Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 8, 1899, Page 3

—msomyane ae ote Do you get up with a headache? Is there a bad taste in your mouth? Then you have a poor appetite and a weak diges- tion. You are frequently dizzy, always feel dull and drowsy. ou have cold hands and feet. You get but little benefit from your food. You have no ambition to work and the sharp pains of neuralgia dart through your body. . What is the cause of all this trouble? Constipated bowels. will give you prompt relief and certain cure. Keep Your Blood Pure. If you have neglected your case a long time, you had better take Ayer’s Sapsapapilla also. It will remove all impurities that have been accumulating in your blood and will greatly strengthen your nerves. Welte the Doctor. There may be something about your case you do not quite under- stand. Write the doctor freely: tell him how you are sufferin will promptly receive t medicul advi Address, Dr. J.C. Ayer, Lowell, Mass. A Suggestion, I wonder why the iceman Philadelphia North American. Manila Hemp Not Hemp at All. One of the most valuable products of our ne possessions, the Philippine Islands, is what is called Manila hemp, which is not hemp at all, but is ob- tained from a plant belonging to the plantain familv. Trees of three years’ growth yield only about two-thirds of a pound of fiber each; a bale of 270 pounds, therefore, represents the three years’ production of about 400 trees. The Deering twine mills at Chicago consume an immense amount of this fiber, manufacturing one-third of all the binder twine used in America. Undeniable. said the philosopher, “still deep, you know.” mist. the same ald y na cago Times-Her- Are Yoa Using Allen’s Foot-Ease? I s the only cure for Swollen, Sm: g, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s Foot- a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e. ample sent FREE. Ad- dress, Allen S, Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. The Prisoner's Retort. villainy in your face,” said a omer. se your honor,” said the t is a personal reflecticn.” ike must be room- Two rooms U: mates. An Excellent Combination. The pleasant method and beneficial effects of the well known remedy, Syrup or Fies, manufactured by the Cattrornia Fie Syrup Co., illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa- tive principles of plants known to be medicinally laxative and presenting them in the form most refreshing to the taste and aeceptable to the system. It is the one perfect strengthening laxa- tie. cleansing the system effectually, di, eliing colds, nema ee fevers ently yet promptly and enabling one to pectin habitual constipation per- manently. Its perfect freedom from every objectionable quality and sub- stance, and its acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels, wit¥out weakenin or irritating them, make it the ide: laxative. 2 In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal qualities of the remedy are obtained from senna and other aromatie plants, by a method known to the CALIFORNIA Fic Syrup Co. only. In order to get its beneficial effects and to avoid imitations, please remember the fuil name of the Company printed on the front of every package. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ray eee rorgiste. Price ‘50c. per bottle MEXICO! MEXICO! FREE SILVER COUNTRY ROLL- ING IN RICHES. American Capitalists Go There in Pur- suit of That “Dishonest fifty-Cent Dollar”—Some Conundrums Made Plain for the People. It ought to be plain that if a Mexi- can dollar is only worth half as much as an American dollar it will only take half as much of labor or produce to get the Mexican dollar. If a Mexican peon is working for $1.50 a day in the silver money of his country, the adop- tion of the gold standard there would reduce his pay to seventy-five cents. Would that improve his condition any? If so, how? So far from being a bene- fit to him it would be a most grievous injury. It is true that other things might fall in price also, and thus en- able him to “keep even,” but if he just “keeps even” how does the gold stand- ard improve his condition? The gold- ite cannot defend his pet system by simply showing that a man can “keep even” under it, for the claim is that the gold standard is the best, and he is bound to prove it. Nor can he do so by showing that American working- men are, as a rule, better off than the Mexican, because the former has many advantages over the latter entirely separate and apart from any difference in the monetary system. He must show how the adoption of the gold standard by Mexico would improve the condition of labor there. He cannot do it. The most he can do is to show that the Mexican would lose nothing, be- cause fifty cents in gold would not pay as much debt or taxes or fixed charges as would one dollar in silver, unless they be called pro rata. This is con- trary to a goldite’s religion. No mat- ter how much the dollar is increased in exchange value, the creditor and the tax-gatherer and the tax-eater must re- ceive just the same number of dollars, and to deny it is “repudiation.” But this does not state the entire case. The gold standard has carried a long train of evils into every country adopt- ing it and has benefited none, so far as the masses of the people are concerned. There has been unceasing complaint in every gold-standard country from 1873 right down to the present day. No sooner did India take a step in that direction in 1893 than the clouds be- gan to gather upon her industrial hori- zon, and the whole aspect of her busi- ness affairs was changed. The same is true of Japan, and the same will be true of Mexico if she ever tries the experiment. The silver standard in- creases her profits on exports, because she sells for gold, and when she ex- changes it for silver she gets two dol- lars for one. It stimulates her manu- facturers, because when she buys in a gold-standard country she has to cive two dollars in silver for one in gold, while the goods she desires have not fallen so much. Hence she builds fac- tories and prospers. Poor Mexico! THROWS OFF THE MASK. From the Norconformist: It will be the imperative duty of the next con- gress to declare that all the obligations of the government are z:edeemable in gold on demand—thus making the gold standard definite and absolute. This is not only important in the in- terest of the public credit, but as a safeguard against the possibility of -he election of a free-silver candidate for the presidency next year. However smal] the chance may be of the elec- tion of a man opposed to'the gold standard, it is none the less apparent that every judicious precaution should be taken to countervail any possible action hostile to the existing mozetary stains.—Omaha Bee. If the Republicans had talked like this three years ago how many states would they have carried? If the Bee had published this article last year how many Republican congressmen and state legislators would have been elected in Nebraska? It is considered no longer necessary to tell the old lies about iaternational bimetallism. It is no longer necessary to tell the old lies about international bimetal- lism. It is no longer necessary to con- duct a campaign by false pretenses. They stole a congress by lying prom- ises and now they are going to use it for the exploitation of the people. The above article amounts to an ad- mission that the silver men wil] get into power next year and therefore it calls on congress to act at once, as it will probably be the last opportunity it will have to rivet plutocratic claims upon the people. Just witness how the people have been robbed by virtue of this kind of legislation. The original government debt was con- tracted when gold was at a premium of over 100 per cent and was made payable in greenbacks, the only money then in general circulation; then .the payment was changed to gold and sil- ver coin. Now silver is eliminated and the whole debt is made payable in gold alone. Every change has been in the interest of plutocracy and every time the people have been mercilessly robbed. Now, for fear the people will assert their rights at the next election, this organ of the bloodsuckers calls upon congress to act and act quickly. But if the law has been changed a dozen times in the interest of the money changers cannot it be changed once more in the interest of the peo- ple? If the contract for payment has been altered to benefit the rich, can- not it also be altered to benefit the poor? If the people ever again come into power they will find some way to fave themselves from the hands of the oppressor, and it will make no differ- ence how many unjust laws may be previously passed. KANSAS WAR ON PROFESSORS In the Kansas Agricultural College the Populist board of regents of two years ago elected as president Profes- sor Will, and as professor of economics Dr. Edward W. Bemis, and as professor of political science Frank Parsons of Boston. These men are noted for their fearless speech against uncontrolled prisate monopolies and in favor of equal rights and government by the people. The first thing that the Re- publicans did on coming back into power in Kansas was to file trivial charges against two of the Populist regents of the Agricultural College, de- posing them and putting into their places two men who are the tools of the monopolists, This new board have discharged the professors who were educating the students and the people that the distribution of wealth is as essential to their welfare as is the pro- duction of wealth. In every privae university, for example, Yale, Colum- bia and Princeton, no professor is re- tained by the board of directors if he talks against private monopoly and in favor of public ownership, but in the state universities there is more free- dom of thought for the professors in the science of wealth, although noth- ing like absolute freedom. 2 In Kansas, the reason openly as- signed for the discharge of the profes- sors in economics and political science and the president of the college, was that their teachings did not agree with what they—the Republicans—believed to be the policy of the state. They admitted that the teachings in the edu- cational institutions are of vital im- portance and that they are bound to control, But Professor Bemis and the others were judicial in their method of in- struction, giving both sides and leav- ing the scholars to form their own opinion. Where one side, however, wil! not bear the light, as in the case of private monopoly whereby the, peo- ple are taxed for private purposes, the only way for the monopolists to con- tinue in power and thereby retain their special privileges is to continue to hoodwink the people. This they are trying to do by ousting every profes- sor and college president who exposes the evils of private monopoly. The men whom they put into their places are termed “sound” and “safe” men. These were the terms applied to the professors who were put into Galileo's place and who told the students ‘hat the world was flat—they were “sound” and “safe” men. The muzzles worn by the professors in Galileo’s time have been handed down for use in the economic departments of our univer- sities and colleges, and have been used ever since the establishment of our government. But in recent years, however, there are several professors who have slipped their muzzles, and it has awakened our people to the con- dition of things, and as they have the ballot they will soon change the law so that only those institutions can grant degrees of learning that have in their statutes a provision whereby both sides of each class question will be presented to the students. The war- fare of theology against scientific truth resulted in a triumph for truth, and so in the warfare of monopoly against truth the victory will again be with the side of truth. GEORGE H. SHIBLEY. A PREDICAMENT. The plight in which the administra- tion finds itself is embarrassing, if not distressing. Soldiers are sorely need- ed to carry out the policy of war and subjugation in the Philippines. The volunteers in the Philippines who en- listed to fight against Spain and whose terms expired with the exchange of treaties with that country have been detained and literally rushed into the jaws of death in an ill-considered cam- paign that has resulted in practically disabling our army without accom- plishing any permanent gain. The lib- eral bounty offered to these volunteers to re-enlist for a further term has been rejected by all but an inconsider- able number, and they are about to be returned to the United States. En- listments to complete the quota of the regular army have been so slow as to cause apprehension regarding the re- sponse that would follow a call for fur- ther volunteers if such a call should be made. ‘ There is to be a state election in Ohio this year, which, if it should re- sult unfavorably to the Republican party, would be a severe blow to the administration, and might have a withering effect upon Mr. McKinley’s chances for a renomination. A call for volunteers before the Ohio election, therefore, might prove to be bad poli- tics. It might demonstrate that the country does not approve of the presi-. dent’s policy in the Philippines, and Algerism, Eaganism, and the contempt for the testimony of our soldiers be- fore the beef court, would be sure to be made manifest in the disinclination of the youth of the country to offer their services as soldiers. If it should be demonstrated that the comparatively small number of sol- diers required could only be obtained through the means of a draft, the ef- fect would be to eliminate Mr. Mc- Kinley from the list of presidential possibilities. Therefore there is no probability of a call for volunteers un- til after the Ohio elections, if there is any possible way of bridging over the ‘ DEFECTIV difficulties in the Philippines unt‘] that time. % In his present plight the president is receiving no sympathy from any class except those who live on the spoils of office. His conduct in regard to the beef investigation, the retention of AF ger in the cabinet, the furloughing of Eagan on full pay, his subserviency to Corbin, and his refusal to call congress to deal with the Philippines, does not meet with the approval of the Ameri- can people, é There is a way out of the difficulty, however, which if adopted now will relieve the situation so far as the.Phil- ippines are concerned and go a long way toward restoring to the president his lost prestige with the people, which is to proclaim to the Filipinos that they shall be given their independence so far as relates to the domestic gov- ernment of the archipelago and that the United States will reserve only a naval station and maintain a protec- torate over the islands, or an an- nouncement by the president of the purpose of this government to give the Filipinos their independence, promis- ing to secure a concert of the powers and make the archipelago neutral ter- ritory, the same as Belgium is now in Europe. A proclamation embodying either of the foregoing will bring the Philippine war to an end immediately and dispense with the further need of soldiers. Such action on the part of the ad- ministration would comport with the dignity of the United States, accord with its traditions and meet a hearty response from all of our people except the privileged classes who have out- grown any desire for the perpetuation of a popular form of government and can only see in militarism the means of perpetuating their reign of plunder. It is unpleasant to realize the pos- sibility of an American administration getting into the predicament in which ours is found today, but there is some compensation in the assurance it fur- nishes that the people are yet superior to any administration. It emphasizes the wisdom of the fathers in making the tenure of office of short duration, thus causing a return of all power back into the hands of the people af- ter a brief period, the duration of which is not sufficiently long to en- able an administration to successfully pervert the objects and purposes o/ government. Government Ownership. Mr. O. P. Austin, the.chief of the bureau of statistics at Washington, in an article in the May Forum on “The Colonies of the World and How They Are Governed,” says: ‘In the British colonies most of the railways and telc- graphs, and even in some cases the tramways and street railways, are owned by the colonial government. Thus, while the debts of the British colonies aggregate a large sum, the colonies are themselves solely respon- sible for their payment, while the debts are in most cases represented by equivalents in actual property, much of which has, in the case of railways and telegraphs, greatly increased in value and is now worth far more than the debt which it represents. Meantime, the population has benefited by the extremely small commercial rates which have been made by the railway and telegraph lines, the prices of freights and transportation upon the railroads belonging to the colonies be- ing very low. In some cases the* chil- dren attending public schools are car- ried upon the railways absolutely free of charge.” How Farmers Are Interested. Municipal ownership may not at first sight appear to be a question of great importance to the farmer, but that it is important for the agricultural voter to know the drift in that direction is more easily realized when one thinks of the duty devolving upon him to check the viciousness shown in the city vote, says the Farmers’ Advocate. If municipal ownership means, as it sure- ly does with proper civil service, a great lessening of the corruption and bossism in city government, there will come out of it a consequent lessening of the responsibility upon the rural voter. The vote from the country is the trial of the politician on election night, for he knows that it tests the honesty and efficiency of his particular ticket. It is the country vote that is the honest vote, despite the frequent eneers of Eastern city politicians about the “bad” politics of Kansas and Ne- praska. No doubt the farmers of the West make mistakes when they vote but an investigation of their ballots will never stir up the unmistakable stench that marks those cast in our big cities. If Quay Is Seated. From the Minneapolis Tribune: It! the United States senate does décide that Quay is entitled to his seat by gubernatorial appointment, it will tend to hasten the day of the election of sen- ators by direct vote. Otherwise legisla- tive deadlocks at the instance of a state machine will be the rule instead of the exception. 1f We But Could. If we could thrash our own trusts as easily as we did Spain, and if we could slaughter our monopolies as we do Filipinos, we would prove ourserves a “power” worth bragging about!—Farm, Stock and Home. The first postoffice was opened i! Paris in 1642, in England in 1581, in America in 1710, Glass Factories to Close. “In harmony with the agreement of the Western and Pittsburg Window Glass Manufacturers’ associations, all the factories in the country but one will shut down next Friday, May 29, for an indefinite period. The suspen- sion will last at least three months— perhaps longer—and will affect 5,000 glass workers, comprising blowers, gatherers, cutters, flatteners, day hands and laborers.”—Press Dispatch. Those 5,000 workingmen will prob- ably be able to console themselves with the reflection that we have the gold standard—‘the best money in the world”; that “each dollar is as good as every other dollar”; that wages are higher than they were in 1873, and that there is no danger of their being paid in “cheap money”—at least not while the factories are idle. If money had happened to be a little cheaper—that is to say, if the price of glass had been a little higher, and those factories had been kept in operation—how v2ry miserable it would have made those workingmen! And that is exactly what the free coinage of silver means. But hold on! Possibly we have made a mistake. The advocates of the gold standard love to expatiate upon the advantages of low prices, because the “poor man can buy so much with his dollar.” It may be the price of glass was “too high” to enable those facto- ries to run, and that they are merely waiting for it to get cheaper. Judge Aldredge, the funny financier of the Lone Star state, has figured out to his own satisfaction, and to the great edi- fication of the leading bankers of the country, that the farmer is better off with wheat at 50 cents than he would be if it were worth a dollar, and of course the same principle must hold good with the glassmakers, So we rather guess that the factories have shut down because glass is too high, and that as soon as it becomes cheap enough to enable the factories to pro- duce it at a profit they will resume. We hope so at any rate. Kansas Prosperity. Kansas, with her barns bursting and her bank vaults overflowing, with her corn cribs lining the railroad tracks, and her farmers looking out for investments for their money, is a pleasant spectacle to contemplate. But it is not the Kansas which her pol- iticlans have been fond of describ- ing. How is it possible that Kansas should be so exuberantly prosperous under conditions which, according to the testimony of her statesmen, ren- dered prosperity impossiple?”—New York World. One swallow does not make a spring, or a single shirt-waisted girl a whole summer; and one ¢rop failure abroad does not mean permanent prosperity here. No one with any sense ever said that there might not be temporary improvement in conditions even un- der gold standard. It would puzzle the New York World, though, or any other gold shouter, to show how the gold standard has helped to improve conditions in Kansas. Is that the cause of her “bursting barns”? Cer- tainly famine in India, crop failures in Argentine, and bad harvests in Europe, with good crops here, would naturally improve business under any monetary system. But are they bet- ter than they would be under bimetal- lism? Are they as good? Those are the questions for gold men to an- swer. Every cent that wheat went above 90 cents during the past year was a purely speculative rise, and. the most of it took place after the farmers had disposed of the greater portion of their crops. At the bimetallic range of prices wheat would never have been less than $1.50 under such conditions and other things in proportion.—Ex A Local Issue. We gather from the observations of Mr. Havemeyer, among other things of considerable interest, that a protective tariff is an iniquitous institution, ex- cept as it applies to sugar—on which commodity the impost cannot be too stiff. This idea is quite common among gentlemen engaged in protected industries. Each fellow is disposed to admit that free trade might be an ex- cellent thing in all articles save the one he is producing. Eventually the public will take the whole crowd at their word, which will result in all tariffs being abolished. And it is only fair to Mr. Havemeyer to say that his concern will have a great deal to do toward bringing the result about. Next to the kerosene monopoly the su- gar trust is about as unsavory an in- stitution as the whole history of com- bines can produce.—Ex. Giving Ald to Quay. From the Pittsburg Post: It is a fact that the wrecking of civil service reform by President McKinley’s refusal to put the 50,000 census employes un- der civil service rules and his removal of 5,000 places from the classified list to the spoils division by his recent or- der has been used prospectively and in reality to bolster the Quay case in Pennsylvania. Offices placed in the hands of spoilsmen by McKinley—tak- en from the merit list—are today being promised to back up Quay’s battle for re-election to the senate and the von- tinued control of his corrupt machine over the politics and legislation of Pennsylvania. Drummers to Be in Line. From the Lafayette (Ind.) Journal: {n 1896 nearly every commercial trav- aler was a Republican campaign work- er. Next year those who are fortuzate 2nough to have employment will prob- bably be found doing effective work against the trusts and the Republican legislation responsible for them, PAGE What a Little Faith Did CK. FOR MRS. ROCKWELL. [LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 69,884] “T was a great sufferer from female weakness and had nostrength. It was impossible for me to attend to my household duties. I had tried every- thing and many doctors, but found no relief. ‘My sister advised me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which I did; before using all of one bottle I felt better. I kept on with it and to my great surprise I am cured. All who suffer from female complaints should give it a trial..—Mrs. Rock- WELL, 1209 S. Division St., GRAND Rapips, Micu. From a Grateful Newark Weman. “‘When I wrote to you I was very sick, had not been well for two years. The doctors did not seem to help me, and one said I could not live three months. I had womb trouble, falling, ulcers, kidney and bladder trouble. There seemed to be such a drawing and burning pain in my bowels that I could not rest anywhere. After using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound and Sanative Wash and follow- ing your advice, I feel well again and stronger than ever. My bowels feelasif they had been made over new. With many thanks for your help, I remain, L. G., 74 ANN St., Newark, N. J.” PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Herman Hagberg, Brainerd, Minn., violin; Gustav O. Heen, Maynard, Minn., water motor; Marshall B. Lloyd, Minneapolis, Minn., oil can cover; An- drew A. Nilson and J. J, Ven, Elk Point, 8. D., three-row corn stalk cut- ter; Ernest Sorensen, Camden Place, Minn., perpetual calendar; William T. summers, St. Paul, Minn., coin, con- trolled holding and locking © device; Andrew E. 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