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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22
Shots from ShOCCOe

"Taxes and officials, in the last issue
of the TIMES certainly struck key
note, which should arrest the attention
of every thinking man in our country
Under existing conditions it is folly to
suppose that our present eXtravagant
system of government can be main
tanned, and it behooves every property
owner and voter in our land to medi-
tate. without delay on some means of
relief.
With half our property confscated
by vicious and corrupt legislation at
Washington, aud the same rate of as
sessment and expenditure as has char
acterized the old regime, it requires no
prophet to foresee that two-thirds of
the farming class will be bankrupt in
less than two years from to-day. Re-
trenchment all along the line must be
the watchword if we expect to keep
1.-THE wolf from the door" Now as we
are on the eve of an election for MEM
bers of new legislature. and as you
well have said, mo improvement in
these matters will ever be inaugurated
except by the people themselves" this
is our time and opportunity to lift some
of the present burden from our shoul-
ders. To do this we must elect men
to represent us in the legislature who
are capable and honest, men who know
our wants and realize our condition,
and who are too honest to be bought
by fattery, patronage. or money. We
must cease to vote for a man simply
because he wants the Office and is elev-
er enough to ''set 'ern up" for the
boys whenever called upon.
Now, Messrs. Candidates, as you
seem to think the people do not know
what tkey want Cyour silence on that
score would seem to indicate that
much). Grape Shot will presume to !
epitomize little legislation which we
shall demand at your hands. In the |
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22

first place commencing with the most
/ importantly we, the people, demand:
| A law for the reduction of at least
1 25 per cent of all official salaries, pur-
lquisites and annuities from Governor
to Constable; and all appropriations to
be made on the same basis.
A law to authorize and empower
the Board of Supervisors of every
county to consolidate the convict farm
and poor house not more than FIVE
miles from the county seat, and to
make the same self-sustaining. When
convcts become to be burden upon
the people whose laws they have out
ragged, us is the case in our county, we
begin seriously to suspect that there
is something rotten in Denmark"
law to abolish the Office of Asses
sor in each county. and ia have this
work done by two tax listers in each
district appointed by the Supervisors,
by whom the assessment rolls can be
made out in few days at nominal
cost.
A law to regulate the sale eff real es-
tate under mortgage, requiring that
all lands so sold shall lring two thirds |
o. it's assessed value, and to give the
mortgagor one year in which he may
redeem the same.
law for the relief of all physicians,
under certain conditions, practicing
their profession outside of cities and
towns.
A law for the relief Of the citizens of
Flora, by which the Supervisors shall
be required to make valid the title to
he land sold w. B. Jones.
Now gentlemen, you who are aspir-
ng for political honors, let us hear
rom you, and if you cannot endorse
he above measures, or as the Pops"
ay. something better on that line
hen all can say is you can't get the
ote of GRAPE SHOT.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22
ReplU TO "a CurrenCu,"
MADISON STATION, MISS.
February Is, 1895.

l hCoi udty 10, 1870.
EDITOR CANTON TINES,
| Dear Sir: 1 hope you will give me
space that may advocate the othe,
side of the currency from the one
taken by you under that head in your
issue of February LIST. 1t appears to
me that the article in its very outset is
calculated to mislead and confuse the
general mind on the financial ques-
ton. especially since there are so
many, thought to be great minds,
who contend that the financial ques-
ton is deep one and one that is hard
to understand, which has the effect to
drive all common minds from the in
vestigation of that question which
makes it SO much easier for the finan-
cial trickster to manipulate his wicked
plan to rob the producers of wealth.
| mean by the term wealth producers,
all those who are engaged in any nee
essary occupation. You claim in the
outset that the thing for common peo-
pie to learn is that the United States
treasury is not bank to issue money,
receive deposits and charge interest, it
simply collects taxes from the people
to pay it's running expenses. Now all
this, in my opinion, is calculated to be-
fog instead Of enlightening the COM
mon people, since it is intended only
for that class. l suppose you feel that
the other classes need no information
on that line since they are all finan-
cial successes; you have ample proof
OF the fact that they don't.
Now since your intention is to in
form the common people, which am
glad to say that 1 believe is honestly
your intention, that being the case /
am sure you will agree with me that
the best way to communicate any in
is to simplify instead of
nistify. Now to begin ON that line we
nave been advised many times, mean
is common people. that if we wanted
money we must work for it. Now /
,hink the simple thing to do while
is to inquire: "What is
money, and who or what made it, or
where did or does it originate, if it has
my origis; and second, what author
ty made or originated it?'' Next, we
want to forever settle what it was
made for, and then we want to know
I the power or thing that originated
,r made it still exists, and again we
want to know if this thing or power, ::
lad the power to make, create or orig !,
nate enough of it for the purposes for
which it was made? II they did, we
hen want to knew IL they done it, or
re they doing it, and il they haven't,
vhy don't they? If they have, what
las happeped to it; that we hear so
much about substitutes for it, or has
hat power or thing, whatever it is, ,
ound that the substitutes are better
han the money itself? If not, why do ,
hey create substitutes? There seems
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22


the best, as itappears that that power
had the power to uncreate money it
had created, and did create substitutes
in its place. You see, Mr.. EDITOR, to
simplify this thing we must get at the
facts. OF course it is implied that the
thing that created money must have
credit for its own use. Now it is i'm
portant that we learn whether it did
or not, and if it did, does it use it, if
not. why not; is also important to
learn? And when we have learned all
the above well, we common people
will begin to comprehend how it is
that Mr.. Cleveland's plan of keeping
the money. metals at a parity, don't
keep the parity.
Mr.. Cleveland knew, from the first
day he ever advocated that plan that
it would increase the distance between
the parity if he redeemed silver with
gold as he does now. But he knew
the newspapers could use it to befog
the financial question in the eyes of
the common people, and if the present
administration and Congress has at
tempted anything except deceive the
people, except to repeal the purchas-
ing clause which stopped the circula-
ton of about s54, 10000 annually,
we fail to see it. And they knew
to retire that amount annually |
Of the very money that did
our business, would Cypress all
necessary industries of our nation.
know that other than that mentioned
haven't seen or felt it. Again would
say, when the common people learn
these simple things. and they fully un-
why silver has gradually de-
,lined, and gold gradually increased
n value since 1879, when IL was 8 per
'ent above gold, they will also know
Why and how silver could be at and
lbove par from 1899 until 1873, and
hat without international agreement.
Ind let me tell you one thing that they
10 know, and that they do have use,
abundant use, for the cumbersome So
ent silver dollars, that you mention,
nd which you have so often said would
'sy as much debts, buy as much goods
s any money. and they know they
ave got enough change, as that is
bout all the kink they get. They will
now also that if the State Legislature
an make state bank money good, the
anne Legislative body could make any
hing else, that was equally secured
honey, and make it good also. It is
TRANCE that You claim this State
'ank system to be the Sub-treasury of
he alliance, except it is done by the
eople instead of the government. You
'ould have been more plainly and,bet-
sr understood had you added, for the
eneft Of the banks, and not for the
enefit OF the people. Now II all the
oters OF the county will read this arti.
e carefully and look at it with a
pirit for the mutual benefit of all we
ill be prepared to take CAREFUL notice
your article already alluded to in
he issue of February LIST, under the
cad OF "Currencv." I hope you will
'ntinue the currency question, as Il
III not down so long az it is the op-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22

P.S.-Perhaps "Grape Shot" might
add that he is not candidate for the
legislature and does not expect to be,
if he can help it. GRAPE SHor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

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liyou hesitate longer about taking this won
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Why waste time In trying I'm certain and I'm.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07
Queen "Lirs" Ahdion,inn.


Tho abdication OF Queen L~iliuokalani,
aud her formal recognition OF the re.
public OF Hawaii. which she empha.
sized BY taking the oath OF allegiance
to the new government. while an inter
estin: piece OF news cannot DO regarded
as being OF very great Importance. The
queen was deposod, and every one who
has watched the course Of events be.
lieves that the republic has come to
stay, at least until annexation TO the
United States ia secured. The abdica.
ton OF the ex.queen. therefore, was an
unnecessary performance. and nav be
regarded simply as a side play in the
opera boufIe, in which ahe has taken a
leading part.
1t i, not believed in Hawaii that the
ex-queen is sincere in her professions.
The statement that her action is only a
ruse to ecu clomency. now that she
is a prisoner charged with treason, is
probably correct. Tho treatment her
communication received a. the hands OF
the government ia an indication that
her status as q person charged with a
crime against tho state has no. boon
changed by hor course.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

The Registers Charleston dispatches
refer to Speaker Bennett" as the pre-.
siding officer Of the legislature Of 1889,
whose partisan rulings during the
g~ubernatorial contest were commented
on in speeches made in tho house OF
delegates Tuesday. Docs tho Register
desirc to snatch that laurel from the
brow of Hon. Joseph J. Woods, OF
Wheeling? 1t was Mr.. Woods who was
speaker OF tho house in that memorable
legislature, and it was no who made tho
rulings which contributed so materially
to tho counting out Of General Golf,
whom the pooplo had elected to- tho
governorship.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07
Assailju. Its own Position.

The ISrELLlGEScER has been opposing
propositions to change certain school
text books, because it would impose a
hardship upon the people OF the state,
at a time when they cannot afford the
expense a change would involve. Some
OF the books now in use, and very good
ones they are. are furnished at low
price, by the American Book Company,
under n contract made with n Dcmocra-
tic legislature; others are furnished by
other publishers.
Tue ISrELLlGEScEG was glad to motto.
some days since, that tho Register took
substantially the came view rs tho In
rKLLiGENcgRdoes against ,hs ndvisability
OF unnecessary changes, and ii the editor
OF the Register will take tho troublo>to
read his own paper. he will ascertain
that its news columns arc still support
ing that position. When, therefore,
our neighbor refers to this paper as "tho
mouth piece OF the book trust" it COOS
out Of its way to indulge in an indecent
fling, and at tho same timo assails its
own position.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07
Natura, Gas aud tho Cold Wave,

Pittsburgh is having much tho same
experience with q shortage Of natural
gas az Wheeling. Tho papers Of that
city report that the cold waye has
caused much suffering there aud in sur.
rounding towns whore natural gas il
used as a fuel. In some places the sup.
ply has almost failed, aud ono paper
says that many families arc compelled
to huddle together in ono room aud
ahiver around tho Fireplace in front OF
a blaze that, in some instances, is no
larger than a lamp light"
Natural gas consumers In Wheeling
have had similar experiences, os.
pecially during tho daytime, whom tho
scarcity OF gas has boon greater than at
night. Wheeling people havc suffered
in silence, although greatly aggravated,
for they have not been. disposed to
blame tho gas companies for what thcy
say they cannot help. In Pittsburgh,
however, the people are up in arms
against the companies, and have en-
tered many bitter complaints. They
say they are paying for wind instead
OF gas" One man is quoted as saving:
Wind Is being pumped through our
pipes. and when a little hicker of Gas
does appear it is promptly blown out by
the next blast. The pumping ia done
to force VIVA. little gas there 10 through
the pipes, and incidentally to keep the
meters going"
There is great discomfort. certainly,
about such a state OF affairs, to say
nothing Of the expense of paying 10.
something that is not received, but con-
sumers should not be hasty with their
condemnationa Of the gas companies.
1t 10 noticeable that at night, after the
hundreds OF kitchen frea in this city
have been turned off and places Of busi-
ness are closed, the gas in the dwell.
ings comes on strong enough to give a
measure OF satisfaction. This is owl
dence that the difficulty in tho daytime,
during acold wavo. 10 caused mainly BY
the excessive and unusual demand on
the supply. which is necessarily lin
tied.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07
HORRIBLE SUFFERING.
Raised from Complete Help
lessness. p
Some OF tho Dangers Which Con-
stantIy Threaten Us.
How Bad Blood md its Terrible Dis
eases Lead 10 Death.

II your blood Is bad you nre Dnyor sale. Rheti'
matlsm, cancer aud S~croiula result directly from
diseased co nditious OF the blood. and as long al
these terrible complaint, lurS In your system
you arc trcading on II volcano which may ut any
instant break forth aud destroy your lie.
Rheumatism isa most dreaded disease, be-
cause II affects tho heart and causes serious and
deadly heart complaints. II you value your life
and health don't neglect such diseases n mo-
mcnt You cannot too quickly seek rclicl'
Read the ,irightiully narrow escape Of Mr.. 7. II.
Rolcai, Of Essex junction, VI:
"For three years l was terribly afflicted with a
most severe case OF rheumatism. For twenty
three months | could not walk n step, and
never expected 10 walk or work again. ! was
completely helpless and suffered tho most horri'
bio agony,
mo man In these parts ever suffered rs | did
! took everything that l ever heard OF. but mover
found anything that did mo tho slightest good
until began the use OF Dr.. Grccnc's Ncrvura
blood aud nerve remedy,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

JrdeMeennr
wuEELlNa. FEBRUARY :. 1898.
Frce Trade Ncryc.

We're It not for the wise provisions OF tho vii,
son tariff tht tin platc workers to-day. instead
OF getting reduced wages. would be getting no
wages at all, for the Industry would not b III
existence. -RtqiSkr.
When the Register starts or n line Of
absurd reasoning it goes the whole
length, aud the above is in keeping with
It's ridiculous prophecy OF four years
ago that tin plato never could BIO and
never would BIO made in this country,
because. as was alleged, it was a physical
impossibility to make 1t here.
Perhaps, in view Of its above asser.
ton, the Register will consent to ex-
plain why it was that, il the wise pro.
visions OF the Wilson tariff" were ncces.
cary to the existence oil tho tin plate in
dustry, every tin plate manufacturer in
the country protested against their
adoption. and petitioned for the reten-
ton OF the Mckinley duty?
The nerve OF the Democratic press, in
discussing this question. amounts to
impudeuce. In tho face OF the fact
that every free trade sheet in tho coun.
try, including the Register. denounced
a duty on tin plate as an infamous tax
because it would no. BIO followed by tho
establishment OF the new industry, and
declared that America could not make
the article, they are 10Y actually claim
ing the credit for its creation. Mr..
Wilson himself was ono OF those who
had protested against any duty what
ever on tin plate; yet, when he zane to
make q tariff bill, he did not dare to
place it on the free list. The reason
was hat he was forced to admit that, in
spite OF his prophecies, a tin plate in
dustry had sprung into existence under
protection. and that to repeal the pro-
tecsive duty entirely would be to deal it
a death blow.
So high an authority as Mr.. Jarrett
declares hat with tho old tariff re-
stored the manufacture OF tin plate
would become the chief industry OF the
country, aud that the reduction in
wages was entirely due to the new
tariff. Tin plate manufacturers, who
are practical men aud not theorists, say,
the same. They do not agree with the
editor OF the Register that if it were not
for the wise provisions OF the Wilson
bill" their industry would not now be
in existence. Being in the business,
perhaps they are quite as competent to
Judge OF the effects OF the tariff on its
prosperity US is the Register man. who
is not in the business.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

Secretary Carlisle's gness that tho
surplus III tho national treasury for this
year will DO Ss22.5 SOB 900, is not treated
with much respect by the country. Tho
secretary has established for himself n
reputation as a poor guesser, and his
latest venture Ia not looked upon seri.
ously. This i%ncrndulity is especially
caused by tho fact that tho treasury
paid out in January 100000 moro
than it received.
With n monthly deficit staring him
in tho faco Mr.. Carlisle talks about a
surplus, while Senator German tolls
the senate that the deficiency in tho
treasury IL really abou! a hundred
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07
BREAKFAST BUDGET.

Virgil II. Burns, OF Oseechee. Ga,
killed q hog that weighed SS7 pounds
when dressed, and from which was
made 176 pounds Of ham, l6O pounds
shoulders. 2l2 pounds middiiug., 1856
pounds lard, 81 pounds sausage. and
about 90 pounds souse, etc, the whole
OF which was worth about So.
Four hundred and thirteen different
species Of trees grow in the various
states and territories, and OF this num-
Der sixteen, when perfectly seasoned.
will sink in water These woods OF
high specific gravity grow mostly in the
arid regions Of New Mexico, Arizona
and Nevada.
Tho deepest or cravest tone that it ia
possible for US to hear has thirty.two
vibrations pcr second; the highest, tho
shrillest, has about 10000. Mans voice
can scarcely so below Il sound that
gives l64 vibrations per second. nor
woman's voice higher than 2,0SS vibra.
lions pcr second.
The highest tide in Mystic, Ct, for
the last twenty-five years, and probably
for tho last fifty years. cams in ono day
last week. II roso above the wharves,
flooded tho streets, stopped some mills
and left boats and piles OF ice in tho
streets.
Tom Gallagher, tho hermit OF San
Clemeute island, in the Pacific, lives
almost as lonely n life ms Robinson Cru.
SOC in a hut. Now and then u fisher
man calls to get water.
Tho Maine State Floral Emblem So
cioty has received an enormous Pine
cone from tho pines OF North Carolina,
the greeting OF the southern cone to the
northern pine.
To got his governorship case in court
Captain kolb, OF Alabama, will pardon
acondemned murderer. and if the sheriff
ignores it the courts will DO appealed to.
The Salvation army held a trial in
New York tho other day Of his satanic
majesty. the devil, and tried. convicted,
and sentenced him to 1000 yeara in
chains.
A devilish having a mouth with a
lateral spread OF over fifteen feet was re.
Gently captured in the Gulf Of Mexico
about twenty milos from Brownsville,
Texas.
Civic Federation OF Chicago found
among the judges Of election appointed
in tho stock yards district II blind man
and ono who can neither road nor write.
Between tho year 1910, tho dato OF tho
discovery OF gold in California, and tho
year 1894. this country produced $780,
SOC. 900 Of gold.
Going to Chicago on n business trip,
0. o. Hartwoll, OF Nassau, n. H., be-.
came suddenly insane and wandered to
Milwaukee.
Tho wood OF the highest specific gray.
lty is tho blue wond OF Texas.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

millions, aud tho government is on tho
verge OF a financial crisis. Senator
Gorman's statement 10 moro entitled to
credence than tho aecretary's, because
1t Is based upon n condition that Ia mp
parent to everybody, namely. an excess
OF expenditures owe tho revenues, aud
Mr.. Reed "struck tho nail on tho head"
whom ho declared In tho house on Tues.
day that tho frat stop to DO taken to
cure this condition Is to mako tho rov.
onues equal to tho expenditures.
Financial schomos that involve a rcy.
olution OF tho banking or currency
aystems arc vol enough to discuss lator
on. What 10 wanted now IL roliof for a
situation. In tho language OF Mr..
Cleveland, It 10 n condition and not n
theory which conironts us.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

IT is to BIO regretted TINT tho coal mon
OF tho upper part OF tho state had no
representatives at the meeting II tho
State Coal Exchange at Huntington yos.
to-day. Tho attendance was very good
from tho other portions. Tho exchange
Ia a desirable Institution in West Vir.
GINA, representing, as it does, tho
states greatest industrial interest, and
IT should embrace all tho mines.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

Mn. REEDS coin bill proposes n simple
remedy for tho financial ailment,' but it
is not probable that 4 Democratic Con.
gross will pasa n bill introduced by Il
Republican loader, especially when tho
measure ia based on tho claim that the
revenues arc not equal 10 tho cxpendi.
turcs. That would DO n concession that
Congress- and tho President doBiro to
carefully avoid making.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-02-07

THE business men OF parkersburg
have taken united action in opposition
to tho preferred creditors bill before
tho legislature. The business interests
Of the state generally arc opposed to tho
measure. l ti,a pornicious thing aud
should DO defeated,