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> Gov , Holcom'Q Goes to Washington in Its
Interest ,
ADVISES MUSTERING OUT.
Steps to Bo Taken AHO to Secure n
1'rompt Settlement of the Claims of
Nebraska Against tlio General Govern
ment.
Lincoln dlspatcn : Governor Hoi-
comb left last night for Washington ,
D. C. , where he will give his personal
attention with Colonel Stark to secur
ing a prompt settlement of the claims
of the state against the general gov
ernment on account of the mobiliza
tion of troops in Nebraska for enlist
ment in the volunteer service. Ho will
also urge on the president the advisa
bility of returning the Third regiment
to Nebraska to be mustered out of the
service.
The governor Is impelled to this ac
tion on account of the alarming in
crease in sickness in the regiment , the
abnormal death rate , and at the re
quest of many hundreds of the rela
tives and friends of the enlisted men.
Letters from the regiment Indicate hat
more than nine-tenths of the private
soldiers are anxious to be mustered
out , having enlisted for the war with
Spain , and not for police duty in time
of peace.
The condition of the regiment has
been made known to the governor each
day through the reports of Colonel
Bryan , made in compliance with a re
quest for this information made by
the adjutant general to the command
ing officers .of both the Second and the
Third on August 19.
The first daily sick report from the
Third was for August 20 , just one
month ago. This showed that there
were twenty-one sick men in hospital
and twenty-six sick in quarters at that
time. The report for September 20
was received today , and this shows
that there were today 127 sick in hos
pital and 176 sick in quarters , a total
of 303.
The report does not include the
eighty-one men who were sent home
on the hospital train last week , nor
those who are absent on sick leave or
furlough , and who left at other times.
The last list is estimated to include
about twenty-five or thirty names. If
this is near correct there are now in
hospital or otherwise unfit for duty
by reason of sickness over 400 out
of a total of 1,328 men and officers in
the regiment originally.
The death list of this regiment al
ready includes nine names.
Second Nebraska Hoys.
These are quiet days in old Fort
Omaha , writes a correspondent , as so
many of the boys are absent. For
those who are here , whether officers
or men , there is plenty of work. The
officers' are busy scriving to straighten
out their records and account for the
men who were sent home on sick fur
loughs preparatory to the final muster.
It seems to be the general impression
now that the regiment will really be
mustered out when the boys return
from their furloughs , October 10. Two
days after that date the boys are ex
pected to participate with the Twenty-
second United States infantry in the
great peace jubilee. These two regi
ments promise to attract much atten
tion then. The
Twenty-second re
turned with eleven officers and 178 men
out of 510 which left here less than
five months ago. Those woreturned
look worn and weak from disease , and
the regiment is but a ghost of itself.
When they march down Farnam street ,
if they do , they will attract much at
tention. Of course the Second Ne
braska volunteers will be there. It is
expected that they will be in good con
dition , as those who are ill will have
recovered and the entire regiment is
expected to be in line.
Wants to Find Ills Brothers.
William Kealey of Edgar , Clay coun
ty , has written the governor and asked
the latter to assist him in finding his
two younger brothers , Try and Gibbey.
4Tho story , as told by the letter , is
that in 1885 the three boys , William ,
6 years old , and Try and Gibbey , at
that time 4 and 2 years respectively ,
were sent to the home for the friend
less at Lincoln. In a short time Will
iam was taken out of the institution
by a Mrs. Kilpatrick , and from that
time he has never been able to hear
from his brothers or get any informa
tion that would satisfy him as to what
became of them. He says that officers
of the home have brought only the
answer that no trace had been kept of
the children. He asks the governor ,
if possible , to help him in his quesL
Thlrtccn Have Died.
Two more deaths have been reported
in the Second Nebraska volunteers.
The first was Private Johnson , of G
company. Private Paul Jenkins , of
company A , died in Leiter hospital at
Chickamauga. Two more are expected
\ to join the innumerable caravan from
the hospital at Fort Crook very soon.
Eighteen are sick there yet , and six
teen will recover. One or two are ex
pected to die in the Omaha city hos
pitals. The death rate has been very
low in the Second. Thirteen men out
of 1,323 officers and men does not form
a high percentage. It is , perhaps , the
smallest number of any regiment in
the service.
Many of the boys who are away on
sick furloughs are writing in regarding
them. Some are reporting for duty ,
but the majority are taking extensions.
Arrested on a Serious Charge.
Albert Herman , a farmer living six
miles southeast of Columbus , near the
Colfax county line , came in and caused
the arrest of Charles Booth , a young
man who had been working for him ,
on the charge of adultery. He alleges
the act was committed with Mrs. Her
man. Booth was arraigned before
County Judge Robinson , and the case
continued. His bond was fixed at foOO ,
fix in default of which he was committed
to jail. None of the parties are over
30 years of age.
The whist club of Hastings has been
reorganized.
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Look Out for the Swindlers.
Ashland dispatch : Iho principal
subject of conversation on the street
today is the collapse ot the "flour bin"
scheme. The first step had been com
pleted , and all the preliminary work
done , but the plan was punctured be
fore it reached completion , and the
p'ersons managing it left hastily en the
midnight train last night. About two
'months ago two very smooth young
gentlement , Messrs. Borders and Braw-
ley. came to Ashland and made the
acquaintance of the business men , rep
resenting that they intended to remain
some months and canvass the country
for a patent flour bin and sifter com
bined. They boarded at the best hotel ,
hired livery teams and canvassed the
town and country for orders. They
agreed , it is alleged , to take any kind
of produce or goods if they could make
a sale , the purchaser signing a contract
to take the flour bin about the 1st of
October. They took about four hun
dred orders at $5.50 each.
Last week they hired an office , fur
nished it and a new man appeared
whoso duty was evidently to bring the
scheme to a climax. Substantial farm
ers who had sons were brought into
the office or visited with the purpose
of Interesting them. They were shown
the vast number of orders that had
easily been taken in so short a time ,
and the great profit there could not
fail to be in it Propositions were
then made to sell territory , and a num
ber of men were already on the string.
It was working finely , many of the
business men , however , suspicious of
the whole thing and did not believe
It legitimate. Within the last day or
two some letters from Washington ,
Kan. , were received by residents of
Ashland describing a great scheme
that had been worked in that locality
by flour bin men during the past
spring. They claimed it was the same
two men , Messrs. Borders anl Brawley ,
and they were looking for them.
JTojf Cholera In Nebraska.
Columbus dispatch : The old time
hog cholera has again made its appear
ance in Platte county. 0. D. Butler , a
farmer living within a few miles of
town , has lost some forty head re
cently , and he says it affects both the
old hogs and the pigs , and no remedy
seems to check its ravages. Several
others have lost some , but not in
such numbers as Mr. Butler. Those
who have seen the hogs say it is the
real old thing.
About two weeks ago John Foreman ,
a farmer living in Burrows township ,
had all of his stacks destroyed by fire
just after he had commenced thrashing.
He only saved about forty bushels of
oats , which they had just thrashed.
The fire caught by sparks from the en
gine. He at once brought suit against
the owners of the machine Stineholz
& Fetters for the amount of his loss ,
and yesterday in Justice fuller's court
recovered a judgment for the full
amount. It Is believed that the judg
ment will stand , and that no appeal
will be taken.
Something over two years ago
George Smith of this cry run a cat
fish horn into the bottom of his right
foot. Physicians at the time removed
what they thought to be the bone , but
the foot always gave him trouble , and
at times he could scarcely walk. Yes
terday he went to a physlc.an and ap
plied the X-rays to the foot and the
bone was plainly visible. An incision
was made and the bone removed , which
was just one and a quarter inches in
length. He thinks he will have no
further trouble.
A Boy In -cmtentlary. .
Charles Kennedy , a 15-year-old boy ,
was received at the penitentiary last
week , having been sent up by the dis
trict court of Gage county for eighteen
months for horse stealing. It seems
that the boy , who is very slow wittcd ,
fell in with a traveler , who has since
turned out to be an exconvict from
Missouri. The man had a horse he
was driving , and seeing a better one in
a pasture near the road , made the ex
change without consulting the owner
of the other horse. When captured
neither the man nor the boy made any
defense , and they pleaded guilty at
the trial. The boy seems to be inof
fensive , and much surprise is ex
pressed at the Gage county authorities
sending him to the penitentiary instead
of to the reform school , and it is prob
able that an effort will at once be made
to have the sentence commuted. The
boy has relatives at Hastings , Beatrice
JOIBI aqi VB SUIACT ' 110 ODUAVEJ PUB
place is his grandfather , L. M. Ken
nedy , who has several times been an
inmate of the asylum.
Murder Over the Boundary
Alliance dispatch : Trouble of long
standing culminated in the murder or
N. L. Slyvester , in Sheridan county ,
twenty miles northeast of this city ,
last evening , death resulting instantly
from a Winchester bullet fired by
John Krause. The fatal quarrel was
the result of a dispute over the bound
ary line across a hay meadow , Sylves
ter coming on the Krause side and re
fusing to quit.
Krause started ! for Rushville this
morning to give himself up and the
body of Sylvester lies where it fell ,
awaiting the arrival of the coroner.
Slyvester's reputation , it is alleged ,
is not the best , and as he is said to
have made threats against Krause ,
public sentiment seems to excuse the
latter.
Instantly Killed.
Joseph Kompost , a young Bohemian
farmer , living south of Crete , was in
stantly killed by falling into the cylin
der of a thrashing machine while feed
ing it. The whole left side of the body
was terribly lacerated. Deceased was
a member of the Z. C. B. J. , a benevo
lent Bohemian society , under whose
auspices the funeral took place.
Note ? .
Three grandchildren were born In
the family of a Mapleton man within
one week.
The accidental discharge of a shot-
Kun will very likely end the life of
Earl Mann , the delivery boy for the
Pearl laundry of York. Mann , in com
pany with three other young me'n , was
hunting. On their way home they
hailed a handcar coming in on the Elkhorn -
horn railroad. While Mann was standIng -
Ing on the car the hammer of the shot
gun struck on the edge. Part of the
abdomen wa ? carried away-
Daily Ascensions at the Trans = Mis =
sissippi Exposition Grounds.
Among the many interesting feat-
tires of the United States government's
exhibit at the Trans-Mississippi Ex
position at Omaha , none is attracting
greater attention than the war bal
loons. Besides the monster captive
balloon which was used by the Ameri
can forces at Santiago , there are fcur
other large balloons , each with a ca
pacity of 21,000 cubic feet , sufllcient
to carry three or four persons , and a
score of small signal balloons. In
charge of the balloons and the half
dozen carloads of apparatus accom
panying them are Captain A. Warren
Yancey and a detachment of twenty-
feet an excellent view of the exposi
tion grounds , the cities of Omaha and
Council Bluffs and the surounding
country is obtained.
A building forty feet square on the
ground1 and fifty feet high has been
erected on the north tract to house the
balloon overnight. It costs in the
neighborhood of $80 to inflate , and it
is cheaper therefore to retain the gas
from day to day than to generate fresh
gas for every ascension. In order that
the gas may not be allowed to escape
it is necessary to protect the balloon
from the weather , for the varnished
silk of which it is made , is very quick
ly ruined when a little rain gets to it.
GOVERNMENT WAR BALLOON.
three members of the United States
Volunteer Signal Corps , of whom about
one-half were engaged in the opera
tions before Santiago.
The big balloon used at Santiago is
an object of intense popular interest.
One or other of the balloons makes
several ascensions daily from the ex
position grounds.
These balloons , as stated above , have
a capacity of 21,000 cubic feet of gas.
This is sufficient to raise about 1,800
.pounds. The balloon itself , with the
car and ropes and cable , weighs in the
neighborhood of 1,200 pounds. Each
balloon can carry four persons of aver
age weight.
The balloons are equipped with com
plete telephonic and telegraphic ap
paratus , communication with the
ground being obtained by means of in
sulated -wire paid out as the balloon
ascends. Captain Yancey has with
him at Omaha two coils of this wire ,
each 2.500 feet long. The wire is five-
eighths of an inch in diameter , and
consists of twelve strands of copper.
It is used for the double purpose of
holding the balloon and of establish
ing telegraphic or telephonic communi
cation with the ground. The wire is
wound on a reel , connected with brass
bushing and so arranged that the com
munication Is not interrupted as the
balloon ascends or descends. The
daily ascensions are made to about the
limit of one of these coils of wire , and
from a height of from 2,000 to 2,500
INDIANS AT THE EXPOSITION.
Graphic Account of the Sham Battle In
"Which Tiiey Engage.
Not less than 10,000 people witnessed
the sham battle between the Indians
yesterday afternoon , says the Omaha
Bee , and when it was over and the
dead and wounded carried away it was
pronounced a great success. It was
fought along substantially the same
lines as some of the others that have
been put on , and was carried out in
every detail.
The great fight of the afternoon was
started off by Captain Mercer march
ing all of his Indians up in front of the
reviewing stand. The first detachment
was composed of the interpreters , who
clad in their new suits consisting of
brown corduroy trousers , blue flannel
shirts and light brown slouch hats
made a very neat appearance. Then
came the squaws of the different tribes ,
each band coming up separately. They
in turn were followed by the Indians ,
marchins in the same order , after
which the horsemen appeared on the
scene , tribe after tribe riding up at
full gallop and yelling their war
whoops. Behind each band rode its
chief , and as they reached the seats ,
the name of the tribe as well asthe
name of the leader was announced.
Old Gsronimo appeared to be the lion
of the occasion , and was cheered from
the time he started unti he halted his
animal in front of the stand. The old
man rode like a general , and evidently
appreciated the ovation , as he doffed
his hat and bowed as gracefully as a
Chesterfield. This part of the program
having been carried out , the Indians
filed off over the field toward the east
and back to the starting place , from
which the horsemen rode in a body ,
yelling in a manner that made some of
the timid white people feel like tak
ing to the wood. After the sounds of
the yells had died away , a volley was
fired and everything was ready for the
fight.
As the story goes , a Sioux Indian.
Grass , had been over in the territory
of the Blackfeet trapping beaver , and
as the tribes were not on friendly
terms , ho had been doomed to die at
the stake , a slow fire doing the busi
ness. Of course this was simply the
play , and in order to carry it out there
had to be a battle.
After the parade the Sioux and their
allies , under command of Goes-to-War ,
took up a position on the east side of
the grounds , while the Blackfeet and
their allie'J , led by Big Brave , went out
into thp space at the west end of the
grounds. Then everything was ready
for business. In from the west came
a little band of Indians leading a
horse , on which was mounted Mr.
Grass. He looked.sad , and his every
action indicated that he was ready to
expect almost anything. It was not
mort than a minute before 100 Indians ,
painted and ornamented with feathers ,
hustled in from the sa&e direction as
came the men with the Indian who
was to be tortured. They whooped
like mad. and one of their number ,
Cut Nose , made a speech. He told a
tale of cruelty perpetrated by Grass , !
In addition to the quarter of a hun
dred balloons , large and small , Cap
tain Yancey has with him at Omaha
two stationary generators and one portable
table field generator and portable
boiler , two gasometers , one of which
was made in Omaha , and 250 tubes
each of which will hold about 150 cuoic
feet of gas compound.
Of almost equal interest with the
balloon ascensions are the daily exhi
bitions of visual signaling which are
given by Captain Yancey's men.
Every member of the United States
Signal Corps is an expert slgnalist
either with the telegraph or the helio
graph or with the flags. The flag sig
naling , or wigwagging , as it is termeu ,
is very interesting to watch. The sig
nalmen are provided with small col
ored flags with which they do their
talking. A dip to the right or the left
or some combination of such move
ments represents each letter of the
alphabet in accordance with what is
known as the Myercode. The two
squads of men are separated by the
lagoon at sufficient distance to prevent
any verbal communication , but near
enough for the public to watch both
operators at the same time. The ex
hibitions with the heliograph , or sig
naling by means of sun flashes , are
also of great popular interest. It Is
interesting to note that both the wig
wagging , or the heliograph system of
signaling were .derived from the In
dians.
and opined that he ought to die like a
dog. Grass smiled and told his captors
to do their worst , as he" was ready to
die. Then some of the fellows who
were not singing war songs com
menced to gather grass and straw that
was lying conveniently around , wait
ing to be gathered. Grass was pulled
from his horse and roped to an electric
light pole. The next act in the war
drama was to tie him good and tight.
After that a circle was formed about
him and the war dance was put on
with a war song accompaniment.
About the time the Blackfeet were
ready to fire the straw around Grass'
feet a runner came in and reported
that two Sioux were out in the bush
taking observations. Big Brave se
lected a dozen of his most trusty war
riors and sent them out to bring in
the two men that they might be
roasted with Grass. Th.e Sioux got
wind of the proceedings and scudded
over the prairie , but one of them was
not sv/ift enough and was captured
and scalped , while the other managed
to get back to his camp. "V.hen the
scalp was brought in the Blackfeet and
their allies proceeded to have a jolifl-
cation , and then started a fire around
Grass. Their fun , however , was short
lived , for about this time the Sioux
caine upon them pell mell , firing into
their ranks and knocking : out a dozen
cf the best men. The Blackfeet were
routed and driven off , after which the
Sioux had their fun. They brought in
ten prisoners , and after releasing
Grass , bound them all to the same elec
tric light pole. Then there was a
Sioux Avar song and a dance that went
with it , and for a time it looked as
though there was to be a high time in
the camp for several men , and un
doubtedly there would have been had
not the Blackfeet gathered up a lot of
reinforcements and renewed the at
tack. They came in like the wind and
engaged the Sioux. They had but one
motto , and that was : "When you see
a head hit it. " The hitting process
worked with both sides , and for a
time it was hard to tell which side
would carry the day.
\VI11 Work Neit Week.
The president is making progress In
the matter of preparation of the com
mission for the investigation of the
conduct of the war , so far as it re
lates to the war department , says a
Washington dispatch , and he stated to
members of the cabinet today that ho
had so far completed the commission
that he had invited the members to
meet him for a conference at the
White House on Saturday next , with a
view to beginning their work next
week.
Seven of the nine members of tns
body have definitely indicated their ac
ceptance of the president's invitation ,
and he expressed himself today as be
ing very confident of being able to se
cure the services of .the other two
gentlemen necessary to complete the
quota of nine by the time set for the
men who have been Invitee to serve
conference. The names of the new
men who have been invited to serve
were not siven out.
CAPTDEING JIAEKETS.
GERMANY'S POLICY OF TRADE
EXTENSION.
Dor Tremendous Development of Mor-
ohant. Shipping ; Facilities Contrasted
with the Tardy and Neglectful Coarse
Pursued by the United States.
Some consular reports of exceptional
value and interest have just been re
ceived at the state department in
Washington. Consul Covert , writing
from Lyons , deals at length with the
subject of the French bureau of for
eign commerce , recently established.
The abler division of this bureau will
devote its attention in large measure
to the Orient. The plan is said to be
patterned after Russia , which has two
foreign ministries , one for the East
and the other for the continent of
Europe. This bureau will be in close
touch with the French boards of trade.
The French are aiding Russia to de
velop her resources , and a large part
of the report referred to is taken up
with the details of this aid , which is
a benefit to France , of course.
The consul says that the work of the
Lyons commission , sent to China by
the business men , is being followed up
vigorously. France is trying to keep
up with England and Germany in ef
forts to supply China , a nation which ,
to quote from a great European au
thority , "is the most potential market
in the world. " He adds :
"Whether this tremendous market
shall be a feeder to Russia's trans-Si
berian railroad , to England through
Hong Kong , to Germany through
Kiao-Chau or to France from Tonquin
is the momentous problem of the com
ing century. "
Consul Monaghan writes from Chem
nitz in two reports just given out.
One , concerning Germany's shipping ,
and the other , concerning her machin
ery export , throw much light on a
' . Compiling
great trade rival's operations.
piling his figures , it is seen that there
was an increase in 1896 over 1895 of
13.70G ships and 600,000 tons. Com
pared with twenty years ago the fig
ures show twice the number of ships
and three times as much tonnage.
There was an increase of 83 per cent in
the number of laden ships and 152 per
cent increase in the number of regis
tered tons of vessels that went out
laden with the empire's products and
brought in foreign raw materials.
Taken as to the number of voyages ,
too , the growth is almost 10 per cent
for the last period 1896-95 for which
figures are accessible. The consul
eays :
"If we are to take part in the trade
with South America and with the East
we must emulate this empire in the
matter of ships. Of all the ships that
came into and went out of German
ports in 1896 72.4 per cent bore the
empire's flag. Of the steamers , 6S.3
per cent were German. "
Germany , like France , is catering to
the Russian trade and supplying that
colossal country with manufactures.
Russia is Germany's best buyer of ma
chinery. Consul Monaghan says :
"It is in Eastern , Russian and South
American markets that we must make
our greatest efforts to meet Germany.
We should improve our transportation
facilities to South America and inau
gurate an energetic policy of making
foreign markets. "
The contrast between Germany's tre
mendous activity in the development
of her shipping facilities and the slug
gish , neglectful policy of the United
States is not flattering to American
pride. Neither is it suggestive of fruit
ful results in the field of American
trade expansion. Germany is captur
ing the world's markets by means of
German ships manned by German sail
ors. What time Germany has been ef
fecting an increase of 83 per cent in
the number of her laden ships and an
increase of 153 per cent in the regis
tered tonnage of vessels carrying her
goods to foreign markets and bringing
back cargoes of raw materials , the
United States has steadily retrograded ,
until at present something less than 6
per cent of our foreign trade is carried
in American ships. That is not the
way to compete successfully for a share
in the great markets of Asia and South
America. You cannot build up trade
by employing a rival's vehicles in the
delivery of your goods to customers.
NO OTHER WAY.
noiv Competition with Cheap Foreign
I'nyrolls May I5e iVIet.
In a sound and thoughtful editorial
article on the subject of the possible
migration of the iron and steel indus
try of the United States to countries
where labor is cheaper , which recently
appeared in the New York "Commer
cial , " the question of the effect of free-
trade upon an industry which is by
many people thought to be no longer in
need of defensive duties is carefully
considered. Very forcibly the conclu
sion Is set forth that the absence of
protection would in time compel our
manufacturers of iron and steel to
transfer their plants to countries where
the element of labor cost is from one-
half to one-fourth what it is in this
country. It is urged , in support of this
view , that the present superiority of
American processes and methods of
manufacture will not always be a con
trolling factor , but that foreigners will
In time adopt these same processes and
methods , and in that event their
cheaper labor will enable them to un
dersell us in both our own and foreign
markets. Under these conditions , says
the Commercial , "migration for our
manufacturers will be their only resort
unless we increase their present pro '
tection. "
There is one escape from this alter :
native of which no account is taken
In the Commercial's view of the quesa
tion. It Is a solution of the problem
of successful competition with foreign
cheap payrolls , which free-traders have
Invariably had in mind in their fight
against the principle of protection , and
a solution which one may be very euro
would be chosen in preference to the
alternative of migration. That Is , the
reduction of the American standard oC
wages down to a level where open ,
competition can be successfully main--
tained. There will be no migration ,
no abandonment of extensive plants to-
disuse and decay , when the production
of iron and steel in the United States
shall be left to the tender mercies of
free-trade.
The mills and furnaces will keep
right on and American labor will pay.
the cost of the unrestricted competi
tion. There is no other way.
NOT ALL DEAD.
Fools Enough toft on Earth to Keep
the Schoolmaster Busy.
Truly , the Dingley tariff advocates
prove too much when they give facts
and figures showing that such tariff
has enabled American manufacturers
to secure a considerable part of the
English and other European markets.
Cohoes Dispatch.
This is. the free-trade slogan of the
current campaign. It is heard in so
many parts of the country as to sug
gest something more than a coinci
dence of ideas. It started in the more
influential Cobdenite organs soon after
the astonishing trade balance of $615-
000,000 was made known as the result
of a year's foreign trade , eleven ,
months of it under the increased duties
of the Dingley law. Now the cry is
taken up in all quarters , with the ob
vious intention of keeping up the fight
for free-trade on the ground that pro
tection has outlived its usefulness and
henceforward is to be treated as an
obstruction and a burden which cannot
be too quickly removed.
Certainly the fools are not all dead
yet. There are apparently enough of
them left above ground to make con
siderable mischief among the unthink
ing masses. There is still much need
for schoolmasters to combat the igno
rance and folly which are capable of
longing for a return of the disasters
and sorrows of the free-trade epoch of
1894-1897.
His Staff and Support.
Dingley Tariff's First Year.
The object of a protective tariff is ,
of course , to' stimulate manufacturing
to supply the home market and to in
crease exports of manufactured goods
to foreign countries. The figures sent
out by the bureau of statistics tend to
show that the present tariff has done
all this within the first year of its ex
istence. The decreased importations of
manufactured articles show that our
home market must have been supplied
by our own skilled workmen , and at
the same time they have met a foreign
demand for manufactured goods
amounting to nearly 300 million del
lars. Seme of the democrats assert
that the present tariff is a failure ; bat
it will be difficult to convince a level
headed ' people that a law that so evi
dently promotes industrial activity
that enables cur skilled workers to
meet the home demand and at the
same time to successfully compete
with the manufacturers of France , Ger
many and Great Britain in their own
markets , is not a good thing for the
country. People who remember the
drain of gold to foreign countries and
the increase of our national debt in a.
time of peace under the Cleveland ad
ministration and the Wilson tariff are
not likely to feel bad when they learn
from the official figures that the first
year of the new tariff shows a balance
of trade of § 615,000,000 in our favor.
Wellsboro ( Pa. ) Agitator.
All Frolt and No Loss.
The exports of woolen goods from
the Bradford district , the center of
English woolen manufacturing , have
decreased over fifteen million dollars
in the first six months of this year ,
which is largely attributed to the Ding-
ley law. In place of the goods formerly
exported to this country from Brad
ford , our own woolen mills have been
busy supplying our people , and thou
sands of citizens have profited by the
change , while it has inflicted no loss
3n our people who bought the goods.
Faccma Ledger.
Trade with Cnnadn.
In the first eleven months of the
Wilson law United States exports to
Canada amounted to $37,370.825 , and
'or the corresponding period of the
Dingley bill the exports had increased
o $46.251,228. The increase was al
nest entirely In manufactured good
is Canada raises her own foodstuffs.
