Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1890-12-12

will be a drug in the New York
market by the middle of January
If congress gives the coun-
try proper Legislation at the pres
ent time, when financial legisla-
tion is SO badly needed, there will
be little more heard of the sub
treasury scheme.
The Indian Bureau needs
overhauling about as badly as our
present financial policy. But the
greater number is interested in
the latter, and it should, therefore,
have first attention.
The Indian scare seems
about over. The warlike prepara-
tion of the Indians existed prin-
cipally in the imaginations of
newspaper correspondents. 1t
will, however, cost the government
a large sum of money.
If congress does not dispose
of the election bill within a week
it should be laid aside and atten-
tion given to other important leg
islation. The bill should be dis
posed of a! once, or permitted to go
with the ghost dancers into win.
ter quarters.
The attempt at suppression
of cigarette smoking by the New
York law forbidding the sale of
the i'll smelling and demoraliz-
ing article to boys, has met with
most happy results. 1t is claimed
that the reform is most marked
even to the causal observer.
Nothing could be more de-
structive to the business interests
of the country than the adoption
of the suo-treasury scheme. Yet,
the fact that such dangerous pol
icy is proposed is an evidence
that the country is badly in need
OF some wholesome financial leg
lslation.
There were 66l7 barrels of
of apples shipped from Kirksville
alone, during the packing and
shipping season. When we have
the returns from all other ship.
ping points In the county, it will
be seen that Adair county's apple
crop was source of a surprisingly
large revenue the present season.
The Indians Messiah failed
to put in an appearance, and the
ghost dancers are subsiding. The
ghost dances around the present
financial problem of the country
continue unabated, however
Some-man afraid Of his party
should proclaim himself as the
financial messiah. and at once pro.
ceed to show by his works that he
Is the true prophet.
in reading the report Of
the Wabash business done al this
place, many of our readers will be
surprised at two of the items. We
refer to the shipments of stone
and barrels. In addition to the
barrels needed for home use, five
car loads were shipped to othe,
points. Many cars Of stone taken
from the quarries southwest oi
town, were also shipped to other
towns for building purposes
These two industries give employ
ment to number of laborers, and
their value to our business aggre-
gate may be increased indefinite
ly.
Last week one of the GRAPH
les correspondents asked for city
scale in kirksville. The GRAPHIC
has before called attention to this
matter. Inquiry reveals the fact
that there is much disputing and
dissatisfaction; and when dispute
arises there is no way to settle it be-
cause there is no legal standard
by which to adjust the difficulty.
A city scale, regularly inspected,
would at all times be accepted as
the standard, and if a dispute
arose could at once be appealed to
as an arbiter, and all concerned
would have to accept the decision.
Kirksville should by all means
have city scale.
The present financial condi-
tion is receiving considerable quiet
attention at the hands of Congress
All are agreed that something