The advocate. [volume], May 20, 1891, Page 12, Image 12

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WE HAVE LOTS OF
farmers- yooas
which we want the farmers to have, and the low prices are in
your favor. In addition yon can have
A Very falille Farmers' M
FREE with each $20.00 purchase. Remember this and exam
ine the book and you will be sure to take one.
This week we have 44 Bleached Muslin for 5c;
10c Percale for 5c ; 15o Satteens for 9c ;
25o Satteens for 15c
Men's $1.00 Percale Shirts for .50.
Men's $1.50 " " $1.00. .
Ladies' Spring Jackets andOuting Coats for jast half price.
And our prices on Shoes are just way below everything.
We can famish you with a Hat or pair of Pants just right
And to the housekeeper a bright new Carpet, heavy and durable, for
60o per yard, and a beautiful pair of Chenille Curtains for $5, $8, $10 per
pair, that have brought much larger prices.
Come and see us and let us do you good.
W. W. CURDY,
419-421 Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kan.
CCLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION IN F1VB
HUNDRED YEARS. ,
( Continued from first page.)
jumpinj up on the prairies of Kansas and
demanding that the Republican party be
cost out and a new party which will pledge
itself to revolutionize the fixed laws of gov
ernment and finance be placed in power.
Whether the Republican party lives or dies,
It has the noblest record in the history of
political organization. Its achievements
prove the everlasting righteousness and uni
versal justice of its principles.
When It is considered that the wage
earners of the earth, aside from those In
the so-called great American republic,
for the most part, live under the shadow
cf a monarchy, limited or absolute, the
expectation would certainly be a natural
cue that our wage-earners would be In
possession of better opportunities and
privileges than those in the old world.
But aro the wage-earners in our nation
having the reward of their labor In a
manner and In that kind of abundance
that la really satisfactory to the Capital
tad to that remnant of the Republican
party which the Capital seeks to con
trol? The Capital, as Is the wont of political
scavengers, speaks of "little jackrabblt
demagogues jumping upon the prairies
of Kansas and demanding that the Re
publican party be cast out and a new
party which will pledge Itself to revolu
tionize the fixed laws of government and
finance be placed in power."
It favors national banks, 104 of which
have been organized in the United States
for the six months ending April 30th,
1891, scattered through thirty-three states
and (one in) the District of Columbia;
three of which were in Kansas. The fol
lowing is the official report of the na
tional banks of the country Incorporated
during each of the last nine years ending
with October 1890:
Year. Numticr. Capital.
1883 227 fW,aw,.10O
1883 ..2G2 28,6M,:t50
1884. 191 16,042,230
1RS5 145 16,W,XX)
ISSfl. 174 21,358,000
1887 226 30,540,000
1888 132 12,053,000
1889 211 21,240.000
18!... 307 36.250.000
' The bills issued by the national banks,
which reach the people on loans at varied,
indefinite and exorbitant rates of interest,
are redeemable in the "fiat treasury notes."
.The Capital, as the Wall street organ
of Kansas, says:
The intrinsic value of money is one of the
primary factors in political economy and
finance. Money has and must have a value
of its own a value 'much superior to the
value of other commodities.
- Do not this class of political econo
mists know that the Congress of the
United States did not create a grain of
gold, but it enacted "that 25.8 grains of
gold is and shall be a dollar," and hence
it becomes one by reason of that national
flat? That if the "$10" on the Ameri
can eagle should be knocked oil by a
hammer on an anvil it would be value
less as money? That money lacks as
much of being actual property as the
shadow of a man lacks of being the real
nan? Did it ever occur to these finan
cial philosophers that their system of
property money, like "man's inhumanity
to man had made countless thousands
mourn," that it had so demoralized this
American government through the long
rule of the Republican party that we
have a republic, mainly in name? Let
the contest go bravely on, on the prairies
of Kansas, as Indicated by Harrison and
Hudson.
For Weak Men.
If you'desire to be restored to complete
vi-or and manhood, promptly, permanently
ticl cheaply, we will send you full particu
lars ( seal ad) of a reliable unfailing home
frrn&iment free. No electric nonsense, no
drur-riD. Address Box 113. XI
L::a Fttrmscy Co., Albion, Mich
, Hutchinson.
A representative of The Advocate
while on a; recent trip through south
western Kansas spent a day in that thriv
ing and beautiful city of the sunflower
state, Hutchinson. Broad streets and
wide dwelling avenues are among Its no
ticeable features, and they seem in har
mony with the liberal traits of the people
who live on them; in fact, a general air
of expansion and a freedom from any
thing small pervades the whole city.
Hutchinson is but one of the many illus
trations of the marvelous growth, In so
short a time, of cities that have sprung
up on our western plains, almost equal
ing Alladin's palace that by magic touch
was built In a night.
Strolling up the Main street as the
twilight shades were deepening into
night and numerous electric lamps were
brilliantly illuminating the thorough
fares, which were teeming with life, it
seemed Indeed that some magic wand
must have made the transformation that
had there taken place. All the accom
paniments of civilization, all the com
forts, conveniences and luxuries of a
metropolis combine to make this a com
plete city where but a short time ago the
stars shone down on a vast solitude of
unbroken prairie, where the only sound
that invaded the stillness of the night or
day was the melancholy and doleful
howl of the coyote that weirdly echoed
back and forth over the boundless waste,
untenanted by man.
Space will not permit a detail of the
business enterprises of Hutchinson its
great salt works and many other pros
perous institutions, its fine mercantile
establishments. A word, however, about
one of these, "The Grand," an Immense
dry goods, clothing, boot and shoe in
fact a general store, conducted by a man
whose name has become a household
word among our Alliance people, who
needs no Introduction hers J. D.
Welner. You all know him. He has
saved you many a dollar. When the
Alliance was but in its swadllng clothes
in Kansas and the predictions were many
that the infant would end its days at the
crouplng stage, he took it by the hand
and said: "I have faith; I will join my
fortunes to yours; if it is to fail, I'll weep
with those who weep; if it is to succeed,
I will rejoice with those who rejoice."
With the courage of his convictions he
stayed by his adoption and has become
one of those who have helped reap the
good harvest from the seed he helped to
sow. It was the writer's pleasure to en
joy an evening at the beautiful home of
our friend and to meet his amiable part
ner, the wife who shares the good things
of life that have fallen to them, chief
among their blessing being their lovely
children. Pointing to, them friend
Wiener remarked to the writer: "This
is my little sub-Alliance, of which I am
the proud president and my wife the sec
retary, and the password never changes;
it Is 'Home, Sweet Home.' "
The Legislature Endorsed.
The following resolutions were unani
mously adopted May 2, 1891, at a meet
ing of the Hodgeman County Farmers'
Alliance and Industrial Union, No. 2748,
Jetmore, Kan.:
Whereas, Our opponents have taken upon
themselves to cast reflections upon the la
bors of our members of the Legislature,
and to sow broadcast over our great com
monwealth language to the effect that they
did not possess the ordinary intelligence re
quired by such a body of men to enable
them to enact laws; and
Whereas, They have adopted the most un
mitigated plan of falsifying in order to ob
tain their ends, therefore be it
Resolved, That we, as members of the
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union of
Kansas, do heartily endorse the actions of
our Legislature in trying to pass laws for
the relief of the laborers and producers of
Kansas.
We endorse their attempt to lower the
rates of transportation, and we earnestly
co-operate with them in trying to attach a
penalty to the usury laws of the state of
Kansas, believing that a law without a pen
alty had better be off than on the statute
books, as it is deceptive in its expression.
We endorse their actions in trying to en
act all of the following laws: An act to
prohibit combinations among persons en
gaged in buying or selling live stock, and
to provide penalties therefor; an act pre
scribing penalties for accepting bribes; an
act to abolish the corrupt use of money at
elections; an act prohibiting railroad com
panies from employing or using private
armed detective forces during railroad
strikes or other disturbances arising be
tween such railroad companies and their
employes, and providing penalties for the
violation thereof; an act to provide for the
weekly payment of wages in lawful money
of the United States; an act to provide for
a uniform series of school books by publica
tion or otherwise, and for the distribution
thereof; an act to provide joint rates over
connecting lines of railroads in Kansas; an
act regulating the discharge of railroad em
ployes, and to provide penalty for violating
the same; an act conferring upon women
the right to vote and hold office; an act to
prevent waiving of appraisements on mort
gage sales; an act for an appropriation of
$50,000 for the World's Fair at Chicago; and
whereas all the above bills were defeated by
the efforts of the Senate, the appropriation
for the World's Fair was defeated because
the People's party members proposed to
live up to their declaration of principles, in
which they advocate equal rights to all and
special privileges to none, be it known that
the Republican Senate refused to reoognize
a Democrat as one of the commissioners of
said exhibit thereby defeating the World's
Fair bill.
Wm. J. FoiXiKB, President.
S. 8. Kiihl, Secretary.
8. M. Scott's Appointment.
Pleasanton Saturday, May 23, 1 p. m.
FarllnvUIe-Saturday, May 23, 3 p. m.
Waverly J one u, 8 p m.
Le bo June 12, 8 p. m.
Burlington -June 13, 3 p. m.
Grldley June 13, 8 p. m.
Galesburg J une 24, 7 :30 p. m.
Rural-June 23, 7 JO p. m.
South Mound June 7 :30 p. m.
Stanton Monday, May 23.
Ossawatomle Tuesday, May 26.
LouUburg Wednesday, May 17.
Hillsdale-Thursday, May 18.
West Windy School House. Friday, May 29.
Diamond ludge Tuesday, June 2, 8 p. m.
Emery Green Wednesday, June 3, 8 p. m.
Lane Thursday. June 4, 8 p. m.
Hotnewood Friday June 5, 8 p. m.
Ottawa Saturday, June 6, 1 p. m.
6cs3C2xza for Tea Advocatx.
Patents.
Hlgdon & Higdon, solicitors of Ameri
can and foreign patents, 55 and 56 Hall
building, Kansas City, Mo., (expert
draftsman kept in office) and 86 Le Droit
building, Washington, D. C, Washington
associate, formerly examiner United
States patent office twelve years, report
the following list of patents Issued dur
ing the week ending May 12, 1891.
Dy applying to them a printed copy of
any patent here named can be obtained
for 25 cents in stamps. Send for book
of instructions free of charge. Please
mention this paper:
Kansas Car coupler, Frederick Wus
sow, Leavenworth; electric Jbelt, Charles
D. Williams, Silver Lake; sash balance,
Charles E. Whipple," Severy; sash bal
ance, John K. Wiser, Wichita; band
cutter and feeder for threshing machines,
Epps & Kibbee, Beattie; double-deck
water and feed stock cars, John F. Butz,
Wichita; animal trap, Joseph Blasi, Ev
erest: churn, Ollie E. Bell, Derby; car
starter, James T. Baird, Rosedale.
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Railroad Company, and the Ohio & Miss
issippi Railway Company will sell excur
sion tickets to Hagerstown, Md., and
return, at the rate of one first class limited
rate for the round trip, on account of the
annual meeting of German Baptists, to
beheld at Hagerstown, Md., May 28th to
June 5th, 1891.
From points west of Pittsburg, Wheel
ing and Parkersburg, these tickets will
be on sale from May 20th to June 1st, in
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named cities and one stop oft east of the
above named cities, on the trip to Hagers
town, and the same privilege on the re
turn trip. From Pittsburg, Wheeling,
Parkersburg and points east of those
cities, eicursion tickets will be on sale
from May 25th to June 5th, Inclusive,
and will be good for return passage until
June 15th, inclusive, with one Btop off on
the trip to Hagerstown, and the same
privilege on the return trip. This oilers
a rare opportunity to visit points in West
ern Maryland, Virginia and WestVIr-Iglnia.