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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-09-12
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THE GREAT NURSERIES.


sOh. how insignificant all my fifty years
~ nursery business seems, ell combined,
when compared with this stupendous %.
tablishment. where they count by millions"
said Judge Miller, that veteran HORTICULTURE
lat ns he. in company with the writer, We're
being driven to the various departments Oh
this vast nursery.
In an experience OF over forty years we
do not remember to have passed tnrougn an
establishment where so large q mum per %
bands were employed whose duties were 50
thoroughly systemized, and where ous:-
ness capacity Of higher order was maui
tested.
IL is not In the soil Of every farm that one
finds qualities essential TO the CROWN OF
the different kinds of Nursery stock, hence
It has devolved upon these gentlemen, wnc
were born to the Nursery business, 10 seiec'
from among the hills and valleys OF the twe
Pixies such portions rs are adapted 10 lieii
purposes. But in this very fact Oh sell ctot
Of soil, we see their exceeding care Tor tn'
future success of their sock.
Missouri and Illinois have no more worm.
Institutions than the STARK Nurseries, an'
snrely no better or more representaslv
men than the proprietors. The business I
growing on their hands as it deserves
sTTh They have system of4o ooo acres Of com
mercial test orchards located In great irm
The canvassing force is being Increased
5000 fine outfits really. Stark Nurseries a
| WAYS have room for more active worker
because they have millions OF Stark trees
sell.-Colman's Rural World.
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Poor Argument for free silver.

The free coinage agitators ask the
people to vote for the sixteen to one
scheme on the ground that the bankers,
manufacturers and merchants are all
in favor of sound currency. IF the
banking and business interests are OPP
posed to free silver" say the cheap dol
lar advocates, "the farmers and work.
e-s should support IT. There must be
something good for the poor in this
free coinage scheme just because the
rich people do not want it." OF all un-
reasonable and demagogic pleas for 50
cent dollars this is the worst. An ex-
actly similar argument would be ade'
mand on the part of the millions who 10
not own homes or buildings of any kind
that all houses should be burned down
because it would hurt property owners.
There is no doubt hut that every man
in America who owns a building would
say, If asked. that be is opposed to hav'
ing his property destroyed. But that
would be no reason why the people who
have no homes should favor arson The
attempt to create a prejudice in favo'
of debt reputation because business
men and bankers believe in honest.
can never succeed with fair-minded
honorable citizens. They will decide
the silver question ON its merits ant
will not be led astray by appeals t.
one class 10 vote for cheap and trash.
money merely because it is favored ..
| another class
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will be Just as hard to get from the
ground as now, and pound OF 1t Will
buy no more steel or powder or any OF
the necessaries of life than now.
But the laboring man will be the one
who will suffer the most. The Comstock
miner will still get four dollars per day
the laborer two dollars and the clerk
500 to SIS per month, but it will be in
silver, and, as it is now in Mexico, it will
only buy for his family or himself one
half what it will to-day. The same will
be the case with the crippled veterans,
their widows and orphans. who are now
getting pensions. It's effect will be to
scale their pensions. It's effect will &c
to scale their pensions down one-half.
There is not one of the arguments OF
the siiverites that cannot be completely
and successfully refuted. Free coinagt
at sixteen to one by this country alone
cannot possibly benefit anyone, but i
can bring fearful distress upon all.
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pearness Not the Goal

The silver men give away their case
when they say that free coinage will
increase prices" The one universal
human interest is cheapness. The ideal
condition would be one wherein all de-
sirable things were produced without
any cost Mt all. Every advance toward
that condition-that is to say. every
cheapening of the necessaries OF life Is
great gain for everybody. On the
other hand. every increase in the price
of the necessaries of life is a direct ant
crievous hurt to the people.
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VICTIMS OF CHEAP MONEY.

Macau1ay's Description of sunerers ~
Clipped Coins In the Seventeenth Cen
fury.
Free coinage at sixteen to one is equiv
client to clipping from As to so cents
from the present dollar. 1t would give
us debased dollar OF varying value.
The world has had experience with
clipped coins. Poorly minted coins
during Queen Eiizabeth's time made it
easy to clip them. Coin clipping was
carried on extensively during the rest
of the sixteenth and during all of the
seventeenth century. BY 1886, Mac
caulay tells us, itcould hardly beJsaid
that the country possessed. for practical
purposes, any measure of the value OF
commodities"
Speaking of the effects upon the
people at large of this debased coin Of
uncertain value, this great historian
says that at may well be doubted
whether all the misery which had been
inflicted on the English nation in
quarter of a century by bad kings, bad
ministers, bad parlia.oents and bad
Judges was equal to the misery caused
in a couple of years b. bad crowns and
bad shillings." He desc. ibes the work.
ings and effects in the following lam
guage:
"Butwhen the great instrument ofex-
change became thoroughly deranged,
all trade, all industry, were smitten as
with a palsy. The evil was felt daily
and hourly in almost every place and
by almost every class, in the dairy and
en- the threshing floor, by the anvil and
by the loom, on the pillows of the ocean
. and in the depths of the mine. Nothing
, could be purchased without dispute
5 Over every counter there was wrangiins
: from morning to night. The workman
, and his employer had quarrel as regu
: larly as the Saturday came round. O'
b a fair day or market day the clamors
' the reproacbes, the taunts, the curses
r were incessant, and it was well il n
booth was overturned and no hea'
r broken. No merchant would contract t
: deliver goods without making som
v stipulation about the quality of the col
o in which he was to be paid. Even me
|. of business were often bewildered b
l. the confusion into which all pecuniar
e transactions were thrown. The simpl
s and the careless were pillaged withor
o mercy by extortioners, whose demand
r grew even more rapidly than the none
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choose Yeur Metal.

Our free silver friends tell us that sill
yer is just as good as gold. If so, what
harm results to anybody from allowing
the creditor of the bank or government
20 make his choice of metals? Why, at
any rate, object to paying debts in the
Kind of metals borrowed? II a silver
man prefers silver to gold, either gov
eminent or banker must pay it to him
and for all debts, all taxes, all obliga'
tons due the nation, state, county OF
municipality, silver is now full ten
Ger, and to all intents and purposes
primary rnoney.-Medina (O) Gazette
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JUSTICE BIGELow'S VIEWS.
Heyadas Great Jurist Tells VINO Free
Coinage VIII Injure.


Chief Justice r. Il. Bigeiow, OF the
supreme court of Nevada, had letter in
a recent issue of the Reno (Nev.) Ga
zctte which states some of the effects
of sixteen to one free coinage very clear
iy. Here is part of his letter:
II is not to be denied that the repub-
licans of this state are hard hit by the
action of the St. Louis convention upon
the monetary question. The free COIN
age of silver is believed to be so much to
the advantage of Nevada as silver
producer, and we have for so many
years heard nothing but free coinage
"at sixteen to one" arguments, that we
have almost come to the conclusion that
Doone can think otherwise who is not
scoundrel bought with British gold.
But there is another side to the question
that is believed in sincerely by millions
of as pure patriots as any who believe
in free coinage of silver. Any man who
says that this country can alone double
the value of all the silver of the world
and bring it and gold to par is either
ignorant of the lessons of the past or he
willfully shuts his eyes to them. If the
free silverites carry the election this fall
on their sixteen to one platform. 1t will
not only paralyze business-it will ut
ferly destroy it. There will be scarcely
bank or business house in the land
that will not go down before the storm
II will send gold to almost 100 per cent
premium, and, as measured with silver
everything else will go up in value Will
It. but as It will take twice as man,
dollars as now to buy the same articl
1t will be of no earthly advantage t
anyone except the man who owe
debts that he has not promised to pa,
In gold. His silver dollars will pay sue
n debt Just as during the war green
backs would pay one, although wort
but 81 cents on the dollar, but the
will only buy half as much -four O
clothing or groceries as nov
But If he owes money to banks
money lenders-and who does not?-
who have all protected themselves b
gold contracts. he will have to take tw
of his silver dollars to buy one in gol'
ard at the same time, owing to the gel
erai stagnation in business, they will
harder to get holt of than gold dollar
are now. 1t viii Re of no advantage
the silver states, because their silv'
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shrank. The price of the necessaries
of life, of shoes, of ale, of oatmeal, rose
fast.
1.-THE laborer found that the bit OF
metal which, when he received it, was
called shilling would hardly. when
he wanted to purchase pot OF beer or
loaf of rye bread, go as far as six
pence. Where artisans OF more than
usual intelligence were collected in
great numbers, as in the 6ockyards at
Chatham, they were able to make their
complaints heard and to obtain some
redress. But the ignorant and helpless
peasant was cruelty ground between
one class which would give money only
by tale and another which would take
1t only by weigh" -Macaulay's His
| tory of England
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Vote with Your Eyes open.

Have you bank account of 5000 or
1900? Vote for free coinage and you
rote to withdraw only half the value
Of your deposits. This conclusion is as
certain as is the fact that so cent dol
lars will buy only half as much as 100
cant doilarS-
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The deeper the loosening OF the earth,
the more food there is available for
the plants, and hence the more plants
per acre.
After the coil is put In the best me-
chanical condition, the next concern is
as to its chemical composition. 1t may
be in condition to yield mp every parti-
Gle of plant food, but il it holds none
| to Weld, then, unless this necessity Is
supplied, all previous breaking, sub
soiling and narrowing is labor wasted.
Science has ascertained that there are
three principal elements of plant food,
viz: Nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. Other elements are necessary
to plant growth. but for all practical
purposes we need not speak of them.
Each of these three must be contained
In the soil in sufficient quantities, &C
cordipg to the nature of the particular
plant grown, to secure good crops. II
either be wanting, it must be supplied
before best results can be expected
Good crops require plenty Of available
plant food. Owing to the limited
amount of stable manure an averagt
farm produces, this is supplied by com
mercial fertilizers and green manur
ing. The quantity of the commercial
manure that can be probably used de
ponds largely upon the amount o
vegetable matter in the soil-the NOR
of the latter present. the more OF tn
former can be used. Of course, Their
is limit to the profitable use OF fer
tilizers. but the danger y In the %
posits direction.
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To Oncehoiders.

Are you an ofieeholder with a fixed
salary? Vote for free coinage and You
vote TO reduce your salary 81 per cent,
for under free coinage the ZANE mum.
ber OF dollars will purchase only hall
90 much as at present
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SrRAxaER-"Is there law In this town
against selling liquor on Sundays" Old
Resident Eyes; but don't let that worry
von nv friend; there's no law against buy.
Ing it."-Roxbury Gazette.
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Gladness Comes

With a better understanding OF the
wv transient nature of the many phys
;ca1 ills. which vanish before proper e1'
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant EFFORTS.
rightly directed. There Is comfort u
the knowledge, that SO many forms OK
sickness are not due to any actuai az
ease. but simply to a constipated conoi.
ton of the system, which the pleasans
| family laxative, Syrup of Figs, promPe
| lv removes. That is why it Is the only
remedy with millions of families, and u
everywhere esteemed so highly by ~
who value good health. Its benencia!
| effects are due to the fact, that It's tnS
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is thereiors
ali important, in order to get its ocne'
f;cial effects, to note when you pur'
chase, that you have the genuine srt,-
Gle. which is manufactured by the Sen'
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold ~
all reputable druggists. "a.
If in the enjoyment OF good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives o.
other remedies are then not needed ~
afflicted with any actual disease, ons
NAV be commended to the most skiiiful
musicians, but if in need of laxative,
one should have the best, and with tne
well.iuformed everywhere, syrup o.
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisiaction
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FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use OF DIR. kline's
Great Nerve Res orer. Free - trial bottle
& treatise. DIR. KLINE, 9S3 Arch st. Phiia IA.
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Fam IspIcArlox.-"Does Miss Gush-
lnrton's father look with favor on your
Vuiti" al think SO; he always lets me pay
for the drinks. "-Detroit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-23
A Bank Fa iIure in St. Paul.

ST Paul, Mimi. Dec. 22.-The Bank
of Minnesota. William Dawson presi-
dent: Robert A. Smith, vice pesident:
and William Dawson, Jr.. cashier.
closed its doors. at IL o'clock this morn
ing. Lack of ready money is the cause.
According to the last statement of the
bank of Minnesota. it had a paid up
capital of $500, 000 surplus 100000. I'M
divided profit $14375 individual de-
posts S. AS. $50 bank deposits $500, =
$40. and loans and discounts $2,435,990.
The Union Stock Yards Bank and st.
Paul Savings Bank made no statement,
today. The State has $lGi.Vo on deposit
in the Bank of Minnesota. The Bank of
Minnesota has been in need Of ready cnsh
for some time. At a meeting of the
formally suspended upon the report of
the banking committee. A special COM
mittce was appointed by the Clearing
House committee to prepare Il statement
for the public.
This committee in advance of the state
ment informed Il representative of the
United Associated Presses that the bank
would undoubtedly resume business in a
short time and protect all its creditors in
full The directors are all men of wealth
and property interests and they have al
ready Signied their Willingness to meet
the requirements of the occasion.
The bank was established i'll 1872. cap
italized at s6oo.ooo. and i is stated that
the surplus is 5000 eco The president of
the bank is VIM. Dawson. The bank
carries So. deposits of the city's pub
lie funds. The states deposit is covered
by heavy bonds and fully protected.
The bank was not national but was or
ganiZed under the state banking act. 1t
has always been rated one of the strong
est financial institutions in the North
west with many country correspondents
and IL direct list of exchange in the lead
ing cities of the United States Its de-
posts yearly run into the millions.
William Dawson. Jr.. cashier of the
bank said: THE cause of our suSpen-
sion was the inability to meet the severe
situation on account of the depressed
times of the past year especially the past
few months. We applied to the bank eX-
aminer to close. who is now in charge
The state of Minnesota was the heaviest
on us for S25. 900. next Monday
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THE CUBAN SITUATION.
Feeling Has Not Subsided Even Though Ex
pected Debates Have Not Come on.

Washington. Dec 22.-Though Con
gressional debates have not been forth
coming to stimulate and keep actively
in discussion the interest brought out
by the latest phases of the Cuban situa-
ton, the manifestations of feeling on
that topic have not lessened in any de-
gree The positions assumed by Sec
rotary Olney have been the main fea-
lures of discussions in private and pub
lie so far as opinions of members OF
Congress go in the matter. and it is
evident that the burden of the general
declarations is antagonistic to the
views declared by the secretary of state
The two Maine senators differ though
very slightly. in respect to the Olney 20
sition. Senator Hale does not doubt the
correctness of the stand taken by the
secretary of state, but his colleague, Mr..
Frye, who is Il member of the committee
on foreign relations. while he has been
inclined to think Mr.. Olney is right. has
not fully determined what the effect
would be if the Cameron resolution
should pass.
Their colleague in the other house of
Congress, Mr.. Dingey. in a conservative
opinion on the situation. thinks serious
errors are liable to occur when the legis-
latiVe branch of government interferes
with the diplomatic.
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MO0sEHEAD CLOSED.
Crossing on the Ice Continues In Spite Of tho
Mild Weather.

Kineo, Dec 20.--Until a very recent
date the mild weather led us to be-
lieve that Moosehead lake or a larger
part of it would remain open water, as
late as Christmas, but Jack Frost came
during the still hours of the night of
the 18th and placed his seal on the en-
tire surface of the lake.
On the morning of the 18th and dur
ing the day, however, the storm and
windy element commenced to kick up
n row and at one time we thought
Jacks seal would not hold good. Yet
Jack was firm in his purpose and at
this writing, the 10Th, we have safe
crossing on the ice to the west shore
opposite kineo.
We hope that Mr.. a. Fl. Walker VIII
be able to commence running daily
stages between Greenville and kIneo
by Christmas and possibly sooner. His
doing so will depend on the weather.
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BARALATI MISSING.
Together With Him Went Thousands Of Nj.
Countrymen's Hardearned Dollars.

New York, Dec. 22.-Marcello H.
Baralati. well-known Italian banker.
has mysteriously left the city. leav-
ing several hundred depositors and
creditors to mourn his departure. The
sheriff is in charge of Baralati's bank
ing establishment. The absconding
banker conducted two houses, one at
30 Mulberry street. the other at 337
East 113th street. They We're run I'M
der the name of Nj. H. Baralati & Co.
Most of the depositors were poor
Italian laborers and when it became
known among them that he had fled
there was the widest excitement I'm
mense crowds of clamoring 1aborers
swarmed about the banks and threats
of violence We're heard on all sides. 1t
is supposed that Baralati decamped
with between $4,000 and $4,000.
Before disappearing Baralati as
signed to Cesare Cont. another Italian
banker of So Broadway. all the fixtures
and furniture in the banks. Baralati
has been in the banking business in
this city for several years. and was
considered thoroughly honest by the
business men with whom he dealt
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CHICAGO BANKS.
Most Of Them Said to Be in
Excellent Condition.
Run Started on Hibernian Bank But it
Meets Every Demand.
No Other Serious Failures Are Reported ard
No 0thtrs Are Expected.

Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 22.-Shortly after
II o'clock crowd of depositors
gathered at the Hibernian Banking AS
ISOLATION in the Ashland block, corner
Of Clark and Randolph streets. to with
draw their savings. This bank is re-
garded as one Of the strongest in the
city, having wlthstood every panic. For
this reason it is one of the largest de-
positories for savings in the city.
President Clark, in an interview, said
that the savings bank would take ad-
vantage of the law by which demands
for more than S50,m be accompanied
with a 80 days notice. and 800 or more
than $50 will be paid on sight Mr.
Clark said that the bank had 81 per
cent. of its funds on hand and could
stand run of two months if necessary
The comptroller of the currency called
for statements from the national banks
yesterday. showing their condition at
the close of business on Dec. II. Four
teen of the banks in Chicago had COM
pleted their statement. last night. These
included nearly all the larger banks
The showing made by them is an ex-
ceedingly satisfactory one and makes
a good comparison with the last state
ment called for by the comptroller
showing the condition Oct 6. The IA
banks show total loans of S6S. 639 223, as
compared with So, 500 .693 October 6.
The local deposits are 1874, 3i9452 as
compared with $50 25S POS. a gain of SILL =
1924 The cash resources amount to
Si1 0S9 as compared with S31. 1l6. 50}
on October 6. a gain of SO l34. $50 since
the last statement. The legal require
ment in reserve is % per cent. or for
the II banks as shown in the state
ments the required reserve is S23. 597 .s23.
while there is held s4I. $40, os9 or more
than 30 per cent
In the sworn statement of the condition
OF the tibernian Banking Association
before the commencement of business
yesterday. the cashier states the liabili-
ties at $i.S20.l25.
There was a steady stream of creditors.
today, at the National Bank of Illinois.
sending in their pass books and other ev-
licences of claims. As soon as their ac-
counts are balanced and claims adjusted
the first dividend will be paid. There was
little discomfort, the situation being ac-
cepted calmly and with confidence that
all would get their money in time.
Warrants We're sworn out, this even
ing. for the arrest of f.. S. Dreyer and
Robert Berger. of the banking firm of
+. s. Dreyer & Co, which failed here
yesterday. The warrants charge the
bankers with violation of the banking
laws of Illinois by receiving deposits
after the institution was insolvent.