i "ft mm VOLUME 5. KEYN0LDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1U. NUMBER 23. A Few Solid Retsoni Why I Am For Bimeullsm. BT ISAIAH A. SWARTS.l In the first pliwo 1 am for blmotallsm because no party In thin free country ever doclared for a purmnnont jfold standnrd. Even the vtiry platform upon which the (rol(llt art runnlnif In Ihis stirring cttmpiiiKn dHs not ndvncatn the continunnro of tho (fold standard. It ha blmctallsm In vlow, and It says In effect that we must first enb-r Into partnership with the nations Ixiyond the great waters before It would bo safe for us to adopt the blmotalistio policy of the fie and unllinitod eoinnve of both gold and silver. The Chicago platform says that this Is not a necessary part of our treaty, or amicable relations with other nations, so that we can legis late on tt as seems best for the general welfare of our Republic, without wait ing for other nation to tell us their mind and interested wishes upon the question. The principal difference between tho two great parties upon the subject of the free coinage of both gold nd silver Is, therefore, merely this: The goldites say that we cannot return to bimetalism without the consent of Europe; the silverttes say that they till believe In the Declaration of Inde pendence and assert that we are independent enough to legislate for ourselves without watting for the acquiescence of foreign powers In all matters not necessarily Included In a friendly Inter-national relationship. Even should we wait for an agreement between us and Kuroe who knows whether the Europeans would ever agree with us on international bimetal ism. If we were famishing from falling harvests the Europeans would not lose much time In coming to our aid, but under general conditions they will be seeking their own interest and not ours. So long, therefore, as our present gold standard is a benefit to any nation beyond the ocean, as It Is to England, that nation would not be any too ready to chip in with us for International bi metalism. Whatever may be our government's duty with respect to our sister countries, her first obligation Is to see to the general welfare of her own people by attending to such legislation as the conditions within our boarders call for. Id the second place I am for bimetal lata because thedemonati'ation of silver hae diminished the quantity of our "legal tender" as to prove a serious injury to a large proKrtion of our co equal people justly entitled to an equal share of their government's service. That part of our legislation which, thus, contracted our currency has been a criminal respecter of persons having, in faot, granted special and exclusive privileges to a certain class of individ uals, and opening a way for them to tho accumulation of the bulk of the country's profits in their own hands. Thus far our legislation has boon vicious, unjuHt and contrary to tho Constitution and Declaration of Independence. For the. -one supremo object of government la to provide for the general welfare of tho whole people without respect of person, to restrain one citizen from Injuring another in any manner and to secure to each those equal righto expretwed In the Declaration of Independence. In the third place I am for bimelnllsra because the one great need of the country at this present hour is an ex pansion of our "medium of exchange" Money with respect to quantity is exact ly like wheat. When wheat is scarce it is proportionately high in prion and it will require just so much more of other thing to gut a bushel of it through exchange. So, in like manner, when money is scarce it is dear and it takes just so much more of any kind of commodity to get a dollar for it. This is one reason why Hoffman, the jeweler, has to sell such a fine clock in order to get the puny sum of $2.75 of "legal tender." Of course tho writer, as well as any other man, would be very glad to buy a clock so cheap. That dock Is not too cheap for the buyer. It is the maker of the clock whom the low price hurts. It is all well enough to wish to buy cheap but it would be sheer selfish ness to wish to buy at such, a bargain as to impoverish the producer of the thing bought. But it was not from the more dimin ished quantity of our "legal tender" that the pinch comes, in fact, the larger part of the distress came from the uhange in value that was going on in connection with the change in quantity and these two changes in value and quantity are inseparably connected. Whenever money thus rises in value debtors must lose while creditors get a premium. The longer this rise In the value of money last the greater the Injury to a certain class of citizens. Another result of a rise in money is the fact that it will then be hoarded, just as a farmer would hoard his wheat, could he be assured that it would move upward for space. What the country needs, therefore, is a stable currency. That variability which oomes from the fluctuation in the demand and supply of commodities Is, no doubt, source of health and vigor In the world of exchanges. But money, as a measure oi value and a medium of exobange, la not In the strictest sense of the term aoommodltv. It is one of those things that, like the scale to measure weight and the bushel to measure bulk, should be invariable. At any rate it should possess a measur able degree of stability and this temper it is the duty of the government to hammer into it. It is not only within the government's power to do so but also within her easiness in fact, nothing it easier. Why, then, is it not done? It is because majority of our law makers are so unmanly and so unpatri Otie as constantly to seek to divert legislation from its proper function of promoting the common good and to turn it Into an agency of their own to orlch and aggrandise themselves. This self-aeeklDg spirit, enthroned In toe hearts or a certain class of citizens, is the besetting ban .of a popular roveromenk Aided by the power of v-Jth and allowed perfect freedom It uMn which It feeds and In the taut place I am for bltmitalism bocauso bimetalism will expand our contracted currency, give it morn stability, and return us to tho "coin" of tho Constitution. As money Is tho life blood of business and Industry, bimetal- Ism will send new life and vigor through tho arteries of trncln and production and break the sell of this dreadful inertia. A return to bimetalism would, no doubt, be followed by a rapid change, amounting almost to a revolution, till an equilibrium has been reached. Hut this transition is hut that chnnge for the better which Is common to all reforms and Is but the sick man's return to a state of health. One feature of this chnnge would bo a rise In the price of t li oho productions which tho contraction of tho currency has depreciated. Hut Dlmotallsm would maintain inn nigner price of thorn) productions only in so fur as the rlce of commodities is controll ed by the currency. Since tho law of demand and supply is ino principal regulator of price noither bimetalism nor any other money system would hold up the prlco of any article under the pressure of an over-supply. But over production is not a permanent ining. It lasts only for about three years at the longest so that nothing at all Is to bo feared from over production compar ed with an under supply of money as continuous as the present one has already been. As bimetalism will not only put more monev into circulation, but will also distribute it more evenly and fill it into more pockets it cannot nut help editors and printers In the way of giving the pecuniary ability to subscribe fur the twinkling Star and other papers to a larger number of people. This Is a plain, unpolished and com monplace letter from a commonplace man to a common people on tho subject of bimotalism. A Famous German Doctor's Work Consumption is now known to bo curable If taken in time the Gorman remedy known as Otto's Cure, having been found to be an almost certain cure for the disease. Asthma, HronchltlH, ('roup, Coughs, Colds, Pneumonia, and all throat and lung diseases are quickly cured by Dr. Otto's Great German Remedy. Sample bottles of Otto's cure are being given away at Reynolds Drug Store. Large sizes 2Tc. and CO cento. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The tuna naive In the wnrkl forcuts, Amine, Hore, ulrerw, wilt rheum, fever nori. Teller, rtinppeil ItHnritt, elillhlttlnH, rorns, stiff all nkln eruptlonn, nnd noHltlvely cuivh piled, or no pay retiitrMl. It iHfniiiruntend toulvc jierfwt HntlHfnrttnn or money refunded, rrleo 25 ceot. pur box. Koriutto by 11. Alex. Btotte. I have bought the Finest and Best line of Goods ever brought to Reyn- oldsville. A line of novelty goods from 10 to 50 cents a yard; dregs goods in all colors and at all prices; plaids from 8 to 75 cts a yard; Shepherd plaid from 12J to 75 cts; caBhmeres in all colors and at prices to suit the times; forty-five inch Henrietta in black, blue, green and rose , at 48 cts a yard; former price $1.00. A large line in wash goods; Dimity, Percale, Gesmonda and Moire Esistal, Dotted Swiss in white, blue and pink at prices lower than ever; white goods at all prices; satines in plain, striped and figures. Large line of embroideries from 2 cts up to 75 cts a yard. Ladies' waists from 48 cts to $1.25. CLOTHING. You will save money by buying your clothing at Hanau's. Men's all wool cheviot suits at 6.50, worth 10.00; men's all wool cheviot suits at 5.00; men's clay suits from 6.50 to $14; youth's suits in cheviots, worsteds and clay, all colors, at all prices. Boys' and children's suits from 75c up to 5.00. A large line of laundried shirts, white and colored, from 50c to 1.25. A fine line in neckwear, hats and caps. Please call in before buy ing elsewhere. No trouble Republic thrives. to show goods. N". Hanau. Advertising - Sipn! Guild's Knee Pants Suits. The grandest line of any season we have ever shown to our many customers. Suits for 50c, 75c, $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, $2.00, 2.50, 8.00, 3.50 and $5.00. Boys' Long Pants. The greatest line ever bought for 50c, 75c, $1.00, .$1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50, and 8.00. Match us if you can. BOYS' - UNDERWEAR. Mothers, we have a fine suit of. under wear for your boys, for 50c, 75c. and $1.00. A great bargain. Call and see them. Men's Underwear. For 50c we can give you a fine fleeced undershirt or drawers. For 75c a strictly all wool camel hair. Call and see them. Men's Pants. A good pair of pants, war ranted not to rip, for 50c, 75c, $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 and 8.00. Call and be convinced vckvpo cm vi x-uAuiDuiug gwus A LIVE' Every man or boy who wears one of HULL'S Celebrated $8.50 Suits or Overcoats is a living advertisement of Bell's Leadership of good honest Clothing for little money. There iB no one, and you well know it, that can sell you a suit for $3.00 or $4.00 that is any good. Better put a little more money to it and buy one of our $8.50 All-wool Suit or Overcoat. "Wherever you go you can see people wearing our clothing. Every sale makes other sales for us. This line consists of all colors and styles for $8.50. We visited all the Eastern cities to select our stock of Overcoats, as we were exceedingly anxious to get a bang-up $10.00 line, and we succeeded. It is a fine all-wool Kersey or Melton, blue or black. Considering the beautiful style and the fine trimmings it has no equal in the town. POR TOE PRICE We say positively (and we know what we are talking about) that our $10.00 line of suits for men is simply complete, and that you can't match it elsewhere in the town. We had them made to lit stout men, slim men and all other men. Don't IO-il to Seo Them! They are truly a Bargain! Men's Underwear In strictly all wool fleeced lined for $1.00. The great 'est line you ever saw. Call and see them. Men's Fancy Bosom Shirts We can show you 200 different Btyles of the great est makers in the world for 50c, 75c, $1.00 and 1.50. MEN'S STORM COATS! For $4.00, 5.00, 6.00 and a fine all wool storm coat for $7.00 and 9.00. that what we say is true. We luau any utucr vauuuug euLuimuinunt ouiBiae oi lae large cities. BELL, The Only Exclusive Clothier, Hatter, Furnisher and Merchant Tailor in REYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A. The finest Can give you a 75c. and $1.00 made in the TRUNKS! TRUN A good trunk for $1.1 2.00, 2.50, 3.00 and up' 12.00. A good grip for 71 Telescope for 25c. to 1.25. MEN'S WORKING SHIRTS. ine aanay line, a g working shirt for 20c, 25c duc, voa, ifii. uu, 1.25 an 1.50. Gents, see our 50J shirt. have more floor space devoted Boys' Knee Pants. The finest 25c. knee pants ever shown, and we will guarantee it strictly all wool for 25c For 50c we can give you a fine all-wool, double-knee and double-seated. Gloves! Gloves! GlovesI For men, boys and children, the great est display ever Bhown for 25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00, 1.25 and 1.50. N&GKWEflR t N&GKW&AR 1 line of neckwear ever shown..- esilk tie for 25c, 50c, has anything that is twear. exclusively lothing, Hats, wU sooner or later make an end of the