The farmers' union., July 13, 1893, Image 1

About The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895

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THE
HON.
Volume III.
MEMPHIS, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, JUIY 13, 1113.
Number .V4.
GREAT
REDUCTION
SALE!
OF-
Clothing
Bargains for
Men, Boys and Children.
PlIMNfl THK
NEXT SIXTY
Days
I will offer my entire Slock f Spring
Clothing d Mich Low Prices as will
make competitors' '-hair stand on
ml. This means business anl no
sham. A like Reduction will be giv
eii un all other Clothing.
Spring Clothing
For
Can in- found in our store that will
please anyone. You will find it large,
varied and complete, with prices to
suit the purse. We have a new and
complete stock of
Hats, Caps,
I ndiTwear,
Neckwear,
Cassimere,
Worsted and
J Villi 1 lltllt
l lie in limiwc
m i
Ull.l U1IU J
In short, every article usually carried
j
by a FIUst class Clothing and Men's j
Furnishing Cowls House. We ex
tend to vou a cordial invitation io
ctdl and take a look through our im-
mouse stock.
r
"No Trouble to Show C
0
Remember the Place
G
KEEN r RO?T.
MTH SIDE OF SMJIAE,
Mi x t
empnis, Mo.
1. Humphrey, proprietor, i i:
Men and Boy
SHYLOCK DID IT.
He's Been at the Bottom of All Deviltry
Since Mosses.
Who wants gold or single standard?
The moneylender.
Wlio wan!.- to demonetize silver?
Tin- moneylender.
Who wants to retire the greenbacks?
The moneylender.
Who want.- dear money and cheap
pr (duets?
The moneylender.
Who want- national and state hank
currency?
Tin- moneylender.
Who wants a sy stem of finance which
is subject to manipulation to the ex
terd thai panics can ha produced?
The moneylender.
Who hold.- t he majority of mortgages?
The moneylender.
Who crowds the mortgagee and fore
closes mortgages?
The moneylender.
Who hid- iii the property at very
low price?
The moneylender.
Who gets t),, benefit of the sacrifice
made?
Tin- moneylender.
Win makes landlord- on one side
and tennants on the it her?
The moneylender.
Who is resMnsible for the process
which crowd- more of the products of
the -oil ami of labor into tin- dollar?
The moneylender.
Who oontrolls the national indepted
ucss of tin- entire civilized world.
The money h uih r.
Who ruined Australia?
The money lender.
Who ruined I nil ia?
The moneylender.
Who has the clutches on the throat
of t he'wdi ld'.- industries?
The money lender.
Who caused the downfall oi Kgypt?
The moneylender.
Who caused the spark of life to de
part from Home?
The moneylender.
Who caused the eol!ase of Hahylon?
The moneylender.
Who put the exception clause on the
hack of the greenback?
The moneylender.
Who passed the national hanking
act?
The money lender.
Who contracted the currency in lsr,;-ti7-18?
The moneylender.
Who demanded the credit-strengthening
act ?
The moneylender.
Who demonetized silver?
The moneylender.
Who caused the panic of 17-1?
The moneylender.
Whodictated the resumption act?
The moneylender.
Who opposed the Bland silver law?
The moneylender.
W ho forced the passage of the Sher
man bullion law?
The moneylender.
W no tooK gout out of the country. i uoiwjiiisianuing political pressure, the couuiry. r ree coinage ot saver is ue
The moneylender. enormous o-i-.vet- of the patronage, the manded by the laboring chissse. and
Who is rc-ponsible for the present
money panic?
The money lender.
Who will be the gainer in the finan
cial race for exlstanee that is now be
iny; run?
The moneylender.
Who i ever looking out for No. I
ami himself?
The moneylender.
Who must the neoole dethorne in
order that they may gain complete in-
dependence?
The moneylender.
imon Hatchet
The Pansy for July
Develops many strong point- in it-
two leading serials by Mrs. ;. fi. Alden
I 1 'sitisv i ami V
V 1 :ol.' . - :i '-I' M re! S,1U !le V . ! 1 ii ; :l? t . !
i ;
being l ouniMla.it tear sketches. !
; Short stories and artie
Ikewise set
r .1. ..... i. ,-..-., .. ...l ; I
i O I III i I It j HI I M '-I " o , I II I M.lilU.U 11 jUI:i I
cation, which i
to
furnish the best
reading to be had for the you::-- folks j
and the family. The "American I
I
Literature Paper"
e meerns itself this j ,i
montn witn tne poets .ionn i.reeieai
Whittier and diver Wendal Holm.
names that will tueh a responsive chord
.i
: ... t .. l .
in im- ut'an m cii-n reativr, i i ice
! 1 ,LI I , , .. 1, ... ! t
Ti.ii' a Mill fj i vii t .i -1 uu I e : . i '.
Luthrop Company. ivblUhers, Boston. !
tennis, and two little Indian babies
1 11. .1... .......
i m no ni- oouuu m un- hit i";,-
i "Through the Barnyard Hate" and
"mrougn me oarny
. - WyWlel. mu
pictorial baby ! ,
i . i i
serials, are dainty and swti.ut. There
.are pictures for oaoy to io.-rc at, and
rhyme.- for mama to read to baby.
1 Price ii cent- a year: . cents a number.
Lothrop Company, Publishers, Bos
ton .
Baby land for July P hil'niia.:' J?"1" 'PUffl:
cry little, if any. i do not believe
Is a real summer number. All about that the administration is inclined to
The Growing Infamy.
Another step han been taken in the
. . .
conspiracy againsl the producers of the
world. The announcement of the sus-
pension oi
r coinage m India is
followed instantly hy a clamor for tin1
unconditional repeal nf the Sherman
law by tin' United States. Tin1 clamor
comes from tin- same parties who have
demanded the repeal for months. They
assume that since tin- Indian act inn.
tin' United States must take the -it ne
course. If tin' United states shall at
tni- tune rotjeal the Sherman law un-
conditionally, or w ithout the substitu-
ion oi tree
linage, she will prove to
the world what many have for year
(1 that our country is a cot n-
.a. ueiM mien!
if Ireat 1 Sri! ian. oi' to
put it tersely, a depetidetie of Lombard I connected or in sympathy with tin
street. London. India ha.- 200.X)o,0JU J gang, f we are to have an investiga
population, and her only currency isjtion, let i; not be for the purjose oi
sj.ouo.ouo.oi hi worth of silver rujiees, vhitowashing any-set of rascals, hut foi
Willi HO -Vslem OI Cliec'i- ail'l UlUiis W
increase the efficiency of the meager
ro.ou per capita of coin. A not her
. . . . . r t. . . 1 .i r. . ...
"iO0 (Kkl duo wurlli of silver hiillitn is
now doinif duty as money at two ier
.
ecu! less i nan me eoinatie vaiue inai j
being the coinage charge). The owners!
lit' t hi I ii 1 1 1 ii hi wi!i ie ruin! if t lie
suspension of silver coinage is to liejol making an attempt at an invest iga-
lermanent. No sane man believes ii is
the policy of Kngland t ruin hei own
business men. and therefore the only
(inclusion tenable is that this is one
t
of the nioveiiieiit.- of the Rothschilds
Iklehcituers to brow bent the United
after w hich the Indian ban will bH
lifted and Kngland w ill make T. cents
or more on every ounce of silver used
in the -Indian trade instead of the 12
cent.- per ounce that is the profit she
now makes. She buys silver for 72
cents to-day (the lowest price in history
and coins at a rato of U to 1 for the
Indian trade, thus realizing i2 -ents
proht on every ounce st coined. When
she succeeds in browbeating the United
States in the entire disust; of silver, she
buy the product of our mines at
less than f0 cents an ounce and con-
tinue to coin for India at the rate of ls nearly so well deased as he Th.-St. Limis Uepuhlie it will Ih re
$ I. ."." an ounce. The stoppage of the might be. 1 feel satisfied thai our meml-orcd raised a fund to erect v -'-"m-
mints in India at this time, just !
tore t tie extra session oi congress, is
another "bear moveuient" on the part
of the dealers (gamblers) in securities
to effect the further reduction of the
amoucl of metal- in which debts mav
lie paid, and correspondingly increase J
the itil ue of the remaining money, and
still further reduce the price of all
.,1it,r i.,i. v,i ,f ; i
,
Xkyv Vork. .limn -Hi - iWi ..r..o,.
uient has been heard in financial circles
over the published ivpurt of the views
of Senator Hill. The senator has come
out in favor of free bimetallic coinage,
wii.-n Si.nMt,,,' iiiii wi.s i-.o tn t!,.. ..'it,- !
he said to his intimate friends that the !
Sherman law would be repealed in 24
hours provided it. was agreed that the
government should return to the policy
which it followed up to !s7d. On the
other hand Senator Hill declared that j
pleadings and infiuenec which tip? ad, this is what free silwr men w Hi now
ministration might bring to liear on demand of congress. The domonetiza
congress he did not believe that the i'1"15 f silver is ;i conspiracy lxtween
Sherman law could be repealed unless ! the banking institutions ol Knglan
a was understood that congress would and the eastern portion of the I'nited
also legislate as to bring the treasury i States, and the suspension of silver
j depart uient back to thai Klicy which
was in "ogue up to 1-7.'!. when silver
was demon-i -.. St-nator Hill's
opinion va.- that possibly the house o
representatives might conditionally that they will succeed. If the demo
vote for a repeal of the Sherman law. eratie congress stauns true to its
alt hough he was doubtful ot that, hut pledges this eonspircay will not suc
he had reason.- to believe that uneon- ceed. The low price of silver is tine t
ditional rt'oeal could not be secured in
the senate.
Democratic "Principles."
Chairman Harritv. of the IX?niKrati
x- . . : .. i . :..
.a, :oue . con. ill 1 1 ie, -;iv s :
believe. that the cominir extra ses-
L - ion ofcona-ress will ) a short one. for
. ....
e , Will
oe i.ut one
iv no. ami
Sherman
.t siHm be
I that will be t
o repeal
silver law. Some actio;.
- . .
Ultl
?stion, and i!
there is any delay 1 believe there will
k ..
oe a i; i eai omc!
'ri mi all t he -t ek
x changes and business organizations.
iM Umd that -,. vvill have the
I effect.
.T
ueddle with the tariff question during
I He COlUlIlg special SCSSlOu. It Will Iia
uouuh to do without taking un thai
The only iU;r.
prosperity last
This yt ar it is
;t. tai
t ue mi i . ui a
just simply a lack of eonfidene
Auburn, Ind., Time-.
i iji-Uitiou uuriniT tiie extra session.
Reply to "Reader."
Mr. Editor Have read carefully the
article in your last issue. signed "Read
er." lave also read vour comments on
said ar
. Mv eonelusio
are tha
there is as much irony thro
article as the writer was ah
i
LlltO tlUlt I
toaecom-
pi is 11. 1 1 I can
ess. tno aumor nas
never ce
ganr, but
a member of the boodle
one who would rejoice to
know that a r al, not a sham. in
j gat ion was to ! 1
ad. and that t
; violation of law bv our eountv ottieia
i
might
just "reward, even
me of them to bee
if it
diould cause -
ijoarders at tic expense "f the ta;
J think "1 leader" aimed :
u icule
the idea of an in
v i gat ion
unuer
j the di
reeiion oi inosc iioiiev
ired to be
t i.ni.iIIk. . ,,r ....t.... ... 1, . I ...... . . ,f l
" ,is. uj pun; lu I lie IMUUIII "'the!
the u-hoie business, and let all the acts j fl
j oi our late and present county olti ials. I c.i j:1
I if ifuiltv of crookedness, lie t-xiHi.-od and
i
properly punished, li such a tiling i-
-ii i
uuu'-i ..e proem ri-;nui .
No whitewashing, if you ph-a.se! h
I seems as if the count v court is desi i-ons
I tioa in such i way as to shield from
! i i
harm the oHicials. hy putting in one of
I the late officers of the count and the
acknowledged tool of the liondh
to make the investigation, f f the hon-
j -s man on the committee will probe to
county and rejKirt rgardl-
S Ol eoii-
j piences, he will make for himself :.
j host ol friends, but should he allow the
others to over-ride and make a inajori-
ty report, then I say, lei the people of
1 the county take the matter nto their
own hands and go clear down to K-d
rock and I will vouch for the expense's, j
lu your comments you seem to take it!
'r granted thai "Header" would be I
highly pleased with the prosenl inves-
tigating committee. Now I am sure
from my per.-onal knowledge of the
members of the committee, thai "Head-
county onieials have performed deeds
so corrupi mat talari vvouhl blush to
j imitate. Say, did you ever think of ii
1!i the lignl of honesty how the count;
court conducted the compromise tp;e
t ion and see if the investigating toiu-
thittee find an cixioktiduess!
ilOY.
m "
Congressman Bland's Views.
i Heroic measures will 1n ronii-.xl on
the oart of this .mvornmm f.,.- tl...
i
menetiifiation of silver, M
Osl einphat
cally 1 do not think it is u knock-out
I silver in this count rv. On the eon-
trary, ! think that if congress does not
a.looi some moMsiu-o lo.b-in.,- ,..
direct metal standard it will make the
battle of standards the coming issue in
this country. This battle will disrupt
political parties and cause a contest
between the commercial center.- and
the great agricultural districts of the
coinage in India i- a pari of this con-
spir-acy to bulldoze the congress of the
' nited State- to the adoption of the
'id standard. ! d
o
! e ' ie Vt
the fact that this and
OUM?r Bovern -
ai', l I -i I-1 It- II ,:: 1 1 1 1 J- -hr-tin it
u i
'-
and tnal tne money Interests of t
ii i
anu other countries nave fought it. No
imjiorteut cotnmereial country has re
cently !;;iti a mint for the free exchange
of gold and silver. The effort lu.s
ijeen t dam up silv
frei exchange in tin
v
'uiuierce m m
K J I
" t 1 i ec i ti .i-
to itr original value:
Thl
.ti , an in 1 1 Leu r u
i j,
commission oi
constant!
mni i n.
That latt eens
Iet u- til-T f
a remedy.
o s iiiis io ue i i
io one will uisnut
cause, find and auj
consisting of 12 members, six o
uncompromising gold monomel
They admit that France alon
maintain the parity of the two
on a rato of 1": to !. This t
is stronger in material wealth,
iipeii and undovoioptid, man hivi
tun gland combined.
In a country where the per v
men wno own tneir tarmes is
growing tesas ana me mortgage
iie- increasing rapidly there e
orosneritv sucb as an iutebi"
MISSOURI NOTES
The Vernon county institute ha
roiled I!'! teachers.
There art? I2SMKH) Christians or
ciples in this state.
The water works at Chillicotlt
fom pared to a brick machine.
Two ex-Confederate soldiers ar
ported at the Saline county poor f;
1 he teacher- institute of Texas ct
will very properly be held at Lie
A lawyer of Aurvra recentlv
from a iady a fee "f two eggs for
advice.
l tie s ;.; tiern .
I H Hi Li; .
.t ional
I ; i.
,n'll eil
in Mi
Th.
toiMce busin
n .'l.inni a
1,
A villi:
in Louisaua
an
eav
'lngiug chickens necks a
M. K. a: T. railroai
d to allow clergymen
r....
: in- ii - uii.c.i LI IliUl I
i .,
...
name oi v
ii i loisseau. men
lattice from IkuU
"si i!inji-water."
ner ot 1 tie last !.
is, freely translat
mere isa great demand foi disease
""
n Vernon county to kil
he sound and active chinch-.
i tie merchant -
Monroe ( it are i
.s t he imhap
: i uai
it navmg nan
two tvtltf a pound more for
; ! ';'L!1 l! wi' '' -' hi Si . Lo
iiters t hat he w ill not visil the W
; fair because it does not represent "quiet
i determined pi ty."
The Hon. I. II. Melutvi
lyre, who lias
son 'ity since
j been a resident of Jc
he retired from the
general, has decide
to liceoUle a
resident .; Mexico.
Daniel W. t 'lark, tin largesl govern-
men1 le-usionci in Hoon county, died
near Sturgeon. r'rida night. He was
drummer liov in the Twenty-third Mis-
souri regiment, and losl ids si:;!,!.
received a pension ol r'72 a
on
memory ol V ill !:i.:i
i ne
d
' f,
im sneriu wno .-. iii- lite m i.e-
ease of his official integrity. The fund
las n -e, i j ii u in to a p 1 il ie library which
; wn n-ar the name
hy the approval of t
ie .-lain officer,
rorsvthe school
loard.
As A Newspaper.
iwni-a-weeiY ."ii. i.oui- ue -
uj:.. : i ...... .i
' l' comparison, rar su-
pei-ior to any a i b I -. i iai
ir pi 1 1 ii i -ii. I
in America. It s issued each Tuesday
and r I'ldav. fourteen to
i ages
at least
e verv week, and i ves t h
' !lU-: u lvet'K earlier, ami ciuci ire
lly than auv weekly. At the same
time its literary, agricultural and other
ucitartuicnts are i
n-, ii pa--, ii. ii mis
" an is oi evi -rv meniiH'r ol Hi
ram ily. and should be n ad in every ing, but does much io incntase the em
household. It Is a great semi-weekly eieney if Hie wielety. If yMi do not
I-..,., i . i ,ii ii i- im u iii -...i-i-i i tn re ir i a
year, tin- same uric- as the
. u extra copy will be sent
klics.
iiee, :or
one y ear, to the sender of each club of
four new yearly subscribers w ith four
dolhii-s VWtt, fi -1- hw -.ii-.i,!.. ..
aud i aise a club. Add re
u'
epul -
lie, st. Louis, Mo.
.
i ii-- luiusummer osmopo
first at the new price of I'll
copy, t hough unchanged hi si
ian. the
cent- ixr ' .
anyot he
number
ooi that magazine in the
itsdisl
uished contri liut.ors
eonteutii and in its
Ui
1 lllC LUll-l'esl 01
overflowing illustrations by famous
artists, i'l-aucois Cooiiee, William
. i,,.a!1 u
rolls, Andrew Lang. If. H.
Agnes Elepplier. and Gilbert
ivesen
i i i ,
r i araei arc a few ol tne nat
aj'pears on its title page. Th re
pieces, all by famous artist
mmsi mm. : numocr
1 Ti it - I.i, -tl to -t.
azini at 1 1 ne
price o:
i
Kiidv.ii eountr
r mat reial in th
j is ueiag i-ausaeae
i , , l ,.: , , . .
nope to urmji t..e usm
magazine of t he c untry
Our Little Men and Women for July
. aeiou- ani
into the sj
icartiness
n t )i , - YQli
at i;-.c r uttd
ttbian (Iranc
" oluinbian
I at
i bovsi
Id cents
0. L
, i. j,. ..
l-a real condiuon mat eonrront the
. . . . . . MK
aununistraaon. -uuurn. ind., 1 imes.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR COLIII.
Committee Reports.
it i- usually one of 1 he rules of a ( "hrts
tian Endeavor Society that the Chair
man oj each comniitte; should gi-a
written report each luonth of the work
done, and it is a rule that i.- very gen
er.iily Ignored, still, it is a verv im
portant matter, and is well worthy of
Some of the reasons why committees
-hould iiaiiii in written monthly reports
1 1 hey are responsible io the -ecic-ly
for tn work that they have had com
mitted to them, anti the other members
tiave a right to know whether they are
- 1 tit -e reports, kept on file hv the
ecretary, form a valuable record of
vork accomplished, and are yery help
s i or luiurc eotnmtttt.'ej to refer to.
!t intere.-ts the members of the
iociely in all l-ranches ol the work if
hey hear regularly what t he other com -in
i t tei -s aix doing.
t It spur.- th.- committee on to do
wuiething worth reKrting, and keeps
liein more con-tantly al work, for lh-y
tave to give an aecuirt of their stew
irdship every month. It is not every
ommittee that would care toltiihm the
'xampic ol one that vve know, which
nod. -ty reported itself as "dea!."
!t incea-es the sense that this
I committee work is a grand privilege,
affording, as it does, almost unlimited
chances ol w ork for the Master,
j hat kind ol report should we hand
a ui m, one. oi eourse, nor
ne that takes a gr at deal n! creiUt to
ourselves: nor. on the other hand, one
so brief and monotonous! hat it contains
neither i ii lormai ion nor interest PorCho
listener.-. Hon-', lie so modesl a-to ssiv
thai you have done nothing during iln
n lot it h. luii try to tell frankly, and with
out any pride just what you have -n-deavored
to do. and what the results
M.l . e I ICo U .
I 'on t omit ""minnuidae'
routine work, for thai is, aft rail, what
tells most. Make your report as inter
est ui as you can and show all t he raeltt-
l.ers thAt you are interi sled In it your
selves. An incident or two, brielly re
ferred to. w ill vastly increase tlic inter
est of the listeners, cscciaJly in Huefc
committees as the Flower and l&clict.
If you have any ntquests or suggesthum
to make to I he iiiemhers of the so,-i i ,
the monthly report is a good place to
do -i '.
We w onder what becomes of all the
lokl renorls after thv i,.-n.. i i
Are they over looked at again? I'.ic
is a suggestion for tiood LiP-rat ure
. -ii i in i .
I ommittees. Why mil collcel t he re
Mirhs ea-h month, and eithu- put tUtii
on a file : bind them in an amafceui
way. and k
I bem iv lieiv auv meiiibti
Icon Id i-of,.i- i :i ,,, .,t c."
j A
' oi ill W'- 1 ten reel il-", i mi j ,,,,,, .
I mittee no; on v mlr,-s il.
maKes me iiMtiitlilv
business meeting vastly more interest-
. Know tin - nv
y e.vjKM-ieliee, 1 r il and
I -Kndeavor i I e raid.
The Boys's Dream.
i i can oi ;i nov v. no r. t- i.i..
: i
,il.ll i,.o',,-
ti. n; i , i , i . I - ii t 1 f 121.1 1 . i i i , i , . ,
i uwn caao to him and said:
i mi,, i . i i
I " 1 "use anu grouiMl .
i ...iii,., ,,i,i , .. i i . i
;'' e;ir. of 1 hi ai and I will
ive them to you.1 Tin a cam.- mi
Honored nidge and -alu. " want v..,;
to take m place: am weary t.f hciinr
ai
irt dai
Jier day; I will give you
e bench if u will do
my place on
my v.ori;. Then a doctor iHXtiMtMMl
IdKl' ill-, i
tisive iraettci and
so on. At last an
lo
i.i r
shamtioled old Tommy and -aid: "I'm
wanted now to fill ; drunkard's grave
I have come to. leo i you will take my
place in ,.- bars and on the Htrvet&J
T'-.:.- i- a dream that 1 not all ail roam,
r'or every Ijoy in the laud to-day who
i .V U
' I'O-it ion t, vvitii
rlc" tuani judf-"
(od n ady Ubnd,
i (til
I i
v UHMi WUV
od-feaAHn
li ilH!ll-!e
usanu:
re at
" ; IV." t.' mi n ;ii
Wi prison e
aves. Which
. . - ;i ,j j
do rtM
' ;hrisl Advocate.
xoceo,Vi.w0...1 the
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