Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-11-01
s. SUBLETTE, Proprietor,
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER l. 1889

ty seat war In the near future, ce-
tween Glenwood, Lancaster and
Queen City.
in addition to his other la
bors at Washington during the
summer, Major Brock has looked
after three hundred pension
claims for soldiers of North Mis-
souri,.
-California furnished the
wines and fruits at the recent
knights Templar conclave at
Washington; but to Missouri be-
longs the honor of furnishing
the handsomest man, aud he. a
resident of Kirksyille.
a Chicago man has invent
ed a cotton picker that will do the
work of!a hundred negroes. With
the new cotton picker and the shot
gan, the race problem in the
South should reach speedy solI-
tion.
The business failures OF
the past seven days number for
United States 1SS, and for Canada
81. For the corresponding week
lastwear there were 222 failures In
the United States and 80 for Cam
ada.
Tariff readiustment will be
the most important matter, claim
ing the attention of the coming
Congress. 1t was chiefly on tariff
the Presidential warfare was
waged. This defeated Democracy
and made the Republicans victorl-
GUS. lie victors promised re-
adjusted tariff that would promote
the interests of the working man
and be no injury to the manufac-
turers-reducing taxation to the
limit required, or necessary to
sustain the government IN a prop
er way. The democrats have
served notice, however, that they
will prevent any legislation by
flibustering. But an attempt ol
this kind, on the part of Demo
cratic leaders to thwart the will O
the people, will put the party ou
of power for hundred years tt
come.
For years Eastern Capita
has been passing through an
around Missouri, seeking invest
ments in Western Edens that ez
listed only in the imaginations G
Western sharpers. The last res
estate boom of the far west ha
exploded, and Eastern capitalist
will no longer be caught by tn
schemes that have swept SO man
fortunes out of existence. A
ready the eye Of the speculator
on Missouri. But we want n
speculato1s here. We want non
of the booms that have paralyze
business in Kansas and California
W. want men and women of Gu
ture and refinement, who measuI
\ the value of their existence b
the standard of perfect citizer
ship. Missouri has thousands c
homes for such people, and the
will come where fertile soil and ric
mines give an abundant return fc
labor, and fair profits can be rea
lied by legitimate increase
values
An agency known as th
Federated Farmers of the Mississ
ippi Valley has been organize
and legally chartered with a caT
ital stock of S20,000,0O0. The OF
iect of this agency is to limit th
production of wheat and thus b
able to dictate prices to the worlt
The Federation proposes to as
Congress to increase the tariff o
imported wheat that Canada
wheat may not enter as compet
tor. They will also ask Congres
toremove the tariff on lmporte
farm machinery. 1t would seer
that this is step In the rlgh
direction. If the capital of th
Federation is used to keep th
wheat out of the hands of specula
tors, and to assist farmers in hold
ing their grain for better prices
and in controlling transportatiol
to the seaboard, then, the Fedora
ton may accomplish great goo'