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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18
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WANT FACTORIES.
A Movement in that Direction Making at
Sistersville.

| A Movement In that Direction Making AT
sistersville.
Special to the Register.
sistersville, w. Va, October H.
There have been at several times eff
forts made to get manufactures Of diff
ferent kinds to locate here, but up to
date nothing has been secured. The
latest thing Of this kind is the nailmill
which Joseph Boyers and others are
trying to get to locate here. Mr.. Boy
ers left Yesterday morning for Cincin-
natl to investigate the advisability Oh
nutting in a wire nail factory and
n1ant to manufacture wire merchandise
| of another character. That this town
needs something of this kind there is no
doubt. Some of these days the oil boom
will die out of this place and then
where will it be?
Before there was any oil field here
the town was only a small flag staIlon
on the Ohio River railroad, and unless
something is done in the near future,
ii will not be much better when the OIL
boom leaves. Below this city there are
| acres of building ground which can be
secured at a very reasonable figure for
a manufacturing plant, and it behooves
the citizens of the town to get a move
on and try to secure something OF the
sort.
There are any number Of people here
who have made fortunes out Of the oil
business and upon these depends great
~ the future of the city. If they want
ii to degenerate to where it was before
all they have to do is to remain in the
comatose condition they are at present
and it will be much the same.
Not long ago Mr. John B. Hastings, OF
Parkersburg, was in the city and made
proposition to the Board of Trade that
should have been accepted. Mr.. Hast
ings has a process for making steel
from the crude iron ore that is some
thing ont of the ordinary, and had the
Board Of Trade made an effort to Sc
cure it there would have been plant
here within a short time and a large
number Of people would have been
brought to the city.
The best citizens Of the town recOg
nize now that something will have to be
done before a great while, and no doubt
within a short time an organized effort
will be made to secure manufacturing
establishments of all kinds. Induce
ments will probably be offered manu-
facturers to locate here, and perhaps
when the oil boom dies out it will still
be city of some pretentions.
All the natural advantages that could
be desired are to be had here. For in
stance: there is natural gas here in
abundance, coal Is not at all hard to get,
water is plenty, and railroad facilities
are the best. What more could be
wanted? If there is anything more
that is needed it could be supplied with
out very great eXertion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18
M5relin9 32e8isffr'
FASHIONABLE TAILORING.

We invite the public TO call and inspect
our large and handsome line OF EoTeis
ond Domestic Noolens. purchased direct
from our Eastern agent for the fine tn ilor
ing trade.
The fashionable cut and stylish appear
ance of our garments recommend lheh
selves. Prices reasonable.
our Furnishing Department is always
complete.
soc Fine NeclSwear a speciality.
We handle the celebrated Zig hinle ShiI'
500.
Just received 800 dozen of our popular
MacO Yarn 25c Half Hose.
G. HESS s. SONS,
Fashionable Tailors and Fine turnlsher s.
1921 and 1928 Market street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18

To PUSH these along we've made the prices so low that al can
reach them and help push
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18
ALSO READ THIS.

Pure Cider Vinegar at L. Spence's,
Martins Ferry, Ohio.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-10-18
THE KING LAND SUIT
Now on in the U. $. Court n Parkersburg
Before Judge jackson.
Special to the Register.

Before Judge JACKSON
Specia! to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, October IL
The celebrated land case of H. c. King
VS. n. B. Buskirk ct al, Is now occupy
ing the time OF the U. S. Court here and
is being tried by Jury which was en-
paneled yesterday Some preliminary
questions arose in regard to the sur
veyor's report and the plat, and will
be disposed of by the court, the jury
having been adjourned until the Ques-
lions in controversy are disposed Of.
The counsel engaged in the trial of the
case for the plaintiffs are Judge Stiles,
of New York; E. L. Butter.ck, of
Charleston: II. K. Shumate, of Logan
C. H., and d Twigg, of Abingdon; Va.
For the defense Hon. w. r. Chiffon,
]. A. Hutchinson, z. T. Vinson, J. A.
Sheppard, w. p. Hubbard and B. Ali
son.
Taking of testimony is now in pro-
gress and 1t IS thought the case will
consume several weeks.
In the controversy the right to a
large body of land in West Virginia.
Virginia and Kentucky. aggregating
100000 acres, 100000 being in West
Virginia, IS involved, although only a
small portion is in the present suit.
During the haring of the case Judge
Jackson will be on the bench.
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19
sabss,h-senool Convention.

Granada. Colo. October Is, lsg5.
The ProWers County SAbbAsh School
AsSociatlon met in convention in NJ. r
Church nj . p IN. with Ray. Clinton Rsi-
die 10 the chair.
After opening by song and prayer ser
vice David Barnes WAS cho.ser secretary
PRO. teFn. On motion the chAir appointed
J. G. Horn. Mrs. W. W Jooes and Mrs
d. + Cooper committee on rcpolntions
The srb;ect Of THE Art of IiIastra-
ton zss then taken up aud the various
phases discussed by different mSmbers-
After this there WAS music followed by a
general discussion led by J. B. Harvey
out q which much good vas evolved
The next subject discussed MAS ~floE
impress parcuts gith the Importance o.
Sabbath -schooi work. This was fol
lowed by general discussion.
Motion carried requesting that the pa
per on Visible Illustration be subaii.-
ted for publication.
Recess Tor s8pper.
T.s9 r. M-After prayer and song ser
vice. The One Text Book wRs discussed
by several members, after whieh tbere
was general discussion Next came
music followed by clear review ot the
topic by the president
The committee OF resolutions submit
ted the folloxinr which were adopted:
-Resolvci, That We heartily appreciate
the excellent program furnished by cur
president for this convention.
-Resoiyed, That We request the serre-
tary OF this association 10 request from
each Sabbath School in the county,
contribution TO our county work.
+Resolved that we heartily thank our
Granada friepis for their hospitality dur
ing this convention.
On motion collection wns taken to
be turned into the treasury ot the asso-
citation. Amount s1.i0 Motion carried
TO submit proceedings for publication.
Music Prayer. Adjournment.
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19
Dissolution OF PartnershIp.

Notice Is hereby given that the part
nership herr tofore existing between II.
Strain and J. w. Bent upder the firm
been dissolved by mutual consent, J. W.
Bent retiring. NJ Strain will continue
the business. assuming all liabilities and
collecting all debts due the old firm.
Dated this 9Th day of October. 1895.
NJ. STRAIN,
J. W. BENT
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19
John steele Heard From.

We clip the following from the Law-
renee Kansas World
Il. S Steele is local agent in Lawrence
for the Close Brothers land IN Goloradp.
and recently sent John NJ, hts sou. TO ex.
anime the situation. The lands are irri-
gated by the Great Amity Canal. John
writes to his father as follows.
The lands OF the Amity Canal Com
pany begin q short distance from the
Kansas line and comprise is5.0oo acres,
some OF which is under high state of
cultivation. The land la all under frri-
CATION by means Of water derived from
the Arkansas river. The river is damned
at a point seven miles above Lamar. The
locaiion Of the dam is an unusually tipa
spot for such structure The hesdgase
rests against the high rpck bluff that
forms the north bank Of the stream at
this particular point rocky banks are
the exception-a quarter of mile below
the historic spot where was located the
trading post known as Fort Bent. ard a
half mile below the wreck Of the adobe
walls Of the government structure known
as Fort Lyons. The dam is most scien-
tificaiiy constructed and turns the waters
OF the muddy Arkansas into the wide
rock-banked ditch OF the Amity Canal
company This dam psssSd through the
severe food Of - without the slightest
injury. Half mile below the dam are
the waste gates where an Ingenious ar
rangement OF food gates arranges for the
carrying of the sand with which the
river alounsis and which il not tE--r' CNis-
posed Of would choke nfs the channel 81
the ditch. Here wire stretched acioss
the ditch Indicates how much water cai1
be taken from the Arkansas prior 10 al
iowin2 the other bitches 10 take water.
The water IN all Colorado streams Is reg
ulated bs iaW and hence a priority is
an important factor in realm OF irrigation
ditches The courts determine the order
of priority and prescribe the amount Of
water which each ditch is entitled to 70
the exclusion OF bitches with later prior
lty rights. The Ainify Canal Company
ditch holds Priority No. ;, and has by
purchase Of previously acquired priority
rights virtually got an unlimited right
To the waters OF the Arkansas for the
purposes of irrigation Lamar. the cotin-
ty seat, IS rapidly gaining in population
and resources and with the beautiful
lands all under irrigation, for sale by the
AmIty canal, the homeseeker can find no
better spot TO pitch his tent aud plant
his vine and fig tree
he crops grown under irrigation and
the fruit raised in eastern Colorado un-
der this splendid system OF irrigation is
beyond the power Of pen TO describe
The above article shows the opinion Of
outsiders with regard TO our lands and
crops People from all portions Of the
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19

country have bees ettraetsi by the sue
cess that has been made 10 agriculture
and horticulture in the Arkansas valley.
Prowers county very naturally ofers the
greatest Inducements 10 hops. seekers
because she has larger body of lana
under bitches and her canals have the
first priorities
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19

g. O. Taylor Whistles. for the asea
C.. o. Taylor whistles are whoiesafr,s.
q O. r1yinf Xhiskkes Hls-ss.nfeiy .iuxe Na,,ay
G. Q. Tayior Whiskies grow IN popularity
The Lamar register., 1895-10-19
THE LAMAR REGISTER.

Eatercd a. the Psxtofser al Lamar, Colorado.
ss secsftd-class Mail Matter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
CURRENCY AND PRICES.

The following is from speech de-
ivered at Argyle, Mimi, by the Hon.
knute Nelson:
The truth is that reliable statistics
as we'll as our own experience and OBJ
servation demonstrates to us that
there is no lack of circulating medium,
that we never had a greater per capita
amount of money in circulation than
now, and that the volume of circula-
ton does not necessarily regulate or
fix the measure of prices, but that
this is now, as ever, mainly governed
by the law of supply and demand.
The same currency buys bushel of
wheat at so cents and bushel Of po-
tatoes at the. same price. At this
figure wheat is Vry cheap and pota-
toes very high. The one product is
overplenty, the other overscarce. And
this makes the difference, not the
volume or the quality OF the curren-
cy. There is an undoubted lack of
currency among our farmers in many
localities, especially in the upper
country, but this lack comes. not from
a scarcity of money in the State or
Nation, but for the lack of product to
exchange for money. Compare the
counties of Freeborn and Polk, if you
please. In the former, with twenty
townships of land, 1900 people,
twenty-four creameries and a great
amount of dairy products, large
number of cattle, horses, sheep
and hogs and an advanced
system of diversified farming, money
is not scarce, and the times are far
from hard and depressed. In the lat
ter with IS townships of land, $4,000
people, only two creameries. a not
numerous amount of cattle, still fewer
sheep and hogs, a scantiness of dairy
products and system of farming main
ly devoted to wheat culture, money is
quite scarce and times are very hard
and trying.
What makes the difference? They
both exist under the same currency
and the same flag. The difference is
this: In the county of Freeborn the
farmers have large and valuable var
iety of farm products, bringing fair
price, to exchange for money. This
makes money plenty and times easy.
On the other hand. in the county of
Polk the farmers have little to e1-
change for money except wheat, and
that was very light crop, and the
prices, owing to glut in the foreign
market, were very low. This makes
money scarce and times very hard.
Farmers of the Red River valley, if
you look at the situation in it's true
light, is it not plain to you that relief
cannot come from the referendum,
from saloons kept by the State, from
Government ownership of railroads,
! from female suffrage Or from the I'M
conditional free coinage Of silver at
| the ratio of Is to L? .~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
High Prices and Low Wages.

The most stupid swindle for which
it was ever attempted to gain the
votes of the workingmen is the high
prices, dear goods scheme of the 16 to
l silverites. 1t passes belief that any
set of political agitators should have
the impudence to ask the wage earn
ers of this country to help adopt the
cheap silver STANDARD of China, Mex
leo and the small South American
countries. On the admission of Its adj
vocates the first effect Of free coinage
would be to reduce wages fifty per
cent. by making food, clothes, rent,
and everything the worklngman must
buy for himself and family, twice as
dear as they are now. The result
would be that all the luxuries and
many of the necessities, which the
wage Garner is now able to buy, would
be raised entirely out of his reach.
The silverites say that wages would be
doubled under free coinage. But
would they? The workingmen know
that it is only by harl struggles, ex-
tending over long periods, that small
wage advances are secured. Are they
willing to risk the certain doubling of
prices for possible increase in
wages?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
CURED OF FREE SILVER.

President Max Robinson, of the
Georgia branch of the T. p. A., is
showing his friends SIC. silver dol
lar and telling them how few days IN
Mexico is pretty apt to convert the
strongest free silver1te into the most
ardent sound money man.
The SIC. silver dollar is a Mexican
dollar with more intrinsic value than
our silver dollar; that is, there is
more silver in itthan there is in one OF
Uncle Sans silver dollars. Neverthe-
less it is worth just the bullion value,
or Sc. and that is all it brings in
the country that coins it and at its
own minis when it is hot from the
dies.
Mr.. Robinson got his silver dollar
at the Mexican mint. 1t was one of a
number coined while the travelling
men visited the mint and each of them
paid SIC. in United States currency
for the Mexican dollar. If the United
States adopts free coinage Mr.. Robin
son has made arrangements to have
shipped to him carload of Mexican
dollars at New Orleans, there to be
minted into United States coins at a
handsome profit, provided, like the
Mexican dollar, there is not too rapid
a depreciation in their purchasing
power.
There were $50 travelling men in
the party that invaded Mexico. Among
them were some free silverite. rabid
white metal bugs, who were delighted
that the notes in the eyes of their
gold-washed brethren were to be dug
out by some practical illustrations OF
the advantages of free silver. The
practical illustrations met them On all
sides, all the way from the Rio Grande
to the door Of the palace of President
Diaz. Instead of the notes being in
the eyes of the sound money men the
free silverites discovered that there
were large planks of errors in their
optics. They studied the situation
bravely, confronted their lessons like
men, took their own medicine with
out grimace and when the return
trip was made rendered thanks that
they were returning to sound money
country. Fifty-two cent dollars, 13c.
calico, s12 -four, zoe. day labor,
beauties of the regime of free silver,
changed the color of their views until
they were literally tinged with yellow.
1t is doubtful if white monomet-
allist came back from Mexico. -Savan-
nah (Ga.) Press,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
Free Coinage DisSected.

The Sound Currency Committee 81
the Reform Club has just issued a
short pamphlet entitled Free Coin
age Dissected." 1t puts the case
against free coinage in the clearest
possible light, aud the language is SO
simple and the sentences SO short that
no ordinary mechanic or farmer need
have any difficulty in understanding
the discussion. Ex-Congressman John
Dewitt Warner, the author of the
pamphlet, dissects, IN turn, each of
the principal claims of the free coin
age advocates.
Many excellent answers to "Coin S
Financial School, have been written,
but, heretofore, there has been no
frst-class pamphlet to put into the
hands Of the millions who have not
read "Coin's Financial School," but
who are interested in the currency
discussion. They will be glad to get
in this condensed form, not only the
principal objections to 'sCoin's" book,
but to the whole scheme of free coin
age at 16 to l. The pamphlet is, in
fact, primer of sound currency.
The pamphlet is we'll adapted for
general distribution, and merits wide
circulation by the friends of honest
money in all sections of the country.
1t is No. 16 of Sound Currency, and
can be obtained by sending five cents
to the Reform Club, 80 William street.
New York City.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
COMMERCE WITH tInLD STANDARD
COUNTRIES.

When the silverites are forced tc
admit that the adoption Of free coin
age would unsettle orr trade relations
with all sold-usinc Nations, they fall
back on the plea that our trade with
silver standard countries would be in
creased. And free silver orators and
writer's try to deceive our business
men with the pretense that if we were
on silver basis we could capture the
trade of China. Japan, Mexico, and
other silver countries.
The extent of the commerce for
which we are asked to sacrifice our
financial system can be seen from the
statistics Of the worlds trade. Ac-
cording to the latest and most reliable
source of information, the value of
the imports of goods by the eighteen
gold standard Nations amounts to
81, O4S, 900, 900, and of the exports to
s., 519, 100000, a total of S12.567,-
600, 600. The imports of all the sill
ver-using countries amount to S746,
600, 900. and their exports to 1919,
600, 900, total of s1,625, 100000 or
but little more than one eighth as
much as that of the gold-using Ma
lions.
These are the figures for the worlds
trade. But when we examine into the
commerce of the United States we
find greater difference in favor of
the gold countries. The latest re-
turns show that this country exports
to eleven gold standard Nations goods
valued at $716, 500, 900. and imports
from them goods valued at SAL, OO0,-
600, total of 81, 157, $780, 900, while
our trade with all the silver.using
countries amounts to only $41, 600, 600
exports and 100000, 900 imports, a
total of S141, 100000.
These statistics prove that whatever
advantage we might gain by adopting
the silver standard through increased
trade with silver countries, we would
lose vastly more by putting ourselves
in the same relation to our best GUS
toners that we now hold to the silver
Nations.
Even if the possibilities for COM
merce with the silver countries were
far greater than they are. it has not
yet been shown how free coinage
would help US to take advantage of
| them. If we do not sell those coun-
tries now it is not on account of our
money system. but because our goods
| are too dear. As it is the principal
argument of the silverites that the
adoption of their scheme will at once
double prices, it follows that our
goods would be twice as dear if we
were on silver basis. If we cannot
sell now to silver using countries,
how could we possibly do so if We
charged twice as much for our goods?
We cannot compel any country to buy
out exports if they do not wish to do
SO. Will some silverite explain how
debasing our currency will make new
markets for our products, or enable us
to buy goods cheaper from other
countries?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
CREDITORS AND DEBTORS.

The advocates of free silver seek to
create class feeling in favor of their
scheme by representing the country
as divided into two classes, large
number Of poor debtors and Q small
nsMs5G q fieh efe1a::sscfs. They ap-
pal to rs sayy Of i tA2; = Yba haAe
ing that the cause of their failure is
the oppression of the borrower by the
lender, and nine-tenths of the free
coinage literature is devoted to in
vectives against the robber capitalist
who has enslaved the poor farmer and
workingman.
Like all other silverite arguments
this of the debtor against creditor has
no foundation in fact. In the first
place it has been repeatedly shown
that as q rule the number Of creditors.
that is, men and women who hava
money owing them by individuals,
banks, insurance companies, ETC., is
much larger than that OF those in
debt. By far the greater part of the
debts of this country is owed by .
comparatively small number Of per-
sons or corporations, who have bor-
rowed in large amounts the united
savings of millions. 1t is only among
the farmers that toe number of debt
ors appears to be larger than Of
creditors, but this is more seeming
than real. A majority of the farmers
of the country are not in debt, and
many of those who are have borrowed
money from other farmers. These
facts prove that law intended to
benefit debtors at the expense OF
creditors would injure far more peo-
pie than it would help.
Another reason for condemning the
silverite attempt to set class against
class is the falsity of the claim that
the creditors are responsible for the
poverty of the debtors. This idea
would not be worthy of notice,
we're it not made the basis OF the de-
mand for laws which would wipe out
one-half Of the debts of the country.
To say that the strong, thrifty, capa-
BILE and Industrious have caused the
poverty of those who we're less capable
or fortunate, is absurd. On the con-
trary, if the assistance given by the
creditors eepital was not 81 greater
benefit to the debtor than the interest
which be pays, borrowing would cease.
There is no law to compel men to Dor
row, so the presumption is that the
debtor must be satisfied that it will
pay him to 90 in debt. Neither di-
rectly nor indirectly is the man who
has saved little money to blame be-
cause his neighbor finds it profitable
to borrow. The complaint against
creditors is founded on ignorance of
the service performed by the men who
save and lend capital.