The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 11, 1897, Page 3

; FIYMAN J. GAGE’S VIEWS to the World.—The Next Secretary of the Treasury's Declaration of Beliefs a All the Vital Issues Now Before the People. at York World. 0, Jan. 31.—The World nitted in writing to Mr. Lyman on Saturday, twelve ques- yg concerning the most vital issue abich he will deal as Secretary jftbe Treasury. Mr. Gage, with great candor and y, makes his position quite ip on all of them wr. Gage is in temperament and ising ® leader ratber than a fol ner. Those who know him inti yare sure that he will be the geter-epirit of the McKinley Cabi- The adwministration of the fressury Department, always of high pportance, is now supremely sc. fhe fortunes of the country as weil the fate of McKinley will depend the success of the financial pforms executed if not originated py Mr. Gage. Itis therefore news of he highest importance which The A fforld presents to day. DUE TO MAKESHIP'T LEGISLATION i Here is Mr. Guge’s opinion of the nt financial system, given in his own worde: “Qur whole monetary system is fhe result of makeshift legislation wed unscientific compromises It is time that reform began “In my own opinion the green backs should be permanently retired The silver purchased under the Sherman act should be gradually wld and the Treasury notes redeem dand cancelled Some well guarded system of bank note circulation, broader and more elastic than the present national bank act provides, thould be inaugurated. “Such bank notes should be re deemable at a central place and be redeemable in gold only. “Silver certificates, which form arly ono-fifth of the circulating medium of the United States, are dangerous. By their use a volume of inferior money has found an abnormal use. They are the most perplexing feature in the much in volved problem of our national finances. “There is no reason why the Gov ernment should actas warehouseman for either gold or silver. Such a fanction is outside its proper limit ofaction. “But we are faced by a condition. The enormous amount of $500,000. 000 of silver, represented by $338, 000,000 in silver certficates, added to the $15,000,000 purchased by the Government under the Sherman act, constitutes a standing menace to ery business interest. “To sum up, the defects of our present currency system are: 1. Confusing heterogeneity which needs simplification. 2. The greenback controverte the principle of paper money, viz: that every note injected into the commer- cial system should represent an existing commercial value. 3. The Treasury note is a standing evidence of a foolish operation—the creation of a debt for the purchase ona falling market of a commodity for which the purchaser has no use; it lies open to the just charge of being both idiotic and immoral. 4. The national bank note nearly conforms to the true principle of paper money, but the unreasonable Tequirements for security paralyze ite efficiency and operate to destroy its elasticity. 5. The silver certificate encour- ages the use of silver to a larger extent than is consistent with the tafe preservation of that metal on a parity with gold.” “Would a national ‘help to promote reform?” - commission “There is reason to hope that it would be of great service in that Such a commission if Tightly elected would throw a flood of light upon these invelved ques- The information it might F gather would be of immense value ~toall our people, and would tguide | » direction. tions. } Us to wise legislation. matters of science PR lead to corr » “Reaction will “Emotion and seutiment are vot coming, and it will be of long dura-| tas ” | tion. | MONEY LUCIDLY DEFINED. He defines money thus: | \ | “Through our heterogenous system | jthe public mind has seemingly lost | ‘the power to discriminate between ES things aud the shadows or signs jof things. It is necessary that dis- | guises be pulled aside and that real facts appear “There is iu truth only one real money—metallic coin It may be composed of gold or silver; it might be of something else, but it is not. Greenbacks, Treasury notes and natioval bank notes are but promises to pay. Iv the nature of things they eav be nothing more. They pass as money, perform the funeticns of money often more conveniently than money itself. “B- cause of this, confusion con & and we are led astray Serving that the greenback is uttered by the Government, that it has by the legal tender quality imparted to it the power to pay debte, and that it cir culates with all the power of money, discrimination ceases, eall is money; and the idea that govern nent can create money by its sane tion or fiat becomes rooted in th we mind “Tbe distinctions just pointed out are, however, fundamental distine tions. They should be taught in the schools. They are simple and easy to be understood even by a child. “While the silver dollar is real money, its power to exchange for other things is more than doubled by an artificial value imparted to it through the law which gives it pow er equal to the dollar in gold to pay custom Cues. “Haviug an equal valuo in this direction, and the quantity being limited, it has equal value in all directions,but the difference between the metallic value of the silyer dollar avd this arbitrary value lies in the realm of credit ” ELEVEN CARDINAL BELIEFS. Mr. Gage’s views on other ques- tions, submitted by The World, are authorized by him in this form: 3. He is not merely in favor of civil-service reform. He was one of the first men in this city to give support to the national moyement that resulted in the present law. He has spoken freely in public on the question. He was one of the leaders of the agitation out of which grew the civil service act now 1p force in Chicago. He goes as far as, if not further than, any man in Mr. Cleveland’s or Mr. Harrison’s Cabinet in his belief. He will extend the merit system wherever he finds an opening for it. 4. He is against the trusts. 5. He believes the Sherman Anti- ‘Trust law can be enforced. | 6. He believes the Republicans should invite and encourage the| co operation of sound money Demo- crats. 7. He sympathizes with Cuba, and believes the Government should use its good offices to bring about a termination of the bloody strife. 8. He does not believe in involv- ing this country in war. 9. He is not radical in his tariff views. He is inclined to a low tariff. 10 He indorses the arbitration jtreaty with England. ‘To the question: “Do you think) the national banks could have borne the demand for gold of the past States Treasury if the greenbacks had been retired?” He makes this auswer: “To obtain the coin for such a movement bank notes would be pre- sented for redemption as the green- backs have been. If the coin demand proved continuous the banks would recoup by calling in maturity Icans. In short, a contraction in general ence prices would fall until foreign creditors would find it more advan- tageous to take commodities than to take coin. Thus the movement would be self-curative. The strain conditions be light, because it would three years better than the United | credits would occur. Under its influ-' of this process would under ordinary | STATE IN TEARS ‘At the Suffe Its People. ring of 75,000 of | MARK TWAIN NOT IN WANT. i | A Brother of the Humorist Contradicts Re- ports From England. Keokuk, Ia., Feb. 3—Onon Clem- ens. a brother of Mark Twain, has! jreceived a letter from the noted) | LOUISIANA FAMINE SPREADS OVER humorist, who is temporarily so-/ MANY PARISHES. State Aid Cannot Be Had, As the Governor | is in Central America. New Orleans. La, Feb. 4—The entire state is sorrowivg over the famine, acd in every hamlet where prosperity exists funds and food are being collectet for north Loursiana sufferere. Famine has spread oyer the par- isnes of Winn, Catahoula, Union, Grant. Lineoin, East and West Car coll, Verne, Glatrborne, Webster and Nat rcbe. and Rapides. The lowest est. t+ placed on the num sri‘ »b-olute need of immediate celief is 75.000 people Besides rations, if is necessary to furnish he poverty stricken farmers with seed to make a crop, and avoid another famine at the end of this ; ear. Gov. Foster is in Central America on a pleasure trip, and it is impossi ble to obtain further assistance from the state treausury. A train load of corn is being distributed to day over the destitute country. CAUSE OF THE FAMINE Tho drouth causing the present suffering began in April, lasting until November. During that time some parts were visited by light rains. Thecrops on the most fer tile soil could not have survived. This section of the state is hilly and poor ground Cattle died off for want of forage Those saved are dying now from starvation. A blizzard swept the country Jan uary 25, followed by a week of freezing weather, killing small crops of vegetables. The intense cold weather adds to the suffering of the stricken. For more thana hundred years the Shakers have been studying the remedial properties of plants. They have made many discoveries, but their greatest achievement was made last year. It is acordial that con- tains already digested food and is a digester of food. It is effective in removing distress after eating, and creates an appetite for more food so that eating becomes a pleasure Pale, thin people become.plump and healthy under its use. It arrests the wasting of consumption. There never has been such a step forward in the cure of indigestion as this Shaker Cordial. Your druggist will be glad to give you a little book descriptive of the product. Give the babies Laxol, which is Castor Oil made as palatable as honey. Jefferson City, Mo. Feb. 4.—Ia the senate this afternoon Hohen- schild and Young introduced the committee substitutes for the bills providing for making the homes of ex union and ex confederate soldiers eleemosynary institutions. The federate home at Higginsville shall tain it as an eleemosynary institu tion for twenty years. It appropri Hohenschild bill makes similar pro- at St. James and appropriates $10,- 000 to maintain it. \ trustees each to be appointed by the provided for botb. Dandruff is an exudation from the ! cures it. yesterday spread all over the country,wherever | banks of issue existed.” dfor years with a constant n of boils on bi eck, was bie A young man in Lowell, Mass., | holding it in her arms on the pillow, dead. Mother and child this afterno we ere j.0.Ea }* ig ate the crowd be conveyed to the state's absolute property, but the state is to main- ates $24,000 to the home for main- tenance and $2,400 for repairs. The visions for the federal soldiers home Boards of nine governor, to serve for six years are pores of the skin that epreads and dries, forming scurf and causing the hair to fall out. Hall's Hair Renewer Sedalia, Mo., Feb. 4.—Mrs Jas. journing at Lendon, England, writ | ten in a most cheerful and encourag | ing style This letter, while largely | of a personal nature, and which Mr. | Clemens refuses to make public,does | not even hint at anything like the | desperate straits and deep financial | embarrassment mentioned in recent cablegrams from the English capital. On the contrary Mark Twain wrote ; hopefully of the future and of his family affairs The brother here says that Mark had been very much depressed and exceedingly low spirited since the/ death of a favorite daughter, and his | moroseness arising from grief, he thinks, has probably given rise to the stories sent out about his per sonal and financial condition. Is Your gue H Coated, your throat dry, your eyes! dull and inflamed and do you tee! méan | generally when you get up in the morn- ing. Your liver and Kidney are not doing their work. Why don’t you taxe Parks Sure cure. If it does not make you feel better it costs you nothing-— Sold ay H.L Tucker PLAGUE AND FAMINE. Indians Are Gorging Themselves on the Carcasses of Cattle. Bombay, Feb. 4.—According to the official returns there have been to date 5,000 cases of the plague aud 3,841 deaths The better classes are beginuing to fed the pinch of famine. Many are sélling furniture and ornaments at ruinous prices, and the prevailing distress is terribly keen. Ino the Deccan district even farmers are ap plying to the Government for aid. People of the lower caste, it is as serted, are at the present time living on the “fat of the land” The ex planation is made that they are gorging themselves upon the car- casses of cattle, which are dying by the thousands. Paris, Feb 4—President Faure visited the Pasteur laboratory, near Paria, snd witnessed experiments with fifteen horses, which had been inoculated in order to produce anti- plague serum. Ballard Snow Liniment. 2 This liniment is different in composi tion from any other liniment on the market. It is a scientific discovery which results in its being the most pen- etrating liniment ever known, There are numerous wnite imitations, which may be recommended because they pay the sellera great profit. Beware ¢t these and demand Ballard’s Snow Lini- ment. It positively cures rheumatism, Neunilgia, Sprins, Bruises, Wounds, Cuts, Sciatic and Inflamatery rheuma- tism, Burns, Scalds, Sore Feet, Con- tracted Muscles, Stitt Joints, Old Sores, Painin Back, Barb Wire Cuts, Sere Chest or Throat, and is especially bene- ficialin Pararalysis. Sold by H L Tuck- r, druggist. GOLDEN BIBLE Will be Used by McKinley on Inaugu- ration Day. Xenia, O., Feb. 4.—Bishop B. W. Arnett, of the A. M. E. charch, left seleet a Bible to be used by Presi-| dent-elect McKinley in taking the | oath of office on March 4. The honor of furnishing the Bible | was accorded to the A. M. E. church | by Major McKinley when a num | Carlisle weut to New York last night 1 ac SE } } 1 } CLAIRETTE 3 sop Made only by Tke N. K. Fairbank Company, St. Lous. 3 ~~ CARLISLE Washingtor . PROSPECTS | Feb 4—Secretary | While his mission has not been made} public, it is believed it is to invest: gate certain business propositions which bave been made to him, look ing to his opening a law office in New York after the 4th of March. It is understood that the Secretary prefers to open an office in Louis ville, Ky., but his final determination of the matter is not yet certain. It is said inducements also have been |: held out for him to go to Chicago Mr Carlisle has been retained as leading counsel for Benner and La Follette, who are seeking to get possession of about 160,000 acres of land on the lake front in Chicago The amount involved is enormous The land which Benner and La Fol lette seek to get patented to them for a song is estimated to be worth not less than $16,000,000- It em braces about 160 acres in the busi- ness district at the mouth of the Chicago river and immediately north of that stream resting on the lake front. lt is platted and thoroughly improved with paved streets and has all the municipal advantages. TO MARRY HIS TYPEWRITER. Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 3 —Wil- liam Ryley, a wealthy citizen of years’ residence here, and a member of the noted wholesale grocer firm of Ryley, Wilson & Co., will go to California soon to seeure a divorce that he may marzy his typewriter. Beacon Hill and south Troost av- enue society are gossiping over the morsels of detail. William Ryley has been married twice. His first wife died several years ago, and Ryiey tried to com- mit suicide by throwing himself from a window in a wholesale house Then he married a second time. Ryley's regard for his typewriter has resulted in a separation. Mrs. Ryley, it is said, bas accepted $30, 000 and agreed to permit him to get a divorce. She left last Monday for Massachusetts, and is said to haye taken the cash with her. Ryley will secure a divorce in Young bill provides that the Con |herefor Cincinnati last evening to/ Galiforvia and ihen marry a third wife, the type writer. Ryley’s son, Warfield, was mar jried recently to a Danville (Ky.) belle. cently. Cineinnati will }and it will be encased ina black wal | nut case trimmed with gold. Thousands Are Trying It. great merit. Exy Broruers, |who baye joined the company sre still in the city hunting for recruits. | |The company has been forming | | during the past three months No On receipt of ten cents, cash or! secret meetings have been held, but | stamps, 8 generous sample will be | the object of the expedition was! le ges Oat re on | known to the young wen who! Balm) suflicient to demonstrate ite | ? Full size 50c. jeda desire to go to war. were interrogated first, and express- The work | was uecessarily slow on account of ' | St. Joseph, Mo., Feb 3.—Twenty-) : “ | ber of bishops went to see him re-| three young men from St Joseph | ‘ \and vicinity are now in New Orleans The Methodist Book Concern of |Teady to fight for Cuba. Five more farnish the book, lare on their way. and three others) ee THE ST. 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