The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1892 Page: 4 of 8
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The Abilene Reporter.
PUBLISH E6 AT
ABILENE - - - TEXAS.
FRIDAY DECEMBER a 189a.
JOHN HOENY J?. Editor.
Ottcc In Retortex Building oil Second Street.
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The Dallas News suggests thc.schb 1
children should be taught that the gov
erument is established tp protect and
liot to sqppori die people. There is a
gooJ sense in this.
It is stated on good auth nty that
Clevtland is in favor pr a special ses-
sion and that it is his idea that the
democrats should pass a Iree wool
free binding twine and free bagging
bills as early as possible.
Railroads are being built in every
direction on paper just now. Some
of these paper railroads will materi-
alize into real live institutions and
it behooves the people of Abilene to
be on the looVout for them They
mre pointing Abileneward.
The annual report of the United
States treasurer shows a net ordinar
revenue for the fiscal year amounting
to $354937784 a decrease of over
to percent compared with the previ-
ous year. The net ordinary expendi-
ture of $345033330 is also a decrease
of about 3 percent.
it is now' s'ated that the comet
which struck the earth was nbt BieJa
but a small stiiiV one which was won-
dering round without any fixed desti-
nation. The collision smashed the
unfortunate comet to atoms and the
falling stats which have been so
frequent of late are its remains
Bi-metalism is advocated by the
Archbishop Walshe of Dublin as im-
eralive for the safety of Ireland.
The archbishop points out that during
the lajC fifteen years gold has appre-
ciated in value 35 per cent. Under
the new land act purchasers' payments
extend over forty-eight vears and it
is asked how they can possibly meet
these payments if this appreciation
Still goes on as it is bound to do if
die gold standard is retained.
The Gazette is working that ad-
vertising' space scheme again. It
publishes every day the number of
inches of space taken up by advertis-
ing in the Gazette and in the Dallas
News the purpose being to show that
that paper is the choice of the people
as an advertising medium. To the
intelligent man this stuff is positively
sDIy. It is not so much the-number'
of inches taken up by advertising in
a paper ibat enable it to pay its bills
as it is the number of dollars .paid
for those inches. See?
The Rkportfk is in receipt of a
copy of the minutes of he last meet-
iag of the Texas Press Association
held at San Antonio in April last. Ihey
make 68 pages and werr printed by-
Cox "The Neat Printer" of Bryan.
In addition to the records of the pro-
ceedings the paper which appears in
the Appendix this year will be found of
unusual interest to all newspaper men.
The next meeting of the association
his been fixed to be held at Dallas be
ginning the second 'Tuesday in May
1893 at the conclusion of which efforts
are now being made to arrange an
excursion to the World's fair definite
details of which will be announced in
ample time. A copy of the minutes
(which contain two application blanks)
will be mailed to'any newspaper roan
on receipt of postal card request to
the secretary. Fred. B. Robinson at
Huntsville Texas
Work has commenced on the snag
boat of the Trinity river navigation
company and the boat will be launched
with all its machinery in place in a few
weeks It will be a hundred feet long
unusual strength throughout to with-
stand the strain of the heavy capstan
to be used for extracting snags.
D)hamitc will be employed where
unusually heavy rafts are encountered.
The company anticipate having the
riVer navigable for steamers betyeen
Dallas and Galveston by next spring
and this by simply keeping it clear and
without the aid of lock or dams. Cap-
tains who ran steamers on the Trinity
before the days of railroads consider
this is all that is necessary to keep it.
navigable for more months in the year
than many of the great northern rivers
which are blocked with ice during the
winter season.
Railroad Construction and tho Tariff.
The McKinley tariff of $9. a ton on
imported steel rails adds approximately
$12000 to the ccst of construction
of every hundred miles of railroad in
this country.
America ought to be able to compete
with the rest of the world in railmaking
without Any protection whatever. The
labor employed in a rail mill is nearly
all highly skilled and. compared with
the output is small. Such labor is
well paid in any country and therefore
the stock republican cry of European
pauper competition has no meaning
in this instance. The freight and in-
creased handling on imported rails
should be more than sufficient to pro-
tect the home product. Nor are there
any large accumulations to be unloaded
as rai's are only manufactured to fill
orders.
The removal of this impost should
work no injustice to the rail null owners
whilst such an impetus Would be givtn
to railroad construction that the in
created demand would help to recoup
them for decreased profits.
Patriotic Beer Drinking.
One-fourth of the beer made by the
Anheuier-Busch and W. J. Lemp com-
panies is consumed in Texas. There
are already three large breweries in
Texas doing an increasing business
and not? Houston is about to add an-
other. The two great St L-uis brew-
eries alaimed at this menace to their
trade are poing to make a determined
attempt to crush the smaller ones.
TheV have started with the Fort Worth
brewer1 by a 50 per cent cut The
patriotic citizens of Fort Worth are de-
termined to support (he local industry
and will dnnk no other beer no matter
how cheap it may be. This example
will probably be followed by those cities
that have heretofore been supplied
from Fort Worth and Abilene at any
rate may be depended on to support
the Fprt Worth people in this matter
to the last.
An Unseemly Scramble.
The office seeker is neither democrat
republican nor populist The beginn-
ing middle and end of his political
belief may be summed up in one word
Office. Whichever parly seems most
likely to get in he votes for lies for
and sings mud for. His just rewarJ
for th:Se disinterested service he claims
tbea Eood fat office the fatter the bet-
ter. Just now he is greatly troubled
because Grover Cleveland has charac-
terised modest demands as indecent
and has assured him in very plain lan-
guage that unless he postpones these
until the proper time his chances for any
sort of an office are nil He discovers
for the first time that the early bird
does not always catch the worms.
Democrats are as good office holders
as republicans and it is only fair that
they should get the spoils of a demo-
cratic yictory. But it seems just pos-
sible that the professional office seeker
in his indecent scramble for the
rewards may get badly left in many in-
stauces. Unpaid Municipal 8ervice.
All European counties except Eiz.
land depend on military organization
for the suppression of internal disorders
and freedom from foreign aggression.
Under this system every citizens is com-
pelled to serve a certain term in the
ranks of the army and thus contribute
his share towa rds upholding the insti-
tutions of his country.
In America we are more happily sit-
uated and are practically safe from for-
eign attack. Municipal rule here takes
the place of military and no service
can be more honorable. But such
service should also be honorary. The
money thus saved would be spent in
municipal improvements and it wcu d
scarcely hi inlssed by those giving
ca is inseparably connected
with efficient municipal adminis-
tration. It is therefore important that
municipal officer should be filled by
the best citizens. If no payment was
attached to these offices there could
be no question about the disinterested
ncss of those offering their services.
The duties are not heavy and the
honor of carrying them out faithfully
and ably should more than compensate
for the mere loss of salary especially
with the knowledge that the money
was being well spent elsewhere and in-
directly they too were benefitting
The Monetary Conference.
Mr. dc Rothschild has laid before
the monetary conference now assem-
bled at Brussells a suggestion with re-
gardtolhe silver question. There is
no greater living authority on finance
than Mr. de Rothschild and this coun-
try will anxiously watch the effect of
his proposition on tfie conference A
dispatch from Brussels says; "Mr. de
Rothschilds' proposition was submit'
ted to tne monetary conference this
afternoon. De Rothschilds argues at
great length that bi-metallism in Great
Britain is absolutely impossible and
suggests that the question arises wheth-
er1 it is not possible to extend the use
ot silver generally and by this means
assist in checking a further fall in val-
ues. Dc Rothschilds said he did not
claim his proposals would prove a final
solution of the question but did claim
they would prove palliative. Summed
up his proposals are that America
should continue her present purchases
of silver and European powers should
continue to buy an amount equal to
X5oooooo a year for five years at
43d. If silver should rise above that
price purchases to be immediately sus-
pended. It is expected the proposals will be
referred to a committee. The Portu-
guese delegates have been instructed
by their government to act in harmony
with British representatives. It is
stated De Rothschilds proposes to
raise legal tender silver in England
from JT to 5. Great importance
attaches to this proposal as it means
English j$ notes will be payable in
si'ver.
The interest taken by the Indian
government in this conference is shown
by the attitude of its representatives
who do not conceal their opinion that
India has everything to gain and noth-
ing to loose by international bi-metallism.
Though they hardly expect such
a settlement to result from the present
conlerence they are working heartily
at the task of finding a solution in that
direction and are co-opperating with
all who hope that Rothschilds' plan
can be made acceptable to all sections.
The general feeling is that unless the
conference comes to a solution satis-
factory to nil. the adoption of a gold
standard by India must follow and for
India to face this would be as much a
leap in the dark as would any other
new scheme and would be frought
with the elements of pertpbation and
panic. These considerations are met
with in some quarters by a simple non-
possumus but by a- majority of the
delegates the necessity of facing the
difficulty is acknowledged "
From London we hear that "the
gold movement in New York engages
the attention pf high financial circles in
London Paris and Vienna. The im-
pending American consignments for
London are attributed partly to con-
tinuous large sales of American rail-
road securities for English account and
partly to the adoption of gold by Aus-
tria ip connection with the conversion
of the currency now in progress in that
country. Since Nov. 1 1 the Austro-
Hungarian bank has purchased
4000.000 worth of gold chiefly in
open market in London.
The Raihoads and the World's Fair.
Bradstreets has this to say on the
railways and the world's fair;
The general meeting pf railroad pas.
senger agents at Chirago this week for
the consideration of passenger rates
during the world's fair has sustained
the. interest in that question aroused
by the action pf the trunk line presi
dents last week. As might have been
txpected the very limited concession
agreed upon by the latter body have
been the subject of considerable discus-
sion and not a little criticism The
general opinion as expressed by the
public press is that a jeductign of so
per cent in fares limited to trains oc-
cupying more an tlurty.five hours lor
the transit between New York and
Chicago is practically no reduction at
all U is furthermore inferred that this
pohev is not fiial and that its adop
tion implies tho idea that the weaker
GENTLTMEN I
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To get a fine pair of Shoes Cheap; ;'
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pine Ioekford hoes
at 25 per cent reduction.
W. D. BROWN.
THEY
From our immense sale of Hammock
Carts we feel warranted in asserting '
that "they will all use them" after a
few months. We have them in all styles.
Ed. S. Hughes & Ca
and that a satisfactory margin has
been provided for that .contingency.
Railroad authorities it tan be
concluded are generally anxious to sus-
tain rates during the fair. At the same
lime the action thus taken cannot be
regarded as conclusive that fares will
be kept upon the level of an ordinary
condition of passenger traffic. It is
pointed out that every gathering such
as a national political convention Or a
grand army encampment finds the
roads eager bidders for business and
only too ready to grant concession
even greater than are advocated in
regard to the fair. TJie application of
the same principles in that case is al-
most inevitable the example of (lie
centenial exposition at Philadelphia iii
1876 when half fares were thtj order of
the day on a large proportion of the
raiiroaas ueing usauemy a lease tn
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IS YOUR CHANGE m
We have a large stock
ordered and to make
room we are selling our
LL ALL
WE CAN PLEASE vnn
If you are Looking for
Pretty Novelties in . .
XMMS GOODS!
We have Presents to delight the Little '
Ones Presents t o please the Juveniles
Presents to suit all ages and classes.
Come and see. We not only have the'
goods hut our prices are right . .
Your Truly
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Hoeny, John, Jr. The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1892, newspaper, December 2, 1892; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330790/m1/4/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.