The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-03-01

Germans, however, are more matter
OF fact about such things than we are.
Every German mother expects her
daughter to marry, Just az the average
American mother expects her daughter
to be independent and self support
Ing"
Editor Il. W. Mabrey. OF the Doni-
phan Prospect-News, strikes knock
down blow
"The st. Joe Lead Co.. one OF the
protected "Infant Industries" OF the
country, has declared dividend of u
per cent. for the year Just closed
Many of its employees struggled
through the wear on dollar a day,
sum which President Harrison once
said. in public speech. was enough
tor any laborer to receIve.' Undoubt-
edly this company was protected
enough to pay its employees liberal
wages. But, Just like all other pro-
tected industries, this company pock-
eted all the protection and got its labor
as low as 1t could be ground down.
EuitOr HeZ. furuOm, OF tne SLATER
Index, has this:-
Occasionally. says the Shelbyville
Herald, when the train arrives AT
Shelbina, q nice looking young man
jumps off and kisses the best looking
girl at the depot, supposipg her to be
his sister. lie Apologies 80 nicely that
The girls are beginning to look for him
regularly"
And thls:-
Farmer, do you own your landI
No. Are you farming on shares? No.
DO you realize any increase of wealth
from your labor2 No. Do your wives,
sons, and daughters, squander your
proceeds in fine dresses and pleasure
trips? No. PRAY, then, who are yOu
working for? You arc a slaye, and If
you don't look into this thing you de-
serve to remain SUCH"
Editor s. g. Tetwiler. .of the Charles
ton Democrat
alt is doubtless true, as Senator
Vest says, that the republicans will
make desperate effort to carry the
next Legislature OF Missouri; but the
natural and only effect Of this desperate
effort will be to bring out the best
legislative timber with which to show
the republicans just how much they
have fallen short iu their work OF de-
bauchiDg the people of this state"
Editor r. e. Buchanan, in Pike
County Post
When you talk to republican poliii-
clan about the low prices of farm
products he will say II Is over produc-
tion. The producer scratches his head
aud inquiries, how 10 II that there Is no
over production OF what the farmer
has to buy. Exit politician"
Editor Walter Williams, of the Col
umbia Herald
This is the year in W hich there will
he q democratic congress elected. And
this congress will count the votes
which will made Grover Cleveland
president OF the United States"
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Editors Burnett Il Susvely. of the
Paris Mercury, think that
"lhe most unblushing and outrage
| GUS election frauds ever perpe!rated
by red handed republicans, (and that is
saying q good deaD, were brought TO
| light in West Virginia few days ago.
by an investigating committee.
And they wickedly say
1.-TWO doctors In Hannibal treated
negro girl for dropsy and last Friday
she took turn for the better. The
dropsy was twIns."
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Editor Sam b. Cook. In the Mexico
Intelligencer:-
"The report of the slstisiicien of the
national department of agriculture just
issued presents some startling figures.
For instance: The total corn crop OF
The United States for 1889 was one hun.
dred and twenty-five million bushels
greater than In 1888, and yet the pro-
| iucers received seventy-nine and a
half million dollars less for il than for
the crop OF the preceding year. The
production of wheat In '59 was seven
| -four and half million bushels
| greater than In '8S, and vet it sold for
forty.three million dollars less. The
Dat crop shows like shrinkage in
value. The production was two hun
dred and forty nine million bushels in
excess OF 'SS, but the crop sold for one
hundred and forty six million dollars
ess. Oi course the lOss falls wholly
IN the producing states. Missouris
loss alone exceeds fifteen million dol
lars. Add to this a corresponding
shrinkage in the value of live stock
and we have total loss to the state iu
,oue year Of thirty million dollars
This ruinous state of affairs Is attri
buted by republican statesmen TO over
production. II, however, the United
States MAS permitted to extend il,
foreign trade and seek without restric
ton the markets of the world th;
farmers of America would not be &c
completely at the mercy of the manipu
iators of our home markets, aud th'
depressing effect Oh the market of owe
production would 10 materially les
sened. 1t should not be forgotten tina
this state of affairs exists under
system of protection that amount
practically to a prohibition OF foreig'
trade in many particulars. Our peopl
are paying enormous taxes 10 th
! government on every thing they pur
chase abroad and are forced to pay
ruinous tax on the surplus product
sent to foreign markets"