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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
THE MAIN POINT.

A good many people appear to as
sumo that because they do not have
their individual pockets filled with
money. or need n wheelbarrow to carry
about their silver dollars, there is a
scarcity of currency with which to do
business.
Some Of those whom Mr.. Bryan is
pleased to call "business men. NAV not
know it. but every real business man
is aware of the fact that it requires a
very small amount of actual money to
transact the entire business of the
country.
What it does require is very large
amount of confidence. and the lack OF
that is the trouble with the country
today. When every one is supposed to
be solvent, checks and bills of en-
change are used for convenience in
business transactions. One man ac.
cepts the check of his debtor. and. de-
posting it in his bank. draws his own
check to pay another debt. And so the
sum revolves from debtor to creditor
in the form of personal checks. with
out anyone handling cent of money.
The debts are paid and every one is
happy. simply because men have conf
dence i'll each others solveucy. and ac
cepting their orders on their banks for
payment. believing they can secure the
currency il they wish it. they do not
desire it literally. but use it merely
as a matter of bookkeeping in having
it passed to their own credit.
1t is the uncertainty and lack of con-
tidence which has brought this dis.
trcssins period upon the country. and
not the lack of money. Soaie fous
hundred million big round silver dol.
lars are already piled up in he United
States treasury and still the cry goes
up from ael.ide.a followers of the dem
agogues that the trouble with the
country is lack oi silver Minneapolis
Tribune.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
u90tQ|dl

Wood won't burn unless
air-oxygen-is present. The
food taken into the body must
be united with oxygen before
it can be consumed and give
heat to keep the body warm.
Scott's Emulsion of Cod
liver Oil, with Hypophos-
phites, is one of the best fuel
foods. The cod-liver oil OBJ
tsins its oxygen from the air
and heat is produced. 1t
warns, nourishes, invigorates,
gives good blood, and fortifies
against the piercing winds of
fall and winter. The hypo-
phosphites tone up the ner-
vous system and improve
digestion. SCOTS Emulsion
prevents colds, coughs, con-
sumption and general debility.
SCOTS EMULSION has been endorsed b. the
medical profession for twenty years. (sk Jour dos or)
This because II is always paiasable-always uy,rn
sad HypophospAites.
Putup in 80 cent and $..oo sizes The small size
may be enought cure your cough or help your baby.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

In 5i.e nomination of Col. Ncllar for
state senator, the demopops selected !,
Tery elegant gentleman. probably rs
stron,- ntln personally as they could
get .o accept the nomination.
L. j. rather II peculiar position that,
tlse Colonel will be placed in should
he Ike elected. He will not. OF course.
:sdniE s.aat he is II populist or Il demo
clay. yat he would have To support one
or tx, ,Sher for United States senator.
she.s'Nr supporting every plank in the
iemoNop platform, as harmful as they
wr .o oar Interests and as distasteful
as- sley are to such men as The Colonel
n,A~ .sa, not vote the delnopop legisla-
>ive ticket without endorsing their
s,i.iI,e platform.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
IT WILL OR IT WON'T.

If free coinage raises the bullion
value of silver to parity with it's coin.
age value the silver dollar would be
just as valuable-cost just as much
wheat or labor, and be just as hard to
get as the gold dollar. No popocrat
wants that.
If free coinage does not raise the bul.
lion value of silver to parity with its
coinage value it results in a depreci-
ated dollar-one that repudiates por-
ton of every existing debt. No hon
est, sensible man wants that.
So the irrcpressible conflict is OH be-
tween popocracy and honest common
sense. The subtle scheming of Petit
grew, the vapid "nothings" of Andy
Lee and the frantic mouthings of Kel-
ley and Knowles cannot hide the issue.
Howard Press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

imported, meaning a loss to our own
people, according to Mr.. Porter, Of
| s5,O0O,OcO. But this isn't the worst of
it, for, besides opening our markets to
the scrawny cattle of Mexico, our ex-
ports were decreased, and, as Mr.. Por-
ter says, tive literally dropped the
meat in our mouth for the shadow" !"
He says:
"The reciprocity section of the Nc
Kinley law helped the American farm
er to sell to other nations. Under the
Mckinley law the export of cattle from
6l6,9l7 in 1889 as follows: 1890, 394,s56
head, valued at s3l, ,26l. .l31; 1891, 374,-
[, 679 head, valued at s3O,445, 5,249; 1892,
394 GOT head, valued at s35, ,099,095.
From the moment of the advent of the
democratic party this trade began to
languish until the calendar year of
1895 shows 2s9,35O cattle and value of
SIC, 6,997, ,7O1, a loss of over 100000 cattle
and nearly s10,OOO,OOO in value"
There is something in this argument
against Organism that every resident
of Fall River county can understand.
1t brings the question pretty close to
our door. The free coinage of silver
will not stop the importation of Mexi-
can cattle, nor aid us in our exporta-
tions. The only thing that will rein
state the former methods-the former
success and prosperity in our cattle in
dustry-is by again adopting the Nc
kinley system, and this can only be
done by supporting Mckinley and op-
posing Bryan.
In 1892 our exports amounted $1,000,
100000, and artisan, farmer and stock
man were prosperous. We did not
have the free coinage of silver then
either-and it was also long after the
"crime of 1873" was upon us.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

Some of MIR. Pcttigrew's political
friends are Il little inquisitive in Won
dering if the foxy senator would have
bnlted the st. Louis convention just
the same il it had been apparent that
he was going to be successful in get
ting Senator Davis nominated for the
presidency; it is not yet forgotten that
Pettigrew made very energetic strug-
gle to get South Dakota in line for
MIR. Davis, but failed; then was for Al
lison, and then for McKinley-any.
thing to go to st. Louis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

"Cal," of the Sioux Falls Press. who
was strong supporter of the l6 to /
idea for long time, has now declared
that he believes he was wrong, that he
now sees the question i'll different
light, after a most thorough study of
it. His manly. able editorial in the
Press. in explanation of his change of
sentiment must make every honest per-
son proud of him. His noble stand at
the Aberdeen convention, together
with his valiant work for the party
since, makes us all more proud of him
than ever.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

The Herald informs it's readers that
the STAR failed to send copy to it last
week, and that the same "cowardice''
was displayed once before. No such
slight was ever intended the Herald.
The STAR editor does not always mail
the papers-se seldom does. in fact-anl
the omission of the Herald. if such is
the case. was purely accidental. When
we say anything concerning the Her.
aid we want it to get othose headquar-
ters. Don't make any mistake on that
score Brother Ames. That PROPOSE
tion is one worthy of consideration by
small minded people.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
Yellowstone
Park
Is more
land more.
impress :
ing itself
upon the

as the years go by as being the GREAT
PARK of the land. The strong feat
ure of it is that it is not a man
made park. True enough man has
built roads and bridges and hotels in
order that he might see the park, but
he has not yet tried his hand at con-
struating new tangled Geysers, or re-
adorned or re-sculptured the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone. These
are as God left them. There, too. the
elk. deer, bear aud other animals are
not enclosed in wire fences. They
wander free and unfretted whitherso-
ever they will. Mans handiwork is
but little seen and Park is the grander
for it. Send Chas. S. Fee, general
passenger agent, Northern Pacific rail
road. six cents for Wonderland 'oG.
and read about the Park.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
Legal Notices; 4.
MORTGAGE SALE.

MORTGAGE SALE.
pnsmcnt Of the pri,.cia and i' Interest % q. ON the the,
money secured by q mortgage .dated the 3rl
q day OF July, !. =. 1850, executed ny Hernando
state of South Dakota, to Fred I. Evans. Of
the county of Fall River n.ltl state of South
DAKOTA, .! Ia. nnd which mortgage WIS recorded
county Of Fall River state of South Dakota.
Bird day of July. 1850: ut 80 o'clock p. m., and
whereas. No action or proceedings ut law
or Otherwise have been instituted to recover
the debt secured by said mortguge or any
Whereas, On the 25th day of August, 1876,
said mortgage. with the note secured thereby,
Mns duly Unsigned by the said mortgagee to
the county of Fall River il, the state Of South
Dakota; which assignment was duly recorded
in the office Of the Register Of Deeds Of the
pnge 3i5
Whereas. Tie whole amount of principal
and interest has become due by reason of
such default: and
!, Whereas, The amount claimed to be
notice, is the sum ii SinetySeve,, @ w e Dollars a s
and Ten Cents. 1910 tO-wit: $50. principal,
md sl'lo interest: besides the sum of Ter
Now. Therefore, Notice is hereby given
tnat ~ virtue OF the power of sale contained
said, and in pursuanceOf the sta: .,rh
will he foreclosed by sale of the mOrtgngef
premises pr therein described. ut public auction
at .t the e front % door of the court house in the
mud statc of South Dakota. OH the Bird day of
October, 1s!s. ut 2o'cloclS in the afternoon of
uate. II, the county of Fail River IN the state mic
Of South Dakota. and are described as fol-
lows to-wit:
An unsiyidetl one huff interest in the east
ono iiaif Of the north east quarter and north
one half 4f the south east quarter of section
TsWenty-rhree (:3,. township Seven %, south
-, Dated mt Hot Springs. South Dakota, this
:Gtl day of August, A. d. 1891.
The MERCHANTS STATE BANK,
of Hot Springs S. D.,
Assignee of the Mortgugee.
FOWLER, Gull ( WHITFIELD.
First publication August 90, 1876. u
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
pRoposED AMENDMENr no THE con-

pROPOSED AMENDMENT no THE CON-
y i stitntion of the state of soath Dakota.
T0 tile people of the state of South Dakota:
The fourth legislature of the said state of
Sonih Dakota, ut the session thereof begun and
held at Pierre, the capital. on January s. 1ss5,
ana concluded March s. lsa5. proposed the fol
state.
joint resolution proposing an am, n,'ment to-
mitting the same to the lal vote Of the people.
Re ii Resolved BY the senate, the l1use of rep
rescntattvcs cnncnrring:
s I. Amendment That scrtion 4. of ar,icl,
u. of ;he constitution OF the state Of South la
k"ta he amended :" as to read as follows: ''Sec
school district. civil township, or other subdi-
vision. shall never exceed five ,5l per centnm
upon the assessed value of the taxable property
therein In estimating the amount nf irdcbted.
M.ss which M q municipality ar subdivision may
incur thn amount ot Indebtedness contracted
p'inr 70 the adoption u this constitution shall be
Provided. That any county. municipal corpor-
alton. evil township: districr Gro'h"r suhdi-.
essee'ins ten per centnm upon the assrssed
Waite OF the taxable properly therein for the
'., is of as.yiaips ns,s ssr for Irrigation ane
c.rl'y. municipal corporation or civil township
shall he inendc,! within any such district or sub
a.vis'oi, without mai"ritv vote in favor thereof
alton "r civil iowns!in. as tn" ease NAV hc which
i nronosed 10 Ne inciued ;!lcrei,i and no suyl,
,'sht siai! ever br incar,r'i TOR any or tn" uur-
ins"i in TINS section ,ioei,ird: unless authorized
NJ !. vote III favor ti'-rro! "f ma;nri,, oi the
electors "t such count. municipal cotuorn,ipn.
CIV. CIV, ,nM"ship aiatrict or subdivision i,cmrrny
Tie above proposed amendment Will he voted
fon BY the people at de general election Ia IN,
= Id lli ne state on the ald day OF November. A.
IN. i,ropos"d amendment will he printed npon
.i,e s. haiIo,, lyiinwtd h, the words: ">hal! the
ah9'e amendment I" the econsitatonh hr Approved
a,id ,ail he'd. Immediately 10 the sii Of which
shaii ne printed the words "Nes'' and No.
each preced' I'd by square in which ,l,c rlo-tor
can i.arr Grass 10 indicate his vote. Electors
ues.rinG t. v"t" 'frs will place n cross hmtor..
ths word Yes. ant, those desiring io votc ..No''
vii pa'e a cross before the word '.No"
Pat q ut l'ierre. the cantal Of South Dakota.
this 'lrd day of AUGUST 1886
TuoMAs T,tou>nN
,,. Secretary of STATE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

mitted to the mints on equal terms
with gold. II have one thousand dol
lars worth Of gold bullion, can take
it to the mint and have it coined. Why
should I not enjoy the same privilege
IL happened to have a thousand dol
lars worth Of silver bullion? Why
should my gold be admitted to the
mint, and my silver shut out"
This question never fails to elicit
loud applause. "That's clincher-
good boy-hit him again.
The answer is nevertheless obvious.
If have one thousand dollars worth
of gold bullion and take it to the mint,
the government coins it aud stamps it
81 900. If have u thousand dollars
worth of silver bullion and take it to
the mint, the government, so long as
the ratio remains ut 16 to 1, coins it
and stamps it, at the present price of
pure silver, $1,000. This is not equal
ity of privileges between the two met
ais; it is gross partiality and favorit-
ism to silver. The government has no
right to do it. 1t has Il right to do it
on its own account, if having said a
silver dollar shall be equal to gold
dollar. it stands ready to make that
guarantee good. 1t has no right to let
any dollar which it has issued. whether
of silver or paper, fall below par. If it
does it is guilty of bad faith. 1t has
no right to take fifty cents worth of
silver which does not belong to the
government, but to q private citizen,
coin it. stamp it zone dollar" and give
it back to the owner. An irredeem-
able silver dollar, intrinsically worth
only half its face value is a cheat.
"Why," says the silvcrite, sit used to
do it. All we ask is that the govern
ment shall return to it's ancient prac-
tice." No, it never did it. When it
coined Bill. grains of silver on private
account, for the owner, that silver was
worth 100 cents in gold. Now it is not.
That is the difference, and Il great diff
ference, too. The intellectual and
moral perceptions of the man who can
not see it must be feeble indeed.
If the proposition in the Chicago
platform We're to let the owner of a
Thousand dollars worth of silver bull
lion take it to the mint ana have it
stamped $1,000, the same as The owner
of gold bullion has Il right to 90, there
would be none of this anxiety a.,,. eX-
citemcut on the part OF business men
that is everywhere apparent.
1T is because the free silver move
ment contcmplatcs putting Il false val
uation upon bullion coined for it's
owners, that economists and tinanciers
regard the Chicago platform as first
dishonest, and then ineNpressibly dan
gerous to the interests of the whole
people, without distinction of class or
pecuniary condition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
BLAINE ON THE DOLLAR.


Charity the independent
American laborer scorns to
ask, but he has a right to de-
mand that justice should be-
gin at home. In his name,
and in the name Of common
sense and honesty, / ask that
the American Congress will
not force upon the American
laborer an inferior dollar,
which the naked and famished
laborers of India aud China re
fuse to accept.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
TARIFF AND CATTLE INDUSTRY

The cattle industry probably inter
ests and effects more people of this
portion of the west than any other en-
terprise, unless it is possibly mining in
the Hills. Concerning the very inn
portant industry of the cattle bust
ness Robert P. Porter, ex-commissioner
of the census aud an eminent authority
on economics and the trades, contributes
some very valuable facts to the public
through the metropolitan press. In a
recent article he shows the effects of
the Wilson-Gorman bill upon this
industry-facts that some of our read
ers are already too we'll verscd in to
need further evidence. But. Mr.. Por-
ter's statements are so much to the
point and come SO close to home that
we quote briefly from his article. He
says:
1.-The first thing that played havoc
with the cattle industries was a return
to the ad valorem system, which is al
ways bad for the farmer. The proper
way to levy duty on cattle is SO much
per head. Then the American farmer
knows what he is competing with, as
the element of fraudulent invoices and
undervaluations does not enter. The
Mckinley law provided for duty of
81 per head upon cattle year old or
less and SO per head on cattle over 1
year old. This was just and business
like. 1t, moreover, encouraged honesty,
ard, as we shall see. the American CAT.
tie industry.
The Wilson-G -Gorman law. on the other
hand. changed this specific or per cap
ita duty to 30 per cent on every dollar
of value. 1t made no distinction be-
tween imported live animals. The
value of the animal, moreover, was
taken at the place of export. Mexico
might send in cattle aud value them ut
81 per head aud pay 40 cents duty; the
Argentine Republic at a valuation of
s3 per head and pay 60 cents. and Can
ada might call it So per head and pay
81 duty. 1t was fraud and hum
bug alike on the American farmer aud
cattle dealer. 1t opened the door wide
to fraud. as ad valorem duties always
do. Thus the farmer sees his cattle
industry destroyed and the United
States government is defrauded of rev.
enue that she is entitled to and
needs"
/ What greater harm could be done
this vast region of the west than by
that despicable free trade bill.
The effect of the change from specific
/ to ad valorem Guties-trom the Mckin-
ley 10 the Wilson bill--was manifested
by an increase in the number and
value OF imported cattle. as follows:
1880 year preceding operation of ,hc
Mckinley bill $3.50 head: value. SILL
SIG
ls9, arst year OF full operation OF
pi.il go. head: value. s53.652
lo9. first year of full operation of
Mckinley billl. a.058 head: value. go
$50
! 1899 first year of operation of vii
son bill. 261,595 head: value. sl.39l.-
So that by the grace of this Wilson
! bill up to date 100000 cattle have bee.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25
pErr1GREw ON THE TARIFF.
Less than two years ago in speech
at Howard Senator Pettigrew gave ut
terance to the following sentiments:

Less than two years ago in speech
at Howard Senator Pettigrew gave ut
terance to the following sentiments:
''Hhey secured the enactment of a
law placing wool on the free list and
reducing duties on all farm products
so materially as to turn large portion
of the market of the United States
over to the Canadian farmer, resulting
already in the Importation of large
quantities of barley from Russia. great
numbers OF cattle from Mexico. and
millions OF dollars worth of other
farm products from C.lnada. Kyle
and every populist senator but PETER
voted against continuing the reciproc-
ity provisions OF the Mckinley law,
under which the duty on hour was re-
dEced by Cuba from S5.3i to LOO per
barrel. Under the Mckinley law trade
Increased with Cuba, month by month.
from Sl1,OO0,GOO for the year prior to
it's enactment to s2loO0,OOO i'm 1883;
and the increase in breadstutfs en-
ported to that country increased from
$4,000 in 1891 to s2,S2l,OOO in 1893.
Since the passage of the Wilson bill
Cuba has restored the duty of S5.3l
on American flour. because we have re-
imposed the duty on sugar, and this
market has been entirely cut off. Kyle
and all pop senators but PETER voted
against proposed amendments to the
Wilson bill placing duty of $500
per ton on hay:6 cents per pound on
butter; 5000 per ton on broom corn; 3
cents dozen OH eggs: 20 cents a
bushel on buckwheat; 10 cents on corn;
10 cents on oats; 15 cents on rye; 3-5 of
cent pound on flour, aud one cent
ON oatmeal. The same senators voted
against the duty of 40 cents n bushel
on beans, but in favor of duty of 20
cents on rice. These proposed amend
ments would have restored the McKin-
ley rate on these articles, under which
the market for 100000 worth of farm
products was taken away from the
Canadian farmer and given to the farm
ers of the United States.''
That the Wilson bill is not protec-
tive measure in so far as the farmers
are concerned, he also declares in his
speech on the bill in the senate:
"The Wilson bill is protective tariff
measure maliciously arranged so as to
increase the burden of the poor in the
interest of the rich. This strange bill
takes the tariff off of most of the prod
ucts of the farm, but retains it on al
most everything farmer has to buy.
The farmer must have been the rob
ber' referred to in the democratic plat
form.''
1t is now reported that Mr.. Petit
grew contends that the Wilson bill and
Mckinley bill are quite similar, and he
also thinks Kyle and the other pops
are about right. He speaks here next
Monday night we understand, and al
though he is said to be doing much
raving about the republican party that
he so recently quit, we imagine it will
be interesting to hear how differently
he cah talk now from what he used to.
Go and compare the above brief synop-
sis of portion of his speech of two
years ago with what he now says.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

The STAR has received "pocket
manual of 1876 politics" gotten up by
Calderwood ~ Heffron, of Minneapolis,
Mimi. 1t lisa partisan, reliable
compendium of the issues that are
NOW before tho people just what
everybody desires and just what no
one can afford to be without il lie cares
for the facts i'm nutshell The pub
fishers of this littln pocket manuel de-
clare that its contents are authentic.
1t costs IL cents and cam bc obtained
ot the above named firm.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25


When it comes to contemplate per-
sonalities the STAR will never attempt
to cope with any blackguard that
walks the streets We would not in
suit the intelligence of our readers by
attempting to edify them with columns
of slanderous personalities. We hope
we may be able to satisfy any personal
animosities we may have in some way
less offensive to the public We have
too much regard for our readers and
ourself. to devote our thoughts and
newspaper to scandal mongering. Our
personal reputation must. and will
stand for itself, against the vile tongue
of all villiiiers. without any defense
through the columns of the STAR.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

Bryan must he wonderful speaker
as compared with Mckinley. or any
other pvo.siinent statesmen. He
spoke ut Dover. Delaware. the o, hcrday
in the course or which he made this
Very wise remark:
II don't know how drone, feel in II
beehive. but il drones could talk and
make speeches. will bet that you
could not tell one of their speecile.,
from the speech of gold standard aa-
"ocatc.
This wonderfully brilliant gem"
must make his followers feel more en-
thusiastic than ever. Ii should at
once be placed alongside the other
gems that have emanated from the
same source during this campaign.
No wonder Mr.. Bryan's physicians ad
viscd him to quit speech making.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-09-25

A typographical error in last weeks
STAR in our article replying to Judge
Cleveland, made us ask, in substance,
il every silver dollar coined since
1888" is not as good as gold, when the
figures should have read "1S73."