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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-25
NOTICE
70 DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE,

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, /
City HAA, May ~, 1875.
ALL TAXPAYERS 70 THE CITY OF NEW
"A orleans whose names are hereinafter
sef forth or referred to, in the accompany ing
HAT. will take notice that their municipal
faxes for the year 1878 have been, for ZONE
time past, ard are now due and pay able. in
The several amounts set opposite their re-
epective pames. or designations; and that
the taid taxes are payable not only for the
amounts OF the face thereof, but fol interest,
At The rate Of ten pr ceDtum per annum,
from the THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH.
A. u. 1875.
The aforesaid taxpayers are also notified
that after the expiration of thirty Gays
from date, during which delay tbeIe will be
three publications hereof in the official
journal of the city, prompt and summary
pvoce edings will be taken, according to law
in the Superior District Court for the parish
of Orleans. no ding its sessions at the court
houee in said city, to enforce an early col
lection and payment of the aforesaid taxes,
principal and interest. together with an
costs, charges and expenses, including costs
Of clerk and sheriff, and all costs OF court.
Furthermore. The aforesaid tapayes are
notified that this notice and publication
constitutes legal citation and service OF
citation. upon each and every party named
and referred to in he said list, ana the said
party and part les are hereby required to act
accordingy IN p,,cpupv
Administrator OF Finance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
HIGH INTEREST.

The people generally think that no
man pays high interest but the man who
borrows; but the truth is the manu-.
3acturers and tradesmen of all sorts
are compelled to add the high interest
to the cost of their productions, and
thus the community pays the interest in
the long run. Upon this point the
Indiana Farmer makes some very proper
remarks -
When interest on money is ten per cent,
and profits on production only one-third OF
that, oil ought to be able to see it. 1t
wont do to say, ''don't borrow if you can't
pay that interest,", fol the men who handle
the productions use the money at that in
terest, and tax that rate back on the pro-
Queer in reducing the price of production.
Thus all industries pay it in spite of them
selves, and it is mockery to say. 'don't
borrow if you can't afford it, This is the
cause of the depression and hardshjps now
felt everywhere, and the cry for relief heard
on all hands, and the great variety OF
methods proposed, all have their origin
right here. Inquiry will 60 on until the
true cause of this power over industry is
discovered, and then,t will be removed, nc
odds who, or what, stands in the way
There can be no chartered rights of wrong
which may command immunity in its legal
privileges while trampling upon the very
essence of equity, for the people make
both legislatures and courts.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
CHEAP RAILROADS
A Wisconsin exchange says

There has been built and put in opera
ton between Eau Claire and Chippewa
Falls, Wis. within twelve months, broad
gauge road, with steel rails and fully
equipped with rolling stock, depots, &C.,
for less than sixteen thousand dollars q
mile These roads have no subsidies or
watered stocks. They do not form parts of
chains of roads, that independent Of SUBJ
sidies-which amount to at least one-third
of the alleged cost of the entire line-claim
to have cost the stockholders $500 mile.
Nor can or will these roads exhibit q
couple Of dozen sleek, sharp, proud gentle
men worth from $4,000 to 100000 a
piece, who after ten years of service as d.
rectors in handling trust funds, amass for
tunes from two to thirty millions Of dol
lars. Il
Now the company ought to water
their stock to 100000 per mile; and
bond the road tor $50, 900 per mile more;
and then insist that the people should
pay rates that would give them 10 per
cent interest on 100000 per mile; and
denounce every man as granger, q
demagogue and communist who
thought they ought to be satisfied with
interest on $4,000 per mile.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

his part, for the office of Secretary of
State. 1t was a wise and judicious NOM
itation; not only because of the intrin-
sic merits of the man himself, but be-
cause his selection was a we'll deserved
tribute to the great Scandinavian race,
which has done so much to populate our
State add to its material greatnes. It
was wise, moreover, because it proved
that the Opposition had none of that old
ow-Nothing leaven in their compost
ton which crops cut so conspicuously
every now and then in the Republican
ranks.
Mr.. Bierman is quite young man,
well educated, highly cultivated and
well fitted to discharge the duties of the
responsible Office for which he is nomi-
mated. He is now holding country
Office in Olmsted county to which he was
elected two years ago by the Farmers or
Anti-Monopoly party, and he has dis
charged the duties of that place to the
full satisfaction of thos who supported
him and in fact of all the people.
We call upon all the friends of the
cause to give Mr.. Bierman hearty and
generous support. Let US show the
Scandinavians of Minnesota that a0e are
their friends.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

prove more profitable nor circulation, as
money at home, than for use in the arts, or
for expectation for coinage abroad.
To-day an American IS cent silver
piece is only worth 20 cents in Canada.
Why is there not howl raised against
silver money as "dishonest money" or
+" bastard promises" &C.? A dollar in
silver is worth, to-day, no more than a
dollar in greenbacks, in fact, not as
mach and yet, this Republican admins
tration, is plunging the country deeper
and deeper into debt, and steadily in
creasing the taxes Of the nation, for the
purpose of substituting a bulky depre-
ciated currency for a portable, conven-
lent currency of more value. And this
is craftsmanship.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

dues."E And so Mr.. Buell. il a.'sneaking
coward" ssgrasping shy lock" filed with
the ssblatant hypocrisy Of Pecksniff. =
. sshard and heartless man Of capital" =
"greedy but withal calculating and deliber-
ate usurer." man of calculating cum
ing," who has fed .his usurious appetite
upon the hard earnings Of the poor and
beaten scores Of farmers cut Of land and
home, . simply because he has taken legal
interest for his money, and .'never exacsed
more than his legal Dues" There's is logi-
or you and richness too.
But the capacity Of this man for low bred
scurrility and vile insolence is fully ecu iied
he now crawls out by intimating that Buell.
has been loaning his money in the name OF
names of somebody else. This is so utterly
puerile that it furnishes its own REPUTATION,
and besides he could not be SO very "Shy-
lockian' if he is in the habit Of placing his
property so entirely at the mercy Of others.
But finally this libeler utterly refutes his
own charges. He says 'those who have
had dealings with him (BueD do not claim
that he ever exacted more than his legal
by his gross ignorance. He says ''Shy-
lock only claimed his right in demanding
the pound of flesh Some people will be
rather astonished to learn that Shylock had
q right to the pound of human flesh The
court that tried him not only held that be
had no such right, but that he had confs-
Gated all his property, and even forfeited his
life for pressing his bogus and illegal claim,
And SO Mr. Buell. for taking no more than
illegal dues is compared with Shyloek who
refused to accept ten times the amount ne
had loaned and demanded instead the life q
a human being, and the man who denounce.
Buell. becomes the apologizer Of Shylock and
says he only s'claimed his right.
But it the virtuous soul Of this spurious
"Cassius" has been deeply grieved at the
way in which Mr.. Buell. has been grinding
the poor, why did he not procure these poor
people money at reasonable rates! Die
he stand and allow Buell. to extort legal
interest from the people and not offer t.
furnish it for one-halt that rate! Has h'
seen the people slaughtered by this grasping
avaricious tyrant, and done nothing fol
their relief? 1t may, however, be that h
has net ability to make money himself, anc
he cannot find any one on earth willing t
trust him q dollar to loan for them, ant
therefore his heart must yearn and bleet
without the means of satisfyingit. All
yes, there may be something in that.
| trust every ibelous rapscallion that peopl
inst their money to, to loan.
ONE OF THE "PEEPs"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
SILVER AND GREENBACKS.

The Republican papers have been
making great ado about getting back to
a specie basis, and. as step thereto,
they are Withdrawing millions OF trac-
tional currency, and issuing gold-bearing
bonds, with which to purchase silver
bullion to coin into money. And they
would have the people believe that when
they have done SO, they have, IN part.
reached gold basis. The following
facts show that, if they were, tomorrow.
able to substitute silver for fractional
notes, their currency would still be as
much inferior, in intrinsic value to
gold. as their greenbacks now are:
Silver, relatively to gold, has been grad1-
ally sinkir :, until it recently reached, in
the London market, the low point of IS 10
pence sterling, per standard Bri ish ounce
The equivalent quotation in New York for
fine bars, is LII to / D per standard ounce,
which is the lowest point ever reached. The
price indicates that the ratio oil the value OF
gold to silver is as II to /. The price in
United States gold of the quantity OF bullion
contained in dollar Of our new coinage, Is
SS.O-or, TO state it in other terms, the sill
yer bullion price OF gold-.he silver Uni.
being . grains, 9-le fine-is 1886. At the
time the London quotation vas made.
the gold price Of United States silver coin
was quoted IN New York at 81 to s.
cents, showing the silver coin price of gold
to have been from 1857 to 1858, according
to the fneness OF the coin, ascertained By
the date Of the mintases, and, also, By abfa-
sion. The greenback price OF gold vas
quoted 1t the same, At III, showing the gold
price Of gresnbasks to be IS IL since
these prices existed, gTeenbacks have Cd
vanced and silver has declined, % that the
former azs really ct higher nh than TIE
latteF, and Il weuld soem thax silver wuuld
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

The Carver county Free Press has an
editorial on the foregoing subject which
contains some very excellent views. We
quote the following extract:
If we recollect, too, in those days mediocre
men were not so apt to put themselves forward
for place, for those kind of men did not think
enough to pl esent their ideas so that they could
become leaders. Why is not such the case
now And why have we men who are hold
ing the highest offices in the gift of the people
who have neither education or intelligence that
would tit them for thru grade certificate as .
liberty" we might say that we have some reas-
on to believe that our liberties are about to fee
from us. But we have some consolation left
It is not 50 everywhere. We have seen that in
the recent Kentucky campaign political oppo-
nents travelled together, each discussing the
merits or dement's Of the opposing parties and
principles, and when the discussion was over
slept in the same bed, to rise in the morning
before their int rested countrymen in fierce po-
litical contest.
Such contests are noble and elevating, and
show honesty of purpose and Chivalrous hdel-
ity to principle. What a contrast from the
Minnesota still hunt system-a system adopted
of late years. In our territorial existence, and
during two or three years after our admittance
C.
tain; but since those times it has crept upon
us until now, so that elections come and go
without word being said by any in relation
to the principles involved in the contest. The
candidate for office, as he passes from place to
place, does not herald his coming by simple
poster announcing that he will address us upon
the political topics Of the day, but the first
thing we know we find him shaking hands
with everybod or calling on landlords or sa-
loon kpeners for refreshments for his friends
The trouble is that the moral standard
of the people seems to have fallen. The
saloons now have more power in an
election than the power of public speech.
Bill King would beat Demosthenes for
any Office in the gift of the people.
Money is all-powerful, and like the wo-
man in the story, the average citizen
looks anxiously for election time to see
the corruption commence. Hireling ed.
itors furnish shallow arguments to hire
ling politicians, and denounce every
form of intellectual capacity as some
thing ridiculous; while successful vii.
lainy and cold-blooded cunning are
called craftsmanship.
Oh! for the good old days when mer
believed in something! When princi
pies were potent force; when mer
had some enthusiasm and some faith.
We must reverse the engine, for tn.
train is On its way to swift destruction.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
PIONEER. PRESS PROPHECY.

Yesterdays Pioneer.Press contained
an article giving many reasons why it
supposes our State will 20 Democratic
this year:
Coming euents cast their shadows be
FORE"
Among these reasons are the follow
ing: with Democrats election day is
q holiday. They 60 to the polls to
have jolly time, and the social in.
stinct, Joined perhaps with q natural
penchant for the excitement of the con-
test, to say nothing Of fluid exhilirants,
is pretty sure to draw out all the demo.
Gratis In the precinct. But the republi-
can goes to the polls as an unwelcome
task to be performed, either from mo.
tives of duty or otherwise, and having
deposited his vote he goes home. There
is no fun in it for him."
What vivid picture is this. with
democrats election day is holiday
They are free men, going to do their du :
ty, to cast their individual votes accord
ing to the best Of their judgments, the
dictates of conscience, and the response
bility Of . great trust.
"But the republican goes to the polls
as an unwelcome task" No wonder.
indeed, that he should he is either try
ing to keep little office or to get little
ONCE; or he belongs to that large class
who know they are doing wrong, who
are utterly Disguised with the Wholesale
robbing, mean tricks and contemplate
lies of the present leaders of party
they once tesk pride In; but yet do not
we'll know how to break up party ties,
or from custom fall into party harness
when the ring.masters, with their party
whips come along. There 10 NO fun in
il for him"
We should think not, Dave.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
The .Anti-MOnoPol5t.

mill hands and miners of the east. Pat
rick represents the mill and mine own
FRS. If we gave Patrick p % per cord
would he give John any moro than Scots?
We might be glad to see Patrick get
rich but is it right that he should get rich
by absorbing our property and leaving
US poor?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
THE IRON-CLAD TAX LAW; And
JUDGE GILFILLAN'S RI
SPONSIBILITY FOR IT.

We would call the attention of the
voters OF this State to the fact that they
are indebted to Judge Gilfillan for the
present iron-clad tax law, so-called by
its advocates, because it is supposed to
have completely headed off the courts
who have heretofore by their decisions
usually interposed between the specula-
tor in tax titles and his victim. and pre-
vented the sacrifice which the rapacity OF
the former demanded.
The law is fair specimen of his vaun-
ted legal ability, and was prepared by
him through the fundamentally OF
moneyed Shylocks, who, not content
with the ruinous interest GA per cent.
per annnnl) which the law then imposed
on unpaid taxes; were determined, if
possible, to deprive the unfortunate de-
linquent Of the property itself, beyond
all interference Of the courts, If not re-
deemed on the day. To secure this end,
they sought to give the proceedings tor
the collection Of taxes, the sanctity which
attends judicial proceedings. Hence the
law provides for the institution Of an &C
ton in the district court, and the render
ing OF forma! judgment against the
property,-and it is in effect, though cot
in direct terms declared, that the various
omissions and Irregularities on the part
of officials, which the courts have here
tofore held fatal in judicial or tax sales o.
real property, shall no longer be de
fence to the owner. Thus judgment
may be obtained, and in ninety-nine cases
ont OF hundred, is obtained, without
actual notice to the owner, neverthe-
less. unless he appears. within the time
limited, judgment is rendered and de-
clared final and he has no right Of ap-
peal. however enormous or unjust the
judgment may be. Should he how
ever by any chance learn Of these
proceedings in time, and appears
but makes an unsuccessful defense, even
then his right to appeal depends s0l'oHy
upon the discretion Of he Judge. Could
any law be more oppressive, or more
palpably in violation Of the constitution,
which permits no ones property to be
taken from him BY judicial proceedings
without be has his day IN c0ssyt, and
which securest to him the right Of appeal
IN al cases7 The unfortunate delinquist
is FIRST visited with ten per cent penalty.
though but one day in arrear. Then he
is charged with interest on both tax and
penalty, At the rate Of "a per cent. (equal
to Sc l-2 per cent. on the original tai. }
Next be finds himself in court without
process personally served upon him ;-de-
prived, one may say, ofevery defense =
loaded with costs for the benefit OF coun-
u officials, -burdeDed with > Judgment
Tor the whole. % which may b added
enormous cot Of > judicial sale, and cut
On from his constitutional right Of appeal
-and although b i vonchsafcd right
% redeem, 4 = only upon he condition q
his paJiag "A psy senf- pey aassD On he
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

What il the difference between Char
ley Gilman and Governor Narshalls
Charley grabs and grins - arshall
grabs and prays.
Charlsys styls = nnsh the more
wholesome of he two.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
POLITICAL CANTASSING.

The Carver county Free Press has an
editorial on the foregoing subject which
contains some very excellent views. We
quote the following extract:
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

The Hr1-MoNopoL1sr is published every
Monday for circulation by newsmen and mail
Single Subscription, one year, $500
Single Subscription, six months, LOO
Single Subscription, three months, 80
In clubs of five or more to one address it will
Be furnished at $1.50 per year; or $1.00 for six
months. Address,
THE ANTI-MONOPOLIST,
No. II Wabasha St., St. Paul.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20
THE BASE ATTACKS ON HON.
n T., RTEIT

d. L. BUELL..
We find in the Pioneer Press OF Sept.
18th, the following unanswerable let
tiers in defence Of Hon. D. L. Buell..
Let every fair-minded man give them
an impartial reading:
AUSTIN, Minn,. Sept. Z, 1875.
Editors Of the Pioneer-Press:
In your issue of to-day Winona cor
respondent signing himself Cassius, is
guilty of an outrageous falsehood con-
corning D. L. Buell., and it is more than
probable that your correspondent knew he
was writing falsehood; he certainly did IT
he knew anything about tie matter,
The truth is Mr.. Buell. has never had
very much money to lend, and had the
misfortune few years ago to get burned
out Of house and home, since which time
he has not rebuilt, but has lived in rented
houses very good indication Of pru-
dence this is. Any man who has lived In
Houston county in the past ten years, and
has seen Mr.. Buell. in his old faded soldier
coat, out in all sorts Of weather, attending
to his farm work will smile at the idea Of
his being professional money lender.
Money sharks don't put in their time that
way. I have known Mr.. Buell. very well
for more than ten years, and have never
until now heard man say a word against
him. Not q man in Houston county can
put their hand on little or mean act Of
his; on the contrary they all respect him
and are proud Of him as q square-toed,
honorable man, who despises a liar like
s.Cassius'' and would never even take the
trouble to contradict him. Now Mr.. Cas-
sius, you have dealt in lying generalities
over q nom de plume, let me tell you over
nv own signature what l know and can
show about d. L. Buell. There has hardly
been time in the past few years but what
have held his notes for machinery, He
has never paid cash for it, and the diff
ference between cash and time on farm ma
chinery would, as everybody knows,
amount to more than any interest Houston
county farmers would pay. To further
show how utterly ridiculous and untrue
this money shark story is | will state that
nv business has been SO extensive with the
farmers of Houston county that | could
swear Of knowledge that they have not
been in the habit Of borrowing money OF
Mr.. Buell. A collector soon hears who
farmers can borrow money Of
| Let me add, in conclusion. that hundreds
of Republicans in Southern Minnesota who
| know Mr.. Buell., and kncwthat he is mel
Their q money shark or liar, like Cassius
will vote for him.
| M, T. GRArTAN.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-09-20

OUR CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY
OF STATE. !.
Mr.. Adolphus Bierman Of Olmsted
county was nominated in the Opposition
codvention without any solicitation upon
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-07-15

600 mile. Ii Ia certainly the most pic
turesque and remarkable road in he coun-
try, running as IL does beside maIvt lous-
ly rapid and turbulent STRAIN, aud between
spurs ( the Rocky Mountains, whose
ragged peaks are lost in the clouds. The
road is new. and the stock is owned. il is
said, principally in Boston Over this
road Il transported the product of the
principal mining district in Colorado, the
center OF which Is the place at which ola e
this letter.
From Black Hawk, the terminus OF the
road. to Nevada, another mining town,
distance of about three or four miles, there
Is along the guich between the mountains
line OF houses and mines. There are
three post-offiees and three distinguished
villages or cities-Black Hawk, Central
Civ and Neyada-Bald Mountain post
office. Black Hawk has population OF
from $50 TO 1000 Central CITY popu-
lati0n OF about 5000, and Nevada about
| 600 or 100. All three are CHILLED
= citirs," of course. after the manner OF
the western country. These cities are
literally built upon foundations of gold.
The mountains on either side are thickly
hOnpy-combed with mines, the mouths OF
which in the distance look like a monster
city of prairie dogs. so near together are
they. IL is favOrite saying of the people
here thar this is the city of the promised
land, and that it is the only one known by
man 10 he paved with gold. Ifyou ak
for an explanation, you are told that ore
and pay DIRT" have been carted over the
one street for fifteen years, and that the
ore and dirt have shaken through the
wagons and been crushed upon the street,
leaving the gold ungathered. Most OF the
mills and smelling works are at Black
Hawk. and thus mast of the ore is carte .
over the streets ~ Y. Tribune.