Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — CLEVELAND FOE GOLD [ARTICLE]

CLEVELAND FOE GOLD

PRESIDENT EXHORTS DEMOCRACY TO BEWARE SILVER. Say* Free Coinage Will Bring Disaster Upon Both Country and Party —Nail Trust Preparing to Put «n the Screws a Little Harder. Grover to His Followers. Id reply to a request from the -New York Herald for a statement concerning the Democratic situation President Cleveland Tuesday night sent the following to that newspaper: "I refuse to believe that when the time arrives for deliberate action there will be engrafted upon onr Democratic creed a demand for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver, because I know the Democratic party is neither unpatriotic uor foolish and because it seems so clear to me that such a course will inflict a very great injury npou every interest of our country which it has been the mission of Democracy to advance, and will result in the lasting disaster to our party organization. There is little hope that, as a means of success, this free-silver proposition, after its thorough discussion during the political campaign, will attract the majority of the voters of the country. My attachment to true Democracy is so strong that I consider its success as identical with the promotion of the country's good. This ought sufficiently to account for my anxiety that no mistake be made at onr party convention. In my opinion no effort should be spared to secure such action of the del•gates as will avert party demoralization, -t is a place for consultation anil comparison of views, and those Democrats who believe in the cause of sound money should there be heard and be constantly in evidence. A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end. If soundmoney Democrats suppose there is danger of u mistake being made, such danger should stimulate their activity iu averting it. instead of creating discouragement. 1 am very far from arrogating to myseif a controlling influence upon the policy of my party, but as an unflinching Democrat, who has boon honored by his party and who desires hereafter no greater political privileges than to occupy the place of private in its ranks. 1 hope I may not be Mamed for saying this much at this time in the interest, as it seems to me, of the grand old organization, so rich in honorable traditions, so justly proud of its achievements, and always so undaunted and brave in its battles for the people's welfare.”

NAIL TRUST'S BONANZA. How Nails Have Come to Cost More than Flour. If the nail pool succeeds iu gobbling up all of the nailmaking machines and patents in the country, and can form an alliance with the machinery men, as it now contemplates, it will continue as at present. If it fails the pool is certain to collapse, as competition in manufacturing is springing up on every hand, And the feeling in the trade against the combine is very bitter. Mails which sold in l'ittsburg a year ago in carload lots at So cents are selling now at $2.55, base rates. The latter term is simply a technical one, so far as the consuming buyer of nails is concerned. To this price must be added anywhere from 50 cents per keg for all sizes from sixty-penny to teh-penny, and GO cents to $2.50 for sizes ranging to the smallest. In less than carload lots there is 10 cents per keg still to be added, so by the time it has passed through the hands of the retailer into the hands of the consumer the price is decidedly stiff. The ordinary ten-penny nail used by the farmer to build a corn crib costs $2.55 at Pittsburg. In Chicago it costs, with the freight, $2.70. With the additional 50 cents, as per the nail card, the price is $3 .20, and to this must lie added another 10 cents, which the retailer pays when buying in less than carload lots. West of the Mississippi river a twenty-five bushel farmer's wagon load of corn will just pay for a single keg of nails, providing the retail dealer pins himself down to a 10 tier cent profit. The retail grocer next door to the hardware store will sell a barrel of the finest flour for a trifle less than the hardware man can sell a keg of nails, though the nails weigh but 100 pounds anil the flour 100 pounds. M’ails for export are offered within a week for $1.20 per keg, free on board New York, or less than half the price in Pittsburg, which is the market from which all others are based. According to the latest quotations in the trade papers, the price at Antwerp is $1.75 per keg.

t-tandins of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. 1.., Cleveland ...27 10 Brooklyn ....25 2-'f Baltimore .. .29 lSl’ittsburg ...23 22 Cincinnati .. .30 20Chicago 25 24 Boston 2(i IV)New Y0rk....20 _o Philadelphia. 28 21 St. Louis 13 :ti Washington. 24 20Louisville ...10 30 Western League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 20 14St. Paul 21 22 Detroit 25 17Milwaukee . .23 23 Minneapolis. 25 20Columbus ...18 30 Kansas City.2s 20G’nd Rapids. 10 31 Killed by a Pitched 8011. William Swartz, 19 years old, was killed while playing baseball qt Newark, Ohio. A pitched ball struck his temple. After falling, Swartz arose and ran to first base, where he became unconscious, dying within a few minutes. Hunyadi Janos Wins a Cross. Audor Saxlehner, of the firm of Andreas Saxlehner, of Buda-Pesth, Hungary, proprietor of the celebrated Hunyadi Jarios natural aperient water, has been decorated by Francis Joseph 1., emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, with the cross of the -ron Crown, Order of the Third. Banker Shot Down. A desperate robber or crank shot George H. Wyetoff, president of the Bank of New Amsterdam, N. Y., Monday, because he refused to hand over to him $6,060.The assassin then shot himself. Chance for American Factories. The Argentine House of Deputies has passed a law exempting from duty machinery of all classes, destined for mining purposes, for a term of ten years. The bill is certain to pass the Senate. It will give great advantage to factories In the Catted States if they choose to compete. Green Goods Gang Captured. Q. B. Bell, T. A. Robins and M, A. McGinnis are arrested at Neosho, Mo., charged with attempting to sell green goods and for using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Bell sab dhe was an agent Of the Government to dispose of canceled iZJailed States greenbacks. -