The Iola register., 1891-05-15
COTTON VS.. CORN.
A SOUTHERN GOVERNOR ON THE
SUB-TREASURY SCHEME. THE
SOUTH OBJECTS TO INFLATED
PRICES FOR WHEAT AND CORN.

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PRICES FOR WHEAT AND CORN.
Southern Farmers vs.. Northern Farmers
Commenting on a recent letter writ
ten by Governor Stone of Mississippi
in reply to an inquiry from a sub-alli
ance in his state, the Memphis Appeal
Avalanche says:
Gov. Stone, of Mississippi, is not /;
man OF eGuivOcations. His reply, there
| fore, to the officers of the Webster
county alliance, who asked an expires
sion of his views as to the sub-treasury
scheme, is plain, direct and explicit
He is opposed to it unreservedly. He
| sees in it merely another device to rot
the farmer. 1t is very gratifying in
| this day OF trimming politicians to find
such democrats as Senator George.
Gov. Stone and others of Mississippi.
standing firmly by their honest convic.
tians, and refusing to be tempted by
offers of place. In this connection the
farmers of Mississippi should consider
the situation into which they would be
forced by the passage of the subtreasury
bill. Whatever the southern farmers
may be in the future. they are for the
present, as they have been in the past,
corn and wheat buyers. Let us suppose
that while the southern farmer is ware
housing his cotton, the northwestern
farmer is housing his corn and wheat.
The government having gone among
the speculatOrs of the Chicago board OF
trade and asCertained the price of corn
and wheat, has, we will say, paid the
northwestern farmer so per cent of its
value. In the meantime the southern
farmer is yearning for corn and wheat.
The northwestern farmer, having
received so per cent. of its value, and
feeling pretty well, thank you, con-
cludes that he will force prices up on
the southern brother by holding the
corn and wheat in the warehouse until
he can get from the southern planter,
who must have corn and wheat or starve,
an exorbitant price for the cereals. in
the meanwhile the Chicago grain pit
operators are running the treasury. A
beautiful scheme. truly. 1t would not
matter so much if the southern farmer
could live off mast and wild game while
holding on to his cotton, but as the
southern farmer must have bread, he
would either have to quit raising cotton
or be starved into paying the prices
fixed by the Chicago spectators and
the northwestern cereal producers.
When the northwestern farmer declines
to sell his products at the highest pos
sible notch, the millennium will have
arrived and the heavens will roll up as
a scroll. But Gov. Stone has given
reasons other than these for opposing
the sub-treasury, and his letter is a
solid shot right into the bullseye. 1t
will be of great effect among the farm
ers of the state. Into a small space he
has compressed volumes of truth and
sound philosophy. And The Appeal
Avalanche would add that it will be
melancholy day for the country when
Uncle Sam shall be seen in the wheat
pit of the Chicago board of trade taking
prices from the gamblers there.
Police Court Pictures.
Strong pictures of human nature
with bold lines and strong contrasts are
contained in the following police report
taken from Cincinnati paper:
Hes sorry for it, Judge, know he
Is, for he told meso."
A young woman, pale as death,
trembling in every limb, took the wit
ness stand in the police court yesterday
Her husband had abused her
the marks OF his brutal vio-
lence disfguring her wan, pinched face
She fled the house. and, in the first
hour OF her suffering, anger and humil-
iatiOn, she swore out warrant for his
arrest, fully determined to let the law
avenge her wrongs.
When he was arrested she wept a lit
tie and her heart relented toward the
partner OF her joys and sorrows, the
father OF her children. The work house
stared him in the face, and realizing
his fate, her courage, her anger, her
fear, all left her. Only love and pity
remained. She begged tearfully that
he be forgiven. pleaded that he be per-
mitted to return to her and her three
little ones. He's sorry for it, Judge, |
know he is" she walled, tears cours- |
ing down her cheeks; "he's sorry, for |
he told me so himself. He didn't want !
10 hurt Inc, he only pushed me-"
isn't your arm black and blue?" in |
luired Prosecutor Corcoran. "Didn't |
be black your eye?"
HE only pushed me-" she insisted. |
II must have fallen down and hurt N.Y.
self"
Judge Gregg didn't have the heart to |
resist her appeals. John McEIlicott,
charged with abusing his family, was |
dismissed.
1880 WOULD HAVE SUITED BETTER.
Charles Voegeli, charged with the
'ame offense, doesn't possess wife of
70 forgiving disposition. She wasn't |
exactly anxious to prosecute, but when
her lips had been once unsealed the |
story OF her wrongs flowed from them |
with easy loquaciousnes. He came
home drunk, Denniless, as usual, and |
when taken to task for his worthless
ness, struck his wife in the ear with a
boot, badly bruising her face. did |
you ever strike your wife before this?"
asked the judge. Il struck her oc-
he answered; "but / never
,ut her BEFORE" he added, in a mitiga-
.ory manner. ''I'll never do it any
more; I'll swear a solemn oath never to
lrink again" His pleas were in vain.
,he judge fined him s25 and costs, and
glanced appealingly at his wife. She
lidn't soften bit. ''It's a pity you
lidn't get more, "she called after him.
! sentiment that was echoed by those
present,
The Press aud the President.
Texas gave President Harrison a
'enuine American reception. 1t is un-
fficially stated that the executive is
ot in sympathy with General Sheri-
ans statements relative to the Lone
tar commonwealth Bee.
The president and his party enjoyed
genuine ovation at Chattanooga. His
tterances on such occasions are always
ensible, graceful and approximate. His
eferences to the war and its results
o the Chattanooga OF 1864 and the Chat
anoga Of lS9l-were particularly well