Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-18

FROM BLACKSBURG.
HOW CAPITALISTS ARE COERCINO
CArTLE-MEN AND OTHERS.
HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF BEEF
New EIectric-Light Plant for the
Institute MonteOmery's Demo-
cratic Clubs - Judge st"piess
Health Improved.

BLACKSBURG, VA, october T.-(Spe-
cial)-The electric-light department OF
the institute is very handsomely equipped
now. Quite recently a new dynamo and
engine have been purchased, ooth OF the
most recent and improved pattern. The
dynamo is a forty-kilowat machine, capa-
BILE of carrying 500 lights and provided with
an alternating current. The engine is
compound s5-horse-power Westinghouse
These have just been put into position
and in addition to the other engines and
dynamos give very complete equipment.
Not only are the students and faculty
the recipients of the benefits OF this de-
partment, but also the town. Main street
and ali of the business-houses are lighted
by IL, and the department receives very
handsome revenue over and above all
expenses. Then, too, II is OF immense ad-
vantage in giving a field for practical
work and observation to students OF both
electricity and mechanics.
The business in both beef and stock
cattle In this section continues very &C
tive Shipments OF beef cattle are made
almost daily. Messrs. Heth & Boulware,
owners OF the UldhiliiittHl w AH~i a
and Smithfeld estates, have not sold
their cattle however as yet. AS the
beef cattle goes of the raisers are bring
ing In their stock cattle. Messrs. James
Shelburne and John Miller passed through
here recently the former with a herd or
sixty and the latter fifty, bought In
Craig county Mr.. Boulware, the mah-
eger OF smithfeld, Is now absent In the
same county. In order to purchase his
supply. While the 2 and 3-year-oids
seem plentiful. II is very hard TO buy
the yearlings al all. This is due, l think,
20 the fact that food for stock is so
abundant this fall that nobody is forced to
sell. Not only was the hay crop gene
rous one, but owing to the fine summer
rains, corn-fodder grew In an abundance
and Of a quality seldom equalled In this
section.
GOLD MEMS COERCION.
In this connection. and in order TO show
20 what an extent In coercion the gold
men are going, | will relate the following,
the truth of which is unquestioned: one
or our most prominent citizens ana largest
cattle buyers. a man OF the highest cbar-
acter. integrity, and credit, applied 10 a
bank out OF tue State which has always
accommodated MIN with money 70 buy
his stock cattle for a similar loan this
fall. The bank replied to him by letter
that II he were gold man that he could
get what he wanted. but II silver man.
he bad best go elsewhere, since II did
not care 10 have any business transac-
tons with them.
And again: Banks In this section have
had inquiries from manufacturers and
wholesale dealers as 10 whether such and
such a merchant were for gold or silver.
The operations are moving Heaven and
earth TO compass Bryan's defeat, but I'M
less all signs Of the times arc misleading.
they viii misernbly fail This Is one OF
those times noted by Macaulay. when
the people. having willed TO have thing.
Will see 20 II that they get It. Bryan s
the apostle OF the people at large and
they. whether In the mountain vale or Ia