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"SILVER AND J'KICES."
This is the heading of a lengthy ed
itorial in the New York Journal of
Commerce, of September 15tb, a pa
per which is recognized as the ablest
exponent and defender of the eingle
gold standard, j The editor , argues
that the fall in prices has not been due
to the decline in the value of silver
but to other causes. Here is what he
says: '
"Nearly the whole effective force of
the silver agitation arises from the
assumption that because the great
fall in prices since 1873 and the de
cline in the value of. silver happen to
hayebeen simultaneous, therefore the
former faction is the result of the lat
ter. We have found repeated occa
sion, within the last two or three
years, to exhibit the falsity of this
reasoning, and to demonstrate that,
in the first place, there has been no
change in the world's u?e of silver of
a nature or extent calculated to affect
general prices and, in the rext place,
that the declioe in prices is complete
ly accounted for by the enormous in
crease of industrial production con
sequent upon the i m pr o ved a pp'iances
of 6 team pewer, the introduction of
labor-saving appliances, and the
" cheapening of transportation."
If the editor's premises wtre true,
the conclusion would follow ; but his
premises are not true. Let us notice
the first premise, v;z , "that there has
teen uo change in the worlds use o'
silver of a nature or extent calcu'ated
to affect general pr:ces " ,
This is a ha'f truth, wh ch is al
ways more dangerous Iran a bald er
ror. It is true that sih er has been
used in commercial transactions since
lb( J, and used vtry larcely, more
silver dollars having been coined in
America since that date than were
coined before. But the silver used
. since 1873 is not the sains that it was
bi fore that date. Up to that date it
was primary money equally with
gold and formed with gold the base
of our financial ejt''m, and while not
many millions of River dollars were
coinedf liver was largely its- d in com
mercial transactions with other na
tions.and the only re ison so little was
coined in our mints was that prior to
1873 its bullion va'u was greater than
its coin value. Ilen'-e, instead of being
carried to our, mint, it went across
the ocean to settle, trt.de balances
with Europe which were then against
us to the extent o' about one hundred
millions a year. Silvt-r wa? ra'urally
usd for this purpose, in preference to
gold bf caure it was thf n won th three
. per cent more. But. since'1873,when
' silver was demontt:zed. it das been
used,'; not as primary, or r. demp-
. tion money, but as token money.
. Ana it is wnouy .niHitaaig to say
that "there has beon no change in the
world s usa of pilv.-r of a tature or
extent calculated to ; injure. pr ces,
More silver doLLaus li:ie b-n n oin-
, ed in America, but I bs silver hat
been used in',ct'iumerce, i-jxi d the
character of that which has-.". Iron
used has been totally clung d; Tlit-
act which demonetized i I v r reduc
ed the primary mon y of ihc world
nd its measure of value about one
half, and threw tl e w ole burden of
our financial sypu-rn iqi ju viw othr
halt. Take from under a hou-c one
half of its has?, and either tl e Incise
must be shrunk up to lit the renriiu
inn half, or cl.so the 1'Ouso tnut fall
to pieces. S nce 1873 tur (m.ndil
hou; e has.bcen gr d- allv slir nking
as to lit the pold Irnso. and j r te?
have f ilh n about . no hslt.
Let us notice the" elder's e--ond
. premise, in which h" rlai n- that the
fall in pii 8 1 us ,bee.i" U:v to 'the
cntrnous r t reaho f tr curi 1 pro-
1 duct ion coiikm ju i t ujk ii i he ' im
proved appl'Miicf of st am power,
the inlii-diit t on of Llnr SiVii g ap
pliance, and tti cheii ening of
traospcir ation " '
The trouble with ihi expltnation
. is that it doea not fw. Uie fac s. -Hd an
ounce of Iat;t is woith a pound of the
ory. '
Tha f tcU are; 1, Tlmk "from ISoO
to 1873 there was a gradual and gen
eral rise in Drices." nnrl 2 That rlnr.
mg mat same period, "greater im
provements were made in productive
processes, compared, with the condi
tion at , the beginning of the period.
than have been made between 1873 i
and the present time." Now why did
the rise in prices stop after 1873, and
a gradual and general fall set in
Mamies uy, not because of "greater
improvements - in productive pro
cesses," tor there was lees of this af
ter 1873 than before. We must look
to some other cause for the explana-
wuu oi mis cnange, ana a very ra
tional explanation is . found in the
conspiracy of 1873, which struck i
down one half of the world's primary
money and left the remaining half to !
bear the whole burden, which made
gold the sole standard or measure of
values, thereby causing a shrinkage
of values to fit the new measure.
The Journal's explanations do not
explain. In vain will "Mark Hanna's
subsidiz 3d press' and hired orators
try to divert the attention of the
people from the real cause of thi3 long
continued and ever increasing fall in
prices. and consequent depression in
business. There is absolutely no hope
of aDy permanent improvement I
- .... - . ,
in prices except Dy an in
crease in .tne volume ot primary
money, which can ba accomplished
by the restoration of silver to
its rights in our mints and under
our laws. The people see this and
they mean that the wrong of 1873
shall be righted. -
THK QUESTION OP UATIO.
Shall it be 16 to 1, or 32 to 1 ? Some
ot the worshippers of the gold stan
dard argue that if we are to have
free coinage of silver as well as of
gold, it ought . to be at thee present
commercial ratio of 32 to lt instead
of the ratio of 16 tol. Granting that
the coinage ratio should agree as
nearly as possible with the commer
cial ratio, we challenge the state
ment that the ratio of 32 to 1 is the
true commercial ratio of thsse two
metals. One of the fundamental
laws of political economy is that the
commercial value of anything is reg
ulated by the demand and the sup
ply. The demonetization of silver in
1873 bv this and other commercial
nations destroyed to a very large ex
tent the demand for silver and to the
same extent increased the demand
for gold. The result is that the com
mercial Value of gold has increased
while that of silver has decreased, as
the U gitimate result of hostile silver
legislation. The only way to get a
the true commercial ratio u to repeal
the act o 1873, .which struck do n
silver, and restore it to its former
place by the side of gold, with equal
rights and privileges at" our mints
and with equal power under our laws
to pay taxes and debts. The man
who seriously proposes to restore free
coinage at the existing commercial
ratio 32 of to 1 is either an ignoramus
or a bigot.
STOP
TiIS
OVERPRODUCTION
ROT.
iiiousinas ot abie-boawa men,
ready, willing and anxious to work,
but unemployed and consequently
unfed, their wives and children pro
test against it. Give them the work
to make the bread, , no matter how
the dollar may fare. Is the object
ot society to make a good dollar cr
to make a good man? Is the man to
starve that the dollar may grow fat?
Break the grip of the gold knaves on
oa the couuti 'a currency and put it
in the channels of trade, and start
all hands and the cook to work, and
then see how long it will take a hun
gry people to eat up this overpro
duction, that has gotten to be the
pass key of the thief and the count
ersign of the robbers. -
We find in the New York Journal
of the 17th m3tant the most astound
ing letter headed "A Gentleman's
Views on Property Rights " We
give below one or two extracts which
wdlehow th character of, this ex
traordinary communication and shall
from time to time publish others:
You affect to believe that the aver
age voter, the Laechantc and laborer
and farmer, ' is competent to pass
judgment upon probb ms so difficult
and intricate as to those of finance.
To put that notion into common men's
heads is net only foolish but positive
ly weecd. ,
Despite all utterances of demago
gues, and the real test of a man's ca
pacity and character is his ability to
accumulate property.' Those who
thus , demonstrate their power to
take care of their own interests are,
it seems to me. obviously and most
capable of guiding aright their I 'es
brainy fellow citizens They are, in
fact, the elite of the nation, and by
every principle of justice and sound
policy should ,be intrusted with; the
tisk of ruling it. ; r 4
The above are only samples and by
no means the. worst specimens. ;.-
The Kold standard men endeavor to
pecount for the fall in prices ot com
modities bv the assertion that it is
overproduction which is the cause.
It is generally admitted that there
has ben a gn at decline, but it is de
nied that demonetisation of sdvr
has anything to do with it. "Over
production" with them is the sole
ctusfj.'
A' tyre' d is still on top. Hanna
boi;ght up a few populists in Illinois,
made them bolt - fusion with the
Democrats and hold a convention.
At that convention, Altgeld got the
nomination for governor.
Dr. Dal by, as is well known, is run
ning in Tom Settle's interest . Any'
bo Iv who " votes for him casts one-;
half a vote for the gold standard,
protection, , negrosm and against
wh'te supremacy, fne America, free
silvt r and all th.t is good and jmt
and right. '-; "v v
T-ie ltockinghm ltepublicinj are
liav.ng a slight spasm - just now.
Some think it is the last tremor that
always proc ds death The "boys'1
aresj bfidly scared over the prospects
of Tomm Settle's defeat that they
aresendihg out every bit f the ma
terial they have to make speecht s
Last Saturday our townsman, Mr.
Robert Joyce, 6poke at IStonteville."
"The Boy Orator of the Platte" is
winning new recruits every day. w .
Thirty-five thousand people tried
to bear Bryan at Greensboro riast
Thursday. ' . ',
i Fusion has been arranged between
Democrats and Populists in several
western State3. . " ,
Th3 t-olid West, the sold South and
almost the shd America will be lor
Bryan and free silver. ,
We should have more to, say of the
Palmer-Buckner ticket, but it is, not
polite to kick a corpse. '
Prince Bismarck's declaration for
free coinage by this country. .. will
make Mr. Goosetaf Swab and Mr.
Carrol Shirts roll over in the dirt and
bite themselves. .
Maine, after all, made a Democratic
gain of over 3,500.. And this too was
caused by free silver, when there had
been -f no special ' fight made by the
Democrats there. .
Webster's Weekly disclaim any
intention of injuring tne graded,
schools; but the disclaimer can only
be eustained by . an admission thet
the Weekly is impotent to inflict in-
iurv on anything
" v
They came near mobbing Mr. T. V.
Powderly in Clevland the other night
when he tried to e peak- there.' ' The
American people do despisi a bought
traitor, who sel's his honor, principle
and soul for a little money. s
Mr Bryan took Major McKinley by
the scurf of the neck and the seat cf
the breeches on Monday, and swept
the st ae of New Jersey with, him.
The solemn Major is now laid up try
ing to patch np his record.
A vote for Palmer and Buckner
means half a vote for McKinley and
.financial slavery, and a vote for
either kme of them is identical with
placing the shack le : of Hanna and
plutccratic anarchistic prosperity-de-
stroyiog rule upon ourselves. . .
And so the ' 'middle-of-the-road''
Populists have put out a candidate
for Congress because theythe lead
erswere in sympathy with Hanna's
money and. Tom Settle. They knew
Kitchia would get the support of the
honest Populists who wanted free
silver, and to prevent them from
giving him their votes the Dr. A. J.
Dalby was put out. But there are
too many eincera and honest toilers
in the Populist party to permit any
thing or anybody to play them into
the hands and make them support a
man who advocates everything which
will! ruin the laboring men of their
country.
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that those who have the dollar can bay a
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Bryan. . ,
TRUSTS THE. OLD SOLDIER.
Bryan Does Not Believe That They Will
. Vote for Gold Slavery. '
, '.Ypu say you wrant a little about the
old Boldiera. Well, my friends, the cri
sis which is approaching now, the ques
tion before tan country now, appeals to
the old soldier as much -as it did in
1S61. If- the men in this country were
willing to inarch out upon the field to
sustain a government of , the people and
by the peopiey I want to know why they
cannot give one day in the year, end
that election day, to stand by a govern
ment . of the ! people' and by the people
still. .:;:.--r---;
My friends, I am not afraid that any
man who risked bis life in his nation's
behalf is going to be influenced by the
arraments that sire addressed to the sol
diers now; by l he financiers who during
thb war w ere looking out for themselves
nnd letting the soldier lookout for him
self. I urn notafj-aidJthatjthe menwJio
brYah's cough--
speeches
AT COLtTMBUS. '
His Speech to an Audience" IVtltaJwtedfat
60, OOO. ,
This is the largest audience fcxwhichX
ever tried to speak. I haTe.kadloceaeionto
talk where the audience filled Athe house,
bt I never had occasion b talk rurkere the
audience filled all outdoors. If yoKiall vote
as you are now shouting, I don'tt see how L
there caiv. bo any question auouq lane tri
umph of free silver in the state ofi Ohio,
We have entered upon a cftnipaii while h
means much to tfie American people. If
our opponents ' speak truly when ttoytde
scrlbe what will In tieir judgmtmtbefthe
effect of free coinage, the sncoeas tof the
Chicago ticket would surely be a, calamity
to the country. If, on the otherihaed, we
speak the ijnth when we describe to you
the effects of a gold standard, than the
maintenance of, the gold standard untU
foreign nations come to our -relief Is an
evil which cannot be contemplated Sby those
who love their country. i ,
' War on the Gold Standard.
We ha ve begun an unceasing -warfari
against the gold standard. The Republican
party, without declaring theldwrtannVird
a good thing, has declared that I the , gold
standard must be maintained. LIcaLUyour
attention to the fact that no party in the
history of this country has ever in .a na
tional convention commended 'the gold
standard. Its effects are so' badNthat 'no
party has dared to uphold it
Here Mr. Bryan went from tha f loot of
the platform to one side-and con ttouedjhls
speech.
I desire to Impress younmlndwlththe
fact that the enemy we areiflghtingjinthis
campaign is an enemy who has newer gone
Into an open battle. "The advooBCes of the
gold standard have never dared to- supmlt
the gold standard to the-arbitrnmeottof a
ballot' Every step that has been Ifeken
has been taken by fttealth and without the
approval of the American people. When
silver was demonetized in 1873, thepeonle
had not discussed it, and persons wborwfre
members of congress and who voted upon
the measure testified thatithey did not on
derstand that the bill demonetized silver.
Work of Silver Foes.
When the crime was discovered! and (the
American people attempted to restore foil-1
ver to ttsanelenvpiace, by -tne sxaeor gpia,
the opponents of free coinage forced; the
Bland act upon congress aaa compromise,
and as soon as the Bland- act went into
force the enemies of free sisyer proceeded to
repeal the Bland act and deft nothing In
its place. But the silver sentiment rew
until 1890, and in that yearltbe opponents
of free coinage, being afraid tof the passage
of a free coinage bill, secureA another com
promise, which was known as the4 Sher
man law.
Let me call your attention for one mo
ment to that law. In the support of 1 that
measure Senator Sherman made a speech
and in the course of that speech henrent
on to say that we required more thaniltS,
000,000 new money every year to keep pace
with population and industry, and ha ad
vocated that measure on the ground i that
it gave to the people more money, and' jet,
In his "Recollections," published only a
few months ago. you will find-that Sena
tor Sherman says that be was In raver of
the Sherman law simply to prevent free
coinage, and that he was willing tovote
for its repeal the day after it was enacted
if be could prevent the substitutiontof free
coinage.
John Sherman's Declaration,
There yon will find the chief supporter
of the gold standard policy in thajUnlted
States supporting a bill because-it gars
monev to the American neonle and then
declaring that he would have voted for tha
repeal of it the very next da. They
cured the repeal of the Sherman (law, and
they pretended that when they got that
out of the way they would restore silver to
its former place. There were some who
said that the trend of the Sherman .law was
to that end. and that we had to- clear away
the rubbish before we could build np a
good system, and then there were others
who said that if we stood by free silver we
would drive Europe to bimetallism. But
those who made this argument have proved
that they were not sincere and that their
purpose was to deceive the American peo
ple. ' . . ' '
In this campaign every party In its plat
form so far has declared that the principle
of bimetallism Is better than a gold stand
ard, and yet, In spite of these declarations,
you know that there is a body of people tn
the United States who, under cover of
friendliness to bimetallism, are seeking to
fasten a gold standard upon the American
people.
I Mr. Bryan at this point walked over to
the other side and said:
I have been trying to tell those other
people some of the things which I would
have told you if they had not been here.
Now, you will find people who are afraid
of a flood of silver, and there is nothing
that excites my sympathy more than to
find a man who never had enough money
In the year when 'hels'hla own master and
can use a pencil as he pleases.
I am willing for yon to be Republicans
every other day In the year If yon will just
be Democrats on election day.
AT ELKHART.
How the Koney Power Worries Over the
.Workingman.
It gives me great pleasure to enter the
state of Indiana. I feel complimented that
the distinguished executive of this great
state is present to extend a welcome In
person. We in the west have always look
ed upon Indiana as friendly ground, and
to her people as a people of congenial spirit.
I am glad to be permitted even briefly to
discuss in your presence the issue of this
campaign. We are entering upon a cam
paign which stirs men's heart a cam
paign which is drawing out the Interests
of all the people. I have not, in all my
journey from Nebraska to the sea found a
single lukewarm person. I have found
some against us, but everybody was for or
against us no idlers anywhere. This
shows that the American people are realis
ing their responsibility and preparing to
exercise with intelligence and patriotism
the rightof suffrage when election day
arrives. Each one must decide this question
for himself. As we crossed the bridge I
noticed a sign, "No driving allowed." Re
member that. There will be more attempts
to drive in this campaign than in any in
recent years more attempts to coerce and
intimidate. ;
I find here a little slip printed upon an
appropriate color yellow. It says: "I,
the undersigned, a , in the employ of
" That Is a very appropriate blank,
because the man who issued this considers
the employee a blank. "X, a blank, in the
employ of the blank railroad company lt
ought to be bhmkety blank, blank, blank
hereby make application for member
ship in the Railway Men's Sound Money
dub." Why don't they say gold club Why
do they attempt to conceal the word ' gold' '
under the euphonious name of sound mon-
ey? A voice, V They are ashamed of It. "J
. Yes, I believe that is the reason. "Do
herehy pledge myself to use my vote and
iuliueTKa." There is one good thing in
tfcis &Jif. If. they attempt to tell you how
tot tote, poh.t to this and" tell them it is
my t.ie, sul not yours. ."And do hereby
kxlec is:v ,M ts use my vote and influence
li.r me ocjw.. of free coinage at the forth
toiiiitj.iunu l election. " Pay attention
to mis: "x-eheving that such free coinage
of silver vuld be injurious to my personal
3t.oi.,h. t.n uii eunier of wages, as well as
uir-itAwoti t tho United btates as a na
vi' it ii.e vuge earner ought to sign a
Uici.it uecL.riug the tree coinage of sil
tr uijuiuos ti Lis personal interests, I
want to ijbib you why advocates of the gold
stands ru who are engaged in other kinds
oi busi ness do not make some statement in
regard to their business YT hy do not the
syndicates, who have been bleeding the
United States treasury, make application
- for membership in a club and declare that
the free coinage of silver is injurious to
then? personal interests? Why do not the
bondholding classes in their applications
state that it would be' injurious to their
personal interests;'. Why, uon't the money
changers and tne attorneys of these great
trusts and corporations write in their ap
plications that, the success of the Chicago
ticket would be injurious to. then personal
interests
They want in understood that the labor
tngman is influenced by personal interests,
but these great leaders of the gold standard
are simply interested In the publlo weal
There is a great difference between those
who advocate bimetallism and those who
advocate a gold standard. Ask a farmer
why he wants bimetallism and he says be
cause it would be good for him. He is not
worrying about somebody else. ' He has
troubles enough of his own. It is the same
with a labor bag maa or business manor!
professional 5 man. They say they annot
prosper unless the great producing classes
n which everrtmng rests also prosper.
They all want bimetallism because it Is
goxt lor. tlujiifielves .as well, as for, the
iujiso theKiOpe. As a financier he favors
the tout fcK.UGititL u Ut he tell you be.
caiB ii is good nr h hut You never beard
one 't ttjeui buy ic -
t.ivy vum fcouuthing that will help
S)iuebodyiej;je. "l hey say they want It so
tljat the'iarmcr vuen he gets a dollar
will get a ott dollar. i - ; v
Xheyvsot i Mjcattse it is good for some
body etm. ieli tteu tnat these people
whose interests they plead are willing to
riskeffect of Ijinietalli&in. Tbey rise to
thciutliughunt their moral structure and
my. "6hua v let Ue. iioople hurt them-
eox.es Be wul-rain the gold standard
down their throats whether they want It or
not. bam use w love them better than our-
. When, you find a man that isalways fel
laz for your watch, see that, he does irtft ;
rxach you. 1 am ' afraid qbw -of our op
ponents tuid the crime of . hypocrisy to the
sin of avurii-a There are prisoiples which
underlie the money question, principles
which you must nnderstaad beforey on can
enter into a discussioii of the -money 'ques
tion, and the first great principle Is that '
the vulue of a doUur derJends on the num
ber of dollai-s. Yoa have o eara that
scarce money means dear raooey, and that
you can change the purchasing power of a
dollar wnenarer .pou-chang the number of
dollars. Our oKtoemswlspute this some
or tnem. r But io writer on political econ
omy wiU.teU yoa t&at volume Is inima-
teriaL Xowlf the value of the dollar de
pends on th'nuaiber of dollars, then the
number of dollars becomes an important
matter. Host can you raise the nurchas-
ing pewr of a dollar By legislating
some of the dollars out of existence. Lat
youT'deutand for money Increase more rap
idly than the supply of money, and dollars
fwUl rise In their purchasing power. Dol
lars are the creatures of law. No dollar
can get into circulation except through the
channels of legislation.
CONFRONTED BY A CRISIS.
It Is Hot a Partisan Qmesttoa, bet On at
Genolao FatrtotUm.
We are confronted by a money power
that is'
seeking to fasten upon the peo
ple of this country an English yoke. We
are now in the midst of the gravest crisis
that ever ruf ronted this republic. In
18fll the Union was confronted with
dissolution which meant anarchy in re
spect to government and a perpetuation
of the African slavery. . In 1896 we are
confronted with the question of perpet
uallvenslaving the white race. We are
confront! with the question whether
wnehall install tne English Shy lock as
a taskmaster over all the generations of
Amencsans that are yet to come. We are
not preparing to wrong anybody. We
are proposing to give every maa bis due.
W are not suggesting experiments. We
are demanding a return to the experi
ence fi the world for thousands of yean.
and we say that this experiment of try
ing to force the nations of 'the earth on
to a gold basis for the benefit of Euro
pean creditors is ruining the American
people.
We propose to pay back the English
creditors
in the same money they gave
Roldaud silver. We propose to give
tnem noiiars tnar snail havo tne same
purchasing power, that will buy as ranch
property 'and as much labor of every
kind as had the dollars which they gave
ns money having exact ly the same pur
chasing po wer. W e propose to pay them
-principal and interest in the same money
exactly which they gave u. and we say
that their acta in getting silver demon
etized and gold made dear, after they
had succeeded in getting our bonds and
our not, so as to compel cs ro pay in m
different kind of money from what they
gave ns, to pay in dollars which cost
twice as iKcrh sw eat, twice as much
blood, as did (be dollars which they gave
ns we say that that act was a fraud
and was a crime against civilization.
This is not a partisan question. It is
not a qcestfon of Republicanism or of
Democracy. John Sherman and Grover
Cleveland ar. sleeping together. It is
a question nf patriotism. It is a question
of m&ujtai aing the institutions of the
fathers, for if the present standard is to
be maintained, if ocr people must go oa
paying inteicst and principal in dollars
that T-rqnir. twice as ranch labor, twV
as much sweat, twice as much blood to
obtain, us did the dollars that were in
circulation when the debts were created,
tnen tne doom of the American pro
ducers is tealed. Low prioe will be
made perpr tual, and there will be no
hope - for the Americnu farmer, the
American .mechanic or tho American
laborer. John P. Altgeld.
Fader bimetallism oar laws will
ring
demand Into existence, and that
will fix the prioa of silver. We believe
that the demand famished by 70,000.000
of people Is ofneicnt to ut all tho silver
we can get to oar mints. William J.
Bryan.
She Had Ueea There.
Mrs. Nouvo Keesh the called mo a
barmaid, and I flow at her and polled
her hair.
Mrs. Toplofty Oh, how terrible I
Still even that didn't justify yon in
fighting her.
Jin Nouvo Koesh Yes, but If you
had ever been a barmaid yon would
understand, how iaad. it mode me.
Clips.
The proportion of women to men in
the United States is greatest in New
England, where the women are in ex
cess. It is least in the far west, where
the number of men exceeds that of the
women. : W . '
The home secretary, the secretary for
war and the secretary for India receive
each a salary of $25,000 per year.
Ki
Made and Merit Maintains the confidence
of the people in Hood's Sarsaparilla. If a
medicine cures you when sick; If it makes
wonderful cures everywhere, then beyond
all question that roedicinepossesses merit.
That is Just the truth about Hood's Bar
mparfila. We know lt poaseasas merit
because It cures, not once or wlce or a
hundred times, but In thousands and
thousands of cases. We know it cures,
absolutely, permanently, when all others
zau to ao any gooa wnatever. we repeat
ilia:-
Is the best In fact the One True Blood Portlier.'
UAwl. Filll,. eure nausea, Indigestion,
li OCa'S FillS biliousness.- ttce&ts.
FA'S
111
Sarsapar
SILVER AND WAGES.
Robbed af All Flapdoodle, Haw Weald
Ire Coinage Affect Leber? ,
Will the remonetization of silver help'
er hurt labor r That depends on whether
It will promote or hinder production.
If the remonetiaation of silver will pro
mote production, it will benefit labor.
Oft the contrary, if it will impede or
lessen production, it will injur labor,
forin the final analysis the wages' of
Jjtbor are the share which labor gets of
What is produced.
If 70,000,000 people produce but 114,
000,000,000 worth of products in a year,
that would give to each, if evenly di
vided, $200 worth and no more, and if
some got more others would get less. If
however, tho same population produced
$1 1,000,000,000 worth of prodocts, each
would have $300 worth. .That is. any
peopre can divide What tbey produce,
and they can divide tod more unless one
takes from another what be had before.
It is dear then that the more we
produce the more all can have, and as
wages fa the end are the laborer's share
of what is produced his real wages will
increase s production increase. . The
vital question then is, Wilt tne rembne-
tization Of silver, by promoting indus
trial , enterprise, increase production?
There ate bardiy two rides to this ques
tion. Teat the remonetiaation of silver
will increase money supply no one will
deny. That the increase of money rap.
ply will stop the fall of prices, and if
the supply be efficient will raise prices.
no economist will dispute. With stable
prices, well directed industrial enter
prise is safe; with rising prices all in
dustries are stimulated. Hnnae, the his
torian, said years ago: "We find that
in every kingdom into which money be
gins to flow in greater abundance than
formerly everything takes a new face.
Labor and industry gain life, the mer
chant becomes more enterprising, the
manufacturer more diligent and skill
ful, and even the farmer follows his
plow with greater alacrity and atten
tion.' This has often been quoted as
sot only one of the accepted facts of his
tory, but one of the truths of economic
science. '
Seventy millions of 'people, with the
best educated brains of any people la the
world and with hands skilled to the a
of the most intricate machinery, making
a greater nseof the bowers cf steam and
electricity than any other people, ought
to produce at least $300 per capita per
annum, Bat it is doubtful if we have
produced $200 per capita the last year
or in any recent year. Prices have been
falling, money rising, enterprise has
been put in constant peril and prodne
tion greatly retarded. With money wop-
ply sufficient to sustain prices and sup
port productive enterprise the produc
tion of wealth would undoubtedly be
largely increased. There would then be
more for all and more for each.
Under such conditions would the la
borer get a proportionally larger share?
Why not? He certainly would be enti
tled to it How would he get it? In two
waya First, by increased earnings.
Earnings are wages multiplied by time.
If a man gets $3 a day, but works only
one day in a week, be earns but $3 a
week. If another man gets $1 a day and
works three days in a week, lie also
earns but $3, which would be earned
also by one getting but 50 cents a day
if he worked six days in the week. If
the first two had steady work, without
any increase fa wages, their earnings
would be largely increased.
The first effect of a revival of indus
tries would be fuller employment t ta
bor and consequently larger earnings.
Second, wages would also increase
with increased prodrtction
John Bright vummarised in a few
words the labor queM Ion when he said
it made all the difference in the world
whether two men wrre after one job or
two jobs after one man. As long as large
numbers of idle men ere hunting places
there is little hope of better Wages for
any one. One is fortaaate indeed if be
can keep the place be baa. Moreover, if
prices of the products of labor continue
to go down, the wages of labor must go
down also. Profits 'may go first, but
wages most yield sooner or later. Com
binations may resist inroads upon wages
for a time, but cannot do so long. Lar
ger and larger numbers will be forced
into idleness, snd idle men are tot only
dangeron (omueMiors, but while idle
thy cannot buy . hat others produce,
In order to Le able to buy one must
have something o sell labor or its
products. If a man earns but 6 cent a
day, he cannot l ay what enrjtbeT pro
duces nt $3 a day. He can vjhly buy a
fourth part of it. It it tioubtfal if, at
preaent prices of farm products, the en
tire agricultural classes 7,000,000 fam
i lies earn, oa the average, more than
60 cents a day for each laborer. They
can, then, only buy at that rate. That is
the chief reason just now why other in
d us tries are so prostrated. Farmers get
so little for. what they produce they
cannot buy what others produce. Hence,
for a part to get good wages all must be
employed. A J. Warner.
Tha Workers Vo Bllvsa,
All over this country those who toil
and are engaged in the productive in
dustries are interested in having enough
money to do business with and those
who have money instead of property and
want to make dollars rise in value are
opposed to it I believe we hare more
people on our side than we have against
ua, W. J. Bryan.
"CHILDREN ought to
bnghtea a mother's
daily cares and help
her to be strong, capa
ble and cheerfuL It
is'nt right for mothers
to feel the burden of
life .growing heavier
land heavier year by
year because of child
bearing and child-rear
ing. That shows some
thing is wrong in the
mother's physical con
dition. There is some
unnatural weakness in
her delicate organism
which disqualifies her
for motherhood.
When this is wrong
everything is wrong.
A woman's physical
life is wrapped up iv
the special organs of
her sex. When these
are restored to health
and strength the whole
woman becomes
healthy and strong. Dr. R. V. Pierce of.
Buffalo, N. Y., has made a life-stndy of this
problem of restoring health and strength
to women. His " Favorite Prescription
is the most successful remedy that has ever
been known for women's peculiar ailments
Its sale exceeds the combined sales of all
other medicines for women. It cures the
most obstinate uterine diseases. It goes
directly to the internal organism which, is
the real seat of all the troubles. . It imparts
vigor and health where they are most
needed ; heals ulceration ; stops the weak
ening drains ; promotes regularity; restores
muscular power to the ligaments, thus cor
recting displacements of special organs is
the only natural way. .
Complete information regarding the "Fa
vorite Prescription " and tes
timonials from hundreds who
have used it, are embodied in
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, a standard
medical work of iooS pages,
profusely illustrated, which
will be sent free on receipt of
n one-cent stamps to cover
cost ef mailing only. This
work is a comnlete familv
doctor book and should be read by both
young and old. The profits on the sale ef
680,000 copies at $1.50 has rendered possible
this free edition. Address, World's Dispen
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, $i. V. .
tl
.GLADSTON
MANUFACTURER. OF.
8
Tin and Sheet Ironware,
And Dealer iri Cooking and Heating Stoves. Roof-
ing. Guttering, Spouting Promptly Attended to. , 9
Scales Street, (J. T. Smith & Co's. old stand, Reidsville.N. C. &
For Flour, Meal, Heat, Lard. MoIases
Or Anything in the
Tom Slaughter
Also all kinds of CiwmAl
E3JD
At Rock Bottom Prices.
STORE NEXT TO WATT'S WAREHOUSE, GILMER STREET
DR. E. P. SMiGSTOH
; ocuusf aid opnciiiv
328 IS Attf STREET.
The degree of Doctor of Refraction
conferred by the Chicago College of
Ophthalmotogv and Ototomy July
1891. '"
All Consultation and Examina
tion of the Eyes free. My only
charges will be for the Glasses used
at very moderate prices. Persons
suffering from Refraction trouble of
the Bye will receive attention in my
Optical Department free ot charge.
Special attention given to the Ex
amination of Children's Eyes.
E.P.SMIGSTOtl.D.R.,
328 MAIN ST.. Danville. Va.
Buying Shoes
For a Familv
la very apt to be a heavy expense.
It's worth saving something on
every pair and it's Worth some
thing to have every pair a few
weeks longer than you expect.
Now we can make the expenRe oi
Shoeing the family a good deal
lighter than it has been, and ev
ery pair we sell you are bound tc
give you satisfaction. If they
don't do it you know where we
keep store and can come back.
Wootton Bros
Reidsville, N. C.
We have just received a nice
line of boys
Erom 25c. Up,
And a nice line of
MEN'S PANTS
FROM coc U P
And a nigs line of
Boys' Suits of Clothes
1 ' FiOM$i.ooUP
G.A.Hiller&Co
S.l
$m i m
Keep Cool.
Water Coolers.
Cream Freezers,
Lawn Mowers
Blue Flame Oil Cook
Ptoves,
- Garden Hose,
Bali Npzzles and
Sprinklers
Cheap at
Schoolfleld, Yass & Co's
TO MOTHERS.
It voor baby has a bad cold or Uc
croup, get a bottle of Goose Grease Lin
iment, rub its throat and chest. 1' will
give instant relief and a pleasant night's
rest. For sale by leading drnKgists
Every bottle guaranteed or your mooev
efanded. Manufactured by Goos
Grease Liniment Co., Greensboro N.
ft U t 1 . E -r...
I '1 I .
' 4 ifc?Si
rf9 ff. JSJ-Vrftiif- il.v- K.
Grocery Line Call on
n ,f4-Z.Z
LAND SALE.
By v,rtue of an order of the Stipeti r court
of Kock.ngham county. State of North Csro.
una, in an action entitled ohn . Lovelace
against H. U Guerrant and R. R. Watkins,
we will, on Monday,
The 5th Day of October, '96
at the court house door in VVentwor h
coon y aforesaid, expose to sale a public
auction to the h ghest bidder, a tract of land
m said county, tdjoinicg the lands of D K
buerract, deceased, J. a. Lovelace and
ott ers, on ti e wate s of Lovelace and Wat
kins mill creek, containing i2, acres, mre or
le&s, and known as the Mineral Spring tract.
Terms cash.
. TrtOS. SETT 1.11
JULIUS JOHNSTON VCojimiss'onets
rer p. B. I. S
Th's, Sept. jrd, it&.
asMaasaahsi
'orb Ca-o!ina, Rockingham county.
Wood CovlnKton J
n,, - vf . A Noticeof Execution
Dr. I C. Mills aid others) sale
By virtue of anexecition dne-jtsd to the
undersigned from the Superior c urt of Cas
well c ynnty in the abave entitle J action, I will
on Monday.
The 5th Day of October '98,
a- i o'cl ekm.at the CvtarthotNe dd'r ot
1. ?ckiJ,-ani coonl, se 1 to the higlest
bidder for cash to ms;y said execution all
the right, title and interest wh ch the s .id J
C. Mu.s, defendant, has in the lollow in de 1
acribea real estate to w t:
An undivided half interest in 16 -, acre o'
land near the coruo ate limits of the town of
KeldfiVtl lA. fl .-tninin jr k. i.nH. ... a , r i
fhi A jM" Wh,tsu aod othei, being Dart of
r" -" upvm wmcn leaning orick-yard is
situated, in the south -vestern portion of the
town of Reidsv lie.
, W B WRA Y, Sheriff.
This, Sept. 3rd 1896.
IMPORTANT LAND SALE.
By virtue of an ordpr of tKn Rn.
perior court of Rockingham county,
State of North Cam inn in n snoiol
- - - u sa s-'i ' wttst
proceedings entitled E. M. Redd,
Adm r. &c., of A. J. Boyd, against
Belle R. Bovd and other 1 will nn
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 189G,
at 1 o'clock D. m . at the B ink nf
Reidsvill-3. exnosa to sal hv nubli
auction to the highest bidder lota No.
i, .ib, a, as, 4U and 41 in the
survey of the home tract of the late
A. J. Boyd. B dding will s'artat the
advance bids heretofore pltced on
these lota.
I will also sell as the abive the re
mainder, after the expiration of the
dower estate of Mrs. Belle R. Boyd,
in five and three fourths ecrrs, sit
uated on Main street, in the said city
of Reidsville, N. C, including dwell
ing and outbuildings. Toe crop now
on a portion of this land is excluded
from this sale.
A map of the grounds can be seen
rtf f Krt r.(Rrn E O T 1 a . 1
Reidsyille Bank building.
lerms; Une-tbird cash, ohe-third
in six months and the balance in
twelve months. Deferred payments
to be secured by bonds of purchaser,
bearing 6 per cent, interest from day
of sal j. E. M. REDD, Adm'r. of
A. J. Boyd, D-c'd.
Rfidsvill- Srpt. 15th, 1890.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Having received letters of adminis
tration on the estate of P. S. Wil
liams, deceased, late of Rx;kingham
county, from the Clerk of the Su-
perior Court of Rockingham county,
this is to notify all persons holding
, claims against said estate, to pre
sent them to me on or before the
1st day of September, 1893, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. Persons indebted to said
estate must make immediate pay
ment. J. S. WILLIAMS, Adm'r.
Greensboro. N. C. 9 4 96
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
OF
The Bank of Reidsville
Atcloiiof b l ua m, Jaly 14, 1893.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts,
Overdrafts.
Banking House,
Expenses paid.
Real Estate,
Furniture and fixtures,
Due from other Banks,
Cash Items,
Total Cash in Vault.
Total,
$ 108,085.46
2,483.09
7,029.91
2,360 34
4,072.31
1,731,58
7,455.45
924.45
16,549.25
$ 150,691.84
LIABILITIES
Capital Paid in, $ 50,000. l0
Surplus and Profits, 21,652.13
Dividends Unpaid 648.00
Due to other Banks, 2,638 89
Deposits, Individual,
59,130 79 '
Deposits, interest
certificate, 16,622 03
Total deposits, 75,752.
Bills R 3 discounted None
Total
$150,691.84
State Normal
AND
Industrial School.
Departments well equipped. Twenty
sevvn teachers, 4 14 regular students, ;
besides practice school of 97 pupils.
93.1 mfctriculates since its opening in
1892, 93. of the 96 counties repre
sented. No free tuition except to
app'icants s'gnin? a, pledge 10 be
come teachera Annual expenses of
frea tuition students, boarding in
dormitories, $00: tuition-paying stu-
e dents. $130. Address the President.
CHARLES D. MIVER.
Greensboro. N. C.
HOTICB,
1 wun erery man ai i vomit In the TTn!td
9taU interested In tl Opinm and WhiskJ
h5t'J to bare one of hit books oa then dU
8ta. Addrect B. M. Woolley, AtU&ta, tia
a jAaac. wUl be lentjoatxaa