The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
JUST FROM WASHINPIo1
ne ANTI-oPr1ou
GREATER FRAUn BILL
FUTURE DEAF Than

Box ~Tnsto" On the Ball.
Especial Cor. P~noqBn,sIvr s'0a
WAsH1NeroN, D. G., MINER a.sal
o. all the frauds evor 1lafchA
upon the American eon dpsFpeaata
Anti Option bill easily tpbo The BATH
All well-poslsd people En nss The LEAD
financial reform given afta" tOat u
OF the Sherman law is no me repeal
vacuum. The pension rafo ulng but
over the left. The Wilson mum We
Is better for the m~anufactn 'rs,n 6l
ProtectiOnists than the McKinHSls aid
Inc income law isn't worth oil
Now comes the anti option hin a cent
terday the House committee Ss,
ture perfected the Hatch aSFcul
bill and directed Hatch to ron option
the House faVorably. The b,Ir ' II 70
ported defines options" and ~tn as re
and provides that all such tran na'ut@
or assignments shall be in wri+ia .'0a'
signed in duplicate and shall a.3 Sa
explicit terms the time when tba ' =
or privileges of delivering the artiSs
shall expire. Dealers are to n%
special tax of twelve dollars, and er,.
person who, in his own behalf Or =,
agent, broker, or employee of aDotb'.
deals in options or futures Or mat.
any contract for their transfer sb.n
deemed a dealer in options and f1a,,O
and shall give bond in the .nr
So, 900. VI
Contracts are required to haveafH,,,
to them internal revenue stamDs y,
resenting taxes as follows:
For every 10000 pounds of cotto,
hops, pork, lard or bacon, dried 4
sailed meats, and for every 1m
bushels of wheat, corn, oats, rye An,
barley received by the contract. IN.
cent; every bill of sale executed at 70,
mination Of contract, two cents.
Mercy on us! The American DeoHh
want future dealing broken up. Tbg
are going to do it. But here is M
American Congress defying their con-
stituents and giving robbers perns
sion to continue their nefarious work
only requiring them to pay a special
tax of $12. Legalizing robbery in that
way.
How long, oh! how long3 The next
step will be to license train robbers and
burglars. Pay Uncle Sam $12 tr
license and carry along a few reveuu;
stamps to afix on the forehead of ever
man you rob to show that you are a
authorized robber, and all will be we'll
The burglar must be sure to show BIZ
license and put arevenue stamp on The
window where he entered, or he might
get arrested. Will we go to the ballot
box and give the ~plutOcrat8 aDotha
chance7
The Democrats claim that they hsVi
practically carried out their promise
If so, the following from the report
R G.. Dun & Co., for this week VII
show the good times in store for US;
"It is p~erplexiDg to be obligedto
port that business grows larger
volume and at the same time not mon
profitable. Uncertainty does Do
diminish, but has rather increased p
the judgment Of many comneIcl
bodies which have urged the Presla'l
to veto the seigniorage bill. Pro@a
commodities do not rise, but arc "
the whole about Is per cent lo'a
than last week, that then the Do'o,
ever known in this country anu o
1919 per cent. lower than a year %
Nc more gold has gone aOroau' ~ y
stocks average only 3 per cent. -
higher for railroads than last wen
exactly the same for trust stocRs, "
some foreign purchases and tnS nJ
vention of a holiday, explain thes'soI
ness. More mills are at WORK 'pO.s
the proportion of productive for% -
employed is still from a httn , 10 q d
in different branches of indusSfy, n
many mills are stopping Dec"1 wbis
orders have run out, even 18th ords
larger number are starting w -nsnect
enough for a time. The PLo otEvs %
Getting constant or remqne rads I'D
gg IIOns for works and haaus Il
DO yc hono ' The fact that ordsrs ID
only part of the force a. Jown9gr
both prices and wages StI land, reDds
though spring is near as9 GaJJe
pr Tbe Pollard Breckenridge ob noTl
suit doesn't sensate very wiII get
days. Billy thinks 3I he sW wants
pretty easy, and Ma "a Ill m and boz
60O and then she will go % come Otb9
I TUU; els of fun and rope IN S I5eersef
rich man, or get ropeu
hO ~Lsn Td
~" Gen o' Coxey. of M !5:saI2 man, but
not be much of a mlllla II advertiser