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CHAPTER XXII. ( Continued. )
"Tho poor Ind IB dying from Inrk of n
doctor , " salti old Tom , who knoll bo-
sldo HlHlop , handling hh wounds with
the tondorncas of u womnn ; "and if
the whole Drlllsh navy hove In sight ,
wo havun't a rag of bunting to shakeout
out as a tslgnal , fllnco tjial rascally plea-
loon , tl'jjf Gulmno , has cast every color
and signal overboard. "
"Well , Tom , he shan't die this bout , ' "
said Ned Cnrlton , hopefully. "Lot ua
tlo up his wounds as best wo can , to
belay the bleeding , and give him some
thing as a reviver. "
"It's a blessing his old mother In
Scotland don't sco nil this , " added
rough Tom Lamboiirno , with a tear
In his eye ; "poor Marc IIIslop Is her
only support , and a sister's , too. "
I thought 'now , with compunction ,
how often his theories and pedantry
had bored mo , and I resolved to bo
unremitting In my care of him.
The united medical Hklll of those
honest pouls , our crew , was very small ;
however , the wounds wore carefully
washed In clean water ; their best
shirts were torn into ImndagoH or fold
ed into pads to htop the bleeding ; and
In this they were < iultc successful.
A beaker of Now England rum was
hoisted out of the foiehold , and its
head was instantly started. The liquor
was very redolent of treacle , but a
glass of It mixed with water the read
iest stimulant tlmt occuned to the
minds of the scamrn wao poured be
tween the pai cited lips of the sufferer ,
who at last slept , in the pleasant nt-
mosphoro formed by the awning
which shaded him from the fierce sun ,
and In the breeze that whistled past
the bows as the Eugenic still bore on
her new course , close hauled , with all
her foro-and-aft canvag set , and the
while , glittering spray Hying over her
cat-heads and dolphin striker ,
The terrible Cubano still kept pos
session of the cabin. His two six-bar
reled rqvolvors gave him twelve shots ,
and wo were but nine in all , as the
captain , Roberta , and Will White had
already perished -by his hand , and
Hyslop , to all appearances , was dy
ing ; thus Antonio kept us all In sub
jection by hjs" wqapons , Just/aa half
a dozen woj-nrmed } ( joUllors may con-
Irol a mob of thousands.
Bo passed the night ; the crow group
ed forward , full of schemes for venge
ance , and ho aft , full of triumph ,
ferocity and cognac. .
Next morning 1 was on iho quarter
deck , and when day broke I became
aware , by a splashing sound astern ,
that wo wore towing something in the
dead water of the brig's wake. On
looking over the tau'rall , what were
my emotions on beholding the body of
my kind friend1 our good and hospi
table captain towed by the neck nt
the cud of n line !
Around the poor corpse , which was
in its nightdress , the green waves
danced merrily in the golden light cf )
the morning sun that was now beam
ing over the sea , "refreshing the tlls-
lanl shores and reviving nil but him. "
Antonio in the night had cast it from
one of the cabin windows on the port
s.lde of the rudder-case , and through
that aperture the line to which it was
attached was now run.
By the smoke of a cigar , which as
cended to the taffrall nt times , I dis
covered that the atrocious Cuban wqs
sitting at the open cabin window be
low me , watching and waiting to see
the body devoured by the sharks ; and
I knew that ho would shoot all who at
tempted to cross his purpose or who
cume within reach of his pistol. This
prevented any man from lowering
himself over the stern , either to haul
In the line or cut it adrift.
"Demonlo ! " wo heard him oxclalm ,
when by a sudden lurch of the ship
the line parted and the poor corpao
went rolling and surging to leeward.
"There ho goes , and God bless him ,
although IIO'H out mil I ft without a
prayer or a sailor's winding-sheet , "
said. Tom Lambourne , taking oft his
hat , as the body bobbed llko a fish
erman's float on the waves for a little
space and then disappeared In the long ,
while track made by the Eugenie
through the dark apple-green of the
morning sea.
All the stories I had heard or read
of Spanish revenge seemed eclipsed by
the atrocities of this fiendish Cubano.
t' ' CHAPTER XXIII.
, , , - . The. Requital.
Three days and nights passed with
out finding us able to surprise or dis
lodge the demon who was in posses *
sign of the cabin ; without our knowing
whore the ship was driving or drift
ing" to , and without a sail appearing.
man-of-war belonging to any coun
lry , wo should have hailed as a pro
tector ; but on the wide waters of the
Southern Atlantic ships nro few and
far between.
Hyslop rallied n little and was re
moved Into one of the forecastle berths.
He could toll us only that ho had been
surprised when asleep , and had been
stabbed again and again that ho be
came Insensible and remembered noth
ing more. His distress was great when
we related tho.story of the captain's
fate , the death of Will White , and that
their destroyer was still In possession
of the ship and the arbiter of all our
HY.OS.
.He writhed on his bed of pain and
sighed bitterly orf finding how stiff and
sorej' bo\V' weak and almost blind ho
hfc'dstfeconieoby loes.oftiblo'bd ! but-a
cilHls was now nt hand with our Cu-
buno.
The evening of the foiirlh day after
we had saved Hyslop found the brig
still lying on a westerly course ; but
whether In the latitude of Capo San
Itotii | ( > or of the Rio Grande , wo knew
not ; and , I suppose , it was all the same
to Antonio.
I was nt the wheel. The sunset was
gorgeously beautiful. The Eugenie wan
i tinning with both lacks aft ; and un
der the nrcbod leech of her courses I
could see -ho blood-red disk of Iho
sun rlghl ahead settling In the waves ,
which shone In nil Ihc colors of Ihc
dying dolphin ; while ngalnst the limn
ing orb the black outline of the masts ,
the figure-head and the toper end of the
jlbboom , wllh Its cap , guys and gear ,
wore clearly and dlstlnclly defined.
The waves abend IOEO and fell bc-
Iwcon mo and lho sun , as slowly and
Imperceptibly ho sank nt the flaming
horizon , from a quarter circle to n
segment ; then lho lasl vestige of thai
also disappeared , bul Iho lingering
rays of his glory played upward on
the light clouds thai floated abovo.
Even they paled away and died out ,
and twilight stole over the sea , which
changed from gold lo a transparent
blue.
blue.With
With the Increasing Iwlllgbl came a
chnngo of wind , and before ll a grenl
bank ot cloud rolled from lho horizon
on our slarbonrd bow. Under Us shad
ow lho Boa was darkened and lla brok
en water flecked with white. The now
breeze came first upon our quarter ,
thou rapidly It was abeam and three
great albatrosses were seen to whip
the sea with their wings , while a whole
shoal of brown porpoises surged , pasl
our bows , plunging Joyously from wave
to wave.
Tucks and braces were Instanlly
manned and lho sails were trimmed
anew for our desultory course.
"Sail ho to windward ! " said ono of
the crow , In n low but oxcllcd voice ,
lesl the sound might teach the cabin ;
and as the dense bank of purple clouds
opened a largo bark cnmo out of it ,
and her form became moro and moro
defined as she left the vapor nslorn.
She was going free that is , with her
bead further off the wind than close-
hauled and had a proas of snow-white
canvas , which shone'In ' the last light
of the west
"Sho is four miles off. " said Carlton.
"Wo must signal her , " added Lam-
bournn.
"With what ? " asked Carlton , in the
name sharp but low voice ; "every col
or Is overboard. "
"Anything will do a blue shirt at
the foremast head ; quick ! the sky
will bo qulto dark In ten minutes. Run
It up in a ball with a slipping loop ,
man-o'-war fashion , " en Id Lambourno ,
In a loud whisper ; "got ready a ship's
lantern some of you , for the night
darkens so fast thai wo shall scarcely
bo visible when she is abeam of us.
Nod , gel Inlo lho fore-channel and
wave lho llgbl as a signal lhal wo
wanl a boat"
These orders were rapidly obeyed
and preparallons made lo throw the
brig In the wind. While ono man has
tily got the lantern from a lltlle round
house , in which cerlaln stores and
tools wore kept on deck ; Ned Cnrllon
pulled off his shirt , and was In the
act of binding It lo lho signal hal
yards , when Iho Spaniard , whose quick
ears detected some commotion , sprang
on deck , armed as usual.
On seeing Cnrlton busy with the hal
yards be looked round , caught sight
of the Rhlp , which was running with
the white foam boiling under her fore
foot , and thus In a moment divined
what wo were about.
Muttering a terrible Imprccallon In
Spanish he fired nl Cnrllon , but missed
him as before , and shol dead a poor
apprentice who was close by.
" 'Tarnal thunder , flesh and blood
can't bear Ibis ! " shmitod Tom Lam-
bourne , whoso fury was boundless , and
who snalched up a capslan-bar. "Bear
down on him all hands ; Ihoro is neith
er sea law no land law can help us
here ! "
Snatching whatever came nearesl lo
hand , wo all rushed upon lho Cubano ,
who slood boldly al bay , and keeping
lho binnacle belween us and him , flred
over 11 five or six shots from his re
volver with lorrlblo rapldlly ; bul so
unsteady had his hand become In con
sequence of lils free potations below ,
lhal every bullol missed" , 'though ono
cul lho knuckles of Tom Lambourno's
rlghl hand , and anolhcr tore away the
rlra of my straw hat.
Ho drew a second revolver from bis
sash , bul Lambourne , by one lucky
blow wllh the capslan-bar , knocked It
out of his hand. It went twenty feet
inlo lho air and foil overboard.
Quick as lightning Antonio placed
the other in his breast , drew his knife ,
stooped his head , and darting through
us llko an eelt gave Carlton a gash In
the thigh as ho passed.
Ho Ihen made for lho main rigging ,
and sprang on IhQ bulwark , no doubt
Wllh Ihe Intention of running up aloft
to some secure perch.'where ho'might
reload his remaining pistol , and shoot
us all down at leisure ; but ho missed
his hold of the rntlllns , and foil over
board I
There was a shout of furolus Joy.
"Tho sea will rob the gallows of Us
duo ! " said Carlton ; "bul he'll bo
shark's meal , anyway. "
Bul Antonio was uol gone yet , for
In'falllng.h,6\caught ; one'of Ihd lower
Bluddlng-sKil booms-and .clutched it
with deadly tenacity , for ho know that
If once ho was fairly launched Into
the ocean bin fate would bo scaled.
Ills face was pale with combined fear
and fury ; his black eyes blazed with
the lire of hatred ; the perspiration
oozed In drops from his temples. Tom
Lnmhourne sprang forward to beat off
bis fingers ; bul nt that moment the
boom , a slender spar , broke from Us
lashings alongside , and swung oul nl
a rlghl angle from lho brig , wllh Ihc
wrclrli al Ibo cxlrpine end of It , dang
ling over tile waves , llko a herring at
Ihc point of n ramrod.
Again and again he writhed his body
upward In wild struggles to get astride
the boom , or to reach It with his
knees , but In vnlnl
Instead of exciting pity his terrible
situation drew forth a shout of de-
rlHlon , mingled with expressions of ha
tred and satlsfarllon , from the line
of avenging faces that surveyed him
ovrr the bulwark. He bung thus for
fully flvo minutes , for ho was a power
ful man , of great slienglh , muscle and
bulk.
I liavo no doubt this man was as
bravo as It Is possible for a rufllan to
bo ; but the prospect of an Immediate
death n death , too , from which there
was no escape lorrlfled him.
Ills glance of halo toward us turned
to ono of wild and earnest cntrealy.
"Mercy ! pardon ! In lho name and
for lho love of Ihc Almighty ! " he ex-
clnlmod In Spanish , In a tone of ln-
ICIIBO carnoslncss ; bul ho was beard by
us wllh llorco derision In lhal moment
of Just triumph and too long delayed
vengeance.
Twice the Eugenic gave a leo lurch ,
and each tlmo lho feel and knees of lho
wretched Cubano were Immersed in the
waves.
Beneath him was the abyss of wa
ter that rushed past the side of Ihc
brig. Ho panled rather lhan brcalhed ,
and through the dusk wo could see how
his aching hands turned white as his
face , and thai Hie points of his fingers
wore blood-red. His eyes grew wild
and haggard ns terror chilled bis cow
ard heart and agonized bis f-oul ; and
yet through the surge the fleet craft
flow on !
Every moment Increased the weight
of his body and the weakness of his
hands and wrists.
At last It was evident that his pow
ers of endurance could bo no longer
taxed ; ho uttered a half-smothcrod
shriek , and closed his eyes as ho clung
to that slender spar , and It swayed to
and fro while the close-hauled brig
flew on !
The iron hook in Ihe bulwark on
which lho sluddlng-sall boom was
hung gave way undpr lho double
Weight of the spar and of his body.
There was a shrill cry of despair , llko
the parting shriek of an evil spirit ,
or the skirl of the gusty blast , ns tho'
boom , and the wietch who clung lo ll
in blind dcsperallon , vanished into the
black trough of the sea , and , llko a
cork or a reed , wore swept amid the
salt foam to leeward ,
The Eugenie rose llko a duck upon
lho walcr , and , ns If freed al lhal
moment from a load of crime , seemed
to fly forward with increased speed.
'Twns night now , and the ship
which wo had first seen upon our
weather bow was a mlle astern and to
leeward of us ,
( To bo continued. )
THE MANCHUS.
Peculiarities nt the IJuoo That Has Lone
Oo\ornL'd Clilnii.
The Manchus , as a body , really do
not care two straws aboul Confucius ,
Ihough It is part of their policy to
make n great fuss , Just ns Napoleon
found It paid best to humor the popes.
Of course , I am speaking of lho gen
uine typical Mnnchus , who nro fast dy
ing oul and become pettlcoalcd prigs
of Chinamen , but without a China
man's suppleness and brains. The true
Manchu 'has ' nn' honest contempt for
"writing fellows ; " ho has long slnco
forgotten his own language , and now
Bpeuka a rough , .energetic , bastard Chi
nese , called Pekingese , with a good ,
honest cpuntry burr. It bears much
the same relation to "literary Chl-
ncso" that Hindustani does to Sans-
kril ; or , bellor still , thai lho Viennese
dialed does lo German. The emper
or of China on formal occasions , do-
scanllng on funerals , Confucius , filial
ploly , and so on , Is llko E. J. Dillon's
French president , descanting on "right
civilization and justice. " The real
human Manchu emperor making broad
jokes in the coarse Poking brogue ,
cracking melon seeds and puffing at
his water pipe withal , may be com
pared with bis majesty , the Emperor
Francis Joseph with a fealher in his
billycock and a pol of Pllsoner boor
before him , smoking a long , coarse ,
Italian Avana da qulndlcl with a straw
run through It , and exchanging re-
parlooa wilh his private cronies in
piquant , Viennese , The Mnnchus like
sport , good living and fresh nlr ; they
neither care nor profess to care ono
lltllo " b } { , about the Chinese empire ,
oxcept"ln so far as It Is n big elastic
sponge- out of which can bo squeezed
nt suitable Intervals a rich nutriment
The ono exception IB , or was , the em
peror , who during the flrsl four rolgns
look a keen pleasure , ns well as a
pride , In running the vast machlnd as
economically and as uprightly as pos
sible , and even now there Is a consid
erable quantity of good manly leaven
In Manchu mankind , just as there Is
In any other mankind , and U is this
minority of good men which keeps
things going , not to speak of iho leav
en ot gdod in Ihe Chinese or Confu
cian element , which combines with the
excellence on Ihe Manchu sldo , oven
as In lho United States the under
stratum of solid worth In party llfo
keopa things sufficiently afloat In the
Sorbonlan bogs of populism and Tarn.
many hall. Gentlemen's Magazine.
Why Isn't a star a sort of sky-light ?
TABOT AND THUSTS.
LATTER NOT A NATURAL ALLY
OF THE FORMER.
homo Deduction ! Mny Ilu Drawn from
tin ) I'rcMttnt Urn of Combine * to lie-
tluco lliu Uo4t nf I'ruiluctlon Trust *
lilcrcnjo AVu cs of Their Kmplojos.
Commenting on the organization of
trusts the Zancsvillc Courier rccenlly
cold :
"Tho Courier desires lo prolesl
against the altempt , now beginning to
be ngnln apparent In some of the old
free trade organs , lo attribute the In
crease of trtisls lo Ihc foslcrlng In
fluence of protection.
"Wo do not believe lhal tariff , higher
or low , has anything to do with forma
tion of trusls. The Impulse loward lho
combination of capital , as the Courier
pointed oul some lime since , docs nol
primarily spring from lho relallons of
manufacturers to the public , but from
the Internal economy of their own bus
iness affairs. Usually the movement lo
establish a trust does not originate In
a desire to Increase prices , but In the
purpose lo reduce expenses , and lo im
prove Ihc stability and certainty of
business by enlarging the base. Gen
erally speaking , price Increases arc In
cidental and not burdensome to the
public. "
It has been the conlenllon of free
Iraders from Ihe founding of lho flrsl
trusl thai protection Is at the botlom
of Irusls. This Is as foolish as lho
equally poslllve conlenllon of Ihc free
traders thai high dulles on Imported
goods prevent the sale of American
goods lo foreign nations.
Experience has demonstrated the fal
lacy of Ihe laller conlenllon as 11
would the fallacy of the former. If
every custom house wore leveled to the
ground , and every port opened to free
Importation of foreign goods , trusls
would be formed and Ihey would be
more necessary lhan under a prolec-
live tariff , unless we arc willing to
abandon manufaclurlng and become
purely an agricultural people.
The primary object of trusls Is lo In
crease profits by reducing expenses.
Under a trust , the aggregate of wages
In a particular industry la reduced , not
by culling down Ihe wages of Ihose
conllnulng In employ , bul by reducing
Ihe number of high-priced employes ,
chiefly In the managing and selling de-
parlmenls of lhal Induslry.
If nil Ihe Republican papers of Ohio
were combined under ono management
with one chief editor , a half-dozen edi
torial writers would do the work now
done by hundreds of writers. The
same political views would bo ex
pressed In all of them , Just as the
same political views arc expressed In
all of them now , and the variety would
bo solely In the local dcparlmcnls of
the several papers , because that varie
ty would be necessary and essential to
success In each particular locality.
One man would do the buying for all
of them , and five hundred buyers
would bo llnown out of employment.
Those still employed would probably
receive higher wages than at present
allowed. The saving would bo In the
reduction of lho force. The pollllcal
arllcles would be prepared under lho
supervision of ono chief editor instead
of under hundreds , and so In every
department The saving would reach
millions of dollars and the profits to
the stockholders would bo correspond
ingly increased.
The grcatesl Irusl In Ihe United
Stales pays lho highest wages. It
saves by confining the management of
a great Industry to a few men , and not
by culling down lho wages of Ihose
who arc lho aclual producers. Spill
this trust Into several pieces , and wo
either cut down the 'ants to the own
ers of the planls or Increase Ihe prices
lo lho consumers of lho product. The
tariff has nothing to do with It.
Strike the duty off of steel rails and
the necessity for n trust In thai Indus
try would bo greater than It Is now ,
and n trust would be formed to take in
every possible foreign competitor.
Strictly speaking , under absolute free
trade human Industry would bo Irndo
without a country , would know no
country , would be cosmo-national , not
national. The Industry would Ignore
geographical lines and gather into ono
fold all Us branches and oulposls and
become an inlornallonal Irusl. There
Is nol n slcel rail maker In England
who would nol gladly combine with his
American competitor to control lho
output and absorb the market.
Then the wages of lho producing la
borer would be cul lo an Inlernallonal
scale and ho would bo helpless In Ihe
hands of lho "oclopus. " The only safe
guard Iho American employ has Is in
lho prolecllon given him by Ihe duly
on the foreign product. Deprive him
of thai , and wages in Ihe Unlled States
would drop to the European level , be
cause the laborer would bo al lho mer
cy of an Inlornallonal comblnallon of
capital and the Interesl of capital In
his particular Industry.
Protection Is far moro beneficial to
lho laborer lhan lo lho capitalist.
Given a free course , with no protection
to the employe , capital would speedily
come lo an agreement , and It would
not inatler lo lho capitalist whether
the product on which he makes a profit
Is made In Europe or America , at
homo or abroad. Capllal Is a clllzen of
lho world. Labor is lho clllzen of a lo-
callly. The men who possess Ihe cap-
llal will send Iholr money Inlo lho re-
molesl parls of the world If assured the
larger profits. They do not bolovo |
thai a dinner of herbs larded wllh con-
lenl Is belter than a fat ox without
contenlmenl.
The conclusion of Ihls philosophiz
ing Is that In the search for gain the
capitalist Is ready to combine wilh his
brolher captallsl In China or England ,
and lo him lho value of a protective
tariff thai savea Ihe American laborer
from starvation wages is not a suffl-
clenl factor worth the effort to secure
it. Wlml he wanls Is profit Whal
lho laboier wants Is n living and con-
tr-nlment. Trusts will come and trusls
will go Just as they nro factors In In
creasing gains , and lho duly we Impose
on foreign goods will neither foster nor
prevent them. Sandusky , Ohio , Regis-
tor.
WOOL AND TARIFFS.
Wilson Liuv Held Iio ponMIIo for ixst- !
IIIR OGinorallrnil Conditions.
From the address of Dr. James
Wllhycombc , presldenl of the Pacific
Norlhwcsl Wool Glowers' association ,
at Ihe annual convention at Pcndle-
ton , Ore. , March 7 :
"Tho wool market has not blossomed
forlh to a degree thai Inspires hope lo
many growers , and In some dlrecllons
loud mullcrlngs are heard and many
arllcles arc wrlllen llncluied with
sharp criticisms of Ihe presenl wool
larlff. A careful and dlspasslonale
examlnallon of Ihe present tariff on
wool should convince any grower lhat
the late Congressman Dlngley fully
considered the mailer. True , Ihc prcs-
eul law in some respects could be Im
proved ; but , as a whole , the law Is
good , the wool groweiB1 interest being
fully protected.
"Tho dull and featureless wool mar
ket Is not duo to domestic over pro
duction , nor lo excessive recent Impor-
lallons , bul lo lho Immense quantities
of wool and woolens accumulated un
der the Wilson bill , and to Ihe con-
liiuicd demand for the cheaper grades
of domestic woolens.
"Tho custom house figures will fully
substantiate the stalcmonl so oflen
made lhal Ihc Wilson bill should be
held largely responsible for the present
demoralized condition of the wool
market
"There were 923,000,000 pounds of
wool imported during the life of this
bill , 100,000,000 pounds of which were
Imported In the condition of scoured
wool , which would last as long as
300,000,000 pounds of American un
washed. Therefore , while the govern
ment figures show the free wool Im
ports to have been 923,000,000 pounds ,
if measured by American wool , they
would equal nl loasl 1,100,000,000
pounds , which was equal to the en
tire consumption by American machin
ery during the same period.
"The production of home-grown wool
during Ibis period was about S2G.OOO-
000 pounds , which constitutes the ac
cumulated surplus on hand at the time
of the passage of the Dingley tariff
act. The clip of 1898 has since been
added to this supply , and Ibe clip of
1899 is in sight. Thus It will bo seen
thai a Iwo years' supply was Imported
In anticipation of the passage of the
Dlngley tariff act
"Under the exlsllng conditions it
does not seem wise for wool growers
persistenlly lo agitate this matter ; for ,
by so doing , congress may be Induced
again to open the question of tariff ,
and , In the flnal shuffle , Ihe wool grow
er Is In danger of coming oul second
host At the present time , items of
legislation affecting the Industry are
not of vital concern to the wool grow
er , but ho should rather devote bis
energies and talents to an analytical
study of flock characteristics , local Im
provements and markets. "
Maximas. . markets.
It has been said that the Democrats
are studenls of maxims , while Ihe
Republicans are students of markets.
Experience counts for nothing with
the man who has a theory. The Wil
son bill , adopted during Cleveland's
admlnistrallon , was a theoretic low-
tariff Democratic bill , but it brought
ruin to American Industries and hard
times , and so bankrupted the United
Stales treasury that bonds had to be
sold to pay the dally expenses of the
government The
Democrats can
never be made to sec that a tariff tax
is not always added to the price and
paid by the consumers , but the truth
Is that a tariff on Imported goods so
stimulates American productions thai
11 resulls in cheapening lho price lo
consumers. It worked that way with
steel railway rails ; it worked thai way
with plate glass ; it worked that way
with wire nails ; and It Is working that
way with lln plate. The induslry is
built up in this country by the tariff
tax on imports , and the price to con
sumers Is reduced. But no Democrat
will admil lhal pulling a tax on an
Imported article results in reducing the
price. The protecUvo lariff works
well ; 11 furnishes work lo Americans
nl American wages , and reduces lho
price lo consumers , and makes good
limes , and wo agree wilh Mr. Dlngley
that "what practically works well In
any country is more likely to bo safe
and wise than any Iheorles , however
fine spun , lhal have nol succeeded In
llko condlllons. " Frceporl (111. ( ) Jour
nal.
No Practicable Anywhere.
It would seem that England must
leach us our lesson of slable and con-
slslcnl protection , and by exemplify
ing the utility of thai policy wisely
regulated , Induce our madcap free-
trade countrymen to have done with a
system thai is nol pracllcablo even fern
n nallon so sllualed as England. To
cope wilh Brilain In Ihe regime of
her now policy we must the soonest
possible slrlko lho golden mean of
protective tariffs and secure Its main
tenance. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Vindication.
The once-scoffed-at Dlngley larlff js
more than vindicating , nowadays , lho
assurances of Us frarnors. Boslon
Journal.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Itenl Ituiisim for tlio Marked Incmio
of Tariff ItrcolpU.
The Now York Staata Zcllung , In re
buking Ihe Republicans for claiming
any credll for Ihe Increased revenue
from tariff receipts , says the "reason
why tariff receipts under the Wilson
tariff were not so high as now was because -
cause of the general business depres
sion and the low consuming capacity
of Ihc counlry , and lhal Ihe depression
has disappeared Is certainly no merit
of the Republicans. " No protecllonlst
will deny lhal lho low lariff recelpls
under the Wilson law were due to
"tho general business depression and
the low consuming capacity of the
country. " There Is no doubt thai If
Ihe people of Ihe counlry had bad
more money Ihcy would have boughl
more foreign goods as well as moro
domcsllc goods.
Bul because of lho closing of Amer
ican factories through the opcrallons
of Ihe Wilson-Gorman law lho wage-
earners of Ihe counlry were deprived
of work and wages , and Ihe employers
of labor were without business and
wlthoul proflls. Nairn-ally lho con
suming capaclly of Ihe counlry was
low. The consuming capacity always
Is low under free trade , because free
trade means Ihe deslruclion of Amer
ican induslries. The slrange thing Is
thai Ihc Staats Zcllung cannot see the
Inevitable connection between free
trade and a low consuming capacity.
That connection has boon lllustraled
more lhan once In Ihe history of the
counlry.
The Staats Zeltung apparently
thinks Ibal business depression just
comes and goes and lhat no man
knows the why or the wherefore. But
all effects have a cause , and the Staals
Zcllung would do well If 11 would ponder
der wllh unprejudiced mind upon lho
cause of Ihe Industrial depression
which prevailed throughout the coun
try during the existence of the Wil
son-Gorman law and the free-trade ad
mlnistrallon of Grovcr Cleveland , and
which disappeared at the resloralion
of protection. There is no doubt in
lho minds of Ihe vasl majority of the
people as to the cause of Ihe Industrial
depression of 1S93-189C. The result of
lho presldenUal campaign of 1896
showed how Ihey Inlcrprcted the mat
ter.
Only a , Partial Kemccly nt Best.
We do not believe thai Ihe total
abolition of the tariff would cripple
the trusls , for such combinalions are
nol confined lo this country. Take off
the protecllon from American man
ufacture and the trusls would com
bine wilh foreign combinalions and
capital to control the foreign oulput
of an article , as well as the domestic
output , and they would have consum
ers just as much at their mercy as they
have noWi
In order to properly regulate the V
trusls and curb Ihe awful power which
Ihey are developing , Ihey must be
brought under federal control. The
atlornoy general of Ihe United Stales
claims lhat the Sherman antl-lrusl law
Is Ineffective. Other lawyers , as good
as he , claim thai Ihe Sherman law
could be made effective , if properly en
forced ; but whether it could be or
not , Ihere is Ihe power of amending
lho federal conslilullon , which re
sides in lho people and Ihe slalcs.
There is also anolher and a quicker
melhod of securing federal conlrol ,
which has already been polnled out
by the Tribune , and thai Is lo employ
Ihe laxlng power of lho federal gov-
ernmenl lo lax Ihe stock and bond Is
sues of Ihe Irusls oul of exlslence and
Ihus compel them to organize under
federal charters , just as banks of issue - *
sue are now compelled to do.
The Tribune does not believe thai
11 would be good policy for Ihe Re
publican parly lo reverse Itself on the
tariff In the hope of thereby throllllng
a few Irusls. If 11 is lo tackle the
trust problem , let it adopt a thor
ough and not a partial remedy. Min
neapolis ( Minn. ) Tribune.
Trusts Arc i\cryu-horo.
There are trusls In Germany , Aus-
Irla , Ilaly and Russia , as well as every
other country which has great Inctus-
trlps or natural resources valuable
enough to atlracl largo sums of cap-
Ual In Ihelr development. The trusts
are doing more damage in some of
those countries than they are doing
here. Neverlheless Ihe republican
parly will keep up Us warfare on Ihe
Irusls. II has been fighllng Iheni from
Ihe day Ihey flrsl made Ihelr appear
ance. II IB Ihe only parly which has
had ollher Ihe courage or lho Intelli-
gcnco lo slrlko a blow al Ihe llleglll-
male pracllces of lho combines and to
restrlcl Ihcm In liielr operallons. it Is
a sallsfacllon , Ihorefore , for Ihe coun
lry lo know lhat as the republican
party Is going to remain in control of
the nation for years to come its vigor
ous and practical work In maintaining
Ihe people's Inlerests in this as in all
other fields will be kept up. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
now to Hreod DcflcltR.
A deflcll Ihrcalens
lho Brlllsh gov-
ornmenl , and it Is proposed to impose
an Import duty on sugar , grain , flour
and meal. This illustrales Ihe differ
ence belween free-lrado Iheory and
pracllce , and also Ihe difference bo-
Iween Ihe protecllon principle and lho
larlff-for-revenue-only Idea. Under Ihe
Dlngloy law duties are Imposed mainly -
ly on articles of foreign manufacture
that como Into compotillon wllh lho
producls of our own labor. Under tha
English syslera dulles are Imposed
mainly on arllcles nol produced in
England , bul which every Englishman
rnusl have. In England everybody
knows "who pays lho lax. " Chicago
Inler Ocean.
