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WIRE AND NAILS.

Quotations are from jobbers. special
prices given on large shipments
BAEBED WIRE - Giidden, galvanized
$3.50 per 100 pounds; painted wire, 81. IS;
Waukcgan, 10 higher than GliddDr
WIRE NAIIS-Rate $500 per key; ad-
yanccs, 10 to 80 penny. soc. and . penny,
e0c and penny. 15c; and penny, soc I;
penny, si.20: 2 penny, 81 60
CUT NAILS-Rate SIS per keg; same
ndYnnces as on wire mails.
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NEW YnRK MARKET

New York, January 2.--(Spccial to the
Houston Cotton EXrhange.l Prime crude
OIL 2ic; prime summer yellow. IS, In
barrels. prime cake, nominal; meal. 2O@al
per ton; market nominal.
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{ BUSINESS BAROMETER.
Index to the Condition Of Trade
Generally.
'uARY A STOCK TAKING MONTH.
Receipts At Houston for Four
Months Trade Notes.
Office of The Post.

Houston. Thursday. January 2
business for the new year was begun
lay, and while the holiday feeling has
been fully cast aside, there was
DO Improvement noticeable in general
de. Jobbers had quite q number OF or
Is to fiji, and city trade was also quite
PIX. The travelling representatives Of
ii houses are now on the road again
q will begin sending in orders from in
aor merchants whose stocks were de-
bed during tho holidays. January Is
expected to be n busy month. In fact.
arly all lines of trade anticipate CON
erable dizziness for the next thirty
rs. Dealers in the smaller cities are
dom ready to begin buying heavily
Ain until the first of February. and no
6bt this policy will be pursued again
y year. January Is generally taken as
Y month TO straighten up stocks, sell
collect everything possible, and buy
what Is absolutely necessary. Local
/ collections are reported very good,
ugh there is complaint In other sec
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DRIED FRUITS.

APPLES-Fancy sliced In boxes 4%Gsc;
choice evaporatcd, 6,siG1.c; fancy evapor-
rated, f&m7c.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 12c.
CITRON--1ic per ID.
CuRRANTs- Fancy cleaned SAC; in car
tons &c.
FIGS - Evaporated lOc; Turkish layer
15c.
PEACHES--Evap1 rated Sc.
ARS-Evaporated DC.
PLuMS-Pitted lQc,
PRUNES-Crop OF 1895: California prunes
a0-100s. &C. S0-g0s. Csc. 51-10s, &c; 50-60s TIC
silver and ruby prunes, l0c.
RAlSlNS-California l.. L., boxes 81 ioff
$50; crown L. Nj. raisins 60 Id. boxes ac ;
3 crown l.. NJ. so h. boxes, 4sati8c.
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WOOL.
Houston Hides ana Wool
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

New. York, JANUARY 2,-Ngehts nave adj
vanced yIlles Ivr spring Dr.nts as ioi-
lows. Cocheco China SILK. fsnces. Pa
einc bonneis. Pacili lustrais, Windsor
epattant, Simpson silk iustres, Fddystone
plaids bik each, simpsons black and
white and gray. Simpsons u pcrcales aud
Aliens Venetians 81. II was u very
Printing cloths stesdier NJ cents and
some business doing Ia order goods.
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Kansas City, January 2.--whest active
ikaii higher. No, 2 hard ais; NO. reg
Gbs hejected as. Corn rather slower y
lower; no. 2 naked 22,sfte5: No. wnitg
22i,' oats about higher, No. mixed y
u: No. 2 white IS Rye dull, NO. : nomi-
rio Sef7 Butter creamery steady l9hm2l;
dairy fancy firm 1iNi5. Eggs quiet MY.
Reeeipts.-Whea q, 400: corn 1880; oats
400. Shipments--wheat li.ooo; corn ana
oats none. BIS
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COFFEE.
NEW YORK.


New York, January neutrality-suspicious.
opened al 10 points decline. ruled duh and
featurelesss with local liquidation under
bearlsh statistics and slack spot demand
with indTerens cables, closing quiet at
unchanged prices to 9 points net decline
sales $3.50 bags. including January 1a.55,
March 1910. Spot RIO dull. No. IA 81,
mild dull; Cordova l1l4Uls; sales 1900 bags
Muracaibo, private terms. Warehouse d. :
liNcries from New York yesterday 10 753,
New York stock today ?G6743; United
States stock J2iI2: ahoat for the United
States 100000; total visible for the United
States 6li,f72 bags, against 5OG.5g0 last
year.
Rio. January 2.;-coffec firm No. I Rio
II, POO reis per 10 kilos; exchange 9ikd; re-
ceipts 5000; cleared for the United States
5000; Tor Europe 1000. stock 253. 1000.
SANTOS.
Santos, January Coffee quit: good
average Santos 5000 reis per 10 kilos re-
ceipts 1000. stock 42s00O.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans, January 2.-Cofee dull:
Rio, ordinary TO fair lTdlsh.
HAMBURG.
Hamburg January COFFEE steady and
unchanged: sales 1900.
HAVRE.
Havre. January Holiday.
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LIVE STOCK.
Houston.
New Orleans.

Reported for The Post daily except
Thursdays and Sundays by Albert Mont
gomcry Il Co dImited). live stock com
mission merchants:
Good (at fed bcovts..,....... a. sla
Good fat grass becvos. 2A6f !
Common to fair beeves...... 81 ~
Good fat COWS. ................ z&W gA9
Common to fair cows, head. 20 Sll2 90
GOOD rat Nedflngt. ....t..,.,..lv " az w
Common TO fair ycarliugs.. 90 uiO 90
Common to good rat calves. . 80 ml9 ~
Good cornfed hogs.,.,.,....... $50 sA
Common 20 fair hogs. ...... n va
Iuod tat sheep, per pound. 2f2g
Common to fair sheep, head w u l 10
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n1r11.p1NG MATERIAL.

tlHnd cement. per Dbl
81 GOA 90. Rosousle cement, per Dbl, 81. 10
az 90: lime fircclay. $325dS 40, plaster
drain paving tile, per foot 7G,ibc. to b
inches Inclusive; felt roofing, per square
81 75d2 so. Acmt and Roya. cement pias
per ib, &c; laths, per NJ. 500.
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FRUITS AND NUTS,
pA1Nrs AM oILs

OIIs--Iinseed, IN barrels, raw 45c; boiled
cases cas- si.75. brilliant oil tiGs: in bill sia;sc
stove gaspline In cases, $50. In bbls i5c
Eupion oil, in hbls l9c m cases. $3.50: cns-
tor oil, medical pure, 500: turpentine. In
bhls. 34c.
WHITE LEAD-strictiv pure. sa6i4c.
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GRAIN AND Hay

Car load lots, Job cars. from mill Deal
ers charge from store So Toe more per l0l
lbs on bran ease per bushel on oats and
corn.
CORN-Sacked 3Sdsic.
BRAN-T0c
OATS 25l26c; No. white 3OaSic; COM
mon 2lN23c.
CHOPPED CORN--75c per 100 lbs.
HAY-Alfalfa Sl3 .00Nl4 20 per ton; miilet
$40 .50Ni2 80: timothy Sl7 .O0alS. 90: North
TeNnS nralrle S 80. South rnXns Sc 90.
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BEEK-SchlltH, quart5, no 30 per DBL:
plnts Sii00 per Dbl; A. Il. G. Bohemian,
quarts, 5000. pnts, 81 90. Dixie Pn!o.
quarts, 50 90; pin,s, $3.50, Weiss beer, 81 Is
per case, Two dozen in a case.
HIGH WlNES--Sl. 20 per gallon.
WHISK Y--Per gallon: Finished goods
on high wine basis 81 90 straight Bourbon
and rye. according to age and quality
81 T5fiS 90; Blended 81 .75d3. 80.
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Comparative Spot Market.
The following are the closing quotations
for cotton ON tire spot today at the leading
markets. together with closing Of mi1dllng
Yesterday, with today's sales:
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COTTON.

Houston Daily Statement.
This Day Last Yenr.
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SUGAR ADVANCES AGAIN


ITho local market for sugar is in a very
pm position. and another advance was
pade today. This was due TO adyices
fom New York and New Orleans stat
pg that the refined sugar market was
nry much excited at those points. A
Fry heavy business was transacted at
Jew YORK last Tuesday, orders coming In
rom al points of the country for good
Fed lots; Todays jump makes an adj
| nee OF ,3-sc In less than a week. which
equivalent 10 Sl,20 per barrel. This has
Pusei CONSERVATION among n any of the
lrgest wholesale grocers OF the country,
mo nave been carrying exceedingly
ght supplies of refined sugar, md as u
Esult they have been compelled to buy
an enormous advance, and even then
hey can not get prompt shipment OF
lignr, as refiners have more orders on
Eand than they can attend to promptly.
Raw sugar Is also excited and reiiners
r'e anxious to buy everything IN sight,
they are running or light supplies,
nth probability of the Cuban cron
cing very largely decreased owing to
he insurrcCtiOn there
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cHICAnn.

ch,c.vn ,..,,,s-'~ s.,... I. y. N. ssg
a., suary N'wun g0iu uSynGJ14
~ per cent premium In New York. -
cording to report circulating th>vx r = ~ ~
became verv 49,, 4, "a 49, '..e ~
80, NY V sSseN wun -
noon. "a
Corn srd na.. 49,. 49, "a. Z Il Y III 81
- ~ WHY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Wsaln' uut PROVISIONS struck . path FOR
.Sch anu closed with gains In al the,
vroS,ua'e conmoaltlos ~ the line ut hn6
pIvuucN, Inc buying spirit with which
snn wneet market closed UP the old fe&f
nan ~. unsupported when trading wa in-s
eesusufn.eu On the start OF business IN 1o94 =
~, May opened az bs%, but very little could
W utsposal q AZ the &c reduction, and IL
sIs uppsfrel IN the market The primary
r ,,s Ior change In feeling thus revealed
was nranstreets increase IN visible supply
tor u weak. 1857 900 bushels as ngalust
the b6o 600 bushels In tho official estimates
o. the stocks In sight. The opening cable
since Tuesday and the stocks In that ' pcrs
q decrease of only $4,000 bushels Stree
November j. Abont noon u report re-
was coming from London 6sIped s I'm
easily AZ Sn ns, hef nd sgsred too
ances frum INA fo,,r prinninai a t,arst,
ports was euuiyslenf to ,bn,,t m, AZ, Sn,0,,s
els. The days ncwe. AZ whole vns
more favorable Tor nm advance thar I
Decline but The specuIsto r were s"a eyi I
Far After raiiYinw ~ n,rw tn IN, wnS.s
d gos.om 81 ne tirst ere s 20 Ss& II Vas
do,,,,t@ss ~ t ~ o,t " 80 orin ~ Ai,ttf
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COTTON SEED pRopucrs.

EThc local market for cotton seed pro-
1pcts remains quiet and unchanged. Very
VIC business has been done lately, but
~ Increased demand is expected In the
lett future. The Consumers Cotton oil
8mpany resumed operations at their mill
3st Monday. and viii continue grinding
Yr some Time, having accumulated a very
POO supply of seed. Very few mills lin
1e state are at work now. the majority
them having shut down for the seas.
&The general market for cotton seed oil
! mus reviewed by Geo. H. Williams OF
!cw YORK: lowing TO the HOLIDAYS there
Hs hecn very little business passing I'm
yctton seed oil. The weakness noted In
3nr lust continues, prime summer yellow
" selling at 2S cents and prime crude Mt
cents, barrels here, loose crude. has
Fid at % cents at the mills and btvers
gre not inclined to pay over this price ex-
hons.
. Domestic and foreign demand appears
r be at a stnndstill. there is no desire To
BUY at present prices. Consumers nfe eX-
2ecting lower figures and are inclined To
ply sparingly rather than anticipate their
PANTS. We see no hope for better mar
~ Tor oil until there is an Increased de-
pand for compounding and export. This
Pm not take place until lard raises above
Ecents per pound In Chicago or tallow to
H2 cents per pound In New York. We
Snote prime crude at 2ic: prime yellow at
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gTotal TO Jan. !. 1910 l,333,752 SIG 09i
PROM this table it will be seen that re-
fipts so far this season are $3.50. 0i2 bales
kss than IN 1884 and 1884 below the
pnount received during the same time
} 1872.
Last season the total receipts at Hous-
bn were d, sos. 5y2 bales. and .ffe gSe for
DO season of 1929
AFTER January /. 1891. receipts at this
pint were 1880 bales. After the first
tho year IN 1888 receipts were 431SS.
In order for the receipts at this point
equal the 1929 record 32l.572 bales
nv be needed before August 81.
<The largest movement for any one week
/ rs season was 1a,49l bales. received dur
D. the week ending October 10. In 1891
Pc largest amount was 10i, l65. for the
Peek ending November I. During the
Peek ending October ~, 1899. receipts were
]. i92, which WINS the heaviest movement
GY week of that seaann.
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reported for The Post by A. +. Norman
I've stock commission merchant:
BecVcs--
Choice per M, groas............... eiffp ~
Common per lb.. gross ............ W "a
Cows
Choice per ID. gross.......,...... 2AI ?n
Common per h.. gross .."....... u rs
fearliuEF-
Conn on per H.. & 'oss............. z U :.
Calves
Choice per H., gross, = a
81 DlmOn per ID, gross, u o4
Sheep
Choice per H.. gross.............. 60 ~.
Common per III. gross.......... ] 81 O. o.
Hogs
G G,s,Ssa eornfed. per ie'"" ...... 9 81
tvus...A- TINS tn, 1ss stock
Dar Mpes tcas,, pcn.
rec W.. and cows, 10 e5 1913 h2
siyS' yeariius, al ale s'sidss 10
SUss 800. i7s Us 1873 56s
Market fairly supplied with all classes
Of stock,
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HOUSTON COTTON RECEIPTS.

The gross receipts of cotton at Houston
to January / amounted to o7,7l0 bales.
ihile this Is $4,000 bales less than last
pr, the movement is not at all small
ben compared with the entire Texas crop
far marketed. fhe Yield In this State
not expected to be over 50 per cent OF
p lss4-95 record but of this amount
buston VIII receive even a larger per
PIT that usual. The amount so far re-
Rrted at this place Is fully 90 per cent
the Texas crop marketed to date. The
Flowing table gives the receipts at Hous-
p for each month of the new season,
pd also the amount received during the
GrINeE nnnlinp nnnlha of 1&li nd 400.
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RIO.
SANTOS.

Santos. January Coffee quit good
average Santos 5000 refs per 10 kilos. re-
ceipts 1000. stock 422 900.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20

sumo as the same kind of corn. wheat
or tobacco would buy in 1873. The
wages of the labOring man will buy
double as much of the necessaries of
life now as in 1878, and his wages have
@ been reduced one-fourth as much as
the purchasing power Of his money has
been increased.
All of the above propositions we as
Sert without fear of intelligent contra
diction. Then. if it be a fact that no
free silver country IN earth has as
muchas$5per capita: and If it be a fact
that we have about $24 per capita; and
if it be a fact that we have more silver
in circulation per capita than any free
silver country in the world; and if it be
a fact that the purchasing power Of
our dollar is now about double what it
was in 1873. and that the products Of
the farm will purchase more necessa-
rieS of life than in 1873, our free silver
friends will have to hunt farther for
the hard times complained of. They
can't charge it to a reduced circulation
or to higher prices.-GalvestOn News.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20

difficulties in the way of the wholesale
process of assimilation which Demo
cratic leaders predicted after the st.
Louis convention. II the cat has swal-
lowed the canary the bird is still alive
and capable of making trouble for a
not too squeamish stomach. Tom Wat
son gives warning that lit is by no
means certain that the Georgia Popu-
list convention will indOrse what the
st. LOuis convention did" The In
diana PopuliSts have refused to fuse"
on the State ticket and have thus laid
a foundation for future trouble. The
Alabama POpulists naively insist that
If they support Bryan they shall have
a fair count from the Democrats. In
Missouri all of Governor Stones efforts
to win over the Populist leaders have
proved futile. These are a few signs
of the prevailing discomfort. and they
increase in number every day. Fusion
is easy to talk about. but it is not easy
to achieve when both parties are look
ing for the advantage.-Chicago Times.
Herald.
Our Loss TOhu Bull,s Cain.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20
Hard Times and Free Silver.

There is not a tirSt-claSS commercial
country Oh earth now that has free
coinage. There is not a free silver Il
try on earth. that has as much as 50 per
capita in circulation-all kinds of mon
ey. There is in circulation in the United
States $24 per capita. or $3.50 per
capita more than any free sill
YER country on earth. We have
more silver in circulation to-
day than ever before and more per capt
ia than any free silver country on earth.
Our dollar will buy more sugar, coffee.
-four, meal, meat, medicine, hardware
and clothing than in 1878. A barrel of
corn, a bushel of wheat or 100 pounds
of tobacco will buy nearly double as
much of the article that farmers con
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20
Choose Your Metal,

Our free silver friends tell us that sill
yer is just as good as good rs gold. If
so, what harm results to anybody from
allowing the creditor of bank or govern
ment to make his choice of meals? Why,
at any rate, object to paying debts in
the kind of metals borrowed? If a silver
man prefers silver to gold, either gov
eminent or banker will pay it to him,
and for all debts. all taxes, all obliga-
tons due the nation, State, county or
municipality silver is now a full tender
and to all intents and purposes primary
money.-Medina Ohio Gazette.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20

The Cross Of Jesus Christ was de-
signed to be the symbol of the atone
ment, and was never intended to be the
emblem of a political party, to be used
to teach anarchistic doctrines. The
crown of thOrns was for the SaviOr'S
brow and not for those who would
overthrow the best government on
earth.
predict. too. that the man who dares
to blaSpheme the sacred cross will find
written on the wall of his chamber
some night the words, Meme. meme,
tekel, upharsin-thou are weighed in
the balance and found wanting" and
no man who has been educated to re-
spect his country and its financial
credit with sister nations will betray
his country for thirty pieces of silver
From Bishop Newman's sermon.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20
an out-and-out Populist. free silver

an o%ut-and-out Populist. free silver
revolutionist. and his presence on the
ticket will be more offensive to the old
line Democrats of the South than would
be any other white nan in that section.
Indeed, most of them, if compelled to
spectacle representative of the cOlored
race in preference to Watson. Watson
was once elected to Congress as a
Democrat, and when in the House one
of his rasping speeches was made in
reply to Mr.. Bryan, who now is on
the Populist ticket for President.-Phil.
adelphia Times DEM.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20
FACTS o SILVER.
Cut This Out and Carry it in Your Pocket for
Ready Reference.

rency are full legal tender at 100 cents
each Except for redemption Of gold GER
tiiicates, which are not legal tender).
6. Subsidiary silver (half-doilars, quar-
ter-dollars and dimes are legal tender
to the amount Of $40 in any one transac-
ton.
I. The total limited legal tender silver
coined Is S179. 500. 2Ss.6O.
g.. Total silver coined by the United
states down to July l, 1896, $685.
343. 10.
FOURTH.
/. The reason a new demand for free
coinage Of silver by the United States
has arisen Is that owing to increased
production. caused chiefly by improved
methods Of mining and better facilities
for transportation. the output Of silver
became 50 large as to diminish it's value
in relation to gold.
2 Down to 1873 silver was more profit
able to export than to coin, and that
year only 5000. 600 was offered for coinage
in the United States.
3. In 1856 the worlds production of
silver was 81, 4O0, 900 ounces; real ratio
to gold. 1913 to /.
1. In 1876 the worlds production Of sill
yer was 81, I53.O00 ounces, or more than
double. Ratio to gold, 17.SS.
,. In 1856 the worlds production of sill
yer was 81, 2I6,0O0 ounces, trebling that
of 1896. Real ratio TO gold, 20.7S.
6. In 1890 the worlds production Of sill
yer was 100. COG, 600 ounces, or more than
five times what it was in 1886. Real
ratio to gold. 31.56.
Z. That is to say, an ounce OF gold *
worth to-day nearly 80 ounces of silver.
s. Yet owners Of uncOined silver want
us to accept it for free and unlimited
coinage at the proportion Of IL ounces
Of silver to | ounce of gold.
FIFTH.
/. The effect would be to flood the
country with silver dollars worth 80 TO
50 cents.
.. When the Government was founded
the 'daddies" believed and intended
that fifteen ounces of silver would pur-
chase as much as one ounce of gold, or
that fifteen ounces of silver woul dis
charge a debt which one ounce of gold
would discharge.
3. To-day one ounce Of gold will pur-
chase as much as 81 ounces of silver. If
we coined silver at IS to 1. therefore.
we would be forcing on ourselves a dollar
Of a purchasing power or debt-paying
owe of only one-half the present dollar
of our currency, all its dollars being kept
up TO Il value Of 100 cents each by the
existing gold standard.
4. Free coinage of silver would put US
on the silver standard with China, Japan
and other countries In which labor Is III
practical s~erfage, and civilization is
scarcely begun.
8. There Is not in the world to-day Il
first-class nation that opens its minis to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20
FIRST.

FIRST.
rd !; Silver has always been measured by
2. That by which something else is
measured is the standard of value. The
number Of ounces of silver an ounce of
gold would buy has always been the
ratio.
3. Like ell other values. the ratio of
silver to geld has been controlled by
supply and demand.
4. When this government was founded
the commercial or true ratio was be-
lieved to be Is to /.
). Al that ratio silver was admitted
free and unlimited to the mint. Gold
dollar. 24a4 grains fine gold; 244xl5
equals 3I1l4 grains fine silver, the "sil-
yer dollar Of the daddies."
q. The intent and belief Of the dad
dies" was that 3I1l4 grains Of pure silver
would buy as much of anything as 2i$4
grains Of gold would buy.
I. Or that II ounces of fine silver would
pay as much debt as one ounce Of gold.
SECOND.
l.. The ratio of IL to l. fixed by law. re-
NAMED actually correct but 4 very short
time.
.. Owing to admission of foreign coins
which were inferior. no American gold
or silver coins circulated. Coinage of
silver dollars was suspended in 1904, and
was not resumed until 1870. Then LOCO
were coined.
3. In 1884 the 'dollar of the daddies'
ceased to exist. The weight of the silver
dollar was changed 10 412l2 grains. This
altered the ratio to l6 to l..
t. silver then became more profitable
to export than to coin.
j. Thus we went to the single gold
standard. on which we have been down
70 the present time.
6. Dropping the silver dollar legally
from coinage in 1873 was only making 1t
mere record of what had been actually
true from 1884. Silver declined TO be
coined during that entire period except
in slna quantities.
I. The whole alnount Of silver coined
from the foundation of the Government
TO 1873 was about SS.00O.000. although its
coinage was free and unlimited.
/. From 1878 to July /, 1896. under lin
tied silver coinage we coined. in full
legal tender silver dollars, S429, $50. 9l6.
at the ratio Of Is 10 l..
.. In the eighty-tive years prior to 1873
the whole amount of silver coined by
the United States under free silver coin
age was 5000, JSJ.921.
3. In the eighteen years from 1878 to
1896 the whole amount of silver coined
under limited coinage was SAL ,92I, 80.
1. More than So, 600 600 more of silver
was coined in eighteen years of limited
coinage thar during the eighty-hve years
Of free-silver coinage.
5. All the silver dollars in our cur
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-08-20

earn enough not only to give you the
comforts of life but the refinements of
life; enough to educate and equip your
children, who may not have been for
tunate by birth, who may not have
been born with a silver spoon in their
mouths: enough to enable them in turn
to educate and prepare their children
for the great possibilities Of American
life. am for America, because Amer
lea is for the common peOple.-Hon.
William Mckinley.