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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1895
R. C. WILDER'S SOUS 00.,
MACON, GA.
Contractors and Manufacturers of Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Moulding, Turned and Scroll Work. '
tmnber. rough and dressed. (hinder. I aths. and dealer* in mixed painty lead
Mia, lima, pluter, cement and builder*' hardware.
V 114 TO fa VHIRD STREET. ' I * '
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gold alone baaed upon the ak*umotion
that the relsMuns between nuoply and
demand have not champ)-!, that there
line been no diminution of the coat of
production and distribution. that the fa-
ditties for effaotlnq finanrlal exchar ***
tumi not boon Improved, and. In brief,
that the world baa made no pro<re*s In
tiie conduct of «* Induatrial and com-
imfctal operation* for more than twen
ty yeara.
TOO ruromptlon la BO inconalatent
(vl I h nvell known eoonomlO awl hlo-
torlcal facta that it deems scarcely
mrrtb while to give It a aerioua con
sideration. Reductions In the pricer of
commodities' are generally due to so
many different eauae ttoat It Is scarcely
ever possible to ascertain the extent
of their separate influence#. I presume,
however, thlait even the most ardent
advocate of free coinage would be
twilling to n<T<nlt that the Invention of
laibor-mvlo* machinery, the extenalon
of our railroad systems, the improve
ment of our water ways and the great
reductions In the rates for carrying
freight, the employment of steamships,
the use of the telegraph on the land
nnd under the sea, the application
of electricity In the production of light,
heat and power, the utilization of by
products which were formerly wasted,
tlie Introduction of more economical
methods In the processes of produc
tion, the wonderful advance made by,
our laborers In skill and etne.lcncy, the
greatly rnduoed rates Interest paid for
the use of capital, and many other
things which It would require much
time to enumerate and explain, have
affected price* In some measure, at
least, and yot they Ignore a<l these
great influence* tn their argument
upon tit* subject and attribute the
lower prices of commodities tn a single
alleged and Inadequate cause—the ap
preciation of gold. I -presume,' also,
that our free coinage friends 'will ad
mit that if y the change In .prlcea has
bten caused entirely by tho apprecia
tion of gold, the reduction would have
affected all thine* alike, beoauae It
cannot be denied that. In the absence
of other Influences, gold muat bear
the same relation to the price of one
article that tt bears to the price of
another. Dut wo do not And that the
prices of oJI things have been reduced
In the same proportion. nor do we find
kh.at the prices of all things -have In
fact boon reduced. lit would require
fur more time than could be devoted
to the subject upon such an occasion
aa this to dlsouss the subject of prices
In sll Us details, nor ta It necessary to
do so for tho purpose of this argument,
because a very fuw Illustrations srtll
serve to show the weakneas of the
contention that the decline Is due alone
to the apreol&tjon of gold.
In 1M1, 1892 and part of 1S91 I had
the honor to a.-rvo on a auto-eommlttce
changed by the senate of the United
(hates with tho duty of ascertaining
she course of prices and nvagea of la
bor n» long a period o» authentic rec
ord# would enable u# to embrace In
our Investigation, and, afiter a most
thorough and Impartial examination of
tlie aubeot. a report iwos made which
till* four largo volumes and embodies
a intsa of Information which cannot bo
found In any other official fPrill. A* to
the course of prlcea and wages the
commute* was . unalmoua, though
there were differences of opinions
smonff tho member# as to the eausew
that had from time tp time produced
Site changes. Tho prior* of many ar
ticles and tho wage* of tabor In
many occupations were ascertained
■luring each years* far back as 1840,
and for the purposes of comparison
the price* of commodities and tho
wages of labor In the year I860 were
adopted ns the standard. The Bum-
clency of the reaeons for- selecting that
year rather than any other will not, I
think, bo questioned. There were no
great financial or other disturbances
during that year, business was In a
normal condition in alt porta of the
country, no chaug-s had been made
in the monetary syutems of tho world
lor many years, tho United States wan
using gold as the measure of value,
Just as It la n<w, except that there
■was no legal tender silver In circula
tion a* there Is now, the people were
, prosperoue and thi prlcea of eommodl*
• glee and .tho avaBe* of labor were fairly
' adjusted 'with relation to each other.
At the time when this Investigation
•was made all tho legislation In regard
to silver now epeciucaliy complained
of had been retxunpHhbed, and If prlcea
or wages hod fallen thero as as much
reason to attribute the reduction to
khat legislation as there la now. Ample
time had been afforded for Its effect*,
If tt hiW any, upon prices and wages
to be felt, and tho faot that tho Inves
tigation was not mado "for the purpose
of lnfluanctnu legislation upon the all-
ver question ndua to tho value of Its
results.
In the first pCnco the committee unan
imously selected 233 article* In common
u«o watch It was agreed conetltuled
the great bulk of tho consumption and
CMpoudlturca of the people, and theso
llrtlole* were separated Into right
clan—8 or groups; that la ctothea ami
clothing, furl and lighting, metal* nnd
implements lumber and house building
limbs!ala. drug* and chemical", house
furnishing goods, and miscellaneous
commodities. It was found that the
prlcea of articles of food, taking them
altogwher, had fallen Ire* than ten per
rent since ls73. while the prlcea of
clothes and clothing had fatlch 81 tier
cent; fuel and lighting nearly 24 per
cent.; mctala and Implements, S3 per
cent; lumber and buMdtng materials,
nearly SO per cent.; drugs and chemicals
31.per cent.; houae furnishing goods,
S? per cent.; and miscellaneous articles
80 tar cent The price* for the year
3S60 being taken ns the standard were
represented by 100, and Increases and
Decreases were shown by deviations
from that number up or down, os the
cos* might be. Tho lnraatlgsllon
Showed thou at the time It was made
arttdm of food stood at 103.9 or nearly
4 nfr cent, higher than In 1880; clothe*
and clothing at Rl.i; fuel end lighting
at tl; mctala and Implements at T4.0;
lumber and house buldlng materials at
1823: drug* *n<l chemical* at 8«.3: house
furnishing goods at 70.1. and mlacelU-
U»oo* arttele* at *8.1. Theee results of
1-. tavestlcsXon establish three tacts
which have an Important bearing upon
the prreent controversy. The flrit fact
ostablshed Is that the prices of articles
of food which are the products of the
farnw, garden*, orehoda and dairies of
the country, were about I per cent,
higher than they were In the year 1S60,
long before the stiver legislation now
complained of; the second l». that the
rail In Chin price* of these farm products
since the year 1811 has been much lew
than the fall tn the prices of the com-
mndlttei the farmer* have to buy; and
the third la that the reductions tn
pries* have not been uniform, either as
tn particular article* or groups of arti
cle* and thwefore cannot be attributed
to one *r».*fc« same cause—to the ap
preciation of gold, for Instance.'
The conclusion I* inevitable that va
rious Influence^ have operated to pro
duce these changes tn price*, some
effecting one group of articles and
aome onotlher and doubtlee* some af
fecting all, but to no one Influence can
the whole result be attributed. Cotton
and wheat are the commodities most
frequently referred to by those who
contend that the fall In price* Is due
to the appreciation of gold, but there
I* nothin; iwhatver In the methods of
producing those articles, or In trans
porting or selling them, or In the char
acter of the money ree -ived for them,
which would make the appreciation of
gold alftht their price* more than It
would affect the prlcea of other com
modities reduced by our people. In ad
dition lo the various causes which hove
more or less affected the prices of all
articles, the prlcea of these two prod
uct# have been seriously affoctral since
Idle year 1872, which was the last crop
year preceding the legislation In re
gard to silver. The production of cot
ton tn tht* country In 1872-73 was
2,072,351 bale*, containing an average
of 420 pounds net weight, while the
production In 1803-94 was 7,549,817 bales,
oontslnlng an average of 439 pounds
net weight, or an Increase of nearly
200 per cent. In this country alone,
besides the great Increase that has
take plno* In competing counlrlea; and
In 1894-95 the production here svaa
much larger, being nearly ;80,000,000
•bales. According to the statistic* of
the agricultural department, the pro
duction of wheat In this country In
1872 was 249,997,100 bush-la, and In
1894, 460,287,416 bushels, or nearly twice
ns much, and there has also 'been an
’enormous Increase of production lu
competing countries. Bui, gentlemen,
notwithstanding the great .Increase In
the production of colton and wheat,
here and In other eoutrlea, nnd the
consequent decline In their price*, a
given quantity of either of them will
now purchase In our own markets and
In tho markets abroad a larger share
of many other useful commodities
than It would have purchased In 1872
or 1873, so that, In fact, as compared
with many other things, the values of
cotton and wheat have appreciated.
The on* thin* whfoh has been lees at
tested by the changes In the relation
between supply and demand, by Improve-
menl* tp the methods of production ana
dlstrfbutlcm and by the other Influence*
wMcb produce flixttunllon* In prices or
©ommorlHIe- generally, Is labor, nnd at la
by far the most Important single source
of income possessed by our people, a
much larger amoun t being expended overy
year In the payment of wages than tor
any other one purpose. The cost of la
bor In the roimufttoturins and mocnani-
eal -Industries alone during the census
year 1889 waa 82,283,216.529, wraen was
nearly two un<2 one-hi: If times She value
of all the Wheat and cotton produced
tn tht* country; and tf we add to tins
the amounts paM for fsnm labor, for
clerical and other work tn mottamtlle **•
tablMvment*, for domestic service and
for work on railway* of all kinds, on
wafer craft, on street* and other improve,
mont* in the cities. at*1 In many other °e.
cupatSooi which give employment to our
people, we wjmld have u eum utmost, ,|t
htot quite, equal to Oho value of all our
agricultural product*. It ta evident, there
fore. that « the siHogeit depreciation ot
goM atone.haa cased a reduction tn
prices, the wage* of labor, the greatest
commodity In Oh* market, should have
fnl|*n since 1813; but exactly tho reverse
l* true. The tove*Ugotl©n» of stile *uo-
Joet by the eub-commtrie* covered a pe
riod of fifty.two year* and embraced all
the occupation* tn WhVh our peoplo were
en**4t«1, and live (act, unamhnouirly
found, was that, although eighteen years
httd elapsed sh*e* (he riSver Inxifietton.
(he wage* were higher than In >872 or
ini wages were found to be nearly el
ptr cent, higher than in I860, which wa*
thirteen yrans before the eUver legisla
tion, and more than 8 per cent, burner
thin In 1873. when that legislation was
adopted.
The argument *h*it (he reduction ot
price* Is due to tbe appreciation of goto
wecearartly based upon the further as
sumption* Mist <h* lealetaKon in regard
to silver has produced a scarcity ot re-
drinpcSon-or metafile money In the worm,
and that prices are fixed am regulated
by tho amount of auch money tn ctrculi-
tton. or available for clrctftvlkin. Benner
of the** assumption* are Justmed by tn*
fact*. The most exhaustive efforts have
been made from time to time by tne
treasury department, through the director
of the mint, by careful ezumtnattlon* ot
the monetary storiatlrs of other coun-
triee. by cotTcspoffdewco with our con
sular sad iBpkimatlc representatives
abroad and wfth foreign financial authori
ties. and ontiemrts*. to ascertain act
ual amount of gold and stiver u*si as
money la the world, and the result cf.ows
that there Is now more gold and stiver
In the aggregate, and more of cseh ot
thorn. In use as full legal lender money
than there anas at *iny other time In tn*
history of tho world. Tbe gold tn ue#
a* money amounts to $3,9®.<*»,uro, tn*
full legal tender sOver amounts to 83.VB,-
Sfo.om, and the limited legal tender Oliver
amounts to 809,900,000. The fsxscy ot
malutalnksf, or rsttthcr attempting to
maintain, the eowaUst double standard
ta-ver succeeded tn keeping so large an
amount of full legal tender silver In ctr-
culiatlon In the workl os there h at tine
time, and on* c< the principal reasons
for (hat *s that the effect df .the policy
was to driv* first the coins of on* metal
kite the coffer* of the hotuviere or brio
the melting pot*, beraame they were un-
dervehicl in the oolp*ce V*w* end would
pot remain In use aa money.
1 attach very Httl* Imptnoncs to to*
per capita argument, because the amount
of currency required in * country de
pend* mainly upon the volume of burinee*
to ts transacted anti the customs of tne
pfloplo tn conducting their exchanges, and
pot at all upon the number of men, wo
men and cMMrcn resUtng In tt, but, a*
there or* a gnat many who believe that
the circulation should be regulated by the
census return*, tt may be worth white to
State that the prvxliaitton of gold alone
tn 1890-and It Is much larger now—was
nearly two and one-half tunes greater
then tho average annual production or
gold and eUver both during the decade
which closel with the year IK0. In l«uo
(he prpuhiUon ot all the countries in
Bhirep* o«id Amorkxi waa 197.WNXU, and
tho prelection of both goM and shyer
amounted to 221.49 for overy hundred in-
haliKant*. while In 1690 the population ot
the earn* countries was 408,139, Ml. and
tbe production of god I alone wee 8UWH9,-
000, which amount'll to *0.46 for every
hundred InbObnnms, or 8» tents more
for each hundred people than w»s fur
nished by both mettds during each year
la the former doewde. In !S94 the popuu-
tton of these court* Ire wus 485,190,841. ana
the production of goil alone was 1*2,236.-
being *39.41 for each bundnlt mhatn-
etnt*. cr 27.02 more for each hundred
preple th’*n tbe total of both metal* dur
ing the test decade of the taet century.
If. therefore, the people «f iouevgie ana
Amerx* had need o» money *27 the gold
and ah tbe stiver annually produced in
th* world one hundred pent* ago. they
»ouM not h*v* received ** hm a per
capita addMon to their stock of money
as they wouM recetie now by acting
the gold alone. In view of Must facts,
I submit that the diver tegialatton or
1871, im and 1876 bar not <Sbn!n»t»el joe
world's supply ot metallic money as com
pared with former Uni. , and prevented
the elntch- goM wtsndrml oouotr.es from
making an great »o annual srilttlon to
their dock of im-tatltc currency.
OfflctaJ mcmmvry etatttetkrs ehowr (h»t
In the gold ekwidard countries of «ne
worM the a to** of money are much
largor ;e>.r «i3ia thn n In the stiver aun-
dard *vunbte*. Taking t2>e targe gold
standard countries and the large Stiver
standard ooi:r/It appeora that in
1891 tiio attrk of money In Che Catted
States was over 83 per capita. In tne
Unite*! Klnvdom nearly 220, and In Ger
many rowdy lie, whiles to Mexico tne
per eapfU nvao 94.7b In Russia and Fin
land 11.32, and In China 33.26. The gold
standard countries um large amounts
of saver aa money, but th* silver etan-
druri countries use no gold as money,
sod cannot do so for the reasons l nave
already endeavored to explain. But, gen
tlemen, for th* reasons already Mated,
the conimercfait trattons of (he world do
not now require the some proportion or
metallic money tn the translation of their
business that they required a few centu
ries ago,’ or men on* century ago. Credit
has been vastly extended and the u*e or
paper In the form of note*, check* end
bill* has sfmost entirely displaced me
tallic money hi the dally business of tne
people, and aa long aa these lorms or
oredtt are kept equal In value -to tne
metallic Standard, the effect upon tne
prices of oommodftle* Is prsdeely tn*
ram aa If the whole volume of circulation
conrided of standard coin, tor, as tong
aa equality in their value can be main
tained, the paper representatives of tne
dollar perform exactly -the eagle office in
the exchange of cutmnodfties that cola
dollanj them reive* would perform: but
If thl* equality Is destroyed, the paper
ts discwdUted, ft* purchasing power W
dtirrinSshed, and the peep’* home no longer
a Stable measure of value.
One of 'Ob* rooet effective arguments
made hy the advocate* of free coinage,
In some part# of tho country ait Iea®t.
la thmt the Tieapie ore In debt, n n d tnat
tt l* the duty of the government to relieve
them by euch legislation as WEI enable
them to procure cheap morrev for the pur
pose of dlKthanrinig their obflfstl-ne, end
In support of this argument the urest
exasoeorated wtatemenSe are made aa to
the depressed «nd suffering condition of
our f anmere, wage earners, and other pro
ducing ehuwes. This argument concedes
that under the proposed syotem of free
coinage *1 tbe ratio of 16 to t. ail tno
vi-Wme IrtnHa of currency In by the
people, Including the silver dollar Itself,
won! 1 be worth Vo* then It ie now, foe.
of course. If Uhl* Hi trot to be result, money
would be no cheaper then It te now. To
amort that th* people are In debt |* sim
ply to nay that they have traded with
each Other cm credit, that one part of our
fellow cCtIrene. rriyf.n>g upon 'the Integri
ty and fln*neMI standing of they neigh
bors and acqualtaneCs. have lent them
money on time and sold property to them
without demandtoff Immediate payment
in en*h, and'that In this way they have
enable! many people to carry on n. use
ful business and Hve In comfortable
homea who Otherwise could not have done
eo. If tt Is a crime to lend money to a
roan who wants to borrow It or to Belt
property on credit to a man who wants
to purchase It, and has no ready mbney
to pay for it, let (ho perpetrators oe
properly punlthod, but let us not Involve
tho whole country tn confusion and dte-
ustor and Immolate tho Innocent and
guilty alike In order to punish the real
Offender*. If Our people are In debt they
owe each other, and, consequently, about
ns many would be actually Injured as
would be apparently benefited by scaHnS
the obMgaltlon* down to a stiver etnnidatd.
The Indebtedness of the farmer*, me
chanics and Other laboring clhaem of
poople, although large In the aggregate,
Is quite email tn comparison with tno
Whole Indebtedness of th* groat rotfrcwKt
aud-mnmrfactmfln* corporations, the na
tional and Stato banks, saVlns Institu
tion*. trust companies, insurance com
panies. building aeeoclattonb and other
organlxatlons engaged In fthnnclal and
commercial enterprises. These various
organlr.itCCns are indebted to the people
to the extent of many bKJlOn# of dotlars.
and while tt la true that many of tne
people are also Indebted to them, their
debtors and creditors are mot tho same
persons, ami, therefore, the debts cannot
be set off against each other and extin
guished In that way. I deny that there
ll any ms* tiring ns a dJsttnet 'debtor
clasa" In this country, for. White nearly
overy "bnp owes tome debts, large 1 or
small, nearly, every one hns also Some
debt* owing tiFhJm; In other words; he
Is both debtor and creditor. The labor
ing people, as a general rate, aw* very
little at any one time, while their em
ployers are always tndebtel to them,
because wages are not paid in advance;
and besides, many of them hove small
deposits In savins# and other tanks, tn
tirurt companies. In butktin* uissoctattons,
and largo irumbere of thorn have their
Hvo* Insured (or the benefit of tbclr
wives and dhltdren. and consequently
they ore creditors of the banks ani9 in
surance compare**. The savings bank
depositors In rets country lest year num
bered 4,777,687, arid tho wives and chjwren
of th* depositor* who depnded upon these
accumulated earnings for future aupport
doubtless numbered 10,000,000 more. There
wore 1,925,340 depositors In the national
tank* Ust year, *n*9 t,724,077 of them had
deposits of less than ll.ooo cron, smite
state and private bonk* and loan and
trust companies heJd deportlti for 1.436.tB!l
people. Our tt to insurance companies, to
S nothing of companies Insuring Prop-
against loss by fire and otherwise
7MJuO policies outstanding laet
year, upon pWHMi the premiums had been
paid, or were betntr paid, by the people,
and tho mutual benefit and assessment
companies held 3,478,100 members- The
building arid loin association* hold nearly
2,0(0,000 members, all of whom p*Jd (hair
money to a* required by the rule* of the
body to Which they belonged. Here, then,
sro about 31.000,000 of our people, gen-
crally poor, or at least people of moder
ate means, who Wave given credit to theso
rrcut corporations end companies, end,
In my opinion, tt would be a grievous
wrong to adopt any policy which would
deprive thorn df’ the legwl right to de
mand and receive Just so pood money as
they parted with when they tmde tne
deposits In the banks or paid fhe pre
miums on their insurance pofictes. in*
hard-earned raving* of the poor ought
not to be sacefdced to th# avarice of tno
wealthy mine owners or th© utnbttlon ot
aspiring poWJchuis, and if th* people who
hare a substantial Interest tn the welfare
of the country and a Just appreciation
of their responettomtos as ettigens ana
exert their proper Influence In public at.
(sin Chi* great wrong can never bo per
petrated.
Mr. President, but little remains for mo
to eay before bringing there remarks to
a conclusion. It 1* wot my purpoeo to
discuss upon this occasion tho various
propositions which bare been ttuule from
time to tiro* for th* tmproretacsrt of our
tanking svetom. cr fbr the retirement of
Unltet States notes, because «h* ques
tion's Involved in them arc eo important
and eo huge that (hey cannot be property
corrsldcecd In connocOon with tho oubjeet
to which my time boa been devoted, we
hare an abundance of money to this
country for Ml the purposes cf trade and
the dtriurtutnece and hard time* of 1*93
atvl 1SH wort not caused by a scarcity or
contraction of th* currenry. but by a
contraction of credit resulotrw from a
lack of confldonco tn the stahtsty ana
value of our currency. So fir ms to*
mere volume of our currency ts concern
ed, we had then tad hove now an ample
r fo>
urvlef the exist buy system tt Is not prep-
rely .Itstrtoutal and Is not aufflrientty
elastic to meet all the changing requtrv-
changing require-
mente of twslntsi tt different period* or
the war. Tn* Unit*! Btwtee rttouM go
entirety otri of the tanking busmen By
the withdrawal of tt* atbttrary «n.l com-
puleory lewuee ot notes and afford to*
people an opportunity to supply their o»n
cummer basal upon their own means or
crttVt, tirxs enabling every community to
utikx* lu own resources when necessary
and «u2ju«t the c^ro'Jkaitlon from time to
time 40 (he tactual denvantts of ie^tumu-te
oocmnerce. In vrn&i way (his tfoall oe
.locompArtred ie a question vntitch Iris ai-
r^a- - ! uiie - n ud u-rM-niton ot
tJvi people vr-H pubile surihoratle-:, an*i It
^ill no douWt oo-ntlnixe to t* lnveeu?gateci
and dt»*u8sod until a plan te formulated
w*hlch,if n<>t perfect,-wli: at leaM fiave the
merit of ibelng ft greet *mprcrv«mervt upon
the extetinS frywtwn. In the meantime
our hSfs'hsl duty Is to preserve (he pres
ent «tan*IaT»l ot va^ue, ■maiJTvtaJn tho par
ity of the two metals, and keep ail tne
money In ofrcuflfttlon among the people,
whether ft be gold and silver coma, or
paper based upon them, ejjual In ptfrohae-
inf? power, m> that no dlaatfroflntKioo will
or can be made between those who re
ceive eHrcr and paper eivt thowe who re
ceive gold. A great government anouxi
ck» nothing <o <J1ecr»lK He own owi®a-
tiottfl or dfmlnfteh the value of the money
hi the hand* of It* cttlzene, nor ftnouta
the people of a great country ever con
tent to the adoption of a polsc-y, -through
experimental firAr.cial I^teLvtion or cth-
erw!»e, «wfilch would vitiate the obBga-
tione of tbefr contract*, interrupt the
regular oouree or -their bustneee and de
stroy the foundations -upon which (hear
Industrial and oomtnerciaj eyfftem* have
been oonetruoted. The uptrft of coneerva-
tJtem in etHl »tron« «unons our peopve,
and. notwithstanding the devolve prom-
lee* -and eelfleh appeals (bait are «ow
largely Induenctaff thedr ot«nlona In home
parte of the oowrttry. the truth win ulti
mately prevail and I have no doiibt of the
result when the tfcno for final action
come*.
Gentlemen, I -thank you toy your ponte
aitfentton and for -ttote opportunity you
have given me tp my aoroetfcimg ppon
this great mityo&t to an fttJdtence or
South orn men. We are all Americans,
all cMxena of the easne greolt republic,
and while % ertlurea the fortune® of the
North, South, Ba«t and Weet will be
bound lndteecftutoly together. There can
be no arKagonirtfc ln<«re<rt, no prosperity
in one «oot5«n at -the expense of anotner,
but we roust all stand or fall together.
So believing, I have spoken to you today
without rerervo or exaggeration 1n “belhaLf
of that poBcy wh‘ich, 1n my Jud@mont.
wifll -mart certainly promote the welfare
and preservo the credit and hwnor of our
whole country.
;Eczema
From early child-*
hood until I was
grown my family
spent a fortune
trying tocureme 1
1 of this disease. I visited Hot Springs
and was treated by the best medical
I men, but was not benefited. When 1
all things had p R| A H fl failed I de-,
| termined to L |{ | jJ M try S.S.S.
, and in four | 11VIII months was
: entirely cured. The terriblj eczema
f was gone, not a sign of it left. My
1 general health built up, and I have
| never had any return of the disease.
1 have often - -- -- — - - — — —
i reoommond*
} cd B&&. and
) have never -v *, ■ „ M mv,
k yot known a tolinro to cure.
f GEO. W. IRWIN, Irwin, To.
i Never falls to cure,
| oven when all other .
remedies have. Onr
jk treatlso on blood and
1 skin disease* mailed
- -^pp. y freo to any address.
SV/IFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga.
13 THE BEST.
FIT FOB AKIN©.
4 cordovan;
FRENCH ARM AMFllED CALF.
|4.*3.*0 FtNCCALF&KANGAROa
*3.50 POLICE, 3S0LES.
^l. 7 ^BQYSSCKQOLSHOEa.
•JLAJD1ES-
£3 !*£&*«*'
w&ffsmE&m.
DR0CKT0MJ4A35. •
• Over One Million People wear tho
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
All our altocs are equally satisfactory
They give the best valuo for the money. '
They equal custom shoes In style nnd fit.
Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
Tha prices aro uniform,-—stumped on sole.
From to S3 saved over other makes.
. If your dealer cannot supply you wo can. Sold by
ROCHESTER SHOE COMPANY.
SPECULATION.
HAMMOND & 00„
STOCK AND BOND BROKERS,
130 & 132 Pearl Street,
HEW YORK CITY. N.Y.
Stocks. Golds and Grain Botigkt and Sold,
or Carried ot Margin.
P. S.—Send for explanatory
circular on speculations; also
weekly market letter, (Free.)
MACON SAVINGS RANK
870 Mulberry Street, Macon, o*.
Capital and surplus $150,000
Paya 5 per cent* on deposits of |l and
upwuid. Heal estate loans on the month
ly Installment plan, and loans on good
securities at low rate*. Legal depository
for trust funds. Will act an administra
tor. executor, guardian, receiver and trus
tee.
H- T. POWELg....„. President
H. Q. CUTTER Vlca President
J. W. CANNON Cashier
EXCHANGE BANK
OF MACON. QA.
EL J* Lunar, Geo. B Turpin, *
President Vice President
J. W. Cabanlss, Cashier.
We solicit the business of merchants,
planters and banks, offering them courte-
ay, promptness, safety and llberalUty.
The largest capital and eurplua of any
bank in middle Georgia-
HON SAVINGS BANK & TRUSr CO
MACON, QA.
H. 3. Lamar. President; Oeo. B. Turpts.
Vice President; J. W. Cabanlss, Cashler-
D. M. Nelli,an, AccountanL
CA1TAL 2200,006. SURPLUS, 830.0M.
Interest paid on deposits 8 per cent, per
annum. Economy la the road to wesltn.
Deposit your saving* and they will b*
Increased by Intereet. Compounded semi-
annually.
Paints, Oils, Glass,,!
SASH, DOORS, ETC. /
Largest Etock of Builders’ Hardware in the city. Get the
M
T.C. BURKE’S. A
beet and cheapest at
O- P. & B. EWILLINGHAM CO.
‘ MACON, GA. j
X mm, NODLDIHSi PAINTS, UHE HQ tEMEK ||
AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES.
Escorted Vacation Excursion to Europe, Organized
and Accompanied by
MISS WILLIE M. ALLEN, of Birmingham, Ala.
Sailing by Anchor Line Steamship CIRCASSIA,
June 22, 1895.
From New York, visiting Glasgow,
Edinburgh. Melroeo, Abbotsford, Strat
ford-on-Avon. Warwick Castle, Kenil
worth Castle, London, Paris, Versailles,
with extensions for seven or fourteen
days’ rest in London or Edinburgh and
supplementary aide trips to Belgium,
Germany. Switzerland, the Italian
lakes and Italy.
Inclusive fares from 2190 to 3400, all
necessary expenses included. Full de
scriptive Illustrated programme ready.
Apply to Miss Willie M. Allen, No.
2122 Avenue I. Birmingham, Ala., or
Henry Gaze & Sons. Ltd., No. Ilg
Broadway. New York: No. 204 Clarke
street Chicago, and all branch offices.
-OF-
OF MACON,
WHOLESALE : AND • RETAIL
A
insurance.
Drugs.
Ticket Agency-
Tailor
Shoes.
Bottling Works.
Steam Laundry.
Job Frlntlng.
Photographer-
Dentist.
Real Estate.
Manufacturers* Agent
Hotels.
Furniture.
Groceries.
Music Houae.
Liquors.
Wholesale Dry Goodn.
. For advertising rates In this co lumn address the business office-
GRANITE AND MAIIKLK MONUMENTS.
I Id !.*--*.« Importer and Dealer in Granite and Marblo Monuments. Estimate*
J. 1 , uOvJuP. ma4 ° on Riding* In either Marble or Granite. Iron Ratline a
Cl . W ~V> specialty. Prices to cult the times. Write or call. 463 Second street
O MAMuJskra f II UI4.4. (Successors to Geo. W. Case). Designers and Builders .
J iPOCDCl^P OC UJUltt cl Monuments of Foreign and American Marble#
. ,„v vl ^ . and Granites. Fine Carving a specialty. Eatlmates'
on all kinds of Marble and Granlto \rork. Agents for Iron Fencing. Write or call for deslra'-
and prlcoa. Office and works 4G2, 461, 466 Plum etreot. -
T O -si. ^ Jniporter ahd Doalor In Granlto and Marble Monuments. Estimate ‘ f 1
. 1*S # “PrOD0rt on Buildings lnolther Marble or Granlto, The best and cheap©
V r * Wrought Iron Railing In America. Write or call. 553 Second j,
WHOLESALE GROCERS.
S. R. Jaques&TinsJey Co., S“t°?SSu"® J
A n Wholesale Grocer, Bill, to suit your purse, rroilaton*. cor
. D. J m 311. cats, hay, cotton seed meal *nd huU*, tohacoofc clg»r*.
■ a^**ai*s*j . gmd anything else you \ranL
G. Qepnd % (Jo,
MANUFACTURERS.
Manufacturers and Dealers In Harness, Saddlery, Leather
and Shoo Findings. G, Bernd Patent Rope Eye Snap.
9 460. 452.454 and 466 Cherry Btroet. *
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DRUG GIST.4.
H I T.A/nnn O lA»ar*a Compound Fluid Extract of Buchu at] \
. J. ua(nQp% ^ons.
lcnce, increases the flow of urine, hence Is recommended for gastrlo debility, dysnenala coil
dropsy and diabotea. Especially recommended In gravel and chronic rheumatism. AsneclV ,
for all troubles resulting from diseases of the urinary organs, such as pain In the back and eld<
sleeplessness, nervousness, etc.
It. (Johen 8$ go
WHOLESALE LIQ.UOU*.
L. Mack, .Manager, 451 Chen
') Mountain Corn Whiskey,
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
CDood*Pea09 go. Prices In touch Wluftlm^timeel ^fcner^^trell
PRODUCE, FRUIT AND FISH.
0 . H. PClllCn. 5“ lM ln . ,ln * Shipper of Fruits, Produce, Fresh Fish ax
• V X- > Oysters* 513 Fourth street.
PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSIC.
Successors to J. W. Burke kOo.
Music Store. Dealers In Plane
Organs and Musical Merohs
p. A. Guttenb^pqep &> Go.,
dlsft 432 Second Siroet. Agents for the celebrated Bobma Pi a:
Smith & Watson,
Bobma Pianos.
JOB PRINTING.
Printers. Printing in all Its branohee.
Every description of fine Commercial work,
655 Cherry Street.
LIVERY hTabLE.
CtoULe ,, (Tlmherlslie'sOtflBtsnO.) 613snfl630PoplarBtrert, ’ /
Empire Stables. uw, ^^vTuD S o“pri;^. mB ^ u °“i
CARRISUKH, BUGQ1R8 AND IVAGONS.
S O On-Winln- Dealer in Carrisgee, Buz«les ana Wsgons. Blcyclw, (; 1
\ Mpnifilfifi ChllUreiV* Carriages, Jlarneea, Leather, Eto.
• * Ll* IllVlWW| Corner Second and PODlar Btreeta. \1
BU
Mallary Bros. & Co
Dealer In Carriages, Buggies and Wagons. Bicycle*
Children's Carriages, Harnees, Leather. Eta
Corner Second and Poplar Btreeta.
MACHINERY.
Dealers in Engine*. Boilers. Sara Mills,
. Specialties; Watertown Steam Engines,SMTl
■ J Grist Mills. Cotton Gina. 351 to853 Cherry flu
BOOK* AND STATIONERY.
J. W. Burke Company, pile©. Paper.En-rolopeajhipa* andTwIj^
Tube Paints. Brushes and all Artists' Euppltes. Macon. Ga,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF MACON. GA.
CAP1TAL1S0RPLUS, $250,000
Prompt, Liberal. Safe.
R. H. PLANT, GEO. H. PLANT,
President Vice-Preaidant
W. W. WRIGLEY, Cashier,
I, C. PLANT’S SON,
BANKER,
Macon, Ga. - - U - • - - Established IE
Banking in all its branches. Intert
allowed on Time Deposits.
We handle foreign exchange and arrant
travellers credits on Messrs. Rothschild H
London for all European points. 1 ;
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