THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA.
COXEYISM AND M'KINLEYISM.
The Secretary of tlie American Tro
tective Tarifi' League wriies to the
H oritt protesting against the Leacue s
being lie!d responsible in any wise for
the Loxcyite " armies. II is r.rob
able that we were mistaken in naming
tne League as the specihc source from
which the Coxeyites were receiving
aid. r.evei meiess, a week oso tneie
were unmistakable signs that the Pro
tectionisls were lending the move
nient aid and encourjgcnicnt of a sub
stantiai cnaracier ; just as there are
sitns now that they dropt.ed it when
public attention was called to the cur
marks of partisan manipulation.
And i'i spite of protests and dis
claimeis noihing is more obvious than
that Mclvinieyism and Coxeyism
stand in the relation of cause and
effect.
For twer.tv years the Protectionists
have taught by speeches in Congress
and on the stump and tnrough their
puty pr-'m !.u when anything goes
wrong with business, or even with any
particular industry, Congress should
be called upon to set things right
Then- doctrine, put forward on all oc
casions, has been and is that laws
make prosperity or bring disaster, and
that the remedy for industrial disasters
is more laws or changed laws.
In what does this differ from Cox
eyism ? The Coxeyites are in dis
tress, iney claim to be willing to
work but unable to obtain work, and
to represent millions who are suffer
ing privation by reason of this :on
dition of tilings Thev follow the
teachings they hive heard for years
and turn to Washington for help.
I hey ask Congress to pass laws
which they claim will brins relief.
Even their plan of presenting " a
petition in boots is borrowed from
tne McKtnleyites. How many times
during the last dozen or twenty years
nave me u.ipitoi and Washington
swarmed with people who had gone
there to ask Congress to pass laws or
to levy taxes for their special benefit ?
how long is it since the Protectionist
spellbinders and newspapeis were
shrieking in chorus because the Dem
ocrats of House and Senate refused
to give " hearings " to bands of people
iiuui an pans or me country who in
sisted upon telling Congress what
kind of laws and taxes they wanted
for their own benefit ? Is it a month
since Mrs. J. Ellen Foster carried
throng of Rhode Island factory girls
to Washington and chased Senators
around the committee rooms with her
' petition in boots ?"
Does the fact that the McKinlev
ites nad thi money (or had it put up
tor tnem) to go to Washington in
passenger coaches give them any
rights not possessed by the Coxeyites,
who for lack of money must walk or
steal rides on freight trains ?
The plain truth is that Coxeyism is
simply McKinleyism reduced to an
absurdity by being carried to its logi
cal conclusion. And though a bur
lesque in its present phase it will have
one good effect. We shall hear less
hereafter of Congress and Congress
made laws as the remedy for industrial
troubles and trade depression. We
sha'l see an end made of those " pe
titions in boots which the palace car
Coxeyites have been thrusting upon
Congress year in and year out. We
shall see the honest American doc
trine of self-help put in practice more
and more.
Blindly and unconsciously, with but
a nebulous idea of what he is doing,
the grotesque Coxey is a great re
former. His absurd " army " will be
turned into a circus side show at 25
cents admission and then melt away
into the police stations, almshouses
and casual freight trains. But he has
taught a lesson that will not be for
gotten. He has opened our eyes to
the extent to which our social struc
ture has been undermined. He has
set men to thinking, and as the first
and surest result of that thinking a
halt will be called upon that form of j
State Socialism known as McKinley
ism. y. Y. World.
THE PULLMAN PALACE CAE.
Some time ago Mr. Pullman, the
millionaire, of palace car fame, was
led to remark that he was happier
when so poor that he had not a dollar
in his pocket than he now is as the
possessor of $50,000,000. The fol
lowing may throw some light on this
unique conclusion. We found it in
the Harrisburg Patriot :
The impositions practiced upon a
patient traveling public by " the Pull
man palace car company " are so fre
quent and so flagrant that a shout of
rejoicing runs a'l along the line when
any one with sufficient persistence and
courage carries through the courts to
a successful ending a piosecution to
recover for wrongs and indignities.
A late decision by the supreme
court in this connection is especially
pleasing. Mrs. Jennie Campbell, of
Sioux City, Iowa, was a passenger on
a Pullman palace car on one of the
Iowa roads five years ago, and being
alone in the car at night was awaken
ed in her berth by the porter, who at
tempted assault. She fled from her
berth and took refuge in the toilet
room, where she remained a prisoner
until the train stopped at a station
and the conductor was attracted by
her cries The shock seriously affec
ted her health as well as her peace of
mind, and she brought suit against
the Pullman company in the United
States court for the northern district
of Iowa. Judgment was rendered
against the company and Mrs. Camp
bell was awarded $10,000 damages.
An appeal was taken by the Pullman
e nr company to the supreme court of
the United states, and last Monday
the judgment of the lower court was
affirmed. The defendant company,
under the decision rendered, will hIso
be obliged to pay the costs of the liti
gation and the interest on the judg
ment rendered nearly five years ago,
in addition to the principal.
This affirmatively settles a grave
question long mooted by the I'ullman
company, namely, its responsibility for
injuries or indignities imposed upon
its pations by its employees. But it
does not dispose of the hundreds of
minor annoyances -classifying them
mildly to which the patrons of that
company are daily subjected, some of
which the J'atriol has more than
once had occasion to point out. Many
of these impositions might well be
regulated by local legislation and in
the present mood of the public the
member who would introduce in our
legislature and carry to passag a
measure embodying needed reliefs
would receive the plaudits of a grate
ful people to a remarkable extent. To
aid any fearless member in thu re
spect during the approaching legisla
live session sl;a 1 be the pleasure of
the J'atriol and the wrongs of this
corporate monopoly that most need
early regulation and remedy will be
duly pointed out in these columns in
order that public opinion and the leg
islative mind may be concentrated
thereon.
EE Oil THE WATCH, SAiS BICES.
Here is Hicks on May weather:
The month opens at the end of April's
dosing storm period, with storm dis
turbances disappearing in extreme
eastern parts ef the country, and cooler
weather prevailing in central and west
em sections. An equinox of Mercury
is central on the 3d, and will cause
cloudiness and tendency to continued
drizzle. In the extreme north sleet
need not prove a surprise. By the 4th
decided change to warmer will develop
in the west, and during the 5th to 7U1
reactionary storms will pass over the
country, being central about the time
of new moon on the 5th. A sharp
change to cooler will follow the dis
turbances at this time, with strong
probabilities 01 trost along the north
ern side of the country Irom about
7th to 10th
From ioth to 14th is the next regu
lar period of change and storm. A very
warm wive is apt to appear by the
1 1 th in western regions, and during
the three days next following florins
of much energy and wide scope will
traverse the country from west to east.
Another very cool wave for the season
will come in behind the storms, caus
ing several days of much cooler weather
in the country generally. Heavy rains
may reasonably be expected during
the last named disturbances, namely.
about the nth, 12th and 13th, during
wnicn time a series ot daily storms
recurring near the same time of day.
or night, for several days need not be
unlookert tor. Watch barometers, tem
perature and direction of wind ; if bar
ometer fails to rise after one storm
passes, with wind still in east and south,
expect another storm from the west,
and so on until conditions change.
The cool weather fo lowing the
storms of the last period will give
place to warmer, and secondary storms
win appear in many places about the
17th ard 18th, immediately after
which the barometer will rise rapidly
to a very high reading, attended by a
sham change to cooler.
From 21st to 25th fails the next
storm period, during which time it will
grow very warm, and many storms of
rain, thunder and wind will appear. In
all these disturbances the intelligent
use ot the barometer and correct obser
vation of wind currents will foreshadow
with much certainty the coming and
the intensity of storms. About the
27th and 28th will be central the last
disturbances for May, bringing fair
and cooler days and nights for the
closing month.
The usual treatment of catarrh is
very unsatisfactory, as thousands can
testify. Proper local treatment is posi
tively necessary to success, but many,
if not most, of the remedies in general
use attord but temporary relict. A cure
certainly cannot be expected from
snuffs, powders, douches and washes.
Ely s Cream Balm, which is so highly
commended, is a remedy which com
bines the important requisites of quick
action, specihe curative power, with
perfect safety and pleasantness to the
patient. The druggists oil sell it.
It begins to look as though Coxey's
army may succumb to rum, rheuma
tism and rebellion. l. Joneph Her
ald. Now Sho is Well.
" My wife was troubled with stom
ach, liver a:;d kidney disease and noth
ing would help her but Ilocd's Sarsa
parilla. She took two bottles and now
she is well and has a good appetite.
My boy was troubled with headaches
and stomach difficulty and he has
taken Hood's Vegetable Pills, which
we think are the best.
Nathaniel Sensing. Cross Kill
Mill, Pa.
Hood's Pills cures all liver ills. 35c.
HOCOMPBOMISE ON THE INCOME
TAX.
The " leading Democratic Senator"
who is willing to compromise with the
enemies of any income tax by lower
ing the limit on taxable incorres to
$2,000 or !? 1,200 and lowering the
rate of taxation to 1 per cent, or one
half per cent, is a mischief maker.
The proposition is a treacherous one
The effect of such a change would
be to make the measure unpopular by
taxing those who ought not to be
taxed. Undoubtedly this is the
purpose.
Instead of lowering the limit of ex
emption it should be raised from
$4,000 to $5,000. The tax on
incomes between $5,000 and $10,000
should be light, but the rate should
increase gradually with every addi
tional $10,000. This is the kind of
bill The World has advocated. Such
a bill would be just, popular and ef
ficient to raise revenue.
Those who represent that the in
come tax now in the Wilson bill is an
element of weakness discover either
great ignorance of public opinion or
great impudence in falsehood. Two
or three facts will show what the truth
is.
Congressman Coomhs, of Brooklyn,
opposed the income tax feature of the
Wilson bill supposing that he was
representing the wishes of his con
stituents, but when he returned home
he discovered that while his efforts in
behalf of the bill generally were ap
preciated and made matter of express
congratulation, compliments for his
course in opposing the income tax
feature were few indeed. The action
for which he expected to be most
praised was generally disapproved.
He went back to Washington a wiser
man.
Senator Hale, of Maine, was op
posed to the income tax offically as
a partisan duty. But he went down to
Maine for a little vacation and found
out that this tax was so popular there
among Republicans as well as Demo
crats that since his return to Washing
ton he has been reckoned a doubtful
opponent of it.
A prominent member of the Con
solidated Stock Exchange in this city
stated within a week his great surprise
at discovering upon a careful informal
inquiry that every Demociatic mem
ber favored the tax and half the Rep
ublicans also. JV. 1". World.
Property Bold and fought.
The following named persons have
had their deeds recorded in compli
ance with law since those last pub
lished :
Andrew J. McHenry to Stillwater
MTg Co., Stillwater.
C. W. Artley to Chas. E. Bucher,
Franklin.
J. B. McHenry to Geo. B. Crossley,
Benton.
F. W. Heller to C. Millard Eves,
Millville.
Rohr McHenry to Geo. L. McIIeni v
et al, Benton.
John G. McHenry to Geo. I..
McHenry et al. Benton.
J. C. bhultz to Daniel Shultz, Madi
son.
Patrick McFadden to Marv McFad-
den, Bloom.
Kate Sharnless to Alice Welliver.
Catawissa.
Mary E. Walter to Emma C. Raber.
Benton.
C. C. Peacock to C. B. McIIenrv.
Bloom.
Emma Constantine to Thos. T.
Reese, Centralia.
L. A. Reillv to Edward Reese. Cen
tralia.
Jacob H. Creasy to Tohn E. Har
mony, Main.
Emma Constantine to Edward
Reece, Centralia,
Ella G. Stewart to D. P. Unaer.
Orange.
C. A. Y esley et al. to Glenn A.
Tubbs, Benton.
Philip W. Melick et al.to Thos. Me.
Bride, Scott.
Susan A. Sands to H. H. Sands
Madison.
Tos. W. Eves to C. I.. Sand. et nl
Mt. Pleasant.
Mathias T. Whitenicht to ITarrv V.
Whitenight, Hemlock.
Harry E. Whitenight to Delilah
Whitenight, Hemlock.
Elizabeth Fetterman to Cathann
Beaver, Locust.
T. W. Pursel et al. Committee, to
Dennis Pursel. Hemlock.
Dennis Pursel to Chas. W. Serhrist.
Hemlock.
Miles A. Williams to C. W. M ;iW
Orange.
W m Masters to Catharine Colemar,
Mt. Pleasant.
Samuel Heacock to Laura I. Ilea.
cock et al. Benton.
Bloom. Mutual S. F. to M. 1:.
Appleman, Bloom.
Jackson iV Woodin MTg Co. to
Berwick Stove Co., limited, Berwick.
Ed. T. Smith, Administrator, to
Isaac C Glaofelter, Mifflin.
I. C. Gladfclter to Ed. F. Smith,
Mifflin.
I. W. McKelvy to Mary Appleman,
Buckhorn.
What sunshine is to flowers,
smiles and kind words are to humanity-
A holy life has a voice ; it speaks
when the tongue is silent.
Thai Miing Cough
if allowed to run, will destroy the lining to
Throat and Lungs, weaken tnc system and
invite the Consumption Germ.
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod-liver Oil, with hypophosphitcs of lime
and soda, builds up the system, overcomes
Chronic Coughs and Colds, and strengthens
the Lungs. Physicians, the world over, endorse
it.
SCOTT'S EMULSION It the most nourishing food known to
science. It is Cod-liver Oil rendered palatable and easy to assimilate.
Prepared by Soott A Bowne, N.Y. Druggists sell It.
ALEXANDER HltOTilEKS & CO.
DEALERS IN
Cigars, Tobacco, Candies, Fruits and Huts
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Henry Mail lard's Fine Candies. Fresh Every Week.
SOLE AGENTS KOR
F .F. Ada;ns& Co's Fine Cut Chewing Tobacco
Srtlo agents for the following bruiids of Cigars
-Trir' Pl'-l- T i. Tr-wl Tr, Prinze-; ?,lwr'-Ti .llvo Acl
Bloomsburg Pa.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
A '! f,'Himi nam m. ransiioir
or 0IIi CJLOT2I,
YOU WILL FIND A NICE LINK AT
W. II, BlOWiEB'S
2nd Door aoovo Court House.
A large lot of Window Curtains in stock.
The Pot called the kettle Black
because the housewife
did'nt use
feasp u y Fi
asCcxcCVm ft USE?
-"COIN MKT,
m THE POSITIVE CURE.
mC&S ELY BKOTUER3, 60 Warren BU New fork. Price 60 cti.1
Little to
gather
after using poor manure. Poor manure
can't raise eood crops.
A ton of good manure costs no more than a ton of poor manure.
Bailgh's manure will make your farm pay, by raising paying crops.
If you want to know how to get out of a farm all it's worth, send
on a postal card a request for a sample and full information.
BAUGH & SONS COMPANY,
RAWBONTMANURn. 20 S. Delaware Ave., Philada.
Scalp blanks for sale nt
office. tf.
this
I AM NOW A
MAN!
Al Hi WA1.
I wat troubled with dmiI.I.mi
and varicocele, tiid hud beeu
email weak fur iwveu your.,
Huriim the laat four ream I
tried erery ramedr that wua iold
iiu k n no r 101 for any or my
troubles until I took rA I tuobji a
ri'.tored u and 1 am now a man,"
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We will end vnn ih..
Xei?'i."uuch preparation
CALTHOS free, by sealed
jiiDil aud a legal guarantee
that Caltuos will
STOP "
r 1 1 R r "PonnatoiTlies, Vart.
WW lib cveaie, and
RESTORE Lot Tlior.
Use it Scpav if satisfied.
American Agents, Cincinnati. O.
FRANK SHELHAUT
MERCHANT TAILOR,
Main Street, Opposite St. Elmo Hotel.
ILook Mere !
Do you want i
Do ou want tin
, VffiSt
Do you want n
Do you want an v kind
of a MUSICAL, IN
STRUMENT ?
Do you want SHEET
MUSIC?
If so, do not sent.1 your mon
ey away from home, but deal
with a reliable dealer right
here, who will make things
rihr, if there is anything
wrong.
For anything in this line
the place to go is to
3. SSaitzer's,
Ware-rooms, Main Street he
low Market.
THE MARKETS.
BLOOMSBURG MARKETS.
COKBICTID WIIKLY. RBTaIL KICI..
Butter per lb $ .24
Eggs per dozen .12
Lard per lb ,
Ham per pound
Fork, whole, per pound 07
Beef, quarter, per pound .... 06
Wheat per bushel
Oats " "
Rye " "
Wheat flour per bbl
Hay per ton
Potatoes per bushel
1 urnips " "
Oninns
Sweet potatoes per peck 25
Cranberries per qt
Tallow per lb
Shoulder " "
Side meat " "
Vinegar, per qt
Dried apples per lb
Dried cherries, pitted
Raspberries
Cow Hides per lb
Steer " "
CalfSkin 40
Sheep pelts
Shelled corn per bus
Corn meal, cwt
Bran, "
Chop "
Middlings "
Chickens per lb
Turkeys " "
Geese " "
Ducks " "
J
to .06
to .08
.70
.40
.65
3.00
18.00
.60
1.00
to .40
.10
.04
.10
.10
.07
OS
.124
.02
.03
to .50
.60
60
2.00
1,00
1. 10
I 10
.10
.!
.10
.10
Coal.
No. 6, delivered. . . .
" 4 and s "
" 6 at yard
" 4 and s at yard.,
2.40
35
2.25
3S
PARK.LRS
HAIR BALSAM
Clean and bmulillui tin h
Promote! a luxnri.nl fruwth.
Novor Falla to Beatora Oray
Hair to Ita Youthrul Co or.
Ciuu iip d !'. hair tu'lu
c, amU I IV at Prwglitl
Lii4. TtT.llll'Jill'iiiJ
" fyrkor'a Humor Tonlo. It cure. tli wor.l V"""?
Weak l.unRi, Delulity, Indiftrtlon, Kiu, Taat lu tuiM.W"''
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