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About Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1892)
Tin plate ia now $1.21 per box cheaper than it was six months be fore the present tariff law went into operation. That ia to nay the price has decrensed by just about the amount of the increase in the duty, tariff is a tax, of course, but the con sumer does not always pay it Last Saturday Governor Boies paroled "Stormy" Jordan, the noto rious saloon-keeper, of Ottumwa, Iowa. The condition was that Jor dan forever pive up the saloon business. He promises to never allow his building to be used again for a saloon as long as he or his heirs own it THE oldest inhabitant of Atchison rises to remark that he has never seen a spring like the present one since 1849, when the people were compelled to keep fires in their houses all summer to dry themout In houses where fires were not kept up, everything moulded and was ruined. Excellent crops were raised. During that year Asiatic cholera came up the river, and a great many people died. THE "Odd Fellows' Grand March" and the "Air Ship Walt" are two of the latest compositions of Isaac Doles, Indianapolis, Ind. Both are musical gems. They comprise five pages each, sheet music size, be sides illustrated title pages, not dif ficult in execution, but beautiful in composition and Bell at 40 cents each. By way of introduction Mr. Doles will mail them to any address on receipt of ten cents per copy, when accompanied by this notice. Address Isaac Doles, Indianapolis, lad., U.S. A. DOES ITS OWN TALKING. "The tariff is doing its own talk ing," said Governor McKinley. It is a happy aphorism that may do good service during the campaign. The tariff is doing a great deal of talking on its own behalf. It is saying, for example: "here's your sugar, twenty pounds for a dollar; used to be eight cents a pound be fore I went to work upon it." Or, "here are your American-made car pets, really and truly as good in quality and as elegant in design as any of foreign make, and they are selling as cheaply in Chicago ns English carpets of like quality sell in London. The free traders told you that the tariff (would make car pets dearer, but you see they didn't know anything about it; they are cheaper than ever!" Or it says, "junt look in the store windows, just read the advertisements in the newspapers, and sue what l am doing for you. The free traders told you that dry goods and clothing would be 'dearer on ac count of the tariff,' but you remetn ber what you paid for a dress or a suit of clothes a year or two ago, and you know what you -would have to pay tor articles of likequal ity to-day; I have not made them dearer, rather cheaper." Thus tariff talks on its own behalf. Two years ago a well informed protectionist wrote a series of papers for the Inter Ocean and called them "tariff talks," but to-day there is very little need that any one should talk on behalf of the tariff. Nowadays, as the governor of Ohio truly said, "the tariff is doing its own talking." And very pleasant talk it is for the American wage-earner and the American purchaser of goods. Chicago Inter 'Ocean. OUR FOREIGN COMPETITORS. In Great Britain the wages aver age about one-half of the wages in the United States. Few of the working people own their homes. They have few, if any, luxuries in fact many of our necessaries of life are considered luxuries by them. Every penny earned is needed to make both ends meet, so that after years of toil there is not a dollar saved, and the poorhouse is the last home of hundreds of thous ands. In France the condition of the working peeple is not to be com pared to that of the laborers of this country. In Belgium two-thirds of the working class are women. To gether with children they work in the mines, in the lftlda and in the mills. Home life as we know it is not found. They simply exist In Holland a man considers him self fortunate if he earns $230 a year, eats meat but once a week, and saving is out of the question. In Italy meat is seldom eaten even by a skilled mechanic. Aver age wages of males, $3 per week; females, $1.50. In Austria a mere pittance is all that is had by a large portion of the men and women even after working Beventy-two hours pnd more per week. Coarse clothing, poor and but little food and a miser able life is the result. In Germany, perseverance, pa , tience, industry and economy make the laborer's lot somewhat better than in some other foreign countries. In India and China a tew cents must suffice the laborer, who lives on rice and rats. Free trade in the United States means one of two things: Either our goods will be made by the laborers whose condition is de scribed above Or our laborers must accept the same wages and mode of living. American Economist THE COLORADO SILVERITES. The silverites of Colorado have evidently made up their minds to force th fighting on the free coin age issue. They propose, in other words, to subordinate every other question and interest to the project of securing legislation that shall require the government to purchase all the silver that may be offered at a price considerably above its mar ket value, and to inflate the currency of the country accordingly. The fact that they are practicalty asking for a favor t hat might as justly and fairly be asked by the producers of any other metal does not seem to occur to them. If the owners of iron, lead, tine or copper mines should insist upon similar assis tance it would be quite as reason able. Silver is to a certain extent a money metal, of course, but its im portance in that re pec t is not suffi cient to justify the demand, that is made in its behalf. Generally speak ing, it is only a product, having such value as may be put upon It in the markets of the world. That is to Bay it is worth only what it will bring as bullion, and the price flue tuatts according to the familiar and inexorable law of supply and de mand. The output is larger at pres ent than the consumption, and con sequently the profit to the producer is decreasing. This is the simple truth about the matter when it is looked at in a candid and reason able way. There is a parallel to the western silver situation in the cotton situa tion of the south. The price of cot ton has been steadily declining for some time, and is now below the cost of production. This is to be regretted, and the planters deserve sympathy, but nobodyjis proposing to make the government a purchas er of all the cotton at an exorbitant rate in order to promote the welfare and prosperity of that section. It has frequently happened that the yield of certain kinds of grain has been so large that the prices were siriously affected, but the farmers have not been blessed with legisla tion to provide a market for their surplus at remunerative figures. The value of any one of the staple crops is greater than that of the sil ver product, and yet it is contended that a discrimination should he made to in favor of the latter at the expense of the former. Mississippi has the same right trtask for govern ment aid in establishing and main taining a natisfactory price for cot ton that Colorado has to ask for such aid with reference to silver. Missouri would like to have the government guarantee her a good price for all her ores, but she can hardly expect to be thus favored. This view of the question is one that silverites atudicously ignore; but other people give attention to it, and it presents an objection to the free coinage scheme that is positive and conclusive. If other nations would consent to employ silver as a part of their currency the case would be different; and the wise course for silverites lies in the direction of striving to bring about such a re sult. The republican party stands ready to indorse free coinage when ever that event shall come to pass, but it will never do so under the conditions that now exist Globe Democrat. THE Vicksburg (Miss.) Commer cial Herald is n'ot kindly disposed toward Cleveland democrats. It says: "The masses of the democ racy can see no difference in their action and that of their allies, Tom Reed and the radicals." When Cleveland men can be classed with republican by a Mississippi paper they don t know whether to bank on the compliment or try to coddle the Mississippi ballot-box stuffers, who want free silver as well as free trade. TARIFF PICTURES. The silk manufacturing industry tn the United States is steadily ad vancing under the protective tariff, In 1874 the product of the establish ments using silk partly or wholly in their fabrics was valued al $13,500,000, and the number of per. sons employed was about 23,000 In 1801 the product of American silk factories was over $60,000,000, and the number of employes work ing at American rates of wages was 54,000. New York Frees. Nebraska's Combined Debt Census bulletin No. 170, issued by the general government for the month of April, was received yester d:iy by Deputy LRborCVmmissiotier Andres. It gives a summary of na tional, state and local indebtedness which is to be a part of a report on wealth, debt and taxation for the eleventh census, now in preparation by J. K. Upton, special agent This report will contain some startling facts. The average annual decrease in the material debt during the de cade exceeds $tX),000,0lO. The de crease per capita of combined na tional, state and local debt during the same period was from $00.73 to $32.37, while other statistics show that the value of property assessed for taxation increased meanwhile from $17,000,000,000 to $25,500,000,000, or 50 per cent, indicating a reduction of public debt and an increase wealth for tin- cnuntry unpr -dented at least in modern times. The summary by states of this bulletin gives Nebraska a good standing, as a comparison of indebt edness for the years 1890 and 1880 shows, considering at the same time the population of each year. The total combined indebtedness including counties, municipalities and school districts of Nebraska less the sinking fund of 1890, was $15,536,720, population, 1,058,010; for 1880, $7,489,974, population, 452,402. The per capita of the combined debt in 1890 was $14 67, and in 1880 $16.58. The state debt of 1890 was only $253,879, while in 1880 it was $439,799. Older states make less fa vorable showing in the matter of de crease in the per capita debt For instance, the per capita of Iowa's combined debt in I860 was $5.90, while in 1890 it was only $5.01. While Iowa's per capita debt is small it has increased instead of decresed. A majority of the states have a per capita debt ranging from above that of Nebraska's and very few go lower This state makes a very good showing in county and municipal debt. The county debt in 1890 amounted to $5,510,17."), and in 1880 it was $5,12Ct)2. The municipal debt in 1890 was $7,124,506; in 1880, $1,102, 172. Quite an increase is apparent in the school district debt, which is accounted for by the vast number of magnificientnew buildings erect ed within the past ten years. i.ne srhool district debt of 1880 was only $728,641 as compared with $2,648,212 in 1S90. Like Nebraska a large number of surrounding states show an increase in county and municipal debt, corresponding to an increase of population. ai ingenious Knitting Machine. A parallel knitting machine is a recent invention, designed to produce various forms of garments, such as corsets, trousers, combination garments, gloves, stockings, etc., in various patterns and colors, and of wool, Bilk or cotton, with or without interwoven rubber thread. In this ingenious mechanism the needle beds are formed of permanent and re movable straps of steel, separated by flanges or projections and clamped in position in the frame of the machine by means of set screws. The jacks are formed on a bar, to correspond with the width of the needle space divisions, and the cams are mounted upon a plate, being lifted out of action as the cam carriage travels along the elide bar by stops and a slotted plate. At the bottom of each bed rollers car rying Jacquard cards are mounted upon rocking arms, these cards being caused to net upon the projecting tails of the needles by levers and slide bars operated by cams on the Bhaft. Two or more swiveling bobbins are nsed for producing change of colors and stripes, the num ber of swivels being determined by a pattern chain. Rubber thread is insert ed by an additional thread carrier and Btops. New York Telegram. Beitanrant Dummlea. An invention to lighten the labors of hotel and restaurant waiters has been perfected by Thomas E. Thompson, of Chicago. The invention has some points in common with the parcel railways now in use in the large dry goods stores and is to consist of a train of Blow moving cars, which, etarting in and operated from the kitchen, will make the circuit of the dining room at a walking pace. The cars, which will be constructed in two tiers or shelves, will be two feet long by eight inches wide and will t arry a tray made to fit them. The waiter, on taking a guest's order, will place a tray on the moving train, whence it will go direct to the kitchen to be filled and then returned by the tame route. When used in lunch conn tera the train can be arranged to run un der the counter within easy reach of the waiter. The motive power will be elec tricity, and the inventor claims that his machine will insure prompt service and cause a great saving in help. Philadel phia Ledger. Moving BolMlnft AcroM a Blnr. A block of booses at Lawrenoeville, Pa., was recently moved across the Al' leghany river to Pittsburg. The under taking seemed to be difficult, but it was accomplished successfully. The build ingswere first taken off their founda tions, and turned by jacks and blocks to a position at right angles with the river. Half a doeen Band flats or floats were then lashed together and tied up to the shore. On each float three towers of blocks were built to the height of about eighteen feet, heavy scantlings were ad justed to the nver bank, and by means of ropes, rollers and pulleys the row of houses was moved onto the block foun dation aboard the floats. Tugboats were next brought into service, and in due time the buildings were towed across the Alleghany and disembarked at the new aite. New lork Poet THE REAL LOBBYIST. THE WOMEN ARE NUISANCES JUST THE SAME AS THE MEN ARE. There Hat liven a Great Deal ef Romaure Circulated About the Lobby Utt, and It It Time That the Truth Was Known. The Ileal Thing Ii Very IHMppolntlng. "Show nie a lobbyist" was tbe request of a friend who was walking through the Capitol wit ii the writer. This visitor was a reader of the newspapers, a man of intelligence, and a believer in most of the interesting stories he had read aUiut the number, ingenuity, boldness, skill and usefulness of the body of lobbyists that is suppled to be almost a necessary part of the ! islative machinery. I showed my visitor a lobbyist lie was one of t'.ie best known of the lot about the Capitol. He was leaning back against the corridor wall, opposi.e the entrance of the honsoof representatives, with his hands thrust into the pockets of a pair of troupers that were so raveled about the heels that they might be said to wear whiskers without provoking tbe remonstrances of the most thorough de tester of slang. If this man had an overcoat it was hung up somewhere, but the dnety con dition of his rather thin frock coat, which carried the polish on its back that ought to have been on his very disrepu table looking shoes, justified the conclu sion that he was not finding an overcoat necessary this winter. He was a spare man, with a gaunt face, crossed by a white mustache stained at the ends with tobacco juice. His shirt was not clean, and he showed a good deal of it, but ae wore a white tie, which only added em phasis to his otherwise forbidding lack of neatness. When he moved away from his place against the wall to meet a member of congress who had come out of the chamber upon the call of one of the doorkeepers to see him, his gait was a slouching one, and he might have been mistaken for any other loafer about tbe hall if he had not been so much more re pulsive than the others. My friend was disappointed. He could not understand when 1 told him that this man was one of the best of the lot of lobbyists about the Capitol, that he had been a member of congress, that he was, therefore, entitled to the privi lege of the floor, and that the house of representatives has never yet had the sense to makes its rules so strong as to keep out this man and several others just like him who are well known to be nothing more than strikers and lobbyists who linger here to pick up odd jobs to help them hang on to a miserable exist ence. They do not, one ought to be thankful, thrive as they are popularly supposed to do. If the public knew what a mistake the professional lobbyist is they would be driven to sawing wood or working on the railroads, or into doing some other useful and laborious busi ness. Then I showed my friend another lob byist. This was a thin, sliding fellow, with a gray close beard, who toed in as ho walked quickly along the passage, and who glanced furtively about as lie went, as if watching to pounce down upon some one. This man waa not an ex-member of congress; but he had been an employee of the house many years ago, and had been caught taking money to enable a corporation to reach, through the door of which he had charge, the men who were to be pur chased to get through a subsidy bill. He was dismissed, and he at once went into the service of tho corjioration that had led to his disgrace. He is in that employment still, and ho associates with a great many senators and representatives who do not know, or have forgotten that others know, his odious history. He is an errand runner and a sneaking watcher of members who are to be encouraged to vote this way or the other on bills to be reported or killed. Ho would buy a member without hesitation if it were safe to buy him, but he ia cautious. He finds out his venal man before taking any risks. He is not ingenious, nor is he bold. He follows the instructions of the corpora tions that keep him here, and he gets off in the course of the year very well in deed if he does not get kicked out of a gentleman's house more than half a dozen times. The female lobbyist is, generally Bpeaking, a myth. The women who come to the Capitol as promoters of the bills for pensions or for claims, come on their own account, and the only skill they exhibit is that which consists in so persistently bothering the members who have introduced their bills for them that they undertake to have them passed in order to get rid of terrible afflictions. The marvelous woman of charming manners that cannot be resisted is to be found only in the syndicate stories. The women who undertake to promote legis lation are, almost without exception, bunglers and failures. Few women know enough about the ways of legisla tion or the ways of the legislators to qualify them to undertake lobby work or to approach members to direct their actions, except by the most vrJgar spe cies of blackmail made possible by con tributory immorality. Generally speaking, the lobbyist is a fraud and an unnecessary nuisance. He exists mainly because most people do not know anything about the methods ef legislation, and because nearly every body interested in a bill not public be lieves that the lobbyist is a creature who can tide over difficulties and remove them. As a rule the employment of one of the throng of disreputable lobbyists, and most of them are disreputable on their faces, is prejudicial to the legisla tion they are employed to promote. They thrive on account of the general ignorance about the legislative methods of procedure. Washingson Cor. Provi dence Journal. Breaker Ahrnit. "Yes, I shall embark ou the sea of matrimony myself before long." "Then you'll soon be a-marryin her, wont yor Kate Field's Washington. 11 ary the largest lino of oarpeta In tho county, A LI of which wo bio prices. O CHEST designs in body Brussels a nd Moqueto. pRETTTEST and newest designs intw ply and three ply carpets. "PVEUT piece of carpeting, sold on its merits. Eeo,utabmuloolcarpet you HPHE cheapest grades wo are showing this season will merit your attention PSLSGT your oarpot now and havo it mad up ready for house-oleaning, Tn our line ot We have the largest and best selected line of Dress Goods we have ever shown, both is woolen and wash goods. In all the New Spring Shades AND IN BLACK. Serges Hew French Gighams Henriettas, Scotch Gigham mm 9 . 0t 1 , i a mm Deaior uora l G. DOVEY and S0Nt OFT YOU THINK Tliat Old. Carpet of yours has been turned for the last time, it will hardly 6tand another 6uch beating as you gave it last spring besides we know you are too tender hearted to give it such another lashing. It will be a useless task as you cannot lash back its respectability. Better discard it altogether and let us sell you one of these elegant new patterns that we have just received. Will soon be upon us and you will want new carpets, cur tains, linens, etc. We are head quarters for anything in this line, we can sell you hemp carpets as low as ten cents ayard, Ingrains as low as twenty-five cents and Brussclls trom fifty cents upward. This is a -NEW : DEPARTMENT with ns. We have handled them with samples but finding that we cauld sell them much cheaper by having them in stock we have discarded the former method and are now able to sell them at a very low price, will duplicate Omaha prices every time, kind and quality taken into consideration Being all new goods we have no old designs in the line, We have just received an excellent assortment of CURTAINS We can sell lace curtains lor 50 cents a pair upward, Irish Point curtains, Tambour muslin curtains, Swiss curtains, curtain screen in plain and fancy, table silks lor draperies, Chenille Portieres. Also a fiue line of window shades at he lowest prices. We have the finest line ot linens ever brought to this city. Table cloths with napkins to match, Table scarfs. Burlan drapes, bleached table damask with drawn work and hem stitched by the yard, plain damask tor drawn work, linen scrim, stamped liuens, an elegant assortment of towels with fancy and drawn work borders, plain and fancy Huck and Turkish Towels, linen sheeting and pillow casing etc. WM. HEBOID & SOI. offer at lowest possi rrinioa isepnors
