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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
Money in the Banks.

Low rates Of interest and a plethora
of money in banks and commercial
centers are a sure indication Of bust
money shows that money is not being
used in enterprises and trade, the pur-
poses for which it was created. It lies
idle because business men find it I'M
profitable to invest in property while
prices are falling, say the Silver
"Knight-Watchnlan. AS long as the
purchasing power of a dollar increases,
prices must decline, and no one can
realize a profit on a falling market.
If money is a drug, n cannot be
loaned, it is natural that there should
be great competition in making loans.
AS every day gilt-edged securities be-
come scarcer on account of declining
values. the harder it gets for money
lenders to find the kind of securities
upon which they are willing to part
with their money. The consequence
is, rates Of interest fall with the in
crease Of the boards in the banks or
safes and the decrease of first-class
securities. If times were prosperous,
and every one entered business and
made a profit, there would be a crest
demand for money to be used in
various enterprises. Whenever there
is a demand for money the rate of in
terest will rise, the same as when there
is a demand for any commodity the
price will rise. Business men and 9TH
ers can afford to pay higher interest if,
by using money in trade, they can
realize a profit. If, however, as is now
the case, it is absolutely impossible
to make a profit in any kind of bust
ness Of buying and selling property,
no enterprises will be carried on and
no money will be used.
We repeat, there is no surer evidence
Of stagnation in business than a low
rate of interest and large accumula-
tons Of money in banks and safes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
May Bling Them to Time.

One Of the great insurance compa-
MES Of the east has notified the insur-
ance commissioner of the state Of
Kansas that 1T will withdraw from
that state and do no more business
within its limits. The action of This
great corporation is insolent enough,
but if more states follow the m
of Kansas and compel these aggrara-
tons Of capital to contribute to the
support of the government, they will
not be so naughty. By the time these
corporations find themselves excluded
from doing business in thirty states
Of the Union, they will pause and
think. The eastern insurance COM
PAM sent it's message to the state COM
missioner because it knows that there
are plenty Of other states with moro
lax laws than Kansas has. But if tho
other states initiate Kansas. this O
PAN will either have to shut up shop
or obey the laws. And this is what
the other states ought to consider.
The insurance companies with huge
capitals are little better than tyran-
MES. They do not make an ADEQUATE
return for the privileges they enjoy.
In Germany several of our great in
surance companies were excluded al
together because they would not obey
the laws, which taxed them upon their
huge accumulations. Let us profit bv
the example of Germany and then we
shall have less corporation
Meanwhile, the example Of Kansas is
a good one to follow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
HE EARNED HIS MEDAL.
Heroic Act OF n Stoker or n British
VarShip.

Towards the end Of the year 1897
the British tOrpedo-boat Thrasher,
with its mates Lynx and Sunfish. left
st. Ives on a passage to Falmouth. On
the way the Thrasher grounded on a
point, causing serious injury to the
boilers and the bursting of the main
1eed-plpe. The burst pipe instantly
filled the stokehold with scalding
steam. In it were two stokers, Ed
ard Lynch and James Paul. All he
rest OF the boats company were land
ed on the rocks, but the doubling M
of the deck had prevented the egTess
OF the stOkers by the s%tarboard hatch
way. There was still a port hatch
way, which was partially closed, and
towards this the two men made their
way, Lynch in the lead. Directly I'M
der the hatchWay and d%ischarging
through it, was the break in the steam
pipe. Lynch rush through it safely,
and turned to help his mate Paul.
But an instant convinced him ths.
Paul was unable to follow. Then
Lynch lay down on the deck with his
head and face in the escaping Steam.
seized hold Of the sinking Paul. and
by a remarkable exercise of force and
tenacity drew him up on the deck.
Lynch then rose to his feet. but if
was observed that he was badly scald-
ed about the head, arms and upDer
Part Of the body. The surgeon BEGAN
to apply oil and wool to his burns, but
he repealed the attention. I'm all
right he exclaimed; look after my
chun! He's very bad" He had said
nothing about the way he had rescued
Paul, but his manly conduct led the
surgeon to Investigate, and it was as
certained that, in order to rescue his
comrade, he had plunged the whole
upper part Of his body into what was
practically a boiling cauldron, More
than this, it appeared that Lynch haG
previously sacrificed his own chance
Of escaping from the stokehold the
other way in order to stay with Paul.
In recognition OF this act of s~elfsac-
riflce and bravery, Lynch was pre-
scented with the Albert Medal of the
first class, which is given primarily
for gallantry in saving or ATTEMPTING
to say life at sea, and in some cases,
for similar acts ashore.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

Much travel by the masses would
open thelr minds to the great truths
you preach. There is nothing so i'm
proving as travel to the masses. There
fore why not ring the changes on this
fact: That distance is not a factor ~
increasing the cost Of travel. and that
hao The railways of the U. s. charpeG
just 4S cents per each passenger lacf
year their receipts would have boo,
JUST the same-in fact more, because
travel must have increased. The va
ceipts were exactly the number Of
trips by 40 cents.-Clark Jrvino
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
A Striking Contrast,

John Wanamaker presented b;-
daughter with a $4,000 brooch for =
birthday present. That same niob+ -
poor woman who had been msIina
shirts for him at 371A cents Der dozan
died at her table with a lot of her m
finished work around her. Her chill
dren were starving.-Citizen ond
Country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

There is evidently nothing fictitious
about this era Of prosperity, so far as
the trusts are concerned. And we can
count up even larger gains for indi-
vidual millionaires, much of which is
included in the above table Of trust
profits, but much Of which is due to
rents, usury and the appreciation of
bonds at the expense Of labor by rea-
son Of the present gold standard policy.
The profits of certain millionaiTes for
the year 1898 were as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
A QUEER CURRENCY SCHEME.

fN-CoV. Boles of Iowa has come be-
iore tHe public again with his peculiar
currency proposition. AS stated in the
daily papers, the plan is ambiguous
n lacks the forcefulness OF simplic-
tE, SAYS the Journal of Agriculture.
We doubt if the governor understands
1t himself; or. perhaps, he has become
SO accustomed, as a lawyer. to using
language to conceal his ideas that he
hnds 1t impossible to express himself
directly and plainly. Here is the sub
stance Of the plan, as stated in the pa
pers:
Establish a reserve of $3.50, O0O, 900
in god and silver, make all existing
currency ~redeemable in gold and sill
Ver, bullion or coin. currency re-
deemed shall be available cash, daily
purchases Of bullion to cover coin
Withdrawal; authorize unlimited de-
posits of bullion for treasury notes;
provide for the retirement of national
paper currency and national bank cir
culatiOn in denominations Of less than
$40, and issue treasury certificates;
90 va 'iN PiSStlll dlio
in securing loans issue redeemable
treasury notes before bonds: make ma
tional banks maintain reserves for rc-
demption OF their bills"
A reserve is something not in use:
hence we are opposed to large reserves
Of capital. They contract the currency
and prevent the free circulation of the
medium of exchange. The object of
every good business man is to keep
his capital fully employed, and gov
ernments ought to be run on good
business principles. All existing cur
rency is now redeemable in gold and
silver. That is the law, and there is
no occasion for the re-enactment of a
law already on the statutes. What is
needed is power to compel the eXecu-
tive officers to obey the law. We
heartily favor the retirement of all ma
tiOnal bank circulation, of any and all
denominations, and substitution of
treasury certificates or greenbacks,
free from interest and bottOmed on
the faith of the nation-precisely the
same foundation that the interest
burdened national bank circulation
stands on. Daily purchases OF bull
lion at the market price, as a basis Of
circulation, would reduce all our cur
rency to a commodity, and destroy it's
real function as money. We might
as we'll issue currency against wheat
or corn or any other staple.
Gov. Boics has not yet seen the
great light Of the true meaning OF
money. His gaze has been SO stead
lily fixed on barter and trade that he
has been unable to see the truth.
Money is not, or ought not to be, a
commodity. The ideal money of the
future will be simply a measure OF
values, a medium for the exchange of
commodities and property, with no in
herent or intrinsic value whatever. It
is the bullion, or sO-called intrinsic
value OF money, hat produces panics.
Neither should money, the universal
medium of exchange. be limited to the
amount Of any particular commodity
that may happen to be dug out of the
ground. Money should be printed on
paper, issued and guaranteed by the
government, and secured by the faith
and taxable wealth of the nation. That
would be real. absolute money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

And a part Of the millions cleared
by the above millionaires is included
in the following table of the profits CT
great industries:
Railways of the United
States .......... SAGE. 600 900
National m State Banks. 300, OOO, 900
Street Railways ........... 200, OOO, 900
Gas Companies outside of
New York ............ $50 G 600
Electric Light Companies in
the United States ...... 5000. o
Shipping .......... ....... 5000, 600
Steel and Iron outside of
Trusts ........ ........ $1,000, 900
Flour and Feed Milling In
dustries ..... 80. 50, Ooo, 900
Total ............. 81, 28O. OOO. 900
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

Ilmes are prosperous and present
political policies are good for the citl-
zens and corporations whose names
are here ,tabulated, and as long as the
workers Of the republic are so divided
mat money can turn the scale in cleo
lions there will be no change,
PERCY PEPOON.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

Here we have q dizzy total profit of
81. $50, OO0, 600, and it was mostly made
by charging all the traffic would bear
trusts are all side partners Of the big
railroad corporations, and their power
10 squeeze the people is due solely to
'helr special railroad rates, which shut
0 u competition.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10
YEARS PROSPERITY
1T is A REAL THING TO THE
TRUSTS.
While the Workers for
Crumbs the Monopolies, Mnlionaires
and Combined Big Industries Kea ped
Enormous Profits.

This year has not been as good as
.ast year for the farmers Of the coun-
try. While wheat has sold high
enough to yield a profit, its price has
Hean less than last year, with a down
ward tendency that promises to land
II below the line of profitable produc-
ton next year. Cotton V sold so
low before, and there is no money III
live stock.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

Falsehood is cowardice.--Ballou.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

IN the cities the tendency Of wages
has been downward, Notwithstanding
the large profits that favored indus
tries boast of. The average working
citizen knows that he has not been able
to save a dollar, and that while he lis
a year Older. he is not a cent richcr'
than he was at this time in 1898.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

How is it, in the meantime. with the
trusts, the organization of which has
been fOstered by the politicians that
the workers have voted into Office?
How have the great railroad monopo-
lies, which control the controlling po-
iltlcal party. Jared in 1898? Has the
original gold-standard advocate, Usu-
~, fattened?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-10

Total .......... .$227,2 $50, 900
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10
SHERMAN AND THE PASSES.
A Singular Mixing of Signatures al
the Breaking Out OF the
Civil War.

In the back part of John Cav
thra's desk at the county Jail in
this city is 4 photograph that
has all the appearances of age,
but the features are. easily rec.
ognizable as those Of Gen.
William e. Sherman, Below
the picture is the generals sig.
nature, and on the hack, in a
plain hand, is written;
30 the Association of the
old Thirteenth New York Vol.
HnteerS With best compli-
ments of w. T. Sherman, Gen.
eraf. Washington, d. c., Oct.
IL, 1873"
Gen. Sherman always had Il
warm pface in his heart for the
members Of the old Thirteenth, "
said Mr.. CNwthra, as he picked
the portrait up and turned back
an edge that had been bent out
rf place by coming in contact
with Il pair Of handouts, land
the boys of the Thirteenth have
some pleasant recollections of
the days when they were fight.
ing under him. sEhey say,
though, that FIRST impressions
are the strongest, and think
that the incident that happen
near Washington, before the
fighting had actually begun, is
one Of the most vivid I re.nem.
Der of Sherman.
1T was in June Of 1861, aad
the First brigade, under Sher-
man-he was a colonel then,
with the rank of acting briga.
dier general--and the Seventy
ninth Highland regiment Of
New York city, the Sixty'nintb
New York. and Second Wiscon-
sin regiment weres drawn 1Pp
along the Potomac, Our regf-
neut was encQmped near Arl-
.ngton Heights,o on the west bank
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10
FASHION NOVELTIES.

Vinaigrettes of silver or gold
handsomely Gnameled and set
with preclonsr stones, are in ia
WOE.
A pretty friendship heart,
handsomely epameled i'll green
or pink, is set with diamonds.
and rubies.
A brooch in the shape of a
tortoise has Il back of genuine
tortoise she'll mounted With
precious stones.
Card cases OF open silver
work, embossed and uslieved by
bright cuttings, are among the
seasonable novelties,
The latest novelty for men is
an artistiCally wrought purse of
hogs hide, Ii one corner is an.
embossed gold monogram.
La Vallorie chains are gain,
ing great favor. An attractive
design has the edges Of the
hearts set with small pearls
with a large emerald in the CEN
ter:
An exquisitely wrought
brooch in the shape of a lizard
has set in the back d row of
diamonds. which are Surround
ed by emREalds. Bubbles serve.
as the eyes, and in the open.
jaws is set large pearl,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. e Bucklin.
& Co., Chico go, and got free sam.
pie box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
A trial will convince you of their.
merits. These pills are easy in ac-
tion, and are particularly effective IL
the cure OF Constipation and sick
Headache. For Malaria and Liver
troubles they have been proven in
valuable. They are guaranteed TO be
perfectly free &Om every deIeterious
substance andto be purely vegetable.
They do not weaken by their action
but by giving tone to stomach and
bowels greatly invigorate the system.
Regular size 25c. per box. Sold at
b o. Wood, Drug Store.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10
COLLIDES WITHDOLPHlN.

New York, Aug. IA coils.
ion occurred this morning be
tween the ferry boat New York
of the Williamsburg line and
the United States gunboat Dol
phin. The bow Of the gulbOat
cut through the ferry boat into
the engine room, breaking the
main shaft and damaging con
siderable machinery. The gun.
boats bow was bent aid sever
al feet Of the rail torn away.
The New York was in the cen
ter of the river when the Dol
phin, which was coming up
stream, signaled that she would
cross her bows, The New
York's engines were stopped,
but the strong current carried
her directly in the path of the
Dolphin, and the gunboat's bow
struck the ferry boat just ahead
of the paddle box. The ferry
boat with the aid of tugs, reach
ed the slip at Broadway, Will
liamsburg, The gunboat pro
ceeded up the. river.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10
GATHERING OF GENTRYS,
"Telegram for Gentry"

"Telegram for Gentry"
A small bell hop" shouted
this on the broad veranda of
the Inn at Meramec Highlands
Tuesday evening, says the ST.
Louis-Post Dispatch. One. hun.
dred and three persons rose
simultaneously to claim it-and
the messenger grew pale and
lied, leaving the message. for
whomsoever wished it.
L came to see Miss Gentry:
please send up my card" said
the dapper youth in the high
collar to the clerk at the. Inn.
(which one% There are TWEEN.
ty-two' here!' was the startling
reply
Miss Elizabeth" replied the
surprised young man.
(which one? There are seven
Miss Elizabeth Gentrys herew
the clerk answered.
For heavens sake!" replied
lie of the collar; sis that SOP
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10

The war department is shak,
bng hands with itself because
only 800 of returning Manila
regiment were left under the
ground in the Ptiilippines.-K.
G. Times. Three hundred is
one fifthof the regiment, When
fight ng against liberty the Won
del, is. the loss was not greater.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10


of the Potomac, and we had
strict orders to guard the bridge
over tine river, and allow no.
body who didn't have pass to
get by. 1t was terribly hot.
The temptation to go over to
GEORGETOWN for o little relaXa-
ton at night time lead a great
many fellows from our regi-
ment to apply for passes early,
the result being that the de-
mand far exceeded the supply.
The colonel had started in by
allowing each regiment 80 pass
es, which gave each company
in each of the four regiments
five passes. 1t happened, though
that some of the men abused the
privilege a little by their &C.
tions while away on leave, and
when the colonel heard of this
! he declared, in his own vigorous
language, that he would stop
that business, and proceeded to
do so by cutting down the pass
es Of every blessed company
| from five to one for each night.
That came pretty hard on the
men in our regiment.
We'll, the colonel was hop
ping mad the next morning
when, instead of receiving only
ten passes from our regiment,
upward of 60 were presented,
aud what made him madden
than anything else was the fact
that although almost all the
passes were bogus, it was al.
most impossible to tell which
were the bad ones. Each one
had the signature of Col. Sher-
man, Col. l. F. Quinby and Capt.
f. A. Schoeffel, and the sigma.
tnres were almost fac-similes.
When the officer of the guard
came around to Sherman to get
him to sign that nights passes,
the latter met him with:
" What in thunder do you
want me to sign passes for
when you can do it as we'll your
self"
mo passes would Sherman
sign that night nor the next,
but the passes were presented
just the same, in the same mys-
FERROUS manner. The pass ques-
ton bothered the colonel
good deal, but it was finally
decided to have Division Gen.
Porter sign them, which he did
with 4 fine bold hand and with
red ink, which the others could
not counterfeit, although they
tried it hard enough. The bat.
tie Of Bull Run came up then
and knocked all thought of it
from our minds.
ut was found out, though,
that there was oxe man in our
regiment who knew Sherman's
handwriting, another who knew
Quinby's and another who knew
Schoetfel's, and that they had
practiced them until they could
initiate the writing of each to
perfection, after which they
proceeded TO flood the camp
with the passes. IN. Y. Sun.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-08-10

But I can't tell any more def
inltely than that she's Miss
Elizabeth Gentry and she's
pretty"
They're all pretty" senten
tiously replied the keeper of the
keys.
well, never mind; 7 can't
talk to seven pretty Elizabeth
Gentrys all at oncew
And he left.
Richard Gentry wanted al
the phone" called the Bell
operator.
Seventeen Richard Gentrys
arose and made toward the Inns
talking box. BY the time the
eleventh had said he wasn't the
the one wanted, the man at the
other end of the wire had wilted
and rung off.
"Mistah Gentry wants a mint
julep," said the dusky servitor
in the white apron.
Here, you!'called the bar.
lieeped to his assistant, gel
everybody what kin make Il
julep I'm forty-one behind
after l get this I'M made. Some
Gentry S jist ordered one, an
it's shorter to make 'em one
apiece than t. look fer the one
what ordere 1t. Git a hustle
on you, and hurry up with the
Cuttin' o that mint bed; my
stocks shy
MRS. Gentry says she wants
her eggs hard!" said the waiter
in the dining room, IAN she
wants two"
You, there!" shouted the
head cook, Fix thirty-eight
hard eggs! Mys, Gentry wants
hers hard and there's nineteen
Mrs. Gentrys III the dining
room now!
Hello, Dick Gentry"
Hello, Yourself, Dick Gen
try"
Say, Dick, what relation are
you to me?'
Il dunno; do you?"
but we're the same name. Let's
ask Dick Gentry"
And the two called on Col.
Dick Gentry, of Kansas City,
who knows it all, and that Dick
Gentry questioned the two Dick
Gentrys, and found that they
were cousins, three degrees re.
moved, while one was the uncle
of the other, and the other was
also the brot her-in. law of the
first one, while the first one was
the others. son.ln.law.
For there is a gathering of
the tribe Of Gentry in it's second
annual reunion, at the Meramec
Highlands Inn, just now, and
the rest of the guests there
have taken to the woods. More
than a hundred Gentrys are
here. and more are coming on
every train, and the hotel is
full of them, and # you are not
a Gentry you'd better stay
away.
COLLIDES WLTHDOLPHlN.