Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 8, 1896, Page 4

ry Grand ‘ARevits WerausfRevien Published Every Saturday. By E, C, KILEY. = ‘TWO DOLEARS A YEAR IN Six Months. ADVANCE 50e Entered in the postofice at Grand Rapids Minnesota, as secoud-class matter. DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President— WILLIAM J. BRYAN. For Vice President— ARTHUR SEWALL. For Representative in Congress for the Sixth Distriet— CHARLES A. TOWNE, of Duluth. **You shall not press down on the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a eross of gold.’—William J. Bryan. OVERPRODUCTION BUGA-BOO. The theory that overproduction is the cause of the low price of farm cereals sounds stale and is pretty poor argument to use in favor of a gold standard illustration. The wheat crop of the world averages about one anda half bushels to each inhabitant, und a study of the figures will fail to show wherein the over supply is sufll- cient to counter-balance the fallin price. Below we give the figures of Beerbolm of London, on wheat for recent years: Total World’s = Pri Years Wheat Bus. 1889 acter 1899... 1g 1s , 1893. . 1804... 90,009 The table shov and including 1891, the production in- creased and the price fell, but out of all reason. The production for 1892 only increased about ene per cent., while the priceof wheat fell 25 per | cent, In 1893 the product increased | about two per cent., while the price’ fell 16 per cent., and in 1894 increased awo per cent., and the price fell six percent. ‘The assertion that the low price is due to over production is not strengthened any when the price of cereuls is compared with the price of silver bullion, because it is a well known fact that the price of bullion hus fallen about one-half since the de- monetization of silver in 1873. OF INTEREST TO GOLDBUGS. The following is an editorial from the London Financial News, a gold standard advocate: “There is a plain moral in the re- mark that if the United States would yenture to cut herself adrift from Europe and take outright to silvershe would have all America and Asia at her back and the command of the markets of both countries. The bar- rier of gold would be more fatal than A FEW FACTS. The demand for the restoration of silver as primary money rests upon a few fundamental, ineontrovertable facts which should not be lostsight of. Among them are: First and paramount, the fact that there is not enough gold on which to base a currency which shall be both safe and ample for the needs of com- merce, Second. The value of both gold and silver depends chiefly upon their use as money. Third. The value of gold has been maintained by governments coining the entire supply into money ata fixed rate. Fourth. The value of silver has de- clined because the principal demand for the new supply (i. e., as money) has been taken away by refusing coin- age at a fixed rate. Fifth. The relative production of gold and silver varied far more during the 200 years of free bimetallic coin- age than they have varied since 1873 without disturbing the commercial ratio except ina trifling degree, while demonetization has separated the ratio by one hundred per cent. Sixth. From 1792 to 1894 _ world’s production of gold was $6,001,- 254,000 and of silver $5,501,075,000—an excess of over $500,000,000 of gold, which so far as production is con- cerned should have fallen in value in- oe stead of silver. Seventh. All parties and all public men of note in this country have ac- knowledged the pernicious effects of a single monetary standard and have advocated bimetallism, the free cvin- These facts canuot be refuted, and there is no escape from certain con- clusions: If demonetization destroyed parity between gold and s ing short of remonetization will re- store the pairty. The Republican party condemns the single gold standard but proposes to fasten tit upon the country until England will consent to a change, in- flicting meantime all the evils of contraction, falling prices, and un- stable currency. Never has there been a more vital political question todecide. It should receive the most dispassionate study. No voter should allow his judgment to be befogged by catchy,phrases such as “honest money,” “repudiators,”’ and the like. Let the question be treated ina way worthy the dignity and responsibility of Ametican citizenship, which makes of every man a legislator. the The Onward Movement. Congressman Charles A. ‘Towne: “The situation of our affairs is most grave. Men long entrusted with power have come to regard them- selves as the source of it, and their own seltish advantage as tbe proper object of it. Every instrumentality that could minister to it has been pressed into service. Industrial, social and political forces have been adroitly availed of, not only to be- stow rich results upon the manipulat- ors, abut to give the process all the appearance of a natural and orderly evolution. Laws have been compell- ed to speak the will of a class instead of that of the people. Legislatures and administrations have been pup- pets, and recently the tide of sus- any barrier of a custcm house. The lond of silver would be stronger than any bond of free trade. There can be no doubi about it that if the United States wereto adopt a silver basis to- morrow British trade’ would be ruined before the year was out. Every American would be protected, not only at bome but in every other mar- ket. Of course the United States would suffer to a certain extent jhrough having to pay her obligations . abroad in gold, but the loss of ex- change under tbis .head would be a mere drop in the bucket as‘com- pared to the prefit to be reaped from the markets of South America and Asia, to say nothing of Europe. The marvel is that the United States have not long ago seized the opportunity. It has been a piece of luck that it has never appeared to the Americans to scoop us out of the world’s markets by going on a Silver basis, and it might serve us right if, irritated by the contemptible apathy of our gov- ernment toward the silver problem, the Americans retaliated by freezing byt gold. It could be easily done.” piciun’ has even risen about .the judiciary and threatened to under- mine the very bulwark of the Consti- tution, while the press, by the sacri- fices of the fathers made free as the chief guaranty of liberty, has in great part forgotten its noble traditions and become the pliant instrument of oppression. Ambition has almost ceased to be honorable. Glory has narrowed to mere success. Liberal attainments are dis Money has become a God. Wealth has erected an alter on. which are sacrificed the beauties and graces of life, the rich- esi treasures of the mind, the dearest possessions of the heart, the heliest emotions of the soul. But the hour of regeneration is at hand. Weare in the vortex of great events; we are muking history. We are turning to the first principles of our government. The age of chivalry has not wholly gone; the age of calculators and economists has not quite succeeded, and the glory of the Republic is not yet extinguished. The people of the United States, having for some time been remiss in vigilence and having therefore imperiled their liber- ties are about to resume control of their own affairs, and on every side are seen the portents of the impending change. Demos has been sleeping. Hehas ‘at last awak- ened and the continent is trembling under his heavy stride.” me the}. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AND PRIMARIES FOR Itasca County, Minn. Published by order of the Democratic Couuty Committee 4 A Democratic convention for the county of Itasca and State of Minne- sota, will be held on Thursday, the 10th day of September, 1896, at the County Court House in the Village of Grand Rapids, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the following oflices for the county of [tasca and state of Min- nesota: One Auditor, One Treasurer, One Sheriff, One Register of Deeds, One County Attorney, One Judge of Probate, One Surveyor, One Coroner, One Clerk of District Court, One Superintendent of Schools, One County Commissioner of Dis- trict No. 2, ‘The bases of representation in said convention shall be one delegate for each ten votes or major portion there- of cast for M. R. Baldwin for congress in 1894. Every precinct is entitled to at least one delegate. In accordance with the above ap- portionment the several precincts will be entitled to the following num- ber of delegates: Gra i Cran Raps No, 2 TADS OF elewates Grand Rapids No, 3 6 8 2 Swan River, ‘Total, numb@Mpt delegates ...52 The primaries for the election of delegates to the county convention will be held betweon the hours of 3 and4o’clock p. m. on Thursday, the 27th day of August, A. D. 1896, as follo Grand Rapids, Precinct No. 1—At Review of- fice. Chairman EK, C. Kiley; judges, Henry Logan, D. W. Doran; clérs, M. ens, irand Rapids, Precinct No. 2—-At Village hall, a, dges, Thomas J. S. Kurt man, Grand Rapids, Precinct No. 8—At Village hall, Laprairie. Chaiiman Angu: Melntosh; judges, Joseph MeMahon, J. J. O'Leary; clerk, Matt Spang. Diamond Mine Precinct—Chairman, W. B. Holman; judges, Ted Kiley, Joseph Javkson. D, Brooks; clerx, Murray ‘Vay Pokegama Precinct—Chairman, Frank Green judg ncan Harris, Robert MeCave; clerk John Berg, Precinct—Chairman, M. A. ‘ Mike Kelly, Hugh McGuire; tiliman, ke Precinct—Chairman, F. M. Lund. Quadana Precinct — Chairman, Lafayette Tay.or; judges, Louis Balduc, Pete Luvidere; cierk, Mike Dwyer. Bass Brook Precinct —Chairman,. Thomas Cook; judges James Cochran, Joseph St. Peter; clerk; Prank Jandreau. _ Hartly Li cinet—Chairman, John Duffy; judges, P. Fi id, Michael MeGaun; cleik, #red Baket _ Decker Prescinct—Chairman, C. A. Simons; judges, James Keith, Frank Roberts; clerk, T. J. Goddeil. MeCor! ck Precinct—At Dainel MeCormick’s fucu residence. Chairman, Daniel McCormick; judges, Deunis Muleany,’ James McCormick; ¢lerx, Charles Collinge. Trout Lake} Precinct — Chairman, Oscar ‘Truya; judges, Lars Larson, M, Nelson; clerk, Robert Smith. Swan Lake Preciuct—Chairman, A. H. Pow- ers; judges, L. K. ‘odd, J. MeUormick; cierk, Win Kenny. . Snow Ball Precinct—Chairman, T. J, ‘Walsh; judges, James Duffy, Jolin bwyer; clerk, Peter Hackett. _ Hannaford Precinct—Chairman,David Reedy; judges, Kelph MeKenstry, W. J. Paulman; clerk, Duncan McMillan. Hanson Brook Precinet—Chairman.Arthur E, Wider; judgex, James Aftict, Joh H. Reichert, clerek, ‘Albert Haley. Kehl & Deary Precinet—Chairman, Michael Devine: judges Angus McDonald, James Lusk; clerk, denry Simth. and Precinct — Chairman, ‘Thomas judges, C. U. Gravelle, A. Black; clerk Frauk i'hompson, _ Long Lake Precinet—Chairman, J. Blackman; judges, Thomas Fitzgerald, Charles Kelly; clerk, Jerry Hickey. Loper Precinct—Chairman, John Law; judges, Frank Stoughton, C. G. Laisure; clerk, William Quinn. Swan River Precinct — Chairmrn, Edward Riley; judyes, William Lacey, William Doyle; clerk, W. W. Wright. The Committee will expect the the chairmen aud judges to familiar- ize themselves with the primary elec- tion law of 1895, and require strict compliance therewith. Dated at Grand Rapids, Minn., this Ist day of August, A. D. 1896. _ By order ot the County Committee, E. Cc. KI ¥ ’ W. F. Sms, Chrirman. Secretary. 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