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11 11. i i A I J 7r MhthMonth QJcchh 'fjrnilH KNOTTS BROS, Publishers & Proprietors. THE I'l.ATTS.MOUTIl HKIIALI) Ih imtillslied every evening except Kuinliiy ami Weekly every Tinusilay uinriiliiK. Regis tered iit the pnttolllee, I'latlMiioutli. Nelr.. l:H seeonU-elasi. matter. Olllee vomer ot Vine und Fifth Mreets. 1 KKMS KOR IAI1.V. One, copy on your in advance, liy mail So fo Ouucopy per month, iy carrier Mi Olio copy pur week, y carrier 15 1 KKMS POH WI'1'.Kl.V. 1 One copy one year. In advance ? r.n One copy nix months. In advance 73 NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOH rilKSIDKNT, JJENJAMIN HARRISON, of Indiana. FOIl VKK l-UKSIDKNT, LEVI I. MOKTON, of New York. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Tlio republicans (if the I'nitcd Slates, assem bled ly tlieir dell(?ales hi iiatlimal eon venl Ion, Iiaime on the t In echold of their proceed in-.' In lonor the memory ot their first frieat leader Hint liiiinorial champion of liberty and the l ichts of t lie people, .Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreaths i I impel islialile re membrance and Kiatilnde the heroic names of our later leader who have been more recently called away from our council, tJrant, tiaitield. Arthur, Loan and ( onklnif;. M;iy I heir mein -ories be faillifully cherished. We also rcall with our greeting"' and prayer for bin recover) tile name of one of our livint; heroin whose mi miirv will lit; treasured in llie history both of republican and of t he republic. '1 ho name is that of llie noble xoblier and favorite cinld of victory. 1'hilip II. Sheridan. I u t he hpim if t hose ureal leaders and of our devotion t human liberty, and with that hos tility ti ad forms of despotinu aid oppression which Is the f undaliieut ai idea of the republi can party, we feud fraternal conuratulations to our fellow American of I'.ra.il upon their trreat act of emancipation w hich completed t he abolition of slavery throuhout the two American continents. We earnestly hope we nmy pdoii connrat ulate our fellow citicii of Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland. WK Al'I'IIiM OtTIt llNSWFllVINii OKVOTION to t he nat ional const itution ami to the indis soluble union of state to t lie autoonmy re served to the states under the constitution, to the personal rights and liberties of citizens in all mates and territories in the union and e- peeially to the supreme and sovereign lijjlit (jf every citizen, lien or poor, native or lore) born, w bite or black, to cast one free ballot in the public elections and to have that ballot duly counted. We hold a free and honest pop ular ballot and jiit and eipial representation oi all people tu lie t lie loundaliou of our re- iiiiiniCKn government and demand eitectivc legislation to secure the inteiriitv and ptiriu of elections which are the fountains of all pub- lie .minority. e charge, that t lie present- ad luiiustrat ion a::d the democratic majority in conirress owe tlieir existence to t he suppression of the ballot by the criminal nullification of Hie constitui ion and laws of the I lilted Stales. We are iiiicroniprolnisinl v in favor of the American system of protection. We protest Htfalii'rthe destruction proposed by the prel denr ;rnd his fiarty. Miey serve tlie interests i,l I'.urone WK (I'lLI. Sl'I'I'llltT 1NTKKKSTS OF AMICRHW. vve accept the issue, and confidently appeal to the people for t heir judument. The piotectiv. system must be maintained. Its abandonment has always been followed by ueneral dis stc to all interests except those of the uiituiei a ml shei ill. - Wo denounce the Mills" bill as destructive to general liutuness, labor, and l lie farming inter esfs of the country, and we heartily embus t lie consistent and patriot ic action of the re publican representatives in congress in oppos ing its passage. We condemn ti:e propwsi Ho of the democratic party to place wool on til free list and insist that the duties t hereon h:iT be adjusted and maintained so as to fur nish lull and adequate protection to that in -iinstry. The republican party would effect all needed reduction of the national revenue by repealing the taxes on tobacco, which are an arrogance and burden to agriculture, and the tax upon spirits used iu the arts and for mechanical pur poses, and by Mich revision of the tanlf laws as w ill tend to check imports oi such arlP-Ios sis )i-e produced by our people, the proenction oi which gives employment to our labor, and re lease frni import duties these articles of for Titrn production, except luxuries, the like ;l w hich cannot bt produced at home, there hall st nl remain a iarger revenue t ban is rcmusitt for the wants of government, of internal taxfs lather than surrender any part of our i roiec tive system at the joint behest of the whisky ring and agents of foreign manufacturers. AGAINST 1'AlTFn AXtl I.AlIOIL TICUStS. We declare hostility to the it. t reduction info this country of foreign contract labor and f Chinese labor alien to our civilization and out constitution, and we demand the rigid enforce ment of existing laws against it and favor such immediate legislation as will exclude such la bor from our shores. We declare our opposition to all combina tions o! capital organized in trusts or otiiei wie to control arbitrarily the condition o: trade among our citizens and we recommend to congress and the state legislatures in thei- respective jurisdictions such legislation as will Tu yent the execution of ail schemes to opprc the people by undue charges on tlieir supplies orbyXinjust rates for the transportation of tlieir products to market. we approve legislation by congress to pre vent alike unjust burdens and unfair discrim ination betweon states. rUHLIO LAND I.EOISI.ATIOX. We reaffirm the policy of appropriating th- public lands of the tliited States to be home steads for American citizens an-.i settlers no? aliens, which the republican party established in I8t"2 against the persiste.it opposition or the democrats m congress, wliich has Plough: our great western domain into magnificent de velopement. 'llie restoration of unearned Und grants to the public domain for the use of ac tual settlers, which was begun under the ad ministration of l'resldent Arthur should be continued. We deny that the democratic pain has ever restored one acre to the people, bin declare that by the joint action of lepublicahs and democrats about fifty million acres of un earned lands, originally granted for the con struction of railroads, have been restored to the public domain in pursuance of conditions inserieu py tne leuuoncan partv in the oiigin al grants. We charge fe democratic adminis tration with lailure to execute laws securing tt settlers title to theii homesteads ami wim in. ing appropriations made for that, purpose to lianas inmrutriil seiners Willi spies aiUl pTOSe- cutions under the false pretense of exposing fr:Llirl Jiml vinrlifiitintT Hi.. 1-nt- admission of territories. The government by congress of the territor ies is based upon necessity only to the end that they may become states in the union : t here fore, w henever the conditions of population material resource, public intelligence and' . morality are such as to insure stable local gov ernment therein the people of such territories should be permitted, a right inherent in them to form for themselves constitutions and state' governments and be ad nitted into the union J'ending preparation for statehood all officer thereof should be selected from bona fide residents and citizens of the territory wherein they are to serve. South Dakota should of right be immediately admitted as a state in the union under the constitution framed and adopted by her people, and we heartily en dorse the action of the republican senate in twice passing hi!! for her admission. The re fusal of the democratic house of representa tives, tor partisan purposes, to favorably con sider these bills is a willful violation of the sacred American principle of local self-government, and merits the condemnation of all just men. The pending bills iu the senate for acts to enable the people of Washington, North lakot;tand Montana territories to form con stitutions and establish state governments should be passed without unnecessary delay. The republican party pledges inself to do all fa its power to facilitate the admission of the ter ritories of IS'ew Mexico. Wyoming. Idaho and Arizona to the enjoyment of self-government as states. Such of them as are now qualified as soon as possible. and others as soon as they may become so. THE MORM05T QlESTION. The political power of the Mormon church in the territories as exercised In the past is a inenance to free institutions loo aanterous to 1ms Ion suffered. Therefore e pledge the re publican party to appropriate lee iMation. asserting the sovereignty vl the nation in all , i'LATTSMOUTii WEEk: " TfT -rnir-n' in -irnnr i rnwami wiat iwi r j iTifirif m i the territories where the no inn In questioned, and in I uitlicraiKO of that md to place upon the statute book legislation drlhgeiit enough to divorce polit leal from ecc IcnlafcUcai power, mill thus stamp out the attendant wickedness of polygamy. 'I he republican party Is Iu favor of the use of bnlh gold and silver its money, and con demn the policy of the democratic adminis tration in it eltorts to demonetize silver. We demand the reduction of Idler pontage to I c nt per ounce. In a republic like ours, w 1imo the citizens Is the sovereign and the olticl'-l the servant, where no power Is exercised except by llie will of the people. It I important that the sover eign people should possess Intelligence. The free school Is the promoter of Ihat Intelligence which is to preserve us a free nation. '1 here fore, t lie state or nation, or both coiiblned. should support free institution of learning sullicieiit to Hllord to every child growing up In the land the opportunity of a good comuion scl.ool education. OL'U MKItf HAXT .MAltINK, We earnestly recommend that prompt action be taken in concress In llie ei actmeiit of such legislation as will best secure the rehabilita tion of our American merchant niaiiiie, and we protest against the passage by congress of a free ship bill as calculated to work injustice to labor by lessening the wages of thorn; en gaged m preparing materials as well as those directly employed in our shipyards. v e de mand appropriations for the e irly rebuilding of our navy, for the construction of coast fortifications and modern ordinance and other approved modern luea"S of defense for the protection of our defenseless harbors and cities, for the payment of jm-t Pensions toj our soldiers, for necessary work of national im portance iu the improvement of the harbors and channels of internal, coastwiser and foreign commerce, for the encouragement of the shipping interests of the Atlantic, Ciilf and I'acillc states as well as for the payment of the maturing public debt. This policy will give employment toour labor, activity to our various industries, increased security to our country, promote trade, ofien new and direct markets for our products and cheapen the cost id transportation. We iilllrm this to be far better for our country than tne democratic policy of loaning the government's money without interest to "pet banks." roUKION it e cat ions. The conduct of foreign affairs bv the present administration lias been (listingiii'slicd by inef ficiency and cowardice. Having withdrawn from the smale all pending trea'ies effected by republican admiuistratioi s for the removal of foreign burdens and restrictions upon our coimneice and for its extension into a better market, U has neither affected nor proposed any others in their stead. Professing adher ence to the Mouroe doclrire. it has seen with idle complacency the extension of foreign in fluence in Central America and of foreign trade everywhere among our neighbors. It lias re fused to charter, sanction or encourage any American oiganizyt ion for constructing the Nicaragua canal, a work of vtal importance to the maintenance of the Mouroe doctrine and of our national inlluencc in Central and South America, and necessary fo the development of trade with our Pacific territory, with South America, and with the further coasts of the Pacific Ocean. FISHERIES QUESTION. We arraign the present democratic adminis tration for its weak and unpatriotic treatment of the fisheries question, and its pusillanimous surrenderof all privileg-s to which our ftsherv vsssels are entitled in Canadian poits under the treaty of lsls, the reciprocate mariii tiue legislation of i$4M and comity of nations, and which Canadian fish ing vessels receive in the ports of the t'nited Statt s. V e cou Jcnii; theielicyof the present administration and the democratic majority in congress towards our lisdieries as unfriendly and couspiciously unpatriotic and as tending to destroy a valuable national industry and an nidispensible resource of defense against foreign enemy. The name of A mericaii applies alike to all eilizens of the repabli-. and imposes upon men alike the same oMigat iou of obedience to the aws. At tlie'sanic nmeci'izeiiship is and must lie the panoply and safeguard of him who wears it, should shield and protect him whether high or low. rich or poor. 1:1 all his civil rights. It should and must ullord htm protection at home and follow and protect him abroad in whatevei land he may be on a lawful errand. fIVII. SFJCVICK KKPORM. The men who abandoned the republican par ly in 18S4 and continue to adhere to the demo cratic party have deserted not only the cause of honest government-, but of sound finance, ol freedom ;and purity of tiie ballot, but espec ially have deserted thf caipe of reform in the civil service. We will not fail to keep our pledges because t! ey have broken theirs, or because their candidate lias broken his. We t herefore repea- our declaration ot issi, tow it : The reform of civil service auspiciously begun under republican administration should be completed by a further extension of th reform system already established by law to all grades of the service to which it is applied. The spir it and purpose of reform should be observed in all executive appointments, and all laws at varience with the object of existing reform lfg islatiou should lie repealed, and that the dan gers to free institutions which lurk in the pow er of official patronage, may be wisely and ef fectively avoided. The gratitude of the nation to the defenders of the union cannot be assured except by laws. The legislation of congress should conform to the pledges made by a loval people, and be so enlarged and extended as to provMe against the possibility that any man who honorably wore the tecierat imiioim shall become au In mate of an almshouse or dependent on private charity, in the presence ol an overiiowinj treasury it would ba a public scandal to do les: for those whose valorous service preserved t lie government, we denounce the hostile spirit show n by President Cleveland in his numerous vetoes of measures for pension relief, and the action oi tne democratic house ot representa tives in refusing even consideration of general pension legislation. In support of the principles herewith enun elated, we invite the co-operation of patriotic iicu oi an panics, especially oi ail working men whose prosperity is seriously threatened oyine iree iraue policy of tne present aannu isiraiion. The last clinche for free trade is by Mr. O'Morrisey, of the Omaha World. Sir, O'Morrisey is running emptions ou the tariff question by comparing English am German wages, and if we can judge of the symptoms of his mania, lie is down on the Dutch. A three hundred yard hoss can't run in the Derbv. You had better side track, Mr. O'Merrisey. The Journal flies the track and leayes us with the Premier on the wage ques tion. "We have not Mr. Blaine's so-called report but venture to say when it is ex amined it gives no argument in favor of English wage workers, on the contrary Mr. Blaine is authority with us on the tariff question and we have and will quote, not garble, him right along to the entire satisfaction of the Journal. An interesting fact to whoever admires the work of Emerson is that his family have at length broken through their rule to have no anthology made from the writings of the sage. They have allowed the Rev. William C. Gannct, who as the sou of the late Rev. Ezra Stiles Gannet has been the life-long friend of the fami ly, and who as a philosopher, a poet, and a man of musical taste and wisdom, is especially fitted for the task, to compile a little pamphlet of about thirty pages for the series of tracts called the Unity Mission, and published at the office of Unity, Chicago. The pamphlet is sucli a perfect little casket of gems that it is conferring a favor on the readers of The BookBuyei to call attention to it. It was compiled as a worK of love, and as it is sold for five cents, it cannot be published irom rooties of anything but philanthro py, since this would not cover the cost of printing. The Book Buyer, New York. Republican State Convention! The republican electors of the state of NtHTaska are requested to bcik! delegates from their seveial counties to meet in convention at the city of Lincoln Thurs day, August 23, lbas, at 2 o'clock p. in., for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the following state offices. Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Secretary of .State. State Treasurer. Auditor of Public Accounts. Attorney General. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings. And the transaction of such other busi ness ns may come before the convention. THE APPORTIONMENT. The several counties are entitled to re presentation as follows, being based upon the vote cast for lion. Samuel Maxwell, judge, in 1887, giving one delegate at large to each counfy, and for each 150 votes, and major fraction thereof: COUNTIES. VOTES l-OLNTIKS. VOTES Adams Antelope Arthur... . I'.laine lloone liox Putte.. lirown , Huffalo ... Hutler Hurt ("a Cedar I'll use Cherry Cheyenne. . 'lay Colfax Cuming.... Custer I :ikola Iawe Dawson Dixoi Dodire Douglass. . . Dundy . .. Fillmore Franklin... Frontier Furnas tiage Carlield... tiosper Crant (irceley .... Mall Hamilton .. Marian Mayes Hitchcock . Holt Howard Jefferson .. ..11 . . !) .. I Johnson Kearney Kevlia Paha Keith Knox Lancaster Lincoln .. 4 I H Logan Loup Madison Mcpherson Merrick Nance Nemaha Nuckolls ( Poe Pawnee Perkics Pierce ...ll ..11 . . ; ..V .. s .. 5 .. 4 .. 6 ..1(1 .. 7 ..12 . . 7 . 13 .. S ..u ..111 .. 7 . . 7 .. 2 .. 4 ..11 1 5 Polk 7l'!atte Hi t'helps . ; Kichardson 12;Ked Willow . .. 27 .Saline 4 Sarpy ... . .10 Saunders 7!Seward , 10 Slieiidan ! Sherman , lu Moiix 3 "tan ton 5 Thayer 1 Thomas .... 4 Valley 11 Washington 10 Wayne s Webster 4; Wheeler r.jYork ., 14: Unorganized Ter. Total C7i It is recommended that no proxies be admitted to the convention except sticli as are held by persons residing in the coun ties from which the proxies are iriven. To Chairmen County Central Commit tees: "Wiiekkar, At the republican state con vention held at Lincoln October 5, 1887, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the state central com mittee be instructed to embrace in its call for the next state convention the snbmi sion of the prohibition question to there publican voters at the republican pri manes, therefore, in accordance with the above resolution, the several conntv ren tral committees are hereby instructed to include in their call for their next county convention the submission of the prohi bition question to the hepcih.icax voters at the republican primaries. Geo. D. Meikt.ejoiix, Chairman Walt. M. Seei.ev, Secretary. It appears to us that no enthusiastic angler can think that he has paid proper homage to his favorite sport, unless he has read the excellent article, "A Rare Fish." in Outinn. for August. It deals with the wonderful salmon fishimr of the Sarrnonnr i-iv-or Ti, !ntnKctin ,.vt ic ably supplemented by the beautiful illus- tr:iHnns l in. -i. veiling iui miotic ar- gument that a tariff for protection is a manifest injury to the country, wo wit- ness the democratic press and politicians denying that the party is for free trade and claiming that they favor a tariff .cuulhoii, omv. u ny uoiu you lie man- ij mc- umucr; ,vny persistant lie auout it It tanlf for protection is ruinous to the country why are you not squarely against it and for its utter abol- ishment? If it is such an inquitious affair how does it come that our country has prospered so wonderfully under the wrong? You are not honest about the matter else your press and leaders would be square out for free trade before the people as you are in fact among" your selves The people understand. Yoi and your leaders might just as well an nounce their out and out free trade pro gram. The democratic party of Xew York is already in a "hot box" over the mug wump press. Having been received into full communion, that delightful andlove- able minority is kicking up a dust at the c i. ir-i? -i , . . , first JI ill it is asked to pull the democrat- ic load up; and, imagining it is the bir j end of the party. It at once demands that no one be run for office that does not have the letter "M" branded on the left hip. The idea of the dog wagging the tail, is a thought no well regulated double-geared, back-action, mugwump will entertain for a moment. Oh no! the prehensile appendage must be allowed to swing the big dog at will, else it will lash the air with feline ferocity. Gover- nor Uill must step down and out. he is not nice enough, nor brave enough, for the mugwump who is careful of his asso- nations. About the time theeifted muo-- wump gets his breath, after the first crash, in the setting down act, in a wellreo-ulat- ed democratic convention he will exclaim in the languaqe of Mr. George William Curtis prayer book: "From all such trials and afflictions good Lord deliver ...... ? us. ur, in tne words ot tne statesman Flannagin, "What arc we here for ?'' I iifichv., 'itlUJ JAY, JULY 20, !SiS. "RE VIS SUE REFORM" "TARIFF FOR REVENUE OXLY" OR "FREE TRADE," WHICH: .Every time the democratic shufllcrs on the tariff attempt to adjust themselves to the locality they put their foot through the free trade net. The trouble with the party is its double dealing with the ques tion at issue. Mr. Cleveland, who is un questionably for free trade, and whose "Surplus message deals entirely in free trade sophistries, cased, unfoitunately for his party, his demand for a reduction of protective duties financially, upon the necessity of reducing the revenue of the government; incedent to this necesity lie argues that the duties, as now scheduled, are oppressive to the consumer, xtc. Iu consequence of this peculiar position of the president we find one section of the patty for "tariff reform" another for "tariff for revenue only," that is they would impose enough duties on the for eigner seeking to trade in American mar kets and on foreign goods, to barely meet the receiving expenses of the gov ernment; while another section, of the party, are for free trade out and out and each one of these divisions claim that they are the true exponents of the St. Louis platform which takes up and makes Mr. Cleveland's surplus message its tariff plank. Now, while the democratic party as a party is unquestionably the enemy of a protective tariff, it will claim, iu the eastern states, to be for reduction of duties ouly; in the northwest for revenue only, and at the south largely for free trade; and hence, will have to be nut upon all and each of these pretended is sues. If for "revenue only," the effect of such a policy would be to reduce or lower, a little, the duty on articles manu factured in this country; that would stimulate foreign trade and build up the import, so that the result would be very much larger amounts of imported goods and the reduction would simply increase, instead of diminish our revenue and in- stead of wiping out the surplus, which UiiS offended Mr. Cleveland so much, it would be filed up still higher. A child in finance cm sec that this would be the result of a "tariff for revenue only;" so that the "revenue reformers" and "tariff for revenue only" statesmen would, so far as the surplus question is concerned, simply "step out of the frying pan intu the fire." This leaves "free trade" as the only logical ground upon which a demo crat can maintain himself in this Indus trial controvers? and the democratic par ty dare not be honest with the country and bravely occupy that ground, which it unquestionably would occupy, if ii was only brave enough to face the cer tainty of stepping down and out for principle ceitaiul it is not an enviable position to occupy for a great political party. As we have been giving our democrat ic neighbor some figures on European and American wages, wlncli Have, so lar a? we arc atlvised, been "kindly" received, we cannot retrain from again returning to the subject and here give the following extract irom tne Chicago liner wean I a i C . i 1 n l -r t - which wns evidently called out by the over zealous and uninformed swasher of some free trader at A frusta. Illinois. Tt i ' , f t, f t .i,.,,.:. tn allow tlie workin uWs attention to be challenged to the prices naid for nv kiiul of iw in inland. Trcr ia t, " xtrart ,vllirh sn,Jflks th;in tlinna nnd blasts from the free trade trumpets nf thfi rni,(1pn r1llL Augusta, 111 , July 17. To the Edi tor. The Inter Ocean will please state the wages, per diem, paid Carnegie s em 1,10JCS oonge many readers. D. G. Bkadfohd. Carnegie pays the standard scale of wages recognized by the Amalgamated Association of American Iron and Steel "Workers; it compares thus with Englisl ana ijeigian rar.es: me rate per day is 1 - 1 A it 1 given: Carnecie and all U. H. makers. England. Belgium Machinists. S2 ?i 12 3 uo Vilacksmithe 3 00 l is fo 1 15 1 15 1 10 1 '25 2 CO i'45 1 15 1 20 1 GO 2 50 1 35 C2 X7 lUacksmith helpers. 1 jh) 6:; 95 t'arpenters 2 50 Uriek-layers 4 00 8 t'oal miners 2 25 90 80 80 70 Iron ore miners 2 2T Blast Furnace keeners3 25 lilast Furnace helpers 2 go Converter men ? t 08 75 ritmeU 4 00 Unit mill ho.itpr ft ;n 80 Hollers 5 75 Hail Straijjhteners.. 10 00 Common labor 150 1 0.' 1 1)5 1 00 40 The Journal refers with pride to the so-called caricatures which appear at Mr. White's political headquarters, and says tne pictures of Messrs. Cleveland and Harrison are true as life or words to that effect. We can see very little in the free trade point the distinguished (?) artist imagines he is making, and if his object 13 to 6,10w tliat tbe P"'ce of the shoes 13 a tariff price he will perhaps show now much cheaper the same goods can be purchased in free trade England. It 13 wonderful how these English fellows come over to tins country to work for Pauper wages and pay high prices, when tue are such a soft snap under the be- n'on influences of free trade at home. The J0UnS man should now touch up- the $7 a "av mua" S1"3 who are laying ln our, 1 tattsmoutU sewers, and demonstrate how protection is ruininr them. Perhaps he will leave this for the Journal. --- - T' "FENNY WMR AND JHWND FOOLISH r When the democratic party succeeded in IS 12 i repealing the tariff, Knglaud seized upon that opportunity to flood this country with her goods. To control the American market in railroad iron was a great object for her iron manufacturers. At that time railroad iron could not be manufactured in the I'nited St;i!e- for less than .-,() p( r ton, and the Enlih manufacturer at once placed his railroad iron in the hands of our builders at if 10 per ton, and the difference of $ 1 0 per ton gave the Englishman the control of our markets. The result was our iron mills were ruined and tlie thousands of work men engaged in the business were thrown out of employment and driven to other pur.-uits. This accomplished, the English prices at once ran up to $?."" per ton. From 1H."0 to lHo-l the Englismau con- trolled our markets completely, and at lege of doing it. It makes the conipet advancing prices sold us some N()(),()0 ing foreign uiticle carry tins burden, draw tons and upwards of railroad iron at 7.") tl,t; load, supply the revenue; ami in pi r- per ton. This lit'le itvm footed up the neat sum of $((), 000. 000 paid to the British railroad iron monopoly, and was taken right out of the pockets of Ami ri- can manufacturers and American work- ingmcn. .Now attempt to compute the 1 ncie is a i-onmci 01 inu rests ikiwccii loss to all other branches of American the several classes of producers and con industry occassioned by this one blunder SU'(,'"S ' the I'niUd States. That which of the free traders, and the reader can benefits one benefits all. The farmer, t In form some estimate of the loss to the American working man. Some 00,000,- 000 was directly taken from the country ! Great industries were destroyed and with them the home market they afforded, Thousands of well-paid workiiiirnicn were thrown out of employment and compelled to enter other branches of in- dust ry, competing with fellow laborers, pulling down wages, destroying the ca pacity of all to purchase, cither at home or abroad, and all this loss was entailed upon the country in this single industry at the demand of a slave-driving, free-trade oligarchy, under the guidance and name . ... . . 01 me; uciiiocrauc parry; wnieii is arain demanding that the voters of this country place it in the power of that party to des troy our home markets. Out prohibition friends are solicited to view tne remains ot the prohibition party in Mississippi. Youknow the re publican temperance people have been soundly berated by your apostles Finch and St. John for not leaving a temper ance party to throw (as the republican temperance vote calls it) their votes awa and thus indefinitely keep the democratic l 41 i t -1 party and the saloon, in oflice; and you further know, that these republican tem perance men have charged that the pro hibition party was managed by leaders- who were in poiut of fact, more interest ed in the welfare of the democratic part than than of the prohibition cause; and also, that the claim that a strong inde pendent temperance movement existed in the solid south was not supported by tin facts. It appears now that tlie stutc oi Mississippi has held its prohibition con- vention and, as was expected, tlie said proinintion convention "went democrat ic," refusing to put an electoral ticket in the field and refusing to endorse the in ternal revenue plank of the national pro hibition party. Iu other words the zeal ous (?) prohibitionist of Mississippi does not propose to do anything which iu, even, a remote degree would jeapordize the success of Grover Cleveland and the democratic patty. The prohibitionist of Mississippe was willing to send delegates and urge on the divided north to Mil 101 me imru parry, out ne is not ready C . ll .1 . A 1 Jl -. to jeopordize the success of the national democratic party, of which he is a mem ber, by any such foolishness in the south An instructive lesson, it seems to us, can be gathered from "The Mississippi plan" by cur prohibition friends, if they Mill iook at tne matter m a practical light. We gave our demecratic friends the views of Mr. Hare of Texas on the Mill I bill the other evening. That loyeable free trader, true to southern democratic instincts, did'nt seem to have a yerv I high opinion of the American ("Mud bill") workingman. If he could live t and clothe himself on ten cents a day Mr. Hare thought that was enough. "N'ow hear Mr. Heny-hill a prominent free trader from South Carolina "2'believe in "hiirin. ; r-. .lirt.rtr.- . ii .1 - .r I "you please I belieye in buying labor in "the cheapest market." These are the fellows sent to congress by the aid of stuffed ballot boxes to make laws for the working men of this country. Democra- uy is a very nice ming yet it cannot hide its ears. I The temperature of the dog-davs has had nn flciirKimr pffwt nn tl.o r-A,, ft -----" wu - ' -V- w v U ui o iUuywiKc. me urn- ber for August is as fresh and visorous . 1 as juay or early June. Most of the staff of well-known contributors are represent- ed in its pages, with here and there a i.v., iio.nt.. i i w. au ainsin; point ot l view, there is no chance for fault-finding j Abbey, Parsons, and Thulstrup furiusb some of their best work. In fiction many strong chapters are offered, while the snnnlr nf ni:,l rAr, s : . . JU I1U diminished. Th frnnfisnio.-n la i, 1- , , . . . 1--" n 1 making scene by Abbey, drawn to illus- trate the old rlivmn nl.rmt "T. t.i I Bottel." I - 'TiiTir - n imrrTMi WHAT IS A I'RorForiVE TAR IFF. It is a tariff upon fnf'-ign imports so adjusted as to (-retire the nccc-s.iry reve nue and judiciously imposed upon tl.o-'O foreign products the like of which :n! M'odiiccd at home. It impo; 1 s tin; duty upon the competing foivion product; it makes it bear tlie burden or duty, and, as far as pos-ible, luxuries only excepted, P' i mi's (In: non-conipi ting foreign pro duct to come iu fee of duty. Arlicb s of common use, comfort and 11 cessity. I which we cannot produce, it ends to the? people free from ciidom house-exactions. It s lys to our foreign competitor, if you want to bring your merchandise hejc, your farm products, your' coal und iron ore, your wool, your salt, your pot- tery, your glas, your cottons or woolens, iU,'l " along side of our producers, wo W'H make your -product pay for the privi- foriningthise.ssctialofTice.it encourages at the same time our own industries and protects our own people in their chosen employments. I Ins is what the republi c;m l':tl,y lighting for. manufacturer, tin; laborer, the tradesman, tlic producer and the cwiisumer, all havo common interest in the maintainaiicc of a protective tariff. The establishment of 11 furnace or factory or mill in any neigh- boi liood has t he effect at once to enhance) t,,c value ot all property for miles sur- rounding it. I lie farmer has a better and nearer market for his produce. The mer chant, the butcher, the grocer, have an ncreased trade. The carpenter is in greater dene. ml; he is called upon to build more houses. Every branch of trade, every avenue of labor will feel in stantly the energizing inlluencc of n new industry. llepublican. Wk have been giving figures showing wages paid in this country as compatod with wages paid in England in the man- ufacture of cotton goods and here give a table showing the diffci ronee in watres bc.- twecn a woolen mill in A bonier n, Scot laud, and one in Xew York State, as nhown by the books of the mills. Tho Aberdeen mill represents English prices: 3HKW WiICK HCOTI.AJIIi Wool sorters Overseers Six 00 .i 7 r,(t 12 ('0 r, r, ' eo :t 75 2o C 11; ,v 4 0 (X I (Ml 7 flf i 00 4 00 1 r,o 1M (l( 7 .';(, . 10 fo women 4 rt :s fo to ,vi. 1 m 'M 1:1) ill :',( i-i r,i) 7 ! In 00 ()( ' i) - .vi :: 75 8 CO 75 7 M :; 7j from the con -Men Dyers Mu V.nliiig Overseers I ain leiMirs ,jrss Spinin o verse- is -M'-!l l!ov Warpiiifr Overseers... . lreser Teiide s - Men .. hPilr. 11 . Wt avers Overseers Section ham.s Weavers Fiuirthiiitf Overseers Shei vers. ... I'ressmen Oilers so;i fullers. These figures are ic sular reports which were submitted to our government upon requst "upon tho sbite of labor iu Europe" and represent weekly wages. The same tables show labor in all classes in Gn at Iiritain to bo from one third to one half less than that paid in the United States, viz: Farm labor in that country only averaged 5a 1878, and it is about the same today, ?o.40 to S?4.2.j per week. Printers aver- iged 7.2 and in Chicago at same timn I lM- -blacksmiths $7.0-1 to 8.12, in t,ns counrty si 0.1 4. Painters 8. 10 nnd ,,iis country 10.10. Does any one dis- j lnite that cheap labor is a national cursu'f iet those who would venture on tho II 1 aemocratic plan must be in favor of J cheaper labor in America. England grew rich under a gigantic system of protection for 509 yaars; until she had established the manufacturing I interests which her statesmen proudlv be- 1 "even wouut rule tne commerce of tho world. Mr. Blaine says, commenting on I rue tarm 01 u,!lt country: "When by loaS experiment and persistent effort England has carried her fabrics to per action ! When by the long accumulation of weaJ,h and the force of reserved caoi ta slie could command facilities which Poorer natisns could not rival ! When bv the talent ot her inventors, developed un "er thG stimulus of large rewards she had. surpassed all other countries in the ma nitule and effectiveness of her machinery slip nrnr-Inimpfl frt.n f-iln urged it upon all lands with -which she Ijad commercial intercourse. Maintanin' tne most arbitrary and most complicated system of prelection, so long as her states- rneu considered that policy advantageous, -uu llsune,i o iree tracte only when she felt able to invade the domestle mi-( . T V . uu"Sfc l"e fa . 1 -'. wuc.lillg aril.sian ana oy less advanced skill So Ion. r n there was danger that her own 111-1 ,:i. 1. i t .. Uli,n- ue "'vaueci ana the products of 1 ' ? , VI,dersol t home, b ic an lhM 1,7, ZX?FaK 1 " .. ii uiai&ciK JOT lif-r o u wares. is it wise in tho f., . , these historical truths to take the advice , ' inf r en Sful or hdd we nt Z ? nlatfnrm m : V,-" ,. J-!",e 1 Rn,ke " . "i'''"-n party and it win receive tne sanction of the Ann ric-m . jxmi r'c.m nam in .voren oer next. 1 ft no i,,,,... that vote squrely and Iionestlv counted 1 1 ... "y'y tounteii. "y . o iiuiu mis snouiit satisfy th