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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-11-25
SOME VIEWS THAT WILL BEAR CON-
SIDER4TION.

Gov. Seymour in speech delivered at
Brooklyn on the evening of the 2Sth,
Oct. said:
"The grain or farm products of the west pay
more taxes than like amount raised at the
east. The cost Transportation to the markets
Of the world, and the cost of bringing back
what is wanted for consumption are the draw
backs to western prosperity.
What makes these costs of carrying! The
railroads must have a return for the expenses
of their structure and for their operations.
When you look into the expenses you find
not only the sums paid fer the actual est of
materials and labor. but the sums paid to gov
ernment for taxes. These, direct and indirect,
make at least one quarter OF the cost OF the
highways OF commerce, so that men who live a
great distance from markets, i'll addition to the
unavoidable charges of transportation, have, in
fact, to pay taxation by the mile; the NOR
they pay for carrying the more they have to
pay for taxes. If the duties charged on iron
rails and other materials and the increased cost
of labor made by taxation taken into account
it will be seen that have understated the effects
of taxation upon the cost OF these tracks Of
commerce. Ii these were called tolls they
would more clearly express the truth. 1t is
said there is no other way OF getting revenue
That may be true, bnt if it is true, then our
government should keep within its constitu-
tional limits; it should not, by centralization
make debts and unequal taxation. Govern
ment debts and taxation divide our Union into
debtor and creditor states.''
When will western farmers learn that
they have peculiar interests and should
1t accept the leadership or the opinions
OF eastern newspapers or politicians
When will they recognise the fact
that they belong to debtor communities,
and that the interests of the creditor
communities are hostile to their inter-
est?
When will they under.tand that the
premium on gold is a premium on wheat
raising, aad, that to restore specie pay
ments will practically take fifteen cents
off the price of every bushcl of our 3d..
000, 900 bushels of wheat or total, Cat
one dollar rer bushel,) of $4,000 ,OO0
annually?
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toinvesting them in any enterprise which, in
addition to the ordinary risks Of business, must
encounter the sudden change in values which
congress has ordained. This rcsumption act,
more than any other one thing, is responsible
for the hard times schich n0,O a0aict Us, and
from which there seems no oescape save through
the Intervention of congress.
Whereupon the Minneapolis Mail,
(Rep.) says:
1.-The Pioneer Press takes the only clean cut
republican daily in the state to task this morn
ing on the finance question. As usual, ir will
fully falsifes the organs position, with an evil
dent design of putting quietus upon the or
gan's life, and Of stepping into the corpse's
shoes. We may be permitted to remark,
however, that If the republican party had been
pledged to an endorsement Of resumption In
1879 IN its plat fotns. 1t irofd hare been stcept
out Of eristcncc in the late campaign in MIN
ncsotc, "a nd we doubt very much whether even
Mr.. Pillsburv, with his square toed, hard
money views, would have risked his election
upon platform embodying policy fraught
with so much financial disaster. The Tribune
may live as an organ awhile longer, and the
Pioneers Press may wait before assuming full
control Of tue party.
So it appears that the Republican
party is not in favor OF contraction after
all. Why then were we so denounced
as an ''intlamist," ''repudiationist," &c?
We held precisely the views entertained
now by these leading Republican organs.
Our Democratic friends can see now
what fools they made of themselves
hy shouting for Republican policy
which even the Republicans denounce
after election. Ii the last Democratic
Republican convention had adopted our
resolution upon the financial question
and made IA united canvass on that issue,
we would have carried the State. ''But
it is no use crying over split milk"
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The New England manufacturers have
already turned the labor force OF those
States into voting force, and neutral
tuiions by making the ballot box an ap.
pendAge to their mills. In Pennsylvan
ia the railroad companies are Buy ing up
the mines and controlling the votes of
the poor, half-fed miners in the same
way. To show what depth of degruda-
ton these influences will in time reduce
American citizenship to, we quote the
following from an English paper:
Truly that is a sad and shocking story which
has just been told the English public by one of
the factory -insp%c ors. He frankly admits,
too, that his story is not tithe OF the truth
about the employment OF women and children:
with tenderness SO unusual in the British of
tcial as to be touching, he refrains from the
narrowing details OF what he knows, lest he
should rend the public heart in their recital.
The small part he tells. however is bad enough
in all conscience, and well merits the serious
attention of that vague power which Dickens
described collectively as "mv lords and gentle
men and honorable boards'' The inspector 3
investigations having led him into the manu-
featuring district, -gloomily bnt veraciously
called "the Black country, he found women
there hard At work on nail and chain manufac
turing. This, it need scarcely be told, is one
OF the most exhausting and physically difficult
Of human labors. The toll spent upon the
forging of large nails requires strong muscles
and tough bodies. But there in the Black
Country young women and old, women who
are single and women who are married. are
bound in slavery that compels them to this
work all day, and often into the night. for the
very lowest grade Of wages.
Nor is sls the worst. While the women
thus wear themselves out, their husbands idle,
drink, and spend the poor creatures desper-
ately gained earnings in the taverns The
strong, healthy wives, with this very purpose
in view: II they can win the heart OF ..Iikely
girl" by such rude Establishments as they are
masters Of, they are made for life For them
are the tavern and skittle ground, TOR their
wives the msrciless and eternal FORGE Then ii
children come, they must pegforce be lett to
wander ragged about the dinzy founderies, and
drift in grrmy shoa.s on toward a very dark
and dreary puberty. Ten hours day il the
ordinary time of labor for these women: and
they get eight shillings-two doliars-a week.
But they have to purchase their own, forging
fuel, and rent their cwn stalls 10 work at; these
expenses reduce their wages three shiIlings.
Their net gam. therefore, is pitituI five shiI-
nngs- and this must suffice for food. lodging.
for clothing, for nurses, for doctors, and for the
husbands low comfort at the public house.
These wretched siaves-for they are surely
not whit b-tter-are "bosscd' by q gang os
s'factors" and "foggers' who would not for .
moment bear COMPARISON for gsntleness with
seeFs in-slave-holding days. They are cener-
ally as hard the iron that Is forged into nails
and as merciiess - human machines. paid to
to have no hearts USUALLY are
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THE RESULTS.

The following table gives the total
votes of the candidates on the state tick
ct. 1t will be seen that Notwithstanding
the fierce and bitter fight made against
Rahilly, his total cote IS thirty ahead
of that of Mr.. Buell. While
the appeals to bigotry hurt him in some
quarters they helped him in others. Du-
rant made a gallant run; SO did Bier.
man; so did Emmett, who was also bit
terly assailed; Mcleod ran splendidly
in the northern part of the state but the
fates were against the ticket and success
was impossible -
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THE FINANCIAL ISSUE.

Because we dared to take ground
against the Republican programme OF
forcing specie resumption in 1879, our
enemies in Dakota county did their ut
most to rouse up hostility against us as
an '.infiationist = and when the Demo
cratic-Anti-Monopoly county convention
met at Pennington they procured an en-
dorsement of the state Democratic Re
publican platform. their shallow wits
conceiving that that was an affirmance
of the Republican Congressional pro-
gramme, while in fact it was nothing OF
the sort. Seagrave Smith, the boiling
candidate for state senator. everywhere
raised the issue that he was ''contrac-
tioni,tr and we were an ..infationist." !"
After the election we said:
Ii we stand alone in the whole state we shall
persist in declaring. with our latest breath, that
sumption is damnable conspiracy to rob the
debtor-cla and break down the business Of
the country. Neither the how4s OF fools nor
tae purchased clamor OF bar-rooms shall drive
us one inch from our position.
Our readers will remember that the
Republican press united in making the
currency question the dominant issue in
the canvass. and the air was full Of
shrieks about the "rsg babies,'' '.rag
money! ..rcpudiationistsr and appeals
for gold and silver meney and immediate
resumption.
But the election being over 10. the
change: We guote from the Pioneer
Press,
The .iOnly Clean Cut republican organ THE
Minneapolis Tribune1 in Minnesota came ont
yesterday in an astounding repudiatinn of the
financial plank in the Minnesota platform. and
in most tincomprehensible rebuke vi the ac-
ton OF the last congress in providing Or ASST
ming to provide for the resumption OF specie
payments. The Only Clean Cut says ''congrsss
made great mistake two yeats ago in d-voting
great part of its session to the discussion Of
the finances, while last winter it contaminated
as folly by possaag the specie resMmpfion act'''
The Only Clean Cut then proceeds III meIan-
cholv and hopeless sort of strain, IN say:
"By the terms Of this resumption act it il
proposed that on the first day oil January 1879,
specie payments shall be resumed That means
that on that date there shall IL change Of val
mes in properties Of all kinds Indebtedness
incurred on greentnck basis, when gold was
al premium Of fsom y TO Us par cent musi
be paid in currency Of the value Of gold. The
entire business of the conntry is to b. revoln-
tionized at that time, aud men in business
must take the chances Of being able to accom-
modxte themselves to the new order # things
A I consequence, everybody e preparing fus
tie e,ueruency by Withdrawing from business
a fast Is possible, while capital, which should
b invested In manufacturing and other grea1
enterpEisss, remains locked up in the banks.
And Why should it not. Congress has said tha,
redeeDed with dollar IN gold, while it hal
an rid To the huninew mea Of the country.
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TUk CIRCULATION.

Money Is to commerce what the bleod
is to the body. I'm the blood" SAYS
Moses ..is the life.r The poorest and
most primitive nations have the least
currency. The absolute sava9cs barter
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over and take torcible possession OF
America!!!
If the Republican party contrives to
rule the nation for ten years longer even
the Pope1 would refuse to take it as a
free gift, provided he had to pay the tax
pc
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taxes for debt and expensive legislation,
beyond what was ever known in any 9TH
er land under the sun. Read these fig
tale they tell:
National Debt, se,I0O, ,0OO, GOO
State, County and Municipal
Debts, 500, 900 600
Total. s3,00O, ,O0o, 600
Total National, State and Mu-
nicipal Tax, .65, 900 600
States, e4s, 1000, 900
Excess of Taxes over
Exports, l22, COO zoe
In other words. when we rake and
scrape the entire nation. and export ev-
ery pound of cotton. meat. corn. wheat.
tobacco, butter. cheese. petroleum. hay,
gold. silver. and everything else we can
possibly spare to send out of the country,
we still lack Sl22 900 600 of having
enough to pay the taxes inflicted on the
labor of the country; or, we are only
able to pay ten months tares out of every
years levy. with the proceeds of the en-
tire exports after we have paid transpor-
tation on them to the sea board.
This is burden of elS per head. each
year, upon every man. woman. child,
negro and Indian in the United States, or
about $S7 upon each head of family
annually. forever, unless we can remove
it We ask. then, is it astonishing that
the times are hard, the people poor. and
suffering is in the land2-Ndtional
Grange.
Read that, oh ye grangers. and then
go and vote the Republican ticket.
Read that aud then have that plausi-
BILE Know-Nothing. Bill Window. turn
We aside from the consideration OF those
appalling figures. by making You be-
lleye thaf the real issue is that the poor
old Pope, who has lost every foot Of ter
ritory he ever owned. is about TO come
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TAXED TO DEATH.

Figures will notllie. The telly of op-
prssion on the labor of this country by
taxes for debt and expensive legislation,
beyond what was ever known in any 9TH
er land under the sun. Read these fig
ures, and ponder over the astounding
4 T.. Al III
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hundred and sixty acres to fence out their
neighbors' cattle.
Talk this thing up brother farmers,
and establish public sentiment, and this
will lead to legislation.
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-01-08

DERsoNAL.
NOAH WALKER & CO.,
THE CELEBRATED CLOTHIERS OF
BALTIMORE, Md,
Announce the introduction of plan of ordering
CLOTHING b UNDERWEAR, BY LITTER,
to which they Call your especial attention.
They will send on application their improved
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SEL.EMEASUREMENT,
and full line OF samples from their immense
| stock of CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, COATINGS,
SHIRTlNGS &c. &C., thus enabling parties in
and Shirts direct from them, with the certainty
OF receiving garments of
The Very Lc Est Style
a ii Most Peefect FIT Attaina5le
Goods ordered will be sent by Express to any
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AS is well known throughout the Southern
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CELLED in all departments Of their business,
which is substantial guarantee as to the char
acter of the Goods they will send out.
large and well assorted stock of READY
| MADE CLOTHING always on hand, together
with a full line of
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including all the latest Novelties in design, and
| AT POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express G.. @. D..
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| of 500 and over.
! Rules for Self-Measurement, Samples Of Goods
and Price List sent FREE on application
The attention Of the rade is invited to our
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT, which is al.
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Manufacturers and Dealers in MEMS and Boys
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| made or made to order
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Hotels.
FOUNTAIN HOTEL
Nos. 81. SO, 95 and 81 Camden Street.
Near Baltimore md OhiolDyot,

Nos. 81. SO, 95 and 81 Camden Street,
Near Baltimore md OhioIDqot,
BALTIMORE. MD.
The Hotel has been renovated and thorough
ly re6tted with all the modern impro vements,
including Gas, Water and Water Closets OF
every floor.
NATIONAL FIRE ESCAPES AND BABCOCK
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ON TIM
PREMISES.
THE BEDROOMS ARE
LARGE, COOL s. AIRY
Special attention given to the wants and
comforts of our Guests.
The Hotel is convenient to all the Southern
and Western Railroads and Steamboat landings,
cars running every five minutes TO all parts OF
the city making it rs convenient for men of bust
uess and the travelling community generally as
.sLy Hotel in the City
The Fountain Hotel since the closing of the
EutaD House, being the most convenient Hotel
to the Railway Stations and Steamboat Land
ings, the Proprietor assures the former patrons
of the En- taw, that no pains will be spared to
make them as comfortable, and he hopes by
strict personal attent ton to business and the re-
quirements of his guests to merit the patronage
Of the Eutaw and the travelling Public general
". and believes af.or 90 years experience nv
can unh. sisallngly promise every comfort and
convenience of hrst-class Hotel This houpv-
is pioverbia for order and cleanliness which pre-
vail in every depar tment.
The Fountain Hotel Bar is supplied with the
best Wines, Liquors and Segars, Billiard Rooms
with first class tables, Bath Rooms and Barber
Shop.
Terms $500 per Day.
Accommodations for $50 Guests.
R. SHARE Proprietor.
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Poetry.
THE SHORTEST WAY HOME.

The shortest way by half mile
come so very often by it
Is up the road, across the style,
And through the meadow. Shall we try it p,
The days were not without charm
When, talking soft and looking silly,
My love and walked arm-in-arm,
And lanes were lone and fields were Silly.
We found so many things to say,
That always in the shiny weather,
We took the-well, the shorter way,
To be a longer time together
We spoke about (but goodness knows
Our topics of confabulation)-
About the weather, suppose,
The crops, the harvest, and the nation.
At all events, although, the talk
Was neither wise nor witty,
We ended each successive walk
With 'sHome already-what a pity ~
We might have lost little ground
Though coming by the road selected,
But both agreed that we had found
The journey shorter than expected.
Can LIES experiment support
The paradox that life proposes
Does any path seem very short,
Unless it be a path of roses?
We seldom find the nearer way;
And if we hit upon and take it,
By creeping on from day to day
1t seems as long as length can make it.
The road to fame is never brief,
The way to wealth is dull and dreary
All earthly routes, in my belief,
Are very long and very weary.
Nay-one that leads through care and strife
Is short, when mortals once begin it
We take the ''near CUT out of life,
Although we take the longest In it.
Tinsley's Magazine.
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Baltimore Advertisements.
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VIRGINIA HOTEL,
JOHN ID. CROWLE, Proprietor.
G. W. KENNEDY, CHIEF CLERK.

This favorite Hotel has just been repaired and
kept in first class style.
Its table will be supplied with everything that
the markets afford its rooms are we'll furnished
ad- well ventilated the servants are polite and
attentive, and every thing will be done to secure
the greatest comfort of lis guests.
The BAR is supplied with the finest Wines and
Liquors, and attached thereto is BILLIARD
SALOON, furnished with the most improved
tables
The Proprietor will devote his time and atten-
ton to making this 6rst-cass House in every
respect, ard golcits share of the public pat
ronage.
rs OMNIBUSES will be in attendance or
the arrival of all trains to convey passengers to
and from the Hotel, free Of charge.
John D. CROWLE,
novl5-tf. Proprietor.
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Baltimore Averti sements.
H. No. 50 LIGHT STREET

BaltlmOfe AVefIl semenls.
n. No. 50 LIGHT STREET.
BALTIMORE, MD.
Manufacturers ofAgriculturalImpleme and
Machinery. Growers and Importers of Garden
and Field Seeds, offer to Farmers and Mer-
chants the following named valuable Labor saw
ing Machinery and Implements for the coming
season, viz: "NEw YORKER SelfRak Reaper and
INV YoakEs. selfRake Reaper and Mower Com
bined. This Machine took the Gold Medal at the
great. Field trial at Auburn, New York, in July,
1866 as the best self Rake Reaper on the ground,
also the celebrated MONITOR MOWER. This is q
two wheeled Machine, with Flexible cutting Bar,
the best in use. The BUCKEYE and CASES Riding
Sulky Cultivators Maryland Self Discharging
Hay and Grain Rakeon wheels, the best in the
Country. Sinclair improved Corn Planter and
Seed Drill ices Premium Cotton Planter
Sinclair & Co.'s patent Screw Propeller Hay,
Straw and Fodder Cutter. Patent Masticators
for cutting Corn Stalks, Sugar Cane, Hay and
Straw. Readings patent horse Power Corn
Shelters and Cleaners. Hand and Power Corn
Shelters, all sizes and patterns. Threshers anrd
Seperators, Horse Powers, Wheat Fans, Grain
Cradles, Revolving Hay Rakes and Cleaners,
Plows, Harrows and Cultivators, Machinery and
Plow Castings &C., &c.
Also on hand for Spring sales fresh and genu-
inc Garden Seeds, of our own Raising and I'm.
ported from the best houses in Europe.
All goods sold by US warranted to give Salts
faction and such as represented.
Forparticulars &C., send for our Pretoria lCat-
alogue. 72mar23y.
FTNO THE FARMERS OF
AUGUSTA COUNTY!
DUGDALE ELS
w HEAT FERT ILIZE II.
Special Manure for the Wheat Crop. insur
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ANAL YZING,
a PER CENT OF AMMONIA,
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10 g g SOLUBLE IN THE Soil.
Made from DISSOLVED Bones and Peruvian Guano
ALSO
,BAUGHS CELEBRATED
RN9U home Phosphate,
W hich has been so long q favorire in August,
County. GEORGE E. PRICE,
f2june7y Agent.
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A MEXICAN HOTEL,
STANTON, VIRGINIA.

MoCHESNEY &NADENBOUSCE ,Proprietors
TheProprietorsin resuming the management
ofthis wellknown and popular hotel, so long
and favorably known to the tray cling public.
promise in thefutureto retain hereputation the
American hasborne asa
First Glass Hotel
Itslocality, Immediately at the Railrosd DEPOT
rendersit convenient stopping place for per
sons on business or in search ofhealth.
Bar and Barber ShoJ in the House,
Allthe Offices of the Telegraph and Stage
lipesrunning to this own are ADJOINING this
HOUSE.
A irstcisss Livery Stable, under O'Toole l.
Donovan in connected with this house.
Ao0HAS}IEY l. co.
NIB. Citizens ofthe County wi lbe furnisbed
Dinner at so Cents, and Horses I'D by Messrs
Donovan O'Tooleat 20 Cents.
Oct LIFT