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Vn TTTTi "P p jni HI? PHTTH V snlted'in failing prices, and when in a
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advanced ltwas the increased-European.
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF SUPPLY j demand, which meant that the crop was
i not larger as comparea vim uuiisuxi;-
AND DEMAND.
Free Silvcrftes Sliould SIrady This History
of Production nr.d Prices fc.iuco 1791.
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What the Uncord cf Crops Proves Sil
ver Has Xo Heet on Trices.
The spread of- i
eo:naqQ sentiment
iVVi rpoTiitPd the nrice. xiie
record further proves .that in the year
1845, when the silver: tes claim that sil
ver was the unit of value, the price of
cotton in the United States was lower
than at any time in the history of the
country. In view of these facts we
should hear no more of the price of cut-
in the southern t1chaa beea p.mo-t , ton asarfeason for debasing our currency
entirely due to me bene tpiat; ii.e iowfi puttin ,t on tbe silver standard,
price cf cotton vas cavx-d ip7 tne arop- j J . p - .-
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uvcc'ates c;
Tne in a
a 50 ccl
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ALL DEBTWj NOT DISHONEST.
SILYER IN MEXICO.
HOW THE LABORER IS ROBBED BY
THE CHEAP DOLLAR.
dollar in lino ruction cZ the c
been that tl
fciher Wi:3 the c:
f--v ! ; Free Silver Me?.ss Tliat Creditors Are $o
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riicu iaii
J..!ie CO Per Cent.
13 the .proposition for "free silver at
JG to 1" expedient" and honest?
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A bullet in ju-i: ironed by the depart- j c-irippca ex. verwayo, w:e uiuiuua
of theprcducl.o.M.'u price of cotton for
over ICO year;? proves conclusively that
in cotton during thy pa-t 2D years.
lianjeaiars ana Uiii.xxiiica cuiiiUu ux ojx-
3n Tame oi cot
th"I701, with a crop
the ufco ci S iver
to do with tl:o c
ton. Beginning '
of 8,880 bai-cs, wcrl'h cn an average 23
cents per ik::-;-- 1 ho - United States,
the precinct i-:.;: increased during
the nest ten years to 210, oiG bales, and
the price at "il.o time advanced to
44 cents. In the crop was 241,223
bales, of which 120,619 were shipped to
Great Britain, bv
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to the gteat-
ly increased supply and a large stock
154,000 bales on Lund at the close of
the year, the price dropped to 19 cents
per pound in Kew Yot"L v
In spito cf- this reraarkablo decrease
.in price the crop increased . to 040,000
bales in 1810, worth 3 0 cents. In 1810.
the crop wa-3 4o7,Go bales, but the
ver cioiiars, eacn i0iar to con tarn up- ;
proximately 50 cents worth of silver !
bullion; to discard all - provisions for '
a:
compel by "law the acceptance of the ;
new dollars in payment of all debts. -.. i
The obiect is to reduce the value of j
juarauteeing. the concurrent circulation ith
tnd parity of gold and silver, and to j 01(
Tbe Condition of the Toiler In That Coun
try Is a Warning to Be Heeded-Wases
Merely a Pittance, and laving Is Made
liigher by Free Silver.
Some things would seem to be so cer
tain that it is a waste of time to argue
about them. Among these is the condi
tion of the pejOple of Mexico, which ev
erybody knows- is in every respect in-
i ferior to that cT the people of the United
States. Yet the siiverites have cheek
enough to brazenly claim that the Mex
icans are more prosperous than wo are.
The following letter, recently published i
in the New York Sun, shows the real
facts as to Mexico's alleged prosperity:
Mexico, July 6, 1895.
The fight over the financial question
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now cn in rne united fctates is watcnea
eager
less and interest by mine
owners uere. Whenever the united
States throws open her mints to the free
and unlimited coinage of silver the
mining property , of Mexico, will Be en-
tne cionar aeoxu. cne-nai, ao j i hanced in value in the same proportion
ins creditors to take this dollar for debts i c iot in nnlnmrin i-nr.rii ovion
enormou
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increased aemi
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irom
Grent Erica: n forced prices up to 29'
cents, and the next year to 04 cents.
These high price:"? caused an increase in
the acreage of cotton, and by 1820 the
crop was 00, 001 bales and the price
dropped to 17 cents. The production in
creasing, pric-s fell, in 1322; to 11.40
cents, and in !827, with a crop of 957,
281 "bales, vv with 562,oG0 bales in
stock, to 0. 20 "cents.'
By 188 1- an i'-re !t:o in the European
demand fcr cotton had advanced the
price to nearly.- 13 cents, with a crop of
1,20V!- 4 bslcs. For; the next five years
piV I i-'-uated widely, averaging from
7 to 20 cents p:r pound, and when, in
1840, the crop amounted to 2,177,855
bales, the average price went down to
8.92 cents. The great crops and the ac
cumulation of large stocks in Liverpool
caused. Cj still further decline, in 1845
reaching 5 cents, the lowest recorded
price, with a crop of 2,394,503 bales.
By 1850 prices had .advanced to 12.34
cents, and for the next ten years aver
aged about 11 cents, the crop increasing
to 3,655,557 in 1850 and to 4,861,292
in 1860.
The war which broke out in 1861
'brought on the "cotton panic, " which
lasted to 1S66, wherr prices went as high
as $1.89 per pound. The close of the
war left many cf tho cotton growing
states in an impoverished condition, and
it was not until 1870 that the crop was
as large as that of 1860. In the mean
time tlu price had f allen with the grad
ual incieasein production until in 1871,
with a crop cf . 4,352; 31 7 bales, it aver
aged 1G.95 cent?. . In 1872 cotton was
badly damaged" by excessive rains, and
ny 2,974,351 bales, the
in ib&u me crop
les a:id the price had
with a croo oi
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9,035,379 .bales, the.
:r ting to 2,253,000
price reaciica
vas i),!uJ,, ; .
f alien to 1;;.0:?. .'
Tho increased r-.:rep?an demand for a
time preVoiit ed pricca falling to the level
of t:.o decade pv-'irl-cr to thewar, but
by 1 T-y.; ; rck on hand began to in
crca.. . p .- I the, donuind, and in 1891
the unheard of crop of . 8,053,597 bales
forced the price down to 9.03 eeuts. In
189'3 tho . crop
stock on hand amor
bales. Prices fell to 7.64 cents, bat ad
vanced in V- y., when on account of un
favorable weatPer tho- crop fell off to
6,70V"; ;- bi1- to, 8.24 cents. An in
crease to 7,510,8-17' bale3 in 1894 was
followed by a d'-clino in price, and the
greatest crop c:i record in 18G5, amount
ing to abcut 9,470,435 bales, brought
'down the price to G. 26.
The following table gives the compar
ative crops -and stocks of cotton and the
lowest and higheet prices in the United
States for two decades, 'showing that
prices reached the ' lowest point during
the years when the accumulation of sur
plus stocks was the largest, and that
those
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Crops in
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Thi it c-jiu of ee-op.j and prices proves
that in;PeV of l;eing caused by an in
crease cr' dacrcaiiO in the use of silver
money, the price of cotton depends in
every case on the relation between sup-
PhHdren Cry for
to scala all existing obligations. Th
only exception will be where the shrewd
creditor has stipulated for payment in
gold. Such creditor will be paid in full,
but the unsuspecting man or woman
who has merely I trusted to the honor of
the "nation is to be "dene up," just in
proportion as the dollar is scaled.
The Populists are solid fcr this
scheme. It's in their line cf business.
They are opposed to a dollar having any.
intrinsic value, but if they must have a
dollar worth anything at all the less it
is worth the better it suits them. Very
few Republicans take any stock in the
scheme, and the more it is' studied the
sooner it will be dropped by all think
ing men.
The agitators assume, because Kansas
people are in debt, that every Kansas
man ought to join in the clamor for
such dollars. I deny that it is the duty
of any man, because he lives in Kansas
and is in debt, to favor a scheme which
his conscience tells him is wrong.
I am as much in debt as the average
Kansan, but I cannot see why this fact
should blind the conscience or destroy
the ability of a man to reason on such
questions. I believe in bimetallism and
in the use of the largest volume of sil
ver as standard money which can be
maintained at a parity with our gold
and paper money, so that all of our dol
lars will be equal for all purposes. But
the Harvey programme is merely a
scheme to scale our standard dollar -in
which all contracts have been niado-
for the purpose of robbing creditors.
has shown that- the salary of the laborer
will be the same, at least so far as Mex
ico is concerned. The dividend of the
stockholder will alone be increased.
The average of wages ranges from 122
to 25 cents a day in the cities and haci
endas or plantations of Mexico, and in
the remote mining districts it is a little
more. All laborers have to "find" them- I
selves in Mexico. On all plantations
there are stores owned by the landlord.
What is usually earned by labor on the
land is always spent with the owner of it.
The question naturally arises, espe
cially after one has heard the promises of
the silver men on the floors cf congress,
Why have wages not risen in Mexico?
Why, even on a silver basis, are they so
much 1 jwer than the lowest paid in the
Unite-I States? It must be remembered,
too, tlae- the wages paid here are in a
depreca ted coin, worth only half as
much as the same amount received for
labor in the United States.
On all sides one hears the answer that
the silver basis in Mexico is not respon
sible i :-r the low wages. This is partially
true, ; at. still wages have not increased
or made any advance under the free
coinage) of "silver. The chief argument
of tho diver men in the States seems to
be that wages will advance and that
the volume of currency will be largely
inflated. .
Nothing which has been promised by
the silver men has come to pass here.
Wages are lower and living higher.
J Since silver has decreased in value to
I auuut uiie-naxi, everything proaucea m
If these agitators simply wanted to j thig country which competes with the
eapen the dollars for use in future mnWc u i,oa ;n
cheape:
business transactions, they would advo
cate a law making the new dollars legal
tender for future debts only. But that's
portionately. The only products which
have remained at nominally the old
figure are those which are not grown for
nnt. tu-hn.fc thfi-p want; Tlior inict. fhnf I . -.
"""" v""-,u i export; ana wmcn ao not come m con-
these new cheap dollars must be made j tact with similar products grown in
a legal tender for all debts. countries which have a sound currency.
I am opposed to that because it is dis- Even coffee which is one of the staple
honest. If anybody can prove that it is j products, has risen to such a point as to
honest, I will be glad to be for it. But j practically be bevoud'the reach of the
he must prove it by some better argu- . Rad the ' laborer, while the only
ment than the; threadbare assertion that beef cver ia r0,;ch of tbe peon is that
John Sherman conspired with the J wIlicll is CVlt fxcm tbo dead aaimais aft
Rothschilds to rob innocent people 20 er the bull frdif '
years ago, for even if that idiotic state- j " Butter is'dear as to make it a lux
ment were truo it would be no reason ury t0 nil c,., Vnid it is ordered in
why you and I should conspire to rob a i re3taurants as dainties are. Eeer, which
much-larger number of equally innocent. -j is a .ll;::fiard driek here, sells for 15
peopje toaay. ueorge Li. uougias
Kansas City Star.
Red Kidics Ilood Un to Date. , '
"But, grandma, what long, stiff ears
you have got?"
' ' The better to hear what you say, my
darling," said the wolf, and his eyes'
glared greener than ever.
"What large green eyes you have got,
grandma !" said little Red Riding Hood,
cent: a g!as3, and the only liquor which
is to b had by tho laboring classes is a
native drink called "pulque," a milk
like
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be
rage which produces
some oi the results cf the malt product
wifkor;t- possessing any cf its virtues.
When these facts .are pointed out to
! the
silver man from
the States, he at
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so frightened she knew not what to
say.
"The better to see you with, mv
child," chuckled the, wolf, "showing his
ugly teeth.
"Grandma, what a lame mouth, and.
on, what b
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An, an, a:
pieces and eat
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throwing off his dis::
;eth yon nave got !"
the better to tear you to
"cu with. " said the wolf.
once : ays that suc'i a condition of things
could not exist there; that labor is too
well organized to permit such a state of
affaiy to last. The politician as well as
the laborer knows that there can be no
fictitious value in labor, and, moreover,
that less than 2 per cent cf the great
mass oi labor in the United States is or
ganized. The low wages here are not
confined alone to what may be termed
the laboring class, but all salaries are
proportionately small The best of clerks
in the stores get from $50 to 8100 a
month. The most expert bookkeepers
can seldom get . more than from 60 to
$90 a month. Yet in this class of life
the clothes they wear, the food they eat,
are bought at gold prices. While his
salary is higher, yet the bookkeeper's
necessities are so much the greater.
Argue as they will, there can be but
one result from a silver basis in the
United States, which should be made
clear to all who are dependent for their
living upon their labor. It is that wages
would not be perceptibly increased, and
that tho purchasing power of those
wages would be diminished almost half.
Rents have been steadily advancing
here, and they would be put up in any
country which depreciates its money.
Whenever the United States goes upon a
, silver basis, the earning, power of her
Vv'ouitia' aalV'Xiieia.
We would oner no objection to tho
unlimited use of silver at its real vn Imp i laoorers, artisans and clerks will be cut
Lefthe government offer to coin it into ! alrt- in two, while the clothes they
pieces of convenient size ft"d saiur i vvear, tie houses they live in, the food
libera aeeornraa to tneir weislit iin& fine
ness and let them pass current. at their
actual value. How many of the silver
owners would take advantage of their
silver in that way? ISot any, but no
fairer plan can be cu&red. West Ala
bamian. Pitcher's Castoria.
they eat, will be increased almost dou
ble. Seeing the condition of the toiler
and the peasant here, in a country upon
a silver basis, it can be but the one
Player of an American visiting Mexico
that his own country may be spared the
folly of doing what would be an irre
parable wrong.
.4lv Americas Democrat.
for Infants and Children.
" Castoria is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me." II. A. Archer, M. D.,
Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
tTHe use of 'Castoria1 is so universal and
its merits so well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are tho
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
ritfxin easy reach'
Carlos TiTartyx, D. D.,
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
gestion, Without injurious medication.
"For several years I have recommended
Castoria, and shall always continua to do
so, as it has invariably produced beneficial
results."
Edwin F. Pardee, 31. D.,
123th Street and 7th Ave., New York City.
ntiMiITiAim-ri 111
Kew York City.
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For Sprains, Stiff Joints and Harness Galls.
lb.
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Read His Positive Statement.
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Washixgto:,-, ZT. C, Feb. 14, 1805.
Lyon Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, JT. Y.
Gentlemen: I have used Mexican M;xs
tung Liniment for ten rears in mp livery
stable, and find that it is the best thins ia tho
world for a Heavet Horse, rut three table-
spoonfuk of Mustang Liniment in a pint, of
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