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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10
CURRENT NOTES.

How is the Dingley tariff going to
benefit the people of this country? BY
excluding foreign goods and thus CIV
ing American workmen work making
similar goods. And how did the Will
son tariff injure the people of this
country? By admitting a flood of
European goods, thus checking the de-
mand for 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,
1885, 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 were $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 $685.
104,2S0 worth less of imports. Does not
this prove that it was not excessive
importations under the free trade"
Wilson tariff that caused the hard
>simes of 1S94-1S97?
No tariff ever caused good times, and
none ever will unless 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
outstanding the Dingley tariff; be-
cause industrial depressions are caus-
ed by the inability of the people to buy
goods, thus throwing out of employ
rnent 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 enactmentt
of the Dingley tariff. And it seems
that a 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-
TEN. As to the tariff, the best anti
crust tariff is no tariff at all. Direct
saxation would greatly simplify mat
ters. work justly and take the wretch
ed tarE question out of politics.
Even the Chicago Tribune, referring
IN the new railroad trust, wakes anar-
christie as follows:
when the people see that they have
been betrayed and that a railroad oc-
tapus has them in the grip of its ten
tscles there will be wild work. Treach-
erous representatives will be dealt with
rs they deserve, but the forAS of law
will not be observed.
.-T'here will be a short, shaip contest
between the few who are fleeing the
y,eople and the many who are being
f,eeced. In that strife the former will
fare i'll"
Bat does the Chicago Tribune sug-
zast any vsy out of the CLUTCHES of the
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10
HAMMER AND ANVIL.

Having taken brief rest after his
unsuccessful efforts in behalf of Seth
Low, Carl Schurz has resumed his
steady occupation of throwing, brick
bats at Senator Gallinger whom he &C.
cuses of being an enemy to civil service
reform. Just why Mr.. Schurz should
constitute himself the especial cham
pion Of civil service Ia not clear. He Is
chronic officeholder himself, but he
has never held an Office subject to the
civil service law. His activity is prob.
ably due to his propensity to NEEDLE
and to his steadfast conviction that all
the wisdom and patriotism of the ma
ton are concentrated in his person.
Gallinger is spokesman, but he is
much less offensive than busybodies
and pharisees of the Schurz stripe.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

railroad trust? 1t does not. There Is
no way out except government owner
ship, operation and control, and the
Tribune will never advocate that. The
Chicago Tribune is transparent
fraud. All of the words it publishes
land they are few enough for the peo-
pie are hypocritical. And the Tribune
is type of the metropolitan daily.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

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 McKinleyism. He says:
TALK about protection! Venezuela
has it on the top shelf. They live on
1t. They object to all internal taxation.
so imports catch it, 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 flour, $1S 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 a
fund for a memorial to Henry George.
The nature of the memorial is to be
decided by vote of the contributors,
among whom ought to be found mil
ions Of the workingmen and working
women whose representative he was.
]. A. Edgerton, secretary of the Peo-
pies party national committee, is the
author of the following lines ITO
Henry George"
What can we say of thee, but only this?
We had a prophet, and we knew him
not.
Another age will rate thee at thy
worth,
A great, warm-hearted, fearless, honest
A nobleman who took his rank from
And bore it like king. And o! the
poor!
How true 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 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 a friend of all the worlds op-
pressed!
He was a foe to sham and tyranny;
He was martyr to holy cause;
He died as he had lived, for human
kind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10
vane anil

serf-like, loyalty be on the wane anil
the end not yet.
'"'' ''''' ' W. G. SPRAGUE.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10
THE MONEY VOLUME.
ALWAYS CONTROLS THE AvEfy-
AGE OF PRICES.
Variations in Prices Caused by Shortage
of Surplus of Any PrOduct-NO Con-
tradictlon OF the General Rule ~
Dollars Grow Fewer.

The general proposition that "the
volume of money in the country con-
trolls the prices in the country; that,
as the volume increases, prices rise;
as it decreases, prices fall-is hard
to perceive when applied to a nation.
In order to make it clear, whether or
not it be true, let us apply it first to
a small community. Let us suppose
the case of an island, entirely isolated
from the rest of the world. Upon this
island let there be twenty men, with
their families, but not a cent of money
on the whole island. Suppose you offer
your labor to man for whole year
for one cent; suppose you offer him
your years farm crop, delivered at his
door, for the same sum-one cent. You
could find neither an employer, nor a
buyer, for the simple reason that there
is not cent on the island. This would
be the situation with no volume OF
money at all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

Suppose now that each man had one
dollar-100 cents. The volume of mon
ey is now $40. Renew again your offers
to labor or to deliver your years farm
crop. In this event you could obtain
for your years labor, probably as
much as 10 to 20 cents, and for your
years crop as much, or rather more.
No man could give you more than 100
cents, for this number is all he has,
nor could he use them all for this one
purpose, as he needs must use some
for other things. Each cent would be
to him as precious as a diamond, yet
It's fair to assume one could obtain
the. prices above quoted, 10 to 20
cents. Let us suppose again that each
man had $40. The money volume is
now 5000. Renew again your offer Of
labor or farm crop, and it's only rea-
sonable to think you could obtain
price of dollar or so for either.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

Prosperity that comes from adyer-
sity abroad will be followed by a re-
action. Whatever hurts part of the
world will, in the end, hurt all the
world.-New Era.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

The situation in Ohio appears to
have simmered down to the proposition
that Mr.. Hanna can have the senator
ship if he is willing to pay for IT, This
is well enough as a basis for negOtia-
lions, but Mr.. Hanna will very proper
ly insist upon certain details being
cleared up before he appears as bid
der.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

Suppose again that each man had
500. In this event the price obtain
able for like offers should be $40 to
500. You see, as the volume increases
the prices rise proportionately. Now,
let us suppose that each man has
$1,000; nay, more, say 10000. In this
latter event it's not too much to ex-
pect that you could obtain for your
years labor or farm crop the sum of
$1,000. Each man would have plenty
of money to obtain what he needed or
wished. Your labor or crop would be
desired and he would have the money
to pay with. To the writer this illus
tration seems as clear as a simple the
orem in geometry-that, as the money
volume increased, prices must rise.
Let us now reverse the proposition.
Suppose each man started in with $10,-
900, money volume would then be
100000. Then let certain laws be
enacted, the effect of which would be
to gradually reduce the money volume
on the island, little by little, year by
year, each man having less and less,
soon each to have only $4,000, then
$4,000, then $1,000, and so on until
each was again reduced to no money
at all.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-10

If there is any error in this reason
ing the writer is unable to perceive it,
and SO convinced is he of its truth that
he is running his business on these
lines on the basis that the tendency Of
all prices is downward, and must con-
tinue so for an indefinite time to come
There is no bottom in sight.
Each nation that goes to the gold
standard will drive prices down an.
other notch. ~
YES" says some party, "but wheat
is going up; cattle. is going up and
this, that or the other commodity is
going UP, with the money volume re-,
naming substantially the same, hence
your reasoning must be wrong"
Let us see. The needle of the COM
pass points to the north pole.
Bring near it ten-penny nail. Away
goes the needle from its natural course
for awhile, while the ten-penny nail
is near, but at once when it's removed
the magnetic attraction reasserts itself
and brings the needle again to its
course.
Thus, when under shrinking money
volume any commodity rises in price,
look out for some ten penny nail, and
Its presence will not be usually hard to
hnd.
When that is removed, down goes
the price again, Fastening to regain its
place in the procession which it tenn
porarily lost.
The ten-penny nails, the local and
temporary influences which at this
time have raised the prices of wheat
or cattle, etc., arc readily perceived by
those familiar with the business.
There Is no relief possible for the ma
ton other than the creation of some
new supply of money from some
source, not necessarily of silver, but
by some means or other to reverse the
present policy, to turn this shrinking
money volume into an increasing vol
lme instead. Until some such reverse
policy be adopted prices must still
slowly decline, distress must still pre-
vail, the people beccm more and more
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
To Escn,ovc Tan and Frecklrs.

To KcnoVc Tan and FrecEleS.. T.
Soap will not remove tan nor frecklRs.
Bathe the face in warm water, and dry
very carefully with soft towel. Do
not use soap ON the face unless ALSO
lntely necessary. Never use face pow
der Of any sort-it spoils the skin by
closing the pores. Ii your child suffers
from sunburn moisten the face at night
with cucumber juice; cut n cucumb ber
lengthwise and rub it on the face. al
lowing the juice to remain until it dries
off; or use mild solution of baking
soda.-airs. $. 7. Rorer in October
Ladies Home Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
Meats Selling High.

Meat has not been as high in twenty
years as it has been of late. The ad-
vance in prices began in the early spring
and las gradually continued. 1t is not
thought it can advance much further,
and the prospects of being lower are
very remote, especially the price of
beef. Tho high price of beef is owing
to the great deficiency in the supply of
cattle all over the country. The Den
yer prices of all kinds of meats, beef,
mutton and pork. have advanced nearly
fifty per cent over the prices of year
ago. The same is true Of chickens.
The exports Of live stock and meat
products have been very large and the
supply upon the ranches being reduced,
in the nature of things it will take time
to restore the normal supply.
Last week there was decline in the
price of beef cattle, but it thought to be
merely Of a temporary nature.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
enccn vacto-,a.. Jubilee.

The English cour. fetcs in honor Of
the queens jubilee will begin at Buck
ingham palace June q with Il reception
To relatives aud foreign royalties, TO
be follow cd by banquet at the palace
TO the diplomatic corps. On the follow
ing day the'queen will attend special
service in Westminster abbey and a
state reception lt. the palace. The re-
mainder of the week will be filed with
receptions, n garden party, balls. royal
entertainments among the public Off
GERS and embassies and a state banquet
at Windsor castle. The gayest season
London has seen for many years is ex-
rccted.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
Death OF Du,as.an B,als;

i: becomes THE HERALDs ~ duty
this week to announce the death Il the
Oldest resident OF this section of eoui,-
try-Duncan Dlair-which occurred a,
st. Luke's hospital in Denver On Mon
day last. The abscess which had re
Gently formed near the right hip Sss
the direct cause CT his death.
Our readers will remember that Mr..
Blair was taken to Denver last week in
the hopes that a surgical opertion might
save his life. bnt the sequel shows that
the trip was fruitless. The disease was
too deeply rooted and death relieved
the patient sufferer.
Deceased came TO northwestern Colo
RADIO in the seventies, and was the first
settler in this valley. His wife Is a full
blooded Indian. Of the Shosh0ne tribe it
is said. and unto them one child was
born. john Blair. who with the widow
survive. Dunk" as lie WAS familiarly
known, was Of Scotch descent, and re-
ceived a splendid education. At one
time he vas well heeIed." as the say
ing is, but, being generous 10 fault. he
became an easy mark for the philistines
and gradually lost nearly oil his hold
ings. However, he had a host Of good
friends. WHO will always have kind
word for the old man.
For number of years he has been
after gold lead which hecame across
some twenty-four years agonear Hahn's
Peak, but every trip was without avail.
Mr.. Blair was 63 years OF age at the
time of his death. He also leaves three
brothers-Alexander JohE and Archi-
bald-who reside in Wyoming.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
THE "FuNNY MAN."
uo Had Been . Boy and Hadn't Forgot
ten It

Nc Had Been Boy and Hadn't Forgot
ten It
We call him the funny man because
he was sad and serious, and said little
but gazed right into our soulscnd made
us tell him just what was in our minds
at the time, and they came out with
some magnificently luminous sugges-
tion that cleared every cloud away, says
Scribner's. What was more. he would
then go OFF with us at once and play the
right thing out to it's finish, earnestly
and devoutededly, putting all other
things aside. So we called him the fun
ny man, meaning only that he was hf-
ferent from those others who thought
it incumbent on them to play the pair
full mummer. The idea as opposed to
the real man was what we meant, only
we We're not acquainted with the
phrase. Those others, with their la
bored jests and clumsy contortions.
doubtless fattered themselves that
they were funny men; we. who had to
sit through and applaud the painful
performance, knew better.
He pulled up to a walk as soon as he
caught sight of Us, and the dogca1t
crawled slowly along till it stopped just
opposite. Then he leaned ms chin on
his hand and regarded us long and soul
fully. yet said never n word; while we
jigged up ard down in the dust, grin
ming baahfuiiy, but with expectation.
For you never knew exactly what the
man might say or do.
You look bored" he remarked, pres
emily; thoroughly bored. Or else-let
me see; you're not married, are your
He asked this in such sad earnestness
that we FASTENED to assure him that we
were not married. Though we felt he
ought to have known that much; We
had been intimate for some time.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
WIN rmprs.on Indian yio.ators.

Game Commissioner Swan will mahe
vigorous effort to prevent the killiig
Of game for the marte., says the Den
vrr Republican of the Goth ult. lie re-
turned TUESDAY from visit To Rife
and New Castle in Garfield county.
where he svore in number Of special
deputies who will act under Game War
dens Mclean and Lylt.e. Rifle and
New Castle, lie states, are the two
poiuts by which game must be brought
out Of the mountains after the snow
n.es. The regular and special deputies
will watch these places with care. hop
ing thereby to capture violators of the
game law.
On October 9th Mr.. Swan Will go to
Utah to meet John Sharp, the game
commissioner Of that state. Together
they will proceed to Price, Utah. and
Fort DuChesne to confer with the mill
tarY authorities and the United States
Indian agent on the Uintah reservation.
Their plan is to notfY the authorities
there that Indians who Violate the game
laws OF Utah and Colorado will be ar
rested and dealt with just as though
they we're white men. A few Indians
thrown into Jail will, hir. Swan thinks,
he greater argument against further
violations of the game law than whole
volume Of verbal threats.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
Third Years Desert Proofs.

The officials of the land office at Glen
wood have sent out the following circu-
lar for the benefit of desert land entry
men:
Desert Land claimants are advised
that the general land office will in fu-
ture strictly enforce Sec. . of the desert
land law. This section requires the
filing of plat with the third annual
proof of expenditure. which plat must
show the character and extent of i'm
provements. Future proofs for the
third years expenditure must be accom-
panied by such plat.
j. B. PHILIPPI. Register.
LOUIS ScHwARz. Receiver.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
HE pEeLs TIE POTATOES.
Man Who Wishes to Bccrrc Il Che
NluKt Bc:s;n ut the Hattom.


Man Who vyishes to Bccrrrc Il Chef
aiust Be:s;n Ut the Hottam.
There are probably 15o schools for
cooking in Cermnny ana -tuatria, the
best of which are at Vienna. B,rlin and
Leipsic. A man who wishes 10 become
u chef ;lsus; begin at the very cotton of
the iaGder--at pceling potatoes--aud
work up, round Ey round, 10 the top,
says the New York World. A course of
schooling as strict rs that of any poly
technic school in this country mus: be
followed for four years before the
student cnn get diploma. Every year
competitive exhibitions are given in
which as many as eco chefs take part.
The c:lef who was employed at the white
house by Grover Cleveland, and who, it
is rurnorcd, may be again. has !, gold
medal wl.:ch was presented to him by
Empress Frederick for excellence in
cooking, Il silver medal given hy the
king gofScxony.a aG;plon,a from the queen
of Austria. ard numerous other marks
OF appreciation and honor won in COM
pctitive contests in cooking. It is not
to be wondered at that European cooks
command extraordinary salaries in this
country.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

Chief Deputy Game Warden Mclean
came in in the early part of the week 70
confer with deputy Eyttls relative tu
devising effective measures to protect
deer this fall in their passage from the
upper country. Several special depu-
ties will assist Messrs. Mclean and
Lyttle in their work during the next
two months.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

Routt county democracy put the fol-
lowing ticket in the field last week: For
commissioner, W. r. Dakins of VIII
Jams Fork; clerk, George Wither of
Hahn's Peak; treasurer. S. G. Reid of
Toponas; assessor, S. J. Walker of Hay
den; sheriff, Chas. W. Neiman of Steam
boat: superintendent of schools, Mrs.
Emma Peck of Craig; coroner, B. l..
jefferson OF Hayden.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

New clothing, latest things in hats,
q big new stock OF boots aud shoes,
gents furnishings-in fact our store is
30 crowded with bright new goods that
we can't movc about very comfortably.
Come in aud reduce the stock for our
convenience aud your comfort and sat
isfaction. j. W. uuGus 4 Co.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
Millinery.

have just received well-selected
and stylish line of ladies' and misses
hats. Call and see them before you
buy. Mrs. G. A. BoorH.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

1t is said some SIS, eco will go out of
this county within the next few weeks,
the result of visit Of drummer rep
resenting an eastern grocery firm. Pat
ronizing home Institutions doesn't ap-
pear TO be the motto of the average cit
iZen. as it should be, and we have never
seen it fail that the bigger the fake the
more plentiful are the customers for
Cheap-J Ohm goods. Why should en-
enlargement be given All outfit which
doesn't pay a cent of taxes in this or
any other county in the state? And
the more so when goods Of equal quality
can be purchased at home for the same
money.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

The commission men claim that the
cattle shipments will be much lighter
here this fall than last, says the Rifle
Reveilie, as every one sold out pretty
close last year and the young stock
brought in this spring are not old enough
for market.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

For Festival Of Mountain and Plain,
Denver, Oct. Sd and 4th, the Colo. Mid
land makes rate of s. round trip from
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

Our new dry goods are here and ready
for your inspection. 'Ve are showing a
more extensive line than ever, and, as
you are aware, this means much.
j. w. HUGUs g. Co.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

II. II. Leonard. the popular Demo-
cratic candidate for assessor, has been
In town the past week-the race of
Thursday in which he was interested
being the cause of his stay.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
Letter List.

The following letters remain in tbs
postoilice at Meeker. Colorado. uncalle,
for, for the month ending Sept. 30th
1897. which if not called for in 30 days
will be sent to the dead letter office,
Ackare,, C A Ballard. VIM
Brenton. Harry Dawson. CS
Gilchrist. Harry Henry, George 5
Hammond, Lizzie Henry, George
Henry. George w Jackson, Herbert
Lindarman, Bird Mease. James il
Miller. r A Medley. Emmet 81
Markley Il F Night. Semen te)
Parker. James t3| Prewer, Josiah
Summerville, Charles u
Stills, Shellman. Pearl III
Steel, Frank Seward. s II
Taylor. } w Whitehead, CT
Williams, Fred Wilson, George
Warren, IL
In calling for any OF the above le.tera
please say advertised
+. n. JoHANToEN, r. NJ.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

Numerous rains have interfered with
the harvesting of hay and grain within
the past ten DAYS.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

Miss Hattie Mootz, Rio Blanco's maid
Of honor, leaves to. morrow for Denver,
in company with her mother. This
will be their first trip to the outside
world since they came to this county
some eight or nine years ago-and will
certainly be grand treat for both.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02

John p. Cloherty, who was appointed
postmaster at Buford recently, received
bis commission few days ago.
The Meeker herald., 1897-10-02
LOst-.A Bride.

A plated bride; lost last Mondat he
tween town and Hoback's ranch on
Flag creek. Finder will receive liberal
reward for returning same to this Office.