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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-01-18
Against incompetent Lawyers.

Against incompetent Lawyers.
Tbe State of Virginia has board
Of medical examiners, created for tho
purpose Of protecting the population
against quacks and incompetent doe,
tors. In order to practice medicine
in this Commonwealth the applicant,
no matter from what medical school
he may have graduated, must stand
an examination before this board.
The creation Of the Board was
fought warmly. There were those
who contendel that, in the country
especially, more doctors were needed
They held that the effect of this
measure would be 70 keep doctors ont
OF the rural regions, and, OF course
there was not wanting the usual
argument that it was against the
poor man." as the rich could afford
to send to the cities for doctors, but
the poor farmer could not. This is q
sample argument that is used today,
all over the United States, against
many meritorous policies. Only q
little reflection is wanted to show the
pulling falacy of such an argument.
Ii ia like those infant reasonings, put
forward for the encouragement Of In
FAINT industries. With an army OF
qaacks and incompetent doctors scat
tered throughout Virgins, the poor
man would be helpless, while the
rich could afford to go to the cities
and pay for the best physicians.
Any movement for protection
against incompetsncy is necessarily
for protection Of the poor. Any
movement for protection against IN
competency is also necessarily mainly
for the protection Of the uniformed
who have not had opportunities for
seIf-information. The STArE, there
fore, always endcayored 20 fight
demagogism and speeioua pleas be-
scaase aLs snfFsrcrs from oil such ard
those Who can least afford 70 suffer.
a measure ID nov before tho Lag.
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wares? Under the natural opera
ton of the law Of demand and sup
ply it would seem impossible. If it
does. therefore, it will be through the
operation and effect Of the labor I'M
ions. If Mr.. Carnegie succeeds IN
what he is supposed to have under, !,
taken, he will break up the power OF
the labor unions in all those branches
Of business connected with hia ope-
rations. and prices Of articles in his
line will fall under the influence OF
the law of supply and demand, unat,
fected by the actions and DEGREES of
the unions. This may be matter
that demands tie attention of those
who couli control in the councils OF
labor, and their most earnest atten-
ton It is for them to consider,
nationally and without passion,
whether it is wiser in them to at
tempt to hold the price Of skilled la
Dor up at arbitrary figures or to fall
into tha swim and take part in that
general rcsdjustment of economical
conditions which is evidently upon
the world. BY standing on one side
they may run serious risk of being
totally left. BY going into the gen
eral discussions and submitting their
claims to the general verdict and
Judgment they are certain to secure
that position in the fiscal scale which
the law of demand and supply en-
titles them to. a recent investlga-
ton made by deems Review on
many thousand cases shows conclu-
sively that the falling off in business,
compared with what business was
wear ago, ia in manufacturing anu
not in scales. This proves conclu-
sivcly that there is something in the
way of the manufactured. What
can it be but the price of labor 1t
also suggests, however, that VIC can
not be far off from a revival of bust
ness. Consumption is going ahead,
and in natural state. Protection
must very soon move to NEST the
demand upon it.-Richmond Times
The pig iron producers of Ohio and
Pennsylvania, who, up to lew years
ago, were the metal kings OF our
country, arc beginning to feel the
acute effects of Southern competitor
in the manufacture Of this popular
metal. rs consequence many fur
naces have "shut down and many
mines closed. CT course the South
is magnanimous enough to feel sorry
that the North can't raise pigs as
chcaply as we can, but we must take
advantage Of our more fayora5 ole
surroundings. We also dcpiore the
condition of the mine owners who
are now "resting on thoir oars" but
we feel that despite this VIC must
paddle our own canoe. '--Ae'9s-Re-
rieW.
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THE PRESS.
Another View Of the Carnegie
Move.

A gentleman who is exceedingly
well-lnformed in such matters, dis
cussing with us the action Of An
drew Carnegie, commented or by US
Yesterday, in directing his agents to
take all orders from all quarters with
out regard to price, said he did not
think Mr.. Carnegic's action in this
matter was primarily for charity, only
by keeping his own men employed.
His view Of the case was this: Car
negie, said he, had a great contest
with the labor unions eighteen
months ago at the Homestead works,
in which he completely overthrow
and defeated them. Since then he
has employed his labor as he pleased,
according to the requirements of the
labor market under the law of de-
mand and supply. He is, therefore,
able to manufacture now, not accord
ing to scale of prices arbitrarily cs-
tablishcd by the labor unions, but at
such prices as those who want his
goods find it to their interest to pay.
The real meaning of his move is war
to the death upon the Amalgamated
Association of Iron and Steel Work
ers. His real object is to break that
association down by forcing the es-
tablishmcnt that employ members of
that union to manufacture at the
prices at which he sells OF to go out OF
business.
We are unable to say whether this
is Ms. Carnegie's object, or whether
it is not. We simply giveit as the
diagnosis Of thoroughly informed
and intelligent man, and for the val
ne of the probability that it carries
on its face.
If this be the true purpose and in
tent Of MIR. Carnegie's act, its far
reaching influence andeffect may be
beyond conjecture. Everything ex-
cept labor has been steadily falling
in value for the past thirty years,
while labor has steadily risen in val
ne, and skilled labor has risen enor-
monsly. As we argued a few days
back our increasing mastery Of the
arts and sciences ID making prodnc-s
tion every day easier and cheaper.
This being the case, can skilled la
Dor maintain ia present rates Of
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Free Coal and Iron-Oro.

Free trade is the doctrine OF all well
Informed political economists, and 1t
is a mere matter Of time until the
country will adopt that policy. 1t is
founded upon those great underlying
principles Of the law Of nations, that
one nation should assist another,
when, by doing SO, it would not be
iniuring herself. 1t is the same law
that applies as between adjoining
States. communities and individuals,
that they should exchange commod-
ditieu mutually beneficial. If a has
more coffee than he needs and B more
sugar, it is manifest that a mutual
exchange Of commodities would
rebound to the benefit OF both n and
r But on the other hand n pro-
tects his coffee, it is manifest that Is
will retaliate, and then neither will
be the BENEFICIARY by such mode OF
procedure, and 4 will be casting
aside those fundamental principles of
right. that bring mankind more in
contact with another, and make life
worth living. If, however, y lis a
weak nan--a poor man and a
rich and opulent ono, it would not be
unjust for \ by judicious means to
husband his commodities, until ne
sbould have amassed sufficiency to
enable him to stand on an equal foot
ing with b. Everything else being
equal they should mutually exchange
their commodities which WOULD re-
dound to the benefit of both. Thus
Il will be seen that the idea of free
tra,lc at once suggests itself to the
great mer,l principle of mutual as
s;stance. The infant industries OF
an infant country should be protected
against the aggrcssions of the man.
moth industries of an old nation, for
the same identical reason chat the poor
man should guard against the aggres-
sions Of the wealthy one. In Ameri-
ca we have no infant industries, nor
is America an infant ccuntry,and the
idea OF protection at this late day is
the most absurd of fallacies. In the
time of Henry Clay, the father OF the
american system" but not OF pro-
lection, in this country, protection
was a measure Of public cxpe,iiency,
which was necessary to protect us
against the staid old manufacturers
of staia old England and of other
countries. Now, when America stands
in the foremost rank of the great ma
tons, what is the object in protect
ing her indust les? The effect of it,
no matter what the object is, is to
make one class Of American citizens
wealthy at the expense Of the masses.
No country in the world ever thrived
under protection. IL they prospered
at alfit was Gin spite Of protection. :"
Protection If carried too far will
make each man his own doctor, his
lawyer and his own washerwoman.
The silk manufacture at one time in
England was protected by enormous
bounties, ana when in declining
condition Che government had to do
something to save Il from ruin. and
10 sare it, they reduced tho duty on
foreign silks, both on the raw mater
jul and tho manufactured article.
'rln consequence was the irarne.li 4 y,
revival Of the SILT trianafaetnfe. INC
experience of France il tile saiic.I
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INGERSOLL ON LINCOLN.
The Eloquent Infidel EulO?izeS the
Martyred President

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The same portly, sturdy, yet elc-
giant and impressive figure; the same
high, broad, polished forehead, but
with tho silver of time touching more
deeply the few remaining locks; shc
face genial, yet commanding, kindly
in it's full roundncss, but firm in the
manner in which the lips met and
the laws set and the head is poised
when he sets forth thought that
would have led him to the scaiold
200 years ago.
Robert G.. Ingersoll was the same
man as he stood before Az audience
that filled the National last evening
as the man who had stood synony-
nous for ovor a quarter Of a CENTURY
with American free thought; fierce in
denunciation, bold in assertion,
boastrul is discourse, magnificent i'll
manner, logical i'll reasoning, uospar-
ing in criticism, tender as 81 .mber
song one moment, relentless rs a
tiger the next, witty and .lroll, pa
thetic and persuasive, now lampoon-
ing with pitilesz scarcasm, nov defy
ing with AL oloquence that sways and
masters and carries men by its own
force to his own convictions-hc is
"Pop" Bob.
Time seems to do only one thing
with the great agnostic, aside from
the slight impress It has left upon
his physical self. His face is a won
derlul example of how the ntclIcctu-
al will dominate the material. There
is nothing OF the grand ;.bout his
features as there was in the counten-
ance Of Webster, as in that of Glad
stone, as shone from Napolcon's face,
or is seen to characterize and mark as
distinctive tho faces of history mark
crs and world rulers in general. 1t
has. no great character protnberanc
es, no deop-set eyes, overhanging
brows; no massively ambitious nose,
no majestic stamp of sublime ogotism
or power. On the contrary, his face
in repose is as rotund as pumpkin
fed schoolboy's, as rosy az an apple
when he smiles, with no distinguish
ing feature except-watch him close
ly, and you will see the lines Of
thought that years of study have left;
look at MIN steadily for two minutes,
and his countenance seom to bsam
with light such as never radiates
bnt from those whose lives have been
spent in the pursuit either of high
ideas or the development Of the in
tellectual or spiritual nature. Ii
PEASANT, his resemblonce,to ex-Speak
err Reed is in many respects striking
lngersoll will live in American
history as one of the greatest of
American orators, and as man
whose hold upon the masses and COM
mon people leads to species OF idol
airy.
The audience of Wednesday even
ing was an immence one. Down
stairs was the first quorum of Dem
ocratic Congressman that has assem-
bled in a week, and many of the
osttlistingnished people Of the city
stood patiently in the jamning line
in order to hear him. But his true
worsliipers wore in the galleries.
When his familiar figure emerged
from the galleries sent up shout
which slrowndcd tile glovc-dea,lend
#plaudits Of the parqnette. He had
carcely finished his first sentence
not specially remarkable one---
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The Silver Dollar,s History

The sil7er dollar is always being
discussed in the journals. Some OF
the facts concerning it are Of inter
est. Here is it's chronological histo-
~: Authorized to be coined, act Of
April 2, 1892; weight, 4l4 grains;
fineness, So24 Weight changed:
act of January Is, 1887, to 327.1-2
grains. Finencss changed, act Of
January Is, 1887, to 900. Coinage
discontinued, act Of February, 1873
Coinage reauthorized, act Of Februa
~, 1878. Amount coined from
March, 1878, to December 81, 1887,
s2S3, 295, 1856. Total amount coined
to December, 81, 1889, 1857, 800,
239.
The first silver dollar was put into
circulation in 1893. at was a crude
design says historian. Son the
diverse, or face Of the coin, was i'm
printed the head of young lady,
whose hair was flowing to such an
extent that she looked as if overtak-
EN- in fierce gale OF wind" In l796,
Congress steppted in 70 the aid Of the
typical damsel, and tied her hair up
with a bit Of ribbon. The fifteen
stars were after this reduced to the
original thirteen, in recognition Of
tho thirteen states. In 1896 tho
design was again changed, and the
silver dollar bore the figure of a
woman in flowing garment. The
designer neglected to put on the
thirteen stars and the coinwas called
in. Any one now in possession Of
one Of these dollars has a valuable
souvenir. The new design had the
lady surrounded by the stars.
The dollar of 1888 was tile first
artistic piece Of silver coined by the
United States mint. In April, 1864,
the first dollar having the legend "1n
God We Trust was coined. In
1873, the era of what was called .the
trade dollar, of 900 fneness, began.
That troublesome coin arm its erran-
tic cource in five years. In 1878, the
liberty dollar made its appearance.
Miss Anna w. Williams, a teacher
in school in Philadelphia, sa. for
the portrait. her profile being tl.al
considered the most perfect obtaina-
bic. Her classic features still deco
rate the silver dollar Piftsbuly
Dispatch
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Cot. C. EesEARs will shortly pub
lish new paper in Louisville, which
will be known as the Louisville Man.
ufactursr. 1t will be a business
journal. and will also discuss the
programs Of parties and politicians.
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Carr. .Ioas 2. SuSsrEY, of Mari
on, Virginia, was unanimously elect
ed by the Legislature Judge Of the
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit, to sue
coed Judge Jno. n. Kelly. present
incumbent.
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islainre, which appeals to us for the
same reason impelling
Tnr STaTE's cham
pionship of the medical examiners
law. Il is the bill introduced by Dir.
Fentress for the creation Of a board
to examine applicants for license to
practice law. Tho measure is essen
TALLY in the interest Of the people.
An incompetent lawyer, a quack
lawyer. can cause man to lose his
home or his property right in the
swinkling Of an eye, can rob him IN.
der cover Of the Law, can embroil
him in unnecessary litigation, and in
short, can ruin him. The measure
should pass promptly. Richmond
!! State.
| The Posr does not think that the
bill is at all necessary, nor wise.
Under the present system of liccns-
ing attorneys, the applicant must
stand an examination before two
Judges Of the Circuit Court, or be-
fore two Judges of the
Court Of Appeals, and
| it does most certainly seem that this
new bill is reflection upon our
judiciary. 10 look at the matter in
another light, the Judges control the
examination at any rate, as they can
appoint such lawyers as they choose
to examine the applicants. 1t does
seem that this humbuggery of So
called protecting the poor man is be-
ing carried too far. The rich man,
the old man, the infant and the luna
tic are AZ much liable to be imposed
upon by a designing attorney as the
poor man, so that is ali mere non
sense. If a qualification of an sx-
traordinary kind is required of the
young man applying for admittance
to the Bar, a qualification of a
most extraordinary kind should be
required before man attempts to
edit \ newspaper, or engage III any
other business.
WHY not have law passed whereby
editors Of newspapers shall stand an
examination, or coal operators OF
anybody else. Thorc would be
about as much sense in it as, having al
applicant for admission to the Bar, sc
through the ordeal of perhaps hav-
ing some "shystcrs" who have pick
ell up enough law since their admis.
sion to ask questions they don't know
themselves. \ novice might be evel
SO well qualified, and ever so well
grounded in the principles of the law,
but when examined id open court, he
would certainly have to be possess
ed Of wonderful nerve, to retain half
he knew, when he entered the court
room.
1t is to be regretted that we have
80 many incapable lawyers, SO many
sharks. And if the Legislature can re-
form the instincts implanted in the
heart Of man, it will have accomplished
wonders. There are as many shys-
tors in the ranks of the very bost
legal equipped lawyers, as there are
in the ranks OF the unfortunate class
who do wrong through moro igno-
rance and the question resolves itself
to the case of between "the devil and
the deep blue sea-" 1t is to be re-
GREETED that we have 50 many incom-
petent men as mombers of the Bar,
but this bill does not give the rem
edy.
1t would he better to have stand
ing Board of Law Examiners" with
Judge Ran Tucker and John 3. Min
or OH the board.
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THE INTER- MON 7,
FlRSY-CI7 \,
B:A z....:|
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HOTEL,

keep constantly on hand pure Rye and Bourbo
from ST SO up to So. 90 per gallon; Brandes fro
So. 90 per gallon; North Carolina Corn Whi5kei
to So. SO per gallon; Wines OF all kind from $50
gallon; also agent for two Of the Largest Distl.
country. Ice cold beer on draft, and also hotde
on hand. We also keep first-clasS line q 7
Cigars. Fresh Meats, Oysters and rlSh always
A1lorders by Mail, or otherwise. whom acco
caeh viii, receive special attention, and prices wi
as if YOU were here in person.
ea-whskIes for medical purposes specially.
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THE Posi- this week contains a
letter from MIR. Walter r. Addison,
in answer to an editorial in last
weeks issnc, in regard to free coal
and iron-ore.
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Judge the future by the past" is an
old and trise saying, and what bsfell
England and France under the pro-
tectivc system will be the lot Of
America. Theory is good, and when
VS. have the theory demonstrated il
is an absolute and final disposition
Of the argument. Thus much FOL
protection, the foundation stone upon
which the Republicon structure o.
principles is erected; and which they
are warmly advocating today, and
upon which they were so disastrous|y
defeated by Grover Cleveland, and a
tariff for revenue platform in the last
presidential race.
Placed in power for tho avowed
purpose OF reforming the tariff, and
wiping out every line Of the
fraudulent Mckinley bill, the Dem
ocratic party ia met on the threshold
/ just as they begin their work of re-
form, by Democrats protesting with
Republicans against the result Of
their labors, and for what? Simply
because they want to change their
cry, and their creed, when they find
that protection for projections sake
re6lls their Golfers. Yea, it is admit
ted that it fills their Golfers, and
empties those of the laborer and
poor man, and for that reason the
PesT is unaltcrsble opposed to it. II
is not Democracy, for Democracy is
in favor Ct no discrimination in favor
of one set Of men against those OF
another
The argument of the Posi- is that
the WTiIson Dill liz an admirable ono
and is paving the way-rcmoving
tho debris-for the great idea of tar.
if reform. 1t is not perfect, we adj
NIT, but it is All admirable one. Sup.
pose that svery industry wants pro
lection, and the committee pay heed
to their wishes, we would soon have
greater protection bill than Mekin-
| lev ever dreamed of in the widest
DAYS of his hallucination. Mr.. Car
negie has said that the Bill is moi
what he desired, but that it is better
for the furnaces to go to work al
once. Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt. a great
iron and coal authority, said in let
ter not long ago that for every ton o.
imported iron-ore from Novia Scotia
two would he required from his mine,
iu New Jersey, and that he was in
favor of the bill. As regards oul
furnace here in Big Stone Gap, itf
markets lie chiefly to the west Of
here, and if with all our natural adj.
vantages and proximity to ore and
coal, it can not compete with the
PENNSYLVANIA furnaces, it had better
blow out.
AS regards the policy of Demo
Gratis joining with Republicans in
protesting against Democratic
measure, all we have to say is that
those Democrats are in bad company.
and the sooner they get with good
associates the better. Whoever be-
lievcs in protection for projections
sake believes in the principles of the
Republican party, and must necessa-
rily be opposed to the author of the
Wilson Bill, who does not believe any
such doctrine.
In conclusion, it is not becoming
| nor proper in Democrats as Demo
Gratis to fight fora Republican princi
pic in the ranks of the Democracy,
If they believe in protection, then
they are wanted in the Republican
fold to lag behind while triumphant
Democracy goes marching on.
---sas,--------
| AA l.>~raAonf a,a,uorc
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Send your clothes to the City Steam
Laundry First clsss work guaranteed.
BASKETS lsays Hobssk'a Drag Store every
TusGday. 47-tf
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NOTICE.

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The Largest Single Order
of Billiard Material
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Cushions, [by Block. PATENT;
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Rubber covers;
Court Plaster, green and black;
New style chalk holders
Trianges;
Shake balls and leather bottles;
Pool pins;
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and the undersigned prepared to do any and all
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BILLIARD TABLE WORK
reasonable rates with dispatch Also and second
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Please apply to j. p. BOWEN,
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