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CRAWFOKDVlLLE A Consolidated DEMOCRAT, with Oct. 6,1893.1 t CRAWFORDVILLE A Western statistician'liea figured it out that one man in every 403 in this country is a tramp. —i — - i — ■ „ „ i ii ^ A continuous ride on electric rail¬ ways can now be taken for about thir¬ ty-five miles in Philadelphia nnd sub¬ urbs. The total expense of tho German army for 1895 is estimated at §154, 000,000; that of tho French army at nearly 8113,000,000. It is rather comforting to know, the . ew Orleans Picayune confesses, that very aged people nro generally from the ranks of the very poor, and that no millionaire lias yet succeeded in living to a very great age. Superintendent McMillan of the Park Department of Buffalo, N. Y., objected to the name “Scajaquada”for one of the new boulevards of the city, but the Commissioners overruled him, and tho citizens will have to endure the verbal outrage ns best they may. North Carolina’s strange poople of the swamps have counterparts in the mysterious race of so-culled Indians in southern Delaware. They are n swarthy people, with slrong traits of the redmon, though there are contra¬ dictory stories ns to their origin. They are fully civilized, however, and fol¬ low the ordinary occupations of the region to w hich they are native, though according to the New York Sun, they mingle little with tho whites and the colored people. Ohancey M. Depew advocates “the Greater New York,” and in r. recent speech said: “With tho Greater New York an accomplished fact, the metro¬ politan center of this republic and of these two hemispheres is fixed forever. In the future, as iu tho past, only in a larger degree, the banking houses of the world will have their agencies in New York ; the thrift and tho energies of the country will concentrate in New York. In twenty years tho office next to the President of tho United States in the eyes of the world will be Mayor of Greater Now York. Tho spirit of socialism is pervading mu] were luronlitim tAnd lower walks of life in Germauy. It is not o silly as¬ piration for a Utopia that has taken hold of the Germans, or a desire to upset society as it now exists, explains the San Francisco Chronicle. The Germans have too much sense to lend themselves to such leveling ideas as those contained in the symmetrical conception of socialism. Tho term socialistic does not really designate the movement now iu progress. It is rather a revolt against autocracy and a struggle for n recognition of the theory that all just government must derive its consent from the governed. The growth of militarism is stimulat¬ ing this feeling and making it so gen¬ eral that autocracy must bend before i*. Locomotive building is shown to have fallen off tremendously in the p»it year, according to reports in the ,ew York Railroad Gazetto of the output of tho various contracting works. The decrease in tho number built is fully two-thirds, as compared with the previous year. Reports from 13 companies miko tho total 695 locomotives for 1891, against 2,011 locomotives built in 1893. The record of the car-builders is oven worse than that of the locomotive builders. In 1894, only 27 companies have reported as having built any freight cars, the output being 17,029 cars. In 1893, 51,216 freight cars were built by 43 companies. There were 45 important oar-building companies which did not turn out a single car in 1894, ten of these having built about 3,000 freight cars and over 300 passenger cars in 1893. _ Official reports to the Bureau of Roads show that increased interest is being taken in the good roads move¬ ment. General Boy Stone, in charge of the bureau, said; “Nearly all of the Southern States arc taking some steps in road building, cither by in¬ creased use of convict labor or by county bonding. Michigan will take some important steps this winter to make its county road law more suc¬ cessful. A very energetic movement is in progress in Wisconsin. In New Jersey state aid probably will be doubled in amount this year. The Massachusetts state commission has asked for $1,000,000 to expend in the construction of state roads. There is some opposition to this, bnt the ap¬ propriation will be granted. General ©pinion favors convict and tramp labor for road improvement. The main idea is to nse state prison convicts in qaar *ies where they can be guarded and to use tramps, couDty pTjsoners, and short term convicts in macadamizing toads.” © / PROPORTION PRODUCED proportion BY LABOR annually. SCIENTIFIC MONEY. THE IDEA OF “INTRINSIC” VALUE IS A MYTH. Tlio Solo Power of Money Must Rest in Its Being a Legal Measure of Values —Based on National Principles—Power of Congress. Nothing but the very insanity of self deception could prevent people from realizing that our present troubles are the result of a conspiracy. Many years ago, leading republicans, as well as democrats, defended the principles which are now contended for by Populists. In 1868 Hon. George H. Pendleton said: “If the greenback is good enough for the farmer and me¬ chanic who pay taxes, it is good enough for the bondholder who pays no taxes.’ Shortly after that date, Hon. G. S. Orth, Gen. Butler, Hon. John A. Logan and other orominent men of both poli¬ tical parties, boldly advocated this doc¬ trine, but a subtle power soon silenced most of wiem. Few were cognizant of the character of that power then, but we now fully realize that It was fhe great money octopus, which now boldly assumes to dictate our financial poli cies. Mr. Fawcett, in his great work, “Gold and Debt,” says: “It is a trick of capital in all countries to persuade the people that their honor is at stake, in the payment of war debts at the highest valuation that the avarice of their holders may set on them.” This shows the animus of English capitalists in demonetizing silver in 1816, Germany’s act in 1871, and the joint conspiracy of English and Ger man capitalists to procure demonetiz¬ ation in the United States in 1873. It was to carry out this “trick, ’ me n tioned by Mr. Fawcett. The present age has adopted and applied scientific principles In the pro¬ duction of ail kinds of wealth, but the masses still lend a willing ear to tho “John Jaspers” of finance. The only hope ot future prosperity for America lies In the adoption of a scientific medium of exchange. The United States. Supreme court clearly mapped out this idea of money, in its legal tender decision of 1871, by showing that the only true value of money rested In its legal value. After declaring that congress was supreme in its power t'o create money, and Bhowing that a contract to pay a debt of $1,000, made before the year 1834, could be paid with 100 eagles coined after that year, although they were worth only 04 eagles coined at the time the contract was made, and this solely because of their legal value, the court said: “Here we might stop; but we will notice briefly an argument presented in support of the position that the unit of money value must pos sess intrinsic value. The argument is derived from assimilating the constitu¬ tional provision respecting a standard of weights and measures, to that con¬ ferring the power to coin money and regulate its value. It Is said there can be no standard of weights without weight, or of measure, without length or space, and we are asted how any¬ thing can be made a standard of value which has itself no valve. It is hardly correct to speak of a standard of value. The constitution does not speak of it. It contemplates a standard for that which has gravity or extension; but value is an ideal thing. The coinage acts fix its unit as a dollar; but the gold or silver thing we call a dollar is in , no sense a standard of .. „ a dollar, it it is only a representative of it. If the above is not suMciently clear, let us further illustrate it: If, by some great cataitroohe of na ture, the entire human race was de stroyed, „ , the law of g-a.itation -..Hf.iinn or or weight would still reman a fixed al Ity. Hence, in order to Measure gravi ; tation, we must have ulits of weight fixed and permanent. If the entire j human race was destmved, the di still remain -luo “ as before, ! lecause ? a per ; manent law o. pn>steal . n. ur.. •• . intheir measurement, units or j space menaions are necessary. of space or exension would Now comes the decisfee question: If the entire human race w* suddenly de¬ CRAW FORD V ILL E, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1895. stroyed, would value remain as a fixed and permanent fact in nature? Certainly not, because as stated by the Supreme court, "value is an Ideal thing,” and its oDly standard is tho desirability for objects of utility exist¬ ing in the human mind, and belongs exclusively to the human mind. The qualities of things which make them valuable would still exist if the race should perish, but a property, or qual¬ ity, is not value. Therefore, the idea of “intrinsic” value is a barbaric myth, arising from the failure to discriminate between the properties of things, and the desire for them. Seeing this, Mr. McLeod, the English writer on finance, says: "The most perfect form of currency is that which has no intrinsic value, such as paper; and it is only when na¬ tions shall reach a high degree of civi¬ lization, that they will adopt this per¬ fect form. It is the visible symbol of transferable power which gives money its power, and distinguishes a coin from a medal.” The possession by money of desirable qualities or other uses will always subject it to commercial laws and cause it to fluctuate; a thing that true money should never do. The whole commercial world would be reduced to chaos if the yard and pound should be subjected to manipu¬ lations which would cause them to vary from day to day. And the present chaos of the financial world is the re¬ sult of basing the unit of value upon a scarce and fluctuating commodity, which Is subject to the control and manipulation of designing men, who seek to control all natural sources ot wealth, and all labor, through such manipulation. The law of finance, like the law of weights and measures, must he based upon a natural principle before har¬ mony and prosperity can be realized. Until the people are educated to this, let us, by all means, have all the gold, and all tho silver we can get, supple¬ mented by a paper money equal in debt paying power to the others. But tho final outcome of this education will be a money whose sole power will abide in its being a legal unit for the measur ment of value, (Just as the gallon is a legal unit for the measurement of li¬ quids) composed of a material which shall have no quality which will make it the object of desire for other uses. This will be “the survival of the fittest,” in finance. C. W. STEWART. Political Corruption. National Advocate, Milwaukee.—A philosopher declared that the river can never be purer than its source, and thl3 seems to apply to politics. People complain of the crookedness of profes¬ sional politicians and yet there aro many wh j will consider it perfectly honorable to bleed the men who run for office most unmercifully. Just be¬ fore election, fairs, dances, raffles and festivals of all kinds are held in great profusion, and clubs, lodges and even churches do not hesitate to arrange them, not for a moment considering that it is a gross wrong to hold a club over a man running for office and “pulling his leg,” politically speaking, If men are taxed out of all sense and reason by schemes like these enum erated can any one blame them if they seek to make themselves whole by shady tactics if they are elected? Some readers may consider this language too strong, but the condition justifies it. The letter below is another corrobora¬ tion of the statement. It was sent out under the seal of a church in Milwau¬ kee, signed by its minister, not only to men of all parties, but to candidates all over the state. The Advance has half a dozen of these letters addressed to men of different political parties, Of course we are not at liberty ^ to * give the ^ ^ ]ocatjon Qf wr er Just read , t; Dear Sir: Though it may be impertt nent still knowing that you will put the best construction upon it, I venture to !“* thfs orn city ? yo is " now that 7~7 building ... congregation church . and of a r , arsonage the cost of which wiT1 b( , ?2 0,000. We have $7,200 in cash to be gj n w jth, the rest has to be raised by subscription. It is the largest congre gation of that kind in the city, having a membership of 1,100, but most of its members ace poor I have no doubt but that a little help from vou will do cou alterable good now at the end of elec t , on _ let this be confidential. Hoping that you will excuse my bold ness, and that I will soon hear from you, remain very truly youra. • « • • DECLARE THE MONEY ISSUE Populist Loaders Issue an Appeal and Pick Up the Gauntlet. The Populist members of the senate and house have issued the following address to tho members of tho Peo¬ ple’s party: “As early as 1865-66 a conspiracy was entered into between the gold gamblers of Europe and America to accomplish the following purposes: "To fasten upon th people of the United States the burdens of perpetual debt; to destroy the gieenbaeks which had brought us safely through the per¬ ils of war; to strike down silver as a money metal; to deny to the peoplo tho use of federal paper and silver, tho two independent sources of money supply guaranteed by the constitution; to fasten upon tho country tho single gold standard of Gi> Britain, and to delegate to thousands of banking corporations, organjz<Al for private gain, the sovereign .ontrol for all time over tho issue and volumo of ail supplemental paper currency. Thus they doubled tile d« ands for gold, forced upon the couii'f an appreciat¬ ing gold standard, ent ding an indefi¬ nite period of falling pricesj robbed enterprise of its just profits, con¬ demned labor to idler css, and confis¬ cated the property of debtors. “For nearly thirty years these con¬ spiracies havo kept the peoplo quar¬ reling over less imp;, tant matters, while they have pur; isod with unre¬ lenting zeal their ' ntral purpose. one i At the present moment every dovico of treachery, every resource of state¬ craft, and every artlfii known to tho secret cabals of tho in.ornational gold ring are being made use of to deal a death blow to the prosperity of tho country and the financial sad commer¬ cial independence of* this country. They seek to accomplish their fell pur¬ pose before the blow can bo averted through the ballot, u#ioir plans have been long matured and their line of ac¬ tion Is fully chosen. They address themselves to the one subject—tho money question—In all its breadth and magnitude. This brings the people face to face with a perilous Issue, which calls for immediate and united action on the part of the people. Every behest of patriotism requires that wo shall at once .meet the Issue and accept the challenge so defiantly offered. "To falter now is to invite disastrous failure. Wo earnestly i rgo the Pop ulists throughout the w untry to con¬ centrate their entire f • o and energy upon the tremendous tv test presented and thus meet tb° ■ray upon hla chosen line of bawu. invite the aid und co-operation of "• 'ns who favor the -iff of silver at the ratio to i; me Issue of all paper money <5 *tfi general gov¬ ernment without L u.VA mention of hanks of Issue, and -Lo ure opposed to the issue of interest-bearing gov¬ ernment bonds in time of peace. In a word, to extend the hand of fellowship to all who agree with you upon tho money question, which Is certainly tho mightiest and most fundamental con¬ troversy evolved during the present century." The above Is signed by Lafe Pence, O. M. Kem, T. J. Hudson, William Baker, W. A. MeKoighan, William V. Allen, John Davis, W. A. Harris, Jerry Simpson, John C. Bell, James II. Kyle, II. E. IJoen, H. E. Taubcneck, J. II. Turner and J. B. Weaver. THE “PARITY” OF SUGAR. Tho Hugar Trust a Monstrous Monopoly of World-Wide Power. Congressman DeWitt Warner’B Re¬ form club pamphlet on the sugar trust Is one of the best pieces of political writing seen In many years. He sums up the situation of the trust and the people thus: "With the Spreckcls In control of Hawaii and the Havemeyers extend¬ ing their plantations in Cuba, tho trust dictates to every branch of sugar production an<$ distribution in tho United States, taking under its wing every one concerned—except those who consume sugar. From its office at 117 Wall street, cable messages fly daily to its agents in Cuba, fixing the price of raw sugar there; to San Fran¬ cisco announcing Cuba’s parity, at which arriving in Hawaii sugars aro to be valued, telling her planters what —in view of Cuban and Hawaiian prices—the trust condescends to of¬ j J fer for American sugar; and tc Its representatives all over the world, giv¬ ing the limit—based on Cuban parity —at which they can pick up Austrian, Javan, Phillipine, Brazilian and oth¬ er sugars, when these are temporarily depressed in prices. In an adjoining j room the quotations at or above which | the subservient dealers throughout the country are permitted to sell sugars are daily settled, and through the four great sugar brokers who stand nearest the throne these are passed to forty others who await the sugar trust’s nod at New York and telegraphed to tho waiting hundreds in other cities in the land. These in turn so promptly noti¬ fy their patrons, the thousands of wholesale grocers of the country, that before their doors are opened all dan¬ ger of any purchaser getting his sugar below trust prices is over for the day. By discount from his bill or periodical remittance, as the case may be, each faithful wholesaler is promptly and liberally paid for his loyalty, and whenever in the crisis of legislation one hears the bugle call of the trust he instantly steps into line, ready to bombard bis congressman with tele¬ grams or fight him with ballots at short range until the sugar trust cause is triumphant. “Such is the grandest trade organ¬ ization the world has ever seen. "The ! ugar trust dictates the trib¬ ute, that shall rendered it by the American people. “The wholesale grocer is rewarded by whatever largess the trust thinks necessary to insure their loyalty. "And the public? The public b.e damned’—and it 1 b.” - NEED 0E THE HOUR. FIRST PAUSE AFTER NINETEEN CENTURIES. I’ortentlouB Omens of an Impending: Crlcls —Oh! for a Lincoln to Lend Us Out of the I.mul of Ilonduge Into the Land of Golden Light and Hopeful Promise. By E. II. Bolden. In Webster’s im¬ mortal reply to Ilayne, tho opening paragraph reads as follows; “Mr. President—When tho mariner has been tossed for many days and in thick weather and on an unkown sea, ho naturally avails himself of the first pause in tho storm, the earliest glanco at the sun, to take his latitude and as¬ certain how far the elements have driv¬ en him from his true course. Let us im¬ itate his prudence and before we float further refer to tho point from which wo departed, that wo may at loast be able to conjecture where we are now.” From this extract let ns see if thero is any comparison to the present condi¬ tion of our own times, and whether there are any lines of prudence marked out that would ho well for us to fol¬ low. Like the mariner, tho great army of round-shouldered bread winners, hav¬ ing been tossed for, yea, these many years, aro slowly hut surely awakening from tho deep slumber of ignorance that has prevented them from knowing their rights, or realizing tho dopth of slavery from which their generations havo gone down to early and unhal¬ lowed, yet acceptable, graves, Aftet nineteen centuries, during this the first forced pause In the storm of dog-eat dog policy that has swept the world's surface throughout tho cycles of ini¬ quity, they are catching a glimpse of the golden light ol' hope that is break¬ ing through the veil above them, and arc pausing to find their latitude, and to learn, if possible, how far they have boon driven from tho course marked out by their God, in which all men could reap tho first fruits of honest toil. Be¬ ware! The lion is awakening in Its lair. His voice is penetrating tho farthest recesses of tho junglo. Unbrowned and effeminate aristocracy stands aghast with fear. The combined power of the world's brawn and muscle is being unit¬ ed to grapplo with caste and cunning In one grand offort to restore tho long lost diadem, the equality and brother hood of man. A million rivulets of thought and ac¬ tion are being turned into one mighty stream, whose swelled tldejs pi*udiee carrying away tha flood-wood yl und BuDS? ItUlW has been _bo ill up through tlie dark ages of federal' knight-errantry and barricaded throughout succeeding centuries by the prestige of musty statutes and standing nrmies, that have boon as leeches upon the lubor of helpless humanity, en¬ slaved thereby. Tho very atmosphere is surcharged with tho electricity of portentlous omens for tho future. All tuen aro awake to the Impending crisis. Savants are searching the vocabularies of ancient and modern literature to find soothing phrases to calm the thirst for economic investigations. From the es¬ thetic literature of the most exclusive magazines to the one-cent dallies, we find exclusive articles on the great movement, while the caricatures of the Illustrated press represent tho contest in its lurid forms. Strong men walk as if treading the crown of a volcano, whllo mothers, clasping their infants to their bosoms, look out into the dim future, wondering if the Impending con¬ test will romove the present maniacs of unequal opportunities in the race of life before her darlings are grown, or will they in their tender years havo to go out on tills frozen sea of corporate greed to be permanently dwarfed upon the tread wheels of unrequited toll? In this hour of expectance, of anxiety, of hope and fear, oh! for a Lincoln to lead us out of tho land of bondage into the land of light and promise. Without such a leader to pilot the way, many weary and wornout toilers will go down nil their foot sink into the cold sands of tho Jordan that separates us from the land of our Inheritance. As Moses raised up tho brazen serpent In the wilderness that all who had boon bitten by poisonous reptiles might be hold and live, so millions aro praying that the leader may be raised up whom all may follow that are perishing under the bite of the poison of corporate op pression. Not with bullets, but with ballots, we trust tho citadel of plutocracy’s host must be destroyed. The calling of the ditcher, of the hostler and tfie hod car cer are called Ignoble, but each forms a rung in the ladder up which all Indus try and progress must climb, and the ballots of these will count as much as those whose gilded chariots spatter the toller In rags. The battle-scarred veterans of toil, awake to your opportunity and vote only for those to make your laws whose calloused hands are a living witness that they live not from the fruits of others' toil. Unyl uff a Title. Jay Gould’s daughter is going to buy herself a French count. He comes high but she must have him. Hhe can afford | to pay $15,000,000 for a title, although : her French count is higher priced than ! c. P. Huntington’s daughter’s German i prince, who only cost $1.0,000,000. Poor j ! girls, their for riches Instead are of marrying often their mis fortune, men who love them for | these girls get caught by fortune era with titles, and the happiness j even the poorest peasants enjoy denied the women of millions j I wealth is spent titled in purchasing rakes, and and I taining some and misery brings years of miser y the women who sold Age, Chicago. VOL. II. NO. 16. KANSAS OIL AND THE TRUST. Conditions That Arc a Result of Oea eral Cnssedneas. The only thing that prevents the “holes in the ground” about Neodesha from being veritable units of wealth for landowners and the oil Is the lock of a market. This lack is occasioned almost wholly by unjust discrimina¬ tions against industries by the present freight pooling arrangements. “Build a refinery then,” says some one. But that wouldn’t alter tho discriminations on freight rates. The same fate would befall our locally refined oil that be¬ falls the locally crude oil. For Instance: The operators here shipped a few bar¬ rels of oil into Oklahoma tho other day. The freight was $3.10 per barrel. The Standard Oil company was ship¬ ping the same quality of oil from tho Eastern fields through Chicago and Kansas City to tho same point in Ok¬ lahoma and selling It for $3 a barrel. Just think of it! And when you think of it ceaso wondering why thero is no markot for oil here. Nearly 50,000 barrels of crude petro¬ leum Is abovo tho surface of tho ground hero at Noodesha, and untold millions of barrels are below tho sur¬ face, upon which not one dollar can be realized owing to the situation in¬ dicated above. Although Neodesha Is within 105 miles of Kansas City and tho nearest Eastern oil fields Is over 600 miles from that point, tho producer of oil at Neodesha would have to give the Kansas City consumers tho oil and tho barrel and pay him 6 cents in money in order to meet the prices at which tho Standard Oil company sells tho Eastern product in Kansas City.— Neodeshn Register. And here we aro iu Wichita, sclltug bonds and thereby mortgaging poster¬ ity, t,i get “honest monev” to dig holes in the ground for oil, and when wo get It, what good will it he to us? Just to run away and ruin the productive¬ ness of the soil as It does at Neodesha, that is all, and be a damnge rathei than a blessing. Wo see no way of doing away with discrimination In freight rates, except in government ownership of railways. Then wo can send a barrel of oil or salt as cheaply as Vanderbilt or Rock¬ efeller. The postoffleo is in tho hands of tho government and the humblest citizen can get a, letter to Its destination Just as cheaply as the Standard Oil cotn pan y. The poHtofflce Is the most In¬ trlcato and gigantic business in all America; yet tho system is managed with the least possible friction and gives the people the cheapest and most reliable service in existence. We can see no reasons wfey the gov «Ti’i nt shiftfid m.<t b . the common carrying business of the nation. It is nonsense to talk about Wichita or any other interior city, ever being built by establishing remunerative In¬ dustries of any kind, so long as these industries arc at the mercies of rail¬ road corporations that dlctato the terms upon which we are to trado with the outsldo world. The railroad corporations in country build up or destroy cities at will, and whenever it suits their pur¬ pose, they do not hesitate to kill, muti¬ late or destroy. The only way to prosperity In Kan sas lies In government ownership of railroads.—Commoner. Shylock v*. Shylock—Say, Sappy, let me suggest to you a business proposition. Suppose you givo yourself no uneasiness In the future about what you are going to eat, and whatever you produce you turn over to me. Then, whenever you want anything to (ill your stomach you will know where you can get it. Sappy—I dunno. Will I git for what I let you have? Shy.—Oh, I expect you will havo have something for it enough, ably, to cover tho expense of and wear and tear. Sap. What good will it do mo to do tluxt? Shy. Why, you will have the 1 anc( that your rations are on a solid , 1 will conduct a commissary j y 0 u can go out of the business. Hap.—What will it cost rap? j spy.—Not whatever very want much. and I charge will loan you you you iy per cent and you can pay mo In commodities as fast as you produce them. Sap.—I don’t see anything In It for ine. Shy.—You don’t. Why, man, don’t you believe In elasticity? Just see! j Whenever you have a surplus I will call it. in and whenever there Is a scar¬ city I will put it out. I Just believe It will be the making of you. It has the Indorsement of all the best financiers, It Is called the “Baltimore plan.” Hap.—Ix-t me see. I loan to you in 1 first place for about nothing and row back for 10 per cent. That’s a lng game, hain’t It? Shy. Oh, no. I will have to taxes; besides, I will add stability to i business. I will deal with you as I deal j ! with everyltody else, and allow you ought to be willing to me j thing for carrying serving the as a burdens public and tor; for 8 p 0nH j|,j]itles of distribution and j H( , rv j n g a8 a check against a dearth a rt „i| in <iancy of food supplies. gap.—It sounds pretty nice; I j will do lt (Exit Saphead). , II. | Sap.—I don’t like the way this | B workin’. Shy.—Why so? Sap.—Well, it’s this way. I draw so nul ch but I have to take back j ,j raw out. There's more going tban ever comes out. Shy.—Weil, what of it? Sap.—Why, It's only a question time when you’ll clean me up. Shy. I guess not. You must oin i ze and work harder and ■ more. Even if it’s as bad as you you don’t expect me to furnish you pro¬ visions for nothing. That's anarchy. Sap.—But I want out of this. I want to handle my own stuff. Shy.—Why, Sappy, I am surprised at you. I had supposed you would be con¬ tented when you had nothing to both¬ er your head about but work. But here you are with a lot of wild and visionary notions that are absolutely impractic¬ able. The idea of producing and issu¬ ing to yourself and controlling your own victuals is preposterous. Look at Argentine! I am a philanthropist and a public necessity. The fact that you patronize me proves that. You ought to rejoice that you know whero to go when you are hungry. I should have absolute control of your "chuck” in or¬ der to keep It at a parity with all other “chuck.” You are not so much inter¬ ested in quantity as you are in quality. Ypu should not desire to possess so much as to make it worthless. The value of your feed should be equal to all other feed, pie, sorghum and squash always convertible Into each other. By any other system there would be danger of a slump to a basis of degraded and debased material that would leave a Bad taste In your mouth. Sap.—It may be. I’ll try it again. Let mo have some more of that sow¬ belly and another sack of meal. Shy.—I can’t do it. Sap.—You can’t? Shy.—No. We have retired part of our circulation. I have orders from headquarters to draw up on the puck¬ ering strings till confidence Is restored. That isn’t all; you are eating too much meal—so much that there is danger of driving all tho doughnuts and fried cukes out of circulation. Sap.—Well, I don’t know what to do. Shy.—I can tell you. Hard work is tho best cure for hard times. JuBt dig right into it and never look up. Don’t bother your head about questions that should bo left to those who have made them a study. You aro not com¬ petent. You have nothing to show for the success of your theories. I have. (Exit Sappy). III. Shy.- What's the matter. Sappy? Sap.- -I would llko to know what rain’t tho matter. In tho first place I an. suffering for something to eat, and 1 have declared war on this "Baltimore plan.' 1 want to abolish it. I believe you said it was elastic, like "Inje” rub¬ ber; that r would give and stretch and then dry up stretch when you want to stuff a n(an and draw up when you want to take off bis feed. Now, it hain’t working that way. So far, I have done all the si retching and I believe I am thd only one whero tho drawing-up business is gettin’ in Its work. Their hain’t any clasiiclsm in it. Hash is ioo scare . There is got to be more of It in 'cirtulttlon. i . Hhy.—It isn't scarce. We have got dead loads of it, and if you will Jest hold up a hit arid not frighten capital with your appetite you will get an op¬ portunity to fill up. Sup.—But I must have something now. Shy.—I see that wo will have to in¬ crease tho United States army. There is no reasoning with you. Sap.—An empty stomach has no rea¬ son and It don’t know what fear is. Look out! I’ress dispatch: Last night, about dark, Shylock was raided by one Sap head, who seemed to be thirsting for curnage, and at this writing the doctor; have not been ablo to find all tho nieces. Saphcad is known as a desperate an¬ archist.—Leroy Miller, in Farmer's Tribune. , Bank, In Politics. Ignatius Donnelly.—The banks aro running the country and running it into the ground. You cannot pick up a newspaper but you will read of a meet¬ ing of bankers, here or there, to dictate to congress or of President Blank of the Blank National Bank, drawing a series of resolutions, to instruct mem¬ bers of the house or senate. Are tho bankers philanthropists? No; their business Is to lend money and collect business upon It. As a class they have not a particle of connection with the people, except to suck the substance out of them. Are they looking out for the welfare of the masses? No; they are simply trying to concentrate tho wealth of tho masses in their own pockets. You can’t blame them. That Is their business. But to govern a re¬ public so that the many will be pros¬ perous and the greed of the few be re¬ strained—Bah! You might just as well expect a Bengal tiger to establish an orphan asylum. He might furnish the orphans, but not the asylum. Now, we are not objecting to bankers per se. Many of them are excellent gentlemen; but when It comes to a money-lending class controlling the legislation of this great republic we protest with all the emphasis we are capable of. All our disasters are due to them coming out from behind their counters to dominate the politics of the country. Let them stick to their legitimate business of money grabbing. Carrying: Mall In Street Cara. How subtly and carefully carried on has been the agitation to place mail boxes on street cars. It is another un¬ derhand effort to bring labor into con¬ flict with the power of the government; of the corporations to coerce and reduce labor to their terms by illegitimately using government servants. This play of the murderous and slave-grinding trolley and cable road corporations which steal the streets from the people by bribing corrupt councils, should be stopped. Street cars should not be made for carrying the mails until the street cars are owned by the municipalities.— The Age, Chicago. We will meet the enemy on our own line of battle—not upon “his chosen line.” We have forced the issue, and will force the light.