The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1897 Page: 10 of 16
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SOtJTHJüB.N MJSECtTRY.
A tew Comparisons.
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Among the interesting features con-
nected with municipal ownership in Glas-
gow, Scotland, we notice that the ordin-
ary family paying rent to the amount of
sixty dollars a year; pays twelve cents a
month for water.
In Chicago the water tax on an ordin-
ary six room flat amounts to about $6.00
a year.
In Glasgow gas is supplied by the city
at 2 shillings 2 pence per thousand feet;
about fifty cents per thousand.
In Chicago they pay a thieving cor-
poration $1.10 per thousand and at the
low prices in Glasgow the city makes a
profit of considerably over half a million
dollars annually. What must the Chi-
cago company be making?
The passenger who rides a mile on a
street car in Glasgow pays one cent (half
a pence,) while in almost any city in
America the fare is five cents; even in
Indianapolis, where the law has named
three cents as the legal rate, it is disre-
garded by the street railway companies
and the supreme court is turning down
precedents, laws and even ordinary de-
cency, to help out the corporation, in its
robberies.
The electic light plant of Glasgow pays
a net profit to the city of more than #65,-
000 a year.
In the matter of wages we find that
most of the conductors in Glasgow re-
ceive four shillings six pence per day,
which equals #1.08 in American money.
With house rent at #5.00 a month for
as good house as the Chicago man can
rent for $20,00 and the difference in wa-
tet, gas and other expenses he is immen-
sely better off than the man here gets
#1. 50 a day; and there arc more men in
Chicago to-day who average les than
$1.00 a day than there are who get that
much.—Ex.
There is ;i large and rapidly growing
element after your last dollar; it is the
combination of the official class and the
monopolist who are partners to rob, un-
der the guise of law, the ignorant and in-
different, but hard working people who
are wanting in vigor and vigilence.
School house clubs will save you, even
with one smart man or woman in such
club to show up political and commercial
shams, who are against a vine and fig
tree civilization, based on economy and
co-operation.
You will find politicians ranting about
the cunningly devised tariff robbery, who
are now, and have all their lives support-
ed the cunningly devised official fee sys-
tem. Both were dviscd so that the mud-
siller could never tell exactly how much
he was being robbed of; and the fee sys-
tem is the most demoralizing.
Scrap books and school house clubs
will expose the hypocrites and enemies
of the plain people.
It has been stated that over #1,000,000
boodle money was expended on the late
Illinois legislature. The street car com-
bine paid out #750,000 to get their lit-
tle bill through; the gas trust $250,000,
and the elevator trust #150,000, and the
statement is based upon recent investiga-
J* tion. It is worth something to be a
émember of the legislature in Illinois.
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— , ny tunc tn ten ¿ cari if ajiy ol its
parti) break. We are Helling
HIGH A KM 8INUEU HEWING
_ MACHINES, with complete set of
.ttaehments, Ave drawer cabinet, like
at, guaranteed 10 Team, for • 12.50
hipped anywhere to anybody, subject
o ezamlnatlon.aiid may be returned at
or expense If unsatisfactory. Ceta-
• lone for a two cent stamp.
solid trains of
WAGNER BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND
free reclining
KATY CHAII CARS
to
ST. LOUIS,
CHICAGO,
KANSAS CITY
close connections
to all points
EAST, HGBTHmWEST.
First Class Meals
at our own
DINrNG STATIONS
SO CENTS-
ft you are going rwm
NORaTH
Wfiy not $0
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Exposition
THE LOUISVILLE & NASH-
1 VILLE RAILROAD CCX*
Presents the best possible service
from Southern to all Northern
cities, and will carry you through
Nashville, the location of the
Greatest Exposition this country
has ever had. with the possible
exception of the Columbian.
ROUND TRIP TICKETS AT
LOW RATES
Will be on sale from nil points to
Nashville on every day between
May 1 and Oct. 31. 1897.
For Atll information write to
T. H. KINSLEY, TT8T. Pass. Act. Dallas. TBI
C.P 4TM0BE. Gen'l Pass. AgL Louisville, if
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THE MERCURY MACHINE
...The Best Irrespective of Price...
And acknowledged by expert mechanics and sewing machine manufac-
turers to be the Perfection of Mechanism. Entirely modern in de-
sign, elegant in appearance, light running and noiseless—an orna-
ment to any parlor.
The best testimonial of its worth that we can offer is that
...Over 2,000 Have Been Sold...
by us to the American Public, and out of this large number we have
never received a single complaint We frequently get unsolicited
testimonials from those who purchased when we first offered them
for sale seven years ago.
But don't think that because we make you an astonishingly low price
on the machine, it is no better than the clumsy "rat traps" sold by
many newspapers. We buy direct from the makers, in large quan-
tities for cash, so it stands to reason that we can get lower figures
and hence give you greater value than can the publisher who pur-
chases a single machine at a time.
The Machine is artistically proportioned, its ornamentation is very at-
tractive. The woodwork is furnished in either Oak or Walnut Be
sure to state which you want
WARRANTY—W« furnish with ev-
ery Machine a written agreement to re-
place, free of charge, parts that are
defective within 10 years. We also ship
the machine subject to approval.
$18§2
pays for one of these handsome
machines
and South-
ern Mercu-
ry a year.
We will
send a ma-
chine free
to anyone
sending us
a club of
50 yearly
subs cri bi-
ers.
If you aren't satlsfW
ed, In every way, after
you get the machine,
•end it back and we'll
return your money im-
mediately.
Isn't that fair?
The Balance Wheel, Upper Tension, Shuttle Lever and Feedbar
are extra heavily Nickle Plated. The Self Threading Shuttle is a mar-
vel of simplicity, requiring but two motions of the hand to thread.
It has Improved Automatic Bobbin Winder which fills a bobbin
with thread as smoothly wound as when it comes on the spool, thus
preventing thread breaking while sewing. The Cabinet work is of the
latest pattern and best oak or walnut attractive in style and elaborate
in finish. The rich nickle plated trimmings harmonize with the hand-
some wood-work.
91 Fvfra AftarhmentQ a large and complete set of attach-
LMllI TlLLfl.LlllllC11L3 ments is furnished free with each ma-
and Accessories ■■■■chine. Here is a list of them: One
foot hemmer and feller, one screw-driver, one oil can and oil, one
guage and screw, one package of needles, six bobbins, one instruction
book, one tucker, one foot ruffler, set of plate hammers, four different
widths, up to # of an inch, one binder and one thread-cutter.
The stand castings are of the neatest design now on the market
and match in every particular with the machine head and wood-
work. This is a complete machine, with but few equals and no su-
perior. In its purchase you save from $20 to $50, and have the
satisfaction of knowing that you can return the machine and get
your money back if you are not satisfied.
Time Tells The Tale Truthfully.
Since we put the Mercury High Arm Sewing Machine on the
market seven years ago a number of publishers, tempted by its success
have tried to imitate it but quality has been sacrifised in the at-
tempt to meet our price—as many purchasers have discovered. Why
not buy the best when it costs you no more ?
In ordering be sure to give your nearest freight office. Cash
must accompony all orders. Send $1 extra if you wish us to pre-
pay freight charges. Address all orders to,
SOUTHERN MERCURY Pub. Co., Dallas, Texas.
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1897, newspaper, July 8, 1897; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185717/m1/10/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .