TILLMAN IS WILD.
He SAYS RETURNING PROS
PERITY IS A MISTAKE.
Character!.** tha Advance ia Wheat
as-* Huineu Improvement a. n
"Hot Balloon Affair" and Predict, nn
Karl/ Collapee
(Washington Letter.)
Considerable fun Is being made hem
of the assertion of Governor Tillman
that the rise In wheat is due to the
manipulation of Mark Hanna. He
spoke the other day at Troy, N. Y., and
stated that he did not. see any signs
whatever of genuine prosperity. The
movement sweeping over the country
is nothing but a "hot balloon affair"
he 'laid and the wheat boom merely
■•speculative" and designed to aid
Mark Hanna. When wheal advanced
last fall during the campaign the Pop
ocratlc oratora attributed its rise to
Mark Hanna and his myrmidons, a
most ridiculous charge. And now
Senator Tillman reiterates the asser
tion. The rise In wheat, has been steady
amen the country became confident
that.,Bryan would bo defeated. The
statistical abstract of the treasury de
partment gives the wheat quotation In
Nw York on August 27, 1896 as 67
cents. Wheat is now hovering In the
neighborhood of 190 cents, the ndvancc
having been since that time fully 35
cents ppr bushel. The wheat crop of
the world of last, year was 2.130,397.000
bushels and the “Corn Trade News" of
Liverpool estimates the present year's
croii at 2.398,000.000 bushels. The ad
vance in value of the crops of this
y&ir over that of last would according
to tfiese figures, lie In the neighbor
hood of $750,000,000. Thus Mr. Tillman
expects people to believe that Mark
Hanna can, for political purposes or
fer any other purposes, advance the
wheat value of the world three-quar
ters of a billion of dollars.
Director Preston has Just Issued a
table Allowing the comparative value of
the silver and gold yens of Japan dur
ing the past decade. One minute’s
study of these figures would have been
sufficient to Bhow the silver senators
who have gone to Japan to collect data,
the true cause of Japan’s action. Here
are the figures:
•?,
Value of Value of
Year. Sliver Yen. Gold Yen.
1888 .75.3 99.7
1889 ....;.73.4 99.7
1890.. .,;.75.2 99.7
1891 .83.1 99.7
1892 .74.5 99.7
1833.. .,..,.66.1 99.7
1894.55.6 99.7
1895., .49.1 99.7
18961.7..62.9 99.7
189f 4 July).47.8 99.7
Farmers who have any doubt as to
the advantage the Wilson tariff gave
to foreign producers In the markets of
the United States will be Interested In
* comparison of the Importations of
produets In June. 1897, the last month
of the Wilson law, with June, 1896.
In June, 1897. the importers and for
olgn producers were rushing Into the
United States those products of foreign
agriculture which were to be excluded
or seriously affected by the new tartff.
The wool Importations of 1897 were
37,912,591 lbs., against 5,605,886 lbs. in
1890; potatoes 32,360 bushels In 1897
against 13,284 in the corresponding
month of last year; sugar 708.552,496
lbs. In June, 1897. against 472.637,376
in June. 1896; rice 23,406,643 lbs, in
1897 against 11,246.284 in the same
month last year; hides 33,214,724 lbs.
against 9.138,396 in Jline of last year;
fibers 24,182 tons In June, 1897, against
14,126 in June, 1396; cotton 5,894,041
lb«. In 1897 agalnat 1,699,303 in June
of last year. Cattle 59,962 head in
June. 1897, against 5,861 head In June,
189$.
Business Improvement.
Reports of business Improvement
continue to come in from every direc
tion and business men from all parts
•of the country are in the east buying
their fall stock and some of them stop
over in Washington en route with good
news of activity, good prices, mort
gageu being paid off and a marked
■change in the views of the people.
“You could not realise what a change
has come over the people,“ said one
gentleman who had just come from the
Padflc coast. "1 came through that
great ^orthweatern country where the
free silver epidemic was raging at this
time last year and was absolutely as
tonished at the change. The demand
: for the free coinage of silver has dis
appeared and thousands of men who
I advocated it a year ago now admit
that they were wrong. Tens of thou
sands arc indicating their gratification
that it failed and I did not hear of
any who regretted hla vote for McKin
ley. sound money and protection.”
“Whr.t has brought this change in so
short a time?”
"improved business conditions, im
proved confidence, improved wages and
Improved prices. They have all come
3teadiiy since the election of McKinley
and especially since It became known
that a protective tariff law would be
piomptly passed, and have come in the
face of a steady fall in the value of sil
ver. This fret shows to even the most
unthinking that they were being im
posed upon last year by the statement
that prosperity could only come
through the free and unlimited coinage
ob silver and has thoroughly disgusted
them with the Imposition. I never saw
so sudden a change In so short a time.”
O. H. Williams.
Nothing: N)»terloui.
It is very amusing to observe the
struggles of the Free-Trade press to as
certain how the discriminating duty
clause was "slipped into” the new
Tariff. There is nothing strange about
it. The section as road, and as passed,
was submitted to every member of the
ways and means and finance commit
tees by the friends of American ship
ping. The clause was revised by Unit
ed States Senator Elkins of West Vir
ginia. and general information on this
subject was furnished to the members
of the committees together with a draft
of the section by The American Pro
tective Tariff League. There was noth
ing of a mysterious nature about the
proposition; nothing accidental. It was
purely Intentional, for the sole purpose
of extending the policy of Protection
to American transportation interests
both by land and sea.
4 Public Venefai tor.
MNCLEYj,
t
Import*.
Number.
*
Our Cattl*
Fiscal year.
1891 . 9,652
1892 . 2,086
1893 . 3,119
1894 . J.280
Protection Average, 4.022
1895 . 134,825
1896 . 217,094
1897 . 328,773
Free-trade Average,. 226,897
Value.
53,652
20,389
24,658
13,355
28,013
666,749
1,494.765
2,565,497
1,575,670
This final comparison of the results
of Protection and Free Trade will be of
Interest to those American farmers
who are cattle raisers. During each year
of the democratic tariff there were near
ly 227,000 head of foreign cattle shipped
here from Mexico and Canada, and the
money sent out of this country to pay
for the foreign cattle averaged $1,575,
670 a year. Hereafter, as before under
Protection, this money will be kept at
home for circulation among American
fanners.
A “Strang* Tiling.”
, The strange thing about the bill
(Dlngley) Is that it was not wanted by
the American people. — Lancashire
(Eng.) Express.
It is rather peculiar, then, that the
people voted for a change in the tariff
and elected the apostle of protection
to be their President.
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LAST WORD.
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; : ' Cncj* Sam—Why don't you build some yachts that can race*
»,'• Jffc Bull—Why dont you build aome ships that can carry freight? ,
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Dishonest Tobacco Importer!*
From the duties upon imported to
bacco, the government receives a large
revenue. Under the Dlngley Tail! what
is known as filler tobacco pays from 35
to 50 cents per pound and wrapper to
bacco from $1.85 to $2.50 per pound.
There have been great frauds practiced
upon the government in the importa
tion of tobacco and it is pleasing to see
the present energetic policy of the
treasury department in checking them.
The most common practice of under
valuation is what is known as “nested
goods”—that is, a bale of tobacco may
contain a certain amount of wrapper
and a certain amount of fillers, and be
entered as filler tobacco, thus avoiding
the higher rate of duty upon the wrap
per tobacco. Another plan of avoiding
the collection of the duties is to have
bales of tobacco similarly packed, a
part of the bales being filler and an
other part being wrapper tobacco, but
all being entered as filler.
As the appraiser’s department gen
erally examines but one-tenth of the
importations, it will be seen that the
importer has a good opportunity to
avoid the payment of duties. Within
a few days the treasury department
has Instructed its appraiser to examine
all tobacco imports of certain lines.
In one importation last week every
sixth bale was found to be wrapper to
bacco, though certified as being filler
tobacco. .
This discovery only serves to illus
trate the importance of a Protection
Administration of our Tariff laws. It
lias been claimed that the Government
is annually defrauded out of millions
of dollars on account of the tobacco
duties. It is safe to predict that this
will be corrected under the administra
tion of Secretary Gage.
Ontcrowth of Democracy.
That trusts are the outgrowth of
democratic policies and maladministra
tion is very clearly proven when wo see
Mr. Roswell P. Flower, democratic ex
governor of the state of New York,
coming to their defense. Mr. Flower
has been, with the democratic ex
Prcsident Grover Cleveland, notorious
ly interested in the Chicago GasJTrust.
This monopoly, together with the
Standard Oil Trust, the Ice Trust, the
Bread Trust, the Cigarette Trust, and
the Sugar Trust, aggregates a combina
tion of capital that has been fostered
under Free-Trade, or by other demo
cratic alliances, for the stifling of com
petition, the enhancement of prices and
the oppression of the poor.
What In Wrong?
“There must he something wrong in
America.”—Sunday Chronicle, Man
cheater, England.
There Is. We are still dependent up
on British ships for the transportation
of all our foreign commerce.
The Shallow on England.
The new McKinley tariff Is casting a
very long shadow before it.—Manches
ter, Englan... courier.
And much of the shadow falls upon
Manchester. There Is sunshine over
here just now.
The Mugwump Outlook.
“It looks like another tarlfT for de
ficit for some time to come.”—Spring
field, Mass., Republican.
We shall see, we shall see. It is
a little early, yet, to make rash predic
tions.
Each Hie Own Way.
Our American cousins have certainly
a way of their own.—Glasgow "Citi
zen,”
This is equally true of our British
cousins. Theirs is a Free-Trade way.
That Dollar Wheat..
The promised dollar wheat of Demo
cracy never eventuated during the free
trade administration. But we are get
ting nearer to It under protection.
Good for the Farmers.
The agricultural states secure more
protection under the Dingley bill than
they have had under any previous
American tariff.
Von Bet.
Protection, plenty, work and pay
beat free trade loafing any day.
LATE NEW INVENTIONS.
Horseahoes are now being made with
a aeries of triangular pointed calks
covering the wearing surface of the
shoe to take the place of the toe and
heel calks now in use, the new shoe
wearing longer and keeping the horse
from slipping.
A new attachment for bath-tubs con
sists of two curved arms hinged to the
wall above the tub to support a wash
basin, a clamp under the basin allow
ing the arms to be raised and lowered
to any position or tilted to empty the
water.
To launch lifeboats where the break
ers are high or the coast Is rocky a
steel trestle Is built out into deep wa
ter to support a track on which a car
rolls to carry the boat, thus saving
time In launching as well as minimiz
ing the danger.
To lock bags so as to prevent the
theft of their contents a new padlock
is used with a steel loop to hold the
gathered top of the bag, the ends of
the loop entering the lock, which has
a series of clamps inside the lock so
as to fit large and small bags.
Fountains for private yards can be
fitted with colored lights by means of a
new device, consisting of a series of
water-pipes surrounding a casing hold
ing one or more electric or gas lights,
the color effects being produced by
colored glasses set in a revolving
tram*.
MERCER AT THE HELM
CHOSEN CHAIRMAN OF THE
COMMITTEE.
Ed K. Slier Secretary, and B. B.. Schnei
der Treasurer—Lincoln Secnrea the
State Headqnartera — Organisa
tion Highly Satisfactory to
Republicans of the State,
State Central Committee , Meeting.
The republican state central commit
tee met at Lincoln and perfected or
ganization by electing Congressman
David Mercer chairman, E. E. Sizer
' secretary and E. E. Schneider treasur
er. Tlie committee made these selec
tions and ratified them with an enthu
siastic demonstration at the close.
Headquarters were relocated in Lin
coln with scarcely a dissenting voice.
The meeting was held at the commit
tee headquarters in the Lindell hotel
and the attendance was large, there
being but four of the thirty-four eom
’initteemen absent. Two committee
men were represented by proxy. The
absentees were H. C. liaird of liurcli
*rd. H. F. Clary of Blair, John P.
Bressler of Wayne and E. E. llairgrove
of Sutton. Henry ltagatz of Columbus
sent in his resignation and joined in a
petition for the appointment of J. Day
ton of Stires of Columbus to fill the
place. Mr. Stires was elected. F. II.
Young of Custer held the proxy of F.
M. Eublee of the same county and L.
J. Simmons of South Omaha repre
sented A. E. Kelley of that place who
could not come. All other officers and
members were present.
At an informal meeting held yester
day morning the committee decided to
tender the chairmanship to Congress
man David B. Mercer of Omaha. A re
ply from Mr. Mercer was awaited.
When the committee reassembled
Congressman Mercer entered the room
and was given an ovation. He accepted
the trust and spoke briefly, lie had
been notified that he was drafted.
While it was inconvenient for him to
accept the place at this time, it was
the duty of republicans to go where
du ty called. lie expressed the belief
that the party would win this fall. It
would not be an ordinary campaign, as
Nebraska now occupies a prominent
position in national' politics, but he
thought the point in prosperity and
progress had arrived and the "state
would be redeemed. He said there
were thousands of republicans who
weite misled last fall, but now he be
lieved they would go to the polls and
again take their places in the ranks.
As to the campaign he thought people
were too busy attending to their in
increased business and their crops to
make much fuss, but they would cer
tainly ponder over the good times and
remember that such times come only
under republican administrations. Mr.
Mercer attached very little importance
to the part played by a chairman so
long as the chairman had a good com
mittee and a good working force be
hind him. He did not claim to be a
great organizer, but when campaign
ing for himself he had tried not to let
anything get away from him. He be
lieved a chairman should devote his
entire time to the work and ought to
receive a salary. t
Ed. E. Sizer of Lincoln deputy dis
trict clerk, was nominated for secre
tary. The nomination was seconded
by half a dozen, including Tom Majors
and others. Congressman ,T. B. Strode
intimated that Mr. Sizer might not be
able to leave his business to take the
place. He thought Mr. Sizer the best
man in the state for the place. The
election was made unanimous and Air.
Sizer sent for. K. B. Schneider of
Fremont was reelected treasurer by
acclamation.
John L. McPheeley of Minden
brought up the matter of state head
quarters by moving that tile proposi
tion of the Lindell hotel be accepted.
D. H. Wheeler as an amendment moved
that the matter of headquarters and
the location lie left with the executive
committee with power to act. George
W. Lowly of Seward moved as a sub
stitute that headquarters be located in
Lincoln. The substitute carried with
but one dissenting voice. The propo
sition of the Lindell hotel was then
accepted after some amendment.
At this instant Congressman Strode
and others who bad been delegated to
bring in Ed Sizer returned with the ole
ject of their search. Mr. Sizer made no
less impression than did Congressman
Mercer. He accepted the secretary
ship and made one of the strongest
speeches ever made before the commit
tee. He said duty called elsewhere,
but he proposed to do what he conld to
assist the party. He was willing to do
all in his power to assist the chairmau
of the committee and if the fight were
lost it would not be for lack of work
on their part. All he ever possessed he
said he made in Nebraska. He had lost
it all on account of democratic misrule,
but Nebraska was good enough for
him and he proposed to stand by the
state and the republican party. All
that he had left in this world was en
ergy and courage and he willingly of
fered it to the party. These sentiments
were cheered to the echo. The cheering
was renewed when Chairman Mercer
arose and clasped the hand of Mr. Sizer
as a pledge of fealty in the party serv
ice. There being no further business
the committee adjourned to meet at the
call of the chairman. The committee
men went away congratulating them
selves on having made a strong organi
zation. S
Mr. Sizer will devote his entire time
to the work and his place in the office
of clerk in the district court will be
temporarily filled by another.
Oh of Bryan’s Break*.
In his statement in the Sunday New
York World Mr. Bryan gave “an in
creased volume of money” as one cause
of the higher prices of farm products.
He mentioned this.as “another eonfir m
tion of the arguments made by the bi
metallists.” “A large part of this
money comes from abroad,” he said,
and he added that “if we had enough
money in this country an increase in
the volume would be an injury.”
But in the last eight months, during
which the advaee in prices has occur
red, we have received no money bal
ance from abroad. On the contrary, we
have lost heavily. From January 1 to
September 1 the net exports of gold
were >34,788,179. This is a loss of 81,
373,05'.) more than in the corresponding
period last year. During the last fiscal
▼ear our net loss of silver coin and
bullion was >50,050,301.
Nor has there been ‘‘an increased vol
nine of money” during this period.
The amount of money of all kinds io
circulation on March 1, according te
the treasury estimate, was $1.675,694,•
953. On September 1 there was 81,665,
680,098—a shrinkage of nearly $10,000,
000.
Yet there is and has been mone;
enough for all the demands of business.
The crops are being paid for and moved,
debts by the million cancelled and the
wheels of industry started in all direc
tions, not onlg without any access oi
freely coined silver at 16 to 1, but with
an actual diminution in the visible sup
ply of the money we have. j
It is chiefly a question of confidence I
and of the safe and profitable use ol
money that has been hidden or hoarded.
Mr. Bryan is wrong in his facts and
weak in his logic.
Mo Chance to Howl Calamity.
Ifew York Commercial Advertiser;
The silver fusionists in Mr. Bryan’s
own state are confronted with circum
stances <4f the most discouraging sort
on the very threshhold of their cam
paign. It was only the other day that
the widely advertised -^triangular” con
vention was held at Lincoln with 3,700
delegates present, and with General
Weaver, “Cyclone” Davis, Senator Al
len, Mr. Bryan and as many as a dozen
brass bands in the way of attraction.
The ink is hardly dry on the platform
denouncing the greed of the money
power, deploring the impoverished con
dition ot the people of Nebraska and
declaring the gold standard to be the
parent of miseries without number.
And now the whole army of populists
and silver democrats are forced to see
the city bonds of Omaha—which one !
year ago found no takers—selling read-1
ily at a premium. These bonds have 1
ten years to run and bear 43-i per cent, j
interest. The figure at which they were
sold was 35 per cent, higher than the
best rate which the municipality of
Omaha has ever been able to secure for
this type of security in the past. j
But this is not all. A member of the
State Board of Agriculture who has
been personally investigating the sub
ject asserts that, the grain crop of Ne- i
braska is worth not less than $195,000,
000 at ruling prices. Nebraska is not
ordinarily found among the large pro-,
dueers of wheat, but her farmers have
an unusual acreage of that cereal this
[ year, and they will reap the full bene
fit of the increased prices of corn, oats
| and other grain. With a better return
! for their labor than they have had for
some years, these voters are not likely
to be deluded by the stupid Bryanite
cry that prosperity is “impossible” un
der the gold standard. Both in then
own circumstances and the rising cred
it of the cities of their state they read
the refutation of their falsehood. The
republican leaders of Nebraska will be
culpable indeed if they do not make .
the most of their advantage. 1
All Up Mat Silver.
Lincoln Journal: Mr. Bryan ex
plains to the St. Louis l’ost Dispatch
that the pops arc not dismayed because
wheat and silver have parted company
as it proves what they always knew,
that the price of both is governed by
the law of supply and demand. * |
But he says that the rejoicing of the
farmers over the rise in the price of
wheat is proof that the people haven't
money enough, and he declares that .
if the farmers are bene tilted by the
rise in the prices of one product “how |
much happier they would be” if
everything rose with wheat. He also
growls that wages ought to rise with
wheat.
This shows that the present prosper
ity which is caused not only by the
rise in the price of wheat but in the
price of corn, beef, cattle, pork, hogs,
sheep, horses, and pretty much every
thing that the farmer raises is a source
of no pleasure to Mr. Bryan because
silver bullion, in which the farmers
are so deeply interested, hasn't risen I
any lately in price. |
As for wages, when the unemployed
all get jobs, and they are getting them
very rapidly, there is little doubt that
they will participate in the rise. The
main point just now is for our indus
tries to recover the business they had
before Mr. Bryan and Mr. Wilson and
the democratic party monkeyed with
the’tariff.
t Supply and Demand.
New York Commercial Advertiser:
Ilrynnitc newspapers throughout the
country are ringing the changes on
the expression “supply and demand.” |
They point out that the present in
creased price of wheat is due to in- j
creased demand for that staple abroad,
and insist that if the United States
would agree to coin silver -without re- |
striction at the ratio of 16 to 1 a de- j
maud would be created whieh would ’
raise the price of the white metal to
practically the same level which ex
isted in 1873. This is Mr. Bryan’s own
contention, whieh he repeats when
ever he has a chance. Its continual
recurrence brings to mind a familiar
proverb in which a mortar and pestle
figure. The absurdity of supposing
that the United States alone, without
only about one-twentieth of the earth’s
population, could furnish a market.;
which would more than doable the
value of the world’s silver must be
evident to all sensible men. But free
coinage advqcatcs apparently do not
wish to be sensible. They prefer to be
vociferous.
Not h Principle
Fremont Tribune: Gentle reader, if
you will glance over the platform
adopted by the free silver republicans
at Lincoln you will see that there is
uot in it a single principle that any
republican of authority from John C.
Fremont to Joe Shively, ever indorsed.
They call themselves free silver repub
licans, but a popocrat under any other
name would smell just as beery and be
a blamed sight more honest.
Somewhat Singular.
Fremont Tribune: The World-Herald
devotes a column of space to convince
the Tribune that the platform of the
free silver republicans is the only gen
uinely republican platform. This, we
suppose, is the secret of the fusion be
tween these “republicans” and the
popocrats. It is a little singular that
the only genuine democrats are in such
full sympathy with the only genuine
republicans.
Nebraska’s Prosperity Roll,
Philadelphia Record: A member of
the state board of agriculture of Ne
braska, who has jnst completed a jour
ney through that state, estimates the
value of its crops at 9105,000,000. It is
hardly necessary to hunt around for
the causes of prosperity in the face of
such returns.
NOT EAGER FOR WAR.
Spain Looking for Quiet Settlement of
Difficulties.*
Madrid, Sept. 24.—The Correspon^Z
dencia Da Espana asserts that pour
parlours are proceeding between the
United States and Spain for a friendly
settlement of affairs in Cuba.
El Epoea. after denouncing as “sen
sational” the story of an ultimatum,
points out that the Cubans hare not
been at war with Spain without the
moral and material co-operation of
the American people.
There is a great deal of comment as
to the origin of the ultimatum report.
It has been attributed to a foreign
ambassador, but all the ambassadors
deny responsibility for it.
The people do not think that war is
inevitable. It is asserted that the
Liberals will soon form a cabinet and
that on the return of the queen from
San Sebastian to Madrid, Captain
General Weyler will be recalled from
Cuba and autonomy established in the
island, thus leaving no pretext for the
intervention of the United States.
The minister of marine Admiral De
Berangoi. says that three cruisers will
shortly be finished and ready for ser
vice.
London, Sept. 24.—A dispatch to
the Standard from Sau Sebastian says:
“Fresh communications have passed
between United Stales Minister Wood
ford and the Duke of Teluan- confirm
ing the views of the United States as
stated by the American minister last
Saturday. Both press and public- re- I
ceived the intimation of the attitude
of the American government with sur
prise and incredulity. Even now
most Spaniards are loth to believe- the
United States is in earnest in offering
in the middle of September- media
tion, which is certain to be followed
in November by a declaration
that it is too late to stop American
action because.opinion in the United
States calls for a decisive policy and.
because the Cubans will accept noth
ing short of independence. The Span
iards cannot realize that President
McKinley had finally made up his
mind before he entrusted Minister
Woodford with precise instructions,
polite but clear, and peremptory. All
this places the government in a most
difficult situation, and especially asit.
has not achieved the desired reorgani
zation of the Conservatives and has
become involved in equally trouble
some conflicts with the bishops and
elergy.
“It is strange to notice how the
Spaniards are already discussing
whether Sagasta and the Liberals are
not likely to come to an understand
ing with the United States and the
Cubans, and,failing such a conciliatory
course, whether patriotic conditions
might induce all conservatives to
gather around a strong administration
presided over by General Azcarraga or
General Campos to defend Spanish,
rights."
NO USE FOR DEBS
iauritu Federation of labor Ifcsuso
nn Address to Trades Unions.
Washington, Sept 24.—The execu
tive council of the American Feder
ation of labor met yesterday at the
headquarters of the- organization in.
this city, to discuss the mining situa
tion.
The council issued an-address-which,
in part, follows:
"A call has gone forth to-the trade
unions and public for- a labor conven
tion in Chicago next Monday. The
ostensible objects are to take measures
in aid of the miners’ strike and to off
set the sweeping powers of the courts
in granting injunctions in defiance of
popular rights during labor disputes.
“These objects are very commenda
ble and worthy the active, practical
support of every trades unionist and
every lover of his fellow man> Hut
conditions have somewhat changed
since that convention was agreed upon.
This week, fully 75,000 miners have
gone to work on terms fixed, jointly by
the miners and operators. It is the
greatest victory gained by- trades,
unions m years. It was won against
the combined power- of wealth, judi
cial usurpations andi inhuman tyr
anny.
"VVe can see no-need' for- the- labor
convention in Chicago next Monday..
We advise our unions not to be repre
sented there. The money it would'
cost to send delegates would better go
to help the suffering miners and their
families.
“It is not by conventions, with irre
sponsible talk, inflammatory declara
tion and revolutionary buncombe that
the cause of labor can be advanced.
Violent appeals to-the passions of the
multitude cam serve no good purposes
It is only by systematic organization,
of the working people in- trades
unions, with united hearts and united
funds and a fraternity of' purpose
which knows no ■ bounds of creed*
color, nationality or politics, that wlU
uplift the masses.
New Window Glass. Trust.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 24.—A new
window glass trust, to be known as
the American Window Class associa
tion, was organized here to-day. The
new combination represents a capital
of $4(>v000,000 and includes all of the
principal paints of the United States.
It is very probable that a decided ad*
van.ee in prices will soon follow;
For Assaulting Bis Nlesa
Mexico, Mo., Sept 84.—The grand
jury returned a true hill against
Thomas Cooley, charged with assault
ing his little l?-year-old niece, Miss
May Win/a, daughter of a prominent
farmer of this county. Cooley is in l
jail._ ^
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Tolodo Elevator Fire Costs *70,000.
Toledo, Ohio, Sept 3 4.—The old
Backus elevator, at the corner of
Water and Adams streets, burned last
Bight Tholov will aggregate fTO,08 J