DEMOCRATIC DUTY.
'Day by day it is becoming evide
that tlie rank and file of the Repi
lican party are prepared , complacent
and blindly , to follow their leaders
the support of trusts.
Here is one of their recent utterance
"Those who oppose trusts are simp
getting in the way of 'the car of pro
ress. ' Trusts are the natural outgrow
of our advanced civilization. They Ic
sen the cost of production and put tl
necessaries of life within reach of tl
poor. The trusts are big , but this is tl
era of big things. The day of sms
things has passed. The men who a
whining because they are about to 1
driven out of business by the trus
will make more money and have .1
easier time working for these trus
than ever before. "
When men drift into the condition (
mind to voice such sentiments or to ai
s prove of them they are ripe for sel
dom. They already have passed tl
prerequisite of pusillanimous servilit
and there only remains to be brande
on their backs the ownership mark c
some trust to make them full-Hedge
and contented serfs.
The claims made by the Republican
in favor of trusts are brazenly false. 1
Is hardly possible to name a single ai
ticle that has fallen under trust conlrc
the price of which has not bee
"marked up" from 2o to 200 per cent.
That some of the trusts will be forcei
temporarily to advance wages as par
of the general scheme to crush out com
petition is almost inevitable. Whei
competition shall have been effectuall ;
strangled , and the trusts have full con
trol of the industries , the predictioi
that they will voluntarily pay "goner
ous wages" to their employes is su
premely absurd.
The trusts are always ready to spent
money lavishly in crushing out compe
tition. It may be set down as certaii
that they do not do this with the dosin
and intention of enjoying a monopoly
of paying "generous wages" or of sell
ing merchandise to the poor at IOAA
prices.
When the trust system is more fully
established , and the compact between
the trusts shall be in good working
order , there need be no hope of higli
rates of wages. On the contrary , it can
be predicted with a fair degree of cer
tainty that the rate of wages generally
paid will very nearly represent the very
lowest amount , scientifically ascer
tained , upon which a man can keep
alive and work from twelve to fifteen
hours a day.
With McKiuley's protective tariff
shutting out foreign competition , and
the trusts cutting off domestic compe
tition , the question is not whether the
people will have to pray for mercy. The
only open question is : What can the
people do to save themselves ?
The Republican party promised the
people "big things , " and they have giv
en them in the shape of trusts. After
taking a good look at these "big things"
the chances are the people will turn to
the Democratic party and ask for some
old-fashioned "Jeffersouian simplicity. "
Leaders of Democracy , get together
and redeem the nation from the pawn
brokers of Wall street Chicago Dem
ocrat.
A Warning from "VVrctrcet. .
The present speculative" Wall street
boom , which affords occasion for a
great showing of prosperity , on paper ,
has not conferred any benefits upon
farmers , laborers and small business
men. One reading the metropolitan
dailies would be led to believe that the
bulling of monopoly stocks and the or
ganization of huge industrial trusts is
a great boon to the tiller of the soil ,
but investigation fails to show this to
be the truth. Now , the best authori
ties predict a Wall street collapse , and
what will the plutocratic newspapers
base their prosperity claims upon then ?
The United States Investor warns the
people to get ready for the next panic ,
which , it says , is inevitable at any mo
ment now. The New York Financier ,
which stands close to all of the big
moneyed interests , says that the gov
ernment is depositing in the banks ,
without interest , public funds to the
extent of ninety millions , and that the
banks , in order to make this profitable ,
are urging on the most wonderful spec
ulative era ever known , in the forma
tion of trusts , with inflated capital , and
that there is no question that the panic
is near. Whether or not these financial
authorities know their business well
enough to accurately foretell panics a
non-financier-cannot say. But if it is
not a panic , it will be at least a dis
appearance of the outward trappings
of prosperity that have for some
months been on exhibition in Wall
street , leaving us nothing but our actu
al case of gold standard hard times to t
contemplate ; in which case we shall
not really be any worse off , but it may
hurt some people's feelings and other
people's political chances.
Carlisle in 1878 ,
I shall not enter into an examination
of the causes which have combined fo
depreciate the relative value of silver
and to appreciate the value of gold
since 1873 , but I am one of those who
believe that they are transient and
temporary in their nature , and that
when they have passed away or have A
been removed by the separate or united d
actions of the nations most deeply interested ii
iiCJ
terested in the subject , the old ratio of CJ
CJS
actual and relative value will be re S (
established on a-firmer foundation than tl
tlP
, /ever. I know that thworld's stock. . P
of precious metals is none too large , ai
I see no reason to apprehend that
will ever become so. Mankind will 1
/ortui.ate , indeed , if the annual pr
duction of gold and silver coin she
keep pace with the annual increase <
population , commerce and industr
According to my view of tlie subjec
the conspiracy which seems to haA
been formed here and in Europe to d
stroy by legislation and otherwise f roi
"three-sevenths to one-half the metall
money of the world is the most gigant
crime of this or any other age. Tl
consummation of such a scheme woul
ultimately entail more misery upon tli
human race than all the wars , pest
lence and famine that ever occurred i
the history of the world. The absolut
and instantaneous destruction of ha ]
the movable property of the world , ii
eluding horses , ships , railroads and a
other appliances for carrying on con :
merce , while it would be felt mor
sensibly at the moment , would not prc
duce anything like the prolonged dis
tress and disorganization of societ ;
that inust inevitably result from th
permanent annihilation of one-half o
the metallic money of the world. Join
G. Carlisle , Feb. 21 , 1S7S.
Algjcr Opposes Beef Investigation.
Some mouths ago , at the time whei
the beef scandals first sent a shod
throughout the country , General Miles
who nominally commands the aruiie :
of the United States , directed Inspcctoi
General Breckiuridge to visit tlie vari
ous posts and camps in this country
and in the West Indies to investigate
the facts as to the kind of beef fur
uished to the army during and since the
Spanish war ; also Colonel Garlingtou
under orders , made a tour of tlie West
ern packing cities to obtain iuforma-
.ion about the methods of refrigerating
ind packing beef for army use. These
) fficers have been very diligent and
: horough in the service on which they
vere detailed. It is understood that
.hey have a mass of testimony more
han to sustain the charges made by
aeueral Miles regarding the beef scan-
lal issued as rations.
Year's Momentous Changes.
A year ago the United States were
he world's greatest republic and freest
ountry and occupying"a position that
vas independent of the other countries ,
tut bound to them by the friendly ties
f trade interchange. To-day we are a
uember of the family of nations and a
participant in the broils and quarrels
f the other members. And too we
ave become meanwhile the most
rasping of the powers for foreign ter-
itorial conquest , including a purpose
) join in the spoliation of China. The
.iture historian will be obliged to quote
enator Hoar : "The downfall of the
merican republic commenced with
le administration of William McKiu-
y. " Kansas City Times.
_ _ _ _ _
Pitiful Echo of a Scandal.
There is a painful echo of the canned
} ef scandal in the reports from the
itional insane hospital at Washing-
n. It appears that 147 soldiers of the
uban war have been sent there on ac-
tunt of derangement arising during
ieir service , and Dr. Godding , the su-
irintendeut. in describing their coneli-
) ii , says : "They wore suspicious of
eir food , especially meats , but ate
lien told to do so. " Considering the
velatious that have been made it is
t surprising that they were suspi-
ms of their meats. Indianapolis Sen-
lei.
Still Pay ins < > * ? His Debts.
flie way the President has cleaved
.to the saw-niillionaire at the head of
2 War Department , refusing to be
parated from him at the demand of
iinocrats and anti-Algerine Republics -
s , has had few parallels in the ex--
iples of unquenchable friendship
th which history furnishes us. The
esident has had enough sworn proof
Alger's utter incouipetency and crim-
il mismanagement to convince a
if , dumb and blind skeptic. But he
es to Alger political debts and will
: let him go. St. Louis Republic.
Bribery in Senatorial Elections.
Then a man once accepts his first
be to support a niaii he would other-
: e oppose he becomes a rapacious
undrel , seeking opportunities to sell
vote for any purpose. Having flung
ny the scruples that most men have
: heir early public life , he is under no
traint except the fear of exposure ,
out of the present system of setia-
al elections grows the utter rotten-
s of some public men , who will do
it they can to tempt others. Wash-
ton Times.
Republicans Are Learning : .
in there be any question that it is
duty of the Republican party to
lish the protection which has fully
) mplished all its legitimate pur-
; s and which is now used only as a
ter for an audacious scheme of pub-
robbery ? The only way to put
ads upon the tyrannical rapacity of
ts is to abolish the tariff protection
. which they have combined to
: e consumers. St. Paul Pioneer
SiAA
Still Looking for Trouble. AA
ith wars , rumors of wars and AAa
srism turning his hair gray , Presi- fi
; Mclvinley appears to be still hunt- fiei
trouble. He has announced to his ei
eiai
aet that he will soon issue a civil ai
aiIt
ice order placing G,500 offices at It
lisposal of Republicad spoilsmen. Itw
ttielphia Press. , _ w
THE BATTLE-EIELDS ,
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
The Blue and the Gray Review Inci
dents of the Late \Var , cntl in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp , March and Battle.
T was a rear or two
before the war that
an 111 i 11 o i s b o y
sought and was giv
en a lower-round po
sition in a Chicago
railway office. He
didn't remain on
that round so very
long. His superior
detected good metal
in him and promo
tion followed qui
rapidly. The fife and drum beats
1801 caught his oar , heart and mind , b
the enlisting officer said : "You will lur
to stay with your mother a while Ion
or ; you are too small and too young f <
a soldier. " The answer of the onlisth
officer was the signal for an outbreji
of an incipient rebellion in the brea ;
of the young railroader ; but he held h
peace. He would try another officer i
the first opportunity. The next trii
was no more successful , but the office
Avas more considerate. He told the be
to wait for the next war.
In August , 1SG2 , the young raiiroadc
was as proud a man as there was i
Company A , Seventy-second Illinois ii
fantry , as he raised his hand and swor
to serve his country as a soldier fc
three years or during the war. Tha
day he was made a corporal. Soon al
ter going South the colonel , who ha
been watching the young fellow , calle
him to headquarters and said : "Youn ,
man , I want you for commissary sei
geant. " The bashful boy said he wa
ready for any duty he could perform
and the next day he wore the stripes o
a member of the regimental staff , thin
in rank on that staff.
The Seventy-second Illinois had beei
sent into a bad part of Mississippi 01
an important mission. In passing ' .
may be permitted to say that durinj
those four years of war there were no
many parts of Mississippi that it was
? oed for Yankee soldiers to appear ii
unless they had their guns with them
No State at the South plunged more
leartily into the rebellion than Missis
sippi , the State from which Presideul
refferson Davis had been sent to the
Mexican war as colonel of the Second
n fan try , to the United States Senate
iud to President Pierce's cabinet as
Secretary of War. The Seventy-second
lad gone in light marching order , with
icaut rations , and no wagon train was
illowed. It was expected that results
vould follow the raid so that the trains
ould soon follow with necessary sup-
ilies. But , as was often the case , re-
ults were lacking. Rations ran out.
? he men were hungry , the wagon train
lore than twenty miles away , and it
lust encounter much danger of capture
* an attempt is made to reach the
; oops. Our railroad boy , with the
; ain , where he belonged , knew that
sinething was wrong when orders did
ot come for him the second day to join
ic regiment with rations. The regi-
icntal quartermaster was absent , see
e called upon the brigade quartermas-
sr and told him that the Seventy-sec-
ad was out of rations and that lie
anted to load some wagons and go to
s relief.
" colonel sent back for
"Has your ra-
ons has he ordered you to take ra-
ons to the men ? " asked the captain
id A. Q. M.
"No , sir. "
"Hadn't you better wait for ordersV"
"I think not , sir. I know that the
ys have no rations. Maybe the rea-
n why no orders have reached us is
icause the enemy has captured the
essenger. "
'Do you suppose that the enemy is be-
reeu here and where your regiment
'I think he is , sir. "
'Do you think you can break through
3 lines with a wagon-train charge ? "
'I would like to try , sir. I am ready
risk almost anything rather than
ve the boys go hungry much longer. "
'All right. Load four days' rations
d go to your regiment. Start early
morrow morning. "
'Can't ' I start to-night , sir ? I can
ich the regiment by morning , if noth-
: happens. "
Have your own. way. "
Vithin half an hour the young com-
ssary sergeant had called upon the
nmissary captain , or captain and A.
S. assistant commissary of subsist-
; e secured a stock of hardtack , pork ,
sh beef , coffee , sugar , beans , vinegar
1 salt , and just as it was growing
k he started on his dangerous mis-
si "a fool's errand , " as the quarter-
ster remarked. The sergeant , full of
: iety for his hungry comrades , rode .
> ad of the wagons with a navy re- '
ver by his side , expecting any mo
at that he would be challenged. Fore -
e smiled , "fairly laughed , " to use
own AA-ords , and the night ride was
hout exciting events ; and just as the
was rising he sAA'ept into camp with
; on-loads of uncooked breakfast ,
had driven about twenty-five miles , t
rly the whole distance through the
ihy's country-
, Vho gave you orders to bring ra-
s ? " asked the colonel , 11
sobody ; I got permission. " 11o
leport to me when AVO get to camp. " e
10 sergeant reported and the colonel o
: "Well , I guess we can get along t ]
lout you for commissary sergeant Ii
Iitl
longer. Here is your discharge tl
i that position. " tla tlb
le poor boy was' pretty nearly' brok- a :
earted until he opened the envelope CJ
found a warrant as sergeant major , In
as not long before he was made ad- in
ut of the regiment , and when the 11
11m
Avas over they told him he was a \ m
brevet major. He was one of the b <
soldiers in the regiment , was Maj
George H. Heafford , now well kuo\
as tlie St. Paul's general passeiij ;
agent. J. A. Watrotis , in Chica
Times-Herald.
Drummer Boy V "as a Kero.
One of the most pathetic incidents
the civil Avar , says : i veteran , was t
killing of the little drummer boy of o
regiment at Wilson's Creek.
It Avas only a few days before we i
ceivcd orders to join ( Jen. Lyon on I
march to Avhat was then called O :
Hill that the drummer of one of o
companies Avas taken sick. The nig
before we started a negro came Avith
our lines , AAas arrested and taken
headquarters. He had come for t !
commendable purpose of telling us >
a drummer boy Avho Avas willing to e
list. The offer Avas accepted , and tl
darky was told to send the drumm.
on to camp tiie next morning.
At reveille the lad , who was only "
years old , appeared. A drum AV ;
brought in and the boy Avas set to m ;
nipulatc it. The fifer , an unusually tal
stalwart fellow , was also sent for , an
lie was astonished at the small mil
of humanity calling itself a drumuu
boy. But the youngster insisted th :
lie could drum after any tune the fife
might strike up , saying that he ha
drummed for Captain Hill of Tonne1
see.
see.So
So the two set to work and neve
better or more martial music was mad
in the company.
An hour afterward AVC Avere on th
march , and before the day Avas eve
Eddie AA'as the favorite of every man i :
the company. The jueiest melons aiii
the sweetest peaches that the forager
brought in on the way Avent to Eddie
ind during that long march from Roll ;
to Springfield , little Eddie's legs dan
? Ied more than once over the shoulder :
) f the tall , good-natured fifer.
Part of our company during the iigh
it Wilson's Creek Avas stationed Avitl
Tot ten's battery , Avhile the rest march
? d down into a deep ravine Avith an Illi
lois regiment. The enemy Avas hiddei
n this raA'ine , and the battery sooi
Irove him to tlie hillsides Avith the loss
lowever , of Gen. Lyoii. The main force
if our army fell back upon Springfield
ind the First loAA'a and two Missouri
ompauies remained in the spot to covei
he retreat at daybreak. One of oiu
; uards Avas placed on a high eminence ,
roiu Avhieh a good look-out over the
utire ravine could be had. The spot
ras one of the dreariest in the Avhole
iirroundiug country. With the first
creaks of dawn chasing aAvay the hide-
us noises of the night the guard heard
lie beating of a drum. The man on the
minence Avas astonished , fearing that
: Avas the reA'eille of the enemy , who
'as nearer than he suspected. But as
e listened the sounds grew familiar
ad he little doubted that it was Eddie
eating his drum. The guard was about
> desert his post to hunt up the R5il ,
hen the officer of the guard Avith two
> ldiers approached. One of the men
ished down the ravine and soon found
le little fellow Avith his head leaning
jainst the trunk of an old tree , his lit-
e form almost entirely covered by
lick underbrush. The drum hung on
e liub of a blackberry bush Avithin
s reach , and the little lad was belabor-
g the top with sticks.
"Give me a drink. " Avas the first thing
.Idle said. The man hurried to the
eek to fill his canteen. When lie re-
rned he discovered that the boy's legs
d been shot off by a shell.
'I feel pretty badly , but I don't think
n going to die , " said the brave lad.
'hat fellow yonder told me I needn't
S'ear him in the tall grass the soldier
covered another figure. He wore a
L-geant's uniform the gray cloth of
2 Confederacy. A shot through the
: ly had mortally wounded him. Soon
: er he had fallen the little Tennessee
Lirumer boy dropped under the tree ,
e hero in gray knew that he must
. and seeing the condition of the
mmier lad ho took off his buckskin
spenders , craAvled up to the battered
ingster and corded his legs below the
? e. The soldier who found him load-
the boy on his shoulders and tender-
carried him back to the camp. AYhen
laid his small burden doAvn , little
die Avas dead.
Good Price for Pastry.
One of the pleasantest recollections
ave of my army experience was of
ittle transaction on a pretty June
AA heu I sold a plain old custard pic
the gentle sum of $300. I had dis-
ed of all my stock except this oue
pie , that had been around with me
day. As I AA'as coming across the
ig bridge I met a Jersey artillery-
3. He stopped me and asked me if
id any pies. At first I AA-as tempted
ell him I hadn't. But he lifted the
of my big basket and saw the one
Then he rammed his hand deep
his trousers pocket and pulled out
11. Grabbing the pie with one hand
shoved the bill at me and went on.
lied out that there AA-as some change
ing to him.
Oh. go to Avith your change , '
all the politeness I got for my hon-
, and I took up my basket and went
hadn't gone far before I looked at
bill , which up to that time I had
g
losed to be a dollar note. To my
rise it Avas a $100 bill of the Alle-
s
ly Bank of Cumberland. That was
ie last days of the Avildrat system
t
inking. I thought I had been fool-
q
-ith some Avorthless paper , but reeled
i
led myself with the thought that
h
) ie wasn't any better than the bill ,
ict , I was sure the pie was bad and
i !
i AAas yet some doubt about the
I
The next day I took it to the bank ,
to my everlasting surprise , they
> d it for $98.00. The Jersey man
evidently Avon it at poker , and did
knoAA * its value. He probably
; ht he was playing a good joke on
Washington Star g <
"THE BEST-LAID PLANS. "
An American Torpedo-Boat Kept
"KiiCland. Durinsr the War.
Lieut. Henry La Motte , under 1
racy title "HoAv We Helped Uncle Sj
Prepare for War , " tells , in the St. Ni <
olas , hoAV he and the American nai
attache , Lieut. Xiblack , labored h
March and April to get to America
time for use the German torpedo-bo
AA'hich had been christened the Some
After all preparations iiad been ma
I hastened to Hamburg , hoping
catch the Somers somewhere in t
North Sea Canal ; but on my arrival
Hamburg I found that she had pass
through the canal early that inornir
and was now on the North Sea on h
way to England. It was not until mo
than a week later , Avhen I sailed in
the port of Weymouth , England , <
board the U. S. S. Topeka , that I su
ceeded in getting her signal-flags aboa
her. Captain Knapp told me that fro
the mouth of the Elbe to Weymou
he had had a A'ery rough trip , but 1
had made it in three days , aA'eragii
twelve knots an hour , Avhieh was j
much as any torpedo-boat of her si :
could have made under similar circur
stances.
When he arirved in Weymouth 1
caused an inspection to be made , whic
showed that the Somers had not leake
a drop , in spite of her rough handlin :
and , considering the weather she AV
out in , he believed her to be a very con
fortable boat.
At Weymouth an English creAV AVJI
put aboard the Somers , and Captai
Poust and the Germans AA'ere paid o
and sent home.
The Englishmen were evidentl
afraid of her , for every time they pn
to sea in her they declared that sh
was leaking. TAvice she was put bac
into port on account of these reports
ind each time little or nothing wa
found to be the matter. The third al
tempt to get her to sea , in compan ;
tvith the Topeka , succeeded in gettin ]
ler as far as Falmouth , where AA'e pu
n because the Somers had made a sig
lal that she Avas sinking. The repor
vas found to be as groundless as thi
: wo previous ones. There AA'as , how
> ver , a very slight leak about the sub
nerged torpedo-tube ; and her crew
low thorouhgly demoralized , absolute
y refused to go to sea unless she AA'as
[ ry-docked and inspected bv an agen
Lloyd's.
It being utterly impossible to engage
. new crew for her at Falmouth , Cap
ain Knapp was obliged to yield tc
heir demands , and arranged to have
er dry-docked.
As she was being put into the docks
whether by acident or design cannot be
roved her sailing-master ran her ,
ead on , into a stone pier , which caused
uch serious damage as , AA'ithout
oubt , to require her to remain in dry-
ock for repairs at least ten days.
This was on April 19 , and as we were
ire that AA'ar would be declared in a
AV days at the furthest we were
aliged to sail away in the Topeka
ithout her. The day after AA'ar AA'as
jclared the English captain of the
Drt called upon the officer in com-
aiid of the Somers. and told him that
reat Britain , under her proclamation
' neutrality , must request him to go tea
> a in twenty-four hours ; and if he
ere unable to do so the English Gov-
nnieut would be obliged to detain
e Somers in port during the coiitfeu-
ice of the Avar.
And so , after all our trouble and ex-
use , one of our torpedo-boats AA'as
't in Falmouth harbor , of no more use
us in our Avar with Spain than if she
.d remained Xo. 420 at the Schichau
> rks in Elbing.
HAMADRYAD.
it Jtymph , but Reptile , Follows to
the Death.
. "here is only one beast that Avill track
n doAvii to avenge the death of its
ite , no matter how far you go , and
it is a snake. Moreover , it is the
st terrible o all snakes , and the larg-
of the poisonous A-ariety. Its name
the hamadryad. A bite from this
itile Avill kill the strongest man in
3 minutes , and , ot" course , there is
remedy. Xo one bitten by a haina-
ad has ever survived. It chiefly be
gs to the Far East ,
'hero ' are generally two hamadryads
here i = * one , and if 3-011 kill one of
in the other Avill be on your track belong -
? long in all probability. Short of
ing hij ) across the sea. there is no ,
r of escaping unless you Avatch for j
snake and shoot it. It Avill folloAA-
Tor miles for the chance of a
ilthy stroke , and you may climb
> s or mountains or ford rivers , 'but
: o is no Avay of evading the hama-
nd. It is a sort of nightmare hunt to
biased by one. and Avhen the chase
ins cither one or the other will have
ie Avithin a day or so. The mate of
slain snake never makes a mistake ,
always kills the slayer of its corn-
ion , and him alone. This reptile
vs to length of fifteen feet some-
? s , and is fairly common in Malay
New Guinea. One scratch from its
js is certain and Instant death.
Expan i > n.
5
little boy from the slums had been a
n for the first time out into the
5J
itry , and AA'as discoA'ered sitting [ j
t on a high bank and looking to- c ;
1 the hills , to Avhieh he AA'as a a
ao
, o :
ie of the friends who had made the "
possible for him approached , and
tly seated himself at the boy's side , tl
boy turned a radiant face upon tlb tlw
and said : b ;
eacher , is this purty thing ours ? hi
lis all in the United States ? " te
: h's Companion.
e courtship of Romeo and Juliet
oses a spark of Shakspearean h (
is. ai
id
3 man who itches for a thing may st
: by lively scratching. stm
Money.
It seems to me that in describing"
money and the functions of money AVO
use too many terms that apply with-
more force to credit tokens than they
do to money. We speak of money as-
the "circulating medium" and tlie "me
dium of exchange , " Avhile the fact is-
that 95 per cent , of the business is done
with credit tokens checks , drafts ,
notes of hand , etc. , etc. , AA'hich are in-
no sense money , but must be canceled
Avith money. Neither are "currency"
and "money" synonymous terms. Con
gress coins money under one laAA % and :
issues currency under another. Cur
rency is a credit token , and always
bears a promise to pay money ( dollars ) .
Money is created by the law of a natioa
for a special purpose , and will rccog- -
nize nothing else as laAvful tender o
settlement betAveeu its citizens iu their
business transactions. Money , there
fore , has a nationality has to do only
Avith its OAA-n people , and loses its iden
tity as money and becomes a commod
ity AA'hen it crosses its own frontier.
There is no such thing as "intornation-
nl money , " and never has boon , and ,
from the very nature of money , never
san be.
The intrinsic A'alue of money is vested
in the laAv that always recognizes the
lower of so much money to cancel so
nuch debt , and never asking if the
noney is made of gold , silver or paper.
There is no "intrinsic" A'alue in gold , as
listinguished from its market value ,
.f anyone thinks there is , ask him
) lease to define the difference. NOAAit
; eerns to me that with those facts be-
ore the people it Avill be easy to un-
Irstand some of the evils of tlie gold
tandard , AA'hich limits the material of
vhich money can be made to the Hin
ted and high priced product gold
hereby depriving money , by its
carcity , of its legitimate function as a
aediuin of exchange , and driving it to
he A'aults of banks to be held as a re-
erve , and forcing the use of "credit
okens" in all business transactions ,
lius giA'ing the people a circulatintr me-
ium of "credit tokens" and the banks
reserve of the token of final settle-
lent. As the ultimate end of all credit
? kens ( including currency ) is cancella-
on by final settlement , and the banks
olding all the tokens of final settle-
lent , it'can only be drawn from thorn
i exchange for interest-bearing bonds ,
lortgages , notes of hand , etc. , creating
stream of interest and discounts , that
irries to the banks hundreds of mil-
sns of dollars annually , and creating
demand for money outside of the
lannels of trade that forces the price
' money higher and higher and the
ice of products of industry , with .
hich money is bought , IOAVOI- and
wer money becoming concentrated
the hands of a few and industries
nguishing for want of its general tlis-
ibution. John H. Graham , in Missis-
r > pi Valley Democrat.
Greed and Icnorance.
Hie people of the West and South an-
it disposed to adopt NCAV York sug-
stions that the fight against tlie gold
indard is dropped. In New York , as
London , the ncAA'spapers and politi-
1 bosses are controlled by the money
d the holders of the bonds. The
lount of AA'ealth congested in NeAV
rk through the iuterest tribute paid
the West and South is something too
armous to be realized , and its poAvor
groat. The money of Wall street
urers has recently turned the politi-
. scale in seA'eral Western States
linst the interests of tlie people of
> se States , but that Avill be impossi-
' . tAA'o years hence. The selfish inters -
s of the holders of bonds and mort-
; es upon all the communities and in-
iduals in the West and South , diroct-
> r indirectly , will no longer be served
the A'oters of these sections to the
uries of themselves and their c-hil-
n. It is eA'ident to a-11 that the grad-
adoption of the single gold standard
oughout the world is resulting in a
serai reduction in price of the prods -
s of labor , to the injury of the pro-
ers of those products , and to the
antage of the hoarders of money
! the extorters of interest , wh
iars are , yea * by year , given
increased purchasing pOAver. This
2me is beginning to be understood.
I it may be pertinent to the discns-
L to call the attention of our New
k friends to the fact that it Avas
, * Avell understood in 1S9G by a large-
ority of the intelligent voters. The
lligent voters of the West and
Lh are opposed to goldisni because
wrong and because it is ruinous to
interests. They will never give up
fight until a complete victory is
ed. Exchange.
Currency of Uank .
18C2 gold and silver left us with a
on our hands. The GoA'ernment
: e the rock of national sovereignty
brought forth paper money. In
of the fact that the gold combina-
had sufficient power to secure spe-
legislation for gold , and thus en-
a traitorous gold board to gamble
ie nation's life , moving gold up or
i as the reports from our arms in
eld were favorable or unfavorable ,
mtion prospered and brought the
to a successful termination. Green-
3 , the paper money of the warr
always been good. All the legall
r money of the Government is
and has never failed us.
aan one day turned a wire so as tea
a cork more securely in a bottler
orthwith somebody saw a brilliant
and patented the modern wire-
er-holder , which is now used ao-
y on several million bottles.