Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 September 1896 — Page 3

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TO TflEPOINT.

HfWRH! XHK QUESTIONS ASKED B* B. tl. E KMPLOYKS.

The Wage Earner* Are Affected By the. proposed Free Coinage of j£ Silver. jt

*Ph.e foTlciwitag' Q'tKfi&tii ons have been "handed tp tThe BvtaitxsvilLe Journal to be a.uB weired. They were sent'to Che Cindlnifiati Enquirer to be answered on tibe date presenibeJd on Che comnimioartion. yet tbaft gtreaitest of eAi free silver papers Was Ea&ed ito answer One q'Ues~ Hsfioao. It is soiamdi money free sidnre«r jfihiait tlhe Effujuirer men wtHl never anffw«r ttbem. Ut vs slinogpfty .too cowardly to it«U tlhse trrmttSi ia. reply t» rthetse pertisien(S questions, saijte ittae Journal. Amid by the way, these quesilvm® apply generaiiy to every .earner in the oounitiry. Head tlham.

JQv(a2LSVi)!4e, Indu, A«u.g. 11, 1896. OEJdlttor Ervfanevit'Lle JiOuirnal—GenK enen: Thlree oif the uirj»(ier^ig ned have Jheretoflore affiliated wuthi uae Iemtcnatta and three wKJh. t{h.e reipiublican jpaaity. iWte detsrire some jntftorim.£tLon oa t(he money quesHlo-n, as to hoiw free siiiver wiiil affedt u®. *We w.ill fln3(t filfaite ouir cfirctiimlata'nces and corJd'Htttons ,'tShien ftoiLioivv witih questions, tasked to mir cuwin wtiy, -th'ait will- give us light. iFAnsiti—We aire re®u5ian!jy e.m[piloytd on the Evtamsville and. T-eirre H'aiuiye RaiDlijioaid as 'tra'in 'd'^puiiidher, clerk, agv-nc, ylaUd master, condiuicito-r a*n:d ioeo.m'ot'i.ve .enigiineer. ©eoonldt—iWe receive our pay regiu(liair.iy omoe a miowifh in t'he present [money. Our wiages and the wiages of our aiseoc

iiall«£l

are "Migher new, on the

-wfhoSe, 'Uhan tlhey have been 1n. the W.ettory of itihe road' in fo.rty-i !hiree yearis. Thilrdf—We do nat jrcidfuce anything ifnoim Che sold. We buy everything t'hiat we uise.

Fourtlh—We Wave moitMng four Bale ,exieeipjt our labor. Flllltlh—Out suirpilus mwn'ey is in cur WotmeiSi, the 'bailies', or 1'rW'etsitad' in Insurance poliii/ciles anid, building and loan etflcidk. iSdxlato—We tray acid1 conisaume a great deal C/f /tela, ooffee, suigiar a-nid' oither m:ateirt!al tie# prodmaed- to sufflid

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F'irwt—"sviaig-els, espe'CiaiMy 't'htctse on ral'.lwaidts, be i'n!Cirea®erd A. No. Se*ao nld—Can raikm'dis pay tihielr gtrild obligjaitliore, primcipal and- int'er&st on Dh'e'ir bonidis i.n eHver? A. N'o.

ThHTdr—Iif g'old goes to a premium wMl niot the maid© wtoose bO'nl3s rea'd playable in gioi'ld hiave to buy lit in the open •market) foir 'the-lr goM obli'gaitlo'ns.? A. Yes. •Tloiir't/h—Willi noft the piurclhaeing- of grold at a preimttom imarease tlhe flxeld dhia.ng€is or expenses of ithe ra'ilroadis and leave thean leisB' mio'ney tor wagies anid imipdoveimtentts? A.Yes-. iEniiflth—WiM 'tlhe woney we receive for Paiges lhave tlhe saim«e piu^^hatsi ng power, t'h:at buy as irtany gooidts acd go as fiar 'towia'iidlsi buyin.g Wh'ait we nef.i and. use, ais the presenit1 imlone-y? A. No. iSixltihe-Wiiil it'he price of tea, coffee and -susiair, whlicJh oomres from' abroad^ be increased? A. Yes.

Sevemth—Wli-li tine price of flour, ibtread, imieait and1 pnoviEtons oif aM Mn'dis, otothinig, ette., inoroaee in price A. Yefs. "Wlili the prvce of x»tfy loftts an-d of builidfing mialt&riai increase? A. Yes.

Nltot'h—(Wil:l re-mtis -increase? 'A.They WouOd gv *Ujp j»utsiti as it'he ^diepreci'ateld inuoney goe® dt«wtn in vtailnue.

Tenith—'Willi 'tlh'e'ban'Ws, tlhe InKiura-nc-e oomipa n'jeie a nld 'tlhe bUiilUi ng an'd loan aisso.oiaitiiwn's return our money in goi!'3 or lbs eqoiiTOileint in purAasfing power? A. Unless there is a fixed co-mtraidt, tlhiey woiuilid moit. Yoiu, wau'ldi lose the diifferiemoe beltween- tihe vaJme of the money you dapoal'tieldi anid the vauue of the money paid you! ©ier\'enU'h—W^li "we hiave to fake fram the albove in'fil'ittiu'tiiion® silver ot any oitlbsr lC'ga^ tewder money offered to us, regiairdil'esis oif litis vafliue or i'ts purdhias'imgt power, oamipareid' wiiit'h the money we dieipteiltcld? A. Ye®.

T'Wefliftih—Ts not 'the a»t tf the gtovernimenit or #h-e peioiple v^bo wvn t'htis £fMveir ore oir silver buHiton, in doilning aili tihat is offered' ait tlhe mtiT.it into money and- fhiaTOlrrt-n© i* one doliar, wihec in fact it is only wiOTitih 53 eentts, nicthinig leas than wiajteming ouir sitioiak of money? A. Y&S'.

Thiiwteenldh—Ib noit tlhe proper ratio fior free siQver 53 silver to 47 waiter? A. Yes,

Fv^uirtteen'ttb—11f we1 had a furniture rta.r fuiLl oif ellver ore, or of silv-er biul11'0'n, .um!der free Coinage lawis wciuid not the glovernim'enit 'Win -it 'irJto. silver dtolJars "for us alt: the raiWo o«f 16 .to 1 w.):h the Unit-eld stamip attiaeh^d and give ujs the Jiwyney to puit' in cirouJation? A. Yea.

Fliill-Je n/:lh—iWotiM the gicvernimenlt have anyith'ing ait Wacihiingtton or tCse-•R-'here tfo redeeeai' tlh'ait ctatr loatd' exf money? A. No.

Sixl' eenrtthL-Wo-uHd there be anythiing tio redeem, iiil exiotplb 'tfce o£ it'he siiiv&r ctomtuintd in each piece? A. Thialt is- aW. i^ev&n.teenfhr-iWoiUild. t'he government rfccfeeim one of t'heee doiluaTte A No.

Blghlfenltih—ill! silver is notf redecnniaitri^ by 'tfK-e giavern»nieni, and t'he imine clan have 53 cenits' wortih of s:lv*a* ore ooined' frolo dcyl'ljiTts wh'Och he stS3but€B itlhiro'us'hout: tihie ccair.1 ry far one -hunld'rtfd c^nits c't'her peopfe's labor artld prtKperOy, why don't t-be g:.'v-ern-aiienft go inltx the m'ining burunecis inwteaid of the ra-il-road tiu^inefj, as proposed? A. Hecawse the silver miners wo-uid not, u'ndc-r changed- corJS'LtCons, pant wC^h itto*5r vaiuaible pTCip^r'ity.

N'infteenliti—1© there net: a go'd dollar or a goM bbnd -on 'deposit, in- Waiih-ing-ton ni\v to red'eetm every national bank notie and every ga'-d oert'il&tS.il'e? A. Yes.

Ihve'nithlt'h—Can any governcner.lt, in your jtuidts|menic,(?iiCT &ct?uCily issue ney wttth varying in'trtris-lc value, or, like pajper mv-ney, with no vul'ue wiithio.ut a "r^ideeeneT"' in t'he Ma'u£it« t'hat will redeem! ili® obFJigcutioJis in fbe markets oif t'he wvn3d? A. Nb

Tiwenty-fiimt—If railroad or any other sitwik lis woi' th par, and we water iit, by denibftins tht isiiu», does rot- th'.-1 xed'uxe iyije vw'iue one-h-alf? A. Cif course. ^fh^'en'^eetoond1—'Does not a Mexican rloHar ocntaJn more pure sAver t'han oor 3\yiar A. It does.

T5.veril:iy4.(h 'cd—How miur3i 1® if worth isn- cicmwtTy? A. 60 centos. •nwe'n'ty-tf'crairth'—Ite it- s-t'3mtpted one dollar by fhe gt\-err.imemt oif Alexnco? A. It is.

Tiwexiliy-^ill^h—•U'nder free and un"aiKe3 oc«nage of jtMver is it proposed 40 Ac^ipit att ouir nii'.n-ts the woi^tdNs out•pr.ut yf silw-r &nd ccrin in^.o ciol6a.rs alt 4he raitSo of to 1, or only t'he output sof tfoe tSn2tt!d SStet^B? 'A. The £re«e amd •i«tiiLn3Aied cxwnage of silver means to

tolce aM •&yaJb. to bscnisftAJ to 2ie «nlm* from, any ootmifcry wtoartever, Tlweraty-sixitto—ifiow oaia we silver ett tptar unilees we aire big enough to- tadce tlie wtooJe Wordd's suppdy as fit is offered t» us? A. TIlKere is no ftnancfter-i-nig tWait cwuffld nalake a silver naitfion flhe equtail of a naittion thlitt hass 4 sou'njd ainid imiveusally a*j&ejpiteid baeis flor St® ouirrenicy, m-oire eapeclajBy if 'fhie silver nafion exipects tie do business wi3t)h o'tiher na-Tiionls.

Tiwenlty-tseventth—iM our dollars decreased in value and our saftariee renua'Ln Hi the ®aane, Wow woufidi we be beneiftted? A. You wmiCd loee in tflne ©aime raiito as tlhe currency is depreciated).

DwerJty-'eiighlfh—®f our OoiEair® re•nrJainetJ att par arid the price txf flour •miill and 'nrri.'i^mod prodiuctfe increased in prtoe, wooi'ia we gala or w«ould we 4ose by tihie change A. You wwuM loee.

Pfl-e-ase igive u» a rei^y in your Sajfluarday's eid-ition. ]j€iW.6 S. EJalt'on, Ojerk.

Lee R. Wi3rty, Train Bisipatollter. Jiosaph V. Wft.lz. Age-nit.j Tomi Btfletm-aji, Yard MAster. 'John Daugel, Oondiuatoc (Flnank Baker, En®ineerj

POWDERLY'S POSITION.

Why the Weil-Knowa X»bor r-eader Will Vote For McKinley.

'In seTecitilnig a preeidenit we should be guideid by the saime d'esire to lmpmve our awn oondiJtton as if we were bo se» ledt an offloer Dor soime

fraiteirnal', mertoamtiil'e or

q^jian-

VlWiete 4jn tfhfls ciotsnttry, "wlhfi'dh we und«rattanldi iriiiU2t be paiM for in "tlh'e money dietiriaT^ield by tifte eedffl'mg oooiivtiry.

We hfeve arr-aunig^dl tthe que&'t'ie'ns •w^hiLtlh are glein'eral, ae well as pereiG'r.liu, In. a -wiay tlhlait lilhey oan 'be a-neiwetnetA in a few wordiS, ({ihe fewer ilhe bdA'er. PLela.se be brief and lelt your repiy be "Yes" or "N»" wlh'en. poJsuKfble.

O'Dganizatdon,

ma-nuifaictiur'i'nig,

with Wh'ilah we mfifgihtt be oonnested," says T. V. Ptowdterly tn an interview. '^Seniyilmenit or pensona'l fiirendshiip rarely erC'etns into the quest'loin of chtoo&i'nig an offllclM to tiaike change, oi a buslntss oorwjerov. ExJper'enice, well known ab'ilflty, traii nlng, gtt'aibiiWty oif character and1 sltreadtj/hatoiits are ail Considered. It moit imfreq'uenltlly haipipens thait sympathy ipliays 3'ts ptarit fn seileWtSng offlicers, and1 In sucih qaises lit olUen wiorkJs Injury Ito tham asses. iS'ureil.y the long years oif exipenienice and the inlteigrilby otf MIoKinley w.itl teW in tihfe canvass. "One oif the sftromig arguments mad'2 u'se oif in thiis eleidtiton is that we should lfg^ipfa.te for ourselvee wti't'h'ouit Walitt'nig for the donisen't of any otiher nation on eaut'h. I bey.eve in thait doctrine, so far as it dan be canted out Without injury tto ouiisclvto. Whcm Mtajor M^oK'ir.Eey was s'trtlvSmg to Uiphiold an- Amerfidacti' po'looy wihiiich wiouild pliaice our a^riioulfural and manailllaidtiuTli'n'g intereslts be» jiond the pawer of foreigners to injure thrtouigih coimipelt'iJtii'on .hte did not ask the donsenit oif amy tiorefigin po-wer or dountry. He dii'd no't even take counsel with tham:. He oona'dereid what would benefit the Almerician wia.gie-e'arner and hr's eimipBioyer.

Iff

A'mei l':ian mm nufaciturens

were ben'eiflt'ed by the MfcKiimley Jaw, so were Afmeridan wtorMnglmen, and so w'ere Aim erf ban business men, and if the day doimiets when we, as Aimer loans, can gto iit a'lone -on the mo'ney question, rest assured Mr. MlcKt'nley w-ill be as ready an|d as anx'kxus to tiaike that couree .as any o"ther. Ocmimlltte'eis froim labor organliaaitlous a'iiwa.yts reglarded Major MfcKliWley as thdir .Mend when he was in oomgiress. We aliwa,yte eouigSitt his oo'utnsel, amd he aliwlaiys glave iit. We relilad on his word when spoken, and he invarSatbly aided us to fha exltenit of his power." '1Do ytoaj reigiard1 the stiver is^ue as the moist iimipjortjanit mw before the people?" "I do not. The depression through w.hi'ch we pas.s at intervals have in the tmai-n been caused 'by fluctuation in the ciroulattag medium, but the 'present depression is not the result of curreney changes so much as industrial revolutoin?. We h'ave always shad gold'and silver as imomey in 'this country, amid we always wil'K no matter how t'he campaign endis. There should "be a standard in all things, particularly in our ourrf'ney, and you cannot have two standards, each differing from the other, in currency regulations any more than you ca.n h'ave two echedules on a railroad and hope to avoid colMs ,'ns. "lit is all very ntoe. very patrtoKc amd soto'thiinig to our niattonal sipilriit to tell us thait we dan gO iit alone. We can db not'hing of the kind in our monetary aflliim j'Uist new. We are the d-etllors C(f the wonti'd, we have borrowed froim t'h.e wo rid, the world hwldis our bo nrfs and e'videmces oif indebltedineiss, and until! we pay tham off anid' amd begfim to free Guns'c'iives fram thds d^bt we nvusb paiy in the Coin the creditor demand's. We db not dio this violiunt.a.rily, but bedauiKe w? .tt«u»b»:, and ^tir.ip'.y pt'ayintg to the giallery to. siay that we dan gio iit atone. 'Lett us first setcaire the bindls now held by foi-e-iigners. let us hold the olMLglaii'ion.s of oiuir oiw'n giovernim'ent, and then when we have mo-'/d^d public opinion 93 thiait i't will be s'te'ady, fixed anid' inviar/i'dffcll'e we wiil be aible to go it a'or.e. Thousa'nds believe th'at the only bonds he'ldp abroad w!h ieh wiculd cause us^anntoyance are gioverrim'ent bonds. But our railroad sfduritl'.eis, our indusitrial seciurlltt'es anid oit.her oiblfrgati'ons are a'eo heOi by firci'ign oreldii'tors. I d'ouhit iif our ratlrcAad amid mining interests are prepared to gto it alcn1?, and he woufd be a demagtgue. Indeed, who wou'id atft'eimirlt to detcel've the people ir.fo- the •belief thiait it wo^uld 'n'o't bri'mg ruin uponlabor to effeiclt a sufdlden and revolutionary change in our m'one'tury aflfaurs such as wouild drive the securities back on us for red.fimipibon belflore we are readiy or alble t'o pay. "•I beldeve gold, sOiver and' paper shuuld circni,L'ate at par, that ne'itrhenshou'li be driven fr-^m diroulataon. Tlf Bryan is e'lerft'ed' I see it, drive go^d fram cSrcui'atlion and we wfill be on a singiie fClver brsts. JirMteKSntey is

e®e:ft.

f'i silver will be regained ill its place as jpint of the miD&ey of the ration '."-ad Will wot be dHvian out, and aH kinds of none-y will be of equal, value and pur•chii'iiimg power in the hands of- the

Aimeriioan people. Anynvay. I am taking no ciharaces anid. will vote for Mk KtiriCey."

No kitchen agent can compare with Dr. (Price's Cream Baking Powder.

Five Wedding*.

Twenty-five ba'Cbelors otf Jefferson (vyiintiy. Ohio, sent a comsnrittee to Gailien. Berrien county, Midhig'an, -whence a report had been sent cut that there were in t-he village trwnty-one handacme widows, and the rewiJt ctf the visit was five weddings forthw.Kh ar.y an nouncement that more would foCioiw.

A Wonderful Phcuoaenon

The man who wtouM iaas fhtrouigh Mfe wi- ih-omt exjperienci'n® & twtt-n^e of ladigesftlon, mighit be fitly regarded as a wo oit3uil phenoraer.on. We doiutbt if suicfo a prtvitle^ed mOr*taa has ever exiisriied. Itf so, we have never see® him. Bwt titnousands tare -known to be daiiy relieved of dyo?p«sp(sia by HSoefretJaer.s Slcroach BM^rs, the pofpuftar remedy Coir thait flnriy aatiomai compte-in/ti as we"H ae for fever and agme, debirty.ocraftvpation, rh^fliroattisim. an-£ Kidney uS a & as ml*

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THE MONEY QUESTION.

FROM TBS WILLIAM J. BBIAN BTAKDfOZMT. ...

What He la Bappoced to H*re Said Co Ike Ohicaco Tribune—Hadn't Time to Answer the Uwt Query.,^

One of hte ca-r plMiforsn epee*I*a -In western. New Yoris was ended' by Mr. Wiiiam. J. 'Bnyiam 4n tlheee wordB: "Come witSh. me Itb .tihe fianm, anid I w4U show you ttoe man wlho flollow® the piloiw, wihlo etudieid thiis nDonoy questdpa, and who knewts tihatt if t'he dollar* go up has wttiealt oomrres down, and' you oaonttt ainetwier itihie logic of tihatt ariguimemt' atti aM." Ae thie train moved' on t» 4'he next £.laJti'ion tlhe CiMcago Tribune reporter its auipaxxsed. no iave had 4his oonversaition with (him:

Tritouine Beporter—i wish, to ask you a que'Ettdom. t,*f. Bryan—Yes, ask It.-

Trtibume Raporiter—What Is your remedy (for the prtoe of wtheat going down? Bryam—-Atnoliish' the gordi standard, adopt free coinage of-sliver ait ttie ratio of 16 -to 1, a-nd th«.n (tihe feunmer Willi' get doulble thie (prltoe for his wheat tihat he poseilblly oam under the gold Standard.

Triibune Retporitea^-Out the dollar the Dawner wiM receive wtol only be worfth 50 eenite in ihuyiing power. How *6 he to gain by igettiaiig .tiwo SO-oeat silver dk)Jl'a.T© instead, of one 100-cent dolJlar he .now gelts

Bryan—'But don't you see he wild only have to give one-hiaif as many pounds of wheata to get a free coinage dciloir as 'he gives ifior one of t'he present silver dto'IC/ars held rup by the government lo tihe vailiue oif tihe gold dollar.

Triibune Reporter—I can n'Dlt oomiprehend how th-ait wild' b&neflit. his conditionIn buying the things he muy need, agrioulltiu'ral iimpleimienltis, for instance, or a wagon, or buiggy. Booft® and' shoes, family groceries, olortiMng, medii'dinee, eveny^thitng he and his family purchase will cost fihem doulble In* your dhe^p 50oenit money. W'iU he not come put at tihe saime 'hole he we nit. into a/t. tlhe end of the year? hhes.

Bryan—1NI0 fbec&use h1» hi'.redi, feefe won'/ti iciost hitm so miuldh by con sid^raibl affid t'h'at Will be a Jarge ifteim of

Tribune Rerpmitfrer—-'Wil!! ^not tihe hired men-otfiaflil-iwork a-sk to have t, tthe*lr wtageis dtxilbled' wfhen thiey are paViK}1 in tlheae half value free slil-ver doilars?

Br.y»a'n—'Buit lilhe fanmems wiii npt pay ith«mi tiwo free slider 'do'llars w^iere they now gelt one of the goOd doM&TS.. Tihev miay sip3.1t the difference wwh them, bji* nc^ti more. Tlhe farmers will look sflfirply after their own'.i«nterests.. There %re no tnades unions to flg'ht in the counltTy. Iif t'he hired hiandis ge''t SI.50 in tihe 16 to 1 elilver dolQans to eaoh~^old dollar tlhey gelt .now, thiey will 'be m'igihit.y l'u!dlcy. Yoiu see tlhialt w^ould only ooi=rt tihe fanmeTs 76 per canit of what ft doeis now in aotulal vadiue, wihile the price of all their products .would be doubled in the oheiajp 16 to 1 money.

Tribune Reiporiteir—'Do you thi'nk it woul'd work tlhe siaime way to the citlee and' village® in regard to the wages of laibor?

IBryam—There might be t?ome trouble in reaid'juliitimg tlhe new wage scale to the dhiamige oif ithe currency ©fcandurd •fnoim gioilid' to- silver at 16 to 1. There uiiild oulbit'eidli.yt would be prolonged! E'trikes, exci'teimien't, rloltis witih tihe poliiice and euxmomlic diisiturban ces in the cities. Eiult 'iif t'he opinion of the "gold bugs'" should come true that there would, be a great panic- in business all over the country when the change of sttandiairdls Makes p!ace, .the employer® of Laibor wouilid win the wages flight easily, and fhe work-trien would have to accepfi such waiges as the "bosses offerel' or be left: withouit a job. Bur on tihe other hand, .if lyjm'eis should grow better and priceis oif good's and food, fuel, and rent, roee in dhea'p money, t'he. organized labor woriklmen .mlight be able to force .up tiheir tw'ag'es in the same proportion as tiheir mo'ney would deprediate in purdhlaisinig power. For the sake iof t'Jie great prfnidiiple of free coinage att to 1 the Ha'bor cilas'Vss in the ciitiest and. towns willl have to take

+heir

chancts

of being jn^ure by the eJhange ot standard's. Tribune (Repor'ter—'"When the' currency of this country ds (changed",from the standard of the 23 1-5 grains of gold defflar to the 371% grains of the'.sifv^r dollar tiWat of oourse will sh'rivel1 up 0|ieh'a'if 'the 'present value of all money of t'he ©avimgs bantos andl 'building loan associations amounting to some(J|2,300„000,000 of doliare and one-hal'f the value cif fc.ll the .commercial deposits in the other banks, and' s-hrivcl up orife-h'al'f the value of all unpaid mortgages amounting to many hundred's of mAri.ions and in s'horC derange and throw into confusion and panic all 'Ira sin ess relations among men. Where will' be the gain 'to compensate the American people for substituting the .cheap silvevstandiard for the present gold standard?"

Bryan—"You know there .are a great many men in d'elbt, especially among the farmers of the West a-nd South. The fall in the prices of their products measured in doi'1-ars on the gold standard renders it difficult to ,pay those dob*®. No'w, if the prices of their products could be inflated one-half they vrvild get double the number of legal tender dolMrs they mow receive for tiheir ©tuff, and by 'tendering -those che'ap 'free silver dollars to those thcyowe it wlovvld be twice as eiasy to payoff their debts. The whole thing is perfectly simple i'f you look at it as I see it."

Tribune Reporter—"'But, Mr. Bryan, your delb'tors borrowed1 go4d doi'lans or their equivalent in value and .have that capital in their Wands now unless they have squandered it. I3tes not common honesty require them to repay in as goad money as they received'?" •Bryan—"Not at all. Congress "has the constitutional right 'to change the money standards. Three -hundred and seveny-one and one-fourth grains' of Coined standard silver has for 100 years been a legal tender dollar. It is ofeily proposed to stop holding up the value of the silver dollar and the greenback to that of the gold! dollar. By retason of the 'crime of 1ST3* and other causes, the value of silver bullion has declined about one-half aFI over the world. Now, why should not hard-up debtors have the privilege of taking advantage of this great cheapening of silver, aLd "by means of free "coinage of •silver at the old ratioof 16 ounces of siJver to 1 ounce of gold* turn their sSlver buWion into legal te-ndiar do Bars and pay their debts at 50 cents on the dollar? A ina.n is not Ibound to be more 'honest In paying his dtfbts than the law requires. tAs to fchose men who have put their savings into artificially dear money or "have their lhts insured i® such gold value money if t'hey lose half of fts value when the change Is made to tree silver dpilars at 16 to 1 that is tbeir matter. We tfree silver people are -under no "bli?ations to protect their money and j^-edits on the gold basis of value, and' thereby -prevem't the people wtho Share

"barrovwd ifiitatr aoaocjr Akvb paylnc them ibaclc witih aitvsr, though it may only be "worth ibakf avimiKdi as when it wa« bonowed Qur PopuOat doctrine is the greatest good to the grea-test number, and the debiora otttnomiber tlhe creditors.**

Tribune Reporter—'"But, IMr. Bryan, the United States statistics show that the number of creditors is two to three times ae great as the debtors. Tihe depositors in the savings :banks alone number 6,000,000 and In building and loan associations over 1,000,000. A-nd-you may not be ®uwiare of it, but the government census of. 1890 sshowe that two-thirds of aM the farm owners are out of delbt and most of those have money at interest. £Do you thinflc it is the fair thfog to cheat them out of haltf the value of the .money they 'have loaned to their neighbors, the money coming to them

tihe land they may

have eo4d w-h'ibh is not yet paidi for? •Bryan—"We tare nearlag ray next speaking -place, and I -cannot answer that question now, ibut must postpone it till another time."

The foregoing conversation will gtve the reader a correct idea of -Mr. Bryan's political code of morals and 'the money question front 'his point of view.

*\eWANTS RABBITS' FEET.

Popocratlo Candidate Bryan

-:r:S

Ha«

Btimn-

Iated One Branch of Industry at Least.

There is a netw •flad in town. It is the Hajbtoltla Hoot ted- Novelty dealers are at a loss to aidcount for t'he spread of the craze, but ever since the nomination of (Bryia-n andl the ipulblloaitlon of the stories albouit his wvynldieiiPul liucik an*!' tlhe raiblbiit'a foot he carried, people of all sortlsi and comdliitionB have been caTJlnig at the Jewelry stores and novelty Shops lanld aatoing for rabbits.' ^eet. •Oif course the custom- among semiaupenriti'tious people of carrying a rabblijt's foolt In 'the pomket to briing good liuidk lis as olid as (the hill®, but the Bryan episode or some more obscure cause has raised) fhtis mCld! Worm of superstition initio-, a veritiaible ortaze. Usually in the case of novelties of that kind the manufteudtiurer oniiginiaJtes tlie thing and then waits for a d-eim-and to be created by the atptpearance oif the novellty on the market, buit -it is not so w'th che rabbets' feeit. The dennand hlas oailed for the sutipply. The jewelers have been so best-aged with dsulis that they in turn hiave preased order® in upon the noveltyimjakers, and some af the fa.atcr.es turned their wihole forces loose on the miaMng oif the feet suitable and: aittraatilve tflor carrying Vn the pocket.

The ideal thii-n/g is a small foot from, a wild jiaclk ratolbtft, a'daording to tne Chifclago Triibune. Dt mustt be a lb out an indh and a hialif or it-wV) inches long, Wifh the tctp tlippeld' off with a neat s!terUi'n(g silver cap. On. the top otf the dap lis a .pfiaoe flor the owner's initialB. A pre'ttty eil-k coxd often £astenei(i to a stmiall rimig attltlajch-ed t° t'he oaip, so •thiait the foot cian Ibe worn around the neicik Ctf desired. Thiait is where some of t'he women rwear tb-em, having co vest pockeits. 'Do we have any dalljs for rabbits' feet?" -echoed a big jeweler in, State Eltreeit In. retply to ta q-ue&tton. "Well, I should say we d'id. iHere is the entire stock we have left."

And he took outt a traiy conrainin-g only ifive oif the luok charmers. "Thlatt -is all we hia.v.e in t'he store, andl we r-aoeived five doz^n elarly In, the week. We sent an order for ten. dozen to a ntoveltytmaiker thiis morning. I will belt more tfcheun our entire stock of rabbits' feet t'ttat firf yoiu will wait here five iminutes soime one wlli. oall for one of them."

These wordte were ecaroedy out of the jeweler'stmouitlh "before a young man approached' the show case with a hesit^Jfcing air and unlade the query: *lo you keeip raJWbitjs' feet? Those with the silver tips—you know what I 'mean.-' "We have a few 'left, s'ir," replied the jeweler, smiling. 'lHaven't you any 'a Kittle smaller 'than these?" asked (the young man. 'II aim' sorry, ibu't these are ail we 'have left. We will "hav.e some more tomorrow or next dlay."

Tlh'e young man pidked' out the smallesit one, saydng: "1 igU'ess thiis 'wiiil. h'ave to do. I have been initio halif a. dozen places and they were ouit otf tham. I wvint it for a young- womta-n a& a binthd-ay omen. She hSas miade a requi-Hiitlon on me ror ore and niotihing else will do." "Thlat's Ithe way iit goes," said the jeweler alflcer t'he young man h!ad left. "They must have them and they must have tlieim q'ul'ick. The grreateist demand seems to dome t!rom the women, and it is amiusling sorrietiimes to watch the way th-ey imaike known wihlat they want. They do not wtaint to appear superstitions, and sKumet/ilmes t'hey will make some other purcfh'ase, and then, j.ust as •they are goinig out, they will spring tit th'iJs way: 'O, by the way, have you any ralbtbiRis' feet?' Bu^t you can always know whi'at is coming by the way they laicrt."

There are bcfarl of •tr'aide m"?n who would expaot ficnanri.ia.1 diisaster fort'nwffth if -they were •viilhout a rabbit's foot. The late EJdiwi.i iPartridge was a ftrim. believer in the ponver of thiait charm, and he always carried one h.:s vest pocfltet. However, he maintained that the charm was of no effecit unless :t was a foot from a naibbiit caugiit at the dead of night in a graveyard', and at is 'the same groumd. taken by ail rabbit's foolt stpeoia lists.

iNone so good as Price's iBaking Powder, because no other is perfeotly pure.

Wifely Sympathy.

He ithreiw his mwaipaper on the floor and waved both hands over his -head, w.nMe his clinched teei'h re'Cused t-) give exit to he reimiarkis whiidh semd struggling to come can. "What's !.Ue n:Uititer, Orlando?" hds wife exjcla'imeid, laousjh with kcis ag taition. rtihan t'he siiTuatioii seemedi to warrant, Dor e'he wa.5 used to Iw's ways. "Every time I aim reminded oi it,' he m'uitit«iretd» in a voice which shook, "I aim ftl'-ictd witto. indignation." "Every timie yio-u t'h'ink of whait, Oriatndo?" "C*f the way Europe geits our nnoney. Our fheiress-eti Imarry noblemen, European aiators an-d sungiers coone over here and shii® money home in barrete. They take i't) in so lUet they're too 'busy to coumiti at. The oul:fow of w^aA.h from i'h3s counltry is cOimei.'hing awful!" "Weill, OiCandb. I suppose it's previy t'jud. 'B-utt did. ycu know t'hat yo:i ba-vemlc had tihe Heaky fauceft' In th^ kitchen attemided 'to yet?" "Thali ie no't tlhe topic u--d'er whversa.tfon," he eajc-laiimed sa-vtagely. "Nfcit exati.fly. But yoiu. know, dear, you 'a-re-nU going to have nearSy as mot oh trouble w3th it'he overflew of m-Tsney as jxw wifi wJrti the ©ufcftoiw fSrom tthat fauoet if t'hey (find oat albauit it and maSce tw

Tn-"-

"r waiting water."—

Detroit BVee Preesu

Feathens renovated by a practical! man. Satisfaction guaranteed- "-1 Bade, 611 Norlth Twelfth.

THE OAT CAME BACK.

tokjtt wood obstisatklt imssD TO BB LOST.

He aim Declined to Be Killed, Although Doeed With Gas ud TmmA Iato an Ash Barrel for Dead.

Thomas Wood mbs one of the many tenants of the big five-story -brick buildving at 290 Washington street a fortnig hit ago. He hod -his headquarters in the factory of the American Wood) Decorating .Machine Co. Thomas .Wood is a 'big male cat, with a jet bdaak coat, aa smooth anct glossy as etany. He acquired this surname from Hines & Manafteidv producd dealers 00 the ground floor, wiho diesignate t'he other tenants by floors ooliectlvely, as "fruit," "Tubber," '*wood," and "tin," according to their stodk Jn trade.

Big Thomas was easily the most distinguished of 'all the many woods in tihe Decorating Machine Co., says the New York 6un. and was (known all over the neighbor hod as the ohampion (flgttvter of thetfelrneioolo'ny, which is as largo as itvis belligerent. Big Tom yowled) so after he was locked up a«t migh-t in. the company's quarters, because he couldn't- get out to fight the other cats, that the neigihbors wiho wanted to sleep and couldn't threatened to complain to the health board if he wasn't put out of the way. Benjamin HasfkeU, secretary of the company, was moved, .therefore. to dtecide that the "big black cat must go. Mr. Haekell toid yesterday of the altogether unusual complications that ensued when he endeavored to carry out his edict of exile. He was inspired to tell this remartcable cat tale ,by reading in t'he Sun the story of the Ibladk Maria cat With the white nose that jumped "five stories at 339 Broadway to the eidewallk and scampered unhurt around the corner. Mr. Haskell Is a member of a church, and no one around his country home at BlomofielS, N. J., ever has questioned his veracity in all the time he ihas dwelt there. Mr. Haskell's story began with an order to his office boy, Jimmy. Jimmy Is known Jimmy Wood to the other tenants, and he lives i'n Harlem. "Take 'that cat up to Harlem, and lose him," said Mr. 'HaslcelH, sternly, and Jimmy said', MSure."

Jimmy got ao old' 'basket from Hines & Mansifleldrs store, stuffed Big Tom dnto t, and rodte up to Harlem, near the bridge, and released 'hi-m on a street corner. The oat ran into a ba/sement from which the smell of savory oooking was escaping and) Jtamy went home satisfied that he had carried out the order to loee Tom. Four days later, however,, when Mr. Haskell came over to 'business he ifound -Big Tom sitting near the elevator waiting for the workshop to open. Jimmy came along a moment later and stared at the cat wltih eyes that .bulged with amazement. 'I thougiht I told you to lose that cat," exclaimed Mr. iHa-skell. "I tried to hard enough," stammered Jimmy. "Well, try agiain."

Jimmy (borrowed another old basket, and tihis time he started down toward' t'he Battery. He let the cat out on one of the freight piers below Washington Market. Some of the employes of the rubber firm on t'he second floor of the Washington street bu *Io®

ou any

ca sit tig thenAi Ocglh-, Tiafe,?789W.. oat sitting on the narrow wooden staircase when they got there early the next morning. That afternoon solved to lose the cat a third took Thomas Wood across to Market and chas-ed' htm ^nto V.n-i-1 dines As tiwo days passed w"_n

sign of the cafs return, Mr.

H^kell congratulated himself upon be.

oif the rt'ar Window near h,,s w»rkbeno land s-atw.Big he had got Investigataom J™'

ithe roof, ar.'d clamlbered to the s.li. .Mr HaskeLl decided thia'. it ™uli

!useless to try to lose the catjny mo^e, !fio he called c. comer Mice of- 01s

ern

Soyi to aetem-.M Etl-J-Jln® rid of the aaMai. ®ll'f!,n® with a pistol was

pronounced

to be S/*o

ifil iU an ftnaiivthat asphyxiation would be the mist •humtfane metlhod of dispatching him.

The die striker got a large tin DOX, not unlike a bread bc-x, and punchy, a I hole in Ithe side. The waj put in the !box and the lid as flaisitened hen the end of a rubber gas pii-pe was fttted I,to the hole anid the gas was turned' on.

Gas wia® allowed to How into the box for ten minutes. Then it was turned off anid ithe box was opened- The big

!daii ri)a.y

on Ms baok with his eyes closed.

He reimia-ined motionless when lifted out jand streitched on. t'he table. "He's stone dead for sure," said Jlm!my, ^hiaMng the cat's head. He volunteered to get rid of '.he cat body, and was told to do It as soon as possible. I

He wrajpp-ed the dat up in an old newapaiper, put it In a pasteboard: box, and itiied dtown the lid tightly with stout jtiwline. Then he rode i-.p to :h't corner 'of Bleecker and- Thonnpson streets, and getting off 'the car atowed the hart box in an oM ash barrel "He'll never dome back again, I bet." eaid Jummy, trluimiphantly, when he reported 'for duty next day and toid how effccit'Uially he h!ad d!i'3pv3ed of the body.

Th.2it wlas more

't'han

three weeks ago.

eyee -dli^tendeid. "Here 'he is!" he shouted, cel'lng all the employes to the door. He po.-ntcl tcwlard -the eleviator ehaflt. The men crcnviied around and looked, T.iere sat Thomas. Wood, wit.h hrts black coat as •glossy as ever, giving his cliotps the cus

prfcbarDi

lature, otfVr the head, -miCh. ao Jewel* a bow ot whSte ribbon is iter parity Jurk tutor. The «tori*s of tihe young duribjeey present itfe read ike a £alry tale. Beoeotly site entertained a fecge hotwe party at IBlenlMtav where one afternooo she gave 4 garden party to which all her oieugbtoons were iovdt-ed. The 'flbllwlong day 'the tenan-ts and emplogres (1,000 in number) were eater* tbtoed at luncheon, and £he aext «£t»rnoon found! ad the sohoolohiMrtn fronk the dmke's vMlages (twenty tn all iac tihe oast-le .for present* and tea.

A new-trunk has been invented whlott offers especial advantages to ladies wIm wish to travel with several fluffy gowns. The tifeys are Hastened securely ati regular intervale, but slip ou% eitp out like drawers, the trunk opening on the front side, Instead of at the top. Thas method1 of tlhe drop front teas the additional advantages of removing tthe necessity of draggtn# the trunk out from the Hvtaffl wihenever it to opened.

The people attending tihe Goodmaoodl races thte year enjoyedhtibe utmost freedom, In the matter ot dress and as -a 00resequence the coetuooes ««ere muoh^ more appropriate lor open stands and! picnic luncheons»than the odd^Ume elaborate manner oif dressing The Prince of Wales set 'the .fashion ot' informal dress and frocflc ooats and high (hats were noticeable only for their absence. Tlhe todiies, too, appeared! hi the simplest of summer frocte? and tftie enjoyment of the entire -week yas greatly enhanced. I

The prince consort intended that -the programme for the !E njress Frederick's wedding in 1868 should be the accepted ceremonial of all EngiLsh royat wedHng.s which should) follow. Tiho •plan was .never repeated, hbwever, and1 every affair of the kind' since then has been arranged different ifrom the one preceding it. The last royal wedding wa® planned andl managed toy SHr Spencer IPcnsonby-Cane, wiho has aoted in 9, simlEar capacity since the Empress (Frederick's marriage.

Lady IHenry Somerset has officially denied that she is connected wiith, sir school for female orators.

Dady fBurne-Jones and -the mjothier ol Rudyard Kipling were sisters.

HORSELESS CARRIAGES.

Makers of Motooycles Unable to Fill th*. Orders in France. Paris, Aug. 30.—The ruehl (for th« purohWe of horse'less carriages, or au itoirnjo'biiles, us .they are oali.ed here,' has 'been so gireat that one company, the iMi'ohelin, which, is engaged) in the manufacture otf ruiblber tires, bought .up rt'ha entire prod'Ufct of the Bollee carriages and the Dion tricycles from, nwo oa until January ls't—abjout 300 of eacfo ikind of machines-^and then offered -to receiive teds for them, tihe bidders tq' receive their machines as soon as mad'e, •aioconding to the amount of their bids*. tTbe "bids .have been made and all the machines have been taken-. The highest offers were: For the Bollee carriage, which has four wiheels«and whose price was li,600 francs, 4,000 francs fori ithe Dion tricycle, formerly, made for 11,600 'franfcs', 1,701 tfranos. But tihe |Fnench are very much chagrined ta find -that nearly al 'the Ib'idders were lEngiish. There were only twelve (Ffrencb bd^dfders for the Boll'ee machines and only eleven fior the Dion cycles.

A rather dangerous experiment was suiccess,f".lly tried the other day in the •run of a 'tram.wiay on tlhe automobile plan on some of the roads in the suburbs, without any

track,

a Scott train

/of two carriages, with iflfty-eight passengers, -made a successful trip from ithe Porte de "Versailles to ChatdJlon. and return. Dunch was served at Chat.: .iMon and'the mayor of the town made •a speech.

Everybody in tPaTte is crazy about some form of lo»2omotion, and the man •who goes aifoot is now the exception. All the new .apartment houses are being constructed wilth small rooms on the ground floor to keep the bicycles of t/he tenants. Last Suinday the experiment was first t-ried-of having an open •market for 'bicycles, as they .have for .vegetables or chieese or. other products. The prefect of the Setae .has signed the authorization and the m*arket Is to be lopen every (Sunday from noon to 4 o'clock during .the months of Novem,ber, iDecemlber and January -and from? noon to 6 o'clock during the other mlon t'hs of .fchie year. The market is situated on the left bank of -the river on tlhe Boulevard de JfHoplta'l and the BoUlevtard Saint-Marcel, in the inolosure of thie present horse -market—* another sign of the displacement of thaf horse by mechanLoal means otf locomotion. Here will Toe exchanged, bouight or sold, bicycles of all kinds, new or, oldV the only tax being a charge of 69 joen times (10 cents) on each bwoycle brought in.

No bride should begin housekeeping! •without Dr. Price's (Baking Powder.

PRESIDENT KNIGHT TALKS,

Gives the Figures In the Scale Settlement at. Linton. To the Editor of The Express:

I ternary morning wash with h.^.s s^eek vitaigres earned between OcfCber 15tih and

paiwts. He had come back a fourth tune. Jiimimy looked over the shoulders of :he dile sinker. "WeDl, I'll be blowed!" he gasped, ahd sank itlacfk liiimip agfa'inErt. the shop wall. Mr. HaskCJ arose and wfctlked to the door. He gazeid at the cat, rutibed his eyes anid gazed again. Then he called the cat toy name, and Thomae -trW-ted over and ruibbed against his leg, purring happily. 'HjernUemen," said Mr. Hatskel.1 to the duaifloundied elmiployes, "I think we •would be saife in assuming :h«i this is in all

iity the most remarka

ble occurrence th'a ever happen 3d in the cSty of Now York. There has never been any»tlh.ing like It in Blocimfield. of •thait I am eure."

Mr. HlaskelS's Btoomfield friend yestendfay oo-nflnmed MT. Hiafkell's ocmseT-via-tave oopt-nion otf the incidenit.

Nothing adds more to the comforts of home ttban Or. Price's Baking Powder.

For Woman Readers. KSst-v.

Tlhe Duchess fo MarSbfrough has already -had twto portraits painted. Iti addition .there is an exquisite little mi'n-f*

S r:—As there are -many conflicting reports in ttoe press regarding t£.e setiUe-int-rnt at Linton, I will asSc you to Jhe oxact facts. This maty seem & of little importance to the public, out JB m-eans ta great deal to tbe rawiers, ixrc veiy icodouB oX iniaki'n^ any oonw^ sloris in the mia-tter of UieSr semi-«vantia-iy piaiy, and r^glh'tly so, since, If t:iey were dbilged to r&purn to the old system, oC inon'tihly pao. It wouitl mea« that they.-

Ten dlays ago, joist after the men cad) Tbe'*'competed to trade the moac stlailtfld to work ia tihe morning the die

f(?

sinker, who had owned Big Tom, we.ilt The contract made with Mr. Ogle read* out into the h'iil and ran back with hds

t^eir wiages out at the company stores,

as..^^:t f)r mtaed

Lfebig Company's

and latoo*

performed eh-ail be imade aaml-cnoniUhiy. n-ot Jater t'hia'n. the 10:ih an-vl 25th oa fne montih, for the lonings af the preceding halif wion-tlh, respectively, but payiment •for wages'earned from Iat^ to Sej^beanCJer 15th shall be mtade on Septecatoer 2btlh. Liajymeiit for wages earned between Sap* le-mber 16:(h and October 16th Sbail be made on October 2Gth, and payment fti

Novei-rtber 35th shall be d»ade on November 2&ih

and

wages earned after No.

veirtifber »t ®haU be pa'id serai-irjonthCy as hereto agreed." .. .. TiiTis does not m-ea^i tlho.t tihe fvrat month's wage's shall be keipt bacJt, bu: is mere'y a t'oiporary concesakm made vol.

untafily to Mr. Oo?Io by his miners, offlag to the flaot that it is new almost

imipoesilble to "borrow money from the 1 ban/ka. The men will receive tfh*' saxne intereislt for the tiwo deferred payments thlat 'Mr. Ogle Would (pay to th© banker.

W. G. Knight.

Is the most economics!, became It, dissolves perfectly vritboot sedlmeat, because it is poro, without added salt or adulterations, becanse it is the most condensed.: Ask for Lteblg Compsny's

Extract of Beef'

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