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i - ' i - i i THE DEMOCRAT. Entered at the Postoffice at Asheville, N. C, ! as second-class mail matter. . PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT ASHE j ' VILLE, : N. C. EOBT. M. TUEMAH, DAVID M. VAtfOE ' Public Publishers.' RATES, IX ADVANCE : One Year, Six Months, Advertising1 rates reasonable, and made known on application. Address i FURMAN & VANCE, - j' r Asheville, N. C. Office : No. 10 N. Court SniareJ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1889. THE PRESIDENT'S j MESSAGE. .We confess to disappointment in reading the above document. There: is neither force! of argu ment ! or suggestion in it; on the contrary it is a fjlip-shod ar ticle alluding to various sub jects without a positive decla ration! or recommendation upon any, cjertainly so far as those of special importance 1:0 the coun try are concerned. , He repeats his approval of the civil service law in the face of his persistent and consistent dis- regarc on his He of it since entering up duties. ':, says the proposition for establishing an equality be tween silver and sold, and the increaise of coinage is "so re- tlvj formulated cem and re quires ' careful Consideration , ' etc. tc Of couh-i? it' has imitated for vears. ' vet he straddles complete! v iii liis sug gestio gards is'. . it is tne sti r i - 'if ame as re- tarjif and internal reve- j nue. I AltOLietiier it Is not a tlie Presi- i creditable paper, for i tent ,f thi It.uhlif nn! is ! not e iial t those of : Jiis prede- cessorsi or to the 'expectations .f of tht country, jlrl Harrison is a sham even as a triinmer. SIEED THE SPEAKER. The able W ashnifirton corre- spondent of the Louisville Cour ier Journal says ; I ' It is a little surprising that K (jai t icr l" All I 1 iQVi lWUn-Q o- It manv jvotes from the South and ! Southwest. Tli at he was the candidate of the monopoly j rmu"s oi the country, tlie Iruptionists, the railroad and trust j corporations. . is known beyond a doubt. He, has been ; for six months supported by all oi the combined monopoly in terests in the land for his posi tion, and that he should have failed jwould have been a start-' ling surprise. He will go into the Speaker s chair Monday nearly as heavily ldaded with obligations as did J. Warren .;Keifer in the beginning of the Forty seventh Congress.' ' i The Baltimore Sun's Wash ington correspondentsays : When ' Mr. Reedfs commit- tees are announced the hand of ': iNew York and Pennsylvania VN1U ."e.piaiii visiuieanujtne: smoumering emoersj oi yester dav's strife will burst out afresh: With a Speaker like Mr. Carlisle the selection of the committees necessarily required time tmd deliberatmil. With ipf deniand, others to transpor Mr. Reed it need nofi take lon2Tw !k r s , . . -. . - for the 'fHpnrU ! wlln, u tation rates and discriminations, t.fnls tn rfiwm-rl ; L-nmr! Dvor-flr I what thev Want, anc doubtless have already advised him. It is well recognized in Wash- mgton and throughout the j country that Mr. Reed was the ! can die most i ate of all those elements vicious and nurttul m I Ameri pan politics. I Yet he re- ceiyed the votes of the solid Re- f publican vote of the I House for Sneaker..." . WIISlE WAS WABT ? -V dispatch from Wasliington to the iPbiladelpbia Record last f . . - Friday night, refer: ring to the South -it. Republiqa n 1 members, sa v-' : i - Tie. Southern 'sqdarr of pa- and Ito ui r i I1 u ira" , lL tiiey ctuld hnd out ml time who he is to b to I.-,.. Th.-y have pledges itbiaises from! kll xclpt I and pt Reed. Twelve of tb ies seven Tppn are for McKinlev. Mr, Reed was the! onlv Re- i publican candidate dr Speaker j who made no prom iBes, yet he received every Repi blican vote for Speaker. Will isome one rise and tell us how Mr. Reed I stands on the Blair bill and the repeal of the internal revenue laws ? He has stood against both heretofore ; how does he stand how ? : Yet every South ern Republican voted for him. THRIFTY PATRIOTS. . The Philadelphia Record says : " There is nothing mean about the seventeen Republican mem bers of Congress from the South. They want a Speaker who will favor; the Blair educa tional bill, repeal of the inter nal tax on apple-jack, mainten ance of the duties on sugar and such places on House Commit tees as will advance their inter ests. Failing in this programme they would be content with the Doorkeepership '.of ' the House and a liberal share of its pa tronage. There ought to be no great difficulty in making an arrangement with these seven teen thrifty patriots." -As Mr. made no Reed, Speaker-elect, promises, it is pre sumed Mr j E wart and his six teen thrifty colleagues will sat isfy themselves with patronage and leave alone legislation. HOW THEY VOTED. In the Republican caucus Mr. Ewart voted for Mr. McKinley for Speaker ; Mr. Brower for Mr. Cannon, bf Illinois, and Cheatham, their negro Republif can .colleague, voted ior Mr. Reedi Every one of these can didates are opposed to the re peal of the internal revenue laws, v j . : ! In; the House, all voted for! Mr.-Reed, the caucus nominee, who refused to ''make an v! P1-u&er Pi i lromis, aim wnot s l)eini strongly ()pised t(, 'ne rePeal of the internal reve- j 1 .. 1 .. . ' 1 : - " 1 i ' 1 ! 1UU' ,au s- imnormiy voted i iin Cm'lvss Avith the.enemies of i tut; jiciir um. 1 ' I I . I I Hash' t Mr. Ewart put his.lit-j tie foot into it ; KTOBL.E EDGECOMBE. ! - ! ! ; i ; ; . :j - w , . . . ! Nortli Carolina is surrering rrom , a short cotton crop, another ii- ! : lustration of the oft repeated ! O X tm a11 their es 111 one basket. But the exigency has been met in the noblest manner by the cor-.pe0pie 0f Edgecombe. The men of substance in jthe count v have organized an association which pledges itself to raise 150,000, to be advanced to embarrassed farmers at the rate of 75 to the plow. This relief will be ad vanced without! interest to farm ers of energy and reliability. The disaster of a single year can have but little effect upon a people with a spirit like this. THE CAUSE OF HARD TIMES WITH THE FARMERS. That the farmers, indeed all producers, have been suffering for some vears in financial re- suitsj 0f their labors, is a fact painfully apparent. Causes for this growing difficulty have been given, some charging it to over-production, others to want aild so on, vet. all the while hard times have increased, cm til this year, notwithstanding abundant crops and products, the producers are more dis- tressed than ever. One of the most: intelligent, and we think correct, statements ot tlie dith- culties, the causes and the reme dy, we have seen, is : from Mr. B. B. Turner, a farmer of Fau- quire county, Va. , written to the Baltimore savs : . K; Sun. Mr. Turner "As I have; seen j many an swers in your, columns to the Question, 'Does farming pay?' but hone from! this immediate section. I will try to give vou n,-A 4-U 1- 3 " "uu 1 -T """uur Paper die m wijiai is Known as Piedmont Virginia, and per- h,f ,Pth,1 Jer-I Tch?s .P0!1 ' 1."! j '"ghly-favored section. If we sro as far back i as 18G7 farming was- a very ! prettv and prosperous hiisinpss here. I Our lands wpto; mmirlK- improved, and we made large crops and received very remun- erative prices. During: the de cade from 1870 to 1880, with the exception of one or two years, we still did well, but not so well as prior to '70, nor on the whole was our business near so pros perous hr '80- as it. was in '70. From '80 to the present time we have been less and less prosper ous each year until now, when by nine farmers out of ten your question would undoubtedly be answered in the negative. Not only does it not pay, but we are really producing at a loss to ourselves. , We have not been able to pay off debts contracted in more prosperous times, nor even to keep the interest! down on the same, and the amount of crop which in- -70 would have paid all the debt will not n o w pay the interest Not that our crops are less. On the contrary, we make as much or more, both of wheat, corn and oats now than we did then, but because of the lower price.! I have in my mind now ah instance where on ninety acres of land there is not less than 800 barrels of corn. It was worked with more econo my than many; people are able to exercise, and consequently at a very small cost compara tively, and yet the crop actually makes its owner harder strap ped than he would have been without it, from the simple fact that he cannot sell enough of it to pay back what it cost him to cut it and will cost to house it. Indeed it seems impossible to sell it at there are corn, but mouev to any price. Not that not people who want oecause tnere is buv with. Much 1 1 " no of our corn has been sold hereto ; fore to cattle feeders, but feed ing has proved1 so unprofitable in the last year that few if any are bold enough to try it again on any other than a very small scale. Corn has until now been considered with us' our most, paying crop, the wheat crop having long since proved very precarious, and oats and corn in better times would scarcely ; bear sending to market and net much profit. Many of our farm ers who have been contending for wheat, when brought to fig lures would have to fall back on tlie straw for their only profit. : which now, owing to the ex trune low price' of feed, cannot be turned to much advantage: " To ask if our young men show a disposition to leave the ; farms under such a condition of affairs would seem a super fluous question. Of course oiily Ithose remain who are unable to get anything else to Jo ; and jthe old ones would go too. if t they knew I where to go to. The greater part of our j labor has left, and more will probablv go. and yet it j is scarce here : but the laborers, except those em ployed by the year,; can only get work in such busy times as wheat threshing, corn cutting and housing, etc., which do not last long enough to enable them to live. To those wh6m we hire we pay as high wages almost as we ever did, but we j can raise no money to have a great deal of work done, .which we former ly had done, and which em ployed the labor between busy times. ' "As to the cause of all the this hot depression of course. I do pretend to know, but I will say what I believe, and give, if 1 the faith can, my reasons for that is in me. T do not believe. as some think, it is owing to the amount of -produce from the West, nor to its cheap transpor tation. I do not believe that the great God', who makes no mis takes, and has made both East and West, Jias made them so that the prosperity of one must prove the ruin of the other. If we look at the West we must see that they are not prosperous either. Nor do I believe in the theory of over production. There can be no such thing as overproduction proved - while children cry for bread, or human beings have less daily food than is necessary to satisfy the crav ings of hunger and to keep their systems in a strong and healthy condition. Will any man claim that there are none in all this great nation who want ? If so, he cannot have much faith in the daily press of our country. With 'regard to manufactured articles I know there is no over production, for in a few miles around me my neighbors ancr myself could use carloads upon carloads if only , we could get it at the same rate of exchange for our prpduce as we could have done in 'G7. : ! "I thiht there is, however, a very great under-consumption, and the exceeding hard times make everybody more economi cal, and consequently consume less. The great; want every where seems to be money only money. Everything else is in abundance. All f supplies and an demands, it only the money could be had to facilitate the exchange. Thus ! have arrived at Ihe conclusion that-; all r oui: hard, times are produced by therms bein g ih ' circulation ; too littl nlphey Now, come with me tojhe year 1867, when tim were at their very best, and;ivej pfind that' there was in circulation at i that time $52 per capfta to the population of the Uhitd: States. Gradually that amcinfhas been growing less andjesHj and in the same ratio tim liaVe been growing harder and'iamer, until now, when we hav spinething about $15 per daprtajand it is almost impossi ble & live and utterly so to keep dpwH tixes and interest. If the circiKating medium of a certain poe lis, say $100,000,000, and vbuil reduce ii to half that amdqn. do you not double the indebtedness of every man who 6 weft debt ? Do you not doutiie 'his. interest and his taxes if tey:j remain -the same in amcHnt as in the first place by mak&ig j one dollar do the work of toand thus doubling its vali ? 5 Grant! this, and is there inylohder that times are hard? TJievJmder rather is that. we git 3njfat all ; and, indeed, we wbui5not get on if we could not a measure ; make bank clecj&jjdr drafts on merchants, of ijfMpei" in some other form, ta,keJhje place of the circulating medium'. ' as to the remedy. If I aii ?ight in my supposition th'atout trouble is caused bv tuo iall a circulating medium, to inliriase it will help the mat-ti-, pid?that, as far as I know, ca'n !f$iflv be done bv an act of the general government, and I litsiKjfjjtliCit the matter mav in s(Vni;?y be forced on the no tice jf puv Congress during the cum$j session, . W 4: B. B. TuKXER.,' ma Tlfe jfjjove is a strong, and we bclieerj correct statement of the issaiO. When inonev'-'was pkniffur and an exchange was ea--yLah the people prospered ; bin ilHelinonev lenders 'did not d i! hi Id n otiiold the business o&tlHi(;i'tuntrv so completelv bv tlxv ti2rat as thev have since the nkli(llegislation which tended rc)i(i-piid regularly ' to lessen tliL vfeljrfne of monev and thus eiThol'iciflthe value as well as in- ciaSf he scarcity of 'the. dollar. () afttiu crimes imposed upon thl! Mile bv any party, that bv thi, Ipublican party by. which moiHea sVvas made scarcer and hrhp" bhd thereby necessarily coiicpii:ated in the hands of the few jiflthe grasping, all at the beliefs! 'o the bond-holders and the nneV-ieiicling class, is the grea4s!L" By high tariff manu facttlM?rs have been enabled to mainl&jri high prices out of pro portijcii to those for farm prod uctSjpy1 legislation decreasing the lippiy medium the prices of agricultural products have been forced lilow the limit of profit. Mr "fei flier says there are now aboi6l5 per capita in circula ticn.: Jfe is even mistaken in this S4.there is not so much. He eiiiiates upon the basis of all ulqijeys in vaults, banks, etc.: fif tr per cent, of all circula tion cjVanks being required to be"k(Mhi bank which will reT ducejargely the amount actu ally circulation in business chanfSelk The farmer and the ordinary business man is crush ed bytje money lender and the legisltjion, In his interests. It is wromt it is a crime. If a oocl opportunity for th$ -Ajfljaiice and other farmer ancl -laboring organizations throughout the country. They shouJR! theet at "once throughout the cintry and demand of Con gressfj lyhich met Monday, to legisltej and promptly, in the intere! of the people. Reduce and efprni ajid equalize the tamff J and jf iio better wav can be yeS(d, increase the circula tioh b- authorizing the Treas ure 1- t$ -buy several millions of dollar more of silver bullion per ninth. to be paid for with silvereftificates at the value otheiiullion when bought, to be'Vedemed with bullion at the marllrice of the latter at the time oi Redemption. This would keep '.certificates on a - par with g'pdi because the bullion is bought and sold at its market value ;gold; so long as money is a ffgopd as gold" there ' can -notbtoo much of it, not for thet pe)pte in general if for the -.1 -St' . .- : money lenderr rw ej appc the people to act i-at once and send their action: promptly to their representative. It is time the people were given a chance. UNFORTUNATE APPOINTMENTS. Postmaster Bradv, of Char lotte, who was appointed by President Harrison, j and some of whose bondsmen are leading npTnooTtts: appoint eil as subor dinates !t wo negro dudes named Charles Henderson and W; J. Brown. These ! negroes, have butting tlie buck " veryi uccu extensiyely since; their appoint ment. The Charlotte News sayB their Sunday "rigsr outshone those of most white! men in Charlotte. Brown is Secretary of the I Republican Executive 'i Committee of Money has been Mecklenburg. missing 'from Charlotte letters for some time." Two post office detectives took the cases in hand and caught the two negro clerks in the act of rifling letters. They confessed. About 2,000 has been stolen. Upon this- subject the Xews says editorially 7 Y In t ie defalcations brougjht to light ithis morning in our city post ornce, Postmaster Brady begins o realize an unwhole some indication of )iis wisdoni and policy in selec ing negroes to fill tlfe places df subordinates in his office. There were scores of capable and available white men in the communitv from whom lie mitmtj h ve chosen with crldit to himself and profit to the Igovernmelit, md there was nor the least se inblance of ti neees: wards men in sit v for this strain in cv to- ttects by jplacmg negro i Cants t fruen rebponsiuie, and; positions This instance of -; unmitigated thieving, however, is nothin novel oi!j unexpected to the peo ple ot this sect 10: 1. who are ac quaiiite I with the ireiieral traits of depn" vity and' cupidity in the ne2;ro ut to the contrarv. it affords Ii striking jillustration of the inherent' characteristics and proclivities of the race.. It is an egregious and fatal error in such ngrophilists' as: Wana maker and embryonic Republi cans as! Bradv to place smart negroes in- positions ; bf trust when they have i access to the, people" monies with the belief that they won't steal when an opportunity presents itself. This is an austere - and harsh lesson to j a susceptible purposed youii2; though well official, which we trust he will hot fail to profit by. Our impression is that the clerkships in an office like the Charlotte post office, are both responsible and desirable and should hot be filled! except by thoroughly qualified individ uals. The people expect and demand! this. Will Mr. Brady heed aim protect Iusj as well as his Democratic bondsmen.7' The Statesville Landmark is informed that a Xortheni s-en- tleman and his wite, going home a few davs 4 ago from Ashevill e, paid, sac.50 for din ner on pne of. the elegant buf fet cars Jwhich now are used on the ; Western XOrtli Carolina road. This was not intended to convey the idea that -dinners are enormously high 611 these cars, but that visitors to j and from Asheville will have what they want, regardless of I cost, and that the! e cars can furnish it. Mr, Randall was too ill to at tend tin .0 opening! of ress, Jinn orava tflovc! i that he Will not' e able to dd service this winter. The Reidsville Re lew says " The nelvspapr rust' is some thing the people ought to sit down upon and always - pay their subscriptions in advance. " Republican members of Con gress from Southern S tat es are giving the country an object lesson as ; to why they are so few in number. In the Speak ership contest their votes are offered to the candidate who promises! the largest return in the way bf patronage. If they are true representatives of the Republican party . South it is well that it is no str-oWT- timn it is. Philadelphia Ledger, Re- puuiicaii Sheriff Nixon, of Lincoln county, is the first tolsend' his abstract for settle ment of Stale taxes withj the State Treas urer. The Inet amoupt; ioi the State is o,281.54.-Raleigh Call Ijood A 1 FOR farmers, Folks, men Mechanics, Kj,, Poor Folks, and Children, Come to the Bft RACKET STORi to trade. It is tt cheapest store in tow and keeps everyth Read some of prices : .A whole stock Brr gan, 98c a goodwo; 50c; a woi Hat, Shawl, whole large, $1.25. ; stocks Boot $2.00; a solid Shoe fo women j $ i.oo; a .gooi ' heavy Overcoat, $ 2,0c A sp endid Over coat, $5.78 - wort: $9.00; a boy's yoi Hat, 2 ;c; a splendif Suit of Clothes ft r 1 5 .00, worth 8.00; woe br 1.2;: Pant Ploth, i.;c oer van 1 j - "ITT . 1 vvorstea ci Iress goock IOC.: yard; a laclv 3-! 1 1 Straw Hat, 20c, wort- 50 c; Forks, Knives an i- kioc.( set: 1 e 1 .1. nr Spoons, 5c set; ,10 111 7 Wrench, 28c Hatchet, 35c strong Pockc 25c; a gal) or I a good a good Knife, Coffee '. ... i Pot, 17c; Tir Cups, 3c; a working man's Dinner Bucket 20c, worth 50c; Lam Chimneys only 5c; 1 good Lamp complete 2 oe.; 600 Matches for 5c; ladies' Corsets 25c, worth 50c; a! wool Undershirts, 48c Women's Stocking very cheap, Every thin g y ot need to use or to wea: at prices lower thai anybody in Asheville All Goods War RANTED. A biof cllS count to Alliance men Do not til you the Bio trade any un have been ti Racket Store on to; Main street, nex th drug store Do not mistake th rlorc off some who pretend tt sell as ch eap, but don1 be fooled, Look for YourseS Itind oiir store before you trade, and if on' prices don't suit, M price our goods befbr )ou trade any. . j ' ... . : : " ": t vlonkex THE "RACKET STORE." 'km E ni-
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