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MINEOLA, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1888.
NO. 37.
VOL. XI.
TARIFF DISCUSSION.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. U. HART. JNO. T. CKADDOCK.
HART & CRADDOCK,
Attorneys - at - Law,
Mineola, Texas.
Practice in the District and inferior
courts of the State and the Supreme
and Federal courts at Tyler.
HORACE M. CATE,
Attorney - at - Law,
Mineola, Texas.
Oilers liis professional services to the
people of Wood and surrounding coun-
ties. Will practice in all the courts of
the State au<l the Federal court at
Tyler.
W. M giles,
Attorney - at - Law,
M in koi, a, Texas.
\ II. N. STAFFORD,
Attorney - at - Law,
a n d
Real Estate Agent,
Minkoj,a, Texas.
Will practice in all the courts of the
Seventh Judicial District. Special at-
tention given to collections of all kinds, i
Remittances promptly made. Will also
buy and sell and rent real estate and in-
vestigate land titles; vender and pay
taxes on same.
Selections from the Rccent De-
bate, taken from the Con-
gressional Record.
The following resolutions, adopt-
ed in 1820 by a mass meeting in
Fancuil Hall, Boston, Mass., ex-
pressing the opinions of Daniel
Webeter, just uttered before the
meeting in one of the great speeches
of bis life, is very appropriate to
the present situation :
Resolved, That 110 objection ought
even to be made to any amount of taxes
equally apportioned and imposed for
the purpose of raising revenue necpssn-
ry for the support, of the government;
but that taxes imposed on the people
for the sole benefit of any class of men
are equally inconsistent with the prin-
ciples of our Constitution and with
sound judgment.
Resolved, That the supposition that
until the supposed tariff, or some simi-
lar measure, bo adopted, we are and
shall be dependent ou foreigners fur the
means of subsistence and defense is, in
our opinion, altogether fallacious, fanci-
ful, anc derogatory to the character of
the nation.
Resolved, That the high bounties on
such _ domestic manufactures as are
principally benefitted by that tariff fa-
vor great capitalists rather than person-
ill industries or the owners of small cap-
ital, and therefore that we do not per-
ceive its tendency to promote national
national industries.
Rosolved, That we are equally ineap-
able of discovering the beneficial effects \ Dl"^ "*
on agriculture, since the obvious conse- ■ lr01
I). W. GROW,
Attorney - at - Law,
Quitman, Texas.
Practices in the District Courts pf
Wood and surrounding counties, and in
the Supreme and Federal courts of the
State.
J. H. WILLIAMSON & SON,
Surgeon Dentists,
Mineoi.a, Texas.
All work wrrranted and satisfaction
guaranteed. Plate work a specialty.
Office over Co-Operative store.
bone, and the brain of the laboring
man, whether it be labor of the
head or band, that does it and
makes money.—Hooker, of Miss.
But the minority of our commit-
tee in their report boast that the
republican party has taken more
than $300,000,000 of taxes from
the people since the war. That
may be true, sir, and still bo not
the least in the catalogue of sins
of that party against the great bo-
dy of the people. It is true they
have reduced taxes; it is true they
have abolished taxes; but it has
been done in the manner described
bv my colleague from Texas [Mr.
Mills], They have taken off taxes
that bore on the property of the
country. They have taken oft'
taxes that tolled the income of the
prosperous or the dividends of cor-
porations. They have removed
taxes on articles whose use is un-
necessary or hurtful, and they
have released taxes whose entire
amount went into the treasury.
By such legislation in the first ten
years of peace the immense bur-
dens of this great government were
steadily shifted from the shoulders
that ought to bear them and are
able to bear them to the shoulders
that ought not to bear them anp
arc not able to bear them. In this
manner, sir, we have seen the pres-
sure of taxation in this country re-
its income, removed
its luxuries, and fastened upon
those articles of general consumpt-
ion which for the
means nine
Lumber g Shingles
Having bought out the Lhiogle Mill
formerly operated by Dan Shamberger,
t wo mile8 East of Mineola, I have in-
creased the facilities and am getting out
Shingles to
Supply any Demand,
and in a few weeks will have a saw mill
located five miles North-east of Mineola,
in a first-class pinery, when everybody
can be supplied with Lumber and Shin-
gles without crossing Lake Fork. Good
roads to haul and good prices.
J. M. DREW.
Ullman,Lewis Co
•• f '
Wholesale Grocers,
AND
If lie cannot devise a law by which
to transfer a large part of it from
the pockets of the men who earned
in to somebody's pocket who did
not earn it, he never rests satisfied
until he has wiped it from the
statute-book; and that is the way
in which our friends on the other
side have proceeded in their so-
called reduction of taxes since the
war.—[Wilson of West Virgina.]
quenVe of its adoption would be that j from its property, removed from
the farmer muni give more than he now '
does for all he buys and receives less
for all I10 sells.
Resolved, That in our opinion the
proposed tariff and the principles on
which it is avowedly formed would, if
adopted, have a tendency, however diff-
erent may be the motives of those who
rccuniuiend them, lo diminish the in-
dustry impede the prosperity, and cor-
rupt the morals of the people.
It was said by the gentleman
from Michigan, and by the gentle-
man from Maine, and those who
have been contending that high
duties are necessary in order to
protect the labor of the country.
that these high rates of duties do
protect the labor of the country.
But what right have you to pro-
tect labor? Who are you that
undertakes to say that you have
that right? Whore do you get the
money from to protect it 2 Mr.
Chairman, it came from the tax
payers of this land. It has been
wrung from them by onerous taxes
and lias gonc-into the overflowing
vaults of your treasury, already
gorged with a hundred millions
surplus every year, gathered from
the laborers of the country. And
yet you undertake to say that you
have the right to protect labor!
Sir, the laborers of the country
scorn your protection. The labor-
er is no mendicant. I deny in his
name and manhood that he is a
mendicant. -He is a free, inde-
pendent American citizen, who
made you and made the govern- ]
ment, and gave you all that money
that now lies bursting the coffers
of your treasury. Where do you
get, the money from with which
you propose to grant your protec-
tion, as well as the money which
now overflows the treasury ? It
comes from th« laborer. I repeat
he is no mendicant. He does not
want your protection. He is a
proud American citizen, and, Mr.
Chairman, the assertions that you
are going to "protect American
labor" is
Alliance Exchange of Dallas Vs.
the Texas Farmer and the
BaolneM Men of Dallas.
The controversy recently waged
between the above parties has elic-
ited some facts of interest to our
readers, which we give without
comment as matters of news, with-
holding our judgement on the
matter until the result discloses
more facts. The managers of the
Exchange issued a circular in which
they made some serious charges
against the business men of the
city of Dallas, our space will not
permit the publication of this cir-
cular in full but we give below the
Texas Farmer's abridgement of it:
1. That from the first there was
a disguised—hidden—under-band-
ed—"masked" opposition to the
Fx change.
2. That now the "mask" is
thrown oft'—the opposition open
and defiant; that bankers, whole-
sale merchants, implement dealers
and manufacturers of farming im-
plements and machinrv in Dallas
are solidly organized to crush the
Fxchange.
3. It has been thus organized
and open for fifty days, during
which time the struggle lias been
incessant and fierce; that this or-
ganized conspiracy has use.d every
gun they could command, and re-
sorted to every possible subterfuge
to make the Fxchange surrender
tor the wage-earner 1 t()th(.r demand th£t in Hhovt
♦ ♦ ♦, mi 1 ■ ? q this organization has attempted to
ten-tenths of all his earmngs until le bfackmail th . Ex.
you have built up a tariff which is 1 , * 1
well entitled to say, "whoever else .
escapes my exactions, the poor I : , • Dallas banks at first promised
have always with me." j them all the money they wanted,
Mr. Chairman, there is nothing Ibut that these pretended friends
in the world that so vexes the soul i went back on them, thinking they
of a genuine protectionist as a tax i could thus ^ force them into the
that goes into the public treasury.
Yantls Democracy.
The following resolutions sneak
for themselves. We fully endorse
them, and publish them with
pleasure.—Eds.
In view of the fact that various
political organizations are springing
up in our midst, whose principles
and teachings we believe to be op-
posed to the spirit of our republi-
can form of gouernment; there-
fore, be it
Resolved, by the Democracy of
rivet
ED. MURRIE,
The leader in Quality of Groceries
and low Prices. Highest prices
paid for country produce.
hand of Dallas jobbers and
on them the credit system.
5. This Dallas organization kept
the wires hot and the mails
full to prevent the Exchange get-
ting money at Fort Worth, Galves-
ton, New Orleans and Houston;
and to this end also used the un-
scrupulous Dun Agency.
6. A Houston bank was bought
up by this organization.
7. The Exchange offered any
security demanded, and met a flat
refusal—but was able to get money
as long as they had lands and
property of their own to put up as
collaterals.
The Texas Farmer in order to
take testimony to refute these
charges propounds to the business
men of the city of Dallas the follow-
ing questions:
1. Do you know of any organi-
zation, as charged to crush the Al-
liance?
2. Do you know of any general
and fierce attack having been made
I M PORTERS,
Calveston, Texas.
Kepresented by
Precinct No. 6, Wood county, Tex
as, That we believe the only hope j upon it by the elements mamed?
of the people for relief from op- 3. Have retailers been "whip-
pression and class legislation is a | ped into line?" If so, when and
strict adherence to the true princi-1 now?
pies of Democracy, and a wise and | 4. Do you knqw what the circu-
judicious use of the ballot box. ilar alludes to in the statement:
Resolved, That we believe the | "the struggle has now lasted over
organization known as the Knights j fifty days with incessant fury,"
of Labor is directly opposed to the | and the context?
agricultural interests of this coun-1 h. Do you know of any promise
try. made to the Exchange "for all the
Resolved, That wc denounce the j money needed?" and their subse-
somcthing cxtraordina-1 principles in the platform of the | quent violation?
ry to me. Gentlemen talk of pro-: Union Labor party as unsound, im- j 6. You will notice that all these
tccting labor. How? What from ? j politic, and if carried out would : accusations are against Dallas.
From unjust taxes? I want to jeopardize our freedom as Ameri-! "Being betrayed in Dallas," they
protect him from that. But how can citizens. i went elsewhere—but were follow-
are you going to protect him ? Ts j Resolved, That we expect to led, etc. Can you throw any light j tl7attlieZ Alliance may be ' able to
his wealth and property threaten-j endorse our state and national on this accusation? adopt the "pay as you go" plan,
circular letter signed by C. W. Ma-
cune, J. B. Reilly, and Harry,
Tracy; The circular, as any fair-
minded reader can see, is not only
a tissue of falsehoods from begin-
ning to end, but so silly as to con-
firm a partly-formed opinion that
these men are totally lacking in
necessary qualities to fill the posi-
tions they have by some means,
been elected to by their honest but
illy-informed supporters. In one
breath they say. "Pretended friends
went back 011 us, thinking they
could force us into the hands of
robbers and rivit 011 us the credit
system." In the next, they shriek
because they have 110 credit. As a
matter of fact, these men, totally
unacquainted with the commonest
rules of business, heretofore un-
known commercially, suddenly find
themselves, by force of circumstan-
ces, at the head of what promised
to be (temporarily at, least) a great
commercial enterprise—money, by
the thousands of dollars at their
disposal where heretofore they had
only cents. Instead of having 110
credit they had too much. Instead
of our banks and merchants trying
to crush them, they sold to these
men (011 faith) hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars worth of merchan-
dise; and it is safe to say that this
concern owes to the banks and
business men of Dallas to-day #100,-
000, secured by the promises to
pay of farmers scattered all over
the State, most of it worthless. Is
it likely that these merchants and
bankers would combine to crush an
organization and lose $100,000,
Dallas invited the alliance to come
here—gave valuable considerations
to get them hero, and gave large
credit to the management—much
more than they deserved—expect-
ing that the promoters of the enter-
prise would place competent men
in office. To select men without
neccessary experience for the great
undertaking is about on a par (if
one could conceive it) with the
Emperor of Russia appointing an
unknown and inexperienced pri-
vate soldier to organize and lead to
victory the vast armies of that em-
pire. The men who have proved
themselves capable of conducting
such enterprise in this State can be
countcd 011 your ten fingers. The
Sangers, Blakes, Blums, Willises,
Clevclands, Rotans and .Too Browns
of Texas are not accidents, and in
a population of three millions wc
find only a dozen of them.
This circular of these three men
is an effort to conceal their lack of
ability, and to hide from the hon-
est toilers whose paper they have
used as collateral, the facts, by
arousiny a class prejudice, wholly
without foundation, and for which
they deserve the scorn and con-
tempt of all good men.
I am confident it is the hearty
wish of every banker and merchant
in Dallas, (especially those to
whom the Alliance is so largely in
debt,) that the capital stock shall
be promptly increased to 81,000,000
ed? Ah, gentlemen, your protec-j platforms, and will support tin
tion is for the manufacturers, and j Democratic nominees on the state
t rrvnai how do you propose to get it? You j and national ticket. Be it further
J. l vj j can only get it by making the la-' Resolved, That the Mineola
borer and all of us pay higher • Monitor In requested to publish
taxes. There is no other way. ' these resolutions.
Stagner «!LaForce, at their mill
011 Winsboro and Hawkins road
nine miles from Hawkins, cut the
finest quality of Heart and Sap
Pine Shingles. They keep also a
yard at Hawkins and one at Lake
Fork. Address,
STAGNER & LaFORCE,
Fine Mills, Wood Co. Tex.
Now, sir, wc are a very great!
people. We have a very large j
area of territory, stretching from !
where the swell of the Atlantic;
breaks upon the rook-bound coast I
of our eastern shore to where the
softer waves of the Par
upon the golden shores of Califor-
nia. We have a country not only
vast in area, but with 60,000,0(10
of population. We have vast wealth
in mines and minerals, and in our
soil
<t. W. Mitchell, CIi'ii.
J. D. Montgomery, Sec'y.
A Mound Lcg'ul Opinion.
E. Bainbridge Mundy Esq., County
Atty., Clay Co., Tex. says: "Have used
Electric Bitters with most happy results.
My brother also was very low with Ma-
larial Fever and Jaundice, but _ was
cured by timely use of this medicine.
Am satisfied Electric liitters saved his
life.
Mr. D. I. Wilco.vson, of Horse Cave,
Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: lie
Do you know anything of the and that they will at once put at
Houston transaction—-Dallas is ac- the head of their business capable
eused of keeping the mails and and experienced men, who know
wires hot to prevent the Exchange w|)at is a proper basis of credit—not
securing funds? ! only upon what to borrow money,
S. What "arrangement' could upon what to sell merchandise,
be made by the Exchange with Very truly yours.—J. T. Trkzk-
I VANT.
1 f it is true, as Mr. Trezevant sug-
j gests that the paper of the farmers
! . Would you like to have your of the country has been placed in
opinions in the premises in ex- the hands of the banks, and the
tenso if you care to submit them , Exchange should fail, one fact is
for the good of Dallas and the in-1 ... . , , ,
,. .. f , ,. .1 self evident and that is that those
formation of the people of the!
State. | who executed the paper will be
To these interrogatories a great j ealled on to pay the last cent of it
wo 1 at maturity even though they have
' local merchants to make the ele
'lnents against whom these charges
art! brought give "all the help
needed?"
. Yantls Letter.
Yantib, Texas, June, 3. 1888."
Eds. Monitor:
The Democracy of
Yantis asks space in your columns
to let the public konw that we are
not idle. Pursuant to a call by
precinct chairman, G. R. Mantis,
we assembled at Yantis School
house, Saturday night June 2. for
the purpose of organizing a Demo-
cratic club. Organization was
affected by the election ofG, W.
Mitchell as pennant chairman and
J. D. Montgomery as secretary.
After the election of the abovo
named officers, the house 'imiounc-
ed itself ready to hear the speakers.
Dr. J. F. Bertram addressed th«
house in favor of the Democracy
in an able talk of 30 minutes.
From the expression of the house
at the close of his remarks it, was
clearly inantest that his remarks
had met with a well nigh unani-
mous approval. The Union Labor
contingent was out in full force and
"Johnatlian Russell was there."
The Democracy exercising their
proverbial generosity granted him
40 minutes in which to address the
house; he opened his harangue by
regretting the limit, put upon his
time and stated that in three hours
ho could not tell the people one
half of what I10 knew. Ho said
he had "bared his patriotic breast
to the missiles of death" among
the mountain passes of Bucna Vis-
ta; that iie had risked his life upon
many blood stained battle fields in v
Mexico; and I could not help but
regret that history had done the
gallant Captain such an injustice a«
to not even mention bis name in
connection with Gen, Taylor in
that most brilliant campaign. H«
then told that long years ago, while
he was fresh from the fields of his
military achievements, he peered
into the future with a statesman's
foresight and ,admonished his fel-
low countrymen, with prophetic
foresight of their slavery and abject
serfdom. Ho told what ho did for
the great State of Texas during his
long and patriotic sevice, as the
peoples servant, while he stood
and bid defiance to Jay Gould.
The Captain never made a single
charge against the Democratic party* ,
that he attempted to prove. He
bitterly denounced some acts oftht
Republican party. And of course
the.refieetion naturally arose. Why
do you seek to defeat the only par- , .
ty that has any hope or disposition
of preventing a recurrence of the
self same things ? But by the time i
the Captain got through eulogising
himself and lauding his patriotio
services in the past, his time had
expired. Ho asked time to read
his party's platform, which was'
granted. Ho read, but your scribe*
listening ears failed to catch one
word about woman sufferage, or
the Union soldier business; of course
it was a mere oversigct in the
Captain Then J. D. Montgomery-
made a short address, ana front
the way the boys whooped it wi
evident that the Captain had s<
his oratory and his past brilliant
achievements, both civil and mili-
tary, in a community that utterly
failed to appreciate it. Upon a !
call for members, 05 voters came
forward and put down tneir names,
and before two weeks we will have
over 100. Yantis is a candidal .
for the banner precinct of tha Dem« ''5
ocratic party in Wood County.
Yantm,
—
rv'-.
Is Consumption Incurable?
and yet gentlemen point you ^Vtfvely L'ShHoui.l'K.lie.l, number of answers were made;
to these various tariffs and' Miyj; had it not been for Electric Bitters. select from the lot the answer of 1 received but ten cents on the dol-
" Behold! high tariff did all this! " This great remedy will ward off, as, self'a Irom inc 101 inc anHW<r 011. ... . . ...
I deny it I say no it did not; I j well as cure Dengue and all Malaria Dis- Mr. Trezevant which in purport 1 *ar 'aC0, This would be a
say that neither a high tariff nor a i hanl^£l!, .mlmXl' covers the same ground as all the j calamity to the farmers of the state,
low tariff did it. You cannot make j p^ce 50c. and^a" Kl^SmX^Co's! I t>., nrl hmmr nil flint i.nr snaee i 1111(1 purtlcularty SO in WOod COUn-
money by the legerdemain of leg-1
islation. You cannot pay taxes by j
the cunning devices of the law. It1
is labor that makes money. Itisi
the thews, and the muscles, and j
the sinews and the blood, and the'
balance and being all that our space
" • will permit introduced:
Lon Blassingamc is the prince of 1 FjRp A8B0CIATI0N ok Philaokl- \
saloon men. His saloon fronting Dallas, May 26,'88. )
the depot is one of the pleasure re- The Farmer: In reply to your
sorts of the city. I questions accompaning copy of
ty, if we arc rightly informed, and
one that we would very much re-
Set to see befall them. The near
ture will decide the destiny of
the Exchange and the people anx
iously await the result.
Head the following: Mr. C. H. Morris,
Newark,Ark., says: "Was down with ;
A bscess of I-ungs, and friends and physi-
cians pronounced me an Incurable con- ..
sumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New \
Discovery for Conmimntion, am now on
my third bottle, and able to oversee the
work on my farm. It is the finest med* ,
icine ever made."
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, sayrf™
"Had it not been for Dr. king's KvW
Discovery for Consumtion I would have,
died of Lnng Troubles. Was given
by doctors. Am now in bestofnealtl
Try it. Hainple bottles free at B.1
Smith & Co's Drug Store.
—Straw hats, the nicest
the city, at Caspary's.
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