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The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
Business Depression and Land.

SihS uA" ANAus
To the Editor of the Journal OF
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin
May I be permitted to comment briefly
on your editorial entitled "High Wages
and Low Interest"
Upon a question where the consider
alton of three factors is essential to a
solution of a problem the largest and
Hamlet is omitted from the tragedy.
for tragedy it is when labor is chron-
ically disconnected and capital waiting
for employment.
And yet the reason is not even limited
at. Why is it that the partner who
contributes neither labor nor risk, and
yet draws to himself the larger part of
the earnings of both capital and labor,
is entirely overlooked in the discussion?
While interest, which is the proper
return of capital, is abnormally low,
it surely can not be affirmed that
wages, the proper return Of labor, are
too high, especially when n consid-
ers the large number of unskilled
workers outside the labor organiza-
tions. Evidently the way to help CAPT.
tai is not by diminishing the labor wage.
The third partner, the landowner,
who controls natural opportunity, with
out which neither labor nor capital can
find employment, is able to appropriate
by the process Of rent, the bulk of the
partnerships profits. He is unneces-
sary, useless, insatiate. Interest may
fall and wages decline, but land rents
steadily advance. With speculation in
the one thing from which all wealth is
produced, by the application of labor,
the advantage must ever remain with
him who has the legal right to exact
tribute from all who must use his lots
or acres.
How long would capital continue
idle or wage arner be forced to COM
pete abjectly with each other for a
chance to work if unused land e
open to all, with no idler to absorb the
profits to which they are entitled? The
s;agle tax on land values would solve
the problem of labor and capital and
20 a long way towards solving the
problem of poverty also.
WIN. LLOYD GARRISON.
Boston, Nov. g, 1894.
Remarks.-The landowner must and
does suffer, whether as seller or renter,
in common with the industrial capital
list; for, when the profits of the latter
disappear, he has SO much the less use
fer land, and its value correspondingly
declines. Nor is the landowner i'm
mure from the effects of a rate OF
wnges that checks production and
trade; for the arrest of those move
ments means a limitation of the de-
mand for land. The utility Of land de-
per.ds on the ability to use it profitably;
and its profitable use depends largely
on the cost of labor; and this rule must
apply irrespective Of the nature OF land
tenure.-Editor journal of g.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
ELECTRICAL BITS,

On December l there were 15,772, 42s
miles Of electric conductors strung in
the streets of Brooklyn.
NINE branch offices in Cleveland, O.,
are to receive aud send their mails by
electric street cars. The bags (closed)
will be carried in the space at the front
end of the car partitioned off for the
motorman.
In the ,noslrty of Chicago the cleo
trio lines are said to be seriously cut
ting into the suburban business of the
steam railways. This is especially the
cas- with the Evanston business of the
st. Louis road, and the Illinois Central
is struggling with the electric railways
running to South Chicago, Grand Cross
ing, Pullman and other South side
suburbs.
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WHO WINS THE $500?

A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, yes, wonderful
new oats, has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
$500 for a name for their lew oats;
theircatalogue tellsall about it. Farm
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown per
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons of hay from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; 1l2 bushels
corn per acre in a dry season, and 1,161
bushels potatoes from two acres.
IF o WILL CUT THIS U N SEND 1T.
with 1Oc postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you
get free their mammoth catalogue and
apackage of above $500 PRIZE OATS. [K]
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to Its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
How They Do 1t in England.

The latest contribution to the in
justice produced by the new death
duties. IF a butler inherited 81, 600
from a millionaire he would pay $50
death duty; but if a millionaire inner
tied Ell, 900 from his butler he only paid
800" A Mr.. Thomas Bowles is re-
sponsible for this discovery.
EDITOR TAXATION STUDIEs-Dear Sir:
After reading the above clipping that
l have culled from a Glasgow paper,
you will observe that our methods of
taxation are more scientific than those
in vogue in New York state.
NORMAN McLENNAN.
Presumably the discrimination in
the rate is intended to discourage SER
wants from the bad FORM of leaving
their savings to their employers.-ED.]
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
Out in h Cold.

Political candidates may be unexpectedly
left out in the cold when the returns come
in, but people who elect to use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia, liver, kidney
complaints or nervousness, are never left in
the cold or elsewhere. Well may physicians
lend their unqualified sanction to this time
honored and unfailing medicine.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

BUNCnING Their Romarks-The suburban
lite who had been waiting atthe static for the
gates to open was preparing to grasp a big
and cumbrous bundle of luggage in such a
way as to lift it When the sarcastic traveller
near the radiator rcmarked: That isn't
exactly what you would call an easy-pick-up,
is it," 81 think, sir replied the suburban
lite, eying him sharply, You will find Pm
able to budget."-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

AT the Money Changer's.-Lieutenant-
"What! you demand Is per cent. interest for
three monthss Don't you blush to own the
fact?" Banker--"I change money; color
neverv'-Memorial d'Amient.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

A MUSTARD plaster is not a very poetic
subject; but, all, how warmly it appeals to a
mans feelings!
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

"IM q little worried about my wife, and
would like to have you run up and see her"
allowed me to leave the house without ask
ing for money."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

DISTRACTED Mother-"O Johnl John!
Como quic1l Jamie's fallen in the we'll"
Farmer Tightphist-"Great Scottl I'll get
him u It's the only good well on the
plaee."-Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

mo, thank you, I've got some of my
own" said little Tommy, politely, as the
contribution-box passed in front Of him on
the occasion of his first visit to church,
Chicago Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
hermit absolute possession OF

WE permit absolute possession Of
the soil OF our country; with no lega.
rights to existence on the soil to the
vast majority who do not possess it. A
great land-holder may legally convert
his whole property into a forest or a
hunting ground, and expel every hu-
man being who has hitherto lived upon
it. In a thickly populated country
like England. where almost every acre
has its owner and occupier, this is a
power of legally destroying his fellow
creatures; and that such a power
should exist, and be exercised by indi-
viduaIs, in however small a degree, in
dicates that, as regards social science.
ne are still in q state Of parbarism.-
Alfred Russell Wallace.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

AUNTs-'Is your sister improving in her
poopio MT aa door i haVe decided in not to S1 @ov ahs
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

FIGG-"They say that BALDWIN is quite i'll.
Do his friends have grave fears about him?"
Fogg-''I think their fears extend beyond
the grave."-Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

CARE you superstitious, MIR. %Spiffkins2'
"Well-I think it bad luck to be run over by
q cable car."-Harper's Drawer.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

TEAcHER-"Why did you hit Willie
Winkum with a stone?" Little Johnny
'He-he got mad and looked as if he'd like
to hit me with something, so 1 JUS chucked
the stone over to him, so lie. could throw it
ut me-"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

"YoU lave been living abroad" asked
Mrs. A. Eyes, indeed" said Mrs. B.; sin
Paris, too. We're regular Parasites"
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

A MANS curiosity never reaches the
feminine standpoint until some one tells hin
his name was III yesterdays paper.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

How did Smith happen to get such a big
literary reputationa" "Criticised 'Trilby.'"
Atlanta Constitution.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

a FRANKFORT man has written a farce
comedy called Vaccine" It ought to take.
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

A DAKOTA court is struggling with a pris-
oner named Szczyz. We don't know what
he is charged with, but from his name we
suspect it is soda water.-Chicago Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

THREE policemen stood around the fallen
man. 81 think we ought to get an ambul-
ance for him." said one. CAL right" said
another. "Let's club together" And it was
done.-Harlem Life.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

WE don't know what we can do till we
try, and then we frequently find that we
cant.-Puck.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

BARoN-"My former coachman was drunk
every other day. Are you sobers" Coach
man-"Oh, very oftep.H-F!iegende Batter.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

spirits this evening. My boy has passed his
examination!" The Earl -"Well, 1don't see
anything in that. So has mine" Mr.. Good
child -"Er-Indian civil!" The Earl-"No;
bankruptcy !n-Punch.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

A FACT-It a room any cooler
to put O frieze around the walls.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

One Ought to have dates at ones finger
ends, steilg they grow upon the palm.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

sWoMAN," said the sentimental boarder,
who is unmarried, of course, woman is the
sweetest fruit of Civilizations eyes, as
scented the cheerful idiot, ''she does make a
a great jam at the bargain counter."-Cin
cinnati Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
NEW York. Dec. al 1904.

EDITOR TAX REFORM STUDIEs-Dear
Sir:-Permit me to, suggest that to re-
form taxes is impossible. The '"wick.
eldest" mar in New York may be re-
formed by a change of heart, or rather
of brains; but an institution that is
vicious, can not be reformed, it has
neither heart nor brains to change, it
must be abolished.
That taxation is essentially wicked,
vicious, immoral, anti-social, whatever
you choose to call it, impossible for a
consider the matter. For two men to
compel another man to contribute to
pay for what the two want and the one
doesn't want, would not admit of de-
tense were not our wits stupefed bs-
familiarity with the universal outrage
Nor is there are any ground rent
fund, appropriated by any supernatu-
raj being, to this purpose. If a COM
munity of free men choose to proper
ton their contributions to the alleged
value of the land held by them, it may
be a good way to do, but for the
stronger to seize the surplus of the
weaker, on the plea that their land is
more productive, is quite i~ndefensible
by any one who regards honesty as a
necessary social development.
More productive? How do they know
it is more productive? Let them get
to work and use their Drawn and their
brains to make their own land as pro.
ductive-if not of wheat, then of coal,
if not of timber then perhaps Of clay.
To tax anything is robbery, to tax
land values is premium on incompe-
tency in developing land values.
JOHN BEVERLY ROBINSON.
TT seems to the editor that the
words "their land" beg the question at
issue. If the rent of the land really
belongs to the individual of course it Is
robbery for the community to take it
without his consent, whether for taxes
or anything else.
The last paragraph but one, shows
that Mr.. Robinson fails to appreciate
that it is only natural OF 'ssite" values
and not the value given by sbrawn
and brains" which constitute the rent
al value of land to be taxed by the sim
o1n tax
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards.
If you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JOHN SEBASTIAN, Genl Pass. Agent, c., r.
l.. & R'y,, Chicago, you will receive post
paid the slickest pack of playing cards
you ever handled. Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them free.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

SO many women owe their beauty to DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and, face radiate from the
common ~center-health. The best bodily
condition results from good food. fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious use
of the prescription"
If there be headache, pain in the back,
bearing-down sensations, or general de-
bility, or if there be nervous disturbance,
Prescription" reaches the origin of the
trouble aud corrects it. 1t dispels aches
and pains, corrects displacements and cures
catarrhal inflammation of the lining nlefu-
branes, falling of the womb, liberation, IL
regularities and kindred 1naladies.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

Actors, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

SU1ToR-'I lave come to ask for your
daughter, sir.' Father-s'Take her, young
man. You are the only one who wanted
more than my daughters and."-Syracuse
Poct
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16

WIFE (severely)-''Id have uknow, sir,
that l always keep my temper" Husband
Of course you do, and l wish to goodness
you'd get rid of it."-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1895-03-16
ON THE ROAD

needs, regulating,
strengthening and cur
ing the arrangements
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
Highest of all Leavenng PowerLates u S Govt Report
&<!aa!!! q! Rs;kIisi! &c.
ABS0HWTEHX PURE

conduct In Office made before Judge Pryor in
the Court of Common Pleas yesterday. Cohen was
accused OF having retained $50 80 collected on an
execution His defence was that suit had been be-
gun by Mrs. Koehrlng against him for the money.
and that he willing to pay the money II or
dered to do so by the Court The suit brought
only the previous day. Judge Pryor said the
clear conspiracy. and made out order
for Cohens peremptory removal Cohen has Until
to-day to file afiida Wits.
President Wilson of the Board of Health has
drawn up n set OF resolutions which he Will sub
NIT to Mayor Strong next Monday. The resolu-
tions rec ommend that of the city be
taken each year. They adopted by the Board
OF Health at It's meeting Wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
WHAT Il GOING ON TO-DAY.

Iexov Committee OF Ten conference 'n""'"''
OF Commerce rooms. 10 n. m.
Tea in aid OF Baby Fold. Hotel waldorf 10 !
p ,,
Assembly committee on Brooklyn trohey s''Ae'
Meeting of the Lotos Club, evening.
St Valentines kettledrum in aid or Saniari'a"
Home for the Aged. Sherrys, afternoon ana even
ing. ,o
Blaine Republican club housewarming' NO -
West Twenty -fourth-st.. p. m
University club reception for Frederick Nilhers'
p. m ~ .
Ncw-York Fencing Association contests no Z
East Forty y-nfth-st.. =. m
Lecture by r. Humphrey Ward Metropolitan
Museum OF Art. II a.
Rapid Transit Commissioners. l2o p. m
Twenty-thirl Regiment Athletic Association
games armory, BROOKLYN p. m.
Free lecture by C. II. Govan. Cooper Union.
p. m.
The Uermits' minstrel entertainment. Lenox ly-
ceum. p.
J. s Howell before MONDAY prayer meeting. No.
1l3 Fulton-st.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
?. u. YCENGLTNG MUST SrLyD TRItL.

The OF Thomas 5. Holmes banker and
broker at No. 67 Broadway against Frederick d.
Yuengling on a charge OF feonlous assault came up
for examination yesterday afternoon before Justice
Ryan in tho Ycrkville Police Court. Both the COM
plainant and the defendant were on the stand I'm
turn and told over again at great length the story
OF the assault Ynengling did deny that he
knocked Holmes down ". Pleyel. member OF
the New-Nork Athletic Cub the first witness
for the defence The other witnesses included a
groom, cab-driver and "A newspaper man, who were
IN the vicinity OF Burns = restaurant the night
OF January q. After all the testimony had been
heard Justice Ryan said he would alter the com
paint 10 one OF simple assault. and commit the de-
fcDdant to answer in 1900 bail. George Wood the
builder, qualified az surety for Mr. Yeunglng.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
L1TTERBACH MAKES hNOTHLE "BRhdh.

III, AND GKUDER CAST sIrRs At COLONEL.
STRONG At 4 MEETING AND THEN APOLOGIZE
The whole story OF what happened at the dinner
OF the Progressive Republican club AT the CON
cordla Assembly R0om- on Thursday nght diH NOT
get Into Fridays papers. The r"ls'n perhaps "as
that the most exciting part ~ the proceedings diI
not take place until toward III Friday morn
ing after the reporters had departed Their" were
over ~ persons present. Among ih' speakers "''"
Abraham Gruber. of the XXIlli Assembly District.
and President Edward Lauicrhach. "i 90" N'iHb"-
can County Committee. EX-Juige Jan Ihiirr-
son. Secretary job T. Hedges. Of the Mayors Once
Police Comml,s ,soncr Murray, George W. Van
maker william II. Ten Eyck chief clerk of ihe
Board OF Aldermen: Aldermen o,opr ahi "''lnin'
Uncle" George Dean and other wcI-knoNn kepHh-
licans were present some of th"-" had made
speeches in reply u sentiments proposed
Everything had gone on IN the utmost good
huinor and jolliiy until after j. g. M. ~ ~"
small hours appeared. little Abe" Gruhrr becam"
funny. He decided that he should make another
speech. but he had not gone iar Nn.n n' irsAh
and his appointments of this wr'k lie Kept ms
up some time. surring az 'oininlss i"n't f'F',Nll'i
CORPORATION Counsel Scott and th" ttfh serve"
appointments of the Mayor especially. sensible
men present recognized the want o. proplcty !"
Mayor strong were frequently hiss"i hni Grnh'r
for strong and Brookfeld to dcss' until ne had
exhausted his spleen
The episode. unfortunate rs It was. might have
soon been forgotten but for President Iauierbach
who Jumped up when GruDer sat down ana
launched into What was intended I" h" another
witty attack on the Mayor and his APPOINTMENTS
trying 10 surpass Grubcr IN cont'inptu"us REFER
enccs TO the reform municipal ADMINISTRATION
Secretary Hedges sat patiently through ulS per
formance. but when IL was ended he got up ana,
taking up the cUigels In defence OF his ci"i, Dc
livered a few sharp. cleir-cut sentences In reply
to tiruber and I.auternach. He gay" them. a spec
tator said. dressing down for their incXcushh.c
conduct such a. they viii remember ior long t.mr
as VIII also all who heard him. II was plain from
the start that the crowd with Hedges although
he the sole representative Of the ciiy aiinlns-
traiion present and they rOundly che"rcd every
point he made against Gruber and I.dutcrbtch.
when Hedges sat down nearly every man present
aroee and gave him three cheers.
Grubcr and I.autcrbach were amazed at the turn
OF the tide but seeing that there was only one
way out Of II. they arose In turn and, IN shame
faced way, acknowledged that they had been fool
ish They apOlogizcd most abjcctly. and even prom
iscd eternal fidelity Mayor Strorg's adminisira-
tion in the future. regardless OF whom the Mayor
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
TVTOy PIANO MAKERS MEET

The United Pianomakcrs Union held meeting
last night AZ No. 81 East Thirty thirdst. This
union comprises the local English, German. Scandl-
navian and Italian unions. and fully 2p members
were present. The speaking was polyglot. Jeremiah
f. sullivan president OF the English union. said 10
a Tribune reporter,
These unions. which are all open unions. have
come together with the hop" that we shall be able
T. better situation next fan. when the busy
time comes During the last eighteen months our
wages have decreased greatly. II is rtr a comb
nation against the manufacturers. our quarrel 9
with the dealers. They prefer To sell rattlctrap
piano. which they can make 2p per cent. To- q
good one. on which they only make ~ per cent II
the public wouli only learn how they are being
fooled 10y these dealers shOuld be al right We
have decided 10 charge Initiation fees to
bcrs entering the unions until May !. We want 10
get in tn" men who have deserted ranks and ~
new hands. The English and German unions had
increase OF nearly l2j members each last month.
The Italians and Scandinavians already have nearly
every man AT the trade enrolled.
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
.jOUy COPrTTT DFtD.

died at his home. No. 153 Ncpperhan-ave yesterday.
in his ninctcth year. lie was born I'm Thames. OK
fordshre. England and came 70 America In 1917.
Ting in NewYork with his parents. He first came
TO Yonkers in 1921. and Inspected the water power.
In SiJ Mr.. Copcutt established one Of Yonkers's
earliest industries. ahe manufacture of mahogany
veneers for cabinet work his mill being on tn.
site OF the old grst mill on the banks Of the NeI-
perhan. At that time h. lived In Duane-st. New
York. near Hulson-st.. and was associated with his
father In the mahogany business In 1852 he mad ,
Yonkers his permanent home. At tn, death OF his
father 'hc business was carried on by himself and
his brother Francis
In 1870 he went into the silk business In Yonkers
with his but failed twice. His later years have
been devoted 10 the care Of his property. which Is
estimated To- be worth Sc0O0 His wife and six
children survive m
New-York tribune., 1895-02-16
SHE ENDED HER LIFE WITH POISON.
SUICIDE OF MINNIE f. HAwLEY. or BROOKLYN.
AT STAMFORD. CONN.-sIiE WAS SUI
FERING FROM MELANCHOIIA.

SUICIDE OF MINNIE +. HAWLEY. or BROOKLYN.
AT STANFORD. CONN.-sIIE WAS SUI
FERING FROM MELANCHOLIA.
Police Superintendent Campbell yesterday received
a dispatch from Chief of Police bowman. OF STAN
ford Conn. stating that the body OF young
woman answering the description OF Miss Minnie
L. Hawley who disappeared from the home Of her
cousin. w. =. Knowles OF No. 1,2l+ Dean-st., on
Wednesday. had been found there. Miss Hawley
had not been seen by any OF her friends since that
day. when she left the house. ostensibly TO 80 TO
her work in NewYork. Her body was discovered
on TIE bank Of the Connecticut River. a handker-
chief bearing the initials M. +. H." was found
upon it. Death resulted not from drowning, but
from poisoning by carbo.ic acd the lips OF the
corpse were burned and the bottle which had con-
tanned the drug found lying
For weeks before her disappearance Miss
Hawey. who typewriter. had been visiting at
the home of her aunt and cousins in Dean-st. Her
relatives of late had noticed that she suffered from
melancholia. The girls mother lives at No. 80
Tompkins-ave and. so far az could be learned. her
home life pleasant The reason for her leaving
her mothers house two weeks ago and going 10 her
aunt's In Dedn-st.. the expectation that the
tives declare that she had no love affair Of any
kind but this cOntradicted by the neighbors. who
say that she engaged TO a young man on l>ong
Island. Her relatives have been 10 stamford and
identified the body The only cause 10 which they
can attribute her suicide is bad health.