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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
EVERYBODY VOTE.
VINO VIII DO the Lucky Crow I'm the
Contest?

WIN" VIII DO the Lucky Grow I'm the
Contest?
a peculiar feature of "The Fast MALI
is tho vote taken as pcr tho following
notice.: f WV
me conductor, engineer and brake
man receiving the most votes will run
eno trains on tho "Fast Mail" Com
Pany next Thursday night at the Opera
~ ballot box will be placed at Hancs'
S Ta.e' "nere ballots may 10 deposited.
Inc ballots will DO counted Thursday
noon december 10; result will be pub
llshed in papers, and tho parties win
call at tho box office that day for their
CUT THIS OUT.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
The Halfway.

PERHAPS you don't know what that
means, do you? You. know that for
fresh candies and fruits Of all kinds
there is no place like Booth & Co.'S, lie
Commerce street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06

NHE< yOu ~t,b ar-scatS IL jsEa.rg.
e - Soleaea. Jas Saiem zvvnsc
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
THE New Cnunln

THEY resort to Booth e Co., the
popular confectioners, whore thew get,
the best CONNECTIONS and the best fruits.
Booth IL Co., lie Commerce street.
lF you wish the finest candies O; ain
kinds, bon bons, &C.. always call at
Booth ~ Co.'S, lie Commerce street.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06

Go TO Il. +. Allen, 3 Commerce street,
for cocoanuts, Brazil nuts, almonds,
pecans, nuts, etc, at wholesale.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06

Go TO b. +. Allen. Commences
street, for cocoanuts. Brazil nuts, al
monds. walnuts, ptcans, nuts, etc, at
wholesale,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
SECOND WARD-.Cojorer

BOlling, T 4 & F, lot % ward II l. e. / Co
Brown, Thor nton, Peach & Honey
Bruce, Nancy & ais do
Chidress, Joe, do
Carter t. Deancr, Fincastle road
Coleman, Joe, side Gainsboro road
Edwards, Badly Peach & Honey
Eearly, Margaret e Willie side Holiday st
Gilbert, Richard, Peach IL Honey
Gilbert, Albert, do
Hurt, Harriet, do
Hail. w W, do
Lane, Cornelius, lot 70 and part so II .NICo
Lark. Gllie, Peach and Honey
Lovcacc, Jno ii, lot 66 ward Il ~ Co
Martin, Joe, Peach and Honey
Otcy, JOscphinc side Holiday st
Rccshy, j ii, side High street
stuart Henry Peach and Honey
Shelton Il ln, C side Randolph street
Sparks, Ella. cor Cabell and razewcll streets
Trent, Win d, Fincaste road
Traynham, NJ. do do
Turner, Julia, Peach and Honey
Washington, Geo c side Randolph It
Wright. Albert, on Fncastlc road
Waller, Edward, do do
Warren Mrs Snsan. side lIigh st
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
THIRD WARD-CoIored

Allen, Monroe, in Old Lick side Salem road
Billups, y ii, lot 40 ward i X l. ~ | co
Baxter Rice part lot 80 n 3If ward RI .SIco
Berkeley. Morton W, part lot ZIG ward ! Il cleo
Colvin, George, Old Lick
Dennis, lyaa, do
Eyans, Patterson, cor Mcdowell and Pace sta
Finley, Jack. Old Tick side salem road
Gibson, William, do
liacklcy, a j, lot sec O Fairvicw
Same lot scc9 do
Hughes, \, part lot 80 ward I.&Ico
Hale, Jefferson, part lot .si do do
iiackley Bette, side Mcdowell u
Hawkins, Allen, in Old Lick
hanna, Mrs Maria do
Hughes, JAS Is, part lot BOG wd 4 II .NICo
johnson, BurIcll do lot 3i0 do do
Jefferson, jeffrey lot in Old Lick
Jones, Edward do
Jcirries, " cslry, do
Jones. hooker, lot 26 and - Old Lick
leftwitch, VIM, lot in Old Lick
Morton, Agnes, part lot ly6 wd 4 II l. ~ ICo
Neal Van, in Ola Lick
Page. George, lot II sec 3 Fairview
Pinkard, j II, lot IL sect DO
Parker, Bette, part lot III wd 1 II l. ,SICo
Rice, Fletcher, lot IL sec = Fairyicw
same lot | Sec, do
hlce, derry. lot IL sec = do
Rhodes, Harvey, side Lying " Salem road
tucker, Peter III Old Lick
Reed. Dock, do
rneker, Jno c, lot ioi ward L&Ico
stark, Joel. lot = see tairvicw
Stovsll. Bette. lor sect do
sigler, J ". lot gal ward ri .SICo
stAndeid ThoDts. lot 50, &c ifaIrview
SprAdiin. VIM Heir. In GA Lick
>tia-. Mary. DO
wLeston. Cha-le. ioi - sc , Faifvi-u
NriEHt "a 3 = n re H-'s ~ Cs=a Evs
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-12-06
FIRST WARD.

Almond Mary j. COP Commerce n Campbell SITS S25 III
Anderson side Franklin part 1924 Lewis ad 10 y
Alexander, A, lots IL IS ii and Is IL and III ~
Anderson, & ID, lot sec 81 F and IL p
Anderson, & ID, lot 20 Hyde Park II
Anderson. Geo and Quarles, cor Walnut and
Franklin j:
Aaron. Jesse, n eide Wells st r and III II
Anderson. Geo X, lot S sec 5 X + and II IL ):
Akcrs e and ais side Mountain st 10G> Commerce ::
Baker Mary A. lot 9 sec 10 ltorcr map 3:
ILL Lot TSncl md
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
Raum's GeometricaI Progression.

Gen. Raum has no idea of letting his
Pension Bureau lapse into desuetude,
as the census bureau has partially done,
for lack of useful occupation. His ex-
ecutive department comprises an actual
force of 6,241 persons quite standing
army in itself, and most potential
ally to have on hand for the exigencies
that are apt to arise in presidential
campaign Not only is there to be
enough work cut out to justify the
maintenance of this army until the
close of the next campaign, but for all
time to come. Its longevity is to be, at
least, commensurate with that pro-
verbal with the pensioners themselves.
The commissioners recent announce
ment that he was going to hurry
through and dump $50, 900 original cases
upon the various pension agencies be-
fore the year was out may have i'm
pressed some thoughtless readers with
the notion that he was exerting himself
manfully to get to the end of the pen
sion business, and to make finish of
all claims now before his bureau. AS
there are SOP, ,098 original claims from
the civil war now pending, the list
should be good for dump Of the pro-
portions specified by Mr.. Raum. But
that official has not the least idea
of fixing any horizon to his liberal
pension view. There are still pending
800, $40 claims for increase, which,
properly managed, would afford suffi-
cent warrant for keeping the standing
army standing around through another
campaign.
Nor would this end 1t. In casting
about for timber to work upon the COM
missioner doesn't limit himself to pres
ent or prospective applications for pen
sions. sit appears" he says, that
7SO, 451 survivors are not pensioned, and
1884, 1876 deceased soldiers are not now
represented on the pension rolls" This
appears clearly enough to Mr.. Raum,
because he has been figuring on it
But how many are on the rolls who
have no rightful claim to be there?
How many thousands of men are spend
ing the money that should have gone
for wooden legs for crippled veterans?
A little arithmetic in this direction
might yield some practical results
But ''sums" of this kind are too diff
cult for dog-day weather, and it may
be as well to leave the figuring for con-
gress and the winter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
r. Q. Mills.

The Chicago Herald in reviewing a
very able address by Hon. Roger @.
Mills, at Iowa City, a few days ago,
happily says:
Addressing an audience at Iowa City
Roger @. Mills said that the real value
of the manufacturers of the country
was about $500, 900, 900 a year, but the
market value is $1,000, 100000. Of this
market price $4,000, 100000 is tariff.
That is Mr.. Mills estimate of the am
nual cost of protection to the country,
and as he has lately been making a
special investigation of the subject his
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
A Snide Hide in the Mckinley Bill.

The Mckinley bill protects wheat to
the amount of twenty-five cents per
bushel. This is one of the tubs thrown
to the agricultural whale. Now, there
never was poorer fiction than this
professed duty on wheat. 1t does not
protect the farmer to the amount OF a
farthing, and it never can protect him
unless the crop of wheat in the United
States is SO short as to be inadequate
to feed the people of the United States.
The surplus in Canada this year will
exceed 33. 900, 900 bushels. The most of
it will come from the Manitoba coun-
try. 1t will find market in the United
States. The great millers will be the
purchasers They will convert it into
flour and export the -four to Europe
The moment the millers get their
bill of lading they will present to the
government officials the evidence that
the flour was manufactured out of
Canadian wheat, or wheat they paid a
duty of 25 cents per bushel, and the
United States officials will allow them
the rebate of 25 cents, which they paid
on each bushel. The flour made out
of the Canadian wheat will go to the
European market and force that much
United States grown wheat out of the
foreign market There never was a
purer fction-never clearer deceit
than this professed protection on wheat.
The Canadian farmer may be the loser,
but the American farmer can not be
the gamer. What the Canadian farmer
loses the -four manufacturer will gain.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
WILL NEED OUR WHEAT.
Europe's Demand on Uncle
Sam.
the Average-American Farmers Sure
to Find a Big Market Abroad-Fiplres
to Interest the Nation.

New YORK, Sept 7-Several reviews
or estimates of European, American
and Indian wheat production in 1891
and the probable wants of Europe in
Is91-92 have been made public of late,
but none points so unmistakably to an
excessive, if not unprecedented, Euro
pean demand for wheat from else
where as that which follows The sit
uation, too is aggravated by de-
creased yield of rye in Germany and
Russia VIM. E. Bear has made special
investigation at the request of Brad
streets and by latest mail reports as
follows:
1t is too early to give any thing bet
ter than a rough estimate OF the wheat
production of European countries for
the current year, only a few official
comparisons of the probable difference
between this years and last years
yield having appeared. l propose,
however, to give such indications as
are available; but before doing so it
may be well to take review of the
past production and exports or imports
of the principal exporting and import
ing countries. The latest year for
which complete official figures are
available is 1889, and 1 propose to give
the statistics for the five years ending
with that year In all cases, it will be
understood, -four in wheat equivalents
Is included 1t will also be understood
that the indicated consumption referred
60 halAvxy 30 for fha HI1n nf tho cd
of five years and would have to be in
creased to represent the existing con-
sumption. Taking Russia first, as the
principal exporting country of Europe,
we have the following detail:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
SIS Copper king2" Ask the Protec-
tionists.

Within eight months the Boston Cop
per Mining companies have declared
dividends aggregating $S,0OO,OO0, and
since 1868 the total profits of these COM
panies have been 1886, $50, 900. Recount
ing this gigantic robbery the Boston
Transcript asks: SIS not copper
king?"
The enormous profits of the copper
companies during the past twenty
years have been due to the high rates
of duty imposed by the tariff, which
enabled them to add from three to four
cents pound to the price of copper sold
to home consumers, while accepting
the lower prices obtainable in foreign
markets for their surplus The Nc
Kinley tariff act reduces the tariff on
copper ore and copper to rates ranging
from II cent pound on fine copper
in the ore to N cents per pound foI
copper pigs or plates. The precise eY
feet and the intended effect of these.
duties are to take money out of the
pockets of the people who use coppeN
to stuff it into the pockets of the cops-
per mining companies
Copper is one of the things which
should go on the free list; but the pow
erful com bination of copper producers
were able to persuade, the billion con-
gress against any such measure of JUS
tice. Until the McKinleys and the Me-
Kinley administrations shall be driven
from power the answer to the Tran
scripts inquiry undoubtedly must be
that Copper is King" The people are
compelled to pay grievous tribute to His
Boston Majesty.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
MPokrIEo COUNTRIES
Totals. ,7sO.soi,OOo OO64oOuOO s7iOOOO'O
Toll Europe 1895, $4,000 Li15 900 600 F2sl 600
sNet imports

~NeI imports.
In my desire to avoid exaggeration of
the deficiency in Europe am not sure
that l have allowed enough for the de-
ficiency of the rye crop elsewhere than
in Germany. The crop is a very bad
one nearly all over Europe, and unless
wheat becomes so dear that the peas
antry will be driven to the consumption
of other kinds of grain to take the
place of rye there must be large extra
use of wheat If we allow average ex-
ports from India during the cereal
year, including portion of the surplus
of next springs wheat-say, 49, 900
bushels-and suppose that the United
States will spare for Europe IA, 900, 900
bushels, making 177,OOO 900 bushels al
together, there will be, according to
the estimated European deficiency,
about 1O4, 900, 900 bushels to obtain from
minor sources of supply outside Eu-
rope.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

The difference indicates an average
yearly consumption of about LAT, S77 47O
bushels Our statistical abstract for
foreign countries does not include Rou-
mania, which is somewhat important
exporting country, and have not suffi-
eient details to enable me to compile
table for that country.
Turning to the importing countries,
the most important is the United King
dom, which makes the following ex-
hibit:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
Frances figures are:

Total five years.. ], 475 $50, 26l l72,096, II
Average 295, 1856. 052 "a, 4l9, 90
Indicated consumption per annum, 1926, 9,5ss, "a
bushels,
Italy shows:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

Total FIVE years. i, 05S, 305, 1877
varaue 11l 6fI. 1915
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

,hree cents, while wheat
had voluntarily surren-
I,le the right to pay
the same time had
should not be raised
told can not be dug
and therefore can
and, furthermore,
should stop using
wheat, aAd that one
million more people
who had heretofore
or wheat and corn,
corn and use only
d be said of such an
body presume that it
the relation of wheat
ould not everybody de-
etrators of such an act
els or fools? But this
gous to, and is on all
monetization of silver
IN this country and
e acts recourse to sill
money supply, here
cry body equally with
hut off; at the same
tior. of gold has de-
$3.50, 900, 900 to about
aally, while it's use in
utistry has largely in
nile fully one hundred
>ns of people who used
or together with gold,
ave since then adopted
standard, and now use
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24
Austria Hungary shows:

Total five years =. ,S17, 219, 900
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

With a fine contempA for the in
telligence of the farmers the Tribune
says:
'With better weather the mortgages
vanish and also the idea that there
must be new party in order to raise
more corn"
Rather the idea vanishes that the re-
publican party is entitled to credit for
bountiful crops. But an idea that will
not vanish is that the party in power
has so heavily taxed the farmer on his
necessaries of life as to rob him of q
large part of his crop proceeds, and,
that while the price of his grain is
fixed in foreign markets by the natural
law of supply and demand, the prices
he must pay to monopolists for what
he buys are fixed by arbitrary and un-
Just statutes, enormously oppressive to
him.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

Indicated consumption of wheat and
spelt per annum, 2seO7,717 bushels.
Spelt is included with wheat in the
official returns from which these figures
are compiled.
The figures as to India are of great
Importance. They are:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-09-24

Average. ........ 21L66I,l25 9O.879, 1856
Russian statistics rarely include Po-
land, and it is necessary to add 12,000,-
600 bushels as about the average pro-
duction for that country, making the.
average for the whole of European
Russia 223, ,661, 1876 bushels. Deducting
the average exports we have 189, ,2s1, 259
bushels as the average quantity per an
mum left for home consumption, with
OUT allowing for any difference in re-
serve stocks at the beginning and end
of the period, which can not be given
SHOWING OF AUsTRIA-HUNGARY.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
WHO DEMANDED IT.


The laws of Texas have for three or
four years forbidden the. acquisi-
ton by corporations Of more land
than was needed for the car
rying on of such manufacture
ing or other business OF like nature as
they may desire to engage in. The leg
islature sought last winter to include
aliens among those prohibited from
owning and holding land. But in doing
so, it went unconsciously too far, and
enacted law that not only shut out
aliens, but excluded foreign money
seeking investment here not in land,
but in the multiplied forms of industry
upon whose development the material
welfare and growth of the state depend.
There are some who, never dreaming
before its enactment that such law
was desirable, are now defending it as
wise and wholesome. 1t is impossible
to see how any fair-minded man can
hold such an opinion. What was the
thing desired by the people, and aimed
at by the legislature? The prohibition
OF alien ownership. That. and nothing
else. Nobody had ever asked, no party
platform had ever demanded, that
foreign money should be banished and
excluded from the state. If they had
done so, their demands would have
been ridiculed and lampooned as the
drivelings of fanaticism.
Had the law stopped where it should
have done, that is with the inhibition
of alien ownership, all hands would be
be satisfied, and not man would have
thought of the failure to add clause
excluding foreign money. The de-
Tense OF that absuraity is wholly an
afterthought, and anything but credit
able to the strength OF mind and con-
servatism that espouse it. Texas
needs money. She does not need alien
ownership. She could easily have put
away the latter, without turning away
the former also. Cutting off ones nose
to spite his face is proyerbially poor
business, and that is what Texas has
DONE Let the mistake be corrected at
the earliest opportunity, and the ban
removed from foreign investments and
foreign money. Unless that is done
thousands of the best men in the state
must go and are going to the wall.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
THE GAAsTTE: FE WORTH, TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER s.

a body of 5000 delegates, representing
100000 citizens of voting age-was
that directed against the house of lords.
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, publicist whose
reputation has gone far beyond the
British Isles, declared that there was
no use to try mending the house Of
lords - relief from the abuses that
sprang from it could come only by it's
adjustment.
With the ancient and hereditary bull
warks of patrician power swept away by
the beating waves Of popular discon-
tent, there would be but little to com-
plain of in the kingly fgurehead that
wears the crown. The rule Of the peo-
pie would be far more absolute than
when the Commonwealth fourished
under Cromwell, without the name or
appearance of royalty.
The proposition to pay members of
parliament salary OF $500 year
about Sl500-was another display OF
feeling from the commonalty, showing
that the great middle class has the bits
between its teeth. Members OF pariia-
ment get no pay. Only those men,
therefore, who are SO fortunate as to
have incomes from invested capital can
take part in national legislation. The
poor man who depends upon the earn
ings of his labor for living is barred,
for so soon as he enters parliament his
source of livelihood is cut off and he is
left without the means of living. A
salary of $500 year is small enough.
but twill enable an economical patriot
TO live, and that seems to be all that
they are asking for.
The signs are that the Twentieth
century will dawn upon republic
directing the destinies of that nation
that has acknowledge the sway of the
Plantagenets, the Tudors, the Stuarts
and the Guelphs-a republic that in
very truth rules by divine right, for
the voice OF the people is the voice of
God.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
AN ERA OF PROGRESS.

The strides that democratic feeling
is making in England is hardly under
stood until some event occurs, such as
the holding of the great congress of
Liberalists at Newcastle, or the ex-
posture of royal proliigacy in the bac-
carat trial. The divine right of
kings" is scoffed at by workingmen in
blouses. The nobility are criticised
and condemned by the same standard
OF Judgment that is put to the case of
men and women of plebeian blood. The
hereditary house of lords is complained
OF as clogupon progress, and worse
than useless part of the scheme of gov
eminent.
One of the loudest applauded utter
anees made in the Newcastle congress-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
NOT FOR TEXAS.

If there was no need in Texas for
| money to construct railroads, build
factories, open mines, and otherwise
develop new country, there might be
some excuse for those who seek to
erect Chinese wall around the state.
Money at and 5 per cent per month
develops nothing cheap money is re-
CURED to do those things which are so
needed in Texas. The western half of
the state needs railroads, all the state
needs factories, Llano and New Bir-
mingham need money to develop their
mineral resources. The cry in Texas
is for more railroads and more factor
les, and the legislation of Texas is to
drive out Of the state the money needed
to answer the demands of the state.
Other sections of the Union are re-
covering from the great panic of 1890
81. Money at 6 per cent can be had in
Western states, while Texas people,
merchants and farmers, suffer from in
ability to borrow money at double the
price. But for the Gossett alien land
law numerous failures in Texas would
not have occurred; but fer the Gossett
alien land law, thousands of Texas
people would not now face bankruptcy
and sharks would not be biding their
time to ''pick up the property sacri-
feed because money was driven from
the state by Texas legislation. The
following letter will show the effect of
the Gossett law. how money that was
turning to Texas was diverted to other
states whose people preferred cheap
money to that loaned at from to 5 per
cent per month. Never in the history
of state legislation was such crime
committed against state and its peo-
pie as that known as the Gossett alien
land law of Texas:
No. 43. AiooRGATE STREET,
LONDON, L. c., Sept 10, 1891
4. W. Tallant, Esq, Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR-We thank you for the services
YOU have so satisfactorily rendered US in
connection with our real estate investments
in your state. AS we find your legislature
has decided against allowing aliens send
their capital into Texas against real estate
securities, We shall have 10 turn our atten-
ton to other parts OF your great country,
and to avail ourselves of your cooperation
in securing the realization of the invest
ments in Texas in which our clients and
ourselves have placed capital. As SO many
new states are anxious 10 develop their re-
sources. we have had in London the last
year OR two, far more American applica-
..al hon 10 ~