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THE ROME TRI RUNE.
f 80. 2.052.
W. PENSIONS
ISR v Hon. Hoke Smith Has
HR Reduced ■rr •
R®<REN AKIN WRITES
RRirestlng Letter From
||Rhington About the
|RR Work Done.
i&;R Warren Akin, writing from
|||Rl >u, to a friend in Koine, dis
pension question at length
|MR .ions of Hon. Hoke Smith in
|||v t. His letter which isj printed
ISR IW,makes interesting nailing:
|||gw et us contrast the pension list
ed States with that of other
IRR i order to determine the rel-
R ny or extravagance which
’ R- States has displayed in h?r
:?■ ions for pensions.
with her vast army
with her centuries of wars
|||B‘ er, appropriates for pensions
■ 1. The United States with
®R of comparative peace, appro
-1892, for fiscal year of 1893,
Rt>o.
Hungary, involved as she has
iany wars, appropriates for
and grants $8,981,931. The
BBK.ates, by her last appropria-
a republican administration
|K ensions, as I have just stated,
or nearly twenty times as
Austria-Hungary.
HI •, fighting France —always ami
Righting France, appropriates
RK ons and for allowances to her
■> military force, £173,272. The
made under the re-
was, as I have
HR?d, $166,531,350, or nearly one
times as much as fighting
|R -ny, with her great army of
gßdf a million, and whose last
|!Rs7o, occurred five years after our
V ceased, appropriates for pen
|R her soldiers $16,532,693. The
|R mblican administration with
. prodigality, appropriated, as I
fla t stated,more than one hundred
iRi y-six million dollars or nearly
the amount appropriated by
nearly $120,000, but
Rj'ublican administration, as I
l||l ted, wrung from the people of
itry by taxation for thatpurpos
|R hundred and sixty-six millions
R s.
SR has a standing army of nearly
HRi men; her appropriation for
its amount is available,but the
Rh tates, in time of perfect peace,
thirty years after the closing
K war,appropriates,though a repub
■ congress $166,531,350. This was
R ropriation made by the last re
■t’ongress.
|RA consider for a moment how the
has increased since the
EH is war. In 1877 the pension
|l|Rf ted to $46,000,000; in 1888 it
>$81,000,000; in 1889 it ran
BRat figured $100,000,000 jGeorgia
00,000 a year. Between 1865
|R\ out of|her poverty,
as pensions to northern sol
about one sixth of the value of
Rle property. .
Rw>, congress proposed to enlarge
on list until it included every
enlisted for sixty days, and as
ady well said, “if it had not
he love of the people that ran
ns of Grover Cleveland, and
ge of democracy that flamed
RR'rt, that bill would have be-
RR 'appropriation made by the
RR i congress, which appropria-
RR u force when Secretary Smith
|||Rl charge of the department of (
■R was, as 1 have stated,sl66,-
SRR 'pon taking charge of the de
was fortunately given by
RH® as his aid ami lieutenant
■ ri,l( i l’ ll s~f honetsy in the
tlint office, a gallnut
|||||R r.rle- pre-, nt i . >mm n-e .e. r
R^M? 1 t,H ' conduct of his
umb I ( OVel nf pre
4 r traitor
i “' w 1 1"
HHrMR'* 1 '-
poll'y .J th. i
publican party to entirely consume that
appropriation of over one hundred and
sixty-six million dollars, and not only
to consume it, but to pave way for
larger appropriations for in the year,
1892, while Benjamin Harrison was
president and John W. Noble, secretary
|of the interior, and Green B. Rium,
'commissioner of pensions, the represen
tatives of that department, estimated
that the high water mark of the pension
list would be reached in 1894, when
188,000,000 would be required. Con
gress, however, refused to allow the
slßß,ooo,ooo,and allowed only $166,531,-
350.
Had the last administration remained
in power, every cent of it would have
been spent and more would have been
asked for.
Now,look at the difference in practical
' results between the conduct of the pen
j sion department, when administered by
the republicans, and the result arrived
at when honestly administered by an
honest Georgian democrat.
When the present secretary assumed
his office his first attack was upon the
frauds being perpetrated. You will re
call his famous pension rulin’ of a year
ago. You well know the prosecution for
pension fraudsjwhich have been vigorous*
ly conducted all over the nUited States.
A halt has been called on the bummers.
Fraudulent claims to pensions have not
been hurried through at the expense of
justice and the public treasury. So
thoroughly convinced have those become
who have heretofore engaged in the
practice of prosecuting fraudulent pen
sions, that they have largely desisted,
and in consequence, the secretary has
been able to reduce the pension expen
ditures to but a little over $140,000,000.
The balance of this $26,000,000 will
thus be turned back into the treasury
and the taxpayers of the United States
will be saved this large amount in hard
cash.
Georgia’s proportion of this $166,531,-
350, or the proportion which she paid
thereof is in round 'numbers about $5,-
827,000.
Os the $26,000,000, which has been
saved by the secretary, has been or will
be returned to the treasury of the Uni
ted States, Georgia’s proportion of the
saving is about $910,000.
Consider what such a saving amounts
to the people of Georgia. How much
cotton, for instance, does it represent?
It represents 22,750 bales at forty dollars
per bale, or about eight cents per pound.
You can readily obtain the figures
which will show what the proportion of
this saving to the state has been saved
to the people of Floyd county.
How many bushels of corn is represent
ed by this $910,000, and what would be
Floyd county’s How
many bushels of wheat does it represent?
Is there a man with sense enough to
know the value of a dollar and patriot
ism enough to love his country, who
will refrain from saying to this secre
tary, “well done thou good and faithful
servant.” Has it come to this that any
Georgian will allow a little feeling, a
small spite, or an indifferent apprecia
tion to impel him,in the face of the sav
[ age attack made upon his fellow Geor
■ gian by the pension robbers all over this
country,to withhold from him that need
of approbation, which the sovereigns,
I the people should always hasten to be
stow upon those who serve them hon
estly?.
I wish I had time to give * you in de
tail the exact decrease in applications
the exact number of fraudulent ones
disallowed, and the number and extent
of the prosecutions made ofj fraudulent
pension agents throughout the country.
Suffice it to say, in the absenso of this
detail of figures, that the result is suffi
ciently demonstated in this saving of
over $26,000,000,.which I have herein be
fore referred to.
Diverting from this subject, I call
your attention to a single saving of $50,-
000 made by the secretary,in the award
ing of one contract for printing. In
other words, the secretary now has the
same work done.which was done by the
former administration, for fifty thous
and dollars less than it cost the former
administration, to have the same quan
tity, quality and character of work done
and so it runs throughout the entire de
partment. T. Warren Akin.
Tom Watson will celebrate the fourth
of July by bringing out his new paper.
Teachers in the Americus public
schools have had there salaries increased
about 20 per cent.
ROME, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1894
FADS, FANCIES AND STAPLES,
ALL AT THE PARKS & CO. STORE.
And still at our old tricks
Tx , , , —giving very much for a very little.
It has been a great sale
—the sale of the Parks stock and the
Flemister stock. You don’t need to guess why—if you have kept posted as
to the prices there. The halt price mathematics will
be kept up till the summer goods of these stocks are sold.
If to you there is power in price carefully examine the catalogue below, and if to
you there is virtue in value come to the Parks Store. Prices tell but part of tne story,
the goods the rest. Put the goods and the prices together and they are invincible—
unmatchable. We are determined to close out this merchandise preparatory for an
immense new stock for Fall Business. Even now where the stock is deficient new goods
are being received daily. So it will not be a tale of “just out” when you come. The
goods advertised will be on hand and not a priee, though it be less than half value, will
be dodged.
COME TO SEE US IF YOU WANT GOODS CHEAP.
Millinery.
We like to talk about—to write about
our Millinery Department—of the Airy
Straws, the Canton Straws, the Pearl
Straws, the Leghorns, Milans, White
Chips, the Laoes, the Ribbons, the Flow
ers—-Mont ures, Rose Sprays, Imported
Sprays and all the dainty et ceteras that
go to help make up the stock. But that
which most delights us is the evidence of
satisfaction to the people—the u’ mis
takable evidence that we are meeting the
requirements of the people. For the
people—might call it the whole people
are buying their bead wear on
The Second Floor
of tbe Parks & Co. Store., and no wonder
At the cut prices we are making, every
piece and part in the stock is a bargain.
Not that we have cheap millinery—we
have none—but that we have a world of
Millinery CHEAP; and, as water runs
down hill, ladies have come to us for
their supply, and again and again forcing
us to new engagements with Miss Snyder
our
Peerless Designer and
Trimmer,
after her contract for the season had ex
pired.
Miss Snyder will remain with us a
while longer and the stock will be
kept up.
Take the elevator to the millinery bar
gain mart on the second floor.
BASS BROTHERS & CO.
Woolens.
Come and see ns. Don’t gauge the
goods by the prices. See them. Hold a
court of inquiry overy them. Do this
and we know the rest.
All wool Albatross worth at whole-
sale today in New York 21c, retail
value about 30c, our price • •
All wool Dress Cheviots and illumi
nated Serges worth anywhere at
least 40c, our price - - - 24J£c
Woolen Fabrics, Evening Shades,
worth 50c, at - - - -29 c
High Grade All wool Dress Serges,
Cashmeres and Henriettas, all col-
ors, worth 85c, at - - -50 c
Superior quality Tamises Serges and
Cashmeres, 40 to 48 inches wide,
worth $1.25 to $1.50, at - -89 c
Cotton Dress Goods.
Foreign and American Cottons of the
bluest blood and daintiest styles.
Fine Dotted Swiss—seedjdots worth
603, at • 40c
Dotted Swiss Seed Dots, worth any-
where 40c, our price - - . 25c
Dotted Swiss, good quality - -15 c
Creponettes worth 25 cents in any
retail store, at - - - -15 c
French Ginghams, Juvenile Styles -19 c
4,OCX) yards Dress Prints - -
700 Printed Lawns, worth sc—sell
everywhere at 5c —our price -
600 yards White Victoria Lawn—
usual price sc, to go at - -
40-inoh White Lawn, real value and
price elsewhere 12)^o—in this sale
Striped Batiste, 34 inches wide,
worth all of 10c, at - - -
36-inch Pacific Lawn, price anywhere
else in the land or on the sea, 12
our price
8 pieces Pure Linen Lawn - -
Checked Nainsook, good enough to
sell for a dime, at - - - 5c
Summer Breeze Duck, as dressy as
the foamy Crepes and strong
enough for the romping lass just
out of a boarding school among
field brambles, at the no price of
Linen Duck 15c
Gents’ Furnishings
A man’s appearance is largely made up
of little things. Scarfs, ties, collars, cuffs
and shirts—the right fits and styles are
very important to the man who would
dress well, and it’s important to! the man
who would continue to dressjwell to con
sider prices before buying. Come to the
Parks Store and supply your wants and
there will be unexpected money left in
your pocket
Collars, 1,900 Linen - - -10 c
Extra quality Pure Linen Cuffs—the
40-cent quality, at - - -25 c
Scarfs to suit any taste and ties to
satisfy any fancy, prices - - Half
25 dozen Laundried Negligee Shirts,
worth $1 at - - - - -65 c
Fine Unlaundried Shirts, New York
Mills Muslin, reinforced back and
front, continuous facings with pat
ent gussets, worth SI.OO, at -55 c
2,060 suspenders at 33 1-3 per cent on the
dollar.
Shoes.
In the great rush during the past few
weeks Shoes (at the extreme rear of the
store) have not had deserved! attention,
and yet we have everything in Shoes from
Baby’s to Grandpa’s—variety good.
Prices? Bass’, and that tells the story.
Ladies’ Genuine Dongola Patent
Tipped Oxfords, made to sell at
750, bought to sell at 75c, but sell
ing as the Parks Store at - -50 c
Ladies’ Oxfoads worth $1.50 at • SI.OO
Ladies’ Oxfords worth $1.75 at - $1.25
Ladies’ Oxfords worth $2.50 at - $1 65
Misses’ Shoes, Cbildreu’s Shoes and
Men’s medium fine Shoes must go to
make room for now fall stock.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
Miscellaneous,
Baby Royal Hose Supporters, sold
in every clime where there is a
baby at 15c, but just now our
price is 5c
400 Ladies’ colored bordered and
plain Hemstitched Handkerchiefs 5c
200 Ladies’ Silk Umbrellas worth
51.50 atsl.oo
260 Ladies’ Bleached Vests, with
tape around neck and arms, worth
25c, at 10c
500 large Palmetto Fans - - 1c
50 dczen Ladies’ Drop Stitch Hose,
worth 20a, at - - - -10 c
20 dozen Richelieu Ribbed Hose, the
40c grade 25c
Large lot Baby Caps - - Cost
Jointless Mattine, worth 2t ” -
'( j »* • •
Cotton Warp Matting - - A. 23c
Have you a boy, and does he wear
Shirt Waists? We will sell you one or
.forty for less money than the material
r?<juired. We are dreadfully overstocked
we.make the price of Garner’s Per
cale Waists 31 cents. No such price was
ever before made on such waists; but we
are overstocked. Must sell.
A large lot of “Mother’s Friend’’
Shirt Waists at - 20 per cent under
A new lot of Fans just received.
A
White Lwe Scrim worth Sc at - 5c
24x48 itch all Linen Towels, would be
cheap at 40c. Yours for ?5c
■ *
A new supply - ' 4 '6t' Foster’s Kid
Gloves—white and all rhe colors—
just received. Big stock of
Thompson’s Glove Fitting and R. G. Cor
sets on hand. We are headquarters and
we are determined to continue to be
headquarters in this town for Ribbons,
Lace Embroideries, toilet articles, all
kinds of drees trimmings, all sorts of
notions, and any and every thing else
usually kept in a tirst-olass dry gocda
house.