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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-06-10

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Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
PLEASE ANSWER.

Last Thursday night a week ago Cap tain Johnston spoke in the theater in Montgomery. In that speech, which was published in the Advertiser, Captain Johnston defied the Advertiser to repro duce anything that he had said or writ ten abusive of the president of these United States, and up to this good hour the Advertiser has failed to come forward with it's proof. For two years this un- scrupulous newspaper has been day after day asserting that Captain Johnston should not be elected governor of Alaba- ma because he had abused the president, and when defed to produce proof of it's assertion it fails absolutely to make even an effort in that direction. What do the supporters of the president think of such a newspapers? Do they not feel like the Advertiser is called upon to produce tine proof of its charges, and failing in that it should take back seat?
 It has been clearly shown by the State Herald that the Advertiser as well a S its editor-in-chief, himself at that time suck ing the public pap, supported MT. Stall ings against an avowed administration candidate in the Second district in 1884, while MT. Stallings was shown by his votes and his letters to be. an opponent of the administra tion and it's policies. Not only an opponent to MT. Cleveland's s policy, but a man who had really said hard things of MT. Cleveland personally and officially. zA
 Day after day and in almost every is sue of the paper the Advertiser has been tellinA sound money administration ad- vocates that they should not and could not consistently support Capt. Johnston because he had abused the president, and when, in it's own town, in the hear ing of it's own editors, and, as it were, under the shadow of its own building, Captain Johnston defies the Advertiser to print for the information of the world at large, and the voters of Alabama in particular, anything that he may have said or written abusive of the president, it crawls in its hole and continues to howl "You abused the president" never for once attempting to take up the challenge thrown down of publishing line to sus- tain its charges.
 On behalf of the sound money men who are supporting Captain Johnston, the State Herald renews the challenge thrown down to the Advertiser by Cap tain Johnston in his Montgomery speech to reproduce single line abusive of the president, either spoken or written by him, and we also renew our earnest re- quest for an explanation on the part of the Advertiser as to what it did with it's principles while 1t was supporting Col onel Stallings against Colonel Wyly in 1SQ4
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
CuRAN BEIIIGERENCY.

Notwithstanding Senator Morgan's startling remark that Spain would welcome a pretext for declaring war against the United States, deeming it safer to grant Cuban independence as a consequence of war with stronger pow CT rather than confess defeat at the
 hands of the Cuban alone" the senate by an almost unanimous vote adopted a res- olution, not only recognizing the exist ence of a state of open warfare in Cuba, declaring the neutrality as between the
 Cuban patriots and the Spanish govern
 ment, and according to each all the
 rights of belligerents in the United
 States, but directing the president ito in-
 terpose his friendly offices with the Span ish government for the recognition of the
 independence of Cuba.'
 There is no doubt but that the house
 will adopt the same resolution on Mon-
 day and voice the sentiment not only
 of this paper, but of nearly every paper and every individual in this country.
 Brazil and the other leading South
 American republics will follow-the ex- ample set by this country and allow the insurgents the same rights now enjoyed
 by the Spaniards-to purchase arms and
 ammunition without being arrested as filibusters
 The recognition of the insurgents prac- tically means freedom for the struggling
 patriots. Shut off from the world and with no other weapon than a machete, or long knife. to start with, the Cubans have managed to hold their own against 100000 well-armed, well-drilled Spanish soldiers for year.
 The revolution started in the eastern end of the island and has spread until the insurgents now hold the entire in terior of the island and are even now at the very gates of Havana.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
IMMIGRATION.

The most important movement of the times is the flow of immigra ton into the south from the northwest. It will affect not only. the material interests of the south, but also its political and social status. That the effect will be for the better in the long run no one doubts. These new corners are heartily welcomed by southerners. The attraction of the southland to the icebound northerners was seen during the war. When peace was declared great many federal sol
 diers remained in the south and. mar ried southern women and built up their fortunes. The war served to make the south known to the north. After the war the influx of immigrants would have been very great at once, but for the sad political condition of affairs. The south ern white men had to assert their politi- cal supremacy over the mass of ignorant negro voters. and the Ku Klux Klan and all the doubtful methods of the dark days
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
JEFFERSON COUNTY COAL.

There are 630 square miles of the War rior coal field in Jefferson county. The veins in this field run from a few inches to IA feet in thickness and are easily worked. In veins about IS inches in thickness, called workable. there are 10S,- 394.000, 900 tons of good all-purpose coal in the Warrior field alone. This is three times the estimated yield of bituminous coal in Pennsylvania, and if spread over the surface of Alabama, 52.250 square miles in area, it would make coating feet thick. At the present rate of con- sumption it would last the entire world for 270 years, and would be worth at the mouth of the mines $15O,0 00o, 900, of which s8o.0oO,oOOOOO would represent profit.
 This would pay the national debt a few times, and leave enough for a shave and hair cut beside. It would pay $900 per acre for every acre of land in the en- tire state and the water in Mobile bay.
 Of the fifty-three seams in the Warrior field, forty-five are in Jefferson county, with an average combined thickness of over 100 feet of coal. There is now in Jef- ferson county clean. minable coal of the value of s57, ,g47, ,000, 900. of which amount $7.5S9. .0O0. 900 represents profit.
 The wealth of this region is simply
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
COOPERATION.

Between the words, "co-operation" and "fusion,' there is a distinction without Q difference. As applied to the proposed alliance between the populists and re- publicans in Alabama, the two words mean the same thing. For the two bodies to cooperate is to march together with the same leaders and under the same flag. They propose to parcel out the state of fees. How will they parcel out the sen- ate and house? Upon what principle will they vote for members of the legislature? By what rule will their governor, if elect ed, apportion the various offices in his gift? No wonder MT. Adams held aloof and refused to indorse such an alliance an unholy and ineffective alliance be- tween the white populist and the negro republican, between the free trader and protectionist, between the goldbug and silver fish. He has the sagacity to see that the only result of a victory would be the election of three men to certain state offices of no considerable impor- tance and not much emolument The CO., operation would be at the expense of the last particle of pride and principle.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

out of the party Senator Teller defiantly retorted: 'We can get along better with out the party than the party can without us."
 In his speech in the senate, defending the bolt of the republican silverites, Chairman and Senator Carter read the republican leaders a solemn warning. Declaring substantially that the republi- can platform of 1892 was assilver bimetal- lism platform, he said: 'If the platform of 1896 announced to the country in con junction with the action of reports bear ing on the two conventions, that the plank on bimetallism adopted at Minne- apolis was a de1usion, a fraud and 2 snare, it would be just as we'll for the re- publican party not to make nomination at St. Louis at all."
 All of this indicates that the republi- cans are having as much trouble in their camp as the democrats have in their own, and that it would be wise for the demo- crats, if fthey would win, to name a plat form and put up a ticket that will in ad- dition to the south, capture the trans Mississippi states.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.


 The people of the north and west bava for some time been doing serious think ing on the problem of existence They have come to the conclusion that. after
 Il. it is simply a question of making a living. and that the only logical solution of the struggle for existence is found ir the assistance of nature. x
 After years of arduous toll if has. bee,, found that nothing but a hand-to-rnoutll existence has resulted, and that in other parts of the country the population has managed to live as well or better with, half the effort There ought to be time to cultivate the social amenities; time to be hospitable; time to enjoy life.
 It has been found that the only way to secure legitimate leisure is to join forces with nature and let hor do as much as possible and leave as little as possible to man. In other words, two crops per year are better than one; rain fall is to be preferred to a drought; a genial climate to excessive cold and snow, and stable temperatures are more health full than sudden changes of temperature from one extreme to the other
 It is from such reflections these that the people of the north and west have been looking to the south, and it is be- cause of these that the south is develop ing as it deserves. No one who has never been through the southern states can have any well-formulated ideas of our institutions and resources.
 It is for the purpose of supplying the desired information that this issue is prepared. That it is done by northern men who have no interests that could bias their opinion, no axes to grind, no private interests to serve-men who have come to the south to secure the very in formation that is herein set forth-ought to make it worthy of the confidence of the people whose interests it is designed to serve.
 It is so self-evident as to need only mention that a country rich in mineral resources, heavily timbered, with cll- mate that is equable and mild soil pro ductive a rainfall abundant, with run ming streams, refreshing springs, ever green trees and fragrant flowers almost perennial in blooming-it must be evident that such a country is more desirable than one where the climate is cold and cheerless, where the barren plains are | treeless, the soil unproductive. the rain | fall scanty, and where the only recoIn- pense for unremittent toll is the scanty | pittance that appeals to the charity of | the world. Is this an overdrawn picture | of western Kansas, Nebraska and the Dakotas?
 It is but little wonder that the people | of the drouth sections of the country | are looking to the south as the children | of the desert to the oasis. Illinois and | Iowa, two of the best states in the north, have suffered from the drouth, and the | people of these states are eager for a | change. They are coming south when | they become convinced of the desirability | of the change. There is no mistaking the 1 sentiment; it is too prevalent to admit | of doubt If this great issue shall serve to point out a way by which man can work less and profit more, live longer and enjoy life better, it will have served the purpose for | which 1t is intended.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

it is always looking for opportunities, it is slow to grasp them. It requires direct ing.
 There is now no locality of the country that may be said to be lon the boom," and it fortunate circumstance for the healthy development of the most desira- ble portions of the country that this is the case. True merit is the more certain to win. The only legitimate channel for the profitable investment of capital at the present time is in the development of the natural resources of the south. The req sons for this are logical. For quarter of century this section of the country has been overlooked in the mad rush for the unpromising west-that has paid no more than 1t promised. For quarter of a century the large plantations have de- barred small holdings and an increased population. For a quarter of century the resources of the mines and diversified farming have been buried in the over whelming production of cotton. For quarter of a century the north and the south have misunderstood each other. They are now becoming acquainted, be- coming friendly, and from that acauaint- ance and friendship there has grown the substantial and mutually beneficial pros perity of the present.
 Capital has turned our way. It is open ing up new mines and building new fac tories. It is adding to the population and the general wealth It is building rail- roads into new districts, furnishing in- ducements to immigration, to the incep- tion of new industries to the cultivation of new soil. However skeptical capital may be, the logic of circumstances and opportunities in the south is convincing and irresistible. That enterprises inaugu- rated from five to seven years ago are running night and day and paying sup- stantial dividends on the investment ought to furnish sufficient assurance to- idle capital to investigate the offerings and inducements of the great south
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

of reconstruction followed. But all that has passed away The northern man is now perfectly safe in his person and property anywhere in the south.
 The ex-federal soldiers of the north are especially attracted toward the south. They receive liberal pensions and their desire is to move south and enjoy the balmy climate and end their days in peace. They know that it is cheaper to live in the south and they realize that the genial climate will insure them a longer lease on life. A number of ex- federal soldiers are residents of Bir- mingham and a large body of them have recently settled near Fitzgerald, Ga.
 But the larger body of immigrants is composed of farmers. They are escaping the inhospitable winters of the north west. The Illinois Central railroad has recently settled 5O000 northwestern farmers on the Yazoo lands in Mississip pi, between Vicksburg and Memphis. The farmer finds that he can buy land in the south for $5 an acre, while land equally as fertile and desirable in the northwest is worth $50 an acre. The south is the only section. .of.the United States that now offers cheap lands Nearly all the desirable. public lands of the west and northwest have been occupied. The set tier finds it better to buy privately than settle on public lands. A congressman said on the floor of congress ten years ago that by the close Of the century every acre of available land in the United States would be worth $50. That day is fast approaching. Those who take ad- vantage of the present cheapness of farming lands in Alabama will reap the benefit of the increase. Ex-Governor Seay of this state is a shrewd business man and he is buying one plantation af- ter another.
 It seems to be the inclination of immi- grants to settle in colonies. They thus enjoy many pleasures and privileges that separated they would be deprived of There are several colonies from the north west in Alabama. The most recent is in Chiffon county, about forty miles south of Birmingham. The soil there is of the light, sandy variety and especially adapt ed to small crops. These colonists raise 400 bushels of potatoes to the acre. There Is much desirable farming land near Br- mingham and it is especially suitable for raising vegetables potatoes fruit, etc., for which Birmingham affords a fine market. Much of this land is very fer tile. MT. R. H. Hagocd owns farm one mile west of Birmingham On fifteen acres he raised 700 bushels of corn, which is nearly 50 bushels to the acre.
 For long time it was thought that the black belt of Alabama was the only SEC tion of the state suitable for cotton. Now it has been found that north Alabama is especially suitable for cotton raising. The cotton grown on Sand mountain grades higher in the market than that of the black belt. This was the indiice- ment that led the Dwight Cotton mills to locate in Gadsden-they preferred to, be nearer the cotton fields of Sand mouh4 tain than those of the black belt. al :.
 The south, especially Ala bama, extends hearty invitation to the people north and west of us to come and make them-f selves at home in this favored section.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

Governor Mckinley says with wide flourish: ''The republican party would as soon think of lowering the flag of the country as to contemplate without pro- test and opposition any attempt to de- grade or corrupt the medium of exchange among the people," The republican par ty, under the leadership of John Sher- man, did more than any other to degrade the medium of exchange" when they de- monetized silver, and their secretaries of the treasury have helped all they knew how by failing to pay silver on coin ob- legations to debase and disgrace the white metal But not all republicans are gold bugs. They have a little scrap of their own brewing on that score.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01
DISRUPTION OF THE REPUBLICAN,
 PARTY.

The senatorial debate of last Tuesday was quite dramatic, and may lead to very remarkable results. Five republican sen- ators voted against taking up the tariff bill for the action of the senate. They were Cannon of Utah, Carter and Mantle of Montana, Dubois of Idaho and Teller of Colorado. Carter is the chairman of the republican national committee Four populist senators, elected as republicans or by republican votes in their respective states-Butler of North Carolina, Jones and Stewart of Nevada and Peffer of Kansas-eiso voted against taking up the bill.
 When the silver republicans were de- nounced by Hoar and ShermaN and read
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

The goldbug press supporters of Sec retary Carlisle are exhaustively drawing upon the voca bulary of eXecration in their condemnation of Senators Carter, Can non, Dubois, Mantle and Teller, because they will not vote to suit the powers con trolling the two great parties. It is no worse than MT. Carlisle himself has sldone. He deliberately. in a speech in the house in 1878, advised congress to refuse to ap- propriate money as long as the president vetoed measures for the free coinage of silver
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

The first lord of the admiralty, Goschen, speaking last Wednesday in the English parliament, said: Cancellation, negotia- tion and arbitration may be valuable, but woe to the nation lacking the courage or means to back it's opinion by its own resources" Right you are, "me lud" The United States intend to act up to that same principle
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

Wall street bankers can very we'll af- ford to break a bottle with Secretary Carlisle. They have had harvest in the troubles of the treasury department and it is no more than doing the thing lon the square" to stand treat to the man who has furnished them the opportunity for successful speculation.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

marvellous. This is no more mere idle calculation. but the figures are from the careful estimates of the best mining en- gineers of the country.
 In view of the fact that Jefferson coun- ty has mountains of iron of untold value, quarries of limestone, agricultural re- sources, and that surrounding are other fields of wealth unmeasured, the field is not bad one for investment.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-03-01

Our jingo spirit got sudden fetch up,' as MT. Weller would say, after the Venezuelan tocsin, when we discovered after all that President Cleveland left way for England to settle the trouble amicably; but we can hardly be stopped when we have got our dander up and started to make the Spaniard get off the Cuban grass