Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 5, 1896, Page 7

ie) ! | “THE SILVER QUESTION. A HINT FROM INDIA A Novel Solution of the Crrreney Question Suggested by the ROWELL MORNING TIMES. The Times says: It recently happened that a resident of Lowell desired tu pay a ‘pill due to a ‘friend who is a medical mis- sionary in British India. The friend from that faraway country iggested that it be paid ir Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which he said is reckoned “As Good as Gold?” ’ ication to the J. C. Ayer Co., they ye an order on their Bombay a quantity of Sarsaparilla to an rount equivalent to the face of. the bill. letter duted Rahuri, India, et. 18, received in Lowell, which sa apariila was dnly received and a a reguar market quotation price wv verted Into cash sith the utmost facilty. atever may be said about other sarsapa- ‘inal yalue of their con- terts. this fact remains, that Ayer’s Sarsa- parilla is so well knewn in India that it has a market value, depending apon the fluctuation in the value of The Silver Rupee, &s much as cotton or otaer staples. This is not the case with any ether sarsaparilla of makers. ‘Tne natives of this ntry are very conservative, and unless cle is well known they are shy about z it. A native will take a bottle of saparilla from my dispensary and h it without raising a question as to its purity or curative qualities. ‘This is the truth, and I do not seruple to let you ke whatever use of the statement you Y choose. The success of this remedy this country shows what judicious ad- vertising ef a meritorious article has ac- ompished. If I had Money Locked Up ities of any medicine I would prefer saparilla td other twenty over, for I know that I could get my back in the former case, waile in the I should have to retail it bottle by bottle in order to & » money.” As a currency Ayer's Sarsaparvla might’ be sersome, but one thing would be sure— you'd always get the value of the dollar invested in the remedy. Mammoth Clover. A correspondent inquires about Eng- Jish clover. On iooking the subject up in our authorities, encyclopedias, re- ports of the department of agriculture, etc., we are surprised to tind that no mention is made of English clover. It seems that clover of no kind is native to that island. The common red va: ety was introduced there from conti- nental Europe about 1640, and soon became popular and been so ever since. They grow a variety called the Mammoth, or sapling clov and we think this is sometimes incorrectly called English clover. This large vari- ety is excellent for fertilizing the soil, quite gre is not worth rage. The ulks become quite large and yery tough, and stock will not of the p Mr. Culture, them, nt i o that a large part wasted. e, in his book on Clover of it: “While the Mam- r inferior to the medium red crop, and. refore, we do not se its cultivation where a hay crop is the main object, it has very im- pe nt advantages to the farmer who has exhausted the fertility of his land by long rs of cultivation in wheat, corn, oats and flax and who is not in provide the shelter nec to keep them at a profit. In such cases as this we ad » the sowing of Mam- moth clover with every crop of spring «rain, even though it be the intention to plow it up the succeeding year. It comes in bloom two or three weeks later ‘than red clover, and on this ac- count is often sown with the red. when intended for pasture, as it pr longs the season considerably.”—Indi- “#ua Farmer. Blown From a Train. “I do net suppose that once in a hun- dred times we ever learn the real cause of a railroad accident,” said a man who is well posted on such matters, “when any one of the principals concerned is killed. In individual cases, where a man is lost from a train, and his body s found later beside the track, suicide is the first thing suggested; but you n never tell. A peculiar accident appened to a of i le was traveling Ea friends. He left them for a few min- smoking car, A: rar to the othe: utes to go to the vas blowing : him and blew him to the ground. He was wearing a large circu- lar coat, which acted as a balloon in- flated with wind, and it -was responsi- ble for his being blown off the train, as well as for the fact that he landed on his feet unhurt. He walked some dis- tance to the nearest station and tele- graphed ahead to his friends that he was all might, and would come on by the next train. If he had been killed every one would have said ‘suicide,’ for the possibility of a man being blown from a train would seem ‘to be an ab- surd idea Wheat From the Start. The best lot of chickens we ever raised were fed on dry grain feed from the very start. They were in.a brooder house and side by side with other broods fed en mashes and mixtures of all kinds. ‘This particular lot had the end brooder and were aHowed full liberty to ream over a large patch of woodland. The feed was pkveed in covered troughs, and consisted of a mixture of cracked corn and riee and Whole wheat, and this the only food given. The chickens, having unlimited range and plenty of shade, picked up all the animal and vegetable feed they required and “tackled” the grain fead when they felt inclined that way. They rew like weeds and beat the other ens decisively, although the first three weeks little or no difference could be letected in the different broods. The nnatural system of feeding and yard- ing them began to tell and the natural method triumphed. Washing White Silk, To prevent white silk handkerchiefs terning yellow when washed, no soap should pe rubbed on the sills, no soda should be mixed with the water, and the handkerchief should, on po ac- count, be boiled, A hot, thick, soapy lather should be used for cleaning the handkerchief. wl: be freed of all soap by rinsing in plen- ty of cold water. 4f possible, in the sun. ch should afterward - LOOK AT THIS—AND THEN AT THIS. | GROVER TO CUBA—You do not de- serve liberty. GROVER TO HANNA~—Here, take this and use it in the interest of; “Sound Money.” “ANARCHY,” THEY SAY ELECTION OF BRYAN WILL RE- SULT “IN RIOT AND RUIN.” Charles Dudley Warner Is In Line with Other Plutocrats in His Diagnosis of Existing Political Condi- tions. Soclal and “I regard the silver agitation as a step toward anarchy. I have no doubt its success would lead to revolution and riot. Such is the logical result of the present political and social conditions, if the counsel of the conservative and intelligent citizens of the country does not prevail. I do not mean that there is any revolutionary intent in the silver doctrine, but I believe the election of Mr. Bryan on the Chicago platform would result in a financial panic. What I fear is that the result of the discov- ery that the adoption of the silver standard will not better existing social and political conditions with the masses of workmen out of employment would mean a revolution and rioting in our great cities. In any event the sil- ver movement is the forerunner of dis- organization. It is aimed at the de- struction of property values. When I say that silver isa step toward anarchy I mean to make the point that the suc- cess of the movement would certainly bring about conditions that would lead to disorganization, riot and ruin. On the other hand I believe that sound money will be. sustained by the conser- vative, intelligent voters. I look to the Germans, the Jews and the power of the Catholic church for support of the gold standard.”—Evansville Courier. Mr. Warner, on his way to Yellow- stone Park, a delightful haven of rest for those financially able to indulge in its luxuries, to rest and recuperate, seems impressed with the idea that“ex- isting social and political conditions with the masses” are not what they should be, and expresses the fear that “the result of the discovery that the adoption of the silver standard will not better them—would mean a revolution and rioting in our great cities.” Although expressing himself thus, Mr. Warner lets fall no hint or sug- gestion of a plan which would change to a satisfactory state the existing so- cial and political conditions of the masses, but, on the contrary, expresses the belief that “sound money (the kind we now have under the social and po- litical conditions that might be bet- tered) will be sustained by the conserv- ative, intelligent voters.” “T look,” says Mr. Warner, “to the Germans, the Jews and the power of the Catholic church for support of the gold stand- ard.” Wouldn’t Mr. Warner be better em- ployed in trying to devise some means of staying the “revolution” which he plainly implies is to come unless pres- ent social and political conditions are changed for the better than in attempt- ing to array one part of our citizens against the other because of a difference in religious creeds or nationality? To the casual reader the implied sneer at the lack of intelligence on the part of our native and Protestant voters, in the insinuation that the “intelligent voters” are confined to the Germans, the Jews and the Catholic church is plain enough, but to the analytical reader it is easily apparent that the insult in what he says is in reality di- rected at those whose intelligence he hypocritically pretends to commend. Here is a fair analysis of what he says: Present social and political condi- tions are wrong because they are such as will, unless the counsel of the con- servative and intelligent citizens pre- vails, result in revolution-and ruin. |The aforesaid conservative and intelli- jgent citizens have no counsel to offer ‘except to advise the retention of the ex- isting monetary standard, which they | do not believe responsible for the wrong condition of things existing. It is true that under the present monetary stand- ard these wrong social and political conditions exist, but it does not follow that because we intelligent citizens | have no remedy to offer Bryan and his | ignorant native followers are right in | their proposition to change our mone- | tary standard, hence we look to the in- H telligent Germans, Jews and Catholics , to uphold the gold standard, because we say it is not responsible for the pre- i yailing wrong conditions. | Is this not a correct analysis of the | argument (?) of Mr. C. Dudley Warner? and is it not plain that instead of con- sidering the Germans, Jews and Catho- lics “intelligent voters” he really looks | upon them asa lot of ignoramuses who | only need to be told by the!r bosses that the remedy proposed by the “other fel- : low” is not a remedy to insure their { votes against it? The fact is that the Germans, Jews and Catholics are human beings, very much like the rest of us, They hear, It should be dried, 5¢¢, sme}l, fee) and taste through the same organs that the English, Italians and Protestants do. They have wise patriots and demagogues, truthful men and liars, strong men and weak men in their ranks, just as all other creeds and nationalities have in theirs, and) it is because this is true that Mr. War- ner writes himself down an ass or dem- agogue when he assumes, as he evi- dently does, that a little superficial flat- tery, deftly applied, is all that is neces-' sary to array them in a solid mass on’ the side of the gold standard. But let us look at Mr, Warner’s argu- ment closely, and ‘divine, if possible,! what he means. He has no doubt that, the success of the silver agitation! “would lead to revolution and riot.” Who would instigate the riot and who’ would revolt in the event of the success of the silver agitation? Would the sil- ver agitators revolt against the very | conditions which they were the means of bringing about? Certainly not. Mr.’ Warner tries to explain his position, which is palpably that of the “rule or ruin” class, by saying that about hig “fear” that when the workingmen find that the political and social conditions have not been bettered by free silver, they will at once engage in rioting and revolution in our great cities. But! the sentence in which he expresses this “fear” is followed immediately by the declaration that: “In any event the sil-! ver movement is the forerunner of dis- organization. It is aimed at the de+| struction of property values.” In any event, heh? the silver move- ment is the forerunner of disorganiza- | tion. If this is the case dcesn’t Mr. Warner cut a very poor figure in stand- ing around with his hands in his pock- ets talking about his “fear” of some- thing which is bound to happen in any event?Wouldn’t he be better and more intelligently employed if he were put- ting his affairs in shape to meet what, must come in any event? The “in any event” includes the election of Mr. Mc- Kinley, does it not? Certainly it does,| and if Mr. Warner is right concerning existing conditions and the effect of sil- ver agitation, he is right in including even the election of Mr. McKinley among the events which will not pre- vent “disorganization.” Every posted man knows that the silver question is| up for settlement, and that the Repub- lican senators from the western states, ' without whose help the McKinley forces even if successful beyond their most sanguine expectations in the present campaign, have laid down the ultimatum to their party, demanding silver legislation as the price of their assistance on tariff legislation. So it! seems that the “destruction of property ! values” is bound to come in any event.| But as the only “property values” threatened by the “silver movement”) are those artificially conferred upon! manufacturers and gold and gold bonds; by class legislation, the people may rest, serenely assured that their destruction, : since they are enjoyed at the expense of | all other real “property values,” will| prove of lasting benefit to legitimate| values, Mr. Warner is a gold bug of gold bugs, and what he lacks in ability to prove the gold standard a remedy for wrong existing conditions he makes up in recklessness of assertion and im-/ pudent attempts to cajole and flatter, hoping by this means to create a dis- cord among the people which will re- sult in benefit to the power at whose throne he worships. He is laboring un- der a misconception as to the degree of real intelligence existing in this country. International Bimetallism. Mr. Gustav H. Schwab, agent of the North German Lloyd Steamship com- pany, in his communication published in The Chicago Record, takes great pains to show that Germany, France and England are not at all likely to ever adopt bimetallism, and that any hope or belief that they will ever do} so is bound to meet with disappoint- ment. Then what are we to think of the financial plank of the St. Louis platform, which leads us to believe that bimetallism would be a good thing for this country, but that we cannot have it except by international agreement? If the conclusions of Mr. Schwab are corerct, then all hopes of such interna tional agreement go glimmering, and we have the alternative of “going it alone,” and declaring for the free coin- age independently of the rest of the world, or of meekly submitting to the gold standard yoke. The same corre- spondent admits that there is a “noisy agitation in the agricultural districts” of Germany in favor of bimetallism, thus showing that the farmers of that { country are restive under their burdens, | and chafing for better prices. It seems to me that the whole article is an ex- cellent argument in favor of this coun- try adopting free coinage without wast- ing any more time waiting for Europe- an countries to join us, when the indi- cations are that thev will never do so. Awarded Highest Honors—World’s Fair, PRices CREAM BAKING POWDER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. MAKING THE CLYDE. It Took Ten Years and Cost the City of Glasgow $350,000, “Glasgow made the Clyde, and the Clyde made Glasgow.” Toward the close of the last century the true trad- ing spirit had been aroused among the inhabitants of the building city, and it was not long before they perceived that if the community were ever to rise to eminence in that direction the city must become a port open to the commerce of the world. The task was one of herculean dimensions, but they set themselves to it with a determina- tion of purpose which was not to be | daunted by any degree of difficulty. Much of the best engineering enter- prise and skill of the world have been devoted to the altering, widening, nar- rowing and deepening of the channel, according to the requirements at dif- ferent parts of the course. As a speci- men of changes that have been made _' during the progress of the work, it may be mentioned that when, in 1839, the act of parliament was passed which defined the boundaries of the river, one of the most extensive textile factories in the country stood m the line of what was considered to be ihe best course for the river to take, and the water is now deep enough over the site to allow ocean liners to sail. Many experiments were resorted to ere success was achieved in the deep ering at particular places, and th? (ou- finement of the water within the de- sired limits. Several of the obstacles encountered might well have deterred the authorities from proceeding further, had that been possible. The chief of these was Elderslie rock, 4 mass of dolerite or whinstone, which was found to occupy the bed of the stream over an area of 925 feet by 320, and which came within ten feet of the surface of the water. 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