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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
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go. 900 sUBsCHIBvHs roH CAMPAIGN.
We have had q number Of requests to
make a special rate for TBx CArcasIIs
for three months. We cannot do this.
IL means n loss to US. The paper can
not be published for less than fl.'Oa
year without loss. Besides, We want
each subscriber 70 read the paper each
week till the close Of the coming cam
paign. Therefore we make this offer
we will send the paper from now Till
December !, 1898, to each person who
sends 81 90 now. Let every subscriber
spare enough time TO send in club
under this offer. Every voter should
know the facts which TUE |AUcAsIAS
is publishing each week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

We desire to call attention to the
Arena advertisement on the fourth
page of this issue. The CAUCASIAN
receives subscriptions for this popular
magazine and also makes the following
law clubbing rate: For Tas CAucAs-
Ian and The Arena both one year for
So 90.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
SAMPLE TRUSTS"

In recent issue, tue w ilmlnklOu
Messenger, discussing trusts under
the above heading, says:
"The power Of great trust has been
clearly illustrated in the Standard
Oil Company. During the fall crude
petroleum has declined from 80 to 20
cents per barrel. But mark. to show
the power of the combine, the prices
of crude oil to producers are forced
down, but the prices of refined oil to
consumers are maintained"
Itwould seem from the above that
the Wilmington Messenger was sim
cerely opposed to trusts, but has lever
yet discovered the real causes that
produce trusts; or, if it has, it has
been careful not to inform its readers
on that point. That paper has several
times intimated that the tariff was
the cause of trusts, but we credit it
with too much intelligence to think
that it believes this. 1t must be ap-
parent to every man who will take a
little time and trouble to investigate
this subject, that trusts will exist un-
der high tariff and under low tariff,
and even under free trade, as long as
the evils which produce trusts are al
lowed to exist. Did not trusts flourish
as much under the Wilson Democratic
tariff law as under the Mckinley
tariff law?
1t is not possible to organize trust
except during business stsgnation and
general hard times. In short, hard
times produce trusts, and pros.
perity will kill trusts. Was there q
trust of any Importance in existence
before the greenbacks were burned
up, before silver was demonetized in
1873, and before our transportation
lines were monopolized and put int
q great pool and transportation trust
by the gold syndicates? Whenever
aud wherever the control of the in.
struments of commerce are put int
the hands of private syndicste ties, thel
and there will trusts spring up ant
flourish.
| Scarcity of money and falling price
produce conditions of affairs favorable
to the Matching and nurturing o
these great industrial cancers calle,
trusts. Then the managers and ma
nipulators of the railroad monopolie
60 into copartnership with certain
syndicates forming a trust, and glvin,
them lower rates or drawbacks an,
rebates Gas a consideration or part o
the profits of the trust) in order t
hep crush out all competition. II
fact, the Standard Oil trust was bull
up almost entirely by discrimination
Of freight rates and freight draw
backs in favor of the Standard Oh
Company and against the other OF
producers and refiners. Hence it
that the gold trust and the transpor
tation trust are putting every line q
} business in the country into q tfus
These parent evils must be removes
before trusts can be rooted up.
Is the Messenger in favor of remov
: ing tn csc causes? No antitrust IL,
, can ever be made effective. We have
Republican antitrust law On til
: statute books and q Democratic anti
trust law on the statute books, side b
: side, both in full force, and yet trus,
: continue to grow and prosper MOI
: rapidly than ever. The business II
: terests Of the country are sufferin
from monopoly blood poison, and th
i industrial cancer called trusts is ma,
!. ural and logical result.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
100. 25c. II &C. G. fail, druggists refund money.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

n vosiA sos pay The SAFE
40 pvssSu 90 shs Old rae
svss epes . easss Of vai-
ua,ses q 81 00oOc Toe
saxsfise, nseh less val
ussiou Of sspnu Az
inereasssos ,osf"
uss'd - ..-.-
T.xss sf ssss p>e c.nf- on
thi, anean; ucaid BE- a@ %
Arnip.s q e<neet To the
cseiie By the sscsesson
Of rates VI ...-... He
Hoe quickly ard sisaly go3id the
wrsfeen t-1ion .xchsnGv u cent rate
fue ,axat,oa on Si 10000 Of propsrty
Tssy world thus msks oser eiass"
year.
The siroeeeys fos the wssssra ta'cu
requested that the whoie matter Be
posf possd until the soih Of Nossmess
and thai in the meaasirne the tnjane-
ton cas> witch uas TO come up eefoes
the FEDERAL court on Nossno<s fst
should be post poned ans,l some dsy AZ
ter Novembes 30 This uss psosn ply
axr~>d TO by the Commission-
This whole transsctioa IL srry tm'
possant add significant Let the public
watch the proceeding carefully ans
with intsresl
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
$685.. Sc
ssis -

The CArcAsiAS prints IN another
column the repors Of Col Thos. =
Evans, the expert bcok-keeper uho
was employed 20 examine and regoss
upon the operations Of the Penissn.
tiary for the las. four years, that 10.
the years isa5, 1894. lisa; and lss6-
being the four years Of Elias
Carr ~ Governor and Leaser ~ Saper-
intendent. Mr.. L.aser reported that
the Ia ssitution VAS seif-sustaining,
and now keeps saying 50. No fair
minded man will believe HIM in the
face OF this report Of one Of the most eK-
p~rienced xperts an book ke~ping nos
living in this or any other state. Mr..
Evans has always been . Democrat
He had no partisan purpose to serve
He WAS employed because OF his high
reputation and long experience ~ .
book Keeper and expert accountant Iii,
report shows . decrease OF assets dur
ing the four years amounting TO ont
hundred and four thousand one hun.
dred and forty eight dollars and fifty.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
IL This . Blind and = Preteuse:

The attorneys of the Western
Union pretended to object to the above
stipulations. but they were careful
not to say that they would not accept
the same. They simply said that they
wanted time to consult the head off,
Gals of the Western Union. 1t will be
noticed that they did not ask for time
to consult the Western Union officials
relative to the stipulations prepared
by the States attorneys. They point
blank and on the spot refused to &C
cept them. Is it possible that the
above stipulations offered by the Com
mission are entirely satisfactory to
the Western Union, and that the ask
ing for time is simply a prete nse and
q blind?
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

wah iios1. s4-..a -
ri.iA. sale. Tais. ana all
shcw TIA. tals rns1 DIV
H. ~. -

cine has e'sH-f' f-t
pa,ron.rv d" rafr r... &c.,. 't
"a any q rta-f ........
b sinp'g iE--H-- b. r.-..-. 't
merit ard pr.Sssrr. r-r.- =
any cshe-. H. !. 10
What uocds s~r>syss =.
The story. All sasrri 80
6anaparillA. like no--d $50.
self, are hopoet- We hssr s.---- - .-
the poblsc, and this ~sh &c.
msdicinal merit. Is why o.. -
abiding confidence la Il. - 81
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
hood 3
Sarsaparilla

Almost IN the e,ciusion - a. 49, -.
Prepared only BY . ! Hn~'AA, la.-1N-
Hoods pills .ah 49,, -. :,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

In proof Of this we submit the fol.
lowing facts and figures:
Thos. T. Eckert, President and
General Manager Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, made an .affida-
Wit on July 6, 1897, which was filed with
the Railroad Commissioners of North
Carolina, in which he states that ssthe
gross earnings (of his company ma
North Carolina, for business beein.
ming and ending within the State /:
For the year ending March
31st, 1897, were 1888 52.S6l AZ
This WAS 1t the old Is cent
rate. BY the establish.
ment Of . IL cent rate the
gross receipts would be
reduced forty per- cent.
which would be 800. 3l7l6 AZ
The difference saved the
public in North Carolina
would therefore be 2I.O44 e
The present amount of
property Of the Western
Union in North Carolina.
| - valued for TAXATION, is ss1 .zse a
IL 10 proposed to increase
it to 100000 Ok
Tne difference is 3 lls,a47 &
per cent on this proposed
increase Of $ll6,347 81.
would be .......... 7ss 81
Or at 80 per cent. it would
..s.......t OK o.
The public would have a -
benent in the way Of Id.
ditional taxes If oax q.
Against . benefit By the Re .
! a'ot'oa Of the rate Of. alpA 8
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04
What Does This Mean?

1t will be noticed that in the above
stipulations offered by the Commits
sion that the Western Union is not
called upon to give q statement of
their gross earnings and net earnings
and profits, nor of their expenses and
the amounts Of salaries paid their off,
Gals, etc. 1t would be absolutely nee
essary for the Commission to have
this Information in order to determine
q fair rate.
1t will also be noticed that on the
other hand they simply asked for .
statement of the amount of prop
erty of the Western Union. This in
formation il simply necessary, and il
only useful in fixing the tax valuation
Of the property Of the company.
This 10 very significant, and would
seem to indicate that The CAUCASIAN
was right when it charged last week
that it seemed that the purpose of the
Commission was to try to satisfy the
people of the State with elIk Int in.
crease in the taxation of the property
Of the company in the place Of the re.
ducti0n of rates.
As We stated last week il the amou nj
Of property listed for taxation il in.
creased even to one million dollars i,
will mean that the taxes collected on
this amount w0nld be but mere baea.
telle to what would be saved to The
State by reduction Of telegraph rates
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-04

pie being prosecuted, and to de1nand
that the people be treated fairly, if not
literally.
The above facts from the Manufac-
turer's Record ought to be enough to
open the eyes and to appeal to the con-
science of every man, even the Wilson
brothers, late of the Commission.
Let every voter read these facts aud
figures, and remember that they are
facts from the inside; it is what the
railroads admit about their own prof
its. 1t is remarkable admission
and We must confess that we are sur
prised that they would ever allow such
facts to get to the public.
Notice that the Manufacturer Rec
ord says that the old Richmond &
Danville (now the Southern Railroad
sock has risen in value from 81 8
share to $3.50 per share. Notice
that the stock of the Petersburg Rail.
road was fifty cents a share in 1880
and is now valued at $45 a share, and
all of this by high rates.
In this way the railroad syndicatel
have managed to make themseive,
millionaires by taxing the public int,
poverty. They have grown rich, bu
who else has?
II all the ginners in North Carolin.
} were allowed to form a trust AM
charge any toll that they saw fit fo
ginning cotton, they could soon max,
themselves millionaires, even If cottol
went as low as three or four cents
pound. They could get rich, Will
the farmers could not make enough t.
pay guano bills and come out even
and OF course the stock in the gil
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
DISEASED HOGS.
Evidence Brought Out in the
Winston Suit

Evidence Brought Out in the
Winston Suit
In the trial of the cause of Winston
VS., Hawaiian Pork Packing Company
some facts were brought out which
would bring feeling of nausea to ev-
cry lover of the American hog. The
suit was brought to recover a sum
due and in dispute.
Mr.. Winston, it appears, was a mem
Der of the company, as well as a pur-
chasing agent, and in the latter :
pacity became a creditor to the COM
pany to a considerable sum. The claim
was disputed and suit was threatened.
Then Mr.. Winston offered to compro-
mise for $3.50 less than his claim, rath-
er than take the case into court. The
pork company declined to make the
compromise, and the suit followed
Some of the testimony brought out a
condition of affairs, bordering on the
dreadful, at the hog slaughter house.
A Chinaman, who claimed an interest
in the business, testified that when he
saw hog in very sick condition he
always stuck it, so as to save loss.
And this diseased pork was sold to
consumers in Honolulu.
In one of William McCandless' let
tiers to the plaintiff, while the latter
was in California, shows that there
were sometimes evidences of sickness.
even to the manager of the company
but, apparently, that made no differ
ence; the idea was TO realize on the
hogs, no matter what the result.
Following are some extracts from the
letter, signed by Mr.. McCandless:
Honolulu, November q, 1896.
Mr.. Winston:
Dear Sir The hogs have
been wet a goodeal of the time and
have got the running at the nose but
just as soon as see one little of l run
him in and had him Killed So that is
all that saved me frome loss we had
them well in hand be fore it began. -
If the evidence in this case could be
published the demand for pork in Ho-
nolulu would visibly decrease.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
GREAT COMEDIAN
Nat Goodwin May Play
Here in July.
Greatest Comedian On American
Stage After Jefferson Ar
rangements to be Made.

E. c. Macfarlane is in receipt of
letter from Clay Greene, regarding
the proposed engagement of the great
American actor, Nat Goodwin, in Ho-
nolulu. Mr.. Goodwin was here last
autumn and played to enormous bust
ness during the one night he re-
manned. To a reporter Mr.. Macfarlane
said yesterday.
i had talk with Mr. Goodwin
when he was here, and he seemed
anxious to come back and play .ong-
er engagement. l wrote him a month
or two ago, and by the last mail heard
from Clay Greene, who is looking out
/ for Mr.. Goodwin's business. We have
an amusement company here and peo-
pie who will paronize frst-class at
fractions. Now is the time for the
company TO make success or failure.
The Frawley Company is booked to
appear in September, but that is too
long TO wait, when we can get bet
| ter attraction before then. Goodwin
wants a sure $500, and I am conf
dent there will be no difficulty to Sc
cure it, for he has a large repertoire
of plays, and company of excellent
artists, better, perhaps, than any we
Fhave yet seen, and as we have not
had dramatic company since Deem
Der last, it seems to me that this is
the time to secure the best obtainable
when such an artist as Mr. Goodwin is
READY to come.
why, the Frawley Company had q
SnoSnr0 Tinlyaf &c Wv L
first day. Goodwin should nearly dou.
BILE that amount l am not afraid tc
guarantee literally for a season q
Mr.. Goodwin, provided the amusement
company will take hold of it. l have
seen Mr.. Scott, and think from wba'
he tells me that a meeting of the com,
pany will be called before the BelgiC
leaves for the Coast We must &c
promptly, for Mr.. Goodwin wants Il
come here in July. If he does come,
think the largest houses in the histor!
of the Opera House will be the result
The night Mr.. Goodwin appeared
here in November last, the receipts
We're almost 1000 on the one per
Torrance, and this without a line o
advertising, and with no previous an
; AAbulAAOAlAtIA II Will BC
that Marx, of the Frawley Company
claimed the Opera House, and declines
10 let Mr.. Goodwin use it until severa
representative citizens called on hin
, and expressed themselves in a man
ner which left no doubt of their feel
ings. It was whispered at the tim
that there was a percentage considera
ton, also, before Marx would yield.
was 8 D. m. when it was finally an
nounced that Mr. Goodwin would ap
pear, and in less than 10 minutes tn
Hebron Drug Company, where the DO,
plan was open, was crowded to its ca
pacity.
The play presented was THE Gid
ed Fool and it was pronounced by tn
press and public to be one of the fines
, plays ever seen. In the character por
trayed by Mr.. Goodwin he had ampl
scope for both the comedy and senti
mental side of life. He stands toda,
pre-eminently the successor of josef
Jefferson.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
ONE THOUSAND LLAMAS LADEN
WITH GOLD.

Who doesn't like to read about buried
treasure? Who hasn't dreamed of find
ing it? What delight suddenly to pos
sess vast riches? Shining gold, spark
ling gems! Things for which we have
not been obliged to scheme or toll; that
will free us from all need of scheming
or toiling thereafter All, let US not
indulge such fancies. They make work
seem like slavery and wages like
pinches of common dust. Yet that such
hidden masses of wealth exist there is
no doubt. But where are they?
About four centuries ago the Emper-
or of Peru was captive in the hands
of the Spaniards. His people sent a
train of 1000 llamas "a small beast OF
burden resembling a camel laden with
gold to ransom him. While on their
way, crossing the Andes mountains, the
men in charge of the expedition heard
of the death of the Emperor, and con-
cealed this enormous treasure so eff
fectually that not a trace of it has ever
been found. Go and dig it up, and you
will never again feel the sting of pow
erty.
But clap the brakes down hard on
the wheels of your Imagination. What
was money to Robinson Crusoe? What
would the wealth of Peru have been to
Mrs. Jane Stranks, during a certain
period of eighteen months that she
tells about? Dust, my dear fellow,
countless pinches of common dust.
Here is the reason why-one more pic
ture of that fearful furnace in which
all earthly desires are melted into one
prayer-"0H, God, deIiUer me from pain p
In June, 1891" she says, 81 had an
attack of influenza, followed by bron-
chitis, which left me very low and fee
BILE. 1 had no appetite, and the little
food I forced myself to take gave me
pain and palpitation of the heart I
had weary, sinking feeling at the pit
of the stomach, and was obliged to fight
for my breath. l had a continuous
hacking cough, and spat up quantities
of thick phlegm. Later on l had govt
all 0Uer me, as it were, my hands, face,
and legs being pulled up, and was in
agony day and night. 1 became so weak
could not raise my hand to my mouth,
and had to be fed.
For months l lay perfectly helpless
and almost lifeless, having to be lifted
Fin and out of bed. Four doctors at
tended me for nine months without
effect. Then they told me they could
do nothing for me, one of them giving
me letter of recommendation to Guys
Hospital. At Easter, 1892, my husband
took me in a cab to that hospital, and
| was placed in the Miriam Ward, and
examined by several doctors.
"At this time a hard substance
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
Meeting of Rowing Association.

A meeting of the Rowing Association
was called at u noon yesterday, in the
office of A. G. NJ. Robertson, the presi-
dent, for the purpose of talking over
the matter of bylaws. There were
present: A. G. NJ. Robertson, w. Love
and Charles Crane of the Myrtles
George R. Carter, w. Chamberlain and
w. E. Wall of the Healanis; F. Kru-
ger, Cupid Kalanianaole and w. Nc
Inerny of the Leilanis.
The object of the meeting was the
revision of the bylaws, in regard to
the races. After some discussion, il
was decided to suspend the bylaws
and leave the consideration of the
amendments proposed by several OF
the members present until meeting
to be held Friday evening, May 14th
at 7:30 O'Clock.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
SMUCCLERS FREE
Council of State Grants
Pardons to Four.
Crew and Cook of the Henrietta
VIII Be Released
Today.

President Dole, Ministers Cooper
and Smith, and Messrs. Naone, P. c.
Jones, Winston, Ena, Wilder, Kane,
Mott, Phillips, Kennedy, Robinson and
G. W. Smith, secretary, comprising the
Council of State met yesterday after
noon to consider the application of H.
w Wheeler, J. H. Brown, NJ CARMEL,
members of the crew, and Hoye, cook of
the Henrietta, who were convicted in
April, 1895, of importing opium, and
sentenced 10 pay a fine of $500 each
and undergo an Imprisonment of three
months al hard labor.
The petition was signed by T. Rain
Walker and others, and presented to
the Council by Minister Smith, who, in
reviewing the case, stated that Wheel
er is quite i'll. The petition set forth
the fact that the men shipped on the
schooner. believing she was going to
Mexico, and that one of them was SO
much under the influence of liquor al
the time that he had TO be helped on
board the vessel. Mr. Smith stated
further, that the prison inspectors had
declined to act on the petition, because
they believed it was matter for the
Council to consider. The case had gone
to the Supreme Court, and the fact thai
one Justice had fled a dissenting opin.
ion might have some weight in the pc
titiOn. The applications did not in
clude pardons for the captain or the
agent of the combination, and as theil
sentence, under the poor debtors &C
would expire July II, they are nov
serving out their fine The Executive
favored granting the pardon.
Mr.. Kennedy said the petition wal
dated January last. He would like It
know if the Executive thought the!
would accept the pardon.
Mr.. Smith replied that he was quite
sure of it. Mr. Kennedy then said h
would favor it.
Mr.. Ena wanted TO know who would
support them after they were released
The law stated that immigrants coult
not land without having $50, and he be
lieved the men should be obliged L
leave the country.
Mr. Jones wanted to know whethe
the men were shipped as regular sea
men or on a lay. If the latter, the,
they were as guilty as the master o
agent
Mr.. Smith read from the records o
the Supreme Court, showing the sui
for wages. From this, he considers
the men were sailors.
Mr. Jones then seconded Mr.. Ken
nedy's motion. Mr.. Winston seconds
Mr.. Ena's motion.
Mr. Ena said his was not a motion
only a suggestion. Mr. Phillips said i
the men served their time they coult
not be forced out of the country, an
he did not see why they should be
pardoned.
Mr.. Smith said he had information
to the effect that the men would b
cared for and would leave the country
Mr.. Ena again said that his was no
a motion; he merely asked for infor
nation.
The petition was unanimously grant
ed
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
1T Is THE BEST ON EARTH

That is what Edwards & Parker.
merchants Of Plains, Ga, say of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, for rheumatism.
lame back, deep seated and muscular
pains. Sold by all druggists and deal
ers. Benson, Smith & Co., agents for
H
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
HGHblIQBTsaI7l11l FIRE Insurance y

The undersigned having been apreint~s
agents Of the above oauqlny are prsr7r-d
TO insure risks against hre on Stone I'D
Brick Buildin gS ard on Herchan-
disc stored therein On the most f4voFsbS
terms. For particuiIrs aFply AZ the ssssa
Of F. A. SCAAEFER 4 Co, AgsntS
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
General IssarasSe c0lrany for Sea. River SO
Lasd Trancporf 0f Dresden-

Having established an agency AZ Hos
lulu and the Hawaiian Islanis the MIR
signed General Agents are authorized II
take risks against the daEgers Of the So
a. the most reasonable rates and On shn
nest favorable terms
F. A. SCHAEFER q CO.
Agents FOB he Hswsiisn islsndA
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-05-14
GeTnQI lloyd HlTiHe Insurance @.
OF BERLIN.
Fortuna @ReTGl Insurance cOHgEl
OF BERLIN.
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies havt
established a General Agency here, ar itss
undersigned, Genera! Agents, are E-a'-
lied to take risks against the tange-s =
the seas at the most reasonable rates and
on tbs most favorable terms.
F.A SCHAEFER * CO.. chi ASn.