The Southern Mercury, Texas Farmers' Alliance Advocate. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1890 Page: 1 of 8
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"ORGANIZE. EDUCATE AND CO-OPERATE"
{OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE OF TEXAS.}
'LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND EQUALITY1
YOL. IX. NO.8.
DALLAS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY20,1890.
WHOLE NO. 408
INVESTMENT BUKERS
PORT WORTH, TEXAS'
Offlo*. Corner Fourth and Houston Street*,
CWMeney Uwijion hand to lona upon farm*, ranchee, ▼•odor ' ilnnotM «nd oity property
at loweeVourrent ratee. Loan clooedqutokiy. .^rrapi^nM luyitod. '**-
wean low rata*, and May Mrni Add rea , IMBODKH t HAMILTON,
Chotoe securities
Fort Worth, le*.
▲ god record. "I have sold Chamber-
lain' Couch Remedy for tn year ." y
druggist, K. B. Legg, of Tall, la.,, "and
have always warranted it and never bad a
kettle returned. During the peat 90 days
1 have sold twelve dozen and it baa given
perleet latl* faction to every Inatanee." It
doe not dry up a cough, but looeena and
relieve it. It will eure a severe eold In
ie e time than any otber treatment. BO
eent and 91 bottle fur alo by W. H. How*
ell A Bro. Dalla .
Betew your ubear|ption at ones.
WeMyCewWeel Tohaifcq
ir «ra |ad> la rrory Oonjr «4
y pün'S tS«t^Kir«i!S!Sjrs
. Mod faith which *U1 com ■ fro*
" hw (or *xpM eh*i«M w>4 «< *tU
•end (ho waldi fa foa C.O.D.*fo-
Vet to examination. K fooai
l porfoctly MtUadodV and 0
Vep the watch, otherwise
tou do not W CM Wl.
The cum are_ mad* of a
plat* of line
silver,
14k rpl<
lily of g
e finestq
r. making a cant ccns-
d of nothing but Cm
pofe-d Of nothing but IM
.«MEWiX
germon silver on the huida
and J4k gold on ths outside,
! we warrant ths cases to be
equal In appearance to a $50
. solid )4k ffuld watch. The/
1/ aro optn face, smooth bairtns,
i finished to a castling bright-
• ne**, dost and damp proof
nnd warranted to wear a Ufa
, time. 1 Itremit from ths
cheap hme watchee offered.
W the case contains nothing but
f gold and the finest quality of
german «Uverandln fact It n In
•very way. except lutrlnrfo Yalut,
—1 to h $¿0 .solid gold watch.
. ...jvunent la a tins 8-4 plata
. .finely jeweledpollahedpinion, oil
tempered mam spring which does not break
aad all the latest liuuiownenta. A guarantee goto with aach watch
fallj warranting the watch, to be exactly aa represented and a
throofhl* Billable time keeper. Order atones or our prloo will he
mNuosL TUa offer Is gooa forCO days to theae who will endeavor
chicilie.
I«Mallo tft<*jKu r when you order.
WARRANTED
So
YEARS
Ha wateli Ilka this was ever adver-
tised la a papar before, fa Such
bargain aver offered. tbh Uagea-
alna UOLU PUTfcU WATCII. msds
of two heavy plates of 18 karat solid
gold over com position metal and war*
ranted is every respect. It has solid
bow, en p. crown, and thumb pieces,
beantlft I hunting at jle, elaborately en-
graved endetooorated by hand*, Joints,
crown, betel and aenter are
1 accurately mude, fitted and
warranted. (Beware af liel-
tleae.1 Tiie movement is
tfliioeluir style, richly
jeweled, quick-trsin
€18,000 bests per hour),
ex|MU)5lnn balance, pat*
ant pinion, iiatent' es-
capement, full plate,
beautifully finished,
accurately regulated
and adjustad,and war
ranted an accurate
time-keeper. A guar-
antee Is seat with
[each wateh. These
watches are sold
averv whore for $25—
Ibut f< r 00 days, to in-
troduce them and get
our mammoth cata*
logue in the hsnds of
npent*, we will sell
lhem at$&.99. Cut this
out and send to us with
&0 cents in postsgs
f stamps as a guarantee
of Rood faith, and we will
/send you the watch by
, express, C. 0, P. subject to
, examination. If perfectly
satisfactory yon pay the ex-
press agent the balance, $6,48,
otherwise aatblnp
king.
At a ováronte* that thit if the arta tut bargain «ver
of «red, that the watch U worth riK more Man M.
price atM. thai we art making (Ml unheard qf price for
Vtuntogetugenu; thai if J6.00 Isssnl with order you
Mm have the agency qf any county you uiih (if not
laten), that nothing tike thit it or ioat ever Offered be-
fore, we refer you to any «íTloml barí i tub btitb
or hinhhota. ArtdrOW, thkwmuii COMPAKY, *1 ii
•Hot A o, BlaaeapolU, Bin .
WE RECOMMEND THIS WATCH TO ALL.
Texas Blue Grass.
W. B. Morrow, Calvert, Texas:
Dear Sir:—Your "Practical Sugges-
tions to Farmers," in Southern Mercu-
ry, are of great interest to me, and the
question 1 would like to have you an-
swer is, Where to get Texas blue-grass
—how to plant, and how much would
you advise to start with? Please an-
swer atiyour earliest convenience, and
oblige, A. R. Butler.
Battle Institute, McLennan Co., Tex.
Answer: Geo. W. Hogan, Ennis,
Texas,can furnish you Texas blue-grass
seed or sets. Mr. H. has had several
years experience with this grass. Seed
should be sown during the early fall
months, when there is a good season
in the ground. Prepare by plowing
and harrowing well, and sow 14 pounds
to the acre—rolling the land smooth
after sowing. It will make a fair
growth the first winter and spring; the
second year it will make a strong turf
and yield good grazing for five or six
months. Sets should be planted in
wel^prepared land 3x6 feet; they usu-
ally make a good growth and bear
seed the first season, and by the sec-
ond year will nuke a firm turf and
bear graxing well Texas blue-grass
is indigenous in this country, there be-
ing two species or varieties here.
With this grass fot winter and spring
and Bermuda grass for summer and
fall gracing, the farmer is furnished
with permanent pasturage.
Notice.
County Secretaries will confer a fa-
vor by making their reports as early
as possible, as the Executive Commit-
tee will meet on the 24th of February,
to compile the reports. Before ac-
counts can be received for dues they
must be approved by the President
and Chairman of the Executive Com-
mittee. The President of the State
Alliance has ruled that secretaries
shall send fees according to section 3.
article 6, as amended by the last ses-
sion ot the Sute Allliaace.
Respectfully,
S. O. Daws,
Sec'y F. S. A
To make room for Spring arri-
vals we announce to-day a GREAT
Sale of Boys' Knee Pants, Long
Pants and Shirt Waists.
, KNEE PANTS.
A large assortment of n«iat pat-
terns to select from.
Reduced from 50c to 25c
Reduoed from 65c to 35c
Reduced from 75c to 50c
Reduoed from $1.00 to A5c.
Reduced from $1.85 ttf$1.00
Reduoed from $2.25 to $1.55
LONG PANTS
durable fabrics, attractive pattern ;
five lots to select from.
Reduced from $2 and $1.75
To $1.25
Reduoed from $2.50 and $3
To $1.75
Reduced from $3 and $3.50
To $2.25
Reduced from $4 and $4.50
To $3.00
Flannel Waists.
We will close out our Fall and
Winter Styles of Flannel Waists at
the following low prioen.
Flannel Wastes in navy blue,
gray and brown, with frogged
fronts,
Reduce# from 85e to 60c.
Flannel Waists in brown, blue,
gray, bronze, drab and' tan, laced
fronts,
Reduced from $1 to 75c-
Flannel Waists in gray, garnet,
brown, and made laced, frogged
and panel pleated fronts,
Reduced from $1.50 to $1.15.
Fancy Plaid Gassimere Waists
with lace fronts,
Reduced from 81.85 to $1.25.
Out-of-town orders amounting $5 or over will be shipped free to any
express point in Texas. This great offer does not inclnde heavy goods,
such as Domestics, Prints, Blankets, Carpets, Shades, Poles, Ou Cloths,
Msttings, Valises, etc.
SANGER BROTHERS.
Blusterings From Blowville.
As said before there are several
roads besides the new one, this I mean
to say, there are more ways leading
frem out the wilderness of oppression
than the one marked out by those ag-
itators who rant and rave about such
things as they know so little of, and
say, "unless you vote as we say" the
iron hand of oppression will fasten its
screws tighter and tighter around' our
throats. Now friends cant you see
that there is "a nigger in the wood-
pile?" Grant that a third party should
assume control of the government who
would compose the party? How ma-
ny true patriots could you find in their
ranks?
Who would wear the title of "Mo-
ses?" Who would guarantee that
your interests would be better served
in their hands than now?
Who would be responsible for their
guarantee?
Let some of these agitators answer,
this is an age of progress and knowl-
edge and everybody is anxious to be-
come possessed of every iota of intort
mation that will tend to make him a
better citizen, so speak out ye patriots
and let all of us become wise.
During the trials of our fore-fathers
when they were groaning under the
burdens of Great Britain, all patriotic
and loyal citizens of the United States
saw at a glance that they were being
oppressed contrary to the laws of God
and man, they saw where the burdens
lay and they as a unit arose and re-
moved them, the result of their actions
lies in the existence of this republic to-
day, that their motives were pure and
sincere is evidenced by the strength of
our government to-day and that they
acted rightfully and wisely needs no
further reference from a common
scribe like Joe Blowhard, but what I
am driving at is this, "All those who
think that we ought t" retire the Dem-
ocratic and Republican parties 011 a
pension will please hold up their right
hand. '-All who think that we ought
to steer clear of this "third party move"
will please hold up their right hand."
Now friends count and see whats what.
I am of the opinion that we farmers
hold the key to the problem and we
should use it, not as a class but as a
people; there are problems and prob-
lems and as long as you Uve there will
be problems, just as soon as some one
solves the problem "to square a circle,"
there will be a smart Aleck near by
who will propound another one a leetle
harder and we farmers will keep on
solving while the smart Alecks will
continue propounding, and neither oi
us come any nearer the correct solu-
tion of the questions agitating the peo-
ple than we were fifty years ago.
We hold the key, is what I said
awhile ago and I will convince you of
it before I quit, now suppose the roads
leading to town are rough and nigh
impassible something must be did,
youll say, now will our roads get any
better if we happen to have a "third
party" man in the Governors chair at
Austia or a "third party" man in the
presidents chair at Washington, D. C.
I'll let you answer.
Will you get a cent more per pound
for your butter when you sell it if their
happens to be á "third party" man
holding office somewhere near you? or,
to come down to brass tacks will a
"third party" man pay you thirty cents
for a pound of butter when some other
fellow only offers you two bits? try one
and see, or if you havent anything to
sell just try and buy something from
one of those "third party" fellows and
see if he will let you have it any cheap-
er.
IH bring this part of, my narrative
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR THE
®G@IBKHWAI& GNHfete SIPEGIFI®.
TH1 1 laoouparably the beet aad qulvkeet and moat powerful Chill Oorreatlre ever in-
troduced, and when properly prepared and ready to bo administered to the patient, it holds
Snt rank among the eubataneee that bave power te excite the flow of bUe. Never over
throe dose required.
OCCIDENTAL TONIC-ALTERATIVE,.
Th. Oooidon till Toolo and the OeeMental Alterative are Mea.ioaHy the aaae tn their no-
tiou. The illsht change in the menatmm give «ho alterative preoodent in the more positive
temperament . TbeooAwo the eorrootlvo afllniu. of eaeh will come under the head of Occi-
dental Itenio-AltoraUve. Both aro aubcUtnte for quinine In all malarial district a. Both aro
good Itonlo-Altoratlva Mal at oormMvn in Intem-ttent fever and other malarial atee-
tlona.
OCCIDENTAL OINTMENT
The «afeet and moot powerful stimulating and eedaUve Ointment ever Invoatod.
Oooftdoatal Kldaay ul Livor Correctivo.
The OocMentel Kidney and Livor OorrecMve wiU stimulate the kidney and ll^f* to do
their duty, and thus remove humor from the Mood and purify the «ystem and rest*# 110
a sound healthy oonditioa, making the Skin «eft and freah aa an Infant' .
OCCIDENTAL SALVE.
In üleera, Abaoeeeee, Wound* and old Sores, the Oooldental Salve forms a valuable and
eSlcaoions appllcaUol.
OCCIDENTAL CATHARTIC PILLS.
A Cathartic Corrective in the form of a pill, or otherwi e, ia almoat an absolute nro sstty
la meat dc<angeincnts of the living economy, and one that ia purely vegetable—requiring
no change in food or drink—certain in it* action, 1 the potltove demand of the boar.
OCCIDENTAL LINIMENT.
1 perfectly safe, hence tlio very beet for family use. It can be, without risk, freely and
frequently applied with the most oortaln uoceea.
Hy ufclug the Oooldentnl Liniment on Fresh Cute they will heal without palu or aoreneas.
OCCIDENTAL RHEUMATIC CORRECTIVE.
The entire "materia medien" baa boon ransacked for remedie tq overcome the rheumatic
diathfe ! .
Prevention I' 'be only rational course of treatment. Stop tbe formation ef lactic and
butyric aeid in tbe primary and secondary procesa of digestion, by raising the standard of
tbe nervous system. Hut the renewal of life In tbe brain Is alow, tardy and mUst lie assisted
by the Oooldental Kheumutic Corrective.
Oorldental Sidney and
Bladder Corrective.
This is the very best Cor-
rective modern science can
produce for tho relief of
vreaknm arising from ex<
íes , Indiscretion or dlaaips
■ion In either of ib« sexes,1
and can be relied on as being
prompt In giving relief and
tone to the urinary oryahs.
. 1
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to a head in next issue, space forbids
it this time, as the editor wrote me
thus, "Brevity is the soul of wit," and
as Hon. Tom Brown and Prof. Cooper
are each giving you some sohd facts,
I'll have to take a back seat. Say, try
and send Bro. Dixon a new subscriber
next week, those articles of Brown's
and Cooper's are cheap at a dollar
each.
Joe Blowhard,
Blowville, Blow Co., Tex.
LITERARY MISCELLAJTY.
Tbe Cosmopolitan lor February has sn
unusual array of good things. The social
and literary problems re dlsenaaeU by
Edward R. Hale and George Parson Latli-
rop. The following embrace it cblcl con-
tenta.
Bouguereau, Artlat and Man by Carroll
Beckwltb.
Columbia Collegn, by U. II. Boycaen.
Tbronca That Will Tottle Next, by Mayo
W. Hazelilne.
Sugar Cane and Sugar Making, by Wil-
liam U. Bellard.
Farmers Beauties, by Elizabeth Blsblaod.
Tbe Romantic Story of a Qrcat Corpora-
tion, by .1. McDonald Oxtey. And
A completed Illustrated novel entitled
St. Mary of Angels, bv Tlios. A. Janvies.
•••
The New Kogland Magazine for Febru-
ary contains a beautifully written sketch
oi tbe New South, Fiorenoe, Alabama, by
liev. S. R. Dennen, D. D.
Tbe White Mountain lu Winter, I writ-
tec of by Mary 9. Butta.
A atory oi The White Mountain Notch,
by E. P. King.
New Bngland in California, by II. Shinn.
A Model Village Library, by William 1L
Cutter.
In tbe House of Fatea, by Mary A. P.
Strausburg.
Recent Church Architecture In Boston,
by A. B. Wliiord.
Tho Tory at Home paper , by K. ,16. Hale
are ol speolsl Interest. They are written
In tho most felielioue eiyle.
▲ Note From President Fields.
Manor, Texas, Feb., 9, '90.
Editor Mexcury:—Please notify
the brotherhood through The Mer-
cury that I shall not recognize any
secret work, rituals, constitutions and
by-laws except the old work of the
Sute Farmers Alliance of Texas. 1
have sent the semi-annual word to
Bro. S. O. Daws. State secretary, and
he will send it to all County Alliance
secretaries entitled to receive it
Fraternally,
« J no. D. Fields,
Pres. F. 8. Alliance.
Random Shots on The Silver
Question.
IIV EVAN JONES.
No. 8.
After the demonetization of silver
by some of the leading nations of the
old world followed by Germany in 1871
aad America in 1873, there has been
a decline in the prices of labor and
commodities throughout the United
States, and also Great Britain, which is
almost without a parallel in history.
In free trade England, and high pro-
tective America, the condition of the
people is about the same, and the
same depression in trade and busineits
enterprises effect the laboring people
of both nations about equally; and it
is an evident fact since 1873 produce
of all kinds has been gradually declin-
ing in values, and why ? Simply be-
cause the law demonetizing silver re-
duced our money to a gold basis, thus
cutting off a very large percent of our
circulating medium, a money that has
been regarded as best suited for use
through all ages since man emerged
from barbarism. Through the manip-
ulation of money corporations, (which
resulted in the depreciation of our hon-
est dollar) many millions were extorted
from the people to pay obligations in
gold which could have been paid in
silver. We admit since 1873, that
there has been at times a revival in
business, but these revivals always have
been of very short duration, and have
been invariably followed by a long
period of low prices and business de-
pression, and some of our ablest writ-
ers on political economy and greatest
statesmen id our legislature bodies are
now calling the attention of the people
to the fact, that the suspension of the
free use of silver as one of the money
metals of our country has been and is
yet the main, if not the sole cause of
the depressed condition of the agricult-
urist and laboring people of our na-
tion. Such was the opinion of the
silver commissioners in 1876, and also
of the royal commissioner of Great
Britain in his report in 1888. It is an
evident fact that the demonetization of
stiver gives England ths pewer to cob-
stsntly depress the priest of cotten,
wheat, breadstuff, and all other com-
modities of export. And statistics
prove that cotton, wheat, oats, com,
beef, pork, labor, and silver have uni-
formly and steadily declined together,
simply because there is a shortage in
our circulating medium. But some
economic w riters say that there is no
contraction. Now let us place on
the witness stand the report of the
comptroller of currency for 1889, and
sec what we can learn from this im-
portant witness on the question, and
certainly no one will be so simple as
to say that the comptroller is net a
competent witness in the case. He
says, on page 31: "Notwithstanding
the accession of new banks to the sys-
tem (having reference to the great
national banking system) and the con-
sequent deposit of bonds and issue of
notes, the oútstandiag circulation
steadily decreases from year to year;
the chief cause being the surrender of
circulation by banks desiring to reduce
and regain possession of their bonds."
On page 32 he says: "The net de-
crease in circulation from 1883 to
1884 was $24,170,650, in 1885 the
net decrease was$i5,545,461, in 1886
$56.593.533. >n 1887 $3(0,495,589, in
1888 $16,848,739, and in 1889 the
net decrease was $22,159,043."
Now then if contraction is steadily
going on, which all well posted slates-
men and writers admit, (and I could
give pages of authority oa the ques-
tion of contraction, but it i* not.neces-
sary) and it is alss an admitted fact
that the price of labor and produce are
governed by money, and with the
power in the hands of the national
banks to contract and inflate at will,
where are the hopes of a people ? It
certainly is to be found in the unlim-
ited coinage of silver and the supple-
menting of both silver and gold with a
full legal tender paper money until the
circulatgig medium is sufficient to
meet the demanda of commerce, and
as the question of the unlimited coin-
age of silver is now being agitated in
the senate and congress of the United
States, it behooves every farmer and
laborer to use their influence with our .
senators and congressmen for the pas-
sage of a silver bill placing silver on
an equal basis with gold, thus lifting
the cloud of repudiation from our hon-
est silver dollar, placed wrongfully up-
on it by the gold bugs of our nation
in 1873. Restore the dollar of our
fathers to its former position, tide by
side with gold, thus recrowning it with
honor and power to measure valuei,
re-establish the double standard which
existed in this country from April 2nd,
1792 to 1873, a period of eighty-one
years, by returning to the money of
our fathers. Then our circulating
money will be increased to a sufficynt
volume to enable the people to meet
the largely increased and still rapidly
increasing business of our nation.
Check the alarming decline in ths
prices of farm, stock, and farm pro-
duce which has been steadily declin-
ing year after year for a number of
years in both the United States and
almost all other nations. Return to
the free coinage of silver, give us a
steady, healthful circulating medium ad-
equate to the demands of commerce,
thea our great nation will march proud-
ly, majestically, independently, and
triumphantly ia the front rank and will
stand as an acme of modern civiliza-
tion and national greatness. Then
win we reach a degree of prosperity
that will gladden the heart of our peo-
ple and bring joy aad contentment
aroand the family circle. May God
crown the efforts of organised labor
with success.
Evan Jones.
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