Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 September 1899 — Page 4

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Mr f ikr bounty gmotral Hr 91. net'. STIMtPK. One Year, in advance . Six Months, in advance U.00 60 Entered at the poslofflce in Petersburg for transmission -through the mails as secondclass matter. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1899. LISTS OF TRUSTS Hfeing Business Under the Mr-lltuma Administration. The republican papers of the country are making a ‘‘light” on the trusts., yet these editors know very well that every new trust formed is the legitimate product of the gold standard. In 18% the supporters of Mr. Bryan told the voters that the success of Mr. McKinley would mean rule by trusts. The prediction has been imply verified by facts. Here is a list of trusts that have been formed within the past few months: Capital stock American l>eet sugar eo. . American car and foundry co American caruiei co . American hard rubber co . American ice co American lamp chimney eo . American linseed oil co . American potteries eo,.. American steel and wire co. American thread eo . American tin plate co . Boston truit eo . Bessemer ore association...... Bridge builders’ combination Broom manufacturers’ association of United.States. Cambria steel co . Cast iron pipe trust . Centra! union telephone co . ... Chicago milk co _ Continental tobacco co . Consolidated gas, New York Consolidated 1 ruction of New Jersey Continental cracker eo...,,. . Electrical company of .4 meric a . FtderaI steel . .. .* . Fire day sewer trust Hawaiian commercial amjfsngar co International air power co ..... International paper co. International silver co .. Kentucky distilleries ami warehouse co Knickerbocker ice co . Knit goods co . Codak limited co .... Metropolitan street railway co Milwaukee electrical railway and lighten. National carbon eo.• National enameling and stamping co.. New Amsterdam gaseo. Nsw Y'ork gas and electric light. heat and power on .... . National starch co Mat-tonal mirror manufacturers’association .. .,.. Otis elevator eo. .... Pacific states telephone. Pennsylvania manufacturing light and power co . People’s gas light and coke co of Chicago ., .... People’s gas light and coke co.of Buflath ....... Pressed steel car co. ....-.. Print cloth pool -.. . River coal operators’co. , _ Rubber goods manufacturers’ co... Sash and door combine Standard distilling and distributing co ... .•_f. * 20,000.000 ou.ouu.ooo 1 ..'<00,000 2.50U.UO0 ew.uw.utw 75O.0OO' S3,3oo.uuo 27,ouo.ouo 24.MNl.UOU 10.000 DM) AO.tttlO.OUU 10,000,000 20,000.000 5o,ouo.uuu 10.000. 0uo lti.imttno 16.000. 00D 0.005 300 i0.otio.ooo oo.odo.Oiiu :w.7.io.ooo | 15,0t)0.00v) I 10.000. 0t o! •2-1.000.000 200.000. 000 20.000. 000 10.000. 000 7.000. 000 33.571.100 20,000.000 32.000. 000 7.000. 000 20.000. 000 7.708.000 40.000. 000 10.000. 000 10,000.000 30.000 000 23.000. 000 ‘26.000 000 8.480.000 15.000. 000 11.01 HUH K) 30,000 000 15.000. 000 30.000. 000 8.000. 000 26,000.000 50.000. 000 11.000. 000 50.000. 000 20.000. 000 24,00(MK)b

tWjWV.VW United States cast iron pipe and foundryco . 30.000,0(10 Writing paper. 40,000,000 This means that hundreds of factories and plants are being* closed down so as to curtail production and run up the price to consumers. One or two of the above concerns, after closing'down the plants of their former competitors, which they bought up, have -increased the pay of certain workmen. But the total^imoudt paid to labor will be vastly diminished. Thu county; commissioners have taken nO action on the hitchrack question as vet.^-* * * Petersburg Press. Well, say, why hot “hedge” and be done with it. Certainly the commissioners have taken no action ou^ the hitchracks. They were ordered to take them away, but refused. The town 'authorities took them away. Now that the country people, are kicking the Press editor is trying to shift th2 responsibility on the county commissioners. Colonel, the people know who capsed them to be removed, and th» less said the better. The I^emo'CRAT has made a tight for new hitching racks to be put up by the town board and its work is succeeding admirably and the farmers will now have a place to hitch free of charge. Th^re must be hitchracks, but the towa board must put them up as they caused them to be removed from about the public square. More Than All Others. Rome City, Ind. Dr. C. D. Warner, Coldwater, Mich., Dear Sir:—It gives me great pleasure in recommending your White Wine of Tar Syrup to the public as an excellent cough cure. I have sold over a gross within a short time and I always warrant a cure and have never had a bottle returned. I sell more of your White Wine of Tar Syrup than all other cough remedies ! keep in stock. I sold one dozen bottles to one of my customers. Respectfully yours, J. P. Chapman. Sold .by Paul Bros. * s Peter Drof has just received a large supply of barrel and bulk lime. Portland and Louisville cement. Acme plaster, hair, etc. lie buys old junk of every description. 10-4 Go to H. H. Tislow for all kinds of watch and clock repairs. 2b*

A JOURNALIST’S VIEW. Fact** (iatliered by Jamett Creelman. a Famous Correspondent. Mr. Bryan is one of the least impulsive men in America.. The common idea of him is that he is governed in all things by his emotions. Nothing could be further from the truth. His habit is orderly and deliberate, and he is usually desperately slow in making decisions. Of all the leaders of the democratic part}- as it exists today he is, perhaps, more laborious and careful, more studious and more suspicious of issues that originate in popular clamor than others. This statement may surprise men who look upon Mr. Bryan as a mere passionate orator. But it is the simple truth. His political passions are passions of what he conceives to be principles. This is the key of the Bryan of today. He is conservative rather than'', radical, fundamental rather than practical. Since his nomination in 1996, Mr.' Bryan has grown graver, broader, deepfer. *He has lost what there was in him. of sectional feeling, and looks to the swarming East to help the South and West in its struggle against the abuse of corporate wealth in politics. He is more national in his point of view. Today he i'seems* to understand that a man may disagree with him on the currency question and yet be a sincere democrat, accepting the party creed as a whole. Although I have not been a supporter of Mr. Bryan, I am convinced by personal contact with him and by my knowledge of what he has accomplished and is accomplishing now that three years have changed him from a sectional leader inspired but enthralled into a many-sided, responsible statesman. His patient tact, his courageous devotion to principle and his power of compelling confidence in his honesty are gradually reuniting the democratic party. ? Let no one be deluded by the idea that Mr. Bryan does not understand party politics in all its ramifications. I should say that he is at this moment the- most, astute politician in the United States! Think of the extraorlinary ability and knowledge to hold in union the democratic, populist and free silver republican parties: think )f a defeated candidate who can for three years, without power or place. Siold the attention of the entire nation, sj>eak boldly and without reserve >n every public issue in a time of constant and fierce excitement, and yet aot make a single political blunder;

in these three years he has become more moderate in speech and less rhetorical. He is reasonable rather than dictatorial. 1 speak of him as a profound and masterful politician, because that is the side of his character not generally understood. Neither' Senator Hanna. President McKinley, David B. Hill, Arthur P. Gorman nor Richard broker is in the same grade with him as a party politician. He seems to rule without threats,without promises and without money. He is building up an organization that will compare in completeness with any that has existed since the civil war. He is determined that his party shall not go into the next campaign in a tiuid coalition. If Mr. Bryan has a serious fault as a politician it is his inability to yield, or seem to yield.His personality is something phenomenal. Re dominates everything about him. in this respect he unfortunately resembles Mr. Cleveland, but. unlike Mr. Cleveland, he trusts the commoft sense of the common people. Mr. Bryan’s deep religious convictions control him in his attitude toward the masses. He firmly believes that the hand of God is always present in the affairs of men, and that it is a part of the divine plan to work aut everything good through the average mind; in other words, through the majority. No unprejudiced man can travel through the various states today without recognizing the fact that Mr. Bryan is much stronger and much more firmly entrenched in the confilence of the multitude than he was at any time during the last presidential campaign. He is the supreme, unchallenged leader of his party. But what has most impressed me is the large and constantly increasing following he has among business men now. His refusal to engage in personal attacks on the president, his decent and dignified manner of speech and his opposition to a national policy of foreign adventure seem to have broken down the prevailing distrust among legitimate business men. The truth is that Mr. Bryan is today the great barrier against state socialism in America. Were it not for his unceasing labors, his oj>en and real sympathy for the millions who suffer in

the shadow of remorseless corporate greed, and his power of convincing' the desperate and despairing that their Cause can be won without overturning the present order of gbvernment.state socialism would btiWindled into life. Hundreds of thousands of men who look with kindly eyes on government confiscation of trusts as a relief for the present top-heavy, unequal condition of the nation have been drawn into the support of the democratic party through their belief in Mr. Bryan’s sincerity. He bridges a great j gulf. So long as the original condi- | tions, tendencies and opportunities of j the republic existed there were no signs of socialism to be seen. Mr. Bryan’s rise into national power is the last protest of old-fashioned continental Americanism against the new order of things represented by McKinleyism, trusts and imperialism. Much as I personally dislike and distrust the free silver idea, I am compelled by force; of facts to recognize in Mr. Bryan a really great man, a stubborn and uncompromising champion of a mistaken financial policy, but a statesman and patriot who loves and believes in the plain people. Much has been written and said about Mr. Bryan's failure to make a national name and a great fortune as a lawyer, but it must be remembered th^t he was only twenty-three years old when he was admitted to the bar in a small Illinois town, and that he gave up the practice of law seven years later and entered upon a political career—yet twice during that period he made himself self-support-ing, once in Jacksonville and again after his removal to Lincoln. Besides that he declined to accept a salary of $10,006 a year from the Standard oil company, prefering to live more economically and tight against the abuses of such overgrown corporations. He has a much more solid record as a lawyer and business man than Mr. McKinley. For one thing, no man has ever been called upon to pay his debts, alnd I personally know that he has helped many an unfortunate friend out of his troubles. Another fact about Mr. Bryan has become known since 18iK>—he cannot be used by other men—he is not weak or invertebrate. He is the master rather than the servant of those who surround him. 3lt was said in the last campaign that if this uninformed, inexperienced youth from the prairies of Nebraska should be seated in the white house his every act would be dictated by cranks and fanatics. But today the whole nation can witness in every part of the country the evidences of this man’s indomitable will and unconquerable courage. I am quite sure that if the next democratic national platform should fail to meet his convictions he would decline to be the democratic candidate, although he would vote the dem

ocratic ticket. My own judgment is that he will have no rival in the national convention, and wiM be nominated by acclamation. It is too soon to express a positive opinion regardinghiscljpnces of election. But I should say that he is much more popular than when he was last a candidate, and that if the contest is to be between Mr. McKinley and Mr. Bryan the present prospeerfltfavors Mr. Bryan's election. It i\^ long look ahead, but at the same stage of events preceding the last national conventions I succeeded in demonstrating to my own satisfaction, at least, Mr. McKinley’s nomination and election, and I do not fear to make a prediction now, with all the reserve arising from the fact that a prophet can never hope to be as accurate as a historian. $50 for One Bottle of Medicine. This is to certify that my wife was for years afflicted with asthma, and was so far gone that several physicians decided that her case must terminate in consumption. I was induced to try a bottle of Dr. Warner’s White Wine of Tar Syrup. To our great satisfaction it gave almost immediate relief, and two bottle^completely cured her. She is. now well and healthy, but I would not be without the medicine if it cost fifty dollars a bottle. Chn.Bd.Tp.of Wilton,Monroe l-o.,Wis. Sold by Paul Bros. s ’ To Whom It May Concern. As we are in the lumber business and as we are in it to live and let live, and also have houses and lots for sale at low prices. Time given on lots and lumber. We have fifty lots for sale in the new addition to Otwell. There is not a town anywhere around that improves like this town according to population. Any information cheerfully given. Cali on us at Otwell or phone us at our residence. And consider if the pills (no matter what kind) you have taken for your constipation have really done you any good. Are you not more and more liable to this trouble? Try Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin if you want sure relief. 10 doses 10 cents, also in f)0c and $1.00 sixes. Oliphant Drug Co. s Wm. H. Farris, 19-4 Jacob Bowers & Son, Otwell, Indiana, Stop a Minute

' J^iniABDffON A TAYLOR, |j Attorneys at Law. I'nwupt attention given in *«11 Iiumiuw. A Notary Public constantly luiheitlltiT. office in Carpenter building, Eighth and Maln-sts , Petersburg, Indiana. \sl! BV A COFFEY, G. B Ashby, C. A. Coffey, j Attorneys at Law. Will prwt ice in nit court*. Special alienlion given to Hit civil i usiness. Notary Public constantly in j tie office. Collections made and promptly remitted, office over W. L. Barrett’s More, Petersburg, indiana. SO. DAVENPORT, • : Attorney at Law. Prompt attention given to mII bushiest*. Office over J. K. Adams A toon’s drug store, Petersburg, Indiana. H OLCOMB A CROW, Attorneys at Law. " HI practice in all courts. Prompt attein* tlon given to uii business. Office in Carpenter block, first Hour on Eight li-st., Petersburg. TXMLBON A TYNER. r. at. Wilson. »» T. W. TV.MR. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections in all parts of the United Stat im. Remiltanccs promptly made. Charges are reasonable. Give us your old accounts, not es, etc., and we will do the rest. Call on or write us. Office opposite court house in Parser building, Petersburg. Ind. j J R. RICE, Physician and Surgeon. Chronic Diseases'll specialty. . Office over Cttizeus’state bank, Petersburg, Indiana.

H. STUN ECI PH E R. Dental Surgeon. Office In rooms«an<l 7, In Carpenter buildins. Petersburg, Indiana. Operations rttxtclass. All work warranted. Anaesthetics used for painless extraction of teeth. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties Conil cerned that 1 will be at raj residence SATURDAY AND MONDAY Of each week, to attend to business connec ted with the office of trustee of Monroe township. Positively no business transacted only on office day. J. M. DAVIS. Trustee. Postoffice address: Spurgeon. "T^OTICE is hereby given to all persons coni' cerned that 1 will attend at my office EVERY MONDAY. To transact business conneeted with the office of trustee of Jefferson township. „ _ L. E. TRAYLOR, Trustee. Postoffice address: Algiers, Indiuua. NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested that I will attend at my office in Stendal, EVERY SATURDAY. To transact business connected with the office of trusteeof Lockhart township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. J. L. BASS. Trustee. NOTICE is hereby given to all persons Interested that I will attend in my.office at my residence EVERY MONDAY, To transact business con neeted with theollice of trusteeof Marion township. All persons having business with said office will please take notice. T. C. NELSON, Trustee. Postofficc address: Winslow. VTOTICE is hereby given to all parties coni.1 cerned that 1 will attend at my residence EVERY WEDNESDAY, To transact business connected with theoffice of trustee jf Madison township. Positively no business transacted except ou office days. J. D. BARKER, Trustee. Postoffiee address: Petersburg, Ind. «4FRED SMITHS Dealer in ail kinds of FURNITURE!

Funeral Supplies a Specially We keep on hand at ail times the finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be fouud In the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suite • Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep Caskets, Shrouds, etc., of the best make. N. Harris & Son HEALERS in ^FURNITURE<&

Funeral Supplies of all kinds Hearse Free to all Funerals. We keep a full line of white ami biaek caskets, robes, slippers, and ail funeral supplies- Embalming and taking eare of the dead a specialty, we save you from 15 to 20 percent on all undertaking goods. Call and see us for anything in our hne of business. Cumberland Telephone in office. OTWELL, INDIANA.

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