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VVAumo VI money overlook Gn0 FARMER
and every business pursuit in full blast,
with every inch Of sail set to the breeze,
and with no notice or authorized antici-
patton OF a change; because, as the two
senators declared, no change was nee
essary. The ship Of state was riding on
the top wave Of prosperity with every IN
terest and every employment devel-
oped, to the uttermost when, presto,
changel it became necessary to
the working out OF the great plu-
tocrstic problem, that something be
done to build up and increase the bust
ness of the national banks that had been
bred into existence; and the whole bust
ness interests Of the country were at
once put under contribution to serve
and promote their interests. By wiping
out the great volume Of government
currency furnished gratis to business
and enterprise, the latter were driven to
the banks for accommodation and relief,
and that only on such terms as the latter
chose to dictate. OF course the wings
Of trade and traffic were clipped at once,
and the price of the farmers produce
went down, and with it the value of his
lands. Every employment was abridged
and restricted q ought to say sacriiced)
to the false deities Of banking and bond
ing. For the same policy that thus
RggrRndized the bankers also created the
bondholders by the conversion Of the
government currency into non-taxable
government bonds; and thus the policy
had two strings to it's bow, both work
ing harmoniously to common end.
And thus that great curse Of curses,
public debt, the terror Of our democratic
fathers and the juggernsut which crushes
out humanity in the old world, was
foisted upon the American toiler and
producer. And what is worse, it's sug-
gestion and its promoters assisted to
corrupt end seduce states, counties,
municipalities and corporations into the
adoption Of the same policy, till now we
we have $15,OOOOO0O00 resting as q bur-
den on the shoulders of production, and
this over and above the drain Of $5,000,-
100000 Of farm mortgages and the bonds,
securities and rents Rccruing from the
$36, ,000, 100000 held by the 81 900 families
alluded to by Senator Ingalls, and other
reliable authorities, and the $1,00O,OO0-
600 that our general, state and county
governments cost the people annually,
and yet the net annual income OF all the
industries Of the country are declared to
be less than 81, 1,5O0OO0,OOO year in good
times, and nothing in such times as we
are now going through.
What, then, is the prospect Of the
farmer and his children and children's
children in the futureP Dark, indeed.
We need not talk Of being brought to
serfdom. We are already there. And
the result will be the same with US as
with the nations and peoples that have
gone before us, to-wit; a sinking civiliza-
tion and semi barbarism and serfdom
on the part Of the masses as in Spain,
Turkey and Italy. l may be set down
as pessimist looking on the dark side
OF the picture. Then let some one show
us the bright side and point to the ray
Of light that leads us out of the dark
chamber. But forever accursed be
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-07-05

reasonable charge for his service. He con-
trolls nominations and elections. And he
has one Of the great parties Of the country
in his right-hand pocket and the other in
bis left-hand pocket"
The other authority that / cite is the
great railroad magnate, ChRuncey M.
Depew, who seems to snuff danger
ahead and sounds the alarm as follows:
''We fear the forces Of socialism and we
dread the horrors Of anarchy, but they do
mot grow from the spouting demsgogue.
Both come from real conditions, which men
of wealth have to meet or to make worse.
Every employer who creates the impression
in the minds Of his employees that he is mas
ter and that they are slaves is a teacher Of
socialism. Any man who RcCumulates an
enormous fortune and uses his wealth solely
for his own enjoyment does more TO propa-
gate anarchy than all the Mosts in the land
and all the men hanged in Chicago besides. 1"
Good for Chsuncey. Now, let him
turn his attention TO the causes that
have produced these conditions Of mas
ter and slave Tor something akin to them),
and devise q remedy for 30 bsneful a
system in our democratic government
But now let us direct our attention to
the farming population Of the country,
who constitute another and the most i'm
portsnt spoke in the great wheel of
democratic government, and inquire as
to their condition and consequent quail
fications for dischsrging the important
duties Of sovereignty imposed upon
them by our system and institutions. Of
course, all know that the American sys-
tenn of government was an experiment.
Even it's founders, and Mr.. Jefferson,
the most sanguine of them, Rcknowl-
edged it as such; and he predicated his
confden co in its success upon the fact
that those on whom it was to operate,
for whom it was made and who were to
run it, must long remain an agricultural
people, and as such, were conservative,
deliberate and slow to act. Indeed, the
whole republican theory was based on
the supposed predominshce Of the farm
ing element in community. They were a
great middle class, so to speak, who
could be counted on to conduct and ex-
ecute it in a safe and prudent manner.
History and experience showed other
classes chRngeable, impulsive and self
seeking, often tempted to use govern
mont to promote their own ends and
purposes at the expense of the whole. As
/ hsYe said, Mr.. Jefferson, the great
apostle Of government by the people,
stsked his hopes on the farming interest,
and therefore, in Virginia, vested the
powers Of government chiefly in the
farmers. He held that such q circum-
stance as q general corruption Of the
farming class does not appear in history.
One Of the very last letters he ever wrote
is denunclatory Of those "who look to q
single and splendid government Of aris-
tocrscy, founded on banking institutions
and moneyed corporations, under the
gulse and cloak OF their favored branches
Of manufactures, etc, riding and ruling
over the plundered plowman and beg
CARED yeomanry. This will be to them a
next best blessing to the monarchy Of
their first aim, and perhaps the surest
stepping-stone to it." He had no faith in
the moneyed GLASS as promoters ofequality
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tion. How great, therefore, must be the
responsibility Of those who should under
mine and destroy that influence and the
great element that wields it; thus leav-
ing the magnificent structure to totter
and Crumble under influences inimicsl to
its existence. And yet that is just our
condition to-day. The same system Of
legislation, the same corrupt govern
mental policy, the same acts of commits
sion and omission on the part OF our
rulers that have brought the lRborers
and mechanics Of the country to the con-
dition that l have depicted in two pre-
vious communications, have brought the
great farming interest of the country to
its knees, whore it is an even question
whether it can recover itself or must fall
PROSTATE to the earth; and by 80 doing,
they have struck a terrible if not fatal
blow at the very center and heart of our
democratic system. The farmer has
been sacrificed and farming is at a dis
count; and thus the foundations Of
society are disturbed and the bases Of
our government undermined. Descend
ing from the lofty eminenCe he formerly
occupied, he is now forced to take q
back seat. Where he was once the FORE
handed money lender In the land, he is
now q dependent borrower. Where his
sons formerly constituted majority of
the college graduates, he is now barely
in the universities of the
country. Where he formerly possessed
two-thirds OF the property or the coun-
try, according to the census, he can't
now boast Of the possession Of even one
quarter.
In 1866, two-thirds Of the farmers Of
the United States owned the farms they
occupied and titled; but ia 1880 only
one-third Of the farmers owned the
farms occupied by them, and more than
half Of these were mortgaged to the cor
porstions and trusts. And popularity
Of all this is, that the manufacturing
states Of the country have become won
derfully wealthy, while the agricultural
states are plastered all over with mort
cages. From 1850 to 1860 farm values
increased over 100 per cent. (more than
doubled), but from 1870 to 1880, under a
legislative policy, the increase
was only 8 per cent, although in the
the aggregate wealth Of the
country had increased As per cent. The
staple crops Of the country bring less
money (slthough double in quantity
than they did twenty-five years ago.
The crops of 1867, though less than half
as large as those Of 1887, brought the
farmer s1O00O00OO more money. As q
result, agricultural lands have depre-
ciated immensely in every part Of the
union. Reduction in the price OF farm
produce Of course works q reduction in
the value Of the farm itself. Governor
Foraker, Of Ohio, in his last annual mes
sage, gave the reduction in farm values
in that state at fully one-third, and the
late Senator Plumb put the reduction in
the whole country at $3,0O0,0O0OOO. As
q consequence, farmers are deserting the
farms and fleeing to the cities and to
trade. The Herald, Of Chicago, recently
stated "thst the independent farmer is
every year finding his pathway mar
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DR.. M. A. Dunn authorizes us to
say thay the Republican postmaster
at Natchitoches is "agin" the
Montgomery people, and 'lafs" at
their troubles about mail matters.
He cites a letter for Major Nc Cain
that took % days to come from
Shreveport, and four letters for
himself, from New Orleans, one "a
days old, another So days old,
another 80 days old, while the last
was GA days old This is a bad
state of affairs and calls for action.
IF the attention of the authorities
is directed to this complaint our
Montgomery friends ill have their
troubles speedily relieved.
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James Tyson, son of Mr.. J. w.
Tyson, of ward two, was shot Fri
day evening, Nov. Oath, by John
Breda, colored. Breda came in
Saturday night and surrendered to
Sheriff Kemp. The story told by
Breda is that young Tyson became
angry at him and was chasing him
with q knife, declaring that he
would kill him, and that he (Bre-
da) in a fit of desperation and
fright pointed his pistol behind
and fred as he ran, having very
little idea of hitting his pursuer.
The ball inferred Tyson's thigh, in
ficting q painful but not danger
GUS wound, from which he is rap
idly recovering.
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Bro. Machen, of the Montgom-
cry Mail, and Mr.. Moss, of ward
seven, make the sudden and start
ling announcement that they have
quit the Democratic party. This
is indeed unexpected, considering
the suddenness of the thing, it be-
ing only two months since we had
any warning of a political light
ming rod raised in this quarter.
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We have half dozen copies of the "Beau-
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When General Hancock was
nominated by the national Democ-
racy for the Presidential Office, he
drew a great deal of ridicule upon
himself by stating in an address to
the public, that the tariff question,
is local question, depending on
local interest.
The Democratic party is avowed-
ly committed to q low tariff on all
imported articles of consumption;
but when Democrats from Michi-
gan are seen begging for duty on
foreign lumber; when Democrats
from Alabama are begging for pro-
lection to their coal and iron; when
Democrats from New Mexico, Col
orado, Illinois and Ohio are de-
manding tariff on wool; when
Democrats from South Carolina
are begging for protection against
foreign rice, and Democrats from
Louisiana are praying not to be
delivered over to the mercy of
the foreign sugarmakers, it certain
ly looks as if General Hancock was
not SO utterly wrong and undemo-
cratic after all. The fact is senti-
ment, as the Picayune has hereto
fore remarked, has gone out of pol
itics, and the people are for practi-
cal results.
But, really, little or nothing is
known about what the Tariff Re-
vision Committee of the House is
doing. The tariff tax is a part of
the means by which the national
revenue is to be raised, and, as rev.
enue measures must originate in
the House, that branch of Congress
is at present, through It's committee,
engaged in preparing tariff sched-
ule. But its deliberations are held
in secret, and SO but little is known
of what is going on in that commit
tee room, and the most that is said
about it is mere conjecture. But
the reports of division ON many
questions are very disquieting, and
they are causing no little dissatis-
faction through the country.
1t is certain that Congress must
provide an income of not less than
$500, 100000 a year for the next
few years, and just how to get it,
and at the same time reduce the
tax burdens where they bear heav-
lest and increase them where it can
be done to the best advantage, is a
serious and most difficult task. It
has been proposed to increase the
internal revenue tax on whisky and
beer, SO that corresponding reduc-
tions may be made on prime neces-
saries; but it has been given out
that the liquor interests are 30
powerful as that the increase on
those articles, if any, will be very
small. But if almost all foreign
goods are to be put on the free list,
or are introduced at very low rates,
there will be no other resource but
to enact an income tax.
Bnt, as has been said, very little
is known as to what the Tariff Com
mittee has decided on, and until
its schedule shall be given to the
public, when it is introduced in
Congress next month, it will be
premature to give much attention
TO rumors and conjectures. Pic.
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mo. 4.
From Winn Parish.
GAan's Mill, La. Nov. "A. 1893.

dAARS MILL, Lac NOV ~ k6Ss.
Editor Covar Cksoiole:
have been thinking for some time OF
sending you few news items from this
part OF the Free State Of Winn," but
have procrastinated until now.
Mrs. DIR. d. H. Caldwell has been SICK
about six weeks, but at this time she il
reported as better than she has been
lately. A great many have dispaired OF
her life, but she may get we'll yet
Our country has new postofiice, six
miles from Cars Mill, known as Hud-
son, and Mr.. w. NJ. d. Gaar is the post
master. We are pleased to note this i'm
provement in our mail facilities.
Cotton picking is nearing an end, and
only now and then is there farmer who
has any cotton to pick. In this connec-
ton it might be added that cotton in this
section has turned out some better than
was expected some tune back, but the
corn crop has fooled nobody. It is short
Prof r. L. Jordan is teaching 60 d
school at the Gaar's mill academy. He
has forty scholars in attendance. This
session promises to be the most interest
ing one that has been taught here in sew
eral years. We also add while on the
school question that Mr.. j. p. Lucas is
teaching school at Mineral springs.
Mr.. j. H. Womack is teaching singing
school at the Deadening Baptist church.
Johnny" is good in music, and We be-
speak for him good measure Of success.
A Mr.. Foster and Mr.. Shell, from
jackson parish, are here attending Prot.
r. L. Jordan's school. They are board
ing at the residence of Mr.. D. E. Gaar..
e. E. Payne has picked over twelve
thousand $4,000 pounds of cotton this
fall. Who can beat this record?
w. p. 81.
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At the sale of the public ferries Of
Grant parish on Monday, Nov. Goth, the
following was the result:
Montgomery ferry, sold to r. B. Will
liams for one year for So 90.
Planters landing, no bid.
Colfax ferry, sold to d. M. Wallace for
one year for 81 80.
Mouth of Darro, no bid.
Donnahue, no bid.
Greer's, no bid.
Simmons, no bid.
Cockfield, sold to r. M. Horn for 81 80.
Thompson's, sold to A. B. Thompson
for 81 80.
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An Absurd Lie.

The fOOllshnesS OF a fool was
never more glaringly exemplifed
than has lately come to light in the
person of one F. G. Hogan, of Winn
parish. We had a talk about this
blooming idiot, with Judge Wear.
two weeks ago, but the impossible
and Incredible yarn spun by Ho-
gan was so ridiculous that we did
not think it worth while to pay any
attention to it, or give it any pub
licity. From the VIM Parish
Comrade to hand this week, how
ever, we see that paper devotes
nearly a column to Hogan and his
fabrication, and goes to the alto
gether unnecessary length of brand
ing it as SO lie out of the whole
cloth"
The story told by Hogan is about
this: That an organization, known
as the "Grip Benefit" has been en-
tered into by leading men of Winn
parish, having for its objects muir
der and robbery, its ayowed pur-
poses being "to gobble up the assets
of the late VIM Parish Farmers
Union Cooperative Association,
Limited, the funds of the parish,
to mold public sentiment, to stir up
strife, and all things else" The
penalty for divulging the secret is
instant death. The officers of the
alleged organization are stated by
Hogan to be r. L. Tannehill, pres
ident; District Attorney r. E. Mill
ing, vice president; H. L. Brian,
secretary; Henry Bernstein, treas
urer.
Hogan claims to have discovered
the secret by stealth, and that he
was offered $3.50 by H. L. Brian
and r. L. Tannehill not to divulge
his discovery. He also goes into
some other details, unnecessary to
mention, as the whole thing is real
ly unworthy of repetition.
Every sensible man in the land
knows this to be a monstrous lie,
but we cannot help indulging in
the reflection that it is the out
growth of the absurd teaching of
some of the parties mixed up in it.
If the managers of the Comrade
imagine they cen teach men that
they are being systematically rob-
bed and ground into the earth, they
can expect wild and unreasoning
vagaries like this as the result It
is human nature to seek redress
and revenge for real or fancied
wrongs, and those who SOW to the
wind can expect the whirlwind in
return.
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LAX. GRANT PARISH, LA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1893
An immigrant train of five wag-

An immigrant train of five wag-
ons containing eighteen or twenty
persons, from Alabama, passed
through Colfax yesterday on the
way to Chopin, Natchitochss par
ish, where they expect to locate.
They have been on the road four
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Colfax High School,

The Trustees of the Colfax High School
for Males and Females take pleasure in
announcing to the public that the second
Ten Months Session of this school will
begin on the First Monday of Septem-
Der, 1898. No pains will be spared to
make it first-class High School.
RATES OF TUITION.
Urinary Department q 20 par month
Coliegiate So
Music. Vocal and Instrumental 5 so
Incidental fee Is cents per session.
Good board can be obtained on reasona-
bic terms Two hotels in town, and sew
eral private boarding houses in town and
vicinity will board cheap. Those having
children to educate should send them in
and give MS fair trial. We are in the
race to stay.
j. +. KELLY, NJ D., President.
w. L. RICHARDSON.
Secretary Board of Trustees.
Colfax, La, Aug. 10, 1899.