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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
WOULD HURT INSTEAD OF HELP.
Eow Free Coinage Would Injure the
Farmers.


Farmers.
The chief strength of the sixteen to
one agitation lies in the belief that it
would benefit the agricultural classes.
This is a serious error. The facts of
all human experience show conclusive
ly that free silver would cause wide
spread and prolonged injury to the
farmers of this country.
The mere threat of free coinage would
greatly injure the farmers by causing
an immediate calling in of all loans
through the natural desire of lenders TO
get back money worth as much as they
lent. Hundreds of thousands of farmers
would be unable to pay their mort
cages, and their farms would be sold at
a sacrifice. No new loans would be
forthcoming, as the owners of capital
would not invest so long as there was
any danger that by change in the
money standard the value of loans
would be cut in two. AS the chief COM
plant of the farmers now is that inter-
est is too high and capital too scarce,
the effect of policy which would make
capital scarcer and dearer can be
figured out by each farmer for himself.
A second way in which free coinage
would hurt agriculture would be by the
financial panic which would inevitably
follow the overthrow of our present
sound financial system and the adoption
of the unstable cheap silver standard.
With the millions of bank depositors
demanding their savings, the machinery
of credits, by which so large part of
the country's business is done, would be
suddenly stopped. Merchants would be
unable to buy goods for lack of credit:
manufacturing industries would be
closed down, as in 1893, and millions
of workers would be idle. Men out Of
employment do not buy as much farm
products as when they are at work. and
the farmers who now complain of the
lack of markets for their produce would
find themselves with large part of
their crops unsold. Would not this be
serious injury to agriculture?
Another evil which free coinage would
bring to American farmers would be
the unsettlement of their trade rela-
tions with the great gold standard COM
mercial nations, which purchase each
year $6O0,0c0.Oo0 worth of our surplus
farm products. The adoption of the sill
yer standard, with its constantly fluct,,-
ating scale of prices, would prove the
same barrier to commerce between this
and other countries that it has to trade
between gold standard Europe and In
dia4 China and Japan. Do the farmers
want to curtail and unsettle our foreign
trade?
These are some of the ways in which
free coinage at sixteen to one would
hurt the farmers. No advocate of 81
cent dollars has ever been able to show
a single way in which it would help
them.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
A LESSON FROM EGYPT.
That Country Failed to Maintain the Ratio
of Sixteen Onions to One Cat.

That Country Failed to Maintain the Ratio
of Sixteen Onions to One Cat.
The ancient Egyptians had cur
rency based on cats and onions, both of
which were sacred objects worshiped
by the people. AS there was some diff
fculty in storing the cats, and as the
onion was liable to decay, circulating
medium was provided of papyrus
strips, representing a certain number
OF cats and onions at a ratio of six
teen to one. This was o. true double
standard system and is believed to have
been the origin of modern paper cur
rency. For time the cat-onion money
circulated at par, but the historian
Faque Hur records that about 963 B. C.
a serious difficulty arose. New col
onies had been established in the re-
gion of the upper Nile, and the savage
Nubians had been taught the art of
agriculture. The rich, black soil of
the valley which they inhabited was
especially suited to the growth of
onions, and the production of those
perfumed bulbs was soon enormously
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
no Pensloners,

Do you draw o pension? Vote for free
coinage and you vote to cut your pen
sion in two in the middle, because un-
der free coinage your dollars would
purchase only half as much as neag.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
SHORT CUT TO NEWS.
u.nv INTERESTING EVENTS FROM ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY.
a Brief Summary of the News of the Week
Compiled for Tribune Readers.

Mark Hanna says that Mckinley will
not take the stump.
Perry's victory day was celebrated at
Cleveland, O.
Cleveland, Carlisle and Francis have
come out in open letters endorsing the
Sound Money Democratic ticket.
Attorney General Harmon defends
the Presidents use of Federal troops
in 1894.
On An average there are 1890 callers
in delegations to visit Mckinley. He
makes four and five speeches each day
Senator Hill of New York has declin-
ed to serve as delegate to the state con-
yention under any sort of instruc
ton.
Ii Hung Chang, in an interview,
favored international bimetalism but
was opposed to free silver in any other
way.
One of the biggest ovations yet given
to Bryan was in st. Louis Saturday
where he made three speeches to TO-
600 people.
Middle of the Road" Popu'ists will
hold State conventions in Kansas and
Nebraska to nominate Bryan and Wat
son electors.
Populists and Democrats have effect
ed fusion on the electoral ticket, in
Missouri, the Populists getting four of
them and the Democrats the rest.
The Texas Republican convention
authorized the state chairman to ap-
point campaign committee vested
with plenary powers to effect fusion
Chairman Jones has been assured
contribution of two and half billion
dollars to the Democratic campaign
fund by mine syndicates of Colorado,
Utah, Montana, Idaho and Nevada.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
whv Have You

Been stricken with disease while your neigh
Dor escaped, or vice-versa? Both were alike
exposed, but with one disease germs found
Judgement in impure blood and weakened
system, while with the other, the blood was kept
pure by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and the body was
in a condition of good health. The moralis plain.
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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
legal Ratios Cannot Fix Values.

While the advocates of free coinage
are loudly asserting the power of the
government to raise the bullion value
Of silver from thirty to one to sixteen to
one of gold they at the same time pub
lish facts which prove the very reverse
of their claim Thus they boast that for
the 90 years previous TO 1878, the year
Of the alleged crime, the value OF silver
bullion ranged from three to seven
cents per ounce above its coinage value
in other words, the silver in dollar
coin was worth three or four cents more
than dollar. Now the preachers Of
prosperity through legislation say that
it is the law that fixes the value OF the
money metals, and that if the United
States alone opened it's mints for the
free coinage of silver at sixteen 10 one
the commercial value Of gold would be
exactly 16 times that of silver. That
their assertion is not true, and that the
bullion value of either metal cannot be
fixed by law, is clearly shown by the
facts given above in regard to the COM
plete failure of previous free-coinage
laws to keep the real value of silver at
ratio of sixteen to one Of gold.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
BRYAN IN ST. 10 is.
HE DELIVERS THREE GREAT SPEECHES ON
THE MONEY QUESTION.
Thousands Hear Him on the Advantages of Free
Coinage.

ST, LOUIS, Sept. 1.-THE Democratic
candidate for President arrived in St.
Louis from Kansas City early last
evening, dined at the flanter's Hotel
with thirty prominent free silvertes,
and then was escorted to three differ
ent points in the city. at each of which
he delivered set speech. 1t is esti-
mated that 70, 600 persons heard his
voice during the night, while as many
more struggled to catch glimpse of
his face.
Other free coinage orators of note
came with him. SenatorJ G. S. Bl lack
burn, of Kentucky, Hon. Jno. M. Allen,
of Mississippi, Hon. Charles Ladd. of
Illinois, Gov. William J. Stone, Lon
V. Stevene and Hon. Champ Clark
spoke at the same places Mr.. Bryan
did. But it was evident that the
crowds were interested almost exclu-
sively in the Nebraskan.
A royal welcome was accorded Mr..
Bryan. Tens of thousands of throats
cheered him. While it was still light,
the streets were lined with shouting
persons wherever he went. Republl-
cans and Democrats alike, greeted him.
In the thousands of instances, howev-
er, the cheers were only expressions
of Missouri hospitality. Neighboring
cities and counties had poured excnr
sionists into town during the afternoon.
They came to see a presiden tial candi
date. Curiosity and opportunity both
impelled them to come.
Thousands of his auditors recognized
him as the champion of their political
ideas, and his presence consequently
aroused in them an enthusiasm that at
times bordered on histeria. Partisan
ship was the keynote to their senti-
ments.,e The numerous sound money
Democrats and Republicans who heard
him did so in order to mentally meas
ure their chief opponent.
Mr.. Bryan's face was wreathed in
smiles as he mounted the speakers
stand. AS his clear-cut countenance
became visible to all, the audience
commenced cheering and kept up the
demonstration for several minutes.
After the cheering had subsided. Mr..
Brady introduced Mr.. Bryan as the
"prince of Democracy and the defend
er of the country" Another burst
greeted the distinguished guest as he
stepped forward to begin his speech.
Mr.. Bryan's speech was among the
very best that he has made during the
campaign, in the closing of which he
said:
81 beg you to take this money ques-
ton and study it until you find what
is best for the people in your condition.
I want you to study it and find out
what is best for your country as you
understand it. And then make your
vote represent exactly what you want.
/ know not what the result of this
election may be, have an idea, but
I may be mistaken, but my friends no
matter how we may vary in opinion.
this question can never be settled until
j, is settled right. If the gold stand
ard is wrong, as I believe it is, there
will be agitation until we get rid of it.
If bimetalism is right, as l believe it
is, there will be agitation until it is
restored, I bog you do your duty as
YOU see it, and whatever the result
may be we will be satisfied"
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17

increased Meanwhile the cat crop
had only grown in the usual ratio, and
the result was that, with the demand
for sacred animals in the new colonies.
at least 80 onions would be given for
one cat. This brought the papyrus
currency into disfavor, and the ruling
pharaoh, Ram Bunllshus Ill, issued a
royal order that cats should be the
sole standard of value, and that onions
should be issued only to the extent that
they could be kept at par with the
',caterwaulers," as the unit of value
was termed.
This did not suit the onion growers,
who at once started an agitation for
the free and unlimited coinage of all
onions at the good old ratio of their
daddies. After passing 3,1S7,642 reso-
lutions denouncing the horrible crime
of 963 the onionites marched in body
to the palace of their pharaoh and de-
manded that the unjust law enactedi
at the instance of the catbugs should
be repealed and the bicatallic Standard
restored. Ram Bunlshus listened to-
them patiently and answered: "Great,.
no doubt, was the wisdom of our an
cestors. But am in the wisdom busi-
ness myself to some extent. When the
ratio of sixteen to one was adopted,
that was the true ratio Of the cat and
onions. Now, owing to a great in
crease in the quantity of onions, the
ratio is thirty to one. All powerful as
am, cannot make onions worth more
than their market value. The present.
standard stays. AS for you, 0 foolishi
onionites, your leaders shall feed the.
sacred crocodiles. The rest of you.
will return to your FARMS and hustle-i
I have remarked"
Thus ended the first and only cur-
rency agitation in Egypt.-Whiddent
Graham, in Puck. /
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17

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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
THINK 1T OVER.
Some Points for Farmers to Carefully
Consider.

SOHO ZOE 1GEGiitAS W SNoAOlAy
Consider.
Farmers who think that free silver
will help them to get rid of their mort
cages should consider carefully what
effect a siXteen-to to-one law will have OH
the lenders of capital. The silverites are
telling you beautiful stories about the
great volume OF money which will be
ready for loaning at low rates of inter-
est as soon as we adopt the silver stand
ard. But suppose theschene should not
work in the way they expect? Suppose
that as soon as it becomes likely that q
free-coinage law will be enacted there
is general demand that all mortgages
should at once be paid in full? The
promise of cheap money when free sill
yer comes won't help you now. Where
are you going to get the money re pay
OFF your mortgage? Do you suppose
any man is going to make loans while
there is possibility of his being re-
paid in 5o-cent dollars? And if you can't
raise the money when it is called for,
and if your farm is sold at a sacrifice,
W here will you be then?
fooled by the free-silver idea that cheap
money means lowrrates of interest The
facts are just theother way. Interest is
far higher in all silver-using countries
than in gold countries. il we go on the
silver standard the men who have capi-
tai to lend will charge more interest
than they do now in order to cover the
risk of being repaid in deprecated sill
yer dollars. So, if you succeed in bor-
rowing under free coinage you will pay
higher interest on the loan. Ask any
body who knows the facts whether in
terest is not much higher in Mexico, In
dia or the silver South American coun-
tries than in the United States, Eng
land or Germany, with their currency
based on gold. Thennlal1e up your mind
thar YOU will vote for the financial sys-
tern which IF left urdisturbed viii BEN
eft you far more t,san free silverwill.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-09-17
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-08-08
BOUND OVER FOR s.GAMY,
James Martin Bsiieviiie Alias Martin Rail
Faces Two Wives.

James Martin Belleville, alias Mar
tin Rail. faced his two wives in the
police court yesterday afternoon and
after Magistrate Schroeder heard the
stories he bound him over to the
grand jury on charge OF bigamy,
fixing his bond at $500.
Twenty-six years ago the accused
man was married under the name OF
James Martin Belleville, so declared
wife the first. She says they re-
sided in Nuscstine until four years
ago, when he gave her the shake.
Mrs. Belleville unraveled her tale of
woe between sobs and several times
she made advances toward him who
had vowed to protect her many J ears
ago: but with scorn he would repulse
her.
Wife the second. who was formerly
Miss Alvina Marvin, Of this CITY,
said she was married about a wear
ago to Martin Rail, whom she dis
covered proved to be . man Of two
names and as many wives.
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For Sale-Valuable Real Estate.

wishing to change my residence, /
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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS
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DEMOCRATIC PAPER.
Prospectus Of "The Louisville
Dispatch"
To the Democrats of Kentucky:

The Democracy of this State suffer-
ed in the last two elections because 1t
had no daily newspaper in this city,
the metropolis of the State, to uphold
its principles. Recognizing the tact
that If Kentucky is to be redeemed,
and Democratic rule is to be re-estab-
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