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LOUISIANA POPULIST.
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VOL. I. NATCHITOCHES PARISH, NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1894. NO. 17.
Reform Press of Louisiaunas.
TuE COMrIIAIDE, \iuntield, La.
1B. W. Itiley, Editor.
'Io' se;I{ : AI' r: .i IHu ton. La. .
\, W. . M ('lre, Editor.
Loi ISIAN.A PI'irt .Ii. Nutvhitc.iohe, La.
M. 1F. Aachen, Editor.
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W. Flynt,. Editor.
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CITY OF NATCHITOCHES
DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS,
CITY OF NATCIIITOCIIES.
BY virtue of the authority vested in
i) ie Lyv the ('o'ilttitution asld lawa of
the State of Louisiana, I will N.'ll at the
principal door of the ('ourt House, in
which the civil district court of said
)parish is hbld, within the legal hoars for
judicial sales, beginning at 11 o'clock a.
in., u )
Saturday, Dec. 15, 1894,
and continuing on each succeeding day.
until sanid sales are completed. all inmlo
valtb leroperty on which taxes are now t
due the ity of Natchitoches. to enforce
collection of taxes assessed iu the year
1,93, together with interest thereon from (
31st day of I)ecember 1893, at the rate of
two 'per cent per mouth, until paid, antd
all costs.
bljack, Agt. W. J. IRed dog "Renuben,"
valuation $50: black dog "Sallie," val
uation $10: Horses, $40; cattle $10 ;
wagon *20.-Total valuation $130 ; City
fax $1 30, Railroad tax 65 cents.
Burke, Mrs. R. E. Hlouse and lot on
north side of St. Denis street, bounded 4
east and west by property of Kile ;
valuation $250; House and lot on Sec
and street, between property of Dnas- (
se and Nornis, valuation $3t0.-Total
valuation $550. City tax $5 50; Rail
road tax $2 75. -
Burns. Aspisi House and lot on south
side Texas street, between Emanuel 1
Thomas and corner 6th street, valua
tion $200, City tax $2 00; Railroad
tax $1 00.
Charleville, Landry Two lots on Amtn
let street 4 and 7, formerly belonging
to Enile Rivers, valuation $40. City
tax 40 cents; Railroad tax 20 eta.
Caspari, R. L" 4 interest in house and
lot in Jackson Square, valuation $75.
City tax 75 cents; Railroad tax 374
cents."
Cslpari, Mrs. Bertha One quarter ar
pent of land on Texas street, running
tack to Saline, corner 4th, valuation 1
$50 3 vacant lots in Jackson 1
Square, opposite the American cemeite
ty, valuation $150. Total valuation 1
$200. City tax $2; Railroad tax $1 00
loranguet B. F. Stable and lot on east
side Jeferson street, between proper- t
ty of Chellette and C. F. Dranguet,
vallutio 600; horse $50, mules $4C0,
wagons $50. Total valuation $1000. I
city tax $10 00; Railroad tax $5 00.
Davien, Magdelin House and lot north
of depot, property bounded west by
property of Raby, and north by prop
erty of Barter, and 'east' by Chellett,
valuatiom $200; horses $80, oxen $30.
Total valuation $260. city tax $2 00;
Railroad tax $1 30.
Lewis, Jno. Vacant lot on New 2nd
street, between property of Nelken
sad Bread, near depot. valuation 50,
horses 100, aettle 10. Total valuation
$100 00. City tax $1 60; Railroad t
tax 80 cents.
Mor, Mrs. Virginia House and lot
eorner Washlnton and Texas streets,
valuationa $1. City tax $15 00;
Railroad tax 7 50.
M~asoa, Jno. deceased House and lot
S81bie[ street, west of lot of L.
Phoenix, valuation $60. City tax 50
ents; Railroad tax 0 cents.
lelke., Sam House and lot on Sad
stest, betwee U ea and Abra
hams, valstation 0 Storehouse and
lot, eorner Denuglere and Jeferson
1000; House and lot on New Second
stret between J. Trichel and F.
Biaa, W House and lot corner
Deater and ad street 100 Houses
sad lot em hrat street between Kaf
b Brte., Mad LIebtsnsi, SW; Horsne
Ram (th m; Re r s Mehau
dise seak ti trade,-Io. Total val
ustl s R Ci0 tax OW m Raal
Fatstom Ri Vaeaat lot on 0th street
mr Jam.s DoIlbon', valatie $3.
S_ an die8mt. QilOa tax 17at;
W rn b sa ernsa o -
._ym,_ L C taxS asea .s;
I rL a .z . B. Honh and
wlet:3ibe lAd steest between
Lnd less a , valuation
BM. tax
Vas-tt loot Is
:, . rVnsm , - U, CI
I)·ll~ dea"
will point out. and in eae the debtor I
will not Iclint out sulticient property.
will at once, and without furtlher delay.
sell the least quantity of said property
of any debtor, which any biddler will
buy for the amount of the taxe$, inter
est and costs due by said debtor.
P. ('. RoGERS.
Nov. 9. Tax(' ollector.
People's Party Platform.
1. We demand a national Onr-ur
llrecy, safe, sotnd and flexible, is
sued by the general government
only. a full legal tender for all debt
lpumlic and private, and that with
out the use of banking corpora
tions; "a.jislt, equitable and efficient
means of distribution, direct to the
people, at a tax not exeeeding 2 per
cent, be provided, as set forth in
the sub-treasury plan of the Farm
ers' Allianee, or some better system
also by payments in discharge oat
its obligations for public improve
ments.
a. We demand free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver and gold at the
present legal ratio of 16 to 1.
b. We demand that the amount
of circulating medium be speedily
increased to not less than $30 per
capita.
c. We demand a graduate . n
come tax.
d. We believe that the money
of the country should be kept as
much as possible ill the hands of
the people, and hence we demand
that all State and national revenue
shall be limited to the necessary
expenses of the government, eco
nomically and honestly administer
ed.
e. We demand that postal sav
ings banks be established 'by the
government for the safe deposit of
the earnings of the people and to
facilitate exchange.
2. Transportation being a means
of exchange and public necessity,
the government should own and
operate the railroads in the inter
est of the people.
a. The telegraph and teleplhoce,
like the poet office system, being a
necessity for the transportation of
news, should be owned and opera
ted by the government in the in
terest of the people.
3. The land, including all the
national resources of wealth, is the
heritage of all the people, and
should not be wonopolired for spec
ulative purposes, and alien owner
ship of land should be prohibited.
All laud now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of
their actual needs, and all lands
now owned by aliens, should be re
claimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
Ame4
The new South wants honest
elections, needs a free ballot, and
will asist upon a fair count. It
will be content with nothing lees,
for its face is to the future and it
clearly sees that our sectional hon
or, prosperity, good order and
magnetismn for espital and popula
tionde dandthat freedom of speech,
liberty of political opinion, and
the safety of every citizen's suf
htrage should prevail in the South
a surely as elsewhere in the Union.
Those who would prevent the
Qgrating a such privileges and
rights in the South are her worst
and most despicableaenomies. They
tslk democracy sad practice de
bamucery and tyranny. They must
be beaten, driven from place and
Spower, tbheir scheaabolished and
theUlr records aof villmiy made odi
ows against revival and repetion.
Te day o tLm n*t, clean, honest
&oit&js dawaing, thak God, and
its fall splendors ad enmceases will
haupon ssoaonsr thn webeliev
Popull.sm ea never be uproted
by bore, 1rmw!, icadt or ballot
bcx stiuag. An honest onic
tin wii nt h brIowbats., nor
i it maustr to opplreio.
SOMETHING ON SUBS!DIES.
Old Man Lnarns From the Boy
That He's Made a Fool of
Himselt. i
Well. our gov, rnment hasl come
to its snses at 1 t-t. We shall soon
have a merchant marine that we
can he proud of.
What is a merchant marin-, pa?
Why, I mean trading vessel[.
D)on't we have trading ves~els
now ?
No.
I thought there werre lots of
ships coming in and going out of
our harbors all of the time.
So there are, but they all belong
to the blasted foreigners.
D)on't we own any ships?
Mighty few on the ocean, I tell
you now. Why! nearly all of our
wheat, meats, live cattle, cotton
and petroleum is shipped abroad in
foreign st:amship;.
Why don't we build and sail
ships?
We are going to after this. Why
just think of it, my son. The
100,000) Americans who visit Eu
rope every year pay the foreign
steamship cempanies $2~~,E0IY,4 M) a
year just for passage money. Oh,
its awful to think how this country
has been drained of money that
should have been paid to Ameri
can ship owners.
How does it happen, pa, that we
don't have ships now?
Oh, the tariff has been too: low.
We can't compete against the pau
per labor of Europe.
I)idn't we use to do a large share
of the carrying trade of the world ?
Yes, back in the "fifties" our
flag floated on every sea. At that
tim3 we had one-third of the ton
nage of the whole world, and did
one-third of the carrying trade of
the world.
How did we ever get those ships,
pa?
Why, we built them. The ship
yards of Maine, New Hampshire
and down the coist, were the busi
est places in the country. Now
they are as silent as a last year's
bird's nest.
Didn't there use to be paupers in
Europe, pa?
Yes. What do you ask such
a foolish question as that for?
There have always been papupers
there and always will be if they
allow kings and czars to stride
their backs as they always have
done.
I was wonlering if European
pauper labor kept us from build
ing them back in the "fifties."
Why--ah-why-let me see,
why, we must have had a big tariff
then.
No we didn't, the tariff wasn't
half as high then as it is now. The
Walker tariff passed in 1846 was
the lowest ever known.
W'ell, I--say, have you got that
job done that I put you at at?
Yes, and
See here, you go to sawing wood.
I must go to the store.
But, pa, you said when I got
done I could play.
Well run off and play then.
Wait a minute, ps; what did you
mean by saying our government
had come to its senses at last?
Oh, yes; why, congresshias pass
ed i law granting subsidies toa
Isteamship line that will now ena
ible us to float our flag.
What is a subsidy, pa ?
Why it means that the govern
ment will pay these favored steam
ers a certain amount of money
-each month. This in addition to
what they can earn in carrying
1bmimsM will eable them to com
Ipete with the Europeans.
How much money will the gor
Sernment pay these steamers, pa
860,000 a month.
Will every steamship line get
*6in,4t) a month R
No, no, only one line to Asiatic
ports, one to European and one to
South American.
Is it fair play for the govern
ment to pay one line and refuse to
pay it to other lines
Why; ah why you see it would
never do to try to pay it to all who
wish to build ships. It woul!
bankrupt us.
Now, pa, youi say thle gPoverII
iment which guarantees equal rights
t') all and special privileges to
none is giving such large sums to
one particulan line only'
Yes.
Where does the money come
from to pay these subsidies. Is it
collected by taxation i
No. Well yes, it amounts to
that; it is collected in various ways
but simmered down it is taxation.
Everylbody pays tax does he not :
Yes no one escapes except bond
holders.
These steamship companies that
don't get a subsily are taxed aren't
they ?
Yes, of cours th-ey are.
Everything has to he taxed a
little higher on account of the sub
sidies doesn't it .
'Why, yes, a little higher I sup
pose.
And these other lines running
steamships to-well, say South
America
Yes these are.
They don't get any sul~idy?
No. What of it? What are
you driving at now? You better
go to work, I'm busy.
Wait a minute, pa; I want to
show you how this thing will work.
(Old man interested). Well
Now, let us suppose for the sake
of argument, that that you was
the owner or a large stockholder
in the line that is not subsidized,
and old Jones who is bucking you
so hard in the grocery business
was the owner or a large stock
holder in the subsidized line, and
you were competing with each
other for the carrying trade be
tweemn the two countries. What
kind of a chance do you think you
would stand in the South Ameri
can carrying business?
Why! Why! by jove, I would
not stand any show at all. The
old rascal would simply put down
rates so low that I would run at
a loss.
Then what would you do?
Why I should simply have to
quit.
Is that all?
Yes, what else could I do?
Wouldn't you be obliged to sell
your ship?
Oh, yes, of course.
Who do you think would want
to buy ships that didn't pay to
runt
Why, no one of course. I hadn't
thought of that. By guma, they
would be a dead loss sure.
Isn't it probable that after a
while old Jones would employ
some secret agent to make you a
low offer for them?
Yes. It would be just like the
old scamp to do that very thing.
Didn't he serve me just that kind
Sof a trick oncet
How was thatt
Why that time that I bought up
- that 1,000 bushels of applesI, thiukl
'ing I had a scoop on him (apples
Swere awful scarce here that year)
and I got a hustle on me and en
gaged the Irop beforehand. No
- sooner had I got them nicely stored
- than old Jones shipped in a hun
r dred bushels from Michigan and
) beganto sell for lms than I paid.
rI moon saw that nnless I sold out
-i moon I shoald lose a good many, so
I put down the price and that old
- shark actually sent a stool pigeon
around and bought most of my
stock, then when I got out and sent
an order to Michigan for a spply I T
1 folund the price had goune up s
that I could not afford to sell in
comnle.tition with Jones. So I lost
my apple trade, my apples andl to
lots of money besides. fit
Now to go back to the ships of
again. Having got the sub- th
sidly enables him to not only drive th
you out of husiuess, but it enables th
him to get your ships also, and at it
a much lower price than be could c:i
possibly build them himself. Nor th
is this all, he can ablolu'ely pre- :,
vent any one else fromu ever put- E..
ting on a line of steamers. w
I see now, my sonl, the force of ti;
your relnarks. It's infamous. ia
Yes, pa, and lie can also put up11 i
the 'price of freights like lie did fit
his apples, when your stock was I
gone.
Yes, by Jove that's so too. Why, I
d-nº a subsidy, what a fool I've el
been to ever endorse such a thing. h:
I am surprised that you should
ever have done so pa.
Well to tell the truth all the pa
pers advocated suibsidies and tohld it
what a good thing they were and
like a fool I joined in the insane t
cry without ever stopping to in
vestigate for myself. Confounud
the papers anyway. I wonder it
they lie about every other thing
the same way!
Would it not be a good idea pa,
to investigate the money question
and the tariff question and
Yes, and the railroad question,
and the land question too. Say,
my son, that's Populism isn't it?
Pretty nearly so, I think.
Well, if it was to do over again u
I'd chance a Populist ticket at a 0
venture. P
You'll have another chance to
vote in two years, pa.
Yes, but it makes me mad to n
think I've thrown it away this time tI
But it'll be the last time, YOU
BET.
THE ONLY PARTY.
Labor arganized or unorganized a
will have to wake up to the ne- ih
cossity of a permant alliance with r
the only party that by its profes- li
sion of faith declares itself the g
friend of humanity, and opposed n
to all monopolies and trusts. The o
bushwacking policy of figuring tl
with the old parties to secure a
nominations and elections of in- s
dividuals by a combination of )
votes, will never accomplish any- s
thing. We must have an organ- c
ized army in which numbers count a
to wit, a majority; and when this e
is attained, and not till then, and n
in and through the People's party, t
can we hope for relief and the en- y
actment of just laws. We are f
gaining in numbers daily, and the p
moment that labor becomes a unit i:
in the demand for justice through a
the old party of the people, that t
moment victory will perch upon i
our banners and the jubilee chorus t
will be heard from ocean to ocean. c
-People's Call. c
STom Watson has at last treed
that pious fraud, Elder Black, and
the latter-to avoid the exposures
of a contest before congres--con- i
Ssents to a new election in March.
Now, if Tom can pin Richmond
county (Black's home) down to its
registry (about 6,000, instead of
16,000 returned Nov. 6) he will
win with a 5,000 majority.--Arena. t
---- II
) No class watched the late cam-i
paign with a grater anxiety than I
Cthe railroad managers, says the St.
1 Louis Republic (Nov. 9) and the
question with them was not as to
Sthe success of either old party,
but-"Is Populism crushed?" Ev
ery monopolist in the land asked
Sthe same questidh, and now that
the answer is given they are more
worried than ever.--Arena.
l Subscribe for the PorIusr. I
The Only Party Which Mado
Gains.
Perhap. after some of our es
teellt( e contempllloraries have quite
finishes tslkinl about 'the decline
of Populism," i"the Iirsting of
the Populist bubble," and the like,
they may have time to note that
the People's party waw. the one
larty in the late elections which
cast a larger vote than it polled in
the United Stat's in I ýl.1. Nearly
2,H00,011t Popullist v ote-, were
counted this year, while in 1 slS.
with the stimulus of a l'rellen
tial election, only In,11fI0.,; wcvro
cast. I)emocratic le:ader.- an d jour
nals that ignore these signiticant
figures are guilty of the m)ost stu
penldo:ts folly. There cannot he
2,1:11,0 h 1 Populist vots cast in
19; and a l)emocratic presildent
electe i, for Plopuilium's later 'gains
have be,:en in I)em',tratic States. -
Chicago T''im n;, (Don.)
The Peolle's party his doubled
its vote in nearly every State in
the union in two years, has nearly
twice as many congressimen and,
unless something strange turns up
will hold the l+alanc., of power in
the senate. They should he proud
of their record for two years.
Keep the ball rolling and in 1)96,
the "year for jubilee" will come.
--)ickson (Tenn.) Critic.
The following answer to a ques
tion appears in the last annual l:t
hbor report of Michigan: "'Eight
in family makes 21 meals per day
or 721) per month. Wages, $3i
per month, less $7 for rent, leaves
$25; so meals must not cost over
31c each. No books, no clothes,
no wood, no coal." But I),)k at
the tariff he gets !--Ex.
Solid Truth.
A thing is right or wrong, no
matter what you believe about it.
All the people in the world bmliev
ing a wrong would not make it
1 right. All the people once be
lieved the earth flat, but it was a
globe just the same. All of you
may believe in the "intrinsic" idea
of money, but it is a fallacy just
the same and as easily disproven
as the physical fact of the world's
shape, if you will but investigate.
You are always more positive in a
statement you have never studied,
can give no valid reason for, than
about things you have some knowl
edge. If a man disputed your
I method of spelling a word you'd
go to some authority to prove
- your position, and you would be
3 foolish if he brought you equally
3 good authority and more of them,
t if you should refuse even to look
' at them. But you do this very
tthing about political questions that
Sinvolve your very existence. You,
stherefore, deserve your present
conditions, you deserve poor pay,
discharge from employment, pov
erty and misery. These pressing
Syou hard enough will cause you to
use your reason or die, and if you
Sremain wilfully blind, and by it
- injure not only yourself, but thou
sands about you, your life is not a
Iblessing but a bane. Real up.
SFacts and Figures.
f L-____
I The New York World says that
.the Populists voted over 60o0,IMH
more votes in 1894 than in 181)2,
and well conclndos that no wise
a man can treat such a party with
contempt or ridicule.--Monroe
Bulletin.
Our figures are a good deal high
er, but that is a pretty good ad
'mission from Democratic head
d quarters. It is expressly un.4er
t stood, however, that this admission
will not prevent Democratic pa
e pers, all over the country from
claiming in 1890, that the Popu
lists are dad.
