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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

The "EadS Jetties" (artiicial wing
dams to concentrate the current on
sand bars,) are revolutionizing the
commerce of the Mississippi valley.
Here are some of the results, as sta.
ted by a prominent citizen of New
Orleans:
"YOu will understand that until
the past September, we have had but
sixteen feet of water over our bar at
the mouth of the river. We now
have twenty-five feet. and likely to
have twenty-five feet by 1873. SO you
can see shi IS of small size could load
here, and they mostly with cotton, as
that paid most for the room. Since
October |, we have loaded ships to
twenty feet, and this month tOtwenty-
one and twenty-five feet SO that
ships can take full cargoes of heavy
freight. That is the class that live
here now. When Captain Eads gets
twenty-five feeta still larger class will
| come and take cargOes of heavy
freight at reduced rates, as large
ships of $4,000 and 100000 bushels
can load or take 5000 to 10000 bales of
cotton. Our cotton bales are now re-
more powerful presses
We have shipped more grain the
past eleven months than nas shipped
previously for eight years. The pros
pect now is we shall ship during 1878
double of AL previous years. Our ia
cilities for transferring from barge
and elevator to ships are POO. 900 bush
els per day. ut 3-4 C. for transfer eleva-
tors and lc. elevator, including ten
days storage. This includes all the
charges for shipments. The number
of ships has so increased | can form
no idea of their number, but last
week counted twenty steamers and
one hundred sailing vessels. If condi-
ton is sound when it arrives here.
| twenty or twenty-five days voyage
does not deteriorate the grain. Less
unsound grain goes through New Or
leans in proportion than in New York.
No trouble is experienced with well
| cured grain here going through from
this point to Liverpool in good order.
| The Climatic dodge is met by tell
ing you it was made by northern
interests to prejudice shippers.
Deep water has put all those '.dodg-
ers' to rest. For the past month not
half barges enough were available on
the river to bring the grain wanted
for shipment. Ships to-day get lod for
80 pounds. and they take from 10000
to $4,000 bushels. and the tonnage is
increasing daily. The Illinois Central
has just built track to our elevator.
and we are doing about the same as
We did 1T the La Crosse depot in the
| fall Of 1858. and expect to increase
| faster than we did there.
If now we had a proper association
of farmers we could get the benefit of
these great improvements in the in
creased price OF our wheat. corn. etc.
But the probabilities are that. rs
things now g. Eads' Jetties will sim
ply increase the profits of the middle
men who stand between the Mississip-
pi Valley and the European markets.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

Virginia, one of the committee OF
ways and means, has prepared a
statement on this subject. in which it
is shown that in 1875, out of a revenue
from internal taxes of somewhat over
$103, O0O, 900, the northseatern States,
including Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, and Connecticut, paid ST. ,OOO,.
900, but in proportion to population
should have paid $50, $50, 900, and &C.
cording to wealth nearly $l4 600, 900.
The middle States-New York New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, ard Delaware
paid 1924, 100000. Their contribution
according to population would have
been the same amount, but their
proportion according to wealth would
have been $38, 900. The north
western States and the Territories,
including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, Min.
nesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Montana,
Dakota, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho,
Utah and Wyoming paid $40, SOC, 900.
Their proportionate share according
to population would have been only
1927 100000. The Southern middle
States, including Maryland, Virginia
West Virginia, North Carolina,
Kentucky and Missouri paid $40, 000,-
900, but their proportion according to
population would have been only
ST., $50, 900, and according to wealth
only $l1, 100000. The cotton States,
including South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Ten
nessee, So, $50, 900, but their proportion
according to population would have
been $40, 100000 but according to
wealth ST., O00, 900. The Pacific States
paid over $3.OOO,OO0, but according to
population should have paid less than
$2,O00,0OO, and according to wealth
less than $2,350,00
1t is asserted by the advocates of
the income tax, that nearly all the
untaxed government bonds are owned
in the northern seaboard States, and
that the only way to make this kind of
property contribute it's share to the
general revenue is in lay an income
tax. There is also determination to
lay high tax on large incomes, the
prevailing idea on this subject being
to exempt all incomes under $1,000,
and to graduate the tax from one per
cent. up to five. and some wish it even
up to seven or eight per cent. on
incomes exceeding 100000 or 10000.
The general belief is that the north
west and the South will join together
to impose the income tax, and the
principal question seems to be about
its amount. 4 plan will be urged on
the house to so regulate the income
tax as to exempt all incomes derived
from salaries or professions or the
actual labor of the individual, and tax
only the accumulated wealth which
itself yields an income to it's posses
sors. This is thought to be the only
fair way to levy an income tax. and
several representatives will urge that
tax thus laid on accumulated wealth
ought to be constant part of the
internal revenue system.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17


There Is Il general impression that
the moment the premium on gold
falls to par, the whole question of the
resumption OF specie payments is
solved and good times are reached.
The Chicago later-Ocsda shows the
fallacy of this expectation. 1t says:
This reasoning is not correct. Gold
may be purchased tomorrow at 100 is
with greenbacks OF even ut par, but
that does not establish specie pay
ments. The man who exchanges his
gold for greenbacks at par to-day may
refuse to take them next week for
moro than 90 cents on the dollar
There Is, therefore, but one way to
resume specie payments and to main
tain specie payments and that is to be
able to redeem on demand every paper
dollar that is presented. This con-
dition OF affairs is something very
different from the sale of gold ut l0.o,
or even 1T lower price. Resumption
OF specie paymen by the Govern
ment means something more than the
mere quotation of greenbacks ut par.
1t means that the Government is
prepared to maintain specie resump-
ton by meeting the continued
demands for coin for all greenhacks
presented. The greenhacks number
$3.50. 100000 and the bank notes
$4,000. 0oo, the hank notes being
redeemahle in greenbaeks. and the
greenhacks redeemahle in gold
Practically the legal resumption of
specie payments means that there
must be somewhere gold enough into
which the holders may exchange this
S6I2.0oN,o0o of paper money. That is
what must he provided when specie
payments are resumed. The Secretary
of the Treasury thinks that redemp-
ton of the greenhacks up To certain
point Will satisfy the demands. and
that then the paper money can he
reissued in place of gold and redeemed
again on demand But that is stalking
too much on faith. so long as ii is
known that there is gold enough to
redeem the greenhackS. the demand
for redemption may he comparatively
small, hut when il is known that there
is only 81 in gold TO redeem So of paper
money. Il en- the demand tor gold will
be lively. /, is well known bv long
experience that specie payments can
not be maintained in any country
where the amount of coin is less than
the amount OF paper to DC redeemed.
The Bank of France will resume
specie payments on the LIST of January
next. having in her vaults more than
sufficient coin with which to redeem
al her c..S.....assn. zS.Ss, :Sul with
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

The Democratic party, to its honor
be it said. are trying to reestablish
the Income Tax.
Here are so1le figures that make
interesting reading to the western
man.
Washington Letter to New York Herald.
The argument which will be made
in favor of the reimposition Of the
tax is that this is the only way to
make the burden of internal taxes
equal. or nearly 20. over the whole
country. 4x. Randolph Tueker. Of
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

One OF the significant signs of the times is
the fact that virtually all the clamor against
the Merrill text book bill comes from the
newspapers published at St. Cloud, Winona
and Mankato the seats of the three Normal
schools. This hostility is undoubtedly in
spired 10y the ''enlightencd educators" who
run those schools. But if they think to gain
any favor for their unpopular institutions by
this course, thy will find themselves mis-
erably mistaken Paul Dispatch.
They are a pretty trio of horse.
leeches, these Normal schools. Not
content with sucking 100000 per
annum out of the taxpayers. and
giving us a lot of teachers inferior tC
those graduating from our count y
high schools, they are now laboring
to make the people pay two and three
prices for their school books.
They ought to be wiped out root
and branch.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

We want the bushel of the fathers, the yard
of the fathers, the pound, the quart and the
dollar of the fathers ; but we want them OF
full measure, weight and value. The dollar
of the fathers was an honest dollar in its day,
and it would be an insult to their memory to
remonetize it on any other than an honest
basis. Let the silver dollar contain dollars
worth of silver indianapolis Journal rep. J
But suppose the rascals increased
the size of the bushel measure or the
quart measure, SO as to cheat the
farmers, would it be dishonest to re-
store the old standards as soon as the
fraud was found out!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

Many of the different mills OF the State have
been compelled to run on short time or en-
tirely shut down during the last week for the
want of heat, the roads being so bad that
farmers could not market their grain.
Serves them right. We hope they
will go without it until next spring.
They have been so fearful of putting
up the price of wheat that they have
just bought enough for their daily
supply and no more; hoping every
day that the price would go down and
they would lay in a supply at low
prices
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

Surplus. :. 49,. ..S 47,15O,97C
Isn't that a handsome sum to re-
sumo specie payments with, there
being over 1912, 100000 of greenbacks
to redeem
And how much of that S47 ,000. 00C
will be needed to meet interest obi.
cations soon to mature
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

several hundred other millions Of
dollars of coin held in the country.
There specie payments once resumed
can be maintained.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

Pretty good for the kGreenbackers
They polled twice as many votes as
the Temperance men. Together the
two new parties polled nearly 5000
votes.
All that we need is perseverance.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-17

On the lst of January, 1873, the
National Treasury possessed in excess
of all gold liabilities, 81, O5O,97O as
follows:
Coin in hand. 80. -. 80. $3.50, SIS, 4o5
Natured debt. ....... s 81, 5l2, $40
Interest accrued ...... 81, 49,, 2S5
Coin certificates ...... AZ, 424, 800
% 367 4o5
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

How THEY SPELLED IsAAc.-The eccen-
tricites OF spelling noticed in the direction of
letters to Wisconsin lumbernau led tho
clerks to begin a list, some months since, of
the various methods arrived at by correspond
ents in spelling Isaac. Following is the list.
ly made up from letters received through the
mail Isiac Iisac, Icaack, Iseac, Ysac, Isaag,
Izic, Isiace, Isacb, Isle, Isaacc, Isaaco,
Isaach, Iceic, Isaas, Isaac, Icaas, Iaasic.
lexis, Aisec, Isaar, Iassac, Isca, Iaac, Iaasac,
lsac, Isick, Issacc, Isacc, Isaace, Iseke, Issick
Isak, Isaack, Ike, Icaac, Isict, Jssaac, Isice,
Isoaac, Isaic, l Sick.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04


JOIN AT ONoE.-A young sub-ieutenant
on sick leave put up at hotel in Poonah, and
while recovering his health lost his heart,
proposed to the fair thief, and was accepted,
and the wedding day agreed upon. His Col
onel, however, happened to dsapprove of
sub-lieutenants marrying, and telegraphed
peremptory I" Join at once" The Disguised
subaltern handed the mssive to his lady love.
She read it, and then with blush Of maiden
ly simplicity, remarked 81 am glad your
Colonel approves of the match but what
hurry he is in l don't think can get ready
so soon, but I'll do my best; because, of
course, love, the Colonel must be obeyed. y"
" You don't seem to understand the telegram,
darling,' said the dull fellow {" it quite up
sets our plan he says Join at once " The
lady looked up with an arch smile and re-
piled Sc 1t is you dear, who don't understand
it. OF course, be means get married immedi-
ately. What else can lie possibly mean P"-
"What else indeed ? y exclaimed the enlight-
ened lover, accepting the new reading without
demur. So 4S hours afterward the Colonel
received the message Your orders are
obcyed. We we're joined at once. 30 Cham
beys' Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04
POETRY.
THE cLoUD.

The cloud lay low In the heavens,
Such little cloud IL SEEMED;
Just lightly touching he seas broad breast,
Whore the rose light fingered across the West
Soft and gray as innocent rest
While athwart it cleaned
It looked such harmless cloudlet,
Seen over the sleeping wave
Yet the keen-eyed mariner shook his head
As It slowly crept over the dnsky red,
See the rocket lines are elearn he said
And his lips set stern and grave.
And or ever the eve was midnight
That cloud was lowering black,
Dimming the light of stars awaY,
Din1ming the flash Of the furo&s spray,
As the breakers crashed in thsSnorthern bay
Winds bowling ON their tracl1
So, in life's radiant morning.
May tfuT care or cross
just trouble the peaceful course OF love-
As Z the strength Of its way4o prove,
As fto whisper. MY surfsss may move,
But my roots can laugh ats6ss
It may seem such little jarring
Only experience siahs
For with times sad tearing to sharpen the glance
He sees the " rift in the Lutte advance,
Knows how fate may seize upon circumstance
To sever the closest ties
All me in the fiercest tempest
The life boat its work NAV do.
And what can courage and skill avail
When the heart lies wrecked by PASSIONS gale,
When change or death have furled the sail,
When treason has brbed the crew?
Then watch oh hope and radness,
Watch for the hidden cloud.
Sun il away, frank warmth Of youth,
BLOW 1t away, bright breeze of truth,
For oh, there is neither mercy nor ruth,
Should it once your heaven enshroud.
An the Year Round.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

A PLEA For NoIsE.-'Oh, Johnny said
nervous mother, do have some pity ON my
poor head Can't You play without shouting
so p
Poor Johnny drew up the tape rein with
which he was driving two chairs tandem, and
called out in loud, hoarse whisper
Get up whoa =
But at LENGTH finding little pleasure in this
suppressed amusement, he threw down his
reins, and laying his hands on his breast, said
in a long breath
20 mother, it's full of noise in here, and it
hurts me to keep it in Don't all little boys
make a noise when they play
Yes, Johnny, believe they all do was
the reply.
oh, then, mother DEAR cried Johnny, in
a winning tone, please let me be little
boy.
We will join poor Johnny in his petition =
Please, mother, let your sons be little boys
while they may. Time is bringing on apace
life's tolls and cares. Let them have a free
and happy childhood, that when your heads
are low in the grave they may point back to
those days and say
We were happy children, for there was al
ways sunshine where our mother was.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

The BIRTH OF GREAT JOURNAL. 1t
Thames street, New York, some forty-four
years ago, that the New York Herald was
brought into existence. The house was kept
by an old Englishman named Tom Reynolds,
and was noted for superior ale and the style
in which Welsh rarebit was served. It was
miscellaneous company that assembled one
evening of Americans, English,
and scotchmen--and probably the most impe-
cunious in the crowd was James Gordon Benz
net He had formerly been employed on the
Courier and Enquire, as Washington cor
respondent but the managing editor aud
himself had difficulty, aud he had been for
some time out Of a situation, and was, to all
intents and purposes, in hard-up condition.
Mr.. Num- the then celebrated pianoforte
manufacturer, was constant visitor to the
house, and. moreover, he was friend to Benz
nett, who, upon the night in question, appear
ed to be more than usually depressed in spir-
its.
Cheer up, old fellow, said Num-, tits q
long lane with no turning, and who knows
poe JVu may NC ~ tuc tuiulilR pOflL Oh your
luck?'
Il don't see any show FOR better times as
far asl am concerned, replied Bennett, gloom
lily.
1t was then the era for penny papers, two
of which, the San and Transcript, had been
started in Now York, and were getting along
swimmingly.
How much money will It take to start g
paper the size of the Sun? inquired Num-.
If had five hundred dollars in cash, I
could do it, replied Bennett.
Gentlemen said Mum, addressing the as
sembled company, let us set Bennett up
I'll head the subscription with hundred dol
lars
There was a cheerful response. Old Tom
Reynolds subscribed fifty, and then and theirs
the money was made up and an article drawn,
wherein Bennett pledged himself to conduct
the New York Herald, the name settled upon
for the paper, as purely Independent sheet
and this was the origin of one of the most ll-
orative newspaper establishments In the world.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

GENUINE Communicable have heard
of the lady of rare beauty who said, upon u
certain occasion. that tire only real tisnter-
ested compliment she ever received was from
a eoaLheaver who asked permission to light
his pipe in the cleaning of her eyes.
Another compliment true and genuine, was
paid by sailor who was sent by his captain
to carry a letter to the lady of his love. The
sailor having delivered the missiye, stood gaz-
ing in silent admiration upon the lady, for
she was very beautiful.
IS We'll, my good man." she said, +" for what
do you wait ? There is no answer to be re-
turned"
Gladly" tho sailor returned with hum
BILE difference II would like to know your
name"
Did you not see It on this letter."
Pardon, LADY, never learned to read
Mine has been hard, rough life."
''And for what reason, my good man,
would you know my name?'
Because answered the old tar, looking
honestly up, "in a storm at sea, with danger
afore me, would like to call the name of the
brightest thing I'd ever seen in life. There'd
be sunshine IN it, even In the darkness
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

"Why didn't you put on clean collar be-
fore you left home?" called out an imperti-
nent young fop to an omnibus driver. +" Cause
your mother hadn't sent home my washing"
was the extinguishing reply.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

citizen of New Mexico being informed
that in his absence a panther had attacked
his wife, and that she had beaten off and kill
ed the animal, shrugged his shoulders and
said "Ef that panther had known her as
well as do, he'd never riled her dander up,
you bet -
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

DO you want to hire a reporter" inguir-
ed red-nosed young man, as he thrust his
illuminated olfactory into this Office recent
ly.
He was Informed that we had all the help
we required at present.
Sorry-very sorry" he said, bowling quite
low "iust noticed by squib in newspaper
that the immortal Dickens began life as re-
porter first heard of it, and concluded at
once to begin that way myself. Dickens
made great success of it, and what has been
done once can be done again."
We acknowledged that Dickens had made
quite hit.
"a decided hit," put in the young man,
" and all / want is to start under the same
auspices. Sure you have no place for
me?o
No place at present"
&c Mighty sorry" replied the applicant
have just been reading David Controlled,
and am quite charmed with the authors
style"
"David Copperfeld, not Centrefeld," we
ventured to suggest.
Iernaps you Ie rlSho yes, no" fecoi-
lect you are right much obliged been play
ing base ball lately, and have got names con-
fused. Will be in town q few days and hope
you will not forget me if a vacancy should oc-
cur good day
We promised to remember him and the
young man withdrew.
Protruding his beacon light once more, he
said
Daniel Webster, Benjamin Franklin and
Napoleon Bonaparte also began life in news
paper Offices; but don't care for them ;
Dickens is the man I'm after, and he closed
the door softly, and went down stairs on his
tintoeS.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

The rising youth feels the need Of an nven-
ton that will instantaneousy absorb lighted
cigar, and save him the trouble and danger of
putting it in his coat pocket when he unex-
pcctedly meets either of his parents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

A person visiting the London Museum was
shown the skull of Oliver Cromwell. at is
extremely small" said the visitor. ooh -
said the guide, " 1t was his skull when he was
a small boy -
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

in your family the great secret lies in being
sometimes blind to things you do not care to
see and deaf to things you do not care to
hear.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

Every once in while we hear of a Califor-
mia woman killing bear. That is all right.
But we challenge the world to ransack the
pages of history and show where woman has
ever got away with a mouse.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

There is an old superstition that reading
grave stones causes loss of memory. II may
well make us forget the things belonging to
the world.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

An editor in Cincinnati, putting air-tight
collins, said :" No person having once tried
one of these collins will ever use any other"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-09-04

Germans have the reputation Of being very
economical, and yet what reckless extraya-
gance they display in spelling "Musick
Halle ?"