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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-03-30


Special Correspondence OF Intelllgencer.
PARSONS. w. Va. March 2S.-rhe
following article was sent your cores
pondent for publication, by Hon. ]. II.
Hoke. u. s. consul at Windsor, Nova
Scotia, and we believe IT to be of inter-
est to every West VIrginlan.
Mr.. Hoke is from Klngwood, and never
forgets or loses interest in his West
Virginia friends-especlally his newspa-
per frIends-and occasionally writes us
articles of interest for publication.
He holds a warm place in the hearts of
the people of the Second district Of
West Virginia, and we need not be
surprised II he is encouraged for con-
gfesslonal honors upon his return from
the consulate. Following is the article,
with letter from Mr.. Hoke:
b WINDSOR, Nova Scotia, March %,
1s0O.-About eight months ago some
Nova Scotia capitalists of this consul
late district organized company and
moved down into Clay county. West
Virginia. They obtained a charter from
the secretary Of state at Charleston,
purchased timber lands, erected waltz
able mills, and are now engaged in the
manufacture of lumber. While the
company is not as large as some others
still Il employs over two hundred
hands, and is now running six mills.
AS have before stated in letters to
West virginia papers. Nova scotIans
as class, are good people, well educa-
ted and very similar In their manners,
taste and culture to the people of New
England. This Nova Scotia colony. 1
think, is composed Of such men.
In addition to the money they have
invested in our state for their own BEN
EFT, the company seems to be doing
much good to the people of Clay coun-
~, where they have located.
What this lumber company Of Nova
scotians is doing in Clay county, w.
Va, is set forth in very interesting
letter written in January last by
member of the company, Mr.. David S.
Collins, to the Truro News published
at Truro, Nova Scotia. Mr.. Collins
letter is so interesting that send you
the entire letter for publication. am,
sir, Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH T. HoEE.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
league IS 10 I BRYAN


The national executive committee Of
the American Antitrust league, at q
meeting held in Chicago Friday, for
mally indorsed the candidates Of the
democratic party for president and
vice president and denounced Mr.. Nc
kinley as being the tool OF Mark Han
ma and the trusts. In . stirring ad-
dress to the American people the league
among other things says:. 5s
1t is deplorably evident that the en-
tire course of William Mckinley as
president of the United States proves
him to be distinctly hostile to each
aud all of the principles and declara-
hons of the platform of the American
Antitrust league:
1T is notorious that his closest
counselor and manager is Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, the promoter of
many and the recognized political
agent and representative of all the
great trusts and monopolies of the
nation.
1.-The members of his cabinet are the
instruments of the trusts. His secre-
tary of state is the special champion
and friend of British tory interests.
His secretary of the treasury is the
subservient tool of. the great banks
and the money monopoly of the world.
"The platform upon which he stands
is totally nerveless in its antitrust
provision and wholly void of effective
ness as to remedies suggested.
I'VE are convinced that William
Jennings Bryan is the uncompromis-
ing foe of private monopoly. His cour-
age is recognized as being unsurpassed,
and we believe that his resolve to lib
crate the American people from the
curse of monopoly cannot be shaken.
I'm view of these facts, the Ameri-
can Antitrust league does hereby
indorse the candidacy of William Jen-
nings Bryan for president and Adlai
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
SOME OF THE REASONS.
Why the Plain People Do Not Think
the Trust a Necessary and Bene-
fetal InstltutiOn.

Here are a few of the reasons why
the plain people" are not inclined to
meekly accept the inspired statements
of the trust organs and speakers show
ing what natural, necessary and ben
eficent institution a trust is:
1t requires so per cent. more wheat
to- buy stove than it did in 1886.
It requires 20 bushels more corn to
buy stove than it did in 1885,.
It requires 100 per cent. more corn or
wheat to buy a. copper kettle than in
1896. -. @..:I
1t requires twice as much corn to buy
coil of rope as it did in 1896.
1t requires 40 per cent. more grain to
buy plow than in 1896. "
1t requires IS per cent. more grain
to buy a hoe, a rake or a shovel than
in 1896. 1;z
-. A set of common wheels that cost
seven dollars in 1896 now cost $12.
The price of cultivators and other
farm implements has gone up proper.
tionately.
Galvanized barbed wire costs from
four dollars to $3.50 per hundred more
than in 1885,. .>.as, VI
It requires 40 per cent. more corn O.,
cotton to buy a pound Of sugar than,ir
1896. @..& = - .i-@* s ~:
You have to pay 40 per cent. more foa
glass than in. 1896. Z . 5z.z j; ., 3 :
Freight rates have climbed back Il
the exorbitant prices which caused 1
popular revolt in legislation;a few,yeari
ago. S.ss Rs. .ssss55zas
The prices of oil, coal, lumber, too,
and hardware have gone up from 40 tc
100 per cent. 5s5 = .s@.;
And all these things have been S-ne
by the trusts. 3E55s u 5ss25.s5, .
Atrust robs you waking or sleeping.
e eating or drink 1g, working or playing.
living or dying, and the coffin trust
gets you in the end. :szs.5
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
PRESS COMMENTS.

"A New York capitalist predicts
a great panic if Bryan is elected, There
will be one all right, but it will be con.
fined to republican oficeholders and
grasping monopolies.-Denver Post. ..
-England's early American sys-
tenn of taxation without representa-
ton is powerfully Endorsed by that
portion of President McKinley's let
ter of acceptance which treats of our
rule in Porto Rico.-St. Louis Repub-j
lie. ..>>.-5 s&A-'ss> ~. ~'.'-, =
. The few words which the presi-
dent devotes to the great subject of
trusts in. his letter of acceptance are
discounted completely and in advance
by the fact that in the three and one
half years of his administration he has
done absolutely nothing to arrest the
growth Of these vast and dangerous
combinations.-Buffalo Times.
Nothing which President McKin-.
ley or any campaign orator who is
working for his reelection may say in
denunciation Of the trusts can be ac-s
cepted as sincere or genuine as long
as the republican party upholds pro-
lection, which forestalls fair competi-
ton and thus fosters all sorts of COM
binations against trade. Kansas City
Star. s
Since ex-Secretary Alger has
consented to make q few speeches for
Mckinley, why not call in Gen. Eagan
from the Sandwich islands, or wher-
ever he is enjoyi1 6 his five years.
vacation for Safeguarding Gen. Miles,
and get him to do little talking?
His pay is going on All the time, SO
he might do it: quite cheap Phila-
delphia Times.
the republican gold standard
legislation Of last winter is good legis-
lation, If il does what President Nc
Kinley and his supporters claim for it,
in what way can the demand Of the
democrat IS, populists and silver repuh-
!icans be menace to the country
If it does not do what its supporters
claim, why are they bra gging about it7
Have they purposely passed q weak
law 50 @ to have the question an is
sue = this campaign 3? Helena indie
a4ndsnt
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
WHICH IS IAlMEDIATE72
Justice, Honor and Duty Ignored IS
Mckinley IN the Interest Of
Party Policy. . 81 gs

Maj. Mckinley declares that while
the Philippine issue may be param cunt
the silver question is immediate. He
therefore insists that the latter must
take precedence in the campaign.
n Yet if Bryan should be elected, as
now seems assured, and by political
revolution both houses should be
democratic, at least four months must
elapse before Mr.. Bryan could get con-
gress together to deal with silver or
with anything else. From November
z until March 4 William Mckinley will
still be president.
But meanwhile shall the "nigger'
killing still go on unchecked and un-
challenged in the Philippines? Shall
we keep in the field an army of g., 900
men and great fleet of war ships to
back up our wicked and baseless claims
OF sovereignty over a people who long
to be free? Shall we 60 on with our
criminal aggression, burning and slay-
ing and sowing havoc throughout a
stricken land?
Which is the immediate issue? That
of dealing with question that cannot
be reached in half a year or that of
stopping war that is destroying the
liberties of the Filipinos while under
mining our own?
If your house is on fire, which is the
immediate issue, that of extinguish-
ing the flames, or that of deciding on
plans for a new barn which you think
of building next year?
imperialism is at once the para
mount and the immediate issue. Maj.
Mckinley, with all his stiffness and
all his SNUG hypocrisy, cannot dodge
or obscure it. The flag is being trailed
in the dust of his ignoble ambition
and the blood of our late allies, perfid-
iously betrayed. stains it's folds.
Shall we palter with standards and
ratios while American guns are slaugh.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
The Cause Of Free Silver.
lssssssssssasssssssssss NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

metal was sold in Great Britain for
gold. Much of this advantage is lost
by the appreciation of silver in these
countries. It is reasonable, there
fore, to expect much higher >prices
for wheat than have been received
in recent years. = a 4, zs5a 5es = s#.s. B
The following table for 1896 will
show the full effects on prices of the
repeal of that part of the Sherman
act designed to expand money to
keep pace with our. ever-increasing
trade ana productive industries, and
the efforts of legislative and admin
istrative acts designed to make
money dear and products cheap:
1896. Bushels; Farm Price Farm Value
%ss.t Sas::: 81 $ss,Sss sss
Fats Of ada'a farm ya1ue ,;an . g. ~
Farm value Of these three staples per
1881. $19S. per family: Loss compared with
pared With the hard year Of is7 81 psT fa fan
In the event of the repeal of the
note issue privilege of the national
bank act, how can national notes be
substituted in circulation?
1t might be accomplished by paying
off the bonds. A better way, however,
would be to let the bonds remain, es-
pecially as under the new law they
draw only two per cent. interest, and
withdrawing the national bank notes
in installments substitute therefor
full legal tender treasury notes, the
latter to be utilized and thus earned
into circulation in constructing good
post roads throughout the country
for rural mail delivery routes, irri-
cation systems to utilize the vast
areas of public lands in the west, ship
canals and other public improvements
OF general utility.
This would furnish employment,
utilize material and prove of lasting
good to the whole people, while the
improvements paid for in this way
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
republican party am like steamboat

tering freedom in foreign land? Shall
we quarrel over the color of our money
when the rivers are running with
blood shed in pursuit of horrible con-
quest?
No. The immediate issue is one of
justice and honor and high duty. Sill
yer and everything else must wait up
on this. And Maj. Mckinley hopes in
vain if he hopes that this great and
insistent issue can be either obscured
or evadeG
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10

E. stevenson for vice president, and
pieGge them the loyal and active sup
port of the members of the league"
The members of the national execu-
tive committee are: NJ. L. Lockwood,
chairman, Pennsylvania; H. B. Mar
tin, secretary, New York; F. S. Mon
nett, Ohio; James Barrett, Georgia:
Judge William Prentiss, Illinois; Mrs.
Helen NJ. Cougar, Indiana; P. E. Dove,
New York; w. B. Fleming, Kentucky;
F. H. Wentworth, Illinois; C. T. Bride,
District of Columbia; w. T. La Fol-
'lette, South Dakota, and F. j. Van
Vorhis, Indiana.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
Iron in the City.

Beneath the First National bank
building. six-story building at the
most prominent business corner of
Duluth, workmen engaged in making
alterations located body of iron ore
that assays IS per cent metallic iron,
and experts say that it is as good as
anything ever found in this state.
AS the city is 80 miles from the ore
fields. and as the presence OF iron ore
there had never been suspected, there
if the value of the building prevents
working the deposits others may be
located near Duluth in locations hith-
erto unsuspected.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10

would not only cost the public moth,
ing but industry and commerce would
also be the gamer to the amount of
the interest tax paid the national
banks for the use of their notes. while
the quantity of the circulating me-
dunn would not be impaired wlile it's
quality would be improved.-National
Rural
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
Red Tape n Ruxai...

Here is astory Of Russian rec
tape: "a gentleman in Moscow or J
sdered . particular kind OF horse fron
one of the government breeding es.
ablishments. After 3 delay Of three
weeks he received an official com.
munication,a spread over much paper,
to the effect that as he had omitted
to forward 9 stamp for q reply, there
could be no answer to his request.
The document was 81 gned by several;
officials. The gentleman apologized,5
& and sent the stamp ct once. II the
e course " sof the next week he received
another communities tion from the.
breeding estab shment 10 say thatI
g horse such as he reqnired could not.
bs supplied z. Timea
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
In Good Condition,

The fiourishing condition of the pub
lie schools in the state superintendent
of the public instruction. There are
BAL, ,076 pupils enrolled. The October
apportionment derived from the state
l mill tax and the state school fund is
$004, 305.39, which makes per capita
$2.65. This is the largest apportion-
ment in the history of the state. Hen
nepin's share in the apportionment is
$1O3, 500. on a basis of an attendance
of $4,000: and Ramsey county, 1000,
on basis of an attendance of 25,2O4.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
News in Brief.

A jury at Duluth found Randers
Abrahamson. 30 years old, guilty of
setting fire to barn in which one
man and five horses were burned.
The offense being arson in the third
degree.
ii The state board Of equalization
raised tbs assessment of the capital
stock and valuation on the Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Saltwater street
railway system from s2,775, 900 to 81,
600, 900. = '~-s~5
Mrs. and Mrs. Thomas G.. Arnold of
Brownton, recently celebrated their
golden wedding y Z =: = -
John Austin and Robert Finnie con-
victed of burglary broke out of the
Winona Jail. = = .'*ze#>S
" While moving thrashing machine
outfit at Kensington, George Nystron
fell beneath the separator. The
wheels passed over his right arm,
breaking it at the wrist
= > The dome of the new marble capitol
is gradually assuming form. 1t al
ready protects twelve or fifteen feet
above. the roof, and can be seen from
almost any location in St. Paul. The
dome will be completed to the bottom
Of the cap this fall. No further con-
tracts will be let for any part Of the
building this year. s9 Sc s
q Postofice service has been estab-
lished at Buhl, st. Louis county, NJ.
I A. Nichols, postmaster. u
The secretary Of the interior has ap-
proved the state of Minnesota swamp
land indemnity list Of 12o acres in the
Duluth land district sssa5 assss.s q
H. q. Coburn Of Minnesota, ha3 I
passed the mental and physical exam
Eination for admittance to the Anapo-
issnaval academy & sst,s s. ssssss 8 81
william Brenner, Of Cottonwood,
accidently shot himself with . s2-cali-
Der revolver while trying to removes
rusty shell. There is very little hope
OF his recovery.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
REVOLT IN. OHIO.
One Hundred and Twenty-Five For-
mer Mckinley Men In One Town
Come Out for Bryan.

Republican managers in Ohio are
aghast at the continued desertion of
voters from Hanna-McKinley ranks.
From nearly every city and town in
this state comes reports of promi-
nent and influential republicans who
declare openly that they will vote
for Bryan and Stevenson and against
Mckinley, trusts and Imperialism. The
following communication from q
prominent business man of Coshocton
is only one of scores of similar re.
ports from Mark Hanna's private
bailiwick:
: "Coshocton, O., Sept. TO- 19OO-Editor Ma
tional Democrat: I herewith send you the
names of a few prominent republicans of
this city who are against Mr.. Mckinley in
this campaign because of trusts and i'm
perialism: z%-.s.a A.. = - p qs 's45 4
'Hon Theodore Neighbor, prominent
merchant of New Connorstown, and with
him more than 20 others, who declare they
will not vote for Mckinley this year. Mr..
Neighbor was prominent speaker for Nc
Kinley in 1896. = = ss*.s.s$5 4 .s5sa
&c. w. Banden. Of Coshocton, because he
cannot stand Mark Hanna and the trusts
flames Crawford, prominent farmer
who says the only way to save the country
is to vote for Bryan. & SsT
Frank Ward. wealthy rolling mill
man, who says he is going to vote the
straight democratic ticket in order to re-
buke the trusts, one Of which closed our
mills and left h1c out of work.
4 Clyde Linn, Of the Twentieth Century
Printing company, who declares that Nc
Kinley is but Punch and Judy puppet for
Mark Hanna. s IS.
There are at least 1875 other republicans
in and about this city who have declared
their intention Of supporting Bryan this
year. but whose names are kept secret to
prevent being prosecuted by the Hanna ma.
chine gang. Yours truly.
3sl$E} IS afI 4. YNfcr4r.. g
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
dustry and commerce the effects are
the same as those following contrac-
tion. The price level cannot remain

dustry and commerce the effects are
the same as'those following contrac-
ton. The price level cannot remain
higher than the money level.
To afford relief the republican con-
gressmen in caucus led by Maj. Nc
Kinley resolved to give relief to the
farmers by the passage of bill au-
thorizing the free coinage of both gold
and silver on the ratio of 10 to 1.
This bill passed the house, but
through the influence of Senator John
Sherman failed to become law, but
a compromise was effected known as
the Sherman act. This act increased
money at the rate of about $4,5OO, 600
a month. The notes issued represent
= ing the silver dollars were also full
legal tender except when otherwise
stipulated in the contract. In the de-
bate in congress at this time William
Mckinley, now president of the Unit
ed States, said:
II am for the largest use of silver in
the currency of the country. I would
not dishonor it, but would give it
equal credit and honor with gold and
would make no discrimination, but
would utilize both metals as money
and discredit neither. I want the
double standard" .' ',5~'
: The highly beneficial effects of this
relief measure may be seen in the ad-
vance of the price of the same three
staples. It will also be seen that this
advance in price was made in the face
Of increased production. ''-'s
We take the year 1889, just prior
to. the act. and 1891. when it's in
fuences were beginning to be felt,
as the basis of illustration:
1889 gSsnsIs ss Farm PSise 1sI 5,s sss
%ssat Sa3s slssss sSSss s. II r. 81 esl55 5S
Farm population. 25o0, go. :
Farm value Of these three staples per
M Family saa @ asss nss xt
family. "a ssss.s Il ~ ~
,.o, Avs5age Total
Corn .. 2Sso, $4,000 ] 50 o4e.s ;sss. IS, ,2Ss
Gsss %ss@t: = 5sssSss Sc s:s s's:lss sss7
ats %otsl Fam faamP P13ee peeaiatidn, &
Il. Farm value OF these three staples per
farmers family, 1902 Gain over 1889, $50
per family; loss compared with 1881, $33 per
In message to congress President
Harrison said Of the beneficial effects
Of the> Sherman act: e
The enlargement Of our currency
4 by the silver bill undoubtedly rave
san upward tendency to trade and had
a marked effect on prices, but this
natural and desired effect Of the sill
yer legislation was by many erro-
Sneously attributed to the tariff :act.,,
Hon. Jerry Rusk, secretary of ag-
riculture during the Harrison admin
istration, also said, on page s, report
of 1890: q
The recent legislat ton looking to 4
the restoration Of the bimetallic. .
standard Of our currency, and the
consequent enhancement OF the value
OF silver, has unquestionably had
much sto do with the recent advance
OF wheat IN Russia and India, and
in the same degree reduced their pow
5er. Of compel tition. English gold was
formerly exchanged for cheap silver,
and wheat purcha with the cheaper
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
III T. KNIGHT. =.
On the paramount issnes of !,

r. .'-------Un the paramount issue Of I'M
perialism Bryan is winning republic
ans from Mckinley just as on the Sill
yer question. which was paramount
in 1895, Mckinley won democratic.
votes from Bryan. The position Of the
parties has changed about as regards
accretion and diminut ution. There are
no defections from the democracy this
year, but q return Of those who left Iit
four years ago. There are no acces-;
.sions to the ublican party this year
but desertions notable IN character
and il number rBoston Post
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
8 He Feared Is sPresume.

The American tourist is 30 firmly con.
svinced that he is being cheated on all hands
during his European travels that he Iocca-
sionally oversteps the bounds Of prudence.
w hat 4 the price of this piin, S asked 4 4
silver brooch Of exquisite work kmanship.
a twenty francs, monsieur, = said the clerk
4: 81. That Il altogethe too much, said the
young American. 81 IL TIL s for = present to my
sister; I'll give you5 Eve francs for it.'
Zen It would be ! Eat gave re present to:
your sister, said the Ffenchman, with q
deprecatory shrug, and u do not know
mad demoiselle The King.
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
Large ReceiptR.

The secretary of state gives out his
biennial report. 1t shows 746 new cor
porations admitted to the state during
two years. The total amount of fees
paid in on capitalization of corpora
tons during 1899 was $63.63o, and for
1900 s64, 435, making total of $12s, s,O65.
Other official fees received during
the two years amounted to $9.217.50
there were 2.74s notaries' commissions
issued. The report of the state print
er shows the expenditures for 1899 to
have been $55, ,O65.55, and for 1900,
$22,618.50. ~
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
ALL ABOUT MONEY.
Ea1eets OF Contraction and Expansion
from the VlevvpOint Ol the
AneFfcan FarneP.

In 1878, the year Of the elimination
Of the great depression caused by the
contraction of the greenback and 9TH
er currency and the demonstration Of
silver, we produced crops and sold for
prices as follows: ~
1873. Bushels Farm Price. Value.
oaes ss:: Ss Ss5ss @ 81 81 e 81 g: g: IL ass
Agricultural population about 2o,ooo,ooo
Farm value of these three staples per
farmers family, $2l7. ~. =. ~
Adversity Turned to Prosperity.
In 1881, when the beneficial infiu-
ences of the increase in the quantity
OF money afforded by the Bland silver
law passed in 1878 had begun to be
felt, we find the following remarkable
increase in prices resulted.
1881. :: Bushels. Faim FAxsrfFs ffiees ys3ss: sGtsi
%asat 6a,s s aSs as9SsS asS 13s.s g
Unit Of farm price; ::2 2s.2 9, 40 4ee, SCI ,ss7
Farm value OF these three staples per
One-half.
AS a consequence of this prosperity
industrial development and commerce
took great strides forward. Farmers
imported improved breeds of live stock
by ship loads to improve their herds
and focks. Inventors received new
inspiration. 1t was the era which pro-
duce6 the twine binder and other
great agricultural inventions. As a re-
suit of this rapid progress the Bland
law, being inelastic, soon proved in
sufficient, and prices again began a
downward trend and the wheels of
progress were again checked.
Unless money is multiplied in ratio
to the increase in the demands of in
Willmar tribune., 1900-10-10
Burned to Death.

Mrs. Reuben Picket, of Minneapolis,
was burned to death by flames arising
from lamp explosion at her home.
She was in the bath room when the
lamp turned over, and before aid could
reach her her clothing had caught fire.
Mrs. Picket was suffocated and burned.
She was 80 years old, and leaves a
husband and two small children.