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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-03
RETAIL IMPLEMENT DEALERS COM
BINE,

A correspondent writing to the
Form and FireSide from Bell, Iowa,
inquiries if there is such a thing as
retail implement dealers combine in
Iowa. That journal, in the issue of
April 20, replies as follows:
The Iowa Retail Implement Dealers Com
bine held their annual meeting at Des Moines,
February 7. After banqueting luxuriOusly in
u style which gave the lie to their claims Of In
ability to make living under existing condi-
tions, the usual stereotyped resolutions, brist-
ling with threats Of boycott against manufact-
urers who might venture to be independent
enough to disobey their behests, were unani
mOusly passed.
The following are samples;
ResolUed That we demand Of manufacturers
that they confne the sale Of their wares to
regular dealers; and that each and every
member Of this association pledge himself TO
use all reasonable efforts to enforce this rule
to the extent Of refusing to buy or handle the
goods OF any manufacturer or jobber who sells
to persons other than regular dealers any
where in the state of Iowa, unless such Jobber
or manufacturer makes due reparation.
hCSOtVCu, 1nhI Ill lnb S6uS6 VI bulS tSSOCAh-
tion the sale Of haryesters and binders and
mowers Is Improbable to us, and unless the
manufacturers will cooperate with us in
bringing about n positive change, the retail
dealers Of Iowa should, as body, discontinue
their sale.
Rcsolred, That the practice Of taking old ma
chimes in part pay, or other worthless articles
as an excuse for cut in price, should be
abolished.
This means, should success follow the efforts
of the combine, that farmers will have to burn
their old machines and pay fornew ones what
ever prices the combine chooses to inAict
Then follow the names of retail
dealers in Iowa who have identified
themselves with the combine. There
is not the least doubt that such an or
ganization exists. 1t is IN exact &C
cord with the eternal fitness of things
under our comparative business sys'
tenn. The tendency of the times is to
combination and consolidation of
every business interest. If John
Sherman's antitrust law should hap
pen to get loose among these COM
bines some day what havoc it might
create.
Is there an honest thinking man,
be he republican, democrat or Popu-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-03
A PROPOSED NEW FARMERS ORGAN
TZATT0N,

In another column will be found q
call for q meeting to be held in Chi
cago on May % with a view ostensi-
bly, of effecting a closer organization
of the farmers of the country. There
is something a little peculiar in this
proposal. There are suspicious IN
many quarters that the movement has
originated with that class of patriots
who have talked a great deal recently
about the necessity of maintaining the
absolute non-partisanship of the ALI
ance and other farmers organizations.
Non-partisanship in their estimation
consists in playing into the hands of
the democratic party just before an
important election. The names of
leading men of the F. M. B. A. ap-
pear upon this call, and this reminds
us of something. It will be remem-
bered by those who have had an eye
upon some of our would-be reformers
that DR.. Macune was at Indianapolis
sometime before the November cleo
tion in consultation with leading
members of this organization, and it
is barely possible that this non-par-
tisan farmers organization may have
been suggested at that conference.
Our readers are aware that DIR. Ma
cune is especially noted for his non
psrtissnship.
By the way, is it possible that this
may be the new farmers organization
that the Southern Toiler spoke of the
other day which that other non-par-
tissn patriot, Ben Terrill, was trying
to organize in Tennessee?
Farmers who have been schooled
in the Alliance will not be caught by
any such scheme as this. 1t will be
observed that the president of the
general assembly repudlates it, and
the honest, thinking farmers of the
country, who have learned that votes
can alone effect a change for their
benefit, will also repudiate it.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-05-03

Entered at the pOStOfice at Topeka, Kansas aS
second class matter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

opinion. In choosing this policy, thew
have not in any degree prevented the
impairment OF their reserves; all thew
have accomplished has been to con-
serve the COLO portion of their claw
full money" while diminishing che
paper portion. II the banks are to
be understood as meaning by this
discrimination that they distrust the
legal tenders ana feel IL their duty to
hoard gold, at whatever risk to the
treasury, public opinion is not likely
to commend their prudence in declar.
ing such demoralizing verdict. The
silence and inaction of the Associated
banks seem to need some formal ex.
PLANTATION, If misrepresentation and
possible serious mischief are to be
avoided. 1t has not been usual for
that powerful body of financiers to
lightly ignore the convenience of the
treasury and the credit of the govern
ment in seeking to protect their own
interests.
The exports OF gold during the week
has been very large and we still stand
exposed to more next week; neither
have the large imports of merchan-
disc begun to decline, nor the light
exports o. produce to ncrease-which
are sourc from which material cas-
ing of thf monetary situation IS to be
expected
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
INDEPENDENT AND PARTISAN
NEWSpA PERS

There is q good deal of discussion
lately on the subject of an independ.
emit, non.partisan press A newspaper
may be independent but it is necessa.
rily partisan. A member of party
is independent and if his Larty goes
wrong he does not hesitate to express
his disapprobation, which is an exer-
cise of independence, but upon lead"
ing issues he aggrees with the princi-
Piles of the party with which he
co operates. A newspaper will ex-
press dsapprobation of i'll advised
policies of the party whose principles
that paper may ably advocate, and
that is the extent of an indie
pendent press. 1t is all humbug
to talk about a press so
independent that it does not agree
with the principles OF any party.
Such newspaper is neutral with.
out any fixed principles or fixed
policy. The leading metropolitan
dailies profess TO be independent and
in one sense they may be, but each of
them advocates the principles of one
of the main parties or the other. The
New York World, The Philadelphia
Times, The Baltimore Sun and Wash
ington Post, all profess to be indie
pendent newspapers, but all of them
sustain Democratic principles and
Democratic nominations. The New
York Tribune, The Philadelphia
Ledger and The Baltimore Ameri.
can profess to be independent papera
but all of them sustain Republican
principles and Republican nomina-
tons. A mans or IA newspapers indie
pendence does not emancipate either
from the advocacy of party principles,
and all men and all newspapers are
to certain extent partisan, the latter
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
SPRING CATARRH.
An Old Enemy in New Guise

Chronic catarrh is the bane OF
American civilization. There is lac
organ of the human body that it Can
not destroy, nor disease it does not
initiate. Catarrh prevails in all sea-
sons, and spares no calling or voca'
ton. No locality is entirely free
from its ravages, no amount of yitali-
ty can withstand its attack. Neither
childhood nor old age is exempt from
its blightiDg presence, and 1t does not
respect sex, color or nationality. sum-
mer and winter, spring and autumn,
chronic cStarrh ceases rot to afflict Il
large per cent OF the inhabitants OF
this continent. At each change of the
season the symptoms change, but the
disease remains the same. In sum.
mer catarrh of the bowels causes
cello, cholera morbus, diarrh9a and
dysentery; in the winter catarrh OF
the respii atory organs excites cough,
consumption, and discharges from
the head; while in springtime catarrh
III the system gives rise TO dyspepsia,
impure blood nervousness and bilious
ness.
Spring lassitude tired feelings,
stomach disturbances, nervousness
and blood disorders are all the result,
directly or Indirectly, of chronic
catarrh. When this disease has once
fastened itself Oh the system there is
No condition or ailment it will not ST.
closely initiate as to lead the victim 60
suppose that with each chage of sea-
sou q new disease has got hold of him
Pe-ru.na is not local treatment for
catarrh, but it eradicates it from the
system entirely. Once cured by Pc.
ru ma, catarrh never bOthera again
unless it is acquired in the same way
it was at first. AS radical cure for
catarrh Pe-ru-na lie without an equal
or even rival. Doctors recommend
it, druggists advise it, and patients
are continually praising it. Catarrh
cannot be cured by local treatment
alone. A thorough course Of internal
treatment with Pc ru.na affords the
only reasonable prospect Of cure
Sprays, douches, inhalants ana
gargles some time relieve, but never
cure. Pe-ru-na cures by removing the
cause. 1t gradually eradicates the
catarrh from the system, wherever its
location.
An illustrated treatise on catarrh
will be sent free to any address by
The Pe.ru.na Drug Manufacturing
company Of Columbus, Ohio.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

Btandrech'e Pills ere the best medi-
cine known.
First-They are purely vegetable,
in fact, a medicated food.
Second-Ihe same dose always pro.
duces the same effect-other purga-
tives require increased doses and fin
ally cease acting.
Third-They purify the blood.
Fourth - They invigorate diges-
ton and cleanse the stomach and bow
els.
Fifth-They st mulate the liver and
carry off vitiated bile and other de.
PRAYED secretiops.
The first two or three doses tell the
story. The skin becomes clear, the
eye bright. the mind active, digestion
is restored, costiveness cured, the ami
NAL vigor is recruited and all decay
arrested.
Brandreth's Pills are sold in every
drug and medicine store, either plain
Or sugar coated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
Austin's Future

Having great faith in Austiu's
rapid improvement in the near future,
natural result upon completion OF
our great dam, and the world wide
advertising it has given the city,
judging from the numerous inquiries
relative to the regatta, lake and com
pletion of the dam, while visiting
the coast and vicinity, can but be-
lieve that we will be prosperous and
growing city, and have made arrange
mPnts necessary to buy and handle
al the second hand goods on the
market, paying the best cash price.
Leave address and we will Did on
goods OF any quantity, a baby chair
or hotel complete X. G. MILLER,
222 East Sixth street
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

IT was impossible for the exclusive
"four hundred" of New York society
to mCnopolize Grace church at the
CraVen-Martin wedding. The "Ol
polloiu broke into the church and
used the backs of the pews as foot
way to crowd to the front, tearing and
soiling the Worth gowns and even
amming the exquisite Ward Me-
Allister into the cOrLer of pew, and
vet they talk ABOUT the superior re-
finemeut of New York. Such scene
could not nave occurred in Austin.
Our people are too self.respecting ever
to be guilty of such vulgar rudeness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

The Pennsylvania iron foundry
companies are attempting to induce
negro laborers from the South to go
there to take the place of white strlk-
ing laborers. The negroes would be
very foolish to accept these offers
They would certainly meet with per-
secution and in all probability whole
sale murder at the hands of the white
laborers. The negroes are adapted to
the labor in the South of an agricul-
tural kind and they bad better stay
at home and work for men they know.
They are treated with more kindness
and have an easier time in the South
than they could anywhere in the
world and if they stayin the South and
knuckle down to work they will pros
per and he happy. If they go North
they will find q condition OF affairs
they are not accustomed to and a peO-
pie who do not understand them.
They would have to do twice the
daily labor there they dohere with no
more pay, and in sickness or distress
they would have 70 friends upon
whom they could rely. 1t is an ad-
vantage for the South for them to stay
here and iG 10 an advantage to them
to stay here. We need their labor
here all the time. In the North their
labor would be needed only in the
emergencies of strikes and their safety
then would be endangered-stay with
your own people who offer you every |
opportunity to work out your own
prosperity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
THE "TWIN SISTERS" AND OTHER
HISTORICAL RELICS.

When it was published last week
that DR.. H. n. Graves of Georgetown
knew the Whereabouts of the long lost
erwin Sisters" the famous Texan
cannon at 4an Jaointo, Commissioner
Hollingsworth of the department OF
agriculture, insurance, statistics and
history, Immediately addressed that
gentleman, asking his aid in finding
and identifying said guns. a reply
came in due time intimatiDg that
money would be required for the pros
ecution of such work, though he was
willing to cooperate with represent
tative of the department in the search
for the little guns. Now, the commis.
si0ner could only write DR.. Graves ex-
pressing his thanks for the offer of CO.
operation in the grand work and beg
ging him to await the action of the
legislature as to the appropriation bill
which provides for collecting histori-
Cal relics of Texas.
The senate bill appropriates $1,000
annually for collecting materials of
Texas history, and it is hoped that
the house will not do less, though That
item now stands reduced to $500.
Certainly old Texans and the friends
of Texas history will rally to the sup
port of the historical appropriation.
Should this pittance be refused by the
Legislature, Texas will not only lose
an opportunity offered of recovering
her revolutionary cannon, the "Twin
Sisters, " but some of the most precious
memorials of her history, now in the
possession of the state, to be returned
soon if not purchased. Among them
may be mentioned Travis bible and
will; his famous letter addressed "To
the people of Texas and all Ameri-
cans in the world" already called Tor
by the owners, In this letter Travis
writes: 81 shall never surrender
or retreat" which declaration was
sealed ten days later with his hearts
blood. 1t were a shame indeed if
Texas did not secure at once this, the
grandest document of all her history.
These memorials of Texan glory are
rapidly disappearing, and if they are
to be secured at all, they must be So
cured without delay. A little money
might accomplish now what great
deal would fail to do in the future.
With SO many OF our heroic originals
lost, the outside world may fail to
credit our glorious traditions with the
basis of historic truth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
THE RUSSIAN TREATY.

The text OF the Russian treaty with
the United States 70 a secret of state,
but The Washington correspondents
pretend to give a synopsis of it. An
extradition treaty with Russia IS a
dangerous thing to handle. but II the
synopsis given is correct the saving
clause in making the crime Tor WHICH
extradition will be demanded neees'
sarily crime under the laws OF tnls
country gives ample protection LII ls
asserted by the opponents OF the treaty
that there are many minor acts under
Russian law that are declared murder
and thet It would be violation
OF the laws of humanity to
give up man charged with
their kind of murder, but under
the terms of the treaty murder must
be fixed upon the person sought 10 Dc
extradited under the laws OF thls
country. That makes it fair enough
and relieves the treaty OF any harsh-
meas. We do not desire to be he city
of refuge to law breakers OF any coun-
try. For changes Of political ofenses
we do not give up anyone, and that Is
az far as we should go. We offer all
persons oppressed in political, religl-
Gus and civil rights protection, but we
do not offer protection to those who
resort to arson and murder to establish
these rights, unless the persons
charged with arson and murder are
so numerous and 50 organized as to he
considered belligerents Of a ItNo'u-
ton.
There is, however, one article IN the
reported Russian treaty that ought TO
he eliminated The second article de-
fines the crime Of forgery to be tine
utterance of forged papers and also
the eounterfeiting of public, sovereign
or governmental acts" The making
of false passport, which is frequently
done by political refugees under TINS
section, would be an eXtraditable
offense. That is unfair and ought To
be stricken out of the treaty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

upon you before you know it. It is sure
to be in the air we breathe, the water we
drink. The germ of consumption is every
where present. The germ begins to grow as
soon as it reaches freak spot in the body.
Catarrh, Bronchitis, and a scrofulous condi-
ton, furnish these weak spots. The way to
fight these germs-begin eariy-render the
liver active and purify the blood with DR.,
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Besides.
it builds up healthy flesh.
It's guaranteed in all bronchial, throat and
lung affections; every form of scrofula, even
Consumption in its earlier stages. If the
Discovery fails to benefit or cure, YOU
have your money back
Fortiffy yourself against disease by making
the body germ proof then you will save
yourself from grip, malaria, and many of
the passing diseases.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

IT was charged by even Democratic
papers of Chicago during the canvass
for mayor of that city that Carter
Harrison was in with the sports and
law brakers of the city and if he was
elected mayor the city would go to
the dempiton bow vows. Notwith
standing these charges by the papers
of his own party, Carter Harrison is
exhibiting his Kentucky independ-
ence and has given notice to the
gamblers that their presence would
no longer be tolerated in the city OF
Chicago. Carter Harrison has local
pride and an honest desire to protect
unsuspecting men from the tricks OF
the knave, and he will make Chicago
a safe place to visit during the fair.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

TIE genius Of the knave and the
murderer has triumphed over the
skill of the mechanic and the vigi-
lance of the detective Two murder
ers confined in the death cells of Sing
Sing prison, constructed with all the
safety appliances of modern ingenuity,
have escaped and illustrated the fact
that knavery, when pressed to the
wal, displays more ability than all
the mechanical skill of architects and
patentees of safety cells. When a
man is in earnest he can do most any
thing, even if the thing he does has
teen considered impossible. When a
man is awaiting death by electrocu-
ton and begins to plan au escape he
is more intensely in earnest than any
other man under dissimilar condi-
lions.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

Nearly every one Of the importahj
buildings at the Worlds Fair is com
pleted aud ready for occupation and
the work OF making roads, soddin9
and Identifying the grounds Is rapid
ly progressing. The manufacturing
BUILDING Is receiving exhibits and the
state buildings are complete. This
great exposition of the implements
buildings, customs of all people of the
world, civilized and semi civilized
will be compressed and displayed on
a few acres of the most practical insti-
tuition of Information that has ever
be- gathered together or that the
world has ever seen. 1t will be the
best school for geography and the
history OF nations that could possibly
be founded. 1t will be one of those
educational advantages that is offered
by the progress of the country that
should not only be awaited of by
adults, but as many of the boys and
girls, the school children of the coun-
try, should be taken there as possible.
1t will be worth years of training
by the slow methods of public schools
while at the same time it will enlarge
the vision and encourage thought in
the rising youth of the land.
1t Is an advantage that We did rot
have in our youth and with all the
study and travel OF middle aged per-
sons they will find that a quick and
alert youth visiting this fair will know
more about the world than their par
ents do Its magniiicen 20 and detail
canno6 be estimated without practi.
cal observation. Every man, woman
and child who can afford to 60 to Chi
cago this summer ought by all means
to 60. To neglect it will prove nat
ter of regret for the whole after life.
1t is true the newspapers will give a
great deal of information about it, but
it will be impossible fer any writer
and illustrator to convey m re than
an indistinct idea of it.
Then, while you will find all the
arts and sciences illustrated, all the
learning OF the world condensed and
expressed 10y congresses, you will also
find peoples about whom you have
been most curious, living in their own
villages, pursuing their daily occupa-
tons, mingliDg together with all their
social customs ana habits and dis
playing all their peculiarities. 1t
would oe like visit through Japan,
China, Ireland, England, France,
Russia and Asia, in tact all countries
of the world, and you will learn
almost as much of each as il you had
been years visiting each section of the
habitable globe. The railroads in
tend to put the round trip ticket at a
price that nearly everyone can
afford to go. Ample accommodations
to suit all persons will be obtainable
in the immediate neighborhood of
the fair grounds. The trip and the
exhibits will give you new ideas OF
life and impress upon your mind
scenes that 1t will be of interest to re-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

A CHANGE has come over the spirit
of the dreams of lovers. 1t has be-
come somewhat of habit for male
lovers when disappointed to Shoot
their sweethearts and then shoot
themselves. The females are improv
ing on that custom. They have taken
to shooting offensive lovers and inn
mediately selecting another, or some.
times selecting new lover and then
shooting the old one. This is much
more sensible than the entire extin.
guishment of the flames of love. The
destruction of enc leaves the spark OF
love in the other to kindle into a new
flame, and thus love is perpetual.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

The New York World is generally
very conservative newspaper, but il
certainly is off that base when it ad-
vises the provincial governor OF
Hawaii to raise the stars and stripes
over the public buildings at Honolulu
and asks "who would dare object"
The provincial government of the
Sandwich Islands would be trespass.
Ing upon American rights to raise, un.
authorized by our government, the
sta. an" strI and assume their
protection. 1t would be sailing under
false. colors. Our government could
not permit every little two.by four
provisional government to assume the
protection of the United States, and
use the emblem of authority. 1t
would involve us in endless disputes,
and we are very much surprised that
The World should give President
Dale any such advice. Mr.. Cleve-
lands representative Mr.. Blount
would no doubt object as he has just
lowered the flag by authority of the
administration at Washington. The
World is talking nonsense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

call all through your lives. Go by all
means and take your children with
you and they will come back edu-
Gated far beyond those who stay at
home and only read about it. The
exposition offers educational advan-
tages that will not likely be repeated
in a century and it will be distin-
guished az one of the greatest events
of a great century.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-26

EUROPEAN bankers seem willing to
pay tor gold in this market little
more than it is worth. If that co.,
tinues gold is found to bring a
premium Notwithstanding the mystic
hand that fills the treasury as often
az it is depleted.