The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
lEAvITTS BATTERY.
:. r,~. |. yoiisy of sharp cernered sne~
which ast the MARI


h.ra ,o prnph-sy about the pres
80, Zines. We are ruled by the
Half dozen OF them
can any day decree another boom OF our
h . prosperity and prc<inceit by pour
;,g q few millions into shrinking stocks
r., his serene majesty, Cleveland,
,. ,,, have 10 stop Furnishing as for
time ~ @ $3.50
. v-is, man sees in Secretary Foetsrs
,ay,nsn, Of A million in gold for treasury
- ;,,s. before the November election
= ,r,rt mat lei Cleveland into "a very
neat trap s''s
i, IA inst = irifie funny 10 find Cievs-
land already picking out his Successor
WHY. before the fenr years are up the
lament of the father over his son WHO
ahmed into the thrashing machine wiii
he applicable TO him: "Hev you went In
whar the oats goes in. our son. And nes
Won kun ont whar the straw kums out'
our son? And hog the. wheel horses
trampled ON you, our SOM A cartoon.
The rmnic of 1884 was prevented from
snreading hike that Of 1873 by the nearly
saOO 900 600 of silver we had. On Dec. !,
isoo we had in the treasury $447 ,O4S.0
OF silver performing in bungling way
through certificates and fotes the same
holy .nse. 1t is estimated that there IL
besides in the country about SlO0. 0OO. o0
coined silver in circulation. This hate
ful stuff prevents the goidiees IRON
swamping rs entirely.
Old John Thompson OF New YORK
said in 1891. when panic comes, all
money will he hid except silver and the
paper issued on it,. That's pretty much
the case now. -.,- -.... a... q. ,...
Think of it! Labor Commissioner
Todd of Kansas is making an .'unblush-
ing" bid for the labor vote by saying
that he will give positions to all unem-
ployed laborers without charge. Surely
such paternalism Is far worse than an
archy. 1850. .,..,. ...-4..-." a. -.
Fright Hon" Leonard Courtney, who
has been financial secretary, of Great
Britain, deputy speaker Of the house, a
leader writer for London Times, under
secretary of state and professor of polit-
ical economy at University college, Ion
don, has lately dropped the gold delu-
sion.. He says that he has been studying
the subject deeply, and that gold has
been getting dearer for 20 years, and this
| is the cause Of The agricultural depres-
| sion. -.5... c'-Is-.- go. T.. a-.. .s...'.s
Here comes voice from England like
that Of an ancient sage compared with
the rot that our goldites talk. William
Lidderdale, late president Of the Bank Of
England, says of our panic. 1.-The In
crease in population and commerce has
been SO rapid and SO great that the out
put Of properly guarded legal tenders has
not been sufficient to keep up with the
demand of the country" ...
The Chicago. Tribune says. that the
Australian panic was caused by IAN I'M
healthy abundance of money and credit .
No! Credit-bank wind-did it. Their
papers tell us 1.-The withdrawal Of gold
decreased the volume. of the currency
and depressed values" The government
of Victoria win try to shut off bank
wind by turning all private into postal
| savings banks .,-.-, ."'---'.s $3.50 A...
| We are all right while the big banks
don't fail. A cartoon might show Iot
of big turtles Gbankst In hailstorm-
hail as big as hens eggs. The turtles
have their feet pulled in, and only their
little heads are visible peeping from un.
der the Shells. Smaller turtles lie around
ON their backs, heads lolling. out and life
gone. Various other, animals are seen
dead The big. turtles say, "'The coun-
try is safe. brethrent'
i used to wonder at the grand. way In
which Jay Gould was showing ON the car
of progress. But the trusts are pushing
it SO much faster that one IL inclined tc
stand still and behold the glory of the
Lord" We can trust the trusts 10 de-
stroy the present industrialism.
The Whisky trust deaat Not much,
Nor any Of the rest Of them. d. $500. 80.
- they took ploy- and plowed him down.
| Put clods upon his head,
And they have sworn q solemn oath--. :.
| .-. John Barleycorn Is deadr
BW the cheerful spring came kindly on. -
| - And showers began to fall. 49,. - ~.
John Barleycorn sprang up again
And sore surprised them an 20 80 :.
| -. e..- .-- - ..,,,.
10 those OF us who saw and knew what
was going on in the ''seven dreary wears
OF famine in a land Of plentyn-1s73 n
iseo-it Is very painful, as we see. many
honest men tnmbling into the pit Of
hon 4.