Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 August 1893 — Page 4

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1893,

THE depositor -who leaves his money in the bank is the man who is least likely to lose anything during the present flurry.

IF you see a farmer standing in a field kioking himself it is not necessary to ask what is the matter. He placed his faith in Democratic promises for $1.25 wheat and last fall voted for Grover.

THE pension payments which the old soldiers are now receiving will place a considerable sum of money in the hands of the people, and it will be mostly used in the payment of small debts and the consequent stimulation of general trade.

THE "Immortal J. N." has written over his own signature a denial of his recent alleged death at Columbus, Ohio, and saye the reporter who wrote his obituary is entitled to an inorease of salary.

LAST fall many a farmer voted for Cleveland in order that he might,according to promise, get $1.25 a bushel for his wheat. Democratic demagogues may fool the farmers a part of the time, but they can't fool them all the time.

THE Charleston News and Courier is a Democratic paper and yet it advocates good Republican doctrine. McKinley himself could not do better than this: "Every mill and lactory that we build and operate successfully is a big helper in the cause of our Independence. Every shop that gives employment to one or more efficient workmen is a smaller but important help. Every wheel that turns, in town or country, does its part of the arreat work. What we need more than all else, as a people, is to make what we need, instead of depending on the other people to make it for us."

PERU Republican:—Mary H. Krout, of! the Chioago Inter- Ocean, is one of the former Indianians who does not go back on her native State. MoBt of the Chicago ridicule of the Hoosier State comeB from youths from Tail Holt and Weed Patch Hill who have taken service on Chicago journals and are fond of perpetrating their circumscribed view of -Indiana from a wayback standpoint in order to domonstrate their own metropolitan contempt of things rural.

THE Congress which is about to assemble will be larger in point of numbers than any of its predecessors. The Fifty-second Congress had 420 members, while the Fifty-third will have 444. This increase of twenty-four members is made altogether in the House. In the Senate the members will number eighty-eight, as in the last Congress, but the House, which had 332 members in the Congress which expired last March, will have 356 in the one which meets next week.

WITH wheat protected 20 cents a bushel by the McKinley bill, and selling at 50 cents, the most obtuse Republican farmer can't see any "beauties in protection.—Frankfort Crescent.

But hold. Did not the Chicago platform denounce the tariff as "a robberv of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few?" And did not President Cleveland say in his famous free trade message that "the prioe of an article is increased by precisely the amount of the tariff?"' According to Democratia logic had not. wheat been protected by a 20-cent tariff the price now instead of being 50 cents a bushel would have been 30 cents.

THE Republican position on tariff 'questions is concisely and clearly set forth by the New York Sun, a staunch Administration organ, as follows:

Tariff duties, say the Republicans, should not bo levied for the mere purpose of revenue, but largely with a view of promoting and protecting American manufactures and labor, and relieving farmers and mechanics from unfavorable foreign competition. The Republicans say that it is one of the powers and duties of a Government to protect the people who maintain it from unfair foreign competition as well as from hostile foreign invasion. The people through their representatives, impose the taxes on goods entering Into American ports from other countries, and they have the right (and it is natural that tliey should exercise it) so to impose those duties that the interests of Americans will be favored and the interests of foreign rivals in the same industries or pursuits discriminated against. That is the Republican doctrine.

The threat made in the Chicago platform to smash and rip up the Republican tariff policy is whatiB playing havoc with the banks, factories and commercial houses. If the mere threat will cause such a panic as we are now passing through, what will the reality be?

THE POSITION OF OTHER NATIONS.

It is argued that we cannot adopt and maintain a bimetalic standard of value unless other nations agree to it. But is it, true that any other nation, or even a combination of all the other nations of the earth, can force us to accept and follow their dictation? There is no more reason in it than there would be to urge that we could not maintain a Republican government because the governments of Europe are monarchical. In what particular are we dependent on foreign nations for anything. Thanks to the longcontinued policy of protection, we can now raise everything we need, either in peace or war. If the water of the Atlantic should turn to fire to-day, it would be no catastrophe to us, nor could it injure us in the least. It would not deprive us of a single necessary or luxury of life we now enjoy. We could feed and clothe ourselves, build houses, cultivate our farms, and enjoy as high a degree of prosperity as we do now. It is time for us to begin to realize that we are not dependent on any European country for the necessaries and comforts of life, and surely not for our political policies. The English Parliament can not force us to adopt the single gold standard. If it can force us to follow its dictation, then we had as well not attempt to legislate on the subject of the finances, but let the American Congress, now in session, copy the British statute, pass it, let Grover Cleveland sign it, and then let the members of Congress go home and tell their constituents that we are bound, hand and foot, by the Government of Great Britain.

To the Editor Journal: WHAT is a "bull," and a "bear." a "corner," a "put and call," "short" and "long?" What does all this lingo mean as we see it in connection with the Chicago Board of Trade reports?

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INQUIRER.

A "bull" is one who operates to raise the value of stock, that he may buy for a rise. A "bear" is one who sells stocks for future delivery, which he does not own at time of sale. A "corner" is when the bears cannot buy or borrow the stock to deliver in fulfillment of their contracts. A "put and call" is when a person gives so much per cent, for the option of buying or selling so much stock on a certain fixed day, at a price fixed the daj the option is given. "Short" is when a person sells stocks when they have none and expeot to buy or borrow in time to deliver. "Long" is when a person has a plentiful supply of stocks. A "pool" is a combination formed to control the price of stocks. A "broker" is said to carry Btocks for hiB customer when he

bought and is holding it

for his account. A "wash" is a pretended sale by special agreement between buyer and seller for the purpose of getting a quotation reported.

IN nine out of ten cases of bank failures this year, the banks have turned out to be perfectly solvent, and they would not have closed their doors if their depositors had treated them justly and fairly. Be it said to the credit of the depositors in the three banks in this city, they have not become panic stricken. They have left their money in the banks where it be longs. The result is that our banks are in good condition and are ready to meet all ordinary legitimate demands. True they are not discounting any paper or making any loanB, but this only a precautionary measure which during these feverish times every level headed man will commend. The people, therefore! can rest assued that our oity banks are safe and Becure. All they have to do is to wait until the financial clouds roll by.

THE Sherman law has been in force for three years why then has it not proven hurtful during these three years of President Harrison's administration —the moat prosperous and most pro ductive years this nation has ever en joyed The threatened destruction of our tariff system— not th« silver queB tion—is at the root of the present evil of business stagnation and financial distress. What careful student of the situation, be he Democrat or Republican, will honestly question this fact?

How can President Cleveland expect the country to trust the Democratic party when he distrusts that party himself? The question is much more easily asked than answered. But on the other hand how can the Democratic party expect the country to trust Cleveland when it distrusts him itself? The distrust seems to be mutual. When there is so much distrust between the party in power and the President elected by the same party is it any wonder that the people distrust both?

WE have been waiting patiently for more than a week now fqr the name of John Gilbert Shanklin to appear again in the newspapers in connection with some appointment. It came this morning. He is now slated for Berlin or Man? Chester. By all means give the ninety per cents a show.

"PENSION BEFOKM."

The Indianapolie News is one of those bloodless papers that has been hQwling for what it calls "pension reform." Yesterday it had an editorial commending the defensive letter of Commissioner of Pensions, Lochren, in which that official attempts to defend himself for throwing upon the suspended pensioners the burden of proof that they have the right to remain on the rolls. The Neius says the letter of the Commissioner should allay the fear in the mind of any man who is distressed lest the old soldier should not get his rights. It says further that Mr. Lochren shows that the investigation now being made has to do solely with the dependent pension act of 1890. Unfortunately both for the Neivs and Mr. Lochran the facts show the apologies of the one to be insufficient, and the explanation of the other to be uncandid, if not untruthful. For instance, those who have been dropped in this county are all pensioners under the old law, and none of those under the law of 1890, so that when Mr. Lochreu says that "all pensions granted under former laws are presumed to have been properly granted," he simply Btates what is not true. Such duplicity on the part of the Commissioner of Pensions, is not calculated to "allay the fear in the minds of those who are distressed lest the old soldier should not get his rights." Turn from the editorial page of the News to its news page, where the scenes around the pension office yesterday are most graphically depicted. Even the facts presented here place Mr. Lochren in no enviable light. The reporter of the News, probably an old soldier, bat evidently a man with a heart, say s:

To the most of the men and women who have been on the rolls of the agency for so long the day brought gladness, but there were persons to whom it brought sadness. They were the men and women who, upon presentation of their certificates, found that they had been dropped from the rolls since the last payment There were a great many such cases—how many itds impossible to estimate, as the officc will not 1 urnish Information on the subject. A member of the Sixth Indiana Regiment, who emerged from the throng at 10 o'clock, related that four members of his regiment who entered the office with him were informed that they had been dropped from the rolls. "1 fought side by side with them," said he, "and I know that they were deserving men. I folt almost like sharing my money with them when they were Informed tnat the certificates they brought were no longer of value."

Lee O. Harris, the poet, of Greenfield, stood beside the counter and watched the twelve or fifteen hundred men crowding forward with their certificates. "One decrepit old man," said he, "after having struggled for half an hour, reached the counter and handed his certificate over to the clerk. The clerk went to the rolls with the bit of soiled paper, and as he returned I saw a look of sadness on his lace. "'I am sorry.'said he, 'but by direction of the Commissioner of Pensions you have been dropped from the rolls.' 'They've gone back on me, have they?' said the old man. That was all he said. He turned and walked away, and as he passed me 1 saw 1 he tears running down hl6 face. The incident touched me. There arose before me visions of the bivouac, the march, the battle: I have no doubt the same visions arose before the old man as he went out into the street and to his home,"

There were many incidents of the character related by Mr. Harris, and there were some of a more vigorous character. Now and then a man upon being informed that he had been dropped from the rolls lost his temper, and expressed in language that shocked the ears of men who had fought with him his opinion of the Democratic party in general, and of Grover Cleveland, Hoke Smith and Commissioner Lochren in particular.

Many of those who were notified that they had been dropped from the rolls wore informed, so they say. that the order directed the pension agent to suspend payment on their certificates pending further investigation. They say, however that they have little hope of ever getting on the roils again unless the Republican party gets back into power.

And yet the News on its editorial page will insist that all the dropped pensioners are "tainted and fraudulent." The iVeies.and Hoke Smith, and Lochren, and all Buch are now having their innings, but the pendulum never swings so far but that it will swing back. The day is rapidly passing by when people can be hoodwinked.

THE receipts of the Government in 1866 amounted to over $558,000,000( which was an average of $15.73 per capita of our population. But last year these receipts had decreased to less than $355,000,000, a difference of $203,000,000 within twenty-seven years, and a decrease of $5.43 for each one of the population. The actual amount of taxation during this period was reduced by $10.24 for every man, woman and child in the country. This is not Buch a bad showing for Protection and there was a decrease of $1 per head during the two years, from 1890 to 1893, immediately after the passage of the McKinley act, which was Buch a "burden upon the people."

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THE JfKESENT ADMINISTRATION RESPONSIBLE.

George Gunton, in the Social Economist, holds the present administration responsible for the widespread business disaster throughout the country. He declares that its coming into power, pledged to a radioal change of our industrial policy has destroyed confidence in all unrealized enterprises. The very accession of Mr. Cleyeland to the Presidency, with House and Senate at his back, was a silent proclamation that capital was in danger, that the government would be used the advantage of foreign producers and to the disadvantage of home producers, that protection and encouragement to prospective home industries would be withdrawn, and American productive values reduced to the level of European. The effect of this among bankers and business men

A VICTIM OF HOKE SMITH.

One of the many isolated cases which has been selected from the pension files is that of John A. Corbin, of this city, who

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been notified that his pension

has been suspended, until he can furnish further proof that he is entitled to the allowance he was receiving, that of $12 a month. Mr. Corbin was a member of Co. G, 11th Indiana Volunteers, one of the fighting regiments in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. The disabilities for which he

waB

granted a

pension were injury of left elbow (anchylosis), diarrhoea, piles, catarrh, and nearly total deafness ol both ears, either one of which is sufficient upon which to receive a pension. The order suspending Mr. Corbin savors very much of arresting him after he has been honorably acquitted and giving him sixty days to prove his innocence. Such treatment, to say the least, is Bhameful and can scarcely be tolerated by patriotic citizens. He has been ordered to Lafayette at additional expense to himself for re-examinaticn. When there is an ex amining board in this city why should he be ordered to go thirty miles from home Has Hoke Smith and his underling, Lochren, no faith in their own appointees? This raid on veterans' pensions is alarming the Northern Democrats and even Judge Hoi man, the cheese parer, is vigorously protesting against the present policy. And Senator Gorman, it iB asserted, has declared that the pension policy of the Georgia statesman, if continued, "will wreck the Democratic party." These unfair and unjust rulings should receive a full and thorough investigation and THE JOUKNAL hopes that the Republican leaders in Congress will at once without delay probe thiB matter to the bottom.

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