The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-12-23
OUR EXCHANGES.

cover of which is printed or written "any
dellneation, epithets, terms or language
calculated by the terms or manner or
style of display and obviously intended
to effect injuriously upon the character
or conduct of another" The scope which
may be given to this statute is 70, chilly
illustrated by an opinion recently rendered
by United States Circuit Judge Wheeler
In Vermont. Aman was indicted for mail
ing a letter on the outside of which was
printed Excelsior Collection Agency"
He demurred to the Indictment on the
ground that such a letter was not within
the letter or the purpose of the statu DRY
prohibition. Judge Wheeler said that
the question was whether the words 90
the envelope were obviously intended to
reflect upon the person to whom the
letter vas addressed, and he decided that
they were, He took this view
The words Excelsior Collection Agency"
are printed in very large, tulfaced CAPITAL
letters, which occupy more than the upper
half OF the envelope: are separate from the
directions to return if not delivered in the
l Wer lett hand corner, and were obviously
placed there to attract attention and reflect
deEnq lency in making payments uYOn the
person sent TO, The object probably was to
make the person pay up to avoid repeti ion OF
the reflection.
In view of this dicision collection
agencies and firms will do we'll to scruti-
nIze their 1usi less envelopes.-M Y.
Herald.
There is published in the Iron Age a list
of 1.-the companies which will probably
be taken into the deal" by the promoters
of the projected combination of manufac-
| t17rarc Of rbroCbiDr moobinoC orI MO oro
not surprised to fnd in this list Russell
& Co., MaSsillon, Ohio" The members
of this firm were among the foremost
supporters of Mckinley and advocates of
a high tariff In the recent campaign.
Immediately after the election they cut
down by One-tuird the a of a con-
siderable number of their employees for
the op ~nly-avowed reason that these
employees had voted for McKinley'S op
pOnent. 1t now appears that at the same
time they were engaged with other
manufacturers in the same field in maxi g
plans for the Suppression of that compeUi-
ton in the protected home market which
a high tariff, the followers of HcKlnley
say, is designe1 to cause and stimulate,
and without which the benign influence
of the Mckinley duties cannot be enjoyed
| ny IuO pCOpACs OCCICIdlJ 46uSh IS AllCu
with dismy Oy the creation of the Mower
and Reaper Trust, and the New York
Tribune m%ourntully discourses aoyut the
shocking propensity Of self seeking
manufacturers to combine, and thus to
deprive the people Of the benefits OF high
duties and to make hlgh-tarIf legisIat on
unpopular and unintelliglble 10 the
average man. AS we recently suggested,
I A. e,11~-o-o - NA1Ri-1o- 49,, - C,-.-,1SE-
their movement and get ri1 of a con
siderable burden of can and inconsistency
by openly supporting the Trust makers
and their dootrlns.-N Y. Times,
The tax payers of the State must give
more atten ion to the very important
question of taxation State, municipal,
county and Federal. Taxation is a drastic
purge. 1t is a burden also, and the
burden should be as low as possible. A
rich man does not really feel the burden
however much he may gIOan. 1t is the
labOring class Lha feels Geep:y the money
extracted from it in taxes. Taxes once
levied are gone f,rever from the pocket
The farmers in the next Legislature
should guard against all needless and
injudiciouS expenses. Keep dam the tGreS.
a man with 81, 900 income or salary pays
not less than $3.50 to the United States
Cover ament in taxes levi d under the
tariff for Monopoly laid by the outrageous
Radical party. This is a great shce IN a
mans living. State, county and Municipal
taxes should Oe cut down to the minimum
point. We are not insisting upon mig
g~ardliness upon the penny wise and
pound foolish system of expenditure.
We are for moderate salaries, and for
such expenditures as are positively needed
for good, efficient government, for the
public health and happiness, and for
benefit to the State at large. But there
will be all sorts of propositions Def re
the Legislature to appropriate the peo-
pies money for this and that thing, and
wise economists will be wary and careful
as to this point. If the asylums are not
la ge enough, if the appropriations are in
sufficient then human ty and philanthropy
demand the needed assistance and remedy.
If there is any official receiving mani
testify an insufficient salary it should be
supplemented. We 90 not go into
particulars. Guard against exCravagant
and undesirable expenditures. Keep
down taxation. Be slow to vote away
| other peoples money. The wise and
| CduL1OuS NdL4duASl mdCOu9 IOuSSG Ludu3
wise statesman, true patrio3 would never
vote for a new appropriation until the
peoples qOiU had been as~certained.- WI
madmgtOm Messenger.
At present there il but little doubt in
the minds of the Democratic masses that
Grover Cleveland will head the pres,den-
t1al ticket in 1892. The experience of the
last few years has brought him straight
on the silver question. This will make
him acceptable to the West. Gov. HILL
should quiet his ambition a while yet by
accep ing the New York SenatoTship.
He would then be made Chairman of the
National Democratic Executive Commit
tee and his chances for 1896 would be
considerably strengthened. If Hill is the
shrewd politician they say he is, this will
doubtless be his course.