W PUT OUT.
iCFS harbincton
A LIAR*
Meek for I.o»>ne Hi*
. i;i.llie*r*nt Irish Natlon
[imotliy Harrington
on I k«* Onoen'i Speech
|ho Mouse After Refilling
Dun Afford*
In Parliament.
17.—When the house
its regular work Sir
. Conservative member
\\ ijrht division of llamp
i..i-1 r attorney general,
i-rliliei! copy of tlie trial
, of Michael Daly, the
,, was recently elected
i. representing Limerick,
' intell in 18*4 of having
dvnamite conspiracies,
i ilie house and that the
rlland prison present a
: indy was still a prls
i*:-. ill.
„,il. member for Watcr
anieUite. said that he
t:,at motion the first step
- aiming at overriding
. action of the electors
he protested against
.-.i upon a division.
. uas carried—314 to 77—
i v matter was made the
.-afor-Monday.
,„i moved an amendment
... inviting* the government
,t there would bo no delay
poiicv. Five-sixths of the
Inland liad declared in
.,,* rale, and he protested
: t of the election was not
rule. He warned the gov
i Ireland could not be sat
- verned from Westminster
only remedy for her ills
ionai self government. Ke
legislation, he admitted
,• remedy was compulsory
he tenants.
:mar. chief secretary for
,lured that Ireland was
m.1 crops good, and there
c. for hastv action on the
11 erring! on declnred that
party had 11 fd from ho ne
M'lipim Dr. Charles K. D.
lo.ucd out “A lie Loftd and
l ies of ' Order'’ were heard
i si.les of the hurt e.
ner declining to withdraw
s-ion tlie speaker named him
light Hon. Joseph Chamber
f.ary of state for the colon
il that Dr. Tanner be sur
A division was called for.
'unner failed to find a teller
jieakcr declared the moticn
liner shouted that he would
it lie were directed to do so
chair. Upon retiring lie
1'iirteous how and exclaimed:
greater pleasure in leaving
• had in entering this dirty
Then pointing to the treasury
• shouted: “Judas.” This
■ted four times. Arrived at
■c tried to turn back, but was
I'l. his last words being: “None
oiisenseon me.”
suspension last3 for one
pus of the parliament just as
' r,vs that only 11)0 out of fisO
I men. Of the occupations 150
>1 miners, S3 mechanics,
■ensure in universities, 31 jour
II - skilled laborers, 19 brewers,
F' a od wiue merchants, 4G army
F officers in active service, 140
I peers'sons and peers’ brothers.
llNETANK EXPLODED.
Ilire at Findley, Ohio, Caused by
blazing Oil.
I1'". Ohio, Aug. 17.—An explo
fsuIting in a fire entirely con
|' plant of the Peerless foun
Y inillay, with $00,000 loss, half
" , A benzine tank exploded,
ununown, and in an instaut the
l”: iv n- ’n nothing- flames,
f'"' "‘“‘am Adams and William
Mo« probably fatally burned.
T,. S1 caught next, and one
c other exploded, sending
over the surrounding build
■' Prt™n<l. Next two tanks of
“C.tammg 12,900 gallons took
‘ * up red columns of flame
” the ,air- A mammoth
In nan barrels was fired into
I non’ lettintr the oil run out.
I0KS like business.
a,t f,,r the Amphitheater bet
“Thousand Scats Ordered.
‘•'•'•“•Texas. Aue- H—The
‘ erection of the Plo
a ‘ b s ainPhitheater has 1
: * 0 the lumber has
1 a furce of men are elea
ltDetails oftheorig
lViil sentai 'lereft to, and the bi
■^TthreM-S,000 rCOPla
:s railroad Mlssouri< Kansas
b’ave its cheek
^.mt '’nSeirved seats to
i-.-tte- has l?id al°ag the H,le
l it/ besu received here
■ rr'-ll “ZS u m l>r°bably ’t
i’u'l ls Ul1 to"'n thirty n
•• ihnl'SIw,*1 tlalvesto
"i:x^»forhisreeJS
:: Imhoa'° De»«.
died at7D~GenCral
/'^rday. a«d « D»®««u;
‘ f-J:er rren„, , . y®ars> He was
; ,;l took a “lta.c“'«l«n«0
rSca
u Nse^_dispatches
^kamaBg,
L's- earinSnp hundreds oj
J u- Str.i.1. ..
IT‘‘- stoeV nf
*K* 01 the S p vi _
feriir.L®**"? of ; Morse Di
"s hands/ thnaha is in "
^JnessWv,
^ , “«uas. —““ is in t
son near C)
l hi“ fr°® test!
' lSiVt*S'that thpartment’
FOREIGN MARKET REVIEW.
•on®* Iatoratlng Firam Fraaantod by
the Oepertment of Agriculture.
Washington, Aug. 1?.—The secre
tary of agriculture has issued a supple
ment to the publications of reviews on
foreign markets.
It sliows that notwithstanding the
depression of business in 1894, the
United States exported $889,843,000,
against $847,005,104 in ls03. Three
fourths of the amount came from
farms.
The English speaking people of
JSurope bought of American exports
$451,000,000 worth and, taking the
British possessions all together, thev
took S.)L'ii,uOO,l)00 worth.
The United States imported from
Great Britain $1U7,000,000 in 1894. or
sixteen per cent of our entire imports.
Almost ninety per cent of the total
United States exports were to the
United Kingdom and British posses
sions, Germany, Canada, France,Neth
erlands and Belgium. Of imports af
ter tho first place held by the United
Kingdom anil British possessions, fol
lows Germany, with a valuation of
$9(1,000.000; Spanish West Indies, $82.
000,000; Brazil and France, $76,000,000
each, and Canada, $37,000,000.
The circular contains carefully pre
pared tables of our exports and im
ports by countries.
MUST BRAVE THE KURDS.
Difficulties in the Way of Recovering
Bicyclist Leuz'g Body.
Washington, Ang. 17 —The state
department has received a dispatch
from Minister Terrill in Turkey stat
ing that for the past three months he
has been urging the Turkish authori
ties to permit an investigation of the
circumstances of the death of Lenz,
the bicyclist, killed by the Kurds. Mr.
Terrill says that in order to comply
with the request of Mr. Sachtleben,
sent by Outing to investigate the ease,
that he be given authority to search
the residences of the Kurds for relics
of the bicyclist and proofs of his death,
an army would be necessary. These
Kurds live in the hills and mountains
and would not permit a stranger and
a foreigner to enter their houses, even
though armed with authority of the
Turkish government. Mr. Terrill
says he expects to secure a guard of
Turkish troops, which will accompany
Sachtleben into the country of the
Kurds for the purpose of recovering
the remains of Benz.
PAID IN SILVER.
Secretary Horton Has the Silver Em
ployca Given White Metal.
Washington, Aug. 17.—Secretary
Morton, of the department of ag
riculture heard arguments by many
of his subordinates in' favor
of silver and yesterday, being
the semi-monthly pay day, he ordered
the paymaster of the department to
pay out 91,000 in silver coin, this
money weighing sixty pounds. It was
given to all the silverites in
various positions in the depart
ment. Unless he receives a petition to
the contrary it is expected that silver
will be paid out again and again on
pay day to the men who are known to
favor it as currency.
There was a good deal of kicking
among the employes and a good many
of them have indicated to the paymas
ter that they want paper money on
their nest pay dav.
JIM CORBETT IS MARRIED.
He Is Wedded to Jessie Taylor at
Asbory Park.
Asbukv Park, N, J., Aug. 17.—There
was a quiet civil marriage here yester
day, of which the principals were
Champion James J. Corbett and Jessie
Taylor of Omaha, better known as
Vera Stanwood, the name under which
she figured as co-respondent in the re
cent suit for the divorce which was
granted to Mrs. Ollie Lake Corbett.
So quietly had Corbett's intentions
been kept that not even his manager
and traveling companion, William.A.
Brady, knew that he intended matri
mony so soon, nor were any of his
other friends in sporting circles ap
prised of the event.
Waite Severe on Bankers*
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17.—A special
from Gainesville, Texas says that Gov
ernor Waite and General Weaver are
in attendance on a Populist meeting in
that city. In discussing the silver
question, it was suggested to Governor
Waite that a great majority of the
business men of Texas were “sound
money” men, and he then grew em
phatic.
“Ot course they are,” ho said. “All
the bankers are goldbugs, and they
control the business men. The bank
ers of Denver are such rabid ‘sound
money’ men that they robbed the
people of millions of dollars. ‘Sound
money’ men! Bosh! They are rob
bers; thieves. That’s what they are.’’
To Educate Farmer Hoys.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 17.—Presi
dent Stickney ef the Chicago Great
Western road proposes to open a num
ber of preparatory agricultural acad
emies in which the farmers’ boys may
secure short courses of instruction in
the common branches along lines
which will inspire them with ambition
to enter the agricultural college.
Married at Eighty-Six.
Toronto, Aug. 17.—Sir William How
land, ex-lieutenant governor of Onta
rio, was quietly married yesterday
afternoon to Mrs. liothune, widow of
the late Mr. llethune. The bride
groom. who is eighty-six years of age.
is well known throughout the United
States and Canada. The bride is CO
years old.
Western Exhibits for Chicago.
Chicago. Aug. '17.—At a meeting of
the Western society it was decided to
establish permanent headquarters in
this city with exhibits from the dif
ferent states, showing their products
and the advantages of the West and
Northwest.
A Leading Young Man Shot.
Valparaiso, ImL, Aug. 17.—Will
Tratedas, 20 years old, and Lon Pow
ers, 21, became involved In a dispute at
8 o'clock this morning and Powers
killed Tratedas by shooting him.
, Tratedas wss a leading young man.
Iv'V-.V. • ..
FAVOR WHITE METAL.
THE DEMOCRATIC 8ILVBR CON
FERENCE IN WASHINGTON.
Th« Silver Advocate* liana an Address*
tke Same Being Read by Gov. Slona—
Kvery Effort to Be Made to Nominate a
Silver Man tor President at the Next
Democratic Notional Convention—Stir
ring speeches by the Delegat es.
The Sliver Conference.
Washington, Aug. 16.—When the
national silver Democratic conference
reassembled yesterday afternoon the
programme committee reported
through Senator Daniel that it was
ready to report, and the conference
proper adjourned until this morning,
while the program and resolution com
mittee met again and remained in ses
sion for several hours. At tills meet
lag each member gave an account of
the condition of the silver movement
in his state and pointed out what he
thought was necessary to strengthen
the sentiment in favor of free coinage.
When the conference was called to
o sier again at 10 o’clock this morning,
the committee on resolutions and pro
gram was still unable to report and it
suggested that the conference
should listen to speeches by those
present.
C. F. Cockran, editor of the St. Jos
eph, Mo., Gazette, first spoke. lie
said that it seemed anomalous that a
meeting such as the present should be
called, for he knew of no doctrine of
the party which was not in consonanee
with the purposes of this conference.
Congress was the place to look for the
declaration of the party’s belief, and
he declared that gold monometallism
would ba more disastrous than war,
pestilence and famine. It was impor
tant to settle first what was Repub
licanism and what Democracy—
whether such men asex-Senator Thur
man and Senator Harris or Senator
Sherman were to be the leaders of
Democratic party. He declared silver
agitation would not die out, but would
continue until the end for which it
had been originated should be at
tained. lie also declared against the
perpetuation of the national banks,
whose tyrany, he said, was the great
est that any people would bear. The
national banks were directly opposed
to Democracy. He was for a declara
tion for silver without regard to the
prospect of success or failure at the
polls.
Speeches were also made by Senator
Call. A. A. Liscombe of Washington,
J. M. Hill of Missouri, Representatives
Jones of Virginia and Lockhart of
North Carolina, and Mr. liodino of
Missouri.
MB. STONE BEADS THE ADDRESS
It was almost 12 o'clock when the
committee on resolutions filed into the
conference room and Senator Daniel
was recognized to make the report of
the committee’s proceedings. This
was divided into two sections, one con
sisting of an address to Democrats and
the other of the plan of organization.
The address was read by Governor
Stone of Missouri. It disclaims speak
ing with party authority, the assem
blage being a voluntary one.but strong
ly lopreseuts the opinion of the conr'oi
ence, that the party should declare
for free coinage of silver. It concludes
as follows: “Duty to . the people re
quires that the party of the people
continue the battle for bimetallism
until its efforts are crowned with suc
cess, therefore be it
“Resolved, That the Democratic
parly in national convention assem
bled, should demand the free and un
limited coinage of silver and gold into
primary or redemption money at the
ratio of 10 to 1 without waiting for
the action or approval of any other
nation.
“Resolved, That it should declare
its opposition to the issuing of interest
bearing bonds of the United States in
time of peace and especially to placing
the treasury of the government under
the control of any syndicate of bank
ers and the issuance of bonds to be
sold by them at an enormous profit
for the purpose of supplying the fed
eral treasury with gold to maintain
the policy of gold monoinetalli sin.
“With a view to securing the adher
ence to and adoption of the Demo
cratic financial policy above set forth
by the Democratic national conven
tion to be assembled in lefll, and of
the nomination of a candidate for the
presidency well known to be in hearty
sympathy therewith, we hereby pledge
our mutual co-operation and urgently
recommend to our Democratic breth
ren in all the states to at once begin
and vigorously and systematical pros
ecute the work of a thorough organi
zation, and to this end the udoption of
the r.lau or organization herewith sub
mitted is recommended.”
PROPOSED PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
The part of Hie report dealing with
the plan of organization was read by
ex-Senator Jaivis of North Carolina,
as follows.
First—There shall be, a national
ccmrit'.ee of Democrats who are in
favor of both silver and gold as the
money of the constitution, which
sha l le co nposed of one Democrut
fioin ia:li state and territory and the
District of C ilumbia and the executive
committee h reinafter provided for.
Second—That until otherwise or
dered by the national committee. Sen
ators Is hum Ci. Harris of Tennessee,
James R. Jones of Arkansas and David
Turpie of Indiana and the Hons. \V. J.
Stone of Missouri, \V. II. Henrichsen
of Iilinois and Casey Young of Tenne
Bec be, and they are herby constituted,
the executive committee, and shall
have full power and authority, and it
shall be tlieir duty at as early a day as
possible to appoint the members of the
national committee herein provided
for and to fill vacancies in the same.
The report of the committee was
adopted with opposition, and, after
listening to some speeches, the confer
ence adjourned sine die.
Kyle Predict* Taylor’s Pardon.
Sioux City, Iowa., Aug. 16.—When
shown a dispatch announcing the sen
tence of W. IV. Taylor for five years in
the penitentiary, Senator J. II. Kyle,
who is now here, said: ‘‘He will never
serve it. Taylor will be pardoned by
Governor Sheldon in a very few daya
after the next electiqn."
A TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER.
Cavlb Indian* la nrltlsli Hnndnra* Maua
cr« XtgroMi
Nkw York, Aug. la.—According- ton
letter from Helze, British Honduras,
just received in Trenton, N. J.,English
plantors in th«j Stranm creek district,
which is settled by upwards of 9,000
Caribs, whose reservations or planta
tions embrace most of tho ground un
der cultivation, and by English plant
ers who have in their service 1,0'JO Ja
maica negroes, applied to the colonial
legislature for permission to construct
railroads from their plantations
through the Carib reservations to the
coast. Permission was granted and
the surveyor general was authorized to
survey the routes. Tho rails for the
road arrived from England three or
four weeks ago.
As soon as the Caribs found it out a
number of them went to the English
planters and warned them not to put
the rails upon their reservation if they
desired to avoid serious trouble. The
English planters laughed and tho
work went on. The English thought
the Caribs meant nothing by their
threats, but lato on August 3 the
Caribs iu large numbers, armed with
machetes, advanced upon the negroes
at work on the railroad and ordered
them to take up the rails. The ne
groes^ refused and threatened to attack
the Caribs unless they cleared out.
They went away but returned in less
than an hour in great force and began
to tear up the rails.
Tho infuriated Englishmen ordered
their negroes to try a little fighting.
The moment the negroes raised their
weapons the Caribs rushed upon them
and with their machetes hacked and
chopped the negroes to pieces. The
negroes fought bravely and killed
many of their antagonists, but they
could only stand against the Caribs two
hours. Between 600 and 600 negroes
in all were killed and almost as many
injured, while of the Caribs about 800
were killed and twice as many wound
ed, some mortally.
As soon as the negroes were forced
to beat a retreat the Caribs went to
work and tore up- every foot of rail,
damaged many of the English planta
tions, and destroyed fruit and rubber
to the value of many thousands of dol
lars.
LETTER FROM WALLER.
Expresses Gratitude for the Interest
Taken In His Case In This Conntry.
AVasrinoton, Aug. 10.— A letter re
ceived from ex-Consul Waller by Ills
step-son. P. H. Bruy, says that liis bag
gage was taken from him by the
French on his arrival at Marseilles and
that he made a complaint to the United
States consul at that place on April 27,
but has heard nothing of it since. He
has not yet received a word from Mrs.
AA'aller or his children since his depart
ure from Madagascar, nor had he
yet reecived the money sent him by
friends in Iowa a few days after word
reached this country that he was ill
and without funds to supply himself
with medical attendance. This w as
early in June. The letter to Mr. Bray
is dated .July 22. Mr. Waller expresses
much gratitude for the interest taken
in his case by the newspapers of the
United States and by his friends, and
was especially glad to learn that the
department of state was looking after
the protection of his family.
He expresses a belief and hope that
he will be released soon. His health
is a little better thun when be last
wrote.
READY FOR THE CONTEST.
Dallas Athletic Club Preparing for the
Big Fight.
Dam.as, Texas, Aug. 16.—The Ath
letic club has cleared and swept twelve
acres of ground for the great prize
light. Eight of these acres will be
covered by the great amphitheater,
which will have 62,630 seats. The
balance of the ground will be for
parking carriages, wagons and bug
gies, and for lunch and refreshment
tands. Ten carloads of lumber per
day are now arriving and being piled
up along the track of the Texas Pacific.
The building will be staked off and
work begun next week. So far as the
buildings anrl grounds are concerned
ample preparations are making for the
largest assembly of people ever gotten
together on the Western continent.
Mrs. Amlrk Charged With Murder.
Euukka, Kan., Aug. 16.—The cor
oner's jury has charged Mrs. Ella
Amiek with the murder of her former
husband, James Amiek. She has been
arrested and committed to jail without
bail to await trial. At the inquest
considerable light was thrown upon
the ease and Mrs. Amick's plea of self
defense was greatly weakened. The
case will be tried the second week in
Hcjftember and a great legal battle is
antici pa ted._
ah uriiUKL'iianuu iudu oi ma
Florence, Kan., Aug1. 10.—Horace
Phillips, aa old resident and leading
citizen of Hnrn-i. committed suicide
last night by shooting himself in the
head. He was about 80 years old and
had been suffering from poor health
and general debilitv for several years.
Climbing the <lr»n<l Canyon or the Yel
lowstone.
The Grand Canyon of the Yo'lowstone is
from 700 to 1-00 feet deep. A general aver
age is perhaps 1000 feet. At many points
tlio wal s are at solutely vertical and are
eml.e'lEhed with gigantic flutinys and pin
nacles. Architectural forms of great vari
ety are seen. These combine with the vivid
colorings to form a scene of beauty and
grandeur.
Interspersed among the vertical declivi
ties are smooth slopes, set at various an
gles. Many of these (an le ciinibod, some
with much ditilcuitiv. others with moderate
exertion. Care must be exercised os re
gards looting, but for good muscular exer
cise and lung development the teat is worth
trving.
To stand in the bottom of this huge
trench and gaze upward at the Phiiistinic
wa'ls, touched with beauty by the hands of
God; to watch the emerald stream rushing
through its narrow prison in foamy rapids
and vertical leaps; to see the flashlngol the
suniight athwart the walls, are well worth
the effort to climb them.
There is no danger in the attempt if can
is exercised. The climb into and oat of
this wonderful place where naught of life
is seen, save the circling eagles far over
head, is a profound experience.
If you will send six cents to Cbas. 8. Fee,
General Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific
Railroad, 8t. Paul, Minn., he will send a
finely illustrated book telling about Yellow
stone Park and a climb into the Canyon.
GRAND OLD PARTY.
, '' ' . ■' ■ • ViM*' V, -# -VTI
LIVING TRUTHS OF THE PRAC
TICAL POLICY.
Selection! front Verloui Anthurltlei
Which Serve to Prove the Wltdoin off
the People In Cnlllnp the Fertjr Buck
to Power.
r
What Kansas Want*.
When the return of tho election of
1892 showed that the administration of
our government was about to change
from a protective tarltf policy,
which kept out of this country
much that wo could, manufacture
here, to a "reform" tariff, or free
trade policy t which would give
foreign mechanics a better chance to
sell their goods In this country, tho
following was the very natural result:
No mattor what policy we belloved
In, dear reader, you and I and every
body else expected that when the demo
cratic administration should come Into
power the tariff would be greatly lower
ed and prices would come down—nt
least the prices of manufactured goods.
Many people didn’t look or care be
yond that.
So we stopped short In buying any
thing except for Immediate use. Be
fore that people would buy for future
use, sometimes In quantities at whole
sale. Merchants often closed out all
their winter goods In February to peo
ple who bought for following years.
But all this stopped short oft. Mer
chants were overstocked with all kinds
of merchandise, and as they, like the
consumers, expected lower prices In the
near future, they stopped buying of the
manufacturers. Thus the manufactur
ers found no market for great quanti
ties of goods already made up, and their
employes had to be laid off. These
latter, who work for regular wages,
seldom lay up money, and when their
wages stopped they also stopped—buy
ing the farmer’s and stock-raiser’s
produce.
Then the people all over the land who
had money withdrew it from Invest
ments as fast as possible, because they
were afraid of all kinds. And that
money Is Idle today. Manufacturers
cannot do business on borrowed capital,
because they cannot borrow.
We, as a nation, are all depended
upon each other, and If any great num
ber of our people are out of employ
ment all the people will suffer. What
the people want Is not more Idle money,
but more work and more buyers for
what we have to sell.
Our country is being flooded with the
merchandise of Kurope, and It will be
sold at some price or other, and we can
not have real general prosperity until
wo have barred out those goods long
enough to consume alt the foreigners
can rush In here before we raise the
tariff. The little Improvement that
seems to be noticed now in general
business Is only the slight revival from
total depression, and Is caused by those
buyers or consumers who have held off
from purchasing so long that they have
entirely exhausted their supplies and
must buy a little.
We want to erect a tariff wall that
will effectually keep out of our land all
goods that we can reasonably make at
home. This will keep our own me
chanics busy and enable them to buy
the farmer’s produce, instead of com
pelling the farmer to send it to Europe
for market.—Peabody, Kansas, Ga
zette.
A Peniocrat on Protection.
Mr. L. Z. Lleter, the retired merchant
who amassed so much wealth In trade
at Chicago, says, like' Senator David B.
Hill: “I am a democrat.” But he Is
at the same time a firm protectionist,
and one who recently expressed some
home truths that wo recommend to the
careful consideration of his fellow-dem
ocrats. He has not a high opinion of
Congressman, now Postmaster-General
Wilson. But who has? Mr. Lleter ob
“I look upon Mr. Wilson as foolish. A
man must be foolish to have made such
a tariff bill as he originally passed
and which the president approved of.
It would have made widespread ruin.
No public enemy could have done us
more harm than the Wilson tariff bill
if passed.”
This is strong language from a demo
crat and ought to cause concern to the
congressmen, now mostly ex-congress
men, who voted for the Wilson tariff
bill. There were among them men who
knew, as well as Mr. Lieter, the per
nicious character of that measure. But
from tack of moral courage they voted:
for It, expecting that the senate would
amend It in the interests of home in
dustries. Mr. Lieter thus explains why
Mr. Wilson is “foolish:”
“Mr. Wilson wanted coal made free,
and Mr. Cleveland would not sign the
bill from vexation that coal was not
made free. Now coal in West Virginia
is worth live cents a ton. The coal is
worth here in New York *3.60. What
makes the difference? Labor. The
transportation is labor, too. Therefore
the employment of labor enough to
make the vast aggregate of the sale of
coal Mr. Cleveland proposed to transfer
to Nova Scotia, where coal is almost
at the waterside and labor is so little
[employed, or so poorly paid, that In
evitably our army of miners and trans
porters would have lost their last pro
duct to keep the railroad* alive. Wa»
not thl* a murderoim blow struck at 4*
the railroads by their president? For
aiming It Mr. Wilson receives the pres*
ldent’a decorations."
The murderous blow did not happily
strike with the effect that was Intended,
but the attempt has served to warn the
country what It has to expect when the
people put free-traders In power. *
It Is noteworthy also that what Mr.
Lleter says In regard to coal applies to
other products that the Wilson bill
would have admitted free. When for
eign materials are allowed to displaoe
home products In our markets then we
are hastening that "widespread ruin"
to which Mr. Lleter refers. 7 :
It Is notable also that Mr. Lleter, who
has paid millions of dollars of Import
duties, upholds protection and speaks
of "manufactures, agriculture and J
transportation" as “the three great ele*
meats” of national prosperity.
MUIaaillng Theories,
The cost of the raw material In the
manufactured article was a theme of
discussion lu the presidential campaign
of 1892 nmong the advocates of the so
called reform tarlfT. Facts, ascertained
by Investigation, show that such cost
Is very small in proportion to the other s
expenses. For illustration, the price of
an elaborately mndo article of house
hold furniture may be »100 to |150, yet
the raw material used In the same may *
cost $12 or $15. This Is equally true .S
of a piano costing from $300 to $800;
the raw material may cost $25 or $30.
In these cases the cost of the material
le estimated as it reaches the hands of
the workmen and not as Iron ore In :jJ
the mine or wood In the forests. Us
great expense Is In the wages of the
workmen who procure It.
Mr. Cleveland himself laid great
stress upon the free admission of Iron v,
ore and coal and was especially earnest
for wool to bo admitted free of duty.
Take an illustration: A gentleman's
suit of fine broadcloth weighs, with the
trimmings, &c„ from 614 to 1% pounds;
the cloth Itself does not weigh more
than perhaps 6 or 614 pounds. Sup
pose an American manufacturer buys
the best quality of merino wool to use
In making his cloth, and In order to
cover the wastage he buys 10 pounds
of tho wool. The McKinley bill im
posed a duty of 11 cents a pound on
that class of wool. From this It fol
lows that each gentleman's broadclbth
suit costs $1.10 more money because of
the duty. Now Intervenes one type
of statesmanship, which, In order that,
perhaps, a half million of gentlemen ;
may each obtain a suit of broadcloth
$1.10 cheaper, all wool Is admitted free
of duty. In consequence the sheep rais
ing industry of the United States, which,
Is estimated In value to be nearly $100,
000,000, Is depreciated about one-halt.
Tariff Rev In Ion.
The leopard does not change its spots
and the Evening Poet Is the same bit
ter enemy of a protective tariff that It
ever was. It said, June 21:
"It there Is any possibility that the
republicans are going to let the country
stagger along under the ‘tariff of In
famy’ after they come Into power, the
sooner It Is known the better. And It
the tariff Is really to be changed, the
country ought to know in what respects
Just as soon as possible. Is the duty to
be restored upon imports of wool, for
example? Such questions as these will
agitate the minds of business men. of
all parties If the republicans announce
positively that they are going to
‘tinker’ the tariff.”
The Evening Post may. feel assured
that the republican party, as soon as it -
has the power to do so. In both house P
and senate will obey the popular man
date, given In thunder tones at the'
election of 1894, to protect American
Industry. It has upheld that policy in.
times of disaster; it will not abandon,
it now, when it is about to enter again,,
and with renewed vigor, into power..
But protectionists will not gratify . *;
enemy by frittering away time- on the
details of tariff revision. It. would,
please free-traders to attempt to create
discord, no doubt, but they must supply
their own ammunition. All “revenue
reformers” and the like are united: in- ■'[£
their purpose- to overthrow protection v';
as the national policy. The Evening
Post, for instance, predicted that the- *.s
condition of the duty on wool wohld
undermine the entire protective system.
But woolen manufacturers continue to*
be stronger protectionists than ever.
They know that the protective policy- ■*,
benefits the whole country and, as pa
triotic citizens, they uphold it. Pro
tective tariff revision will not agitata
“the minds of business men of all par- *
ties.” It is only when fools and free
traders tfnker that the whole- country
justly feels alarmed.
A Practical Opinion.
CotoneF William B. Thompson re
cently gave his opinion of the Gorman _'Qi
tariff In clear, terse terms. “I think,’*
said he, “It was a barefaced sacrifice of
the general Interests for the personal;
of business at large, for political ro
wards and preferments. And I am ;C
from West Virginia, and, llks Mr. Wil
son of that state, was in the confeder
ate army.” Colonel Thompson, who
speaks thus, is president of the Na
tional Lead company,, which has thirty
two large productive concern* through
out the country, with plants worth, la
the aggregate, $24,000,000, and stocks ot
raw material and finished stuff worth
$4,50(\000. His company disburses mil
lions of dollars annually for labor
and by ths production of lead and lin
seed oil adds greatly to the publlo
wealth. The opinions of such a man
should have due weight with tree
traders who are sincerely in quest ot '
light on the tariff question.
Chief Constructor Philip Hichbora ot
the United States navy Is one of the
few officers of high rank who are not
graduates of Annapolis. Ho becats U|
career as an apprentice In th«
ton navy yard.
