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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-06-20
TO FORCE BUSINESS,
TO SUPPLY YOUR WANTS,
TO MOVE OUR STOCK MORE RAPIDLY,
To GET THE cash

Is simply why we offer PER CENT. REDUCTION
on 20 styles of Pantaloons. All own manufacture.
desired and with the above reduction off you certainly
get great value for your money We secured last week
from manufacturer number of different lots Of Suits
for men, in Sack and CutaWay Coats AT JUST ONE
HALF THE WHOLESALE PRICE and offer
less than ordinary It's your chance to buy
cheap. We to sell them. We will give you prompt
and if you don't like them when you get them home, we
will gladly exchange or, Unnecessary refund cash:
Just think of suit of Clothes very nearly a-wool nice.
neat design and properly made for children six to twelve
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
NO JURISDICTION.
That is tho Commissions Position In
The DOugall.RObtTlsOl Case.
OTHERS UNDER ADJUSTMENT
The Commission viii Decide the Re-
naming contests In a Few bays
The Liberal Protest.

The Uish Commission has passed
upon one of the legislative contests,
that OF Hugh NJ. Diugall Va Alex
Robotlson. Their petition is prhcu'
cally that they will not my where
Mapluiou precinct, which was taken
from two legislative districts, viii be
counted. They have canvassed 1t IN
with the ro,urna Of the Eleventh rep
rcsentaivo district, thus giv ng thusoat
10 Robertson. Sow that this r. done tho
commission decide they have no lufis'
diotion to maize a change, but that any
contest ON the question must ne settled
In the courts. This conclusion was
reached In about fifteen miuules' con-
sultation after the arguments had bo,n
submitted today.
In tho Greenw0Jd.seclcy and Lowe
seaman c,ntcsts no decision has brou
made, the commission nnnonholh.
this afternoon that these caste Were
under Gdvncment ami wUuIu ne lHs' :. =
upon within u few days. The com
mission have already passed uuoh vac
eligibility Of probate Judges to hec9lm'
memb-rs Of the Legislative NsHrmulyl
and have decided mat they are MOI
eligible. The issuu Ia the 7tUley case
Therefore, IL whether or not Juus'
seeley,s resignation retircs hlm non
the Office u probate Judge and make
him eligible Tor the other oiilcr'
The general uauvus'inE blaIu hal
completed its lnbofs win tue exception
Of Washington county, where thu Vol
Of one small precinct - 20 bc aduru
This viii not change the rtHulli whiei
was la favor OF the Democratic ticket
The canvass OF the remaining oOunucl
completed last evening, gave tho Ioi
lowing;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

cnNIlEIh IN IN LAl,E.

The Liberal party seems bent on an
sloft 10 make political capital OUT OF
~ recent defeat IA this city, ~ shown
by the following notice which was
flied yesterday after tho NEWS went
W pruss;
SALT LAKE Cuy, Nov. -, 1893.
To A. y. Cherry, Hebcr NJ. Wells
and William h. Lett Board OF
Canvassers, salt Lake CITY, Utah'
sir-You will PLEASE take notice hat
the undersigned, nu elUCior aud taA.
PAYER Of the city auI county Of Sdt
Late, hereby lilies notice Ut contest oi
the clrctidn Of Robert y, Baskin, VINO
vas a candidate Tor the Oiiicu Of mayor
ofSalt Lake CITY, Utah Territory, NJ
the election held on the 1.h day OF
November, 1893
Said contest will be- based upon
statutory grounds, and you are hereby
Notified 10 preserve the ballots cas-,
aud the poll books aud poll lists used
and made az said election, Aa the sam
will be required ON the aring oi sall
contest. j. T. NoNlNhAN,
by O.w. Poworl anu J.H.Harris, his
attorneys
In the same form and manner other
contests were iilrd NJ follows;
John r. Axton Va Gustaye Bachmau,
for oliicc Of city recorder.
Sam q. Ewing Va Arthur Pratt, iOrlhe
office OF city marshal.
ID. e.. EirhnOr Va Gran, H.Smithilor
office OF city iusticc.I
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

NV trial, was to be called up at later
ptri d OF the DAY.
rhe divorce suit Of Anna Collefeil We
G.. 4. C1ttefrll VAS also heard in 1uuge
b rtch's .urt. Attorney Staup hp'
reared for the painful anu JuuRe
Bowman for the defendant DTulE-
etue.r anu cruelty ate alleged a. lhH
grounds OF tue compiNut Tue
parties ipi-rmsrIied at Lhtt
City In March, 1857, bui There
are no rbihron. Among other
thinra plaiuunalleges that since The
marriage her husband has treated hcf
10 u cruel aud inhumau manner uud
chilled her vilo uumcs, She mentions
occasions On which De huH
struck and kicked her anu s.ye
that he has been addicted Co.
hauitual drunkenness. Ms. Couorcli
also s,atts that tbe defendant has
prorerty at Il unuul - where they
fpsid, worth about $1,000, The rrsu 6
OF their iolnt canine, and that Dee
also hold. mortgage TOT e-IIl ulou
certain real estate iu this city. ~ thiH
sine ntks nm equitable SHARE iu addition
to the decree ~ divorce.
The defendant answers casting con.
siderable blnme upon hs vile, says
she h n woman Ut yIci.us nuu unruv-
efnabis temper, ami glv,s "a ruuerhl
denial 60 her allegations VI cruelty aud
drunkenness ON iiis part.
On tho witnesg.b.ani Mrs. Coltctoll
Displayed much vJluuiniy and wa,
very emphatic Ia her statements.
! CuffOUUintivo evidence as 20 drunken
ness WIS., given ~ various Eusidvnt- ul
| BJuntiiul.
The case was Ia progress when the
| News reporter left
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

Nl's5r Petrua Christensen, Of Aianiii
sanpste county, filed desert entry TO
the oast hall Of the soutuwclt quarter
oi section 2a,towuship Is soutu,rangr =
cast The iIfisstiug water iu 20 be
tskon from Six Milr cTcgh, aud the
entry 10 suffice 90 right Of wny for ihr
q virr railway AMI the RIO Htaudu
Western railway.
Albert snow, Of Ashley, Untah
county, mai, homestead uutry 10 tho
northwest quarter ~ section ~ town.
ship 8 south, range % east.
The contest case OF Tnomaa ". Jrr1-
my VI william Is. Stout. WAS argue u
anu submitted this afternoon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
They are IayiugI.ow.

There has been Uu. little crooked
work going on ia the city the last lew
days ,iihcras regards tho Turning oil!
big tricks of the COMMAS iou Of petty
oilensrs. The cause Ui the lull, o.
Denny E.chugr ulru 20 Iut il, j. owl.
IDENTIFY due 90 the capture, by the pc.
lice, Uf a number OF young fellows WHO
thought 10 rasirr 10 make living uy
plumber than ny honest toll IL has
hau tuis further elect 10 ha caused
othur men Uf lilo ilk aud aspirations 10
10y low ior icas tuat they, coo, would
Ue caught aud given a humu behind
the bare.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
LATEST COURT NEWS.
Castluo Pleads Not Guiliy,-Edwards's
Bond.-A Burglar tets One
Yenr.--niYuTCe suit.

John Cssiino was aIbiguod before
Judge Bartoh this afternoon on an ia.
dictment Tor cattle stealing In Tooele
county, and plead not guilty.
In the eass Of Arthur IL. Elwardl
late manager al the White house, the
court directed trat the $500 bond pre-
vlously fixed bo taken by u. 3 COM
missioner drcenman.
Norton Curtis plead guilty TO taking
pnrt In he bur2larz,ug of a store IN
the Fi'th ward and was sentenced 10
unu year In the penltentiary.
A motion by the plaintiff IN the case
of James Anuer.Ou VI the N.ftmie
Niniuy ANA Milling company, for set
t.ument Of statement on motion for a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
Who Held Him ung

An at,acho Of local amuremont
house claim 10 have been held up aud
badly treated last night IN the noigh
borhoou OF Third sou.h street. That
he was roughly used there can be- no
ques.ion, AZ deep gosh Ia his head
shows that hc received a severe blow
from some one. But who struck him
Ia tho query. IL is positively slated
that IL was not a hUld-up at all an1
that a certain member Of the gentle
MANS family can tell a great deal more
about II than the victim would like 10
SEQ Ia print.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
PRECINCT OFFICERS.

Orderyille precinct, Kane county
q. Porter was elected Justice OF the
peace by majority. Enos tacGfell was
elected constable,
Wnmont precinct, Pluto couuiy-
Il, IL. Winters was elected lustlcH Oi
the peace aud q. II. johnson con-
stable
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

country is situated AROUND lle 'enlI u','
Oh 'ne 'ng',nl 7,','1'''g' ','" ''''. '..,,,
aug u. '', t.','.i l''' q" l .
GUY TWO o' 'h' t'o.O''.-' .'l''.'
o.u.7l dl. ht y"DIh,.. .
sen'tl' nu' W. N"g ,t.' "'','.' ,i,. I
l''' oI tl. I"."'
,' ...-'' ,..'''..' Al, .......... I
"..' ''- w. .-'"'''
'"'' "'." Ni"''
Tine $50 'as arc acknowledged FOO be ]
one OF tle tsllyst nations 90 iHs world. |
instead OF ila race J,A'I''. .l,'t ~.
, ,.,,,. .' l'e 81 .,. .,. ,.g
il.".' ",' t"1 ol w.. I
,''' l.at " e.h.Iiltl, W. .' ,'
.'' Us. '.'"'
l'i aNNa.'I. %. ''' ." '
'N.u. I'. '.". 'Nl. '' '''- ''' VIZ
Guy ''.''lg 'Na N.,n .'. Ivy '".'
N,''. 'N .'.. .ll. wy. ..,
.i'--I Prove .'' 'I'.. ........,...
"-bNl "' 'o'.'' I'' "'
The Swedish Merchant Service. 20 Che
close of 1902. numbered g..l sailing
vessels ut s.rto5 tons and f,IaI sieam.
cts uf asa. sod tons. ur uItuEuiuer tI"a
vessels OF st1I0l tom. The entire
number OF aruyl. and departures from
and tu foreign ports was na.3i ui 49,
ss-ffs tons. OF which ..H.3 were
steamers oI H.rs5sg5 tons. The gross
ifeIrhagc received u.s. Swedish vessels
for foreign shipping Was not quite DO
million dollars. The home aud inland
navigation is very l.y.ly 100 Sweden.
TIE number OF arrivals Go aud dgpar,
u.s, ,'y.' O'h' p ,... 'U wa,
$1,000 w.r. steamers of % 05Lssl tons
and only 5g5s1 sailing vessels ui 4,a55'
9'-
AS regards religion or faith iu SwDd'
en' Us rll..l.ion 3. . a''i ,... D1 ,,,, .r
G",' ,, "t ,.''.i II,lS ~, STr..S and mo-
/ less dian w W. per cent belong to Pro.
tcstart denomination. During the last
decade. .e'el"i s',,' 'l.'. ,.'t , .''8 5,
G,a.,5 ',,'ii u, ~, ~. ,,n.,, y, ..
HlSG 49, ,r '' , ,c,oug,r of th.u.srd
members of the Salvation Army etc.
Moreover one or two special dguom.u1l-
| lions have arisen 100 Sweden, and though
o'a,l %" .'1', ... Sn5 ,i,"'i'-as
.t...i,,' .....,,' -. ;5 'rss,rt =, creed
~ !" ibem'eeI,es nom tHc
| Swedish church. The member, of
these Two denomination clgh reckon
Iur some hundred thousand 9dhorenr--
a'., D.'.it an. a, ,I,,,,, ,i g,r,,. has abgy,
,'''. ..r.'',.g,. ,,I ala. Irvs rumbcr
| mann '' 'l5 '''''' '''''
EoEwAy.
tf....i. f......, d. ,....ti,,,. d, ,,..,,. dram,
''''''' '''-'' 90 "''''''h
a new church will be built 100 The
l"''"' p'''s''
The Nuugso.uEer'tl,gn railroad hl'
been opened Cot the public.
r,..,,i..,,i,, b.. t..p y.ry l,rr,
,I,s ,.,,.",,i ~. mi ID ann g,irs an.
,.,.... M .t...., ..,.i.,.lhi
l".'e' "a ~ w.. ,..,,'ll.l
"'' VI ''''''''" i''
The conservatives will without doub
be victorious at the next elections %
Chrisuauia.
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~ 80, ''' ~. ~. ,.... -,
no'.''Nl" p'1''''e'' 900" WV ''"
'0' ''''
ne NoiI 's," ,, ~ ..., ,.'H ''s W. w, ~
~, ii,'' a., 20 ''-'
No''N '""'
10 Several Norwegian officers have ou
4 tered the army u, Congo, and will sta
in Africa Tor about three years.
-t....-. ....,....t.,
u, pre- ,..'''..,,'''t o,nl.' ,,,i, ,r
Wl.l aoo' &c, 'i'l'' CIV" ""'''''5 ''
IeSe"Uy """""' ''''
/, The emigration from tie Trondhje
. ! Suu has been nearly double as iaE
during ihc first ten months OF 1898 o
] dunn. the same ItIluN liak NHAIf
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22
SAVINGS BANK.

400 MAIN arItEEr.
omen saturday EVENING" from 2 90 O'Clock
tter cent interest pWd uu deposits of 4l.Oj or
ore, uud compounded tour times soar
Ltth title Insurance Trus, Co.
8llIAl, .itttI tAn
co.ircadont, A. L. IuONAs, eecy. aud
Valhler
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

H.- uImnly, oily H'H, slNHf haIr ana toby
soap ...1.a..I .a4 -as.I D.. tgueuu ansf.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-22

When ;bg best physicians, hospl.
tails and a.l U,aar remedies iali. To
those who have suffered long ana
hopeleasly from tortgr.ug, dlslie-
urinC, tau.a.'Hg hlm1rs, aad
who have lose laiih in doctors,
medicines asl 900 .d,uss human,
the CuTCuRA REMEDIES appeal
with startling .Jg-e. Thelr success
has excited Size wonder OF physl-
clans familiar with tnc marvellous
cures daily gNs,,a1 by them. Thcy
have friends i- every quarter OF Gao
civilized world, People IN every
walk al iiis believe ga thcm, use
them aud recommend them. They
are in trlth thg greatest skin cures,
blood purifiers and humofrcmei,.3
oi modern tiWcs.
gaH marrHrH' 'hr world. rlrB p.rq
AEu lH.H. NH.r I".r.U'Hrat I"...u.
nUH"AI N.H' IHu l.i, sal ry.lp 4ld
Hair" m...4 lEtl.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
A COMPANION PICTURE.

During the war, David DAVIS, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, cleared s. 600, 900 on
trmy Contracts, takIng nls pay in
8reenbac which he exchanged for
government bonds At large discount.
He then, with others Of like interest
persuaded our would be sbaUeemeu that
the honor of the nation demanded the
payment Of GheT bonds IN gold. With
d zeal worthy OF q better cause those
same statesmen made haste 30 serve
the interest of the < I'D bug aud Mr.
DAVIS bonds appreciated to gold stan
dard DAVIS Gently died leaving TO
his fami Y $50, 900 OO0 What states
mAnship! W hat foresight TO 50 man
ipular8 Legislation as TO produce su n
results! II this were all We might ad
mire she sGatesfnaushlp that produced
is bat let us draw another picture, the
result of this same leglaiaIIOn. Joseph
LRtSa, IF Iowa City. cleared $500 from
four year servh;e IN the army. took
hls pay IN greenbacSs and exchanged
them, III part payments, On eighty acres
Of land The grcenOacks we're then
burned, silver drmOuetized and LaGta' =
indebtedness thereby increased 10 a
gold standard In other words his in
debEedaesS incre %ced in the same ratio
with the appreciation of DAVIS bonds.
Had the effect Of the injustice to Latta
stopped here, the burden might be en-
dured without replnlnR. but the same
legislation that enhanced the value of
DAVIS bonds increased the purchasing
DO Of the gold thaC he receives as
interest thereon This with the dImin-
iahed number of greenbacks. must
measure the value Of the products of
Latta'a farm Thus when ne comes
with the products Of his 80 acres 70 eX
Change them for gold or green backs
with which to pay the balance on his
land he finds that he is Onhged to in
crease the quantity offered and take In
exchange Il diminished number of dol.
lara, thus leSAeGIng his ability to meet
his indebtedness. I>atta too. will die
some of these years and his wife and
little family. if they survive him, will
be left TO reflect upon the injustice of
legislation, perhaps TO see their little
me go 10 further swell the assets of
the b )ndholder. Farmers and labOrers,
study we'll this companion picture,
drawn from actual life. Its counter
part exists in countless numbers all
over our land to the infinite and damn
able disgrace of American statesman
ship. Cur law makers allowed a pack
of thieves to deli 0erately plan and ma
liclOusly entrap them into the ena;t-
ment of laws that make possible the
results depicted above. Rather than
acknowledge themselves in error they
continue to uphold and perpetuate the
crime, until the righteous Indignation
of long suffering people drives them
from power.
What then9 We shall see.-Es.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

How apply Lord Lytton puts it when
ne makes R,euzi say in reply to Adrian
who axis: But by what meaneT'
My lord my lord!' says the eIo-
QuenG RienEj, there is but one wav to
restore the greatness of a people-it is
by an appeal to the people themselves.
It is not in the power If princes and
barons to make a state p -rmanently
great and glorious; they raise them
selves but they raise not the Pc pie
with them. ALI the great regenera-
tons are the universal movements of
the masses .
If history is valuable at ali it is as
valuable 20 day as it was in 1347, when
this language IS reputed to have oeen
used. Then "a universal movement
among the masses" meant war. car
mage and bloodshed Today a uni
versal movement among the farmers
me ans the opposite. 1t means educa-
tion to plane that demands the sword
shall be turn d into the plowshare, and
the spear into the pruning hook and
nations shall learn war no more Such,
kind reader. IS the mission of the farm
eTs organisations now eXtant in the
United Sta tes Are they worthy of
your consideration You alone can
answer. Z. A ROBINSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

that the former classes constitute the
State, and have gone to work TO enable
them to reap the full blessing that NAV
accrue to them out of she State debs
iG wilt certainly be nee thing for a
few men to expend 500 600 IN CON
struCtIOn or destruction bonds and de
poslJ them, draw 6 per cent interest,",
issue bills to an equal amount, lend
them ats per cent. and perhaps more,
for YOU know that when the State of
which we have been speaking begins TO
re4ilEa the rich blessings to thenIselres
that they can very easily get any usury
laws that may be on she statute books,
out Of their way.
AS the proposed law is about identi-
Cal With the national banking law. 1t
Is evident Lna5 1t Is not she system tha6
troubles them, but that it is the derire
of other parties 20 share in the bless
lngs TO De derived from the handling Of
the bonds, manipulating State systems
just a5 the nAJIvseal system, winch
promotes the derire for State banks
But to the merits Of the two systems
\ certain man owned bill of COnstder
able magnitude On the. Peoples Ma
tIunal Bank OF Fayetteville when it
collapsed; not being posted in banking
he was not exactly satisfied, but
thought it would bo all right. but re
memnerlng the roFten system OF the
p AsU he would have preferred a note on
u s"'und bank. Sand nUto went at It's
face value nOtWIthstand ,ng it YVES Oh a
Or"ken bank Had is beea on Il State
tlndIylduaD bank Is would have meant
Juet that much loss % the holder
When the whole country snail be
III lO1s9
rency ls>utd at every DSsrOads. no
body knowing the concerns that issue
1t, We will have a currency stable in
deed. When q note of such currency
shall geE z few hundred miles from
home II will not pass current and here
wall be fine opportunity Tor shaving
and collecting by Ghe same concerns
that are engaged Iii heeClng the people
IhlS FEATURE was mentioned 81 a man
who Ia nov = memb Der OF the legislature.
during the recent csmpeign. and he
sRld telegraph TO where th- nOLe was
Issued and find out It's standing T~le
graph indeed! How much teiegr aah
ing could poor man afford to do in
order tO tiud cut Ehe value of q one dol
lar note? And Is - evident that poor
men would not hold N any Of thelarger
n5tCs
l believe that il would be wise for
the people of N0rrh Carolina to form a
society IN OppOslst0n TO the sy-t@CU,
and pledge themYetvrs not - counter
ance, receive IT circulate theee notes,
and do 6ll Ia their power, in u leglti
nate way, 20 thwaTt th- progress of
th0s8 ~ho would f'ece the people in
thts way. L Is - be hoped that me
alliance viii Cis -ounten11Ge this
wicked proposition.
OVER THE WAY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
ANOTHER CREDIT MOBILIER
SCANDAL IN SIGHT,

The bill! before Congress for the loan
OF national credit of $i0O, 900 900. to
the Nicaragua Canal Company has In
it all the elements Of another credit
mel ubilier scandal and already develop
iDg distinct OdOr. The Congressman
or able editor who. in the light of the
experience Of the government with It's
loans to the Union Pacific Railroad,
can advOca this Nicaragua bill, has
need to explain his motives very care
fully
The proposition ia simply that the
NaglOnal Government snail take all
the Tlsk aud pay the entire eetlm eted
cost 0f she canal bv endorsing 500,
coo, 900 of it's BOMBS, and IN return shall.
if the canal proves n success, be saved
trOn loss ON It's advance OF credit
UGder no CIrcUmst4 ices can the Ma
tIpnal Treasury make any profiE out OF
the undertaking although Il takes all
the chance IF losing the entire S1D,-
600 600 It endorses for, II ;il> enterprise
fails.
The whole scheme on the part Of the
private capitalists eghO as took holder7
prep .se e. take all the prOffs, if there
Ia any, while tire government is 90
shoulder all the loss If there Is any, is
ssrictly developed on the idea embodied
in tue phrase, heads win, tails you
lose "
While the government is only asked
at present TO endorse the bonds Of the
company To the extent OF 500 600, 900,
II must be an extremely verdAnt man
who lmaRines tnat this Is the extent of
sho plot against the n>tlon's pocket
The canal viii not be bulit for $lUO,-
OOO, ,0uO. When that is exhausted the
c0npAny will demand another 500,
900 900 on the familiar plea that unie q
more Is spent, what has been invested
Will be wholly lost
There is another aspect of the matter
The object of EhIs canal, SO far a. con
Germs tne public interest OF the United
States, Is cheaper freignts between the
Atlantic and Pacific cOasbs There If
faf AcneapeT, quicker and sarer way
to secure cheaper rans-cOntlnental
freight TIE railroads.
If We had government railroads run
at cost, no canal would De needed, or
would pay If dug -N6'V Nation. De
Gambler. II
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24
LEIGH, N. c., JANUARY a. 1893.

hand. the employer should protect
himself IN the CONTRACT Of hiring There
Is little danger OF that contract being
TOO specific or full 1t Is the loose con
tract that leads to srouble STAY ing
out OF the farmers house later than
ten ocl ck atnight without permission
using obscene or prOfaDe Language,
abusing animals, or smoking about
buildings or stacks, are sufficient
grounds for a mans discharge, and
this should be stated in the CONTRACT -
NJ S Qntnabg, Illinois, an American
Agricuktasr. ST.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-01-24

Ma EDTTOR:-ln your issue OF the
10th In AL editorial on S5ate banks, you
Eay let the people speak out IL la Ger
tAinly time for them to speak, and the
need of so DONG is imperative. The
proposition 10 return to the rotten
financial sys'em of the past Is mon
EtrOus In tie extreme There are plenty
Of people lvlng Yet who remember
something Of the evils Of that system,
When the war ended it would not have
been hard TO go around and gather up
a basketfuu t bills on broken banks
and Insurance. companies, which bills
w7re about worth the paper On which
taey were printed.
the American people have been side
tracked on an lsrue that they practl-
eally kne nothing about, but they
are about to be started off On tram
with which the older inhabitants are,
or have been, familiar. There Ii a Ut
tie OF that precious, ante bellum cur
Fency that can be found scattered
about over the country yes, and IL
should be gathered up and deposited IN
the Oes. sttIe that the State could pro
sure, ana placed IN the State Depart
menT as a mementO of the wisdom, JUS
tlCe ana financial prudence of the age
Ii which IL circulated.
BuU UnIs wild cat, race DOn, skunk or
o'pOssum currency is 70 be secured; so
the people Thought IN former ia s that
the currency they were using Uds
secured, but a little unpleasantne4e
arose betw cen Two sections of the coun
try, aud 10 their dreams of security
But thes9 circulating no, es are TO be Sc
cure By bonds 4 per cent. consolidated
eeOt OOndS, or per cent construct loI
bonds Well. the people who are tx
pected to use these notes know but ut
tie about per cent. consolidated deb
or 8 per cent. construction bonds, bu1
If they are ON the State of North Caro-
Ana they Cught to be good.
You kuO y, Mr.. Editor, that there /:
3 saying that national debt is ma
tIonal blessing, and perhaps some of Oul
SoloHs at Ralelgn have discovered thai
State deob Is STATE blessing Well
it depends upon whom or what yoU
call the nation or State whether thi,
saying be true or not. If the bond
holders, capitalists and monopollsts
are the State and nation, then there i,
truth i'll the declaration, but If the
whole body of the people constitutes
the State or nation, there never was q
bigger lie But suppose that our wise
nen at your beautiful city consider