eclipse will rot be witnessed
on this side of the world an astronom-
ical show is scheduled for skygazers in
this country. According to the astrono-
mers, the great annual meteoric shower
was scheduled to appear last evening
after sunset. although it was stated that
1t might not put in an appearance until
tWenty-four hours later, which would
bring it tonight. There was no shower
last evening. though several falling stars
were seen late at night: consequently it
may be looked for again this evening.
NO danger. however is apprehended
from this fusillade, and assurances have
been given that none of the meteors will
come nearer this planet than seventy
i've or 100 miles, although there NAV be
some falling chips A number of as
tronomers in different parts of the coun-
try have made special preparations for
the advent of the meteoric visitors.