Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 20, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 9 November 1889 — Page 4

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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

P. WESTFALL

MANAGER.

8UB8CKI PTIOW

PRICK,12.00

,Nos. a.' and 22 Booth Fifth Street, Printing House Square.

fKRRE HAUTE, NOV. 9, 1889.

A COSTLY SYSTEM.

Some weeks ago The Mail commented the wastefulness of competition nder the present system of doing busiest. A recent article by Edward H. anborn, in one of the magazines, preents the matter in a strong light. Mr. anborn cites the method of selling "oods by "drummers" as an illustration. careful estimate places the number of raveling salesmen in the United States '250,000, with an average salary of say 1,800 a year. This mean* an outlay of ."i0,000,000 a year. Their car fare, hotel ill and other expenses amount to as

ixiuch

more, and with the cost of sam

ples, etc., the total expense of the grand irmy of "drummers" is not less than a ound billion of dollars a year!

Now who foots this enormous bill? The "employer in the f^rst instance but inly as the disbursing agent of the purchasers. In the end the consuming nasses of the people pay the bill, for it just so much added to the prices of .'hat they buy. On a basis of 60,000,000 people this amounts to a tax of over $15 per head, or $90 for every family of four jperxons! An enormous tax, surely, and I vet only one of many similar taxes which tho people pay for carrying on biiHinesH in an unnocessarily extravagant }way. For, after all, of what necessity are traveling salesmen? Could not the wantH of tne people be supplied as well without them? Were they not supplied before the eraof this modern institution? !)o the people use or buy any more because of thin army of "drummers" in the land?

We mean no disrespect to the coramervial travelers as a class. They are a

)worthy,

hard-working

The Industrial system of the country certainly is far from satisfactory. The I steady concentration of wealth In the I hands of a limited plutocracy, the grow1 4ng power of money upon courts, legislaturers and officers of the law, and the .augmenting army of the unemployed, are problems which challenge the earnest thought of all who wish well for humanity and desire Its highest attainments. What Is the remedy or remedies? That Is the question for the Intelligence of tho nation to answer.

Speaking to this point th* Economist, of Chioarto, one of the leading financial papers of the country, said In Its last issuo: "Considering the Inertia of established business methods and the popular opposition, the progress of the great modern Idea of combination has been rapid of late. It Is the most Important element In the economic changes now going on and therefore eyery phase of it is worthy of attention. Trusts may rise and fall, experiments of one sort and another may fall, but the effbrt of trade to reach a higher plane of organisation will continue till some method of stopping tho present waste of competition has IXHJU discovered,"

OrKRA TIOS IN ENGLAND.

The Forum magaxine for November has an article on the growth of co-opera-tion in Kn gland that will surprise most readers. ^There has been of late a good deal of talk about co-operation and the general feeling is that the system has been tried and has not succeeded. The facts given by the Forum writer show that such has not been the case In England. So far as conducting cooperative stores is concerned the system has succeeded largely. In there were 100,000 members, with a business of |10,000,000 and a profit of $880,000. In 1888 the membership was one million, the business $185,000,000 and the profits $15,000,ooo. There are 1,2*7 store* scattered throughout the kingdom, in which about six million people, one-tenth of the population of the United States, do almost their entire trading. Thwestores have been almost uniformly successful and from a purely retail trade the sys tem has been expanded into a wholesale

°And ihey

have

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JV1AIL.

done more than merely

give cheaper goods to

U,e^

They hare become ceatere of weldllife, gathering around them building societies, insurance dubs, •rtaln' lectures, concert® wd men* of one kind «d these means they hate exiand®d Of the working people and f^JJ" some of the amenities of would hardly have been otherwise poen-

Another valuable thing accompli*!**

•SIS

YMAK.

PUBLICATION orncx,

lot of men who

"Ortainly earn all Ihey get if anybody -does. It is tho system that \s at fault— tho expensivoness of modern methods of conducting business. The commercial traveler is only one of the cogs in the vast wheel. It is the effect of the terrible competition that is consolidating the manufactures, commerce and transportation of the country in the hands of great corporations and colossal aggregations of capital against which individual effort and limited means are powerless to stand. Each year the case is getting worse. Each year it becomes more and more difficult for the man of small moans to engage in business of any .kind. The consolidation of railways and other extensive concerns throws hundreds of salaried men out of employ* mont and fills with anxiety and alarm those who remain but who know not how soon they may be called to go.

by this co-operative system has been found to be the development of admin' istrative capacity among the working classes and affording opportunity for its exercise. A clerk in a great company's office may have large executive ability and always remain a subordinate simply from lack of opportunity to exercise his talents, just as General Grant might have remained a nobody all his life had there been no war. This Is contrary to the popular idea that every man rides in a carriage who ought to, but it is true all the same. Under the co-operative system it is different. There are numerous committees having charge of different branches of the work and this gives an opportunity for many men to served an thus to show their capacity for administration. The way is open for the humblest workingman to advance to large responsibilities cud Ihe process of natural selection sifts out the competent. Of one committee of nine men which manages a business of some millions of dollars each year, one had been a stoker, one a whitesmith, one a blacksmith, one a brassworker, one a cooper, one a compositor, one a waiter, and two engineers.

Co-operation in the United States has not attained to anything like the proportions reached in England and other parts of Europe, but there is now perceptible a distant tendency in that direction, the workings of which constitute the most interesting social phenomena of the times.

MR. EDWAKD BOK, who is perhaps the best posted man in America on the ways of authors and publishers, says the successful novel of to-day is that which has some social problem woven into the narrative. Such is the character of "Robert Elsmere," "Looking Backward," and several other recent stories. This is refreshing in face of all the arguments of the "art for art's sake" critics, who have long been determined that the dear public should not and would not countenace a novel which had any by-play of serious purpose or moral teaching in it. As not un frequently happens the public has made up its mind to ignore the critics and read what it pleases and what it likes. And it is an encouraging indication that it likes a story which, aside from being a work of art, an entertaining book, can also stimulate and uplift the reader's thought. Such is admittedly the best art in painting and sculpture and it will some day be found to be the best art in literature.

THE great Paris exposition closed on Wednesday after a run of six months, having opened on May 6. It has been the greatest success of its kind, the aggregate attendance being about 25,000,000 people, nearly half the population of the United States. The exhibitors numbered 60,000. The famous Eiffel tower, 1,000 feet high, proved a large factor in the success of the exposition. It seems almost incredible that about five and a half millions of people ascended this dizzy iron struoture, and so far as we know no serious accideftt occurred. The buildings for the exposition cost over $8,000,000 and to make a complete circuit of them required a walk of about thirty miles. Whether or not America can excel the Paris exposition in its world's fair of 1892, remains to be seen. It ought to do so and probably will, since Uncle Sam is not in the habit of "getting left" when he undertakes to do anything on a large scale.

IT is to be hoped (as is probably the case) that there is no truth in the report from Washington that E. W. Halford is compelled by failing health to resign his post as private secretary to the President. "Lige", never superabundantly robust, has been on the sick list for several weeks, but he hopes soon to be restored and ready for active duty at the White House. Having secured relief from the toils of daily journalism for a brief season, it would be too bad if the new position should prove more burdensome than the old. "Lige" is probably only having a tussle with Washington malaria, which is of a worse quality than that of the White river valley—the kind he was brought up on,—and this accounts for his being temporarily knocked out of the ring.

MR. THOS. G. SHEARMAN, the New York statistician, has reached the conclusion that 25,000 persons own one-half the wealth of the United 8tates, and that the whole wealth of the country is practically owned by 250,000 persons, or one in slity of the adult male population and he predicts, from the rapid recent concentration of wealth, that undur present conditions 50,000 persons will practically own all the wealth of the country in thirty years—or less than one in 500 of the adult male population. These are startling figures, surely, and even if the estimate be somewhat exaggerated, the rapidity with which wealth has been concentrating in this country within the last fifty years is appalling.

Ax American who has lived for some years in India, says he traveled a thousand miles by rail in that country with every luxury that the best roads here furnish, for $6^0—about the oost of the extra sleeping car charges in the United States. The roads are owned by the government so that ho profits have to be earned on fictitious capital, nenoe the low rates, and the low rates bring a vast amount of travel. If government con trol of railroads is a good thing in India why wouldn't it be a good thing In America?

THE gallant Governor Foraker goes down in Ohio. In one sense his nomination was a mistake. Having filled the gubernatorial chair tor two terms a great many people felt that he had Mb! the offtoe long enough and should have given way for some other good man.

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TERRE "FT A t) Trii SATURDAY EVENING MAIL.

THUS elections of Tuesday show that the Republicans will have to be up and doing If they expect to maintain their present supremacy in the country. For one thing they have got to quit "monkeying" with the tariff and take hold and give it a vigorous overhauling. The tariff leform sentiment is constantly growiug and it is useless to deny that existing duties need a severe pruning. The Republicans, with a working majority in the House and Senate, and a Republican executive, will have no possible excuse for not enacting a wise measure of tariff reform at the coming session of Congress. If they fail to do so they will hear from the people at the ensuing elections.

MRS. MAV WRIGHT SEWELL proposes a large scheme in uniting all the organizations of women in the United States into a national federation. There is a vast number of such organizations and they are all the time increasing. That they are doing a good work for women is undeniable. The proposed federation would preserve the individual character of the different bodies, the purpose of the confederation being to advance more effectually the interests of women in every way possible.

UucXiE SAM'S dominions now include forty States instead of thirty-eight. On last Saturday President Harrison issued the proclamation officially admitting North and South Dakota into the Union. They come in as a pair of bouncing twins and though so young give promise of lusty, vigorous health. The next to come in will be Washington and Montana and they should come in as twins, too, so as to distinguish the Harrison administration by the birth of a double pair olS|ates.

I seems pretty clear that if there is to be any safety to life in New York the electric wires will have to go under the ground. Not a week passes that some accident from this source is not reported. A horse struck dead and burned to cinders from stepping on a broken wire, his driver knocked into the gutter and a policeman nearly scalped, constitute one day's record. Either the wires or a good many people will have to be buried.

I is said that 164 Congressman have promised to vote for Chicago for the world's fair. If this be true it practically settles the matter in favor of the Lake City. We haye no fault to find with the decision. It has been estimated that the fair of 1892 will be worth two hundred million dollars to the city in which it is held. That may be somewhat exaggerated but it certainly will be of immense value..,

MILLIONAIRE HUNTINGTON'S daughter is finally and let us hope, happily married to Prince Hatzfeldt, who was paid $3,000,000 for his title—that being the sum settled upon his wife, which is, perhaps, the same thing. Well, the country oan probably spare this heavily-gilded girl better than many a sweet and pretty one who hasn't anything but calico gown to her name.

OBITUARY.

Firman Nippert died at his room on Main street on Sunday morning at 3:10, of pneumonia, after an illness of only a few days. Mr. Nippert was born |at Guinglange department of the Moselle, France, near the city of Metz. He was one of five sons of Bernard Nippert, a teacher at Guinglange. He came to this country 1839, and landing at New Orleans went immediately to Portland, Ky., where he became a clerk in a store. Soon afterward he went toPatoka, where he and Mr. Leseur opened a store, and in 1841 they came to this city and went into the dry goods business at the northwest corner of Second and Ohio streets, their store being known as the French store. His brother, August, succeeded Mr. Leesur as a partner and in 1S63 Mr. Nippert sold his interest to the latter, and from 1863 to 1869 was not actively engaged in business. During this interval he went to Enrope and renewed the acquaintances of his youth. In 1869 he became connected with the nail works and rose to its presidency, which he resigned in 1888. The stockholders of the company passed a series of very complimentary resolutions, which were ordered engrossed, and by a unanimous accord $3,000 was voted to him, which he was forced to aooept against his will, but at the end of the year he distributed it among the persons associated with him in the management.

No man has ever occupied a higher position in the estimation of the people than Mr. Nippert. Resolutions of respect were adopted by the board of managers of the Rose Polytechnic, of which he was a member, by the faculty and students of the school, and by the ooard of directors of the nail works. He left no will and his property will be divided between his one living brother, August, and the several heirs of his deceased brothers and sisters, among whom is John Theobold, traveling auditor of the Yandalia, he being the son of Mr. Nippert's sister, Barbara Nippert Theobold. The funeral sevices^ were held at the Heminway residence at 2 p. m. on Wednesday« and were conducted by the Rev. F. & Dunham, of Albion, N.

sisted by Rev. J. D.Stanley. Representatives of th*» board of managers of the Rose orphan home and of the Rose dispensary were present, the students of the Polytechnic attending in a body. The Interment was In the Heminway lot at Woodlawn cemetery.

Lncetta H. Rarersdorf died at her home at 204 north Twelfth street at 7 o'clock a. m. Wednesday from dropsy. The deceased was fit years of age, She was born in Prussia, September SB, 1837. The deceased was ill for along time and her death was not unexpected.

JQIVORC®. State of Indiana, County of Vigo. In the Vitro Circuit Court, September term, 1889.

No. is fflgj- George w. Bern is vs. Lucinda Bemis. In Divorce. Be it known, that on theSth day of November, 1880. it was ordered by the Court that the Clerk notify by publication said Lucinda Bemis as non-resident of the pendency of this action against her.

Said defendant is therefore hereby notified of toe pendency of said action against her and thaJtbe same will stand for trial January 8th, l5«9, the same being. November term of said Court in the year 1889.

JNO. a WARREN, Clerk.

Money to Loan.

TV4~ONEY TO LOAN in any amount at lowixLeat rates. Bargains in Real Estate in all parts of city.

ONEY TO LOAN.—In sums to suit the borrower, on the most favorable terms. RIDDLE, HAMILTON & CO.,

No. 20 a Sixth.

For Sale.

FOR

SALE.—Square Gold Coin Base Burner No. 6, large size, good as new will be sold cheap. Enquire at this office.

T7K)R SALE—Some beautiful lots on sontb Jj Sixth, street. Ea Easy terms.

RIDDLE, HAMILTON A CO.

OR SALE.

Homes on «. Easy Payments. $ $ Anew subdivision

Convenient

v. to Railroad 3hops and

"it

Yards -'j£ and .is-. KeyesT

and other Factories.

E}egant Lot?.

Easy Terms. STOP Paying

Rent and g*

Hi-

Home

RIDDLE, HAMILTON & €0.

Terre Haute Real Estate

AND IMPROVEMENT CO.,

682 'Wabash Avenue.®

TT^OR SALE—Houses in all parts of the city JJ prices from WOO to 916,000. Lots—north, northeast, south and southeast—from 8150 to 1800. Easy payments.

TWe

O EXCHANGE FOR CITY PROPERTYhave three small farms in Vigo county to exchange for city property.

LIn

OTS OF LOTS—We have a number of lots the north end—on Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Lafayette streets—from 8260 to $400: easy terms. Now is the time to buy, as prices will be advanced in thespring.

For Rent.

FOR

RENT—Office room, address No. 12 north Seventh street.

FOR

RENT—A large store room, with water works and other improvements. RIDDLE, HAMILTON & CO.

opposite

the court house: very cheap. RIDDLE, HAMILTON & CO.

JpOR RENT—A good store room

Frooms.

OR RENT—A few centrally located living RIDDLE, HAMILTON & CO.

UNDERWEAR

We call attention of the ladies who purchase gentlemen's Underwear to the fact that we carry the largest stock in the city Our assortment of sizes is very large. Our prices, we believe, would please you. We will also be glad to show you what we have to sell whether you wish to purchase or not.^

JAS. HUNTER & CO.

Amusements.

"VTAYLOR'S OPEBA HOUSE.

-L\ Wilson Naylor—Manager.

TO-NIGHT-W. S. CleHlaM's-HiTMly

aipi.

Mastodon Minstrels

Billy Emerson. Husfhey Dougherty, Burt Shephard and a host of others. See the Venetian Nights First Part.:

See the Wonderful Japs.

Secure your seats early. Prices, *1,75,60 and 26 cents.

ISTAYLOR'S OPERA HOUSE.

JJN Wilson Naylor, Manager.

Wednesday, November 13th.

First presentation in this city of Mrs. Francis Hodson Burnett's delightful dramatic Idyl'in 8 acts,

Little Lord Fountleroy

TOMMY RUSSELL and the original comDuuy under the management of Mr. T.H.FRENCH.

Advance sale opens Monday. Prices, I.® down stairs, family circle SO eta, gallery 25c.

XTAYLOR'S OPERA HOUSE. JJN Wilson Naylor Manager.

Friday Eve., November 15th,

The Howard

Big Burlesque Co.

Pretty Women. Elegant Costumes. Funny Comedians. Don't Forget the Date.

W. VAN VALZAH,

T\&

mCBABPeON AVAK VALZAH, DEJSI 'l'lST. Oflkn nrnithirrrt eoraer Kfth aad Mala

Streets,

owr National Stat* Bank (HH—

an Flfut

The prettiest line of Misses and Children's Cloaks in the State.

Hoberg, Hoot & Co.

Nos. 518 and 520 Wabash Avenue

Great Headquarters

GEO. MARBACH, DENTIST.

T^R. c.

LINCOLN,

XJ DENTIST 310 north 18tb street. All work warranted as represented.

Coates College for Women

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. ,*

PREPARATORY SCHOOL u4 SEIlliRI.

(Write for Special Circular.)

Standard College Curriculum. (See calendar.) seminary of Music and Voice Culture. (Piano, Pipe Organ, Voice.) An Academy of Fine Arts. (Drawings, Water Colors, Oil Portraiture.)

Opens Wednesday, September 11, 1889.

For Information call on or address the President, John Mason Duncan, or Sydney B. Davis, Secretary Board of Trustees.

J.NUGENT. H.J. BBOPHT.

-fcXUGENT CO., PLUMBING and GAS FITTING A 4 dealer la qm yiztnw, Globoa tod tegtoNr'i

CLOAKSlS

Notions and Fancy Goods.

NEXT WEEK we commence our

Grand Clearing Sale

—OF-

SuppliM. Terrs Waata, lai

Unmade Robe Suits

We show the finest collection of Imported Unmade Novelty Suits in the city. Now that we have reduced the prices o,f these beautiful dress patterns it will pay you to look over the collection, as soon as possible and make your selections, for they will not last long at the prices. Every suit marked away down.

See Our Liue of $1.00 Broadclothsr

Nothing like them in the city for the price. c.

ET vi'"

CLOAKS!

In this department we are far in the lead. The only department in the city that can be compared with Cloak departments in Chicago, Si Louis or Cincinnati. We have sold so far this season half again .. as many Cloaks as any former season. Our Jacket, Children's Cloak and Plush Sacque trade has been simply immense. The credit of this goes to our correct styles and low prices. We prove this by showing you une t,

Best Jacket in Terre Haute for $5.00.^,,,^ See our Seal Plush Sacquesfor $18., $25 and $35. The best School Cloftks ill Tferrte

Haute at $2, $8, $5 and $7. See our $10 Plush Jacket. See our $10 English Walking Coat.

See our $10 Newmarket,.

Give us look and you will many times over.

iSllfSi

15500 Umbrellas,

Just received. All the choicest thi the market Swell handles, yes, !:.^tlo Vi,New things opened this week Hand

*/some line of Fur Rugs, from $3*50 upwartls, 6 ft long by 2§ wide New Shaded Chenille Portier Curtains, Curtain Materials and Printed Pluslies, New Directoire Ruchings and Collars, New Duchesse

Lace Handkerchiefs and French Embro Handkerchiefs, New Jewelry, New Scarfs and Throws. 'T

See our Japanese Searfs at 50e eaeH. Bargains throughout Entire Store. m*-

REMOVED to 42% Wabash Avenue, Arnold's clothing store.

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HOBERGf ROOT CO.,

Jobbers and Retailers. 518 and 520 Wabash Are.

JSAAC BALL, FUNERAL DIRECTOR.

over

Cor. Third and Cherry Sts., Terre Haute, Ind. Is prepared to execute all orders in his line with neatness and dispatch.

Embalming a Specialty.

Ra ELDER BAKER, HOaUtOPATHIC

D' PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS,

OFFICE 102 S. SIXTH STREET, Opposite Savings Bank. Night calls at office will receive prompt attention. Telephone No. 136.

SL. 1

PS*

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be repaid

inde

R. GAGG,

DKAMS XHT

ARTISTS', SUPPLIES

Picture Frames, Mouldings Picture Frames to Order.

McKeen's Block. 948 Main st, 6thSJ3d 7th.

STECK

PI.AJSTOS. All styles atKassner's Palace of Music, Albert J. Kussner, Sole Agent.

SIPS

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