VERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.
1 RAND. MSNALLY & CO..
CHAPTER lit—fCosTistrro).
“You will not have failed to observe,"
be began, “that our past attempts—
now five In number—have all practi
cally owed their failure to one and the
same cause. We have not hitherto
recognized which Is the stronger and
which the weaker of the two barriers
that confine the object of our devotion.
Because there are but two cruisers
guarding the seaboard of St. Helena,
while a continuous cordon of armed
.sentinels is posted around Longwood
House, another at the confines of the
domain, and yet a third along the coast,
we have made the mistake of suppos
ing that our chief difficulties would
meet us on land. Cut experience has
Shown that by relying on the corruption
of servants and the stupidity of sen
tries the path to the shore can always
be made smooth. The really insur
mountable obstacle has hitherto been
the vigilance of the English men-of
wah. They are, as you know, warned
of the approach of a vessel by signal
from the lookout on the peak, which
has a prospect'bf over twenty leagues.
Cruising, one to windward, one to lee
ward, they allow no ship to enter the
roads without being searched; no one
to land without permission from the
admiral; and even after dark their
guardboats, pulling round the Island all
night, prevent any communication with
the shore.
“A prisoner, then, who has gained the
landlng-atRge, Is none the less a
prisoner still, for he can by no possi
bility succeed in passing over the half
Jeague of water which separates him
from the vessel waiting to bear him
away to freedom."
M. Carnac sighed again. “It's quite
true,” said Mr. Holmes; “I found that
out myself.”
"Say rather that you sent others to
risk their necks in finding It out for
you," growled the count.
•The colonel hastened to divert their
attention from each other. "Fortu
nately,” he continued, “an Inspiration
same to me.”
Camilla glanced quickly up In aston
ishment; and he went on rapidly, as
If to retrieve a false step. “An Inspira
tion from a source not unknown to you.
Madame de Montaut, who has spoken
with so much eloquence to-night, was
In fact the first to suggest that it might
be possible to pass under that which
we could not pass over.” m
The three visitors stared and were
dumb. Camilla looked anxiously at
their faces to gather their probuble
opinion.
. oaiu u. tmuumum:
boat la what Is needed; and If the Idea
waa another’s, I may at least claim
that the execution of It has been mine."
"Execution ?’’ asked Holmes, with
transparent jealousy. "What do you
mean? The thing’s impracticable!”
"Oh! It Is a poor machine,” said tho
colonel, with great deference, "and not
In any way one such as you, Mr.
Holmes, would have been able to de
sign; but I think It will serve Its pur
pose, and that Is enough."
• M. Carnao shook his head. "I hope
It may,” he said, despondently.
"This,” said the colonel, unfolding a
drawing and holding it up, "is a sketch
of tho boat. It Is eight feet wide, seven
deep, and slxty-flve long, and 1s made
tat a number of separate parts, each
capable of being concealed In- a hogs
head cask. The whole can be put to-,
gather In two hours.”
"Good!" cried the count, with a side
• glance at Holmes. "Most ingenious!
And how do you propose to use It?"
"Only as an auxiliary, of course," re
plied M. de Montaut, "for its effective
range is very limited. It Is sunk by
' admitting water Into tanks at the two
ends, and raised by pumping It out
again. The propelling power consists
Of two broad paddles worked from in
side by band, and moving much like
the tins of a fish. The shape of the
boat, as you see. Is not unlike that of
an ordinary canal barge, with water
tight ends, and with the central space
covered In by an oblong erection, hav
ing panes of glass in the front and
sides for purposes of steering, and at
the top a hatch or trap-door for ingress
and egress."
“It will be very laborious to work,”
said the count.
"Precisely.” said the colonel; "and I
propose therefore to use It only as far -
as It Is absolutely necessary. My idea
Is this: A merchant-vessel wilt arrive
oft Jamestown, St. Helena, on a day
already appointed, and will obtain per
mission to anchor in the roads, but of
course outside the circle patrolled by
the guard-boats. As soon as it is dark
the submarine boat will be fitted to
gether and launched under the charge
I' of a skilled and resolute seaman. He
will make the passage to and from the
shore under water, and when once he
has brought the Emperor on board our
vessel, the submarine boat may be sunk
and abandoned, and we can make sail
for Europe without a moment’s delay."
> M. Carnao was an old man. and con
stitutionally timid; the novelty o& the
. Idea was alone sufficient to startle him.
j’ Mr. Holmes was the Emperor's ac
i credited agent In England, and could
i not brook that another should take the
• lesd In so Important a matter.
< > The count was the boldest and most
^energetic of the three, and the one most
' . attracted by the scheme; but he knew
V Uttle or nothing of the sea, and was,
. besides, already under suspicion on ac
count of a previous abortive attempt.
■'••In the event of another failure he
would undoubtedly suffer the extreme
. ;>w»IUr at the hands of his enemies.
yte-iUp. MtoMk who knew them all, had
BY HENRY M&WBOLT
no difficulty In rending their intentions
—or at any rate their Inclinations—
upon their faces; but he was not with
out hope of gaining from them what
measure of support was absolutely
necessary to his plan.
"X am both flattered and strength
ened,” he said, addressing them all,
“by your kind approval; the more so
as our share In originating this
scheme Is but small compared with the
assistance which I hope to receive from
you, who will thus earn the larger part
of the glory and rewards which attend
success.
"From Mr. Holmes, to whose honor
and Judgment have been committed the
vast funds of the imperial house, I
shall hope to receive a grant of a sum
of money to defray the expense of the
expedition, which, however large, will
be inconsiderable when weighed against
the magnitude of the result.
"M. le Comte, who has been endowed
by nature with the strength and cour
age of a hero, will, I trust, think those
qualities worthily employed In the serv
ice of one who appreciates them so high
ly. I look to him to work the submarine
boat, which will be famous In history,
and In which he will receive the first
greeting from the Emperor In freedom.
"From you monsieur,” he continued,
turning to M. Carnac, who was await
ing his turn in visible trepidation, “I
shall ask a less dangerous but not less
difficult service. Our pretended mer
chant-vessel must be commanded by a
captain of first-rate ability In seaman
ship, and of tact and resource sufficient
to enable him to satisfy the Inquisi
tions of the British officer who will
board the ship In the usual course on
her arrival. You alone of us have still
free access to France; you will, I am
sure, And us such an officer among the
neglected marine of the empire.”
Ho had hoped to lessen the risk of
refusal by asking them, In this way,
for a simultaneous assent to his re
quests, but an embarrassing silence
followed his appeal.
Camilla flushed angrily, and he hast
ened to anticipate her.
wen, Mr. Holmes, he said, may I
rely on you, then, for my little million?'’
"No, you may not,” returned Holmes,
rudely. "It’s out of the question.”
M. de Montaut persevered with
patient suavity. "I understand,” he
said, “you have many calls upon you;
we can perhaps supply a part from
other sources. How much, (hen, is the
moBt you can give us?”
“Nothing, for the present," was the
reply; "possibly next year I may have
some Bmall sum to spare.”
“Next year!” cried Camilla, rising to
her feet, and looking superbly down
upon the little agent. "Before next year
you will have lost your place; the
Emperor leaves St. Heleria on the 5th
of May!” And she turned her back
upon him.
The colonel looked at the other two.
He saw that the count was wavering,
and to give him time he turned to M.
Carnac next.
"My dear friend," said the latter,
“you have altogether mistaken my
position. I dare not return to France
upon such an errand. I know none of
the imperial marine, and your scheme,
however Ingenious, appears to my mind
too unreasonably audaclouB for me to
recommend any one to embark upon
It.”
"X am of the same opinion as M. Car
nac,” added the count, hesitating no
longer. “I would dare anything In
reason, but this is a forlorn hope.”
“Then, gentlemen,” broke in Camilla,
with a commanding gesture of dis
missal, “we have but to thank you for
your attendance this evening, and to
absolve you for the future. As for this
paltry million,” she added, turning to
her brother-in-law, “I will see to that.
You shall And our; captain, and the ac
tive service we will take upon our
selves, If all the world turn craven!"
So saying she crossed the room and
went out with a sweop of fine disdain.
The colonel, who recognized more
clearly that his enterprise and all con
cerned In It were at the mercy of those
to whom he had committed his secret,
remained behind to soothe the trampled
feelings of t£e three discomfited gentle
men.
CHAPTER XV.
1
COPY sunt ■
hen dick
awoke next morn
ing the febrifuge
had done its work
and he was himself
again, little the
worse for a pair of
stiff shoulders and
a few cuts upon the
head.
The surgeon — a
wiry, sharp-eyed i
little man, of half I
ai 1. pavurut o -UUiiCU
him upon his sensitiveness to pain in
a tone of Irony which brought the
blood hotly back into his cheeks, and
gave them once more the bronzed glow
of health. Dick would have given much
to be able to explain the true cause of
his agitated condition on the previous
afternoon, but even bis business at the
Admiralty, and Its result, seemed a
futile reason to offer for such weakness;
especially to an inquisitor whose eyes
were already twinkling with a sus
picion of the truth behind.
So he turned the conversation by ask
ing whether he iqlght go to his rooms
to-day.
“Oh yes, I dare say you might,” was
the reply; "but why hurry? You’re
comfortable here, aren’t you?"
“H’m—m, pretty well,” said Dick,
with transparent affectation.
"Well, well." said the old man, "poor
Madame de Montaut did her best, you
know. But you may go," ho continued,
making for the door with a humorous
pretense of bodily fear; "you may go
to-day, but don’t get overheated, and
don’t be; out after sunset. Good-by 1"
And he fled chuckling.
Dick was left laughing and swearing
to himself. "Confound It! why am I so
simple Every casual stranger can sgi
round and round me, and stare Into mj
galley windows!" J$ut he VH oalj
half displeased. This little boat ha*
warmed him after all, and he fett tb*
sanguine current of hops and Miiv'
thought running through his brain like
a mill-race In the spring stup-llght, lit
had escaped the dreaded good fortutat
that had threatened him with imme
diate banishment, and he had begun
to And hla bnrguin with Camilla even
more profitable than he could hav«
vonturod to expect when he made It,
It was not until close upon S o'cloek
that Camilla returned. However, when
she did come, she came alone, and that
wa3 a consolation worth waiting for,
0ho Joined Diels In tha morning-room
downstairs, and scttlod herself by the
lire with porfeot case of manner. He
fait that Ills confidence might forsake
him If ho waited, and after ho had re
plied to her Inquiries he tool* a plunge
at once.
"Aro yru really Irish, and not French
at all?” i;e ached.
"Irish by birth," she replied; "French
by breeding and adoption. Oh, It Is nn
secret,” she went on, with a smile, as
Dick hesitated to prccu the inquiry:
"and I would gladly tell you all about
It If I thought It could Interest you;
but your, sympathies lie, as I told you,
In another direction altogether,”
"Everything interests me that con
cerns you!” burnt out Dick. "I am
longing to hear more.”
“It Is true that the more I tell you,
the more completely you will acknowl
edge me to be In the right,” she replied,
“and that consideration would tempt a
woman to even greater Imprudences
than this.”
She laughed and looked him frankly
in the face. He felt that this was not
an opportunity for sentiment, and
caught gratefully at the camaraderie
she offered him Instead.
“Good!” he said, smiling back at her;
“then I will abandon my sympathies
and own you to be right; and it shall be
simply a story that you tell me. If you
will."
“Yes; but I shall claim one from you
In return. And now listen. I was
born,” she began, "In the year 1795, In
the county of Tlppe-ary. My mother
died when I was but a few weeks old.
My father. Anthony Donoghue of Castle
Carrol, was wrongfully suspected of
being concerned in Wolfe Tone's con
spiracy, and when the rebellion broke
out In ’97 the Orangemen were upon
him like tigers. He took me—a child of
less than a year—upon the saddle in
front of him and rode for his life.
“He succeeded, after many narrow es
capes, In reaching Eantry Bay, where
a number of patriots under Fitzgerald
and O’Connor were met to receive Gen.
Hoche and the French troops which ho
was bringing over at their Invitation.
My father, who had previously held
aloof, was now tempted to Join them
for the sake of revenge,
“He sent me oyer to France in charge
of a deserter’s wife, to whom he was al
so obliged to entrust the realized part
of his fortune and the jowels which you
have sometimes seen me wearing. She
proved worthy of his confidence, and
when he came to Paris after the final
collapse of the rebellion he found both
his daughter and his diamonds safe in
the house of Gen. Bonapaqto himself,
to whose protection I had t>ecn com
mended by a letter from Hoche,
" ‘Ah!’ said Napoleon, when my fath
er went to thank him, ’here comes Meta
bus in search of his little Camilla.* It
appears that there is a story In Virgil
of a warrior pursued by his enemies,
and encumbered by the burden of an in
fant daughter named Camilla. Stopped
in his flight by a rapid stream, he binds
the child to his spear, and with a prayer
to Diana hurls her across, and himself
swims the flood, to find her safe and
sound-upon the farther side. In grati
tude he vows her to the lifelong ser
vice of the goddess who has answered
his prayer. It was to this adventure,
then—which our own so much resembled
—that Napoleon was referring.
“My father, who had all the wit of
his race, took up the allusion at once,
'From this moment,’ he-said, ’she shall
be called Camilla, and I dedicate her 11
the great protector who has' saved us.’
“Napoleon was pleased with the read
iness of the reply, and took him- into
high favor. He afterward gave him a
high command in the Irish brigade, and
heaped him with rewards. He remem
bered me, too, and after my father's
death he married mo to M. de Mcntaur,
a gentleman of an ancient and wealthy
house, and entirely devoted to the em
peror, In whose service he met an honor
able death in 1814. I was but 18 then,
and I -have been r.n exile ever since,
for neither my brother-in-law nor I have
stooped to make our peace with the
Bourbons.
(to sa COSTIXUED.)
CRAVE GIRLS.
Two Instances That Loft the Question
In Uoubt.
The la an odd saying that one never
knows a woman's true character till he
sees her In a moment of danger—and
seldom then, might well be added. A
couple of young ladles were on top of
the Mills building yesterday, says San
Francisco Post. One walked boldly to
the very edge of the roof and gazed
steadily Into tho street below without
the thrill of n nerve or the quiver of
a muscle, "Brqve girl, that,” observed
tho signal officer. “Stout-hearted and
fearless. She’ll make some man a good
wife. Huh! Look at that other one,”
he exclaimed In disgust, ,as the stout
hearted girl's companion shrank back
and cr'.ed hysterically:
“Oh. hold me! I want to Jump off!”
“What a little fool!” eaid the signal
officer. “A baby to be petted, Wants
to Jump off! You couldn't pull her oft
there with an ox team.”
They were Just starting down the nar
row stairway when someone shouted:
“There's a mouse!”
The brave girl who had stood un
flinching at tho edge of a high roof let
out a wild scream and rolled to the bot
tom of the stairs, vrhlle her companion
laughed till alio waa almost hysterical.
“Girls aro all fools,” declared the cyn
ical signal officer.
Worm* Are Katins Away Ml* Body.
John Evart, a farmer living in Black
ford county, Ihd., is afflicted as a man
never was before. Thousands of red
worms about the size of a common pin
crawl about In his flesh and ai yet no
dootor has devised a cure nor even diag
nosed the disease. They emerge from
all parts of the body, the skin drops off
In big scales and Evarts body Is raw
from head to foot. The ones of his
hands are exposed, the flesh having
cracked away.
GRAND OLD PARTY.
THE PROTECTIVE TARIFF ALONE
CAN SAVE US.
Gold frill Not Leave the Country When
We Buy All Our Goods at Home—The
Present Pro-British Policy Most Be
Terminated.
_iL—
Tariff Reform Trick*.
The time has come when the Reform
Club's sound currency committee
(Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, chairman)
has to ask for more funds to carry on
its work.—Evening Post, Y.
In making this demand for more
money Mr. Free Trade Editor Godkin
states that “the committee has expen
ded up to the present time $46,000,” of
which $16,000 was levied from Boston,
and that $25,000 more is needed t<5 carry
on the English currency branch of the
Tariff Reform Club “ to the end of the
present year.” This will tide them
over the fall elections of 1896 In endeav
oring to divert attention from the issue
of Protection vs. Free Trade.
The Tariff Reform Club Is composed
of enemies to American labor and in
dustry. Among its members are Chas.
8. Fairchild, John De Witt Warner, and
Tariff Juggler Godkin of the Evening
Post, and the truth is not in him.
Knowing how thoroughly the free
trade idea was denounced by the people
at the elections of 1894, the tariff for
England clique has decided that no pos
sible chance of the restoration of demo
cratic supremacy in politics can exist
by the immediate advocacy of “tariff
reform” in the direction of further
free trade. It was deemed advisable
to foist a new scheme upon the people
and the Tariff Reform Free-Trade Club
mooted the currency question as a mys
determine, the question of Its economi
cal extraction entering largely into'the
problem. It had already been demon
strated that fine crops of Jute could
be grown In Texas and Louisiana,
but we can only approximate
vaguely the cost of a crop
to the grower, and the precise
cost of preparation was equally a mat
ter of doubt. These questions settled
satisfactorily, there is no doubt as to
the success of the industry | as there is
already a large demand for the fiber,
our importations of India jute alone
reaching the value of $3,000,000 in a
single year. Some beautiful specimens
of American jute fiber, grown by the
Felix Fremery Decorticator Company,
near Galveston, Texas, were shown In
the department exhibit at Chicago. The
fiber was of good color and strength,
one specimen, extra cleaned, being of
fine quality, that doubtless would com
mand a much higher price in the mar
ket than Imported material.
What has been done in other direc
tions can be done in the jute Industry.
The trouble seems to be that we fail to
realize how suddenly we sometimes
obtain success in any given product,
and we too often lose sight of the rapid
strides we have been making in the la
bor saving cost of production In agri
cultural occupations as well as in man
ufacturing enterprises. The secreta
ry of agriculture, speaking of jute and
ramie, has said:
The Interest in ramie continues, and
the cultivation of jute is attracting a
great deal of attention. The possibility
of the production of these fibers in cer
tain sections has been demonstrated,
but further experiment is needed to
settle the question of cost of production
and machinery for cleaning.
In order to continue such "further ex
periment,” Protection is necessary and
should be assured.
Grover Will Tax Growlers.
M$. Cleveland has considered several
means for augmenting the financial re
turns, among which is the beer tax. The
natural way for the recovery of the re- !
ceipts is a tariff that will produce sufii- !
clent sums to replenish the treasury.
That tariff cannot be too soon re-estab
lished. The treasury is paying the
price of the loss of protection. Protec
tion to American industries is, from
experience, likewise protection to the
nation’s finances. A reasonable tariff
is the only solution of the disastrous
problem brought on by the obstinate
1894
1895
aMiflfl
Ptu/icls
TMkk
Bushels
. . N
Export ojOots
fcnr iVie tu»o fiscal
yearSj ending June
,30:-\S9H and 1695
(895
510fil
Bushes
SJHii!ion
Bushels
mwiflion
Bushels
2ffi(llian
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CAPTURING THE MARKETS OP THE WORLD.
tifler. Of course, this “organized hy
pocrisy” has the support of President
Cleveland.
Some protectionist papers fell quickly
into the ttap. The circulation of a
mass of. oily gammon, and its use by
protectionist papers, are the stepping
stones to lead to an end—an end to
protection to American labor and in
dustry. By playing the panel game,
the Free-Trade Tariff Reform Club is
trying to dodge the issue of Protection
vs. Free-Trade, to bamboozle the peo
ple and entangle editors. The friends
of protection have already done far
too much to help the Tariff Reform
Club’s free-trade scheme. Stop it.
Another Farm Crop Injared.
Jute culture, which was becoming a
valuable agricultural industry, though
to its complete success there were ob
stacles, has also been struck at by the
tariff act of 1891. Jute, like hemp and
flax, was placed on the free list at the
wrong time. The cost of labor in pro
ducing It successfully against foreign
competition i3 a material factor, just as
the difference in labor enters into the
production of any other of the products
of the farm or factory. Jute is chief
ly used In baling cotton, which may ac
count for placing It on the free list to
lessen Its cost to the cotton planter,
but are not the agriculturists engaged
In the yet expensive production of
jute as much entitled to protection as
cotton was, and as various other agri
cultural products are, such as rice, to
bacco and sugar? The report of the
fiber bureau of the department of agri
culture tells us that there is:
No doubt as to the practicability of
growing jute as a crop in the gulf states.
Whether the fiber can be produced
| profitably in competition with the India
' product Is a matter for experiment to
enforcement of Mr. Cleveland’s theo
ries. Protection is an Issue that cannot
be dodged. Its suspension has demon
strated Its necessity to the g eminent
as well as to enterprise and to the peo
ple.—Daily Saratogian.
Consuls Can Ho Useful.
A good word has been said for our
American consuls by Englishmen. At
a recent meeting of the Bradford
Chamber of Commerce, which had been
ashed for suggestions whereby the
British consular service would be im
proved in the Interest of commerce, it
was stated that “American consuls did
a great deal more in this direction
than our own (English) did.” It is
gratifying to know there has recently
been an improvement in the eommer
I cial value of our consular reports.—
I This is the time when Americans want
to know what their foreign competitors
are doing.
Temporarily Forjjotteu.
“The prices of nails have doubled in
the past sixty days,” chuckles a free
trade organ. And in this way tariff
reform is cheapening the necessaries of
life to the consumer! Are not cheap
prices synonymous with prosperity?
Where are all those fine low tariff ser
mons that were preached so persistently
in 1892?—Journal, Kansas City, Mo.,
July 17,1895.
According to dispatches from Wash
ington, Secretary Olney and the presi
dent had made plans to seize and hold
Havana till the Mora claim was paid,
in efise Spain had shown further dispo
sition to postpone matters. Imitation
of England seems still to be the highest
ambition of this administration.—Buf
falo Express.
Democratic Theories Not Realised.
Comparing the 1895 year’s imports,
during which the Gorman tariff was in
force for ten months, with the full
twelve months’ ' imports of 1892 and
1893, it is seen that the Gorman tariff
imports are in some cases larger than
those for 1892 and in other in
stances larger than the im
ports for 1893, and sometimes
greater than the figures given for both
of these two McKinley protection years.
When considering the effect of the
present lower tariff, it should be re
membered that in 1892 and early inv
1893 the bulk of the people were far
more prosperous than they are to-day
and consequently were better able to
pay for the luxury of foreign goods.
Now the lower tariff permits the larger
quantities of imports at such low prices
as enable keen competition with oar
own manufacturers and interference
with their business in our home mar
ket, the people not being able to afford
to purchase so many articles of volun
tary use and luxury as they did in 1892
and 1893.
This fact is very evident from a com
parison of such imports as follows:
Imports of Articles of Voluntary Use,
Luxuries, Etc.
Value.
1892 .?104,764,252
1893 . 125,855,541
1895 . 93,255,730
During the year just ended, to June
30, 1895, we bought over 311,500,000'
worth less of articles of voluntary use,
luxuries, etc., than in 1892, and 332,
600,000 less than in 1893. (
Turning next to our imports of arti
cles manufactured and ready for con
sumption, articles that enter directly
into competition with the products of'
our own factories, we find that we
bought 85,300,000 worth more in 1895
than in 1893, an increase of 2.32 per
cent, of all imports, while the increase
was 2.97 per cent over the 1892 figures.
If we look at those imports of arti
cles in a crude condition, or which were
wholly or partly manufactured for use
in our mechanic arts, we find that in
both cases they were less in 1895 than
in 1893 and 1892, the exact figures be
ing:
Imports of articles in crude condition.
1893.8204,093,996
1893. 226,711,989
1895. 191,119,810
Imports of articles for use in mechan
ic arts.
1892 .$ 83,206,471
1893 . 98,753,902
1895.. 73,656,655
In 1895 we imported nearly $13,000,
000 worth less of articles in a crude con
dition than we did in 1S92 and $35,000,
000 worth less than in 1893. Of articles
for use in the mechanic arts we import
ed to the extent of $9,550,000 less in 1895
than in 1892, and over $25,000,000 less
than in 1S93. These values show that
the Gorman tariff has been a hindrance
to our manufacturers in supplying
them with an abundance of cheap, raw-»
or partly finished material, and it has
the demands of the home market be- /
cause cur imports of arficles, manufac- )
tured and ready for consumption, have
been of greater value even than they
were in 1S92, when our ability to pur*
chase them was so much greater.
Senator Cultom's Views.
When the republican party gets con
trol again, as it will next year, with
some republican fcr president such as
Reed or McKinley or some other man,
we will take up that tariff yet and go
over it item by item and make such
amendments to it as will give reason
able protection to American labor and
American industries as against foreign
labor and foreign industries. The peo
ple of this country never knew they
wanted that sort of protection—they
were never certain of it—until the dem
ocrats by mistake got possession of
this country two years ago.—Senator
Cullom.
Cheating a Western Product.,
The latest case of undervaluation
under the ad valorem tariff system has
been in imports of olives, which ap
pear to have been invoiced at just oae
half of their true value. As the sup
ply of olives of California growth forms
an important factor in supplying our
domestic market, the importers of
foreign olives naturally feel the com
petition and evidently are prepared to
hold our market by any means.
Patronize the American Seamstress*
Same the Eiefit Men .......
In the coming state campaigns vot
ers should see that the candidates are
sound for protection to home industry.
The candidate for office who is not
loyal, outspoken and earnest in sup
port of this principle when he is seek
ipg a nomination will be lukewarm or
openly hostile when he is elected. '
Hoist the banner of protection. It is
the sign and promise of approaching
victory. The righteous cause of pro
tection to home industries has always
won when it was presented clearly and
intelligently to the American people.