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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HERALD, HEMINGFORD. NEB.. I "4i m V r li 4 tf BMALL C1IAKUE, It is a significant fact tlia In tho States where tho largest number of skilled workingnicn are employed at the highest wages, tho ngitatioa for freo silver mot with no response. At tempts wero mado by n fow so-called 'labor leaders" to create n sontiment in favor of freo coinage, but in ovory case their efforts wero fruitless. That many of tho fasmors of tho United States arc comparatively poor is beyond question. Hundreds of thousands of men aro trying to get a living out of inferior soil and aro suf fering from tho competition of others who nre cultivating more fertile lands. Tender these oireumstanccs tho returns for tho labor of tho former class aro very small, and there is naturally a dis positon to welcomo any now promiso of relief from a condition whiah is bo lieved to bo in soma way or other duo to tho action or ncglcot of tho Govern ment. To theso mon, ignorant of tho real coubos of thoir poverty, but dimly fooling that tho ovils of whioh. thoy complained might bo ourod by laws of eomo kind, camo tho domngogic ngonts of tho silver mino owners ; tho cheap politicians seeking tho spoils of oQloo; and tho one-idea enthusiast who was euro that the ills of poverty would qniokly disappoar if only tho country was supplied with mora and oheapor money. Glowing word pictures wore painted of wealth in abundance for all, as soon us a freo aoinago law would bo adopted and tho mints sot to work grinding out n grist of silver dollars. No promiso was too extrava gant for tho man who talkod of riches without working for them, and in lit oraturo and speeches cunningly com posed of half-truths and wholo false hoods, a vision of unbounded prosper ity was conjured up boforo caoh farmer's oyes. But soon thoro came serious doubts nnd questionings. Tho advocates of eound money spread abroad literaturo in which tho freo silver doctrino was ridiouled as absurd, or donouncod as dangerous. It was pointed out that moroly cheapening the currency could not incrcaso tho wealth of tho coun try, and that changing silver bullion into ooins would not mako it easier for farmers to got mora of it. Tho evil offoots of tampering with the measure of values on whioh tho wholo business intorests of tho country rest ed were clearly shown, and the results of a polioy whioh would causa another finauoial panio given in plain language. The men who had blindly swallowed tho freo coinago mizturo bocamo alarmed. Thoy began to ask: "Is it not possible that wo aro mistaken? Will freo silver really do what wo havo been told about it? Havo wo been deluded by tho cheap money advo cates?" Tiio answers to theso ques tions settled tho freo coinago agitation in so far as it seriously threatened to bo tho controlling political issue. Onco the farmers rofusod to aooopt tho silver gospel on faith, the cause of tho silveritcs was lost little Tco Wee. Little Teo Wee, He went to sea In an opea boat; And while afloat The boat bended. My story's ended. Fanners' Significant Yets. Tho annual convention of the Amer ican Bankers' Association, which be gan in Atlanta yesterday, will, of course, havo National interest, and possibly importance. But so far as the 'Over question is concerned the bank era can hope to say nothing more 'forciblo than was Baid by the farmers assembled in National congress in the same city on Monday last, when they votod down a 10 to 1 free coinage res olution by a majority of 147, nnd clinched their notion later in tho day by rejecting u resolution in opposition tothe'furthor issue of bonds, Phila delphia B-idord. Uncle Sam'd White Elephant. Mr. Carlisle in his Boston speech showed that since resumption we have paid 8331,000,000 in order to keep oar $316,000,000 of greenbacks in circulation. When they shall bo re deemed they will bava cost S-177,000,-000. Are we not puyiug dearly for the legal tender experiment? It added vastly to the expense ot putting down the rebellion, aud is Jkoly U prove as burdensome during peace at during war. (Jnlr a Free Silver Mollluqar. An exchange publiidies a long arti cle entitled 'Mow It Feels to Die." We have not read it, but pro-uino it is,aafioliloquy of tho Ireu silver uiuyu inent. Atlanta Journal. Senator Mills is the last prominent bud to leave tho sinking silver ship. .. Bat Petfer and Blackburn are still left, " aad menu to stay on the burning deok, after all but them have fled. - "&J WAMPUM CURRENCY. Ridiculous Attempts or New Nether Innds Law Makers to Prevent Depreciation Lessons for Popu lists Who Hnvo Hrought tho "Bo It Enacted" Farce Up to Date. Tho lesson to bo learned from tho uso of wampum (also called wnmpumpoag or pcag), tho earli est money used in this country, covor practically ovory phaso of tho, 1G to 1 silver quostiou now disturbing millions ot minds of honest voters. Wampum was tho ourronoy in uso among tho moro oivilizod Indiana found on tho ooasts of Long Island Bound by our iirst sottlors. It con sisted of either whito beads, mado from tho ends of a poriwinklo shell, or blaak beads, mado from elam shells, and aftor being polished artistically, arranged in strings or bolts. Ono blaok was worth two whito beads. Theso beads not only had real valuo among tho Indians, but in thoir sun- plo lifo mado a perfect currency and gavo ovidenoo of tho superiority of theso particular Indians. Wam pum was early adopted by tho colonists nnd soon bo camo tho prevailing ourronoy. In a fow years "3mart Alecks" among tho whites began to counterfeit wampum by leaving tho beads unpolished or unpiorood or by making them ot bono, horn, glass and oven of wood. Both be cause of this depreciation nnd thoncod of tho colonists for hotter monoy, wam pum lost its placo as mouoy in tho dif ferent colonics between tho years '050 and 1700. It continuod longor in uso in New Amsterdam (Hudson Bivcr Valley, including Now Jorsoy and Long Island) than in other colonics, and it is to the stronuons but humorous of forts of tho lawmakers of this colony to provont tho inevitable that wo now wish to call espocial attention. Mr. Simon W. Bosendnle, of Al bany, Now York, has rocontly pub lished "Tho Involution of wampum ns Ourronoy." It consists almost onliro- ly of "Ordinances of tho Dirootor and ConnoilofNow Netherlands rogulat ing tho Ourronoy of Wampum." Tho first (in 1011) bogint : "Whoreas, Very bad wampum is-at presout circulated horo, aud puymont is mado in nothing but rough, un polished stuff, which is brought hith er from places whoro it is GO per cont. oheaper wo do therofore, for tho publio good, interdict and for bid all porsons to rocoivo in payment or to pay out, any unpol isbed wampum during tho noxt month ofMny,cxooptntfivoforono stiver (ono English penny), andjthat strung, and then, attor that, six beads for ono stiver. Tho woll polishod warn nam snail remain at Us prlco as before, to wit : Four for ono stiver, provided it bo strung." In 1617 n resolution permitting looso wampum to circulate, "but de claring that nil imperfcot beads should bo aosoptod only as bullion, was passed. On May 30, 1650, owing to de preciation, it was solemnly doolared that "honcoforward no moro looso wampum shall bo current or good pay unless it bo strung on a cord." Never theless "to establish some difference betweon tho commercial wampum and strung wampum, so as in future to avoid all misunderstanding," ovory ono, under penalty of confiscation of his trado or business, was commanded to accept six white or throo blaok commercial or eight whito and four blaok of "poor strung wampum" for ono stiver. On September 14, 1850, it was de clared that thoir previous ordinanoo was not being obsorved or oboyed. On January 3, 1657, tho good Coun cil again regretted tho "intolerable dearness of all sorts of commodities and household supplies, the prioes of which aro onbanoed from time to time, principally, among other causes, in consequenco of tho high prioe of beaver and other peltries in this coun try beyond tho value, whioh, by rea Bon of tho great abundance of wam pum, is advanced to ten, eleven and twelvo guilders for one beaver ; and wampum being for want of silver and gold coin as yet tho most general and common ourronoy between man and man." Prices were again fixed firmly under heavy penalties and the ordi nunco was published publicly. In November, 1658, wo find the Council again "kicking itself" be cause.in defiance of all its former ordi nances, wampum had further doolined. Prices of "the most necessary articles, such as bread, beer and wine." were once moro solemnly and unalterably fixed in silver, beaver and wampum. Three guilders in silver. Four and one-half guilders iu beaver. Six guilders in wampum. In spito of the good intentions of the Director and Oonncil and of their severe laws, they declared, on Decem ber 28, 1632, that wampum had depre ciated "to the degree that 20, yea, even by some 21, guilders, are now or dinarily paid for one beaver." Never theless they proceeded to fix ratiosand prices in a way that would do credit to a modern "pop" convention. It did not duwu upon tho minds of our forefathers, who where then pass ing through the economic stage of civilization still on in Arkausaw and Miasithippi, that wampum was de preciating iu valuo because it was be ing ptoduced more and more cheaply and because it was becoming, us com pared with beaver and silver, a poor standard of value, unfitted fcr cur rency in the growing and trading colonic. 1'aey thought to ttay natural with artificial laws. We have but to substitute silver for wampum uud gold for beaver nnd wo bring tho "be-it-enasted" farcj up to date. All of the long-haired and short witted, statesmen that ever assembled cannot, for any great length of time, force a depreciated and unpopular currency upon a oivilired country. HOW DEPRECIATION WOULD WORK. ' jq3 n jEiag p ' COST OP HAD SONET Falls on Wngo Earners Hconuse Prices Rise Faster Than Wages. Mr. Edward Atkinson has contribu ted to Harper's Weekly an artiolo ex hibiting tho ofleot of a doprcoiatod currcnoy upon tho working classes and pooplo of small means. It consists of deductions from tho experionoo of tho country during tho paper monoy regime. Tho first thing shown is tho fact woll known to nil who romombor that period, or havo familiarized thorn solves with it, that wages did not riso so promptly as tho prices of commodi ties. Tho averago for soven years aftor tho introduction of tho legal tondcr notc3 shows nn incroase of wages of 35.9 per cont. and an incrcaso in goueral prices of 71 por cont. This amounts to much tho samo thing as a reduotion of nearly one-third in wages. No fact is better understood by all who havo oven n slight acquaintance with financial history than that wages advanco loss rapidly than prices, and legislation whioh reduces the purchas ing power of monoy thorcforo falls heavily upon nine-tonths of tho popu lation. At a later period wages rose, but that was whou tho paper dollar was "appreciating" in valuo aooording to the common phrase. Tho Bilver and other cheap monoy men cannot bo oxpected to understand this, but it is the foot. Aftor allowing for tho inoreasod taxation to whioh tho Government was obligod to resort, Mr. Atkinson con cludes that about a billion dollars a yoar for seven years, 1862 to 1800, was transferred from tho many who livo on wages to tho fow who livo on profits by this reduotion in tho purchasing power of tho dollar. It is this perfectly woll established cfloct of a reduotion in tho monoy unit upon wage roooivera that makes tho clamor of portions of tho working alassos in this country for tho silver instead of tho gold dollar in comprehensible. The working classes of Europe know hotter than this; in Germany thoy havo oponly opposed any attack npon tho gold standard ; in both England nnd Germany tho sil ver men, who aro tho only international bimetalists, aro nobles and great land owners. Mr. Atkinson also figures reasona bly enough that tho cost of tho war was increased a billion dollars by tho depreciation of the dollar, and tho in terest upon that inoreasod cost has amounted to a billion dollars. Proba bly both of those estimates are too lew. Tho purchases of tho Govern ment wero especially large at the timo when tho dollar was most depreciated. Mr. Atkinson gives his reasons for bolieving that for a term of years tho depreciation of the groenbaokamount ed to a tax of forty dollars upon every man, woman and child, or $120 annu ally upon every bread winner. Ho is quito justified in suggesting that tho foundations or many of tho great fortunes that now worry tho Populists and tho Socialists wero laid by tho depreciation of tho currency in tho war period and tho transfer to profits of an immense amount of tho National production whioh would otherwise havo gone to wages. Yet theso Populiata and Sooiahsts aro de termined to bring about another and a much moro sudden depreciation of the money unit New York Journal of Commerce. Pestiferous IutermedtlllHjr. Tho advocates of free silver are pretsing for legislation to compel the acceptance of silver, not by those who do want it no law is necessary fur that but by those who do not waut it ; and, this at the importunity, not of thoso who prefer silver, but of those who, having it, or thinking they can procure it cheaply, wish to be enabled by law to force it upon others who neither have it nor want it. This seems to me the most pestiferous in termeddling possible. Hon. John Do Witt Warnor. Opinion ol a Pklluioptier. Undo Ned "I don't adzactly know all do vantages of free silver, but if it's free, whnt moro does I wantor know? An' dat word 'onlimited' hit mean plenty for ever'body, an' plenty to sparol" Tho Odd Bag. Tho Mouth's Worst Enemy. "I know of no moro offcotivo way of crippling tho South and its industries than for our pooplo to clamor for tho paymont of debts already contraotod and hereafter to bo contraotod in do prcciatod flilvor dollars." Hon. Hil ary A. Herbert. Ono Thomnnil Dollars Howard. If tho National Doraooratio party wero to offer a rownrd of $1000 for a freo silver Democrat who ovor got up boforo an nudienco and nssortod that prioes would novor bo higher until tho freo coin ago of silver was ro-on-aotod ho could hardly bo found. Now thoy all deny it, from tho least of thorn to tho greatest. Rockdale Banner. A Spent Unle. Tho froo silver agitation seems to bo dwindling to n spont foroo. On nil sides can now bo seon ovidenco of popular sontiment basod ou sound sonso and pledged to sound monoy. Tho cry for "moro monoy" that re sounded throughout tho early spring and summer is now a moro whisper, and well-founded reasoning is on ex hibition where but a littlo whilo ago stood tho spectra of financial folly. Washington Star. l'o:r Man Always Gets Leit. Q. Tho freo coinage mon say freo silvor would bouotlt tho poor man moro than it would tho capitalist? A. That isn't so. If property goos up in prico tho. man haviug most of it will bonoflt most, tho man having lit tlo will benefit littlo, and tho man having nothing will not bonoflt at all. Tho samo is true of silver ns of any othor property. But it might not hurt them as bad as it would somo capitalists. Merohant. Tho Ulnnt Mnsouliso Intellect. Mr. Wiokwiro- "Explain tho silvor question? Gortainly, my dear. It roally resolves itself into two proposi tions. One crowd wants tho man who owos a dollar to pay two dollars, and tho othor thinks ho ought to only pay fifty contB." Mrs. Wiokwiro "But why shouldn't thoy mako it so that ho who owes a dollar pays a dollar?" Mr. Wiokwiro "Booanso in that oase no ono would mako any extra monoy. And still tho womon think thoy know somotbing of tho soienoo of Government. You mako mo tired." Indianapolis Journal. Touching Silveritcs oh the Ban. ' Tho Baltimore News tonohes tho freo silveritos on tho raw when it says: "Tho riso in tho prioo ot cotton is a somowhat dishcartoning faot for the silver prophets who wero saying eomo timo ago that cotton was low booauso silver was low ; that thoro could bo no rise of cotton until silver rose, and that silvor could not riso until wo had free and unlimited coinage. These wise men now stand nonplussed, for cotton has gono up and is steadily ad vancing and bar Bilver is quoted lowdr than it was when cotton was five cents. Tho least logical mind must recognize from theso facts that silver does not regulate tho price of cotton ; yot it may ba that there will still bo silver men who will find a way to mako their theory fit." Net on This Planet. A champion of tho fifty-cent silver dollar in thi olty (Tho American) says : "In the silver-using countries, where a bushel of wheat sella tor a dol lar, tho wheat grower can afford to pay moro dollars to the farm hnud than iu a country where hd gets fifty cents or less." It would be interesting to learn whero is to be found that happy land of silver where a bushel of wheat sells for a dollar, and whero tho wheat grower can atford to pay so muoh more to a farm hand than in tho guld coun tries. Is it Mexico, or China, or In dia, or Japan? If not ono of theso countries, possibly it i tho Wonder land which littlo AJioe found in her travels; or it may be iu tho moon. Certainly it is not to be found any where on this planet. Philadelphia Record. I BUUS, WORMS AND PRICES. Chinch Hugs nnd II oil Worms Aftoet Prices of Wheat nnd Cotton Moro Than Does Gold nnd Silver. Ono of the wlttiost ns woll as most Bonsiblo spoeohos dolivorod at tho ro cent Amorioan Bankors' Association at Atlanta was that of Hon. Georgo N. Aldridgo, of Texas, on Ootobor 16. Horo is a part ot his spoooh : "Tho stock argumout of tho 16 to 1 pooplo is that wheat and cotton havo declined, and thoy soom to gloat ovor tho faot. I know an old negro who, when asked how ho was gotting nlong, olways replied: 'Poorly, thank God,' and thoy nro thankful whou tho country is poorly ou whoat npd cot ton. Sinoo 1873 tho vast fortilo prairies of tho Northwest havo been turned into wheat Holds, ho that tho production of wheat in tho Unitod States has bcon doubled eineo thou. "Tho samo thing hat boon goiug on in Russia and South Amorioa. Tho "wonderful improvements in maohinory for harvesting whoat and tho oxtonsion of railroads for transporting it to mar ket gave an immonso impotus to tho production of it. A farnior can mako moro monoy raising it at fifty conts per bushol to-day than ho could at 81 por bushel twenty yearB ago. Tho ro buU has boon tint tho overproduction of whoat has roduoed its prioo, aud tho gold standard has nothing to do with tho roduction. Its prico is rcgulatod by supply and demand. "Last May n littlo bug sottlod down on tho whoat fields of tho Northwest, nnd in ono or two wooka eat up ono half of tho 16 to 1 nrgumont on prices and sont Iho prices back into tho neighborhood of thoso of 1873. Tho old haysoods, who know tho habits of tho chinch bug and tho kind of a mul tiplication tablo he usod iurogulatiug tho inorcaRO in his family, took tho trainB for Chicago, oommcuuod buying wheat nnd broko nil tho smart Alcoks in tho oity. Thoy may havo talkod gold stnndard depression at homo, but thoy put their monoy on tho chinch bug in tho oity nnd won. "Tho catorpillnr nnd boll worm can do tho samo thing for cotton. 1 ouly know tho chinch hug by roputatiou, but I am personally aoquaiutod with thoso worms. Thoy nro composed of appetito and skin. Thoy do not caro a tinker's blossing for anybody's stan dard, nnd whou thoy invado tho cot ton Holds of tho South thoy Bond tho prico of cotton up in ovory mart of tho world, gold standard or uo gold stan dard. Thoy havo bcon doing business with ns this summer and havo mnvod tho 'prico of cotton up 60 por cunt. This bug nnd theso worms haven't many friendp, but as sluggors in an argument with a 16 to 1 crunk thoy aro cntitlod to tho bolt. "Cotton brought 31 a pound in Now York during tho war, 30 or 40 oonts a pound tho first year aftor tho war, on account of tho fonr years' cotton fatn ino from 1SC1 to 1865, nnd it was sov oral yearB getting down to its normal prico. Tho prioo deolinod when wo mado too muoh of it. Tho largost cot ton crop made with slavo labor was 4,669,770 bales, and I remember it was confidently prediotod that no suoh crop would ovor bo mado with freo labor. Tho crop of 1872 was loss than 3,000,000 balos, and wo gradually in oreasod it to n littlo loss than 10,000, 000 balos in 1891. India, Egypt nnd Brazil aro atso raising largor crops of cotton. Tho immonso crop of 1894 was thrown upon a market illy pro pared to recoivo it. "For tbreo years thoro had boon less cotton goods consumed than usual, owing to the world wido panio and de pression of business following tho Baring failure, and thoso two condi tions meeting, overproduction and un der-consumption, brought cotton down to a very low prioe. Some of the Populists toll us thoro oannot be over production until every man, woman aud child in tho world has a rotund Btomaoh and a full suit of clothes. This is basod upon tho communistio idea that it is the duty of Government to take caro of ovory loafer who is too lazy to work for a living, and is too contemptiblo to waito an ana wor upon. " Both on the Right Road. Tho freo silvor Democrats in Ohio who rcfuso to vote for sound money nominees for tho Legislature may food fat their grudges by suoh a oourso.but taoy cannot advance their cause. Hap pily, a Republican Legislature in Ohio is as llkoly to bo right on tho monoy question as a Democratic Legislature Both parties in tho past havo mado somobad lapses, but both aro now on the road toward financial senso and soundness. The cry for freo Bilver coinago is becoming very faint and feeble in all parts of tho country. When the Crops Bojin to More. It seems the way thet poopte uot thet trouble's la the air, For all the big men's tazea loot: as it they bad a scare'. But father says it I no use fer folks to bo so tflum, Vet when tho crops beglnto move Twill Make Toll!?! Hum! Thny tall: about the stiver craze an' nkersily ot eolii Aud wonder if there fau't tome new "party" thay kin Join! But father ss it seems to him the people' Kola? dumb, Fex when the enoo lwsin to more Twill Make Things Hum! An' fathor es the lellars thet hasnothln' elan ta do Bat set around nad talk, na' talk on things tbpt don't came truu. Had better get a move on them anil look tor "kingdom come," For when the crops begin to'raovo Twill Make Thing uum: I -Olatho Mirror. SILYEItAB A FERTILIZER, To gain a hearing from sensible pooplo who nro not attracted by th moro Idea of poor monoy nnd moro of it, tho silvorito orators nnd pross pro diet a great incrcaso of prosperity through tho "fertilizing inflnonoos" of tho silvor stream. In ono form or nnothor this boliot that tho froo coin ngo of silvor into dollars would stim ulate industry, hni given to tho froo silvor aahoino most of its now waning strongth. But ns with all othor ar guments in favor of ohoap dollars ita only basis is tho imigination of tho nilveritoa nnd fiat monoy ndvocatos. Tho origin of tho thoorythntn groat incrcnio in tho nnmbor of silvor dollars would bring prospority, is tho fact that when business ia good, a largo volume ot monoy ia in circula tion. But tho freo coinago advocates raistako causo for effcot. Businoss is not good booauso monoy is plentiful, but moro monoy is in circulation bo oauso trndo 1b brisk. Tho signs of busiuoss prospority nro general nativi ty in all branches of productive in dustry, nnd a largo volume of ox ohnngos of labor product. Sinoo monoy is moroly a tool to facilitate tho oxohnngo of products, it is evi dont that it docs not stimulate thoir produotion. Tho real causo ot in oreasod aotivity in producing nnd ox changing commodities is inoreasod demand. That domaud is not affect ed in any wayby tho amount of motal which may happen to bo coinod into monoy, nor would the doubling of tho quantity of money double tho domaud for goods. If it was intondod that tho silver mino ownors would giro away all thoir silvor dollars to pooplo who now havo none, thoro would doubtlossbo a tem porary incrcaso in tho domand for goods. Bat no oilvorito has yot at tempted to show how thoso who now havo no monoy would got somo under free oolnago unless thoy worked for it. Any ono who now makes somo tbing whioh others want, or who oaa soil his labor to men who can disposo of his products, has no difficulty in getting-monoy. Roliof for idlo mon or olosod faotorios can only bo found in inercasing markets for their prod ucts, Moroly ohangiug silvor ingots into ooins would not oro&to a domaud, for a Hinglo additional bushel of grain, or nny product of mill and factory. On tho contrary tho adoptiou ofu dif f oront Btandard from that of all tha loading commercial Nations would do oroaso our foreign trado and thus re strict our markets. Instoad of fertil izing industry froo silvor would sori ously injuro it. Called Down. Dlckcry, dioicory, dare, Tho pig flow up In tho atr; Tho mnn In brown Boon brought him down, Dlckory, dlokery, dare. AN EVER-OVERIIANUINU MENACE. A furthor dangor is tho aver-over hanging monaoa lost the Government should be compollod, undor greats stress, to refuso to pay its obligations in gold, owing to the exposed condi tion iu which it is placed by unwis legislation. It is a continual soared of anxiety to tho country lost the great financial reversal come as the result ot au enforced redemption of a largo sum of Treasury notes. Inves tors and huainoss men, at home and abroad, watch this barometer of the gold rosorvo, and tho keenest uncer tainty prevails whenever tho balanco of trade tnrn i against us. Tho mar kets for cotton, vwhoat nnd seouritiea aro influenced by tho slightest indica tions of even a moderate withdrawal of gold for shipment abroad. Tho mere fact that wo nro buying mora than we aro soiling nnd Bottling tha difiereneo in yellow coin ought not to bo u oause for alarm, nor is it, but tha fear of inability of tbo Government to maintain its credit is tho dominant sourco of anxiety, and this condition will continuo as long as tho situation remains as it is at presout Why not redeem them onco for all, oithor by means of bonds or exchequer bills to bo paid out of futuro revenues? If it is considered undesirable torotirotho circulation, let tho grdonbaok and Sherman note be male the basis for an issue o,f bank currenoy, as suggest ed later iu this paper. Ex-Govornor Wm. R. Merriam, of Minnesota, at Atlanta, October 15. Fras Sllr?r's "Ideal" Dollar. The free silver men havo invented that "ideal" dollar, ot which it -will require only a few for what wo havo to buy, but of which we can get u great many tor what wo havo to sal), if freo coinago doesn't reduoo tho pur chasing power and increase tho debt- paying power of the dollar, ono part of iU advocates will bo disappointed. If it does do that, others of its advocated will not get what they want; it oer tainly would turn out to bo tho worst "boomerang" a sane people ovor ban dlod. Merchant. U jo 1 Times (letting Ih Their Work. The good times nro killing the fre silver oraze, and the people will see to it that freo silver will not get a chanoatokill the good time. Kan sas City Star. awwirw-;iw'iJw'J'11"111
