davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30


"After he had finished that Job
he went into the stables and put
bride and harness onto his horses,
taxed 35 per cent, led them out
from the taxed stable to "a taxed
trough and pumped untaxed water
for them from a taxed pump.
"He hitched them to plow tax
ed 45 per cent, and started to the
field to put in many lonely hours
preparing the ground for another
crop.
The wife swept the floor with
broom taxed 35 per cent, went into
the best room, the taxed floor, COW
cred with an ingram carpet, taxed
60 per cent. She gotta needle, tax
ed rs per cent, and threaded it with
cotton thread, taxed "a per cent.
Atfirst she thought she would make
herself dress Of some printed cot
ton, valued at over Is cents yard,
taxed 45 per cent, but she at last
concluded to make her husband
some clothes of common woolen
goods, taxed Ill per cent.
"After sewing some hours on the
taxed material with taxed needle
and thread, sitting on Il taxed chair
on taxed carpet, which covered a
taxed floor, she went out to work in
the garden and she took hoe and
and shovel, taxed 45 per cent, with
which to dig up the weeds.
"After the long, weary day is over
the farmer comes home. He feeds
the chickens, pigs, horses, and cat
tie, and comes through taxed door
and sits at his table once more,
which is lighted with glass lamp
taxed $50 per cent.
"After supper the farmer takes
down his bible, taxed rs per cent,
reads chapter from the holy book,
thanks God that he has cast his lot
in the freest country on earth,' and
then retires and covers himself with
a blanket taxed Ill per cent.
"Theyea slowly pass away; the
farmer grows old; the hair Of his
head is white as snow; his good wife
is wrinkled and bent; finally he
,, dies and he is put in a coffin taxed
ITO per cent. The minister comes
and reads the service of the church
and he is carried to his long home,
! and over the ground his children
erect monument to his memory
which is taxed so per cent.
/ "That is the way" continued the
neighbor, that we pay our Govern
d d ment taxes. But you never get any
u tax receipts. If you did you could
L take just what you paid and that
would create revolution inside of
y six months, but then these taxes dc
u not all go to the Government. Oh
u every dollar of taxes raised in this
I way one dollar is paid over to the
I Government and four dollars to the
. millionaire manufacturers"
. The old farmer sat and thought
K again. At last he said;
q 81 understand it now. lean &C.
iS count for it all. They got my corn
wheat, pork, and beef. Ihave beer
1t robbed. They have been stealing
i, the proceeds of my labor all my life
d Of all l have raised they have onl,
left me barely enough to feed my
J. wife and children"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30
THE TARIFF is A TAX.
Some Hard Nuts for the Republicans Cam
paigners to Crack.


paigners to Crack.
The New York World asks the
Republicans some very pertinent
questions:
If the tariff is not a tax how does
it protect the manufacturer?
If the tariff increases the wages
Of workmen doesn't it increase the
cost of production?
fit increases the cost of produc-
tion doesn't it increase the cost to
consumer?
If it increases the cost to the con-
sumer, doesn't it benefit the few at
the expense of the many?
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

The Republicans Of Tennessee
are setting back on their launches
in the present campaign having an
easy time of it. The People'spar-
ty, under General Mcdowell, are
making the fight for them this year.
jackson Whig.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

A MAN with a grievance against
his party reminds us of a bowling
baby with the collie. - Union City
Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

GROVER CLEVELAND is the Cor
bett of the Democratic party, and
will knock out Harrison next No
vember in the first round. Sweet
water Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

WEAVER now denies the charges
Brought against him by the citizens
of Pulaski. OF course a man mean
enough todo what the good citizens
of that town said he did, will deny
anything. Buttherecordisa against
him and his denial amounts tC
naught. Huntingdon Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

THERE amt much religion in our
politics these days. That's what's
the matter with our Government.
Charlotte Graphic.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

Mcdowell sent the petition for
neutrality-suspicious. allover the State
and it is possible that many good
men signed it without giving the
matter due consideration. Union
City Democrat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

The plaster is torn off the stom-
ach of the Republican party, and
its legs are out of fix. Mckenzie
Herald.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

The Democratic camp-fres are
burning brightly all along the line,
and every day AND every night the
strongholds Of the enemy are being
stormed.- Marshall Gazette.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

In Arkansas the vote under the
australian system reaches the nor
NAL figure. Not being able to cry
"disfranchisement," the Republi-
cans yell "fraud!"- Memphis Ap-
peal-Avalanche.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

FARMERS of Tennessee: How
much better off are you now than
you were when Buchanan was elect
ed?-Memphis Appeal-Avalanche.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

SPEAKING of the proposed combi-
nation Of Populitesand Republicans
to capture generalassembly this
question becomes a pertinent one:
Can the contracting leaders deliver
the goods? Have they the clutch
political on the voters SO that they
can hand them over to the combina-
ton candidates? Nashville Ban
ner.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

THE tide is drifting Old Pete's
way, by the eternall The Bristol
Courier.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

out Of bed and puts on a flannel
shirt that is taxed 100 per cent.
This costly garment, for which he
paid twice what it could have been
sold for at fair profit, having been
buttoned up with buttons taxed $50
per cent, he proceeds to put on a
pair Of trousers. They are made
of coarse, heavy cloth, and the tax
is made correspondingly heavy, so
they cost him 100 per cent. more
than they otherwise would. He
straps them over his shoulders with
suspenders taxed G5 per cent, and
proceeds to put his feet into a pair
of socks taxed 100 per cent. He
wears coarse, heavy socks, and he
must pay about four times the tax
the rich man does for elegant, thin
light ones.
"He then thrusts his feet into a
pair Of coarse cow-hide shoes, which
has been taxed Is per cent, after
which he puts on a coat taxed 95
per cent.
"He wakes up his wife and goes
out into the kitchen and starts a fire
with coal taxed IS cents on a ton,
and the smoke goes up a brick
chimney taxed 45 per cent.
"Then he goes out and pitches
hay to the cattle with fork taxed
40 per cent, and feeds them salt
taxed Al per cent, out of a barrel
taxed 40 per cent.
"After giving slop to his pigs out
Of a barrel bound with iron hoops
taxed 80 per cent, he goes into the
stable taxed 10 per cent. to feed his
horses out Of troughs taxed 40 pei
cent.
meanwhile his good wife has
arisen and cooked his bacon, which
he had cured with salt taxed Al pei
cent (no rebate} on a stove taxed
As per cent.
"The old farmer came to the
house, and, taking a pail taxed q
per cent, went to fetch a pail o
water (not taxed YETI, which he go
from a pump taxed 35 per cent. H,
closed the door taxed 20 per cent.
which was hung on hinges taxeC
35 per cent, and was held fast by,
lock taxed 45 per cent. Then h,
: washed his hands in a tin bash
; taxed 35 per cent, with soap takeC
20 per cent, and wiped them on
? brown linen towel taxed 35 pc
cent
"He went into the dinino roor
covered with an oil cloth carpe
taxed 40 per cent, and sat down i
a chair taxed 35 per cent. His wifi
6 pulled out a table taxed 20per cent
7 and spread upon it a table clot
i, taxed 40 per cent. She put on
some gearthenware taxed 40 pc
cent, and white plates taxed 80 pc
), cent. The knives and forks wen
also taxed so per cent. The glas
T tumblers out of which they dram
milk were taxed $50 per cent, an
> the roof under which they sat Wa
taxed 20 per cent.
n "The good wife poured coffee OF
v Of coffee-pot taxed So per cent
and stirred it up witA7aspoon take
v 45 per cent.
r "Thc bill Of fare was not elab,
rate. 1t consisted Of coffee take
|. out of a can taxed 55 per cent, b
e. con cured with salt taxed Al p,
). cent, bread made of flour take
It from a bag taxed 30 per cent, al
q butter seasoned with taxed salt.
q HA flor braokfoet tho farnoar n,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

IT looks as though Winstead was
fast petering out--Maury Demo-
crat.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30
WHO PAYS THE TARIFF TAX?
SOME INTERESTING FACTS REVEALED.
An Old Gray-Haired Farmer Studies Out
the Interesting Question.
Omaha World.HeraId.l

Omaha World Herald.l
For many years the farmers Of
America have been dimly conscious
that there was something radically
wrong in our economic system.
They know that their profits were
growing less every year, but they
could not tell what was the matter.
They bent themselves to their toll
with renewed energy. Then they
tried the eight-hour system-that
is, eight hours in the forenoon and
eight hours in the afternoon. But
it was no good. The profits grew
still less and less. Finally one old
gray-haired fellow sat down and
went to thinking, and this is what
he thought:
"I have worked hard all my life
[ have raised thousands of bushels
Of wheat, corn, oats, rye, potatoes,
apples, and beans, and hundreds Of
head of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs,
chickens, ducks, and geese, and my
| family has consumed but a small
part Of them. What became Of the
remainder? | have given away a
little to the church and charity, but
itwasvery little-I wish it had been
more. But what has become Of the
rest? [ know we never ate a hun
dredth part Of the wheat, corn, and
oats, or of the beef and pork, OF
wore out in clothes a tenth part OF
the wool. Where did it all go to:
Who go it?"
Then he thought, and thought
and at last he SAID:
81 know where part of it went
[ paid some of it out for taxes.
wonder how much?"
Then he went to the cupboard
and from a drawer he took out {
bundle Of papers, some of them vel
low with age. They were his ta1
receipts. He hunted an old stumI
Of a pencil and called his daughter
Mary, who had been going to tht
J district school, and said to her:
81 went to call off these figures
and you set 'em down and add 'en
up. | want to see what they al
come to-"
He had his tax receipts for twent,
years; and when Mary had adde(
them up and proved" the sum, a
she had been taught in school, an,
she was sure she was right, she saiC
the sum of all the figures amountet
to $40.57. But the old man shoe
= his head and said:
5 at don't account for it all;
S don't account for it all"
/: "Don't account for what, papa?
r asked Mary.
1 "Why, all the cotton, and whea
Y and corn, and pork, and beans, an
= garden stuff and0ther things I hav
= raised"
Didn't we eat it?"
"Why, bless you, child, we coul
, not have eaten one-thousandth pal
Of it."
"Did anybody steal it?"
"Now, child, you ought to /
ashamed of fyourself. You know a
y our neighbors are honest. No OF
ever stole a cent from me" (Rigl
u here the old farmer was wrong.)
} The old man worried about whi
had become of his crops. Them MOI
he thought about it the more he fe
: sure he had not consumed ther
y One day he said to his wife:
is Mother, do you know where IL
l. tax receipts are?"
IS "In the cupboard drawer"
e "Are you sure they are there?"
il 81 am sure, There is not anotl
% er one about the house."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30


Mother, how much do you sup
pose we have given to the preacher,
the doctor, the missionary societies,
and such kind Of things?"
eve have never had the doctor"
she replied, "but five times, and we
have paid him in all about $50 or
$50, and [ have kept an account Of
what we have paid to the church.
| will see"
In few minutes the old lady re-
turned and said:
eve have paid the church, the
missionary societies and things like
that $28750 1t isn't much more
than $40 year. Do you think it
is too much?"
"No, mother" he replied, cit is
little enough, the Lordknows. But
it don't account for it. 1t don't
account for it.
"Don't account for what?" asked
mother. "What in the world are
you talking about?"
"Why, all the wheat, and corn,
and beef, and pork, and horses, and
cattle, and sheep, and hogs, and
chickens, and turkeys, and every
thing else l have raised on the farm.
[ would like to know who got it. "
"The storekeeper got some of it, p"
meekly remarked the wife.
"I wish [ knew how much" " said
the old man.
The good wife furnished him the
figures, They were $3.50.
Stilltheoldman was not satisfied.
1t did not account for it, he said.
He was gathering up his receipts
when mother asked him what kind
Of taxes those receipts had been
given for.
Estate and county taxes" he said
"Where are the receipts for the
general government taxes?" she
asked.
81 never had to pay any Govern,
ment taxes" "he said. But mo.
ment afterwards he dropped the
receipts and sat down in a chair ant
thought for awhile. At last hesaid
"I don't ever remember having
any Governmenttaxes ImusthavC
forgotten it, but [ can't for the lifc
of me, remember anything about it
| suppose l must, mother. Did yol
ever see any Government tax re
ceipts about the house?"
"What do they look like?"
81 don't know, but [ must hav
paid some Government taxes, and
[ did l would take receipt. But
can't remember anything about it.
} A knock was heard at the doc
and a neighbor came in.
81 am awfully glad you came,
said the old man. 81 want to as
, youaboutthe Governmenttaxes.
can't remember about paying then
but I must have done SO, l know
| When do we pay them?"
t "Every day and every hour fror
the cradle to the grave, and the
levy them on us after we are deaC
. and if we don't leave any none
| behind us our friends pay them fc
Q u.s."
"Howis that?" asked thee old maj
"The Government puts tari
t on every article the farmer buy
e and when he buys the articles pa
t of the price he pays is the tax I'll
/. Government has levied upon it. A
soon as the farmer is born the Go,
g ernment begins to tax him. If I'll
baby has the collie and his motht
gives him a dose of paragoric, IL
Government taxes it 40 per cent
: and it never let's up on the taxin
afterwards while there is a cent
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

lam sorry, indeed, to hear of any
Southern Alliance Democrats go
ing into third party, for it means
to my mind, ruin to the South, turn
ingour Southland again over to Re-
publicanrule, and / hope before Che
final step is taken our brethren will
reconsider and think whattheresult
will be aad where it will evidently
lead to-ruin! ruin!-From a letter
written by Buchanan last spring.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-30

GOVERNOR BUCHANAN frankly ac-
Hnowledges that the third party
leads to ruin, yet he has gained his
consent to be the third party can
didate. Doubtless he entertains
the idea that upon the wreck of the
Southland his appetite for spoil
would be appeased. You men who
have departed from the paths of
Democracy count the cost before it
is too late.--U Union City CONNER
aial.
, 1892-05-09
FRESH STATE NEWS.

The war vessels now on Puget Sound are
to coal at Tacoma.
Anacortes wants to wrest the Skagit
county seat from Mount Vernon.
Gambling dens are again open in Seattle
AS they always are after election.
Ocosta welcomed everybody, on Satur-
day, with open palms and plenty Of CLANS.
The Skamokawa Eagle is year old and
still screams vigorously for Wahkiakum
county.
The body Of a man has been found in
Spanaway Lake, near Tacoma, believed TO
be that of Thos. Compton, of Alki, near
Puyallup.
There will be rush Of Puget Sound peo-
pie to the ocean beach at Peterson's point
every Sunday during the summer, now
that the trains are running to the entrance
of Gray's Harbor
Some Of the boys had some fun with
Calvin s. Barlow of Tacoma, who was on
the excursion TO Ocosta and the ocean with
his wife and family. He enrolled his
name on the hotel register at Ocosta, and
added to it, Tacoma, w. Il. He laughed
about it and said it was from force Of habit,
as he was born in the state when it was a
territory.
The Spokane Review thinks its funny
because the Olympia TRIBUNE urges that
the tide lands be kept out of the hands OF
it. The Review is worse than mad dog
every time the tide lands are mentioned.
Among the visitors to Ocosta and Peter
sons point on Sunday were Andrew I'll.
Flett and family of Pierce county-one OF
the oldest pioneers in the state-and Mrs.
Borst-McKee, the first white woman tC
visit Peterson's point, over forty years ago.
, 1892-05-09
COT THE DIAMONDS.
A Bold Hold up in a Salt Lake
City Hotel.

SAX Thousand Dollars worth of
Precious stones Secured--A IIys-
terIOus RObbery--Who the Sup-
posed Robbers are.
SALT LAKE, Utah, May a-It transpired
that Mrs. Enzenspergen, wife of the propri-
etor of the Oxford saloon, a swell resort,
and who was formerly wife of Charlie
Pierson, who was a prominent western
gambler, and the wife Of wealthy wool
grower were recently preparing to retire,
when three masked men entered their ap :
partments by a back door, and revolvers
were presented in regular highwayman
style BY the visitors. The wife Of the wool
grower had lived on ranch and was not
tinid about firearms. She addressed the
hold-ups, asking them If there were no
men in Salt Lake worth robbing. One of
the trio answered: 'We are out for stuff,
monds; you women will do without jew
elry; shell out or you will get hurt" Mrs.
Enzenspergen yielded ten stones and her
friend, five, worth in the aggregate about
$4,000. Mrs. Enzenspergen saved valua-
BILE brooch by dropping iton the floor. Two
purses, containing about $175, were also
taken. No trace Of the thieves Oh plunder
have been secured. Pierson wash the city
at the time Of the robbery, and Enzen-
spergen thinks that he engineered the af-
fair, while Pierson believes that Enzensper-
gen feared he was about to lose the woman
and resolved to get the stones, some Of
which he had lately purchased The sheep
mans wife says one Of the men looked like
Enzenspergen in size and shape.
, 1892-05-09
METH0DISTS TALK.
They Want Divorcement Of
Church and State.

And Are Opposed to the Govern
ment of the United states APP
prOpriating Money for Churches
10 Use in Educating Indians.
OMAHA, May 8. Bishop Vincent presided
at this mornings session Of the Methodist
conference.
The first business was the call of the roll
for presentation of resolutions, memorials,
and petitions. DR.. Hammond Of San
Francisco, offered a resolution in reference
to the entertainment of the next general
conference. The matter was referred to a
Especial committee "a resolution calling
lan the committee on episcQpacy to ascer-
tain if either of the missionary bishops mad
ordained anybody outside of their special
territory was referred to that committee.
Lit is understood that Bishop Tyler of
Africa, ordained minister while in Eng
land. Rev. III. P. Williams of Iowa, offer
ed resolution declaring that the use of
tobacco in any form was unchrstian, and
harmful. 1t was feferred to the committee
on temperance The time for the election
of officers was fixed for May H. a resolu-
ton for investigating Grant UNI
yersity, Chattanooga, Tenn, on the ground
of being extrayagantly managed and too
large corps of teachers employed. Re
ferred to committee on freemen's aid and
Southern education. DIR. S. M. King, of
New York, offered a resolution for an
amendment to the constitution Of the
United States, looking to the protection Of
public schools against religious encroach-
ments, and to define the attitude of
churches toward schools. He asked the
conference to endorse a bill OH the subject,
which had been prepared upon complete
divorcement of church and state. The
resolutions we're adopted with applause
DR.. King, offered another resolution, de-
claring the appropriation of money by the
government for ecclesiastical education,
not in accord with the principles Of the
constitution and that churches should not
receive mouey from the government fol
the education of Indians. DIR. King
strongly advocated the passage Of his reso.
luton, saying the Methodist church never
received dollar for the education of In
dians, from the government. Some mem
bers of the Methodist church had done so
not the church, while the Catholic church
received two million dollars, The resolu
tion was unanimously adopted. A request
that the next general conference be held in
Cleveland was referred to the committee
on conference and entertainment.
DIR. Hemberton offered a resolution de
claring the church opposed to every form
of mob law. Referred to the committee OF
state of the church.
, 1892-05-09
TEIEGRAPmEC TALES.

Col Weldrich, overseer of grain trans
portation to and in the distressed provinces
Of Russia, has been appointed inspector OF
the whole system Of Russian railways
The appointment of military officer to
the position has caused a sensation.
Lord Bramwell is dead in England, aged
84. From '76 TO 81 he was justice Of APP
peals and judge of the supreme court Of
judicature.
AS a cage was being lowered into mine
near Gilly, Belgium, the supporting chain
broke; the cage plunged to the bottom Of
the shaft. Five men were instantly killed
and several others injured.
A decree permitting the export of oats
and corn will be issued in Russia on Fri
day The same action as to wheat will be
taken three or four days later.
The execution of wife murderer Deem
ling has been fixed for May % in Melbourne.
1t has been settled that four walters
were burned to death in the fire in Scott's
oyster bar, London. They were the only
ones who persisted. There were eleven
others in the building, but all managed to
| nspanp.
, 1892-05-09
Stories of EARLY DAYS.

The Tacoma Ledger has alraady begun
the publication Of the stories of adventure
told by the early settlers Of Washington,
both in the daily and weekly, and they
promise to be thoroughly interesting. In
order toput these stories within easy reach
Of all the readers of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
we have arranged to have the weekly Ledg-
er sent to each of our subscribers who will
send us IS cents. Those who are not SUBJ
scribers can secure both THE WEEKLY
TRIBUNE and the weekly Ledger for the ex-
tremely low price of$1. 75in advance. Send
in your order at once, 50 you will miss
none of the stories.
, 1892-05-09
HALT! MR.. HOLMAN.
The House not Disposed to be too
Stingy.
10 Sits Down Upon the Indiana
Miser and His Friend Outhwafte
From OhiO--Proceedtngs Ina COn-
gress ON River and HarbOr Bill.


From OhiO--Proceedtngs ina COn-
gress ON River and HarbOr Bill.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-The senate, after
some debate, passed house bill giving
an American registry to the steamships
City of New York, and City Of Paris, yeas
40; nays 10,
The House, after routine business, re-
su1ned consideration of the river and har-
Dor bill; the pending question was the
reconsideration of the vote by which the
house Saturday agreed to the amendment
providing in cases where authority be
granted the secretary to make contracts
for completion Of certain works if no bids
are received, is deemed advantageous, and
materials may be purchased and work
done by contract. The vote was recon-
sidered and the amendment rejected.
Holman, Of Indiana, moved to recommit
the bill with instructions to the committee
to report with an amendment striking out
the contract provision. Cultivate, Of
Ohio, moved to amend with instructions
by requiring the committee to strike out
all appropriations for new works or for
further extension of works now under con
struction, SO the bill shall include only ap-
Preparations for continuance or completion
of works now in progress. The amend
ment was lost SO toto. Holman's motion
was defeated 90 to 149.
The house then passed the river and har-
Dor appropriation bill, 1876 to 65.