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The advocate., 1897-10-13
PARITY FURTHER CONSIDERED.

PARITY FURTHER CONSIDERED,
If the reader has not read the article
headed about Maintaining the Parity, "
he had better do so before reading this,
as the two are closely related and this is
intended to be the second part.
The ratio Of silver to gold may change,
but the ratio of dollar represented by
a gold coin and one represented by a
silver coin will not change unless the
sovereign power Of the United States so
declare. To prove this we need only
refer to few well-established facts.
We had unlimited coinage Of both
metals from 1893 to 1853, and though the
commercial ratio fuctuated from Is to
1888 to 1, and the legal ratio was
changed in 1884 from Is to to 16 to l,
the relative value of the dollars made out
of both metals never varied in any de-
gree. In 1853, the weight Of the minor
silver coins-halves, quarters, dimes and
half dimes-was reduced about Z per
cent, and the bullion for their coinage
was purchased after that year, but the
dollar had free and unlimited mintage
as before And although our silver cur
rency consisted almost wholly of these
minor, lightweight coins from 1853 to
1873, they passed current at their face
value.
In 1873 our coinage laws were revised,
the standard unit was changed from the
silver dollar to the gold dollar, and the
silver dollar was demonetized, but the
lightweight silver coins were good as
gold, within the range of their legal ten
der function-five dollars.
In 1878 the Bland-Allison law author
ized the purchase Of silver bullion and
its coinage into silver dollars Of the old
standard weight, and although about
37S, 100000 Of these dollars were coined
during the next twelve years and they
or their representative certificates were
put into active circulation, not one Of
them was ever discredited. They re-
mained steadily and all the time at par
with gold, though the ratio had dimin-
ished 40 per cent.
In 1890 this law was superseded by the
Sherman law, which provided for the
purchase of 100000 ounces Of silver
bullion every year to be paid for with
treasury notes redeemable in gold or sill
YER coin at the discretion of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. To this provision
Tor redemption was added what is known
as the parity clause" in the following
words: 'it being the established policy
of the United States to maintain the two
metals on parity with each other upon
the present ratio, or such ratio as may
be provided by law"
That was in 1890, when the ratio had
risen to 1876 from 1892 in 1873. Silver
dollars remained at par and continued
to circulate freely, as If there were no
such thing as ratio. In 1895 the ratio
had risen to 1892. Still the silver coins
were at par; cad Notwithstanding the
onslaught made upon them in the cam
paign of 1896, the 5O-cent dollars proved
to be mere imaginings Of desperate poll
ticians.
And now, while the political heavens
are full of hobgoblins following Bryan
and crying "40-cent dollars" we have
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The pending election campaign in
Greater New York will discover some
peculiar and interesting phases All
parties have already allied themselves
on the side of the liquor interests, and
Henry George, an uncompromising free
trader, is the favorite candidate of many
persons who are supposed to be espe-
cially interested in protection. One set
divided among all parties, wants local
self-government applied to public fran
chises, but they differ about the method
OF treatment, One set wants the city
to own the street railways, for instance,
that corporations may get the manage
ment of them; another set wants the
city to own them and operate them
that the people may get the resulting
benefits.
The advocate., 1897-10-13

Because Tammany Democrats de-
clined to accept the candidate for Mayor
proposed by the United German Amer
ican Society Of New York City, that body
says, in an address, 1T is moderate
estimate to state that between 10000
to 100000 voters Of Greater New York
stood behind the wish to make personal
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The issues Of the day are fast pre-
senting themselves, and the gold stand
ard people represent one and the same
side OF all of them; the rest Of the people
are on the other side, but they are not
united as they ought to be and as they
must be IL they ever achieve success.
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The Peoria Journal pertinently in
Quires: why is it, now, brethren, in
view of the fact that the silver dollar,
not redeemable in gold, has not de-
clined in harmony with the value Of the
metal Of which 1t is made? Do not all
speak at once
The advocate., 1897-10-13
Union With a Broad Platform Needed.


Notwithstanding the fact that the sill
yer people are fusing in most of the Kan
sas counties, there is still an urgent de-
mand for a stronger bond. There must
ultimately come a union of all the re-
form forces, it makes no particular diff
ference under what name, just SO that it
is one under which all can unite; but the
platform must be broad enough to in
clude the pressing demands Of the
wealth-producers Senator PETER, in the
Advocate of September 8, has made
clear statement of this matter under the
caption, zone Reform Party Under One
Name" He suggests that the movement
might we'll be started in the States, and
it no doubt would be good plan for re-
form loving people to begin discussing
this matter so that something may be
done during the coming winter.-Rus-
sell Reformer.
The advocate., 1897-10-13
uniting fractions Of a cent:

It will be observed that from 1879 to
1894 the ratio, changing nearly every
year, diminished from 2.5 to to IL to /,
a little more than so per cent. Wheat
aud corn are sold and bought under mar
ket conditions only, while gold and sill
yer have the additional advantage Of
laws regulating their coinage.
We now submit statement Of the
The advocate., 1897-10-13

In order to show that the poor are not
growing poorer, the gold standard press
calls attention to the fact that wages
are higher now than formerly. And
the truth is that way. Wages have ad-
vanced. But more than half the whole
population of the country is made up Of
renters, and in the towns and cities
containing 5000 inhabitants and up
wards, the renters average about 60 per
cent. Of the total. The average in the
large cities is n per cent,
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The referendum, so frequently talked
about now, is in practical operation in
most If not all of our States. In Kansas,
we have frequently submitted questions
to the people for determination. Propo-
sitions to amend the constitution, to re-
locate a county seat, and to take stock
in a railroad enterprise, are familiar In
stitutions The initiative, too, we have,
though in crude form, in propositions
submitted by the people in resolutions
OF organized bodies and discussed by
the people at public meetings, and by
the press.
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The cash balance in the national treas
ury October 1st inst. was $2l5,192,7S7.
Can anybody assign a good reason why
$20O,0OO,0OO of this might not be out
among the people earning something for
them and for the government as well?
What good comes from keeping such
a vast amount of the peoples money
lying idle?
The advocate., 1897-10-13
ABOUT MAINTAINING THE PARITY.

ABOUT MAINTAINING THE PARITY.
The Advocates answer to a corre-
spondent who asked whether the United
States could maintain the parity be-
tween gold and silver under free coinage
has brought out great many comments
from the Republican press Of the coun-
try, and they unanimously agree that
this paper has abandoned the silver ques-
tion. They go further and say that the
Advocate is presumed to speak for the
State administration and the Populist
party in Kansas, and therefore silver is
dead in this State.
The trouble with our brethren Of the
Republican press is that they have not
thought the matter all out. Had our
correspondent asked whether the United
States could maintain the parity between
dollars under free coinage, our answer
would have been yes, instead Of no.
There is a great difference between dol
lars on the one side and silver and gold
on the other side. These metals are COM
modlties, the same as all other articles
that are bought and sold on the market
with and for money, the principal differ
ence being in the fact that these two
metals have been used for the manufac-
ture Of coins representing money and an
arbitrary value set upon the coins by
law. This creates much larger use for
the metals than they would otherwise
have and to that extent adds to their
market value, while corn, wheat, cotton,
iron, coal and other commodities which
have no artificial uses, are dealt with in
the markets on their relative values for
the common and ordinary uses to which
they are applied by the people in their
daily llfe and these values are regulated
by the laws of trade, not the laws of
Congress or of Parliament.
The market value Of silver and gold
bullion, II they were not used for coin
age, would be determined by their fitness
for such uses as the people would have
for them in the arts and sciences, just as
the value of iron and zinc and lead are
determined. Their relative values COM
pared with each other would vary as do
the relative values Of wheat and corn
or Of any two other articles. Start
ing at any given time, say the rela-
tive values of silver and gold bullion, by
weight, is Is to 1, the ratio would not be
maintained any longer than the supply
of and the demand for them remained
the same Gncluding, Of course, all other
factors which enter into the problem).
II the supply of one or of the other in
creased or diminished faster than it's
mate (other things remaining the same)
it's value would be affected accordingly,
and the ratio of Is to would go to 16 to
or IA to more or less as the case
might be- The proposition may be dem
onstrated with wheat and corn and their
market values from time to time. Here
is statement showing the yearly aver
age market prices of these two cereals
in the open market at New York City,
omitting fractions of a cent:
Year. Wheat. Corn. Ratio,ab't
The advocate., 1897-10-13

Talking about issues, what could be
more important than the subject of tax
alton? And among all the numerous
bodies and classes into which the people
are divided, only one and that not a
large one, though it is growing, has
taken up this subject and discussed 1t as
a great and leading problem. The Single
Taxer takes broad, liberal and states
manlike view of it and proposes solu-
ton along lines that commend them
selves more and more as we study their
nature and object
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The merchants Of Dallas, Tex, have
adopted the sub-treasury plan of the
Farmers Alliance, providing warehouses
for the storage Of cotton for farmers,
that they may use their warehouse re-
ceipts to borrow money on or to await
the appearance of satisfactory markets.
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The report of Parliamentary COM
mission recently submitted attributes
the depression in agriculture to the low
ering of the general level of prices. The
members Of the commission are agreed
that far, but on the more important
question-what caused the fall Of prices,
they are not agreed.
The advocate., 1897-10-13
BY w. A. PETER.

Published Every Wednesday at Topeka Kas
ORite-118 West Sixth Avenue.
The advocate., 1897-10-13

The New York Journal thus speaks of
Henry Georges nomination: "The NOM
ination of Henry George brings into the
campaign for control Of the Greater New
York one Of the bravest and sincerest
personalities in American politics. He
is the unhinching foe of corporate greed
and political corruption. He stands for
ideas. He stands for manhood. He Is
the servant of no boss. He is a man of
the people. The enthusiasm which he
excites among his followers is a unique.
phenomenon in the politics of the day.
1t is a. tribute to his character that those
who do not accept his ideas are among
his warmest admirers. His honesty is
as obvious as his unselfshness. Henry
George is one of the very few Americans
who by the sheer force Of his intellect
alone has gained a worldwide celebrity.
And he is a poor man, another phenom-
enon among those conspicuous in pol
itics."
The advocate., 1897-10-13

the following news in a dispatch scarcely
cold:
San Francisco, October 4.-As a re-
suit of the revival in trade, the mint in
this city will at once resume the coinage
OF silver dollars in accordance with In
structions received from Washington"
Here we have the mints actually re-
suming the coinage of Accent dollars,
Notwithstanding the law says it is the
established policy of the United States
to maintain the two metals on a parity
with each other on the present legal
ratio or some other ratio established by
law.
The late mint report shows that dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897,
there were 21,203,7O1 silver dollars
coined. All told, there are now in the
neighborhood of 5OO,OOO,OOO of these dol
lars doing duty as "honest" dollar
coins in the United States, and though
their weight in bullion can be purchased
for about $2OOOOOOOO, the coins pass
at their face value.
During all or these years from 1888 10
1873, the leading nations of the world
coined both silver and gold, some of
them in unlimited quantities-all that
was brought to their mints, yet as be-
fore stated, the ratio fluctuated, but that
did not alter the ratio between dollars.
Since 1878, the mints of all the great
nations have denied free coinage to sill
yer though granting unrestricted mint
age to gold; and yet, with all these re-
strictions thrown about silver, it's coins
have maintained their ancient value as
money.
Hence the Advocate says the United
States could not maintain the parity be-
tween silver and gold under free coin
age, but we could, as we have been doing
all along, maintain the parity between
dollar coins made Of gold and silver.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
A Service of Worcester.

Toward the end of the century the first
sign of the royal favor was vouchsafed to
Worcester. George III visited the facto-
ries, and under the impetus given by his
patronage the wares of the city advanced SO
much in popularity that in the early part
of this century, it is said, there were few
noble families which had not in their
china closets an elaborate service of Worces-
ter bearing the family arms and motto in
appropriate emblazonment. In 1911,
George Nv being then prince regent, sew
eral splendid services of Worcester porcelain
were ordered to equip his table for the new
social duties entailed by his regency, and
one of these alone cost $4,000. In the
museums at the Worcester works there are
specimens of many beautiful services de-
signed In accordance with the contempo-
rary ideas of pomp and stateliness.
The porcelain artists In those days must
have been we'll versed In heraldry for their
chief duties seem to have been the repro
duction of crests and coats of arms. Some
of the services have interesting stories.
There is one of deep royal blue, beautifully
decorated and bearing in thecenter an en-
blematical figure of Hope. The story ran
that it was ordered by Nelson for presenta-
ton to the Duke of Cumberland, and
that the figure of Hope was really por-
trait of Lady Hamilton. This, however,
was an error. The service was ordered by
the duke himself in the ordinary way, and
though Lord Nelson did order service of
Worcester porcelain he died before it could
be completed, and it was afterward dis
persed. Journal.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
The Arnold.

We are told on the best authority that
the talk OF SO assessment on Arnold is
misleading and premature. The CON-
pany has $4,000 cash on hand which is
sufficient to last for some time vet and.
IA the directors have formulated no
plans for the future Developments OF the
property, the statement that an asse 50.
ment has been levied is unwarranted.
President Fitzgerald will be back from
the Lake early next week. after which the
directors will meet TO consider whatever
recommendations he may have to make.
The company may have to build a
stamDmill OF it's own in the near future
or else lease n mill, building railroad
from the mine to the mill. but that il
question OF the future.-Boston Finan-
ciaI News
The ed tor only saw President Fitzqer-
aid Tor few minutes as he passed him in
Chicago and hence does not know what
the facts OF the case are. 1t would look.
however. as II wisdom would decide the
leasing OF the Copper Falls mills II IL
could be had.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
The Coming W0mau

Who goes to the club while her husband
tends the baby. as we'll, as the good old
fashioned woman who looks after bel
home, will both at times get run down
in health. They will be troubled with
loss OF appetite, headache, sleeplessness
fainting or dizzy spells. The most won
derful remedy for these women is Electric
Bitters. Thousands fsufferers from Lame
Back and Weak Kidneys rise up and call
1t blessed. 1t is the medicine for women
Female complaints and Nervous troubles
OF all kinds are soon relieved by the use
OF Electric Bitters. Delicate women
should keep this remedy on hand to
build mp the system. Only so cents Der
bottle. For sale by ID. T, Macdonald.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
ONE OF OUR TRAITS.
We Are Ungratefui to the Living. but Hon.
or the Dead.

| Have you ever thought of how very un
grateful we are toward the living, ant
how we hustle around to make amend,
Tor 1t after they are deadS
Among the prosperous farmers just over
| the border of an adjoining state was on,
noted for making things count. He hat
as good and faithful a wife as ever fell &c
the lot of man, but he did not seem &c
have much time for her. She managed the
household affairs splendidly, made the fin.
est butter that went to the city market
and never allowed her family to want foi
home comforts. II she got the toothache,
he allowed her to doctor it, and II she COM
planned Of the pain he said she was growl-
ing and showed by his manners that he
was annoyed.
But IL sheep got the shifts, or If cow
showed signs of hollow horn, or pig be-
came slightly scroffy, he would tear around
Ut great rate, sit up all night or ride post
haste TO town and buy very expensive
medicines or bring the veterinary. He
couldn't bear TO see an animal suffer; be-
sides II IL died Ii was dead loss.
Through neglect To consult q dentist
this mans wife became sorely afflicted,
but she kept on her feet for his sake as
long as she could, then took to her bed and
died.
That man took it awfully hard wore
Grape, went moping around for year or
more and put up monument to her
memory at a cost that would have covered
the expense of providing her with needed
help, medical attention or made life a
comfort to her and pleasure to him.
Cincinnati furnishes a typical case
Professor Vaughn, one of the most
learned of its scholars notably versatile,
respected and revered among scientists
and philosophers, was allowed to go in
rags and finally to die for want of food.
With tattered overcoat, dilapidated hat,
leaky shoes and empty pocket he was per-
mitted to make his home on the streets in
winter and pick up here and there bit 30
eat, like friendless dog.
AS soon as his starved, emaciated, dead
body had been discovered the whole town
rushed to the rescue. The good people
who knew him well and had often seen
him in tatters were Mortified to learn that
he had died in want. The papers extolled
his greatness in columns of editorial the
ministry recounted his virtues in glow
ing words, and leading citizens at once
proposed "a monument to perpetuate his
memory, and of course to show their high
appreciation of the man and of his accom-
plishments
In the public library stands bronze
bust of the famous Professor Vaughn, but
the inscription on the tablet does not tell
that he suffered and finally died for the
want of 1.-THE of the money invested in
this memento.
Wonder are we waiting for some of our
men of worth or our men of genius to die
before we accord to them the honors long
overdue? Have we those among us who,
by a little-just little-help could DO
and would be of great value to our city?
Would it not be more humane more phil
anthropic and more sensible to aid them
while they live than to monument them
when they die?-Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
The British Medical unstttute

1t affords us much pleasure to an
nounce that the British Medical Institute
mas become permanent fixture in Cain
met and that DIR. Ira e. Williams, who has
made 80 many friends in this vicinity
has been promoted to the position OF
chief consulting physician.
DIR. Williams has had twenty.four wears
OF experience in the practice of medicine
Is graduate OF Long Island Hospital
OF Brooklyn, New York, class of 1873. il
an honest. conscientious. and skillful phy-
stefan. His speciality is the treatment OF
all chronic, nervous, and special diseases
OF both sexes, especially all catarrh affec.
lions OF the nose, throat and lungs. dis.
eases OF women. and the special diseases
OF men.
From now until further notice tho
doctor will give the deserving poor free
treatment ever week day morning 8 to
lo O'Clock, at his Office in the Apnitz
block, 439 Fifth street, and to those able
10 pay his charges are exceedingly rea-
sonabIe.
lie can be consulted from a. m. till 3
p. m. on week days, and from 10 to 2 on
sundays. No better opportunity has
ever been afforded the citizens Of this
country to avail themselves of the ser.
vices OF an honest and skilllful physician.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10
Beet Sugar Industry In France.

There was one sharp pinch. Coffee and
sugar were no longer luxuries, but neces-
stiles, and through the continental en-
barge colonial wares had become and were
likely to remain very dear and very scarce
Such substitutes as ingenuity could devise
were gradually accepted for the former
To provide the latter the beet root industry
was fostered by every means. The en-
peror kept sample of sugar made from
beets on his chimney piece as an orna-
ment, and occasionally sent gifts of the
precious commodity to his fellow sover-
eigns. The story is told that an official
who had been banished from favor recov-
cred his standing entirely by planting a
whole estate with beets. Such traits were
considered evidence of plain, homely com
mon sense by the people, who enjoyed the
sensation that their emperor participated
in their feelings and daily shifts.-Pro-
fessor Sloane in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10

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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-11-10

JIG. Berry, one OF the best known citi
zens OF Spencer, Mo-, testifies that he
cured himself OF the worst kind OF piles by
using a few boxes Of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He had been troubled with
piles for over thirty years and had used
many different kinds OF socalled cures;
but DeWitt's was the only one that did
the work, and he will verify this state
ment II any one wishes to write him.
SODERGREN d SoDERGREN.