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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-21
GENERAL TRADE.
RUTURE DEALS.

The following is the record Of bids
and offers at the Call Board of the
Merchants Exchange yesterday;
CORN.
No. 2 white, spot, 43c bid; Septem-
bsr, 43c bid; October, 42c bid; No
vember, 43c asked; the year, Ale
ssked, No 2, spot, 42c bid Septem-
Der, 42c bid; October, 42c bid; No
vember; 42e bid, 43c asked; the year,
Acc asked.
OATS.
No. 2, spot, oslo bid, soc seked /;
September, 28!c bi6, Soc asked; Octo-
Der, 29c bid; November, soc bid.
WHEAT.
No. 2 red winter, spot, 76c bid; Sep
TENDER, 7ec bid.
CoRNMEAL.
Spot, 50 05 bid; September, So 10
bid, g 10 asked the year, 81 so bid, 81
atked.
BRAN.
Spot, $l1 25 bid; September, $l1 %
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afternoon. Mess pork active and ir-
regular, closing at about the same as
on Saturday; cash, 50 90; October,
SO 673@10 Is, closed at 50 SHOE 90;
November, 50 65@l0 05, closed at
SO 5000 S24. Lard easier, closing l0c
lower; cash, 81 20@7 %; September,
81 1907 so. closed at 81 80; October,
S6 1906 35, closed at IS l24@6 10.
Short rib sides weaker and l5@20c
lower; cash, Sc 95. Boxed meats
steady; dry sailed shoulders, So l2I@
6 25; short clear sides, 81 25(S7 80.
Butter steady; creamery, l5@25c;
dairy, lS@l9c; packing stock, s(9Slc.
Egg, l69l63c.
afternoon Board.-Pork-Sep' ember,
50 90; October, 50 92l; November,
50 S7!. LaId-September, 81 %; 0c-
tober, S. 20; November, So l2l.
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PETROLEUM MARKET.

COAL On-Prime white, wholesale
lots, lie pr gallon.
#CLEvELAND, o., September 90
Petroleum quiet; S. W., 1l00 test, 7Bc.
PiTTsBURe, PA, september 20.-Pe-
t:oeum active and firm; National
Transit certificates opened at 65sc;
clos d at 65e; highest, G6c; lowest,
64sc
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Whisky active, firm; sales OF 1885
barrels of finished goods on basis OF
81 II.
CHICAGO, ILL, September 2O.-Whis
Ky steady, 81 II.
ST. LouIs, Mo-, September co.
WHISKY firm, ST. IL.
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COTTON sEED PRODUUTs.

In Car load lots: Prime crude cotton
seed oil, 271c; off crude cotton seed
oil, 22@24c; prime summer yellow
cotton seed oil, 38937Ic; off summer
yellow cotton seed oil, 3l@33c; min
ers' summer yellow cotton seed oil,
33@35c; prime summer white cotton
seed oil, Soc; choice cooking yellow
cotton seed oil, $4,000; prime cotton
seed meal, $l4 50@l5; off cotton seed
meal, $13@l4.
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RIVERS and STEAMBOATS,
STEAMERS LEAVING
MOVEMENTS AT THE LEvRE.

Arriudis. Adams, Arkansas
City; James Lee, Friars Point; r. L.
Cobb, Arkansas river; Coshoms,
Osceola; PaC,olus. Louisville.
Departures -Pac olus, New Orleans;
James Lee, Friars Point; Coahoma,
Osceola; Kate Adams, Arkansas City.
Boats m Port.-Joe Peters, r. L.
Cobb and Ed Foster.
Boats Due DotUn.-Belle Memphis,
City Of ViCksburg and City Of 81.
Louie.
Boats Due Up.-Chickasaw, City Of
Natchez and D. r. Powell.
Receipts Yesterday.
r. L. Cobb-9S bales cotton, 5 bags
seed cotton, 1923 sks seed, Is bales
broom corn aud l6 pkgs sundres.
Kate Adams-54 bales cotton, Ola
SKIS seed and lot OF sundries.
James Lee-30 bales cotton, 1877 SKIS
teed and 2S0 SKIS oats.
Coahoma bales cotton, % bags
seed cotton, 2l2 SKIS Feed aud "a sks
corn.
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WOOL.

Clear tub washed, 31@36c; grease
wool, 23@26c; bury wool, l3@lSc.
ST. LOUIS, No., September 20.-Wool
quiet and unchanged.
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WHISKY, WINES, LIQUORS, ETC

WHIsKY-Straight Kentucky Bour-
bon, 81 50@5; rsdistilled goods from
Soc TO 81 90, according to proof; rye,
81 1906.
CINCINNATI, O., September 90
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WEATHER AND RIVERS.

OpFIcE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. s. A., |
3 MEMPHIS, September 20, l pm. :
The following observations are taken
at a atoms named at 750 meridian
time, which is one hour faster than
Mamphis time.
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RAOoINC AND TIES ETC,

BAaaNa-Jute. 2 lbs, SIC; Il lbs,
7ac; II lis, 7c. Fax, lbs, o2c.
TIEs-$l l0@1 10.
NAms-Common, So 2O@2 25; steel,
So So 40
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BREADSTUFFs.

bid; Ostober, sll 25 bid; November,
$l2 bid on track, $l2 asked on track.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-21
JOHN H.. NORTON
8 Madison St.. Memphis, Tenn,
DEALER IN
STOCKS AND BONDS
BUYS AND SELLS
AMERICAN COTTON.
OIL TRUST CERTIFICATES,
FINANCE.

Money in good demand at 8 per
cent. The Clearing House report is
as follows
CLEARINGS.
Monday, September 20th, $780,
$3.50 80; totil last week, $215,5S7 "a;
same week in 1885, s140,S29 e5; same
week in 1884, $6,59S 80.
BALANCES.
Monday, September Goth, $4I,-
7Sl ~; total last week, 1885, So;
came week in 1885, $60,6l4 So; tame
week in 1884, $l6 III 81.
EXCHANGE
New York sight on all p ints, par
buying, rreminm selling; New Eng
land demand, diEcount buying; New
England sight, discount; New Or.
leans, / discount buying, par selling.
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COTTON MARKETS.

The local cotton market opened
firm and clofed firm; middling, 9 Lice.
Sales, $50 ba e., all to exporters
EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS,
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LIVE ATOCR.

Choics to extra corn fed cattle, none
received; good, more received.
GRASS CATTLE - Choics, 3l@Sic;
good, 2s@S4c; fair TO medium, 2l9
21c; scsllawaEs, 1@lic.
Hoes Choice, 4i@44c; good ,3i@4c;
common, 3@Stc.
SHEKP-ChOice, 3l@34c; medium, q
@3c; common, $lt@l 90. Choice
lambs, per pound, 4t@4lc.
KANSAS CITY, September 20.-The
Lave Sock Indicator reports; Cattle
receipts, 1l4S head market quiet but
steady; native shippers, averaging
1870 lbs, 81; feeders, So 25@3 so;
COWS, 81 50@2 rs; Colorado steers,
averaging 1000 to 1850 lbs, So 75@
3 30; grass Texans, steers, So 5000 70,
Hogs-Receipts, 34l5 head; market
weak and &c lower for mixed; also &c
lower for common; choice, 81 ESQ
4 80; mixed packers, 81 5N@4 90.
Sheep-receipts, 1922 market quiet;
good 10 choice, So 50@3; common to
medium, 81 50@2 %.
CHICAGO, Ill, September Gothic
DTOVSTS JOUTHut IepOlt5' OAJtle-Tp-
ceipts, 10000 head; shipments, 1000
head; market slow and shade lower /;
packing and shipping steers, $50 to
1900 lbs, SO 40@5 10; $ ockers and
feeders, 50 1908 So; COWS, bulls End
mixed, 81 50@3 %; buIs, 81 1902 70;
through Texas cattle shade lower I;
cows, 81 25@3 rs; steers, 50 1908 50 ;
Western rangerS, sc TO loo lower I;
natives and ha'f-brseds, 1904; cows,
81 5093 90; win'ered Texans, 50 75@
8 $50; sales OF l076lb Montana Texans
at SO 40. Hogs-receipts, 25,000 head (;
shipment, 1000 head; market slow and
30 to 10c lower; rough and mixed,
$4@4 20; packing and shipping, "a 700
05; light, SO 95(94 50; sSips, So BOO
8 70. Shesp--feceipts, 5000 head ;
shipments, 1000 head market steady ;
natives, $2@3 rs Western, So 25(9
40; Texars. $2@3; lambs, So 500
70. The Drorer'S Journal ceblegram
from London demo es weak market at
last weeks declines; hes. American
steers selling at ll@ll4c per pound.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.
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AOOOs
New York, $3.50, 1855, O37; irc., 22.S.
Bo stoo, $73 203, 1929; inc, 223.
Philadelphia, $3.50, AS 2O2; inc, 11.S
Chicago, $51 1921, 900; inc, l7.5.
st. Louis, $l6,372, 500; inc, 27.3.
San F. ancisco, Si4,4 Ala Sal inc, 1871
Baltimore, 1913 04,2z3; inc, 2l.1.
Cincinr att, $l0,NO,0O0; inc, 1913.
P ttsburg, $7,5l2, 81; irc 1872.
Kansas City, 50, S6S, 405 inc, 4S.6.
Louisville, "a, 263,3l7 ire, 1872.
New Or eans, 3 1856, 800; inc, 157.
Milwaukee, $685., 800; inc, 27.7.
Omaha, $4,2s5 $40; inc, 70.5
Providence, 4,299 900; inc, OIL.
Minneapolis, $4,O17 1906; inc, 59.S.
Cleveland, t2,657, 574; inc, 90S.
Denver, SO 53S, 1857.
Detroit, So 226,2l4: inc 1872.
Columbus. 81 263, 263; inc, 1913.
Hartford, ST Ala 1898; inc, is.
Indianapolis, 81, 428 $50 iuc,, 1858.
New Haven, Sl,2l0,079; inc, 1871.
Galveston, S1,S93,041.
st. Joseph, 81, 1853 40; ire, 63.1.
Memphis, 81, C00,050; inc, 22.6.
Portland, 1905 600; inc, So.
Peoria, S7S3,961; dec ga.
Worcester, 1914, 3S9; inc, 1913.
Springfield, 1865, 22l inc, 1876.
Lowell, 1913 900; inc, 482.
Syracuse, 1885, COS; iuc., 81.
Totals, 1884, 1874 400; inc 219.
OUTSIDE OF New York, 1924, 46S,662
inc, 1917.
Galveston and Denver not included
in totals.
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NEW YORK DRY GOODS MARKET.

NEW NOhh DIN HUVDs AAAhEH !.
NKw York, September 20.-The
demand has been more quiet oil
round, though deliveries in .x cution
of orders are consuming the chief re.
ceipts OF cotton ard wool goods adapt
ed to immed ate wants.
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EVANSVILLE, September 20.--Noon-,,
River feet inches On the gauge and
stationary.
PTTsBuRs, September 90 Noon,
River 4 feet 6 inches on the gauge ana
stationary. Weather clear and pleas
ant.
WHEELING, w. VA, September 20
Noon-Rivef 3 feet inch on IL. gauge
and rising. Weather clear end pleas
ant.
C1NcNYATI, September 20.-Noon-.,
RIVER 4 feet 2 inches on the gauge and
rising slowly. Weather clear; Their
mometer 70o.
CAIRO, September 2O.-Noon-RiveI
6 teel s inches on the gauge and rising.
Weather clear snd cool. Arrived;
Belle Memphis, St. Louis, 10 am
LOUISVILLE, September f0.-Noon---
River 8 feet 10 inches in he canal and
100. s inches on the talls and rising;
Business dull, Weather cloudy and
cool.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-21
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER utterine, l24@13c; cream
cry, 22tG 26c; dairy, l6@lSci country
butter, 16916c.
CHEEsE-Prime fats, SIC, nominal (;
factory, 74@Sc, nominal; full cream
12c.
HOG PRoDucTs-Mess pork, Sl1 5O@
II rs; sugar cured hams, l34@l4c;
breakfast bacon, S3@1Oc; clear rib
sides bacon, SkG sc; bacon shoulders,
Sic; bulk pork clear sides, SBci clear
rib sides, 1906; shoulders, 7l971c;
long clear, 73c. -,
LARD-fiercee, 79@7lc; hali-barrels
and kegs, 8@Slc; choice Kettle, $40
SIC.
FRESH MEATS No. beef, &c; NUT
ton, &c; hind quarters OF beef, SIC;
lambs, 81 50@3 90.
PoULTRY-Chickens, $2C93.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, September 2O-Pro-
visions dull, unsettled and lower. Pork
very weak, $40 so. Lard easy, S6 600
6 65. Bulk meats decidedly lower
loose lots-lonz clesr and e. ort rib,
81 20; short C ear, 81 so; boxed lots-
long clear, 81 %; short ribs, 81 374;
short clear, 81 80. Bacon e'sy; long
clear, 81 S71; fhort ribs, 81 S5@7 S73i
thori Gear, SIS 123@S 20. Hams steady
at 12@l34c. Butter quiet and steady
creamery, 2l@25c; diary, 10000
Eggs strong and higher at l2(9l3c.
CHICAGO, ILL. September 20
Mes pork ruled very irregular; the
market opeDed 5(0l0c lower, followed
by forther decline Of l5@l71c, rallied
40@42Ic, receded 25@30c, and closed
tteady. In the afternoon the market
was again q ehade frmer Lard ruled
10c lower on the regular board, but re
gained near'y all Of the decline in thu
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-21

LONDON, September 20.-f M
Cous1ls 1909 FIR money and 100 1918
the recount. United Siatts Bonds
As, 1901.
PARIS, Ssntsmher 20 Three per
cent. reates, Sd 57ae for the account.
BANK CLEABIEGs.
NRw ORLEANS. La, September co.
Clearipgs of the banks, $75l, $3.50.
BALTIMORE, Nd. September co.
Cleaiings, So. 1897, 1886; balances, 1921, :
204,
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Septem Der 20 -
Cearings, 50 1925, 1896; balances, ST, $780,
79l.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept mber 90
Bauk cleaiines, $2,923, 122; balances,
$660,237
CHICAGO, Ill September 20. To
days associated bank cleaIiDgs were
$9,7l6,000.
NEW YORK, September 20-Cearlng
house stat ment: Exchanges, 1928,
800, 272; balances. SIS, l0022O.
BosToN, MASS, Sc TENDER 20
Clearing: Exc angrs, 81, 9O9,9i6;
balances, 81 236,091 Rte for mo ey,
81 per cent EXCHANGE on New York,
5(910c discount ON $1,000.
WEEKLY CLBARINGs.
Boston, MASS, September 20-The
following table, complied from special
disp atches to the Post from the, man.
ager' of the leading clearing houses in
the United S ates, gives the gross ex-
changes vt each point fer the he week
ending September Is, 1886, as COM
pared with the corresp spending week in
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-21

New York futures opened quiet and
firm and closed firm. Sales, $500
bales. TIE closing quotations we're as
follows:
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The New Orleans future market
opened steady aod closed steady.
Salea, 81 200 bales. Quotations were
as folloWs:
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The New Orleans spot market
opened firm end oted firm and &c
higher middiing, 9sc. Sales, $50 bales.
Quotations were as fl owa
Yesterday. Saturday.
Ordinary ............."74 u
Good Ordinary ........S II
Low Middhng ......"""85 50
Middljng ......,.... ......9s st
Good Middljng ,,9a 81
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26
PROHIBITION Ar ATLANTA.

Conservative and reliable citizens Of
Atlanta, Ga, aver that prohibition is an
incubus on that city, and without any
recom2ense In other words, business
has been damaged, and yet drunkenness,
with ali It's attendant evils, has not been
suppressed. The Prohibitionists declare,
on their part, that these gloomy state
ments are not true; that Atlanta Is as
populous and prosperous as ever, and
that If there Is seeming lethargy or dull
ness 1t is the result Of what, in city,
may be termed oyer-p roduction--tha is,
too many houses have been built, and
too many people wanting employment
have hocked there. 1t is difficult to get
at the truth, and the Atlanta experiment,
as yet, is comparatively valueless to the
rest Of the couutry. This is to be regret
ted, for Atlanta is large and thrifty
city, and the triumph of the Prohibition
lists there attracted the attention of the
whole country. We shall probably not
learn the trdth until next year, when
another vote must be taken on local OPP
ton Public opinion, as expressed by
the ballots, will tell the whole story then.
II prohibition has lessened crime in At
lanta; has promoted moralityi has not
decreased taxable values, deprecated
real estate, driven away capital or dimln-
ished population-then public opinion
will put Atlanta under prohibition another
year. II, however, the proposition for a
renewal OF the local option system is re-
iected by the voters, that will be de-
claration, not to be mistaken, that prohl-
billion in Atlanta has proved a failure, as
regards restraining Influences, and that
the material prosperity of the city has
suffered by the years. experience and ex-
pertinent with local option.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26

THE term Labor day." savors too
much OF class spirit. What very just
subject OF ridicule It would be il some
one should get up "Capital day,"-a
holiday for capitalists and yet 1t would
be quite as sensible as a day for laoorlng
men. All this talk about the separation
Of capitalists and worklngmen, and
of capital and labor is simply asinlne and
devilish, The more "labor days" we
have, the more capital exclusiveness we
have, the worse 1t will be for the interests
of our common country. The foreign ele.
ment of New York, having banded them
selves together, obtained the passage Of
an act making labor day in that state Q
legal holiday. Every day in the round
year should be labor day, and every day
capital day as well.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26

ANOTHER defalcation comes to light,
wherein the president of company is
implicated in the sum Of $4,000. This
is one of those cases where the officer,
having sole charge, was not required to
report 60 the directors. The Charter Oak
Life Insurance company o. Hartford Is
one Of the Oldest in this country, and
possessed the confidence OF the public,
and such negligence on the part of the
directory Is an additional proof OF how
widespread is the lack of careful survell
lance by directories. AS usual, the guilty
man has been allowed to escape TIL,
fear IS that the company Is wrecked, and
that nothing remains to those who hav,
year by year strived TO place In safet,
something for their families, In trusts o.
this kind such neglect becomes crimina
aud justice demands that directors them
selves should be held responsible.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26

dainty most every product that grows out
OF the ground suitable AZ food for man or
beast with irrigation, which, as everyone
knows, cannot always be had. Small
grain is generally left to depend for
moisture on the winter rains, which are
by no means az Hcertaln as death and
taxes" Fruit trees, especially the or
aDge, require irrigation and the closest
attention to insure success. The ground
must be kept loose, and the mostiusignih-
cant weed not permitted to grow. Crops
here, as elsewhere, are subject to disas.
ters, failures happen, some say, three
years in ten. In regard to prospectus for
emgrants 10 California, Rand, McNally &
Co.'s'Gnide to Southern California has
the following "Frankly speaking, 1t
California; has long since ceased to be
the country of the poor man and pioneer,
II home and the winning of II by industry
and endeavors alone Is what he Is seeking;
but IL is a country wbsre fair capital often
makes large returns.N G. W. DAMN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26

TnKRR is little room for Boosting on
the part OF the Republicans In the face OF
following figures. Taking the govern
ment estimate OF the value Of land in
both sections, 81 25 per acre, the North
ern states have received In appropria-
tions s576,5i6, 1876 against slS1, 2l6,s9l
for the Southern states. The south has
more than one.thlrd Of the population, g
larger coast, more rivers and greater
need Of railroad and school facilities, and
yet the party so long in power appropri-
ated nearly five times as much to the
North, which would seem to be discTlmi-
mating.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26
MONEY AND POLITICS.

1t Is one of the lamentable features of
our American system Of government and
politics that poor man has no business
In politics, for the simple reason that 1t
costs money-he can't afford It. Take
our congress, for example. The govern
ment pays congressman $4,000 per an
mum, liberal mileage, etc. The concur
rent testimony of men who have been
there is that they can't live on what they
receive. If they lack other financial re-
sources they come home poor men. SO
generally recognized is this fact that If
poor man aspires to seat in congress or
the governoTship of state he is looked
upon either as fool, who doesn't know
what risky step he is taking, or as an
adventurer, who expects to make some
thing besides his salary out Of his office.
There Is no Legislative body In the world,
Of equal numbers, as wealthy as
the United States senate. man
who hasn't anything but the $4,000
a year which the government will pay
him as a member Of congress, doesn't
get into our senate. Most OF the mem.
bers are half OF whole millionaires, and
from that all the way up to S20,000,0 900
Senators Coke and Maxey are probably
two of the poorest-if not the poorest
members In the body; yet at Waco anC
Paris the people regard Coke and Maxel
as unusually comfortably fixed In thu
worlds goods. 1t is not intimated tina
such state of affairs indicates corrup
ton In our governmental and oflce-hold
ing systems, for the people send homes
men, In the main, to congress, and un
scrupulous Adventures are not elected
governors of states. One Is rathe
inclined TO the opinion that wit
the growth Of the country an
. the increase of wealth, habits OF eS
a travagance and luxury have come alon
A with our growth and crept into politics
q Costly methods, costly modes of proceC
a IRE have been introduced by men adj
a TO afford them, aud the precedent one
!, set men who follow are not bold enoug
Ia W pulouu hlHOIcntt HAHplSI NOuEd'
y Again, there is such a thirst for ofliC
that men spend more money than 70
:, merly to secure place and position. The
"A do not buy votes, but iu hundred di
~ Ierent ways they manage to conduct
= campaign that secures them votes al
i, very costly ones, A comparatively pc,
: man cannot make canvass I,
:, any Office Of Importance, state
"a national, unless his friends con
~ In and help him. 1t is dlflcu
30 suggest remedial measures as long
the people, the source Of all power,
in not move fer reform and return
oe some OF the earlier day simplicity. t
to people are largely responsible. They
n. claim against the state OF affairs we ha
la. just depicted, and yet they have so lit
as use for poor man that the latter rsr,
nh ever gets an office worth having. In a I,
re years, unless there is reform In &
sry matter instituted by the people,
rs. American congress will be the great
ex- gathering OF plutocrats on earth. p
her haps it is time wasted TO theorlze on
his subject Possibly 1t is too late to essa
lial reform, but certainly the subject is (
aif that merits onsidaration
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-09-26
BAYLOR COUNTY, DROUGHT.
The Farmers Ask for Aid In wheat or 9th.
er Ways.

The Farmers Ask for Aid In wheat or 9th.
err Ways.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
SEYMOUR, TEX, Sept. 2l.--Pursuant to
a call by the farmers of Baylor county a
meeting was held at the courthouse
thereof, in the town of Seymour, on yes
terday, September 20, to decide whether
or not contributions should be solicited
for the drought sufferers of this county
for the coming year.
The following resolutions were unanl-
mously adopted;
Whereas, an unprecedented and de-
structlve drought has prevailed In Baylor
county, in common with all Western
Texas, for the past fourteen months; and
Whereas, the said Baylor Is a newly or
ganized county, having spa Sc popula'
ton, mostly all OF whom are farmers Of
! small means, who have sought cheaI
homes In the West and invested their al
In the soil; and,
! Whereas, the said farmers have the pas
season seeded their farms upon an averag,
as many as three times, with always The
same result, failure, ON account Of tn,
prevailing drought; aud,
Whereas, there Is no cash market 70
any surplus stock on hand, and no de
mand for labor; and,
Whereas, without help from abroad tn
farmers OF Baylor county will be unabl
TO seed any land the present fall or en-
suing winter and spring, and many G
them win be compelled to leave thel
homes to seek living for their iamille
among strangers;
Therefore, be II resolved by the farmer
. OF Baylor county, Texas, In conyentlo
assembled, that the general public b
and Is hereby invited to extend their gen
erosity and liberality TO the drough
sufferers 81 Baylor county, either in tn
way OF losns or donations Of seed.grai
or provisions OF money.
Resolved, second, that a committee {
three composed OF Charles Humphrie
J. w. Tolson and o. M. Love, be and
hereby appointed on behalf of the droHgl
sufferers OF Baylor county, to negotiai
loans, 70 receive and receipt for contrib
tons or loans made In response to Il
foregoing resolutions.
Resolved, third, that the Fort Wori
: GAzErTE, Dallas News, and all 9th
papers throughout the country, having al
q sympathy for the drought sufferers
; Western Texas, are requested to publ
the foregoing resolutions.
\ Y, A. RUSSELL, Chairman.
D w, II, PoWER, Secretary.