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feel. Nothing else will ever mitigate
the pressure upon them of which they
sometimes complain.
The necessities of civilization, demand
ing imperatively that farmers, as we'll as
all other classes of the community, shall
fall into line with the system of credits
and banking which characterizes civil
ization, any scheme of supposed relief
which hinders the progress of the bank
ing system among farmers will only
prolong their distress and aggravate the
disease Of which they complain.
An enlargement of the currency has
and can only have this effect: By re-
lieving, for short
Expansion Fallacy. time, the pressure
upon the farmers,
which comes from restricted facilities
for exchange, it turns their attention
away from the true remedy and delays
the introduction of banking among
them. A wise government facilitates
the extension of sound and safe banks
among the people, but will not take
away the natural pressure which is
needed to induce them to avail them
selves of banking facilities. Nature
teaches us nothing, except by the pro-
cess of deprivation and gradual pressure.
If we never suffered any inconvenience,
we should never make new inventions;
whereas, in proportion to the increase
of inconvenience which we suffer for
want of inventions, is the increase of
inventions themselves. Therefore, the
expansion Of the currency, by relieving
the pressure, delays the extension Of
banks of deposit, which is the only
proper remedy. Banks can supply
means of exchange, adequate to any de-
mand, which money can never do. The
gradual abandonment of silver, as
money, in civilized nations generally,
and the falling back upon gold, as the
exclusive currency, is the method by
which nature gradually forces men to
extend their banking systems, and to
rely, more and more, upon exchanges by
cheques in place of exchanges by money.
A gradual contraction of the currency
makes inevitable the rapid extension of
banks, and every bank furnishes, at
least four times, and often ten times, the
facilities of exchange, which are fur
nished by the amount of coin which is
stored in it's vaults.
Our national banking system, for some
reason, fails to meet the needs of the
farming classes.
Banks. Private banks
have been spread
ing among farmers; but, unfortunately /,
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is a perfectly practicable method within
reach. The farmer really needs no more
money, but simply greater facility for
barter. The large merchants and manu-
facturers have already this facility in
their bank accounts. They do not use
actual money, whether in coin or paper,
no matter how it may be defined. They
pay, and are paid, in bank checks; and
these checks, themselves, are practically
never paid in money, but are simply set
off, one against the other, in clearing
house. Accordingly we find that the
intermittent clamor for increased cur
rency does not come to any important
extent, from the commercial and manu-
featuring classes, but that all they want
is sincreased credits and banking facilities.
Less than five per cent of the business
of the country is conducted upon an
actual money basis, and less than twenty
per cent of the deposits in banks are
represented by actual cash on hand.
1t seems, therefore, perfectly clear
that the only effectual remedy for the
difficulties which
Tools of Trade. trouble the farm
ers, in this respect,
is to be found in a very great extension
of banking facilities among them. If a
bank were brought to the door of every
farmer, and he could feel assured of it's
safety, as place of deposit, and could
be taught to accept payment for all his
goods in bank checks, and to make pay
ment for all his purchases in the same
way, he would cease to use or to want
any considerable amount of coin or
currency. This is the remedy which
modern civilization has provided for the
money difficulty, with regard to other
classes of the community; and it is be-
cause the American farmer has not
learned to keep up with the commercial
classes in this respect that he, constantly
under false teachers, demands more
currency. The remedy which he de-
mands would really bring him no relief.
The annual produce of the country must
largely exceed in value twelve billion
dollars. The free coinage of silver, even
if it were possible to add all the volume
of silver to the gold now in circulation,
and to keep it all in the country, could
not increase the currency sufficiently to
dispense with five per cent of the trans
actions now conducted by means OF
bank checks.
If we could bring the farmers Of the
country, generally, to do business
through banks, as
Business. merchants do, they
would feel nc
greater need of money than merchants
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Entered at the postoff1ce at Nebraska City,
Neb., as Second Glass matter, July 20, 1893.
The Conservative, 1901-04-25
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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J. STERLING MORTON, EDITOR.

A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE DISCUSSION
OF POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL
QUESTIONS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27

inner plaulxing of the ship, and ranged
about twenty or thirty feet. fore and aft,
4, ne coal itself, as we suppose, was never
ahre. and had not up TO that time been
very hot. There was no smell of coal
gas. and only little wood-smoKe-
We were about eleven hundred miles
from San Francisco, and over two Jnou-
sand from here, but the trade winds
blow favorably for passage westward,
and the captain thought it safer TO head
the ship for this port. they got out
line of hose and hit the right place with
a stream of water. so that there was no
more smoke after an hour or two
Las, Monday Che lSth) there was an
other alarm at about the same time N
the morning. coming from the same To-
cality. There was only little smoke,
and it speedily disappeared after they
got the hose to working. We have
donkey engine. which has been OF very
great service. After this, the hose was
Kept playing on the hot place intermit-
tently and the water was allowed to &C
cumulate so that we have carried four
feet of water since the 18th We ha5
leak, too. which the captain said could
not have been kept under control with
out the steam power.
The ships boats were got ready and
kept ready from the morning of the 18th
till this morning. 1 did not suffer any
anxiety-the fire was too slight-and 1
mad no uOuDI the DOdlS would arrive
safely, If it came to that.
1 did not lose any sleep on account of
IL.
we have had beautiful weather as was
TO be expected in the region of the
trades We sighted the Islands of Ha-
wall and Maui at daybreak yesterday
We sailed along all day in sight of the
and all night there was a !
bright moon-full today We sighted the |
eastern end of the Island of Oahu, on |
which Honolulu is situated, before mid |
night; and later the ship was hove to /
twelve miles from port. We started |
again soon after o'clock, were picked |
up by a tug a little before g. and are
now being warped and swung into our
Allotted position-the harbor being very
small.
1t was a most beautiful sail along the
shore this morning. Summer-houses and
hotels line the shore outside the harbor |
With green trees and grass ali around !
Ind bleak red volcanic hills rising behind |
from the city itself the slope of the hills
S a more gentle one, and they are green
o their SUBMITS.
The ship will stay here a month any
way, and then may not go to San Fran
isco. She will discharge her coal here
nd make some repairs.
L am in better health than when l left
Iew York. have never tired of the sea
rom first to last, and have never been
ored in spite of a scarcity of good
ooks I
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27
FOR SAVING THE
TELEPHONE CABLES

In recognition Of the services OF the
fire department in making efforts To
save its telephone cables at various
fires in this city, the Mutual Telephone
Company presented the department.
with a check for $1OO as Christmas
present. the money to be divided
among all the firemen. The fire depart
ment has always done it's best to save
the telephone company from suffering
damage through broken wires and
burnt out connections. The company
has appreciated the valuable work Of
the firemen, as the following letter will
Indicate:
Honolulu, Dec. 10, 1901.
Mr.. Charles Thurston, Chief Engineer,
Honolulu Fire Department
Dear Sir-The directors of the com
pany recognizing the value Of the ser
vices rendered by the department at
recent fires. beg to hand you herewith
the enclosed check for distribution as
you may see fit among the members.
Wishing you the compliments of the
season, we are, yours respectfully.
MUTUAL TELEPHONE CO,
GODFREY BROWN,
Treasurer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27
RAPID TRANSIT
ROUTE NOT FIXED
No Application Has Been Made
for Permit for Waikiki
Line.

The Rapid Transit Company has not
made application for the approval of
its plans for construction of a line from
Alexander street to Waikiki road and
Iout that thoroughfare to Waikiki, as
was stated enormously in the afternoon
papers of yesterday. The facts are en-
tirely at variance. The property
ers have all signed the petition and the
government has approved the extension
from Wilder avenue through AleXan-
der street, Beretania street and McCul-
Iy street and the extension of the same,
to the Waikiki road reaching it at a
point opposite the house of Fred Har
rison.
Many property-owners along the old
Waikiki road, now the Kalia road, are
DESTROYS that the Rapid Transit line
shall run through that way on the route
to the park. This plan would take the
line down from the point at which 1t
strikes the Waikiki road and along the
Kalia road until it reaches the road
running from a point opposite the res
idence of j. F. Brown, which the line
would follow, returning to the main
Waikiki road at what is known as the
Bishop switch on the tram line.
The residents of Waikiki beyond the
hotels and out to Kapiolani park, OBJ
ject TO the detour of 1000 feet from the
direct line out the new Waikiki road,
which would result from the divergence
to the old road. They are urging the
board that the line shall be run direct
alone the new road to the park. No de-
cision has been made as to which line
shall be followed and no application
has been made for privilege of con-
struction to the Executive Council All
that has been done is to consult the
government to ascertain it's views in
the matter since. from the standpoil
IF the company, it is to be the greatest
good to the greatest number.
The announcement that the Rapid
Transit line has made application to go
Up Fort street is incorrect. The only
application which has been made in
connection with the Alakea street line
s that after it shall have reached a
POINT on PunchboWl street opposite the |
junction of that street with |
he intended extension of Kuapini |
street, that il be allowed to run along ]
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27
FATAL HEAD-ON
COLLISION
Great Damage TO Life Limb
and Property in Cali
fOrnia.

SAN ARDO, Cal, Dec. 19.-Southern
Francisco. and No. TO- southbound, col
aided between this place and Upland,
about 100 o'clock this morning. The
trains were to meet at Upland but the
air-brake on No. 10 would not hold and
the train crashed into No. before the
latter train could stop, breaking both
engines. two baggage cars and one mail
car into lSindling wood. Cars took fire
Immediately and were entirely destroy
ed. Some mail and express packages
were burned and most all the baggage
on the southbound train.
Killed: Fireman Will Garland of
San Francisco. jumped and was caught
under his engine; assistant express
messenger. name unknown, was injur-
ed. Four Italians. names unknown.
were badly burned and cut about face
and body. Two brakemen, names nO5
known, were badly cut aTi bruisa I.
Fireman c. F. Cameron, and Engineer
Jack Coffee jumped and escaped wltn
slight injury. Engineer Knold of train
No. 10 also jumped and escaped harm.
several passengers were SilSnlly- lnJuf-
ed in chair and smoking cars.
SALINAS, Cal, Dec. 19.-The Coroner
has just notified the public that two
men were killed in the wreck at Up
land, one each train; that over eighty
were injured, some fourteen fatally.
Four cars on the southbound were de-
by fire. The accident is said to
be the result of a message not being
correctly sent. as to the meeting of
trains.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27
J. w. FISKE WRITES
FROM HONOLULU
His Exciting Trip in the
Big Coal Ship
Roanoke.
Especial to the AdvertlserD

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19-Jobn Win
throp Fiske. the famous New York law
yer who was passenger on the snip
Roanoke from New York to Honolulu.
mas written to friends in Bath. Maine.
the place of his birth. about his exciting
trip in the windjammer.
His letter. which is published in the
Ne" York Commercial. is dated at Homo
iuiu on November p. and Is as follows.
Here We are, after Passage of lss
Gays. more than two thousand miles
from the port for which We started, on
lhe morning Of the 18th a little smoke
vas seen coming out of the fore-hatch.
ana investigation showed that there was
"a htu7 fire in the lower hold. 1t was
~ lar as We now know. confined 10 the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27

Many protests against the confirma-
ton of Attorney General Knox have
been filed at washington.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27

Kuakini street and thence up Nuuanu,
instead of being compelled to continue
along Punchbowl to Pauoa valley.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-27
J. E. G0EAso
Fancy and Staple Groceries
Beretania and Emma Sts.
Telephone Blue 2312.

We receive by every steamer frors
the Coast fresh Butter, Potatoes Green
Vegetables, Apples, Crackers, etc. our
goods are all new, and the best money
can buy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
A NRGRo's VIEW.
He Writes Letter on the Situation 0
the Negro.

To the Editor Of the State Journal:
AS a. negro could of course but read
with interest an editorial in a 1ocaA
paper today, What of the Negro?
AS for my own self. an American
citizen, a world citizen, a human being
a black man, have always told Whlte,
red, black men and women Indl InS
white mans viewpoint. his cog1tat1Ons,
his reveries, his recommendations, etc,
respecting the negro problem IS MS
own private matter believe Ut may
be only fancy that I, as negro
have nothing on this earth, above or
heaven, to do with the white man IN the
working out of this problem be Il
his, the negrO's, or American Under
stand, now, 1 n can from q white man
viewpoint It's the white mans bur
dem I am a DO mig; amt got no
rights The white man Is monarch OF
all he surveys a ruler over all, blessed
for ever over elephants, snakes and
(some) nigs. ct al, as our Afro Amer
ican'' editors would say The white
man can take care of HIMSELF
Think of hundreds, thousands OF
white civilized American citizens go
ing after one niger, and hauling up
amy ole Niger" they may eaten, ana
who while being barbecued, tells them
to meet him in heaveng
By ways dark, devious, unfair, I'M
Just, for their own selfish aggrandize-
rnent, certain big white men. church
and other good fellows, cajole, hatter
fellowship with low down niger
leaders for politics. and brutally
ignore, betray, bully, browbeat, ride
rough shod over the rights and justice
of those negroes that the editorial in
question so pleadingly call upon TO
do something. while those who were
and are doing something are never
upheld.
So again, it's "up to" the white men.
Bribing .'colored leaders," though
known to be bad either with promise
,f = -c17f CO. NIL
ship they make imperative and non
effective the strenuous and unseltish
endeavors. Iabors, tolls. worries and
efforts of the really true benefactors of
the race.
The admonitions in this editorial are
benevolent. but from this Negroes
standpoint it's "up to the white man;
a truly good sermon fallen on rocky
ground; and although one niger does
surely not make a race, there are
others EDWARD STEPHENS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

IF'rom the Chicago News.l
Wise is the candidate who knows his
own hackers
than her words.
Many a woman smiles inwardly while
crying outwardly.
It improves some men to get q piece
of a woman's vocabulary.
Nature seems to take special delight
in upsetting the weather mans predic-
tions.
Any man can get his name in the pa
pers- All he has to do is get cured Of
something.
A large. substantial blessing awaits
the genius who will invent a ripless
bathing suit.
After marriage many a girl thinks
her ideal shattered when it is only
sDrained.
The man who is unable to borrow a
dollar suffers from financial depres-
sion
Lots of people pursue a literary ca
reer, but few succeed in catching up
with it.
A poor man who has a rich uncle
may not be averse to taking the Will
for the deed.
1t simetimes happens that the visitor
who comes to town to see the sights is
one of the sights.
Every actress has her photograph tas-
ken when she is very young, and as
Autographs are made from that pic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
STOPPED FOB ONE NAN.
Asphalt Repairs Stop Because En-
gineer is Sick

All because one man is sick, the work
Of repairing the asphalt pavements is
at a standstill today. The man VINO Is
sick is the engineer who, operates the
little steam roller
It requires considerable skill. and a.
special acquaintance with that kind Of
a machine, to operate the roller sue
cessfully. A substitute for the regular
man cannot be picked up on the street
corner. And as the roller is an absolute
necessity to the work of repairing. there
was nothing to do but knock off work
on the resurfacing of Quincy street
Several small gangs of men are at
work in other streets patching up holes.
It is thought that work can be resumed
on Quincy street tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29

surplus Of Russia, Argentina, AustTal-
asia and the Balkan states viii be ex-
hausted in supplying the requirements
of Italy. Austria-Hungary China and
Spain. Thus there would be a ready
market for the whole wheat surplus of
the United States. and at prices that
will mean profit.
Recent events indicate the strength
OF the foreign demand During the
week ending August 10. 100000 bushels
of wheat We're cleared from the various
ports OF this country; and for the week
ending August II. 5000. 900 bushels were
cleared phenomenal amount Dur
ing July we exported 100000 bushels,
while in July of last year we exported
only $500. 600 bushels lit appears that
the foreigners are simply prohting by
the lesson OF previous wheat shortages
and have laid in ahead while prices
were stin low. This early buying may
prevent such another sharp advance in
our wheat market as there was in the
spring Of 1898. But it is believed in
any case that our farmers are sure of
receiving prices so much above the av-
erage that the aggregate profits viii be
second only to the phenomenal year OF
1893
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
so PASSENGERS ABOARD
When the City of Clifton Struck q
Snag and Went Down.

st. Louis, Aug. 29.-Returning passen-
gers say there was more than eighty
travellers on board the City of Clifton
when she struck a hidden snag in mid
stream and went down No lives were
lost and no one was injured. The acct
dent, however, threw the passengers in
to panic and several women tainted.
Before they had time to realize what
had happened, the steamboat listed
heavily to starboard and began to set
tie. Within three minutes of the time
of striking the obstruction, the City of
Clifton was resting on the bottom of
the river in eight or nine feet of water.
Captain r. w. Mccoy, master Of the
boat. ordered all the passengers to the
upper deck as soon as she struck. the
lower deck being covered with water.
There they stayed for four hours until
taken off by the steamer City of Ches-
ter.
The Clifton was nearly new having
been built year ago at a cost of $780,,
Dr. Louis Rassieur of the City hospital
st. Louis, who was among the passen-
gers, said:
1.-THE current at that point is strong
and If the water had been twice as deep
there is no doubt that some lives would
have been lost.
aboard After the boat sank we were as
sured by Captain Mccoy that we were in
no danger. DR.. Hill and I had our hands
full reviving the frightened women Sew
eral of them went into Mysteries A young
woman from Quincy named Stein leaped
over board when negro dock hand
caught her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

[From the Philadelphia RecOrd.l
Hard luck-a horseshoe.
A church ensation-drow siness.
The giddy flea enjoys a hop every
night.
The faster man runs in debt, the
less apt he is to get ahead.
The much borrowed Y knows what
it IS to go through life entirely a loan.
The man with the long head is not
the one to rush into a thing headlong.
The prodigal son had to come to him
self before he came to his father.
Love is blind. and that may be the
reason 1t makes spectacles of its devO-
tees.
When a chap has a chance to get 4
horse cheap he ought to drive the bar
gain.
The debt of nature Is one debt that
a man is dunned to death for before he
settles.
Marriage is more a rattle than d lot
terry. On man gets the prize and the
others get the shake
What have you got that sign Hands
on posted outside your works for ~
asked the curious individual. Because .
returned the jocular mill-owner, my
men are on strike
Hook-''Do you believe in healing by
touch2" Nye="Yes. A friend of mine
came Iimping down the street with
him for i've you ought to have seen him
skip Off"
Are you 1narried?" asked the Mag
istrate sternly- mo. your honor" re-
turned the man who had been locked
up over night for intOxication. Il got
these scratches on my face by falling
against a barb wire fence"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29
GLOBE SIGHTS
TFrom the Atehison &c

TFrom the Atchison Globe.1
Too much sympathy does more harm
than good.
Whenever a man gets hurt. "consoI-
ing" friends gather to relate how at
one time they were hurt worse than
he.
When a man says II am not in the
habit of repeating them, butt" it means
he is about to repeat a compliment on
himself
What has become Of the cid fashion
ed woman who made one chicken do
the work Of three by stewAng it with
dumpHngs?
When a woman has trouble with
rival, she realizes that she is not living
up to her favOrite novel heroines who
are always Brave and Calm.
When a man dies, his widow doesn't
that her relatives shall ride next to this
hearse. and that his can come in at any
old place.
The first grandchild came to an
Atchison man some ten years ago, and
in his great rejoicing he bought it a
$12 crib, a SIS baby buggy, a $17 high
chair, and various toys whose cost ag-
gregated quite a sum. He thought no
more about it until ether daughters
married and began to present him with
grandchildren. and now finds that he
is in a box. He supposed they would
understand that there is a difference
those that come after, but they re-
fuse to see it, and as he caA't AFFORD
to duplicate his gifts. the worst family
quarrel in the history Of Atchison is
boiling over with no one cool headed
enough to lift it from the fire.