TIIE OMAHA DATLY BffiTB : FKIDAY , SEPTEMBER 11 , 1800.
Tim 'OMAHA DAILY DEE.
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TBUMS OF smscnu'TtoN.
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Daily Itfc and Himilny , One Ytnr 10 M
Klx Month * C , 00
Three. Months 2 SO
Rimday 1 ] < < , One Yonr 2 CO
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fliso Office , 317 1'h.inibrr of Commerce.
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roitHKHI'OXnUNCE :
All communications feinting to news ntiil fill-
lorlnl nmltor MmuM lie lultlreraeil : To the KJItor.
lirsiNKSS LIITTKIIH :
All liUKlaofs Mter/1 / nnJ i-etnlUnrves cliouM !
nddromed to The Hoc Putill hlnff Company ,
Omnlm. Drnft. ' , chocks anil pontnillee milets to
bo nm'Jc pn > hlr to tin * nrilrr of tlio compntiy.
TUB IIKK I'tfllMSHINO COMPANY.
BTATIJMBNT Of CIIICUI.ATION ,
Btate of Nrhrnitkn , I
DoURlnn founty. '
Oeorije 11. Tzncliitck. sfcrrtnty of The li > c Puh-
llehlnit company , lielns duly n-vutii , ray that the
nctlinl ntiuibor nf full nnil complete copies nf the
Dally , MornlnB. Ktruing nhd ftumlny lice prlntc.l
durlns the month of August , HOC , win n follows :
1 80,215 IT 2D.1JI
2 Zt.7-.i > IS 20.1"
8 20.2H 19 20.257
20,132 20 21.O1
D 20.2M 21 21.79J
fi SI.M7 22 21. . ,
7 21MO 21 21,001
8 10,251 21 2li.
9 2IUW ! ! 21.20 ,
10 M.S1J 2(1 ( 20.4J
31 20,221 2T JMI
32 20,178 21 20.3S
33 20,133 Kl 20.J2
34 21.201 . .0 21,101
35 20.218 31 20.71
30 20.WO
Total ; < . ' !
Less deductions for unsold and returned
copies i ' _ _
Net sales " 2C.OO
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Net daily average. . . . - " ji
Sworn to before me and mthscrlhcd In m
presence thin 1st day of S , > rtemlei ; . ISJf ; .
'
Senator Carter knows when to olinil
Into tliu
Nobody will ( llsputo with llrynn tliL
juitltor.slilp of Ills formal k'ttur of no
contancp.
Bryan net'il not worry over that second
end term. The want of u lirst term is
iif ; him trouble enough.
Klthor I'.ryan was made to order fo
the Chicago platform or the Chicago
platform was made to order for Ili-yan
Populist Grooiio Is apparently not KC
nnxlous to debate with his republloai
opponent for congressional honors as IIL
supposed ho was.
The council judiciary committee has
nsaln constituted Itself the dragnet to
catch every piece of Important bus !
ncHS that makes its way before that
body.
The withdrawal of General Itlael
from tho'third party state ticket in 111 !
iiolR oiiKlit to open the way for some
other dark horse to capture the bonoi
which he declines.
The Honorable Thomas Crane now
wants to be returned to the leKlslature ,
Does Mr. Crane really Imagine that
the people have forgotten his perform
, ancesjn tho'iast legislature ?
That employe In ihe AVorld-ITorah
f otile'o who clipped tho''London Kinaucia :
Jr- ' NOAVS distortion out of a copy of that
paper -received direct from London
seems to have been mysteriously lost
111 the Hhnllle.
. How can lU-yun pretend to be at the
bead of an army marching In three
Brand divisions when up to this time
he has persistently refused to say
whether or not he Is willing to be the
leader of one of the divisions , namely ,
the populist party ?
Bryan pretends to have made over
one hundred speeches so far , in the
campaign. As n matter of fact , however -
over , while he lias spoken over one
hundred times , he has only made one
Kpeech and repeated it with slight varl
ations on each occasion.
Now Jersy democrats refused to par
ticipate In the Chicago convention after
the adoption of the free silver platform.
New Jersey democrats are also refusing
to participate In the silver primaries
and conventions In that state. New
Jersey can bo put Into the McKhiley
column right now without waiting for
tlm November election.
Judge K. It. Tnllle , demo-pop fusion
nominee for congress In this district ,
says liu has not yet decided to accept
the hippodrome nomination at the
hands of the nnterrllied sliver hosts.
"A place on the ticket wlileli miMi like
Gregory and Dunn were willing to
resign unconditionally does not seem
to hold out many allurements.
Omaha business men are waking up
to the necessity of getting business men
to go to tiie legislature. It Is abso
lutely essential that legislative tickets
this year give recognition to the sub
stantial property-owning element In the
community. The political party Unit
nominates roustabouts and disrepu
tables simply foredooms Its ticket to
defeat.
Another democratic candidate for
elector has retired from the Held be
cause mi willing to aid the eauso of
currency debasement. This time ( he
vacancy created falls to Missouri.Vith
over-increasing defections of sound
money demoorals the chances for the
republicans to carry Missouri for Me-
Klnley and lloburt nro constantly im
proving.
The deinocrats of Douglas county
1mvo culled their convention for next
week to name their legislative anil
county tickets. The plan Is of course
eventually to reach a fusion agreement
mid the democratic call is Issued on
this short notice In order to steal a
ma roll on their populist friends , if the
populists got together and put their
local ticket In the tleld lirst , as they
. . . did their state ticket , they would hu
' lu position to force the democrats to
* swallow their nominees as they did
with the state ticket. Douglas county
democrats would endorse a populist
ticket If they had to do HO , but If the
populists let them get ahead of them
and capture all the plucea thi\y would
like U much better.
7JH.IO1' TO Xl'llMlT T1IR rtlOOF.
\Vorlrt-Ilornlrt still persists In Itfl
course of Imposture. It prints n fac
simile of a clipping furnished by n Lon
don Press Cuttings bureau and says It
Is the original of the alleged London
i Financial News editorial which It has
been parading in support of Its claim
that free silver would help the I'nlted
States by destroying Hngllsh commerce.
The fae-slmlle Itself does not disclose
the slightest Indication that It was
printed in Hie London Financial News
on April ; w. 1SOI. or at any oilier time.
In the cfrllflniti' which .lohn M. Devlne
appends hi > doi-s not pretend ever to
have had or seen a copy of The Kinan-
I'lal Now containing the article. Kven
If the clipping had been genuine , the
World-lierald's alleged extract Is not
( lie same , but Is willfully garbled so as
to credit a London paper with what
Senator Cameron , a pronounced free
sliver man , is quoted .as saying.
Against this so-called proof , which Is
no pi-oof at all , TinIUe has in its
possession the positive denial of the
editor of Tin- Financial News that the
article printed in the World-Herald
ever appeared In the columns of that
paper. It is true that the letter to Mr.
A. C. Platt is signed "The Ktlitor" with
out the full name of the writer. Hit
the genuineness of the letter cannot b
gainsaid. It Is the common practice o
English editor to sign their corre
spondence In that way. The most con
vinclng proof which would be acceptoi
In any court of justice is the orlgina
copy of The Financial News of Angus
Kt , isnii. which editorially declares tlm
"no such article was ever printed by u
and Its whole tenor is directly opposei
to the vlow we have taken of tin.
effect of free silver In the Unltei
States. "
In order to put an end to further con
tendon concerning The Financial News
forgery , The Bee offers to submit the
original documents in Its pussessloi
to the inspection of a committee
composed of Judge E. It. Diillie
Judge 1) . I ) . Gregory and 1) . ( .Hen
Denver. Judge Dullle has been se
lected as the congressional noml
neo in this district by the comblnei
silver parties. Judge Gregory Is presl
dent of tiie Silver league. Mr. Deavo
is member of the populist national com
mlttee for Nebraska. We are willing ti
abide by the findings of this committee
Unit the copy of The Financial News o
August 1K , from which we have quoted
Is genuine ; that the letter of the editoi
denying World-Herald extract is
genuine ; that the letter from Waltei
Neef , London representative of the As
soclated Press , saying that he perso'iallj
called on the editor of the Loialoi
Financial News , and after exhibiting to
him a copy of the World-Herald's al
leged extract was told that the said extract -
tract had never bjun published in Tin.
Financial News , is genuine.
Here is u fair proposition to which no
silver man who wants to know the
truth can take exceptions. At all events
however , the. proof is conclusive that
the 10th of March Financial News arti
cle which thi AVorld-IJerald printed was
a downright forgery ; that the IlOth of
April , 1S-I. ! ) article is not a true copy
of the alleged tutting which Mr. Devlne
says ho circulated ; that against the un
supported word of a cuttings bureau
we have the printed editorial -denial of
The Financial News that any such arti
cle ever did appear in that paper.
sm.
The letter of Mr. lloburt , republican
candidate for vice president , presents a
practical discussion of the currency
issue which commends it to die careful
consideration of all citizens who arc
studying th'/s ' question. Mr. Ilob.irt is
a man of affairs and therefore speaks
not as a theorist , but as one having
a. knowledge of the operation of finan
cial laws.
There is one very strong point pre
sented by Mr. Ilobart which has not
before , so far as we have observed ,
been brought forward. He observes
that the consequences of the free coinage -
ago of silver would probably bi > cumu
lative In their effects. "The crop of
silver , unlike that of hay , or wheat , or
corn which being of .yearly . produc
tion can be regulated by die Inw of
demand "and supply Is llxed once for
all. The silver which lias not yet been
gathered is all In die ground. Drouth
or other accident of the elements can
not , augment or diminish it. "Is it not
more than probable , " asks Mr. Hobarl.
"that with the enormous premium of
fered for lis mining the cupidity of
man would make an over-supply con
tinuous , with die necessary result of n
steady depreciation as long a.s the silver
dollar could bi > kept in circulation t
iHV" There Is absolutely no doubt that
the free coinage of silver would stimu
late its production , not only in this
country , but throughout die world ,
Mr. Bryan has said that Ihls Is con-
lecture , but the substantial reason for
.he opinion is the fact that past h'glrt-
iition In the interest of sllvor conduced
o Increased production , although the
lemai < d was limited , UK under die act
if 1S7S and 1SM ! ) . Certainly making
lie demand unlimited could not fall to
iavi > a like effect. It manifestly would
give greater encouragement to pioduc-
lou of thi > whltu metal.
Now as Mr. Ilobart points out , silver
s not llko wheat or corn a commodity
which Is consumed and that Is perlsli-
ibh > . The annual production of grain
mil other food products , or die greater
mrt of It , is consumed from year to
year. There Is never any very great
surplus of these commodities In the
world for any great length of lime ,
fhi't'c Is not a continuous accumula
tion. But whate-ver amount of silver
s added from year to year to the
world's supply remains , it Is not con
sumed and It does not perish , It goes
m accumulating. The amount of coined
silver now In the world Is over $1,000-
)00,000. This vast sum will not , dlmln-
sli , as will die supply of wheat and
corn. On the contrary It will bu steadily
iTgnu-ntcd. If It be admitted that the
supply Is not now excessive , the ques-
Ion is how long , particularly In the
svent of a largely Increased production ,
ho augmentation can gq on before there
s nn over-supply , with the necessary
esitlt of depreciation ? It ought to be
( erfectly clear to any one of ordinary ,
Intelligence that the world cannot go
on adding to die already enormous quan
tity of silver without forcing down tin ,
price of dint metal and it ought to hi
equally clear that It Is Impossible for
{ lie United States tilone to hold up the
jirice of silver under such conditions.
It may he questioned , Indeed , whethet
It could bo permanently accomplished
by tiie combined action of all the great
commercial nations.
There are other practical and In
structive suggestions in Mr. Holmrt's
letter that make It well worth careful
reading.
1 WOHKIXUMAA'S V/KII1.
Mr. William A. Carney , first vice presl
dent of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers , was the spokes
man of a delegation which recently vis
ited Major McICInley. In the course of
his address Mr. Carney said : "I am
a worklngman and know the hard work-
Ingmeii of Mils country will not be
can-led away by the balloonlsls In this
campaign. I know and they know that
no matter whether we have ilfty bil
lion dollars In silver or one dollar , to
get money we must cam it by honest
toll and when we do get It we want it
to be equal to the best in the world. "
Here is a man who has evidently given
this subject Intelligent consideration and
lias arrived at the only conclusion that
such consideration can lead to , which
Is that coining silver free for the pro
ducers of silver will give nothing to the
masses who labor for a living. They
must continue to toil for wliat they get ,
though silver dollars were piled as high
as Ossa. They have no bullion to take
to the mint. Their capital Is their la
bor. The only commodity they have to
sell Is their ability to work and when
they offer this in the market they want
to receive for it the best money there
Is and not a debased currency of un
certain value from week to week. They
want dollars of the greatest purchasing
power , dollars which if laid aside for
tin1 "rainy day" will not shrink and
depreciate , dollars which will not rob
them and their families while they sleep ,
dollars that do not deceive and lie to
them , dollar * that are good everywhere.
Mr. Carney is right and the workingman -
man who will not. heed his counsel is
blind to Ills own. interests. Free silver
holds out no promise of benefit to labor.
It will not start up the industries of the
country or create a demand for work
for the hundreds of thousands who
are Idle. On the contrary the inaugura
tion of that policy would produce con
ditions more disastrous to labor than
any yet experienced. The loss and pri
vation which the millions of working
people in tills land have suffered from
the effects of democratic tariff policy
would sink into insignificance in com
parison with what would follow the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
MIL iniYAK irouACT. .
Mr. Iti-yan says ) the issue of interest
bearing bonds during the last few years
was without excuse and explains tiint it
could have been aviodeil it' the govern
merit had used silver instead of golt
for tiie redemption of its paper obliga
tions. Tliis suggests what Mr. Hryai
would do If he were elected president.
He would put the country at once 01
a silver basis liy using such silver as-
the treasury could employ for the pur-
jtosu in redeeming greenbacks ant
treasury notes , the amount available foi
use in tills way being no more than tin ,
seigniorage. He could not employ foi
this purpose the already coined silver
against which certlllcates are outstand
ing. Consequently lie would be able t <
redeem only u small part of the legal
tender paper money with silver , bill
none the less we should bu precipitated
to a silver basis.
AVlth this assured , what might be
expected to take place before the In
auguration of Mr. Krynji , four months
after his election ? The treasury would
be depleted of all Its gold and gold
would go to u premium , how much can
not now bo foreseen. This would
happen even should the congress elected
be opposed to Mr. Itryan. Financial
panic would ensue , with complete In
dustrial and business prostration. A
vast army of workiugnii'ii in every
department of labor would be thrown
out ot' employment , thousands of me
clianls would 1)0 ) compelled to close their
doors , savings hanks would be forced
to suspend by the clamor of depositors
for their money , mortgages due would
he foreclosed ; in short , a tidal wave
of ruin and disaster would sweep over
the land , carrying down before it all
classes of the people , but Indicting ( lie
greatest injury not upon the rich , not
upon the capitalist , but upon the poor ,
upon the working classes , upon the
nit'ii wlio are doing a small business ,
i
I'pon ' ( he people who have mortgages
due they cannot pay ,
There is Mr , Hryan's own word that
llio adoption of the policy he advocates
would cause panic. Nobody doubts It
nnd everybody understands what panic
neans. Do we want to go through so
errlhli ! an experience without-die prom-
so of benefit to anybody except the
nlllloimlro owners of silver mines ? ct
cc
It is amusing to hi'iir the local silver V
) rgan extol die virtues of "Judge" John '
Martin. Martin was appointed
sprgeant-at-arms of the Chicago con- n
entlon by the old goblbug democratic
latlonal committee and It was only
U'ter a stubborn light that die silvcr-
UM consented to repress their eager-
less to kick him out on account of Ids
iod ! proclivities. It was Martin who
vti8 called all sorts of names by die
Iryan delegation because ho gave the
idmlsslon tickets allotted to Nebraska
o Tobi ! Castor and his friends , But
tow that Martin lias burled his con-
ictions and is talking for Bryan , he
ins suddenly become a great and good
nan.
Apparently puhlcans ! across tln > river
ret quite as active as those in this
onnty. A poll of Pottawattainle county
as Just been completed which gives
iromlsu ofa safe majority for Me-
Clnley and Hound money. This is only
i corroboratlnn of reports coining from
owa that the Hawkeye state will roll
ip a tremendous majority for the re-
ubllcuu ticket Ou this point there
has never la-en any doubt In the minds
of incnTir ? ! position to know the real
situation.
W. L. Greene , populist candidate for
congress , declines to debate the declara
tions of the Chicago platform on the
ground that he Is running on the St.
Louis platform and Is not In accord
with the Chicago pronunclamcnto. But
Greene oxm-cls and hopes to have his
candldacjf endorsed by the- Sixth dis
trict deJuoeratsjit their coming conven
tion. Tlnrfiemocrats might do well to
find ouj where Greene is al before
they put the democratic stamp upon
him.
him.A
A press dispatch telling ot retrench
ment on the Northern Pacific road con
tained an Intimation that the Union
Pacific would soon apply the ax. So
far as we can learn there Is no founda
tion for the report. The Union Pacific
Is still lu the hands of the federal court
and reductions cannot bo made on the
system except by order of the court ,
Local officials know of no such measure
of retrenehinenti as the force is now
reduced to'the minimum.
Just as LI Hung Chang Is passing
through Canada and British Columbia
the people of Vancouver are trying to
induce the Canadian government to In
crease die Chinese head tax to JrKH ) .
With this evidence of Canadian friend
ship for the Chinese thrust upon him ,
LI Hung will probably wish heartily
that ho had accepted the invitation to
make his transcontinental trip through
United Slates territory rather than by
the Canadian route.
The Knot .Measure.
Stoux City Times.
"Bryan will asnln sot foot In Ncbraalta
today , " says The Omaha Bee. The Bee
should know that llryaii puts his foot Into
everything.
1'tnlcivil l r Tlircillmnlntl. .
ClilcnKO TImes-IlcrnlJ.
Tl'c enthusiasm of Bryan's home coming
is attested hy the fact that Omaha , with
150,000 people , sent COO ot them to the
station to meet him.
CriMvilliiK Sownll < i li ! > Hear.
ChlcnRO Chronicle ( dent. )
The question will he settled in a few days
ot excluding all that Is oven pretemledly
lomocratlc In the democratic and populist
comhlno on national candidates. Arthur
Sowall of Maine- represents the democracy
n the combine and on the ticket If there Is
'
In Xrltrnxkii , for IiiMtniioc.
Detroit Free Press ( ilein. )
Mr. Bryan's delicate comment on human
nature " , We are all hoggish" and his re
mark that' > "oiie of the duties of Rovern-
nent should be to 'put rings in the noses of
logs" mar navii been Inspired by the terms
of fusion Insisted upon by the populists In
ho various jstaies.
Ololie-Uemocrnt.
What sljiuld/fljo thought of an editor who
lellberately forged an article designed for
) olitlcal > fl4'ct , ; attributing it to an English
icwspaper , and kept that forgery at the
icad ot his e'dltSrlal columns for six months
That's precisely what William J. Bryan dli
In ISe Om.-iha ATorld-He raid while that jour
nal was under his control. >
"
M'UvtVUl Trut > Today ?
Sioux City Tribune Olcm. )
In 1892 , wh'llc discussing the tariff qucq-
tlon , " HIrTT3fVnfl used the following Words
You must attribute it ( the dellne o
prices ) to "the inventive -genius that ha.
multiplied n thousand times , in ninny in
stances , the strength of n single arm , nm
enablad us to do , today with one man whal
ntty men could do Ilfty yenrs ago. That
Is what has brought prices down In till1
country and everywhere.
It was doubtless true In 1832 , and we
submit that a brief space of four years 's
not sufficient In which to shift the responsi
bility from "Inventive genius" to the "ap
preciation In the value of money. " The
silver proposition Is absurd.
i vnlliiKKvIxtliiK
Carl Rchtirz's Chicago Speech.
It Is not my habit to boast of a warm
heart for the poor and suffering. But my
sympathy Is no less sincere because I do
not carry my love and solicitude for the
common people constantly at my tongue's
end. If there bo those who are satisfied
with everything that exists , I am not ono
tit them. There are few , It any. who abhor
that which may properly he called plutoc
racy or detest the arrogance ot wealth
more heartily than I do. I Know , also , that
the industrial developments of our time have
brought ha'rdshlp to some classes of people
which only the more sagacious , active and
energetic among them have bpen able to
: ountcrbalance profitably with Its benefits ,
rhere are laws and practices which had I
the power I would promptly change. In the
Interest of common Justice and equity. Hut
liecauso I am so minded , I must oppose to
the utmost a policy which I am convinced
ivlll Immcsurably aggravate existing evils.
KKI3K SIl-VISIl AMI AVACI3S.
) < > I1M' ( llU'HlloilHNliCll liy II Sll'OOt
Itiilltvny floiiiliinlnr In' Aliiliniiin.
Here are so .c pertinent questions asked
jy Mr , W. L. Tlmberlake , a conductor on the
Mobile ( Ala. ) street railway , In an open
otter addressed to certain gentlemen ot
kfoblto who were to speak nt a Hryan and
Soxvnll ratification meeting on the evening
if Its date , August 2D ,
"I want to know how I will bo affected by
laving the financial plank of the Chicago
ilatform made the law of this Country. With
his purpose I respectfully request that ono
ir all of you answer the following questions ;
"first Will the frco coinage of silver at n
atlo of in to 1 Increase the rate of wages
low paid the worklngmen In the United
States ? If you say It will , ' please name some
reo coinage country In which the working *
lion are paid wnges as' high as they now re-
elvo In the United States.
"Secondly We are not only Interested In
ho rate of wages , but also In the purchasing
lower of thcuuQiluy In which wages nro paid ,
s there a fyfio qoluago country In the world
yhero a workngman ( can buy as much
or a dollarap | jbo can now In the United
itatcs ? f . , : j
"Thlrdly-j r.Hryan and other advocates
if free coinage-/laim , that It will Increase
ho price of all , omniodltles. If It should In-
reaao the 1'rlcu of the things which the
wklngman , 'bqs , to buy and does not cor-
ospondlngly ; IMfeaso his wngcs , will ho not
0 most sefMonsiy affected by the change ?
"Fourthly1 Is "it trim that between I860
nd 1S05 , wlll'iV" the currency was Inflated
flth paper'the1 ' price of all commodities
ese lie pdH ° Belli , while wages only rose
3 per ? ' "
"Fifthly If'HvaBcs only Increased about
no-third as ilmch as the price of things
nr which WficH had to bo exchanged bo-
weon 1SGO iflfl lUs , when hundreds of thou-
nnds of lafcoVdrs wore In the field as
oldlers , doJ ytfrf bellevo wages would In-
rcaso so inilehf'under condltlona that would
ollow Mr. nryan's election ?
"Sixthly The railroads of the country
erivo their 'Incomes exclusively from
rclght and passenger tariffs that are prnctl-
ally fixed by Jnwa enforced by state and
Ucrstato commissions , If free rolnagu In-
rcascs the price of all tbo commodities
ecessary to the operation of railroads , and
liclr Income Is kept down by law , can the-
irge body of men employed In the service
ope for an Increase of wages ? As a matter
f fact , would not a cut In wage-s be about
lie only way In which the railroads could
leet the Increased coat of operation ?
"Seventhly The street railway systems of
Ills city nro operated under municipal or-
inancca which fix their Income at C cents
cr passenger carried , If Mr. Ilryan Is right
1 saying free coinage will Increase prices
( all commodities used by street railways ,
in you advise the conductors , motormen
nd other street railway employes of this
tty to vote for free coinage , with the hope
f Improving tbolr condition ! "
FACTS von TIM : KAUMIJUS.
Where Hit Tlip > - C ine In , In the Krcc
.Silver liilf
The only democratic dally newspaper In
the Twin Cities ot Minnesota friendly to
the free- silver canso Is the Minneapolis
Times. Hut It does not swallow the claims
of tree silver advocates regarding the cura
tive vnluo of free coinage. On the con
trary It discusses the question with duo
regard to history anil economic truths. As
a consequence , the Times frequently pulls
the props from under the cardboard struc
ture reared by the advocates of the white
metal.
In Its Issue of the 9th Inst. . replying to
the following questions : "Would you
kindly state In your next Issue what the
prices were of wheat , oats and corn before
the demonetization of silver and the prices
now ; also the wages of the laborer then
nnd now ; also If thereIs a direct answer
to a direct question put to me today by a
farmer , viz : 'How will the free coinage of
silver benefit me ? ' " the Times says :
The greenback price of wheat In Septem
ber , 1S73 , was 75 cents , corn , 22 cents , oats ,
27 cents. At the present time wheat. Is
17 cents , oats. It cents and corn , 17 cents.
It Is Impossible without great labor to
prepare a table thnt would fully answer
the question relating to wages. It must
sufllce to say. as to the rise and fall of
wages at various periods , that the briefest
Information on that point which wo can
find at this time Is the following table of
average prices of SIC articles and also of
wages from 1SIO to 1S31 , the prices of 1SCO
being represented by the Index number 100
as the basis of comparison , and the Index
number for each year Indicating the rise
or fall from that basis. This table was
prepared by United States Kabor CointuU-
sloncr Wright :
. . Avrrnuo Average
Arnr. lipi , . wnfo.
! S 0 . nc.S . 8T.7
J8 < " . lut , . * MI.3
JJ1 . OS.T S2.B
Js'i . 103.9 90.4
IS1- " . 11.1.1 09.2
1MJ . 1W 100
1-w- . 1M.3 101.S
ISiO . 117.3 133.7
1S7S M.6 139.9
1SS2 , JO.S.B H9.H
1SS5 M 150.7
l VI ill.2 irS.7
IMt : .2 100.7
The United States senate report on whole
sale prices , transportation nnd wages pre
sents the following tnble of wages In lend
ing occupations every tenth > car for som
tlmo before the war , lu comparison wit
wnges In 1S80 :
Wnscs per diem
Occupation. 1840. ISfiO. ISM. ISO
1'lnstcrcr.t JI.M Jl.75 11.73 $3.5
llIacK.imltlis l.f,0 , 1.50 l.to 3.01
Itlncks-niltli helpers 83li .S3Vi .W4 1.
Painters 1.23 1.23 1.23 2.
Wheelwrights 1.23 1.23 1.2T , SJ
CaiiienUrs 1.23 1.41 l.r.2 1.9
Kniliieei- 2.00 2.23 3.00 4.2
Fin-men 1.25 1.37 1.44 l.r
Laborers SI 1.04 .53 1.S
Machinists 1.54 1.55 1.70 2.1
Watchmen 1.10 1.00 1.00 1.5
Average , according to Importance * , fur n
occupations , 1800 belnR reckoned as lee :
1810. 1850. 1SG0. IS'.O
b'7.7 ! )2.7 ) 100 IM.
There has been no material reduction I
the wages of most of the employment
above named. Day labor averages fron
$1.10 to $1.25. The wages of plasterers am
blacksmiths have suffered some dlmlnutloi
and possibly painters and wheelwrights art
compelled to accept lower compensation
when they can get employment , which i
by no means as regular as formerly.
The question whether free coinage of all
vcr will benefit the farmer Is one no persoi
can answer positively , although there arc
many partisan pleaders on both sides who
assume to he able to do so.
The Times can only .give the figures am
facts and lets the farmer make his own do
ductions. The average price of wheat In
the United States , as we have shown , was
75 cents In 1S73. From 1S79 to 1SSO it was
S4.n cents , and between 1SS9 and 1SU1 , in
elusive , it was 81.5 cents , nut between 1892
and 1894 It was 5S cents. Now as our mar
ket reports show It is less than 50 cents
Hut wheat nt 47 cents per bushel Is better
than the price It commanded prior to 1S7I
In Minnesota , when many farmers hauler
their wheat fifty miles to market with ox
teams' and got' 45 cents a biishcl for i
In money known as wildcat money.
AJV OII.1KCT I.USSOX.
Mexican Silver anil United States Roll
I'll hi AVorlcliiKiiirti.
New Yorlc Trade Kcvlcw
"Object lessons" in which the Mexican sil
ver dollar is utilized are becoming a famil
iar feature of the present presidential cam
paign. The Atkinson Furnishing company
with headquarters at lloston , and five
branches In Maine , has for some weeks pas' '
been paying Its employes alternately Ir
Mexican dollars nnd J5 gold pieces. Everj
employe who received his pay in Mexlcar
coin got with It a letter In substance ns
follows : "To Our Employes The company
pays your wages this week In Mexican del
lars. We bought them In the open markei
at a cost of 55 cents each. Wo pay them to
you at the rate of two for ono of Unitei
States money. When you come to pay your
bills with these dollars you will have a
good Illustration of the real value and act
ual purchasing power of the 420 grains ol
silver contained therein. " With the gob :
coin the employes received a letter In part
as follows :
"To our Employes Last week wo pnld
you In silver dollars , at about the real
value of silver contained In them. You re-
folvcil twice ns many as you do this week ;
S'our wnges , measured by the number of
'dollars' ' received , were Increased 100 per
cent. We hnvc given you what the sliver
orators spy yon need cheap money and
plenty of It. This week we pay you In gold
coin. * * * It any ot you believe that
the silver party will bo successful nnd yon
want to make money on the plan which
Ihey ndvocato you can keep this gold until
the 'good times coming' when the new plan
liecomcs law , then exchange your gold for
silver bullion , carry It to the mint , have It
: olncd without charge and get twice ns
nany 'dollars' as you had before. If you
Ind yon can not buy any more with them
ban you could with half that number bo-
'oro , don't mind a little thing like that ,
i'ou have got more 'dollars , ' and that Is
vhnt yon want. Any of them you don't
spend Immediately will be found useful In
he household as stove lids and dinner
ilates. "
It Is humiliating , indeed , to our national
irldo to bo obliged to admit that such ob-
cct lessons are necessary among a people
vho have boasted so much of the efficiency
if our public school system nnd the su-
icrlor Intelligence * of the average American
is compared with the average Kurnpean.
lut the spread of the frco silver coinage
Tnzo seems to show that when brains are
acklng no school books can bo of much
iorvlce ,
HIIVAN ( SAIIIII.HS I.I.VCOI , * .
i > ii of Hi I'Niiul Mi-tlmd f ( he
I'opiuTiitli ! Oil nil Id n tc.
ClilcnKO Times-Herald.
Mr , Ilryan's habit of garbling what other
nen have said Is making n slave of him ,
Us latest victim is Abraham Lincoln. He
luoted Lincoln In part only at Sharp-
hooters' ' park Labor day , the omissions
icing cunningly contrived to make Lincoln
ocm an enemy of capital. Let the parallel
Column convict Mr. 'Hryan and do justice to
Abraham Lincoln. The- text Is that of a
ncssage to congress December 3 , 1861 :
How Hrynn The HiipprcpHeil part :
uppresscd part Capital lm.i Its rights
t wlmt Lincoln which uro us worthy of
protection nw uny other
' " " " " "
'Labor Is prlnrjriihfH."Nor""la"Yf denied
> and Imlependthnt there Is , and probably
lit of capital. alwayH will be , u relation
'apllul ' Is onlybetween , labor nnd capital
lie fruit of In * producing- mutual bcnelltH.
or and could The error la In assuming
over linve fx-.tlmt the whole labor of the
ited If labor community exists within
ad not lirst ex-1tnnt relation. A few men
n t nil . ( AlHown capital , nnd with their
IUIIBO. ) Labor naiiltul biro or IniyUhlH wan
i the superior | n alnvery tlmo ) another
f capital nnd few to | afor for tiom. A
esorvua imicn inrffu majority belong to
Ighcr COIIBIUnpuhpp clasn , neither woik
ration. for others nor have others
'worklnu ' for them.
Mr. Ilryan omitted the entire passage
uotcd on the right and resumed his tjuota-
lon subsequently to It as if there was no
ucb passage. Ills pbraso "he then adds"
i clearly designed to mislead , because there
i something clue between the two passages
onncctod by the Implication In tbo "then. "
: Is tbo cousin of forgery.
'OTO MXCO1A "
Coloitrl Dntin'o VU'tr of 1ln I'n-fil.
ilcntlnl On in | i n I tin In l > rinla.
Now York Sim ( ilein. )
There Is reason to believe that by ener
getic effort on the part of the republican
leaders , and by patriotic co-operation on
the part of the sound money democrats ol
Nebraska. 'Mr. Ilryan's own state call be
carried against til in In November. The po
litical value of Nebraska's eight electoral
votes In this contest is copsldorable , but
the moral advantage of a vlctoiy there
would be Incalculable.
Wo do not speak of Nebraska .is the.
"enemy's country. " There Is no enemy's
country anywhere where Iho red , \\hltc.and
blue banner is flying. The enemy Is the advo
cate ot repudiation , who. through igno
rance or dishonesty , U now assailing the
nation's honor nnd ( he prosperity of the
American workingman. Such a creature Is
a public enemy , whether It lives In New
York or In Nebraska. Ml. Hryan's cam
paign managers Roem to bellovo fiat there
are enough of such citizens in Nebraska to
make that state sure for tl'o fiU-ce-nl dollar.
Our own advices from Nebraska and the
Judgment of veteran observers familiar with
the politics of every county of the state ,
Incline us to regard It its a promising field
for speel.il endeavor during the next eight
weeks , At the last providential election
Harrison carried Nebraska by about 5.000
plurality over Weaver , though the com
bined populist and democratic vote ex
ceeded Harrison's vote by about 20,000 , At
the slnte election last fall , with a total
U-ss than that of 1S92 , the republican vote
hud decreased by about 8,000 only , while
the populist vote had fallen off by 12,000.
Hut a more certain Index of recent political
changes In Nebraska Is afforded by n com
parison of the 1S92 vote- with thnt of ISflt ,
when a governor was chosen , nnd the total
vote was almost exactly the hame as thnt
cast In the last presidential year. The
comparison Is worth studying :
Total , Ilcmib. I'op. Dem ,
IR92 1M.31I SL'1.1 S2.2.VJ 21,91.1
ISUl 19J.K3 ; IM.Oia 97.S15 fiSo !
This stalwart democratic residue of 7,000
votes , Impregnable to populist attack and
resisting all temptation even to fuse with
the Nebraska populists for temporary pur
poses , Is the nucleus for a sound money
democratic vote this year , which , If cast
directly for McKlnluy. may save the state
from Uryanlsm. Omaha and Lincoln and
the other larger towns of Nebraska are
centers for tbo dissemination ot honest
money doctrine. Our Information Is that
the silver wave Is receding. Nowhere uro
the lightness ot Mr. Uryan's amiable , Thcs-
plun character and the Incapacity of his
Intellect for Important leadership more ac-
'curately understood than * by his neighbors.
If the republican campaign conimltteo will
do Its full duty in Nebraska , and the honest
money democrats there will subordinate
partisanship to patriotism for the sake of
crushing out this portentous evil finally nnd
forever at the November election. Uryan
can bo defeated In Uryau's own state.
Wo therefore strongly advise tlrothcr
Mark Hanna to mark Nebraska well up In
his list of states wherein activity is es
pecially drslrablo.
Wo advise Urolhor Ilynnm to regard Ne
braskn. as a state .where no especial effor
should bo made to Induce honest mono ,
democrats to vote for those excellent can
dldates , Palmer nnd Huckner.
We advise the honest money democrat
of the state , whether they are 7,000 or 10,00' '
or 20.000 In number , to forego the luxurj
of voting for the third ticket , and to mas :
their conscientious suffrages for once upoi :
a republican candidate for president of th
United States.
The prize Is worth the sacrifice. On t
Lincoln , brethren !
S13WAM. SI UST < ! 0.
.SlumItciiHoiis Why \Vison's ( DIMIIIIIII
.IliiNl lie C iiitlii-il | With.
ChlcaRO ItecorU ( Ind. ;
other'O the tenor of his latest speed
Tom Watson Is a factor that must be
reckoned with If the democratic managers
mean to carry on their campaign peace
ably and with harmony In the ranks. The
Georgia orator's speech at Dallaa , Tex. ,
leaves no doubt as to his Intentions or as
to the way in which he will use his liillu
enco in case the free silver democrats re
fuse to recognize his position on the ticket
Ho Insists that the free silver democrats
need the votes of the free sliver populists
it they are to win the election , and lie
points out that to remove the populist vlco
presidential candidate from the ticket is to
kill the populist party. Consequently , he
argues , nil populists who want their party
to survive nnd all democrats whet sincerely
deslro to ace Hrynn elected will bend their
efforts to induce Sewall to step down anI
make way for Watson.
There Is considerable force In what the
Georgia candidate cays , and his arguments
are likely to have some weight with Mr.
Hryan's managers. The populist party In
recent years has grown amazingly , and It
is now i > n important factor In elections ir
tbo south and wrat. This party in con
vention assembled agreed to glvo Its sup
port to a democratic silver candidate , ask
ing in return only that It bo allowed the
privilege ot holding the second place on
the ticket. The populists Indorsed Ilryan ,
but they nominated Watson , and now the
question Is , shall they as a party vote for
liryan nt the cost of their own candidate
or shall they make the fusion complete , and
by voting for liryan and Sewall run the
risk of expunging their party from the
situation ?
This , at all events. Is the question as It
presents llself to Mr. Watson , and evidently
the Georgian does not mean to have his
party Ignore It. He loudly demands thai
Mr. Sewall , who Is "a dead weight to the
ticket , " retire and make room for himself.
In case Mr. Sewall refuses to step down ,
lie Implies the populists should vote to save
their party. Hut whom can , they vote for ,
having endorsed Ilryan ? Mr , Watson
seems to be quite dependent upon Mr.
Sowall's generosity.
I'lSHSO.VAI , AMI OTIIKIUVISI- : .
The new shah of 1'crsla Is anxious to open
ho country to International commerce nnd
avers the Introduction of electricity and
train.
The now Shah of Persia is anxious to open
ho country to International commerce and
avers the Introduction of electricity and
team.
Vienna will celebrate the lOOth annl-
ersary of Fran/ Schubert next year by
, n exhibition of objects connected with
he composer and a series of performances
if his works.
The Key Monument association of Fred
rick , Mrt. , now has a total of $8CS9.97 to
ward the 110,000 required to place a uult-
ble monument over the grave of the author
f "Tho Star Spangled Hanner , "
In Hoston , San Francisco nnd New Or-
enns are Portia clubs , each one of which
las n largo membership , nnd for the past
lireo years Prof. Cornelia Hood of Hrooklyn
las conducted largo and enthusiastic law
lasses for tlm Brooklyn Institute.
Hrrazurlz Is declared president-elect of
! hlll by a vole of C2 to CO. The result
corned to hang on the curious question
I'hethcr the votes of Krrazurlz' relatives
hould be countiil. It Is difficult at this
Istanco to see how they could have ruled
therwlse.
Mme Modjesktt has COO hives of Italian
ices on her California ranch. They collect
hofr store from the flowers of the ex-
ulsltely scented white sage , which grows
bundantly In the mountain meadows of that
tato. Mine. Modjeaka thinks these ( lowers
re producing the finest honey In the world.
Captain William Long , II. N. , now In
ommaml of the guardshlp Devastation , lit
) ovonport , has been naked to take again
ho chief command of the Chinese .navy ,
rtilcli ho held from 188G to 1890. and will
robably accept. He Is a mandarin of the
cacock feather and wears the star of the
bird grade of the second order of the
) mible Dragon.
It appear. ) that there are only six surviving
rmy chaplains , to-wl } : Hlsliop Fallowx of
Ihlcago , Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul , Dr.
. J. Mclntlro of .South Dakota , Hev. K. M.
ravatb of Nashville. Tonn. ; Ilov. D. H.
'laher of Kansas , and Hev. T. II. Hagcrty
f St. Louis. The fact Is to bi > remembered ,
owover , that most of the chaplains were
omparatlvcly old men when the war began.
Ilabbl Peruira Mcndex has been appointed
y the grand master of Free Masons In the
tate of Now York to the ofiice of grand
haplain of the grand lodge. Ho ia the IIrat
iraelite who has received this honor since
tie Institution of the grand ledge of the
[ a onlc fraternity over a hundred yearn
go , says the American Hebrew. lit , Ilov.
lahoii 1'ottcr ot New York In tbo associate
C Kabbl
I , Mil IT AM ) IMtimiT.
Somervlllo Journal ; These nrc linrd tlnlc
Indeed. Kven the diiys nro getting short ,
ChlcnRo I'o9t : "Whnt makes you thin
Mr. Van lllbbcr Is such u strong mnnT" he ,
nplil. ; . I
"Why , I overheard him tolling you that
ho had can led n load homo every night
for two weeks , ' she nnswered.
Hay City Clint : ctistomer-Isn't * 2 u
bottle rather oil ? - * '
hlRh for t-odllver {
nriiKKlst-Ordlimrlly , yes ; but you fonetV |
sir , thnt you get this by proscription. ' \
Chicago Ilcror.l : "Uncle- Simon , what's
the dintTPtK-c between n statesman nnd n
politician ? "
"The politician juills the \UIROH nnd tbo
statesman gels the fide. "
Indianapolis Join-mil : "You look na It
you bad boon badly used , poor man , " salil
tin. kind lady.
"Permit mo to slnte , iiinin. " answered
rxxm.il nnwNoii , with prldp , "that my
gn-ati'st specialty Is Hot nllowln' myself to
bo used at all. "
Chicago Ileoord : "Yea , when the crowd
saw mo tlii-v sol up n cheer "
"WhatI Didn't they not tip anything
more substantial than that ? "
Hrooklyn Llfo ; Maude -That's the girt
tboy say wnslu-s her hair In ohiunp.iano tj
make It light.
Kthol What a waato ! If she drank It ,
It would make her Just ( is llKht-hoiuled.f < -
Chlr.ifro Post : "And hnw do you llko It ,
sir , " asked the seaside landlord.
"Splondld ! " lopllod the guest. "I saw
sc.i serpent yofUorday. "
"Johnvhlsprrcd the landlord to tha
clerk , "put Jlo extra on his bill for sea
HOI pent.
Kansas City Slur : The death of a St.
l.otils mini while Imthlug Illustrates the
dnngor which may result from u very sud
den ohango of habits.
Tlitffalo Times : lUlbblos My wlfn nnd I
met by noeldont. Thrown together 1 > y
chaiiro , as It wore. Whoolwomaii ( eagorSr )
Uhl you break thebli'.vcles . ?
Hrooklyu T/.fo : First dork-She's n mnr-
rli'il lady. Second clock How do you Know ?
"Shu ordered two hummocks. "
Chicago Tribune : "What will It cost , "
asked young Cliolly's fiithor , "to glvo my
boy an edueatlon1
"Tho Lord only knows , " replied the pro
fessor , eyeing- the youth thoughtfully ; "but
you Ran put him through college for nbotit
PUtsbur-ff Chronicle : "I wish yon would
tell mo , " said the agent , who had long been
on Mr. SnagR'n trail , "what la your In
superable objeetlon to Insuring your life ? " . . ,
"I don't mind telling you , " replied Snagga. .
"The IdPii ot belli ) ; more vuluublo after I
urn ( lend than while 1 am alive Is dlatasto-
ful to me. "
Chicago News : "I'd like to know , "
prowled the fastidious boarder , "what the
landlady means by giving mo a. damp if Ji
plate. " -
"I think , " gurgled the cheerful Idiot ,
"that Mhe laid your board bill on It before
breakfast and It was all overdue. "
Detroit Free Press : "I am tired to death. "
dcularvd Jim Matronly as she reached
homo from down town the other evening.
"U'lmt's the matter ? " asked her husband.
"Been bavins baby's picture taken. They
have a. wtiv of Inking- them Instantun ounljr
now , you know. "
"How long were you nl It ? "
"Three hours and a half. "
A SHOUT STORY.
Chicago Record ,
Ho went west and she went cast ,
So n little romance died ,
Cupid bore away the feast
Uroke his darts of love and pride.
Nauplit remains the world can know-
Fled tli < ! glory gone the zest ;
Railroad trains were made for woe-
She wont east and he went west.
CIIKKH UP.
New York Recorder.
Cheer up , yo tellers of the earth ,
And pray , peruse my rhyme ;
The millionaire can only eat
Ono dinner tit a time !
Ono bed n night alone can rest
That form wo envy HO , is
And Just ono Journuy at a tlmo
Is all that he can uo !
His clothes and hats and shoes may bo
Superb IinyomI compare ;
lint just one set of each at once
Is nil that ho can wear.
There nro so many , many things
Ills money cannot buy ;
Anil when ho's III , he's just as 111
As cither you or J.
Perhaps that's your wife ,
she'll surely bear us out
n the assurance that the fit
ind style of a garment are the
mportant things. You can-
lot be well dressed , however
expensively , i n ill-fitting
: lothes.
It is in these respects that
: he custom tailor is supposed
jy many persons to excel.
But we make all our
slothing as he makes his , us-
ng equally fine materials ,
ust as "exclusive" patterns ,
sewing1 them ad well and
shaping them as fashionably.
Our great advantage is
n the time and money we
; ave you. Our fall suits are
eady to wear when you buy
hem and the volume of our"
Business enab'es us to beat "
he tailors' prices by about
> ne-half.
S. W. Cor. 15th anil
Doughty Sts.
