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THE HAVYCROWS
CHIEF OF BUREAU TELLS OF DE
LAY IN CONSTRUCTION.
ALL YARDS 'BEHIND IN WORK
Ships Added to the Navy During the
Year Urgent Necessity for In
crease In the Number of 1U Con
struction Corps.
.WASHINGTON, Oct, 13. "Progress
upon new tossoIs under construction
during the past year has been satis
factory," says Rear Admiral Bowles,
chief of the naval bureau of construc
tion, in his annual report
All tho larger vcsaols have been de
layed by non-delivery of structural
steel while tho vessels building at
San Francisco were set back by tho
ten months' striko, and tho holdout
of workmen at Seattle prevented any
actual progress on tho hull of the bat
tleship Nebraska.
Tho inability of shipbuilders to ob
tain a sufficient force of skilled work
ers has also been, in many, cases, an
important factor in tho slow progress
of the vessels.-
The battleship Ohio is shqwn to have
been twenty-nine months behind her
contract on tho ilrst of July. The bat
tloshlp Missouri is over twenty months
behind, the majority of tho battleships
and crnlBcrs over ten months and
somo of- the torpedo craft are more
than forty .months behind the date
of completion stipulated In their con
tracts. However, delays on tho torpedo
boats are being terminated by the
newly modified conditions for tnolr de
livery. The contractor's delay in beginning
tho construction of the vessels of the
Virginia, Pennsylvania and St Louis
glass gave Ms bureau an opportunity
to make -a careful revision of the gen
oral plans of those vessels, which, ho
says, will result in a considerable im
provement in their military value and
in their habltabllity. An -entire rear
rangement of the scheme for the stow
age of ammunition was made and par
ticular attention was given to an effi
cient scheme for coaling.
The ships added to the navy dur
ing the year were the battleship Illi
nois and tho torpedo craft Decatur,
Perry, Preble, Diddle, Thornton and
Wilkes.
Admiral Bowles says there contlnu
ues to be an urgent necessity for an
increase in the number of officers of
tho construction corps. The principal
navy yards, it Is stated, have an in
sufficient number of officers for the
performance of regular duties. Tho
Jack of officers is particularly hurtful
Just now in view of the construction
of the big battleship Connecticut at
tho New York navy yard.
QUAY MEETS THE PRE81DENT.
Conference Over Coal Situation is Held
; at White House.
WASHINGTON, Oct 13. Senator
Quay of Pennsylvania saw the presl-,
dent- for an hour yesterday and at
tho close of tho conference tho state
ment was made that there was "noth
ing to say." Of course It was known
that the senator came to discuss the
strike situation, but what Information
ho conveyed or what suggestions he
received cannot be stated. The sen
ator departed Immediately, after the
conference for Philadelphia.
REBELS REPEL THE ATTACK.
Reverses Come to the Government
Troops at Montrouls.
PORT AU PRINCE, Oct. 13. The
revolutionists at Montrouls were at
tacked by forces of tho government
yesterday. While the armored govern
ment steamship Nouvelle Veloregue
bombarded the rebels' position, the
government troops attempted a land
ing. The rebels resisted with energy
and succceeded in repelling the at
tack. There were many casualties.
St Folx Colin, minister of the in
terior under the provincial govern
ment, has called the population at
Port Au Prince to arms.
Charged' with Horse Stealing.
BEATRICE, Neb., Oct 13. John
Harrod was brought here tonight and
lodged In jail on a charge of horse
stealing. He hired a livery rig at Kim
ball's barn Sunday, saying he would
return in tho evening. He failed to
show up, bo officers were at once put
on his trail. They succeeded in arrest
ing him today at Havelock.
Denver Pioneer Is Dead.
DENVER, Oct. 13. Frederick A.
Keener, one of Denver's most promi
nent citizens, died here yesterday of
heart disease, aged 76 years. Mr.
Keener, prior to coming to Denver In
1874, wan In the grain business In Illi
nois and with his brother operated a
line of steamers on the Mississippi.
He was one of the builders of tho
Denver, Texas & Gulf road and also
tho 'South Denver tramway system.
He web a man of great wealth.
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Latest Quotations from South Omaha
and Kansas City.
SOUTH OMAHA.
CATTLE Thore were no very rood
cornfed steers In the yards and tho mar
ket could not bo quoted nnythlng but
steady. It won evident, though, thnt
packers are not very anxious for those
warmed up cattle, bo lonsr as they can
Set tho westerns, but tho prices paid
rooked Just about steady with yesterday.
Thofo were a good many cows on sale,
but the demand was of liberal propor
tions for tho more desirable grados and
prices hold steady Good heavy weight
cows seem to be selling to tho best ad
vantage. Tho medium grades and Con
ner wero not particularly active, but
still they brought about steady prices.
The yards were full of Blockers and feed
ers again and as speculators already had
a good many cattle on hand tho market
was rather slow, with the tendency of
prices downward. Tho good hoavy cattle
did not show much of any change, but
tat class was very scarce. Tho com
mon kinds of all weights wero hard to
dispose of and sellers as a rule wore
calling them a little easier.
HOQS Recolpts of hogs wero light but
a other markets wero quoted 1015o low
isr prices took a drop hero also. Packers
Btartcd la bidding J1O015O lower than yes
terday's general market and tho bulk of
tho hogs sold that way. Trading was
fairly active, as sellers saw It was useless
to hold out for more money, and tho bulk,
of tho offerings was disposed of In good
reason. The feeling grew worse and the
close was rather slow and weak.
SHEEP Good to choice yearlings, J5.75
O4.00; fair to good. W.BOO'3.70; good to
cholco wethers, J3.25O3.50; fair to good
wethers, 3..03.25; choice ewes, J3.0083.25?
fair to good ewes, J2.65iff2.90; good to
cholco lambs, $4.7605.00; fair to good
lambs, JfWSU5; feeder wethers, J3.00
3.25; feeder yearlings, J3.253.40; feeder
lambs, J3.O04.00; cull lambs, J2.003.00:
feeder ewes, J1.25Q2.00; stock owes, J2.MW
3.25.
CATTLE Corn fed opened steady to
higher, closed weak; best cows higher;
quarantine steers and native fcedors
steady; western stockers dull and weak;
cholco export and dressed beef steers. J6.
907.85; fair to good, J4.006.85; Blockers
nnd feeders, J2.D035.00; western fed steers,
J3.OffC.00; Texas and Indian steers, J2.40
3.75; Texas cows, JLC5&2.60; native cows,
S1.75t00: native heifers, J2.254.C3; can
ners, Jl.0032.00; bulls, J1.503.60; calves,
$2.C5S'5.70.
HOGS Slow, 10lGc lower, closing dull;
top J7.30; bulk of sales, J7.207.23; heavy,
$7.17407.224; mixed pockors, J7.12WS7.30;
light, J7.157.25( yorkers, J7.207.23; pigs,
JB.407.20.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-SIow but steady;
natlvo lambs, J3.5O04.8O; western lambs,
J4.OO05.M; fed ewes, J2.90ft3.50; native
wethers, J2.95H'4.O0; western wethers, J3.40
EJ3.G5; Btockcrs and feeders, J1.255T3-00.
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WILL NOT STRIKE WATER.
Bolts of Lightning Avoid the Surface
of the Liquid.
BOSTON, Oct 11. Experiments
conducted by Prof. John Trowbridge
of Harvard university have led to the
definite statement that lightning will
not strike water. By meanB of a
battery of 20,000 ccIIb he obtalaned a
voltage of 6,000,000, which force, he
says, is at least comparable to light
ning and enabled him to deduce his
conclusions. He says:
With my battery I was able to ob
tain electric sparks about seven feet
long, and found that Instead of strik
ing the water a spark of six or seven
feet in length invariably, jumped to
some adjacent object in preference
to striking the liquid surface. A
spark of only a few Inches In length,
however, will strike the water, but
such a spark is not comparable to
lightning.
Beyond a million volts the initial
resistance of the atmosphere to elec
trical discharges becomes less and
the discharge therefore is stunted
through tho air instead of upon tho
water and strikes somo object adja
cent to tho water. ,
Fear an Indian Uprising.
DENVER, Oct 11. A special to tho
News from Mercer, Colo., says: A
special messenger rode into Meeker
and reports that about 400 Utes have
been in the vicinity of Rangely some
days slaughtering game. Ho says that
Blnce the fatal fight with Harris tho
bucks have sent their squaws and pa
pooses back to the reservation, which
is taken to mean that they Intend to
fight
Kruger Talks In Church.
UTRECHT, Holland, Oct. 11. Tha
Boer generals arrived here today to
greet Mr. Kruger on the occasion of
nls 77th birthday.
The whole party attended divine ser
vice, where Mr. Kruger entered the
pulpit and expressed great apprecia
tion of the general's service and
begged the public to assist in reliev
ing the distress among tho Boers.
To Buy Glass Plant.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Oct. 11. It Is
learned that at the meeting of tho
dint glass manufacturers here plans
were considered for purchasing all tho
plants in the country.
G. A R Women Elect Officers.
WASHINGTON, Oct 11. The ladles
of the Grand Army of tho Republic
have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
Anna Hall, Wheeling, W, Va.; senior
vice president, Mrs. Smith, Pittsburg;
junior vice president, Mrs. Lydla Hlnk
ley, San Francisco; treasurer, Mrs.
Anna Mlrhener, Germantown, Ta,;
chaplain, Mrs. Mary Stark, St Louis,
Mo.; counsellor, Mrs. Lawrence,. Kansas.
MEAT TAXES MUST GO
REPEAL OF TARIFF DUTY
BECOME A NECES3ITY.
HA8
Election of a Democratic Congress tho
Only Method by Which the People
Can Obtain Relief From tho Extor
tions of the Beef Combine.
In April of thiB year when tho boot
trust had just made its biggest on
slaught on tho pockets of tho -American
people, tho Democrats In Con
gress introduced bills to abolish tho
protection tho trust enjoyed under tho
Ropubllcan tariff bill. Mr. McDermott
of Now Jersoy Introduced such a re
form moasuro, and Mr. Rlchnrdson
of Tennessoo offered a resolution
nlong tho samo lino, instructing tho
Ways and Means Committee to Inves
tigate tho Increase of tho prlco of
moats, dotermtno tho causo, and If
practicable offer somo measuro of leg
islation that would remedy tho evil.
Theso measures woro referred to
the Committee on Ways and Mcnns,
which Includes tho leaders of tho Ro
publlcan party, but no action was
taken. Thero was ample tlmo to con
sider and pass such legislation If tho
Republican majority had wished to
consider it There was a universal
demand from all over the country
from everyono, oxcept tho rich, for
somo remedy. No one know bettor
than theso Republican Congressmen
that to repeal tho tariff duty on cat
tlo and beef would bring a largo moas
uro of relief. What was tho reason
for their Jion action?
The tariff must no be touched.
To oven consider tho matter would
disturb business and what the Con
gressman did not say, but was upper
most In their minds, it would cut off
to re-elect them in tho fall. Without
an ample campaign fund whero would
tho faithful truBtltes be?
Tho beef trust know all this; thoy
had their paid lobbyists at Washing
ton watching the situation, who,
after consulting tho Republican lead
ers of tho Ways .and MeanB Commit
tee, advised tho trust that Its Inter
ests woro safo In tho keeping of their
faithful Republican frlendB. What
was tho result? Another lift In beef
prices, making tho retail prices high
est over known.
Tho whole country was arousod, ox
cept the millionaire and tho Repub
lican Congressmen, demanding that
something bo done. The poor had to
give up eating meat, the middle class
had to buy cheaper cuts.
The demand for relief from tho ex
actions of tho trust after consider
able clamor at tho portals, at last
reached the Inside of the Whlto
House. Tho President acted boldly
and ordered his Attorney-General to
proceed to prosecute tho trust; not
criminally, but through the long and
tortuous path of equity proceedings
In tho civil courts.
When the Republican Senators and
Congressmen called upon the Presi
dent to consult him about the patron
age in their states or districts, thoy
could hardly restrain a smile when
asked what they thought of theso civil
proceedings against the trust They
knew Attorney-General Knox and his
leanings. Somo of them had known
him when Attorney for the steel trust
They knew tho judges of the Fed
eral courts had alBo trust leanings.
Can you wonder they smiled. If the
President and his Attorney-General
had proceeded againBt the trust mag
nates In the criminal courts, the Ar
mours and the Swifts and the balance
of them, would now bo facing a good
prospect of serving terms of Imprison
ment after conviction by apetlt Jury.
Tho President knew all about this;
ho know that tho same evidence that
had been gathered by the government
officials would convict In either court
Tho evidence was on hand to convict
the trust of combining to ralso tho
price of meat and of conspiracy to
cheat tho farmers by bidding up tho
price of stock and when the full tide
had been turned to a special market
then suddenly lowering it and buying
the stock at their own prices. Yet
he chose tho long-drawn-out civil
equity suit Instead of tho quicker and
more drastic criminal remedy.
President Roosevelt has a reputa
tion for strenuousness, but when ho
bucks the trusts he is as mild as a
Bucking dove. Publicity of trust
transactions! What care they for
that?
Amending the Constitution an im
possibility with one-fourth of tho
states objecting. The present' genera
tion will be beyond the want of beef
and either sprouting their wings or be
howling for Ice water before President
Roosevelt's plans will afford relief.
But the tariff must not bo meddled
with.
The beef combine claims that the
high price they demand for meat is
due to a scarcity of cattle. Tho sta
tistics of tho receipts of live stock
at Chicago do not bear this out, for
while he receipts of cattle havo fallen
off about 12 per cent from a year ago,
the retail price of beef has advanced
40 per cent during the same period.
In the Bulletin of the Department of
Labor for July, there is an article on
beef prices, and tho price of good to
extra steers, on June 1, 1901, Is given
as $5.76 per 100 pounds. On tho samo
date, 19Q2, the price Is given as 17.10 r
on the same dates the price of good
to extra fresh beef (Western Bides)
was in 1901 17.76 and in 1902 510.00
per 100 pounds.
That article was written In defense
of the trust and tho prices given aro
evidently made as favorable as pos
llble for tho beef combine. Tho rise
In tho price of cattle was, according
:o that statement, 23 per cent and the
rise In the price of dressed beef was
28 per cent. Yc ; tho retail prlco of
boot was tncrcnBi d 40 per cent.
Thero Is ono i Ingular thing nbout
) In tho Bulletin artl
clo for dressed bof. On Juno 1, 1893,
and on tho samy dnto In 1806, the
price was J9.00 per 100 pounds, with
in ono cent a pound of tho hlghost
prlco reached In 19(2 nnd yet the re
tail prlco of boot In 4893 and 1805 did
not increase, or at least not percepti
bly so, whllo In tho present year tho
extraordinary increase of 40 por cent
is added.
This Incroaso in tho retail prlco of
40 por cont Is tho average lncrenso
for tho wholo country, in somo of tho
largo cltioB the prico has bocn raised
far more. Anyono can scttlo tho per
cent of increase in his own locality
by looking over his butcher bills or
Inquiring of tho butcher from whom
ho buys.
Tho retail butchers claim thoy aro
making but llttlo if any profit on tho
beef thoy aro now Belling at tho 40
por cent advance. That question must
bo settled between tho butchers and
tho beef combine. Tho public Is cer
tainly paying over 40 per cont moro
than thoy woro a year ago, and tho
general complaint Is that tho quality
is much Inferior.
Tho censiiB shows that tho boef
trust has crushed competition and
raised tho prices. Bulletin No. 217
entitled "Slaughtering and Meat
Packing," tolls tho story. In tho ten
years from 1890 to 1000, 197 whole
sale slaughtering and nit at packing
establishments were wiped out by the
method of tho trunts. Not satisfied
with tholr grip on tho meat business
tho trust now In a great measuro con
trols tho poultry supply and it is a
safo prediction that tho Thanksgiv
ing and Christmas turkey will cost
tho American pcoplo fully as great
an Increased prlco as tholr beef, pork
and mutton.
Tho beef combine is not yet a cor
porato truBt, but,ln a few days it will
actually bocomo so, and all tho great
packing houses will bo merged into
an actual truBt
This step shows the futllo efforts of
President Roosevelt and his attorney
general to stop tho rapacity of theso
boef barons, through tho equity suit
in tho civil courts, as tho injunction
obtained has not deterred them from
forming a moro compact combination.
Either tho combine laughs at tho
puny efforts of tho administration or
knows that it is but a stage play to
stiflo tho Indignation of tho peoplo
until after tho elections aro held.
Tho real remedy Is only to be found
In tho criminal courts, and by taking
oft tho tariff protection that tho com
bine now enjoys.
Tho Dlngloy duty on beef cattlo 1b
27 per cent; tho duty on sheep la
$1.50 a 'head; on fresh beef, veal, mut
ton and pork 2 cents a pound.
To repeal this tax would allow tho
supply to bo increased by importa
tions and would cut tho prlco of meat
to tho American consumer by tho
amount of tho tax. Tho tariff may be
-'sacred in tho eyes of the Republican
politicians and their frlendB, tho
trusts and combines, but tho demand
for the repeal of the schedules that
cover trust productions will force ac
lion, and the election of a Democratic
Congress will bring it about, for the
Republican Senato will bo compelled
by public opinion to act
Tho meat taxes must go.
That Full Dinner Pall.
Must Mean Democratic Victory.
Gov. Odell, In a speech at Buffalo,
said Now York has limited tho pow
ers of tho trusts to a greater extent
than any other state. To those of
us who have been of the opinion that
the trusts run riot In Wall street and
furnish Boss Piatt and Boss Hanna
With money to control elections, thfs
welcome news volunteered by tho
governor, If he Is correct in his state
ment, will surely result In a Demo
cratic victory. Without a campaign
fun4, where will tho Republicans land
and with the powers of the trust
limited In New York, tho Wall street
well, from which the bosses have
drawn so often, will bo as dry as the
great American desert before tho
Irrigation bill was passed.
Position of the Democrats.
Tho HarriBburg Patriot (Dem.) as
serts that overy recent election in
Pennsylvania has been carried by
tho Republicans through fraud and
states the position of tho Democratic
candldato for governor as follows:
"Upon fair and honest elections rest
tho very foundations of popular gov
ernment. All the other evil practices
of the party in power aro of second
ary consequence and can be easily
corrected and punished when the will
of tho majority rules. In the nomina
tion of candidates and is honestly re
corded on election day."
Commoner
Extracts Prom W.
SHAW'S TREASURY POLICY.
In 1888 tho republican party de
nounced tho democratic pulley of loan
ing tho government money without in
terest to "iwt banks." To day the re
publican party la loaning more govern
ment money without interest to "pet
banks" thnn was loaned at the tlmo
when the platform of 18S8 was written.
In fact, the present secretary of tho
treasury has gone far beyond nny pre
vious sccrotary In rcponding to tho
wishes and advancing the Interests of
'pet banks." Tho partiality Bhown by
tho treasury department toward the
Rockerfellcr bank in New York la al
ready known; a letter written to the
secretary of tho treasury by one of
tho officials of tho bank demanded fa
vors on tho crc-und that the bank had
assisted tho republican party in the
campaign,
Bu the recent rulings of Secretary
Shaw go beyond anything that bos
heretofore been known. It 1b gross fa
voritism to lot the banks havo govern
ment money for nothing in order that
they may loan It out to tholr customers
at tho usual rate of Interest Tho fact
that they give bonds for security has
nothing to do with it, because they
drow Interest on the bonds at tho same
tlmo that they draw interest on tho
government money which they are per
mitted to loan nut Heretofore the gov
ernment deposit has been considered
llko any other doposlt, nnd the banks
In reserve cities have been compelled
to keep 25 per cent of It on hand as in
tho case of other money. But Now
York banks had loaned out so much
money on tho watered stock of tho
ttusts that they wero not prepared for
any shrinkage In their deposits, nnd
tho government nt once went to their
aid, and by an order of tho secretary
relieved them from tho necessity of
keeping a rcservo agnlnct tho govern
ment deposit This gave them quite a
margin above their legal reserve. In
addition to this, Secretary Shaw has
enlarged tho baBls of security required
of bankB. Formerly n bank had to
deposit government bonds. Now, ac
cording to tho now ruling, tho bank can
deposit other securities, such as state
and municipal bonds. It Is easy to
measuro tho enormous privileges thus
conferred upon tho bankB. If, for in
stance, a bank has a million dollar's
worth of bonds which It uses as a se
curity for government deposits it can
now uso these deposits to purchase a
million dollar's worth of state or mu
nicipal bonds and substitute theso for
tho government bonds. It thus has Its
bonds (and they usually draw a higher
rate of Interest than tho government
bonds) and It makes a larger profit out
of tho benovolcnco of tho treasury de
partment Having substituted other
bonds for Its government bonds tho
bank can now, under tho law, Bccuro
a million In bank notes and loan out
its money at tho mnrkct rate whllo It
draws interest on the bonds and pays
a fraction of ono per cent as a tax
to tho government.
The national bank currency system
Is a source of profit to the banks and
they can well afford to contribute lib
erally to the ropubllcan campaign fund
In order to retain tho advantage, but
why should the ordinary republicans
voto to tax himself for the purpose of
giving this undeserved aid to a few
banking corporations? If the ordi
nary republican buys a government
bond ho Is out tho uso of bis money
and must bo content with tho Interest
on the bond, but an extraordinary re
publican engaged In tho national bank
ing business can turn his bond into tho
bank with other bonds nnd the bank
can doposlt tho bond with the treas
ury department and get the face value
of the bond in bank notes and still
draw Interest on tho bond besides. The
ordinary republican can either cat his
cako or keep it; tho extraordinary re
publican can cat his cake and keep It,
too.
Not content with this great ad
vantage the bankers have been de
manding and receiving a large profit
in the way of tho free use of govern
ment money, and all of tho stops taken
by Secretary Shaw havo been In the
direction of enlarging tho privileges
and profits of the national banks. If
the ordinary republican, in his desire
to make his money as profitable to him
as possible, loans out so much that he
hasn't enough to run him through the
winter, tho government doeBn't rush
to his aid and correct his errors to
save him from stringency in his finan
cial matters, but the extraordinary re
publicans who control the national
banks can loans out their reserves,
thus Increasing their profits, and rely
upon tho favors of the government in
every time of need. If money rates
run up tho treasury promptly supplies
them with money to loan at tho great
er rate, and really makes It to their
pecullary advantage to bring a rccur
rance of such conditions, not to speak
of the speculative advantage which
can be found In an unsteady market
Whether tho secretary has violated
the law in his effort to rescue the
banks Is a question which will proba
bly be discussed wbon congress meets,
but that ho Is running the treasury de
partment In tho interest of Wall street
Is a question which is not open to dis
pute. Whether his action will frighten
depositors and lead lo further with
drawal remains to be seen, but ho cer
tainly has dono enough to frighten tho
rank and lie of the party and Bhow
them that our government, instead of
being administered ns a government of
the people, by the people nnd for the
people. Is really administered as a gov
ernment of tho corporations, by tho
Senator Thomas Patterson has pur
chased the Denver Evening Times,
which means that the "vening Times
will be thoroughly democratic and no
longer tho mouthpiece of selfish finan
ciers. it appears that Mr. Baer was unduly
modest when ho said he waB only one
of the trustees of providence. Mr,
Baer seems to be It.
Tho platforms of thg New York dem
ocrats would not havo needed so much
explanation If It had been mado thor
ough democratic.
Comment.
J. Bryan's Paper.
corporations and for the corporations.
The republican voter, however, can bo
consoled. Ho can Imaglno himself in
partnership with tho big republicans of
Wall street and ho can uso WE In
epoaktng of tho prosperity although
tho Wall street end of the partnership
gets tho lion's sharo of tho privileges
and profits.
TARIFF'S CHANGING DEFENSE.
Ropubllcan orators aro in tho habit
of defending a high tariff as if it had
always been a republican doctrlno, and
an If It wero always justified by tho
same arguments. As a matter of fact
the first national platform written by
tho republican party tho platform of
18GG did not mention a high tariff.
That platform wah written at a tlmo,
too, when tho pcoplo wero enjoying a
low tariff, but tho republican leaders
did not see fit to suggest protection as
a nccesBary thing.
Tho victory won by tho republicans
in 1860 wns uot won on tho high tarifl
issue.
When tho civil war broko out and
tho government needed moro revenue
the tariff was raised as a war measure,
but the manufacturers wero not willing
to havo tho rates reduced when peaco
was restored.
A now reason had to bo found and
Clay's argument was brought forward,
namely, that Infant Industries must bo
protected for a short tlmo until they;
wore able to stand upon their feet
This argument did service in several
national campaigns, ft was answered;
in 1870 by tho election of Mr. Tllden,
and In 1884 by tho election of Mr,
Cleveland.
In 1883 tho infants had grown so
largo that they could not only stand
upon their own feet but they could
run all over other pcoplo's feet, and it
became necessary to manufacture a
now defense. And what was it? Well,
they said that a high tariff was not
such a temporary policy designed to
assist Infants as a permanent policy;
Intended to glvo manufacturers an ad
vantago over foreigners, Just equal
to tho dlffcrencen between the wages
paid hero and abroad. The republicans'
Insisted upon comparing wages per day
when they should havo compared
wages per piece (and thus make allow
ance for tho greater efficiency of Amer
ican labor) and under tho pretense
that thoy were securing Just enough'
to cover tho difference In labor cost
tho manufacturers obtained a tariff
sufficient to cover the entiro amount
paid to American worklngmen, and in.
many Instances doubled that amount.
Tho manufacturers wrote tho law
themselves nnd appointed themselves
trustees wlthqut bond; they secured
for themselves an enouromus profit
but were not compelled to dlvldo with
tho wage-earners for whose benefit they;
asked protection.
But now wo nro exporting an ever
Increasing number of articles and cer
tanly no ono can say that we need a
tariff to protect Industries which can;
pay ocean freight on their output and
compete in foreign markets with the,
"cheap labor" of tho wholo world.
The trusts aro hiding behind a high
tariff wall and demanding extortionate
prices from people In this country;
while foreigners are given bettor
treatment than American citizens. A'
new argument is necessary, and what
will it be? It has already been sug
gested, namely, that tho beneficiaries'
of protection must stand together and
object to any reduction anywhere.
They can not dofend each schedule on
Its. merits thoy will not try they will
simply insist that the tariff must bo
reformed, if at all, "by its frieuds,"
which means that it will not bo re
formed. Tho republican voters have!
supported tho doctrlno of protection
under tho delusion that they wero,
performing n patriotic duty they havo
accepted the statements of tho manu
facturers without examination and
have felt a sort of partnership in tho
Industries protected, but they aro be
ginning to learn that they havo been,'
mado tho victims of a confidence gamea
They are beginning to learn that the'
manufacturers who, during each see-
slon of congress, approached that body
as mendicants and begged for lcglsla-1
tlon which they claimed was necessary
to Bavo them from bankruptcy that
these - manufacturers not only have
larger bank accounts than tho tax
payers upon whom they have Imposed,'
but have conspired together to form
monopolies for the plunder ot their
benefactors. ,
The light is breaking. In Spcaken
Henderson's district the farmers and
business men are already In revolt and,
tho revolt will spread. On the tariff
question, as on all other questions, the
republican party discriminates against
the many and In favor of the few, and!
tho masses will ultimately register a
protest that will be effective.
' Mr. Baer says be Is welling to leave
It to Pennsylvania judges. With the
memory of Judge Jackson still fresh
In, their minds can you blame tho min
ers for not accepting tho proposition.
. The ordinary republican can't get
any relief from tho treasury when ho
is afflicted with financial stringency;
but ho Is permitted to borrow from the
banks at a high rate the money which
the governments loans the banks with-,
out interest
The people who pral3o Secretary
Shaw for loaning the bankers money,
on chips and whetstones are the samo
people who grew red In the face and!
spluttered frightfully a few years age
when the populists hinted at a similar
thing.
The republicans say that wo have
plenty of money, and yet the president
Is violating precedent and resorting to
all sorts of expedients to relieve tho
stringency of the money m&ket
Mr. Baer says the government is not
big enough to make the anthracite
trust bo good only big enough to pro
tect with the army while the trust
robs right and left
The mention of Mr. Alger's appoint
ment to the senate somehow or other
reminds us of Attorney General Knox
because It brings up recollections of
1 the beef tri-