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_The Gastonia — - - , . - n,T"Ud to “»• ******** OI Horn, „« tH* JotinwiU „ t*. c««ntr< Vol. XVll. JwftJgifgSfcJ Gawtoiila, N. c„ May 7, 1800. ERRATIC FEMININE WAYS. BAB SOOBES THE WOJCAH BUR DEHED WITH “DtVITAriOH8." AiMrhna Unnl. at the Cur'. I.u MU«t-1k« Fair to ap. Tk.tr Uir far ArUMnuy-JaAirwa au Om parU With ltal.ii hHa-lMt t oar B—ha. Lur Your trt.aJ.-Ta. u.k or lawiuia ST. Lotas UepoUk-. If you with to be oonsldered smart, you are, of oouiae, announcing to your friends that May will Qnd yon In Russia wilnreilng the coronation or Ctar. I have been told of the pi ensure expected by women who will get no nearer to Russia than Uie quarter dedi cated to tbe Rnaslan Jews ou the Brot Side In New York City; and tho queer part of Ilia that Utcse India* who do not tell tbe entire truth are so placid about It. It takes a women to lie with ease. She can gat into her faco a look u* innocent as poasiblo, and then go I ahead Id bet effort to outdo Ananias. 1 can imagine that this great spectacle of the coronation will lie well worth acting, but t don’t think it will aver compare, aa a curiosity, with tha stolidity with which tbe spring-gowned young woman tells of her Invitulioo to be present, and of tie ImprrMioo that abe mad* on various Russlau nnblm whom she met abroad last season. I onoDot understand why Russia la so fascinating to woman. Possibly It Is because, in the history of the world, the most wtckrrl women have been Russian*. Possibly It ix because the* average Russian man, while good to look upon, is In reality, stupid. And, possibly, It Is because tbs line of caste is drawn very decidedly io *U the Russia*. VUUKS AKK HORS ARISTOCRAT A A Bcpoblis dots not appeal to any thing feminine. Tbe eternal feminine wants to nit upon a throne and com mand otter people, or else she wants to be soOclently near tbe throne to In fluence 1L With woman tn aristocra cy is • necessity, and altlKHigh we may talk until we are blue in our faces shout an aristocracy of brains, there never hat been and never will be one. Dralne bow to good manners and blood. Hometirnes, when I get to thinking very bard. 1 And myself predicting that 600 years from now tbe Celled Slates will bs a monarchy. The day when men of brains and wealth, men like Thomas Jefl-rson sod James Madison, longed to make all mea as near as possible equal, have gone by; In three days each city and otch little town has Its aristocracy, usually an aristocracy of wealth. Hut after two or three generations of wealth, tbsre begins to be a longing for an nrtsloerney of race; ho it, once tbe aristocracy of race and wealth, with a certain leaven of brain la in control. It win demand a leader, und a King will be tbo natural result. Wbo will be tbe King 600 year* from now » A desoeolnnt from the butcher Astor ? One of the tribe of Vander bilt boatmen ? Will the King come from oat of tbe West, end be descend ed from one of the railroad magnates, or from one of the workers wbo dng In tbs earth and found gold therein ? The King will not be a politician, of that I feel Bare* unites, Indeed, be should descend from ooe of Sbose dig nified Hew Euglsnd gentlemen who make polltlos not a question of money, but wbo need their money to purity polltlos. I am not speaking of any politicians of to day. Even In New England. X know of none wbo will anewer that dasorlption. But think It out. for youroslf. and decide under whose banner will the aristocrats of 2900 rally. AH TO CATIinulOT or KISS1A. But to return to Raul*. The wom an of today la a great admirer of Catherine of Buraia. She always ■peaks of her as possessing grant brain ami will power. She haa never teemed to me, however, tbe sort of person that I ahoold care to have an intimate acquaintance with. She began har career by kill log ber husband, and af ter that aha took fancies, so to say, to various gentlemen, to whom she gave her very loteuse love, and on whom she spent tbe wealth of all the Itus liana. One of theaa gentlemen, 1*.« tcmkln. was so weary of money that he bad lila books bound In hank notes, I may mention that 1 have never seen or borrowed on* of these books, bet I read this In tbe history of Russia writ ten In French. Speaking of borrow ing books, aren't they cheap enough, and Isn’t oar civilization old enough for that tort of thing tn cease f Yon or 1 loves book. W« spend many happy or unhappy hours over It Here a pas sage marked by a pencil; thare n specially beautiful description Is em phasized by aome nee leaves between the pa gee. and there, wall, there where there was something lbat appealed specially to your heart or to mine a trur drop fall, and a tear drop never fades. This booh is part of ons’e self. Soma day Ulaa Rosalind Flighty ap pears, aad as abe, after the mannor of ber kind, gone over your hooka, picks up this special one aad saks you tn lend it to liar, you are kind hearted and don’t know how to refuse. And Mils fool has In ber poaaaasloh what to really a port of yonr Ufa. And the elianoaa are ten to One that eh# peoolb certain ptget us 'lovely.” “too sweat for anything,” end when the book that von are rood of eomsa homo. If It ever does. It lies become M Inoculated with the Insipidity o( the borrower that yoa catch It up with tonga and put It la a let. Horn ell one I to* Borrower aeiecia your favorite poauxes, learn* Umiu by boart quote* thOtt to ether people, tell bow they wore marked la your book, and then atarta la to adapt tbam to your daily Itfa. Leo MOT UHD roc* HOOKM. l-oraooally, I do not lead *>y hooka. I need to. but tba ditmppearanr* of a raluaWa rreoak book, tbo myrtorr at tend ioa a book llluatrmtad bv John Laaob, tha walking away la oom aayo. lerlsue miDMr of an expensive dlo floury of quotations, add the disap pearance of no and of aovela tiaa made me brutal. Xow, I bgve Uta courage of my convictions, sod announce that } never lead a book. For myealf, I should Just as soon think of asking psopl* to lend me their underwear as to land ms of their library. Of oourae there are people In this world, ae I know to my sorrow, who do not draw thellnc at borrowing lingerie. Apropos of books, It you want one tor your '0t0. h* h*“d th« >lu 01 Dolly Madison, which has Just come out, and which will explain to her In tho moat ohertnlog manner bow a women can be fascinating and more than merely fascinating u> both man and women, and yet always be womnn admirer of Dolly Madison's, In her day what Ugrost lady Mils llttlo Philadelphia Quakeress was I No Queen ever sur l>aseed bet In dignity or In oliarm, Hnd no Queen ever realised better than sirs did bow to make people like her. And ibe managed this little U» of diplomacy as a woman and not as a I politician. Dully Madison would not huv« been In harmony with Uie ad vanood woman. BioycJes, bloomers und longings for notea would havo been Ur from her, but she would have ruled to-day Just as she did so marry years ago, and for the same reason—because was a charming woman. As 1 said tirforo. It Is a good book for a girl this story of her life, and a good book hpvcUUJy for the girl of to-day. KLXHI-, ORTTLX HT.BKt*. To-day. or rather to-night, nobody sleeps welt. Whether It is the fault or the noisy city, or overstrained nerves, of a troubled conscience, who can tell? Hut certain sure, that the doctor who will Dud an Inuooent opiate is tbe nno who will aiska « fortune. I don’t be lieve tbe beds themselves were over more beautiful; they are of enameled wood, of brass, of mahogany, bright ened with gilt In the Empire fashion, or of whatever material you will, but they are always marvelous studies of beautiful furniture. Gossip says that Jollen Gordon ileepa In a bed shaped like a swan, with draftings of lane about it; surely, slumbering in this way, the songs of tbe swap should oome to her In her dreams. Of r fash ionable divorcee It used to be said that her bed was like a huge hearse, heavy aud black. It Stood In the oentor of the room oa a raised platform, which made it necessary to climb two steps to get to it. When It was Brat brought ov«r from the other side, the heavy top was lined with a French mirror, for the purchaser did not know that Auretlcau ladies objected to this alvlo of bed, bnt tire truth was soon die covered, the looking-glass removed aud ruse eolored satin pot in its place. Those who know said that this bed room had a barren, oold look, and all that it tuggestod was the opinion glean of Raphael’s Madonna by Carlyle's servant—“It Is expensive. ” qUBZN KLlZABB-rn'S WAYS. That toneral type la the tort of bed Queen Elizabeth ought to have slept lu. This (Iaeon of England was un doubtedly s woman of greet strength of mind. No frivolous lace decorated bar nightgown, no roee-eoloTed knots were hero and there upon It, and no tbia mall made the gown In which ebe dreamed. No, lndoed; her favorite nightgown stm of purple velvet, trimmed elaborately with gold lace. Thin wan sofflotent reason far her re maining e virgin queen. But to return to beds. Mile. Mous sellne must have a bed that looks •Itoplo aod la expensive. It must be all white. He curtains of white Swiss muslin, Us ribbons of white satin— really. It most in tbe first place be as immaculate ss the lilies, and then It mast be kept no. Aod that ie why It costa to much. Mile. Monewilloe’s drapertee must be like herself un spot u-d The fancy for the silk cover lid* on one’s bad baa caused the heavy Marsellea counterpane to disappear, and this means that It le now pomible for one lo deep under something that le ten In weight than sheet inn, and which permits a little more ventilation than a stone wail. Doctor* t«U that more people luvo died from MareeilV s counterpane* than from pneumonia, and that Is saying a good bit. Tbe prettiest bed I ever taw whs Mrs. Langtry’s. The bed itself whs Chip pen dale; Ute dniperles, soft gray ben cade, with tiny flowers In faint figures upon them; the side curtains were of bolting eloth, those at tbe head of the laid embroidered In popples, and those at tbe foot lo morning-gloria*. But, after all, It is not tbe bed or it* drap ing, or ita covers, or it* curtulne, but It is the sleep that oee want* Aod one stay have tbe softest bod In tbe world, sod yet the roeo leaf bidden In it will Irritate tbe flesh and annoy the •oul. if on* Is awoke, tbe boars of the night are fust as long If one's bed I* draped In broeod* as if on* slept without curtains end on a bard cot. WmUH A.XU IT* DIAV0, Kew York la rampant in oolor. From roral purple to barn lug scarlet, from sunsbloy yellow to a Woe that blares, there la every color at Urn rain Imw, inteosllM and made laartiatle. Women's beads are topped by flower gardens Tbe styles am not ao pretty aa they wars when the simple cloth gown and tba small boaoet wars In vogue. Considering tbe extravagance of tba poor, and they are tba moat extravagant people In tbe world, It would seem aa If tlte old law regarding who sboald and wlio should not wear velvet brocade, silk or lace, far or jewels. should again ba enforced. Tba lady Who preatdaa In our kitchen la attired, on Sunday afternoon, In a gray caalimeie with pink brocade waietooet, cuff* and collar, nod she Is topped by a l*V•“t wreathed wttb pane roam, yellow janqudle and green leuva. Her uoaree, rough hands are equeesed In yallow ktd glove* two etna too email for her. It baa taken two month* warn to pay for this get up. Her underalotbm era in raga, bar shoes, art run down at Um beats, and aha hasn't MfW"**4- v’«*. hi reality, aba gsU beg ter wagm than tbe average »■>. luaamueh m slu pays noth board aud when holidays come rooolvca many presents. The furor* ror rioh materials and bright colon li ao great that, undoubtedly, women with good taste winding durlog Um summer mouths to prstly cottons aad to hatsi that have not all of the (lowers of the field aud garden and hothouse upon them. on i-ovain r and aut. There are so many kind ladles who are willing to teach the lower elaas many good things. Just now, they teem moat anxious to milk* them ap predata fine pictures I wish they wight bang Into tbalr beads something about the value of money nnd theseoee «!I disaslog to ault oue’s oomlilion tn lire. I can forgive the overdressing of a child; that 7s mother love. But. when wouieu who have to work bard for every dollar they possess speed it so Ignorantly it is quite time either for the charitably iocliued to teach them better or for lbs country to revive the old sumptuary laws. New York used **> Say that It was the Weal and the South that overdressed. That can no longer bo its claim, for bonnets and Trodis, pars ao Is and belts, glove* and Vi1* »7> gaudy of the gaudiest. 1 U ink if some of them oould only see thsmselvss as others see them they would not crown wrinkles aud tbe crow's feet with roans. Uundrrda of years sen the Jt-wieh maiden* wore, iu chatelaine fashion, small mirrors framed In brass, and these mirrors were tn show exactly Imw they looked wi vciwiim moes. uaua mirror* would H» used now>«Iiys. If the city would have a cbe.val gins* at every' e'.reet corner, however, acme good might come, and ono would not sec, ae one done nowaday*, u shabby »klrt with a Randy, overtrimmed bmlioe, a onotpleu ou» hat, nod h general air of over* drawing, that almost convince* one that ov*i talking, hut net ovrrthmklaR. ia the habit of the wearer. To bs a bit tUngy, thorn ia just too much of the bowery skirt and tbe Filth avenue bodice. COSSIgTEKC V, WIIECR ART THOU. Consistency I* lacking, (Innsisteuny iu everything. In politic* and in religtuo, a* wall aa iu dren*. Bow to *top it all ? lie tbe women to eel a good example, ltnmember that there ia a lime of the day that demand* simplicity; remember that churches w*re not Intended aa places to exhibit the handiwork of the dremmaker and the milliner. Hxmrmber that tbo (own tailed to on* woroao i* utterly unsuited to anoUmr. and rotnomhor al ways that on* never orr* by dressing quietly though daintily. ( love pretty thing*. I love to *oe women well dressed, bat I don't like this torrent of color and this overflow of cheap ma teriel* that are so conspicuous just now, for I do not think that any wom an looks well iu many color*, and i know that no woman can l* ell that sbe should be In cotton-backed brocade* or, indeed, in imitations of any aort. Thara Is something domoraUxiog about aa imitation. That I* tbe reaaon why tbe bonnet of my neighbor will not be oopied by bar neighbor, Ban. H»pW« Itouad Tabid. Oaoeral Lee used to Ml a story about a darkey that served In tbe war. It Mem* during tlio beat of tbe battle the General and hi* attendants were posted on a small knoll watching the oou rac of tbe actlno. They described a colored soldier racing toward them, leaping over obstacles In his path, his (hoe biaoebed with fear. He rushed op, and fell beadloug on tho ground in front of L*e, crying, ' oh, ntaasa General, lot me (lay here.” I*e saw at on os that tbe mau was almost frlghtenad to death, and use* Irmas a soldier. It disgusted him somewhat, but his curiosity wan aroused, and be aakod: "Did you oorne her* to get out of way of the bullets ?" "Yes. masse; whvre do generals ant la de safest place on tie Geld. ” **»> U>* navlas. SMh, led !•*«,.. Gnoovilla. *. tl. Nrw*. A very good indlcat.liai of the con dition of the people of this country In given by the reports of tlie savings ranks, tfe Ond the following returns of deposits, proportion of savings bank depositors to tKjpalaltoii and average amount of deposit*: Year. ProtHirtton Av. Am’t depositor* to dcpo«lt*i population. 1071) 1 in 88 9lW7 1073 1 in 10 901 188o I in 92 .230 1885 1 In 1H AW 1800 1 In 15 558 1885 1 In If *71 This Mums to Indloate a steady In crease of tbe saving class among th* people, a steady Increase of weuUH among them. It looks ns It the sound money system was a big thing for what or* called the poorer olasse*. ’’ TalkaVm»MItw bat ha'l (riba fab wM milwt la II. Kuwtmi Hatararla*. Another free Mirer men ram* iu ^rdnaaday nod aftnr fuming end frothing at the mouth hi adynoaejr of froo lihrer, went Into the bank aod gam 9101 In allrtr tor 9100 iu (old. Ooualatanoy. what a Jawal! FOR DEMOCRATIC Dim. HOI. JIO. I. KXVTEMOI fox botjid moist aid soon), pounaa. *- --irrri—n i.J.H li.lnut •l»u-n*t CMaHKM M Ml • truth. I Wtta Matter - 1a the N*t» wM< Um. OBartBim Oturrei, April paA. A uni tad Dottoonoy aao ridoic tfuu thlsysmr but If th. party dlvldm tbam la bo bops of ecooeaa. Diaomt te defeat meant ttepubflean rktory. Kearr honorable aflort most he made tohold the party tofather. AU true UmBoeraU But work aad vote for •vary Democratic nominee, county. State arid Battooal When did It be come Democratic doetrlna, that a Dam octal moot bolt the nominee* of the twrty. If they do not lemon to agree with him on a monetary or other quei tloo, whether poitttcal or oon-polltSal? rhe role heretofore has always been to **»• y*rty end to aonpurt In good faith all ita nvmloaee. The ma jority will control in tbe loaf mo, aad “ *£• tha minority meet submit. Whatever may ba tbe dtKer ernueee or oontroveraisa among Demo crats. let as settle them ell Ineide the party. There la no otbar bopa of ac complishing results and no other party will bring the people «0y relief. Wh*t hae become of the “Greenback party?” How can tba “Populist party” help ilia people to good government and • better cmreooy? That organisation baa about run ita eoaiea. Another party with another name and otbar pnociplee will probably arleo from lie arfiea thla year or two years banco. Wby should any Democrat leave hie party? Whet can ho bopa to gain by leaving the Democratic party and Join ing or 1‘fusing” with the Populists or any other now party to be organised Ibis year t There are oaiy two reel parties to North Uaroiioa to-day—the Demochstio end Rapnbiloan. Toe latter party baa about awallowed up tbe greater put o* the Populleta. “Fasion” did tbe work. Pooullet free traders have become protectionists and if the edaaelioaal prooem oootlaues much longer el least half «f the Popu lists will become BepabUeaaa In name aa wail aa in pclociplre. POPULISM OMLT a POUTICAL JSDSH BOOM. And what are tbe results of existing “fusion?” Not one blaming to the people of the State. It baa brooms a mere scramble for spoils. The selfish and illogical coalition does not work harmoniously, sod Is sboat to fell to Pisces. And yet some Democrat*, beholding tbs eeblsen and certain wreok of tbe treacberou* combination, are rashing blindly thoughtlessly sod madly to Join It* broken ranks I They must Dot do this, bat mast be pro ▼acted, if possible. What has become of the Democratic “re-adiustera” who “fused” with tbe BepabHeao* la Vir ginia? Where are the Democrats of Kansas and Oregon who a short time ago “fused” with tbe Populist* ? All ‘•fntlone” of this sort, with whatever Party, oeeesrarlty oota* to grief sod failure. For ageaeratton tbe people of North Oarolln* have found proteo tblon, safety sad bawioem Inside Hie Democratte party, sod It Is now bar oily hope of defense sod safety. What would have become of the liber ties of Ute people of the South daring the troobloos umee after the war If tbe national Democratic party had not come in ear raeeot? The peril eon f rooting the party tola year It the dls ruptl.iu of its State organ list too upon tbe “silver lseae.” There Is bo hop* Ibr “free silver ooloege” at "tUletn to one'* or any other ratio under a “fusion” banner In title State or alee "here. There «• oo more ohaoee fer “free coinage" under aueh InAncnoes than there wee or la for tho“sab Treaaary phuj’1 under like a asp low end combinations. All Uiew road* lead through Democratic dimeter to lie punltoao victory. What Can patriotic, goca people bops from eoeb Ul-deviwd and abortive sebem«e and aesooiatloae? The deetraotloD of the Democratic or ganization te not n mewary In order to bring about “free ootnage.” u that oeu come at all, tbe Dawoerails party has not stood in IU way. And yet some, possibly many, extreme silver Democrat* now propose as the only mwus of seeorlag “free ooloage” to divide aod disrupt the party. Tbe attempt will fall. The Democratlo P«ny may bo defeated this year bat It not be destroyed- Tbe Democrats who propose to break W up way leave It It they trill—I hop* they will not— but they esnnot dee troy ft. The ex letanoe of tbe party U ootvel with that of the republic; ssd it will be bare bet tlln* for tlte Hberttas of the people ee «ng ee the people will bey* aey Hbettiee loft to be battled ter. The Democrat le PVtT le at It bee ever beta the party of thei poopto eod tbe feUhfel, oeeelatent sod vigilant deteoder of olftt end re ligions liberty. a a fiAxoaoMi parxaca or ciwvn Homo eien with to break np tbe twrty on eeoooel of their hatred of Grover Cleveleed. Be bee bean Just, geMtroue, magaanlaaeae to Uw South. Hie policy hat red toed texeUoa, tup framed violence aad disorder, righted HrpabUcan wroage. “lepeelod rSenU eleotleo laws," made ' force MUe” im PoeMMo, geetMteed te the Mouth etl W rights eod hoe ore le tbe Union aed oeelateleed aed preserved the pob lle eredH. Aed ye* man* Southern omo deeoeeee Mm her ell that u had I lie haw hose tree to hid pledges end bH editored to hi* con v lotion*. Bo Is thoroughly upright rail Incorruptible, law Pros!(Wots have su|tamcd Ills In •DUlly and nous have Pomi ruore ooa eeloullou* or patriotic. History will sorely vindicate lilru and be will h* admired and 1 to no red more by the next n^roUmt tbuu be ta to-doy. Wot hie WITH •• *fm Dow eudorfM mid up* proved by a large majority of the American people, rvgaidless of party. *® soyt**™ men should aver speak Unkindly of C level an A He bae u-.t Ofannged hi* view* and be baa always bean open and candid. Thoan who supported him In 1909 did on with a fall knowledge of his views and Ideas oo all public questions. And no no* who vo.*4 for him In 1894. ltMftor 1889 ought to east a stone at him now. Be ho* never (innovated Lie view* on Um queaUoti of silver coinage. On February 10th, 1891, about seventeen month* before tie was n turn naiad for tbo presidency for hU present term, lie mid fas a public letter wrlttcu tu E. BUsry Anderson: "If we have de veloped an unexpected capacity for Um assimilation of a largely Increased vol ume at the corrsooy, sod even If wo have demoastrstsd the usefulness ot •ueh lucre***, them ooaditlons fell far short of Insuring as against disaster, ir la tlm present situation nr enter upon the dangerous and reckless ex psrtamnt of free, unlimited and lode pendant silver coinage.” He has b*cu wittcima >do aeriouue-a [vr issulug Ukk1« Co replenish the fold reserve. If he bed not done an, Die prcacut Qrm Rreee alglit haw impeached blm fur wilful neglect of duty. Re was per •coally oppasod to tiw Imuc of bunds, bmt Congress hat foiled either t.. amend *8* law requiring euch ms.ie or t<i re peal H. He lia* maintain*! tbe gold standard of valim end kept all tort) «f aoney on u parity. If be had not dona he weald have violated the law. He doee not moke lie*, but be la bound to •leoata thorn. The ltnpublioan party •atabllsbed the “gold standard" by tbe act of February It. 1873; and tbl aot of July 14. 1800, known ee tbe 8barea an few, also passed by the Re Vobllowu— in (pile of e auanlatons Demoaratlc opoaltion lu both houses — deetared it “tube the establish'd poli cy of the Called Sutea to ma’utain the two metal* on a parity with each other upon tha preevot legal ratio, or •ueb ratio a* may be provided by law.” The Republican* aod I’opulitu of North Carolina are equally rcsponsl ble wthe majorily which controls the Fifty fourth Congress. In the Mouse a* w^l at Is tbe Senate. If the law 1* •"*ft why don’t they alterit ? And If Cleyelsad Is acting oontrary tu law. why don’t they atop him? Senator l*ofler, the leading Fopulist tu the IJen •U, stated in a speech uu tha door of Um Senate * few day* ago, that “he did not believe that there have been fraud and oorraptloti on tbe part of tbe Heci story of the Treatury or tlx: Fceeldent ortho United States In re gard to tbe bond ImuM; that he did not Impute dishonorable or corrupt motives spun the part «f eltlier of thees gentleman, but fre ngurrlrtl ihrm or turn of honor.11 IV hat more ueeil be mid? Ko man lu pnbllc life hoi aver lied a t-leannr or mnru stainless reoord titan Orovar Cleveland. 1 da boded him uu the stump in IBM from tbe baseless, malicious and mendacious oburgee of tbe Po pulists end Repub lican*; and every Democrat I a speaker will <Wend him again this fell when he wIB be on on more attacked and vili fied by politician* and public apeskere lam booornbie and less truthful than Senator Puffer. ALWAYS A fcOTTUP MOXXY MAX. Why should the Democratic purly he uiore divided on i hr "silver ques tion’'now then heretofore? Nnnody It trying to drive tlie -‘free silver’1 men out of the party, and an f ir us 1 know nobody Is expecting to drive onl the “sound money” men. A man cun be a good D.-iuocret amt hold what ever views lie phases on tlie currenuy ?|Usettoa. The free eo'osgo qneetUm • not as Important as It is behaved to be by Its most earnest advocates. 1 do not know of a more worthless Issue or one that Is lees attainable. or that promisee fewer practical results, at the ratio that Is proposed of “sixteen to one.” What do it* supjtorUrs ex pect to be ace-<mpll*lied by thr eoaot ment of sunli u law ? A largely lu creased volume of currency, of course —but not, I hope, a depreciation of Urn value of tlie silver dollar. How are are in get any addition to tin currency ? Senator Joint P. Janes, af Nevada, lu hts great sp.ecbss in tbe Hecate on that i|ae*tlos has stated re peatedly that tints onuld l>e >ari a vi-ry Night Increase of tlie currency through “free 0-jissge.” And lo hie speech at Bruseeis before the Interuatioual won Mary eneference. detlrsrvd Drcratber 13th. IBM. whru be wee epeaklug to the whole WO.11, lw was equally ex plicit. He said: “8-woe persons eetertsie (ha Idea that If silver were remonetised, even by tnteniatioeal ugrermria, at the relation en long mnUllahtod by French law, there would bs a oeddeu Jar, which would be generally felt through cat bus!earn aad commercial circlet. This to a wholly groundless fear ..ad arises from mtsipprebenslon. AM the Hirer fa (As world U note oMntil and U fa/all use as money There (• stlw nutnee one Mock qf uitnnuni elln(o hr iirronticd nt (Ac minis " And *i must not bs forgotten Uwt Ur. J.>ne* Isa Pnpollat. What is Uio use of im wim»- ir we are to get no •or* money T My own opinion la t bat If wo bad *1(00 coinage” at Id to 1 It woo'd bo tmpoaaibla to maintain the parity. Mo one oretorda that It would •a attaMvl r-\ The paaa<»e of a bill for Meh free oolnaga won hi neceaaurll/ repeal all law* wlileh require a Darl’y la eala* of the two metal* to he Mala talaad. What then t Oar allrer dol lar woatd b* worth Ita market mine m bnII loti or a hoot fifty-two emu at acaaaot prune. Tim I ml II no woatd not to* I® Mm mint a for otXnage. TU> awaara weald not need to carry It t» lb* (Plata, but woald aril It In the ram market for what It waa north. Tl.it aomtry woatd b) mi allm boat a. bot with a tar tea* voIom* of etirreaey I tb«i> %t have now. Maxlro hmhwi capita BireaMtioo of Iru Ui»t> Sre dollma. »J«r orl Used on diver ; J1* Suited 8t«te* have a pur «xpita j olroulutioo of twenty-three dollar*, conauthig Of *oW, dleor nod unpiT. •^•“M***1* purity with goidand with each other. (XMnpnn-d arilli MrxtoowrUTaiUmitA.rly.it/T tMiart Ptr capita i„ vsloa to Mexico's p^c ror twotiljr-three dollar* of oar mocry ■** equal to forty-lire dollar* In Mexi «n .liter dollar., and the metal |» tha Mexican dollar i* worth more than *»“*• .Aoooidin* to Populist logic tho UaiUd State* ought to b* nine Maw* taorepioeperouitl.au Mexico, If a per capita circulation 1* u trot of prosper ity. And 1 would nut Du aurprUwt If Uut wu* very near the truth. 1 bur* an mail me* Uwugiit that tUo beet way to increase oar stock of metallic reouny would be to nop free coinage altogether nod to on In all Utu inouoy required both of gold and aihrer oo government account. Aud I inspect Uii* will ba tint result not very unity year* bene*. Wu bad free eotusge for 81 year* before 1873 and daring this period only 8,0*8,838 diver dollars were coined at OUT min la; and Ur is WM al »out exclotleely for cxpofUUon. This WM baoauue tlietr purchase ealun wna greater than 11 wir face ealue, and this b why Mr. Jefferson on May 1. 1300, MMCeadsd tbn oolong* of the ullrer dollar. And nooe were tboreaflet aotried in tbit country until 1840. wiwn ui.wo diver dollar* war* coined. ToU la not inrcciaaty accurate, as 1.000 »«• coi»«d iu 1890 and 300 In 1889. I Have reeaotly read with great i star re* the procwading* of the Internation al Monetary Cbufersnee Md et Urn lu Dweeaiier, 1888, from which T have already quoted, goes* thing* I And Merealanto me. One thing, la, that Bagland la more friwvjlv towards * lorgar eae of illenr than Franc*. Mr. Ilaaooa, delegate of Ui* United State*, made Utla statement In a speech to the conference; “The proposition of Mr. De JioUmild, a delegate from Eng land. the frank end able statement which we have last listened te from Mr. Timid a delogslofroqi Frange and ranvosoting tb« Latin Unlou, clearly Indicate the eondltlon of affair* lu Europe. Permit mo to aay. that I have been greatly surprised et what luu occurred. We lu the United Staid* had aeppaend that Fiance and the Latin Union, being the largest holdara uf silver far the world. «m friendly to that metal as money; bet we god that wtHI# they are glad to be present with u« end are interested In our proceed* lug*, they are not inclined to Jdu with u* lu auy agreement a* to the brttw use or silver si money: end we Au<l to oar surprise. that England, without **y silver of cuusoqueooe, sagged* U» purchase and ass «in money metal * • • Mr. Tlrard say* that In France they ore uot specially interested In any palliative m ature* to lacrosse the price of *Ur*r and that they on able to maintain their present position.” I <l>*»ts now from Ur. Tlrard, the Frenoh delegate: “Frooca under present oir* cu'ostancc* liae no cause to complain uf tier monetary situation sod aha doe* uot cowpUtu. • * • Franco of all uatlon* la cbe world la the one which he* the largest quantity of money, both In find end stiver. • • * We bare in France that quantity of money • bid), however considerable it Is, lu oommodm no one end renders, on the Ounirary, important service] tv every b.*dy. • * • As a matter of fact Franco la still M-meullUt. ff wa ocami wo coin lw is wu because we war* face to race with a cooUuuelly Inc> cueing volume of Oliver not only from the growth of lie productions but also In conntqueDon of Uie truetCoruia tion of lbs monetary ayetcm of Ger many. All tUe silver extracted from Uie mines or demonetised elsewhere arrived In Prance * * * awl f,out Out t*yrrub**&w*rtti( cululcann Ut rhii.t ctotio i. We ham couse.1 utcoin it und I Ihlnk onr uome<- was perfectly light. • • • Why ehould France permit the free coinage of silver, when She Is at ready amply prorhled with IV? I he lleve that Dio alone ponanasei as much as all the nations of Europe nut to gether. • • * If Franco and the Latin Union * • • should alone open Ui*lr mluU to the free coinage of silver, oil lb* surplus silver of Ilia United it a tut a«d of Mexico would po to France, to Italy, to Belgium. Ajk) wliere would these countries bo able to um it! No where. since la the mu of Europe none wMli to admit it as legal tender. • • • A* ta Brtubliehlug free ooioago. as to receiving the stiver produced In Mexico aud tb* United Stale*, which France would never bam neoaeion to return to tin Power which had aaot It, and which she could oarer its to pay for her pur diaevs and liquidate her obligations, he would baser advlos hit govsrumsnt to acoept such a situation." Pst tonally I am not for gold mono metallism, Md Isa act fer silver mono-metallism. | am, as I ham always been, for -bt-matallhan. Ten wars ago I said that tbw people “were dstmmii>*d to re tale silver ax a cur rency aud to pretest Urn dollar at theii tethers a* a good, honest dollar aud to hasp it on a per erlUi gold.” a iii vs u Tim pnir. I haw never entertained oilier view*, attiwofh 1 have rated ter free e»in*e* when I beltevrd the ateadaid d<.IUr could be Malutataod aod circa luted at Ita coluaae value na a partly «IM> Ihe Hold dollar. I have therefore alerayr boon a Viand Money1' wan I oordlally approved or the uatieiwl pomoeratM platform adopted at CbkMfA In MM. All Uemoonua atood npuu it tlirn. Why ean i all ■tend upon It now* It eulto-1 Blood and Cleveland then. It raltt Clove. I tend now. Why dove It nut aolt Bland, too » Moth ware Deam crau then. Why ean’l bote bo flood UvMocrata now * Whatever bo the ' tlewa of IXaooreta upon ute quo*, tlon, Mr. editor, let a« all net toflvterr and help aave *ha flute a ml llte whole noantry at the neat Xr>Tvte» 1 her vteetpm. If wo do oar !»>tl ruul diMt'tdlvMe, are awry *teai a Ittmo er^Ue rtovernor end l.ealeUiani and a UrwawntM Confitaa aud ftmtdeui. ■ If ten PiMopmoy te defeated tha Bo ... ■' .— , *8 gPjty ■ 1 P .:; $ fgr SPRiftS* SEOICINE «5^WJaM8 Hutq* Liver Mr-. & rn-J Arae. !.’»•.anj m.wv otiitr liin vbjv.i i*Vln‘ ffucttnttoii: j5d* W-*-'. <*■*>;.t Il f. vttinl K£QUM7L'tL . ‘.i L:SitftiKi 1JVRK ****** .* • • <isy*«‘i «oa£iWB. VK * * tj)cr SIMMONS UVBk lir'Jic t«*ttiood • BUTi-w Mil e.i!ve..« Tfr itafidMil '■’rt cfBuCr. w*»< tor tiw RED Z cr. every ; .. .l a ?. ,Vj v-i.t find it on A. In iS«U* « <U. » ,il lodrtphta, !»•. jst unimportant factor*. The next Coo grriaai d Hie next Pmidrut {{ mi Demo entile, wUl certainly be Hepab Ueen. “Sound money'’ Democrat* eud “free coinage” Democrat* at"'. “W to 1” must abide In tbs ITiaiii 2***! {u«l ■“•««•* these abide in sg^jssrsiszig: '7Suu.m,rK*V"’n”J,m' i radian *M IMf Cm*. 1 -larioaltaral Uulfetm. Tbs quantity of fotilUsra bought this oping by Die farmers of tbs 8uu is oapyeMlaoud. . Compared erttb **mr <f*te Uet year. It Is about Jonblc m»A is Dearly W percent. ahead of any prrrlnas year. Two million Ova hundred thousand dollar*—nearly all of it going oat of the State-»l.l nut cover theWoot “v*l*d hr the firmer* of Sortb Car olina >>i fntlliiin for use In their aping crop. Moat of this will be med lu a more 1 "h •*»<’wi'ltMVd sort of way on cotton »»8 *ft*T tbelerop Is made til (land will lie la eo better condition, while the farm or* are taking chances of be ing In u worse. i Tnuy are takiiw ch* rl*k of cotloo going high eunugli to pay back this euoraxme oulUy and a prsdt Valdai It is a sort of gambling on fertilizer* and ia not trus fanning. It la tbs Mm oM policy, which proved so ruinous la tlie iuu to many a man who foUowsd It llow muck ha* bean bought oa a credit 1* oat known. bat fortaasU orlll lie bo who hat no crop llan nor fsftillxsr Ulls to haunt iT* dreams, sad who. baring uiuW Ills crop otis cash bail*. with a bountiful supply of soi-m and bieon, eso look with calm oouH lence ou whatever leeulta mu befall. Estimating cotton at 5 name, tnd averaging Um tyrtiliean at a low caah price. It will take 1J0.03J bale* or “hoot one-third of tile wfvoto of laat jear*a mop, to pay thi» yeafa bill tor teriillr/'ra akin*, t'r fortunately >h aaaa general policy lima beau fr/hiuM , throughout. M)« South. Applying Um rule to each Individual farmer, bow can ha aupoOM it to be a wlae gad dA plan to pay not g third of ooo rear’a crop for fartUltwa to ha uaed on the nut!’ Where are the oilier —mm all to com* from, each aa atock. fans Implement*. «*t of outUraUaff aad ploebtg. ton for ginning and baling marfeaUiif, etc., to aay uotblngoTa fair m»ndu of ooaepeoaaUea on Ida own time, labor and tuveabmeat, wlUi which to make naoresary r—‘ntoa far Ida fatally euppllea, and to moat other mrpenaea. Su *««« ou a different line. Era fertiliser wm brought, more ocin end baoon made, cotton wee more truly « “twnHtee^ «"& p"«|l p™** *he wledom oftlw policy. DeenwMd produotioa reunited In better price*, aad with an abundance of ImgMuade aora end maul and ’‘truck," the farmers war* better off than for many mn —— IVhy not hare continued Mm policy that produced each good rmultaY We would at least ha*s been sure of food and etuibas m.d have avoided debt, that fatal foe of tba farming tatoraata. What Hu. outcome I* .ok,,tobTS man can foretell; but If It ebalTiuNk, a* MW predial, la lbs t.ig«M cotton crop and lowvat ptma tl* eauabr/ baa yat aeon, whom can wa Uaaee but oar MyvaY Experience tauabt us tba faUy of ui* ohl system, and tba mnnam of teat year proved tba Wladautof tba change. E»« 17 farmer taftoeto act for btiaeelf end must manage till own bus! 1 at; but until the farmers cbwt leant to coodaet Oielr btiainam on baelneae principle* mill I bey esuaa Ut-ou prey tor every sort of agaut Who wauta to pick aud pluak them and above all not II they team to bj|u! dviwndmi*. b* torping out of debt ud providing liwtr awn Ikhuf aanaliaa. uwy eent-.o*. Im pnauumme. and there win eu no remedy lor the evils from which they suffer. IV* HU oM saying tout -Th* Mg Sftgga? SsrtdE; ulaimruia Mvar R-g iWlor tlmt ihZ Ku"W It Vt b* a m»at cavefWt wmff. I ctn* utid aapeelully for the Paring aud ! •'<■» «lwn JVf»» si much Mulatto to I the wr. Mr. W. T. I*e. nf 1"^ tort. K, tfay* **i litre used Kite moos 1 IJwr lWaiat.ii fur tw»utj iimii, 1 plane at catemri ami goto Ini" *
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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May 7, 1896, edition 1
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