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.f 1 i h 1 1 V 4 "4 'ft! .1 ll'' i i 1!1 ! fli CHARGES A6AINST THE SOUTHERN.! Ira-rraaMant H. Jahn, af tha a a board. Iclaraa That f ha Aarhrn la trying t M-t t'fiatrnl afafl lha Kallrata la tha Month. Atlanta Constitution. Vk,-l,r,ltlnt M. John fpnt only nn tla jr in Atlanta, but li atirri-ii tiling U( !urinjf hi brief vinit. He miMt lia fpnt kxh fart of tl(lj ritir l-ttT", fr " nt onr to th rife nt if l'rl of tlif frHjfht .ocia tion, mnl li aJlri! another to Chairman TramiiiHI. of Ihr Mat rail road iDiiiiuixsiofi. Jlnth vrr full of jfirilCT. Th n lo f ulonl TrammHI wiii in r-Ijr to th minminioinr'a Jit ter notifjifur him that th roinminin won lit r-dii(; th atoar'J'K Iwal rat in 'orsfia to ffrrporil with th rut in through rat. Chairman '1'ratnriifll tatt that h ilmd it hi impi-raHv duty to lo thin to protect t h ltiiiiH iritrf of c,rorim. Mr. sf..lohri rplia in a long c,iri nimiiratiori, in which h chary at th Southern railway full tilt an! J Har that company i trjirijj to mo nopoliz all th roail in th South arnl (ft it haml llnally on th Wt- rn ami Atlantic, tin- Stat'n own road. II charifei that Mi Southern has employed polit h-ian to control l tie Iegipit,ure, aa t hat it has already defeated Morn candidates and &y that it nim at getting control of the railrond I'limmiHtiiin no that it can reg nlafe rate. II claim that the .s-a-tintirit ij the only independent line into Atlanta from the Kant and Mat that h do" not, helieve th commu nion will take th course threatened when the Mituatiori i invextigated, for he iim mi tochnrg that tlie South ern ha nlready aopiivil the Kat 'rnnee, th l entr.il of (ieorgta, th tieorgia Simfhern and l-'lorida, the Miimn and Northern nn dcontrol the Georgia and Atlanta and West Point, thu lefroying competition between what ued to be half a doen competi tive line. JMK.HT.JoHX KKI'I.T. The letter i herewith given in fuli: "lion. I.. N. 'rrammell. ('Iinirmnn K.iilroad I omi:iiioii of Heorgia, At lanta, da. iearir: our enteemed rommnniratiori of the ''lt instant, ad dressed to me, ha had my most care ful consideration. Absence from Portsmouth ha prevented the receipt of the original communication mailed to me. t Mume. Iiiiu'h vr lint. Ilm copy appearing in the daily paper of the mine date, which I found en route I correct, and I deem that the mi liurtarire of t. lit untiit'cf. ami tliu man! feat misapprehension thereof, a well a of th situation which preceded the MViie.oti the part or 1 he commission, cull for correction af the earliest op piirtnnity. I take thi, my earliest op. portunity upon my arrival thi morn mg in Atlanta, for a renlv. "If i a matter of regret to me that the railroad commission of fiorgia neior putiiisinng an intimation or a purpos to take action antagonistic to a a. k! ..a a - a . nif nnuMni jir i.iiieiiiu nor, mvire a conierence wim it onicer and give u an opportunity of fully apprising me nonoriioi commission or the lie cesMfy for our course :i necessity produced by th gravity of the RitiTt- tion which rai I road llnir in thu South, and especially in Jeoria.'Tiow presenis. i in umiation, however it may now immediately allect the Sea board Air Line, threaten in a much higher ilegrew the people of this State and section, should the eUVcti Seaboard Air Line to check the strides or in Southern railway toward a com plete monopoly and il.uni nation of railroad matter, including freight raes and their control, prove unsuc cessful. I feel assured that could this conference have been had, the com mission would have seen that fo far from th action of the Seaboard Air I, ine being on which should receive in criticism or the comm ssion, the commission to th extent that if with propriety and without impairing unit ieneci I Ml a n 1,1 1 H y wlllCtl It maintiii toward all carriers, have ap proved of the action of the Seaboard jw i,uie, i ii.n can or giving ro tiie pub lic pre in advance of communication with the Seaboard Air Line or any of its ollicer. the letter above referred to, which i calculated to create in the public mind the impression that the commission at least disapproves of our course, even if it does not intend to cast the weight of it great influence upon the side of our adversary. Tine seathiarih position. "Confident, however, of the justice of our course anil of the fact that when it is understood both your hon orable commission and th public will ee tint the action of the Seaboard Air Line is one that i not only neces sary to preserve its rights and itsabil Itj to compete with the Southern Hail wny Company in this territory and prevent that company from becoming able to absolutely dictate its own term a to railroad matters, but is more essen rial to prevent the people of thi state from coming absolutely ;tia!er the power of a single monopoly, with its attendant evils of interfer ence in State politics, of its attempts to control legislation and State offi cials, and even to dictate the person nel and pohry of railroad commis sions; evils which in othr States have closely fallowed the control therein by one railway company of all competitive line of transportation. desire t hereby present to the com mission th reason which have in duced th Seaboard Air Line to adopt its present policy, and by giving this letter the same publicity which has been given to your letter to me, to let the people understand the situation which now confronts them. "I am sure that preconceived opin ion which either this commission or the people may have received in the absence of hearing our side of this matter will disappear in the light of the full truth, and that we may count henceforth upon the moral support of both the commission and the public in thi reat contest for commercial free dom. A clear understanding of the merits of this situation and of our conduct requires me to briefly present a state ment, of the conditions exisitins when the Seaboard Air Lin system began extending its lines into (ieorgia, and of the situation which we find exist ing in (Jeorgia to-day. "In issii the Stat of Georgia char tered the Georgia, Carolina and Nor thern luilway Company for the pur pose of permitting the Seaboard Air Ltne system to extend its line from Portsmouth, Vk., to Atlanta, Ga. Mr. John M. Itobinson, now deceased, then preMd'Mit, was the moving spirit therein, and the Seaboard and P.oan oke and Jtaleigb and Gaston railroad companies were the corporat ions who were expected to, and who did, furnish the money to build it. "This line was built to give compe tition to this State with the old Kich mond and Danville liailroad Com pany, then controlling what is now a part of the Southern railway. Cue of tn safegHanl which induced tlies companies to embark their capital in this enterprise was the assurance given by the constitution of (Jeorgia that they need not fear being bottled up, because that instrument forbade in the most explicit terms, the sup-' pression of competition and, creation of monopoly, and prevented the con trol of railroad corporations by any competitor through any contract or stock ownership. t "These provisions were engrafted by (ieorgia in the charter granted the Ge irria, Carolina and Northern Kail way Company, not only as a protec tion, to th- people against its becoming dominated by a competitor, but as an assurance to it that Georgia would not allow it. "I ehill hope to show that what Georgia has forbidden is the condition which the Southern Railway Company ! leekin to produce, and that our present course is an effort to preren it. At the time when the building of the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Hallway was inaugurated th Hicb- mond and Danville lUilroad Com pany, th Kat Tennessee, irgini nd i.eorgia Kailway Company ami th Central JUilroad and Jianking Company of Georgia were three great competitive systems centering at At- . . J . . - - .t L .4 . . lama, a., inn ra u imorr iiiurj-n-dent control. The Western and At lantic railroad was an independent line, and th Georgia and the Atlanta and West Point railroads were auxili ary lin'.'S of the Central system. roMfaTI.XO M5KS HOIOIIT. 'How is it to-day? The Southern Railway Company, a corporation of Virginia, hold each and every one of the line formerly held by the Itich mond and Danville and Last Tennes see, Virginia and Georgia railways, including the Georgia Pacific, and, a is well known, own every share of the capital stock of the Central of lieorgia railway, which now includes the Macon and Northern. It ha pur- aej th Atlanta and Honda a ros sd parallel to the Central between tlanta and Fort Valley and has ab- A sol rtifil lv stuck owtiershiri or otlitr wi .. , v..- . ise the Macon and Birmingham, the eorgia Southern and Florida, ieor ia Miillaml liult and it is ssiit cim. g rols the Columbus Southern, "of the lines centering at Atlanta, mlv the Seaborrd Air Linetoward I tie east and the Western and Atlantic to tb e west are free from the domination o f this corporation. It parallel each f these line. Its ownership of the o line of th ICichrnond and Danville Kailroad Company and of the Kant Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Kail road Company, and its complete stock ownership of the Central of Georgia mi uirougn 11 01 in i icean Meamshm 'ompariy give it the domination of hree, competitive lines to the east. !h control through the Central over he (Ieorgia and the Atlanta and West 'oint fives it th abilitv to r,r..v.t,r - - j - - t those roads from according to the com petitor or in Mouuiern ttiose facilities which, ir in indepentent circumstances, they would doubtless accord. The Southern JCailway Company controls three competitive and parallel routes from Atlanta to Macon in this State. There i not a competitive line at Ma con, Ca., which it does not control, in cludingeach of the four possible routes for reaching Florida. The line made by the Macon and Northern and the Seaboard Air Line to the east, and to anil from rlonda via Macon over th Macon and Northern and Georgia Miiiinern and Honda Kailways has been re ri a" red an impossibility because these roads are a part of the Southern Kailway Company's system, and will riot deal with the Seaboard Air Line upon terms which, if they were con trolled by independent stockholders, they would be glad tr make. When these roads were acquired the Southern railway ami us predecessors already controlled parallel and competing lines. MCKYINO THH CONSTITUTION "It will clearly be seen that the southern railway company has ac quired control of railrod ft road in (ieorgia, and holds the stock of raiironus in Hirer ueiiance of the pro visions or the constitution of this State provisions of the supreme court oi i ne i. ri neu aiares lias quite recently held to be valid, commendable and en forceable, even where it was claimed that the previous charter of the offend ing corporation authorized such trans actions, and where they held that a control through stockownership was as obnoxious to the constitution as a di rect control bv leas or nnri'linup l refer the commission to the case where Kentucky prevented the Louisville and isashvilie railroad company from securing control of the Chespeake, wui nmi nouwiwesiern system, and me union oi ine northern Pacific rail way and a comnetinc line whs .,ru vented. The cases are reported in the 1 J ' 1 . . ' 1 r - . .... joinu online oi united States Su preme court reports at GKJ to 704. "The DUrOOSes of thin flao-mnf-. nw.lo tion of the law of this State are patent to all who have watched the course of similar monopolies in other States. ine nrst purchase is to crush comneti ilMH K . I : . A. 1 . nuii vj placing inemseives in a posi tion where business cannot move any distance without beiny compelled to traverse their lines, in this manner they can, by demanding local rates and refusing to make rates, except upon their own terms, aosomieiy uiciate ine cost of trans portation and the routine nfoii k..c- ness coming into and going out of the uwrc " "eorgia. it J8 easy to per ceive that with this control of the in terstate business they can force shin pers upon business which might be transacted over the few mnQini.,. ; dependent lines to give such business "ey can, in like manner, by their overwhelming influence, force independent connections to accord them facilities and to route business by their lines while they refuse like facilities to the lines of their weaker rivais. ins a well known fact that ine reaooard Air Line railroad has a passenger route between Atlanta and Washington upon which superior time uoum oe maue between these cities inaii u is possible for the Southern to make. If the Seaboard Air Line were able to secure from its southern con nections proper through car arrano-e- mia iu iirw wrieans and intermedi ate cities all the henetiia viii I I" live travel by two routes, with equal service between the Kmith rwi n... Last, would he afforded the people of "The Southern. owns the route to N ew Orleans via Birmingham. Through .i ..unirui oi ine i eutral railroad it compels the Atlanta and West Point railroad and th Wt Alabama to refuse those through car arrangements to the Seaboard Air liine wnicn ttiev accord to tiu vi-.,n. ar -swv iiiv I ) UUl II vi tn L i I .i nunc n i ii 1 1 1 v Trt m rima aou nas practically closed the route - - " nur ll, U VY II?) m j.irmingnam. AFTKR THE STATE ROAP. Further instances of orcit. i;on:.: . . - p,.C.V I III i - nation might be jriven n.i iho K.-t i - - p mo IH3.UI V of the Southern railway is sufficient l" """" mat ii ii is permitted to car ry out its policy every railroad inter est in the South as well as th nnm. merce of this countrv will t r.fi: ai us mercy. Besides the crushing oi competition aoove detailed as hav nig gone on in this territory tua,n ern railway has rpcentlr .,.,;-..,i i. . . J t u 1 1 1 tr Cincinnati Southern railwnv 'Vim ruau l s ,ut! pronertV Of then lv i.fP!n .i :. v . j - " cicnatti and it has for many years eased the line. It has been boasted that the Southern railway has forced the CltV of Cincinnati! tn this, its valuable property, at the terms a) 1 1 i"V fV f iL sj a- a . s . . nuMcru v) me oouinern railway. '' "It does not rpnnira m.h T to see that with the Seaboard Air L?ne crushed, after the exnirat.inn of th present lease of the Wnit.rn iantic railroad no one would be suriil ciently foolhardy to again lease that property upon anvMiino- i;ir - - i -p, a i ail rental when its eastern nn,: - -" vuimctuuUB were completely within the control of W.T ouuuiwu railway, and that the Mouthern railway would force the sale of the State's property at a price to be dictated by it. "It is a well known fact that the fi nancial powers which dominate the Southern railway likewise control the Louisville and Nashville Kailroad Company. The seenntv l.v. u- - - - -J KUIVU state has for its lease is of a value but Cll ightfy exceeding a!-unrio vmiPc af. That the Louisville and Nashville railroad will not eontan.t n-;ti, n.. Southern has been demonstrated bvl . u.niu.j ui mis sec tion, and whenever the Southern rail way deems it to its interest to attack the State road's lease and the value of the State's property, it is manifest that they will find no difficulty or ef fective hindrance in railroad circles in no doing. "The tame observation which have been made io regard to the State road lease trill well apply, with equal force, to the Georgia railroad. It i an open secret that partie high fn the coun cils of the Southern railway have stated that the rental paid for the (.eorgia railroad it far in excess of what should be paid, and that a other railroad properties have reduced their fixed charges this rental Miouid come down. "Whenever the Southern railway deems St has oecome sufficiently pow erful, the holders of these securities may look forward to an attack being made upon the Georgia railroad Jea and to a destruction of the values of their present holdings. rnat It i the purpose of tuis cor poration to dominate this State, if it can possibly do so, is apparent from surface indications, wuicn point io much below the surface that one only can surmise. POLITICAL LAWYER.-. "Already do wesee parties employed as attorneys of the Southern railway who nave no nxed duties in tbe court house and apparently do not attend to any litigation, but who can always be round at political gatherings, at nomi nating conventions and in attendance upon sessions of the legislature. It is already reported that legislative cand idates who have been supposed to have entertained views antagonistic to the Southern railway, have experienced tbe weight of its political influence thrown into tbe scale and have been defeated for the legislature. It is also currently reported that other gentle men occupying professional relations to the Southern railway are promi nent candidates for the legislature, and even for high positions therein. Kumor has it that a selection has al ready been made of a candidate for Governor to succeed the present excel lent executive, whom it is understood will leave the office at the expiration of the next term and whose admirable and just administration toall interests has been a matter of congratulation to the State. "Itis an easy step if the legislative and executive branch of the govern ment can be controlled to render the powers of a railroad commission abso lutely null, and it is also to be appre hended that should the Southern rail way succeed in repeating in (Jeorgia that political domination which it is said that another railroad established in a sister State, the commission will be tilled with persons who will take care of the interests of this dominant railroad, instead of pursuing that course of justice to the railroads and to the people, and of fearlessness in re sisting corporate greed, which has heretofore made the railroad commis sion of (Jeorgia under the presidency of yourself and your excellent prede cessors the model for railroad com mission throughout the country. ATTACK O.N THIS SEABOARD. "The Southern Kailway Company realizes that the Seaboard Air Line system stands as an insuperable obsta cle to this programme. It has there fore attacked the Seaboard Air Line system and is endeavoring to break it down in that manner which it deems the most certain to secure that result. This method is by depriving it of its connections, and having shorn it of these (its natural defenses) then of crushing it. "The Southern Kailway Company has had a line to Baltimore for years v ia West Point and the steamboat line from that port (a majority of the capi tal stock of which is controlled by the Southern Kailway). This line is over forty miles shorter than its present line to Norfolk. Kecently, without any apparent sufficient reasons, the Southern Kailway made arrangements for running into Norfolk. Having done this and ostensibly desiring to establish competition with the Sea board Air Line to Baltimore, the Bay Line, which has been for years the Seaboard Air Line's method of reach ing Baltimore, offered to the Southern Kailway to give it exactly the same terms and facilities for handling its freight between Norfolk and Balti more that it did to the Seaboard Air Line. This, however, did not suit the Southern Kailway. It is alleged that the Bay Line was too closely allied to the Seaboard Air Line to suit it. Then the Merchants and Miners' Transpor tation Company, which is the Southern Kailway's preferred connection on its business from Boston, offered to give the Southern every facility for busi ness from Norfolk to Baltimore. Each of thf.se is an old established line, fa vored by shippers, and with eery fa cility lor handling the business, not only now, but for years to couie. The Seaboard Air Line was quite ready to have the Southern compete with it upon equal terras, but the Southern de sired to cripple the Seaboard Air Line auu us connections in order to shut out such opposition; it therefore rejected the offor of the established boat lines and at a greatly increased expense in stituted a line of its own on the bay. Had this line been necessary to securo uonipeuiioH ic mignc nave been justi- utu in inaugurating u, out it anorded no other or further oomi.ptition than had already been offered by the lines A- 1 a ma m " - ou me oay. l ne ousiness done between Baltimore and Norfolk barely pays the existing lines, mat business is man festly insufficient to sustain nnthir The only effect of such a 1 cripple the Bay Line. If, however, the i.ay i.ine can oe crippled to such an extent that tbe Southern railway ran drive it out of business, or following us lavorue policy, purchase the com peting line.it would then be able to ueny to ine Seaboard Air Line compe tent facilities between Xorfolk nit Baltimore in connection with its busi ness. It is frank to say that such a deprivation mis-ht sprionslv tiamao. the Seaboard Air Sine and might place it in a position where it would be una ble to sustain itself, and abmilH finon cial embarrassments hannen it. mio-ht atVord to the Southern Kailway Com pany ins opportunity of doing that which it has been ene-atrpd in t.hrnmrh. ont the south, namely, purchasing the oeauoaru Air i,ine ana extinguishing ine beaboard Air Linp svfitnm composed of roads which have not ne ine nournern Kailway lines, gone through a series of receiverships imi foreclosures, but its principle lines are owneu py ine original companies who ouni mem ana ttiey propose, as far as possible, to protect their stnckhnirWa and security holders. A majority of me slock oi rne.seaooard Air Line and Of the Bay Line is in handa whom it cannot be purchased by tbe Southern Kailway, and it will so remain for the in hi re u ine teaooard Air Line can continue to have the support of the peopie. it connaently looks to the people for that support. Its fixed charges are much less ner mile r.hun are those of the Southern Railway. wime us ueau roaus include an infinit estimal mileage. This is not the case with the Southern Railway. Much of ioeir mueage win not more than pay for its operatingg expenses on alow IN SELF-DEFENSE. "With the Southern's benw capital ization, held larcelv in Wall atrout thu Seaboard Air-Line System felt that its proper way to repel this attack, to preserve its intes-ritv. defend its aiiioa maintain itself as a competitor of the Southern and to preserve to the peo ple of this and other states, whose chartered rights it holds, operating the railroads directly under nhartora granted by such states, and not as a toreign corporation who refoca tn... cept citizenship within the states in which it operates, was to adopt that course which alone was left it for de fense, namely, to make such through rates for business traversing the lines of steamships attacked by the South ern as Will Secure for thnsn ataimchin lines that volume of business of which in ISnnrnern ha a anncrtit tn them, and also to curtail the revenue I DR. HATHAWAY & CO. f0 BtlSAXLMUrttULLtm T p... n-irain of aioo to ta tea4. fauna la Uta aara. mofaaatf I ataa. 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If vocr COMPLEXION IS SALLOW, or ff SUFFER DISTRESS AFTER EATING For OFEENSIYE BREATH ai ALL CT DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH . liipans Tabules act gently but promptly ujwn the liver, etomach and intestines ; cleanse the Bystem effectually ; cure dyspepsia, hab itual constipation, offensive breath and headache. One Tabnle taken at the first indication of indigestion, biliousness, dizziness, distress after eating or depression of spirits, will surely and quickly remove the whole difficulty. liipans Tabules are prepared from a prescription widely used by the best physicians, and are presented in the form luoft approved by moderu Bcience. If given a fair trial liipans Tabules are an infallible cur; ihy contain nothing injurious and are an economical remedy. riMtr nivsre on lire- 6 v A quarter-gross box will be sent, v cents by Ripans Chemical Co., 10 Local Druggists Everywhere Will Supply th Tabnle If Krqoaatad to lu . TIIKY AKE EASY TO TAKE, QUICK TO ACT AND SAVE MANY A DOCTOR'S BILL. of its rival system, which is bound to draw from the people a large net reve nue in order to pay interest upon its heavy capitalization as to compel it to forego the policy of extermination which it had adopted. "The effort has been persistently made to hold up the Seaboard Air-Line as a wilful disorganizer in traffic mat ters in this territory. This effort is in keeping with the course and conduct of our adverries. The Seaboard Air Line has had persistently to fight ef forts to create physical pools of traffic, to resist boycotts, made against it, to contend with all manner of discrimi nations which have been endeavored to be practiced upon it. It has sought to give to the people that reasonable, prompt and economical service which its superior facilities and lower capi talization enable it to offer, and lor this it has met with the antagonism of this great monoplistic corporation. The battle which is now waging is one in which the interest of the people is deeply involved. Whatever temporary disturbances of local rates may ensue, the manufacturers of this state are re ceiving upon competitive business to the east the advantages of these reduc tions. But more than that, if the Sea board Air-Line is supported they are waging a light for the people which will prevent them from being in the course of the near future bound hand and foot and turned over to the South ern railway to be charged with rates of freight and passenger tariffs as it may seem good. riON'T DISCRIMINATE. So far as the intimation conveyed in your letter that the railroad com mission will reduce rates within the state proportionate to the reduction made on through rates, such a reduc tion operating upon all lines of rail road within the state will meet with no opposition from the Seaboard Air Line system. Such a reduction at tempted to be enforced against the Seaboard Air-Line system alone, I am satisfied this commission, upon a con sideration of the question, will not at tempt not only because it would be a siding on the part of the commission with the Southern Kailway Company in this contest, but because'it would be so manifestly an attempt on the part of,the commission to control interstate commerce, that I know io well inform ed a body as the railroad commission of Georgia will not undertake such ac tion. ''In conclusion, permit me to sav that there is no interest in this state, except the interest of the Southern railway, which is not deeply concern ed in the success of the Seaboard Air Line in this contest. The i6sue is whether or not the people of this state shall have the advantage of that com petition which their constitution guar antees to them, whether or not a sid gle railway system can come into this state and in defiance of that constitu tion throttle competition, create a mo nopoly and prevent -any one from raising his voice to titter a protest. agamst inis violation of fundamental law. "In this contest we appeal to the railway commission of Georeia, which has always stood for tt le rights of the people, and which, whi le doing even handed justice to the railway inter ests, has prevented auv infringement upon the rights of the 'people, to lend up their moral support, and not by any action of theirs to throv the weight of their great intluence uyon the side of our adversary. "I trust that you will pardon the length of this le fct.fr. V.nf. Mia ma orii- tude of the interests involved, their gicai, importance not on'y to ourselves, but. as I resnectfnl'.-ff rt n.o;,-Q tii - - " , ! I VI1L entire Deonle of tha it.,ia i,.,. un- dered this full statement of' the sitna- muu oi our position in the matter a duty which I owe no 1 tf i roil. road commission than to the people. "Trusting that 1 lencel'orth the rail road commission mill tv. heaboard Air-Line, on this matter, I aut, very respectlUJ ly, E. St.Johx, 'V ice President and Gen. Man." Rheumacide Iff Tint, sir rtWl i n o tit medicine. It is a. Tiew diufwvorv A similar vegetable cc mnound has nev er been used in the treatment of rheumatism and other blood trouble. It cures. If your druggist does net sell it order from thy? Bobbitt Dkuo Co., Baleish. N. C Prion 1 fin ? CJ ' . IUX.VV, w ft- r. t m. 7 The greatest cf all blood tm.ri6.ere. Wanted-An Idea Who can think of some simple FTOtect vnnr Irlmm.. i wnt j6hn wedder tiring yoa wealth. it ot two handrail UvmUcu n, D. C. . for Chair 1 dm nwimm WaBMO. Seminal Weakness and Sexual Debility "tr f f i - rtn-iH-iTnarTafal MTHiMiMM ao4 trala r i r aaliin aad in w ararriaia. uu piaca. eciwi aBalaaaaai Ptiraatt i Ho. for CManal Ti ' tattmt TmuMtim . grauuiuv i: m? ii:-:geni,j : T MS TA H ill RIPANS TABULES 6 iiostaee paid, on receipt of 50 Spruce St, New York, N. Y. THE ALLIANCE DEMANDS. Whereas, The decl.irat ion of inde pendence, as a basis for a republican form of government that might be progressive and perpetual, states : "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain inalien able rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights govern ments are instituted among men. de riving their just powers from the con sent of the governed." We hold, therefore, that to restore and preserve these rights under a re- puoucan iorm o: government, private monopolies of public necessities for speculatives purposes, whether of the meansf production, distribution or exchange, should be prohibited, and whenever any such public necessity or utility Decomes a monopoly in pn vate hands, the people of the munici pality, state or union, as the case mav be, shall appropriate the same by right of eminent domain, paying a just value therefor, and operate them for, and in the interest of, the whole peo ple. FINANCE. We demand a national currency, saie, sounu ana nexioie; issued by the general government only; a full legal tender for all debts and receivable for all'dues. and an enuit&hle and H!f means of distribution of this currency, uirecuy ro ine people, at the mini mum of exDense and without, t.ho in tervention of banking corporations and in sufficient volume to transact the business of the country on a cash Da sis. (a) We demand the free nil nn limited coinage of silver and gold at tne legal ratio ot io to 1 (6) We demand a graduated income tax. (c) That our national legislation shall be so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. (rf) We believe that the money of the country should be kept as much as possible in the hands of the people, anu nence we aemana mac ail nation al and state revenues shall be limited to the necessarv exoenss of the cov- ernment economically and honestly auiiiiiiisiereu. () We demand that postal savings banks be established by the govern ment ior me saie aeposits or the sav ings of the people, and to facilitate exchange. () We are unalterably opposed to me issue Dy me uniteu stales, or interest-bearing bonds, and demand the payment of all coin oblicat.ionn of tha United States, as provided by existing laws, in enner goia or silver coin, at the option of the government and not i. me option oi ine creaitcr. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The government shall purchase or consirucL ana operate a sufficient mileage of railroads to effectually control all rates of transportation on a j ust anu eqimaoie oasis. (b) The telegraph and telephone, UKe ine postoince system, being a necessity ft r the transmission intellig ence, should be owned arid merntffl by the government in the interest of me peopje. LAND. We demand that no laud shall be held by corporations for speculative purposes or by railroads in excess of tneir needs as carriers, and all lands now owned by aliens should be re claimed by the government and held for actual settlers only. ELECTION OF UNITED STATUS SENATORS. We demand the election of United States senators by a direct vote of the people. That each state shall be divided into two districts of nearly equal voting population, and that a senator from each shall be elected by the people of the district. DIRECT LEGISLATION. Kelying upon the good, common sense of the American people, and be lieving that a majority of them, when uninfluenced by party prejudice, will vote right on all questions submitted to them on their merits; and further to effectually annihilate th lobby in legislation, we demand direct legislation Dy means or me initiative and referendum. Five copies of The Caucasian three months for $1,00 Wantecl-An Idea Who ean think of some atmpla thing to patantr nsr von waaita. Protect voar Idea: trier mar Write JOHN WKDDERBCRN at CO- Patent Attor- D. C-for their XBO0 priaa aad list of two bnadrad lavaaUgoa waatad. " - -( miiriiinriiaiiiiiirt Strict tiff V1 w antbot caoaOa at rattf. Iaaatav MUaWUUCoocxaaaaaa, " TT ru ml itn n mini 1 t mi Ladies. LPZJisjsl ULES R1PANS TABULES RIPANS TABULES MONEY! The Populist 5taaularJ Authority. OUR nOIJEY UAES By 5AT1UEL LEAVHT. 0CTTO GB4MTaf -laCtataat taaAaai.; a- taoai a Can- A Baaaaa! of taraia . (af caal feet b amt la aaa allt ta aatc. aarf antra ia ibckmi ta4aa?r A Vm VaiUAb: to paipuaea of trtrtrtxr . Ma la a eaaaoara to ua. fur B4aa-a la rra4 h:a hwaukr( it af .' ru. . vuti Mik rar ful frnwai. . Olrra ua ca4 tra4iac axatwr A. Y. ilrmid. Thrrt la m awrattoavf taa .. vt lha tana that a haa 4ratr4 a4 Af t aacra. .Via" t krnci. Aa rativaa ot iat.maiiv. . Lca bom of aia facta tianfrtt . tt-cratfla-l varfuL . Cauratloaat.: t'rt BnnT cf a 'a attJ(am-Bia - .sa f. U. Mr. 4 l'x a I Htnrf waa lotaod lit bla Canlal r an othrr Citanf lal ocacl hs r aa taitln bio al the Uova. Mr. Itmurl tavtlt. caihot ul "Mnart Wara. aa rartcloaarfia oa thr aon -jca-lian -CVtao 1t.(w. Tha tuortri f Bnaacicra H". . Jjrrrj. Th trtxSt thai tblaarutk arlU t to tha arlra:iar atwArai i t vain. wtU be taonwut . '. M trr-t. Tie moal remtaab bok oa turner of tbe era tnr.r. ArrtuL Tblabook ruaiaiua aauch ri valuable matter that vraa la Ctatet vt beiac loat. Or. A. J. Haraer. It ta a valuable cctn peaiUuraot )ual the kind of infortnatloetbat ia belDK aeelad loCiw. 1 have couataat laquuiea for aoch inforraatluB from eortraavfxlenta f miae. atwl will take crrt lraaate In riiiinr their attentloa to your vi'ik Vary No romance of Uujo, no traced of ktiikrtprii ever atlrred tbe blood aa K-ea tbia infanMMia record. Trm Watmytt of ororyu. It la ackoom l edced tbe i lttm TkmU of tbe finance aiira tloo, and tnuat aiand saCiapuled la tve t...e front for veara tu come. t kuyo .s,arfK!fiKl. Juat the book we have bere aaalitur lui taem five veara Jrmrp Tarry ftatrf. Htm crcie Cunalderable dlacuaaloa. f AKiiyo 'itmtt, ira not beaiiate to place tbe blame b-i in bta aplnion. It proper I v brluu(t.-'ikWiJ.',M J tail Hem, Tbe American ataiem of tiMnrv riaea. like Solomon a temple, without tbe blow of a hammer. In tbe m jrninrcnt aequenrra i f tbia blaiorr. II. E. KaMm. in Art a. TLa book la a crcat one. KntHlea Aim lu therrati tndrof everv aearrhrr alter economic truib -y.Jktorof Aoacoa 'ormisl '. It will be the aiand ard for quotation and autborltv. J. II. m. Tbe moal Important volume yet laaued for the rauae of tba people. " tton I'ltf 7'nbtne. Tbe tnoat valuable financial work that haa come to our notice yarmer't Xmc. The tnoacomplete. accurate and valuable wrk laaueuT on Ibe auh'ect It treata. A. C I've. Pu-Am. J:imltil!ir Att'n. Comprebenalvo. eib auatu e. araiema'.tc. clear and condensed. ."wi uii.i. ii'Miir. No one of our acquaintance la mote compeienl to write an Intelligent. truthful aud Impartial work on tbe actual oorurrrncra connected witb finance. H rtttrn Jturai. Will leff Ir-calcu! ji.le value to apeakera and wnteia I hi.tnyi t.r jirrt. Your book la a r hooper and no ti.'a take. I'. C. Pvt. I will poaitiveiv atr.Tin tl at no man in thla v. hole ronntrv la a well .1 .1 tied to ntf a.icb a Uvk.-A. . ll-tll, f.i.r r .ne Citu. .X. Y. Kor aale at till orUce. 1'oal-pal.t. f loltt. 1 23. Taper, AV rent a. FOR SALE ! THE National Collection AGENCY. OF WASHINGTON', 1. CM Will dispose of the following judg ments : NORTH CAROLINA. Hill A. Kenoy, Aberdeen, $91 79 W. T. Irwin, Asheville, Xi OU White Bros., Aulander, Y.Hi 70 R. II. Burden & Uro Aulander, 47 48 15. F. Mayo, Aurora, 63 40 It. It. Weston, Aurora, ls7 C,i J.J.Smith, Bath, 61 r.7 Jones it Hancock, Beaufort, Km; 00 Ij. Mangum, Benson, 200 (W T.O.Carson. Bethel, 25 00 K. Woolard, Bunyan. 372 00 Patterson & Brown, Bryson City, 31 35 C. A. Raby, Bryson City, 203 29 J. T. Wright A Bro., Candor, s:i 84 J. W. Markham, Chapel Hill, 72 60 W.T.Williamson, Clinton, 478 S3 T. E. Beasley, Colerain. 176 14 S. B. r reeman, Colerain. 73 70 II. I.Craddock,Creswell, 421 00 J. A. & I. K. Buckner, I)emocrat,302 00 L. U. Lee, Dunn, 1 so W. A. Slater & Co- Durham, 79 80 Thaxton & Patton, Durham, 87 85 J. E. Bonner, Eden ton, 25 00 Cooper & Swain, Elizabeth City, 172 CO J. F. 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Morton, Washington, 123 40 Boston Shoe Store, Weldcn, 47 0V John F. Uardison. Williamson, 109 15 in. xiarnn, it uson, , 71 07 W. Corbett, Wilson, 704 00 w. j. Harris, Wilson, HOtl 81 uucneii Askew, Winston, 33 09 King liros. Pure Food Cn Win ston, 23 C7 Anderson & CoWoodleaf, 280 00 Send bids tu The National Collection Agency, WASHINGTON 1). C. SEND YOUR ORDERS FOR Books & Stationery TO- NORTH CAROLINA Headquarters ADDRESS: NORTH CAROLINA BOOK CO.. Raleigh, N. C. esseeoa- can suddIt all Tonr wan fa in our line promptly and at lowest po iM pneest. Sperial mm to teach ers and dralf i. C&taloffnea fr. JflB PRIHIE THE CAHPAIGfl IS HERE VOL' W ILL NI LD P.;iTI: m j 1 it .1 ll-af AlaJi aT a Awl II llaT mM AT mrm 1 TO ADYERTLSK YOUR l UllLk" SI'OKINCS. CALl-lok '. 1NGS. inc. WE CAN Kt'KMSII Til EM I'llEAlIA. AM. 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