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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
THE FARMERS AND PROSPERITY
some Sensible Suggcstions, Even ~
They DO Come from, the East

Th" common cry from III" various Dem.
orrais floating around in cold and muddy
water since tn" flood of November, that
mny h" placed in language easily compra-
h"nl"d, is as follows
"Iook here. YOU fellows hnvo promised
the country good times. general prosper
ity, nil that sort Of thing, plenty Of good
money, il Mckinley should hc elected:
now, where is tho money 10 como from
and how do you expect 10 get your good
'mcsF Their" ar" just about five million
farmers watching You. and if you cannot
do something for them. you are gone.
Can't you So" il already"
In this connection it ia customary TO ask
the questions. "What is It precisely tho
farmers desire and expect? Whnt would
satisfy them? You warn Us that they ars
r"vOlu,ioniSt' except on conditions de-
iinc the conditions"
And the answer is that the farmers
have not been making anything and they
want moro money. and mean 10 have IL
from one party If not from another IL
the Republicans do not give them aid. tho
farmers will turn tho whole Government
over to the populist Democratic party.
and that Is just what is IN the wind now.
As for the farmers of America, they
will have TO remember that they have not
the monopoly Of grain and meat produc-
tion TINT the vast wheat fields of Argou-
tina, India. southern Russia, Hungary
and the DakOtas, are plowcd aud sown
and rcaprd by machinery. So that wheat
is grown at less expense thnn in any
former age. because there is less labor
4 / an a. Al, Al,
the world has hy cheap power from cheap
coal. aud hy cheap steel, been made COM
parntively small The lines of steel rails
across continents spanning great rivers
on steel bridges -th" lines of steel stcnm-
crs across the OCcans-tcn thousand tons
of freight driven five hundred miles q
day, finds the workingmcn of the cities
IN white bread. Farm products nre cheap.
cncd by giving the pOpuouS nations that
carry on manufacturing industries cheap
food along with frugal power and fast
transportation. We'll, is this to hc regard
ed as calamity? This very cheap power
and rapid movement cnlargcs the nrea
that the men who work In shops can i've
in.-givcs wife and children good air aud
chance for shade and grass and milk di-
rect from the cows in tho summer time.
Butter comes from Australia by the thou.
sand tons and breaks the bh,ter markets.
so that golden butter goes with whits
bread.
How are the farmers to be compensat-
ed? There is one sure way. IT is the es-
adjustment Of home markets through the
diversity Of Industries. We cannot better
the condition of farmers by multiplying
farmers-Nrw York Press.
Greece and Corbett seem 10 be in the
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
CleyeIand'a Little Joke.

Nobody ever before suspected Mr..
Cleveland Of being n humorst. Upon no
other theory, however, is it possible to OK
plnin his assertion made in his New York
speech the other night, that his party
defend. the humble 'oiler against oppres.
sive exactlons in his home and invites hin,
to the utmost enjoyment of the fruits OF
industry, economy and thrift" The ex.
perlence Of the humble toiler" since Mr..
Cleveland came to Office four years ago
will hardly enable him to agree with that
gentleman IN this statement.
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plex problem presented there has been
solved the question Of moving a ton Of
freight n greater distance for less sum
Of money than any other country. Our
passenger service, in speed, comfort, regu-
larity and safety has been the admiration
of the world. Let Legislatures, the press.'
and tho public give fair support TO this
great industry, helping to conserve instead
of TO destroy, and the railroads Of Amer
lea will make such progress as will wiring
admiration and praise from even their uu-
friendly critics.
To Prevent General Decentralization.
Though the present outlook Is far from
encouraging, and the recent decision ot
the Supreme Court declares that all at
temp's nj uniform action are Illegal, wo
seek for no legislation that will Increase
rates or add TO the burden of the general
public. The proposed pooling bill recently
introduced in the United States Senate
ly Senator Foraker Of Ohio means at
the best a sort Of brrakwater to prevent
| general decentralization. II is the best
means thus far devised to lcGallze free
dom of agreement between competing
| lines so that all shippers may secure just.
| tional Legislature Of ten years ago tho ne
| ccssity for uniform action regarding rail-
| ways was recognized, and this measure Is
| only taking up the question where Con-
| grcss laid it down and carrying the legis-
lation step further. To hold these prop
| critics together and to give the people tho
| full benefit ,as | have shown of dis
burscment reaching nearly twelve hun
| dred million year, we must get nearer
| Il uniform management. The work Of tho
| railways must, in short, ho carried on
| with uniformity and method. This can
best bc done by the several railway sys.
| tens working rs they do. Under tho law.
as proposed, when the rates nro finally
! agreed upon by the competing roads, and
| passed by the Interstate Commerce Com
| mission as reasonable and just, power
| should he given to tho roads TO enforce
| them. This is n reasonable and fair de-
| mand, and one that Congress should at
once grant.
The proposition which has been suggest
| ed by some theorists for enlargiug tho
| Interstate Commerce Commission and
permitting it 10 initiate rates would be n
fatal mistake. and Il system based upon
such an idea vicious in the extreme. The
| railways not only have the ability. but
| IN" facility Ia mnkc rates. 1t ~ expert
work, requiring Judgment and thorough
| knowledge of all local conditions. To
| have the ralc-mahing power removed I"
| Washington and absolutely fixed by a
commission, no matter how able or how
| honest, would work mralculahlc injury.
| II would he far better for the Government
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17
I ELAND'S RECORD
shave, genteel
Reminded Of HE Own

III werk. -isiM Tariff Legislation.
Somebody with good memory has tax
en- occasion to remind ex-President Cleye-
land and the public who read his scold at
the Republican party because Of its
promptness In carrying out Its pledges
with reference to tariff legislation, of the
terrible experience of the people Of the
United States during the eighteen months
in which his own party delayed its tariff
legislation. This reminder was brought
forth by Mr.. Cieveland's New York
speech, IN Which he criticised the Republ-
can leaders for their shot haste" In tax
ing pp >tari9 legislation. Tho eighteen
months which elapsed between Mr.. Ceve-
lands Inauguration In 1903 and the enact
mentl Of his free trade tariff law included
more than 10000 failures, with liabilities
aggregating more than 500 million dollars;
the closing down Of over 800 banks: the
appointment Of receivers for about forty
RAILROADS.. whose indebtedness amounted
TO a HilliDn and half dollars. and strikes
aud ldckouts costing the workingmen en-
gagedl45 million dollars in wnges lost.
Thel total record Of the eighteen months
includknnkrikes in New York and Michi-
gan in rch, 1893: strikes In Chicago
in Ap,, krikes and bank failures In lii
nois a ohio in May: runs on savings
banks 'estern States in June: suspen-
sion of TX In mines and numerous bank
failure kcryhout the West In July; fail
ures NO - ork and Chicago and small
er cititI llowcd by riots In New York.
Kansa; IA elsewhere. In August: strike
on the ig Four" and consequent riots
;,, Ooox 'nav. roilroo1 vtriEa Ia In Ian ~, m
and necJ eity Of troops to suppress 1t in
October strikes on the Lehigh Valley
road, an, l2oConnecticut factories in No
vemb - Es In Pennsylvania mining re.
gion isq tepher; strikes in New Jersey.
Pennsy mid and elsewhere. followed by
riots, nary: strikes In New York,
Ohio, y husetts and accompanied by
riots IN ruary; strikes In New der
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The fences to keep off cattle and ,he sign
posts TO warn prople nj railway rr,ssinr.
cost over S3, ,60O, 900 per nuuum. or NOR,
than the Legislative branch If III. ma.
tiondl government Even thr u.wSpn.
p"rs and printers nre dpnply Interested
| for ~. 800 coo was Spcut in nrintinv md
ADVERTISING. The United States postotIic.
Department is considered an imnortopt
| business, and vet the agrrcratr cynruses
OF that department in lS9I were 500,
ol4,322, while for repairs and renewals Of
locomotiy"s. passenger and freight cars
our railways expended in the sam, venr
$o". o7 $50. \ moments thought will
make it clear that nearly all of this vast
sum is annually spent for mechanical IN
Of induStrv .rt.,r. i,,,, ,,,,,,;., ,I ~
building. In times normally good Won
may safely figure on inward Of SlOO 900
'oo per nnnum for this purpose as n rcgu.
| lar part nf kprninr thr rnlIirr Stock or
railways M io date and in good repoir IN
say nothing of an additional tom miIIin,
for other mcrhnnicnI work incidental ,o
keeping the pIsnts Of TRANSFORMATIONS +,
good running order. only refer tn these
rartS for tho purposr of showing how j.,
timntrly tho ,urrnssCuI c,nduct ~ ,L,s,
great prnpsrtiss - in,,rw,rnr with ,,hor
industries nr ,ho ,ourtr, o,I h,,,. ~,
possihIe If l. :, IN ;rr, ans r,iI,, ~
critics without nj tho s,no ,iro sor;,,,.i,.
iriurinr ,,n,,., o,l o,I,,r '''DH
rrrt,;Iinc ,L., ,,ra,,a.;,,, ~, :, ""'
ton. II has boon np,Iy stated ,h,t urInss
the people nrr prospcrors tho railroads
cannot flourish. Is not ,hc converse ,uu,I.
" true: can the pronl, prosnrr vhcn 81,
large an industry lonrnishrs whor IT,,
500 600 cmployo. ,ro workirr orI,. r,r,
time and IFS f,rcos mr.. r,dn,,L =, u,,
lowest nossihIo liwi, rou,ir, ,,,1 ..,,,,.,,
mcuts p,stuorcd T., h,,,cr .;ro,9
Disturbance of Commerce..
Not o,l,, L., H., ,,,,,r.,, .,,,,
railway, ,hrs ,oIi ho,,'u, ,"",' ',," .L ""
tros ~ ,h, ,,,,,,n "!' Wv,
hiring ohou, dia.,,r, wv. 'a'
and c,us. ,,a,, ,.l,,, W
u,ir ,,,. i "'"''' ''"'i "'H" p"'
,n v,i,Ih,'Ii :, '"'.'' ''''"s s'''cs
,rJ ,,n',.o,,. ' saw mus '''IP,c "A'N"nR
Ir,,,,I % ts p''ses "t Il" S"''".
the socnllcd rnilwuy lcrislnt,ou has bc,n
decided dctrmcnt, II crcotrs un""rtnin.
~ where certainty should .xist II brooJ,
many of tho ills (such ma disrrimin,,;on
in rates. which II socks IN ramodr md
has done much toward bringing bonkrmn,
cy and ruin 10 ncnrly bulf th. roilwov
mileage OF thr country.
"p.o,o,u.. ,..,,,
io'..'''a n ~, '',''Ilr"n 'hnnS,ries mas
Wv prI" ,rt I"au'nni pr,hr'F'' IN 'h'S '"nh'
~; ~; IVY law ",','os' 'h''r,ho'y re''iV-
y" .;., '",' ,e"'nen. ,1, at III" nahdS or IN" ma
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man with his coat Oh himself oil his life.
His big. muscular, horny hands show it;
his slow, heavy gait, as of man measur-
ing the distance between burrows, pro-
claims!t; 90 do his tall, rugged. but some
what STOPPED figure, his lined, wind-swept
countenance, his steel blue eyes, their
singular brightness eloquent of life in the
open fields, the lids habitually drawn to-
gether by lifelong evasion Of the glar-
ing brilliance of the harvest sun. The
honors he has gained have been thrust
upon him; literally by physical force he
was dragged from the farm TO the forum.
Now, summoned from the dictatorship OF
an Iowa agricultural college 10 the head
of the national agricultural institution,
he still Processes to he nothing more than
man in his shirt sleeves, working for
the SNen similarly diyest
e
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uncomfortable, and lead to rnte c5mrrfcN.~
tions heretofore unheard Of, even in our
present imperfect system. The possible.
ties Of corruption would be Tremendous:
tho pulling and hauling nt Washington
for favored rates for special communities
would bring the whole system down with
III" weight Of its own folly and imprac-
tirability.
Would Benefit the Whole Country.
In the bill referred to, the public tho
shipper, the railway cmployc and the rail.
ways have all been fnirly considered. II
il bee n law the results must he benz
chcia To III" whole country, because our
railways penetrate all parts of the rcpuh.
lie. Congress should therefore. approach
it in n spirit of fairness and justice, and
not with temper and political prejudice.
II is an honest effort 10 adjust sntsfar-
torily difficulties that hav" grown up by
reason Of th" magnitude Of our trnnspor.
talion industry aud the nowncss of our
common country.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

Greece and Corbett seem 10 be in the
same class.-Bostou Globe.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

sorts relative 10 mat
reach him every week,
ugh them all. lie has
tirh, Gowevrr, is an emi-
and prniseworthy one,
of the sugar beet indus
| States. why should
tNtnA 4.N.k .A..
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year for IS sugar, when we can easily
raise il a home?" is an inquiry he puts to
his friends constantly, and before long he
intends 10 make personal inspection Of
the most important fields in the country
where the sugar beet industry is growing.
Probably next year. said Mr.. Wilson,
II shall make n tour of the farming dis
tricts throughout the South and South
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-06-17

west. ] a.nDl,.s
| must music, So1,,'nd.
nation at, { this
b s,"a. VIZ" ..ns:.n..Fri-
Re
) Ice Cream,
rved. All are
end and have
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pnDllcatl0
tcrs of tll
and he 10
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viz, the I,
try in tn
Tho I'nit.a
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
Butchered with an Ak.

Barbonrsville, w. Va , April ia
tragedy that for ghastly details surpass-
es any crime committed in this vicinity
during recent years, occurred last night
near here. Mrs. Amos Reynolds, an
aged woman, being brutally murdered
by her sons wife and her body terribly
mutilated, the head being completely
severed with an ak. The families lived
together in one house, and for some time
past there has been bickering and quar-
relling between the two women, the
daughter-in law claiming that her hus-
bands mother interfered too frequently
in her affairs. Last night the quarrel
was renewed, and in the midst of the
dispute the young woman attacked Mrs.
Reynolds with an ak, striking blow af-
ter blow until her rage was spent and
her victim dead in a pool of blood
The head was chopped off, seemingly
wi one blow. The daughter-in-law
and her husband have been arrested.
The murderess does not deny her crime,
but maintains a stolid and indifferent
demeanor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
Guarded His Trust.

While resisting the entry of two des-
perate and determined robbers, and dur
ing heroic but futile struggle to pro-
tect$15O, 900 or more in money and Sc
curities in the compartments of the open
vault of the Great Falls National Bank,
of Sonersworth, n. j., on Monday af-
ternoon, Cashier Joseph A Stickney
was struck down and brutally murdered
near the desk which he had occu-
pied for years.
After killing Stickney the murderers
ransacked the vault and fled with all the
cash it contained, with the exception of
a 50 gold piece. AS near as can be esti-
mated, about 5000 WAS taken, but it is
possible that the loss will considerably
exceed this sum, as no one but the dead
Cashier knew the exact amount that
was in the institution at the time.
The robbers, after knocking Stickney
down with blackjack, cut his throat.
The most remarkable feature of the
robbery is the fact that 800, 900 in
bonds of the United States. which were
kept in one of the drawers of the big
vault, and which the robbers evidently
examined hastily, were not taken.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23

The tariff mongers, says the Phila-
delphia Record, are again piling up
fantastic rows of figures to show the
billions of money which the farmers
and manufacturers of the country have
lost Gn their minds) through the wicked
Democratic tariff of 1894. But there
are few substantial facts which the
huge fabric of statistical ignorance and
knavery is incapable of shaking. One
is that under the existing tariff, with its
wise policy of free raw materials, the
exports of American manufactures are
expanding beyond all precedent in COM
mercial history. Although England
and Germany have great and pros
porous export trade in manufactures,
this country is now making greater
progress than either of them in the
same field. Another significant fact
which tariff -mongering statistics cannot
rebut is the eagerness with which Ameri-
can manufacturers are availing them
selves of the opportunities of obtaining
free supplies of wool, hemp, flax, jute,
lumber and other raw materials of their
industries before the Dingley bill shall
obstruct their markets.
So rapid has been the reaction of SEN
timent in favor of the existing Tariff
law that had the Dingley bill been post
poned to the regular session of Congress
in December next the manufacturing
and commercial interests of the country
would have risen in mass against it. In
the presence of this. healthy reaction the
only resort of the tariff fmongers is to
the production of fraudulent and fam
astic statistics in order to deceive the
public. The fraudulent array of figures
of imaginary losses of agriculture and
manufactures through the existing tariff
is as simple and easy as turning skies
upside down and making mines out of |
them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
Child Life Insurance.

Philadelphia, April 19.-State Sena-
tor Kaufman, of Lancaster county, was
in the city to-day in conference with Of
ficers of an insurance company regard
ing alleged efforts on the part of certain
senators to secure So, 900 for the defeat
of bill to prohibit child life insurance
in Pennsylvania.
1--WE PROPOSE" said Senator Kauff-
man, 'to our utmost to have the
matter Investigated. The suspicion is
abroad that the present senate is holding
up everything and everybody in sight,
and that the senators are making a bar
rel of money. /, for one, intend to see
that the facts concerning this insurance
scandal are brought to light, and if we
cannot have an investigating committee
appointed we will ask for the appoint
ment of a commission to hear the testi-
monv. Failing in that we will be COM
PEELED to publish the sffidavits that have
been made in this connection"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23
Robbers Roasted the Victims.

Findlay, o, April 1.-THE famous
Blakesley family, living three miles
from this city, were robbed and tortur-
ed at 3 O'Clock this morning by twelve
masked robbers. The family consists
of Mrs. Rebecca Blakesley, Eliza Blakes-
ley, daughter, and John and Smith
Blake sIey, sons. They are the posses
sors of valuable oil fields and are known
as misers. By common report for years
they have boarded money in the house
The burglars broke into the bedroom
where all four people were sleeping, ana
desperate fight ensued. Both John
and Smith were beaten into insensIbllIty
and Mrs Bakesley and the daughter
were bound hand an foot. Torches were
applied to their feet to make them re-
veal the hiding place of the treasures
without avail.
Some of the robbers meanwhile were
ransacking the house and found ln a
bureau drawer So 900 in bills and three
gold watches. Eliza was the tirst to re-
lease herself from bondage and sum-
moned held from the city.
John Blakesley is in a critical condl-
ton aud it Is feared he will die
smiths head was cut open and the feet
of both women are badly burned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23

DR.. Swallow has been making an IN
vestigatiol of the supplies required at
The State Capitol, and the results are
astonishing.
In the matter, of soap, for instance,
he finds the following amounts desig-
mated for the present year: Twenty
boxes of Elder Flower Soap, "a pieces
in a box, at 81 25 box, aggregatiug
$50; 45 dozen German Glyceline soap,
at So per dozen, aggregatlng 1925; two
dozen Tar soap at 81; Sc dozen Cuticura
at 81 % dozen, aggregating YS1; 60
dozen Colgate's Superfine, at 81 per
dozen, aggregating s240; Is dozen Col
gates sand soap, aggregatlng $3.50;
175 pounds of Yarritu CASTLE, aggre-
eating 80; 10 pounds of Williams
soap at 81 5O-making total of S504.
30 for fancy soaps for one year, to
which must be added S34S for scrub and
cleaning soap, making grand total for
the year for soaps of all kinds of 1858
80.
And here are the towels required for
last year: One hundred and eighty-five
bath towels, costing $50; 60 finer bath
towels, aggregating $50; 800 homestitch-
ed hue, aggregating 1925; 26 old bleach,
at $45; so common, at SIC; IA hand
hue, at $50; 200 Birds eye hue, at
$500, hemstitched with words "Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania" the whole
aggregating 1874. And the require
ment for the present year is even
greater, 1912 towels being listed, at an
aggregate cost of }917.
Three thousand dollars worth of
flowers are to be added to the already
large collection in the conservatory.
"One hundred bushels of grass seed"
are to be sown on the Capitol lawn, at
cost of $3.50, and the growth is to be
assisted by five tons of ground bone,"
costing S175, and $40, 900 pounds of
nitrate of soda, listed at $50.
During 1896 the bill for bay rum ID
the Capitol barber shop was $50.
For the present year over 500 cuspi-
dors are being bought for something
like 1000, and s261 is to he expended
for rubber mats, on which these cuspi-
dors are to stand.
Three hundred and sixty boxes of
shoe backing are required for the year,
costing $50.
Six hundred dollars will be expended
on Office clocks
These are but trifiing samples of the
way the money of the taxpayers of
Pennsylvania is being squandered under
the system of bossism which now rules
the State.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23

BROKER Elverton r. Chapman, who
refused to testify whether Senators had
specuiated in sugar stocks while the
Wilson Tariff bill was before that body,
will have to spend thirty days in the
District of Columbia Jail and pay fine
of 800, as Chief Justice Fuller, of the
United States Supreme Court, on Mon
day decided against Chapman's appeal
from his conviction and sentence. And
the probabilities are that President II.
q. Havemyer and Treasurer John f.
Searles, of the Sugar Trust, will under
go similar punishment, as their case is
similar to that of Chapman, and the in
dictments against them and Brokers
Mccartney and Seymour and Cores
pondents Shriver and Edwards will all
be pressed and the trials of all except the
newspaper men are practically certain
to GO the same way as that of Chapman.
The newspaper men claim that their
cases are differentiated by their asser-
tiOn of a professional right to refuse to
divulge the source of their information; !;
but this may not stand the test of trial.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-23

IL their growing embarrassment the
Republicans of the Senate are disposed
to follow the example of the Democrats
in 1894 in adjusting tariff differences.
they propose to pass the bill as 1t shall
come from the Senate Committee on
Finance, leaving to the committee of
conference of the two Houses the final
task of compromising all conflicting
claims and interests. Such an expert
ment, if tried, would be likely to result
Just as it did in 1S94-in a conflict in
committee of conference, at the end of
which the House was compelled to
swallow whole the bill of the Senate or
get no bill at all. The latter alternative
would by no means be unacceptable to
the country in its strong repugnance to
the threatened disturbance of the entire
tariff schedules.