davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
EAST BURKE.
Death of Carlos Parker.

Mr.. Carlos Parker, whose death is
noted in another column, was a ma
tive of Lyndon and always made
that his home until two years ago,
when he came to this town to live
with his son, Nathan. During his
short stay here he has made many
friends. Hewas an earnest Christian
and died in that belief The funeral
services were held at the Methodist
church Tuesday conducted by Rev.
]. E. Farrow, assisted by Rev. H. P.
Gushing, Rev. S. Donaldson and A.
Howard.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
Deaths.

Notices of deaths inserted free. More than
he simple notice, ten cents a line.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
EGGS FOR MATCHING

From choice Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leg
horns and Black Red Games at 5 per 13-
WARREN l.. SWETT,
Box 192. St. IohnsburX. Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
WEST DANVILLE.

George w. Cook expects soon to
go on the road for A. L. Bailey
Ice will be out of the upper pond
today which is three days earlier
than last year.
Miss Susie Clifford, who has been
stopping at G. w. Cooks, COM
menced her school at Walden Heights
last Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08

On Sunday n strap halter going from NJ lain
Street to SummerVille via Maple Street
Finder will be rewarded by leaving it at this
office.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08

competent person to take entire charge
of cooking and general work, without wash
ing. No other need apply at II Church St.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
WEST BURKE.

Densmore's former clerk, Wilbur
Gaskill, is working in the shop.
D. K. Densmore caught trout IN
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-05-08
WANTED.

At my store on April 80 n sum of money
E. N RANDALL L
Found-A Sum of money
The advocate., 1890-07-09

threshlng time O5 cents per bushel.
Flour In Kansas City will average the
year round 90 per barrel Of 200 pounds,
or si.2O per bushel Tor wheat. Give the
miller all the oiial (bran, shorts and mid
dlings), and 10 per cent cash profit on
each bushel OF wheat, and wa have the
-four In the hands Of tho wholesale and
retail dealers 1t II 4 cents per bushel OF
wheat The difference between 7lk
cents and Sl.2O, or 4sl6 cents, now goes
30 the middle man or grain speculator,
unless, indeed, the miller makes an un-
usual and outrageous profit The farmer
knows this 10 be the case, and unless the
sub treasury bill, or some other measure
Of protection and relief is enacted into
law, we will find the American farmer,
in NJ Of seld@ desperation, voting for
free trade and cheap foreign goods In
exchange for bis -four. The democratic
party 10 aware Of this, hence lts open
hostility to the treasury plan, and all
other measures OF relief for the farmer,
Kansas City, Mo. Gro. O. WARD
The advocate., 1890-07-09
A PEOPLES TICKET.
Plan offered by the Secretary Of The Citizens
Alliance No Olathe.

Plan offered by the Secretary Of the Citizens
Alliance NJ Olathc.
Let each labor organization in the
county elect one delegate for each twenty
members or major fraction OF twenty,
who shall meet at the county seat at such
time as the president Of the county ALL
ance may designate, for the purpose Of
placing In nomination candidates for the
various county offices, TO be voted on by
each organization at Il certain time not
sooner than four weeks thereafter, specl'
fed also by the president OF the county
alliance, which day and hour must be
the same throughout the county Two
copies Of the record Of votes shall be
made, one TO be retained by the secre-
tary OF each organization, the other TO be
forwarded to the president Of the county
alliance who shall cause the same TO be
published in the county papers, giving
each name placed in nomination with the
number Of votes received. The record
retained by the secretary Of each or
ganization shall be compared with the
published statement so that any errors
may be corrected. The person receiving
the highest number Of votes for any Of.
flee shall be the nominee Of the peoples
party for that Office. During the four
weeks free discussion Of the candidates
should be had In each labor organization.
This delegate convention shall also
elect delegates TO the congressional and
state conventions.
/ offer the above as suggestions. Some
others may do better or add something
that will make IL more complete.
ID. O. ZERCHER,
Secretary Citizens Alliance No, /.
The advocate., 1890-07-09
Secretary CItIzeng' Alliance No. |.

WALL STREET AND FREE COINAGE.
Many Of your readers do not under
stand why Wall street opposes free coin
age Of silver 80 bitterly at this session Of
Congress. IL Is not only chat they want
q single standard and thus prevent an in
crease Of currency, but they want the
public strengthening act repealed. They
want TO compromise on the repeal Of that
act In the next Congress, and by deIerinR
the inevitable another year the specu-
lators can buy the entire output Of the
silver mines in this country and Mexico
as well as In South America, and hold II
until the free coinage act passes. Bull
lion will then jump from e07S TO Sl.0O,
and they will thus be enabled to make
80 per cent. or 80.27 per ounce. Thirty
seven millions on an outlay Of one hun.
dred millions 10 worth lobbying for, and
the wants and needs of tho people are not
TO be considered. And Farmer Fun
Stone, NJ O., innOCently asks "Can 13
cents worth Of silver be made worth a
dolIar?" VIII his contrasting constitu-
ents answer him la Novemberl Echo
answers, lOiH theyS OLD FoeY.
The advocate., 1890-07-09
TARIFF TALK
HOw Can We Protect tllc Farmer.

deayOred 10 show that the tariff, high or
low, for protection or for revenue, pos
sesses very little interest for the farmer
except indirectly or incidentally. A
tariff Is unnecessary 10 protect the farm
or from the importation Of foreign grain,
and powerless 10 protect him from com
petition In foreign markets with the
cheap labor Of India, Russia and South
America; nor can II enhance the price
OF his products In foreign markets.
But indirectly the protective tariff en-
hances his prices and reduces his
grain for foreign export, by preserving
intact for American labor the Opportuni-
ty 10 manufacture the goods consumed
by American citizens, thus increasing the
ability Of labor TO purchase and consume
the products Of American farms, and de-
creasing the proportion Of grain available
to aid in supplying the demand Of for
eign nations for consumption. The tariff
is also charged with being the indirect
cause OF the capitallstlc combination
known as the trust, but II Is almost GER
tain that, were the tariff greatly lowered
and impOrtations greatly augmented, the
Anglo-AmeriCan trust and combine
would manage TO control both the supply
and the price Of goods, while the Ameri-
can farmer would find in the decreased
home market remedy much worse than
the disease which tariff reform Fondly
hopes TO cure.
How then can we protect the farmer?
Let us first examine the nature and foun-
dation Of trusts aud the theory upon
which they are based. The trust is the
sOclalistic combination Of capital as OPP
posed TO the solidarity Of organized labor.
IL Is the natural result of trades unions,
the Knights OF Labor and kindred or
ganizations, and was created for the pur-
pose OF resisting and defeating the de-
mands Of labor. Trusts are more numer-
GUS and powerful in England, a free trade
nation, than In any other country, hence
they are not a Legitimate outgrowth Of
the protective tariff. Their objects are
three-ROld. First, 10 substitute the COM
binatiOn Of capital for the competition OF
capital. Second, TO reduce cost Of pro-
ductiOn to a minimum, by eliminating the
foolish and destructive wasteful ten
denotes Of severe competition. Third,
by the means Of the two foregoing fac
tors TO dominate labor and dictate the
price thereof. Having discovered that II
is suicidal TO compete with each other in
an attempt to flood the market with
cheap goods, capitalistiC manufacturers
combine TO limit the production Of the
combined industrial plants TO the demand
Of the people for their wares. They limit
production by shutting down a portion
OF the plants and, when necessary, rum
ming the remainder ON short time; the
members Of the syndicate or trust shar-
Ing alike In net profits Of the total pro-
ductiOn. BY thus discharging American
laborers they render competition for en-
pIOyneat more severe, and consequently
reduce wages.
Now upon what theory Is the trust
formulateds The basic principle upon
which trusts are built is one that governs
all species of reciprocal commercial ex-
change, tO-wit: That the value or price
Of merchandise is largely dependent upon
The advocate., 1890-07-09

The Mexico IRicHgHcfr, May 2s, Mysi y, X.
CauthOru was offered 90 cents per hushe for hiA
wheat at thrcshing last year. Tie refused the
price and yesterday sold At 0i cents, The dihers
ence ON his crop OF 800 bushels was $780, or an
advance Of 20 per cent.
Now, the above was written May 70,
or close upon the eve Of harvest Of anoth-
er big wheat crop, Here, now IL one
farmer who needed no protection, being
either out Of debt or able 10 give
security for money TO carry him
over. This, for him, meant differ
ence Of 0per cent In the price OF his
wheat. Now, who got the gradual ap-
preciaton or rise Of wheat from thresh-
ing time last year TO May %, 1890 in the
case Of those who were compelled 10 sell
their wheat as soon as IL was threshodY
Remember, il only takes just 30 much
wheat 10 feed both America and foreign
nations one month, and no device can in
crease the heconsumptive capacity Of an ap-
petite beyond its normal desire or de-
mand. No, then, figuring from threshing
10 threshlng, one-twelfth Of the crop OF
wheat OF 1889, was sold one year before
there was any demand (other than spec.
lative) for IL; one-twelith eleven months
before, and 30 on; and as a matter Of
fact only one-twelith OF the crop was
sold subject to the Legitimate and natural
demand OF the month In which II was
sold.
How, then, can we protect the farmerY
First Remonetize silver and make II
equal in every respect, as money metal,
with gold. This will take away from
England the power 10 use one American
commodity to reduce TO a minimum the
price of another commodity, and will
make a difference to the American farm
er Of 40 per cent In the price Of his wheat
Immediately upon lts being threshed.
ecOnd-llnact into law the provisions
embraced in the sub-treasury bill Let
us examine those provisions aud the of
feet they would have il enacted into law,
In connection with the free coinage OF
silver. First, as to silver: II this metal
was made equal with gold by tho enact
ment Of a free coinage act, England
would no longer buy from America for
20 cents, sufficient silver TO buy from
India an amount of wheat for which she
must otherwise pay 81 In gold, and there
fore our Missouri friend would have been
offered not 90 cents, but % cents FOR his
wheat at threshing. Even as write the
prospect, II not ol free coinage, at least
OF increased coinage of silver is causing
the prices Of both wheat and silver bull
lion TO steadily rise, hand In hand, to-
gether. But suppose our Missouri friend
declines 10 accept 02 cents, and being
somewhat in debt, stores his wheat in the
treasury warehouse, receiving 8O per
cent Of the market value, or % cents per
bushel, and this amount being sufficient
10 carry him financially, he holds his
wheat until May Of the succeeding year,
and then sells his certificate at an ad-
vance Of 40 per cent abovethe 90 cents, or
$1.2O cents per bushel, less the 73 cents
advanced him by the people, 7.3 cents
fixed charges and Legitimate expenses,
charges, etc. But Of course all men
owning wheat would or could not hold
their wheat until May, so we just take
the average increase In price per month,
for twelve months, which is 10 per cent,
The advocate., 1890-07-09

IlNulhtlohS bhp PiACo eau pN IokulhtoN
and steadied, aud kept At such a standard
as 10 afford a satisfactory margin OF
profit. SO then the trust secures eX.
treme cheapness In cost OF productions
freedom from severe competition, and a
regular output or supply limited 10 cor
respond with limited regular demand
and a limited supply OF money In the
hands Of the people.
How Is II with the iarmer2 The farmer,
Il must be remembered, Is both capitalist
and laborer His land, work animals and
implements are his plant or permanent
Investment and his working capital, and
he, in his own proper person, represents
the labor employed, The capital and
labor thus invested and employed aggre'
gates more than that employed In all
other Industries combined, and he ia de-
pendent upon the price Of his grain and
food products for his rent, interest, prof
its and wages. Il will thus be seen at a
glance that the farmer, more than any
other one man or represented industry, Is
vitality interested in the economic and
financial policy Of the government, aud
has commercial interests at stake greater
than all other commercial interests, which
are dependent for success or disaster
upon the economic and commercial con.
ditlons which surround him and by which
he Is confronted. We have seen that
one Of the primary objects had in view
In the formulation Of the modern trust
was the limitation Of the output, in order
that too many goods or too large n sup
ply Of merchandise, as related To the de-
mand for the same, were not put upon
the market at once, or at any one period
Of time. In their efforts In this direc-
tlon, the trusts are ably seconded and
aided by the people or government,
through and by the means Of that pro-
vision Of law which allows importing
merchants or trusts to store their import
ed goods In government warehouses un-
Ill such time as they are disposed to pay
the duty upon them and put them upon
the market.
How does the farmer stand In relation
to this law Of price, as governed by the
the law Of supply and demand, and to
what extent is he the victim OF commercial
and economic conditions, TO avoid and
obviate which the trusts are primarily
evOlvedG The answer is sunequivOcal and
direct. He is, and has ever been, the
most badly injured victim of a devilish
system OF commercial and industrial com
petition; and the worst part of II Is, while
he is tleeCed, robbed and plundered to
the verge Of pauperism and bankruptcy
no one is benefited thereby, except for
eign nations and set Of drones In the
United States called grain spectators,
brokers and board of trade men, who live
and wax fat by gambling upon the farm
ers' necessities and playing games OF
chance with the necessarles OF life. The
farmers Of the United States harvested
In 1889 the enormous crop OF 4OO,50OOOO
bushels OF wheat, all Of which was har-
vested, threshed and put upon the mar
ket within the period Of, say, forty days
or this vast amount Of wheat we export
ed about l2O,OOO,OOO bushels in grain and
-four, or at the usual estimate Of FIVE
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
MILFORD.

The threshing machine is at work
and IS turning out much less grain
than was expected. Walter Price had
only 1896 bushels from So acres-32 OF
which was on corn ground-against
500 bushels as was estimated. Your
correspondent in reply to a circular
from the Commissioners of Immigra-
ton estimated the average Yield of
wheat for Sully county at 8 bushels
per acre. We would now reduce the
estimate to 5 bushels per acre.
Quite gu exodus is threatened by the
people living in this part of the county
on account of the drouth, but we be-
lieve that more than half who are
talking Of going will leave.
Several picnic parties went to the
river and secured large quantity OF
fruit.
School commenced at School House
No. 2 on Monday with Miss jessie
Farnsworth as teacher.
Born, on Sunday, the Gath inst, to
G. Hartman and wife, a daughter.
The Independents expect to have an
easy job in defeating the ring ticket
nominated the 25th inst at Onida.
VEsTAL.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
Sudden Death.

We are this week called upon to
chronicle the sad news Of the sudden
death of Philip Walter, of Cora town.
ship, which occurred at his home on
Saturday evening of last week, from
the displacement and rupture of one
of the smaller intestines, caused by
heavy lifting on Thursday afternoon
when moving his household goods from
his temporary residence in Copp to his
farm. He was taken sick about IL
o'clock Thursday night and suffered ex-
cruclating pains until Saturday evening
about o'clock, when he passed away.
MIR. Walter was strong active
young man of more than ordinary abil-
ity and perseverance; always ready and
willing to assist IN relieving the needy
and to build up his community and
county; was well liked and his loss is
mourned by all who enjoyed his ac-
quaintance in both Sully and Potter
counties, who JOIN in sympathizing
with the bereaved widow and family.
He leaves an invalid wife and two
small children.
He was postmaster at Copp and en-
gagged in the mercantile business there
and farming in Cora township
OHis remains were inferred In the
Copp cemetery on Sunday afternoon,
followed to their last resting place by
a procession of over 60 teams, loaded
with neighbors and friends.
Drs Hull and Bullard Of Gettysburg,
were with him during his suffering, but
could do nothing to relieve him from
the terrible agony.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

A. O. u. W.-welcome Lodge. No. Is. Meets
first and third Saturday OF each month. NJ. W.,
David Hall; Recorder. ID. q. Jordan; Financier,
W. n. Meioon.
q. A. R.-U. 8. Grant Post, No. %, first and
third Saturdays OF each month"; p. m. q. W.
Everts, Commander: j. n. Garner, Adjutant.
8. ofv.-Corporal Tanner Camp, No. 81. first
Saturday OF month, p. m. Frank A. Eyerts,
Captain; ID. NJ. Anderson, Sergeant.
W. C. T. U.-Meetings. Second Thursday of
each month. public meeting next Sunday evening.
Mrs. N w. Porter, President
W. r. Gus. Grant Corps, No. -. Meetings
first and third Saturday OF each month. Mrs. VIM
Toomey, Commander; Mrss Carrie Everts, Secy.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
RAILROAD RACKET.

Yesterday evening just before going to
press r. M. Newport, Esq. of st. Paul. a
director of the n. p II. r.. b. p. Tilden,
chief engineer of the N. p. II. r., and L.
b. Albright. representing the Pierre Board
Of Trade arrived in town looking over the
Aberdeen and Pierre survey. This morn
ing the gentlemen. accompanied by ID. @
Jordan and G. w. Hawes, will start for
Faulkton via. Copp to look the country
over with view of changing the line of
the former survey SO as to pass through
Onida.
75 miles of the road will be graded ready
for the rails this fall. go miles on the Aber-
deem and Is on the Pierre end, the work
to commence within weeks.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30

The best and largest stock oi
whips, ever brought into Sully Co., is
now at the Bargain Store.
ID. A. Harpold and wife, of Oko-
bojo township, have secured good po-
sitions in Indian schools at the Rose
Bud Agency, as teachers, and have left
for that point.
Amos Wiley and family of Blunt,
passed through town Wednesday en-
route to Mrs. W's homestead in Hart
ford township. Mrs. Wiley will teach
the Brooking school this fall.
Andrew McFall has bought 200
head of sheep from Geo. w. Patterson,
Of Iowa. The sheep are half Of the
Kenyon flock of Lincoln township.
NJ. Haverly takes the other half.
Try can of that Standard baking
powder and get dish-pan or water
pail, at French's.
Albert Hasten of Pleasant town.
ship, whose leg was recently amputated
by moving machine, is reported to
be improving as well as could be ex-
pected during the warm weather.
The Old Settlers will meet in
Onida next Wednesday for their annu-
al picnic. The Okobojo Band will
lead the procession from the west. A
pleasant time may be expected-if the
weather will permit
WIN. Bohon, G. w. Holmes, C. J.
johnson and j. N. Garner were elected
delegates to the county convention by
the Onida caucus last Saturday, and
Chas II. Agar was reelected County
Central Committeeman.
APPLES, at Bargain store.
Ben Hoover Of Fairbank, came
over to see how the Republicans went
about it to nominate county ticket
last Monday. No one ever met more
peaceable and pleasant set of men than
those assembled here.
If in need of suit of clothes,
call in and look at those at French's.
You'll find them reasonable. 1t you
want an extra fine SUIT French will or
der you one.
j. NJ. Moore, County Alliance Or
ganlzer, will be at the Hanson school
house in Elk township, on Friday
September 9th, at o'clock p. m, for
the purpose of organizing local alli-
ance.
We would be pleased to have the
farmers who are indebted to US on sub
scription bring in a few dollars to apply
on account Winter will soon be here
and we must have some money to buy
fuel. Please remember us.
The barn ofS. r. Pratt in Farming
ton township, was struck by lightning
and burned last Friday night, together
with a buggy, three work harnesses, a
set of OK harness aud five tons of hay.
Total loss about 800.
Miss Gussie Chandler of Copp.
has been IN in town this week teaching
a class in elocution and instructing
those who took part in the Demorest
Medal Contest last night She leaves
for her home today with N. w. Porter.
Mrs. NJ. A. r. Cousins Reed Of
Fort Pierre, accompanied by her son,
NJ. r. Cousins, of Castleton, N. D., was
In town Thursday, assisting her son to
make final proof upon soldiers Or
phan claim located in Pearl township
AL. Buck and Jas. NJ. Porter acted as
witnesses.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
OFFICIAL PAPER or SULLY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
COUNTY.

COUNTY.
Board Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lawrence
Chairman; J. II. Maxwell, Benton Doner, Thomas
Matecr, w. w. Botsford.
Register Of Deeds-N. W. Porter
County Auditor-H. f. Kimmel.
Clark OF Courts.-C. W. Hawes.
County Judge-Thomas NJ. Goddard.
States Attorpey--D. NJ. Anderson.
Treasurer-wm Toomey.
Sherif-Albert A. Faust.
Assessor-W. d. Weed.
Surveyor-M. l.. French.
Coroner-H, q. Pcase.
Superintendent Of Public Schools-J. NJ. Porter.
Justices OF the Peace-Geo. w. Everts, p. w.
Lavery. II. Lounsbury, w. s. Haynes.
Conslables--lra W. Cole, Charles Houck, John
T.Giliiger, Sidney Ragan.
The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1890-08-30
Republican State Ticket.

The following State ticket was nominal
ed at Mitchell by the Republicans Wed
nesday afternoon:
For Congress
JOHN A. PICKLER, Of Fauik.
JOHN II. GAMBLE, of Yankton.
For Governor
A. c. MELLETTE, of Codington.
For Lieutenant Governor
GEORGE II. HOFFMAN, of walwor,h.
For Secretary of State
A. o. RINGSRUD, of Union.
For Treasurer
w. w. TAYLOR, Of Sphinx.
For Superintendent of Public instruction
CORTEZ SALMON, OF Turner.
For Commissioner Of School and Public Lands
T. II. RUTH, Of Kingsbury.
For Attorney General
ROBERT DOLLARD. Of Bon Homme
For Commissioner of Labor
X. A. SMITH, of Charles Mix.