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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Pettigrcw and Mantle.

Nobody has called attention to any great
anxiety on the part of the public to know
the result OF the interview OF Senators
Pettigrew and Mantle with the Mkado Of
Japan on the true cause OF the demoneti-
cation OF silver. The fact is. everybody
except Pettigrew and Mantle understood
all about it before they left, or if they did
not they could easily have learned it by an
examination OF the official report of the
director OF our mint, which shows that the
japanese silver yen, which in 1887 was
worth 1873 cents, had, by July, 1897,
dropped to AS, while the gold yen had
not CHANGED particle, the prices Of 1888
and 1897 Being precisely the same, 997.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
An Obiect Lesson.

The financial situation in the Southern
Republic presents an object lesson which
should not be lost upon our friends, the
free silver lunatics. Advices from the
City OF Mexico, in the words Of recent
arrival from that unhappy place, paint "a
gloomy picture OF the future" A young
Californian who has resided there for
three or four years, and who has held
conspicuous position in n large business
concern, states that the decline in the
price OF silver has practically driven him
out of business. He says that everything
has gone up threefold-except wages. Ow-
ing to the tremendous discount on that
metal working people are now scarcely
able to earn sufficient to procure the nee
essaries of life.
All branches OF business are paralyzed
and Americans are leaving the country in
droves. Merchants who have outstanding
accounts and who are compelled to collect
them in silver are being put to tremen-
dous loss. When this young man left
Mexico it took $3.50 to buy 81 in ex-
change, a condition which has practically
destroyed the importing business, and
which is gradually gripping the Govern
ment; for as imports decline the revenues
of the republic are obliterated.
The evolution OF free silver basis in
Mexico substantiates everything alleged
by the opponents OF Mr.. Bryan in the last
presidential campaign in this country. 1t
was then said that wages were the last TO
20 up, and that currency imitation of every
kind was Injurious to the masses. This
is always the fact. Capital takes care Of
itself, but labor is always the victim of
prevailing circumstances. Yet ii is
strange coincidence that of the several
millions of people who voted for William
j. Bryan, probably 10 per cent were men
who, had his financial theories been put
into effect, would have suffered the most.
In Mexico the masses are not RESPONSE
bic for the financial crisis. The Gov
eminent maintains its silver basis with
out consulting them. But in the United
States, had the free coinage of silver been
adopted, the people themselves would
have wrought their own ruin. No reason
ing man can contemplate the possible re-
suits Of the presidential campaign of 1896
without SILVER. Bryan was defeated,
after all, by a narrow plurality. Had he
succeeded and had his demagogy and
crude theories been put into the form Of
laws, fifty years Of good government and
prosperity would not have wiped out the
damage he would have inflicted upon the
nation.
If there are any free silver lunatics in
this country who still believe that it is
safe to adopt free coinage Of silver with
out the consent Of any other nation, they
should be sent to Mexico and compelled
there to study the frightful results of
deprecated currency upon the welfare of
the common people.-San Francisco Post
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Silver Issue Dead.

rom all reliable sources it appears that
'tmuch advertised l6-to-l camp meet
n Springfield, Ohio, was most con-
ious failure. The Cincinnati Enquir-
+taeps up the semblance OF large at
mnce and great enthusiasm, but the
[b gathered by other correspondents
4 that it was a failure that will dam
sthe 16-to-l fad. Even Mr.. Bryan
II not be induced to go to help draw a
P.d. Most OF the other orators for sill
we're conspicuous by their absence.
representative Towne of Minnesota,
Republican, was present, but he had
)ere else to go. Gen. Warner was
hit, but as the head of the silver mine
rs' lobby at Washington he is under
Ind must put in an appearance. The
ftunate Democratic candidate for
fnor was advertised to appear, but
bot an orator. Ten cents admission
lsked in order to meet the expenses,
lie collections for admissions are not
The expenses. The correspondent OF
| Pittsburg Dispatch writes that "a
change has been made locally
ftcs by the failure Of the silver camp
lng," and that local Democrats are
pken in declaring that there was
esne way to account for the slim at
ace, and that is that the silver issue
,l"-IndianaDolis journal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Free Coinage of Freight Cars.

The free silver leaders have contended
that what is needed is an increase in the
volume of money; but that does not seem
to be the trouble just at present. What is
needed is an increase in the volume Of
freight cars. The Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul road is trying to borrow FIVE
thousand cars from some of the Southern
roads TO enable it to handle the traffic
offered to it. Unless it is able to get the
cars it will have to lose considerable bust
ness. At present it is using all the cars
available and is unable to keep up with
the demand from all points on its lines.
The situation is becoming serious, not
only with the st. Paul, but with the
Northwestern, the Burlington, Rock ISL
and, Atchison and all the other Western
and Northwestern roads. They are sim
ply unable to handle the traffic ordered
All the roads report that not only are they
deuged with grain traffic, but west-bound
merchandise is offered in great volume.
What is needed then is little more free
coinage Of freight cars.-Kalamazoo Tele-
graph.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Iowa Democracy and Gov. Boies.

The Democratic party in Iowa is not
content to lose the alliance OF the other
ant-Republicans Of the State, but by its
latest move it has ostraczed the Boies
element. The venerable Uncle Horace"
saw fit to advocate the adoption of the
commercial ratio between gold and silver,
and base free coinage thereon, instead of
10 to /. He insisted upon it. There
upon the leaders ordered him to the rear.
He is no longer allowed to go to and fro
up and down the State preaching the Cos
pei Of free coinage at SO to Chicago
Inter Ocean
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
gFhe Hogansviiie Affair.

fysaid the attempted assassination
+ h III. Loftin, the colored postmas-
fsogansville, Ga, will be made the
lis an immediate and vigorous pros
uof all who are connected with the
I This much is due to the enforce
7 law, but in addition the admin
~ should take firm stand against
Eeement to boycott colored Office
etn the South. 1t is not likely there
klmany such appointments. but
4 r they are made the incumbents
Nave ample protection. The Gov
should not allow itself to be CO.
ldictated TO in the smallest matter
Marty, faction or class OF men, and
community attempts TO draw the
~ against postmaster otherwise
il should be made to understand
ol Constitution and laws of the
petates are supreme in every part
tionnl domain.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Making Our Own Tin PIa,.

The free trade theorists are not hunting
up just now their assertions made when
the Mckinley law was enacted, that no
OF protection would enable the
United States to make its own tin plate.
Not only is the bulk of our tin plate now
being manufa ctured at home as a result
OF that protection thus given, but our
OF that article are actually
invading foreign markets.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Sick of His Own Mcdicine

The observation-disclosures is
now presenting curious spectacle. Two
months ago he crammed free silver. and
free silver only, down the throat of the
Democratic party, and now he is as sick
OF the dose as were the other people. But
he can't get rid OF IL now. lie has made
his bed he must lie in IL.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
A Weak Comparison.

sais lola speech Mr.. Bryan revived
40 piles OF wheat. Suppose, he said,
ct, that if all the wheat in the world
ected in two piles, and that one of
ytes is burned, will not the other pile
bled in value? The same, he says,
/ } Of money. In 1873 there is the
r'' AGAIN. the Republican party
il one of the two piles of money,
a the white pile. Therefore, the re-
ing pile, the gold, has doubled in
The farmers who heard the speech
dave smiled. 1t was possible to talk
\ onsense last year, not this year.
l. e first place, the Republican party
IT, burn one-half of the money in the
rs. That statement is just a plain
Element. In 1873 our circulation
P ly. $751. SS1 800; in 1896 it was ST.
|e ,026. Instead Of burning one-half
|dmoney in circulation, the Republi-
| rty doubled the circulation, while,
Afthe same time, the population fell
brt of doubling itself. The money
Country in 1873 was only SIS per
il was nearly $33 in 1896. In the
these facts, what becomes OF the
IN that the Republican party has
tr one OF the two piles Of money?
d ridiculous ?-Iowa State Register.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07

Ii seems now that II is the poor farmers
who are being ''intimidated." Last fall
the Popocrats assumed that the working
men were processing friendship for the
Republicans because they feared dismissal
IL they did not, but the election showed
that there was no foundation for this as
sertion. Now Mr.. Bryan says ii is last
years threat of foreclosure that is lead
ing the farmers to pay off their mortgages.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Protection i'm the south.

The growth OF protective sentiment in
the South, shown 10y the election of Sen
ator McLaurin in South Carolina, is no
surprise TO those who have studied the
situation in that section. The New York
Sun. whose editors scan the political hori-
zon pretty closely, in recent article
points out the growth Of Republicanism
in that section. and says it is to be an inn
portant field for the party in future.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Had TO Have an Issue.

People who are surprised that the three
anti-Republican conventions in Nebraska
decided to again advocate free silver
should remember that they had to have
something for an issue. OF course the
Democratic tariff theory was too unpopu-
lar to trot out again, as also the other di.
lapidated fads OF the Democracy.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Not a safe Money Metal

A fall OF 90 per cent in value in money
metal in ten months would seem to war
rant the belief that il is not very safe as
a money metal. Yet that is just the fall
in the value OF silver since last November.
1t was worth 651a cents per ounce in New
York on Nov. 3, 1896, and is worth only
81 cents to-day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Get Good Money for Wheat.

The farmers are now getting just two
and a half times as much for wheat as Mr..
Bryan and his followers promised them il
they adopted free coinage. They prom
ised 81 per busbel for wheat in silver dol
lars. and admitted that they didn't know
what the silver coins would be worth.
They are now worth 40 cents under free
coinage. while the farmers are getting two
and a half times that in good American
1OO-cent dollars-Exchange
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Wheat to Bring Golden Dollars.

While our wheat production is very
large this year, our home consumption is
Increasing with returning prosperity and
we will have to hold the major part Of it
for our own people. 1t is estimated that
we will have in the neighborhood of 200,-
100000 bushels for export, which means
not far from 200,000,000 golden dollars to
be distributed among the farmers.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Threats Not Carried Ont.

1t is not observed that the countries
which were making that terrific protest
against our new tariff three months ago
are putting any of their implied threats
into execution. They know now what
they knew then, that the balance OF trade
was in their favor, and that they could
not afford to carry out any of their
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07

The recent statements Of Statistician
Mulhall, in which he shows that the prai-
rie States are the most prosperous spot
upon the face of the earth, make clear the
absurdity Of the effort which was made
by the silver orators last year to induce
the people Of that section to adopt cheap
money as a basis OF further prosperity.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
e Price of Cotton Tics.

a. tch from Charlotte, n. c., states
illinois manufacturing company
furnish the regular dat cotton tie
fhts per bundle at Wholesale i'm
-bts, or nj 80 cents at retail, and
,fral carloads have already been
or that immediate section. The
goes on to say that last year the
= $1.5O per bundle at retail and
Wholesale Then the Wilson
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-07
Failures Have DECREASED
Hnniinr Down the silxer EI.n

More than local significance attaches 10
the refusal OF the Democratic State Com.
mittee OF New York to revive the free
silver coinage issue for use in the ap-
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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
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METHODS HERE AND ABROAD.
Ways of Steering Boats in England.
France and Germany.

A comparison of the different meth
DDS of doing what is practically the
same thing in various parts of the world
10 both interesting and amusing to the
thoughtful observer, says Casters
Magazine. On American ferryboats the
import is well known Of the "ting-ting"
or "jingle-jingle" of the bell by which
the man in the wheelhouse communi-
Gates with his fellow mortal in the en-
CINE room. On the Thames, however,
it would be considered practically i'm
possible to convey information In this
manner, and the captains OF the small
paddle steamers on that stream stand
on the paddle boxes and sing out:
"Ease 'eri" "Back 'er!" ETC., apparently
to nobody in particular, while these In
teresting remarks are promptly repeat
ed in shrill tones by a small boy into
speaking tube which communicates
with the lower regions. On the Seine,
in France, this process is simplified
and a large trumpet-shared mouth
piece flares out In front of the man at
thelwheel, and he yells his commands
into this funnel, the other end of which
is supposed to reach the engineer. The
large steamers on the Rhine, in Ger
many, are controlled, not by the usual
wheel placed in the wheelhouse for
ward, but by a very large wheel on a
vertical axis, placed right amdships
upon an elevated platform or bridge,
and several men pass the handles from
right to Left or upon occasion trot
round in a circle, and it would doubt
less be considered a serious temptation
of Providence, or at least re-
Election upon the fatherland, il anyone
were to attempt to construct Rhine
steamer with the ordinary form of
steering gear.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
APLucKY LITTLE PIGEON.

Nnnsen Owns and Cherishes One of
the Wonders OF the World.
One day q wonderful bird tapped at
the window of Mrs. Nansens home at
Christiania. Instantly the window was
opened and the wife of the famous
Arctic explorer in another moment COW
cred the little messenger with kisses
and caresses. The carrier pigeon had
been away from the cottage 80 long
months, but 1t had not forgotten the
way home. It brought q note from
Nansen stating that all was going well
with him and his expedition in the
polar regions.
Eansen had fastened a message to a
carrier pigeon and turned the bird loose.
The frail courier darted out into the
blizzardy air. 1t few like an arrow
over q thousand miles of frozen waste,
and then sped forward over another
thousand miles of ocean and plains and
forests, and one morning entered the
window of the waiting mistress and de-
livered the message which she had been
awaiting so anxiously.
We boast Of human pluck, says the
New York Mail and Express, sagacity
and endurance, but this loving little
carrier pigeon. In its homeward flight
after an absence of 30 months, accom-
plished feat so wonderful that we
can only give ourselves up to the amaze
ment and admiration which must over
whelm everyone when the marvellous
story is told. Mrs. Nansen's pigeon is
one Of the wonders Of the world.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
WORTH A GLANCE.

The Deutsche Zeitung, Mexico, pub
fishes some statistics showing that,
taken altogether, it is rather unhealthy
business to be president of Mexico.
Mexico has had So rulers since 1921.
Four of these were executed, one
poisoned, four murdered and seven
killed in battle.
The best briar root from which pipes
are made comes from the borders of
France and Italy. In the mountainous
districts of those countries roots are
dug out which have grown for ages, and
are sometimes larger than a mans
body, weighing hundreds of pounds.
The wood thus obtained is remarkably
beautiful.
A palace of silver is to be the most
imposing feature of the Omaha Trans
Mississippi exposition. The building is
to be 400 feet square, surmounted with
mammoth ornamental towers, and the
entire structure will be covered with
rolled silver. Over 100000 square feet
ssof extersal surface will be covered by
the precious metal.
Paris, which has been without hip
podrome since the building of the Ave-
nue. de pAlma was torn down to make
room for new houses and streets, is to
have new hippodrome on the Boulevard
de Clichy, near Montmartre. The build
ing will contain seats for 5000 or 1000
people and standing room for as many
more. There will also be cafes, restau-
rants and roof garden overlooking the
city.
Citizens of Quebec are advocating the
building of cantilever bridge across
the St. Lawrence river, near their city,
and that it be $3.50 feet long, with seven
spans, the middle one to be LAO feet.
They wish it built a little west of
the Chaudiere river, and Immediately
south of st. Foye, and the track to be
100 feet above the water. The river
there is said to be about $50 feet in
depth at midchannel.
An interesting system of electric
tramways is being built in Genoa. There
is no city in the world of the size built
on such steep hillside as Genoa, and to
overcome the sharp gradients existing
several spiral tunnels have had to be
pierced in the hillside, through which
the electric cars rise from one level to
another. The system inside the town
will, when built, aggregate some 80
miles of track
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
GRANT, AS a BOY.
He Was Unusually Determined, Ne
a0urceful and Resoluto.

Some Of the good people Of George
town, Ripley and Batavia go far In their
attempt to show how very ordinary
Ulysses Grant was, says Hamlin Gar
land In McClure's A boy Of 10 who
could drive team 600 miles across
country and arrive safely; who could
load a wagon with heavy logs by his own
mechanical ingenuity; who insisted on
solving all mathematical problems him
self; who never whispered or lied or
swore or quarreled; who could train
horse to pace or trotjtt will; who stood
souarely upon his own knowledge of
things without resorting to trick or
mere verbal memory-such a boy, at
this distance, does not appear 'or-
binary" stupid, dull or commonplace.
That he was not snowy or easily valued
was true. His unusualness was In the
balance of his character, in his pose, in
his native judgment and in his knowl-
edge of things at first hand.
Even at &c years of age he had super
stition that to retreat was fatal. When
he set hand to any plan or started upon
any Journey he felt the necessity of
going to the turn of the lane or to the
end of the furrow. He was resolute and
unafraid always; boy to be trusted
and counted upon-sturdy, capable Of
hard knocks. What he was In speech
he was In grain. If he said: Il can do
that" he not merely meant that he
would try to do 1t, but also that he had
thought his way to the successful end
Of the undertaking. He was, in fact, an
unusually determined and resourceful
Hnrr
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
THE CLAIRvoYANT OPERATOR.
She Buys or Sells Wheat with q Twist
of the Wrist.

She Buys or Sells wheat with Twist
of the Wrist.
An odd sight Is to be witnessed daily
on the Consolidated exchange. Visitors
for some time have noted little group
of women who stand all day long in the
gallery at the Broadway end of the
building, says the New York Mail and
Express. They also notice one particu-
lar broker on the floor who is continual
ly craning his neck and glancing at one
of the women in that group. Every once
in awhile, after glance, he jumps into
the wheat pit, which is just under the
edge of the gallery, and makes trans
action.
Only the observing will notice, how
ever, any connection between his opera
tions and the woman whom he watches.
From TO- 80 o'clock till three o'clock she
stands there, with one hand resting over
the railing. With slight movements of
this hand she gives orders to buy and
sell wheat to the broker. The number
ofiingers extended indicates the number
of thousands of bushels to be done, and
a twist up or down of the whole hand
tells the broker whether to buy or sell.
But that is not the queer part of it.
A stranger asked one of the brokers, q
friend of his, who the woman was.
why" was the reply, that's the
clairvoyant operator. She's real clair
voyant all right and she reads the future
turns in the market and buys or sells
accordingly. Or at least she thinks she
reads the future, and maybe she does,
for she has lasted longer than the ordi-
nary woman Spectator. She has been
at it for months"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-23
NOTES FOR wHEELMEN.

The weight of American road wheels
averages from 20 to "a pounds, while
the same style of English wheels run
from "a to 80 pounds.
| The racing season this year will last
from May to September, will comprise
trip across the continent from Texas
to Maine, Will consist of more than 300
races in which over 600 individual riders
will compete.
The national meet of the L. A. W. will
be held this year in Philadelphia in Au-
gust. The Quakers have decided to
cut down the extension of this meet
from one week to four days. Three
days will be devoted to racing and one
day to entertainment.
A striking difference lies in the finish
of American and English wheels.
Americans, to meet the demand for
novelty, have introduced every color
of enamel, while the English makers
stick closely to the well-known lines OF
somber black. On an American wheel
way one may see wheels of every color
of the rainbow, while on the roads in
England nothing but black Is seen.
Spain uses American wheels almost
exclusively, in spite of Spanish preju-
dices against the Yankee. Australia,
which called for American wheels two
years ago, when one of the most promi-
nent agents wrote: England has us
by the throat and is choking the life
out of u.s." is now one of the best GUS
toners American makers have, and
there are few places on the habitable
globe where civilization is recognized
that the American bicycle has not made
Its appearance.
The principal firms manufacturing
bicycles in this country estimate that
100000 wheels were sold in the United
States during the past year. Over $780,
600 more were shipped abroad, cover
ing nearly every section of the globe
from China to England. Ii Hung
Chang got an American wheel during
his visit to this country, and the enter
prising firm that managed TO have its
wheel selected has received from him
letter expressing his satisfaction with
the machine, and stating that it will
be placed in the Hall of Mechanics at
Canton.