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" 1. - . . - . * } M > ' THE OMAHA BATLY KfljfE : 8ATUHPAT , AUGUST S , 1890. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. llOSKWATKIl , Kdltnr. runr.isnBQ nviuv : MOUNINQ , Dnlly llca ( Without Similar ) On * Year . J > M Dally lice nn < l Sunday , One Year. . . 10(0 Hlx Month * . , . COO Three Month * . 2M Bunday lie'On * Ycnr . J TO Hatunlny Ilec , On * Yfar. . . . 1 M VVccklr Her , One Yrnr . , . ( I OPFICK3 ! Omnhn , Thi > lice IliillrtlnB. Houth Umnhn , Slnctr ink. . Tor. N nnd Nth Bt . Council Ilium , in North Mnln Street. Chlcagn OI1ICP. 117 ( 'littmlxr of Commerce. New York , noomn 11 , 14 nnd 15. Trlbutu > ldg. Wellington , 1(07 V Mreel. N. W. All communication * rrUtlnc ti > now * nnd edl- ( orlal matter ihould to nilclrtnvd ! To tli IMIt.r. BUSINESS i.Knr.ust All biudncM letter * nnd remittances nhoilld bo ndilrrimeil to The Heo rtiblldilnK Compntiy , Oman * . Drnftn. chr-ckn nd postolllce orders to bo made nnynble to tlio onler of the roini > ny. TIII : IIKI : VUIIMHIIINO COMPANY. STATfiMHNT OK ClUCUIjATlON. Btnto of NVI > rniikn , | I > oiiRlnn County. | Ocoixo 1L Ttfchuck , Becr tnry of Tlio Hro Pub- llihlre comimny , hclnit duly rnorn. i > nyK th t tlie actual nmntipr of full nnil complete cniilri of the Unity. Morning , llvenlnit nnd Hundny llee printed during the month of July , 1S % , wna n follown : 1 , . , ! 0M7 t ; 2. , , , . ? o"i.t7 IS 3. . , . i'D.lll ] < 1 . 10'JIO 4 1S.S- 20 . 1D.811 si . so.or. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ; ' ; " 2 . " , 2.1 . 19.MT , J4 . . . 50.101 9 20,121 10 21,731 ; Ji ! . 20,700 ' S7 )2 20,040 , 13 22.321 sti . : o us 14 : oir.r so . 20 , ni 31 . 10,101 ! ! ! ! ) * . ! ! ! ! ! | " Tolnl C37.793 IX-M deductions for unnold and rctiirneil copies 32r.23 Net lotnl unles W..J70 Net dully nvernge 20,170 oi-xmnt : it , T/.SCHUCK. Hworn In before mo nnd mibicrllwd In my preiipnce tills 1st day of AURUM. UO'i. ' Notary Public. Parties Kohl } ; out of tlio city Tor tliu niiinincr inny have The Hoc sent to their address by leaving an order nfMho lius- Incss oflk-o of Tlio lice. Tolenhoni' 2HS. There art ) two or three state conven tions still to bo hold In Nebraska. Wonder If anyone will luivo Ilio nerve t to Introduce Cmidldato Ilawley to an audience as the next governor of Ne braska. llryan has said tlmt he would do noth ing unfair to Mr. Sowall. lint llryan lias not said that he would do nothing unfair to Mr. Watson. The object of our penal laws Is both retribution and prevention. A legal execution will servo no good purpose unless the example deters others from wrongdoing. Strange how dense a railroad man's Ignorance becomes when he Is asked as a witness before the Interstate Com merce commission to tell what he knows of secret rebating. Perhaps the llurlliigton left Omaha off the route of Its special excursions for fear the visitors might take with them an Indelible Impression of that line Mason street depot. ' Dryiin was nominated on Friday and started easton , JtfijUlay to bo notified of his nomination. "Friday may lie hls rabbit foot day , bllt It must bo remembered bored that the election falls on a Tues day. The Chicago Chronicle expresses fears tlmt Kansas will maintain its reputa tion this fall as "the Midway I'laisancc of American politics. " Not a bad sim ile , lint even the people of Kansas show signs of tiring of the Midway freaks. How many debts date back before the alleged "crime of 18 : ! ? " How many of them were contracted under a reg ime of free and unlimited coinage ? Not one debtor In ten thousand had any privileges when lie- made his loan that hi ; has not now. The comptroller of the currency lias reported the condition of Omaha na tional banks , and the llgures show these Institutions to be sound In spite of business depression. Tlio conservatism which lias long characterized the man agement of these banks Is the best guaranty that their patrons can have for tlie future. The county commissioners favor the building of a bicycle track along the proposed boulevard to Fort , Crook , and It will doubtless be done. This Is the first substantial concession to be made Ute growing army of. wheelmen of this city. In eastern cities Improved bicycle paths In public parks and along leading boulevards are common , but out here public olllclals are just beginning to awake to the popular demand for thum. Sioux City has extended the term of the gas company's franchise on condi tion that tlio company pave this streets as stipulated under the terms of the original franchise. Here is an Instance wherein Sioux City Is ahead of Omaha in requiring adetiuatn returns for spe cial privileges granted. The time Is mini to come when the pcoplo of Omaha will demand that corporations enjoying the- use of streets shall pay the entire cost of paving and paving repairs. Itepubllcan ward clubs will Had a fruitful toplu of discussion In the Craw ford county system of direct primary nominations , While It Is deslrnhlo that tlio mibject be considered In all Its phases , action endorsing or protesting against Its proposed introduction should not be unnecessarily delayed. What ever Is tn be done In this matter by the county and city committees must be done within the next few weeks If re- Eultu are to be had for this year's nomi nations. Thu railroads entering Omaha are doing excellent service In the matter of advertising thu State fair , AU-Har- Ilen fetes and thu proposed Transmls- elsslppl exposition. They propose to do everything possible- secure u largo attendance during fair week. It Is tilmply ti htisIncMj proposition wHh them , of course , but there Jx no better means of advertising the features of the week , Thu Iowa roads can do this city a good turn by advertising thu fair week festivities along their lines In western Iowa , from which section a great many vUltorn may bo expected. Tom Watson , ns ho Is pleased to call lilmself , the populist candidate for vice president , has formally declared him self , lie projwses to remain where he was placed by the populist convention nnd to do all he can to defeat the Chicago cage nominee for vice president. Mr. Watson frankly says that populists cannot vote for Mr. Sewall , because ho docs not represent their platform and In this he Is unquestionably consistent. Tlio Maine candidate Is a capitalist who Is largely Interested In railroads and In banking. He Is also a radical projectionist and has always strenu ously urged that policy In behalf of the shipbuilding interest of which ho Is a leading representative. It Is true that Mr. Sewall Is an earnest advocate of free silver , but as a millionaire bank er , railroader and protectionist no pop ulist can vote for him without self- stnltlllcatlon. Mr. Watson was quite right , also , In saying to the Georgia populists , "You can't consistently say this Is n light of the west nnd south and go off to Maine to get a candidate for vlco piesldent. " The populist candidate for vice pres ident Is entirely candid In another re spect , lie declares that the contest Is a sectional one the south and west against the north and east. lie appeals to the populists of Georgia , as southern men , "to seize this opportunity to make this alliance with the west to throw off. the domination of the north and east , which lias proved ruinous to the farmer , the laborer , the merchant nnd the entire - tire people. " This Is plain language and honest , as every adherent of llryan will admit If he has the candor to do so. It Is lu accord Avlth'the whole political course and teachings of Mr. llryan himself , who has persistently sought to array the west against ihe east and to foster In the former section a sentiment of hatred toward thu lat ter. No man In the country has been moro distinctly sectional In his utter ances than the Chicago nominee for the presidency. It is said that Senator Faulkner , the chairman of the demo cratic congressional committee , is ap prehensive tlmt the contest will assume a sectional character. Mr. Watson de clares it Is sectional and ho Is fully war ranted in doing so by the course of Mr. llryan and most of his mote prominent and inllnontial supporters. It is a de plorable fact , but it is one that must be recognized. AMKItlCAX MOXKr AT A DISCOUNT. American silver and silver certificates are at a discount In Canada. Until now they have passed current at their full face value , but the apprehension of Canadian banks and business institu tions that the free silver policy maybe bo successful hero has led them to take ( he precaution of acceid"g ! this Ameri can , money only nt a dlscrtint , which In Montreal and the contiguous territory Is 10 per cent and doub'loss this rate will soon become gcnori'l In the Do minion. Here Is presented nil object lesson which ought to command the at tention of even the most ardent free ' .silvorlte , for if out1'silver falls to a dis count of 10 per cent in Canada now , when the government Is maintaining It at a parity with gold , what would It go to with free coinage , when the gov ernment would be relieved of all re sponsibility for maintaining the parity ? It Is fitated that not culj are our silver dollars and .silver certificates rejected , except nt a discount , but the subsidiary coins meet with the same reception. Of course tlie free silver people will say that It is not a matter of nny Importance what Canada does , but Canadian bank ers and business men are of at least average judgment and shrewdness and their action shows that they believe that free silver would not have any such results for that mutnl as its advocates promise , but that on the contrary It would contract the value of our cur rency one-half and they do not propose to lose anything in this way. The atti tude of the Canadians may bo some what hasty , but It will have to be con fessed that It Is prudent. TIIK ILL Kl'FKWS ALUKADY. Those people who think that even If the llryan party should bo successful It would bo some time before the ill effects predicted timid be rcallxrd an Invited to consider what Is already tak ing place. Within the past two week- ; 7,01)0 ) men have been thrown out of omployjnont In the Iron mines of Michi gan. In Massachusetts more than 17,000 operatives In the mills have been let out and throughout the New Kug- land states the addition to the armj of Idle labor has recently been greatly Increased and the number Is bulng steadily augmented. Everywhere , In fact , those Interested In productive i-n torprlM'H are as u matter of precaution curtailing operations , In order that they may bo prepared for any exigency of the future. In financial circles thin-t Is manifestly a feeling of serious up prehension. Tlio banks are curtailing discounts and calling In loans. Capital Ists are putting their affairs into tin best condition for safety. Money on call rose to 7 per cent In New York yes terday , probably for thu purpose 01 checking hear speculation , and thu ques lion of IsMiing clearing house cortlfl cates as n means of averting the pan icky tendency Is said to be under con slderntlon. Theie bus been a marked decline In all kinds of swiivltle.s demonstrating a growing distrust. I Is not merely thu stock market tha is suffering from this Mntu of thing. * hut every Interest. Thu farmi > r , tin manufacturer , the merchant and tin laborer nro all experiencing the hard ships incident to this condition , Can any rational man doubt that the cause of all this Is the approhciiftlot : growing out of the free silver aglta tlon ? ICven men who feel conflden that the effort to overturn the llnancla system of ( lie country and bring the I'nlted States to tlio silver Btaudari will fall am not willing to take an ; great chiuices. They ptoposo to nniki themselves securu In any event. The men of capital , the employers of labor Intend as far as pobnlblo to forlif. themselves against the thrcatenet danger and to bo prepared , In case o its realization , to et > uayo with as lltti damage ns possible. Tills they can do. Hut what of the men of labor ? Thrown out of employment , with no means of protecting themselves from the menace of a debafccd currency , what sort of a prospect Is before them ? Probably bo- ore the day of election , ns nutters now ook , a million of people now employed vlll be thrown out of work. They nil those dependent upon them must nffer and how shall they be able to ccoup themselves for this loss and rlvallon ? There Is no way. The apltallst may regain what ho now ncriflces , even should the country bo educed to a silver basis , but for the acrlllce Imposed upon labor there can ) o no icllof. History Is repeating Itself. The nglta- on for a policy of currency debasement s having the same effect now ns It has iad In the past and it Is falling most icavlly upon those who "earn their read In the sweat of their face. " The > Ily of It Is that there should be nny f this class who do not understand it nd permit themselves to be deluded by ho false promise that they will be > onented by a policy tlmt will diminish > y one-half the purchasing power of iclr wages. They ought to learn some- lilng from what Is now taking place. rmm Tin : SOUTH OMAHA , Neb. , Aug. 0 , ISDB. To ho Kdltor of The Ilcc : As this Is to bo a ampalgn ot education I would like to nsk ou two questions : 1. Is It not a fact that under tlio single old standard the banking syndicate can withdraw gold from the treasury and compel he government to Issue bonds ? 2. You claim tliat the laboring men arc n such an awful condition In Mexico. Yould they be nny bettor oft hero under the Ingle gold standard than they are In present old standard countries ? O. W. HILL1S. 1. It Is not a fact that any banking yndlcate can compel the government to ssuo bonds under the single gold stand- mi. If the government were managed a paying basis with a surplus rove- nie Instead of a deficit as it was up to 892 , the issue of bonds would not have leen necessary. We have been on a single gold standard basis ever since specie resumption. Hut no banking syndicate or combine of bankers , either n Europe or America , even attempted o make the United States Issue bonds. 2. The ranchman always drives hU attic where they can get the bi-st Misture. The tendency Is for the labor- ng man always to go to that country hat offers the most Inviting conditions. \ro nny laborers emigrating from Texas o Mexico ? No rational American work- ngmnn would leave this country , with ill the hardships and scant employ nent of recent years , with nny hope of ottering himself by locating purma- icntly in Mexico , South Amorjca , jhlna or any other silver country. The Vmerlcan laborer Is bettor fed , better clothed , better housed and better du- cated than the laborer In any other country on earth. It Is not propos-d low by the supporters of MeKhiloy to change the existing standard of , money , which makes the workingman's dollar is good as thu-bondlioldcr's dollar. < ) n the11 contrary ; ' tlio supporters ef Mlryan propose to reduce the value of the American dollar to the value of tl.r Mexican dollar , and with that must come the Mexican standard of wages mil living. It is for the American workingmen to decide for tliemselvch which ! s preferable. If the silverites really need a Chicago organ , there Is nothing to stop them from establishing ono provided they have the money to throw away. lint why should they Imagine that they have my such need ? Is net Mr. Bryan's own Milllciently outspoken for llryan ? Is the llryan sheet not published within )00 miles of Chicago and is truth not strong enough to annihilate time and distance * , as well as money ? If worse comes to worst , why not transplant the Uryan sheet to Chicago , or , perhaps better , bring Chicago to Omaha ? California people want It distinctly understood that It lias always boon the policy of Callfoinla to maintain the gold standard for their own business transactions , and that they propose to continue that policy irrohpectlvo of any changes In the value of legal tender which ft ee coinage may bring about. In other words , California sllvcrltes may vote to put the rest of the country on si debased silver standard , but they will have none of It for themselves. Such selt'-sacrlllcing patriotism should not be permitted to go unnoticed. McKlnley writes to a Nebraska friend that thu republicans of thu nation an looking with confidence to their brethren of this Mate and expresses his convic tion that they will not he disappointed. They will not bo' disappointed If tin campaign of education is vigorously pushed In Nebraska from now until election , ilut mere is no room in Ne braska for overconlldence In thu result that will justify a single republican in intermitting his clfotts for tlio ticket a hlnglu day. stonu of Missouri Is going to travel over lr > ( K ) miles to notify llryan of his nomination ns the popo- cratlc eandldato for president , when had Mr. llryan titaid at homo he could have accomplished his puiposo by traveling about iW ! > miles or even by riding to Kansas City and using a long-distance telephone. Of what use Is the popocratic plat form declaration In favor of rotation in otllce If llryan pertilsts in refusing to make any promises of patronage If thu hllver workers can not limy even promises of federal appointments tc olllce , what interest can they bo ex pected to take in Mr. llryan's candi dacy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Thu real contestants for stuto olllccrt are now In the Held , Thu campaign may as well begin at once , without waiting for accessions to thp list 01 candidates , and its prosecution pushed with vigor and ceaseless energy uutl election day heaves In sight. The report of tlio clearings of thi banks of different cities of tlio Uuitei States shows that for the week jus ended the Increase for Ouiuha Is 21.1 per ccnAYcr the clearings for tlio cor- rospoiidltiK week of last year. The Oninlia clearing house therefore con- tlnuwj Its remarkable" rccortl of liu- portant Incft'nscs ' , heading the" list of nil tliu cities of Ils class. This record Is remarkable -\vlien tlio conilltlon of bug- luess thniURhotit HIP country Is taken Into consi'U-ratlon r Ml Indicates tlmt we arc snnVrhij : less fiom flnanclal and coninierdalliopresslon tlmu other cities with which fair comparison nil > 'lit bo made. The hoxvliiK must certainly be Ki-allfyliVR o Omaha business men. They Ilnvr- Silver to Sell. Wnnhlnston Tout. U Is ft significant fact that the four states whoso delegates halted the republican con vcntlon nt St. Louis represented $59,000 )00 ) of the $60,000,000 total sliver production of the country , according to the mint statistics ot 1S9I , Arc Not Tun Tnlln Chicago Tribune. LI Hung Chang attributes China's down fall before Japan to the silver standard of his native land , which cut Its revenue almost u two at the tlmo It was most needed. LI Bryan , In the face of this , proposes cheap dollars as fitting for our exhausted treasury , llryan's methods ot thought are lot advanced enough to authorize his wcar- ng a pigtail. Ill-volution lit Stitiiilnt-ilH. St. J ouls aiobc-Dcmocrut , If Bryan should toke a ride up Broadway on his arrival In New York ho will find these words painted In largo letters on n fence surrounding a new building : "When six Inches moke a foot , eight ounces inako n pound , sixteen quarts make one bushel , 59 cents will make $1. " There Is not much rhetorical flourish in this , but It contains nore common sense than Uryan will talk between now'and November. The I.OHtnit of I'MitM-loiipe. IniUnnapollH Journal. Years ago , when wo had on Inflated and leprco'atcd currency , all sensible men agreed .hat the way to permanent prosperity was through the resumption of specie payments anrt the establishment of the sold standard. Sxpcrlenco proved this to be true. Now a largo and noisy party Is tailing advantage ot the hard times to Insist that the way to prosperity Is In the abandonment of the ; old standard nnd a return to depreciated currency. Sou-all .mill Jlic "Common I'coitlo. " lloston Triinscrlpt. Mr. Sewall smokes a clay pipe nowadays , and between the puffs talks about silver jelng the causeof , "tlio common people. " Who are the common people nnd who uro he uncommon people in the country , Mr. Sowall does not tell us. Yet peope : want an answer to this question. If wo catch Mr. Sewall's meaning , a millionaire who Is for 'rCe ' silver Is one of the common people , whereas a millionaire who Is for gold Is lot. This definition Is a trifle confusing , jut then so Is Mr. Sowall. who has yet to earn where he Is at with regard to Mr. [ Jryan. Between now and November there may be ir.any things for Mr. Sewall to put In ills pipe and smoke. llonutlcM nt Mcxli-iinlxcil Money. Indlnnnpollfi Journal. Stnte Representative Tarver of Texas , who has lived thirty years on the border be tween that state and Mexico , says that Mexican lajjows on the Texas side of the Rio Grande have , fiom time Immemorial , been paid iln ( "Mexican money , and In all the' depreciation In the value of the Mexi can dollar itheyl.have continued to receive the same number of dollars per month. They got from $9 to $15 per mouth In 1S70 , when Mexico Wjfs on a gold basis , and tire silver dollar worth $1.10 , and are getting the same wages today In the Mexican money , whfc'n it1' Is worth only 53 cents on the dollar/I Tito experlelico of American worklngmen under free silver would bo much the anmb. t , Wages are always the last tilings tb'rlsclunHcr a.tdtpreclateil'ctlrrencj- . The -nriillf < l I'lnlf oi-ni. SprlnsfleM ( Mns ? ) Republican. The offlclal stenographer of the democratic national convention continues to Insist that Senator Hill's amendment to the money plank , exempting existing contracts from the operations of a free silver coinage law , was adopted. Hut Hill himself denies this. Ex- Co 'erncr F'ov/cr Wl linn F. Shechan Chair man Hairlty and other eastern gold demo crats all Kav that this amendment shared the same fate which the other amendments offered by Hill did. And that Is undoubt edly the case ; or It the amendment In question was adopted , It was by mistake , and so It would lose all force and effect. But apparently the civil service plank as adopted differs somewhat from the ono Klvcn out In all the published repoits. It was then made to read : "We are opposed to life tenure In the public service. " As reported to the convention and adopted It reads : "We are opposed to life tenure In the nubile service except as provided In the constitution. " That lets out the judges of the federal courts , but the touch of the spoilsman still remains. l-'Diir Y iirM AKO , General Hornio Porter In the August Forum. Four years 050 our credit was above reproach preach , our factorka were running full time , nearly all cur wage-earners had employment , wages were remunerative , farm products brought good prices , and the country could prldo Itself upon a flrm foreign policy , con ducted by statesmen who could not be over reached by the trained diplomatists of Europe. A sense or peace , happiness and prosperity almost without parallel In Ameri can history pervaded the laud. It seemed llko the rcallnxtlon of the promises made by tlie protectionists In the Henry Clay cam paign , "two dollars a day and roast beef , " But the masses ot the people have now waked up to the fact that four years a ; o they followed blind guides. They were led astray by false signals which wcic as fatal as the wreckers' lights hoisted on n storm- beaten coast to lure Innocent mariners to certain destruction. The promises given them by irresponsible politicians were made to the ear only to be broken to the hopo. Panic haa followed prosperity ; the nation has been changed from a debt-paying to a debt-making country ; C4 per cent of our skilled mechanics , ai nearly as can Lu aoccrtalncd , I'.avo been thrown out of em ployment ; calamity has rested upon the land until patlcnco has been exhausted , cqurago has failed and the financial and Industrial : : ; ments despair of relief , unless It come Iron ) a radical change lu our national policy to ho brought > about by an administration opposite la character to that under which the present burdens have been accumulating until they aca-tatolerable. Coiiiiu-iiHnlini ( lor tAlcaBo Record , The latest lssueof _ City Government , pub lished In Norf'York , contains the following bit of Information : "Tho City & Suburban Hallway company ha0 offered the city of Baltimore $20,000 In cash for a franchise to build and operate a street car Hue lu cast and northeast Balti more. The company agrees to pay the $20- 000 within ten da ) a after the approval of the ordinance , anil alto binds itself to pay 9 per cent park tax on jits gross receipts , to Issue free transfer , to\use , \ grooved rails and to cover gutters-muJthe route with Iron gutter plates. " - ; ; \ ; The people ) /-Chicago have cause to con gratulate Ui < ; injttlVr8 that the municipality 1s beginning ; to. realize something out of the franchises wlftth-lt _ disposes of. The facl must not be lout glgbt of , however , that Chicago cage la not getting nearly what the privi leges It confers are worth. Any compensa tion provided for by recent ordinances 01 agieemeuts la a mere trifle aa compared with a cash payment of $20,000 and 9 pel cunt of the gross receipts which companies are offering for franchise * In Baltimore The difference Is that In Baltimore corpora tions have been taught that they musl make reasonable compensation for privilege ) which they seek. In Chicago the atreel railway companies have been accustomed to get what they want for the asking , with out regard to the Interests ot the city. On the principle that the larger the clt : the more valuable are franchises , the stree railway companies of Chicago should maki larger payments for the privileges contemn upon them thai * , do similar corporation ! io a. city of the alzo ot Baltimore. The ] will bo made to do BO when the people pu the right kind of men In the city hall. UNLIMITED J5ILVER-OEBT. The Omaha Dally Herald , Friday Morning1 , January IS. 1ST8. I'or tlin liiimlroiltli ilntp c loll our people < lmt xluit TVC m-cil in poiifl- ilenee ntitoiiK ( lip owner * of money to line thin VIIH ( lillo Mirpliiw , ami It IM n < < iilnlii iii ( lip iionmlny MIIIN In llienc > ie1 > rnkn nldrn , Io otir uttilcr- < lmt there In 1m C one utrnlKlit unit lilwK roml In ( lint conll- ilenoe. AVe muni KO Imek to llrxt lirllielltleN Ulllell eoilNtltllU- ? lllll- ll II III Oil IIII Imv ( If lllllllltlVt > llltMt itork Imril nnil mi\e ilip fruit * of our luliiir. AVe niiiMt luivo Htnble Mlunil- uril of mine. We iinint Mop cxtravn- mill MiiHlo.V < - niiiKt piiy tlif * ii our lioiu-Mt ilclttn In luin- -t nioii < - > - , nnil tinirhicliiil | | In the nnini M-ny when It IH-COIIH-H line mill not lu'fot-e. ItlKlit economy nnil liuneit niliiiliilNtrnlloit IIIIIH ! In * rcMtorpil everywhere. Theme nrp tluiirlinnry iteeiln nnil oon- illlloiiM Hint it 111 III-IIIK hiu-lc HIP country to pi-impci-lty , nnil niithlnu : flue A > lll ilo It. Ami tlilN IH the holy KONiu'I of trutli ( lint It IN our iluly t < > prencli , In otMiniiii , mill out of NPIIKOII , If iiceeNinry , to u I > p < ii1p In a InrRc ilt-Krcc blinded by tlu-lr iice-exiltleN to tinri'iil cnnxcn of , mill hence to the ronl rcincilloM for , tlit < cvIN hy which thpy are liulcoil , M illy JAPAVS SILVER WAGUS. of tinSllvor Stniiilnril In n Niitloii of I'M ft 3- Million People. IloBton Advertiser. The Japanese gold ana silver coins nro nearly ot the same weight and fineness of those In the United States , but a gold yen In Japan buys twice what a silver yen will buy , as Japan la practically on a silver basis. The Japanese workmen uro paid In stiver coin , which has greatly depreciated within the past five years. The consequence Is that a Japanese- workman has to labor much longer and receive far less pay than the American workman. Thus In the United States the working day Is Kenerally ten hours long. In Japan It Is from sunrlso to sunset , or from eleven to twelve hours long. The question ot wages Is also Important. The bricklayer In the United States receives $21.18 per week ; In Japan he gets $7.50 per week ; the American mason gets $21 , and the Japanese mason $ i.8 per week ; the American plasterer re ceives $23.10 , the Japanese plasterer $1,56 ; the American carpenter gets $15.25 , and the Japanese carpenter $1.50 ; the American mill wright receives $10.42 per week , the Japanese millwright less than $2 ; the American stonecutter - cutter Rets $21 per week , the Japanese stone cutter ? 2.18 , and so on. Labor being so cheap In Japan , and the native workmen being quite quick to learn , It occurred to some capitalists that Instead of Investing their money In the United States In cotton mills , they would make more by building cotton mills In Japan. Un doubtedly they have made money , but the Japanese themselves , seeing the profits In the business , have largely absorbed It , driv ing the foreigners out on one pretext or another. Of course. If the American workmen - -men are willing to accept Japanese wages , the United States may succeed In proving a formidable competitor to Japan. The very admiration with which the free silver ad vocates regard the Japanese currency sys tem may possibly extend to the Japanese wage system as well. , 'ihe 'officlal'statlstlcs t of'prlces and wages In Japan show that since the depreciation of the currency workmen have had a hard strun'e to earn oven the bare necessities ( ; life. It may be assumed without much question that American bricklayers , ma sons , plasterers and mill operatives would object decidedly to receiving the wages that they would receive In Japan , and It may oven bo assumed that they would not cate to bo paid In depreciated dollars , which , as the silver men themselves assume , would buy far less than they now buy. It la worth notice , nlso , that since the depreciation of the Japanese coin the wages in Japan , even In that coin , have Increased but llttlo , It any. It Is precisely In this con nection that the free sliver experiment nan proven costly to the worklngman ot every nation which has gone upon a silver basis. Tlie very fact that the silver men avoid all statistics on this point shows that they recognize their weakness. The consular re ports collected by the United Sttatcs show that although the Japanese silver yen con tains more silver than the American del lar. Us purchasing power advances or de clines with the bullion price of silver ; that In fact. Its government stamp makes It no more valuable than It It were mere bullion. It must bo remembered that Japan has a population of nearly 50,000,000 Inhabit ants , and that the people of Japan have long been accustomed to having silver In common everyday use , and that the other Asiatic nations near Japan have been ac cepting silver In nearly all business trans actions for centuries. The failure of the Japanese government to keep gold and silver at a parity , therefore , is practically an absolute demonstration of the failure of the United States to accomplish such a result If , as In Japan , the government declines to meet its obligations In gold. What the 50,000,000 people of Japan can not do In Asia , the United States of America could certainly not accomplish. hllUTTlXG OUT TIIK 1 < 'OII IC V t lip IN HiiiuclIiliiK' of a Consumer of Anierleiin I'roiliurtti. New York Tlmca. When farmers prominent enough to bo sent to a national convention as delegates say In public addresses that wo can get along without "doing business with foreign ers , " they need the Instruction of the pri mary department. Grown men whoso Ignor ance concerning facts of the highest Im portance to their own Industry Is BO great , nro ready , of course , to upset the nation's currency standard "without the consent or aid ot any other nation on earth , " and to do many other things to the lasting Injury of themselves and their fellow citizens. Our exports In 1S95 were $793,392,599 , and | of this total the products of agriculture were represented by $553,210,028 , Wo give the principal Items below , the sum of them being about $510,000,000 : Jleef cattle and other animals . , . , , J 3.1.,7StOI5 llreadsturr * . . . lH.Wt.7SO Cotton . 2H.'JOO,8'JO ( 1'rult and nutH . 4,971.7-Jl Hops . , . 1.872,007 Cottonseed . , , . 4.310,12s ' Cottonseed oil . Ctl3,313 1'rovUlona , meats , lanl , dairy products. etc . . . . . . . 133.C3I.379 Grabs Benin . 2,849,143 LuaC toliacco . 25.CCJ 7T ( Veeetalilrs . , . , . 1,5 , 5 Two-thirds of our cotton , one-thlrd of our wheat , and two-thirds of our lard ari > sole1 In Europe. A crcat part of our corn crop goes to Europe in the forms of meat am hog products. What would become of the western farmer if ho should cease to "do business with foreigners ? " What would bo the condition ot the cotton grower ? Whei the farmer of average Intelligence gives due consideration to such elementary facts , does it seem to him the easiest and most desira ble thing In the world to revolutionize tlio currency standard of the country , and Inci dentally to repudiate half Ita debts , "with- out the consent or aid of any other nation on earth ? " 1'Veo Silver unil tlin IlunUcra. Kansas City Star , With a banker on the tall of the national free silver ticket , and a banker for treas urer of the national commutes having the free silver campaign In charge , and a bather running- for governor ot Missouri on the free silver platform , and a banker . : andl- date for congress , on a populist ticket 1. Kansas , and a banker cdltln. ; the abler free silver publication In the countiy , I looks very much as < f frt > 9 silver orators would be compelled to refrain from Junounc- log the banker , for fear of throwing shells Into their own camp. IIHYAVS lUMl'AHJX J'UM ) . Knctn I.oeknl ITp In tlir Cheek llookn of the Silver Huron * . Major John M. Cnrron In I'MlmlPlpliln Iirdppr , A dispatch from Lincoln , XP ) ) . , annottnrrit .hat . Mr , Bryan will answer by proxy the shargo that ho h a boon the pMrt represent- Ivo of the silver mining Interest * In his advocacy ot free coinage , 16 to 1 , H Is to bo hoped that thU answer will bo explicit and lot evasive. Those familiar with Mr. llryan's political -arcor are aware that contributions from the silver miners to the expense of his lectures ) egan before his general stumping tour of ho country two years ago. In 1S92 , when Mr. llryan was a candidate for re-election o congress from the First Nebraska ills- rlct , he was materially osilitcd In the T- ) pnses of his campaign by donations from Jenver , Cole , These contributions to hli campaign fund were placed In the hands of the chairman of the congressional coin- nltteo , Judge llroady. They were currently reported to have amounted to several thou sand dollars , and were made by the largo illvcr Interests of Colorado solely to assist n securing the return to congicss ot an elo- riueiit advocate ot thp personal Interests of ho inltio owners of the west. As a result Mr. llryan was elected by a majority of 1-10 votes , and more than repaid during the "Ifty-thlrd congress the money expended In ils behalf. Anticipating the tidal wave which swept ho country In 1891 , Mr. llryan declined to he x candidate for re-election nnil announced ils candidacy for the United States sonntor- hlp , to succeed Senator Mandeison. It willie io Intt-rcstlnR to the public If he will give do- nils of the deal bylilrh certain shitren In lie Omaha World-Iterald were purchased or jontrolled , the financial distress of Its editor relieved and Mr. llryan inailo titular odltor jf the pnpor at a fixed salary during the campaign of 1894 , a position which ho still lolds. Those In a position to know declare lint It was not Mr. Hryan's money which secured the transfer of stock. The duties from the outset wore so arranged that the > dltor was enabled to stump the country for reo coinage without losing his position. During his so-called lecturing tour tlu-ro Is no reason to doubt that salary and expenses vere met by those most strongly and per sonally Interested In free coinage , There las never been any denial out west that Mr. llryan was employed at a fixed compen sation to preach the gospel of free coinage , ind that the funds from which his compnnsa- Ion came were In very largo degree derived from the mlno owners. The charge made that the free coinage iropaganda was started by contributions of : ho mlno owners at the west , and has been , In great degree , coutlnucd since by money contributed from the bullion provinces of Colorado , Utah , Nevada , Idaho and Mon tana , Is ono which will require something raoro than denial on the part of Senator Stewart to disprove. The entire organlza- lon of the sllvcrltcs * party , of the American Bimetallic league , and of the various side shows which have contributed toward for warding the Interests of the bullion pro- lucers , have been from the very outset de pendent upon the bank accounts of the large silver mine owners ot the west and of those nlcrestcd lu Increasing the price ot stiver. The flics of the Washington papers a few years ago If closely scanned will show the mmes of the men who first met In coufcr- once at a hotel In this city to pledge finan cial support for the preaching of the free sliver gospel. Every ono of them was dl- ectly Interested In silver production. Their lands have been in their pockets ever since , ind they will consider the money well cx- > emled if for even a few mouths after the November election the price of silver Is ; reatly Increased , and they can unload In .he end their accumulated bullion upon the government at double its actual value. The money ot the minors shrewdly placed las doubtless brought In contributions from Dther sources. The Bimetallic league Is , hereforo , no longer solely dependent upon he millionaires ot the west for Its funds , > ut the books of that organization will show , mless the figures nro manipulated , as will the books ot other allied organizations , that nn overwhelming proportion of the money contributed to prosecute the free silver propaganda came from the western mine owners. Quibbling as to the name ot the organization , bluster regarding proot tp bo adduced , demands for Individual particulars ' and names will count for'vcry llttlo , because such pattlculars are safely locked up in the check books of the millionaires who have stood back of this movement and In the ledgers of the organizations which have been forwarded by such contributions. No ono who has watched hero in Washington tha movements of the free silver contingent , their associations with the agents of the free coinage campaigners , or who have read the western papers , with their calls for meetIngs - Ings for the purpose ot assisting In the free sliver propaganda , will pay any attention to the bluster of Senator Stewart demanding to know the authority for the statement that the mine owners for several years past had been carrying on a shrewd and forceful cam paign for the purposeof doubling the price of their products and ot deluding the rest of the country Into the belief that their efforts were purely patriotic. AN HISTOHIO KAICK. Ono of thp I'rliiclpnl StrliiKM on Whleh l < * r M SIlverJlPN Are HiirnliiK. Sioux City Tribune ( dem. ) The silver press Is giving a good deal of space to the claim that Ernest Seyd of London came over hero in 1873 and bribed certain congressmen to demonetize silver , or at least that ho posed as a friend of silver , and while doingso managed to take advantage of the unsuspecting friends of the whlto metal and get inserted In the bill the necessary language to accomplish the demonetization. This falsehood has been exploded BO many times that It seems a waste of time and space to fuithcr dtacuss It , but It Is well not to leave any point uncovered during this campaign , remember ing that a falsehood travels faster than truth. Mr , Soyd was ono ot the most earnest and conscientious hlmctalllsts the world ovci saw. Ho lost no opportunity to labor for the cause , and the nature o ! bis lahots has always stood the sciutliiy of othpr fore- moat blmetalllstB. The charge of tieach- cry to the cause was never brought against him -until this miserable fake was uprung by the sllvcrltrs on this side of the water , The foundation for the Blunder against Mr. Seyd was contained In a single sentence In the speech of Congressman Hooper on April 9 , 1872. This sentence read as follows : "Mr. Ernest Beyd of London , a distinguished writer , who has given great attention to the subjects of'mints and coin age , after examining the first draft of the bill , furnished many valuable suggestions , which have been incorporated in this bill. " Congressional Globe , page 2.304 , All of tha original charges against Mr. Soyd wore based solely upon these few words , but when Senator Hear produced and had read In the senate the- very letter writ ten by Soyd to Hooper , the slander sub- sldod for a time. In this letter Mr. Seyd strongly advised against the demonetization of illvcr. Tills would probably have ended the matter , but shortly afterwards a son of Mr. Seyd wrote to a. New York newspaper that his father had not been In the United States since ISM. This seemed to put an Idea in the heads of certain silver men who had set their hearts upon proving that DrltUii gold caused the "crime of ' 73. " The extract from the Congressional ( ilobo was again paiaded In tha columns of silver newspapers , but this time it was "doctored" by the Insertion of "U now hero" after the word "who , " making It road : " .Mr. Urntst Soyd of London , a distinguished writer , who is now hero , " etc. These newspapers made the point that If the statement of Mr , Soyd's son was so false , and If It wan necessary for the defense to deny the elder Soyd's presence In the country In the face of a declaration made In congress by Mr. Hooper , the wbolo defense was probably falsa also , Again Senator Hoar brought forth the Congressional Globe and had the exact laneuage read to the senate. It was , of course , shown that tbo words "la now hero" never appeared originally and I.1UDINO SPKCIAT , KBATUKRSr i Tlffi OMAlLrSUNDAY BEj ! $ It. lUDKtt IlAOnAHfVS Ni\V AKIUCAN STOUT , "THK WJ.55AUD. " I- | tn this story Mr. Ilnntjnrd rclntet tlv torrlhlo experiences of llnv. Thoma Owen. who. iiTtiundMl tlmt Fnltli , I BtroiiR ctiouKh , coulil nceompllsh nl things even to the performance of mlrn > Pies , cnvo up n comfortnlilo living It ? the Church of Kniiliiml to practice his1 preaching miioiie tbo Children of Klrc- A thrilling serial thai commenced Sim-V tiny. August 2 , and continues for twolvo' weeks. KXPOSlTtON OK 1MO : View or the mnrvelt of the npxt grpnt world's show Mr. Urllllth , tbo writer , was fnrtutmti' enough to obtain , by Bpo- rlnl arrunKPinptit , nilmlttnnco to the ex position grounds , ntul Is , therefore , nhln to write from noiHonnt obi-rvntlon niul present niithorltntlvo Information. I.I HUNO CHANO AND cionnON : Incident In the Taping rebellion fifty year * nun ultlrh ne.irly brought nuout n erlsln Chlpf chnrnctorfl the ut present mueli-llonl7i- l , yellow-ti\ec'l , nlmond- > yed Iiirhcllpti , 1.1 Hung Clinnif. KOOII iluo In this country , nnd "Chlncso" Clordon. nAUHKNS 0NKW \ YOUK : Ono of Stephen rrnno'B letters deiilliiir with iihaNot of llfo In Now York fltv A vivid plotnro of the way New Yorkers conduct tlicmselve * on the roof gimlcns these midsummer nights. TIIK COMING 013NKUATION : "Ullxzurd , " being the story of iv ilorr rnco or tin * way n Winnipeg boy got hM early start In business--Prattle - - of the yotinKRti > r Quaint jtivrnllo tnlca tuul Jiivi'iillo ptii'tiy-SparUllng rcaillng for , the little folk.s. ( IK WOMAN'S IJOMAtN : Smnrt sporting frocks worn by fnsh- ' lonulilooinoii for hunting , rllmlilnn \ and \\hfcllng Venerable woinnn pubI I llMhor still nctlvply engaged In the biml- IIOMNewest colrfure.t evolved by the 1'arlHlan lialrdres-tprs AVNcon ln \voniaii who Is u crat-k shot with tHitf rliu < Fashion nownoti's Gossip about fiunouH wonipn and tlu-lr work. WITH TIIK WlllHUINO WlIRRTj ! Homarknblo pxhlbltlon of n. California man who rldoH uloiiR tlui rail of n mil- \ \ road traek KxpaiiHo ot the wlu > ellni ? I cfii7o worldwide Uotiblo rcntury record I mailo by n woman Invpntors keep turnIng - I Ing out now dovlccH for whoelmon's con- venli'iico Ix'aguo of Ami-rlcan Wheel men's meet at houlsvlllo Goaslp of local wheelmen and news of Omaha bicy clists. T11I3 WOULD OF SI'OUT : Midsummer worts of all kinds at their very height Rorlew of the leading events of the week and outlook for the near future With the devotees of the rod and gun Homo runs for the bapo bull fans Uovlpvv ot sporting events of every vnilcty Latest news of the local pports. THIS WEEK IN SOCIETY : Society surfers appreciably from the inldsumnipr heat Moro desertions of the pity for coolliiK country breezes A few out-of-door entertainments Guests In Omaha households Movements and whereabouts of well known society pee ple. UNEXCELLED NEWS SEUVICn ; Full Associated prpss foreign calda and domestic telegraph service The New York World's special foreign cor respondence Unrivaled special news service fiom Nebraska , Iowa , anil the western states Well written and ac curate local news reports. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BER TIIH BUST NKWSPAPKU. do not now exist In the Globe. In splto" ! of this plain exposure of the falsehood some'f ' of the sllvcrltes are still harping upon H ! and telling their readers how congress wai bought up by $500,000 of British gold. CA.Ml'Air.N 1IIJMOK , Chlengo Itecord : "Money Is tlie root o' nil cyl ! . " ' L "Yea ; and that's why reformers hucl ] away Ut evil so vigorously ; they want ti | get some of the root. " < I Washington Star : "Do you think thn'j free silver means prosperity" aslts the earin est seeker for truth , I "Do I think so ? " repeated the cnerpotloij publisher. "I know It. I've printed nlx different books oji the subject nnd the leastll successful la In Its twentieth edition. " 1 Indlannnolls Journal : Mr. Tornep Where ) ! Is the old man these days ? Mrs. Hnlrede Out travelln' 'round mnkln * . speeches. While he Is out llghtln' the gold I bugs , me and the young ones tins all \ve | kin do stayln' at homo llghtln' purtatct bugs. ' " futile ! " Bald Harper's Bazar : "Bah how ' BInks. < "What's futile ? " asked Hicks. "Why , some of those western fellows snyj they'll make us eastern fellows take thelil sliver dollars whether we want to or not ( Who ever saw an easterner who wasn" , willing to take a dollar of any sort ? " fil f il Atlanta Constitution : "I believe , " said | the eandldato. "that my country ealls mo. " 1 "If you are alludlii * tcr that nolle you I hearn Just now. " said the old farmer , "you air somewhat mistook. lilt wur iintlilii but the ole mule a-brayln * In the lot. " Indianapolis Journal : "Much free silver I sentiment out this way ? " asked tlin tourist. "Jlueh ? " echoed Ilubbernerk Hill. "Much ? W'y. friend. It has got so that every tlm a Teller has the jim-jams. Instead of Im- aglnln 'snakes In his hootx. ho thinks poekots Is full of gold twenties , " Courier-Journal : "Poor Dick Is gone ! Ho was a devoted cyclist , wasn't hoV" "Yes , Indeed. Ho left a will statln that ho was to bo cremated and used to liulp out on our new cinder path. " Detroit Tribune : "O. you Just ought to I sea our flat , " she exclaimed enthusiast- ! calls' . "Wi-'vo the lovclliMt combination kitchen and folding bed that ever was. " Washington Star ; "Is Urynn .what yo'rt call a political economist ? " asked the rural voter who roads books. "Humph. Onless Hawaii showH moro signs of openln' up his bar'l ' , IIO'H got tcr bo. " Chicago Test : "Suppose anvlliliin should happen to Bryan , " suggestm ! the sound- money man. "Wouldn't do n bit of harm. " niiBwcred the sllverlto cheerfully. "We have all our plans Jifade , and " "Hut you'd have no eandldntc. " "Don't you liollevo that for a minute , WH'VO had Uryan talking Into n phono- Krapli for u week , and wo'd elect the phon ograph. " Indianapolis Journal : "What sort of a croud In this I am to address tonight ? " asked the orator , anxiously. "Is It Inclined to religion , or somewhat uporty ? " "Darn If I can Hay , " said the member of the reception committee. "I wish won would find out , I would Ilka to know whether to use the expression 'A new dispensation * or 'a now deal.1 " , - . = ( TO AI.ICI3. Written for Tlio UPC. Sweet Allpp , thy tender , azure cycg- Lucent wells of living truth Violets dewed by April skins. HrlBht with tlio ilro of imllnnt youth ; Do stir my heart , a vibrant utrlngu Of amorous lute , or viol rare , UcHiioml with tenderrst munnurlnga / When swept by llngcm of thu air. Sometimes within their depths I HPO The shadow of a. Brief profound , KiiKloomluK with its misery The hilKhtncDH of thy life around. Ah. then I yearn the prlrclfHH boon To feel my heart beat elonn to thine , To Ding to theo lyOVo'H fondest tune And inako thy Borrows wholly mlno. Hut Huch the world though wo are all Created equal ; slaves to none Thy love my own I inny not call. Nor hope aorno day the prlzo ho won. Hut lowly , as 'upath wnnliiK > 100"i . The shepherd eyes omo brilliant star , I only humbly crave the boon Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latent U.S. Uov't Kepc. . PURE BO I $ > : . < Cl I MM