The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1893 Page: 5 of 16
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Nov. 9, 1893.
SOUTHERN MERCURY.
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ing the general profits o 1 the mer-
chant and middleman.
The most marked results, how-
ever, that haye attended it
are the blotting out of sectional-
ism ' and hatred engendered
by the late civil war.
Scarcely a vestige of the old sec-
tional prejudice of a few years ago
is now visible within its ranks,and
the membership have gone earn-
estly tó work to solve the great
questions of the day. The dema-
gogue politician who now attempts
to array sectional prejudice in or-
der that he may keep farmers
equally divided on important ques-
tions, and that he and his partners
may decide such questions to their
own liking, will be met by a supe-
rior intelligence that will soon con-
vince him that his occupation is
gone. Evidences of the truth of
this are everywhere apparent.
Any number over five who are
eligible to membership may as-
semble and proceed to organize
themselves as follows: First,
elect a president, vice president,
secretary, treasurer, and a door-
keeper; second, each member pay
the secretary fifty cents initiation
fee; females pay no fees or dues;
third, "fix the time for regular
meetings; and, fourth, pass a reso-
lution instructing the secretary to
apply to R. A. High, Blooming
Grove, Texas, ior a dispensation
to be recognized as a subordinate
body until such time as he ean
send an organizer to confer the se-
cret work and report you ready to
be regularly chartered.
The order exists in thirty-eight
states and territories. Approxi-
mate number of subordinate or-
ganizations October 1, 1889, in
these states, 42,000, lodges. It is
safe to say that at the next annual
meeting of the national body all
states organizations will be repre-
sented, with an aggregate mem-
bership of not less than three mil
lions.—Ex.
THREE CHANCES.
J. B. CONE.
worse than the disease. 3. That
of subjugation and humiliation at
the feet of a merciless plutocracy,
that is seeking in a life and death
struggle to force industry of every
legitimate character to pay tribute
to concentrated wealth that is non-
productive, and a constant drain
upon the products of industry that
absorbs all of its surpulus and
leaves the producer empty handed,
a beggar at the feet of of this
wealth—a fact which legitimately
attaches to it that just term
"usury," a thing lorbidden by the
decree of heaven.
Which of these three chances
will the American people chooses
for themselves today f The rights
of free men, asserted at the ballot-
box, the lesson of a civil revolution,
of that character which deluges
the earth with human gore, devas-
tates a country and makes of it a
barren waste over which reverber-
ates the wail of widow and orphan
with none to help ; or submit to
the humiliation of a complete and
unconditioned vassalage, to see
their posterity go down in degra-
dation, to the plain of life today
occupied by lowest European serfs?
Which of these will American
citizens choose for themselves and
their children? The decision is
to be made, and the consequences
are theirs to take.
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The industrial masses of Ameri-
ca are today in a condition to
choose between two issues, viz.,
abject industrial slavery, and sub-
mission to the domination of a heart-
less plutocracy, or the condition of
free American citizens, with rights
that are inalienable to such, viz.,
"life, liberty and the persuit of
happiness."
When I speak of the "industrial
masses," I contemplate every in-
dividual who is engaged in any
legitimate business, whether agri-
cultural, mechanical, commercial,
public service, or anything except
that which is embraced in the
term "usury."
The three chances to which I
allude, are: 1. To free themselves
from the clutch of usury that is
now upon the throat of indus-
try everywhere. This is the first
chance, and they may make it
available if they will; or they may
sleep upon their rights until the
day oi grace is sinned away and
they are driven to appeal to the
sword as their second chance, and
take the direful, desperate chances
of a heathenish and savage method
of determining the questions of
might and right—a chance, in
wnioh the remedy often proves
JUST AS WAS EXPECTED.
Wonders never cease! We are
creditably informed that there yet
remains, even in Texas, some peo-
ple who believe that all the silver
bullion now in the treasury of the
United States is going to be imme-
diately coined into standard silver
dollars of 412^ grains, nine-tenths
fine, and turned into circulation
among the people.
Such people must remember
that nearly all of it would have
been coined had the Sherman law
been enforced. The last two sec-
retaries, Foster and Carlisle, both
refused to execute the law, as
shown by their reports, not only
in purchasing 4,500,000 ounces of
silver bullion, monthly, but in
neglecting to coin what had been
purchased. Especially is this the
case with Carlisle, as is shown by
his reports to congress.
Now that the Sherman 3aw is
repealed, there is no law authoriz-
ing the coinage ol standard silver
dollars, nor will any be coined.
Halves, quarters and dimes will
be coined ior change, but silver
dollars will soon dis&Dpear from
our currency all together. The
effort to repeal the Sherman law
was to create scarce money by con-
tracting the volume, and compel-
ing the government to issue more
bonds, to perpetuate the national
banking system.
The people of this country may
as well determine that the object
of the Cleveland administration is
to retire the greenbacks in circula-
tion, and permit no other circula-
tion except gold and national bank
notes, and subsidiary silver coin
for purposes of change. Any one
who expects anything else will be
as they have been for the last
twenty-five years—simply "hoo-
dooed."
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Jackson & Pierce, of Waxa-
hachie, are feeding over 300 beef
cattle.
Snow three inches deep has
fallen in some of the northwestern
states.
Forty car loads of cattle went
north on the Frisco line last Wed-
nesday.
Fort Worth has a new water
works' whistle that ean be beard
fifteen miles.
Three hundred and nineteen
men \pft San Francisco, one day
last week for the south-east, to
hunt work
The wheat crop sowed in Archer
county, Texas, this fall will exceed
in point of acreage that of any
previous year.
The entire business portion oí
Baraboe, Wis., was destroyed by
fire Wednesday night. The loss
is only partly insured.
W. T. Spear's gin at Jameson,
five miles northeast of Van Als-
tyne, Texas, was destroyed by
fire. Insurance $1500, in the
Home of New Orleans.
George Hecker shot five times
at his divorced wife, at Branum,
Minn., without injuring her, and
after being arrested suicided by
hanging himself in the jail.
At Knob Naster, Mo , a great
revival of religion has been going
on for some time. There has
been a wonderful religions awaken-
ing, and nearly one thousand con-
versions.
A serious railroad collision oc-
cured on the Lambert|Point branch
of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road, last Friday, resulting in the
death of two men and the danger-
ous injury of five others.
A majority of the stock-holders
of the Fort Worth Gazette have
filed an application for a receiver
and ask for an injunction to re-
strain E. G. Senter from selling
the plant to the Houston Post
company.
A man named Hoxie, who lives
five miles south of Belleveue, Tex.,
suicided by hanging himself with
a clothes line. He was tired of
life and in debt, and his health
was also bad. He left a wife and
children destitute.
Studebaker Bros., of Chicago,
sold the carriage and harness
valued at $2500 each, that received
the highest award at the world's
fair, to M. Stachelborg, the cele
brated cigar manufacturer of New
York, whose exhibit also received
the highest reward.
Fire originated in the engine
room of the wooden-ware factory
belonging to Ault & Co., Cincin-
nati, located at Martinville, Ind.,
completely destroyed the plant and
material. Loss, $25,000; insured
for $12,000. One hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
The bodies of two unknown men
have been found near Pawnee,
I. T., both having been murdered.
One was in the river, anchored to
a large stone, and the other was
found in a clump of trees with wag-
on and camping utensils near by. It
is believed that both are settlers,
who were murdered soon after the
opening of the strip.
The Manhattan Industrial Ex-
position company has been or-
ganized in New York for the pur-
pose of conducting what is to be
known as the "World's Fair Prize
Winners' Exposition." It is pro-
posed to hold this exposition from
Nov. 24 to Jan. 13 next, in the
Grand central palace, a building
particularly adapted to the pur-
pose, which is located on Lexing-
ton avenue between Forty-third
and Fortv-fourth streets, New
York.
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1893, newspaper, November 9, 1893; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185538/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .