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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURQ, PA.
THE COLUMBIAN.
ESTABLISHED 1 866.
THE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT,
KsTABt.isiiED 1837. Consolidated 1869.
I'ohlisiieij Every Thursday Mornino,
At Hloomsburg. the County Scat of
Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
CEO. E. EI.WEEL, Editor
1). J. TASKEK, Local Editor.
JEO. C. KOAN, Foreman.
Terms; Inside the county .ft. 00 a year
fa advance; $1.50 if not paid in alvance.
Outside the county, ft. 25 a yenr, strictly in
advnncc.
All communications should lie addressed
THE COLUMBIAN,
Uloomsliurg, Pa.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1900.
Democratic Candidates.
FOR SHERIFF.
DANIEL KNORR,
of Locust Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(North Side)
GEORGE VV. STERNER,
of Hemlock Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
R. G. F. KSHINK.A,
(North Side)
of Briarcreek Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
FRED. IKELER,
(North Side)
of Bloomsburg.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
A. P. YOUNG,
of Greenwood Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
WILLIAM T. CREASY,
(South Side)
of Catawissa Twp.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
(South Side)
C. Z. SCHLICHER,
of Beaver Twp.
GOVERNMENT, ANARCHISM, WHICH?
Anarchism, communism and lee
alized robberv are a trinity, feared
by all lovers of good government.
They are elements of danger in any
government. Piracy, plunder, and
ill gotten gain are characteristic of
human nature, when no restraint
can arrest their criminal greed.
Against this triumvirate of power
and plunder seeking agencies, all
the energies of the great majority ol
our liberty loving people have been,
and are still directed. These ener
gies, however, are divided, and the
efforts thus far, have been unavail
ing-
The curse of partisan spirit has
caused all efforts ineffective, lor the
reason that part of the people hold
to the idea of protection, while oth
ers hold to the idea of free trade.
So long as the people rejiain thus
divided on these questions, they
will continue to be plundered by
one form or other, of the above
named elements.
'JUnited," they would "stand,"
but, "divided," they "fall." The
people are agreed, however, that
public plunder, by reason of class
legislation, in the interest of mon
opoly, trusts, and combines, is
equally as dangerous to the wellfare
of our republic and commonwealth
as the other forms of robbery An
archism and Communism.
Nearly all the great metropolitan
newspapers, are either owned, or
controlled by the money oligarchy
f and naturally enough, they are
divided politically, democratic and
.republican, for and against protec
tion, always raising the tariff issue,
n order that they may accomplish
their ends divide public sentiment
and plunder the people by means of
class legislation.
Those metropolitan newspapers,
no matter what political colors they
Haunt, all work for the same object,
the same end the complete kiug
ship of the money oligarchy. Han
uaism, Wail street, Gold standard
and corruption are synonymous
Aud the great metropolitan news
papers are their exponents.
They are not exponents of agri
cultural interests. Their only ob
ject is political bondage of the
masses to the classes, or, to enslave
the people to the money power.
For illustration: Some years ago,
when the Grangers' Tax Bill was
peuding in the legislature, the ob
ject of which was Equalization of
Taxation, to relieve the farmers
' from the unjust burden, under
which they were then, and are yet
oppressed and goaded, some of the
1'biladelphia dailies raised such a
hullabaloo and cry, warning all the
people, and the farmers in particu
lar against such an ' 'iniquitous and
unngiueous measure, whicu was
"too inquisitorial," and which re
quired the assessor, or property
hunter to "search all houses from
, cellar to garret" a thing that would
be unendurable, hence, unconstitu
lional.
These same newspapers sent cir
culars to many post offices in the
State, denouncing the iniquities
of the Bill, and urging the farmers
to petition the Legislature not to
pass the law. "Too inquisitorial.."
These metropolitan newspaper men
well knew, t'lat the farmers did not
have the valuables in their houses
that these stuffed and bloated mon
opoly people have in their city
homes.
"Too inquisitorial"! And thus
the protected robbers escaped the
assessments for taxations, hundreds
of millions of dollars worth of per
sonal property, and the fanners
were obliged to continue to carry
an unjust share of the burdens of
taxation, as before.
These are the newspapers that
seek to control, frighten, or cajole
the farmers into any desired meas
ure, required to further the cause of
King gold. The farmers dare not
presume to depend upon the politi
cal sophistry of city lore, as enunci
ated by these newspapers for their
guide in judgment, and direction of
action, in matters pertaining to
tlieir interest; no matter whether it
pours from democratic, or republi
can city sources. For they are de
ceptive, wilfully and corruptly de
ceptive; by premeditation and fore
thought, petsistenly deceptive.
The farmers have an industry of
their own. It is carried on inde
pendently, and by individual energy,
and by collective and united action
every individual farmer operating
his own plant, either in person or
by tenant. All the farmers should
organize into a great political party
independent of all other political
parties, and establish a bureau of
political literature, adapted to their
needs and circumstances, as their
interests may require. They should
be organized upon the same princi
ple that the old parties are organ
ized, with national, state and county
committees, and run their own
political newspapers in all of the
committee departments.
In this manner they would be
come a formidable and potent force
in American politics, whose influ
ence and power would not only be
felt, but feared by all the other con
trolling forces in the government.
Thus organized, they could hold
their own national and state con
ventions, adopt their own party
platforms, nominate their own can
didates for president and governor,
and other national, state and county
officers, and they would have a
plurality over any other faction,
and if not able to elect the heads of
government, they would have the
controlling power to elect whomso
ever they chose, in conjunction
with any other faction nearest in
harmony with their own principles.
Thus organized, the farmers
would virtually govern this country.
They would be able to restore our
government to its proper functions
ol primitive purity, and save the
government from anarchy, and
thems2lves from financial ruin and
slavery.
The corrupt politician, machine
boss, and their henchmen, would
be obliged to ply their vocation
among other classes, as the farmers
would run their own machine, poli
tical, as well as industrial.
There is no reason why the farm
ers should not thus organize politi
cally, for their interests are identi
cal all over our country, aud what
is to the interest of one, is to the
interest ot all. There should be no
difference of opinion among the
farmers as to their best interests so
far as relates to the laws regulating
taxation, and the classes of property
that should bear their just share of
taxation. J.
THE COPPER AQE.
The world is apparently entering
upon a new copper age. as tne
invention of the steam engine ush
ered in the present iron age, so the
development of electricity intro
duces the new copper age.
Iron is the structural metal and
the locomotive and elevator made
ts use profitable in so many ways
that its use has increased a hun
dred fold in less than a hundred
years.
Copper is the metal which con
ducts with the least loss and the
greatest efficiency, the electric cur
rent, and the use of electricity is
increasing the demand for copper
more rapidly even than steam in
creased the demand for iron.
Electricity as a motive power is
new. but in its infancy. At the be
ginning of the twentieth century it
is in about the same comparat tve
stage of development that the steam
engine was in at the beginning of
the nineteenth century. All kinds
of development proceed much faster
now than formerly, and between
1900 and 1950 there is likely to be
a greater increase in the use of cop
per than there was in the increase
ot the use of iron between 1800
and 1900.
The world's consumption of cop
per in 1899 was more than double
what it was in 1898. During the
next ten years its use is sure to in
crease faster than in the past.
Where is all this copper to come
from ? The world's production of
copper ia 1898 was 482,905 tons.
More than two-thirds of this came
from four sources: 1. The Rio
Tints mines of Spain. 2. The
M VOMIT
Finger on
vour rase
You feel the blood rush)
alone.
But what kind of blood?
That is the question.
Is it pure blood or impure
blood?
If the blood is impure then
you are weak and languid;
your appetite is poor and your
digestion is weak. You can
not sleep well and the morn
ing Ands you unprepared for
the work of the day. Your
cheeks are pale and your com
plexion is sallow. You are
c ana your turn-
illow. You are II
pimples, boils,! I
Ion of the ikin.V
fy your blood ? T
troubled with
or some eruption
Why not purify your
t
will do it. Take it a few days
and then put your finger on
your pulse again. You can
feel the difference. It is
stronger and your circulation
better. Send for our book on
Impure Blood.
If you are bilious, take
Ayer's Pills. They greatly
aid the Sarsaparilla, They
cure constipation also.
WfH to our Doatorm.
Writ them frMlrnll th particular.
In Tour ca;. You HI rec.lv. a
mpt reply, without jott.
mw.1I, M&ll.
Lake mines of the United States.
3. The Montana mines. 4. The
mines of Arizona and Sonora, Mex
ico The production of the Rio Tints
mines has slightly increased in the
past year or two, but the produc
tion of the Lake and Montana
mines nave shown a decided falling
off, so the only source of supply on
which the world can depend with
confidence for the supply of its
greatly increased demand for cop
per, is the Virgin mines of Arizona,
and Sonora, Mexico.
In the ten years, from 1889 to
1899, the world only doubled its
production of copper, but Arizona
and Sonora more than quadrupled
their production, and more than
half of the total increase in the
world's production came from the
Arizona and Sonora mines.
The people who bought Lake
copper mining stocks twenty years
ago, or Montana and Arizona cop
per mining stocks ten years ago,
are the millionaires of to-day.
John D. Rockefeller made a good
part of his money out of copper,
and William A. Clark and Marcus
Daly made all of theirs out of cop
per mines.
If we can judge the future by
the past, and any dependence can
be placed on the indications of the
present, the men who buy the
stocks of good and well managed
copper mines, in such copper pro
ducing countries as Arizona and
Sonora to-day, will be the milliori
aires of ten and twenty years hence.
Of course, there are fakes in Ar
izona and Sonora, as well as else
where, but there are also good and
honestly managed mines, with pros
pects more promising than were
those of the United Verde, of Ari
zona, the stock of which, only ten
years ago was offered at $t. 00 per
share, and went begging at that.
To-day it sells for $300 a share and.
has paid sixteen millions of dollars
dividends.
Among the new copper districts
that have come into prominence
whhin the last two years, and
which will soon be ranked with and
eventually eclipse the four compara
tively old mining districts of the
world, is that of the Canaca moun
tains, of Sonora, Mexico, less than
one hundred miles south of the
great Verde mines. Here the
Greene Consolidated Copper Com
pany own over 7,000 acres of copper
ground, on a portion ot wnictitnere
are some old native works, where
some hnndre .is of years ago the old
people, then inhabiting that coun
try, extracted ores that must have
been ot great richness, tor the re
fuse, of which there are great piles
or dumps on the ground, produces
from six to twelve per cent, cop
per, when run through the smelter
of the company now owning and
operating the property.
Prof. Geo. A. Treadwell, M. R
who located and commenced the
development of the United Verde
mines, about ten years ago, ana
sold stock to his friends at one dol
7 rs I
Star Clothing House
Spring Styles
Call and see the
fa Styles for Men,
You will find just what
you want, in shade,
fit, price and
quality, at
TOWNSEND'S
Star Clothing House
Hotel For Runt.
The Park Hotel, at Towanda, Fa.,
is for rent. Possession given April
1 st, 1900. Located in the heart of
the town, opposite Court House. For
terms, apply to Geo. E. Klwell,
Bloomshura:, Pa., or E. V. Elwell,
Towanda, Pa. tf.
lar a share.when nobody else would
touch it, has thoroughly examined
this property, and says : "It is the
first mines I have been willing to
ask n;y friends to invest their
money in from the time I left the
Verde mines until now."
Miles Gibbons 55 K. 88th Street,
New York a mining expert of more
than a quarter of a century experi
ence in all parts of the world, says
over his own signature, "with che
exception of the gold mines of the
Rand South Africa I have never
seen a mining property equal to the
property of the Greene Consolidated
Copper Company."
The small smelter now running
on the property has, during 85
days actual operation smelted 14,
600 tons of ore, producing two
million and eighty thousand pounds
of copper matter averaging 62 per
cent, copper, 23 ounces of silver
and twelve one-hundredths ounces
of gold to the ton. Eight thousand
feet of development work has been
alone thereby opening uo ore re
serves sufficient for many years
continuous run.
The various mines or claims on
this property, seven miles long by
2'i wide covering 7000 acres the
Verde property has 200 acres
have consolidated tlieir interests
with a capital stock of $5,-
000,000 and tne plant will be in
creased to 500 tons daily capacity.
Some of the business men of our
town being impressed with the pos
sibilities of the copper business and
having personal acquaintance with
all the projectors of the Greene
Consolidated Company have care
fully examined the probable values
and chances of "Cananea proposi
tion," to use the western expression
and being satisfied that the property
is at least in a copper country and
the mines producing ores that aver
age 12 to 15 per cent, copper, have
decided to buy a considerable block
of stock on which they have had
an option for some time pending
their investigation. X.
COTFS
OF COD-LIVER OIL WITH
HYPOPHOSPHITES
chculd always be kept in
the house for the fol
lowing reasons:
FtRST Because, If any member
of the family has a hard cold, It
will cure it.
SECOND Because. If the chil
dren are delicate and sickly, it will
make them strong and well.
THIRD Because, if the father or
mother Is losing flesh and becom
ing thin and emaciated, It will build
them up and give them flesh and
strength.
FOURTH - Because it Is the
standard remedy In all throat and
lung affections.
No household should be without It.
It can be taken in summer as well
as In winter.
90c. end li.oo, all druggUlt,
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chtmuu, Nw York.
a
Now In.
:;i CBsa.
A Very Important
Sale of Lace Curtains.
Special preparations have been made for this sale. Special
buying has been done for it, and special prices will prevail dur
ing; its continuance. We inight do some sensational advertising
about this lace curtain sale, but sensational advertising- is not al
ways convincing- advertising; so we prefer stating the plain facts
in a plain manner, and trust to your good judgment and knowl
edge of values for the rest. It will be a saving to you to buy
during this sale, which will begin Saturday, March 31st. and will
last until April 15th. But as fas, as the lots are closed we can
not replace them. Ihese are
50 pairs lace curtains, at 35c,
worth 50c.
50 pairs lace curtains at 60c,
worth 65c. '-ZZZHtfi
25 pairs lace curtains at 75c,
worth $1 00.
35 pairs lace curtains at 80c,
worth $1 00.
25 pairs lace curtains at 89c,
worth $1 10.
25 pairs lace curtains at 98c,
worth $1 25.
25 pairs lace curtains at $1 15,
worth $1 35.
25 pairs lace curtains at $1 25,
worth $1 50.
19 pairs lace curtains at $1 40
worth $1 75.
20 pairs lace curtains at $1 75
worth $2 25.
25 pairs lace curtains at $1 98
worth $2 25.
12 pairs lace curtains at $2 00
worth 2 50.
12 pairs lace curtains st $2 25
worth 2 75.
12 pairs lace curtains at $2 98
worth 3 50.
9 pairs lace curtains at $3 00
worm 3 50.
8 pairs lace curtains at $3 75
worth 4 50.
12 pairs lace curtains at $4 25
worth 5 00.
6 pairs lace curtains at $4 69
worth 5 25.
6 pairs lace curtains at $5 00
worm o 00.
6 pairs lace
urtains at
$3 50
5 00
55 75
$8 00
worth 6 50.
Irish Point curtains at
worth 6 00.
Irish Point curtains at
worth 7 00.
Irish Point curtains at
worth 9 50.
Brussels net curtains at $5 00
worth 6 25.
Do not miss this store if you
R P. Pursel
Our New Spring Values.
We have just received, for the spring trade, the very latest
styles in Dress Goods, Waist Silks, Trimmings, Ribbons, L:ices.
In fact, all the latest style Drc$s Goods and Fancy Notions in the
market.
LADIES' SPRING SUITS Ladies' and Misses' Spring
Jackets. Latest styles, right prices.
SHOES! SHOES ! Great values, nobbv styles, small prices.
Our sales on shoes still increase. We are up to date at all times
in this department.
SHIRT WAISTS AND SEPARATE SKIRTS.-It will
pay you to see the stvles and learn prices.
LADIES' WRAPPERS.-We keep a complete line.
Have you seen our great sewing machine ? We are handling
one of the best on the market. Up to date in every respect and
price lowest. If you expect to buy, it will pay you to see our
make of machine and learn our prices.
IN OUR GROCERY HF.PA TOTMirMT n,-n .t the
front in fine groceries, fancy Chinaware. In dinner and chamber
sets our sales are increasing every day.
You will find it will always pay to trade with us. Our aim
has ever been to give you latest styles and best prices.
Bloomsburg Store Co., Limited.
Corner Main and Centre. ALFRED McIIENRY, Mgr-
prices :
Brussels net curtains at $5 75
worth 675.
Brussels net curtains at $7 50
worth 9 00.
Muslin curtains at $1 25,worth
1 50.
Muslin curtainsat $1 98,worth
2 50.
Muslin curtains at $2 98,worth
3 5o.
Women's
Tailor-Made Suits
We have every reason to feel
proud of the splendid impres
sion created by our annual
spring display in all depart
ments of the store. But in none
was it mote pronounced than in
our women's suit section. Every
visitor that gave voice to her
opinion told us that there is a
refinement and style touch to
our garments that is not notic
able elsewhere, and the low
prices seem out of harmony
with the elegance of our cos
tumes. Dainty
Wash Goods.
Designers, weavers and color
blenders have fairly outdone
themselves this season. Never
in the history of cotton textiles
has so much art, so much re
fined taste been displayed. It's
only a very modest little invest
ment for you to make to secure
a new summer gown or two,
and think of the satisfaction of
choosing from all of this crisp
newness. Dimities, in all the
colors for spring neat and
pretty ioc the yard. Finer
quality, 15c.
are in need of Furniture.