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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
AGREEING WITH OCALAlTES,

The following interesting and signif.
cant paragraphs are CLEANED from the
9th annual report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. They sound,
to us, very much like vague, pat8rnaL,
"Ocala heresies," but, as usual, @epre
sumo that our thinker has slnpl!
slipped a notch or two-th2t WedonE
know what we are thinking about
There is no crime, either, in advocating
Government control" or in charging
injustice, discrimination, e~zt0rtIon,
and disregard for law, &c. That's
you are not an AlliancCman. 1t VIII
refresh those who have been taunisI
and twitted with their patarn2I'"S
proclivities, to read the following;
Transportation facilities were treatea
as private property, SUBJECT to 0aE9 sLa
and sale like any merchandise, anu w
prevailing sentiment among IaLSsy
managers was distinctly hosyiie 70 a.!
form Of government supervisor:
der these circumstances dI,cItl.a
tions were practiced with Lt!L3 n t5aI.
ton, and partiality shown "L. -,,cI
much concealment. : " VI tnj5 lor5
we are convinced: The public os1-4 tho
for government regulation anu ~.
necessity for legal protection a5 5"ors,
the encroachments Of railroad Got The
tons have not been diminished 0! T W.
experience of the last SIX years nat
act to regulate commerce wa 5r5ar.
framed to meet a temporary Lien;
gency nor in obedience 10 q oD-oaDIe
and spasmOdic sentiment. IL- P,niis.
will not tolerate a return 70 sLT -55Iv
tice and wrong doing when ne, ,L+riai.
occurs when no correction Is aj
taken and no regulation attempt a. q
The railroad is justly resaI~Corn nav
public facility which every PEI -ight to
enjoy, at pleasure; a common K; .55none
which all are admitted and VIM u lists
can be excluded. : The I"lllS;g from
by virtue of authority prose-, 10 essen
the State, and thus differs IL - nrjrate
tial nature from every torn ~ king q
ENTERPRISE. \ 4 So far IRON very
private possession, it d frs .IC - sense
species Of property and IS II aI III for
a commoditv, It's offcei5 pecuL;II r1ad.
it is essentially public. Ih e, I6@o.tbing
therefore, can rlghJIaLs Inf not don
which the State Itself mI1a r.. through
it performed this pubic 81 ! '.LT1ra-iDg II
its own agents instead o. r- aTaatei.
to corporations which II 10"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17
IS THE REPUBLIC FOR sALRa
Men Who Have Been Bought and Other
Facts--How Some Get Rich.
(By Thos E. WAtson)

(By Thos E. WAtson)
With a half incredulous smile, we
read of the Roman Empire being auc-
toned off to the highest bidder, in
those horrible days when corruption
had seized every department of the
government, and when money had &C
quired such fearful power that patriot
ism, courage, honesty, virtue, family
ties, all fell before it.
Are we nearing the same fatal point9
Democrats charged that Wanamaker
bought his place in Harrison's Cabinet
by giving 800, 900 to the Doodle Fund.
Democrats now admit that Van Allen
bought the Ambassadorship to Italy
for $50, 900 under this Cleveland admin
istration.
The Pacific railroads are not called
on to pay the 500, OOO, 900 they owe the
people, because of hush money paid to
party managers.
Is it true that the party bosses re-
pented then, of the trade with Van
Allen, and offered to refund his money;
and that he stubbornly contended that
the Office had been bought and paid
for, and therefore must be delivered?
Is it true that Cleveland is now a
millionaire, when only a few years ago
he was hanging criminals with his own
hands in order that he might earn the
fifty dollar fee?
Is the United States Government al
ready on the auction block9
Do ~insolent society dudes like Van
Allen openly buy offices as they would
buy sheep9
Do the great corporations bargain
beforehand for a o collection of debts
due to the government
Did the railroad syndicates pay for
the appointment of Richard Olney, one
of their lawyers and directors, to be
Attorney General of the United States?
Did the New York insurance com
panies pay anything to get Hornblower
on the Supreme Bench as Jay Gould
paid Stanley Mathews way there?
Did Cleveland get his millions by
making merchandise of the power of
his station?
We all know that John Sherman did.
And now John Sherman is Cl~eveland's
chum and ally-his political crony.
John was once a poor Ohio boy.
Office gave him power, and he yielded
to temptation.
He is now q millionaire. Got it how?
By using public money in his own
bank and by standing in" with Wall
street when he was Secretary of the
Treasury.
When Governor Of New York, Cleve-
land was a poor man. So he was when
Mayor of Buffalo. So he was when
Sheriff of Erie county.
Was barely able to hire a substitute,
to get shot in his stead, enduring of
the war"
Now he has a palace in New York.
Also one at Buzzard's Roost.
Item, one ditto, near Washington
City. Item, one yacht, like unto Van
derbiit, and Van Allen, and the Prince
of Wales. Item, magnificent diamonds
for his wife. Item, the finest carriages
and horses money can buy. Item, a
palace a put at his disposal whenever
he desires to go off and feast, and fish,
and drink.
Question 1, Where did this heavy
headed ex sheriff get all that money!
Question 2. Have we reached the
auction block stage of our national Iife9
Is the republic itself for sale?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

JAMES a. MILLER
SEAL
Clerk Supreme Court, OF Colorado.
COPIED from "The Bullion Dewzna-
per, Vol. 2, No. II, Ell Pago, Texas.
Tuesday, July 25, 1898
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

The first sea going vessel of alumni
mum IS being constructed in the dock
yards Of the Loire. 1t is a cutter which
would weigh, if made of the usual ma
t~erials, 4 800 tons, instead of its actual
weight Of 2, 800 tons.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-10-17

Don't stop, brother, untI The Pro
greSSiUe Farmer goes regularly to eUery
home IN yOur neigbbOThOod.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
BOSTON STORE.
For -Four Hours and for al Day saturday.
IcRnNI = 10 ID O'CLOCK

For -Four Hours and for 1iIi Day Saturday.
FROM TO II O'CLOCK.
..Calico''-The best calico made
for sc yard.
..Corsets''-A summer corset, value
n half more, at 29c each.
mbrellas''-For rain or shine,
% and % inch, value up to S1.39. for
95c each.
Alarm Clocks'-For four hours
at csc each.
A Noiseless Clock''-For four
hours ut 79c each.
Windsor Ties'-Fine silk, light
shades, value Poe, for l23c each
..Scrim''-A fairly good curtain
scrim at 2&c yard,
underwear Ladies' Jersey vests
25c quality at lie each.
FOR ALL DAY AND EVENING.
Hosiery - Boys ribbed hose.
seamless fast black, Toe a pair
Hosiery - For girls or boys,
worth up to 53c and all sizes. at l9c
a pair
..Hosiery'-ForI ladies. the best Sc
hose for 2Sc PAIR.
"Gloves" - Eight button length
hook Suede Mosq. gloves in 10 popu-
ular shades. value $1.75. fitted al
Sl.25 Il pair.
..Porteries'- stripped, plain
chenille. and with dado, worth up tC
Sc, for the day only at $S.79per pair
..Cloaks''-Any cloak for SD that
formerly sold for SO, $3.50, $40 and
S25. Other and cheaper garments
will go in the same ratio.
..Hemstitched Linen Sets"-With
l dozen napkins to match, reduced
from S7S7 to $40, from 1897 tc
S79s. from 5000 to $50, double
drawn border), from $S.5S to $3.50
colored border and tinted sets, with
l dozen napkins to match, reduced
from As to 1888, from $50 tC
1919. from 1898 to $3.50 CLOTHS
onlyD
HARMED, PURsEL II Won MAUR.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
Criticism of Gym beline-"

At one of the performances OF Gym
beline" by Modjeska's company one of
the audience heard a man behind him
say to another, What is this piece and
where did she get IT." Oh" answered
his companion, something she picked
up, | suppose" All this seems less rep
rehensible when DR.. Johnson's criticism
of '.Cymbeline" is recalled. To him 1t
sounded like the creation of lunatic
without single lucid interval.-Chicago
Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
River EipIets.

The Verne Swain came down. and
the Helen Mar. Daisy. WeyerhauseI
and Verne Swain passed up.
The stage af water at Rock Island
bridge at noon to-day was 100 and
the temperature 46.
Travel across Rock Island bridge
Yesterday was "a follows: Foot.
north 60, south 5S3. total 1913:
teams. north 552, south SIS. total
l. 100.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05

Lee is graduate of some Of the best
schools OF medicine. and is n pleasant
and agreeable gentleman.
The High school pupils picnic that
was to have occurred at the Watch
Tower today was postponed on ac-
count of the disagreeable weather.
Are the republican office holders
who seem determined to hold their
Jobs so utterly unfit for anything
else that the city must always sup
port them?
Otto Speckman and Miss Lizzie
Arnold. of Davenport, were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony by Jus
tice David Halves, at his office yes
terdav afternoon.
Prof Otto has completed arrange
ments To give series OF band con-
certs at Hincher's garden again this
season and will be around with his
subscription paper in Il few days.
Officer Etzel this morning arrested
a tramp al the City hotel, the cool
stranger having simply entered the
house and gone to bed. where he had
! the best nights sleep he had enjoyed
for an age.
Mis-, Lizzie Williams died at the
| home of Theodore Holdorf. S2S
| Twelfth street, at l O'Clock yester-
dav afternoon, of consumption, aged
IS wears The funeral occurs from
the Holdorf residence at 10 clock on
Saturday morning.
Mayor Medill was obliged to follow
an unfortunate and unreasonable pre-
cedent in not taking his seat at the
semi-monthly meeting in April, when
the new council should have taken
hold. The relics of the republican
administration have been tolerated
three weeks longer than they should.
A barber who had been working for
Aid. Chas. Evans disappeared yester-
day afternoon, and so did some OF the
razorS belonging to Mr.. Evans. The
latter discovered his loss later, and
after going in search of his property
found one of his razors where the
fellow had sold it. The artist has
not been seen since.
Constable Eckhart yesterday lev
led on the stock held by Col. George
+. Roben>on in the Rock Island Lu-
bricator works. The levy was made
by virtue of an attachment in favor
of II. W. Haislip. Souder n Sons and
j. {. Rasmussen. he colonel, who
i out of town. left with the under
standing that he would return short
lv, but ~ Vet has failed TO DO 50.
J. T. Everett. formerly superin-
tcndent of schools OF Rock Island.
now OF Oskaloo>a, Iowa. has been APP
pointed 4 member of the advisory
council OF the Worlds Congress auN-
Hilary on farm culture and cereal in
dustrv. and a member of the Worlds
Agricultural congress TO convene in
Chicago Oct. 6. 1898. honors which
his friends Will he pleased to know he
he has received.
Could there be anything more dis
gushing than the way some of the
McConochie hirelings are attempting
| to force themselves on Mayor Medill
whose election they desperately OPP
posed. These republican office
holders should take their medicinelike
men and instead OF seeking to make
trouble and influence republican al
dermen in their behalf. should tender
Mayor Mcdill their designations and
thus save him the painful duty Of
operating the guillotine. which he
seems destined sooner or later To he
forced to do.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
Notice to Water consumers.

The semi-annual water rents are
now due, and payable at the office of
the city clerk. If not paid by the
31st inst, the water will be turned
off. in accordance with the ordinance.
A. ID. HUEsING, City Clerk.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
ThneisMoue1inItf for Ion

There is sure profit in North Gal
weston: if you live, you make it; if
you die your heirs make it without
cost to them or to you. Rooster *
Martin. 1915 Second avenue. want
to talk with Won rerardinr il.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
CITY Chat.

Granite ware sale at the Columbia
Fifteen dollar suits for $500. the
1AOdon.
Ysx,v YOUR granite ware now at the
eauIubia.
Seq the fine display of new shoes at
uinils Bros.
Granite ware sale begins today at
tsht Columbia.
Aniee line of fresh vegetables at
N A Ehleb's.
All kinds of fresh vegetables at
Rrz,Nner II Cos
Strawberries. oranges. bananas and
z1,ples at Longs
8ouse for rent. Inquire at Dolly
yrzs-- shoe store.
t,,1I .--o,..n,o,+ Of fresh vcoe-
- ., I.onm,s
s,,oi., Trash dairy and creamery
- -, IonaS
- ,os
- snSppr0l 9, o. ~
SAh an" see oui iii'' u WAY N''
inc i''',i'
rreSh uairy anu creamery '"'''i
NJ bnncher grocery
John Looney' OF oltaW"' was III
.~ne sity TO-DAY on BUSINESS
Eight dollars and ninety-nihe
cs.afs for SO SUIT the LONDON,
Never has granite ware sold so
asNxap before as at the Column la.
lettuce. radishes, onions, Spinage
sznd pie plant at Buncher's grocery.
Ripe tomatoes. cuciimbers, wax
beans and peas at Buncher's grocery.
Strawberries. pine apples. cram
l3rries and apples at Buncher'S gro
csry-
Mrs. James Mcnamara, of Fulton.
b IN the city visiting with relatives
AID friends.
Follow the crowd and trade at the
1nudon. So for $500. 500 suits to
select from
OpCuing lunch tomorrow night at
Frank Nogel'S- Third avenue and
Rourth street.
Nothing but new goods To select
from. SO suits Tor -. 90. the Lon
okEn. big store.
Frail health indicates weakness.
Nonroe's tonic will cure YOU Mar
shall X Fishers
Save 81 by going to Dolly for pair
81 patent leather or Rusett calf shoes
<eu worth 81 for 81
Tho l,iq store the Iondon. are do
zzg the business because we do a. we
advertise. SO suits for $500.
wo,,,o,, who .ufTar and feel weak
.ssouId taLe Noproe-s tonic: il will
cure YOU. Marshall x Fishers.
w.. rho only bou.a in tho CITY
T. III sad,.art;.ad ,,o,,,a .and c,ct
e. srit ,o, - 90 Tho Linden
y .,lo .ba.n 70 i, ro,,o,ed
w.. bo,,ss It'll of my. r.e.idenca az,
7Twcntv-tbird street a NJ Makes
Er
w., ,,,o,o, nv bu,-ircr vo,,,.
-z---n;t,,,.o a,Tl ro,,eifl NJ Criar,o1n &
sSaI-r.,,,,,- m. -, ;, t,,,. ,,,,i,.,-
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IL ~.
c.. ,f,.I,,,aId % or,,to :. in
..,r,c;tI ba,-f,rr hnar, -rr1n,onad on
al. saJ r1i-si0D ~ attendino hi.
4.tbcr,- funeral
yor cor, sove money bv buvinr
- f,,,.,,i+,,,o o,J corna+. 1T Clam7
E Saizn,arnts ri ornorontaa
- -. e. -,
Won con save money by buvinu
- f,,rnitnra aud carnets at Glenn
-, A. SoIzn,onn-s Thiav eruarantee
- 10 IoHyn.t
1ou, mir of steeI-bowed specta-
90. near Eleventh street and First
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
We Are Going

To have cape sale tomorrow. viii
you be there3 Capes worth $3.50 for
Sl.75. j. J. DUNHAM,
Brady St. Davenport.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-05-05
Our Special Cape sale

Our Special Cape SaIt
l. SATURDAY. Don't miss it. Cut
prices SI.75. S2.75. So and $3.50.
j. j. DUNHAM,
Brady St. Davenport.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17
The Oity Of St. Joseph, Mo-,

among its many worthy enterprises,
boasts of one Of the best medical insti-
tutions in the entire country, known as
the st. Joseph Medical and Surgical In
stitute. Numerous and favorable press
comments have appeared of late calling
attention to the proficiency Of the med
ical staff, the perfect equipment of the
institute and the remarkably successful
treatment there given. A representative
Of this paper lately visited the institute
and met the members Of the medical
staff-Dr. l. N. Miller and DR.. j. HI.
Walker, favorably known for years in
their specislties, and DR.. James K.
Egbert, one Of Chiosgo's noted special
lists, who has lately joined the institute.
DR.. Egbert has for years been medical
examiner for the county judge and expert
to the county courts Of Cook county on
diseases Of the mental and nervous sys-
TENS, and has been connected with all
the large hospitals in Chicago, as med
ical adviser on diseases of the eye, ear,
ne Cse, throat, and chest. There is daily
a consultation among the physicians to
consider chronic and supposed incurable
cases, thus giving patients who have
failed to get the desired relief elsewhere,
the benefit Of their combined knowledge
skill and experience. The motto of the
institute is "The best treatment, and for
fair fee."
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17
The Direct Route East.
a fair fee.

The Ohio & Mississippi railway, running
east from st. Louis, is the short and direct
line to the national capital, and offers q
through train service which is not equaled
by any other line. 1t is, properly speaking,
the only direct through car line from the
Mississippi river to Washington.
The Ohio & Mississippi railway is the
only line running all trains through solid
from st. Louis to CinMnnati, the time
being less than ten hours; and the only line
running double daily lines Of Pullman
vestibule buffet sleeping cars from 81.
Louis to New York via Washington, Balti-
more and Philadelphia without change.
The o. & NJ. has an enviable reputation
for speed, comfort and safety, and the
regularity of it's trains is proVerbisl with
the travelling public; in practice it almost
realizes the ambition Of every railroad
management to have trains always on
time.
The popularity of the o. & M. railway
oompels it to run three daily trains to Gin
cinnah and two to Louisville, to accommodate
its steadily increasing travel; fully 95 per
cent. of the business from st. Louis TO and
via Cincinnati eastward being accredited to
the o. L M.
Both the day and night express trains of
the o. & M. are equipped with elegant vesti-
bule day coaches and Pullman vestibule
buffet sleeping cars. Pullman buffet par
lor library cars are also on day express and
free reclining chair oars on night express
trains.
All trains of this line connect in union
depots with those for points in above
named territories.
For tickets via the D. & NJ. Ry., and
further information, call on agents Of con-
Meeting lines or address g. B. Warfel, Cen
eral Western Passenger Agent, Ohio i
Mississippi Railway, los N. Broadway, Sc.
Louis, No.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17

The sensation Of the past week in the
northwest was the failure Of the Union
Loan and Trust Company, Of Sioux City,
for nearly million dollars, and which
took down with it, in the wreck, several
other institutions. Has this been caused
by free coinage Of silver? Well, hardly.
Is it because there is plenty OF money?
Let Mr.. Garratson himself answer:
at is the result Of the general fnsn-
cial stringency. There has never been a
time since 1873 when money was so hard
to get US now. This condition has made
it impossible for the last three or four
months to get any renewal OF loans. Our
manufacturers and merchants have thus
been left short Of cash. Since the latter
part of December, the company has paid
in $4,000 on the loans which it had
made. Yet, in spite Of this fact, it has
been unable to get any renewals because
the money was not to be had"
There is the truth in a nutshell. There
is money famine. Our gold is leaving
US at rate of $25,OOO,OOO a month, and
yet there are people who insist that the
S4,5OO,OOO Of treasury notes now being
issued for the purchase Of silver should
be cut off. Could Mr.. Gsrrstson have re-
newed their loans in either treasury
notes, greenbecks or silver, he could have
tidsd over. Had this failure occurred in
Kansas, it would have been charged up
to the Populists. Iowa having gone re-
publican, loans there should have re-
mained gilt-sdged. To what will our re-
publican friends charge that failure?-
Dakota RurRllst, May 4.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17

for the interest or profit or whatever il is,
on their so-oalled American investments" +"
and allow them TO fix the price, what differ
ence will il make whether we buy any silver
or not?
And what is the use of US breaking our
necks to "beCome a great seller abroad"
if we are to continue to get nothing for
what we sellp A hundred millions year,
which is the average for the past twenty
years-lsst year it was over $500, 1000, ,O0O-is
as much as the producers OF this country
care TO contribute to the support of English
speOulatOrs.
Certainly it is time that the entire budget
of nonsense connected with the gold mania
were stopped; but the only way to stop it is
that suggested by a remark of the late Mr..
Greeley, which has become famous, namely
stop it.-IowR Tribune.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17
The Way to Stop the Nonsense.

Speaking Of the expectation of gold from
the United States treasury which it has
pleased the authorities at Washington to
prevent, the Chicago Record says:
OF course the end of this trouble must
come sooner or later, and it is better that
IL come sooner rather then later. The re-
peal Of the Sherman silver purchase law
will do much, and the revision of our un-
friendly tariff laws 80 that the United
States may become a great seller Of pro-
ducts abroad as we'll as great purchaser
abroad, as it is now, will do much more.
OF course the end must come sometime,
but how would the repeal of the silver pur-
chase law hasten that timer II We are 10
continue to allow the English speculR-
torn to take just suoh things az they please,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17
The Question Must be Settled in the In
terest Of the People.


When the presidential campaign
opened |. st June the Champion pointed
to the fact that the money question was
the real issue of the contest, but the two
national committees agreed that it should
be fought out on the tariff issue. Presi-
dent Cleveland now sees that it is not
the tariff but the money question he has
Immediately to deal with, and he will
convene congress in September to dis
cuss it. Even the stsid old Springfield
Republican says;
The money question now takes prece-
dence over the tariff. 1t may break the
back of the democratic party across the
Allegheny mountains, as Grant said, but
it is at the front for settlement all the
same.
That is exactly so. at is at the front
for settlement" and it must be settled in
the interest of American citizens and not
to suit the financial plans of money and
stock gamblers in Europe or their part
ners in Wall street. 1t is no matter how
many party backboneS are broken; the
only question is how best to advance the
interests Of the American people.-Atch-
isOn Champion, May 8.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-17

as the raising Of wages, must be de-
stroyed.
"We hope that you will exercise your
influence and cast your vote for the Hon.
Psrdee, or the Hon. Fitzgerald, or the
Hon. Barker, all OF whom are known as
well equipped business men."-The
People IN W, May 7.