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THE LAMAR REGISTER VOLUME XI. BLACKWELLS , WANy m BiflSi c,)oRHjiM and Mo«hb». Tm «rUI «b 4 ••• M«|M / ImW> »—» lw« •■■(« bag, L ~ wall** Uarkam. Baf ■ bag X.T of IhU caUbraM lobatra ' ~* u _ •ad r»a4 lb* faapoa wblth A. T. & 8. F. Tm* C«UM> Dtiljr Limu. Cvlomio Daily. WnrßonD. Imt Biicwk. Ho 1 t*7 a. ■*. No. S !9>P » Ho. I . ... Itaa. Xal. . IFaa. No. U frit : a P.B. No. M Fr*t !Blb. Troiu smi 4 or* TMtibal* train* hrtow »o.| Ui«m. lh*i VtO carry chair car oovi Pullman tlirwiyh ontb.rul rhooy*. rrata* I ood 1 ar* Iwol *ipw«i train* an*! will carry ®r*t ao l oacoorf clam car her. Umria tlMpm an'l Pullman »U*t**r* W. K. CiDI. i(Mt. DR. I. S. BRYANT. DENTIST, wil? fiait Lamar Sept 21 aud rom&io four dajra. J. 3 HASTY, M D, On ScctKui Floor of tho flood ala Block. LiMAR, - - CtILORADO. O. V. BEDELL, Physician and Surgeon. OSm apotair* ooood door »oatb of tha Pint National Bank. Colorado F. MILTON FRIEND. M. D. and SURCEON. OFFICE—South of Coart Hons.. Lamar, Colorado. OSe« boar : It to 9a. m.. Ito t and 7to 8 p. bb- S to 10 a m. Sunday*. O. O. GOODALE. Attorney and Counselor at Law Lamar, Colorado. Second Floor Coodale Building. J. K. DOUGHTY. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Lamar, Colorado. Office In Land Office Building. d %kmVlr ss Regulator Pills An old reliable *afe French remodr. Ne»er fail*. Woman'* »afe*nard. fl.oo per box. »»x (ot *5.00 PffD£ ld j BYBABGEB, Carlton, Colo, j LAMAR, PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO. SATURDAY. AUGUST 8, 1896. PROPOSED AMENDMENT To the Constitution of tho State of Colorado. To the Onaliflwl Elector* of Um Suu of Colo rodo. UrMttac: In pvnHuuioi of authority in mo rotfd by Ar ticle XIX.. Section l. of tb* Coostitutloo of the -into of 1 «>|»rado. and a* directed b» House BUI No 11 J. i«m«I hv tho Tenth General Assembly of thr M«l« rtf ColoraHn, ami approved by the (iwmßW of Mud Stnt» on the eighth <U| of April. A. D. IKBA. public notice U hereby *iven that at the «*oerwl »l«tUni\ to be beM in the several earas and precinct* in the State of ('olnnuo on the third day of November. A. I). WS, there will be aatomitted to the •tualifled IMtOn *>f tM State, for their approval or rejection, the foi in* praoueed amendment to Article XI.. Sec tion J. of the Cooatitation of the State of Colo rado- -See. t. The *tate shall not contract any debt by loan, or in aay form, except to erect public bulMin** for the nee of the state, suppress in*ur recuon. defend the state, or tn time of war assist in defemhn* the United States. "Tbe debt incurred In any one year for erec tion of public buildiu** shall not exceed one-half mill on each dollar of valuation of taxable prop erty within the state, aa shown by the a**ee*- nient last |»rweeedin* the creation of tlie debt. It shall net be lawful for any General Assembly to anthorixe any appropriation* in exceea of tlie actual revenue of the state of Colorado for the proceed in* two years, except U> snppreas insur rectton. defend tbe state, or. in time of war, to assist in defend m* the United Sla tee ; Provided. That, in addition to the amount of debt that may be incurred aa above, the state may con tract a debt by loan to the amount of twelve hundred thousand dollars i SI.SJU.OCft): the bonds for sorb indebtedness shall draw interest at a rate not ex reed in* four (I) per centum per an num, and shall be sold at not leea than their par value, to provide funds for tlie payment of • >hli*atiooa of the state outatamlin* at the end of the fiscal year which terminates November SO, l**fi: winch said indebtedness include* four hun dred and forty-three thousand nine hundred uud fifty and ei*hty one-bund red the dollars i iSiil.W.-sj in warrants now held in tbe public M-hool fuud. ou which there will be, at tbe date <>f the issue of the proposed bond*, an accrued interest amountin* to two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars which interest will then be subject to distribution amon* tl.e pub lic schools of the state; and which further amount of said indebtedness includes sixty-one thousand one hundred ami three dollars and i ei*hty-se*en cents t jrtl.Hß.v; > in warrants, on which there will be an accrued internet of thirty i thousand dollars >f».ooo>. which principal ami j interest helotur* to other state funds : and all • the balance of said indebtedness, which is due | to private individuals, the principal of which is two hundred and seventy-nine thousand two hitudred ami twenty-three dollars and sixty-four rent* «J27V.223.A4i, on which there will he an ar- I cruei! Interest of one hundred and thiity-one thousand dollars (*131,000). makimr a sum total of one million one hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and seventy-ei*ht dollars and thirty-one cents i $1.100,275J1), to which must I finally Is* added the interest on all of said debt from November *U. till the iMttnnre of the ) M »nd»: and; Provided. That two hundred and fifty thousand dollars (*80,000) of the bonds is sued shall be in denominations of one hundred dollars ($100); and the power to issue bonds j hereby itranted shall exuire with the payment iof the oufstandin* obligations, as aforesaid ; and. also. Provided. Thar the said bonds shall not be refunded; hut shall lie paid at maturity.” Kach elec'nr votin* at said election, and de sirous of voting for or a*ain*t the amendment. I shall deposit in the ballot box a ticket wheron shall be printed or written the words “ror the amendment.” or tbe words "Against the amend ! usent.” lu testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my ' hand and aflixed the (treat seal of the State of I Colorado, at the City of Denver, this third day j of August. A. D. 1880. A. B. McOAFFEY. (.Seal.) Secretary of State. The Farmers' Interests. P. T. Bar(iuni, probably the greatest showman this country ever produced, once remarked in conversation with a friend on business matters, that the American people liked to be humbugged. He followed that idea through life and accumulated an enormous fortune. If he were living ut the pr«*sent time he certainly would be more than ever con vinced of the correctness of bis judg ment. The issue in the cam|>aign four years ago was the tariff. The democratic party canvassed this country very thoroughly, claiming that protection, represented at that time by the McKinley law, was the essence of class legislation, was entirely to the interest of a few privileged manu facturers against the common people, es pecially the farmer, that it was uncon stitutional. etc. If the people would give them the powet they would cliango all this and briug bock prosperity by a change to a principle of tariff for revenue only. That free trade would open the markets of the world to the producer and that we would enter into and at least be on equal terms throughout the world with England, besides removing that in famous principle, class legislation. It was a beautiful theory on paper, far more al luring in fact through the arguments laid down by a powerful press and the matchless eloquence of democratic ora tors, than the present free silver fallacy. The people accepted their promisee anti turned the government, president and congress, over to them. They enacted the so-called Wilson bill, or a tariff for revenue only, aimed at the absolute destruction of the protective tariff theory, its author emphatically stating that it was but the first step toward free trade, which would be adopted as soon a h the expenses of the government could be reduced sufficiently, notably the pension appropriations, which it was supposed would become much less in a few years through death and the arbi trary rulings of democratic officials. The Wilson bill has not been in opera tion three years yet. It was the writer’s fortune to be one of a party of four or five on a railroad tram recently. One of that party was a middle aged farmer from Sumner county, Kansas, from whose dress and appearance one would judge he was not over prosperous. Two of the others were traveling men or drummers. The farmer was rampant for Bryan and Watson, free silver, free trade, free every thing. -He was loaded for bear,” and was ready to let every body know it and why. One of the drummers began to ques tion him, first about free trade and then about the present silver issue, and asked him souarely the question if he thought free silver would make him prosperous. He knew it would. Then the drummer spoke to him in substance as follows: -I do not often talk polities even on the road. I find it is better to keep silent. !>ecaune I am in business selling goods and find it does me harm to express an opinion regarding these matters among strangers. I represent the L. A.Budlong Pickle and Cauning Factory, of Chicago, 111. They employ about four hundred people at present. Wo put up and han dle all kinds of canned goods, fruits, veg etables, everything in that line. Every thing that the farmers of this country raise with the exception of some kinds of grain. We are supplying understand ex clusively the jobbing trade or wholesaler in car load lots. If you had been with me in Denver, yesterday, I could have taken you to business houses, one nota bly Wolfe Londoner’s, probably the most complete grocery house in the city, upon whose shelves were stacks upon stacks of canned goods, corn, pens, tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, fruits of all kinds, ev erything that is raised in fact by the far mers of this country, with the brands of England, France and Germany upon them; imported goods. Go with me to any city in the United States, and I will show you the same thing. They come here by the ship load. I travel over the states of Illinois, Michigan. Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska regularly, and in every town I make I find agents of Liv erpool house; importers selling the same line of goods that I do at prices that sim ply make us weary. They will put their goods from Liverpool into Denver at prices that simply stagger us. Another thing. Uncle Sam takes pretty good NUMBER 10. care of his soldiers and the officers espe cially have enough to out. I was out to Fort Logan yesterday, and have four mil itary posts that I visit at times. Go to any of them and you will find not an ar ticle in the canned goods line, and they use lots of them, that does not bear a for eign brand. Uncle Sam is very patriotic under a democratic administration. He pays no duties of course and patronizes foreign markets almost exclusively. We all of us remember how solicitous the democratic party was four years ago about a market for the farmer/' While this conversation was going on the other drummer left the car, but re turned in a few minutes with a sample case in his hands. Opening it he took out a package and spreading it out upon the farmers knees, showed it to be a sam ple case of fine knives and cutlery, and said: “There is a case of line pocket knives and within it is one hundred and twenty styles. Ten of them bear the American brand and one hundred and ten the German brand. I have other cases of goods in our line of hardware, •(tieenNware and glass. All of them bear about the same proportion. We furnish those grades cheaj>er than they can be manufactured in this country. The same thing exists in all lines, especially wool ens. All the best grades can be manu factured w ith the cheap labor of Europe at less cost than we can do it here." As they rose to go the first speaker held out his hund to the farmer, and in effect said: “My friend, you are in favor of free trade, free silver, free everything, and expect it will bring you prosperity. It will never do so. This country is the finest market in the world. Its people eat more and better food, dress better, have better homes, with more and better carpets upon the floor, more of them ride in carriages, have more and better I schools; have more of everything in fact that makes life desirable, than any other people in the world. Europe has been watching us with hungry eyes for a gen eration. We have taken a few top rails from off the off the fence and tLe demo cratic party openly declare they expect to remove the rest as soon as it is possible to do so. Mr. Bryan is a rampant free trailer, always has been. With the house I represent it is right now a serious question whether we can maintain our selves and compete with Liverpool and pauper labor. We have had to cut down our labor to about the last notch they will stand without starvation. My salary is cut from $1500 last year to $1000 this year, and we may have to close up entire ly and turn nearly four hundred people into the streets in idleness, myself among them. I have always been a democrat, and voted for Grover Cleveland, but I cannot stand free silver with free trade. The two together will bankrupt this country in two years. My father is an old German, and he went through the free silver period there before coming to this country. He says it will bankrupt this country and I believe be is right, llie democrats fooled us once on the theory of free trade and now’ come with another theory. Let us go back to the old principle which has been tried and proved a success. Rebuild the old fence aud let them understand that we do not want their products unless they pay well for the privilege of selling them. That will again start up every manufacturing institution in this country, give employ ment to labor, and a home market for your products, paid for in gold if you want it. M. STRAIN HAS FOR SALE 1 good team and harness. 1 threshing machine. 1 second hand “Aermoter” wind mill. 8 new “Gem” wind mills. All kinds of millet and cane seed. This is the month to sow millet and cane. I also hnve a mare and colt and voung horse to trade for a young cow and calf. Will sell on time, or exchange for cattle, hogs or grain. at i ouich Syrup. Tastea Good. Use PJ In time. Sold by drumrlatii. H i I'l-Jii i-i