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ALLIANCE TALKS.
HEWS OF THE ORDER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance
men Everywhere.
SIDE-TRACKING ISSUES.
Under the above heading the Progres
live Farmer comes boldly to the front
and says:
“The partisan press and the politicians
who are opposed to the Alliance are .ex¬
tremely nuxioU9 to force the order into
false positions. They assert persistently ultima¬
that the sub-treasury bill is ihe
tum of the Alliunee, when they will
kuow that in every instance where it h s
been made the issue, it has been forced
on us. And we may remark that in every
such cam the sub-treasury has come out
victorious, It is now being asserted that
President Polk makes the sub-treasury
paramount to all oth r questions, The
enemy puts down his position as follows:
' That he regards as most important-
“1st. The.sub-trcasury bill.
“2d. Free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
3d. The modification of the tariff.
President Pulk has always held that a
change in the fi' ancial system of the
government by and through which the
industrial nviuy- arjj being robbed and
ruined by the moneyed few is the great
overshadowing paramount issue before
the American people. He has always
held that free coinage, tariff, sub-treasury
and all other questions are subordinate
to this great issue. No free coinage act,
oo modification of the tariff, no increase
of the currency—none, nor all of these,
cau never bring just and substantial re¬
lief to the people, so long as the present
unjust and outrageously wicked financial
system prevails. The national bank¬
ing system must go. The money
of the people must be 1S
sued to the people, independent
of all expeusive agencies and in
sufficient volume to do the business of
country. This, and not the Sub-Treas¬
ury, this, and not the tariff, this, and not
free coinage, is tbe mighty living issue
before the people.
The Alliance wants and demands a
modification of the tariff, and it interids
to have it. The Alliance wants and de¬
mands free and unlimited coinage of sil¬
ver, and it intends to have it; but it will
no longer be deluded and ensnared with
the iallacious idea that these are para¬
mount to the money question. The poli¬
ticians of the country have been deceiv¬
ing and side-tracking the people on these
false ideas for a quarter of a century, but
they can do it no longer.
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RRo RDING THE WHEAT COMBINE.
‘ ver, secretary to President
Polk, of the it( unap^i Alliance, and man
ager of the Reform Press ttureau, which
is also known as the Alliance Press
Bureau in Washington, is reported as
saying that the work of sending out cir¬
culars designed to show the farmers of
the country that it was to their advant¬
age to hold back the wheat crop was ac¬
tively proceeding in 3Iinn., Washington which as well
as in St. Paul, was
chosen one of the seats of operation
because of its location in the great wheat
belt. Mr. Ayer said there have already
been 400.000 of these circulars sent out
from Washington, and will continue to
be sent out until more than a million
circulars altogether are issued, The
circular, he said, will also_ be published
in about two thousand weekly papers,
with which the bureau ia connected. He
remarked that he couldn’t say, of course,
that it was the circular which had
brought about the result, but be had
noticed in a recent market report,
that as a matter of fact the actual move¬
ment of wheat was 140 carloads less per
day than had been estimated. Mr. Ayre
also stated that the information that the
issue of such a circular by alliancemen
was in contemplation circular became in public pre¬ of
maturely, when the course
preparation was publised in the newspa¬
pers. The final decision to issue the cir¬
cular had not at that time been reached,
and many of leading but it alliancemen been were finally una¬
ware it, has since
determined upon. He explained that
the executive committee of the alliance
had not acted on this matter, and that by
tbe circular no order was given alliance
men to hold back their crop, this being
-contrary to the methods of the alliance.
What is done by this circular is to grm
the farmers information as to the facts ia
regard to tbe world’s wheat crop, with
the suggestion the that wheat will some bring weeks
later than present time a
higher price.
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The Western New York Farmer, (Ar¬
cade ^ says is regard to the Wyoming
county Alliance meeting: “The 2,000
members of the Order iii this county have
determined that the Alliance principles
of letting the office seek the man, shall
be a principle observed in the nomina¬
tion of all candidates. They have no use
for self-seekers and look upon all who
ask for office with suspicion. thorn in the They Assembly, want
a man to represent
the Senate, and in other places of official
trust, who will earn his salary and be true
to those who employ and pay him as a pub¬
lic servant, anfi they propose to have such
a one even if neither party see fit
to nominate him. Their action
at the convention conveys no uncer¬
tain sound. It is brief, but it is awfully
explicit and fearfully in earnest. It ad¬
vises all members to attend their par y
primaries and work for pure and honest
men who arc known to be in harmony
with the Alliance demands. The execu¬
tive authority is directed to submit these
demands to every nominee and failing to
secure the public pledges of their suo-
able and studious leaders ot labor, orga¬
nized for political action, manfully
marshall their followers for final depar¬
ture from every rut and every trend of
protedivo and prohibitory paternalism for the
and complisliment strike out of iu economic a campaign liberty.” no
The National Economist says:
“The order need have no concern
about the recent anti-sub-treasury meet¬
ing held in Fort Worth, Texas. The pa¬
pers that are trying to produce discord
in the Alliance made a great fuss over it.
They inaugurated it for that very
purpose, and therefore bud to
make a fuss over it. but
it was a great failure. It has, how¬
ever, demonstrated *nc thing that will
delight all true Alliancemen, and that is
that they might rake Texas with a fine
tooth comb and they could not find one
hundred Alliancemen in good standing
who would be willing to go back on their
obligation and fight the Ocala demands.
When such aro fouud they are generally
renegades, who, claiming membership,
are using that claim to help the enemy
produce discord in the order.”
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A Little Rock, Ark., dispatch says:
The Washington County Alliance in con¬
vention assembled has passed a resolution
declaring for the nomination of a com¬
plete Alliance ticket in the gnbernatorial
campaign one year hence. It is . under¬
stood that delegates from other counties
to the State Alliance will also favor such
a step, and that the regular Democratic
ticket will be opposed by\AUiance candi¬
dates for all the State offices. The action
of the Alliance of the county named,
which is one of the most important in
tbe state, has caused a ripple of excite¬
ment in political circles. The State Alli¬
ance claims 75,000 votes, four-fifths of
whom are Democrats.
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The Kansas Farmer, organ of the
Farmers’ Alliance of that State, pub¬
lishes tables whose figures show that the
liabilities of the State exceed its re
sources considerably $726,000,000, more than two to
one—the former being and
the latter only $301,000,000. “capital Among
the liabilities is the item of
stock of this railroads the $456,000,000, barely but
without item resouicei
exceed the liabilities. The amount of
farm mortgages is placed at $160,000,
000, aud the assessed value of farms
$168,000,000.
*** Alliance sub-treasury
Objectors to the How will plan
plan are asking: your
help the tenant farmer who must have
assistance to make his crop? We reply
by saying, we propose to take his crop
out of the dominion of the usurer and
speculator. This will enable him to save
20 per cent on each crop, and in five
years he will be able to pay as he goes.
See the cut? —Southern Mercury, (Dallas,
Texas.)
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Faulkner County Wheel, (Conway, farmers Ark.)
says: nr.d workingmen 4 v Wbat'vigKta that railroads have the and other
corporations i> SD ect? None. Yet when
the paid attorneys of these eoip^ratioos
come around and tell tbe people how to
vote, some farmers ere fools enough to
believe them. Never thinking that they
are talking for the men and corporations
that pay them for their services.”
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& *fs have
Thirty-four county Alliances
spoken out in their July meetings, clear¬
ly, and unequivocally for the Ocala de
inanda and the sub-treasury. Not one
has been heard from that opposes. There
never was more unanimity on any ques¬
tion presented to Alliancemen.
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All true Alliancemen stick to the Al¬
liance as long as it works to carry out the
principles of the order. All traitors fly
the truck.
A THREE-SIDED CAMPAIGN
Will be Inaugurated in Ne¬
braska.
A telegram of Hiursday from Omaha,
Neb., says: The muddle growing out ot
Thayer unseating by Governor Boyd in favor of
the supreme court is being
thickened by active preparations of the
alliance and democratic parries to have
gubernatorial candidates in the field this
fall, tually though declared the supreme Thayer court has vir
that holds over
until next year at the regular election.
In the face of this, alliance and demo¬
cratic politicians are preparing for a fight,
with the view also of electing a chief
justice who will then sustain their indi¬
vidual party views when the case is again
brought before the supreme court. It
was politics like the when explosion Chairman of a Watsou, bomb in state
of the
state republican central committee, an¬
nounce il that his party would have a can
didate in the field also. Watson, after
legal perfectly consultation, says he is satisfied it is
right to elect a govornor this
autumn.
THE EDITOR IN COURT
To Answer for Publishing Elec¬
trocution News.
In the court of general sessions at New
York, on 3Ionday, before Recordei
Smyth, Charles O’Conor Hennessy wai
called to the bar to plead to an indict¬
ment charging him with misdemeanor.
The alleged offense was his publicatior
in the Evening News, of which he is citj
editor, of the details of the execution oi
Slocum and the other murderers recentlj
put A demurer to death 1>y electricity indictment at Sing Sing,
to the was enterec
in which it is claimed that the statute un
der which the indictment was found ii
unconstitutional, inasmuch as it restrains
the liberty of the press guaranteed to i
by the constitution.
port of these demands, he is instructed
to call, not a county Alliance meeting,
for the Alliance ii strictly secret and
non-partisan, but membership a political convention place in
of the Alliance to
nomination candidates who are in har¬
mony with the Alliance platforms. There
is nothing uncertuin^or indefinite about
this.
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Journal of the Knights of Labor (Phil¬
adelphia) says: “The enemies of the
Farmers’ Alliance when they first fatality, enter
the lists, by what appears like a
direct their attack upon the sub-treasury
plan. Evidently they joint think in the this Alli¬ the
weak and easily pierced afternnother their
ance armor; but as one
spears shiver to pieces while they fail to
pierce the joint, they realize that, if the
sub-treasury plan is not invulnerable, at
any rate the enemy has not yet forged the
weapon that can pierce it. So fur all the
attacks upon the sub-treasury plan have
only resulted in making con¬
verts to the idea and in con¬
firming the faith of those who
already believe in it, Essentially it is
the same system as was in vogue in the
old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania be¬
fore the Revolution, of which Edmund
Burke said, on the floor of the British
BTouse of Comm'ons, that under it the
Commonwealth had enjoyed enjoyed a prosperity other
greater than that by any
community in the world. It is no cause
for wonder that the money power and all
who do its bidding denounce the sub¬
treasury plan and rail against it. It
would permanently retire them from the
business of devouring industry nnd com¬
pel them to live by their labor or
starve.
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PRESIDENT POE* TALKS.
A Washington dispatch says: Presi¬
dent Polk, of the Farmers’ Alliance, has
returned from his southern tour, and in
a short interview said the alliance was not
losing ground anywhere, but was pro¬
gressing beautifully. All talk about a
split said, on account of the sub-treasury idea, of
he was absurd. What difference
opinion there was, its was details. as to the form of
the measure and There was
no difference of opinion as to principle
and every Farmers’ Allianceman had the
same object in view. He stated that he
had been quoted incorrectly as saying that
tbe great issues were the tariff and free
coinage, and that with these issues the
alliance would all rally around the sub¬
treasury bill. “The issue is not the tariff,
the free coinage of silver, nor the sub¬
treasury bill. Tbe issue is the reform of
our entire financial system. Neither the
issuance of more money, nor the collec¬
tion of less taxes, will alone do the peo¬
ple any good. The entire financial sys¬
tem of the government must be changed
before anything else that may be done
can correct the existing evils.”
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STJB-TREASURY—THE ISSUE.
The sub-treasury is the fcnly real issue.
We don’t want any half-handed espousal
“•-» Alliance with cause. When a man says:
“I am youauu ttnnK you .Sgbt,
but I can’t agree with you on the sub¬
treasury,” you may know he is a slave to
the national banks, or is not with us.
Tbe sub-treasury is more money, cheaper
money, and money for the suggested people. No
other plan has ever been that
w'ould put the currency in the' proper
channel. The people have no diamonds,
bullion or stock upon which to back
currency, but they have lands and crops.
No other plan will meet the ends for
which a people’s money should be is¬
sued. The rich need no money, they
have enou gh, the laboring class need the
money au id the only money that can
reach them is the sub-treasury money.
We need not expect money for the people
from banks or from money manipulators,
for it is contrary to their interest to have
a people’s money. We, the agricultural,
laboring and industrial classes, backed
by the sensible and liberal element in the
trades and professions must carry on this
reform. Money for the people is the
watch word and sub-treasury money it
must be .—Southern Alliance Farmer.
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Virginia’s state meeting.
A Richmond dispatch says: The Vir¬
ginia Alliance State convention will meet
at Richmond August 18th and noton the
14th, as has been stated so often in print.
The question of agreeing on a hill for the
creation of a railroad commission prom¬
ises to be one of the most interesting
topics silver to be discussed. The free coinage
of is, however, almost sure to
occupy the most prominent place among
the subjects considered. It is believed
that the planks of the Ohio Democratic
platform on this subject may be urged
upon the convention for adoption. The
idea witbsome is that having met with
the approval of the leaders in Ohio and
other states, it can probably be pressed
with more certainty of approval than a
brand-new one. Some of the Alliance
leaders advocacy are outspoken adoption and fearless in
of the by the con¬
vention of strong free coinage resolu¬
tions, whether they be tbe Ohio idea or
some other equally as comprehensive in
expressing their views.
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The Galveston (Tex.) Ney^s says: “It
is refreshing to note from time to time in
the utterances of the labor organizations
dawning or of their recognized representatives remedy a
sense that the true for
the economic evils of which they com¬
mic plain liberty is to be found in the widest and econo¬
other equally and for them for all
classes conditions ‘of society.
Light has long been shining in tbe midst
of a sort of impenetrable systematic ana incorporated
darkness to its rays and
intolerant of its intrusion. At
Ia0t, however, it may be hoped will that this
darkness will be dispersed or cease
to be followed by millions a9 a mislead¬
ing pillar of cloud floating over mirages
and morasses of essential fallacy and
fatal impracticability. Let sincere, cap-
JACKSON’S STATUE
UNVEILED WITH IMPOSING
CEREMONIES.
A Grand Pageant of Veterans
at Lexington, Va.
Tuesday was the thirtieth anniversary
of the first batfo of Manassas, and Lex¬
ington, Va., the quiet, peaceful little
village, in which was spent the lifetime
of Stonewall Jackson, the most pictur¬ the
esque figure of all the notable men of
southern confederacy, was brigh£ and
bustling with life and colors, while 10,
000 strangers were assembled within its
environs to part cipate in the exercises
incident to unveiling the monument
symbolic of the esteem t>nd veneration
felt for the great soldier whose brilliant
career was cut short in the height of his
fame. A number of leading survivors of
Jackson’s command gave a banquet at the
Virginia Military institute, in which
Jackson was one of the professors at the
breaking out of the their war, the town being was
full of veterans, number so
large that the towu’s accommo
dations were stretched to their
utmost. But the hospitality of the
residents was insufficient for house the gather¬ iu the
ing throng. There was not a that
city, public The or private, and bui diDgs was not
filled. streets were
plainly, yet beautifully decorated.
Three arches extended over main street in
the familiar line of quototions march, on these Jackson were printed and
from
appropriate poetry, and the names of
generals associated with him in war, and
the thirteen confederate states. Banners,
bearing printed efu them the names of
his different battles, swung across the
line of march.
The proceedings program exercises should provided that 10
o’clock, the . begin confusion at
but owing to the
caused by the presence of so many peo¬
ple, it was considerably later than that
time when the procession was Walker, ready to of
move. General James A.
Wythe, Va., the only surviving com¬
mander of Stonewall’s brigade, acted as
chief marshal. The right of the proces¬
sion Staff. was occupied staff by General followed Walker’s the
The was by
Stonewall band, with twenty pieces,
heading the Kockbridge, Poague, Va., battery
under Colonel William T. with
the guns of the battery operated under
Jackson at the battle of Manassas. The
guns belong to the Virginia Military in¬
stitute, and before the w?.r broke out the
cadets received instruction in their use
from the hero of Chancellorsville.
The remainder of the procession was
made up of survivors of the Stonewall
brigade, consisting of the Second, Thirty Fourth,
Fifth, Twenty-seventh and third
Virginia regiments, under command and of
Colonel Andrew Jackson Grigsby
Colonel J. K. Edmonson. The Maryland
and confederate veterans of ‘he arfiiy
and navy, from Maryland, under General
Bradly T. Johnson; various confederate
camps and carnages containing General
Jubal A. Early, orator of the day; Gen¬
eral Wade Hampton, who presided over
the ceremonies; Edward V. Valentine,
the sculptor; Mrs. T. J. Jackson and
grandchildren, General Jackson, General
Rosser, and a number of distinguished
confederate officers and ladies.
It was 12 o’clock when the procession
arrived at the campus ot the Washington
and Lee university. General Wade
Hampton at that hour introduced Rev.
A. C. Hopkins, chaplain of the Stone¬
wall brigade, who led in a five minutes’
prayer. General Hampton then intro¬
duced Col. T. 31. Semmes, of the Vir¬
ginia beautifully Military institute, who recited
most three poems, “Stone¬
wall Jackson’s Way,” “Over the River”
and “Slain in Battle." General Jubal
A. Farly, introduced. orator of the occasion, was
next His oration was re¬
ceived with attention' and great enthus¬
iasm.
After the oration the parade was con
tinued to the cemetery, forming in rear
of it at 2 o’clock. 31rs. Stonewall Jack
son and her two little grandchildren—
Julia Jackson Christian and Thomas
Jacksoh Christian—ascended the stand.
Two minutes afterwards, amid the firing
of cannon, the cord was pulled by little
Julia and the veil fell, exposing to view
the statue. The military and civil or
gaaizations then passed in view dropping of the
statue through line the reached cemetery, quarters'!
out of as they their
Qeneral Early’s oration was a history of
the life of General T. J. Jackson. Be
ginning with his birth, he traced his ca¬
reer to the military academy at West
Poiut, bearing hard on his powerful te¬
nacity and pluck, and bringing out fully
his obstinacy in the face of difficulties,
lie reviewed briefly Jackson’s career in
tbe Mexican army, leading on to his life
at the Virginia Military institute, and his
influence on young soldiers trained at
that school by him. He then made a his¬
toric sketch of the army record of the
great leader. He dwelt forcibly on Jack¬
son’s campaign in the valley, going into
dates and figures to show that he fought
always against the largest numbers aud
was always victor. His reference to the
manner in which Jackson obtained his
name of “Stonewall” elicited from the
immense crowd of 15,000 tremendous
applause. He said: “But Jacksou was
not a stonewall alone as he stood up be¬
hind those Virginians, but a military
hurricane, and his euemies will testify
to this truth.” After the unveiling a
mad rush was made for the stand on
which stood 3Irs. Jackson and her chil¬
dren, and in a few moments not a vestige
of anything was left of it that could be
carried away by relic hunters.
The statute stands in a circle in the
center of the the city cemetery, on Main
street, square containing about four
acres of ground well set ( If with ginut
trees, which hide the statue from view,
except in the venr. The sculptor is -
Virginian, Edward V. Valentine, wh Q
d* signed the Lee nr nutrient. The statue
is of bronze, heroic uncovered in size, head, and portrays leaning
Jaek'sou with looking
on his sword nnd left leg, out
upon the lie'll of battle. On his right
side is a fieldgiass. The figure is clad in
the full uuiform of a confederate lieu
tanaut general.
ANOTHER TRUCE
Declared in the Convict Labor
War in Tennessee.
A Knoxville dispatch says: The flag
of truce is up again, and when it is
hauled dowu the convict labor war will
probably be at an end. Friday the gov¬
ernor gave it out that the trouble between
the state and the free labor miners had
been settled, and that tbe convicts would
b® returned to the mines early Saturday
morning, quietly aud peacefully, and
that the military would be sent home to¬
night.
THE GOVERNOR ENTER VIEWED.
A committee of miners and citizens
were given an audience by the governor.
It took but little time to arrive at a con¬
clusion. Immediately after entering the
governor’s apartments the chairman of
the committee read the following paper,
addressed to Governor Buchanan:
“We, the undersigned committee,” their act¬
ing on behalf of the miners, and
friends of Briceville and Coal Creek, and
in the interest of peace and harmohj
do submit the following, trusting it,
will meet with your favorable considera¬
tion: restored and
1. The status quo to be
tbe guards and convicts not to be molest¬
ed on their return to the mines, and we
will use all ordinary caution and honor
able means to prevent any interference
with them.
2. Reposing confidence in our gov¬
ernor and believing the general assembly,
when they meet in extra session, wUl
give us the necessary relief from the op¬
pression that now hangs over us, we will
endeavor to conduct ourselves as law
abiding people, so as to maintain the Jop- the
fidence and sympathy of the public iu
future as well as in the past.
“3 And we hereby express our thanks
to Governor Buchanan for the kind con¬
sideration in holding the militia in tho
city, and theraby preventing a conflict
that might have resulted in bloodshed.
“4. And to the committee of citizens
we also express thanks for the interest
they have shown by their counsel and
advice in their efforts to adjust the ex¬
isting After oircumstances.” discussion satisfactory
some a
agreement was reached between the
Governor and the committee, they being
given to understand that the Governor
would demand no more.
THE TROOPS GO HOME.
Immediately after the agreement was
reached, nd superintendent the ward of the tbe prison penitentiary began
SO of
CD nlisting guards to go back to the min$
with the convicts. Only forty men were
wanted, and the with were quickly secured. civil
The governor, the convicts and
guards, will leave for the mines on a
special train. The convicts will be re
turned to work, and then the governor
will return to Knoville. This is the pro¬
gramme so far. .
WILL THE MINERS AGREE?
The people will generally through, believe the pro¬
gramme go but there are
many who doubt it. There are grave fears
that when the governor and the
convicts reach the camp they will be as¬
saulted by tbe mountain boys, and that
a think desperate battfte will ensue. Others
that just as soon as (be governor
gets away, the miners will descend upon
the mine and liberate tho prisoners.
DEAD AND DYING.
Fifty People Killed on a Rail¬
road in France.
A. . ciblegram ,, from , _ Pans . states . that , a
collision between express trains^ occurred
a A St ' Maude Saturday night in which
fi fty T erson s were injured and three car
. wrecked. , Both trains
n a g<-s were run
. ^ ^sical festival at Fontenoy.
JJP& T he 8eco rom “ d a fraia m cra ® hed m *° thepreced
A ne V e f° f re latter had left St.
^ ande stutlon lhe _ gcard s van and
tbreo rear carnages . of , the fast train were
peeked, red . occupants an< ^ cau »fire shrieking from gas. The de
ln ^ were in
®P air ’ and oth and f P a ^engers hurriedly left
A be t ral n a ? S]Sted ln extricating
the victims. . . It reported that
is now
fifty persons were killed.
A later dispatch from St. 3Iande says
that sixty persons were injured and that
fifteen dead bodies have been recovered.
3Iost of the dead victims are legless, their
limbs having been crushed off through
the jamming together of the seats, and
heart-rending scenes are witnessed as the
victims were extricated from the wreck.
The driver and fireman of the second
train were burned alive.
A Colonization Scheme.
The bureau of American republics at
tion Washington “The is informed that an associa¬
called American Colored Men’#
Mexican Colonization Company” is plan¬
ning to establish a colony of negro farm-*
ers, coming chiefly from Mississippi and
Tennessee, arranged in the state of Sonora, Mexico, of
and has for the purchase a
tract of. 100,000 acres about twenty
miles Eouth of Yuma, Arizona, on the
Southern Facific railroad at the place
where the remain* of the Laredo colony,
founded by Gandrade, of San Francisco,
still remain.
All merchant* who want to build up
their business should advertise in this
ocnar. as it will Dav them to do a®.