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VOLUME I.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY JULY 30, 1891.
SOME HISTORIC SPOTS.
WHERE THE INDIANS FOUCHT
TO HOLD THE NORTHWEST.
Buttle ;rnin;l4 r tlio AVari of Mad An
thony Way no .-ml V i Dam llonry Harri
son An Aso. iiition to Krect Monuments
Vpon tho Sites l tlio O.il I'urts hi tlio
Maiimeo Valley Neglected tiravos of tlio
Heroes of IVrry's Victory.
Hi; national
movements t o
it ark by appro
p r i a t n monu
ments points of
historical intor
'st liavo suggest
ed to the citions
of Northwestern
Ohio and North
eastern Indiana
tho preservation
of tin) sites of
tli battle- fields
and forts along
tin! Manmee 11 iv
or rendered con
spicuous In the
early history of
t h o Northwest
Territory by the memorable campaign
of Gen. Wayne against the Indians and
the subsequent campaigns of the war of
1S12. sm" time ago. says a correspon
dent of the ( "hteaso Trihinic. there was
organized the Manmee Va'Iey Monu
mental Association, an organization
wit' liead'iuar;ers at Toledo, Ohio,
whose 1'resident isKutherford 11 Hayes,
elected to suce: ed the late Chief Justice
Waite. The Secretary is John C. l,co of
To'edo The Vi. e President are R. S.
Robertson. l'o:t Way tie, Iiui. : S. II.
Cately, lielta. Ohio; K. C. Lommon,
Toledo. I:. !. Mitchell, Ma uni? e, ( .'hio,
is Treasurer. Other officers are Thomas
luiiilap. Toledo: Daniel F. Cook. Man
wee: .1. Austin SimU. Ann Arbor. Mich. :
Asher Cook, lVrrytiir:r. Ohio: Samuel
Youn,'. Toledo: ileabeii I!. Mitholl,
Mamiioe: .!e"i F'ot. Toiitosany, Ohio:
F. I!. Uanda'.l. Fort Wayn : and Foster
It. Warren, syivani.i. hio.
Th association has boon engaged for
five years in eiTorts id secure possession
f the most important historica points,
such a forts and 1 att!e grounds in the
Manmee Valley, and to have them
marked by suitabln monuments. It lias
been decided that the following are
w.irthy of t ommeinorat'on: Fort In-,
ilustry. the site of Toledo: Fort Miami,
mar Maun.ee City: Fort Defiance, at
Feliance: Fort Meigs, near Pcrrysburg:
Fort Wayne, at Fort Wayne: the battle
field of Fallen 'l imbers, near Watorville;
and the o d burial ground on Pnt-iu-llay
Island, in f ake Krie.
of tin, so fort Industry. Miami. I'oft
Jince, Meigs, and Wayi.c and the battle
lield of Fa lei. Timbers were strategic
points or points of defense or of offense
in the victorious campaign of "Mad An
thony" Wa.'.iie airainst 'the Indians in
TT'.H. and all tigun-d conspicuously in
the war of 1I2. Their location is cor
rectly indicated on the map above.
After the defeat of (en. St Clair, Nov.
Indians, inflamed by hatred
and encouraged by
successes, committed
tin; most outrageous
di' rcdatiimsaiid the
gross st barbarities
on the settlers. Fn
successful c a m
paigns against iho
savages only stimu
lated their earn axe.
ind in 1 T'.i.'i (ea. An
thony Wavne was
i barged with abat
ing it. He was a
cautious soldier who
waited for advantage
bold dashes for victory.
His great vigilance won him the name
of "Jilack Snake" from the Indians and
Tlio vigor o,' his lighting when he was
assured of tin; advantage another of
"Hurricane." For the same trait he
liad lonir been known as "Mad Anthony. "
Gen. Wayne advanced from Fort Wash
ington (Cincinnati) to Fort Greenvilic
(Greenville, Ohio', whence he sent de
tachment to take possession of thepsi
tion lost by St. c air. '! his was accomplish
ed and a fort built called Tort Kerofery.
Wayne then continued his advance
against the village of the Miami tribe
of Indian?., and Aug s, readied
lie- continence of tin- Auglaize and the
"Miami of the Lakes," now the Maomee
Kivcr, who ii! he erected Fort DoiijBce,
triving it a name appropriate to theton
ditions of its building and destined to
perpetuity in the name of the present
city on the s'te.
Tim traces of this fort are still wll
defined. It is situated at the angle of
the Maumee and Auglaize Hi vers, nd
lias been subject to some injury by the
erosion of the wa ers. which have' washed
uway portions of the northern and east
ern salients, and the point is slowly re
ceding, though many years will elapse
before, its destruction is complete. It is
propos d to mark the spot by a granite
monument with s,ijtan;e ins. riction, for
which it is estimated S.voo i win lie
ufliciont. j
From Fort Defiance Gen. Wavne, on
er instru lions from Wnshinirt,,,, af-
fered the Indians peace. In a council of
Iadians Little 1 tittle, a chtof who is saii
to have possessed a e'egrco of statesman
ghip that would have won him fame 1H
C.FN ANTIIOSV WAVNE.
4, 17'. 'J. the
7 i' s rs
TV
t.lTTI.E TVIi'll.K.
and then made
diplomatic circles of European courts,
advised peace. His counsels were over
thrown by the younger chiefs, who
boasted of previous victories. Tut tie
cautioned thorn again-t the new warrior
that the Father at Washington had sent
against them, but they wore obstinate
and voted for war. (Jen. "Wayne ad
vanced and pitched his camp near
Waterville. 'lhc next day (Aug. 0,
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MAP SHOWING FOKTS IN'
17'.H,ihe gave battle to the Indians.
who were intrenched behind somo trees
that had been prostrated by a tornado,
whence the name of the Hattle of Fallen
'limbers. Wayne came upon the sav-a'-esliko
t he wind that had laid low the
forest, his soldiers partaking of his own
irresistib'e courage, it was this battle
that won for Wayne the cognomen of
"Che-no-tin" or the Hurricane. This
battlefield lies on the river and is culti
vated for farming purposes There are
about twelve and one-third acres that it
is proposed to purchase at an estimated
cost of 510!) per a re. and erect at a con
spicuous point a granite monument, so
as to bring the total cost w ithin ."i,()0:).
Con. Wayne pursued the Indians even
under the guns of the llritish Fort
Miami, but passed on down the river to
the mouth of Swan Creek, where he con
structed a military fort, which, owing to
the industry of his army in its construc
tion, lie named Fort Industry. Tin's
fort Wayne garrisoned and it was occu
pied for a number of years. Its dimen
sions were about COO by l."0 feet, and its
site is now the busiest I art of the city of
Toledo, at the intersection of Monroe
street and Summit avenue. All trace of
it was long ago obliterated, but the fact
of its location at the point indicated is
preserved in the designation of a block
of buildings named Fort Industry lilock.
It is proposed to mark the spot by the
erection of a granito monument with a
suitable inscription. If the city will
give the privilege of the use of the
street corner for the purpose it is esti
mated the monument can be put in posi
tion for ?...ono.
Fort Miami, which was first cstab-
OI.I FOItT
lished as a trading post in lii:0, and oe- i
copied for military purposes subs -- j
iuently by the Hritish, and abandoned
by them after the treaty of 17'.'.", is the
oldest of all these historical points. The
northeastern ang:e of the work and a
portion of each adjoining curtain, to
gether with the greater part of the
demilune in advance of the northern
front, are still in a fairstateof preserva
tion. The river front lias been de
stroyed. Tlie site is part of the p'at of
Manmee City, occupying about five and
a ha'f acres. Fart of it is orchard It
is estimated that the site can be pur
chased for 500, and a S"i,0 i0 monu
ment in granite will suffice to mark the
location of the fort.
Fpon the completion of Fort Industry
General Wayne led his army back up the
river to the village of tlio Mia mis, and
there, on Oct. "J".', a fort having boon
completed, fifteen rounds of cannon
were lire:! and the fort named Fort
Wayne, and s the present city of Fort
Wayne. Ind , was begun The fort was
lo -ated at the confluence of the St- Joe
and St. Mary's Hivers, forming the
Manmee on the highest land in the State
of Indiana, and this has given the name
of "Summit City" to the city now there
It overlooks the sceno of Hainiar's de
feat in 17!). Wayne then returned to
Greenville Ohio., where hn represented
the United States in the treaty negotia
tions of lT'.C.
A considerable part of the site of the
old fort belongs to the city of Fort
Wayne, the remainder being now occu
pied by the New York, Chicago and St.
Louis Railroad. Except th" well no
trace of the fort now exists, and the
part of the site not occupied by the rail
road or the city streets is redu. ed to a
3
TOUT WAYNE IN
small triang'o which is inclosed by an
iron fence. It is proposed to erect with
in this triangle a monument similar to
those suggested for the other points of
interest.
The other two points determined upon
for commemoration, Fort Meigs and the
Fut-in-Iiay burial ground, belong to the
period of the war of 1812, when the
Manmee Valley became again the scene
of military operations The hero of this
campaign was Gen. William Henry Har
rison, who in February, 1813, erected
and established Fort Meigs, ten miles
from Fort Industry. While the work
was Jn progress two unsuccessful attacks
were made by Tecumseh. Gen. Harri
son and Tecumseh had first met in arms
at the battle of Fallen Timbers, and
they met again here, each commanding.
Tecumseh is described as "one of the
most splendid specimen of his tribe,
celebrated for their physical proportions
and fine forms tall, athletic and manly
dignified, graceful, the beau ideal of
an Indian chief." The victory was with
Gen. Harrison, and Tecumseh was killed
during the war. The outlines and works
Of Fort Meigs are near y all preserved,1
nd no plow had been i erraittod to run
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over the graves of the dead. It is em
braced in tlio farm of Michael anil
Timothy Hayes, who for the twenty
years of their ownership have not per
mitted any dose ration of the grav..i, of
which there are several hundred, almost
wholly unmarked. They contan the
names of those who were killed in the
battle, who died during its occupation,
and those who were killed in the attack
T11K MAt'MF.K VAM.EV.
j on the I'.ritisn batteries at Fort Miam;,
across the river.
I The area of land necessary to include
; the fort and the graves is about fifty-live
j acres, valued at $100 an acre. The
j works themselves are in such a good
! state of preservation as to constitute
I their own best monument, and it is pro
posed only to purchase the land, erect
one . large monument in Fort Meigs to
cost si o.ooo, and throe others at ."t.00 i
oa di to mark the burial places, making
a total of .$?f, oi 0. Fort Mc's- was
named in honor of (leneral Me gs, but
ha selected for the village just east the
name ol" IVrryshurg. in commemoration
of the hero of the naval victory on I ake
Erie.
On the loth of September, lSia, Com
modore Perry, cemmanding the Ameri
can fleet on Lake ! rie, fought the Brit
ish near the island of West Sister and
captured the entire licet, with all olli
lersaudmen, but after a bloody liuht
and with much loss of men. He au
iiouniedto (ion. Harrison, commanding
the Army of the Northwest. -We have
met the enemy and they are ours." He
buried iiis dead on the Island of l'ut-in
liay, now one of the most important
ports on Lake Erie. This burial-ground
is about sixty foot from the shore of the
lake, and in its cent r stands a willow
tree, at the foot of which a rough bio -1c
of stone is sa d to mark I he exact
location of the graves. Some year
ago. bv voluntary contribution, a
circular enclosure of wooden posts
connected by a chain was nut up.
out uie posts liave rotted and the en
closure is broken, l iit-in 1'av is visit
iph
TOI.KIlO.
every year, and
burial ground is
the
a re
condit'on of thi
roach a-Ki sia mc
to uie i are and get erosity o! the nation
for which the dead there bur od fought
and gave up their lives. The buria
giound is included in an area which was
conveyed by Mr J. Do Kivora to tin
corporation in trust for the public. Th
nature of the conveyance is sm ha;i
as-nre the si ot. against ob'itoration, but
no steps have been taken to s ecially
mark it. It is proposed to inclose it.
with an iron chain fence of neat dc-dgi
and replace the rough block by a sma!
granit ' shaft suitably insorib'd Tin
improvement indicated would cos! ahou1
To carry out all these plans of the as
soeiation a bill was introduced into the
United States Senate by Senator Hior
maii calling for an a npropr at ou suf
ficient to preserve these old landmark
of the early history of the country as
indicated above. The total co t would
be soo.rioo. Ilecommendations in ace rd
with the plans of the as 'nidation have
been made to the War Department by
Jit I'.rig Gen l'oe, Colonel of En
gineers, and favorably indorsed by dig.
Gen. Casey. Chief of Engineers.
II Was a Wish ISrnte.
Mrs. F. W. Bobinson.of New Haven,
Conn., has a black spaniel that ab
stracted a feather duster from the sitting-room
and took it out in the yard
to l lay with. During iiis frolic the
feathers were all torn out. Mrs. l!ob
inson txk the handle away and gave
the dog a severe whipping, at the same
time showing him the featherless han
dle. About an hour afterward the dog
walked gravely into the yard with a
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F.AIM.T TIMES.
brand-new duster, like the one he had
destroyed, in his mouth. He walked
up to his mistress and meekly depos
ited the new brush at her feet. J!y the
mark on it she saw that the dog had
stolen it from a neighboring fancy
goods store.
Toa Late to Swap Him Now.
rillpounder Henipotentiary to tho
Queen I grieve that your Majesty is
not in your accustomed form this morn
ing. What your Majesty needs most t
is an entire change of air.
Victoria Antiqua There is jus)
where you're shouting, Doctor ; bu 1
am afraid it is too late now to chat;gi.
him.
Like Many A not tier Ripeil.
Old Hen What are you cackling
about, I d like to know ?
"Booster That double-yelk ed egg ol
ours. (Besumeal C:it-c:it-eut, cut-dah-cut.
A CORKKT is sun
o. ed lo Imve great
j staying qualities,
by hundreds of thousands of pci
SOUTHEKX SENTIMENT.
THE ALLIANCE CAN HOPE FOR
NOTHING FROM OLD PARTIES.
To Trust the Tricksters Who IIhvo Kil-
s hived the IVojite Is Worse Tlian lolly
- Tlio Masses Must .Move for Themselves
"Hew lo the i.illc."
What would he said of that work
man who hail been given directions for
hewing a sill if lie did not liew to the
line? What was the line drawn for if
it was not intended that it should be
followed V Every man, no unit tor what
his occupation or calling;, should have
line marked out, a correct lino, aim
follow it. For twonly-live years t.ie
members of the alliance have been
workers under the politicians on par
ty lines. Some employed by democrats
some bv the republicans, and as the
"bosses" have laid oil' their work, like the
true workman thev followed the line of
duty alwavs at their posts, and al-
xvays voted for their party, right or
wrong, always to the front as directed
by their musters, never flinching, but
ready to die as n democrat or reimbli-
iii. in order to how lo the line of duty
as thev conceived it.
For tweiiiv-fivo wars the xixscx
have kept them to Hir o but alas the
people have seen that in billowing this
line they have been led astray: that
they have ini; overished their families;
their homes have been taken from
them: the means of educating their
children have been deprived of, and
t it mlrctls anil I hoiisn nil.--, ijis, mill
ions, are' beggared to-dav by those
whc should have "ivon correct lines.
should have protected them, should
have soon to it that they had shelter,
food and raiment. Twenty-five years
ago in America there were no tramps,
but ln-iimj how is it V Millions of
tramps, driven to want and oppres
sion, have no homes, no shelter, but
are loading a wandering, vagrant life,
while thousands of women and chil
dren are suffering for food and perish
ing, and that too in '" Ann rim.
where it is said we make so much that
we cannot find a market for it over
production. Yet wo are told by those,
our former jmiiln-nl hnssrs, and their
allies, that the farm r and laborer are
shiftless, good-for-nothing sorts of fel
lows that to make a country prosper
ous the I'tjiii' .liiiiili! hf iiiinh- yioo'o',
Hir r'tflt rifh r, that the laws have
boon made to protect the few from the
f'llrrotirlDiirnt iif tiir imiiiij and
should be kept so, that these poor,
good-for-(oA ' mi ji llntrs. need no ed
ucation, no money, no relief, but should
stick to their work, hew to the line, no
matter how much wife andlwibies suf
fer, should work for their old masters
fs a iiihi tlu-ti iifi- tn llnir inn a try,
now when tin Inni oO'-o'-imtli i ;;
fttriurrs iiui! o.o- rs as they are
called by the successful gambler of
human labor, after these many years of
faithful work for these old parties,
have dared to make in tlo'ir society
rooms and have formulated petitions
setting forth t heir condition and ask
ing relief - how have thev been an-
sweredV They are told that their de
mands are class legislation and uncon
stitutional. Thev are told that their
meetings are treasonable and their of
ficers are scoundrels, that they, the
people, have brought all this poverty
on themselves by their carelessness
and shiftlessiiess. thev are told to let
polities alone that their vocation is to
make cotton, corn, wheat, to work the
mines, to build railroads, to work for
their masters, and we, the politicians
and allies, will make the laws. They
are told that their demands w ill upset
the financial and progressive interests
of the country, that the only way to do
is go back to their old party bosses who
are ready and willing and wailing to
pitect them and stive them and the
country from ruin by continuing the
same old line they have been follow
ing these many years. Workers are
told herein North Carolina to stick to
the democratic party if they want to
get relief; in Kutisusstick to the repub
lican party if you want relief. We
wave been sticking lor lo those many
years and instead of relief, oppression
is our portion, our homes taken from
us, our families perishing. Can wo
hope to got relief inside of either of
these old parties? That's the ques
tion. The democratic party says it has
not had a chance. Yet when a lull was
introduced in our hist legislature for
relief of the people it was killed by
the committee. When a bill for reduc- j
tion of interest in North Carolina was
asked for the oh! Imssrs and their al
lies fought it nit'l liihil it. (let re
lief from the old parties? How ? Never
until these old political bosses and their
allies, the monied sharks, are kej tout
of our legislative halls. We can get
our demands only by standing square
ly for them there is no ri'Hij' lo iic oh
tilinf'l crcpil lliroinjh the imissrs
thi)ii.ill-rx. Those we inri'il liisf,
trusted most, Imii'iriil biijlirst, have
gone back on the people gone hail lo
their rioil.-i have- listened to the
goldemnot silrrrij song of the op
pressor and are afraid to raise their
voices for the people
Our people need relief and we must
have it. You, my brethren, have
chosen tho true, tito Ocaln ilrninnls,
and it is a duty, a solemn, holy duty
to "hew to that line, let the chips fall
whore they may.'' Make no conces
sions, for you are right. Let those who
are irrmiil make them. Close up the
ranks my brethren, let elbow touch el
bow and let the heart throbs of all be
felt in union and lot the cause of one
bo the cause of all. ''fnr to the 1'nnr
for your homes, for your children, for
your liberties. Witsvn. ).Y. Cultu
ral Home.
The Thiril I 'arty.
It is no longer a question of whether
or not wo will have a third party in the
field next year, but the only question
of interest in relation to the new party
is what will be its strength, and from
whence will it come. The idea that
there would be a third party organized
at all was pooh ! pooh ed ! ! for a long
time by partisans of both parties, they
declaring that it was impossible to or
ganize a third parly because there was
no necessity for one, and no room for
one, even if there did exist the neces
sity. They have learned, however,
that whether the necessity is real or
imaginary, it has succeeded in making
room for itself to some considerable ex
tent and bids fair to require still more
room.
There is just as certain to be presi
dential candidates nominated by the
labor party under some name as there
is a democratic candidate, and more
certain than a republican. Indeed
many intelligent labor leaders believe
there will be but one party opposing
the "peoples" party next year, even
predicting that the money power will
combine on a single ticket with Cleve
land at its head. Such is hardly prob-
able, as it would not be politic, as the
monopolists wculd lie nmcli more eas
ily defeated if they nhould adopt such
course than if they pursued tlio usual
tactics of dictating the candidates of
both parties, then starting the people
to fighting over the Mills bill, the Mc
Kinley bill, or some other equally un
important and never ending question.
But now that the new party is nn
assured fact, the only question of inter
est is from whence will come its
strength. The Daniels of the republi
can party seem already to have inter
preted the handwriting on the wall;
but whether they recognize it or not,
the republican party has won its last
victory. Its stionghold in the great
northwest is wrenched from its grasp
by those who were once its followers.
If it had been the democrats that
routed the republicans from their
strongholds it might be reasonably sup
posed that they would retrieve their
fortunes just as soon as the democrats
had time to prove that they would do
nothing for the relief of the people.
l!ut it is to be noted that where the re
publicans suffered worst defeat in the
election last year it was at the hand of
a new i lenient, and in some of those
sections, particularly in Kansas, the
defeat of the democrats was even more
disastrous in proportion, if the deple
tion of their ranks ho considered a ;
feat to a party that was always ir. the
minority. Jn the meantime democrats
are hugging themselves with counter
feit glee and exclaiming, Oh! the now
party won't hurt the democratic p.rty.
for all its strength in the south must
come from the alliance and the alliau .-e
will
remain democratic, for four the
negro will get out of his place. But
the idea of "negro domiuat ion" Las
been worn entirely threadbare-. No
one lias the least confidence i.: it. T.
Ij. ( iantt, w ho has harped more than
any living man about "black heels on
white necks," now changes front and
says that the idea of negro domination
is a fake; the farmers work the negroes
and will vote them. With the negro
question relegated to the background
the southern farmer will consider the
propriety of seeking redress of griev
ances complained of in a new party
just as seriously as his western brother.
The only question he will ask is which
is the shorter road bv which to reach
the destination. Alliance men have
studied the cause of depression of agri
culture and arrived at certain conclu
sions, and have discovered what they
conceive to be a remedy for the evil
complained of, and set forth the rem
edy in a platform of principles, and in
specific bills for legislation. Hie de
mands of the alliance may be briefly
stated under the three heads of finance,
land and transportation. They de
mand that the government adjust the
finances by loaning money at a nominal
interest on land and farm produce.
Will the democratic party in national
convention endorse that demand, and
make it a part of the democratic plat
form? There is not a man so big a
fool as to believe it. Will the demo
cratic party adopt as a plank in the
platform the government ownership of
railroads? The question is preposter
ous; ( -f course not lung ot tlie sort
will be done. These are the two ques
tions to be settled first, either one way
or the other; and on those questions
every alliance man will soon be called
upon to decide between his political
party and his alliance principles. If
he thinks that the democratic party is
serving liiiu best it will he his duty to
continue in its support, but if on the
other hand lie places the principles he
professes to maintain above partisan
ship he will be absolved from his alleg
iance to party.
If the democratic party pursues the
course that its heretofore leaders de
clare that it will, we predict that when
the election of ''.'2 cVises the remains of
of the democratic party in Georgia will
be as small as the republican party in
Kansas now is. Ifnriuoini Cruvi i !a. )
.!;. '
4en. .. Saunders Piatt.
The following is a portion of an in
terview hold by a Cleveland l'laiit
JJinli'r reporter with (ten. A. Saun
ders 1'iatt, that shows very plainly how
he stands on the people's party plat
form :
"We have national banks that control
the money of the country; railroads
that distribute every value produced
by labor on a cash basis only, thus ex
ercising a taxing power exceeding that
of the government; manufacturing es
tablishments lifted from the slough of
despond and enabled to charge us for
their fabrics the full limit of the exac
tions of the tariff, placing them co-
pial with the government in taxation
Following these and made possible by
them come combines in the shape of
trusts, a cohesion of interests the mag- j
nitude of which few jirople conjure- j
hind. j
"For twenty-six years under these 1
conditions the government has been
ostensibly paying off the bonds until
the original volume of the national
debt has been reduced about one-half.
As this debt was paid, private debts
have increased in compound propor
tion, so that the great national burden
instead of being liquidated has as
sumed a private form in the shape- of
mortgages plastered all over the land,
the foreclosure of which means the
land itself. Under the foreclosures
millionaires in number grow apace,
while tenants instead of land owners
increase.
"Under these conditions I think that
the organization of a new party is more
essential to the welfare of the people
than was tho formation of the republi
can party at the opening of the war."
"But, general, may not the old par
ties accomplish the same end?"
"Their leaders are so interested in
this corporate authority that they are
indisposed to yield a single point to
the people and they are seeking every
means in their power to hold their
old following so as to gain time. There
is no way of relief from the present sys
tem except to form a new party. Tak
ing the masses of the people in either
of the organizations they are as honest
as a people can be, but the leaders of
the parties are not willing, like the
Egyptian rulers, to furnish straw to
make bricks.
"The people must have free coinage
of silver w ith a volume of paper money
issued directly by the government in
sufficient quantity to do their business.
They must have the elimination of
bank notes from the currency. They
must have an end to all watered stock
in the railroads whose actual earnings
must bo based on the actual cost of
construction and operation. They must
have all interest reduced to 3 per cent,
by law, the same as land earns in its
uses. All trusts and combines to fore
stall the market must be by law pro
hibited. This without affecting indi
vidual enterprise and capacity for hon
est gain will place all upon an equal
footing before the law.
"Neither of the old parties will do
this. The republican party has
brought this whole adverse condition
upon us and those in the republican
ranks who differ from their fellows,
such as Bntterworth, are whipped
back into the traces. The democratic
party I find, critically following its
policy, has loss of the element among
them opposed to these reform measures,
but they are divided, hence they fail,
and the people continue to suffer."
Knglainrrt rli of Greeil.
If England would demand direct
tribute of the people of the United
States in one-half the sum her finan
ciers impose and exact of the people
of this country, there would be a dec
laration of war by Uncle Sam within
ten days. What is the difference, in
effect, from the government doing di
rectly what the subjects of that gov
ernment do indirectly? Take, for in
stance, the Knglish syndicate that paid
about $1 2,00(1.0110 for the system of
elevators in the great grain districts
along the line of the Chicago & North
western railway. Having possession of
all the grain storage of several states,
this trust gave notice this year that
they would store no grain for the pro
ducers. What is the effect? The pro
ducers, in many instances, were not
provided with the buildings to store
their grain, so that it would not be
damaged, and they were compelled to
sell. The syndicate having applied
j the force that put their products on
the market, in spite of the protests or
opposing efforts, then provided to pur
chase at very low figures. The farmer
sold. The trust bought. The farmer
lost; the trust profited in the same ra
tio. Within one year the producers
along that line of railroad have been
robbed of enough to pay for this ele
vator system by that trust. In corpor
ation vernacular, "The company de
clared a dividend of 100 per cent." In
robber dialect, "The gang swagged
twelve millions." Betnrn to the prop
osition : If England had exacted and
obtained of these American farmers 80,
000,000 bushels of wheat at Sl'2,000,000
less than its value, the United States
would have made it a cause to declare
war. Upon what ground? That the
English government had robbed her
people, and that the highest obligation
of this government is to protect its cit
izens. Whoever should oppose it
would be branded as a dastard and de
nounced as a coward. But these same
people, robbed indirectly to the same
amount, come to the government and
ask a means of protection from robbery
by British subjects, by this government
providing adequate means to assure
them protection through the sub-
treasury for imperishable farm prod
ucts, or any other practical way, and
every big and little politician in the
land' lifts himself on tiptoe to howl,
"unconstitutional demand." What is
government but an institution framed,
organized and administered by the
people, through their agents or ser
vants, for their protection ? If it does
not protect, all taxation is money taken
from them under false pretense. If it
does not prevent them from being
robbed, the contribution made by them
for its support is itself robbery. As
the government, by refusal to protect,
licenses this robbery, it has not only
become a robber itself to the extent of
allthe taxes it levies, but is particeps
criminis in robbery to the extent of all
it willfully permits. Montgomery
(.1(7.) Hernhl,
A Mortgage Debtor the t'lieapest Slave.
The interest on a mortgage of three
fourths of the value of a farm rarely
fails to take all or more than all the
profits. The farmer so unfortunate as
to have contracted such a debt is his
creditor's tenant who after default may
be ejected at will ; but he is kept in
posossion as long as possible because
he is the best possible tenant. He
works for his creditors cheaper that
work could be had under any other
form of servitude. The negroes under
slavery -in the southern states cost
much more than the Illinois or Kansas
farmer costs while working for his
owner in the hope of "buying his free
dom," Sometime he succeeds. Negroes
under the old system frequently
bought their freedom from indulgent
masters by selling vegetables, fowls
and butter, and w ith money paid them
for "odd jobs." But generally they did
not, anil generally the western farmer
fails in buying his. If he has a $2,000
mortgage on a S-1,000 dollar farm ; if it
boars 8 per cent, interest w hile his
farm w ill not not him .'5 per cent., it is
easy to see why lie will have to ask for
extension after extension on his debt
as it. to understand why the creditor
j will nearly always be anxious to grant
the extension under which the farmer
"works for nothing and boards him
self." ,'ej'ic.
Knots Aliout Taxes.
The Washington I'ost, a republican
paper edited by Frauk Hatton, com
piles the following facts about taxes
which w ill be interesting, if not pleas
ant reading for every tax-payer:
For the next two years our govern
ment will spend annually more than
$500,000,000.
To pay one year's expenses of the
government it will take nearly the
combined wheat and oat crop.
Our annual output of gold, silver,
copper, iron, coal, petroleum and lead
will not foot- our tax bill for twelve
months.
Jsor can we do it with a years pro
duct of cotton, wool, rye, barley, wine,
potatoes and tobacco.
The combined capitalization of our
national banks is So'.lc.OOO.OOO. One
year's taxes will nearly swallow it up,
Now, all this is a federal tax. We
have also to pay city, county and state
taxes.
What is the difference in interest to
the people under the present banking
system and that proposed bv the sub
treasury plan? A direct interest of not
less than 8 per cent., an indirect inter
est from 8 to GOO tier cent. .
Why it is then that the politicians
of both political parties favor the pres
ent banking svstem?
Because under this system the
money is kept for the benefit of the
bankers and their favorites? Those
who speculate on the product of the
land, those who speculate on the land,
the protected manufacturer, moneyed
syndicates the politician and the sub
sidized press. Wilson (X C.) Rural
Home.
About thirty years ago there were
eleven millionaires in this city and
twenty in the whole country. Among
the eleven New Yorkers were only two
native born, four Avere Germans, two
Scotchmen, two Frenchmen and one
Hebrew. To-day we have over 1,000
millionaires in New York and over
9,000 in the United States. But then
the number of paupers and one-dollar-a-day
men has increased over 12,000,-
000. Aeio lork Evening World,
HUMO-L
His Tirai IVji .Von -r.
The bill of fare wii printed in
mixture of English and mongrel
French.
"Waiter," ho said, after glancing
over it, "want to make half a dollar?"
"Sutt'nly, sah," answered the waiter.
"Is there a good dinner on this bill
of fare without going outside of tho
straight United States language?"
"I reckon so, sah."
"Then bring it on. Here's your
Jinsh-money. I'm no linguist, and my
time is worth $10 an hour, (iet a niova
n yon
A short study in evolution. Life.
A lnrenee.
I saw a sign yestorday : "Weather
Strips and Screens." This shows that
weather has more modesty than some
of our societv women. Thev don't
screen. Free Press.
Two I'rison Dinner.
Prison warden The dinner ordered
from Delmonieo's has come. Take it
to the prisoner w ho killed a man.
Assistant All right. Who is
bread and water for?
Warden That's for the man
this
who
stole a ham. A'eir York Weekly.
Won't Go Till Slie llm To.
"After being at the Paris Exposition
I don't suppose you will care to go to
the next orld s i air, Miss Jurneigh ?
"Well, no. Even if I was sure there
woum tie a tair in the next world 1 am
in no special hurry to go there."
It Win True.
"The same old jokes," snarled the
landlady as she overheard the new
boarder discussing the spring lamb.
"They've one thing in their favor
answered the boarder.
"What's that?" snapped the land
ladv.
"Thej are not as old as the lamb,"
was the -ruel answer.
Not a enlllirllt.
"My young friend, I am sorrv to note
that you are falling into a habit of pro
fanity." "H'mh! You me some pretty strong
language yourself, qccasionsllv.
"So . do," replied the old man, "but
I don't waste it."
Tl e Law's Majesty in Arizona.
Thev are not very rigid as to court
formalities down on the l'attlesnake
Lode ia Arizona.
"I don't see the prisoner," said the
County .fudge, as he walked up pre
paratory to sentencing a
culprit
here is lie ;
"I'm blessed if I know,"
Sheriff, looking under the
said the
benches
"Just lent him mv paper of
too."
fine -cut,
"Was he a big red-headed man, with
a scar on his cheek? asked the fore
man, who was playing stud-horse i oker
with the rest of the jury.
"That's tho cuss," said the clerk
who had been betting on a horse-race
with the Prosecuting Attorney.
"Why, then," said the foreman, "he
csked me to go out and take a drink
about an hour ago, but I showed him
I had three sixes, and he said, W ell,
next time, then, and walked out
"The thunder you say!" roared his
Honor. "However he's sure to be in
town next week to see the dog -fight.
and some of you mnst remind the
Sheriff to shoot him on sight. The
docket is just jammed full of horse
stealing cases, and there s no time to
waste over a imeaslv homicider. Next
case." San Francisco Keictt Letter
Live aii'l I earn.
Citv Child (in the country) Oh
mamma, see those pretty spotted
chickens. I shouldn't think people
would want to kill such pretty chick
ens.
Mamma Probably they are kept to
lav eggs.
Citv Child Of tourse. Thev must
be the kind that lay Easter eggs.
Street d Smith's Good Xews.
Got Through Charging:.
South American General (to his sol
diers) Now, my brave men, charge
once more! Victory will be onrs, and
vour country will owe vou an everlast
ing debt.
Soldiers That's what it's owing us
now. W e won t charge any more until
we are paid what s already due us.
Wouldn't Hear Onotatlon.
What an original fellow vour broth
er is. Miss Am v. You should have
heard his remarks this morning when
t he lug conductor stepped on his corn
."What did ho say, Mr. Sample?"
O, as I said, thev were original; so
I can't quote them."
The Amemle Honorable.
Auntv (to whom the game of base
ball has been explained) I do not
quite understand it, yet.
Little Boy Why, aunty, it's as plain
as the nose on your face.
Aunty (who has rather a large nose)
You should not use such expressions,
mv dear.
Little Bor (hastily correcting him
self) I mean, auntv, it's as plain as a
pikestaff. Street tC Smith's Good
Hexes.
The I'aron's t nstoin.
Inquiring Ladv Do you alwavs
drink beer when you are thirsty ?
Baron Snickensuts No. ma'am.
alvav drinks vater ven I am thirsdv
shust the same as you do.
"Then when do you drink beer?"
"The rest off the dime."
Mrs. Anxie Besast is quoted as say
ing that theosophy will ultimately
bring people to their senses. If that is
its purpose and object on earth it
seems to have been especially fortunate
in gathering unto itself a lot of people
who stand deeply in need of its lenen.
cent omces.
'e' WHISI 'j
IIANG TO YOUR WHEAT.
THAT IS THE ADVICE SENT TO
THE FARMERS.
One 'Iillon Circular Are to He Mailed to
the 1'roiliicera or Breadstuff The Plan
Is Designed to Irrvent the Speculator
orthe Country from Depressing Prices.
The Farmers' Alliance folks are great
ly interested in tno reports oT small
shipments of wheat and increasing
prices The Alliance prophets have
been predicting a rise in the price of
wheat and have been advising farmers
to hold their crops as long as possible in
order to pet the advantage of the in
crease. It has been said that the Alli
ance was going to try to make a corner
In wheat. This the Alliance leaders
deny, but they say they have done their
best to inform the farmers of the condi
tion of the wheat crops of the world, so
that they may know what to calculate
on in making their sales Through the
reform press bureau," which is located
in this city, savs a Washington dis
patch, the Alliance leaders are
sending out a circular, pre
pared some time ago and re-
ently adopted tor circulation among
tho farmers, which enters into a
full discussion of the condition of the
crops, predicting an excel enteropln this
country and quoting the Indications in
crop reports that the foreign crop trill
be short and prices high. The recom-
menflation to the farmer is that he hold
his wheat for the rise in price whenever
it is possible for him to do so. Since the
1','th of th s month 40f).(K)0 of these cir
culars Lave been sent out to the farmers.
Two hundred thousand will be sentoutv
during this week, and it is contemplated
circulating botie.ooo copies. It is ex
pected that the result will be slow ship
ment of wheat, to the markets, and that
the farmer himself will claim the in
creased value of his product, instead of
giving the speculators the benefit of the
profits. In other wtrds, the farmers
will do a little speculating In their own
wav. The circular says in part:
"Our Agricultural Department issues
every month a Government report about
the crops. These reports estimate the
number of acres sown and give the per
centage of condition. A percentage of
UK) is a somewhat ideal crop and would
Indicate a yield of thirteen bushels and a
fraction to the acr.;. It has been sur
passed only once namely, in the year
1SS2, when the condition at harvest was
104 and tho yield thirieen and one-half
per acre- Our present crop is somewhat
similar to the crop of 1SH4, the Govern
ment report report making the acreage
the same and the condition somewhat
less. In 1884, at harvest time, the con
dition of winter wheat was reported
at 98 and of spring wheat at 99.
This year tho ondition of winter
wheat is .. :, and that of spring
wheat !2.fs or about 3 per cent less
than the final report of 1884. As the
harvest of lrS4. the largest we ever had.
was 512,000,(100 bushels, the last Govern
ment report would indicate a crop of
4ti4,ooo,0(: bushels, say 500,000,000 In
round numbers. The home consumption
has increased with the population and Is
certainly over 35n,00.,oi)0 bushels, prob
ably 300,000,000, which leaves us 140,
000,000 for export. During the last ten
years we exported 127,000,000 yearly In
average, of which Europe received 107,
(100,000 and the West Indies and South
America 20,000,oca This year we may
have I3,000,oti0 more to spare, which,
however, will go to South America on
account of the reciprocity treaties and
Europe will receive the average quan
tity of about 107,000,(Mo bushels and no
more, as we have no reserves to draw
upon.
"This would make both ends meet
there if Europe had aeood averagecrop,
but Europe has not a good average crop:
in fact, it has the worst crop failure of
the century. Last winter was phenom
enal all over Europe in its severity and
duration. Snow and ice covered Italy
and Spain and were actually carried far
into Africa. Vessels on the Mediter
ranean came into port thickly cov
ered with ice, and this abnormal
weather worked incalculable dam
ago to tho winter wheat in all
the countries of the continent.
The spring has been late and very un
favorable, and even in Juno snow and
frost destroyed most of what was left In
half of Germany and a great part of
Austria. That the crop disaster is not
local or moderate or exaggerated can be
clearly seen by the action of the differ
ent governments. liussia appointed a
commission to investigate the crop dam
ages, which reported wheat 17 per cent,
below average and rye much worse. It
is tho custom of that government to
quiet the alarm of the people, and the
damage, therefore, is surely not less than
reported, but probably much more."
The circular discusses generally tho
condition of the foreign crop and tells
tho farmers how to take advantage of
the situation to get the full value of their
product. "There will be very few, in
deed," tho circular suggests, "unwilling
to hold off to see what will become of
this move, as in view of the situation
prices could never bo lower, but even if
one-half or more of tho farmers should
be persuaded by the arguments of rail
road and elevator men to rush their
wheat into the market, the result would
be the same, for if a considerable nam
ber of thoso who arc in the habit of
marketing early hold back, in a little
while the farmers' deliveries would fall
short of the requirements, and the effect
would be tho same as If no wheat had
been brought in at all. There is, how
ever, littlo danger that any considerable
number of farmers could be induced to
market their product in hot haste at
present prices. They all know that the
remnants of last year's crop are smaller
than ever, and that present prices are
entirely out of proportion to the con
dition of tho world's crop. No crow
that can be raised this year can change
the fact that tho world's supply Is im
mensely below the requirements. The
American farmer is intelligent enough
to know that whoever markets his prod
ucts late in a year like this receives the
best nrlces, and there is really no dan
ger that many will show enough sym
pathy with the speculator to come to
his rescue. "
Atchison Gtobules.
If wo wore a young woman hired to
collect bills, we should not wear a lead
pencil in the knot of hair on the back of
our head.
A mav will deny that your flattery
has any effect on him, but he cannot
deny that somehow he Is feeling moro
satisfied with himself than he was.
The worst old tough in town may not
know much, but he knows enough to
clap you on the shoulder, and call you
by your first name, when you are in geol
company, and are trying to pretend that
you don't know him.
A max who is rapidly growing stout
asked a woman who had had experience,
to tell him what he must avoid eating
"Everything you like," tho woman
promptly responded.
Wires a man is told these days that a
lady wants to see him, he does not im
agine any very important, or secret, or
romantic business. lie knows right
away it is a girl with a bilk
A chckcit worker's idea of a popnla .
girl is one who will attend all the
church socials, and act so nice that the
young men will spend all their money
treating her to church i"c cream-'