THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1896. The Weekly Ghfonicle. 8TATK OFFICIALS. Sjvenior.... W. P. Lord Secretary of State H K Kincaid Treasurer .....Phillip Metschan Bupt. of Publio Instruction G. M. Irwin Attorney General... C. M. Idleman ' (G. W. McBride Boatora j j. H. Mitchell IB. Hermann Congressmen..-. jw K.Ellis State Printer W. U. Leeds COUNTY OFFICIALS. j Connty Judge. ..Root. Mays Sheriff. , T. J.- Driver Clerk A. M. Kelsay Treasurer C. L. Phillips , . ' (A. 9. BIowcts Commissioners (DH. Kimsey Assessor - W. II. Whipple Surveyor J g: .V"01! Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert Coroner , W.H.Butts NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. For President, WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Ohio For Vice-President, GARRET A. HOBART . . . .New Jersey For Presidential Electors, T. T. GEER.. Marion County 8. M. YOKAN v Lane E. L- sillTH Wasco J. F. CAPLES Multnomah WHAT IS 16 TO It It is the arbitrary ratio at which free silver advocates would have congiess coin, without charge, gold and silver. In other words they would have silver coined at govern ment expense intc silver dollars, each of which shall contain in weight 1 6 times as much silver as there is gold in a gold dollar. It is claimed that this is the present legal ratio for the coinage of these metals ; but in fact the ratio as now fixed by law is 412.5 grains of silver to 25.8 grains of gold, or 15.9883 to 1. (Bev. Stat. U. S. Sees. 3511 and 3513.) Silver and gold have never becD coined in the United States at exactly 16 to 1, the nearest approch is the ratio of 15.- 9883 to 1. This was the ratio pre scribed by the act of January 18, 1837, at which time the market value of silver was approximately 11.315 3er fine ounce or $1.1835 per ounce -of standard silver. (Rev. Statutes Uj'S. Sees. 3511 and 3513 and Coin -age Laws U. S. 4th ed p 104.) At the above ratio the bullion value of the silver dollar of 41 2 grains was $1 in gold. It is apparent from the exactness at which the ratio was fixed, that congress was extremely careful to provide for the coinage of silver at its exacf market value relative to .gold. The first law providing for the coinage of gold and silver was the act of April 2, 1792. This law pro vided for the coinage of gold and silver coins,' "viz. eagles each to be of the value of ten dollars or units, and to contain 247 grains of puie, or 270 grains of standard gold. Dollars or units each to be of the value of a Spanish milled dol lar as the same is now current, and to contain 371 and 4-16 grains of pnre,or 416 grains of standard silver." The ratio under this law was 15 to 1 of pure but 15.4 to 1 of standard silver, and this ratio continued until June 28, 1834, at which time con gress provided by law that each eagle should contain 258 grains of stand ard gold. The weight of the silver dollar was not then changed and the ratio thereby became 16.12 to 1. The weight of. the gold coin has nevei, .. : t no iooi i i js siuvc iiuue io, loot, uecu cuuugeu. DuriDg the time, 1833-1837, the market value of silver had risen from $1,297 to $1,315, a little.over 4 cents per ounce. (Coinage Laws p. 104.) We have no statistics as to the market value of silver prior to' 1833. The best authorities, however, are to the effect that the market value fluctuated very considerably from 1792 to 1834. In 1837 the weight of the silver dollar was decreased to 41 2i grains which reduced the ratio to 15.9883 to 1, and no further change was made with respect to the ratio or the silver dollar until the act of February 12, 1873, which declared that the silver dollar, called the "Trade Dollar," should contain 420 grains. This act of 1873, now so famous, will be discussed at a later time. The ratio fixed by this act is 16.278 to 1. The ratio between the two metals ag fixed by the act of 1792 was de termined by Hamilton and Jefferson who gave the matter careful study to be the commercial ratio. The coins provided for by this act were sought for, and as certain foreign coins were a legal tender, they were substituted for the Americau coins and this led President Jefferson to discontinue in 1806 the further coinage of silver under this act. In 1 834, silver being sliffhtlv undervalued, the ratio was changed. By the act of 1834 gold became and has ever since remained the standard. The committee of th house, having the bill in charge, said "The committee think that the desid eratum in the monetary system is a standard of uniform value. They cannot ascertain that both metals have been circulated simultaneously, concurrently and indiscriminately in any country where there are banks or money dealers, arid they entertain the conviction that the nearest ap proach to an invariable standard is its establishment in one metal, which metal shall compose exclusively the currency for large payments." It will be observed that prior to 1874the ratio was always determined bv the commercial ratio. In 1874 and since,the effort was and has been to change the commercial by fixing by law an arbitrary ratio; but all these attempts have been utter fail ures, and the price of silver has con tinued to decline, although until re cently the . coinage and commercial ratios have been not far apart. The Democratic papers are claim ing that the act of congress under which the sheep men are being ex cluded from the Cascade mountains was enacted under a Republican ad ministration. The act referred to was an act concerning the repeal of the timber culture law, and the last clause provides that the president may set apart public lands as forest reservations. The .law passed March 3, 1891. Mr. Harrison continued in office until March 4,' 1893, but the Cascade timber reserve nonsense was never thought of until Cleveland came into office and made his procla mation of September 8, 1893. The Republican party disclaims any re sponsibility for this or other attacks upon the sheep industry. Special Agent Dixon is parading through the Oregonian Mr. J. H. Sherar . of this county, one of the most substantial law-abiding citizens in the state of Oregon, as a violator of the law and a man who" disregards his word. Mr. Sherar is not the kind of a man this Dixon represents him to be. Mr. Dixon has not found Mr. Sherar's herders on the reserve and has never ordered them off. It would be a great satisfaction to the people of Eastern Oregon if Mr. Dixon would demonstrate that the sheep men are "violating the law or injuring the government, and quit advertis ing himself in the papers. Mr. Bryan's Columbus rpeech is in effect: "We all want more money. Open the mints to silver at 16 to I and silver will be coined in enor mous quantities, so that we can all have some, How will we get it into circulation? Why, just as we get gold into circulation, pay our obliga tions and buy what we need." Does he believe his listeners are beinsj fooled by this clap trap? Vermont farmers have conspired with Wall street arid Lombard street and increased the usual Republican vote of the state by 10,000. We wish the farmers, of the West would bear in mind that Vermont is not a manufacturing or corporation state, but a state composed largely of in telligent and progressive farmers. Mr. Bryan, in his scripture study, has overlooked the words : "And as ye would that men should do to vou, do ye also to them likewise." But this is known the world over as the "Golden Rule," and if he ever runs across it he will recognize it only as a Wall street declaration. - If Maine will speak next Tuesday as positively as Vermont did yester day the Boston wool buyers will re turn to Oregon and commence to do business at the old stand, for McKin ley's election will be pretty well as sured. THE COMMERCIAL AND COINAGE f valves. : Prior to 1800 the relative values of gold and silver had varied at dif ferent times and places from 2 to 1 in India at the time of Alexander's invasion! to 16 to 1 in 1793 through out the . commercial nations of Europe. From 1545 to 1560 the average ratio in Europe was 11.30 to J. About 1600 it had changed to 12.25 to 1 and CO years later was about 15 to 1. According to Gar bett, an English refiner, the bulliou valne of the two metals varied from 1783 to 17'J:; I'll- per cent. In 1793 the commercial ratio was 15 to In 1800 the price of silver had de preciated until the ratio vas 15.68 eight years later it was 16.08 ; in 1813 16.25; from this time on the price of silver , rose gradually until in 1833 it was within a small fraction of 16 to I and in 1837 it had fiuther risen to 15.9883 to I; 'in 1870, the time he act of 1873 was first introduced the price of silver was $1,328 per ounce and its ratio to gold was 15.57. Dur ing - all these years since 1837 should be borne in mind the coinage ratio was 15.9883. During one 3Teaf. 1843, the price rose suddenly from $1,303 to $1,927, the highest price since the organization of the govern ment. But a year later it fell to $1,304. The foregoing figures ate taken from tables of Sottbeer, Pixlcy and Abell. - The world's product of gold and silver, as far as we aie able to give it, during the years mentioned is as follows: Gold Silver 179MS?4 ?1I,000,000 1834-1844 7,."hjO.0(IO 1870 Sii.000,000 37: .",0,000,000 Insignificant 200,000 16.000,000 35,750,000 37,300,000 1874 33,500,000 From 1873 to 1892 inclusive, the average annual gold product of the world has been $35,000,000 while the average annual silver product, com mercial value, has been $49,650,000 The coinage value of the average an nual prodnct during this same time has been $120,000,000. The conten tion is made that the act of 1873 has been the cause of the depreciation of silver and to undo the act of 1873 will restore silver dollars of 412$ grains to a parity with gold. The total world's product of silver from 792 to 1873 was $154,150,000, while the world's product during the 5 ears, 1873 to 1878, was $213,350,000, These figures which are taken from the statistics of the TJ. S. mint, show, f they show anj'lhing, that the act of .1873 was a blessing to this nation instead of a crime; that the coramcr cial value of the two metals must govern the legal ratios, and legisla lion cannot overcome the enormous proportionate increase in the silver product. THE CRIME OF 1873. So much has been written and said, which to a fair mind is conclu sive that the, act of 1873 was thor oughly understood in and out of congress at the time of its passage that we supposed the rankest Popu. list had let go of that crank. But only a few days ago Mr. Bryan reit erated the oft refuted statement, in one of his appeals to popular preju dice. , The facts are that the bill was be fore congress almost three j-ears. It was first introduced April 25, 1870. It was prepared by John J. Knox, deputy comptroller of the currency, not by money lenders or brokers. Before it was introduced it had been submitted to boaids of trade, cham bers of congress, government officials and experts in finance, and when sent to congress it was accompanied by a communication which distinctly stat ed that its provisions discontinued the coinage of the 412$ grain silver dollar, and also by the replies which Mr. Knox had received from the bodies and persons to whom it had been submitted. The passage of the bill was recommended by three differ ent reports of the ' secretary . of the treasury, those of 1871, 1872 and 1873. It passed the senate January 10, 1871, and then went to the house and was printed January 13, 1871. It passed the house May 27, 1872, having been there amended.: The amendments necessitated its return to the senate. It again passed the senate with amendments January 17, 1873; it then went to a conference committee whose report wa9 adopted and it finally passed both houses February 12, 1873. It was printed thirteen different times and the de bates in the senate occupy 66 col uinns of the Congressional Globe and in the house 78 columns. The bill was debated nearly two whole days in January, 1872. Congressman Kel ley, of Pennsylvania, dining that de bate said: "I would like to follow the example of England and make a wide difference between our gold and silyer coins,and make the gold dollar uniform with the French sj-stem of weight", taking the grain as the unit." Congressman Hooper, of Massa chusetts, in a long speech on this bill in February, IS72, referring to the discontinuance of the silver dollar, said: ''The silver dollar of 412$ grains, by reason of its bullion or in trinsic value being greater than its nominal value, long since ceased to be a coin of circulation, and is melt ed by manufacturers of silverware." Congressman Potter, of New York, opposed the bill, claiming: "This bill provides for the making of changes in the legal tender ' coin of the country, and for substituting ss legal tender coin of only one metal, instead, as heretofore, of two." Other members in both houses called attention to the fact that the bill discontinued the free coinage of the silver dollar. We are informed by Mr. Brj'an that a number of congressmen have testified that they did riot understand the bill. The inevitable conclusion is that these men were asleep during the debates or were intellectually un qualified to be in congress, or are now prevaricating. If Bryan is elected upon the proposition that the act of 1873 was "surreptitiously" or by a conspiracy" passed through congress he will be elected by a false hood. In yesterday's Chronicle the fig ures showing the output of gold and silver should have been for the United States and not for the world as stated. The worl.l's product of gold 1792 to 1873, coinage value, is $3,582,212,000, an average per an num of $44,224,839. The world's product of silver during the same period was $2,711,442,000 or $33, 474.600 per annum. From 1873 to 1893 the total output of gold was $3,206,505,000 or $110,325,250, and of silver $2,346,087,000 or $117, 304.350 per annum. These figures are taken from government statistics and answer the whole free coinage argument. A gentleman from Sherman county yesterday tried -to sell a Sherman county warrant one of the most de sirable county warrants in Eastern Oregon in The Dalles at i per cent discount of the face and some inter est thrown in. Two months ago this would have taken quickly, but be cause of free silver agitation there were no buyers. Holders of county warrants will find no buyers at a much greater discount after election if Bryan goes in. We suppose it is because there is a conspiracy in Wall street that buvers now decline Sher man county warrants. From 1853 to 1859 France had practically a single silver standard by reason of having over valued silver in its coinage about I per cent. In 1859 a demand in England for silver to ship to the orient raised the price above the French coinage ratio and France went to the gold standard, and notwithstanding her enormous use of gold Tor coinage purposes, over 80 per cent of the world's pro ducts, its value as compared with silver continued to decrease. Will coinage of the United States change the price in view of the enormous amount annually produced?, On most questions the opinion of Judge Geo. H. Williams is pretty sound, but he too has joined the gold bugs and is advocating the election of McKinley. , In fact nearly a.'l the careful thinking men of the nation have done likewise. We wish the Democratic papers, which have been publishing alleged extracts from the Mexican Financier, would publish the. Interview of the New York Sun with Jose Y. Liman tour, Mexican minister of finance, published in' today's Oregonian. fhe Keynote of the Campaign. The trouble is, not . there is not a suf ficiency of currency, bot that the owners of the currency are hoarding their pos sessions. There i a lack of confidence. Restore this confidence and the money will come out and it will be putineir culation. To quote Major McKinley again, "What we want is to pat the money we already have at work," and he is absolutely right. There is plenty of money lying idle. There is an abund ance of it in the country. Open the mills. Pay it oat to workingmen. Start it going the rounds. That ia the only thing requisite to a return to pros perity. It is "not an increase in coins" that is needed, "but an increase of con fidence; not open mints, but open mills.",. There we have the keynote of the campaign. We were prosperous as a nation be fore the Wilson bill bronght its blight ing effects upon the nation and a pack of theorists began to agitate tor unlimited coinage. Give ns "a tariff law which will raise all the money necessary to conduct the government economically and honestly, administered" and a cur rency based upon that of the great com mercial nations of the world and agita tors and agitations will disappear and we shall enter upon an era of unex ampled prosperity. Ma jor McKinley of fers the opportunity. It will be the fault of the American people if they plunge headlong into disaster. Phila delphia Inquirer. The Secret of Bard Time. Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune "It is not more money that we want," he goes on to say ; "what we want is to put the money we already have at work. When money is employed labor is em ployed." ' la that great truth, so simply stated, we have the secret of our hard" times. We cannot inspire confidence by advo cating repudiation," says McKinley. Tet we know that repudiation i beiug advocated. What is the result? Money is afraid to go to work. Its owners are afraid to invest it. What follows? Mc Kinley says : 'Confidence in home' industries has disappeared.". "Men are idle." "If men have no employment they cannot earn wages." "If they cannot earn wages they can not buy." 'If they cannot buy, the farmers' home market is decreased, and the loss is felt by both." That is the explanation of our hard times, stated step by step, as directly and plainly as words can do. The Fablle School. The public schools open Monday, Sep tember 7th. According to the echool law of Oregon, children cannot be ad mitted to school under the age of 6 years. -, All scholars In attendance last year must bring their scholarship certificates at opening of school. All scholars who didliot attend last year in The Dalles and wishing anmittance to any other grade than the first, will present them selves with such books as they may have at the High School building tomorrow (Saturday) forenocn, when they will be assigned their proper places. They can then be assigned to the proper grades and commence ' echool witbont delay. Promotion certificates from graded schools known to the principal will be accepted. Teachers' meeting occurs in the morn ing at 9 o'clock. Scholars wishing to make np work and who haye Btudied for that purpose dur ing the Rammer, may come to the high school building at any time daring the day for the purpose of taking examina tion. Scholars not residing with their pa rents, bat coming to The Dalles to at tend school, are non-residents, and are obliged to pay tuition. Owing to the - crowded condition of certain grades changes may be made in the assignment of teachers. - Bow's This! We offer one hand red dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. - F. J. Cheney & Co. Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions and financially able to carry oat any obligations made by their firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To ledo, O., Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. , Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. 1-5-9 A backing cough keeps the bronchial tubes in a state of constant irritation, which, if not speedily removed, may lead to chronic bronchitis. No- prompt er remedy can be found than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Its effect is immedi ate and the result permanent. Dalles-Moro Stage ( ' , Leaves the Umatilla house 8 a. m Tueedaye, Thursdays and Saturdays. Douglas Allen, Prop. Save the wbappebs Hoe Cake Soap wrappers are worth a cent apiece. Ask Pease & Maya for premium book. j!y24-i PURELY VEGETABLE. The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family Mcdt- . An Effsctval Sprcipic far alt dimeasel of the Liver. Stomach and Spleen. RegnlaM the Liver and prevent Chills Am svaa, Malaki ous Ftvaas. Bowel " Complaints, Rkstlbss. ' Kass, Jaunoicb and Nausea. BAD BREATH I .Nothing it so unpleasant, nothing so coram oa , aa bad breath ; and in nearly every case it come from the stomach, and can he so easily corrected if yon will take Simmons Lives Rbgulatok. Do not neglect so sure a remedy for this repulsive duorder. It will also Improve your appetite, complexion aad general health. Pn.ES! How many suffer torture day after day, miking lite a burden and robbing existence of all pleasure owing to the secret suffering from Piles. Yet relief rs read to the hand of almost any one who will use systenuut cally the remedy that has permanently cured thou sands. Simmons Livia Rectito is no drastic, violent purge, but a genii: auistaut tj nature. COJrSTTFATlOIf SHOULD not be regarded as a trifling ailment in fact, nature demands the utmost regularity of the bowels, and any deviatioa from this demand paves the way often to serious (Linger. It is quite as necessary to remove impure accuaiulattons from the bowels as it is to cat or sleep, and no health can be expected where a costive habit of body prevails. SICK HEADACHE! Thb distressing affliction occurs most frequently. The disturbance Of h Ui,f-la.-h anaim f..n k. Imperfectly digested contents, causes a severe pain ia the head, accompanied wilh disagreeable nausea, and this constitutes what is popularly known as Sick Headache, for the relief of which takb Simmon Lrvaa Regulator ob Mbdicinb. MAKtXPACTUBLD ONLY SV J. H. Z EI LEV CO.. Philadelphia. Pa. . EAST and SOUTH via The Shasta Route Southern Pacific Comp'y. Trains leave and are due to arrive at Portland. FROM JUKI 23, 1895. f OVERLAND EX-1 press, Salem, Rose-' I burg, Ashland, Sac-1 I ramento, Ogdcn.San I 1 Franciseo, Mojave, f i Los Angeles, El Paso, j I Ken urleaus and I lEast I 8:50 P.M. 8:10 A. M. 8:30 A. M. Roseburg and way eta- iions 4:40 P.M. f V ia W oodburn lor q "d' Daily except Mt.Angel. Silver ton West bcio. Browns .Sundays. I villp.SnrlnirfleM and except Sundays. I Natron J 1:00 P.M. Salem and way stations no.OOA.M.- 7:30 A. M. j uorvains ana way ( t stations $ (McMinnvIlle andj (way stations ; . . j t 6:20 P.M. t 8:23 P. M. 4:45 P.M. Daily. . fDaiiy, except Sunday. DINING CARSjON OODEN ROUTE. PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS AND SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CAES Attached to all Through Trains. Through Ticket Office, 1:54 Third street, where through tickets to all points in the Eastern States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rates from J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent. All above trains arrive at and depart from Grand Central Station, Fifth and I streets. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jelterson street. . -. Leave for OSWEOO, week day.. at 6:00. 7:20, 10:15 a. m., 12:15, 1:45, 3:!, 6:25, 8:00, 11:30 p. ui. Arrive at Portland, 7:10, 8:30. 11:25 a. m., 1:30, 3:15, 5a0, 7:30, 9:05 p. in., and 12:35 a. m. Leave lor BIVERSIDE only (daily) at 5:25. 9:15, 10:30 p. m. Arrive at Portland at 6:10, 10:20, 11:20 p.m. Leave for Sheridan, week days, st 4:30 p. m. Arrive at Portland, 9:30 a. in. "Leave for AIRLIE on Mondav, Wednesdav and Fri-'av at 9:40 a.m. Arrive at Portland, Tues day, Thursday and Saturday at 3:05 p. m. ' Sunday trains for OSWEGO leave at 7:20, 8:40, 10:40 a. m., 12:15, 1:45,3:30,6:25,8:00, 11:50 p. ni. Arrive at Portlund at 8:30, 10:00, 11:60 a. m 1:30, 3:15, 5:10, 7:30, 9:05 p. m., and 12:35 a. in. B. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS, Manager. Asst. G. F. & Pass. Agt. Notice of Sheriff's Sale. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an ex ecution and order of sale, issura out of the Cir cuit Court of the State of Oregon for Wasco county, on the 2tith day of August, 1896, upon a judgment therein, wherein J. C. Meins was plaintiff and J. F. Jones and J. E. McCormick were defendants, I have duly levied upon and will sell, at the front door of the county court house in Dalles City, Wasco county, Oregon, on Monday, the 28ih day or Sept., 1896, at the hour of 2 o'clock In the afternoon of said day, at public auction to the hihet bidder for cash in liand, the following described real estate described in said execution and Older of sale, as follows, to-wit: The north half of the northeast quarter, the routheast quarter of the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section fourteen in township one south of range twelve east of the Willamette meridian, in Wasco county, Oregon: or so much thereof as shall be mcessary to satisfy the amounts due upon said writ, to-wit: The sum of 1178.20, to gether with interest on said sum at the rate of ten per cent, per annum since January 15, 1896, the sum of f 11 costs iu said action, together with accruing interest and costs and expenses of such sale. Dated at The Dalles, Oregon, Aug. 27, 1896. T. J. DRIVER, aug29-I Sheriff of Wasco County, Oregon. LATIN AND GERMAN TAUGHT. GERMAN. The undersigned desires to organize a class in German. Every America!! citizen who can af ford both time and expense ought to be master of at least two languages. The German language has many advantages over modern language on accounts! her profound literature In all branch es of ancient and modern science produced in her world-renowned universities. Those who would drink from these inexhaustible and yet unadulteiatcd fountains of knowledge, must master the language which contains the key to them. The undersigned will organize a class in German, and will begin with actual work on the first day of September. The class will meet two or three times a week In the evening or when most convenient to the upils. Rapid progress guaranteed to those who will get down to eura est labor. All who desire to participate in this work will please announce their intentibn to the undersigned at un eurly dnte, as the class will be limited to a certain number. Churges will be vtry reasonable. LATIN. V The undersigned will also organize a claw in Latin. There are so many reusons why those who desire to advance their knowledge beyond a common school education should take at least a course in Latin, that probably everybody is fa miliar with at least some of them. 1 will not take space here to speak of the beauties of the Latin language nor of the many advantages in life possessed bv those who have mastered it. I will here onlv announce my intention to organ ize a ciass in "Latin. Rapid progress guaranteed to those who will work hard. Charges very rea sonable. All desiring instruction in Latin are kindly requested to announce their Intention to the undersigned before September, if possible. Awaiting yvur application, I am, verv respect fully yours. L. 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