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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
STILL FAR APART
Bering Sea Conference Approaches
Results Slowly.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 15.-The
to the Bering Sea meeting had confident
ly expected to bring their labors to a close
today, but after two arduous sessions last
ing until $50 o'clock this evening, the ex-
perts had not been able to reconcile all
their differences. 1t was determined,
row. Up to the time of closing today, the
experts had made good progress, reaching
an agreement on all but three or four re-
served propositions. These, it is expected,
can be agreed upon during the morning
session tomorrow so that the expert report
can be signed, and the meeting concluded,
so far the experts are concerned. This
will make available all the data necessary
for considering the vital diplomatic ques-
ton Of stopping pelagic sealing. The in
tention is that Gen. Foster. Sir Wilfred
Laurier and Sir Louis Davies will meet
tomorrow afternoon to go over the results
reported by the experts and, II possible,
agree upon a basis Of settlement. The out
come of this diplomatic meeting continues
to be much in doubt. 1t was intimated to-
hight that the Canadians might make
counter-proposition, not g"ing as far as the
American representatives desire in the
way of limiting pelagic sealing, but yet
offering a possible ground for amicable
adjustment. Equally reliable sources
stated that if the issue assumed the form
of pelagc sealing or no pelagic sealing
as now seemed likely, it would be extreme
ly difficult to reconcile the differences In
view Of the continuance Of the meeting,
Sir Wilfred and Sir Louis will not leave
until tomorrow night Wednesday.
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InXratitule

The princely j. Pierpont Morgan
plunged madly into the cabin of the
gorgeous yacht Corsair, and pulled lock
after lock of his silken hair from his
leonine head
Stop that" shouted Cornelius Van
derbilt, zone would suppose this place
was a sofa cushion and you were try
ing to stuff it,"
Man alive" shouted the princely j.
Pierpont Morgan, have you been read
ing the English papers lately?"
mo"
"You ought to. They're full of edi-
torials saying the rich are grinding the
faces of the poor in the United States,
and that the vast corporations have
combined to wiring the hard-earned
money of the toiling masses from them
by means of extortion"
Cornelius Vanderbilt smiled and gaz-
ed upon his delicate white hands, man
icured in Paris.
"Oh," said he, "the English papers
al nduIy anu Iucy nave
fallen into the hands of demagogues
and blatherskites. Well have them at
tackled in the columns of our own
chaste and cultured press"
The princely ]. Pierpont Morgan tore
out more handfuls of his silken locks
That's where the shoe pinches!" he
shouted. "The money that floats our
watered stock comes from England,
and, If we denounce the English at
tacks on our corporations and combines
the reservoir OF cash may dry up
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt gasped
And this" said he, "is English graf
itude. The corporations have sold the
country to the British only to be met
with treachery."
He swooned.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17

money and making products of but half
the value they would otherwise bring
and doubling the burdens of the debtor
class, thus delivering us, bound hand
and foot, into the hands of the money
power. Wealth even now dictates all
our important legislation and any good
we want, WILL more and more, be grant
ed us only on sufferance.
The whole trend of events and tend
encies is in the direction of massing all
wealth in the hands of the few, in trusts
and corporations. Our country is in
most imminent danger. That we are for
the time being prosperous, will only
tend to allay our fears and blind us to
the perils that inhere in the ruling
policies of the hour. To me it can make
little difference personally. My race is
almost run, but have the deepest solic-
itude that our country may escape the
great danger that confronts it, an all
powerful moneyed oliarchy.
JOHN M. STOWELL.
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BOies and the Democracy.

Ex-Governor Boies, of Iowa, has cvi-
Gently resolved to bend his energies
to re-uniting the Democratic party by
compromising the silver issue. He evil
IDENTIFY thinks more of his "once mag
nifcent and triumphant party than he
does Of the success of any principle
thinks it the duty of all Democrats 70
subordinate principle to party success.
Il am, and always have been," he writes,
opposed to an unqualified declaration
in the Democratic platform for free
coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1, because
believe it will permanently disrupt
the Democratic party, because I believe
it always will defeat that party, i.
because I believe also, it will destroy
the best hope for bimetallism in all the
great nations of the world 1t is re-
called that Mr.. Boies did not make
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prominent these views, always held,
when a candidate for the presidential
nomination before the Chicago conven-
tion Of last year, but though this may
be fair criticism it should not he
overlooked that Mr.. Boies went to Chi
cagO at the head of his state delega-
tion which stood on compromise plat
form OF his making, a compromise plat
form inclining distinctly, however, in
the direction of bimetallism The inter
est in Mr.. Boies' declaration is. how
ever, broader than personal It is not
Mr.. Boies' stand for compromise, but
the question of how many Democrats
are ready to sacrifice with him principle
for the sake of uniting the party, that
is OF moment. The Democratic state
central committee of Connecticut, has
within the week declared it's readiness
to do just tthis.-Philadelphia American.
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THE ULTIMATE SECURITY.

The national bank notes are secured hv
deposits of government bonds. In consider
alton of such deposits the United States
undertakes to see that the note holder will
lose nothing, even If the bank fails. When
a national bank goes into liquidation its
notes are called in and redeemed by the
government, and thus it happens that no
note holder has ever lost dollar under
the present system.
But what makes the national bank notes
secure? The governments credit. Are
they any more secure than the greenbacks,
which rest upon the government credit and
the governments promise Of redemption?
the same foundation.
Therefore, SO far as security Is con-
cerned, the public would be equally safe
whether the paper money of the country
is issued by the government direct or by
national banks secured by deposits Of gov
ernment bonds. The ultimate security in
each case is the governments credit. If
the government issues the notes direct, it
saves interest on the whole issue; If the
notes are issued through national banks,
the government pays the interest on the
bonds deposited to secure them.
The proposition, that is now under dis
cussion, of retiring the national bank notes,
instead Of retiring the greenbacks, and
issuing an additional volume Of greenbacks
to take the place of the national bank notes,
may be characterized in some quarters as
a revival of fiatism, but it is nothing Of
the kind, since it is proposed to make every
United States note redeemable, as now, in
coin. The entire burden of specie redemp-
ton is now upon the government 1t would
be the same II the national bank notes were
retired. But If all government notes are re-
tired and their places filled by national
bank issues, then the burden of specie re-
demption would Of necessity be placed upon
the banks. Would the banks be as capable
of maintaining specie redemption in times
of depression and panic as is the govern
ment? Could the banks have maintained
specie redemption in 1893 and 1894 if the
burden had been upon them? These are
important questions, which must be an
swered in the coming discussion of currency
reform.
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ropean offices are held by minors Send over
two-thirds by the most humble callings,
1t is essentially the bank of this class
Postal savings would not conflict with
those savings banks, but would encourage
savings rather than accumulations The
conversion of money order offices into
savings repositories would soon afford in
definitely more facility for receiving in
terest bearing deposits than the interest
paying banks do now. The most aggressive
opponents are among the private institu-
tions engaged in somewhat similar enter
prises though association of the larger
cities recognize in it valuable feeder to
the financial currents Of the country.
Security and not the rate of interest is
the primary and essential condition of such
system; and bonds Of states, counties
and municipalities and real estate furnish
an llimitable field"
Comparing other countries, the post
master-general says nearly every country
permits it's most popular coin as the mini
mum amount of deposit, varying from s
cents in India to 81 in Canada Maximum
deposits vary from $285 in France to 81 AK
in New Zealand. Deposits over the amount
are 7on-interest bearing and in several
countries the surplus is by law invested
in national bonds. Both deposits and ac-
counts are usually small.
France made a profit in 1895 of $4,000
in handling 900 accounts, aggregating
$143, coo 600, after paying per cent interest.
Great Britain earned a surplus Of $685. 900
after paying 2a per cent interest on $780,
OOO 600 made up of 6500,0OO accounts The
average commission paid to postmasters is
l cent per deposit. Any account may be
settled and withdrawn from any depository
in that country. The telegraph is coming
into means Of withdrawal
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
NOT OVER PRODUCTION
The Fall in the Price OF Silver Not
Due to An Increased Supply.

From the Philadelphia American.)
Mr.. Preston, the director of the Unit
ed States mint, has more to say in his
annual report about the fall in the price
OF silver being due to the heavily in
creased production. We wonder why
the same rule does not apply to gold.
for it, too, has increased heavily in
production during the last decade and
during the last few years, years of great
fall in the price of silver, gold has in
creased in production much more rap
idly than silver. Indeed, since 1893 the
production of silver has been almost
at a standstill, while the production
OF gold has increased full 80 per cent.
Now on this theory of the fall in silver
being due to increased production, sill
yer should have remained steady in
value since 1893, while gold should
have fallen. And as silver is meas
ured in gold, this should have shown
itself In an increased price for silver.
But what has happened in these four
years? Silver has fallen from about 80
cents to So cents an ounce, and the
by rs per cent. Now, what is the rea-
son Of this. Clearly nothing to do
with the supply, for the increased supply
of gold and stationary supply of silver
chnn1d hoxyo 1oI fn i,,c& he
suits. The reason must lie about
changes In the demand. And here we
find good reasons for the decline in sill
yer: the closing of the Indian mints to
free coinage and the repeal of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman act in
1893; the adoption of the gold standard
by Japan in the present year. And,
meantime, the demand for gold has in
creased, forcing up its value and pur-
chasing power. 1t has been this way
for the last quarter of century. The
demand for silver has been falling be-
cause of acts of man demonetizing 1t,
and the demand for gold, called upon to
fill two places, has increased. The re-
suit has been falling silver and rising
gold. 1t is true that the production of
silver was steadily glowing up to 1898,
but it is true that the variations in
the production of gold during the pres
ent century have been much wider
than the variations in silver, and as
we have said, during the last decade the
production of gold has increased faster
than silver, which, by Mr.. Prestons
law of increasing production, should
have resulted in silver rising in terms
Of gold, not falling.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
IMPORTS and EXPORTS
Showing for Ten Months and Up to
Date a Good One.

monthly statement of the imports and
ports issued by the bureau of statistics
shows the exports of domestic merchandise
during October last to have amounted to
$109, ,5S3 S42, loss of nearly 81, 500 600 as COM
pared with October 1896. The imports of
merchandise during October is shown to
have been $40, $685. 8l3, Of which 81. 4, 334 1888
was free of duty. For the last ten months
a Gain Of $79, ,292, 702 is shown over the COR
responding period of last year in the ex-
ports of merchandise, and gain of $64,-
555, 273 in the imports.
During last October the exports Of gold
amounted to $31O,616 and the imports to
$11, $40, 1856. The silver exports during Octo-
Der aggregated s. 225,342 and the imports
81, ,691 ,661. In october, 1896, the silver ex-
ports amounted to 1874 1899 and the imports
1898 440.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
LATTIMER MASSACRE.

We find two kinds of diamonds,
The polished and the rough,
The plutocrat the polished one,
Injunctions run his bluff
The other is the working man,
Who can't get bread enough
To feed his wife and little ones,
Those diamonds in the rough.
Chorus
The day, my friends, is coming soon
When God will take hand
No more injunctions will they serve
Then on the working man.
When lying on their dying beds,
They'll wish they'd run no bluff,
They'll wish they'd never murdered
Those diamonds in the rough.
It was September on the tenth,
On Lattimer high way,
That Martin, sheriff, did command
His thugs to blaze away
Upon those poor unfortunates
Who couldn't earn enough
To keep the wife and little ones,
Those diamonds in the rough.
The day it was blood red one,
And gore did freely flow
All o'er the banner of those braves
The plutes that day laid low.
But God will hold them to account,
Those plutocratic toughs
Who killed the bearers of that flag,
Those diamonds in the rough.
Two kinds Of diamonds, yes there are
And one is in the rough,
But soon they'll show their brilliancy
And then they'll stand no bluff.
The coming brother hood of man
Will educate enough
So murders by the plutes will cease
Those diamonds in the rough.
HARRY DIAMOND
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Iotal... ................. ..............$70.3 IS
If there is an omission to give due credit
DEMONETIZING SILVER,
The Action of DereIfct Democrats in
Other States.

Ine Act1On OF Derel1ct democrats In
Other States.
Gold contracts can be made in
Silver Democratic Missouri.
Silver Democratic Texas.
Silver Democratic Alabama
Silver Democratic Georgia.
Silver Democratic Utah.
And yet all these states elected leg
islatures in 1896 when the campaign
was made upon the Chicago platform,
which demanded legislation preventing
for the future the demonetization Of any
kind Of legal tender money.
How did these banner regenerated
and purified" Democratic states answer
that demand?
They answered it like other promises,
by killing bills to prohibit gold con-
tracts.
They cannot shoulder these broken
promises-broken since November,
1S96-upon old Grover-Missouri World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
Strong Sentiment in General for
the restriction of Immi migratiOn-
Sovereign Story Denied.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Nov. 15.-The morn
ing session of the general assembly of the
Knights of Labor was devoted to a dis
cussion of the report of the committee on
immigration. 1t was the prevailing senti-
ment that some vigorous steps should be
taken to restrict immigration. The report
that Past Grand Master Sovereign had
stepped down and out because he desired
to fix his plans for the presidency on
labor reform ticket in 1900 was vigorously
denied on all Sides
At the afternoon session it was voted
unanimously to set apart the last Sunday
in June as labor memorial day. During the
rest OF the afternoon number of minor
matters were disposed of which related
purely to the order.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
Renders to the Rescue.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 15.-Secretary
Gage has requested the secretary of the
interior to instruct the Alaskan officials to
gather about 600 head of reindeer from the
government herds for the use of the expe-
dition for the relief OF the ice bound whalers
in the Arctic. 1t is expected that the Bear
which Is now at Seattle, will be ready to
sail in about ten days and within twenty
days thereafter it is expected that she will
have reached some point on Norton sound
where large part will be engaged for the
600 mile overland trip to Point Barrow,
The herd of reindeer. which will be killed
for food If needed, will be driven overland
and it Is the confident expectation of Cap
tain Shoemaker. chief OF the revenue cutter
service and Captain Hoopers who is in COM
mand of the Bering sea- patrol fleet. that
the herd will reach Point Barrow and the
imprisoned whalers beSoreI the middle of
February.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17
APPEAL TO P0PULISTS
For the Lease Home Fund.

The following contributions have been
received for the fund recently started,
which is being raised by the Representa-
1--WE Tor the purpose of purchasing a home
for Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease, Of Kansas,
VINO has been ruthlessly deprived Of the
shelter for her children, by a money-lending
corporation, for one-half the amount loaned
upon 1t, and a judgment obtained for the
remainder, which they propose to use in
following her up to reduce her to absolute
want. Her Offense is the eloquent advo-
cacy of Populst principles 1 ask every
lover of justice and fair play to send his
contribution to me at Hastings, Mimi, and
l will see that the money Is acknowledged
IN this paper, and scrupulously applied to
the purpose designated l also call upon
all Populist newspapers throughout the
country to give notice to their readers Of
the movement, and request their subscrib-
ers to contribute to the fund.-
Amounts heretofore published in
these columns. .......... ........ S64 55
Theodore Larson, Virginia. Mimi. 90. 10
Republican Farmer, St. Paul, Mimi. rs
H. F. Spring, Ada MINI 10
Henry Benning, Ada, Mimi .. .. 10
Z. l.. Stai, Zumbrota, MINI. ... 25
Geo. F. Washburn, Boston, Mass... 800
Aotai... ................. ............. so. .35
II there is an omission to give due credit
write me at once.
This list will be kept standing and added
10 from week to week, until enough has
been secured to purchase the home and
put in the hands Of trustees, so that Mrs
Leases creditors cannot get it or seize
upon the pots and pans and kettles
therein.
Let us show the world that Populists
can be as grateful to those who help them
as are the plutocrats. If we can make
this movement a success 1t will be an
honor to every Peoples party man in the
TO md in hn mi to6 Ctoto Tot
friend of reform send in as much as he
can spare. IGNATIUS DONNELLY.
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AS CONGRESS APPROACHES.
The President Is DevOting Much of
His Time to His Message.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 15 Senator
Fairbanks, of Indiana and Senator Eikins
Of West Virginia, saw the president today
upon matters pertaining principally to ap-
pointments In their states, but they also
policy of the coming session Of congress
Both Senators Elkins and Fairbanks agree
with the president in the matter of pacific
measures regarding Cuba and Spain.
President Mckinley is quite anxious to
legislation and asks different senators who
call for thei1 opinion.
Senator Harris, of Kansas, who took a
prominent part in the last session OF con-
gress against the arrangements for the sale
Of the Union Pacific road, called on the
president regarding the sale of the Kansas
Pacific railroad. He said he believed the
Kansas Pacific like the Union Pacific, would
bring the full amount Of the government
claim and thought to the Central Pa
cific there might be some difficulty, yet he
inclined to the opinion that the government
would get it's debt on this account, also
paid in full.
While pressure is still being brought to
bear on the president for appointments he
is giving little time to such matters and
prefers to work on his message. 1t is prob
able that the president will make no recon-
mendation in his message upon the subject
Of general arbitration. The fact that he
made his views clear that subject in
his inaugural address and that no arbitra-
tion treaty will be pending when the annual
message Is sent in, makes it unnecessary
to say anything further on the matter
at this time.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-11-17

WASHINGTON, D. G.. Nov 15.-Today's
statement of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance $685. $50, ,S64 /;
gold reserve, $155, SIS 219-s
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"Nuggets Of Prosperity"


nounced here that all but one, or possi-
bly, two, cotton manufacturing corpora
tions have signed an agreement to abide
by the recommendations of a special
committee of the manufacturers asso-
citation, which has been appointed to
take some steps for the improvement
Of the conditions in the local cotton
industry. 1t is expected that a shut
down or a decided reduction of wages
will be advised
st. Paul, Nov. 6.-Attorney General
Childs has made an application to the
district court of Ramsey county for the
appointment of receiver for the North
American Savings and Loan society, al
leging that the institution is insolvent.
1t is stated in the complaint, which was
filed yesterday that the liabilities of
the company exceed it's assets by at
least $125,O00. 1t is claimed that the
society asked leave May Is to liquidate
its affairs under the statute, but that
this has not been done, hence the appl-
cation for the appointment OF receiver.
The complaint states that a report
of the society filed with the public cx-
aminer Oct. Is last shows the assets
of the company as 1858 3,313.29, and the
liabilities $27O, ,3O547, a deficit of $6,-
9921S. In the statement of the assets
real estate is given as 27,3T.75, real
estate expense at $4,000, and loans at
$4,000. This, the complaint states, is
at least so per cent more than the ac-
tual value of the items. The public ex-
aminer thinks that these figures are at
least 60 per cent too high.
St. Paul, Nov. 6.-Judge Bum had
before him today at special term the
application of certain stockholders, N.
A. Perry, ct al, of the Continental Saw
ings Loan and Building company, for
the appointment of receiver of the
company.
st. Paul, Nov. 6.-Judge Kelly today
confirmed the sale of the plant of the
Christopher Stahlman Brewing COM
pany, insolvent. The plant is sold by
Joseph Ehrmantraut, assignee, to Mic
olin & Schell, for $500, subject to all
membranes, which are very heavy
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