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The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
REDEEM IN SILVER.
REAL MISSION OF THE STAND
ARD DOLLAR.
How 1t May BE Used to Protect the
Treasury from Bank Sharks-Extract
from an Article by Senator Teller
The Way to Bimetallism.

From an article by Senator Teller:
The retirement Of the greenbacks, and
the substitution of national bank notes
to make up the amount lost by their
withdrawal, appears to be the present
scheme of the administration. Such a
proposition will never receive the
sanction Of congress. 1t may be put
through the house by republican votes,
but If 1t came to a direct vote in the
senate it could not pass. It is foolish,
in the first place, to suppose that the
national banks would increase their
circulation. To retire the greenbacks
and treasury notes means a contraction
Of $500, 100000. The circulation Of ma
tional bank notes is less than $780,
10000, and If any man believes those
institutions would swell their circula-
tion to $700,00O,OOO and guarantee to re-
deem every dollar of it in gold across
their counters he is financially un-
sound. II required by law, it would
not be done, for the banks would SIM
ply 60 out of business. The idea of
retiring the greenbacks is based upon
a desire to get rid of the constant drain
upon the treasury for gold. II our
treasury were to adopt the policy of
France that drain would stop instant
ly. When q holder of paper currency
goes to the Bank Of France to have it
redeemed he does not know whether he
is to get gold or silver. The bank ex-
ercises its option, and our law contem-
plates that our treasury should exer-
else its option, but it does not, and
right there is the trouble Offer silver
for those greenbacks once and the
drain would stop. This, OF course,
would not solve the whole situation.
but 1t would accomplish much, and
should be done. But it will not be so
long as the gold men dominate our
treasury,
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Thaktu to Dlngley.


Prosperity and the Dingley tariff are
linked together. First came the Ding
ley bill,and then followed dollar wheat
When the great and all-powerful tariff
act became law the farmers of Eu-
rope announced that they had no
wheat to sell; indeed, they had none
1or home consumption. Prices for the
cereal went up, and the Republicans
sang a pean of praise and said
Thanks to Dingley." Sugar stock
jumped 40 per cent and Standard Oil
stocks climbed so per cent, while Met
ropol1tan Railroad stock in New York
sells for 13O per cent-thanks to Ding
ley. Trusts were never so numerous
and never SO profitable as thew are
now. Never were so many new COM
Dinations OF capital formed; never were
the rich favored as they are at present
thanks to Dingley. Senator Hanna
missed point when he telegraphed
Mckinley to the effect that God rules
and the Republican party still lives"
He should have simply said with truth
and brevity: Thanks to Dingley."
Seldom has there been a more genial
and kindly winter. The mercury has
gone up with cheerful persistency,
and enthusiastic Republicans can but
recognize in this another proof of the
upward trend of all things since the
60. p. went into power. Surely they
are justified in saying, Thanks to
Dingley"
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Indla's Money Famine.

India is suffering from an extreme
stringency in the money market, and 10
feeling severely the effects Of the gold
standard. Dispatches from Calcutta
bring information that in order to meet
the monetary crisis bill has been in
troduced in the council to provide for
the issue Of currency notes against
gold. The local resources have utterly
failed to supply the demands of trade.
In explaining the situation Sir James
Westland said the scarcity was "due to
the banks remitting their capital to-
England" but he did not tell the cause
of this condition of affairs. The fact Is
that this embarrassment to trade has
been brought about by the closing Of
the India mint to silver. This has
produced a fall in prices and has given
a great advantage to English manu-
facturers; therefore, the money in the
banks Of India has been drawn from
that country to England. The export
trade of India has been practically
killed, and it can never revive SO long
as silver is Disseminated against by
the native mint. Sir James Westland
further said that 1.-The banks must
operate on commercial principles, and
no blame was attached to them" II,
then, the banks are not to blame, what
is the cause of India's financial fam
inc? Evidently the closing Of the mint
to silver, the consequent fall in prices
producing poverty among the people.
and the stopping Of export business.
India is receiving an object lesson on
the beauties of the gold standard. VIII
the people Of the United States be wise
enough to take the hint?
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Like an Advance Agent.

1t is stated that Maj. Mckinley NAV
visit New York this month to attend
a manufacturers dinner. There is m
improbability in the announcement
The President does not like to stay
many weeks continuously in Washing
ton. He has a rowing spirit, which
induces him to accept any possible ey-
cuse for getting out on the road. He
labored hard to get into the executivo
office and now that he is there is mite
willing to swing around the circle m
the slightest provocation.-.Ex
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Need Of q Merchant Marine.

The development Of the merchant
marine Of the United States has been
in inverse ratio to it's progress in 9TH
e. lines. In 1S45 American ships han
died 81 per cent of our imports and
exports. In 1865 the figures had been
reduced to 75.6 per cent; in 1860 to 65.5
per cent; in 1870 to 1856 per cent; in
1880 to ia per cent; in 1890
TO 1873 per cent, and in 1895 to
lit per cent. For 1895 the percentage
of imports and exports handled by
American ships was II, and for 1897
the figures were about lis per cent.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Starving the Children.

Men of means, who manufacture ar
ticles that help the washerwoman to
gain livelihood. are not as charitable
and humane as they are professed to
be. We know of one, not hundred
miles from this office, who Is OF 4
sanctifed nature, and who drops dol
lars" into the church contribution bas-
ket, as Cody" Offering, that would
rather starve orphaned little children,
also men who wish to make home
with him, than kneel down at the sa-
cred altar and offer up a prayer telling
the world how he had constantly tried
to do his uttermost in helping the
poor out Of this competitive world
Coming Events.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Defended of
the Former Pointed
slumbering Form of Of Awakeni
From New Time

From New Time.
This young man did not give himself
to his country in the war Of the re-
bellion. He had $4,000 in gold, and
When government bonds went down to
4o he bought 100000. Uncle Sam has
paid the interest, $4,000 per annum, in
gold ever since, and exempted him
from all taxation which we will say
is equal to 2 per cent. more, which
makes his yearly pension for invest
ing IN sure thing" $4,000. But even
this is not good enough for this man,
Our Uncle Sam therefore gave him
back $4,000 in national bank notes,
every one of which was indorsed by
uncle Sam. Thus, in addition to his
pension Of $4,000 a year in gold, with
exemption from taxation, risk, worry,
care and labor, he has enjoyed the use
and increment Of $50, 900 for over thirty
years. And besides all this, this "pa-
trotic' citizen who is so very Jealous
OF the nations honor" still has his
bond yielding him six thousand 200
cent dollars every year, and his $780,
ooO bank notes, which yield as much
more at least. Then we find his pres-
ent worth to be as follows:
His bond, which is still yield
ing him six thousand 200
cent dollars per year at mar
ket value. about. .s11s 900
National bank notes ........ 10000
Profits bank notes thirty years,
estlmated ................... 180, 900
Saved In taxes thirty years. 90. 10000
Interest on bond .............. 180, 900
Now we find him worth. >. 1928 900
Reader, do you think he has been
fully paid for his kind of patriotism? i?
Or do you think he deserves still fur
ther favors for his unspeakable patriot
ism. If so, do you think our present
system Of finance is "the best the word
ever saw" Are you willing to have
our government make so much differ
ence between it's rich and poor citi-
zens? How do you suppose the legis-
lation, the workings and results of
which are here illustrated, was OBJ
tanned? Bondholder is worth, bonds
and interest, s62S,000.
He belittles the soldier and calls him
an anarchist. But he does this merely
to hide his own iniquities. Some day
his guilt will find him out. Then the
soldier will put rope around his neck
and hang him for treason to our flag
and our country. The days Of the bond
holder are about numbered. The time
is near at hand when he will have to
go to work.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
A Chance to Open the Mills.


Never in the history of New England
has there been shutdown so COM
plete as that now in operation in the
cotton mills of New Bedford. Not a.
spindle is turning nor loom in mo-
tion. There are eighteen mills involved
in the strike and pay roll of $4,000 a
week is affected. Dispatches from Bos-
ton say: "A reduction in the wages of
about 125,000 operatives employed in
nearly 150 cotton mills in New Eng
land, which the manufacturers decide
upon as a temporary remedy for the
widespread depression in the cotton
goods industry of the north, has gone
into effect in a majority of the mills.
At several Of the mill centers, namely
New Bedford, Biddeford, Saco, and
Lewiston, Me-, dissatisfaction among
the mill hands is intense.
"The situation in New Bedford is
viewed from very gloomy light by the
business men of that city, many of
whom have not altogether recovered
from the depression which followed the
failure of six mill corporations last
spring. The strike was begun in spite
of the efforts of these men, of the pull
pit, of the city, Of the board Of trade,
and the state board of arbitration, to
bring about settlement. The opera
tives are advocating the abolition of
the fining systems in addition to restor-
alton of wages.
"The cut amounts to about 10 per
cent In many places, but In several
centers it is II 1-9 per cent, and even
higher; while in few mills it is only
about per cent. Over-production, the
keen competition of the south, low
prices, and a generally demoralized
cotton goods market, are said to be the
leading causes which are assigned for
the attack on the wage schedule. Many
manufacturers claim that a decrease
In the cost of production will greatly
improve the situation, while others de-
ny that the cut will do any good. The
policy OF most manufacturers seems to
be In the direction Of keeping the mills
running during the winter months at
least, the objection to a shutdown be-
ing based on the theory that it would
have no other effect than to increase the
production in the south.-Chicago Dis
match.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Total ..............1.33S,142 59,999

II, In 1896, the eastern states gave
popular vote Of 1,33S,142 for William ].
Bryan and the free and independent
coinage Of silver at a ratio Of 16 to 1,
while only 59,999 votes were polled in
these states for the advocate OF the
monetary theory now proclaimed by
the Journal, what assurance has the
Journal to give that it is not advising
the democratic party to ALLEVIATE one
million three hundred thousand voters
to secure the support of scant sixty
thousand?
1t cannot be denied that the democ-
racy Of the east is on record for bimet-
allism. How does the Journal expect
to reverse the verdict of 1S96?-Chi-
cago Dispatch.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Good Times for Plu.ocr.t..

From the Flaming Sword we learn
that times are good (for the Million
aire) and prosperity booming as
Gagged by the secretary of the treas
ury who is scheming to do away with
greenbacks, and issue bonds instead
for our dear" people. whom the bank
ers Of Lombard and Wall streets love
SO we'll and cater to their wants so
faithfully. Such is life, in the poor
mans mtnd!-Ex. -"
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
sNuttsrxorth a Victim.

Benjamin Butterworth, who served
repeatedly in congress from Cinein-
natl district, though always Repub-
lican, did not always vote for Repub-
lican measures. He was not an ex-
treme protectionist and his voice
and votes we're given upon occasion in
oppo5stion to protectionisra.
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
Worse Than a Plutocrat.

Mark Hanna gives the lie to those
who term him a plutocrat. There is
after all, line'of demareation between
. plutoerst and . corruptlon!st. '
The Louisiana populist., 1898-03-04
NO. 26.
SILVER IN INDIA.
(By George H. Shibley.)

The Indian government, in it, an
swer to the proposition to Join With
the United States and France in the
free coinage of silver and gold at 16h
to l, makes this very important admis-
sion: India has, since 1893, passed
through period of serious tension and
embarrassment, alike to trade and to
the government"
This embarrassment to trade" has
been due to falls in the average OF
prices and the dislocation of the par
OF exchange with the other silver US
ing countries, and the advantage given
to English manufacturers through the
restored par of exchange with India.
Compare the foregoing evils which
India has experienced with the condi-
tions which have prevailed in the
other silver-using countries. In Japan
there have been rising prices and good
times to the producing classes until
the creditor class secured the adoption
OF the gold standard Of falling prices.
In Mexico there have been rising
prices, bounty on exports, home
manufactures stimulated, and as q
consequence grand era of prosperity.
This contrast Is an object lesson which
is not being lost upon the producing
classes Of the United States.
They did not all see these things in
1896, for these facts were denied BY
the gold standard advocates; but the
prosperity which those advocates
promised has proved to be prosper
ity for those only who are benefited BY
falls in the average of prices, and this
excludes the producing classes-95 per
cent of the population.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
THE FLAG FLOATS DER SAN
TIAGO.


During the present war the day of
great achievements has been Sunday,
and it is not inappropriate that the
stars and stripes were raised over the
palace at Santiago on Sunday. The
ceremonies attending the raising of the
flag were simple in the extreme, still
BETTING so important an event. an
event that will stand out more and
more distinctly in history as the ages
go by.
The American flag was raised over
Santiago not as signifying the city's
conquest for America, but as signify
ing freedom and independence for the
Cubans. When it is lowered-there will
be raised in its stead the flag of free
Cuba. Before the war is over it will
float from the walls of Havana and
Cienfuegos. and when it does it means
that never again will SPANS flag float
over the island where lie the bones of
Columbus
That the stars and stripes. the en-
blem of freedom, should first have been
raised in the eastern part of the island
was most betting. symbolizing as it
did the fact that light comes from the
east. And as one thinks of that SIM
pie. impressive ceremony at Santiago
yesterday the thought involuntarily
comes to the mind, May not that flag
ever, at least so long as the United
States of America shall endure? Cuba
is about to start on her new and up
ward career. Will destiny link her for
tunes with those of this country? Who
can tell?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
SILVER THE ISSUE.

Some OF our Republican contempor-
aries are trying to make out that new
issues will be presented in the coming
campaign, to the exclusion, as they
doubtless hope, of the silver question.
Even the rank. radical Commercial
Advertiser of New York is praying for
a change, feeling that further educa-
ton Of the people on the money ques-
ton is dangerous to the cause of the
single standard.
The Commercial Advertiser says:
With war and prosperity going to-
gether we may be able to lose the sill
yer question. What a relief"
And that is the sentiment of gold
bugs all over the country. They want
the silver question left alone. Silver
suits them where it is. BY diverting
attention to something else, to some
other issue. they may succeed in hav-
ing it left there.
What a relief it will be to Mark
Hanna to have the present financial
system left alonei What a relief it
will be to the administration to con-
tinue the single standard undisturbedl
Every effort viii be made Ito lose the
silver question" as the Commercial
Advertiser says.
Discuss conquest. colonies, coast
defenses, canals, cables-anything for
an issue, but drop silver. say Re
publicans.
But no true friend of the white
metal will be led astray.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
PRESIDENT ANDREWS GOES TO
CHICAGO.

Somewhat over year ago z.
Benjamin Andrews, president of Brown
university, was conspicuously before
cate of silver. and that fact having
caused the board OF oYerseers of his
university to take notice OF his politi-
cal teachings, and request that he
desist, Congressman Walker, of AIassa-
chusetts, being the most opposed to
President Andrews. The affair grew to
almost a scandal, for it was attempted
to suppress the freedom of teaching in
a university. the very highest function
of a university, for the sake of endow-
ments. Enlightened university and
college opinion throughout the country
sided with President Andrews and
against the board of overseers, regard
ing his views on the financial question
as of secondary Importance compared
with his right to promulgate them. The
upshot of the whole matter was that
the board backed down in rather
awkward manner, and President
Andrews was retained. But his posi-
ton was impossible ever after; he re-
ceived a vindication while Brown uni
versity received very black eye, one
that will show for many years to
come.
Once more President Andrews comes
before the public, this time in the
capacity of superintendent of the
schools of Chicago. He will prove an
ideal superintendent, having demon
strated his capacity as an educator and
administrator at Brown He raised
that institution to the first rank and
made its name synonymous with
thoroughness in teaching in all things.
He is a progressive man in the very
best sense of the term. He has ripe
scholarship. experience and great exc
cutive ability. He will find the Chi
cago schools a grand field for exer-
cising them, and he Will be given
hearty welcome by the second city in
the Union. His selection is the best
evidence yet given by Chicago of her
genuine interest in educational mat
tiers. She is to be congratulated upon
her new acquisition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
THE SALT LAKE HERALD. MONDAY. july i. 1885

to save our commands from being SIM
ply slaughtered, and it was not be-
cause the volunteers were not good
Drawer men in battle. 1t was on ac-
count of their rifle. You can't say it
too strongly he added. IT is nothing
but crime to send men into the field
carrying cid pot-me:al, Anticipated
musksts called Springfield rifles, that
have been in the hands OF school boys
and militia companies for 20 years. In.
murderous. Every time one of them
was fired it was like starting a signal
fire, and it was followed instantly by
a hail of bullets from Spaniards we
didn't see, and who didn't know where
we were until they saw the smoke from
the Springfields going UP out of the
bushes. After a company armed with
Springfelds had fired couple of
rounds their position was plain 20 ev-
cry Spaniard within rife shot of them,
and our men armed with Springields
were so surrounded with smoke that
they could not see each other. All they
could do was to blaze away blindly.
with the comforting knowledge that
even if they knew where the Spaniards
were who were shooting them down
their rifles probably would not carry
far enough to hit them
That is testimony that cannot be
gainsaid. Captain Kerr has had a
West Point training and has been in
the army for twenty-eight years. He
knows all about the Springfield rifle.
and he knows that against the modern
rifle it is comparatively useless, as
useless as the old Yeager would be
against the Springfield.
The war department is not to blame
for arming the volunteers with the
Springfelds, for there were no others,
but just as fast as the Krag-Jorgenson
gun can be made and supplied TO the
volunteers it should be, especially the
volunteers who have gone to the
Philippines, where it may possibly be
necessary to use them against others
than Spanish soldiers.
The Springfield rifle is an antique arm
and should be relegated to the lumber
room
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
NoN-PART1sAN ELECTIONS.

The school election throughout the
state was very tame, on the whole not
more than one-cUarter of the vote
being polled. Perhaps this is due to
the election being non-paTtisan in most
of the counties, but on its face 1t APP
pears to be nothing but pure indiffer-
ence. 1t ought not to be so.-Sanpete
Democrat.
Similar complaints have been made
by other papers. Even some which
have advocated -partisanism in
the past have been forced to admit its
failure in practice.
A non-partisan fight is essentially
personal contest, if it assumes the pro-
portions of a contest at all.
There can be no political differences
aired in a non-partisan campaign, no
political issues discussed. individuals
make the race with personal follow
ing, built up on favors, friendships.
relationships and promises. And such
a contest becomes personal, necessarily
bitter, and partakes more of the nature
of a neighborhood feud than of diff
fe ence of opinion.
But, in the case of these school cleo
tons, only one candidate was named
as a rule. Naturally no interest was
aroused, as the danger Of his defeat is
not considered, and there is but little
incentive to work for mans cleo
ton when there is no one known to
be working against it.
In time men lose interest in non-par-
tisan elections. This affords far bet
ter oportunity for a few designing
wire-pullers to get together and mani
pulate matters than partisan politics
affords.
Nor is it a good thing for the people
to lose interest in political affairs or
conclude that a party fight is wrong
Parties are necessary to the life and
health of a republic. In the political
arena men broaden, in spite of many
corrupting influences. and prepare
themselves to meet their fellow citi-
zens of other states on equal terms.
n-partisanism is a failure nine
times out of ten, whether in school
elections, city elections or state cleo
tio-s.
The theory is nice enough. but the
practice is seldom satisfactory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-18
WHAT OF THE BIG eUNsp

Some of the big 12-inch and 13-inch
guns on the various battleships of the
navy must have been fired nearly
is generally supposed to be the life
of one of them. What is the
condition of the guns? No doubt
very good, or the captains of the
different battleships would have re-
ported otherwise; neither would the
naval authorities think of sending
battleships to Spain whose big guns
were not as good as they ever were.
To ascertain by actual experience in
war just what the life of a great gun
is viii be n-interesting and important
matter, not the least valuable of the
things to be demonstrated by the war.
1t is probable that it will be proved
that the life of a big gun, such as the
Oregon and Iowa carry, is two or three
hundred rounds, instead of a hundred
rounds, as heretofore generally sup
posed. If such were to prove to
be the case, still it would only prove
what the life of an American-made gun
is, nothing more; but as the guns for
our navy are made in this country the
knowledge would be most valuable to
us. And if it should prove that their
life is two or three times greater than
has been supposed, it means an i'm
mense saving for heavy ordnance. 1t
viii also mean that nations which buy
heavy ordnance will look TO this coun-
try for part, at least, though, of course,
the government gun factories would
not supply them; but such a concern as
that at Midvale, which furnished the
government with its forgings, could.