People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1895 — Page 1

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THE POST OFFICE.

Money Order Fees. The postoffice is an institution run upon the principle of the very best service at actual cost. Money sent by its Qrder system is the very safest, most convenient'and the cheapest means of transportation. Every cent that is paid for stamps, or for fees is that much of the nation’s taxes paid- It is the duty of all good Citizens to patronize the postoffice in every way possible. The following are the rates: Orders not exceeding $2.50 3c. Orders not exceeding $5.00 sc. Orders not exceeding SIO.OO Bc. Orders not exceeding $20.00 lOe. Orders not exceeding $30.00 12c. Orders not exceeding $40.00 15c. Orders not exceeding $50.00 18c. Orders not exceeding $60.00 20c. Orders not exceeding $75.00 25c. Orders not exceeding SIOO.OO 30c Rates of Postage. Merchandise, for each oz. lc Books, printed matter, 2-oz. le Newspapers, 4-oz. lc Newspaoers,(by publisher) lib lc Letters Mexico) 1-oz 2c Letters,’Foreign, i oz. 5c Registering fee, additional, 8c Arrivals and departures Mails arrive—7 a. m., 10:52 a. m., and 3:25 p. m. Mails close—lo:22 a. m., 2:55 p. m. and 7 p. m. Office hours—7 a. m. to 7p. m. Star Route Mails. K Leave for Blackford and Aix Tuesdays and Saturdays at 1 p. m., returning same day. Pleasant Grove, and Valma daily at $12:30 p. in. Collegeville daily at 8:15 a. m.

Nursery Stock for Sale. I have a full line of fruit trees at IlifE’s livery barn. Will sell cheap. Apply to J. F. Iliff. J. A. Woodin. An Unexpected Cnt. Best galvanized barb wire, $2.35 per 100 lbs; staples to accompany wire, at same price. G M. Wilcox, Surrey.

Agents Wanted.

To handle the Fountain Rubber Scrubber, also the best rubber window washer and dryer ever made. If you mean business eend stamps for circulars and terms. Fountain . Rubber Scrubber Works, Fort Mandison, lowa.

Honey to Loan.

The undersigned have made arrangements whereby they are able to make farm loans at the lowest pssible rate of interest, with the usual commission, interest payable at the end of the year. Partial payments can be made on Jan. Ist of any year. Call and see us before making your loan; our money is as cheap and easy as any on tne market. Information regarding the loans made by the Atkinson & Rigler Agency at Wabash, Ind., can be had at our office, up stairs in Williams-Stoekton building, opposite court house. Warren & Irwin.

Farmer's Attention.

The Attention of farmers in the vicinity of Rensselaer is called to the following: About four years ago I retired from the implement business, to benefit my health. I have now sufficiently recovered,-, and will hereafter be in readiness to supply all farmers needing grain or grass cutting machiiery, with the best the market affords, the celebrated McCormick harvesters and mowers. A description of these machines is unnecessary, as their value is known to all. I am located just across the street from the Makeever House, where sample machines can be seen. B f ire purchasing a binder or mower, cime and see the McCormick and get prices. Vi r/ Respectfully, Chas. A. Roberts.

THE PEOPLE'S PILOT.

FOR THE FREE AND UNLIMITED OOINAQE OF SILVER AND OOLD AT THK PARITY RATIO OF StXTMBN TO ONE WITHOUT RKFERENOt TO ANY OTHER NATION OR. EARTH.

AEERIGAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ROTHSCHILDS

King Grover-How much gold will you advance on this chattel?

THE SILVER QUESTION

DISTURBING THE SERENITY OF THE POWERS. The Gold Bogs Bending Heaven and Earth to Head It Off —Bat the Cool Silence of the People I« Ominous. The silver question has broken out again with increased malignity. The Illinois democrats have scratched off a scab and the gold bugs seem to fear a relapse. The chairman of the Illinois state central committee has called a convention with the avowed intention of making a declaration on the money question. It is known that if the people control that convention they will declare for free silver. Hence the effort on the part of the gold bugs to defeat the object of the convention. It is argued that a declaration in favor of free silver, at this time, by the state, will be construed as a repudiation of the administration policy and hurtful to the democratic party. Senator Palmer, Comptroller Eckles, Col. Morrison, aad others who belong to the cuckoo tribe, are hurrying and scurrying about to side track the convention. The east is looking upon this matter with more seriousness than it ever has done. At the same time it is confident that the movement is only ephmereal and can be sidetracked in the near future. Mr. John De Witt Warner, who is at the head of the New York Reform club, and a member of the “Sound Money association,’’ and who is willing to “jine hands” with anybody to crush the silver movement, says: “There appears on the surface to be a tidal wave in favor of silver in some of the states east of the Mississippi river, but the craze will die out before the. assembling of the next national convention. The worse the drunk and the harder the jag, tke more certain the victfm will Bign fny kind of a pledge for his future good behavior. He will even be willing to take the gold cure. That will te the condition of the Illinois democrals after they recover from their silver jag.” There Is no doubt but what the east confidently believe thtt they will be able as usual to “whip in ” the west and south on the money question. Whatever may be the attion of the next national convention of toth old parties, it is certain that thej east will join hands —both republicans and democrats—to prevent any legislation that will curtail the power vhich the bankers now hav,e over the currency question. The hope of thejgold bugs is to preserve‘the organizations of the republican and democratic parties intact. Their only fear & a stampede of the voters from the twj> old parties to the People’s party. Secretary Morton, who seems to be interested in behalf of the gold bags, as are 41 of Mr. Cleveland's household, baa vrftaen a letter

RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY. MAY 9^1895,

to a Mr. Buchanan, general passenger agent of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, asking him about the growth of the silver sentiment in the west. Mr. Buchanan replies as follows: “I am able to see, and to an extent apreciate, the very evil effect being exerted by the so-called free silver Interests in this country, and I hardly think this is appreciated in great centers. The wave of the baneful idea has almost reached an epidemic condition, and unless fully answered in kind both great political parties will be obliged to either incorporate a substantial free silver plank in their platform, or else a disgraceful straddle. “Coins School of Finance” has reached an edition of over 100,000, and recently another book of the same kind has been issued. They pretend to quote eminent financiers of Chicago and elsewhere —as for instance, Lyman J. Gage, Joseph Medill and others —as injecting objections embodying their most formidable arguments, and then proceed to answer them effectively. This book is sold ten to one of any other. It is an entertaining little volume. In my opinion, it should be answered by some one who fully understands the subject. This book has been purchased in large numbers by silver people and distributed gratuitously. The banking interests should take steps to publish a reply in equally attractive form, and put it on the market at the lowest price. “To show the effect of this book, a rather intelligent country banker called on me recently and asked me if I could answer it, saying he was nearly convinced there was hope in the policy suggested, and this against his will; he said it was making votes mqre rapidly than anything he had ever known. I referred him to our bankers here. He said later he had talked with some, who had passed it over lightly and did not reply.

“My judgment from the present outlook is that eastern conservatives of both parties are likely to unite, and possibly renominate Mr. Cleveland, who would carry the east and south, no doubt. The East, on his able, honest conservatism, and the south, because they could never vote other than the democratic ticket, thus insuring a vote which would elect, and the west would undoubtedly support a Populist or freesilverite, unless there is a great change. If this is not done, I feel the election will be thrown into the house as the result of three tickets being in the field in wfiich case the balance of power would be with the free silver interest. I believe a vote to-day on the naked question of a 16 to 1 silver platform in Nebraska would give it a majority of 5,000, or near it.” Mr. Buchanan seems to think that the “eastern representatives of both parties are likely to unite, and possibly renominate Mr. Cleveland.” Recent developments go to show that there te more of the public attention than any other phase of the money mimThiii It

is not because of its own importance, but on account of its involving the question as to who shall issue and control the currency, the banks of the government. This is the bone of contention. The banks are fighting to retain their grip on the currency system and the free silver question is only a strategic point which they feel they must combat. If we have free and unlimited coinage of silver it effects the bankers’ control of the currency that much. As a strategic point it is well for the People’s party to fortify this position, not as a sole issue, but as one to be defended whenever attacked.

Government Ownership.

Some people, all old-party voter 3, treat government ownership of railroads as a novel or untried thing in the world, when the fact is that there are only nineteen out of seventy-three governments that do not own either in part or in whole their railroad system. These include England, France, Germany, Russia, and Italy. All but six of the governments own the telegraphs, and several own the telephone system. All own their postal systems, which in their early stages were in the hands of private carriers.—Farmers’ Tribune.

The Bond Deal.

Six hundred and sixty-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven wagon loads of wheat, 30 bushels to the load, allowing 50 feet for each team and wagon to save end-gates and tongues, would make a procession 6,300 miles long. This vast procession of wheat at 50 cents per bushel represents the profit made given to the bond syndicate on the last sale of bonds by the United States. It -will be remembered that President Cleveland’s former law partner negotiated the purchase and sale, and that while there were many persons desirous of buying the bonds at $1.20%, they were barred out, and a private sale was made at $1.04%. The difference between what the president could have gotten for the bonds and what he did get was 16 cents on the dollar, amounting on the bond issue to $10,000,000 in round numbers. A small circle of men made a profit In a day representing the procession of wheat above mentioned, hast year a subscriber residing In the state of Washington wrote us that wheat was selling in his market at 19 cents per bushel. At this price It would take a procession of wheat nearly encircling the earth east and west at this latitude. In the procession would be 1,754.377 persons as drivers. There would be 3,508,754 horses. This vast procession enables us to grasp to a certain extent the magnitude of the clear profit made by the syndicate on the bond sale. It should be borne in mind that none of this profit is interest. ExPartner Stetson arranged the private sal* to the syndicate at $1.04*%, when others wanted them at $1.20%. The bonds are now selling at sl.2o%.—Missouri World.

W. S. MORGAN.

If this paragraph is marked it indicates that the time for which your subscription to the Pilot was paid has expired, and if it is convenient for you to renew now it will be thankfully received, for in the purchase and installment of our new press and fixtures the expense has far exceeded expectation and we. have contracted some debts that must be paid soon. Do not understand us as wishing to crowd or inconvenience any one who does not feel able to pay us now; any such will please drop us a postal card stating when we may expect it. We are in need of money and this is an urgent request to those who can to give us a little help. Remember that a copy of Coin’s Financial School is given free with every dollar that is paid on subscription, past or future. If two dollars are paid, three books will be given, viz: “Coin’s Financial School,” “Tale of Two Nations” and “Coin’s Financial School Up To Date,’’each being a 25c book offrom 155 pages to 200 pages, all by the same author and treating upon the financial question.

This paragraph is addressed to my old Referendum subscribers, to whom I have been sending the People s Pilot. Many of these subscriptions have now expired, some are in arrears, and I desire that all who wish the paper stopped would drop me a postal card at once. Tais-epecial offer is made for old friendship's sake: Any Referendum subscriber who wits now send SI.OO will receive the Pilot one .year from this date and Coin’s Pinanncial School, with aDy old account thrown in. If there are any who cannot r.ow accept this offer but will do so. later, please notify me of the fact and the paper will be continued. F. D. CRAIG, Editor.

State of Texas Is Broke.

Austin, Tex., May 7.—The state treasury, when It closed last night, was pronounced “busted” by Treasurer Wortham. The passage of the general appropriation bill by the legislature Just closed made the state liable at once for $614,000. To pay this amount there was only SIOO,OOO. The bill became effective yesterday and warrants were drawn, and within six hours every cent of the SIOO,OOO in the treasury was taken'out, and there is now a shortage of $514,000.

Novel Method of Suicide.

Charlottesville, Va., May 7.—A singular means of suicide was adopted by Lewis Garrison, whose body was found yesterday near the University of Virginia. The autopsy disclosed the fact that the man had met death at his ovyrn hands by inserting in his body a piece of gas pipe filled with powder and slugs. This charge he exploded with a match. The lower part of his body was terribly mutilated.

Want Memorial Day Sacred.

Lancaster, Pa., May 7.—A convention of representatives of the Grand Army posts of Lancaster county was held yesterday and a series of resolutions adopt-, ed condemning the desecration of Memorial day by base ball games, picnics and excursions, and appealing to patriotic citizens to discourage the practices, to the. end that the day may be preserved for the purpose intended by Its Illustrious founder.

To Suppress the Black Flags.

Hong Kong, May 7.—Five thousand troops have started from Canton for the Island of Formosa, In order to suppress the anticipated opposition to the Black Flags to the occupation of that inland by the Japanese according to the terms of the treaty of peace between China and Japan. Many of the troops are unreliable and liable to Join the Black Flags.

Huntington Need Not Go.

New York, May 7.—Judge Brown, in the United States Circuit Court, denied the application for a writ of removal in the case of Collis P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, indicted in California for violating the interstate commerce law in having given a pass over the Southern Pacific Railway to a man named Stone.

Fighting Dead in Florida.

Jacksonville, Fla., May 7.—A special from Tallahassee, Fla., says: The senate has passed the anti-prize fight bill. It now goes to the house, where it will pass without a doubt.

THE INCOME-TAX DECISION.

The Arrogance and Insolence of Plutocracy. The income-tax decision of the Supreme court is one more step in the direction of our growing American plutocracy. The great struggle between plutocracy and democracy is now on, and the battle is being fiercely waged. A majority of the leading politicians and the rich fashionable churches, backed by the military and the courts, are arrayed on the side of the money power, and while this decision goes far to protect and build up the greatest menace to liberty, of ancient or modern times, it will prove at the same time the entering wedge which will destroy plutocracy. It has grown arrogant and insolent, It has thrown off all disguise, and from this on the issue is clearly defined. The question is, shall those who produce the wealth of this nation enjoy the fruits of their labor, or must they toil in poverty while the favored few absorb their earnings. Plutocracy has forced this issue, and is hastening to swift destruction, and all the courts in the land cannot check the rising tide.

29 Park Row, New York city.

MORE INDEMNITY FOR JAPAN

Surrender of Lnlo Tang Compensated by »n Additional Ted Million. London,'May 7.—The Times says It is reported that In consideration of her abandonment of all claims to Liao Tung Japan will receive an additional indemnity of £10,000,000. In oth.er respects, the surrender to Russia is unconditional. The Times says: “Japan is to be congratulated upon her good sense and the self-control of her statesmen. We reJotce that she recognized the wisdom of not pushing her pretensions too far. Russia is to be congratulated upon the success of her diplomacy. Events show how prudent it was for Japan to compel China to accept definite terms before replying to the powers.” The Daily News says: “The coalition has made a deplorable mistake in coercing Japan, but it is enough for us to know that we did not share the mistake.” The Standard says: “As the best way out of an awkward difficulty, the three protesting powers may be fairly congratulated on the issue of their intervention. They have really done Japan a good turn, however, by preventing her from acquiring an expensive and valuable Incumbrance.”

NUMBER 46.

M. W. HOWARD.