The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-09-08

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have subscribed 800, O09 toward cot
ton mill.
A man breathes about IS times n
minute, and uses 5000 cubic feet,
or about 375 hogheads Of air per
hour.
The Michigan Car Company, De
troi', employs 1000 men. In the
foundry for miscellaneous castings
60 tons OF iron are melted per day
and 80 tons in the wheel foundry.
An empty platform car weighs 49,
900 pounds; an empty box car, 10000
pounds; a passenger car, SO, 900 pounds
and sometimes more; and an average
locomotive, $4,000 pounds. A sin
gle pair of car wheels weighs 500 |
pounds.
Arkansas has not so much coal as
pennsylvania or Illinois, but she has
more than Great Britain. Her fields
cover at least twelve thousand square
miles, and not only bituminous, but
anthracite and camel coal are album
daui. The strata range from four to
nine feet in thickness.
The success Of Mr.. Blacks story,
"a Beautiful WRETCH in the Frank
lin Square Library has induced the
publishers to bring out an edition iu
cloth, uniform with the authors other /
novels. There have been several
editions already printed in paper, but
the demand still continues unsatil-
fed.
A new telegraplnc combination has
been entered into by the Mutual
Union, Rapid, Canadian Mutual and
Baltimore and Ohio systems, by
which about 5ooo miles of wire will be
placed under one management The
Garrett Baltimore and Ohio party
are supposed to be the principal
factors.
Prof. Newcombe, of Washington,
has erected apparatus on the terrace
ABOUT the foundation of the Washing
ton Monument, and is there continuing
his experiments to measure the3veloc-
ity Of light. A revolving mirror is
placed at Fort Whipple and station
airy mirror at the monument. The
time required for flash Of light to
travel to the monument and back to
Fort Whipple is asccertained by deli
cate measurements.
MOnop oily and Corruption.
The danger of our times, says dis
tinguished writer, is monopoly. 1t is
a conspiracy of the rich against the
poor. Corporations and wealthy men
combiae their capital, Or SIS they term
it, "pool their money" and get control
of something which is great common
want-it may be railroads, or teIcgraphs
or food or coal or petroleum no
matter what the thihg Is, it is some
thing which must be had by the pub
lie. The combination spends its mon
ey lavishly to ruin all OF It's competI-
tors, and then as a monopoly,
scourges the public and icvics taxes
upon the wants OF mankind, which
no government in Europe would dare
u propose.
Let the people take lesson from
these men. The secret OF their sue,
cess in their conspiracy against the |
masses is combination: They know
precisely what they wish TO accom-
plisn aud they act rs a unit. They |
concentrate their efforts to obtain
control Of the legislative bodies and |
courts.
They purchase in various ways
prominent men suitable for their use.
Some arc sold at the low price of
tree pass. Others cost more. The
transaction puts on the thin guise Of
counsel fees" or money for election
purposes" determinations. rebates"
etc. etc. When a man has been
bought, he is not required to put on
the regulation of dress, or wear a
badge, but he goes TO the polls as a
straight republican or democrat and
canYasses for votes to represent the
people in a legislative body. or on
the bench, this man belongs to his
master, and goes there rs his secret
agent, He IS purchase to protect
and fortify the corporations and make ,
them independent OF the people, He
is usually man Of marked ability,
for the corporations buy those who can
serve them best. The legislatures
snd courts arc the citadel of our
II the corporations
have zar1isoned these forts, the peo-
pie can change the garrison, and III
they fail to do it, they are unfitfor 7
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