THE SCfcANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1896.
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Preldent-WII.LI aFm'KINLKT.
Vice President OA K R KT A. IIOBART,
STATE.
Congressmen - nt - IJirirOAl.VSJlA
GROW, SAMUEL A. DAVENPORT.
COI'NTY.
Con(rre(.s-WILLlAMrnXNKI.T..
Commissioners-!. W. ROBERTS. OIL.ES
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Auuitors-A. E. KIEFER, FRED I
WARD.
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate, list Dlstrletrot,. W. J. fpTT.
;ist District mi.,. . j. ""
ntative. 1st Dlstrlet-JOHN K.
R: 2.1 District A. T. CONNKLh;
Istriut PR. N. C. MACKfcA.
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In this campaign the real worklnjr
men are doint? their own thinking. It
la not belns done for thpm by such
men as Sovereign, McBrido and Dubs.
On Deceptive Foundations.
On Saturday at Chicago Governor
Altgeld made an elaborate reply to
Hourke Cookran and Curt Pchtirz. It
Is no more than fair to the governor of
IU'nols to ay that whatevtr may be
his defects us a political leader, ho is
evidently a man cf much jrrenter ln
te.Iectual ability than Is generally con
ceded to him by the new.-pupers. Hts
speech Saturday is In all fairntBJ a
remarkabla production. We have read
all or nearly all the great silver
speeches prepared In this country dur
ing the past score of years, and we
have no hesitation in saying that this
pueech of Altgeld, taken in connection
wKIi the ore in will' h. some montiis
uk. he replied to Secretary Caillfle,
constitutes the most ingenious presen
tation of the free silver !ssu: for aver
age minds that has yet been made.
Even the Times-Herald, of Chlcajro,
puhaps his bitterest opponent, is
liu.ved to call It "adroit, subtle and
evasive." It Immeasurably outclasses
the frothy oratory of Ttiyan.
Tint Its Interesting superstructure Is
builded throughout on utterly deceo
tivc foundations. Its fundamental
proposition Is Hint there l n t to lay in
tht civilized world, money mfllclent to
permit u fair and equitable trnm'ar'
t on of the business of the world. In
fi.F.;fW Tiiutnln thlfi Hvpinlnir nssor.
tion Iroveinor Altgeld is ,cuiiipell d to
challenge, the accuracy of the various
( llieial estimates of per capita circula
tion that publicists genet ally accep t
as sufficiently correct for all practical
purposes, and to substitute In lieu
thereof purely hypothetic.il guesses of
his own. lie ues his figures dexter
ously. One has t watch closely in or
der to know when they are olikitl sta
tistics or merely Altgeldlan hazards.
Uut once the line is drawn his con
clusions tumble to pieces from sheer
lack of supporting authority, and we
. have left simply a case of Altgeld
against the governments of the world.
And this, after all. Is about what
this silver movement amounts to. It
la nothing more nor less than an or
ganised contradiction of facts, held to
gether in hope of some form of per
sonal gain. To the Fllvcr "line-owner
It holds out the prospect of temporary
and undeserved profit. To the di-
..mioinf. iniltlr.tnn It nfTprs a irambltt
on the public's credulity and thUB a
dream of power and prominence. To
the not over scrupulous debtor It
means a way out of tho full payment
of the creditors' claims. To all others
It represents rather a delirium of com-
m'tilEled Innocence, delusion, demagoi?
ism and greed than a serious and
. 1 ..,. ..nil rl ( .v. t tlimifyht
It cannot stand analysis.
The one argument which reconciles
the public to the pardon of John Bards
ley Is the testimony of reputable physi
cians that his ill health would cause
further confinement to be equivalent
to taking his life. On this score clem
ency Is perhaps defensible, but on no
other. The liberation of this duly and
fairly convicted felon prior to the com
pletion of his Just sentence must not be
construed as an Invitation to duplica
tions of his crime.
Will Only React.
On another page we print today the
text of the speech delivered Saturday
night at Cleveland, O., by ex-Grand
Master Workman Powderly. From
copies of the Cleveland papers which
reached us yesterday we learn that the
disturbance mentioned In the press re
ports of that meeting was begun dur
ing the speech of thegentleman who
called the meeting to order, and con
tinued during the entire evening. A
sprinkling of hoodlums had evidently
been placed In the galleries by the de
sign of the Democratic managers, un
der Instructions to create a riot The
Cleveland World says:
The Democratic committee had tilled the
galleries with the most turbulent and an
archistic rowdies that could be found in
the city. With no call whatever thry be
gan a terrific uproar with the sole pur
pope of not allowing the meeting to pro
ceed. So violent did some of these cow
ardly people become in their Insane raye
at tho prospects of a great Republican
success that the police were obliged to
take action. One of the ringleaders was
violently ejected from the hall amid a
terrific uproar. For a brief period It
looked decidedly ominous. Everybody was
on his feet, and angry shouts were swell
ing Into a sea of raite. From this time on
It became a battle of noise, the people
In the galleries continually hissing the
speakers, wtao war encouraged by the
applause from the more respectable ele
ment, the majority of whom were on the
ground floor.
This turbulence began long before
Mr. Powderly appeared and kept up
long after he had finished speaking.
It was not aimed at him personally,
but was rather designed to convey the
impression that the labor clement is
out of sympathy with the McKinley
cmalgn.' It Is possible that McKin
ley may not capture the hoodlum vote.
He cannot compete with Bryan, Alt
geld and Tillman In bidding for it3
support. Itut lt'is libel on the name
of labor to associate this contingent
of irresponsible loafers and hoboes with
the honest, manly and decent class of
nun who work for a living at day's
wages, and who repudiate with as much
emphasis as can be employed by any
body the pretensions of the loud
mouthed louring element to speak in
labor's behalf.
Such tactics as that employed by the
Popocrats at Cleveland will not hel;
Bryan. It will not hurt McKinley. it
will only recoil on its designers and
bring upon them the contempt of u 11
fair-minded men.
If you ask a business man what he
thinks will "make business pick up."
the chances are sixteen to one he will
tell you: "The election of McKinley."
Are our business men fools?
Let Quackery Alone.
It is worthy of remembrance by thoso
who wish to see a renewal of prosper
ity In this country that the United
States, in all Its history, has never been
so prosperous as when on a Protective
basis. Between the years 1870 and 1SSS
the foreign trade of Great Britain, a
revenuo tariff country, Increased 2514
per cent. Between the years 1870 and
1SS9 the foreign trade of the United
States, under the Protective system.
Increased 618 per cent., a gain
over Great Britain of nearly 37
per cent., accomplished' wholly be
cause of the fact that under Protec
tion our Industries had been stimu
lated until they were able to compete
with the Industries of Great Britain
in many cases in the latter's own na
tural territory.
In 1SS0, according to Mullinll, Great
Britain commanded 27.2 per cent, of the
commerce of the world; but by 1870 it
had fallen to 24.6 per cent., and in
1SS0 It was only 21.2 per cent. Now
wltneae the percentage figures relat
ing" to the United States. In 1830 we
had only 3.7 per cent, of the world's
commerce. In 1871 we had reached a
place where we commanded 9.2 percent.,
and In 18S0 our percentage had reached
11.5 per cent. Tho figures for 18SM). are
not at this time available, but it is
certain that when compiled they will
reveal for the decade from 1880 to 181)0
a larger ratio of gain than for any
prior decade, and possibly for the
whole period back to 1830. This Is the
more significant because Great Britain
Is our most formidable rival and next
to the United States Is regarded the
most prosperous nution In the world.
There Is not a direction in which the
statistician can turn that does not
bring him directly to the fact that the
greatest development this country has
witnessed in point of material ad
vancement has been coincident with
the maintenance of Protection and
sound money. There has never been u
low. tariff period In our history thut
has not produced stagnation In busi
ness, curtailment of labor and wages
and a general lowering of the Ameri
can standard of living. These facts
stand out bodly and Instructively; they
cannot be belled nor denied. They con
vey a meaning at this present moment
which the voters of Lackawanna coun
ty, In common with their fellow citi
zens In other portions of the country,
should not fall to take Into proper ac
count. Mr Bryan, wilh elibr.e s of tongue
and small scruple in the excitement of
class prejudices, may come among us
and lend the charm of his oratory to
the championship of free silver just
as four years ago he lent It with seduc
tive blandishments to the champion
ship of free trade. He may promise for
his new nostrum the same curative vir
tues that he then predicted for his old
one. But do not let him deceive you.
The one experiment has been tried and
has ended In distressful failure. The
other will be Ignored, because the peo
ple know of a remedy which Is not un
certain, and possess the address of a
political physician whose treatment
has stood the test of time.
If the Times Intends to attack every
former Democrat who this year cannot
swallow Bryan, it will n,U to Increase
Its space.
Jones as an "Old Slueth."
One can Imagine the overbubbllng
eagerness with which Chairman Jones
rushed to the newspaper correspond
ents .with the Information that the Mc
Cormlck Harvester company had been
caught distributing sound money
literature. It Is evident from the
nervous manner In which this Infor
mation has been spread broadcast that
Chairman Jones regarded it In the
light of a momentous discovery. He
could, It Is assumed, scarcely contain
himself until he had taken the world-at-large
Into the secret. And no
sooner had the wires finished clicking
the horrible news than Jones, we can
readily suppose, must have fallen back
In sheer exhaustion under the re-action.
And yet, now that tho first sudden
shock of the revelation has passed
away, an Impulse moves us to In
quire what of It? Has any law been
broken? Has any wrong been done?
We can scarcely suppose that Jones
would have raised such a stir had tho
literature sent out by the Chicago Dim
been Bryan literature. It Is Improb
able that In such a contingency he
would have threshed himself Into a
passion and sought trt set the uni
verse aflame. Wherein, then, lies the
appalling point? At what place are
we to groan and shriek and shiver?
How Is the public to comprehend, with
out the aid of a diagram, where It
should feel In duty bound to let Us
horrified feelings find angry and
vengeful vent? That Is where Jones
made his fatal mistake. He neglected
to connect his frightful expose with
an explanatory key.
Levity aside, Is It not time that the
public took the miasure of the politi
cal sagacity of a campaign which bases
its hopes on such a ridiculous trivial
ity as this?
Some persons are beginning to dis
cuss the question "Will the Democrat
ic .party perish?" The discussion Is
useless. The Democracy Is Immortal
It has outlived a whole generation st
mischievous principles and It -will sur
vive its present crisis. It is really
necessary to our politics as a horrible
example.
--1 -Why
He Is Silent.
The American Protective Tariff
league has undertaken an Interesting
investigation of the number of wage
earners employed, and the amount of
their earnings, during the months of
July 1892 and 189G. these dates being,
respectively, two years after the enact
ment of the McKinley and Wilson tar
iffs. Up to the close of last week it
had received upwards of 550 reports
from employers in 36 different states
who. In July, 1892, afforded occupation
for 114,231 hands, whereas the same
concerns could only employ 78,700
hands in July of this year.
The amount of wages paid, in July,
1892. to the 114,231 hands aggregated
$3,927,200. But the pay rolls for last
July, after two years of the Democratic
tariff, aggregated only $2,409,712. The
monthly average rate of wages has de
clined from $34.50 to $31 among those
who are at work. The number of idle
hands, In about 550 establishments, was
35,f.31.'- The monthly loss of earnings to
tho wage earners was $1,457,488. The
decrease in employment has exceeded
30 per cent. The decrease In wages
earned has been 40 per cent.
No wonder Mr. Bryan doesn't care to
discuss the tariff question. It will be
remembered that he helped to frame
the Wilson bill.
The Times quotes from the Salt Lake
Tribune six propositions relative to the
superior prosperity of silver standard
over gold standard countries and
claims they knock Carlisle's five propo
sitions, quoted yesterday, "into smith
ereens." This claim might be admit
ted If the Salt Lake paper's statements
were true. But they were each dis
proved In most emphatic manner and
In convincing detail by the page article
in last Saturday's Tribune which nar
rated from official sources the real con
ditions of business and labor In the
silver standard countries. Anyhow,
wo thought the Bryanltes were "blmet
allists." Is their talk about bimetal
lism merely guff for the gullible? Are
they really silver monometalllsts In dis
guise? Prince Bismarck has written a letter
asserting his belief In the desirability
of international bimetallism, and inti
mating that ns a means to that end
Americans ought to try the experiment
of Independent action. Shrewd old
prince! Ills counsel recalls Artemas
Ward's willingness to solve the slavery
problem If It took all his wife's rela
tions. Illsmnrok Is willing enough to
let other nations burn their fingers so
Ion? as the fatherland's hands are
safe.
All accounts agree that Senator
Quay's utmost Influences are being ex
erted In Philadelphia In the Interest
of party Iinrmony. As a result, while a
few marplots hold out, fearing loss of
employment with the subsidence of
factional strife, the great mass of the
party In thnt;lty is already a long
wny toward reconciliation and unity of
purpose. That Is the kind of leader
ship which commands admiration.
Opening a Detroit exchange the other
day we were confronted by the con
spicuous picture of a "lady" advertised
ns "the woman pugilist." And yet,
why not? This Is tho new woman's era.
What la sauce for the gander ought
according to the new dispensation to be
just as appropriate sauce for the goose.
Pugilism is nowadays largely a matter
of gab. All hall, therefore, the wo
man pugilist!
That Is a fine tribute to the Republl
can commissioners of this county which
the Democratic organ pays when It re
luctantly admits that during their ad
ministration of the county finances
"there have been no serious scandals."
The taxpayers of Lackawanna county
will be likely to retain such good ser
vants rather than sanction the prob
lematical experiment of a change.
With Postmaster Bogert's paper prac
tically calling Appolnter Cleveland a
political traitor for not supporting
Bryan, there ought soon to be a condi
tion, of Interest In the Democratic pol
itics of Luzerne. But perhaps Bogert
thinks what he loses by abusing Gro
ver he will win back by cottoning to
the Boy Orator. If that be so, alas for
hla delusion.
The charges are multiplying so rap
idly against Minister Terrell that some
thing ouffht soon to be done In the di
rection of an official investigation.
However, It will not be long until there
will be a decent administration In con
trol of the American state department,
and then perhaps public sentiment will
stand some show.
Mr. Thacher says he Is forninst Mr.
Bryan's theories, but is willing to do
what ho can toward Bryan's election,
even to get the worst licking that a
gubernatorial candidate ever received
in New York state. This Is the gist of
Thacher's letter of acceptance.
It strikes us that the Scranton Times
descends to small business when It
abusrs Mr. Scrsgg for laving dared to
follow his convictions. It will not help
its cause by such tactics.
Governor O'Ferrall, of Virginia, one
of the Btoutest of Democrats, repudi
ates Bryan and declares for sound
money. Let the good work go on.
Restore public confidence In this
country and there'll be no lack of
money. On tho contrary, we will soon
have "money to, burn."
A flairs locally having recently been
n trifle dull, the advent of Bryan will
be weleonic. If only for variety's sake.
John Thacher, too, seecms reconciled
to the prospect of being sacrificed on
a "golden altar."
Bardsley was evidently fortunate In
having- a friend at eourt. -
Some Reflections
as to Libel Stiiis
"I'enn," In Philadelphia Bulletin.
Libel suits against newspapers In the
midst of a political campaign are always
viewed with niuro or less suspicion. Tliey
are part of the sheet lightning of politics;
they make a flash, but seldom bit. As a
rule, they fizzle out In the dust of a eourt
docket ater election, and no more is
heard of them. An explanation, an apol
ogy, a private negotiation or the inter
mediary offices of mutual friends open
the way for closing the Incident. That is
the conclusion which doubtless most per
sons had In mind when they heard of the
suit which James L. Miles has brought
ugainst the Philadelphia Times.
Yet on tho face of the facts as they are
known there is a strong presumption in
favor of Miles, as a plaintiff, who has
apparent ground for his suit. Tho article
of which he complains Is calculated to
produce In the mtnd of every man who
reads It an impression that Miles Is a
downright rascal, unworthy of any hon
est man's respect or confidence. Now, the
fHJlnt may bo fuirly made whether any or
all the facts that are known of hts career
can le Justly construed, even from an un
friendly standpoint, so as to warrant this
sweeping criticism under tho privileged
communications allowed to the press In
discussing the fitness and deservlngs of a
candidate for office. Miles, lKTsonally, Is
an agreeable, well-behaved man, with the
bearing of a gentleman; professionally he
had a respectable standing at the bar, and
politically he has been associated loyally
with the organization and leadership of
his party the same as hundreds of excel
lent men whose fidelity is assured by sat
isfying their ambitions for public office,
and not a corrupt greed. I have no
thought of making defense or apology for
any mistake or delinquency he may be
charged with, either politically or official
ly. I am talking of him In a perfectly
Judicial temper. But I think that any
newspaper which makes the deduction
that the man Is a wretched corruptlonlst
from the very limited evidence which at
present sustains the theory and then
starts In to fling at him with all the vague
generalities and Innuendoes and devised
epithets that sink like drops of poison Into
the public mind. Is guilty of moral as
sassination, and cannot take shelter un
der the cover of legitimate discussion of a
citizen In his public character.
I am one of the comparatively few who
think that the famous $45,000 verdict
against the Times, now before the Su
preme court, was excessive, even making
all allowance for the wrong or Injury that
may have been done to ex-Mayor Smith.
It was excessive, because It was far more
than the plaintiff himself really expected;
it was far more than the bitterest journal
istic enemies of the paper had looked for,
and It was excessive even as an exemplary
admonition to libellers. A fourth or a
fifth part of the amount would have been
ample from either the personal or tho
punitive point of view. From the stand
point of the general interest of the press
it wum bad as a precedent or as setting
a standard for a rate of damages such as
lias never before been known in the his
tory of Pennsylvania journalism. If the
ex-mayor, who himself never assumed to
be among the purest specimens of citi
zenship could obtuin such damages, whut
mulct would be put upon a newspaper
which might be haled into court by a
man of really high character? As a result
the veriest scamps who have a grievance
ugainst the press or the charlatans of the
bar who egg on men to bellevo that their
reputations have been ruined and that
there must bo reparation In a legal raid on
the publishers' privy purse do not think
now of suggesting Icks than $100,000 as the
measure of their griefs.
The chief reason why that $4a,000 ver
dict came out of tho Jury box, and why
It has been approved by a good many peo
ple who are not generally uncharltuble,
was that tho anti-Smith libel was only a
specimen of a style of writing and com
ment and distortion that purposely aims
at holding up a public character for a
"sensation." This Is sometimes defended
on the ground that "Judicious exaggera
tion" may do more than exact statement,
it springs chiefly, however, from a half
simian and half mercenary and wholly
unfair notion that it "pays" to use the
club on a public man, and that It Is
rather a "smart" thing to muke some ono
writho and howl for the delight of the
crowd. It Is not personul malice, or even
hot partisanship, or tho temper of the
common scold, so much as the Instinct
and practice of tho showman who draws
the look rs-on lnio his tent by provoking
the well-behaved animals on the inside
to muke a noise.
The hurtfulness of this stylo of discus
sion to the press In general is to be found
in the dltllculty which Is experienced in
inducing legislatures to relax those fea
tures of tho libel law which bear heavily
or unjustly on a newspaper. A citizen of
cleanness of probity like McCreary or
Warwick, running for office and a char
acter built up by years of square dealing
and manly citizenship derided, lampooned
and dragged around In the gutters of
cheap sensation Is certainly quotes by
dispassionate men of affairs as reasons
why libel laws should he made more strin
gent nnd verdicts of damuges more op
pressive. It was tho influence of this kind
of reasoning that made the opinion which
justified the Bill Smith verdict, unfair as
it is when applied to mat particular case.
.Miles as u candldnte for otllce must ex
pect the most searching examination and
discussion of bis official record In the full
blaze of publicity; but the practice of
assuming motives without facts or proof,
and then enveloping a mun In a cloud of
coarse epithets is neither n manly nor
legitimate exercise of the editorial privi
lege. On tho face of the case as It stunds
today, It lucks justification, nnd this may
be said fuirly without regard to tho gen
eral question of Miles' fitness for the oi
flce. The libel luws are bard enough with
out giving ground for making them worse.
ORIGIN OF POLITICAL PHRASES.
The origin of the phrase "mending his
fences" Is said to be as follows: Imme
diately prior to the meeting of the Repub
lican national convention In 188') John
Sherman, known to be an aspirant for
presidential honors withdrew from the
senate to the seclusion of his farm at
Mansfield, O. It was generally believed
that In this retirement he was maturing
plans and secretly organising movements
to bring about Ms nomination. One day,
while In a field with his brothcr-ln-law,
Colonel Moulton, engaged In replacing
some rails in a fence, a reporter found
him and sought some political news by
inquiring what Sherman was doing. Col
onel Moulton avoided the necessity of n
direct answer to so pointed a question 1 y
exclaiming: "Why, you can see for your
self; he's mending his fences."
"Log-rolling" Is an American slang ex
pression for mutual atintance rendered
by persons In power to the detriment of
the general puhlie. The Knglish "Von
Fcrsteh my back snd I'll scratch yours"
and the Scotch "Caw me, tfsVV thee' are
approximate equivalents, in Its original
sense log-rolling Is a sort of mutual-help
festival akin to the quiltlng-bees and husk-Ing-bees.
When n backwoodsman cuts
down trees his neighbors help him to roll
them away, and In return he helps them
with their trees. The phrase was first ap
plied as a slang metaphor to politics. A
and B, for example, congressmen and as
semblymen, each has a bill to pass. Kara
n (Trees to support and vote for the other's
bill. They nre log-rolling for each other.
Furthermore, neither, we will suppose
has any interest or belief In either bill, but
wishes to gain the help of the promo
ters for some scheme of his jwn. He and
the promoters are log-rolling for each
other.
In Atnerlcnn political slang the phrase
"to wave the bloody shirt," sometimes eu
phemixed Into "the ensanguined garment,"
means to keep up the sectional Issues of
the civil war by appeals to prejudice and
passion, A probable origin of the phrase
may be found In n Corslcan custom nearly
If not quite obsolete. In the days of the
fierce vendetta the feuds which divided
Corslcan family from family bloodshed ,
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was a common occurrence. Before tho
burial of a murdered mun the trldata was
4-lebratK. This word, whleh literally
means a crying aloud, may be translated
a "wake." The body of tho victim wss
laid upon a plank; bis useless firearms
were placed near his hand and his blood
stained shirt was hung above his head.
Around the rude blcr sat a clrclo of women,
wrapped In their black mantles, who
rocked themselves to and fro with strange
wailings. The men, relatives and friends
of the murdered man, fully armed, stood
around the room, mad with thrlst for re
venge. Then one of the women the wife
or mother or sister of the dead man with
a Bharp scream would snatch the bloody
shirt and, waving it aloft, begin the voce
ro the lamentation. This rhythmic dis
course was made up of alternate expres
sions of love for the dead and hatred of
his enemies and Its stnrtllng Images anil
tremendous curses were echoed In the
faces nnd mtittorlngs of the armed mourn
ers. It was by a not unnatural transition
that the phrase "bloody shirt" became ap
plied to demagogical utterances concern
ing the rebellion.
THE MOKTU.MiKS' OWNERS.
From the Philadelphia Press.
When Mr. Bryan charged "those who
hold fixed tnvestments" as "the only po
tent force" In favor of the existing gold
standard he probably had a vague Idea
In his ill-formed mind that they were
few in number. Take rrul estate mort
gages. The mortage is the symbol In the
minds of many for the grasping creditor.
In 1SW there were M.aw.OOO.OiU of suh
mortgages. Who owned them? The suv
1nke banks held of these mortgages fWi,
6S,77 in trust for 4,533,217 depositors. Tho
minding associations held $IOO,W),ito in
trust for l.SiW.OtK) shareholders. The life
Insurance companies doing business In
New York state held (Dec. 31, 1SS9,) J:72,
828,l.".7 for 4,at',2Sl policy holders. Adding
oiner states, in is.ni, about f:i)u,ilijn,00u.
In the three Items In 10 there were Vt,
1OU.000 persons holding $l,4'i7,M)0,noo of mort
gages. This number of persons is nearly
twice as numerous as the votes which wlil
be cast for Bryan. One-fourth of the real
estate mortgages In the country were
owned In 18f0 by this thrifty. Industrious,
saving mass of people, who are "those
who hold fixed Investments" of whom Mr.
Bryan spoke and who are turning this
thing over Just' now pretty carefully In
their minds, and making them up that, r.s
they paid in a gold dollar, they do not
propose to get a sliver one, worth half as
much, paid In return.
This disposes of one-fourth of this mort
gage debt. It Is owned literally by the mil
lion for tho million. The banks hold little
or nothing of this mortgngc debt. The
natlonl banks are prohibited from holding
any. All the other banks, state banks,
trust companies and private banks. In
IS!") held less than !0,000,(KiO of these loans.
Rallrods do not own them. They have
their own mortgage bonded debt of some
Jf'.unn.OnO.OOU, which Is owned, 10 per cent,
of It by Insurance companies nnd savings
banks, and the rest scattered among 500.0OJ
people. The big corporations do not own
real estnte mortgages.
As we have shown, a quarter of these
mortgages in lsau. about ll,W0,iKKl,im) were
held by 1.1,009,0). The other 4.700,OiW,WO
were In the hands of small owners. Look
over any county clerk's book of real estate
liens. Consult your acquaintance. The
great mas of mortgages nro held locally
In small sums and amounts by saving anil
thrifty people.
t DtH WHICH FLAM
From the Syracuse Standard.
The silver-using countries are Mexico,
China, Japan, Russia, India, the Straits
Settlements, the South American States
and the Central American States. The
currency of the other nations of the wo-ld
is upon a gold basis. The total population
of these silver-using countries Is SSO.OOO.flOO,
and their total currency, metallic and pa
per, Iso given by Preston nt $3.78."i.tW,o.
Thus the average amount of money for
each citizen In the countries whose cur
rency is based upon silver Is $1,30 per capi
ta. The population of the nations of ths
world whose currency Is based upon gold
aggregates 37COOO.OUO, and the total amount
of their money Is $(i,7Wi,noo,000. Thus tho
average amount of money for each citlsen
In the countries whose currency is based
upon gold Is $18.06 per capita.
The latest statement of the treasury de-
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Gar Stops
partment gives the "amount of money In
tho United States, per capita, $32.86," and
the "money in circulation in the United
States, per capita, $21,10." Placed sido by
side, these facts stand as follows:
Average per capita, circulation, silver
standard countries $ 4 39
Average per capita circulation, gold
standard countries $18 0$
Average per capita circulation In the
United States $21 10
Which class of nations do you want to
belong to? Don't you think It wise to let
well enough alone, and at least not Join
tho class of nations whose per capita cir
culation Is only one-fifth that of our own
country?
JiATlUALLt SO.
From the Times-Herald.
The people apparently prefer to stand
with England, (jermany and France ra
ther than with China, Slum and Mexico.
SECOND THE MOTION.
From the Times-Herald.
Now let Allison's state do as well at
Reed's.
THE COMING HERO.
The base ball season's nearly o'er,
But what of that?
The college boy has hair galore
Beneath his hat. .
His muscles are like bands of iteel,
Already he's
Apparently begun to feel
Like forming "Vs."
He talks of "center rushes," and
Of "halfs" and "ends;"
The thumps and bumps that he can stand
Astound his friends.
i
What though of hooks he doesn't leem
To know enough?
He's eantaln of his college team
And that's the stuff!
Cleveland Leader.
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FRUIT JARS
All good housekeepers
use Lightning Jars.
Why? Because they open
and close easy, and are
perfect sealers. The re
sult is they never lose a
can of fruit.
THE
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If you contemplate purchaalng or lea.
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