H STACKS 01 ? WOOL.
BW / SUPPLIES 267,000,000 POUNDS
"
lH MORE THAN EVER KNOWN.
IJsr
WB'Wmtt ; llcuiy Imports Not Conmmcd by Mnn-
PHw'K V ufiicturrni K.irtnrlcs it nil VVh rehouses
| r&J Rj Crowded with Htorsijre Two Years'
K K Supply Itecolvcd In One year.
BffsrBkS " 0n examination of the Treasury re-
K flaf \ ports I find that the quantity of wool ,
BJsftJyP' unmanufactured , imported in the nine
mmm months ending March , 1896 , was 199 , -
K Qf 918,707 pounds , and the quantity im-
Kdflg. ported in the nine months ending
BjSp > March , 1894 , was 36,594,124 pounds.
K Hhi ' What ha-s become of all this wool ?
HB "Boevina.
PJRI "Reading , Pa. "
Jm , The figures given by the corres-
DK < pendent are correct. They show 133 , -
LWWff 824,583 pounds more wool imported dur-
WpJUm inS the nine months ending March 31 ,
H K' 1896 , than during the corresponding
Bf R 1894 period , two years earlier. What
HmSJk has become of all this wool ?
K&n lSr' The quantity of raw wool on hand ,
Htf& H unconsumed , on March 31 , 1896 , is csti-
\W4mmWlf \ mated at over 114,000,000 pounds more
B Hf than was ever on hand at the same
H ) H > time of the year before. This is ex-
HSI , elusive of shoddy , waste , rags , etc. , and
WmA aKkrelates simply to raw wool.
\
B | Jr\ic If we take the quantity of wool on
B t\MI * hand , including that contained in rags ,
Vi | waste and all forms of manufactures of
B&vnk' ' wo ° l reduced to raw wool , the quantity
"
on k-anc * in the form of either goods or
frntt wool , unconsumed , on March 31 , 1S96 ,
kWfk vas aDout 257,000,000 pounds greater
fPb | tnan tlie largest quantity ever on hand
HIl. ! / > before at the same time of year. This
IEVbI' readily explains what has become of
'
E kkt a * e extra wool imported , being
KfctiJll ? nearly double the quantity of increased
RjSHf | | § imports of wool.
pounds , an increase in the world's sup
ply in four years of 221,000,000 pounda.
The effect of this enormous increase
in the supply upon European markets
was to depress the foreign price of
wool from 13 Is 2d per bale in 1891 to
only 11 per bale in 1895 , a decline of
over 18 per cent. This was in consequence
quence of the fact that there were then
221,000,000 pounds more wool in the
world than the woolen machinery of
the world could consume. In 1895 the
effect of the enormous Imports of wool
in all forms by the United States be
gan to tell upon European prices , a-ad
at the close of the year 1895 the sur
plus of woolens and raw wool , which
for four years had been distressing
European markets , had been trans
ferred to America , and London wool
market circulars now state that the old
supplies of wool and woolens in Europe
appear to have been obliterated. The
word "transferred" rather than obliter
ated would better describe the situa
tion , for the wool and woolen surplus
of the world has not been consumed ,
but has simply been transferred to the
United States , where the most of it is
still on hand , and this is the cause of
the present depression in the wool
business here.
It is a curious coincidence that the
increase in the imports of wool of all
kinds for 1895 , less the decrease in the
American clip , was almost exactly the
same in quantity as Europe's surplus
of the previous year. As near as niay
be the American total supply in 1895 ,
owing to overimportations , was 223 , -
000,000 pounds more than the average
of the previous four years ; and Europe's
surplus , which had been exported to
America , was 221,000,000 pounds. It
is therefore evident that the first effect
of free wool was to relieve Europe of its
surplus and cause prices there to ad
vance , and to add to America's surplus
or to give the latter country a two
years' supply in one year , causing
prices here to decline.
An increase in the imports of wool
does not represent prosperity here. It
shows the diminution of the domestic
clip , and an enormous accumulation of
wool over and above the capacity of
American manufacturers to use , with
the mills running short time or closed.
"The Solvation of Bradford. "
One of the daughters of the Prince of
Wales is shortly to be married , and
through the courtesy of a member of
Parliament for Bradford , the Princess
V
K jBl HOW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FEEL TOWARD M'KINLEY.
IjafeL. The news of his nomination was received in the family circle witb great
RJp rejoicing.
ijj&w } There are many circumstances that
INijpJft go to confirm these estimates. First ,
BBS * ; the American machinery is to-day run-
J M ning less than half time. Second , many
fCv [ > . of tue w ° o1 dealers who handle the
| Bpt | | American clip , and who have large
Hiy ? . stocks of last year's wool on hand , com-
Mpt ? plain that their sales for the past five
| ByS months were less than many of them
Bfw nave oftcn sold m a smgte month un-
BS' der the McKinley period. Country
BHkI merchants all over the United States
ml are holding old wool , some of which is
| Bit being destroyed by moths , because
ESijk there is no market for it , the usual out-
Ksll ' lets for jt navin& Deen topped UP
BfPIl ? . with imported wool and imported
Eg 'ti woolen goods.
\wL \ mi * * 1 > ne speculative movement in antici-
W Pati ° n of the Dingley bill facilitated
k * \
IArwK wool imports , and not the need of the
HA wool by American manufacturers. The
Hp ) increased imports of fabrics represent
PWw\ losses inflicted upon American woolen
feg-ja ; manufacturers by the Wilson bill and
Ej jpt * profits pocketed by the owners of
gagjjgu European mills. It is estimated that
HHR the surplus woolens brought in last
w [ year at the duty paid valuation will be
| 6fc from fifty to sixty millions of dollars'
| Sv . worth beyond the capacity of the
Hf' American people to consume in one
HKf year , and compulsory closing of Ameri-
HM can mills is necessary until this surplus
Sj ? of imported woolens can be disposed of.
HKijv There is no question about it but the
Ki& \ decreased purchasing power o ' the na-
Kf tion offsets the increased quantity of
Hnbt woolens required by reason of any in-
Hff crease of population , so that the in-
HB crease in the imports over and above
Bp the average quantity imported during
H hL the McKinley period represents to that
HBf ] * extent the decree of lessened employ-
B ) ment for American machinery. The
HBId ) proof of it is in the array of idle ma-
HdUftchinery. .
HK Messrs. Burk and McFetridge have
Bpft ! published in Traffic a statement pre-
HK t > - pared by Messrs. Justice , Bateman &
\\mWr \ \ * Coof Philadelphia , which is interest-
\mW \ W lns iir taIs connection ; hence we re-
K jm produce it , as follows :
Hvil "Messrs. Helmuth , Schwartze & Co. ,
11 % oi lj ° aAon' In tneir Marcn circular ,
msV Bbaw that tIle world's suPPlv of w ° o1
H li from 1891 to 1895 had increased from
D& ( 2,121,000,000 pounds to 2,342.000,000
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B
of Wales has given instructions for
samples to be sent early next week ,
when she trusts she may be able to se
lect "one or two pieces in the hope of
helping to avert suffering from the
workers of Bradford. " Accordingly the
Mayor has been requested to secure the
best and most attractive samples pos
sible , and accordingly Messrs. Sir Titus
Salt & Co. , Milligan , Forbes & Co. , A.
& S. Henry & Co. , Law , Russell & Co. .
and J. V. Godwin & Co. are to supply
them. One wonders if this is to be the
salvation of Bradford.
• This is from the Yorkshire , England ,
correspondent of the Wool and Cotton
Reporter. Trade in Bradford has not
been satisfactory for several months
owing to the decline in the purchasing
power of the American people , who ,
earning little or no money , are unable
to buy the cheap British shoddy goods
that are permeated with "pig manure"
and "urine , " weighted down with
"liquid zinc , " also with "flour , Epsom
salts , salts of lead and salts of zinc , "
as our Bradford correspondent has in
formed us. Y/hether the samples to be
selected by British royalty will savor
of such stuffs we care not. But we ap
preciate that the hard times and num
erous bankruptcies occurring in Brad
ford , due to the impoverished condition
of Americans under the Democratic gift
of Free-Trade in raw material , compels
Bradford'stitled manufacturers to seek
the protection of British royalty for
"the salvation of Bradford. "
Democratic Reward la Ijihor.
Idleness and its consequent poverty
and distress have been the rewards of
labor ; distress and bankruptcy have
overtaken business , shrunken values
have dissipated fortunes ; deficient reve
nues have impoverished the govern
ment , brought about bond issues , and
bond syndicates have discouraged and
scandalized the nation. Over against
this fearful penalty is , however , to be
set down one great compensatory result
it nas destroyed the Democratic par
ty. The proud columns which swept the
country in triumph in 1892 are broken i
and noiseless in 1896. Their boasted t
principles , when they came to the test c
of a practical application , have proven l
nothing but fallacies , and their great i
leaders have degenerated into warring i
chieftains of petty and Irreconcilable t
mini lummy ! qiiiii.iu- ' * i • ' . mini m iWl'1 ' 1 ! _ _ ! ag
factions. Their boasted principles ,
when put to the test of a proper appli
cation , have proven delusive fallacies.
Senator Foraker.
ihn American Farmer.
There are seven and three-quarter
millions of people in the United States
engaged In agriculture , more than one-
eighth of our entire population , far ex
ceeding in number those engaged in
any other profession , numbering twice
those employed in manufactures , and
seven times greater than those em
ployed in conducting trade and trans
portation. Therefore , they constitute
the largest body engaged in any single
calling in the United States , while the
value of the agricultural products of
this country exceeds that of any otlver
nation in the world. William iMcKin-
ley.
f i
Why JIcKlnle.mcrc _ ! n.
Vote the Republican ticket , stand by
the protective policy , stand by Ameri
can industries , stand by that policy
which believes in American work for
American workmen , that believes in
American wages for American laborers ,
that believes in American homes for
American citizeas. Vote to maintain
that system by which you can earn
enough not only to give you the com
forts of life but the refinements of life ;
enough to educate and equip your chil
dren , who may not have been fortunate
by birth , who may not have been born
with a silver spoon in their mouths ;
enough to enable them in turn to edu
cate and prepare their children for the
great possibilities of American life. I
am for America , because America is for
the common people. William McKin
ley.
England Contemplates "Mc Kin Joy.
We cannot contemplate the election of
Mr. McKinley to the Presidency with
any satisfaction , for it will undoubted
ly mean an attempt to restore the high
tariff once more , but on the other hand
President Cleveland's Chauvinism dur
ing the last six months has shaken to
its root the confidence which was for
merly felt in his good sense and friend
ly feeling in this country. As between
the two candidates there is little to
choose for us King Stork is as little
agreeable as King Log and we shall
watch the progress of the contest with
the perfect neutrality which springs
from a cordial distrust of both sides.
But undoubtedly the chances are heav
ily in McKinley's favor. The Yorkshire
Post , Leeds , June 19 , 1896.
Opinion from Pennsylvani-j.
• We welcome the issue , American pro
tection , American credit and an Am , f ; i-
can policy. Let the people in thi .m-
paign which this * convention yJgu -
rates determine whether they are will
ing to live through another free-trade
panic. Let the wage-earner and the
wage-payer contemplate the bitter ex
periences which brought hunger to the
home of one and financial ruin to the
other. Let the American farmer com
pare farm product prices with free-
trade promises. Let him who has saved
a surplus and him who works for a
livelihood determine , each for himself ,
if he craves to be paid in American dollars
lars disgraced and depreciated to half
their alleged value. Governor Hast
ings.
LoffDr Wag04 ; " Wale ? .
A couple of the Welsh tin plate mills
that have been closed since Christmas
started up again last month but , as
Ryland's Iron Trade Circular says , "the
workmen have accepted a reduction of
25 per cent in wages. " Other works
have started -with improved laborsaving
ing machinery and our Welsh friends
are about to make a final effort to hold
the tin plate trade of the world.
Hour Confidence Can lie Restored.
Let American industries of all kinds
be adequately protected and confidence
will be restored. As soon as that hap
pens s. demand for iron and other pro
ducts will spring up at once , and that
will warrant-the charging of prices
which will prove remunerative to the
manufacturer and permit him to pay
workingmen good wages. San Francis
co , Cal , Chronicle.
RlKht Kind of Policy ,
Protection is that policy which neith
er ( asks for bids on bond issues nor finds
it necessary to explain treasury defi
ciencies. Daily Saratoga , N. Y.
American Sheep Rejoice.
To all our products , to those of the
nine and the field , as well as those , of
Lhe shop and factory , to wool , the pro-
iucts of the great industry of sheep
iusbandry , as well as to the finished
svoolens of the mill , we promise the
nest ample protection. Platform of •
; he Republican Party , 1896. J
THE GREAT NURSERIES
LOUISIANA , MO. , ROCKPORT , ILLS.
Visited by Gov. Colman. Ex.-Sec'y Agri.
andthoHort Ed. . Judp f/'Mler.
"Oh , how Insignificant all my ilfty years
! of nursery business seems , all combmed ,
when compared with this stupendous es
tablishment , where they count by mil
lions , " saW Judge Miller , that veteran
horticulturist , as he , In company with the
writer , were being driven to the various
departments of this vast nursery.
In an experience of over forty years
we do not remember to have passed
through an establishment where so large
a number of hands were employed , whose
duties were so thoroughly systematized ,
and wheie business capacity of a higher
order was manifested.
It Is not In the so 'il of every farm that
one linds qualities essential to the growth
of the different kinds of Nursery stock ,
hence It has de\'olved upon these gentle
men , who were born to the Nursery busi
ness , to select from among the hltls and
valleys or the two Pikes such portions as
are adapted to tfieir purposes. Uut in
this very fact of selection of soil we see
their exceeding cre for the future suc
cess of their stotk.
Ml sguri and Illinois have no more
worthy lnstflut. ons than the Stark Nur
series , and surely no better or more iep-
resentatlve men than the proprietors. The
business Is growing on their hands , as It
deserves to grow.
They have a system of 40,000 acres of
commercial test orchards located in great
fruit growing regions.
The canvassing force Is being increased ,
5,000 fine outfits teady. Stark Nurseries
always have room for more active work
ers because they have millions of Stark
trees to sell. Colman's Rural World.
He Took Ills Hat Off.
He was only a poor little messenger
boy.When
When the young1 woman stepped into
the elevator on the first floor it was
crowded with men and the poor little
messenger boy.
In an instant the boy's hat was in
his hand.
Rather in a shamefaced way all the
men in the elevator followed suit
The j'oung woman was not hand
some , but was dashing-looking , and
seemed self-possessed. She was neatly
attired in a fashionable bicycle suiL
"You are a little gentleman of the
old school , " she said to the messenger
boy with a smile of approbation.
The boy looked tip at her , took the
message he had to deliver out of the
crown of his hat , but the hat back on
his head and commenced to whistle.
World.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
couih medicine used in mv house. D. C.
AlLright , ilidlinburg , Pa. , Dec. 11. " 1)5. )
Andre Castaigne , the artist , was re
cently given the unusual opportunity
of sketching Pope Leo from life. One
of the pictures that he secured repre
sents the pope in his private garden at
the Vatican , surrounded by cardinals.
Mr. Castaifrue ' s drawings will accom
pany the fourth and concluding paper
of the group which Marion Crawford
has been writing on Rome. It will ap
pear in The Century for Aiigust , and
will be devoted to "The Vatican. "
To Cleanse the System
Effectually yet gently , when costive or
bilious , or when the blood is impure or
sluggish , to permanently overcome ha
bitual constipation , to awaken the kid
neys and liver to a healthy activity ,
without irritating or weakening them ,
to dispel headaches , colds , or fevers , use
Syrup of Figs.
The Review of Reviews for August ,
while largely iriven over to the issues
of the presidential campaign , finds
space for the treatment of other im
portant lopics. Resides the character
sketch of Mr. Bryan , the democratic
candidate for the presidency , the Re
view has illustraced articles on Harriet
Beecher Stowe and Dr. Rarnardo , the
father of "Nobody's Children. " There
is the usual elaborate resume of the
current magazines : and the depart
ments of "The Progress of the World , "
"Record of Current Events , " and "Cur
rent History in Caricature" answer and
the typical American demand for what
is up to date and "live. "
Personal.
ANY ONE who has been benefited
by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ,
will receive information of much value
and interest bv ' writing to "Pink
Pills , " P. O. Box ir 92 , Philadelphia , Pa.
Harper ' s Weekly for August 1st will
contain an article on the trolley system
of New York City and its environs ,
• with a map showing the enormous de
velopment of this means of transit ; and
many pleasant routes for a day's or an
evening's outing will be outlined. The
contributor is Ernest Ingersoll , author
of "Country Cousins , " "Friends Worth
Knowing , " etc. In the same number
will be a capital golf story by W. G.
van T. Sutphen , entitled "The Hong
Kong Medal. " •
Coe's CoagH Balsam
Is the oldest and best. It will break up a Cola qulcte.
ortnauani thine else. It Is always reliable Try it.
For Polishing.
The following is excellent for polish-
insr nickel and steel articles : To one
tablespoonful of turpentine add one of
sweet oil : mis them together with em
ery powder enough to make it a pasty
mass that will just pour. Put it on the
article to be cleaned with a piece of
soft cloth and rub off quickly with a
bit of flannel and use a little dry emery
powder for the last rubbing.
It costs more to keep a bicycle in repair
than it does to keep an o.d girl lookiug
youn .
The Greatest Hectical Discovery
of the Age. '
KE IWEDY'S
MEOIGAJISCflVEY ! ,
DONALD KENNEDY , CF RCXBURY , MASS. ,
Has discovered in one of our common
pasture weeds a remedy that cures every
kind of Humor , from the worst Scrofula
down to a common Pimple.
He lias tried it in over eleven hundred
cases , and never failed except in two cases
( both thunder humor ) . He has now in his
possession over two hundred certificates
of its value , all within twenty miles of
Boston. Send postal card for bock.
A benefit is always experienced from
the first bottle , and a perfect cure is war
ranted when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected it causes
shooting pains , like needles passing
through them ; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. Tnis is caused by the ducts
being stopped , and always disappears in a
week after taking it. Read the label.
If the stomach is foul or bilious it will
cause squeamish feelings at first.
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you ca.i get , and enough of it
Dose , one tablespoonful in water at bed
time. . Sold by all Druggists.
mmmmmm mm
The Xeu' Tomato.
The new tomato is a half or entirely
frozen salad. When it is entirely frozen
it is cooked and sweetened , first , much
as if for its old time sphere as a vege
table , but there is no butter put into it ,
and no jpepper , only the merest dash of
salt ana the usual quantity of sugar.
Then.it is frozen in a freezer , like any
ice , packed in a mould and hardened in
ice and salt and served in mayonnaise.
This is the usual way , but I have a
little thing ot my own that I fancy to
be even nicer I may be deceived by
vanity and it is respectfully submit
ted.
ted.Take
Take half a dozen ripe , firm toma
toes , peel , pour over them a syrup of
one pint of sugar and one cup of water ,
brought to boiling no more. Drain
and cool. Pack in free7.er in layers ,
with rounds of white paper between
the la3'ers. Let them stay about an
hour. Remove carefully and serve on a
bed of lettuce and nasturtiums , with
mayonnaise. Roston Globe.
If you swallow anything hurriedly , you
" "
bolt it , and if you ro.uso to swallow at ull
you bolt it.
Do you know that people Loliove , if you
are a gossip , that yon are not very nice
yourse.f ?
Teop ' o cheerfully pay 2. > cents for a 5-
cent cake of soap , if it is "well udveitised.
FITS stepped free ami permini-ntlv cnreil. No
fltsart-r ar.st daj' iior Dr. Kllne'siircat Nerve
Itestnrer. Kree $2 li i.d bottle and ti eatlse.
Send to Dr. Klimc , 931 Arch St. , Philadelphia , Pa.
lie as good to people as you can Lo ; you
pass this way only once.
How to Grow lOo Wheat. L L\ \
Salzcr's Fall Seed Catalogue tells H
you. It's worth thousands to the H
wideawake farmer. Send 1-cent stamp i H
for catalogue and free samples of | H
grains and grasses for fall sowing. j H
John A. Salzcr Seed Co. , LaCrossc. > H
Wis. ' M
The trouble is , when n preacher is iutor- j H
ostitis ho never knows when to stop. M
Some women cry as easily and often as H
some men grumble. H
I Woman's Writes I * I
/ ? Believe in Woman's Writes ? ( C | H
S ) Of course wc do. Who could ) / fl
? ? help it when women write such l\ M
S ) convincing words ns these : < / M
$ "For seven years I suffered |
> ) with scrofula. I had a good ( ( M
y , physician. Every means of |
% cure was tried in vain. At last < < |
C , I was told to try Ayer's Sarsa- > H
y parilla , which entirely cured < s M
y , me after using seven bottles. " < J H
? > Mrs. John A. Gextle , Fort ft H
V , Fairfield , Me. , Jan. 26 , 1896. ( f |
I Ayer's Sarsapariila | H
I . .cures. . I H
jgl "A Bicycle Built for Two. " 61 © I
II Five cents' worth of j j . H
6 "RATTLE AX" will serve two ©
chewers just about as long as 5 cents ' H
1 . worth of other brands will serve- one I H
Ull man. This is because a 5 cent piece Fl H
I of "BATTLE AX" is almost as [ [
d large as the 10 cent piece of other m H
111 high grade brands m
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j ger , than anybody else. Columbia riders j |
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! surety the trinity of Columbia excellence. ! §
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