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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17
Loss In Agriculture.

The supplementary report, signed
by ten out of the fourteen commission
ers whose names are appended to the
final report of the royal commission
on agricultural depression, is certainly
not the least interesting nor the least
ably written portion of the Blue Book
lately issued. In their main report the
fourteen commissioners state that the
grave situation which they described
is due to a long continued fall in prices.
They make a number Of recommended
tons dealing with various aspects OF
the question, but they do not pretend
that had all these suggestions been
adopted and been in force during the
years of depression they would have
been found real remedies for agricul-
tural distress. because they do not deal
prices. The commissioners who sign
ed the supplementary report are nat
urally OF opinion that some attempt
should be made to deal with the adj
mitted cause Of the trouble, and to sug-
gest a remedy which should go to the
root of the matter, or which. in other
words, should check the fall, and bfrhg
about. II possible. some recovery OF
prices. Now. there are only two ways
in which this can be attempted
first way is protection. But protection
does not appear to them to be way
which Is within the pale of practical
politics. Moreover, it is remedy
which has been fairly tried in other
countries, where agricultural depres-
sion has prevailed, notably in France
and Germany: and from the inquiries
made and the evidences adduced, it
has manifestly failed to prove itself an
effectual cure. The other method is
q return to the bimetallic system which
prevailed until some twenty five years
ago, and the abandonment OF which
Immediately preceded the commence
ment Of the fall Of prices and the con-
sequent depression OF agriculture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

the union. and have been a friend in
need To the people since then, the cost
fades into insigniGcance.
Now come the patriotic" bankers,
the same breed of vultures that refused
their gold when their country was in
danger of acknowledgements and in doing
SO made imperative the issue Of green
backs, with a plan to save all this cost
to the dear people by having the
banks issue the currency Of the coun-
try, based as usual, Of course. on United
States bonds They say nothing bout
the cost under their plan, leaving the
unin formed reader to believe he is be-
ing robbed by keeping grcenbacks cir
culating.
and figure for a moment.
To retire the greenbacks and treas
nry notes. as is proposed. at least
$500, 900, 900 worth of bonds would have
to be issued. Suppose these bonds bore
the low rate of "a per cent. This
would mean an interest charge every
year Of Sl2,5OO,OOO or $3T5, OOO, 900 on
thirty year bonds.
OF course the bank currency issued in
place Of the retired greenbacl<s and
treasury notes could get into circnla-
ton only upon loans. Usually these
loans are made at an interest rate av-
eraging ) per cent, which would mean
an annual interest charge of $a5,OOO,-
600 to be paid by the people, or $780,
900. 900 fora period Of thirty years.
Who would get this large sum? The
bankers.
Therefore the reader can readily see
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17
GllIespie.s Case.


The legislative Investigating com
mittee has prepared Il supplementary
report on the affairs of the institute
for the deaf and dumb at Omaha and
it is understood that it contains some
startling statements regarding the
actions of the late superintendent,
j. A. Gillespie
1t says that when Mr.. Gillespie
left the institution he took with him a
large number of articles, which accord
ing to sworn statements Of graduates
and students of the institution belonged
to the state. The report does not deal
with generalities, but the affidayits of
the persons who helped the superin-
tendent to load the property on the
wagons for conveyance to the Gillespie
school at Fort Omaha, are given
A member Of the committee said
that he could not state just what
action would be taken but thought
that Gillespie would either have to pnt
up the property or have criminal pro-
ceedings commenced against him.
In face Of the protestations of Mr..
Gillespie the facts presented in the
report are said to be rather dark for
the ex-superintendent. The attorney
general will investigate and determine
upon what action to take.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17
AIM OF THE GOLDITES.
WANT LOWER PRICES FOR
NOE-PRODUCERS.
But They Dare Not Face the People
Except Under Cover--Figares Showing
Decline in General Prices Since 1881

Advocates Of gold monomctallism
hare not lay before the people the real
reason why they are SO anxious to cs-
tablish their theory of finance If
they should frankly say that they want
gold to be made the sole measure OF
value because gold is constantly ap
preciating, they would put the people
on their guard and defeat the end for
which they labor. AS matter of
policy gold monometallists deny that
gold has grown more valuable during
the last twenty-five years. and las
thus decreased the value Of all prop
erty measured by that metal as a pur
CHASING medium. Any one who will
take the pains to consult Bradstreet's
index numbers OF prices viii! become
convinced that prices have fallen since
1872 al least Is per cent. This index IS
based on the prices OF 10S articles, ana
As matter OF statistics prepared With
no political bias. Taking the last six
years Up 30 Nov l, 1897. The fall has
been Is points, and the record stands
as follows.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17
THE TERRIBLE COST
OF KEEPING GREENBACKS
IN CIRCULATION
Is Causing National Bankers Deal Of
"orry-Thcy Say Not Word 70
what the People Would Havc to Pay

In previous issues we have had much
to say relative to the avowca pur-
pose OF the leaders of the republican
party to attempt the retirement of the
grecnbacks and treasury notes and 10
substitute therefor national bank
notes, or, in other words, to turn over
to the national banks the government
al function Of issuing money.
The intention Of the present admin
istration to gi1c to the powerful banks
and corr Or ,tions what they consider
their due 70, the valuable assistance
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

IN lsg- ms INDEX number sEuci &.
a-.3. ItnHu'Eli1ss III 1As se-aca report:
Esstrsstin'ts Simple e.7i-ngsz rTs<I-s With the
Index oTlE1I.sE 5i,c 1891 sL-r1=s ! drop in
7aTfsz7'Rsss lr'iicss u AoraG-7 - rsr s,azt
here .Il i,s .il. gzzs. -&saissaz@. 6ES et1--
tifiHin1 ami lhl1 Il: 1es e7zrutaas4zss
EnHtiilin has 11grsiAsts.l HaS5l ms. -as-
RsaIl III Ha-ln Allow HggrlEL ghs als--
c1iiIlI tiIiss L BslG'ta s;,if,s ll1HG sr;a51a1a,
sssiaW III itt'ltst@n 4aaih TEs1E glE151 II -
55tatils he nut La s,sll :lE :t=.sz q. e1o.a
mn "a !vaTt7 HiEw ws.lflsi t1--sr Ike
"a lnlR1nl nlHHalE,gs IilEi Gs.ya5B5.5 in a pa
in1tT IN II ulus'tisHr 81 q stsg14I-ryy. reemsr-
ing lin tED sss3a twp Bushels Tor ONE
Ven alta1 af sEieaEr vEa5aa the gold
s'EEniisNu InHss IsElas- zss. Gaf~ for the
lnh'gihGln mt aAs taru-er. hut for the
's'Nlilssiss tafi Eli Grrsp.zrrE in this country.
iI1sa Thar 81 HE kind of monetary Ssrc-
.i1E'1n dihz Republicans want TO fastea
III G'srgtsEg1ldV ON the people.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

they rendered it in 1896, is fraught
with more danger than the ordinary
man is aware Of. In believing that
what his party leaders do is all right,
the average citize.i shows disregard
for his own welfare and that of his
children which is truly characteristic
of the free and easy going American.
Now, my gentle reader, believe our
forefathers were statesmen in every
sense of the word. They had no other
desire than to promote the general
welfare Of the country for which they
had fought nobly to rescue from heel
Of British tyranny, and when they in
corporated in the fundamental law Of
our land the provision that congress
and regulate the value thereof" they
were not only farseeing, but they were
undoubtedly inspired by the Unseen.
They not only placed that provision in
the constitution that they might be
benefited, but. as they plainly stated in
the preamble, s'our Iosterity." They
were wise enough to provide for us.
Are we, their postcrity, at the thresh-
old Of the dawning century, going to
be SO unwise as to undo their work?
Ever since the establishment of our
constitution bankers have sought to
secure control of our financial system.
harder fight to keep the banks out of
the governing business than he did to
keep the British out OF New Orleans.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17
CURRENT NOTES.

ro~ IS TIE Dingley tariff going 10
benefit Inc people Of this country? By
e1ciading foreign goods and thus Civ
Ing American Workmen work making
similar goods. And how did the Will
son tariff iniu.e the people of this
country? By admitting a flood of
european goods, thus checking the de-
mand Tor American goods and throw
ing American workmen out of employ
ment. Yes. But the official custom
house records show that during the
four years OF the Wilson tariff-1S94.
1895, 1896 and 1s97-there were total
imports to the value of $5,7S4,376,356;
and in the four years Of the Mckinley
tariff-1s90, 1891, 1892 and 1s93-the
total imports We're $6,5S2, 4sO,636. Al
though the population of the country
was greater during the regime OF the
Wilson tariff than during the regime
of the Mckinley bill, there was $780,
lO4,2SO worth less Of imports. Does NOT
this prove that it was not excessive
importations under the ''free trade"
Wilson tariff that caused the hard
times of 1S94-1S97?
NO tariff ever caused good times, and
none ever will unless a tariff is dis
covered that will put money in the
pockets Of the farmers and common
laborers, with which they can buy
manufactured goods. The stopping OF
the issuance of silver certificates
against silver bullion, thus restricting
the circulation Of money among the
people. It is easy to see may
have had something to do with the
long period Of industrial depression
from which We are still suffering, not
Withstanding the Dingley tariff; be-
cause industrial depressions are caus-
ed by the inability Of the people to buy
goods, thus throwing out of employ
ment the makers of goods and upset.
ting the whole business system. And
people without money to buy with can
not buy.
The Dingley tariff will have as few
friends In 1900 as the Mckinley tariff
had in 1892. But the repeal Of the
Dingley tariff will, alone, be Of no
greater benefit than was the enactment
of the Dingley tariff. And 1t seems
that majority Of the voters have al
ready learned this lesson and are ready
to-day to support the free coinage Of
silver and thus move towards the in
auguration OF an antitrust money sys-
I TEN. AZ to the tariff, the best anti
trust tarit is no tariff at ALL Direct
taxation would greatly simplify mat
I tefy. work justly and take the wretch
ed tariff question out Of politics.
Even the Chicago Tribune, referring
"a the new railroad trust. wakes anar-
cI1istic as follows:
esWhen fhe people see that they have
& een betrayed and that railroad oc-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

topus has them in the grip Of It's ten
tacles there viii! be wild work. 9'reach-
erous representatives will be dealt with
as they deserve, but the terms OF law
will not be observed
There will be short, Sharp contest
between the few who are fleeing the
people and the many who are being
1!eeced. In that strife the former will
fare ill.,"
- But does the Chicago TrihAne: s!ag-
gest any way out of the clutches Of the
railroad trust? 1t does not. There Is
| no way out except government owner
Tribune will never advocate that. The
Chicago Tribune Is transparent
fraud. All of the words it publishes
(and they are few enough for the peo>
pie are hypocrtcal. And the Tribune
is type of the metropolitan daily.
The Republican governor of Michi-
gan. Hazen S. Pingree. who obtained
twice as large majority as Mckinley
in that state. continues to speak un-
kindly of Mcllinleyism. He says:
Talk about protection! Venezuela
has 1t on the top shelf. They live on
it. They object to all internal taxation.
SO imports catch 1t. particularly raw
materials, and they think they get
along with paying very little revenue.
but when they have to pay SIS for a
barrel OF -four, SIS for a ton Of coal
and 20 cents for pound Of salt, l tell
You they catch it. These things are
imported from the United States, and
the poor devils have to pay the piper
for that protection dance.
The New York World is raising 4
iund for q memorial TO Henry George.
he nature OF the memorial i to be
decided By a vote Of the contributors.
among whom ought TO be found mil
ions OF the workingmen and working
Eornen whose representative he was
J. 4. Edser,on, secretary OF the Peo-
pies party national committee. is the
author OF the following lines ITO
Henry George
'Es.z: tan we say o: thee. but only this?
We had . prophet. and We knew him
another aga will rate thee at thy
worth.
a great. warm-h hearted, fearless, honest
man;
4 nobleman who took his rank from
God
And bore it like king And O! the
poor.
How true a friend they've lost in los
ing thee.
Who ever plead their cause with
tongue and pen.
And gave a plan to help them and the
race.
Now, like a warrior on battlefield,
Whose last charge was his best, thy
end has come
Thou sought to raise our great Queen
City up
From out the mire: and fought wrong
face to face;
And, as thou led the hosts of toilers on
Against the citadels of fraud and
greed -:
Just at the hour of seeming victory
Thy summons came, and we were left
alone.
These things all men can say Of thee
with truth:
He left legacy to after years;
He was friend of all the worlds op
pressed!
He was foe to sham and tyranny;
He was martyr to a holy cause;
He died as he had lived, for humaD
kind.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

o Strange
c-Dm
HNita
fore ctnn-bes il
the zig ong,u will No
which have
Because he
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-17

In this fight the reform forces must
stand together as one man, and they
will do it.
No retirement Of greenbacks" must
be the rallying cry Of the friends Of
the people. H VIM SMITH.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

The recent statement of Warden
Lands with reference to the peniten-
tiary coal matter is a plain and concise
explanation of that question. He
shows conclusively that the 1897 out
put of the penitentiary mines is about
1900 bushels less than in 1894 and
10000 bushels less than in 1895; and
that instead of $1.16, the price under
the Morrill, regime, the coal is now
selling at $1.3O.
One Col. Hughes, of Topeka, comes
to the front with an affidavit with
ference to certain sales of penitentiary
coal in Topeka, but does not say any
thing about the price being below reg
ular. This gentleman knows that it
has been a regular thing for years for
Republican officers to obtain their in
dividual supply of coal from the peni-
tertiary mines, not at the regular
market price of such coal, as in the
case referred to by him, but from SIS to
60 cents per ton below the regular
price, and yet it has never before oc-
Cured to him to make affidavits.
Our Topeka correspondent advises
us that he can himself make an aft
davit to having purchased a car of
coal from Republican warden, while
employed in the State House at Tope-
ka, at $1.10-the coal at that time SELL
ing at $1.7S on the open market. Our
correspondent says he simply request
ed state official to get him a car of
coal, which was received and paid for
on the above basis without any ques-
ton being raised as to whether it was
regular or not.
But we presume all this effort is
what these honest ~ Republicans call
applying counter-irritant."
We can see no good reason why a
state officer as we'll as any one else,
should not purchase car of peniten-
tiary coal, as long as he pays the
usual price for it, as has been done.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17
A Yankee Shippers Trick.

A story illustrating the enterprise
of the Yankee skipper of generation
ago Is retold from an old newspaper
in Harper's Round Table.
The Bedford whalers left port for
many long voyage, sometimes to the
far North, of other times to the far
South. These intrepid followers of
the sea sought and pursued the whale
in the ice-clad 1atitudes about the
poles with natural fearlessness. A
squadron sent out by Russia to explore
the South seas, and reach the pole if
possible, had attained degree of 1ati-
tude which the commodore proudly
told himself had never been reached
before by white man or other human
beings. While he reflected upon the
fame that would surely embellish his
name, his sailors cried "Land ho!''
Off to the south he deserted a long low
lying bit of land, and FASTENED to
shape his course to reach it, there to
plant the Russian standard on its
highest point, claiming it in the name
of his majesty.
What was his disgust and astonish-
ment when, as his vessel approached
the shore, he observed, over a bit of
headland, a flag fluttering from a
masthead. In few minutes little
schooner poked her nose around the
point and came sailing smartly over
the waves toward his vessel. The
lean Yankee captain, who was stand
ing in the rigging as the schooner
came up in toe wind, yelled.
"Ahoy there! What ships that?''
ellis Majesty's ship the"
"Wel1' this is the Nantucket, from
Rhode Island. We're doing a little
plotting in these ATTITUDES, and if you
want to run in the cove yonder, why,
we'll pilot you in for small charge. -
The admiral's disgust caused him
to square his sails around and shape
his course for Russia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

When read about certain manu-
featuring concern proposing to share
its profits to the extent of tenth of
one per cent. with its employees, as a
solution of the labor problem, didn't
know whether to think that the New
Jerusalem is coming right down among
us or not. But when hear of a rail-
road corporation buying state legisla-
lures, and city councils, and congress
men and judges, and refusing to pay a
poor widow whose husband had been
killed coupling its cars $50 to get him
buried in somebody's dividend-earning
cemetery, know that as dissemina-
tors of Christian truth and promoters
of the millennium, American railroads
are not a pronounced success.-Coming
Nation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

A jury in the federal court at Fit.
Scott found John Carmain. a drv goods
salesman of lola, guilty of sending
himself libelous postal card through
the mails. The card purported to be
signed by George W. Stephenson, a
Moran, Kan, merchant and accused
Carmain of stealing He used it as
evidence in SANDER suit against
Stephenson and jury compelled Mr..
Stephenson to pay 500 Judgment
and costs. Stephenson caused Car
mains arrest by the federal officers on
the charge of having written the card
and forged his name to it. BY expert
witnesses he proved that sucf was the
case. Carmain Is in jail awaiting SEN
tence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

1t is becoming self evident that
American political conditions will
sooner or later force to the front again
the question of permitting European
countries to discharge their surplus
population, and Incidentally their
social offal, on our shores. 1t is not
only the question of illiterate emmi-
grafton to which the inquiry will ex:
tend, but, also, to the proper disposi-
ton to be made of it upon it's open-arm
reception by this country.
Two vital questions will confront
the Congress at no distant day, and
they will 60 directly to the future well
fare of our country: First, shall the
women of America, representing the
highest possible sphere of nineteenth
century civilization; the present maxi
mum of culture, education and refine
ment, and all the beneficent influences
of the body polite, be barred from a
voice in their own government Sec
.ond, shall the scum of Europe continue
to be received by the millions and
made quasi American citizens, with
the full right of suffrage, without the
first imaginable qualification for such
citizenship?
That it is our duty to extend the best
welcome possible under the circum-
stances, to those uufortunates who
have, through adversely or fortune, be-
come subjects of American policies
and privileges, Is accepted by all good
citizens. We should do all in our
power to make of them the very best
citizens possible. But it is now, and
will continue to be, an issue of nc
secondary importance. that the people
will quietly submit to the continued
efforts of the European powers and
conditions to discharge upon America
their refuse population, and the incli
nation of the Unites States to accept
such refuse, and make of 1t, without
reasonable qualifications, full fiedged
citizens Of this country.
Politicians may continue, as hereto
fore, to avoid these questions, but it il
Important that the people should SEE
to Il that the matters are presented
with such force as to make equivoca
ton and avoidance impossible.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

What becomes of the reiterated as
sertion that the full tide of prosperity
has struck this town when Mr.. Samuel
Allerton asserts with the utmost con-
fidence that there are 10000 idle men
in Chicago who would readily take the
places of south side trainmen should
they striker Prosperity that leaves
10000 idle men in the city of Chicago
Is not plenary prosperity, There may
be prosperity for the sugar trust and
the Chicago City Railway Company,
but no prosperity for the 10000 unem-
ployed.-Chicago Chronicle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-11-17

The schooner Stella R. Eriand ar
rived this afternoon, fourteen days
from Cooks Inlet. She had five pass
engers aboard who had between them
about 800, 900 in gold. Their names
were Samuel Henninger, Walter Nc
Clure, T. A. Nau, r. w. Gibson and
John Osborne. About 5000 worth
of gold dust belonged to Henninger
and represented his years. clean up.