Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1891 — Page 4

THE F. PUBLIC AN". Thursday, September 10, 1891.

DIBBCTOBT CORPORATION OFFICERS.: Rmhtl M L. Warren; Clark Charles G. Spitlkr Treasurer C.C. Starr fist Ward I. R. Vanatta, i S<J Ward X. H. Warnkr. I 4th Ward Paris H akhison. i l stli Ward.. AKCIL Woodwoktu. JASPER tIOUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION J. C.Gwin Trustee, Hanging Grove tp. Michael Robinson, Trustee.. .Gillam tp. Francis M . Hershmau, Trustee Walk<jrtp. J. F. Iliff. Trustee Barkley tp. » *»**. Greenfield. Trustee.,— Marion tp. James ll,Carr, Trustee.. .lordan tp. Nehemiab Hopkins Trustee Newton tp. J.f. Bruner,lnistee ...Keencrtp. Hans Paulson,Trustee..... Kankakee tp S. D. Clark. Trustee Wheatfle.d tp. Wm O. Roadifer, Trustee Carpentei tp. Hezekiat, Kesler, Trustee....Milrov tp, Wm. Cooper. Trustee, Onion tp. W. H. Coovor Remington. Ezra L. C1ark...... Rensselaer, J. F. Warren County Supt. COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk ..... ... .... JamisF.lrwih Sheriff :.. ... ....... ... I'Hu.tiP Blue. Auditor Gkqrgk M. RobinsOn Treasurer .... Mare h. MemphieL. Recorder James F. Antrim. Bnrvevor .. . James C. Thrawlb. Coroner ; . R. P, Benjamin. SuperintendentPublitSchools . J. F Warren (Ist District. P. M.qt’KRRV. Commissioners ?8d District .. .J V. Watson. <Bd District .O.P.Tabor, Oemmietionere'Court— first Mondaytin March " Tune. September and December

It Costs You Nothing.

It is with pleasure we announce that we have made arrangements with that popular, illustrated magazine, the American Farmer,publlshed at Cleveland, Ohio, and read by farmers in all parts of this country and (panada, by which that excellent publication will be mailed direct, free, to the address of any of our subscribers who will • pay up all arrearages on subscriptions and one year in advance, from date, and to any new subscribers who will pay one year in advance, or to any subscribers in arrears who will pay us not less, than $3.00 on his back subscription. This is a grand opportunity to obtain a firstclass farm journal free. The American Farmer is a large 16-page illustrated journal, of national circulation, which ranks among the leading agricultural papers. Its highest purpose is the elevation and ennobling of Agriculture si through the higher and broader education of men and women engaged in pursuits. The regular subscription price of the American Farmer is SI.OO per year. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING. From auj one number, ideas can be obtained that will be worth thrice the subscription price to you or members of your household, yet you get it free. Call and see sample copy.

The daily Inter Ocean, the only square-toed and thoroughly reliable, or even half-way reliable, Republican morning paper published in Chicago, has reduced its price to two cents a copy, or s6per year by the year. The Inter Ocean is one of the very best papers published in this country, in every respect. Enterprising snd thorough but clean and pure as a newspaper, bold, uncompromising and always reliable, but honorable and truthful as a political organ, an ideal Republican paper, in fact, and the one Jasper County Republicans ought to patronize, when they want a Chicago paper.

The following is an extract from an address by Hon. John B. Stoll of South Bend, before the St Joseph county Farmers’ Institute. It is iound wisdom, well expressed. If you would have relief from unjust and unequal laws, elect to legislative positions men of diss cerning'., judgment of unflinching courage, and of ripe experience in the affairs of the world —men whose lives bear eloquent testimony to their fitness and honesty of purpose. Disdaining to pose as a political quack, I do oot presume to have discovered a panacea for all the ills of mankind, but am fully convinced that a graduated income and inheritance tax j >**■ would subserve a good purpose in more ways than one; that U. S. senators should be elected by a direct vote of the people; that corporations should bear a just proportion of the public burden, and that, in short, the legislative power < should always be in touch with enlightened public sentiment eager i—i,) —:—„

to promote the welfare of the great bulk of the population. Yes, my friends, it {is judgment, knowledge, perseverance, industry, pluck, frugality and sobriety that ■ wins the battle of life. Don’t allow cheap demagogues to mislead and deceive you by their hollow professions, their captivating decla m ations, their seductive promises. Legislation that is to give everybody plenty of money is a snare and a delusion. Such experiments have been tried over and over; they are new only to those who never study, and therefore never profit by history. Suoh schemes never worked and never will work. They are periodically revamped by designing politicians, trusting in a gullibility of the American people and depending on the absence of genuine, practical issues to exhibit and thrust upon an indulgent public their worthless stock in trade. Shun them as you would shun S atan. Don’t mistake demagoguery for statesmanship, and don’t allow common brass to pass for precious gold.

The Democratic tax law is pure and intentional cussedness, the same as the gerrymander bills are and no stock need be taken in the plea that its objectionable provisions are owing to "mistakes.” The law is just what the Democratic bosses wanted it to be. Had it been otherwise Green Smith would have changed it after the Legislature adjourned, just as he did the legislative apportionment bill. They wanted the law to bear down heavy on the land owners, in pursurance of the plainly expressed single-tax doctrine of the Indianapolis Sentinel,during the last campaign, and only less plainly expressed in the last Democratic state platform. JEven those,, features of the law which more than double the state tax for school puposes, by more than doubling the assessment and leaving the levy unreduced, was, no doubt deliberately planned. It will result in a revenue next year twice as large as needed; and the surplus will be a nice thing for the Democratic state treasurer to loan out, and raise a big campaign fond with, —and perchance fill his own and some other interested parties pockets at the same time. There is method in all this Democratic tax-law madness, and don’t you forget it.

The following is from the Mulberry, (Clinton county ) Reporter, of August 28th. Last week we reproduced an article from the Sentinel stating that one George Butler had been playing a very deceptive game with the Farmers’ Alliance people at Rensselaer. We had an idea at the time that this was the Geo. Butler that worked in this office last summer. A caid from a Rensselaer man verifies our -prediction. It will be remembered that Butler left the first of August a year ago, and went to Clark’s Hill, taking the old News outfit with him, having bought it of Mr. Hunt on “long time and easy payments.” At Clark’s Hill he collected some S3O on advance subscriptions, but before the first edition of the“C7ipper” was ready for the mail Butler went to Frankfort to get some ink, and failed to return, leaving his landlady in the lurch for two week’s board, and the subscribers who had with lamb-like confidence paid a year in advance, had the privilege of taking some other paper, by paying for it. Butler was a kind-hearted man, a good mechanic and a'clever writer, but a passion for “red eye” predominated over his better qualities to such an extent as to render him unworthy of the confidence of his fe low men. • When it is remembered that Clark’s Hill,the geene of this former Butlerian episode, is in the neighboring county of Tippecanoe and not not more than 60 miles from Rensselaer by rail,it will be understood how utterly lacking in ordinary business prudence were the men who were chiefly instrumental in biinging him here in not inquiring a little into his past record before so doing. It step illustrates the rank and slanderous dishonesty and untruthfulness of those of their number who are try-

ing to Bhift upon others the blame that belongs only to themselves, by pretending to believe that Butler was hired to leave here by Republicans.'

Senator Oilman’s article this week is a lucid and concisuive exposition of the duty of the government to supervise .regulate and control the ware-housing and inspection of grain, and to mash the trusts and combines that operate therein; and it is also an unanswerable refutation of the subtreasury and farm-product loas schemes of the Peoples’ Party. We commend Mr. Gilman’s courteous, but conclusive arguments to the careful attention of all who are honestly seeking light on these interesting problems.

The story is told, and vouched | for as true, of an honest old Democratic farmer who went into a a store in one of'the towns of this state, a month or two ago, and inquired of the store-keeper, also a Democrat, the price ot good binding twine. ‘‘Ten cents a pound, for a right i good article,” answered the mer- ' chant. ‘‘Why, how is that”, says the farmer, “didn’t you fellowsall telL j us last fall that the McKinley Bill would make twine cost 20 or 25 “Oh, yes, we did, but then you know, the campaign was on then, j and something had to be done to i save the party. Anyhow I can sell you all the best twine you want at | 10 cents a pound.”^r—- ; The oldfarmer gave a reflective upward cast to his eyes, and after studying a moment broke out: “Well with twine 10 cents a pound, the best sugar 20 pounds for a dollar, three big tin cups for 10 cents and every thing else you have to buy in proportion; and wheat a dollar a bushel, corn 60 cents, hay nine dollars a ton, live cattle five dollars a hundred and hogs the same, and everything else a farmer has to sell bringing big prices, why if Cleveland was only president, wouldn’t we think this was a h—l of a good time, though.”

P OPULATION OF JASPER COUNTY.

By Towns and Townships.

Census bulletin number 108 has been issued and gives the population of Indiana by minor civil divisions. The population figures for 1880 are also given, for purposes of compari sou. The following is the summary for Jasper county, 1890 1880 Barkley Tp..:. 1093 1018 Carpenter Tp. (outside Remington) 1118 1327 GillamTp 622 681 Hanging Grove Tp 479 448 Jordan Tp 631 669 Kankakee Tp. 413 288 Keener Tp. 492 341 Marion Tp. (outside Rensselaer) 1113 990 Milroy Tp 259 230 Newton Tp 585 576 Union Tp 747 408 Walker Tp 687 521 Wheatfield Tp.* 551 238 Remington town 940 761 Rensselaer town 1455 968 Jasper County 11185 9464 The per cent of increase for the county for the census period of ten years is 13 and 18 hundreths. This is exceeded by only 18 counties in the state. The respective townships all show a greater or less rate of increase except Carpenter, (outside of Remington) Gillam, and Jordan, all of which have decreased a little. The four townships showing the greatest per cent of increase are Kankakee, 43 per cent.; Keener 44 percent; Union 83. per cent, and Wheatfield 131 per cent Rensselaer’s increase is 50 per cent, and Remington’s 23 per cent

All May Notice

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UNCLE SAM BUILDING AND OPERATING WAREHOUSES.

For The Republican. The storage of farm products is often a necessity. When, where, and by whom they should be stored is the. subject treated in this article. The farmer located at a distance from a railway station, must for a short time crib his cornj and bin his small grain, until the corn is fit for market, and the grain can (be hauled. As the grain is Hauled to stations foshipping, often in larger quanti ; ties than cars can be obtained for immediate transportation, and sometimes in condition unsafe for shipping, warehousing at such points is a necessity. Again, grain has to accumulate in large quantities at commercial centers, for convenience in distribution for transportation in bulk by land and water. Storage in first hands is for the exclusive benefit of the farmer. and he is entitled to all the profits, and should bear the loss —if there be any— arising therefrom. This farm storage is good, wholesome, wise and best for the grain, best for its owner, Fverv farmer should 6tore bis own grain until the market price suits him, or necessity compels him to Bell. Storage at stations is sometimes by railway companies, but generally by a grain merchant who does both a storing and trading business, and either buys the grain on delivery, or charges the farmer for such storage until he is willing to sell. If he buys the grain the storage is for himself individually, and the cost of such storage to him is something which the public has no concern. If he stores for the farmer it is at the farmer’s cost who can store or sell at his option. The warehouser furnishes the building, men and machinery for handling the grain, and no doubt charges enough for the storage to meet the expense. If the railway company for itself, or its officers for their own interest, joins hands with the warehouse man, and prevents competition m the storage and buying of grain at stationfTbn the line of their roads, by giving privileges either in freight rates, or warehouse room on track, or for side tracks —as is often done—both the warehouse operator, the railway company, and the officers implicated, should be publicly spanked by the law of the State in which such outrage is committed, by the imposition of such a penalty as will prevent any future acts of that kind. Such actions ought to be by law declared a felony, and punished as such. It is stealing, and the persons engaged in it are robbing the farmer for the exclusive benefit of the warehouse oma and railway company, or the officers of such company as are iD the conspiracy, Relief from such warehousing the farmer is entitled to as much as is the general public from-any other class of thieves, and he has the remedy in his own hands. The public consumer is not benefited by the warehouse steal, the price in the general market is no less because the farmer has been robbed and as the chief loser, the burden of refor.u in this respect is on his shoulders, and every honest man will say God speed. Warehousing for commercial convenience, being a public necessity, its cost, safety, and honest management concerns the public as much as does the management of railways, and for that reason should have the same supervision or government control. The inspection of grain, its proper care while in warehouse, should be guarded and regulated by law. The power and obligation of Congress are pointed out in the Federal constitution —see Section 8 — the power to regulate commerce among the several states is certainly sufficient authority for this purpose, and the business of warehousing and railroading are so inimately connected as to bring them under one control. But says one, what has all this to do about Unele Sam as a warehouser? Just so; you will see that, thus far, I hate tried to show who Warehousing was for. My theory is that benefits should, —as near as may be —be paid for by the person benefited. With that understanding, the farmer pays the home storage, and at local stations if he wants it stored. The merchant or buyer at the stations if he holds it for a rise should bear the costs of storage, as it would be unfair to ask the consumer to pay for stoiage, when that very storage was to enhance the price of grain which he must buy to eat. But if the grain is held at stations from lack of transportation, there the railway Company —whose duty it was to furnish transportation after reasonable notice should be held for costs of storage, and should be prevent-

money in payment of interest on a ed by law from adding such costs of storage to its freight charges, as that would make the public consumer pay the penalty for the non-performance of contract by (he railway company. But the costs of storage at commercial centers, like the charges for transportation, are all added to t lie price of the grain, and must be pit id by the consumer, hence government supervision is warranted* But only such stoiage as is necessary for c nvenience of Jmsdiing and shipp;ng should be considered under ihi» head. All storage of grain at any point, by private persons, being the owners of such grain, and holding same for rise in price, which the consumer (the public) must pay, ought certainly to be taxed entirely to the owner and no one else. You see that all storage of grain or farm products of any kind, are always for the benefit of the owners of the grain stored, and the cost is added to and enhances the cost of such grain to the consumer.

Uncle Sam represents the whole people; any business transaction by him with any number of citizens leas than the wholes and for the benefit of a part, at the expense of the whole, should be scrutinized closely, such as .the building of warehouses in favored localities with the 'people’s funds, or at the j p* ople’s ciedit, advancing the pea pie’s money, or the people’s ere dit to certain persons for their personal benefit, and against the interest of the public consumer who must pay all the profits of such storage Troifi his own pocket into the hard of the individual who was benefited by such storage. There is another side to this storage business; all storage of farm, or other products, not made necessary by lack of condition, and want of transportation, are so speculation only. This is true whether stored by the farmer, merchant or speculator, and all such storage of grain is against the public pocket, and instead of ineouragement at the hands of the government, should be discouraged. Storage by the producer, until the price shall meet the cost of production is justifiable, and none other is. Trusts to enhance the price of any commodity to the consumer, above the cost of production, are enemies to the public welfare, and should be treated as speh, and especially a trust in the necessaries of life. A Warehouse system like that demanded by the People’s Party would be in effect, that ‘ ‘Uncle Sam” should be the chief factor in the most gigantic grain comer the world ever heard of. The farmer with certificates of grain in store, to deposit as colateral security, could hold his grain until starvation prices obtained, could then draw his eighty per-cent advance from the people’s treasury who he had been aided to starve and chuckling like “Old Hutch” at the gullibility of the people, leave our Uncle Sam with an empty treasury, credit busted, and a load of grain on his hands to sell on a falling market. The man who engineered the Warehouse scheme, must either be insane, or else he takes the people of this country to be fools of the first water. Very few farmers will have the brass to ask the public to build warehouses, that they may be enabled to run up a grain corner on their customers. Who shall store grain? Answer; —The owner if he wishes tb do so* Who ought to pay for the storage of any product? The party owning the product stored, as his are the profits of storage, and he only has the option on time of such storage. When should Uncle Sam build warehouses, and store grain? Nub. —When he becomes the owner of grain that needs storing, or which he wishes to hold for a rise in the market, so his children (the people) can have dear bread to eat. . „ , Should not Uncle Sam advance money on steel rails for a rise? On lumber, coal, railway-stock, books,cloth for a rise; on labor for a rise in wages? On patent medicine fora rise? On the stock in trade of the merchant, on building material? Why not? It makes one tired to find an industry Uncle Sam should not encourage by an advance. But one can see that no gain would be to any one if the advance was made to all alike, as its effect would be the same as an inflation of the currency, higher prices all round. Uncle bam once made an advance of both money and credit, to a corporation for building a railway, and the result was the creating of a corruption fund that demoralized Congress, robbed the people of millions of acres of" land, filched from the National Treasury millions of . /. . ‘V • ' • '"‘.V

debt that never grows less. Such an experience is tfot calculated to encourage "legislation in that direction any one but rogues who have designs on the public treasury. The People’s Party are asking for this kind of legislation, and one of the chief rogues who had a part in that steal, is now posiDg an a candidate for the chief office in the gift of the Nation; his success woulijl be shriving the i Devil with a vengaance. If our “Uncle Sam” ever makes an advance from the National Treasury to one, he should t. all; such is the makeup ot our Samuel. - The honest farmer is wide awake to his own interest, but has too much at stake in the success of popular government to attach to it a bob-tail kite with warehouse attachments.

There are thousands of men, farmers and laborers, who have toiled all their lives, and not been successful in a business point of view, who love their country, and have the capacity to see the cat in the meal tub as quickly as the average politician. Such men are not wading into fly traps, of the sub-treasury kind.

Jasper and Newton Comities Assessments.

The Kentland Enterprise is much dissntified with tße assessments as fixed by the State Board. Newton county was reduced 5 per cent, and Jasper county increased 10 pier cent, but still the Enterprise is not happy. county is now assessed very much too high but that Benton and Jasper are comparatively too low. It says: “It does not look reasonable that Jasper cour.ty with 100.000 acres more land lhan Newton and 2382 more population should have a gross assesment of a half million dollars less than Newton county. As returned by the county Board, Newton was $900,000 ahead of Jasper, and after the correction of the state Board is still over $500,000 ahead of Jasper in total valuation. This result was brought about by a general disregard of the principles of the tax law, and was confirmed by the State Board, acting on the well pressed plea of poverty and a worthless soil.* Whatever merit there may or may not be in our disgruntled contemporary’s claim that it is not reasonable that Jasper county’s total assessment should now be lower than that of Newton county, the assertion that the State Board was influenced by “the well pressed plea of poverty and a worthless soil” is incorrect, for the original proposition of the Board, before any “pleas” of any kind had been made, was to increase the as* sessment 10 per cent., and this in tention they carried out, regardless of whatever was urged against it. Furthermore, we think that our Newton County friends Should see that the trouble is not that Jasper County is assessed too low- but that Newton County is too high. Sure it is that Jasper County land is assessed twice as high as it was last year, and there are in fact, thousands and thousands of acres in this county which the owners thereof would gladly sell for the amount per acre at which it is assessed. One man well posted in Jasper County real-estate values, offers several hundred acres of his own land at the assessed value and agrees to find ten thousand acres more, that its owners will sell on the same basis.

Will be Given Away.

Our enterprising druggists B. F. Fendig *& Co. who carry the finest stock erf drugs, perfumeries, toilet articles, ~ brushes, sponges, etc., are giving away a large number of trial bottles of Dr. Miles’ celebrated Restorative Nervine. They guarantee it to cure headache, dizziness, nervous prostration, sleeplessness, the ill effects ot spirits, tobacco, coffee; etc. Druggists say it is the greatest seller they ever knew, and is universally satisfactory. They also guarantee Dr. Miles’ New Heart Cure in all cases of nervous or organic disease, palpitation, pain in side, smothering, etc. Fine book on “Nervous and Heart Diseases” free.

Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs and Colds, upon this condition. If you are afflicted with a Dough. Cold or any Lung, Throat or Chest trouble, and will use this remedy as directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience no benefit, you may retorn the bottle and have your money refunded. We could not make thiß offer did we dot know that Dr. King’s New Discovery could be relied on. It never disappoints. Trial, bottles free at F- B. Meyer’s Drug Store. Large sizorsoc. and SI.OO.

W. W. GILMAN.