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The morning news., 1894-09-03

Not much is heard these days Of Mr..
Norton, Secretary of Agriculture, and
yet he is doing good work He is a con-
scientious reformer-the kind of a re-
former the people like. Most of those
who pretend 10 be reformers are dema-
! gogues. They promise 10 do what they
/ think will please the people, and when
they get into Office they do what they
think will advance their own political
fortunes.
When Mr.. Morton was made Secretary
of Agriculture he said he intended to cut
down the expenses Of that department,
and, much to the surprise Of the politi-
clans, he has done what he said he would
He has discharged many useless clerks,
and he has made those retained earn
their salaries.
The average congressman is ever ready
TO spend the money of the government in
getting himself reelected. One Of the
ways he had Of getting the good will of
those of his constituents who are farm
ers, was TO send him a package of seeds.
Whether the seeds were worthless or not
was matter Of no particular Importance.
The law provides that only valuable
and rare seeds shall be distributed by the
department Before Mr.. Morton became
secretary there was a regular warehouse
for keeping seeds and a corps of clerks
was employed in sending them out. The
cost Of this seed business for the benefit
of congressman was about $40, 600 year
The congressman, of course, designated
the persons to whom the seed should be
sent
When this congress assembled Mr.
Morton said he could comply with the
law with an appropriation of 0,OOO.
Congressman protested. Every one of
them wanted a package Of seed for each
of his farmer constituents, and they said
the secretary must ask for more money
for the seed bureau. He refused. Not
withstanding his estimate however. con
gress appropriated for the distribution of
seed Sl69.000. The act, however, says
that the money shall be distributed as
required by law" The law requires
that only rare plants and seeds shall be
distributed, and the secretary will de-
feat the congressman after all, and save
the government more than 800, 900
year. He will send out only seeds and
plants that are valuable. Congressman
will howl but the people will give the
secretary their approval.
The morning news., 1894-09-03

When was you ngster," said Mr.. Bozzle
according to the New ork sun, Il used to
wonder how the confectioners could make any
money. II always seemed to me that the
clerks would eat so much candy that they
would eat up all the profits. / REMEMBER
reading or hearing later that this was not so;
that when new clerk came into the store
the proprietor would say: Now ] hope YOU
will eat all the candy you want: don't hesi.
tate to help pourselt at any time, and that
the result OF this was that at the end of week
she was so sick and tired Of candy that she
hated the sight Of IL, and didn't want any
more for year. This, l suppose, might be
called the Surfelt cure.
After / hau grown up and came 10 have a
family. l remembered this and thought !
might turn the IDEA to advantage. / had four
children and the amount OF money they spent
for ice cream and candy and soda water was
something awful thought that by spending
in a lump money enough to make them tired
OF those things might in the long run make
"a considerable saving. 80 / set aside 81 900
for that purpose and one day said TO my
oldest child
''Tillie. don't think you and the children
are beginning TO have the ice cream and
candy you ought to have. l am afraid you
think that because papa isn't very rich YOU
must sklmp yourselves about those things
but you needn L you can have all the money
you want for them. Here 500. Now / wish
you would take the children out and get some
ice cream and candy. and whenever the
money is gone just let me know and III give
you more
We'll. they used up that 81 900 in about ten
weeks, and at the end OF that time they were
as hungry for ice cream aud candy as ever |
was like the gambler who keeps on playing
after he has lost lot in the hope that his luck
will turn. thought they might reach the
surieiting point a. any minute and IL seemed
too bad TO make dead loss OF the money al.
ready invested. when perhaps the expenditure
OF a few dollars more would accomplish the
desired result; SO have kept on But the
children appetite for ice cream and candy
seems to increase, They tell me am so good:
and that. OF course. is something; like TO see
them happy, but meanwhile my hard earned
money is melting away, ana am inclined 10
think that the surfeit cure is q delusion, II
not a SNARE
The morning news., 1894-09-03
The Populist Way to Prevent Strikes.

The Populist Way to Prevent Strikes
The popuIists demand the government
ownership and control Of railroads, be-
cause, among other reasons, such control
'will prevent strikes" That is Mr.. Debs'
opinion, and the opinion of several Of the
people who have testified before the Chi
cagO labor commission.
A cable dispatch from London shows
pretty well that, as a matter of fact,
government control viii prevent strikes
But in an entirely different manner from
that contemplated by the populists and
Mr.. Debs.
The railways Of Russia-street rail
ways as well as the greater steam high
ways-are under government control
Last week the street railway en-
ployes in Odessa made demand
for higher wages. The demand was
refused and the men went on strike. I'm
mediately the police were called out, and
they forced the strikers to go back TO work
at the old wages. Had the police been re-
sisted, the military would have been
called out. Had the trouble occurred on
one of The big railways a detachment of
the army would have been sent against
the strikers and short work would have
been made ofthe strike
And the trend of such paternalism as
government control ofrailways is towards
Just such a state of affairs in this country
as exists in Russia. The end of the
Odessa street railway strike was but the
logical outcome of government control
A strike was prevented" surely. Is
that the way the populists desire 10 pre-
vent stri kes2
The morning news., 1894-09-03
"a Trick of tho Trade. ,,

Did you ever read one of Bertha NJ
Clay's' stories! If you were ever
callow youth or a sentimental maiden
and most grown-up folks have passed
through one or the other of those periods
the chances are that YOU have done so.
Now you are about to read story of her
stories, and of other stories that is no
STORY and may shake your faith in
story writers and the infalhbility of print.
Bertha NJ. Clay as you known, is,
and has been for years, one of the most
popular of the writers of those stories of
lovely maidens, Apollo-like heroes and
deepdyed villains that reach their
eager readers through the medium
of family story papers" and cheap
novels. The stories make no pretense
to literary merit or originality On
the other hand, their chief charm
is in the use of poetic names for grand
folks, following old plots, and dropping
the TO be continued" line in at the most
inOpportune tine, from the readers
standpoint. Nevertheless they are i'm
mensely popular stories, and more than
one publisher has grown rich through
way, may be designated as the phoenix" q"
because it never dies, and also because
Milton Mobiles has made it almost as IA
nous on the stage as it is in literature.
To revert to the talented and volumi-
nous writer, Bertha NJ Clay" In New
York few days ago revelations concern
ing her identity were made that will
violently shock her devotees. For the
supposed woman is really not a
certain person at all, but any one of a
dozen or more persons, men or women, as
the publisher may see fit to designate.
Years ago Mrs. Charlotte M. Braeme
wrote under the name Bertha M. Clay,
as a Om-de-plume. Mrs. Braeme is
dead; but her pen name is not. 1t has
been copyrighted, and an Englishman
named S. d. Clark and dozens of other
people have since been writing under it.
And some of them were unaware of that
fact when they were writing their
stories, at that. They would submit
manuscripts, written on the time-honored
lines, and presently the stories would ap-
pear as the work of the famous
authoress.
IL is said, and on the authority of the
publisher of one of the family story pa
pers," that this instance is not an ex-
ception; that the same kind of semi-fraud
is practiced extensively. While a dozen
writers in some instances work under the
same name, in other cases one writer
works under dozen names One man,
who was referred to, writes under eight
different names, and five of them are re-
garded by reader of the stuff as leading
authors" and their merits are com
pared and contrasted
There are tricks in all trades" Lit
erature of the kind in question is
trade, not profession and it is evidently
full of tricks
The morning news., 1894-09-03
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MEETINGs-Georgia Historical Society; De-
Kalb Lodge No. 9, 1. O. O.. F.
SPECIAL NOTICEs-Liquor Licenses;
Golden Apple Tobacco at c. Meitzler's;
Notice of DR.. Carson's Absence; Public
School Text Books, w. H Baker, Superinten-
dent; Tivoli Beer on Tap Everywhere To day,
Georgia Brewing Association, George Meyer,
General Manager.
STEAMSHIP SCHEDULBs-Baltimore Steam
ship Company; Ocean Steamship Company.
EVERY SAVANNAH BOY-B H. Levy &
Bro.
LEGAL NoTICEs-Application to Sell Real
Estate and Railroad Stocks Of Estates; Cita-
tions From the Clerk OF the Court of Ordi-
nary Of Chatham County.
CHEAP COLUMN ADvERTIsEMENTs-He
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; PERSONAL Miscellaneous.
The morning news., 1894-09-03
The Sugar Bounty.
From Springfield CMass.) Republicar

From Springfield tMass.) Republican Und).
The defenders OF the bounty affirm that
valuable puU!ic service is rendered in return
Tor 1t. IN tho Development of an industry
which IN time Will return all these gifts 10 the
peupe IN reductions OF the cost OF sugar to
them. A suthclent answer 10 this claim is
found In the results of the protection the
sugar industry Las receive for years j he
Anne rican people nave taXeu themselves heav-
lly Tor well-nigh half a century to build up
this industry, and it Is t1 day practically no
nearer produ Ing sugar enough TO AFFECT the
price IN the wOr- d S m lrkets than IL was
generation ago. Il u.e val d .ty Oh the SUI a =
grower claim to the bounty turns on the
value OF The pubic service they have rem
d red n return Tor it., the chances OF their
enforcing their claims toit are anything but
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The morning news., 1894-09-03
What the Populists would Have Done

From the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle CDem).
IL will surprise many populisis and dis
satisfied democrats who are giving counte-
nance to populsm to learn that
the money appropriated under these bills
OF populsts IN two sessions of congress ag-
grerates the marvellous sum Of ABOUT nifty
billions Ol dollars. AS the total estimated
money OF the world including paper. gold
silver, copper, urass and iron tokens does
NOT exceed ten and one-tenth billions Of dol
lars II al pears that this party Of low taxes
ana economical expenditures Of the public
money only proposes to spend about nve
times as much money as there is In the
world To sum up in nutshell the case is
thls' II the populists had controlled both
houses OF congress and could have passed
any law they pleased. the measures which
would now be IN enect would saddle a de II
upon this country that Il would take live
times as much money as there 10 in the world
TO liQuidate. That rs the PARTY Of reform and
low taxes that our farmers are being hum
buggeu BY.
The morning news., 1894-09-03
How Do They Ever Do 1tp
From The Louisville COurier-Journal. Den

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Dem).
With southern bank cleartngs increasing
at the rate OF SO per cent over last year; with
southern railroads showing an increase in
earnings as compared win 1893. while those
OF every otheFSection show o decrease; with
big crors OF cotton, orn and wheat. aud with
plenty oi hog hominy possums, sweet pota-
toes. waternelons and other Injuries to lie
man. we cant understand how any Il ansas or
Nebraska or Great Northwestern victim of
hot blasts blizzards and great expectations
can keep away from Dixie
The morning news., 1894-09-03
The fact that candidate Peek had voted

The fact that candidate Peek had voted
for an Objectionable contract labor bill
cost him a great many votes in the last
state election. 1t has been discovered
that Judge Hines, on July 25, 1885 while
a member of the House, voted in favor of
bill to make it a misdemeanor for a
farm laborer under contract to quit work
ing for an employer, except for "just
cause or provocation," j" until the time of
the contract had expired. A jury was to
determine the "iust cause" The bill, as
can be seen, was aimed at the colored
farm laborer. But Judge Hines vote was
not sufficient to pass it.
The morning news., 1894-09-03

The ''reformers" of South Carolina
probably made mistake when they went
into a snap convention and a snap pri
mary recently. Several years ago simi-
lar tactics worked very well towards
showing how strong they We're. The last
snap actions taken showed how weak
they have grown. In Aiken, the home
county of Mr.. John G.. Evans, the re
form candidate for governor, !, ,646 votes
were polled in the recent primary, against
$500 polled there by the "reformers" two
years ago. In many other counties the
falling off of the "reformers'" " strength
was even greater. When the Tillmanites
several years ago, sprang their first
March convention scheme they We're
the outs and wanted to get in, and
their demonstration showed their oppo-
uents that they were strong. Now they
are the ms and their latest demonstra-
tOnS have shown their opponents that
they are weaker than ever before since
the first victory of the Tillmanite move
ment. Had the "ins" just laid low and
said nothing, their opponents might not
have found that out until toe late. But,
with flourish of trumpets they have
called attention to their dissensions and
declining strength. If the "conserva-
tives' do not take advantage of their in
formation it will be surprising.
The morning news., 1894-09-03
CURRENT COMMENT.
The People Pav the Freight.

From the st. Louis Republic (Dem.).
Wellman, Pullman, German, sherman,
1lllman, oXey, Debs and Waite,
Such uoss buffers work the people,
And somebody pays the freight.
The morning news., 1894-09-03

Commenting on the MORNING News
advice to Mr.. Atkinson that he re-
frain from making in his speeches a point
of the fact that there is a difference of
opinion between Mr.. Cleveland and him
self with regard to silver, the Dalton Ar
gus says the advice is eminently proper
and expresses the following views
''Mr. Atkinson is not now simply a citi-
zen of the state, speaking to secure the
nomination; he is the standard bearer of
the state democracy, and the platform
has been adopted for him by the state
democratic convention They declared
for sound money, and if Mr. Atkinson
goes out of his way to discuss national
issues, he is pledged to preach sound
money. 1t will be an excellent idea for
Mr.. Atkinson and several other demo-
cratic speakers to read the state and ma
tional platforms of the Democratic party.
and discover what is true democracy.
They should stick to the democratic text :;
their individual opinions are of little i'm
portance just now. 1t is battle between
democracy and populism."
The morning news., 1894-09-03

The clause in the new tariff bill relating
to sugar bounties reads And hereafter
II shall be unlawful to issue any license
TO produce sugar" The license carries
with it the claim upon the government for
a bounty. The sugar producers and the
senators from Nebraska and Louisiana
hold the sentence quoted to mean that the
license at present existing shall continue
Of force until their expiration by limita-
tion, but no new license shall be issued.
II is said that Secretary Carlisle is favor
ably inclined TO such a construction,
though he would prefer the whole matter
held in allegiance until the assembling of
the next session Of congress. At that
time il is thought a special act for the re-
lief OF the licensed sugar producers Of the
west and Louisiana will be passed.
To Mrs. Strauss, a Washington lady. be.
longs III honor OF having the largest rose
q ~ IN the world,
The morning news., 1894-09-03

Personal comparisons are rather to be
avoided than sought in the senatorship
contest, since there are so many excellent
gentlemen in the field. Nevertheless one
very significant fact involving personal
comparison is worthy of note If we un-
derstand Maj. Bacon's position on the
financial question, he is not an extremist.
though he favors silver In this view we
are backed by the Lawrenceville News,
one of Mai Bacon's supporters, which
says: He favors silver coinage. but he
says he would not vote to coin any kind
of money which would not be as sound as
any other kind of money" That position
is virtually the position of the Hon. Henry
g. Turner Maj. Bacon has made dozens
of speeches all over the state, yet has not
drawn the fire of the cheap money organs.
Mr.. Turner has made one speech, and the
batteries of the fat money propaganda
have been opened upon him. If that
means anything, it means that Mr.. Tur-
ner is the man that the populists, assis-
tant populists and other workers for a de-
preciated silver currency fear.
Mr.. Ward McAllister has returned to
New York from his European trip. He
arrived on the Lucania last Friday, and
was met at the dock by company of
newspaper reporters, all eager to hear of
his experiences and catch the latest and
best stories that he might have brought
back. Mr. McAllister told his interview
ers that he had been having a good time
on the other side in the company of some
of the heavy swells, and continued: Il
heard good story from Lord So.and-so-
] won't mention his name 1t struck me
as being very funny. An anarchist called
at Baron Rothschild's onice in Paris-no.
in London-and asked for an interview.
The baron was in a good humor and said
Send him in The anarchist entered his
Office. The baron said you believe that
my money ought to be divided equally
among all the people How many people
are in the worldr The anarchist could not
tell. The baron said IN tell YOU He
went to his books and looked up the es-
timated figure There. he said, my for
tune is so and so. This is your share.
and he gave it 10 the man. The baron
told him TO tell the world 10 call on him
and be would give each individual his
share. u was such miserable pittance
that the anarchist roared, and that's all. q"
This was the only bright and new
thing worth repeating that Mr. Meal
lister appears TO have heard Inasmuch
as the story is hardly less than a half
century old the chances are that Mr.
McAllister is the only adult in America
who had not heard it dozen times be.
lore Lord So-and-so" told it him.
The morning news., 1894-09-03
For a Beautiful and Elastic Coin.

OOue udyS ago we maze note OF the
fact that an art league had offered prizes
of $500 and $500 respectively for the best
and second best designs for the silver
dollar coins. The design at present en-
ployed is not satisfactory to certain peo-
pie. They say it is not artistic enough,
and argue that the acme of American art
ought to be displayed on the American
money. In order to make the dollar a
thing of beauty, as well as thing of
utility, the artists in the league have
determined to pay the cost of a com
petition of designers, and present the
best product thereof to the government
gratis.
1t will please the public to hear that
on the heels of this movement to beautify
the dollar coin comes the announcement
that the true solution of the parity
problem has been discovered. And it will
interest the artists who purpose compet-
ing for the prizes to know that the won
derful discovery, in case it should be
adopted by the treasury department,
would open to them an almost infinite
field for the exercise of their talents
They would not need to confine them
selves to designs in relief, but might
blend colors and values to their hearts
content and the nations Joy. For the
way to establish and maintain the parity
of the metals silver and gold, as discov-
cred by a populist gentleman named
Barnes, who resides in Brooklyn, is to
make the coins of part of each metal.
In the rough, Mr.. Barnes idea is to
oh kol 10 Ill, 4
gold enough in it to bring the coin up to
market value 1t is easy enough to see
how this idea could be improved upon by
the artists, to the beautifying Of the sill
yer dollar and the enhancement of its
value. They might make a full length
Goddess of Liberty, and put gold buckles
on her shoes, and gold plugs in her teeth.
If that should not be a sutficieucy of gold,
they might put few rings on her fingers,
or give her a necklace, or some buttons on
her drapery. If there should still be
lack of gold, on account of the state of
the market, the coin could be turned over
ana something done for the eagle. A
gold tail would look well on a silver eagle.
Care should be exercised in the carry
ing out of these suggestions, if the artists
should ever find it convenient, to provide
against fluctuations of the silver market
by making all of the gold parts of the dol
lars detachable and the like parts inter
changeable, so that one eagles tail feath-
ers would fit every other eagle. This
would enable the owner of silver dollar
every day, upon ascertaining the price
of silver from the market reports in his
morning paper, TO arrange his dollar so il
would be worth intrinsically 100 cents.
All that he would have to do, if silver
went up, would be TO remove a few of the
goddess teeth, and if it went down TO
stick one or two more feathers into the
eagles tail.
The scheme is great. Its adoption
would provide a coin of greater beauty
and more elasticity than if it were made
of Para rubber.
The morning news., 1894-09-03

EASTERN OFFICE, % Park Ro1, New
York City. G. S. FAULKNER Manager.
The morning news., 1894-09-03

The suggestion that Congressman Tur-
ner should divide time" on the stump
with the Hon. w. Y. Atkinson, in dis
cussing the silver question, is not short Of
being ridiculous. The Hon. w. y. Atkin-
son is the democratic candidate for gov.
ernor Of Georgia. Congressman Turner
is democratic candidate for the United
States Senate They are both upon the
same platform. II elected the Hon. w.
Y. Atkinson will have nothing under the
sun 10 do with the settlement of the silver
question. Congressman Turner will have
great deal to do with the settlement OF
that question whether he is elected to the
Senate or not. Both candidates being
upon the same platform, and there being
no shadow Of a doubt that Congressman
Turner's position is in complete accord
with that platform why should he "di-
vide time with MIR. Atkinson, or any
other democrat, upon the financial issuel
And it is not probable that Mr.. Atkinson
desires TO divide time with him.
Populism was declared by the republi-
can state convention at Atlanta 10 be too
rank for republicans TO swallow. yet
Judge Hines and Mr. Watson affect 10 be.
heve that the white voters of the state
will swallow IL.