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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

Progressive Farmer.
Some OF tho partisan papers even ys'
scout the idea Of there having been Z
contraction Of tho currency. and are con-
stansly looking In some other direction
Tor kew 10 the condition Of farm and
other labor. All admit that during the
oO's labor, both on the farm aud IN the
shop, was prosperous. When did that
prosperity begin? When : plethoric
circulation hegnn 10 nov from the gov
eminent through sLe army 20 the people.
When did the depression and the hard
timea begin? When the money began
to now from the people through the
bonds 10 cancellation and destruction.
But, cav the party papers there has been
no material contraction We take The
following table from the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, : republican party paper On
that subject II is certainly entitled to due
creslence. II will be observed that from
1865 10 1887 The circulation ran from
e52 O6 per capita 10 96.67 per capita
The prices OF labor and its products kept
exact pace with that. and debts and
mortgage went up 20 the circulation
went down. And misery came and
crime increased and hell rejoiced and
devils laughed 10 the same proportion.
Read and study that table. and decide
whether Il 70 necessary 10 seek any other
cause for the present condition Of the
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'rustsd With The management OF iis ia,-
p0rtast cO0cerns.
senator lngslls defines mug wnmp Is
10 : man who belongs 20 one party aud
votes With the othsr. Over 10 Indisna
an old gentleman wrois ms : letter
about year ago and asked me TO give
him : definition OF democrat lin Other
words TO tell him what II took 70 constl.
tuts democrat. He ssId he hsd:beguo
70 suspsct himseIt little, that be Was 8
little shaky on tho silver question, and
was getting pretty strongly infected
With prohibition notions. Now. Of
course. I have no right to set up stsod-
ssd and sos wrote hin. But / slso told
him my own notion Of what it took 70
. democrat 10 these words !:
- democrat 10 one who votes the dem.
ocratic ticket. II you do THE eli other
things ehslI b. added unto you. Bot II
You lack this qualification neither your
open profession. nor private belisf,ipo
things sPast, nor things to come, will
avail
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There wes Z Wsli.kuown ex-state on.
Ger and prominent hn<mcier 10 the city
lie was fonnd q the Bates
house lobby. explaining 10 few frieuds
. new scheme 10 raise sufficient revenuea
TO maintain the state institutions. III
said that ths state required . million
d0lIars more annually, hut that this
amount could bc raised without increas.
Ing the rate Of tsxsiion. One-hsif oI
lthis amount could be obtained bv . ays.
tenn Of taxation which would Let 20 cor.
lporstion escape from thu tax list The
losher half would be made up OF fees col
Iecisd by stale and county oficers.
To carry out this plss I'll Officers
'should be placed upon stated ssIaries
They would collect fees - usual, which
would be turned over 10 the count ,
trsasurer TO be kept % = separate fund
This fes fund would be disposed Of q
follows: Alter paying official salaries,
so per cemt. 70 60 10 the state treasury
and 80 per cent. TO the county. On slI
fees collected Withiu . year, the 0dIcer
collecting the same to receive 10 per
per cent, aud 8 per cent. IN I'll fe.s not
collected st the end Of one year but col.
Ieeted in two years. All fees remaining
uncollected for two years, 10 Ds collected
only by the prosecuting attorney, for
which services be should receive s per
cent. commission. BY GLOWING per-
cen,ags on fees collected. be thinks II
would TEND to induce every county ON.
cor to do his duty in matters Of coIiec'
tIons.
He estimates that the state would 70.
ceivs in fees, from the ninety-two c0un-
ties a. lesst sec, 100. being On average
OF oG OOO 10 each county. Az reason
why 50 per cent. Of the fees should 20 10
tho staie, he explsins that the state. be.
side maintaining the benevolent end
penal institutions, pays out annually
tIe2 OOo in court expenses, OF which
amount the circuit judgss receive. In
salariss, els 90; the prosecuting 81.
ltornevs, t25U0O, aud about e45 00O goes
TO witnesses and 10 sberifls tor traDs-
porting prisoners and insaMe PEI sons
This last amount should moi be paid BY
the state, but out Of the county fee funds
from bills allowed BY the county CON-
missionsrs for actual expenses. This
gentleman 10 not only On intelligent,
practical, business man. but he 10 alsO Z
practical politician Who has held county
and ssate ofices. and this should not be
considered q the idle talk Of thsorist
He said. also. that the county ohicsrs
Who believed that no overhsuiing 0f the
Gos system would be made this winter
would BE- badly disappointed before the
sixty days session is over.-Ind. Sen
tiuol.
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II has become known tha, 90 incrsaso
has been made In the tariff rates upon
unmanufacsured teeth from, ia per cent.
10 52S per cent. "A prominent dentist Of
this city, who has been importing teeth
from London, received : leu-F from the
London firm which explAine1 'hst the
incrsase in the purchase pfic. AS due
entirely 10 the increase In the American
iari6 through the workings Of The Nc
kiplsy bill, and that there had been no
increase iD the price or the manufac-
tnrsr. This tariff increase enables the
A msrican manufacturer 10 advance the
price Of HE goods 10 within . shade Of
The foreign manu- fscturers' prices with
the tariff added. and he does Il, too. It
wss explained In the letter that The in
crease In tariff ratios benefited but eight
American manufacturers, and that over
sixty-two million people who have work
done on their teeth have TO pav the In.
crease. For further particuIars 80 DR..
Frank g. Greene.
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There 70 IN shsoluie demsnd for thil
reform, and the demecrsiic Legislature
must mest the question sqnarely. and
must not alIow interested parties and
chr"nic Rrumbiers TO bring about shs
pasaage Of On unconstitutionsI law thai
viii leave matters % they are.
The Democrat believes that . Law
turning the fees into tho treasury and
authorizing county commissioners "a
determiue. once esch year, what salaries
county omcers shsll receive will satisfy
the demands Of tho people and accom-.
piish tho objects desired.
4 II will b. cold day for many On am
bilious statesman IN Indiana " ihis mat.
ter 10 not adjusted IL accordsnce with
the promises made to the people. Lei
the spirit BE- shown that adjusted the
movers Of the reform that knocked oul
the school book trust.
lPssu ssntinsil
The subject Of fee and salary bill, "a
Be presented to the legislature next
month. 10 attracting much attention from
the prsss al over the state. That there
will be some difficulty 10 drifting : sst-
isfactory measure oil admit. There
will b two things OF importance 70 be
10 the measure. Fret, Il
musl b 90 framed that u will bear with
equal burden on all counties alike, :
thing not sssily adjusted, owing 10 the
great difference ID wealth and popula.
tIou 10 the various counties. and, secur-
ing the proper means BY which sslarisd
|0fEices will b. compelled 10 collect the
|fees owing the county. The 6rst part Of
the measurs will look 70 the proper
Of the counties IN propor-
|tion to the work 10 b done BY the ON.
|csrs. This will be On easy matter with
the large counties, but when Il comes 10
the small aud poor ones the difficulty
will come IN when the salary IL small. %
lite needs must be. The compensation
|must be such that competent men can be
lsecured TO Oil the respective ofhces.
Then In the matter Of collecting fees. the
oflcisl bond of each officer must be %
vOrdsd thst II will require The collec.
ting BY the proper officers Of alI s0ms
due the county. IL men are limited u
one term. and with no iavors 10 grant
this may be accomplished. That some
kind Of : bill will pass 10 pretty certain
but II will require much care 10 have Il
cover tha ground, no more or no lees.
That the democrats will have some
careful work 20 do st the coming session
or the Legislature goes without The cay
Ing. The record Of the lest assembly
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

PENSIONS GRANTED John Brunley
Ferdinand (; David q. Dorns, Troy; O
Galloway. TasweIl.
ISCREAsE. 8 e. Burris. AlfordsvilIe
A. J. Poits, Washington; w. q. Con
ner. Gentry vile; VIM. +. 1ngle. Birds.
sye; J. g. Jones Shoals; Peter Hoover
Celsstine; g. w. Shirley, Loogootce
y. ,. Powell, French Lick
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Not the Time 70 CRY Mad Dog.


Brother 6toli. OF the South Bend
Times, seams 10 have some misgivings
Of hssrt lest the legislasure will deal
unjustly With staso aud county o6ncisls
10 fixing . ststed salary. The danger,
10 our judgment. 10 not IN that. but In
rather conservative coWsrdics which 81.
ways pats The glasses on The shoulder 10
The detriment Of the masses. The history
Of I'll great ras0rsns In legislation hes
heeu that u the anxiety 70 serve ssIiish
interests the reform stops st the half. way
house 20 rest. This will not satisfy the
people. il ought not to Tho irinsnd
Of the hour 10 that equal snd exact jus
tics shall BE- done bet wsen those who
pay their sponcy and those Who receive
Il. The legislstOr whose vote i con-
lrolled BY any other motive disgvaces
Inc seat he holds. This 10 not the time
70 cry mad dog.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19
The Question for Every Patriel

The peopls are disturbsd, dIstresssd
Can they hope 70 remedy the iIls they
sufyer through the agency of the psrtica
that b. oughs them about?
The Republican party Il The wilIino
tool OF an army Of consciemcoleos capi
tsIists sucking the life blood % the ION.
ct, toiiing millions. And by the vasI
volume Of hiyh.tsnG Doodle they con.
tribute. obtain enough purchasabIe vote.
10 givs them governmental control. N,
hope OF relief through the party they
dominate.
What about Democrscyf Once, but
not Dow. did that party stand BY the
masses. Grover CIevcland's words iol
reform defeated him in bic own party
The Democratic manufacturers OF Penn.
syivania and New Eng land detcsted him
because be declared tor I've costs lee,
tariff thao the Republicans, though this
email reduction left The rate higher than
the war high tariff. Democracy do.
clared for reform aud lost lie head. III
capilaIistic minority defeated II. III
Brices, Psynes. and Scotia did tho work
sided by the trsachery OF Hill whc
traded Cleveland OF for .he Governor
shlp.
The country must have : new order ol
pew political order ol
things 70 get the relief imperstively
needed. The new line. that new order
II the Prohibition party. Il alous rep
resents ths reforms Of the dsy-thoss
demanded By the suti-saIonn aud To-
dustriaI classes. No liquor CT other mo-
popo,ies have home IL iis ranks. Thil
party We bravely b0rs and 10 bsiog e.
2oused b. come Of The most heroic mel
In the country. il 10 every whers
waging sharp fights, and the grss. hesrI
OF Chrissisnity beais responsive to ii
priGcipIes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

State Superintendent LaFolletts has
called specisl meeting u the Comfy
Superintendent OF Indiana for the goth
Inst. 10 consider what this State shsll do
II the way Of On educational exhibit q
The Worlds Fair.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

The Air Line transported 1890 car
loads OF coal In November. Five new
coal mines srs now being opened on the
line Of the road 10 Warrick, Dubois and
pike couns;ss. - Hunlingburg Argue.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

How Il II Being Talked About
Hon Harry Frsucis, editor Of the
Michigan City Appeal. and Senator
from Lsport county u one or the mosi
reliable men In the Senate. With . level
head on him. He tells the Sentinel: Il
have not my pockets full Of bills read y
20 introduce the 6rst day." ssid he
"Ths most important messurss. such q
. 10 and salary bill, will b trained bv
| an In favor OF standing
bv the platform and passing : reason able
saissy bill. lam one Of those who BE-
ltsve that . man 10 not necessarily : rob.
bsr because he hnlds - ONCE. 1 believe
too. that ~ o6icer ought 70 receive
more than he could make In private lift
for The reason that in sins cases out oI
ten he has TO give up HE business. Take
Mr.. Asttbsws case. Hs has besN slec'
ted secretary Of state for two years, and
10 nov disposiug Of his stock aud farm
machinery ct sacrifice. He must give
up his house and part OF bic furniture
and pay btg rant In ihis city. Two years
hence. II he 10 not reelected, he viii
have 20 r0-st0ck bic farm and purchsse
new machinery. Nov. Il 10 not rsason.
able that he should receive no more al.
sry than he bss been makiug on bic farm
during The past few years But do mol
understand me to cay that there ought
not to be reduction msde. What VI
want 10 . ressooabis bill. AZ The Sen.
tinei pointed ont week ego, It would
b better for the officers II they we're
paid by salaries instead Of fees.
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cox s. MILBURN,
LAWYERS,
JASPER. INDIANA

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w HUD ADJ0lusuo CouNgieo. Srsbsts sssa
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eBvl0n-Up oeaArs ev0 - 49,
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

a fse and salary hill must be passed
but great care should be taken that Il Il
90 drawn - 10 be proof sgainst the psr.
tisan Supreme Court. II 10 doubtful Il
such lsw can be made 10 apply 10 on.
GERS elected before the law IL passed
Let % not defeat . good measure BY
errors growing out OF impatisnce. II
We accom- pIish lhis great reform 70 take
enact on all County and State officer,
hereafter elected ~ shall give great re.
lief 70 the iaxpayers Of Indiana.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-12-19

mtxu Alccuee AuupOSeruoucoo lily
.Omaha. city Of leO,0 600 iahabitauts,
haa no city hospital"
"Ohio saloon-keepers pay into the
State aud local treasury 2.l52 600 thil
year"
4 The above items appeared about On
Inch apart In the News Of this city Au-
gust 20tb. 1890 One contradicts The In.
tent Of the other. Tho latter os the tWo,
and such like iiems. Il sent the rounds ol
the press 20 prove what . great financial
blessing high licsnse 10. Bot The de.
plorsbIs condition Of Omsha, The metrop.
oils Of the original high llcenss state
without . hospital. goes to show thai
high license fails 10 the very object fos
which IL 10 advocated. fIling the city
treasuriee Here 10 Omaha, with no hoe
pisal iu which TO care for the beggared
snd deceased product. that lie high u.
cense saloon turo out every day. Can
you uAme city of equal siEs 10 Prohi-
bition State with mo city hospital" no
provision Tor lie Impoverished sick 2
The boeetsd benefit OF high license 70,
- the Indianapolis Journal ssid, Jan.
6th 20 that ''ss drsmshops contributed
largely 10 the ex pense Of municipal gov.
eminent. they should be taxed heavily
for its support" This same "NsWs,r
from which the above items are clipped,
plead whes the present high license laW
Of Iudians was pending IN the legisls-
lure. for its passage because ''incressed
revenuee ore % much needed on Ill
hands." How ally. Whist ten yesr old
child does not know that 20 fcster -
loon @ . means Of revenue % penny
wise and pound foolish that for every
dollar saloon psys into The treasury e
Tho highest license 1t takes ten ont. The
poorest streets, the wOrst government
md greatest poverty ere 10 he found
In our high license cities.- indianapolis
Forum.
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proves: ,hst ,h~s viii d. tqusi 10 tho
task. - shown by the election law snd
The school hook lev. The peoples ia.
terssts ere IL careful hands.
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,usrsnsD svERY vaiDAr, At sAsrEr
sue0Is COUNTY. suDfAuA. ~
CLGmENT DOANE.
OpT1CE.-IH CoU.Iss BUILDIse ON
Wsss eIxra 6r.rsr.
-pRIos o. sussORIPrUoH.
a,sxle Subscription, for IS Nos. 81 50
9er six 0esths. %
sAess % IDv.Rs'suINe.

aAess % aDvnRfvsuINe.
-, eousre, l0lises or less, ] week, 81 0C
~ subseQusnt insertion, 20 CT
LANCER advertisements q the same
49,. 4 fraction ever even square OF
sosarss. counted - . square. These
- tho terms FOR transient advertise
-s.ts:a reasousbie deduction will b
I'D T. regular advertisers.
Tetices Of sppoin NEST Of adminis'
wssrs ~ 4 legal notices efhks chsrecte'
q b paid n sdvsSce.
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Any man, BE- be who hs may, is :
greater traitor 70 mankind than Arnold
vss 70 his country. when be refuses 70
give the ballot 70 bic wife and dsughtere
for the protection of themselves and
their countvy.
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u. 2. z. Y. COLUMN,

oosDOcTfD ~ HKs- =. . HosBs.
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Prohibitiouists should not bs alarmed
becauss there 10 active discUssiou within
the party concerning methods and prin.
ciples. Such discussion proves that
there ID both life and liberty 10 the party.
Discusaion within . party only ceased
when the party 10 either too dead 10 care
or TOO sine.ruled 70 dare. There has not
been better Indication Of the healthy
condition Of the party for long ums
than the activs discussions that ere nov
going on. Prohibitiouists are such be.
cause they think, and thoss who think
will have opinions. and the only wsy IN
which the right can BE- reached 4
through free discussion. Only, In oil
discussion lei us keep II ever In mind
that difference Of opinions u no crime
but that advances towards truth ars
|mads through differences Of opinion
while the fault Lies In the bitterness ol
controversy.-New Era.
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Bishops Ireland and Spaldisg o.
Cardinal Manning, sll among the moi
prominent Catholics. are the advapc
thinkers Of their relIgious denomination
they ere positive party Prohibitioutst'
They believe 10 The legal suppression .
the drink vice.
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4 majority 10 this country believe ths
liquor trs0lc ought 10 he prohibited. but
d large majority ofshs majority ere isct'
ing In moral courage and rsfnss TO vote
according TO their convictions. The
greatest work We have Il 10 draw ths
IIDes, and then the victory will b. sasiIy
won.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
Free Trade and High Prices on Eggs

Inter bCtdIl
II may have occurred to many OF our readers
that fine, fresh eggs are not easily obtained this
year. The reason Is that most Of the eggs tllat
have travelled from Germany to Chicago hardly
IRE IN as prime GEnaitlon a1 mos "llioi are
ported VIII the free traders take notice that
The free importation OF eggs has not reduced me
price Of eggs in our local markets? lhty ten the
farmer thai IL clothing were duty free we cost
Of clothing in AmeGcan stores would be lower
than II now Is. But eggs have been imported
largely this year, and without duty, and ihe
price ~ American stores Is not less tIah ioflh-
.Yly, while the quality often Is wOctuly worse.
Free importatiOnS do not always result III low
orPrlees. - -..
readers comprehend the magnitude Of the egg
trade in America. Mr.. Edward Atkinson ~ re-
ported to have said that the money value OF the
eggs produced in the United states Is equal 10
that OF its total production of iron. The Ameri-
can Economist gives the imports Of eggs for 1883
1T lG,CC),W dozen. And still the price OF eggs
fas act come down. The free traders poor
itbOrers las rot been benefited by the free
raiders nanSceI. But, GssunIin" the cost Ol eggs
. ..r the port Of foreign shipment TO- Dye no more
.E fgU cents per dozen, >l,gsoGJD OF WJncj ny
zen seat abroad which should have gone into
sac pocket, % AWcrran farmers or into The
.srsaa OF American faIMIFs wives, \ lew mi
.rUUr, have been euTlcucA /! het .r'Ne III eggs
10 consumer has derived beHeLI u The eaten
of one cent
Place duty on eggs AMI you viii protect the
. american farmer. You viii also protect IN.
-ugri,ag consumer from the musty-AasuGad i'm
frnrI1I.uus which fast are supPlaHtins Eeshl!
lslt American eggs ir our stores ana on ou 10
p.gg.
The above article clearly demonstrates tEI
magnitude of the Egg business which togrthcI
,-sBi poultry, is one of tie largest interests o
n.T country. dealers who buy and ship 10 east
egn markets are hampereu a., the iiuctuatinl
prices therc,caIlSe chiefly BY the imports. In,
magnitude Of this interest is such that il certain
ly demands projections. No farm interest re
tlrns 50 large per cent oi clear profit poultry
and eggs and the magnitude OF the aggregate a.
shove set forth is such as to deserve the attention
81 our representatives
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

SENATOR HAwLEY stated in the sen
ate. Tuesday, that the public school
facilities in the city of Washington arc
so meagre that one-half of the children
must attend in the forenoon and the
other half in the afternoon. The sell
ator was speaking in opposition to the
Blair educational bill, and thought that
in its passage congress would be under
taking more than the government ear
fulfill. 1t might be suggested that pu
pills from that benighted city could b
accommodated by Iowa's school system
and facilities,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20


\ REPORT is current that stormy
Jordan the notorious liquor dealer who
advertised his saloon as the road to
hell, ordered a six thousand dollar set
of saloon fixtures when he heard that
Mr.. Boies was elected. AS yet he has
not considered the circumstances aus
picious for flooding his elegant outfit
with beverages. Whatever other esti-
mate may be made as to BOies' politics
it is doubtful if he would sanction such
iagrant violation of our laws as Jordan
contemplated. Some of the differences
taken from the campaign speeches did
not appear in the inaugural message
neither have they been made an author,
ity in law by the legislature.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
PRES. STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
Cedar Falls, Iowa.
THE FIGURE 49,"

The figure in our dates will make a long stay
70 man or woman now living will ever date a
ocument without using the figure 0. 1t stands
the third place in 1890 where it will remain ten
years and then move up to second place in 1900
where It will rest for one hundred years.
There Is another 80" which has also come to STAY
1t is unlike the figure in dates in the respect
that it has already moved up to first place. where
it will permanently remain. II is called the mo.
o" High Arm Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine.
The "No. o. was endorsed for first place by the
experts OF Europe at the Paris Exposition Of 1882
where, after n severe contest with the leading ma
chimes OF the world, it was awarded the only
Grand Prize given to family sewing machines, all
others on exhibit having received lower awards
Of gold medals, etc. The French Governments
also recognized its superiority by the decoration Of
Mr. Nathaniel Wheeler, President of the company,
with the Cross Of the Legion Of Honor
The "No. 0" Is not an old machine improved
upon, but IS an entirely new machine, and tho
Grand Prize at Paris was awarded II as the grand.
est advance In sewing machine mechanism OF the
age. Those who buy 1t can rest assured, there.
fore, Of having the very latest and best