The Opelousas courier., 1896-01-11
General Notes.

The people of all the South Ameri-
can countries are in great glee over the
determination of the United States to
uphold the Mon,oe doctrine, which
means protection TO the weak govern
ments south of us.
The Republican tariff bill, placing Il
higher duty on wool and wOoeu goods,
passed the House of Representatives on
| Dec. rs. Not il WoId was said uhOnt
sugar-heDce the South Louisiana su-
gaIcrats are not in it.
When President Cleveland asked for
bread, the House Of Representatives at
Washington give him Il stone. His
message asked for authority to strength
Ell the treasury reserve, and the House
| passed Il bill to strengthen the manu-
| facturers.-Coiumbus Press.
| During November 5000 colonsts, com
| posed OF old Union soldiers aud their
| families settled in South Georgia, and
| others at the rate OF 100 a day are flock
ing to the colony. BY spring it is pre-
dlcted the colony will! embrace $4,000
| souls. Gov. NOthpn bought the land
and delivered it at SO so per acre. 1t
| is 30 miles wide and $50 miles in breadth.
| The heads of flmills enrolled and back
| ing the movement r"n'eseut Il pnpula-
,inn of 81 900 pr";'".
The Ways and nlrans Committee of
| the House OF REPRESENTATIVES has I'M
| der'aticn IA very Iaigr job in Try ing tn
| pal,n off a measure for protection AS IL
| measure that complies with President
Cieveand's request. There has been
| no greater fraud attempted on the
American people. 1t is peculiarly rep
rehensible because it is taking advan-
tage of II public crisis to impose an nn-
just, iniquitous and repudiated policy
of taxation upon the American people
Utica Observer.
Under the shadow of Speaker Reeds
gavel our House of Representatives
has again ceased to be a deliberative
body. The new tariff bill was passed
to a vote in Il gagged house after IA de-
bate of three and half hours, though
the measure threatens nearly every
business interest with more or less dis
turbaDce, and its appearance on the
statute book, or even ii near probabiIi-
ty thereof, would mean general un-
settlement of trade.-Boston Herald,
Ind.
Representative Gibson, of Tennessee,
who is lurid Republican bIatherskite
and fierce and woolly- mouthed war
ri0r, has introduced a bill in Congress
to increase the pension of all Union
soldiers and sailors. Those totally dis
abled to receive a pension of $50 per
month. AS the treasury is beng gut
ted to the tune of S140,000,000 annually,
the Tennessee representative will not
impress his name upon the American
history as much of patriot or states
man by bis bill.
During the Atlanta Exposition new
cotton picking machine was tested in
field of cotton planted for the purpose
in the rear of the manufactures build
ing and the tests were witnessed by
many of the largest planters of the
South. It is claimed that the machine
which can do the work of 40 men, gath
cred "a per cent of thea cotton without
injury to the green bolls Rssxthe stalks
of the plant. A special medal was Civ
en- to its inventor by the Exposition
management, and it was declared to be
almost perfect, and as near perfect, per-
haps, as cotton picking machine could
be. The value of the cotton crop of
1894 is estimated at 1926. 100000 and the
statistics show that it cost 800, ,000 900 to
pick it by hand. If the new machine ia
the great success it is said to be, and
which we believe it is, it will save the
South millions Of dollars and also en-
able our planters to raise cotton at
fair proft.-N. 0. States.
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