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t c y : rfifVT r 0Li J I If &T$ I i: $2.00 j.nndasnppOTiisji 00; 1 r 3?Z Independent! 1 earlewH: VOL. XX. NO. 23. ROCKINGHAM, N. C., SATURDAY. JUNE 18. 1892, WHOLE NUMBER 1030 T TO RELIEVE DEPRESSION. 4 Plan For Converting Land Into Bankable Security. YA ward Atkinson, th Boston Politi cal Economist, Weaves a New Scheme For Getting Money. Thft following interesting communica tion from Kdward Atkinson to the Man tifiturerV Record preaenta a novtl plan for increasing the value of real estate as BOHTON, MAeS. &l dor Manufacturer lUcord: I b. rve that an article which" I lately wrote in the Century magazine upon the Terren system of registering laud titles attracted the attention of General Alexander and other of my Southern friends. I may v.oture to call attention to a matter whereby land may be con verted into a hecurity on which money JU1 I"' IWliunm iiuiu uaukt uu iuuit er without the necessity of tuakiug a conveyance of the land as security for e.'tf li iOitu. ji o a - piau ui.. iiuii Liu b tetbeeu adopted, and to w ...Ji there a ,j 1h; objections unknown f me, but io all but one respect the suggestions that I make arc a part of the common 1rctire in many places, especially in 'hiladelpbia and Baltimore. What I suggest is this: The conveyance of land by the ordi nary method is by registry of deed, un der the guarantee of a title insurance company and on condition of the pay ment of a ground rent without any promise to pay a principal lump sum se cured in part by mortgage in the usual way. I do not promise perpetual ground rerts, but ground rents terminable at the ption of the buyer or lessee on given sotice, not terminable at tha option of the ;ller or tensor. It is the common practice, notably in Philadelphia, to sell and convey land subject to a terminable mi: under an insured title to Capable uteri, who, being in good health, also gut their live insured for an amount equal to the valuation of the Und. The lessees then join a building society, and thus procure the means for building a houve on the leased lot, becoming ulti mately their own landlords by paying up their Khsrssmfcots in the building society and by ultimately com()oundiug the rent by -payment at a valuation in one sum either in installments or in one payment Tlu plan which I suggest is to add lie single element to this method, nuiiie ly, that the obligation to pay ret t upon the land t-hould be represented by hat may be called rent or rental certificates, to Ik! reentered at the oflice of the title insurance company, containing provisions both in the conveyance and in the rental certificate that cn a iveu uotic- at a cer tain fx-riod in advance of a paymeut of rent at such ofheeof registry the lessee of wi land may becon eentitied to puiciia-e ech ot all of the.e rent certificates by depositing at . such office of registry a iveUSum of money for each certificate. Example: Let it be assumed that John Brown buys or leases from James Brown a lot of land of which the valuation is $1,000, upon which he builds a house valued at $2,000. The ground rent is to be $t.O a year. This rent is represented b? U n regitered certificates of rent, each f $0 per annum, provision being made thit at any period three months" in ad vance of any part of the rent becoming due, John iSmith may tile a written no-t'ux- at the legist ry thax, on the payment of $100, together wilhiue rit then due, he desires to become the cwi.t r by pur chase of rent certificate No. 1, and so on through No. 2. 3 up to 10. Wheu he has purchased all the rent certificates at $100 each he will Lave heroine his own laadlord. These rent certificate i oiJ i tute a lien upon the land a good to hnu, John th, as they are to t)ie original holder, and he need not caucel thcia. ! Or let us supp.ee that Jehu rtr.tth. be- . ug the owner of land Irec ot cncuiu- : hrance, ujwn which his houe Mauds and , which constitute his fru), executes lent ' ertificat recorded upon that farm with '! a trust company, title injured, and him- I aitus. If become the ) tstsror of such I certificates, -would dot these become the ! rst l eu upon the r ot h- a tnort- ; gg but as a iiec. s-ul-iwl t? l.ireci-i;re If Iht- rent is not pai.i " Woti'd i ol these ' transferable lent cctdi a!c. then t.-con e available t be dcj.v-iicd w.tL. o.u k. bankers or trust vnipsnie- sccuritv for temporary loati frc:r. t ac n to m'i:: I am not a lawyer and cancel tell what technical difficulties there may bo in the ar, but thit sevms to me to be the casi- -est .w..y, uuder our present fcrmof regit- Jry of title by deed, to put land into a I form iu which it cl U Ksigced as se curity for temporary lotrs without going ; through an examicaticn of title, and without the execution of papers otcon- fyDce and mortgage each time that a an i made. la presenting ttie subject, pc;a.;t ire to eH attentioc to ti e lc: :t fr tnore depiecisled tiiOwCv .:.e rat depreciates surer cciu i-t fcr 'ttt paper or fcr go rn:ir ul b-?;,; ( ft about run its h.rt and daugrroas course. T-he utli, of all section- of thisce .uLtr.v. iag dependent i.wou the suie of its t cevs of product let lorcigu expert. .Las s priUr iuterest in maintajcing the present rtaudaxd of vab? ot tli uuil of & -gv-:d dollar than apt other sertioo cf thi country. t lack has cot bcec want of noney, but want of credit wact ' itunk log institutions, and wtct of fscihtie for borrowing mitey evec u gooet secur itjf. The South, of all sectious ot this evuaLry, cau least afford the discredit oi. iebaed mIvci, and also poics&cs :he forest control over the gold of the world, t chooses to maintain the standard of ue. t, LhcTtfcic, MtiBs xupahk thai the movement which b now bcicg made the tax off the circulation of State banks, supplemented by methods which m if render it easy to borrow true money e ' the best kind on the b-t kind of sectur y, will presently pNce the South ern Stat a again on the road to progress and to greater and greater development. In is ith this end in view that I pre sent the? e somewhat crude suggestions for readily converting land into a I ank lble security on which loans may be cegotiat ed, nsya le in standard coin of the r est kind'; th it i to say. in coin which i3 worth as much after it is melted as it purport to be worth in the coin itself. That is tjhc only kind of coined tuvwy Uiat is g ol. t)ur present silver dollars arc bad noney becau-u; they do not me-t thw condition. They are worth but seventy cents after they are melted. 1 ours truly. Edward Atkxnso. mrI moegan on silver. The Alabama Senator Speaks for the Stewart Free Coinage Bill. Wasiiikoton, D. C. 3Ir. Morgan (Dcm., Ala.) who had given notice tht he wouM address the Senate on the silver question,' called up the unfinished busi ness Senator Stewart's bill for the-free coinage of gold and tilvcr. 1 Mr. organ prefaced his remarks by stating hat he did not intend to make a silver r eech, bnt simply wished to sub mit some preliminary remarks. lie wanted to hear from the Minneapolis Convention before doing so. It was like ly that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Sher man) vould be a conspicuous figure there, a . which many darts would be fired, ai d he, too, would like to fire a few darts at him. ' Mr. Morgan said he had something to say to fa is friends on the Democratic side. The State of Alabama, he said, had always been Democratic except once, when it cast its Horace State 1 vote for General urant araiL8t Gree;y. With this exception that ad beep Democratic until yes- Whether it wou'J be Democratic terday to-morrow he did not know. Yesterday someth og happened that brought to him a mour if ul suggestion of the future. There v as going to be some difficulties in smoothing out the troubles there. These difficulties were not personal or polit.cuL, but came from dissa' isfaction of the tanning community in that State, who had felt the pressure of want amid great a mndance. They dreaded the visits of the tax iratherers. The people of Ala- ; bama had done all they could to uphold the Democratic party, which they believ t ed wus iu fuvor of broadening the money ! system f f the country. They relied on ! the Democratic party to relieve them f from tl ese difficulties, because they be j lieyed ' he Democratic party was for sound money, hased on the ejual free coinage i of golc and silver. Mi. Morgan briefly i reviews 'd the formation of the Farmers' I Alliance, noting its objects and scoring j it for i s alleged fallacious doctrines. It ' had iu its rank, he said, a lot of schem I tg P iti ians, who presented a number S of wilt soheme-jo the people, including I the OciJa jlutform. He would inform ! his De nocratic frierds that if they could , do witaout the vote of Alabama in the next electio p thev teed tot listen to him. Th trouble in thitt State was traceable direct i ly io t io fiict that the Senator from Ohio (Mr. r" lerman ) hai been able to demone tize silver, atd the Democratic party had not enough courage to remonetiz; it. Tte Senator from thio (Mr. Sherman)said it was not a political question. The ; Senator from Missouri (Mr. Vest) said it ; was n t a toiitic&l question. He (Mr. ; Morga l) said it vf-as npt a political ques ' tion. They all said that because in the division, of the houses of Conjrrtss on the sil er question they had no: divided on pdi fort-, v y r.nes. No political party, there-as- responsible, but both parties were a I raid that in the existing political conditions they could not do with.ut the aid of the men who controlled the gcla siie o! this question. He wanted to Lake it out jf politics. He believed we could serve our country better now by coming togeth fer, irrespective of party, and doing wtiat metal j Mr. was best to restore silveT as a monev Ls it j,as in 1873. Morgan concluded with a reference to th p deplorable tnancia! situation c: the o tntrv. Har ily hiid Mr. Morgan be-en ete.i ;when Mr. Hale tRep Me called up tL iVusid c Deficiency bill already passed l use. and it was passed in r. i i - the H lunctcjry manner in less than thrt miuut j Mr. Jones (Dem., Ark.) addresiitg the ssenatd on tne Stewart t ree Come to 1 1 review ed the political aspect of the silver 'questi on as shown by the votes on that ubjeck in Congress during recent years. analysing the standing of each political ;prtv At the cotclus.an cl Mr. Joces r nujktlthe Satiate, at 1:15 o'clock. 30 iraed. World's Fair Exhibit. ; Kt tion, N. C Tee erst bvillttin to the e of the State regarding making 'oliect ions for the Chicago exhibit is out. It cal ils for choice sheaves cf zrraic of this crop; for mire;.? or crvstals: fcr iiutr: htionsof the State's sthcol interests, TheTe will be a ctp of the Statv, etc. 14 by iht p v:e i t lna feet, ot which will be shown alt blic school houses and all the pri hools, college, etc.. ;n Xorih Car f To the fcrestrv. of thi Sat is a me ta.-. cl prep-Arice a o-ono- grh j L cc the yelluw p.ce uud to II- K practically. & :L phi-'f cf It pat iki:d ah i'.i- rniuicus tc- the rie TtJs will be the rrttrtnk-ce der :id'i- f th great displ-v Uctu tLL SU-le. Tie Ua:t4 rmet itd waod workers -.e Kexi tc? c c ;p-rat iu mklcg thii prilc u!.r f xciLdt. ihe Ui.ua t5 of tuay Udies are being sevurd Lc taruik arti:e let tts c.iiiwirj departatCfit COL. POLK'S FUNERAL. The Alliance Chieftain Laid Awa at Raleigh. Impressive Ceremonies at the Grave. ; Senators Pefier and Irby ; I Present. Raleigh, N. C. The largest private funeral ever held here was tint of L. L. Polk The First Baptist church, in which the services were helu, could not contain halt ujc prop:. And jet it was a city funeral. There were very fw Alliance men present The news" did not reach them soon enough. Many f them thought the body, If brought here at all, would be brought later. It was 3 o'clock in the afternoon when i 4 At six o'clock the first break was re the special car from Washington arrived. ! ported. It happened at Belmont place, w . . S l ,i r k - 1 1 1 a. 1 t a I. .. in tins was tne uouy anti tue ioiiiwing hdies 'and gentle:!. en : Sena ors Peffei fTtr and Irby; itep esentatives t. T. btiick house, of South Carolina; J. G. Ot s, of Kansas; W. A. McKeigh n, of Nebraska; W. A. Brand, and S. B Alexander, of North Caroliua; O. M Kerr, C. W. Ma cuue, S. Moses, Mr. and Mis. WT. A. Baker, W. F. Wynne, J. H. Turner, Hugh 5mith, Dr. W. C. Murphy, Mrs. Jerr. Simpson, Mrs. Ben Terrell, Mrs. M. A. Dunning, Mr. ind Mrs. J A. Al ia itton, Mrs. t. A. Dwyr and 3Iis. J G. Otis. There were fully 500 people at the station. A procession was f. imcd. .The . pall-bearers weie of th: Washington par .ty. The remains were at once taken to tne First Baptist church. Duriog the passage of the prices-ion through the streets the bell of the city hall was tolled At the ciiur -h the casket was opeued and ras banked with flowers, man. of whiv-h were brought from Washington In the audience was Gov. Holt and the officers if the State Alliance, (save President Marion Butler who could not reach here in time.) the mavor o.f KaSeigh; Vice President A. B. Andrews, of the Rich nond & Danville Ila Iroad ; Grand Sire iiusbce, of the Odd Fellows, etc. Rev. D.. J. W. Carter, pastor of the church, read a passage of 3crIptulx, Rev. Dr T. fi. bkinuer prayed, a.'d Rev. Dr. J. I. Hall, pastor ot tlie Baptist Taberuach-, read another seiectiou. A short sermoii was preached by Rev. Dr. Carter, from the text: 'Th u knowest not what a day may bring forth,1' in the course of which he alluded to Polk's earnest work for the church in the State and country. A quartette choir sang, "'Abide with me," and Dr. Carter announced that thw body could be viewed. A thousand peo ple ; passed iu single tile by the casket and took a last look at the face of the dead. The expression was calm aud natural. The pallbearers, took the body out of the church, and it wus then taken in charge by other pall-bearers appointed here. These were J. 31. Heck,; X. B. Brouhtou, Jno. E. Rae, G. W. Sanderlin.W. K Dames, W. J. Peele, G. M. Allen, a. Otho Wilson, A. J. Dalby and H. B. King. These represent the church, the Alliance aud citi.t-us The procession, which was a very lirge one, then made its way to Oak wood Ceuetery. In a carriage was Mrs. f oik and her three daugnters. The burial place was ou the slope of a hill and when the procession arrived there more than a thousand people were found on the spot. The three preach ers took their positions at the head of the grave. Rev. Dr Carter made some re marks, Rv. Dr. Hill prayed and llev. Dr. Atkinson proBoauced the benediction. The party which came from Washington left at 6:15 on its nturn. There was much curiosity to see JVffer and 3Iacune, particularly. 'Theie were no Alliance ceremonies whatever, although the order has an impressive burit.1 service, j Alreaiy there are. cf coirse, specula tions as to who will take up the work which Polk was doing foi the Third party. It is said a 3Iinuesota man L prominent. Of course it is not yet known what will be done with the Progressive Farmer. He left no fortune. He wa a member of no order wave the Royal Arcuunm'and the Alliance ; At a meeting of a number of friends of the late Col Polk, held here in tbceven ing. it was determined to rail a public meeting here June 2?nd for the purpose of orgaair.inc the Pc k Memorial Associa tion, looking to th erect !. r. cf a suitable mon vo n! lr hi n.-ii rv THE ALLIANCE TICKET. Talk cf Nominating Senator Stswart cf Nevada for President. ! Omaus. Ni.b Tue news of the death of L. L. Pclk. Piesidect of the Farmers' Alliance, was re eired with many man ifestations of tegret among the party lead ers. It seemed tsured that Polk would be either nrst er ccnd at the Omaha Convention. It wae apparently generally -understood that the independent nom ine should be selected with a view to concentrate the West and South, as the latter section should receive the second place. To-day a eew plan developed which seems to meet with much favor amocg the leaders cf the new arty in this sec tion.: It i propoed to nominate United States 5-cats.r William XL Stewart of .Nnli fcr President and Thomas E. Wa:?r Representative in Ccr. grass from Gecriris, for Vice President- It is now said that Gen, Weaser. who has been most pre rx.ix.tr tuy mecucneu icr me um piscc, is fjorely "inclined to favor this ticket. saw fierier XTcatfs lie turn to I Winmcrrcu, D. C.-lt U raid in ci fk jls circles here its it isprotable that 8et.cr Montt will rdvrtU WaAiara as Chian Minister U the United Hu- dpartufe said U have Uncaused b wUkS-rrur, : K0W COMES THE JUNE RISE Tfce Hississipi Ievses Ars Crumb- ling Away. New Okulajts, La. The river Mon day morning reached the highest point known here for the past 45 years, and in consequence New Orleaas is to-day, lit erally speaking, an island. Crevasses above, crevasses below, the raging river in front and the rapidly rising Lake ntchartrain in the rear, have hemmed Use city in and traffic on three roads has bxen ; suspended. At , midnight tie gsage read 18 feet shove high water mark. People who knew well what this rice meant hoped that by morning there would be a decline, but when daybreak came and the gauge was scanned old- f T "fofo" : TV 2 1?- , fcwui iweaiy nine? aoove xne ciiy on cue X Jdississi pi valley road:1 5 feet of the levee gave way at one clip and the water wnhm an hour s time had dug a channel twelve feet deep. The Valley tracks were quickly under two feet of water and all traffic was stopped. Following closely on i the reports from Belmont cme the uews of three breaks eleven miles below the city, all within one mile of each other. The first break occured t Stoney's near where a crevasse occured a mouth ago but now closed. It started at a fifty foot race, but widened o rapidly that by noon it wss one hundred feet wide and ten feet deep and still breaking. The second break was at Villere's plantation, a half mile away. Fifty feet was iu width. Two hours af terwood the levee gave way. The third break is at the Merries, place, a mile below Viilere. It was "twenty feet wide and hopes are entertained of dosing it . The three crevasses have tied up the Southern Railroad, which runs from the city to the Gulf. Hardly had the engineers recovered from this disastrous news when a tele phone message was received from Wag gauan, thirteen miles ! up oa the other side of the river, stating that the entire levfe at that point, several hundred yards in fcngth, had toppled into the rushing waters. The Texas and Pacific trains re jus behind the levee and the swish of the water washed the tracks up for a considerable distance. The Texas and Pacific people have shut down on traffic. The last break to occur was at the Sur py Prospect plantation on the Valley road a f-w miles below Belmont. It is twenty-five feet deep and five wide aud wil1. assist in widening the Belmont break and also worry the Valley officials. All of these crevasses following so closely on each other have occasioned considerable alarm throughout the city. BLAINE AMD THE SENATE. Talk in Maine of Electing Him to the Seat Occupied by Mr. Hale. Augusta, Mb The question as to whether 3Ir. Blaine's political career is euded has begun to attract the serious at tention of his most devoted friends in this State, and it has been discussed by many of his townsmen who do not want to see him retired from public life. Next winter the Maine Legislature will elect a United States Senator in place of Eugene Hale, who will have held that office for twelve years. Mr. Blaine's name is be ing menrioned for the place, and it is said that a movement will be started in bis int rest. 31 r. Hate is a candidate for rc election, and his plans have long been laid to get it. In 31ainethey have a cus tom of returning men to both branches of the .Legislature for a second term. Two years ago Mr. Hale started his Senatorial fight for securing the election of men committed to his re-election. These men will be returned this winter with others, who will be pledged to the Ellsworth statesman's support. If Mr. Blaine should consent to be a candidate, Mr. Hale would have an advantage over him at the out set. Mr. Blaine is ignorant of the talk. He would undoubtedly have the influence and support of Tom 'Reed and Captain Bou telle. Dinclev would naturally irrav itate to Blaine, but he would do nothing j lo imperil his chances for Frye's place in 1895. A fight between Blaine and Hale would shake up the Republican i party in Maine. It lis cot unlikely that . t i i m . . . v - i . r r - i. i as a candidate , Mr., Blaine, friends are in earnest in this matter. At the coming j Portland Convention, when the Republi cans nominate their candidate for Gov- ernor, it is said that a resolution will be presented recommending Mr. Blaine for Mr. Hale's place. 1 Cut His Thro in a Hotel. Ci.vciif vati, O. The dead body sf J. W. Wood bridge, f Austin. Tex , was found in hie room st the St. Paul hoteh lie had cut hit jugular vein with his penknife some time daring the night. In the dead man's packets were $1.70 tn casti and several leturs svddrcssed to XI. C. Millr. cashier of the City National iBaik, Austia, Tsa. To Ileet Interssta and B-entala. Kkw York Ooa of the ofilciAlsof th Richmond Terminal - Ccqwut said that n? expecteu txe Savasnah and A men can Cotcpsnys stock turned over to the Gew receivershin would be bvpethecat- exl in crdcr to obtain funds to meet in- (res a ana rtBUssuue Julv lt amount i isg ta mi $35Q.Cw . f J, G. Carter, of Savsnrsh, claims to 1 bave disewvered a p-oceas whereby cot tan- 9a olm he ccovcrtod iato a high rK a u! -1 acohling ladia rubber. AJjLMNCE information. Dr. Houghton, the Poet cf the Order. In Rhjne. An Official Statement of Gold and Bilvsr Coinage For On Slonth Shows Their 2Xarket Value. Wasbikgtojs, D. C. Coinage exe cuted at the mints ( the United States in the month of May aggregated o.SJstf, 000 pieces, of th total value of 5,U79. 370. Gold pieces numbered 537,20, value 4,m,900; s lver pieces 2. V7S.700. value $910,170; and minor coins 1,672. 000 pieces, value $47,200. OUR CIRCULATION. v ra. a., m. cctii. I. -Oia Vmc' Km. fi-wr nu. tw-t utt uaiiiM-r 1t To (4k tlpoQ Hi. mrtW laikd AimI cut a tol fr S7; - -I!U kuo hninr1 likoc b irw t UT mlih SlUk. Ilia trunk aivl limtM rrp iilhf. A nl with turn t.rway huyt bm lhrtwalB prxi uctuic lb. It Uk. a rtty llvrly man Tn fiil nw Sim tht 3r . A Utrtuti tle riprunl tlatolhy II rut m rlrht '-l but lk Dmml U upfr -ml Hl ryt, turned t7 Mo. Cut UiruusS hU co blt U t dU clo IIm Aran clear u lb Imo. Tb ulnod porl out. s racrtnjr ktrraa. Till tADtbd by Ihow nUBl, Ad Uacl Ham. a brlplnw yua, Imt protrat oa tb ittt.ii1. BU !.- aU bUucba. aM US tb dew Tb prtlrauoa u.d , Upon his lirow, and trrmbllas sow Abd faint fnwn Wm t j ko . Thin stalwan. brawny man of 11. A btrlplM a tbouh drad, W'ac carrtcd to bu bomeaod plod Upua hUdory b1 Tb doctor ram and at a lanc Told what b nda must do To tmUd bUrtrculatiti up. And mak him irtoNl amtrw; H left an Iron tn. plilo. And aald to fit film wil. And toon okl Unci Kant wooH ba As though no harm bfU. U- -CM Unci 9m.oiir Govemmrnt, fct out one summer dar. And from our wide and rtclt domain To wlaanw want away. Th bop and ractory. farm and mine. Alive with healthful loll. Asbuny hire of lndutiT. Enrtch-d our f ertll oil It took tli world to tb-n compete Wltb ua no rich and rre. Our commerce n i h'd tbe orient. Our Oaff adomd lb ; Bnt ere we reached our hundredth yeAT An acckler.t lel II Our currency, aud betaorrnacra . Tb bansera' caverns swelL Sow faint and trmbUnsr. Lncle Sin Th doctrtrs will consult. If wtiwiiMn pnl 5 tblr treatment then We'll welcome the reoMlU But If 1lsnun mars tbflr ta!h We'll cjush tbm on atd all. And treat tbe raw with rwnnwn artM At 'lectlou time this fall. Tb blood b lwt niul be restcrcd. The circulation neds F.rplcUsh Ing w 1th currency. As diM tne man wito uireiis J Rejuire feeUltix lob and ktrotic. In Miimtliin riuw: bo w both vid and rtl vcr coin Would freely nuiit ! laws. If Unci Ham n.vmti' cr.ows On iroid an1 Mlver !ii. We'll "ntni; Uh? pullc cro.l 't rocS" And feed 1)1 ru .n fl ml; If trtrate cor"'rtt'w" CB Willi wilrr Ktuft ibelr iI-k'I Wfty can't the 1c doth aarae. As Muwes tnj.tc tn- roca I for all thrdiBmncT bten A dead and li to; iiiao. Wm tltNt the l.Ul wa UUed In one. But in the other nu. The man who has no money, and finds himself compelled to get f-ome, with no place to pet it except from those who have no more than they desire themselves to use, must make concessions to pet it. He frequently sacrifices some of his prop erty for less thn cost when in this di lemma. Yet th s is exactly the condition of the farmer every year when the crop is dumped on the market demandingmooey to pay debts. There is not over one bill ion dollars in circulation scattered cut among sixty-five million of people for a basis of one hundred and thirty billions of dollars exchanges in a year, and it only does about 8 percent, of the business, and yet tbe farmer demands two and one-half billions in sixty days. There is no money for him, ami he must and docs make sacrifices to get it. National Economist. Tbe Marion Independent, (Tnd.) says: Forty years ago tanners owned a greater Portion of the nation's wealth than now. aimers owned of the wealth cf the nation in 1850, five-eights. In 16C0. less than one-third. In 1670, a little j over one-third. In 180, a little e-ver i ne-fourth. In 1890, less than one-fifth. I This, too, while farmers compose over 50 1 per cent, of the population and py over 87 per cent, of the taxes, from which (if you will allow the di- rnuion) it will be seen thil the appli atioo of the Hrrry Geotjje land tax sc.-eme ou'd ctl .! ooly atTeft u if we aid thc"o h r 1 2 p r cen., and let the "wi rid c fre-Thr: - prcuuar naruLip in ibe faimrrs will be acd Uttr undttood hcQ ,e ncne the fact fhu whils the toul wealth f of the nation is civen as f 13.CX.0C0,000 in round numbers, only $17,000,000,000 is taxed, and of this, $ H OCK), 000. 000 it ' chirked up to the farmers. Waictos, D. C Senator Covk re II ha introduced (by request of a former citizen of Miouri, now a resident f Whingtoi) a bill "for tbe free and unlimited coinage c f a temorarilv ccrrec! ilvrr dollar," and it was referr-d to the I fiascce committee. The purport of the : bill is to have the Preside t designate CTcrj jni ujc arcoMoi oi siitrr eqU'Va knt in market val.e to tbe g:ld Uvllar, and to have silver dolUrs minted at that rate. The Omaha Tocsin, (Neb.) sajs: 7here did the people ever get the idea that it is to their luterctt to pay tribute to railway maaufacturic'. bri.if acd i Other xnonopobes, in ihc way of tubiid es, Iax- tDLrt xjuI mK how it pays a ttp t gtse away a prt Cf their ra!lb l.!- iIj ; theory that it pais to give a reward for Le rturTef a hit" rbrhi! is a n,vnLr esisased cr iitlea SSCSTLXJr 'J. 'S I m t m Jt a SEEDS FOR THE PAR!.! KR& TOTKiii DiamuruTion by AOaiCUtTTJUAX, DCTARTUKHT. CollfrSisie a(t Tritc A. lsie lrcv irmpiovv"! I " rstr lUtrtbwtoo slsirrt liorwt THE &ed D.s cultural Dcj legtoe, a: '. . :t HE 8el rWviaioc of tbe Arri Ic part tn ret, at Vwb .annally d.rtbntrj i several miiucn tc as tower, vrjrctabSe aad tree ce i. Jnha Qalncy Adams inausjuratrd tin trrt when he rc purged the cor.u f tlo Ucited States to prcULe and fomtd u the t?Utc Icpartment all ru-h et p'.snt as they thought could t uttU vated suwfu!ly in their own r-uitry. It is only recently, however, tht ern stic efforts have betn madr t t-iUct valuable seeds from H f-art f ihn world by the Unite! State Avttj- ii iral Iepartment, aa l to di?riba?e f i - erally thronj:bcut the diJerrnt To-day the Agricultural lV;ai .- ilia of trreat importance to tli cwnti ., ami its effect ive work in experirneot with farm crops and iwuiop vslu'.c . ieo tific Imllctins, cannot be over ei -nttxl by the farming elacs of the Ni. Tha Seed Division sends out annul tewrt as to what seed are of the gmtt sal us in certain ectionr, and then it ij.p!e ments this advisory work by ipi ItT the farmers srith great qoAotitie f pore seexls such as are recommended by their bulletins. Tbe collection of tbe ton o interesting. Io ecia! cae t ern moot has its own ar! farm-, certain varieties are cultivated ar ? ercl with great care; but the vi -1 is i v bera th-ma- jority are purehsnl by st-cia1 c r. tract from large teed" gmw ers. It . ihl seed growers give a piiarntec t;.-t their scexl will reach a certain stsult.d of purity, vitality and cleann, ! the Detriment reserves the ri;ia it rcjoot; them if tlicy do not stand th tt'.vcrn cient test. ; The feeds are tested in a itMi t J. tester first, and then in ajr - 't ttitr houe, and finally by the Ik; f Cut 8eed Division. If ninety jcr c t. of litem germinate they are ;, I as worthy of tlitribution, and a, . lit. canes of rare plant they i:ntiv L t approximate f rom evrrty-nre ? . ;uiy five per cent. The Governnirn; amenta visit the various aee 1 lar n r n till country, and if their work an, favor able they are allow to clTer a btd for certain quantities of seoils which appear to thnvb we'l on their farm. ConqTess snnuatly sppro;irrtt- Ccieut sum for the purchavn . tributioa of these sed. Tiie I sppropriation for tin 1 wrk m .u and amounted only to $10t;. n to be taken from the Putrut O.ii. This sum was gradually ircrri yesr until 184. wueu it rt-w: i . 000 a year, but tofav it i d ttml W IV 1. at ll .'. which ts bv no m-m Urt tr.- The distribution of the wsys teeo a matter of dt'tim .. n l with every Ad'nioitration t .t.n has been brought up fir diw-ij .. , i ho method adopted to-lsr l a n-- iiat complicated one. but it mtwt t ;;ive satisfaction. The seriit are dtinoutr4 through Senators and Uletnoers of Coa grea, experiment ttstioos sod aricuUural colleges of the diflcrcut 8 tales, rotmty and Btate statistical aeatj, ar -r.ural societies and to misreiUuein spp;i' snt. ThroQU thee various arccir aixtut fire mitlioa nocaa-'ca of eei r dta- tribute! to the farroer ;n all f. iff t:o j country.' . The seeds are aot tnrwu t.. Sice free, and tle averse n: the past few tears dmrtitl t tb? mail department ha k a 2 A force of aUut l'0 iu-.o L ! t fcr UUS. . i rc- quired to pack sod mail tue eeU that have bee a seat out la this way. The value of tbe ied D.vitn U at, pareat on everv swle. Neirly ah j :its that can poasibfy be grown iu XI. i coun try liAve been intrc-lucel fro.i srs! and the Oovern?not r.s taWen rtil paioa to eolkrt, ot only ti.t j.l roect of the secJ but the la rt -I ,am trworthy acr-jts!so' trse?r ttt-oa. From Japan. Cl . !-.. ji .-i - -a. h Amcr.c tare avl W:'r .. ' usts hsre been bnuat ..if mu ac t,i L ingcultivsled tucor-"iii.y ta l.rili scd California. Oa IvrthoaMss aal Ccr', rs-taiillthm-nts are fad of rare pU&ts tbal were Biier - uj-. to.s w..!e-nt Ira or Cftc-to yetrs ao. ; Eat the gorwj fcrc'np!:i,ir. Km ?ivt i halted is any dejrtm-st. 'Vt tinJ, i com Snd'vwjah i r vl i:ts hv is ft . a , eshascetl tsrout the t rts of ti rr.'-r vsritir t-f all of these pLaatt have trs rrro"nai-.leJ and ditnbrital t,y trr tj-ttrm-nl for oertaia actKo of ta Und al lis yiM per acre ha I u jurrrs.! t arly cce-fiftn tn lcacj Htir- We are prvin.t' n tl v a L.il of faroers. Our .. 5 !: rj i lit in u, an1 the co-j-rsJli. ' lt.e i vera eeai. in forwarding 1L isier-u of tUt work has beea a so e-wmtu'. x;-rr-.r'-ai. 11 try Sprang acl s3.ae th e:is of rapn.cr stent art p!ax,.c! by tbe farrrs ait svir the coictry. std ie.r rvtful ero;u prow the efLc.ei.cj t. (Ot-. e as 1 ititl hin.cv it, far: New Ywra l&is- pttvdcat. Th -: 7-j f Cs!uat: ts ' '.. rat e.d a Sbf tag, st which it was dee. 'd: t ta :te trja t&ward the sttiaws't'. cf tLst city a a bu.i se csster A et:r frwta Ccejpreo taaa G. W rril wa tead, ia whuh Ls oCcted to anisi tla ia secsuia r spprvpristiss far spcaisj cp Ct C;-- nvtr.