The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-01-29

ED0KRToN HOTEL, Macon, Jan. IL, 1884.
Ed;sers F1orsdiaw: Yoa may have come TO the
ceaclusIou that was lost in the late blizzard
that swept across the country, but am here
uaoeent and accounted fsr, semewhat the worse
ffom> the effect of the late cold. There is no
doubt in my mind that this cold wave which
swept over the South has done great damage
infinitely more than the people are willing to
admit / think the freeze has hurt the orange
interest oil over Florida l find that South
Georgia and Alabama have lost very heavily in
the killing Of the young oat crop, which find
will have to be replanted and seed oats are sell
ing very high. Cattle are looking bad, and in
some sections quite q number have died. l fnd
a very large number Of hsgs have been killed
and the farmers of Georgia and West Florida
will have meat to sell this year. Corn in South
Georgia, up 10 Doughcrty county, can be bought
at forty cents per bushel At Quitman and
Townsville, Ca, found that forty cents was all
that the farmers could get the buyers to pay.
found trade healthy until got to Albany, Ga,
and here l found seven Sundays in the week, 80
far Is business is concerned, and what is
being done is done on credit. This
county, one of the best in Southwest Geor-
gia, made failure in crops the past year, which
accounts for the very general depression in all
branches Of business. Yet am Of the opinion
meat or corn at least not until late in the
Albany is drawing large crowds 10 test the bene-
fits of her three srtesan wells. | am informed
of some miraculous cures of kidney affections
and chronic dyspepsia. Surely ii half that is
claimed for these waters is true, Albany will be-
come a great resort. The new hotel, the Arte-
sian House, kept by Cruise Barnes, has become
very deservedly popular l was most cordially
entertained by that prince of good fellows. Bry
tain William E. Smith, ex-member of Congress
and sound old line Democrat made the hour
pass pleasantly that was our good fortune to
spend with him.
is growing very rapidly and the improvements
Of the most substantial kind. There have
just been completed and in course Of completion
some of the finest residences to be found in the
South. 1t is surprising the amount of trade this
city does. You find large jobbing houses here
in every line of goods, and they all appar-
upon the Telegraph and Messenger folks, saw Col
Lamar-who looks as though time was dealing
gently with him-Capt. Smith, of the editorial
staff, is one of Macon's popular merchants, and
deservedly 80 We like the I. d NJ, it is an old
friend Of the days of yore
1t is truly refreshing to the casual observer to
note the forwardness of the Republicans in try
ing to map out line of policy for the Demo
Gratis on the tariff issue They can see thous-
and breakers ahead and sure defeat in 1884, if we
but make move to relieve the people Of the
United States from this war tariff Then these
good Republicans love the laboring man They
claim that high tariff protects them. Let us see
how il is working for the poor labOring man in
the North. We give only few cases to illus
trate
Protection seems to be protecting the labor
ing men just now beautifully. Tuesday week
the National Rolling Mill and Forge Company
and Woods Iron Works reduced wages from 12a
to IS per cent On the same day the Reading
Iron Works made general reduction of wages,
and two more establishments at Pittsburgh cut
down wages, one IS per cent. and the other 12i
per cent Other recent reductions are thus sum-
married. by the Washington Post:
"The wages of nearly a thousand men EN-
ployed in Roebling's wire mills at Trenton, New
Jersey, have been reduced 10 per cent.
"The tube manufacturers of Pittsburg are
considering a reduction of 10 per cent. in the
wages OF their employees.
"a 10 per cent. reduction in the wages of the
miners OF the Cearfeld region Of Pcnnsyl ania
went into effect ON New Years Day.
The Pioneer Silk Company ut Paterson, New
Jersey, has reduced wages from So to about $3a
day. The workmen are now on strike.
The operatives employed in the thread manu-
factories at Newark and Kearney, New Jersey,
have been informed that they will have 10 sub
NIT to q reduction of 10 and Is per cent.
There is a strike ia the Grnne cotton mills
at New Bedford, Massachusetts, against 10 per
cent. reduction in the wages OF the operatives"
The above is a fair sample OF the workings of
this tariff, and strikes are the result through the
whole North, East and West. You may say what
you will, this tariff question will not down, it is
the voice of the people, the honest masses, and
they will be heard. Now the timd weak kneed
Democrats may as we'll brace up, look wise and
90 to work and face squarely the issue The
people are trusting the Democratic party, and
they want something more than promises The
masses have been fed at the crib OF promise too
long. The election of Mr.. Carlisle over, Mr.
Randall has disclosed the real position of the
Democratic party on the great question of rev
enue reform The Republican protectionsts aided
by a few high-tsrif Democrats, cannot prevent
the party pursuing the aggressive course so noby
begun The Republicans are greatly in hopes
that the Democratic party will weaken when the
hour for action arrives, but they may as we'll I'M
4 q
dows." rs Mr.. Watierson says: "You cannot
send it TO the rear nor can you by combination
crush it II is vital, strong and pressing issue"
and towers above all other great national issues,
and to day the Democratic party occupies bet
ter position than for years. Rciormcrs 10 the
front Let it be the battle cry of "a tariff re-
form.
l see that they are having lively time in Il n
lucky over the Senatorial contest. | sincerely
hope my old comrade, and noble soldier Joe {.
s. Blackburn, will be elected. He is enc of Ken
tucky's noblest sons. Success to you, joe
see that the Louisville and Nashville Rail
road and East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad ask Judge Baxter to grant perpetual
injunction against the Tennessee Railroad Com
mission, restraining the Commissioners from
attempting to regulate freight rates. l am of
opinion these righteous railroad kings will not
&c, their little Injunction to stick. think Judge