People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1895 — Page 4

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The People’s Pilot. BY F. D. CRAIG, (Lessee.) PILOT PUBUSHLNG CO. ; (Limited,) Proprietors. 9ZTID H. Yeoman, President. Wm. Washburn. Vice President. Lee E. Glazebrook. Sec’y. .LA. McFarland. Treas The People’s Pilot .s the official organ of ■he Jasper and Newton County Alliances,and .r published every Saturday at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Rensselaer. Ind. Reneaelaer, Thursday, July 4.

People's Party Platform.

FOUNDATION PRINCIPLES. i • First. —That the union of the labor forces of the United States this day consummated ' shall be permanent and perpetual; may itsspirit enter into ail hearts for the salvation I of the republic and the uplifting of man- I kind. Second.—Wealth belongs to him who creates it. and every dollar taken from industry . without an equivalent is robbery. ‘Tf any will not work, neither shall he eat.” The interests of civic and rural labor are the same; their interests are identical. Third—We believe that the time has come when the railroad corporations will eitherown the people or the people must own the railroads, and should the government enter upon the work of owning and managing any or al! railroads, we should favor'an amendment to the constitution by which all persons engaged in the government service shall be placed under a civil service regulation of the most rigid character, so as to prevent an increase of the powerof the national administration by the use of such additional government employes. FINANCE First—We demand a national currency, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the general government only, a full legal tender for all debts public and private, and that without the use of banking corporations, a just, equitable and efficient means of distribution direct to the people at a tax not to exceed 2 percent, per annum to l>e provided as set forth in the suit-treasury plan of the Farmers’Alliance or a better system; also by payments in discharge of its obligations for public improvements. We demand free and unlimited coinage of sliver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1. We demand that the amount of circulating medium be speedily increased to not less than SSO per capita. We demand a graduated income tax. We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, and hence we demand thatall state and national revenues shall be limited to the necessary expenses of the government, economically and honestly administered. We demand that postal savings bank be. established by the government for the safe deposit of the earnings of the people and to facilitate exchange.

TRANSPORTATION SECOND—Transportation being a means of exchange and a public necessity, the government should own and operate the railroads in the interests of the people. The telegraph and telephone, like the postoftiee system, being a necessity for the transmission of news, should be owned and operated by the Government in the Interest of the people. LANDS Third—The land, including all the natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of the people, and should not be monopolized for speculative purposes, and alien ownership of land should be prohibited. All lands now held by railroads and other corporations in «xcess of their actual needs and ail la nds now owned by aliens should be reclaimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTIONS. Whereas. Other questions have been presented for our consideration, we hereby submit the following, not as a part of the platform of the People’s Party, but as resolutions expressive of the convention. Resolved, That we demand a free ballot and a fair count-in ail elections and pledge ourselves to secure it to every legal voter without federal intervention through the adoption by the States of the unperverted Australian or secret ballot system. Resolved. That the revenue derived from a graduated income tax should lie applied to the reduction of the burden of taxation, now levied upon the domestic industries of this country. Resolved, That we pledge our support to fair and liberal pensions loex-Union soldiers and sailors. Resolved. That we condemn the fallacy of protecting American labor under the presentsystem. which opens our ports to the pauper and criminal sol the world and crowds out our wage earners; and we denounce the present Inelieclive laws against contract labor and demand the further restriction of undesirable immigration. Resolved, That we cordially sympathize with the efforts of organized workmen to shorten the hours of tailor and demand a rigid enforcement of the existing eight hour law on government work and ask that a penally clause tie added to the suit! law. Resolved. That we regard rhe maintenance of a large standing army of mercenaries. known as the Pinkerton sjsteni. asa meuacv to our liberties, and we demand its abolition aud we condemn the recent invasion of the Territory of Wyoming by the hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by federal officers. Resolved. That we commend to the thoughtful cottsiderarion of tin- people and the reform press the. legislative system known as the initiative and referendum. Resolved. That we favor a Constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice President to one term and providing for the election of senators of the United states by a direct vote of the people. Resolved. That we oppose any subsidy or national aid to any private corpoiation for any purnose.

Nearly every reader of the Pilot has a friend some where who would like to hear from Jasper county. It cos’s but 2c a week to send them all the news, beautifully printed; why not do it? 7 wenty-flve cents for three months including Coin’s Financial School.

Starvation is the true educator of the wealth-producer in political science. The New York Herald advises the Republican legislature of New Jersey topass a law providing for the Initiation and the Referendum after the Swiss model: which that paper claims is the source of the present happiness of the Swiss people. As the clock hand moves, though with motion unperceived, and in full time reaches the index of the hour, so surely will liberty and fraternity reach the standpoint of their distant power. provided only, we keep the springs of action closely wound. Christ never owned anything during his earthly stay. His cradle and His grave were borrowed. Every fig He ate was from some one else’s tree. Every drop of water He drank was from some one else’s well. To pay his personal tax, wh'ch was very small—3l| cents —He bad to perform a miracle and make a fish pay it. All the heightsand depths and lengths and breadths of poverty Christ measured in His earthly experience. The Anarchist would destroy I the existing order of things by one world-splitting bomb. Upon the ruins he would start again the struggles of individuality. Wrong! Opposed to the Anarchist idea, the nationalist would build up instead of tearing down. Law’ would lighten the burden of production and equalize distribution. Poverty and vice w’ould disappear; the weak w’ould become strong; the gates of a new Eden w’ould open for oppressed humanity.

No blister draws sharper than interest on money. It works day and night; in fair weather and foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisable teeth. It binds industry with its film, as a fly is bound with a spider’s web. Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang on the fatal mesh till the long-legged interest devours him. One had better make his bed of Canada thistles than attempt to lie at ease upon interest. Along about election time some “leading citizen” belonging to one of the old parties will be around asking you to stick to the party one more year to beat the “Dimmycrats” just this time, or maybe the “leading citizen” will be a Democrat wanting you to help beat “them Republicans” just once more. After the election they will not know you. Spot them, the money power buys up such men like sheep in the shambles. Under the lead of such creatures the money power has already a despotism in this country and a monarchy in all but the name.

Of a total of 12,936 ballots cast in The Chicago Record’s test vote on the silver question, excluding the few fradulent and duplicate votes, 8,028 were in favor of the immediate free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. without regard toother nations, and 4.908 were against the proposition. In other words, more than 62 per cent of the voters favor and less than 38 per cent oppose the free coinage of silver at the proposed ratio. Silver wins by a majority of 3.120 votes as confined to the legal voters of the municipality of Chicago. This ratio will be more than car ried out when it comes to a vote of the whole nation.

The Scenic Railway, which will be one of the features of the Midway Heights at the Cotton States and International Exposition. was formally opened last week. The railway will be operated during the summer and will be one of the attractions at Piedmont Park for the thousands of Visitors who go ut to the Exposition grounds everyday to witness the progress of the work of construction. The Scenic Railway will be one of the great attractions on the Midway Heights. Visiiors to the Exposition will find lhe Scenic Railway one of the features of the Midway. As the cars dash through the tunnel, the dazzling effects of the electric light show hundreds of scintillating points, icicles, stalagmites, and further on. a reflection from the sunlight in the deep gorge of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. The Apeciacle is made all the more effective by the instantaneous ness with which it confronts the eye.

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY JULY 4, 1895.

Suburban rates from Atlanta have been put on a basis of about three-fourths of a cent a mile, so that, for twenty-five or thirty cents, visitors can go out to some of the suburban towns and return to the city next morning by the time the gates are open. This will expand the accommodations by probably 20 per cen\ and will greatly relieve the pressure on the city. There is a cordon of suburban towns from five to twenty miles from Atlanta on all of the radiating roads, and many of these are equipped to accommodate visitors in good style, and will do so at reasona ble rates. Among these towns are Marietta, Sweetwater Park, Salt Springs, Manchester, East Point, Hopeville, Fairburn, Palmetto, Decatur. Stone Mountain. Lithonia, Clarkston and Jonesboro.

Blund And A New Party.

An Ex Democrat of Missouri writes an intensely interesting view of the present transformation of the Democratic party and principles from the days of Jeff erson and Jackson and Benton in the June Arena. It is an arti cle that will be w’idely read in the West and South and Southwest. The writer knows the political history of American parties down to date, and has all the facts at his fingers’ ends. He believes that the Democracy has tapered off to the vanishing point and can never again make an issue in American politics. Its place must be taken by a new Liberal party inspired by new ideals and new blood.

Referendum in Massachusetts.

There seems to be an inclanation in Massachusetts to make a trial of the Referendum principle. The Supreme Court decided not long ago that- no experiment could be made without an amendment of the Constitution. and the lower branch of the legislature last year, by the one sided vote of 156 to 2. declared in favor of submitting such proposition to the people. No doubt is felt that the senate will concur. This action must be endorsed by another legislature before the question reaches the voters, but, as both parties practically committed themselves to it last year, it seems reasonable to suppose that the people will be called upon for a decision. When the matter reaches this stage, there will be a more thorough discussion of the principles involved than has yet been had. Other states are likely to w’ait for a trial of the system in Massachusetts before lending it much favor.

Consequences of Free Silver.

If the United States should return to the free coinage of silver we are told that this country would become the dumping ground for the silver of all Europe. Deal. dear, and what an alarming condition of affairs tills would be. Imagine, if you can. the English, Dutch, French, Scandinavians, Russians, Austrians, Italians and Spaniards dumping their enormous loads of foreign silver coins at the doors of the United States mint to be melted and r^-coined into American standard dollars.

Terrible as this would be, it might be born providence that these measelly foreigners would at once take their dollars and themselves out of the r-ountry to return no more forever. But this they probably would never do. but would proceed to trade dollars to our ignorant people for beef, pork, corn, cotton, wheat, tobacco plows, reapers, mowers, harvesters, cultivators, butter, eggs, cheese, iron, steel, cotton ard woolen fabrics, in fact, everything we produce, to such an ,extent that our farms and factories would be literally worn out in a vain effort to supply the demand. But worse than all this our poor working people would be kept too busy to tramp and this noble American passtime might be abandoned altogether, while our new enterprise which has just sprung into such importance as to be the leading topic throughout the entire nation, would be hopelessly crushed and our great generals Coxey and Kelley would find their occupation gone. But let us not despair while proud America can boast so many thousand noble millionaires . to., bravely lead the loyal masses, for they are pledged irrespective of party lines and we may trust them to see to it that our already over-worked people shall not be required to carry about great pockets full of money or have their time so employed that they will be unable to find leisure to tramp.

LITERARY REVIEW.

Are Weltrn People Fanatical? The charge has been so often made in the press that the people of the Western States are fanatics on the financial and other questions, that a writer has seriously considered the grounds of it in the June Arena. The writer, J. K. Miller, is a Western man. and he is evidently of good old Yankee blood, for he makes his points like a keen, shrewd Yankee lawyer. And one that goes right home is this: We are told over and over again, he says, by the most influential statisticians and other authorities, that the enormous move ment of western immigration has resulted in depleting the native element in the Eastern States, and that their ranks have been tilled by foreign emigrants. French Canadians, Irish and Germans. If this is true, he asks, it is not- a little startling to lav it down as a political principle that the native born American people, born under the much lauded institutions of America, are less capable of exercising intelligent judgment upon questions of public policy than are their adopted brethren in the Eastern States, so recently from quite different political and social institutions. This is a home thrust at such oracles as Mrs. E. L. Godkin of the New York Evening Post, who also hails from across the sea.

Who Did?

A real, experienced, •’hustling” newspaper man never mistakes the braying of a jack for the roar of a lion. —Goodland Herald.

A Grand Excursion.

The Fifth International Convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America will be held at Baltimore, July 18th to 21st. 1895, and preparations have been made for the grandest conven tion of Baptists ever held. The grand old city and its environments. so full of historical interest. will be a magnificent meeting place for this great concourse of people. Our No. 33, leaving Chicago at 10.15 a. m . and our No. 11, leaving Michigan City at 8:30 a. m.. elegantly equipped and vestibuled throughout, will on July 16th, in connection wills, the C. H. & D. Railroad, run through to Cincinnati, there connecting with the official B. Y. P. U. train via C. & O. Railroad for Baltimore. The very low rate on One Fare for the Round Trip has been named Tickets will be good going on July 16 and 17, good returning until August sth, inclusive. Stop overs and side trips at any of the famous mountain and summer resorts on the picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio railway within limit of tickets, in either direction.

At Washington every one should visit the government buildings, parks and museums-, and make this a feature of the trip. More than fifty B. Y. P. U. special side trips have been arranged immediately following the close of the convention. Among the most interesting of these will be the trip to Gettysburg. On the morning of July 22d, a special train from Baltimore will carry the excursionists to this, the world’s greatest battle ground, returning in the evening. This will be a delightful and profitable trip— a ride of a hundred and seventy miles — through a country full of historic interest at an unusually low rate of $1.20.

Special excursions will be run to Ocean City, Bay Ridge, Annapolis, and other points delightful and interesting at very low rates. For tickets and other information call on Agents L., N. A. & C. Railway, or address Frank J. Reed, G. P. A.. Chicago, 111. For special details of the trip and information with regard to entertainment at Baltimore address L. A. Clark, Transportation Leader, Crawfordsville, Ind

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STATE CROP REPORT.

From The IT. S. Weather Bureau at Purdue Idiversity. WEEK ENDING MONDAY, JULY 1 CENTRAL PORTION. The weather is quite favorable. and good rains fell at the beginning and light local showers at the end of the week. The wheat harvest continued; in some counties catting is ended, others will finish next week; thrashing began in Vigo, Decatur and Marion counties; the quality is good, but crop is light, but better than expected; in some favorable fields in Marion county it is about 25 bushels per acre; in some fields the shocks stand far apart; most grains are plumb and the heads well filled, but some are shrunken. Rye is a fair crop most everywhere. Oats have been improved; io some fields the crop is maturing fast: it is short but the heads seem to be well filled; in Decatur county it is ready for cutting. Corn is in excellent condition, stands well, is, of a deep green color and well cultivated; the late planted is just coming up, but early planted in, Johnson county is as tall as a man can reach; in Wayne county, in rich fields the corn is ••laid by.” The rain came too late for timothy; in some fields it lengthened some after the rain: in Decatur county it is ready to cut, but in general it is a poor crop. Old clover is all cut and housed; a fair yield; new clover is growing nicely. Pasturage has improved a little but is still very short. Gardens and vegetables are improved and in better condition. Late potatoes are better than the early, which were much injured by bugs; in Johnson county they are in b'oom. Watermelons and sweet potatoes are growing out vines well. In Owen county rain is needed, and stock water is scarce. Plums, apples and pears are abundant. Chinch bugs are doing injury to corn in Putnam, Owen, Vigo, Franklin and Decatur counties.

NORTHERN PORTION. The rains were badly distributed and light; good rains fell only in very few localities, and rain is needed in many. Wheat in some counties is cut and in shock, but in most counties harvesting continues; the crop in general is below average; the heads are well tilled, but the plant stands thin in many fields. Oats have been helped a little by the rain, and a better yield is expected. but it is short yet. and in some fields maturing slowly. Rye is a fair crop, but there is not much. The old clover crop is light; young clover is small, but growing well. Grass and pasturage have been improved in some localities, but where no rain fell pasturage is dry. Haying is well under way; in most localities it is the lightest and poorest crop for years. Timothy, in Whitley county, is drying without heading and not worth cutting. It has been too dry for gardens and vegetables, and these are not in very promising condition. potatoes jn ' general are in fair condition'; in Carroll and Kosciuski counties they are wilting and need rain . Apples’ are in good condition; grapes in Noble county; late cherries are a good crop in Elkhart county, and small fruit, cherries and berries are plentiful in LaGrange county. Grasshoppers are injuring oats in Noble county, and

chinch bugs are doing much damage to corn in Elkhart and Tippecanoe counties.

AN ENTHUSIASTIC ALLIANCE.

Gland, June 26.—Percy Alliance No. 180 met in regular session at Percy school house, June 22, reinstated more members and elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: President, John Putt; secretary, Bert Galbraith; business agent, George Galbraith. Different propositions for twfine being discussed it was decided to award a contract to H. R. Eagle & Co., Chicago, for about 2,000 pounds. Notice was given by purchasing agent that a car load of coal was on switch to be unloaded Monday morning. Adjourned to meet at Iroquois school house on second Saturday in July. Degree Lodge. No. 301, will meet immediately, after close of the Alliance. This was an old-time Alliance meeting. Members were enthusiastic with principles of the Alliance.

Holiness Meeting.

The Grand Prairie Holiness Association will hold its 15th annual meeting July 4. 1895, at Union. S. H., 7 miles north-east of Rensselaer, Ind., when the officers for the ensuing year will be elected, and such other business transacted as may come be fore the association. The tabernacle will be set up and the meeting protracted. A hearty welcome to all. B. Sayler, Watseka. Hl.. Pres., Albert Murphy. Goodland, Ind., Secretary.

Comparative Coat of Life Insurance.

Official reports show for 1893 the following in regard to the three classes of life insurance in the Uaited States. Fraternal Societies, including the National Alliance Aid, have 1,801,000 members, carrying $3,000,000,000 in risks; paying $31.000,000 in losses, at an expense of *2.413,000, or a total average of *9 for every *I,OOO insurance carried, of which only 62 cents per SI,OOO was used for expense. Ordinary Assessment Companies had 1,676,000 members, carrying $4,170,000,000 in risks, paying *28,655,000 in losses, with $18,305,000 for expense; or total cost per SI,OOO, of *11.70, of which $4.50 went for expenses. Old Line Companieshad 1,167,000 member;, carrying *3,213,000,000 of risks, paying *57,192,000 at an expense of *48,636, OCQ or total cost of $32 per SI,OOO carried, of which *10.34 went to pay the expense!-! You pay your money and take your choice. The expense of conducting the old line company is more than the entire cost of Insurance in the Fraternal Society.

A Summer Resort at Home.

The proper way to enjoy life during the summer months is to resign the blistering cook stove to a condition of inocuous desuetude and purchase a gasoline stove of Warner & Son. They have the Monarch and Reliable, the two leading favorites; hand some, convenient, absolutely perfect in construction,; and safer than coal or wood. Every stove to give, satis faction. Prices within reach.

Time Card.

The Indiana State F. A. and I. U. will meet in annual session, the second Wednesday in Dec. 1895.