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Hutchins & Whitworth
Carry a Fine line 0f....
FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES,
CONFECTIONERIES ETC,
They also handle
Lumber, Coal, Lime, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls ~
which they will sell at LOWEST PRICES.
Our Business Grows.
WHY?
Because our Life Insurance Cos. is the strongest
on EARTH”SS3,OOO,OOO.OO surplus, pays beneficia=
ries on receipt of proof of death.
We handle RE AL ESTATE
to the entire satisfaction of all concerned.
otr pj re i nsU rance Co’s.
are ten of the BEST.
COME TO SEE US.
Office on Broad St.
QUARTERMAN & TOOLE,
Real Estate and Insurance Agents.
The biographer of Tennyson, his ,
sou says that, sitting with his fath
er week before his death, the poet
talkeu long of the personality of
the love of God. *‘l should,” he
said, “infinitely rather feel myself
the most miserable wretch on the
face of the earth with a God above
than the highest type of man
standing alone. “Who knoivs,”
was another of his sayings, “wheth
er revelation be not itself a veil to
hide the glory of that love which
we could not look upon without
marring the sight and our on
ward progress?”—Watchman-
ACME OE VILLAINY.
THE TRUST WHICH CRUSHES BOTH
PRODUCER AND CONSUMER.
Hon It Im Hatched and the Dastard
ly Methods by Which It Thrives.
Remedies Proposed to Rid theConn
try of This Test.
Do yon know what a “trust” is? The
comic opera definition of mascot is, “A
mascot is a mascot. ” And we are nsu
ally told that a trust is a trust. Selfish
schemers are shrewd, even to the choos
ing of names. Hence the “goody goody’
name “trnat” was chosen for the acme
of villainy A “trnst” is a combine
This combine is entered into to crush
competition, snstain prices and cheapen
production. Competition is crnshed in
this way: The victim is chosen, and his
trade is located; then rninonsly low
rates are offered to his patrons—below
cost production if necessary—until the
victim’s trade is demoralized and his
patrons all taken from him. The trust
being strong and powerful, can con
tinue this programme until the individ
ual manufacturer is ruined or forced
to sell his plant to the trust at only a
fraction of its value. Then the price of
the article goes np again, higher than be
fore, and the former patron of the ruin
ed producer must begin to pay tribute
to the monster.
But all this time the prices have been
high in other places. So, while the
trust was losing temporarily in one
place, it was getting abnormal profits
in other places, so it could have con
tinued this warfare indefinitely, and
the individual operator was doomed to
certain destruction sooner or later
Thus one by one the victims are marked
and exterminated. If the goods are a
kind that can be shipped to various
parts of the country, the victim’s wings
are clipped short by discriminating
freight lites, and ia zda&j iastaaoM
this 'is the only weapon that the trust
needs. For a graphic presentation of
this feature of trust operations read
Henry D. Lloyd’s great book. “Wealth
Against Commonwealth. ”
On account of this great public evil
a law was passed establishing the in
terstate commerce commission, to make
transportation rates uniform and pre
vent discrimination The commission
has been in existence a number of years,
yet in its recent report it says, “There
is probably no one thing today which
dees so much to force out the small
operator and to build up those trusts
and monopolies against which law and
public opinion alike beat in vain as dis
crimination in freight rates. ”
Competition being thus crushed,
prices can easily be raised and sus
tained. It is impossible for “hard
times” to come to a successful trust
Necessities, as sugar, are usually chosen
for trust operations. The people must
have necessities, and they must pay
trust prices for the articles governed by
trusts. This makes the trust safe,
whatever may be the price of wheat,
corn, cotton, wool, etc. It is right to
snstain normal (not abnormal) prices,
if they are sustained all along the line,
so that all producers will get the benefit
of the same When the farmers prosper,
manufacturers prosper, for farmers are
able to buy Then also there is plenty
of work at good prices for mechanics
and good business for the merchant
By a proper solution of the money ques
tion the normal prices of all staple
products would be sustained. The sus
taining of prices of staple products
would assure normal prosperity to all
producers of the same and consequently
to the masses of people in general. But
the sustaining of trust prices of trust
products benefits only the few who are
in the trust and makes the masses of
the people contributors to the prosperity
of the trusts.
We have now seen how competition
is crushed and prices advanced or sus
tained. Production is cheapened by the
concentration of production in the most
favored localities, use of the lateet and
best machinery, etc. This is economical
ly correct, but it entails much hardship
by the closing of many factories, thus
throwing many operatives out of em
ployment. Thus, at the expense of labor,
the monster’s profits are enhanced.
As to remedies, the most sweeping
one is for all the people to be in the
trust Then economy of production
would be a virtue, because all would be
benefited impartially by it However
rational and complete this remedy may
be, we are not ready for it, as it would
put into the hands of the government
many and various enterprises. At the
present time the government could not
successfully conduct these enterprises.
It should begin with the distinctly pub
lic enterprises, as the telegraph, rail
roads, eta
But there is another remedy that
goqld ]>& jiuite £ffsgtual t and it is en
tirely feasible. A protective tariff Is
eaid to be for the purpose of protection
of American labor, but I have never
known the most extreme protectionist
claim that it should protect American
trusts. Yet. when Senator Pettigrew
offered an antitrust amendment to the
Dingley bill when it was pending in the
senate, it was not sustained by the par
ty that has a'.way advocated a tariff fur
the protection of American labor How
ever, at this late day, the Philadelphia
Press, which has always been one of
the leading organs for a protective tar
iff, says
The organization of vast corporations, heav
ily overcapitalized, which monopolize entire
industries and whose avowed object is to ex
elude competition, must vitally alter public
opinion and the demands of public policy on
the protective duties imposed for the benefit
of these industries. Protection assumes, as a
fundamental principle, that a high duty will
be accompanied by a free internal competi
tion. * * * This competition will operate both
to reduce the price at which the article pro
duced is sold by the manufacturer and in
crease that at which the manufacturer buys
labor, because, both in selling his product and
in hiring his hands, the manufacturer is com
peting with other protected mani faoturers.
But if this competition is removed 'ey the sale
of all the plants in an industry to a giant cor
poratic.n neither object of the duty will be
achievod. Prices will not bo reduced, and
wages will not bo maintained. Under these
conditions the inevitable step must be to apply
conipetit’on from abroad by reducing the
duty, romoving it or establishing special rela
tions with some country able to supply free
raw material or the finished product or both.
If the Tin Plate trust advances the price of
tin plate, as it has begun to do, the duty on
tin plate will be put in the most serious peril.
This duty was imposed to create a competitive
domestio industry, not to enable a trust to
earn money on a capital of $50,000,000. So with
the Paper trust. In the last fiscal yeur, 1898,
the exports of printing paper were 107,405,403
pounds, worth $2,702,861. An export of this
magnitude shows that paper can be made at
least as cheap here as anywhere else, yet even
with these exports, as long as domestic com
petition exists, the duty is valuable to main
tain this competition. The International Pa
per company has destroyed this domestic com
petition. It is imposing on all consumers of
paper the burden of paying dividends on a
capital of $55,000,000 when its plant could be re
placed for $15,000,000. The first step under
these conditions ought to be to admit Canadian
paper and paper pulp free in the treaty now
under negotiation with Canada. If this does
not give the needed competition, paper and
paper pulp should go on the free list, and for
eign competition should replace the domestio
competition destroyed by the Paper trust
The extent to which trusts are grow
ing is becoming alarming They seem
to multiply in both hard times and good
times.
There has not yet been found a way
for farmers to form a trnst to sustain
normal prices for their products Farm
ers are at the mercy of railroads and of
competitive prices in a world market
The prices of farmers’ products are de
termined in Liverpool minus the freight
charges made by combined carrying
companies. Farmers are not protected
by either a tariff or bounty, yet for
what be buys he must pay trust prices,
and these trusts are protected by our
tariff laws. Our enormous exports that
we have been boasting so much of for
the past few years and which give a
heavy “balance cf trade” in onr favor
are made up very largely—three-fourths
or more —of agricultural products Yet
we grant the farmer no protection,
either directly or indirectly (except on
wool), and make him pay trnst prices
for most that he has to buy, as our
tariff laws protect the trusts. We have
a law against trusts, but tve have never
yet had an attorney general who would
indorse it It is said that the attorney
generals under every recent administra
tion have been corporation or trnst at
torneys. At any rate the antitrust law
is practically a dead letter, for these
illegal organizations thrive and multi
ply in spite of it We want just and
equitable laws and equality under the
law r When will we get such simple
justice as this?—Dr. C. F. Taylor’s
“Monthly Talk” in Medical World.
Municipal Ownership.
Everett P Wheeler spoke the other
afternoon before the class in present
day problems in the Broadway Taber
nacle, New York, on “The Functions of
Municipality. ” He said the city should
not try to do for the citizen what he
could do better for himself.
The running of the bridge cars had
been done far better under the bridge
trustees than it is now done by the
Brooklyn elevated railroads. It was a
question whether it would not be best,
he said, for the city to run all its trans
portation systems. If properly handled,
he thought, the city could give better
service than any private company run
ning roads to make money
The legislature, he said, was now de
bating whether it w’ould follow out the
wishes of the people as expressed by a
popular vote a few years ago for a rapid
transit owned by the municipality. The
carrying out of the people’s wish in
this matter had been successfully block
ed by powerful street railway corpora
tions whose interests are affected.
The success of municipal ownership
of many of such industries, as transpor
tation, depend on the control of them
by good or bad men. At present the ef
ficiency of many city undertakings was
lessened by the system of employing
and manaaging men on account of
“pull” or influence ratherthan because
of faithful work
Bniilnea* Acumen.
First North Pole Explorer (elated
ly)—Hurrah I We have but to push on
two days more and the pole is reached I
Second Explorer (thoughtfully)—
Yes, but time is precious. We had bet
ter turn back now, or I may have to
cancel some of the dates of our lectur
ing tour. —Nuggets.
—To — ?
ATLANTA. CHARLOTTE, All-
GL>T\, ATHENS, WILMING
TUN, NEW ORLEANS,
Cll A I'TANGOGA, NASHVILLE
AND
NEW YORK, BOSTON,
PHILADELPHIA,
RICHMOND, WASHINGTON.
NuRFOLK, PORTSMOUTH.
Schedule i;. Effect Dec. 11, 1898.
k ooU I'lidUU.U).
Nu. 403. No 4i
Lv N*w York *tiUo.un *9 UOpn
• ... .....,pou 4 40pm 4 LiOao.
' * l.ii'., utou.i 9 00pm 9 Ohtuii
*• . ..1.5m0u..-. *0 45pm *9 goan
At. vv melon il 10pm lloO.ini
Ar. Henderson *l2 57am *1 hOom
Ar. Ku,a 0 .. *e io.tm *3 34. an
“ Soutueru Pinas 4 33am 5 58pm
“ Hamiett 6 07am ti 53pm
•• Wilmington * i 3 or, pm
*• .UijuiOu, o 43.. n 9 13pm
Ar. Charlotte *7 50am *lO 25pm
Ar. C ues ter *8 08am *lO olipn
“ Greenwood 10 35am 1 07am
“ Athens 1 13pm 8 43am
Lv. Winder 2 03pm 4 38am
Ar Atlanta (C TANARUS.) 350 pm G 20am
SOUTHBOUND.
0.35.
Ar. Athens 8 06 am
Lv. Winder 8 4G am
Ar. Atlanta 10 40 am
NORTHBOUND.
No. 402. No. 38
Lv. Atlanta (0. TANARUS.) *1 OOpin *8 sUpm
“Winder • 2 35pm 10 40pm
Ar. Athens 3 16pui 11 19pm
•* Greenwood 6 41pm 2 03am
“ Chester 7 63pm 4 25aln
Ar. Monroe 9 30pm 6 66am
Ar Cnariotte *lO 26pm *7 60am
“ Hamlet *ll 15pm *7 45am
Ar. Wilmington, *l2 05pm
Ar. Soutnern Pines IV 08am *9 OOain
“Raleigh 2 10am 1118 am
Ar. Henderson, 328 am 12 60pm
Ar. Weldon 4 55am 2 50pm
Ar. Portsmouth 7 25am 5 20pm
Richmond *8 45am 7 12pm
“ Wash’tonP.R. R. 12 31pm 11 10pm
“ NewYork “ 6 23pm 6 53am
NORTHBOUND.
No. 34.
Lv. Atlanta 5 30 pm
Lv. Winder 7 25 pm
Ar. Athens 8 05 pm
*Daily. TDaiiy Tiixcept Sum
Nor 403 and 402. — “The Atlanta
Special,” Solid Vestibuled Train o 1
Pullman Sleepers and 1 loaches between
Washington and Atlanta, also Pullman
Sleepers between Portsmouth and Ches
ter, S. O.
Nos. 41 and 38.—“ The S. A. lx Ex
press,” Solid Train Coaches, and Pull
man Sleepers between Portsmouth and
Atlanta. Company Sleepers between
Columbia and Atlauta.
Both trains make immediate connec
tion at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mo
bile, New Orleans, Texas, California,
Mexico, Chattanooga, Nashville, Mem
phis. Macon, Fiorina.
■■ %
For Tickets, sleepers, etc., apply to
Agents or W. B. Clements, G. P. A.,
B. A. Newland, T. A., Atlauta, (ia.
E. St. John, V. Pres, and (ien’l Mg’r,
V. E. Mcßee. General Superintendent
H. W. B. Glovkk, Traffic Manager.
T. J. Anderson, Gen’i Passenger Agi.
General Offices, PORTSMOUTH, VA.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
AND
CONNECTIONS.
For information as to Routes,
Schedules and Rates, both
PassenprandFrei&ht.
wfite to either of the’undersigned
You will receice re
liable information.
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T. P. A. G. P. A.
AUGUSTA, GA.
S. W. WILKES, H. K. NICHOLSON.
C. F. & P. A. G. A.
ATLANTA. ATHENS.
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S. A, U.|F. A.
MACON. MACON.
M R. HUDSON. F. W.COFFIN,
8. F. A. S. F. & P. A.
MILLEDGEVILLE. AUGUSTA.
_ cU BA IM RELIEF cu~
Colic, Neuralgiauud Toothac-.
I IWIMVI laiuuies. Soar Stomach
aad Samiiier Complaints. Price, 2 K O-nts.
G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder, Ga.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
I- C. RUSSELL. E. C. ARMIBTEAD ,
RUSSELL & ARMISTEAD,
Attorneys at Law.
Winder, Ga Jefferson Ga.
W. 14 RC^RTERMAN.
Attoc.ni y at Law,
Winner, Ga.
Prompt attention given f* “ I !>/]
matters insurance and R-ol Estate
agent.
J. A. B. MAHAFFEY,
Attorney at Law,
Jefferson. Ga.
Silmau’s old office.
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Winder Furniture Cos.
UNDERTAKERS AND—
—FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
C. M. FERGUSON, M’g’r.
WINDER, GEORGIA.
A. HAMILTON,
Undertaker and Funeral
Director,
Winder,
EMBALMING
By a Professions’ Embalmer. Hearse
and attendance free. Ware rooms, cor
ner Broad & Candler sts.
DR. W. L. DkLaPERRIERE,
DENTAL PARLORS,
In the J. C. DeLaPerriere building,
over Winder Furniture Cos. Call and
4ee me when in need of anything in
the line of Dentistry. Work guaran
teed.
Honey to Lend,
We have made arrangements with
brokers iD New York City through
whom we are able to place loans on
improved farms for five years time,
payable in installments. If yon want
cheap moiiev come in and see us at
once] Shackelford & Cos
100 Broad St., Athens, Ga.
<o>raa&aKßQ
Lodge No. 33J, (Winder) Officers—N
J. Kelly, W. M.; J. H Jackson, S. W.;
W. L, DeL iPerri re, J A’.; J H. Kil
gore, Sec’ty. Mums every 2d Friday
evening at 7 o’clock.
J. T. Strange, N. G.; C, M. Ferguson,
V. G.; J.H. Smith, Treasurer; A. D
McCurry, Secretary. Meets every Ist
and 3d Monday nights.
RUSSELL LODGE No. 99.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Meets every Ist. and 3d. Thursday
e vening in each month. W. H Toole,
C. C.; B T. Camp, V. C. ; W. K. Lyle.
K. of R. and M. of F,; D. H. Hutchins,
Prelate; L. 0. Russell, M. of E.; A. D.
McCurry. M. A.; J. J. Smith, M W.;
O. L. Dabney, I. G ; R. A. Black, O. G.
ROYAL ARCANUM.
Meets evorv 4th Monday night. J.
T. Strange, R.; J. H, Sikes, V. R.; J.
J Kilgore, Secretary.
(COLORED).
WINDER ENTERPRISE LODGE,
No. 4283. G. U. O. ofO.F.
Meets every Ist and 31 Friday night
in each month. Dudley George, N. G.;
G. W. Moore V. G.; L. H. Hinton.
Secretary.
Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema
The intense itching and smarting
incident to these diseases, is instantly
allayed by applying Chamberlain's
Eye and Skin Ointment. Many very
bad cases have been permanently cured
by it. It is equally efficient for itching
piles and a favnrito remedy for sore
nipples, chapped hands, chilblains,
frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 25c
per box.
Dr. Cady’s Condition Powders are
just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonio, blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
mediciue and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 2fc
a package For sale bv H. C. Poole*
Winder, Ga