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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
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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