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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
Why Farmers are Poor.

Alexander Carris, writing from
Winfield, Kans., to the Kansas Farmer.
has these plain statements to make
concerning the matter-and there is
truth in them:
ST feel interested in the question
why farmers are poor. Many
reasons can be given, but I will mention
only two, which. in my opinion, con-
tributes more to the farmers proverty
than most of the others that can be
given. First: Capitalistsyand syndi-
Gates have taken possession of the
public lands and are raising cattle by
hundreds of thousands, in fact, on such
a scale that farmers cannot compete
with them; they have no money in
vested in land, and very few of them
pay taxes; numbers of them are not
citizens, nor do they intend to be; when
they have made their pile they will
leave the country; they have brought
down the price of stock to point be-
low the cost of production by the
farmer. Heretofore raising stock has
always been the most remunerative
part of farming. Second: Farmers
buy at too high prices and sell their
produce too low; they allow merchants
to put price on farm products and
fix a price on their own goods, and il
is only human nature for the merchants
to take the advantage. Besides, we
have double the number of merchants
needed in every town and city all over
the country, consequently they have te
charge high percentage on theil
goods. Another thing, they pay the
drummers of wholesale houses from IL
to IL per cent. for bringing around
samples and selling them goods. Then
they buy goods on sixty days. time and
have to pay interest at l per cent. pei
month. OF course both of these items
are added to the price of their goods
and the farmer pays the bulk of it. be.
sides keeping them in good style in
houses that cost thousands of dollars.
The merchants must change their mode
of doing business or else farmers will
do their merchandising, and they are
now doing this to some extent in an
Alliance Exchange here in Winfield
And congress must stop the fencing
up and occupation of the public lands
by capitalists for stock raising purposes
IF capitalists had sized the United
States mints, coined and circulated
5000, O,O0o,O 900 surplus money they would
not have hurt the industries of the peo.
pie as much as they have done by
flooding the country with cattle. It is
a wellknown fact that when any cause
brings the farmers down, they drag al
other industries with them"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
Hoisington Dispatches" "

Quite number of farmers have been
listing in corn OIL their wheat stubble.
We are glad to state that the price of
wheat is very firm with tendency up
wards
New wheat is coming into town. It
is a good quality but should not be
marketed until after it has gone
through the sweat.
Several wheat fields that have been
threshed yielded forty bushels per acre.
Twenty-Five bushels is low yield this
year.
We understand that w. w. Carney
will be one of the candidates for coun-
ty treasurer before the county republi-
can convention. How is it William?
Miss Eliza Johnston takes the cake
for raising the best and largest pota-
toes this season. She took nineteen
large early Ohio's from one hill, filling
a six quart pan full to overflowing.
Who can beat it?
Jim Drake, of Wheatland township,
has this week threshed out his wheat
that was raised on sod ground. 1t
yielded 43 bushels per acre machine
measure and weighs 81 pounds to the
bushel strOked measure.
The Great Bend Tribune is about to
go into spasms over the way Hoising-
ton celebrated the 4th. If that grand
ma of the Tribune had been over and
seen the procesh in its glory his liver
would not have been so torpid. I'VE
never knew that the celebration was
such disgrace to the town until it was
shown up in the Tribune. Suppose this
is another case of going away from
home to get the news.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

tance of eleven miles, 'u4sfe DR.. Lash
proceeded to administer antidotes.
According to latest reports Mrs. Metz
is doing as well as could be expected
under the circumstances. This is an
other warning to parties to be careful
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

The grape crop will be no small
thing this year in Kansas. All the
elements have been favorable for such
crop, and the state will produce more
than will be used in her borders.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
HEIeHBoRHooD NEWS.
Pawnee Rock Leaders"

faWne6 k0Ck Lead6rS
Mr.. Gammel, of COL, has engaged
with S. A. Galbreath. He is first
class wagon maker.
The pigs-in-clover never struck
Pawnee Rock but she do know some
thing about Might've.
Fone & Unruh are putting down
their new scales in front of the old
Garverick stone block.
A fine rain on Friday morning
helped to liven up the corn. They
just come in the nick of time.
The threshing engines whistle on
all sides of town and make it sound
like small manufacturing town.
Wallace Lawhun had his fingers on
the right hand badly mashed the other
day while handling ties on the section.
Picnic's in summer time are an en-
joyable affair; but the one held in JUS
tice Huls' Office last Monday was above
the usual average.
The farmers Of Barton county have
almost forgotten the hard times of a
year ago. in the enjoyment of the fine
crops that they have just garnered in.
The first wheat to leave Pawnee
Rock this season, was shipped by j.
R. Baker on Monday. He shipped
three car loads, and it was all No. 2
wheat, weighing 60 and 81 pounds.
Price paid was 55 cents per bushel.
Miss Anderson and Miss Maggie
Rowland. Of south side, met with a
slight accident last Saturday coming
to town. The coupling-pi came out
of their wagon and let them down in
the middle Of the road, while the
team went on with the front part OF
the wagon to investigate hedge fence.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
Another Tariff Lesson.

That philanthropic gentleman and
consistent protectionist. Andrew Car.
negie, remarked during the presiden-
tial canvass that protection meant
"happy homes, high wages and secur-
ity for the workingmeu." Mr.. Car
negie is an influential member of the
high protection firm of Blaine, Car
negie, Harrison & Co., limited. They
all told the workingmen that in high
protection was the only safety to the
working men of the country, and as
high protection and republicanism
was one and the same the work
ingmen were bound to vote for
the republican nominee if they
wished to protect their own interests.
And a great many of them, notably
the now starving coal miners of Clay
county, Indiana, whom Mr.. Harrison
assured plenty of work and good
wages if he was elected, and the des-
titute miners of Streator and Braid
wood, ILL.,, believed them. Almost
before Mr.. Harrison had gotten the
presidential chair warm Mr.. Carnegie
proceeded to carry out his happy
home and high wages ideas by making
a horizontal reduction in the price
paid the workingmen in his great
Homestead mills. His employees OBJ
jected. Pinkerton men were sent to
shoot them, if necessary, into ODE.
dience. Theemployees were stronger
than the Pinkerton agents and sue
ceeded, by force, in preventing other
men from taking their places.
This morning it is announced that
the strike has been settled by COM
promise. The men have agreed to a
reduction, and Carnegie has agreed
that the cut in wages shall not be as
great as he at first insisted upon.
Carnegie's men may be thankful
that they have been permitted to go
back to work, even at reduced wages
But whom have they to thank for it!
Carnegie? A high protective tariff?
Not at all. It was their organization
and their desperate resistance that
forced the compromise. What did
high tariff have to do with it one way
or the other?
1t is time that the American work,
ingmen were getting their eyes open
to the hypocrisy and demagogism of
the high protective tariff idea. Car
negie's workmen can thank the present
tariff for enabling Carnegie to amass a
fortune which would enable him to
scale their wages as low as he pleased,
60 to England as he has done, enjoy
himself with the English nobility, and
close down his mills and keep them
closed until he starved them into abb
solute submission or forced them to a
compromise. And they can thank
only themselves that they were en-
abled to secure compromise, at re-.
duced wages, and were not forced to
submit unqualifedly to Carnegie's
horizontal reduction.
The advocates of a monopoly tariff
were fond Of clubbing in ridicule, Hon.
William Morrison, Horizontal Bill, I"
because he advocated q uniform re.
duction of tariff duties. Did it ever
occur to Mr.. Carnegie's employees that
horizontal Andy would be fitting
title for their employer and one Of
terrible Significance to them?-Kansas
City Times.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

IT WILL only cost a few cents to
have the weeds around your premises
cut. Attend to it, and you will please
yourself as we'll as your neighbors, be-
sides assist in making the city look tidy
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
Not without Bonds.

Last week a couple of men from the
eastern part of the state called upon
Register of Deeds Shorthman, and
District Clerk w. r Bunting, and
stated that they proposed to make
daily reports of all mortgages, judg-
ments, etc. made of record, ostensihly
for the benefit of merchants, banks,
etc., and wanted access to the county
records for that purpose. As that
business would be the same as an abb
stract business, and as there was nc
benefit to be derived from publishing
a daily report of such business, our
two officials informed the gents thai
when they furnished bonds in the SUN
of S., 200 as required by law, then and
not until then could they have access
to the county records. The men grew
impudent and threatened to compel q
compliance with their wishes, but
could not run a bluff" en- our efficient
officers. and have left town, it is hoped
not to return. ,s-.e
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

The various Great Bend ladies who
are visiting in the eastern states are
complaining of the hot weather and
want to get back to cool Barton,
where the balmy breezes and real
estate men blow, and the wicked
send to Kansas City for their beer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

UPWARDS of Z 1854, 900 acres of corn
in Kansas this year, and most of it in
good condition. Friends, keep an
eye ON Kansas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

The Harrison family has grown SO
since its recent ascendency to the
throne that Ma Harrison now says the
White House is "not large enough. y
By all means, let us build a lean-to-
we don't want any of the illustrous
family left out in the cold or be COM
pelled to bunk in the hay NOW.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

"A new 1OrK nOsiess marked the
places OF her guests at table by sim
gle perfect rose. Upon a petal of each
was delicately written, by means of
electricity. the name of the person to
occupy the place.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

The Lyons Democrat. edited and
published by s. M. Konkel. is the
latest candidate for public favor. 1t
is neatly printed, eight column folio,
and we wish it success.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

Santa Rosa, Cal. has floral curl
osity in the shape of 3 hollyhock bush
that bears jet black flowers.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
EDITORIAL oolnfENr.

If THE Dakota wheat crop is 35,.
600, 900 bushels short it will widen
the outlet for the Kansas crop.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25

Carl Paxton aud wife living up in
the edge of Rush county, adopted the
little girl baby left at the Santa Fe
depot last Thursday night They
have been married about ten years
without issue. and were greatly pleas
ed with the baby. Mr.. Paxton has a
good farm, free Of debt, and can give
the little waif good home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-07-25
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A correspondent relates a converse
ton with a coDjurer who had travelled
through India, making study of the
famous tricks of Indian jugglers.
Many of their performances were easily
seen through, according to his account,
but he confessed himself posed by their
snake charming feats.
Afeliow came into my room and said:
PLENTY big snake here, sahib. Plenty
big snake in ROOM"
1 told him TO go off-that I'd seen all
his snake tricks and didn't want to be
bothered. But he insisted there were
plenty of snakes in the room, and
finally / told him that he might come
in and call them out.
He stood in the middle of the floor
and began to play on a sort of flute.
Now, mind you. there was no furni-
ture in the apartment but cot-bed
and two or three chairs. He had not
played two minutes before / saw the
sheet on the bed rise up till it looked
like small tent, and then an enor-
nous cobra crawled out and coiled it
self on the floor, with its head erect
and its tongue darting out in anger.
The next moment I saw other SER
pents approaching from the corners of
the room and placing themselves
alongside their companion The
fakir still playing on his flute, led the
way to the door, and the snakes fol-
lowed him. he paused on the threshold
and they reared their heads and Kissed
at him.
just as / was beginning to get
nervous another fakir crept mp behind
them and cut their heads of with q
sharp sword--Youth's Companion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18

work next year: Green Bay harbor,
Wis, $4,000; Harbor of Refuge at
Sturgeon r Bay, Wis, nac. 5000; Ahnapee
Dor. Wis.,, S50,OOO; Two Rivers har-
Dor. Wis, $1,000; ManitowOc har-
Dor, Wis, $1,000; Sheboygan harbor.
Wis, $4,000; Port Washington harbor,
Wis, $1,000; harbor of refuge, Milwau-
kee bay, 100000; Milwaukee harbor,
$4,000; Racine harbor, Wis, $4,000:
Kenosha harbor, Wis, $4,000; Wau-
kegon harbor, ILL.,, $4,000; Fox and
Wisconsin rivers. 100000. CThe funds
on hand-S52, ,O00-are to be expended
upon the lower dam at Appleton. on the
Kaukaukana second lock, Euruka lock
and deepening the Menosha canal and
river channels to six feet at low water.
The estimate submitted is for rebuild
ing cedar's lock, renovating the old
locks and deepening and widening the
channel of Fox river throughout to six
feet and 100 feet width.) An estimate
of s62,76 is submitted for the care OF
locks and dams.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A Cairo g Vincennes Train Goes
Down an Embankment, Injuring
Many Passengers.

VINCENNEs, Ind. July 17.-At II
o'clock to-day the Cairo & Vincennes
north bound Passenger Train No. met
with almost complete demolition, two
miles south of Mount Carmal, ILL.,, in
which twelve or fifteen passengers were
seriously injured, The passenger
train was rushing along at a
rate of about thirty-fve miles an
hour and was composed of a
freight car loaded with fruit, bag
gage car and two passenger coaches.
The freight jumped the track and threw
the remainder of the train into the
ditch and down ten-foot enbankment.
The passengers were thrown around in
every direction, and perfect pande-
mOnium ensued. For some time it was
impossible to do any work toward res
cuing the passengers, as nearly all
those on the train were more or less in
iured and badly frightened. The more
seriously injured are:
Conductor Charles Long, of Dansville. ILL.,,
left ear cut off and head cut; seriously hurt.
Baggagemaster Cook, bruises all over the
body; Mrs. Porter, Of Terre Haute, badly
bruised and injured internally: Mrs. Daniels,
Fairfield, III, bruised and injured internally;
Mrs. Mcmahon, Carmi. III. seriously injured
internally; son of Mrs. Mcmahon, cut on the
head; Miss Luella Cox, of Greene county,
Ind, hip dislocated and injured internally;
Mrs. Cox, JonesbOro, Ind. body bruised;
w. C. johnson, Vincennes side and back in
jured.
Most of the passengers were extri-
Gated only by cutting into the coaches
with axes. The engine did not leave
the track. No blame can be attached to
the railroad company, as the wreck was
the result of an unforeseen occurrence
that could not be avoided. The officials
at Mount Carmel did all they could i'm
medIately on notification to relieve the
sufferers. Medical aid was brought
within an hour. The property of the
road is generally demolished.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
KIDS TO BE BARRED.
Montana's Officers Must BE Well
Up in Years.


HELENA, Mont, July 1.-THE con-
vention was called to order at 10 o'clock.
A memorial was presented from Madi-
son county indorsing woman suffrage.
Galloway, chairman of the committee
Oh public lands, offered resolution de-
fining the boundaries of Montana.
Rallivitt, chairman of the committee on
suffrage, offered resolution in regard
to the qualifications of OfficehOlders in
the state. 1t specifies that they must
have resided two years in Mon
tana; also that no person shall
be eligible to the office
of governor, lieutenant governor,
or superintendent of public instruction.
unless he shall have attained the age of
thirty years at the time of election, nor
to the Office of secretary of state, au-
ditOr, or state treasurer unless he shall
have attained the age of twenty-five
years, nor to the Office of attorney gen.
eral unless. he shall have attained the
age of thirty years and admitted to prac-
tice in the supreme court of the state or
territory of Montana, and be in good
standing at the time of mis- election.
The age of the Judge of the supreme
court is stipulated at thirty years; of
district court at twenty-five years.
Memb bers of the houses of the legislat-.
ure must be at least twenty-one. years
cid. A resolution prohibiting the sale
of school lands was reported favorably
by the committee. Luce, of Gallatin
county, introduced a resolution limiting
the number of retail saloons and also
prohibiting all sorts of gambling. A
proposition by Hammond, of Jefferson,
that no games of cards, dice, billiards.
Shall shall b be s permitted in any building Gor or
room where intoxicating liquors are.
sold or exposed for sale. Lond, of Gus
ter county, recommends the prohibition
of railway pools. Hon. Ii. B. Black
we'll asked the privilege to address the
convention on equal suffrage, and after
discussion, the request was granted.
Adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18

for the loss of sight by little Eddie Nc
Laughlin, a three-year-old toddler who
was playing with them. AS the story
goes, the boys, who are considerably
older than he, one being at least twelve
years of age, are very mIschievous, and
on Monday last, while playing, little
Eddie approached and in a childish
manner Joined the party. One of the
older boys. apparently dissatisfied with
the youngsters presence, picked up
handful of Quickllme which was
being used on neighboring building,
deliberately throwing it in the child's
eyes. The innocent sufferer hurried
home, and with tears in his eyes told
his mother what had occurred. In the
meantime the burning lime was doing
its work of destruction, and the pain
the child was undergoing was intense.
A physician was Immediately sum-
moned, who rendered what assistance
was possible. One eye was found to be
totally destroyed, while the other is
nearly in the same condition. The par
entS of the young victim are almost
heartbroken, while it is said those of the
boy who threw the lime express no con-
cern over the occurrence. At all events,
the child is minus his sight.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
HAVE NO USE FOR WATER.
Washingtonians Knock Out Pro-
hibition in Convention.

OLYMPIA, W. T., July IA black
eye for prohibition, that is constitu-
tional prohibition, was what to-day's
short convention amounted to. The COM
mittee on miscellaneous subjects which
had the matter under consideration,
made two reports. The majority report
was against prohibition altogether, and
a minority report signed by Reed
and Dickey in favor of submitting the
question as separate article. When
the vote was taken in committee it
stood to against prohibition. Floor
privileges IN the onsiaaS convention were to-
John B. Allen, ex-Chief Justice B. F.
Dennison. the female suffrage cham
pion, ex-Chief Justice Jacobs; ex-Gov.
Semple, the Democratic candidate for
governor, and ex-Gov. E. P. Ferry, the
Republican gubernatorial aspirant.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
MARXISTS ARE STUBBORN.
They Refuse to Amalgamate With
the Labor Congress.

LONDON, July I'm. Allemane.
French delegate, and Mr.. Brown, an
American delegate, have been jointly
elected to the presidency of the Labor
congress. The Marxists have declined to
amalgamate with the Labor congress un-
less they are received Internationally.
At to-day's session of the congress, Mr..
Bowen, representative OF the Knights
of Labor, dWelt upon the difficulties
encountered in the work of organization
in America, and on the continual influx
of immigrants. He urged that mis-
representations of emigration agents
ought to subject them to severe penal
ties. The workingmen of Europe, he
said. would win the sympathy and sup
port of Americans if they would take
up the question of emigration.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
LIKE THE PARIS AFFAIR.
Mayor Grant Wants an Interna-
tiOnal Exposition,

NEW YORK, July 17.-Mayor Grant to-
day sent a request to 500 of the most
prominent men in this part of the coun-
try, representing over $1,000, 100000,
asking them to be present at a confer
ence of representative citizens to con-
slider the advisability of holding an in
ternational exposition in this city in
1892, and to arrange for the preliminary
work if it is deemed advisable. The
meeting is to be held on the afternoon
of the 25th inst,
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
FOOLED THE JEWELER.
A FashiOnably Dressed Thief
Steals a Tray of Gold Rings.

CHICAGO, July 17.-Last night fash
ily-dressed man entered the jewelry
store of Fred Scholak and asked the
proprietor to show him some rings.
Scholak took out tray containing 16O
gold rings. The stranger then directed
the storekeeper's attention to some
thing in another part of the store, and
while his back was turned for mo-
ment, the thief, for such he proved to
be, seized the tray of rings and fled
down the street, followed by the pro-
DrietOr. SchOlak gained on the robber,
but the latter drew a revolver, and,
pointing it at the jeweler, told him to
fall back or he would kill him. The
jeweler, not desiring to get into close
quarters with the revolver, gave up the
chase, and the thief finally disappeared
down side street. Sixty four rings
which the thief had dropped along the
route of his flight were picked up by
various parties and returned to the
jeweler. Four men were arrested, sus-
pected of completely in the affair, but
so far nothing has been proven against
them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-07-18
SLAMS NEW CURRENCY.
1t Is Officially Recognized by y.King
Phra Bat

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE seere-
tary of state is in receipt of despatch
from MIR. Child, minister to Siam, of
May 25. last, inclosing specimen of
paper money issued by the Hong Kong
and Shanghai banking corporation at
Bangkok. 1t is the first paper money
issued in Siam and has the sanction of
the king. who directs that it be taken
for custom and other dues. These notes
are of three denominations, one, five
and ten ticals. A teal is equal to about
60 cents of United States money, and it
is expected that this issue of paper
money will be of great benefit to the
mercantile community and the public
generally.