Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 February 1895 — Page 4

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Entere! at the riyinotith 1M Oflice as second"clavs iii;(ttt r. A.I:.ZIMMKKMAX.Kiitoi: am 11:01 kif.tok. ri;( lMi'i iov rr.ici-:. One Year Six Month ..$1..M Kvip i'ntly all the financial cranks in this country are just now at work on the many plans otfered for a revision of the national currency legislation. Kvruv gold country in the world except the United State?, protects its supply of the mela!. This is the onl v nation that sticks to a standard without trying to save the basis of that standard from exportation. CoNi;i:rs has been contemplating holding night sessions, so as to finish up its work before the end comes. This would be eminently proper as most of the designs of the present congress should be covered with the cioak of darkness. Tin: present democratic congress is a congress of surrenders. It surrendered voluntarily to the sugar trust on sugar; to the gold trust on gold; to the populist in the income tax, and was compelled to surrender to the people in November 1SU I. The right of every man to make and keep all the property he can is an inherent and indisputable right. J f it is a crime for a man to accumulate and keep, or spend as he pleases fifty millions of dollars, then it is a crime to accumulate and keep fifty dollars. Laroi: saving machines have been invented to do nearly all kinds of work which was formerly done by men. Now if some genius would only invent some plan whereby a man can live without eating, he will earn the everlasting gratitude of the millions of unemployed. Labor Voice. Wim. i: the president has said that there was a "comfortable surplus," and Wilson, of West Virginia, says "the revenues are fully sufficient ro meet the neccessary expenses of the. government, v it is a l'acf, that the income of the government during the six months mliijg lhTembtT ."Jlst, lM, was nearly b'XHKHXK) less than actual expenses. Last Sundays Inter Ocean gives the following editorial: 'The president used a good article of glue when ho put his cabinet in their various chaus. Every one sticks." President Cleveland must have got some of that same glue on the seat of his own pants,' and that accounts for him not having made a move since his last election. Tni: Plymouth Independent is about the neatest and best edited sheet that comes to our table, but we think that Uro. Zimmerman lias misquoted us in his article of last week on what this paper said about the silver service. Labor voice, South Uend. - If, as our brother says, we misquoted him, we are truly sorry. For we always try to deal fairly with others, even if we do differ upon some material points. I'akty affiliations in municipal government, is a detriment. The man who is willing to blindly follow out a line of action to the disadvantage of the entire community, solely because it is not according to his political -belief, is not the proper man to represent the people. We long for the time when in village and town elections there will be no such thing as political line?, and where the women will be entitled to the right of suffrage, especially in matters pertaining to education. Tin: machine in both parties cry out most savagely always against any person who objects to their control. Uut it must be admitted that in all parties the anti-machine element is as honest in ils allegience to tie- avowed principles of the party a-? the machine can possible be. In fact the principles of any party are generally more faithfully upheld by tho.s who bold themselves independent of nuehiiio routine than they are by the machine, whose only object and ambition is the minipulation of the spoils. Ir intelligent law sustaining and moral citizens who desire to see the municipality m which they livegoverned in a legal ami moral manner, and are particularly anxious that the oilkers who are chosen or are to be chosen to administer the laws'shad be clean, able, competent men, persist in permitting the so-called ward bummers to do all the initiatory work, to manipulate the caucuses, work up a packed gang to Dominate the candidates they wish, the law sustaining class make no effort, then they have no right to complain

that the cities are run in the interest and to the advantage of those classes that invariably defy the laws and inevitably bring disgrace upon the city. 1 The election of any city or township oflicer is in no sense whatever a politi -

cal contest, Suchanoilicer is not a reoresentative of any party principle or policy, but the agent of the people to look after their business. It is not what any man s views may be on the tan 1, or J ' free coinage, that has any bearing what - ever on his honesty, or his ability to vote

in the meetings of the board of commis- j the truth was given, would be of more j ol the wintry storm wreaked no vengesioners, or the city council, in matters of : benefit to their report. j ance there. town or city improvement, or the build-1 No more fruitful results could have ! When the morning came and the Leg of a bridge or sidewalk, but his well-1 been given than the press reports m re- j i'rsty sun looked forth overa benumbed known abilitv as a shrewd and compe-j Partl to 1,10 divS f the Steamer, j world, the rolling mill of Canal Dover i.nt l.Kinr.,,,,,, Ti, ,.n,m.-.n ctic ! Oiicora. While t here is not the slight - j as as fresh as a lortress, secure and

of the people is rapid! v learning to dis- d'ni; that tlienrst (1 ery made, . . . ' . , bore but to a small extent that the obenmmate between the othces where!. . . . , ,. . .... i ject seen m the distance upon the turbupartisanconsiderationsju.tlyapply,andik.nt waters of Lake Michigan, resem-

those petty othces which suould be en - tirely independent of any partisan or political jealousies or manipulations. The fact is, that the continual partisan manipulations, and intriguing to control all these oilices is a damage rather than a help to true party discipline and organization, because the success of the party becomes the principal object, no matter what may be the fitness of the candidate. Fi:ei: trade advocates have always had a great deal to say about stubborn facts, but notwithstanding the abunda ace of assertion, the people have looked in vain for the facts themselves. The arguments of free traders are in fact only a mass of bold, untenable allegations unsupported by facts or any proof whatever. It is the protectionists who deal in stubborn facts. For instance, it is a fact, demonstrable by a mountain pile of evidence and testimony, that all the hard times suffered by the people of this country from lTb'J to 1Si3 was un- ; der the rule of anti-protective tariffs. It is another fact, equally noticeable, that all the prosperity enjoyed by the American people since the beginning of the Union until now has been uml.'T the rule of the protective system. It is an additional fact, with the same terms of demonstration, that everv time an antiprotective has been substituted for a protective tariff in this country, wages have fallen and labor has suffered. It is a further fact, most easy of demonstra tion, that the avowed plan of English i free trade, is to make England "the workShop of the world" so all other nations shall be compelled to compete in her market for t lie sale of their raw material, with a consequent power on her part to j fx the prices for what she has to sell. Self-Eviclcnt Truths. A self-evMent truth is one which needs but to be stated to be accepted by candid, unprejudiced minds. I hold the following to be self-evident: First If the American people purchase from Kngland one hundred million dollars worth of goods America gets the goods and Kngland gets the one hundred million dollars in cash; but if we buy the goods from the American manufacturers and producers then America gets both the goods and the money and is one hundred million dollars better off than by the former transaction. Second If the production of these goods in this country would give a yea r employment to two hundred thousand of our own people, then buying goods abroad will leave two hundred thousand of our people idle who might have been employed had we purchased the goods at home and if these two hundred thousand people would have earned on an average of iour hundred dollars each, then we, having destroyed their purchasing power, have reduced the demand for all kind of goods in this country and damaged our home market to the extent of eighty millions of dollars, less what our people will buy and give to these idle people as charity to keep them from actual starvation. Third Just in proportion as we destroy the home ma; ket or demand for goods, we throw other thousands of people out of employment, and this st ill reduces the purchasing power of! our people ami leads on to the indeiinite impoverishment of our people individually and our country at large. Fourth- If such good.; can be produced and shipped into this country from abroad cheaper than they can be produced at home, then our people will surely buy abroad, and there are but two known ways of preventing i!; one is by a tariff which will. shut the goods out of this market, and the other is the reduction of the cost of homo production. And as the chief cost of production is wages, if such cost is reduced to any appreciably extent it must be through a reduction of wagcs.which not only impoverishes the laborer but also every other person of whom the laborer is accustomed to purchase the necessaries and luxuries of life. American Economist.

Sensational Reports, It has become a noted fact of late years, that correspondents to the large city dailies, have a tendency to stretch the truth in their reports. It seems j they have, through some process unknown to the average truthful man.

conceived an idea that to make a success as a newspaper correspondent, they must close their eyes and ears to the actual facts concerning some subject of importance, and when writing to the i ,,.,,., , 4 , - " .. j daily papers, try to sustain a reputation ; ot- a d m.mizt.r bv iyUl the M of i truth to some sensational rot where if j bied the hull of a steamer, yet before j investigation had been properly made, . and but a short time after the tirst report had been circulated, the telegraph wires weio Machine the news :ini the continent that the hull of the Chicora had been found, and that all those who had started upon that fatal voyage on Jan. 21, 1V."), were in good health and had been rescued from the foundering steamer. The streets of Chicago were alive with the hundreds of news boys selling copies of an extra addition issued by the energetic dailies, with a full account of the discovery and rescue. At Benton Harbor, where the families of a greater number of these men resided, excitement was worked up to the highest tension. The churches were deserted, the streets alive with the citizens ofthat city, and mothers and wives and daughters, hurrying toward the telegraph offices with tears of joy flowing down their cheeks, and a new awakened hope kindled in their breast. And then the reaction. The hope that had been resurrected through the reports of sensational reporters, did more deadly work than the report when first announced that the steamer had went down. There should be some way to suppress this alarming feature of press reporting that is beginning to predominate, and a repoiter that does not give the actual facts in the case should not be allowed to be a press correspt indent. This is not only the case of this one instant, but in scores of other cases it has been the same, liven from Plymouth we have seen exagurated reports in regard to occurences wherein the actual truth would have appeared to a better advuntDead on the Ash Heap. Don't vou recall with a shiver. bitter cokl of last Thursdav night V Do vou remember how hard it was to keep warm around the blazing hearth, inskb your snug and cozy dwelling? Do you forget how you shivered, even between the blankets, in your bed, all through the cruel hours of the night V Driven to it by sheer force of humanity, did you not go from stall to stall in the barn, to see that the dumb brutes in your keeping had as complete protection from the pitiless wind and rain, as it was in your power to give? The dog scratched at the door, you let him in. The cat complained from the piazza, and you took her to the rug on the hearth. Even the tlowcrs in the pit had your anxious care, and a cover was spread over treacherous clinks. And as the furious squadrons of the wind drove down from the north, every lance in the chill brigades tipped with ice, didn't you, with motionless lips but swelling heart, pray Clod to pity the wretch who might bo homeless and shelterless on such a night? And didn't your infinite sympathies go out to the mariners who might be reeling frozen sails, away off in the bleak fields of the trackless sea? And oh, did it once occur to you that on such a night-suctr a night! it could be in the heart of any human being to turn another human being awav from shelter and lire, and drive him forth to the murder of the storm ? Vet read this: l)Ii:i ox AX AsII in-: AT. New Philadelphia, (., Dee. tlV-Last night a supposed tramp entered Canal Dover roiling milt in an almost frozen condition, lie was ejected by the night watchman. In the niorniii!' there was found a white-haired man, apparently Mxtv vearsof age, king cold in death on the" ash-Leap.' "T. IV" was marked in his shut. Sucrh is the brief tragedy t -legraphed j to every newspaper in the I'nion, Churches? Ves, it's a land crowded with churches. Chanty? Yes, it's a land that gives millions to the poor of its own ami i t her countries. Law? Yes, oti couMu't fire a sltot gun in any given directiou without sprinkling an ollicer of the law. Civilization? Yes, we are loaded down with all the paraphernalia of the most complete civilization the world ever knew. Yet ovr brothers die ct our hands from a calculated, systematic, and soulless ferocity which would shame a dog! Why? Simply because, under our horrible system, property has become more sacred than life. In tho theory preached in every church, Christ, tho homeless vagrant, is

the God of our worship, and the Good Samaritan is the type of man we emulate. In the system we really practice, dives is the god we serve, and charity is the crumb which falls after the feast. The blizzard Thursday night did not freeze the rolling mill of Canal Dover, nor the corporation which owned it, nor the watchman who guarded it. The property came through the tem

pest without the loss of a cent. ii,,iVi neti,v Jlowl as the j would, shake tl might, charge as they the rattling gates with a ! giant's force as they could, the cohorts uniiun. .ian ouiiu ir, and around U was the charmed circle of the law, and of human care. Uut on the ash heap near by lay the j image of Cod -frozen stark and stiff; j witl1 the white hair of age whipped j about the worn and wrinkled face, and ! the sightless eyes staring in t lie mute ! horror or death As we said, the mill was safe and sound the watchman had defended it from the uncouth invasion but the spirit of the poor old homeless Lear who sought shelter there had gone forth to join Lazarus; and up the radiant pathway of some star the Christ who on this earth had not where to lay Iiis head, may have led the immortal soul of his fellow outcast, above the cloud and beyond the storm. Fathers, when you rear your sons; mothers, when you kiss the rosy feet of your babes, do you ever dream that the journey will end at the ash-heap V And yet nothing is more certain than that as ye sow, ye shall reap; and ye are sowing the laws which inevitably lead to just such a harvest as "dead on the ash-heap." People's Party Paper, Atlant y, Cia. General T. J. Wood's Farewell Address. Plymouth, Ind., Feb. 5th, lS'Jo. Thinking perhaps that some of the old boys of the 3rd division, 1th Army corps would like to read (leneral T. ,J. Wood's farewell address to his soldiers, at (Ireen Lake, Texas, I herewith hand to the editow of the I xdi:pi:mm:nt for publication the original document: XV. II CliAlti, Co. I P.Hh (). V. I. Ilr.AD (lai:ti:i:s :U 1)i, 4th A. ('., (Ireen Lake, Texas, Aug. 21th, '. Soi.dikks An order assigning me to duty in another department, dissolves our oilieial relations. It is therefore necessary I should take leave of you. Had it been consistant with the views and orders of the government, I should ! have greatly preferred conducting you S to a -rendezvous nearer to vour homes. I there to have sen you mustered out of service and bidden vmi a linal adieu. It is ordered otherwise, and, as good soldiers, we must submit cheerfully, and perform with alacrity, whatever duty is imposed on us. Your military career has been glorious. Vou can retrospect the history of your participation in the war for the suppression of the atrocious rebellion with the proudest satisfaction; unalloyed by any feeling of regret or sorrow, save that which you feel for the brave comrades who fell on the battle field, or who have been disabled or maimed for life. To the bereaved and afflicted I am sure you will ever extend the cordial sympathy of gallant soldiers. As a right fairly won, you can blazon on your banners a long roll of the proudest historic names names which symbolize some of the hardest fought fields and grandest victories of the war. Your fair fame as soldiers will be the richest legacy you can bequeath to your posterity. It will be a priceless inheritance. .Soldiers Remember that as you have been the preservers of our nationality in the great and terrible domestic war, you must consider yourselves the custodians of our national honor and dignitv and rights, and be ready to do battle for these great interests whenever they may be imperiled, whether by a domestic or foreign foe. Having asserted the principles of free government ill the suppression of the rebellion, you must sustain it against al' enemies. It is highly probable that 1 may chance in the future nu i't manv of vou m civil life, and 1 now request if such should be the cae, none of you will hes- . . , , , , ' , itate to make yourselves known tome, t make tins requer-t for the reason that the change produced in your appearance by doling the uniform of the soldier and donning the attire of the citi.en will prevent me from recognizing many of you. It will ever afford me pleasure to meet any soldier who served in my command. 1'arl icq al ion in common dangers, privations and hardships, and the sharing of common triumphs, have warmly attached mc to all of you, and causes me to feel a deep interest in your future prosperity. I can wish you no belter future than that in the peaceful vocations of civil life your career may bo as prosperous, successful and happy, as your military career has been brilliant, honorablo and useful. To each one of you I bid a friendly good bye, with the assurance that from my inmost heart goes forth a sincere invocation for (iod's blessings on you. Soldiers, farewell. T. J. Wood, Major General

IN ORDER!

to move quickly all remaining seasonable goods, that thereby we may gain space for

which is now in transit. We have made another deep cut in prices. All Winter goods at cost, and many far below cost. You will yet need many warm articles to keep you comfortable. The Ground Hog, A Reliable Prophet, has said: Six weeks cold weather, yet. Commencing to day, we will sell ICE WOOL,, at 10 cents per box. All other Winter Goods in the same proportion. Give us a call.

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