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C ASIAN i - l'.t i mil) i M THE CAUCASIAN H tfc Larprft CtrraUtioa ao.i in ..inc iTinrr .v xoRrn CAKOI.IXA. Wr pnUleil ori -..' r - , MILU 0 COPIES Jiurin-,' the p''-s,int ear- VOI-. XII. GOLDSBOUO, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1894. NO. 21. -i iv-rm ljti CAU JL JHiJrL iiE M AY BE ISPQCIIED. TiHV HERBERT VOLATES THE A A-O DEFiES CCNGRESSS. I I , V I K O I I M IF A C II I NO Til F. ,,JIN;i lHM I'LF.UIAN. ,,,, mkoiii" A pirelienive Tlitit .Ju'k W.iir.r Clark Miv Ketolt Ataiuil tlir .1 -!iiiif.'"--Tli-y Hate Him Hilt at the f inir Kear Him. eiv Nauifi Suit , -t.-.l a- I ! Suo cxiir f Mmrmim. J..,-.- Il4rri ltriiK le,-ae to Hilly I i,ii ami "nl, I'' Caril u to I5 ICiin ...iii. I ISIaiul Hill IiH!mI tlie Sfiiale. U -iiin;tov, March, IT. Con--i.ifiuii-! in ( 'leveland's misfit Cabi-i'.-t of "cuckoos" is Hillary Herbert, a i J irt t-d South Carolina plehiat; t j-' mii Alabama. Cleveland otT.-red ib-rbert the naval portfolio after it had been refund by others, an he took it greedily aii a reward for hi :raeh-ry in voting against the free coinage bill in the 52nd Congress. After openly buying the nomina tion he cuckoo'-d through the cam paign as a free .Silverman. He was elected and with the certainty of political ob-eurity ahead of hi in, he voted against the rsilver bill. Cleve land recognized his perfidy in mak ing him s-cretary of the navy. Thus has he.Judased his way into Cabinet biography and posible 1 M I K A C 1 1 M K N T X OT HI KT T. The law directs that naval cadet? .-Lotild be appointed from the con--iv.-dional dir-trk-t in which they re M,i,.. In one case, at least, Herbert flagrantly violated this law and tin- House, by resolution, has declar ed his action illegal and void. Heiilled :i vacancy in one uf the South Caro lina districts by appointment f oni Alabama. Disposed as was the naval .Minmittoe to whitewash the atfair the dereliction was too offensively obvious. Cons uently a resolution de claring the appointment void was re poi tetfand the House which with some energy and emphasis, adopted it. He treats the action with some de fiance and resentment and it may culminate finally in impeachment preceedings. A proposition of that sort would pas the House without the slightest difficulty. who is HEIiUKItT? lie figures in current biography i.s the scion of Alamala aristocrat- but there are people here who know that to he the fiction of snobbery. Speaking of his boyhood he told a newspaper man that his daddy "own ed 30 niggers and a plantation" near Greenville, Alabama. This, people who know to the contrary allege, is pure fiction. "Tommy" Herbert his father, was born and raised in Lau rens County South Caronila, where the Herbert, ant'estnal home, an un pretentious log cabin is pointed out to strangers as the birth place of the naval secretary. '1 he elder Herbert was a thriftless, out-at-the-elbows old-field school teacher, and when he moved to Alabama, he was still not a millionaire. The war came on and re scued young llertbert from observity. and a Yankee gape short is what sent him to Congress. A crippled arm, a Kinart wife and treachery on the. sil ver tpiestion put him where he is. Humble birth is honorable, but everybody dispises the snobbery that affects antecedents. Herbert is a prince among plebi.ans and a plebian among princes. He is an eminent social .-uccess in this paradise of plca bian plutocracy, when "the butch er, the backer and candlestick mak er" element is regnant. His succes sor in the House, J. F. Stalliug, if. a minty, brainy young fellow, a stalwart si 1 write and one of the few Democrats in Alabama, it is said, who cau make the race for governor in teresting to Kolb. Stalliugs ances try was from North Carolina and he is related to the Duplin family. A FLUTTER AMONG THE CUCKOOS. It takes very little to disturb the equanimity of the AVashington end of "the machine.' The road and the wires are kept hot between Sim mon's headquarters in Kaleigh, and W ashington, and every day there is something of a flutter among the "cuckoos." Judge Walter Clark's contribution in the Agricultural Bulletin against the peanut trust is worrying the "machine" no little. The liansoui crowd regard it as sig nificant. "What does it mean" they say, "but a bid for the Populist eiidorsmeut for Chief Justice," when lie speaks of "the farmers being de liveied alive into the hands ot the trust," of "the gross imposition practiced upon them in this as in other matters;" of "the farmers being plucked;" of "our oppressors" and of "who would be free themselves must strike the blow." These seem ingly trifling platitudes are acctpted as ominous of trouble. What gives particular significance to Judge Clark's timely protest against the peanut trust is the dissenting cpiu 1011 in Harris vs, Scarborough in which was vigorously sustained the inherent principle of fair and popu lar suffrage. The Editor of The Caucstax forcible presented this p iut last week. It makes a platform upon which every honest man in the State can srand who is in revolt agaiut dishonest election methods, It is well know that Judge Clark is a man of nerve who stands by his convictions. It was he who throttled "the mud-cut" infamy, which men aced the tax-Davers in the state with bankruptcy and promised to fccan dalize the Democratic party. Na turally he is a reformer. A clear thinker and fearless 'writer his es pousal of the reform sentiment in State politics would indeed mean mischief to the "machine." Judge Spier Whi taker, the stormy petrel of the State Judiciary, leans in the same di;ection. It is understood that he contemplates resignation and that V. A. Allen will succeed him by appointment. It is conjec tured, in that event, that Lis name w ill appear on the independent tick et THE Br. ASH BILL Passed the Senate Thursday as The Caucasian predicted last week it would. The Caucasian's other statement that there was so little sil ver in it that the President would fcign it, will also probably come true. THAT EXTRA $2r',000. The Democrats were a tew days ago trying to pass a bill adding $25,000 to the appropriation for the Internal Revenue, business. Con gressman Settle prompt opposed the measure. The money arising out of the appropriation, Mr. Settle said, was largely used as a corruption fund, and led to the reporting of purely technical violations of the law, to the great embarrassment and often loss to innocent persons. No argument had been adduced, he said, to show that an increase of oflieers was necsssary. He had ead from the clerk's desk an extract from the platform adopted at a recent Demo cratic Stale convention asking for the abolition of the internal revenue system as a war tax and a grievous burden upon the people. This ex tract, he said, showed how the De mocracy of North Carolina regarded the internal revenue law. Those w ho were familiar with the political conditions there knew that the Dem ocratic party was committed to the abolition of these taxes. Vet with the party iu control of the govern ment, they not only continued them but increased them, and now propos ed increasing the corruption fund by an additional appropriation of 25,000. ABOUT SIMMON'S SUCCESSOR. The early return of Senator Vance has revived' the talk about Simmon's successor. The appointment, it is Siid, has been tendered Jix Judge Phillips, who has recently bagged a haif million in manipulating Vir ginia dirt. It may be Fab IJusbie and in I'hat event Stronach will b appointed postmaster at Kaleigh. w hen it suits the administration U relieve Shaffer, who is well backed by influential New York Demo crats. HOPEFUL POLITICAL OUTLOOK. "Democratically the State is a perfect pandemonium," is the mes sage Loge Harris brought to liilly Long "never saw the like" he said. Harris sent up his card to Boss Kau som, what does this mean ? Jonothax Edwards. ( DlUKIiENtK." Two Heinorratie Papers Tell the Truth. The Indianapolis Sentinel and the Louisville Courier-Journal are lead iug and representative Democratic papers. Last week each of them contained editorials on the situation in Washington. The Sentinel said: "We know of no way iu which Democracy can be distinguished from Republicanism. The Louisville Courier-Journal said: "It (.tariff reform) has been betrayed by its friends and thiown to the doprs. Except as the betrayal of a trust makes it more disgraceful, the scene might have been taken bodily from a Republican caucus of the 51st congress, auditing the claims of the robber barons for campaign funds advanced and parcelling out the booty to the ravenous gang." The Courier-Journal remembers how it and other Democratic papers howled during the last campaign about Republieaus "iryiutr the fat out of manufacturers" by letting them make their own tariff rates. Aud it is now disgusted when it sees llavemeyer, the boss of the sugar trust, go to Washington and order congress to increase the tariff on . 1 ( A J 1 1 1 sugar. Ana in iaci tne wnisKej truat and a dozen other trusts have done the same thing. The Courier- Journal knows that this means a big contribution from these trusts to the next Democratic campaign fund. THE HATTL.FI EI.1 OF SIIILO II. A Keiinion of the Hlue and the Gray on April Oth ami 7th, the Anuiversary. of the btttle. Great preparations are making for the reunion of veterans on the olu battle-fields of Shiloh this spTing, aud it w ill be all the more notable a gathering because it will be compos ed of veUrans of both armies. The reunion will take place April U and 7, I he anniversary tfays ot the battle, and it will be composed in the main of survivors of Grant s Army of the Tennessee, Buell's Army of the Ohio, and the comniauds of Albert Sidney Johnston and Beauregard, who came together in such sanguinary conflict thirty-two years ago. Shiloh is one of the fields that for many obvious reasons should be topographically preserved iu our military annals, aud on the forth con ing occasion the work will be syecematicilly inaugurated by the Battle Aid Association. The story of Shiloh is now the common property of the Nation. It was written iu bUx,d at an early per iod of the war. No plans should, be spared for its truthful commemora tion and perpetuation, with strict re gard to its historical accuracy and the positions of the several forces en gaged properly and permanently designated as ita illustrative object lessons. Washington Post. Perfect health is seldom found, for impure blood is so general. Hood's Saisaparilla really does purify the blood and restores nealtn. The banks have plenty of money. "Whar did they git it ?" That's the question. Hickory Mercury. ELIXTIONS IX NORTH CAROLINA. i'onirtumiii F.wrt S Thrvir- Per fectly Fulr The Krpoblh-an Charge of lrau.1 Like the fry of "Mop Thief " l.lrillon Krturun and Cenou ICrturni Iroe that there have been no Fraud. The above are the headlines given this letter by the Democratic papers. Ed. Caucasian. Henderson ville, N. C, Eeb. 27th, lH'.tt. Mr. Editor: In the 51st Con gress, pending discussion on the Lodge election bill, I asserted that no Republican in this State, black or white, was prevented from casting hL tote. I further asserted that the elections in this State were fair, with the qualification that local returning boards sometimes assumed to throw out certain precincts for alleged ir legularitieH, and in that way often wrongs were done. T dfd not assume to speak for other sections of the South, but only for the State which I had the honor, iu part, to repre sent. Many Republicans iu the State took violent exception to th s state ment and I was severely criticised on account of it. At that time the pre sent election law was not on the Stat ute books and there were no restric tions as to registration. I took oc casion to warn members of the 51st congress that the attempt to pa.3 the sectioual aud unjust Lodge bill "would encourage Bourbon extrem ists to enact legislation that would practically disfranchise thousands of Republicans who then had the right to vote by legislation which would stand the constitutional tests in the courts of tae State." This predic tion was fully verified by the enact ment of a constitutional provision in the State of Mississippi, which prac tically disfranchised four-fifths of the Republicans of that State, the passage of the Payne election law in this State by the Legislature of 1888, and other adverse legislation to the Republican party throughout the South. The present election laws of North Carolina have been bitterly denounced, and it has been the wont of Republicans at every election since the passage of these laws to ascribe defeat to their operations. It is an old sayiug that "it is the hit dog that hollers." We have been hit so ofteu recently that it is convenient to raise the cry of fraud. But as a matter of fact, a careful study of the elec tion returns of 1884-80-88-92 disclose the fact, startling as it may seem to Republicans, that there is even un der the present election laws, com paratively little fraud at elections held in this State. Witnesses some times lie; facts aud figures cannot. Let us go to the latter. Take for instance the second con gressional district. That has always been known as the "black district," and was composed in 1884 of the counties of Jones, Craven, Lenoir, Greene, Wilson, Edgecombe, Halifax, Warren. Vance, Northampton, and Bertie. These counties gave in 1S84 the following vote: York, Kep., 22,290; Scales, Dem., 10,492. Total vote, j8, i 88. Comparing these returns with the voting popination of those counties, ts evidenced by the census reports, Ae li iid that a full vote was polled, it must be renumbered that at that time the present election laws were not in force. From 1884 to 1890 inclusive, emi gration agents were busy in that sec tion of the State, in which the "black district" was located, induc ing negroes to go west Hundreds of voters left the State, to such an ex tent indeed, as to alarm the planters of that district, who fouud it difficult to obtain the necessary labor for their cotton fields. But despite this exodus from the district, we find that in the counties named above the following vote was polled in 1888: Harrison, 18,03S; Clevelaud, 13,842. Total vote polled. 32,480. It cannot be said that the increase in the vote would balance the vote's lost by emigration. To illustrate: fake the Democratic county of Wil son, in that district. In 1S84 that county gave Scales, Dem., 2,135. In 1888 it gave Cleveland 2,130 votes, a decrease of five. Take the Repub lican county of Northampton: In 1884 it gave York, Rep., 2,311; in 1888 it gave Harrison 1,990, a de crease of 355. The Republican county of Vance in 1884, gave Y'ork, Rep., 1,012, in 1888 it gave Harrison. 1,920, a gain of 317. Lenoir, in 1884, gave York, 1,399; in 1888, it gave Harrison 1,427, a gain of 28. To give the reader some idea of the decrease in the population of these counties from 1880 to 1890, the census reports, 1890, show that in Ha ifax, the dt crease was 1,392; in Warren, 3,259; in Edgecombe, 2,008; iu Lenoir, 405. As these reports were made by Republican supervis ors, we are hardly in a position to impeach, them. In 18SS the Legislature passed the present election law. Whilst some of its provisions are unobjectionable, its most unjust and dangerous feat ure is the power it places in the hands ot an unscrupulous aud partisan reg istrar to practically refuse to register ignorant aud unlettered voters. His decision is absolute, and from it there is no appeal. He is not even a sworn officer and it would be difficult to sustain an indictment against him for the grossest malfeasance in office. But despite the unjust law and tne many obstructions thrown in the way of the ignorant voters of the Repub lican party iu the second, district, we lind that iu the counties named above, the following vote was cast in 18i2 Cleveland. 15,248; Harrison, 10,093; Weaver, 5,574; total vote polled, 33, 964. Vance county, in 18S2, was not iu warino's Peril. EY GflPT. CflflS. R. KING. This is the title of a delight ful story by the above popular and well-known story writer. The opening chapters ViLL APPEAR IN OUR NEXT ISSUE. Here is a treat for lovers of good stories. DO NOT MISS IT. Are you a regular subscribe? for this paper? If not. sub scribe now and secure this fine story. the second district, but I include its vote as if it was. In 1892, Cheat ham, negro, was the Republican can didate for congress, and cemparative ly few white men supported him. He was also bitterly opposed by many prominent men of his race in the district. Add to this the great dis satisfaction over the distribution of offices, and the renomination ot Har rison. But despite these causes, with the Payne election law in full force and effect, 1,495 more votes were polled in 1892 in these counties than in 1888. The combined Populist aud Republican vote would have giv en Weaver 1,052 plurality, and Thorne, Populist, for congress, 3,340 plurality over Woodard, Dem. It may again be asked what do you with the increase of the vote from 1 8S0 to 1892? But the figures again show that this increase is not mate rial. Aud to illustrate, I will pick out counties at random all over the State. Take the staunch Democra tic county of Mecklenburg for in stance. In 1888 she gave Cleveland 4.02G; Harrison, 3,253. In 1892, she gave Cleveland 3,8S1, a decease of 773 votes only, whilst the combined Republietin and Pop ulist vote amounted to 2. 407, a decrease of 790. Take the Republi can county of Perquimans. In 1SSS Cleveland polled 783 votes; Harris m 980. In 1892 Cleveland polled (JOG., a decrease of 5)3, whilst the combined Republican aud Populist vote was 1,114. a gain of 128 votes. Take the Republican county of Henderson, one of the representative counties of the 9th district, in which a fraudu lent vote has never been polled, so far as known, in 188S, in the Con gressional contest between Ewart and Johnson, it polled 2,153 votes. In 1S92 an equally full vote between Crawford, Pritehard, and Brown. (Pop.) it polled 2,120, a loss of 27 votes. Take the Democratic county of Macon, in 1888 it cave Cleveland 805; Hairison, 754. In 1S92, Cleve land's vote was 802, a gain of only 57, and the combined Republican and Populist vote was 70S, a jrain of 40. Take the Republican county of Pasquotank In 1888 it gave Cleve laud S20 votes; Harrison, 1,221. In 1S92, Cleveland polled 801, a loss of 25 votes, while the combined Repub lican and Populist vote was 1,4G8, a gain of 247. The Republican vote in 1892 in this county, Pasquotank, alone was 1.244, a gain of 23 over the election of 1888. Take Wake county: In 188S it gave Harrison 5,029 votes; Cleve land 4,oll an enormous vote being polled. In 1892, with the Democrats united, and the Republicans spilt in with local factional fights, aud the most intense dissatisfaction with the administration over local appoint ments, Cleveland polled 3,24, a de crease of 7S7 votes, whilst the com bined Republican and Populist vote was 4,805, a loss of 224 votes only. And so I could go through the entire list. In 1892 the total vote in the State was as follows ' Carr. (Dem.) 129,955 Furches, (Rep.) 90,174 Tampleton, (Pro.) 2,430 Exum, (Pop.) 45,592 The combined vote of Furches and Exum would have beaten Carr 5,811. The above figures are suggestive and instructing. They demonstrate beyond question that the alleged wholesale stuffing of ballot boxes, and swindling at the elections in eastern counties, especially in the black belt, is grossly exaggerated. The Republican party, instead of saddling its woes on the present elec tion laws and crying, "Stop thief!" at every election, must simply go to work aad instruct its ignorant voters to protect their rights at the ballot box. The rights of the voter can only be protected by his own capaci ty, education, and ability. It. is perfectly evident to every thinking Republican in North Caro lina, that there must be fusion in 1S94. The election figures of 1S92 demonstrate beyond question that with fusion we can carry the State in spite of the present election laws. The political scoundrels in the Dem ocratic party constitute but an infin itesimal part of that large and re spectable organization in the State. The great bulk of the party in this State repudiate dishonest and fraud ulent election method?. Let every Republican and Popu list in the State go to work and in struct tne illiterate voter how to reg- ! ister. Once properly on the list. there will be no trouble about cast ing his vote, or having it counted. H. G. Ewart. COL. L. L. POLK S I5IUTIIDAY THK I'RMIDI.NT OK Til K STATE ALU ASCE A.SU1HK V. X fcc 'Vt I V K (OM MIITIK C4LL (TUX fcVCKV M It-ALLIANl . TO UR. fct-ltVHTHK IAV. To the Sub-Alliances of North Car olina: The State Alliance of North Car olina in session at Greensboro iu Au gust, 1893, passed the following res olution : 'Whereas, The Polk Memorial As sociation has so far fell short of suc cess in their noble purpose; and whereas we believe that our Alliance brethren are willing aud anxious to aid them in their efforts; therefore be it . Resolved, By the North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance, That April 28, 194, it being the birthday oi Col. 1. L. Polk, be set apart as Polk Memorial day, and that each Sub Alliance in the State be requested to meet on that day for the purpose of raising and collecting funds for this purpose. Exercises to be conducted in such a manner as shall suit the pleasure aud convenience of each Al liance. Resolved further, ThatJafter the success of this object is assured, the Supreme Council of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union be petitioned to meet in an nual session iu the citv of Raleigh and take part either in laying the corner-stone of said monument or unveiling the same." The delegates of the N. C. Alli ance at the annual session of the Su preme Council at Topeka, Kansas, February, 1894, report that the above resolution was laid before that body and by vote it resolved to hold the next Supreme Council iu the city of Raleigh so as to be present at the un veiling of said monument, provided it could be completed for unveiling at that time. Therefore, we, the undersigned, your SUite President and Executive Committee, call upon every Sub-Alliance in the State to hold a meeting on Col. Polk's birthday, as requested in above resolution for the put post therein set forth. Every allianceman in America should not only feel it a duty but consider it a special privilege and pleasure to contribute to the build ing of this monument as a tangible evidence of our esteem and love for our late National President, and be sides, every Allianceman in North Carolina should put forth a special effort to assist in building this monu ment within the time stated, iu order that we may be honored by the meet ing of the Supreme Council of the Alliance at the Capital of our State. We suggest that after raising a large a cash contribution as you cai: for this purpose at said meeting, that you call upon each brother present to state how much he will pledge to pay himself or to raise bv solicitation by Nov. 1st, 1894. J. M. MEWBOU RNE, Pues. Marion Butler,) J. J. Long, .. v ii rix. ( oiiiuiitree A. r. Hileman, J Raleigh, N. C. March 9, '94. ASK CARR AM) AI KX AXUKK. Will the Mercury inform us where the interest on $35,000, paid in by the honest yeomanry of the Alliance of N. C, has gone. Some who have money in this order desire this ques tion answered. Several thousand dollars have gotten loose and stayed from the proper owners. Lincoln Courier. All the "honest yeomaury" who paid it in, know. This question has been fully answered by Maj. Gra ham of Liucolu County, if the Courier can't believe him, we advise him to write aud ask Gov. Carr, who was President of the State Alli ance, and S. B. Alexander who was Chairman of the Executive Commit tee. Hickory Mercury. LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN. "Let's take a drink." Col. John R. Webster "I am the People." Capt, Sam Ashe. "I would rather be President than be ritrht." Grover Cleveland. "We must have a North Carolina campaign." J. P. Caldwell. "United we stand, divided we fall." John Wilber Jenkins. "I'm going to be an honest man before I die." Col. Kingsbury. "I believe they'll down me yet." Collector Simmons. "I want to be Senator." Jarvis, Kitchen, Waddell and two thousand others in chorus. Prog. Farmer. " THE W HITE ASO THE BU K." A neat four-column paper publish ed at the State University by "the boys," has made its appearance. The foliuwing is the Board of Editors : Leonard C. Van Noppen, chair man ; Joe E. Alexander, J. O. Carr, W. C. Smith, Thos. J. Wilson. Jno. J. EUer, II. E. C. Bryant. Business Managers: A. B. Kimball, L. V . Bra w ley. Newbern District Ouartely Meetings, F. li, Su ladell, F. I. Morehead City, Mrrch 20-21. Beaufort March 22-23. Straits, at Springfield March 24 25. Griffon at Gum Swamp March 31. April 1st Goldsboro ct. Pine Forest April 1. St. Johns, April 7-8. LaGrange, Betnel, April 14-15. St. Paul's, April io. Carterest ct. Bryces, April 21-22 Hancock St, April 22. Mt Olie ct Indian Springs, April 28-29 OUR FERRIS WHEEL! ASTIW LAWS. We aut to bnnjr bt fore th t-ye of all our n &drr serir of mem orable eenes from the World' Fair that entrancing ecttrle unparallel ed iu the auuaLs of peace ; a all critic agree. The Columbian Album Contains the linc-st and most artistic halt-tone photo enTavinrs of Views from that FAIRY LAND or the WEST. In this Album are pictures of all the important buildings, view from every point of the compass, the wonderful fountains and basins, the dream like landscapes aud water views, ti e notable statuary, the aueient mid modern engineering wonders and meehauieal marvels-all the fighta that one would like lest to remember and preserve. Every engraving is a finished product of ar tistic skill and perfect ed photographic sci ence. We ean find notliirg uiure elegant and pleasing nothing more uni versally ac ceptable to a eultivated taste than this beautiful and expensive publication. We have arranged to issue this Album to our readers In separate parts of 10 en gravings in each part, 11 by lo inches, on heavy plate paper; one part issued every week. FOR ONE COUPON AND TEN CENTS Each engraving is accompanied by a clear, concise and comprehen sive description of the subject shown. Part I may be obtained by bring ing or sending by mail one coupon ramps. rite your name ami postoihee very plain. Address (SEE 101P0X BELOW.) A A A A A A A A A A A A A COLUMBIAN ALBUM - COUPON" Series Xo. 1, Part 1. Cut out this Coupon and send or bring it, together with ten cents, to the office of The Cau casian", Goldsboro, X. C, and you will receive 'art I. FARMERS' COLUMN. lOKS IT HAY fo use f'onniier ial Fertilizer? A Strong Clear an. I 1'iaetial Presentation. Very manv farmers are anxiously studyii.g this question just at the sea son of the year. 1 he crop IS'). is gathered, and most of it riold- It required quite a large jai t of it to pay the guano bill- Lvery thought ui farmer will stop to think awhile whether he has received a real net profit on the money invest ed in commercial fertilizers. Very many quite different elements enter into this question, and must each be seperately considered, and then alto gether, before we can give an intelli gent answer. 1. What are fertilizers ? They consist mainly of four ele ments, phosphoric acid, potash, lime and ammouia. To be valuable, these ingred'euts must be soluble in water. The value of any parti cular brand of guano depends ujon the quantity and solubility of these elements. Why do we buy fertilizers? Because we think that our soil is deficient in one or more of these ele ments of plant life. Hence we de sire to add them to the soil, so that it may produce a larger yield. Plants grow in proportion to the food they find readv for them. If the crop is small, we conclude that the soil is lacking in one or more of these. Hence we go and buy some to increase the crop. Is this true? We unhesitatingly answer, it is not true. Analysis of soils has proven that all the elements of mineral plant food, such as potash, lime and phosphoric acid are found abund antly distribute in all parts of the earth. The other element, ammo nia, is sometimes deficient in soils, but is abundantly supplied from the nitrogen of the atmosphere and sta ble manure, rotting vegetation and other sonrces. 4. Why then short crops. Plants cannot live on solid food. They can only use that which is so luble in water. But God ha3 wisely placed these mineral elements in the earth in an insoluble condition. Hence plants cannot consume or eat them. 5. How can we dissolve them ? If we break up the soil with plows, harrows, rollers, spades or otherwise, the sunshine, air, water aud frost dissolve them. The more and ten cents iu silver or two cent THE CAUCASIAN. COLDSBOKO, N. C. through our work, the greater quan tity of them is turned loose, or made available for plant food. By crush ing or pulverizing the soil finely we increase the crop. Not only this, but we find that the subsoil is rich er in all these elements of plant life than the top soil. If then we plow tleeper, we get more of this plant food ready for the crop. Freezing plays no unimiortant part in this great work. Fall plowing is better than spring. o'. What is theVonclusion ? We see then that we can get plant food by deep, thorough cultivation. If, in addition, we diligently save aud use all the home raised manures and vegetable matter, we add very much to the supply of vegetable food, so luble in the soil. It manures act upon the soil much in the same way as yeast acts upon dough, It starts a fermentation process which forms acids in the soil that are very power ful solvents, and help to dissolve the plant food in the soil. Whether we shall buy commercial fertilizers this year liecomes a ques tion of commercial economy. Which is cheaper? Shall we buy or work ? In any given case, each man must decide for himself. The bought food is very rapid in doing its work. Being rendered so luble by powerful acids, they do their work quickly. If intelligently used, they ofteu yield large pro fits. Again, it is undoubtedly true that they pay larger profits in projwtion as we have done more thorough work. They are soluble in water, but not available to the plant without water. Hence the better the supply of water, the larger the yield. But the deeper we plow and oftener we harrow, the more water the soil will hold aud yield. 7. Finally. We see, therefore, that the very method we use to enable us to do without commercial fertilizers, rend ers the use of them the more proflt able. It does more than thi3. It makes the use of them in larger quauties practicable and profitable. It is very doubtful whether it is advisable to use fertilizers on poorly prepared land and poorly worked crops. On land plowed 12 inches deep, from one thousand pounds up, per acre, have yielded very large profits. But on land 6cratchtd an inch or two, even 125 pounds per ncre is some times used without a satisfactory re sult The more manure we save at home, the better we cau do without commercial fertilizers. The deeper and oftener we plow, the better crops we can grow without them. But it is also sure that the more home-made manure we use and the deeper and better we plow, thp larger the profits we get from the use of commercial fertilizers. Therefore, whether we shall use commercial fertilizers, depend very much upon how we are going to farm. Cor. Southern Cultivator. i.iiati that n KttmrvTo ttr A HKM I IT TU TMK rll K Hit II MlturAM ftKRt lCK TUTNiV. Mr. Ilr ft Ik IwMifciw tlr 1)mmt I-"" MalM lb UImUot InaXat. F.mtou Caivakux : The Irci. jUtureof ltS., chapter 3i, pawd me loiiowin met : "Ao vt to pro hibit tnut n the SUte of North Carolina nd to protide for the puu iehmetil of teron connected there with." THK LAW. Sevtion lt. That cumbinatiotu and trust iu defined by this ot are uuU. f ul, dano-tvu to the liberty of the ieople, and hen-by are forbidden to te formed or carried ou iu this State, Section vfnd. That a trut is an ar rangement, understanding or agree ment, either private or public, enter ed into by two or more jeron or corporations for the purpe of iu creating or reducing the price of the share of the stock of any company or corjHjratiou, or of any claAa of products, materials or manufactured article, beyond the price that would le filed by natural demand for or supply of such share, product, ma terials or manufactured article; and any attempt to carry out uch purjHW shall lc evidence that uch arrangement, undemtanding or agret merit exists. Section 3rd, That any persons, company or corjoratiou who shall form, or attempt to form, a trust iu this State, or agent or representative of any tniet iu any State or county, who shall attempt to carry on opera tions in this State, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon couvictiou may be lined not more than ten thousand dollar or may he impris oned not more thau ten year for each offense. Section 4, That any imthoii, com pauy or corporation w ho enter into an arrangement, understanding or agreement, not to mine, manufac ture, buy or sell, or traniqort more thau a certain tqecificd amount ef any goods, product or commditic within a H-cilied time, will have violated this section three of this act and will be liable to indict ment therefor; and any jersoii or company or corporation who give bond or make a forfeit of any kind not to break such arrangement, un derstanding or agreement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, aud ou con viction ther-of shall be lined or im prisoned or both, in the discretion of the court. Section 5, That any merchant, broker, or manufacturer or dealer in raw materials of any kind, or agent of such person, who thai I sell any particular class of goods, raw mater ials or manufactured article for le .han actual cost for the purjoe of breaking down competitors, hall b trail ty of a misdemeanor, and ujhjii conviction may Ik fined or imprison ed, or both, in the discretion of the court: Provided that nothing con tained in this act shall orn'rate or be construed so as to forbid or prevent any person or iersons who desire and intend .o purchase any article or commodity for his or their ou ue or consumption from combining or otherwise lawfully acting so a to protect or help themselves from im position in the cost or purchase, price of such articles or commodities as they or either of them design and in tend to use or consume. Section C, That this act shall be in force from and after the first day of May of the year one thousand eight hundred ami eighty-nine." Uatified the 11th day of March, A. 1)., 1SK0. It is manifest that the Legislature intended to break up a trust formed in any other State to be carried on in this State, Section 4th forbida any person or corp'ratron combining to reduce the price of material or manufactured article, this obviously applies only to iMrsona residing wholly in this State aud doing busi ness entirely within the territorial jurisdiction of this State. The leg islature of this State has no power to go further than this: the right to regulate commerce between the Indian tribes, and foreign commerce ind commerce between the State has been delegated to the United States. Sev Constitution of the Uni ted States, Article I, Section 8, subs. Section 3. This section (3) yill not ba of much benefit to the people unless they can get control of the National and State government and secure some friendly hand to execute it Section 5 forbids a combination to break down other competitors ; this section applies only to person residing wholly within the territorial jurisdiction of this State, aud in order to enforce it and give the coun try full relief, the Reform party must have control of the General and State government, for the same reas on as given in commenting upon Section 4 above mentioned. Ho far as my knowledge and information extends there ha never been an in dictment or any attempt to enforce the act It is idle to talk about en forcing an act, I care not how bene ficial it may be, when every officer of the government, both State and Na tional, is opposed to it To give the people full relief the Reformers must have complete control of the Nation al and State governments. Stephek W. Isler. When a man becomes so poor has to do his own thinking he is populist Hickory Mercury. he The Daily Tribune is a new daily People's party paper started at Car thage, Missouri.