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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

. MATTISGS. MATTlNG>
The largest stock ever shown, bought a. An.
and 10 be sold at very iow prices: IA n''
l2kc.. IA White AZ l5c.. 81 thrrh 3 :
Ga Check and White at Csc. A fha
25c.-regular nrice 40c. Be sure 10 IV'A -
stock before YOU buy.
BLACK CASHMERESa az the old prices, from i
TO fl rs per yard: ,,..
SOLD al The old prices;
BLACK MDHAfR at 25c. worth 50c.;
so pieces VICTORIA LAWN Al lOc. Wof'i'
TRfMMfEG-SILKSa and SATIAS III AL sta''
BLACK SlLKS-the cheapest In The ci'}-.
6oc to So per yard:
UNDERWEAR for ladies, children an' :;
men, from zoe. 10 bes; goods made ~
LINEN DRILI.S-PIaip, S,rirci. ard ~.
from l2x 10 zoe. per yars-Io"S 1t ihrih'
Our stock of PARASOLS will be Sol+ a.
sacrifice; $500.
pARAsULs at Is, 20. 20, 40, so, 60, 20. -.
TO SIS: .
NOTIONS. HOSIERY. and FANCY GOQi>-
trcmelv low prices.
ID. & +. MITrt!poEft3
4.S.MSw OF Er'rI q.
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analr 81 the waters. and al otter matters
that ought TO be stated only II, az adyer-,

y, JoHS PAUL. senator from the Rocking
ham district, has announced himself, we
learn, as candidate Cor reelection. Mr..
PAUL belongs to the Mozart Hall party. he
was 4 member Of tie convention which or r
ganized that party. The Conservatives
ought TO bring ont candidate 10 OPPOSE.
ton to him. What the people need is light
Better be defeated than suffer this question
Of the public debt to remain undisposed OIL
Let us settle It.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

hIg- COHEN BROTHERS OFFER THE
LARGEST STOCK OF SILKS ever cifcred In this
state Every yard Is warranted against New York
BLACK SILK tal sllk) at %. 50, so, 65, 75c., 81,
AMI : Is; $500.
GUIVfT'S SSTIN-FINiSH SILK at $1.25. $40.
$3.50, i! rs. and $2.l the present value OF
which l. fully so per cent m0r: .r..
Also, every shaGe Of CtLORED SILK IN many va
riols qualities including some Of the handsom.
est goods imported; I
Also 4 large stock Of SATlNS and DAMASSE
SILKS. jy19
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

WHICH WILL THE PEOPLE TRUST ?-[From
the Virginia City Chronicle The Repub-
lican organs will not be able to deceive the
people as to what are the real issues before
the country. The Democrats in Congress
raised the standard OF constitutional gov
ernment and the Republicans raised that Of
ce traIiZation.
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THEY MOREOVER. OFFER ,THOEsANDs OF
49, BARGAINS NOT ~ 81 FOUND

r..E'
They will offer 90 :Mondav next
8 cases YARD-WIDE GARNER i CO.'S LAWN
= al 'h%c usnal price Of which is lnc.:
/ ease MERRIMAC COI.ORED PlQUES at SIC.
9 cases besh PRINTS at 4hc:;
tore sold at Soc: .....
$50 pieces; BLACK. CASiMERES IA recent sptci-
lative purchasel Will be offered very cheap;
90 pieces BLACK LACE BUNTING at l2l.c., val
ued mouth ago at Soc:
10 pieces ALI WOOL BUNTING ut 1899; E.
FRENCH BUNTING greatly reduced:
SATIN-STRiPED BUNTING reduced from soc.
ENGLISH BUNTING tgray mixturc) at 12xc.
worth 2lc. nv The case:
NAINSOOK MUSLIN at ] &c, valued at 25c.;
DAMASSt. PIQUE At DC. formerly sold at 20c.:
INDIA NULL MUSLIN ut 22c., value OF which Is
A large se' stock of FRENCH NAINsooK;
VICTORIA LAWNS:
LINEN DIES IL Ola. checked and striped;
STRIPED FRENCH ORGANIZES at 15c., valued
sTGirED FURNlTURE-LTNEN at 1870, valued
DREsS-LINENS by the piece or yard at l24c.,
generally sold At 20c.:
$50 FREA CH-WOVE CORsETS at Csc, would
be chrln at 3Thc.:
so pieces LAPPET CURTAIN MUSLIN at Ice.
yard:
NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN:LACE at 10. 12h 16.
20. Csc, and upwar,is-all greatly reduced:
Alsn. somc rare bargains Ill REAL LACE CUR
10 1.icccs CASHMERE at soc. yard, sold hereto
fore at soc. g.. ,..s..., j. 10
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525 BROAD STREET, RICHMOND. VA,
Offer he greatest bargains to re found In the city.
and buyers always teei themselves well paid when
they visit their establishment. rs everything is sold
OF such EXTREMELY Low PRICES. Don't fail
10 give Them 4 call and convince yourself OF The
above fact. Another new invoice OF goods, cheaper
than ever. Laces. Ribbons. Satins silks, Frinces,
Buttons, Gloves. Hosiery; Linen, Lace. and silk
Handk erchi.fs; Kid. Li>Ie, aud Lace Gloves, &c.
&c. BE sure 10 examine their Hamburgs. Corset S.
and Merino Underwear, as they have some special
bargains. Gold Plated Jewelry, warranted not 10
tarni-h: Pins, Far-Rngs, Bracelets, Crosses. &C.,
&c. Look mt Them. Luoius. Atkinson'S. and Col
gates Extracts and Toilet Waters. \ full line OF
Toilet Soaps, very cheap. y Is
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ME-. THE BALANCE OF OUR STOCK
OF DRESS GOODS for ladies must be sold; cost of
goods no object.
We also offer 200 REMNANTS OF DRESS
GOODS ut lower prices than ever; our whole stock
of goods must be sold, even If we lose fifty per
cent. 10 eli Get sale. LEVY BROTHERS.
% H..
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NOTICE THE EXTRAOKDISAkl
~ DCCTIUNS ~ PRICES \!
julius MEYERS,
COS BROAD st K + T. 7.
PRICES MARKED WAY DpNH'
BrNTINGS! BuNTlNGS

BCSTISGS! BuSTlSG>.
35c BROCADE LACE BCNTtNG> F'"'.''
3oc. LACE ECNTINGS reduced To - &C.:
25 and 22!ac. ALL-WOUL BtNllN"S'''
Acc BLACK ALL Wool BUNTlNHS f'''' '.
BLACK sILK-AND. WOOL GRESADiNhr"'-
BLACK.AND.Wnl1E PLAID GkENAp'>"
soc ei HSon m9I,q t%SfiD,ru FRENCH DrNTt> .
MAnH Stu &c GfiSSl;iiAMS reduced 10 Is; atm.
WIDE IMITATION LINEN LA" ~ ''''"''
100 S S,sees FIGURED SAISsookS at 7,''' 49,
r,c IoS.: DnEsS.LISEN at SIC. worth lt'
~, Ip,saIiiJFIC LAWNS reduced 10 y ani -
NJ, rt,I,DfD LAWNS reduced To iot;
% oS' niece LINEN DRILL for mems and o''s
1t i0c.; .,.,,,,prn LINEN DEiLi
o,r =. Isbrs,ed SPOON. BUST ABDOMINAL
,oc GESTL EMES'S USLAUNph,ft
slJlRTS, warranted Linen Bosoin aaa
and entirely dpished. a ,yrp..
COS Broad ,!iH'
jy l4-eod 49,.
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- - - -. - - y
III GREAT CLUS.NG-uCT SAIL
ID. z. MlTTELDORrE3'~.
From this date we shall offer our cu.ir"' ..
SPRING AND SUMMER CrOD>
at prices 10 astonIsli all.

LAWNS, LAWSS-thc best pac.iic A: !! =.
LAWNS az 5t:. q, 8 and &c g.:
FRENCH BATlSTE 4. 9c.-rcniar ir'c". -.
WHITE GOODS to he sold at hess t'ia: r'',.5
YARD.WIDE CAMBRICS n &C..
BUNTINGS, BUNTINGS-all wool !, Ii, :
2Oc.;
BUNTINGS- black aud ..
at 15c.-l ocular price CSC:
BUSTINGS 1T ~, II, and l5c.:
DRESS LINENS at 1914. -, Ii, -. II. u
gle;
CORSETS, CORSETS-the largest. ciieai@
best stock In the city;
CORSETS al 25, 80, 40, So, So, 90 -
and 81;
The best soc. SIDE.LACE CORSET IN 'lr'":
CORSETs, FOR stout la!:r'' 4:
regular price ~:
FANS, FANS-from &c. TO the finest.
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BLACK CASHMERE:
BLACK and COLORED SILKS and s,r,,.
fringes and dresses. In great Variety. ~ q
COLORED DRESS GOODS;
LAWSS-an extra large stock IIrar,
Plain, and Fancy; "a
CASslMEEES-a large quantity.
BUSTINGS. BUSTISGS, prvr,,.
WHITE GOODS Of the la,c,, noye,r...
MD GLoFEs' In two, three. i1u.. Eve. -; ..
buttons: 90 :
OPEN-WoRk-BUTTONs ard FLA-r,r "a. .
LlSLE-TIiREAD GLOVES IF all ,,s,. y
CAMBRlc EDGE-tliousant> Of y,rd..
TOWELS. NAPKINS. ana TaELt.,Ir-r
FLANSELS, in white and colyr.I =.
suits. '' =
STOCKINGS. STOCKINGS. STrrKr.c..
GbSTLEMEN'S HALr-IIO-E
LACE SCARFS aud BOWS;
SUMMER BALMoRAL ~klET-.
LADIES and GENTLETGN';s = -,f,r,.p ,,.,. .-
LaCES Of all drscripIo"S;
VElLlNGS and FANS-ii!ou:,nIs 81 .,,....
LADIES CNDERWE,.E and LlNrx 81.
UMBRELLAS and PhRASOI>. 49,
LACE BED SrRE'.DS and BFn.oluT..
PTQUES IN *:ripe.t, Dots. FIGURED. grl -.
LINEN SHEET iNGS and IRISH LlNTv.
HANDhEi''lIlEF~ IN FAncy. r!4.a aaIU,..
COTTON TRIMMINGS;
OiL.cLOTHS. MATTISGS.
CURTAIN LACE. LACE MUSLIN.
WlSDOW-SIADES, and thousand. Of 1,,l.r.
too numerous TO mention.
STCLE BROTHERS
81 Broad f..
N 14-eod between Third and Fourth !,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

ME- OUR STOCK OF BLACK GOODS
is large and the prices are low;
Our WHITE GOODS STOCK Is complete, ano YOU
will ind some great bargains In It; ,1rs.
We show the largest stock OF TOhCu0N LACES
in the city: The prices are way d0wn.,
The best bargains in HAMBURG EDulN"o ana
INSERTINGSat - 49, ,porurpc,
y29 rft. 20. ,">i Lew DfOih1h
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MT STILL, GREATER REDUCTION

MT STILL GREATER REDUCTION
IN PRICES OF MlLLTSERY GODDS.-Wea are de-
iermned TO close out our entire stock of SUMNER
MILLINERY, and are selling Ut prices lower than
any other hOuse In the city regard c:s or cost We
defv romettion, aud ask call Of oil In want OF
Hats Bonnet., Feathers, Flowers, Gauzes. Grape
Wells Mourning Goods, &c. Country orders re-
ceive prompt aud careful attention. call IS So
Iicited. MRS. +. HUIZLEk,
jy IL BIS Broaa street, Richmond, va.
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MARRIAGES..

Married. on the 17Ih instant, by Rev. John VI.
Butler. Sir. a NJ. BUTLER 10 Miss MATTE j.
SMOOT all Of this city.
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mr. PARAsoLs, PARAsoLs!!

We have selected out of our stock 100 PAlsa-
SOILS which we will sell ut about one fourth OF he'
cost. We do this as our whole stock OF Soods nis'
be sold, and we will sacrifice 10 do II.
: j. % LEVY -bhoIEEho.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

"Would have gained 2 appears twice for
/" could have gained y in our article OF yes.
dav on what the South gained by making
the negroes voters. -.
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q. W. PICKRELL. Presidex.
E. b. SNEAD, Cashier.

Deposits Of one dollar aud upwards receNeN'
ak Der cent. allowed ON depo.its. <,
n:,ysits received subject 10 check wfhoa. :
and in,rresI allowed on same II not CHECKED ei
fraonsniiy than two of three times wees. ,< q
Interest on all ,tsposits 10 commence ''A
after date or deposit. II y.
o'clock p. NJ, and on Saturday frow I. 81 ~
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

GOAL AND W0OD.-On hand and con-
~ SANITY arriving, a full stock of all kinds
FUEL. ANTHRACITE COAL. all sizes; LUMP
SPLINT. GLOVER HILL, SOFT COKE. aud all
kinds Of ENGINE COAL. OAK and PINE WOOD
long or sawed Pine and Ouk. long. nc $3.50 and
81 per cord, delivered free. Orders promptly filled
at either yard-1905 Cary street or 7OS Broad
streer. -.1.'a ije2ll G.. Ii. PAGE.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23
!. PEgIAs. N tsI'tsf>S a
snr CLOSING OUT CLOSING OUT!
THE GREAT CLOSING SALE coxrlNuED.
STORE FOB RENT, FIXTURES FOR SALE.
-sss y. - IN x, rrl,nIArr

STORE FOB RENT, FIXTURES FOR SALE.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL 1T IS TOo:LATE.
;cALL WHILST THE ASSORTMENT Is GOOD.
Bargains in LACE CURTAINS;
Bargains in CARPETS AND OfL-CLoTHs;
BARGAINS in PAPERS AND ENVELOPES;
Bargains in WINDOW SHADES;
Bargains in GLOVES AND HOSE;
Bargains In READY. MADE DRESSES;
Bargains In UNDERGRADUATES. The ladies will
fully appreciate the great bargains IN this line;
Bargains In EVERYTHING IN LEVY BROTH
ERs' STORE.
They have REDUCED THE PRICES OF their
goods from TEN TO FIFTY PER CENT. This Is
done to enable them to- CLOSE OUT THEIR
WHOLE STOCK. which must be done in very
short time ljy 23J LEVY BROTHERS.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

MT AT COHEN BROTHERS on Mon
day large stock OF LACES, In black aud Willie
real and initiation. " 10
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

Leave out OF your springs.isiters The size
q tbe hotel, how TO get TO the place, the
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

81 NJ hA1s.reesiyedac copy OF rue catalogue
sof .sthst t1aasicsi md Military Acadenys
~ q sshast q dsseryedly
no, $500
AAisc, aspps of The satala spa Of Holllns,
Institute school for young ladies n hieh
1 L.. peFpsps 20 sape sior IN the country.
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~spnD AND COAL.

GOAL, COAL, COAL.-I have just re-
~ ceived supply OF ANTHRACITE COAL, #
customers and the publ; generally for their win
terra fu"l MIDLOTHIAN, WEST VIRGINIA
SPLINT. and any other fuel the market furnishes !:
aud am selling q. very low prices. Give Int call.
iy l5-Im - = ALBERT BLAIR.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

me- COHEN BROTHERS
WARRANT PRICES, AGAINST ANY HOUSE
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
H SPECIAL NOTICE.
GRAND 5CLosIsG-oUT SALE.

The great increase In business In the s,-
SYCLE BROTHERS
compels them 10 enlarge their store. -.po.,,
win Offer their entire stock Of y
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY co,,
AT AND BELOW COST FOR TIE syYr
TY-FIVE DAYS. IL
The balance Of stock on hand after that.
be closed out at auction.
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pE.T,ElREsBuRG.

FASTING AND PRAYER FOR RA1N-THs FARM
!, ERs GRINDING CORN IN CoFFEE'AILLs--AN'
.sAID SOCIETY" IN cHEsTERFIELD-rs-
i. rrrsRuRo DISTRICT CONFERENCE.-THE SEN
.roRraI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DEATH
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23

There are now about 1870 guests here,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-23
UNPARALLELED LOW PR

1y l4-eod between Third and Fourth :,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31
stronelv 10 local selfishness. Prope

strongly to local selfishness. Properly
enough, Mr.. Wooten insists that crimes
done in the South are more glazing and
violent and thus more striking and
theatrical than those deplOred and
pnnished by Northern courts and ju-
ries; but the degradation in morals
essential to the production of Southern
c.iminality is not TO be deplored like
this which Induced a Massachusetts,
Judge. when he had decreed more than
thirty separations a cmcalo, ant mensa
et Horo, at single turn, TO weep that he
had lived to attest such facts Of total
deprayity even under the shadow of
Boston. The glaring crimes, stage
coach robberies and sudden murders
done in a twelvemonth in Texas, if
sll their horrors were summed mp,
would cot tell so pitiful story of hui
man degradation as the fact that when
one poor girl was betrayed, murdered
and carved up and boxed and shipped
by express from Boston, $50 girls, it
vas sscertsined, had recently and
strangely disappeared in Boston and
could never be found. Mr.. Wooten
properly snys that forgeries, defslca-
-tions, social scandals, indecent domes-
tic complications, clerical shnstoon-
iDes, prurleLt horrors of nameless
kinds fiji! the pages of Northern papers
and cease to xcitc more than a passing
sensation. The writer refers TO the
strikes and vices of factory life and
poverty. But the choicest paragraph
in the article OF Mr.. Wooten states that
The evil can be medied in neither
section by anything l.ss than an earn
est and honest rec o9n,tiol OF the facts
as tnty eXist, and mutual abandon
ment of theoretical and sensational
morality on the one hand, and of viii
atcd sentiment and false chivalry on
tie other. That sc ctional arraignments
end partisan distinctions will ever ac-
complish anything towards its cure is
fiat impossiDiht7. This time-wOrn
antagunism of geographical situation
has thrust itself into well-nigh every
topic whose discussion and disposition
most nearly concern the welfare and
social health OF the country as q whole,
regardless of sections or political be-
lieis. In this matter of reducing the
penury, the crime and the misery of
our whole people, which ought to lie
near the heart of every good man from
whatever section, is it not possible that
for once we shall ignore this unnatural
and unjust discrimination aud address
ourselves, fairly and impartially, to the
disposition of a su5jact in winch we
most certainly have q mutual and an
equal responsibility - discharge?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

IT makes the average Greenbac ker's
heart sink far down into his breeches
who has been talking volubly about
the augmentation of the volume OF cur
rency, to cure evils incident to re-
strictei currency, to read paragraphs
like this from the latest semi-annual
report of the Mercantile Agency. In
their circular for the first half of 1878,
they say:
These figures of increase in failures
and liabilities are of very grave i'm
port, for never before in an equal Pc
riod in the history of the country have
business misfortunes been so numer-
GUS, or aggregate an amount of loss by
bad debts so great. To-day, in con-
tradlstlnction to this gloomy picture,
it is our great good fortune to say that
never before in our experience in the
compilation of these statistics has the
decrease in mercantile caiualties been
30 marked; in no previous period has
the comparison of losses by bad debts
been SO favorable, as at the present
hour.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

NORTHERN newspapers have been
most generous in urging Southern peo-
pie to clean their towns. But it hap
pens that the reckless New York Her.
aid devotes three columns to descrip.
ton of the supreme filthiness of that
city. 1t makes one shudder and hold
his nose even to read the disgusting
recital. There are streets in New York
that stink more loudly than the un-
severed alleyway back of the hotels on
Congress Avenue in this city and worse
than the pits and sinks on the east side
of market house hill. If cholera or
yellow fever should enter the cou uutry's
great metropolis" there would be no.
body left to tell the tale of woe. The
New York papers have been extremely
liberal in their advice to Southern
cities to ''clean up" They evidently
Reed to whoop up their own people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

Z Irwin pS.EemeDbssosi sisus Lieuton-
ant Governor Dorsheimer OF New York
was Tllden's chief agent in 1876. He
used to send the STATESMAN slt sorts
of papers full of fulsome adulstion of
Tilden. But DorsheImer, like the rest
of us. down South, has recovered from
the infatuation and he now says;
The man whose name comes in
ttinctively to the mind of every one
as filing absolutely the presidential
requirement is Mr.. Bayard of Della
ware. In every way he is perfectly
suited to the position. Mentally he
ranks with the best. AS a man of
character he is unblemished. His rec
ord is unimpeachable. His manner is
most engaging. 7 think of no man
who 80 admirably possesses every es
sentisl qualification, and who would
bring to us so many Republican votes.
He adds to the ticket that strength of
character from which so much was
hoped and expected in 1876, and
which to certain extent we obtained.
Still he labors under the disadvantage
of coming from small State, and one
which has but little strength in the
convention,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

The C0Rrier-.IoTHal criticizss the
pretended pleasure with which the
Philadelphia North AnerioIa speaks Of
Bismarck's protective tariff. It dis
cnminates, the CO. says, heavily
against American products. and throws
q wet blanket over the hopes OF Phila-
delphia manufacturers for = foreign
market for their oveT-prodnct in Ger
many.
The gush Of the Philadelphia organ
ever the "prozress Of protection "
abroad Is. OF courss. assumed. The
Amsrican proseetinnist wants every
other country open 70 oreceive American
goods. but be dos not want 70 LET any
foreign goods into this country IN ex-
change. By the expsndisure Of npnsY,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

and OY vigorous ioeoylngi the Ameri-
can protectionist has had mass oil bar
barous laws placed upon the statute
book which impose heavy fine Hpon
any foreign nation attempting to sell
goods in the United States. The re-
suit is that American manufacturers
have produced far more than can be
consumed in this country, and find an
exceedingly limited outlet for their
goods in foreign countries. The pro-
teCtlge tariff has wrought lncaleulsble
mischief in this country, socially, NOR
ally and commercially. The iron men
of Pennsylvania, who have had more
special legislation to secure "protec-
ton" for them than any other clsss,
declared in their recent convention at
Pittsburgh that they were suffering"
and had been suffering for some
time. The Philadelphia Ledger shows
some interesting facts about this favor
ite subject of protective legislation
when 1t says: ga comprehensive re-
view for long series of years of the
production snd prices of American iron,
just published, shows some remarkable
fluctuations. The effect OF our present
tariff FIRST shnwed- itaAlf -~svarIy Soon
after the close of the civil war in 1868,
when there was asudden leap to 1. $780, :
343 tons from 931, ,5s2 tons in 1865.
The amount produced thenceforwsrd
rises steadily until the maximum of
9, 1868. 279 tons is reached in 1873, fall.
ing after the panic to 1908, 236 tons in
1876, then rising again to 2,677, 1853
tons last year. Prices and their changes
are even more striking. A ton OF pig
iron in 1914 cost $25.75. In spite of
improved methods of smelling, the
tariff and deprecated currency car
ried the price up to $50. .25 in 1854. At
the climax of production in 1878 the
prlce was $49.75, and the cost of ton
reached it, lowest figure last year
$1762. A ton OF iron rails cost $62. 25
in 184S, $126 in 1864, $7666 in 1874,
and last year only $33.75. How high
tariff makes trade uncertain, specula-
tive and unhealthful is shown thus by
its effect on the pet industry of protec-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THE San Antonio EzPress thinks the
fraudulent debtor act is needed in this
State, that CREDITORS may at least have
those punished that defraud them.
Were such an act in force there would
be fewer rascslly failures than there are
end honest men would have a fairer
show of success 10 business. Would it
not be wiser to restrict the credit sys-
TEN to the greatest possible extent.
Let Cne msn trust another at his peril
and never look to the law to remedy his
own folly. Then honor and truth
would rise in value and men would
learn the snpIeme value of truthful
ness and he who was known never to
lie would have illimitable credit and
i1oys wOuId be reaIvu HUN ChifdAoOta
impressed with the conviction that
mans fortune consists in his stainless
character. Does not the credit system
and its courts that protect it proffer q
premium to knsvery and cummings No
where in no State does any man pay,
since there is no imprisonment for
debt, who does not choose to pay. 1t
is rare indeed that the law compels
payment, and If the cash system were
absolute and men were only trusted
whose fame gave value to promises the
condition of society would be none the
worse and the people of Texas would
save twice or thrice as much in sums
paid sheriffs, coRstables, couIts and at
torneys, each year, as these courts now
collect and pay oyer to plaintiffs. In
other words civil courts cost more
than they come to and should be abol-
ished save fof purposes of adjusting &C.
counts and disposing of decedents'
estates.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-31

THE day is not distant when all the
water supplied by the Colorado and
other tivsrs of this portion of Texas
will be used for purposes OF irrigation.
The cost of their diversion over grain
and cotton fields will be triiling, and
then these rich valleys will produce
two and three crops each year, and
farms now held at So will be sold for
$3.50 and 5000 per acre.