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The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30

The free silver advocates style the act
of 1873, that restricted the legal tender
quality of silver, an outrage upon the
people and destroyer of property. and
assuming this to be fact, argue that if
Congress could destroy property by re-
ducingthe price of silver, it has authori-
ty 10 increase property by increasing the
value of silver by opening the L. :.
mints and compelling the government
to coin all the silver brought to them by
owners, This is a fallacy. The act of
1873 did not cause the decline in the
price of silver bullion. The opening of
new silver mines and improved facilities
for working these mines on an extensive
-clle, far surprising anything in former
times, is what affected the price Of silver
and the fiat of government could not
have prevented this. The price was
regulated by the supply far exceeding
tie demand for a circulating medium.
aud consequently, its price depended
largely upon the value of the metal for
use in the arts and for articles Of mer-
chandise. The value of silver for the
last 30 years has varied in value in the
markets as compared with gold in a very
close ratio to the output of the two
metals from the mines. Thus the ratio
of the worlds production of silver to
gold in 1870 was 9.O5 to l, and in 1895
1887 to !. The value of an ounce of
silver in 1870 was about sl,32l4, and in
1895, about 60 IL cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30
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MICHIGAN House
Lake George,
CANAAN, MAINE.

The best If boating. bathing and fish
ine Fine croquet grounds An excel
lent TENS court. Large eommodious
stable. An ideal inland resort
Many desirable changes have been made AZ
TIN, popular inland resort since Las season. aud
a lhe comfort and pleasure Of the guests viii he
looked alter personally ny Alr. ami Mr., Wash
burn thi- l. sufficient guarantee a, 10 the stand
ard To- he maintained
" inland resort m Maine supasses tins adj
mirablc place with It's beautiful lake fine hotel,
numerous cottages. large amusement and dane
I'M Pavilion credaet and tennis grounds bowl
irs alley swings and other amus"meuts The
fishing Is frst-class. and fne boats for rowing
arr always Al the wharf
The table A the Nohiean House Is famous
throughout Maine as bcius uneNeeIied At sim
liar resort TOR variety tnd quality
NFnnnF r nfAOU0IInn H.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30

Wife How are you pleased with our new
maidf' Husband: Very much" Wife; Il
thought so. have discharged bSr."-Fliegen-
de Batter.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30

Our witch hazel is guaranteed fun
strength, and We can supply YOU in any
desired quantity AZ = right price
sampson, corner druggist
The Somerset reporter., 1896-07-30

Suicide under any circumstances is
sad enough, but for fourteen year old
boy to feel called upon To take his own
life is particularly so. A Blue Hill boy
of that age very deliberately shot him
self last Thursday, without apparent
cause. The easiest explanation of such
case is insanity. But youthful sui
cides are not uncommon and it is a
question whether or not sensational
literature does not have an important
part in producing the insanity.
There seems to be stay of proceed
ings on the part of the committee hav-
ing in charge the erection of new city
building in Waterville. K. W. Dunn
and others have notified this committee
that they will apply for an injunction to
restrain them from further proceedings,
upon the ground that the city has no
legal authority to erect place for
amusement and cannot make a contract
that will increase the debt of the city
beyond the constitutional limit. This
may block the movement for a new city
building for the present.
There are many Maine Democrats who
cannot vote the Bryan-Sewal ticket
and who will either stay at home or vote
for Mckinley and Hobart in November
Now if they desire to vote against
Bryan they should do it in September.
A vote given for the Democratic ticket
in September, is vote for Bryan in
November, and is the only way Demo
crat in Maine can efeetually vote for
Bryan aud compulsory coinage of silver.
The contest in Maine comes in Septem-
Der, and Democratic voting in Novem-
Der is voting into the air. They can
help along the cause of honest money
and prosperity by voting the Republican
ticket in September and in no Other
way
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

of tin plate. That is to say, that for ev-
cry dollars worth of tin plate the man
ufacturer would have paid out frac-
ton over S4.28, and would in addition
have sunk his investment in plant and
materials. What self-sacrifcing people
the tin plate manufacturers must be.
Take it another way. If 10000 people
have been employed in getting out $685.
100000 worth Of finished product in five
years and the entire value has been dis
tributed in wages, they would have re-
ceived but So cents a day instead Of $3.50.
Or allowing them to have been paid
$3.50 day, instead of having fifty weeks
work in a year they would have had bu;
seventy days.
In all these calculations nothing what
ever has been allowed for interest on in
vestment. for cost of materials, for ex-
pense Of managa ment and employees 9TH
er than men in mills or for profits OF
owners.
Do the skin game politicians who get
out these posters and paste them up in
public places, think the people are chill
dren, or fools, or ignoramuses, who have
not yet mastered the multiplication Ia
bic?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
THOSE M,KINLEY POSTERS.

We have all seen those flaring Nc
Kinley posters representing Mr.. McKin-
ley as a god-like figure standing in the
front of factory doors and posing as the
advance agent of prosperity" An in
quisitive contemporary has taken the
trouble to examine some Of the figures
given on these posters and set to fgur-
ing as to their accuracy. The poster
among other misstatements sets forth
what Mckinley did for tin plate"
According to the figures on this poster
the practical result of what Mckinley
did in five years was the production of
$4,000 tons of tin and terne plate, the
value of finished product in five years.
being S35,OOO,OOO. This, the poster
AYERS, has given employment in this in
dustry 10 "about 10000 persons" al
average pay, of men in mills, Of 81 90
per day"
The impression conveyed to the hasty
reader is that 10000 persons have been
employed in the five years at an average
payof $3.50 per day in producing $95,-
100000 value of finished product. The
more careful reader with pencil in hand,
can make calculation on the poster
which will show the absurdity of its
claims.
There are six working days in a tin
plate week as in all other weeks when
full employment is given. At $3.50 per
day. the 10000 workmen would earn
$60O,OOO week. Throwing off a fort
night for extra holidays that would be
$50 900, 900 a year, or within $5,oCO,OOO
of the total value Of The finished product
of their labor for five years. Five years
Of this would be S15OOOOOOO spent in
labor alone to produce s35,OOO,OCO worth
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
TIE sHREwD DRUMMER.

fpropos Of the pretty little speech
which Mr.. Mckinley made to a delega-
ton of commercial travellers from his
trent porch Saturday, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer tells of another little speech
heard on the platform Of an East End
car the other evening. in that city. Two
young men were talking about the polit-
zeal situation and the prospects of Nc
Kinley in Ohio and the adjoining States,
with the reports brought in by the COM
mercial travellers.
Its this way" said one of the young
men. when our men are out they talk
with the storeksepers, the hotel men and
the people chey meet with in the country
towns and get a pretty good idea Of the
situation. When they come home and
make their reports the old man always
asks them as to the political feeling.
Now, before they get 10 the old man
they see the store decorated with Nc
Kinley and Hobart flags and Mckinley
and Hobart pictures all around the walls
and they know exactly what sort of a
report the old man wants. They aren't
fools, and the old man gets what he
wants because our fellows don't want
to get it in the neck No. I don't put
any stock in what the boys bring back
for home consumption. They know how
10 suit their customers and keep their
trade-and their jobs"
The speaker wore a Mckinley button,
but it is doubtful if he votes for McKin-
lev.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

tbs WORhINGMAN AND HIS WAGES.
The man who earns q good American
dollar iS not easily made 70 believe that II
buvs 100 much for him.-Intelligencer.
No. indeed: bu, Tie man who earns
an American dollar knows how difficult
il is TO get it. how ne has to give Two for
one TO ger it and how the opportunities
to work for il at any price are decreas-
ing at an alarming rate under a conjrac-
ton of the currency that is squeezing
the channels Of trade dry and s3pping
the life Of industry.
The statistics Of this deadly contrac-
zion are given elsewhere in detail.
The Intelligent wOrk,ngman knows
that it is no. he that ga,s the benefit of
the increased purchasing power of a
dollar under the single gold standard.
which means the decreased value Of his
labor and all he produces. but the money
changer. The money leader, the bond
clipper. .he mortgage holder and most
Of an the grea. muld-millionaire gold
gamblers of Europe and Wall Street
If the gold standard were labor's friend
Mark Hanna would never in the world
have been able TO get together his Bill
ion DOLLAR Siush Fund Committee in
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
LIES No or NEIGIiRoR.

There is not silver standard country in
the world where labor Is decently compen-
observation-disclosures
There is not a silver standard coun-
Try in the world to-day wherein labor
IS not as well off and as contentd as it
is i'm the nature Of the people to be- But,
look here. neighbor. why do you always
insist on comparing silver standard Mex
leo with the more progressive United
States alone among the gold standard
countries of the world? Why don't you
sometimes give your readers the bene-
ft Of a comparison with such gold stan
Gard countries as Italy and Turkey? In
those countries as you know the wages
of labor are far, very far below wha,
they are in Mexico. And, neighbor, you
know further, if you have looked the
matter up. that there is nos a silver
country in the world thly is not as pros
% rous as it is in the nature of the peO-
pie to be. and no, one in which The wages
Of labor have not been steadily rising,
while in an gold standard countries eX-
creme financial depression exists while
veg have been steadily falling.
This is not campaign buncombe, such
as You indulge in, neighbor, bu, is a
matter of official record and is capable
Of proof. which proof has been many
times produced and reproduced in these
columns. although you have steadily ig-
nored IL. If YOU would be homes. for
change, neighbor. YOU would admit
that every word of this is true.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

ersburg Sentinel for 100000 damages
Ii is easy enough TO enter suit but when
il comes 10 bringing The suit 10 trial, that
is O din rent matter.
THIS SUIT WILL NEVER BE
BROUGHT TO TRIAL. WAS NEVER
INTENDED TO BE BROUGHT TO
TRIAL. and what is more THEY
KNOW THAT THEY DARE NOT
ENTER A COURT OF JUSTICE AND
FACE THE PROOF AGAINST THEM
N THIS NATTER.
These genuemen-fool no one and they
certainty bluff no one. By the
way. why don't these folks bring suit
against the Populis, committee, which
frs. made the charges against them to
their National Chairman, Marion But
Ter?
If the Republican agents did not pay
the money, as charged by the Populist
committee. why don't they say so?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

In the recent Democratic parade in
Chicago many Of the marchers wore dis
grisas such as false mus,aches and
boards in order to hide their identity,
so fearful were they of losing their en-
ployment if found out 1t is estimated
thar half of the men who were forced to
turn out in the Republican demonstra-
ton in the same city were Democrats
and Republicans who will vote for Bry-
an and the MONEY OF THE POOR
MAN, as Mckinley called silver, when
they get behind the curtain in the vet
ing booth.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

Hanna has written letter on the issues
OF the campaign in which he declares we
have enough money in circulation and
gives these figures:
We have enough money in circulation.
The New York World almanac OF 1916
page 100. gives our per capita circulation
at S24.33. An examination OF our stdus-
tics will show that since 1S60 our per
capita circulation has ranged from $lSS5
i'm that year TO SASS in ls6l, sos IN lS9Z
gradually increasing TO S17S3 $l9.6l, $2O5t
falling to $lSgg i'm 1866. remaining almost
stationary at that figure until 1910, when II
fell TO I7.16 falling TO SO in 1871 and lN.o
rising 10 $22.37 in 1852 and gradually climb
ing up to So, $23, S24 and the present fig
ures.
On another page will b. found an ar
ticle from the American, edited by Hon.
Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania, which
reviews the statistics of the Treasury
Department for a generation and gives
in detail the official facts and figures Of
the government bearing on the amount
lof money per capita in circulation COW
ering all the periods mentioned by Mr..
Hanna. The latter gentleman's state
ments are completely and unquestion
ably proven to be wholly false, as are
those Of Mr.. Hanna's literary press bu-
reau which has been dwelling on the
per capita argument in the hope that
the truth against them would not be
forthcoming.
In estimating the per caDita Gircula-
tion in war times, when the Southern
States were in rebellion, the number or
people in the Northern States who fur
nished the means Of prosecuting the war
must be used as the divisor. BY this
method Senator Logan in 1874 estimated
that the per capita circulation in 1865
was $53.2S. The Secretary of the Treas
ury's estimate of circulation includes
$456, 12S,4S3 in gold, but every one knows
that there is very little gold in circula-
ton. The banks hold more than $780,
0OO.0e0 in gold. But admitting that
gold is in circulation and deducting only
the $314S1S, $40 reserve, which the banks
are required to hold, we have $1,194,-
$685. as the amount of circulation on
July l, 1896, which is a per capita Of
S1S.S3. Had it not been for the coinage
Of silver under the Bland and Sherman
acts the circulation would not exceed
81 per capita.
Dollar Mark Hanna is not literary
genius, and mis- letter is very short, but.
short as it is, is abounds in such false
statements, and in contradictions and
fallacies that blind man
might see through them The
Chairman Of the Wall Street
Slush Fund Committee would bet
ter devote himself and fund to the
practical" work of the campaign and
let the brethren who are slicker with
the pen do the literary work of the gold
bug campaign, which appears to be in
a very bad way, indeed
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

Advocates of free silver seek TO make II
9rprar chat the price of silver regulates
the prices of other commodities.-InIeih-
geuccr
This argument has never been adyanc-
ed that we know OF; but cur neighbor has
probably got its wheels mixed up with
the fact that from The earliest history OF
the country the prices Of silver and OF
the counry's staple products have
always kept company, the variance at
any time been extremely slight,
while The fluctuations of gold in the
same period have been wild, which
shows that silver is the most reliable
and stable money metal Of the TWO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

In 1860 the per capita circulation OF
money in the United States was $53.2S
In 1873, five years after the d smoneiza-
ton of silver, the per capita circulation
Of money had fallen to S15.32. The
Bland act in 1873 and The Sherman act
in 1890 raised it considerably above this
figure, bu, since then, under the pres
sure Of the gold sharks and the money
lenders it has steadily fallen
until to-day the psr capita
circulation of money in the United
States is about $16.S3. These are thu
official figures Of the Treasury Depart
ment and may be verified at any time by
anybody.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13


One of the most ridiculous and con-
teno,ible Of Mark Hannas campaign
lodges is the effort to stir up religious
strife in the campaign and 10 eniis- the
A. p. A. against AIr. Bryan. For the
purpose Of stirring up the preJudices CT
the A. p. A. there have been issued by
the Republican National Committee sew
en- million copies Of a pamphlet, which
is now being distributed, containing x
tracts from MIR. Bryan's Congressional
speeches so arranged as to make it ap-
pear that his record is in an-agoniSm to
American Institutions.
Mr.. w. J. II. Traynor. the present in
,ernadonal presid= Mt Of The A. P. A,
has taken pains to disavow on behalf Of
the organization any responsibility for
the pamphlet or its object. He asserts
that the head of the Republican cam
p1ign organization has had men at work
ever sine shortly after Mr.. Bryan's
nomination digging out the matter Of
which this issue is being made; that the
Republican national committee has had
the printing and distribution done and
,hat the organization is in no
way responsible for it. He does
no. know whether the matter
contained in the pamphlet is
true or not. but. assuming it to be true,
he objects that it contains only half the
truth. To state the whole truth, he said,
,h p3mphle, should contain a conclud-
ing line in black letters, saying: NC
Kinley did everything that Bryan is here
charged with doing, and did it earlier
and of,ener."
lIr. Traynor wishes it to be known
That in an with which the A. P. A. is
concerned the two candidates are so
equally matched that the principles of
the A. P. A. have no bearing as between
,hen. and the attempt Of Mr.. Hanna to
use the association 10 further his own
political ends ought to be known to all
its members. which viii defeat the pur-
pose for which the Hannscratic funds are
being spent
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

Wall Street. This is the point for la
Dor to bear in mind and it should not be
fooled by catch phrases and sophistical
arguments TO the effect that dear money
is good for the worMngman.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

The Darlington, Wis. Journal says
editorially of a popular patent medicine:
1--WE know from experience that Cham
berlains Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy is all thai is claimed for it, as
on two occasions il stopped eXcruciating
pains and possibly saved us from an I'M
timely grave. We would not rest easy
over night without it in the house" This
remedy undoubtedly saves more pain
and suffering than any other medicine in
the world. Every family should keep it
in the house, for it IS sure to be needed
lOoner or later. For sale by druggists.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
CAPTAIN DOVENER DENIES IT.

Clarksburg, w Va, October u.
Special TO the Register.
Inever stated in the event of Bryan's
election / would vote for free silver.
nor was I ever asked such a foolish
question. Please, with this, publish the
name Of the man who stated this de-
liberate lie. B. B. DOVENER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
KRAKAUER PIANO FOR SALE.

Mrs. Emma Moore Scott has decided
to return to India for missionary work.
this week. She has placed her fine
Krakauer Piano, used less than one year,
in our hands for sale. To dispose Of it
quickly. we are allowed TO make a very
low pr.ce on il. Here is a rare bargain.
F. W. BANNER CO.
Wheeling. w. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
JUDGE CRISP VERY ILL.
Alarming Reports Concerning His Condi-
ton. Circulated In Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga, October 12-Alarming
reports as to the condition of eX-Speaker
Crisp were in circulation on the streets
this morning. Judge Crisp has been at
a sanitarium here for the past three
weeks. and it was reported this morl-
ing that his condition was so critical
that his closest friends were not allowed
TO see him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
A OMISSION TICKETS

For base ball games. plcnlcs. outings and
cuted neatly. quickly and at reasonable
prices.
FOR SALE-SOCIETY ADDRESS Cards.
embossed and engraved. Emblems for any
society known. Handsome and reason
able. Address or call on West Va. Print
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
BUSINESS CHANCES.

go INVESTED BY OUR BONA FIDE
system of speculation Will make $50 dur
ing September. Write SCHNEIDER 6,
co. 236 Lasalle St. Chicago. se12edW
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO. October 12.-Cattle. dull;
sales were on a basis of 80 3503 70 for com
mon native beef steers up 10 So 0003 10 Tor
fancy. with the bulk of the trading ~
81 25d4 70; stockers and feeders 3 bVG5 -,
80: calves. % 50d6 70.
Hogs. strong; sales at SO OP13 6O Tor
coarse heavy TO choice light weights, with
sales at 50 25n3 80. and heavy sold as nigh
as light.
Sheep. fairly active and unchanged.
Receipts-Cattie. 2l.000 head; hogs 40oW
head; sheep $4,000 head.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
SALESMEN WANTED.

statesmen To SELL AS SIDE LINE
from catalogue. clocks and silverware for
premium purposes TO own customers. LIB
eral commission. Address with refer
ences. REGENT MEG co. Chicago.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
LOST

LOST-LADY'S SPECTAc..
Twenty-iifth street and S.
rian Church. PLEASE r,..r. o.
Office.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
-OF I III
National Bank Of West va

| At Wheeling I'm the state OF West
al the close of business oCion..
RESOURCES
| Loans and discOunts........
! OVerdrdftS, secured ana N.-
| Gu ed ............ ....-.... .......-
| L. 5. bonds TO secure circulation.
! Stocks securities. Dtc..--....----. f....
| Banking house, furniture ana
Other real estate and MORTGAGES
owned ......... ........--. -.---.--
Due from Rational Banks Wot
reserve ae.uf-I .....-....-.... l-.... '
| Due from state Banks and bank
crs .....-. Observation-Disclosures. l,'i.
Duo from approved reserve ..
agents ......... .--.-.--.---. -..... i--'
Checks and other cash Items.
Notes of other National Banks... l'
Fractional paper currency, nick
els and ceuts............. ....-----
Lawful money reserve boz bank. w.
Specie ...... ....- .....fN',i-' IT'D
Legal tender notes. -i.llI %
Redemption fund with ". 8.
Treasurer Ge1 of CirculatiOul...
Due from n. 5. Treasurer, other
than 5cd redemption fund.-.
'''' LiABiLiTiES.
Capital stock paid in...............
Surplus fund ....:.......-........
Undivided profits, less expenses
and taxes paid ..................
T National Bank notes Oufe'Iro.tt
. Due from other National F'ht
Due TO state Banks and bankers
Individual deposits subject i'
Demand certificate OF 1.......
Time certificates OF deuu- .i-..-..-
Certified checks .........-.-....----
Total .............. ....-..-....-..
State Of West Vir-iria 'oHH't
/. John Wagner. D.r
named bank do s'..H.'h -f.fr
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NEW ADVERTISER r

TIMELY BARGAINs-lUsrIT Cr0-u.
ing House. VI. Morris Market So
fers misnt clothing from n-mir. ,
merchant tailors In tl E.. .g.
imported. good, $ up. 1l . Suits. y..
elegant, So up. s.le.l
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13
GRAND OPERA HOUSE .

Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights
and Saturday Matinee October Is, l6, H.
James Thornton
ELITE VAUDEVILLE COMPANY.
New show and all new features
Night prices 10 %, 80 and zoe. Matinee
prices, 10, = and CSC. ocu
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

Blythe eternal. Wc viii see who is going
60 rulc-thc money power or the people
Andrew jackson.