J KNOW NOT JVIIAT THE TRhTlI.MAY BE,- I'LL TELL IT AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME."
Volume 75 No. 45
Durham, N. C, Wednesday, March 27, 1S95.
Established 1820
It Will be Confuting
rrom goulhmru Totooconltt.
When investigation " comes to
proving the prices of cutters, past
and present, we sunniae it will be
amusing and confusing. We think
it would be eay to get almost end
less testimony" on both sides,
The new belt of brights for four
prices are compared to this de-(lish cloths are sold in Germany
duration, what would it prove?! eacb nation commmanding
Rut tintA niir eavinn .lanoii I the market for that which it
makestbest.
The great thing that tarifl re
form has done for ourmanufac
turers is to admit them into this
international compettion. to
make it possible for American
to
important For all this, we nev
er assume to say what cutters
would have been iuder open
market, free trade, competition,
and unintimidated trading and
uumonopouzea macmnes, unless, f tn yA ,
or five years past has known only hke somo other grades, they very American market, but to reach
high prices, as leompared with compettion Ve . clamor for should foreign markets also, when they
trust buying, ana Knows nommg nave cut prices down to smoking are of a kind to ' command ac-
of anti trust values. The old belts and plug rates, by which we see ceptance. Even a high tariff
have largely fallen back in cut- the big Western and Northern did not keep out of this country
tors for color, and raanj of the factories prosper, and the little imported fabrics that were bet-
oest lands are reported given out, onee areleft ; oat on that plan all than those made here; it only
and producers have gone, ins the same. St. Louis and Middle- increased their price to the pur-
eroat measure to other more pro- town factories, storting with a few chaser, whUe the tax on the ma-
. , . , ... . .. , , . . 6 . . , terial so increased the price of
ductive new fields forbnghtto- thousand dollars, in ten to twelve thegood8made here that they
bacco culture. . years have made millions on mil- could not compete abroad with
Whether the prices for brights lions in plug,' and yet we have those made under a more liber-
in general had ruled high or low, the poor ones, all the same, with al system.
the most cutters ,ossible are made us. , JtVf "Zt
1 ii - this disability. American goods
every year, as the best paying EngUn4's 5n strike can now enter the markets of
partf the cropext to wrapperc, The great strike among the the world, wherever they can
jwrs sold below the average cut- shoe manufaew'ere insisted up- tion. Success is nowhere to be
ter prices. on introducing improved Amer- won by artificial legislation; it
Thrperiod of downward ten- icpn machineryi8 a modern phase " Ltnllli.
Anvnf n,n.N willbe hard to ... i .1.. tt-.j cellence, under the naturallaws
Mvuv . . o nn oKi rouuv m m of fair business competition,
establish, except it be in the sec- Kingdom! snys the New York
onrrhand or hogshead tobacco Advertiner. Ever since machin- Washington utter.
trade, and that has been more L.,. wn to ul in the arts Washington," March aa. Sev
or less the case ever since the f productiOI, there has been more eral men of waf " 0nothe.ir
American Tobacco. u., was iorm- or lew antilialhy to it on the part w"7 w lu" "v"
-.1 Wv-r. 1m vorvL .. 1J v i i..A wants to hold Cuba. France
Z' ; losses " rr" r; . 1 r and England want to hold their
rjLV 5;::. I ,ccu, r"r " lu . territory in South America.
cunuiuti.u.-i 1 wrecktr.tr ol trie innocent contn-i,w j .: :
to all dealers in cutters, whose oc- Tanoe9 or in the lurning of the digcU8Bed and teartiiy favored
cupotionin specuiauon cwau building in which they were sit- on the atreets. Unless diplo-
whenthe rronopoly begun. The uatfdj but as ruch lawlessness was roatic and peaceful counsels
commission u en and buyers' gpiiy put down, the working- prevail, we may have an extra
b oka" verify this all through. men hare recently sought to at- session and a chance to teach
Cutters,, like other tobaccos tajn their ends through Labor Europe what we Inow about
vary with the quantity of the gen- Unions. This weapon, however, war. I hope not, but this coun-
eral crop. One crop is hardly has proved to be as futile in the try ought to enforwlthe Monroe
comparable with another. The long run as open attacks on prep
only w.iy t J tea. the rise cr full in ertVi
cutters would be to get the Ameri- n a undoubtedly hard that
can Tobacco Co'sbookathey buy rkijen ghould lose their oc
no other kind scarcely get their CUnations through the substition
yearly' and general average, or 0f mechanical devices for human object of this alliance was the
t at of some big sxport buyer, labor, but such is the inevitable BUbordination of politics to the
aud compare prices, if the color, bjWOf industrial progress, and it christian religion, the worldly
quality and grade can be com- U folly to fight against it Man- wise statesman of this country
puted. If this much can't bec nfketurera must keeD on with and of Europe knew well
comnlished take the "ggTegate modern processes of producUon, or enough that the three sovereigns
pounds of some big standard fac- inevitably go to the wall. British were seeking more practical
.1 .t.......M n.nl 1 1 j .i.i.....u lonri than the advancement of
' : .A ,rinfl i. n..:. s.,t.. religion. It was know.that they
several ordinary factories, or 0, as high here as in their own coun- fLlZ
the onginal buyers of wrapper. trT, lt b only a matter of time . . B in in ,ub
for a like term of years and coin- hen they will be driven out of ,,.,, ,nrlpnflndence-seek
pare prices. Conceding something I tj,c;r 0wn tnarsets unless they I jn coionie8 D South America,
for wrapper, .constituting tin I employ the same efilcient machin- iThii fact presented a question
hiirher erade and Hcher prices, ill er. which their American rivals I which, in the language of
could be figured out which tobac-1 Jo. If this asserUon be true, and I Thomas Jefferson was the most
ct held out best. It could be evidently it is, the sole question momentous which has been of
even aoccrtaincdrin this way, for the striking shoe workers to fered since the signing of the
tfKmar.1. declaration of independence.
tw nmM: 1 Wmnr mid theL t, ii..; .mnUvom mil Mr. Monroe, who was president
m,t dealers and the handlers Lfbusinessor whether they pre- in 1823, when the matter as
mo4 profitWcour. on-fcr American competition to do it. L'lT IS advice Z' Mr.
opolized. . The signal efficiency of the jeffwion who was then living
, But if cutters were higher, what United States in the production of jQ yetirpment at Monticello.
wonder? Tlie big demand from footwear is one of the achieve- jir. jefferson's reply was posi-
tlie moaooly alone well justified menU, which, by turning the at- tite. Our first and f unda-
liimt not killing, but encouraging, tention of the people to manufac- mental maxim should be," he
the gorea 'U'ftt laid " the golden turers, bas resulted in constant aald, "never" to entangle our-
. a a.. flil . . at?fl.jr tJ.
egg, and who cuia uciicr anoni ,in,i mnniruM improvemenw in selves in we orons 01 n.urvyc, j
Uic enwurngemwit than the Anu-r- iJ,c imthods of production. our second, never to suffer Eu-1
lean' Tobacco" Co.T Uey were . EZSt Last rope t0. ln!fr,meJd,J
Wud ip fa "the planter, even SZZL f" Jji fZ
optionallr concern!, the full The reported sale of wme cases wn It might be added. In the
Pr, .dthe more-soif com- 0f American woolens in Eng- tjme letter favored th e acquU
moTani other tobacco sold low, land ha. been discussed with ?n of to the I ued
lack of discrimination " .t-;" ",.iu
lion iur. jeuersoii uuu,
same
intervention,
which is
But what if fillers undergo a '7!.," , ftf th now associated with the name
like crucial test? Wher wcrer"' " f . of President Monroe really be.
tl. and what are thev now. and hW88 bll,,y """r?? loS to his predecessor.
t -T , t . . . 1 wooiens in vois counvr uuuoi 1 ..... j... hu r,iir(i
wt..t 1, l.nn in i.rir for I . . . .1 I At this date, laid, tuwaru
and shoe buckles. The minis
ters wore a similar suit, except-
ng the embroidery was hand-
anmpp anrl tViA AttsAvntL wr in
nalr ftcorna. These PeI Castillo was bom in 1830.
designs at once suggested peace He made his debut in 1851; as
and .tmntrth hnt Thnmaa jrf ohief editor of the Patna, in
. e f I . .1 . , j.j n
tarain
.v. v. . . ,
.WtrinA wnntd it finforcp... laeas. in 180 ne was nameu
" 1 r a r J - .!
Mr RatiRom leaves this citv epuiy 01 .waiagu, anu ince
for Mexico in about one week. that year he has never ceased
He left here for his home in to 7 8ea in theories.
WArth nornlini, vfistrdav morn. e neia Beverai imponant poi
in. He secured a place for tion9 und h government and
Mr. Robert Powell," of Tarboro,
in the postoffice department and
several other small appointments
while here. .. - i ,
Commissioner Miller is again
at his desk. He has the power
to appoint ten superintendents
of income tax collectors at $3,
500 a year.
doctrine. The promulgation ot
this doctrine was known as the
Holly Alliance, a treaty signed
by the Caar of Russia, the em
peror of Austria and the king o:
Prussia. While the ostensible
in consequence of troubles grow,
ing out of the attacks on the
army by newspapers.
Senor Don Antonio Canovas
in ieo4 he was minister 01 n
nanceand.the colonies. He drew
up the law for the abolition of
the traffic in slaves.
His greatest title to fame is
that of having been the first to
hoist the standard of legitimate
and constitutional monarchy in
the full constituent assembly iu
18C1 in face of a triumphant
revolution. His fidelity and ca
pacity definitely obtained for
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
14
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ABSOLUTELY PU1TE
she gets into diplomatic squab
bles with a small power. Jack
8onville Times.
A New Scheme
When the thought of the
country is so largely directed to him tbe eupreme direction of
me money question, the Alfonsist party and in the
Atlanta Journal, it is natural nPpeiamfttio f Alfonso XII. as
that many remedies for the real kiDg in December, 1874, Senor
and imaginary ills of our finan- Canovas Del Castillo became
cial system should be proposed prescient 0f the council and
One of the latest of these chief 0f the new cabinet. This
comes from Mr. Jordan, assis- 'ffi ntii 1079. when
tant treasurer 01 me unueu Marshal Martinez de Campos
States. His plan is, to abolish became prime minister. Senor
the sub-treasuries and nave an Canovas Del Castillo opposed
the banks, state and national, I the marshal's free trade and
make their clearances through emancipation projects,and final
oi.e central bank. According y, in December, 1879, compelled
would establish their own sys- novas Del Castillo again came
tem of security and inspection mt0 power and held the reins of
and to issue all currency with government until 1881, when he
gald and silver bullion as its se was overthrown by a coalition
curity. The funds ot the United I between the supporters of Senor
States would be deposited in the I Sagasta ant Marshal Martinez
banks through the clearing de Campos, and tbe former be-
house, the government to be se-1 came prime minister.
cured by equal deposits of Uni
ted States bonds ' I It is rumored that "Uncle
Mr. Jordan contends that this Pete" Turney is merely holding
scheme would have manifold I on in order that be may do the
advantages In the first place, Toney act when he is counted
he says, that instead of $5,0000,. in as governor of Tennnessee,
It is very evident that Spain
is as usual very slow in apolo
gizing to the United States,
which has caused so much com
ment for the last week or so.
Tho New York Advertiser in
commenting on the affair says:
tion and enable people in every
industry to get more or less of
it, but how anybody on the face
of the earth, save the holders of
silver bullion could be in the
least benefited by the free coin
age of silver passes comprehension.
All but one member of Hose
company No. 3 lost . their lives
Spain does not seem disposed to Saturday night in a fire in Den
apologize for the assault on the ver, Col , which destroyed the
Allunca nor to give the United , St. James hotel. The hose com
States any assurance that orders
have been issued to Spanish
naval commanders which will
make a repetition of the gross
insult to the American flag im
possible. Both the apology and
the security of American mer
chant shipping using the Wind
ward Passage were demanded
in Secretary Gresham's temper
ate but explicit dispatch. Both
must be insisted upon if the
dignity of the American Repu
blic is to be maintained.
pany,excepting the captain,was
colored men. The blaze was dis
covered at 10:30 Vclock by the
clerk. Every room in the house
was occupied, and steps were
taken at once to warn the guests
of their danger. All occupants
escaped without injury. The
unfortunate men, in company
with four others, were groping
about in the blinding smoke in
the rotunda of the hotel whenthe
tile and cement floor gave way
precipitating them into the base-
000 or $100,000,000 being locked I but this is a historical instance
on in the vaults of the treasury let self-abnegation that is not
and sub treasuries, it would be likely to be repeated in this gen-
available for the use of the peo- eration, especially by a patriot
pie and would go far toward I who has no second soft sit in
preventing panics and financial reserve. lxmisvuie limes.
disturbances like those of 1894. 1 it ia not. and orobablv never
The other advantages claimed . .. . v : h mftnT
for this plan is that it would Bn.a,llbe known just how many
create a flexible and abundant widows, orphans and wills the
currency that it would admit late James G. Fair left. New
of the freer use of silver as cur- ones are turning up every day,
rency security; would bring all I and . not one-half of the pre
banks of all classes under an ef-1 cmcts have been heard from.
fective system of security and It is easier for a camel to go
inspection and would faciliate through the eye of a needle
transactions and exchanges. than ior a ncn man s esiaw 10
It will be seen that Mr. Jor run the gauntlet 01 probate
dan's plan wou!d involve radi- court.-KaBhv.iie Banner.
cat changes in our present cur- Tho f regh foreigner, who glib-
rency system, but coming as 11 -ensures the action of the ad
does from one who has given miiBtration in a case in which
the subject much study and is u WM impossible for him to
in a pobiuoii iw yyrcviuj know wnat information the ad
weak points of the present sys- mBtRfrftt:on based its action
tem, it will atba t considerable upont needg the sharp reminder
that be is bere to iook alter ine
interests of his nation in this
For the United States to aban- ment, where the four unfortu-
don tbe position which it has I nates were mangledand suffoca-
justly assumed would be to In- ted. The other four firemen
vite unnumbered Insults in the managed to climb out, though
future and degrade American badly bruised and lacerated
honor in the eyes of the civi-1 and nearly overcome by the
lized world. Un-American as I dense smoke. It was more than
Mr. Cleveland has shown him-1 an hour after the accident that
sell to be in -his dealings witn the body of Captain Hartwell
foreign nations, it is inconceiva- was found, and fully two hours
ble that he should venture to iater before the others were re-
reverse the patriotic course of I moved.
the state department in this
instance. The American peo- The charges of unfaithfulness
pie have no desire to inflict un-1 made by Prof. Reinhold Fael
due humiliation UDon Spain, ton, in his suit for divorce
But it may be taken for granted against Mrs. Annie Faelton,
that Mr. flresham'a ritrhteous have caused a sensation in mu-
demand for reparation will be steal circles of Baltimore and
followed no by vigorous meas-1 all the leading cities of the coun
ures if redress is refused much try. it was inadvertently stat
ion cer. I ed in the dispatches that Prof.
The disturbed condition of thA i)avid Meiamet, tbe composer
Spanish government is no ex- of tbe "Columbus Cantata,''
cuse for inaction in this matter, had been named co-respondent
With the internal affairs of in the case. Percy C. Hennig-
Spain we have nothing to do. hausen, tbe attorney for Prof.
There have been no complica- Faelten, said that Prof. Mela-
tions in Madrid which would met would be made the co res
have prevented a straigbtor- pondent, although his name was
ward disavowal of the action of not mentioned in the bill for
the captain of the Conde del divorce.
Venadito in firing on the United
attention.
States flag, or which would
have prohibited the transmission
of dispatches to Havana instruc
ting all Spanish naval officers
to refrain from molesting
American vessels engaged in
lawful business. Spain's delay
Seven persons narrowly es
caped cremation in a fire In
Baltimore Saturday morning;
two of them were badly burned
and may die of their injuries.
mf fla ft m4 tkni tro.U ill rirllN I SOmO
. . . .... 7 Tk. lm.uul.Munf nMi A anla. I
ttte suppl'ta, and wpcciany wnc.. -- , ,m,wli, mtnnA resident, expressed tbe
the bright tobacco territory was lnlTr
0 limited ss It has been. 1 Li,' iu- i h so that the doctrine
evcral years? Not mudi trutLbeaplyas 10 England.
control here.
Livingston, of New York, was
has already been excessive, and
Oenerml News interests of his nation in this !. the reouired reDaration is
The Arkansas and Indiana country, and not to blurt out to nPOrmitiT forthcoming Admiral
legislatures care nothing for the press his private opinions as , ,I( Je.g powerful $quadron
brains, just so they can get 10 now ine ion u'" " i ould be concentrated in Cuban
nWv of arnica. Galveston 01 ine uoimi cmw sfwn
, 1 -. - . .
NVw. I ment is conuucieu. wanjr
In trying to prove too much, Dartlcular Kdodi Mld in Brad- w.mDiflcCDl? S? !!J -Eufauta Times. '
- ... I " . - . - I netaMil TAP mT IlllUISItCISl BUM I
11 1 . a m a a, ar a 1. mt m m a iimi iwkuwsu w w -
The feathers ot, the American
eagle have Wgun to rise, now hAfM1 i,,fltml foPr !n.
that the British Hon s showing wmn
a,lym on t.lay h,s pav on and uncalIed or ,alk than
on Nicaragua -Memphis Com. .tfMM(r-4iMi,aKlhlm.lf
mcrcuu. 1 - . . .
If silver is tho poor man's I certainly be no ground for sur-
money let us keen it as good as prise if Secretary Gresham were
tho rich man's money. 1 hat is to point out to the Spanish gov-
what Secretary Carlisle is try. ernmcnt that Senor Muruaga
ing to do and so far he has sue- is a persona ton grata in this
cecded. Courier-Journal. country and were to politely
We hope those cities which ask for his recall.-Aew Or-
have captured the northern mills leans Times Democrat,
will hold on to 'em and not allow '"a,MMunrmuA
leapiyas in a.ugiBU. - . . hla wmnoia
But It must oe noiea ia ; m uniform waB them, by any means, xo g away. f . ... . .
I t. rri . ' . tuv . v
j cuiauia iiuitn. I
. . 1 I. l..nn.. Anil d.nuft
Therwerelcon8U19C(iuai ,n
Hicking to th. truth will hurt no that are made there. TheT were T
ens. but tha falwficr of it woolen cheviots of fine quality D
ens, but the falsiDer of it. ZrZL mats. The consul, were ordered
Did not bright wrapper, one. '"J to wear a .ingle-breasted coat
get, dull and plenurul VMrelVrt that
ljd a dcopondent tobacco editor ,..., .l rn,iutt markat. leaves two inches thick. A
honeetly to declare that no wrap- u $ 0Q Iiey thewme prin- cocked hat with golden eagle in
taravftr Imd nr vpr would bel.ti. tni Att. I front, irolden tassel, and cock-
irnnAt I ade wa. to be worn wun mm
in flat ierm.t Suppose pAUt 1 ar. sold In England, whil. Eng-Uuit. Also a short .word, knee
out business and the bud. both
' : t .. .. .1. .... 1 ..1.1...JI..
VnJnA: In her exhorb att of which have oeen Dciaieu j a
AmnnA rn Ntcaraima for the hone and herd winter. Let o.
payment f 175,000 indemnity hope that an unfavorable con
to Hatch, the expelled revolu gres. ba not killed the fruitful
. , mm m ...mt 1 Via former, as the un-
. . I KVI U.V V"
The Queen Kegent nas cnarg. j- itQtK hate most 0f the
ed Senator Canovas Del Castillo . Aja8bville Banner.
with the formation 01 a caninei . f h Jdence of
to replace the Sagasta Mm stry S2f L abortion when
Uvi v v e
that resigned on Monday last,
water with orders to enforce the
American ultimatum with
American cannon.
It is easy to see how free coin
age of silver would benefit
holder, of and speculator, in
iKcr bullion, say. the New Or
leans Picayune, but how would
it benefit the masses of the peo
ple? It doc. not appear that
any of the persons who would
so largely profit by free coinage
would freely distribute their
money to tne masses, nor is
there any way by which the
people at large would be able to
get a dollar more than they are
gatting under existing lawi.
Nor is the government able to
set anything out of the bullion
it coin, for other, unless it be
the mere coinage fee to pay ex-
tenses. In such a case tne mint
. 1
I. simply an agent and sump.
their money without participat
ing in it. Any measure which
would cause the disbursement
of laree amount, of public I
I money would put it In clrcuUv
1 431 fS
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nad and Scalp Raw Willi
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tm.i)ft vita breaktnc oat a kw Mr
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child aalf (woMOltMmm u amy
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mwwhHiHwrt fnpplytnc tn liwrl llllmm,
trmicb mro .nmTln. tm th. entry.
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fn koaim. al la tiro i
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