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SIX MONTHS. '
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LOW PRICES.
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THE FALL TRADE
Will soon open, and )1. A. DROWN, as usual, is fully pre
wired to sell every thing in the line of
Dry Goods, Groceries,
AND
General Merchandise
AT
EOCK BOTTOM PEICES
:0:
lie is now receiving a Full Stock of Fall and "Winter Goods
such as the people need and will have. He will not he under
sold, and takes for his motto LOW PRICES. His line of Dry
Goods, Hats, Boots and Shoes are no Shoddy Articles or sec
ond hand purchases, but 'the Price will raise a regular
RACKET in the Market.
Gold Dollars I'sed Only an Trinkets.
'Only two left; dollar and
a quarter apiece."
" hat! twenty-five percent,
premium on American "gold
(Inl nrs "
"Yes, and hard to get at
that,' ' replied a money changer
to a New York Telegram re
porter in quest of one of these
gold souvenirs of his Uncle
Sam. "They have gone out
of coinage now," continued he,
"and are getting exceedingly
scarce. Here's one of 1851,
narrow and flat, and one of
1862, broad and thin, but the
same amount of coin, of course,
in each The silver dollar and
the greenback have driven
these little things to the wall.
The demand for them in busi
ness circles has entirely ceased,
and they are used only for
trinktes and bangles now.
Nearly all of them have been
bought up by the jewelers and
trinket dealers. In a few years
you'll find them all around the
girls' wrists."
"But there s a law against
inverting Uncle Sam's cur
rency into ornaments."
" es, but it s a dead letter."
II1CFS TARIFF SPEECH.
THE HORTII CAROLINA. SEXATORS
GREAT SPEECH IX THE KEXATE.
of the very best quality for every customer. The very best
r"li1pi if
FLOUR A SPECIALTY,
and always in Stock. Be sure to call on him if you want
Bargains Country Produce of all kinds taken in exchange
for goods, at Cash Prices. Do not sell before you see him.
And now thanking you for the very liberal patronage so freely
bestowed heretofore, and asking a continuance of the same
I am Very Respectfully,
The "Weekly
News-Observer.
The WceklvNews and Observer is
a long viivs the best paper ever pub
lished in North Carolina. It u a
t-redit to the people and to the State
The people should take a pride in it.
It bhou:d be in every family It is
an eight page paper, chock full of
the best sort of reading matter,
news, market reports, and all that.
'.. nnr.nf offnr.l In be without it.
Price ?l,25 a year. We will rurnish
avi-Iw 'ps and Observer
until January 1 st. 18fi, for l. send
for sample copy. Aaure,
News axi Observer Vl
Raleigh, X. C.
FUNITURE
CHEAP FOR CASII AT
M. E. CASTOR'S
GREAT
BARGAINS
In order t J close out my stock of
TTe lirmnpts. Ribbons. "Flowers.
i will offer great inducements
to purchasers until the tame is dis
posed oi. Call and see inc. I mean
just what I say.
Xow Southern IiitluatrlPH.
Reports show that a large
number of new industries were
established in the South
during the three midsummer
HWtory of Protection for the I.it
Quarter of a Ceatury Republican
and Democratic Bill Compared.
From the Congressional Record.
Mr. President, during the excite
ment of civil war theie vti a class
of our fellow citizens whose thoughts
were directed to the main chance.
Whilst others fought and sacrificed
to maintain the integrity of the
Union, this clas3 improved the op
portunity to secure a Federal sys
tem of taxation which made them
participants in all of its results.
During all the turmoil and conf u
8'o:i which followed in the wake of
war ' they steadily improved
the shining hours to enlarge their
share in this taxation, whilst the at
tention of men more impulsive or
patriotic was directed toward other
things. In this way they finally
succeeded in establishing a partner
shin with the Go-eminent in the
great and lucrative business of tax
ing the people.
Unlike most modern business
firms the amount of its capital was
not fixed, being all that they could
The internal taxes ykld pure reve
nue to the government minus about
3 per cent., the cost of collection.
Of the customs taxes the greatest
single item is that of sugar and
molasseB. The duty derived from
these in the last fiscal year was in
round numbers 56,000,000. As
nine out of every ten pounds con
sumed in the United States conies
from abroad, the duty received
therefrom was nine-tenths pure
revenue. 1 hat is to say tnat the
Government received a 9, whilst it3
partners in the taxing business re
ceived only $1. So it may be said
of tin plate, yielding $5,706,000, and
of the few unimportant items which
yet remain upon Hie dntible list, as
Zante currants, manile, jute, aud
Other trextile substances, which are
the exclusive growth or production
of foreign countries. The duty on
them is pure revenue.
. On the contrary, the duty on the
remaining portion of the customs
schedules are for the greater part
protection, the average being about
$5 tax for the manufacturers and $1
revenue for the government. In
deed, on many leading articles of
common necessity the duty is pure
protection, and all goes to the man
permitted to embrace every possible
article known to human want. The
months ended September 30 i terms of the partners inter scse were
than during either of the two
previous quarters of 188S.
Anions these were 3G cotton
get; nor were its termslimited, being i nfacturer and none, or next to none,
and woolen mills, 19 electric
light works, 40 Hour and grist
mills, 51 foundries and machine
shops, lo furnaces, 20 ice fac
tories and 15G woodworking
establishments.
An indie man alwavs thinks
he has a right to be affronted
if a busy man does not devote
to him just as much time as he
himself has leisure to waste.
that the government should enact
the law subjecting the products in
use by the people to a certain rate
of taxation which come into our
ports from foreign countries, and
the other partners were to levy their
to the Government. Now, in re
ducing the taxes which vield reve
nue to the government, a decent re
gard for either the government or
the people who consume the articles
and pay the tax would require that.
to say the very least, one part of the
reduction should come from those
things which yield pure oi nearly
of the government tax.
means the Government
Hy this
mulcted
taxes upon all domestic products ofiP" revenue, and the other part
likecharacterunder the -'protection' ' . irom uiose inmgs wmcu .unu pmc
or nearly pure protection, equity
would everywhere prescribe that the
everything that came from abroad ; coiuriouuou levieu upon
and" the other partners made at should be upon each of the partners
home, so that nothing escaped. 1 proportion 10 nib i.uei or m
Tn!18mn,h n, tl i,.,m.. nmdupts i amount of his stock, as the case may
P
IEDMONT AHMJXE ROUTE
f ITOiE STORE.
m Siss, Bureaus,
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nsroTiciEL
The undersigned having taken out
letters of administration on the es
tate of Aaron Ritchie, dee'd, ail per
sons who are indebted to said estate
are hereby notified to come forward
and settle, and all persons holding'
claims against the said estate will
present them for payment within
twelve mouths of this notice, or the
same will be pleaded in bar of then
recovery. ,
S. M. Ritchie and
Iictheb Ritchie,
Admr's of Aaron Ritchie, dee'd.
Aug. 21, 1888..
RICHMOND AND DAN VILE
RAILROAD.
Condensed schedule in effect Jane
24th, 1887. Trains iuu by 75
Meridian Inn.
SOUTHBOUND.
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tillloTt
Washington
Clnlottoville
Lynchburg
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A. H. PROPST,
MM ani Wrador.
Plans and specifiaations of build
ings made in any style. All con
tracts for buildings faithfully car
ried out. Office in Cton's building,
up tit airs. 13
D. D. JOHNSON,
DRUGGIST,
CONCORD, -. C.,
HAS
ox iiAxn
A FULL LINK
OF
Pure, Fresh and Reliable
l:iIU0s, MEDICINES, PAINTS
A?.D OIL
Which he will sell to you at
the lowest cash price.
COME, SEE AD BUY.
IIOM ADE COFFINS.ALL KINDS
A SPECIALTY.
I do not pell for cost, hut for a small
profit. Come and examine my line of
goods.
Old furniture lepaired.
12 M. E. CASTOR.
Sale of Land.
By authority vested in me as
Commissioner, by a decree to sell
bind for partition, filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Cabarrus eouutj-, on the 16th day
of Au2rust,.1888, iu a Special Pio
ceedinsr, wherein Paul Barnhardt
and others are Plaintiffs and Paul
Barnhardt, Guar lian, D. . Ury.
Guardian, and others are Defend
ants, I will sell, by public auction,
at he Court House door in Concord,
N. C, on Monday, the 1st day of
October. 1888, a tract of land, kriowi.
as the home piace of Daniel Barn
hardt, deceased, in No. 9 township.
Cabarrus couuty, containing 200
acres; the description and bounda
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(ireensboro
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Aslievilie
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No. 51.
Daily.
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Leave
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Arrive
Greenville
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Charlotte
Concord
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Asheville
lies whereof are fully set orth in a ! Statesville
deed, for said tract of land, from
uaniei isarunarut to Jiiveime IJarn
hardt, recorded in Book No. 28 page
399, in the office of the Register of
Deeds forCacarrus county.
Terms of Sale: One fourth of the
purchase money in cash, balanec
payable twelve months after date of
sale, secured by note, at eight per
cent interest, with good sureties and
title reserved till purchase money is
paid iu full.
Title to this land is perfect.
GEORGE L. PATiERSON.
Cmmissioner
August ICth., 1S83.
CHAMPION
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MM
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I still keep on hand a etock of
Champion Mc wer Repairs. My
old customers will find meat the old
ata'1 Mlisou's corner.
i 1-tf C. R. "WHITE.
For Sale Cheap,
ASE OND HAND
OMNIBUS
with a rapacity for twe've pissengcrs,
i'i t'oodr rui'iiing
iffice.
order. Call at this
Ar. Salisbury
Lv. Salisbury
Ar. High Point
Greensboro
Salem
Lv Greensboro
Ar Hillsboro
Chapel Hill
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Goldsboro
Lv. Greensboro
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'Daily.. tDaify-, except Sunday.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains 50 and 51 Pullman Buffet
between Atlanta and New
sleeper
York.
Oc trains 52 an:l 53 Pullman Buffet
Sleeper between Washington and
Montgomery ; Washington and Au
trusta. Pdllman sleeper between
Richmond and Greensboro. Pull-1
man sleeper between Greensboro,,
and Kalaigb.. PulLiian parlor car
between Salisbury and Knoxville.
Through tickets on sale at pricipal
stations to ail points.
.For rates and information apply
to any agent of the company or to
SolHass, J. S. Potts,
Traffic Man'r. Div. Pass.. Ag't,
W. A Tdt.k, R chmond, Va.
Div. Pass. AgV Jas. L. Tatlob,.
IUIeig)i,.Su.G.. Gen.. Pass.; Ag,
exceeded the foreign by at least six
to one, these partners of the gov
ernment received in taxes about five j
dollars where the government re
ceived but one. And it is
able that the zeal of the partners
has from time to time stimulated
the government to increase the taxes
upon all articles which contributed
most to swell their gains, with little
or no regard to t he gains of the
public treasury. To eiich an extent
was this carried that they and their
friends came in time to forget al
together that there was a govern
ment to be supported, and to regard
the the taxing power as having been
created expressly for the purpose
of contributing to their wealth.
Their literature spoke of nothing
elte, remembered nothing else, strove
for nothing else.
"But the best laid schemes of
mice and men" at length go astray.
As the country emerged slowly
and laboriously from the extrava
gance and expenditure of a state of
warr and economy and public vir
tue once more came back under the
auspices of a Democratic adminis
tration, and as, iu spite of all, the
wealth of the people continued to
grow Mith returning peace it finally
appeared that the one-sixth dollar of
this taxatien became too much, and.
the government found itself in
possession of more than it could
properly use. The President of the
the United States announced this to
the country, showing the injury
which it did by locking up so great
a sum of the people's money, thus
witholding it from the necessities of
trade and commerce, and portraying
vividly the dangers which it threat
ened, not only to all financial inter
est, but to the public morals as w?ll.
So irresistible was the logic of the
situation of the Republican
party, the authors and advocates of
this unholy aud iniquitous system
of taxation of the many for the ben
efit of the few, reluctantly admitted
the necessity for reducing the taxes
which produced this surplus.
Both parties then being agreed as
to the necessity of reduction, the
question arose how and upon
what things that reduction should be
made. Co'i.mon sense and common
honesty suggested that it should be
made upon those things where the
inequalities were greatest and where
the relief to the people would be
greatest, to-wit, upon the necessaries
of life in greatest use by tha- rirost
people. To understand the situa
tion it is necessary to consider, first,,
the chief sources of our federal tax
ation, and the proportion of revenue
yielded by each. This revenue is
derived as follows:
be. No court of conscience upon
earth would decree otherwise.
Then fore in accordance with this
just and equitable principle the
notice-i il,,l,se U1 ovi"viu'ii,r
bill, No. 9051, passed it, and Bent it
to us for our concurrence. It pro
vides for a total reduction of $78,
000,000. $24,500,000 of which comes
from internal revenue taxation,
which is pure revenue, and $5,700 -000
from the customs duty upon
tinplates, which is also pure ree
nue. When to this is added the re
mission of duty upon various unim
portant articles wholly -grown or
produced abroad it will be seen that
as near one-half as may be of the
proposed reductions w.to made upon
those things which exclusively yield
revenue, and the other half upon
the things which principally yield
protection. It short, the Mills bill
gave up half of the proposed reduc
tion to come from the Government
time"allowed them to examine the
substitute this increase will amount
tofnlly $10,000,000. In my own
opinion its - practical ettect
would far exceed this. So that it
all amounts to this, that for the
privilege cf reducing its own reve
nues, those in which no favored
manufacturer whomsoever is inter
ested, the government would be
compelled by this bill to pay these
pampered paupers a bonus of more
thon $2,000,000.
The method by which this in
crease is effected is not new. It was
resorted to in the so-called revision
of 1883. That, too, was heralded
with the declaration that the coun
try demanded reduction and that
the bill proposed by the commission
would effect a reduction of at least
25 per cent. Yet when that bill had
passed the ordeal of this Chamber
aud through the dark mysterious
manipnations of the conference
committee, where no voice was
heard but that of the friends
of high duties; it was found
that the alleged reduction of 25 per
cent, had bv this process beer, con
verted into an increase of 121 per
cent., making the duties which were
42 per cent., 47 per cent On this
occasion that plan, which has been
again tried, consists, first, in chang
ing ad valorem to specific duties; to
both specific and ad valorem duties;
to specific duties based upon values
and ad valorem duties added. And
where this could not be conveniently
done, or done with sufficient mysti
fication to conceal it, changes of
classification have beeii made,
It is almost impossible for any but
an expert importer to ascertain pre
cisely what these chances mean, but
the intention is plain enough to the
humblest understanding. Is not
this the acme of pampered inso
lence; the very incarnation of
human selfishness? I do not won
der at their thus using the power
which they have acquired over the
legislation of their country; it is
quite natural that they should go
quite to the end of their teeth, if
there be any end to it, in their un
hollowed pursuit of wealth; but I do
wonder that any intelligent Christ
ian man, outside of the favored cir
cle, can be induced to support by
his vote and influence this shameless
iniquity.
These changes of classification
and of rates of duty are justified,
and always have been, under the
pretense of simplification and of
preventing fraud against the Gov
ernment by importers. This is the
old cry of "Stop thief," aud must
cause a broad smile on the faces of
manufacturers when they mention
it to each other. How a plain ad
valorem duty Could possibly be sim
plified by the addition of a specific
puty thereto is one of the mysteries
and called upon the beneficiaries of 0f tne trade. And how it could be
tariff taxation to give up the other j fnrthcr simplified by baling a sre
half, whereas in justice it could have
called upon the. beneficiaries to sur
render in proportion to their interest
in the taxation, which, as I have
b.'fore said, was about $5 to one.
To this fair and generous proposi
tion how did this favored class re
spond? U ith the exception of three
every Republican voted against its
pissage. When it arrived in the
Senate and was acted upon in the
Finance Committee it was rejected
by the entire Republican vote and
the substitute adopted in its place.
Now, how does that substitute di
vide that reduction between the
government and the people on the
one Bide and the favored class on
the other? In the first place, it
takes from
Internal taxes on tobacco.
which is pure revenue. .$24,371,000
By reductiou on alcohol
used in the ai ts 7,(00,000
Bv additions to the free
list of articles which
yield uure rrvc nut- 6,428,000
By reduction of srgar
duties, nine teuths pure
revenue .. 27,7?9,000
Total 05,558,000
Excludiug fractions.
They claim a total reduction of
$72,668,000, and to make up the
remainder they claim that they have
reduced duties on manufactured
goods proper to the extent of $8,
109,000. So that if their statement
of the effects of their bill be correct
it shows that they propose to reduce
revenue by very generously giving
up $9 of the government revenues
and $1 of their own- But even this
is not true. Selfishness necessarily
takes refuge in fraud. The favor
ed classes, at whose suggestion this
(substitute was framed, were enabled
by their technical knowledge of their
own business to impose, no doubt,
upon the members of the Finance
Committee, and to largely increase
the duties in several schedules. By
thft best information which the
. Total $383'000'000! Democratic members of the Finance
Now let us analyze the first, two. j Committee qouldL obtain in the short
Custom duties (estimated
for 1888)... $228,000,000
Internal taxes (estimated
for. 1888)..,..... 1SO.COO.000
Miscellaneous sources... 35,000,000
cine duty on a valuation of the
article and adding both to the ad.
valorem is a still greater mystery;
but when you add a half dor.en
different classifications of the same
article, distinguishable only by an
imperceptible shade of difference in
material, fineness or coarseness, and
affix a different value, a different
specific, and a dilierent ad valorem
rate of duty to each classification,
the simplification, to be f uond there
in becomes the greatest mystery of
all.
The same argument applies with
even greater force to questions of
fraudulent valuation.
Take the woolen schedule para
graph 354 "cloth shawls," etc.,
valued at not exceeding 40 cents per
pound, 25 cents per pound, and 35
per cent, ad valorem; valued at
above 40 cents per pound aud not
exceeding 60 cent', 35 cents per
pound, ai d 40 per cent, ad valorem;
valued above CO cents per ponud, 40
cents per pound, and 40 per cent, ad
valorem. Here there are three diff
erent estimations of value in the
first place three different specific
duties and three different ad valorem
duties on the same article: Surdy
this is amplication with a ven
geance. The next section, 355,
"flannel, blankets, and hats," is still
worse, comprising four differeut es
timates of value, four specific rate
of duty, and four ad valorem rates of
duty. The next paragraph, No.
356, "women's and children's dress
goods," etc., is, if possible, still more
complicated. So it is through the
whole of the woolen and the cotton
schedules- Proof of this is found in
sections 316, 318, 210, 321,323, and
424. In the metal schedule there-;
tricks abound, and wherever it was
practicable to do so specific duties
have been added to or substituted
for ad valorem, and classifications
changed. Ia their view, ad valorem
duties, plain and simple as they are,.
are objectionable, because the- will
reduce the tax as the price is re
duced, whereas specific duties tax
the cheapest articles as much as the
dearest, and maintain the duties at
one figure, although the prices goes
down until, as often happens, the
tax becomes more than the price of
the goods.
The Senator from Ohio Mr. Sher
man claims that the whole sched
ule is divided into 795 paragraphs,
each one relating to a single article.
"There are fifteen different sched
ules, each of which is seperate and
distinct. Besides that it divides the
whole into 795 paragraph, each par
agraph relating to a single article,
thus dissipating the idea, which is so
common in this country, that the
tariff affects three thousand or fom
thousand articles, because 795
paragiaphs describe every article,
not only on the dutiable, but ou the
free list as well."
Let us see if this is true. See sec
Hon 358, woolen schedule, where
are enumerated seveti different ar
tides; section 359 enumerated five
different articles of three different
materials in to different states of
manufacture; section 360, where
are enumerated fifteen different ar
tides made of three different mate
rials; section 370, where are enu
merated six kinds of articles made
of two different kinds of material.
Paragraphs 375,376 and 377 of the j
silk schedule, 395, 512, 416, 417, 415
each embracing many articles. Iu
addition to which, necessarily, each
schedule has a compresive and re
siduary clause erected to the un
known, "not specially enumerated
and provided for."
The report very frankly tells us
how careful the majority was to con
sult all the parties interested in the
money to be received from this tax
ation, and how very tender thev
have been in dealing with any item
wherein their profits might be
touched. They say "the time which
has elapsed since the house I ill
reached the senate has been diligent
ly employed by your committee in a
careful investigation of the diverse
and important questions involved
iu a general tariff revision, and iu
hearing such representatives, of the
vast number of interests affects by
changes in the tariff schedules as
could be heard in the limited time
at their disposal. Other inter
ested parties are desirious of being
heard, and it is the intention of the
committee, with the approval of the
Senate, to give such time to further
hearings as shall be possible during
the period the bill mav be under
discussion, with a view of elic
the fullest information in order that
the provisions of the substitute and
of such amendments as shall be sug
gested may be acted upon with the
greatest degree of dilligence."
And with this view they reserve
the privilege of suggesting further
amendments. By this we are to
understand that while the Senate
of the United States sits in this
Chamber in discharge of its high
functions to legislate for the inter
est of the whole people, the con
gress of the "interested parties" who
are to beneht by public taxation is
sitting in the lobby to supervise our
work and see that it conforms to
wishes. They are to be consulted
whenever any Senator shall suggest
an amendment. Surely the power
of these protected classes could not
be more humbly acknowleged than
is done by this statement. With all
the care which has been taken to
their interests, with all the subser
viency which American Senators
have thus manifested to those
"Barons of the exchequer" it is to be
supposed, if not hoped that their
diligence in the guardianship of
their own interest, even down to the
consideration of the very last amend
ment which may be proposed, will
meet with its reward.
People reading the report of the
majority would naturally feel curi
ous to know if that subcommittee
'heard" anybody besides the inter
ested manufacturers.- Was there
any consumer there? Was any
complaint made by those who sim
ply pay the taxes, and wore there
any suggestions made for' theii re
lief or to; prevent ther "injury" and
their "disturbance?" Indeed in the
i;ffilt tak of framinff a bill "Uh
secure the proper relation between
the rates imposed upon the numer
ous articles produced iu our related
and interdependent industries, the
most difficult problem of "tariff ad
justment," did it ever occur 10 these
able financiers to try their hands
upon a problem much more simple
and important,, the revenue duties
which should best promote the in
terest of 60,000,000 people aud equal
the burdens of the support of
their government on principles ot
justice and equality ?
It seems to me they should have
tried the simple proulem first and
secured the greatest good for the
greatest number before they tested
heir genius in solving the probleni
of how to divide an untold mass of
plunder so as to give sa'isfaction to
all the robbers and fry any quantity
of fat out of their spoils. I wonder,
too, did the indecency of the spec'acla
ever occur to them, of permitting
these "interested parties" to dictate
ihe laws which were to tax their
countrymen? A reputable citizen
would not be permited to sit upon
a jury for the trial of a cause ia
which he had the least interest di
rectly or iudirecily, or any of his
kindred, by consanguinity or affl
ui y. A decent judge would not git
iu the trial of a cause in which he
had once been retaiued or consulted
nor in a suit for or against a corpor
tiou in which he had a single share,
of slock.
Yet in this great case, wherein,
they petition the Government to
levy taxes upon the people which are
to go into their own pockets, they
are permitted to control the method
and the amount! They are sum
moned here for that purpose; they
are retained in the lobbies- until the
last moment for that purpose, and
the committee gravely tell us that
should any amendment be suggested
they reserve the right to consult the
plaintiffs. Curia advisori vult.
I commend their care, but opffte
their fears are groundless. Judging
by this report there would seem to
be no danger whatever that the ma
jority of the Finance Committee
should at any time forget the wel
fare of the manufacturers and act as
though they had a Government to
sppport and sixty millions of coun
trymen to legislate for.
continued next week.
Hackery nnd the Alliance.
Are the Alliance men of North
Carolina going to allow themselves
to be fooled into voting for Mr;
Dockery on the idea that he is tt
farmer and an Allience man ? They
should not be; they cannnot be if
they will inform themselves as to
the true position he holds toward
them, the attitude in which he
stands toward them and their dear
est interests. If any Alliance nn
votes for him after acquiring this ink
formation he does it because he ia a
Republican and no other reason.
As everyone knows, Mr. Dockery
is truly and emphatically a high
tariff man, he is not only a high
tariff man, but he is in favor of
keeping up the high duty on the
necessaries of life, he is opposed? to
equalizing the rate of taxation ou
the necessaries of the poor aud the
luxuries of the rich, as is proposed
by the Democratic bill now before
Congress.
The Famers' Alliance of this
State has itself on record as in' fa
vor off "tariff fos revenue," and a
reduction of the iurpert duty on
the necessaries, and has, by resolu
tion, pledged itself to support no
man who is not i fa-vor of the
same. In proof of this we give ia
full a resolution adopted by the Sfcate
Alliance in session in Raleigh; on
August lCth, 1888, which is as fol
lows: Whereas, As metal ers of this State
jurisdiction, we are pledged to se-r
cure cheaper living for the farmers;
and
Whereas, One of the leading
methods to secure for ourselves this
cheap liviug has been declared by
the National Alliance to "consist
in su"L a revision of the tariff as
will lay the heaviest burdens on the
luxuries and the lighest on the ne
cessary of life, and as will reduce
the incomes from imports to a
sirictly revenue basis" and
Whereas, It is the bounden duty
of every true Alliance man to stand
to and abide by this declaration oi
the National Alliance. Now, there
fore be it
Resolved, That we do hereby
renew our obligations to abide by
and give effect to this declaration
of principles as announced by tLe
National Alliance.
Resolved, That as true and stead
fast Alliauce men, we pledge our
selves to give neither aid, support
nor comfort, nor to vote for any
person or persons who- cannot and
will not co-operate with this Alliance
in standingby and giving practical
effect to the demand ot said Nation
al Alliance. Tobaco Plant.
The House bill to make the De
partrueut cf Agriculture an Execu
tive Department was up in the Sen
ate last week and would no doubt
have been passed were it not for the
item therein transferring the Weath
er Bureau to this department. The
item caused much wrangling in the
Senate iind at last report it was not
over. The bill will be sure to become
a law.bat the traneferof the Weath
er Bureau Is doubtful.,
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