The Oklahoma Representative. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1897 Page: 5 of 8
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'[FREDERICK I'PIIAM ADAMS in The New Time.]
The attempt of administration newspapers to
'"restore confidence" and bring about a ''return of
prosperity" is at once amusing anci depressing, j
Thoughtful men and women can hardly repress a
■smile in reading the editorial and #ews columns of
certain metropolitan papers, but it is sad to think
that millions of people have no intelligent grasp of
the situation and will suffer and be ruined by
reason of their ignorance of economic truths.
■I What is this "confidence?" Of what have the
manufacturers and business men been afraid?
What new policy has been inaugurated by reason
of which we are to enter into an era .of prosperity
which will gladden the heartsof tile people? Clear
your brains for a moment and read a few para-
graphs in the history of your country.
There was a panic in 181y.
There was a panic in 1837!
There was a panic in 1848.
There was a panic in 1857.
There was a panic in 1869.
There was a panic in 1873.
There was ,a panic in 1884.
There was a panic in 1887.
There was a panic in 1893.
After each one of these panics—with the excep-
tion of the last one—"confidence was restored"
and the "dawn of prosperity" came. It is reason-
able to suppose that the same phenomenon will
again occur. It is safe to predict that the date of
this "revival of business" is at hand. It is a cer-
• tainty that it will speedily be followed by another
"panic," another , "depression in business," and
another "loss of confidence."
In these years, from 1819 to 1897, we have had
free trade and high tariff. We have experimented
with all grades of tariff schedules and have opened
our markets to the trade of the world. And yet
we have had panics. Look at the record. Mark
the shortening interval between the panics. Pon-
der a moment on the awful record of suffering due
to these national calamities. Think of the ruined
lives, the suicides, the starved children, the broken
hearted toilers of the republic who have been
stricken down through no fault of their own. Hun-
dreds of thousands of banks and business firms
have been swept away; millions of mortgages 011
•houses have been foreclosed; millions of men have
been drafted from farm and workshops into the al-
1 lied armies of the tramp and the unemployed; mil-
lions of children have been dragged from the school-
room and imprisoned in the impure air of the fac-
tory or the mine.
1819, 1837, 1848, 1857, 1869, 1873, 1884, 1887,
1893. "Confidence."
Confidence in such a system! Only a fool can
avc cnnncicnce that the iron laxvs'nt trade and in-
dustrial economy will repeal themselves at the com-
mand of a congress in league with the gamblers of
Wall street.
Is the Dinglej; tariff bill much different from the
McKinley bill of eight years ago? Is there some
potent charm in the slight readjustment of sched-
ules by which the people pay more taxes on the"
necessities of life and less on the luxuries? I think
not. And yet the panic of 1893 came when every
line of the McKinley bill was in force and effect.
The great panic of 1873 came when the war tariff
was in effect and at a time when 110 voice was raised
against the "American system of protection." The
panic of 1857 came when we had the lowest tariff
in the history of the country? "The discovery of
gold in California was at the root of the financial
storm in 1857," says the Chicago Tribune of July
2 71 1897. "The overproduction of silver was the
cause of the loss of confidence of 1893," shouted
every high priest at that time. High tariff, low
tariff, silver at a premium over gold, silver at a
parity with gold, gold monometallism, with panic
succeeding panic at regularly shortening intervals.
Panics with the free and unlimited coinage of sil-
ver; panics with every dollar of our currency rest-
ing on a gold basis; a panic preceding a great war;
a panic following the declaration of peace after
billions of property had been destroyed, panics
with the unbroken prairies of the west inviting the
husbandman to woo them; panics with the whole
range of the continent at the command of the far-
mer; panics with republicans in power; panics with
democrats in power; panics in the manufacturing
districts of the Middle States and New England;
panics in the farming districts of the west; panics
in the cotton and rice centers of the south; panics
in free trade England; panics in protected Ger-
many, France and Italy.
And President McKinley asks us to have confi-
dence. Secretary Gage implores us to have con-
fidence. Wall street dusts off the gambling table
and shouts, "Come on, boys," and assures us that
"confidence is restored." Dingley and Reed point
to the new tariff bill and bid us have new faith in
that corruption-tainted talisman.
They mock the intelligence of American citizen-
ship. They assume that w isdom has departed
from the people. They lie and they know they
lie. They have adopted no remedy and they know
it. They have reason to believe a brief revival of
business is at hand, and they propose to perpet-
uate their political advantage by it. They know
that the revival will be followed by a panic. They
serve • the men who grow rich by successive panics
and depressions, as grain gamblers who control the
market become rich by raising and lowering the
price of wheat and corn.
BW COTTON LAWS.
Statutes Concerning Buying, .Seiling
and Registering of Cotton.
Following are tlie Oklahoma laws of
1897.. relating to the cotton business:
COTTON HKOISTKATION.
Article 'J, of chapter 2U, of the session
laws of 1897:
"Section 1. Hereafter it shall be the
duty of all giniiers and purchasers of
ootton doing business in Oklahoma ter-
ritory to cause to be kept within llieir
gins or place of business a book * i 11
which book shall be registered by the
ginner, 01 cause to be registered, a
statement showing from whom each
and every load of cotton was received,
a description and the amount of the
same, from w hom bought or received,
and the quarter section of land the
same was grown upon and by whom
raised, which entry shall be made at
the time of receiving such cotton.
"Sec. 2. That the register herein
provided for shall be subject to the in-
spection of the public, for general in-
formation. '
"Sec. 3. Any ginner or owner of a
gin, be they individual or corporation,
failing to comply with the require-
ments ol' this act, is guilty ol a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction shall be
tined for each and every offense not
less than live dollars nor more than
twenty-live dollars "
increasing weight a misdemeanor.
Section 11 of chapter 12, article 4,
session laws of 18H7, reads :
"Sec. 11. Every farmer or other per-
son who with intent to cheat or de-
fraud any person, llrm or corporation,
plates, sand-packs, false-packs or
water-packs any cotton and every
ginner of cotton who is a party there-
to, and uses any artifice to increase
the weight of his cotton, corn or other
commodity, with the said i 111e 111, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction shall be lined
in any sum not less than twenty-live
dollars nor more than seventy-five
dollars and costs, and it is hereby
made the duty of any and all weighers
to report the same to the courts for
action, and in case of a refusal of any
weigher to make such a report, upon
conviction of such failure, the said
weigher shall be lined for a misde-
meanor and shall be removed from
oflice.
HUGE PRODUCTS.
THE CAPITOL
IS:
Poitoffii
20 fut from (>/>•• in lh
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/.' gitlat
Vi+llall.
In the ('niter of Bnsi
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WHEN IN CUTrlRIZ STOP AT THE
Capitol Hotel;
POPULIST HEADQUARTERS.
RA1ES,
$2£2
PER DAY,.
THE CAPITOL
HAS:
TI,,- II, *t Table. *
The 11,*1 Reds.
Thi It..• Settle*.
The I 'nolext Rooms in
the City.
A COMMODIOUS CYCLONE CELLAR, NINE FEET UNDER GROUND,
ENTRANCE FROM DININGROOM.
MONEY SA I El)
on FjI //J/ L (I ]YS[
Can give you one to TEN years' time 011 I'arm Loans. Low
rate of interest -due annually. Allowing the borrower the privi-
lege of selecting the time for payment of same; also permit him to
make partial payments at any time after one year, with rebate oi
interest. Call and see me. Your acquaintance will be appreciated.
J. STUART Mt KAY,
105 South First Street, Guthrie, O. T.
MOMEYTO L0AN°N realty
Low Interest My Specialty.
Monej Ready When Papers Arc Signed.
II. II. HA (tAN.
GRAY BLOCK, GUTHRIE.
FIVE
COURSES
OF
PRACTICAL EDUCATION.
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F you want practical results
open up and develop the mind
by means of practical education,
and thus learn to do what the
world wants done.
Do you want <*« M and the
Comfort it will bring? — Let
gold mine for you
than any in the
Klondike !
To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative liromo Quinine Tab-
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. 25c.
When the Logan county central com-
mittee last met it decided to continue
the meetings each month, the date
agreed upon being the Saturday on or
before the full moon. This was in
order to give members from a distance
a better opportunity for returning
home in the evening. The next meet-
ing. according to this arrangement,
will be held on Saturday, September
11, at 3 p. m. We shall be pleased to
meet all the members of the committee,
on that date, at the Rki'P.kskxtatiVK
office.
Call or write lor particulars.
CAPITAL CITY BUSINESS COLLEGE
<*l TI! It IE, O. T.
BEST TRAINS
ST. LOUIS and
KANSAS CITY
ST. PAUL and forth,
OMAHI, NEBRASKA,
Olsmith Arms Company! chic,VvU>scVorado,
1 J UTAH,CALIFORNIA,MONTANA,
BLACK HELLS, WASHINGTON,
PUGET SOUND.
Kansas City to St. Louis.
(inns, Ammu- |
Tackle,Bicycles \
knives,Croquet
Sewing Ina-
nition, Pishing
I. X. L. Pocket j
Base Ball Goods,
chine Needles,
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GET THEM FROM US AND YOU GET THEM
Vestibuled Sleepers,
Free Chair Cars, Dining Cars.
L. J. BRICKER, T. P. A., • KANSA8 CITY, M«.
HOWARD ELLIOTT, GEN'L MGR., ST. JOSEPH, M#.
L. W WAKELEY, GENU PASSR AQT., ST. LOUIS, MO.
A GRAND CLEANING UP SALE
—OF—
summer trouserings
WILL BE MADE FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS
Trousers JIarfe to Order At
$4.00, 4.25, 4.50, 4.75 per pr.
Worth double the*1 money. Call quick and select your Pattern he
fore the choice pieces are gone.
M. L. COHEN, Tailor, Clothier and Furnisher, ouT„Tahoma
Farmers, Attention!
FARM LOANS.
For TIOIMiV at Mr and for it l\CE
on your buildings and grain, either in stack or granary, call on
VEEDE.Il B. PAINE,
Rooms 16 and i/, Gray Building, Division Street Front.
Save Something 10 lixliibit at the Ok-
lahoma State Fair.
The Oklahoma State Fair, to be helil
at uthrie October 11 to 16 inclusive,
will be the greatest exposition yet held
in Oklahoma. Over #5,000 will be of-
fered in speed stakes and purses and
another $5,000 for the agricultural, live
stock and general exhibition-depart-
ments. Every premium is guaranteed
by a company thoroughly reliable fi-
nancially. Some of the best horses in
the United States have entered for the
races. Large premiums will be offered
and paid to prize live stock and agri-
cultural products. Hood premiums
will also be offered in the line art de-
partment, giving all the women of the
territory a chance. There will be spe-
cial attractions, such as chariot races,
balloon ascensions and all sorts of en
tertainments.
The association is determined to offer
premiums large enough, with a eer
tainty of their prompt payment, to in-
duce the people to show the best they
have of everything. Farmers, groom
up your best horses, mules, colts, cows
and calves, hogs, sheep and poultry, as
well as the best agricultural products
of your own raising, and brinj, them to
the Oklahoma State Fair. This fair
should be made an exhibit of the very
best products of which this territory is
so magnificently capable.
In connection with the fair will be
held a cotton exposition. This will be
a special feature, and is expected to be
the finest display of this product ever
shown in the territory, both in the
bale and on the stalk.
Jlig premiums will be offered for the
best county exhibit, Logan county
being excluded from this competition.
Arrangements are being made to trans-
port the county exhibits, artistically
arranged in a car, throughout the east,
after the fair, as an advertisement for
Oklahoma. Send for premium list to
Secretary Oklahoma State Fair, Guth-
rie, Okla.
The Lines Unbroken-
Kecently the New York World lias
hoiit out dispatches to all the state and
territorial democratic committeemen,
inquiring as to tlie sentiment of the
Bryan forces. The telegram to Hon.
J. J. O'Kourke, together with his
answer, is published below :
New York, Sept. 3, *97.
To J. J. O'Hochk,
Chairman Dem. 'I'er. Com.,
El Heno, O T.
Kindly telegraph at our expense
whether the growing prosperity of the
country hits shaken the faiih of Demo-
crats and I'opulist* of your territory
in the silver is^ue. Is their loyalty to
Mr. Bryan, as "leader," as treat as
ever? Thk World.
El Kkno, Sept. :i,
To Tur. Would,
New York, N. Y.
Oklahoma is stronger in her fealty
to the silver cause and Mr. Bryan than
ever. The people of Oklahoma arc
now beginning to experience a little
prosperity as a result of good crops
and good prices, neither of which can
be attributed to legislation, but to a
sbortxge tlirouglnuit Kurope, which
furnishes us a good market for our
products. Our people are cursing the
had effects of the Dingley rnhber tariff.
J. J. O'Koi rk,
Chairman Dem. Ter. Com. of Okla.
the holton 20tti CENTURY BSCYCLES.
THE BEST ON EARTH FOR THE MONEY.
Wa are one of the oldest and t;rJ
Buggy and Sicyole Houses in
Indiana.
We make the Oesf for
the Least money,
ffijns the Easiest.
Lasts the Longest.
Write for Priros and Cata-
logue. Our 1897 Wheels are
tellers and Klght up to Date.
w. b. HOLTOM WSFC. Co. Sndianapolis, Bnd.
THE REPRESENTATIVE
WILL BE SENT POSTPAID TO ANY ADDRESS UNTIL
fJANUARY I, 1899, FOR $1.00.
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HARNESS \SADLERY HI USE
For a Full Line of Harness and Saddles, Nets, Kobes,
Summer Robes, etc., at Lowest Prices, go to thetcorner
of First and Oklahoma Ave., sign of t lie White'Horse.
CALL AND GET OUR l'RICES BEFORE BUYING.
N. HEILMAN, Proprietor
Her Health Restored
Through Service
BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS,
CHICAGO,
KANSAS CITY
PRINCIPAL CITIES OF
TEXAS.
WASHER BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND
free reclining
KATY CHAIR GABS
DINING STATIONS
OPERATED BY THE COMPANY.
SUPERIOR MEALS,
Fifty Cents.
RUDY'S PILE SUPPOSITORY j
is guaranteed to cure Pile* snd Constipation, <>r
or money refunded. W*ct« par box. Sena for
circular* ami Free Sample to M AKTIN Kl 1>\
Registered Pharmacia, Lancaster. I'a. ror
sale bjr all first-cla-i druggists every where.
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hoadaches, neuralgia and that miserable
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Miles' Restorative Nervine. So certain la
I)r. Miles of this fact that all druggists are
authorized to refund price paid for the first
bottle tried, providing it does not benefit.
Mrs. Henry Bruns, wife of the well known
blacksmith at Grand Junction, Iowa, says:
"I was troubled with sleeplessness, nervous-
ness, headache and irregular menstruation!
suffering untold misery for years. I used
various advertised remedies for female com-
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physicians, without help. I noticed in Dr.
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restored me to health. 1 cannot say enough
for D^.Mlles'Hemedie■.,, | ———
Dr. Miles* Remedies
are sold by all drug-
gists under a positive
guarantee, first lx>ttle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis-
eases of the heart and
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Hudson, C. C. The Oklahoma Representative. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1897, newspaper, September 10, 1897; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc94902/m1/5/?q=central+place+railroads: accessed July 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.