THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
NOVEMBER 12, 1903.
British Attack on American Trade I 'ztn&gs I
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Editor Independent:
lew people suspect the tremendous
.revulsion In our industrial aflairs that
iris likely to be the consequence of Mr.
Chamberlain's proposals to the Brit
ish government. This revulsion may
t'Ccur within a few months, .because in
a compact empire like Great, Britain
the constituencies may be consulted
and persuaded without lo3s of time.
.In frit United States, advice from the
most influential statesman in the
country would primarily reach only, a
local and limited constituency in
Great Britain it would instantly fly
to all parts of the empire. In the
, United States, a radical change of
fiscal policy might, without foreign
pressure, take years to accomplish;
m Great Britain its realization might
'merely be a question of days.
' In Ms" speech at Glasgow, October
C.Mr. Chamberlain said: "I imagine
' at' A .' 1 . t 1 a.
inai noooay is sanguine enougn o ue
lieve that America, Germany, France
oi Italy are going to drop the whole
of their protective systems because
we ask them to do so, or even because
we mreaien mem. wnat i ao r.ope is
that they will reduce their duties, so
that worse things may not happen to
flipnf." Thin flierniftrant hint ia hank-
scheme liable, "as time goes on, to be
rcrjdered " worse" by a further tight
ening of the British tariff screw: .
1. . Corn. A duty of 2s per. quarter
(equal to six cents per bushel) -on im
portations of foreign unmanufactured
rice, buckwheat, spelter and oats; all
except maize. Breadstuff from the
British colonies to be free.
' 2. Provisions. A duty of 5 per cent
ad valorem on importations ' of live
enimals, meats and dairy produce; all
except bacon. Colonial produce to be
free. ,'''
3. Fruits and 'Wines. "'A "substan
tial" duty; (not specified) on foreign
ir'uits and wines, with preference to
the colonies
, 4. Manufactures. An "average"
duty of 10 per cent ad valorem on for
eign manufactures, li;ciuding flour,
refined oil, leather, lumber, agricul
tural implements, etc Colonial manu-
' ' ,For? its i successful ..''working this
scheme necessarily , includes similar
duties to be imposed by the British
coidhlesy so that the low tariff wall
which is to surround the United King
'dom, shall : also embrace the colonies
A lAnnnlAnnlAa a Vi o f try art t TT1
plre.
' For the purpose of determining to
what extent this scheme would affect
American affairs, an examination has
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the risk.
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you who will give you six bottles Dr.
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will do. Then decide. " ; j ,
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the druggist nor to me. We might
be prejudiced.
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the cost to me at your say so.
If you want to feel better.
If you want more strength.
If you lack ambition.
'. If you can't do things like you used
to. '
' If your nerves your courage ia
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If your confidence In yourself h less.
. If you lack vim, vior, vitality.
It something is eating away your
constitution.
Try Dr. Shoop's Restorative a
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ii'm a two-cent stamp or a postal
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HI risk my reputation on It AM
the cot of the medicine, too. I know,
and 1 want you to know. ThU li my
way of gaining your Interest. Others
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way with them. Ask roe for the took
3 on need.
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teen made of bur -export statistics,
with the following resurtsr The total
value of domestic exports for tfie yeat
ended June 30, 1903, was about 4.40Q
millions, of these about 750 million?!
or more than onehalf, would be af
fected by the scheme, as appears from
the table below. - ' ' " I
Exports of domestic commodities froiri
the United States to the United
Kingdom and its colonies andMjcr
pendencies during the fiscal year
1903. .Sums in millions of dollars:!
. Valua
Manufactures liable to a threat-, j
ened duty of 10 per cent ..2C0
Provisions liable to a threatened !
duty of 5 per cent .........115
Breadstuffs liable to 6 cents per
bushel, 67 million bushels...... 55
Manufactures and other commodi
ties not threatened with duties. 330
Total to the United Kingdom
and colonies 750
From thi3 exhibit it appears that
American manufactures to the value
of 250 millions a year, and agricul
tural productions to the value of 170
millions a year are open to be affected
by an adverse tariff scheme which' is
liable to be adopted, if adopted at all,
within a few months.
In casting about for a means to
avert this attack upon American trade
we confess ourselves at a loss to dis
cern any measure that promises
Impt relief. We cannot expect the
1 rices of our agricultural produce to
be lowered without distressing a class
who are already sufficiently pinched
by money-lenders, carriers and com
mission , houses. Nor can we expect
th) prices of our manufactures to be
lowered in the face of the "constantly
increasing demands of labor. Mr.
Lewis Nixon, in his recent testimony
before the examiner into the affairs
of the ship trust said that "within the
past year there had occurred an in
dustrial revolution. Labor had
changed its conditions. No expert
could have foreseen this, a year be
fore. There had been cases wherein
vessels half built had required for
their completion an expenditure of
several times the amount expended
vpon the first half of theli construe-,
tion." This is true not alone of ship
building, but of many branches of
manufacture. ; ,
Except as to patented articles,.' we
cannot manufacture goods any cheap- '
er than we are now doing, unless tax
ation (including the 300 millions a
year collected under the Dingley tar
iff) Is lowered; and with it, the gen
eral cost of living and wages. Between
two disagreeable alternatives we shall
probably be driven to choose the least.
It would appear to follow that our
iarmers must be prepared to stand a
Tittle more pressure; In other words,
accept a lower price for, .their bread
stuffs, so a3 to be able "to hold their
market against British colonial pro
duce. No concessions are to be ex
pected from patentees, or the produc
ers of monopolized commodities; so
that the brunt of Mr. Chamberlain's
policy, in case of its adoption, is al
most certain, to. fall upon the farm
ers and the manufactures which are
cpen to free competition. Of these,
the principal ones are as follows: .
Value i of our principal manufactured
exports which are open to competi
tion Sums in millions of dollars:
. Value.
Wheat flour, oatmeal and starch.. 52
Cotton seed oil 2
Lumber, doors, sashes, blinds,
moldings, furniture and wooden
ware 17
Spirits of turpentine 4
Mineral oil 22
Paraffin 8
Hides, furs, skins, leather, boots
and shoes, etc 30
Cars, carriages, automobiles and
cycles 10
Hard ware.nalls, wire, rails, ma
chinery, stoves, engines and
structural iron 30
Cotton manufactures 8
Copper manufactures 6
Agricultural Implements 8
All other manufactures open to
free competition IS
216
This means that 216 millions of our
export will cither have to lower their
prices 10 p4r cnt, or demand 10 per
rent more from the Urltlh loni'imt"".
Whether they mr. command men an
enhancement of price U a very doubt
tut matter. There ar manufacturers
In ('rent Hrttaln to whom 10'per rent
wuild be couidereJ a very fair trade
If out.
ThTf are othr -ne)ufncea whlrh
tre bound tu ftow from the aduptton
of Mr, Chamberlain's policy which
hsrdly nsl puriln at prenent.
Theise are lu future louring upon
colonial agriculture; the 'mard for
colonial farm lands; and emigration
and the flow of capital to the colonies,
instead of' to 4 bur 'western - stAtes, ' as
neretoiorer all of which will doubtless
'furnish interesting topics for the jour
nalists or the next generation. '.Our
business is -with, the present '.and the
present outlook; is that "protection"
to 'American industry ', which' has
served the . manufacturers so well in
the past, is in danger of losing its
usefulness; .and that, like our cousins
across the water, we, too, .will" ave
to consider "the dvant)ge 6t modify
ing our fiscal policy. e
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...New York; N.T.
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t The Springfield- Republican, in. its
review Of the, results of the election in
Massachusetts,- ? under ' the - .leadership
of Garioni since the leadership of
George Fred Williams was ove rthrown
and the Kansas? City platform repu
diated, sums 'up the whole 'matter as
fellows: "The "plain fact of the mat
ter is . that the reorganized leadership
oC the democratic party in Massachu
setts does not command the confi
dence of the people and cannot enlist
the spirited support of the radical
democracy. Where it does not re
flect the power of the Hessian element
in democratic politics it falls more
or less . under corporation influence,
and the voters of the state do not feel
the need of two parties to represent
the forces which, for example, have
foisted upon this commonwealth a
copy of the scandalous New jersey
corporation law for the promotion of
'artistic swindling. One party of this
kind is enough."
The quarrel in the-Booth family got
beyond the stage of decency when
Ballington Booth, his younger brother
Herbert, and sister were refused an
opportunity to take part in the funeral
of their sister. Old General Booth is
of the type of the ancient British no
bles who could cut off a child with a
shilling, or a Roman general who
could send his son to prison or death
without a pang of conscience. When
old General Booth ordered his son,
Ballington, who had done the work of
laying the foundations of the army's
success, to leave this country because
he was becoming too much American
ized, Ballington refused to go, as did
his sister and younger brother and
established the Volunteers, an organi
zation forking along the same lines.
It does seem to The independent that
tne action of Booth-Tucker and the
old general in regard to the funeral
services had little of the spirit of
Christ In them. - '
Grows Hair
on Bald Heads
The Following Illustration Plainly
Shows What This Great Discovsry .
Has Done 'TwHI Do the
Same for You-Will You
Try It at Our Expense
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is in Pre
serving Health end Beauty.
Nearly "every tody knows that char
coal is' me safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifier in nature, but
few realize its value wh'en taken into
the human system for the same cleans
iug purpose.
: Charcoal Is a remedy that the more
jou take of it tn bet'er; it is not a
drug at all, , but simply absorbs the
gases and imparities alway present
ir. the stoma and 'ntestines and car
ries them out of the system.
"Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and oih-f odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and im
proves the complexion, it whitens the
ueth and further acts as a natural
end eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases which
tcllect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects the routh and throat from
the poison of catarrh. t, .
All druggists sell charcoal in , one
Icrm or another, but probably th best
charcoal and the most for the money
it In Stuart's Absorbent Lozengea;
tbey are composed of the finest pow
dered Willow charcoal, and othr
Lurmless antiseptics in tablet form oi
rather In the ft.m of large, pleasant
ustlnts lozenges, the charcoal being
mixed with hony.
The dally u&e of these lozenges. wll'
aoon tell In a much Improved condi
tion of the general health, bettor com
plexion, sweeter brenth ard purr
blood, and the beauty of It Is. that
no loHsible htrra can result 'rom their
continued ue, but on the contrary,
i,reat benefit.
A Buffalo phylmn In speaking of
He Wneflts of e arena I, says "j ad
vise Stuart's Absorbent Lox'ngc tn
til patunts tufT'-ln from -.as In the
itomach and -Jrla, and to clear the
cuuiploxlcn ami purify the breath
mouth and throat; also bllee the
liver Is sreatjy t merited by the dallr
nee of them; th rot but cents a
rox at drug stores, and although In
feme sense a p.it jnt preparation, yet
NMeve I ret mor and better charroal
jr. Htuart's Abr"rnt I mene than in
lanr of the ordinary charcoal tablets,"
A trial park are of a new and wonderful rem.
edy mailed free to convince people It actually
grows bair, stops hair falling out, removes dan
druff and quickly restores luxuriant growth to
shining scalps, eyebrows and eyelashes and re
stores the hair to Its natural color. Send your
nam and address to the Altenhelm Medical
Dispensary, 667 Foso Building, Cincinnati, Ohio,
lor a free trial package, enclosing a 2-cent stamp
to coyer postage. Write today.
HOW CLARK BUYS A BOND
Which Guarantees His Family an Es-
i tate, if He Dies, and Himself a
Home, if He Lives.
Mr. Clark, aged thirty-flve, Js man
ager of the elevator In the town of Sa
lem. . , The position pays him -,a good
salary, enabling him to, eupport hi
family and lay - aside about 200 per
year. Though he ia now living com
fortably, he realizes that he must de
vise some way of providing an income
for his declining years.
His idea is to buy. a farm. ' During
a period of meditation as to whether
or not he shall purchase a certain quar
ter section of land which is for sale at
$5,000, he is Interviewed by a represen
tative Df the Old Line Bankers Life In
surance company of Lincoln, Nebraska,
who endeavors to interest him in Life.
Insurance. ' 1
Hardly does the agent get well start
ed, when. he is interrupted by Mr. Clarfc
who tells him of -his intention to buy
a farm. He states that he is. about to
make a small payment on the purchase
price and will, if .the agent, can offer
anything better be an interested
listener. ( J .
"Well," said the agent, "suppose you
buy a farm worth $5,000 by paying the
small sum of $175-25 annually without v
interest, for twenty, years, the con
tract for same containing a clause spe
cifying that, should you die at any
time, . the party from whom you buy
the land will cancel all deferred pay
ments, aitd give : your estate a cleat
title; or If you live to the maturity of
the contract, give you not only the deed
to the land, but pay you as large a per
centage of profit as you could reason
ably expect to make fromjthe property.
Would you bu a farm on those
term's?" v
Of couise Mr. Clark was interested,
and since the Company secures each .
and every contract issued with a de
posit of approved securities with the
State of Nebraska, he expressed a .will
ingness to become a party to such an
agreTsent.' .
"Well," continued the agent, "If you
will pay annually to the Old Line Bank
ers Life Insurance Company of Ne
braska the sum of $175.25 they will, if
you die at any time, pay to whom you
may name the sum of $5,000. If "you
live twenty years, they will give you a
cash settlement consisting of the guar
anteed reserve and an estimated sur
plus, amounting to $5,491.25. You wilL
readily see that you receive $1.98G.2S
more than you pay la, whjch Is better
than four per cent compound Interest.
Then, too, having the assurance that,
should you die, you would leave a com
fortable estate." Mr. Clark bought the
Insurance, and what Mr. Clark did you
can do.
Permit our agent to explain a con
tract to you. If you do not own all
the land you care to farm, ask for cir
cular No. 1 which shows "How Jones
Itouhft and Paid for a $6,M0 farm."
If you have a mortgaged farm, tall for
Circular No. t, which shows "Iluw
Hamueli l'ald a 2.0oo Mortgage."
Kor further Information adttrem the
OM LINK UANKEKH LlFK INSt'U
ANCB COMPANi, at Lincoln, Nebraska.
Readers of The Independent shonlj
etamtne the sdwttments In Its col
umns. It will pay you to read thra
and take advantage of the bargains of
fered. Always mention The independent.