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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1897)
t ,.t, f f ft A NATIONAL SCANDAL. OUR EXECUTIVES DOMINATED BY WALL STREET INFLUENCE. For Twenty Tear Gold Gambler and Bond Syndicate Have Keen the Heal Power, the Prealdent Taclr Instru ment A Change Foreshadowed. Intrenched In the White Honee. The dealers in niouey, says the Cin cinnati Enquirer, are naturally Id con flict with the dealers in every other kind of projierty. They manipulate legislation in all countries Lu such a manner as to increase the value of niou ey by lessening its volume. This cheap eus the value of all other kin. Id of property. The boldest stroke ever made la this direction -was the conspiracy which demonetized silver. Until then uncoined silver was worth Just as much an the dollars Into which it could be coLued, and our silver dollars, be cause of their weight, were at a prem ium of 3 per cent, all over the world. The price of silver withstood the shock of demonetization In Germany aud In the United States, and only com menced, to decline when the mints of France were closed against It This was only twenty-two years ago. Greftt Britain demonetized silver more than eighty years ago. Silver coinage would have been re stored In the United States In 1S70 but for the old legislative trick of appoint ing a commission to investigate the subject. The splendid report of that commission in 1S77 prejmred by its chairman, the Hon. Jobu I Jones, of Nevada, opened the great debate which broke down all opjiositlon In Congresi aud would have resulted In the restora tion of the free coinage of sliver, but for another Wall street trick. TnJs was the substitute of the purchase ami coin age of a limited amount of sliver in stead of Its unlimited coinage. Congress would have fully restored silver at any time from 1870 until 1897 but for the baneful Influence of Wall street, which dominated the executive. It has Uh'u the scaixliil of the period that th gold gamblers and the bond selling syndicates of Wall street and their European associates have been in trenched In the White House during the last twenty years. They have been the real power, while our presidents have merely been their Instruments. Party organization have been play things in their hands, and the people have been amused with discussions of the tariff and election laws and every thing else except the one question In which they were most Interested. The quarrel between the Republican stalwarts of New York and the Repub lican half breeds of Ohio made the elec tion of Cleveland possible In 1884. He commenced his war against silver In a published letter a month before his In auguration. His ridiculous tariff letter of 188T Insured Republican success the following year, and Benjamin Harrison succeeded ilm as the representative of Wall street In Uie Wtite House. Mr. Harrison's administration was perfect ly faithful to its gold standard mas ters, but was only able to stem the flood In favor of the free and unlimited coin age of silver by the enactment of the Sherman purchase act, which doubled the amount of silver to le purchased monthly by the Government. In 1892 protection ran mad, and the Carnegie riots at Homestead again swept the Republican party from pow er and returned Mr. Cleveland. 1IU nomination wss bought outright by his gold trust principles, and his election was merely a demonstration of the pop ular wrath against the Harrison ad ministration. Installed a second time In the White House, he and the Repub lican servants of his Wall street mas ters co-operated together in the repeal of the Sherman purchase act. The dis tress brought upon the country by this crowning outrage resulted, as we know, in an uprising of the Democratic mass es, his own virtual expulsion from his party by lu national convention aud the election of a Republican president by the notorious use of money and the general report to intimidation of voters by many of the great corporations by which they were employed. The spring elections throughout the Western Central State have given proof of the weakness of the Republi can party when left to Its own re sources by the millionaires. Let us not be diverted In the months to come from the one great Issue the restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver equally with gold at the ratio of 10 to 1 wlihout constiltuLlou with any other nation. Our enemies refuse to meet us in a fair discussion on this great sub ject, but let us press It home upon them. The contractlonlsts offer us the bribe of an inllatcd lank currency. Irre deemable bank notes for borrowers, but gold coin for lenders. Let us teach them that it Is not Inflation we want, but only the restoration of the volume of money which they struck down. We want IX) "elastic" currency Issued by tin banks without any cost to them selves, but we want the sound money of gold and silver, and legal tender Government notes redeemable In either at the Government's pleasure. Let the Republicans do the talking on the subject of the tariff and let I hern bring on prosperity by Increased taxa tion and continued contraction If they can. But those who are not Interested tn upholding Wsll street phuis and pol icies will resume snd continue the dis cussion of the money question and will mike war upon the contractlonlsts, by whose policy the country Is being stran gled. Hctlrrnirnt of Greenback. The administration Is evidently not going to be a unit upon the question of rotlremeut of greenbacks. The Presi dent and Uie Secretary of the Treasury nn r.n ,Vrtood to be In fsvor of godii- ally substituting other forms of money for the greenbacks outstanding.: Secre tary Kliermun, whose fame has been gained largely In the domain of finance, opowM retirement of the greenbacks, and has lately said that he should do all he could to keep them in circulation. While Mr. Sherman will be In the De partment of State, it will Is? Impossible for his views on this question to be either concealed or belittled. It looks somewhat as though the suggestion in the Inaugural of a currency commis sion ndght have had its inspiration, not only in a common sense view, but as a result of arguments which made It de sirable, even from the standpoint of the administration itself, that the best light obtainable should be thrown upon a question concerning which doctors of high renown disagree so positively, Wall Street JournaL . The Cane of Spe1dlno Charles W. Sliding, a few weeks ago president of the Globe Ravings Hank and treasurer of the University of Illinois, was the other day locked up in the Jail of this county. All the daily newspapers have Joined with the 6,000 or more depositors ot the bank In recounting his "terrible" failure, aud acting In a vengeful spirit toward the man now with hundreds of others crowding to Its capacity the Cook County Jail. It follows close upon re ceut bank failures In th's city, the sui cide of Mr. Hammond, of the Illinois National Bark, and the scene of two weeks since, when several thousand stockholders of a building and loan as sociation surrounded the nouse of the secretary and treasurer, demanding their money cr the life of a fellow man. And not one daily paper in this city of mammon has expressed a charitable word or called attcin ou to the cause of this man Spaid'ng being to-day an in mate of a prison, as hundreds of oiher bankers will be, or sulfides like Mr. Hammond, unless there comes a rise in values so that peopl.; in debt, to harks can discharge their obligation';. Mr. Spalding tried "to make one hand wash the other" by using the funds of the University to title the bank over to the day when promised prosperity would return a day that w 111 never come un der the gold standard. It is said that, when wolves are In pursuit of human prey, and the latt 'r s'.iools one of them down, the remalnHijf wolves fall upon the dead or woua led ou aud tear 11 to piece. And so it may be said of men Inspired by greed in pursuit of weallh. When one of their number falls they rend and tear him to pieces with no seeming Intelligence as to the Inciting cause that may number them among the victims of to-morrow. When those who are the debtors of banks cannot pay, when real estate and nearly all forma of securities have shrunken as they have, the bank then realizes that it, too, is a debtor to its depositors. And If our credit system Is traced back to Its source the creditors will be found In the International usurers who are sapping the Ufe out of the United States. Patriots' Bulletin. The McKln ey Kind. The Illinois Steel Company recently gave a striking object lesson In McKlu ley prosperity by locking out 4,000 worklngmen. The motive assigned Is the desire to anticipate a strike. The company has been steadily reducing wages, and consequently expected the worklngmen to quit. So It seized time by the forelock and locked them out. The situation of these men Is full of gloom. For several years they havo worked ou reduced wages. To save money for the future has been Impossi ble. Now with their poor wives and helpless children they are turned out to Ufl, steal or starve. This Is MeKlnley prosperity. This is "opening the mills Instead of the mints." This Is restoring confidence. This Is calming the exciting capitalists' fears so that they may not Insist upon denying us the right to live. Skilled workmen are locked out of their shops. They are denied the chance to toll on half pay for a gigantic corporation that has made millions with the aid of a robber tariff. No wonder the people who see these things are testifying their rage In the great Democratic gains that have come to rebuke the "advance agent of prosperity." Kan sas City Times. Proaperity Notpa. The First National Bank of Co manche, Texas, baa suspended. The Allegheny Woolen Company, limited, has also made an assignment. W. O. Drake, grocer, at Brockton, Mass. .has applied for relief In insol vency. Martin U. Crosson, agent, grocer, at Waterbury, Conn., has made an assign ment. G. Schomberg, Jeweler at Columbus, Ohio, has given a chattel mortgage for 125,000. Augustus C. Traeger, hotel and res taurant proprietor at New Haven, Ct., has assigned. F. A. lloyt Company, a corporation, has made tin assignment for the bene fit of creditors. Whlttlngill Bros., dealers In dry goods, at Louisville, Ky have made an assignment. M. B. Israel, denier of clothing at At lantic, Iowa, has given chattel mort gage for $l,000. W. E. Glasscock, dealer In clothing, dry goods, aud shoes, at Belt, Mont., has assigned. Butler, Crawford & Co., wholesale dealer In coffees and spices at Colum bus, Ohio, have made nn assignment. Calkins White, manufacturers of children's shoes, at Roc lies tor, N. Y., have given a chattel mortgage for $8, 000. The W'throw Carpet Company, deal er In carpel and draiierles, at Rock-fo-d. 111., has confessed Judgment for J3.0O0. AGRICULTURAL NEWS THINGS PERTAINING TO THE FARM AND HOME. How to Successfully Cultivate Melons Method of Furrow Irrigation Ap plying Potato Fertilizer Point and EuEg-eHtlona About Live Stock. Surceafnl Melon Culture. Watermelons are excessive feeders, and many fall In attempting to grow them because they do not furnish suffi cient plant food to supply the neces sary strength for vigorous vine and tine fruit. Not infrequently watermelon vines turn yellow and die when they should le Just in their prime, simply from plant starvation. I prepare the ground as for corn. Lay off In rows twelve feet apart each way. I dig a hole atoirt one and a half feet deep and perhaps three feet in diame ter. In the bottom of this I put a peck or more of good stable manure, tramping it lightly. Next I put in a layer of soil and follow with a layer made up of equal parts of soil and One rich manure thoroughly mixed, and lastly, where the seeds are to be placed, another layer of pure soil. Sow 6eeds thickly and cover about one inch. When the second or third leaf shows thin out to two or three plants In the hill. If exceptionally large melons, regular "prize takers," are desired, thin to but one plant In the hill. 1 cul tivate about as I do com, hoeing each hill after entire patch Is plowed. If very dry, cultivate often, particularly alsuit the hills. It Is some trouble to thus prepare the ground, but it more than pays In the size, number and quality of melons produced; also in the Increased length of time that the vines are in bearing, as they remain green and in good condition until killed by frost. Orange Judd Farmer. Furrow Irrigation. Having the water upon the land, It can be applied In various ways. Flood ing or allow h i; the water to spread over the sur: :'; to the depth of from two to ten indies was formerly exten sively used, but it Is now employed only for grain and similar crops. The most common method for vegetables and fruits is to make furrows and run the water along In them so that It can soak Inlo the soil. Professor Taft, In his article on irrigation incorporated lu the year book of the United States De partment of Agriculture, says: If properly arranged, the water can not spread upon the surface, and by turning back the furrows as soon as the water has soaked lu and cultivating the soil the moisture can be prevented from evaporating. Care should be taken to so lay out the rows lu the orchard or garden that the furrows for the water can be run at a very slight slope, two or three Inches in 100 feet being all that is desirable, while on foot in 100 feet Is an extreme slope. With a little care In laying out the furrows water can be used upon land that at first sight It will seem im possible to Irrigate. Potato Fertilisers. Fertilizers on potatoes have been the subject of exhaustive experiment at the Ohio State Station and numerous sub-stations. Phosphoric acid seems to hove been the controlling element In Increasing yield In all these tests, wherejus, according to the "New Eng land Homestead," In many of the South ern, Middle and Eastern States potash senilis to lie the more neceswary ele ment. In the Ohio test the lowest cost per bushel of Increase was obtained by tlie use of superphosphate alone, but the greatest gain ir acre was with 1,100 pounds imt acre of a complete fer tilizer containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid and jkiUikIi. Muriate of iotnrdi and nitrate of soda when used alone did not give profitable increase, Imt proved beneiicl-il w'th superphosphate. Live Mock I'olntn. Did you begin 181)7 by having a book in which to set dow n all your expenses and Income for the year? If you did not, then you made a serious mistake. A farmer, no more than a merchant, 1 emi hnvo nnv hlea of whether h iK making money or losing It unless he keeps a strict account of everything. Then? would not be half so many farm ers groaning under debt or half so many mortgages on agricultural land if the ru nil 1st maintained a strict sys tem of bookkeeping. Von can never know whether either live stock or dai rying pays unless you know exnetly ! how much It costs to raise an animal or to feed a milk cow. If you have not already done so, iie gln now to keep a stock book, In which the history and facts In regard to all the animals on your place are record ed. Register particularly the birth of an animal; also be particular to noto down when to look for lambs or coIt. or calves to be born. No way has been found by which rape may be kept for winter feed. It may, however, he planted very early In the spring, and at the same time oats are sown, and It will quickly spring up and furnish the first spring pasture for sheep aud lambs. It will give them such a slart that they will go ahead of sheep not thus provided and remain larger and finer throughout. Artificial Comb. It Is hut a few years since the ex tractor was Invented, artificial founda tion contrived and the movable frame discovered. Now the world is act agog by a German, Otto Scliulz, of Buckow, In the construction of artificial comb, all rtmdy for Che bee to fill with honey. Both wooilen and metallic combs have ljeen iwcd for breeding puriwsea prior to this, but never for the reception of boney. The artificial comb Is made of wax, and, according to the Farm Journal's rescrljitlon of It, the ouJy oh Jtfonnble fct'ire Is Its henvlnem The cell constructed by lbs le-H Is In thick-' ness from two one-thousandths to four oiie-iiiouKuudths of an Inch, but thej H' liulz Is twenty-two one-thousandths. ' This would make It too exiienslve for practical purposes. This objectionable feature will doubthtw be overcome, and the combs, fully drawn out Into cell, will Is? given to bees as artificial foun-1 d.itlou is now given. The lnseit8 will then be confined to the business of propagating their species and gather ing the nectar from the opening flow ers. Pruning the Evergreen. The question of pruning is an open one. Different people have different views on the subject, yet all alike may be successful. Then, again, the ob jects to lie attained are often widely divergent, but on general principles, the deciduous trees mentioned should never be pruned or restricted in their growth. In order to keep them shape ly a process of thinning should be adopted and by this means overhang ing aud overcrowding branches remov ed entirely, thus preserving an even distribution of light and air and main taining the symmetry of the tree. As to the time to do this, when the tree Is devoid of foliage should be the liest, for It Is then easier of access, It makes less work in the removing of branches, etc.; there Is no risk of bleed ing and the chances of clumsy work men tearing the bark when sawing away limbs are very much reduced. Evergreens should lie treated some what differently; some of the kinds mentioned are frequently trained Into hedges and In their good nature stand several clippings during the spring and summer. But to be alsolutely correct pruning or thinning of these should be done in the brief Interval in the spring when they are casting their foliage and making ready for their new effort This period is of very short duration and usually happens In May. All dead branches should then be cut back and the remaining parts given a chance to break again. Summer pruning of these is not advisable, and fall pruning posi tively wrong, for at that date the tree needs all Its energies to carry itself through the winter, and to that end hns stored Its strength. American Gar dening. 2 Millet a Kan ueroti Feed. Bulletin 3(3 of North Dakota Station gives results of several years' tests and observations In feeding millet to horses and other stock. These tests at the station show beyond doubt that millet fed to horses regularly for any consid erable time produced an Increased ac tion of the kidneys, causes Infusion of blood Into the joints, puffing them and destroying the texture of the ends of the bones, so that the tendons (leaders) and muscles break loose and death fol lows. Eminent veterinary surgeons of Minneapolis, New York, Illinois, Ne braska and Delaware sent letters to the station, which are published In the bulletin, showing that they have found tn their practice that the same results follow the continued use of millet as horse feed, and two of them describe cases In which It was equally injurious to nillch cows. In view of the fact that millet Is a staple human food In many parts of Africa, China and Japan, the above ex periences are rather remarkable. Ger mantown Telegraph. Farm Notes. Butter that Is washed until it is dry and hard usually lacks that quick, fresh taste that Is in butter not so dry and hard. If you have a shallow well do not neglect to clean it out at the first op IKirtunity which presents Itself. It li a large factor in the health of the fam ily to have pure water. Should a young lamb get separated from Its mother for some hours be care ful to milk her thoroughly before you let the lamb have access to her. The "penned" milk is apt to kill the lamb. Weak and nonfertiliaed eggs are the stumbling blocks on which many a be ginner fails. Furly-lald eggs are apt to be sterile unite the hens have Imu kept warm and so fed that they will not get too fat Kvery neighborhood has a farmer a little more progrcttsl ve than the aver age, one who always has the best of everything. These are the persons to whom to go for improved stock, for ad vice as to breeds, for lessons In the care of stock. "I know nothing about general farm ing," writes a York State nurseryman, "my own particular business requiring all my time. I have no special advice to offer farmers, except that I do not think it a good idea to put a mortgage on the place In order to buy a grand piano, etc., as some farmers have done la our neighborhood." There Is an liumeiwe amount of but ter sold every year that would have been salable If proper y made. Al though fanners have made butter for centuries, yet at tie present day there are many of thpm who cannot put a g(M(l article on the market, even with modern appliance to assist them. The creameries produce IsMfer butter than farmers becaivse of having skill and experience In the business. The farm er n ed have no fear of competition If he knows how to make butter of su lerlor quality. A great many persons lake an Inter est In pure-bred poultry, probably be cause it cost but little to enjoy a small flock, while the numerous annual poul try shows simulate competition for the prize. It Is a tact, tlsi, that the farmer's boy who Is given a flock of pure-bred fowls for pleasure la Induced to take greater Interest In pure-bred stock of all kinds. He learns the value of breeding and gains sufficient knowl edge In the management of fowls to convince bAm that success can be beat attained by using the best In every d rartn'pnt of the farm. STYLES FOR SUMMER. WHAT WOMEN ARE TO WEAR IN HOT WEATHER. Trlmaaed Skirteand Bloue Are Again In Favor Correct Stylea in Material Combination of Black and White Ja Conaidered Very Modiah. Fad of Faehion. Mw Xork correspondence: LOUSES are more In favor than ever, so it was a useless scare women had a few months ago when told that blouses were going out. In looking over the newest models of a skilled designer it was disclosed that her handsomest gar den dress showed a bloused lace bod ice under an open Jacket, the blouse being held in by a narrow belt point ed down in front, and her next pretti est one had a blouse piece set on the front of the bodice, turning under a rather wide dark belt Her most styl ish street dress showed a bloused effect for the front of the bodice, not very loose, but still not tight, and worn un der an open Jacket. Another attractive street dress had a bodice of distinctly blouse pattern. A few very successful blouses are made with the loose folds setting Jauntily aud sharply out at the back as well as at the front, and when carefully managed the effect is happy for almost any figure, and cannot fail to make the belt circle seem very tiny; or at least unexpectedly small. Much the same effect that Is secured on the front of a bodice by the droop ing folds of a blouse Is attained when the fit Is really tight by Jacket fronts ending about where the blouse fulness would. None of the numerous short Jacket trimmings will do this, but jack ets are In almost innumerable sorts, and there are plenty of them that will accomplish this. A novel method of securing it is presented herewith in the small picture, a visiting or prom enade dress of mauve cheviot. Beneath Its unusual bolero was a white cloth vest with stitched edges. This was in two parts that met below the bust, above this being separated by a V-shaped piece of dark mauve velvet. White cloth lined the high collar and the epaulettes, a row of buttons and cord loops ran along the shoulder seaans, and the dark mauve velvet sup plied the girdle. The quality of the goods put into blouses should still all doubts as to the stylishness of such bodices, if the nu merousuess of such models left any doubts. The materials of the costume of the second picture were certainly convincing as to this point. The skirt was maroon moire velour, banded at the hips with three bias velvet folds in the same shade. White satin richly embroidered with silver and gold was employed In the bodice. Velvet folds encircled the sleeves, their epaulettes wereof the embroidered satin, the belt was moire velour, and a lace jabot ran from collar to belt on the left side. Frills of satin, chiffon or anything you like are put to very tricky i;se after this manner. The frill appears to fol low an opening, and extends from the shoulder at the arrnhole to the waist line, to the top of the belt, or to the BLACK AND WHITE MCWI.V ARIIANOKI). edge of the garment on which the frill Is placed. It Is often cleverly graduat ed In depth, but the observer gets a notion that It Isn't graduated, while admiring the handsome figure whose curve has been much enhanced by this unsuspected trickery. The frill should MATKBIALS THAT PRO VIC STYLI8H9ISS. be startling In color, and often there la no oiieulng there, but the newest wrin kle Is to have the ldice open on the side, and then the frill seems to come from some blouse or under bodice. Women are so used to plain skirts that it seems like taking a lot of bother to go in for skirt trimming when th plain skirt Is acceptable and always becoming. But it is well to make some concession to style. It Is a very fussy job to set a skirt on a yoke, but that Is oiut of the prettiest ways of varying a skirt's plainness. Trimming is then not necessary, but the present fashion permit very free trimming on skirts, so it Is not amiss to add garniture. In the third picture the artist puts a car riage gown of white cashmere whose TRIMMING THAT SMACKS OP SUMMER. skirt was set on a fitted yoke and trim med with a wide band of heavy cream lace. White cashmere was used, too, for the bodice, but therein it was rich ly embroidered with narrow black silk braid. The bolero was furnished with sharp pointed revers in front, they ex tended into a sailor collar at the back, and a chemisette of braided cashmere filled in the front. Lace ruffles finished the sleeves, a full bow of black chiffon set off the throat, and folded black satin furnished the deep girdle. These combinations of white and black are plentiful among new dresses, and are considered very stylish, just as if It were not but four years since white and black were considered the most fashionable companions possible. To save the skirt from absolute plain ness an easy way is to dab on a bit of braid here and there, but it is easy to go wrong in such recourse. A safer venture is a little bunch of frills some-" where, about the hips for instance, dip ped in front and lifting Jauntily at the back. The frills should be either nar row satin ribbon black Is a good choice for any colored skirt, and either white or black serves for a black skirt or Instead of ribbon you may make the little frills of tulle, chiffon or mous sellne de sole. A cloth skirt so fin ished will go prettily with a chiffon bodice and extend its usefulness there by. Ruffles that fall from bands of In sertion are not Infrequent on skirts, and when this trimming is matched or repeated on the bodice, the result la Just now considered a very desirable one. Summer dresses will show much of this style of trimming, which is es pecially suitable for summer silks. A A JUDICIOUSLY nBAIDED PAIR pretty dress employing it is pictured here and was sketched in leaf green taffeta that had a dark green figure. The skirt was trimmed with a wide lace insertion, below which was a gath ered lace rullle. On the bodice, which waa slightly bagged over Its girdle of green ribbon figured with gold, a deep lace bertha ornamented the front, the epaulettes were tucked, and dark green faille supplll the stock collar. In the concluding picture are two dresses in which this rule was follow ed, and Its wisdom proved. The right hand dress was scarlet serge, a vest of white cloth showing on lis bodice. The Jacket's sides and lxick extended Into a twisque of moderate length, but the fronts were double, the upier portions outlining a bolero. Narrow black braid was applied a Indicated. The other gown was mastic-colored serge, and Its white cloth vest was orna mented with two rows of tiny gilt but tons. The revers were faced with white cloth, which was almost hidden by gilt braid. White taffeta lined the loose fronts. Oonyrlght. 1897. If a woman wIkImw to be at tb height of Parisian fashion she must tilt her hat over her nose, wear a twlat of tulle under her chin, put on tightly fitting sleeves and Innumerable UttM frills all over her gown. CnAhmere Is oocnJng Into vogue again. Dealers aay tiuU its return U being greeted with eaUMMlaatn. There never was a mora nwsugiibla or graceful material. i,1 "7
