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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
Our Postal system.

Our postal system is way behind
that of Great Britain. With all our
boasting, with all our progress and
with all our splendid resources, the
governments government supposed
to be of the people and for the people
does not, in many respects, come
into as close touch with the ma
as the government of Great BIZ
does The management Of the pc
system has been prominent part Of
our seemingly settled policy at least
for the last thirty years, viz: 10
give the favored few all that they
ask OF need, but let the farmer get
along as best he may. The
time has come, however, when
the farmer fully realizes the
injustice of the postal system toward
him and is making his voice
heard in his lodges, Alliances
and conventions. His demand for
free postal delivery is SO just and his
political power is SO great that upon
common principles Of reasoning, the
conclusion would be reached that
congress regardless of party. would
introduce this new feature. Yet our
past experience teaches us only too
plainly that favors to the agricultur-
al classes come with death-like slow
ness. Well, if this favor, or rather
right, comes too slowly the farmer
will take it, that is all. He is il
| shape practically to get pretty nearly
what he wants. Farmers Voice.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
New Jerseys Record.

The census bulletin for New Jer-
sey fixes the number Of families who
own their own houses, free from en-
cumbrance, at eighteen out of every
hundred; those who live in encum-
be1ed homes fourteen out Of every
hundred; and those who hire their
homes at sixty-six out of every hun
bred. When the battle of Trenton
was fought, this percentage was just
the rever1e. The largest number Of
families occupied their own homes,
free from liabilities at that. New
Jersey, to greater extent than New
York, was colony of homes. Thus
the people of New Jersey have pro-
crossed - doWnwards. They have,
however, the consolation Of knowing
that their brothers in other states
have kept pace with them in this
progress, that so much cheers our
patriotic plutoccats. = The Peo-
pie. n. Y.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10

A great many attempts have been
made in this and other states to get
legislation that will prevent double
taxation. 1t is a question that has
bothered q great many people. To
frame law that will compel every
man to pay tax on all he owns, and
at the same time making sure that.
no one is taxed on what he is in debt
for, is no easy matter. During the
Thirty-sixth general assembly bill
was introduced in the house which
provided for the exemption Of mort
gagged property not to exceed $4,000
for any one person. The object was
to prevent double taxation of proper
ty and to relieve the mortgagel' who
pays tax both on what he owns and
on what he owes. 1t was argued that
such a law would be taken advantage
Of by INSCRIPTIONS men, who would
mortgage to that extent for the pur-
pose Of getting $4,000 of property ex-
empted from taxation. The bill
failed to- pass, not because the inten-
ton of the author of the bill was not
good, but because it was believed
that the method proposed would not
have the desired effect.
In California they have a law for
taxing mortgaged real estate that is
said to give satisfaction. A man, for
instance, buys $4,000 piece OF prop
erty and pays $4,000 cash for it and
gives mortgage on the property for
the remaining $4,000. When the tax
assessor comes around he assesses the
property regardless of the mortgage.
The holder of the property pays tax
on the property as assessed, but when
he comes to pay the interest on the
mortgage, or part of the principal, as
the case may be, the holder of the
mortgage is under legal obligation to
deduct from the amount due him one
half of the amount of that shown by,
the tax receipt. The assessor is not
supposed to know who holds the mort
gage, and does not need to know
He assesses the property where ever
he finds it and the law enables the
holder of the property to get justice
when he comes to settle with the per-
sons who own part of the property,
rs shown by the mortgage.
We call attention to California's
method of assessment and taxation to
give a hint to legislators OF other
states who are seriously seeking d
remedy for double taxation. 1t is the
poor mantle man least able to pay
taxes-who has to pay tax on what
he owns, and also on what he owes,
while the money lender who holds
the mortgage, if he is unscrupulous.
can secrete his money and notes and
escape taxation. Some member Of
the Legislature has an opportunity to
win the esteem of the masses by in
Producing and pushing through bill
that will effectually remedy the evils
of unjust taxation. of Ag-
riculture.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
Graduated Income Tax.

Some of our large daily papers are
becoming alarmed at the speed of the
sentiment in favor of graduated in
come tax. One journal declares that
certain papers that should know bet
ter are advocating it." It is always
a very safe conclusion to arrive at
that whatever the old moss back press
opposes is right. There is SUSPECT
GUS squirming on the part of those
who should be made to pay the bulk
of the taxes in regard to this system
of taxation. 1t is such pleasant
proceeding to the rich to compel the
poor or middle classes to bear the
burden of contributing the money to
support government that they dislike
to yield the pleasure. The farmer,
whatever may be the condition of his
prosperity, must respond prompt
ly to the demand of the
tax collector. 1t matters not that he
may not have made cent profit
during the year; it counts for moth
ing that he may need every dollar to
make his family comfortable; it
weighs nothing that he can scarcely
pay for the school books needed by
the children, he must pay taxes.
Nobody should be asked to contribute
to the support of government who
does not earn above his expenses of
living $1,000 year. It is an out
rage to assess men who are making
nothing above their expenses. It is
a worse outrage to permit those who
are making thousands and millions
of profits yearly to escape an equit-
able assessment. 1t has transpired
that during his life Jay Gould sue
ceeded in evading taxes on his
personal property to the extent
of millions of dollars. Let us
have the graduated income tax. MAX
ing such changes in state constitu-
tions-where that may be necessary
for the purpose. Under the system
there is no such opportunity as exists
under the present system, to escape
equitable taxation, fact that is
shown by the determined opposition
of the tax shirkers to the proposed
reform. When men with $50, 900, 900
in personal property swear and keep
on swearing year after year that they
only have few hundred thousand
subject to assessment, as Jay Gould
did, it is time that there was reform
in our methods of taxation Farmers
Voice. ~ ~ s~.s~N
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
Panama and Nicaragua.

The Panama scandal is without
doubt exposure of a swindle both in
the amount inv olved and the charac-
ter of the parties involved that has
been undreaned of in modern times,
With old Ferdinand DeLesseps. the
builder of the Suez canal after an
honored life being dragged like
felon from his sick bed to trial, and.
NJ. Eifel, of tower fame, after an
honored career. telling the story of
his own disgrace, are a warning that
should not go unheeded in our own
country. The Pacific railroad and
the Credit Mobilier scandal and the
Pacific mail subsidy scandal, although
small compared to the present one,
ruined many of the supposed best
men of this country. Now comes the
appeal to congress from both Demo
Gratis and Repu blicans for 500. 000,-
900 subsidy to build a canal
which the engineers already
predict will cost from $780,
100000 to $500. 100000, and the
demand is supported by the so-called
best men of the country. Warner
Miller, Republican, Senator Morgan,
Democrat, and a host of other men,
and we are told that the 'character
of these men insures the merit and
honesty of the scheme" These men
are no better than those whose dis
honesty has shaken the French re-
public to it's foundation. They are
no better than Cakes Ames and
Scuyler ColfaX and the host that went
down before the scandals in our own
history; in fact Sherman's honesty
would faint the character Of any man
who vouched fer it, and would damn
any scheme that he endorsed. Let
the government build it, or let those
who do build it put up the money
themselves. Let us have no moro
swindles Or scandals. THE Toi3er.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
Food for Thought.

When money becomes scarce the
purchasing power of the dollar in
creases. It seems to me that there
ought to be no one SO devoid of intel
ligence as not to understand this SIM
pie proposition. It follows then as
the purchasing power Of the dollar
increases men who have contracted
debts lose and what they lose their
creditors gain. The great majority
are the debtor class and have long
and grievously suffered. Surely they
will not permit a system to continue
that is silently but surely robbing
them. Men of America, if you care
not for your own rights at least suffer
not the rights of your wives and chill
dren to be trampled upon. Farmers
Tribune.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
THE NEW PoLITIcAL EconoMY

What constitutes state?
Not high-rafsed battlement or labored
mound,
Thick walls or moated gate:
Not cities cities proud with spires and turrets
Not bays and broad armed ports
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navieS
ride;
Not starred and Spangled courts
Where low-browed baseness watts perfume to
PRIDE
No! Men, high-minded men,
With powers as far above dull bruteS endued
In forest, brake, or fen,
AS these excel cold rocks and branches rude
Men who their duties know.
Know, too, their rights and knowing dare
maintain,
Prevent the long-aimed blow,
And crush the tyrant while they rend tie
chain
These constitute state. a.M
Sir William Jones
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
"Better Times i'm Kansas"

Under the above caption the Chi
cagO Tribune publishes the following
item:
have brought good times to some
people, and certain recent happenings
show that not all Western mortgages
are Improbable. A banking house
of Atchison took a quarter section of
land in Phillips county, Kansas, dur
ing the hardest times, On which it
had mortgage of $1,000. Last week
it sold the farm for $4,000 cash, a
profit Of something like $4,000, in
addition to interest. This company
is reported to be selling land every
day at considerable profit
And such is prosperity
Such is the evidence of ..hetter
times
4 poor devil of a farmer was
squeezed out of his $4,000 farm by a
gang of ShyloclB under a $3.50
mortgage.
besides interest the thanking
house, (robbers) cleared s., 800!
For years such great statesmen
as Bill Tariff Mckinley, Of Ohio,
has been telling people that "a mort
gage is an evidence of prosperity"
Well, here is the evidence Of it.
When a banking house" can make
1890 ..besides interest on an in
vestment OF $500, what better is
wanted!
yt~f<y IF
the poor devil who lost his farm is of
no consequence. That don't count.
The "hard, times" did that. The
times are better" now.-Chicago
Sentinel.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-03-10
Plutocratic Sophistrx.

The Register says. ..God prospers
the rich that those who have not the
money-getting faculty may find work
to do" What wonderful kind be-
ing to the poor this God must be, to
thus provide them with wealthy mas
tiers. This same drivel was used for
argument by set of brilliant reason
ers, who tried to throw around the
accused traffic Of human slavery the
protection of a kind deity in ante
bellum days. -Tulare, Cal, Citizen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
The BRITANNIA WIN ).
She Takes three Races I or Hayahoe ant
sox oAns .ae Gold Cup

ISLE or wicur. Eng. Set lI--Th'
third race for the intsFua,i0nni : cup
hich was 10 have taken rl,ce On F.iia'
but was postponed oa a.""uut of tn
weather and an actil.n: t. the Nav 'hos
was sailed TO-DAY. The course extended
from point north OF RyIe cas- card It
Nab g'tshia. thence back past Il. lie, by
way of the Spit ba y II south Sc. castle
round the marx b,at of o.a Castle point
AMI back to the starti'g ? 70 Mt.
The cuura. was cor,red t. ice, the to,a
distance ht.nx a1eut 60 r'ilss. Ry.is PIE
was cr0vd.,. iih sael.i,n.en eaesr to s.,
ih,, start. \ srrsrg viut was blowing
from thr -ou;hess; vt / | % lien the tacliI'
B-itsrni' AMI HsvaLoe trps' Ell the line to
y.th.r. Tu, Hritanqir rounded tho mar
boat At " lG o, iyck and the Nlvehoe b
l.2f3l
Ftom lie ma < boat so R,dr the Britan-
aia dre~ rvsy from the Ntvahoe and II {
fioi he'd tie first r5uni II ninut in Il.
Lat IN hc4ii0g out ~ Nab ship III
.ccon. iis,s the y ,vaiiaa sat her iarg4 jib
Sha ruu7 ~ the liz, t-liV cnly II minute
hchind tee i;rltanuil. OI ihe inG
ruuni frr Oh Cas'le poit IN B-i'anni
xalaaI but fivs seconds. rounding tb
mars host >, = Is -, willie tie Nsvaboe'
tina wa> 1888.
III Britanula fri.tel a. 80 u; ans
the N4vatnc Vt I a. - The We'd wa
strong tlirou shnnt the -aca. The B'i-annis
as win, er ct tn f,.t tlree Faces aus o.
the & - lr1,ii.-I f5f in t''.' '."t 'i'isns made
by I'll R"at Vlct ii. Y4tlt CiaH, and
h,iliis E5uu -! sn', Vi l1u: III: reed OF
iurthcr con'e.t.
Tie r.es. for 'he Cpe Mas aud nrFn'ot
Reef cups. rsr,i-t lwas from Au1cri a b.
,h. G-n--tt in ISs5 Wit he sailed .omor
rux rnd wpsln,s iav. Lri piurareH has
decided - take wit hi~i 10 \ W York tn
cr US If the /. .'E-fer.n" ami pi.r is. ant
a reserve from s'.'l-i' rs -ceru the Fslky
"a, ; crew in G Is # i.ldes. Or sceideat.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
IN The SENATE.
senater Teller Defends the ShssS aa Bill
Aaaiast the financial Ci.iu.b .baAcs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. ll.--In the Senat,
today, Senator fugh spoke in opposition I,
the repeal of the Sherman act. He wouns
up his declaring that it was the determined
and unal,erable purpose Of the oppose ths
bill until their physical strength was ex
hausted and until thy had los, the powel
Of speech.
He was followed by Teller (Rep., Col. J
in continuation of his speech begun las
Saturday. He went on To show by extracts
from the weekly trade reports the prosper.
Gus condition OF the country in the early
part of 1898. Teller declared
that the United States had not los'
gold since the first of July, 1893, and thai
the amount of gold now here was $780,.
600 900. Teller referred to the tremen.
dous losses in the New York stock market
estimated as high as 500 900. coo, and by
some attributed to the Sherman law.
He undertook to show that the Sherman
law had nothing to do with them. He in.
stanced the collspses in the Northern Paci-
fic, Reading aud Erie Railroads and said
that these roads were practically insolvent,
and the disturbances referred to had
not come from the Sherman law, but
from the misconduct of the railroad officials.
1t was the same with industrial stocks. He
did not claim that Congress would touch
the question Of deal ngs in stock in New
York. No senator ud shut his eyes 10
the fact that the proceedings in the New
York stock exchange had much TO do with
creating good or bad times.
Here Teller paused and VOORHEES, pro-
posed an executive session. Before yield
ing Teller said he would quit for the pres
ent but would take up another point in the
case some other day. After an executive
session the Senate adjourned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
AT RiGBY PARK.
Ci,ee.um and neIs,1 Msy Mees-aso Earl
Bii and Autograph.

,.,,.t;,g al
"EI 'Sh' ''F''
the l.llby park directors, SATURDAY "eors'
NJ St,ny ood was put in charge cf,he tieket
t.......,.., o,,s, meeting j. +
''' l'''''''''''
Barrett All recofd eFshts III 'He l'u-e'
stan aud prepare the matter for the score
c,rt. ,,cas a.. Alepzo Libby i'll super
-, 40 hrrsa denartment. Il was de
',.1 =, ,,,Ln the general admission 81
c,n,. J,x aithough Sir. NJ lson though
:, t.,,'. .,-.,,,yn for the day the Northeri
t,;,r starts for the mark of his lifs. The
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
A TERRIBLE DEED.
Hugh Douglass Loses His Sight Through the
ANGER Of His Wife.

MANCHESTER, n H., Sept. 1L-Mrs.
Rose Douglass threw tin dipper full OF
oil Of vitriol in the face Of her husband,
Hugh Douglass, and then fled to the police
station and gave herself up. The young
conple-they are each only in their Goth
year, but have been married three years
have lived uphappily for some time, and
the husband had applied for divorce, al
ieging cruelty on the part of the wife, and
claiming the custody Of the two small
children.
Mrs. Douglass has recently been driven
from the house of her mother, and she
says she has had to sleep in cellars for the
past three nights. She procured the Wit
riol day or two ago, and has been look
ing for her husband since. She met him
talking with some friends. and. without a
word Of warning, she threw the acid full
in his face
Douglass was taken into nearby physi-
clans Office. suffering terribly. One eye
was entirely burned out, and the other
will probably be sightless, and his face was
scanned and burned in a horrible manner.
His wife said after her arrival at the sta
ton that she would do ii again under the
same circumstances
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12
Summit Of MT. WASHINGTON
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
arrangement Of Trains In Effect sept
81, 1888.
YnRouor TRAINS.

.oty.. wHsr-sso A. NJ. iS Lewiston
,s-.i.ad PayIanj Boston sGG aon
- ,K A. y AL i3iO express for Bruno
r.ss . s1..oa. ksrn.nstopj hodsl3nd. foflAn'
- sostsn. sopBsrtiuf for White do1ataii
sa,,t. .ss yasbas zss sad 30 r, n. FOR Hrsns
xsr' Bs.h, Portland. B0stoni iiD r..
.lyht Pa,irnzhJ every nlgh, tor Lewiston. Bath
Restiasa, Portland aEd Boron
COIN. EAST 50 A. N. 'nigbt s1pressl 70
sro.heyaA, Belfast, Bangor. Bar HasbOr, 81
sfrns.s s; john and ArDos,Ook oo1nty
llSA VI for waf.rvills. SkoWhrgsl aud Bangor
,21PA for Wst~rsillr r1naHefing at Wa
grvtls st,h PROV Hrlai Eeprse- for hooseheaf
I.xs Baa9of. HaF Harbor Ast St John an
IA iTln far lewiston, =
srorp.s FOR Bangor sad Bar fiarbor' 30 r
NJ Tor E Eateryills, oakland North AnsGn, Bing
bao,. stgsAekap, Balf4si. Dover. FoSerOii, Ban
,a, a, Stephen, 81. John and Aioo,
Sos ooauty : Is T. NJ mixed for Wa'eryiile
IVAN sunday, only for WateTsiiie and Ban
The NIkhl Pullman Tfain gong East at i-So a
NJ ,9lHg Ne.t At Il % NJ, runs ever
plEbi, saaAag Included connecting from Lewiston
ard Kocsiand, tat not 20 SsushvEap on h9udaj
.eoratngs, or 70 Beltsst. L~xter, or beyond Ban
gar sndsltins 70 Bar Hsfbor, on sunday morn
lass-
The lay train. sa,aR W-.t ~ 1910 4. ". and
"a, a. Z, ,a f. " rue daiig, sunday Included, b.
tr-sn Eu..pa. Lssl-aDn, Baih, Bangor, Bar Has
bor aa1 81, John.
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NEWS NUGGETS.
BssvsAt by the Nirss Frsm The Msrth, Essa,
Ssuih sad West.

About 25 cases Of cholera are reported
daily in Constsntinople and Scutari. Busi.
| ness Is much affected.
The Spokane exposition building. Spo.
kane Falls, Wash, erected in 1880 at Q
cost of $1,000 was destroyed by hfs
Thursdsy night.
The third race for the international gold
| cup was sailed Monday of the Isle Of
Wight over so mile course. The Britain.
mia beat the NAvAhoe by 10 minutes.
| A gasoline stove exploded At Creston,
Iowa, Sunday, setting fire TO the residence
Of w. d. Maxwell, and resulting In the
fatal burning Of his wife and daughter.
All the big woolen mills in Rockville,
Conn, nine In number, have closed for the
| entire week. something that has never 0c.
Cured there before. Only two mills in the
city are running.
Mondsy all but 23 Of the 81 mills in Fall
River, Mass, were running, but on reduced
| scale Of wages varying from y TO u 2-3 per
cent. less th1n last week. No resistance 10
shown TO the cutdown.
Schooner Albu.. ~ tons, OF Bangor, Me-,
| coal laden, from New York for bingham,
Mass. fJundersd 10 miles south Of Seac0n.
net, Point, about midnight of the iO,h inst.
The crew was saved. i
James Il. Scott. aged 80, Wslpole. Mass,
was found drowned 10 a well near his home,
Sunday. A medical examiner rendered Q
verdict accidental drowning, but 1t IL gcnsr-
ally believed to be suicide. lie had been
ms ntally unbalanced for some time past.
No rain except occasional light showers
has fallen near bloomington, H., since
May 27. This drought has e1te nded all
over central Illinois. AMI old settlers ssy
they never knew a drought 10 equal IL un-
less IL WAS In the year 1854. The damage
TO crops aud pastures Is incalcnlable.
Arthur A. Zimmerman attempted, Mon
day at Sprin. feLi. Mass, to lover his
record of 2 02 3 3 for a mile made on
II ,mpien pax. lie III tnr mile in 2 03.
Richard Brown, Chlliicothe, Mo ,cvlorsd.
shot and Killed Helen wo!f.cali, also
colored, Saturday, ald then fatally shot
himself. They w,re soon to have been
married.
The New York Times savs. Charles
Robinson Of that city IL IL sail. i, 10 be ,lated
ss successor Of JOSIAH Quincy ~ assistant
secretary Of ste. Mr.. Robin 'on, though
bu, ~ years If age. ms IA. .i. u name ~
an authority on International law, and has
written largely on that subject. ITe 10 novS
one Of the editors of the Snrtb Amesiczn
Review
Sunday hight At Rockland, Mass, AFs
wss disco.ered in the bakery owned BY
Jackson & Campbell In the business por.
ton Of tie toxn. The fire spread RAPIDLY
ragged for an hour and n half. destroyiag
Hotel Jackson, the dwelling house Of @. c.
Soule, Mrs. Wesley Gurneys house and
barn, the Union Company's building and
grocery store. The loss IL so. 900.
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DON'T LOSE
YOUR HEAD

Because eisolera threatens to break
Out in this country.
You can avoid this European scourge
hyoa viii! ba; iiaien to reasoa.
Cholera has lis origin in a disor,sered
condition of the stomach ard bowels,
accompanied by loss of tone of the sys-
tenn.
So long a. you keep the stomach and
bowels healthy and he system tonca up
20 lis highest resistiag poiat. you are
SAFE.
HInpENs MAcxxrlc COMPOUND
eieanses and strengthens the stomach
ard bowc4s, keeps she 5.ood active and
pure. and restores vi.al energy and
the power Of resistance - disease.
HiDDEN's MAsSkric CoMrouxD will
make you well and keep you we'll. 1t Is
the mighty safeguard against choleraic
poison.
Take 1t wtile OFT remain in town and
order some Of yuur ciuggi,, for use in
the coanry. a, the mountains and BY the
scsshosc. iiiDpRN's MAGNETIC Cow
POUND viii protect you trim the chol-
era sf.rfeyer %. are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-12

Eli Jepson Sen Of Lyna, Mass, have
leased of the Monmouth Dsiryirs Company
their large butter factory in Monmouth,
formerly occupied by / o. Wtnslow of ST.
Adams. phn failed last week, and are al
ready in full swing.
A vicious bull dag jumped into the facs
OF little boy named Mekenney at lewis
ton, Moudsv. ami seized the child's nose
with his teeth laeeratirg it badly Before
help arrived tie aag az IN the boy by the
lip making bad wount
Messrs. Msrr AMI Smith of Old Orr har J,
whom The Portland caar; acquitted on the
cI,srge of burglary in the Hsmlen cottage
AT Grard Beach. have reta'istesi against
tteir scersers, by causiFg the arrest a1
wiilism T. ftsrt. chief engineer oa the
Nev York & Prnnsyivanis Railroad, vhe
assisted the d. pasy sheriff in the search Of
their premises. TIE charge against hin
was stealing ssis hat from them The
case Vas tried in Szco Monixy, and thu
sespondent vas discharged.