Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1896, Page 10

10 “THE EVENING, STAR, THURSDAY, .QCTOBER. 22, 1896-TWELVE PAGES, DURING OCTOBER. In Spite of the Throngs of Pa- tients the $3 Rate is Maintained to All. ‘The Time Limit Made Very Clear; Not With the Purpose of Hurrying Pa- tients to the Offices, but to Avoid Criticism on the Grounds of Par- tiality. ALL NEW PATIENTS WHO APPLY BEFORE NOV. 1ST, AND ALL OLD PA- TIENTS WHO RENEW BEFORE NOV. 18ST, WILL BE TREATED UNTIL CURED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF $3 A MONTH, MEDICINES INCLUDED. THIS APPLIES TO ALL PATIENTS AND ALL DISEASES, INCLUDING DEAFNESS. IN SPITE OF THE THRONGS OF PATIENTS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE RENEWAL OF THE OFFER WHICH DRS. McCOY AND COWDEN MADE DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER WILL BE MAINTAINED TO ALL APPLYING BEFORE NOVEMBER 1. NONE WILL BE SLIGHTED OR TURNED AWAY. If PROBABLY DOES NOT EXAGGERATE THE TRUTH TO SAY THAT DURING THE PAST SEVEN WEEKS DOCTORS McCOY AND COWDEN HAVE CONSULTED WITH MORE PATIENTS THAN IN THE SAME LENGTH OF TIME WERE EVER RE- CEIVED IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE IN THIS CITY. THE HUNDREDS WHO ARE APPLYING KNOW WELL THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THE SKILL OF THE MASTER AND THE TREATMENT THAT HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE WHOLE WORLD AT THE SMALLEST FEE RATE EVER GIVEN. THEY UNDERSTAND THE SPLENDID PURPOSE THAT ACTUATED THE OFFER. DOCTOR McCOY APPRECIATES THIS AND WILL, AT ANY COST, MAINTAIN THE IN- TEGRITY OF THE OFFER UP TO THE TIME LIMIT, THAT IS, NOVEMBER 1. HE DESIRES IT TO BE UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT THE OFFER CANNOT BE AND WILL NOT BE IN- DEFINITELY EXTENDED, THAT IT EXPIRES NOVEMBER 1. | (3. D. Robinscs, 34th st., West | Washington, testifies to Doctor Me- | Cos's skill in curing serious eatarrh. CURING SERIOUS CATARRH. J. D. Robinson, 1729 34th st., West Washington: “For twelve years I had been an in- valid from Disease of the Stomach and Bowels, orcught on by 2 Catarrhal condition. For twelve years I had been passing mucus and blood, growing weaker and more miserable all the time. Physi clans and remedies falled to allay my distress. MY NERVOUS SYSTEM WAS ENTIRELY BROKEN DOWN, ana I was indeed a sick man when I went to Doctor McCoy. He has made a new man of me. ‘My strength bas returned, and I cannot express my gratitude.”* CURING CATARRH OF STOMACH. Cc. W. Saunders, 1103 Park Place ne.: “No man ever suffered more than I did for more than twelve years. How I kept alive I do not know. At times 1 could keep nothing on my stomach. Every bit of food I would eat would set ms to vomiting, and often I could not keep down even a érink of water. It is almost impossible to believe the change that the treatment of Doctors MeCoy and Cowten has made in me. When I went to them the doctor told me that my trouble was Catarrh of the Stomach and that I could be cured. I have been. I can now eat and drink anything without distress."* SYMPTOMS OF CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. ‘The symptoms indicating dyspepsia or chronic catarth of the stomach are shown by the ques- tlous below, taken from Doctor McCoy's symptom book. The usual cause of dyspepsia is the mucus from catarrh passing from the throat into the stomach with che food, or dropping down at night Wueu the patient is asleep. Doctors McCoy and Cowden Invariably cure this diseas: “Is there nausea “Are yor <ostive “is there vomiting “De ¥ belch up gas “Have veu watcrbrash “Are you light-headed ? “Is your tongue coated DR. McCOY’S RECORD. ‘The Six Years of Preparation. Matriculant at University of New York. First honor man in his class. . Winner of famous Loomis prize. Candidate ment... <3 eal Chosen ‘by competitive examination, the doctors of the world, resident Bellevue Hospital. During service at siclan to training school for nurses. Served as resident physician to Bellevue. Study in hospitals o¢ London and Dabiia. “1881 Formulation of regular treatment for chronfe trou- bles as a result of hospital experienc Formulation of regular treatment for catarrhal, bronchial and lung diseases. 1883 Announcement of Dr. McCoy's cures first introduced voluntarily by weil-known journalists, with pic- tures and interviews of patients cured. April, 1854 Doctor MeCoy treating over one thousand patients a Extension of office facilities ‘students from Bellevuo..........-.-.-.- ‘The second visit to Europe for further hospital Study and Inspection. Serving In the laboratories of Fruf. Kock. at Ber, ha. +s “+ +. seen Scudy_ in Charitte “Hospital of Berlin and’ Togat nD. E Clinic under V« Fe Formulation of a system of based on the discovery of poison in the blood as the origin of disease... 1876 for Bellevue” Hospital a om is employment of "13891886 CONSULTATION FREE. McCoySystemofMedicine 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. Office Hours, 9 to 12 a.m.,1 to5S p.m. 6 to 8 p.m.,daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m IMMENSE BOYCOTT Joint Traffic Association Places Olover Leaf on Black List. GREAT RAILROAD WAR IN PROSPECT What Brings About the Threatened Hostilities. ROADS IN THE FIGHT One of the most extensive railroad boy- eotts ever inaugurated in the world went into effect this morning, and almost every large railroad in the United States !s in- volved to a greater or less degree. ‘The road boycotted is that known by the traveling public as the “Clover Leaf,’ and it extends from Toledo, on Lake Erie, to St. Louis, in the southwest, and Kansas City on the west. So important is the matter considered by the Joint Traffic Association, which de- clared that the extreme measure should be resorted to, and so firm is it in its ex- pressed intention to prosecute the boycott to the fullest extent that each member of the association has sent out notices to their agents and the public interested that they will do no business with the Clover Leaf line; that no tickets issued by the Clover Leaf people will be recog- nized by the conductors of the lines of those-who belong to the Joint Traffic Asso- ciation, nor will the baggagemen of the latter be allowed to accept baggage check- ed by the offending road. Sooner or later the trouble is almost cer- tain to find its way into the courts, and proceedings to enjoin the roads, who have combined to boycott the Clover Leaf from carrying the orders issued by the former in this respect into effect, may be insti- tuted at almost any moment. The Joint Traffic Association is a pow- erful and influential organization, and its authority extends over every road of im- portance, so far as competitive business {s concerned which passes to, from or through the western termini of the trunk lines, viz., Toronto, Canada; Suspension Bridg>, Niagara Falls; Tonawanda, Black Rock, Buffalo, East Buifalo, Buffalo Jur tion, Dankirk and Salaman New York; Erie, Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa.: Bel- laire, Ohio; Wheeling, Parkersburg, Charleston and Kenova, W. Va., and Ash- land, Ky. The Long List. Every line running out of Washington except the Southern and Norfolk and West- ern is arrayed against the Clover Leaf, and, in addition to the Baltimore and Chio, Chesapeake and Ohio and Pennsyl- vania, the following companies have placed the Clover Leaf on their black list: gheny Valley, Baltimore and Ohio Sou‘ western, Central railroad of New Jers Chicago ard Erie, Chicago and Grand Trunk, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago 2nd St. Louis; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western; Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil- waukee; Erie, Grand Rapids and Indiana, Grand Trunk railway of Canada, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Lehigh Val- ley, Michigan Central, New York Central and Hudson River, New York, Chicago and St. Louis; New York, Ontario and West- ern; Northerr Central, Pennsylvania com- pany, Philadelphia and Reading, Philadel- phia, Wilmington and Baltimore; Pittsbarg and Lake Erie, Pittsburg and Western, Pittsburg, Cincimnati, Chicago and St. Louis; Terre Haute and Indianapolis (Van- dalia line), Tolede, Peoria and Western; Wabash and West Shore. Cause of Trouble. The cause for the declaration of the boy- cott is said to exist in the allegation that the Clover Leaf has cut into the business of the Wabash out of St. Louis, thereby causing the earnings of the latter to fall off. Thereupon the owners of the Wabash living in New York complained to the of- ficials, and the latter complained to -he Joint Traffic Association, which, after an exhaustive investigation, ordered the boy- cott. It is sald that unless the courts intervene the Big Four, which has joined with the other companies in boycotting the Clover Leaf, may itself be boycotted, when an in- vestigation which the Pennsylvania Is con- ducting is concluded. The charge ts that the Big Four is get- ting more than its share of passenger bus- iness out of Chicago, and that it has been able to do this through the aid, to an un- warranted extent, of the Clover Leaf, and it is stated that if it is found by the Penn- sylvania that the boycott of the Clover Leaf does not remedy the trouble the mat- ter wiii again be brought to the atten- tion of the Joint Traffic Association, which, it is expected, will deal as severely with the Big Four as it has by the Clover Leaf. In the event that the Big Four should be boycotted, it would, as Mr. M. E. Ingalls, its president, is also president of the Ches- apeake and Ohio, be likely to involve the latter, and this would, in turn, probably involve the Southern States Freight Asso- ciation in an even more demoralizing war than the one from which some of its mem- bers have just emerged. Hereafter, and until the boycott is re- mcved, the passenger who desires to reach Pcints on the Clover Leaf from a point on the lines of the roads which have caused the boycott, will be sold a ticket to the junction point on the former, from which it will be necessary to purchase a ticket at the local rate. Seme of the roads which have joined in the boycott, notably the Big Four. have, it is said, taken the action not because they wanted to, as they were doing a large amount of interchange business with the Clover Leaf, but they had either to obey the orders of the Joint Traffic Association or surrender their membership therein, which meant the loss of many privileges enjoyed as the effect of the association, but also the forfeiture of a good many thou- sands of dollars which each road was com- pelled to put up when it joined the associa- tion as an evidence that it would comply with the present rules and future orders of the board of managers of the organization. There are not a few among those who are interested in railway matters who express the belief that even should the power of the courts not be invoked to remove the boycott, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan will step in when he gets tired of having the contro- versy carried on and see that an end is put to the rumpus. Mr. Morgan’s Inuflence. Mr. Morgan is largely interested financial- ly in a number of the roads composing the Jcint Traffic Association, and it is well known that he is opposéd to railroad com- panies fighting each other through the medium of rate wars, and it is said that he is equally antagonistic to the use of the boycott, except as an extreme resort. Much will, of course, depend upon whether the securities and bonds indorsed by his syndi- cate are affected by the boycott, and it is asserted by some well-informed persons that the boycott was not ordered by the Joint Traffic Association until after Mr. Morgan had been made fully aware of all the circumstances regarding the offense said to have been committed by the Ciover Leaf, and the necessity for drastic punish- rent to that road pointed out to him. Speaking of Mr. and his in- fluence in the railroad and business world, a g@mtieman in New York last night said: “There are some people who look upon Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan as a sort of great oc- tepus who is seeking to engulf and crush every railroad that he can get hold of. “Such ts not the fact. Mr. Morgan has not in his entire history ruined a single road. He is not a wrecker, and it is a fact that.can easily be substantiated by investigation that he has, by coming to the relief of roads, done more in aid of the working people of the United States than any other one man in the country. - “It is te hope a _— Coe eS gan and the syndicate of which he is the head are acquiring raliréads in every por- tion of the country, but they are for the most part roads that were unable to even pay the men who were running them for a long time. He went to their relief, and the result has_been prompt pay to the working people and dividends to the secur- ity holders.” They Will Fight. That injunction proceedings against all the roads named will be taken is evidenced by the fact that late yesterday afternoon Receiver Pierce of the Clover Leaf filed a petition in the United States court in Cleve-. land, asking that the Nickel Plate road be restrained from carrying the boycott into effect.- A temporary restraining order was at once issued by the court, and the case will come up for final adjudication early in December. The reasons given by Receiver Pierce in his petition-for the order were as follows: “The Clover ee ee asserts that the Joint Traffic tion, -comprising all the trunk lines between New York and Chicago, and deviating lines, some thirty- eight in all, has been trying to compel the Clover Leaf to become a member of the association, which that road refused to do, declining to be bound by the regulations of the Joint Traffic Association The associa- tion in order to bring the Clover Leaf to it then determined to sever all passen- ger relations between its roads and the Clover Leaf. “The association also threatens to sever all freight relations, the real ground of complaint being that the Clover Leaf is ob- taining more than its share of eastbound traffic. “The receiver refused to divide this traffic, and as a result of this refusal all roads in the Joint Traffic Association and all con- necting roads served notice on the Clover Leaf that after October 22, 1896, they would refuse to honor all through tickets or bag- gege checks Issued by the Clover Leaf or by any other company for the Clover Leaf, or any tickets or checks which read by way of the Clover Leaf road. The result of this would be to destroy all through passenger traffic of the road.” In the petition the receiver attacks the Joint Traffic Association agreement on the ground that it is unlawful conspiracy and violation of the interstate commerce law ard_a combination to destroy competitive traffic, and that it is an attempt to give an unlawful advantage to these roads to un- lawfully discriminate; that it is an unlaw- ful conspiracy at common law; it is in re- straint of trade, and that it is in violation of the arti-trust law. * ‘The court gave the Nickel Plate road leave to move for the dissclution of the temporary order at any time. ae a The Case of Pressman Carter. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I have read with much interest and con- siderable i: dignation the account given in The Star of tne 19th inst. of the cowardly effort of the Printing Pressmen’s Union to have Edward L. Carter, a coloredypress- man at the government printing office, ousted from his position. The reason given by the union for its action is based on the flimsy and untenable excuse that Mr. Carter had not complied with the rules of the Printing Pressmen's Union as formu- lated by the International Typographical Union. But one who has paid some at- tention to the history of labor organiza- tions in tris country and who knows the spirit that dominates and controls the ma- jority of chem in their attitude toward colored workmen readily perceive that the chief objection to Mr. Carter is based on the fact that he is a colored man. If Mr. Carter were morally unfit for the place that he is holding and mentally or phy- sically incapable of performing his duties properly, his case would be out of the realm of outside interference or public criticism. But those most bitterly opposed to Mr. Carter admit, says The Star, that in spite of the fact that on his appointment he was assigned to th charge of one of the most intricate printing machines in the of- fice he soon became its master and an ex- pert in the art of running it. And yet the union asked for his discharge. It failed to obtain it, and every just man in this community rejoices in its failure. Mr. Carter is a product of the civil service ex- aminations, in whien ne attained a high standing and through which he secure his present position because he showe himself superior to his competitors in th peculiar kind of knowledge which his spe- cial work demands. It is, therefore, little less than an outrage that so capable a workman as Mr. Carter should be the subject of such an attack, which has just been made upon him by an association formed for the ostensible purpose of pro- tecting the poor working man against the oppressive measures of rich and powerful! employers. It is gratifying to know that Mr. Carter's excellent work and excep- tional capabilities have defeated the pur- poses of the union. It was fortunate for him that he had such a fair minded bench of judges sitting in his case as the civil service commission and Public Benedict. This {s not the first time in the history of the government printing office that a colored workman has been the object of his brother printers’ attack. In 1869, when Mr. A. M. Clapp was the public printer our fellow citizen, Mr. Lewis [. Douglass, was appointed to the position of printer in the office. This appointment was an inno- vation, and met with the inost intense op- position and the severest criticism. But the honest and just public printer held his ground and declared that Mr. Doug- lass should not be disturbed. The Inter- national Typographical Union met in Al- bany, N. Y., and branded both Mr. Clapp and Mr. Douglass as “rats. After sev- eral months of discussion of the matter in the public press and in the union a com- mittee from the union recommended that the matter be ended by making Mr. Doug- lass a member. The union, as a body, never acted finally on the recommendation of its committee, and Mr. Douglass has been waiting for his certificate of admis- sion into years. With the close of this contest all fair ard liberal-minded Americans indulged the hope that there would never again be an attempt by government employes to use the influence of the petty places held by them, through the favor of others, to inject into the administration of a public office their narrow prejudices—and_ especially that meanest of all prejudices, that which is based on color. But twenty years later, In face of the wonderful progress in edu- cation, wealth and character made hy the nezro-American, this same intolerant spirit was exhibited in the bureau of engraving and printing when opposition was made by the printers to the appotatment of a colored girl as a printer’s assistant. But Secre- tary Windom took the same firm stand with reference to this colored girl as the civil service commission and Mr. Bene- dict have taken in the Carter case. The bureau matter was fortunately given such notoriety by the press that it was not long before more than one aundred colored girls had passed the civil service examina- tions and were employed on the presses that were making our greenbacks. If this fight on Mr. Carter will bring on re- sults so favorable to the colored people it will be some small recompense fcr the uncalled-for and cowardly attack made upon him as ar. individual and some re- turn for the insult offered through him to a whole race of people. There is no class of citizens in this coun- try more loyal to its interests and to its general welfare than the colored Ameri- can. And, strange to say, no other class of its citizens is so shut out from its best employments. In its wars some of its most valiant soldiers have been colored men, and in time of peace colored men have helped to build its cities and railroads, have cultivated its soil, and in every con- ceivable way open to them help to en- rich its people. In return for these valu- able, priceless services their chances for making a living by dignified trades and vocations in private employment are cir- cumscribed, not enlarged. Like Edward L. Carter, then, the negro-American is forced to apply to the general government for an opportunity to use a trade that the unions and labor organizations in the great cities will not allow him to follow with profit and in peace. It is pleasant to contem- Plate the strong sense of justice that moved Mr. Benedict and the civil service commis- sion to stand by Mr. Carter in his fight. It is well to let such organizations as the Printing Pressmen’s Union see that there are some officials who are not to be fright- ened by their unjust demands, though made on the eve of a presidential election. , ROBERT H. TERRELL. ———_ Printer its councils for twenty-seven McKinley, Hobart and Madd Clubs. A rousing republican meeting was held last night at the Palo Alto House, in Blad- ersburg, under the auspices of the Me- Kinley, Hobart and Mudd white and color- ed clubs of Bladensburg. The hotel and platform were decorated with flags and bunting, and patriotic airs were dispensed by a portion of the Marine Band. The meeting was called to order by Mr. F. A. Holden, and Mr. Frank B. Metzerott was made chairman. The other officers consist- ed of the presidents and secretaries of the various republican clubs of Bladensburg district, and were as follows: Vice Presi- dents—Edwin B. Garges, Maj. M. V. Tier- ney, J. A. Blundon, Emanuel Simms and Ferdinand G. Hall, Secretaries—H. C. Dobbs, jr., H. B. Fowler, Chas. Earle, jr., and P. E. Stubbs. The speakers were Jas. A. Clarke of Laurel, James D. Ball of Bos- ton, Frank Metzerott of this city, Captain William M. Potter of Laurel, Col. Fred. A. Holden, Ccl. William B. Reamey of Penn- sylvania and M. V. Tierney of this city. NEGLECT OF THE HAIR OFTEN DESTROYS ITS Sabicea kara bee ‘ware remedy. MIST CRY Farmers Really Léa in Debt Than feeb PROFITS AND PROSPERITY —AREAD A PESSI Misrepresentations Made for Cam- so: paign Purposes. . 1 __ SOME OFFICIAL FIGURES The American Agriciiturist issued this week makes some interesting etatements regarding the farmers, who are alleged in campaign speeches as ‘being sufferers: be- cause of existing financial conditions and the gold standard. Says that paper, under the head “The Credit of Farmers: “The pessimists, the ignorant and the calamity shouters are very fond of prating on the ‘poverty of the farmiag community,’ and some agricultural journals, not con- versant with the facta, have assisted in spreading the idea. They have done their utmost to destroy the’farmers’ credit. But the real truth is this: While many farmers have been in distregs, yet, taking the farming people as a whole, it is safe to say that the farmers have passed through the years of depression better than any other body in the country. Today farm- ers owe less than any other large group of people. Fewer farmers have ‘tailed,’ commercialty speaking, than in any other business. Some farm mortgage companies have falled that did an extensive business, especially in the semi-arid region, where agriculture is in an experimental stage, but the records of well-manayed concerns in this line of business, in the central west and northwest, show that farmers’ inter- est is being promptly met, and the prin- cipal of many mortgages reduced or paid in full. The number of farms owned free of debt fn the south shows remarkable gains. In the middle and eastern states farmers have maintained their good credit in the face of keen western competition. “Contrast this with the record of failures among merchants, manufacturers and rail- roads. he 161 railroads that have gone into receivers’ hands in: the last three and a half years were mortgaged for twice as much as ail the mortgages on all the farms in the United States. Probably the actual loss on investments in railroad inortgages in the past six years has exceeded the amount of all the farm mortgages in the country. Our judgment is that, taking the country as a whole, 5 per cent of the loans on farms during the past twenty-five years have either been paid in full or are today worth 100 cents on the dollar. “Our heart is stirred with sympathy for such farmers as are really afflicted, but their ills are not to be cured by lying about other farmers or by loudly declaring. that all farmers are bankrupt. Without in the shghtest degree trying to cover up any of the evils of agricultural depression, we here enter a solemn protest against the great wrong that has been done our farm- ers by the irrepressible calamity howler. We solemnly maintain. that the farmer's whole history demonstrates his desire and his ability to pay his jast debts. Railroad ‘receivers,’ corporatign wreckers and ‘trust’ promoters ha€e* made an unen- viable record as repudi¥tors, but the vast majority of farmers have, can or will pay 100 cents on the dollarnd “More capital Is thererying need of many farmers, and it is to be, gbtained on reason- able ierms by proving. the farmers’ credit. Let us build up, not tear down. Let us in- augurate the policy of tonstruction, not a reign of destruction.” «7 The Pessimists Cry.” Aceompanying this editorial the American Agriculturist prints a réview of the situa- tion, as follows: 3 ‘ot until wheat advthces to a dollar per bushel will permanent “prosperity to the farmer return,” is the cry af many who fail to appreciate or positively refuse to under- stand the true, situation, Were this propo- sition entfrely tenable, It‘ must forthw that wheat leads In importance’ evéry other product of thé farm. This4s far) short of the facts. The wheat-crop 4s only 13% per cent of the value of all staple crops, and scant 7 per cent or 1-14 of the total value ef the big crops and-live stock on farms. “Wheat is the great speculative com- modity, 1s much talked about in trade chan- nels, and the pessimists delight to ring the changes on this magic word. They make the most of the decline in prices, and refuse to recognize the enormous world’s extension in wheat growing, together with.the cheap- ened cost of production and transportation, which go far to explain and offset the fali in prices of late years. “So far as actual vaiue is concerned, how- ever, corn is king, while last year, as will be seen in the official figures here presented, cotton and hay each show greater aggre- gate worth, and oats nearly as much, to say nothing of live stock, this last repre- senting a sum equal to that of all leading crops combined. “It is true that farm prices in nearly every direction are ‘deplorably low, and there is room for and need of decided im- provement. ‘It must alsc be considered that the prices of everything the farmer buys are also very low, but it is no doubt safe to say that the purchasing power of the farmer's, crops Is nearly as great now as when prices were higher. “It is safe to say that with a return of business confidence, following a decisive stand for sound money in November; with adequate and just protection for farm pro- duce, with encouragement to our farmers to produce the $200,000,000 worth of sugar, wool, fruits and other produce now im: ported annually, and with a consequent out- ward flow of timid capital into trade activi- ties, permanent prosperity can come and will come, whether wheat ever again sells at a dollar or not. Official Figures of Values. Farm crops. Product. Corn, bushels 9, Hay, > Oats, i Potatoes, bu Tobseco, pounds. 49 Ry hels. 27,210,000 Milch cows, No. Mules, nuniber. Sheep, number... Hogs, number. $3,506,409,000 100 “The above statements of the volume of farm crops and values are taken from the final returns of the department of agricul- ture at Washington, covering the year 1895. The totals, of course, vary year by year, but the proportion remains much the same. The Ameritan Hen, “The comparison in the tables cited might be carried much further by adding esti- mates of such items @s poultry ane oe nd vegetablesi;:The poultry in- aastey ‘alone, ‘estimated @ permanent in- yestment of about $340,90,000, according to a recent investigation gpade by the Ameri- can Agriculturist, means an annual product worth as much money.fp the producer as does an average wheat trop. “Adding this sum to’Uar above total, the value of last year’s wheet crop was but a shade more than 6 per,cent of all. These special crops, includifig fruits and vege- tables, etc., not grouped in the government tables, are all legitinté@te and important farm products, and serve to make the rela- tive value of the wheat.crop compared to all, even smaller thap_here shown, It's quite evident from this showing that wheat ’t the only crop. eithe ‘future of wheat ‘growing and wheat prices has been considered so often that it will not be further touched upon here. It is worth noting, however, that it is not rea- sonable to give undue prominence to a crop which after all forms 60 minor a part of the agricultural product, taking the coun- try at large. of Increased Profits for Farmers. “Cotton is selling at an advance of 50 per cent over last year’s low point. “Wheat has advanced about 30 per cent in two months. ; “Heavy leaf tobacco has scored an ad- vance of a stiff 25 per cent. “Wool is up 1-2 and ic. per pound, and firmer. . “Oat values are advancing. “Corn is higher in face of biggest crop on record. “Potatoes are several cents higher than Millio: SPECIALIST IN NERVOUS, BLOOD AND URINARY DISEASES. YOUNG MEN AND tce of missie are ity, loss of memory, aversion to society, organie Weakness, loss of vitality or any form of special disease brought on by excesses, promptly restored to health, manhood and vigor. VARICOCELE, Hydrocele and Stricture per- 1 manently cured by painless methods. No cutting or painful operatiou. No loss of time. No exposure. BLOOD POISON, Pints. Secoatery ana ‘ertiary, for life without mercury or potash. KIDNEY -DISBASES ana an affections of the Bladder and Urinary Organs prowptly “FEMALE COMPLAINTS And all Diseases peculiar to the sex permanently cured, Dr. Young can be consulted dally from 10 to 5; Mcnday, Wednesday, Ttureday and Saturday even- ings, 7 to 8; Sunday, 10 to 12. CURE In every case a GUARANTEED =| “treatment. Charges Low. CONSULTATION “rire FREE py letter @ year ago, with indications of advancing values. “If only part of present improvement holds, farmers will net some $200,000,000 more for these crops than last year. Good Times Coming. “Meanwhile, the railroad, manufacturing, bullding and other great industries of the country have ‘economized’ as long as they can, Stocks of goods are light in city and country. With election out of the way and an overwhelming majority for good times, confidence will return, substantial improve- ment will begin, and we will enter upon a new era of prosperity, in which farmers will have their share.” o-____ REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS. Mr. Hutchins Tells Where He Got His Figures and Makes Other Statements. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I will, with your permission, answer both of my critics of Tuesday's Star in this one brief article. One objects to my declaration that Eng- land has taken from us in the past four- teen years 853,000,000 of gold. I said 53,000,000 in seventeen years,” and also that I got the figures from page 52 of Secretary Carlisle's pamphlet No. 123, of the date of July 1, 1896. So much for that. He states in contradiction of my figures that in fourteen years, from 1890 to 1895, the United States exported 636,000,000 of gold and imported 609,000,000, leaving us only 26,000,000 to the bad. if he will take the director of the mint’s report for 1895, he will find that that gen- tleman, who ts either dishonest or ignor- ant, or else my critic is at fault, puts down the following figures on pages 294 and 295: Gold exports from the United States, from 1882 to 1895, in- clusive Imports durirg same pe! for Balance against United States...$198,746,632 Silver coin and bullion exports during same period. 451,726,686 Imports, same period. 287,341,948 Balance . $164,384,738 Add gold 198,746,632 Total balance against us....$363,131,370 For the year ending June 30, 1896, the Secretary of the Treasury says (page 52) that we exported of gold alone...... 112,309,186 Total exports over imports for fifteen years. -$475,440,556 My critic says we only lost 26 millions. Mr. Carlisic and Mr. Preston say we lost between 475 and 753 millions. He, there- fore, should address his next communica- tion to them. He next complains that my tables of the increase of wealth in the New England states and the decrease in the southern and middle states between 1880 and 1890 are incorrect, and cites to prove his declara- tion statistics concerning Minnesota, Da- Kota, Colorado and Texas. Those’ four states he finds have grown. As I never mentioned them in my remarks, I do not need to concern myself with them now. He has chosen Texas, the empire state of the south, to which between 1880 and 1890 nearly all of the southern emigration went; Minnesota, which has developed mightily in manufactures; Dakota, which in those ten years was converted from Indian hunt- ing grounds into a great .wheat-raising state, and Colorado, which has become a vast gold and silver mining camp. He might as well have added Ohio. My meth- ods of reasoning may not be as mathemati- cal as his, but they keep within hailing distance of the facts, and once in a while at least tarry near the well of truth. Mr. W. C. Dodge is the other critic. I should have felt lonesome, almost neglect- ed, if he had not contradicted me, but not quite so hopeless as I should if he had ap- proved of me. He demurs because I stated that an issue of 250 millions of silver would bring gold out of its hiding places, and concludes by remarking that “I must think the American people are ignorant if 1 ex- pect them to believe it.” This very cutting and yet very familiar form of argument doesn’t depress me. I not only said it in Convention Hall, but if I had had time would have shown the prob- ability of it by twenty illustrations. Here is one: $250,000,000 of additional money would offer itself to be hired to take up loans, now demanded in gold, or its equivalent. That competition would bring out gold which is now being secreted, be- cause the increase in its purchasing power exceeds its possible Increase in interest by from five to ten-fold. When two dollars seek a borrower that individual can have something to say about the rate of interest and the terms, but when two borrowers seek one dollar the owner of the dollar sets the pace and also marks out the road. I know of one man in this city who has had in a safe deposit vault over $200,000 in gold | for the last two years. If he had ren ‘or interest he would have had $24,000 of increase. : As it is the $200,000 has apparently earned nothing, but he knows and I know that it would buy today twice as much or nearly twice as much of anything else as it would two years ago. Fine writing and sapient references to the Gresham law may fool some people into a poor belief, but close contiguity with a fact such as I have stated will open their eyes. . Mr. Dodge states that he knew a man who in 1860 had $1,200, which he (Dodge) tried to induce him to loan him, promising to pay the principal and interest in gold. I think one might give the reason for that without going to the Treasury Department for its statistics. One thing I have become convinced of since I have met the advocates of a con- tinued gold asphyxiating standard, and that is that there is not one of them who can put a question or erect a hypothesis that a fairly well-informed silver man cannot satisfactorily answer or brush away. This country 1s going to return to a bi- metallic basis—in my humble judgment. It is not only right, but it is expedient, and not only expedient, but our only hope for firancial salvation. STILSON HUTCHINS. October 22, 1896. ———>—__. New Jersey Republicans. At a meeting of the New Jersey Republi- can Association in the red parlor of the Ebbitt last evening arrangements were completed for sending voters home, and re- ports were read from the New Jersey con- gressional districts, which showed that in almost every instance the prospects of re- publican success next month are of the htest. Spirited addresses were made by br A, L, Fardon and President W. E. Rogers. In the course of his remarks Dr. Fardon said that if Bryan led no department employe’s official life would be safe, and yet department employes seemed Jess interested in the campaign than any other class of men. As a member of the gold standard finance committee, he could say that the subscriptions of democrats in this city, outside of lal life, to the ex- penses of the cam} were far in excess of the aggrega’ eipts from all the em- ployes of the yet their whole future depended on the re- sult. te rec 4 different departments, and ‘Mr. A. 8. Dumm Laid to Rest. Funeral services over the remains of Mr. Andrew 8. Dunn: ere.held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from his late residence, 2716 14th street, Rev. George W. Dudley, rector of St. Stephen’s Church, officiating.” Mr. Dunn died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was a native of New Hampshire, where he was born fifty-four years ago. At the outbreak of‘the war he enlisted in the He was a member of Kit Carson Post, G.A. R.; a Mason end Knight Templar. For the past thirty years Mr. Dunn has been en- goged in the government service in this city. Surviving him is his wife and one daughter, Mrs: Will H. Chandlee. The in- terment was made in Rock Creek cemetery. ——>.— The Painters’ Brotherhood. At the meeting of the Brotherhood of Painters, No. -170, last night the matter of the employment cf painters at the Co- lumbia Theater was considered, and it was concluded to leave the matter with the Building. Trades Council. The sense of the union was that as the work should be done and an agreement with the Build- ing Trades Council and the union have of- ficlally protested against the employment of painters not allied with the Building Trades Council, that that body would now at least bring the matter to the attention of the parties to the contract and ascertain if their promises were honestly made or not. ¢ ——-— AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &c. Today. C. G. Sloan & Co., Aucts., 1407 G st. n. » Sth and 6th sts. se. Sale Thursday, October 22, at 4:80 o'clock p.m. George K. Re- petti and Heary W. Sohon, trustees. Tomorrow. ‘Thos. Dowling & Co., Aucts., 612 E st. n. Improved real estate in Brookland, D. C. Sale Fri- day, October 23, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. Benjamin F. Leighton and Richard EB. Patro, trustees. AUCTION SALES. TOMORROW. ‘THOMAS DOWLING & O0., AUCTIONEERS. y SALE OF ABLE REAL ESTATE ‘TRUSTEES’ SALE OF V RE val Ur trost, bearing date Nuvomber 20, 1891, and ist et veeq., respectively” one of the land’ tecords et seq., respectively, one ree Of the District of Columbia, the tees, -vill, oa FRIDAY, " OCTOBER THIRD, two (2), in ‘block numbered forty (40). of Leighton a1 Pairo, trustees’, sub- division of a tract of lund called “Brookland,” as secoded in Liber 6 (county subdivisions), folios 103 Said real estate will be sold in the following order: First—Tkat_parcel or lot of ground, begin- ning seventy-five (75) feet west of the southeast corner of said lot one (1), and running thence west along Dover street. twenty-five (25) feet: thence north parallel with Argyle street to the north line of said lot tvo (2); thence east twenty-five (25) feet; ti south to the of Beginning for the second of said parcels of land twenty-five (25) feet from the southeast corner of said lot and running thence west with Dover etreet twenty-five (25) feet; thence parallel with Argyle street to the north line of sald lot two (2); thence east twenty-five (25) feet; thence south to ihe place of beginning. Both of seid lots are improved by neat two-story frame ccttages. As to the first described parcel, Terms of sa! pai $500 cath, residue in two equal installments, at che and two years; as to the second parcel, balance in two equal installments, at one and two years; balance in hoth cases to be secured by the promissory notes of the pa , and a decd of trust on the property sold. or the pur- chaser may pay all cach, at his option. Conveyane- ing and recording at purchaser's cost. A deposit of $100 required on euch plece of property on day of sale. BENJAMIN F. or Trustee, ice. 455 . BW RICHARD E. PAINO, Truster, ocl6-d&ds Office 482 La. FUTURE DAYs. PEREMPTORY SALE OF 50 HEAD OF Horses Horses AT PURLIC AUCTION. On SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER TWENTY- FOURTH, at TEN O'CLOCK, will be sold, WITH- IN THE BAZAAR, NO. 940 LA. AVE., a ‘car load of Horses and Mares, cons! to us ‘by Mit. M. EB. LAUBER OF YORK, PA. This car lond con- sists of good workers and fine drivers, stock to suit for any business, and the whole lot. WILL POSI- TRELY BE SOLD WITHOUT LIMIT OR RE- ALSO 30 head of Horses and Mares from Virginia, Mary- land and this city, and in this lot are some good workers and fine drivers, to be sold for want of use, AND THE HIGHEST BIDDER WILL GET THEM. PERSONS IN WANT OF HORSES FOR DRIVING OR BUSINESS PURPOSES SHOULD NOT FAIL TO ATTEND THIS PEREMPTORY SALE. WILL AT TEN O'CLOCK (SHARP), L BE SOLD, WITHOUT eee A CAR LOAD OF TOP AND NO-TOP \ PRIN TO WHICH THE ATTENTION OF DEALERS AND PRIVATE BUYERS 18 C, . 0c22-2t §_BENSINGER, Auctioneer. C. G.. SLOAN & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. STORAGE WAREHOUSE SALE OF A LARGE LOT OF PER- SONAL EFFECTS, WITH- IN OUR ROOMS, 1407 G STREET, TUESDAY, OCTOBER TWENTY- SEVENTH, 1896, AT TEN A. M. A \TTRES HALL RACK, EASELS, CUPBOARD. IT CHAIRS,’ ROCKERS, CABINETS, CARPETS, CHINA CABINET, BUREAUS, BUF- SUITES OF PARLOR’ AND CHAMBER NITURE, BOOK CASE, 59 BOXES AND CONTENTS, 19 BBLS. AND CONTENTS, ODD BUNDLES,’ BAGS, BASKETS, PACKAGES. ¢ IN VIEW MONDAY. ‘Terms cash. ©. G. SLOAN & ©0., Aucts., oc22-dts 1407 G ‘st. C. G. SLOAN & ©O., AUCTIONEERS, 1407 G ST. FINE_MAHOGANY, CURLY BIRCH AND OAK cl SUITES, LARGE BLACK OAK CHAMBER: HALL RACK, PIANO, FINE PARLOR SUI FINE’ PIER MIRROR, ROSEWOOD REVOLVING BOOK CASE, EBONY EASY CHAIRS, COTS, S CHAT, COUCHES, SIDEBOA! PHYSI- EX- cL R,, (ES, SIDEBO ‘TENSION TABLE, DINING CHAIRS, CHIF- FONIERS, ODD BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS AND WASHSTANDS, HAIR MATTRESS, OAK AND WALNUT WARDROB! FINE CASH REGIS- ‘G, LARGE or GRATES, EIC., ETC., AT AUCTION On SATURDAY, OCTOBER’ TWENTY-FOURTS, 1896, AT TEN A.M., withjn our rooms, 1407 G marcel. wre Pill sell the above effects, opening with the car ol © carpets Sid at TWELVE M., ‘Terms cash. 0022-2 CHANCERY SALE BY AUCTION. By virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, passed in cause No. 17823, Equity (Stean E, Mu-ray vs. Francis 8. Carmods), bite auction, in front of offer for sale, at te remrices, on SA’ AY, THE THIRTY- First DAY’ OF OCTOBER, ‘1896, AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M., all of the right, title, interest and estate of the said defendaat, Francis 8. in and to tw. cost. 8S. EDWARDS, Trustee, 500 Sth’ street nw. ‘TH08, DOWLING & ©O.,’ Aucts. 0¢20-eokds DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. PARK LAND AND BUILDING SCHUETZEN as- SOCIATION CERTIFICATES AT AUCTION. ‘By authori of the board of di Land and as and ting bundred and — as), ope nine (149) one nndred and the Washington ick Machine ied’ and three (1008). at recorded in Taber f as per plat ain BA hey tg yy ty for said District, together with the im- consisting of three two-story bay win- brick ‘of six rooms suc! ‘Terms of sale: One-third «f the hase money to be paid in cash, and the Yalauce in two equal with Parable Io one and two years, interest at <6) per-centum per able semi-annually, from day «f sa ix deed of tiust the property #ol4,'or wil. cash, St the, option of the parchaser: A deposit of $106 on each sold will be required of the purchaser at the time of sale. All conveyancing, recording abd notarial fees at the cost of the purchaser Terms of sale to be complied with within ton days — day of ogden the —— reserve right to resell property at the risk cn of the defaylting purchneer. GEORGE E. EN ALDIS B. BRO oc? -d&ede c ©. G. SLOAN & 00., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTA’ KNOWN AS NO. 1823 EIGHTEENTH STRI NORTHWEST, WASHINGTON, D. C. Under-and by virtue of @ certain decd of trust, dated the 8th day of July, A.D. 1892, and record~d in Liber No, 1701, folie 315 et seq... of the land rec- ‘of the District of Columbia, and at the request of the party secu undersigned trustees: will at remines, at HALF-PAST FOUR 0" ‘K IN THE AFTER: © THIRTY-FIRST NOON, ON SATURDAY, TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D! 1896, the following de- premises, situate in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and desig- nated as jot numbered bandred the same being improved by @ two-ntors and base- ment brick dwelling house, No. 1823 Eighteenth est. 3 One-third of the purchase money in cash, and the balance in one and two years, for which the notes of the purchaser must be gi bearing interest, payable semi-annually, at the of six per ceatum per annum, from ‘day until paid, and secured by deed property sold; or all cash, at the pure! tion. A deposit of $100 will be required at time of All conveyancing, acknowledging and record- ing at purchaser's cost. If the terms of sale are not complied with in ten days from day of sale the trustees reserve the right to resell at the risk and cost of defaulting purchaser. JONN T. GEO H.B ven, rate op- ARMS, | Trustee. 0c20-10d&A8 WHITE, Trustee. F. WAKREN JOHNSON, AUCTION AUCTION SALE OF UNREDEEMED PL I will sell, by public auction, ct the sto K. Fulton, 1218 Pa. av DAY, OCTOBER O'CLOCK A.M., all the store Gpon which the interest more, of, Gold-filled Case an “RATCLIFFE, SUTTTON & CO. AUCTIONEERS, Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Uo. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TO PAY STORAGE AND CHARGES, On SATURDAY MORNING ToUnTH, TEN 0} OCTOBER TWENTY- CLOCK will well, nsylvnnia enue ‘ored April 3, ING, in name Also lot of Household ember 22, 1895, in name RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & ©0., SALE OF PERSONAL EF HOLD GOODS FOR STORAG! Notice ie_hereby gt TCRER TWEN' O'CLOCK AM., thei house of C. G. SLOAN Washington, D.C., to the highest i furnitare, bousetol TH, at be ‘sold, il auction & ©O., 1407 G street north- the purpose of enfor changes, ete, due and sons pamed Ferein: Geo. Smi Miss M. J. McKinney, George H. Bennett, Miss B! wi . 8. weeler, T. G Fillette, Mrs. Anna B Cole, nee Lewis, and R. L. Tastor. Al PD, ‘neral Manager. DEPARTMENT, 0cl6-6t American Security and Trust Co. RATCLIFFE, SUTTON & 00. AUCTIONEERS. (Successors to Ratcliffe, Darr & Co.) TRUSTEES’ SALE OF IMPROVED PRoreRTY ON FLORIDA AVENUE NEAR TWELFTH NORTHEAST, TRINIDAD. By virtue of a deed of trust duly recorded in Liber No. 1900, at folio 161 et seq., of the land reevrds for the District of Columbia, nnd at the request of the party secured thereby, we will sell. at public auction, in front of the preinixes, or MON- stcrage ie per= rl von der Weth, DAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1896, AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M... tho follow! rty, situate in the county described prope: ington, District of Columbia, and desig- nated as lot seventy-eight (78), in Jolin E. Bea'l subdivision of lots in block two (2), in ““Trinidad,’ as per plat recorded im the survesér's office of the District of Columbia, In county book 7, page 76, subject to a deed of irust for $1,600. Terms of sale: Cash. A deposit of $100 required at time of sale. Terms to be complied with within ten days from day of wale. All conveyancing, re- . NORDLINGER, PHILIP A. DARNEILLE, ustees. DUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. TRUSTEES SALE OF FINE LOTS ON CONDUTP . ALBANY EET AND COTTRELL PLACE, UNIMPROVED. BY, “isive of 8 certain deed of, trust recorded tn a |. folie t seq., of the land records of the District of Columbia, and c ENTY-ENG) BER, 1896, AT HALE-P THREE O'CLOCK P.M., in front of the sell the following described pleces or parcel (and 1a the coanty of Washington, in t of Columbia, namely: Lot numbercd_ te clock four (4), and lots four (4), five () and six (6), in block five 5), in subdivision made by Jacob P, Clerk and Edward B. Cottrell in “Whitehaven and recorded in the office of the surveyor of said District of Columbia in County Book seven (7), te ninety-three (93). ‘erms vf sale: One-third cash, balance in one and two years, at 6 per cent per annum interes", pay- able semi-annually, to be secured by deed of trust on the property sold, or all cash, at the option of tie purchaser. A deposit of $100 required ut time gf ale, | Conveyancing, &e. at purcinser's cost, ‘Terms of sale to be complied with in fifteen days day of sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell the property at the risk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, after five days’ advertisement of suc Fesale, In some ne ser js fashington, 2. C. The rty wi ee prop MORSELL, of all incumbrances. PEARSALL, oclb ats Trustees. THOS. C. 8. £. G. DUNCANSON BROS., AUCTIONEERS. TRUSTEES’ SALE OF FINE LOTS ON CONDUIT ROAD, ALBANY STREET AND COTTRELL PLACE; UNIMPROVED. By virtue of a certain deed of trust, re: Liber 1985, folio 322 et seq., of the ‘land re of the District of Columbia, and at the written re- quest of the holder of the tes secured thereby will, on WEDNESDAY, the TWENTY-EIGHTH 28) DAY of OCTOBER, "A.D. THREE YCLOCK P.M., in frout’ of the premilses, sell the following described pieces or parcels of land in the ‘of Washington, in the District of Columbia, Lots numbered ore (1), two (2), three @) it (8), ten (10), eleven (11) ‘and twelve (12) in block five G) in “subdivision made by Jacob P. Clark und Fdward B. Cottrell, in “Whitehaven,” and recorded in the office of the surveyor of said District of Golumbia iu County Book seven (7), ninety-three (93). Perms of sale: ‘One-third cash, balance in one and two yers, at 6 per cent pet annum interest. posable semi-annualls, to be secured by den’ of {ust on the property sold, or all caxh. ‘at the op- tion of the purchaser. A ‘depcsit of $100 required at time of sale. Conveyaucing, etc., at purchuser's cost. ‘Terme of sale to be complied with in fifteen days fiom day of sale, ctherwise the trustees re- serve the right to resell the property at the tisk and cost of the defaulting purchaser, atter five days’ advertisement of such resale in "some news- blished tn Tilt be sold clear of ocl5-ats KR. 8S. DONALDSUN, 2 TRUSTEES’ SALE-OF VALUABLE LOT FRONT- ING MARYLAND AVENUE AND G STREET NORTHEAST. deed of trust given to us, and in Liber No, 1809, it follo, 482 jet of Ce trustees will offer for sx iblic auction, in front of Ebay. ‘TWENTY-FOU t on Maryland’ avenue id lot one (1) of the even and uniform width of two (2) feet three (3) inches from front on south line of said lot on Maryland the sale, otherwise Prope: jk’ and cost of Aciauiting purchaser after Gcys’ ndverzivement. All conveyancing at pur- chaser’s cost.