TITE OMAHA DATTArBlij ; $ : ' ( WEDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 23 , 1890.
Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. ItOSKVVATKrt , Editor.
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TEHM3 OP at'HSOllU'TlOJf.
Tnl\y \ lire ( Without Sufitlny ) Onf -nr..J SM
Dnlly lice nnd Sunday. Ono Year 1000
fllx Month * . 6 M
TI.Mo Mftntli . 2 SO
Bunrtny UM- , One Ycnr .
Rntunlay I lee , One Your .
Weekly lire. One Year .
OJTICKSi
Omfiln The tire IlulMIn ; .
Rftuth Omalm. .Singer Hlk. . for. X nnd Slth Sts.
Council Illurrn , 1 Norlh Mnln Street.
fhlcflco Oni-p , 31" i.'linmliT of Commerce.
> > Vw Yorlc , llfoml 13 , H an.l IS , Trlliune
Washington , 07 V Hire * ! , N. W.
All commiinlcntic.nl relntliiR lo ncwi nnd edi
torial mnttrr uliould be aiMrcuml : To the Kdltor.
Df.SINK.SK M'.TTKIIS.
All busln M IMierx nml ifmlttanrm liould bo
nd < li ? . rf-d to The He * 1'aldtshlnsf Company ,
Oninlin. Draft. * , check * and ponloinrc order * to
be made iKiynlilc to HIP order of the company.
TIIH 11KB I'lMlMHIUNQ CO.MI'ANY.
BTATKMUNT Of CJ1 ! < 'UJATION.
Btntc of Nclirnkn , j
DoUKln * t'onnty. I
OcorRO 11. Txwliuck , sccri-lory of The lice IMih-
HslilMij comimny , nlng dill ) iun > rn , myf that the
Jic'uul numlx-r of full nnd complete ruples of the
Dully , MornltiK. Kvenlnc nid ! Kunilny lice printed
during the month of Ausiut. MJC , wns at follows :
1 S0.243 \l S0.1C1
2 20.710 IS 20.IS7
3 20.24S 11 Z0.2S7
4 Z0.2D2 20 ZMM
R Mzr , < il 21.7DS
0 20.3117 22 Z1.7M
7 21,39'J 2 ! ' 21.K (
21 . ; . 21rC7
' 2.-- . 21,20.
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jb'I ! ! ! s'uu IB. . , . , , . Ztl.m
11 20.2SI j ; 20.IW
12 20.170 q 20. GV.
13 20.1.13 23 20.429
11 20.201 30 21.100
15 20.211 31 20.741
ID 20.820
Total I
I.ccn tli-dtiettoni for utuold und returned
Knt Bftles
Net'llnllr l gc . Z0.22 ;
OKOIIOU 1) ) . TXHCHtJCK.
to before me nml miliHcrllictl In my
prnscncc till * 1st day vt September. 1M i.
( Heal. ) N. 1' . t'l-.lJf.
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Notary Public
Kroo Hllvt-r Is only Ilic mask for frou
trnili > .
Will tliu iicnplc fooliNl liy I'l'.van in
181)2 ) ponnlt tlu-nisi'Ivi's to tie foolotl
ngiiln In 1SOO ?
\Vliy Is It Hint tlic men wlio turn out
tlio worst In tliu council : irt > alwnys the
mon wlio are most anxious to stay
there ?
The nlKhts an- now lonuor than the
dny.s In order tliat tiu- political orator
who talks butter uniler the
may sot In lon or hours.
Mexico never hail a jjoltl slniiilunl.
Mexico cIliiRs to the silver staiulard
only because it lias known nothing else
nntl can afford nothing better.
The candidate for county attorney on
the deinoeratie ticket is Koiu campaign-
IIIK down In Gaije county. Hut lie
nilKht as Avi1 ! ! do liis eampatenhiK tliere
ns liere coi far as the effect It will have
upon his foredoomed defeat.
From now on there will be political
inectiiiKS galore , at which the issues of
the campaign will bo discussed from
every point of view. No one who wants
to vote intelligently need complain of
lack of opportunity to Inform himself.
The striking miners' at Le'advlllc evi
dently lake 110 stock in the promises of
the sllverltes that free coinage will
soon right all their wrongs , or they
would < Midure their grievances a few
mouths until the free silver millennium
shall he at hand.
It Is to bo noted that the World-Herald
in its enumeration of roiineilmcn who
are to he replaced at the November elec
tion carefully omitted all mention of
tlio vacancy which Councilman Wheeler
Is lining temporarily. Is this because
the Hrynn organ prefers to see Wheeler
in the council to some good silver man ?
Most of the Transmississlppl Exposi
tion association stockholders are going
to vole for men for directors not be
cause they expect them to favor u par
ticular site , but because they have con-
fldcnctt In their ability to contribute to
the eucce'ss of the enterprise. It is these
stockholders who' will determine the
personnel of the directory.
The democrats of Kentucky tried a
silver candidate on a. gold platform a
year ago , and the result Is a republican
governor In Kentucky- The democrats
of Now York are now trying a gold can
didate for governor on a silver plat
form and the result will be the same.
The success of tlio republican ticket in
Now York is practically assured.
IIoUc Smith Is now telling southern
democrats Hint party loyalty Is para
mount to all views on the money ques
tion. It was only a few short months
ngo that Hrynn was telling everybody
that devotion to free coinage was para
mount to all party loyalty. Tlio popo-
cnitlu leaders might 11 ml It lo advantage
to hold a conference and get together.
The Denver Trades and Labor as
sembly lid's decided to send certab )
members to proselyte for free coinage
among organized labor of the east. Hut
when these- delegates make their appear
ance , they will bo at onee rerogiil/ed
ns the paid emissaries of the silver
mine owners' Interests , and their im
portunities will bu discounted at least
1U to 1.
In their appeal for popular campaign
contributions tliu popdcratie managers
neglected to state that they preferred
good 100-cent United Stfites dollars , but
that condition must be understood. Let
any one send a dollar that has been
Htamped at the free coinage mints of
Mexico and see If he Is not credited on
his receipt witli payment of just half
the face value.
Hallway rate makers are again com
plaining that the d HIV rent roads aru not
living up to their agreements to main
tain rates. And these same railway
men will bo at Washington again next
winter asking congress so to amend the
interstate commerce law that they can
legally enter Into pools and rate agree
ments. When they get before congress ,
too , they will put on a straight face
and tell the commit toes tlmt they do not
know of a single Instance where the
null-pooling provision of tlio law has
beeu violated ,
Despite tliu repealed declarations o
Mr. Hryan against any foreign Inter
( Vroiico in the financial affnhs of Mil
country , lie accepts with nvitllty whatever
over support is offered from Europe t
his cause. In tils speech nt Wllinlng
ton. Del. , In ? referred to tlio letter ci
Trlnoo HlsmnrVk to llic governor
Texas , In which tin- eminent Ot-rmai
talesman said ho has "always Imil i
predilection for blint-tnlllsni" and ex
pressed tlio helii-f that "If tlio people o
Iho United Slates should find It coin
patlblo with Ilioii- interests to take In
dependent action lu Hie direction of bl
iiietalllsin such aellon would exert
most salutary liilliiouco upon tin- con
summation of an International agree
mi'tit and tliu coming Into tills league o
every Kuropoan nation. " Now this I
somewhat vague and suggests that Wt >
marck still fools as lie said he fell wiilli
in ollloo , Hint ills views in regard t
hliiietiilllsiu an- mil infallibly Into wliei
advtinced against the views of exports
.Tin ; great statesman liad the gotnl son. *
to show some di-ference to men wlu
hail thoroughly studied the laws
linance , soim-Hiiiig whh-li Mr. Hrynn atii
his followers refuse to do.
Hut wlial of tin-so foreign views am
the mon wlio express them ? It is Inn
that , theiv is a strong sentiment ii
Kuropo and particularly in ( Jorinaiiy Ii
favor of International iilnu'ltilllsm , 1m
it Is not extensive among those wlion
Mr. Uryan would designate Hie "com
mon people. " The men wlio want hi
mclalllsm are for thu most part tin
great land owners , wlio lease their lands
to tenant farmers nnd wlio , like Hi
American silver intnu owners , would ilk
to incron.su the value of their property
at the expense of Hie great body of eon
sinners. It is these men wlio tire in i
great measure responsible for the dl *
crimination against American meats am'
other products by ( Jermnny and otliei
Kitropenn countries. They are oppose !
by tlitviigoenrniiig ! classes for the ob
vioiis reason that their pulley content
plates higher prices for commodities
without promising a corresponding ad
vance in the pay of labor. In Knrope i
is distinctly a class conflict the wagi
workers against the titled and wealth }
land owners who do not themselves ctil
tivate their lands , but lease them am
live in luxury upon the rentals.
Tin-so men see little prospect of anj
Kuropean government taking the initia
live for international , bimetallism am'
it is easy lo understand that they an
( Uiite willing the United States shal
try alone the perilous experiment ot
free silver , knowing that wliatevei
disaster resulted only this eountrj
would suffer. If they got no benefit
from such a policy on our part ihoj
would not In the least degree be In
jured by it and could regard with entire
tire complacency the financial convul
sion and industrial paralysis hero that
would ensue. Surely no intelligent
American will be deceived or misled bj
these foreign views in behalf of tin
free silver movement.coming as they th
from men who are wholly Indiffereii
to the preservation of our nationa
credit : and honor ami whose efforts
have boon hostile to our commercia
Interests.
Hut what sort of consistency is there
In Mr. Hryan quoting the views of any
body In favor of international bi
metallism ? That is not what lit
and liis party want. There k
not a reference to International
bimetallism In either of. the plat
forms on which Mr. Hrynn stands ,
What he and his supporters demand
is that the United States shall have a
linnncial system of its own , entirely in
dependent of other nations. This , of
course , It could not have if It entered
Into an International agreement and if
Mr. Uryan should be elected it is reason
able to assume that he would refuse to
enter into suelt an agreement. Hut the
popocratie candidate , like the proverbial
drowning man , catches at every straw.
- ; UXAIl IK
Emperor Nicholas of Husslii is ji guest
of Queen Victoria and the character of
his reception indicates that he will re-
ceivis that distinguished consideration
which befits his standing among the
world's sovereigns. So far as known
tills visit of Hie cxar to England has
no political signitlcanee bearing upon
tliu European situation. Ills sojourn in
Germany gave opportunity express
ions In lite Interest of continued peace
and it would seem tlmt his present tour
is rather intended to promote friendly
relations between the great empire over
which he rules and the other great Euro
pean powers , Tliere Is no reason to
doubt that Nicholas desires the main
tenance of peace. His character and
temperament forbid any oilier conclu
sion and these exchanges of royal court
esy must have a tendency to strengthen
the sentiment of international amity.
Hut the czar cannot fall to discover
while in England , If he Is not already
aware of It , tlio existence of a very
general public sentiment that tliere
should be some aggressive action at
once regarding the burning * question of
Armenia and he is pretty sure to find
that Hrltish opinion holds Itnssla largely
responsible for the continuance of Turk
ish barbarities In Hie treatment of the
Christian subjects of the Ottoman em
pire. Whether this will make any Im
pression upon him. It is Impossible to
say , but he will he wiser after his visit
than before ,
It is noted that the greatest precau
tions are taken to guard the czar from
the danger of possible assassination and
undoubtedly there Is such danger ,
though it may bu much exaggerated ,
The fact of his going abroad Is evidence
of courage which ought to win him
Immunity from danger , but there are
thousands of men with bitter memories
of wrongs at the hands of his prede
cessors who would not hesitate to re
venge themselves upon him If given op
portunity.
The latest pojMiuratic campaign docu
ment consists of garbled extracts from
speeches of James G. Hlalne , John
.Sherman , Daniel Webster , Secretary
Carlisle ami others , purporting to show
that they once were In favor of the
present proposition for the five coinage >
of * ) llver. All these extracts ha.vo tiuu a
and again been shown to have been
garbled or half quotations , but that does
not prevent their circulation with the
authority of Hie popocratie managers.
The Hryaiiite campaign of forgery and
misrepresentation has but begun , He-
fore It Is finished the Hryan people will
have milled several other more despic
able campaign methods ( o their stock
In trade.
KKWAT , ! . /.Y A IWAL HULK.
The disclosure that Mr. Sewall. the
popocrattr candidate for vice president ,
while professing to favor free silver
requires gold contracts in his business
transactions , Is followed by the state
ment that he Is Indirectly , If not directly ,
Working for the election of the repub
lican ticket. It Is well known that Mr.
Sowall Is the president of the American
Merchant Marine association. The
Cleveland Leader notes receiving a Id
ler from the association , which lias
Its headquarters in Xi-w York , Inclosing
the plank of the republican national
platform In favor of protection lo Ameri
can shipping ami also an extract from
the letter of acceptance of Major Me-
Kluh-y iiion | HIP same subject. Tills
letter strongly indorses the position
taken by Hie republican party and its
candidate , bi-lng In this respect entirely
consistent with the past , course of Mr.
Sewall , who as an extensive ship owner
has always favored protection to that
interest.
The fact tlmt Mr. Sewall demands
gold contracts In his business transac
tions he may Justify on the ground that
a number of other free sllverltes do Hit-
same thing such champions of Hint
policy , for example , as Senator Stewart
and Governor Altgeld , but what must
the populists , who prof.ss such profound
sincerity in the advocacy of their prin
ciples , think of a man who not only
does this , but Is active in promoting a
distinctly republican policy which they
are not less hostile to than they are
to the gold standard ? And what must
they think of the sincerity of Mr. Hryan ,
whom they accept , as a good enough
populist , in standing by Mr. Sewall and
completely Ignoring Thomas E. Watson ,
whom they nominated for the vice presi
dency ? It Is quite possible tlmt Mr.
Hryan is indifferent as to the result
regarding either of his running mates ,
lie is looking out for himself and that
given him quite enough to do. Hut the
fact remains that he has endorsed a
protectionist and a man wlio does the
very Ihing , In the mailer of private
contracts , which the Chicago and popu
list platforms condemn. It would seem
that the cumulative evidence that Mr.
Mr. Sewall is playing a dual role would
induce self-respecting populists to
abandon support of the Chicago ticket.
1MCAT1SU TllK K
Omaha Is very fortunate in having sev
eral available sites for the Transiuissis-
slppl exposition. It is doubtful , how
ever , whether it is prudent at this time
to begin a contest over the location.
While we have already secured slock
subscriptions in excess of the ifJWO.OOO
minimum , we cannot hope to make tlio
exposition what it should be until wo
have assurance of at least $500,000 In
stock subscriptions. A contest over the
location will tend to block further ef
forts in this direction.
It is to be deplored that condi
tions have arisen since Hie open
ing of the presidential campaign
which have embarrassed the promoter *
of the enterprise. Many men of large
means and heavy property owners an-
holding back because of the money
stringency and the uncertainty of the
industrial outlook. Until these cloudh
are cleared away it will be dllliciilt if
not Impossible to raise the full amount
that will be required lo place the suc
cess of the exposition beyond a doubt.
A bitter contest over location is there
fore to be deprecated for many reasons.
It is to be expected that the friends
of the various competing sites will vote
for directors whoin they consider pre
disposed in their favor. Vet it is a
serious question whether the best site
can lie chosen by such a method. The
irst consldi-rnt'on should be the capacity
of the men selected to manage the exposition -
position for Hie task that will devolve
upon them. It is also Imperative that
the new board of directors shall be of
such character and commercial staini
ng as to inspire confidence not only in
this community but In Hie entire trans- t
nlssissippl country. Willie all classes
mil interests should have fair ivpre- f
Mentation on the directory , we must see
to It that the men placed in charge of
G
the cxposltioiujtianagement possess the
cqulslto energy , enterprise and business
iblllty. The desire to have the exposi
tion located In a particular neighbor-
lood must not blind the partisans of
that locality to the more important con
siderations that should determine the
choice of directors.
A few men in this city have been
elected to the council who made good
records ami retired holding the respect
of their constituents. It does not fol
low because many couiicllmen have be
trayed their constituents and disgraced
themselves that good men cannot go
Into the council without shm-rlng in rep
utation and social standing. Thu de
mand of the hour Is for high-class mon.
Every consideration argues that such
men be nominated and if the republican
convention shall make wise selections
there can be no doubt of their success
at the polls. -
Commissioner of Pensions Murphy [
enlures the opinion In his annual re-
iort that the pension list has reached
ts maximum , and from now on , unless
he pension laws are made more In :
clusive , will show an annual decrease [ >
n Hie totnl. Tills opinion has been , ,
elnforced by the statistics of the Grand
Vrmy of the Republic , given out at Hie s
latloaal encampment last month. . The V
lenslon bureau , however , even without ?
hanges In existing laws , Is bound to C : (
emaln an Important branch of the gov- n
rnmcnt for years to come.
.
Our extraordinary contemporary down '
treet predicts that the democrats will
arry the 'counellmiuilc ticket this fall : .
ml that the republican majority will ' 4
u reversed. This remarkable prediction -
coupled wth the statcrncut that dem-1 u if
ocratle candidates for the council are
very scajjjo. Did It e > er happen be
fore In tbu political history of this city
that ddiKxErntk1 candidates were scarce
when thewtvaJi the slightest chance
of their Kfliiw elected ? This prediction
Is of a plPc'with'hat ' ( which promises
us tlmt Je ? ? ? ' York will give Hryan
fiO.OOO inar/- / .
Times ilnc Mull. Money Is scarce.
Cltlxensvfiif jicrctofore sent their chll
dren to private schools or kindergarten
now iiermll'he ' ( little ones to atteiu
the public schools , which are over
crowded. The free nurseries for bi :
hies , called kindergartens , cannot nice
the demands for silt Ings , This statt
of things lias resulted In a call for tei
new pianos to be paid for by the tax
payers. 11 Is a costly fad and tin
chances arc the school board will be
besieged by piano dealers until it makes
the necessary appropriation. The ba
bies must have music.
Tliort" AIT
ClilcDKO Tillies-Herald
Free silver nml repudiation Isn't nil Hryan
Ism represt-nts. It stnmls also tor frci
trntlo and fulcra ! deficiencies.
Imllnnnpnlla Journal.
As the earnings from \\MRCS In this conn
try approximate $7,200,000,000 a year , a prop
osltlon to scale the purchasing power of the
money la which they are paid Involves con
sequences of vital Importance to those who
work for wages.
Conilllliiiis Alri'iiily Ai > | iircnt. :
ChlcnRO Tribune.
The Omaha \Vorld-IIeralil '
- , Mr. Bryan's
paper , has the assurance to announce thai
Mr. McKlnley will , fall to carry Ills owi.
congressional district or county. Mr. Uryan
himself Is absent Just at present , but he
should admonish his editor not to get silly
or make his paper ridiculous.
All Ainiinliipr .Slriulillc.
ClilcaR" Journal.
John Hoyil Thacher , democratic candidate
for governor of New Yorlc , Is a man with a
convenient conscience. He favors gold as a
candidate for state olllce , but ns a loyal
democrat he Is the advocate ot free sil
ver In national politics. No doubt ho keeps
himself guessing how he Is going to vote.
r of ( IICtiMiltS Foot.
Philadelphia llecord.
Mr. Hryau pretty well defined the char
acter of his votaries In his speech at
Salisbury , N. C. , on Wednesday last when
presented with a rabbit's foot , lie said :
"If the people who hnve given mo rabbits'
feet In this campaign will vote for me , there
Is no possible doubt of my election. " People
ple who believe in the magic power of the
government to convert ' 50 cents' worth of
silver Into 100 cents merely by ordering Us
free coinage are quite capable of believing
in the virtue of a dead rabbit's foot to
charm away evil.
The II trlil of Spoilsmen.
' Chicago Chronicle.
The country has made slow and painful
progress In "getting rid ot the spoils system.
But It has made progress which Is very
gratifying. Anil this Is reason enough ,
even If there wbre 110 better reason , why
ho populisms should be crushed next No
vember. A'Jpartl- ' which appeals to the long
ings of the' ' Idle and the dissolute for acceirn
to the publ'fc crib , which offers to degrade
and debauch all branches of the public serv
ice In reward "of party service deserves
nothing Ie thin overwhelming and final
destruction' for that one crime , if U were
guilty of no other.
.
. < ClllOilKO Post.
Few observers who have been watch
Ing the steady progress , .of the Anglo-
Egyptian exposition up the Nile will be
lieve that it will be content to stop at
Dongola , lib nominal objective point , which
has been reached and occupied. To stop
or come back from there would remind the
world of the famous achievement of the
Duke of Torkand his 20,000 men ot nur
sery memory. Beyond Dongola , and more
than 150 ralles away as the crow files acroso
the desert , lies Khartoom , the real seat of
ill the Dervish expeditions against Egypt.
The English have never forgiven their gov
ernment for marching to Khartoom too late
to rescue Gordon and marching back again
without having taught the Arabs a lesson
which would not need repeating In our time.
That was one of the most heroic yet boot
less marches In the annals of England's
many hazardous expeditions Into the fast
nesses of hostile countries. That this shall
not bo as bootless depends on Its continu
ance to Khartoom and an Indefinite occupa
tion of this outpost for the safety of Egypt.
THIS KAI.b IX 1MIICKS.
An AiinlyNlH of Mil * IC.vjiorl Price' ( if
IiciulIniY AurrltMiHuriil Product * .
Country Gentleman.
The record of export prices , while illus
trating the effect of manifest causes In low
erlng values of farm products , shows
neither a uniform reduction nor a per
manent and continuous decline. It does not
threaten the farmer with a sliding scale
leading 'to collapse and bankruptcy. A
large element In the reduction has beer
the lessened cost of transportation , nar
rowing the margin between eastern and
western pi Ices , sometimes helping the
prairie farmer while hurting his brother of
the seacoast. Another cause , overproduc
tion , applies only to certain crops a few
great staples. The following export prices ,
as compiled from otllcial records from the
Cincinnati Price Current , shows a heavy
decline , as compared with previous decades ,
and some falling off , as compared with last
year for all products named except wheat ,
flour and cotton :
Ton Ten
Past Preced- Yean * Yt-ara
Year. Ing Year , to "J3. to 'So.
Wheat , bUHliel 05,5 D7.0 63.5 114.1
Klour , barrel SSIi.O 33S.O 451.0 5 i.O
I'orn , biiHln-l 37.8 .9 M.7 OS.9
l.'otton , 11) 8.1 S.8 9.0 12,2
llacan anil liama lu. 8.3 S.7 8.4 9.4
Ijanl , Ib C.O 7.7 7.7 U.7
Pork , Ib 5.7 7.1 6.S 8.0
llpor , salted , It ) O.S 6,7 fi.fi 7.5
Duller , Hi ) U.2 16.3 10.4 13.0
riirese , Hi. , , 8.4 U.l 9.2 10.7
Tobacco , Ib 8.5 8.7 8.7 S.9
Tlicro has .bct-n llttlo decline In meats
and In tobaHe'n. ' Salted beef stands at the
averageof .Uuu-procTdltm' decade. Butter
nnd cheese ar'o" materially reduced. Tlio
heaviest dcclloo Is In cereals and cotton , tin ;
result ot ovf./prjJiUictloii. It Is plainly seen
that there Is no uniformity In the price of
reduction ,
There hasTeeiT llttlo If any change In the
price ot tobacco In a quarter of a century ,
though a comparison with the previous
quarter would sL-ow an Increase. Cheese
lias decllrcd because of Inferior average
quality and the Jjad repute duo to the sale
filled cheoso. Butter ta lower because
ivo export only low qualities , whllo other
nations sell superior grades , Meats havu
declined sorcewhht , as compared with the
L-arller decade , { if relative scarcity. In this
country aiid Kr9p > , but not much lu the
last twclvoSsia'SS' Wheat Is higher than ?
last yrar , but materially lower than In the
fOa and SOs , because of larger production iu
fdissla and Argentina. Corn doubled In
raluo In a single year , and Us price de
fends mainly on thu quantity grown In thla
ountry. Cotton Is another crop that iu-
onda on little else than production lu the
United States and the consumption in the
ullls of Europe and this country.
The course of prices In Interior markets
often attended with extreme fluctuation.
study of Chicago Stock exchange prices
ircscnta some remarkable vagaries. For
so. 2corn the lowest since 1860 was 20
ents In ISC1 , although the highest rate or ,
ho same year was 45 rents. The highest
this long period 'was J1.12 In 1SG7 , with
16& cents as the lowest quotation of the
lame year , The. . lowest In 18C3 waa Just 25
.wlco that of ISC2. The lowest quotation
'or No. 2 oats was 13 cents In 1801 , next
vas 16 cents In I860 and 1862 , and 16
ents In 1835. The highest in the period
.vas 90 cent In 1S64 , 81 cents in 18C5 , and
cents la 18CS. Jn fourteen years the to
ilghcat quotation was at least twlco that
the lowest in the same year , allowing
ho extreme raiigo of ijpeculatlve
t \nisrt THI > FACTS.
of Coniiiinillllrn llrfore nml
Afl.T < hr 'Crime of 'Tit. "
Cnrl Schtirz In ChlenKo.
Look at facts which nobody disputes.
That there * has been a considerable fall In
prices of many articles elnco 1S73 IB
certainty true. But was this fall caused by
the so-culled demonetization of silver
through the act of 1S73 ? Now , not to speak
of other periods of our history , surh as
the period from 1S3S to 1SJ7the Irish
famine year every old man luiows that
there was a considerable fall In prlrts ; but
this fall In prices was not ronflned to
agricultural products alone. After the \\ar
cotton , for Instance , dropped from | 1 a
pound In 1S64 to 17 cents In IS71. and wool
from $ t a pound to10 cents and in many
industrial products there was a material
decline In price before 1871.Vh.it hitppeii'- !
before 1S73 cannot have been caused by
what happened In 1S73. This Is clear. The
shrinkage after 1S7.1 may , therefore , have
been caused by something else. II the so-
called demonetization of silver In Ii73
caused the gdld dollar , or the dollar on the
gold basis , to become a 200-rrnt dollar at
nil , then It became a L'00-c-r-nt dollar at
mice and for everything. It could not possibly
bo at the same timen 200-ct-nt dollar for
wheat anil a 120-cent dollar for coal , and n
150-ccnt dollar for cotton , and a lUO-crnt
dollar for corn , or for pitchforks , axes ,
wagons , plows , and reapers. I challenge
nnjoneto gainsay this. Now for the farts.
Thp act of 1S73 In qticcitloil became a law
on the 12th of February. What was tin-
effect ? Wheat , rye , oats , and corn rose
above the price of 1S72 , while cotton di > -
cllncd. In 1S74 wheat dropprd a little ;
corn made a Jump upward , cotton declined ;
oats and rye rose. In 1S75 there was a gen
eral decline. In 1S7I1 there was a rise In
wheat and u decline In corn , outs , rye , and
cotton. In 1S77 there was another rise In
wheat , carrying tlio price above that of
1870 , and up to that of 1871 , years preceding
the act of 1S73.
Evidently , so far the 200-ccnt dollar had
not made Its appearance In any degree.
( In all those years the greenbacks , In which
prices were tiuotcd in the market , were-
gradually rising In gold value from 1S70
to 187S , when they touched par with gold ,
and the prices above quoted are in green
backs. ) Hut then In 1S7'J specie payments
were resumed , Metallic money circulated
again. And , more than that , the cry about
"tho crime of 187.1" resounded In congress
and In the country. Then at last the 200-
ccnt gold dollar had Its opportunity. Prices
could no longer plead Ignorance. What
"lappencd ? In 1SSO wheat rose above the
price of 1S79 , likewise corn , cotton , and
oats. In 1S81 wheat rose again , also corn ,
oats and cotton. In 1SS2 wheat and cotton
declined , while corn and oats rose. The
reports hero given are those of the New
York market. They may vary somewhat
from reports of farm prices , but they present
ho rise and declines ot prices with sub
stantial correctness.
Thcso facts provo conclusively to every
sane mind that for nine years after the
act of 1873 six years before and three years
after the resumption of specie payments
ho prices of the agricultural staples men
tioned , being In most Instances considerably
above 18GO , show absolutely no trace of any
such effect as would have been produced
.ipon them had a great and sudden change
in the purchasing power of the money of
the country taken place : that It would be
childish to pretend that , but for the act of
1873 , those prices would be 100 , or GO , or
25 , or 10 per cent higher , and that therefore
all this talk about the gold dollar having
become a 200-ccnt dollar , or a 150-cent dol-
"ar , or 125-ccnt dollar. Is pardon the ex
pression arrant nonsense. Since 1SS2 the
price of wheat has , indeed , very much de
clined , although In IS'Jt it reached once more
In New York ? 1.09 , while corn sold in 1891 ,
1S92 , 1S93 and 1894 higher than In 1S79. Dut
'f the act of 1873 , which , had It really en-
lianccd the purchasing power of the dollar ,
would have done so promptly and uniformly ,
produced no such effect for nine years after
ts enactment , It would be absurd to say
that It produces It twenty years after Its
enactment. Is not this clear ?
CO.\CK1T.
rviit AVnilM of It l > iHrll > n < < -i ! on tlir
Ill lnvn.vn nml H.viviiyH.
Kansas City Stnr ( dem ) .
Mr. Hryan 1ms discovered that the Inflow
of gold now In progress Is duo to "the
mere nomination of a candidate for presi
dent on a free silver platform , " and he
continues : "My friends , If a nomination will
start such a flow of gold to the United
States , what will be the enormous flow when
we actually have a president who Is for
"ree silver ? " That may bo put down as the
most rr-markablo piece of financial philoso-
hy which has yet come from Mr. Uryan.
eople who nro acquainted with the Inter
national trade conditions recognize that this
nflow of cold is duo to large exports oi
merchandise and small Imports. The
August exports were $17,000,000 In exccaa
of the Imports , and the proportion has been
about the same for this month. Even that
.vould . not suffice to bring back gold but
'or the fact that Interest rates are high in
New York , and some people there are per-
"cctly willing to borrow gold from European
capitalists and agree to pay gold back.
It would bo Interesting to know by what
process of reasoning Mr. Hryan traces the
nllow of gold ta the nomination of a free
silver candidate for president. If free silver
s to have the effect of forcing Europeans
o pay advanced prices for American gooda ,
.ertalnly It ought to have the effect ot In
ducing Americans to hold their commodities
until after the election Instead of selling
them so freely before. Or , perhaps , Mr.
Uryan argues that the foreigners are In
haste to buy American property and Amer
ican securities while they are cheap , so as
to profit from the great advance In prices ,
which , according to Air. Hryan , Is to be
the effect of free silver coinage. If that Is
the case , how does It happen that holders
of gold In this country are not falling over
each other in their haste to get rid of their .
sold In exchange for property ? Hoes Mr.
Dryan think foreign capitalists are so much
smarter than American capitalists In this
respect ?
Moreover , If there Is such a disposition
on the part of foreigners to buy American
property before free silver advances valura ,
why Is It that these same capitalists are not
buying silver on speculation ? Silver has
declined several cents an ounce during the
past few weeks , Doubtless Mr. Uryan
would explain that by applying the con
spiracy theory , and declaring- that the gold
manipulators are purposely keeping silver
down so fis to make It appear that a free
silver victory would not advance the price
of sliver. In other words , the gold con-
spit ators are buying American property seas
as to profit from the success of free silver ,
and yet are doing all they can to prevent
the diction of a free silver candidate.
The logic Is Hryanesquo to the extremes !
degree ,
A TKI.IMiH.U'UKIl'.S TKHTIMONV.
OtiNurvatloiiN of nil Opt-rulor In
Silver Mi-ilro.
Courier-Journal ( dem. )
The ItallroaJ Telegrapher , published at
I'eorla , III. , for the Order of Hallroad Teleg
raphers of North America , has a. letter from
a
Mr. A. 3. Dorsey with reference to Mexico.
Ho says that Mexico is not what It was
eight or ten years ago. At one time- the
railroads employed all Americans for oper
ators , and the wages were not less than
UOU a month , and from that to $ U'5 and
150 a month. This was at a time when
Mexican money was worth S8 cents on the
dollar In gold.
Things have changed. Mexican operators In
began to be Introduced , and wages went
down. Now all Hie roads but one are cm-
ploying nearly all Mexican operators , and
they get J25 to $40 Mexican money , worth
about 60 cents on the dollar In our money.
Even on the one exceptional road , the Mex ;
ican operator * are getting a foothold. A :
man there who earns $35 a month enjoys a
comparative distinction , since the masses
earn ICES , though It is only JI7.GO In our .
money , :
The name writer says section hands get c
62 cents a day , equal to 31 cents of our
money , ana ranchers and farmers pay hands
to 30 cents a day , equal to 12 VI ; to IS
cents of the silver money of the United :
States , :
Do the worklngmen of this country envy
the prosperity that the Dryan I tea say free :
silver hag given to Mexico T Do they desire u
see the United States reduced to the
monetary basis and the wage scale which , as
the populists boast , has umJu Mexico so it
prosperous ? :
iISA.S. .
Ilcntttlfiil In Tlionrj , lull Itm-i-l.v
Kottnil In I'rnrllrc.
Chlcnffo Itccoril ,
In an article on Chicago gas affairs the
Economist of this city tays the relations bc-
tncen the vatlous Chicago gas companies
are now more harmonious than has been
the case for some time. All the present
gas Interests , It Is &alJ , the Ogden company
Included , will unite to secure from the next
general assembly legislation In the Interest
of closer union. "It Is now , of course , o\l-
dcnt , " says the Economist , "that there Is a
complete imderstAtidltiK tic-tucrit the old
fuel gns companies and the Hyde I'ark
Mutual fuel ami the Universal. The Uni
versal now lias Its plant , which will bo the
LitResl single plant In the world , and which
wilt havea eap.iclty almost equal to the
entire output f the rhlcago gas companies ,
almost completed. The plant \\lll be ready
to start ( Ires next month , but practically no
mains have been laid , ami them Is appar
ently no intention ot laying but n ! > mill ;
amount. It is evident s.onv1 understanding
rx'sls ' for the sale of the product of lh
Universal plant , airtl there set ins In be ever
likelihood that It will supply not only th
Mutual Fuel company , but also a largo pai
of the gas needed by the Chicago gas com
Here again Is evldom-e nf tht Inovltabl
failure of attempts to secure effectual com
petition In the gtia business. There la
state law designed to prevent tlio consollda
tlon of stii'h rompanlps , nnd It Is effoolual I
prevcntiiiK formal coinblnallona. Hut 1
reality the different Has companies act It
thorough accord with one another , am
from the very nature of things they wll
tontlnuo to do so , no matter how many no\
ones come Into the field. Under the pic
that competition will be the means of securing
curing cheaper gas for the people "boodle"
aldermen now nnd then put through th
council n franchise for n new company
Hut the long-looked for competition neve
comes. Hcforo the plant of the new pom
pany Is In working order It Is found con
dueling Its business In harmony , If not It
actual co-operntlon with the old companies
The granting of the new franchise ha
simply meant the creation of more secitrl
tics onhlrh the people are compelled t
pay dividends.
The gas business Is n natural monopoly
The way to provide cheap gnu Is for the mu
nlclpallty to recognize the business as i
monopoly and then place that monopoly
inder municipal control. Competition wll"
never accomplish the desired result.
OHTTIXfi IJXCITISD.
Thu llniiil" rldiiK' oil ( In- Walt A di
lutes Cnnillclii * < ' llryuil.
Kansas Clly Htnr ( Ind. dem. )
Mr. Dryan In his speech nt Richmond
Friday took occasion to read out of th
party those democrats who have excrclsm
the privilege of upholding the gold stand
ard. He said : "I want to warn you who
are contemplating desertion from the
ilcmocratlc party that the man who , In
ho face of such an enemy , goes to the
rear and Is found in secret conference will
he enemy. Is a traitor upon whom the bra IK'
shall bo placed , and he shall not come back
again. " This Is the most emphatic language
which Mr. Hryan has used since ho begar
: ils Itinerancy , nnd It may be said that It !
at least a distinct digression from his well
worn arguments In favor of free coinage.
As to what the effect of his utterance will
1)0 ) time alone will tell. If Mr. Bryan has
any conservative followers It Is doubtfn
whether this outbreak will meet with their
approval. It was , to say the least , a tactlca !
Blunder. The resentment which the free
liver nominee manifests toward the goli' '
ilemocraU Indicates that lie apprehends that
heir action will result In the defeat ot his
cause , and Is n confession ot fear that a
more Judicious leader would not have
made.
Mr. Bryan Is scarcely In a poslton to criti
cise the democratic bolters , since he made
bold proclamation in advance of the Chicago
convention that In case that body declared
'or the existing standard he would quit the
party. Had the advocates of the gold stand
ard been In the majority at Chicago the
country would doubtless have witnessed the
pectacle of Mr , Bryan assisting In the or
ganization of a new party on a .free coin-
ape basis. Ho surclv ought to concede to
others a right which he had openly re
served for himself.
- SIKH i.nr.ii TO SIIOUI.DKK.
1'iilon of .So u nil .Money .lli-n AKiiliiNt
KiiiSilvir CiiiHlIilnlpH.
I'hlladelphla Hecord ( dem. )
Congressman Mercer , secretary of the re
publican congressional committee. Is au
thority for the statement that wherever
it shall appear that a sound money demo
crat has a better chance of election to
congress than the republican candidate
"steps will be taken to throw the strength
of the republican forces to the gold standard
democrat. "
" 'hero are , of course , many states in
which such a combination will be unneces
sary ; but there are , nt least , nn equal
number In which It would be both desira
ble and feasible. And since such a course
of action would accord alike with the dic
tates of patriotism and expediency , while
extending to the political field the principle
of reciprocity , the plan snould be given
the fullest possible application as wan
long ago suggested In these columns. The
sound money forces may fight together or
separately In the presidential fleld ; In the
congressional fleld , however , they mint
close up their ranks If they would keep
the sllverltes from slipping through the
gaps and outflanking them.
1'HHSOXAI. AM ) OTI1IOHVISi : .
The yell of the electoral college has not
been arranged yet , but the prospect Is that
It will not have a silver tone.
Miss Mary Taylor , who is said to have
been the herolno ot the poem , "Mary Had a
Mttio Lamb , " died recently at Somcrvllle ,
.Mass. [
Henceforth the ameer of Afghanistan Is to
bo known as the "Light of the World. " His
majesty Is having a gold coin struck to
commemorate his new dignity.
One of the flrat signs of reviving business
Is a demand for extra-sized slates for the
men who are figuring up the McKlnley
majorities In the several commonwealths.
Polk Wells , the noted train robber who
died In the Iowa penitentiary a few days ,
ago , willed his heart and skeleton nnd all
the bullets found in his body to the man
who married I'olk's divorced wife.
James Clinton , formerly well known so
cially In Haltlmaro , has done a somewhat
unusual thing. Several years ago ho en-
llsled as a private In the United States /
army , and , solely through his personal
merits , hu has risen to the grade of second
lieutenant.
When Governor Bradley of Kentucky goes
away on stumping tours or for private busi
ness ho always pays Acting Governor \Vorlli-
Ington for his services to thu state out of
his own pocket. When he Is away on the ;
state's business he lets the state pay the
man who takes the executive chair.
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the United
States pensioners paid at thu Baltimore aub-
treafiiiry on Tuesday. Hu was questioned ante
to his Identity before ho received his money
and gave satisfactory evidences of his de
serts as a union soldier In the war of the
ichelllon. Reorgo Washington Is anot'ier ' V
pensioner paid there. , .
Homer S. Cummlngs , "Sam" KeBseiiden'B * '
law partner , whom the Cunnuctlrn demo Ii
crats have nominated for scen.tjry of it te , IiSI
proves to bo only 20 years old. Ho was a SI
'
graduate of the Sheffield Scli-nMflr school SIa
at Yale in 1891 anil of the Vale I/iw fu'hool a
1S93. Ho was a leading scholar rt Yale
and on three occasions repriMmileil the a
university in debates agilnst Harvard.
"Labby" woke up In the Engadlno the v\ \
ither day to find himself famous , but In a
left-handed way. A Swiss paper announced vd
he arrival of "Sir Labouchere , member pf
he Chamber ot Lords of Great Britain d
iml vice president of thu Honorable Com-
iany of the South African Indlea. " " 1'oor tl
l.abby ! " comment * an Kngllsh paper , "to
htnk that all hla effortu to nit upon the
Chartered : Company should end In this. "
The Chicago Tribune reiterates : ho story
that U la tie | general belief In IndUna tl-at
Senator Daniel W. Voorheeti will noon rtf-
lru from public llfo because of the ccmll-
Ion of his health. lib trouble IB undcr-
itood. to bo an affection of the heart. Hia
erm In the United Slates Ec-nate will end
March next. He lias served In II at
jody uninterruptedly since Novemoor , 1F-77.
uving been appointed by Governor Will Pins
that Uiui ) to fill the vacancy caused by
bo death of Oliver P. Mortou.
lilt IT.lt V AMI Tl IllCm * .
Washington Test : The old storj- . Hacked
by the powers , secure of dupes ready nnd
willing to do her work , who so ferocious
and so oxorbearlng as Ore.it IlrltalnT Left
to herself , who so quick to leave the field
nnd occupy herself with "ItopcT1 lift * It
not been said and truly that for 100 year
Kngland has not , single-handed , fought fl
people who wore trousers or were ac
qtMlntcd with modern Implements ot war !
Hoston Advertiser : Admitting that pub
lic feeling In UreAt Hrlt.itn bag been o out
raged that the government would never
again be supported In siding with Turkey ,
the government Is alleged to declare that
"If the powers cannot co-opernto In ending
the carnage caused by Turkish misrule , the
only rourse open to Great Hrltaln Is to stand
aside nml hope for a more satisfactory state
of affairs. " There Is high moral courage for
you. Thu boldness of such a stand Is simply
sublime.
Philadelphia Inquirer : It Is admitted on
all sides that the real reason why tlio roil-
Um-nt.il powers will oppose Ungland taking
the Initiative In dealing with the Turkish-
quest lun Is bora u so ot her occupation of
Kgypt. At the time ot the Arnbl t'aslm
revolt Nhe asked Prance to Jointly Interfere
wlt'i hrr , but Franco refused and Rnglaml
nrtrd alone. There Is no doubt that the
bonedts to Kgypt have been of the moat
material character , but as Kngland still re
fuses to withdraw from the country , alleg
ing that the time is no ) yet ready , the
powers , who have nil along looked Jealously
on her. accuse her of breach of faith anil
doubtless deelaie to each other that she
would play the simo game It she secured
a foothold In Turkey.
.ItMvKHS * f'AMI'AIKV.
Chlrnpo Ilecord : "What wns Hint fine
si-nilnieiit tlmt Uryun got oil the other
ilay ? "
"Ito said wo must not drop the bough of
thorns upon the corns of labor. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Whnt docs ifo
menu by nn appreciated dollar ? " linked
Weary Wnlklns , nn thn five Kllver advo-
rnte WKH holding forlli. "More'tl I know , "
iiiixwei-oil Hungry Hindus. "Kur ns thnt
KOCH , IM iipiirecliito a nickel If I coultl git
holt oC It. "
llttffnto Kxprcss ; Lemuel Jones "I tell
yo' It' you voles < U > Hllvnh ticket you la n ,
reiHidlasliunlst.llnko Jnekxon "Holo on
ilnr , chile ; doun you net funny nn' cull > mo
nny Indecent nntnrx or you'll be lookln' fern
n doctiih wlv a needle and plenty of
thread. "
Chicago Hcoord : "Talk about your Roldon
autnnin ; there's lots of silver In nature ,
too. "
"Yew , but It's mostly frost or moonshine. "
C'hlrncro Test : " \Vlmt In thn dlftercnce , "
the miijor naked , between ptilTs at his seed
nnd Havana Hller with the Wisconsin
wrapper "what Is the difference between
Mr. llrynn nnd HufTnlo Hill7"
"Give It up , " replied the man with the
winter overcoat nnd the tan bicycle shoes ;
"what Is the difference between Mr Uryun
and HurTalo Hill ? "
"Huffulo 1)111 ) , " said the major , "has n ,
show. "
Indinnnpolta Journal : "What nro you
rending , .rohnny ? " asked the father.
" .list a book of fairy talcs , " said the son.
"Seems to me you are ( jetting too old to
bo Interested In that sort of thliiR. "
"Really , " remarked the mother. "Didn't
I hear you lust evening1 reading the predic
tion that Uryan would'carry New York ? "
SEIjF-SATlSKIKD.
ChlcnRO Tost.
Softer than the summer breezes
Gently wafted from the south
Are the UntlnnnhulntloiiH
Of my automatic mouth.
How I love Its giddy gurgle ,
How I love Its ceaseless How ,
How I love to wind my moult up ,
How I love to hear It go !
TWO FOISTS.
Somcrvlllo Journal.
The poet snt In his cnsy chair.
In n llbniry rich nnd grand.
With etchings , and busts , und cases of. .
rnru
Old books on every hand.
He sipped his wine , und he smoked liU
pipe ,
As In luxury he wrote ; .
Hut the poem bu polished In languid case
No llvhiff man can quote.
Another poet in nn tittle high
Uistit over u table liire : ;
And he thought , as he worked , with a tired
sigh ,
Of the min in the onny ehalr.
He wns hungry ami fnlnt , for lite with him
Was mostly unbroken fast ;
Hut the poem ho wrote , to enrn a meal ,
Will live while the world shall lust.
s just as important tea
a proper toil.et as any
Dther feature of man's
iress ,
The fall styles , for
hose that like them ,
are rather gay thissea-
son and some -of the
30or combinations are
/ery attractive. We
lave a beautiful as-
iortment that ranges
all the -way from grave
o gay and the prices
are as attractive as the
joods.
Neckwear , how-
jver , is only a detail :
ve have complete
ines of underwear ,
inens , handkerchiefs ,
'Uspenders , gloves and
ill the other thingsthat
man needs for his I
wardrobe.
j
A feature of ourun- *
lerwear and shirts is
hat they fit ,
Sole agents for the celebrat-
el YOUMAHS HATS.
S. W. Cor , ISthnud
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