People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1895 — Page 5

Earth Quake Shock is no comparison to the sensation caused by this great cut price sale now at the Chicago Bargain Store. To Make Room for a Mammoth Holiday Stock. CLOTHING! CLOTHING!

$ $ $ Saved on Clothing. One-half of our entire stock of clothing of over $14,000.00 worth, to be closed out at manufacturers’ prices. A word to the wise is sufficient. Shoes and Rubbers. One-third of our entire stock of Boots and Shoes, $10,000.00 worth, at manufacturers’ prices. This sale includes every walking shoe and all broken sizes in the house. Cut prices in dress goods, blankets, comforts, gloves, faccinators, oil cloths, mackintoshes, umbrellas, hats, caps, neckwear, yarns, etc., etc.,

Underwear. ®^d° z . mens ’» womens’ and children’s underwear, some a little soiled, and broken sizes at cost or wholesale prices to close. Fur Cloth PLUSH. CAPES AND JACKETS—Just opened a complete new line at much less than former prices and styles the latest. Onehalf off, prices marked in plain figures of the early bought stock and they, are just as good as the new ones. Closing out Carpets at % Less. car P et f A 2sc P er y ar <J. ° r All Wool Ingrain 40 cts per yard, All other grades same reduction. 80 samples carpet, 1 yard square, nice for rugs, at a great bargain to close. We regret that hundreds were turned away without being waited upon during the busy season, but cordially invite you to come again to the reliable one price cash house. CHI. BARGAIN STORE. Competition please copy as usual.

OUR TENANT FARMERS

EVEN THE BOSTON HERALD SEES THE DANGER. The Small Landholders Are Slowly Giving Up Their Lands Because They Are Too Deeply in Debt to Hold Them — A Lower Public Spirit Imminent. From the October Arena: Once the glory of New England was that every man owned his own farm, and from his broad acres could defy the world, but between 1880 and 1890 in the six New England state the owning farmers diminished 24,177, and the tenant farmers increased 7,248. The number of tenant farmers in Massachusetts was in 1890 nearly double what it was in 1880, and the percentage of farmers in Vermont and Connecticut at the time was over 17, and 25 per cent of the farmers of Rhode Island were then tenants, not land-owners. This change, if confined to New England, would be startling, but in the south in 1890 there was an increase of 13,915 owning farmers and 275,875 tenant farmers. In Missouri, Arkansas and Texas there was a gain between 1880 and 1890 of 47,882 owning farmers and 114,510 tenant farmers. A large proportion of these are persons who were formerly slaves, and now are tenants. In the middle states, during this interval, the owners have decreased 24,304, and the tenants have increased 24,065. In eight states of the northwest the number of owning farmers was 129,332, and the number of tenant farmers 108,507. In lowa the number of tenant farmers increased 16,663, in Kansas 30,463. In forty-seven states and territories the number of owning farmers had in 1890 become 158,951, and the number of tenant farmers had grown to 599,377. These figures, which might be greatly extended, show that all over the number of the farmers who own their land is decreasing, while the number of those who' are tenants at will is rapidly increasing. The land, also, in many parts of the country is advancing in value. In Nebraska it has risen during the last twenty years from $4 an acre for rough land to $25 an acre with improvements. At the same time the profits of the farmer have been decreasing. Most of these tenant farmers pay a heavy rental for the use of the land and a large proportion of those who own their land are paying a heavy rate of interest on their mortgages. It is only a question of time when they must give up and become tenant farmers. This brief statement of the general situation shows that all over the country the land is more and more in the hands of landlords, who rent it out to tenants on such terms that whenever a bad season comes, or the crops cannot be sold at a high figure, it means disaster to the ftgrmer. He cannot pay

his debts, and is at tne mercy oi cue owner of the land. More and more, these owners are non-residents, living in the east, or in a foreign country. For a long time the average size of the farms had been decreasing, but in 1890 the census showed an advance all over the northern states. The increase was most notable in farms of from 500 to 1,000 acres, which showed the presence of the landlord and of hired hands. The evidence obtained from every quarter goes to show that the creation of landlord and tenant classes is going on everywhere at a rapid rate. In New England the cheaper farms have been given up to the Irish and the French Canadians, who can make a living where a native American would starve; but it means the subordination of intelligence and education to toil, and the bringing forward of a class of people who are illiterate, and in no sense the successors of the sturdy yeomanry who founded New England and the far west. Everything goes to show that the same process is ' taking place in this country which has gradually become fixed in Great Britain. The small landholders are slowly giving up their lands because they are too deeply in debt to hold them, and the increase of the tenant class means a lower public spirit, inferior living, and a falling short of whatever goes to make strength of character. The facts are well brought out in the last census, and one who studies them carefully will be profoundly impressed that our farms are passing into the hands of tenants and of farm laborers. Whafthis means it is not difficult to discover. It is forcing the agriculturists of the country gradually into a position of dependence, placing them largely under the control of wealthy landlords, who have no interests in them except to collect their rents, and causing them to struggle so hard for a bare existence that they have no time for anything else. The soil is more and more cultivated by those who are deprived of an opportunity to educate their children; and the scanty returns which the tenant-farmers can obtain for their work are insufficient to enable them ever to rise above their condition. The soil of the United States is passing into the hands of landlords who care nothing for the people except to keep them in a dependent position, and we are beginning to repeat the situation as it exists to-day in Great Britain. The tenants are becoming a peasant class, and they are so limited in their opportunity that they must always remain such. There is no escape from this as things go. At the south the negro tenant farmer, who lives on a small holding, for which he has to pay an extravagant rent, is so placed that only by the best of luck can he meet the demands laid upon him; and every advantage is in favor of the landlord, who has the right to put him .out tor non-payment of his debts when-

THE PEOPLE’S PILOT. RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, NOV. 28. 1895.

Special One Cent Sale. Veiling, by the yard .... lc Two to 3inch Iron Hinges, (each)... .lc A full box Boz Carpet Tacks (box)... lc Clothes Pins (dozen) lc Two Writing Pens, good ones lc 3 Sheets of note paper & 3 envelopes.lc One pair Shoe Strings lc Rubber Hair Pins lc Spool Embroidery Silk lc Pins (per paper) lc Handkerchiefs lc One Pint Tin Cups (each) .. lc Buttons for Dresses (per dozen) lc Hatpins, Large Rubber Tip Pencils, lc Dress Trimmings, etc. (per yard).... lc

ever ae cnooses. me situation is oecoming more and more difficult for men who have been educated to believe in liberty, and unless the native American can rise above the primary conditions of labor and to some extent can control circumstances in his favor, he is in a position of increasing difficulty. He pays a rate of interest which is ruinous itself, and with the variation of his crops he is almost sure to be thrown out of his holding because he cannot pay his debts. With the increase of this tenant class there must be an increase of the drawbacks which go with it, and institutions which are framed for a vigorous and independent democracy need a great deal of adaition to meet the exigencies of a needy,despondent, and dispirited people. The situation is serious, and the silent revolution has nothing to restrain it. In the large cities most people must be tenants, but when in the rural districts they are also mainly tenants, the situation is to be deplored.—Boston Herald. In this connection and bearing directly on this subject, let it be observed: (1) That this subjection of the wealth-mak-ers to the wealth-acquirers, tuis triumph of the usurer over the producer, has gone on progressively under the administrations of Grover Cleveland and triumphant democracy, no less than under the administrations of Mr. Cleveland’s predecessors since 1872, and under Benjamin Harrison and the successful enactment of the McKinley bill. Neither the triumph of Cleveland at his first election nor the overwhelming victory of the republican party, which gave all branches of the government into the hands of the republicans, nor yet the complete victory of Cleveland and the democrat party, which reversed the order and gave all branches of the government into the hands of the democrats, exerted any notable influence in the direction of the relief of the wealth-producers. And this is largely due to the fact that the financial policy of Grover Cleveland Was a continuation of the policy of th& Bank of England and Wall street, of which John Sherman had been the chief exponent, and which Benjamin Harrison continued, only to be followed by Cleveland and Carlisle. The people have been by turns deceived by the leaders of these parties for the last twenty-five years, but in all instances the governing policy of the dominant party has been dictated by Wall street, and has been from first to last the policy of the Bank of England and the usurer class of America. (2) This deplorable and alarming condition did pot begin until after .the parasites who prey upon the wealth-creators began to retire the greenbacks in the sixties, a disastrous step which was greatly accelerated by the destruction of silver in the early seventies. The Herald’s editorial alone should be sufficient to awaken the farmers and bread-winners of America through“very Motion of this land: and the

fact that they have been betrayed and are being ruined while a few landlords, monopolists, and gamblers of Wall street, and creatures of class legislation, are becoming multi-millionaires, should be sufficient to lead them to instant eoanuon against an oppression incomparably more terrible and unscrupulous than that which produced the revolutionary war. The acquirers of wealth in America have done far more toward destroying the prosperity, happiness, and freedom of the wealthcreators of the New World than the bayonets of King George 111 were enabled to accomplish during the revolution. Men of thought and action, if the republic is to be saved there is not a moment to be lost.

The Bonds Are Illegal.

Senator Peffer is right. The bonds issued at this time by these conspirators should be repudiated. The people are under no obligations to pay a debt that they have had no votes in contracting. There is no law for the issuance of the present bonds. The last congress refused to authorize a bond issue, and these bonds are issued under the old resumption act of 1875, which provided for borrowing money for resumption purposes to redeem the greenbacks. The treasury notes issued under the Sherman act were issued for the purpose of purchasing silver bullion. They, as well as the greenbacks, are redeemable in silver. The government has plenty of silver to redeem them with. There never was a more dastardly outrage committed on the American people than this infamous, illegal bond issue.—lndependent American. Isaac Glazebrook employs in his blacksmith, horseshoeing and wagon repairing shop more workmen than any other like establishment in Jasper county.

For Sale-Foote. 2000, burr oak and white oak, for sale at 6c each, miles west and one mile south of Rensselaer by Carr Bros. Keystone Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder. Sold by Robt. Randle. A fine, new house for sale on corner of Ceader and Scott streets—44x2o—s rooms and closets, 3 poarches, summer kitchen, wash house, well and cistern. This property will be sold at a bargain as the owner leaves city. Call at this office for further information.

Notice to Non-RcHfdentH. STATE OF INDIANA, JASPER COUNTYIn the Jasper Circuit Court. January Term, 189(1. David B. Nowels vs. Joseph Davis, et. al. No. 49tS0. Comes now the plaintiff in the above entitled cause and by his attorneys Ferguson & Wilson tiles Ids complaint herein together with an affidavit that the following named persons to-wit.-Joseph Da vis. Mrs. Davis wife of Joseph Davis and all their unknown heirs, devisees and legatees and ail the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs, devisees and legatees of each and every one of thu above named defendants are non-res-idents of the State of Indiana. Notice is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the first day of tth January term 1899 of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the sixth (6) day of January 189(1 at the Court House in Rensselaer. Jasper County Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint the same tvili be heard and determined in your absense. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Rensselaer, Indiana, this 21st day of October. 1895. Lheal.] Wm. 11. Coovkr. Clerk of the i asper Circuit Court. Ferguson & Wilson, Pl'trs Attys. First publication oct. 24. 1895.

Notice to Non-Residents. STATE OF INDIANA, JASPER COUNTYIn the Jasper Circuit Court, January term 1896. Grant Davisson vs. Edgar V. Hurt et. al. No. 4961 Comes now the plaintiff in the above entitled cause and by his attorneys Ferguson & Wilson tiles his complaint herein together with an affidavit that the following named 'perrons to-wlt: Edgar V. Hurt. Mrs. Burt wife of said Edgar V. Burt and Mrs. Burt widow of said Edgar V. Burt and ail their unknown heirs, devisees and legatees and all the unknown heirs devisees and legatees of thelinknown heirs devisees and legatees. Lorenza Pratt and Mrs. Prattwifeof said Lorenza Pratt and Mrs. Pratt widow of said Lorenza Pratt and all their unknown heirs devisees and legatees and all the uqknown heirs devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees. Cornelia H. Pratt and Mr. Pratt huspand of said Cornelia H. Pratt and Mr. Pratt widower of said Cornelia 11. Pratt and all their unknown heirs devisees and legatees and all the unknown heirs devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees. Jacob Kroff and Mrs. Kroff wife of said Jacob Kroff and Mrs. Kroff widow of said Jacob Kroff and all their unknown heirs dtvisees and legatees and all the unknown heirs devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees. William Birheimer and Mrs. Birhelmer wife of said William Blrhelmer and Mrs. Birhelmer widow of said William Birhelmer and all their unknown heirs devisees and legatees and all the unknown heirs devisees and legatees of the unknown heirs devisees and legatees. And all the unknown heirs devisees and legatees of each and every one of the above named defendants, are non-residents of the State of Indiana and that their residence are unknown and upon dilligent search and indulry are believed to be without the State of Indiana. Notice Is therefore hereby given said defendants that unless they be and appear on the first day of the January term, 1896. of the Jasper Circuit Court, to be holden on the 6th day of January, 1896. at the Court House in Rensselaer. Jasper County, Indiana, and answer or demur to said complaint the same will be heard anddeterminedln yourabsense. In witness whereof I here unto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court at Rensselaer Indiana, this 21st day of October, 1895. [skal.l Wm. H. Coover. Clerk of Jasper Circuit Court. Ferguson & Wilson Pl’fTs A ttys. First publication Oct.. 24th. 1895. WEAK MEN MADE VIGOROUS. What PEFFER’S NERVIGOR Did! 2!2.?2 0 7 e y r 0 Ti*°r.A*.*iu£iy Gd«u£ L«»t Vitality, all efecU of tels abxut or exetttet ant Wards off Insanity and contnmptlon. sjlilfggjgf For sale la Ktiwelaer by B. F. Feadig.

“ We are Advertised - - i By our Loving Friends.” We heartily agree with the idea in the above sentence. Since we’ve been in business, we can see more clearly the truth as laid down in it. Indeed, much of our success can be attributed to these same frieds, and then back of it all PRICES ANDss — —^^OUALITY. Put our friends "Good Words” and "Prices and Quality” Together, WHO CAN BEAT IT ? FRANK MALOY.

gOUTH SIDE Warner & Collins, | Three doors south of McCoy’s hank, Rensselaer. \ REMEMBER OUR STORE when j you want GOOD BARGAINS I j in anything in the grocery line. \\e carry I ; the best goods on the market, and prices j j are as low as the lowest. | HIGHEST PRICE AID FOR BUTTER AND EGGS. ! | CHAMPION and Reapers. j | Binders, Mowers Dl lAI/FVC I and Reapers. DUviVC T Emm j | and other Farming Implements. | Buggies, | ! i Wagons. |

Mil These good people are In need of one of Warner & Sons’ stoves to keep them from freezing. N. WARNCR & SONS, RENSSELAER, IND. STAVES. This season finds us enabled to offer some great improvements in stove mechanism. The inventors have not only been very busy but they have been veiy successful and the result is a number of excellent new candidates for public favor, and a substantial improvement in the merits of the older makes. Prices are even lower than before. Moore’s Air-Tight Heater Is one of the new marvels. It takes of the base burner at a much less cost. Burns less coal, is more easily handled, responds quickly to attention, and is equally as handsome as the high prioed stoves. Forty Kinds to Select From. We have the the largest variety of stoves carried in this part of Indiana, jmd can sell a good heater at from $5.50 up. HEAT THAT BED ROOM with one of our $5 hard coal burners that will keep fire all night with a hat full of coal. » MM And these chaps are freezing because they can't stay In house with those rearing furnaces.

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