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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-26
MAMMOTH DEAL IN WHEAT
SIX MILLIONS FOR LETTER.
In Ten Days Trading the Bold OPP
erutor Has Accumulated That
Amount for HoIdfngs-He Is of
the Opinion That the Price VIII
Reach SI.25.

Chicago. Feb. l9.-The Journal says:
at is pretty well established in inside
circles about the board of trade that with
in the past 10 days there has been turned
into cash in two Chicago banks on Lasalle
street about $6,0OO,O00 for Joseph Letters
account This is confirmation of the sale
of the wheat. Within As hours ocean ton
mage has been taken at low rate of
100000 bushels TO the leading English
ports. Favored people who had the tip on
the heavy deposits with the banks were
getting all the wheat possible on soft spots
yesterday"
Letter Says He Is Buying.
Letter makes denial of the report that
he disposed of 100000 bushels of his
May holdings of wheat during yester-
days excited trading. He was credited
with making a profit of 100000. He
said:
81 not only did not sell bushel OF
wheat yesterday, but bought wheat The
current prices are only the beginning OF a
range from 1925 to $3.50 per bushel
That is what | propose to sell my wheat
at"
Mr.. Letter added that he had engaged
freight room for 100000 bushels of wheat
since February /, and that he now control,
room for about 100000 bushels. He
made the significant remark that most d
the 100000 bushels had been sold t
consumers in Europe, principally to Eng
fish millers He has avoided. he says
disposing of any wheat to spectators OF
the other side of the Atlantic in order thai
they might not become his competitors il
the near future
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-26
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat Quotations, Wool Figures
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse Country
points: Club, bulk 60c, sacked 62%c:
bluestem. bulk 63c, sacked 65@c. At Spo-
kane: Club, bulk 6lac, sacked 64c: blue
stem. bulk Gale. sacked 67c.
Oats-At Spokane f. o. b., $ls@lS.25
per ton.
Flour-Per barrel. 1919
Barley-Country points, G0@65c per
cwt.
Rye-Country points, 70@75c per cwt.
Feed-Bran and shorts. $l2 per ton
shorts, $l3; bran, $ll; rolled barley, $ls
chicken feed, $1,000.
Hay-Timothy, SIP per ton; wheat hay,
$40: alfalfa, $l3.
Produce-Country butter, 40 and 60lb
tubs, 29c per lb; 5, 10 and 2Olb tubs, 30c ::
prints, zoe; eastern butter. 25@26c; coun-
try butter, in. rolls, 2O@25c per Id: cook
ing butter Ice; cheese, twin, full cream
l3@l4c; cheese, twin. skim milk, 9@@
Zoe; ranch eggs, $6.75@7: honey. white
comb, l3@l4c; fancy, l5c per 10.
egetables-Potatoes 40@42c per cwt
onions, $2.4O@2.5O per cwt; beans. $50
&c per lb; MERGED sweet potatoes, So pei
cwt; cabbage, 81 per cwt; squash, $l.5C
per doz.
Meats-Beef COWS, live $3.25@350 pei
cwt, dressed $6.75@7; steers. live $3.50
4, dressed 81 .35@7.5O hogs, live $3.75@4
dressed $5.25@5.50; mutton, live 4@4@c
dressed S@S1c per ID; dressed lambs, &c
dressed veal SAFE.
Poultry Chickens, live weight, 9@l0'
per lb; dressed, Hole; turkeys, live
lO@llc; dressed, l2@lSe: ducks, live
Zoe; dressed, lO3@llc per lb; geese, live
l0@llc; dressed. l2@l2@e.
Wool-Fine medium, l0@llc per ID
medium, 9@l0c.
wheat.
Portland, Ore, Feb. 2l.-The loca
wheat market has climbed back to tn
highest notch of the year. Walla Walla
/ 76@77c; valley and bluestem, soc.
Tacoma, Feb. -Wheat-Unchange
No. l buestem, 76ac; No. / club, 75lc.
Oakesdale, Feb. 2l.-The wheat marke
is unsettled and feverish. Local dealer
quote 81 cents as the top price for No.
sacked in the warehouse.
San Francisco, Feb. 2l.-Wheat-ShiT
ping, $l.4l l-4@l.42 ID for No. /. an
$l.43a for choice milling, Sl.20@l.25.
Metals.
San Francisco. Feb. 2l.-Silver bar
555c; Mexican dollars. 46A@47c.
Lead-$3.50.
Lake copper-$ll.
Pig iron-S6.60@670
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-02-26
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Does he think you will be out soon?"
Robbins-'I imagine so. He said he
wished had sent for him sooner
Dill.l-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
THE LEADER IN MISSOURI. {.


Mr.. BANDS denomination was =
matter of course as his election will
be. As long as Missouri can keep him
in Washington he will be kept there.
There is no clearer or more forcible
intellect than his in the politics of the
United States, but he has something
that is more urgently reeded in our
public affairs than any force of intel
lect. however great. lie has the moral
force which can come only from
soundness OF character-from genuine
goodness. Our public life is full of in
tellectual. brillian; men who are NOR
ally rotten. II moral rottenness gave
out the odor which warns US against
the presence of physical corruption,
Washington city would smell like a
charnel house. Our politics are be-
ing degraded more and more nearly to
the level OF our business methods
and under the corporation system as IL
is abused. these are characterized by
the fraud. perjury and eNtortion
necessary for success in initiating cap
ital, in selling watered stock and
bogus bonds. in making unjust and un-
lawful alliances TO secure monopoly,
| in n thousand shameful and foxy de-
vices for taking advantage of the ig-
norant or the unwary. II we 60 on as
we are going under the trust system.
continuing to develop the spirit which
the abuse of the corporation laws has
produced. we will become a nation OF
swindlers and confidence operators.
among whom the most successful liar.
the meanest ard most rapacious cheat
who is willing TO sacrifice most for the
sake of money. will be the model man.
admired before all Others. Against
this tendency the presence of such
men as Bland in our public life is the
best protest we can make. While we
have such in Washington. honest
Americans can always have some one
to whom they can rally in the assur.
ance that they will not be deceived or
defrauded. as they have often beer
by purchasable leaders. Bland might
have been loaded down with the fraud
ulent stock of every lying. cheating
corporation in the country. lie nigh
have been taken in on the grounc
) floor" of the Standard Oil compan,
and it's allied corporations. as a maj
whom democrats once loved and trust
ed as n great leader has been. Blu
: Bland is incapable of meanness. o
: cheating. of STOPPING TO graphic in TIL
) muck of the filthy rewards plutocrac.
offers public men for their souls. Hi
; leadership of the Missouri delegation
! makes Missouri now the leading stat
| In the politics of the union. the onl
2 one capable OF holding the breac
E against the combined forces of plr
: tocracV
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st tic exact moment With other mate
ters; but think know what IL msans.
She stopped, and We gazed AZ each 9th
er. She was In deem black, but the pal
lor had gone from her oval cheeks. She
made me Authoritative bow. Isprang
TO my feet.
"lni so glad to see you," cried. 'be-
cause-I want TO restore something you
forgot in the restaurant yester--a few
weeks ago"
How kind OF you'll" she said. coming
near.
"Oh, not at ALL" replied; "but l
hope you were not Inconvenience.
should have sent II, but IL didn't"
put my hand in my breast pocket
hurriedly and extracted my handker-
chief. which in turn brought to light
sheaf of letters and memoranda shook
out at her feet like a skillful conjurer.
Then = tried ths other pocket, but
vainly. "lt's glove" said, weakly
gathering up my belongings; zone OF
yours, don't you know"
IL recolect--I missed it," she said,
coldly.
But the cab went so quickly" I
pleaded; "ah, do sit down until / find
i'll"
She did so. was in a gentle per-
spiration.
pray do not take so much trouble"
she murmured, plaintively.
"Hurrah, / have it," | cried, and
extracted the wisp of silk from my
watch pocket, where had thrust it on
| leaving the shop.
$50 kind Of you," she observed. TAX
ing it. Then the powder ran out over
her dress.
How stupid" gasped, completely
demoralzed now, and, retaking the
glove, | shook it vigorously until had
created a miniature dust storm. She
sneezed | deyoutly wished that the
flying machine was an accomplished
fact.
ITS ruined" l muttered, woefully
for it certainly presented a piebald ap
pearance.
She smiled. sat down, saying. des
perately:
Would you allow me to keep it-th'
thing is of no use now?'
"Why?" she answered. quietly; bu
the voice was low.
ITO remind me of that happy day."
replied. shying.
. Indeed? I am glad that you thinl
of it as a pleasant one she said, era
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WHY" SHE ANSWERED. QUIETLY.
ciously. "Mr. Turn bull was declaiming
all the way back in the cab. He seemed
prejudiced against you"
"He may he described as a man who
means WELL" | observed, severely. Il
hope he said something actionable."
"Oh. hardly that." she answered.
laughingly; but he seems to have
changed his opinion lately" THAT is
the luncheon bill. thought ID Your
name happened TO come up in conversa-
ton to-day, and be said"
She paused; a sudden flame leaped
into her checks.
what did he say ?" demanded. try
ing to look away.
"Ie said you were an honorable
man." she replied, the point Of her para
sol tracing a lop-sided isosceles triangle
in the dust. but"
"Ah, there is much virtue in that
but" | observed. bitterly.
THAT YOU ought 10 settle down." she
continued. tossing her head and rising.
$50 SHALL" cried; "but it depends
upon my lady. have her portrait here
In this case She is the only girl | shall
ever care for in that way" added, be-
cause little qualification does no harm
Mt even the most exalted moments. by
the way, she is an acquaintance OF
yours. too" And. pressing the spring,
handed the casket TO her as the lid
flew back. She glanced at me curiously,
very pale now. !, weak aboutthe knees
watched a child trundle hoop past US
She uttered little cry that sank
into a sobbing laugh. Then she sat
down beside me and put one of the
hands | hope TO hold when death beck
ons me down the last dim turning OF
lfe's road into mine.
III trust she will make you a goot
wife" she said. gravely. And Well
surely, man born OF woman can guess
the rest.-Black and White.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
Another Gladstone Theory.

The tender affection OF Mrs. Glad
stone for the dead statesman was char
acterized by implicit faith and rev.
crent devotion. An English bishop was
a guest at Hawarden castle and joined
in a conversation with Mrs. Gladstone
and Others concerning the Armenian
atrocities. There Is one above who
knows" piously concluded the bishop.
"Yes." replied Mrs. Gladstone, he u
be down in minute or two. Hes
upstairs washing his hands just now
san Francisco Argonaut.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
THE FARMERS REWARD.
Republicans Wsuld Have IL Appear
That God and Nature Are In
Cahoots with Them.

"As If 10 reward the farmers for sup
porting the gold standard" says the
Chicago Timcs-IIerald. mature has
forced the purchase of sG9S.000.0O0 OF
our products by foreign lands" II is
certainly discouragirg TO find that both
God and nature are in cahoots with
the republican party. 1t Will be news
TO YOU TO learn that nature probably
acting under Gods direction) caused .
failure OF the wheat crop throughout
the world. and starved millions of reo-
pie in India. Italy. Spain and other
gold standard countries in order 10 re-
ward the American farmers for voting
for Mckinley. Really. are these pluto
Gratis lunatics. or is IL possible that
their dupes are such asses as TO swallow
such rot OF that kind-rot that appears
as an editorial in the paper mentioned?
Nature does not support money
standard or any other scheme OF man.
She dispeLses an even-handed justice
to all. and will wine the republican
party off the earth. even though II be
great exponent Of sound money!
for disregarding her laws, just as quick
as she will gather into the kingdom
come the meckest. most chumpish vot-
ing king that ever sold the ballot FOR
drink. But while the plutes cant
monkey with nature very much. they
have had their own sweet ways with the
working classes SO long that perhaps
they have conceived the idea that they
are in league with God and nature
| Cominfr Nation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
FORTY-CENT GOLD DOLLAR.
che Intrinsic value Of the Metal ~
Indica ted Omcially for
Century.

When people talk OF the intrinsic
ralue of gold. they mean its value for
use in the arts-for making gold leaf,
for finger rings and for similar pur-
poses.
This is the only value IL can have in
addition to its coinage value-that Is,
10 the fiat value given IL by the mint
stamp and by its use as a money metal.
When people talk of the hundred
cent gold dollar" they are right If they
speak Of its fiat value plus its value for
use in the arts.
But according TO the report OF the d.
rector of the mint, out OF over $1,000
100000 worth OF gold bullion produced
In the United States from 1892 to 1896
q period of 1O4 years-only S2i5,o0O,oOo
was withheld from coinage for use in
the arts.
Thus we have II officially shown. on
the face Of figures given by the leading
gold monometallst authority of the
country. that on the averages OF cen
fury only about one-eighth Of the de-
mand for American gold has been ere
ated by its use in the arts
The rest is the demand created by
coinage. and all other value mot In
trinsic or created by demand for use in
the arts) Is fiat value.
Hence, on the face OF the official ng
urcs for a hundred years. the gold dol
lar minus its fat value In 12h -cen'
| dollar.
II gold worshIpers are shocked q
the way their own figures put then
to confusion we are willing TO con
cede that az much as 30. or even y
per cent. OF the value Of the gold dol
lar may be ''intrinsic." But that
the maximum. The re IL never likely I
be more than that. The rest Is given Z
Il by coinage demand. and II would dis
appear II the mint stamp and tie gov
eminent fiat which converted meta
into money were withheld.
The Accent gold dollar Is oil righ'
however. The only dollar that Is a
wrong In this country Is the Roth'
child -Ickelheimer. Wall street, nations
bank, panic producing rag dollar whic
always stands for a dollar OF circula'
Ing debt initiation. and il always wort
Q hundred cents less than nothing
Mississippi Valley Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29

Mr.. Nelson Dinghy. author OF "a
bin to produce revenue" has been NJ
in Maine accepting denomination
and of course he has made soma
speeches. Bu,. singular TO say. Mr.
Dinglcy had not n word TO say re-
specting his masterpiece. he made a
few discursive remarks respecting the
war. but the burden of his GRAFTON
was an appeal 10 the people TO give
new emphasis to the financial issue IN
the congressional elections and In the
presidential battle two years ahead.
OF course 1t may lie modesty which i'm
pcls Mr.. Dingley to ignore his crown
ing achievement. Then, again. the
fact that the receipts under the Ding
lev law continue TO fall further and
further below the original estimates
may have something to do with IT,
In any event. we may he perfectly sure
that. like it's predecessor. the Dinghy
bin will hereafter have to do its own
taking" Its sponsors and fuglemer
agree with the small boy who. under
| certain embarrassing circumstances
| enunciated the opinion that the less
said about II the better. -Chicage
Chronicle.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
THE GOLD STANDARD.
Its Establishment In India would
Cause Irrepa rabIc Injury ana
Disaster 20 Bssiness-

The herculean task of establishing
the gold standard in India has not yet
seen accomplished and the difficulties
OF its accomplishment have caused Lord
George Hamilton to appoint a special
committee TO devise way and means 10
procure gold 10 place India on gold
basis. The appointment OF the COM
mittee has aroused most important
discussion in England. Financiers OF
ell parties complain of the limited IN
auiry intrusted to the committee. They
contend that the inquiry should be
broad enough TO take into considera-
ton the propriety OF any attempt what
ever TO reach the gold standard, and
also the expediency of again opening
the mints OF India to the free coinage
of silver. Sir Robert Giffen, the leader
of the gold standard party OF the world.
Immediately after the appointment OF
the committee published letter IN the
London Times on the 18th of May last.
In opposition 20 the plan proposed by
Lord Hamilton. Among other things
he said that the omission OF the follow
ence TO the committee:
ID whether a gold standard is desirable
for India, a subject not sufficiently con-
s.dered by Lord Herschelrs committee,
and which the Indian government appears
| 10 have inadeduately studied. and ,zl
whether a gold standard and gold money
are really practicable In the special cir
cumstances OF India. n point on which
there cannot but he the greatest doubts.
The London Economist and the Lon
don Statist. in elaborate editorials, con-
Cured in the views expressed by Mr.
Giffen. md protested in the strongest
possible terms against the effort at the
present time to attempt TO put India
on a gold basis. Space will not permit
the reproduction OF these elaborate ar
cuments. II is sufficient 20 say that II
is the opinion OF all the gold standard
economists that gold cannot be OBJ
tanned to put India on gold basis with
out great detriment 10 the finances o.
the mother country and irreparable in
fury and disaster 10 the business O
india. If these financial authorize
had examined the questions with a
much anxiety and care % years ago tn
United States and Europe would no
be suffering the intolerable evils OF tn
gold standard.
The war between bimetallism and IN
gold standard i,the war between pros
perity and decay. Modern civiiizatio
Is not ripe for decay The realizatio
Of the horrors of the gold standard 10
india by the leading monometallists {
Great Britain is light in the east. wher
darkness appeared impenetrable. tn
position OF the gold monometallis'
that the single gold standard in
countries and in every cline is an III
alleged blessing is abandoned In u
case of India. The admission that
will curse India must encourage b
: metallists throughout the world an
confound the advocates of the infal
!. bility Of the gold mcnopoly.-Silv
knight-Watchman.
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Gold II King.

whatever may be the Language or the
contract the United States will discharge
all the obligations In the currency recog.
nlzed as the best throughout the ciy'lized
world-at the time Of payment--Mckinley
The peoples money. says a New Eng
land manufacturer. should be used hon.
estly and according TO contract only.
The people have no objection TO Presi-
dent Mckinley dischnrging his person
al debts In money recognized by Eng
land "as the best" We protest TO the
use OF the peoples money in any other
wav than as the contract calls for.
either BY him or any other trusted
guardian OF our finances. The con tract
should be a sacred compact and the
people will demand at the polls tina.
our contracts be made TO be kept and
not 10 be broken at the request OF Tor
eigner. bondholder. or banker.-Siive
4 Knirht-Watchman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29

The democrats OF Illinois will
take no backward step. They will
march under the same patriotic and
progressive principles that have been
the tenets Of the party since the days
OF jefferson and that we're reiterated
and emphasized by the national con-
ycntion that met in Chicago In 1906
Illinois State Register.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29

4 great popular preacher Of the late
eighteenth and early nineteenth con-
turies was William Huntington. 8. 8
lie expAined his title thus: As can
not get u. y. for want Of cash. neither
can I get ". 4. for want OF learning;
therefore I am compelled to fly for
refuge 10 s. s.. by which mean, d,D
ner saved ~--ilousehold WoTdA
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IL THrRsTON
STILL SIXTEEN TO ONE.
The Principles of the Chicago iias'
form Arc Proof Against
Bond sharks.

The 100000. 900 in bonds and inter
est-bearing certificates which plutoc-
racy has wrested from congress are not
needed for the war agains; Spain.
Not a dollar need have been added TO
The debt for war purposes. nor are these
bonds really intended for war purposes.
Their real purpose is TO prevent cor
poration currency from being retired
and its place taken by cash issued by
government
The bond issue was forced by desper-
ate and INSCRIPTIONS disciples OF John
Law. who wish 10 keep cash out OF
circulation so that they can initiate the
currency with corporation notes. CIR
culated at the highest possible interest
rate through forced loan Of the credit
of the people.
The men who did this are anarchists
and dcsperadoes. Sitting in the parlors
az their London banks, they plot 10 be-
( Gin wars and 10 overthrow governments
that they may increase their prohts.
Their hands are rocking with blood
shed. They care for no law. human or
divine. which threatens TO stop them
II they can. they will enslave the peo-
ple of America as they have already
enslaved those Of ireland and India IN
one way. and of South America IN an
other.
They will never succeed in subJugai
inc America. When the Chicago plat
form was adopted Il meant unsurren
derlng resistance 20 them and II means
4, stilI -Nississippi Valley Democrat
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wand Have Deen BETTER.

The issue of bonds Is fatal 10 prosper
ity because II takes money ont OF busi-
ness enterprises. One can imagine how
much greater business would be y IN
stead OF taking $500. o0ooJo out OF CIR
cula,Ion s,oo,OOo.00o was added. Sill
yer Knight Waterman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29
We cannot but believe that u

We cannot but believe that the
Dingley measure has exhibited In its
first wear nearly maximum revenue
possibilities. The truth seems TO be
that our manufacturers are working
so closely 10 the level ofprices prevail
ing in outside markets-and have been
SO little affected in that position by
the new enactment-that revenue and
protection no losger travel together
Springfield tMass.) Republican.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-07-29

when Hanna claims that he was In
aorsed by Oregon. be forgets 70 add
that he did not ask Oregon to walt for
details Of his bond grab before voting.
--Niesissippi Valley Democrat
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Pip-IIches abused are curse.
Ouip--Yes; but to see the true beauty
Of the proposition IL Is necessary 70 ."
one OF the DOOM. Y. World.
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We love Mr.Hannafo for his Fourtl

Of July patriotism. but nevertheless 1t
will soon become our painful duty to
stop talking about glory long enough
20 hear the evidence Of fraud and
bribery in the Ohio senatorial cleo
tion.-Mississippi Valley Democrat.