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VOLUME 1
POLITICAL COMMENT
There is no .likelihood that sin. in
come tax be' impdseu by the
Fiitv-thirJ Congress. : Oii)osition
to the oppressive mid inquisitorial
measure is growing constantly
Biooklyn Eagle.
Richmond Dispatch. The Senate
cannot a 3 1 too soon. What is !o be
done shouli t doaO forthwith.
No lung in the bill wiU be so mjnri-
oiia to the country as unneeec
delay in-Vising it.
ar
Chiciro Ti.'s: li the Senate
will let the Wilson bill alone a d
puss it with the least possible delay
the c uutry will enjoy renewed pros
perit.Y nd the nation will for a time
ceise to look upon tae ujper house
of tit- na'.i:)inl legislanire as an oh
ef'acle m the path of all wise legisla
tion.' It ja estimated that only 87,000
people wi i be liable to the in
come tax proposed,' while there
.are 65.000.00.) vvh o vvill n t be
touched, by it. II they all vote
for their pockets as peop egeii
era1 ly do we think we can safe
ly predict that an income tax
will rot destrov the Democratic
party. --Columbia (S, C-) - State
jUem.).
When Senator Q v,i or'Pennsvl
v?aii a. was a.ked hi opinio'.i ' the
outcome of the impeiKiiu.1 tariff de
bite in the Se ate, le replied t-ha-he
had. not the slightest idea "but,"
sM.nl hA 'fifoiie thu2 1 am ery
c: if u:?r(thn Uev.ublicai.S Hal the i
mnioi iiies the Democrats have we !
j . g , i
would go right on and pass the tmic
agreed ou in committee or caiUMis."
Si?.' i -itor Q'Viv, in this, is perfectly
r.'MVhfnl. an 1 un il the Do no.-ratic
1m 1 T.i th ro ig i y la n the wisd n
lie I in tli it re n irk Hiev will
never be able to ac -tomplish any
!"-eat niete-f's Charluttescille (Vu)
O'tronijle (Djui.)
-it
It is a remarkable coincidence
that-''Mr. Bra w ley, of Sout h ('aroliua
the only South Carolinian who. vot
ed again-t silver a- a money' metal,
and Air. Herbert, oi Alabama, tin
onlv Alabitmiau, who aso voted
against silver, should have been lift
ed high on tht tide of official favor.
Mr. Brawley, as we have seen, has
been tnnJc a feder.il judge, a-id Mr
Herhi r , a " everybody knows is ai
memb r f the cibi:et.
It is a remarkable, coincidence in
deed, th t these t.ue:i, opposing the
r..ost vi'ai mtere-'ts of their; pe p e,
fc'muM have been lifted iijtb' s.iug
offijes -Constitution. ?
i,iHiiTfc"
Pood ir: Rsflection.
The people of th "United 'Stage's
spent more than sL h indred million
of dollars last yeai lor whiskey ; or,
to state the whole truth, spent sixteen,
hundred -.millions of dollars Jor their
vJoiiim n drinks cigars, etc., etc.
An l yet, Co ig less is try iu
or
to
decide w lief her to put u gar on tne
. 1 1 - . . 1 - k . . M .
m,n;-e r,r i.rt,,t.v tn Cnon- trn-
ducers, or r0 admit sugar free to duty
into the United States.
These fa !ts afford food for reflec
.io n . Atlanta Co nstitut iu i.
The Philadelphia Board of Heal h
has iv fused to declare dmsumptio
to I e i contagious disease.
G RE E N VI LLE, N C
"F AEM "DEPARTMENT.
THP PEANUT IHDUSTBY AMD
TBAD2. '
Intc: e tiag Aithle by Assiats Jus
tin Walter Clrk North
-Carolina.
. Edward Atkinson, the well known
economist, ban lvcentlv written an
admirable article pointingout the ns
e.of the peairut, epnfiaily as a 'pro
ducer of oil. He t kViW who ye irs
aLfo pointed out the value of cotton
seed for irs oi4 jjnd its inanuri.il and
s ed qualities, as Cx)tton-Seed real,
and" tlie value of the hulls. Prior to
this, on many farms cotton -seed was
disposed of as waste. Now Mr. At
kinson p edicrs the future useiUllness
I of the pea i u: as an oil producer and
in other way.".
But before we 0 into this produc
tion extensively a:tmtion should be
called 'to the syndicate which con
trols the s de of the nut, making: it?
members millionaire and the produ
cers paupers. The number of pea:iut
buvers is small. These hae 'brined
a irmt or syndicate By this combi
nation it is decreed that 'farmers,
sto-ck? is nf" aia'ile, and all o tnu
befo e bet m ig maiketable mur go
tliroi.ga Wij.k. they are plej-seu dig
nitv vi:li the name of peanut ;f icto
rv." By aiu)ther of the rule's n fac-L
toy will take "lie nuts on to 1, but"
t hey must b. o J to Ote owner f the
iaetory. Tln u'elivcrs the fa.'.uer
alive into t ) e r h m(h
PK.UE AND COST
The peanuts are sohLon ih niar
1 et cir. a pr ice fixed by i he byndteate,
w ieh is at present a'ont 2 feu to per
ind. L uev are run
thiouh rhe
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"'cro.y ac a iorai coi oi J -o oi a
cent per p mnu, unit are then sola to
tne reta 1 merchant bv whoiesae at 4
to 7 e.its pur pound, according to lo j
ua;ir. The profits being p oled
aie presnui k")ly divided. N wonder
tli.' f o uiers find no ju'otit in making '
p jai.ut s and thai the la-jtorv owners
ate becoming nr llimi.iires. Farmers j
generally raise small crops oi p aunts
an I eacli not feeling h-rgely inter
! ec5tru, as a class they ap-; ignorant ot
j the gross imposition .practiced upon
; them in t h is, as in some other mat
j ters. Imp. xsed upon by the word "fac
tory' they are leI to think thac
i thei"e is som- cosily and uiYstenou?
)i()eeS in preparing the p'anuts for
market ' There is nothing; of the
k nd. The peanuts are poured in oa
ri volvm cy lm er which polishes
them and mows out the p p and
dirt. As they come out th -y .ail up
on a bi"ad, endles bi-lt, wnich car
ries them along to be dmargvfl. Ne
gr es stand on each si(K o his mov
ing bci and with paduu-o de tly frort
tlie peanut?. They are-then bagged
and sold tor n ore than double the
price paid the farmer. The process
ofii u- preparing them cost; not more
than 1-5 of a cent,
i THE MACHINERY
It was also thought that the pro
cess was not only mysterious and re
quired ski t i v hich we see is. not so
but that the machinery' was expen
sive. But it is said by thosa who
know that the machinery of one of
I these so-called 'lactones
will not
I cost more Hum $.jouor 00,and ha,
the whole plant, including machin
erf, building, engine everything
should no, cost oyer $4,000 to $2,500.
i It was also nrrred that there wai a na-
tenton the machinery. A party who
. Wa3 bold enough to defy this , claim
and establish his ow.i laetory dera-
rnrtvTvi a; 5b Oox3.tss per
M ARC H. Quel 1894.
onstrated by a suit inj court that. tHeie
was no patent, an :i ihereupmi it is
said the syndicate tbok hyn i j. and'
he is now one ot our oppressors, and
fast becoming a millionaire.
As a last-resort, to" discourage put
ting up factories it is given out that
large capital isgrequied to 'establish
a brand and put it oin the market.
On the contrary, the writer has re
ce n tly hadxor res pctrde ce w i t h n u m
cious "dealers from SaiiFrmrci.sco to
Boston, aim from New Orh aus to
Montreal, and readily had ofl'era. va
rying from four and onemalf to sev
en cents for nurs, without any ques1
tion uo to brand. The; only require
ment was tha- they should be sound
and 'factory". stock. The syndicate
have educated the public to require
tne latter, as it places the trade in
their hands. . .
RUN FOR TOLL.
If the farmers generally , knew the
above lac's, they could readily eman
cipate themselves from; sel ling at 2
cents per. pound peanuts which, with
the addition of one fifth of a cent
"factory"- work, are; sold at 4 to 7
ce its. by each neighborhood putting
up' a fao ory, Or bv somei one1)utting
it up to run for. toll. But tins facts
Irive be n persistently MVressed.
Where at very rare intervals a facto
ry out of te seaport town, has been
put u pj it.U.s id t hat it ahvavs. nivs-ceriousiy-'stops.
liosCrHyvlitx knbw
?ay that this is done by the syndi
cate p iving the ownei of the nv fae
t ry a p'tiiu equal to thei estimated
profit of the tolls which would be
likely to'come in if the factory was
run. Fortunately, theie ts no in
teriiidiwe.iue tax on lactorv peanuts
on m-.viiu facta led tc ba;co, by
vv iioh the syudicae can keep a
in opoly. v
Tins is one of ti e many ways in
which the tanning class id plucked..
Will not farmers who aid interested
in pe.uiut raising look into this
matter, and ea di neighborhood
p ovide itde.f with a facto ny fr next
Heasou a- which peanuts.: mar be
prepare for market for mli? '4 Who
would be free, themselves must
strike the blow.'' '
There are .186 medical womeli in
Great Bruain.
California has . paid out $IS7,000
in bounties for coyote scalps and bus
scalp claims against it to the amount
of $-118,000 still unpaid..
Contributions to all benevolent
purposes by Pro'eStanr. Christians
r
kL,u-8S5.ooo.003 mn.uallv -One-1
seventeenth of this is tor foreign
mis--ions.
The treasuries of all religions so,
cietie& are sufferins; from rhe finan
cial depression. .
T Le'P .st Office De par tme; i fe-h t ate -
meat sbows that during the last fis- ,
cal year 2,407.810,175 pieces were
sent in domestic mails, 55,917,899
postal cards and 980,305,984 news
pipers wei'e mailed by publishers
and news agetits.
The Supreme Qourt of Iowa .has
deci led that the owner of a dog is
responsible iu damages for - injuries:
canned by tlie barking of the dog;
A dog barked suddenly and vicious
ly at a horse ridden on the public
highway. The rider of the lwree
was in consequence thrown and in
iured. and suiucr for damages recoy-
1 ered from the owner of the dog. Th s
; judgmet t the Supreme Court of Iowa
1 affirms. 1 -
Greenville, ST.tJ.,
Feb' y. 28 1894.
De.r Jo.fner:
We are too busy opening
New Goods and selling
every kind of Merchandise
t o prepare an advertisement
Save half a column for. us
to tell your readers about
onr popular prices, v-
By the way Ferti-lizers are
goi g dike hot cake.
Very Trnly,
Bosweli Speight & Co
Carry the largest
assortment of
Gooas to be
found ino ur
Town or
County.
Tliey keep about everything
you. Xva n t' and in v it e you to ...
call on them -When yen
want your moneys
-worth.
A penny saved
is d. penny made and
we claim to save you
many pennies if you will
give usyour patsopage.r -
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
FOR FURNITURE m
THIS 0OUNTRY-a; s
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