davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-02-19
Special Lecture March 9, DR.. Calls
Birthday.

Lectures illustrated by LOCO portraits, 81
skullS and casts. Lectures ut s clock
sharp. Ladies and gentlemen examined
free in public u the clOse Of each Lectures
Private cXalniI ations at the hail every u T.
ternOOn and after each lecture. Scicnti fc
advice on Health. Education. Business ad.
agitation and marr.ag' Oral, % cents;
chart 8 90, s. so aud 800.
Seven free ILLUSTRATED private lectures;
for Ladies' only on the a ftcinoonS OF Fri
day. Saturday and Tuesday, March 13, /.
and Il, at o'clock. For gentlemen only. a,
so'clock on the evenings Of same days
For ladies only. in the evening. March i6
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

1T should be noticed" said Snyder, that
fne comparisons do not come down any
cllnes since. but they have come from the
and values apply to the period of the war
ana OF the tariff policy Of the Republican
party until upset in 1892"
ANALYZING THE FIGURES.
i notice in the first place" said Holmes,
that meat and other foods were a little
higher In 1890 than In 1850: that. since specie
resumption in 1879. meats have held their
own, but there has been quite a fall in
other foods. but even they were higher i'm
1885 than in 1890. This being the case, it is
Idle to say that the scarcity of gold has
Affected that list of prices"
II notice two classes of articles, clothing
and metals and implements. that have
tumbled very. much since 1850. How is IL
accounted for?" asked Ike Smith.
Both are due to the revolution which
has taken place in the machinery EMPLOYED
IN manufacture. Better machinery comes
clothing. nswered simons. THE same en is
true or metals I'm a much more marked
n ssinsS The The 1highest skill has been at
cninery does not cost half as much to-day
as II did Twenty-Five years ago"
,o- iss dna wnen prices Were SO reasonable
'free-traders went about. four years ago.
telling US hoy the protective tariff on these
articles robbed the people. and that If they
could come into power there would be
cheaper clothing. farm utensils. etc. and
higher prices for wheat. We nave the
cheaper clothing. but cheaper wheat. and
the very much cheaper labor. and now they
are crying free silver instead of free
trade"
The most important of the figures re-
speeting prices. said Munson. lis the
average of all prices. With all the in
creased production and the cheapened/ pro
duet on incident TO inventions and ma
chintry. the average prices Of the %
articles stands at 92.5 compared with 100
In HSO-a decline of only ~ per cent. AS
the country VAS on a purely gold basis in
lsse. With no full legal-tender silver In cir
culatfon and a per capita circulation of
only Sfi-s0. and has now S21.l5 on a gold
basis. with about - per capita of silver
which Is a legal tender. this small decline
of less than 3 per cent. cannot be attributed
TO the increasing value of money. but TO
the revolution which has taken place in
all lines OF production"
ITO me-" said Snyder. "a man who has
always worked for wages the most I'm
portant of these figures are those showing
the gradual advance of wages. and their
power 70 purchase the necessaries of life.
Practically the average of all wages in
creased more than one-third from 1860 TO
1890. The man who earned a dollar in 1850
got almost s1.5e in 1890. Turning to the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

To the Editor Of the indianapolis Journal:
The financial issue is a very importan,
one in this campaign. but it is not the onl}
one. The Popocrats have made the issu|
plain by their platform between law AMI
order on one side and disregard of Lag AMI
courts on the other. See the effect alread}
on our usually mild-mannered GovernoI
Matthews. He wants TO convince, noI
Democrats. but the TilImans and Altgelds
or the Popocratic party that he can be as
radical as any. so as to stand in with
them. ana we find him advising an officer
TO treat an order of a United States judge
with contempt. Well. of course, he has
cooled OF by this time. notwithstanding
the hot weather. but if he has not. my adj
vice to him is. don't, as there would no.
be as much temporizing as there was in
1850. The old Southern politicians have
done their work we'll i'm the Chicago plat
form from their standpoint. You know
they had a dream OF a Southern. a North
western and an Eastern Ccnfederacy: now
they think their sectional idea has won
after a long time. in uniting the South and
the West as against the East. 1t is dis
the election this fall, how easy will il be
to deprive the President of the power TO
send troops into a sovereign State except
upon the will OF the Governor. How many
southern Governors. with their ideas OF
States rights. would call upon the Presi-
dent? Not one. The Chicago convention
was dominated openly by ex-rebels: they
made no bones about ii. senator Daniel
was put IN as temporary chairman. Jones.
who boasted ne carried a musket all
through the war for the South. was made
chairmant of their national committee. a
thing they never dared 90 before. Harris.
OF Tennessee. was the power behind the
throne. The whole thing was run by ex-
rebels. not a prominent loyal Democrat
had a word TO say. No wonder Comrade
Sickles denounces the whole thing. and
every veteran who has ever voted the DEM
ocratic ticket should turn his back upon
this Popocratic affair and say, as does
Sickies. NJ country before party II he
doesn't. he violates his duty as an Amer
lean citizen. his oath as a soldier. and. IL
he n q G.. A. X. comrade. his obligation as
a member OF hat order. wherein he spe-
cially obligates himself TO support the laws
of his country. That convention has aimed
"A blow at the laws and the courts. / don't
believe many old comrades will be found
following that flag. VETERAN.
~Indianapolis. Aug. l.
NuIIE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
TOLD IN FIGURES
HI CANDID CLE OBTAINS INFOR
NATION On IMPORTANT TOPICS.
Figures Showing the Movement Of
Prices, ages and the P~urchnsfnS
Power of Money Since 500

The promptness OF the members OF the
Candid Club last Saturday evening showed
that the interest is undated. Before the
club was called TO order members dis
cussed various points in knots OF three or
four, the main talk being about the table
of prices and money circulation of the
country. considered at the last meeting,
the general common being that it had
been shown that the money supply had not
influenced prices.
When Sergeant Hobbs had called the
club to order he said that the regular topic
for the meeting was the presentation of
figures showing the movement of prices.
wages and the purchasing power of wages.
by Mr.. Snyder.
1.-The figures which I shall present." said
Mr.. Snyder. ARE neither my own nor are
they new. While the tariff bill was under
consideration in the Senate in 1890 the
usual claim OF the free-traders, that the
protective tariff had largely increased the
prices OF the necessaries OF life, and that
those who worked for wages did not secure
enough more pay to make up for the high
er prices which the tariff imposed, was set
forth. The protectienists took issue, and
said that il could be demonstrated that
wages had been increasing and would pur-
chase more then that at any previous date
They also proposed that an inquiry be
made to ascertain the facts relative to the
matter in dispute. To that end a resolu-
ton was passed directing the finance COM
mittee to make such an investigation as
would settle the matter. That committee.
after consultation, asked Colonel Wright,
of the National Labor Bureau, to make an
inquiry as to the prices Of 225 different ar
ticles in general use from 1s45 to 1890. and
the wages paid at the different dates.
Colonel Wright's trained men went all over
the country 10 ascertain the facts. The re-
suit was a report filing six large volumes
Of the details of the investigation. but the
condensation of the details is embraced in
q table. the whole OF which covers fifty
years in periods OF five years. 1t is not
necessary for our purposes to give the fig
ures for the years prior to 1860. To bring
out the facts Colonel Wright assumed that
for 1860 100 should represent the per cent. OF
price or labor and every article, and that
the changes should be measured from that
figure for 1850. The figures show the rela-
tive value Of labor and products in gold"
Snyder passed about several copies of the
table, and then read slowly, as follows:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03


ers and has an abiding faith in Chinese in
situations and methods OF government. He
is. il is true, a great Admire of the Con-
fucian philosophy, and remembering the
enduring history of his people we can
hardly wonder at his devotion TO the in
situations which have made that history
possible. When We call TO mind the expert
ence China has had with certain western
nations 1t might not be. considered strange
if his attachment to foreigners was not
very ardent; but in all his public life his
conduct shows that he feels the need OF
foreign aid and is disposed to give il
proper welcome, and of all Chinese states
men he Is the most liberal minded and
free from prejudice. He Is far from claim
ing that the present system of govern
ment is perfect. He has. in fact. urged
upon the authorities at Picking two Inn
portant changes which look to a reform OF
the most serious defects In the system, TO
wit. the withdrawal from the viceroys OF
provinces of powers which should be exer-
cised only by the imperial government. and
such a change I'm the method OF admission
to the public service as will liberalize tho
examinations and make fitness rather than
scholarship the test. There are other
changes which he would gladly bring about
If he had the power, but, as he confessed to
Marquis Ito, China is hampered by anti
quated customs which prevent desirable re-
FORMS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
every little

pie. Every one knows thai every little
town has its foreign missionary society,
and that the women meet there every fort
night or every month. mix pleasure with
their business. and save up their money 10
send off TO foreign lands. The men are usu-
ally as much Interested in the work as
the women. though they are rarely ever
active member of the societies.
Now. what we propose to 90 Is to put a
leaftet into the hands of the leading mem
berS of every foreign missionary society IN
this State proving TO them that II free Sill
yer does carry IL will cut their work
down just one-half. They will mighty
quick take an active interest in preserving
the present standard when 1t is brought 10
their attention hat If ii costs $1,000 10 Keep
a missionary in China for a year now II
these payable-in-goid-free-silver countries.
Where they find that the showings result
ing from a years stinting and self-sacri,
flee will amount to only one-haf they VIII
think twice before they embrace the 90
cent dollar. or course We expect TO reacn
the men through the women.
THE domestic wage earners in this coun-
try form a large voting element. and We
propose also TO begin work among the ser
wants OF this city. Who ever heard OF a
cook or upstairs gil Who di Sny n = bus Z
band? An enormous sum or money Is sem
out of America every year by foreign 40
mestic servants. Now. if an English girl
wishes TO send a pound to her mother or
aunt in England she takes five dollars
down., gets a pound note and OIL IL goes.
III Tree silver carries she VIII ndFN ~ 80
$40 for a pound note, and she won't relish
that. So 1t will be with the
Swedes. Italians, and hired girls OF all ma
tionalities. They don't know this, and the
Republican women propose to enrgnten
them by placing a leafiet. explaining that
they will nave to send double the amount
of money TO get half of it's equivalent
abroad, in the hands of every foreign 90
nestle servant in the city. Then every he
publican woman who is a member or one
of the auxiiiaries will make IL her especial
business to e~nlighten her own servants on
this subject.
Campaign work will begin early in Az
gust. and we will send out these leanets
as soon as possible. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster
has charge of the campaign work IN the
West. and both of these ideas have been
suggested TO her. Our hope Is TO get a lear
let into every foreign missionary society
in the North. South. East and West, and
one into the hands of every foreign ZONES
tic servant. But our special province. OF
course. is New York State. and we are go,
ing to begin work with a right good viii
in n few days. The Business women ;
Club proposes 70 hold political outings
such as they held at Bronx Park. frequent
IL while the hot weather lasts. and the
other auxillar;es, will begin active cam
paigu work"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03
Advice to HOke Smith.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

Hoke Smiths organ, the Atlanta Jour-
pal, calls Governor Matthews, of Indiana,
"a saphead Governor" because he advised
the Mayor of Hammond. in that State. to
proceed and collect taxes of some property
owners which the United States Circuit
Court said he should not do. Hoke Smith
should restrain the exuberance of his news
paper and have IL print a few times the
platform adopted by the Chicago conven-
ton which the Atlanta Journal is now
supporting. Hoke Smith will see tha that
platform explicitly "denounces the arbi-
trary interference by federal authorities
in local affairs as a violation of the Con-
stitution OF the United States and as a
crime against free institutions Hoke
Smith Will know that Governor Matthews
is only CARRYING out the Chicago platform
by insisting that the executive Is superior
TO the courts. Hcke Smith should bring
himself face to face with his principles
OF his own pals a "saphead."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

New York Special in chicago Post.

New York Special IN Chicago Post.
From what / can see the national com.
mittee canvassers will be able to secure lib
eral and free contribution 10 the campaign
fund down there where dealings are in
bonds and stocks and money, reports to
the contrary Notwithstanding. The tre-
m%endously strong campaign finance COM
mittee of the Union League Club shows
the interest taken in the contest by that
powerful organization. There are nearly
gated wealth represented is estimated az
not less than 500. 600. 600. Already the free
silverites are proposing TO have the list
printed In big black type will the CONNER
cial rating OF each man and circulate ir
through the rural districts as a campaign
document. Rich men are supposed 10 be
red flags in the eyes of the free-silver gen.
tiemen at the crossroads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

ions OF mothers for their children while
teething. with perfect success. II soothes
the child. softens the gums. allays pain.
Is the best remedy for diarrhea. whether
arising from teething or other causes. For
sale by druggists In every part OF the
world. BE sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow'o
Soothing Syrup, Is cents a bottle.
Sulphur's the thing to Danish eruptions.
complexion blemisbes. sores. govt and
rheumatism. This great remedial agent a
effectually and inexDensively embodied in
bsnaficiai az Costly suinbnr hrtbs SSoSidd h a.
druggists.
HIS Hair and whisker Dye. Black.
or Brown. soc.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

the plaintiffs in his district of tyr legal
| rights is by refusing to hold court for
years together. At the beginning of the
year the judge sets the terms for the va
| rious counties Of his district. but shortly
before the date fixed cancels them without
deigning to give "A reason. BY this artifice
business can be delayed with less embar-
raSsment than by any other. In one Judi
cial district in Nebraska. comprising eight
counties. court was in session less than
thirty days during 1855. and this time was
devoted almost exclusively TO the criminal
docket. Here is the record for six coun-
ties:
No court was held DAYS court
County. between these dates. dur'g 'e5.
Red willow.Jan. *. 20 to Dec. %. % -. 5
Frontier.....Mch !. "a to Nov.li. 49, =. 2
Gasper.......Apr "a. "a TO Oct. IL. % -. l
Chase........Sept 5. '95 10 Mch. ). 90 None
Dundy......Nov.21 "a TO Mch.13. SO None
IL must further be noted that the March.
1896. terms included above were called by
a Republican Judge elected in january.
1t will be observed that IL requires n
good deal of art to get a foreclosure case
into a court that never sits. But being in.
the real batting OF the plaintiff begins.
Pefore rendering a decree of foreclosure
pleas, such as granting the defendant time
to plead. etc. After the sale OF the mort
gagged land. If objections to a confirmation
are filed. the judge takes the objections
under consideration until the next term
Of court The delicate sarcasm OF that
phrase will BE. appreciated after studying
the dates in the foregoing table.
IL, however, no one can he found among
the courtroom loafers 10 file an objection.
the defendant is given until the next term
OF court to show cause why the sale should
not be confirmed" For * is not necessary
i'm order 70 secure delay that the defendant
should arply for IL. He may be driving a
hack In Salt Lake or renovating spittoous
In Kansas City; but II the judge on inquiry
In open court. addressed TO the sheriff.
clerk or hVQfQrdarC ran learn that tho
defendant is living In the State-or in the
United States. for that mattter-he will re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

power of wages to purchase, the days pay
of 1890 would secure III worth of the
necessaries of life where the wages OF 1850
would purchase but a dollars worth. Sc
cure to me the return of the times of 1890,
with their wages and their full value dol
lars, and those who will may chase after
the phantom OF the free coinage of the
plutocratic -mine-owners silver into cheap
dollars"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-03

Hon. John w. Foster. In the Century.
II Is claimed that Notwithstanding Ii
Hung Chang has shown some iberality OF
views toward modern Improvements and
education. he Is IT heart q hater OF foreign
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12
A CHRISTMAS TIP.

The thousands of Texans who came
from the South Atlantic states find
much pleasure in reverting to the hap
py days of long ago when they were
children, and often they awake at
night to recall those scenes Of yore,
which gave to life charm, and which
now come in later years as visions Of
joy. There is a tender spot in ev-
cry heart for the old home, and the
memories which cluster about the
dear old spot are solaces in the weary
weary struggle we make day by day
to build in our new Eldorado home
to which our children in future time
will turn, as we turn now to the old
place where our loved ones in the ey-
ening of life await the final summons.
The Texas & Pacific railway COM
pany again offers you the opportunity
to go back to the old home. Round
trip excursion tickets will be on sale
from all points on the system on Dec.
Dist and 22nd, 1896, to points in the
southeastern states, at one fare for
the round trip, tickets good thirty
days from date of sale. See your
nearest ticket agent for further in
formation, and do not fail to send 8
cents postage to the undersigned for
a copy of Friends at Home"
CASTOR MESLIER,
G. P. & T. A. Dallas. Texas.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12
SHORT SNAPS.

The next city attorney should
be a learned lawyer like John \.
Green, ST., or Columbus Epson.
The time and money wasted in
trying to fuse with Populists in
Texas lost us three Republican
congressman in the state.
Let the city build a large cen
trail market house; cut off sever
al marketmastess and inspectors,
and save money for the taxpayers.
The new electric light and pow
er company shuOld hasten up
their good work and give the peo-
pie the benefit of reduced prices.
The Pops swallowed up the
Democrats in the Chicago conven-
ton, bat the Democrats swal-
lowed the Pops at the ballot box.
Chairman Onion elated over his
success in the Twelfth district,
should call his committee to-
gether and nominate a silver can
didate for mayor.
Railroad companies and large
mercantile houses get good
bookkeepers at SIS and 500 a
month; why should the city pay
$500 to $4,000 a year.
AS Herman Brendel, Marshal
FreebOrn and Tom johnson live
upon the hill, should the dam of
the West End lake break the
raging water will not catch them.
Street car companies failing to
comply with their charter regu-
latiOns should have their fran
chises declared forfeited by the
city.
If the general average of the
city's employees were as compe-
tent for their various positions as
Max Sutor is for city collector
the running expenses of the CITY
could easily be cut down about
$4,000 a year.
When the Fort Wayne people
first put in their electric light
plant the Lights bill for lighting
from 16 to IS incandescent lights
for one week, Saturday nights,
use was 1915 to s. a month. Now
with an average use of II lamps
same time, the bill amounts to
81 and So.
The new city charter should
cut Off the Office of recorder ant
two clerks; cut of several assist
ant attorneys, cut off about one
half of the clerks in the city hall
cut off the assistant marshals
cut off the city detectives. in fac
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12
A SOUND LIVER MAKES A WE'LL

Are you Bilious, Constipated or
troublt 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. II 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.
1t has no equal as Liver medicine.
Price, IS cents.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12
ATTENTION K. P.

To members Endowment rank, Sec
ton 632: your regular monthly as
sessment and dues are due on the first
Of each month, and must be paid on or
before the 10TH"
T. B. JOHNSON, Secretary Sec $50.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12

trim off in every department and
give those remaining something
to do, and the city taxpayers can
be saved at least $4,000 a year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12
Where Are the Benefits7

II 50-cent silver dollars should double
the prices of farm products, it Is quite
as certain that the prices of all the
products which the farmer consumes
would double in the same way. In that
case it Is not easy to see how the farm
er would gain anything by the free
coinage of silver. Even the wages of
labor, the last to rise in an epoch of de-
preciated currency and inflated prices,
would finally, after much distress of
the worlingmen, struggle up to the
common level. .....
But whether the farmer should re-
ceive 500 for 100 bushels of wheat and
pay out 500 for the necessaries of living
or should receive 5000 for the same
wheat and pay out $3.50, in both cases
the balance on hand would have just
the same purchasing power. But in nc
complishing the degradation of the
monetary standard, which could do
neither the farmer nor the wage-earner
any good, an enormous depreciation OF
values and confscation Of accumulated
earnings, involving public and private
credit in maelstrom of destruction,
would inevitably ensue. Are the farm
ers and workingmen of the country
willing to invoke such a catastrophe
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-11-12

The new city charter should
cut off the office of recorder and
two clerks; cut of several assist
ant attorneys, cut off about one
half of the clerks in the city hall,
cut off the assistant marshals,
cut off the city detectives, in fact