Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 August 1897 — Page 4

Celebrated for its great leavening strength and helpfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Bakino Powder Co.. N«w Yokk Shr gikt Counttj §rttWf«t Hr III. IHct'. STOOPS. One Tear, in advance ..ft *>» Biz Months, imad vance. . *» Entered at the post office in Petersburg for Irani mission through the mails as aeeondelaaa matter. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897. The old cry of returning prosperity aounds very much like the old story of the boy who oomtnehees to wins tie when he is passing an old cemetery after nightfall. Or course the Dinglcy tariff bill is responsible for the Klondike gold fields, the increase in the price of wheat and the famines in foreign lands. Certainly. The republican papers say so, and it must be so. Ir these be proej* rous times*- why do our republicans fail to invest their money in enterprises protected by tariff instead of daily watching for op portunities to take mortgages on that which the farmers own? It was heard on all sides before the election “wait until McKinley is president and this Cuban butchery will »u»p,7 Well, Mack and Mark are in the harness and the killing goes on just the same as if nothing had happened.

The republican newspapers are nuw telling the people that the tariff and the Klondike gold fields settles hard tunes. They forget to tell the people that every gold camp consumes double the amount of cold cash a* ever comes out of it. and it makes but little difference h< w much is produced. There are a feu Pike county people who hare the Kiondyke fever pretty badly, but they lack the lucesaary ducats to leave on the first tram. If they would just believe in Miss Pro*|>erity and Old Man Confidence, that the republican papers are talking so much about, they might possibly puli through—or starve. . '■ The repub.ican party iu Ohio is badly demoralized at the present time. In fact it is in about the -anie condition that the single standard advocates are in Pike county. 11m leaders of the party in this county are scouring the woods and racking their brants to make up a ticket to be voted at the next election. But it will be the same old story. WniTautoe thing this Ihtigley bill is going to be for the farmer and laborer. This fall when he goes to buy his supply of winter clothing for his own use and that of his wife and children this mighty biil for the protection of the few will loom up as it never did before. Prices are going up on all woolen goods and the rich must be paid for boosting the republican party into power. ‘ Its very nice. Gkkmcnt has already commenced relalitorv measures against American goods on account of the Dmgiey tariff bill. Thousands of bicycles have been exported to foreign lands during »!.<• U.-s years under tie- old u.'iff law-, buiwu w that the new bill places such high protective duties on goods imj-orted from Germany, they cannot be sold here, lienee they will refuse to buy goods here. Lena work for the bicycle makers.

The democratic assertion that trusts and a protective tariff go hand in hand is somewhat weakened bv the Cart that trusts ucver flourished in the United States as they did during the three years of the late democratic tariff, which has happily passed.—Oakland City Enterprise. Trusts are the direct offsprings of the republican party and an- fostered and cared for by legislation. The gigantic trusts that desired legislation for selfish purposes carried the country at the last election, and as a result the People are taxed by a high tariff to trpay them. Trusts, well for this next few years iht j e< pl> ara at their mercy. Senator Teller of Colorado, in one of his Chicago interviews tells some things the republican {arty will not want to hear. He •ays there is little or no hope for the postal tarings bank so long as the republican party is in power. The handful of men who control the wealth of this country, and also control the republican party will fight this mere and prevent the enactment of tuch a law. In speaking of the postal savings banks he says: “It all dwindles down to the old question of what rights hare the poor? Unless there is some way in which the people can satisfy Wall street, or, in Other words, the rulers, tee postal savings banks will never be.’' Concerning the rise fa the price of wheat the senator explained

that special and peculiar causes were at work. The wheat crop abroad is phenominally light, while the hoiue crop is ahundaut; that is all there is in it, and the American farmer has cause to congratulate himself that circumstances are such as to give him a good market for his grain." Concerning the fall of silver Senator Teller says: “We know that Japan is using but very little silver, China, Russia and India are the consumers at the present time, and Iudia has her mints closed, bat she will be compelled to bay more silver soon. Then the hard times of late places silverware out of the reach of any but the rich. The farmer who bought silver years ago is now compelled to be satisfied if he can get tinware.” Bimetallists will be gratified to know that the great silver senator of Colorado secs success for the cause of the people in the near future. His declaration on that point is clear and the victory of democracy in 1900 is prophesied in no uncertain tones when Teller says: “I am going to vote for free silver in 1900, no matter what candidate is in the field. The frea silver republicans will be with the democrats, which means a sure victory for the white metal." The democratic court house ring having smashed John Blaise’s hopes for the future is now turning its attention to some of the smaller fry. The ring hopes to dictate the ticket next time aud it will just be to the taste of the boys or they won’t play. The pops have deserted the democratic ranks and the croittfthinks it absolutely necessary to get just the right kind of a ticket, if there is any show to win. The scheme is to drop one of the preseut democratic office holders aud pot on a new1 favorite in his place.—Petersburg Press. There it goes again. Calls the democratic officials the ‘‘court house ring." If there exists a ring it is composed of the voters of Pike county who smashed the clique, that had dominated affairs in Pike county, at the last election. The voters of Pike county regardless of |>arty will select another ticket nest year and at the election will settle all old scores. The free silver voters are just as solid as they were on the day of the November election, 1896, and in 1898 will show up stronger. The officials elected last fall have given the tax-payers an economical administration of affairs and will continue to do >o. That was what they were elected for. If the Press ’“knows of any schemes to drop any county official yelp it out and let the people know it. When it comes to making a ticket ihe voters will attend-to that matter with promptness aud will select men who have the best interests of the tax-payers in view and not their own personal self-interests. The silverites are in good shape and will be ready foe the cani(wiign of 1898 and 1900, and they will j win just as easv as they did in 1896. i -- ■ ...

( ol. Albert E. Boone. the projector of the Vincennes & New Albany branch oi the Black Diamond railroad system, will more than likely In* in this city the first week in September, at which time a meeting will be held of ail those interested in the building of the railroad. The colonel will visit ali the prominent towns along the route and hold meetings. The final meeting will beheld at Vincennes September 9th, and it is more than likely that the meeting in this city will be held on the ?th. Petersburg citizens should interest themselves in this matter and help to secure this road at once. Another railroad is needed through Petersburg and this section of the country to meet the demands of the shippers and the coal industry. With another line of railroad new coal mines would be opened up aud many laborers given employment. Mexico aud Silver. The gold camp is filled with mourners because of the hardships about to be brought to Mexico by the depreciation of silver. We are given to understand that the entire arithmetie class has been driveu from the delightful task of calculating pounds, shillings and pence, and put at the slavish labor of finding the discouut on silver sent to Europe. We heartily sympathize with the gold crown in their deep sorrow at Mexico’s misfortune, but we hardly know ! bow to help them. Seriously what would . they have Mexioo do? IJow would she j make matters better by going to the gold ; standard ? Mexico h&s practically no accumulated capital. Her purchases and her debts she must j>av with the products of her agrieulj ture aud her mines. She has practically no gold mines, and her silver will certainly not be more abundant by the country going to the gold standard, (,’hickle coffee, ouyx, lead, ore and all else she has to sell abroad will bring no more gold, but even less should she join in degrading silver than now. >h« u«n-s tu*t n-w have to buy her silver, and any loss due to its depreciation will not fall on the Mexican nation as a , whole.

Miouid sue go U> the gold standard, m I lew t»tue than it took for the news to reach us that Japan was embarrassed, after she listened to the money lenders, we would hear that Mexico was the must oppressed of nations. She could not sell her products abroad for gold, where they must be sold. . for one dollar more than they can be sold ; for now. but rather less. But most of all she would here to buy gold on a rising market to substitute the silver she had destroyed or aided in destroying. Ah! but she would have better credit. She could borrow foreign capital! We have tried the borrowing business and we have the proud privilege of looking upon fields of the money lenders, wheat and cotton spread out in white, and gold all over our country from ocean to ocean. In 1896 we exported $1^3,000,000 worth of cotton and $94,000,000 wor*i« of wheat, while the interest ou our foreign debt amounted to about $300,000,000. In other words, we grew our vast cotton and wheat crops as interest cn foreign capital, \nd

Added to it $27,000,000 worth of other products, while, fed with the gold spoon, the principal was growing every hour. Far better for us had we never borrowed a dollar from abroad, and used only our money instead of offering a tempting prize to the gold owning creditor for our gold spoliation. ** Mexico is not a land of idiots to put herself into the power of the gold sharks.— Louisville Dispatch. All Plain Enough. Trenton, S. C., Aug. 15.—The price of wheat is governed by the law of supply and demand, and the rise is due to the bad crop and reduced supply in India and elsewhere. The low price of silver is due to the same cause. There is no demand except for use in the arts and as subsidiary coin. Free coinage b? the United States could give-a market for all silver at the coinage value. The rise of wheat is temporary, and it will go down along with all other property till silver is remonetized. The democratic party cannot be hurt by the rise in wheat or by the fall in silver. All the friends of silver know the reasons for these seeming contradictions, and will fight for the remonetization of silver and elect Bryan in 1900 ail the same. We can not be made to desert our colors by any sophistry based on temporary conditions. B. It. TilLxax, Jordan Springs, Va., Aug. 16.—The increased demand for wheat resulting from the failure of crops abroad naturally causes its prices to advance, while the decreased demand for silver, resulting from the action of Japan and conditions of distress in India, naturally have the opposite effect on the price of silver. Both demonstrate anew the correctness of the theory of bimetallism, and that is that the supply and demand regulate the vlaue of ail things, including money. All this can but serve to convince thinking men of the absolute correctness of the democratic doctrines and strengthen that party with the people. Janes K. Jones. Thomson, Ga., Aug. 16.—While 1 do uot profess to fully understand so intricate a tangle as democracy has reeeutly become, my opinion is that the >pirit of discontent, which was represented iu part bv the Bryan democracy, cannot be cast out by quoting market reports of wheat and silver. The masses of the people have no money. Their enormous production in the various fields of labor warrants them in the belief. They know that the few enjoy what the many make; they know that the classes, not the masses, govern under our preseut system by trust, monopolies, tariff, trans{K>rtation laws, national bank laws and (fitrrem v laws.

Populism mikI Bryan democracy represent the protest against the evil system, and until the abuses are removed the price of wheat—based upon death and starvation in foreign lands—will not satisfy out people that they are wisely and justly governed. Silver lulls because the law nas cut the market from under it. Upen the mints to silver ou equal terms with gold and silver will rjse to commercial equality with gold. Thomas E. Watson. San Diego. Cal., Aug. 16.—I discover nothing in silver or wheat prices to weaken the declarations of the Chicago platform. The market continues to demonstrate that adverse governmental action does not impair silver values. This is ill accord with the platform doctrine. Silver ami gold will respond to legislation | and policies, whether favorable or otherwise. Neither will beof great value if their j money character is denied by law. The I price of silver is one of the local results of the election of McKinley. Had Bryan been i chosen the contrary tendency would appear, i 1 regard the successful assault upon the ! silver as most unfortunate and the grave I results of which are but slightly ameliorated I by better wheat prices, which exist to a J limited extent in spite of contracted eurI rency. The democratic party by adhering j to its platform, Will win. Stephen M. White. | —Chicago Time—fleraid, ! A Remarkable C ure of Chroiile Diarrhoea. In 1862, when I served my country as a private in Company A, 167th Pennsylvania volunteers, I contracted chronic diarrhoea. : It has given me a great deal of trouble ev*r since. I have tried a dozen different rnedii eines and several prominent doctors without any permanent relief. Not Jong ago a friend ' sent me a sample bottle of Chamberlain's ' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy, and after that I bought and took a IK) cent bottle, and now I can say that I am entirely cured, i I cannot be thankful enough to you for this great remedy, aud recommend it to ail suffering veterans. If in doubt write me. I Yours gratefully. Hknev Steixbkkuek, Allentown, Pa. Sold by J. R. Adams & i Son. a

Xetiee to Teacher*. The Pike cohntT teachers institute will hr held at Winslow, in the public school building. August 3u to September 3d. The principal instructors will be Prof. N. C. Johnson, J. H. Toitniu and Prof. J, M. Black. Prof. Tomlin wiU lecture on Wednesday evening and Prof. Johnson, Thursday evening. Arrangements are now bring made to have a teachers* social on Tuesday evening. Teachers, and those desiring to teach, are requested to be j esent at each exercise. All friends of education are invited to attend as much as it is convenient for them to do so. W. S. Coax, Co. Supt. The Mast Fatal Disease. It is not generally known that more adults die of kidney tri ubie than any other disease. When the nr>t symptoms of this disease appear, no time should be lost in taking Foley's Kidney Cure, which is run ran teed or uiobey refunded, ikrgeu & Oiipbant. a

WftskiBftM Letter. (From oar regular correspondent.} Washington. August 16,1897. “Teddy” Roosevelt has shown that the limit of his versatility has not yet been reached, by assuming the roll of official wbitewasher. His letter exhonerating Con- ! structor Bowles, who has charge of the: Brooklyn navy yard, and who was charged | with political and other favoritism in run- i ning the yard, gives Mr. Bowles an unusually thick coat of whitewash. But there is i one black streak that “Teddy” may have put in as a sort of tip to Mr. Bowles. It is the following language in “Teddy’s official let- ! ter: “The attention of Constructor Bowles wiH be especially called to that part of Commander Davis’ report (Davis was the officer detailed to make the investigation) j warning him as to being sometimes over- j harsh aud following too implicitly the j recommendations of leadingtnen and quar- j termen.” Notwithstanding “Teddy’s”! whitewash, the New York Tribune said ed- j itorially since the publication of “Teddy’s” ! alleged opinion : “Polities in the navy yard j cannot be too strongly condemned. The I deplorable condition of the Brooklyn dry docks and the consequent sending of the : [ Iudiana to Halifax, form an impressive j object lesson.” A prominent naval officer j remarked after reading the above, “Roose-; velt and Whitelaw Reid ought to hold an j executive sessiou and try to get together on j Brooklyn navy yard matters.” It is a fact of more than passing import- ■ ance that the bitterest public attack ever ; made on the present, civil service system is j contained in a fifty-column speech in one | of the belated numbers of the congressional j ! record, which was occasionally published j up to last week for the purpose of giving’ ! members of Congress a chance to talk to j their constituents through the medium of “leave-to-print” speeches which purport to have been spoken on the flm>r. This attack ou the civil service system was prepared by Representative Grosvenor oi Ohio, the bosom friend of Mr. McKinley and cue of the lieutenants of Boss Hanna. In it he claims to have the records of 271 men who were criminals, but who secured offices! under the civil service rule, and accuses the I civil service commission of violating the law daily. Ex-Secretary Carlisle and ex-Assistant Secretary Ilaiulin made arguments before' the attorney general against the application of the ten per cent discriminating duty imposed by the Diuglev tariff upon importations from other countries which come into the United States over a Canadian railroad. Messrs. Carlisle and Hamlin represent New England railroad and business interests. Secretary Gage asked the attorney general for-an opinion and will withhold his rulings until he gets it. Mr. Carlisle still has an idea that the gold democrats should keep away from the regular democrats and he has advised the putting up of a gold democratic ticket in every state in Watch an election is to be held this year, anil announced his intention to drop his law practice long enough to go] to Kentucky and speak for the gold demo- j ^ crats. The regular democrats smile at Mr. Carlisle’s taik, aud say that there can be no ; future for a gold democratic organization.

Two Lives Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors she had cousuiuptior, and that toere was no hope lor [ her, out two Dottles of Dr. King's New L>is* | covery completely cured her and saved her life. Mr. l'hos. Eggers. 139 Florida Jd, San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching consumption, tried without result everything else then bought one ! bottle of I>r. King’s New Discovery and in i two weeks was cured. He is naturally | thankful. it is such results, of which these | are samples, that prove the wonderful eth- ! uaey of this medicine in coughs ami colds. Free trial bottles at 4. It. Adams Or sion’s drug store. Regular size 50e. aud $l.UO. ■ Sot lee to Teachers. The following teachers have been selected to teach the coming winter term at the various places in Jefferson township: McCain, No. 1, Will Raddiff. Gray, No. 2, I*. F. Chappell. Gray, No. 2, John Demott. Burr Oak, No. 3, R. H. Gsgathorp. Otweil, No, 4, G. VV. Schell. Otwiil, No. 4, Perry Brad field. Thomas. No. 5, John K. Chappell. Algiers, No, 8, F. E. Chappell. Algiers, No. 6. Will Chappell. Cato, No. 7. Allen Barr. Cato. No. 7. li. E. Grim. Travlor, No, 8, George Bell. Coleman. No. 9, Lizzie Barnett. Arnold. No. 10, C. A. Scraper. Vincent, No. 11, H. E. Travlor. Abbott. No. 12. J. Z. Bell. * Johnson, No. 13. Clarence iladlock. Black, No. 14. Mertie Lett. Poplar. No. 15, Harry Rhoads. The above named teachers will come to my office on Tuesday, the 7th day of September, to contract for the teaching of said schools. L. E. Tratlkr, Trustee.

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