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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-29
NEW YORK SIGHTS.
.,CRISM ON A HIGH SCALE IN
u TIE METROPOLIS.
-nay Expenses of a Wall Street
'roker who Lives While ne Lives,
"Snends q Fortune a Year.

81 nay Expenses of Wall Street
Who Lives While he Lives,
Snends a Fortune a Year.
.i,I correspondence Of The Chronicle.
r YORK. March 25.-I have been
r, to vour readers about some odd
nStons and about the life of the very
An New York Anybody who has in
Hry or pluck can get living by some
7 or crook, as sharp rivalry as there is
,ary thing from boot -blacking to the
nqoimeut of great railroads.
pannliarly New Yorkish is the life Of
i average stock broker who lives on
Y street. There are thousands Of them,
ry Young men who are successful
n1h 10 live very fast but not TO accu-
4 aTr wealth Their life in fact is pau
.n on high scale. They are really
!. richer than the Bowery tramp, but
E. make a monstrous bigger show of it.
q, NE If them, who will do as an example,
II business at an annual expense of
3 900 The privilege of the stock ex-
{.nee. an office on Wall street, black
[iIjng and hundred items of ''inciden-
! expense make up that sum-f1, 900 a
nth. OF course, that is business on a
I All scale there.
Hi, income, when he has good luck, is
kput $25. 900 a year, which would leave
hargin Of $13, 600 profit enough to sat
h reasonable man and bachelor. And
Heed he is satisfied; but he never saves
bything There is not one man in a
nndrcd who operates on Wall street that
b. persistently save anything.
|The bachelor broker has an elegant suite
f.,n1 hln Hat
b.y cost him 5000 month. He furnishes
|en as his whims suggests and his purse
(rmits. Sometimes it is a 81 900 picture,
l. often a 5000 set of books; sometimes
Statue; but most often his surplus cash
b. for horses or cigars or wine.
His breakfast is brought to him in his
partments, and is a simple, humane anC
asincss like elegant breakfast Then ht
b., forth to Bedlam down town, begins
4, day by cursing the messenger boys
nd by sending a dozen or two supertluous
legrams Whatever business" he finds
hand or within reach, he does, and about
o'clock he goes to the down town Del
Ionicos and gets lunch, which costs no
Is than 81.
He dimes at 1S O'Clock His dinner i:
ken at an uptown restaurant or club
Som, where they have the consideration
charge him not less than 81 and on ex
IA occasions as much as $5-cigars anC
lines, of course, extra. The club-roon
hs the honor of his presence for severa
burs Of the evening generally. OF course
) goes to the opera or theatre, and fre
hents the clubhouse gambling room:
Eth an air of Indifference. For all thes'
ecessities of life what wonder man will
B greater income that $40, 900 or $13, OOt
ENear remains poor?
Il is living up to ones income with {
vcngeance If he hold out for many sue
essiye years, he is obliged not to live be
Ond his income, which, Of course, woul(
( very easy to do. There is class whicl
hes too fast and soon disappears. TIL,
gerage Wall street young man pays as h
peS-he has to-and comes out abou
Ten. 1t is simply pauper's life on
5g Gale.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-29
The Rude BEGINNING.

Np~ciut CUTrexpondence Of The Chronicle.
CAswELL COUNTY, March 24.-YOu will
have an interesting romance to tell in your
story of the growth Of the tobacco indus
try. Would it not be worth your while to
have a picture of the rude log cabin that
served the purpose Of the manufactures
years ago, and place it beside the gigantic
and handsome big brick factories OF to-
day. There are at least two Of these old
log structures standing not many miles
from where write. 1t has been the most
rapid development the world has ever
seen.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-29

H1nctpleS Of Re Pdnce 7d3it ReT0fna Gao Of
EdgecOmbe.
'sWe hold
Il. That the commercial policy which
can be made permanent and Interchangeable,
and therefore consistent with stability in
all kinds of business, is Free Trade
So That the only tax on imports which
should even be tolerated by a free people
is a Tariff for Revenue only.
%. That the greatest burden now borne
by the American people is the unjust and
unequal system of taxation called Pro-
tective Tariff. We therefore demand the
reduction of existing import duties, to be
steadily continued until every feature
which gives bounty to producer at the
expense of the consumer is eliminated. -
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Senator Vance on our Bosses.

The Republicans of North Carolina are
composed of Federal offic e-holders and ne
groes. No, that isn't exactly the fact
There are some quiet people Republicans,
but they are not actively engaged in poll
tics The office-holders call The cOnven-
tons and control the vote. They are for
Arthur The sentiment, however, is not
all for Arthur. He sent in some nomina-
tions the other day for North Carolina
which were rejected by the votes of the
opposition, the anti-Arthur Senators,
showing that the fight is on. The instruc-
tions to the delegates to Chicago will be
for Arthur, however.
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The ssFOol,s,, Prediction.

Mr. A W. Tourgee has told Cleveland
(O) editor that he is emphatically for
Robert T. Lincoln for President, as the
best man for the place. cit is doubtful, >
saws he. ''if Lincoln is candidate, but he
would make fine President" OF Payne,
Judge Tourgee says: The Democratic
candidate will positively be Henry B..
Pavne or the man he names"
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Our Gaming and Lucky reside nj. :.

down to quiet little game of draw poker
with the President and a couple of the
latter's friends, a few evenings ago. He
thought he knew something of the game,
but his confidence in his skill was proba-
bly, good deal shaken when he arose from
the table minus the profits Of weeks
show business. 1t is fattering to Ameri-
can pride to know that we have Presi-
dent who can thus uphold the great Amer
lean game.
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n. c. Manufactures and Chances.
MARSHALL FOUNDRY COMPANY.

From, the Hickory Curolinidn.
or Friday evening Of last week an asso-
|ation was formed for the manufacture
t casting and all kinds of machinery, to
known as the Marshall Foundry Com
any The books are now open for sub
erptions. The officers elected at their
rganization were S. E. killian, Esq.
resident; w. r. Self, ice-President; A.
7 Marshall, Secretary and Treasurer.
he precise location Of the buildings has
ot been decided upon. A quantity of
God machinery is now on hand and in
peration at the shops.
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A South CarOlinian Abroad.
From the NJ ~ York Tribune.

FTOW1 Uc w 70 YORK 7TI6N1le.
Are you from Georgia or South Caro-
lima p asked a visitor at "The Greatest
Show" yesterday, Of one of Barnum's
savages. ''I'se frum Souf Caliny," he an
swered, with display of teeth and gums
Thought he knew something ot the game,
but his confidence in bis skill was proba-
bly, good deal shaken when he arose from
the table minus the profits of weeks
show business. It is fattering to Ameri-
nes, sn.i6o 70 k-,n~u <ho+ hovro q D.o.;-
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The Yankee Interest in the Darkey.

Burke, the Old Book store man, tells me
that the demand from the North for ''Our
Brother in Black" is something remarka-
bic. get orders for half dozen or dozen
lots from Northern booksellers, daily, and
fill them pretty steadily with second
hand books that are sold to me by Georgia
people who have bought it, read it, and
have no further use for it,
- - *t.,c;z'i :. III s;.lI- 80;
Then colne TO Winston. You ought 10
travel more. You ought to use our rail-
roads and your eyes. Talk with such men
as Mr. George Hinshaw and Mr.. P. II.
Hanes, Mr. Hege and Mr.. Buxton-I could
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from Address hv PROF.. Hreaeer. 1 YaIs OF
Iege, Qnosed ~ The Ashes1tte CUixeu.
A study Of the causes will show US, that
in any tobacco district, the production,
starting at nothing mounts rapidly to a
maximum, turns the corner, and never re
gains its higher figures. The reason is
that land can only bear maximum crops Of
tobacco for short time, and once the dc
cline comes on. no power on earth can re-
store its fruitfulness.
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Social News from Person.

Correspondence Of the Ro1toro Ne1s
We had the pleasure of attending a
quilting at the residence Of Mr. Buck
Childres on the nth inst. Of the twenty
young ladies present not one failed TO nave
gallant knight dancing attendance TO her
Int there were many knights who could
find no fair lady to attend Why is it that
there are always more boys than girls at
parties2 Our hostess spread supper for US
as the king of day sunk behind the west
ern hills and again at midnight. Mrs {.
has our thanks for the pleasant hours.
Let your line fail into SAC ~ai~I .ea.n;
for when the fish are running well and
YOU strike a school of them you don't have
much time for dreaming. AS quickly as
you throw over the line You have another
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One of our Forgotten Resources.

To THE CHRONICLE:-NearM Mr.. Daniel Nj.
Ferguson's, in Moore county, stands a
chinquapin tree of the following dimen-
siOns: circumference at at the ground IA
feet inches: circumference under first
limbs, feet 6 inches; circumference OF
one limb feet 9 inches; height OF tree,
about % feet How will this do for an
Exposition switch {.
(f,ytIu0e March 26.
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STATE POLITICAL OPINIONS.

A WESTERN VIEW OF COUNTY GOVERN
MENT-The counties of the West, where
the white man rules are interested in pre-
serving and perpetuating a sound system
of county government in the East .-Htck
org Cdrolinian (Dem.)
Mr. WALTER CLARk.-Mr. Walter Clark,
of Raleigh, has a respectable following as
candidate for Governor We are disposed
to regard his candidacy very favOrably
If he should receive the nomination we
would support him with a great deal Of
pleasure. .-Monroe Enquirer und Express,
(Dem.)
Mr.. YORK AS A CANDIDATE.-NO Mr..
York will make formidable candidate.
His election to Congress shows that. Ev
erybOdy knows that he carried Democratic
counties in the West last election right
along. How do the Democrats of North
Carolina propose to meet this aspect OF the
case ?-Raleigh Neus and Observer, DEM.
COALITION STRONGER THAN BEFORE.
only difference between the coalition move
now and that of the last campaign is that
it will have the more hearty concurrence
of the leaders of the different Republican
factions who are now united upon it and
will pull together On this question the
differences have been reconciled and they
are now in the same coalition boat, pull
ing for the ''grand old party with the
''liberar' appendage. e.-Chcrlotte Observer,
| Dem.)
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Free Education in Fact.

On Saturday of last week the Governor
of Massachusetts, signed bill, which had
passed both branches of the Legislature
providing that cities and towns shall sup
ply all children gratis with textbooks for
use in the public schools
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THE OUTLOOK IN CLEAVELAND.

Few places offer better inducements than
Naco to persons who wish to locate at a
favorable point on the railroad for the
purpose of engaging in business or manu-
faeturing enterprises. Lots in few yards
Of the depot can be bought for $50 that
would cost 800 in some of the old goods
box X-whittling towns. Waco is right in
HE heart of what is destined to be a sec
ond Granville in the production Of tobac-
o.. Why shouldn't our place become as
Prosperous as Reidsyille, Henderson, Win
ston, or any of the new towns Of the
Statt.
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Little lntervicws Picked ND Here anA
There by "Chros icIe1 Mes.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

Jfr. J,4iims r. Jones, Sheriff If Car
teret CDunty There arc good Democrats
in some of the Eastern counties who would
now Ike willing for the present system Of
county government to he changed. Our
Eastern people have not yet thought much
about politics this year aud, while Of
course, there are many who regard the
county government yet As necessity, a
great many others, ] think, are indiffcr-
ent.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1884-03-29

gentleman ~ho rsS~-nsiy had = per
sosAl c~onfevnce With l'r-~ssicns Arthur
told ma that he hook. ten yc.r~ older than
he losk.d two years aga
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HOsDitable Editor.

From the Sn0sC Hill Telegraph.
Every man, woman and child IN the
United States, and especially IN Greene
county. is invited to subscribe for the TEL
e0rdDh
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Eycr.w herc 81 | mss.s n man who h.
surv that Nj Airy ts the coming town IN
all its SECTION. Snlnetssiy has started n
wonderfully vigorous blowing for IT,
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PERSON COUNTY, Marcn S4.-1ncfe is a
curious problem here The tobacco farm
ers of Caswell and Person have for the
last few years especially (and for long
time to some eXtent been making money
enough to put by certain quantity for a
rainy day. Nearly every farmer of any
consequence whatever has money! mean
cash Few of them use such convenicnces
as banks, and so they have their surplus
stored away in chests or bureau drawers
or trunks. There is one neighbOrhoOd in
this county where within the sound of a
horn there is probably $40, 900 in cash.
These thrifty and sensible farmers in
vest their money as a general rule only in
one way-by lending it on real estate
mortgages. The most of it, however, is
idle They live as frugally as they lived
in the earlier days, when they had no cash
ahead for rainy day. They have built
better houses, they own better stock, and
| many Of them are educating their chill
| dren better than they were educated. Yet
| a great deal of this cash is absolutely idle
| money.
Now the question comes-whaL will be-
come Of it Will their children spend it
| foolishly2 or, in the general industrial
awakening will it gradually find its way
| into manufactures, into farm implements,
and into greater prosperity in general
| This question is very well worth thinking
| about 2 ID.
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improvements in Danbury.
From the Ddnbur1 Reporter.

FToW ne DdHOUTg 7tePUtT:
Danbury is also making slow but steady
progress Among the latest improve
ments going on here, We notice that Bill
Gordon is building new kennel for his
dog.
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OUR w WASHINGTON
Has Become Of Sufficient Im mportance
to be Made a Port Of Entry.

Special Correspondence OF Lte Chronicle.
WASHINGTON. n C.. March 24-The Expo
sition spirit is abroad in Beaufort county.
and The CHRONICLE will surely say there
could be no better evidence that the people
are waking up TO the demands and necessi-
ties of the new North Carolina. The people
are shy of appropriations. and by reason
OF some recent experience slow TO spend
the public money and for these reasons
plenty of time has been given for discus
sion and the development of public senti-
ment.
The county commissioners. at their
meeting the first of this month, adopted a
resolution requesting meeting of the
board of magistrates on the first Monday
i'll April, and appointed committee con
sisting of Col. T. n. Wharton and Messrs.
&. NJ. Brown, j. l.. Fowle, John H. Small
and Mayor G. F. Warren, to formulate a
plan for the proper presentation of the
resources of the county. \ meeting OF
citizens is also called for the same time.
1t is an unfort innate fact that this county
has heretofore been isolated from the Cen
tral and Western portions of the State
This is partially due t. the slow and un-
| certain means of transportation West
One can get to New York more quickly
| than to Raleigh ria Tarboro The quick
| est route is cia Norfolk, and even by this
| route Baltimore is equally near. But
| times are changing, and for the better
We are beginning to think great deal
better of your people, and many are bold
enough to assert that Raleigh is not SO ra
! pacious and provincial after all. You may
expect a good report from Beaufort at the
Exhibition. She must make an exhibit.
! Do your readers know the actual size
and commercial Importance of Washing
ton ? 1t has population of 5000, and as
| good people AS the State possesses. 1t has
several large vessels running to the West
| India Islands, carrying out lumber slaves
| and other products, and importing sugar,
molasses, fruits and salt. In the amount
and value of it's imports, it is second only
| to Wilmington. Its imported molasses
and salt are sold at various points In spite
of this, it is strange fact that Washing
ton is not chief port of entry. Great
dissatisfaction has existed for a long while,
and now bill has been introduced by Mr..
| Skinner making it a port. 1t Is sincerely
hoped it may pass. But a statement OF
| the industrial and commercial prosperity
would fill long letter, and must be de-
ferred.
will state that our business men are
considering the establishment of daily
line of steamers to Hyde county. But
| talk is cheaper than the cash, which may
deter this beneficial enterprise for a time
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atke Touzsee says: The Dsacefa,1c
candidate will positively be Henry 3.
Payne o. the man he names"
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a gentleman IN Sssmls~nn csunty made
yer, profitable experiment. ~,th tosncco.
~ capt. Parish informed nsc tho other
day. Rig blues viii have TAI r.sircaf
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How Abou. the Wise Nes,

From the Sssltstusy kxamtnev.
No fool in this country. ever <----a..-of
free trade TO the extent that Mr. Carlisle
now favOrs. "
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When gentleman aapsrn-d to say
something about going so Congr~s~ so Mr..
Cyrus t. Watson the other day. l stsserv-
ed..th faint hints of modest blusis steal
over his countenance.
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A CLEAR STATEMENT
OF the Evils of the Tariff and of the
Internal Revenue, and of the Rem.
edY.

Special correspondence orthe Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-Northern and
Southern Democrats, who are at heart Pro-
tectionists, favor the total repeal of the in
ternal revenue, and place it on the ground
OF the corrupt and oppressive character Of
the law. No doubt this is grave objec-
ton TO the system F.; out it is not without
remedy. The Democratic party has com
plete control of appropriations, and official
intermeddling with elections can be made
mlsdemcanOr, punishable by expulsion
from office, and other penalties. The
Wings of England, in the reign of William
Ill, found it necessary to squelch the su-
perserviceable zeal of the revenue officials
by the passage of such law.
The people of Great Britain enjoy free
trade on all the necessaries of life, and
they owe this exemption from taxation to
the fact that nearly three -fourths of the
revenue is raised from internal sources
In 1879 the total gross revenue of the
United Kingdom amounted to f7O, ,821,
924, of which ESQ, 374, $50 was from the
! inland taxes, and only ego, ,446, 994 from
| tariff duties.
These figures are taken from the official
| documents. 1t will be seen that the cost
of collecting the inland revenue is less
| Gin prOportiOn) than One-third of that en-
ployed in collecting tariff duties, and the
| fact shows the perfection of the British
| system.
There is nothing in the condition of this
country which stands in the way of an
equally perfect system If collection here.
Almost sixty-nine seventieths of the
spirits produced in this country are from
grain and other articles, other than ap
pies, peaches and grapes. Thus, of the
1854, ,279 gallons manufactured during
the last fiscal year, as reported by the
| Commissioner, rs, 666, 513 were from grain
molasses, &C., ana only 1907, 765 were
from apples, peaches and grapes. The
revenue derived from the latter objects
therefore, cannot be regarded as of ma
terial consequence to the government, anC
might be abandoned. 1t is true, that tt
repeal the duties on spirits distilled from
fruits. While retaining that on spirits from
grain, would operate protection of the
former, and thus increase the quantity
produced /; but another effect would bt
to encourage the planting of orchards
which would be great good
Considering that distilleries employed
in making spirits from fruits can only b,
employed for few months in the year
there is great reason, at any rate, in max
! ing discrimination in favor Of that in
| tereSt.
In another respect the internal take
might be modified without serious detri
ment to the public revenue, and with con
siderable advantage to the States.
1t appears from the last annual repor
of the Commissioner that the aggregat
receipts from the special taxes on the re
tail of tobacco, ardent spirits and NAL
liquors, was s., ,Os2, ,635, of which, by tn
way, only $75, 1908 are credited to Nortl
Carolina. These objects of taxation ough
to be turned over to the States. G.
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t:y y..uid it not DC ~oitL yoor xs.ile 20
have picture Of the rude log cabin that
served the purpose Of the manufactures
years ago, and place it beside the gigantic
and handsnma bio brick factories Of to-
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= i.tA-& lIS i4S

Talking politics is great Southern vice
i might almost say curse.
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Walnut Groves.

To THE CHRONICLE:-Beingin in a position
SWhere.I can observe the growing scarcity,
a. increasing demand and advancing
skr,ces for walnut lumber, both in the Uni
= States and foreign markets, last fall
wrote communication which was pub
lished in the Raleigh Christian AdrOcate
surging our people to plant walnut groves,
zand gave comparative statement of re-
suits from one acre thus planted and pro-
Sperly managed.
i This communication brought letters from
kpersons in North Carolina making further
zenqury relative to planting, etc. Now
come letters from Northern people want
4 ing to know in what part Of the State suit
able tracts Of land can be purchased for
the purpose Of planting walnut groves.
Let this stimulate our people to action,
there is no kind of doubt of its being a
paying investment, better far than cotton.
ROBERT W. BEST.
Forestry Die. Dep. Of Agriculture, Wash
tugtOn, d. O., March 26, 1884.
His Cure for Dependency.
To THE CHRONICLE When | get des-
pondent in regard to the short-cOming OF
my native State and begin to wish that my
lot had been cast in different section of
this great country, The CHRONICLE ar
i i
are changed and | am not only made sat
isfed but am made proud of my native
State. | read good many papers pub
H lished both in and out of the State, but
1 none that comes up to the enterprise OF
H The CHRONICLE | have been a constant
/ reader of it from its beginning, and in my
opinion no paper ever published in the
State has done so much good in so short q
time it has hushed the mouths of the
croakers, it has strengthed the weakened
and has labored for the upbuilding Of
North Carolina. THOs. WEsTRAY.
Mauhope, ~ c., March %.
t.J-t-.li1 t.. Bib
6orestry DE. Dep. Of deTsca4lt1re, WASH
'ngton, d. c. M0gch 28, 1884.
His Cure for Dependency.
To THE CHRONICLE When I get des-
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--ou Ought.

From the Hickory C3rosfstan.
We have never made, and never expet
to make, any money by publishing new
paper.