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noises IN the ears and dizziness. III slim
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Munyon's rheumatism Cure seldom
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Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure positively
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Munyon's Catarrh Remedies positively
cure. Price . cents each.
Munyon's Nitalizer restores lost powers
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a separate cure for each disease. At all
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Personal letters TO Prof. Munyon, 1905
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with free medical advice for any disease.
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CUTTCURA
SOAP

II is so because it strikes at the cause of most
complexional designations, viz: the CIogged
Ey7itated, LlRansed, or OUer1corked PORE
Suggestion: After cycling, golf, tennis, riding,
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ing Inflammation aud when followed by gentle
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LIVELY ROW AT LOUISVILLE.
The President of the Aldermen As
sumes the MayoraIty.

Nc It'10V1It d tHt 4AIutFIRheh As
sumes the MayOraIty.
Louisville, June 16.-During the absence
In st. Louis yesterday Of Mayor Todd. as
delegate to the republican national con-
vention, president King of the board OF
aldermen forcibly took charge and signed.
among other papers, a contract for $780,
with the Barber Asphalt Paving COM
pany, to which Mayor Todd was opposed.
there are many, but they Were locked ia
the mayors desk. He will have q lock-
smith force the desk to-day, but Mayor
Todd, it is claimed will be on hand to-day.
and trouble is likely to follow. King il
an American Protective Association man
The board of public works and safety are
held by the democrats, and as a result OF
the three-sided warfare the city is at
standstiH.
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The record of the clubs to date is as

New Orleans, June 16.-New Orleans re-
turned the compliment and defeated Co
lumbus this afternoon in a close contest
which was won by strategy, as the visit
ors helded better and batted harder than
their rivals. Score: R.H.E.
New Orleans 2 0 o 1 o. 1 0 O-s 10 s
Columbus % 0 l 1 o. 10 3
Batteries-McGinnis and Gonding;
Bates and Hess.
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EVANS CANDIDACY.

The Tennessee Delegation Com
mends Him 10 the Convention.
St. Louis, June is.-The Tennessee dele
cation, this morning, adopted resolutions
earnestly commencing TO the convention
the name Of Hon. Henry Clay Evans as a
candidate for the Wee Presidency.
There Is a five cornered fight for nation
al committeeman which promises TO be
nrOfracraH
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PoPULIsTs AT sT. LOUIS.
siIverites of All Parties May Put
Out a Ticket.

st. Louis, June 16.-Notwithstand-
ing the fact that Chairman Tan
berneck declares that no meet
ing Of the national committee of the pop
ulist party has yet been called, mem bers
of that body continue to arrive in the
city, protesting to be simply "specta-
tors"
Mr. Roselle, the chairman Of the state
committee. says there is no foundation
conference. Nevertheless one OF the sill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-17
LADIES
WITH
RED FACES

And oily, greasy compilations, or subject to
rashes, pimples, blackheads, yellow or notify
skin, viii be gratiicd to learn that the purest,
sweetest, and most effective. skin purifier
and beautiher yet COMPOUNDED is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-17
BALL AND BAT.
New York Puts Up Poor Game and
Is Beaten by Boston.

Is BeAtem Dy BOSTON.
Brooklyn, June 16.-The game to-day
was a battle between two pitchers. and
Hemming had slightly the best of the ar
gument. He kept the Brooklyn's hits scat
tered while the visitors hit Abbey for two
single and a double in the sixth inning.
Attendance, 1920. Score;
Baltimore 30 0 0 2 % 0 o. 5 Q
Brooklyn .....O 0 0 0 90 5 3
Notwithstanding and Clark; Abbey
and BurreA.
Boston, June 16.-Boston fell on Clark
with vengeance in the first inning and
won the game right there. Campbell
tried his hand in the fifth and showed to
better advantage than his predecessor.
New York played yellow ball. The game
had scarcely a redeeming feature. Atten-
dance, $500. Score:
R SeSSo York *. 4 Q . . : Q IS = {
Batteries-Nichols and Camel; Clark.
Campbell, Wilson and Farrell.
Cleveland, O., June 16-Youngs superb
pitching, and the very bad fielding Of
the Louisville club were the features of
to-day's game. Attendance 1900. Score:
Cleveland "a o o 2 0 xii 10 .
Louisville 20 0 0 / 0 0-1 ; 7
Batteries-Young and thinner; Cunning
ham, Miller and Warner.
Cincinnati, June 16.-Inks made his local
debut this afternoon, and after the first
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-17

-Georgie-Mamma. may 1 go out to
play with Jimmie Briggs?
His Mamma-No, dearest. Your golden
hair would be quite out Of harmony with
Jimmie's surroundings. His papa believes
in a double NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Plain
Dealer.
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inning had st. Louis at his mercy. Hart
also pitched a good game. Attendance
Cincinnati HOO 900 x-S 2
st. Louis 30 0 0 0 0 0 % 4
Batteries-Inks and Vaughn; Hart and
MurnhW
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Mobile, June 16-schmidt was knocked
out of the box in the second inning to-
day. after five hits and five runs had been
put to the credit of the visitors. Hahn,
who succeeded him, was wild for the
rest Of the second, but steadied down.
Score: X. ii. u.
Mobile ........1 0 0 0 o 1 O4 IL 8
Montg'm'y % 3 0 0 0 0 x-10 IA 3
Batteries-Schmidt, Hahn and LOhbeck;
Kellum and Kehoe.
Atlanta, Ca, June 16.-By long odds the
prettiest game of ball on the Atlanta
grounds this season was played this af-
ternoon. But five runs were made by the
two teams combined, while only one err
ror was marked up. Score: RHE
Atlanta .......1 0 0 0--3 8 0
Birmingham 2 0 0 0 0 % 4 1
Batteries-Norton and Fields; Sparks
and Marion.
Washington, Ca, June 16.-Washington
was defeated by Lexington this after
noon in the base ball game by score
Of to 3. 1t was one Of the finest games
ever played in Washington. Washington
losing in the ninth inning on account OF
the catcher getting injured.
Batteries-Short and Key: Dunn and
Jackson.
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WusnIhBlOHI JUNG Ib-Ihe " dsnInBIOn-
Philadelphia game was postponed on ac-
count of rain.
Plttsburg. Pa, June 16.--T'he Pittsburg-
Chicago game was postponed on account
OF rain.
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Boston III 0 4111 0 x-i4 Is
New York Il 0 2 0 2-5 Z
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Camel; Clark
Campbell Wilson and Farrell.
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Cincinnati, June 16.-Inks made his local
debut this afternoon, and after the first
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
Which? Which?

In communities where wageworkers
predominant Mr.. Bryan continues to
deny any intention of cheapening the
dollar. He knows and they know that
this would mean diminishing by one
half the purchasing power Of wages and
reducing by one-half the value of all
savings, insurance and loans. And so
he pretends that free coinage will IN
crease by nearly one-half the price of
silver and make a silver dollar worth
truly as much as gold one.
But in the west and in farming COM
munities Mr.. Bryan wakes eloquent ON
the need of cheaper dollar to increase
the price of farm products and enable
the farmer to pay $1oe of debt with
s51 in silver. Leading silver advocates
at the wess have repudiated Mr.. Bryan's
idea for eastern hearers only that free
coinage will increase the price of sill
yer to S1.29. They say fatty that such
dollars would be as bad as gold. What
they want is dollar worth only 81
cents.
Which dollar does Mr.. Bryan really
want? He cannot have both. Which is
to be bunkoed-the workingman or the
farmer, the mine owner or the debtor ?
Which?-N. Y. Herald.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
TICKET NOMINATED.

Congress-Geo. H. Noonan.
State Senator-Thos. F. Winthrop, en-
dorsed.
Floater-W. G. Robinson, (endorsed)
Legislature-Dr. G. J. Starnes and J.
w. Light.
District Judges. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
District Attorney-A. J. Evans.
District Clerk-Jno. B. Walters, en-
dorsed, but left to committee.
Sheriff-To be filed by committee.
County Judge-Otto Staffel.
County Attorney-W. D. McElrod.
County Clerk-F. e. Grothaus.
County Collector-T. B. Johnson, Zen
dorsed, but left to committee to fill)
County Assessor-Dr. Max Lindner.
Treasurer-George Heuermann, re-
commenced to committee.
County Surveyor-Chas. Rumpel.
Hide and Animal Inspector-Sam.
Rogers.
County Commissioners:
Precinct No. &c. A. Duerler, (rec-
omended)
Precinct No. 2-Joe Beckman. re-
commended to committee.
Precinct. No. 3-Ben Mauermann. re-
commended to committee.
Precinct No. 4-Frido Real.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
Andrew Jackson VS.. W. 5. Bryan.

Mr.. Bryan says cheaper dollar would
be better for the working classes, but
Andrew Jackson said in his last mes
sage: Engaged from day to day in their
useful tolls, they do not perceive that,
although their wages are nominally
the same or even somewhat higher,
they are greatly reduced, in fact, by
the rapid increase of spurious cur
rency, which, as it appears to make
money abound, they are at first inclined
to consider blessing. 1t is
not until the prices of the nScessaries
of life become so dear that the lSboring
classes cannot supply their wants out
of their wages that their wages rise"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
QUALITY VS.. QUANTITY.

A great many advertisers do not con-
slider quality circulation" in selecting
papers in which to advertise. They
flock to those which have or which
claim to have, the largest circulation,
without taking the pains to inquire
into the general characteristics of the
patrons Of them. When a man who
has just purchased a paper, glances
over it in search of sensational matter
and then losses it aside carelessly, as
unworthy of future consideration, YOU
may take tie fact as prima facia evi.
dence that it contains very little else
to interest him. If, on the other hand
after examining its contents, he care,
fully folds it, puts it in his side pocket
or satchel and takes it home for fam.
lily perusal, you can wager something
that he has been impressed with its
contents, and has concluded that his
wife and daughter can peruse them
without having their fine tastes offend,
ed and benefit withal. That is the pa
per in which to advertise. 1t may not
have as wide a circulation as some 9TH
ers, but the quality of the circulation
gives it a value as an advertising me-
dunn that experienced business men,
who have risen to fortune by constant,
ly informing the public of what they
have to sell, rarely fail to understand
and appreciate.-Press and Printer.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
REICHSRATH IN SESSION

Vienna, Oct. THE reichsrath has
resumed it's sittings. DR.. Won Belin.
ski, minister Of finance, in presenting
the budget, astonished the house by
declaring that the estimates Of form.
er years were unread and were caIcu.
lated to deceive the parliament. Max.
ing an average of the last five years,
the expenditures had annually exceed,
ed the estimates more than two mil.
lion forms. DR.. Won Belinski stated
that he proposed to establish sepa,
rate investment budget to be cover,
ed by special rents. He estimated the
expenditures of 1897 at 692, 100000
forms, an increase of 100000 for
ms.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
The Money Power AnaIyz.d.

An illuminating glimpse into the
constituents of "the money power" is
afforded by an analysis of the deposi-
tors in savings bank of Dubuque, Ia,
which has 1914 accounts, representing
$4,0O0,0O0. These 1914 persons are
classified as follows: Mechanics and
laborers, 5,12o; farmers, 1907; teach
ers and professional men, 632; admin
istrators and executors, GOA; capital
lists, 81. Still another glimpse is fur
nished in this statement by an excep-
fionally well informed man Of Franklin
county, Mass, o county composed al
most entirely Of small farming towns,
in a recent address as to the "pluto,
Gratis" of that region who have loaned
money on western mortgages: From
data that have obtained / believe that
not less than 100000 of Franklin
county money is to-day invested in
western farm mortgages and that two
thirds of this belongs to farmers now
in hctiye life"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
A SOUND LIVER MAKES A WELL
MAN

Are you Bilious, Constipated or
troublr with Jaundice, Sick Headache,
Bad Taste in mouth, Foul Breath,
Coated Tongue, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
ton, Hot Dry Skin, Pain in Back and
between the shoulders, Chills and
Fever, &c. If you have any of these
symptoms your liver is out Of order,
and your blood is slowly being poison.
ed, because your liver does not act
properly. Herbine will cure any dis.
order of the Liver, Stomach or Bowels
lit has no equal as Liver medicine.
Price, rs cents.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07

Justices Of the Peace, Precinct No. IA
Il. s. Harrison and w. II. Huston
recommended tc committee.
Public Weigher-Walter Horton.
Constable, Precinct No. flames o.
Day, recommended to committe.
Pleneary and Campaign Committee:
DR.. w. G. Robinson, Jno. B. Walter,
Fred Kerble, w. H. Day, ]. p. New
comb, VIM. Payson, l.. d. Thomas.
T. B. JOHNSON, (Re-elected)
County Chairman,
VIM. PAYSON, Secretary.
GEO. HUERMANN,
Assistant Secretary.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
BALLARD's SNOW LINIMENT.

This wonderful Liniment is known
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
from the Lakes to he Gulf. 1t is the
most penetrating Liniment in the
world. 1t will cure Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Cuts, Sprains, Bruises,
Wounds, Old Sores, Burns, Sciatica,
Sore Throat, Sore Chest and all Infia.
nation, after all others have failed
1t will cure Barbed Wire Cuts, and
heal all wounds where proud flesh has
set in. 1t is equally efficient for ami.
mails. Try it and you will not be
without it. Price 80 cents.
Sold by Kalteyer & Son, A. Dreiss,
Kalteyer & Schuhard. James Clavin.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OFFICERS.
Elected At The Meeting Held At Fort
Worth, September 9, 1896.

Elected At The Meeting Held At Fort
Worth, September 9, 1896.
President, Sam L. Hahn, Of San An.
tonic; vice presidents, w. N. Norton
of Dallas, r. B. Baer, of Houston and
T. S. Brockenbrow, Of Alpine; secreta-
ry, H. S. Heller, Of Dallas; assistant
secretary, Sherman Billow. Of San An
tonic; treasurer, Whit Dryden, of Fort
Worth; state organizer, D. A. Robin
son, of Dallas.
James M. Steere, of Dallas, was cleo
ed vice president for Texas on National
League.
Executive COMMITTEES: First dis
trict, H. F. McGregor, of Houston;
Second district, Geo. Call, of Orange;
Third district, M. D. Green, Of Merit;
Fourth district, Ed. Davis, Of Jeffer-
son; Fifth district, ]. B. Schmitz, of
Denton; Sixth District,Jas M. Steere of
Dallas; Seventh district, NJ. Jones, of
Kosse; Eighth district, w. P. Golf, of
Fort Worth; Ninth district, ]. w. Burt,
of Austin; Tenth district, J. G. Scher-
mack, of La Grange; Eleventh district.
M. Byers, of Marion; Twelfth district,
T. B. Johnson, of San Antonio; Thir-
teenth district, ]. A. Smith, Of Ell Paso.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
SEVEN CARS WENT DOWN,

Lynchburg, Va, Oct. THE axle of
car Of a freight train was on q tres
tie a few miles north of Danville. The
dragging of the broken axle caused
the trestle to give way and seven cars
went through. Nobody was hurt. Pas,
senger trains have to go from here on
the Norfolk and Western to Burkville,
and from there south on the Richmond
and Danville branch of the Southern
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
THE BEST FOR CHILDREN.

I believe hamberlain's Cough REM
edy Is the best for children l ever
used. For Group it is unequalled. 1t
is a splendid seller with US. T. NJ.
Ecgles, Phi. G., manager Wampum
used as soon as the first symptoms
appear, that is as soon as the child
becomes hoarse or even after the
croupy cough has appeared, it will
prevent the attack. The mothers of
croupy children should bear this in
mind and always keep the remedy at
hand. 1t is also the best medicine
in the world for olds and whooping
cough. For sale at % and 80 cents
per, bottle by all druggists.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
THE SILVER DOLLAR

The present silver dollar weighs 412
12grains, ''nine-tenths fine This is
nine parts or 371H grains, are pure
silver and one part or 4112 grains, is
alloy. Alloy is base metal used to
make it easier to coin the silver. This
dollar has almost exactly the same
weight of silver as the first silver
dollar coined in 1892.
But in 1892 silver was worth about
S1.37 an ounce. A silver dollar had
full value. Today silver is worth only
63 cents an ounce and the silver dollar
has only 81 cents worth of value.
1t takes today over 81 Dunes of sill.
yer to be worth one ounce of gold.
The real ratio is 81 to 1.
The silver dollar is thus only half
as good as the gold dollar. If it were
melted down it would buy only half
as much. And as soon as people had
the fear that they could not get gold
dollar for silver dollar then you
could not buy dollars worth of any
thing with it. Prices in silver dollars
would go up, though prices in gold dol
lars might be the same
This actually happened with the sill.
yer trade dollar in 1885. 1t had more
silver in it than our present dollar, but
the government would not give a gold
dollar for it and shop keepers would
take it for only SO cents.
Under the free coinage at 16 to /
there would be so many silver dollars
coined that the gOyrnmnt cOuld NOT
give gold for them.-N. Y. World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE.

For the Fifty-one Precints in BexaI
County.
Precinct No. &c. A. Duerler.
Precinct No. 2-Chas. Graebner.
Precinct NO. 3-Phil Heitgen.
Precinct No. 4-Dan Heder.
Precinct No. 5-John Monier.
Precinct No. 6-Jas. P. Newcomb.
Precinct No. Nv. F. Klaus.
Precinct No. Sired. Kerble.
Precinct No. CIV. NJ. Locke.
Precinct No. 10-Wm. Hoefiing.
Precinct No. 11-F. A. Sweezy.
Precinct No. 12-Henry Hunt.
Precinct No. 13-A. e. Hebron.
Precinct No. I'm. Lindner.
Precinct No. 15-C. Runge.
Precinct No. 16-George Heuerman.
Precinct No. Thames Stands.
Precinct No. 1S-Jacob Etter.
Precinct No. 19-Chas. Brown.
Precinct No. 20-Aug. Liebe.
Precinct No. Civ. Hausmann.
Precinct No. 90. A. Rumple.
Precinct No. 23-Louis Voelcker.
Precinct No. 24-Frank Coll.
Precinct No. 25-A. Sahm.
Precinct No. 26-Nat. Linn.
Precinct No. 27-E. L. Teel.
Precinct No. 2S-A. Buesche.
Precinct No. 29-F. e. Grothause.
Precinct No. 30-Henry Eckterhoff.
Precinct No. 31-Jacob Gembfer.
Precinct No. 32-John Wickland.
Precinct No. 33-Jacob Pfeil.
Precinct No. 34-J. w. Light.
Precinct No. 35-Aug. Grosenbacher
Precinct No. 36-A. Singer.
Precinct No. 37-A. Groos.
Precinct No. 3S-E. Schmidt.
Precinct No. 39-George Belerby.
Precinct No. 40-Emil SchuetZe.
Precinct No. 41-Louis Unger.
Precinct No. 42-C. NJ. Rounds.
Precinct No. 42-Frank Toudouze.
Precinct No. 44-J. W. Bennett.
Precinct No. 45-J. II. Horton.
Precinct No. 46-Wm. Press.
Precinct No. 47-Theo. Trip.
Precinct No. 4S-Louis Schmidt.
Precinct No. 49-Paul Vogt.
Precinct No. Bob. f. Shields.
Precinct No. 51-R. e. O'Grady.
Should any Of the above appointees
decline or fail to serve, the Republi-
can voters of the precinct will come
together and elect a new chairman.
and forward name Of same to the un-
T. B. JOHNSON, Chairman Repub-
lican Executive Committee Of
Bexar County.
Attest:
GEORGE HEUERMANN, Secy.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-10-07
sIsMARck.s ADVICE.
Is 1t Unprecedented and Can We Afford
to Follow 1t?


to Follow It9
Mr.. Bryan appears to set great store
by the letter which Gov. Culberson, of
Texas, has received from Prince Bis
marck. The peoples friend" is willing
to receive advice from the Man of
Blood and Iron," and the champion
of the American farmer" listens to
that famous friend of American agri-
culture who shut the German ports to
American pork in 1884 and to American
potatoes in 1885, and who would gladly
have united all central Europe in a
customs league aimed directly against
all American produce. Bismarck's
rather diplomatic letter is taken by Mr..
Bryan in his recent speeches to favor
the free coinage Of silver by the United
| States. The devotion of Chancellor Bis
marck TO the cause of silver may be
seen in the following historical fact,
which appears to have escaped general
| notice:
Under his guidance as chancellor of
the empire and minister of commerce
for Prussia the equivalent of 1885,
100000 marks lover $270,OOO,0 OO) in sill
yer was demonetized between the years
1874 and 1881, and over S16O,OOO,OOO
worth of the bullion into which these
were melted had been sold by 1879. In
that year, finding that the price of sill
yer was becoming demoralized, SO that
his remaining 500, 100000 was depre-
ciating, he stopped sales by a decree
issued in May, 1879. These points were
frankly stated by his delegation to the
international monetary conference of
1881, when Germany likewise offered
to suspend sales for a time in order
that the price might not be further
depressed. With these assurances be-
fore the monetary powers and with the
decree of 1879 still in force, Bismarck
saw an opportunity of dumping some
German silver on the sly and proceeded
to do so. In 1885 the Egyptian govern
ment decided to change its coinage and
invited bids for contracts to coin its
silver piasters. The German mint Sc
cured the contract to make the coin and
incidentally furnished $3,1S9,600 of sill
yer bullion to Egypt. The matter was
tice. Reference to it will be found,
however, in the London Economist of
December 4, 1886, which saw in it
proof of Bismarck's lack of faith in |
silver.
With all his faults, Bismarck is a |
sturdy patriot. To help the German
distiRer he was willing to see trichine
in every American pig, and to protect
the German farmer he smelled bugs on
every American potato. Germany has
to-day $107,OoO,OOO worth of silver
whose value is declining. If the United |
States could be induced to follow the
example of Egypt and give Germany
chance to do some more unloading,
where is the harm, from the ex-chan-
cellor's point of view, in writing a let
ter of not entirely disinterested advice?