PIKE COUNTY PRESS. Friday, Jult 3, 1896. PCBL1HHED EVERY FRIDAY. OFFICE, BROWK'b BttlLDWO, BROAD BT. Entered at the post office of Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania, as seoond-class matter, November twenty-first, 1895. Advertising Rates. One aqunre( eight ltnes),one Insertion $1.00 Each subsequent Insertion .60 Reduced rotes will be furnished on ap plication, will be allowed yearly adver tisers. Legal, Advertising. Pimrt Proclamation. Jurv and Trial List for several courts per term, 124.00 Administrator's and Executor's notices - - - 8.00 Auditor's notices - 4.00 Divorce notices B OO Sheriff's sales, Orphans' court sales, Count Treasurer's sales. County state ment and election proclamation charged by the square. J. B. Van Etten, PUBLISHER, Milford, Pike County, Pa. 1896 JULY. 1896 Su. Mo. Tu. Wt. Th. Fr. 8a. JLJLZ JLJL 15 n. 12 2iii5 16 J7 1 190 21 22 3 24 25 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES. 11.90 Q Quarter a p. m. . Quarter LI a. 0 wat a run n. ii urn 10 .. I Smooo 24 .. 1:01 Regular Republican Nominations. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM M'KINLEY, OF OHIO. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,. GARRET A. HOBART, OF NEW JERSEY. REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. For Congressmen-at-large, GALUSHA A. GROW, of Susquehanna County. SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT, of Erie County. Editorial. M'KINLEY NOTIFIED Republican voters throughout the country will approve the creed ex. pressed by William McKinley in his speech of acceptance. He places himself squarely on the St. Louis platform and accepts " its direct, clear and emphatio " declarations, as his own and pledges himself to their support. The three principles which he emphasizes, and especially af firms are the tariff, adequate rev enue and sound money. These provide for a prosperous country.the solvency of the Govern ment, and the security of the cur rency. They are bo closely allied that neither can be omitted without injury to the other, and for their success every man in the land, irre epective of party, can most cordially co-operate. Protection will aid wages, restore confidence, build up home markets, and with reciprocity will carry our goods Into foreign. markets. He says " the money of the United States, and every kind or form of It, whether of paper, silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world, and he even goes beyond the main ten ance at home of the existing gold standard and declares that the money of the United States " must not only be current at its full face value at home,but it must be counted at par in any and every commercial center of the globe." In these declarations the country will acquiesce. The people, are for protection which pays wages, and for a government which can pay its way and for honest money where with to do bo "in any and every commercial center of the globe. AS TO ROADS. Attention has frequently been called in the newspapers and by public speakers to the advantage of aging wide tires on wagons designed for heavy loads. The Pennsylvania Legislature recognizing the benefits to the roads to be derived from the use of wagons thus equipped and to encourage their use passed an act allowing a rebate on road taxes to all who would place tires of a oer ' tain width on their wagons. In nearly every section of the State and in several parts of this county those drawing heavy loads have recog nized the great saving in power and the immense benefit to the highway arising from their use, but there are people who still adhere to the nar row tires, and claim, in the face of power teats and the practical expert ence of those using wide tires, that the narrow tires are preferable. Buch people are blind to the facta, and regardless of the best Interests of the community. Every locality needs good roads. They are an in ducement to people to travel, and travelers scatter money. They in vite settlers, whd add to the pros perity of the county, and who take natural pride in having good, easy roads. There is little encourage ment to spend money In grading and leveling and making a smooth hard road bed when vandals with narrow tire wagons heavily loaded, in muddy weather go over the roads cutting deep ruts and rendering them rough and uneven and even danger ous. A wheel is chain-locked on a hill and forthwith a gutter is cut from top to bottom, which at the first shower becomes a sluiceway for the water,and a deep and ragged trench is the result, which must be repaired at more or less expense. This is wasteful, extravagent, and unnecessary. A wide tire would avoid this evil. The wheelmen of the country are taking the subject of good roads in hand and we hope they will push the matter energetically. If men are so blind to their own interests and those of the community that they will not accept the hint which the legislature has given we trust that body at its session this winter will administer a stronger one in the shape of an act compelling all who use wagons designed for loads above a certain specified weight to have tires of a certain width, and if a man persists in using a narrow tire oompel him to take out a license therefor and pay an extra road tax. We think such an act would fall within the police power of the Legis lature. A REMINISCENCE. As the commissioners who are seeking re-election may need some additional argument besides the one that it is customary to give a second term, we reproduce briefly a few fig ures from the Press of February 14, showing conclusively that on the ground of business capacity and gen- r i i ti , ..j At j they should in the interest of re form be made life custodians of the office. The percentage of cost for the pay, etc, of county commissione.'s and treasurer in Wayne county for last year was 6.24, for Monroe 4.90 and for Pike 16.20. Tee total amounts paid commis sioners was in Wayne, $1,652.67 ; in Monroe, $1,506,80, and in Pike, $1,- 648.53. Tax-payers will contrast the wealth, population, number of bridges and amount of work neces sary to carefully look after the vari ous matters in our county, witn those of our Bister counties, and they will see that our officials exercised more care by $141.73 than those of Monroe and only $4.14 less than in Wayne. This demonstrates clearly their unremitting attention to their office. Now should such faithful public servants, after an unlimited expenditure of care, grey matter and in certain cases even muscle, be relegated to the walks of a private life ? Shades of economy forbid it A captious correspondent in the Port Jervis Gazette last winter criti cised our county commissioners for their refusal to appropriate funds to clear up the " Twist murder case near Mill Rift." In striking con. trastwith this alleged parsimony, was the action of a former board in regard to the Greening case as is set forth on their minute book in 1883, page 237. Where may be found resolution appropriating $1,500 or so much as may be necessary, " and that we will appropriate at any time hereafter such further sum or sums as shall be necessary for the purpose aforesaid." ( Henry DeWitt, Commissioners James M. Bensley, ( John H. Newman. One of the gentlemen above named is a candidate for associate judge and another is, we ha ve been informed, a candidate for county commissioner. We offer the above to show that there is nothing small about them when it comes to inves tigating with the taxpayers' money. THE TWO-THIRDS RULE. Some Democrats are trying to con sole themselves and the east with the idea that while there are enough delegates instructed for free silver, to adopt a plank of that character at Chicago there are not two-thirds the number required to nominate a candidate. The fact is there is no two thirds rule, which can bind the Convention. There has been such a rule followed for about sixty years but it was intended originally only for the Convention by which it was adopted, and it has been kept up by subsequent re-enactment at each succeeding Convention. The prac tise has been to move ' 'that the rules of the last Democratio Convention govern the body," and that motion has carried with it the two thirds rule, the rules of the House of Re presentfltives and the recognition of any State to have its vote cast as n unit. There will, therefore, bo no rule to govern the coming convention, and it will formulate such as tnnv be in accord with the sentiment of the majority. If the silver men are sure of their ground they may as n sop to the people allow the old rule to prevail, but if they have any doubt as to their ability to fully control the convention and nominate a free silver candidate they will not per mit the old rule to prevail. There sooms to be nothing in the situation as it now is and will likely remain, to prevent a free silver platform and a candidate of the same stripe. DELEGATES TO CHICAGO. All the states have now elected their delegates and the absorbing question is aa to whether the sound money or the free silver faction shall control the convention. The most careful estimate places the delegates as follows : For gold, 329 ; for silver, 597. Tho majority of state delegations are bound by instructions to vote as a unit. This is the case with the Mirjiigan, but as there are some contested seats the decision aa to them will deter mine on which side the state will vote. There are enough silverites to cou trol the convention and force a sil ver platform but thero are not enough to nominate a candidate. A feature of the Republican plat form upon which womankind is re flecting with a good deal of interest is the woman suffrage plank. This does not commit the party squarely to the granting of the suffrage to women, v It says: "We favor the admission of women to wider spheres of usefulness and welcome their co operation iu rescuing the country from Democratic and Popu- listic mismanagement and misrule." But it does call lor equal pay for equal work in all public employ ments for women. The present Democratic program may be outlined as follows : The gold men will endeavor to secure sufficient support from the silver element through whatever means they can, to nominate a conserva tive man, who will stand on an out right silver platform and in his let ter of acceptance make some declar ation on the financial question which may be capable of two constructions. This they hope will give the Eas tern Democrats a slim, but sufijei ent excuse for remaining in the party. , .im . Tho lack of Amerwwi elilpV, nota ble in nearly every foreign port, is emphasized in a recent consular re port. Of over 1,500 morchant steamers at Bangkok, Sium, in one year, not one was Amprican, and of over 1,700 vessels which entered Japanese ports in the same year only 32 carried the United States flag. The construction of the Ni caragua canal will go far toward in creasing our Asiotio trade. Peter Pindar expressed the pre sent Democratic situation when he wrote : "Great fleas, 'tis said have smaller Hons Upon their backs to bite 'em : These smaller fleas have lesser fleas, And so ad infinitim. Tho Democrats are all sorry for the " mistake " the Republicans made in nominating McKinley. If it had been any one else possibly but they can't go him. Too bad. A Salute. Attention, loyal girls and hoys! Salute the flag with merry mil no From Mnlne to California, From Texas to to the lakes, (xlve three huBrahs For the stripes and stars Till the farthest echo wakes. Youth's Companion. Don't Seed toiinus with Millet or Ilnnga- - rlan. Those plants must make their growth in sixty days, or less, and should have full use of the soil They grow so thick and shady that grass could not get a start. If the millet is sown very thin and rather late, the grass might get a start that would not burn up when the millet is cut. For fine hay, Hunga rian is preferred, next common mil let, German millet is more coarse, and Pearl millet (a sorgham) is still larger in growth. It you decide to sow gross seed with millet, take ex tra pains to have the soil well worked to a good depth, as the grans roots must have a good bed to hold a mowing in tine xhti for several years. The longer the hind can bo kept in grass without reseetling, the more aire should be taken in thi3 work. CANDIDATE'S CARD. Having been appointed to 1111 in the ulliiw of a vacancy Associate Judge. I hereby announce myself a candidate fur mo uuimuauuil at tlie fUuutmcan Conveu tiuu. iSlamld 1 receive it, and be electod 1 shall endeavor to perform the duties the otlloH Impartially und to tho best of lay ability WILLIAM MITCHELL. July 2, lmitl. GEEAT BARGAINS. FRICE8 OF ALL GOOItf ADVANCED F1FTI . i , PER CENT. THH DEAfeEST (STORE IN TOWS. PRY OOoriS, CLOTHISO. HATS, BOOTS, OROTERIE AND HARDWARE AT HIGHER PRICES THAN EVER BF.FORE EVERYTHING HARKED UP. IP ANY LINE OP GOODS IS TOO CHEAP FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, A DISCOUNT OP TEN PER CENT WILL BE ADDED. WE GUARANTEE THAT ARTICLES BOUGHITFliOM US WILL COST MORE THAN THE SAME QUALITY CAN BB HAD FOR ELSEWHERE. A Special IaA of Women's Hats, Former Price ID.60, Now Going- lit 17. Bent Bngnf 8i11 at Other Stores for cents Per Pound, Onr Price 13 cents. One Hundred Suit Boys' Clothing, Cost M.S5 Each, Sncriliccd nt Only 118. Equally Big -Advance in Price ot AU Other Goods in Stock. Come Early and Avoid the Rash, as This Un paralleled Bale Will Only Last Two Weeks. All person 8 who prefer to boy dear Roods, and who favor currency schemes for raising prices, will please send their orders to the firm of STEWART, BLAND, ALTO ELD, TELLER & CO., Dealers In Cheap Honey Notions, High Prices Arguments, Free Silver Nostrums and Dear Goods Theories. Weekly Hard Times Howler, Pefferville. Cer lamity County, N. O. Some Sixteen to One Lot-to. Mexico has free silver. The Mexican people are very poor. Therefore, wo Want free silver. Wages in this country are too low. Wages are higher here and in all the gold standard countries than in China, India and other silver using nations. Therefore, we want free silver. We believe in the double standard under which both metals will be used to measure values. Free coinage at 16 to 1 will drive out all our gold and pot our currency on the silver basis. There fore, we want free silver. We f nvor an honest dollar which shall be just to all the people. The adoption of the silver standard will enable debt ors to repudinte one-half of their obliga tions. Therefore, we want free silver. Gold dollars are too scarce and dear to serve as money of the people. Under free coinage a silver dollar will always be worth lost as much as a gold dollar. Therefore, we want free sliver. The government can make E0 oents worth of metal worth 100 cents in gold by stamping it "one dollar." Under free coinage such a dollar would bny only half as much goods as a gold dol lar that is, it would be worth only half as much. Therefore, we want free silver. The prosperity of the. American peo ple depends on the amount of wealth produced and the fairness with which it is distributed among the producers. Measuring products in silver instead of gold would neither create any more wealth nor distribute it more justly. Therefore, we want free silver. The country is suffering because there is not half enough money to do business with. As soon as a free coinage law is passed our $(100, 000, 000 in gold will all be withdrawn, and we shall lose all that amount from circulation. There fore, we want free silver. "-ThorA ia jmmpthino vmnff with the country somehow, though we don't know what it is nor how to cure it But everything will come all right if a lot of cheap money agitators are elected to congress, so now and everlastingly we want free silver. W hidden Uro bilin. William Tell Tip to Date. Uolng Back to Their U nod tattlers. The silverites who want the American people to give up the stable money standard under which they have prog. pered, in order to go back to the silver dollars of their ancestors, are tho kind of men who are afraid of everything that is new. They are like the boy who went to the mill with a big bag across his horse's back. In one end of the bag was two bushels of com and in the other end a big stone. When the miller asked the boy why he did not divide the com and put half of it on each side of the horse the bright youth replied "father and grandfather alius took their com to mill this-a-way. I ain't no better than them. What was good enough for grandfather is good enongh for me. " The idea that because the men who lived in this country 100 years ago adopted a free coinage law we should be satisfied with the same system, is not suited to progressive, go ahead Ameri cans. The latter want the very best of everything and just as soon as a better way ot doing things is discovered, the old way is dropped and the new taken np. The question as to what was the best money system 100 years ago has nothing on earth to do with the practi cal affairs of today. To talk of going bock to free silver merely because it was an old system is on a level with trying to establish a monarchy in this country because we were once ruled by the Brit ish kings. When the people got tired of kings they kicked them oat and estab lished the republic. When they got tired of trvuiK to use the double standard thev mode gold the unit of value, and they intend to keep it Out of date sys tems don't count for much with live Americans. Ail Hinds of Keaaons. .Not only doss every consideration of honor and uatriotiain command us to stand fir sound currency, but considera tions of expediency as well. There ia probable presidency in sound currency. There is nothing but disaster in free sil. HEAP MONEY DEVIL. ALWAY9 ON HAND TO ENCOURAOB FIAT 8CHEME3 WITH SOPHISTRY AND GLOWING PROMISES. Pint Began Speenlatlons In the Middle Ash His Method Explained In Goethe's "Panst" Bad a Band In the John law Babble The French Amlffnats Ameri can Greenbacks If ow Busy Poshing Along the Sixteen to One Seheme. In a recent Interview Governor Alt- geld of Illinois told how many hundred fears gold and silver were maintained in circulation at a fixed ratio by the flat of government It is not disputed that whenever the legal ratio has coincided with the market value of the two metals they hae circulated together without any need of legislative flat, but when ever the legal ratio did not coincide with the commercial value of the two metals, having equal privileges at the mint, tho coinage that was undervalued dropped from circulation by a law more potent than tho decree of government Of course depreciated currency can be kept in circulation so long as a govern ment may be willing and able to keep the promise to redeem it in standard money, as is the case with the silver dollar of the United States and the 6 frano piece of France. The enormous oost and embarrassment of a flat cur rency to tho government of the United States are witnessed in the frequent borrowings of gold to provide for Us re demption. To Governor Altgcld it is a matter of indifference, as he says, whether the legal ratio for the free coinage of silver bo 18 to 1 or 8 to 1 with gold, since the fiat of the government would be as om nipotent In the one case aa in the other. But in giving the history of flat cur rency for the instruction of Illinois edi tors and speakers he might have men tioned in the course of his narrative the royal coin dippers who knavishly de based the money of their realms and meanly defrauded their subjects, just as the silverites propose to do with the monetary standard of the United States. The governor, however, does not go back quite far enough In tracing the origin of fiat money. We have the high authority of Goethe, who deeply pene trated the nature of things, that the devil Mephistopheles was the invent or of this kind of currency (for which see the second part of "Faust"). Far back in the middle ages we read that the affairs of the Germanio empire were in the greatest disorder. The treas ury was empty and utterly unable to re deem its obligations. The army was ready to mutiny because of the long ar rearajges of pay. The courtiers in the imperial palace complained of the dep. rivation of the luxuries to whioh they had been accustomed. Discontent and distress prevailed throughout the em' pire. At this juncture Mephistopheles ap peared on the scene, as he always does on such occasions. He proceeded at once to issue fiat currency under the author ity of his imperial majesty. At first the emperor was shocked at the monstrous fraud, and indignantly asked who had dared to forge the imperial name, threatening at the same time that such crime should not go unpunished. But the imperial scruples were soon removed by the arguments of Mephistopheles and the brilliant success of the scheme. The treasury was quickly replenished The army,-having received its pay, was eag er to re-enlist In the imperial palace the courtiers, and even the pages, had "money to burn," and prosperity again dawned upon the empire. In his aston ishment the emperor asked: "And does this pass for good gold with my people? Is it accepted for full pay by the army and the court? Much as I wonder, must let it go. " Bnt the court fool could not quite un derstand this magio paper, of whioh he had received 6, 000 crowns, and he asked Mephistopheles if this was good money's worth. Mephisto 7ou can have first what ever your gullet and belly may desire. Fool And can I buy with it fields and house and cattle? Mephisto Of course I Demand only that, and it shall not be Wanting to you. Fool And castle, with forest and deer park and fish pond? Mephisto Truly. I would like to see you a worshipful lord. Fool This very evening I will rock myself in a landed estate. Mephisto (atone) Who now doubts the wisdom of our fool? The other fools held on to their magio money until it withered to nothingness in their hands. When th inevitable crash came Mephistopheles had business somewhere else in his vast domain. The same personage again made his appear ance to lure the French people to nnan cial ruin when John Law acted as his flat money agent in the Mississippi scheme. He turned up again to persuade the French convention to print millions of assignata on the pledge of the confis cated lands of the nobility and clergy. His cloven foot was exhibited once more when congress was induced to issue an immense volume of legal tender paper and he laughed with baton io glee when this greenback currency depreciated to leas than 60 cents on the dollar. He now busy at the lugs of the numerous victims of the free silver mania, whis pering to them of the wonderful pros perity that would flow from the coinage of disks of silver, worth 60 cents each. into full legal tender dollars. Whenever the Altgelds and other demagogio advocates of flat money, whether it consist of irredeemable paper currency or of depreciated silver, under take to trace the history of such methods of finance they should give the devil his due. Philadelphia Record. How to Telt Good Money. Henri Ceranscbi is an eminent polit ical economist and an able advocate of international bimetallism. He is often quoted by free coinage advocates who would never accept his test for good and bad money. It is as follows: It is by the ordeal of Are that money can be tried. The coins which, being melted down, retain the entire value for which they were legal tender before they were melted down, are good money. Those which do not retain it are not good money. " Straight Goads. There can be no middle ground. It must be sound money first, last and all the time. -Baltimore American. The OovHeoarnal Sneaks Its Mind. The day after the Kentucky primar ies the Louisville Courier-Journal said editorially: "They (the Democrats) have repudi ated the only president the Democratic party has elected and seated for 60 years. They have repudiated the most distinguished of Kentucky's living sons and the greatest Democratic intellect in the United States. They have spit upon the fathers of the party whose name and organisation they claim, have pro claimed Jefferson an ignoramus, Jack son a oonspirator, Benton a knave and Cleveland a traitor. For the faith hand ed down through a hundred years of glorious party history they have substi tuted a fad rejected by every intelligent civilization on the globe, and for the exponents of that faith they have sub stituted such apostles of Populism as Stewart, such exhortors of socialism as Tillman, such evangels of anarchism aa Altgeld Saturday's work makes Ken tucky Republican for years. Before Sat urday Bradloyism was dead, but Satur day mode it possible for any Republican to carry Kentucky over a party which binds itself to the corpse of free silver ism. The one thing now for Kentucky Democracy is that the Chicago conven tion shaH not ratify its stupendous blunder, and that chance seems all too remote. " How It Ixioks Abroad. Hambleton & Co. of Baltimore, in their weekly letter of May 80, offer the following explanation of why capital is being withdrawn from business enter prises : Let us put ourselves in the place of our European creditors and consider if we would not act as they have acted. Would we buy British securities or in vest in British industries and enterprises if we thought there was danger of our being paid in currency worth only half as mnch as the money which we loaned? Suppose our financial journals and news papers generally should daily warn us against investing our money in ISng land and intimate that we run a great risk of getting back only 60 cents for every dollar already so invested, would we not only not tray British securities, but would we not, before the threatened disaster came, draw home every dollar we could obtain? This is what Europe has been doing in regard to the United States for five years past 'Ever since the passage of the Sher man silver act of 1890 Europe has fore seen the danger, sold our securities and withdrawn capital from this country. This has resulted in our paying off hun dreds of millions of dollars of what we owed Europe, and we are at least to this extent the gainer. But we cannot afford to be independent of the European mar kets and European capital, and we can not enjoy full prosperity until we satisfy other countries what we are fully con vinced of that free silver coinage is a dead issue, and that every dollar of our currency and every other obligation will be maintained on a parity with gold" Inflated Prtoes For Cor Dogs, If this government should open its mints to coinage of the world's silver at 16 to 1, we would go at once to silver monometallism. This is the voice of all history emphasized by the present status of every free coinage oountry on the earth. We can no more have bimetal lism in actual use and unlimited silver ooinage than we can have a square, round objeot or dry, wet weather. Wherein would the people be benefited if they get double prices in half value money? If farmers' products brought double prices, so would the manufactur ers'. The benefits and advantages would be equal, except that buyers would al ways deduct enough to safely cover the fluctuations of silver, and this amount would be a dead loss to producers and a premium to speculators. I knew a boy who sold a cur dog for 1 100, but he took pay in pups at $20 apiece, so he was not materially benefited by the Inflated prices. From Speech of Judge George N. Aldredge. All Fries Would Advance. Let those farmers who believe free silver will cause the prices of farm products to advance ask themselves this simple question. Will free silver cause wheat to advance toll a bushel, or com to 60 cents a bushel, and not cause a $10 suit of clothes to advance to $30, or a $1 hat to $3? Can it be possible that any intelligent farmer believes free sil ver will advance the price of the prod ucts of his labor and not the price of the products of every other man s labor Henderson (Ky. ) Sun. MlehlgaaH xpirlias. In it was nip and took between the Democrats and Republicans in Mich igan. In 1864 the Democrats put a dis tinguished and popular man up for gov ernor on a straight 16 to 1 platform, making that the issue, and the majority against him was 106,893. In less than six months there happened to be another state election, and the Democrat still clung to 16 to 1, and in a midyear con test, as it was, the majority against them amounted to 80,407. That was enough for them. This year they tie themselves to sound money. Ineradicable. Kentucky's wishing for free silver aa a panacea for all evils will never lessen the country's thinking of that state in connection with the gold cure. Phila delphia Times. Blaad's -Bimetallic' Bike. Uncle Sam No, Dick, my wheel may have ite weak points and may not be up to date in all its details, but I would not think of trading it for aa out of date thing like that Mine is similar to those wed in all advanced countries, while yours is in use only in Mexico, China, Peru and other half civilised countries. You'd better pat that silver wheel front and get a modern gold one for the WOULD INJUhE ALL.' Chairman Fairbanks Save PTee Coinage Would Mean Roln. Before the Republican party at St Louis adopted its clear cut sound money plank Temporary Chairman Charles W. Fairbanks said in his opening speech : The Republican party has not been unfriendly to the proper use of silver. It has always favored and favors today the use of silver as a part of our circu lating medium. But it favors that use under such provisions and safeguards as shall not Imperil onr present national standard. The policy of the Republican party is to retain both gold and silver as a part of our circulating medium, while the policy of free ooinage of silver - leads to certain silver monometallism. It is an Immutable law that two moneys of unequal value will not circulate to gether and that the poorer always drives out the better. Those who profess to believe that this government, independent of other great commercial powers, can open its mints to the free and independent cotnago of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1 when the commercial ratio in all the great mar kets is 80 to 1, and at the some time not drive every dollar of gold out of circu lation, bnt deceive themselves. Great and splendid and powerful as our government is, it cannot accomplish the impossible. It cannot create value. It has not the alchemist's subtle art of transmuting unlimited silver into gold, nor can it, by omnipotent fiat, make 60 ' cents worth 100 cents. Aa well under take by a resolution of congress to sus pend the law of gravitation as attempt to compel an unlimited number -of 60 cent dollars to circulate with 100 cent dollars at a parity with each other. An attempt to oompel unlimited dollars of such unequal value to circulate at a parity is bad in morals and ia vicious in policy. Upon opening our mints to the inde pendent free ooinage of silver foreign credits would be withdrawn and domes tic credits would be greatly curtailed More than this there would be certain and sudden contraction of our currency by the expulsion of $830,000, 000 of gold and our paper and silver currency would Instantly and greatly depreciate in pur chasing power. Bnt one result would follow this enterprise would be further embarrassed, bnsincss demoralization wonld be increased and still further and serious injury would be inflicted upon the laborers, the formers, the merchants and all those whose welfare depends upon a wholesome commerce. A change from the present standard to the low silver standard would cut down the recompense of labor j reduce the value of the savings in savings banks and building and loan associations ; sal aries and incomes would shrink ; pen sions wonld be out in two ; the benefi ciaries of life insurance would suffer; in short the injury would be so univer sal and far reaching that a radical change can be contemplated only with the gravest apprehension. A sound currency defrauds no one. It is good alike in the hands of the em ployee and the-employer, the laborer and the capitalist Upon faith - in its worth, its stability, we go forward planning for the future. The capitalist erects his factories, acquires his ma terials, employs his artisans, mechanics and laborers. He is confident that his margin will not be swept away by fluc tuations in the currency. The laborer knows that the money earned by his toil Is as honest as his labor, and that it ia of unquestioned purchasing power.' . Xo Ratio Trlok Will Win. The trick of saying that the IB to 1 ratio la not material, whioh appeared as an afterthought shortly before Altgeld mode his Chicago speech, will not go. The 16 to 1 formula is in all the silver platforms, with one or two very recent exceptions, and now it will not down at the bidding of any silverite conjurer. The plan of leaving the question of ratio to congress will not deceive any honest money man nor will it satisfy any silverite who is in dead earnest To drop the 16 to 1 formula would offend the silverite rank and file and send them over in a body to the separate sil ver party or the Populists, while it would not satisfy any sound money man. A platform demanding free ooin age at 80 to 1 or any other ratio would not satisfy any honest money man. The Chicago convention must say either 16 to 1 or gold standard. There is no middle ground, for neither free silverites nor sound money men can by any possibility be induced to stand on such uncertain ground. This money question has been vexing the business publio, holding all indus tries in terror and suppressing all enter prise altogether too long. It is high time to have it settled and settled with such profound thud that no demagogue will think of bringing it out again with intent to befuddle and befool the people for a whole half century to come. It is time fur this generation to have done with this distracting lunacy and settle down to solid business. Chicago Chron icle. Chicago Should Follow St, Louis. Now if the Democrats at Chicago will only put as sound a money plank into their platform as the Republicans have put into their platform at St Louis, but little doubt will remain as to our future standard of value, and capitalists will at once begin to invest in American se curities and industries. This is the surest and quickest way to bring back good times. Sound money Democrats should not give up the fight before the battle occurs. Where the Germans Stand. Out of 603 German newspapers to which circulars were sent by the German-American Sound Money league a short time ago, 861 are in favor of gold standard, and only 81 la favor of the free ooinage of silver. Over 100 of the 603 German papers have thus far failed to make any reply to the commit tee's circular. The party that overlooks the German vote need not worry itself about official responsibility. The Germans constitute but a small percentage of our politi cians, but are an important class on election day. Xo Certain That Fire Will Ban. In 1890 silver inflation was author ised. As a result, in 1898 there was a financial collapse. The oountry has not yet been able to right itself, but the orasy advocatat of cheap money insist upon a renewal of their wild expert-(uent vht. Utica Observer.
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