TT L PUT OUT.
HE DENOUNCES HARRINGTON
AS A LIAR.
Suspension for One wool : for Losing IIIa
Tamper-Tho Irelligerent Irish Nationalist -
alist Insiilta Timothy Barrington
Tluring Debate on the Queen's Speech -
Pot Out of the Ilouso After Refusing
to Go on Ills Own Accord ,
TIM , tic In PLrIlnnent.
LONtON , Aug. 17.-When the house
of commons began its regular work Sir
i Riehard Webster , Conservative member
tor the Isle of'lS9ghtdivision of Ifamp-
shire and formerly attorney general ,
moved that a certified copy of the trial
and conviction of Michael Daly , the
dynamiter , who was recently elected
to parliament , representing Limerick ,
although convicted in 1884 of having
been engaged in dynamite conspiracies ,
be furnished to the house and that the
governor of Portland prison present a
certificate that Daly was still a prisoner -
oner in that prison.
John Redmond , member for Waterford -
ford City , Parnellite , said that he
recognized in that motion the first step
iu proceedings aiming at overriding
the unanimous action of the electors
of Limerick and he protested against
it and insisted upon a divi ioll.
The motion was carried-314 to 77-
and the Daly matter was made the
order of the day for Monday.
Mr. Redmond moved an amendment
to the address inviting the government
to declare that there would be no delay
in the Irish policy. Five-sixths of the
electors of Ireland had declared in
favor oL home rule , and he protested
that the verdict of the electionwas not
against home rule. He warned the government -
ernment that Ireland could not be satisfactorily -
isfactorily governed from Westminster
and that the only remedy for her ills
was the national self government. Retarding -
tarding land legislation , he admitted
that the only remedy was compulsory
purchase by the tenants.
G rald Balfour , chief secretary for
Ireland. declared that Ireland was
prosperous and crops good , and there
was no need for hasty action on the
land question.
Timothy Iarrington declared that
the L.beral party had fled from ho ne
rule , whereupon Dr. Cuarles K. D.
Tanner shouted out "A lie " Loud and
indignant cries of "Order" were heard
from both sides of the llou.c.
Dr. Tanner declining to withdraw
the eepression the speaker named him
and the Itightlion. Joseph Chamberlain -
lain , secretary of state for the colonies -
ies , moved that Dr. Taunar be sue-
pended. A division was called for ,
but Dr. Tanner failed to find a teller
ind the speaker declared the motion
carried.
Dr. Tanner shouted that he wouli
withdraw n he were directed to do so
from the chair. Upon retiring he
made a courteous how and exclaimed :
"I have greater pleasure in leaving
than I ever had in entering this dirty
a
house. " Then pointing to the treasury
bench he shouted : "Judas. " This
was repeated four times. Arrived at
the door he tried to turn back , but was
prevented , his last words being : "None
of your nonsense on me. "
Tanner's suspension lasts for one
week.
A census of the parliament just assembled -
sembled shows that only 190 out of ISO
are new men. Of the occupations 150
are lawyers , 54 miners , SS mechanics ,
10 professors in universities , 31 jour-
'nalists , 12 skilled laborers , 19 brewers ,
distillers and Sviue merchants , 4G army
and navy officers in active service , 146
flcntry , peers' sons and peers' brothers.
EENZINE TANK EXPLODED.
Fierce Fire at Findley , Ohio , Caused by
Blazing Oil.
TOLEDO , Ohio , Aug. 17.-An explosion -
sion resulting in a fire entirely consumed -
sumed the plant of the Peerless foundry -
dry , at Findlay , with $60,000 loss , half
insured. A benzine tank exploded ,
cause unknown , and in an instput the
building was in seething flames.
Two men , William Adams and William
Bemis , were probably fatally burned.
Ten oil stills caught next , and one
after theother exploded , sending
flaming oil over the surrounding ouild-
ings and ground. Next two tanks of
crude , contaming 12,900 gallons took
lire , sending up red columns of flame
100 feet into the air. A mammoth
tank of 30,000 barrels was fired into
with a cannon , lettini the oil run out.
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.
Contract for the Amphitheater Let and
a Thousand Seats Ordered.
DALLAS. Texas , Aug. 1-Thc con-
' tract for the erection of the Florida
i
' Athletic club's amphitheater has been
let , a large part of the lumber has arrived -
rived , and a force of men are clearing
the grounds Details of the original
plan will be adhered to , and the building -
, , ing will seat over 52,000 people.
Yesterday the Missouri , Kansas and
Texas railroad gave its check for
i S20t100 for 1,0O(1 reserved seats to the
contest , to be sold along the line.
A letter has been received here , sa 3
' ing Fitzsimmons will probably train
1 .at Terrell , a small town thirty miles
cast of Dallas.
Corbett's quarters at Galveston are
being fixed up for his reception.
General Imboden Dena.
BuISTOL , Tenn. , Aug. 17.-General
John D. Imboden died at Damascus ,
Va. , yesterday , aged 75 years. He was
a brigadier general in the Confederate
army and took a prominent part in
uuany of the important engagements
' of the war. lie commanded the re-
, I treat of the Confederates at Gettys-
burg.
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES ,
A storm passed over Chickamauga
rational park , tearing up hundreds of
trees.
The stock of the S. P. Morse Dry
t Goods company of Omaha is in the
sheriff's hands.
Lake Haynes slew his son near Clay
.City , Ill. , to prevent him from testifying -
ing against hum.
- I 'The agricultural department , in a
bulletin , states that the total exports
of 1894 were $ SS ° ,843,000 against $47-
for 1893.
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FOREIGN MARKET REVIEW.
Some Intcresting Figures Presented by
the Department of Agriculture.
WASUINGTON , Aug. 1'-The secretary -
tary of agriculture has issued a supplement -
ment to the pullitcations of reviews on
foreign markets.
It shows that notwithstanding the
depression of business in 1994 , the
United States exported SSSO,843,000 ,
against $847,605,194 in 193. Three-
fourths of the amount came from
farms.
The English speaking people of
Europe bought of American exports
$ 11,000,000 worth and , taking the
Iiritishpossessions all together , they
took $53u00,000 worth.
The United States imported from
Great Britain $107,000,000 in 1894 , or
sixteen per cent of our entire imports.
Almost ninety per cent of the total
United States exports were to the
United Kingdom and British possessions -
sions , Germany , Canada , FranceNeth-
erlands and Belgium. Of imports after -
ter the first place held by the United
Kingdom and British possessions , follows -
lows Germany , with a valuation of
$90,000.000 ; Spanish Nest Indies ; $82-
000,000 ; Brazil and France , $70,000,000
each , and Canada , $37,000,000.
The circular contains carefully prepared -
pared tables of our exports and imports -
ports by countries.
MUST BRAVE THE KURDS.
Difficulties in the Way of Recovering
Bicyclist Lenz's Body.
WAShIINGTON , Aug. 17The state
department has received a dispatch
from Minister Terrill in Turkey stating -
ing that for the past three months he
has been urging the Turkish authorities -
ties to permit an investigation of the
circumstances of the death of Lenz ,
the bicyclist , killed by the Kurds. Mr.
Terrill says that in order to comply
with the request of Mr. Sachtleben ,
sent by Outing to investigate the case ,
that lie be given authority to search
the residences of the Kurds for relics
of the bicyclist and proofs of his death ,
an army would be necessary. These
Kurds live in the hills and mountains
and would not permit a stranger and
a foreigner to enter their houses , even
though armed with authority of the
Turkish government. Mr. Terrill
says he expects to secure a guard of
Turkish troops , which will accompany
Sachtleben into the country of the
Kurds for the purpose of recovering
the remains of Lenz.
PAID IN SILVEi.
Secretary Morton has the Silver Iim-
ployes Given white Metal.
WASIIINGTON , Aug. 17.-Secretary
Morton , of the department of agriculture -
riculture heard arguments by many
of his subordinates in favor
of silver and yesterday , being
the semi-monthly pay day , he ordered
the paymaster of the department to
pay out $1,000 in silver coin , this
money weighing sixty pounds. It was
given to all , the sllverites in
various positions in the depart-
ment. Unless he receives a petition to
the contrary it is expected that silver
will be paid out again and again on
pay day to the men who are known to
favor it as currency.
There was a good deal of kicking
among the employes and a good many
of them have indicated to the paymaster -
ter that they want paper money on
their next pay dav.
JIM CORBETT IS MARRIED.
IIo Is wedded to Jessie Taylor at
Asbury Park.
Asnunr PAnr : , N. , i. , Aui . 17.-There
cvas a quiet civil marriage here yesterday -
day , of which the principals were
Champion James J. Corbett and Jessie
Taylor of Omaha , better known as
Vera Stanwood , the name under which
she figured as co-respondent in the recent -
cent suit for the divorce which was
granted to Mrs. Ollie Lake Corbett.
Sn quietly had Corbett's intentions
been kept that not even his manager
and traveling companion , William A.
Brady , knew that he intended matrimony -
monyso soon , nor were any of his
other friends in sporting circles ap
prised of the event.
Waite Severe on Baukers.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Aug. 17.-A special
from Gainesville , Texas says that Governor -
ernor Waite and General Weaver are
in attendance on a Populist meeting in
that city. In discussing the silver
question , it was suggested to Governor
Waite that a great majority of the
business men of Texas were 'sound
money" men , and he then grew em-
phatic.
' Ot course they are , " he said. "All
the bankers are goldbugs , and they
control the business luen. The bankers -
ers of Denver are such rabid 'sound
money' men that they robbed the
people of millions of dollars. 'Sound
money' men ! Bosh ! They are robbers -
bers ; thieves. That's what they are. ' '
To Educate Farmer ioye.
Sioux CITr , Iowa , Aug. l7.-Presi-
dent Stickney of the Chicago Great
Western road proposes to open a number -
ber of preparatory agricultural academies -
emies in which the farmers' boys may
secure short courses of instruction in
the common branches along lines
which will inspire them with ambition
to enter the agricultural college.
Married at Eighty-Six.
Tonoxro , Aug. 17.-Sir William How-
land , ex-lieutenant governor of Ontario -
rio , was quietly married yesterday
afternoon to Mrs. Bethune , widow of
the late Mr. Bethune. The bridegroom -
groom , who is eighty-six years of age ,
is well known throughout the United
States and Canada. The bride is GO
years old.
Western Exhibits for Chicago.
CnicAcio , Aug. 17.-At a meeting of
the Western society it was decided to
establish permanent headquarters in
this city with exhibits from the different -
ferent states , showing their products
and the advantages of the West and
Northwest.
A Leading Young Man Shot.
VALPARAiso , hid. , Aug. 17.-Will
Tratedas , 20 years old , and Lon Powers -
ers , 21 , became involved in a dispute at
8 o'clock this morning. and Powers
killed Tratedas by sbooting him.
Tratedas was a leadingyoung man.
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F 0 GIRLS.
GOOD READING FOR THE NA-
TION'S COMING RULERS.
Reverence to Our Makor-Bonesty the
Best Policy-Humorous Stories Told
by Miniitors-Incldent and Anecdote
Worth the while to Read ,
HERE'S A REAson -
son why the
song-bird in the
tree , ,
Sings so sweetly
from its airy
home above ;
It is happy in the
thought of being
free.
And rejoicing in
the truth that ,
"God is love. "
Little birdies how I love to hear you
sing ,
As you sway upon the branches in
the wood.
Joy , happiness and hope to me you
bring ,
In your music I am reading , "God is
good. "
Since the little birds no merrily re-
jolce ,
Teaching lessons from above to great
and small ;
Let humanity shout glory as one voice ,
In due reverence to the Maker of us
all.
Honesty Pays. '
Honesty pays not only from a Christian -
tian , but from a business standpoint as
well. A gentleman tells the following :
I was acquainted with a young man in
New York. His employer once asked
him to engage in some crooked trans-
action. The young man said : "I re-
fuse. " Isis employer never again asked
him to commit an unprincipled act. A
few weeks later the young man was
promoted , then he was made manager
of a branch house. At last he decided
to start in business for himself. His
sterling Christian character had won
for him a friend who loaned him the
necessary money without security , and
today , at 27 , he is the owner of a large
establishment in New York , with
branches in Boston and Philadelphia.
His former employer is one of his clerks.
Christianity helped that young man in
business.
A Christian merchant had a Christian -
tian young man in his employ. He decided -
cided to test his principles. One day
he said to him : "I want you to go out
and buy a quantity of butterine. We
can sell it for butter. There's lots of
money in it ! "
"Sell butterine for buttter ! No , sir'
You can get someone else to do that
for you. I am receiving 82,000 per year ,
but I'll lose my position before I'll
do it. "
The subject was dropped. The young
man was not discharged ,
I.
Only Ono Dog.
Coming from the west last fall , as the
long vestibule train swung on to a high
bridge , it was brought to a sudden stop.
Rushing out , it was found that a poor
woman and three children with a
mangy dog by her side , and pushing a
hand cart , had tried to cross , and been
caught by the train. The cart was
knocked into fragments ; the children ,
by the merest accident , were rescued by
the passengers on one side of the train ,
while the woman was found hanging to
the timbers on the other side , and convulsively -
vulsively clasping the miserable cur to
her breast. When asked why she neglected -
lected her children thus for the dog ,
she answered between her sobs , "Why
owned the one
-boo hoo-I-I-only
dog , and I-boo hoo-couldn't afford to
lose it-Rev. ! W. N. Page , Leaven-
worth , Kan.
Played to Catch Up.
My first charge was at Princeton ,
Wis. After a few months had passed
one of the "wheel horses" came to me
one day and said , "Brother Perry , our
singing is not good , and It is your fault ;
you ought to tell the choir when you
read the hymn whether it is long meter
or short meter or common meter. "
I said , "I do not see w'hat difference
. that would make. "
"Well , " he repled , "the choir sing too
fast. " I said I did not think so.
"Why , " said he , "don't you see the
organist plays all right , but the singers -
ers sing so fast the organist has to play
awhile after they get through every
verse to catch up-W. J. Perry , Elo. ,
Wis.
A Phenomenon.
"Mother , " said a little Scotch lassie ,
"dae ye ken what a phenomenon is ? "
"Yes , dear , I can tell ye that. Dae ye
see then coo in the field ? Weel that's
no a phenomenon. Dae ye see then
tree ?
"Aye , mother , I see the tree. "
"Wedl that's no a phenomenon ; but
when ye see then coo climbing up then
tree with its tail foremost that'll be a
phenomenon.-Rev. E. M. McFadden ,
Philadelphia.
They Changed the Subject.
A young Methodist preacher on his
first circuit was trying to make friends
with a pretty little four-year-old girl.
Her mother , sitting near , said , "Kiss
him , dear. "
The little mischief coyly glanced at
her mother from the corner of her eye
and said very demurely , "No , mamma ;
you kiss him. "
Go Nicely with Roast Captives.
War is a frightful thing under all
circumstances , and some of the most
dreadful wars have Ireen waged on the
most flimsy and foolish pretext , even if
they had a pretext at all , but probably
no stranger reason for war or peace was
ever recorded than has been noted by
a French governor of the South Pacific
colony of New Caledonia.
This governor , who was also an admiral -
miral of the nary , assumed his authority -
ity while the natives of New Caocinnla I
were still cannibals. There had been
rumors of an insurrection and the admiral -
miral called before him a native chief
who was faithful to the French cause
and questioned him as to their truth.
"You may be sure , " said the native ,
"that there will be no war at present
because the yams are not yet ripe. "
"The yams , you say ? "
"Yes. Our people never make war ex-
pt when the yams are ripe. "
"Why is that ? "
"Because baked yams go so very well
with the captives ! "
Did She Get the Balloon ?
A handsome young woman with a
beautiful little girl of 4 years sat in a
crowded Market street car yesterday.
"You've got on mamma's dress ,
haven't you , Aunt Alice ? " remarked the
child.
Aunt Alice flushed and called attention -
tion to a balloon man on the corner.
"Yes , the last time mamma wore that
dress down town she bought me a bal-
loon. Will you buy me one , Aunt
Alice ? "
"Yes , if you'll be good. "
"Oh , I'll be good. Do you like mam-
ma's hat ? It makes you look awfully
pretty , Aunt Alice. "
"There , be a good girl. See that woman -
an out there with a little girl.
There was a period of silence and
Aunt Alice breathed a sigh of relief.
Then the child Inquired :
"Did mamma say you could wear her
pin , Aunt Alice ? She wouldn't let me
wear It , 'cause she was afraid I would
lose it. "
"Yes , of course. Do be quiet , Nellie. "
"Will you buy me a balloon , then ? "
"Yes. "
"And I can carry it ? "
"Yes. "
"All right ; then take mamma's para-
sol. I don't want to carry it any longer ,
'cause I couldn't carry it and a balloon ,
too. Haven't you got any best dress of
your own , Aunt Alice ? "
Aunt Alice yanked the little girl out
of the car by the arm , and the chances
are that she got no balloon.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Royalty on the flails.
It may not be generally known that a
telegraphist always travels by "royal
trains. " In case of any mishap a ladder -
der Is placed against the nearest telegraph -
graph post and a wire tied or connected
with an instrument which the telegraph
clerk works while sitting on the bank.
By this means words can be at once
sent to the neatest railway station , giving -
ing instructions that assistance must
be sent at once to such and such a spot.
When a train with the sovereign on
board is traveling all the men in responsible -
sponsible positions all along the line
are forewarned. Once on the Brighton
line a trial was made. The royal train
was stopped and the telegraphist sent
word in the way just described. The
result was most satisfactory and the
royal personage was well pleased at
the promptitude with which a relief
party arrived from a place some miles
distant.-Pearson's Weekly.
Changed Ills Business.
There used to live in this town a professor -
fessor whose specialty was the training -
ing of fleas and similar small game. He
got most of his stock from an Italian
of lowly origin , but great industry. One
day , just about this time of year , the
live stock of the show began to run low.
The purveyor had not put in an appearance -
ance in several weeks and the professor -
ser started out to hunt him up. He
was found on the terrace , drawing a
small cart containing an ice-cream
freezer.
"Hello , Pietro ! " said the professor.
"Where have you beer all this time ?
Why haven't you brought me any
fleas ?
"Gooda weather now , signor , " exclaimed -
claimed Pietro. "No tima to hunta flea.
Maka more anon maka ice cream. "
This story teaches us that the man
who is looking for work will always
rind it.-Buffalo Express.
The Humorous Philosopher.
A humorous philosopher once compared -
pared human life to a table pierced with
holes , each of which has a pin made exactly -
actly to fit it ; but the pins are stuck in
hastily and without selection , and there
are many awkward misfits. "How
often do we see , " said the orator with
pretended sorrow , "how often , I say ,
do we see the round man stuck into the
three-cornered hole !
A Puzzle for the Young.
"There's one thing I don't understand -
stand , said little Harry. "That's why
good-tasting things like pie make me
sick and bad-tasting things like medicine -
cine make me well. It ought to be the
other way. "
Foot or head.
Newsboy-Paper , sir ?
Solemn-Looking Citizen-My dear
boy , I would like to oblige you , but I
can't read.
Newsboy-Yes , sir. Want a shine ?
Dem feet's wuth spendin' a nickel on
if the head ain't.
Wally Wasn't Cold.
"Wallace , come right in and put on
your overcoat. "
"Oh , mamma , " he answered , loftily- ,
"I'm not cold-hear'ed like you. "
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lie Would Believe , Then.
Freddie-I told Mr. Loveman that you
said you were going to kiss him the next
time he came to the house.
Maud-You horrid boy ! What did he
say ?
Freddie-Said he wouldn't believe it
till he had it from your own lips-Brook.
lyn Life.
The Refractory Tie.
There is nothing like a little nerve ,
with pleasing address
combined and assurance -
surance , to make a winning move in the
world. During a recent pleasant afternoon -
noon a handsome-looking , well-dressed
man started for a stroll up Chestnut
street. When opposite the entrance to
the Continental hotel the stroller met a
party of friends and one of them playfully -
fully caught one end of his faultlessly
adjusted necktie and pulled the knot
loose.
Then came a tug-of-war fo ° no one
in the party could make the knot again.
After a great many attempts the stroller -
er brushed his friends aside and stepped
up to a pleasant-looking girl who was
looking into a jeweler's window. A few
words were spoken , and , with a bright
smile , the young woman deftly retied
the knot , remarking , with another
smile : "Oh , : 'cu are entirely welcome.
1'vw sot big brot-fiers of my own. They
are just as clumsy as you are.-Phila-
delphia Record.
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past
hours ,
And ask them what report the } h Lore to
heavn.
-L -Young.
GRAND OLD PARTY.
LIVING TRUTHS OF THE PRACTICAL -
TICAL POLICY.
Selections from Various Authorltlci
Which Servo to Prove the wisdom of
the People in Calling the Party Back
to Power.
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lyhat Kansas Wants.
When the return of the election of
1S92 showed that the administration of
our government was about to change
from a protective tariff policy ,
which kept out of this country
much that we could manufacture
here , to a "reform" tariff , or free
trade policy , which would give
foreign mechanics a better chance to
sell their goods in this country , the
following was the very natural result :
No matter what policy we believed
in , dear reader , you and I and everybody -
body else expected that when the democratic -
cratic administration should come into
power the tariff would be greatly lowered -
ed and prices would come down-at
least the prices of manufactured goods.
Many people didn't look or care beyond -
yond that.
So we stopped short in buying anything -
thing except for immediate use. BefOre -
fOre that people would buy for future
use , sometimes in quantities at whole-
sale. Merchants often closed out all
their winter goods in February to people -
ple who bought for following years.
But all this stopped short off. Merchants -
chants were overstocked with all kinds
of merchandise , and as they , like the
consumers , expected lower prices in the
near future , they stopped buying of the
manufacturers. Thus the manufacturers -
ers found no market for great quantities -
ties of goods already made up , and their
employes had to be laid off. These
latter , who work for regular wages ,
seldom lay up money , and when their
wages storped they also stopped-buy-
ing the farmer's and stock-raiser's
produce.
Then the people all over the land who
had money withdrew it from investments -
ments as fast as possible , because they
were afraid of all kinds. And that
money is idle today. Manufacturers
cannot do business on borrowed capital ,
because they cannot borrow.
We , as a nation , are all dependent
upon each other , and if any great num-
her of our people are out of employment -
ment all the people will suffer. What
the people want is not more idle money ,
but more work and more buyers for
what we have to sell.
Our country is being flooded with the
merchandise of Europe , and it will be
sold at some price or other , and we cannot -
not have real general prosperity until
we have barred out those goods long
enough to consume all the foreigners
can rush in here before we raise the
tariff. The little improvement that
seems to be noticed now in general
business is only the slight revival from
total depression , and is caused by those
buyers or consumers who have held off
from purchasing so long that they have
entirely exhausted their supplies and
must buy a little.
We want to erect a tariff wall that
will effectually keep out of our land all
goods that we can reasonably make at
home. This will keep our own mechanics -
chanics busy and enable them to buy
the farmer's produce , instead of compelling -
pelling the farmer to send it to Europe
for market.-Peabody , Kansas , Ga-
zette.
A Ileim rrat on Protection.
Dir. L. Z. Lieter , the retired merchant
who amassed so much wealth in trade
at Chicago , says , like Senator David B.
Hill : "I am a democrat. " But he is
at the same time a firm protectionist ,
and one who recently expressed some
home truths that we recommend to the
careful consideration of his fellow-dem-
ocrats. He has not a high opinion of
Congressman , now Postmaster-General
Wilson. But who has ? Mr. Lieter observed -
served :
"I look upon Mr. Wilson as foolish. A
man must be foolish to have made such
a tariff bill as he originally passed
and which the president approved of.
It would have made widespread ruin.
No public enemy could have clone us
more harm than the Wilson tariff bill
if passed. "
This is strong language from a democrat -
crat and ought to cause concern to the
congressmen , now mostly ex-congress-
men , who voted for the Wilson tariff
bill. There were among them men who
knew , as well as Mr. Lieter , the pernicious
nicious character of that measure. Buy
from lack of moral courage they voted
for it , expecting that the senate would
amend it in the interests of home in-
dustries. Mr. Lieter thus explains why
itr. Wilson is "foolish : "
"Mr.Vlson ! wanted coal made free ,
and Mr. Cleveland would not sign the
bill from vexation that coal was not
made free. Now coal in West Virginia
is worth five cents a ton. The coal is
worth here in New York $3.60. What
makes the difference ? Labor. The
transportation is labor , too. Therefore
the employment of labor enough to
make the vast aggregate of the sale of
coal Mr. Cleveland proposed to transfer
to Nova Scotia , where coal is almost
at the waterside and labor is so little
employed , or so poorly paid , that inevitably -
evitably our army of miners and transporters -
porters would have lost their last pro-
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duct to keep the railroads alive. Was ,
not this a murderous blow struck at
the railroads by their president ? For
aiming It Mr. Nihon receives the preside -
ide > it's decorations. " f
The murderous blow did not happily ,
strike with the effect that was intended , ;
but the attempt has served to warn the
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country what it has to expect when the
people put free-traders In power ,
It is noteworthy also that what Mr.
Lieter says in regard to coal applies to
other products that the Nilson bill
would havo'admitted free. When foreign -
eign materials are allowed to displace
home products in our markets then we
are hastening that "widespread ruin"
to which Mr. Lieter refers.
It is notable also that Mr. Lieter , who
has paid millions of dollars of Import
duties , upholds protection and speaks ,
of "manufactures , agriculture and
transportation" as "the three great ele-
ments" of national prosperity. 1
Misleading Theories. '
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The cost of the raw material in the '
manufactured article was a theme of
discussion in the presidential campaign ii i
of 159.2 among the advocates of the so- . i F
i
called reform tariff. Pacts , ascertained
by investigation , show that such cost ! +
is very small in proportion to the other r
expenses. For illustration , the price of , 1
an elaborately made article of household - '
hold furniture may be $100 to $150 , yet
the raw material used in the name may
cost $12 or $15. This Is equally true
of a piano costing from $300 to $ SOO ;
the raw material may cost $25 or $30.
In these cases the cost of the material
is estimated as It reaches the hands of
the workmen and not as iron ore in ,
the mine or wood In the forests. Its
great expense Is in the wages of the
workmen who procure it.
llr. Cleveland himself laid great t ,
stress upon the free admission of iron
ore and coal and was especially earnest
for wool to be admitted free of duty.
Take an illustration : A gentleman's
suit of fine broadcloth weighs , with the
trimmings , &c. , from Gt , to 71/ pounds ;
the cloth itself does not weigh more
than perhaps 6 or 6t pounds. Suppose -
pose an American manufacturer buys
the best quality of merino wool to use
in making his cloth , and in order to t
cover the wastage lie buys 10 pounds
of the wool. The McKinley bill imposed -
posed a duty of 11 cents a pound on
that class of wool. From this it follows -
lows that each gentleman's broadcloth
suit costs $1.10 more money because of
the duty. Now intervenes one type
of statesmanship , which , in order that ,
perhaps , a half million of gentlemen
may each obtain a suit of broadcloth
$1.10 cheaper , all wool is admitted free
of duty. In consequence the sheep raising -
ing industry of the United States , which
is estimated in value to be nearly $100-
000,000 , is depreciated about one-half.
Tariff ltovislon.
The leopard does not change its spots
and the Evening Post is the same bitter -
ter enemy of a protective tariff that it r ,
ever was. It said , June 21 :
"If there is any possibility that the
republicans are going to let the country
stagger along tinder the tariff of in-
famy' after they come into power , the
sooner it is known the better. Anti if
the tariff is really to be changed , the
country ought to know in what respects
just as soon as possible. Is the duty to '
be restored upon imports of wool , for ;
example ? Such questions as these will ! '
agitate the minds of business nlen of
all parties if the republicans announce
positively that they are going to j
'tinker' the tariff. "
The Evening Post may feel assured
that the republican party , as soon as it
has the power to do so , in both house t ,
and senate will obey the popular mandate -
date , given in thunder tones at the
election of 1894 , to protect American
industry. It has upheld that policy in
times of disaster ; it will not abandon
it now , when it is about to enter again ,
and with renewed vigor , into power.
But protectionists will not gratify
enemy by frittering away time on the
details of tariff revision. It would
please-free-traders to attempt to create
discord , no doubt , but they must supply
their own ammunition. All "revenue
reformers" and the like are united in
their purpose to overthrow protection
as the national policy. The Evening
Post , for instance , predicted that the
condition of the duty on wool would
undermine the entire protective system.
But woolen manufacturers continue to
be stronger protectionists than ever.
They know that the protective policy
benefits the whole country and , as patriotic -
triotic citizens , they uphold it. Protective -
tective tariff revision will not agitate
"the minds of business men of all par-
ties. " It is only when fools and free
traders tinker that the whole country
justly feels alarmed.
A Prartieni Opinion.
Colonel William B. Thompson- -
cently gave his opinion of the Gorman
tariff in clear , terse terms. "I think , "
said he , "it was a barefaced sacrifice of
the general interests for the personal ;
of business at large , for political rewards -
wards and preferments. And I am
from West Virginia , and , like Mr. Wilson -
son of that state , was in the confederate -
ate army. " Colonel Thompson , who
speaks thus , is president of the National -
tional Lead company , which has thirty-
two large productive concerns throughout -
out the country , with plants worth , in
th' aggregate , $24,000,000 , and stocks of
raw material and finished stuff worth
$4,59,000. His company disburses millions -
lions of collars annually for labor
anal by the Production of lead and linseed -
seed oil adds greatly to the public
wealth. The opinions of such a man
should have due weight with free
traders who are sincerely in quest of
iiht on the tariff question.
Chief Constructor Philip Hichborn of
United States navy is one of the
thenUnited
few officers of high rank who are not
graduates of Annapolis. He began hts y
career as an apprentice in the cha lt3 °
ton navy yard. i
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