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The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-08

exhibitors. A pretty building near horti-
cultural hall exhibits the bible in one hun
dred languages, and in the main building
are exhibits of two hundred volumes of diff
ferent tongues. Boston has one of the best
displays in twenty three coils of cordage,
small and large strand. Canada has self
acting engine worth 100000 gold, also
model tank for storing refined oil. Nova
Scotia spark arrester. In my last letter
l alluded in complimentary terms to the
my opinion, that it is one of the best in the
country, and has been known to southern
travellers as irst-class for years. Try it and
you'll endorse all | say.
The Ephrata press, one hundred and thirty
years old, is on exhibition. The declaration
of independence, as well as the continental
money, was printed on it. Trenton, New
Jersey, has the material for an "Anvii
Chorus" having large and varied stock of
anvils on hand, ranging from thirty to four
teen hundred pounds Boston sends large
assortment of linen fire hose. England ex-
hibits a nine-inch plate fired at at Portsmouth
by the English admiralty, using seven-inch
muzzle-loadng rifle, the shot-palisses pointed
chilled iron; powder, fourteen pounds; dis
lance of gun from objective point, thirty
feet; which penetrated to the back of the
plate, bullying it out, showing a tremendous
force of projectile. The Countess Gabriel
Blando sends from her estate, in Germany a
specimen of gooseberries and currants, grow
ing on the same stem. An English firm send
a chrondometer, or corn-weighing apparatus,
that gives the exact weight of bushel of
corn or seeds of any kind, from sample of
quarter of pint-made with scales for all
nations.
The Alta Californian, that was chagrined
at the initial movement of California in show
ing pair of blankets, should be Modified
now at the prestige given that commonw ca IN
of the Pacific, in her beautiful state building,
formally opened on the 2Ist instant. Italy
makes q fine exhibit of raw and combed
hemp, the Bologna hemp comparing favor
ably with Russian and Manila. Italy, as
strange as it may seem TO the uninitiated,
| furnishes the dock-yards of Chatham, En-
| gland, and Toulon, France, with hemp. Iron
men will be interested in an iron plate from
Glasgow. Circular in shape, eighty-two in,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-07-08

Profitable, Pleasant work; hundreds pow EN-
ployed: hundreds wanted. N. Lowell Erie. Pa
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07

cratic club or vote the de democratic
ticket; dat I'd die fust. OATS de why dey whip
ped me.'
If a white man in Minnesota, Demo
crat or Republican, was taken from bis
house at night and cruelv beaten in this
way, to compel him to vote against his
convictions, the whole state would be
worked up to frenzy Of excitement
equal to that which prevailed at til.
time of the murder OF the cashier OF the
Mortified bank Men would turn out
by the hundred to hunt the brutes who
did the deed, and if caught they would
probably hang them to the nearest tree.
And yet black man has the same claim
to be secure in life, limb, property and the
exercise of his right of suffrage as u
white man and Louisiana is as much a
part of this nation as Minnesota.
We do not hold the intelligent states.
men OF the south, the Wade Hamptons
or the Lemars, responsible for this state
of things; but all classes in the south
must be made to understand that the
people of this country will not permit its
constitution and laws to be
brought to nought by the whip or
the Shot gun; and that the tree
and untrammeled exercise ofthe right o
suffrage must be protected as fully il
the case of the poorest black man as it i
in the case of the richest white man.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
BLIGHTED PROSPECTS.

The New York Post is ungenerous
enough to assert that Ignatius Donnelly
cannot serve his country better than by
.blighting his own political prospects.
We think. out here. that these pros
.pec,s." are pretty etfectually "blighted.'
st. Paul Dispatch.
Ii it blights mans political prospects
in Minnesota. to follow his convictions
of right and duty to the bitter end. ours
NAV be considered rs .'etfectually
blighted = tor we will never. crook the
pregnant hinges OF the knee that
thrift may follow fawnirg.'
But wo remember that the same Boston
which once pelted VIM. Lloyd Garrison
with rotten eggs. afterwards carried him
On its shoulders; and will carry him in
its heart forever.
/ We believe in doing right and letting
the political prospects" take care OF
themselves.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
MORE ABSURDITIES.

AS the grasp of the hard times grows
tighter the knaves are devising all kinds
of arguments to demonstrate to the fools
that poverty. like the national debt. is a
blessing in disguise. To which the
New Haven (Con.) Union well replies:
"In the midst OF doleful lamentations
about the hard times we frequently hear
persons solemnly assure their auditors
that the present season of distress is "a
great advantage that it teaches people to
be economical. lowers their pride, puri-
ties their hearts and has Il salutary effect
on the morals of the whole community !"
The statics of crime however, tell US
different story. They show precisely
what our common sense would naturally
tell us viz: that crime increases in the
same ratio that nation or locality is
impoverished and made wretched. The
temptation to do wrong is increased, and
the will.power to resist temptation is
weakened by want. Thousands ol
mechanics are sober and reputable citi-
zens as long as they have employmen,
at iair wages. But when idle and pow
eIty-StTlckcu tney are uuoOlc ~ WILL
stand the accompanying depression o.
spirits. and seek refuge in the rum shoI
to drown their misery in still lower
depth.
We have always believed that poverty
was the root Of all-that is all evil
naturally followed in its train
And if we have read his
tory Alright, its teachings are that it i
almost impossible to elevate the intel
lectual and moral natnre OF nation
without first improving its material con
dition. What is true OF nation is tru
of an individual. While maintaining :
fierce struggle with the gaunt wolf
want. there is little time or disposition
to cultivate or indulge in elevated
thoughts
True. every word OF it. The highes
philanthropy is shown in giving the peo
! pie prosperity under just laws. Povert
breeds crime as naturally as dirt breed
vermin. The true priests OF the presen
are the true statesmen.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
RACE PERSECUTION.

Oue thing which complicates the al
ready complicated political situation is
the undoubted fact that great numbers
of the negroes OF the south have been
cruelty prosecuted and punished on ac>
count of their political opinions.
We quote an illustration ofthis:-
"The Chicago Journal publishes communi-
cation from W X Sullivan, its own city edi-
tor. pow In New Orleans, giving the facts Of
bull-dozinS cruelty praciicei upon the uD-
offending blacks OF Louisiana as established to
his satisfaction by tue simple stories and ter
ribly lacerated bodies OF tie victims. One OF
the..e. native born Louisianaian, who had
been requested to Join . TIlden and reform
club and declined, on the Saturday night pro-
cediuv the election was called out OF his house
SEIZED by ban o; white men---all Of them
his reishb,rs, and one OF them the son OF his
landlord and taken to the timber near BY,
was stripped naked, tied to tree and dDxged
urtil be was inssnzibie, and the incarnate
devils exhausted. when he was restored to
consciousness he Was told thAt If be ever ex-
pus<.l them he would Be killed Mr.. Sullivan
requested him TO remove his shirt, and states
tina, his BODY from neck to knees presented .
sight Tar more eloquent than words.
ssHis back and sides and shishs were cut
and torn. and whifs scaTs On the hack neeh
cromine each osher hess and thxs proved ths
she odsnse & fhls citisen q ths Rsp1haie,
= givsn IN HI own hoo8 words, wss =
follows
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day az tvo hs1b dn9IvsxsdA1 Jm = 0ns-
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
NONSENSE.

The hard times are trying our business
men like a fiery furnace. The weak
will fall. The sound will come through
strengthened and purified. Paul
Dispatch.
Scarcely any business man does busl-
ness otherwise than on 4 credit basis
He buys on time and sells on time. The
man who carries $4,000 of goods and
$4,000 in bills receivable, has. probably
$40, 600 ofactual capital. If those who
owe him pay him, he can pay his c:edl-
tors. If they do not, he goes under,
and loses what he has. In time OF
great financial depression few pull
through 1t was said that on Market
street Philadelphia, only three mer-
chants survived the panic of 1857 1t Is
claimed that only three pr. ct. OF the
merchants of the east retire with a com
petence.
1t is nonsense to say that the weak
will fall and the strong be purified. lr
such contest all are weak. Unlversa
! paralysis OF business means almost uni
versal ruin to those engaged in business
This "ugly toad has no precious Jewe
in it's head" But the men whose party
has brought this condition of things OF
the people are anxious to prove that the
poison has beneficial medicinal effects.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
THE TRUE SPIRIT.

When il is remembered that the Sec
ond congressional district was agitated,
like the rest OF of the nation. with the
gigantic battle between the spoils hun
tiers. known as Democrats and Republi-
cans. we regard it as something extraor-
dinary that we could pluck from the
furnace of war nearly 5000 votes for
ourself and the Independent party. And
this too. practically. without any organs
ization, and almost single-handed and
alone.
We feel greatly encouraged. And
evidently this is the feeling of the In
dependents all over the state. We have
Just received the following letter from a
valued friend in Meeker county:
LrcsyzID, Nu1. Nov 26th 1876.
Editor Aatis1 1on0potist:
The bafxle j. over and the SMOKE clearing
away, I'm glad to - that yoa azo nde = "a
Discouraged, but on The con&zMy mAnifeaeins
: deosrmsnn1ion 10 fight II ont On TIE Ind.
psndsnt linz. Icannok hsap but admire youl
nlpek. You eut wide swa1A IN your nazuA
around ths sseood diaezieE 1hs r1suk q
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
THE REASON WHY.

The LIE Sueur Democrat and other
papers of that stripe complain that the
vote given to Donnelly in this County
was almost wholly taken from Wilder :.
Surely Wilder connot be credited with
what he never got; and il Donnelly had
never been in the field. two-thirds of his
vote would have been given straight for
Strait, any how. And with all the votes
given to Wilder and DonneIly, Strait is
1000 ahead in his district. So Strait
was sure to win, ,anv how."-farmingtom
Press.
We insist upon it that the united
Independent and Democratic vote would
have defeated Major Strait. There were
thousands of republicans who did moi
like Strait but who liked Wilder still
less and as they thought we had nc
chance OF success. and that vote for us
was practically vote for Wilder
they voted directly for Strait. They could
not be induced. under any circumstance:
to vote for one who during the war sug.
gested that, rather than have slavery
abolished, the south and west shoult
form q new nation and leave New Eng
land out in the cold.
One thing is settled by the recent elec
ton, to wit that the I'd Congressiona
District is Republican. by over 5.0o'
majority.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
4 STAYLAW.

!. The Wisconsin Patriot says
i Let no one be surprised if. when our
meets, laws for the stay OF
execution tor one or two years. without
docket bail, are pressed on It's
attention. the same as in other states
The Grant party has reduced the debtor
class to the brink OF ruin, and as a MAJ
iority have again hugged their chains,
we may expect most any thing. 1t is a
choice between Shylock and the pound
of human flesh The gas-bag of radical
prosperity is ripping badly along the
seams"
1t is possible that Minnesota At pres
ent does not need anything OF this kind ;
out if the hopes of the people as to the
destruction of the grasshopper eggs are
not we'll founded. and if four-tifths Of the
state are overruu by them next year,
the state will need some kind OF stay
law and it might be we'll to discuss the
subject ut the next session OF our legisla-
ture. aud then be prepared ii the day OF
calamity falls upon us.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
THE BALANCE OF POWER i.

In Oregon the Independent vote gave
the state to the Republicans. In Indiana
this was the result
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 2S.-The official
vote of Indiana is Tildan 213, ,526; Hayes
2O7, 7,971, Tilden over Hayes 5,555. Coop
er's vote 9,533.
1t thus appears that if the Independ-
ents had all voted for Hayes he would
have carried the state Of Indiana by
nearly 1000 majority. and they did not
so vote because Hayes was an avowed
hard-money man.
1t is thus demonstrated that the In>
dependents hold the balance of power
in Indiana and Oregon. They reduced
the immense republican majority in Him
ois down to 7 ,999-the Democrats hav-
ing united with the Greenbackers.
Even in the I'd District of Minnesota
the 2S79 votes cast torus will be, in the
next Congressional contest. an element
of power. The two old political parties
will no: dare to ignore the financial issue
again. But if we can raise those 1891
votes to five or ten thousand next year
and we can with proper effort, we viii
have both the old parties on their knee!
at the feet of the Independents.
So in the Nation. Those 170, 900 vote!
cast tor Peter Cooper, will enter into
all the calculations of the politicians
they will effect congressional action
they will hang over the heads of the
knaves like a perpetual threat; and they
will thus do more to ameliorate the con
dition of the people then the millions o
votes cast tor Hayes and Tilden.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
THE TAX-EAIERS .

They talk about Boss Tweed plumbers
no New Y ork city Read the following,
concerning city which has been Tor
jtwenty years under Republican rule:
7. The tax levy of Philadelphia for the next lis
cal year has been fixed at $3.50 on the tn, sloG'
,;he present rate being S2,l5. The Philadel-
Rphia Times saws that the valuation is fully up
1 o the market value of the property. Such has
.oeen the extravaganza Of the republican admin
lstration of that city however, that even with
hat rate of taxation, the expenditures VIII
exceed the proceeds OF the TAX levy by s4,7s4,
900
~. Isn't that horrible A rate OF taxation
nearly rs high as the interest on capital
in England, and ~ deficit OF about fve
million dollars per year on top o.
that!
4 One party is as bad as the other.
I'VE need a new, an industrial party
made up of farmers and mechanics
-lnpon purely material issues. We have
DOT to have this or the old parties VIII
SO plunder the people that they will fly
! 10 Il monarchy for protection.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07

your canvass shows clearly what can be done
with work and organization.
The Democrats fought us from the rear while
the Republicans pounded us from the front.
From the result Of our labors in this county,
taking the exciting presidential contest and
everything else into Consideration am salts
fed, that by keeping up our organization, and
winning card, before the next presidential ell.
ection, in this state. Don't you thinkit would
be good idea to begin the work Of reorganiz-
alton at once, getting good live men in position
where they will be effective? Don't you think
It good idea to hold our state convention
early, sav by the middle of May, and put out
full state ticket so as to be in the field first?
we are picking our fints for the next fight, the
better for US. feel it in my bones that we
will make huge stride another year. | am
ready to do any work assigned me OF which
am capable.
This is the right spirit. We cordially
second the motion ofour correspondent.
Let the state central committee call a
state convention, to meet, say, in June
next. Let no man be nominated for
any office, from governor down, unless he
will pledge himself to spend at least a
month in making speeches throughout
the state. Let committees be organized
in every county where men can be found
who have intelligence enough to think
for themselves God-forsaken cOmmu
mites where some ring of cross-road;
politicians do tae thinking for the whole
population, we will solemnly let alone.
Thorough organization and hard work
will give US the state before the mex
presidential election.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
HAPPY INDIA.

They do up the ususry business in
India in Il style which beats the United
States out OF sight We quote from the
Pail Mall Gazette:
Linda must be the paradise of money
lenders. Some years ago Christian
capitalist advanced the sum of five
pounds on the personal security of 4
European co-rellgionist employed as a
writer in government office. The in
terest was originally only seventy-fiye
per cent. per annum, but as nothing had
been paid at the end of the two years
the debtor gave promisory note for the
amount then due, and undertook to pay
12O per cent. for the future. Three years
went by without any payments being
made, and then y fresh capitalizing op-
Grafton was effected. About this time the
debtors salary increased, and he at once
set aside moiety Ct his pay for the pur-
pose of reducing his debt. In that be
succeeded so perfectly that at the time
Of his death, a few years later. he owed
more than f1O0. Quite recently, no
further back indeed than last August, a
Hindoo money>lender successfully sued
another mild Hindoo in the small cause
court for four pounds, being the balance
due on SUM of eight pounds. the out
come in two years OF an advance oftwo
pounds, the interest being calculated at
seven and half farthings per ruble per
diem. How much this would amount
to per annum is one of those questions
which may fifty be relegated by MIR.
Babbage's calculating machine. These
two cases, however, illustrate the general
poverty of India, and the infinitesimal
character of its internal, and so to speak,
popular trade. In some OF the remote
hill districts, coined money is still re-
garded as a curiosity to be worn abou
the person. business being conducted on
the old principle OF barter. It is not
very surprising that in country where
every ryot is in debt, and where the in
terest on personal loans varies from
seventy-fire to two hundred per cent
the land should be rapidly passing ints
the hands OF money-lenders and usurers
Though not matter for surprise, it il
certainly matter for regret"
Here we find the same state Of affairs
that exists in the United States "a def
cient currency. high rates Of interest
universal condition of debt and the liant
passing into the hands Of few capital
lists. But the Hindoos are poor. inferior
brown, half-civilized race while we, t6
our shame be it spoken, are the most in.
telligent branch of the great white race
| India is in the normal condition" Q
the hard-money men; there is no ''infia
ton" there, not even OF the stomachs Q
the people no paper money no rags.
except on the backs of the multitude; n
.dishonored promises" except of tn
failure Of the poor debtors to pay thei
200 per cent per annum. And yet lndi
is going to ruin as fast as it can go, an
its people are steadily descending th'
social scale.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
THE KANGAROO.

We don't propose to be outdone by
the Farmers Union, and so we an
nounce that our next illustration will re
Kangaroo.
We consider this a proper illustration
tor an agricultural paper, for the self
evident reason that it has no connection
with agriculture.
The kangaroo is highly interesting
animal 1t eau sit on its hind legs and
balance itself on its tail; q feat which no
agricultural editor in the United States,
not excepting Abernethy, has ever yet
been able to successfully accomplish.
The kangaroo carries its young ones
in pouch, in front it, where they lie
completely concealed from view, like
Abernethy's breed of potatoes, which
grow altogether under ground, and are
thus grasshopper-proot
The young cling to their pouch and
suck away like lot of country editor s
in the bosom of a congressman. And
wherever the Kangaroo jumps the editor
hang on, singing, "And whitherso ever
thou goest there will l go; and thy
country shall be my country.
The difference between the young ones
after they leave the pouch and the young
ones before they leave it is precisely the
difference between the Democratic and
Republican parties viz lone set is out and
the others set is in. That 8 all.
The tore paws Of the Kangaroo are
very small compared with its feet; and
herein it differs from the ordinary pol
itician, whose capacity to grab is out ol
all proportion to the rest of his organ
iZation.
Few animals can look so wise with SO
small head In which respect also i
reminds US of Abernethy.
The culture of the Kangaroo shoulc
be introduced into Minnesota. The
grasshopper will not eat him.-nor il
fact will anything else. To those who de-
sire to diversity the crops would cordially
recommend the Kangaroo. When the Fo1
and Wisconsin canal comes into opera
ton the Kangaroo vii! be invaluable Z
/ lump over the sand-bars, where it is tot
wet to 90 aioot and not wet enough tf
| float u boat. \ peck of wheat could b
fastened to the tail of each kangaroo
and thus that great work OF internal com
munication be made brilliant success
And thus. through the Kangaroo Aber-
nethy will earn that $500. for which poo
old Gov. Taylor was hauled over tn
Goals by an investigating committee.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07

umns of the Sun are open for your reply.
Thousands of thoughtful men want an answer.
Indianapolis Sun.
duce everything have nothing? Why
hard work, on l6o acres OF landworth say
SO 900, at least 10000 bushels Of wheat
worth 1000, besides corn, oats, vege-
tables and cattle, worth 0,00o more' OF
SIC, 900 III all ;and at the end ofthe twenty
years have nothing?
The land is not to blame nor the 1ar,
mer the productions have been SOLO
readily at fair prices; the farmer II. has has
lived closely and worked hard. he has
n not ~ worn kid gloves, nor drank wines,
nor kept his box at the opera! where
has his money gone?
Can you find any men in the community
who have raised nothing for twenty years
and yet to-day are rich? Have they suck
ed up that $40,O0O?
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-12-07
DIRTY AND 4 DANGEROUS
MESS.

Violence, bull-dozings, whippings,
arson, and murder on the other side
and cunning, trickery, false-returns.
perjury and carpet-baggery on the
other.
Sixty thousand office holders ready to
plunge the country into civil war to hold
their places land one hundred and eighty
thousand more ready to 60 to war TO get
them.
A million people so hard oppressed "a
to get living that they have lost an
courage TO resist, while millions more
are below even that grade. and would
welcome violence as refuge from star
vation.
While overall sits silent, grim, dan"
yerous man, with one hand Oh the rud,
Ter and the other holding lighted
orch ready to either beach the ship or
blow her up