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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
Secret Receivership Proceedings.


There is much discussion IN New York
over the action of Judge Speer, of Macon.
Ga, in appointing 3 receiver for the
Georgia Central 1t seems that the ap-
plication was heard in secret and Mr.
Alexander's appointment made at 10 O'clock
last Thursday night. The friends of the
Olcott committee of reorganization OF the
Richmond Terminal say that the receiver
ship will not interfere with the carrying
out of the plan. j. c. Morben, director
of the Georgia Central. says: The per-
formance is most extraordinary. Why
should such action have been taken at
night and at the instance of a single stock
holder. and woman at thati The
Terminal company was not represented,
and knew nothing about any such sp-
pl.cation. There was no occasion for
eGch haste. Nothing was to be done by
she Terminal company that could induce
such action. furthermore. the minority i'm
terest IN the Georgia Central voted for the
present board of directors. The election
vas almost, If not quite. unanimous. Gen.
Alexander stated that the present board
would have been elected without the
Terminal vote at all. The talk that this
move was inspired BY Terminal people is
ali nonsense. 1t WAS q stock-jobblug
scheme. L don't say who was III II. This
action does not interfere with the reorgan-
1zation plan which cOntempIateS a Volun-
tary exchange of securities Nobody can
prevent that. i do not see why this suit
should even delay the publication of the
plan. There is no injunction. The persons
getting the receiver probably wanted so:ao
outsider. but Judge SReer Clearly would
not have that and appointed General
Alexander. so not TO disturb existing
interests If he found there was no occasion
to do so. Yet. even with that modification,
II was very strange thing TO do"
Receiver for an Ohio Road.
Judge Smalley, of Upper Sandusky. o..
has appointed Walter b. RitchIe, OF Lima,
receiver for the Pittsburg Akron x West
ern railway, the new road running from
Delphos TO Akron. The appointment was
made on application Of a number of III amt
ills 10 whom payment Is due for work done
on the construction of the road. The com
AMY Is said to be in debt over S2O0OO0
The Rate To Bs One Cent Per Mile.
The meeting held in Cincinnati on Fri
day. which was attended by +. A. Ford. of
the Pennsylvania lines. Charles Scull. of
the Baltimore X Ohio, Harry Fuller. of the
Chesapeake ~ Ohio. Z. O. Mccormick, of
the Cincinnati. Hamilton * DAYTON. James
Barker. of the L.. y. A. AZ &. tMonon J. and
ID. Il. Martin. o. the Big Four, was more far
reaching in its result than has been made
public. l.. 4. Ford stated that as general
passe2g agent OF the Pennsy lvania lines
be should make u 1-ecnt-a-mile rate for the
Grand Army of the Republic and their
friends who wished To 60 10 WashIn gton.
u. g.. at the annual gathering. which was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-07
Mitchell VIII Vote the Subsidy.

A dispatch to the Journal from Mitchell.
Ind. says: much interest is manifested
here in the result of the election which is
to be held March to determine whether a
tax shall be voted TO aid tho Chicago. In
dianapolis a. Chattanooga Southern Rail-
way Company in completing their proposed
line from Rockport TO Indianapolis. 1t is
the intention To also build a road from this
place to Brazil. Ind, to connect with the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway. The
people of this town favor the road, which is
sure to be built.sand are anxious TO get a
direct route to Indianapolis and Chicago.
and to keep the route from being changed
TO suit some other town, but large number
of farmers near here oppose the tax. some
claiming that If it is voted they will quit
trading here. To-day it seems that the tax
Will carry. Several townships south of
here have already voted In favor of it by
large maiorities. This place Is about mid
way between Indianapolis and RockDort,
and If the tax is voted work in both direc-
tons. will be commenced from here at
Once.o
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
Single Tax in Canada.

Robert Tyson. of Toronto, reports.
The single tax association of that city
is circulating petitions asking the legis.
lature of Ontario to grant to munich.
palities the privilege of exempting per-
sonal property and improvements from
taxation E. F. Clark, mayor of To-
ronto, has made an important proposal,
namely, to charge portion of the cost
of the city's water service directly up
on land values. The object of this is
to prevent vacant land escaping
charges, although it may have mains
passing in front OF it. What may be-
called the construction charges, are
what is proposed to be put on land
values. A committee of the city coun-
Gil has the matter in hand
Mr.. Tyson writes further: Glorious
news from British Columb ia! Mr.. Mil
ton Kerr, a member of the executive
committee of the Toronto single tax as.
ISOLATION, has just returned from the
Pacific coast He reports that the city
of Vancouver has passed bylaw
adopting the single tax to this remark
able extent: That buildings and i'm.
provements are taxed one twenty-sixth
of the land taxation; that is, that
building whose full assessable value
formerly was 81. 900 will be assessed at
only 500 in future Also that the city
Of Victoria has passed bylaw taxing
real estate improvements at so per cent
of their value, thus making the tax on
land values twice that on the improve
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
The True Remedy.

Some time ago came across little
paper containing an article called "Li-
quor's War on Labor" After advo.
eating the closing of dram-shops as the
cure for the conflict between Ia Dor and
capital it asks what Does Labor
Want?" And replies. summed up in a
few words it is:
First The right to DO good work for
bread" Second. The right to get
good bread for work" presume that
bread in the above quotation stands, in
the writer's mind. for all useful pro-
ducts of labor. for otherwise it would
have very little sense in it. since imam
can not live by bread alone" now
any more than formerly. This inter-
preted it is good as far as it goes, but
who is to determine how. when, and
where the laborer shall work and how
much he shall receive for his labor and
what are the good and useful things he
should get or buy with what he gets for
his toll?
The article then says that "the liquor
traffic is in unmitigated hostility to
these essential rights OF the people,, =
and goes on to show that less labor is
employed in proportion to the capital
used in the liquor traffic than in other
kinds of business and argues from this
that labor is thus defrauded But IL 1t
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
MUSIC AT DUSK.

The shadows crouch in hollows stealthily;
ine SKY lights slowly fade. 1 dimly see
FAINT opal tints reflected in the bay,
AND the curved coastline in the distance, gray
For softly DER me on this western hill
Inc nights wings slowly spread, and all is still
All, save the water creeping up the sand,
AND the faint breeze that breathes DER sea and
land
With fitful signs, and from the distance brings
sings,
Deep, solemn sounds, harp's sad undertone.
Made sadder by the winds that sigh and
Deeper than memory pierce those notes. as rife
With lost, faint echoes from bygone life,
The night seems only nlirrored from page
In the dim story of former age.
The fancy flashes, fades like marshlight
CLEANS
Or like the faces family seen in dreams
A stranger intuition takes its place
Through countless cons and through boundless
space
The strains Of music swell. and seem to bring
A premonition of some hidden thing
A foretaste sent to amid the gloom
A vague dim dream OF life beyond the tomb.
The music ceases, but hear it ring
Deep in my heart, with echoes questioning
Was it memory or a prophecy?
Was ii of life long past, or life 10 be?
, Or was il idle fancy of the brain:
All. who shall say may not live againe
Overland Monthly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
Destruction Of Land Values.

Philip G. Boulton, of Brooklyn.
wants to know if the exchange value OF
unimproved land would entirely disap.
pear under the single tax, and gives
this example to illustrate his meaning:
Would piece Of unimproved land that
to-day has a market value of $50, 600
have any market value if the single tax
were in operation.
If the single tax were in perfect ideal
operation, no; land would not havs any
capitalized value. 1t would still have
an annual value, but the annual tax
payment required would be to penny
equal to the value of the annual ad-
vantage. Therefore, there would be
nothing to capitalize. Ideal perfection,
however, can not be expected, and it is
probable that valuable land in use
would always be worth somewhat moro
than the value of its improvements.
Land held out Of use would not be.
however; for the tax, though far short
of ideal perfection, would be high
enough to make it Improbable long to
hold the land out of use. 1t would soon
be put to use If exceptionally desira-
BILE, or thrown into common II not
The Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
A Powerful Book.

Henry Georges reply to the pope's
encyclical on the labor question 10
meeting with an enormous sale both in
this country and abroad. 1t is consid-
cred by many as the most important
contribution to the literature called out
by the papal disquisition on socialism
and private property in land, and it Is
commanding the respectful attention Of
clerpymen of all denominations. In
this work Mr.. George. in that charm
ingly lucid style which is quite his own,
restates his philosophy in the simplest
and plainest possible language, meet
ing every objection which his critics
have raised, and leaving the question Of
land ownership illuminated in the glow
of high morality The book is
couched in the most deferential terms,
md even those who will not accept his
conclusions must admire the skill and
fnesse of his arguments, the eloquence
of his appeal, and the force and vigor
of thought which mark every page. It
can scarcely fail to have a wide reading
and exercise a considerable influence on
the economic thought of the world -
Yankee Blade. Boston, Mass.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04

leAor that we want Or its products, ana
would it be a bad thing if by using the
stcsed up results of labor fcapital) to
assist production we could get the
products of labor without expanding
so much labor? Every labor-saving in
vention tends in exactly that direction.
but according to the author OF the
above mentioned article they are all
bad. as tending to reduce the labor nee
essary to produce given result
the reason that ''the right to do good
work for bread and the right to get
good bread for work" can not be exer-
cised? Every man comes into the
world with cody to be fed and clothed
and sheltered and with two hands with
which to provide food. clothing and
shelter for it, and all around him lies
the land from which all supplies for his
body must and can be drawn. Why
does he not apply his labor to these
natural opportunities and supply his
wants? Why must he wait until some
fellow-being with no better right to
life than he has. graciously permits
him to go to work? Is it not simply
because by our Ubiquitous land system
we allow few to monopolize what
justly belongs to all?
Let us sweep away these restrictions
by requiring all who control land to
pay into the common treasury its full
annual value, thus rendering it un-
profitable to hold land without using it.
Then all men can find plenty of work
without begging for it and it will cease
to be regarded as boon. Thus invol-
untary poverty will cease because each
will be secured in the possession of all
he produces whether he works for him
self or for another Then intemper-
ance born OF poverty and undue wealth
will cease because the cause is re-
moved.
But what would happen to-day leav-
ing our land system untouched. if
through prohibition or any other means
we could entirely destroy intemper-
an .e? We should simply have increas-
ed the number of sober and indus
tri. us people competing for n chance
to work, and wages would thus be
saved, which had been formerly spent
for liquor would be relinquished to Sc
cure a chance to earn anything.
would not have anyone suppose for
one Inoment that / am defending in
temperance, Far from it. / would
gladly take any just means to destroy
the terrible evil But prohibition not
only is unjust, it an ineffective means,
and tends besides to draw attention
away from the true remedy, the de-
struction of involuntary poverty by the
freeing of natural opportunities through
the single tax on land values e. d. B.,
in Justice"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
THE BLAINE GANG.
The Administration Is in the Hands OF
Capitalists and Adve ntur

The Administration Is in the Hands of
Capitalists and Adve nturers.
The two factors which control every
important action of the Harrison ad-
ministration are Blaine and the Blaine
gang. Of these Blaine is the least i'm
porCant He is as much 4 puppet lin
the hands of his friends" as Harrison
is when both B:nine and Blaine's
friends are bent on controlling him.
From time to time Blaine or his
friends, for purposes of their own,
give it out that he 'dissents from the
policy of the president" No doubt the
president is jealous and FESTIVE under
Blaine's control, but it is certain that
he can take no step of Importance on
which the Blaine gang puts its veto.
They control his cabinet, and the en-
tire machinery of the republican party
is in their hands.
They consist of two elements-first,
such capitalists as Levi P. Morton and
Andrew Carnegie, who are the .princi-
pal contributors to republican cam
paign funds. These are rein forced by
such adventures as Stephen b. Elzins
and Pat Egan. In the hands of these
men the president is no more his own
master than if he were a child's doll.
Even if he wished to resist them. he
would be impotent to do so. But he
would never dream of allowing his
jealousy of Blaine's influence to carry
him far enough to make an issue with
them He knows that his chances OF
denomination depend entirely on them,
and that as long as he is sufficiently
subservient to them they will keep
him where they can use him.
Throughout the administration
Blaine, who has often been forced by
his gang to measures he knows to be
disgraceful. has simply used Harrison
as a door mat to wipe his feet on when
his gang have dragged him deeper into
the mire than he wished to go. he
and they have used Harrison and have
then unloaded on him the odium OF
their doings. They are friendly with
the Washington end of the associated
press, and most of the Washington cor
respondents detest III harrison SO cordially
that it was all the easier to use them
for the purposes of the suave and
smiling rascality of these skillful man.
ipulators-
But there never has been any doubt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

There is nothing in the demo
cratic programme looking to the un-
taxing of foreigners while the burdens
on our own citizens are undisturbed.-
n. Y. World.
1t would seem to be about time
for Secretary Foster and Secretary
Elkins to fax around and look
out for the Harrisonian fences. What
are they there for?-Boston Herald.
The republican press should
hasten to denounce the New York vet
Grams who have declared that our pen
sion legislation has become national
nuisance. Courier-Journal.
"A Quay jury has decided that he
has been ibelled by the accusation of
completely with Bardsley. There were
eleven republicans on the jury. So
Mr.. Quay is indicated again. - st.
Louis Republic.
Tom Reed thinks Harrison and
Blaine will kill each other off and the
republican nominee will be a dark
horse. Does he dream of short, fat
man from the northeast, with thick
neck and a bitter tongue, as the sable
nag in question?-St. Paul Pioneer
Press
If he thinks of it, perhaps the
president could leave the key in the
drawer that holds the letter written by
Blaine before he went into the cabinet
pledging his support to Harrison in
1892, when reporter is about. Any
Harrison paper would be willing to
publish it.--St. Paul Globe.
1t is among the mercantile and
manufacturing classes that urgent de-
mands will be formulated looking to
the und ding as far as possible of
some of the ruinous provisions of the
Mckinley bill. These classes are
doubtless willing to endure much rath-
err than keep prices constantly unset
tied, but some features of the existing
schedules call SO loudly for revision
that they cannot possibly be allowed
to stand Boston Globe.
Between the supremacy of a
Harrison Wanamaker machine and the
continuance of the Quay machine, the
people have little to choose per Sc. BY
a long line of avowals, both as senator,
presidential candidate and president,
MIR. Harrison more than almost any
other public man is estopped from re-
movals and appointments for the pur-
pose of controlling the choice of dele
gates. Every one of these pledges was
violated in the Philadelphia campaign
under the direction of Messrs Foster
and Wanamakes.- Pittsburg Dispatch
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
TRUE PATRIOTISM.
New York Veterans Declare Against E
listing Pension Abuses.

New York Veterans Declare Against Ex-
listing Pension Abuses.
There was meeting in New York
last week of a mum Der of veterans of
the last war who desire to do some
thing to bring pension payments with
in reasonable limits and to vindicate
the name OF the American soldier from
the aspiration of being a mercenary.
They regard the pension legislation
of the present day as a national nui-
sance," which calls for abatement.
The memb ers of this new association
favor strong and radical measures.
They wish to revise the pension laws
completely. They desire that no ex-
soldier shall be pensioned who is able
to earn his own living by hands or
brain. Those who are not a ble to earn
livelihood they desire to be supported
in comfort.
1t is encouraging to read expressions
of this sort, after a surfeit of the de-
mands of soldiers of another class who
insist that patriotism has specific
market value, which must be paid by
the nation to the last farthing in cold
cash. The gratitude of their contempt
raries and of posterity they give to the
winds, and treat: with contempt all
talk of glory. They insist that the
country is greatly in their debt and
must pay them off in money.
In contrast with talk of this sort, the
utterances of the New York veterans
are a subject of pride.
1t is eminently proper that the veter-
ans themselves should move in this
matter, if only to let the country know
that the numerous demands" for more
pensions are not backed by the unan-
imous assent of the ex-soldiers. The
pension grabbers, urged on by the PEN
sion attorneys, have been so vociferous,
so persistent and untiring that they
have possibly created an exaggerated
idea of their numb ers, though there is
no reason to doubt either their strength
or their determination. A few words
of protest against this rapacity from
the veterans themselves are, therefore,
extremely gratifying.
Not that there is any great prospect
that the movement will be successful.
The scaling of the pension list in the
way indicated could hardly be accom-
plished at present The soldier vote is
still too formida BILE a specter. The Of
ficias of the pension bureau. who are
pretty shrewd politicians, find their
account in continually inviting public
attention to their diligence in placing
new names upon the roll, and they
boast that they are manufacturing pen
sioners at the rate of thirty thousand a
month.
1t is conceded on all sides that the
number of fraudulent pensioners is
very large. Hardly anyone qualified to
speak upon the subject puts the num-
Der of such at less than one-fourth of
the entire pension list Some thing
might be done in the way of the re-
vision of the list with view to the de-
lection of these frauds, but in the
present state of public opinion it is
doubtful whether much can be accom-
plished in this way. Few public men
have the courage to enter upon such
| an investigation as would be needed
for the purpose.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04

It is very interesting and pathetic
story the New York republicans are
telling of what they call the demo
cratic steal of the state-meaning
thereby the securing of majority in
the senate. But it knocks the pathos
out completely to look for moment
at the facts. With a majority ranging
all the way from twenty thousand to
fifty thousand the democracy of New
York has been compelled for years to
see the republicans in control of one.or
both houses of the legislature because
of the ignenious political rascality they
perpetrated in apportioning the state.
In taking control of the legislature the
democracy has simply taken it's own.
One might as well call it stealing for a
householder to compel the burglar who
has just robbed him to disgorge his
plunder.-Detroit Free Press
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04

that where Blaine is not responsible
for the Harrison administration the
Blaine gang are. They are as desper-
ate and as INSCRIPTIONS a lot
of plutocrats and political adventures
as ever cursed a country, and this
country is always in imminent danger
as long as they control it.-St Louis
Repn h1ic
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04
How the Values Grow.

Twenty years ago tract containing
thirteen acres of land in suburb OF
Atlanta was sold for $1,000 Three
years later it changed hands at g. 600
Three or four years later It was sold
for sI3, 0oO The next time 1t brought
$40. 600, and to-day it ID worth $500
without improvements
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-02-04

-Will-"You say you lost your
sweetheart on account of dyspepsia?"
Bill-"Yes" Will-"Which of you
had it?" Bill-''Neither. 1t was the
old man. And he was suffering ter
ribly the day 1 asked him for his
daughter. Epoch
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-05
Leading Him On.

A clever ruse was that adopted by
counsel, who afterward attained to dis
tinction, who had to examine witness
in disputed will case, One of the wit
nesses to the will was the deceased
mans valet, who swore that after sign
ing his name at the bidding of his mas
ter he then, also acting under instruc-
tions, carefully sealed the document by
means Of the taper by the bedside.
The witness was induced to describe
every minute detail of the whole process,
the exact time, the position of the taper,
the size and quality of the sealing wax,
(which" said the counsel, glancing at
the document in his hand. "was of the
ordinary red description?'
"Red sealing wax, certainly" an
swered the witness.
"My lord" said the counsel, handing
the paper to the judge, "you will please
observe that it was fastened with a
wafer. London Tit-Bits.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-05

The public is beginning to realize
that the use of the electric light does
more for the preservation of the eye
sight than any other artificial luminant.
One of the most reassuring evidences of
this is the adoption of electric light in a
large number of hospitals devoted to
the treatment of eye diseases, The
Royal South London Ophthalmic hos
pital, which is undergoing extensive
structural enlargement and improve
ments, is being fitted up throughout
with electric light,
1t is also stated that quite an impetus
has been given to the introduction of
electric lighting into Londonderry, Kill
kenny, Galway and other towns in
Ireland by the declaration of one of the
surgical staff of the Royal Ophthalmic
hospital in Dublin that the electric
light is the best light for eyes that are
weak or affected with disease, and occa-
sions them less discomfort and injury
than that produced from gas, oil or can
dles.-New York Telegram.