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VOt. l.-NO. 50. TARBORO', N. CI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 189?. PRICE. FIVE CENTS x ; . f " 1 i ' I ' ' ' ; ' -I - i i - r : ! . BRIEF OPIBIOIIS; I)o not pledge yourself to any one, Vote only for the man who is solid on your measures of reform. : This fs the critical ear, and ire must be unswerving and uufliqchin in our demands. f ' l -Thk political kettle,' in this State ,i beginning, to boil. There are quite a number of gentlemen men tioned for, the gubernatorial nominar tion. "Politics -will b interesting this year and we advise our farmer "friends; to give this matter their at tention. The evils that afflict the'ni to-day are due to hegligence on the part of the masses to select the right mil t, of men to renresentithem. We : hope' they, will look out for their --own interests this year. ! 1 J. K. Duffy, writing in thcTCin-' ton Free I'ress, urgea Allianceihen ..A A- ... 1 . . . . . . . i- , . ill. ...... rf i . ' -t party, but stand aloof, and see which party will adopt the Ocala demands., lie maintains that to enter any party caucus would be engaging in parti san politics.- Whether the members of the Alliance enter, any caucus or not the FakmeKs' Advocatb don't want to see them stultify themselves by toting blindly against their in terests'. Let the Ocala t platform be the tes. f ' ' ' ' . ... '' r J'hesiukxt Marion Butler of the Stile Alliance, and. Col. Harry Skin ner are on a speaking tour in the middle section of ihjs State. ' Presi dent Iiutler is expounding the prin ciples of the Alliance and it meas ures of reform anil, Col. Skinner is championing the sub-Treasury plan. We hope "their work will serve . to strengthen, the Alliances wherever 'they speak: I f the 'members of the organizatiou are true to themselves they will aChieve success of thefr principles. . . - f ' Thk Kington Free lreh$ia wag- iug'warm the Duke cigarette fac tory t)f-l)urham. ! Our con temiorary ays that the factory belongs to the ' mammoth tobacco trust which has greatly reduced the price of tobacco L this -season.- There isaaw in this fctate'agaiust the formation or oper ', ti(u of trusts and those in authority should investigate the matter. We f agree with our contemporary that the ' grand jury of Durjiiui eun,ty should 'r-iatCTVrt'lhonutel ves about this great iniquity. It should b crushed. -" ; SEifATOH I). B. Hill of jew York ihude a tour through the tsouth last !l w-ekau J made speeches on the route. i His visit was to Mississippi to ad ' Oress 'the Legislature.' He was re ceived with heartiness, but we, have no idea 'that Hill is "in it" for the presidential nomination. He' would do his constituents a better service if I he -would 'remain in the Senate and atteud to the duties of . his office. The -people will select their own cand idate this year, and we do not believe that Cleveland or Hill either will be 'in it." j . : ' ' ! " The Tarborough (N. C.) South cnicr-suva: "'1 h' man who thinks be carries the Allianceiuen around! ivi j iil- .1.1,1 .i tau f hm i i -ii ii- , ' . I ad h pleases will find himselfa most . . i, ,' , . niiriL-i.ii iiKin iiAt.iji I'u.i . i a ' re the. year is j e, brother' Til;! gone." Right you at people will thiuk and act for them selves UiLyear. They have become thoroughly 4i('iuaint?d with . the methods of 4l)e politicians, ia the past,1 and propose to manage politics j for themselves. - As. Sam Jones says thev! will not be led around by the u use by the "whipsniffiug" politi cians. - - 1 - Thk AV.r.v d: Observer says: ''For wur own part we believe "Hliat the Deinocrutic ' party' can- whip the Third party and the lladicals com--tiuetl, and all that ia needed fis a Itrong, vigdrous cauipaig:n." Then itie Ltrange to ns why our contemporary ...continues, to agitate th Thrrd party question. Sometime ngo the JTetrs &. ()lt.eri r-' was very uneasy, and said that .a Third party'- in North Carolina 'meant disrupt ios of the Pemocratic party that it would turn the State over to the Republi cans. What hns happened -tp re ' assure our contemporary? - j The April number of the Forum will contain a dinolission of the Hill and anti-inn issues in New" Tort iJrojas of the two Democratic, State conventions -to select delegates to the National convention), by Mr. Frl,.ri If: ( i,.lli nf the Vo,i, d . . J, . ' :it yr, wno is tue leaaer or tne lAat (jiratic opjiosition jto Senator Hill. Tearing upon the same subject will be ap article by Mr. Mathew Hale, of Albany, .the wiell-knowa ccnsti tationul authority ou the process whereby the present Senate of New York was changed from Republican ig Democratic. Mr. Hales goes into details and does not hesitate to place the responsibility of this act where he thinks It belongs -on Gv.: Hill. STATE KWS. THE DOINGS OF; OUR PEOPLE BRIEFLY AND PLAINLY TOLD. Happenings of th Week Cox-i ,. DEH8ED. ' ' " i ' Rev. Thoa. Dixon, of 1ST. Y. will deliver an addrss at Morehead City ana preacn a sermon, during a meet ing of Teachers Assembly. .. .: .. ' -. ' I - Middlebcro. T. P. Rowland, a larce farmer and merchant at Mid dleburg, assigned Monday to A. Cj ao Hi coffer. Liabi 000; assets about $ 5,000 to $18,000, hx. It is reported that the Wilming-i von & Weldori railroad company will ixild a road from Crifton in Pitt county, on the Scotland Keck and Greenville branch New 15ern.e,uiid also a road from the same point to SnowTIill, in Oreene county. I ' .' 1 :': - ! The Charlotte Chronicle aimptin-f ccs that Col-Cowlt-s, for 8 years rep4 resntative. in Congress from the Wilkesboro district, will not stand for a rcnominationJ Cel. Cowlcs hai mad a splendid record and his ; con-r gtituency can ill afford to': lofse- hi4 services. ". ' J. ' - ! r f . The Farmers' Alliance of JVake eounty N. C, which is the leading county Alliance of the State,' has adopted resolutions) to hare the cot ton acreage reduced not less than 15 per cent, in 1892, to what it was in 191, and to increase the acreage foi food and home supplies at a corres ponding rate. ' ; ' From the auditor's report it ap pears that the negroes own about 3 per cent of the real! estate of North Carolina.' They pay nearly 28 pet cent, of the poll-tax. The ! ag gregate value, of real and personal property listed for taxation is $262', 796,816, of 'which colored people. $8,018,446 is by CosrcrtKD. Mr. A. O. Thies, o the Phoenix mine, who is running a poultry yard. by mTtchinery; is suc ceeding nicely. He loaded his incu-j-bator with 374 eggs and ii nineteen days the chicks began to crawl out. Up to date 200 have answered to the roll call. ,H has purchased a brobdei to raise them in'. Standard Goldsbouo. Counterfeit . silver dollars are still in vogue in this city. A bull "yearling, weighing 623 pounds, was sold here Saturday by Mr, John V. Sherrad, Jr., of Stpney Creek townshipl.....Thje Racket Store of this city, after marking a net profit of $19,000.. most of which wras invested in outside property, will "pull up; staks" on Apiil 1st and leave for "pastures new" The pro prietor j commenced .business here about five years ago with a capital of only $25Q.HeadUq7it. '- l' ' ' - '" Wilkshoko. News just reached here of an infanticide in Ashe county, near Jefferson. A'few days aw a is year old gifl, named Nora HugheB," jiving in; one mile, of Jefferson be came the mother of an illegitimate child.1 On Saturday the child .mys teriously died. OnlSunday afternoon, when the child was taken? to ,the grave to he interred, the coroner for bid the burial. ; He summoned a jury, and by the j assistance of Dris. Gentry and Cowarid made-' a post ntbjjr tcm examination. , It was found that the child's stomach was saturated with carbolic! acid Ex. Washiotcv For sever aI niiihts nettv burifl"ries have, ueen ; coiu- mitted in the town. On Thursday - . , T r , . - j-I nijht las-t Mr. Jno. Rue s resturu it wag entered and investigation showed -that throe persons had sat at his ta ble aud eaten hearty mals. the same night Mr. Isaac Buck's butcher shop was broken into and the niouey drawer demolished. This was fpl- i lowed bv: a theft of a 50 lb can bf lard, twd laree hams, some tobacco and, cigars, besides other stuff, from Mr. J. TV. Luptori, before morning, a'ndlh attempt was made to enter Mr. M. F. w right s confectionery but Without success. Gazette. I- - : ' i ': " 1 ; A cutting 'affray took piac be- i ween iwo-, toioiieu inen ou aier street late'Monday night in j whiph Willie Pearce was seriously wounded. Un I uesuav mornincr i earee 'swrore Out an aHdaviti charging: (ieorge Bell with the cutting and uHn this affidavit Chief of Folice Tucker had Bell arraigned lefore Justiee L. I Frtiraii for a lieaHuc:, IVarce" being unable to attend trial the case w postponed far ten days to await r suits and Bell was placed under a two Hundred dollar bond for his ap pearance. ' At present Pearce ! is iu a critical condition and it is ' feared that his wounds Beacon. may prove latai Wilsok. ReM. IL W. Pattle, the popular pastor lof the Misfeionar 4. -r J X 7 - I Itaptist ; Church here,L preached his 6uch last Sunday IP deference to a pretty audi commendable custom here and- frond a deep sense cf love and esteem, (lie F'' cuurcnes nera . r . l ' . l i : v i I closed their doors on bunuay night and invited .their congregations to hear Rev. Battle!....' ! Yielding to tb.4 pupmar opinion mat me cikauna pBink was unsafe, the committee i on arrangements have secured the Plan ters' Warehouse, and the Fife met ings will be held! there. To-day vnri was comoienced oa the seats foy i the buildiuj and they will all , be j i piacepy oaiuraav nignt. The seatl ing capv;ity of the benches w ill I hb 2,000.; - By the j use of chairs, rooii for 200 uior people can lie sectirel it necessary. Adva nee. ' ; GENERAL NEWS; The deTelopment in regard to including the re-prganization Iliehmond Terminal, jwblication of . the pEan, caused much interest mi the trading in the terminal' securities, raders bouerht the first lots offered aiid there was no appearance of -buy ; from the new interests, j 1 he stock declined on sal '9 of 1000 shares qy F. T. Adams - and small lots by ojther brokers. WASHiNqTOX, Mferc'h i tZ.-t-The long pending contest over , it hie hom ihation of Judce IWobds, of. Indiana. nor appeal was brought to a clos to- ar after four hours discussion, rhiefly one sided,'prqceeding almost flxclusively f rom th Henatois who pposed the confirmation - It was expected that two j ap leasfcLof the )emocratic Senators 'would 'vote I for tflie: confirmation, but this- did not lappen; oJ,he contrary, : the .voce roceeaed on strict partv lanes j with tine' exception that; Mr. Peffer jvoted gaiast confirmation The finSl rollf al vas 25 for confirmation and 24 Sfainst. : ,. i ' , s "-; ' 1 Two victims of the r-ip at Yicks- nrg Miss., became suudctdy blind. Cne the son of a ! well-known iner tia nt, obtained partial relief through h ! operation .promptly performed. as vet can onlvf diatiiaguish be- ween Jiornc ana uarKneijs. ... . V . , 1 . jihe has qtlier. a xiisriilv esteemeu woman, qonsulled the most skillful oculists iii New Orleans, who pronounce her dase hopeless. The Jboy's case began with a severe chill, 1 culminating in' inusctilar rheumatism. The womans s yniptoms were simtliar, except that her limbs became gradually swollen nd there was no rheumatism. In, neither: casej are s the eyes outwardly Effected.. : i ' ' ' ! " The death of Dr. Edward AFree- iian removes the most voluminous j ,nd versatile jof ltlie modem English i chool of histjorians. j -He was niot the iriginator of 'the comparative meth od ;nor of the historical art ;which j dopts the development of the na ion as the most dignified subject' for he historian's pen, j instead , f ,the ives and battles of jmonarchs.! But ie was the most distinguished lof the pupils of the great Bishop Stubbs. le was an authority on architecture As: well as on history, and was be sides a most genial companion.' The vo Americans whom he chieuv ad mired were Henry Adams and Henry lobson. Richardson our great! areh- tect. .-.-.'; i L -. '' i . M t Carnegie, Phipps & Co., who1, have hp' Government cohtraet tor a. por ion of the armor plates for tjie new iiayy, are to add to the finis h.T.nfi phut of the armor department at. heir Homestead mill a gigantic steel taw, weighing 110 torts, that- will cut a nickel steel armor plate as ain ordi- iary saw does a plank. ne larmPr dates range m weight from eight to inrty.eigtit tons and are sometimes :wenty feet long and .twenty inches thick. The saw has a ;. bladej seven feet and a half in! diameter, : geared frPm above and j reToliing' horizon, tally. With it an .ihgular slab of cold nickel steel, weighing: perhaps a dozen tons,; is taken, off like the blab The saw. is the first bf jits kind used ill thiscpuatiry and Dunns:-the Mi ! fiiral illness bf Mr. bpurgeoii, his pulpit was filled by Rev. Mr. Pearson, ;aiul he wilj be the permanent successor or tne iiamous creator 4f the tabernacle. He, had no idea .bf taking the grt?at pra-cher's place. f)r. Suurgeoh's brother de clared the nieetiug r& rrfedj to that hi would prefer i Pearson :t1 all rth ers. ife had come to ,liav a warm ers. lie ;:au come to aiave m warui profiler It 'affectioii foifliim d knp.w that the dep:iTte4 nastor ! hid beeii deeply attached ii) him it nas transr - plied that the late Dr.-'Spurgieoi; de- sired Mr. -1 Varson to rjeepjueius per nianent asscciate ia corpastpr with knowledgej of this jnm, anu it is truef fact that has done more than auy- tning, else to incun:tne congrega tibn to' ask the comer to j become their future ch: i . leader. State CJironi- j j,WA?HIXGTOxJ f iMarcfe 17. At issued in tomev Geueral iller ha& structions to d strict attorneys to vigorously prosecute all trusts."'" " If the facts justify," says the anstruc tions, "you will ;se vour best efforts to ludict aud prosecute wreug-doers as well as to enforce the law by civil pijceedings a.s provided in ,the act eu titled "an act Ito protect, trade and cpiiimerce agai risk unlawful restraints and mougnolies." 'Acting under these general 'distraction's, -Special Agent Norton,, oj: the Departnient of Justice, has, Ueen investigating the alleged whiskev p-list, ccidage trust and meat tnisf, Jsaid - "to have been tprcne-d in Chicago. -The United States district Attorney- at Chicago will, it is understood," upon iiiforma lion gathered byf Mi NortonJ proceed tp prosecute t he three trusts j nam?d. M. S. Robinson, manager pf W on- derland Musee dnd Theatre, ! at 'Buf- falo has-been sij ed for $10,C0ll .ama- ges by Oliver C rtis Perry, th.- bold ad yen tu rer - vv xh attempted ta Tob the American, qxpness car oix'tb.e New lork Central taiload a f&r weeks . . - - ,1 A ' ago. the ente : prising tneor re man- ager, at the, rA money, rut Perry 'or5 the of much trprible and two wax figures of jiusee here, ibne show- mm cress in ordirAr -r clothes ! Vnd as he jppearecl wnesi ne was passing tiimse k om for a moats young uiah, and the theil show iusr him in his burglar's ohtfitj with reyolyer and tools in hand, us-' lie lool zedj when ho was robbing, t he express 2 car. 1 aid that ; h r... ager ltobiusoh could subpoena witnesses, anfi shof thk Ferry committeid the oi-jtiie ciaro-ed ana in f nat ca; U no actii m fbr dihage would lie. PRESIDENT POLK AT ST. LOUIS. (Stenographic Report f President PIks speech, response to tne address of VFekone by Mr. C P. Waldbridc, President St. Louis City Council.) Mk. President: Gathered here as the representatives of the millions of wealth-prpducers of this great country, it is gratifying to receive your kindly and cordial words of welcome,; and on behalf of this' great Conference, I beg to assure ; you I of our warm appreciation of your prof fered kindness and hospitality and of your brave words of good cheer and encouragement. ' With your sixty one squaje miles of mnriicipal jurisdiction, your two hundred and fifteen miles pi street railway, your two hundred and fifty million of taxable .property,; your annu al ; output ; - of . three huiid ted millions of dollars of manufactured I : 3 i , : i ,-!, ,1 . ,.c -..:.-, ' - uiiuuivus ui uaiiio aauy, wrnicn pour into your gatei two hundred and fifty millions peo ple annually; and locatetl here on the bank of the "American. Nile," what shall be the measury of your future possibilities and greatness?. Within theradiua of your influence and Ie-. gitimade. trade, is embraced the rich est argieultural region 1 on the face cf tbV-e4rth, capable of sustaining'' three hundrdd million of people, and where shall be reared in immortal grandeur the magnificent seat of future political and industrial empire of this continent. We share with 'you, sir, the, just pride and the cheering hope which is inspired by your auspicious sur roundings and assure yon that we feel quite at home within yoiir hos pitable btate. All the States, all sections, aud all; the great industries of the country! are here represented. The teeir are here who clothe the world; the meii are here who house the world. They are here from the farm, the factory, the workshop and all the departments of .industry" throughout this broad land. It is that- - mighty -host whose blended blows kl honest toil goes to swell the-ehoru? of the world's hap py song of industrial progress. Why. are we here? -We are f here to voice the solemn protest of a nation's weaHh-prodncers agaiist inequalities andunjust conditions i-vhich seriously threaten to paralyze ai id . destroy the industrial energies of the country. - Owning less than 22 ler cent, of the wealth of the country and paying orer 80 per cent, of its taxes, the out raged and struggling- victims , bf in iquitous aud Wicked class legislation, we are here to redress these grievances and to right these greatr,wronga. In the Board of Exchange of New York, nioney is quoted to-day atrfrom li to 4 per cent. In Liverpool it is quoted from li to 2 i per cent. In Ilonston Texas, Vicksburg Miss., and ShreveiKj.rt;, La., it is quoted at .12 jk-i cent. In Salem, -Ala., Macon,. Ok., Raleigh, N. C, Columbia, 'ti.C, and Pine B,IufL, Ark., itf is quoted to-day at from 10 tp 12 per cent. If a broker on Wall street can borrow money at 2 to 4 per cent interest - on wheat, corn and cotton as collateral, wliy. cannot the farnnrs of Michigan Kau sas and Georgia do the same? - One year ago to day, middling cotton soltl m New Orleans for nine cents, per tvund.,o'r $45 per bale. To-day it is quoted at and 9-15 cents per ponnd, or $32,20. per bale :i decline of over 22 per cbut. to the; fanner. Has there been a corre.spondiug decline JU lie I'jiCe Oi" lilt; urilvl'-? iJUliiui.- tfcredfrom this cotton? iliaye the cotton factories of New KngliXnd shared this great loss? llave ;the sii iua a1. " .mv r staple maniifactured goods- Tfltiyll.: the ! farmers are obliged to have aec ieu im a correspotitiiug latiou.. jaujn.a list of staple 'manufactured. goDUs from the leading mills of New En-; gland, I find that the decline in these' ffoods "has been only about 2 1. per cent." Uas the difference of thus'de- of the mannf acturers or did thev pav it to the emplovees? If it be ovetprodnc- tion that drives the farmers to Rccqct a price for his cotton absolutely bo low the cost of the product, why should it iiot atTect the output &nd price of mail ufactured goods? X permit me." to quote surther ' from out oflicral. census ,retvnns which present? a very sigiiificant phase cf the situation.: During the past ten y'carfe, from 1889 to 3 8UO, the SUigle $t ate of New York, with a a popu ija tidn of 5,082,9r.:i," gained in actual reaAUh 0,000,000 more, than' fifteen Of th e great producing states of this count ry, to. wit: --Nebraska, -.Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carcaina.Ten-nes5-3eT feo'rgia, Alabama, ilissiseippi I ouMani1 and Florida, with a popu 'lation of tO,?fT82;, and with a territorv eqvial to .sixteen Jtates tne size of NeV iork. Thesmall non- Tirodurin? 5tate of- jlassacnusetts with 1,783,085 People gained iH iic f ,r wQlt!i ffbout $10,000,000, more Int r inr? States nf 1 oniiina -Missippi, Alabama, n-l-u ' VArtl..' Carolina. Indiana, Illinoise, Iowa an.'l - ebraska. whose population was 13,09.1 'o7, and witn an area as large as fi ft y-eigbt btates. of th size of Massac husetts. i cw England, New York philadel delphia hold to-day ' 180, l0o saares. ftf th banking': capital of tne coun- trv. while onlv 44,000 Ciiiirc3 are, held bv all the remaining StaieS of j th, Union. Must argument be ad-j ..0 . . ded-totteae startling iacw loc - - . : m 1 . 1 - r a a. .-. .-.,-.- ti us of our duty? To me they proclaim in thunder tones .that the time has ... -1 frr the. crwiit W SE. 1 lie iTrcL South and the great Northwest, to 5it ! link their hands and hearts togetiier rand iAiarch to the ballot box aud Sike I pissession of the government; rescorp and ran. it in the interest of t pie. : I :" : he peo- Two vears ago we presented facts to the American Congress. Thev were supported by the petitions of a half millioij freemen. One year ago they were presented!. - and what was the answer to thee i appeal S? "Go home work harder, j live closer and keep out of . politics and all wall be well." Over a mouth ago we ogam knocked at the door of -the- present Coilgrees, and what has been its an swer? A good f rieiid, and thk mag lianimitj of hi heairt and it niay be for the purpose" of perpetuating a joke on that atfgust body, offered a resolu tion list week, generously extbndiug to the, distressed fanners thiroughV this broad land, expressions of "sin cere sympathy." Jirs, we are not applying to Congress or elsewhere for sympathy or charity, but in the dig nity and power of American man hood.' we "are Uehiandning justice, and under the favor of (rod, w;e in tend to have it. We want relief from tese unjust oppi-itssions, and as I have said from New York to Cali fornia, in my speeches, we intend to have it if we have to wipe the two old parties from the, face of the earth. Again, Sir, assuring on behalf of the giat working classes here as sembled, of their; earnest iipprecia tidn, of their cordial and hcspi.tablp welcome of your progressive city, so kindly i and eloquently tfcndtred through you, I doubt not, that each and all of us will take with us to our homes the warm' aid pleasant remem brances of our vWt to the great aud enterprising city of SL Louis-. Fiat ittouey, Webster defines the word "fiat" as a 'a command to do something; a decisive or effective command; a decree." i ; .-. , Hence, according to the definition. "fiat money made money is simply ana only or decreed; money. "With this point established, the next question is, under what decree jor by whose i command is this fiat money created? Did tliis command ema nate from omnipotence? Did the Creator of the universe ever decree w hat should and what should not be "fiaEtmoney?" .' : If so, what is its substance and what arc its denominations? Also, where is this "fiat money" -of Deity found, aud what are its particular characteristics? To whom is or was its existence revealed, and by whom or through whom is it first distributed among children of men? If God does really "make money," as some of our statesmen and writers claimwhere in the great laboratory of 'nature is the i)rocess carpied on? To charge, such effort to j deity is sacrilege, and tends to lessen our re spect and reverence for the attri bntes of divinity. The factj is that poyidence created, tile material out of which.-money is made,- but man made the money itself. s As an example, Gcd made the material out of which the steam en gine is made, but the labor of man built the-machine. ; Thee engine to gether with water and fire- may be prepared' to draw the passenger coach from poirit to point with great rapidity, but it is the "fiat," the command of the railroad; officials that determines whether, their pow ers shall be active or dormamj. Just i so with onev. Certain, materials. sometimes one, sometimes another, and iany times several are the se lectetLand fashoned bv labor into various forms with- certain other i i.uiai,uiiouua - lv moijiwi;; wii." j (hundred . of different' substances j have" been made use of in the, past for this purpose.) ;tfler wnich .either j custom-, as in the b. ast, or 'what, is t rrqmiHl law, 13 in the puesent,, de- l Clares them to f'iiat money." ; A3 - raw material they are not. money, they arc only the product:-; of nature. As fashioned by labor they are not money, but simply manured products; but, -when cus- ! torn or law decrees that thev snail j act in the capacity of nioney, then, and not until then, do they start out on their 'mission a3 " such. The idea pf a natural money, or that some particular kinds of natural products wer designed in the beginning to be used as money, is absolute fiction :jnd unworthy the age iu which we live That all money is artificial, and, therefore, the result of a "fiat"' must be apparent to all who ' would give the matter a moment s thought, llie tact that ail money is "hat" was firmly" established by -the Sujireme Court of the United States in its decision relative to tne ieg-al tender act. lhat decision em-j balnied in law the reasonable ..amli intelligent conclusion that appeals to -e'veryoiie who has s'tudiedthe question; 'that it is the imprtss of fovernmeut decree that carries witl it the functions of -.money, and no the material upon -which such im nress is made. The term of "tia i money" as now used in. ridicule bv the .money derision and owners im nlies some connection with what they are pleased Jo designate as "ir redeemable money The absurdity nf this assertion, is onlv eiualed by the irrnoranee which prompts iti The "fiat" which sriyea the mouev it distributing aud debt-paying tnnci tlons, is m no' manner near or re- nmte connected wit is either lrr ie - hit deemabilitv oi: redeemability. ."F nioney" (a full legal tender) is re deemed with each transaction in whinn it is a laeior. iae iui c. '1. ;i , reenback paper monet. 1 -j 1 ' 1 1 1 ir -, T-- ..B I these HuOUt LUC tTACCjmuu 'JU u-u. : -a-j-w " it is absolute "fiat money." It wis ; absolute necessity for sober careful issued as "fiat nionev," " was circi- j and common scriey consideration jut lased for thirtv vears as "fiat , at this point In our liistory. moiiev,-' and remains the 8ame'fiati Vehivve men aad tfeanies who pre tnoneV" to-day. It alwavs was atid fer to Sght, quarrel, taiid. criminate L is1 at the present tijiie "irredeeaiabU" as the term trots, wmcn, nowever, nothing whatever to do withits being "fiat" I want to state at thi i point that there never was a sin jle dollar iu cold held as reserve under any act of Congress to redetm these greenbacks. i I r?he idea of creating something out of nothing, or of making values by aft of Congress, is nother fling at "fisti money," which is absurd and it 13 misleadiuf The government cretifes1 no value in "fiat money;"'; neither does it pretend to: bimplv de- crts a medium of exch&uge, which is made indispensable under present civll?zatioiv There is no; -value in the impress of srpvernmeht authori ty, but there may be more or less in the commodity out of which the unbress is made.; There is no value in inonev, since value lies in the cominoditv out of j whiqh the prod uct is made that receives the stamp of ;bvi rernment decree. Ais an exam- plejpf "fiat money' and its functions, it is authorized by law, and is made rea ly by labor. It goes, out from the treasury in exchange E for lain)! or its products. It passes from bar d to hand in the -various trans act on s of business. In every in stance where it is a factor it is -re-deei ikied, aud at laot reachtis' the' gov erainent treasury! in payment of taxt's, where it is received br redeem ed -,in the ultimate sense of that ter. u. Again, it goes out! oil its .er ruiidof distribution, aud again it is retiirned to the treasury.- This is fia money, aud its discharge of the f u fictions for which it wus created. It Iwrs redeemed ! in every bargain, evtry sale, every transactior. of every kuan in, which it was a factor, andm wjiich it stood as the represenrative o4 the power andi authority of the givernment whose fiat it: was. 1 will treat of irredeeina,ble money iq my next. ; -. . I.'1 W. A. Duxxixg. THE ALLIAVCE ATTITUDE! 'Ionel LlTiugston Defines the posi tion o! tbe Great Organization. 1 'Colonel Liviligston, in an interest ing contribution j- to The Philadelr plpa Press defines the' attitude of th Alliance. Colonel, Livingston's letter is jrinted an coujanction with one from Samueli Gompers, the .head of the Pederatipn of : Trades, Ivho writes of the great organization of which he is the head. Colonel Livingston's letter is as follows: ' i f What is the attitude of the Alii-' afece people at this time! toward the grkat questions that are agitating tne public mind, and what is their con dition and strength, and what of the future? The Alliance people of this. country are thoroughly arousea, anu extremely sensitive loucniug pouu cal questions and methods. This grows -out of their pecnliar circum s;ancesrand recent education. '1'hey bfelieve that all effects 1 are traceable ti causes. ; The impaverished coii djition of the masses ia not an excep tion to thiii rule. It j has its cause, and in their opinion can be as clear ly dfcfiued and as unquestionably de monstrated as any atiier philosophical proposition.. . ' Much thought and education as to the discovers of the cause or causes that have led np to the present' con dition of the people fSf this country, have obtained for the j last two years, i admit that -the conclusions drawn iaiay be to some eateint strained and iuix'eil slightly with error, but .upon' the whole the causey now assigned by jAlliaiicemen everywhere . are " indis putable. They believe that . (while jimmy -minor missteps on the part , of 'national .and j state 'legislation and political parties have had more or le33 to do with 'the; condition- - pi : things, vet the fact ; remains that' the two rrreat causes of poverty and v. ant-J now spreading over this laud ikc a CiivK paii,,i3ro'iii('!i)g liuresL, auo.. iii ttability amoiig all classes and in all sections, are the financial and taxing systen.s; of this country. : ;., . I n deed , in th e light of ' h ist&ry, they i'ave concluded that. they 'iiave reached that portion of the highway upon i.hieh all other nations' have dared to travel it thus far. "Cla.-M legislation" legislation for the;, few against the many; plutocracy versus poverty; patricians versus, plebiaus. This has brought theim to the con dition of desperation. They are very much in the condition of a man passing down the descents of a crag gy mouii tain., when suddenly be stops at the edge of an un fathomed precis pice, witJi death staring hiiu in front and 110 physical torce to regai u the suuimii. No y.'oiiderjpolitical pirates are unKeitleifc 110 wonder that coin- liierce iianprs in uncertain balances; i no wouuer 1 hd.. this people nave : so . . . . . . . . . 1 little coiiiideiic in amy morUil man or party. '.'.': , j From this unrest and uneertaint y either much good or ithe destruction of the liberties of tb is country, with all its cherished forms and prestige, will evolve. The greal question with statesmen and patriots, as well a Al- ! liancemen, is which of the twain snail be the result. This must be settled and solely so, iby the iiU'thod.-j used to displace the iuislegislaiioii and re eover to the people ; their con-itltu-tional and in filienable rightsthe - ; uiiaisturoea anu uuoostructea per- : mission to pursue ceir iaiui yjcu- i-i tions under a. common flag of -'eiual ': ti ri ights to all" and special favors to none.'' Men:-and nations have fre quently dpu& what the 01 universally does when in the mire-r-eyei'v- eiiort to. extricate sinking thein deeper and -a int.. th 1nW!.vTW.-,the j-and . recnminate. v. bach men and sucui paitxcaucircA j.axii - iuxc ha: that are upturning and upheaving a Pn.iMnn'a anil lpsftfiV. The riTiu-dy lies today in the hauds of those ,vli' must go nnthanked aud unhonorKi for the pVescnt. The set tlement of the questions if '. settled at all with atlyantage to tlic pooile and a retention of our pneaent . form of, government must -beleft in the hands of. cool, deliberate:; and brave men men who dare to; cros$ public bpinion: men who dare, fate public scorn arid ridicule--men who dare to do their duty. It this whole peo ple could be brought to a sober stand point, and if we could eliminate from the public rostrum laml .public i prt-fs inen and matter' that tend to J 1 ntlame and mystify, and i 11 " their places could get advisers und teachers who are moved alone aud. incited ex- j clusively for the -piiblic .good, this; country could be- 'turned about .and once more peace and prosperity M ould perch upon our banners and the glorious sainshine of contentment would; rest pon every section of this laud. --. 1 '". ;.;:"'": . -' ; AYhethej- the Alliance people, with their irresistible power in "the form of ballots and'.a'righteour cane, can bv held down to a judicious and safe eicrcise of that-power and influence, is the question., I have great con fidence in the masses; of the- people vhcyi a degree of intelligence exists such a obtains among our people and I am, satisfied, that in the near f uture, if allowed to do so, will clus t?r around a peaceful and proiitable solution of ! this ouestioii a solution that will not harm any section or any eliioii of our citizenship.' This, depends very largely in ppn those who are how leading or endeavoring to lead the masses of this people. A' people often do what individuals do fritted away their strength and opportunity trying 'to accomplish impossibilities. I know one poor mortal man who 'spent thirty, years, in the prime of life,; trying to invent perpetual motion, to ue appueu 10 mac h i n er y. 1 1 e w a 3 h o n c-s t, t-a r n es t and cohildcjit, aiid yet-lie died pre maturely, j unhpuored and "t unsung, with the great object lof his life wrapped in a short of.-fternal dark Iness. It may be possible that- the Alliance people willlike this man, follow-in? in the footstens ot ! some honest, candid and confident leaders, waste iiidr youth and strength, and dis.-uibear while the recession goes i I j Jl - . w bv. i ho.pe not, and 1 believe not. '" I repeat that I believe the Alliance people to br an - ho u est people, an earnest people and a confident peo ple, and at the same time a cautiouc and thinking people. Those who are mo w dickering with them, whether for the purpose of breaking up fheir organization, or personal aggrandize- nieht, or j'roni misplaced " judgment and con viction, inay tor a while ex cite them and mislead them; but so ber sense will soon return, and they will cUk these iniiortant questions: A i n vim r met hods andvour plans for our relief safe and' advisable? and can. you guarantee ability, to lead us through the v. ilderness bver the Jor dan, and! into the land of Canaan? In other words, methods may ue ap- parentJv all right, consistent and jdausfwe, and at the san;e time wit h no f ofce or power of execution. There are three political parties organized in thisYountrv. r : Two of "them are powerful and con trolin g the other : is weak and . zj - i . . inuioivnt. . ' ; :, - ' ' The g rent q ties tioni that is distur- ,i.i-r ih. Alli;int-e veoble today, is to w hieh these par! iejsha ll .they,, look tor. : immediate ana permanent, reuei. or whether tliey shall : continue; to educate j air appeal to all alike, de riCT.dii)'r:uriOii;the .righteous of their cause and an increased strength that would .necessarily bffd (awn; from each aud ;aU- in the entt, as a; balance of sta-ndiiiVg between these-political parties, recover their rights. , It makes -a groat ditTerenee in .the" sol ht ion of t liM . 1 j nest ion, which of these: jarties is- fcoHi. wiiiiiig -hhd'-'r able-' - to. --accrd the'teecied legislation. I'pth willing litssijnd aiilrty. niti.-t combine to give relief froni eitkr-r party. ; ' Our people are .now Steering be tween hey lbi on the - one- side aud 3liarybdis on the other, touching dependent, political action. If the asses of the Alliance people in ihlir choice -on . thii rpoint shonlu iiake- g mistake aud: see their orga fiiation niatihited and despoil all -that theyhuve acjiijred tip to the .resent lpst and their future hopes dashed I io the ground thev. wijl haye theniiielves and their ad visors to bliime.. Jfeiice it is . xtremely bur densome and dangerous to' assume the position of a leader at this junc ture. A ehort time, jK-iha..-, will bring tot lie surface sallicient light to enable pur people to wlk Ahis dilli cult path with safety. ' -' ' l :." L. F. IaIvikostox. Ther U. 'H.y Treasury; iJepartuieht has liotiiied the customs authorities to sn.-p'iid all . action jrr regard .to the imposition." of" duties on the pro ducts pf Ilayti, Venezuela and . the United States of Columbia, under the recent. prfdamatio'H of the Presi dVnt." until f urtlier orders from the Department;; y ' ; :' '":.". V:" : mm : ' - Mri James A ' Spifjrgeoii, who is to carrv on thi ' iijiu'steial duties at, the Ixtudon Tabernacle, is a younger brother of the-late tampus preacher, and for some time teen a.-;.-:ittant piiftor of the grjat church. - He also lias a church at Crovden, but fot many years past most of his time has '..nAn .1, -.-nrct in . ii tAfrT n ter.f I n cr ' t i aiicies at work . in connection with the Talx'rnacle. ' He- has the reputar tion, somewhat rare- in a ekrgyman, of being a good business man. Judre John A. liilmer, one oi thfcj most prominent men in North Caro lina, died at hi.- home in .. Greensboro yesterday morning, ageu ruty iour, Health Depaktiknt Cokpvcted BV Dr. J. Y. Jonks-. President State Hoard r "' or IlEALrii. 7 I.ATB Disposal1 of Household Waste Villages and To ns. V in nt c. e. cox- SCLTIN-G KXGINE:M KOK SAXITA-' : bt vvpni .'We shall consider i iu tne ioiipwinar sucii villages where louses are scat tered alnjut and - Lave each a large , amount of garden j tpniil Such houses can always dispose cf all their filth" products on ! their own premises, ami : neither a feystcni of scavenging nor a ewtrfge of fcys tem is required. There inav. and alwayswili be, in every village a few houses wtthbut any gardrn j pHC at :rachcd,.. but these are usually "uble to make a separate avrdnger.it nt, cither with some 'neighbor or with tome farmer. The whole- Solution cfthe question may 1 cliar.irterizcd by andj embodied in, the foil uviug: rules: Cesspools and privies n.nt be utter ly. altolishcd; wells, cistern' and springs must be protec ted freut jol lotion, slop waiter tbu ild be diH)sed oi 111 tne rumen or unuor - ' 1 1 -' 1 VI' the diwn, an.l - dry- by rnatis of a fiush .tank t art a or .as u-closets, else the pail vr tub svstems shou'dl be udopU difor t hp excrement disposal The ei:rih- t loset system i part id ul;iHv ado pted to Vill; ijres, as there can seldom oe a r . be tilFiculty in procurijig suicieiit clay ir JPamy soir, garden mould, and iu feubsefjuently utilizing the euith ma nure i in gardens or . ou udjoining farms. '.- l I.- " In proportion as dwtilinjs beeume more concentrated and cmwded the Eardfps ut- closer together, and t-ached to them boepme correspoud- i ugly reduced in size, illation increases, ii , aud as the pop- teconu-s more antl more .ditlicult for the individual : householder in villages to dispose of his refuse separately! it is obvious that in the case of deuaely popu latcd and closely built up villages, united action oi the residents ue- comes j, necessity to effect any reform in. the much prevailing-. cesspool nui- sauce. in otuei vvorus, tne community, as a ' whole, must V ' carry out proper measures for sew-'; are removal and disposal. It may -m - . - I 1 j I iu some instances,, bp feasible to re tain the earth-closet! near Ike farm house. But. wherevc-i the resulting . earth manure cannot be made 11 of on the ground, it may become pre-- ferable to arrange ulider the super- - vision, of the villafre authoritic-s- a system of dry removal by- tubs, or pail, v IM uch of tie Success" cf such systems will depend upon the care and regularity wltlJ which !ho deo dorizing material j is supplied, and upon the frcquentcy of the-removul of the dry manurpjand of the pails. 7 Surface, or Btibsurface irrigation in rthe garden bfing impracticable where no space is available, and both open aud tight cesspools -being' ob itctiouable. the or.e, becau.-e it '.will contaminate the ni, arut tiM' ouior, t.i 1 because It will require ireuent Duniniu"- out. while both will be- couie foul, owing to -docomjursition . of tiieir con tents, the .-only remedy . for. the slop Avater tniisaiifi- is to build a 'main frewtr jiipe, Cj incli piiC" will answer for, a vho!u Kill age. of 1,000 or even more, inliabitiuii., with branch ipj t til each 'dwelling for the removal of the . cij. sater proper. From this sewer all .-nirl ace and sub-spil water .'should be rigidly ascluded. A cardinal rule s that the sewage be delivered at. it: nl t i- i mate point of discharge-'" before it' can begin to purify. Whetln r its immediate discharge ititp a water course, is practicable, or wbt thr-r a previons puritjea tion : by chemical precipitatio!., tilt ration, or by irriga tion, is nectary;, mi: -X be made u ?i bject of partiicular in vtsligatioit, in each case. W'hfrever .t a vilbige at opts a sewerage- hyfti-ni, 'iie bCiiaes jjiv. and sxH'ii,;r oriatei will, be . pro vided wjth "modei a. con vi.-ui in e,'' iti other words y.th Ja moiii or less elaborate system of ;j,liiinb:!.g' lir- tn res, and it, will natuntlt, cine": abou t t hat ' waller. clox-U take t lie place of earth elotf.ets or pailes. for the removal pf human excreta. . A'henever the uia jority of -t he" vil lage hoiiv'S are without ullicient garden space, a py.":fin of p'lblic scjivenging may also le r -qnired. ..Hut as a, jruie, uio?t of the dry ref u-e matter cah Lw disposed of on, the premises pf. village, ho!userf. :n lii'ieh th; s;ime manner a in ll C'iw of t farm houses, or .-:o1 a ted country' res-id-nces. A- a rui'-, thf' dbpofai of garbage is in-jn readily accbmplishcd. village NifrjiiU-iH in i;L'i4(-ultural distrk-tj than in iniuing or ma.ni-. fa'tiirii)g villages I h ci ties tnd town'-, it is most ei- sential that. all foal Water from the household be remo'ved an rapidly as jKJSi-ible. Moreover, it is '-liiijrative lrbra'a-fcanitary-pomt-Ql .view, ttiat all liuuid and solid excrista I re moved with promptness and regular ity. ; It is, huailv, alHohttfcly neces- iarv,thal all such, liquid filth as eon-- stitutertosvn sewage, be di.-iosed of l a niaiuufl to not to cause a nui sauce, ii we reniemoer mat ine quantities to V; removed and dispos ed of from a denkdy puitd town A. : il - : . .. i . l are enormous me- uiAtuiiuti: , uuu difficulty of it lie problem become .at orip apparent ; . .. I The prompt arj-l tuorougn coiit--, tion, rfeiiiovaJ-and di.-i-j'sal of garbage from city and town hoas' S is only second in importance to a j-.n.er jkvs te'xn of Mwerae; aud ther .-.iici' iicy with which the eolk-ction an-l remov al are accomplished lift.-?, 'virliout doubt, a' very great' infiutuce upon the health and comfort of the com munity. - - , 5 COXTISCEb IIvOUH XEXT. it to tne priucij-'ieis ui uiu. i-""-) As
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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March 23, 1892, edition 1
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