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IN A SILVER COUNTRY Condition of the Laborer and Business in a Land Where Free Coinage Exists. WHAT THE MEXICANS SAY. A Representative of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Tells What 1 Hiuee the free-silver people began to /point to Mexico an an Ideal country when1 the free coinage of silver hud made everyone happy, contented und pros perous, there has been much written hy men who hud iived there and others. The re|M>rta, which were not Haltering to the country, were denied hy tho sil ver advocates and branded as lies. I he wilverltes stoutly maintained thut if lu bor was as well employed here as in Mexi.'o the great question of what to do with the poor would he solved as there would lie no poor. They claimed that In that country there was no VVull street; that food, clothing and the necessities of life were cheaper; that the nation • was prospering us it never had before, and ail on account of the free coinage of silver The Xt. t.lotrt- Democrat. winn ing to be just in the matter, derided to send ii representative there who would report wlmt he saw and learned, wltli out regard as to how the reporta would affect the |iolitleiil idtuutloii. The man wax one on whom the paper could de |H pend to tidl the truth. KM Extract* from some of the letter* which tlirnu Home light on the subject iWMl free silver und it* effect* are 1)111111*1 below: £ Price* llcpeml on Vorelgn Kucliaiige. Pirate* on I lie high (tea* could hard i*, a more daiigcrou* menace to com Wpmercc lietween nalioii* than thi* Hilctim 1 loll of exchange between couiitrie* on different Htnndard*. Outside of a few money-changer* at coa*t port*, business men of tin- state* hardly notice from week to week the variation* in exchange between iln-ir country and Europe. Jtul ’ In' the lni*iin'** relation* lietween the ■Bitcd Xliitc* and Mexico tin- changing ajfcrenee between tin- Ntaudard* i* a mailer of hourly concern. Bffjjiil'* ex-liangc today?” goc* with every morning'* salutation between mer chant* in .Monterey. “Hilvcr’M up” or "silver's down” i* the jerci.'il new - of tii -1 importance. shrewd repreaentatlve of a Xnn ynio (Tex.) joiibiug house on hi* way io the *tnt< from id* mldaununer Id of tin citii* of .Mexico said: re'* a Valia I ion of He lietween the llidurd of tin- Htatc* and tin- ailver Ud of Mexico within two week*. U II III --I going to sell good* or do ^boHiiii'-* between tlu> couiitrie* when i cot to make allowance* for such Elion*. When I sell a bill of good* lexica ii nicrcliant on six month*' 've got to figure the price* high to save my house in the event Oliver drop* by one of those violent —ljfion* before the day of aettleinent Tin- merchant liu* got to murk Hftiiil price* on a margin sufficient Cot him ngainst pos*ibIe eiiauge. i American good* must be sold iu nt two margin* above legitimate in order to protect the American und the Mexican storekeeper these rapid up and down move of the standard*. The condition i< simply ruinous to trade. People will ^jBtvit buy wlien price* are raised on them, y jHr-'iy house may make a tremendon* profit ii m or b.n l y save itself in a sale of good* on fe six months’ time. That isu’t the way to “ do bu*ines*. You might a* well have a &'"■ Chinese wall between two couiitrie* a* tbea."<iiieination*. And thi* is wlmt we will hare oil ii vastly greater scale if x the United State* goes to a silver stnnd II ard and (Jreut Kritain and tlie European 3kB, natipB* continue tlie gold Htnndard. I nEfi kHf Vlmt ibi* thing of two standard* ytli-K BMM between Mexico and the States, don’t want to see it in our trade Great Itritain and Europe.” ■' A Hollar’* Win lit of l.abor. Sp’’‘ I' .'dollar worth So cent* eoniiuiinds the labor in Mexico now that a dollar | ? W®th u dollar did ten or twenty year* EM Right there i* the cornerstone on l^%lQHHpr<>*|>erity iu this silver country is r building. That is wlmt makes it now to work mine* with ores worth *'H' niouey. a ton. That & Condition of labor brings the cost of min / to&ffyid currying out llie ore down to $1 KvA Wl. Tlmt kind of labor Imilt and the eabb *, wliia-li lake the place F^^^Hmvitnd* trains. a f I* thw of the « "»t for like construction and | Merit tie m in the States. I'fliles have re I WTOCad the e..*t of , oiixey ing ore from the I >; .in to the railroad, two mile* down the * p monntai' to '_’ii cents and .’in cents a ton. I-r This lalsu- ennlile* railroada to haul ori s I at from fill cent* to *1 a ton. It figure* E Iu the cost oi i in ‘ trans.Mirtutiou of the E coke from the grlf and llie coal from the B border. And. finally, it enable* 11*' to "u M a Ion ini trealmeiil of ore *tf|>, from tin* tirnt Mow of tin mint- to tin- Imiilluu of tin into iiidIiU hi tin* fiirmii't*, "uifi'a mi tin- |m«ia of ii io inn- half its valiii- i» Mill* ll llmiltra I In- |itolll. if ailn-r u M-a ilutrn if It w Jilt! Ik 111 llt'll till'll .It evil I'm liml ill tin- tuillmii ran -nil Jhf it nl I In tim lii it ,,i \|. t loin tin* nun-' nil lu-rt, aiul mi tlo'liir an oniin foi tin i a*o, u In n kili i i> it worth i» ' " I iu • .1 .ll |i.i > it ■r tin' iiutMiftaiion of tom -il . r wit .ji I'imj au t lllli •I Mill of l! ' M' \i ' '! * M 111 f’l Hi ll l'l| il l lot lo u III 11 ( ,f M ' M It I"1' I llotklliai j* In tit .1 ft W ll 1 ' ll t|. . . lh.< i ak-rvtu lull u| £% i.i \\ t- it i Thu i-otiir*. t |m Hi au wht*i«*4 at t*o thin i o mint a | |,ui U tl of | t | . ,l4| **f * Iti-lk ltl itm hit! 11* 11 t I lu Mill tl*,. k |„ Iltk * I***1 tl * Itikl Iht MMtMIl I 1 * »M*th lllli * ut.it |M ■ 11 •**'* iM tmM Un _ *“» * *4 l mu Iimui- ■ I, ftlhj 4 thu ft* '»»•••**#= 4f*H ■ I’t h th hai mao th twcM ttl uu. itk^Hif .1 • > ka th* same paving command* id American 1 money in the State*. American ritle* pay about $2.50 a square yard for hricl. paved street*. Monterey will get her I street* paved for n little less than $2.50 a square,yard, anil that price will be in 1 money worth one-half the American price. Other Occupation*. A* In mining nnd In briekmnklng. '* i* in all industries. Monterey is boom ing. Wages remain fixed at the old rate*, nnd can he paid in the depreciated sit- 1 ver. That gives the margin of profit. , The most ktriking of the object lessons, perhaps, are those which tin* railroads fumisli. These roads in Mexico are well managed. The depots and sur roundings nre marvelously clean nnd neat. The roadbeds will compare most favorably with those ill the state*. I he train service is excellent. Mexican money does It. East from Laredo to Corpus f'hristl, on the Gulf, wholly °n American soil, the Mexican National has a division KM) miles long. Southward from Laredo the first division of the same road, within Mexican territory, ex tends to Monterey. 168 miles, about the same distance. On one side of the lllo Grande the Mexican National pay* wages In Mexican silver. On the other side the pay roll Is met with American money. Conductors between I.nredo andCorpus get $105 a mouth In gold. Conductor* between Laredo and Monterey get $LtO a month in Mexican silver, which is worth 807.60, for the same kind of serv ice. Engineers on the Texas side nre paid $.•(.50 in gold for KM) mile*. Engineers nil the Mexican side receive $5.50 In Mexican silver, worth $2.H0, for 100 miles. Hrakcnicn running to Corpus get $.*) a month in gold: to Monterey, $<MI a motifli in Mexicali silver, worm g.to.ou. Firemen on the Texas division lire paid at tlie rate of $1.X0 in gold for 100 miles traveled; on the Mexican division, $2.2o, worth $1.17. A general officer of the Mexican Na tional, too modest to have his name in print, gave fliese wages from hi* Isioks. When he had read them off to this point, nn interested looker-on Interrupted with: "I should think all of tlie fellows on tlie Monterey division would want to get on tlie Texas division.” "Probably they would," said the officer, “hnl we have combined the runs so that on nil mixed trains the crew* go through from florpus to Monterey. That give* them 100 miles on a gold basis in Texas and IliN miles on a silver basis in Mexi co, They have tlie gold and tlie silver di visions alternately. We do that to give them nil the same chance,” "When did tlie company adopt this plan of evening tilingsV” "About two years ago.” “How about wages of section hands?” The official turned to the books again. “On (In- Texas division,” lie said, "fore men get $-10 a month in American money. The laborer* get 75 cents a day. On the Mexican side foremen get $10 n month In Mexican silver, and laborer* 02V£ cents, in,tli in Mexican silver.” At the prevailing rule of exchange this gives section foremen on the Mexican side $20 a month and section hands about .'ll cent* a day in American money. “Hut you must remember,” said the railroad official, “llicse figure* for fore men and labor hold good only as far be low the border as Saltillo, That is 2J0 miles south of the frontier. As you go toward the interior wages decrease. Prom Saltillo southward to San Luis Potosi. 20X miles, section foremen are paid $1.50 a day and laborers 50e a day, all in Mexican silver. Still further south, below San I,ill* Potosi, the pay is $1.25 u day for foremen and for laborer ih'Ar a day. Mexican silver.” "Have railroad wage* undergone any change with the decline of Mexican sil ver?” "No, These are the rate* today, and they were tin- same in 1XXH. when silver dolhirs were worth a half more than they are now.” Concerning Lead. “The silver mine owners of Monterey would lie greatly gratified to see Mr. Hryan restore silver to $1.20 an ounce?” was suggested to Mr. Joaquin Mai/.. "On tlie contrary," replied tin, owner of Sun Pedro quickly and witli decided emphasis, "the less silver is worth, the better for us,” This seeming paradox Mf. Malz pro ceeded to explain. In so doing he threw much light upon tlie operation of the sil ver basis in a silver country. Whut lie suiil of wuges and living will be par ticularly interesting in the United States. "If we got $1.29 an ounce,” he be gan, "it would be $1.29 in Mexican money. Mexican money would lie the same us American 111000/, and both the same as gold. Under present conditions, suppose we got only 05 cents an ounce in American money for our silver. That American money is worth 190 per cent, more than Mexican money. In other words, tlie (i5 cent* an ounce in Amer ican money or gold for our silver is worth double that in Mexican money. So you see we would get no more per ounce in MexJettn money if silver was worth $1.29. Now the main value of our Monterey ores does not come from the silver, hut from the lead. If I have lead in my silver ore running 25 |s*r cent, that will lie 500 pound* of lead to the ton of ore. At II cent* that lend 1.1 Ifl.fltl lit til.. IIlllt.LlI Ut.ll... Ih $15 in Bold, which ia $5o in Mexican money. "Silver, you muat remember," Mr. Mni* coutinum!, "iloean't Bovern the price of lead. If ailver ahould «o up to $1.^1* nu ounce, or, which ia the an me tliiiiB, to par with Bold, my lead would keep about evttU, roBardleaa of the Hue tuatloll of ailver. It would Mt ill lie worth 5 cent* lu Bold. My 5oo pound* of lead per toll would he Worth $15 III Bold. i>ut ft wouldn't l*e worth any more in ►lller. It would Im- $15 in Bold in Amer ican ailver ami in Mexican ailver." Ilnviou ahown that lie would (et very little if any more in Mexican money for hi* ailver if it commatuled $1 '.It. or par with Bold, and haiinif demuu alrnled that the adiattce of atlver to $1 'Jtt Woiikl kiio, k him out of half of hi* return for the I, ad, no n *n re I hi the Mcxnmi no* Mi M i:, ,«r• .I..i i , thnl I*ha»e of the alller iplealien which hi ineat intefeutiuw to Americana “V<w. that* ia another ihinu," he *«nL "and it i* ihi* When *..M »» I Hr# with Me than loll* i, or w lo'ii I h,r» wan very little difference, we *«u*l uur labor at the mine* T5 >«-nta a da# Th, m»»Hat uaa rquitah-Ht to about T*» cenia a day la Amaru an metier Today <*e Mi th*.*,' a*toe miner* T5 cent* a >la» in Mcxhan m**a»i w hi, h I* now equi* ih'ttt to at**ut St'« vent* a '(a* in fold I hi* Itflj n ul l a d»* th* Bold yield* th, mine owner the aarne am..out of labor which wa* t<r»du**d for him when th. |5 real* to Mexican ncn.i wa* worth n vaaU la t**M The Maxteaa miner >b»* not ixatuwr for h*« wourWhuaen and hi* . h'thiuB any hut hie than ytwl urMh »»*h a« >o*a b.m • d,. 1*4.0 ,%,tt„a **««l< at, V *rl» ait *1 ih-*i tlrlt* are today *whi at the turn* pro,a •* whew titter •** at par with phi ia *♦,,» oifc'll t *• 'I • *.lti It-... It,,,., ■ XI* wae* of the woweia ha*eat Heron....' at alt TWr <*a |*rf«<tii w*tt wort* now at the MM** ***** a* they re* aired ohew aitrwr wa* the m*w at pS '* the attra* Wap*. tu w#e»# *a a UtirJ hma the pup. uwwar ef "••*•»»*» had* hut mutate |a wapaa on a *ii*»r U*W the utwltet* *>i | ti 'lka More owl * treat adraatae* «*o* t ih-.ae af the l «tt*d >1*1** The 1‘aanh* rwu ti. r ta aa* * ho h ..for* a fair r«*a* eartaea With thta to rt> **Wn* S*«l «l Vf -m«r*y They at*, probably. Ih# Wrg ■st silver smelters in the- two countries. On eh gives employment to about 4ISI lien. No one will traverse the great ilaut at Monterey nml doubt that the ilextean workman in the Industry ren lers equal labor, man for man, with the \meriean employ e<| in the itinaha smelt •r. At Omaha there is little labor given it $1.50 n day. The wages in the various trades of the smelter range ns high ns 18 a day. It will not place the average no high to make it $11 per day. That Is kmerlean money gold. Here the cona tion labor unloads the ears nnd heaps the ire by the thousands of tons In the yards. This Maine labor loads the ore into the ittlc iron trnmenrs nnd wheels it under he sheds, where the more skilled work men do the mixing of the ores in great icds, 'This common labor shovels and ifls nnd pushes as hard n* the $1.50 told labor at Omaha and does it for 0!4% •cuts a day Mexican silver, or 81% •cuts gold. This labor works ten hours a lay for that price. Then there s the twelve hours labor, so divided lo keep the smelter running night nnd lay. Here something besides muscle ru lers In. The iron barrows must lie wheeled upon the scales, and one kind if ore follows another in, as licum after beam ti|is, until the barrow is full of lust the right proportions of lend and Iron ami lime nnd various ores to take Slit all of the silver in the (melting. The Mexienus who do this are paid 75 •ents a dny, worth 87% cents American money. Then come the feeders and the furnace men, who know just when to dump in the tiarrow loads at the top snd just when to tap at the bottom to Iraw off the bullion. Tills is labor that rveidves $1 u dny in Mexican silver, or V) cents a dny in gold. 'The slag pullers get 75 cents a day in silver. The fore men of the yards, who moves about ovsr ** cum nun 'ijrc. i mg, nre pain mini r-1 In $5 n day. They are few In number. Mill fewer aro the furnace foremen of Hint ripe experience which is responsible for the results. These get $200 u month, the equivalent of $100 in gold. The puy at the Omnlm smeller aver ages $2 a day, or $800 for the K10 In liolen^lhe equivalent of $1000 In Mexi can ilWney. The pay at the Monterey smelter averages $1 a day in Mexican money, or $100 for the 400 employe*. Here i« u difference of $1200 Mexican money or $000 gold In the dully puy rolls. The Mexican silver smellers are said to he making $10 in Mexican money where the American smelter* lire prolit Ing $1 in American money. Whether free silver in the United Htiite* would ruise the Mexican money to the Ameri can money or lower the American to the Mexican it would require the American smellers to pay only twice as much for labor where now they pay four limes as much us the Mexican smelters do. The wages paid nt the smellers here com mand trie best of Mexican labor. The lowest rate, Il2*4c, is nearly dottldc that paid for ordliiury common lalsir. It brings to the works brown men with muscles like at eel, who trot along with BOO pounds of ore in n harrow. These Mexicans shed ell clothing hut saiiduls, Mtruwhiit and cotton drawers as they push ittid pull tin- ore down tin- Incline of the long roasting oven*. They have only one had habit. They will come to work before breakfast. You rail teach Mexican labor to smelt ores to perfection hut you eun not touch the Mexican wom an to get up and prepare breakfast, sim ple us It Is, before the whistle blows for the change of shifts from night to day. And so, an hour or two after the brown men haw begun work, the little brown women come stringing in with the bean* and the corn cukes and the hit of meat. Laborers* Wages. At Cerralvo. in the state of Nuevn I-eon. is located the lietmvides smelters. From this smelter there has been shipped since the 1st of January, liy ox carta, 1.800,000 pounds of bullion. This Cerralvo district was a greut mining cen ter .’tOO year* ago. It bad a government mint, and turned out quantities of coin during two centuries under Spanish do minion. When the revolutionary iieriod set in mining ceased. Title* lapsed. With the establishment of stable gov ernment and the coming of railroad* milling in Mexico took ou new activity. The Cerralvo district was one of the last to feel the spirit of revival. The rail roads passed by and left this ancient town in the interior. Throe years ago American enterprise found this long neglected district. A smelter was built. The highly successful operation of this plant for the pqst three years, ninety mile* from n railroad, afford* one of the Is-st possible illustrations of the cheapen ing of silver production in Mexico. The manager of the smelter is Mr. H. C. Har rison, who bus had a good deni of ex perience In mining and smelting. lie furnishes the actual cost of operation from his books and makes a comparison with the cost of a like smelter iu the States. These ure his figures: Smelter operation in Mexico. Per day In Mexleau money. Superintendent. (15.00 Two foremen, at (4. NISI Two ore weighers, at $1. 2.1*1 Assayer. 4.00 Two engineers, nt $1. 2.00 Two fnraacemen. at $1. 2<*> Two feeders, nt 73c. ITS) Four slug men, at ffJHc. 2 So Two ore men. at 02 lye. 1 25 Two elinrconl men. at H2VfcO. 1.25 Two patio men. at 02}£r. 1.25 Ten outside men. at Mr.. 5.<»i Two billllou men. nt tKityc. 1.25 Two cards of wood, at (2.25. 4.50 (III titr *• tit*Ini* Mini IIl'IiIs ... 1 All Total In Mnlcaii ttionojr ....(.Vi ta) Kmoltrr oporatlou In ('tilled Htntea. I‘*r day In tHittod Mutton inou.r Huiierluttoideiit .... .(lO.ntl Two fnraiiru. at (l. (•*> Two ur<* Krlflifti, at (3 50. 5 tat Aaaojrrr . ftiai Two I'ttllaarn. at H ■ ■■.. Hi*1 Two fiirntuwiDoit. al (ft... tlta* Two f o.lt r». at (ft .. Illai Two nisi? men al (2 50.. 8 <•> Two ehttrtte wheeler*. at (2 50,...,,,, ft.tai Two thitretual non. al (2.. * «■ > i'lt.. var.t non at *2 . 10.00 Two bullion mon. *12.... 4 tat Two eord* of w.«..l at (ft .......... «•»' till for ra|t*M ami Ihttat.. I 88 Total lu I’nlted (Uln arnurf,,., (hi .**• RaeMna*. 0“ . T» *'• Total In Vfealt-aa «w«»t lift* a The •'<••• of nothing lho amuo •moltor toobl ho lu Moat. Ml UO-lo t *1.1* W for *.l..r on I ho Vuofbiu «i>lo of Iht Hit Itron-t* It I* *VI lu VI. alto Hint'll tulbw from a mil’oatl "ft,,, jarotonl ot«M of anoltiug m VI. al ,n" ..if| Vlr llarriaou. ’Ha «nly alooit „ thir.l »f what It U In tho IT.it..1 Mtaloa Tht* about* ihut a tori tow ata.W t*f alitor »*ri tahl* h taoufl U ant* It . .| al * low In tho I Tilted (Mlrt ■ an he tta-ti.-tl h.ro at a |.*t.hi ttur furttw.e it. twenta Iona of «»o a day at a .,»! of VI a f"t labor TV .rtta* *n»l toltahtllla of labor la an iut >,.M.i*t fartor In t*»lliH« llvra I* afra. .* wo h«to rb»*n an>l »'• t,l» wort . ,« Tin’ it'iaft Imonto >1 an adult .„ ia« lit* »f Vuaat. (.*»« ta Itt .*«*> a .Itt Ihom ta nartoit a <ltt I 4> hat* t" tuna *a»a «»tf Th* . ti|» iw*u*iatnx» ht a §**!*# aoetona an a ..full. ■*». rat. V*.l labor Mttth.l Th. 4 Mf nttntu* in th* I'arralao dtatiwt ,i toauanol With th* atalam part wf th* 1 0.1*4 Mataa. ta about ..a* Math what *t , tw ('..b-ratht ao4 on* tight h what U a t* Vt.i-na ‘ Uta Wio* *»4 Ita Ualyat II la* atk who I* th* itahoal naan In |Mak|a lb* V VI .1 a (toll* no I a* tat to Th* *n«* ttf VI. alto Two.. Ilnaaaa I* a* nf th* ******* Hi tha wotato.o h»w rh*ar ly >aa liltti ht ftolaml at a t**oht b V|. too. VI* IWmi »# » aanTtal V fa ta toarw «*•■ *»> .aoi f Mat taat an (Into t>4o (inltMa Th* a*>. t nf V(aainatbaao Datum'* rapid riae to the diatinction of the ('roeatta of Durango i* the atory of the I’romontorio mine. Thnt i* n proper ty of which the miuing market never heard. It i* known to Durango people heentme they atm the ox cart* and mule wagon* come creaking in with titton* of ore monthly. The mine i* 100 mile* north of the eity, ami the ore mint he limited thnt diatance in enrt* and wagon*. The ore i* quart*, and all thnt i* tint* traiiNported i* of a grade which yield* IflO ounce* to the ton. The monthly ahip ment from the l’romontorio i* IIO.IKH) ounce* of ailver. In a year tliia amount* to 1,000,000 ounce*. It I* worth in Mexican money $ 1 .JOO.000, and In Amer ican money ftloO.OOO. lint thl* ahipment of ore at the rate of (WO ton* i* not ull of Mr. Darnin'* product. From hi* own work* nt the mine lie make* every day a har of ailver weighing 1000 ounce*, A bar of ailver worth $K!00 in Mexican money and half of thnt in American mon ey ia not very formidable in appearance. It ia only 10 indie* long by 4 indo * in breadth and thickneaa. livery day on# of theac bar* i* turned out at the mine, brought down to Durango and added to the Mlnl’b of treaaure in Maximiliano Darnin'* warehouac. The mint otlidala of the Hatted .Stale* will have an opportuni ty to handle a collection of theae bur* if free coinage become* the law. Tin- prcMi-ut product of the I’romontorio ia t ,,'UMi.OOO ounce* a year, worth $1,740. 400 in Mexican money, and to Ik- wortli thnt in American money If 111 to 1 pre vail*. Tliia ia one man'* mine, Thnt i*, iM-rhapa. thl- reawm *o little hua been heard of it. About ten year* ago, when ailver lie fan to go down, the I’romontorlo began to uncover It* rlehuea*. With hi* rep utation eatahlialied a* the rieheat man in Durango, Mr. Datum doe* not admit (lint he hua done any milling, lie iiaa aituply been developing what there i* In the I’romoiilorio, blocking out the uiMaaea «... I... ..I ...1. 1... - .I,,..., to the rcnl business of mining. Hilt while doing development work Mr. Daiuui I* Inking out incidentally ore which yields him ounce* of silver yearly. A Assure vein wliieli give* him thl* ore currying 180 ounce* of silver to tin* ton i* from 1H Inelie* to R feet ♦tide. While developing hi* property, Mr. Pnmiii Inis taken out a third cIiinm of ore which lias not been shipped to the smelter or treated at the mine. He now hu* a dump containing 80.000 tuns of such ore which, he says, will average 00 ounce* to the toil. That mean* 11,000,• 000 ounce* more, to he worth $.’t,H^0, 000 when the United Htate* declare* for unlimited silver. Mnximiiinuo liumm can furnish nil of tlio silver the mint* of the United Htate* will lie aide tu coin into dollar* during five week* of opera tion at their present full capacity. Open Mint* Cheapen Silver. "Why is if that in a silver country, with unlimited coinage, bullion docs not go to the Mexican mints to lie coined into dollars, hut i« shipped out to lie sold In another country when* it lias u II u<t mi ting value and where so much of it ns would make a dollar In your mints is worth now only half u dollar?” Till* wiih submitted, during the rest In the saddle of l.ua Mltras, to the owner of the mines below, from which the Mex icans were trotting forth in never-ending tile witli their sacks of ore. The mine owner chucked a pebble over the preci pice, and shook Ids head, as if the ques tion was too much for him. “Well, why do you send your own bullion to the United Htates to lie sold at bullion value under the gold standard instead of having it minted into dollars which are worth 100 cent* on the silver iiiisis?” The mine owner got out Ids pencil and figured. He took the exchange, the cost of transportation, the .'(77 grains of fine silver in the Moxiciui dollar, the .'(71 grain* in the American dollar, the ounce value, anil made elaborate calculation*. At length Id* face brightened. “Hllver,” he said, "yields today 4 cents an ounce more when sold In the states as hid lion, after paying freight charges and brokerage commissions, than it would if taken to the Mexican mint* uud coined into dollar*.” ' THK FAKMKU AND 71IK ttll.YKJtlTK. He was settln’ on u shoe box at th’ corner uv th’ street, Chawin’ plug terhueker aa’ waitin’ fer a treat, While he squirted bis terhueker juice at an Inerfenslve tty. He saw an honest farmer come a-walkln' slowly by, So be hinted up his britches, an’ he took an other chew. Ah’ boldly waded Inter him, rii’ this la what bo blew; "Can you tell me, iny friend, why the chinch hug Is eatlu’ up your grain? Have yer ciphered on the problem why we git so little ruin? Cau yor toll me, plodding farmer, why tho army worm's aruuud? Why th’ tarual yeller sunlight la huruhi' up th’ ground? Can yer tell mo why th' weavll, th' rust an' lfes«lHu fly Are emiu’ up yer auhstauce? l>o yer know th' reason why? Why th' price uv eggs an' butter, oats an' corn, mi' wheat an' rye. Are a fallln' In the uiurket a* th' years are paasiu' by? "The reason why these dismal cloud* cast tlielr shudder* 'crest th' sun? Why yer debt* are gsttlu* bigger, as th' seasons go nnd kom'r Th' reuson frr Hus trouble la plain enough ter see. Tla that orrui, renrrul, uuatjr thing; ur ‘crime uv '711.' Tew he aure. y«r didn't know It fer thirty veura er ao. Hut It worked tula orful liavur. It dealt thl* deadly blow. Th' tlold Hug* down In Wall atreat under rover uv tit' law, ■ lav' gobbled u|i yer earutuga In thalr Ihlraty. hungry maw. ■Hlyteen to one' will rura you 'tla th' allo pathic plan." The tanner alopped and llalenad. tho' It alinual Uuwle him iaf, tt the atuiild. aenarleoa logic UV Ihla whit tlln talkin' eult. \u‘ hi* dander 'gau artatn' at Ihta ever laatlh' hure. Y«' he hriekeit h>a hoela togetbar an' ha •buk hla U.ta an' euoy*: You luu.i think u* farmer* h*v' uuiblu aloe to do •lot •tan' aroiiu' an' arglly with am h larmal 1‘kiU a a you. You'll legta'ale the want It, ehla. k bug an' Heaulan ty. You'll taatduto lb* r» tad rug a* knew th' re.wot Why. You'll mi—t th' lawa u* Mint you'll change th' wuooua 'younth y .it'll at Mg lb' golden auaUght Irom ahtala' one in' ground. 1h' W* mat »grbaa. you'll change It |e*t ter tub .Vltb With' u« lb' alivuy 'elite** tew one Mail * d"itarn woetb na atalal wtll h* wo*tu butt ttahft *u mmh. it be* am dad by th’ goearomeut an' git a It* taught Math You’ll huat ad *U th* rultruuita. ahoga. an* •atthMM MMh. •tub th dmtta tUly aaaaeam a* you a»a«y after < taahu M o»at to# m» tbul I maubtt ah** thing* oaf* 411 bah*at, Uoum lima about hoeaatbu* la th' yaw# •* ltd tea MWU a**g b* ht.Urre yrumluad aunt bar MY taut y*» t»d tb pubhta' himy that •o«d *■» hag 'mmmr about, taut b# d •**»» M ha baggy •*' bta Mia* u*u.d h* mud*. I t htjdjwt -pul I* hid tut* h»» ftue# t*e V. £. t yuAuud t* b*o« *•*>%, y*< w* UUY*f hud ***■ b Ubu* tat t bate I* unit* * agtgl a lb<ag« tbat >»»* b'U«W d**« they h»o» who* *h»* *a bau* MmhI My aa S',. a bn « ■* <•*•» a* lb»Hrt.«*i h«w HOI WILL THEY VOTE? Many Thousands of Young Men Have Reached the Threshold of Their Career. TWO POLITICAL PATHS OPEN. Sound Money Stands for National Honor Debased Coinage Stands for Dishonor. There nre a good uiuny thousand* of young men who will this year east their llrst vote for President. They stand on the threshold of their career and are looking forward to achieve success in life In some chosen vocation. With hut few exception* they nil expect to bo business men aud by their own effort* win a competence If not n fortune. Tbi* ambition to obtnin wealth I* laudable and should be cherished by every honest and Industrious youth. To these young men the money ques tion, which is now the |w>lltleal question of tin- moment, Is of surpassing impor tance, not only for the right canting of their votes lull for the right understand ini# ixi l.iialnasa fnr it tlu*V lift not understand the meaning of money, what It should be, what it ia for, and what it can do, there ia' hut little hope that they will bo able to accumulate much of It, or, accumulating It, know well how to uac It. The common phrnso in bualnea* ia "milking money," but money ia only a mean* for obtaining other thinga. When a young mnn ha* saved hi* llrst hundred dollars be doesn’t put it awny or bide It, lint Invest* it In other property or loan* It at Interest until he can find nn oppor tunity for other investments. As be Ih erense* bis money be sets It at work for him, and In this way grows rich. Money is not the ultimate object of business, but It is the means whereby men obtain wluif they want. It is of the lirst Importance, therefore, and each man's common sense eonUrma It, tlint the money we earn, that the money we borrow and lend and that we use for the purpose of exchange should lie uniform and stable in value, that it should mean the same tiling next year that It does today, and the world of busi ness 1ms agreed that gold and silver makes the nearest approach to that kind of money gold for largo transue tions, silver for small. Tlmt these metals can be equally used history shows to lie impossible, so the wisest nations have provided lliat gold should have the prineipal place and silver he treated us subsidiary. The political question, then, for the young man who now vote* for the first time to decide Is, whether it is wiser to follow the teaching* of history and tbs example of the most aiieeessfui liiislucs* nations of the world or to start out on u plan that has already been tried ami found diaastroua. Khali we as a people take pm lorn after Iiiuglaml or and Mexico? Skull we learn from China 01 from Germany? Mow does a young man net for himself when looking around among his elders and superior* in business life? Itoes lie choose tlm example and advice of suc cessful men of the Armours uml Fields and Gages of commercial and finniwiu! life or does he start out regardless of their methods and nttempt some short cut to sueeeas? Mow many young men have stood at the purling of the way* looking wistfully into the future? Mow few have taken the narrow uud forbid ding path of lmrd work, thrift and self sacrifice, but that leuds to the mountain tops, and bow many the flowery road that is so enticing in its ease and pleas ure, lint which ends only in morussea and despair? As it is with individuals so it ia with nations, and no |>euple can defy thf principles of honesty and integrity in their national life any more than in personal life. Sound and honest money, which meant money ss good ns gold in this campaign st a mis for nutionnl honor. A debased coinage stands for nutional dishonor Which banner will our young ntcu fol low?—Chicago Tlmes-Mernld. THE-MODER N A LA DIM N. How Bryan Ignores the Experience of This and Other Nationa with Free Coinage. Mr. Kryan states that he believes tin free coinage of sliver, by our govern meut alone, at the ratio of 111 to 1 would raise the price of silver to $1.2t |s-r ounce; and he never tires of ulleg iug that our government is strong, am _i k. - —.1 ......,.,.#.>1 i.. __........11-1. thia neiilt without waiting or asking ful tin* co-operation of aujr other conutry. In making thia prediction Mr. lirytti ignores the experience of ItiU uud othei nations of the world iu regard to Iht coinage of silver during the past MM years; hut waiving that, let us see whal his proposition involtea. I presume it will h»< wlwrfrf by Mr Itryau and hi* adhcr«ni* that the prke of ailvrr hulllon in tbia country cauimi Is* affected without at the same tutu a If e.l u.g it everywhere, a Ini that tin rise in the price wilt apply lu ail ailver whether in hat* or wans a* well a* it coin, throughout the world The figures I shall give, except thorn showing the production »»f stiver since IStC* are alt taken from a report suh amted hy Mr Vourheea. a free aiivei sdvoeate, on behalf ef the ninth,v com miltee ef the Nenate. Match tk U**l which report kt vntltWd "t'oiaage I awn of th, I ailed Mute, from ITW to tkttl with aa Appendix Itehxtiag to t’utaa am fur react Fourth khlHion. tinted an. t'..rreeled to Awgoal I. I«W l‘repsre, t ader the Iktectioa ef the (Vcmmitiee Actordiag Iu that report, page JtA the erode. icon of stive* Ml >he e«rh «fvt«n IM«t to t*«i smooutert to I.MB, Tt* ettnvea. and th-e* he* been pro ed since tkWl •*- •••• oca.ee fit unml numhefa. Add hie tc •he other sum and mm have • total ei Maf.Mtl.tld M*1'" I M** *» «*j»» showing the pfwdtVtkan of etlve* pvt*# b and hJ^TeTunot give [hr «g area hut I thtah t» mat ha *aM» aa BKssTOtttss: auMU%£R5 rent* per onnrr. or 95,040,000.000. And strange to say. the larger part of this added wealth would !>c outside of our own country. In gold standard coun tries the commercial value of the silver coins in circulation would be brought nearly to the gold standard. This flat of onrs would substantially double the value of 9112,00(1,000 In *11- > vcr coins In (irziat Britain; $500,000,000 in France: $215,000,000 In (iertnanrt $54,000,000 in Belgium; $10,000,000 In Italy; $15,000,000 in Switzerland; $$r 000,000 in (} recce; $155,000,000 In Spain; $10,000,000 in Portugal; $K5.000, 000 In Austro-Hungary; $56,000,000 In the Netherlands; $4,0041,000 in Rwedeni $6,400,000 in Denmark; $44,000,000 In Turkey; $7,000,000 in Australia; $15, 000,000 ill Kgypt and $110,000,000 In the Struits, la-side* $025,000,1X10 in this K-ountry, and raise all thl* money near y to par with gold: and yet we are told that all theae countries not only refuse to Join Mr. Bryan nud his supporters, but even do not syuipnthixe with them in thi* stupendous enterprise which would udd so much to their wealth, and in a large degree relieve them from the burden now resting upon them of keeping their gold and silver coins at par with each other In their circulation. But how would it work in the silver stundard countries? This government flat of ours would at one fell swoop sub stantially double the value of $41,0u0,000 in silver coin* in llussia; $50,000,000 in Mexico- $6,000,000 In the Central Ameri can states; $.'IO,(lOO.(NH> In the South American states; $H6o,000,000 In India, and $725,(XXI,(XX) In China, and would at the same time double all the private and public debts of those countries, which have been contracted on the silver busis. But Mr. Bryan's proposition l* more far reaching limn that. He asserts that he believe* that thi* legislative flat on our part would not only bring the silver now ill t'Ainii'iii'i’ in mir nun kuhi ni lur ratio of 1<I to 1, nut would keep it and tbe future production there, although doubling the price would hereafter probably double tbe production. In view of I bene fuel* In there any im propriety in inquiring bow it ia that we, lO.OOO.INH) strong, enn affect the money of 1,'150,000,000 people by ii simple stnt ute, while the l,<int),000,(X8) cannot by bytisliitlon nlfeet us? And are the people of Great Britain and continental Europe and ninny millions of Americans to tie dubbed ‘'money-grabber*" and "pluto crat*" If they healtate to believe that Mr. Bryan bn* found and eurrie* Alnddin'a Wonderful I.nnip, and enn produce these slupendouH results? And are the million* of people in tlii* country who liuvc made rout rads and Investment* upon the pres ent monetary standard, which la gold, and which lui* been the standard lit least si nee INTO, and I think since 1804, to lie charged with (wing unreasonable wiien they ask Mr. Bryan to *tute explicitly what be believe* would occur not only In their Interests, but to the IiiihI'.ich* of tlie whole country, if hi* prediction a* to the rise in the price of silver should not be fulfilled and tbe standard of ex change should suddenly be changed from a gold to a silver linsl* with no, or at best a slight advance in the commercial value of silver bulliuu? J. Ij. T. Hu* the American Farmer Forgotten That under President Harrison’s ad ministration the prohibition against our meat product* by Great Britain, Ger many. Denmark, Austria, France, Duly and Hpuin were removed? Ha* he forgotten the high price* he received during the time* reciprocity and protection were in force? Ha* lie forgotten that our trade In all agricultural product* wu» extended dur ing thin time? lias lie forgotten that onr exportn of bacon, haul* and lard was Itierwisad $11),000,000 in one year by this same |*>llej V Huh be forgotten that we exported $12,000,000 more of American beef product* In a single year? Hu* be forgotten that we exported $10,000,(8)0 more of live cattle annu ally? flan he forgotten that we exported $1 flO,000,000 of eerenla, namely, wheat, $115,000,000, flour $28,000,000 and corn $7.0*0,0007 Has he forgotten that we Increased the foreign *ale* of all onr agricul tural product* $275,000.(88) annually over what it had been previously? Ha* lie forgotten that fonr year* ago Mr. Bryan and hi* free trade friends promised him that if the McKinley bill wn* repealed bettor price* would be ob tained for nil of hi* products? Has he forgotten thut ull these prom ise* failed of fruition, and that instead of receiving better prices all agricultural product* have depreciated in value? Ha* he forgotten the good time* that all classes, the farmer, the wage worker und the bnsine** mau enjoyed under protection and reciprocity? Doe* he propose to accept the promises of tlii* miime Bryan crowd, who make no reference* to their pledge of four year* ago that tlie re|s<al of the McKinley bill would bring relief to nil classes in till* country, and who shamelessly ig nore all reference to those proiniMes, and now seek hi* vote* under pledge that a deltanisI anti depreciated money will remedy the hard time*? The American farmer should not for get that protection and reciprocity brought him prosperity. Tin-Working Mini's Vote 1* III* Own. Bryan and hi* shunter* make much of the charge that effort* are tiring made to control tlie labor vote. The lalsir vole cannot lie controlled. It t» free, A secret vote must of necessity Is- free. It was to make it free that legislator* made it secret. There would he ample ... • «... uielllma kil. ter* to working louple by their employ er* on the aulijeot of election. if Oli'h action liy the employer* Involved com- - puhdon: for thi* i* * free country, ami the right of every eltiaen to freely ey iirew* hi* owu view* hy hi* own vote ithtrttH a lot mint be Mr redly maintained. I’toler c vi* tin a ilrenmnlanoea lettera of advice written b) employer* to their em ,.lo> i* are no more to l»> renanWd *« attempt* at loiiipoUmn than la the cir culation of Mtiy other 11*a* of campaign literature tu be .».n»id»red aa an attempt at compol-tou the* are a k- itnai* part of the "campaign of education, to he judged by the irgmn* ola they mtp tain ilot acted upon *a the recipient* may b-M> to he U <t for their own in icnat* Milwaukee >5*«nii*d Wunonaia. » mat m tinnvv v* »>tt i anv, Wa had a pubd* mealin' In th# veh-adb*»«« here tod ne*k ._ . .. . .__ And a title* ft>»m ika .'l*y waa Invited *»•* H. 4%32 » ike annyawt nf hnanaa tn every Mil . _ . . . ... . And • tainted that ha one <«ar*mil n* •how aa ahal **a ttohi ‘ H*-.^tohi... : t a-wan »* i*** wdnad* *** •«- •••*• nn* Uwi at anath _ _ . __ He a antpeed v*d a dnlwr aehearn and «to»— i tall week iatava.ee Ha nn* Haw*** •• |M 4“«?*!t!uid ’d**** .eel* eotae and ltd vv.md*a*t*ad Ml Veaiek aew datovea a» paat