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!m»:)oiimom», t . p mi, Milledgeville. Ga., December 1.1891
How
They Differ.
In make up: Most
baking powders contain am
monia or alum. Cleveland’s
does not; not a particle.
It is made of pure cream of tartar
and bi-carbonate of soda, with a
little flour to keep the strength, noth
ing else. Cleveland’s is wholesome.
In strength: A rounded
spoonful of Cleveland’s does
better work than a heaping
spoonful of any other.
A large saving on a yeat’s bakings.
Cleveland’s leavens most.
In results: Cake made
with Cleveland’s is fine
grained, keeps moist and
fresh.
Cleveland’s leavens best.
'May 19,1*1. 40 !>’•
depression.
The Cause Discussed by a Thought
ful Correspondent.
Editors V N ION-ltR COR DK It—H KX
TLKMfc^: Wiii’ii we look about us and
g P0 t i 10 depression that exists today in
this country among merchants, as
well as farmers, we naturally a-k our
selves, wlmt is the cause of it all, and
how are we to extricate ourselves
from such a “predicament?”
Our condition is attributed to dif
ferent causes by different .persons.
Some claim that indolence of farmers
lias brought it all about; others that
over-production is the chief cause,
while still others hold to the idea that
contraction of currency is the cause.
I belong to the latter class and will
endeavor to show that, while our
farmers have kept pace with the pro
gress of time, and are second to none
in industry, that there has been no
over-production, but an appalling
under-consumption. In order to do
ao I will have to deal largely In fig
ures. whioh are always tiresome to
the ordinary reader.
1 will first notice the charge ef ex
travagance and want af thrift and see
if there be any truth in it. I dare
say that nine-tenths of the people
have labored more hours and econo
mized closer this past year than ever
before. The environment of labor in
production at the present time de
feats all its alms. The fanlt Is not in
our labor, our calculations or our sav
ings. It lies in the system under
which our efforts aie directed. *
In 1887, 65,636,000 acres in cultiva
tion produced 1,329,729,000 bushels of
all kinds of grain, which sold for
*1,284,000,000, while in 1887, twenty
years Inter, 141,821,000 acres produced
2,669,457,000 bushels, which sold for
only $1,204,289,000. That is, the pro
ducts of 1867, from less than one-half
as many acres and half the amount,
brought the farmers $79,711,000 more
than tlie crop of 1867. Can you away
these figures by extravagance or want
of thrift?
Labor, the architect of all wealth
and prosperity, is languishing today
from similar causes. There is no
other nation on earth where labor is
so easily despoiled as in our boasted
America. In other nations it re
quires a monarchy or standing army
and the traditions of a brutal past to
effect this robbery, but here it is ac
complished almost by common con
sent.
I will next notice the most popular
theory—over-production. Some claim
that our economic laws are too perfect
that we are sufi ering from a surplus
of success or that we are tbe victims
of a reckless and persistent industry.
If all were comfortably fed, housed
and clothed there would be no over
production. There is no over-produc
tion of wheat, corn and meat where
people are hungry; of boots and shoes
where they are barefoot, or of clothes
where they are ragged. Neither are
there too many homes where people
are compelled to live in cold attics or
damp cellars.
Let us go to the amounts andascer-
ain how much the alleged over-pro-
uctiou bus been. Supposing that
0UI enormous surplus is sent abroad,
"e tiiiil that in 1888 we exported in all
iff beef, pork and dairy products
1.132,000,000 pounds, 120,000,000 bush-
und Hour reduced to
bushels, and that our whole exports
amounted to #683,000,000. Had we
consumed each day that year one
ounce of meat more thau we did, it
would have taken 1,470,000,000 pounds
o88,000,000 more than was exported.
If we had consumed four ounces
more of flour each day it would have
required 148,280,000 bushels of wheat-
28, 280,000 bushels more than was ex
ported. If we had expended three
ceuts eucli day for products, in excess
of wlmt we did expend, we would
have bought $711,750,000, 01 nearly
$29,000,000 more than was expended.
If there are any that doubt that we
could have consumed one ounce of
meat or four ounces of flour each day
more thau wo did, let them go among
the alleys, the byways and the alms
houses and be taught better. Could
we not expeud three ceuts each day
for products more than we do? Stand
on the street corners, notice the
crowds as they pass, and receive the
answer.
I will now try to show' that contrac
tion of currency is tbe cause of so
much oppression and depression. AH
will admit that more money means
higher prices and better times; less
money, lower prices and harder times.
The question of the amount of cur
rency in circulation is one that neces
sarily involves a resort to certain esti
mates, which should be fairly and
carefully considered. It has recently,
though, become a prime factor in
partisan politics and financial du
plicity, wlr'ch subjects it to all the
misleading statements and false as
sumptions that usually accotnoany a
discussion of financial propositions.
We very often mistake high-sounding
phrases and uncommon words for
good argument, and tbe result is we
become settled in an opinion without
being able to give a shadow ol reason
for it. One great mistake is in con
sidering the deductions drawn by
government officials as being abso-
lately correct. I say that is a mistake
because the exact reverse has been
proven quite often. The government
manufactures, under fiat of law, cer
tain amounts of money, and when
asked to give the amount in circula
tion it deducts the amount on hand
from the quantity manufactured and
declares the difference to be in circu
lation. And the most of us accept it
as true—intelligent men do ao. I have
had college professors and editors to
tell uie that we have in circulation
now about #34 per capita. They, of
course, ought to keep posted, but
somehow they overlooked tbe fact
that certain stringent laws demand
that a portion of the curreney shall
be kept locked up as reserve and that
other portions of it has been lost,
destroyed or sent out of tbe eouotry.
When proper deductions are made to
conform to the law and reasonable
allowances made forother factors that
conspire to reduce the amount, the
tables will show that in 1866, with a
population of about 36.000,000, we
bad a circulation of nearly two billion
dollars, a per capita of $52, while in
1889, with a population of about
62,000,000, we had $306,999,982, a per
capita of about. $5. And now see
how the failures have increased. In
1865 we had in this country 520 fail
nres, and in 1889 we had 13,277, and
my opinion is that 1891 will show still
more failures.
For fear of wearying your readers I
will draw the line here, and will later
review some special effects of a con
tracted currency.
Very respectfully,
J. E. Stkmbridgk.
Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 27, 1891.
Numbbb 22.
Of wheat,
Something for the New Tear.
Tbe world renowned success of
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their oontinueil popularity for over
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is scarcely more wonderful than tbe
welcome that greets the annual ap
pearance of Hostetter’s Almanac.
This valuable medical treatise is pub
lished by the Hostetter Company,
Pittsburg, Pa., under their own iui
mediate supervision, employing 60
hands in that department. They are
running about 11 months in the year
on this work, and the issue of the
game for 1892 will be more than ten
millions, printed in the English, Ger
man, Frencii, Norwegian, Swedish,
Holland, Bohemian and Spanish lan
guages. Refer to a copy for valuable
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health, and numerous testiuion'als as
to tbe efficacy of Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters, calculations and Chronologi
cal items, etc., which can be de
pended on for correctness. The Al
manac for 1892 con be obtained free
of co-1, from druggists and general
country dealers in all parts of the
country.
SCHOOLS—SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Editor Union-Rkcorder:—The
past two or three years have wit
nessed a very decided increase of
interest on the subject of education
in our state, and a corresponding
increase in the appropriations for
our common schools. This is very
gratifying. We may hope that the
day is not far distant when every
town shall have a thorough system
of schools, and every hamlet and
rural district one well constructed
school building, the pride of the
community. It is not so now. It
is because of the firm trust which
I have, in the light of recent events,
that the above expressed hope may
be realized, that 1 write this note.
There is nothing unimportant in
the school question. Everything
should be made to conduce to the
best results in any gystem, or else
parts, perhaps by some deemed un
worthy of notice, may tend to de
feat the general aim. Among these
are matters relating to the loca
tion of buildings, and the ventilat
ing, heating, and lighting of these.
Too seldom do these matters re
ceive the least attention. But we
may hope that with the growth of
our technical and industrial schools,
our architects will be trained to
consider always the adaptedness
of h, building to the purpose in
tended, and) will endeavor to em
body right principles in all their
structures. No less important it
seems to me, is it that all teachers,
trustees, and commissioners, should
study these matters, and consider
that their acceptance of office car
ries with it a pledge to learn and
to do to the best of their ability
everything connected with the of
flee accepted. Baldwin and otlur
counties in which the U It. circu
lates will doubtless need many
school buildings in the next few
years. It would be well, it seems
to me, for all concerned to give the
matter yf school arcnitecture care
ful consideration, and not wait, nn
til a school building is decided
upon, then the next week give out
the contract for a school house or
shelter to some cross-roads carpen
ter.
The “Girls’ Industrial School” is
a most imposing building, doubtless
in nearly svsry particular well
adapted to its purposes and worthy
of the praisss given it. A fair cor
respondent in your last issue, how
ever, pays a compliment whioh
calls forth this note. I indulge in
no oapitious criticism, f simply
say that nothing is perfect, and
make her statement tbe ocoasion of
calling attention to this important
matter. The article says: “We
found quite a number of girls por
ing over books preparing the next
lesson, the light falling on the room
in such a manner that the eyes, so
often weakened in the school room
are protected. There is a solid wall
back and front so that the light
comes from the side.” There is only
one worse way, i. e., for the light to
come glaringly in frout. Authori
ties who have studied the matter
ad vise especially against side lights.
All the ligiits should come from the
back, passing over the shoulders of
the pupils, falling upon their books,
and not dazzling the eyes. There
should be no crossing of rays. The
shape of the room also should be
considered. It should be not square,
but rectangular, the length being
about twice tlie width, large wind
ows being placed in one of the
longer sides, the pupils facing the
other longer side, which is presum
ably ablaek-board the whole length,
most restful to the eyes. A mo*
ment’s consideration of this plan
shows advantages in addition to the
matter of light. There will be a
greater stretch of black-board di
rectly in front of the pupils, whicli
can all be used to advantage, the
central part of it at least (which
the teacher needs to use so much)
being nearer to the class than in
any other arrangement. The light
falls on this so as to render most
plainly visible what is written
thereon, which sometimes cannot
be seen when the light strikes
obliquely upon the board. The
teacher too is nearer his class in
this arrangement. Now in case of a
long room with windows as above,
but desks arranged parallel to these
windows there is but little black
board space in front of pupils, and
that witii the teacher in a distant
end of the room. But if the win
dows are in one of tne shorter sides
of the room, then indeed is the case
bad. There is theminimum of light,
and the effect must be injurious to
to the pupils in the farther end of
the room. Eye affections are be
coming alarmingly common and it
behooves us to take every precau
tion against their increase.
The grade rooms and tbe recita
tion.rooms of tlie M. G. M. & A*.
College, including the two into
which the old Senate Chamber is
divided, almost fulfill proper condi
tions, and if tbe last^wo were some
what smaller anil the others corres
pondingly larger, and the desks
should face from the windows, they
w °uld be model Bchool rooms. How
well adapted is the old capitol for
its present use! Much better than
Mercer’s original hundred thous
and dollar building. What a pity
the college should be in neea of
funds for its support 1
Anyone interested in school archi
tecture and school matters gener
ally can get free the valuable bul-
# l?? °* ^ le United States Bureau
of Education, bv addressing a pos
tal to Wiu. T. Harris, L. L. D., Com
missioner of Education, Washing
ton, I). C. All tliPse questions are
ably treated therein. It will pay to
send for them. X. Y. Z.
[communicated.]
Sam Jones Rather Spoilt—The Ego.
The Rev. Sinn Jones, who by the
unstinted aid of the press of the coun
try has made a reputation, we do not
say. a character, for character goes
out from one, and reputation comes
in upon one, imagines that he can
stand alone without its aid. Hear
him in a recent speech in Atlanta; he
was making an anti-prohibition
speech:
“The editors tell me sometimes that
I oughtn’t to jump on tlie papers so
heavy—that tiie papers made me.
"Well, can they make another one?
| Laughter.] Brethren, this is the
truth—ami 1 thank God that it is the
truth—all the newspapers in the
world can’t make a man, and they
can’t unmake one.” [Applause.]
Tlie printing of It is remarks'gives
him a reputation. He is heard
through the press, and the press do
make and unmake men. A man can
no more rise to fame or notoriety
without the aid of the press than a
bird can fly with its wings cut. Our
observation in life has been that nine
men out of ten, after they rise to
notoriety or influence, are willing to
kick the ladder away upon which
they climbed to notice. I have seen
too much of that in my life time.
Should the papers cease to notice
Mr. Jones, let him come and go,*
never a line written of his sayings, he
would find himself a very small mao
sood. We do not say that Mr. Jones
has not charaoter, or originality; that
he has the happy faculty of drawing
from life, and hisillnstrationsareapt,
taking and pointed, I admit, but he
eannot make for himself a reputation.
That is given to him by others. As
an illustration see what the Atlanta
Herald says about him:
“While there are some things that
he says, in his teal, that we eannot
deliberately endorse, we have never
doubted that he was a true and pure
man, of great impulses, deep oonvic-
tions, exalted charaoter and big brain.
Bain Jonee is a genius. It is possi
ble that this is (he reason why* many
people do not indorse him. They
don’t understand him.”
There is his reputation, there Is a
compliment which gives hftn noto
riety. And it is just such things com
ing from the press which make men.
How often have men seeking fame or
notoriety sought tbe kind words of
tbe press? How have men, who have
made a name, trembled before tbe
criticisms of. the press? How have
tuen retired to private life because the
press would not notice or aid them?
Mr. Jones lias been spoilt by flat
tery. Praise has made him think
himself superior to other men who do
not and wfll not indulge In his pecu
liar language in and out of the pulpit.
Novelty always takes; men prefer to
be amused rather than made to think.
It is easier to laugh than to agree; to
enjoy wit than deep wisdom; to enjoy
pungent sarcasm than profound rea
son.
As long as the press is ns kind to
Mr. Jones as it is, he will be a made
man; it has made him and can make
hundreds of more. It is the lever
which raises men, and when not used,
they are soon forgotten. It is the
easiest thing in the world to spoil a
man by too much praise, and Mr.
Jones is no exception to tbe rale.
We would be pleased if the papers
would take Mr. Jodos at his word and
not mention his name for twelve
months. He would be the sickest
man for want of notoriety in the
United States, Dr. Talinage of
Brooklyn not excepted. Both live,
feed, grow fat and independent upon
so mpeh free praise. I know too
much about publio men and the pfess
not to know what each are worth in
their respective spheres. There are
thousands who pass for more than
they are worth, and thousands who
do not pass for wliat they are really
worth. Tbe noisy, the presuming,
aggressive and egotistical talker will
be heard when the man of real worth
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
ABSOLUTELY PURE
is quiet aud does not seek to thrust
himselt forward.
If there is anything which will
make a fool cf a man, put a sword in
his hand and give him command, and
should I10 happen to make a lithe
fame as a soldier, his war teconl is
first, last and all the time. To make
a fool of a woman, let her marry
wealth or Inherit it, aud she imagines
herself just a little better than those
who do not have a long purse to lean
upon. To spoil a partisan, call him a
statesman, and keep him in office for
a half dozen years, and the job is
done. To spoil ft minister, tell him lie
Is a giant in the pulpit, a power with
the people, nnd then his next idea i-
to make money.
Editorial Glimpses and Clippings.
Renew your subscription.
A counter irritant—an impudent;,
dry goods clerk.—•Buffalo Enquirer..
The old-time father and mother
were tigpankint; tetuu.—Dallas Newt.
It is thought in Macon that the
old car shed \iml be converted into a.
freight depot.
Keep your eyes open; 25 cents buys
Salvation Oil. the greatest cure <»n
earth for pain.
Gen. Alvin 1*. Hovev. Govern’or
of Indiana, died in Indianapolis on
the 23d, o' heart disease.
The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd bv
art,
Reigns, more or less, and glows
heart.;
The proud, to gain it, toils on tolls (Mi
ll u re,
The modest shun it, but to make it euro."
Mr. Jones I think overrates himself
and uti ferrates the press, lie is am
bitious of notoriety and enjoys tlie
comment of the press muchly, if not
more so. Mr. Jones has been praised
so much that his vanity and egotism
must have its food. He is not alone
in that respect, many public men of
Georgia were always doing something
or saying something to be noticed. A
nntuber are dead, but the ranks of
such are generally easily filled. Mr.
Jones be a little wore modest. Yon
have been made, and made because
you have bteu much praised.
R. M. O.
THI 80KA1 In the Aryan reiig-
PLANT. / ion the chief offering
to tbe gods was the fomented juice of
the Boma or Moon plant, which be
ing a strong drink, gave new exoite-
ment to those who partook of it, and
was believed to impart power to tbe
gods. It was believed, moreover,
that it wrought miracles, and for this
reason perhaps, it afterwards became
tbe chief god of the Hindus. leave-
die hymn the worshipper says:
“We’ve quaffed tlie Soma bright,
And are immortal grown;
We’ve entered into light,
And all the gods have known.
What mortal now can harm,
Or foemnn vex us more?
Through thee beyond alarm,
Immortal God! we soar.”
No such power as this is attributed
to any plant at (he present time, and
many of tlie cures performed by 8.
8. 8., a purely vegetable remedy,
seem almost to border on tbe mirac
ulous. In contagious binod poison
scrofula, skin diseases, some forms of
cancer, etc., it is tlie remedy par
excellence.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta. Ga.
Oran Seed Flour.
Many kinds of grass seed are used to
make flour for bread and mush of ex
cellent quality. Along tlie rivers in
Colorado and Arizona grass seeds are
collected in large quantities and supply
a much valued winter food for tlie In
dians. They are ground into flour,
mixed with water into a dough, and
cakes of the latter are baked in the
hot sand.—Washington Star.
Tlie Rich! II 'll Ivlwarff Bulwnr
• Lytlon, ((. <IV, British embasytt-
1 J I dor to Frano, flieil suddenly in
I Paris last Wednesday.
I ——
0." I All skin and , 1,, disease®, dan*
I dniIT, fm 11 > n lt of 11 ip heir, gra v or tad
ed Imir, iiune l) > cured bv using the'-
nature's true remedy, Hall's If,,i,
Renewer. *
Many lin'd win county farmers hav**-
held ov. r last year’s cotton till now,
foi better prices, but are forced to*
sell at a lower price than last year.
Work is about to be commenced on
the construction of aneleetrlo car line
at Rome. Bonds to the amours?. of
$100,000 have been issued for tbe pur
pose.
A friend induced me to try Balva-
tiou Oil for mv rheumatic foot,. I used*
it, and the rheumatism is entirely
gone John H. ANDERSON, BWti-
luore, Md.
Thu Fashion la Cano*.
Cane varnishing is a thing of the
past. The luster of the wood may be
given the unglistened smoothness that
careful oiling imparts, and the stick,
whether bark covered or not, must not
be light in color.—Clothier and Fur
nisher.
»ppy'
lie
Wm. Timmons Postmaster of Idavllle,
Ind., writes: “Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling arising from
Kidney and Liver troubles.” John Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of same place, says,
“Find Electric Bitters to be tbe best Kid
ney and Liver medicine, made me feel like
a now man.” J. W. Gardner, hardware
merchant, same town,says: “Electric Bit
ters is just the thing for a man who is all
run down nnd don’t care whet her ho lives
or dies; he found new strength, good ap
petite and felt like he hud anew lease on
life. Only 50c. a bottle, at Milledgeville
Drug Store.
We are always glad to hear of now
avenues of profit and fame befog
opened to women, but we hope that
the recent spectacle of a prize fight
between women will not be seen,
again. Women should be content to
leave the domain of brute fonetethe
men.
Tourists to Yellows*one Park next *
season might encounter a north-west
ern blizzard. If they are wise men.
they will take along a supply of th<*
famous Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
The Macon Evening News says of »\
former colored Congressman from thfa
State: Jeff Long used to be a great
politician. He liked politics better
Minn anything else. But Jeff has pnk
politics aside for the more quiet busi
ness of tailoring. Tis well. JefS
must be prospering for he hap pur
chased t wo lots out in a deligbtfnL
suburban territory and wilt erect a-,
couple of houses. One of tbe-hoeeea
he will use as a summer home fee
himself and fumily. Jeff, I believe, is
the only living negro Congressman in
Georgia. Jeff has, perhaps, the rarest
and largest collection of books of any
colored man in the State. His library
is quite extensive. He owns some
books that cost $10 each. He has
many for which be puid $5 per vol
ume.
“At last, I can eat a good square
meal without its distressing me!” was
the grateful exclamation of one
whose appetite had been restored by
the use of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, afteV-
years of dyspeptic misery. A tea-
spoonful of this extract before each
meal sharpens the appetite.
Edison at Work.
When the inventor is experimenting
he dons a long frock of checked ging
ham, which buttons close at the chin
and reaches to the heels. It is nothing
more or less than a man’s MotherHab-
bard, which he puts on to protect his
rlothos from dust and adds and oils.
Arrayed in this, be goes around from
room to room in the great laboratory,
overseeing the different experiments
that his assistants are conducting. He-
has the same little stoop at his hips-
that plowmen acquire, but he walks
rapidly.
Mr. Edison has turned out more -In
ventions every month during the lost -
fifteen years than most men discover
in a lifetime. He owns between 400
ind 500 patents. —Drake’s Magazine.
“I use Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral freely
in my practice, and recommend it in
cases of Whooping Cough among
children, having found it more cer
tain to cure that troublesome dis
ease than any other medicine I know
of.”—So says Dr. Bartlett,‘of Con
cord, Mass.
