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TODAYJS WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, April 11.— Forecast
for Friday— For Minnesota: Showers
In southern and eastern portion; fair
in northwestern portion; west winds.
For Wisconsin: Showers; warmer;
easterly winds.
For North Dakota: Fair; variable
winds, mostly northerly.
For South Dakota: Partly cloudy;
cooler in southern portion; north
winds.
For Montana: Fair; variable winds.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
United States Department of Agri
culture, Weather Bureau. Washing
ton, April 11, 6:48 p. m. Local Time,
8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time.—Observa
tions taken at the same moment of
time at all stations.
Place. Thenl Place. Ther.
St. Paul 52 Calgary 42
Duluth 34 1 Medicine Hat ....54
LaCrosse "2 Swift Current ....46
Huron 56 Qu'Appelle 50
Pierre 64) Minnedosa 52
Moorhead 54 Winnipeg 54
St. Vincent 54 1 Port Arthur 31
Bismarck 54
Willlston 561 Buffalo 34-48
Havre 52! Boston 10-46
Miles City 58 Chicago 56-61
Helena ....50, New Orleans ..68-78
Edmonton 50 New York 42-48
Battleford 50 1 Pittsburg 52-56
Prince Albert 50
P. F. LYONS. Local Forecast Officer.
That big stamp forgery was a bit
of two-cent rascality anyway.
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Chicago says the world is at her
feet And, alas! they are not Trilby
feet, either.
Secretary Gresham is better again.
He hasn't got on an international
quarrel for a week.
Mr. Hopkins, of Chicago, has not
been exempted from paying an in
come tax because of "rents in his
reputation."
If the whisky trust would shove
itself off the. stage for about six
months the public would also try to
be resigned. '•.:"; -V'
Between the beet sugar bounty
and the ■ wolf bounty Minnesota
seems destined . to . spend several
bad quarters of an hour.
The Chicago Tribune is swelled
up as big as a Minneapolis census
over its scoop of the remainder of
the country on the income tax.
so-
Spring is opening with a great
display of fireworks in Kentucky.
State Senator Goebet killed Banker
Sanford at Covington yesterday.
From this distance it looks as
if all the Illinois parties, barring
Joe Medill and John M. Palmer,
were rushing toward the same silver
hog trough. .
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Miss Alta Rockefeller is an ex
pert typewriter. Let us hope no for
eign nobleman will secure a life per
mit to her services as manipulator
of the keys.
China's hard luck continues.
The Celestials have not only been
licked all over the Flowery Kingdom,
but must pay Japan $399,000,000 in
.silver for doing the work well.
One hundred lowa girls in an egg
factory struck for higher wages.
They won a Chinese victory. They
neither got the raise nor 100 stale
eggs to throw at their employer.
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Mr.Harvey, Coin's financial school
master, . tells our reporter that he
quit the law eleven years ago, and
"went into the investment business
in different parts of the West," but
has been doing nothing for a few
years. The 16 to 1 crowd is largely
made up of these investors who got
left, and are now straining their
lungs beseeching the people to help
them out of their holes.
If Harvey wants to make a test
of the relative honesty of the coins,
to ascertain how true the certificate
of the mint on each is, let him take
ten standard dollars and a ten-dol
lar gold piece, melt them down and
take his bullion to the goldsmith's
and sell it. He would find that his
ten standards were actual fifty-cent
dollars, all his conjectures to the
contrary notwithstanding.
. Mr. Harvey, the schoolmaster of
modern finance, like the rest of
those who have been making "in
vestments," refuses to apply his own
logic. We have, without avail, ap
pealed to any one for information
why, if it is gold that has appre- j
ciated, the efforts are not made to
reduce the weight of the gold coin,
bringing the coins of that metal
down to silver, instead of trying to
pull silver up to gold. If, as he
tells his pupils in Minneapolis, the
Bilver standard dollar was formally !
;CHEW $€£2§ji_l pure
AN ° MbMH HARMLESS
SMOKE OSSsSH SATISFYING
1L il\i\STl~ Nepvo us '„
Oa. s**lll I I « DYSPEPTIC __{
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adopted as the invariable standard
unit of measurement of "values; and
if, as he tells them, it was in pursu
ance of this" decision of Jefferson's
administration that the number of
grains in the gold coins was. reduced
in 1834 to make them conform to the
silver unit, . then why not continue
the process now, and be logically
consistent in it? -With silver at 65
cents an ounce, the gold dollar, in
stead of 25.8 grains, should contain
exactly 13 grains. This plan would
have at least the merit of honesty
and consistency. •■'. vj- ; .
GIVETHEM ANOTHER, GOVERNOR.
Gov. Clough has returned One bill
without his approval oh the suffi
cient ground that it is unconstitu
tional. The senate and house have
given him another opportunity to
return to them 'another 'measure
more vicious in its tendencies and
more clearly unconstitutional • than
is the one he vet6ed!^ c refer, to t^hat
bill which offers to* the men who may
engage in refining"""""'beet ' sugar a
bounty of a cent a pound*- *«! ;~* '■.-.■■
In the first place it is needless. In
the discussion of a swnilar measure
proposed in the legislatures of 1891
and 1893 it was elicited that the
beets grown in -the southern part of
the state exceeded the -percentage
of German beets in the quantity of
saccharine matter they contained.
It was shown that, on this basis,
there was an ample margin of profit
for the capital that might be in
vested in it. This showing, made in
aid of the -proposed bounty, was suf
ficient evidence that this was an in
dustry that did' not need state aid
to prevent those bodies from passing
the bill. The same conditions ex
ist now; and the field should be left
open for development by private en
terprise and capital.
Another sufficient reason. Every
body knows that the sugar
trust absolutely controls the sugar
markets and production in this coun
try. The few so-called "independ
ent" refineries are dependent on it.
No refinery here could operate
without its sanction. It has the job
bers by the throat and they could
not buy the local product if the
trust said not. If a refinery is built,
it will be built or controlled by the
trust. Does the governor think it
advisable to have the people of this
state taxed to increase the power of
that monopoly?
Thus far on grounds of expediency.
On those of justice to the people of
the state engaged in other vocations
and who must be taxed to pay this
bounty, is it fair or just or right to
add to their burdens by compelling
them to contribute to the establish
ment of others in business? Is it
right to those using their own capi
tal, earning it by use of brain and
muscle, building up their business
in open competition, unaided by the
state, to make them share the cost
of developing another industry out
of which others may make profit?
How can you ask the farmers of the
state, already handicapped in their
struggle, to submit to a tax that
gives them no return? It is not right
to tax all that some may gain.
It is unconstitutional. It is not
within the purpose or scope of gov
ernment declared in the first section
of the bill of rights. It takes the' pri
vate property of the citizen for a
private purpose without compensa
tion, a thing prohibited by section
13 even where the purpose is a public
one. It matters not whether the
taking be by process of taxation
or condemnation, the effect is the
same. No court has yet sustained
this taking by taxation for pri
vate purpose, and the supreme court
of the United States, in 20 Wallace,
657, expressly denied such power.
The court there said: "To lay with
one hand the power of government
on the property of the citizen, and
with the other to bestow it on fa
vored individuals to aid private en
terprises and build up private fort
unes, is none the less a robbery be
cause it is done under form of law,
and is called taxation."
To the claim that it would be a
public benefit to the town to have
manufactures established in it, the
court made answer: "The same
may be said of any other business or
pursuit that employs capital or
labor. The merchant, the mechanic,
the inn-keeper, the banker, the build
er, the steamboat owner, are equal
ly promoters of the public good and
equally deserving of the aid of the
citizens by forced contributions. No
line can be drawn in favor of the
manufacturer which would not open
the coffers of the public treasury to
the importunities of two-thirds of
the business men of the city or
town."
With this clear enunciation of the
unconstitutionality of any use of
the taxing power to aid any industry
we submit that the governor finds
ample ground for withholding his
signature from this most pernicious
measure and dangerous precedent.
Should he, however, approve it, not
a dollar will be drawn from the
treasury in payment of any sugar
bounty until after the court of last
resort has decided that this bounty
giving is a legitimate use of the
taxing power of the state. There are
yet citizens of Minnesota that will
not submit to this law-clothed ex
tortion.
R~QX ER I ST "AX SAVE RED.
F. N. Stacy, in his letter given
place elsewhere, asks us if, in our
opinion, the contention of the gold
standard men that the fall in silver
price is "wholly" due to the in
creased production and not to the
demonetization here and abroad is
sound, and he : considerately fur
nishes us with the figures to refute
the opinion if we should chance ' to
share it. Not sharing it, the infor
mation is useless to us, but we give
it as one of the many facts to be
considered in this much vexed and
discussed topic. Although not ap
parent in his letter, we take it from
its tone that Mr. Stacy is an ad
vocate of free .coinage at the ratio
prior to 1873, and presents his fig-
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 12/ 1895.
ures In support of the contention of
the sixteen-to-one free coiners . that
„ .. the fall in silver - price -is - "wholly"
__due to demonetization,; that is, to
the denial of free access • to the
mints of silver for coinage, and not
the cessation of its use as money. ;;.
The whole truth never lies with
the extremes or the extremists. It
is as true of the two money metals
as of anything else. The assertion
of the gold monometallists , that the
fall in silver price is wholly due to ?
overproduction, if soberly made, is
paired by the claim of the silver
monometallists that the fall is whol-»
ly due to demonetization, , and j each
states a part of a fact for the whole.
Each is/ partly * right, and ; each
in the use of the word "wholly" is
entirely wrong.
The silver men on their side ignore
the factors of a decrease in the cost ;
of production growing out of the
discovery of more economical meth
ods of reduction; the effect of the
lessened demand for metallic money
resulting from the vast increase of
credit paper; the stimulating effect
of the Allison and Sherman ; pur
chase acts on production, and the
fact that after 1834 silver, being un
dervalued here, sought other mar
kets than our mints. All of ' these
have had their effect on the price
of the money metals, especially on
that of silver, the effect on the value
of gold being none the less a fact be
cause, owing to its being the com
mon denominator, it has no stand
ard of measurement, thus rendering
the effect imperceptible.
The gold monometallists ignore
the depressing effect on silver by
the exclusion of it from free access
-to one of its natural and legitimate
markets; not by our government
because for forty years before the
act of 1573 silver had practically de
monetized itself in this country
■ seeking markets where it was more
• highly valued in the coinage. But
• when those markets were closed by
. arbitrary edict, cutting off so much
. of the demand, the price was as
sure to fall as would be that of any
commodity denied of half its con
. sumption. While this is true it
does not follow that remonetization
, by this country alone, or by all the
commercial countries, would restore
, silver to any value greater than that
determined by the relations of sun
. ply and demand regulated by the
cost of production.
AT THE THEATERS.
James A. Heme's beautiful' play,
Shore Acres," is proving the same
success here that it has in all the
Eastern cities. It i 3 a most delight!
ful drama of rural life in New Eng
land, it is refreshing in its simplicity
and pleases everybody. The company
is booked at the Metropolitan opera
house for the balance of this week and
also for Sunday night. There will be
a matinee at 2 o'clock tomorrow at
reduced prices.
The Delia Fox part and curl has
taken the place of the Psyche knot
and the Langtry bang in the affec
tions of the ladies of New York, and
nine out of every ten ladies of fashion
able attire to be seen on the Broad
way and Fifth avenue promenades'
wear their hair dressed a la Delia
Fox. This fact will cause her ap
pearance at the Metropolitan opera
, house on next Monday to be awaited
with unusual Interest by. the ladles.
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The first week of the stock season
will close with the. matth-.ee and even
ing performances tomorrow. Those
who have not yet seen the Giffen and
Neill company in Dion Boucicaulfs
Intensely interesting comedy "The
Jilt," should avail themselves of the
opportunity of doing so. Much has
been said of the exceptional merit of
the company, and it cannot have been
seen to better advantage than in "The
Jilt." The company will play next
week in Minneapolis, returning to the
Grand the week beginning April 21
when "Nancy & Co." and "Little
Lord Fauntlroy" will be presented.
Morrison's company of players will
produce the magnificent spectacular
production "Faust," at the Grand, be
ginning Sunday evening. It is dif
ficult to speak of this big spectacular
v drama, with its multifarious features,
without appearing to be extravagant
in its praise. Goethe's story is told
with singularly effectiveness and in a
.dramatic manner. The opportunities
for the introduction of gorgeous
spectacular effects are grasped with
masterly skill and rare Invention and
originality, and it is safe to say that
such succession of beautiful pictures
wonderful calcium electrical efforts
have never before been seen in this
city. The cast Is one of excellence,
headed by Miss Rosabel Morrison, rec
ognized as one of. tha handsomest
women on the stage, as well as one of
the cleverest. {_ ''U.v' ?*■ ■ [';,
UNSOLVED MURDER MYSTERY.
Recalled by Death of a Million
aire in Sew York.
Anthony M. Cannon, of Spokane,"
died suddenly at the Sturtevant house,
In New York, last Saturday. A few
years ago Mr. Cannon was one of the
leading spirits of the Washington town,
rated as a millionaire. He had an ex
tensive acquaintance, and bore the
reputation of a kindly man, who would
go out of his- way, if necessary, to do a
favor for a friend.
In writing of his death, and reviewing
the years of his life in the West, the
New York Times prints the following
reminiscent story, evidently told by
some one who knows all the circum
stances:
There had been a murder a few. miles
out from St. Paul, under circumstances
which left no clue to the identity, of the
dead man or the one who had killed
him. A middle-aged stranger had been
found in a stock pen at the Minnesota
Transfer with his throat cut. He had
come to the place the day before, and
seemed to be a well-to-do business
man, who minded his own affairs. •
The body was duly taken to the
morgue, and the detectives were on a
hunt for clues to the murderer. The
murder had taken place Thursday night,
and by Sunday no detective had found
out the name of the murdered man.
Sunday afternoon a reporter for the St.
Paul papers went to the morgue, and
as he entered the place an elderly man
with long gray beard, a high white hat
and a clerical-looking coat alighted
from a carriage, and, with a younger
man, who had come with him, entered
and looked at the dead man. ' . .
For two or three minutes no one
spoke, and then the gray-bearded man
said: "That Is the man."
H6 spoke a few words in a whisper to
the attendant, and was about to go,
when a reporter asked him who he was!
"I would rather not tell you," he re
plied. ... : ..
"Do you know the dead man?"
"I think I do," said he.
"''"Who is he?'" ..
" "I would rather not say."
. Then he - entered his ; carriage, and
was driven" away. The reporter fol
lowed, and, reaching the Ryan . hotel,
saw the gray-bearded * man writing a i
message at the telegraph office.
"That" man," the clerk said, "is A.i M. j ;.
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;. PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT. :'; v
It .The.income tax law is now In force. - ...:.,
2. The tax is levied on incomes received between January 12, 1894, and Decern
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3. The amount of the tax two/ per cent. - -
4. Citizens of the United States^residen't or non-resident— and Resident aliens
- - are subject to the tax on all incomes. Non-resident aliens are taxed on In
_ _ come derived from any source In' the United States. :■■■•■-■•.-"-------,•••
5. Incomes of $4,000 or less are exempt from taxation. - '■■'■ " .-. - - i
6/ com^exceeXgS."^? 4,000 ***!£* iS leVled ° nly ° n the P ° rtion of the ln **
7. Incomes are taxable, no matter from what source derived, except W <
itl Z^ ose derlved f rom r «**hts of real estate.
8 e\S > l-JP l^% de^ ved /L°^ i ? te '" ' t 'on state or municipal bonds. '
°l y i°r^*l U ? tl0 ?, ° f Roo ° *£&** from the aggregate income of the mem
-9 mil ™£ f ?r ily com F° se « of »ne or more parents and minor children.
■' -^.ot ? n l°_7 a^°? S Pay **?*? onnhelr incomes. Individual stockholders are
- SoratlonJ ° ,ncomes derived from dividends on the stock of such co™
10. ,s Each person having an income of more that $3,500 per year must make a
• eS-ssjas^ sia ass? deputy co,Ltor of =n"«
--1L - G trust. ianS and truStees must make returns for their wards or cestui que
12. Returns this year must be made on or before April 15. In succeeding years
before the first Monday in March ' " J
13. The tax is payable on or before' July l : ' *
14. It Is made the duty ° f the collector to assess the amount of the Incomes of
ffi^_K|S&r ,M 7R* and add fl^ P^ cent otoo to t t t h e 1 a n m n•t , of
. 15. Five per centum will be added for all taxes unnald ton rinv- =**„. „
demand, and interest at the rate of SS^leSJ_? #So^iddJf-_^
in" penalty except from estates 0 ' deceased, Insane or iSsolvent persons SftS
- - F taxls f fmposed U,:ri * PemUty f -° ne hUndred Cent on the amount" of the
17. Salaries of York Herald. 01 " municipal officers are not subject to the income
Cannon, of Spokane Falls. Everybody
knows him." -» '
Then Mr. Cannon was questioned.
'" "The murdered man," he said, "Is
an acquaintance of mine, who lives
in Cleveland. I have wired to ask. if
he was not due -in St. Paul at this
time. In an hour I shall hear." ; • -.''
He did hear in an hour or so that
his friend had left Cleveland and was
on his way to Spokane. ,
"That settles It," said Mr. Cannon.
"The man's name Is " -i '''
Then he wrote another message to
the man's brother In Spokane, inform
ing him of the murder and offering
to do anything in his power." He sent
another message to Cleveland, asking
if the supposed murdered man had
been at any hotel In St. Paul, and
what valuables, if any, he had. *
"At 10 o'clock tonight," said Mr.
Cannon to the reporter, "come and
see me, and I'll probably have more
details."
At 10 o'clock he did have more de
tails, but they left the mystery just
where it had been in the morning. He
was in the corridor, laughing, and In
altogether too good spirits, for one
who had just identified a murdered
friend. ."'f ; "
"Your story Is spoiled," he said as
the reporter came up to him. "I got a
message from Cleveland saying that
my friend had stopped at the Mer
chants' hotel. I went there and found
his name on the register. But he ar
rived Friday, and the murder, was
committed Thursday. The Cleveland
man paid his bill Saturday and went
away, the clerk told me. But, who
ever the dead man is, he must have
had a double."
Of course that spoiled the identifica
tion. Mr. Cannon, however, took a
deep interest in the case from that
time on, and remained In the city until
two - days later, when the dead I man
was identified as ' Buchanan Moore
from lowa. " ','.-. -- r- .. ■ Xsni
A man named Martin was arrested
and tried for the murder, but was ac
quitted, and the mystery of the mur
der is as deep. now. as it ever was. " !
Chief Clark confirms the latter part
of the story, as to Martin's trial and
acquittal. He also said there was one
other man mixed up with the case,
but could ; not recall his name. This"
was undoubtedly Mr, Cannon. j itoj
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Grasshoppers From Seed. '' ' :
Wabasha Herald. . ' . " X
Mrs. John E. Young thought she had
engaged in a new industry the other
morning when she looked^ over j hex
window garden.' Some time ago she
sent to Ohio for some choice flower,
seeds,, and planted them with great
care in the window. But she used
earth that had been taken from the
house yard last fall. j
After the seeds had been planted a
few days. Mrs. Young concluded to
examine her window garden and see
how they were growing. To put it
mildly, she was surprised. Not a seed
had sprouted, but from the earth had
come forth about a thousand young
and healthy grasshoppers, and they
were frisking all over the garden.
Whether the seeds produced them or
they had grown from the earth in
which the seeds were planted, is ' not
certainly known, but the crop raised
was a good, heavy one, anyway.
Bad Fire in Freeborn. - .
Albert Lea Standard.
One of the most terrific and' disas
trous fires that ever visited- the
county swept across the country,
from near the Hastings & McMillen
farm west to Geneva last week. The
earth was parched and everything on
Its surface was like tinder, and the
fire spred furiously, and almost as
swiftly as a race horse. Its course
was a distance of about five miles and
much of hay, fences and groves were
consumed. Probably 100 cords of wood
was burned in the timber along the
lake, and much more damage , would
have been done in the timber if men
had not all day fought the fire.
Two Long,- Lives Ended.
Caledonia Argus. .V
The lives and deaths of Mr. Bush
and Mr. Ley, both of whom died April
3, present some rather striking coin
cidences. They were born in the same
year in Luxemburg, each spent his
last days at the home of a son-in-law
named Molitor, both died the same
day, both funerals took place at the
same hour, and they were buried be
side each other on adjoining lots in
the same cemetery. Seventy-seven
years was the span of their earthly
pilgrimage.
Chinch Boss in a New Role.
St. ; Peter • Tribune. - j ! * !
-Last week mention was made of the
fact that chinch bugs would subsist I',1 ',
on beans, samples having been brought
in containing the . destructive ' insect
in a live state. Since then Hon. G. S. 1C
Ives has exhibited samples of " beans
thus Infested, corroborating the . first '
statement If the bugs can eke out :
an existence by consuming hard, raw
beans,- it may prove that other vege- :
tables .are . not exempt from . their ;
ravages. ! - 1! ;
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. H. G. Day's Sarcasm.
Albert Lea Standard. . j r-3 1
2 It Is expected that the express. com- i
panles, the insurance combine,', the
normal school jobbers, the Iron mine )
barons and the pine land ring will (
"fix" the legislature so that it can ad-.
journ" about April 20. - • , I ..'.'
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Good Thing;.
New York World.
William Ann — Bought a gold brick,
eh?
Uncle Tree top— ! Don* * say . a
word. I can sell it to the administra
tion and retire on the proceeds.
Equal to the Occasion.
Atlanta Constitution.
' "Just think of whisky freezing, ma
jor.*' ■ • ..;; ■■■ '..-.- .
"Makes no difference to me, sir; I'm
a great lover of cracked ice!" : ;.. "
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One More Day of Deadlock:'-;-- 7 "?' 5
*OVER, Del., April 11.— The- 108 th '
ballot. was taken for a United- States
senator, today," with the following." vote:
Higglns 9, Addicks 5, . Massey i, Penne
will 1, Ridgely 9, Tunnel 1. - ' .•" i
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WHOLLY NOT THE WORD.
Misused by Both of the Money
;.-:-:-*;J :^ Schools.
• I To the Editor of the Globe
Theorists of the gold school assume
S?iltS '_ the price of silVer since
11873 Is due wholly to the overproduc
tion of silver, as compared with gold.
, and in no degree to the silver de
j monetization acts of Europe and this
! country during and about that year
] Will you kindly state through your
i columns what you think of that as
sumption in the light of the fact that
.j during the first njne years of silver
I depreciation, beginning with 1873. the
| world's gold product each year ex
ceeded the silver product, as shown by
, the following figures, taken from the
; report of the government treasury de
•partment: .':':'
I -1873— World's gold product, $96,200 000-
SrSOO^ SUVe , r , PrO<lUCt ' fining 'value:
: ISi X gold prlce of Sllver in Lonl
1 ! It© -5? Per ° UnCe: c °mmercial ratio,
I I to lo.y^.
; j: 18iM-Gold product $90,750,000; silver
j product. $71,500,000; silver price, $1 27-
I ratio, 1 to 16.17. silver, W&OO.
- sliver. $80,500,
--erpri * c'e ' $1 " 24: ratio - " to "-a
; 1876-Gold, $103,700,000; sliver, $87,600.
--: Ito S. PriC * ° PS to $1 " 15; ratio - 1
•iooJ 87 !^ 013 ', 5114 ; 000 ' 0001 silver *81.000,
--'TffijM^ifSS? $1 2 0: ratio ' »to 17.23.
{^1873-Gold I $119,000,000; silver, $95,000.
--i 000; silver price. $1.15; ratio. 1 to 17 M
; 87^ GOld ? 109 00 °.'*»; sliver, $96,000,
--! to 16.40 6r P c . faHS to $U2 '" ratio - -
jlßßfl-Gold ' , $106,500,000; silver. $96,700.
--' ^BSl ^,? ri . C e n, $1 * 14: rat, *' Ito 18.05
I 1881-Gold $103,000,000; silver. $102,000 -
i riw $U3: rati^ *to 18.i 6 '
S9sr^° r^ Ine 7 ears - Gold Product.
■ 5939,^0,000; 51iver, 5792,100,000; yet the sll
I w^W Ce 1 ( . rOPS 16 CentS P6r ounce no -
withstanding that the production of
j silver was $147,550,000, or nearly S) per
'ratio Si,?" 1 that ° f "**• ™" fhe
, ratio in nine years of silver demoneti
sation falls from 1:15.92 to 1:18 16
K£t he ° ther hand ' in the first fifty,
'eight years of free' coinage in this
, country. 1792 to 1849, the world' silver
product was almost exactly double tS
gold product, the totals for the fifty
eight years being, $1,690,217,000 of silver
and $848,186,000 of gold. Yet the ratio
which was 1 to 15.17 in 1792, nad changed'
only to 1 to 15.78 In 1849. ena nged
In the twenty years after free coin
age ceased,, 1873 to 1893, note how the
ratto dropped from 1:15.92 *»'****% and
1 yet the coining value of the world's
about ? dUCt SlnCe 1873 as been only
about i. per cent larger than that of
the gold product.
In the light of these facts, can the
gold monometallists... in your opinion!
ducMnn 1 ' ,Uain that Silver o :
duction, and not the repeal of free coin-
SSe?tS" cd q . the d ? precI ation of silver
since 1873? Sincerely, F. N. STACY
Minneapolis, Minn., April 11.
FINDS BUSINESS GOOD.
Wilson Encouraged by the Pros
-• pects of the P. O. D.
tPr WASHINGTON, April "-Postmas
ter General Wilson is very much en
couraged with the first reports that
have been received by him showing the
S n th. ,° f the i epartm cnt He think
that the increased business of the post
office department is the. barometer of
better times throughout the country.
The statistics which he has received
are for the fourth quarter of 1894, end
ing Dec. 31 last. The sale of stamps
and all kinds of stamped articles was
over $19.400,C00, the largest ever kno^
withTh 3 ! .fT 61 "- *° IS In ' comparison
with the business of the previous year
that the postmaster general sees the
ses encouragement. The receipts
for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1894
were $1,165,209 greater than for the cor
responding period of 1893, and the total
expenditures were $620,343 more than
tor the same quarter in 1893. The de
*?™Z ° r the quarter in 1893 was
$2,029,742, f nd for the same period to
1894 was $1,484,864. .
TEST THE PENSION LAW.
Tanner Calls for Contributions
From the Veterans.
WASHINGTON, April Ul.-James
.tanner, national commander of the
Union Veteran Legion, has issued a
circular requesting the constribution
of. $10 from each of the encampments
to pay the expenses of carrying to
the supreme court a test case involv
ing the sufficiency of the thirty days
notice required .to be given in pen
sion eases under the act of December
21, : 1893. The circular showed - that
ninety-nine out of every "hundred
notices sent out by the commissioner
of pensions since the passage of "the
act, and which notices have been the
basis of reduction r or dropping, have
not been in compliance with the terms
of the statute. ■ ' -. ■■-" .
TO SUCCOR CONSUL WALLER.
Steamer Caatine Sent to theEnst
: . V... . African Coast.
; WASHINGTON, April U.-A cable
gram received at the navy department
today announced the sailing of the
United States steamship Castine at
Aden, at the entrance of the Red sea,
for Zanzibar. It is probable that the
commander of the ship will be directed
to investigate the case of ex-United .
States Consul Waller, alleged to be
wrongfully confined In jail - by sentence
of a French court martial in Mada
gascar, providing the representations
of the United States consul at Tama
tave are Insufficient to "secure justice.
, - :-.- - -Naval Maneuvers. iy. r'i'-r
WASHINGTON. April 11.-The Con
cord "has arrived at Shanghai, the Mo
hican at Port Townsend, and Admiral
Meade's squadron at Port au Prince,
Haytl. It is expected that the squad
ron will next run over to Colon, where
Assistant Secretary McAdoo ; will be
landed, and take a merchant steamer
for the United States. , ; ; -■' ..
Heatwole, Statesman.
Northfield News. : -
'; England needs a good walloping and
United " States ought to give it for the
insults of the past few months. When ':
Tom Reed is president an American
citizen will " not Ibe required :to . : apolo- ; 1
glze for. breathing. - - '; : |
'- ■ ._ . ■ ..-..- - "..'."-It
THAT BEEF.
Secretary Morton Proposes to
: Have It Thoroughly In
vestigated.
IS IT A BIG FOUR SCHEME?
Or the Natural Result of a
. Shortage in the Cattle
Supply?
BIG PACKERS STIRRED UP.
Very Indignant That Morton
Should Hint at Such a
• Thing as Combines
•...- ■ ■ .~^>:/:;,-;;:V-:--c.-«s "iij
WASHINGTON. April "11.— Secretary
.of Agriculture Morton today began in
quiry into the recent rise in the price
of meats, for the purpose of ascertain
ing if any combination in violation of
law exists for the purpose of putting
up prices. The secretary's letter of
instruction for the inquiry Is as fol
lows:
Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of Bureau
of Animal Industries— Sir: Furnish at
your earliest convenience a statement
of the number of cattle received at the
stock, yards in Omaha. Kansas City,
East St. Louis and In Chicago during
the months of January, February and
March for the year 1894 and 1895. . It is
important just at this time to ascer
tain as nearly as may be, from those
sources, what falling on! there may be
in the cattle supply of the United
States as compared with the previous
year. In January, 1889, cattle sold for
$5.70; In February of the same year,
$5.65, and in March the same year,
$5.77% per 100 weight at the Kansas
City yards. And In 1892 they sold* In
the same market. in January at $5; in
February,* $4.80, and in March, $4.70 per
100 weight, while in* 1893 they sold in
January at $5.60; February, $5.55;
March, $5.7 C, and in January, 1894, at
the Kansas City stock yards they sold
at $5.25; in February, $4.80, and March,
$4.50. I wish now to ascertain the
prices paid at Kansas City and in
Chicago during January, February and
March of 1895, and also the number of
cattle received at these points during
that time. The largest cattle receipts
at Chicago In any one day. occurred I
believe, April 25, 1892, when 32,667 head
were received; and the largest cattle
receipts at Chicago in a single week
were 95,528 head, received during the
seven days ending Sept. 19, 1891, and
the largest receipts of cattle for a
single month at Chicago were for Sep
tember, 1892, when 385,466 head were
received.
Be kind enough to instruct the agents
of the bureau of animal industry of
the United States department of agri
culture, wherever they may be sta
tioned, to collect and send in as rapidly
as possible all reliable data at their
command which may tend to truth
fully show what diminution, if any
there is in the cattle supply of the
United States for the year 1895, as com
pared with previous years.
; Also instruct the agents of the bu
reau of animal industries to make
thorough inquiry as to whether, in
their judgment, there Is any combina
tion, in Violation of law, by which a
cattle '.'trust" is putting up the price
of beef products, while it is putting
down the . per capita price of cattle
Very respectfully yours,
J. STERLING MORTON. Secretary.
CONCERNING INQUIRY, '"
Secretary Morton said to a representa
tive of the Associated .Press: "The
increase in the price of cattle has
been quite remarkable, and certain
fluctuations seem unaccountable. It
would appear that the primary cause
of the increased price is that the sup
ply is decreasing while the demand is
constant or increasing. In Texas there
are not ten cattle today to hundreds
a short time ago. And the four points,
so-called— Chicago, Kansas City, St.'
Louis and Omaha— where cattle are
•slaughtered, are falling off in their
supply to the market. The reduction
last year was 142,347 head of cattle, as
compared with the year before. The
Chicago production fell toff 209,598
head and Omaha 44,711, while Kansas
City Increased 45,501 and St. Louis 66.
--461, making a net reduction as stated.
This reduction naturally would bring
an increase of price to the consumer.
Then, too, corn-fed cattle are pre
ferred, and our supply of corn fell off
I enormously last year. This in part
! explains the falling" off in production
in high grade cattle. And it Is a
; marked feature of the American con
sumer that he wants the very best
grade of cattle and the choicest parts,
sirloins or porterhouse, rather than
the more nutritive round or neck."
Mr. Morton's inquiry as to the In
fluences of the alleged trust are In
part directed by current statements
as to the influence which the
BIG FOUR
have in depressing the price of live
cattle. His attention has recently been
called to a statement that when a con
signment of cattle was offered in Kan
sas City 3% cents was offered; that
when the samel consignment was taken
to St Louis 3 cents was offered, and
that when to Chicago 2% cents was of
fered. It was asserted that these fluc
tuations were due to the ability of the
Big Four to depress prices.
Mr. Morton says that while this ex
planation seems reasonable on it 3 face,
he does not consider it sufficient He
says that if there was a demand for
the live" cattle the price would go up
regardless of the combine. His in
quiry,- he added, is designed to bring
out just what influence 'the Big Four
have on prices.
Mr. Morton believes that the inquiry
will be of much importance in, bringing
out the causes for the increase in price
of one of the most essential articles
of food,. and that it will be of special
value to the farmer at the present
time. Dr. Salmon will Issue Instruc
tions to the meat inspectors to begin
the Inquiry at once. He expects to
have the results on hand within a few
weeks.
BIG FOUR SPEAKS UP.
Representative ( of Armour De
, Clares There Is No Combine.
CHICAGO, April IL— "They will have
it that there Is a combine, won't they?"
exclaimed Col. Favorite, of the Armour
company, today, when asken in regard
to the statement of Secretary Morton
that an investigation would be made
into the cause of high meat prices.
"There is no combine. Secretary Mor
ton knows as well as we do why it is,
and, as far as we are concerned, we
hope that he will investigate the mat
ter thoroughly.
"He is now shipping grain to the des
titute farmers of. Nebraska, and their
condition is about the same as all the
cattle-feeding districts of the central
West The shipping has fallen off one
half from there, and a glance at the
stockyards statistics would show that
nearly three hundred thousand head
less have been received since Jan. 1
than was received last year for these
three months." .
NOT A
FREAK
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