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The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
THE MODERN FARMER.
His Lot 10 Improving Faster than
That of Other Men.


The old-time farmers boy was not scri-
ousiy 10 blame for striking out for the
city. His pathway Of life was not strewn
with roses, nor were his days a succession
of joyous picnics. He was compelled 10
rise early in the morning. long before the
lark had ceased from slumber. and bring
the cows from the dewy pasture. He WAS
expected. before be had a chance 10 sat
isfy his morning hunger, to pail six
CONS; be kicked over At least once; feed
and groom four horses. and carry food
and drink 10 IL least twenty-five head Of
oi,ca-iaCed swine.
Ia the summer be was expected to hold
the handles OF Il bull tongue p!ow and
tramp aiown the rows of corn until long
after the chickens had gone to their night
ly rest. In the fall, when the old horse
power threshing ach:nc came around, he
stood at the tail eud and fOrked away the
straw. while ragweed dust filled his lungs
and clogged the pores Of his skin. In the
winter he was sent out to pick stones from
the rocky field. and as he picked, fresh
stones sprang up like dragons teeth to
take the place of those he had gathered.
He had no time to read. and mighty little
for rest. 1t isn't any wonder he got tired
uf the business and struck out for the city.
Now il different. The farmer no longer
comes 10 town ia his road wagon, sitting
on two-inch plank laid across the top OF
the wagon, but he rides in his surrey, his
horses arrayed in crmounted harness.
He sits in a carriage seat to p!ow his
ground, and after his days work is done
takes walk for exercise. The o!d-fash-
ioned horse-kiIling and Misunderstanding
thrcshing M chine has given way to
modern invention run b. steam, autolnat
ically fed, which stacks its owD straw,
and MEASURES. weighs and loads the grain,
while the farmer, seated in the comforta-
bic shade. may watch the operation. His
hay is stacked by machinery, and baled
by machinery. His water is pumped by
machinery. His stock will soon be fed
by machinery. He is beginning to put in
telephones and order his groceries over the
VIE
The time is near at hand when, instead
Of being the slave OF toll. the farmer will
I've the man of leisure as well as the man
Of capital.
When that time comes il viii! be found
that the ambition OF young men will lie
in the direction OF becoming landed coun-
try gentlemen instead of hard-driven,
overworked and smOthered- -for-air resi-
dents OF the cities.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Have a New Oppor,uuity.

Democratic orators who last year were
trying TO convince the public that the
clique of financiers in Europe whom they
vaguely denominated money power
were responsible for the adoption Of the
gold standard by all the intelligent ma
tions Of the earth, will now have an op-
portunity to make an equally interesting
and equally reasonable assertion by
charging up to the gold power the failure
Of the crops all over the world. 1t is
just as reasonable to charge the destruc-
tion of Argentine crops by grasshoppers
to the money power as it is to assume that
the money power could influence the leg
islation of a great nation on that most
important question of its policy, the cur
reucy
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Not Controlled by Silver.

Russia's exports Of grain. according to
the latest advices. have amounted to only
about Is per cent this year Of those Of
1896, the total OF all kinds Of grain
amounting to 143, 100000 bushels during
the first eight months Of the present year.
When there is added to this fact the ex-
treme shortage in the crops Of this year.
it is apparent that Russia will do little if
any exporting and supplying the markets
of the world, to which India, Australia
and Argentina will contribute little. il
anything. thus leaving the United States
the chief food supply Of those sections
which have to 60 outside their own terri
tory for grain. This accounts for the ad-
vance in the price OF wheat, and sustains
the claim Of the Republicans in the last
fall campaign that the prices Of wheat de-
pend upon supply and demand. and are
not controlled by or related to the use Of
silver
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Iowa Democracy and Gov. Boies.

The Democratic party in Iowa is not
content to lose the alliance of the other
anti-Rcpublicans of the State, but by its
latest move it has OstraciZed the BOics
element. The venerable "Uncie Horace
saw tit to advocate the adoption Of the
commercial ratio between gold and silver.
and base free coinage thereon, instead Of
Ii to l. He insisted upon it. There
upon the leaders ordered him to the rear.
He is no longer allowed to go to and fro
up and down the State preaching the gos-
pei of free coinage at 36 to 1.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
trusts and Free Trade.

Under protection, when business thrivcs
and confidence reigns, men do not wait
long to compete with, and break down. Il
trust which charges exorbitant prices.
Under free trade, when business is para
lyzed and confidence blasted. men do not
put their money into new enterprises. and
consequently those who are already cstab-
lished in any business have things all
their own way with what business is left
to them. They have no fear of compctin.
rivals to kill their trade when the demand
is light. The cotton tie trust acted on this
knowledge, and the result was $1.:}J per
bundle for ties which they are willing to
sell to-day for 20 cents per bundle. 1t is
time for the free traders to drop their
cry that protective tariff fosters trusts:
not because the facts are against them
that is never any reason for free trader
to drop a charGe-but because the facts
are getting too we'll known to let the lie
go longer undetected by the people ut
large.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

preaching State campaign. Despite the
air Of righteousness gwen to the commit
tees discovery that it was clearly with
out authority to write Il party platform,
its failure to express last "Wednesday even
the smallest opinion Oh public questions
bears all the carmarks Of deliberate and
studied policy. Moreover, the plausible
excuses for dOdging a rcaffirDation Of the
Chicago platform so obligingiy furnished
to Senator Murphy by Chairman Jones of
the Democratic National Committee fail
wholly to obscure the main fact that the
Democratic organization in the foremost
State OF the Union practically hauled
down the silver flag when. by policy Of
inaction and silence, it committed itself
to conducting State campaign on lines
which virtually ignore the declarations ac-
cepted year ago rs Democratic faith by
~ s0tiOnal convention ut Chicago.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
PROVIDED" AND "IF."
Stand i'm the Way of that Silver an.
Bank of England Story.

Stand in the Way of that Silver and
Bank of England Story.
What the Bank Of England proposes to
do about silver was formally and authOri-
tatively stated yesterday at the semi-an-
nual meeting Of the bank by the Governor,
who read letter he had written to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. stating. in
substance. that the bank was prepared to
d" what it was permitted to do by the
bank act Of 1874, that is, to carry one
fifth Of the reserve against its notes in
silver, provided, however, that the French
mint is again opened TO the free coinage
Of silver land that the price at which sill
yer is PrOcurable and salable is satisfac-
tory" The Governor went on to say that
the bank had bought no silver, and all that
it had agreed to was to do what is per-
missible under the act Of 1874, ON the con-
ditions he stated. This is some slight en-
to bimetallists. but not
enough to excite charlottesville Com
mcrciaI.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

German law was in force and cotton ties
were on the free list. but the price was
81 .35 per bundle at wholesale. This year
We have the DingIey bill and protective
tariff on cotton ties and they arc offered
n 40 cents a bundle At Wholesale. These
facts do not seem TO work in with the
Cleveland parrot cry that 1.-The tariff is 4
taN. These facts. too. are of themselves
sufficient refutation OF the other free
trade falsehood scattered SO broadly and
so constantly. that a protective tariff fos-
;ers trusts. Last year. under free trade,
there was cotton tie trust: this year. un-
der a protective tariff. the trust is broken.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Get Good Money for HShest.

The farmers are row getting just two
and a half times as much for whent as Mr.
Bryan and his followers promised them II
they adopted free coinage. They prom
ised 81 per busbel for wheat in silver Dol
lars. and admitted that they didn't know
what the silver coins would be wsxtA.
They are now worth 40 cents under frr<
coinage. while the farmers are getting tuo
and half times that in good Americar
1Ulcent dOllars.-Exchange.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
BRYAN REvERSES HIMSELF.
Inn pcrtinence and E6rOntery that
Would Shame u Street Fakir.

- =
\ year ago w. J. Bryan was travelling
back and forth across the American con-
tinent declaring tina; the law OF supply
and demand had nothing whatever to do
with the prices of American products, and
that the only hope for a.iva ancemcnt out of
the condition Of industrial prostratiOn WAS
through the free and unlimited coinage If
silver. Now he is campaigning among the
same people with the unreserved declara-
ton that government policies, Legislation,
financial systems, etc, have nothing what
ever to do with the price Of products. hut
that they are governed solely by the law
Of supply and demand.
1t would not be so bad il Mr.. Bryan re-
mained content with reversing himself
But with an impertinence and effrontery
that would make a patent medicine fakir
ashamed IF himself he proceeds to reverse
all Of the American people who did not
agree with his highpopalOrum theory of Il
year ago. Everywhere and upon all oc-
cations the Republicans insisted during
the campaign Of 1896 that the price of
products was governed by the law Of sup
ply and demand. Now Mr.. Bryan is striv-
ing 10 make it appear that the Republi-
cans have abandoned their contention of
a year ago and are claiming that the ad-
vance in the price Of wheat and corn is
solely due to Republican legislation and
not to- the operations Of the law of supply
and demand. This is false and Mr.. Bryan
knows il is false. Because he has come
over on to Republican ground is no rca-
son why he should seek to drive the Re-
publcanS on 70 PODulist grOund which he
has. .lh11 City Journal.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Threats Not Carried Out.

1t is not observed that the countries
which were making that terrific protest
against our new tariff three months ago
are putting any Of their implied threats
into execution. They know now what
they knew then. that the balance Of trade
was in their favor. and that they could
not afford to carry out any Of their
threats.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Had to Have an Issue.

People who are surprised that the three
anti-Republican conventions in Nebraska
decided to again advocate free silver
should remember that they had to have
something for an issue. OF course the
Democratic tariff theory was too unpopu-
lar to trot out again. ~ also the other di-
lapidated fads Of the Democrscy.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Not q Safe Money Metal.

4 fall cf 20 per cent in value in . Dsne1
MEAL in ten months would seem - War-
rant the belief that it is not very saee -
a money metal Yet that is just TIE EaA
in the value Of silver since last Noye0AeE-
1t was worth G5112 cents per ounce u Nv
York ON Nov. 3. 1906. and is wsFsA salP
81 ee1ts today.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Wheat to Bring Golden Dollars.

While our wheat production is very
large this year. our home consumption is
increasing with returning prosperity and
we will have to hold the major part of it
for our own people. 1t is estimated that
we will have in the neighborhoOd Of IOO.-
Nto.coo bushels for export. which means
not far from 2O0.0C0.OGO golden dollars to
be distributed among the farmers.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Protection in the south.

The growth Of protective sentiment in
the South, shown by the election Of Sen
ator McLauriD in South Carolina. is no
surprise to those who have studied the
situation in that section. The New York
Sun, whose editors scan the political hori-
zOn pretty closely, in q recent article
points out the growth Of Republicanism
in that section, and says it il to be an i'm
portant Geld for the party in future.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
The Price Of Cotton Ties.

4 dispatch from Charlotte. n. c.. states
that an Illinois manufacturing company
offers to furnish the regular fat cotton tie
at 20 cents per bundle at wholesale in
carload lots. or at IS cents at retail, and
that several carloads have already been
ordered for tina: immediate section. The
dispatch goes on to say that last year the
price was $50 per bundle At retail and
e1-35 at Wholesale. Thea the Wilson
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Absurdity IL Made Clear.

The recent statements of Statistician
Mulhall. in which he shows that the prai-
rie States are the most prosperous spot
upon the face of the earth. make clear the
absurdity of the effort which was made
by the silver orators last year to induce
the people Of that section to adopt cheap
money rs basis Of further prosperity.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Making Our Own Tin Plate.

The free trade theorists are not hunting
up just now their assertions made when
the Mckinley law was enacted, that no
amount Of protection would enable the
United States to make its own tin plate.
Not only is the bulk Of our tin plate now
being manufactured ut home as a result
of that protection thus given, but our
Of that article are actually
invading foreign markets.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Sick OF His Own Medicine.

The Observation-Disclosures is
now presenting a curious spectacle. Two
months ago he crammed free silver, and
free silver only, down the throat Of the
Democratic party, and now be is rs sick
Of the dose n were the other people. But
he can't get rid Of It now. He has made
his bed, he must lie in Il.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Free Coinage or Freight Cars.

The free silver leaders have contended
that what is needed is an increase in the
volume Of money; but that does not seem
to be the trouble just ut present. What is
needed is an increase in the volume Of
freight cars. The Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul road is trying 10 borrow FIVE
thousand cars from some Of the Southern
roads to enable it to handle the traffic
offered to il. Unless it IS able to get the
cars it will have to lose considerable busi-
ness. At present it is using all the cars
available and is unable to keep up with
the demand from all points on its lines.
The situation is becoming serious. not
only with the st. Paul. hut with the
Northwestern. the Burlington. Rock Isl
and. AtchisOn and all the other Western
and Northwestern roads. They are sim
ply unable to handle the traffic ordered.
All the roads report that not only are they
delused with grain traffic. but west-bOund
merchan ndise is offered in great volume.
What is needed then is little more free
coinage of freight cars.-kalamazOO Tcle-
graph.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
Why They're Paying Mortgages.

1t seems now that it is the poor farmers
who are being ''intimidated." Last fall
the POpocrats assumed that the working
men were processing friendship for the
Republicans because they feared dismissal
if they did not. but the election showed
that there was no foundat ton for this as
sertiOn. Now Mr.. Bryan says it is last
years threat of foreclosure that is lead
ing the farmers to pay off their mortgages.
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

Hauling Down the Silver Flag.
More than local significance attaches ia
the refusal Of the Democratic State Com.
mittee Of New York to revive the free
silver coinage issue Tor use In the an,
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13
An Object Lesson.

The financial situation in the Southern
Republic presents an object lesson whcl
should not he lost upon our friends. the
| free silver lunatics. Advices from III,
City of Mexico, in the words of 4 recent
| arrival from that unhappy place. paint II
gloomy picture of the future" \ young
Californian who has resided there foI
! three or four years. and who has held /
| conspicuous position in large business
| concern. states that the decline in tn,
price Of silver has practically driven him
| out Of business. He says that everything
! has gone up threefold--except wages. Ow-
ing 10 the tremendous discount on that
metal working people are now scarcely
able 10 earn sufficient to procure the nee
essarieS Of life.
All branches Of business are paralyzed
and Americans are leaving the country in
drovcs. Merchants who have outstanding
accounts and who are compelled to collect
them in silver are being put to a tremen-
dous loss. When this young man left
Mexico it took $3.50 to buy 81 in ex-
change, condition which has practically
destroyed the importing business, and
which is gradually Gripping the Govern
ment; for as imports decline the revenues
of the republic are ob!iterated.
The evolution Of q free silver basis in
Mexico substautiatcs everything alleged
by the opponents Of Mr.. Bryan In the last
presidential campaign in this country. I.
was then said that wages were the last to
60 up, aud that currency imitation Of every
kind was injurious to the maeeee. This
is always the fact. Capital takes care of
itself, but labor 10 always the victim Of
p.evailing circumstances. Yet il is a
millions Of people who voted for William
J. Bryan. probably 75 per cent were men
who. had his financial theories been put
into effect. would have suffered the most.
In Mexico the masses are not response
bic for the financial crisis. The Gov
ernment maintafns its silver basis with
out consulting them. But in the United
States. had the free coinage Of silver been
adopted, the people themselves would
have wrought their own ruin. No reason
ing man can contemplate the possible re-
suits Of the presidential campaign Of 1876
without q shiver. Bryan was defeated,
after all, by a narrow plurality. Had he
succeeded and had his demagOgy and
crude theories been put into the form of
laws. fifty years Of good government and
prosperity would not have wiped out the
damage he would have inflicted upon the
nation.
Ii there are any free silver lunatics in
this country who still believe that it is
safe 10 adopt free coinage Of silver with
out the consent OF any other nation. they
should be sent to Mexico and compelled
there 10 study the frishtful results Of a
deprecated currency upon the welfare Of
the common peop.e.-San Francisco Post
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

Es"s aa ,ns at
nhf
by three vr3 feet
u6mt bonds ssmNd drc. Government printed
The Columbus journal., 1897-10-13

Business failures in the
Second week September.
Second week September.
Second week September.
Second week September,
Second week September,
The Progress., 1897-01-16
SPECIAL NOTICE.

I again take occasion TO remind my
friends in the city and vacinlty that
my place of bcsiness is cot tinued at
my old stand, 210 Texas street, and
ion with the Gordon Jewelry Com
pany Limited" Very respectfully.
S. e. GORDON.
Shreveport. La, October "a, 1896.
The Progress., 1897-01-16
FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME

Oysters, fi-h and game in season. Of
the very best Mr.. Serwich's oys-
ter uar'"- > ":w.2-'s the scene of busy
patti 'ase iI- -owS how to pie ase,
SO oo his employees and they always
do.
The Progress., 1897-01-16
BY w. B. WEAVER.
ROOF PAINTER AND REPAIRER

do you pay a big price to have your
ieaky roof, fixed? w. b. Weaver is
still here and is still the reliable roof
psi"ter aud repairer. He will guar
an,ee that both old atd new shingles,
iron al d tin roofs will not leaf # he
paints and repairs them. R.mem-
her he guarantees all work done by
him.
The Progress., 1897-01-16

A. Z7rn, the popular mercL ant
tailor, has ju-t rec.i. ed full line OF
suitiugs, pants go DDS, nd latest up
to-date salnpe es, and Invites the pub
lie TO call and examine the same. .
Fall and winter suits at prices never
offered befors. POS Milan street.
The Progress., 1897-01-16

PROVISIONS.

Uams-Choice, sugar cured lie
Lard compound sac: pure; 3-4c.
BRFADsTUFFs.
Elonr-Best patent. $5; half patent or
straight, s4.75: extra fancy; GO.
Coinmeal, s1.'5 per Dbl; 80 u pound
sacra cractersNA b G soda crackers are
onnted al lie; cream. Sc by the lot.
I,ice-New Louisiana. ) l-2a4 l-2c.
COFFEE ANC TEA.
Coffee easy; fair, 16 l,2c; medium
grade; Is 1-2e; better. 2Oa2l lac,
Tea-Good stock OH hand. fair de-
mand: far at 25c: good, 40a5Oc; ine. .3a
&c: finest, 51,00a1.25 per lD by the chest.
SUGAR AND MOLASSES.
su.ar-Standard granulated, 5-ss; ST.
Emma granu ated. 5 1-$c snow white.
43-Sc: choice yellow cluriid. &c; prime
yellow claritid, 4 lac seconds, 4c.
Molasses lsa25c. prime open
kettle, 3Sc; choice reboiled. none.
Esculen.s.
Onions, new, 7Gc a bushel.
Beans, navy, :a3 12c per Ito,
Irish potatoes. new soc per bushel.
Kraut. 81. s5as barrels.
Basgiug and ties.
Basging, 2 10 re; 3-4 10, 6 1-2c,
Twine for bailinS purposes quoted at
Zoe per lb by the bale.
lfOIt llcs. fo-to, ~A'co.
Grain and feedstun.
Corn. mixed sacked. 44c per bu.
Hay, choice prairie, Arkansas. 80; Tex
Oats, wh.:e. &c; rust proof a2c.
Rye9Oc
Barley 75c,
Bran 15c,
Chopped corn, SOC per 100 lbs
Miilet seed. Sic per bu.
CUttOutseed meal 9Oc per sack.
Wheat 95c.
Chickens and eggs.
Chickens, hens per boz, 81 IS.
BrOilers per doz. 81 so.
Fryels large, per doZ, ST. 10.
Eggs per doz l5a1Sc.
Butter, country. per lb II 1-2a15c.
Turkeys, per ID Sc.
:lron and hard ware.
Axes. s6a1U.
Axles, LIE per pound.
Bellows 20a22c.
Betting, rubber GO. and 10 per cent off.
Kelly plows, boss Il 30 each.
Kelly points, boss SI.40 per coz.
Kelly land slides, Boss &l 40 per aoZ.
Swe. 's-Ait sizes. 3slc per pound.
Slug, ,rees-s1.5Ot a $40 per dozen.
Trac. Chains-27@4Dc per pair.
Bull Wgues, corn shove,s, diamond
scoOters =: turn shoyels l-2c; heel bolts
CSC t'ert Z; grass rods sl.25 Ter doz.
Wire, vanized barb LIE.
WdS0tts IL tdtiftS ttfttti bte ShSlb, 1905
23-4 inces 45; 3 inches $46; 3 Ii inches,
e5S IL inches SOS; seats $50; BRAKES
800; tubular or hellOw irou axle " wagons,
Two horse so 90; four horse G.. .0Ja1U. %
Nails $50 basis: new card.
Hide and wool market.
Dry hides, No. / flint S..
Dry hides, NO 2 flint &C..
Badly bug eaten. 1 1-2a2c.
Dry salted, No Sc.
Bull hides &C.
Green salted hides 4 12
Green salt hides Cite ahd badly cut &c
Wool, tub washed, choice Ia a 15c
Wool, unwashed, clear 10 u 20 1-2c
Wool, bury and black 5aSc
BeeswaX, prime 2Oa23c
Tall0w 1-2a3c
Sheep skins, each 10a25c
Goat skins lOa2Gc
Furs.
Otter 81 OOa1 90
Beaver 00a6 90
Raccoon l6a40c
Fox l0a50c
Opossum 5aSc
Wild Cat I5a25c
Mink 26a75c
The Progress., 1897-01-16
Shreveport Sausage Factory

Realizing the large demand and great
necessity and wants of the people, and in
OF this city, have added q Sausage Fac
tory to my Market, and employ only skill
ed workmen, and invite the public to
come and inspect our many kinds kept on
hand. We also keep choice meats, poul-
try, oysters, fish, game, vegetables and
choice creamery butter. Now is the time
to buy your Christmas Turkey.
Respectfully, j. c. MAHLEN,
323 Texas St.
The Progress., 1897-01-16

Residence on Crockett tree; tor ale
Sc Hick. Brother, , ) Milan f e t.
The Progress., 1897-01-16

Get The PRoaREss to do your LOB
work.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-31

tariff on the proposition that the law
enacted by a Democratic congress did
not produce sufficient revenue to pay
the expenses of the government Then
they went to work and in order to
fulfill their pledges to the monopolies
and trusts, passed law which their
own leaders estimate must show a
deficit larger than might reasonably
be expected from the law as it was.
They are bound, we suppose, as parti-
sans. to make some sort of apology for
this. 1t would really seem better to
take the situation boldly by the horns
than to make spectacles of themselves
by pointing to a deficit beyond a
deficit of $3,000,O00 a month, a falling
off of even insufficient revenues to that
amount, and holding it up to public
view as the guarantee of full treas
ury for the other eleven months of the
year.