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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

1t will thus be seen that in the
markets of the worlds commercial
center, average prices of commodities
have been steadily depressed since
the decentralization OF silver. The
average prices for 1894 cannot. Of
course. be made up at this time. but it
is certain that the average for 1884,
81 will show as great decline AS those
of any other period.
While this decline dates from the
demonstration OF silver: while it is
undeniable; while it is acceleratinp.
and while it is bearing with fearful
destructlseness on the property of the
poor and upon all who attempt any
kind OF industry or enterprise, it is yet
denied that the decentralization had
anything to do with it. Let us see.
All commodities are now valued,
bought and sold by the gold standard.
There is about as much silver money
As gold in the world, but since its do
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

uction" we are told that the eyerlast-
| ing tariff question is to be the most
prominent topic for political discus
If the people of the United S ates
could rise in their might and decree
that the tariff question should be post
poned for a quarter of n century, they
might not be very unreasonable in
making the decree as irrevocable as
! the laws of the Modes and Persians.
Doubles tariffs have some influence
on the prosperity of the people, but it
is scarcely possible for any tariff policy
advocated by any party or for com
promise of all the policies proposed to
be rs detrimental to general prosperity
as are the constant changes and threats
of changes. The people can adapt
their Industries to permanent condi-
tlons, even though not the best, but
they are subject to continual surprises,
to continual read lustments of intricate
relations on account of the unstable
industrial conditions which result from
artificial changes.
What shall be done to alleviate the
misery? What shall be done to pro-
vide for cases of destitution? What
shall be done to reduce to the lowest
possible figure eases of actual want
and starvation? Are questions which
are now presenting themselves with
appalling persistence in every consid-
cradle city in the United States.
We hear of lack of confidence" as
the cause Of all the trouble. Lack of
confidence is itself one of the effects
of the original cause, and is inevitable.
In what does the world lack conf
dence? Not in the value of it's money:
not in the productivenes of it's re-
sources not in the skill of its workers.
No, this lack of confidence is in the
money value of the products of in
dustry.
The extreme difficulty of avoiding
loss at any kind of business or indus
try on falling market has been often
noted. That this has been the task
set for the industrial and commercial
world since the demonstration of sill
Yer in 1873 Is apparent from the fol-
lowing showing of the course of the
average prices in the English mark
cts of forty-tive of the leading pro-
duets OF industry and articles of COM
merce.
In this computation it has been as
sumed that the average prices of
these articles for the years 1871
were normal. Take this normal as
100, and it is easy to designate the
rise or fall of these fortv-tive articles
as to this normal. Since prices of
single year are liable to fluctuations
from temporary causes. such As var
iations of crops. speculative activity.
excessive railroad building. etc, the
calculations have been made for ten
wear periods.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

land for homes for the people dawned
upon American thinkers. Had sucl,
been the ruling from the foundation of
the Government, every family nigh.
have had a home, or the chance of one
and there would still be left a domain
large enough for homes for the mill
ions to come in the long future years.
But this was not the policy. Those
who have ruled the country have &C ed
upon and encouraged the policy OF
Keep all you've got, and get all you
can The result is as you see it. Land
enough to make empires has gone into
private ownership, and millions are
left without homes.
Vanderbilt owns 1000. 900 acres:
Mr.. Disston, Of Pennsylvania, owns T.
100000; MIR. Murphy, of California.
owns an era of land larger than the
whole State of Massachusetts,; foreign
noblemen own 2l.OOO.OOO acres in the
United States. Lord Scully, of Ire
land, owns $4,000 acres of the best
farming land of Illinois, which is oc-
cupied by tenants, and yields an an
nual income of 100000 to he spent in
rlotous living in the old world. This
No0" NV co"t1 d lltuAuS oI Iuc great
estates; it simply serves as q few
samples.
How unfortunate that a policy was
ever adopted that permitted the ac-
emulation of these great estates;
there must some time be change Of
this policy. These lands must furnish
homes for the people. But a policy
of reform will he much more difficult
to inaugurate and accomplish than
would have been policy of proven
ton in the beginning.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
A Fathers l'romptit ude.

Judge Smedly, an English occupant
Of the Juu1ciaI bench Of Cevlon. was
one OF the most timid Ut men, when
out driving. AS he was kalstaif In
size, his constant ries II '.Pya DO"
go gently, to the coachman, used to
make every one suiile. Hut the tlmid
Judge once showei both courage and
and presence OF mind.
EARLY one morning, hearing fr ght.
full scream from his d eSSing.rOOm he
rushed in. and found that his little
daughter had been bitten by q ..tic.
poionga,' the most deadly OF Gin.
ghalese vipers. While placing the
part OF ''imitAtlng papa she had
pat her naked foot Into one OF her
fathers boots The snake having
chosen that boot for its temporary
habitation. stuck Its Iangs ecpiv
into her ankle.
The Judge caught the little girl in
his arms. sucked the wound vigor.
Ous!y. aud called out for the carriage.
The cUachman was not addressed bv
the warning '.Pya po." but it was
three-Quartcrs of an hour before the
Judge and his daughter were able to
reach the fort. where the English
surgeon was quart red.
When the doctor saw the wound he
said that. for their satisfaction. he
would cauterize it: but he added Z. at
but for the fathers brave prompts.
tudc the daughter would not have
lived long enough to reach the fort.
She did not suffer at all from the
poison.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
Center shots.

THE money of the land was cornered.
hence the panic.
THAT Democratic business boom
seems to have been siletracked.
The more wealth the people create
the less they gain. Keep voting with
the old parties.
AN abundance Of wheat cannot he
cornered. The same is true as regards
Il country's money.
If telegraphic messages come too
high vote them down. Government
ownership will do the work.
The Republicans of Maine should
not forget that there is such thing
as party becoming SO large as to
make it impossible to hold together.
For verification We refer YOU to Grover
Cleveland 4 Co.
HE conspiracy against silver was a
plot against humanity and blow
struck against American. Industries.
more damaging and fatal in effect than
any one act of legislation ever passed
by our lawmakers.
HARD times and poor crops. hail
storms or drouth doesn't seriously ef-
feet the. high salaried Official, but the
poor chap that pays the taxes catches
it every time. No wonder the crop Of
candidates is always good. &c
WAITE and Tillman in the Senate
would make q team to give senatorial
courtesy the jimjams. The sleepy
old lady has long needed an awaken
ing and the above mentioned gentle
men are the Very persons to do it.
BoTH Republicans and Democrats
are guilty of legislation which has
robbed the country of the Necessary
amount of money to transact the bust
ness essential to prosperity. Either
one has had the power to restore sill
yer, but neither one has done SO. Both
have taken part in the demonstration
scheme and are equally guilty of the
crime which has been committed.
The idea of home free from tax
alton. where the landlord never comes
to collect rent, nor the sheriff with an
execution, will some day be realized,
and when that time comes the people
will wonder that the world struggled
on for ages before the simplest Law of
justice WAS accepted and the fact rec
ognized, that God made the earth for
thu people who lives here and uses il.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
Some Startling Statistics.

Notwithstanding all the predictions
of better times on the repeal of the
Sherman limited coinage law. the sit
uatlon almost a year after the hated
law went ont of existence is one of in
tense alarm as TO how the hundreds of
thousands. perhaps millions. of I'M
employed people in the United States
are to be kept from perishing during
the coming winter.
The tariff doctors promised revival
of prosperity in the settlement OF that
question: bat the trouble is that it is
never settled. and now. with our new
modification of the tariff law, the same
gaunt specter Of want and the same
spectacle of unused abundance force
themselves to view. And again, in
presence of starvation and 'overprod-
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

! SOME men seem to have been made
out OF dust that had gravel in it.
WHEN the devil fishes for an idlcr
he catches him with IL bare hook
The man who can smile and won't
do it cheats Others and robs himself
THERE isn't much difference be-
tween a devil and a bad man edu-
Gated.
The sin we are slowest to forgive
is often the one we are most at to
commit.
THE poorer have thousand lows
that the money of the rich cannot
purchase.
II is doubtful il culture will ever
be able to make a man stop snoring
in his sleep.
THE worst pit OF misfortune into
which man can fall! is the one he
digs himself.
SINCE the day Moody said. IL am
working Tor God" he has always had
plenty to eat In the house.
THERE is power in the cry of
penitent sinner than a the wisdom
OF the world cannot overthrow.
THE devil was more anxious to de-
strOy Jobs influence for good than
he was to destroy his property.
WHEN the devil wants to do an
extra good days work he sometimes
puts on preach a.'s coat and hat.
AS LONG ls there is a poor man in
the world. the money of a rich man
will show what he thinks Of Christ
THE man who looks through pre-
udice Is always lie DIV to swear that
there is something green in sunlight.
GoD never calls anybody to work
that can he done with head and
hant!s without any help from the
heart
The first business of the preacher,
according 10 aul. ought to be to tell
the world what God thinks and says
about things. V"
No CHURCH is ever made bit
stronger by having an unrepentant
sinner with a pocket iull OF money
walk up and Join IT.
If as much preaching had been
aimed at the heart as there has been
at the head, the millennium would
have dawned long ago.
WHEN a man begins to put the rot
ten apples in the bottom OF the meas
ure, how soon he begins to conclude
that the Bible is a table. t..-... o.
lr would be long time before the
devil would get discouraged, IL none
we're preachers except those who
wear long tailed coats.
THERE are preachers who are al.
ways troubling. their heads tor some.
thing 10 preach about, who pass a sa-
loon every time they 20 to church.
ST. PAUL was a preacher who ne YER
used any whitewash. and when he
described sin everybody in the con-
gregation knew what he was talking
about. :
AS LONG as preacher knows moth.
ing about God except what he has
lie rned from books, it is d wa ste of
time FOR him TO take i text aud try
to preach.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

The criminal cannot plead ignor.
ORANGE OF tne Law, but unfortunately
the laWmaker can.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
TRUMPET CALLS.

Rams Horn Sounds . Warning Note q
the CnrcdoemeSl.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04

ENlCS is a curse
unless it loves
truth.
7 IT takes hard
times to make
5 . m e people
thankful.
A STONY heart
and an iron will
are Il bad comb
nation.
T.lET can do
the best work
who know best
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
W no owns the Land:

Millions of people in the United
States have no home, and yet We have
room for comfortable and commodious
homes for millions of people more than
We have. It is pity that our vas.
domain was not handled differently
from the beginning. Only in recent
years has the necessity Of saving the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

Yesterday afternoon n six o'clock Miss
Mary McClung of Lhis city and Mr.. A.
Baird of Minneapolis, were united IN the
holy bonds of wediock ct the First Pres
byterian church. Rev. David Winters OH
clsting.
The church was filed with many friends
of the bridal p,ir, and pro mptiy at six
o'clock the sweet and familsir strains of
Mendelssonu's wedding march hoated
MAZE tlcaily from the rear gallery.
Following this selection by the orchestra
was the vocal rendition OF Bring Forth
the Bride" arranged for the quartet. This
announced the arrival o. the bride aud
groom.
The family and relatives came in first
aud were seated near the altar Next came
the ushers, followed by the lady OF honor,
Miss Jennie McClung. attired in a white
silk gown. trimmed in Ia ce and ribbon.
Immediately opposite her IN the nortn aisle
came the best man, Mr.. +. A II. Smith.
formerly of this city.
Next came the bridal pair. They enter
ed on opposite sides Of the church and
marched slowly To the altar
The bride was accompanied by her
father, Mr.. Ii. c. MeCiung.
The ceremony was performed under
beautiful arch OF cut flowers and smilax.
and as the solemn words were pronounced
the groom placed plain gold ring OF the
finger of his lady's hand. As he did so
the eafy bower above their heads opened
and shower of rose petals spripkled
down upon the happy couple, WHO then
marched from the church.
AS the bridal party were leaving Mrs.
Julia L. Dunn sang: Call Me Thine
Own" with violin obligato by Mr.. Sher-
man Skinner
The ceremony was pretty and impress
sive and while the marriage rites
were baing performed Master Ralph
Dunbar rendered cello arrange
ment of the angels Serenade," which
blended with the solemn impressiveness of
the ceremony.
The bride was attired in a handsome
robe of pearl white silk with a full court
train) adorned with crystal trimmings aud
lace. The beautiful tulle vail was daintily
fastened about the head with band of
orange blossoms.
Immediately after the wedding a recep-
ton was held at the Plaza MOTEL, and at a
late hour amidst a shower OF congratula-
tions, rice and old shoes. the pair departed
and took the night train for Minneapolis.
Mr.. A. Baird has been a resident of
Wichita Tor many years past, and recently
moved to Minneapolis where he has ac-
cepted the secretaryship Of the Y. II. c. A.
at that city.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
CHINA MOVES. UP
The Growing Demand for the New
Method Of Lighting Cities
At First Much Opposition Was offered to
the System. But 1t Soon Became
Very Popular with
the People.

The streets are very narrow in Can.
ton. as is the case with all Chinese
cities. says a writer in ''The Electrical
World" being from say six to twelve
feet wide. and filed with hanging
wooden signs. Through these signs the
electric wire must twist and turn, be-
cause on no account would China
man allow a sign TO be moved 70
make room for the wire, as it would
certainly mean bad luck TO his bust
ness. In many cases the insulation
has been strongly reinforced with
rubber and tape, to prevent abrasion
from the swinging signs.
The streets OF Canton are divided
into sections of few blocks each. and
each section is shut off from all others
by heavy gates, that are closed ar nine
o'clock in the evening. The populace
is so turbulent that for many centuries
the authorities have made il a practice
to hold ali the people of any section
responsible for any riot or tumult in
that section. The result is that the
people have got in the habit of regu-
1ating affairs in their section without
any reference to the powers that be.
The electrician of the Canton plant
had an occasion to see the effect of this
in an instance where a store wanted
lights, but the wires could not be run
because one man objected to having
hole cut in his house for securing a
pole. The man wanting lights in
formed his neighbors, and delegation
waited on the individual and soon
induced him 70 withdraw his objec-
tion.
At first there was considerable OBJ
lection to the plant being put up. but
now IL has become very popular. and is
used in houses and stores; even fruit
and nut stands use them in the streets,
the wires being led from the nearest
house. The light is now SO popular
that thousands of lamps could be put
in all over the city if the station was
large enough to supply them, but its
limit is now reached and difficulty is
experienced in building a larger one,
as the franchise for the entire Canton
province is in the hands of one man,
and he wants to make too much out
of it.
The Chinese are great people to ex-
pect private commissions on everything
they have hand in, and the manage
ment of the company, one and all,
manage to steal something. One man,
who has the handling of the money,
will hold back needed supplies and
wages; another, less fortunate, will go
to the station and steal coal and oil,
and if there is any objection the en-
gineer is told that il is none of his af-
fair. In fact. though the plant is a
success from an electrical and mechan-
zeal point of view, it is kept running
under considerable difficulty. In Can
ton two attempts were made to steal
the street wires soon after the station
was started, but, unfortunately for the
thieves, the wires were alive, and
though no one was killed no attempts
have since been made.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
KEPT UP WITH THE HOUNDS.
Pennsylvania Steer with = Turn for
Speed and Fence jumping.

Speed anO renee jumping.
F. White, who lives on the highlands
of Elkland township, Lackawanns
county, owns four fox hounds and
Devonshire steer named Pete, says the
Pittsburgh Chronicie-Telegraph. The
steer became attached to the hounds
when he was calf, and in the follow
ing fall he got in the notion of run
ming and believing after them when
ever Mr.. White started the pack on
fox chase. Pete would race behind the
hounds TIL fence stopped him, and
there he would stand and low til the
pack went out ont of sight over the
hills, when he trotted back TO the barn
yard and acted as If he was lonesome
till the hounds returned. The other
day Mr.. White put three hounds on a
fox's track in swale on his place. He
stole out of the back way with the
dogs. and Pete, who was in the barn
yard when the hounds gave tongue.
leaped over the fence in jify, flew
down the road, sprang over a stone
wall and dashed after the baying
brutes before they had run the fox five
minutes. The dogs drove the fox into
a swamp, where the steer couldn't go,
and Pete galloped around the edge till
Reynard led the hounds TO the upland,
when he made the snow fly with his
hoofs and quickly joined the dogs
Within an hour the hounds made the
pace so hot for the fox that he began
to play tricks on them TO throw
~ 1A ~ q
a bridge and then leaped of the
end; but he didn't fool the dogs there,
and they continued TO gain on him.
Then he took . squirt on a wall. and
down ut Charles Ora m s farm he scooted
through the front yard, ran over a pile
of cordwood and started across a
meadow, with Grams farm dog in hot
pursuit. The hounds and the steer
were not far behind when the fox and
dog had got to the meadow fence, and
in the adjoining field the former gained
on them fast Grams dog was yelping
fEriously and logging II at the top OF
his speed when the steer gave below
and rap past the hounds He had
caught sight Of Grams dog. and he
seemed TO know that the yelping cur
had no business in the chase, for he
plunged at il with lowered head, ran
it of the track. and drove 81 20 the
fence, where he caught il on bis horns
just Is j, was trying to escape between
the rails The steer gored the dog 10
death N hurry. when he flung the
carcass from his horns and ran Ike
wildfre toward the hounds in the next
field BY that time the for 7<as jaded.
and almost as soon as the Steer had
caught up TO the hounds the latter
overhsuIsd tired Reynard and shook
him To death Then the steer began
10 below. and when Mr.. White reached
the spot the hounds had torn the fox's
hide into strips, while the steer looked
On contentedly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
New York Coffee.

NEW YORK. March l9.-COFFEE-Option
disappointing cables, unsatisfactory action
tive support, closed dull at points advance
to 10 points decline. Sales, $500 bags, includ-
ing March at 1655, April 1921 May 1885 TO
1000; June 1850; July 1555: August IBIS and
December 1880. Spot Coffee Rio dull and
heavy; No. 171aa5s; mild dull, unchanged;
Cordova lsl4a15. Sales late Saturday 2So0 bags
Rio. fat bean, spot at I75S; $50 bags Maracaibo
and 400 bags Central American. Il. L. stock
in New York today lij,63S bags. Stock in q.
$. lS5 327 bags: afioat tor L. s. $4,000 bags.
Total visible available for U. 6. 49,. III bags
against last year, ~. 5i2 bags. Havre steady:
sales 1905 bags. Prices unchanged TO Il
higher.
London market quiet but firm; prices pence
and pence higher. Hamburg market
steady; stock 5000 bags. Prices uniformly a
pig higher Rio market quiet; No. Z, ID $500.
Exchange l5-l6. Receipts, 5000 bags stock,
2O3,G00 bags. Santos market quiet; good aver
age Santos nominal, no quotation. Receipts,
% 900 bags; stock, $1,000 bags; cleared, q, 600
bags.
SUGAR-Raw, quiet: fair refining, 234;
centrifugal, SO test, 3ls; sales rumored Mus
covaco 80 test, %. Refined; / Lie lower for
Nos. - and il, and a lower for other grades.
No. 8, ii-l6a33E; No. :, 35sa3 1916; No. g. 3lsa
3 LIS; No. g. 3 7-i6a33s; No. TO- 35sa3 9.l6 No.
II, 5-l6a3ls; No. IL, 314a3 7-l6 No. IL. 49,: off
A Ss4a4 l-l6: Mould A, 4$sai GIG; standard A,
4a4 SIG: confectioners 46a4 Lilo; cut loaf, 4tsa
D l-l6; crushed 45Sa5 Lie; powdered 43ssa4 9-lo;
sranulated, 41ssa5; cubes 43sa4 o 10.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-20
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Figs-'.rn let you know I'm not
the fool you think" Possibly
not Which one are your - Boston
Transcript
'Dllington dresses pretty
well. Wonder II he earns much mon
.y?" Black-"No; but he has a big
salary. Boston Transcript
-Ethel-''Jack Jollyboy Is very i'm.
pudent He attempted TO kiss me last
aight" Clarissa-''Impudent? should
eall him crazy. N Y. Press
She Didn't - Husband lirately)-
"You think you know everything. dom.
you?'' Wife lsoftly)-'No, dear; new
- did know why you know so little"
Detroit Free Press
I'm worried about ny St BERNARD
dog Why He's losing his apue-
lite I'm worried about mine. too. -
Why He isn't" - Washington
Star.
Handlers I'm getting 80
uea--sighted that can't recogniza pec-
pie in the street What shall DO for
ito" The Doctor-''Why not pay your
iebts?"-Elmira Gazette