Twice-a-week plain dealer., September 11, 1896, Image 3

About Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913

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WOMAN
It isn't to be
•wondered at tliat
there are so many
sick and half-sick
women. Most ef
them suppose
their peculiar
troubles oau only
be cured by the
physician. That means local treatment
and examinations. No wonder they
hesitate. And hesitation gives disease
a stronger foothold.
The truth is that local treatment nnd
examinations are nearly always un
necessary. They should not be sub
mitted to 'till everything else fails.
cures painful menstruation, irregulari
ties, life-sapping drains, falling of the
womb and flooding." It cures all the
pains aud troubles by making the
feuiixiine organs perfectly strong and
healthy. Its action is wonderfully bene
ficial to girls jHSt entering womanhood,
and to women passing through the
period known as the "change of life."
No need to hesitate now. Cure can be
had right at home.
SOLD AT $1.00 A BOTTLE
BY DRUGGISTS.
HUMPHREYS'
SPECIFICS are scientifically
prepared Remedies have
been used for half a century
With entire success.
*0. SPECIFIC FOB
1—Fevers, Congestions, Inflammations.
3—Worms, "Worm Fever, Worm Colic...
3—Teething, Colic,Crying,
Wakefulness
4—Diarrhea, of Children or Adulta
5—Dysentery. Griping, Bilious Colic....
6—Cholera Morbus, Vomiting
7—CouBha, Colds Bronchitis
8—Neuralgia,Toothache, Faceaehe.....
©-Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo.
10—Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation
lt*~6ui)preMaed or Pniufitl Periods....
12—Whites, Too Profuse Periods
13—Croup, Laryngitis, Hoarseness
11—Salt Klicnm, Erysipelas, Eruptions.
15—Rheumatism, or Rheumatic Pains..
16—Malaria, Chills, Fever aud Ague
IT—Piles, Blind or Bleeding
18—Ophthalmy, Sore or Weak Eyes
19—Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in the
Head
20—Whoopiuff Cough,
21—Asthma, Oppressed Breathing
22—Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing.
23—Scrofula* Enlarged Glands, Swelling
21—General Debility,PhyslcalWeakness
25—Dropsy, and Scanty Secretions
26—Sea Slckncss, Sickness from Kldlng
27—Kidney Diseases,
28—Nervous Debility
29—Sore Mouth, or Canker
30—Urinary Weakness*
31—Painful Periods
32— Diseases of the Heart, Palpitation
33—Epilepsy, Spasms, St. Vitus* Dance..
,, 31—Sore Throat, Quinsy,Diphtheria....
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5—Chronic Congestions & Eruptions...
"77" for GRIP.
8oM Vy DrtiKglitB, or sent prepaid on receipt of price,
55c., or 6 for $1.00, {may be assorted), except
NOB,28,83 and
S3, put up lu *1.00
Bito only.
pa. HtjMPHBBYB'MAKUAL(Enlargod&RevlBed),MAii,BDFB!:a
IIUXPKBBVB'BED*CO., Ill A 118 WlfflamBt.,KewYork.
E S
WITCH HAZEL OIL
THE PILE OINTMENT."
For Piles—External or Internal, Blind or Bleeding
Fistula in Auo Itching or Bleeding of the Rectum*
The relief is Immediate—tho cure certain.
FBIOE, 50 OTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 OTS,
Bold lv PrtiRfflnfs, or sent postj»n1il on receipt of price.
tiUttr HUKl'S'3IE1. CO., til & lltt Willlom St.•
owners ot a large body ef land oil Wliicl
by island, in i'Utfer, Sound, Wasli., will di
vide it Into tracts to suit buyers and sell at $10
and upwards per acre, on luiij? time, and 110
payments the tlrst year. Produces all stable
crops has close markets schools and churches
l,7uo population mild climate. For further ln
lorniatlon address R. E. WKRKMAN, Seattle,
Wash,
"Where Are We At."
TI11S
question perplexes the whole business
world. People interested in the Northwest
can find where they arc at by consulting an at
las eontalniug line up to date maps and much
valuable rufuruiice and descriptive matter: sent
to any address for 15 cents In stamps by F. 1.
Wiui-NBY, (4, P. & T, A., Great Northern Rail
way, St, Paul, Minn,
Business Chances.
INDUCEMENTS offered to men with capital
1
and experience to build and operate Hour
mills, oatmeal mills, feed mills, llax mills, paper
mills, starch factories and creameries 111 new
towns on the Ureal Northern Hallway in the
Northwest. Address A. A, WHITE,1020 Pioneer
Press Building, St. Paul, Minn.
Farms on the Crop Plan.
DOgraln-itrowlnjr
t.
you want to buy lands in the far-famed
district of the lted ltlver
Valley of North Dakota. Kemember they are
tho best wheat, lands on earth. Wrlto to us and
tfot particulars. We can sell you a farm and
take pay troin a share of the ciop.
GHANDIN & EmvAHbs, Mayvtlle, N. D.
We Do The-
•[NEI ginl WORK
Whilo some stand with hand in pocke
and inflate
We Have the Trade, Lead in Prices
and Have a Life's Experience.
Yours in Harnes3,
Backs
IT TOUCHES!.
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Gladness Comes
Wtransient
ith abetter understanding1 of tlie
nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts—
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs,'prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Pig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
aud the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Pigs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Harness and
Saddlery
The largest and best assortment of
all goods in this line in the city,
including such seasonable
goods as
ROBES AND HORSE BLANKETS
Iarnesses made to order by exper
ienced woikmen from the best
material procurable.
REPAIR WORK
of all kinds a specialty.
L. M. GOLE
T.n Centennial Block,
Cresco, Iowa.
The Twin Comet and Little Giant
LAWN SPRINKLERS
BEST MADE.
Jnique, Efficient, Labor Saving.
Will sprinkle 4 times greater
than any others.
lighest
New York.
According to Greeley:
lifin Wpct But before you go, wrtto
YVCAL, to F.
1. Whitney, Q. P. &
T. A. O. N. lty., St. Paul, Minn., for printed
maltor descriptive o£ the Northwest couutry,
which oirois so many inducements to neiv set
ters and Investors.
A Business Proposition.
area
Chicago
Award at tho
Exposition.
E. STEBBINS RfiFG. CO.
SOLE MANUFACTURERS.
SPRINGFIELD, HASS
For sale by all Hardware and Rub
ber stores in the U. S. Can be
seen at this office.
If Your Property Burns Yoi
Want a Policy in a Good
Company.
Queen, oi New York:
l'otal Assets
Surplus over all liabilities...
Glen Falls, of New York:
Total Assets
Surplus over all liabilities
..$-1,039,RSUJ.4C.
... 1,518,9^.14
S!7.f0
.. l.K!.1,577.(r
W. H. TILLSON, Agent.
TEACHER OF
ARTiSTIC PIANO PLAYiHG
Will Give Instruction in
EXPRESSION,
HARMONY
PHRASING
and MUSICAL HISTORY
To Music Teachers and Advanced
pupils.
Special Attention to Beginners.
KATES OF TUITION:
Per term of sOleesonsof 45 minutes each, $10
Use of Instrument for practlco, one hour per
day, free.
Corner of Second and Pine Streets
Cresco, Iowa,
E. R. Thompson
Cresco, Iowa.
Owner and Proprietor of a Set of
Abstract Books
of Howard Co.
Real Estate Bought and Sold, and
Loans Placed.
Office over Geraty & Terry's Stor
PARKER'S CiNCER TONIC
abates Lung Trouble*, Debility, distressing stomach and
female ills, and is noted lor making :urcs wHeu all other
treatment fails. Every mother and invalid should have it.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Cleanses and bcantifiea tho hair.
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Never Pail a to BePtoro Gray
Haix* to Youthful Color.
CUTL'9ficalpits
unaer ms direction a very careiwi
consas was token in every part of' the
United States by
The Tribune's
agents. The lists
wero published
weokly in The
Tribune for cor
rection and then
oompiled in a
pamphlet. The
number exceeded
4,000 and was
soon proved to
be entirely too
8m all. Mr. Horr
suooeeded in
proving to is N. Y. World,
own satisfaction that only 1,300 were
manufacturers.
"And how were the rest made?"
The enormous land grants and subsi
dies to railroads made a few dozens like
Stanford, Crocker and Huntington. The
sudden growth of western cities due to
the hothouse system of foroing develop
ment made a few hundreds. Dozens like
Jay Gould and his fellows were made
by the system of railroad wreoking.
Many were made by speculation in gold
and government bonds, by the national
banking system and many other schemes
fostered by government A few—very
few, it must be ad
mitted—were hon
estly made by legit
imate enterprises in
which the govern
ment was not a
partner, and many
by the advance In
real estate in our
great cities. Many
others have carried
tho investigation
much farther.
I
Thomas G. Shear-
Puok.
man, Esq., tho great
lawyer, has conclusively shown that
some 80,000 men own or absolutely con
trol one-half the property of the United
States that 100,000 men own half the
remainder, and that the great mass of
laboring producers actually own very
little if any moro than they did in
1800. The results are simply awful.
Ten men in New York city today hold
the credit of tho United States abso
lutely at their mercy. If it were to
their interest, they could tomorrow
sweep away the gold basis and precipi
tate a panic in Wall street. Bat the
farmer is told that all this is none of his
business and is expected to be controlled
in his vote by the gold superstition.
The Gold Superstition.
How oan there be a gold superstition?
What do you mean by such a phrase?"
I mean just what tho words imply—
that a largo portion of tho human race
has become pos
sessed with the
notion that gold
infallible, a
notion as degrad
ing in its way as
tho African
snake worship.
Nine-tenths of
the gold mono
metallists in this
country boldly
proclaim that,
while all other
commodities
change in value,
gold does not.
'We know," tho
savages say,
that Mumbo
Commercial Advertiser.
Jumbo is ugly and wo believe that he is'
great" Wo laugh at tho poor hea
thon, but tho argument is on their side,
for it never has been mathematically
proved, and it cannot be proved, that
Mumbo Jumbo hns not great power in
tho unseen but it has repeatedly been
proved in every way open to the human
intellect that gold is a shifting and un
stable standard of value, far more un
stable than silver, and that twice with
in tho momory of men not very old it
has changed in value so suddenly as to
vitiate all long time contracts and dis
locate all industrial conditions.
Tho Fact About Gold.
Every economist worthy of the name
had said again and again that gold fluc
tuates in vaiuo. No economio writer
has evor denied it In his
"Wealth of Nations"
Adam Smith says: "Gold
and silver, like every other
oommodity, vary in their
value. Tho discovery of
the abundant mines of
America reduced in the
fifteenth century the value
of gold and silver in Eu
rope to about a third of
what it had been before.
This revolution in their
value, though perhaps tho
greatest, is by no means
the only one of which his
tory gives some account."
Professor Jevons, in his
work upon "Money and
Puck. tho Mechanism of Ex
change," chapter 6, says, "In respect to
steadiness of valuo the metals are prob
ably less satisfactory, regarded as a
standard of value, than many other com
modities, suoh as corn.11
By "corn" Professor Jovons means
wheat and all other cereals.
Ricardo, in his paper on the "High
Price of Bullion," says, "If wo dimin
ish tho quantity of currency, wo give
an additional valuo to it"
By "currency" Ricardo meant monoy
of every character, including gold.
Mr. Macleod, in his ablo work on
tho "Elements of Banking," says, "Tho
actual alteration
in tho quantities
of the precious
metals has ma
terially altered
their value at
different periods
of history."
Prof ossor Fran
ois A. Walker of
the Massachu
setts Institute of
Technology, in
his able work on
monoy, says:
"Gold and silver
do over long pe
undergo
great ohanges of
valuo and become
in a high degree
discnaes te hnir lulling.
3UKJ at Druggists
HINDERCORNS
The only cure Cure for
Corns. Stopo all pain. M*kcs walking easy. 10c. at DruzgJ*"
Jlr. Miles' Nerv« I'luefetrs for Rlwumntlsn.
What stops Nourulglu? Dr. Miles' I'ulu Fills.
N- Y-
World,
decoptivo as a moasuro of tho obliga
tion of the debtor, of tho claim of tho
creditor. Thus Professor Jevons esti
mates that tho valuo of gold fell betweon
1780 and 1809 40 per cent, aud from
1809 to 1849 it rose 145 per cent."
When Gold Was Cheap.
It is a point well worth noting, how
ever, that in the seven or eight years—
'1849-50—that gold, according to the
best authorities, lost 25 per cent of Its
valuo, tho world accommodated itself
very easily to the change. The only
oatcry was from the holders of fixed In
debtedness, and they wanted to demone
tize gold beoarase it wag too cheap. We
heard vexy little about that in this
oountry and the masses of our people
did not even know it, because we had
then no permanent creditor class, no
great bondholders but the literature of
Europe at the time was full of com
plaints, AND AUSTRIA, GERMANY
AND BELGIUM ACTUALLY DE
MONETIZED GOLD. On the other
hand, the rapid increase
in the valneof gold with
in the last 20 years has
wrought worldwide bank
ruptcy, has brought a wail
of distress from producers
in all lands, has again and
again shaken the very
N. Y. World, foundations of credit
throughout the British empire, and right
now, aocording to Dr. Eduard Suess,
threatens a redivision of the earth. In
short, contraction is very many times
more destructive than inflation.
"But the monometallists deny that
there has been any contraction, or that
gold cheapened in 1849-58, oi that it
has really appreciated in valne since
1870."
Oh, yes, they'll deny anything now.
Macaulay has well said that if a prop
erty interest were affected by it thou
sands ot intelligent men would deny the
law of gravitation. Only a few years
ago some of the greatest scholars in this
country denied that a man whose skin
was black and his hair woolly had a nat
ural right to the fruits of his labor or
that a married woman had a right-to
her own earnings.
A Dangerons Bulk
In no speech or book published before
1890 will you find it denied that the
volume of money and its proportion to
general trade are the main factors in de
termining the
general level of
prices. It was
taken for granted
that the amount
of money of ulti
mate redemption
determined the
price leveL It
was the founda
tion upon whioh
all disputants
built their argu
ments. But now
you can hear it
denied every day.
And why? Be
cause it does not
of those who have
serve. They now maintain that all
forms of currency, including checks
and every other kind of representative
money, must be counted the same as the
coin basis, though every sound financier
Knows tnat, by the method of the ad
ministration in construing the laws, sil
ver now performs no function that
greenbacks would not, and that silver,
silver certificates and greenbacks are
more token money, all resting on the
dangerously narrow basis of that metal
which is the money of ultimate redemp
tion.
"You admit, however, that the free
ooinage of silver would produce some
Inflation. Suppose it were but 10 or 20
per cent, as Senator Jones thinks.
Puck.
fit the arguments
sel£% interests to
Would not even that much inflation do
great harm in dislocating existing busi
ness conditions?"
History has answered that question
BO conclusively that argument is un
necessary. In 1849-56 tbn specie infla
tion throughout
tho world is al
leged to have
been some 2o per
cent, and in this
oountry there
was a general
currency infla
tion of 40 per
oent Was any
body badly hurt?
Look over the pa
pers of that timo
and seo if you
can find any com
plaints from the
farming regions.
Do not econo
mists of all
schools a
that the 12 years Judgo.
immediately preceding our civil war
wero the golden age of tho Ameri
can farmer, if ho ever had one?
Again, from early in 1863 to early in
1865 tho currency of this country was
inflated at least 160 per cent. Some
harm was done, of course, because the
inflation was rapid and tremendous. It
was six times as great as any inflation
now possiblo from the free coinage of
silver, but tho only serious evil in it
was that it gave occasion for a subse
quent contraction.
'Xtae lienoflto of Expansion.
I might quoto all the economic writ
ers, from Adam Smith down, to the
effect that the volume of money is the
main factor in fixing the general price
level. You will find tho doctrine ably
sot forth in the works of Adam Smith,
John Looko, David Hume, John Stuart
Mill, David Ricardo, William Stanley
Jevons and by all the French and Ameri
can economists. The appalling effects of
long continued contraction and tho al
most marvelous benefits resulting from
a liberal increase in tho coin supply are
thus beautifully set forth by Sir Archi
bald Alison in his history of Europo:
"THE TWO GREATEST EVENTS
THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE
HISTORY OF MANKIND HAVE
BEEN DIRECTLY BROUGHT
ABOUT BY A CONTRACTION AND,
ON THE OTHER HAND, AN EX
PANSION OF THE CIRCULATING
MEDIUM OF SOCIETY. THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, SO
LONG ASCRIBED IN IGNORANCE
TO SLAVERY
EGOTISM AND
MORAL COR
RUPTION.WAS
IN REALITY
O
ABOUT BY A
DECLINE IN
THE SILVER
Judgo. AND GOLD
MINES OF SPAIN AND GREECE,
AND, AS IF PROVIDENCE HAD
INTENDED TO REVEAL IN THE
CLEAREST MANNER THE IN
FLUENCE OF THIS MIGHTY
AGENT ON HUMAN AFFAIRS,
THE RESURRECTION OF MAN
KIND FROM THE RUIN WHICH
THOSE CAUSES HAD PUODUCED
WAS OWING TO A DIRECT
LY OPPOSITE SET OF AGENCIES
•BEING PUT IN OPERATION. CO
^,TTJIBITH LED THE WAY IN THE
CAREER OP RENOVATION. WHEN
HE SPREAD HIS SAILS ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC, HE
BORE MANKIND AND
ITS FORTUNES IN HIS
BARK. THE ANNUAL
SUPPLY OP THE PRE
CIOUS METALS FOR
THE USE OP THE
WORLD WAS TRIP
LED. BEFORE A CEN
TURY HAD EXPIRED
THE PRICES OF EV
ERY SPECIES OF PRO
DUCE WERE QUADRU
PLED. THE WEIGHT
OP DEBT AND TAXES Puck.
INSENSIBLY WORE OFF UNDER
THE INFLUENCE OF THAT PRO
DIGIO US INCREASE.''
The Wages of Labor.
He might have added, and this point
seems to worry our monometallist
friends, that the wages of laborers rose
considerably faster than tho prices of
necessaries. Even so did they in 1848
56. And why not again? In truth the
Wages of more than half our laborers
have got to rise before there can be a
rise in necessaries. Monometallists have
9onveniently overlooked the fact that 60
per cent of the laborers in the United
States do not work for fixed money
wages they produce, and what they sell
the produots for constitutes their wages.
It is self evident, therefore, that arise
in the price of the product is itself a
rise in wages. This class includes all
the farmers, cotton, sugar and tobac
co growers, vegetable gardeners, fisher-
Judge.
men, growers of all kinds of live stock
for food, and many others that I cannot
detail. One of tho worst errors of the
monometallist is in assuming that the
great mass of our workers are hired la
borers, and they get that impression from
such misleading documents as the Al
drich report, abont which so much hat
been said. Examine that report careful
ly and you will find that the working
men in all the trades mentioned in
do not together number quite one-fourth
as many as the farmers of the country.
And their method of treating this
subject accounts for a very large part
of the ill humor among farmers. In
spite of the census and common sense,
onr alleged statesmen and economists
insist on treating the subject as if the
farmer were not a laboring man. A con
gressional C9mmittee is appointed to go
out and prove that wages have risen,
and of course they prove it But how?
They take the highest wages paid to the
most skillful la
borers in the
est priced
cities at the busi
est season of the
year. As a rule
they take only
those laborers
who are in well
organized trades
unions, although
they are but a
tenth of the la
borers of the
country, and they are extremoly careful
not to tako into the account the, number
who aro earning no wages at all, which
is a protty considerable item when you
reflect that in Ohio, for instance, tho coal
minors only averaged 148 days of full
work last year. If you will take all la
borers, especially all who produce tho
necessaries of lifo from the soil, and
count lost time, you will find that since
1873, except in cases where they have
been abnormally kept up by trades
union methods, wages have declined in
the 6ame ratio as commodities.
N. Y, Herald.
The Farmers' Meager Income. &
Arise in tho price of necessaries then
would of itself bo a rise in the wages of
60 per oent of the laboring producers.
But would it stop there? Certainly not.
The farmers would first pay their press
ing debts and set tho money in motion.
They would then supply themselves
with thoso things they
havo wanted so long and
been compelled to do with
out All the country mer
chants and all the country
artisans immediately de
pendent on tho farmers,
such as blacksmiths, cob
iblers, carpenters, painters
'and the like, would im
mediately share in the
gain, and all others in the
improvement due to
general gain in trade.
Our agricultural depart-
N. Y. World, ment has shown that tho
farmers' income has declined over
per cultivated acre. THAT MEANS
THAT FOR THE WHOLE COUN
TRY THEY ARE RECEIVING
ABOUT $1,800,000,000 (EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS)
LESS THAN THEY DID A FEW
YEARS AGO. NOT RECEIVING IT,
OF COURSE THEY CANNOT SPEND
IT. HOW CAN THERE BE WORK
FOR CITY LABORERS OR PROS
PERITY FOR ANYBODY WHEN
THE FARMERS ARE SPENDING
$1,800,000,000 A YEAR LESS THAN
THEY NATURALLY WOULD?
THERE IS NO CONGRESS WISE
ENbUGH TO DEVISE A TARIFF
THAT WILL HELP WORKMEN IN
MANUFACTORIES SO LONG AS
THE FARMERS CANNOT BUY THE
PRODUOTS.
"Would free coinago raiso prices to
tho old standard?'
It would not. Nor is it dosirablo that
it should. As wo have been running
down hill for 20 years I
should not complain if wo
were seven years in get
ting to tho top again.
The great thing to do,
and tho one thing that
must bo done if wo aro to
avert general paralysis, is
to stop the decline where
it now is aud then change
N. Y. Herald,
from a falling to arising market. That
will give us time to breatho. It will
stimulate enterprise. No man will in
vest money how with evon c-hanccs of
having his investment tloclino on his
bands. But give a reasonable assuranco
even of a trifling advunco and everything
will at once put on new life. I need
cito no proofs of this. It is the universal
experience of all countries and in all
times.
Honest Mouey.
"But you concede, if I understand
yooj. thctt a cart Qf tho decline in farm
'X.r
prodooe prices has betfn duo tb greatly
increased produotlon?"
Unquestionably. No Intelligent man
denies it How muoh is due to that and
how much to monometallism wc cannot
figure out to a
cent, bnt I think
we oan oome
much nearer to
it than the mono
metallists admit
All past experi
ence has shown
that increased
production of the
necessaries of life
Puck. does not of itself
reduce prices in the exact proportion of
the inorcase, for increased demand
comes in and very frequently offsots
all tho gain in production. For con
venience's sake I will state in the brief
est possible form what silverites believe
on this subject We maintain:
1. That thero is not enough gold in
the world and cannot be enough pro
duced to maintain the present level of
prices. If monometallism provails, there
must be a still further shrinkaga Ij
dare not conjeoturo how far it will go,
but I am certain that It will not stop
short of 40 cent wheat and 4 cent cotton
and other things in proportion. Gold
will then bo afar more "honest money"
than now, for it will bay much more.
You see how neat and complete this
honest money argument Is and how it
rapidly grows stronger as prices go
down, for, if a dollar which will buy 2
bushels of wheat and 16 pounds of cot
ton is more honest than a dollar whioh
will buy 1 bushel of wheat and 8
pounds of cotton, then a dollar which
will bay 4 bushels of wheat or 83
pounds of cotton will be twice as hon
est as the one we now have.
2. That there is not enough of both
gold and silver to restore the prices of
1870-8 or of 1880-8.
A Real Gold Bull.
8. That in consequence of the muoh
greater increase of population and pro
duction than of the metals, if thero had
been no demonetization, both gold and
Bilver would have gained greatly in val
ue since 1878. Tho villainy of mono
metallism lies in the fact that all the
gain has been concentrated in gold. By
way of general conclusion, I believe that
monometallism for the world is impos
sible, and that Europe only maintains
it on the condition that other nations do
not. In fact, if it is to be maintained
in this country and Europe, we must
propare for another shrinkage so great
that tho people will not enduro it There
is a spirit abroad in the country now
that ia not very pleasant to think of,
and if there is
another turn of
the screw—and
thero must be
sevoral turns bo
fore we get down
to a roal gold
basis—it is much
to be feared that
there will bo
something like
general an k
ruptcy and repu
diation. Just con
sider this fact:
Puck.
Tho national, state, provincial, muni
cipal and railroad debts of the world,
those debts which are funded and per
manent, the interest only being paid,
now amount to at least $40,000,000,000,
and the interest on it is over $2,000,
000,000 per year. IT NOW TAKES
ALMOST EXACTLY TWICE AS
MUOH CORN, WHEAT, BEEF,
PORK, COTTON AND OTHER EX
PORT PRODUOTS TO PAY THAT
INTEREST AS IT DID WHEN THE
DEBTS WERE CONTRACTED. DOES
HONESTY REQUIRE THAT TUB
LABORING PRODUCERS OF THE
WORLD SHOULD PAY 100 PER
CENT MORE THAN WAS ORIGI
NALLY CONTRACTED FOR?
Well, granting that many things
havo been done to the injury of the
farmer, what can wo do at this lato day
to remedy them?"
A Word of Counsel.
Wo can at least reverse the machine.
Wo know what has hurt us, and we can
put a stop to it. One man just now
stands for all that has hurt tho farmer.
William McKin-
ley is the politi
cal incarnation
of those enor
mous land grants
and subsidies
which made mil
lionaires by the
hundreds of the
war tariff in timo
of peace, whioh
transferred $12,
000,000,000 in
values from the
west to tho east
and from the
country to the
great cities of
tho national
banking system,
the demonetiza-
Commorcinl Advertiser,
tion of silver
and the enormous increase in tho power
of gold of Credit Mobilier and force
bills, of vastly increased government
expenditures and every extravagant
scheme for building up great corpora'
tions. He represents it all and glories
in representing it. Ho tells you with re
freshing candor that if he can have his
way you shall have a great deal more of
that sort of thing. A vote for him is a
vote to indorse it all and open the way
to a much greater advance in the same
direction. A vote for him is a vote for
gold monometallism and lower prices
for farm produce.
William Jennings Bryan, on the other
hand, stands for a restoration of tho bi
metallism of the constitu
tion and against the things
above mentioned. All
other classcs aro striving
to get more for what they
sell, and why not you, tho
farmers? Railroad man
agers moot in high con
olave to make profitable rates on freight
manufacturers do tho same for their
profit brokers labor to advanco stocks.
All these vote and use the government
to mako money, and all donounco you
farmers as no better than thieves for do
ing tho same thing. Vote, as justico re
quires, to restore tho old contract Vote
to help yoursolves. Vote for Bryan, tho
money of the constitution and the up
lifting of the agricultural interests.
N. Y. World.
PARKER'S
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Cleanac* and be&uuflct the hair*
Promote! a luxuriant growth.
Never Foils to Bestore Gray
Hair to ita Youthfu} Color.
Curca sculp disease* ft hair 1
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MEXICO IS SATISFIED.
NaHiIng Could Induoo Her to Trade Hci
Silver for a «old Stnndard.
Thomas T. Crittendon, Jr., clerk of
Jaolcson county, Mo., has been visiting
his father, ex-Gov. T. T. Crittendon,
now United States consul at Mexico.
In speaking of Mexico's money system
Mr. Crittendon said:
Tho ordinary Moxlcan exchange is $1.85 for
91 In Amorican monoy. Soma people placc this
a. an argument in gold's causa, but Mio fact of
Mexico's money being cheaper tliau ours dons
sot mean that tho citizens ot Mexico are at
ony disadvantage on that account. Much
larger salaries aro paid in Mexico than in
the United States, and everything except
Imported articles are cheaper. I met a
young man In tho City of Mexico with whom
I had a passing acquaintance in this coun
try. Here ho was getting $35 per month.
Thero he is getting
iliO
in tho capaoity ot
an oillce clerk, nnd seemed to think that his
salary was very modorate. One dollar of
Mexican money in Mexico will buy as much of
tho ordinary neccssarles of life, such as food
and elolhlng, as will a dollar of Amerloan
money In America. On imported goods, how
ever, tho duty causes the cost to bo much
higher. For Instance, gold brand bacon costs
considerably more In Mcxicti than here. Good
cofleo can be bought for 40 cents per pound.
The ordinary Mexican family lives on from 31
to 50 oents a day. Mexico Is delighted with her
free silver basis, and nothing could induce her.
to exchange It for a gold standard.
Mixed Stories.
"I do not believe 'that fellow lias c^er
been in Africa."
Why?"
He has been telling- me a story about
ft race of dwarfs he saw who were veg
etarian cannibals."—X. Y. World.
The Katuro of tho fImrtjo.
Jones—I hear that Jones lias had a
change for the better.
Smith—Yes—changed his doctor.—
Brooklyn Life.
Constipation
and biliousness cured. Thomas R.
Clark, 44 Franklin street, Watkins,
N. Y., says: "When I feel bilious or
constipated, I take
DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S
and it cures me at once." In scrofula
salt rheum and erysipelas, it never
fails.
I
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Life of Bryan and Sewall.
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desire to call the attention of our
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should be in possession of all who
are anxious to know of these two can
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sixty per cent. A prospectus book
and circulars giving full particulars
will be sent to any address for 80
cents. Address J. S. Oglivie Publish
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Notice to Contractors.
Notice is hereby given that the pro
posals for the erection of a Schoo
House in Sub-district No. 5, in the
district township of Orleans, in the
county ot Winneshiek, will be re
ceived by the undersigned, at his resi
dence in Orleans township, (where
plans and specifications be seen)
until 1 o'clock p. m. September 21,
1896, at which time the contract will
be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder. The board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
C. H. RICK,
97(4 Secretary of Board.
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FOR SALE.
80 acres of land with good build infts
and water,all under cultivation except
8 acres, situated 7 miles north-west of
Cresco and 3 miles north-past of Bon
air also house and four lots in village
of Granger all for sale at a bargain.
For fartlie rinformation call on Mrs.
OJAHOLINB BKONNKB, on the premi
ses, or address her at Cresco, Iowa.
101 eot
FARM FOR SALE.
My farm live miles south of Cresco,
consisting of 100 acres, all iu good
state of cultivation an abundance of
suitable farm buildings, unfailing
supply of water. Terms—§1500 cash,
balance on time any length of years
to suit purchaser at 7 per cent. For
further particulars enquire of
WM. WOKLLSTKIN,
81tf Box 013, Cresco, Iowa!
FOR SALE-
My valuable residence property,
corner of Peck and Oak streets, near
the public school building, consisting
of three lots, plenty of ornamental
trees, good 12 room house, good cel
lar, barn, good
well
ami out build­
ings. Enquire of DR. II. C. Piacic,
85t2l» Cresco, Iowa
Announcement.
1 hereby announce myself a candi
date for the olllco of county auditor
subject to the aetion of the llepublu
ean no'iiiniitintr convention.
l'orcst City, Aug. 21. '!)0.
13. J. WILLIAMS.
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