Decatur Democrat, Volume 43, Number 18, Decatur, Adams County, 13 July 1899 — Page 4

THE DEMOCRAT EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY' LEW G. ELLISGHAM. Publisher. PER YEAR IN ADVANCEEntered at the p< *T<>ftice at Decatur. Indiana as second-cla>s mail matter. OFFICIAL PAPER OF ADAMS COUNTY. THURSDAY. JULY 13. The Cincinnati Enquirer is busy these hot davs booming its proprietor. John R. McLain for the gubernatorial nomination in Ohio. The job is not an easy one. It is now given ont that Chairman Jones of the national democratic committee. will retain the same position in the coming campaign.' He should be beheaded. While a devotee of Bryan, ye: he fails to possess the executive skill necessary for a person commanding a position of this kind. In the death of Hon. George M . Julian. Indiana looses one of her time honored citizens. He figured conspicuc usly in early history, one of his achievements being the establishment of our land policy. Since 1'72 he was an active democrat and during President Cleveland’s first term served as surveyor of public lands in New Mexico. It strikes the average democrat that the meeting of the national democratic committee at Chicago July 20 to determine the availability of Mr. Bryan or any other man as a candidate is a little premature, if not altogether needless. The democratic national convention will not onlv select the candidate, but will make the platform. Bryan is so closely indentified with the great questions now confronting the country ns to render his nomination practically a foregone conclusion. Anderson Democrat. The tinplate trust is the greediest of all the tariff litter. In three months it has raised the price of tinplate from $2.90 to $4.10, the English product being sold at $2.70. Os its charter capital of K 0,000,000, 538X100,000 is wholly fictitious and experts say that the net profits of the trust this year will surely exceed $5,000,000 or nearly one-half the amount of its entire actual capital. But the trust refuses to accede to the demand of its workmen for a 20 per cent, rise in wages and the mills have shut down, throwing from 40.000 to 50.000 men out of employment.

It is now clearly apparent that no campaigning can be done in the Philippines during the wet season. The streams are swollen and the low-lying districts have become great lakes. All that Gen. Otis can do is to withdraw his troops into Manila and one or two other fortified places, perhaps, and wait until the dry season. It would seem, therefor, that the recent campaign has resulted in naught. The armies of Aguinaldo will be recruited and his soldiers will return and reoccupv the country from which thev have been driven. Knowing the country and climate conditions as they do they can keep up a harassing guerilla warfare that is much more demoralizing to a defensive army thana hard and continous campaign of fighting. The administration and expansionists have a difficult situation to face.— Sentinel.

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Advertising is a matter no merchant can afford to neglect. It is more important and means more to the seller than anything else. Care should be taken that the right thing isalwavs said by an advertisement. But ad- i vertise whatever is done. It is thej backbone of business and should not be neglected. The fellows who are trying to shift the position of the Democratic party on the money question have undertaken a gigantic contract. So far as we know, onlv a small number of prominent democrats have taken the movement. These will very soon ; learn that the platforms of the demo-. cratic party are made by the people and not by the politicians. RELYiNG~ontheTariff duty for pro-' tection the tin plate trust has made, exclusive contracts with the manufacturers of black plates (used for tin-! ning), in order to break down all op-| position from independent competitors I who do not manufacture black plates forthemselves. Having monopolized the business, the trust now feels itself in a position to deal as it may choose with its workmen. Though the prices ; of tin plate have been nearly doubled, j when the workers ask for increased pav the doors of the factories are shut in their faces and they are told to go hang! j Both Decatur and Hartford City claim to be much larger cities than Bluffton and yet their postoffice business is not equal in either case to that of Bluffton. The postoffice receipts afford a pretty true index of the volume of business and general intelligence of a community. Our neighbors can make their own application of this well recognized truth. —Bluffton Banner. Any town that will peddle out their postoffice business and then brag about it. is certainly hard up. The Banner even carries the thing so far as to sav that this kind of business is a “pretty true index of the volume of business ( and general intelligence of a commun-1 ity." It takes an expert to fix the books and fool the government, but outside of that, the rank of intelligence is certainly not above high water, mark.

Thl gold combinations holds bonds and mortgages against the nations and peoples of the earth to the amount of one hundred and fifty billions, calling for all the gold money inexistence nearly forty times over. Here is a blanket mortgage that the industry of the world must pay. principal ana interest, and the live issue to be considered by the farmers, laborers and merchant’s of the United • States is: Shall the interest and principal be paid in 100 cent dollars or in 200-cent dollars? All of the political and military maneuvering of the gold trust, which at present controls the administration of the United States, are directed to the end of securing a rich harvest of 200-cent dollars to add to the unholy accumulation of money in the vaults of London usurers. The political machinery of the republican party is being used to that end. Not content with gathering in all of the profits of American industry, the gold trust designes to use the increased Ameri' an army and navy to squeeze usury for London and the agents of London in Wall street from the toiling hundreds of millions in Asia and the Asiatic islands, the expense to be saddled upon American taxpayers in addition to their own doubled burden of usury. The issue will be met next vear.

The Tariff and the Trusts. Os the 350 or more trusts that have been enumerated in this country the great majoritv is protected from foreign competition by import duties. Herein lies the secret of their organization. It is to secure the benefits of the elimination of foreign competition which is bringing about the formation of great combinations for the control of the home market. And the few trusts that can be named which are not favored by a tariff are merely the exceptions which establish the truth of the proposition. The trust of todav is an artificial production, its creation being dictated by the desire of the manufacturers to reap the benefits which the tariff was designed to accord them, which benefits have largelv been dissipated under the fierce competition that has prevailed among themselves. The first effect of placing an import duty upon an article which heretofore had been admitted into the country free was to give the home manufacturer of that article an opportunity for increasing its price on the market to an extent equal to the amount of the duty. This meant great profits in the manufacture of the article, and the natural sequence was that the number of concerns making the article rapidly increased. When their number had so increased

that their product was greater than I the home market could consume comj petition ensued among them and the | price of the article went down despile the tariff wall. Now. if the infant industries further desire to reap the benefits of the protection of that wall, it is necessary to destroy home competition. Hence the trust. The trust destrovs home competition absolutely. and it not only does this but it does much more. Its first step is to shut down factories and at the same time seek to prevent the formation of rival concerns by threatening I to crush all opposition. Few men. unless they have behind them immense capital, will have the temerity to buck against a trust. Thus, on the ■ one hand, the total production is reduced, thereby forcing up prices, and on the other hand the aggregate cost of labor employed in both the manufacture and distribution of the product is lessened, thereby leaving a

wider margin of profit to the trust magnates. This means that the cou- ; sumer will be robbed and men thrown out of employment at the same time. A more diabolical scheme for grinding the people between the two mill- ; stones could hardly be contrived. The trust, look at it as one will, means less work, lower wages and an enhancement of the cost of living. What greater question, therefore, can confront a nation than this of the trusts —the artificially produced monsters! that have sprung up on everv side to; rob and rule the country ? The effects I of the recently formed trusts are I everywhere in evidence. Factories’ have lieen closed in numerous towns I and prices for the product they make have sharply advanced. It is not! necessary to cite instances they are I so plentiful that only those blinded ! with party prejudice fail to see them, j The drift of events is so patent that if American liberty and manhood are to Ire preserved the people must quickly assert their supremacy. It is high ' time that they realized that monopoly ! is stepping in between them and their | natural heritage—the right to live and j enjoy happiness. The dav is fast \ coining when the trust will stand at ] the portals of production, and all who ; care to labor and thereby live must I leave independence of thought and 1 action at the door. Labor will com-. pete against labor for the privilege of * ! working and consumer will bid ■

against consumer for the necessaries of life. Thev are doing that at this verv time. ’ The work of enslaving the masses, of establishing individual dictatorship over even the lives of men. is alreadv progressed far. It is time to call a halt. And how is this to be done? The answer Is readilv inferred. It is to repeal the tariff, which was first intended to assist struggling industry, but which has now developed into an incubator of trusts and a protection to them after thev are born. As has been said, the trust of today is an artificial creation. Perhaps a day mav come when trusts shall spring into existence as a sequence of natural conditions, but the evolution of civilization has not vet attained that point. U ntil it is reached speculation regarding them is idle: but not so regarding the ial trusts of the day. The most of them have been formed so that the benefits of tariff protection may not lie dissipated, but a few others owe their existence to causes as unnatural as the tariff, and notably among these are such as thrive by discrimination in carrving charges. But whatever the cause for their existence they should lie smashed bv the removal of | that cause. Take away from them their special privileges. Make them pay the same freight rate as other concerns, and. above all. take from them their prerogatives to tax the people. The tariff tax is such a prerogative. The consumer does not pay this tax to the government—he pays it to the trust. The tariff shuts out foreign products, and in consideration j for this favor the trust assesses an illegitimate profit, tax, or whatever one mav please to call it. upon every consumer of its product. \\ ealth is thus ! centered in a few hands, the people are despoiled of their proper share of production and corporations of aggregated capital usurp the governmental functions of the nation. No srreater necessity confronts the American people than that of smashing the trusts. ■ —Sentinel. One phase of the trust evil is the absolute enslavement of the lalior under trust and combine control. The NewYork World has made a compilation which shows that 116 trusts, covering : the necessities of life, represent 17,- i 000.000 individuals in American fami- | lies dependent upon them for rate of wages and other regulations. The total emploves number 3,420,000. Os these more than 600.000 are engaged in manufacturing articles of food and drink: 775.000 are engaged in the making of clothing and furniture: a round 1,000.000 produce and prepare products of the earth in mines and minerals; an equal number are engaged in transportation and communication: nearly 500.000 in machinery and metal products. Who will deny that the wages and other conditions of this fully onefourth of the total of such laborers in the United States areas much under control of the gigantic combinations concerned as ever the blacks of the south were by their white masters? Down with the trusts! Down with the money trust! Republican authorities disagree as to the amount it cost the money power to elect McKinley, the figures being all the wav from $3,000.-* 000 to $50,000,000. Hanna publicly admits the payment of $3,000,000 for what heaeemed 'litigimate expenses," meaning printing and speakers. John Sherman said that he understood it was $5,000,000. "Old Man of the Sea" Grosvenor puts it at $15,000,000 and ’ declares that it will cost $25.000.000t0 ' re-elect McKinley, and he speaks by | the card. But whatever the sum, it came from the trusts, combines, and ' money power in general, which knew

the Decatur | W National I ' Bank, I DECATUR, IN DiANa I Capital and Surplus, $108,500,010. I Re-organized Jan. i, 1895. I Average Deposits 1894, $ 91.447.00. I Average Deposits 1895, 120,238.00. I Average Deposits 189 b, 123,570.00. I Average Deposits 1897, 145.023.00. | Average Deposits 1898, 184.029.00. I Deposits June 30, 1899, 272,120.00. I OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. I PW. Smith, President. C. A. Dugan. Cashier I W A. Ki ebler. Vice Pres t. E. X. Ehinger, Ass't Cashier I J. H. Hobbock, D. Sprang, Jacob Colter. I A general banking business transacted. I Interest paid on certificates of deposits left six or twelve months I

it would receive the benefits of special privileges, as it has. This money power is now going to pledge itself, in the next platform it writes for the g. o. p., to destroy the trusts itself. Five hundred peddlers, comprising almost all there are in Boston, have formed an organization, under the name of the Boston Citizens' Peddlers’ association. to protect their rights. The chamois is usually identified with Switzerland, but the animal is less common there than in any other country which it inhabits. Austria is the real home of the chamois, where it is most plentiful. Les Angeles draws its electricity from a turbulent mountain river 90 miles away The 12,000 horsepower runs street cars and machinery and supplies the city with light and heat. There is less loss of energy than was expected. The United States department of agriculture has by experiments found that the force of a growing pumpkin is sufficient to lift 2% tons, provided the weight is so placed as not to interfere with the growth or natural development of the vegetable. In a magazine article explaining the former wealth of Venice. Professor Lornbroso notes that in the fourteenth century a merchant was able to quadruple his fortune by one round trip of hisship. taking sugar from the orient to London, exchanging it for wool and selling the wool in Flanders. The excuse given by the British admiralty for lack of originality in naming ships is that they are restricted to one set of names that have already been borne by ships in the British navy because of the signal codes. Every time a new name was given every signal book in the service would have to be altered A Mississippi planter named Mangum has been experimenting with monkeys as cotton pickers, and during the entire fall of 1898 he had ten of these animals working in his fields. They were taught to perform the work by a New York animal trainer, and Mr. Mangum is so well pleased w-ith the results that during the coming season be expects to put 120 monkeys at work on his plantation Kansas City has adopted a trademark. Hereafter it will appear on all manufactured goods sent out from that city The design was selected by the directors of the Manufacturers’ association from 78 which were submitted. It consists of a map of the United States, with Kansas City represented by a star in the exact center Above the star hovers an eagle with outspread wings The village bells of Potzbach, Germany, have not been ringing since New Year's day. and the people have awakened to the fact that the man—a teach er—who has done the work heretofore has been paid only $2.64 a year and has struck for higher wages The people of the town have discovered that the bell rope bangs in the teacher’s bedchamber and that he will not allow anybody to disturb his early snooze by entering and pulling the rope.

In the Cape Town police force there are now on the roll 38 constables of 6 feet high and over. The “top notcher” is Police Constable Andrews, who takes the standard with 6 feet &J£ inches, probably the tallest police constable in Seutb Africa. Police Constable Lang figures next, with 6 feet 4% inches There are five men ranging from 6 feet 3 inches to 6 feet 4 inches; three men between 6 feet 2 inches and 6 feet 3 inches: 12 from 6 feet 1 inch to 6 feet 2 inches, and 17 between 6 feet and 6 feet 1 inch. A french writer has suggested that there ought to be another mark of punctuation. the point d’ironie, to end sentences written in a sarcastic vein To this proposition the New York Commercial Advertiser adds that “each emotion should have its little mark—a heart for emotional passages, a dove for the aspirations, a tear for pathos, with, of course, a few purely arbitrary signs Literature would become symbolic. A man could look over a few pages of a book and see at a glance what kind of stuff he was about to plunge into." The official kiss is not exclusively a masculine prerogative. There are times when court etiquette demands that women, too. shall kiss. On the occasion of the crown prince of Greece's wedding the bride. Princess Sophie of Prussia, the kaiser’s sister, was obliged to bestow no fewer than 150 kisses. The king of Greece received three kisses; so did his queen, so did the Empress Frederick and the king and queen of Denmark and Kaiser Wilhelm and the empress, while all the princes and princesses present received one kiss apiece.

Legal Advertising. I OTICE TO NON-RESIDENTS. I The state of Indiana, county of Adams ss I the circuit court. - I Slatlie Strait | I No. 5/444 I Alpbus Strait. ) Divorce and alimony. I It appearing from affidavit filed in I entitled cause. that Alphus S I the above named defendant is a non <7 I dent of the state of Indiana. I Notice is therefore hereby given the I Alphus Strait, that he be and I before the Hon. Judge of the Adamafc 1 court on the 4th day of September iwr. ,2 I same being the Ist juridicial dayofthenm I regular term thereof, to be bidden at the 1 court bouse in the city of Decatur, eoniia, I mg on .Monday, the 4th day of Seoternhw 1 ■ 11.. IKH». and plead by answer ■ r demur to«« I complaint, or the same wi:i be heard and di! I termined in bis absence. I Witness, my name, and theses; ofsaidcourt I hereto'affixed, this efith day of June, isa ■ H ; Lenhart. Clerk. I E. Bert Lenhabt. Denmt I Amos P. Beatty, Atty, for Pl'tiff. ]j; I ■yOTICE OF LETTING OF PUBLIC WORK I Notice is hereby given that drawings and I specifications are now on file in the auditors I office of Adams county. Indiana, for thefur- I rushing and placing in position the roof and I other connections and appliances inconnec- I tion with the roof being leplaced on the I court house in Decatur. Adams county. Indi- I ana. Sealed bids will be received for said I work and material, at the room of the board I of commissioners in the court house inDeo I tur. Indiana, on J Friday, July 28,1899, I at 10 o’clock a m All bids shall be filed on forms furnished by the counts' auditor ani each bid shall be accompanied by a goon and sufficient bond to the satisfaction of said board, guaranteeing th* 4 faithful performance on the contract in case said conrrjct should be awarded and in ai things according to law. Bid ters will be requested to tile with their bids affidavits required by law. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Joseph E. Mann, > Samcsl Doak. £ Commissioners. Fred Keppert, ) Attest: Noah Mangold. Auditor. Per C. i>. Lewton. Deputy. IM QOM MISSIONERS’ ALLOWANCES Commissioners’ court. July term, ISV9. Orderci by the court that the following named pers< ts be 8 ’ ?et opposite their names and for the purpose herein specified: W E Fulk. on E W G R * TOO do on W W G K do rent for surveyor s office 70 40 Jacob Amstutz, work n Farlow ditch 150 John Bischel. 15u P M Neuenschw'd'r 1 si» C A Neuenschw’d’r, “ " ’ “ 150 Jno Hes«ler. “A Kohne “ 1 & A nt'ny Voglewede. HO Garb art Hessler, 150 Ed Kintz, 150 Noah Sheets. “ “ Silking ' •50 A B Biscbel, - - Farlow 150 J Neuenschv ander, “ •* *’ “ 1 ! ° Wf son Meyers. “ EWG R. 100 Jno L Jones. “ * 100 | R K Allison, exchange on bonds 14j 1 Sehulte. Falk & Etnmrer. goods for jail. 275 Holthouse. Callow x- Co. gds for asylum Decatur Journal, printing Eugene Aschleman. b<-rse fr co’ty farm C <-« J F Mann, expense to Indianapolis 5 & J J Soldner. assessing F W R Brayton, med att of poor 75 DDC.ark. 4 Henry Dirkson. vie’er Barkley highway ’* Jnn Hessler, “ C H Schenk, med att of poor . ‘ J Jacob Wechter. goods for poor 9 " L Yaaer £ Son goods for poor P J Hj land, work at jail 5» do *• •• court house 9 John C Moran, assessing * J 1 H F Costello, sec’y board of health : C J Lutz, services as county attorney. * Niblick X Co. goods lor asylum 4- ? do •• •• courthouse. C M France, work at asyium ’ Kuebier Moltz. goods for asvlum do •• “ jail ® L G Eiimgham. stationery ‘L " W E Fulk, serv surveyor I*' Ed W France, services as truant offiu r Henrv Eiting. viewer Barkley hiahwav •> w J A Ehrman swear’g v’w's Bark y biki y I the Ln lersignr d. hereby certify that tne foreg ing statements are true and u rrec’.a? found among the record® ot my office Noah Masgold. Auditor. Per C. D. Lewton. J. ZJ. H-A-I-iE DEALER IN Grain, Seed, Wool, Salt, 0iI» Coal, Lime, Fertilizers. Elevators on the Chicago & Erie and - --J? Leaf railroads. Office and retail store >oJ “ east corner of Second and Jefferson .tre i BF"Your patronage solicited. I

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