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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-09-29

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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
FRUITS AND FRFrGHTs.

MT. Lee McLenden of the Plant sys- tenn has furnished the Manufacturers Record with detailed statement of the probable shipments of watermelons over that road and it's branches this season. He says,
 On the lines of the system 21,9O0 acres have been planted in melons--the largest acreage ever reported-and yield of 10, 900 carloads is expected, besides the sup ply for local consumption. The 10000 carloads, it is estimated, again, will rep resent about 1000, 900 melons, and the in- teresting fact is noted that in hauling cottonN the same number of carloads would represent about 5OO,OOO bales. or the crop of 100000 to 100000 acres at the general average of one-third to one half bale per acre. In other words. 22,00O acres in melons produce as much freight for the railroads as 100000 to 1.5O0,0O acres in cotton, or one acre in melons about as much as an average sixty-five acres in cotton.
 Other sytems drawing their freights from the same regions in Georgia. Flor ida and South Carolina, it is estimated, will do nearly as well as the Plant Sys- tenn and when the shipments of other fruits and vegetables are added it is seen what an enormous industry the railroads and fruit and truck growers together have built up in this section in recent years. The Record estimates that the several crops now bring into this sec tion $50,000.000 a year, and predicts that, with the growth of the peach industry in Georgia and of the truck business in all the section, the amount will be doubled in a few years, with steady in- crease even after 1t passes the $100. .000,- 900 mark. Commenting on this showing, the Florida Times Union says
 with good transportation facilities and reasonable charges. the melon industry of this State and Georgia would assume vast proportions. The orange crop of Florida has furnished, and will soon again furnish. as much freight to the roads as the melon crop of Georgia, Florida and Alabama. The peach crop of the three States fur niShes nearly as much more. Other tropi- cal fruits. with strawberries, pears and other fruits that grow so well in the ex- treme South, are almost boundless in their possibilities. The extreme South ought to be. and by cooperation of growers and transportation companies soon would be. the orchard and garden of the Union. With such cooperation there is handsome profit for the growers and the railroads. Without it these industries so promising will always be retarded "
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
IMMIGRATION.

To the Age-Herald:
 It is believed that the citizens Of our state will from now on become fully con vinced of the almost inestimable value of the movement to induce northern members of the Grand Army of the Rel public to locate in Alabama as very great factor in inducing immense num- bers of families of whom no omemberfb be- longs to the Grand Army of the Repub- lie to locate also in our state. The enor- nous movement of the Grand Army of the Republic in purchasing lands in Geor- gia has caused much ventilation regard ing titles to lands in that state, which is best explained by the following tele- graphic information
 Indianapolis, Ind, May 31.-Thomas G. IIawler of Illinois, commander in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, has issued general order No. Il to Grand Army of the Republic posts. a copy of which was received here today by the Indiana department. The order has topdo with the scheme to colonize old soldiers in Georgia. where land inducements are offered by the parties at the head of the movement. The uncertain title of much of the land in Georgia has moved the commander-in-chief, without comment as to the merits or demerits of the pro- posed colonization, to urge upon the old soldiers the necessity of a clear title be- fore investing their money
 The Indiana department is spreading the order without comment.
 This necessarily checks the movement toward Georgia, and certainly it would seem that Alabama should immediately and without further loss of time place speedily before the people of the north the facts as to herssuperior soil and uni versally faultless and excellent titles, that all may come and investigate.
 There appeared in our city a few days ago a quiet, unassuming gentleman from Nebraska, who commenced investi- gations as to the soil and it's products, climate, healthfulness, twater, etc., of Alabama, and who came for the pur- pose of investigation for the benefit of the Grand Army of the Republic and their friends. their notice having been attracted to Alabama through the pub lication of the appointment of a Grand Army of the Republic Investigating com mittee, with headquarters at 1906 Second avenue, this city The. gentleman fe- ferred to is none other than Mir J. F. Zediker, editor of the Grand Army of the Republic organ known as the "Ne- braska Camp Fire" and who is already satisfied that Alabama is the state in which to find the fruit, berry and garden truck soil he and many others seek, as well as the hard wood and prairie soil lands desired~by many others, and all of which can be had at very low figures MT. Zediker has already announced his intention of making this state the future home of himself and family, and we warmly welcome him to our state and citizenship, as will the citizens of Ala bama to all good, meritorious people who seek homes amongst us. MT. Zedker is additional evidence in support of the necessity of immediate and prompt ac- ton, as before suggested, in the matter of immigration work. J. F. $.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
rHE AI,ARAMA FxHIRIT.

Now that the Alabama exhibit in an Alabama building is an assured fact, it behooves those who desire to help Ala bama in her display to be arranging for their space in the Alabama building. The exposition. beyond any question, will be largely attended; thousands will come from purely business reasons to investi- gate the industrial possibilities of the South. and a good showing of what Ala bana has actually done will speak more eloquently of what can be expected than anything else; so that it is very impor tant that individual exhibitors from Ala bama should give their exhibits to the Alabama building
 Some of our largest corporations are preparing exhibits for the Exposition, and it will aid them, as well as the State, to have these in our State build ing. A
 There should be sufficient State pride to enlist every large or small exhibitor in this matter, and make the Alabama exhibit the crowning one at the F,xposi- tion. This can easily be done. and now is the time to be taking this matter up and acting on if.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
MORE BEER TAX.


 It is thought by~many that the defi- ciency in the United States treasury can be easily filled by the increased receipts from customs and internal revenue af- ter this month; but if it should be found necessary to seek further relief the probability is that Congress will double, tax beer. The American Grocer says that in 1894 this country produced 8, 362,- 373 barrels of beer. which paid an inter- nal revenue of $1 per barrel of thirty one gallons, or about 1-5 of cent per half-pint glass. This, as has been shown by Hon. David A. Wells, could be doubled without increasing the price of beer to the consumer or being oppres- sive to brewers or dealers. This would yield over 93O0O, 900 additional revenue
 The American Grocer also says that by restoring the tobacco tax of 1882 $3O,- 1000 more could be added to the reve- nue, and a duty of cents a pound on coffee would add $16,OO0.0OO more to the revenue. Nearly $S0,00O, 900 of revenue would be raised if these suggestions were adopted. If the tax on whisky was also slightly increased and small stamp tax on bank checks added the govern ment would derive from these items fully two-thirds of all the revenue now derived from the customs tariff on im- ports.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
ANOTHER DECISION ON STRIKES.

The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Debs case has been followed by a decision rendered by Judre Holmes of the Massachusetts Su- nreme Court, which lays down the law resnecting the rights of strikers and the limitation of their operations in another direction
 Proceedings to secure an injunction were instituted against certain members of the Upholsters Union, who, it was ad- mitted, had, conspired to prevent the plaintiff from getting workmen and con ducting his business until he would adopt a schedule of prices which was exhibited to him. To prevent him from getting hands persuasion, and what the Court calls social pressure" were resorted to- There were threats of personal injury to men seeking employment or already em- ployed. though no actual violence was used beyond technical battery, and the threats were good deal disguised
 In temporary injunction granted in November it was ruled that such threats should be enjoined, The defendants kept two walking delegates in front of the fac tory. The Court held that such a patrol was not illegal as long as the patrolmen confined themselves to persuasion not to make contracts and giving notice of the strike; but it also held that persuasion to break existing contracts was unlawful
 The permanent Injunction granted this week is limited to enjoining the defend ants from meddling with the plaintiffs business by physical interference with any one entering or departing from the premises, or by express or implied threats of violence to the persons or property of those who are or desire to be employed in the building. The case is a test case and is regarded of the high est importance. It will be brought be- fore thel full bench of the Supreme
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
THE AGE-HERALD READING ROOM.

The Age-Herald has fitted up neat reading room adjoining its business office, where daily papers from all east ern southern, western and northern noints will be kept on file fors the benefit and information of the public. Papers from the following cities can always be found there: Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, Richmond, Charles ton Savannah, Augusta, Atlanta, Gin cinnati Louisville, St. Louis, Nashville. Chattanooga, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, Galveston, Houston. Dallas and many other cities not named
 Citizens of either of the cities above named or any party desiring to read are welcome to call at any and all times, night or day. as the reading room will always be open.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
GOLD AND POPULATION.

A very intelligent gentleman, an ardent free silver advocate, day or two ago in the population of the world had increased in far greater proportion than the produc- shows, that he, is woefully mistaken: Since 1S40 the population of the world has in- creased not more than 45 per cent, while the production of gold has increased oyer 1250 per cent. The average gold production per annum Tor the deeade ending in lSi0 Ssee e,S S9ins fdI so F1a9nsial Seh2o page 156o 1894 was S175. 1000 005, and this year, 1t is estimated it will go over s20O ,000 000.-I1ven ing News.
 This question of relative increase of population to the gold supply is the one point worthy of discussion with the free silver advocate, and to convince him on this point he should be referred to these facts and fgures: The production of gold for 1894, as estimated by the treas ury, was S172.0O0000. This increased the amount of bullion in the world, including both gold and silver, about 2.15 per cent Just how much population has increased during the year is an unsettled question: But in no country does this increase measured by excess of births over deaths, exceed 1.6 per cent. and in most countries it Is less. Thus in France pop ulation is stationary; in England the in- crease is somewhere between 1 and Is per cent; in Germany about per cent and in Eastern countries it would seem to be less than in Europe, if indeed it is not practically stationary. for while the birth rate is rather high in Asia. the death rate is enormous.
 Clearly, then, the production of gold increases the amount of money in the world by larger per cent than popula- ton increases; probably by twice the per cent. In addition, considerable silver is still used as money, so that the per cap ita amount of money in the world has very largely increased during the past year.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

Court for final disposition. It is very desirable that the right to suppress cer- tain methods of strikers by injunction by State courts should be clearly and un- assailably decided The process is speedy one and Is likely to be resorted td in the future frequently. The important feature of Judge Holmes decision is that strikers may patrol in front of factories against which strike is declared, and may resort to lawful persuasion not to make contracts for employment. but
 they may not persuade workmen to break contracts already made. This is the Massachusetts law as it now stands.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
HISTORICAL PARALLEL.

Every active business man in his life time tries many financial experiments This government is now over cen tury old and it has been in active busi- ness all that time. It has tried re- dundant currency. The 16-to-1 men talk as if their experiment was some thing new, but it is not. Under the in- fluence of Van Buren the government tried the experiment of a large volume of currency. Van Buren induced Jack son to oppose the Bank of the United States in order. to encourage State banks. The State banks desired to se cure for, themselves the pecuniary profits derived by the Bank of the United States from deposits. transfers and manage ment of the public funds. Aaron Burr saw that the Bank of the United States would be abolished and he obtained a charter for a State bank in a questiona- ble way. This bank proved very profit able. When Van Buren was elected President he was confronted at once by the financial question. just as MT. Cleve- land was at the beginning of his second administration. The Bank of the United States expired and wildcat banks sprung, up with such. rapidity as to alarm sound financiers: These banks flooded the country with currency. Abundant capital was provided to every doubtful enterprise in all sections of the country. New York held the purse-strings of the nation. Speculation ran riot. But the bubble was about to burst. Governor Marcy was among the first to become alarmed and he urged the New York T cla fn innrpa hanks and banking capital further because it would be aiding an unregulated spirit of speculation.
 In twelve months time there came ominous signs of financial distress. Two hundred and fifty business houses in New York failed in month. The cot ton and sugar trades were swamped Then began a run on the banks. The New York merchants appealed to Van Buren to summon Congress in extraor- dinary session, just as Cleveland was be- sought to call Congress in extra session to save the country from the flood or depreciated silver let loose by the Sher- man law The. New sYork merchants asserted to Van Buren that real estate in that city had Appreciated S4O.0Oo'OOo in six months and that stocks had fallen fully as much. Twenty thousand men were out of work and had to be sup ported by charity. The banks had sus- pended specie payment. and the govern ment itself was practically bankrupt All the spcie possessed by the govern ment was in the vaults of the suspended banks. and the government could not make specie payments MT. Van Buren convened Congress in extra session, and asked for the passage of a law which would make the government independ- ent of all banks. What was the amaze ment and chagrin of the President when he found that his party in Congress could not be controlledi The only aid Con- gress gave him was the right to issue s1O 600 900 in treasury notes.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
Cotton. Wheat and Silver.

The Atlanta Journal says: "The expe- rience of the last three months is quite enough to convince any fair minded per son that the claim that the prices of cotA ton and wheat are dependent upon the price of silver is absurd. The price of cotton has advanced 8 per cent, while silver has not advanced a cent an ounce. Within three months wheat has risen from 50 cents bushel to 80 cents, and silver has been practically station ary. There has been a decided ed advance in corn and other agricultural products, but the silver monometallists have made most frequent appeals to cotton and wheat to sustain their theory that silver regulates the price of agricultural products. How do they account for the fact that on the 1st of April, less than two months ago, wheat was 53 cents a bushel and silver 661s cents an ounce, while last Friday wheat was 80 cents a bushel and silver only 67 cents an ounce? Silver has risen, only 1s cent an ounce, while wheat has gone up 27 cents bushel. A 500-pound bale of cotton is now worth $9 more than it was three months ago. and silver shows hardly an appreciable increase in price. The silver monometallists had better drop their cotton-and-wheat ar- gument."
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02
A WREATH

For the Birthday of Jefferson Davis, June 3,
 1895. Friend, whom my heart doth hold above all others,
 twine wreath to deck thy natal day; The how'r strewn paths of memry yield rich treasure
 And as I twine thy wreath I humbly pray
 That, from thy home beyond the heavenly Thy radiant soul will give response to ours; And that, reaching down unto this day, Accept my fragrant gift of heart-grown
 how'rs. Still as the leaves before the approaching Thy form reposes; dreamless thy great
 brain;
 But thou, whose name wildly thrills thy
 peoples heart,
 Liveth within their loyal hearts again! Thy counsels wise enrich our every And fill our being with their truths sub
 lime Thy glorious deedsl thy wrongs endured Form a grand monument to bide all
 time With this legend graved upon it's granite ''There rests the soldier true to man and Here sleeps our hero chief immortal Our heart-tears on his grave keep green
 its sod"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The director of the United States mint classifies the single silver standard coun- tries as "fuctuating currency countries" ]" That's the difficulty with silver stand ard-it fiuctuates so much In Mexico the silver dollar has fluctuated in the past ten years all the way from $1.04 to 56 cents. Silver is as changeable as the moon, which is so often described as sil- very.
 Lorenzo-Lady. by yon pale face moon that tips the fruit trees with silver I swear I love theel
 Jessica-Oh, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon, for it changes like the shimmering silver upon the fruit trees, and I cannot love you if you favor 16 t0
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The Nashville American, which has re- gently changed hands, yesterday stated its position on the financial question as follows: "The American takes the con servative position that unless the advo- cates of the free and unlimited coinage of silver can prove beyond all shadow of a doubt that change in the standard of values will be change for the better, it would be reckless and foolhardy to rush blindly into. an experiment which might result in ruin, and which at best can offer no more than is already prom ised of the brightening business pros poets of the country. Although the American believes firmly that an att tempt to change the present standard of values is radical and dangerous, yet it's columns will always be open for the ex- precision of the opinions of those who honestly differ with it. and letters from citizens advocating free silver will meet with nothing. but fair play from the American"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

Mrs. Peary is delivering lectures throughout the United States for the purpose of starting out a relief expedi- ton for her husband, Lieutenant Peary. Her appeals do not meet with very gen erous response from the people, but oeea- sionaly she finds a wealthy man who contributes liberally. These polar expe- ditions are usually furnished with means by rich men whose egotism leads them to hope that new country will be dis covered which will be given their name. Grinpells Land near Greenland, was named for Moses II. Grinnell. wealthy New York merchant, who aided the ex- plorer that discovered it in equipping his expedition. It is now generally con ceded that the cause of commerce will not be promoted even if a northwest pas sage is discovered The passage would only be clear of ice a short time in the year. and could not be used with safety by steamships. If we never discover the acres of ice around the pole we can say with the French king when he lost Can ada, We have lost only a few acres of snow Even if the North Pole is dis covered it may prove greasy pole, with the little Esquimaux gathered around trying to climb it. This would not prove any addition to science. and would only afford Mark Twain and Bill Nye the op- portunity for perpetrating a few more stale jokes.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The hot winds are scorching the spring wheat in the North and West and may prove much more serious than the frosts and bugs, which are said to have in- jured the winter wheat, and the farmef are beginning to fear a short cereal crop High prices may help the farmer, but if dear food and light freight movement follow, inJuring labor and railroads. the dominant political party will have to answer for it.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

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Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

Russia has taken step toward a sound and stable currency in the pro- mitigation of the law permitting com mercial dealings to be concluded upon a gold basis. Russia is tired of a fluctuat- ing single silver standard The ruble of Russia has fluctuated from THY cents in 1874 to SIP cents in 1894.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

a9-The present management of the AGE-HERA LID has no claim against advertisers or SubSCrib- CTS prior to February 11th, 1S96. Under decree of court accounts up to that date have been sold and transferred, hence cancelled as between the debtor and this paper.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The term, "pipe laying" to designate self-seeking political intrigue, originated in New York during the construction Of the Croton aqueduct.i Voters were i'm ported from Philadelphia as repeaters' and were told to say that they had been employed to lay pipes on the new aque-
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The East has become frightened at the agitation for free silver and has been calling in its Southern and Western loans. This explains why the South and West have apparently suffered a de- crease in wealth, and the East an in crease. Fars
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The life insurance companies do not refuse to take the Cuban rebels on &C., count ofsincreased risk.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

Professor McCalley comedies that there is a good prospect for gold on Santa creek, but intimates it was brought there by human agency. Every prospect pleases, and only man is vile"
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

The evening star in the Western heavens is so big and dazzling that it is almost vulgar.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

According to reports of John Berken- bine. iron ore expert to the United States geological survey, the production of iron ore in the United States in 1892 was 16,2es.66s long tons, and in 1894 it was only Il .S79,679 tons, being about the same as in 1893. Here is a falling off of 40 per cent in the quantity of one of the Representative staples of production, to which all production is supposed to bear a pretty accurate correspondence A shrinkage of 10 per cent in product since 1892 unless the worlds consumption has also undergone a like shrinkage, ought to occasion rise of price in due time on some products.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-02

\, There is no fund to pay the expenses
 of the funeral of a cabinet officer, while
 on the other hand, deceased Congress- fnen and Senators are buried at public expense, each such funeral costing about s59OO. In the case of the Gresham