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' '' I St -rOBUSKBD AT' - W I L M I N GT O N , N. C ., $1.00 A YEAR. IN ADVANCC. - 88838888888888883 .gwoww 8$gg8882gggSggg 88S888S8iiiiiis88 : 88888888888888888 QqoM ssassggssssasgsacs : 88888888888888888 gw gsg88a8g3!S:3a88gg 88888888888888888' - 8SS8S8SS82S8S8SSS 8838S82SS838888S . 88888888888888888 r , d W J , . - a. 5 , - Ss i S f i' S 4 s I . s s i . i Entered at the Port Office at WUmtgton, Second Class Matter .1 N. C, as SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. k i The subscription price of the "Weekly Star b as follows r Single Copy 1 year, postage paid ,.$1 00 - " n mnnini 6 months " ; " 80 8 months " " SO Have you received a bill for sub scription to the Weekly Star" re cently? If so, is it correct? If cor rect, whvnot pay it?. Is tbrva tnaa on earth who can print a newspaper for nothing, and pay the postage be sides? Can a farmer give away his com, and cotton, and wheat, and chickens, and eggs, and keep out of the poor-house? . If so, let us have t - recipe. It will be valuable to us just now. DEFEATING THEMSELVES. It would be hard to tell from the utterances of the leading Populists just what they want or what they are contending for, and it isn't easy to tell from the utterances of the Re publican leaders what they want or what they are contending for. They are both agreed upon one thing, however, and that is to oppose every thing the Democratic party proposes. The Populists started out with a series of demands, embracing a sub treasury, the Government ownership of railroads, telegraphs, &c, Govern ment warehouses, issuing green backs till the per capita circulation reached $50, (whiohjwas to be kept up as the population increased) the free 'coinage of silver, &c. They have little to say now about any of these demands save the free and un limited coinage of silver to which they seem to be giving their undi vided attention, aif it were a matter of vital interest when in reality the free and unlimited coinage of silver would not do the people a tithe of the good that the establishment of a State bank system would. Why do we say this? Because the silver mines of the country are own ed and operated by comparatively few men, who would take their sil ver bullion to the Government mint, have it coined and take in return for it s'dver certificates. How would these silver certificates get out among the farmers unless the farmers had something to give in return for them? There is now in the Treasury and sub Treasuries of the United States over $400,000,000, represented by silver certificates, which get to the people only through the banks, . and these banks have quite as much of a monopoly of the currency ot the country as they ever had. The Populists complain of that monopoly, and justly; but how is it to be broken. The free coiaage of silver wouldn't break it, for with the .free coinage of silver the banks would still control the. bulk of the currencv. as they do now. 1 here is one way and one way only by which the national bank monopoly can be broken and that is by the establish ment of another system of banks! ' which would become their competi tors, and be more thoroughly identi fied with the people than the national banks are. If the object be to give the people relief by an increase in the volume of the currency wouldn't that relief come quicker through State banks which would be con trolled by the . people themselves than it could be attained by the free coinage of silver even if that were attainable, which it is not and may not be for many years yet. If the object be to break the power ot the national banks what better way can be devised, witn any hope . ot suc cess in thejiear future, than to give the people a chance to furnish their own money through banks which they can manage themselves ? This would be lessening the power of the national banks, and breaking the monopoly of which the Populists complain. i it they are as much in earnest as they seem to be for the free coinage of silver wouldn't the establishment of State banks rather help than hin der that ? Wouldn't there be an in creased demand for silver both as a security fund and- for circulation. when the denominations issued are limited to the $10 minimum ? The incorporators of these banks would be disposed to favor the free coinage of silver because they could use.it as a basis for the circulation of their notes, and as a circulating medium and thus it would get out among the people. There is now in alleged, circula tion about $1,600,000,000, or about $35 per capita. But this is in circula tion onlv nominally, for much of it 0 a? - is within bank vaults or where it VOL. XXVI. within call of the banks if they wish to calljt in to contract the volume. The national banks are, m fact, a sort of a close corporation controlled to a. great extent by the large "banks from which they get their accommo dations, and it is a very easy mat ter for a few ; of the -big bank magnates to get together and agree when they want to carry out any plan in which they are mu tually interested. We . saw how quickly that was done at the begin ning of the late panic when they called in their money, locked it up in their vault and refused to Jet it go out even to well-known and long- established firms which offered secu rity which In ordinary times would have been; considered ample and would have been readily accepted. If they had gone to the rescue of business as they could have done and should have done there might might have been no industrial col lapse and the wheels of the manufac tories might have been kept moving. If there had been -State, banks then they would have gone to the rescue of the threatened industries and would have tried to prevent the collapse. The Populist who opposes State banks is laboring to prevent the very thing which he professes to de sire' and to perpetuate the monopoly which he denounces and wishes to see abolished. I : KIH0& MENTION. The gold reserve in the Treasury has now fallen to about $88,000,000, with every indication that the drain will continue until another bond issue becomes necessary, that is if the Sec retary of the Treasury continues to follow the rule of paying our gold on demand, which he doubtless will do. Under the present financial sys tem ' and practice of the Treasury bonds are the only reliance to keep up the gold reserve $100,000,000 to meet about $500,000,000 of notes that may be presented at any time by the holders. With a demand for gold, putting It at a premium, how long can a reserve like this be ex pected to last? This .small reserve was doubtless considered sufficient on the presumption that its being in the Treasury would be satisfactory evidence to note holders that the in tention of the Government was to re deem in gold, and it is not likely that runs upon it were apprehended, for if so common sense would have sug gested some means of keeping it up without forcing the Government to go upon the market as a borrower. But this is the extremity to Which the Government has been brought, either to continue to borrow or to confess its inability to meet' its obligations in gold. It is apparent that something must be done to relieve the Treasury from this constant pressure, and provide some way by which gold may be brought into the Treasury without borrowing it. The present small reserve, unprotected as it is,. is simply a temptation to rid it to force the Government to become a borrower, because I there is money in the transaction for those who do the raiding and the lending. Secretary Carlisle's bank plan would partly re lievethe pressure, as it provides for depositing notes., redeemable in gold as a basis : for notes issued to the banks; but this protection is ma terially lessened by the amendment contained in the substitute offered by Mr. Sponger, Friday, leaving it optional with the national banks to withdraw their bonds and deposit notes instead. In addition to this the customs laws should be so amended as to require a certain per centage of the duties on imports to be paid in gold. During the month of November not one dollar was paid in gold at the port of New V or k. If this were done the gold reserve could be kept up without the necessity' of borrowing. j The Insincerityj of the Republican politicians was never more clearly shown in anything than in the post tion they have assumed on the tariff question since the! election. .They made their fight in the campaign pre ceding the election on the Wilson bill, which they contended had done so much to injure our industries and to enforce idleness upon many tnou sands of workmen. They contended tthat it had not only done a great deal of harm, but that it would con tinue to do harm, and that the only hode.for the preservation of the man ufacturing industries tri this country was In the protection thrown around them by Republican tariff legislation One of the active and peripatetic campaigners who was put at the front as the exponent of the Re publican doctrine of protec tion was.; Governor" McKinley, of Ohio, the framer and. principal champion of the " bill which the Wilson bill took the place of. Wherever he spoke Republicans flocked by the thousand - to. do him onor u of ,h. kith FM honor as the typical representative in and hehold. theY-had no sooner . . . carried the country than they , began to sing low on the McKinley tariff and to give the country to under stand that thev had no intention of undertaking to restore it or to inter H fere'with the present tariff, to which; in their speeches daring the cam-; paign they attributed nearly all the Industrial and financial i ills', from which the country was f suffering. Since the election they have dis covered, that the McKinley bill carried protection rather too far, and they, are now willing to give the new tariff a trial. It is. true they can't do anything else, for they could not restore the McKinley . bifl If they would, but this remarkable change of front shows ' their insincerity wnen tney were upnoiamg tne uc- Kinley bill in the campaign and de nouncing the Wilson bill. I - I ;.: - , There is a proposition before the Legislature of South Carolina to ex4 empt manufacturing establishments from taxation f or a periodot years, a revival of a) law which was In opera-: tion in that State for some years after! the war.. .What action, or if any has been taken upon it, we do not knowJ Similar propositions have been made in this State, - but under! our State Constitutionthis cannot be done, the; provision requiring a uniform system of taxing-.property prohibiting such; exemptions. 'There is nothing in this, however, to prevent munici palities from pursuing this course if they see fit. A writer in the Augusta Chronicle suggests a plan for Georgia which jhe ; thinks would , practically accomplish the same purpose, which is that assess ments of the valuation of property should be made only: once in every; five years, say, which would have the effect of exempting fo five years all; the improvements made Iwithin that time, while in the end they would be subject to taxation and the State and municipality would get the benefit of it. This, Of course, would apply to all manufactories and other enter prises tor the development of the atate s resources, and hence would not be open to the Objection of dis crimination. An English reviewer pronounces Thomas A. Edison "the! most mar vellous achievement of the Ameri can continent," and he might have added of any other continent. As a grand and original inventor the world has never seen his equal. If he lives to an j age approximating that of some ot his ancestors there is no telling what he may not achieve. his father is now living at the age of 90 years while ' his grandfather lived to 103 and his great-grand father lived to 102. A man like Tom Edison Ought to live forever. Senator' Butler, of South Carolina, is quoted as making the! remarkable confession that he never until -quite recently read the election laws of South Carolina,on the unconstitution ality of which he proposes to contest the right of ex Governor Tillman toaa seat in the Senate. But a Senator who is supposed to keep up with that i interesting publication, . the Congressional Record, must not be expected to read much- other stuff. And as Senator Butler was thrice elected under those laws he natur ally took it for granted that they were all right. j A New York butcher announces that he will soon be able to. supply his customers 1 with all the horse meat they want. About, the same time a Newark, N. J. j advocate of horse meat gave a horse banqueut to a number of people among whom were many of the prominent citizens and physicians of the town. No meat was served but horse meat which was served in various styles and pronounced excellent. They may have said this, however, to show that . they " appreciated his horsepitality. , j A Washington dispatch speaking of a visit by Secretary Carlisle to the House of Representatives to see how the banking bill was getting along. says he informed some of the mem bers . that if the drain on the Treasury continued another bond issue would soon jbe necessary. I That's what the country expects and will continue to expect until some sensible plan is adopted to prevent these runs on the Treasury. Under the present system the gold reserve is simply there for the note-holders to draw on and clean! out whenever they feel like.it. j A St. Louis doctor claims to have discovered a diphtheria cure, supe rior to the antitoxine,! and not liable to the objections thai may be made to ! the serum treatment. His dis covery consists, he says, of the com bination of two chemicals which would not heretofore mix. JBut as be has not demonstrated his claims yet there is no immediate danger of. the antitoxine being laid on the shelf. The State Geologist, of Georgia reports the discovery in mat state of a belt of true marble over sixty miles long.' Some of! it is of a flesh tint, with green bands, and other ligT,, peywiti blacV binds. If tbere lsoy,bL else .bat! Georgia baso't got, all she has to do is keep look- ing, or ask for it. Charleston has shipped another cargo of cotton (10,00d bales); but she is not "In it" with Wilmington yet. mm WILMINGTON, N.C.; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, HAVE FAITH IN COTTON. - Irce PmehaiM by --.W aotoriea gnd Indl- Ttdnalt la Geortla It Ib Considered Good Investment. : . -...T ? The annexed article from the Augusta Chronicle shows conclusively that there are some peopTe not afraid to buy cotton to hold at present prices: " .r;.- ..- The mills in the city re showing their confidence m a rise of cotton by bnying in large lots and storing, xf-.-- ; Now; while middling is at 5je, they are getting all the can. besides buying for Immediate consumption.- . . While none of the mill mea ; will say; that they have bought much cotton, it is known and said on 'Change that they are buying to store, ' , ' v .. . - J: One of the largest buyers on the mar ket is the Sibley Manufacturing Com pany, who have decided, it is undei stood, to store eighteen hundred to two thousand bales, For this purpose they have rented storage room at No. 6 Warj ren block, and all this week nave beef putting tne neecy staple away against a, rise. - ,- 'V- . - r J'.. A prominent manufacturer said to a reporter last night that he, had pur. chased cotton to store. He said that of coarse he did not kaf when it was going ap, but that he did -not believe there was a possibility of - its going lower, and he came to the conclusion that now was a good time to purchase. There were many other reasons in favor of it. One was that the weather bad been dry, and there would be but httle loss in weight. Then to a. mill man there is a doable saving, ' In 'going through the factory the loss is 15 per cent.. which is the difference in weight of the raw material and manufactured pro duct. -At S cents for cotton the loss of io per cent, wouia, o: course, ue less than at 9 cents, so they save in two ways. Not only are the mills in the market. but therere several gentlemen who are reported as having been purchasers of spot cotton to bold as a speculation. Among these Mr. J. B. White is said to be the largest buyer. It is understood that he bought two thousand bales last week, which, he will store at No. 8 War ren Block. This evidence of the belief that cotton is going up will no doubt, in a local way, tend to an immediate rise. The cotton market is like the ways of Providence orthe verdict ot a petit jury, but there is little reason to believe that it will not go up. ; r Death of Mr. Jamea A. Bradley. Announcement of the death of Mr. James A. Bradley, at his home in Oak- dale, California, last Wednesday wrs re-i ceived here yesterday.'. Mr. Bradley was 80 years of age. He was a native of Wil mington, brother ot Mr. Uiarles w. Bradley and Mrs. Lucy A. Jewett, and at one time was engaged in the boot and shoe business here, with the late John M. Walker. About fifteen years ago he removed to California, bought a ranch near Oakland, and engaged in horticulture. : He was never married. His remains will be brought to Wilming ton for interment. - AbTOtDuek Shooting. The Newbern Journal is full of won derment over at gun.Ieft at a gun shop there for repairs. It is described as fol lows: . I - 'It weighed fourteen pounds, was two inches across the muzzle, three inches across the breech by the tubes and with barrels thirty five inches long. The gun belonged to a Mr. Willis, of Smyrna. It is said that with guns of this character a dozen or more ducks are sometimes killed at a single shot when large flocks are fired into." "A dozen or more" is rather indefinite; but call it fifteen or twenty, even, and it is enough to make the ghost of old man Joe Lewis or of old man Joe Kirkham shake with derisive laughter, It is a I "matter of local history here that the for mer once killed 41 "bald crowns" (wid geon) at one shot; and the latter had done almost as well. Uncle Tom Bur nett, too, who is still with us, could as tonish the Journal with some glimpses at his record as a duck slayer. Syl. Bryan, Zack Hnssey and Tim Brinkley could eive some experience to show what can be done with an eight-gauge, or even a ten-gauge gun, when turned loose on a big flock of d neks. New 8ohednle on the Seaboard Air Lice. Commencing with to-day,a last mail, express and passenger train will be put on the Carolina Central, arriving here daily at 12 80 noon, and leaving here daily at 3 45 p. m. Passengers by this train can leave nere 8.45, arriving in Charlotte at 10.00 p. m., in Atlanta next morning at 5.20, making connections for all points South and West, or can reach Raleigh 1.20 in the morning. Passengers can leave Charlotte in the morning at 5.50, or Raleigh at 5 22, reaching Wil- minston at 12.30. i bis is one ot tne best passenger schedules ever inaugur ated by this line. The night train will run daily on the same schedule, carry ing sleepfrs between Wilmington ana Charlotte, and making connection With 'The Atlanta Special" lor all points South and Southwest. The local tram will be run tri-weekly, leaving Wilming ton Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and arriving on alternate days. This train does not carry passengers. For the Old Boldiers. A nice Christmas gift from Wilming ton will gladden the hearts of the Con federate veterans at the Soldiers' Home in Raleigh. It consists of clothing and other needed supplies contributed by some of the good people of Wilmington, and among numerous other articles is a bountiful : supply of fish and oysters. The whole will be shipped ,by express, free of all charges, this morning. To the efforts of Gen." E. D. Hall 'and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Holmes, great credit is due for getting up this most acceptable; Christmas present. Mrs. Holmes is the Lady Manager of the Soldiers' Home for this Congressional District. God bless the gallant old soldiers, and may this prove as merry a Christmas as they ever enioyed. The Diphtheria Cafe. ... Dr. Roux, the eminent French physi cian, telegraphs the New York Herald follows in reference to the new treat ment for diphtheria: . "The mortality from diphtheria is no longer in the hospitals of Paris more than fourteen per cent, instead of fifty cent., which was the figure during pre: ceding years. This will suffice to show you what a benefit we owe to M. Bearing, wno iniroauceu uuo kkdk ira auu diphtheric serum." , SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS." AdTantages of the South. Over the Korth ; In the Manufaerore of Cotton Goods The Northern Menufsovurera Begin to ;S-!.Baltse That Vtnger.:xiV:;'-! .;-r :. ; 'The following interesting article is from the Charleston News and Courier: -In an editorial article In its last issue the; Boston Journal of .Commerce, the chief textile organ of its section, tries to impress upon the New England cotton manufacturers the necessity of devoting their attention to the production of. finer grades of goods, on account of the press sure : of competition by the Southern mills. It says: -v-;,,r;.--r,,: "The manufacture of coarse ; cotton goods, and, in fact, goods made of yarn of medium counts, can be made cheaper in the South than at any point in the North. :' . ... : -.. MWe have for the last few weeks been endeavoring to obtain such facts as we could in regard to this matter, and are fully, convinced that white or colored cotton eoods, even of medium fineness, can be produced in the South, landed in our Northern maikets and sold at a price that will allow a small , margin to the manufacturer, and this price is so low .that our Northern mills could hardly trade a new dollar for an old one in man faeturine these goods. - " " rThsre is but one conclusion to arrive at wfcidHs-tuat the South has such ad vantages for the manufacture ot coarse cotton goods, either in the gray or -colored, that it is no object for the North to undertake to compete with It. . The low price of labor, 'the long hours that the mills can be run, - low taxes and a slight saving made in buying cotton, are impediments that Northern mills find hard to overcome. ; ! "There is but one course so far as we can see for cotton mills in the North to pursue, and that is to get ready to make finer goods.", " J -tv Time was when the Journal and other New England textile publications and the cotton manufacturers of their sec tion pooh-poohed the suggestion that Southern mills could successfully com pete with the New England mills in the manufacture of any cotton goods. That time has passed. The making of "coarse cotton goods" and "medium" cotton goods, and even white and colored cot ton goods of medium "fineness," - has been practically surrendered to the Southern mills, or is at the point ot" sur render. The Journals advice to its neighbors is prudent and probably wise. There is bat one course for them to pursue, "and that, is, to get ready to make finer goods, abandoning the manufacture of those that are not so fine to their brethren in th South. . The advice holds equally rood for the Southern manufacturers, however. They. too, should Vget ready to make finer. and "ever nner goods, until they can make the very finest, and shall make all from the coarsest to the finest that are made in this country. Their rapid suc cess with the coarser grades is very en couraging; they should keep pushing onward and upward. If "low price of labor," "long hours," "low taxes" and "slight saving in buying" are so decisive advantages in making coarse goods, they will count a good deal in making the higher grades. And experience and en terprise and new machinery will accom plish the rest. ; - Perhaps our Boston contemporary does not know it, but the cotton manu facture! s of its section are badly scared now in view of the push and progressive- ness exhibited - by : the Southern cotton manufacturers as a class. We judge so, at any rate, from the fact that there is a standing order in many if not all the New England cotton mills to-day not to admit into them any visitor from the South who is engaged in manufacturing cotton. Such an order may be expe dient, of course, in the condition of the sufferers from Southern competition, and we are inclined to think it is, but it sounds surprisingly like "the death- rattler j DINED ON HORSEFLESH. One Hundred People Enjoy a Dinner of - Horse Prononnoed Xq.oal to Any Meat They Had Ever Sates. One hundred prominent . men of Newark sat down to a dinner last even ing which was different from any othe ever served in the city. To outward appearances it was like others of a social nature, but every guest' who sat at the long tables knew he was partaking of horse meat. ' Dr. Richard Hopkins was the host. When a horse slaughtering establish ment was started in . Harrison, x. I several months ago, there was a great agitation over the alleged fact that the meat was being disposed of in this city and New York instead ot in Europe, as the proprietors of the slaughter house alleged. This led tojthe breaking up of the business, for the .Board of Health caught the firm in an infringment of the law. it bad its buildings too close to a highway. " ' ; There was a discussion between the citizens as to the good and bad qualities of horseflesh, and almost every one took sides. Dr. Hopkins was one 6f those who asserted that horse meat was as good if not better than Chicago dressed beef. The dinner was the outcome of the agitation. The horse was an old one. He was in fact, a veteran, as he had seen twenty six years of service. For four years he had . been the property of George W. Marshall, of Newark. Mr. Marshall was at the dinner, but refused to partake of the meat. He said it was not that he had any re pugnance to the flesh, but because he felt as though be would be. eating an old friend. He was the only man who did not eat the meat.- All seemed to relish the dinner very much. The old horse was served up in all manner of ways. There - were horse steaks and horse chops, horse pot roasts and baked horse, horse rib roast and horse hash,: horse liver and horse soUp. There were other things, but no other meat was in the menu. - The garnlshings were ot the best and most palatable, and there was no lack of that important part, the liquids, with which to wash the dinner down. .:. - r Chef Davis prepared the dinner. Pro fessionally, be pronounced it the finest dinner, to the eye, at any rate, he had ever set before a party of diners. The preparations began five days ago. . The horse was led ; from the stable where he had been' putting on a few ex tra layers of fat, and was slaughtered in the most approved way. The carcass when dressed was hung in an ice-box and treated in every manner the same as beef. : - ! : iWhen Dr. .Hopkins sent out bis mvi tations he wondered if he would have to sit down alone to enioy the horse, and vowed if such was the case he would eat the whole dinner and drink those things which had been provided for drinking. It was made a rule that ho one who failed to partake of the horse would en- lov the rest ot the goods. i The doctors of Newark had been in vited to a man, and almost to a man they were present. A few did not appear, and others sent word their professional duties would prevent them from enjoying the .. . . .. . .. i . . dinner, juuges. lawyers, politicians ana even a minister graced tne tames. Btar. 1894. . C0HCERHD3Q COTTON. Hubbard, Prloe ft Co.' Weekly Beport of the Condition of Trade. . New York. December 20. : The movement of the crop has continued upon au enormous scale and the weight of cotton is commencine to be felt in offers to the Northern markets. But so far they have not materially influenced prices as the new improvement, in the demand for cotton goods has been suffi cient to absorb the offerings. On Wed nesday the largest drv goods sale ever held passed off with great success in the New York market. The auction prices were on an average about 7K per cent. below the list prices for . the goods, but as these list prices were asking prices and not bid prices, the sale is thought t have established confidence in manufac turing circles as to the probability of their v being - enabled to . dispose of their goods on the' basis of present values," and it has certainly been a great relief to the cotum market to find -that manufacturers were in a position to again resume their purchases of cotton, which had been suspended for aiweek or ten days, pending the out come of this sale.' Reports arc being received from many sections s of the' South to the effect that the cotton has been more nearly marketed than ever before at this season of the year, and tb accumulation of these reports has made the marget an -exceedingly narrow and nervous one,: as no one cares to anticipate a further 'decline.- from! the present i range' ' of values. : As it is cow. generally believed every: effort will -be , used to bring about; a. reduction ; in the area devoted to cotton next season and' a conseauent smaller crop, the only, difference in. opinion between those who are denomi nated bulls and bears is the question when, the improvement in the market will occur. Those who fee! bearish at the present time look for the movement of the crop during January to be on such a scale as to cause a further decline in prices, based upon the idea that the de ficiency in the invisible supply which was so apparent at the beginning of the sea son has been supplied and -that from now on the weight of the. crop will be felt. . On the other, those who are bull ish believe that, regardless of the facts as presented in the foregoing paragraph, which they admit, the market has felt the influence of I all estimates of, and the actual weight of a large crop of cotton, and that therefore while a small decline may possibly be in order, that purchases of cotton from this point downward will ultimately result in a handsome profit. They hold that cot ton is now below the cost of production, and with every effort on the part of the South to produce a small' crop next sea son, the opportunity should not be per mitted to pass by without having ob tained a stock of cotton at present prices. So far as speculation is concerned, it is to a moderate extent interested on the long side of the market, but only to a limited degree as ; compared with pre vious years, as the decline in other lmes of merchandise has diminished the number of people who care to invest in cotton because it is cheap. Generally, the trade regard . the posi tion as one offering great opportunities to these who are willing to invest their money in cotton, but at the same time as requiring patience, as an. advance be fore planting time necessarily would only be an inducement to materially increase the area devoted to cotton. A small number of planters . are buying the distant positions in New York with the avowed intention of not planting any cotton at all next sea sion, as tbey feel that it is cheaper to buy something that is less than the cost Of production, and to devote their energies to; the production of a different crop on the same land or per mit the land to j remain fallow. It is also to be noted that there is a decided falling off in the demand for commercial fertilizers. Estimates furnished by the Southern manufacturers and railroad managers are that this decrease will be fully 40 per cent., as compared with last year. Thus the market is in a waiting mood, the bears delaying for the weight of the receipts to break the market, and the bulls for the; influence of the new crop to bring about an advance. IKITCHEN MARKETS LAST NIGHT. Abundant Bnppliea of Fowl. Kan, Fresh Meats and Vegetables. The markets were crowded with pur chasers and supplies of all kinds were abundant. The Christmas turkey was in full feather and ducks and chickens seemed to feel their importance- Dealers' prices were, for live tutkeys 10c per - pound; dressed, 12W to 15c. Chickens sold : at 75 to 80c. per pair dressed, and 25 to 80c apiece for live fowls; ducks, 90 cents to tl.00 per pair, and geese 60c. apiece. Eggs retailed at 22c per dozen. In game, there were wild ducks at 60c per pair; quaiL 12c each, and venison 15 to 20c per .pound. The fish market was supplied with oysters ranging from 10c to 25c per quart according to quality; clamsat 12c per quart, and fish at 1015c per bunch. - ! - - . The jtruckers sold lettuce at 5 cents per bead; turnips, 8 punches lor oc; long collards, 5c per head; celery, 15c; spinach, 25c per peck; onions, 5c per quart; sweet potatoes, 12)f15c; per peck. ' On the butchers' stalls was fresh pork at 910c per pound; beef. 1012c; sausage and liver pudding, 12c. per pound. v ; Export Foreign - The British ! steamer Picton cleared yesterday for Bremen, Ger., with 7,809 bales cotton, weighing 8,585,080 pounds, and valued at $206,142.10. Cargo and vessel by J. H. Sloan, for Geo. H. Mc- Fadden & Bro. : Norwegian barque Jotun cleared for Antwerp with 4,753 barrels rosin, shipped by S. P. Shotter & Co., vessel by J. T. Riley & Co. - British schooner. Julia Elizabeth cleared by Cronly & Morris for Nassau. N. PM with 180.000 shingles, 1,000 feet lumber, 44 barrels grain, 20 do. peanuts and 20 packages sash and blinds, value 528, shipped by J. A. Springer. Two Hew Cotton Faotoriee. There is talk of two new cotton mills for Wilmington, one on the old plan of paying in all the capital at once; the other on the instalment plan advocated by the Star. , By all means, let us nave both. And why not, in a few years have a dozen. Wilmington will never be a prosperous city until she has' many fac tories of different kinds in operation. Read the announcement of the Encyclopedia Britannica in another column. The entire 25 volumes of this great work may be had on payment of $5.00 cash and $5.00 per month for seven months. This is $40.00 for the com plete work, payable in instalments. f - 1 :'. NO. 8 . CHEAPER CLOTHING. .; ' Theleduoed Tariff on Woollen Goods Qoee into Kffeot January 1st I'slfftot on the PrloM of Clothing. Many merchants ; have doubtless al ready adapted their business to the re quirements of! the new tariff on. woollen goods, which 'goes into effect January 1st, but the fallowing article from the Baltimore Sun . will, nevertheless, be read with Interest by. both buyers and sellers. '!.--;-' ':-.'; ; ;'- . On January 1, 1895.. the people will expect the benefit of the reform of the tariff on wool and woollens secured by the act of 1894. As respects some of the other .schedules. Democratic principles did not obtain in that act due applica tion, duties being left on certain raw ma terials which should be free and being kept too high on nearly every article,, but wool and woollens escaped thewtles of the. Senatorial combine. The new law made wool free of duty from the date of the passage of the act, and made large reductions id the duties upon man ufactures of wool, such reductions to take place, as already stated, on Janu- uary l, 18U5. I he value ot this Mew Year's gift to consumers will be appre ciated by a comparison of the rates on various! articles under the - Mc Kinley act and under the Wilson set. On , worsted and woollen yarns, the basts of many manufactures, the Mc Kinley rate was 145 per cent., the Wilson rate 80 per cent.- Wool being free, yarns can be, made of it at a profit and sold vastly cheaper nhan formerly, though consisting no longer in part of cotton or shoddy. Knit goods were largely ex cluded by the McKinley tax of 136 per cent- but under the new duty of 35 per cent, the manufacturer must lower bis prices or see the foreign goods come into general usej Oh shawls the new act puts a duty of 85 per cent. as against a duty of 150 per Cent, under the tariff of iniqui ties. Imported woolen and worsted cloths now pay a tax of from $1.05 to $1.63 on each dollar's worth, but after New Year's they will come in 'at a tax of bat 40 cents to the dollar's worth. - The average citizen will appreciate this cheapening of the coat on bis back in spite of- President Harrison's opinion that a cheap coat means a cheap man in it. Nor Will he object to the Wilson bill's red heed tax of 80 per cent, on blankets, as against the 100 per cent.tax imposed by McKinley. On bats he will find the duty brought down from 100 per cent, to 80 per cent., on flannels from 104 per cent, to 80 per cent., on his wife's balmoral from 150 per cent, to 40 per cent., on women and children's dress goods, coat linings, &c, from 138 to 40 per cent,,1 on clothing from 92 per cent, to 45 per cent., on plushes from 159 per cent, to 45 per centC, on laces, embroid eries, &c from 135 percent, to 60 per cent., on bindings, braids, fringes, trim mings, from 94 per cent, to 50 per cent., on cloaks, jackets, &c for ladies' and children's apparel from 81 to 60 per cent, on Brussels carpets from 82 per cent, to 40 per cent., and on druggets from 83 per cent, to 80 percent. These are substan tial reductions and confer very practical benefits upon the millions who -need to look to; their j expenditure. Manufac turers of LowelL. Mass.. say that they can replace the woollen goods they now have for sale at much lower cost and are consequently trying to get rid as fast as possible of the goods made of the taxed raw material of the McKinley regime. Already wideawake dealers are looking to lower pricesj for -better goods, and it goes without saying that their customers will welcome the new era. ! . ; While it is 'natural to lock for a de cline in prices of woollen goods, it is likely that the decline will be gradaal. And it should hot be forgotten that the effect of free wool has already been par tially discounted, as is shown by the fact that woollen goods are now cheaper than tbey were under the McKinley tariff THE COTTON GOODS SALE. The Frfee Obtained at the Big Auolion j Sale la Zfew Toilc . The 'prices per yard of the goods sold at the j big auction,' mention of which was made in the telegraphic department of the ' Star yesterday, averaged as follows: Brown cotton, Pepperill brand, 89 inches 5K to 5$ cents; 86 inches, 4$ cents, Steady; 83 inches 8 to 8j cents. Constitution brand, 41 inches, 4 to iJi cents;' 43 inches, 6 to 6 cents; 45 inches; 6 cents, steady; 48 inches, 4J cents.) Pepperill white sheetings, 15 to 15V cents; Androscoggin sheetings, 154 to 18 cents; Salisbury sheetings, 14 K to 15 cents. The narrow widths of these brands brought from 6J to 9Ji cents.il - Tickings sold from 4 to 9 cents per vard; fancy - tickings. 4g to 7; Pep perill drills, 4g to 5; American bags, 10W to 10H a bag; colored cheviots, I. steady; hickory stripes, 6& to 63; cot- tonades, 9 to lancy duck, a to gray duck, 1 to $; Atlas ! striped shirtings, 5 to 6; Otis checks started at 6 and dropped to 6; the balance sold for 6; sateen ticking, 7& to 9'. Androscoggin sateen, 5)i to 5; sateen ticking, lli to flji; corset jeans, to k I Androscoggin - bleached, 6, steady; fancy denim, mixed, A to 9f. How the Cotton Mills Help. The cotton mills are a greater help to a tpwn than is generally' supposed, says the Charlotte News. They have worked wonders in Charlotte's growth and pros perity. Of course the weekly wage dis tribution puts a good deal of money in circulation in the trade channels of the city and thus -helps all. around. One of the mill men, a grocer and a News re porter got to talking On this subject ton day. and by a careful estimate it was as certained that the cotton factories of Chrrlotte disburse $12,000 in wages every month, or $144,000 per year. All, or within a small fraction of all this money stays in Charlotte. Bent lot a Babbit Toot. ' . Mr. Howard C McNair, of Alma, now the champion checker player, of the State, goes to Asheville next week to play a series of twenty games with the checker champion of Western North Carolina. But Howard isn't the fellow to take chances if be can help it. bo, be wrote yesterday for one of the Star's graveyard rabbit feet to carry with him, and be will receive it to-day. If he tails to defeat the mountaineer now it will be because he has forgotten how to put the rabbit-spell on a checker board, j-. . -J W. Q P. Breckinridge, or Win some Willie, will lecture In Atlanta Jan uary 4th. Atlanta theatrical managers don't care who lectures there, if they think he will draw a crowd. It would be eminently proper for Atlanta to en gage Madeline Pollard for a lecture the night following Brack's effort. 8. C. LEGISLATURE. Cdnloslon In the TConae One or th nat Benationt Incidents of theSaraton. Bj Ttk graph to tho Morning Star. , Columbia, S. C. December 23.-The proceedings of the House to-day were of the usual ueeveotlul sort that .marks the clcss of a legislative session until to night, when one of the most sensational Incidents of the session occurred. The House wants Viper diem and the Senate $4, and at the morning session, Speaker Jones appointed a conference commit tee, who to-night recommended an ac ceptance of the Senate figures. The five dollar men got angry and claimed that the committee did not reflect the sentiment of the House, and Mr. Cooper, ot Colleton, moved that theHonse -proceed under one of its rules to elect a committee. This was carried by a vote of 45 to 44, whereupon the Speaker, construing it to be a vote ot want ot confidence, immediately left, tne cnair ana tenaerea bis resignation Confusion followed. 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