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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1. 1894.
AGENTS FOR THE TRIBUNE.
Armoebee -Mie* Lillian Watte,
CrjMal Spiings—Mr*. P. M. Storey.
Cave Spring—T. J. Davla.
■liverCreek—George Porter.
Tan** Valley—B. B. Sanders.
THE OUTLOOK.
Henry Clews makes some very en
cou.-aging statements in his Satur
day letter. He says:
“This turn of the tide is most con
•picuons in the Northwest and
Southwest. In those sections, the
mercantile interests show a distinct
improvement, which expresses itself
in the markets of this city in an in
creased number of buyers, as well as
in an ability to buy larger parcels,
■nd in better collections and fewer
requests for extensions of payments.
Unfortunat Jy, on arriving here, the a
interior bujera find still a dis
couraged feeling, much complaint
•nd a lack of firmness in prices not
withstanding the extraordinary
lowness of the stock of goods; and
under those circumstances they deem
it prudent to buy Jess than they
really want, with consequently dis
couragement to our local merchants.
A few days ago, a series of conces
■ions were made in staple cotton (
goods, which, instead of encouraging ,
■ales, have frightened buyers and
produced a general check on busi
ness in that branch of trade. It
would seem as tho igh manufactur- (
era and commission merchants have (
allowed their fears at the effects of (
tariff changes to get the better ot (
their sober judgment with the result ,
of their overlooking the favorable (
points in the situation and placing }
themselves at the mercy of custu- t
mors, who, under such circum- J
stances, buy much less than they
really want. And yet the fact that (
the long idle factories are so genet- ,
ally resuming work implies that f
manufacturers are aware of the (
exhausted state of stocks and be ]
lieve that the markets are prepared (
to take a fair amount of goods. As .
this city is the headquarters for <
manufacturers as well as for dis (
tributers, it is not surprising that (
the dispi'ited feeling among the
former should, find expression here
more than elsewhere: and a little ,
more experience is likely to convince
producers that, it does not pay to (
infect their customers with their
own misgivings. When that point (
is reached, there is likely to be a
marked change from the feeling and
the volume of trade which exist at
the moment.
“Mr. Philip D. Armour is quoted
as saying—‘lt is time to begin to
hedge on ‘bear’ views. rada has 1
picked up so much in the last ten
days, I feel myself hedging on the
view of the situation I took a fort
night ago. There have been more
signs of returning confidence this
last week than I have seen for many
a month.’ This is important testi
mony from a competent judge of
afiairs in the West; and the im
provement to which Mr. Armour
testifies cannot long fail to make its
impression at this centre. What
Mr. Armour reports for Chicago
appears to apply equally to the
Southwest. A recent dispatch from
St. Louis to a local commercial
journal states, Tn the general busi
ness here there is absolutely nothing
left of the business depression. The
grain trade has suffered from cut
rates to the East, which took grain
of all kinds around the city on
through bills of lading. Yet clever
receipts have heen very fair. Job
bers and manufacturers, particularly
in shoe and grocery lines, report
good orders and unusually free re
mittances. The correspondence of
traveling men is generally very con
fident and hopeful, particularly in
dry goods.”
GORDON IN PHILADELPHIA.
General John B. Gordon delivered
his famous lecture in Philadelphia a
few days ago and is thus compli
mented by the Times of that city:
“Eloquently voicing the spirit of
reun ted brotherhood between North
and South, and honoring the memo
ry of both the Blue and the Gray
henea*h the one flag of the Stars
and Stripes, General John B. Gor
<lon, of Lee’s old army, now United
States Senator from Georgia, review
ed at the Academy of Music last
evening the “Last Days of the Con
federacy.” The fall of that forlorn
cause was tragically set forth from
Gettysburg to Appomattox, but not
as a rehearsal of battles and cam
paigns. The gallant general strove
to picture against that background
of gloom for the South,the character
of the American soldier, his devoted
patroitism to duty, his bravery and
martyrdom, Lis grim humor triumph
ing ever the deepest despondency,
his wonderful fellowship, drawing
even the foes into friendship upon
the border lines of battle. As the
friend and comrade of Lee, the gen
eral of one of those two wings that
guarded him to the last, he bad
many stirring and inspiring anec
dotes to relate of that last act of
the great conflict; but his lecture
from opening to close was really a
panegyric upon the true American
ism which distinguished “Yanks”
and “Johnnies” alike, and makes
North and South one indissoluble
brotherhood and nation today.”
WIND ON THE FREE LIST.
Congress seems to have put the
wind on the free list, too, along with
sugar and iron and the otner things
Nothing else can explain the unpre
cedented rush of that article into
this country from Labrador and
Manitobia and the territory of Great
Bear Lake.
Os course the rush of foreign pro
ducts might be expected from those
countries nearest to ns and most
accessible to our markets. The
Canadians and Esquimaux and the
white bears have long desired to
trade us their great output of bliz
z*rds in the production of which
they immeasurably surpass all the
rest of the world.
It seems that the white bears and
the Esquimaux were about ruined
by an overproduction of blizzards
and frozen atmosphe-e and as soon
as they learned that congress bad
made wind free they dumped their
entire stock on us at once. There
is no earthly chance for our Ameri
can wind producers to compete with
the Esquimaux mills, because the
quality of the article which we have
ust received is very inferior and is
produced from materials with which
we are entirely unacquainted.
Sugar we can expect from Cuba
andiron products from England but
we must always look to the Cana
dians for blizzards and fresh air.
SUMMERVILLE’S BANK.
The News this week states that
the bank of Summerville will be
closed on Feb. 12th and that Mr.
Smith its principal owner will move
away.
The News very properly refers
with regret to the closing of the
bank,and urges the citizens of Chat
tooga to buy Mr. Smith’s stock and
ceep the bank open.
Summerville has for many years
been one of the oest business towns
in Georgia and its citizens should
not allow its reputation to suffer
by the closing of the bank.
The late st'tement of the bank of
Calhoun shows an interesting com
parison with that of Summerville.
Both were started about the same
time with the same capital stock,
and in point of business both towns
have been regarded as about equal.
By its annual statement the Cal
houn bank shows a clean profit of
$1,600, which wo”ld be hard to beat
for a panic year.
Summerville cannot afford to do
without its bank, and if its citizens
allow it to be closed they will make
a mistake.
THE CURSE OF POLITICS.
In many respects the life of the
politician is like the life of the gam
bler. The one stakes his fortune on
the casting of dice, and the other on
the equally uncertain casting of bal
lots.
There is something intoxicating
in the first tastes of politics—a
fascination like that which gilds the
beginning of all pathways which
slope to the level of moral death,
i Deeply buried beneath the glossy
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surface lurks an evil influence which
■ insidiously destroys the higher and
i nobler natu-e. The young man
who remarked to a friend: “I am
going to quit politics, I am losing
all self respect,” realized that the
insidious web was folding its meshes
about him.
To succeed,the politician must be
careful to offend no man, and wha
begins as caution finally becomes
moral cowardice and a disposition
lo overlook and excuse all things.
The frank honesty and unyielding
backbone which the world admires
is utterly destroyed.
The politician must be all things
to all men if by any means he may
get the votes. And to get the votes
—to compete successfully with the
man on the other side—he must re
sort to methods which a clean con
science cannot always approve.
There are some rich rewards in
politics for the man who makes poli
tics bis business, but they are as
uncertain as the rewards of the
gambler and are obtained at almost
as dear a price.
ANOTHER AFRICAN SCHEME.
The latest African emmigration
scheme has developed at Birming
ham.
It is the same old idea on a differ
ent scale. A company has been
chartered which proposes to build
its own steamers for the transpor
tation of the negroes to their father
land. Theie they propose to par
chase land on which to plant their
colonies. The scheme looks plausi
ble enough provided the money can
be raised, but it is very probable
that this project will follow its prede
cessors to the oblivion of Scheme
land.
COTTON FACTS.
The editor of the Manufacturer’s
Record has eomniled some interest
ing facts relating to our cotton pro
duction.
A study of his figures will show
that seven years of successively in
creasing crops, as from 1885 86 to
1891 92, was unprecedented in the
history of trade. It is doubtful
if any leading crop raised can show
such an unbroken increase for seven
years. Jumping from 5,700,000
bales in 1884 85 to 6,500,000 bales
in 1885 86, there was practically no
baiting, as the variations in two
years were too small to be noticeable,
to 9,035,000 bales in 1891 92, a gain
of 3,300,000 bales, or nearly 60 per
cent advance in seven years. It
ought not to have been expected
that consumption could keep pace
with such an increase. Fortunately
there came a break, and we have
now had two short crops. This will
help to reduce the enormous stocks
that have overweighed the market
for several years. With surplus
stecks worked off a fresh start can
be made, and if next year’s crop is
moderately small the cotton trade
of the world will then be on a sound
basis for higher prices, because con
sumption will then have overfaken
production.
“la eighteen years cotton has
brought into the South over $5,700,-
000,000, a sum so vast that the profit
out of it ought to have been enough
to greatly enrich that whole section.
Unfortunately, however, the system
which the poverty following the war
developed, of raising cotton only
and buying provisions and grain in
the west, left at home but little sur
plus money out of the cotton crop.
The West and North drained that
section of several hundred million
dollars every year, because it de
pended upon them for all of its man
ufactured goods, as well as for the
bulk of its food-stuffs. Hence, of
the enormous amount received for
cotton, very little remained in the
South. The increase in diversified
farming, the raising of home sup
plies, the development of trucking
and the building of factories are all
uniting to keep at home the money
which formerly went North and
West. Whether the cotton-raiser
himself be getting the full benefit of
this or not, the South at large is
necessarily doing so.
“From 1840 to 1849 the average
price in New York was eight cents
per pound, lower average for nine
years than any single year since has
shown except 1891-92.
“The importance of cotton in our
foreign trade relation can be appre
ciated from the simple statement
that since 1875 our exports of thi
staple have been va’ued at $3,800,-
000,0C0 while the to‘al exports of
of wheat and flour combined for the
same period have been $2,500,000,-
000, showing a difference of $1,300,
000,000, or over 50 per cent in favor
of cotton. Moreover, during the
same period we have exported about
$200,000 000 of manufactured cotton
goods, making the full value really
$4,000,000,000. Compared with the
exports of wheat, flour and com
combined, the value of which finee
1875 has been $3,100,000,000, there
is a difference in lavor of cotton of
$900,000,000. Going back to 1820
it is found that the total value o
flour and wheat exported for the last
seventy four years is $3,913,000,000.
or $100,000,000 le s than the value
of the cotton exported during the
last eighteen years.
HURRAH FOR EVANS!
The sentiment in favor of Genera l
Evans candidacy is by no means
confined to the old soldier element,
although in bis regiment during the
war there were seventy two Georgia
companies; all classes and condi
tions are flocking to his standard.
The young men, old veterans, the
woolhats of the wi-egrass and the
sturdy mountaineers—all are prond
to touch elbows and honor the man
who fought with Lee.
While it is more than apparent
that the grand old hero will sweep
the state like a cyclone, neverthel.ss
he will not, in the slightest degree
relax the vigorous effort he is mak
ing in his spirited campaign, lie
is a man of wonderful energy aid
endurance and has forgotten nothing
in the lessons in organization he
learned while handling large bodies
of troops. —Bainbridge Democrat.
It is striking to think that there
are only about 87.000 persons in the
United States who are in receipt of
an income of $4,000 or upwards
which would be taxable under the
proposed income tax measure. Yet
that is the general estimate made,
and it is doubtless approximately
correct. There are several fortunes
of $50,000,000 in the country, and
seme above that mark, but the en
tire number of millionaires in lhe
country is probably fairly estimated
at some four or five thousand. This
estimate truly seems astonishing
when we look at the fact that the
nation has about 70,000,000 of pop
ulation who are active, enterprising
and aggressive far above the level
of any European country, and that
abounds in inexhaustible resources
of almost every character. Wfa'ie
this estimate probably places the
great body of the people further
down ia the scale of individual pos
sessions than it was generally
thought they should be rated, it also
serves to show the power of the few
who control the great wealth over
the affaire of the country.
According to the estimate of the
Federal Burpau of Statistics, Ameri
can securities to the amount of
$75,000,000 or $100,000,000 were
put upon our markets by European
holders between January 1 and
August 1, 1893. The Baltimore
Sun says “this was in consequence
of the silver scare growing out ot
the Sherman act passed by the Reed
Congress. These securities were
purchased here, and to pay for them
carried a vast sum of gold out of the
country. Currency was locked up
and industries were embarrassed for
lack of it. The price of wheat was
injuriously affected and people were
unable to make their usual pur
chases. Demand for manufactured
articles decreased and imports fell
off so largely that the revenues of
the Government have been insuffi
cient to pay expenses,enormously in
creased as they were by the reckless
extravagance of the same Congress.
This is sufficient to account for
much of the business depression
which people may be suffering at
this time without imputing any of
it to imaginary tariff reform scares.”
The announcement by Colonel
William C. Oates of his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
governor ot Alabama sets at rest all
speculation as to the colonel’s pro-
bable action in this campaign. At
this writing we have not seen the
text of the colonel’s letter, which
will be received in time, we hope,
lor publication on another page of
this paper. We feel assured, how
ever, that be takes the positron that
.-i Democrat should occupy and gives
the promise that if nominated he
will make a canvass which will force
every citizen of Alabama to declare
himself whether he be of the party
or against it.—Mobile Register.
The Atlanta Constitution says of
ihe Gubernatorial race:
“We clip the following from The
Buena Vista Patriot, a represenla
rive southwest Georgia weekly news
paper:
It does seem that Mr. Atkinson, in tbs
face ot the great tidal wave all over the
state f.ir General Evans, would'not at this I
time attempt the race for governor. It
would be decidedly better for in tn* to come
out as gracefully a* possible and avert the
Waterloo that is awaiting him.
This is a suggestion on which
Mr. Atkinson should act favorably.
General Evans is all but nomilrated
now. Fiom the mountains to the
seaboard the suggestion of his name
for governor has awakened the peo
ple in every section of the state, and
the response has been nothing less
than remarkable. His spotless
recoid, his common sense, his good
business judgment, hi» splendid per
sonal following, and his eminent
tilness for the place bespoke him the
next governor cf Georgia just as
soon as he announced to the neople
his position on the public questions
of the day.”
Representative Oates’ announce
ment that lie will he a candidate for
go /eraor of Alabama is tantamount
to an acceptance in advance of the
Democratic Domination. For it is
pretty well assured that he can have
the nomination if he wants it. The
announcement is timely. The dem
oeratic opposition in Alalrama this
year will put up a harrier light than
was made in the last election, hence
the democrats must go to work at
once to meet the attack. With
Oates in the lead, the democracy
will repeat its former triumphs, and
this- lime, it is to be hoped, wij»e
populism and Kolbism out of exist
ence.—Morning News.
This is the way tbe Nashville
American sizes »p the situation in
Alabama: “The Koibites are in
dulging in their old blood and tbun
der talk in Alabama. One of their
leaders asserts that they have raised
with which to conduct
their ccmpaign, and SIO,OOO to buy
rifles with which “lo enforce their
rights.” This effort of the disor
ganizers, sore beads and floaters to
Loom their cause by gasconade, can
but be accepted as an admission of
their weakness. The regular Ala
b.tna Democracy is all right “by a
large majority,” as the irrepressible
Capt. Kolb and his conglomerate
adherents will be adequately im
pressed next August.”
Editor A. E Nix, of Buchannaa
will have no foolishness in bis. He
gives the public the following plata
talk : “When you hear a fellow say
ing anything about what we pub
lish, or don’t publish, please inform
him that’s our business and not his.
This sheet is published as a Dews
sheet for Haralson county for what
little money there is in it. and the
man who dees not help to support
it should have lhe least to say about
it, whereas he generally has the most
to say. If the cap fits your bead,
wear it, or place it back in the band
box.”
The smallest trick business house
in New York city was opened for
business a few days ago. It is 9
feet high, 15 feet 8 inches deep and
4 feet 4 inches front. It has a plate
glass show window as well as a
door. Its construction cost $l5O
and it rents tor S2OO • year. It is
situated in a blind alley between two
collossal business buildings, and is
occupied as a candy shop.
The Bismarcks’ star of fortune
seems once more in the ascendency.
Following closely upon the reconcil
iation between Prince Bismark and
the emperor comes the antounce
ment that Count Herbert Bismaibk,
son of the prince, will be made im-
perial ambassador to Austria. J|
xay transpire, after all, that th
mantle of power so long worn by thi
old chancellor will fall np on th,
shoulders of his son. But for th<
overshadowing fame of his fathe
Herbert Bismarck before now woul<
have been recognized as one of tJ
foremost diplomatists in Europe.!
In the United States, incluijil
the territories,there are now 1,901
daily newspapers 14,940 weeklies
2,230 monthlies, and, in all. 19,85
periodical publications. And then
is not a doxen pubiisheis who wil
be aflected by the income tax bill
Carter Tate made bis first speed
in congress Tuesday night. H
won the compliments of the Georgi
delegation an<t made s fine impres
sion* os the house. i
Th* Chattanooga Times is woB
dering what will be done
grea. crowds which will attentfl
fair next fall. Getting the cr(®|
there is the first th rag toeonskS
A Spaiwoh proverb says, “Drin I
ing water will neither make you J
put you iir debt, nor make yoor w 1
a widow.” That depends altoget
on the condition of the water-woi I
Hon. W. Y. Atkinsow has t mJ
and mingled with the people ■
Rome. It must have been upbfl
work. Rome is a mountain!®
Evans tovvu—Savannah Press. ®
Is office in Georgia to be cons®
ered in the nature of compensaiiS
for past official •ervtre?—Brunswi®
Times. That seems- to be apw
vailing opinion.
The K nox vi 11 e Jon roal d ouht-8®
sanity of Judge Moo®, of Chat®
nooga. Somehow the Cbattanq®
editors have never bet
Knoxville. S
The last swell society event®
New York was the bachelors’ ball®
SIOO apiece. It was engineered®
Sam Hull of Georgia.—Age-lleri®
England's wealth is fifty bill io®
including Oscar Wilde’s estimat®
of himself.—Augusta Chroni J
And brother Willie’s false teeth®
Tar New York Sun, calls lhe B®
son bill a bill for the suppression®
the Democratic party. The Sut®
a dyed in-the wool protectionist.®
J. 11. Noble of Auoiston 1®
bought the Sheffield and Birmip®
ham railroad. He is going to.ma®
a first class road out of it. ®
Congressman Oaixs, will t®j|
candidate for governor of Alab®|
When asked about it he said “n
so,” which means yes. ®
A new populist paper has ®
started in Birmingham. Will
misfortunes of Birminghan ne ■
cease?
Tmet have named a literary c®
for F. L. Stanton down in Sin* fl
ville. Fame has its fatalities. ®
An enterprising photographer I®
just succeeded- in making a g®|
picture of the weather. B
Therm is no doubt that Atki**®|
will carry the Athens Banner
howling majority.
Anyone who reads the Ohio n®|
papers can, see that gas is’
al in that state. ®
Times ought to be good with I®
gar free and coffee at half priced®
Men may come and men ma®n
but house rent goes on
Banktr Mykick is looking f<®
run on the Times-Recorder.
THE TRAMP’S TALE, fl
Hs from where he started
And was goiug where he vent,
lie hadn't had a atne'l of
Not even bad a ecent,
lie never eve* muttered once
Till he began to talk,
And when he left the ki’cben
He took the garden walk. Mm
lie eaid: -‘There's no one with
B-oaueo I am alone;
I might have scintillated
M/ clothes have always shone.
I get here 'Lre the other
Because I started first; MM
The reason I look shabbily 9®
Is 'cause I'm dr ssed tho worst."
’.hen I arked him where to
Thia was just before we
And he muttered indistinctly,
"Oh, I came from where I
—(Chicago