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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
The Depth of Self1shness.


It has at last been determined up
in New York City that the Goulds
must pay tax on $1O, ,O00,0 out of
a $75, 200, 900 fortune, although the
members of the family fought nobly
to put themselves outside cf the tax
gatherers limit.
The young men of the family ap-
peared from the examination to be
practically homeless, while the older
one would seem to be lahoring to
keep the wolf from the door. Mrs.
Retty Green was more successful,
aud succeeded in proving that her
home was in Vermont, where she
spends as many as six weeks in the
year. Other notable discoveries
were made by the tax-gatherers,
touching the homeless condition aad
poverty of some of the alleged mill
aires of the great city. Every
where, with but a few exceptions,
there was bitter struggle. wor- by
of better cause, to dodge taxation.
Yet when a period disorder comes,
when a riot is abroad, when the
wheels of commerce are being block
ed, the tax dodgers come jumping
from their retreats and demanding
the whole costly machinery of the
MILITARY and judicial systems of the
State to protect interests which they
easily then show are vast and COM
plicated.
Is it any wonder that q prejudice
has been rapidly growing in this
country against great fortunes, that
demands have been heard from other
than socialists, that limits should be
placed to the acquisition of wealth,
which while it is disposed to oppress
the masses, absolutely resorts te
fraud and false swearing to escape
even the common burden of govern
ment which the smallest of home
steaders have to share3 Not only
this-it even refuses to pay fer an!
proportion Of the extra protection
which it frequently has to demand.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

The cause for nearly one-half Of
these is gwen as dependency. In
sane, 45e; liquor, 2ls; i'll health, go;
domestic infelicity, 2il; disappointed
love, 232; business losses, l22; the
remainder, unknown. The number
of murders shows . startling in
crease, reaching, for the year, $500.
The increase Of murders has been
steady, from the number 1867 in
1889 to Z, 800 in 1894. The number
Of murders committed in 1894 is 80
per cent more than in 1893, when
they numbered G6l5. Adding tho
murders to the suicides, the destruc-
ton of life from these two cause
amounted, for the year 1894, in the
United States, to li,7l2. This record
is the darkest in the history Of the
United States and ought forever TO
condemn the infamous system that
has caused it.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
The MORAL
SIDE OF IT.
The Single Gold STANDARD 10 q
League With Doom-"rhe
Fisnds LAugh ip
Their Glee."
AGHASTLY MARCH T0 DEATH
- srAss ssA sssss~~ ss~sSss~. vsss v~s.
ssss.' kssaAssy-ras sssssssss. s-s $50
she's nS nsse H~~s sAs p>sAsss ssss
In the History sf sas c..ss~s~...
As--y.s NIL.

Missouri weslal
Never before in the history Of this
country has there been 30 much suf-
ferng ~ within the past eighteen
months IL is worthy 20 note Also
that this has occurred in the too
yeais Of such ~onderfal production
OF all that Is calculated 60 make the
human family happy and prosper
Gus, rs to csll forth the charge Of
over-production as the only visible
cause OF hard times. No attempt has
ever been made TO show jus, Why aud
how, having too much Of the neces-
sites Of life. . people should 40 hun
cry and uhslothed. The public d. e.-
pected to take the meie sistcmcn; Ter
truth without questioning Why or
bow ii can be. Any disposition TO
doubt the truth Of such a statement
10 regarded rs evidence Of lunAcy,
and the doubter ~ nj once held up by
the hind leg 10 public contempt by .
venal press. and al the walls Of
wrath bottled from the expletives Of
the English language are poured
out on his innocent head. The one
cry that goes up ali over this land IN
for more money. The merchant can
not do business because the people
have no money to buy goods. Tho
manufacturer cannot run his factory
for the same rea-on, and thus thou
sands Of hands are thrown out Of en-
ployment, who, in turn. cannot buy
the products of the farm, because
they are out Of employment and have
no money. Thus machinery is stop
ped, labor is idle, and want and mis-
cry are increasing in the land, all
because the monetary system of this
country must rest on ultimate re-
demption Of the one thing that has
sent more souls to hell than all other
things combined-go.d. What else
could be expected from such con
dition but an increase of crimey Men
and women will not starve ~ long ~
there is plenty in the land, especially
when they feel that they are being
robbed Of their natural and God
gwen opportunities.
IAN idle brain is the DEVILS work
shop" is an old saying, the truth Of
which cannot be denied. Add TO this
idleness, which is enforced, hunger
and cold, and you have a double
incentive for crime. "Self preserva-
ton is the first law Of nature.- That
which increases poverty and enforces
idleness is . promoter Of crime. No
league with hell could more effectu-
ally advance the cause of the devil
than the wicked adoption Of stand
ard Of payment which robs the
debtor of his equity, enforces idle
ness, prostrates industry, starves the
innocent babes and drives men and
women to crime. The ghastly march
to death is shown in the following
startling statistics:
The record for suicides is higher
for 1894 than previous years. They
run as follows:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
WHAT /, noae oonOs,
csss~issd slid Co - Resdy ss nsAs A..
sshev t.sss - rsy Csrrsss Nsr~s>>s.

ss~~ssseo $3.50 se - Moody - 9aks A.
sssss t.sss - rsy Csrr~ss Espsss>s-
WssHiNGroS. Nay IS. A Cahip<s ossc~r
who called upon the President so-tsy d.,
cusss>d With him the condition Of the frsa.-
ury and the n~or>ssty for r~snefiAl artSor.
OF some kind within . very short tirne
The deficit having rrzchssi th. nfty u,iil.
ION marx Sith no rvvenue coming in. "a sss
ief that some step uo1ld have TO he taSen
oy the Administration very .oon
The Prusideut Was asked whether he
would cal an extra session He rvpsis>i
that he would not, BOT that be ~oah 30 ..
he had done on oihcf cuczslon. and An.
noancc an issue Of bonds.
Ana. We take the above despatch
from the New York X ecorier. Did
you read the CAUCASIAN OF In 81 week !.
Did you notice that we foi ecaS,
some such proceeding as thisi We
have an article this week which
shows the immense debt under which
the people are already struggling,
and Yet the Democrats Administrs.
ton is reported As taking steps 10
increase tins immense interest bear
ing debt Under such leadership
and government the condition Of the
working people is growing more
alarming and more desperate every
day. A thinking man can plainly
see what the end will be. Are YOU
thinkerf DO you see nv
Cleveland has already ISSUED one
hundred and sixty two million dol
lars Of bonds. He is increasing the
national ebt at rate that 10 awful
TO contemplate. He is q Democrat
This country may yet belong to
the people if they will take control
OF it. II they want to give il into
the hands of shyiocks and money
sharks, these shyIocks &c will surely
take il. What are you gong 10 do
about it'll You have had Republi-
can rafe many years. You have had
Democratic rule for the past two
years. What do you want nexif
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
THE CAUSE OF CRIME.
Results of the Present Fiendish Struggle
For Existence.

Results of the Present Fiendish Struggle
For Existence.
Peninsular Farmer.l
There is no religious work to which
man may apply himself, more prom
ising of great results for the king
dom of God than that of abolishipg
poverty through the substitution of a
fraternaI Cooperative Political and
Industrial System for the present
fiendish competitive struggle. Nine
tenths of present ignorance and vice
and crime could be abolished IN a
very few years if grinding poverty
did not drag men down on one hand,
and excessive luxury debauch them
on the other. The very rich-and
those possessed of the low ideals of
mere ease and luxury and pride, to-
gether with the very poor, those be-
reft of education-of hope and ordi-
nary decencies of life, are the classes
that furnish the most demoralizing
elements of society. So far as the
production of life's necessities are
concerned man has passed beyond the
fear of want. But alas, the prizes
of civilization are all owned and con-
trolled by the few who for the most
part use them to grind the faces of
the producers that themselves may
revel in luxury. In the face of uni
versal plenty we see famine and
starvation haunting the lives of mill
ions of our most hard working citi
zens. On account of the monopoly
of all the leading industries of life,
it is fast becoming impossible for a
young man or woman without wealth
or influence to get a start in life at
all. The desperation and hopeless
ness that this condition breeds is the
parent of most of our immortality.
With the ballot in the hands of the
people, there. is the popular response
bility for the nature of government,
and christian citizens have here a
religious duty that cannot be shirked
with impunity. The abolition of in
voluntary poverty can be attained by
the abolition of the old parties and
the putting into place and power of
of the new party of the people that
has for its objective point the aboli-
ton poverty. For this, study and
vote
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

Il undertake to affirm, without
fear of contradiction, that . paper
issued by the government with the
simple promise TO receive it for all
dues, would be as uniform in its
value as the metals themselves."-
John G. Calhoun.
'NOur government cannot make it
fat equivalent to intrinsic value nor
keep inferior money BY its own indie
pendent efforts, nor u it justified In
permitting an exaggerating and IN.
reasonable reliance on our national
strength and ability to jeopardise ths
soundness of the peoples money!
Grover Cleveland.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
TITHiNe AGREED TO.
The Southern Baptist Cesysntsss Adsvt
the System Almost CasaimsasIy.

The Southern Baptist Cosventtes Adept
the system Almost UasaimeasIy.
In the South. IN Baptist conven-
ton At Washington the report Of the
committee on tithing was presented
by DR.. r. NJ. Ellis, Of New York. II
referred to the great financial en-
ban assment Of the Southern Bap-
tist convention. and concluded -
follows. "Your committee recon-
mend the adoption OF the tithipg
system, and that our several state
conventions, district associations,
pastors, churches and missionary So
cieties give active corporation in
their efforts to educate our people in
paying systematically to God not
less than one-tenth Of their income
The report was adopted.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
EDITORIAL.

Na.rr are nearly one hundred
u.u-aud people out on strikes- Ia
.r. Rhode Island more than nine
.,and factory hands have 10 en-
pu,ment, and hundreds Of thousands
... dI, elsewhere. notwithstanding
facts, some mills are proclaim
u. that they are advancing wages
Wa rIl you agair, these fellows will
t, ANYTHING TO fool you. BY MAX
u.a little raise for the few people
rr,y have at work, they hope to cre-
100. .ue impression that good times
m. coming back. All right. If
,.u are fooled, it will be your own
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
DEBT AND SLAVERY.


Nat. Reformerl.
debt" is little word of four let
ters, but it's significance is awful.
Debt, in its broad and literal sense,
means slavery. The chattel slave
owes all over a bare living to his
master. The debt slave can hardly
be said to owe less to his creditor,
who therefore becomes his master.
SO destructive is usury Gnterest,
that Napoleon. while studying a
compound interest table, remarked
that lit was wonder it had not de-
stroyed the world" So great was
the sin of usury' or interest that it
was strictly forbidden in the Mosaic
law, and is nowhere countenanced
in the Bible. For thirty years he
usurer has been stealthily spreading
his net of debt over the people of
this country. All this has been ac-
complished under the plea of IAN
honest dollar" and ''the rights of
property"
In vain have few men lifted up
their voices in behalf OF the rights of
human beings. Flesh and blood have
become cheaper than property. The
"sacred rig hts Of property" now is
as potent as the cry of 1.-The divine
right of kings" during the dark
ages.
Under the specious plea of pro-
tecting the rights of creditors and
maintaining the "public faith" the
most outrageous wrongs have
been committed against the people
Money and all forms of indebted
ness have more than doubled in
value, while a corresponding decline
in all classes of productive property
and of labor has taken place. Meb's
equities in property have been
squeezed into the mortgage and
thousands of homes thus been lost.
While our crops for years have been
abundant, the people have been
sinking deeper into debt, until it can
almost truthfully be said we are a
nation of slaves. An able writer re-
Gently summed up the situation in
this country as follows:
"What has been the result of our
worship at the shrine Of usury and
inveighing against public ownership
and operation Of the instruments of
production and distribution as soci-
alistic7 The United States experts
tersely tell it as follows:
Mine per cent. of the people OF
this nation own II per cent of the
nations wealth! This is the pluto
cracy, or the very rich-the bond
holding class.
"Twenty-one per cent. of the pop.
ulation owns 20 per cent. of the
wealth! This is the burgeois, OF
the middle class rich--manufactur.
ing and commercial class.
Seventy per cent of the popula
tion owns only 9 per cent. Of the ma
tons wealth! This is the proleta
rian population, or the producing
class the producers of all the
wealth!
| ''Here is another view of the stu
alton. It is the bonded Indebtedness
of the people, upon which interes
| is exacted:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

When the old partyites and pluto
Gratis can't meet anything with argu-
ment, they resort to abuse. They
have failed to make an impression
on Coins Financial School," by
argument, although they have writ
ten dozen replies to it. Now, they
have begun 70 "cuss it ut That's
all they can do.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23
Appalling Total. ......... .s45, 339 9SS 7O4 90
This monstrous debt draws ar

Appalling Total. ....-.... .S45, 1886, ,9S8. 100
This monstrous debt draws an
average annual interest of about 6
per cent, making about So, 900, ,OOO,-
900 of tribute to the dragon of usury.
The bonds are mainly held by the
plutocracy, or the per cent. of the
population previously referred to.
The payment falls entirely upon the
proletarian population-the 20 per
cent. mentioned. The middle class
rich, which apparently pays some of
it, shifts it over on the producing
class. This $4,000, 100000 annual
usury account, understand, is the un-
mixed stealing-tbe dividends and
enormous salaries to figureheads are
mot included neither are the mill
ions paid to the attorneys. Un ted
States Senators, representatives and
State legislatures and the national
committees of both old parties, which
Is given as operating expenses In
their reports.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

We told our readers some time
since that the Reform Clubs"
Honest Money Leagues" &c would
buy up the old Demo- Republican pa
pers, and have them sending cut "gold
bug" literature. About one thous-
end Of these papers have ben fixed
You will begin to see them il this
State soon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

II begins to look as though the
gold bugs will make a bluff on the
financial question by inaugurating
another international conference
scheme There have been several of
these conferences, and no sensible
man ON earth can think of them with
amy other emotiors than those of
rIdicule or disgust.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

There are nine prominent nations
that use silver while only three use
the gold standard. The silver using
nations are - folIowE =.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

Out of 729 delegates 10 the Cook
county Democratic convention in
Illinois, only 23 voted ag ainst silver
Yet, well bet that there will be big
fight in the National Democratic
convention butween the gold bugs
and sllverites. with chances in favor
OF tbe gold bugs.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

silver lonacy' is the new term
Vi Tie cd gold bugs for the great
"-u sweeping silver movement. They
can I argue against it. Therefore
'hey abuse it. See?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

Continued on fourth pags.)
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

lContinued on Fourth Page.l
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

II people would brush the cob
WEI" n prejudice from their eyes,
the5 Would sro from events now oc-
cum &, hat The orly principle of
W" 2rgcy Is 'llice holding and
"sppls"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

The total amount of gold in the
world amounts to about $3.50 per
mead for the worlds population.
Just 'hirk Of this, ard you'll begin
TO size where the gold bugs (whc now
nave II % y want to put the people.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

What is sauce for the goose is
sauce for the garder" is not a pro-
verb hich finds favor with old
moss back Democrats neither in
North Carolina, nor South Carolina.
II they can not rule and -gobble ur
the spoils, they would like to destroy
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-05-23

While the old gangs ave split all
to pieces on the financial question,
the Populists are moving along uni
'edly and harmoniodsly. They are
gaming recruits every day, and if
every man will do only half duty, the
country is theirs in 80.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01
SILVER.
EDISON ELECTRIC.

IN rs circular asking the stockholders Of the
Edison Electric Illuminating Company OF New
York for authority 10 create mortgage OF Sl9-
100 900 there are furnished figures indicating the
larger growth II the company's business ana
earnings n comparison with the increase IN cap-
Ia invested. The changes IN the last year WERE
Year cud'g Year endg Inc. in PC.
Dec 81 % Dec n 80. year. nc
Gross siiGi33G Sl.2i532i SILL ~
Ss5 5,i"ni ne, 10 gro., s " ~
Capital s,ks. and hos. ~ $4,000 ll.JD0.1Jb 1'o"n
The changes in nye %ears have been:
Year end'g Year end'g Inc. in re-
Dec. 81 "a Dee 81 50. ears: In
g. ,s;n'a rs, =, .. 'e'Sa$ s52' s; AZ sie- 90
T Sf,n net 70 fos' $50 s 1240s c 4s4 s
"a pi;a DDS and siks. 1c 10000 3ooODD 92jG0oo JOS
The increase in net earnings in five gears o.
537 per cent, when capital increased only 3OS per
cent, IL claiI1ed 10 prove that as new cdpita
has Deen employed and .hc business OF the COM
pany conducted on larger scale, the greater
has been the prOportiOnate economy OF Operating
aad the larger the percentage OF net returns ana
this notwithstanding the fact that consideraDlr
portion Of the recent capital has gone int" iamu
and buildings which 49, yet are only partially
utilized
whe mortgage proposed will authorizc the re-
,entlor 81 IS 800 900 bonds in the treasury for
future use 10Y nea construction anu acqu.st!on
but they nav rot be issued 10 an exten' exceed
ing 81 900 600 In any year. and the nrst Issue
sh;!i no, be made before January ], lSoo. ohy
81 $50 900 nea bonds are 90 be issued im'leu.
ata., 10 reimburse the company ior HH"i P"3 ,
Inents on IT'S Harlem and Manhattan c'ihpnheH
pur,baee and 10 provide funds for III" constrnc-
lion renuIren:cnts 81 the present year Inc
stockholders will meet on May /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01
LEH,GH VALLEY RAILROAD.

Stations ioOI OF Cortiun.i' i,hd ucsb'oss"" u.s.
500 4. VI. dauy Tor MACCu tHL Nk AMI inie ned'Ats
aiat 1890.
Su5 4. VI. daily Tor GENEVA. ROC HESTER BUT
FAIO Mag NItA FALLS. PENSION lttliltiI AZ !
NE West and principal ana local points; du.nS car -
Pullman h"stl!uIc Sleeper g. chicago
ii,iO \. VI. daily for MAUCH CHUNK ana ntesme
points Connections Tor Reading and la r.sbutS
1 400 Il. 81. daily. except SUNDAY, for ELMlltA ana al
atIioHH connections for lOttsNe ana head
char-cnr g.. Mlk"siIftr ..
IiIO y. ~. day. except sunday. for l.. and u JUNG
TON and PRINCIPAL intermediate stations Pullman buHe
parpg-car to MIX, dare cVnrcons for PgttsyHlc -,
t:2O y. VI. dAilS. "Acevt sunday. ior SOUTH F'AN'
FIELD and intermediate stations.
5t5 4. drily 'or EAsToN and inicrmfdlate stations
GOO H. VI. daily Cor 49, FfAlp. NIAGARA rAll.S
and all points West Pullman Sleeper Nestlnuled train
New York t. Chicago, Sleeper TO iiuHdlo ana 4orohto
connections u Reading and HARRISBURG.
$50 u VI. daily except sunday for Easton and INFER
mediate static
O,OC 4 VI. daily f,r ITHACA. GENEVA RocHEs.
TER BIFFAIO NIAGARA FALLS and al pon's
West. Pulma slecpers to Chicago AMI buffalo Chair
Wilkest'Lfe 80 an, M,
Tickets and Pullman acc"mmod1iors ~ 80. 2Gl ph
and 3"3 Broadway. ~ East lith So. 10 East 10Th -
New York SEQ Fulton St. Court S. 30 Broadway AMI
f;rooi,lvn hnneV t~Hpltvn. y Y
Yo-, Tnn-fer O.. VIII call fnr ard check bag
rae" from hotel residence through 10 dest nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01
Financial elections.

OFFICE or THE KEOKGK WESTERN II. r. co
kEOKlk. IOWA Mch. II, 1880
MOTTO E-Thc usual Srmi-annlal dividend or
Cent. the capital stock 81 this company
declared Of income tax. ont uf carnngs
tnayabe on the first day April at the Office of
Aesas Cuyler Morgan x Co. 81 ine-st New fotk. -
stockholders of record - the closing Of the books
The transfer books Will Doe closed at tn" close Of business
the Goth instant and reopened on TIE second day
Of April next tHAltl.tS NJ I.St.F
Treasurer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01
Dipl0cn0 Notices.

GAILATIN NATIONAL. BANK.
SEN-YORK March 9th. 1S'D.
TT'IIE DIRECTORS of this Bank have this day
i declared a dividend Of FIVE PER CENT. and an ok
ira dividend II ONE PER CENT. out Of the earnings of
past months payable and after April 9th ppX
The transfer books will remain closed until that date
ARTHUR ". SHERMAN. Cashier.
TENAS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY
First Mortgage coupons due April. 1890 vii! be
paid on and after that date by MORAN BROTHERS, CS
Wiam-si
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-01

...o-s. t.a.Ds o.. CEicaso
lO.4 SCOT ,haIbers-st., aally. follows. AND
I.lf4,-s .-rll,r from Vest I'D st
9lj ia m Iued ahpTs'' 9r fwave s s sa
paroI to buffalo.
300 & 'f AK. so afl1e sn ce for Ghi
= - a. N. Chlca-l { n. Seepers to Ch.-
.aeo. ''"'cland and CINCINNATI Dining car
63O w. S %';d e Ghaes as s b eg.
chicago and he West. Bu..ao passengers can
TemAln In sleeper until : \. NJ
S45 @ S has eec ana 10 N B@ao FAIL ali
cago and 1ncinnar Dining car
I o1AL THE TABLE. TICKETS AND PULLMAN
~ HcoomW, dAuons az III 2G' i0 and 95I Broadway.
tG ras ia'tl-st, Chambers and West 23d-s, ferries
New York ::3 Fultonst brooklyn. 200 Hudson-st 10.
l,kcn ana Jersey CITY station. Fri Transfer Company
calls fr and checks baggage from hotels and residences
ID destination