The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-12
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anss he dfssents from C2ark's
srsnS9 and does so vigorously. TnaA
confirms everybody else IN IS -
mat it is right.-Ralesgh News aHu 80
server.
The most wonderful thing a5out 1t
banking business Is thai tne 1s~sr
Of a busted bank often has Q so 49,
snan than the president of DanA
that's doing WORCESTERSHIRE Sa
zen.
We do rot know what wal Be Done
u-s,n m. ThEsfppt.eS. but have no dSA
that this country viii ever grant uii.iu
their independence. especially
republicans remain In power. = o.
present we see no hope OF ousting fnein-
Herald.
New mills at the farmers door mean
higher prices OF farm land. Higher
nriras for farm lands do not benefit the
farmer. II the coming OF a MIL raises
ths nrice of land from $40 TO 20 or sso
or $50 or 500 an acre the fa fner can
produce no more crop on the ianu. anu
he has 10 pay more tax. True, me-
nearer the market, but this does NOT
Commensurate for the higher taxes: n II
he IS a tenant farmer h increase rem
raj an the higher value OF the lana eaos
no his profit. For It - the nature Oh
rent that Il takes all o a bare Nv
tng-Asheviile Citizen.
The Wilmington n weldon rafiroao
seems 10 be doing n thriving business
At she meeting of the stocknlllers IN
Wilmington last week. Treasurer Poss
read the following statement or re-
ceipts: From freight. T.5os, SSH;
passengers. $3.50, 351.07; express. TL.-
SOO.sI: mail. silo, 747.1i; excess baggage,
s7,Ol465; telegraph. s5,ies.sI; misceila.
neous. ss2.030.2s. TOTAL $2.Sl1.464.2o.
Blu h railroads must needs nave
- 100000. rnv+-a-dQ 40 in order TO
nave sufficient funds TO pay damage
bills. A short way TO prosperity is 10
bring suit against a railroad. There ~
never any difficulty about getting a
verdic1.-Clinton Democrat
And in this c~onnection II is interest
ing to notice a Significant silence In
regard to that old republican pet. pro-
lection OF infant industries. with a
vast surplus of manufactured products.
and the world calling for ii, OF course
1t doesn't matter about protection now,
except for our merchant marine, and.
in harmony with the traditional pater-
nalism of the republican party, the
president hints broadly In V OF gov
ernment subsidies for American ships.
The secretary OF the t~reasury's esti-
mate of a $40, 900. 900 surplus in the
treasury at the end OF this fiscal year
is pointed to with pride" The presl-
dent, who once voted for free silver in
the House of Representatives, il now
evidently a thorough convert to the
gold standard and urgently recon-
mends'' its support-CCharfotte Obsser-
YER.
Greatness" is a word tina needs n
modern definition. We say that Clad
stone, jefferson, Napoleon. Rockefeller
and Duke We're great, meaning thereby
that they are 1.-The top OF the pile" In
their calling. Mr.. Ben Duke has GER
tainly proven to be a Napoleon OF the
tobacco trade, building like Rockefeller
upon the ruin and failure Of thousands
of competitors, and reducing the to-
bacco farmers to the condition OF max
ing only enough to pay for the cost of
cultivaring the crop and hoping Tor
better things next year. That's what
greatness In Dukes career has done
for the men who before the trust was
or~ganiZedwere the most prosperous
farmers to be found. 1t transferred the
profits in tobacco from the pockets OF
the farmers to the trust.-Ra1eigh News
and Observer.
To regulate the world we must begin
with ourselves. Doing equity. We can
ask for equity; doing justly, we can
insist upon Justice. being charitable,
we can solicit aims with grace and
consistency. But let US not set our
selves up as critics to give precept
without being the examphar thereof.
Let us not prononce other all evil until
We have eliminated the old Adam from
ourselves. The man h lives a con-
sistent life Is respected. II in this life
there is charity and loving kindness,
he who SO lives is beloved. Where do
you stand in life? Are you finding fault
with yourneighbor. picking flaws in his
character and showing instances OF
petty in his family. or are
you so conducting yourself that the
most exacting cannot with truth find
aught against you ?-Tarboro Southern
err.
But leaving aside the incongruous
position of the administrg ton (for Mr..
Gage declares that his action was die
tated by Mr.. Mckinley there is still
another point: Under the Harrison re-
gime there were issued 2 per cent.
bonds, now quoted IN the market at
1904. Instead OF purchasing these, and
saving to the treasury 81. FOG, 900, what
does our Mr.. Gage do but go into the
market and make an offer on the part
OF the National Governments to buy
$25, 900, 600 of outstanding 4 and s per
cent. bonds, the fours being quoted at
1927 and accrued Interest, and the
ives at Ill with accrued interest, en-
failing the expenditure of 81, 700, 900
more than was necessary, even admit
ting that a bond purchase was h
proper thing to be done. The repub1l-
can party has heretofore pursued it's
~nefarious undertakings under the cover
Of patriotism" The demands OF this
situation in Wall street have drawn
them into the open, n the public now
sits in the front row as a witness to
this unwarranted proceeding.-Ashe-
vile Citizen.