The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 07, 1896, Image 1
LAURENS, S. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1896.
PHATE8.
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Interrat
?las Kii
istry.
f 1894*. the
Stutu have
ipplod con
huvo puaa
,)alrod their
ot improved
the drprus
tbe clluaux.
boon curr-tod
urlng the past
mined being
il?h the State
,((&?.2pi In his
?ir-.ys:
jlness 's gloomy
>s havo sunk to
cached, und the
nt provalls both
I Florida. It is
Ouropo nov/ oven
, unit; the prices
o f)Jr ponce. At
lug royally, and
cable ratet? of
ompanies uro un
rtii $2 per ton for
km nut euablo thorn
oi.t. economy is bo
res uro being ro
es uro being udopt
f m'ulng lies been
alraufhi But even
there is an impnovo
rket, the phoyphato
top.
INING COMPANY.
ort that this sterling
.?nting a large amount
itul, has suspended
?llnttely. All hands
harged. Its enlciont
Brother hood, (the
iiul stockholder in the
. resigned, und his ro
tih beuu ueeepted. Tho
.1 up permanently, and no
?.are-taker is at the rxten
hithorto so busily employ
is .no prospect of an early
.1 of work by this company,
bother it shall resume or not
tely indeiltiitii and undotor
Tho reie rn for this stoppago
use the company, although ex.
g uvory possible economy, Could
Jt for Its rock what it uest to
and put It on tho market at the
nt prices. This means to the
thoi loss of the. ontiro royalty
.oforcieuruod by this large and ac
company. It is an objeet lesson
Ing more pertinently than any
i can express the terrible de
ed condition of tlx* phosphate in
e other companies aro.mining,
/1th reduced force. Tlio Consuw
any, tho largest o* them all,
laid up two or throe dredges,
i tilg boats, and suspended their
-picking department. The other
ianies have reduced tholr work
)ico to a minimum,
tn the reasuus for tho doprossed
">n of trado, tho Iuspcctor says :
?'"t hard to tlnd. In tlie
Under those circumstances I do not
! hesitate to ex proas the opinion that
I tho intorcbt of the Ii ate will be best
subserved by reducing tue royalty to
25 cents a ton until such time as the
market shall lmprore a'nd a higher
royalty could be paid. At present it
is Impossible to prodiot how long tho
companies now mining will be able to
continue their operation. It wfnild bo
tho wise policy on tho part of too 8tato
to make this reduction acd onablo
them to continue.
It is a matter of great regret that no
brighter report cau be made tban that
which has boon submitted, but tho
facts must bo stated as they are, and
these are the facts. The depressed
condition of tho phosphate trade has
been kn jvru for Bcveral years ; It seems
now to havo roaoh a climax.
Ruauectfully submitted,
A. W. Jones,
Phosphate Inspector.
ATTACKS THK BOND BILL.
Congressman MeLuurln Fxposos (ho
Heul Object <>t the Measure.
Hon. John L. McLaurin, of South
Carolina, was allowed ton minutes in
the discussion of tho bond bill proposed
by the Republicans, and ho tpoko as
follows.
Mr. Spoakor, I am opposed to tho
passage of this bill, because its pro
visions will not only burden an al
ready dobt-rlddon pooplo, but will
legalize a long series of usurpations
by different secretaries of tho treas
ury. Tho caption declares this a bill
"to proteot tho eoin redemption fund,"
whilo at the name timo thoro Is not a
single line of law upon the statute
book authorizing or providing any
such fund. Judging from past ex
perience, without doubt this language
would bo construed by tho Secretary
for tho purpose of sequestering in tho
Treasury this vast Hum of $100.000,000,
which Should bo in tho channels of
business, giving lifo and vigor to our
commercial transactions. This un
authorized fund ha9 been main
tained in absolute idleness for over
twenty yours, and at simple interest
has cost the people mo"o than $80,
000,000* This is a covert attempt to
legalize an unwarranted assumption,
which alouo should provont tho pass
ago of tho bill. Mr. Speaker, instead
of this being a bill to protect tho coin
rodomption fund, it is, more properly
speaking, in my judgment, an act to
provide for a deficiency in our reve
nues. The President has already is
suod over $100,000,000 of interest bear
ing bonds for tho alleged purpose of
strengthening this reserve fund. In
my opinionwo might with profit Inquire
as to what has has become of tho pro
ceeds of the sabs of these bonds.
Mr. Speaker, la It not truo that tho
one hundred and alxty million- of gold
received from the salo of these bonds
was drawn outof the Treasury through
tho redemption ,)f United States notes
or green backs? Is it uot also truo
that these one hundred and sixty
millions of Unltod States notes or
groonhaoks havo boon paid ;ut by tho
Secretary of tho Treasury in tho ordi
nary expanse of tho government? I ??
neat, has it not boon tho custom r?'
^P ?
the Currency- it 1b learned that not
over ene hundred aud fifty millions is
held by the banks, leaving three hun
dred and twonty-livo millions among
the people. If the Secretary of the
Treasury would expend as muoh energy
in exchanging with the pooplo green
backs for this gold that he docs in ex
changing gold for , groenbaoks with
alien financiers, I ain of the opinion
that the e/igenolos of tho Treasury
might be relieved without a further
Issue of bonds.
The geutlerauo from Maine (Mr.
DlngleyT advanced tho proposition to
soouro this gold by au issue of interest
bearing certificates of indebtedness.
In my Judgment the object might be
attained at far loss expense by ex
changing greenbacks which come Into
the Treasury for this gold among tho
people.
in order to moot tho temporary de
ficiency in the Treasury, instead of
intorest-boaring obligations to becomo
a burden upon tho people, I would sug
gest certificate* be issued against ev
ery idle ounco of sliver loft In tho
Treasury. This would givo Instanta
neous relief and would put. into circu
lation among tho pnople, without tho
burden of Interest, a kind of currency
that nouo would refuse and all be glad
to got. These. In brief, are my ob
jections to tho bill. I bollevo they are
valid.
I can 80o no good roason why tho
taxpayers, the producors and toilers
of this country, should bo forced to
pay an interest trlbuto extending to
generations yot unborn when the sim
ple application of justlco anil common
sense would obviate the necessity of it
all. (Loud applause on tho Democratic
side.)
THIO LIGHTS TURNED OI'l<\
Final Scones ol' tho Atlanta Exposi
tion.
Tho final day of tho Atlanta Bxposi*
tion opened with a clear sky During
the early morning the temporuturo
was very low, but after the sun rose the
weather moderated rapidly and the Oars
to the exposition wcro all filled. The
grouuds were filled wich people. In
tho buildings many of tho exhibitor*
bad a small harvust in the sale of
souvenirs, while tho Chinese village
auctioned off its bric-a-brac. Tho ex
hibits were all in good shupo and were
not disturbed until after dark. During
the afternoon, the camels and donkoys
of Cairo stroot were driven out, but
most of tho places on tho Midway wero
wide open aud doing a good business.
Although the crowd was ouo of tho
largest during December, there was
no ceremonial. There had boou so
much of ceremony heretofore that it
was determined to let tho last day bo -?.
a free and easy atfair, so that tho visi
tors might make tho best of their timo
in soeing tho exhibits.
A3 dark came on the beautiful Illu
mination was given and tho electric
fountain for tho last timo displayed its
charms. Although there was a largo
crowd, tho best of order prevail
ed and everybody seemed to be in a
good humor. The director ' >'rl a
meotlr"? "* ?
THE VENEZUELAN OOMMISION.
AN EQUAL DIVIDE AS TO PARTIES.
Tho Commissioners aro Hen of High
Character and Splendid Abilities
- Will Command ltespoot at Home
in <l Abroad.
President Cleveland on the let inst.
anuounced the appointment of the
Venezuelan boundary commission,
which consist of Uve members, as fol
lows :
David J. Brewer, of Kansas, As
sociate Justice of tho Supreme Court
of the Uaited States; Richard H. Alvey
of Maryland, chief justice of the court
of appeals for the District of Colum
bia ; Andrew D. White, of New York;
Frederic R. Coudert, of New York;
Daniel C. Gllman of Maryland, presi
dent of tho John Hopkins University.
Ti,e commission is regarded in
Washington among thoso who hud un
opportunity to see tho list of names
after i he\> wcro made publlo as a very
satisfactory one, whose- opinions and
conclusions will be reeeivod by the
American public with that confldenoo
whieh tho standing of the members of
tho commission in the publlo eyo in
spires.
Justice Brewer is a Republican in
{?oiitior. and about 58 years of ago. Ho
s a graduate of Yale and has spent
considerable time in tho practioo of
his profession In Kansas, whero he
Ullod a number of judicial ottlccs. In
l^Sl ho was uppoiuuod Circuit Court
Judge of tho United States for tho
Eighth District and was appointed
Associate Justice of tho Supreme Court
in December, 1881), by Presideut Har
rison.
Richard U. Alvoy is a Domoorat in
politics and a muu of m .irked Legal
ability. It was the groat reputation
ho gained as Judge In tho Mvryland
couri^ .', hicii led President Clevelaud,
in the absence of political influence on
Judge Alvoy's part, to appoint him to
the position of Chiof Justice of the
Court of Appeals of this District. He
is about HO years of age.
Audrew D. White is a Republican
In polities. Ho is ono of tho best
known men of letters in this couufy
and perhaps in tho world, is an author
aud historian and has been tho pre
sident of Cornoll University. Mr.
White was appointed Miuistor to
Russia by President Harrison, and
this position ho hold through Harri
son's administration and for a year or
more during Mr. Cleveland's adminis
tration.
Frederick R. Coudort Is a Demo
crat in politics and is ono of tho host
.tnown members of tho bar in Now
York. Mr. Coudert was ono of the
counsel for tho United States on tho
Bering Sea commission, and in that
capacity be m ido ono of tho most
eloquent and ellectivo spoeches de
livered In behalf of tho American con
tentions.
Tho la9t namod member of tho com
! mission, Daniel O, Gllman, president
> of John Hopkins University, is woll
I known as an authority on intorna
| tloual law. Ho was at ono time prosi
' dent of tho University of California
1 '??8 later called to take up tho
^ orgf"''"?f,on of tho univer
l,ead. Ono
the
as Spate is oonoerned. The Spanish
archives are a treasury of information,
nek only as to Venezuela but a* to all
the South and Central American coun
tries, the merit ef them having been
Spanish dependencies. As a result of
thli, Spain la frequently asked to ar
bitrate boundary disputes between
these countries. At the present time
Spala has on hand one of these arbi
trations itp" '.vin;;- the boundary of
Ecuador.
BILL ARP TALKS PEACE.
HIS exposition EXPERIENCE.
A Squealer Unloaded Homo Exposi
tion Handkerchiefs on Ulm?Don't
Believe Tnero Will bo Any War
With Eujrlaud
They told me of various things they,
would llko to havo for Christinas"
presents for friends and posterity,
tlioy wanted Bovonteen I think. ?f
course I listened in a subdued manner,
but au elephant had trod on my pocket
! book and it was so flat I couldn't see
through this business. My wife said
j thut handkerchiefs were a good thing
? nice handkerohiefs wore always In
i order. Sho had some In her trunk to
send to the boys. There aro various
tilings in that trunk. It is a sort of
subtreasury, a caeho, but It won't hold
enough things for tho grandchildreu.
Dolls and baby carriages and jumping
jacks and picture books had to bo
bought and some nice linen hand ker
chiefs. Woll, as I was turning tho
Noreross corner I heurd u squealer
squcaliug handkerchiefs. There was
a stack of them on a box and a crowd
around und he was passing handkor
ehlefs along for examination. "Genu
ine lined, pure Irish ?lou, all guaran
teed, only 5 cents a piece. Examine
them, gentlemen. These afe*^oxPosi
tion .-s.imIh tout we are obliged to sell
out, for we are going home. Home,
swuet home," etc Never h?'ard a man
.-qua! more sweotiy. l win shy at lirst
but took hold of tho haudkoi chief. It
wus good size and nicely bordered aud
looked liko liuon and felt like linen,
and I heard a man say " This 1? linen,
shore." So I thought I had found the
very thing my wife wanted and 1 told
him I would take ten. "Thank you,
sir," ho said polltoly, and he took them
off the folded pilo and wrapped them
up aud I put them in my littlo grip
and handed him a dollar?a silver dol
? iar. He didn't hand bacx the change,
, but leaned up close to mo and whis
pered, You aro a family mau, I
reckon." Yes," said I. "Well, I
I will givo you twenty more for the
; othor half dollar," said ho. So I took
, thorn and put them all in my satchel,
i (Jood gracious ! Thirty linon hand
? kerchiefs for ono dollar. Enough to
i koep all tho grandchildren's noses
cloau aud loavo some for mo. I wub
proud.
When my wlfo opened tho packages
sho was horrified. " Why they are all
cotton and the vorlest, thinnost, sla
ziost cotton at that. You havo been
cheated again as usual." That rascally
squealer had handed round a nice liueu
handkerchief as asamplo and wrapped
up poor thin cotton ones so quick wo
didn't suspect any tiling wrong. But
they will do for tho noses, I reckon,
[n fact, 1 rather like them for my grip,
two all the time--one for
Ii lib left, all told, and uot more thau
one-fourth of CbetU would DO pension- j
era. Our boys havo beon dying for j
thirty years, but somehow or other |
theira don't dio, but keep on multiply
ing.
There is another thing about it.
That resolution was too abort and too j
stingy of language. It ought to have
had a preamble and some words that
indicated regret for the long delay, lu
fact, they should.havo apologizeu and
bogged our pardon and done tho clean
thing whllo thoy wore at it. My fear
now is that if tho war bio ., s over the
? Grand Army will raise an mpus about
that resolution and havo it rescinded,
just like thoy did tho ordor for tho're
st oration of the rebel Hags. Thoy
havo had all tho offices and all tho
pensions .so long, thoy don't want us
to havo anything. But we'll got ovon
with them In tho long run. Sool f wo
don't. I.otsJ of their bust people uro
movingtlown South am iu a few years
will become as clever ,'Qutlotnen and
Christians and'patriots as wo are and
can ruise their children in a moral at
mosphere. Our climate and our so
oioty has a wonderful eifeet on North
ern mon. Well, j)f course, about half
of this is a jokey and 1 don't want to
make anybody mad this Christmas,
but the other naif is In efcr? :st. The
best thing General Grant ever said
was: "Let us havo peace," and ho
wouldn't havo said it if ho hadn't boeu
a gentle man.
1 havo had a bard time of it to-day.
i My wife said that I must put in that
pane of glass upstairs boioro the ohil
dron came Jessie was coming home
to stay awhilo and, of course, would
bring bor baby, and 1 reckon her hus
band v ould bo apt to follow along
Well, of course, the pane must be put
in, for if there is any bad -i- u ah ml. a
house it is a broken pane wit.i u
bag or some rags stuck In the
hole. It is a sign that too man of
the house ain't much aee? lint. 1''.- a*
bad as a front gate that .vo i't op u or
snut easy <>r a front dOOl' with a knob
otr.
This pane wa< out iu tho upper sash
a.d 1 never realized what a critical
job it was until 1 got at it. i came
very near fa! ing out of the two-story
window, for the work had to be done
from the outside. I had to hold on
with ono hnnd aud work with tho
other and at last bad to give it up. So
I got the step ladder-and took out all
tiio stops aud pmied the sash inside
tho room hauging by. the cords, ami
my wife she helped me and t ho ladder
cracked aud creaked amazingly, but
wo tinally got tho glass in and taoked
and puttied all right, and the sash put
back, aud tho stops replaced, aud 1
thought I was done, but she wanted
the old siiades taken down and some
new ones put up, and I had to mount
tho old step laddor again. She never
lets me know a'l that she wants me to
do for fear of alarming mo, aud that's
why she kept tho now shades hid out
until I had put lb tho window pane.
But I got through safely at last and
received sevoral benighuut smiles. By
this time 1 was so nervous that when 1
tried to write I couldn't hardly hold
tho pen and that's what Is the matter
with this manuscript. I cun't read it
myself aud will excuse any mistakes
your typo makes. Oh, these women
who uro always fixing up something.
They make me so tired. Hut I gave
? >i nice work basket for Christ mas,
.' sent to her
E?EI'S THE MONBOE DOOTBINeJ
*- i
A LUCID EXPLANATION OP THE.
VENEZUELA QUESTION.
Senator Lodge Makes a Strong His
torical Argument tn Defbnco of
Our Position.
Hon. Hoary Cabot Lodge, (Rep.)
?Senator, from Massachusetts, ad
tlrvs-ied tho Senate on the subject of
too Moniou ductrlne. Ho snid it was
not --is inloutlou to speak until the
joint rosolutiou introduced by him
giving U the declaration made by Mr.
Monroe in his mc&sago of Dooombor,
1823, tho formal sanction of Congress
had received the consideration of tho
Committee on Foreign Relations.
But siuco thon the President had sent
in his message on the Venezuelan
difficulty and Congress without a dis
senting voice had authorized tho com
mission whloh the Prosldent request
ed. This action had led to muoh wild
talk aud Rides moro vocal thau numer
ous from those who bollovo wo should
never do auythlng to clash with Eng
land's interests. This outory coupled
with London's attempt to frighten
Congress by producing a stock panic
had tended to confuse tho ie>suo. He,
therefore, thought a littlocool explana
tion would not be out of placo.
Two cardinal principles, ho said, had
11 ways governed the United States in
l heir rotations with foreign nations,
i'ho first was Washington's neutrality
doctrico as laid down in tho farewell
address. Tho socond was tho Monroe
doctrine, the history of which he traced
iu detail. Tno only attompt hereto
fore mado by outside powers to break
through that doctriuo was Hie joint in
tervention of England. France and
Spain in Mexico in 1801. A second
ease has now arisen, und tho main
tenance of the,Monroe doctrine, isugain
threatened us it was by the French in
I8(>2. This second attack upon the
principles of the Mouroe doctriuo
cotues from Great Britian and is made
under cover of a boundary dispute
wnh Venezuela. In order to show the
Importance of this controversy which
bud now reached a crisii atl'eetlng most
gravely the honor, tho interest*, the
rights, and the woll-sottlod policy of
the United Statos, he sketched "briily,"
us lie said, but with elaborate detuils,
tho history of tho dispute between
Great B'itain and Venezuela and of
the negotiations between the two coun
ti ies.
Ho continued as follows : " It will
bo observed from this brief outline of
tho dispute, that no new rights have
come to England or to Venezuela since
1814, i. e.; since the declaration of
President Monroe. Thoy have the
rights of Spain and Holland, respec
tively, nothing more, und nothing less,
and are entitled to exactly what those
inherited rights give them. In 103t> a
British minister acknowledged that
Point Barium belonged to Venezuela
and asked the Venezuela govormnent
to erect a light house there. In 1840,
a British court in Honiara declared
the territory of the Morooo, far to tho
east of tho Orinoco, to he Venezuelan
territory. In 1841 an English engineer
laid out a perfectly arbitrary line
running from tho mouth of the Orinoco
iu a southerly direction until it
reached the southern boundary of
British Guiana. Lord Aberdeen dis
avowed this line and proposed another
starting ut tho River Morooo and
?" further Into the interior; Lord
?r>' ?',<)|. r -'?hing
attempt to colleot it cost
ain her North Aaiorioi
The American people b<
iust as tlrmly in the prln
Monroe Doctrine. The
essential to their honor,
ami their Interests as a ua1
are prepared to defend
assailed.
" Mr. President, who 1
for the unhappily strai
betwoen England and
States V As I have pot
have not been the uggres
the points now in dispute,
Alaska or Venezuela.
"What thou, has stralnod 01
lions? Tho peremptory refusi
bitrato this question of boS\
Who gave that refusal V Great
aln. We havo appointed a.u
not to abritrato between Great
and Venezuela, but to inform
caroful investigation, what ?.
divisional lino, in their opinion,j
be. Who has drawn unarbitrfi
of bouudury uud declared thaj
should not arbitrato t'o the eus
Not tho United States, but"1
Britain. Ultimatums are what
relations, and they havo uol
Great Britian and not from us
Hove that this question will bo"
fully settled by the good tense
representatives of England
United States, but I am verj
tbat sMe.ii settlement can ouT
readied by action on thb parf
Congress and of tho Frcsiden*
shall boas tomperatu as it
which shall malntuir
Doctrine whorevi r it
That doctrine is as imp.
tho balauce of powo" is ti
those who maintain the
not attempt to break down,
pie which guards the integrity of
Americans uud protects them from t
interference of foreign power,
In the eouroO of Mr. Lodge's histor
cal review of the Venezuelan boundar
question, ho was usked by Mr. Ui
whether Venezuela had ever, at an
time, refused arbitration.
" Never," Mr. Lodge replied.
"1 refer to that," Mr. Hill explain*
ed, "on account of a published inter
view v ith Mr. Lincoln, in a Chicago
newspaper, in which it was stated that
Venezuela had refused arbitration."
"1 never met,'' Mr. Ltd go said,
"with any instance in which Vene
zuela refused arbitration. So far as I
am aware, she has sought arbitration
eonstautly. She has rejected ono or
two of the compromises offered by
Great Britain. She rejected one of
them because Great Britain insisted
upon the free navigation of the Ori
noco. 1 uii not think that Venezuela
has evor rejected arbitration. On tho
contrary, she has always sought it."
ST AT 10 MOWS IN r.K) KK.
Interesting Notes li oiu Various Sour
ces.
?James H. Irby, senior brothorof
Senator Irby, died at Iiis home in Lau
rens, Dec. 21. Ho was a planter aniL;
tii) years of age.
? Eighteen carloads of white people
have gone from Wayne, Dublin and
Ponder Counties, N. C, to work in the
cotton mills at Pelzer, S. ?. TiV
were in two special trains. Nom
them have ever worked in COttor
?The Supreme Court of
States holds that a
cont piece is still
a common oarrle