The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1897-05-15

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Editor NEW DonINIos:
Rev. Shoredon preached Saturday
night and Sunday at what is known as
the Battle Ground" church. His SER
mon on Sunday was ozae which should
be preached in every church in America.
He gave his hearers 10 understand that
simply being a church member would
not take one TO heaven. In order to
reach the heavenly kingdom one must
live exemplary and Christian lives. He
said ''that all who died and did not pay
all their honest debts or made no provi-
sion for paying the same, If it was as
small as SO cents, in his opinion, could
not possibly go to heaven" There will
be more souls go to hell on account of
dishonesty, and lying in order to defraud
our beighbors, than any other class OF
sins.
Mrs. Ramsey, mother OF Josephas and
William, is very low with jaundice.
Harry Wick eady is laid up with poison.
The Cheat Neck detective was circu-
lating in this neighborhood on last Sat
urday night. He is the cheapest phos-
phate agent that ever travelled through
this country. He offers to sell to agents
the best bone meal at Sl6 per ton and
allow so per cent. reduction for cash
Lum Cobun and Lis Courtney went
down the river a couple of weeks ago In
order to sell timber; they couldn't sell
a stick at any reasonable price. Lum
says times are duller down the river
now than ever known before.
Oh, where is that Mckinley boom
gone and where, oh, where, is the
promised prosperity that was to come
as soon as Mckinley was elected.
Drummers are the best posted people,
as class, that know of. / propose to
give you what some of them have said.
Mr. NJ. called upon me and said, "that
he was out collecting and he found
money scarcer than be ever knew it..
He said be had called on radical Re-
publican merchant, who still wore his
gold hat, to settle his account. The
merchant said he couldn't pay it.; that
times were harder than be had ever
known them. Mr.. NJ. said Well, as you
haven't received the gold that you voted
for last fall, wouldn't you be willing to
take few silver dollars now? Yes, the
merchant replied, I'll take all the silver
l can get. The only trouble is, there is
not enough Of it.
Another drummer called upon me,
whom l shall call 4. He insisted upon
my buying a large bill OF goods. / re-
piled that if Mr. Bryan had been elected
president would buy large bill. He
wanted to know "what that had to do
with buying goods told him that il
Mr.. Bryan was president the minis
would all be running full time, making
new silver dollars, and we would have
prosperous times. He replied: Well
when heard that Mckinley was elect
ed l rejoiced, because they promised us
prosperity as soon as that event took
place. Now | am sorry that he was
elected, because prosperity has not
come, and the party in power is doing
nothing to bring it. | thought that when
Mckinley called an extra session of con-
gress it would be to make more money
which is the only thing that will bring
prosperity--but instead of that he called
congress to increase the tariff. Now, il
people have not the means to purchase
the necessaries of life when articles are
low, how in the name of God can they
buy them if you increase the price Of
these articles from 20 to 100 per cent.
higher. Carpets that you can now get
at 40 cents per yard will cost you so cts.
after the new tariff goes into operation.
Here some one said the foreigner paid
the tax and it wouldn't hurt u.s.. Mr..
E, replied: My friend, if you are still
under that delusion, just wait and COM
pare prices now existing with the prices
under the new tariff, and you will soon
learn who pays the taxes.
Mr.. E. was again interrupted with the
remark that farmers could stand it, for
they would get IL or Is cents per pound
more for their wool. E. replied: There,
my friend, you make another grand
mistake, The wool manufacturers have
bought enough wool in Europe to run
them for two years before the duty is
put upon wool, and when you farmers
bring your wool to market they'll tell
you, eve have all the wool that we
need" The manufacturers poured out
their money like water to elect McKin-
ley, and now the Republican party must
make tariff SO that the manufacturers
can be paid back fourfold.
met another Republican drummer
and asked him ii prosperity had struck
Pittsburg yet. He replied no, but we
expect it in the fall.
"Ohl' | said, you fellows promised
prosperity to follow Immediately after
the election of Mckinley" He replied
that was only an electioneering dodge,
why you know that politicians and po-
litical newspapers all lie, whether they
are Republicans or Democrats. Why,
Mr.. Bryan told you that if he was elect
ed it would take time to bring about
prosperity" "Then," said |, 81 thank
God we have the only honest and truth
full statesman aud politician that there
is in America in our (the Democratic)
party and don't you think we ought to
have that kind of man as president ?''
The drummer whipped up his horse
and said he was in hurry.
| have just received a circular letter
from New York wholesale house and
importer, stating that he desired his
customers to take advantage of the low
prices at present and stock w, and gives
table OF the increase in prices that will
take place after the new tariff bill goes
into effect. AS all goods will advance
in proportion to the increase OF tariff.
| give few articles China % per cent, !;
glass, 20; handkerchiefs, so; linen, Is !;
cutlery, rs; wooden and clothing, 80 to
rs; and no money in the people'z pock-
cts to buy with D. w.