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MONETAE! COMMISSION
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paper, or have become indebted by pur
chases at paper prices, to liquidate their
obligations in coin. It is not a good
answer to this to say that if debtors
suffer in this way now, creditors suffered
in an inverse way fifteen years ago. The
answer would be a better one if it could
. be truly said, as it cannot be, that the
debtors who are now to suffer are the
same persons who made a corresponding
gain fifteen years ago, and that the
creditors who are now to gain are the
same persons who then suffered a corre
sponding loss. Anin justice to one class
of persona is neither remedied nor com
pensated by inflicting an injustice upon
another class. The only ground upon
which a resumption of coin payments
can be juet:fled is that it is absolutely
essential to the public welfare. If re
sumption is demanded, it is by policy,
and not by equity. No man's equities
are impaired by a continuance of the
present state of things. There is no
holder of greenbacks who cannot get as
much as he gave for them. If prices
have been inflated in this country, it was
caused by an excessive issue of legal
tender paper, resulting from the real or
supposed necessities of the government.
No particular class can be charged with
being responsible for it. Those who now
find themselves crushed beneath a load
of debts through falling prices brought
about bv a contraction of the currency,
cannot oe justly taunieu with previous
recklessness, because they transacted
business in prices regulated by forces
over which they had no control. As the
debtors of the country are not more re
sponsible than the creditors for the sus
pension of specie payments, the burdens
of resumption should not be imposed on
them alone. It is claimed that resump
tion is necessary for the welfare of all.
Whatever sacrifices may be necessarily
attendant upon it should therefore be, as
nearly as possible, equitably shared by
all.
(To be continued.)
The Overproduction Theory.
Editor Advocate: The crushing de
feat that the republicans sustained in
the recent election has caused many
thinking men of that party to pause and
examine the surroundings, to discover
just where they are at, and we believe
this is a good time to continue the cam
paign of education.
Before the election, when asked the
cause of the low price of farm products,
the answer usually was overproduction.
I was met with this argument so often
that early in the campaign I determined
to find out just how much truth there
was in the statement. Accordingly I
wrote a friend at Junction City to ascer
tain of the proper officers at Fort Riley
what constituted a day's rations for a
soldier, of flour and pork. The answer
was, eighteen ounces of flour, or twenty
ounces of bread, and two-thirds pound
of pork. I then wrote Secretary Rusk
to know the amount of the wheat crop
for 1891; also number of fat hogs and fat
cattle marketed the same year. Accord
ingly I received a reply from Mr. Dodge,
government statistician, and learned that
the estimated wheat crop for 1891 was
611,000,000 bushels, but could not give
number of either fat hogs or cattle mar
keted, but sent me a census report from
which I learned that the entire number
of hogs, shoats and pigs on farms and
ranches was 54,000,000 for 1891. With
this data I began my investigation, by
reducing the amount of wheat to flour by
allowing thirty pounds to the bushel,
and allowing sixteen ounces or one pound
as a ration of flour, and computing the
population at 65,000,000. By ascertain
ing the number of bushels to supply one
day, then multiplying that by the num
ber of days in the year, I got the exact
facts, and was surprised to find that it
would take the entire wheat crop for
that year and nearly 18 000,000 Dushels
more to give each inhabitant sixteen
ounces per day. But some say that
there are so many children that it would
be impossible to consume so much per
capita. Deduct the 180,000,000 from the
amount for that year, and it will not be
much over twelve ounces per day for
each inhabitant. Then deduct the
amount exported, and we find that the
people of the United States do not con
sume much over one-third of the ration
of flour for a soldier.
The investigation of the pork ration
was still more surprising, in view of the
loud noise made in forcing the American
hog into Germany. Two thirds of a
pound per day for each inhabitant would
be nearly 43,000,000 pounds per day, fol
lowing the same rule as with the flour,
Multiplying the number of days in the
year would give total number of pounds.
Allowing that each hog reported in the
census was fed out and netted 125
pounds of bacon, it would take every
hog raised and 72,000,000 besides to give
a soldier's rations to each inhabitant.
Well, we don't all eat pork, so I reduce
the 72,000,000 hogs to beef carcasses of
500 pounds each net, and I find it will
take besides all the hogs 18,200,000 head
of beef cattle averaging 500 pounds net
to supply to every inhabitant a soldier's
ration.
In the Kansas Farmer of August 30
is a report of the Kansas City stock
yards, giving an account of receipts for
the year, and I find there a statement
in regard to the number of cattle mar
keted at the four great cattle markets of
America, viz, Chicago, St Louis, Kansas
City and Omaha, and formed the great
total for the year, including calves,
stockers, etc.,' to be 6,000,000 head, or
only one-third required to feed ' the pop
ulation for a year. Then we must re
member that over 1,000,000 of the very
beet of these were exported to foreign
countries, requiring 13,000,000 to be sup
plied by the butchers of the towns and
villages of the country. Does any sane
man believe that sucn a vast number is
supplied by them? Nay, verily, it is not
overproduction, but under consumption.
The more I investigate this subject,
the more I am satisfied that if we had a
circulating medium sufficient to do the
business of the country on a cash basis
that we would not have any, or very lit
tle, surplus wheat or flour for export.
Then one more fact, and I close. The
wheat crop of 1892 is about 120,000,000
bushels less than the crop of 1891, and
still the crop has been sold here for from
CO to 90 per cent, less than that of last
years, and it is of a much better quality.
Mr. Editor, push the educational de
partment Truth will finally triumph.
Tne people are investigating as never
before. Will the democratic adminis
tration afford us any relief? No, they
are now ignoring the demands of the
people by talking of tariff reduction and
lowering of expenses. The people de
mand more and cheaper money, the free
coinage of silver and government owner
ship of railways, and they will not be
side tracked by tariff nonsense or any
thing of the kind. Long live the Advo-
ate. Wm. Ramsey.
Solomon City, Kas.
day." Once happy homes are filled with
hunger, cold and famine. " The fact,"
continues the Press, "that stares us in
the face is that babies are crying to'their
mothers for food; that the poor little
hands and feet are chilled in houses
where there are no tires; that women are
clasping their wailing babes to breasts
from which privation has already starved
out nourishment; that the bread winner
walks helplessly about the streets and
returns to his home in agony of hopeless
ness to witness the suffering that he can
not alleviate." In this land of milk and
honey, at the dawn of a season of glad
ness, there can be but one response to
such a cry. Relief will come, but Mr,
Carnegie is delivering his Scotch chari
ties as usual. Look on this picture and
then on that. Kansas City Times, De
cember 14.
44 Listen, in God's name!" are the pa
thetic words used by the Pittsburg Press
in conveying the fact that 44 there are
hundreds and hundreds of starving
women and children in Homestead to-
That Oceur d'Alene Business to be Looked
Into.
There is hope that some light may be
thrown upon the brutalities committed
by the Idaho state government supported
by the United States troops, in connec
tion witn tne Ucrur d'Alene mining
troubles last summer. This disturbance
took place at the time when the Home
stead war and the convict lease war in
Tennessee were dividing the attention of
the country, and received in consequence
scanty attention. What facts did trans
pire strongly suggested that certain riot
ous disturbances at the mines were made
the pretext for a violent and high
handed policy of suppressing labor or
ganizations by military force which
would have been worthy of a Cossack
general putting down a Polish insurrec
tion.
It happens that among the hundreds
of men who were arrested by the troops
and thrown into jail on the charge of
aiding and abetting rioters, was one
Chisholm, a British subject. He alleges
that he was kept in jail from July 17 to
September 30, without trial, and that no
attention was given to his protest and
claim of being a British subject. His
government has now demanded an ex
planation from ours, and the administra
tion has telegraphed in hot haste for
information to be sent on by the Idaho
authorities. Undoubtedly Chisholm will
get redress and apologies, but the several
hundred other men who received' the
same treatment, being only American
citizens, will get neither.
We expect that when the full history
of that Co?ur d'Alene matter gets to be
written, it will be found to be one of the
most disgraceful incidents in the history
of our government. What the people of
Idaho think about it is to be inferred
from the late election, which took the
state out of the republican column and
gave it to the People's party. New Na
tion.
Saved Hi3 Arm.
Wm. Dixon, accompanied by his son,
Will, are in Topeka this week consulting
Dr. Roby, the eminent surgeon, in regard
to Will's arm. Five different surgeons
in Hutchinson, after examining the arm,
decided that it must be amputated. Mr.
Dixon is not satisfied, however, that
such is the case and will cot submit to
an amputation until he is convinced that
there is no possible way of saving the
arm. The trouble seems to be caries or
necrosis of the bones of the forearm,
caused by a bruise or sprain.
LATER.
Mr. Dixon returned this morning,
bearing the good news that modern sur
gery has saved Will's arm. Dr. Roby,
the noted surgeon, who recently
narftrmml oavarol 1ifl?fnlt. nnArflt irma in
this city, did the work, and is confident I
that, with nature's help, he will maka
Will a pretty good arm after all. When
asked by Mr. Dixon if the arm ought to
be amputated, Dr. Roby replied, "Well,
that would be the quickest way out of
the difficulty, but it is not the right way
the mission of modern surgery is to
save that is what we are here for." The
bone was very badly diseased, and fully
two-thirds of it had to be removed, but
unless some new difficulty arises, the
surgeon is confident that nature will
supply the arm with new bone substance
to take the place of the portion removed.
Will will remain in the hospital under
the personal care of Dr. Roby until the
arm is out of danger. St. John (Kas.)
Newa
Minter Bros., one of the oldest commis
sion firms at Kansas City, was established
in 1879, do a strictly oommission business in
grain, seeds, hay and mill produoe. Con
signments given personal attention and sold
by sample on their merits; also make liberal
advances. Have one of the best wheat
salesmen on the board.
How to be Healthy and Happy.
Don't work 3G5 days in the year. Get out
into the sunshine. Take a vacation onoe in
a while.
If too busy c " lay off " last Bummer, buy
an excursion ticket at onoe, via Santa Fe
route, to Las Vegas Hjt Springs, New Mex
ico, and stop a week or more at Montezuma
hotel. Hot baths, burro riding, sunshiny
days, and hunting in the mountains. Sep
tember olimate lasts all winter.
For oopy of illustrated namnhlet. address
G. T. Nioholson, G. P. & T. A., A., T. A S.
F. R. R., Topeka, Kas.
Do not endanger your health by
taking poisonous drugs. Write
to Dr. Patee. 334 Kansas Are..
Topeka, Kas. Enolose 50 cents and get a
sure preventive for all trouble. Perfectly
narmiesa.
Farmers, Order Flrst-ClassWigons Direct. Equality
With Merchant Buyers.
Complete with seat and brake. 2'.' Inch. 4i: 3
Inch, H2; 3H Inch, $44; 3'J Inch, 17. Extra:
Foot-board, $1 ; side steps, f 1,
Carload (30 wagons) $2 per wagon oft prices;
15 waaons, one order, same discount as carload:
4 or more wagons, one order, 91 per wagon off.
Order any number wagons from one up.
Several dollars per wagon aved In freight by
carload. Freight to Hutchinson, carload, 523
per 100 lbs. ; less than carload. 81.15 Olathe, C.
L, mi ; L. 0. L., 65 Garden Cltj, C. L.,73!,; L.
O. L., 149. Topeka, O. L 34' L. C. L, 84.
Wichita, C. L , 62; L. C. L , $1.15. Other points
on application,
F. M, Setzler, Eoseboro, 8. C. : " We have
tried your wagons years ago, and they have
proven to be the best evf-r brought to our county."
J. F. Mangum. Pine Tree, 8. 0. : " I have used
one of your wagons a number of years, and it has
provea a gooa one."
Send money with order, or deposit It In bank
and send cashier's certificate of deposit, and I
will draw at sight with bill lading attached. If
no bank, deposit with reliable merchant and
send certificate of deposit. Address
W. ti. U&KKliiT,
31G Commercial Building, St. Louis, Mo.
First published November 30, 1892.
Publication Notice.
In the District Court In and for Shawnee cornty.
state or Kansas.
Lewis L. Headlee, Plaintiff, )
vs. v notice.
Mary L. Headlee, Defendant. )
The said defendant Mary L. neadlee, will take
notice that she has been sued by plaintiff in
said court, and that she must answer the peti
tion Died by ald plaintiff herein In said court on
or before the lGth day of January, A. D. 1393, or
said petition win be laxen as true, ana luagnient
will be rendered accordingly In favor of said
plaintiff and against said defendant on the
grounds of abandonment as prayed for in said
petition. By his attorney,
W. II. BENN1JNU1W1.
Attest : S. M. G ardixhirk, clerk.
Each ltottle Sold Makes Many Friend.
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A RemirkaWe Modlclne Gnaranteed. If It fall
to rlve 8ntlnf action the dm sir I at Is authorized to ro
tund parrhaoe money. trlce Jhi teata.
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Wholesale Agent.