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a *i-rCi«C that I ta(llw» i# railed for
the umHh of th*. Imaonrailr purty.
km ot» that th «e i>u|>ftt»rttni;
fVutf and lam aril. should not. in
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part m tie meeding «f r«* **»tnm.f
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that 9m» P •«».*! i*t* are permitted in
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Weaker fv^k * Pa t> Nat Coot.**
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the |ee«.ii»! Ute <«MU»rr |»iea>
an t a rr ”
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lane* in- r> afiiuotaa ol to* m*t
. of the «tate knuf of iran*
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la A »0Mdhle that he 'halt that th *
la* ft run *4 a lira a Kmomatm are too
•4 in t'oagimmT
dr* retary of Slate purler •*■}- that
t.« ••-•** n he i* in famr *4 i* i» U
• *.-»** th* projrtr are ton oUthd »Tt|.
the mart Mm of there »e* rrtarto.
The' tarM-Hnalf aata. "But he
mould he a ImM and rotlm. i*ruj»fa*»
m kti. from prevent arfarda. mould fure*
• na* ant amahenitiff from the elothftll
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tfte etjetor.-e* of the hoard *4 trau*
port-.n. a «u»4e::r th* pie**ni art
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If the.retain Purtmr and the World"
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• * mti* laid a nWrtwa on the (aide in
etrmttnn the *r* retarie» to art.
1.hu* doth the great and food pup
m:u4 t=*n% hate tn«ub}e» of it* orn
acid mu) until the |» oj*i* ri*e
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th* or* rdnv* tart the Uhole rna* blue
fins
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lb fW rtt> «rf
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THINGS TO REMEMBER.
• r individual *lf "...-its in the bajiks of Nebraska are nearly double
what they were in ia..6.
E. r ii.an who voted for the seating of a polygamist in Congress
«u a democrat.
The Nebraska Populist state committee is on record against any
reduction in freight rates.
The present Republican administration will provide for the build
ing of a canal across the Isthmus of Panama.
fhe !cgi.slatur**s of Maryland and Virginia voted down resolutions
of invitation to llryan to appear and make speeches.
The i'nitctl States chipped goods to the port of Havana in 1S93
-met Mii'.g t > 119.71'; ’.It. The total import duty receipts of the port
for the year were $n:*00..">82.
Por tin y< tr ending June 30. 1837, still under the Wilson law. the
. 'i -t- of breudstuifs from this country amounted to $197.S.>7.219 the
following >, ar. tinker the Dingiey law, they amounted to $312.897.1 lb.
V .< st oi.« i.-iif of the receipts of the oil inspection department of
NVbiKsk w« rc used in 1897 and 1898. either to enrich an individual,
" to tiirni.'ii «•: mpaigu funds to a sham reform party, the chairman
of the party 1-eing responsible for the diversion.
!> -if! ig ls .;t the foiled States exported over sixteen million bush
els of cor:: per month, and the average price was 40 cents per Imshel.
The total i.-:uii*er of bushels shipped in 1S9S and 1899 was over four
times larger than th«* total for ISIS and 1 st♦ 4.
S :v*s;,' pen Harrison was for free coinage. However, this
w '..it Harrison said in his letter of acceptance in 1892: "I am
thoroughly convinced that the free coinage of silver at such a ratio
•o gold - will maintain t..e equality in their commercial uses of the
two coined dollars would conduce to the prosperity of all the great
; :o :u« x.g end . ommen ial nations of the world.” No 16 to 1 there.
RIDIULtS X PROUCrORATt.
Asillior Iwirrwt Cnainirnlii im ltr>au's
N«*w 1 <i<- is.
WASHINGTON. 1> C., Jan. 23.
Auditor <>! tie- Trcaancy W, B. An
an-w s was asked by th«* Lincoln Jour
iu»! <■ urr* spondent this morning whu.
be thought of Bryan's now position on
the I'biiippine question.
• I Mf th»t Bryan is oppose) to the
t« t»-nti>in of the Philippines, hut wants
this government to maintain a pro
totoutf.** Mii«l tin* auditor. "As a
i .<>n this looks ridh -
u». If we Were to give up the isl
ands and at the same time protect the
-landers from enemies, lioth within
: ’<1 wit hurt. our expanse would go
i.gbt on. \V** KwM hav • in main
tain an army to restore order, and
r • « p it if ;t«ly to prevent encroach
ments of other nations."
Th« n you think lfryan’s idea would
r* i:> result in imperialism instead ot
preventing it?"
Ye., I do." saui the auditor. “Un
• r a protectorate there could be no
ie.ii: turn iu tlie siite of the army and
let lulling down of exjiense. 1 be
lieve both would be larger. They
want us to give away our property and
yet euntinu- to guard and take care of
t* Their pretended policy would in
vt-he every problem and difliculty that
we have to meet. now. and would re
frit in absolutely no benefit to us. In
bn t it Mould ;n time lie sure to bring
on international com plications.
s it l» -e we gave up our claim to
the property, and at the same time
went to the expend* of maintaining an
aimy to guard it. And suppose that
after a year or two Aguinaldo and his
portable cabinet should sell the isl
ands to some other nation, where
uid tr be? It i> impossible that Bry
ar-.L-m will be allowed to lead the
• cuati .■ up to -urh a fiasco as that? ”
€ a*bul Itrlitrr.
Journal: It was a republican ■
i <.njcr« - .* th.et }■;» -* .I and a republican
president tha' ihe only effect
n* aati-tru-t law that is in our rUU- j
ut. ‘mw.*,- The Bryanite* declare that ;
It not g<»oel for anv thing an<l that |
th< y must be put into |tower In-fore <
anytbine <an be done to down the '
trust - Hut it.- mouthpiece and «lic- 1
t i,t a a- jn ronicress four years ana j
csd u<»t introduce or get anybody to in
ttodu< •- any amend me u i to the Slier- j
matt la* The aileg.d anti-trust laws
j .--.-d by democratic or popocratlc .
1 ri-latures are all laughing stocks !
l» an-e tiny invariably turn out to
< «»n. <>ti-i .tutiotxal and void ab initio.
Tbe same utter inability of that owt
:.t to lo anything that they promise
w do I- illustrated in this state when
» - fu- oni.-ts have l>ee» elected to the
• %.« ut i\♦* and legislative offices foi
. verai year-, on the pledge that they j
v. jrciifg to do something decisive >
n j;*»t • • clful in the way of putting
o'»wn ‘ m«»u tpoiies' and curbing the !
power of the transportation corpora- I
i «»n- Wlia have they done? The re
publican Imbird- of transportation can. |
|M>mt i*ul in every year cjf their unos- i
;-niat:ouM exerc ise of the powers giv- ‘
#• •( them by the legislature, some val- !
> . b!e C.an< ep-ion* by the railroad
■ >.Ciji.tr.> - f'»r tile benefit of tne pub- |
notably the reduction of the cor *
rat - in |V*> for the relief of the farm- j
« r> to la cents, until they e'ouhL gnip
t h» ir damaged crop tha. was "soft.
ttttcemottt of f.n
f < entrain so ns to break up the mo- j
• .opoly of certain terminal points, and ,
t<» a re vision of the classification so
j* to equalize rates on many of tn~ :
t,. --•• i< - of life. They made no fusr.
.Ueit th- matter but accomplished j
i ii. ir <«!>)•-• ts without going into courts.
I . a -si ciipb niaey and reasonable ile- j
I mauds.
What ha\ e the fusionist outfit in
ii.«- legislature and in the hoard of j
• • , » :a:. *i ac complished in th<
t three- .ear*? t an they point to
a !! ale te-r -lit to the public after all j
i*, ,r noise, in consideration of the
,.ii. . expenses and lawyers’ fees.
th-> have regularly drawn from the
j,,„ h‘t- of the- people? What do they !
k ’ I it '-rains or diligence or a
r »- »»r obligation. c»r all three?
It is cited In evidence of the ir- j
• h expansion is like- t
. to bring t«* the 1'nited States that
I*:.- expert, of thi country to China, j
Hi* o, Hawaii ar.d the Philip-j
... ! .i the first eleven months of:
> .«* rvMiHi iCHi. against $ Hi . 000.
o-. * m th** c orresponding months of
lx** atid fiL.'HXMJtio in the correspond
:.n n. -atbs of 1V.»7. while the fact that
» -A-il 1m a de to buy n.ore and more
of oar trt.pica! product* in those is- j
land* ::r>teai of sending the money to :
j other pens of the world is shown bv
th. fa • -ha: our imports from them |
• w. re in the trst eleven month* of 1899,
$:.* against $99,906,000 in the j
. -*-r«spocciing months of I89S and |
837.imq.o>ei in the corresponding months !
of IS97.
Th- Hoctmt Transcript tells a story
of a man who uas a class of boys in
natural history. One of the subjects
which he took up was butterflies and
moth*, and he told the children a goo 1
I deal about the chrysalides and cocoons.
' Afte- he had got the boys well in
structed. he showed erne of the smallest
of them one oi the cocoons, and asked:
"What butertly is this cocoon of?”
Then the little boy looked up and said,
alow).▼ and respectfully: "My papa
says that all cocoons look alike to
LOjcI"
'Jiii'fr Acts «»f Krlonnrrs.
Fremont Tribune: A most remark
able disclosure is made with reference
to the neglected duty on the part ol
the State Hoard of Transportation. .
Seme time during the year 1S97 tht
Hoard directed that the railroads oi
the state should withdraw their new
schedule for live stock shipments on
P and rates and restore the old sched
uh based on carload rates.
The attorney general has since that
time begun suit against the I'nion Pa
cific- road for alleged violation of The
order, but tin* discovery has lately
been made that the ls97 order of the
Hoard was not served on the roads
until January Imh of the present year
and the attorney general's suit falls
flat.
When the order was passed by the
Hoard it was done with mueh blowing
of horns and beating of populist tom
toms. Tne people were to understand
they had a triend at court that would
protect their rights though the heav
ens fell, out the clamor and noise, n
v. as understood, should not be taken i
s* riously by the railroads. The atior- i
ran- general, who in mock solemnity, !
l>< g.111 a suit for $5,000 penalty against j
the I'nion Pacific, is a member of the j
Hoard. All interest in the shippers j
ceased wh-n the 1S97 meetings of the
Hoard adjourned and before legal no
tice was served on the roads. The
proceedings were for publication, not
ior regulation.
Now the roads are asking that the
order he rescinded and it is tip to the
Hoard to do something. But for more
than two years the roads have been
absolved from the original order
Meantime they have shown their ap
preciation of popocratic favors. Last
year they apparently threw their sup
pi rt to Holcomb for judge. Tney have
played fair with the Hoard, for the>
have “delivered the g«x>ds."
Without reference to justice or in
justice of carload or pound rates or.
live stock the people of the state nfhat
look with surprise on the picture re
vealed.
Obviously the shippers of Nebraska
must, view with some amazement the
brazeness of a Hoard that evades serv
ing its own processes, or regard with
pity public functionaries who haven’t
the intelligence to perform the vita]
part of a legal action.
l’r«titl<*Mh Debate.
The wea isome debate on the Phil
ippine question was continued in the
Senate yesterday without an inter
esting feature. What good isit doing,
and where is it to end? These are
pertinent questions which the country
will soon be asking of the senators
unless they pause long enougn in their
oratorical erase to ask themselves and
lx- guided by the o. vious answer.
If talk is profitless, why keep talk
ing? It will convince nobody that the
administration is always wrong and
its opponents always right, whatever
the latter may think or say. The
"anti's” oratory can have no effect at
home, and is altogether useless, but
not altogether harmless, for it cheers
the Luzon rebels. They cannot ex
pert their speeches will have the effect
of eausipg tiie recall of troops from
the Philippines, until the war is end
ed and just what they do expect to
accomplish is certainly not clear to
others, and probably not to theni
s« Ives. If they are talking for self
glorification or partisan ends they
surely deserve all the opprobium which
they are heaping upon themseives,
end more. Pittsburg Commercial Ga
zette.
(irrat liunk Deposits.
The tale banks of Nebraska, ac
cording to their last report show in
dividual deposits amounting to $21.
6<-6.] 11.12: the national banks carrying
$2'<,859,660.3S. according to the last
published report of the Comptroller
of tlie Currency. This makes a grand
total of *50,325,771.30, and is exclusive
of Lnited States deposits, which
amount to $928,969.27. This is an in
dication of prosperity that cannot ne
avoided by the calamity howlers. Com
pare it with the condition in 1896, aTier
four years of democracy, and at a time
when free silver was threatening the
country.
I’lxin llriuiHTiilir Talk.
General Simon Buckner, one of tae
old time democratic leaders, says:
"The democratic party has no future
until the element now in control lias
been wiped out. which, however, prom
ises to be done at the elections of this
year. Expediency, not principle, is
the motto of this element; the ener
gies of its leaders. Mr. Bryan, are
engaged in hunting for an issue which
he hopes will attract votes, and not
to the promulgation of those great
piinciples on wihch the democratic
party rests. The controlling element
of the party today would commit it to
opposition to expansion, whereas ex
pansion was the essence of Jeffer
sonion democracy,”
William Kerr, of Providence. R. I..
is still pursuing the trade of watch
making at the age of 82 years, after
sixty-six years’ work at it. The Jewel
ers' Circular says he has invented sev
eral curious clocks, the best known
being one on which a litle ball makes
a zigzay journey down an inclined
plane, which tilts back and forth at
regular intervals. In 1179 he made a
large working model nt |hvt Strassburg
cathedra clock.
PROSPERITY'S FACTS
FIGURES ILLUSTRATIVE OF EX
ISTING CONDITIONS.
Enormous Increiuf iu the Amount of
Money in the IIuikN of the l’eoplr.
Hurt In the Vaults of the National
Treasury.
In a timely ami instructive contribu
tion to the Saturday Evening Post of
Philadelphia Frank A. Yanderlip, as
sistant secretary of the treasury,
brings into view some of the splendid
facts of the prosperity with which the
people of the United States are blessed,
and for which they mainly have to
thank th« change in national policies
brought about by the presidential elec
tion of 1896. The assistant secretary,
whose relations to government finances
enable him to speak witii knowledge
and authority, draws attention to the
remarkable statistics of the iron trade
ns presenting "a comparison of both
relative and absolute development such
us has not been seen before.’’ Some of
the fac ts resulting from wise economic
laws are b st stated in Mr. Vanderlips
own words:
“A decade ago we imported $71,000.
000 and exported $14,000,000 of iron
and steel manufactures. Since that
time imports have steadily fallen ami
exports risen, until for the fiscal year
1899 we imported but $12,000,000 and
exported nearly $94,000,000. In spite of
this unparalleled production the price
of pig iron rose in eight months, Feb
ruary to September, from $1 to $24 a
ton, and at this advance nearly every |
mill iu the country is so busy that
practically no orders can be accepted
for early delivery. |
“For five years we imported almost
double the value of manufactures that
we exported. For the fiscal year 1S9S
we exported nearly $80,000,000 more
manufactured goods than we imported.
In 1898. for the first time, our exporta
tions of manufactures exceeded the im
portations. the excess being about 25
per cent."
Where for many years we imported |
on an average of $1,000,000 of manu
factured goods a day and exported
about half that amount, he says, “for
the fiscal year just closed we exported
considerably more than $1,000,000 of
manufactured goods every working
day of the year.”
The shipping Industry, he says, also j
shared in the general prosperity, quot
ing statistics showing the increase in
tonnage and in the number of new
vessels constructed.
He shows that the bank clearings
have increased 41 per cent and the de
posits 23 per cent. If the figures were
contrasted with those of three years
ago the increase in the deposits would
be 70 per cent.
He shows in the two years up to Oct.
1, 1S99, the total money circulation in
the people's hands has increased $270.
000.000.
•*Tlie total gold in the country to
day," he says, "stands at $1,000,000,000.
which contrasts with $641,000,000 three
years ago. Gold is becoming the every
day money of commerce, and is no
longer found only locked up in banks
and safe deposit vaults.”
Another fact he brings out is the
breaking of large bills into smail ones.
In four years the number of $1 bills
has been increased from $40,000,000
to $57,000,000; of $2 bills from $2S.
000.000 to $36,000,000 and of $5 bills
from $245,000,000 to $291,000,000.
The government securities have ad
vanced and the agricultural depart
ment estimates that the value of farm
animals has increased $342,000,000.
Money orders have increased more
than $20,00Q,00O. Immigration has in
creased 36 per cent.
All these things have come to pass,
together with many other things of
equal importance, under a strictly
American administration. The tide
turned when we began to show less
concern for the fortunes of our own
people.
IN SAFE HANDS.
Th® French Kcclprocity Treaty Certainly
to Be Klghlly Serntlnixed.
General interest lias been excited re
garding the provisions of the new reci
procity treaty between the United
States and France, now awaiting the
consideration of congress, by the pub- ;
lication in the American Economist of
Nov. 24 of information setting forth
the injury that would b? inflicted upon
the domestic coal tar dye and color in- j
dustry by the proposed reduction of 20
per cent in the duty on that class of
French products. From the letter of !
our Washington correspondent, which :
is printed in the current issue of the :
Economist, it appears that through re
gard for the traditional courtesy due
to the senate as the co-ordinate treaty
making branch of our government it
is necessary that the publication of the
treaty be deferred until the instrument i
shall have been transmitted to the
senate. It also appears that in due
time the treaty will eome before the !
house ot representatives for practical :
review by that body, and that full i
information will be had by the public
long before conclusive action shall be
taken bv congress.
Meanwhile it is safe to assume that
the proposed reciprocity treaty will
have received careful examination by
the administration and its operations
and effect fully ascertained. There
fore the interests of all the different
industries concerned are in safe hands,
for the present, administration is thor
oughly American, thoroughly Protec
tionist, thoroughly Republican.
In order that accurate and reliable
information may be available as a
guide in the treatment of this impor
tant question the American Economist
invites expressions on the subject from
the industries that are affected by the
proposed reciprocity treaty.
sample industrial boom.
Result of Placing National Affairs in
lionet and Capsbl* Hands.
No better illustration of our coun
try's new prosperity can be obtained
than in the work of the great locomo
tive building plants. Never before in
the history of the concerns have they
had so many men on the pay rolls,
never before have they turned out so
many locomotives in a year, and never
before have they been so far behind in
their orders. During last month the
famous Baldwin works (turned out
.... A
ninety-two locomotives, an average of
over three for every working day in
the month. And they are bigger and
better locomotives, too, than the
roads used to order. No railroad now
orders for its main line freight and
passenger service engines that weigh
forty to fifty tons, for everything now
is from 100 to 120 tons in weight. Un
til prosperity returned to this country
with the incoming of President McKin
ley the 'locomotive industry was sim
ply paralyzed. The last good year was
in 1893, and from then on until Repub
licanism and Protection returned, the
big shops were closed half the time
and running on half forces and half
time the remainder of the year. The
railroads were ordering about half as
many locomotives as they needed to
keep up the ordinary wear and tear,
for it was very plain to them that
there was a crisis in the affairs of this
country, and they wanted to be able to
see daylight before they made anv
great improvements in their rolling
stock. The sudden revival of business
compelled the roads to replace their
worn out engines, and now the build
ers are having a hard time tilling or
ders. The polity of Protection has
also created a great foreign demand
for the American built locomotives,
and several hundred engines will be
sent abroad this year. In the one big
shop of the Baldwin works there are*
now 7.2:.0 men at work, and the com
pany is planning extensions and im
provements that will make their plant
still larger. It is but a sample of the
prosperity that comes to all when the
affairs of our nation are in capable and
honest hands.—Des Moines (la.) S ate
Register.
Wbat Se-iator Daniel l)of< Not See.
"1 see no encouragement to Demo- :
orats in the recent elections." is the j
concluding sentence of a letter written
to the New York World by John \Y. !
Daniel, United States senator from Vir
ginia and a leader in the Democratic
party. Right you are, senator. There
is no encouragement visible to Demo
crats. always excepting the halcyon
and vociferous optimist out in Ne
braska. who sees encouragement for
Mr. Bryan's overpowering ambition to
lead his party to certain defeat. All
else is gloom and discouragement for
Democrats, but it is a mighty fine pros
pect for the country as a whole, for
does it not give assurance that the
march of prosperity shall continue un
interrupted under a second term of
McKinley and protection? Such is
verily the outlook. Hence the inabili
ty of Senator Daniel to discover any
'•encouragement to Democrats in the
recent elections."
A Financial ( ontrait.
Under Cleveland and free trade we
had peace and no extraordinary ex
penses of any kind, and the govern
ment was obliged to issue bonds in
order to keep good the national credit
and to get gold for our depleted and
well-nigh empty treasury. Under Mc
Kinley and protection we are conduct
ing a costly war. yet. to relieve strin
gency in the money market, the secre
tary of the treasury has offered to take
from an overflowing treasury $23,000,
000. and put it into general circulation
by buying bonds to that amount. The
contrasting circumstances outline in
vivid colors the difference there is. in
respect to the conditions of our nation
al finances, between free-trade and pro
tection.
lion- the SIiom Ar* I\*i<t lor.
Yes, shoes have advanced, but the
$26 which a good yearling calf now
brings will pay for the family supply
for one year, but the $3 or $6 which
the aforesaid yearling would hardly
bring in free trade times would leave
the family barefooted, and with good
old Democratic stone bruises on the
children’s feet, with shoes at calamity
prices. And. laying all jokes aside,
the whole situation, and difference, is
practically summed up and illustrated
in this incident.—Carmi till.) Times.
The People'* Pm** Itook.
In 1889 there were 0.708.971 deposit
ors in the banks of the United States,
and their total deposits amounted to
$3,776,410,102.
In 1899 there are 13.133,874 deposit
ors. and their aggregate deposits
amount to $7,313,934,361.
How can a campaign for cheap
money bp made against facts like
these?—Sioux City (S. D.) Argus-Lead
er.
In Free-Trade Tariff Time*.
In riotfctiTO larifT Tiinru.
1 WAN TED I
The Rea) Imho.
The greatest issue before the Ameri
can people is that of business prosper
ity. When all the mills are open and
working overtime, and when the work
ingmen have all they can do and are
paid good wages, they have no time
to listen to agitators That is the gen
eral condition now.—El Paso (Tex >
Herald.
THE r'OOR MAN’S SUIT.
American Wage Earners Wear the Ilett
and the Cheapest Clothing.
Under all kinds of tariff laws wealthy
people can obtain good clothing. It
is the poor and semi-poor who are most
vitally interred in such laws. Realiz
ing this fact in a way, the advocates
of low tariffs and no tariffs most stren
uously insisted that the duty on wool
should be removed and that on woolens
cut down in order that the poor man’s
clothing could be reduced in price. The
Wilson act made wool duty free and
took off both the pound rate or com
pensating duty and about one-third of
the ad valorem duty from woolen
cloths. What v. as the result?
The first result was a great increase
in the importation of foreign cloths of
low grade, every additional yard of
which took the place of a yard of
American cloth, and helped to throw
American workers out of employment.
These foreign cloths, chiefly English,
were in general not sound, all wool
stuffs, but largely made of cotton and
shoddy mixtures. England’s use of
wool substitute is far in excess of ours
per capita, while her proportionate con
sumption of wool is only two-thirds
as great as ours. English woolen man
ufacturers are adepts in the fabrication
of cloths of good appearance from the
.tra>hiest materials, and the American
market was scon flooded with spurious
woolens. The foreign manufacturer
had his chance and he reveled in it.
If the price of clothing was slightly
decreased the standard of quality was
decidedly lowered.
The American woolen manufacturer
soon saw what he was "up against.”
He was compelled to compete with the
kind of stuff that was making the mar
ket. He accordingly began to import
wool substitutes. This is clearly prov
en by the statistics of imports. The
McKinley act. which preceded the Wil
son act. discouraged the importation
of shoddy by a duty of 30 cents a
pound. The Wilson act took the op
posite course by putting a merely nom
inal duty of 13 per cent on such ma
terials. During the seven months end
ing Marcu 31. 1893. the imports of
shoddy anil waste were 193.487 pounds,
and for a like period ending March 31,
1894. only 40.288 pounds. In the seven
months ending March 31. 1893 (suc
ceeding the passage of the Wilson act),
the imports of shoddy and waste
amounted to 9,396,780 pounds, or 223
times the quantity brought in during
the same section of the preceding year.
Will any person now assert that the
degradation of the American woolens
market thus brought about was an ad
vantage to the poor man, even with a
| considerable reduction in price? And
i the reduction in price could not be con
siderable, and was not. A suit of
clothes takes on an average about three
yards of cloth, the cost of which is,
say, about half the first cost of the
suit. Reducing the duty c-n the woolen
cloth does not lessen the cost of labor,
trimmings or other expenses, and the
! amount so decreased was found by
: many expert investigations and calcu
lations to cut but a small figure in the
retail price of a suit. But the injury
! to quality, the less-ned durability was
j a practical and tangible evil, as many
a wearer of medium and low-priced
clothing discovered.
The Dingley act restored the duty on
; shoddy as well as on wool and wool
ens, and the American mills are turn
ing cut hone.-t and durable cloths in
all grades. The "poor man's suit” costs
little if any more than when it was
made of a spurious worsted from the
shoddy mills of England.
Wuy, Indee.i.
Every now and again some upholder
of free trade, who is more ardent than
he is well informed, claims that work
ing men and women in this country re
ceive no better wages than do those in
the same line of work in other coun
tries. One such ranter was once hold
ing forth at a public meeting, along
these lines. After he had had it all his
own way for some time, a brawny la
! boring man. who had been in this
country only long enough to become
naturalized, called out in stentorian
tones: "Wages no higher in this
■ country! What are v.t all here for.
: then?” waving his hand in the direc
tion of numbers of bis comrades, men
foreign-born, but at that time Amer
ican citizens.
It was a stumper. The speaker failed
| to answer it satisfactorily, and. so far.
all the free traders have failed to make
' an adequate reply to the question. If
! wages are not any higher in this coun
try than they are in European coun
tries, why do workmen, why. during
all these years, have workmen, by
thousands and hundreds of thousands,
left their own countries and come over
to the United States to better their
condition? We are still waiting for an
answer.
MrKInley Prosperity in Ohio.
A thorough inquiry into the condi
tion of 225 factories, mills and work
shops in Dayton. Hamilton. Mid
dletown, Pi qua, Springfield, Cleve
land, Toledo and Lima reveals
the following facts: Number of
men employed in 1S96, 30.474:
in 1899. 84,580: gain. 34.105. Monthly
wages paid in 1890. 52,414,651; in 1S99.
54.263.491; increase. 51.848,840. It is
estimated that 53.500.000 per month
more is being paid as wages in Ohio
this year than in 1896. The increase
of wages per man in Cleveland aver
ages $7.76 per month. The increase
per man in the Miami Valley averages
$8.31 per month.—Indianapolis (Ind.)
Journal.
I
How It Wan Settled.
During the palmy days of Free Trade
talk, when Mills and Wilson bills were
the fashion of the hour, it was actu
ally prophesied that the passage of the
latter bill would settle the question
of the tariff for a generation. In fact,
it did settle it. It brought in so little
revenue that President Cleveland was
obliged to borrow right and left, and
business went into a hole, and drew
the hole in after it. It is a curious
fact that the passage of Protective
Tariff acts is always followed by peri
ods of prosperity, and the ascendenry
of Free Trade has always just as
surely brought on panics and hard
times.—Ashland <Wis.) Press.
K*«n Mrymi la Prntpfmun.
It is a curious fact that Mr. Bryan
was never so prosperous in his life as
at this time, when he is trying to con
vince people there is no prosperity._
Burlington Hawk-Eye.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VII, FEB. 18-JOHN IVi
5~2(3~ AT JACOB’S WELL.
Golden Tc.t-God lw „ SpiriJ; ^ T
That Worship Hlm Mn.t Worship
Him In Spirit m„u Troth_Iuhn
4:24.
5. “Then comet h hi " .... i •
Judea to Galilee. waj f,'‘:n
Svehnr’* to. , “ J < allot)
Sits Ebal . id*?'‘ m Sh,,',1'“rn h «»••*•»
4u■ oai asm (rer.7'm c.. i
" **•,n- hj char means
drunken town, or n i.,„ ,
places *7
Sfs’s.r
Sr«s;r*
on <b . h ko -"Sat ,W lS *«««"«> tho*
,"h , „ n' *e'1 Probably on th. lov.
mb usually piae,,, around wells, res;
jfl .‘„in“ r ,h" , t ,urn of his dis.i
KithVr ' WJS ;,bout 'he sixth hour
K th.r noon. according to Jewish reekon
tn0. or t, p. according io erne method
me?'rmilL m‘k,‘,,lnK. * hu h many learned
mc.t think was used by John.
1 he: ‘ cometh a w< man of tout ..I
bamaria. Not the city „f Sam aria, s. . „
miles away, but from the eountrv of Sa
maria. one of Samaritan rare and rcUR-*
.."T‘\draw water.” “Jesus salth unto
Jf!- ™e *'aso“ is ^v'" »n the next
'erse. The disciples had gon, to the . ily
halt or three-fourths of a mile nwa\ «s>
. l“ huy meat.” food. “Not meat.' hut
provisions, the plural b. Ing used in the
V7^k:. ~Prof «*»•»• Kiddle. “Give III. t.
dr.nk. In regard to Oriental customs it
is not considered “important for a man.
though a stranger, to ask a woman to
let down her pitcher and gm him to
drink.
"How Is it that thou, b. mg a Jew
Jt-sus v.'oli111 be ri-eogniz**d as a Jew by
his dress. The color of the fringes on hi*
garments was probably white; that •>;
Samaritans would be bla "Askest
drink, etc. 1 lie wonder of the Samaritan
woman was that a Jew should sick. by
asking and receiving drink, to make .»
friendly eotnpai’t with a member of ..
hostile race. "For the Jews have no
dealings with tin* Samaritans' They
have no dealings of friendly inti ours,
1**. *Tf thou knewest tlie gift God
llis son, the Messiah, and the sal ition In
was bringing to man. "Thou .vould*
have a ski'd of him." Kmphasizc i he tho i
and him. “And he would have g ,vn the,
living water."
11. "Sir. thou hast nothing (o draw
with. That is. the usual leathei i bu« Ki t
and line. Note her change of tone.
12. "Art thou greater than our father
Jacob? " Can you dig a better well. or
find sweeter water?
13. "Whosoever drinketh of tl s water
shall thirst again." This water satisfy
ing only bodily thirst for brief periods,
and a type of all worldly supplies for the
deeper thirst of the soul.
14. "Whosoever drinketh of tl.r wabr
that 1 shall give him." Observe tin rep
resentation throughout that the water is
a gift from Christ to humanity, tied *
good things can never be bought. “Shall
never thirst.” This does not contradiet.
the Keatltudes, "Blessed are those that
hunger and thirst after righteousness,
but it declares that there is an unfailing
supply always at hand for the thirst. Tho
water that satisfies is not from without,
tn external supply, that may fail, or be
far away, but “shall lx* in him a well (a
fountain, a spring) of water springing up
into (unto* everlasting life."
15. “Sir. give me this water." Her soul
is being awakened, and yet she does not
fully comprehend his meaning. llVnce tin*
next lesson he teaches her in the follow
ing verses, the consciousness of her mi.
an«l need.
]»». "Go. call thy husband.'* A natural
request, tat leading to her confession of
sin.
lv "Thou hast had live husbands." I>r.
Van 1-ennep (Bible I-ands, p. 557). refer
ring to the terrible frequency of divorces
among Jews and Muslims at the present
day, says: "We have known a man not
40 years of age who had successively
married and put away a dozen wives.
19. "1 perceive that ihou are a proph
et." Both from his knowledge *f ini
past life and trom his treatment of b« r
sin.
20. “Our fathers worshipped in (bit;
mountain." Boubtless pointing to Ml.
Gerizem at the foot of which they wen
standing. This was doubtless an «,ft
discussed and puzzling question.
21. "Jesus salth unto her." His an
swer is admirable, the plain truth told
in a way not to repel her. "The hour
(tin* time) cometh. when ye shall," eli .
i. e.. when ye shall “worship the Fath
er.” Showing the loving and attractive
side or God. drawing us to worship
above, but unrestricted by time or place
22. “Ye worship ye know not what.”
Better as in H. V., “Ye worship that
; which ye know not; we worship that
S which we know." "For salvation is of
j the Jews." Idtorally, the salvation, the
! expected salvation, is of the Jews, l. c..
| proceeds from them (not belongs to
i them*.—Cambridge Bible.
But ine uour cometn, ana now
is.'* The new day has dawned; the Mes
siah has come. "When the true wor
shippers.” Who worship not in forms
merely, but with the heart. "Shall wor
ship the Father.” The true object of
worship. God. presented in that aspect
which most calls out sincere lov
ing, heartfelt worship. “In spirit" desig
nates the worship of the mind and heart,
a real, spiritual worship as distinguish
ed from a merely formal worship. "In
truth" designates sincerity of worship hi
the true way. “For the Father seeketh.
such to worship Hint."
24. “God i< a Spirit." Essentially, ab
solutely spirit. Therefore, true worship
must be of the Spirit.
25. "I know that Messias cometli.”
! "Messias” is the Greek form of the He
I brew Messiah, r.s t’hristos is the Greek
translation of it. "He will tell us all
things." What Jesus had been telling tin
woman implied that he could tell ail
things. Therefore, she thought that pos
; sibly he might be the expected one.
2t>. “I . . . am he.” Your judgment
| Is right. All that has been foretold of
1 the Messiah is true of me.
RAMS’ HORNS.
Faith Is reason's telescope.
, True prayer consumes all pride.
The Christian is never off duty.
Christ is the world’s conscience.
Not need, hut pride, keeps us poor.
No man hits higher than he aims.
Death levels down, hut love levels
! up.
Meditation is the breathing of the
i soul.
None love life like those who live
i love.
The hooks of heaven are written by
men.
Love lights up the loved with love
lines.
Patience is not necessarily a virtue
on a hot day.
True patriotism moves upward,
j rather than outward.
The way to get more is to make the
most of what we have.
To admit our imperfection is to
move toward perfection.
He who fails to build up, sins as
truly as he who tears down.
The shades that hide the flowers
bring out the blossoms of the sky.
God takes interest in us on his loan,
while men take it out of us on theirs.
He who says we die as the beasts is
quite likely to shape his living on the
name rule.—Ram’s Horn