Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-03-12

the real issue today is between demo-
cratic masses, the young and poor who
have their way In the world to make, as
against the idle classes which live on the
products and fruits of dead labor, and
who are constantly endeavoring TO shape
the government so that their wealth and
power may be preserved for all time.
1t cannot be doubted that many of
these people look forward hopefully to a
monarchy, knowingI that the continu-
ance of a republican form of govern
ment is unfavorable to tile perpetuation
of personal wealth. Their sons and
daughters are educated abroad and grow
up little in touch with the esprit and
tendency of our native institutions.
"The new rich" including the great
railroad and trust magnates, are also
imbued with the same idea. 1t is this
class, then, which in a few days will
control all the departments of our ma
tional government. Major Mckinley.
in the main an intelligent man with an
amiable disposition, is merely a figure
head chosen because of his availability
to nominally administer the executive
department. But really back of HIM
are all the aristocratic and cap:talistlc
elements to whom he is bound by fet-
tiers of gold.
But we say to these people, Beware"
The American people are fast learning
the import of the basic truths of politi-
cal economy, which are as absolute in
their workings as the law of gravitation.
These insidious plotters are only plan
ming their own destruction. These al
legged statesmen who have been lying to
the people will be hurled to their po-
litical graves. Gold, the false snib-
boleth, will be dethroned. Woe unto
those who are contracting the currency
for the purpose of undermining the
safety of American institutions. They
will one day feel the heavy hand Of an
indignant people, Boston Traveller.
PulQUE IN PIosKlNs.
No drink has a stronger hold on any
nation than pulque has on the MeXicans.
BY MeXicans Is meant all classes in
Mexico. native and to the manner
born other than the full-booded
Spariards. Those of Spanish descent
use cham agne, claret, sherry and other
imported wines. Among the poems
men, women and children drink pulque
with the same freedom as water is used
in the United States. Pulque and
jealousy cause more wounds, bruises and
deaths in Mexico than all the wars
waged on its soil.
Before the pulque plant offers its juice
to humanity, it must have attained an
age of from eight to eleven years. Its
producing life is about five months, and
each plant is supposed to yield from
125 to 100 gallons of liquor within that
time. The outlay on each plant up to
maturity is calculated generally at
about 50, and the return from 81 to $40,
according to the size of the plant. The
immense fields within a radius Of 10
miles of the City of Mexico are planted
and cultivated with great care and pre-
cision, as there is nothing grown in
Mexico that pays better than pulque.
Fields of it present an attractive appear
ance, laid off in almost geometrical
regularity, extending almost beyond the
trate into one plant and one point at the
extreme end.
The plants are wholly Independent of
rain and storm, and are of a beautiful
deep-green color. 1t is worth trip to
Mexico to see pulque plantations, the
preparation of the outflow for market,
and its daily introduction into the City
of Mexico by special train loads in
"cuercos de pulque," or pgskins filled
with the liquid. 1t is said that $1,000 a
day is paid for freight on the special
trains for transporting this liquor into
Mexico City. The tax on pulque is col
ected at the "garritas," or gates, before
its admission to the city, and then the
liquor is distributed in the barricas and
pigskips on special cars held in readi-
ness for that purpose. Nothing presents
more ridiculous appearance than one
of these pigskins, containing about 20
gallons, when being taken around and
through the city, the legs sticking out,
full to the toes, with the liquor, and
even its tail presents its wonted curl
when filled. This is a convenient mode
of handling the pulque. as by simply
removing the string from one of the
feet the contents are soon drawn.
1t is said that Xochlti, Toltec woman,
revealed to her race In the llth century
the method of extracting from the
pulque plant this drink, which has been
the curse of the Mexicans.-[ New York
Times.
RitiN LE'o IN TPnIIpI