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VOLUME I.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 1891.
NUMBER 36
WORLD'S FA III WORK.
HOW IT IS PROGRESSING IN
CHICAGO.
Slowly but Surely slio Stupendous I'nder
taklng I Assuming Shape (ireutcr I'rog
reu Made Mian on Any Similar Attempt
In the SsmeTliiic-An Army of l.uborcr
ut Work - lt(f Buildings Itlslng.
The Fair In Embryo.
It is only about a year and a half
Fincc the National Government set
the seal of its authority ujMn the
Columbian World's Fair, to Ik held
in Chicago in the summer of 18M.
The question, "What has been done?'
is frequently heard from those who
have not devoted close jn-rsonal at
tention to the stupendous undertak
ing which must be now admitted by
all to be well on the v:y to an un
paralleled success.
Within the short period a'dcvelop-
men t of this gigantic enterprise has
been worked out which far eclipses
an3'thing accomplished in the estal
lishment of the world-renowned Paris
exposition in a similar period. The
development of the exposition work
in Chicago is vastly ahead of what
Paris accomplished within the same
time, and it is now apparent that
the Chicago enterprise will be
one of much greater dimen
sions, and probably of much greater
cost. There were but 238 acres in
closed within the exposition grounds
PROGRESS Or THE WORK OS
at
Paris, while in 18H3 the Chicago
exxisition will have 680 acres inclos
ed. In Paris there were seventy-five
and one-half acres under roof, includ
ing those erected by foreign nations,
as well as the exquisite buildings
erected out of the exposition funds.
In 1893 there will be over 100 acres
of main exposition buildings, paid out
of exposition funds, and in addition
doubtless thirty acres erected by for
eign government, by our own KtaU
and Territories, and by the General
Government, at their expense, mak
ing an aggregate of probably 130
acres under roof.
It is estimated that the Chicago
exposition will necessitate the ex
penditure of no less than $17,000,000
before the gates are ojiened or a dol
lar of revenue is received. Of this
PRISC1PA.I. ENTRANCE, STONV ISLAND AV.
amount possibly $2,500,000 can be re
covered in salvage.
Great expositions develop slowly.
They are not created in a day or in a
year. They move along toward com
pletion by apparently lazy stages un
til the last hours before the big build
ings are needed. Then, under the
magic touch of an army of laborers,
the work seemingly is finished with a
rush, and perfected wonder unfolds
before the multitude in all its glory.
The (leceptiveness in the Chicago
instance is complete. The act of
Congress providing for the celebration
of the lour hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America was passed
more than eighteen months ago. Yet
people who visit the World's Fair
grounds come away now with the
opinion that tin- Chicagoans have
done little toward preparing for the
great celebration. The records show,
rrfrrrrrriTrrrrrTTrr ' 4 feriU BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, SHOWING DESIGNS AND GROUPING OF ALL
' ' 'p BUILDINGS DETERMINED UPON.-View Looking West.
Live Ptock Machinery Hal". A. mnii-lr. tl.tn Euildlng. Mines. Transportation. ffurticullur.il Hall. Woman's Building. Illinois Stato
Building. Buildlne
Agricultural Tlall ( sino ai.d Pier. Electricity. Manufactures .mil Decorative Arts. United States Government Building. Fisheries.
however, that greater progress has
been made in the World's Columbian
Exposition than was made on any
similar undertaking in the same
length of time. Little chance for
word painting is offered by the pres
ent appearance of the grounds. The
spectacle is immature. The only im
pressive feature of the work is its
magnitude.
Jackson Park, where the Exiiosition
is to be held, is seven miles south of
the business center of Chicago. Of
course it is in the city limits. Chi
cago's police are patrolling beats and
sleeping on doorsteps almost twelve
miles south of Jackson Park. The
east front of the park is washed
by the waters of Lake Michi
gan. It is a heavy washing,
too, for the Exposition grounds
stretch along the sandy shore for
more than a mile. The northern
Inuindary of the park is Fifty-sixth
street and the southern limit is
reached at Sixty-seventh street.
Stony Island boulevard marks its
western line. Included in the area
marked by these four lines are (0
acres, all dedicated to the purposes of
the World's Columbian Exposition.
It would be better if this great enter
prise had been christened the World's
Fair, for that is what everybody calls
it. From Fifty-sixth street south to
Fifty-ninth street, Jackson Park is
highly improved. All of this area
has neen reserved for State buildings,
and since the park passed under the
THB IMITATION WAR VESSEL.
control of the World's Fair folk, no
changes have been made in its condi
tion. Its grassy slopes and mossy
banks have not been disturbed.
South of Fifty-ninth st reet, however,
great changes have been wrought.
On this area all of the big buildings
of the exposition are to le reared.
Skeletons of huge buildings are
raising themselves from the waste
of sand, and acres of lumber
await the workmen. Dredges
are putting and snorting on every
hand, plowing out wide canals for
pleasure loats. Such buildings as
are being erected for the World's
Fair have never been constructed for
previous expositions. They are to
cost nearly $12,000,000, with the land
scape decorations. A line drawn
around the walls of the principal
buildings would be 27,252 feet long,
or more than five miles. This is ex
clusive of the numerous State build
ings and palaces that will be reared by
foreign powers. The largest building
of the exiiosition is that for the man
ufacturers' exhibit. It has 41 acres
of floor space, including the galleries.
This building is. 1,688 feet long and
cs feet wide, all under roof, a man
who walks around its outer walls
will travel a distance of 4,952 feet
The architect who drew the plans for
this building left an open court in the
center 385x1,400 feet. The directors
have decided to roof this court over,
It will be put under a glass and steel
arch. A comparison with the largest
building of the Paris Exposition shows
that Machinery Hall at Tans, which
was the triumph of that exposition,
could be shoved into this court,
and eighteen acres would yet be
left lor exhibits in the main corri
dors. One milllion five hundred
thousand dollars will be spent on this
building, and, like all of the others,
it will be torn down as soon as the
Exposition closes. Put little has
been done yet on. this mammoth
structure. ine foundations are
down, to be sure, hut a visitor might
walk all over the site and not see
them. These foundations consist of
heavy pine timbers laid in the sand
at close intervals. The Woman's
Building is further advanced than
any of them. It is to be 200 by 400
feet, two stories high. Miss Sophia
G. Ilayden, a Boston girl, drew the
plans for this building and worked
out all of its details. Her ambit-inn
to complete the first big structure for
the World's Fair will be gratified,
for the Woman's Building will be fin
ished before the others are begun.
All are interested in the Horticul
tural Building. The location is all
that could be desired, but that is
about all that can be seen at present.
The contractors will soon go to work
on it, however. The building is to be
2."i0 by 1,000 feet. Steel and glass are
to be used extensively in its con
struction. The building lies between
the railroad tracks and a picturesque
lagoon, fronting a wooded island that
is to be one of the most attractive
resorts in the park. Everybody who
visits the Fair will pass the Horti
cultural Building and they cannot
get out until after thev have been
I drawn down past the Horticultural
Building. When they leave the
grounds and turn back for a parting
view of the ExjMisition its glistening
dome will be the last spectacle that
greets their eyes.
The Mines and Mining Building
has also been given a commanding
position on the grounds. It is just-
south of the wooded island. When
visitors alight from the trains and
look down the grand vista that is
formed by the six largest buildings of
the fair, t he Mines and Mining IJuild-
ng is the first one they will see. Its
walls are now going tip just in front
of the gateways where all visitors
will surge into the park from the
raihvav station. With the single ex
ception of the Woman's ISuilding. this
structure is furthest advanced. Its
naked walls are already high in the
air. They look like a mammoth bill
board. 700 feet long and 350 feet wide.
The Electricity Building, also 700 by
3.10 feet, is yet to be begun, l ounda
tions of the Transjiortation Building.
2."i0 bv !"i0 feet, are almost in. An
innex is to be built to this structure
larger than the building itself. Ma
chinery Hall, with its annex, is to be
1.400 by 500 feet long. More than
2.000,000 feet of lumber has been de
livered on the site, and active opera
tions have begun. The buildings for
the agricultural and fisheries displays
will follow in quick succession.
The crowning triumph of the expo
sition is to le the Administration
Building. In this officers of the fair
will have luxurious departments dur
ing the exposition. It rests on a
broad pla.a in t he cent er of the grand
vista leading down lietween the
main buildings to the harlior in Lake
Michigan for pleasure craft. This
building is the gem of all the archi
tectural jewels of the exposition.
Constructed of material to last but
two years, it will cost $6.10.000. Al
though it covers a space but 250 feet
square, yet it is one oi me noruest
achievements of modern architect tire.
It will occupy the most command
ing position on the exiiosition grounds.
The building consists of four pavil
ions. 84 feet square, one at each
of the four angles of the square of
the plan, and connected by a great
central dome, 120 feet in diameter
and 260 feet high. In the center of
each facade is a recess, 03 feet wide,
within which is a grand entrance to
the building. The first story is in
the Doric order, of heavy proportions.
The second story, with its lofty col
onnade, is in the Ionic order. Ex
ternally, the design is divided into
three principal stages. The llrst
stage consists of the four pavilions,
corresponding in height with the
buildings grouped alxmt, which are
65 feet high. The second stage is of
the same height, and is a continua
tion of the central rotunda," which is
175 feet square. The third stage is
the base of the gTeat dome, 40 feet
high and 'octagonal in form, and the
dome itself, rising in graceful lines,
richly ornamented with heavily
molded ribs and sculptured panels,
A SPECIMEN MAIN BCILDINO AS IT NOW APPEARS.
and having a large glass skylight.
The Interior effects will be even more
gorgeous than the exterior, resplen
dnt with carvings, sculptures and
immense paintings.
Workmen are now driving down
cedar piles for the foundations of this
building. Near by, scores of model
ers are making the exterior covering
for all the buildings. The compound
invented for the Paris Exposition
and known as "staff" is used for this
purpose. The ingredients are simply
gypsum, dement and plaster of paris.
This stair is cast in large slabs, and
when the walls of all the buildings
j are up it will be nailed to them.
The naked walls will be changed al
I most in a day to structures of the
j most clatMirate and graceful design.
I They will present Ihe appearance of
j solid, massive masonry. Staff is fire
proof, but under the action of the
! elements it disintegrates in about
j two years, so that the mighty exposi-
lion, now faintlv taking shape, will
in that time have passed like some
gigantic figment of a dream.
Fair 'otes.
The owner of a brownstone quarry
in Wisconsin has offered to the State
Commission, for exhibition at the
Fair, a solid monolith, larger than
Cleopatra's needle in New York City.
The obelisk, when completed, will
weigh 400 tons and be the largest
mass of brownstone ever quarried.
Cait. 1). P. DonniNS. Superintend
ent of the Life-Saving Service of
Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Ohio
liiver. is trying to complete arrange
ments for the exhibition, at the
World's Fair in Chicago, of the gun
boat "Niagara, which is sunk in a
good state of preservation in Massa
sauga Bay. Erie harlwir.
It is very probable the original
plant, and the llrst converter used in
making Bessemer steel, will lie on ex
hibition. The Press and Printing Committee
has passed a resolution asking that a
building 200x400 feet be constructed,
in which is to be furnished office room
for all foreign and American news
papers. The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union and Woman's Temper
ance Publication Association have
applied, through Josephine R. Nich
ols, of Indianapolis, for 100 by 20 feet
of space in which to make an exhibit.
Miss Nichols says these organizations
want to exhibit flags banners, books
and other publications, and numer
ous other things, all prepared by
women, and also to establish and
operate a hospital and model creche,
at the lat ter of which women visitors
with babies can leave them to be
cared for while they see the sights.
No sidkshows are to be permitted
within the Exposition grounds. The
Directory has decided that the en
trance fee shall entitle the visitor to
see everything within the inclosure.
The dates for holding the various
live-stock shows during the Exposi
tion have been decided upon by the
National Commission. The period
devoted to the exhibit ion of animals
for awards in the following divisions
for live-stock will be as follows: Cat
tle, Sept. 11 to Sept, 27: horses,
jacks and jennets. Aug. 24 to Sept.
27; sheep and swine. Oct. 2 to Oct.
14; kennel show for dogs, June 12 to
June 17; poultry, pigeons, pet stock,
etc., Oct. 18 to" Oct. 30. Exhibitors
of horses and cattle must accompany
their application with written cvi-
denee as to the pedigree of the ani
mal offered for entry, this written
evidence implies a description or ped
igree in the standard live-stock record
books. Animals unregistered, but
which have some jx-culiar historical
value, may be exhibited, but may not
compete for any prizes or medals
it- a -
THE ADMINISTRATION' BTTII.DING.
which may be offered.
Alt, of the important trunk lines
in the United States have agreetl to
transport -exhibits at half the usual
rates.
Texas has decided to set apart a
spacious room in its Exposit ion Build
ing for an exhibit by the colored peo
ple of the State.
The World's Fair power plant will
be of 24.000 horse-Kwcr. and will re
quire the services of 250 engineers,
firemen, and attendants.
The Exposit ion Directory has taken
action under which adequate insur
ance will be placed upon all persons
and property for which it can be held
liable during the Fair.
The Wisconsin State Building will
be two stones high, with not less
than 10,000 feet of floor space, exclu
sive of porches. The whole structure
is to be built of Wisconsin material.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, which operates all the way
from Alaska to Mexico, has agreed to
carry all. exhibits to and from the
Exposition at half regular freight
rates.
The Exposition Directors have ap
propriated $50,000 for the expense of
reproducing at the Exposition the
Convent of La Ribada, Palos, Spain,
where Columbus lived while perfect
ing his plans for his voyage of dis
covery (l
The lumbermen of Washington
have promised to contribute all the
material necessary for the construc
tion of the building of that State at
the Exposition, and the Northern
Pacific has agreed to transport the
exhibit free of Charge.
The National Associat ion of Canned
Food Packers has applied for space to
exhibit its products at the Fair. The
association in its jurisdiction covers
the packing interests of twenty
States. There are in the country
aliout 2,000 canning concerns, con
suming the product of 2.000,000 acres
of land and giving direct employment
to a million people.
LL - 11.
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
INGS HERE AND THERE.
Jokes sad Joke'ets that Are Supposed to
Have Uoen Keren Uy Horn- Saying anil
Doings that Are Odd, Curious ami
Laughable.
Necessary to Carry.
Guard Twe'-thir' stree'I Fi'-ni'
stree'tra'! Let'em off. first. (See
ing. vry small man attetnping to
board train). Git back, will yer:
Small man (entering train and
handing paper to guard) Here.
Guard What's that?
Small man (meekly) It's my li
cense to live. Truth.
A WuU-li lUig on a AVI re.
A fruit-grower in College Point,
who Ilnds it necessary to keep a watch
dog to guard his orchard, is humane
enough not to want the dog to bite
any one. So he keeps him on a string.
He has a wire stretched under the
trees across the orchard, and to the
wire is attached by loop another wire
fastened to the dog's collar.
The dog can run only in the ( ircc
t ion of the wire, bin a thief in the
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night can't well discover that fact,
and the dog is just as useful to his
master in driving out pilferers as
though he were unhampered. New
York Herald.
A lllot on Hie Kjwiitrlicon.
She 1 like your friend very much,
but he has such bad taste in dress.
He You should overlook that fact,
and remember that he is lalxiring
under great disadvantages.
She How so?
He His grandmother came from
St. Louis. Clothier and Furnisher.
The WIimI lllnv Through Hit Hi lis.
"Bah!" said Foggs, as he put up his
gamp, "what beastly weather:"
"I have seen better days myself,"
remarked the umbrella. Pucl:
A Strange Request.
"Excuse me," said a stranger, step
ping up to a man who alighted from
the Morris & Essex Road one day last
week, "I beg jour pardon, tut are
you from Morristown?"
"Yes, sir, I am," the man who was
addressed answered rather stiffly.
"Well, really, you must pardon me,
but will you kindly tell rue what you
do for the itch?" Newark Sunday
Call.
MAKERS AND WRABKKS.
The sweet little Rlrls of the upper grades
Will dress for the morning in deliitLte shade;
Hut us eventide (fathers the nialdn of this ilk
Will wear lovely dresses of white surah silk.
All bonlereii with lace In rich, creamy hues.
And encircled in sashes in pink and In Wues:
They must greet every day, hour, dainty and
nay;
Always ready for guests so the fashion notes
say.
Let us pass, let us pass from the. homes of the
rich
To the foul dens where women In poverty
stiteh;
Here's a room where a baby Is crying for milk.
Let us search here for a dress of white surah
silk.
We have found it ; 'tis here ; don't you see it
out-Fitread
Cm the white rag that covers the tumble down
bed?
C an you wonder that, sad. weary dressmaker
scolds.
As she draws the last thread through its
billowy folds?
"There; 'tis done," she exclaims with a chorus
of sighs;
She rubs a dull blur from her pained, aching
eyes ;
Then takes up her baby to ouiet lt wall.
With lips that arc quivering, shrunken and
pale.
S he reCects how the wages for her wearisom
toll
Will so illy replenish her scant cruse of o'.l :
Will so feebly repulse the wolf from her door.
And so little will add to her poor earthly store.
And the dress over which her back has been
iM-nt ;
In whose careful construction sad hours has
been peut.
Will be but the toy and delight of an hour
To lte wearer the daughter of wealth and of
power.
She turns from the drees with its manifold
charms
To the wee, ill clad darling held close in her
arms.
The dingy light fades and the night air grows
cold;
Hut why dwell on a picture so sad aii 1 so oid.
O. friends, did It ever seem unjust to yoa
That such pictures as this are common and
true?
In our childhood they told us the adat;t: was
meet
"hat he who tolled not, neither bread should
be eat;
Hut our eyes must in wonder behold the
reverse
Wealth blessing the Idler, while toil bears the
curse:
'."he tia!e of the seamstress half famished for
milk;
"he child of the Idler encompassed with silk.
How comes it that many who toil not nor ppln.
With no thought of the work in which riches
begin,
(Tan enjoy all the blessings that toll con
jures up.
'A'hlle the workman goes hungry for bite and
for sup?
(). ye of the worshop. the field and the mine.
Do your daughters wear silk, or some fabric
less fine?
1 will answer: Their heads must be lowered
in shame
Over comfortless rags that they fain would
disclaim :
And yet they dare call this the land of the free;
They echo its praises from sea unto sea;
Ah, yes, they pronounce It the home of the
brave.
Little dreaming Its soil may prove liberty's
grave!
My country, awake from your lethargy .deep,
Hhake oil the inertia that waits on your sleep.
Lest the lightnings may flash and the thunder
bolt roar.
And your name be forgotten on earth ever
more :
Emma Ghent Curtis, in Nonconformist.
NATIONAL BANKS ILLUSTRATED
All Men Are Born Equal," In This
Country, But What Is Sauce for the
liaker's Coont, Is Not Sance for the
People's Gander.
If you want to start a "national"
"bank, you must be a bondholder and
not a Bin all one at that. Nothing lens
then $50,000 will do, but you mav have
as much more as you like or can rake
together.
Suppose a bank is started with $100,-
000 in bonds. By depositing these with
the comptroller of the currency in Wash
ington, that gentleman, after the neces
sary red tape has been complied with,
wiU issue a national bank charter to
the holders, and in addition will far
Dish them with hank notes to the
amount of $90,000, for which thev are
charged interest called a "tax" of one
per cent, a year.
The bonds which must be left with
the comptroller as security for these
notes, are safely locked up and taken
care of by the government officials.
and although practically paid up to
ten cents on the dollar the government
continues to pay the full interest on
the whole debt.
If Jones owed Robinson $1,000, and
Robinson came to Jones to borrow
$900, offering to leave Jones' note as
secuntv and Jones was to let Robinson
have the $900 at one per cent, and
then continue to pay Robinson full in
terest on $1,000, Jones friends would
go into court and ask to have a guar
dian appointed over him. But if sixtv
million people calling themselves the
United States do such a thing, it is
called "honest monev" and evervone
raising his voice against the barefaced
fraud is called crank, socialist, anarch
ist, demagogue, dangerous agitator
and other pet names.
Suppose the people of Boomville,
who being old fogies enough to believe
that all men are equal, and who want
to raise money to build up their town
by starting, say an agricultural imple
ment factory, hear of the little game
by which the banker gets the money
to rnn his business. Thev organize a
company of people who own, at a low
valuation, $100,000 in real estate.
Ihev elect a iioard oi directors and a
president and send him to Washington
to present their case. He walks into
the office of the comptroller of the cur
rency, and knowing the solid backing
be has, addresses that omcial:
"Mr. Lacy, I am told and under
stand that it is the custom of the gov
ernment to give bondholders who want
to start a national bank, PO.OOOin
monev at one per cent, on their de
positing $100,000 in government bonds,
and that yon charge them only one per
cent, for the use of the money, con
tinue to pay them full interest on their
bonds and do not tax either bonds or
nones, or permit them to be taxed by
"state or municipal authorities." (See
Sec. 5411 Revised Statutes U. S., and
See. 1, act of June 30. 18G4.) Now we
believe all men are equal before the
law and we demand the same privi
leges that you grant the bondholders."
It is safe to assume that JUr. Lacy
would be rather surprised and might
ask :
"What do you mean?"
"Whv I mean this. We have or
ganized a company in Boomville to
start an agricultural implement factory.
Bv so doing we will furnish a market
for the produce of the farmer, enable
him to obtain cheap implements with
out paying exorbitant freight and
other rates; we will also be able to em
ploy about 200 workingmen at good
wages, as we need not make much
profit because we get our "capital" at
advantageous rates; they will be able
to patronize the business men, and
purchase the produce of the farmers,
thus creating a home market, instead of
compelling our farmers to compete
in the Liverpool markets with
the fellahs of Egypt or the
ryots of India, who work for about
four cents a day. The workingmen
being well paid can secure lots and
build homes, and thus give employ
ment to men in the building trades.
In this way you see, Mr. Comptroller,
we can boom our town as it never
boomed before, and all classes will
prosper."
"Well, fcut what have I to do with
that?" Mr. Lacy would ask.
"Why, everything, mr dear sir. Ton
are to furnish the money."
1 urn is b. the monev! In what way.
please?" Mr. Lacy would ask, much
amused at the innocence of the presi
dent of the Boomville Boom company.
"In what way ! Why, just as you
furnish it to the banker. Our members
own $100,000 worth of real estate
real estate, Mr. Lacy, property that
cannot be stolen by thieves or de
stroyed by fire, like the banker's
bonds. We ill pledge you our prop
erty, you give us $90,000 in bank
notes, pay us interest on our property,
and charges us no taxes on notes or
property, just as you do with the bond
holder." Mr. Lacey's amusement knows no
bounds. He asks the president :
"If everybody asked the same privi
leges, how would you maintain the gov
ernment ?"
The president had not thought of
that. "That's so!" he exclaims. "Well,
Mr. Lacy, we will not ask you to pay
us interest on our property. We are
even willing to pay taxes on it. But in
all kindness and consideration you
might let us have the $90,000 on the
excellent security we offer and in Tiew
of the good purpose to which we are
going to put it."
That feather breaks the camel's hack.
Mr. Lacy sees that the man is really in
earnest.
"Why, my dear sir," he says, "you
must be one of those people's party
cranks from out west to be innocent
enough to believe that the government
can go into the money loaning busi
ness. Such a thing is supremely
ridiculous. The government cannot
loan money to people for the purpose
of booming business, furnishing a mar
ket for the produce of the farmers or
giving employment at good wages to
labor, and on real estate security.
That is entirely out of the question.
But if you were a bondholder, and
wanted money to start a bank, so you
could shave and discount the notes of
your friends and neighlwrs, foreclose
the mortgages on their homes and loan
them money st 6 to 10 per cent., the
government will let you have all the
money you want at one per cent, as
long as you furnish bonds enough as
security."
What is sauce for the bondholder's
goose should be sauce for the people's
gander. Milwaukee Alliance.
From Whence the Opposition?
From whence comes this opposition
to an expansion of the volume of
money? From men iu Wall street and
from the corporations running great
daily newspapers in which these men
in Wall street own controlling
interests. The men in Wall street are
agents of the great capitalists in Lom
bard street, London, who buy all the
surplus food products of the world.
These men in Lombard street own our
farm mortgages, our bank, railroad,
telegraph, mining and manufacturing
stocks, and they desire that the
interest and dividends upon these in
vestments, running into the hundreds
of millions every year, shall be paid in
cheap corn, cheap wheat, cheap pork
and cheap beef. So they put their
agents in Wall street "on." Then the
newspapers begin their piping against
silver coinage, against the sub-treasury
plan, the land loan scheme. The
entire conspiracy emenates from the
holders of the worlds securities and
its constant purpose is to buy the
labor and products of the world for as
low a figure as possible. This can be
done by the use of a contracted volume
of money. The London Jews found
this out several years in advance of
the farmers and have been takiug ad
vantage of their knowledge for nearly
two hundred years. We escaped their
rapacity during the war, temporarily,
but as soon as the war was over they
began planning for the control of our
finances, which they easily accom
plished by Hie most villainous pieces
of legislation ever placed ugon the
statutes of our civilized nation. The
only question which now confronts the
producer of this country is this : Will
you pay your debts to the Jews in
Lombard street with j-7 pork, $15 beef,
50 cent corn, and $1 wheat, or will
you pay them in $3 pork, $2.50 beef,
15 cent corn, and 50 cent wheat ? That
is the only question there is to be
settled. That is always the question
every year and always will be the
question so long as these foreign
bankers have investments ia this
country, and certainly so long as they
continue to own a controlling iuterest,
as at present in all our
great banking, transportation and
manufacturing enterprises. The pic
ture is perfectly plain. The common
est man ought to be able to see it. A
narrow and constantly narrowing vol
ume of money based on gold which is
controlled entirely by a few men in
London is bound to give the farmers
of this country low prices for their
produce. By the adoption of the sub
treasury plan farmers would not bo
compelled to sell the crops just when
the buyers get ready to buy. The ac- :
live volume of money would lie in
creased and with it the price of all
produce would take a rise. But the
face value of stocks, bonds and mort
gages owned by the foreign bankers
could not go up. They would not 1
made higher to compare with the rise
in the value of the produce in which
they are paid. The result would be
that instead of paying our obligations
in a large quantities of the fruits of
our toil we would be able to pay them
in a small amonnt. Of course the rest
would bo ours. And that would re, -resent
the profit of our earnings. Of
course if the farmer desires to contrib
ute the lion's share of all lie raises on
his farm to the owners of American
railroad, bank and manufacturing
stocks and American farm mortgages
he wants to keep right on believing
what is told him in the corporation
newspapers, vote the straight republi
can or democratic ticket and seal his
eyes and open his pocket forever. If
the farmer is not a silly ass he can be
made to see the difference between
giving all to pay his debts nnd giving
only what is just and right that he
should give. Will he see it? We
think he must and wilL National
Economist.
As between the republicans and
democrats on finance, there ia not a
difference equal to the thickness of a
sheet of paper; and that on anthority
of the Chicago Tribune. Who asks
for better reference, when the people
charge that as a common foe to the
Cincinnati platform the old parties are
a unit ? Above you have it from a rep
resentative democrat, and likewise
from a republican mouthpiece. Events
are working out all right. All the
people have to do is to let these old
partners in plunder demonstrate of
their own accord where they stand.
Whitfield (Kan.) Nonconformist