The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-02-26
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pOllblCdl Qu6SJlOHS Iho OOuOu pTOCeeuS
on the theory that its gain would be the
North's loss.
The nearer the farm and factory are
to each other the greater the home
market, and the greater the home mark
ct the greater the value of the farm.
Every worker at manufacturing in
this country consumes over 800 worth
of our agricultural produce per year, the
English laboreT consuming Onlv SAP
worth.
The nearer producer and consumer
are brought together the more the profit
to the producer, the less the cost to the
consumer and the less the profit to the
middleman.
Since the Cotton States are able to
sell their great staple abroad for gold
they are entirely content to have other
sections take the risks and dangers of
unlimited silver coinage at home.
ALI great, successful, and progress
sive ideas bearing on the public life and
policy of the Nation, within the last
thirty years, have been originated by
Republicans. Reciprocity is great,
successful, and progressive idea.
If free coinage should send Ameri-
can gold to Europe the expression in the
volume of money there would be a rise
of prices and cotton would sell higher.
Free coinage, while poison to the North,
it is thought would be meat to the Cot
ton States
If Democratic House, with a ma
jOrity of two thirds, can run two months
at an expense of over 100000 without
doing anything, or even getting as far as
the adoption of rules, how much can it
expend d how little can it accomplish
in the course of two years !?
Idaho has just about enough popu-
lation and territory to give to each per-
son in the State square mile of room.
There al e 81, 260 square miles of land in
the State and S4,3S5 people.
History repeats itself. The Republi-
cans carried Gettysburg in the recent To-
cal elections in Pennsylvania. 1t will be
remembered that the Republicans car
ried Gettysburg in 1868.
Up to date the present Democratic
House stands pre-eminent as the one
which has cost the country the most and
transacted the least amount of business
in given time. In both these particu-
lars it has record beyond that of any
legislative body that ever sat in the
United States.
An excellent remedy-Two of my
children have been much troubled with
NEURALGIA all winter. They used Saliva
ton Oil and few applications produced
a complete cure. | consider it an ex-
cellent remedy. JOHN II. JONES,
Deputy Inspector,
Tobacco Warehouse, No. 4. BALTIC, Md.
Thomas d. Jordon, who has Just
been chosen Comptroller of the Equitl-
BILE Life Assurance Society, the ex-
Superintendent, John A. Mccall, began
his connection with the society as its
Office boy at salary of 800 Il year. To-
day, at AZ, he can count his earnings at
nearly that much per day. 1t isn't
al"aps necessary to go West in order to
grow up with the country. The East is
full of opportunities to men who de-
serve and know how to improve them.
Southern Democratic papers are not
over the decision of the
Federal Supreme Court in favor of Boyd,
the Democratic contestant for the Office
of governor in Nebraska. They don't
like the doctrine that citizenship is pri-
marilya State question, nor are they
pleased to have decision of State Su-
preme Court on such question over
ruled by the Federal Supreme Court and
a Sovereign State" thus supplied with
a new governor,
"Wno said Hoods Sarsaparilla?"
of people, who know it to be
the best blood purifier and tonic medi-
cine.
The National Republican Committee
requests county committee
men and Others to send in the names of
active Republican workers. This work
should not be delayed as heretofore until
the campaign is formally opened in the
foil, but should be attended to now. In
lists let them cover a given
territory as completely as possible, as,
for instance, all the wards or precincts
in a city and all the towns, townships,
or other subdivisions in a county. We
desire the names not only of speakers
but of all good party workers. Send
them TO the branch office, 900 F street,
Washington.
Deans Rheumatic Pills absolutely cures rheu
matsm and Neuralgia. Entirely vegetable. Safe.
The German Government has lately
caused models of the best equipped pos
tai cars that can be produced in all coun-
tries in which that kind of service is in
use, to be made for exhibition in the
German museum and for the cOnsidera-
ton of the postal authorities of the EN-
pire. The models of the postal cars
used in the United States were made by
the Chicago, Milwaukee IL st. Paul rail
road, at their shops in st. Paul, and are
beautiful specimens of initiative skill.
They are exactly One-sixth the size of
the regular cars, being ten feet in length
by one and one-half in width and COM
plete in every detail. The Postoffice De-
partment acted as the representative of
the German Government in this matter,
two officials of the Railway Mail Service
having inspected the models.
i have been troubled with catarrh
for ten years and have tried number of
but found no relief until pur-
chased bottle of Ely's Cream Balm.
it the most reliable cure for ca
tarrh and cold In the head.-George f.
Crandell, p. NJ, Quonochawntaug, r. l.
Under the contract for one hundred
and post-marking machines,
which has been entered into by the Post
master General, the machines are to be
furnished on the first of March. There
lre l2S first-class pOstoffices, and the ma
hines will probably be placed in 70 of
Them. They have an average rate of
,ancelling and post-marking of 80, 600
pieces of miscellaneous mail-matter per
hour. An electrical machine, manufac-
Jured in New York, is soon to be put
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