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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05

Farm 1nt01o0oo In Germany.
Nothing is more remarkable" said
Mr.. Conried Mohter, Ito German who
is now an American citizen than to no
tioe the changein political affairs which
he finds on revisihng his native land
after even the lapse Of decade"
Mr.. Mohter is a merchant of Salt Lake
City, U. T., and a mining engineer by
profession. He had just returned from
a visit to his native land, and is loud in
his praise Of the young emperor.
t"The emperor" he continued, s.has
started in to reverse the old Bismarck
regime. His latest step has been the in
PRODUCTION of q state system of insur-
ance for the live stock of farmers. In
every commune OF township where one
half of all the farmers desire insurance
it becomes obligatory on all the rest to
avail themselves Of the law. The sum
paid for loss lis to be seven-tenths of
their value for dead animals, and eight
tenths of the value for such as are killed
because they have contracted disease or
endanger the safety Of the rest. The
premiums are fxed at per cent. of the
value of the animals insured. The state
makes free gift Of $4,000 per annum
to the insurance fund, but should the
losses exceed this sum, together with the
amount of the premiums, then the pre-
miums are to be raised three-quarters Of
per cent, and if this does not suffice the
state agrees to make good the deficiency.
The whole scheme will be directed from
Berlin, where there will be central in
surance bureau, governed by directors
appointed by the government. This
bureau will control the local officers,
receive the premiums and pay the losses.
New York Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
THE FARMERS BURDENS.

Asaments of a Southern Journal ON
an Opinion from the West.
The Kansas City Times says the farm
arsare no longer rich. They no longer
have more than they can spend. In our
once prosperous agricultural districts
they aEeefeduced almost TO poverty.
In II lies Of the public farming has
ceased 70 be the pleasant and profitable
occupation of a former generxtion. In
the older states it is common thing to
re farm houses going to decay, while in
the new states dugouts and shauies are
tie rule. Everywher may be seen the
tack of the loan agent and the blight of
the mortgage. s....
The fact cannot be disguised that the
farmers Of the west are growing poorer
every day, while the farmers of the
south are seriously hampered in their
progress. And yet this is all wrong.
Agriculture should be the great source
Of the nations prosperity, and when it
decays the entire country will suffer.
1t will not do to say that the farmers
are idle and thriftless They work hard.
They are economical. They make the
best of their hard lot. It is easy enough
TO explain the present state of affairs.
Our farmers pay a heavy tax on nearly
every article they buy, and nearly all
they selssnust go at prices fixed in the
marks Yhere the producers Of the
world 'eemp pete for buyers. If protect
i've tariff puts money in the pockets Of
those who are engaged in manufacturing
pursuits, it does not compel them to pay
higher prices for agricultural products
. The value of every thing raised on farm
is largely determined by the price of our
surplus supply in foreign markets. Farm
ers, therefore, when they sell have to
compete with the producers of the world,
and when they buy they have to pay an
exorbitant tax to a privileged class on
cur eastern seaboard, for whose benefit
the Mckinley bill was enacted.
In conclusion, our Kansas City con-
temporary declares that our farmers un-
der existing conditions are mere serfs,
and will never be any better off until
we have tariff reform. These are stub
born facts, but tariff reform is not a suf-
fcient remedy. We must overhaul our
entire systems Of finance and taxation.
We must have.a currency that will meet
the wants .Qf this rapidly developing
countr RTE must have local banks
of issue t17at will not outlaw the farmers
by rejecting real estate as security for
loans. When we get all these reforms
we may expect to see the agricultural
interest enjoy its olden prosperity, but
not before.-Atlanta Constitution:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
The Alliance in New Jersey.

~~AS SAAAAs~1A>S
The Alliance has in mind specia
work, and that is reduction of thu
salaries Of the state officials. They vii.
take no independent action in this mat
ter this year. They will be guided by
the legislative committee Of the indus
trial senate, who will spend much time
in Trenton during the session Of the
legislature. They will seek to secure
some steps looking forward to a change
Of the constitution, a reduction of ali
salaries to $1,000 a year, including the
governors, and the changing of the com
pensation of the clerks Of the supreme
court and chancery. These latter officers
they think should be paid by the state
and all fees over and above the salaries
should be paid to the state. They in
clude all the supreme court justices and
chancellor in the list of officials. They
now get $4,000 and $4,000 year.
The Alliance will wait and see what
the senate is going to do in this connec
ton. Next fall they will take an ag
gressive hand in the matter. They will
then have q vigorous state Alliance
with branches in every county. It is
suggested that the matter of reducing
the salaries of officials be made the is
sue Of the first campaign, and that the
Alliance withhold it's support from all
candidates for the assembly and senate
who refuse to be pledged to the uniform
salary scheme.-Trenton Special in Phil.
adelphia Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05

of lawyers It wa e1tner destroy a super.
stihon or do scahe terribly bad govern.
ing. Which will it be?
Education has extended. The farmer
and merchant know more of the inside
of public questions now than the law.
yers and preachers did when the constti-
tuition was adopted mot more Of tech
nical forms, but more of the essential
reasons for this or that Legislative or ex.
ecuive action. The trend Of civilization
is always away from barren technical
recital and toward simp1ifed common
sense. As people learn more they re-
quire less and endure less Of the e1abo-
rate ritual Of technique. Perhaps we
can get along with few lawyers among
public men. Kansas City Times.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
J WANTS MORE MONEY.


standard Editorial ''Takes" With Him.
Elbow does it take?' should think
that Nero idle curiosity would suggest
the above inquiry, though you really
had no interest or did not care. Ihave
reference to your financial editorials.
Well, they do not take with me. You
presume too much ON the ignorance, Of
the people. know, for instance, that
know very little, but when man tiles
to ride over and trampae down all Of
the obvious truths which are obnoxious
10 a theory, there Is q remote possibility
that some one win bring him to thereali-
ling sense that there is not always a
monopoly in ideas. Your reply to the
query concerning theprice Of gold showr
clearly desire to tsbear" the source Of
truth. What would person think OF
me if in reply to tsWhat is the price Cd
potatoes2" should say, 'sYou might as
well ask me how much does q quart
measure hold?' and should further say
that in reality the price Of potatoes is
the amount Of wheat, pork, boots or ma
chinery they will purchase. would reap
contempt for such treatment, as we'll
should deserve.
This reply is exactly paralleled by
yours. Something must be done, in
your estimation, to make men believe
that gold is the universe in whom there
is no variableness or shadow of turning
You are determined to have a stand
ard Of value" thing which neither
time, nor law, nor men, nor any combina-
ton of men, can ever naterialize. How
can there be standard when all the
factors which are involved in products
and values want, labor and sup
ply are perpetually on the ebb and flow?
Every day of our lives we are brought
face to face with the fact that the stand
ards are as numerous as the individuals
of the race. No matter what we buy or
who buys or sells, we shall run across
some one who will remark of our pur-
chase, ''You paid too much, !" while an
other will say, ''You got that cheap"
But you insist that gold is standard of
value and is the standard of our cur
rency. Isuppose, then, that that accounts
for the fact that potatoes were worth
fifteen cents year ago and are now
worth seventy cents bushel, or that
butter was worth fifteen cents in June
and is now worth twenty-five. Perhaps
your gold is Of uniform value, but can
get a number of dollars more of them
with 100 bushels of oats than could a
year ago. can get less of them with
hay than three years ago. In what sense
is anything a standard that can never be
valued twice alike any day or age?
Your idea that there is body Of peo-
pie clamoring for an inferior" money
is not a supposable case, has no right to
be classed as a supposition or hypothe-
sis. The attitude of person toward
the greenback shows the attachment tc
the country, measures the patriotism
Those opposed to it are enemies of the
country, as it is the personification Of
the ideal currency, is the only honest
money we ever had, the only money that
stands by us in all emergencies, the
money which came forth in our peril af-
ter gold had vanished.
I am totally opposed to the 'tsub-
treasury" scheme; am a farmer.-R. r.
Lambert in St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
What the Movement Is,

The farmers movement is thoroughly
educational. In its social aspect it recog-
nizes the isolation of the farmer with
the resulting evils, and attempts to over
come that isolation. In it's financial as.
pect it is protest against present meth
DDS Of Capitalization, and an attempt to
restore the industrial equilibrium which
has been destroyed by the combination
and trust, by securing fair ratio in the
exchange Of raw products for finished
commodities.
In its relation to citizenship it strives
to develop an educated farm yeomanry
who will cast conscientious ballots not
merely for the party brand, but for the
home and the native land. Hence it
aims to break down isolation and dis
trust, and substitute an educated farm
sentiment and farm leadership. Itrecog-
niZes that present conditions are the
natural outgrowth of having intrusted
the government to those who preferred
private interest to general welfare when
private interest and general welfare
clashed. It seeks justice through morals
and evolution.
In its political aspect it is protest
against bourbonism, bossism, corrup-
ton at the polls and class legislation,
whether McKinleyism or other class ism.
It is a movement in favor of the same
protection to the farm as is accorded to
the factory.-N. II. Ashby in American
Agriculturist,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
Governor Albeit and the Jersey Farmers

Governor Albeit and the Jersey Farmers.
The annual message of Governor Alb
bett, which is a comprehensive review
of the public. affairs of New Jersey,
dwells at great length upon the con-
ditions which affect the farming indus
try of his state. These conditions, which
have been made the subject of investi-
CATION by a special commission, are any
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
.The Nsx Yoelk I.eaxue.

t-ess7'ss 5 Tho New York League. 4ssss....,
The New York State Farmers league,
stits recent convention in Utica, adopt
ed the following: w.
We demand that our state and ma
garding the following matters.
First, that all property, real, personal,
corporate, shall be equally taxed; second,
that no public officer accept passes from
railroads or other corporations; third,
that the dealing in futures in agricult-
ural products be prevented; fourth, that
the sale of adulterated food prod
ucts be prohibited unless they are so
branded; fifth, to secure the nationaliza-
ton of the canals, and make the deepen
ing Of the Hudson river a national ex-
pense, and until such time make no fur
ther appropriation for the canals, save
such as may be necessary to keep them
in good repair; sixth, to secure the pub
ication of a uniform system of school
textbooks under direction of the state,
in order th 1,they may be furnished at
a mini1g3t< Y a cost; seventh, to secure
such protection to state lands in the
Adirondack forest as will prevent fur
ther destruction by lumber pirates and
others, thus insuring a supply of water
sufficient to meet the demands of our
waterways, without expending millions
in purchase Of lands held by speculators
and sports1nen to establish state park;
eighth, that an estimate of the prob
able cost of completing the state
capitol be obtained, to the end that the
taxpayers may determine whether it will
and build one more in keeping with the
demands of the people; ninth, that while
our present system of road making is not
productive of the best results, we be-
ieve that any scheme to spend millions
of the peoples money on the highways
should be postponed till an improvement
in the financial condition of our country
will warrant such expenditures; tenth,
that national legislation be deferred in
reference to theirrigation of the western
arid lands at public expense until the
consumptive demands of the people shall
require a greater productive area;
eleventh, to secure such financial legisla-
$,zpn as will meet the requirements of
VIZ agricul t2Eal and business interests of
the country Felfth, to prevent the i'm
migration az the pauper and criminal
, classes to this country, also all persons
who don't in good faith intend to be-
come its citizens.
furthermore demand dretrenchment
and reforms in national, state and local
expenditures, to the end that legislation
in these stringent times shall provide
for the passage Of such laws as will re-
ieve an overburdened and fdden people.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05

come thoroughly aroused to realization
of their burdens, and are making con-
certed and intelligent efforts to correct
the evils from which they suffer.
Their endeavors, so long as they lie
within the limitations of the organic Lava
Of the commonwealth and the nation.
merit the encouragement and assistance
Of all fair minded men to the extent thaHt'
the state can aid without violating the
rights Of these in bettering the conditions
of those who contribute 50 materialty
toward her wealth and imp An
wise measureswn meet my approval.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05

. One year ago the Alliance in Ohio had
only 5000 members. Now there are
660 sub-Alliances, with total member
ship of over $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
What Concerns Him.

L What Concerns Him.
What concerns the farmer is:
First-He has to pay too high rate.oi
interest.
Second He is receiving too low prices
for his products to have profit on the
cost of production. (.
Third-The money value Of his farm
has been steadily depreciating, even
though he has all the time been increas.
ing its fertility.
Fourth-As result no one wants to
buy farms.
Z Ffth-Men are seeking more proftar
BILE investments. Bright boys and m
telligent men are leaving the farms. (.
Now, am not croaker, nor indeed
am I willing to indorse completely all
the above propositions, for believe that
there are some wide awake business
farmers who even in those dull times
for farming are making fair per cent.
on their investments. But they are ex.
ercising business talent which in my
opinion would dstand even better chance
of producing profitable returns in otnu
channels Of business. Farmer in New
York Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1891-02-05
New Orran4s.tion Of Farmers.

New Organisation Of Farmers.
A dispatch states that new society
something similar to the Farmers' AZ
lance was organized by convention al
influential and prominent farmers az
Fairbury, Ills, recently. It includes
this (the Ninth congressional district
only. The new venture will be known
as the Farmers Organization of tia
Ninth congressional district of Illinois,
and the object is to promote the finan-
cial moral, social, educational and
other interests Of the farmers through
out the district. The various counties
will have separate societies, and each
township in the counties also. Every
township will be thoroughly organized
by an executive committee of the most
influential farmers, and it is thought tha
new move when in full blast will ba
quite power in politics, as that is one
of the objects. Members are required
to be agricul turists,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27


A private telegram received in Tallahas-
see from Milton Thursday announces that
Judge G. G. McWhorteT died at his home
at that place at o'clock last evening.
.. Judge McWhorter was born at Coo
sawda, Antauga county, Alabama, Feb
ruary 81, 1888. He was educated in Ala
bama and Georgia and was admitted to
practice law in 1857. He moved to Mil.
ton the same year.
Judge McWhorter was speaker Of the
assembly 10 the legislative session Of
1877, and was a presidential elector or
the democratic ticket in 1884. He wa
appointed chief justice of the supreme
court Of Florida in January, 1885.
Up to short time before his death b.
was president of the Florida railroad COM
mission.
His literary tastes and domestic habit'
inclined him to private life, but his tai
ents and worth were recognized and Flori
dams delighted to honor him.
He was one of Florida's ablest lawyers
For several months he had been con
fined to his bed, and though suffering
greatly, was always patient and cheerful
His death casts gloom over Tallahas
see.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

The WaGerwOrks Company Will Bore
An Arteslan Well.

The waserworks Company Will Bore
An Artesian Well.
Some weeks ago when Mr.. Keen of the
Tallahassee Water Works Company was
here, he decided to have an artesian well
bored 80 as to insure an abundant supply
of pure water for Tallahassee. Mr.. J. ii.
Dsw was sent down and made q report
that was entirely satisfactory to: the com.
pany.
1t was their purpose to begin boring
early next fall, but acting on the advice of
Mr.. G. w. Saxon. superintendent of the
waterworks. they have decided to have
the well bored at once.
Mr.. Saxon has made contract with Mr.
William Clary, who has had considerable
experience in boring wells in Michigan.
and the work will soon be under way.
Casing for the we'll has been ordered
from Philadelphia by telegraph and will be
shipped Immediately.
The well will be bored just back of the
company's engine.house, where they can
have power to drive down the drills, and
will be sunk deep enough to secure the
best possible results.
Should they strike mineral water, which
is possible and even probable, Tallahas-
sees progress will be given new i'm
petus.
The Tallahassee Wsterworks Company
means to do all In its power TO aid in the
upbullding of Florida's capital city.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

80 $500 - Sk3v4e a. Is 49, -
Tn nsesszs bseu1 lHaAlunsslG / !. !
4. ?. Kisssdssaf Bos kassAe Leon.
:. TIC. Coesins Of Philads HAT the
81. james. go r.
d. =. Day Of Gainesville b euess Of
the st. James. -.
Constipation, blood poison. ieverf Doc.
tofs' bills and funeral exnenees coet about
Two hundred dollars; De Witf,s Little Early
S SI; 10 co - = quarter. Take your choice.
would you believe it, Western corn
10 being shipped into Tallahassee already
J.F. welborn, M. q. Bowler and John
smith OF Sanford are guests of the Leon.
The Tallahassee Choral club will soon
present Sullivsn's opera, Judge and
Jury"
When will the joint sessi IN dissolve itself
sine DIE? Has 1t finished its work or
not?
The general appropriation bill is being
severely nan0le0 In the house. They are
tearing it into tatters with amendments.
De Wits Little Early Risers never
grippe or cause nausea. Mild but sure, a.
syst rather than force. Best little pill for
sick headache, chronic constipation, dys-
pepsia. Sold by II. Lively.
A bill has been introduced in each house
OF the Florida legislature to incorporate
the Colonization, Mining and Commercial
company of Florida Qimited). Mr.. John
A. Graham OF Tallahassee is interested in
this company. 1t 10 said they will bring
in foreign immigrants in large numbers t
grow tobacco ami mine phospbates.
lffood sours on stomach, digestion IL de-
fected. De w tits Little Early Risers will
remedy this. The famous little pills tina
never grippe and never dissappoint.. Sole
by N. Lively.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

In almost every neighborhood through
out the west there is some one or more per-
sons whoee lives have been saved by Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrh@a Rem.
edy, or who have been cured of chronic
diarrhea by it. Such persons take especial
pleasure in recommending the remedy to
others. The praise that follows its intro
duction and use and makes it very popular.
IS and 80 cent bottles for sale by druggistA
Nav Sim
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27
Good Sense.

Disease is largely the result of impure
blood. To purify the blood, is to cure the
disease! As blood purifier and vitalizer,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
stands head and shoulders above any other
known specific! Its power in this direc-
ton is nothing short of wonderful. Gaaran-
teed to benefit. or cure in every case or
money refunded.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27
KNIGHTS OF HONOR.


The entertainment committee an-
nounce the following subject for debate
at the next meeting of the Tallahassee
Lodge No. 1925, Knights Of Honor,
Thursday night, May %, at 8 o'clock p.
m. in the Masonic building:
'sResolved, That the fraternal features
of our order are best exempliied in the
subordinate lodges"
All Knights are requested to be pre-.
pared to discuss the question.
Visiting Knights are cordially invited
to attend and take part in the discus
sion
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

An Artesian Well Wanted In ITALIA.
h@Oweee

An AFtee10M WeII W2nt0W IN AUA1a"
h0Owee.
To the Editor Of the Flondian.
Owing to the fact that the city's supply OF
water has been materially cut off by the
drou ght, 1t will soon become necessary to
seek some other source from which to OBJ
tain 1t, and il must be conceded by any
one who looks into the subject that the
certain source OF supply would be an arte-
sian well Now ii such 10 the caae, and 1t
artesisn water offers the additional advan.
tage Of greater purity and lower temper
a.ure. the question must force llseiI upon
all, why not have its Were vote to &c
taken to-day ! have no doubt out what
subscribe myself in favor Of it. III. LIVELY.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

vented. -
Lot of Confederate bills and old S0aa
ero relics; Clocks, Swords. Guns, -
Address p. D. box 175, Jacksonville, -
Very popular, very small, very -
De Wits Little Early Risers, the pin -
constipation, biliousness, sick heade
NJ. Lively. ST.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

baby q you would like 10 go, and - Sound -
had mot txied CuFIeuRA kEmHD41G write ~
that every mother with Q baby hike mine Co -
confident that there ID medicine th& WIN 60
the worst eczema, and that medicine u ths Cus
Has. BETTE BURKNER, Lockhart, Tsz
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1891-05-27

Regular meetings Of f.. A .1S 15i1a
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