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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04
NORTH LOUISIANA.
a. Plea In Favor Of Taking The NJ. Louis
Hotel.
Yhe People Hare Perfect Confidence In
t'ov. Nicholps Judgment.
Especial 10 N. o. Democrat ]

SHREVEPORT, March 3. The people OF
North Louisiana are anxiously expect
INK Gov. Nichols to Issue proclanaa-
tion ordering all legally elected officers
fn tile State to take immediate posses
sion of the offices.
Much anxiety is felt about the true
policy To be pursued, as 1t Ii appre-
Blended that il our government does not
take possession Of the st. Louis Hotel,
acting on the Presidents assurance OF
n0n-intervention, and that II Packard
hsEs a vestige Oh authority remaining
when Hayes comes In he (Hayes) may
Heeognize him. However, confidence 10
folk in the judgment Of Gov. Nichols
and his advisers. d.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-04
Ii STRANGE STORY.
Hayes VIII Tender the Sec ctetaryship OF
War 10 Gen. Joe Johnston.
snenlal "a n. o. namncrat.l

Especial to n. o. Democrat
WASHINGTON, March al have the
very best authority for stating that Mr..
Hayes to-day decided to tender the Sec
getaryship OF War to Gen. Joseph d.
Johnston. BUELL..
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
THE WEEKLY gNTELLl6EsCEk-
and City Official Press.
"Wednesday, January 10.
THE MONEY QUESTION.

The ship Of State is just now
laboripg painfully in "sea Of
troubles" financial and political, with
anarchy staring the nation in the face,
and, according to the vaccinations OF
the alarmist school Of politicians, with
civil strife and even dissolution i'm
pending. At the same time we Oh
serve the inconsistent phenomenon OF
the national promissOry notes - the
sreenbacks going steadily up in credit
even while the confusion in the witch
ss' caidron Of politics threatens to bub-
bic ever with its seething mess of toll
and trouble" Coincident with the adj
vance in greenbscks is the decline in
silver. The latest telegrapbic quota
tions are 93s to o. in gold for currency
against 93t to % for fractional silver.
To what extent this remarkable oscil
lation in the values of these two media
of exchange is To be associated with the
declared policy Of the government to
resume specie payments two years
hence. it is.impossible to determine with
exactness. Whether. in truth. other caus-
e. arc wholly responsible for the fact
the coincidence is most opportune aud
benefcent--f the holders Of green
backs, that is.-though particularly
rough on those who have been doing
business all along on specie basis.
The accommodating equalization bridg-
. beforehand the chasm Of resumption
- that the transition may be made
With ease and convenience. aver.iug the
uuiversal distress that would ensue, in
the event Of an abrupt substitution OF
dearer for cheaper and more plenti-
ful medium.
The nib Of hardship in the resumption
I'd. T. s DC wifi Dc t. pdR&aSfGR CgAat,
n the encouragement to immigration
when the Eastern conner can pass his
money 1t par instead of losing 10 tc
80 per cent of his fortune by the dis
count on currency, great drawback Il
the settlement Of the country will be
removed.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

NEW York. Jan. 9.-The Tribune 5
Washington correspondent has heard
some talk which he snpposes has its
Inspiration with meetings to inaugu-
rate Tilden President, even if he shall
not DO declared constitutionslly elected
He says his Inauguration elsewhere
than in Washington will be wi,hou, ef-
1sck The President said his exercise
OF executive functions elsewher than a.
Washington would be strictly uncou-
stitutional and without force. In this
connection tho President referred 10 a
resolution Of the House last session in
which inquiry was made As 10 the Off
cial Acts performed by him. aud their
nature. At places other than the seat Of
Government The President said he
had never performed executive acts
elsewhere than Mt Washington: tina, in
the arst six years Of his adm;uis,rs.
ton. during the heated terms. he made
fortnigh,iy trips 10 Washington whore
he transacted all official business re-
curing his attention. and during the
past swo years all records Of executive
acts were executed a, washin g:on
The President said his authority exer-
eised in aocordanee with law. is "a -.
prcme ia the Dis,rie, Of COLUMBIA. ,.;f
It were garrisoned fortress, AMI in ANY
demonstration or warlike concentration
Of men. threatening the peace Of tie
country or endsnserins ne rahlic prop,
ersy or treasure # the government, they
could be sammarily deal, with. shoali
the public safety demand it. by a De
clars,ion Of martial law.
The 1rsasae's Washington special SAY.
nane Of the South Carolina Representa-
NJ expect 10 re the farce If two gov. /
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

CHICAGO, Jan. s--The Inter Oc.sa'
New Orleans special says thers was a
fierce and denunciatory mob at the
State House during the inauguration OF
Packard. and. bu. for the presence OF
The police and soldiers in the vicinity,
there would doubtless have been re-
petition of the bloody scenes of 1874
The Tr.5uRe's Washington special says
it is reported tina, the Compromise
Electoral Committee has reached an
agreement that no electoral vote shall
Dc rejected without the mutual consent.
of the House.
Commodore NanierbiI,s will WAS
filed for probate ~ day. He leaves all
his property TO his son, William II.
Vanderbilt. who is 10 pay the following
requests 500, 900 each TO four of biz
daughters; 500. 600 each to his other
tour daughter; 10 Cornelius Wander.
hilt. his sou, the interest on $a0O 600.
IN Cornelius ]. Vanderbilt. son Of VIM
III Sso.tsso TO his wife $a5o 600 in
sd'i'''on to sos. COO settled on her At
Der marriage. together with his man.
sion. furniture, plate. horses. etc In
addition. he leaves 81 .0On. Goo "a he Ill
vlded among list Of names which he
left with William ii. Vanderbilt.
II Is reported that Wheeler left to-
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
NOTICE.

4 IL PERSONS INDEBTED To THE JAMIE
- SON BROS. will please settle their accounts
by January lst. 1877, All accounts standins after
ia nary 3d. tthree days grace will be placed in
the hsnds OF . collector without further notice
making loeper cent addition for cost Of collection
)l-d.tf JAMESON BROS,
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
TElEG r A p HIC
Especial 10 the Daily fntollieencsr. /
CALIFORNIA.

BAN FRANCISCO. Jan. "a man sup
posed to be Jefferson Langley. suicided
ct Oakland yesterday by throwing him
eelf un,ter the local train a. Oak street
station. Nothing was found on his
person except letter to the coroner
hiding him ask no questions. but in
form his brother in Melbourne. Aus.
tralia. Of his death.
On Saturday the 18th. Purdy and
Rasus will contend for $4,000. TO way
on, mile heats. three in five Purdy is
10 we'll known. He will be driven by
Budd Dobis. Rarus has confident
hackers, who are investing on him abou.
ten per cent above Pnrdy. The race
comes OF At the Bay District Park.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
EUROPE.

LONDON, Jan. s-A Berlin special
SAYS Austria is calling out reserves III
Bohs mia and elsewhere.
Various special dispatches Is to the
probable attitude OF The Porte, at To-
days sitting of the conference were
very conflicting. 4 Pera special to the
Telegraph. dated Sunday, sas the Porte
is apparently still determined to make
no further concessions, AMI that thf
Marquis OF Salisbury has already en-
gagged a steamer 20 depart on the l6'I
Instant. The same spondeat cor
firms the report that some sort OF III
timatum will be presented.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
Notice..

\ SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY
= Commissioners II kitsAp county will be held
gu wednesday. January II. 1877. st which time,
sealed proposals. will be received for keeping the
INDECENT sick Of the county for one year ftom the
LIST OF February next. said proposals t. include
Board. care. lodgings. and medical and surgical
attendance.
By order 81 the Board
jew NELSON McC0LLOM, Auditor
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

day for OHIO. to visit Hayes at the res
ideuce Of the latter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26

We print elsewhere an interesting
letter from e. X. Campbell Esq, Aus
tin, detailing the plan proposed by the
Workineman's Anti Monopoly Society.
The idea is a good one, and if its pro-
moters succeed in arousing the working
men of the country to the prime neces-
sity of union in their own interest, and
regardless of old party lines. they will
accomplish good work. The Grange
has failed because the use by its mem>
bers of the only means by which its
avowed objects could be reached were
forbidden. The discussion of political
questions being excluded from its coun-
ellis. the means to the end were excluded.
We are never agrarian, but in the contest
with the giant monopolies in the land
the workingmen, and in this term we
include producers of all classes, must
unite as workingmen, discuss and act
upon the qeestions OF the day as intelll>
gent citizens, and vote as men ''who
know their rights, and knowing dare
maintain, . or continue to be the slaves OF
party and the helots of combined cap
ital.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26

The World publishes comparative
table for the past eighteen years, showing
quite regular increase, at last IN
beeves, calves and sheep. Receipts Of
COWS have been almost as regularly de-
clining, probably on account of the in
creased facilities for carrying milk to
the city from distance by railroad ;and
receipts of swine vary greatly from year
to year, though on the whole larger now
on the average than ten years ago
owing perhaps to variation in the direc-
ton and extent Of the packing trade.
AS to the export trade in beet for 1876,
the Tribune says:
Perhaps the most noticeable feature in
the cattle trade Of the past year is the
establishment OF regular weekly ship
lnents of dressed beef to Europe. The
experiment was commenced little
more than year ago, in small way,
the cost of fitting up refrigerator COM
partments on DO ,rd the steamer, provid-
ing, ice and an engine to keep up a cir
/, culation of cold air, ETC., being SO great
that it was an act of prudence to test the
thing thoroughly. The result is that most
of the steamers on several OF the lines
now take out q regular supply Of beef,
averaging nearly 1000 carcasses per
week, from this city and about 500 from
Philadelphia. The shipments from New
York alone during the past year we're
about $500 head, the amount being
small at the beginning of the year, and
closing with $50 head the past week
The effect OF that number Of cattle
thrown upon the market here, in addi-
ton to the 1905 head which we have
averaged per week during the past year
would. have been extremely depressing
The value Of this foreign trade can be
scarcely over. estimated by the western
farmer. B sides tho beet sent abroad, 9
few dressed sheep have also been In
Guided, and it is possible that the regular
trade in mutton will yet be established
OF course some prejudices had to b.
overcome bnt perhaps no more thar
when we began to send cheese and bacol
to compete with English products.
The World puts the quantity Of bee
exported as "equal to $4,000 bullocks
of 400 pounds live weight average" AM
considers the difficulties which at frs
attended tho shipments now quite over
come. while dressed mutton and pig
have alss been successfully exported t
some extent, a prospect of farther in
crease in the trade.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26
THE SEED WHEAI QUESTION.
SwEDE GROVE, MEEKER Co. I
April 10, 1877. !
Editor Ants- MonOp0tist:

Editor Anti- M0n0pOtiSt:
Time has rolled on since my last com.
munication to your valuable paper; and
must say it W been to me the dullest
and hardest time [ have ever witnessed.
Business is entirely Frustrated and con-
fidence is a thing OF the past
Hundreds OF farmers here have got to
buy their seed wheat at enormous prices !
and most of them can t pay before the
fall and if the grasshoppers take their
crops then the distress will be greater
than my pen can describe. The way the
most prosperous farmers are "sklnn.
ing" the poorer and the new corners is
more shameful than the deed OF the
Younger Brothers; rs the following will
prove: No. | wheat which is now worth
with us $l.1o per bushel they charge
$3.50 for, and II per cent. interest with
good security Others again are not
satisfied with that but when furnishing
seed wheat they take lease of the farm
which claims every fourth bushel OF
grain; some take every third bushel
and others again take every second!!
Such men AS that are better fitted Tor
Saltwater, than those who have cracked
q bank vault or two. and still they claim
that they are doing their brother farmers
a favor, when at the same time they are
sucking their very life-blood.
Such men can dwell in large. comfort
able houses as petty nobObs, while theil
poor neiyhbors whom they are making
poorer, live in destitute circumstances
with famine painted on their YER.
brows.
When we view all this we are tempted
to ask ourselves, are we really golns
forwardp 1t looks very much as i. WI
were not; it looks as il we were goins
Ito the bad" Yours truly,
X. q. w.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26

invite the money men to increase the
rate of interest whenever the business
men most need the money, and IS the
rate of interest is increased the value or
price of money will be increased and the
value OF all property or commodities de-
creased. All this loss both WAYS the
business man and manufactured must
lose.
Eight-The legislation or laws OF
every country should be made SO as to
encourage industry and labor and protect
the Industrious from idlers and uneln-
ployed. Interest produces nothing,
but is direct aud absolute burden on
all laborers and producers, to support
idleness and encourage persons to live
without doing anything for the benefit
of society. No one is benefited by in
terest except the parties who receive it !;
it is a dir ct tax on all labor. Interest
diverts money from its original purpose,
a means to measure values and make
exchanges, and make the desire to &C
quire it for the sake ofthe income it will
bring So that every one who desires to
get an income by labor or producing
something useful has to comp te with
the very thing that the law has COM
PEELED him to use in his business, for
under the interest system the hire OF
money produces greater incomes than
business.
Ninth-Interest, like the tariff, is paved
by the producer and consumer. called
on Garage maker and requested him
to give me the price of carriage
assuming that the money invested
in it would bring ten per cent. interest,"
compounded every three months accor'
| ding to bank rules. and then make the
same calculation with interest at three
per cent. and then tell me the ditferenc,
in the price at which he could sell them
result of his calculation, fifty per cen
less for the carriage manufactured q
three per cent. as the rate OF interest
So with all productions, the interes'
must be added to the price and paid b,
the consumer.
| Tentb-[f interest was made low
uniform rate by Congress. it would 81
encourage manufacturing that tn
United States could on.pete with tb
world; but with high interest we can
not send off our manufactured articles
because the interest paid for money will
prevent US sending our products out Q
tue United States. N
Eleventh-It costs the laboring elias
ses mOre to support the few that liv
on interest hundred times, than
does to support the poor.
! Twelith-Usury is against the laws {
God. il MILLER. Lafayette, Ind.
Christian Union.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26
OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM DRY.
ING AMERICANS TO AUS.
TRALIA.
from the N. Y. Irish Would. !


Some time since the first immigrants from
the United States for Australia left New York
city. aud about two years ago another batch
followed. They were principally mechanics,
aud many of them took their families with
them. They left the country for good. II, as
we are told, labor Is the wealth Of . country, q
no inconsiderabla part Of our wealth has gone
from us to enrich the English possession
known as Australia. Who is responsible for
this lossi Surely not the immigrants. These
workers, willing to work If work was to be had,
remained in enforced idleness until il became
= question of bare existence for themselves
aud families. They looked to the government
g the natural source Of relief, and looked
in vain, and when they heard that the govern
ment of New South Wales was Offering in
ducements to able-bodied workingmen to i'm
migrate thither, they scraped together the cost
of passa &c reduced considerably below the
usual rate-and with no ca pital but the hope o!
finding in foreign land what pernicious OF
insufficient legislation denied them at home.
they left our shores. Should thev and could
they not hav been kept homei Certainly they
could and should. Su ely there is room
enough for them in this great land Of ours, with
its millions OF acr-s unoceupied and unsur.
v.yed that needs but the brawny arms of such
as these American immigrants to make them
richly productive. And there should be work
for them, and there would be If the interests o.
the people were considered by our Lawmakers
| or if the people consulted more their own in
terests in choosing thu latter. Here is what
the Philadelphia Inquirer has to say Of thi
new exodus:
"Whatever may be the attractions Of Aus
traiia they do not exceed those Of Texas, New
Mexico ana Arizona, contiguous territor,
capable Of sustaining in ease and comfort ane
comparative aM fence the hole population q
the Middle States. This land flowing Wit
milk and honey can Be reached for . SINAI
sum Of money in few DAYS time, and thoe
who settle there can make their own :aus IN,
choose their own rulers. Beyond this the
will have, what they cannot gee in Anstralii
= splendidly railroad travessing Ii
whole region, in fW yeazS, prepared 10 con
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26
REASONS WHY THE RATE OF IN
TEREST SHOULD BE FIXED
RY L 4IK

First-Money is not commodi ty like
corn, wheat. cattle, hogs, horses, or
manufactured articles. Money is a
creature of legislation, created by law,
while all other commodities are not ere
ated by law; it is utterly impossible to
create grain OF wheat or corn or pro.
duce a single horse, COW, or hog as a
direct result of legislation; but legisla-
ton only creates dollars and makes them
legal tender in the payment Of all
debts, dues and demands, public and
private.
Second-The law does not compel any
one to discharge his debts or legal liabil-
tiles with wheat, corn, pork, horses, or
cows, and all are left perfectly free to
use any Of these commodities or not as
they please; but the law compels all to
use money to pay taxes and discharge
all his debts or liabilities.
Third-Everyone is perfectly free to
produce all these articles or commodities
in just as great abundance as they choose
to supply any demand that may be for
them; but not SO with money; no man
dare to make or produce, that is. increase
its volume so as to supply any demand
there may be for it without the author
ity and under the supervision and direc-
ton OF the law, the law absolutely fixing
the supply OF money.
Fourth-Money is not q natural pro-
duct, nor the creature of industry, but is
tool devised by law and trade to ex-
change values by and discharge debts
and liabilities, and has no intrinsic val-
ne in its use, in measuring values and
making exchanges of useful commodi.
ties.
Fifth-Commodities administer to the
wants of man i are consumed for his
benefit, in TODD, clothing and shelter.
Not so with money it Is not consumed
in any way for the nourishment or pro-
lection OF man.
Sixth-lnteresti is but rider placed on
the use OF this tool, aud directly inter-
feres with its tree use. The value oil
the money is regulated by the rate OF
interest it will bring; that is. il interest
| is ten per cent. in Indiana and Eve ne,
ce.s. in New York, then one dollar in
Indiana is worth two in New York
The same thing can be effected in trade
or business by requiring one hundred
and twenty pounds 10 make bushel o.
wheat in Indiana and sixty pounds il
New York. But to prevent the alsur
dity of free interest, you will have t.
conceive Of perfect freedom for every
one to establish for himself what shall
constitute bushel, yard. foot or pound
| SEVENTH chaugeable or uncertain
rate Of interest operates IS detrimenta
to al business or manufacturing INFER
este - the change ofthe volume Of cur
rsacy or money. Il would permit an
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26
THE WORKINGMIN'S ANTI-MO-
NOPOLY SOCiETY-LIFE
INSURANCE ON COOP
ERATITE PLAl

ERATIFE PLAN.
AUSTIN, MINI. April Is, 1877.
Editor Anti Monopolist:
DEAR SIR:-In view of the compare
tive failure Of the Oranges and tho me-
cessities OF the times, we have decided
to inaugurate new movement in this
county in the name Of The Working
mans Autobiography Society. The list
OF incorporators will show some OF the
best names in the county.
The aims and objects ofthe society are
identical with those OF the Grange. We
propose to go clear Oft the rocks on
which that craft went to pieces. and
therefore will have no secrets. except
such as pertain to all we'll regulated do>
nestle or public ms itutions. Will he
open to free discussions of all those
questions that underlie the political
economy of the country, and otherwise
endeavor to avoid the errors committed
by the Grange.
Coupled with the organization and as
a means to head off one of the great
abuses of the times, Life insurance as
at present conducted. we propose to
furnish the members OF this organization
with practical Lille insurance on co>ope.
ratiye plan from fund made by as.
sessing each member one dollar wher
a death occurs. | have suggested that
from the membership fee to be paid
each member should be supplied with 9
copy of the ANTI MoNopoLsr Single
membership $l2. 90. double $50. 90.
The balance of the membership fes
to be and constitute sinking fund. aftel
paying current exp-nses) tor The pug
pose Of averaging the cost of the dealt
indemnity.
The expectations teing. according t
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-04-26
CHEAP SCHOOL BOOKS.
A recent issue Of the Faribault De

A recent issue Of the Faribault Dem
ocrat contains the following:
But why is the editor Of the Democrat
50 fiercely opposed to giving the school
children their books at half price? Is it
because he was elected school superinten-
dent OF Rice county last fall. and the
Merrill contract interferes with his per-
quisit-s? Does he want to be peer and
not vassal?-Anti Monopolist.
Mr.. Donnelly seems to be totally
unable to understand how an editor can
advocate or oppose any measure unless
interested in the pefquisite. We admit
that perquisite is the lever by which our
great Statesmen OF to day are noved
nut the editor of The Democrat, who i
not statesmen End VINO never saw
even the shadow of perquisite, is not
moved in that way.
We oppose the school book job; 1st,
because it creates q monopoly Of the
very worst character. by bestowing the
right Of furnishing books upoc on1- man
or one company Of men to the exclusion
Of all others That this was the Object
Of the bill was made plain by refus Il OF
he legislature to allow bids from parties
besides Mr.. Merrill; I'd, because tn. bill
il contrary to the spirit ef the constitution
md the true laws Of trade; Sd. because
the pupils of tho State are confined to :
certain class OF hooks which may b.
good bad or Indifferent and they arr
barred from the advantages Of improved
systems; 4th, because it puts upon til,
people much greater expense and di
verts the school fund from is legitimat.
source.
We answer:
/. While opportunity has been open 70