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The herald., 1894-12-26

IF he behaves himself and is COM
pelled to serve hia full term Banker
Seely will have to remain in peniten-
tiary retirement only little over five
yeare. Seely stole 1854 900 from New
York bank. Let's see, the bank will
pay for Seely's services to the state
something over $4,000 year. Pretty
good salary that.
The herald., 1894-12-26
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The herald., 1894-12-26

CHRISTMAS is over. but we are still
"enjoying the season. Oar "good
will" has not yet evanorsted. Our
stock of "peace on earth" may hold out
until the Fiesta. and it may possibly
last until the Fourth OF July. Then we
can begin to Law in another supply for
Chriatmas, 1895
The herald., 1894-12-26

CONGRESSMAN BRECKINRIDGE's Neme-
eis, Madeline Pollard. who was turned
down by frst-class theatrical managers,
evidently has not abandoned the idea of
shining before the iootlights. As q
cheap attraction "Maddy" will shine.
The herald., 1894-12-26

II MAY have been merely coincidence,
but the usual grist of Chrietmao crime
was lacking in San Francisco this year.
Did the fact that society "buds" were
running q newspaper drive the criminal
young ladies be spared an inaight into
the seamy side Of life?
The herald., 1894-12-26

FROM developments in the Lexow in
vestigation the remark of New Yorker
that he would as sooa think OF asking
Satan's advice on the reorganization OF
he'll as Byrnes' on the reorganization of
the New York police, may not be NAL
apropoe.
The herald., 1894-12-26
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wRDNEsDAY. DECEMBER &c, 1894.

Any person aoho cannot buy The Herald
al newsstands IN the city or in its suburbs
or onrailroad trains. or at anyplace ghere
Los Angeles paper should be sold. aCiU
oblige as By reporting the fact to the Her.
aid office. Los angeles.
The herald., 1894-12-26
a Brighton Future,

From the Healdsburg Enterprisel
The Los Angeles HERALD is now one OF the
best papers published in the west Under its
new management, The HERALD shows marked
improvement in every department, and resi-
dents OF the Angel City are to be congratu-
lated on the change. THE HERALD has for
many years held q high place among the
leading journals OF the coast and the Enter
prise predicts even a brighter future for it,
The herald., 1894-12-26

HE Biblical law OF life for q life
evio emily is not considered in Georgia.
For the murder of one white man seven
nezSoes were slaughtered, and the aver
age Georgian does not consider the ac-
count squared yet.
The herald., 1894-12-26

AS newspaper advertising scheme
The exploring expedition to the Mount
Rainier crater will doubtless prove suc~
cess. What benefits science will derive,
however. it is difficult to imagine, as the
parry ia shy on geologists and scientists
al
The herald., 1894-12-26
His Lat Chance Gone.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 25 The president
has refused the application for pardon
in the case OF the Indian. Cha Nohe alias
Two Sticks, convicted OF murder in
South Dakota and sentenced to hang
next Friday. The Indian. with his
cons and another Indian, deliberately
murdered four cowboys whose hospital
ity they we're enjoying.
The herald., 1894-12-26

A DOZEN or more murders and shoot.
ing ecrapes is the record 30 far this
Christmas. Yet the people talk about
"Peace on earth good will to men,"
The herald., 1894-12-26

PERU has hit upon 3 plan OF raising
revenue by increasing the tax on cigar
cites. This will not only fatten the
Peruvian treasury. but lengthen the
lives of the people.
The herald., 1894-12-26

QUESTION: II New York police
captaincy cells for $4,000, are there any
perqusites attached to a patrolman's
position in Los Angeles Chinatown?
The herald., 1894-12-26

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
The herald., 1894-12-26
THE GRAND PACIFIC HSHs5 aas sn s ysHsE 70

HOTEL ARGVT T. GENTaALLY LOCATED s oLIyE AND sEco,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
the contract was made.


1t was not for tariff protection that
Carnegie and Frick made their great
contributions to the repu blican cam
paign fund in 1892. They had then ss
much tariff protection as Mr.. Carnegie
had asked for when he filed out the
blanks in the steel and iron schedules
of the Mckinley bill.
It was protection of another sort they
were after then. With Carnegie sec
rotary of the navy in Mr.. Cleveland's
cabinet, the imperfect armor would
have passed inspection, and instead of
paying out one hundred and forty thou
sand dollars for failure in specific per-
Torrance Carnegie and Frick would
have been thousands of dollars ahead.
They will have no sympathy in their
losses. The country will believe them
guilty of contemplated fraud, and dem
ocrats particularly will feel keen sat-
isfaction in the fact that it is a demo-
cratic administration which has brought
them to book. 1t is time for Mr. Car
neg;e to write another work on ''Tri-
umphant Democracy."-St Louis Re-
pu bic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
KANSAS IRRIGATION.
Promoters of Enterprises for Reclaimius
the Arid Region Active

Promoters of Enterprises for Reclaimiug
the Arid Region Active
TOPEKA, Kan, March 20-The open
winter and early spring in Kansas has
added new interest to the question of
irrigation in the western half of the
state, and the promoters of various en-
terprises for retaining the arid region
are active in pushing their plans so as
to be ready for this years crops Con-
sulting Engineer Hinckley, of the Kan
sas Irrigation association, has returned
here with very encouraging reports
from that section. Along the Santa
Fe from Great Bend to Coolidge, he
says, wind mills and reservoirs are
being put in on every hand Mr..
Hinckley has been testing the
Arkansas valley water supply and
computing the cost of getting it (the
underflow) on to the top of the ground,
and he says that for body of land en-
bracing 1000 acres or more the gravity
supply is the cheapest Eastern capital
lists, through Mr.. Hinckley, have sub
mitted proposals to two canal COM
panies (yyhose canals are now without
waterl for furnishing to the canals a
permanent gravity water supply free
from expense for operation or main
1GnaQc6 ana at Sucn q cost IndI one
irrigated crop, or two at the most, out
of its net profit will cover the whole
investment for both land and water.
Mr.. Hinckiey says that many invest
tors have gone into western Kansas
without a proper consideration of the
| water supply, without which much OF
the lands have but little, if any, value.
He says that in an area of %. 600, O0C
acres not more than 3. 900, 600 acres can
ever be permanently watered- As q
natural result those lands that secure a
permanent supply will increase in
value to $50 or $50 an acre, and 3, 900, 600
acres in western Kansas, with water
| assured, will raise more than so, 000, o0t
that depend on rains in eastern Kansas.
Aside from the underfiow along the
! rivers and streams, the artesian wells
| will supply the upland country if prop
| erly distributed on each quarter section
! of land. There are 200 artesian wells
| in Meade county that come from rs tC
! 200 feet below the sheet water. Thi:
shows that water in Kansas is to be
found at unknown depths-water be
meath water.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The worklngmen are asking why
they are still hungry with the McKin-
ley bill in full force Free
Press
The wrath of the Mckinley
brethren over the latest edition of the
tariff bill is fairly entitled to be con-
sidered a good recommendation for
that measure.-Boston Herald.
1t was somewhat superfiuous for
the republican platform of Rhode Island
to class the punishment of Mechanism
among the party triumphs. considering
that the prosecution was instituted by
democrats, conducted by democrats
and the offender sentenced by demo-
cratic judge.-Boston Herald
The call for a convention of tsaa
republican leagues has a familiar sound,
especially in the dogmatic declaration
as to what ''theapeop1e." have to 90.
THE people" will be heard from in due
time; and the leagues will probably
find that they know their own MUD
and business much better than the
leagues do.-Detroit Free Press
Reeds affectation of fear that the
passage of the Wilson bill will not pat
an end to uncertainty is indicative OF q
purpose to keep up the uncertainty. Il
is republican threat to continue the
tariff agitation for partisan purposes.
1t is not patriotic; but nobody expects
patriotism from the ex-speaker. His
| threat is an impotent one. however
The passage of the Wilson bill viii pat
it out of the power of Mr.. Reed and his
party to create uncertainty for groa
while to come--Detroit Free Press
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
Resolutions Adopted by the Convention II
Session at Omaha

Resolutions Adopted by the Convention in
Session at Omaha
OMAHA, Neb., March 23.-Nearly the
entire morning session of the inter
state irrigation convention was spent
in executive session debating the series
of resolutions prepared by the execu-
tive committee. The principal fight
was made over the clause demanding
that congress make an appropriation
to test the practicability of irrigation
by means of artesian wells Gov.
Kounz of Nebraska, made brief adj
dress of welcome. Charles A Greg
DRY, of New York and Chicago, talked
on Irrigation and Continental Devel-
opment," and Ira c. Hubbell, of Kan
sas City, read a paper on Pumping
Machinery for Irrigation" The con-
vention took recess for the purpose of
visiting the South Omaha stock yards
At the afternoon session the report
of the committee on resolutions, re-
ported at the morning session, was
adopted. After reciting the opening of
public lands to settlement, the platform
goes on;
Resolved, That it is the sense of this CONVEX
ton that ii is the duty of congress to make an
appropriation to test the practicability of the
following methods Of irrigation for these
plains:
First-That the government should by ex-
periments determine whether the underflow
water is of sufficient volume and can be brought
to the surface at cost 10 make il available for
general irrigation purposes.
Second-That it should determine the extent
to which reservoirs can be constructed for the
purpose of storing storm water Sufficient in
quantity for irrigat ton purposes
Resolved, That we fully indorse the follow
| ing extract from the report of the special COM
mittee of the United States senate, and the
| same be made part of the resolutions OF this
| convention:
IF anything can be done to encourage the
people of these great plains it is impor tant
| that it should be done speedily There are
over 10000 people in the arid and semi-a rid
belt, who have paid into the United States
| treasury no less than so. U0O. 900 for public
| lands The government should demons trate
| to them the practicabilty before they can have
| the courage or can command the means to
| prosecute the work on anything of q considera-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
l. investors ard deposisozs took

Small. investors and deposisozs took
alarm
II it was good for the rich man to
hoard mis- money it was good for the
poor man to do the same. Certain
tricks practiced by Secretary Foster in
the bookkeeping of the treasury were
not lost upon the people By transfer
ring this account or that, by postpon-
ing one payment and another, national
bankruptcy was averted from day to
day, but the silver purchases contin-
ued and the amount OF paper and
silver depending for redemption upon
one hundred million dollars of gold be-
came so large that at length a panic
seized upon the people The banks
were raided, as the treasury itsel
might have been, and it was not until
Mckinley laws twin measure, was re-
pealed that the alarm was stayed
The Sherman law bribery of the sill
yer states, with the resulting panic
and the protracted depression. was
protectionism's browning offense
against the American people 1t was
protectionism's confession of ignorance
on every question of finance and econ
ony. 1t was protectionism's testimony
to its own reckless indifference to the
rights, the welfare of Others II
proved that to save itself or to promote
its own interests protectionism would
stop at nothing-fnancial panics, ma
tional bankruptcy, industrial lockosIts,
civil war. Is it not time to divorce the
government of the United States from
such Chicago Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
The FRUITS OF PROTECTION
MchinIeyism the Cause of American In
dustrisI Depression.

MckinIeyism the Cause of American In
dustrisi Depression
The certain effect of all such protec-
tive tariff legislation as that which
bears the name of Mckinley is to over
stimulate some industries and present
~ to weaken all. Favored enterprises
have feverish and unhealthy activity,
soon followed by overDroduction and
collapse. The victimized- occupations
may not Immediately feel The drain to
which they have been subjected. but
eventually their vigor must decline.
All protective legislation does violence
to normal conditions and sooner or
later the evil effects of the injustice
will show themselves.
In the case of the monopoly tegisla-
ton of 1890 the inevitable break down
came sooner than was expected because
the far-reaching iniquity of that cor
rupt betrayal of popular rights by
favored interests was not at first fully
comprenended. It was known that
the tariff law was drawn by the men
who contributed the great corruption
fund of 1888. 1t was known that the
plumber to be secured by its authors
was mainly gathered in the first year
or two of its operation. 1t was seen
Ludt uHncdlhuy dCO4V1Iy Hdu Dccu 1Ot-
lowed by lassitude and weakness and
that the old familiar results of stimula-
ton were everywhere manifest All of
| these symptoms were common enough,
for they had characterized every adj
vance that the protectionists had made
toward probibitory tariff. If in some
places the results in the way of over
production and prostration were more
noticeable than usual it was because
| the Mckinley tariff had outstripped all
others in its unfairness and its violence.
But a more serious malady was in
the blood. Overproduction was local
and sporadic, an occasional manifesto
ton OF an unhealthy system. The dis
ease that fastened itself upon Amer
lean industry as soon as the Mckinley
| legislation went into effect was consti-
tutiouaL The commercial and business
life of the nation had been poisoned at
its source, and the faint had reached
the minutest vein of the body.
Protectionisln had long corrupted the
industry, the politics and the commerce
of the republic. but it had not until
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
WEALTH STATISTICS.

Total Valuation OF the Country as shown
by the Census-The showing OF Kansas.
Missouri Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory
WASHINGTON, March 22-The total
true valuation OF the real and personal
property in the country at the close of
the census period 1890 as it now ap-
pears in a special census bulletin,
amounted to sos. OS7, O91, 1877 OF which
s39. ga. 1873 represented real and S25,-
492. $40, S64 personal property. The de-
| tailed statistics relating to Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory are here given:
True valuation OF real and personal property
Missouri 81 S97. 902 81 Kansas. 81 35oI;
Indian territory. $685. 49,, and Oklahoma,
| rs. rs, 1874
Real estate with improvements Thereof
Missouri 81 4Ss, 7sI. 2JI Kansas s939550.1T6 In
dian territory. IUS 22I ,2jI. and Oklahoma ter
| ritory. s3I, Gs7. SIT
Live stock on rms and ranges farm imple-
/ nents and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, $50, 53I, s92
Kansas SIG s3s.U9l Oklahoma territory, So
/ 6S9. $50: Indian territory. not stated
Mines ans Quarries. including product on
hand-Missourf. sI2, 4SO 754: Kansas, a, 81. 465;
Indian territory, sl.49a,OJs' Oklahoma, not
stated
Gold and silver. coin and bullion-M Missouri
ASA 6.S75 Kansas, -, 0oo OS3, Oklahoma, $685.
| 574. and Indian territory. 81, i0a
| Machinery of mills and products on hand,
! raw and manufactured-Mi Missouri $780, sec. 6 a;
Kansas, $40 lis. I44: Oklahoma, S'i.I14. and In
| dian territory sII4,549.
/ Railroads and equipments. including street
| acknowledgements 1872, 65s 4S7; Kansas, s46s-
42-.6I6. Oklahoma. s.. 6-9. al, and Indian terri
1 tory. 54,9IO,I4L
| Telegraph telephones, shipping and canals
| Missouri. Si2 96f lsj; Kansas .70S. 3S4; Okla
| homa, pa, S35 and Indian territory not stated
| Miscellaneous Missouri, 500 44I; Kan
sas. si9s. 49,, 227 Oklahoma, s742 0js and IndiaI
| territory, not stated
| Assessed valuation of taxed real estate AND
| mprovements-Miss s655. SIS, SOL; Kansas
1853 726, 40: Oklahoma, s., 5sl, ITJ. and Indiar
| territory, not stated
An interesting tabulation is pre-
scented, showing the increase in true
valuations of real and personal proper
ty by decades, from which these
statistics are extracted:
Missouri 1897, ., ez,9Os,e45 1880. 1856, Ooo.
coo; 1870 g. Pa s22, ss7 1860, s6OI, 2l4,SeS ana
| 1850, s137, pa, IN
Kansas-1sso. si,799 8Is, sol; 1884, 10000. 900
| 1870. SIS3 49,. nI4 and 1850 SH.327, S95.
| Indian territory-Ie9i, 81 g, 765 49,
OkiahOma-I690. S4S 80. I24
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29
THE SILVER CONVENTION.
The Two Old Parties Sa d to BE Respon
sihIs. for ne. l,nnditinn o. the CnnnfrX.

The Two Old Parties Sa d to BE Respon-
sibIe for the Condition of the Country.
Dies MONIES Ia, March % The ma
tional silver convention closed last
evening. At the morning session brief
speeches were made on the question:
"What is the proper remedy, and how
may it be applied?" President John
son, Bimetallic League of Kansas, was
the first speaker
THE silver age is upon us. England
holds the key to all values in gold
The repeal of the Sherman act was the
death of silver in this country. gold
bullion value depreciates values de-
pending upon free coinage. The end
of the fight may be the dethroning OF
gold
THE international conspiracy seems
to have been at work to reduce silver
far below its true value. Any change
in the relative values of silver and gold
is treason on the part of congress OF
the United States The conspiracy OF
capital has given US the mortgages OF
to-day. amounting to 50. 500, 600, 600,
payable only in gold"
Ignatius Donnelly. of Minnesota.
made brief address, in which he said:
1.-THE demonstration of silver was a
colossal conspiracy and crime, the
greatest ever perpetrated against the
human family. 1t is demoniac-" He
urged all to proceed on constitutional
lines. The two old parties were re-
sponsible for the fearful condition of
the country. He warned the people
not to trust all who cry free silver. "
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

then vitiated it's finances. 1t had de-
bauched the ballot box and degraded
American labor; it had demoralized
production and debilitated The national
character, but until the summer of
1870 it had not ventured to extend its
immortality to the domain of the ma
tional credit. 1t had looted the treasu-
ry in the interest of high taxes, but I'M
til then it had not cast doubt upon the
stability of the treasury. 1t had OPP
pressed the nation, but until then it
had spared the nations honor.
In its last grand orgie, drunk with
power. delirious over the prospect of
immeasurable gains, it had made COM
mon cause with the mine owners of
the west who bargained the votes of
their representatives i'll congress to
protectionism in return for protection
ism's favor to them The passage of
the so-called Sherman silver law was
protectionism's bride to the silver states,
and was so understood on both sides.
Binding the government to buy forty
five hundred ounces of silver bullion per
month, which it had no use for, and to
issue thereon paper certificates which
were redeemable in gold, protectionism
fastened upon the treasury task which
it could not perform. 1t struck blow
at the national honor which did not
escape the notice of intelligent men
here and abroad
How long could the treasury pay
gold for silver? How long, with its
revenues reduced and its expenditures
increased, could it pay at all? These
were the questions, unanswered for a
time, which preceded and led up to the
panic of 1898. They were asked in
America and in Europe long before the
democratic success of 1892 They cir
| culated on the breath of0suspicion in
every money center of the world. in
| every nook and corner of the earth
| where capital existed and where in
vestments were made.
How long could the United States
treasury. committed to the policy by
protectionism's bargain with the mine
owners, pay gold and receive silver?
| When it ceased to pay gold and came to
| the silver standard under which a coin
| worth sixty cents would pass for a dol
| lar, what about investments? The an
swer that these questions were to re-
| ceive was foresnadowed long before
| President Harrison, who signed the Nc
| Kinley law and the Sherman law, left
| the white house.
Foreign investments in America were
withdrawn. American securities came
home Gold contracts became the rage.
Promises to pay were more and more
coupled with the condition that, as
gold had been received, gold should be
| paid. Prudent men began to put their
houses in order, for all the signs were
portentous of an approaching storm.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-03-29

be there as soon as school closes
tell you we're in for it this time, no
mistaken
Some very poor lessons were recited
after recess. Miss Milford said little,
but kept her stern face. At the hour
for dismissal she took the fateful paper
from her pocket. One by one she read
the names, with what seemed to the
excited children an awful emphasis,
then she looked at them steraly and
said:
''Those whose names have just read
will arise at the usual signal, and with
the rest go as usual to their homes, I'M
less" she added, her face breaking into
a bright smile, they wish to remain a
few minutes to return this art collec-
| ton to its place, before the president
of the school board comes in to exam
inc new kind of chalk of which /
have samples
The revulsion of feeling among the
children was indescribable. The imam
with a kodak" might have made his
fortune out of their varied facial ex-
pressions. Suddenly a voice among
them cried out:
April fooli''
YES" said Miss Milford, laughing
heartily, April fool! Good night, "
| and she tapped the bell
But it was too much. One of the
boys sprang to his feet, waving his cap.
Three cheers for NJ ISIS Milford and
her April foolr"
They were given with will, and the
school session broke up into an i'm
promptu "All-Foors day" social. into
the midst of which walked the aston,
ished president of the school board
Strange to say, when Miss Milford
explained matters to him he laughed as
heartily as if he had been a schoolboJ
| himself, and said, as he looked arounS
at the queer decorations and shifted
the Goldfish bouquet:
THAT back room is a shocking
place, for fact We must have il
cleaned out."-Good Housekeeping.