The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898 Page: 2 of 10
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CALDWELL NEW9-CNII0MCLE.,
é Jtmta. unm —4 MfriUH.
lasued Every Kriduv Mor lug.
OAS EXAMPLE.
Waco Timek-Herald.
The dilly-dally policy of this
country in all matters pertaining
to foreign affair and the result
flowing therefrom were never
better exemplified than in the
present situation at Havti.
The United States are in des-
perate need of a coaling station,
somewhere in the West Indies,
and either San Domingo or Hayti
offer fine harbors for the pur-
pose; but this stands in the way:
Both republics have a secret
treaty agreement that neither
shall ever alienate a foot of soil
to any extraneous power for any
purpose, and while San Domingo
is anxious to accommodate the
United States, Hayti stands in
the way. The reason for Hayti's
coolness dates no further back
than a few months ago when Ger-
many was permitted to exact by
brute force of arms an outrage-
ous indemnity from Hayti. on ac-
count of Leuders. Had the
United States then interposed by
so much as an informal protest,
which might have availed or
might not, the friendship of
Hayti would have been secured
and her consent to waiver of the
treaty in the case of the United
States have been obtained.
Instead of speaking a good word
for Hayti then, this government
stood silent, and is getting its
psy for it now.
SIXTEEN TO OA/-: OA III'ST.
Mississippi Valley Democrat.
Sixteen to one or bust means
that the plutocrats who are now
shirking war taxes must be made
to pay them.
It means that free coinage and
an amendment to the Federal
constitution, authorizing a gradu-
ated income tax, must be the is-
sue of the next national cam-
paign.
It means that the accumulation
of immense hoards of plunder in
the hands of a few audacious rob-
bers must be stopped without
further delay.
It means that the way out for
democracy and liberty in Amer-
ica is not to back out, but to fight
out—forward, forward, always
forward.
OUR EXCHANGES,
AM
' I
We have war prices for wheat and
other farm products. And Letter,
Armour and other plutocratic «pecu-
lator are getting them. The farmer,
a usual, get the bag to hold. Jour-
nal of Agriculture.
And the money incoming out
of the pockets of the people, the
consumers. The wheat is all
out of the hands of the producers
and the stock-gambling ele-
ment having secured all the
wheat at a comparatively low
price, can now demand any price
they please. «The people be
d—d is their slogan. It will
not be always thus, however.
• • *
Religion i assuming an intere ting
phase in this war. The pope is down
oil his hunker praying for Hpain,
while preacher of other denomina-
tione are doing likewise for the United
States. Between them one country
ought to be avcd at least. -A'iVA-
mond Coaster.
'Tis well to remember the ad-
vice to «trust in God and keep
your powder dry just at pres-
ent. Our ministers are petition-
ing for help from on high, but
our soldiers and sailors are rub-
bing up their guns and swords
and preparing to do their share
of helping.
Uncle Sam's «high jack
(Dewey) won out first over
Spain's «low game at Manilla so
Uncle Samuel raked in the pile.
If the old saying is true that
«ignorance is bliss we know
some self-styled editors who
must be happy beyond the com-
prehension of mortal minds.
«Kkkf the county's money at
home is a good war cry and
erery candidate should be re-
quired to put a «patronize home
people plank in his platform.
It is an open question as to how
soon a decisive move will be made
on either Cuba or Porto Rico af-
ter that bond bill has passed, au-
thorizing the money sharks to
ram their arms to the shoulder
into Uncle Sam's money bags.
Tiik Richmond Coaster «wants
to know if anybody in Fort
Bend county wants an office next
November, no announcements
having been made as vet. Bur-
leson county voters are referred
to our columns for information
on this subject. It is rumored
that «there arc others but
we cannot state positively that
this is so. If the prospective
candidate himself, won't say so,
of course we can't tell.
OUR STATE UNIVERSITY.
Soma tuHmting Faett Regarding That
Inttrtvtfñ. Att n<fanc* Fatf
/nerMiMf
The University of Texas has
just sent us an illustrated pam-
phlet entitled «University Edu-
cation. It is a brief resume of
the annual catalogue of our State
University, and the pictures are
viewsofthe principal buildings at
Austin and Galveston.
The enrollment during 1897 *>8
has reached 797 students in all
departments the largest in the
history of the University.
During the past year the school
of pedagogy has been re-estab-
lished with two professors in
charge; an instructor in botany
has been employed, and the
teaching force in the department
of engineering and the school of
mathematics, chemistry, Greek,
Latin and English have been in-
creased. A skilled librarian and
three assistants are in charge of
the library, which is now located
in commodious quarters.
The Kast wing, now in process
of erection, will cost $50,(KM) and
will be ready for occupation by
the first of October.
At Galveston, University Hall,
a dormitory for women, the gift
of Regent Iirackenridge, has
been built and formally pre-
sented to the University. The
building with its appointments
cost $.10,(KM). The large dining
hall is open to students of both
sexes.
Ten years ago, the attendance
to all departments of the Univer-
sity was 24'). The increase for
this period is 220^. Should the
Uiversity continue to grow for
the next ten years at the same
rate it has for the past decade,
there will be 2550 students in at-
tendance in 1907. With a con-
tinuance of the past generous
treatment of the legislature
there is little doubt but that the
present rate of growth will con-
tinue until the University of
Texas will be the largest institu-
tion in the South and West.
Tuition is free. Many stu-
dents pay their expenses by va-
rious kinds of manual labor.
The Thomas Arnold club, an or-
ganization of thirteen young men.
have lived for the past year at
the rate of $9.50 per month.
A large catalogue of all de-
partments, or special catalogues
of the law and medical depart-
ments, may be obtained by ad-
dressing President Winston,
Austin, Texas.
Of TH Rmm Opi-iu 9HU,
V. W. Santa laTvsu Farm and Bsneb.
The oat crop here is badly
damaged by drouth. We have
not had rain enough this spring
to do oats any good. Corn is
growing slow f«>r want of rain,
and cotton is not to a stand yet.
If we do not get rain s< on other
crops besides oats will suffer
serionsly. It is raining slowly
now, and it is hoped the drouth
is at an end.
I see the people fe still dis-
cussing the cause of hard times
and suggesting remedies. I want
to reassert that the cause is
ignorance and the remedy know-
ledge. I was both criticised and
approved for making this asser-
tion before, and as yet I have
seen no cause to change my
mind. Not long since a young
man came info this neighborhood
introducing the celebrated Afro-
Jackson limbless cotton, and,
though times are hard and money
scarce, yet there was money
enough in the hands of suckers
to give this man profitable
employment for a month or more.
Was this the result of over-pro-
duction, a wrong financial policy,
low prices, or ignorance? To
ask the question is to answer it.
Had the people noi been ignorant
they could not have been induced
to believe that this cotton would
make two to four bales per acre,
nor would they have paid $1 per
package of about 150 seed. Yet
this money is gone from them
forever, and the only reward
they are likely to receive is to
find that they have been the vic-
tim of a clever trick. But some
may say that the present low-
price of cotton is not the result
of ignorance. If cotton is not
profitable at the present price,
why raise it? The truth is, we
do not know what else t«• do, and
ignorance l"iisps us raising cot-
ton beyond the limits of a profit-
able demand. While other
trades and professions offer in-
viting fields of profitable employ-
ment, there is a barrier between
us, and that barrier is ignor-
ance.
The school-teacher receives a
salary according to his know-
ledge; the doctor must stand or
fall on his knowledge likewise
the merchant, the lawyer, editor,
et al., are successful according
to their knowledge. Is the
farmer an exception?
Ignorant hands can guide the
plow and pick the cotton; but
they are an easy prey to wiser
heads.
Tfi9 Rif In Pork.
Waco Times-Herald.
Pork is $2.50 higher than last
year this time, and the price bids
fair to go higher yet, notwith-
standing the prospect is good
for an increased corn crop and a
large stock of hogs. Why is this?
Why does the price of pork ad-
vance in the face of conditions
that ought t< produce exactly
the opposite effect? Simply be-
cause of the increased
demand. The United States has
stepped into the market and pur-
chased five million rations for
soldiers within the payt two
weeks. These rations are made
up of pork products, largely, as a
natural and commercial conse-
quence the price of pork ad-
vances. Not alone because of
this demand, but because of the
likelihood of the demand continu-
ing; and should it appear within
the next thirty days that a pro-
longation of the war may be ex-
pected to next fall, the price of
pork may be expected to advance
another $«2.50 per barrel.
All of this shows what can be
accomplished by a great nation
putting its purchasing and con-
JSlank JSooke
And all kinds of first-class bookbinding will, in
the future, be turned out by us.
We have recently made an arrangement
with one of the best bookbinders in the South,
a man who was for several years foreman of the
binding department of the Clarke & Courts es-
tablishment at Galveston.
We are thus prepared to take your order or
give you prices for anything on earth in the way
of printing, binding, or blank book making.
It don't make any difference who or what
you are, if you use blank books we can make
them for you and save yon money.
Let us give you prices on work which we
are prepared to guarantee to be satisfactory. W e
can offer as good work and as low prices as can
be found in the United States. There is not a
blank book in Burleson county that we cannot
duplicate and do it for less money than it cost.
Merchants, if you want first-class work let us
save you some money.
See the new register at the Caldwell House
as a sample of that class of work.
We are prepared to meet any legitimate
competition and in all casc> :. c guarantee satis-
faction in every particular.
IRust & -Joiner,
Che printer®.
¡Perfect fitting Clothes.
When you get a suit of clothes, you should notice
two ¡mints carefully. You should get the best mate-
rial possible, and the workmanship should be the best.
My samples show a line of goods which it is impossi-
ble to equal in hand-me-downs.
7/nton JCabor and JVomo industry
Should also be considered, I have «< arried a i aril as
a Union Tailor for eight years and all inv work is done
in Caldwell, and mv money spent here. Don't send
your work to Northern sweat shops and «rat con-
cerns. My WorK Is My Recomrr)endatloo
MORRIS, Tbe Tailor.
3/our C/otA*s Cfoamed antí 7)yoct
jfi a 1/cry SReasonabi Chary .
C< ts, Hammocks, Refrigorators. lee Chests, Croquet Sets.
Mosquito Bars and Frames. Window Shades.
Lace Curtains, Curtain Poles, etc. at
o. w. Johnston's Furniture store.
suming power into the market on
a single commodity. The sanie
would be true of any other com-
modity, with such variations as
might flow from time and sur-
roundings such would be true of
silver if the United States would
create a market therefor, by
opening its mints to free coinage
and paying it out in all the ex-
penditures of the government.
• *
For tin* many accident* that occur
about the household or farm, *uch n*
hurti* ftcaltl*. bruise*, cuts, raggcri
wound*, bites of mo*«|uiton or other
insects or of animal*, «all or chafed
*pot*, front bite*, ache* or pain* on
any part of the body, or the ailment*
rcnulting from exposure, a* neuralgia
rheumatism, etc., l>r. J. H. Mckean'*
Volcanic Oil hinimcnt* ha* proved
it*elf a sovereign remedy. Price 25c,
50c and #1.00 at Stoneatid Hitchcock'*.
Subscribe (or the NKwa-CHMonici.K.
'I in < ful-I>al News st;i IT corn
pondent at Washington preph
cies that before «thiscruel war is
over the examiners of appli
| for enlistment will, instead of be-
■ inK so rigid, wink at the man
with one lung and tell him to g"
ahead and say nothing about it.
Prevention
better than cure. Tutt's Liver
Pills will not only cure, but if
taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia,biliousness, malari.i.
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
TUTT'S Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
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Rust & Joiner. The Caldwell News-Chronicle (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1898, newspaper, May 20, 1898; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169191/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.