Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 25, Plymouth, Marshall County, 5 February 1896 — Page 3

TO BUILD A NEW CITY.

OLD WAR VETERANS GOING TO) THE SOUTH. j A Grand Army Colony in Georgia , Which Irotiiie to Rca Ilijs Success : Liuigrants FJockin In with a West- j trn Hush. The Firnt Tiiwn. A Fitzgerald. Ja.. corresponhnt. until. g of the now t'. A. K. ei!otiy being fe.undel there, says: The men who 1"IiuvkI Sherman to the sea are onee more "marching through (Icorgia." Hut t!ie people of tliis State lo not look upon the present invasion with such consternation nt they did on that of over thirty years npo. for this is one of peace the invader have coino to live with the invaded. The movement to colonize members of the !. A. II. in the South has made a tine start find already Fitzgerald, the "metropolis" of the colony, has a iM.pulation of several thousand. Fitzgerald is in Irwin County and not five miles distant from the spot where Jefferson Inivis was captured. The original plan of this colony was to provide a home in a milder climate for the veterans of the Federal armies. The project started with Philip Fitzgerald, a pension attorney and wealthy property owner of Indianapolis. At least 4. m M veterans have put their money into this co-operative FIRST HOt'SE IX THK ti. A. R. (O,ov. moverne-nt and decided to come South. These old soldiers and their families make a total of ahout 1,ikm persons. It was at first intended to defer the opening of the colony until next spring, hut the immigrants could not hohl hack and they ure now coming ly hundreds and thousands from all over the country north of the Ohio ri er. and I et ween the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains. Seeing from the rigors of Northern winter. The immigration is a reminder of the rush to the West before the day of railroads. Wagon trains are climbing the mountains and crossing the valleys. Of the 3,(X0 settlors who have arrived nt Fitzgerald in the last thirty days a large proportion came overland by wagon. There are immigrants who drove all the way from the Dakotas. Kansas. Nebraska, and one family was six months on the journey from the State of Washington. These people drove every mile from the far northwestern corner of the country to the extreme southeastern corner. The movement has gone far beyond the CJrand Army ami thousands of young tuen and a great many men who pioneered in the West have joined it. Hut old soldiers are in the majority. The pension elisTHK (J. A. R. COLONY hursemcnt at the colony will exceed J?ö.000 a month. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois ami Missouri are represented by a elass of sturdy young men who have come to farm. They say that the farms in their native States have been cut up so small that their fathers cannot afford to further subdivide. The boys, niton coming of age, have to strike out for themselves. Hitherto they have set their faces toward the land beyond the Mississippi and the Missouri, but they prefer a more genial climate. The colony has bought .".."km) acres and has options on T,om more. The shareholders in the co-operative company get their land at cost, which, however, includes the outlay for surveying and grading the entire tract, city lots and all. Fx-Cov. William .1. Northen, of (lee rgia, sold the land to the colon' at $.'.."0 ne. i:cre, although some of it cost him a great deal more. One thousand acres were laid off for a city site. Like an Oklahoma Town. At present the town site resembles Oklahoma City or C.uthrie thirty days after the public lands were thrown open. While most of the little pine board shacks tre grouped in one corner of the reservation, they axe found straggling through the forest for two miles. At night the woods are illuminated by huge ltonfircs of pine logs around which the settlers assemble to discuss the future of the colony. The tract of land upon which the colony is located is a high, rolling ridge about twenty-five miles wide and loO miles long, extending through half a dozen counties In Georgia to the gulf coast in Florida. It Is thickly wooded with the long-leaf pine. The turpentine manufacturer lias worked some of the forest, but not all of it. The lumberman has not yet made an impression on it. The soil is not of the Bandy character so common in south Georgia, but is dark, somewhat resembling the prairie soil, except that this has an iron pebble, which indicates n line fruit soil. That the land will raise splendid fruit hns been shown by the success of some Connecticut men, the Tifts, and a colony of Pennsylvanians who have settled on the western edge of the ridge. All who were at the colony believe firmly in its future. There are 54,000 men, women and children already in the movement. Every train brings fresh arrivals and the population is growing at the rate of from GO to 200 a day. Next month a railroad will be completed to the colony, and by spring there will be another. The soil is unquestionably fine and the climate healthful. Artesian wells strike water at a depth of 170 feet. The settlers say when the success of the colony is demonstrated there will le a great movement from the Northwest. The three men who fJoatoel away from Cleveland on an ice floe in Lake Erie art believed to Lave been lost.

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BLOW TO THE G. A. R.

Wcstcrn Kuilroadu Kefuse to Grant Traflic Concessions. The next national encampment of the (rand Army of the Republic may go to P.uiTalo. St. Paul was the prize winner at last ear's national c!i auiputeiit, but the Western Passenger Association will not make a rate satisfactory to the i J rand Army of the Republic, which fact may change the place of meeting. A delegation from St. Pa til was in Chi. -ago to try to "argue it out." ami they brought the Commander-in-chief of the I! rami Army of tl.e Republic with them, but the Western Passenger Association was obdurate and he'd on! a high rate of fare. So 'oiuniandcr-in-cliief Wal!. er will call a council of war to deter. nine where the next encampment shall be held. At last encampment, which was held in Louisville, it was voted that the next encampment should be held in St. Paul. A stipulation, however, was made that it should go there only in case a satisfactory rate could be obtained from the railroads. The Western roads bid for the pa in nage of the -ii. A. R. encampment at St. Paul by authorizing a rate of I cent, per mile for the round trip, with a seven-day limit. At the same time a rate of one fare for the round trip to the Knights of Pythias conclave, to be held in the same city in August, was granted and a thirty-day limit authorized. Commander-in-chief Walker and prominent eit i.ens of St. Faul immediately took issue over the seven-day limit placed en the (I. A. R. eciirsien tickets, and every effort has been made to get the Western Association to reconsider its action and deal as fairly with the . A. R. as with the Knights of Pythias. Wit h one exception the tickets to all the Crane! Army of the Republic reunions held during the past ten years hae been based on a thirty-day limit. The exception was the reunion held in Milwaukee. A similar dispute took place at that time, the Western roads refusing to deal liberally with the veterans. Only one excuse is put forward by the railroads for the decided stand taken on the question. This is that the thirty-day limit, if granted, means a complete demoralization of rates in Western territory and a rich harvest for the scalpers. CUBANS IN THE SEA. The Filibustering Steamer J. V. Hawkins Sinks Off Lour Island. The steamer .1. W. Hawkins, bound from New York to Cuba on a filibustering expedition, was abandoned at sea off Ijong Island Sunday night in a terrific gale, and of the 17 men on board only lV.i are accounted for. Ten are known to have been drowned, and it is believed fifty-three others met a like fate. The Hawkins was of FJ.'t tons net, and was built at Kcnneluink, Me., in ISM). She was for years eniraged in the fishing business, but as she had proved unprofitable she had for a long time lain idle in Haltimore harlor. Tw weeks ago a man representing himself as a Mr. Tinsley approached the owners with an offer, saying he wished to buy the craft for a Mr. Smith of New York. There was no haggling over the price, ind it did not take him long to become the owner of the steamer. There was an old account "of the crew hanging lire, but he at once paid it. Then a local ship yard came forward AT FITZCKUAl.H, CA. with a bill, which was also paid on flie spot. Obstacles seemed to melt away before his haste, for when two firms threatened to bring libel suits against the steamer their claims were paid in full as soon as a figure was named. She was at once taken to New York, where a little band of men was gathered in readiness to get on board, their intention being to join the Cuban army and tight in the ranks. In spitv of the vigilance of the Spanish emissaries a brass cannon worth J, . N K i, ammunition that cost JjiUo.t m n ami 17t men were taken safely on board. Sunday night she sailed from that port, commanded by a Capt. Wood row. Fnfortunatcly. however, the boat was unfit for sea, and tin hasty preparations had allowed no time for a thorough examination of her bottom, for she had proceeded only as far as the eastern end of Long Island when she sprung a dangerous leak and began to settle in the water. In spite of all the crew could do the leak gained with fearful rapidity, and within twenty minutes all had to take to the live small boats. Mc A ii litre's Had Wins;. Lightweight champion. Jack McAuliffe, has determined to make one more efCort to condition himself to re-enter the ring. Hut before he can make this effort he will m'a i mfk's WRIST-FALSE e.iaiWTH. have to undergo a com so of rigorous training to get his physical condition into such shape that a surgical operation may be erforincd, that may restore to McAnlilTe the use of ids left arm, or may leave it a useless cripple. The lightweight champion broke his arm in a light with Owen Zeiglr. and as now known it was a transverse fracture of the radius and was improperly treated. Calculi have formed around the fracture, owing, it is m'aulikf's wrist keset. said, to the rapid gait at which McAuliffe has been traveling of late, and these make the case more complicated. McAuliffe has been plainly told what he would be compelled to undergo, and has accepted the chance.

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GOLDSTANDARD CHEAP WAGES EDWAKI ATKINSON, in the Kecord. lays down the ;ropoition that "high wages, in mono or w hat money will buy. are the orrelative or result of a low cost of production in all arts to which mod ::i science and invention have been applied." He then adds: -The highest prices are or will ultimately be paid at those points at which any given product or liber can be- made at the lowest cost and sold at the lowest n-U-tive price." I ask this plain question: Is the lovc proposition true in fac t? I hold that it is incorrect. I lay clown this proposition: That the whole theory of reasoning by which the conclusion is reached is fallacious, and c::inot stand the test of a thorough analysis. The idea of high wage s being the result of st low cost of production w hetever art and invention have been Applied is Absolutely ridiculous. To Illustrate: Art and invention have been applied to the manufacture of locomotives until the cost has been reduced one-half, or .r0 per c ent., to t heconsumer. If Mr. Atkinson's reasoning be trtic. then the laborers who makethe locomotives should now receive more wages than when the higmr price was paid. The plain and simple truth is that they rece-ive much less wnccs now than then. Mr. Atkinson's theory will not apply to the- conditions that environ the laborers at this time. "Art and invention" have bce.i applied to farming until the cost of producing wheat and corn has been very greatly reelueeel. Ho farm hands receive higher wnjros now than then? I tell Mr. Atkinson that instead of i.i creasing, wages for farm hands have' been steadily growing less in Indiana for the last fifteen years. "Alt anei invenuoii n.ne - plied to the production of wagons and carriages until the cost of productu.T, .... . M .... hns been cheaneneel one-half. How farces the labor that makes them? Its wages are reluoe-el en an average LT percent, instead ef being lucre ased. Take the manufacture of carpet, where a marve-lous e beaper.ing of c ost of production has been brought abo.it by "art and invonthin." No sane- man will pretend that carp t-weavTs arpaid higher wages now than formerly. Take another line-, steel. When the j Carnegie company, by the aid e.f "art ; ami invention," so cheapened the cost i of its manufacture that other manu fae-turc-rs were tht atene-el with de stru -tion ef tbe-ir business, how much f an j iiHTeaso in wages did it bring to the j workmen? Let the story of tic bloody ! strike make answe r, w he-re. by pow.-r of arms, a h-avy redue-i'-.n of wag-s was enfeu-ced. Carnegie' can produce steed cheaper--ye-s. h-e-s produce it cheaper than any cd' his coiup titors. Ioe-s he now pay has he e ve r paid the highest wages in his line-V 1 say i.; he never 1 i 1 . nor elo s he now. I could follow this into a sere of other lines and in each one ehnionstrate the fallacy. I simply dismiss the fallacy with this remark: It will not stand the analysis of application te. existing industries: it is shown to be theory run to seeel. 1 tell the people that iiigb wages iiever have been, an not new and never will be predieate-1 on the low cost ef production. Che-ap cost of produetiein means, in its lat analysis, cheaper wages, not higher. This it the Irresistible logic of the situation. Let me say right he re. that the farmer whose land N most ptoeluctivc and w ho therefore pioduce-s wheat, corn. hay. oats, and barley at the b ast cost pe r bushel, and the manufacture-rs who produce the output e.f their works at the least cost, regardless f what the-y make, are the ones who reap benefit ef "hw cost eif ptoduetion," inste ad of the laborers wie do the work. S the railway company that .wns a iimthat was honestly built, whove stock has lied bee-n watered, that has been honestly managed, is the toad whose owners reap the profit of che-ape-ne-l cost of transportation instead of the men who do the actual work fer the company. The roael that has been s dishonestly managed that its stock is worth r cents on the de.llar pays its engineers, firemen, trainmen, trackmen, and conductors just the same wages that are paid by the company whose stCK-k is worth ."VM per cent, more than par. Lower eeest ef ptodue tion me ans lower wages, for the reason that labor is the chief itcin of expense in the prductlon of all article's where art and invention have been principally utilized, and how can you cheapen the cost of production wltheuit cheapening the price of the principal element of its cost? High wages are paid only when lower wages cannot be sec ured. The rate of wage's is controlled by demand. net by cost of production. It is the Inexorable demand for labor, skilled ami unskilled, that regulates wages. If .;o( men are struggling to secure 1 places wages cannot Ik? so high as they will be If 300 places are open to 100 men. Abraham Lincoln said: "You can safely reason upon the greater by the smaller affairs of life," and he was right. The practical demonstration of a principle on a small scale will apply to a larger one, or to any one. I know I do uot merely iK-lleve, but I knowthat labor Is most prosperous when not only wages but prices are high, and when wages were hljrh the cest of production was high. I lay down this proposition, that cheap prices are the

ev It . v : the Ki i l.c !:: v ! tu W j c.miso the real :ne:.Mire of prosperity ' ! the laborer is w i..:t !. has left after i.'- pruvide-- for t.:i.:s it' am; thoe- eh - pel. '.eiit t:pn him li e absolute I:eci s- : sarie-s of life. To il!t::r.t.:': !f I pay ray laborers i J. 1 ; day ;;iid it costs :i:cu: 7." cents to ; live the measure of their irosjKrity is j cents i day. If I can advance their. ! per cent, and pay them Jj-l.eO a day I ;it;d tl.e increased cost of living is ntisf;! ; from 7." cents to Si a clay I have in- ! creased the me asure of their prosperity j per cent, by raising it from 1!." to TiO I ti!s a day. I only increase wages ." j per cent., their prosperity was :nj creased p:0 per cent. Hence, when any i tie talks about cheap things 1 kr.ow he is no friend of labor. Tjilk is cheap; J only works count in this contest. 1 The single gold standard means j cheap juices for tl.e products of farm, I n.ine and factory, f.nd cheap prices i"i ii.ese iinoiis ci,e;4j wages. neap wages means less money to spend for food and clothing, and this means for the laborer and his family fewer comforts of life, and to every avenue of our retail trade restricted sales and i small profits, and in its last analy: N it I M.'ii.L- l .or troir-.l s.j.it .:et ii'.m-tn. hood. when we all know that the- life of eur nation depends upon tl.e virtue I ami intolligene-e- of its citizens. Hence. I conclude that cheapness is not only the mortal enemy of lalor. but of libe rty itse If. J. It. Che adle, in Chicago Itccord. True Finuncial Gospel. The Senate substitute for the House bond bill, if it conhl only become a law, would change the gloom of agricultural and busine ss prostration as if touched by the wand of I'rosperus. The- bond bill and the- Senate substitute are from two opposite schools of . nt..1Tl.fi One is tl)c school of the monev kJn ;iU( ,(;1K f( vxt,.(Ii:. yyvaUh fo"r t;( (w ;.ml , f . millions. The- o:1mt opens up the pathway ef indc pemb ne e- to all who aiv wise- and industrie;is, and lifts t heweight of poverty from the masses ot the lam!. One- leads e low prices for the labor of the world, the ether tc price s commensurate with the true valueof man's industry and skill. One is the soheol of the- plutocrat, the purse proud, ami the- cjipressor; the- other is 1 1 fit ri: 11 n 1 1 V t.-imr- ltc te achings utter, the wisdom and experience ef mankind. The Se-nate substitute- rostore-s silver tei its constitutional p de stal as a nsonI ey me tal. It e-j ns up the mints to its J ooinago upon an e t:a!ity with gold 'It ghe-s to it what the- trainers of the I constitution and the frt American j Congre-ss eonfe-rre d uj.e.n it. and that 1 w hich the V se c'tre d for it tor the f.fst ; e ighty-ihre c ye-ar-- of the nathm's life, says the I-nve r T im s. It supplies the treasury with ample constitutional money -ho money ef the contracts utide r which all bonds we re- sold and paper money usel-ar.d it provides against a e-ontraction of the currency by rceptiring the reissue- of the greenbacks when exchanged fe r coin. Let the light in the- Se-nate go en. It will be- an inspiring light, that of Republican. J'oinoerat and lopnüst Senators shoulder to shoulde r, elefying tb gold kings and their servile tools, and charging the ir serried ranks for !ed, humanity, and the homes of the- eountry. The Senate- will ne ve r pass the- bom bill. The Senate will pass the bill for the. free coinage of silver, the coinage of the silver seigniorage' and the- redemption of greenbac ks wit!: silver c-ejuallj with gold. That measure will be- the platform upon which all true patriots will unite in the pending Pi esielential struggle, and it will be the- shibboleth that will in--piro the m to victorv. tuarely on Itimctnllic Policy. We ! not approve of the methods whic h have le el to aitotheT bond call, says the Orange- .iuld Parmer. We h not be lieve- the people- will e ver submit to the substitution ef an interest-bearing bank currency in place of the noninterest be aring gove rnment currency. We do ne-t favor the single gold standard, but stand septarely for the bimetallic policy under which America has made the greatest progress the world has ever seen, and under which every dcdlar has Ikoii as getod as every other dollar until decreasing national revenue and the world-wide ccd lapse that followed the Ha ring failure led to withdrawals of foreign investments, while the adoption of the single standard by Austria and the increasing demand for gold In other ejuarters also stimulated the raid on the American reserve. Hut since the gevernment calls for a popular loan, we hope it will succeed, and that no domestic or foreign bankers' syndicate will be allowed to squeeze this great nation, as was the case in February. It has not been denied that at that time the Morgan syndicate realized in commissions and profits for placing $100.CKtO.(Ko of bonds as much as the entire commission paid Ivy the government In floating more than L000 millions of 1 onds during the war. The first In the list of wheat producing States Is Minnesota, having 3.372,C.27 acres, which yielded f.2.300,247 bushels of the grain; next comes California, with 2,840.807 acres and 40,$69,337 bushels; the third being North Dakota, with 2,709,421 acres and 2G 403,305 bushels.

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SEW PARTY FORMED.

RESULT OF THE SILVER CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON. National Ticket to lie- Put in ttic I'ii t! it u Cot; ctitieiu to Vctt in St. I.emion the Same Day us the Populist Gathering. Silver Men in Line. Advocates etf the rehabilitation -f silver, in coiilere-mo at Wellington. made arrangements for holding a national eonvention in St. I.otiis July 'JJ to put in nomination candidates for President and N ice President. Th-y eleeideel with a hurrah to e-ut loose from the old parties and mass their strength in the coming campaign ami at the polls for the white metal as against any and all other distinctive national issues. The committee on resolutions, of which Senator .loties of Nevada is chairman, submitted its re-pott, as follows: The paiai-.i' tint isi;e at tliis time in tieT'r.in! States is iuilis'iiaauly tin ni'-my l:i'sti'H. It is between t!:e gi!l staiiilal'il. 'II tnni'1-; ami elirre'liey oil the "In" si.le ami the liimetal-li-slamlard. m li-iii'ls ami e ;( eminent rv.vlem y on the other. c t:i tliis issue u ihelaie nrsejes to lulu favor of a litim--tive Ainerit-an linn neial system. We are iinalte-ral'ly oppose-.! io the- single gohl stamlanl. ami emami the imtm-eliate re-turn to the constitulioiial siamtanl e.f irol.l ami N M W siler. by the re-stora-k-V t S ''"" l,y this ctove-rn-nii-nr. imn-pr-mi.-m iv " e.f any foreign pow-r. of tii. tun est riet cd coinage f both oM ami t-ilvir inlet stamlanl lm-ne-y. at the ratio ef le; to 1. ami upon terms of -a t niality. as limy e-xiste-el prior to lsTa; tin silver ein to be ü full le-'al ti-neler. equally with gohl. for all eie-l'ts semi elms. publie- ami private. Ve lioM that lli- power to eoutrol ami regr.late a paper eurre-my is inseparable freiiii the powe-r t e-oin lnom-y; am! h-m-e that all eiirrem-y intemb-.l to circulate as money sh.uil.l tie issiieil ami its volume i-on-1r !ieel by the eieneral (ioM iiiment only, ami t-ho.i'.l .e lejral te-mb-r. We are unalte rably eipposM to hf issim by the- I'nite'd States of ir.te rest-bearingbonelsin time e.f pe-ae-e. ami we elemmnee- as a blunler weirse than a e-rime the rese-nt treasury policy. e-oTle-urre-el in by a Ke-publieail House. el' pimiL'ing ihe- e-e.untry in .b-bt by humlr-l: rf millions in tlo- vain attempt to maintain the gold standard by boirowintr gohl: and we ele-maml tlie payniont e.f all e-oin eiblications .f the I'nitee'l Stales, as pi-ivieled by exititig laws, in either gohl e.r sil e-r e-oin, jit the e.pth.n eif tlie c ;i e-rnnieiit, ami not at the option of the reetiteir. Whereas, The- de-iimm-t iza in eif silve-r in lsT.". i-noi iiioiisly incre-ase-d the eh-niaml for geihl. e-iilj.iiM-in its pur-haing power ami lowering all priee-s lm-asnre-el by that stamlar!: a'el. Wl.e te-as. Sime that unjust and imle-fe-iisi-bt-act the- prices of American pndm-ts havefallen iipni an average nearly .o per e-e-iit.. arry!ng elown with them pi-op"it in-j.te-ly the- inoiie-y value f all e.ihe-r fe.rius of j-rope-rty, -e pt in pe-e-uliarly favn-d iocaii-tie--: anl. Whereas. S'n h fall eif prices lias .b-slpiye-d the profits if legitimate imlutry. injuring tlie pn-eluccr for the b-m-tit of the- non-iro-ebi'-er, lueivaslng the burde-n f the eb-btor and swe-lling the gains of the- creilite.r, paralyzing the prodlIctie e-ne-I'gie-s of the Aim-r-i'-an i-e-oph-. re-h-gating to idleti'-ss ast nunibers e.f willing worke-rs. sending the- shadews of eb'spair into the home f the Imnot toiler, tilling the lanl with tramps and pan-pe-rs and building up e-oosal fortune's at the- money -ente-rs: ami. Whe-ieas. In the e-tTort to maintain the gold standard th e-eumtry has within the last e iL'l.:een iinmllw. In a tin f profound peace and pl'Mity. b.-en loaded down with s li ;'. h to. -(.hi e.f additional inti-i'e-sidM-ariiig de bt, umb-r s'i'-li e-ire-tim-iauce-v as io allow a syndicate .f iiative- and fore-ign bankers to re-ali. a i.et proiit e.f slo.eiem.cnei mi a single eb-al; and. Whe-reas. Another i 'ii! is now pe-mling for r. fi:rilie-r gold h-aii e.f Soet.iN.(Mc. which, but for an outl ui-st of popular indignation, would ;'. hae- be-en ne-goi ;a t e-! in the same-sc.-re-t mauiii'i and lhrtug!i the sann syndi-eate-: and. Whe reas. It stands confessed that the gold slai elard i an only be upheld by so depleting oiir p-lpcf e-liri'e-tle-y as to folVe the- prices of our piod;ml b.-low ihe llnropeau and e-ven be l.nv the Asiatic lee I. in order that we may se-!l in f-ife ign in.u ke-ts. thus aggravating the. e-rv e vils of which our people- so bitte-rly e ompl.iin. eb-gi-ading Ann ric-.in labor, ami striking at the ve-ry foumlations e.f euir e ivillatioii itse-lf: ami. Vh-l-e-.-;s, 'l'he ad-tcate-s of the gold slandurd pe-rsisie-ntly e iaim that tin- leal e-ause of e-ur eilst re-ss is ove-rpfoduct ion that We- have-proeluee-d so inue h that il has made i;s poe.r -which implies that the true- ivine-ily is to cleise jh facteuy, abandon tin farm and thnov a inullitmb of pi..pe out e.f e-mploy-li:e-nt a eloctrine- that leave's ns absolutely without l.e-pe- for tin future-; and. Whereas. The el i il'eie-ne-e of exchange be-twe-e-n silve r-: tamlaid e ouuliie-s and gold eeuint rie-s is e-eiii a le-nt to a bounty eepial to !he elitVel'e-lle-e be lee-n the- V.ll.le of gold and silve-r. in f-eve-r e.f tin- pio.lue ts of tit.-silve-r standard e-ouul t ie-s e-poi te d to g ild stamlanl e-ount rie-s and a e en ri-sponding tariff against the- prodm is of gold stamlanl ee.untrie-s expofte-el to silver-using count rics; ami. he-re.is. The e-ot of production otherwise l:i the eil.l world, and parlie-tilarly in China ami .Ia an. is far b-ss than the e-ost at which similar psenlm ts ean be- )iidme-d eir n.. i nufaci uie-1 in this country by Anie-rb-an at-eir vvithorit re-ehming mir farine-rs. mine-rs, tne-i haiii' s. inanafae ture-rs ami eiihe-r imlustlial We.rke ls to Ihe h ve I of C'liilie-se e oolios. Kesolveel. That over ami above all mhe; e)i;e-st ions of policy we are ill faveif of re-sor-jnf to the- people of the- I nilid State-s the time- hon.-r.d laolle-y of the C '..list Ulli hui -gold and sihe-r. mU ..ne-. but Imtli the money ef Wa-hii.gtia ami I la mi I ton. and .b-Ifeisoii and Moiii'oe. and ,lae -ks. n and Lincoln, to the e-ml that the Anie-ricaii p.-ople- may re-e-e-ive hom si pay for an hone st proelm t. TheAmerican de-b;o- pays I, is jut obligat ions in an honest standard, ami i i I in a standard that is appn i iate-d but p.-r n-m. ab..e the givat stapie-s of our e-oi::i t ry. and to Ihe end. fitrthe-r. that silve-r stamlanl e-ountrie-s may he elepriveil of the unnatural advantages they now etijty In the eliffeivnce in e'Xe-hatige betwe-en geld and sihe-r-an alvantage which tue tariff legislation' alene eaiemt overeeme. We, t herefere. e-entidently aje-e-al te the je-e.ple ef the I niie-d States" that, eavitig In abeyam-e for the' nionn nt all other qiiestiems. howeve-r Iinpentant. eveii momentous as they may appear, ami sundering. If liee'el be, the feenne-r party attiliatioiis, they unite in a siipre-im effort to free theniselve's and their e-hildre-n from the- combination eif the ineuie'.v power a power nmre elestn.e--tlvo than any which has over be-e-n fasteneel upon civlllzeel tuen in any race and In any age. Auel upe.il the eonsiiiaina 1 Ion etf thedr eleslres ami e-fforts we Invoke the gracious favor of Divine l're'viele-m-e. The report was wildly applauded as it was mid, and the eonferenee seomoel to be tilled to the fullest extent with enthusiasm. It was read by Senator Jones, Chairman. At the conclusion there was a big elemeinstration. The delegate's arose' to their feet and cheered loudly and ealleel feu Senator .Tones, lie spoke for abeuit ten minutes, and his remarks were vociferously applauded. Organization Committer Report. The following is the report of the Committee on Organization: That a convention of the qualified voters of the ITnlteil States w he) believe In the principles this day cnunelate'el by this conference, nd uiiei are willing to subordinate party alU'giaiu'e ami fealty to those principles, ami t support the liondnee-s of tlie national conventhm prevlebel for by this conference, shall be he-Id at the city of St. Louis. Me.. en the 'JUM day of July, A. 1). 181H. at the heur etf lg ee'clock noon. That the nppeirtieninie'nt to such convention shall bf inio delegate for each Senator and Representative In the I'nlteel States CoDSrcfca fruin the several States, and one

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etc-tcgate for cati n-l--;ito in '.mre fr-'-n the see-i:il Territorie-s. a rel .-xl'lit ! ileio-g.itc-H fur the- scveml St.i'. s : :i I T-i Tit-r: s l-:isel UpM-i tlie siler stf.-l :til :is :i iT :i i lint frotu tin A lin-r ii-.-ui l;i;ii-:iii!'i t'n:.:i. Tin llllIllL-el "f 4lee:t- ;i ' 1 i' 1 Ti eat-h State' and 'i' rriirv siiall l'- a I' il-ws:

Alabama AlioI;l .::l.a Arkansas ' 'a !i fiiriii i e '..Io; a-b. e '..niiee-l i.-ut ... . I 'l.i u a i e Hon. I., !'-orgi.. blalm Illinois I ad ia ua Indian T ; i i : . ; - biwa Kansas K'nl u ky Louisiana Maine Maryland Ma ss-i li u sei ; s . . Mi. -I.igau Mitlll-o; Mississippi Missouri Montana . to Ne br.iska Ö1 . e; :id.-i 1". . ' N-vv l::::ip-.i::-- ... ..;o e ,-. .Ici-se-y '.2 . New v..rk ' t : ,7o N. :;;! e'aro'iiia To . i:. N-.:-:h :ak.:a 12 . :: i ii io e . s e U!.-i!,,,,iia ' . ."i i e ii eg. in IT . lo l'e-nii;. I a-.i.i 4." ..".el Itllodc ls!;tlid S . to So-.sih 'arolina . ö Soi: ; ii I :i !.: .i t ö Te-n lie-se e- 'J I .i".: Te xas To .U.i 'e-l nioiit .ti Yn-!it,ia t i , . .e Wa-liingii.n -7 . ti W. st ili:i':i i 1U . Jl W isc. ;,s:.::i Wv.oming .::o N.-w Me-;.-.. s --s ftah 'Je -iö i i-t ri.-t of e'..;i.-u -i.i I is That this conference appoint a provision. d national ruiiimi! n-e. ruii.j.i lag ..f ;. . m-be-f ffeelll e-ae-Jl Stale a '1-1 TcI i iToi V, said -eimmit tee- ! possess a!! p.v. -r usually p,.sse-s..d I iy naiiotial -m rui t -te e-s if po'.iticji p.ir'i.-s; s.:id oni-mille-e-i.i si-i- u::ii! the ho;. ling - f :!! national ci in ve-n lion; said e-ommiite-e- or fii" portion th.-r-of appojn;i-i( iv ;iis co--.?erc:-c-shall hav full pow.-r to Iii all v a-a to is. whe-ihe-r from tin failure .f this . .infere-m-.-t't appoint a full e-euiimittee. i- from death. l e-sig);i I ion or I herw ie; said . 'iliCi.iUe.e shall have lis he-ad-pia ile-rs in the- eiiy ..f Washington. I. '. The luode of se-lcctillg eb'le'gate-s to national i . .i, en t i. n .shall be a pi'.- -rlbe-. t-y Ihe tnitional e-ommiite-e-s. Mibje-.-t thefoil owing fe-gulations: All ele-!egates shall be e le-ete-d at public . -on eilt ns of at public nie-e! illgs. To lie he-Id e-uher in tin- se-veral Slate-s at largo or in tie s.ve-ral eo-mtie-s or elisii'icts of so il States as the national i-oiiiinittoe may prescribe. No pi-rs.in shall be eligible ;s a d'-'egate' to any s'! h -ma e-ntio-i e.r ine-e -ting. shad sit as a eiel. gate in said national e-..:i i-nt j..u vlie is n..t in favor of the elee-larati-m f principles this elay .iiuuciateil ly ihi- e-..u-fe-ti'tice-. ami wie is mt willing to subordinate parly allegiance to the ad a nce:i-'it e.f su-li iri n.-iplcs ami to support toe not-aine-e. of said e onve-ut jou. Tin national e-oinmitteo shall pio.ee.! at e.nci to organize tie se-ve-ral State-s ami Territories f.ir the s'.iece-ss of this uioveini-:it. A VALUABLE RAT, THIS. Keeps the llemse Free ef Alice anel IMnys the Violin Nicely. It is :i vve-ll-hnown fne-t that rats .-iiid niice ele i not infe'st a house at tin satn time. Working upen this hint as te the nature of roeb-nts. N. K. Laure-seiti. ef Vie-ksburg. has aebpteel a scheine by which he keeps himself rid of both pests. This he ne-cetmplishe-s by e-.-iptur ing a young rat ami training him to e-atch niie-e. This singular meuse-r, wheise name, by the way. is Czar, is ebuibtless the most stl'-e-e-ssf ul eitle' ell record. He- has bee-n taught to pou:ie-e upon a mouse em shert eribr. vvi'.iiout 1'ear ami without favor, and In s';im llo lli'M'l V. Of feurse. he' call feilieiW the u ie-e into e h-si epuirters ami tM-v.-r has be-e-n known t hse his eptany. Strange to re-late, huge rats have give ii the house the get-by. also, seeming to unehTst.'iiid that the phie-e bchmgs to Czar, ami that there must be m en-eroae-hine-nt upon his prerogative. Lauiesoii is very loud eu his ep'.eer p-t, and has taught him many inte-r-esling Hicks. Among others he has traim-el liii.i te hamlh a levv. ami with a miniature vie.lin Czar manages hi si-r.ip' tin sitings in a way that is not : unmusie-al. it eurse it nas ie-e n nnj possible lo teach him really ie play a j pie-e-e. but sitting Ul ein his hillel h-gs, j with his lidilh grasp-I in his tiny lehiws. Czar piodip-es a sort ef half-se-ree'e-hing soiuiel that is alteg.Mhe-r vve-irel ami fantastic. I .an rose n is himself a violinist of no nn an onb'r. and Czar like-s nething bett-r than te sit en his maste-r's kiiee anil listen to hi playing. IMiilade'lphia Times. Seie-iul Statistie-N. At a spiritualist soiree which wa he'hl in teivvn last suinnie-i. as many a si pred'esseel te-eteetalels a"e-rr'il tha they felt tlllder the illllUe'Uee ef spirits M' twe-Ive humlre-el VeHIIlg gelltle'lllel who last year travedeel en the e-ent"ment im fe'wer than a dozen lil not se-iz the eippeirt unity to try ami get up : niotistae-he. One humlre'd ami e-hvei members ef tin Pe-aie Sen-ii-ty hav sim-e last April eliscont jnue-el ebalin with their pastry eeiok. on the grotin that the-y be lieveel he dealt in warlik store's, be'e-ause etf the' inse-ripliou i his window, "lhills Stiplied." Troofs are e-xtatif. in the shape c line'ii drapers bills, tlat since .Mie-hae mas te-u thouatie se-tlieught stten; minded women have bee n weak e-noug te JtUfchasi things they hael llo use fet simply be-eause they Were tieki'te c're'at r.argains." (If a humlivel single men who la se asetn ree e-iveel e-aids for what the' go te-el call "At hom.'s." and the vulg. "Tea lights." nine ty phade el "smith illness" eu previous e ngagement," ai ef the te-n lu-roe-s wlie virtually wet only two had courage' to pass be'yen the staircase. lie llni't a Dam. All kimls ef animals eh womlcif things witlmut ever being taught. Ka in its own line inherits an oducat' which in e-ommou language goes by t name of instinct. The Woman's Jot nal gives the story of a beaver: A college professer in Maine te how he eonvine el a friend wlio did I believe that beavers could build dar He benight a baby beaver of a hunt and sent It to his skeptical friend. The creature became a great pet the house, but show eel no signs of wa ing to build a dam. until one Monc morning a leaky pail of water was j on the :leer etf the hae-k kitchen. 'J heaver was there. He was only baby, to be sure, but the moment saw the water oozing out of a rack the pail, he se-ampereel Into the ya brought in a chip, and began his wt! His owner was called, and watc) the little fellow, very much astonls, at what he saw. He gave orders have the pail left where It was, : the industrious lieaver kept at his w four weeks, when he had built a s dam all arouml the pail. Maryland, Massachusetts and A mont are returned in the census rep-.: as each having one acre in flax, Jersey and Arkansas each having t

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