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THE DAILY TIMES.
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ÜBQEIT DAILY (REGULATION
In my ind Wwtowrb*.
4 bad workman miarrel* with hte
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In Missouri women can now Do no
taries public.
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Jboitt|*oN? tbp ip.ronaut, Is now
given tip for lbnfr.
—• ♦ •
Of Jill the paths leading to a wo
man’s love pity isthestrolg htes t.
Oen Longstreot is anxious to again
food ut tDo public crlh. —lf. • Sun.
By all moans lot tho Gqneral he hal
tered.
liv tho l*St eSMuSlljere were about
9,500 poisons in i’all > River, Mass.,
engaged In manprael.nring pursuits,
and about 15,500 in liOWBll.
The Gc-uerpal MoUient Council of
Education and fiogistrution of Grout
Urtaln has mxftifcd to admit women
as students' ln the colleges heretofore
closed to them.
In the twelve cotton mates, includ
ing Missouri, there are 187 cotton
mills that contain 10,117 looms and
497,627 spindles, which consumed last
year 58,005,519 pounds of cotton.
Tub Virginia Board of immigration
has commenced work. A circular to
land owners who desire to sell has
been Issued. These are to be filled up
and answered with all usofnl infor
mation about tiie land, and a power of
attorney is given to the board to act
In tho sale of the laud.
We call tho attention of our read
ers to the advertisement in the Times
of a valuable river plantation. Tills
plantation is one of the finest tracts
in this country. The bottom land
(650 acres) is almost perfectly level,
and entirely freo from stones and
stumps. No better pluoo for steam
culture could be found. The “bluff
overlooking the railway which
courses through tho “flats” abound
In picturesque locations for building.
The curs stop on the place and give
an opportunity of reaching this city
in ten minutes, or less time. Numer
ous springs, branches, and a large
creek runs to the river, and there is
over u mile river-front abounding in
cane sufficient to winter, perhaps, a
hundred head of cattle. Tho very
place for our grasshopper friends to
raise grass upon without fear of
grasshoppers.
Yesterday wo took a long excur
sion into the country in order to see
the effects of the ten weeks drouth.
We have never seen such disastrous
results ns have oocurred in tho past
two weeks in tho vicinity of Colum
bus. The leaves on tiie forest trees
look crisp, shriveled and parched.
The ground in many localities is cov
ered as thickly with forest leaves as
if Autumn instead of a sirocco sum
mer wus the seusou.
Reports from river plantations iri
Stewart oounty stato t.lmt several of
the largest planters, in view of tho
fact that not more than a half crop
will be raised, have paid off half of
their bunds and dismissed them. The
cotton crop has suffered so much
that full recuperation is not now pos
sible.
The policy of an enlightened sys
tem of irrigation must bo jiatent to
our planters. But they are heavily
in debt and cannot embrace tho ad
vantage# offered them by nature.
I'IIJ 11st.
We mentioned n few days ago that
there were ono thousand skilled
workmen in Atlanta out of employ
ment. Their places were filled by
negroes who work fur seventy-five
cents a day. These men (the me
chanics) and their friends are sign
ing a pledge to buy nothing from and
have no dealings with those who em
ploy negro mechanics. This is alto
gether wrong wrong iu principle
and wrong in policy, Itis ns unjust
us the orusade against the Chinese
on the Pacific Slope. It is contrary
to our political interest. We should
do all in our power to abolish the
"color-line” iu polities by convinc
ing tho negroes that, our interests are
identical with theirs; the mechanics
among them should be encouraged,
because they are the most enterpris
ing of their roue. It is a narrow
minded policy that would throw ob
stacles in their way in the acquire
ment ol property, because, when they
become property-holders, they will
naturally vote with conservative citi-
zens. N
Senator Norwood made an elabor
ate address at Oxford, last Tuesday,
on the “war and its results.” Let the
reader ponder on the extracts given
below, und he will agree with us in
saying that the notion of the Atlanta
mechanics is reprehensible and
should be frowned down:
While emancipation diminished
our wealth It increased our political
power. Negroes vote for men and
not measures, and their 800,000 votes
will be added to ours.
The controlling interest among the
people is the material one. The safe
ty of the Government dtq>ends on the
unity and community of our inter
ests. 'We are one people.
Iron'*.
The drouth in this region is becom
ing distressing: ami in ii very large
section of country the corn crop has
been out short aiui cotton is suffer
ing badly. As tar as we eau learn,
the drouth extends through a large
jiortion of Caddo, bossier and Web
ster parishes in this State, through
southwestern Arkansas, and west
ami north of Marshall, in Texas. If
this drouth extends generally
throughout the cotton region, the
large calculations made us to the
yield of that crop will have to be very
considerably curtailed. Should the
drouth be followed by a wet season
in August the damage will probably
l>e aggravated.— Sln-cve/wt Times.
KK-Gov. Ces. <l. Fen diet mi.
The synopsis of the speech of Hon.
Geo. 11. l’endleton at Galllpolis,
Ohio, sent us by telegraph, is worthy
a more extended uotiee. His speech
was clear, logical, forcible; and, epi
tomizing the Ohio platform, explained
how hard-money Democrats could
consistently oppose a further con
traction of the currency. Of the Re
publican and Democratic creeds lie
spoke as follows:
Whoa tho Republican Convention
met, in 1874, it spoke in the language
of triumph, and with the presage of
victory. It congratulated itself upon
tho history and achievements of its
purty, of its groat services aud great
successes, tiie wisdom of its financial
policy, its protection of civil l ights,
the economy of its expenditures, the
purity of its administration. It de
clared itself in favor of a speedy re
turn to specie payments, of further
contraction of tho currency, of the
withdrawal of legal-tender notes, of i
free banking, of internal improve
ments, of sumptuary laws to tho full
extent of the legislative powor of the
Slate, and promising lower taxation,
greater economy anu increased pros
perity, it saw, or thought it saw,
many years of continued mid even
enlarged power.
In striking contrast is tho deolara- i
tion of principles by tiie Democratic i
Convention. Read it; Adherence to
the principles of government estab
lished by tho Fathers; opposition to
all encroachments of one department
uiion another, or by tho Federal
power upon the Constitutional rights
of the States; equality before the
law of all citizens; one term for tile
President; retrenchment wherever
there is extravagance; reform wher
ever there Is abuse; no subsidies;
publio luud for actual settlers; a
tariff for revenue only; equal and "X
--actjustlcotoall religions; freesecular
education in the Public Schools; op
position to sumptuary laws, to inter
ference witli social habits not crimi
nal, to malignant espionage. And
on the financial questions: Cessation
of contraction ; a sound and sufficient
currency; promotion of industries tiie
surest road to the appreciation of pu
per to a par with gold; greenbacks
instead of National Bank notes;
greenbacks for customs to the extent
that tho necessities of the Govern
ment will permit.
There is tiie Democratic faith! To
this it is pledged, and upon this it
asks your concurrence iu giving it
power in tiie Suites and in tho Fed
eral Government.
Ho explodes the fallacy that It is
dangerous to demand that the vol
ume of currency be made and kept
equal to tho wants of trade. Ho cites
Atnasu Walker, “the hardest of hard
money men,” and the foremost polit
ical economist in tiie country, to
prove that tiie proper volume of cur
rency is that natural volume which
is regulated by tho laws of trade.
Tiie Democratic party does not fa
vor a depreciated currency, but it de
sires a return to specie payments as
speedily os the Interests of labor and
business will permit.
“So long,” ho continues, “as we
must have a Government, paper, we
prefer greenbacks to National Bunk
notes, which cost the people at the
outset six per cont., and are at. last
only redeemable in greenbacks.”
This clause In his speech tolls a
patent truth:
The Congress has passed a law de
claring absolutely that resumption
shall take place in January, 1579, and
to prepare for it hns authorized tiie
Secretary of tho Secretary to issue
gold bonds with gold interest, to buy
gold and silver; and it is stated ill
the papers that lie has actual Iv sold
$15,000,000 silver. No limn will en
gage in business and undertake en
terprises when, by law, the money is
to be appreciated and his indebted
ness is to be increased seventeen per
cent, in throe years.
And this quotation is nono the less
forcible:
The bonded debt of the Government
was then (1865) twenty-five hundred
millions. Tho taxes were six hun
dred millions.
Tile whole South was opened up to
the currency, which Imd been confin
ed to the North and West alone, and
one million of moil who, as soldiers,
laid been consumers, were returned
to the field of aetivo production.
Then commenced the Republican
system of finance. It was plain and
simple. Oonlract tho currency, and,
if necessary to this end, increase the
interest-paying debt. And from that
hour to this, with occasional brief re
spites, ttiere has been steady, grind
ing of the currency. Down, down has
oomo the currency; and down, down,
down, ulso, have come the prosperity
and happiness of the country, the for
tunes and credit of tho wealthy, the
vigor und activity of enterprise, the
rewards and comforts of the labor
ers, until now we are confronted with
a condition of affairs which you, my
fellow-citizens, feel too keenly to
make description necessary.
The iron and coal of all ibis region
can find no market. Tiie supply lies
heavy on your hands. Your mines
and mills are stopped. Your capital
is unproductive. Your laborers cun
not get. employment and are suffer
ing.
The rest of the country is iu the
same condition. Last week tiie fa
tuous Atlantic Cotton Mills, employ
ing twelve liundrpd and fifty men and
women, were closed, because there
was no market for their goods, and
others have followed their example.
The eonditon of affairs thus pictur
ed of the West, equally true of the
South. We are all anxious for the
resumption of specie payments, but
we believe in the policy of “making
haste slowly.” Feolina lente is an an
cient maxim full of wisdom. We eu
: dorse fully the speech of Mr. Pendlo-
I ton us true Domooratie doctrine suit
!od to the exigencies of the times. If
| figures don’t lie let these, presented
by Mr. Pendleton plead their own
cause;
In eleven months in these nine ar- 1
tides, the production of farmers’ la
bor or land, there has been a reduc
tion of exports to the amount of cigli-1
ty-seven million of dollars :
Exports. 1875. 1874.
Flour $21,881,878 $27,862,80*
Wheat 50,115,185 88,067,7*1
Cotton 181,874,612 205,609,632
Petroleum 23,999,369 33,724,027
Uncoil and hams 27,015,359 21,170,230
Spirits turpentine 1,704,402 2,373,246
Tallow 5,168,445 7,240,103
Loaftobacco 23.125,723 28,111,981
Timber .. 2,030,347 4,045,310
Total $339,910,047 $427,311,792
The creditor classes are as a rule
eontractionists. At the Bankers Con
vention at Saratoga, New York, July
21st, the following resolutions were
passed:
Fist—A resolution favoring resump
tion, and calling upon every citizen
to hasten the day when every prom
ise of the Government to pay a dol
lar should be redeemed in coin.
Second Galling for a repealof the
war tax on bonks.
Fifth—Favoring a permanent or
ganization of national bankers.
Mr. liuelL of New York City, spoke
:in favor of the resolution for Imtne
| diate resumption.
But, says Mr. Pendleton:
This country is not all made up of
creditors, bondholders, money-lend
ers whose interest and greed load
them to be eontractionists, and debt
ors, who, with equal selfishness and
dishonesty are inflationists asu guise
for repudiations. These extreme
classes are in fact small. Between
thorn is that great body of rnen, com
posing tho largo majority of citizens
engaged ill the vurious pursuits of
industry, at onoe producer* aud oon
sumers, at once creditors and debt
or*, who are content to labor und live
on Its rewards, who pay their debts,
who desire no policy for their special
benefit,' but find their individual
prosperity in the common weal.
It is not our province to make war
on those whose superior skill, expe
rience und judgment places them
among the creditor classes. But,
leaving aside the purely Southern
interest, we regard the views of Mr.
Pendleton, as expressed at Gallipoli.-,,
as the safest exponent of the will and
interests of the people throughout
the United States. Tlio way to re
sume is not to resume too soon. We
do not want inflation, but we oppose
further contraction.
Tile Atlanta llrralil on the Demnrratle
Press.
The editor of tho Atlanta Herald
takes the Democratic press of Geor
gia severely to task, for giving to
their readers the sentiment North, as
gleaned from the Washington Chron
icle. Itdenles that that paper con
veys the sentiment of the North, and
adds; “It is the organ of Ben Butler,
Oliver P. Morton, and Ulysses 8.
Grant, and represents hardly anybo
dy outside of this odirous trinity.”
We are very much surprised to see
such a statement made in a wall in
formed journal, and given to an in
telligent people. Wo agree that the
Washington Chronicle is unscrupu
lous in its blind adherence to Radi
cal faith,but“glve the Devil his duo,”
aud admit that it is the organ for a
vast number of people, who believe
implicitly in every word it utters, and
are willing dovotees at the shririe of
Radicalism and envenomed hate to
the South. If tho ent ire opposition
to tho South ami the Democratic
party is centered iu the Washington
Chronicle and iu Morton and
Butler, it seems to us that
there would bo no necessity
for anything being said or done to de
feat them. But tiie truth is, that the
radical purty North Is a powerful one;
and in order to gain u victory over
them, a united effort, mid a firm re
solve will bo necessary to consum
mate our object.
We are not in favor of throwing
any obstacle in the path of reconcili
ation and good will; nor are wo In fa
vor of telling the people that, the en
tire Nortli want to embrace us, and
to restore us our losts rights. They
have sinned too much against us to
forget all, and to weep and have the
hysterics, now that some are realiz
ing to what extent their pockets will
be depleted if t his game of bate goes
on much longer. Wo want to see
peace and happiness restored on u
solid basis, - by each suction accepting
matters, and in eatrieit commencing
n new era in the political history of
this country. Those Southern papers
that have quoted from the Chronicle
did it not to stir up feeling, but rath
er to unite our friends and ourselves
for a renewed determination to shake
out of office and public favor the par
ty endorsing the views of tho Chroni
cle. There are many lesser lights than
the Chronicle thatched the same light
of hate and wilful misrepresentations
upon the Ignorant masses that com
pose the Radical party. The Chroni
cle's Influence is large and extended,
and in order to bring filial defeat and
a complete overthrow to that party,
the course of the Chronicle, and its
adherents, must bo combatted; that
even its own allies may become dis
gusted with the “bloody shirt” and
join the party that Is to save the coun
try and declare a permanent peace.
Wo should like to know also what
is the financial condition of the cot
ton planters in the different States,
and whether they are anywhere
largely in debt, to factors, and thus
embarrassed in their operations—
AVie York Herald.
The cotton planters, in all the Cot
ton States are almost unanimously a
debtor class. In most cases they are
largely in debt’, and it is a very rare
thing to find a planter who is, not
embarrassed in his operations. They
commenced at the close of the war
the herculean task of converting 4,-
000,000 freed slaves into free laborers
ami citizens. They have worked
harder than any class of our people,
and theirs has been the most harass
ing of all the industrial pursuits. The
task was too great in face of Radical
Reconstruction, and they have never
been able to repay the debt incurred,
when the war ended, to purchase
new stock and repair their planta
tions. This is the truth.
The expansion of general systems
of common-school education is. take
it all in all. a most remarkable phe
nomenon of the last ten remarkable
years. By common consent the en
tire civilized and semi-eivilized world
seems to have waked up to the need
of education for tiie masse*, and pro
ceeds to secure it by the most expedi
tious methods.
In this country the means of com
mon-school education have been put
within the reach of 4,000.u00 negroes
i who before imd no chance to learn.
' The systems ate doubtless imperfect
and full of gaus as yet, but a very
j good opening has been made, the ne
groes seek instruction withasingular
avidity, am! there will doubtless be
\ enough teachers from their own ranks
to take care of the reading and writ
ing of the next generation. .V. U.
: World.
Mr. W. F. Sehroeder, an enthusias
tic you ug German, has just obtained
from the United States letters patent
for his invention of a balloon, by
which, it is claimed by the sanguine
inventor, a voyage from New York to
London can be accomplished in fifty
hours. — Ballimore Ameriivn.
THIS < lti:i;i> OF FAKE Til VUE.
I LX-COJIMISHIONEIt DAVID A, WELLS IN
THE AL'OrsT ATLANTIC.
The ndvoctny of protection, how
! evpr.'tneetsThfs averment, as well as
the argument embodied in the coal
| and Bessemer-steel illustrations
above given, by sayiug that by pro
j Dilating or restricting the importa
! tiori und use of foreign coal and steel
Ia demand will be created for u oor
! responding additional quantity of
similar American products. Tho im
| mediate result of this will be that uu
I additional opportunity must in con-
I sequence be afforded to American
I citizens desirous of following the oc
cupations of coal-miners or trans
! porterH of steel-makers; and, the re
sults of their labor iiinl expenditure
remaining in tho country, tile nation
al wealth will be thereby augmented,
whereas if the same amount of labor
and expenditure is diverted to, and
takes place iu, a foreign country, tiie
result will be exactly opposite. In
answer, now, to this, it may be said,
first, that the amount of consumption
in tlio two instances,aud consequent
ly the results of consumption, will
not be the same; for whatever in
creases the price of a ustrful commod
ity diminishes itis consumption, and,
vice versa, whatever diminishes the
price increases eonsum ptlOTf necond.
To admit the desirability of creating
an opportunity of employing labor,
through the agency of a tax on all
consumers of coal and steel, to do
work that would yield to the same
consumers a greater product of tho
sumo articles if performed elsewhere,
or uu equal product at less cost, is to
admit that the natural resources of a
country are so far exhausted that
there is ao opportunity for the truly
productive employment of labor—an
argument whioh, however effective
iu overpopulated countries, can have
impossible application in anew coun
try like tho United States, whose
natural resources, so far from beitig
exhausted, are yet, as it were unap
propriated and unexplored. Again,
a tax levied in pursuance of legisla-
tive eimetiiieut for the mainteuanoe
of such labor is clearly in the nature
of a forced charity, while the peti
tioners for its enactment answer in
every particular to tiie definition of
tiie term "pauper”—namely one who
confesses that he cannot earn a liv
ing by lii,s own exertions, and, there
fore, asks the community to tax
themselves or diminish their abun
dance for his support. Third. The
only true test of the Increase of na
tional wealth is tiie possession of an
increased quanity of useful things in
the aggregate, and not in the amount
of labor performed or the number of
laborers employed, irrespective of re
sults. A tariil', from its very nature,
cannot create anything; it only af
fects the distribution of what already
exists. If the impositiou of restric
tions by means of taxes on iin ports
tumbles a producer to employ a
larger number of workmen and to
give them better wages than lief ore,
it can be accomplished only at the ex
pense of tho domestic consumers, wiio
pay increased price*. Capital thus
transferred is no more increased than
is money by transference from one
pocket tii another, but on the contra
ry itis divertedtromemployinglabor
that is naturally profitable to that
which is naturally unprofitable.
PROTECTION IN REALITY DOES SOT PRO
TECT.
Herein, then, is exposed the fal
lacy of the averment that duties
levied on tlie'iipportation of foreign
commodities protect home industry.
It may be conceded that certain in
dustries may bo temporarily stimu
lated, as the result of such duties,
aud that the producers may obtain
large profits by aoonsequent increase
in the price of their products; but
tnen, it is at the expense of those
who pay the increased price, who
are always the domestic consumers.
To futlier make clear this position,
the following illustration, drawn
from actual American experience, is
submitted: For a number of years
subsequent to 1800, Congress, with a
view of proteclng tiie American pro
ducer, imposed such a duty on for
eign salt us to restrict the import and
at least doublo tho price of this com
modity, whether of foreign or domes
tic production, to the American eon- j
sumer. The result was, taking the
average price of No. 1 soring wheat
for the sumo period in Chicago, that I
a farmer of the West, desirous of
buying salt in that market, would !
have been obliged to give two bushels j
of wheat for a lirrol of salt, which, i
without the tariff, he would have
readily obtained for one bushel. If,
now, the tax had been imposed jole
lv with a view to obtaining revenue, ]
and the farmers bad bought import-:
ed salt,tho extra bushel given by him j
would have accrued to the benefit of j
the State; and if the trircuinstances i
of the government required the tax,;
and its imposition was expedient i
and equitable tiie act was not one to
which any advocate of freo trade
could object. But in the .case ini
question the tax was not imposed ]
primarily for revenue, as was shown !
by tho circumstance that imports;
and revenue greatly decreased uudor i
its Influence; and tho salt purchased;
by the farmer in Chicago was domes
tic salt, which had paid no direct or
corresponding tax to the Govern
ment. The extra bushel of wheat,
therefore, which the farmer was
compelled to give for his salt accrued
wholly to the benefit of the American
salt-boiler, and the act was justified
on tiie ground that American indus
try, us exemplified in salt-mak
ing, was protected. And yet it must
be clear to every mind that if the far
mer Imd not given the extra bushel
of wheat to the salt-boiler, he would
have had it to use for some other
purpose advantageous to himself to
give to the shoemaker, for example,
in exchange for n puir of brogans.
By so imieh, therefore, as Iho indus
try of the salt-boiler was encouraged,
that of the farmer and the shoemaker
was discouraged; and, putting the
whole matter in the form of a com
mercial statement, we have the fol
lowing result; under the so-called
“protective system” a barrel of salt
and two bushels of wheat were passed
to the credit of what is ealled “home
industry,” while under a free system
there were a barrel of salt, two bush
els of wheat, and a pair of shoes.
Protection, therefore, seeks to pro
mote industry at tho expense of tiie
products of industry; and its favorite
proposition, that though under a sys
tem of restriction a higher price may
be given for an article, yet all that is
paid by one is given to some other
person in increased employment and
wages, has this fallacy, namely, that
iit conceals the fact that the entire
amount paid bv the consumer would
! "in tiie long ruii” have been equally
expended upon something and some
body if the consumer had been al
lowed to buy the cheap article instead
! of the dear one, and consequently the
i loss to the consumer is balanced by
no advantage iu the aggregate to any
! one. "When a highwayman takes a
! purse from a traveler he expends it,
j it may be, at a drinking-saloon, and
the traveler would have expended it
somewhere else. But in this there is
no loss in the aggregate; the vice of
the transaction is that the enjoyment
goes to the wrong man. But if the
same money is taken from the trav
eler by forcing him to pay for a dear
article Instead of a cheap one, he is
not only despoiled of his just enjoy
ment as before, but there is a de
structive process besides, in the same
manner as if the loss had been caused
by making him work with a blunt
uxo instead of a sharp one. When
ever, therefore, anything is taken
from one man and given to another
under the "pretense of protection to
trade, an equal amount is virtually
thrown into the sea, in addition to
the robbery of the Individual.”
INFLUENCE OF PROTECTION NOT PERMA
NENT, BET TEMPORARY.
A further conclusion, alike deduci
ble from theory and proved by all ex
perience, is that not only does Pro
tection to a sjieeial industry not re
sult in any benefit to the general in
dustry of a country, but also that its
beneficial influence on any special
industry is not permanent, but tem
porary. Thus the price of no article
can be permanently advanced by ar
tificial agencies without an effort on
the part of every person directly or
indirectly concerned in its consump
tion to protect and compensate him
self by advancing the price of tlje la
bor or products he gives in exchange.
If sufficient, time is afforded, and lo
cal exchanges are not unduly re
stricted, this effort of compensation
is always successful. Hence, from
tiie very necessity of the ease, no pro
tective duty can be permanently ef
fective. Hence, also, it is that pro
tected manufacturers always pro
claim, und no doubt honestly reel,
that the abandonment of protection,
or even abatement would f>e ruinous ;
and in all history uototie case can be
cited whore tho representatives of an
industry once protected hnve ever
tome forward and asked for un abate
ment of taxation on the ground that
protection had done its work. Un
der tiiis head the recent experience
of the United States affords a most
curious and convincing illustration.
Thus, in 1862-63, in order to moet the
expenses of a great war, the Govern
ment imposed internal taxes on every
variety of domestic manufactures,
and iti accordance with the piinciples
of equity imposed what were claimed
to be corresponding taxes on the im
ports of all competing foreign pro
ducts. Boou after the close of the
war, however, when the cessation of
hostilities diminished the necessity
for such large revenues, the internal
taxes were repealed, but in no one
instance was there a protected manu
facturer found who took any other
posit ion t han that a repeal corres
ponding-tariff would be most disas
trous to his business. The tariff, ns
originally raised to compensate for
the new internal taxes, was therefore
left, in a great degree, unchanged.
That the principle here laid down, of
want of permanency in protective
agencies, is furthermore admitted by
the protected (American) manufac
turers themselves as a result of their
own experience, is also proved by the
following testimony, forced out un
der oath beforeaGovernmetcommis
sion from one of the foremost of their
number in 1868—the late Oakes Ames,
of Massachusetts:
Question What, according to your
experience, was the effect of the in
crease of the tariff in 1664 on the in
dustries with which you are specially
acquainted?
Answer TWflrst effect was to stim
ulate nearly every branch, to give ail
impulse and activity to business; but
in a few months the increased cost of
production and tho advance in the
price of labor and tiie products of la
bor wore greater than tiie increase of
t he tariff, so that the business of pro
duction was no better, even if iu so
good a condition, as it was previous
to the advance or tho tariff referred
to.
"THE LOST CAUSE.”
V MAGNIFICENT Picture 14x18 inches in size.
It represent* * Confederate soldier alter
the war returning to hi* home, which he find*
lonely and desolate. Iu front of the ruined cot
tage, telling a sad tale of tho miseries of war, arc
two graves with rude crOMM, on one of which
ooao friendly hand has hung a garland. To the
right the calm river and rising moon indicate
peace amt rest. The stare, neon between the
treeß, represent the Wimtheril Ctom. It is a
picture that will touch every Southern heart, and
should find a place iu every Southern home
Sent by mail, mounted on a roller, and post paid,
on receipt of 25 cent*, or three for flftv cent*.
Address SOUTHERN PICTURE CO.,
Nashville, Term.
fiGTAgent* wanted for this, and a variety of
other fine Engraving*. From f3 to $lO per day
easily made. Catalogue and private terms to
agents free. (jy‘27 lw
Notice.
AN AND AFTER WEDNESDAY 28tli, A BOAT
will leave Columbus for Apalachicola every other
Wednesday, Eufimla Wednesday night. Baiubridge
and Chattahoochee Friday ; arriving at Apalachi
cola Friday night. On return, leave Apalachicola
Saturday morning. . W. JOHNSON,
Jy27 lw Agent.
For Sale.
VALUABLE RIVER PLANTATION FOR
sale withiu five milcN of Columbus, containing
! nine hundred acres—six hundred and fifty hot*
! tom land, two hundred and fifty upland—well
watered, timbered and healthy. For particulars
apply at TIMES OFFICE.
jylT 2m _____
Montvale Springs
Blount County, East Tennessee.
: (fulls TVORITE SUMMER RKSOP.T. HITt’ATED
j JL iu Blount county. East Tennessee, will be
j opened for the reception of vinitor* ou the
Fifteenth ol* J*n>, I**s,
| and maintained iu a style worthy of a discrimin
; ating public.
j The marked beneficial result attending the nee
’ of these water* in functional disease* of the
L!er, Bowels, Kidneys and Skin,
! and the cure of Chronic Disease#, at tent their
j Medical properties.
j Ail the accessories for enjoyment aud recrea
| tion at the best watering places will be fouud
j here. Special attention will be given to the cora-
I fort and improvement of invalid*.
ROUTES. DISTANCES, Ac.
Visitors to Montvale necessarily pass over the
East Tennessee, Virginia aud Georgia Railroad.
! making the city of Knoxville, Tenn., a point;
) theuoe via Knoxville and Charleston Railroad to
• Maryville, sixteen miles, whence passenger* are
I conveyed in mail stages running ia connection
with the trains to the Springs, 9 mile* distant.
BOARD.
! Per dav $ 2 50
Per week 15 00
Par mouth—May aud Jaue 40 00
: Per month—July. August and September.. 50 00
Children under ten year* of age and colored
servants, half price.
We have Wen fortunate, this year in gathering
a store ut clear ice. so that guests may be tully
| supplied..
Address, for the pamphlet containing analysis
and description of the water. Ac.,
JO*. L KIX.. Proprietor,
jelO lm Montvale Springe. East Tenn.
Last Call for Taxes !
j J WILL POSITIVELY CLOSE THE TAX
j BOOKS ou the 15th in*t. TAKE NOTICE and rs
-1 turn your Taxes by that day or be doubled.
No man exempt from Pell Tax.
M. W. THWEATT,
Tax Receiver Muscogee county.
jy7 d2taw2wAwlt
THE CASH DRY GOODS HOUSE,
COTi U >fß IJ S. CIA..
Will Offer Great Inducements for Two Weeks !
In order to reduce stock to lowest point, previous to replenishing in the Fall.
Host Calico ill lOe. t While l.incn l.unn nl :I3 and lOc.i
While Oi-gntiilv i*. *5. 45, SO and TO cents.:
W hile KtviNK IN. *5, ;*5. IO and 5c.;
■trim n l.incn Drills and ISneks very cheap.
Plain and Checked \amiMih..
Full assort meal of Home* tic Coods.
J. S. JONES.
Columbus, or., July 27th, 1*75. tf
THE GREAT GEORGIA
STATE FAIR!
1 8 V 5.
THE ANNUAL FAIR FOR 1875
OF THF.
Gi'orii ia Si n i Agricull unit Nmdol j
WILL BE HELD IN MACON, GEORGIA,
At the Beautiful Central City Park Grounds, Beginning
Alonday, <>toloi* I>*>. 1R75,
AND CONTINUING ONE WEEK.
-V Large, Varied and Liberal Premium List.
Covering all Departments of Industry, from which the following are extract*:
Field Crop Department.
For the bent and largest display in merit aud variety of sample product* from the field, garden,
orchard, dairy and apiary—the contribution <1 a single farm floo
For the best six htalks of cotton—to become the property of the Society 50
For the best five bales, crop lot of short staple cotton, by one exhibitor 150
For tho best single bale of abort staple 60
For the best single baht upland long staple 50
Horse Department. *
Best thoroughbred stallion sioo
Best walking horse 50
Beat saddle horse or mare 75
Best single buggy horse or inare 75
Beat combination horse or mare 100
Best double team, owned by one exhibitor 100
Best Georgia raised mule 50
Best mule, opeued to the world 60
Cattle Department.
Best held—on* bull and four cows or heifers—all to lie of one breed aud owned exclusively by
one exhibitor SIOO
Best inih h c.iw , 50
Cow giving the richest milk 50
S4O aiul S2O for the best bull and cow, respectively, of each of the foliowing breeds: Alderney,
Ayreshire, Devon and Durham.
Beat sow and pigs under ix months old 50
Poultry Department.
For best trio of each variety $ 10
Best aud largest display in merit anti variety of domestic fowls, raised iu Georgia 50
Best and largest display iu merit aud variety of same, open to the world 50
Best display of pigeons 20
Best display of rabbits ... 10
Horticultural Department.
Beat display of garden vegetables, grown by one person $ 25
Home Industry Department.
Bost collection of jellies, preserves, pickles, jams, catsups, syrups and cordials, made aud exhib
ited by one lady $ 50
Best display of breads by one lady 25
Ornamental Needle Work.
Best display in merit au.l variety of female handicraft, embracing needle work, embroidery,
croteneting, knitting, etc., by one lady $ 50
Fine Art Department.
Best oil painting (any subject) $ 25
Best portrait painting 20
Best painting in water color* 20
Best display of paintings aud drawings by one exhibitor 25
Beat collection of drawings by a girl under 16 years of age 25
B* st display of paintings aud drawings b> the pupils of one school or college 50
Best display of photographs Silver medal and 25
Best display of jewelry, silverware, etc Silver medal aud 25
Merchants’ Displays.
Best display of dry goods
Best display or fancy groceries I ,JO
Best display of glassware and crockery 50
Best display of clothing 25
Best display of millinery 25
Special Premium for Granges.
To the Grange in the State making the largeat and finest display in merit aud variety of stock
product*, and results of home industries, all raised, produced or made by the member* of
that particular Grange
The above arc but specimens of a comprehensive list of large money premiums.
The In Bt and largest live stock show ever held in the State or the South. More and finer horses,
mules, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry, than ever before exhibited. Parties wishing fine stock, a* a
fine harness or saddle horse, milk cow, thoroughbred bull, trio of chickens, etc., will find the occa
sion of this Fair a rare opportunity to secure them.
Several eminent and representative men from the North and Northwest have been invited to de
liver addresses at tin Fair, and many distinguished visitors throughout the whole sountry are ex
pected. , ,
The public will be kept posted of tho progress and developments of the Fair iu future advertise
ments.
Send to the Secretary at Macon for Premium Lists, embracing a fu.U schedule of the premiums,
rules, rezulstioi.s, etc., ami ccnUininK lau eiiftravinaa of the beautiful and niaonifirent Fair
Ground,. A. H. OnLQt'XTT. President.
T. (1. HOLT, (ieneral Hupcriutrudent.
jv!7 diwtd MALCOM JOHNSTON. Secretary.
WANTED.
10,000 BUSHELS DRIED PEELED PEACHES!
AT THE
Wholesale Dry Goods House
OF
Gawley & Lewis,
152 Broad Street,
jyls tf com miuk c;a.
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHING
For and Summer, 1875*
Thomas i Prescott
ARE DAILY RECEIVING EVERY STYLE AND VARIETY OF
Dross ancl Business Suits.
Frio * lower tbau i'vpr. Cal] ou.l are them. BegAUt DREBBOR WEDDING SLITS and SHIRTS
made to order in beautiful ctjie mill Riiaraute- 1 t.. lit. u
U. H. EFFING. President. K. W. EDWARDS, ("aabier. R. M MCLEORD, Ju t CMhler.
The Chattahoochee National Bank
OF
COIaUMBIS, ga.
This Rank lran*aets a (tenoral Ranking business, pays Interest on Deposits
under special contract, gives prompt attention to Collections on all accessible
points, and invites correspondence. Information transmitted by mail or wires
when desired. i an l tf