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STATE BANKS.

Senator Voorhees, wants State Banks
but wants them under governmental
supervision and inspection We can
not see where this would make any
Improvement over our present system,
and If we are to have our banks
under governmental supervision we
might as well continue them as
National instead of State Banks. In
States whose financial legislation is
unsound there is a lack of adequate
security which in itself is an important
objection to state Bank system. The
Philadelphia Press in commenting
upon the question says:
A national bank is under national
law and its ultimate responsibility is
determined by Federal law and by
Federal courts. For certain purposes,
as the rate of interest it can charge,
ETC., under State laws and subject to
suit in State courts, it is still for the
great part of its management, its
action and its legal responsibility
under system of law which is the
same for all national banks and is
known and familiar the country over.
When merchant holds a draft. a
check or certificate Of deposit from
national bank in any part of the
country he knows that these instru-
ments are all drawn on or accepted
by bank whose organization, man.
agement and law is like that Of the
banks with which he is constantly
dealing. He knows his security and
and be is in small danger of being
tripped up by some law of which he
is ignorant.
Replace national banks by State
banks and this is all altered. A mer-
chant must keep track Of the bank and
commercial legislation of forty-four
States. He must protect himself
against the different law which obtains
in each and bear in mind that both
the statues. the decisions and the
usage as to deposits and their owner.
ship, the handling of set-offs, the
treatment Of checks and the effects
Of acceptances may vary from those
with which be is familiar.
All this brings insecurity and delay,
and in commerce insecurity and delay
cost money. They are tax on COM
merce and tax none tire less onerous
because it is not to be found in statis-
tical reports. This tax would be
levied on commerce by substituting
State for national banks, and every.
business man will pay it in worry,
in legal fees and in losses, Men old
enough to remember before national
banks came will recolIect the endless
trouble from conflicting State banking
laws. The reports of that day are
full Of them. Young business men
form q small conception of the risk,
cost, annoyance and litigation
the substitution of State for national
banks win bring.
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Half Rate Excursions to the Fair.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co..
will run series of special excursions to
the Worlds Fair, for which excursion
tickets to Chicago will be sold at rate Of
one fare for the round trip from Philadel-
phia Division. The dates selected are
September I'd, 9Th and 18th. The special
trains will consist of first class Vestibuled
Day Coaches, equipped with lavatories and
other toilet conveniences, and an exper.
fenced Tourist Agent and a Train Porter
will accompany each train, to look after the
comfort Of passengers. Stops for meals will
be made at meal stations en- route. The
tickets will be valid for the outward journey
on the special trains only, excepting that
from way points they will be honored on
local tsains to the nearest station at which
the special trains are scheduled to stop.
They will be valid for return journey in
day coaches on all trains leaving Chicago
within ten days, including date of sale.
Following is schedule of the special
trains and rates from principal stations
in this vicinity:
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RETROSPECTIVE.

Democratic papers in their efforts 70
disguise thetrue financial and industrial
condition of the country from the
public say. if Republican papers tell
the truth they are calamity shriekers
and howlers. Up to the last election,
when the shoe was on the other foot
and the fact was that the country was
passing through period Of wonderful
prosperity and progress, it was in those
times the Democratic newspapers were
the calamity shriekers, and we're pre-
dieting the ruin and destruction of the
country under the hideous and burdens
some Mckinley Tariff. So burdensome
was it that all the mills and factories
were busy and work was plenty. So
abominable was it that the country
never enjoyed such prosperity; and 50
hideous was 1t that peace and pros
perity were by every freside. But
people of the country wanted change.
They have it. And now when they
are experiencing severe and unprece-
dented financial stringency and indus
trial disturbance, when factories are
shutting down or work on half time,
when the work is very scarce and hard
to get, and with the prospects for the
comino winter so dreary and dark. it
is now, when Republican newspapers
put the state Of affairs plainly and
clearly before the public, they are met
with the cry that they are shrieking
calamity. We believe that were the
American people to hold an election in
the near future that they would will
ingly and gladly accept Republican
calamity and turn their backs on
Democratic calamity. If telling the
truth and presenting the facts as they
are is calamity shrieking, then the
shrek of the TRANSCRIPT will be
heard for some time to come, as we are
here to give our readers the fair and
intelligent review Of the situation as
IL exists. If times improve and BUSH
ness becomes better, no one will more
gladly welcome it than we, and no one
will more cheerfully give the news to
its readers than the TRANSCRIPT.
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The patent Office has declined to
register the trade mark which the
State of South Carolina places upon its
dispensary liquors. 1t is not probable
that South Carolina anticipates push
ing its whiskey trade into other states,
yet the trade mark idea was full of
possibilities, and the commissioner Of
patents could not see his way clear to
give Governor Tillman an opportunity
to revolutionize the liquor traffic of the
country with his cheap Populist
brands.
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and the annoyance that the tax payers
have had in being compelled to go to
the hotel to pay their taxes will be
done away, with. The law requires
that the Receiver sit at the polling
places. There are two polling places
in Middletown, one at The National
Hotel, tie ether atthe Board of Trade
Rooms. the latter being the place Of
preferment.
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dam. 3. Sharp 4 Go.
VIM. B. Sharp { Co.,.
FOURTH and MARKET Sts.,
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE,

There's a good many goods
just now thatare on the tobog.
gan, and the slide is pretty
rapid.
The balance of our China
Silks are now 373c. per yard.
All of our Shanghai Silks
are reduced from 7sc. to 44c.
These are the genuine goods
and it will be long before you
see them, again at this price.
What are left of the fine
Wash Silks st so and S5cents
are now 40 and SO cents.
We have had a magnificent
sale on our Pineapple Cloths,
which we reduced from 25 to
I6 cents, There's been many
limitations of these elegant
fabrics put cn the market, but
non can compare in qurlity to
ours. Many styles are gone;
the lot shows signs of the
heavy buying, Yet still there
remains good patterns, mostly
in pink and blue grounds,
with neat figures What are
left we shall sell for 9 cents
per yard. Think of it! 25-
cent fabrics for 9 cents,
nearly three dresses for one.
You had better ?oin the pro-
cession.
More reductions in Lawn
Waists-to SO cents each.
White, edged with pink and
blue, rufled neck, Jarboe
front-$1.25 to soc.
All white, fine front trucks,
sailor collar, cuffs edged with
Hamburg, ST to soc.
Black Lawn, fine grade,
with plated front and back,
ruffes of same, $I.25 to soc.
Figured Irish Lawn, with
Jarbo front, plated back,
pinks and blues, neat figures,
ST. to soc.
Balance of our Silk Waists
go to the limit, and not many
of them.
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IT is seldom that reform follows
agitation SO speedily as has resulted
from recent comments upon the Tx
receivers place Of .ssitting.'' We are
pleased to know that when Mr.. Dickey
comes to MiddIetoWn again be will be
found st the Board Of Trade rooms,
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THE TRANSCRIPT is published every Sat
urday Morning, and delivered by Carrier
10 bscribcrs residing in Middletown.
ADEERTIs EMEN4s will be inserted a
rs fsa enable q rate as Is compatibi
with high-class newspaper having q
larger circulation than any other weekly
paper published in the State.
Ellis must be paid monthly.
CHECKS. money orders or postal notes
should be drawn to the order of, and
Communications should be addressed TO
THE TRANSCRIPT,
MIDDLErowr. DEL.
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THE REPEAL Brt,I

The Wilson bill for repeating the
silver purchase clause, is as follows:
ssBe II enacted etc. That SO much
Of the act approved July 14th. 1890.
entitled aAn act directing the pur-
chase Of silver bullion and issue of
treasury notes thereon, and for other
purposes, = as directs the secretary Of
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One thing is already given out as
certain by the Democratic MEMBER of
the House Ways and Means commit
tee, and that is by no means reassuring
to the poor man. 1t is stated by men,
bers of the committee that it has bet
informally decided that the sugar
bounty shall be abolished and duty
put upon foreign sugar higher than
that proposed in the Mills bill. That
will be burning the candle at both ends
sure enough, as far as the wage-earners
are concerned-lowering his earnings
and increasing the price of his ntcc.-
sites.
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not anxious for it ostrike out at go
as-you-please gait.


History is repeating itself in the sill
yer fight in the Senate, The southern
Senators who have been relied upon ily
the silver men from the Northwest to
aid them in preventing a vote upon
the unconditional repeal of the puT-
chasing clause of the silver law are
slowly but surely going over to the ad-
ministration, and during the last two
or three days the prospect for an early
vote has very much improved, although
the thick and thin silver men still say
they will fight to the last, but it is plain
to be seen that they are no longer con-
filentof success, as they were but a
few days ago. Space forbids mention
of the numerous causes assigned for
this change, although vigorous
welding of the party whip by Senators
Voorhees, and German and some judi
cious promises of patronage on the
part of Mr.. Cleveland cannot be over
looked as factors. The Populist Sena-
tors are also regarded as doubtful by
the silver men, Senator PETER having
publically stated that while be would
vote against unconditional repeal he
would not take part in or aid in any ef-
fort to prevent a vote by fillibustering.
The Populists privately say that they
expect the passing of the bill by the
Senate to greatly increase their party
in the South and Northwest, because
of their belief that all of the free-sil-
yer voters will join them. Senator
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, has
proposed an amendment, which lie
thinks would satisfy the silver men aid
not be vetoed by the President. 1t
provides for the retirement of all paper
money of less denomination thon 500
and of all gold coins less than $40, in-
cluding national bank currency, and
the issuing Of silver certificates there
for, to be based upon silver purchased
at the market price and coined inio
standard silver dollars as fast as the
currency is retired. That amendment
is now in the hands of the finance COM
mittee.
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No more complete back-down was
ever mads by member of any Psesi-
dents cabinet than that of Hoke Smith
on the pension suspensions which have
been such a marked feature Of the
democratic administration. The pub
lie reason given fer the back-down is
far from the real cause of it. II gradu-
ally entered the mind of Mr.. Cleveland,
who was the originator of the whole
sale pension suspension system, that
the statements of such Democrats AS
Senators German, Voorhees, aud Palmer
and Representative Holman, as to tie
certainty of the wreck of the Democra-
tic party if the administration policy
was continued, we're worth thinking
about, and while he was thinking
about it he heard from numerous other
men who had been Democrats but had
forsworn the party on account of lis
bad treatment of the old soldiers.
Then he became panie-stricken at the
prospect and Hoke Smith was ordered
to close the suspension factory, and
issue an order telling the poor pension-
ers how sorry the administration vas
for them. 1t is fact thai the admin
istration was sorry-sorry that it dare
not keep on suspending pensions.
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LEAVE.

Arrive Chicago next day 4.40 P. NJ.
Remember the dates: September I'd, 9th
and 18th.
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Several special trains left here Sum
day for the encampment at Indian
apolis, filled with G.. A. r. men and
their families. The fact that the tickets
included visit TO the Worlds Fair
largely increased the crowd from Wash-
ington.
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The ytliddlftopn Granstript
A WEzKIr NzwsrArEa.

OFT1cH-MAIn AND BRoAp STREETS,
MIDDLET0WN, DELAWARE.
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when Mrs Young Housekeeper broke forth
with the remark: Housekeeping would
perfectly blissful if you could only do away
with the necessity of servants or find
jewel that appeared to take some sort of
interest in things instead of acting as
though serving term in prison" The
pretty blonde hostess gave a sigh as she
added: THAT is true; servants are the
bane of our existance. In six weeks lave
had as many cooks, every one worse than
the last until am about discouraged"
81 have good girl" smiled the quiet
one with just wee bit of triumph in her
tone, "but never can make her under
stand the necessity of h Irrying. She lott
ers over her work until go nearly frantic,
and when remonsrate she calmly meets
my impatience with the argument that if
she were to hurry what would she do when
she had finished. I might as we'll go slow
with my work or I'd get lonely sitting in
the kitchen with nothing to do" she will
say; and can never make her realize what
lot of reading she could accomplish if
she would only get her work over in the
forenoon, as l dowhen am alone /"
II wish," said the hostess. that girls
would appreciate how much better off they
would be.in our homes than in factories or
stores. Wouldn't it be just glorious if there
were training schools where housekeeping
in all its branches were taught and we
could be sure of only that was compe ent
and yet refined? Do you know believe
if necessity ever compels me to work will
hire out as cook or waitress and jus
show how perfect such beings can be, !
wouldn't have to be one whit less lady-like
and would soon make myself invalua-
blen
''Good gracious, Kitty, what horribly
radical views" came in full volume from
the listeners. "And yet" they added,
"why shouldn't refinement be as much
part of our cooks as carelessness and an
inclination to drink?'
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Our Wofnan's
Column
items of Interest to the Fair Sex
From the Kitchen to the Boudoir.

ley were all sit
ting around in that
comfortable after
lunch-style h a t
every woman re-
coenizes and ap-
pre- C j a tes, and
though conyersa-
tion had heretofore
beenofa desulatory
and d ecid e d ly
sleepy turn, it all
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rhe date ON the label ON your
paper shows tine time TO which
your subscriptin 10 paid to
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MIDDLETowN, SEP. 8. 1893.

1.asrsd al as Posi- ores as sscond-elass n'ai's'
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NtNcH AM.
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Free Plate Glass.

If there ever WAS such thing as add
ing insult to injury it has been success
fully accomplished by "a prominent Off
cial" of the Diamond plate glass works of
Elwood and Kokomo. AT least it is COM
mitted in the name of such parsonage.
for he is reported as saying:
We have nearly $500, 900 worth of plate
glass in stock. and owing to the uncer-
tainty that exists concerning the tinan-
Cial policy OF the government We are at q
loss TO know what to do. There is no de-
mand for plate glass now owing to this
cause. The people are distrustful of the
financial theories of the democratic
party. Five of the ten plate glass con-
Germs have closed down already, and the
others will do so in a few days. We will
simply get in out of the way of the threat
ened disaster and it Is our purpose to re-
main closed until the uncertainty AT pres
ent pervading the financial world is cleared
away.
As matter of fact the Diamond plate
glass works has been taken into the plate
glass trust, which now controls all the
factories but two in the country, and has
been shut down FOR the purpose of limit
plate glass to American consumers. Going
into an unlawful com bination is bad
enough. Throwing workmen out of en-
ployment is bad enough. Forcing up
the price of an useful commodity
is bad enough. But TO add to
all these. a fragrant false statement
of tie cause for political purposes is sim
ply infamous. 1t is useless to talk abo Ut
regulating tariffaccording to the needs
OF manufacturers who are guilty of such
things as this. The only way to deal
Justly with them is to wipe out the tariff
altogether. Remove all uncertainty"
from the subject aud let them under
stand clearly and distinctly that they are
entitled to foreign competition and that
they will get it. The Mckinley bill gives
them protection of from to 90 cents
per square foot. Wipe it out. From this
time forward THE SENTINEL favors free
plate glass.
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Aid for Wheat Rnisnrs.

On Monday wheat touched the lowest
point it has reached since the war with
one exception. This is a suggestive fact
1t cannot be credited to lack of intrinsic
value in wheat. There has been no in
flation of wheat grains. They contain
just as much nutriment as ever. and just
as much in proportion to their weight
So far as known there is no lack of conf
dence in wheat. People have just as
high regard for it as they have had in
years by gone. Neither is there any
cheapening of production that could &C
count for it. There is no very recent
improvement in cultivation that would
materially reduce the general labor cost.
and no advance in fertilization that
would materially affect the gem
eral product OF land. Neither has
there been any specific Discrimination OF
law against this grain. On the contrary
the Mckinley bill increased the duty on
wheat cents per bushel in order to pro-
tect the American farmer against the
Iuinous competition of foreign grangers
What is the matter with wheat, anyway?
Like silver. it shows tendency to depre-
ciate in value in the face of every nat
ural reason tor not doing so. Can it be
possible that the decline is really due to
an advance in that by which value is
measured? Is it another evidence of
Prof. TAusSIG's proposition that "the APP
probation OF gold and the depreciation of
commodities are one and the same
thing"
is there not also in this fact of the de-
cline of wheat an urgent call for some
remedy? The republican party. after
carefully considering the decline in value
OF silver, decided that the best way to stop
the decline was to create an artifi-
cial market for the metal. The populists
advance the same plan for upholding the
value of grain. Both propose the pur-
chase of the commodity and the issuance
of paper money based on the deposits of
the goods in government warehouses.
The republican plan was adopted and the
populist plan rejected. Was this just?
As an impartial objector to both plans
can the democratic party consistently re-
tain the republican silver law and not
adopt the populist wheat l6w2 There Is
no apparent reason why the owner of
silver mines should be provided with an
artificial market for his commodity while
the same il refused for the commodity of
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most essential branches OF American
liberty. Our creed, on this point, lie very
ably propounded in the constitution of
Indiana, in the first article, commonly
known as tie bill of rights, thus:
Sec. 2. All men shall be secured in their
natural right to worship Almighty COP ac-
cordinR TO the dictates of their own con-
sciences.
Sec. 3. No law shall, in any case what
ever, control the free exercise and enjoy
ment OF religious opinions. or interfere
with the rights OF conscience.
Sec. 4. No preference shall be given by
law TO any creed, religious society or mode
OF worship; and no man shall be COM
PEELED to attend erect or support any
place of worship, or to maintain any min
istry against his consent
Sec. 3. No religious test shall be re-
quired as a qualification for any Office of
trust or profit.
Sec. g. No money shall be drawn from
the treasury for the benefit of any relig-
lous or theological institution.
Sec. I. No person shall be rendered In
competent as witness, in consequence
of his opinion on matters of religion.
In addition to these there is another
proposition. which is a sort of corollary of
these, and which may be formulated
thus:
No person ought to introduce religion
into the consideration of political or gov
ornamental affairs, or to wilfully misrep pre-
sent the religion OF others.
1t is obvious. or should be, to any per-
son of ordinary intelligence that either of
these last-named acts is a violation of the
spirit of the sections of the constitution
quoted, and especially of Sec ). Now,
here comes an alleged ex-priest and
charges the catholic church with being
responsible for the assassination of ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN. This is an insult to the
intelligence of the community, and THE
SENTINEL promptly says so, whereupon
this parsonage coolly replies that there
was 'popery in the ink bottle" when it
was written. There may easily be worse
things in an lnk-bottle than "popery,"
but that is immaterial. What was in the
ink-bottle was fairness, and honesty, aud
common decency. There was in it faith
that the American public believes in fair
play, and profound conviction that moth
ing is to be gained by stirring up reli-
Rlous dlssensiOns. Freedom OF conscience
implies not only that a man shall have
liberty. but that he shall permit others to
have the same liberty that he enjoys. II
the religious ideas of others do not suit
you, just bear in mind that your religious
ideas do not suit them. 1t is free coun-
try. Let others believe according to their
consciences without abusing and insulting
them. The world has bsen a long time
in growing out of the notion that a man
can advance his own salvation by mis-
treating others of different faith. ana no
one is doing service to the public by
urging it back to that delusion. Dr.
HOLMES breaches much more sensible
and attractive religion in his great hymn A.;
Not by the lightning CLEANS of wrath
Our souls Thy face shall see,
The star of love must light the path
That leads to heaven aud Thee
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the farmer. II is palpably unjust that
this discrimination should be made
against the farmer, and THE SENTINEL in
sists that if the protective policy is to be
maintained in the one case il shall also be
maintained In the other. Either repeal
the Sherman law or enact a suD-treasury
bill.
There is another discrimination that
needs attention. Under the Mckinley law
the American producer of sugar receives
bounty of , cents per pound while the
producer of wheat receives nothing. As
was clearly demonstrated by Governor
HoGG in his veto message quoted in our COL
umns few days since. the sugar bounty is
not excusable on any ground of necessity.
The crop pays a reasonable pront inde-
pendent of the bounty, and is almost
wholly controlled by wealthy planters who
are not entitled to aid as objects of charity
Why should bounty be given to them and
none be given to the producers OF wheat?
What justice is there in any such dis
elimination against the northern farmer?
Evidently the interest OF the farmer is to
stand for equality of rights and in
sist either on q bounty to wheat pro-
ducers or repeal OF the sugar
bounty. And not only the farm
ers but also every other class of
American citizens will find it advantageous
to stand by the democratic principle of
Equal rights to ali; special privileges to
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