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One mOrMag wh n spring was In her '
teeno ,
A morn toI. . \oct's wishIng.
All tlntt'd In de \ Icate JmW8 : and grcens ,
: \lIs9 Dessle and 1 went fishing.
j I In my rough-nnt\-tumbln . ; totho\ ,
\ 'Vlth my fnco I1t tht' sunshlne's Irnrcy ;
She with her hnt tipped dow. to her I
nose ,
her , 'Ice , ' .
D \ And nose tipped 'ersa.
I I with my ro.I , m- rest and my books ,
And n. hamper of luncht'on recc l'Ies ' :
Slle with th'.t bait of her comely looks ,
And the solne at her colden lresles.
So wo sa't down In the shnde at Id'ke ,
Where the white pond II1I s teetfOr.
And 1 went to IIshlng like qUlllnt old Iko.
And she IIko Simon I'eter ,
All ( ] ay I la ) ' In the light ot her C'CS ,
And dreamily watched Ilnd watted : I
Dut the Ush were cunning and wouldn't
rise ,
And the baiter nlono WBS baited. I
So when the time tor deputure : cnme ,
: 'Iy bas was as flat as 11 flounder :
Dut Dessle had nenrly hooked her
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"I can never thank you , Miss Ca- !
rew , " began Tom Stanton for the ;
sixth time within haIr an hour. !
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He stood in front of the big , open ,
fireplace in the Carew sitting room ,
very wet and disheveled. His overcoat -
coat and hat , soalted likewise , hung
on the baclt of a chair before the fire.
A pair of slmtes lay on the floor.
"In only ono way , you may , " answered -
swered Diana , at last.
She spoke as if she bad suddenly e-
termlned to say something upon which
she had been pondering. Each time
Stanton had tried to tllank her she
bad artfully turned the conversation
into foreign channels and Iglored his
expressions of gratitude.
"Give me your solemn oath , " she
continued , "that you will never aslt mete
to marry you , and I am fully thanked :
for what I have done , Yc.s , I know
that sounds presumptuous , Mr. Stanton -
ton , but nowadays persons labor under -
dor the delusion that if a girl does
some-O some little thing like I dld-
for a man , that he is in honor bound
to aslt her to marry him. I won't
have it , so promise. "
She loolccd as well us ho did in
11eavy wet clothing and with his hair
curling recldc.ssly about his broad ,
white forehead ,
"But you savehe began , but was
interrupted.
"Don't-don't dare to say it ! I did
not ! " And Miss Carew stamped her
foot emphatically.
"But you did : you saw me floundering -
ing about among the chunks of ice and
: you ran a11 the way , Ilt a great risk
; t' to yourself , and pulled me out. 1 was
foolish to skate on such dangerous
ice. I could .never have crawled out
before I was frozen-so there ! I
must refute your denial. What do you
ca11 it , Miss Cnrew ? "
"Never mind , only ! ; ive mo your
promise. It was mere luck that I hap-
IJCned to be i:1 : the window of my room
and saw you go In. I know the air
holes In UIO slough , living so near.
Your IJromlse ? " she said interroga-
tively.
"Is that quito fair . ? " ho aslwd. "Sup-
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. "No , I won't ! I would never , never
marry II. man who thought I had saved
his life e\'en i ! it were years and years
nfterwards. I should alwa ' .s feel that
he aslted mo out of gratitude. "
"But I won't feel that way , " said
Stanton , honestly feeling it might be
true , but smiling down at the loolt of
despair she gave him.
, "Thero 'ou are , this very minute , "
she argued , "before 'ou have Imown
me an hour , already contemplating It.
0 plea so promise ! "
I Diana was so earnest that Stanton
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stopped smiling and turned his otheJ
side to the fire before anowerin ; .
J "I'll premise on the condition thai
\ 'ou will permit me to continue our ac :
quaintance-If I may come to see YOl :
and learn to be friends. I could no' '
thank you in II. Hrethne for what 'Ol
, ; ; me done , so we will let that llass
It was brave and- "
He was going to say sweet , but ro
fralned wisely. Neither dla ho tell he
ho had the wet \jelt and tie which shl
had ImottCl1 'ogoth" . He would liec ]
that nlwa ) '
"Very well , now promise , " she said ,
extondlng her hand.
He toolt It In nls , "I promise , Miss
Carew , never to ask ) ' 011 to marry me
out or graUtude , " ho said.
"No , no , nol" she cried , hopelessly ,
and taltlng her hand abruptly from
him. "Promise never , under any circumstances -
cumstances , to ask me to marry you. "
He hesitated while he loolted earnestly -
estly Into her e 'es. And because he
saw a. troubled , eager expectancy in
her expression he tool. her hand again
and said , "I promise. " . But he was
sorry the moment the words had left
his lips.
Now that she had extracted her
promise Diana chatted on merrily with
Uis It all figured out'l"
Stanton , and long before he was dry
enough to go out of doors she had
learned why she had never seen him
before.
He had onb' the nhht : before come
to Cedar Rapids and , In wandering
about to get his bearings in the town
before talt1ng up his duties with his
firm , had come upon the Little Slough.
He had secured some slmtes at a near.
by shop and-Dialm Imew the rest. .
In duo tlmo he came to call. Only
one subject 't''as tabooed when they
were together , and that was the slmt.
ing accident and the promise.
"Diana , " said Tom one night-h (
bad caHed hel' Dillna for some time
"I did not promise to refrain frore
telling you 1 love' you , and I do ! ]
love 'ou better than anything in life
antI if you can't figure out some wa
out of my difficulty , 1 shall be sorn
your were In 'our window that morn
ing. 1 shall , Diana ! " He tried t (
talte her hands and to force her t (
look at him ,
"Tom Stanton , don't you dare ! " shl
snlel , laughing at his serlollsness. "YQ\
are dangerously near brcaldng 'OUI
promise , and 1 won't pull YOIl out I
you go ever the brink as I did on thl
ice. "
Almost a 'car after Diana had ex
tracted11er promise from Stanton shl
came into the room where 110 wa :
waiting for her and sat down besldl
him on the couch.
"Ha\'o you a pencil and IUpor
Tom ? " she aakell. "I want you tl
figure something for me. " She movol
close to him.
"But first , Tom , are 'ou quite , quit ,
sure that 'ou love me-that 'ou woull
have loved me an 'way ? Nosh ,
said , rellelllng his attempt to talce he
hands. "Tell me. "
"Yes , positively sure , Diana , " h
said , earnestl ' . "Are 'ou going t
reI en so me ? "
"Nonsense ! " she cried. "I jUE
wanted to bo sure : I will neyer rJ
lease 'ou from that promise. "
Silence fell between them for a ml
r ment. lIe wa.'i thlnldllg of how man
timeD within the year she had raise
t his hopes , enl ' to dash them to th
- ground aaln. ! And 'et he loved he
:1 "Now put down the fiures ! 1 to
t 'ou , " she said , alter II. minute , "an
11 don't ask questions. One. "
I. He IlIlt II. figure one on the paper.
Beside It R nine , " said Diana. H
to did it ,
r "Naught ! Fourt" said Diana , excl
e ell1y.
p "Very WAtt , " Eald Tom.
"Now divIde It by flur , " she tald.
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read , when he finished. "Well , what
of it. ? " Ho was mystified bayond ex'
pression.
"Is It. nil figured out ? " she nskoc1.
"Yes. "
"And c\n't : ) 'OU BOO that 19/)4 / II do.
\'liJlblo by four and that il's lenp year ,
and-O , Tom , 1 love ) 'OU so. Won't
you marry mot Please do , " aho cried.
And it taking her in bls armS amI
hold\n ! ; her 11. & tr ho would never let
her go again wns giving II. . positlvo an.
swer , Diana's leap year proposal was
acccpted.-Huby DouGlas , in Doston
Globe.
GARDEN OUT OF PLACE.
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ball Dlilmond ,
Henry Turner Dalley , until recently
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Stnto Supervisor oC Art or Massachusetts -
setts , 6a'S there Is a wrong and n
right way to induce the children to
love the beautiful , and he tells the fol'
lowing story as an illustration. A
superintendent of schools , during the
vacation pcrlod , made a beautiful gar.
den In n. school yard , thinking that it
he made It beautiful enough the boys
would 110t destroy it. WiUl Sortember
a lot of energetic boys came hM lt to
Gchool , and In II. few weelts the glrden ;
was trampled down and ruined. Tho' '
townspeople were Indlgnn.nt at the ruf.
fianly behavior of the schoolboys , and
spolte of them In rather harsh terms.
Early In the spring there was n.
change of superIntendents , and the
now man heard almost Immedll'.lely or
the spoiled garden. .Ho went up to
the school and made friends with the
b ys , and then he said , "You boys
don't like fiowers , do 'ou ? "
They declared emphatically that
they did.
"Then why did you ruin that flower
garden ? " he asked.
"Well , " said the spokesman of the
crowd , "they ought to have Imown bet.
ter than to make it on our bnseball
diamond. "
COULD NOT FOOL DARWIN.
Greilt Scientist at Once Settled Status
of the Bug ,
1\IIss Daisy Leiter has brought bac1t
from London a story about Charles
Darwin.
"Two English boys , " said Miss Lei.
ter , "being friends of Darwin , thought
one day that they would play ajoko on
him. They ca.ught a butterfiy , n. grass'
hopper , a beetle aDd II. centIpede , and
out or these creatures they IJ1t1de a
strange , composite insect. They took
the centipede's bodY , the buttlrfly's
wings , the grasshopper's legs.and the
beQtle's head and they glued them together -
gether cnrefully. Then , with their new
bug In a box , tiley knocked at Dar-
win's door.
" 'Wo caught this bug In a field ,
they said. 'Can you tell us what kind
of a bug it is , sir ? '
"Darwin looked at the bug and then
he loolted at the bo's. Ho smiled
slightly.
" 'Did it hum when 'ou caught iU'
he aslwd.
" 'Yes , ' they answered , nUdging ono
another.
" "rhen , ' said Darwin , 'it Is n. . bum.
bug. ' "
The World Beautiful.
Oh , dwellers on the lo\'ely earth ,
Why will ye break your rest nnd mirth
To weary us with fruitless prnyer ?
Why will ye toll nnd take such care
For children' : , ! children yet unborn.
And Jurner store at strife nnd corn ,
'fa gain a scarce remembered Rl1me ,
Cumbered with lies nnd sollel1 with
shnme ?
And If the gods cnre not tor you ,
What Is this roll ) ' ye must do
'fa win some mortnl's feeble henrt ?
Oh , fonlsl when ench mnn plllYs , his part ,
And hee s his fellow IIlllo more
Thun these blue wl\\'es that kiss the
shore.
I 'l'ae ! heed of how the dalses ! grow.
Oh. fools ! and If ) 'e could but know
How fllir II. world to you Is I'I\'on ' ,
o broo er on the hills of hea\'en.
' \'hen for my sins thou drawst mt ) forth.
Hadsl thou forl'Ol what this wns worth
Thine own hand mude ? The tenrs of men ,
. 'rne death ot lhree score yellrs and ten ,
'fhl ! trembling of the timorous race-
Hnd thcSQ thin ! ; : ' ! so bedimmed lhoJJlaCe
! 'rhino own hand mnde , thou conI st not
know
To what II. henven the enl'th mll'ht ' gro\v ,
If fenr , benllnth the enrtn were 1111(1 ,
If hope fulled not , nor lo\'e decayed.
-'Vlllium Morris.
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Wooing Done by Music.
Among the Yao 1\IIdos , one of the
many Burmese-Tartar IJeople , the
'oung men woo their wives absolutely
without words , but to the sound of
music , On the first day of winter they
have a great feast , at which all the
marriageable girls gather-and listen
to the music made by the bachelors ,
\ho sit under the "deslro tree , " each
playing his favorite instrument. As
t111. maiden he loves passes him the
'outh plays louder and more feollngly ,
If the girl ignores him and passes 011
he Imows that she will have none 01
him ; It she steps up to him and laY9 ( )
flower upon the instrument ho jumpE
up , grallps her by the hand , takln
care not to drop the flower , and the )
go away together.
How Did He Do It ?
Charles 1\1. Schwab Is stilt tellln {
his friends his amusing experience !
while abroad. One of these relarCl
e to an InscrllJtlon ho saw on the IlIa
o card fastened to the breast of II. beg
gar In ParIs. Here Is the literal trans
laUon :
"Gentlomen and Ladles-Klndl ) ' as
slst a poor fnan who has lost both leil
arms and is compelled to hold out hil
hanls ! for alms.-New York 'rimes.
Stoddard's Modesty.
As Is not the case with many pres
ent.day celehrltles , no ono could just1 :
accuse nlchard H , Stoddard with be
in ( ; lJUfied up with an exaggerattl
Idea of is ! own greatness.
"WeH , " said a friend to him Devera
'ears before his death , "tho paper :
wlil s\y II. lot about you when yo' '
die. "
" I ' trlen ! ! , " was the poet's qUle
reIJ ! ) ' , lit will scarcely be UlnntlonCIl. ,
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Genius In That Linn Seems to Awaken
Eary.
The acoounts ot Master Danowsltt ,
\vho at the mature ago or S has been
conducting II. full orchestrn at Bourne-
mouth , England , In n ml1ltar ) ' march
of his own composition , casuall ) ' re-
marlted afterward that he had wrltton
It several ) 'ears ago "when ho was
qulto ) 'OUnl ; " suggests n. question
which Is worthy of llloro attention
than It has received. Wh ) ' are genuine -
ine musical IJrodlgles comparntl\'elY
common , whercas in ether branches
or art they are practall ! ' noneL < lst-
entVe sa ' "genuine" because It Is
undoubtedly the case that while ot
course not every I1reCOCIOlIS musician
Is heard of in maturer liCe , nearly
e\'ery great musician hl\8 In his time
been II. prodigy. One need onb' instance -
stance Mozart , Schubert , lIa'dn ,
Chopin , and among expectants of to-
da ) ' , Joachim and NormanNerlula , to
realize that this Is so. 1Iavo psycholo.
gists explained wh ' the genius of
Pmuslc should and does awal\O in the
soul 'ears bcforo that of IJllintlug aUlI
the nllled arts ?
Round the Globe.
A great globe ornamented with the
map or the earth bas been carved In
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centric Englishman at SWanl'.ge. It
stands overlooldng the sen , and Is visible -
ble for quite II. distance. Ono may
walk about it and study it In dotall.
The plain surfaces , such as the oceans ,
lakes and deserts , arc decorated with
scriptural texts , which are supposed
to apply especially to the locatlty they
occupy.
Ring Strangely Returned.
A young marriel ! lady lost her woo.
ding ring dl1ring the GlQsgow oxhlbl-
tlon of 1901 , and was consequently
much annoyed. A few months arter-
wards ber hushand died , and early In
the present ) 'ear she became engaged
to II. former sweetheart , and friend of
her late husband. He , being some.
thing of a. sportsman , was one day
lately in a second.hand shop buyln ! !
a gun , when hlR attention was attracted -
ed hy a tray' of rings , and on examln ,
Ing them closel ) ' he came across a
wedding rIng , with initials engraved
Inside , which corresponded with his
flance's nnme : so in view of his
approaching wedding he purchased It ,
I.ater on. when showing It to his fu ,
ture brl e she , greatly to his aston'
ishment , at once recognized it as the
one she had lost at the exlubltlon-a
certaIn mark proving its hlentlty b ( >
yond II. doubt.
Wild Excitement In a Mountilln City ,
Last Monday at a very early hour
our attention was called by hearing
the cry or monltOY ! monltey ! Loolt ,
Ing out o'n the streets wo saw II.
strange looking object grinding out
music , we all rushed to the spot men.
women antJ chlldron and its reported
that the editor and typesetter were
among the crowd that saw the monltoy
Rtreet performenco. Two monl.eys
nnd three Italians composed the bole
out fit , but we laughed to our satis.
factlon.-Hyden Thousandsticlts.
Toklo Chlldr n Pla ln [ ] Soldiers.
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Chronicle's Japanese artist at Toltlo.
About 40,000,000 Melons.
Some ono who l.'i fond of statistic !
I has talwn some trouble to tell us t
I few facts about the watermelon crol
in Texas. Last 'oar the melons worl
I II. great success us to numbers , aUl
on thlfl outllut the statistician ha !
based his calculations. If II. monument
ment were built of the .10,000,000 melons
ons raised there last 'ear they woull
. malte n. column 1,223 feet high , 141
feet at the bas" , In the bottom la'CI
there would be 2428 melons , or.cupy
ing 21,4G2 square feet. This Is averag
Ing the size of the mC'lon as 1-1 Inchc !
lung and 9 Inches in diameter.
'I'hese 40,000,000 melon.'i would weigl
In the agregato ! : the enormous tota
_ of 800,000,000 pound , It would re
quire 30,000 cars nnd 1.200 full tralnl
to transport them. 'fho trains , wlU
not n foot of space between them
would cover 11 llstanco ! of 170 miles ,
Big Pelican Caught In Kentucky.
A magnlllcent specimen of thl
American IJelican was captured b :
Virgil Robh on the farm of gugenl
Davis , near lIelena Station. The blre
waS scen t1 'lng In the neighborhood
and on account of its great slzo , nt
tracted Immediate attention. The pell
can rneasured 7 feet 10 Inches fron
tip to tll ) of the wings , was ,1 feet :
Inches , h1gh. and from the e'e tj
the end of Its hili measured 13 IlIche
It was white , with the wings tlpr.C4
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JUDGE PARKER'S VIEWS. AS EX.
PRESSED BY PROXY.
He I. In Complete Harmony With
HI : ; P.arty as Regards Htred : of
Protection nnd the Intention to
Smash the Tariff nt the First Op-
portunity. . ' 1 . . ' _ ,
Through his friend , E\lot \ ! Danforth ,
formerly Stnte 'I'reasuror of New Yorlt ,
JUdge Parker has authorized a stnto.
ment of his , 'Iows concerning ques'
tlons that are to enter Into the nn.
tlonal Cn1l11laln ! of 1904. Restralnod
b ' his judicial dignity from the ex.
preRston of his political sentlmonts In
Il\Ihlle peeches or In O\1en \ letters ,
.ludgo Parltel' has maintained n reserve
thal by some people-notably his op.
ponents In the race for the Domocrnt-
ic nomination-has been construed to
Jndlcato II. neutral state of mlllIl nnd n
lack of the IJosltIvo assertion which
Is l'csarded a3 essential In an aspirant
for the Presidency. Grounds for this
criticism disalliloar in the light of the
DnnfOl.th declaration. Certainly no
fault can he found , on the score of
vagueness , with the cl\lHthlato's IJosi-
tlon regarding the tariff. Ho is a
Democrat alllt ho would therefore lend
his aid in the rlpplns UII of the Ding.
ley tariff. 'l'hat ' much Is clear from
1\Ir. Danforth's Iluthorlzed exposition :
"In a conversation recently hall with
him at lsolllls. ! : Judge Parltcr made it
clear to mo that the quesUon of taxation -
tion , now , us alwa's , Is of vital importance -
portanco to the peoille , and that the
great mass of Amorlcan producers aUll
consumers demand a revision or the
tarltr that will equallzo the burden of
taxation anll dlstrlbuto equitably its
benefitl.
"Ho assured mo that he Is In fa\'nr
of reduolng customs duties wherever
they shelter the trusts and wherever
the. enable lawless capital to wrlnlt
extortlonato prices from the consumer.
J\HIge Parltcr told me that he regard-
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as little less than criminal.
"Nor would he stop there. Ho In.
sists that wher ver American manu.
facturers arc , by menns of II. monopo.
IIstic tariff , onablell to sell their artl.
les abroad more cheaplY than at
Home , or , rather , are pormltted to
charge at homo Ilrlees higher than
&hoso accepted ahroad , then the duties -
ties on 11.11 such articles should be reduced -
duced BO as to correct that injustice
to the American consumer. "
Being II. Democrat , Jl1IlIto ParltC'
looltt ! UJlon the tariff as II. tax. AU
I Dp..lnocrats so consirIer it. Nearly all
Dd llocrats ; while recognizing in the
tarlrr a necessary moaml of IJroviding
re\'cnue , contend thut It should have
no other function. Most ot them would
prefer an income tax. Practically the
entire borly of the Democratic party
is antagonistic to the protectlvo func.
tlon of II. tariff. A conslderablo ma.
jorll.y of Democrats are avowed free
- traders , whllo II. minority seem to fa ,
- vor some ROI'l ot protoctlon , provided
It Is not the sort that protects.
To the latter class .lude ( Parltcr
r apparently helongs. He would revlso
- the tarlrr anll "distribute oqultubly its
henofits. " How ? We presume ho does
J not Imow. The Democratic record of
lstrllHltion of tariff heneflts has In'
varlahly been anything hut an equal
dlstrihutlon. In the Democratic Bcheme
- of tariff malting ( ot'elgn Iroducers )
have ne\'or falierI to reap the lion's
share of the hen ems , whlln domestic
producers and domestic lahor have
Slever fallerI to get the worst end C'
the als\1'lbution. \
Judge Parlter feels himself on safe
groun when committing himself to .
the reduction of tariff duties on com.
mo:1lt1cs competing with trnst pro -
ucts. To smash t 1O trusts he woufil
, smash the tariff. EvlrIently he 110es
not consider It worth while to calcu ,
late the trcct of that sovereign spe ,
clnc upon GO Iler cent or more of pro.
dUCP.fS that arc wholly outside of
tlU tQ. While loworlng the tarlrr bars
for the smashing of the few trusts
. that are SlIIlU' nt 'Q , ' . -tortlon.
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MpTIceI Ifom the consumer , what.
wouIe ! happen to the non.tru t producers -
ors ? How woulll they escape the con.
sequences of competition In the inllow
of lower'l1rlced commodltlos ( rom Cor.
elgn mills ami factories ? They would
lIot , of course , eBcape it : any s"ool. _
boy can see that , providoll he wlsheg
to see It. JUdge I'arlwr , being Ii Dem.
ocrat , doDo not want to see It. 110
wants to bmash the tarlj thllt IS all
ho sees , . , 1
Exactly tlro sarno blind adherence
to partisan Iden Is shoWII In the
propoBltion to withhold all tariff bene-
l1ts from mnnufacturers who sell to
foreign consumers at lower prices than
thoBo mnilltnined In the domestic mar.
Itet. It is a characteristic Domecratlc
IJrOIJOsltion to smash the tnrlft and
nbollah llrotectlon becnuse an amounl
not excecdlu [ : ; ono per cent of the to.
tal at manufactured products , not four
ller cent of tllo manufactured exports
or the Unltell States , Is disposed of In
foreign marltots at reducClI prices. In
oJ4'or ; to deprlvo II. few manufacturer ! !
oMtho privIlege , or dls\loslng \ of their
surlJlus production abroa(1 ( at the hest
prices obtainable-a bnrgnln counter
privllego which is oxerclsml more or
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lesD In every Imown branch oC trade
-It Is seriously prollosed to tnku
away all tarIff protection from the
thousands or industrial producers
whose 'carl ) ' outlJllt reaches the enor.
mous total of UGOOOOOOOOO. That 111
the Democratlo Idea of a'alhl excuse
for attacltln [ { the tarllY. That is
Judge l'arltcr's idea. We thlnl. him
suntclontly explicit allko to sntlsfy
Democrats nnd to wnrn Repub11cnns.
Concrete Filcto.
Ono or the most fiagrnnt mlsrepre.
sontntlons or the free traders in their
nttaclts UIJOn the protective system Is
their persistent assumlltlon that pro
tectlonlsts underestlmato the value or
iguore the importance of foreign trade.
One of the favorite Illustrations use
by the oPIJonents of protection Is that
the advocates of the protective sYRtom
propose to build a Chinese wall about
the country to shut out forolgn tralln
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Of course , the protectionists have den -
n J this from the outset , and they
have shown that this assumption Is
contrary to reason. Every nddltlonal
year under protection , however , has
glvon IIddlt\onal \ concrete facts to shoW
that there II : ! absolutely nothing 111
this theory of the free tralers. ! The
eXJlortl : ! ha vo increased at un Incred'
Ible rate , notwithstmHllng the protests -
tests of the theorlsts-l\Iarion ( Ind. )
Chronicle. .
Simple Platform for Democr ts.
Some Democrats , reca1llng what
hallpenell to their party with the
long-drawnout declarations of Chlca-
ing aud Kamms Cltr , arc call1r.g for a
shot't platform this yeal' . It should
be easy to comply with such n. de.
maud. The Democratic party would
correctly define its position with re.
gard to every Importunt Imbllc pollcy
hy slmph' adopting this plan It :
"Whatover 1t is we're agin it.Troy
Times.
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Suits Entire Country.
"Wo are In fl1vor or the retontlon of
the Phlllppino Islo.nds , " says the 1111-
nols Republlcnn platform , "aUll of
maintaining the open'door policy ot :
t1'ndo In eastern Asia. " 'fhat planl
suits 1lI1 Immense majority ot the
American Ill'ople. Even the southern
! ltntes he110ve In it , thouh , most of
them will vote against their com'ie : .
tlons. .
The Old Story.
The 11Issatlsfactlon of Democratic
orgalls with the attltudo of the Republicans -
licans on the tarler , however , is not II.
new development , It has been on ex-
hlhltlon during all the years In which
the country has been lJUIIellng up nnd
growin ! ; under beneficent Hepubllcan
rule-Kansas Cit ' Journal ,
Dound to De Against It.
The surest way to lIlalto the Democratic -
cratic part ) ' insist on a protectlvo tar.
itr would be to put 1\ free trade plank
! II the Chicago lliatform.-Phliadel-
phta InQlllrer.
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