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The Yale Expositor.
J. A. MtxziES, Fu&Uiher.
TALE,
MICH
la ! v uasi
The bloomer fad has almost entirely
given AWay to skirts, and fewer men
are driven to drink.
General, Veylc has been coed to
General "Cimposr "He has fully vindi
cated him by contrast.
The man who says the right thing at
thought time Is the man who says
nothing ai all when In doubt.
si
Whero is the women's candidate for
president? Isn't Belva Lockwood still
available? And vhat Is the matter with
Anna Shaw or Mary Lease cr Susie
Anthony?
General Weyler has heralded an
other great victory. "The Spanish
troops on Saturday captured three
rebel camps." The "rebels" were all
one when tho capture was made.
The exclusion of men from Jury duty
because they have read reports of cases
In newspapers Is preposterous. It
has resulted In making the intelligence
of the average juror a byword. It is
an unwarranted assumption that re
porters do not tell the truth. As a
matter of fact, they have no reason for
not telling the entire and exact truth
n's far as it can be ascertained by
human power.
Imagine the surprise of Mr. H. P.
Vood of Youngstovn, O., when he en
tered hl3 stable the other morning and
discovered that somebody had painted
his horse green. He said nothing, and
the night after he had removed the
green paint somebody whitewashed the
nag. This was more than he could
etand, and now during their moments
of anguish the four young painters and
whitewashes are calcimlnlng the in
Kide "walls of the county Jail.
Nothing ever excites and interests
New York so much as a red hot crim
inal trial. The "cause celebre" of Mrs.
Fleming has provided this morbid
metropolitan public with a "bonne
bouche" in this direction which has
seldom been equaled in the criminal
records of the great city, and it has
been thoroughly appreciated by those
degenerates of all clases3 of society
who-:del!ght in all forms of crime, es
pecially when the criminal be ft woman.
There are about 7,000,000 of Jews in
theivorld, about one-half of whom live
in 'Jj&ssla. It Is not certain that the
nuiiicrs of the race have increaspd
ine'-the time of Christ. There ta no
reattJjx to believe that there are more
Jews now in England, France, Ger
man; and Spain than there were in the
dayB'Vif the persecution. There were,
in isi0, 130,000 Jews in the United
States. It is Impossible on public cre
dulity to predict that they will domi
nate 70,000,000 of Christians.
If it is true that Mrs. Drayton is
actually responsible for tho sale cf
"Actor relics" now in progress in New
.York; this is only one more indication
of the bad form of which tho New York
aristocracy are capable. It is disgust
ing and disgraceful that the members
of great' families cannot behave more
decentlyj: with regard to their private
affairs, '-Ambng other things Included
In fiie"" inventory are the toys used by
the grandchildren of Mrs. William As
tor when very little; In other words,
the present Astora, Draytons and Liv-Ingsfoiiis.'-fcnd
a number of similar ar
ticUsl' f"
The Siberian railway is being grad
ually extended and brought tnto use.
From Tscheljabinsk a distance of
about 1,280 miles is now being used
for trafileyvancMJio favorable effect oi
the rfxijlwajp u&Dtii in,dusry . and com
meAs1 already perceptible." The
towns-along the line Increase in size
and number of inhabitants, ajid. the.
imports already comprise articles
whiiiWije (piirvlotlHly unknown. In
the (rttfhGjipalli Bire&s"W Tomsk electric
HghtTla!'been,i"br is : jusibout to be,
adopted, and the Journey from Mos
cow to Tomsk can now be compassed
in eight days,jJluvr ,f -
it ;: iv. i-i
The Germans.-ore.pushlng their com
mercial enterprise into" all parts of
the world, much to the annoyance of
British Investors, who up to this time,
ha-e seemed to haye a .monopoly of the
rado ifeprjf(ipf jt'he World.. Not
only itfuymty nioneyibelTigi invested
in enterprises "InSoutfi America, but
the German companies; rare obtaining
Taluable concessions in Asia, cspecial-
ly Persia'.." -One German has obtained
a concession of seventy-five years for
the constru5ft of a railway between
Teheran apfagdad. The same in
terests have secured for ninety years
the right to establish electric or steam
railways between Teheran and villages
north of 'itw The rapid progress of the
Germans iii Persia is further indicated
by the establishment of a steamboat
service between Bremen and Bushire,
on the Persian gulf. A German bank
has also been established at Bushire.
i - .
- Pierre Richelieu , of Boston brings
back a tale of frightful atrocities prac
ticed upon him by the Spanish in Cuba.
For no less than sixty-two days he was
fed upon a diet of beans which had
been boiled iniffad (pt "baked. The
$20,000 damagW VMch" Tie asks for tho
outrage is not enough.
The unusually large summxr crop of
affinities that Jttcis fourOthls year
by the QWOg old )Wcflil4 ehfJ'
that theUyrUUprilrl fritter;
away ftnyaluitTjTe time during tho
winter.
fRAVEL IN MEXICO.
EOWAHD D. LIGHT INVESTIGAT
ING THEIR MONEY SYSTEM.
Silver Monometallism lias Worked a
Wonderful Chitng for tho Hotter
What Would lilmetalllsm Result In
l int of m fcerlet of Interesting Letters.
Copyrighted, by Chicago Press Bureau.)
El Paso, Texas, July 4, 1896.
That the money question will be par
amount In the approaching election,
all agree who have studied the action
of political conventions thus far held.
Attempts have been made which will
be repeated, to avoid the issue, but
without avail. The Issue is beforo
us, a great battle Is on to be fought by
discussion, and, I trust, settled with
ballots.
In most local conventions held, tho
sailing ha3 been smooth until the finan
cial plank wad launched; and then sud
denly clouds arise as from a clear sky;
the fctonn Increases as the wind veers
around from every quarter of the hall,
nnd the safety cf the trusted bark,
which carried them to victory through
so many political storms, be
comes a question of gravest
concern. The danger of thes
old crafts Increases with each hour's
agitation, but if their rotten timbers
give way and the old crafts sink to riae
no more, their crews will live to build
modern crafts better prepared to meet
the demands of the present days,
which will prove beneficial to the na
tion. Money Lovers.
No question Is of equal Importance to
the money-loving and money-making
Americans, as the question of tholr
money, for which they strive vigor
ously by day and dream of by night.
Money, that which exchanges for the
laborer's dally tell, and the product of
the farmer and manufacturer, is of
absorbing Interest to every citizen,
from the child who buys candy with
lis first penny to the millionaire who
dcal3 in money exclusively. "That all
want "sound money" there can be no
question; but we may not atrree as to
what is "sound money." Hern tho
question crises: docs the scarcity of a
metal make It sound, or does a more
liberal supply of another metal make
it. unsound? Does not the necessary
o mount of the best money we can con
trol, constitute "sound money?" John
C. Calhoun said In the United States
senate. March 21, 1S3I. "If we turn
our attention to the laws which govern
circulation we shall find one of the
most important to be that, as the cir
culation i3 increased or decreased, tho
test of the property will, all ether
things remaining the same, be de
creased or Increased in value, exactly
In the same proportion." It would
seem then that In order to have sound
money we must have a fixed supply of
money, that its purchasable value will
rot frequently change. I ask you to
note the difference between a "fixed
supply," and a "fixed amount."
Tho monetary question Is of such Im
portance to our prosperity that all who
understand It, approach Its discussion
with great caution. Yet It Is as eas'ly
solved as are any of the great ques
tions of commerce.
Financial -foil ties.
It is extremely unfortunate that a
question of so much importance to cur
piosperity, and one purely economic,
must be lowered into the slimy pool of
politics .and after being made the foot
ball of political parties during a cam
paign of heated and possibly unintelli
gent discussion, controlled, perchance,
by the party using the most money
with which to lubricate party machin
ery, and run the band wagon. A ques
tion of such absorbing interest should
first be placed in the hands of an able,
honest, nonpartisan commission cf
well-known patriots, with power to
fully Investigate the question and pub
lish their conclusions, that our people
might obtain Intelligent information to
guide them when striving to accom
plish the greatest good for the great
est number.
The opposite course seems to con
trol the action of our government offi
cials. Probably the ablest monetary
discussion ever held, was that known
as the Brussels conference, In which
the ablest monetary students of this
and other nations of like rank took
part. A full report of the proceed
ings of the conference was published by
our government, and after a few copies
were distributed, the balance was vir
tually suppressed. It is practically
Impossible to obtain a copy of that In
valuable report from a government ofll-.
cial. A friend persistently searched
the various departments for days with
out avail, when he learned they could
be obtained at a second-hand book
store, where he bought one for $1.50.
Keats with the 1'eople.
In our country the Intelligent an!
conservative masses In the walks of
life hold the balance of power In all re
form movements. This class is
studying the cause of the present de
pressed condition, and is clamoring
for Instructive and reliable Informa
tion bearing on this subject. That
such information is withheld by our
government Is a disgrace to a -nation
which claims to have made every rea
sonable effort to secure International
bimetallism. Because of tho inability
to obtain official information bearing
upon the question, and in rosponse to
the unusual demand for it, I was com
missioned to visit Mexico In search cf
and to report weekly such Information
as may there bo found, as to the de
sirability of increasing our circulating
medium by remonetlzlng silver. In
obedience to that command I am en
route to Mexico with a view of ascer
taining condition existing there, and
.comparing them with those of five, bn
and twjenty years ago, that we may as
crtaln if Mexico has maintained her
relative commercial position with other
mations, and if a variance, whether it
has been advanced or retarded by her
monetary system. In the discharge of
these duties I shall interview her most
prominent officials and citizens cf
every profession and faithfully report
their views and experience In transacc
ing business upon a silver standard;
not that our countrymen propose plac
ing their government upon a silver
basis, but with the view to aiding them
to determine which Is the better course
for the United States to pursue, viz.:
continue on the gold standard as now,
cr go back to bimetallism, as It existed
from 1792 until 1S73.
Claims of Cold Monometallltts.
The claim is made by the gold stand
ard advocates, that to Increase the use
of silver In our currency and open our
mints to its coinage, would endanger
our financial standing and precipitate
a violent panic.
These favoring an increased use of
silver, claim the panic occurred when
the India mint was closed, and the
Sherman law repealed, thereby limit
ing the demand for silver, causing a
scarcity of circulating medium, de
pressing values, causing a stringency
In the money market that continually
grows more acute, and the end is not
yet. In gathering and transmitting
this Information, I hope- to throw sucn
light on the subject as will enable a
large part of our fifteen million voters
to approach the poll3 in the fall elec
tion more intelligently prepared to
cast their votes upon a question of first
importance to them. In addition to the
financial question, I shall take up the
tariff question as operated by the Mex
icans, and show how It effects our
tradcj an export trade to that repub
lic. An important change In their
tariff laws went Into effect July 1. at
which time Interstate tariff wa3 dis
continued, which may facilitate expor
tation from the United States. Presi
dent Diaz and cabinet have long favored
this change of tariff laws, but It could
not be accomplished until their consti
tution was changed by a majority vote
of all the states. The repeal cf all In
terstate tariff laws will necessitate
changing other laws, and will prove of
great benefit to the republic. At pres
ent land lying outside of Incorporated
cities pays no taxes. It is said r.o
taxes are paid by a foreign company
which owns fully two-fifths of tho state
of Chihuahua, which Is the largest
state in the republic. Returning to
the tariff question I learn our balance
of trade against Mexico was formerly
$15,000,000 a year: but it has been grad
ually changed until during the year
1S93 it was $13,000,000 against us.
Claims of Sliver Advocates.
The silver advocates claim this bal
ance was turned against us. through
the operation of exchange as wrought
by the depreciation of silver, which en
courages exportation from Mexico, and
discourages importation from all gold
standard nations. Upon my arrival at
Mexico City I shall have access to their
statistics after carefully investigating
the subject I will report further as well
as upon the statement that other na
tions enjoy more favorable treaties
governing exportation than we. Be
fore entering upon the study of these
economic questions, It may be profita
ble to refresh cur history of Mexico,
and briefly study the conditions sur
rounding the republic.
The settlement of Mexico greatly an
tedates that of the United States, and.
notwithstanding tho fact that it joins
us for more than 2,000 miles
on our far southwestern border
and separated from us only
by an imaginary line a great pr.rt
of that distance, the average American
knows less about Mexico, than many of
the natlcnn of Europe, from whk-h we
me separated for morn than four thou
sand miles of pen, and land. Mexien
is composed of twenty seven states, a
federal district and Lower Califorria.
it is about 2,000 miles long north and
south, and 800 miles wide east and
west, with nn area cf 772.02 s.-juare
miles, which is mere than ten timo.-j
the area of the combined New England
States. She has over 6,000 of coast
line, and a population of about 15.000,
OC0, or about one-fifth as great as the
United Staes. Her constitution was
copied largely from cur3 nnd adopted
In 157.
Feitnrns of Mcxt'-is
In her forests grow most of the hard
v.oods so valuable for manufacturing
purposes, such as mahogany, rosewood,
ebony and oak. When the Montersy
and Gulf railroad was built, ebony was
used for crosstles and mahogony for
bridge timbers until forbidden by the
government. Agriculture, horticul
ture and live stock furnishes employ
ment to most of her people. In most
parts of the republic artificial Irriga
tion is resorted to if good crops arc
secured. The climate of Mexico may
be divided into three zones: The hot
lands of tho coast (tlerrn calienta), the
temperate lands lying from 3,000 to
6,000 feet above the level of the sea
(templada), and the cold lands which
are at an elevation exceeding 6,000 feet
(tlcrra frla). In the hot lands the ex
treme heat Is 100 degrees Fahrenheit
(the same as registered at El Paso for
three days past). ' On the high lands
cold is 20 degrees above, while at the
national capital, situated at an eleva
tion of 7,000 feet (one and one-third
miles) greater than our national capl
tol and fifteen hundred miles farther
south, the mercury ranges between
sixty and seventy degrees through the
year, May and June being the hotter
months. The hot region grows cotton,
vanilla, hemp, pepper, cocoa, oranges,
bananas, indigo, rice and other tropi
cal products. In the temperate region
grows coffee, tobacco, sugar cane and
such fruits and cereals as thrive In our
southern states. In the colder region
grows wheat, corn, potatoes,' and the
fruits and cereals of Michigan, Wiscon
sin and Illinois. In her northern
states where the supply of water Is
limited they raise chiefly live stock.
Tli Mining Industry.
Mining Is her most profitable Indus
try, and silver her chief minora), al
though gold is found In small quan
tities. It Is said that the mines of
Mexico have added to tho wealth of the
world upwards of $1,000,000,000, which
Is more silver than is now used aa
money by all tho nations of the globe.
It is a curious fact that the ornaments
by the native kings and aristocracy
were all of gold, which suggests the
thought that they mined far to tht
north in those days, or that tho veins
of gold then mined have s!nce been
lc-fct. In lSttl our American consul re
ported that all the coal used in the
state of Chihuahua was mined at
Trinidad, Colo. Coal of an inferior
quality Is now mined In the states far
ther south, but the want of fuel
throughout the republic will prove a
drawback to tho development of her
otherwise wonderfully rich resources.
In the state of Durango, on the western
slope, a mountain of Iron Is found from
75 to 90 per cent pure metal, which if
her present rapid development of re
sources continue will soon be utilized.
Two Dollars American and Mexican.
As I went to exchange my American
money for Mexican, I soliloquized thus:
For one American silver dollar I will
buy two Mexican dollars, either of
which will contain more pure silver
than the one I give up. Now If I ap
ply the. hammer tost to the three dol
lars exchai.ged, by a single stroke upon
each 1 so charge their value that the
Mexican dollar becomes worth more
than twice as much as the American
pieco which I gave up." But I solilo
quized on, and asked myself, who cre
ated this flat in the American dollar?
The answer came to me, certainly not
the silver men, for they are In favor
of opening the American mints so di
ver will go to par, and that would take
the fiat out of our dollars. We are
told that when silver was demonetized
the bullion In our silver dollar was
worth about three cents more than the
bullion In our gold dollar. And so I
reluctantly reached the conclusion that
It must have been the acts of the gold
standard men when they demonetized
silver In 1S73, which destroyed tho
coinage demand for It, and cs bullion
it fell in price; then they put the fiat
In it when they legislated to keep it cn
a parity with gold, which has einco
doubled In price.
An .Ainin'nff Incident.
I find many old frlend3 here, one of
wiicm Invited me to visit Juaraz (whor
ez) and iceeivc my llr?'t object lesson.
Aa we entered the utreet cars he said,
"Wc have two street car lines crcsslrg
the border, one chartered and owned
by the Americans, the other by the
Mexicans. The fare on either line i.
10 cents. Patronizing cur line we pr.y
American money, and on the Mexican
line Mexican money. We will go over
on the American line, when there we
will buy a glass of beer and pay for It
with 10 cents of American moucy, and
receive 10 cents in Mexican money ;n
exchange, which will pay our return
faro. The experiment was tried. We
invested 20 cents with which we paid
two 10-ccnt fares and 10 cents for a
glass of Milwaukee beer.
The bed of the Rio Grande liver at
this point Is dryer than the streets
of El Paso, which are occasionally
sprinkled. The cause of this serious
water famine wa3 the subject of Inter
national investigation during the past
winter, which resulted in the Mexican
government filing a claim with our
government for $22,000,000 for damagos
caused by a violation of tho treaty cf
Guadulupe Hidalgo, of 184S. Tho
claim was for damages sustained by
Mexicans by being deprived of their
riparian right3. Tho claim is in a fair
way cf adjustment by the governments
joining equally in the expense of erect
ing a sixty-five foot dam nud a reser
voir, which will be fifty miles long,
and will store all the water that will
flow into it in a year. It is further
r&rccd that the water coming down tho
river one-third shall go to the Mexi
cans, ore-third to the Americans, and
the remainder to flow down the stream.
In and About VA I'aso.
El Paso Is rather an attractive city
of 15,000 Inhabitants. Her chief re
source is her very attractive winter
climate, which affords a hospitable re
trat for thousands of invalids from the
northern states during these months.
I found a very decided fcllver sentiment
among her citizens. The evening of
my arrival, ex-Governor Prince of New
Mexico, delivered a very able address
upon this subject, and the following
evening the democratic candidate for
congress from this district held forth
on the same subject. With the view of
bettering her water supply, the city a
few years since began an artesian well.
At the depth of 130 feet it was aban
doned because of the strata of granite
encountered. Under the advice of Dr.
Penrose of the Chicago university, they
recently went down the valley three
miles, and began a thirteen-lnch bore,
which at a depth of 900 feet struck the
wash off of the old river bed, which
has been penetrated to a depth of over
300 feet and still in the "wash.". This
circumstanco is a convincing proof of
the many ages tho levelling of the
Rocky Mountains has been carried on
by the action of the elements. Hut
none of this generation will live to seo
Pike's Teak reduced to the level of the
sea. This evening I shall start fer
Chihauhau (che-wau-wa), from which
city I write my next letter.
EDW. 13. LIGHT.
In Rural Scotland.
A country boy who was brought up
in a remote region of Scotland had oc
casion to accompany his father to a
village near which a branch line of
railway passes. The morning after his
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and then, running into the house, he
Fald: "Fayther, fayther! Come ootl
There'B a tmlddy ra' 'off wP a row of
houses and It's awa doon by the bsck
o' tho town!"
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