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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
THE TRUST NUISANCE.

The ostensible Importance of our
state and national legislatures to sup
press the trust nuisance would be a
topic for roaring farce if the perform
ance could be made somewhat less eX-
pensive to the audience.
There is not civilized nation in the
world, probably, certainly none using
the Queens English, whose statute
books do not already prescribe, as they
have done for several centuries, all un-
incorporated combinations, to manipu
late the incidents ef supply, distribu-
tion and price. The good old common
law, time out of mind, has been brand
ing these combinations very fifty as
''conspiracies." That is the exact size
of them to the nail, and yet our blind
fold goddess of justice, can't for the
life of her, get her hands upon them.
Have they got so much money among
them that the old lady's proverbial
blindness is intensified by the sheen of
their gold?
AC 1dOCoG OhO1olIOAA III IAclL 414IC 10
about the worst provoking withal this
trade. y trust has been organized at
st. Louis which proposes to raise the
price of jute bagging, without any pre-
text of raise IN the material. from
to IL cents a pound. The hidden sug-
gestion which led up to this enormity,
which will take, if consumated, several
millions of dollars from the farmers
scant earnings, is the prospect of an
unparalleled crop of cotton, and the
theory is that the demand for bagging
will be so immense that buyers will be
wholly at the mercy of sellers. But
what is the use of complaining? When
such barefaced Behemoth of trusts as
the Standard oil monopoly played it's
hand so deftly with state and national
institutions it won a decided victory
for all -CO4Tier-Jou17ldl.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
PAWNEE ROCKETS.
From the Leader.

From the Leader.
Earnest Smith left Sunday after
noon for Dakota, to be absent about
two weeks.
Great joy and nine pound girl ar
rived at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Hussey on Sunday morning.
Pete Klein's handsome and smiling
visage is once more seen behind the
counters of Ashton & Co.'S. store.
The wheat on the Jacob Koehn
place, l mile north, turned out as near
No. l as we have heard of. 1t brought
20 cents.
DIED-On Saturday morning, Aug
ust 18th, Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. w.
z. Bruce, aged fourteen months. The
little one had been i'll for some time.
The afflicted parents have the sympa-
thy of all in this bereavement.
a prospective candidate at Great
Bend writes asking us if we think he
could get full delegation from this
township" Well, that depends on
whether you send UP something for
them to get full on. Can't do it on
river water.
The river is on regular bender. 1t
raised several feet Thursday in as
many minutes. In fact the water
came down in regular wall, reaching
clear across the river and driving sun
flowers, weeds and sand before it like
a cyclone,
II. c. Litchenhater, a Larned drug
giSt, has failed, and runner says many
other business firms are likely to fol-
low. Larned is good town, but has
been overdOne and these business fail
ures will only serve to put her where
she belongs-in the same notch with
Pawnee Rock and other cities of the
valley.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
ELLINWOOD ITEMS.
From the Advocate.

From the Advocate.
The round house is Il big feeder to
EllinwoOd.
Lay i'll large stock of smiles, and
scatter them wherever you go.
A good county ticket will sweep the
platter, and that is just what we are
going to have.
F. A. Steckel, who has been in. Cali
fornia for three months, returned home
yesterday. He is looking exceedingly
well.
Attempting to skip the country don't
pay unless a fellow can get away be-
tween two days, then it don't pay unless
he pays before he starts.
There is one thing among many
others for which We are very thankful.
and that is that there is so little sick
ness in our community at this time.
Mrs. Kopel, accompanied by her son
and Mrs. Stocked, her sister, are the
guests of our fellow townsman, Joe
HulS. They are from Illinois.
We are informed that Chas. Voight,
owner of the E.rpreSs, has concluded to
run that paper in this city, in the in
terest of the union labor party, and
will be called the Union Labor Express.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
THE DEAF AND DUMB.

1t is not generally known certainly
not so well as it might be) that this
state supports at no expense to parents
of deaf children residing in the state,
thoroughly equipped educational in
stitution, where there are over two
hundred pupils ranging in age from
eight to twenty, learning to read, write,
cipher, and become familiar with all
the various branches that are erdina-
rily taught to children who can hear
and talk. Besides, there is a depart
ment where quite large number Of the
pupils are taught to speak consider
able success being reported in that line.
Then, that the deaf boys and girls may
have all the advantages of other chill
dren, there is an industrial department
where the trades of carpentry, cabinet
making, printing and type setting,
shoemaking, dressmaking and plain
cooking are taught. The course of in
struction extends about ten years, but
the children all go home to spend three
months vacation during the summer
months. Sixteen specially trained
teachers, and other officers, are
required to conduct the school. The
school receives all who are so deaf that
their education is not practicable in
the public schools. The superinten-
dent, S. T. Walker, informs us that the
next term of school will begin the sec
ond week in September, and that the
parents of new students should CORES
pond with him as early as possible be-
fore that time. The institution is un-
der the control of the state board of
charities. 1t is ali institution OF which
our state should be proud, and if there
are any deaf children in this county, as
we have no doubt there are, our char
itably inclined friends should look
them up and explain the institution to
their parents and report them to Super
intendent Walker, at Olathe, Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
PLEASE CORRECT.

We notice that a number of our ex-
changes, in publishing the state dem
ooratic ticket, have got the name of
our fellow townsman, c. F. Diffenbach-
er. candidate for attorney general,
wrong. We are proud of our staunch
democratic friend; Barton county is
proud of having place on the. state
ticket; and we want to call the atten-
ton of our newspaper friends to the
correct name of our candidate, which
is G. T. DIFFENBACHER, not II. f.
Diffenbacker.r
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

paid in this way would go the rounds
and settle dollar of Indebtedness
every time it changed hands. Some
years ago in a neighboring town in this
state five dollar bill was paid out
with the request that the receiver pay
it to creditor and request him to keep
it going. a record was kept and at
night the bill had changed hands twen-
ty-fve times. Some persons had it
twice during that day. But it had
settled one hundred and twenty-five
dollars of Indebtedness. The moral of
this is, that efforts to pay, no matter
how small the amount actually paid,
will do much to make times easier
EiT.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
THE OUTLOOK FOR CATTLE.

In the Kansas F'almer of last week
we find the following, which we think
is sound logic on the question. The
cattle business is all right in Kansas,
if properly conducted:
For the past few years timid people
have been inclined to believe that the
cattle industry had gone to the dogs
gone beyond redemption. But there
are men of nerve who think differently,
and who have never lost their courage
through all these years of depression.
One of such is Mr.. E. NJ. McGillin, of
Cleveland, proprietor in Nebraska of
one of the greatest fine cattle breeding
establishments in America. Mr.. Nc
Gillin has possibly half million dol
lars invested in feed farms, cattle and
cattle ranges. In the rotunda of the
Windsor the other evening he said:
'We have passed the darkest day.
The future for the beef grower never
looked brighter than now. The old
methods have passed away. The open
range for cattle growing is thing of
the past. Those who will prosper in
the future must feed and breed good
cattle. The scrub will no longer do.
The uninitiated in looking at a Chicago
market report and reading the prices
quoted for cattle, would scarcely un-
derstand why there should be such a
range of values. One class of animals
are rated at $3.50 per hundred and the
other at $3.50 and even 81. The ex-
planation is simple. The one is a fine
bred and fine fed animal, while the
otheris scrub. Now, life is too short
to waste on scrubs.
There have been in the past many
failures in cattle growing. There will
be less in the future Men have learned
as they went along. L have learned and
shall profit by my learning. A hay
stack is better than Il snowdrift. A
pasture with moderate herd of we'll
bred cattle, with feed and shelter for
winter, is worth more than myriad of
half-starved brutes roaming over plains
to be mangled by railroad trains in
storms and to furnish food for the coy
otes and buZZards.
Il saw the state of things that now
exists approaching several years ago
saw the cattle range busines was pass
ing away-and prepared myself for it.
I unloaded my range cattle that were
in the Indian nation, on the American
Trust. which trust will soon convert
them to cash, and have purchased broad
acres in Nebraska, planted them to
grass and grain, and stocked them with
blooded cattle and fine horses. There
is more money for the future with the
new methods, than there has been in
the past with the Old.''
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
BEHOLD, THE HAPPY FARMER.

Behold, then, the happy farmer as
he arises in the morning and puts on
his common flannel shirt taxed 90 per
cent. 1t is chance cool, and he
puts on coat taxed 81 per cent. He
cannot go out without shoes, taxed So
per cent, and the hat that he puts on
is taxed 60 per cent. He draws water
in a bucket taxed 50 per cent, and
washes his face and hands in a tin
bowl taxed So per cent, drying them
on cheap cotton towel taxed 45 per
cent.
But still more happiness is in store.
He sits down to breakfast and eats
from plate taxed SO per cent, with a
knife and fork taxed 35 per cent. The
sugar he puts IN his coffee is taxed 80
per cent, and he seasons his food with
salt taxed 40 per cent. He looks fond
ly at his happy wife and children who
share his protection with him, and then
gees out and fills his pipe with tobacco
taxed 1872 per cent, OF perhaps lights
cigar taxed lis per cent. Meanwhile
the sun streams through the protected
glass window of his domicile on tax
of 10 per cent.
The thrice happy farmer now takes
old Nell out of the stable and puts on a
bride taxed 80 per cent; a neighbor
smith shoes her, using nails taxed so
per cent, driven by a hammer that is
taxed 20 per cent. He then bitches her
to a plow taxed 45 per cent, with
chains taxed IS per cent, and proceeds
to his high protected labor.
The days work being done, he reads
chapter from the family Bible taxed
35 per cent, and kneels to pray on an
humble carpet taxed al per cent. AT
last he lies down and wraps his weary
limbs in sheet taxed IA per cent, and
sinks into the arms of Morpheus under
a blanket that is taxed 1O4 per cent
Boston Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

TURN OUT to the.poIitical speakings
which Will be carried on this fall. We
do not fear that any democrat will be
converted to republicanIsm, and by the
democrats turning out to hear the re-
publican speakers we may hope to in-
duce some of the republicans to turn
out and hear the many democratic
truths that will be expOunded from
the stump this campaign. Listen to
the speeches of both sides, and then
study faithfully the financial question
as it presents itself to your mind, and
we are willing to abide by the result is
you vote with your convictions.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
HARRISON ON LABOR.

We clip the following from the VIM
field NoncoTJoInliSt:
The remarks of Mr. f. f. Gould,
leading Knight of Labor, who attended
the Chicago conversation, should be
deeply studied by the wOrkingmen
throughout the land. He thus speaks
of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, the repuD-
lican candidate:
1.-The workingmen are opposed TO
him for many reasons. They are
against him, because Of his avoWed
sympathy with leading railway cOrpOr-
ations and his position upon Chinese
immigration. When the Chinese re-
striction bill first came before the SEN
ate he spoke against it. When it came
to vote he cowardly lodged it. 1t
passed the senate, however, and was
vetoed by the president. Subsequently
it came to another vete, with view of
passing it over the presidents head.
In this case Mr.. Harrison voted to sus-
tain the veto.
Later on, during the same session of
congress, the same bill was again intro
duced, except that the prohibition of
the Chinese immigration was restricted
for ten years instead of twenty, as III
the original bill. On that occasion MI.
Harrison voted against the bill restrict
Chinese immigration. IN defending
his position upon this subject among
his republican associates at Indianopo-
lis. he argued that tile Chinese ought =
to be enfranchised, and if the republi-
can party would do this, it would give
them the Chinese vote. Then by al
lowing unrestricted emigration from
China the party would populate Amer
ica with Chinese votes to- suit any
emergency, so long AS they were true
to the party that granted them the
right of suffrage.
''As an indication of his loyalty to
railroad companies III times OF emer-
gency, it is only necessary to refer to
his course pending the railroad strike
of 1887 on which occasion he implored
the governor to order out the troops
and shoot down the strikers. Cover
nor Williams stoutly resisted his infiu-'
ence, claiming that the men were
peaceable, and there was no necessity
for such action. AT this, he mustered
up company of his own and drilled
the men, so as to have them in readi-
ness in case of an emergency. UpoD
the same occasion he made. a speech,
from which the following is verbatum
and substantiated by affidavits: G
''Were 1 governor, I'd force those
men back to work OF shoot them down
on the spot
And upon another occasion during
the same trouble, he declared in a
speech that "a dollar day and two
meals are enough. for any working
man St. John Cdpitak
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

ought to come directly from themselves
through their legislature, and no bank
or other corporation ought to have any
connection with it which is not COM
mon to all the people. In other words,
the only proper source of money issue
is the vernment.-Kansas Fdrmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
YE wHooPING CRANES.

YE wHOOPING CRANES.
Good mawning Chayley, fine mawning; aw,
Er-such fine day, amt often, aw..
Have you heard, my dear boy, from the conven-
tiou?.
An do they offer tfs enough-aw-protection
"Don't-aw- nevah feah, we own the pahty,
Wen get there this year, amt that nice, Oh,
Lawdy!
lbs Harrison this time, dear doy, bless his soul,
Pass cigawwetts, 1.-TWO for dime) amt it so lovely
though.
Prohibition, Protection, Partyism.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
PAY WHAT YOU CAN.

There are many men who would like
to pay their debts but who cannot pay
in full. If such men would pay what
they can ON accounts it would help
matters very materially. Every dollar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
HOIsINGTON HEADLIGHTS.

From the Mascot
Men wanted-to go to work at once
on the round house.
Round house a sure thing now. no
monkey business this time.
Sol. Degen returned last Sunday
night from trip to st. Louis and Chi
cago.
The pay car came in early Monday
morning and made the boys happy by
distributing nearly S., 300 among them.
Thos. Johnson went to Arkansas
about two weeks ago, and like John
HGfner, had to return to old Barton.
He says that he was loath to leave on
account of the abundance of all kinds
of fruit.
Last Thursday evening as Ed. Dow
ling and Frank Parnell were returning
from Great Bend the team became
frightened and ran away, throwing Ed.
cash in the top of his head.
G.. L. Jones and Joe. Ewalt are fig
uring on starting mill at this place.
They have just secured Il fine lot of
new machinery, and if our citizens will
give them some encouragement they
will locate at this point.
From the Echo.
Mayor Carr's new dwelling is begin
ming to make a good showing.
Our farmers are bringing in hun
dreds of bushels of wheat every day.
The democrat speaking was largely
attended last Saturday evening.
The missing j. r. Snyder has not as
yet been seen. Report says that he
was deeply involved and several par
ties want to see him badly.
Nearly all the boys were out to the
party given by Dave Gray on Tuesday
night. He has been spoken of by them
as the r. r. mans friend.
The boys are organizing an orches-
ira. 1t will consist of 1st and I'd vio-
Inns, bass violin, B fiat cornet and from
bone. We are glad to see this move
made as we have long needed an or
chestra here.
The Wichita mining company have
leased large tract of land in the
Cheyenne bottoms and will begin pros
pecting in few days on the farm of
G. L. Jones. They appear confident
that they will strike some valuable
mineral deposit.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

THE WaKeeney Iiibane whets our
appetite for something good by telling
us it ''prints Judge Martins speech in
FULL and then sends us only a half
sheet, and that half without the good
thing in it, too. That was unkind
Brothers Cain and Lear.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

The anarchists want the earth; the
prohibitionists want the water; the
democrats have sent in sealed propOs-
ais for the beer, what is left for the re-
publicans?- burlington Free Press.
Whisky, tobacco, and the hot place.
New Orleans Picayune.
Correct, gentlemen. The above pro-
gram allows the union labor party to
take what is left, which is graciously
accepted. Heaven is good enough for
us.-Union Labor Nelcs.
HEAVEN must be your home for
there is not the slightest earthly chance
of your party ever bringing about what
your platform declares for.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

(Hic) I'm for fine whisky, let's have lots of (hic) it,
Votin' dem crats risky, let's not do il Oh ie.)
Am drunk (hic) or sober, (hic) odd (hic)
Amt it. Pm for (hic) Harrison (hic) old Tip,
Tobacco I.want (hic) all can get;
Fer Harrison I'll VOTE (hic) and Morton you bet.
Hurrah for (dc) Harrison, for whisky and beer,
HurraA 1hic) for Morton, Wen fix them this year!
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE.

''WE CANNOT do anything with the
democrats, what can we do to gag or
throttle the blasted union laborers and
the prohibitionists?''- Republican Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

ASK some of the republican high
tariff men to answer this question for
you. If it was right to have reduc-
ton of the war tariff eighteen years
ago, when Garfield, Allison, and many
other republicans advocated it, why is
it not right now? Has the condition
of our country improved under tue
continuation of this high tariff, or has
labor become cheaper, pauPers more
plentiful, ard miIlionaires more nu-
merous? Ask honest, earnest and
fair minded men these questions
don't fool away any time with the loud
mouthed and vile partiZans.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

ONE of the most enthusiastic gather
ings ever held in San Francisco, was
for the purpose of organizing Cleve-
land and Thurman club. Eleven
hundred and fifty-three names were ell
rolled, and hundreds more signify their
intention of following suit. The great
assemblage was addressed by ex-Sena-
tor Lowell, a lifelong republican, but
who has lately espoused the cause of
democracy. Harrison's Chinese record
almost insures the Golden State for the
democracy.-EG.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

NATIONAL banks must go. The far
mer vote of the great west will indi-
cate that these pxuries in the Ameri-
can economy of finance are not wanted.
Brother Chapman had better sever his
connection with them else he and the
Lyons Deupree will wish they had fol-
lowed the example of the Ellinwood
DeuDree
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

WHEN republican orators and news
papers speak of the period between
1916 and 1857 as 1.-The free trade pc
riod,' they should remember that the
average duty upon foreign imports dur
ing those years was about half what
it is now, and the average price per
bushel of wheat was S1.45. Farmers,
note the difference. Republicans,
hunt up the records, and then explain.
if you can, the reason that wheat is so
low while the tariff is so high.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
'ROsEBUD's RHYMING.
A LA CHINoIs.

La CHIHOIS.
Me Hvee Mclean, great San Flancisco;
Mesvotee HalisOn, me likee MortO;
Me makee monee, muchee, fastee,
Yeep! land of honee, biggest, bestee.
l likee Haiison, 'cause likee me;
no fo' Clevelan', despisee me,
Hullah fo' Hallison! hullah fo' Chinse.
= Me ivee Melica me bury Chinee.
&! -Lats, Lice and License.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30
L'ENYOI.

Come one and all, ye farmers crew,
And show, for once what you can do;
Disturb John Chinaman's fair dream.
Upset the dudes in Hudson's stream,
Arise in sudden majesty,
Declare 'gainst tax and tyranny.
Sir Anton ROSebatt
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

LET Us suppose that one of our local
crockery dealers sends to Europe to
buy crockery, and say. for illustration,
he buys a pitcher and pays one dollar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

IT WILL be noticed that South
Homestead is allowed four delegates
i'll the county convention. The num-
ber as stated last week was pleasant
Ridge, u, and as the town of Hoising-
ton is now the voting place, and there
is great increase of democratic votes
there it has been deemed proper by the
chairman and secretary Of the oen-
tral committee to give them the above
representation.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

THE Wichita Eagle lost no time
after the Great Bend convention to
print an editorial notice of the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Ebey for congress. On
the face of it nothing more was seem
ingly intended than compliment, but
between the lines it was easy to read
that Ebey and not Peters is the choice
of the Eagle and the people i'll whose
midst it is published Clipper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

THAT Harrison's father was demo-
crat, and that his brother is demo-
crat are mere incidents. 1t doesn't
prevent republicans from dencuncing
all democrats as rebels, drunkards and
ignoramuses. Harrison himself is a
little handicapped and cannot make ap-
proved republican speeches on this ac-
count.-Ellinwood Adrocate.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

HARDLY a day passes but We hear of
good work having been done for the
democratic party through this paper.
Thanks, friends, for the compliments.
We are earnest in our belief that the
right will prevail; that the true princi-
pies of a democratic form of govern
mentor the people, by the people
will prevail; and new era will obtain.