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THE GAZETTE: TIFTON, HA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895. ; v
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To clear my counters, and make room for an immense stock of Fall and Winter Goods, I am offering
TJlSn-IEARDOF BARGAINS in my CLOTIII jST(T DEPRTMENT.
EVERYTHING
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and anything you may need in the Clothing
line. All goods Standard and Guaranteed,
THE LINE COMPLETE.
W. O, TIFT has been laying himself out in the endeavor
to please his patrons and can boast of a comple line of Men’s
and Boy’s Clothing. Every. variety, si/.e and style of rai
ment: is carried in stock and retailed at the lowest possi
ble price.
When you want a slick fit, fashionable cut and first-class
materials, come to Headquarters.
CLOTHING.
Men’s Sack Suits, §2,25.
“ All wool Cheviot suits, $3,00.
“ *“ “ Bound Sack suits 3,50
“ “ “ Square Suck suits 4,00
“ “ :i Square Sack suits 4,50
“ “ “ Fine Cheviot suits 6,00
“ “ “ Cutaway suits, '3,50
“ “ “ Clay Worsted cut
away suits, 6,00
“ “ “ Clay Worstedcut-
nryiiy suits,in blacks and blues, 7,50
Moleskin pants, ,05
“ pants, heavy, ,75
“ pants, heavy, 871c.
Corduroy pants, heavy, 1,25
Jeans pants, warranted not to rip ,39
Jeans pants, extra,warranted not
to rip,
Jeans pants, extra heavy, war
ranted not to rip
Jeans pants, our best,
C'ottonade pants,
Cottonade pants, extra heavy,
All wool, black cheviot pants,
All wool, black cheviot pants,
Our wool pants worth §1.50 only 1,00
Our wool pants, worth 2.00, only 1,25
Our wool pants, worth 2.75, only 1,75
Our wool pants, worth 3.00, only 2,00
Our wool pants, worth 3.50, only 2,50
Our wool pants, worth 4.00, only 2,75
Our wool pants, worth 4.50, only 3,00
Our wool pants, worth 5.00, only 3,75
Our wool pants, worth 6.50, only 4,50
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FIRST-CLASS,
Ale Wool Goods Going at
NEW YORK COST.
A WONDERFUL LINE.
This wonderful line is comple in every detail. Fashionable
garments in all styles and. sizes for boys, youths and men ;
underwear and furnishing goods in every conceivable
variety.
You don’t need a “pull” to get your share of this line.
It’s merely a matter of cash, and the amount required de
pends upon your taste and your income
Take Advantage of this Chance of YOUR Lifetime, for the
Opportunity will Soon Pass.;
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DEBASED CTJiUtENCY.
WHAT A PROMINENT SILVCRITE’S
PROPOSITION MEANS.
Would I ho Woltf ht of ( ho Gold
or Incrcrtaft That of tho HUvor Dollar.
I’roHorlpMoiiN of Oirforout Kill Io* to Itn
C/C»nt linird I»11 r I n tr LIfo of Put lout.
Governor H trine of Missouri is mi ar
dent mlvoonto of cheap (IoIIiu'h mul de
nounces all who favor our present (loan-
olul system iih being guilty of “mire-
lniiting hostility to silver," In a speech
at Sodalia, Mo,, ho declared in favor of
tho immediate oponiug of tho United
BtatoH inliitH to tlio free coimigo of sil
ver at 10 to 1 and Haiti; " tf after a fair
trial It in demonstrated that wo cannot
on that ratio maintain both metals in
circulation at a parity, then congress cat)
at any time in tim future do whirl it Iuih
done in tho pun!—change the ratio liy
dee.running tho amount of gold in the
gold dollar, or it can incrcatio tho
amount of silver in tho nilvor dollar, or
it can do both."
Thin Ih a fair Hiimpln of Nilvorito logic
and rIiowh dourly the lack of any well
defined principle In the 00 cent dollar
agitation. It Ih only fair to Governor
Stone to Hay that hia plan of establish-
lag a permanent ratio of 10 to 1 be
tween gold and diver by milking tho
gold dollar smaller Ih not original with
him. The idea Ih taken from that repos-
itory of misinformation on tho money
quod ion—"Coin’s Financial School. ’'
That tlm governor of an Important state
should Indorse such a dishonest proposi
tion Ih merely evidence of tho incapaci
ty for reasoning which tho (reo coinage
craao produces in Ita victims.
If Governor Stono really understood
the money question, on which he pre
sumes to instruct the people of Missouri,
ho would know that reducing tho size
of tho gold dollar would do nothing to-
Ward fixing Hie commercial value of sil
ver at 10 to 1 of gold. It is the 211 2-10
grains of pure, gold which is the unit of
value. Tho sumo number of grains of
pure silver are worth about omi thtrty-
Kocotul as much. If tho unit of value
were made 20, 15 or 10 grains, tho re
lation between tho value of gold mid
stiver would not be altered In the least.
What, would happen would lie that, every
contract made payable in dollars would
bo out down in proportion to the reduc
tion in the weight of the twit, thus rob
bing by law all creditors of a part of
their property. Tho real value of gold
or silver in relation to other commodi
ties would not change, but the term
"dollar" would mean less value than it
does now. In other words, u decrease in
tho weight of tlio gold unit would mean
a debasement, of the. onrvntmv
inci'OAsiiig'tho quantity of cheap metal
used as alloy in coins.
It cannot, ho too often pointed out that
in their last, analysis all clionp money
schemes, and especially tlio froo coinage
of silver, involve positive dishonesty
on tho part of thd government. Goods
having boon sold, capital loaned or con
tracts for payment of wages nmdo or a
standard of value established by con
gress it is coolly proposed (lint tho value
of goods, capital or wages shall bo out
down by decreasing tlio moasuro of val
ues. Such notion might ho popular with
Homo creditors amt employees, who
would he able to escape from a part of
their obligations. But uvory principle of
common honesty and jnstieo would
stamp legislation for that purpose as
fraudulent and opposed to tlio best inter
ests In tho long run of debtors ns well
as creditors. Civilized socioties liavo
long passed tlio stago when it was
thought just mid expedient to ropudiato
lawful obligations.
Governor Stone's alternative proposi
tion to increase tho amount of silver in
the "dollar" Is not open to tho ohargo
of dishonesty If ho means that tho coins
should contain ns much silver ns would
bo worth a gold dollar. But if this plan
is honest It is also absurd mid would be
entirely uusulted to the needs of a groat
commercial nation like tho United
States. Our prosont silvor dollar is too
bulky und inconvenient for goneral use.
A coin twice ns Inrgo, us a dollar worth
its faco as bullion would necessarily bo,
would not bo used at all. Besides the
continually changing value of silver,
owing to increased or dooroasod produc
tion or consumption, would require its
constant recoining at great oxpanso in
order to adjust tiro coin value to tho
couimeroial value. Thorn is no nood of
such a coin, and us neither si lveritesuor
sound money udvocatcs want it its dis
advantage need not he seriously discuss
ed. Tlio American people want noither
11 S1-.1 grains gold dollars or 742
grains silver dollars, and agitators for
either are merely disturbing business to
no purpose. Neither do they wish to
I risk tlio great dangers of experimenting
j with different ratios unless it is nbso-
I lately certain that they will bo beneflt-
i nil by tlio change.
I Tlui Until luUnnetnent Kustatns Stiver.
Tho theory flint we havo lately had
. bimetallism is as baseless a:r tho sng
j gestion tlmt wo had it in tho early part
! of tlio centuiy. If I otter my note when
I my credit in not good, no one will dis
count. it; if l procure tlio indorsement
I of one whore credit is good, it. will he
: discounted at, once. It would ho tho in
dorsement, however, and not the note
which would have passed current. For
a geiiprutiuii our half dollars, quarter
dollars, etc., have nominally passed our
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rent. Actually, however, it is the gold
indorsement of the government that has
been nccopted. A silver dollar today
consists of half n dollar’s worth of sil
ver. With tlio gold indorsement of n
solvent government it passes for a dol
lar. That is, tho gold indorsement pass-
os for tho remaining CO cents that is
not in tlio coin. To say that wo havo
bimetallism, and that silver coins pass
on a par witli gold, is just as sensible,
and no more so, os to state that my noto
for $1,000,000 is as good as Mr. Astor’s
simply beonuso that when I hnvo gotten
him to indorse mino it is discounted at
tho samo rate as is his. And just ns
even Mr. Aster's paper would he
promptly rofnsod were it found that ho
had presented mo with a ream of blank
chocks indorsed by him, which I pro
posed to sign and use, so tho gold in
dorsement of tho government would bo
promptly discredited should it bind it
self by law to givo its gold indorsement
to an unlimited qnnutity of silver. Tho
silvor dollars with tho federal indorse
ment would then bo wortli tho silvor in
them—only this and nothing more.—
Hon. John Do Witt Warner in Fornm.
Money Only • Tool.
"Money is tho lifeblood of trado" is
n favorito fallacy of tho silvorites and
flat money inflationists. This idea arises
from ignorance of tho real nature of the
operations of industry and commerce.
Money is merely ono, of tho tools of
busitiosB. Its functions have no resora-
blnnco to that of tho blood in the human
system. It does nothing to roplaco goods
which hnvo boon consumed, nor does it
of itsolf prodneo anything or add to the
wealth of tho ooruitry. Tho real life
blood of business is tho volume of tho
products of farm, mino or workshop con
tinuously flowing all over tho country.
They furnish ns with tire ihonus of sub
sistence, renew our strength and minis
ter in a thousand ways to onr necessities
and comforts. They are tho true life
blood of trade.
Off.
Removal Sale,
Booked and Bill.
To Close Out
Our immense stock of Dry Goods, No
tions, Clothing, Etc., within the next
Thirty Days all of our Summer goods
will be sold at a sacrifice of
Fftttanlnu: llog#*
When the weathor is just on the turn
lu tiro fall, bogs can be fattened more
rapidly than they can later. Convmeal
and middlings mixed with unsalable
vegetables and rofuso fruit make au ex
cellent. variety for their food, in addi
tion to oorn.
Tlio .Richmond Disputeh (Dcm.),
which favors international bimetallism,
declares tlmt "unlimited free coinage
at a ratio of 10 to 1 of all tho silver
which would under tho operation of such
a ratio ho carried to tlio mints for re
coiling!' would result in universal disas
ter."
< lot ton is advancing and tho free silver
craze is declining.
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25 Per Cent Discount.
Call and see our Remnant Counter. We
are preparing to move to our mammoth
brick block, across the street. When
we move we will have a
New House, New Goods and New Priees.
So will start out now with NEW
PRICES low down. Now is the
time to get Bargains at
L. S. SHEPHERD & CO.
PROPRIETORS OF
The TvTew York Store.