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The Gold q standard.

1t is a fact understood, Of course, by
students of finance, but truth that has
never been thoroughly and deeply appre-
ciated by people as a whole, that the
underlying principle Of all the greenback,
free silver, bimetallic and similar finan-
cial heresies that have swept over this
country in the last thirty years has been
what is known as the quantitative theory
of money.
This theory-which at one time in
the worlds financial history was gener-
ally accepted as correct-is, in substance,
that the value or purchasing power Of
money in any country Is determined by
the quantity Of money in the country.
II there is more money in the country at
one time than at another the value Of
money declines; and, what is saying the
same thing, the prices Of commodities
and products measured in terms OF
money rise, since, obviously, inasmuoh
as the purchasing power Of money is
lessened, more money is required to buy
a given quantity of any commodity than
before. Similarly, when for any reason
the quantity of money in the country
declines, either relatively or absolutely,
the purchasing power Of money rises.
Less money than before is required to
buy a given quantity Of anything and
grievous injustice is done to debtors
who are forced to pay of their indebted
ness in money that is worth moro and
requires more Of their toll and labor to
accumulate than was tho case when the
debt was contracted. Hence the demand
on such occasions, from those holding to
the quantitative theory Of money, that
the country must have more money
this taking the form Of an insistent plea
that the Government should increase
the circulating medium by some form
Of imitation.
The root OF erroneous ideas Of this sort
as thus traced is very plainly visible
when the matter is once considered with
calmness and deliberation, yet thousands
of sound money men, Democrats and
Republicans alike, have never been able
to see whence the trouble comes. In the
holly worded arguments OF the old
BRYAN campaigns these men proved easy
victims OF the free silver advocates.
Once admitted that the quantity Of
money in the country Is the sole, or
the chief controlling factor In the
rise and fall Of values, and all that
the most ardent Bryanite ever asserted
follows as a matter OF course. Mr..
ROOT, in his very eloquent and power
s.,l ..,oooh ~ <ha Nh;oo M oouvontiny,
trod on very dangerous ground in his
eulogium Of the increase in the per capita
circulation Of money in the country In
recent Republican Administrations, and
laid himself open to the keen retort Of
Mr.. JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS at the Demo-
cratic national gathering that this was
curious boast for those who had lately
denied 90 strenuously that the quantity
,m money hSd anythin0 - = WITH -the
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value Of money or the price Of other

value Of money or the price Of other
things.
The Hill Williams gold plank was this:
Tho disesvsrss Of so,a within shs pAs few
ysars and ths great increase IN the production
thereof. adding two thousand million doiiars 70 the
worlds supply. Of which seven hundred million fails
70 the share Of the United States have contributed
70 the maintenance Of . money standard Of valus
no longer open 70 question, removing that Issue
from the field Of political contention"
Obviously, this declaration amounted
to an affirmation Of the quantitative
theory Of money, and tho vital princi-
pie of the free silver ideas. It enabled
Mr.. HILL to say with perfect truth that
It was a platform upon which any free
silver man could stand, yet 1t allowed
Mr.. BRYAN to assert with equal truth
that it was, nevertheless, utterly mean
ingless, in that II the increase In the pro-
duction of the worlds gold supply was
the beneficial factor that had been at
work diminution in this production
would again cause trouble and reopen
the entire question.
In other words, to say that the money
standard was mo longer open to ques-
ton" and was removed from the field
Of political contention was to maintain
an absurd proposition, as long as all
this was based on the assumption that
the yield Of the worlds gold mines
would continue at the same relative
rate as in the last four or Eve years.
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SERGEANT pUr BAcx,
win an Oplnisn by the Court on Some
Headquarters Trials.

The Appellate Division ordered yesterday
that Charles l.. Schauwecker be reinstated
as sergeant In the Police Department. He
was removed by Commissioner Greene.
Schauwecker was In charge Of the school Of
instruction, and Deputy Commissioner Piper
accused him with allowing collection to be
made among the pupils for the purpose of
presenting him with Q gift. Deputy Com.
missioner Davis tried him and he refused 10
answer certain questions. Then Davis
Piper tried him for that, finding him guilty
Then Piper. had him tried again before
Davis on the original charges. He was
found guilty and dismissed.
Judge O'Brien denounces the proceedings
before Piper and Davis, when they banded
the sergeant from one TO the other on
charges, each alternately taking the role OF
accuser, witness and Judge. as q procedure
that adoes not tend TO promote the spirit
OF fairness and impartiality that should
characteristic a court ROOM Judge o'Brien
also finds that there WAS no evidence TO sup
port. the charges, either Of misconduct or
insubordination.
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southern Democrats at st. Louis.

MIR. THOMAS F. RYAN has called atten-
ton, in striking way, to the conserva-
tive and decisive attitude Of the South
Mt st. Louis. For the first time since
the civil war the Southern delegates to
a Democratic national convention exer-
cised an influence commensurate with
the preponderant part which their States
are called upon to play in the election
of a President. Their leaders evinced
tact, Judgment, foresight. But for them
Judge PARKER could not have been
nominated, and but for them his straight
forward, self-respecting message would
have been received in resentful spirit.
At the Charleston convention in 1860
the Southern Democrats failed to evince
the caution, sobriety and sel-control
with which for many years they had
shaped the course Of their party. By
permitting headstrong, fire eating and
short sighted element to assume control
they condemned their section to catas-
trophe and destroyed the institution
OF which they were the champions. The
cool and long headed leaders who in
1S4s. in 1852 and in 1855 had striven to
allay sectional jealousies and animosi-
ties by putting forward Northern
man for the Office of Chief Magistrate
were dead or discredited. So it came to
pass that large majority Of the South
ern delegates to Charleston entered into
fratricidal strife with their Northern
brethren, and made the irreparable blum
der OF naming in JOHN c. BREcKENRIpaR
q candidate OF their own.
From the close Of the civil war up
TO the first nomination Of GROVER
CLEVELAND it was made painfully evil
dent that the Southern delegates to the
Democratic national conventions had
not learned wisdom from misfortune. II
any man gould have beaten Gen. GRANT
st the bsfsot box in 1858. 1t would have
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senator Daniel.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: II strikes
one plain citizen as he reads the encomiums
OF Judge Parker for the performance OF q
tightly conceived duty that some share Of
praise should be devoted to Senator Daniel
Of virginia for the part he played in that
.feast OF reason and flow Of soul last week.
His reported collapse now indicates the hero
ism Of his endeavor.
Southern friend Of mine has for long
time preached the admirable qualities Of this
representative son OF Virginia. 90 when I
ienraed Of his doings In st. Louis was pleased
but not surprised. j. W.. e.
NEW YORK. July 10.
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second canvass, but those for MCKINLEY
increased by 1O3,144.
The sum and substance Of al this is
that during the last quarter Of q cNatury,
and especially the last ten years, the In
tcrest in Presidential election has been
increasing. A larger part Of the citizens
70 to the polls. Campaigns are more
strenuous, the organization OF parties
has reached a higher degree Of perfec-
ton and the whole machinery Of cam
paigning has been greatly enlarged and
strengthened. Not for q century has
there ever been an election which was
"walkover,.. never ono which was not,of
doubtful issue in the minds Of the po-
litical managers Of both parties-even
that Of 1890, when BRYAN polled over six
and q half millions Of votes, or about
800, 600 more than CLEVELAND In 1892.
The present campaign would have lost
much in enthusiasm, in tho East more
particularly, il the Democratic platform
at st. Louis had not been supplemented
by the gold declaration Of Judge PARKER;
yet even without it the result would not
have been "foregone conclusion. Both
parties would have watched anxiously
the election returns. With that declara-
tion, interest is intensified throughout
the Union and in both parties, so that the
election Is likely to show a poll of votes
of uneXampled magnitude.
It will be bitterly fought campaign.
Tho greater confidence which has been
stimulated among Democrats will ex-
cite the Republicans to the more strenu-
GUS efforts, and at every stage Of its
progress between now and November
there will be anxiety among the leaders
in both camps. That Is well. 1t will
stir up the people to the exercise of the
highest privilege Of their citizenship.
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Lincoln and TAssdsrs Parkss.

To TEE EplroR OF TEE SuN-str, In your article
of TO day on Alexander Hamilton you say TO use
the words Of Lincoln. government OF the psople
by the people and for the people"
John white Chadwick IN his Life Of Theodore
Parker shows that these are variant Of words
used BY Parker At dinerent tmes. He says:
In -Thoughts on America and the Slave Power
Sy .n the people, for az the Rsopls !! Sss Miss
was exactly tlncon,s-and % repeated frequently
Lnooins law partner, Herndon. who knew Par
kcr well and had much correspondence with him
came on 70 Boston after the Douglas. Lincoln de
bate and saw Paixer and other anti slavery men,
with an eye to Lncoln's political prospects, Going
back 70 Springfield, he took some Of paIker's new
avas 9 lecture on The Eject Of slavery on ths
american Peosre, which was delivered In the Music
Hall. Boston. and which ! gave 70 Lincoln who
read II and returned It.. He liked especially the
following expression, which he marked with q
pencil and which he In substance afterward usti
In his Gettysburg address: Democracy 10 dire
self -eoveTnmcnt. over all the people. BY III ,ne
people for all the people,"
The address referred 10 was delivered July 4,
isss. and was Parkers last great anti-sasvssy sd'
Arso- S.ow
SDsou1u. yuay Il. -
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Remedies fer d. d. Joe. Scale.

To THE EprroH OF TEE SuN-ay: Your article
to-day ON the San JOSS scale . Of such widespread
interest that desire 10 give remedy which have
used with absolute success on apple. pear and
peach trees and currant. ounce. lilac and Japanese
ounce also:
Unslacked lime. IA pounds
Powdered sulphur. pounds.
Common salt. Q pounds.
Water, n gallons.
Dissolve the lime and sulphur together In three
gallons OF hot water. Then add the remaining
eighteen gallons Of water and last the salt.
The very large circulation Of TIE SUE among
intelligent people win no doubt insure wide
spread knowledge of a remedy that IL both simple
and positive. E. HURTzIo.
MoRRIsrowN. N. j.. July IL.
To TIE Eprron or TIE suN-,sfr: Your edi-
tortal In this mornings sun attracted my atten-
ton: and ! would like 10 add my little say In
reference 10 the San jose scale. This pest has now
q very strong hold on all the rut-growing sections
of the country; and while some OF the growers arc
doing all In their power 10 put stop TO the ravagcs
Of It, there arc others VINO Will NOT ana 90 NOT 90
anything at all TO stop II.
This spring, when tho writer was spraying hts
trees his next door neighbor came over and he
could not be convinced that that scale on tho trees
vere not plant lice. Hc said that he had no time
10 spray his orchard. and - his is right over the
fence from ours. you can readily see how small q
chance we have 70 save our trces His trees arc
covered with the scale. and It viii be only few
years before all Of them win de- After tree has
certain amount Of scale on II cannot be treated
successfully as the scale sucks the vitality from II
very rapidly.
without going Into any Of the forms Of treating.
&c., want to say that tho only remedy Is through
LEGISLATION compelling al owners OF fruN trees
afected 70 spray. and where the tree u covered
with scale, TO cut II down and bum 1t up Two
years aeo We had no scale on our place, but since
then II has como In. and al our fruit trees are
sfYected, as well a. some Of the foliage trees and
shrubs. The only way that vs can ever get nd OF
II win bs through concerted action. In my esti-
nation, II u a. dangerous - ths boil weevn In the
South. W. d. y.
NEW YoHx. July IL
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From the C1eVeldnd PIdsn UedIW.
Frank Mitchell n one of the Oldest resi-
dents OF the United States. He came to
Akron. Ohio. forty years ago from Alabama
where he lived on the estate Of Nathaniel
Pride.
Mr.. Mitchell claims to be los years Of age.
Those who know him best say that he looked
nearly a. old when he came TO Akron Is he
does to-day.
the old plantation he well remembers the
trip OF ueorse, Washington through tbe
General would pay 4 visit 70 his plantation
when he came that way.
A big dinner was to be spread. and n the
assisted. One Of the toothsome. morSels
co1sisted e chicken gtsi upon which the lad
But George washington passed Svsg sn-
other route. and the .visiS % ths painEs19n
was not made. Mitohel therefors bad the
Bic which had been prepared for tbs great
General
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The Governor and tho Grade Crossing

The G overnor and tho Grade Crossing.
No substantial progress can be made
toward the abolition of railroad grade
crossings in this State 10 long as the Gov
enor insists that the Commonwealth
shall not share in the expense. That is
practically the stand Mr.. ODELL has
taken, although the law specifically and
unequivocany provides that tho State
shall bear one-fourth of the burden Of
the cost of such improvements. In the
mean time the killing and manning Of
people at these crossings goes on with
an appalling total loss of life and limb
each year.
The Governors course in thu matter
of the most extensive and most impor-
tant grade crossing improvement now
under consideration by the Railroad
Commission is illustrative Of his atti-
tude on the whole question. The city Of
Schenectady, with over $4,000 inhabi-
tants, is traversed by two railroads, the
New York Central and the Delaware and
Hudson. There are in the heart Of the
town at least eight Of the most dangerous
grade crossings still in existence in this
State. The railroads are eager to abol-
ish them and the city is eager to abolish
them, both being willing to pay their
share of the cost; but the work has been
halted for two years by Governor ODELL,
who invariably vetoes or cuts down to
an inadequate sum all appropriations
from which the States share Of the ex-
pense might be paid. Thus, in 1908 he
cut the appropriation for this work from
$250,OO0 to $4,000. This year he made
another sweeping reduction in the sum
voted for all similar Improvements by
the Legislature.
This cheeseparing is doubtless one of
the evils that necessarily follow in the
train of the Odell indirect taxation policy,
designed primarily for the purpose of
compelling the cities to pay the major
portion of the expenses Of the govern
ment of the State Having committed
himself to this policy, it is necessary for
him to use the knife without ruth, even
though 1t sometimes reaches a vital
spot, when the annual appropriation bill
comes before him for review.
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Readers Of THE Sun leaving tho city can have tho
Daily and Sunday editions mailed to their addresses
(which may be changed when necessary for 10
cents o month. Order through your newsdeaier
or THE SUN. ITO Nassau street.
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A Simple Thing.

n Bthpie AuiuB'
simplicity.
sing 10 thoel
sing 10 thee.
Simplicity
Pray pardon me.
Simplicity.
Ifthus sing Of thee.
what u curbs iniouity.
Corruption. graft. rascallty.
TIL not vestiee doth remain.
The 'scutcheon Of our land 70 stainf
Simplicity. Simplicity
What Is II treads unswervingly
Tho path TO civic dccency:
That faiters never In the nghs,
But does thing because its rightf
Simplicity, Simplicity
What Ia II guards the Treasury
With measures Of economy:
That regulates expenditure.
And honesty In all securesf
Simplicity. Simplicity
And what should be our policy.
In short, at homo and over seat
The answor comes from one T, j..
And this is what We hear him say:
Simplicity, Simplicity!
Simplicity.
sing OF theei
sing OF thee.
Simplicity
Pray pardon me.
Simplicity.
. For slnsins simpiy thus Of thee.
Ana1va n. rslw8A
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Now is the vegetarians' opportunity.
Meat is soaring when it already had be-
come almost a luxury. Soon, II the butch
ers' strike continues, CRGsus himself will
feast on oats and corn. The world will
cease from war, Peaoe viii find spot where
on to alight, and the man who sells nut
meat will prosper in his bank account
Mems appetites for strong waters will
diminish, disappear. The butchers may
be opening the door for the millennium.
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Besides the usual number Of pages given up TO
fashions and chit-chAs about feminine dress, the
August Delfneaor has special fashion letter from
Paris by AB. John Van Worst Fiction Is con-
sributcd By Carroll Watson Rankin. Alice Mac
oowsn and Cyrus Townsend BRADY. LILLE Hamii-
10 Preach tootsvs Th>nsV continues her ssriss
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GOLDEN RULE JoNEs-SUCKER ROD SAM
JoNEs-Mayor SAMUEL M. JONES Of Toledo,
Ohio, was a source Of constant and unend-
ing interest to the country Of his adoption.
HIS remarkable political successes in the
face Of tho unusual and apparently insur-
mountable obstacles In his home city indi-
cate that he provided the kind Of municipal
government the majority wanted. Per-
haps another community would have tired
of a Mayor who kicked mems hats of in
hotel corridors, paraded the streets with
a brass band and did the other ridiculous
things that JONES did. Like many other
anti-monopoly howlers, he was monop-
olist himself, and very comfortable thing
he found 1t to be. 1t does not appear that
he did any particular harm. and he did
some good, II in no other way than as an
instructive public character. He had 8
good time and helped others to have
good time. He was hearty and kindly
and charitable, very real friend to the
unfortunate with his goods and his sympa-
thy. He could afford to build a reputation
for crankiness on foundation like this
VIII he have q successorf
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buohadnsxEar's Hard Laok.

NebuchadneExar cropped the erass.
"Is's hard, he unused. that should have TO chew
instead Of smoke--,ust AZ the time the candidates
give their friends perfectos, too
Horeupon for the nrst time he felt the full weight
of hls punishment.
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To TIE Eprros OF TEE euH--Ns; It = curious
coincidence that the mysterious creature whose
Identity your correspondent thought - 0noult
to solve In the verses printed In this moxnlng' .
SUN should have appeared on Sandy Hook - II In
answer 20 the rddls and, sftef taking compossdly
. good bump from the Japanese ship 6himosa.
have reappeAred at distance from che stern.
salutcd ~Adsumi' and quickly vanished from view.
SEARRIoHr. N. j.. July II. O.H.W-
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If our friends icho fdror us 1ith manuserfpfs for
publication tsh TO haze rejected articles refurnea eneV
mus IN all case send stamps FOR that purpose.
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The Fortunes of tho War.

According to the most Trustworthy
accounts Of the situation Of Gen. KoURo-
PATKIN'S army south Of Laoyang it
would appear to have become exceed
ing critical. A general retreat north
ward, leaving open to the Japanese all
that part of the country, including Ying-
kow and Newchwang, may be reported
at any moment.
Haicheng, which is twenty miles from
Tashichao and thirty-dve from New
chwang, is partly encircled on the east,
north and west by hills that could be
made the basis of q strong defence; but
in view Of the danger to KoURoPATK1N's
communications by an advance Of Gen.
KURoKI's force over the Fengwang-
cheng and Liaoyang road to tho latter
place, it is doubtful If Haicheng has
not already been rendered untenable.
1t is true that in this direction the Rus
sian troops confronting tho Japanese
are under Gen. Won HELLER, who has
thus far proved himself one Of the most
capable Of the subordinate commanders;
but the deficiencies Of the Russian ar
IllltIy duu Oil opPoAOhe ioSn Va e'N''
among the rank and file, due probably
to the successive defeats and continued
retreating, render the whole situation
insecure. A retirement, therefore, be-
yond the Taitse River toward Mukden
seems inevitable.
In regard to the Russian losses in tho
field, It would appear that they are going
through the same experience that the
British had in South Africa. The num-
Der Of officers who are killed and wounded
compared to men in the ranks Is 80 great
that it has been found necessary to
divest them OF the purely ornamental
parts Of their uniform and assimilate
them as much as possible to the rank
and file.
The general losses, however, do not
vary much from those in the later wars
since arms Of precision and long range
artillery came into use. Taking the
aggregate Of these losses reported 80
far from the Russian side, they are not
large for the amount of fighting that
has occurred. 1t is probable that the
losses in the operations about Port
Arthur will exceed all others to date.
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The border vidette., 1904-05-28

1OTAL- FfO, oO.OS R. FARRELL, Chairman. T. A. HARRISON, : ,,oh HENRY HARMoN,
 FRANK J. DUFFY, District
 Attorney. Quarterly report of J. B. Me Clanahan, road overseer road dis trict No. 3, presented and ordered filed.
 Revised list of active members of Nogales Fire Department was presented to the board. List or dered filed.
 The clerk now presented report of claims allowed Oy the board of supervisors, during the year 1903. Report being in words and figures, following to-wit: Report of Claims Allowed by the Board of Supervisors During
 Year 1903.