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The advocate., 1896-08-12
AN ASTOUNDING PROPOSITION.

day. The Topeka Capital, which leads
the army of the Golden King in Kan
sas, now openly proclsims that money
ought not to follow the general trend
Of prices in the market for other com.
mod1ties, but that, as prices in general
decline, mankind is blessed by CORE
spending rise In the value of money.
This is an astounding proposition.
1t is exactly what the gold standard is
doing and has been doing since 1t was
agreed upon in 1873, but we had not
before seen the doctrine stripped and
presented In all it's hideous deformity
to the public gaze as it has been done
by the Capital.
That paper is published In State
whose people are mostly farmers.
These farmers have seen the prices of
their produce decline to one-bslf what
they brought when silver was ruled out
by three of the leading nations of the
world. These farmers are now COM
PEELED to sell often below the cost line
of production. If the money of the
country had not been tampered with;
had 1t been let alone as it has been in
Mexico and Japan, these Kansas farm.
ers would be getting Is to 80 cents q
bushel for their wheat and correspond
ing prices for everything they sell.
Salaries of public officers, taxes, debts,
and all other demands would be scaled
on the same plane, and no hardship
would be had on account of low prices,
for money and other property would
have kept on the same level.
The Capital tells these good people
whose support keeps it alive, that high
priced money is the best thing for
them-the thing Of sll things that will
bring them good prices and good times.
1t stands by and sees them sell their
produce for half price while their taxes
and other regular charges are harder to
pay every year. 1t sees them strug-
Cling In vain efforts to save themselves
from bankruptcy, and calls them ugly
names when they protest that there is
something wrong.
Think moment, dear reader, about
this monstrous proposition Of the Cap
itGl. You are farmer, we will say.
The Capital says that our monetary
system ought to be such that the value
Of money would not fall as the general
level Of prices falls. This means that,
as prices 90 down, it will require more
and more Of the products of labor to
procure the same amount of money.
Not many years ago bushel of your
wheat was worth 80 cents to 81 at the
nearest railway station; now the same
quantity Of wheat Is not worth more
than half as much. 1t takes two bush
els Of your wheat to pay as much debt
now as one bushel would have paid
then. And the Capital says that is
riRht-thst is sound finsnce-thst will
bring prosperity to the farm.
The gold standard limits the money
function to one metal, and that, In
coin, is getting scarcer and dearer
every year. Its value, measured by
the value Of other things, is increasing
all the time. A dollar is harder to get
now than ever before. It requires
more Of labor and of everything that
men have 70 sell than ever before to
The advocate., 1896-08-12

Is 1T reVolutionP No other word
describes the situation.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

THERE is nothing like taxation to
iorce prosperity ahead. Taxes always
act as q tonic to the body polite.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

Mr.. Ed. G. LITTLE, whose name was
presented by his friends to the Abilene
convention in connection with the Office
Of Congressman-at-large, may we'll Eel
The advocate., 1896-08-12

THE very name of Mckinley inspires
confidence. Can't you see the "Wheels
90 roundP"
The advocate., 1896-08-12

To MAKE farming prosperous, cut
down the prices of wheat and corn and
cotton.
The advocate., 1896-08-12

Entered 8t the Postofice OF Topeka, Kansas
as second.class matter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
RoNDs AND CURRENCY.

To the Editor of the Globe.
VIII you please answer through the G e
the following questions:
What did the United States pay it's obliga-
tons In between 1880 and the first issue of
the greenbacks, and when were they first
issued?
When did gold first begin to go up? What
was it worth Jan. l. 1865? When was 1.-THE
highest, and how high? st-@i--f5s
When did gold and greenbacks get back to
an equal value? IS.
The United States had few obliga-
tons outstanding at, any time prior to
the war. That was the beginning of
our permanent national debt. Such
bonds as had been issued prior to 1860
contained no statement as to the kind
of money in which they should be paid
We have not at hand the date of the
first issue of bonds in this country
Gold began to appreciate soon after
the outbreak Of the war. 1t command
ed a premium in December, 1861 On the
1st of January 1865 the gold dollar was
worth in currency $1.44A The highest
point reached was in 1864, when the
gold dollar exchanged for $2.S5 in cur
rency n s2
The premium upon gold began to dis
appear as soon as, the resumption Of
specie payments was determined upon.
The resumption act was to go into eff
feet in 1879. In, January of 1873 the
gold dollar had fallen to $1.02B in cur
rency, and during that year, for the
first time since the war began, the
price of gold fell to par with the green
back. ~ e-aA Ss-xy.s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
CHE BLAzED THE Way

Puck's leading cartoon pictures a
fact worth expanding. Through for
Test the advance of the Republican par
ty is marching. The path is indicated
by the blazed trees bearing the words
sgold standard. y Hanna, drum major,
POM ous and confident, leads the way.
with Mckinley shame-faceds reluctant,
stumbling along behind, grasping
Hanna's coat tail. Behind them press
the eager throng of notables. Beside
the road is the woodsman, Cleveland,
leaning on his AK, pleased to see his
opponents obliged to travel along the
path whose course he has blazed for
them. 1t is very happy rendering
in cartoon of a. historical fact. III ~.
The woodsman began blazing the path
out Of the dark forest Of Republican
makeshifts in his first administration
His expectation. was that his party
would tread it. The silver element,
disconnected with the effects of the
Allison act, was agitating for more.
1t was checked by the plain intimation
that the man at the other end of the
avenue was hostile The man who now
tags along behind the gold standard
borne by Hanna was the one who
wrote. and reported the planks in the
Republican national platform of 1888
condemning Mr.. Cleveland for his hos
tility to silver.
Before he was ,inaugurated for his
second term Mr.. Cleveland again began
blazing the way in his letter to the
Reform club. He signalized that term
by his messages calling congress in spe-
cial session to repeal the Sherman act.
and by his efforts to get his party in
of the gold standard by divorcing the
treasury from banking. 1t was a fac
ton of both parties that defeated him.
He further marked the path out of
the woods when he vetoed the seignior-
age bill and prevented the absurd
proposition to make an asset out of
loss from being written into the
financial history of the country. But,
more than all, did he make the way
plain when he brayed obloquy by issu-
ing bonds for gold in time of peace,
that the standard might be kept from
sinking into the silver flood. Truly,
Mr.. Cleveland blazed the way which
the Republican party is at last travel
ing, much against its will, wholly
against its past. The artist very truth
fully depicts the position of Mr. Nc
Kinley. AS that gentleman looks back
over his financial record and reads It's
sturdy faithfulness to silver until June
of this year, there must be much that
is not pleasant, much that is self-ac-
cusing, as he plodsf along behind Han
na.,on a course whose direction was
blazed by MIRO Cleveland.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25

and stricken ENTERPRISE dead. AS the
price of it thousands of men are out of
employment, and their families go
hungry today For rftswes'are @on trial
at the bar efSthes sationspts. see-whether
the Americap~peoplesS propose, first to
keep faith, and. second, to remain in
the company of civilized nations in
their financial system. z" -
This is thea work eof those who have
proposed currencgeNde basement; and
then they rise up and cite 1t as proof
Of depression and of conditions that
need changing. and actually taunt peo-
pie with refusing to pay out gold which
they themselves have absolutely GER
titled will be at high premium within
three months if they can have their
way. The economic mistakes of the free
silver supporters are ais nothing COM
pared with the ~heaFtlessness. of their
attack upon American prosperity, and
the effrontery of the claim that
this evil which they have wrought con-
stitutes an additional argument in
their behalf
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25


them in money of full value. 1t is, let
us say for the twenty first time, all a
question of the limitations of credit.
Voter would find difference in the
difficufty of borrowing SIS and Sc, O00, 900.
The government finds a. difference be-
tween borrowing 500, 900 and 81, OOO.-
100000 The declaration that our diff
ferent forms of currency will be. kept,
at par means that THE United States
will discharge the debt to the holders
of its currency which is now repre-
sented by the. difference between the
face value Of such money and the mar
ket value of the material of which 1t
is composed. The people never doubted
the ability of the government to pay,
or its willingness, up to a certain point.
The injection of a great volume Of de-
preciated silver into our currency, cou-
pied with threat of free coinage and
actual reputation of the difference be-
tween the bullion value and the coin
value of the dollar, has created a
doubt as to both. If that doubt should,
as we are confident it will not, prove
to'be founded in fact then the depre-
citation of our currency will exactly
measure. from time to time, y the
amount which the public believes the
United States will eventually pay, per
dollar. Of it's obligations. We had a
complete Illustration of that during the
war in the gold premium, which meas
ured accurately, from year to year, the
depreciation in greenbacks, full le-
gal tender money.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
HE Is THE Boss.

politics.
tinue at the lowest ebb. There is no
apparent disposition among a majority
of the voters of that state to make for
it place worthy of it's rank in wealth
or population. -. On both sides of the
political boundary line they are rea-
sonably satisfied with a boss; and that
of peculiarly and conspicuously Of
fensive sorts The boss rule that the
New York Democracy has endured in
the past cost the party the control Of
the state. There is an apparent paral-
lei between the history of-that party
two years ago and the history of the
Republicans this year. Then, the party
state convention nominated Senator
Hill for governor, without his consent
and against his wishes, and forced
him to endure the humiliation OF GER
tain and overwhelming defeat as the
price of his past leadership. Now, the
Republicans of New York seem to be
preparing, with equal unanimity, to
put Mr. Plat through the same. ordeal.
Plat is, a creature of a lower order
than Hill. He is mere political buck
ster. whose success has been built up
entirely upon the reduction of politics
to the level and methods Of the COM
mission market. Since he has for so
long reaped all the profits of the bus1-
ness, his associates seem to think that
he ought now to accept some of it's
hardships and dangers. He would
be the most offensive candidate
whom the party could nominate.
Doubtless he would be elected this
year; for no Republican could be beat
en- for governor Of New York as
against free silver Democrat, and,
really, Plat himself is not any worse
than Ham" Fish, who was a leader
of the minor candidates. But if there
could be anything more disgusting
than the abject submission Of Pennsyl
vania to the rule of Quay. and its de-
lighted groveling. 1.-THE feet of it's
idol, it would be the same disposition
Of the New York Republicans toward
Plat.
some time the true people VI lliOSS
states are going to revolt against the
choice of evils which is all that
straight party politics offers to them.
1t is the realization Of such conditions
in two of the greatest states of the
Union that has strengthened the Peo-
pies party movement. The Populists
are utterly wrong and mistaken in
their ideas gof "a remedy; but they are
right in protesting against any party
or any system that can result
in the continued supremacy of
the Quays and the Platts IF that SUI
premacy isalnoty checked and over
thrown within the two old parties,
then, as soon as this currency question
that threatens, the very life Of the ma
ton and overshadows all other issues
is disposed of, there. will spring into
being g third party, free from the
domination of the old, which will COM
mand the ardent support of the Ameri-
can people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
A TOUGH cHoICE.

On the same day the two candidates
for the presidency Of these United
States addressed. gatherings, the one
at voli-on-the- Hudson, the other at
Canton. One of these two men will be
the next president At present the
choice of voters is practically limited
to them. The election of either will de-
pend largely upon the decision made
by those Democrats who are equally
repealed by the policies each candidate
especially stands for, the free coinage
of the one. the protection of the other
dresses of these two men and ask
themselves, in dismay, If they must
vote for either
They read the condensation of Mr..
Bryan's speech in this sentence: 1--WE
say increase the demand for silver by
legislation, and that new demand. act
ing with the demand now in existence.
will operate upon the price of silver.
We say that the new demand will be,
sufficient to consume all the silver
coined at the mint and, being sufficient,
will raise the value of silver bullion to
$1.29 throughout the world In it they
see man, nominated by convention
calling itself Democratic, himself de-
claring his Indifference to what he is
called, insisting that desire, which is
the soul of demand, can be created by
legislation, and that desire can be thus
made to be willing to pay $129 for an
ounce of metal which 1t can procure
for 65 cents Rejecting this alternative
of his policy the only other one is de-
basement of the currency to the bullion
value of silver. And here they find.
also, the nominee eff a Democratic con-
vention urging, in effect, the virtues of
a protection policy.
Then they turn to the remarks Of the
man at Canton. There they are told
that the issue first in Importance is to
prevent "a continuance of the present
Democratic party under another lead
ership'' He tells them the one is as
bad as the other and both are free
traders Those prominent in the Chi
cago convention s.are devoted to this
un-American and destructive policy
and were active in getting the legisla-
ton (which has destroyed American
manufacturing, destroyed cur foreign
trade and reduced the demand for the
labor of American workIngnen.' .aThe
people Of this country ne says. are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
SALTWATER NEWS.
Funeral of Thomas CurIin-No Trace
of the sIurderers.

The funeral of Thomas Carlin, the victim
a. .he Lake ELMO tragedy, was held yester-
uay AFTERNOON from the home of Herman
hunde father-in-law Of the deceased in this
Ely Ely IL was attended by a large number Of
friends OF the family. Mr.. Curtin having been
very popular young man. The AUTHORITIES
are ar. sim making search fer the murderer
out SO Iar without success. They have dis
appeared as ehectually as though the earth
mad opened and swallowed them. =
william Volker. who was assaulted and
pushed on grain stack by a drunken farm
hand week ago, is in a very critical CON
hended. "ReiS
Tusseny Parent, well known farmer n,
somerset, WIS. and veteran of the late
war. died early yesterday morning of rheu-
matism of the heart. The funeral will he
held In Somerset today. 80 -
In probate court yesterday final settlement
was MADE IN the estate Of Patrick Morrisev
deceased. Abraham Perry was appointed All
ministrator of the estate of Sarah Jane Hill
f. u. Foster has announced himself can
ty treasurer. = Se.s-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
SOME WHEAT FIGURES.
From Twelve to Thirteen Bushels
Seem to- Be the Average.
Special to the CLONE

! Special to the Globe
MITCHELL. s. D., Aug 24-Late corn has
received decided injury by frost in this
/ and Hansen countless great quantity being
! cut for fodder Reports as to wheat in South
Dakota show that the yield is hardly I'M to
expectations. The average yield in Mime
mana, Duel and Lake counties will be about
tWelVe bushels to the acre. In the vicinity
| OF Mllbank some grain goes as high al
tWenty-four Farmers near Aberdeen are also
disappointed, though the yield will be above
twelve bushels to the acre.
BATHGATE, N. Dan average of all avail
aole estimates from different portions OF
femDlna county places the average yield per
acre at between eight and nine bushels.
DEVILS LAKE, N. D.-The total acreage
sown TO wheat in this county was 50 12s. Of
this, $500 acres in the eastern part of the
county was hailed out. leaving the net acre
age TO be harvested. 77.62S. conservatives
estimate OF the yield is thirteen bushels IN
the county. o hoA
HANkINsoN, N. D.-will yield about four
ELLENDALE, N. Drumming from eight
10 ten bushels to the acre.
SIRAUBVlLLE, N. D.-From twelve to
nfteen bushels per acre.
| HAVANA, N. D.-Late grain will he ahou+
half crop. = @oous
BIRD ISLAND. Minn.-The wheat average
IN Henvlile county Is estimated at twelve II
right. - near CT
LUvERNE, Minn.-In the twelve townships
u tnis county there are Al, 128 acres of wheat.
! average
acre VIII be about eighteen bushels NOT lass
tnan fifteen bushels. Several farmers have
tnreshed who estimated their crop at from
Twelve to fourteen bushels
ALEXANDRIA, Minn-The average vieIa
OF Whea1 IN this county is about twelve hush
els per acre. The total yield would then he
ABOUT $4,000 bushels. 1t is estimated ths9
about 900 bushels of old wheat is Vet
unmarketed. > 10 YET
DONNELLY, M.nn.-Yiefd eight 10 fan hush
eIs. oats twenty-five to forty Wheat grades
crop. NC ABOUT haH a
CAMPBELL. Minn.-Late grain rineniro
very slowly and rusting badly. Will rms
ABOUT seven bushels to the acre
MARSHALL, Minn.-Average ten IN tveIvs
bushels per acre No. northern
GLENCOE, Minn.-A conservatives est;r,at.
would be about fifteen bushels per acre The
local wheat buyers think that about right
Inc acreage from the auditor h hatwaar,
$4,000 and 5000 acres Seu
HUTCHINSON, Minn.-Wheat in the tin,har
regions OF Mcleod county will average frlIv
sixteen, and on the prairie farms not ovar
Ten bushels per acre. It. is ali greatly
snrunken and will not grade above No 80
ALBERT LEA Minn.-The total acreage
70 wheat IN Freedom county Is annroxi
mately ~ 250 acres. and the Weld NH 80
De anove eleven or twelve bushels
FERGUS FALLS, Minn,-Fields which eave
iorty bushels to the acre last year are Weld
ing put eight to ten this year. The higbest
yieid reported Is thirteen bushels.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25

only waiting now for chance to regis
ter again and declare unitedly their
opposition to this free trade heresy'
No wonder Democrats groan as they
read these two deliverances and con-
template the situation which narrows
their choice to one or the other of
these two men. No wonder thousands
of them are working for the escape
from this dilemma which the Indianap-
them to maintain their self-respect and
loyalty to principle, even if it's result
be nothing more effective than a pro-
fest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
Treatment Of sun.troL.

W. ]. Baker, Of Louisiana. furnishes val
liable and timely suggestions against the
enects Of solar heat: IF man wants to
AVOID sunstroke. said Mr.. Baker, "let him
wear sensible kind of hat. The sonohraro
IS the thing for hot weather, and / never
heard of man who wore one of them that
collapsed from heat It's material and broad
Drim are ample protection. and one OF them
Is worth all the hinsy straws that were eve.
made. Down south, where the people ali
wear the big .headgear that Eastern peoDle
In Mexico, where the hats are handmade
and very heavy and have even more gen
erous expanse OF brinl. death from the suns
rays is absolutely unknown. A cowboy who
wears q $50 hat. that will last a lifetime,
faces old Soils most terrific blaze and
scarcely grumbles at the ordeal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
ssre esst De = angFHs as-ttes@sse
NO CERTIFICATES ASKED.

House Committee


NEW YORK, Aug. 24-Shortly before IL
o'clock today available members OF the
clearing house, loan cpmmiftee OF the asse-
ciated banks convened here. There were
present Presidents F. d. Tappen of the
Gallatin National bank; ]. Edward Simmons
Tof the Fourth National bank; H. W. Can
non, of the Chase National. and E. H. Per-
kins, Of the Importers & Traders National
bank Chairman Happen said that no appli-
cations for clearing house loan certificates
had been received. aside from the tentative
and open one from the National Bank of
Commerce. but that If serious applications
we're made loan certificates would be issued
The meeting of the committee adjourned
at 12:10, and Manager Shores, of the clearing
mittee that no application for loan Ger
tifcates had been made. The committee will
meet daily. except Saturdays. stop receive
applications for certificates. Banks apply
ing for the same VIII be charged a com
mission Of LIS per<eent and an additiona,
per cent for interest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25

In all the great European cities the fruit
dealers sell peaches, pears and apples. etc..
ornamented with armoriaI bearings, initials
names and designs of various kinds This
work Is effected in very simple way Fine
fruit is taken just before ripening and paper
designs neatly cut and pasted upon it. After
a while these are remOTeds and the part OF
the fruit that has ben covered is found to be
OF beautiful clear white.lS ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
. ToDAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. A.-Forecast for
Tuesday: Mnnesota-Fair, followed in north
ern portion by showers; brisk and high south
erly shifting to westerly winds; cooler Tuesday
night.
Wisconsin, Generally fair and warmer Tues
day; southwesterly winds. becoming brisk and
high Tuesday evening and night.
The Dakotas-Fair, probably followed by
local showers Tuesday afternoon or night;
brisk and high northwesterly Winds; cooler
Tuesday night.
Montana-Partly cloudy weather. winds To-
cal; showers in northeast portion; cooler
nOrtherly winds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
TEMPERATURES.
DAILY MEANS.

Barometer, 1901; relative humidity, 60;
weather, clear; maximum thermometer, 81;
minimum thermometer, As; daily range. 80;
amount of rainfall or melted snow in last "a
hours, 0; thermometer GA; wind, southwest.
RIVER AT A NJ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25

CHICAGO. Aug. 24.-The Haymarket Prod.
1 Tce bank made an assignment this morn, ms
about the same amount. Arthur 7 'irITo,.itie :,
president '. move
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-25
Danger Height {
WHO is TO BLAME.

IT.
Note-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer.
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