live SRecMn JStot.
FINANCIAL ISSUE
ABLY PRESENTED.
Addresses on Behalf of the
Democrats, Populists and
Silver Republicans.
TO UNITE IN ELECTIONS.
The
Financial Policy the
ft Piriae I Iranortsace.
Parties Urged to Consolidate on
All Lines for Free Silver.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Washington February; K.-The
addresses on behalf of the Democratic,
Populist and Silver Republican par
ties, which are the result ?f the con
ferences which have been in progress
among the leaders of these parties at
the capital for the past few weeks, were
issued to-day. They seek to unite the
members of the three parties in future
elections upon the finan aaue as
the question of paramount importance,
and are separate appeals to each of the
parties to consolidate all along the
lines for thjs purpose. The address to
the Democrats is signed by Senator
James K. Jones, of Arkansas, Chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee, and is endorsed by the Demo
cratic Congressional Committee; that
to the Populists by Senator Marion
Butler. Chairman of the Populist Na
tional Committee, and twenty-five
other Populist members of the Senate
and of the House; and that to the Sil
ver Republicans by Chairman Charles
A. Towne and the Silver Republicans
in the Senate and House, ana also by
ex Senator Dubois.
Democratic Address.
The Democratic address is as fol
lows: f" v '.- ,: " TV'
To The People : The surrender of
the Republican party to the advocates
of the gold standard and monopoly is
at last complete. The present admin
istration, called to power upon the
solemn pledge of the Republican Nat
ional Convention at St Louis to pro
mote bimetallism, has formulated and
sent to Conarress a bill, the leading
purpose of which, the honorable sec
retary of the treasury avows, is "to
commit the country more thoroughly
to the gold standard.'
The country has already, for twenty
four, v ears, bedn so thoroughly com
mitted to this standard, partly by law
and partly by the usurpations of the
exeo Hive branch of the government,
that its etfects are seen and felt on
every hand: wages are reduced; work
is harJ-r to get; the weight of debt is
doubled : the value of land and other
property is reduced one-half or
more, until the lives of the people are
1 hitter with hard bondage." It
is certainly not in the interest of hu
manity to have this condition of
things ::. re thoroughly established.
The continued rise in the value of
gold. or. which is the same thing,. the
continued fall of prices, must inevi
tably transfer the property of all those
engaged in active business, the actual
creators of wealth, whether by hand,
brain or capitaUto those Who, avoid
ing the risk and efforts of active busi
ness, only draw interest.
The increase of 145 per cent, in the
value of money, caused by its increas
ing scarcity, from 1909 to 1849, as ad
mitted by leading advocates of the
gold standard, found expression at
mat time in extremely low prices and
conditions of unparalleled distress.
The discovery of gold and silver in
extra ordinary quantities, and the great
increase in the volume of metal Hr
money resulting therefrom, relieved
this distress and brought in its stead
, wonderful prosperity. Prices rone,
usiness flourished, producers pros
lereJ, all were happy. Substantially
bis condition would have continued
f both the precious metals had been
alio.ved to remain in use as
money, because they were being
found in nearly sufficient quantities
to increase the volume of money in
proportion to the development of busi
ness. A wicked conspiracy, however,
deprired one of them of the money
function. This was done with the de
liberate purpose of raising the value of
the other by rendering the supply of
metallic money relatively scarcer as
compared with the demand. From the
hour of the iiiiiaanmiiistimi of this
cr.:.. -. mankind has suffered commer
cial disaster and social distress in al
most constantly increasing measure.
Just in proportion to the growth of
arts and civilization and the expansion
of commerce, business and industry,
an inadequacy of the volume of gold
is felt, its scarcity is emphasized, its
value increased.
The rnsrnrioai of fifr nrnl jirprrin-nn
which is iisinw pai libir from a long
course of declining nrioes, has now
checked development and. if eon
- tinued. will ultimately stifle civiliza
tion. Au eminent American. Presi
dent Andrews, of Brown University,
. some vears asro said :
Our national debt on September
1st, 1865. was two and three-quarter
billions; it could then have been paid
off with eighteen uiU I ion hales of cot
ton, or twenty -fire million 'tons of bar
iron. When it had been reduced to a
billion and a quarter, thirty inilliou
hales of cotton, or thirty-two million
tons of iron, would have been required
to pay it. lxi other words, while a
nominal shrinkage of about fifty-five
per cent, nan taken place in the debt,
it had. as measured in either of these
two world staples, actually been
enlarged by some fifty per cent.'"
Although more than half the prin
ciple of this enormous debt and every
cent of accummulated interest had
been paid by the labor of the United
States, the holders of the bonds still
hold a claim for more of the labor of
the people than they held before these
enormous navments nad been even
begun. This cruel confiscation of the
byes and liberty of the laboring mil
lions of this country is the moat stu
pendous crime that has been com
mitted in the m1U of civilization.
Unless a government "of the people,
by the people and for the people" has
.perished from the earth, surely, the
pres-nt boldly rowed scheme, not
only to continue but to increase these
eviU. will not be permitted. In addi
tion to this ouroose of more
y establishing the eold standard,
plan of the administration is to retire
the ijaDe.r moncr of tiie government.
to
. j .
issue '-old oonos. ana to
the bovrer. m-irilMe and Drofits of
tional banks.
lne retirement of the government i
Pper money must reduce the volume
"circulation, ami while the Secretary 1
M" t - that the contraction of the cur- !
tenev would be more ruinous in two
Trh than interest on a like amount
" bonds for forty years would be, he
tay informs us that the national
-tks will probably hums a sufficient
': of money to prevent this
orrnous suffering.
T'' national banks are not to be re-
Bred to redeem their notes in gold,
it is arranged that the United
""Jes. Government shall do so on de
and after having done so, the
government must be content to have
Pains of
Rheumatism
Have "Completely Dis
appeared Since Taking
Hood's Sarsaparlfla.
Rheumatism is due to acid in the
blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla neutral
hies tins add and permanently cures
the aches and pains of rheumatism.
Bead the following:
" I was troubled with rheumatism whan
X was a small boy, sad I hsvs been a suf
ferer with it more or less au my Me. Jlot
long- ago I took bottle of Hood's Sarsa
parilla, and it did me so much good I
continued its use, and since taking three
bottles I have trtt no symptoms of rheu
matism." E. B. Buuxxac, Durham, N. O.
"I was troubled with rheumatism and
could hardly walk. I have taken three
bottles of Hood's furT.TjHa and today
am a well man." Bobhrt Jones. 302
Macke St., Wilmington, North Carolina.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Ii the best-to tact the One True Blood Purifier.
All druggists. $1; six for $5. Get Hood's.
Hood's Pills S?
'any kind of legal tender money, at
the option of the hanks.''
We are frankly told that lawful
money will be mule 'wiat;!.
scalar than it is now," and that it is
u JUM' operation of
the bill it will be easier to get gold
than lawful money. Practically all of
the money in the hands of the people
now, as the Secretary distinctly ad
mits, is silver, chieflV in th fnm
silver certificates. The avowed pur
pose of the bill is to make it hereafter
more difficult to get than gold.
The monetary commission, elected
by the executive committee of the self
constituted Indianapolis convention
which assembled for the mn ruin.
Ese of establishing the gold standard,
ve also made a report and promul
gated a bill, the provisions of which
are so strikingly like the propositions
or me secretary of the Treasury, in all
material particulars, as , to suggest
that they were comnamd uniThw.
monized before either was eriven to
the public This renort and hill
are somewhat more bold in the asser
tion of the purposes entertained than
is even the proposition of Mr. Gage.
These distin CUV lirOWMR that oilvoi
dollars shall not hereafter be coined;
that standard silver dollars shall be re
deemed in gold, that the silver bullion
on hand at present shall be sold, and
suggest that silver dollars may also
be melted down and sold as bullion .
We are assured that the notes of the
hanks "cannot fail to be safe " hmnw
being based upon all the resources of
all the banks issuing them, they are
based upon the whole business of the
country.
lertainly no hank will become lia
ble for the notes issued by another
bank over which it has no 'control or
supervision; hence this scheme must
contemplate the establishment of some
central bank authority, bavine the ab
solute control of the issue of ail paper
money a great bank trust, pool or
syndicate, with powers such as no
man has ever before had the audacity
to suggest This committee has called
upon commercial bodies all over the
country to assemble and endorse their
report. Thus, the people are put upon
full notice of what is intended, ana of
the means of its accomplishment.
considering all this, is it any won
der that the Spectator, one of the
great English newspapers, should say
as it did some months since: "Being
audacious beyond any old world ex
perience, the great capitalists of
America are determined to capture
free opinion and to prevent criticism.
They subsidize pulpits, they buy the
press, they seat their well-paid attor
neys in the U. S. Senate, and at
length they stretch their hands over
the colleges, which it is easy to capture
by examples of generosity. Thus
their design is to prevent any effective
action which shall in any way weaken
their authority or undermine their
position. Then object cannot be
mere wealth making, for they already
enjoy wealth beyond the dreams
of avarice. Apparently, their inten
tion is. first to convert the United
States into a powerful oligarchy over
other lands. It is reserved for the
"free" West to dismiss from academic
service tried and competent teachers
at the bidding of rings of millionaires
who will not near one single criticism
or questioning of the justice or neces
sity of their doings, or of the charac
ter and tendency of the trusts they
have built up with the aid and at the
expense of the public. The divine
right of kings is to be succeeded by
the divine right of millionaires, who
are to ran everything, including the
American Senate and the conscience
and intellect of university professors I
It is none of oar duty to say how the
American people shall deal with the
portentous growth of that money
power which overshadows the institu
tions of the republic. But we think
that the rich men of America are re
vealing such a deadly plot against all
genuine public freedom that unless
we are mistaken the opening years of
the century will witness an outburst
in the West which will amaze the
civilized world."
In view of toe great principles in
volved and of the danger so close at
hand, we urge the people everywhere
to arouse themselves and their child
ren from the totters now being openly
forged to bind them. In recent years
there have been a number of instances
of congressional districts where the
.advocates of gold and monopoly were
largely outnumbered by their -opponents
and where, nevertheless, bv a
failure to unite and act together,
friends of the gold standard have been
successful. Thus, as the result of a
personal or partisan wrangle, the cause
of truth and justice has been over
shadowed, and interests of humanity
ignored and the greatest good to the
go ve rn me u t subordinated to an ignoble
strife.
If we are in earnest we must have
harmony amongst ourselves. If there
should be those who would divide us.
let them be summarily and emphati
cally rebuked by the people, who have
none but high and patriotic motives.
After the bold declaration of the ad
ministration in favor of the gold stand
ard, no sincere bimetal list can ever
again, by his vote or influence, give
aid or encouragement to the Repub
lican party.
The issue is joined: we cannot avow
it if we would. Either the friends of
bimetallism or the advocates of gold
standard, trusts and monopolies must
succeed. Who is not for us is against
us. We are asking no man to abandon
his party, or change his politics, we
ask no one to yield any principle, but
in this great contest we do appeal to
all good men to stand solidly together
for liberty and humanity, and strike
down forever this conspiracy of gold
and monopoly.
J axes K. Jones,
Democratic National Com
The Populist address is as follows:
The conspiracy of gold and monop
oly is nearing its culmination. Every
advance it has made daring the last
twenty-fire years has been by adroit
and stealthy process. These would
have been impossible if it had not had
its agents and confederates holding po
sitions of public trust in the fegtsla
tive, exeentiveand judicial branches
nf the government. Neither the bene-
fcViariei nor the tools of tins
racy bavei
' ...
ocratic. The present administration is
called Republican, but it has inglori
ously practiced and defended the per
fidious policies of its predecessor.
At length the selfish and brutal in
terests behind this conspiracy deem
themselves strong enough to dispense
with the caution and duplicity hitherto
necessary to their success. The admin
istration boldlv Tnn its aninniunt
of their scheme against the liberty and
p.wf1nruj i uw peopie. w limn a
few weeks it has formulated and sent
to Ckmgress a bill the leading purpose
of which is, in the words of the Secre
tary of the Treasury, "to commit the
country more thoroughly to the eold
standard."
This country has during the past
twenty-four years suffered enough of
the blighting effects of the gold stand
ard, so far as fraudulent legislation
and executive usurpation have been
able to establish it It is now boldly
proposed to legalize what has been
done in defiance of law, and to use the
power secured by false pretences from
a long-suffering and too trustful
people to put upon this infamous de
sign the stamp of alleged popular
authorisation.
In the pursuit of this purpose of com
mitting the country more thoroughly
to the gold standard, the plan of
this administration, as of the last, is
to retire the greenbacks and other
non-interest bearing paper money of
the government to issue interest-burdened
gold bonds, and to increase toe
powers, privileges and profits of na
tional banks. This achievement would
turn over the duty of. supplying the
people's money, the very lire-blood of
business, to a selfish, heartless and
irresponsible foreign gold syndicate
and its American agents and allies.
It must be remembered, also, that
this foreign gold syndicate and its
allies have, with the connivance, if
not the assistance, of our government
captured and to-day control every in
strument of commerce in the nation.
In framing the constitution our pa
triotic fathers, Vith zealous care and
with prophetic wisdom, provided that
commerce should be regulated by
Congress in favor of toe gold trust
and the banking ring. Honey is the
first great instrument of commerce,
but the gold ring, not satisfied with
con trolling our financial system, has
captured the other instruments of
commerce to enable it to keep the gold
standard yoke upon our necks, and
"to more thoroughly" subjugate our
people and dominate our government.
All history teaches that those who
have controlled toe instruments of
commerce in 'any country have not
only controlled toe commerce of that
nation, but have also controlled and
dominated that government Thus
the gold syndicate and its allied
monopolies in our country, having
seized the great instruments of com
merce, have used this tremendous
power to discriminate against sections
and individuals, to destroy competi
tion, to breed business stagnation and
to create ''hard tones1' in the midst of
plenty. Thus the organization and
maintenance of great industrial trusts
have been promoted which operate to
aggravate the evil conditions which
gave them birth. Thus they are mak
ing millons of paupers to create a few
millionaires. The inevitable result
must be to convert our government
into an oligarchy of sordid wealth.
In the accomplishment of this end,
evil influences must shackle opinion
and muzzle discussion. They not only
subsidize the press and attempt to seat
their well-paid attorneys in our legis
lative halls, on our benches of justice,
and in all other departments of govern
ment; but wherever college faculties
are susceptible to pretended generosity
or perverted philanthropy, they care
fully manoeuvre for either service or si
lence. The divine right of kings is to he
succeeded by the divine right of mil
lionaires, who propose to run every-'
thing, not only the instruments of
commerce and our industrial system,
but also as far as possible the pen of
the editor and the voice, if not the in
tellect of the university professor.
Having succeeded in this the conspir
ators will not only completely domi
nate the legislative, executive and
judicial branches of the government
but will be solidly entrenched against
resistance and retribution.
Briefly stated, this is a part of the
outrageous scheme. We do not ar
raign any political party on partisan
grounds. We arraign a system and
denounce a conspiracy;
We condemn individuals and organ
izations that support this system and
aid the conspiracy. A party that is the
mouth-piece and agent of this conspi
racy is just as dangerous under one
name as under another.
In every campaign the gold syndi
cate and all the allied trusts snd mono
polies combine. They select the con
ventions they desire to control; they
elect the candidates that they have se
lected. Therefore, those who are not
their agents and would not submit to
their tyrranous spoliation. should
strenuously oppose the allied combina
tion of gold and monopoly.
Tne only hope of the enemy is to di
vide us. Therefore, let us be more
united and harmonious than ever,
and further, let us organize without
delay a vigorous campaign in every
State and congressional district, county
and precinct.
There are but two sides to this
mighty and portentous conflict fall
of those of whatever nartv who favor
I- the conspiracy of gold and monopoly.
wno lavor muussnsu slavery, wine
spread poverty and national des
truction, should be on one side;
and all of those of whatever
party who oppose this deadly de
sign, who love truth and right,
who love their country, who love
their homes and firesides, and believe
in the sacred principles declared by
Jefferson and reasserted by Jackson
and Lincoln, should be on the other
side. On this side we solidly stand.
Then let us, maintaining at au tones
party integrity, invite the harmonious
co-operation of all seeking the
same end. The ominous dangers
threatening the institutions of the re
public make this the highest duty.
The line of battle is clearly drawn.
We cannot avoid the conflict it we
would. Therefore, let us appeal to all
citizens and to all organizations and
parties that oppose the conspiracy
that oppose a government of the
trusts, by the trusts' and for the trusts,
that oppose and will not submit to the
despotism of sordid wealth to come to
the rescue.
Patriotism and manhood are not
dead. A large part of the American
people realise the wrongs and compre
hend the dancers and are ready and
anxious to fight thin system to the
end. The spirit of 76 is abroad in the
land, and Use menus of uoerty every
where are awaiting the patriotic call
to fight a common battle against a
common foe. Let this be done snd we
can crush every traitor as did the men
of the American revolution; let tins
be done, and we shall drive every tory
to ignominious defeat: let tins be
Hnn and we shall re-establish what
almost overthrown: A government of
the aeoDle by the people and for the
people.
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STARTLING NEWS
FROM HAVANA.
i
U. S. Battleship Maine
The
Destroyed Last Nitrht in !
u u i
Havana liaruur.
WAS BLOWN UP AND SUNK.
Cause Unknown Over One Hundred of
the Crew Killed Many Wounded
sad Drowned All Officers
Believed to be Saved.
By Cable to the Morning Star.
HaVaha, Feb. 15. At 10:30 o'clock
this evening a terrible explosion took
place on the United States cruiser
Maine in Havana harbor.
Many were killed or wounded. All
of the boats of the Spanish cruiser Al
fonse XIII. are assisting.
As yet the cause of the explosion is
not apparent.
The wounded sailors of toe Maine are
unable to explain it
It is believed that the cruiser is to
tally destroyed.
The explosion shook the whole citv.
The windows were broken in all the
houses.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press says he has conversed with sev
eral of the wounded sailors and under
stands from them that toe explosion
took place while they were asleep, so
that they can give no particulars as to
the cause.
The Secretary of the Navy received
the following telegram from Captain
Maine blown up in Havana har
bor, 9.40 P. M.. and destroyed. Many
wounded, and doubtless more killed
and drowned. Wounded and others
on board Spanish man-of-war and
Ward Line steamer. Send ligrht house
tenders from Key West for crew and
few pieces of equipment still above
water. No one had other clothes than
those upon him.
"Public opinion should be suspended
till further report. All officers believed
to be saved. Jenkins and Merritt not
yet accounted for. Many Spanish offi
cers, including representatives of Gen
eral -Blanco, now with me, express
sympathy. t
t&ignea) BIOSBKK.
The officers referred to in the above
dispatch are: Lieutenant Friend W.
Jenkins and Assistant Engineer Dar
win R. Merritt,
From the wording of the dispatch
toe Navy Department thinks it possi
ble that they were on shore at toe time
of the accident.
The Secretary of the Navy received
another dispatch from Key West at
the same time with the above, but its
contents were not made public.
The orders for the light-house ten
ders were at once sent to Key West in
plain language, thus avoiding the de
lay that would have arisen from the
use of cipher.
The Maine was built in 1890 at a cost
of $2,388,000. She had a steel hull, and
a complement of 874 men.
Havana, February Id. The wildest
consternation prevails in Havana. The
wharves are crowded with thousands
of people. It is believed the explosion
occurred in a small powder magazine.
At a quarter of eleven o clock what
remains of the Maine is still burning.
Captain Sigsbee and the other offi
cers have been saved. It is estimated
that over one hundred of the crew
were killed, but it is impossible as yet
to give exact details.
The Maine is a battleship of toe sec
ond class, and is regarded as one of
the best ships in the navy. She is
318 feet long, 57 feet broad, 21.C
mean-draught and 6,882 tons displace
ment She has two ten -inch vertical
turrets and t wo military masts, and
her motive power is furnished by twin
screw vertical triple expansion en
gines, having a maximum horse power
of 9.Z93 and capable of making a speed
of 17.45 knots. She carries four ten
inch and six six-inch breech-loading
guns in her main battery, and seven
six-pounder and eight one-pounder
rapid-firing guns and four Gathnga
in her secondary battery, and four
Whitehead torpedoes.
Admiral Manterola has ordered that
boats of all kinds should go to the
assistance of the Maine and her wound
ed. The Havana firemen are giving
aid, tending carefully to the wounded
as they are brought on shore. It is a
terrible sight General Solano and the
other generals have been ordered by
Captain General Blanco to take steps
to help the Maine's crew in every way
possible.
The correspondent of the Associa
ted Press has been near the Maine in
one of toe boats of the cruiser Al
phoQse XIII., and seen -others of the
wounded, who corroborate the state
ment of those first interviewed, that
they were already asleep when toe ex
plosion occurred.
Washington, D. C. February IS.
Secretary Long received Captain
Sigsbee s dispatch but a few minutes
before the Associated Press dispatches
from Havana were handed to him
He received the news With apparent
calm, and his first act was to eomnly
with Captain Sigsbee's request that
assistance be sent from Key West.
He immediately wired Captain
Forsythe at Key West to proceed
with tha naval tender Fern to Havana
harbor.
Secretary Long then sent for Capt
Dickens and the two discussed Capt.
Sigbees brief telegram. No other
naval officers were present and beside
the Secretary and Cant Dickens, the
naval colony here is ignorant of this
disaster, the greatest which has be
fallen the American navy since the
disaster at Apia, many years ago. The
Secretary in inclined to believe that
most of the officers of the Maine were
on shore at the time of the accident
as it was still early in the night
Later toe Secretary sent another
telegram to Key West directing that
the tender Mangrove also be sent to
Havana.
"FTavaxa Febrnarv IS.
Rirshee aavs the explosion occurred
in the bow of toe. vessel He
received a wound in the head.
Orders were riven to the other offi
cers to save themselves as best
they could. The latter, who were lit
erally thrown from their berths in
their night clothing, gave toe
sary orders with great
and bravery.
The first theory was tost there had
been a preliminary explosion in the
Santo Barbara (magazine) with pow
der or dynamite below water.
Admiral Manterola believes that toe
t.d ilTnn au of iwiade shell
nuneo. over me navy yam.
The evidence in
Hood s Sarsaparilla
rheum, bolls, humors
tions.
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WILMINGTON MARKET.
STAB OFFICE, February 10.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothinir
doing at opening of market Quoted
in the afternoon steady at 32 cents
per gallon for machine-made casks
and 32 cents per gallon for country
casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at ii 90. ner
bbl for Steamed and $1.25 for Good
Strained.
TAR Market opened auiet at 95
cents per bbl of 280 lbs. Quoted later
steady at 90c.
CKUDE TURPENTINE. Market
quiet at $1.50 per barrel for Hard, $2.00 I
same day last year.
turpentine firm. 26. 26 We:
firm, $1.45. $1.50: $1.50. $1.55
bid', tar steady, 95c; crude turpentine
steady, $1.80, $1.80.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine 38
Kosm. 192
Tar 161
Crude Turpentine. . .- 99
Receipts same day last year. 102
casks spirits turpentine, 491 bbls
rosin, 295 bbls tar, 3 bbb crude tor
pentine.
OOTTOS.
Market firm on a basis of 5c
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 1-16 eta. lb
Good Ordinary 4 " "
Low Middling 5 1-16 " "
MIAfllfrig 51Z "
Good Middling 5 " "
Same day last year, middling 6c.
Receipts 757 bales; same day hist
year, 500.
COUNTRY PRODUCE. '
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime,
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds ; Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c. Virginia
Extra Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c. '
CORN. Firm; 47f to 50 cents per
busbcL
ROUGH RICE. $1.00 to $1.05 per
busiicl
N. C. BACON. Steady ; hams, 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
sides, 7 to 8c
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps, $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6.50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3. 00 to
$7.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, February 11.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
ROSIN. Market firm at $1.20 per
bbl for Strained and $1.25 for Good
Strained
TAB Market- firm at 90 cents per
bbl of 280 fta.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Market
quiet at $1.50 per barrel for Hard. $2.00
Quotations same day last year,
Spirits turpentine, firm, 26, 26Se;
rosin firm, $1.50 to 1.55: tar steady,
95c; crude turpentine steady, $1.30,
$1.80. Sf'
RECEIPTS.
Spirits turpentine 21
Rosin 584
UBsr 441
Crude turpentine 4
Rereipta same day last year 54
casks spirits turpentine. 77 bbls
rosin, 173 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude tur
pentine. CXJTTOS.
unvtmm. saa&a
per pound
Ordinary. .
Market firm on a basis of hc
for middling. Quotations:
77773 3-16 ctaDlb
Good Ordinary 4 "
Low Middling. 5 3-16 " "
Middling. S " "
GoodMadhug i "
Same day last year, mwMlwig 6c.
Receipts 960 bales; same day test
year, 336.
OOOTTKT PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime,
40 to 50c per bushel of 28 pounds; Ex
tra Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c. Virginia
Extra Prime. 55c; Fancy, 60c
CORN Firm; 47 to 50 cents per
bushel.
isuutra kxuiEl si. x) to l.ua per
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steady ; hams, 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides,
7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps. $1.60 to 2,25;
six-six, $2.25 to 3.25 : seven-inch; $5.50
to 6.50
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50 per JL
a -
STAR OFFICE. February 12.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Nothing
doing.
KUelJi. Market firm at $1.20 per
bbl for strained and fl.25 for good
strained.
TAR. Market firm at 90 cents per
bbl of soU lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE Nothing
doing.
Quotations same day last year:
Spirits turpentine quiet, 26, 26je;
rosin firm, $L50, 1.55. tar quiet 95c;
crude turpentine, nothing doing
Spirits turpentine ... 50
Rosin.... " 414
Tar.....-......-.. 217
Crude turpentine
Receipts same day test year. 10
casks spirits turpentine, 349 bbls rosi
36 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude turpentine.
CO lit). .
Market firm on a barns of e
per pound for middling. Quotations
ijooa ordinary 3 5-ib cts
Good Ordinary 4
Low Middling'. S 3-16
Middling ..... SH
Good Middling 5
name day
year,
hales
mwMUng 63c
same day teat
COUKTRY PRODUCE
PEANUTS North Carolina
Prime, 40 to 50c per bushel of 28
extra prune, 55c ; tancy. wc.
-Extra prune, 55c; fancy, Oc.
RN Firm; 471 to 50 cents per
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.00 to LOS per
N. a BACON Steady; hams 8 to
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c;
7 to 8a.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five-
inch hearts and saps, $1.60 to 2.25:
sue -men, $2.25 to 3.25: seven-inch.
$3.50 to 6. 50.
TIMBER Market steady at $3.00 to
7.50perM.
1 tSLAJi UUTltJUi,
14.
I SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
at $1.20 per
bbl for
61.ZS for Good
to all)
taappT.marrted
xj portion of tse body.
Strained
RECEIPTS.
Turpentine 29
02
Tar 138
Crud Turpentine.... . 4
Receipts same day last year. 8fi
casks spirits turpentine, 310 bbls
roam, 210 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude tur
pentine. COTTON.
Market firm on a basis of
for middling,
3 3-16 eta.
Good Ordinary 4
Low Middling. 5 3-16
mo nng b
Good Middling 5 K
Same day teat year, middling 6c.
Receipts 716 bales: same dav lnat.
year, 142.
OOCTTRT PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina-Prime.
4050c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
rame, mc; Fancy, 60c. Virginia
liiXtra rrune, 55c; Fancy, 60c.
CORN. Firm: 474a50 cents tr
bushel.
ROUGH RICE. $1.00(911.05
per
8 to
to;
bushel.
N. C. BACON. Steadv : hams.
9c per pound; shoulders, 6 to
sides, 7 to 8c.
SHINGLES. Per thousand,
fiyaJ
men, nearts and saps, fl.60 to $2.25;
six inch, $2.25 to $3.28: seven inch
$.0to$6.50.
TIMBER Market steadv at $3.00 to
$7.50 per
STAR OFFICE, February 15.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE Nothinc
doing at opening of market. Sales
later at 32 cents per gallon for
machine-made casks and 31 cents for
country casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at il.20 ner
bbl for Strained and $1.25 for Good
Strained. "
TAR. Market firm at 90 cents ner
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE. Nothinir
domg.
Quotations same day last year.
Spirits turpentine, nothing doing;
roam firm. $1.50. $1.55: tar a met. 95c:
crude turpentine, nothmg doing.
RECEIPTS.
Spirits Turpentine ; 86
Rosin 865
Tar 294
Crude Turpentine 2
iteceipts same dav last vear. 23
casks spirits turpentine. 249 bbb rosin.
172 bbls tar, 0 bbls crude turpentine.
COTTOK.
Market firm on a baste of 5Kc
per pound for middling. Quotations:
Ordinary 3 3-16 cte. lb;
Good Ordinary. . . . 4 " "
Low Middling 5 3-16 " "
Middling. . . S " "
Good Middling. ... 5J " "
Same day last year, middling 6c.
Receipts 729 bales; same day test
year, 89.
OOUXTRY PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina Prime
40 50c per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
rnme, aoc; ancy,60. Virginia Extra
Prime, 55c; Fancy, 60c. t
CORN Firm: 47a50 cents ner
bushel.
ROUGH RICE $1.00(511.05 ner
bushel.
N. C. BACON steadv: hams 8 to 9c
per pound; shoulders, 6 to 7c; sides, T
to sc.
SHINGLES Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps. $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch. $2.25 to 3.25: seven inch.
$5.50 to 6.50.
TIMBER Market steadv st $3.00 to
$7.50 per M.
STAR OFFICE, February 16.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE. Market
firm at 32 cento per gallon for ma
chine-made casks and 31J4 cento for
country casks.
ROSIN. Market firm at
$1.20 per
for Good
cents per
Nothing
bbl for Strained and $1.25
Strained.
TAR. Market firm at 95
bbl of 280 lbs.
CRUDE TURPENTINE.
doing.
Quotations same day last year.
Spurns turpentine, nothing doing;
firm, 81.50. S1.55: tar quiet.
95c; crude turpentine, nothing doing.
Spirits Turpentine 6
Rosin 436
Tar L 184
Crude Turpentine - 0
Keceipts same day last vear. 5
casks spirits turpentine, 149 bids
rosin, 532 bbls tar. 0 blls crude tur
pentine. corros.
Market steady on a basis of 5fc
per pound for middling. Quotations :
Ordinary 3 3-16 cte. f lb
Good Ordinary.
4 " "
5 3-16 " "
" "
Low Middling. .
lBMpiBte
Good Middling.
Same day test year,
middling 65uc.
Receipts 620 bates; same day last
year, 189. .
OOUSTRK PRODUCE.
PEANUTS North Carolina- Prime.
dMMSfc. per bushel of 28 pounds; Extra
Prune, 55c; Fancy, 60c Virginia
Extra Prime, 55c : Fancy, 60c.
UUKJV. Firm; 47r50 cents per
bushel.
KOUtttl KICK. f 1.00 1.05 per
busheL
N. C. BACON . Steady : hams, 8 to
9e per pound.; shoulders, S to
7C .
sides, 7 to He.
SHINGLES. Per thousand, five
inch, hearts and saps. $1.60 to $2.25;
six inch. $2.25 to $3.25; seven inch,
$5.50 to $6.50.
TIMBER. Market steady at $3.00 to
$7.50 per M.
Cotton and Naval Stores.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
For
Otftea. Spirit.
Ttr.
Crude.
a,w-
MS
RECEIPTS.
For
eaAed Fetraarr t. 1WT.
Cotton.
Spirit.
Oar.
Crude
For week ended February 11, 1886.
Cottoa. Spirit. Rati. Tvr. Crude.
45 tat 64 TS7
Foreign 8.172 400 10.897 MS
For
12. 1897
VOtton. Spirit. Bom. Tar.
Crude
128
Foreign
7
7W
STOCKS.
n.
Afloat.
Cotton. .
14.432
0JSS
8.974
14.467
2.448
STOCKS.
Cades.
Spirit.
NAVAL STORES MARKETS.
New Yokk, February 16.
steady. Spirits turpentine qniet
CoaSUStOX,
at
Rosin
SsvainsAH, Gs.,
February 16.
2,034
A. K. CL D
$1 90. F 1 26,
40, H 160, 1 165,
K 1 75, M 1 80,
N
1 25. W Cr 2 00,
W W2
Quotations:
Bpmto tarpentane firm at s;saies
37 casks; receipt 35 casks. Rosin
a 1
25. ! nay steady; enotee xunomy
AVegeSaMePrcparationfor As
similating the Food and Regula
ting the Stofflflchs and Bowels of
ProinotEsl)igcstion,Cheer ful
ness and Rest.Ccn tains neither
Opium.Morptrine nortfineral.
JMOT rtAHCOTlC.
A Dcrfect Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea,
Verms ,Co nvulsio ns .fever 1 sh
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
Facsimile Signature of
f' NEW YORK.
COTTON MARKETS.
By Telegraph to The Morning Star.
New Yoke. Feb. 16. The course of
todays cotton market favored toe
bear element, although trading was
scattered and for the most part con
ducted on a small scale. Opening
, with the near months un
changed to one point lower and the
more remote positions 24 points
lower, the market ruled irregular with
the tendency steadily downward. The
close was steady at a net loss of 46
points. Although Liverpool made a
favorable response to our improve
ment late yesterday at the start,
subsequent cables told of less
stability abroad, which was at
tributed by private advices to
manipulation at that point The
early selling movement was led by a
prominent bear trader, with Liverpool
a good second. News from too South
was rather scarce, owing to an almost
complete crmpting of the wire service.
The dispatches received were too con
flicting to have decided bearing on
either sue. t he tact that port receipts
continued fully up to the recent high
average, despite predictions for a mark
ed falling off made test week, had com
paratively little influence, as export
clearances show a tendency to even
exceed the movement from toe inte
rior. New York. February 15 Cotton
; middling- uplands 6Uc.
Snot cotton closed easv: middling
uplands 6 c ; middling guff 6Uc; sales
470 bales.
PRODUCE MARKETS.
By Telegraph to the Morning Star.
Nw York, February 16. Flour
was strone and again higher on the
choice grades: city mill patents $5 65
6 00; Minnesota patents $5 205 50.
Wheat Spot firm; No. 2 red 96 c:
options opened strong: at H&c ad
vance on renewed activity among- the
shorts based on May corn at Chicago -.
local traders were bearish and fought
the advance,' causing a midday reac
tion, but were fairly run in by a sec
ond sensational advance at Chicago:
prices closed strong- and llc net
higher; latter on July; on the curb
May jumped to $1 00H; No. 2 red
February closed $1 084; May closed
98c. Corn Spot firm; No. 2 38c;
options opened strong and c higher
on covering, eased off under realizing,
but finally recovered later on active
buying from outside and other sources,
and closed c net higher; May
closed 36Me; July closed Sfjc. Oats
Spot quiet; No. 2. 3132c : options
werennauy bead arm pat tailed to fol
low other markets and dosed un
changed; May closed 31&c. Lard
was quiet: Western steam closed at
$5 37; May $6 50. nominal; refined
lard was steady. Pork firma Butter
firm; Western creamery 14 20; do.
factory ll14c ; Elgins 20c; imitation
creamery 13 17c; State dairy 13 17c;
do creamery 14 10c. Cheese quiet:
I large white September 8Jc. Tallow
Petroleum dull Cottonseed oil prime
summer yellow and prime crude de
veloped further strength to-day on fair
buying order; other grades nominally
unchanged; prime crude 19 20c; prime
summer yellow 2323c Coffee
Spot Bio qniet; No. 7 invoice 6Mc;
No. 7 jobbing 6c : mild firm; Cordova
7KTL5c. Sugar raw strong; fair
refining S 1116c; centrifugal 66 test
4 316c : sales 300 tons Muscovado 96
test ex ship at 3 11-16c; refined firm.
Chicago, Feb. 16. Shorts in wheat
caught it hard to-day. May was bid
up to 103f and closed at 103, an ad
vance of 3f to 3jc. July, hitherto
very quiet, also moved up as much as
May. The May price is the highest
for that delivery since 1891. It was
almost altogether a scare" market,
snorts oeing thoroughly alarmed over
the Lieter grip on the wheat. They
found great difficulty in covering." A
feature was the buying near the dose
by Lieter brokers of all the July
offered. Corn and oato were strong
and higher, corn advancing c and
oato Jc. Provisions were irregular
ana closed at shght advance
Chicago, February 16. Cash q uota-
riour quiet. Wheat Ho. 2
nominal; No. 3 spring 94c; No.
red 1 03U104V. Corn No.2295
we. uass jno. z, zic : jxo. z vane,
f. o. b. ; No. white, 1 o. b.,
2829Kc. Eye No. 2, 49 c. Mess
pork, per barrel, $11 0011 05. Lard,
ner 100 2., $5 VZi. Short rib skies
(loose) $520&5 45. Dry salted shoul
ders (boxed) $4 755 00. Short clear
(oozed) 65 455 50. Whiskey,
goods, per gallon.
BaLTtatoaiL February ML Floor
dull
No. 2 red $1.001.00 ; spot U
L00; month $LO0LO0; March
fl.Giei.01fc; April ; May 9
Wc; steamer o. z red ?9e;
by sample
$L01X;do on grade 7cfL0L Corn
firmer: mixed spot 3535Ue:
35UJ5e; March 435ke; April
K1; ateamer mixed 34
34c; -Southern white corn 34
Xe; do yeuow 4He. C
Wo. Z white 3233e; No.
3031c. Bra firm: No.
by SSe; No. 2 Western 56c
$12.
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