2 WANTEL -Every Farmer and Labo . gman in Centre county to read pages 2 and 8 of this issue. he Centre Lemocrat, BELLEFONTE, PA. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1806. >See tevsaesy THE CHAMPION pe or “New Light ou the Silver ET TT TR Th i hd LOOK AT THE LABEL! The date, printed afler your name, on the label of this pa per, shows the time to 'w bieh your sESrptton lias been mid. Note these terms i Regular price, $1.00 11 paid in advance $1.00 fos ET a a / question,” this Is considered the best work of its kind, If you want to gain a clear idea of the Silver question get it. Rogular price 10 cents. Send 5 cents to thisoffiee and same will be mailed to any of our readers, ave teovsan : 4 ’ CHAS. R. KURTZ, Ed. and Prop. VOL. 18. NO. 30. Hur DISCONTENTED FARMER Why They Should Vote for Free Silver. capita money. That is what the demo- cratic party stands for to-day. Farmer interests lie 7 in low or THE VETERAN CLUB PICNIC The Unfavorable Weather Mars the Day. THE EXERCISES OF THE DAY where do your high prices’ want scarce and dear money, or more money and higher { prices? You have the power to choose, { One more point. The “Krupp Gun'’ | attributes the decline in prices to the | PRICES | SemoSrIcy { ing into power in 1892, <t them look over the following table, | and explain why wheat, cotton and sil. ver have declined since 1873, during | which time the republicans were in pow- er most of the time. In 18go and gi, under President Harri- | sou’s administration, we had So and 8s cent wheat, Did we havefreetrade then ? could free trade then have been sible for these prices. Argument is un- unecessary. The point is clear. Can ! the “Krupp Gun" explain it away? | Average price of wheat, cotton and | silver bullion, by years, from 1872 to 1893: Wheat, Cotton Silve = $10.3 §! Do you MORE ABOUT LOW They Want the Conditions and prices of 1566 Restored. Hhw it can be Dene—Reply to the “Krupp Gun’ (Keystone Gazette) Their Inconsistencies, List of Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year GREAT VICTORY FOR SILVER Report of Committees and Other Events A Suitable Man for the Place The Majority for Jones in Arkansas Placed at 70,000, Bevoud Expectation Litre Rock, Ark., Sept. 8,—Chair- man Armstrong, of the Democratic state central committee, gave the United Asso- ciated Presses The dismal, cool, rainy weather was a damper oun the Centre county Vebrans' picnic, at Hecla Park, last Saturday. There would have been an unusually large attendance, but weather that was mfavorable spoiled all. The following extract of the proceedings from Daily Two weeks ago we published a tabu. lated statement showing the depreciation of all the leading farm products from 1866 to 18¢6. Iu that, in gold prices, it | appears that the farmer thirty years ago received three times as “much for his | wheat and twice as much for his other products as now, The facts are taken | from the report of the Agricultural De- | partment, Itis presumed they are re- liable until disproven. Last week the Gazette decided to knock this statement and conclusion out. It] can knock out anything it wants to; that | displeases it—whether they are facts or | not. Government reports and such like | authority always withers when they load | their “Krupp guns’ and, in their mind, scatter desolation before them. The | Gazette, you know, need not prove any- thing because they have omnly to say t is so, and that settles all—for white tan be called black, and visa versa. Great is the Gazette! and greatly to be admired for jts stupendous conceit and | consummate gall! respons | n correspondent the follow- j ing signed statement "The indicat t 165,000 votes the : Lie Monday's election in $ were cast at The « about fifty thousa: Arkan. iv ed majority the more wi ANOCWS 1 oppos 1G BAS. mbine r. The meeting was called to order by the President of the club James A. Beav- er at 10:30 a. Conrade Denistou of State College led ju prayer, after which committees d.' To commenced to , Caving a H 15-4 of about seventy thousand for hi state than the ye 1 1 1 i i SE — Democratic ti doubles democracy m. wel, the Li 1 a ea DY Le reiiby majority reoei ae A ” —_ and that re in this were appoints the two years ago The it in OF we bo sorrow of all present ceived four years ago SEU state was fought out on rain at about 1 p. m. and rained ncarly all monetary afternoon. The club assembled at question, the Democracy advocating free . the committee | coinage and the ou nomination of officers reported the following: For Pressdent Jas, A. Beav- er, Vice President J. C. Patterson of State | College and Thos. E. Royer of Miles township, Secretary, W. H. Musser of Bellefonte, Treasurer Geo. M. Boal of Hall, all of which were daly The committee on place of the next annual meeting of the club report. ed in favor of Hecla park, after consid- erable discussion ou different places of meeting. A motion was made and sec- ouded that the business of naming a place for the next meeting of the club be left to the Executive Committee to the appointed time and Republi the single the more an £5 ht The the part of the Reg gold standard pposition on HE TAKES 'EM IN iblicans was — - active than ever before of + au . state, No disturbance Louis Post-Dispatch Lic any kind occurred anvwhes ———————— as far as 1 a . i 534 Shipment of wheat from British India to England increased from 730,485 bush. els in 1573 to 56,566,393 in 18q2. ———— I A i a . - : LOOK OCF This is a picture of G. W. Rumberger | Cal. Harper is known to almost every Now it is our intention to take a few : : our popular and efficient Register, and voler fu Centre county. He is one of extracts from this article to show how | Editon Kurtz of the Centre Democrat | Clerk of the Orplimms’ Court, and a can- | those genial, kind hearted men who has that “Krupp gun’’ intellect works when | as week holds tit two columns of ed- | didate for re-election | made a friend of almost every acquaint. \ . i“ | itorial slush to the editor of the Gazette . oy ’ : it opens up on the “sparrows” of the | aud bids us wade in. It would be like | Mr, Rumberger was born in the village | ance, and never fails to remember them of Gatesburg, in the Western precinct of | #0 matter what his calling in life may be, G. W. RUMBERGER J. C. HARPER Centre Will Receive a Handsome Majority For Regis- | The Popular Nominee for Recorder in Centre ter. clected. Lounty CENTRE DEMOCRAT: { loading a Krupp gun to shoot sparrows | “In 1866 there was practically neither gold nor silver in circulation as money. (There was | nothing but paper money and fractional cur | rency in circulation in 198). “Then Is it not more reasonable, and logical, | to say that it was the increased colpage of silver | that depreciated the products of the farm? i “They would ask you to vote for free silver solnage, free trade and anarchy in order to keep in power the party that made your crops n 1905 less than one-half what they were under republican protection and a republican admin istration in 190% We say the argument appeals to every farmer to vote to restore to power the party and its principles that gave you the large prices for your products in 1566. Farmers, if you get double as much for your products under republican administration as | vou do under democratie administration, then should not your personal interest and wellare lead you to vote the republican ticket? Let us look at these several statements in order. They admit that the farmer was prosperous in 1866, and attribute it to republican legislation, time we had the free coinage of gold and silver. That was our monetary system until 1873. The remarkable statement that the increased coinage of silver reduced the price of farm products is the most redic- ulous statement we have seen in print for some time, We never heard a man of any intelligence declare that an increase ‘y ini the volume of money would cause a reduction in prices—that plenty of money produces low prices. Think of it. Tus CENTRE DEMGORAT would hide its face if it made such an exhibition of economic ignorance. The “Krupp Gun” got off a big one in this line. For argument sake take the other horn of the dilemma. Sup- pose that the coinage of silver caused the | 45.4 is in need of an able defense. | came of age. After which he learned | Up to this time almost every speaker was | the carpenter trade, which trade he fol- | distress among the farmers. In 1878 the Bland-Allison silver coinage act authoriz- ing the coinage of at least $3,000,000 per moni, was passed by the republican party. It remained in force until 1890, when under Harrison the next coinage purchase act was passed that almost bankrupt the nation. If this silver al- most ruined the country it was the crea. tion of the republican varty, and no one but an ignoiamus would deny it. The reader should thoroughly under. stand that this was not free coinage, by any means. Silver was treated only as a commodity, and gold alone was ailow- ed free coinage in our mints. The re. publican party aloue is responsible for all the monetary legislation from 1860 up to the repeal of the Sherman law in 1894,by the present administration. Having shown an exhibition of weak ness the “Krupp Gun'’ nexts gets down to abuse and yells “Anarchy” “Free Trade." Its entire argument is that the re- publican party gave the farmer good prices in 1866 and the democratic party poor prices in 1896, therefore restore the republicans to power. What is the real situation with the farmer? Is not the following the case. In 1866 we had plenty of money, about §so per capita, and then we had free coluage of gold and silver. To-day we have only the gold standard and less than $i§ per capita with about ouly §6 per capita actually circulating and doing business. The next thing to be remembered is but at that | with.— From the Keystone Gazette, is a dangerous | That “Krupp Gua" animal. When it goes off it makes much fuss. Boys, keep away from that “Krupp Gun” its loaded-—with wind. el —— LETT BE KNOWN We understand that a petition has been circulated about town by gold standard people on which there are now a number of signatures. It a petition asking President Geo. W.r Atherton, of Penna State College, to come to Bellefonte and make an address upon noney ques- to be gotten up and this is to | be for the general good, you know. | No one can object to Dr, Atherton com- ing to Bellefotite to expound the money | question, ifhecan. Bat letthis be known | by all: This scheme was concocted by [the republicans, with the assistance of | others, all of whom are trying to defeat { the democratic party this year. | republican campaign move, pure and | simple. Dr. Atherton, for years, has {taken an active part in politics and knows ou which side his bread is buttered {in this state, He understands his busi. ness, he is a diplomat, and it would be a { mistake for him to advocate anything | else than the gold standard and the de- | feat of Wm. J. Bryan, for president. | Let him come town. The gold MR the 1 tion. The meeting is “independent of politics," to : | : | either vile tongue, and filled with ven. om and abuse, or willingly misstated | known historical facts. The Df\ is a man | of more than ordinary ability, but if he comes here he can depend upon it that | there will be men in his audience ready | to call him to account should he attempt to misquote facts, or impose upon their intelligence. | Dr. Atherton should come by all means, | Probably he ean explain the beauties of | 60 cent wheat, 12 cent oats for the farmer; | or how the men in the mine banks should | laugh and grow fat om 85 cents a day, | and when they want to know how to vote to come into town and get advice from the bankers of Bellefonte or some of their paid attorneys. This is a problem that is agitating our people, and we hope the Dr. can clear it up. Let everybody turn out to this Republican McKinley meeting. Then go around the mext day to demo, | cratic headquarters and get some pam. phiet on the other side. Don't be afraid of them. Read them over carefully. Face the issue like a thoughtful conscien- cious man. Do your own thinking and and vote for What you consider honest, Cast aside gli political considerations, and be enough to vote for what is just and right. Coming Event. Central Pennsylvania Patrons’ Picnic Exhibition, Grange Park, Centre Hall, Pa., September 14 to 1g, inclusive. Ele. gant grounds, splendid exhibition of stock of all kinds, large collection of im- itisa | Ferguson township, on the 20th day of | April 1837. He received his early | education iu the common schools. At | the age of 16, he attended the Pine Grove | Academy and subsequently the Filln | Academy, aud two terms at the Warriors | Mark Seminary of commenced teaching school and costing wore ] At the age he { ed in that profession duriag the winter geason for twenty-five years and of the most successful onc was teachers in the or where he may find them. Generous to a fault, he bas befriended many of his fellow men when in position togivea helping hand, and for this he sometimes has been severely censured. “Cal advanced who has He 1854 of is a Pennsvalley boy by his individual cflort was born at Rebersburg, Nov, 1s, His father, John Harper, was being a son who one of the George Harper, plonecrs in that township was a daughter of James Magee, who and finally set. His mother T Ireland His parents were emigrated from itp. tied in Miles towns life was ’ of farmers and therefore his early average farm boy--plenty hard work summer and winter, with lim. ited opportunity for gaining an education | as offered at the regular winter term of { he later ] i } | ! ] i : { county. During the summer season he | worked on his father's farm until he be- | lowed for a number of years. In 1872 he launched out in the mercantile busi. {ness at Fillmore, but on account of the panic which soon after set in the venture proved disastrous to hin financially. In 1885 he was appointed clerk to county commissioners, which position he filled with honor to himself and credit to his constituents, until 1887. Since then he has been employed as book-keeper and salesman for several large firms in Philipsburg and Houtzdale, until three years ago when he was clected to the office he now holds, and for which he was remominated by acclamation, by the late democratic county convention. There is perhaps no public officer in the county who is better and more favor- ably known than Mr. Rumberger. Siace his incumbency to the office of register he has made hosts of friends on account of his wholesouled, genial disposition, his kind and courteous treatment of all who transacted business with him, and his efficiency to discharge the duties of hisoffice. Ever the children, for whom he always has a pleasant word, run to greet him and grasp him by the hand as bie passes along the streets. We predict his election by a largely increased ma- | Hall the public schools. In addition to that, attended several sessions of a pormal schoo! at Rebersburg and Centre After teaching for seven years he | was tendered the position of Deputy Prothonotary under Aaron William. | Fie was elected prothouotary iv 1878 and was re-elected in 1881. As a public offi. cial he was efficient, capable and always accommodating and obliging. No matter who came to that office he always was cordially received and given all atten. tion and information possible. Able to converse in both German and English, he proved a great convenience for many of our people who had occasion to transact busines in that department. surance business, In 1578 he was mar. ried to Miss Laura Grabam,of Bellefonte, Their family consists of two bright sons and an interesting daughter, For the office of Recorder of Deeds, Mr. Harper is exceptionally well qualifi- ed. He has had the clerical training and is adapted for the place. He has other desirable qualifications, that have won for him a host of friends in all parties and his election {s an assured fact, Site. y385 M4. Barges has bees en If you are not afraid to hear both sides | (10 pold standard has driven there in a in the practice of law and the in. | ; i gaged p of the money question avail yourself of | caret: of employment. Surely it is bet. decide at its next meeting, unanimously carried the The president of club reported fine progress on subscriptions towards a sol- At to diers monument for Centre county. this point all business being attended Comrade W. T. Pitzgerald of Be n Gettysburg, de llefonte 3t read a poem of his own which was very interesting. Comra A. Daley of Curt a short history of the cam crops in East Tennessee during the John n Township r paign of the ¢ of 15 winters Comrade of Bellefonte rend a tory of the s6th Pa H Brown and 1563 Williams short , and especia of that Regt. known as Co 's Sharp-Shooters.” Comrade John Haunnlton of State College gave count of the doings of the Cavalry, and of his own Co. the “Juniatta Guards,” as being the first Co. accepled by the Gov. in April 1861, but not order- ed to Harrisburg until May Com- rade Robt. Cassidy of Canton Ohio, a member of the club, then addressed the club and friends in his happy style which was very interesting. At 3 p. m. the rain still falling club adjourned and at 4.15 most all the people left the park -—— SOUND MONEY an ace 1st Penna What we Want—Will be Explain- ed. If you want to know what “Sound Mor- ey” is, and what constitutes an ‘Honest Dollar’ be sure to turn out at one of the following ‘meetings where the money question will be discussed in a fair, frank and impartial manner THURSDAY SEPT. 10 At Henderson's School bouse, in Marion township, and in Milesburg Boro What it is FRIDAY SEPT. At Wallace's Run, School House, Boggs township, and at Zion, Pa SATURDAY SEPT. 12 | At Walkers School House, in Boggs | township and at Mann's School house, in | | Curtin township. | Several prominent and able speakers | will be present at eae’ of the above | meetings to explain how the free coinage | of silver will benefit the farmer, the arti. { san, the mechanic and the public in | general. this opportunity to hear the great issues of the present campaign discussed. -—— The Proposed Test Well. Mr. O. B, Ryan, of the firm of Mark- ham & Ryan, who are owners of oil wells -—-— THE VERMONT ELECTION he election In speaking of { on Monday, the “The Ar day was m = 3) KAl m for more reasons than one Jose touch with and immedia guestion therefore, nor t gion the interest to the people of the state that it had to those of Arkansas. Ver. mont is joined to its idols and it is owned by a few men. In Arkansas a different state of affairs exists. The friends of sil- ver and democratic principles had brought home to the Arkansans the folly of republican claims, and the people, un. owned by anyone, were not afraid to ex. ress their convictions. The copsequence is a glorious and satisfying victory, a fore- runner of what may be expected from the west and south in November.” 1sCus- .-—— DR. SCHAEFFER WANTS FIGURES The superintendent of public instruc- tion, Dr. Schieffer, has addressed a com- munication to the commissioners of the various counties asking them to furnish the number of children in their counties between the ages of 5 and 13 years, as re. | turned by the district assessors in com. | pliance with the compuisor, education | law passed at the last session ofthe legis { lature. The superintendent of public instruction desires these statistics for use in lus next annual report. The feature of the compulsory educa. tion law requiring a census of children to be taken 1s said to have been very mdif. ferently enforced in many portions of the state. “ -——— OxR of the many arguments of the men who have tried to fasten gold monomet- alism upon the people of the United | States is this, that people in Mexico, | which country is upon a bimetallic basis, {live cheaply. This may be true, but {they all have an independent living There are no tramps én Mexico, unless they are nnfortunate Americans whom ter for all the people to have a comfor- | table existence than for half of them to | work for inadequate wages, as is the case in this country at present, while the other half are out of employment and the ill paid employment must out of their meager wages support their unemploy- ed brethren. The Mexican argument will not hold water in this campaign.
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