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The advocate., 1895-03-27
A Cry From I've Hooking Val ey.

nation shudder.
1t is one of those cries too we'll
known alas! to history, that make a
nation hear and heed, or, in time,
shatter it to fragments.
It's the cry from the disinherited.
The main facts are quickly told.
The Hooking Valley is one of the rich.
est coal fields in the world. Moved by
the reports of trouble and discomfort,
the governor of Ohio requested the
chambers of commerce of the four
principal cities of the state to appoint
a joint commission to investigate the
condition Of the miners. The joint
commission made its report to the gov
ernor a few days ago. Here is an ex-
tract from that report, signed by each
member of that commission represent
ing the business men of the state. 1t
says:
Throughout the entire region wo have found
the unemployed miners In the most extreme
condition OF destitution depending upon the
weekly Issues Of tho relief committees for
their entire subsistence. In the past year
variety Of causes have made the working time
OF these laborers extremely short, varying
from fOrty-two days to three months I'm all.
This has resulted in an averave income TO the
miners Of % cents per day during the year
1891 There could naturally be but one re.
nl Mo Il
from so 10 $l2O could not possibly support o
family
An average of 27 cents a day-think
of it-for one of the most arduous and
hazardous of employmentsl What is
the matter? Are the miners too lazy
to earn morei No, for the report goes
on to say:
In oil cases wo hav0 found tho miners
averse 10 the acceptance of charity and show.
Ing an earnest desire for work.
What is the matter? Is it because
the oVerproductiOn of coal has brought
down the price until the operators are
struggling against bankruptcy and
have been forced to close the mines or
put down wages2 M, for the price of
coal to the consumers fell very little,
if at all. Nor is the industry one sub
jeCt, as some others are, to the caprices
Of fashion or the csprices of the
weather. Neither is it an industry
subject, to any considerable extent, to
the conditions of foreign trade.
What is the matter? Here is some
thing that will throw light on the ques-
ton. The journals of this city, March
Z, contained accounts like the follow
ing:
meeting OF bituminous coal producers
and carriers was held yesterday in the rooms
OF the THINK Line association, in Liberty
street ]. NJ. Ferris, who is general manager
OF The Toledo & Ohio Central railway, pro.
sided, and N. d. Smith was secretary.
Then followed a list of men repre-
senting the various companies, most of
them railroad companies. The Hook
ing valley was represented by William
Ryan and W. F. Mills. The proceed.
ings, in part, OF the conference" were
then given, as follows:
The question as to the output OF bltumInous
coal WAS discussed, but no agreement was
reached. The question OF the miners wages
was also discu sed. Chairman Ferris said:
mo deinite conclusion has been reached. Wo
have, however. mad5 considerable progress,
aud expect to arrive at q conclusion to.mor.
row. We do not want to excite Ialss hopes
among the miners by saying anything prema.
turely, and, Therefore, wll keep silent until
The advocate., 1895-03-27
A DANGEROUS FOE.
The Rise Of Mii'ar,m in the United
SlatPS

Those who read the signs of the
times cannot fail to find in them many
indications of the fact that there exists
to-day in this country an influential
and powerful class, who hail with de-
light the establishment Of strong mil
itary government, in some form or
other, in order to more e1Tectually curb
the growing spirit Of unrest on the
part of the laboring classes, who are
chaGng under the injustice of bsrbs-
rous and unscientilc industrial system.
Although, perhaps, relatively small, in
point of numbers, this class becomes
dangerous by reason of the means at
its command to accomplish the object
sought.
Enabled by its great wealth to
largely influence public opinion through
the medium of a subservient press,
and to corrupt the law.making power
by unsCrupulous bribery, it has al
ready succeeded in inducing congress
TO spend vast sums of money for the
equipment and maintenance of navy,
that is, to large extent, entirely su
perhuous, while now we are told that
1t is absolutely necessary to increase
our regular army, although We are at
peace with all the world, and there is
not the remotest danger from any at.
tack by any foreign power. The plea
for the Strengthening of our militia
In nearly all the states, the suggestion
to have the national government ap-
prOpriate about 5 million dollars annu.
ally, to lie distributed among the
states to be used in increasing the eff.
fectiveness of their militia; the build
ing in our largo cities Of armories,
that are veritable fortresses, but which,
from the fact of their location, would
be entirely useless against an external
foe; the fostering of the military spirit
in our public schools, and In our
churches even, all bear witness to this
dangerous tendency.
The incongruity of an organization
like the Christian church, which ac-
knowledges as Master one whose whole
life was spent in teaching the brother
hood of man, fostering among its men,
bers q spirit of militarism, based upon
q so called patriotism, which would
conlne the doctrine of the brotherhood
ofman within arbitrary, geographical
limits, plainly shows how little the no.
bility of character of the Nazarine is,
even to-day, understood by those who
profess to be his disciples.
On the question of military instruc-
tion in our public schools, the New
York World has this to say, editori-
ally:
''If the public schools are used to
cultivate the military spirit in children
from their earliest infancy, the spirit
dominating the social and political life
OF this country will become militant.
This change is favored by
certain wealthy and benevolent citi.
zens, who think they see in the mill.
tsry spirit an escape from changes
which they dread. But let them think
twice before they use their great wealth
and influence to commit America to
this step. y The military spirit
means frequent war The
The advocate., 1895-03-27


tallty of statute laws, means force (be.
cause government is in its essence,
force), and whatever is established by
force must be conserved by force.
In the development of nations, the
increasing power of the people has al.
ways been preceded by the decline OF
militarism, and to-day those countries
in which the people have the least
voice in the government are those most
completely under military rule. AS
Governor Altgeld has said: "Russian.
izing a government is an expensive
business, and has never yet succeeded
not even in Russia
Quite recently we have seen this at.
tempt made in Brooklyn without
scarcely arousing one word of protest
on the part of press or people. Before
anyone had been killed or even serl-
ouslV hurt, certainly long before the
ample civil power had been exhausted
in the effort to suppress few isolated
cases OF violence, troops were poured
into the city to Overawe body of men
who were striking for the muniGcent
wage of 50 % for working day Of ten
hours. 1t goes without saying, that
nothing Of lasting benefit can be ac.
com plished by these i"Olated outbreaks
of violence; social questions Will not be
solved in that manner, and any at
tempt to do so will inevitably be sup.
pressed by the power of government,
but only in the last extremity can the
employment of troops for such pur-
pose be justified, and such extremity
cannot be said to have existed in
Brooklyn.
But these ever recurring outbreaks
of violence should teach US that the
worklngmen of this country are grsdu-
ally coming to the conclusion that,
whatever may have been the newt.
able causes of poverty in times gone
by, to-day, with the means of produc-
tion and distribution so abundantly
able to provide for the wants of all,
poverty on the part of those able and
willing TO work is absolutely unjustif
able and owes its existence to unjust
laws and economic conditions. And
even if the necessity for the calling out
of the militia existed in Brooklyn, are
we prepared to settle down to the con.
clusion that the only sOl1tiOn Of the
social problem lies in brute force, in
the shooting down of workingmen who
find themselves, in spite of inCessant
toll, unable to support tOlerable ex-
istence, and who, in the last extremity,
resort to a strike, with its deplorable,
to be sure, but nevertheless inevitable
exposition of ill-temper and violence?
1t is time to ask ourselves whether a
strong government, reflected in the
gleam of bayonets, represents the ideal
of Thomas Jefferson, who said, "That
government is best which governs
least;' to ask ourselves whether we
are ready to extend the hand of vel
come to the man on horseback and en-
/, trust him with the management of our
affairs, and when we come to the con-
clusion that we are not, which conclu-
sion We surely will reach when we
realize the inevitable result which the
triumph of militsrism will bring upon
The advocate., 1895-03-27

acqulescenCe or large part or the
public In this usurpation Of military
power, which would have called for. h
the indignant protest Of the American
Of forty years ago. The truth of the
matter is, that the oft repeated boast
Of the peculiar and particular freedom
which the people of this country are
supposed to enjoy, is rapidly becom.
ing an idle phrase; in England, for in.
stance, man is politically fully as free
as he is in this country, while Switzer.
land may be said to come a great deal
nearer to being pure democracy than
our own boasted "land of the free" ="
In fact, when we ecrutinize this sub
ject closely, we will find that the diff.
ference in the amount of freedom en-
joyed by the citizens of this republic
and those Of many of the European
countries is merely a difference Of de-
gree, not Ofkind.
Universal suffrage, religious liberty,
freedom Of assemblage, speech and
press, are guaranteed to the people Of
many other countries besides our own.
There may be some restrictions in some
Of them, but neither are we in a posi-
tion to affirm that we enjoy those rights
In their perfections. But while in those
countries, which may be said to be be.
hind US in these matters, the trend Of
public opinion is constantly and resist.
lessly tending in the direction of
greater freedom, influences are at work
in this country the ultimate object Of
which is to deprive the poor man of
his voice In the management Of politi-
cal affairs, and among those influences
the fostering of the military spirit
above referred to occupies very prOmi.
nent place. 1t is undoubtedly true
that great many goo5 and Well-mean.
ing people who approve of this spirit,
failing to see beneath the surface of
things, would resent, and rightly too,
the imputAtiOn of any intention on
their part to be party to any scheme
that would tend to reduce the poor
man to a political nonentity, but the
fact remains that, whether consciously
or otherwise, those are the people who
are ever ready to support any measure
that tends to curtail the freedom we
already possess, or at least, to block
the extension Of that freedom.
The opposition to the introduction of
the initiative and referendum in our
political system, the demand, in Ger.
tain quarters, for an educational suf-
frage test, all presented in plausible
language, but utterly opposed to the
spirit Of our institutions which holds
that government derives its just pow.
ers from the consent of the governed" ;"
may be cited as indicating whittier we
are drifting. The question may be
raised by some what connection there
can be between the attempt to curtail
the exercise of suffrage and the ten.
dency toward militarism, and while,
perhaps, not at once apparent, little
reflection should lead us to see that
universal suffrage acts as q safety
valve for the prevailing state of dis.
content and unrest, therefore, the de.
nial Of q participation in the manage.
ment Of public affairs to any class of
citizens must necessarily tenn to in.
The advocate., 1895-03-27

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26
sorted nuts. 5o-pound and 25-pound. loql2c

sorted nuts, 5O-pound and 25-pound. logic
per pound
Peanuts-Ample stock. fair demand;
market steady: fancy hand picked Virgin
ia, per pound, sc; hand picked, per pound,
4lsc; small hand picked, per pound, &C.
DEMONSTRATES, soc; barrels, $3.50
Potatoes-Irish, barrels, S2.25 sacks. S225.
Nails-Market firm: steel. lOd to cod in
elusive $29l PC, k si sd f5O So IA ls ia a
1906, sd, 1916. Cd, 1881, sd, $S.5l. 40. $685.
80, fine. $4.Ol. Spikes, all sizes, 2.9l Wire
"a sfls od ID to 10 500 81 ss sd Sa 5
1Od 70 pod, $SSl. Sd. SS4l' Cd $780, sd. $s.7G
s69t@Firm; drop to b. s1.sO; B and iarg-
iron~Market very steady; swede. 41zG
sc; refined. $l.S0 base.
Gun Powder-Per keg, 1925.
Lumber-Demand both foreign and do
mcs,ic Is firm. Ordinary sizes, $l1.00G
1900; difficult sizes, $lS.0OQlS.00; hooring
boards, $1500q22: 90; ship stufs, N65Og
Pouitry@Market firm; grown fowls. per
pair, 50a6Oc; A-grown, 35a45c; half-grown'
Eggs-Market firm; candled. per dozen.
14d15; country, &c less.
Hides. Wool. .-Hides-The market Is
weak dr Eece sa sea- Sen' dry drY butdh er
nc; green sailed, sc. Wool quiet; prime
Georgia, free of sand. burrs AMI black
wool, lac; blacks, lie; bury, 7q9c; wax.
25c; taliow, 4c. Deer skins, fine, zoe;
sailed, l5c.
Bagging and Ties-The market is firm;
jute bagging, 2A-pound, sac; 2-pound
SAC; 144-pound, sac; quotations are for
job lots, small lots higher: sea island
bagging, SiRc. Iron ties, large lots, 500
S5c smaller lots, soc.
Dry Goods-The market is steady; pri-
ces firm and advancing; demand brisk.
Prints, 3l2G512c; Georgia brown shirt
ings, q, 3lac; Is do, 4c; "A brown sheet
ings, sc; white osnaburgs, 6Q7c; checks,
3IaQ5c; brown drillings. 5lzd6c.
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OCEAN FREIGHTs.

Cotton-M arket quies Rates quoted are
per 100 pounds Boston, per bale, SIPS;
New York, Der bale, 500; Philadelphia,
per bale. 800; Baltimore, per bale, Sl.OO
to Liverpool via New York, 35c; Bremen
via New York, 4Oc; Antwerp via New York
SIC; to Havre via New DIRK,
4Oc; Amsterdam via New York. 40c; Ge-
noa via New York, 45cs Reval via New
York, 4Sc; Hamburg via New York, 5Sc.
Direct: Bremen, SSc; Genoa, 4Sc; Barcelo-
Iumber-By sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at S425
$3.50 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, base "A
feet, Ice. Timber rates, 50cusl00 higher
than lumber rates. To the West Indies
and Windward, nominal to Rosario.
Sl2.O0Q13O0; Buenos Ayres and Montevi-
dec, $l0O0d11. 90; to Rio Janerio, $l4.00; to
Spanish and Mediterranean ports, Sl1.30
Qll50; to United Kingdom for orders,
nominal for lumber, 4-pound SIS standard.
BY Steam-To New York, 500; to Phil
adelphia, $500; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market is
quiet Large sized, Cork for orders, are
As Sd; Genoa, Is 3dG3s Cd; Adriatic, rs
6d63s Sd; South America rosin, 65c per
barrel of $50 pounds. Coastwise-Steam-
To Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin,
90c on spirits; to New York, rosin, SEC
per 100 pounds; spirits s5c; TO Philadel-
phia, rosin, 71sc per 100 pounds; spirits,
SOC: to Baltimore, rosin, 7Isc per 100
pounds; spirits, zoe.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Bacon-The market is steady. Smoked
clear sides, rs; dry salted clear rib SIDES.
cured hams, uAu11hc.
Lard:aoMarke3t frm; pure in tierces,
Butter-Market steady; fair demand:
Goshen, loo; gilt edge, 1Sc; creamery, zoe;
Cheese-Marl5et dull; slkd11c; fancy.
full cream cheese, loa12c; 2O-pound aver
age.
$3.50; No 2, $50; No. 3. $500; kits, No. l.
S1.25; No. 2 500; No. 3, 95c. Goldfish
i-poq9nd5 bricks, 61Ac; 2-EPound bricks. Co.
herring, in kegs, Sl.OO. New mullet, half
barrels, $3.50.
Sait-Demand is fair and the market
2OO-pound sacks, 49c: Virginia. i251pou1d
burlap sacks, S3c; ditto, 125-pound Cotton
sacks, SEC; smaller lots, higher
Syrup-Market quiet; Georgia and Flor
ida syrup, buying at &c and selling at
23q25c; sugar house at 1SqS2c; Cuba
straight goods, 2SQSOc; sugar house mo-
lasses, 15a20c.
Tobacco-Market quiet and steady;
smoking domestic, 22g6Oc; chewing, com.
mon, sound, 24Q27c; fair, 23q35e; good, &c
d4sc; bright, 6OQ65c; fine fancy, 65GSOc:
extra fine. $iOOq1.l5; bright navies. e
@45c.
straight, $3.50 fancy S5e5; family. $40 s4itO'
Corn-Market is easy; white corn, job
job lots, 49c carload lots, acc; cracked
corn, job lots, S1.l0 sack
Oats-Carload, SIC; job lots, 35c; Texas
rust proof, Acc; Georgia, 6Oc.
Bran-Job lots. soc: carload lots, s5c.
Hay-Market steady; western job lots.
Meal--Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack,
grits, per barrel, $50; per sack, sii Tss
city grits, per sack $1.10.
Coffee-Market firm; Mocha, 2sc: Java.
29c; peaberry, 2212c; fancy or standard,
No. l. 2lc; choice standard, No. 2. 201lc;
standard No. 4, ls1I; fair, or standard No.
g. 1Sl4c; ordinary or standard. No. Z, 1714c;
common or standard. No. 7, 1614c.
Sugar-Market firm; cut loaf, SIC;
crushed, 5Ac; powdered, 4%c; xxx
powdered, 5Ac; standard graduated, 45sc;
CUBES, 43sc' mould A, 43se; diamond A.
ira, 4Ac; extra c, 4c; golden c, 4c; yell
ba, low grades, 60Q85c; fine grades, 800
@1;5O; California light muscatel and an
gelica, Sl.35Ql75.
L1quors-MarKet firm. High wines
basis, 81. q; whisky, per gallon, rectifed,
100 proof, $135@1.75; choice grades, 81 5O3
zoo; straight, s1.4sd3.5O; blended, 5000
per gallon higher. Runs &c higher.
Lemons-Market quiet; per box, $780,
Orange $3.25.
1Oc; common, 7QSc.
Oils-Market steady; demand fair; Sig
nal, 45@5Oc West Virginia, black. 96512c:
lard, 65a7Oc; neatsfoot. 6O0S5c: macbi6.
cry, 20d30c; linseed. raw, 5l1ac; boiled.
541sc; kerosene, Georgia test, 91ac; water
white, 1O1zc; fire proof, He; Guardian.
1l15c; deodorZed stove gasoline, nc
Lime Calcined Plaster and Cement
Alabama and Georgia lime in fair demand
and selling at S5e per barrel, bulk and car
load lots special; ealcined plaster, 81 60
per barrel, hair, 4@5c; Rosedale cement
5; 30a4. 40: car load lots special: Portland
cement. retail. s.. 40; car load lots, S2iO.
Nuts-Almonds, Tara sona, 16c; Ivacas,
lac; walnuts, French, lie; Naples 121sc;
peeans, l9c. Braziis. &c; flberts. 10c: as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-26

During the morning the bun fever be-
san 10 dDate, but upon the posting of
MOTT cieafahces, amounting to 687 56S
Un,usnps' there was a revival of strength
Mlthh the last half hour the market
bfoke very sharply, offerings becoming
large, and the demand being very much
curtailed. There was federation OF the
statement that the worldis shinmenfs
TOT last week aggregated 100000 bushels
Mhlch affected the sentiment adversely
DeCember wheat opened from 6Ol5c to Gle
aecilned TO 59lsc, closing at 59is@59i4c IA
sc lower than yesterday. Cash wheat
solq at cent advance, but closed nom
ihally weak and lower with the futures
corn developed nothing fresh in way Of
features. The beginning of the session
was marked by some firmness but as Il
did not follow from that the situation
presented any alteration. and there was
no disposition to buy. The business was
exceedingly dull and undressing. May
corn opened from 29ssc to 29hc: sold at
29Q29lsc, closing at 29lsc. &c under yes
terday. Cash corn was steady
Oats-Wlth range of but ikc in oats
prices, II is not difficult to conceive the
extreme narrow character of to-day's
trade In that grain. The tone might be
called steady for want Of a better name
May oats closed a shade higher than
yesterday. Cash oats We're steady.
PfOVis1Ons-Local Scalpers bought prod
uct at the opening, relying on the strength
OF wheat TO carry prices higher, but
when grain fell into the limp and weak
condition already recorded. there was
nothing Tor those people to do but sell
out. The early strength was lost, and
prices closed easy. The hog market was
weak and lower. October pork closed
2lsc lower; October lard, unchanged. and
october ribs, 2l2c higher. Domestic mar
kets were quiet and steady Receipts
cattle, $1,000; market weak. Hogs, re-
ceipts, $4,000; market weak, and 10 cents
lower.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing
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GRAIN. PROVISIONS, ETC.

New York, Sept. &.-Flour less active
and steady, IL to u points up; winter
wheat, low grades, $2.15q2.5O; do fair to
fancy. $260G3.25; do patents, So 30Q350;
Minnesota clear, $2.5002.90; patents, 5000
4l0; low extras, 81. l5G2. 30; city mills, $3.75@
400; southern flour quiet and steady; com
choice do, $2.S0Q300. Wheat quiet and
easier; No. red store and elevator 637sc;
higher; reacting and closed easy at 5sc
decline from yesterdays closing; Septem-
Der, 62Rc; October, 63c; December, 647kc:
March, 6Slsc; May, 6S9sc. Corn easy and
atoat; options opened steady with only a
light trade, and closed easy at h13sc de-
cember, S5$4c; May, S51sc. Oats quiet and.
easy; options dull and unchanged; Sep
TENDER 23hc; October, 24c; December
241ac; spot prices, No. 2, 2lc; No. white
27l5c; mixed western 24Q 26c Hay in mod
crate demand; shipping, 6547Oc; good to
choice, S5090c. Wool firm: domestic
Beef steady; family S9.009l2.OO; extra
mess $7.500S.00. Beef hams dull at $500
Ql5.59. Dried beef firm; good export de-
mand; city extra mess, S16.50Q17O0. Cut
meats quiet; picked bellies, 6&4c; Shout
ders, Sc; hams. 9d9Ac. Lard steady; wes-
tern steam, 6l71zc; city, 5.95a6 OOc; October
pound, 4.5Sm500c. Pork quiet and steady;
mess, S9.J04975. Butter, light receipts
fancy firm; state dairy 12Q29c; do cream
city, 4Ac; country 44q4'c. Cotton
seed oil about steady and quiet; crude,
24c;. yellow prime, 1874 q27c. Petroleum
moderately active; refined New York
$40 do in bulk. S4.55946O Rice and mo-
lasses firm and unchanged. Peanuts
steady. Coffee steady and unchanged to
ten points up; September, 15.40c; October.
15.156i15 zoe; December, 14.S5Is6D14 90c: Jam
uary, 1475c; March, 14.4Oc; May, 14.OOc:
spot Rio dull and steady; No q 15z4c Su-
gar, raw, quiet and firm; fair refining, sis
93Ac; refined higher; fair demand; off A.
1l-1604 15-16c; standard A, 4 7-16d4ssc; cur
loaf and crushed, 5 1-16Q5Ac; graduated
7-l6q4zc Freights to Liverpool, I'M
changed.
Chicago, Sept 25 II a. m.-The market
opened for wheat September, 5s5zc; corn.
September, 311ac; pork, October, 81. 81. Iarc
September, $3.50; ribs, September and Oc-
tober, $5.021a.
Chicago. Sept. 25.-An was happiness
in the bull camp this morning, and ex-
travagant predictions Of where prices
for wheat were going were heard on
all sides, but before the session was over
the Joy was turned to sadness, and those
who had bought were figuring just how
much Of a loss they could or would stand
Values at the start showed an advance
from yesterdays close of from q to ~
cents, the greater part of which was
gained on the curb last night Some
talk of a scarcity of Russian offerings
in England was also credited with being
a factor, but after everything was con-
sidered, it was doubtful If any partic-
ular information had much influence.
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EIGHT CENT COTTON.
THE LOCAL MARKET ADVANCED
3-10c POUND.

shirts Turpenfine Advanced TO 25sse
with n Good Demand for All Offer
fngs-An Advance in the Price of
water White ROsin-Other Markets
steady and Unchanged.
Savannah, Sept. 25.-AnOther advance
in the price OF cotton carried the local
market I'D to S cents for middling as a
basis to-day. There was buoyant feel
inc in the market, and the demand was
GOOD. Spirits turpentine also went up to
SIC a gallon. Resins were in good
demand at an advance OF 1Oc on water
white. The wholesale markets were
fairly active and unchanged The follow
ing resume of the different markets will
show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day: