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TALM AGE'S SEEMOK
'THE FIELD OF BLOOD" LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Test , Act : * 1. Verso JJ ) , on
Follow * : "Acohiiiiim , That I to Suy ,
the Ilcltl of It loot ! " Uinviuranl 1'ath
of the GnuicMtcr 1'ointcd Out.
Thp money tliat Judan gave for sur
rendering Christ was used to purchase
a , graveyard. As the money was blood-
money , the ground bought by it was
called in the Syriac tongue , "Acelda-
* ma , " meaning "the field of blood. "
Well , there'is one word I want to write
today over every race-course where
1 wagers are staked , and every poolroom ,
and every gambling saloon , and every
table , public or private , where men and
women bet for sums of money , large or
Hinall , and that is a word incarnadined
with the life of innumerable victims
"Aceldama. "
The gambling spirit , which in at all
times a stupendous evil , ever and anon
Bwceps over the country like an epi
demic , prostrating uncounted thou
sands. There has never been a worse
attack than that from which all the
villages , towns and cities are now suf
fering.
While among my hearers and readers
arc those who have passed on into the
afternoon of life , and the shadows are
lengthening , and the sky crimsons with
the glow of the setting sun , a large
number of them are in early life , and
the morning is coming down out of
the clear sky upon them , and the
bright air is redolent with spring blos
soms , and the stream of life , gleam
ing and glancing , rushes on between
flowery banks , making music as it
goes. Some of you are engaged in mer
cantile concerns , as clerks and book
keepers , and your whole life is to be
passed in the exciting world of traffic.
The sound of busy life stirs you as the
drum stirs the Gery war horse. Others
arc in the mechanical arts , to hammer
and chisel your way through life , and
success awaits you. Some are prepar
ing for professional life , and grand op
portunities are before you ; nay , some
of you already have buckled on the
armor. But , whatever your age and
calling , the subject of gambling about
which I speak today is pertinent.
Some years ago , when an association
for the suppression of gambling was
organized , an agent of the association
came to a prominent citizen and asked
him to patronize the society. He said :
"No , I can have no interest in such an
organization. I am in no wise affected
by the evil. " At that very time his
son , who was his partner in business ,
was one of the heaviest players in a
famous gambling establishment. An
other refused his patronage on the
same ground , not knowing that his first
bookkeeper , though receiving a salary
of only $4,000 , was losing from ? 50 to
$100 per night. The president of a
railroad company refused to patronize
the institution , saying : "That society
is good for the defense of merchants ,
but we railroad people are not injured
by this evil ; " not knowing that , at
that very time , two of his conductors
were spending three nights of each
week at faro tables in New York. Di
rectly or indirectly this evil strikes at
the whole world.
Gambling is the risking of some
thing more or less valuable in the hope
of winning more than you hazard. The
instruments of gaming may differ , but
the principle is the same. The shuilling
and dealing cards , however full of
temptation , is not gambling unless
stakes are put up ; while , on the other
hand , gambling may be carried on
without cards , or dice , or billiards , era
a ten-pin alley. The man who bets
on horses , or elections , on battles , the
man who deals in "fancy" stocks , or
conducts a business which hazards ex
tra capital , or gees into transactions
without foundation but dependent upon
what men call "luck" is a gambler.
Whatever you expect to get from
your neighbor without offering an
equivalent in money , or time , or skill ,
is either the product of theft or gaming.
Lottery tickets and lottery policies
come into the same category. Banaars
for the founding of hospitals , schools
and churches , conducted on the rattling
system , come under the same denom
ination. Do r&t , therefore , associate
gambling necessarily -with any instru
ment , or game , or time , or place , or
think the principle depends upon
whether you play for a glass of wine
or one hundred shares of railroad
stock. Whether you patronize "auc
tion pools , " "French mutuals , " or
"book-making , " whether you employ
faro or billiards , rondo and keno , '
cards or bagatelle , the very idea of
the thing is dishonest ; for it professes
to bestow upon you a good for which
you give no equivalent.
This crime in no newborn sprite , but.
a haggard transgression that comes
staggering down under a mantle of
curses through many centuries. All
nations , barbarous and civilized , have
been addicted to it.
But now the laws of the whole civil
ized world denounce the system. En
actments have been passed , but only
partially enforced , and at times not en
forced at all. The men interested in
gaming houses , and in jockey clubs ,
wield such influence by their numbers
and affluence , tl-at the judge , the jury
aud the police officer must be bold in
deed who would array themselves
against these infamous establishments.
The house of commons of England ac
tually 'adjourns on Derby day that
members may attend the races ; and in
the best circles of society in this coun
try today are many hundreds of pro
fessedly respectable men who are ac
knowledged gamblers.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars in
this land are every day being won and
lost through sheer gambling. Says a
traveler through the West : "I have
traveled a thousand miles at a time
upon the western waters , and seen
gambling at every waking moment
to the termi-
, from the commencement -
* . , - - , . . - - - T' " i --t - - >
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of this country recks with Bin. In some
of those cities every third or fourth
house in many of the streets Is a gam
ing place , and it may be truthfully
averred tjiat each of our cities ia curse 1
with this evil.
Men wishing to r-iniblo will find
places just suited to their capacity , not
only in the underground oyster cellar ,
or at the table back of the curtain ,
covered with greasy cards , or in the
steamboat smoking cabin , where the
bloated wretch with rings in his curs
deals out his pack , and winks in the
unsuspecting traveler providing free
drinks all around but in gilded par
lors and amid gorgeous surroundings.
This sin works ruin , first , by provid
ing an unhealthful stimulant. Excite
ment is pleasurable. Under every sky
and in every age men have sought it.
We must at times have excitement. A
thousand voices in our nature demand
it. It is right. It is healthful. It is
inspiriting. It is a desire God-given.
But anything that first gratifies this
appetite and hurls it back in a terrific
reaction , is deplorable and wicked.
Look out for the agitation that , like a
rough musician , in bringing out the
tune plays so hard he breaks down the
instrument ! God never made a man
strong enough to endure the wear and
tear of gambling excitementa.
What dull work is plowing to the far
mer when in the village saloon in one
night he makes and loses the value of
a summer harvest ! Who will want to
sell capes and measure nankeen and
cut garments and weigh sugar , when in
a night's game he makes and loses , and
makes again and loses again , the prof
its of a season ?
John Borack was sent as a mercan
tile agent from Bremen to England and
this country. After two years his em
ployers mistrusted that all was not
right. He was a defaulter for § 87,000.
It was found that he had lost in Lom
bard street , London , § 20,000 ; in Fulton
street , New York , $10,000 , and in New
Orleans , § 3,000. He was imprisoned ,
but afterwards escaped , and went into
the gambling profession. He died in
a lunatic asylum. This crime is get
ting its lever under many a mercantile
house in our cities , and before long
down will come the great establish
ment , crushing reputation , home com
fort and immortal souls. How it di
verts and sinks capital may be inferred
from some authentic statement before
us. The ten gaming houses that once
were authorized in Paris passed
through the banks yearly 325,000,000
francs.
A young man in London , on coming
of age , received a fortune of one hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars , and
through gambling in three years was
thrown on his mother for support. An
only son went to New Orleans. He
was rich , intellectual and elegant in
manners. His parents gave him , on
his departure from home , their last
blessing. The sharpers got hold of
him. They flattered him. They lured
him to the gaming table and let him
win almost every time for a good while ,
and patted him on the back and said.
"First rate player. " But fully in their
grasp , they fleeced him , and his thirty
thousand dollars was lost. Last of
all , he put up his watch and lost that.
Then he began to think of his home ,
and of his old father and mother , and
Avrote thus :
"My beloved parents , you will doubt
less feel a momentary joy at the recep
tion of this letter from the child of
your bosom , on whom you have lav-
iohcd all the favors of your declining
years. But should a feeling of joy for
a moment spring up in your hearts ,
when you should have received this
from me , cherish it not. I have fallen
deep , never to rise. Those gray hairs
that I should have honored and pro
tected I shall bring down in sorrow to
the grave. I will not curse my destrov-
er. but , oh. may God avenge the
wrongs and impositions practised upon
the inwary , in a way that shall best
please him ! This , my dear parents , is
the last letter you will ever receive
from me. I humbly pray your forgive
ness. It is my dying prayer. Long
befcre'you will have received this from
ine , the cold grave will have closed up
on me forever. Life to me is insup
portable. I cannot , nay , I will not , suf
fer the shame of having ruined you.
Forget and forgive is the dying prayer
of your unfortunate son. "
The old father came to the post-
office , got the letter , and fell to the
floor. They thought he was dead at
first , but they brushed back the white
hair from his brow aud fanned him.
Ke had only fainted. "Aceldama , Hie
field of blood ! "
When things go wrong at a gaming
table they shout : "Foul ! foul ! " Over
ail the gaming-tables of the world I cry
out : "Foul ! foul ! Infinitely foul ! "
"Gift stores" are abundant through
out the ccr.mtry. With a book or knife ,
or sewing-machine , or coat , or carriage ,
there goes a prize. At these stores people
ple get something thrown in with thsir
purchase. It may be a gold watch , era
a set of silver , a ring , or a farm. Sharp
way to get off unsalable goods. It has
filled the land with fictitious articles ,
and covered up our population with
brass finger-rings , and despoiled the
moral sense of the community , and is
fast making us a nation of gamblers.
The Church of God has not seemed
willing to allov- the world to have all
the advantage of these games of chance.
A church bazaar opens , and toward the
close it is found that some of the more
valuable articles arc unsalable. Forth
with , the conductors of the enterprise
conclude that they will raffle for some
af the valuable articles , and , under pre
tense of anxiety to make their minister
EI present or please some popular mem
ber of the church , fascinating persons
ire dispatched through the room , pencil
in hand , to "solicit shares. " or per-
iaps each draws for his own advantage ,
and scores of people go home with their
trophies , thinking that it is all right ,
for Christian ladies did the embroidery
and Christian men. did the raffling , and
'Ij ' r"-seeds went toward a rsw ccrr.-
munlon cct. But you may depend on
it , that as far aa morality is concerned ,
you might as well have won by the
crack of the billiard ball or the turn of
the dice-box. Do you wonder that
churches built , lighted , or upholstered
by auch processes as that come to great
financial and spiritual decrepitude ?
The devil says : "I helped to build that
house of worship , and I have as much
right there as you have ; " and for once
the devil is right. We do not read that
they had a lottery for building the
church at Corinth , or at Antioch , or
for getting up an embroidered surplice
for St. Paul. All this I style ecclesiasti
cal gambling. More than one man who
is destroyed can say that his first step
on the Avrong road was when he won
something at a church fair.
The gambling spirit has not stopped
for any indecency. There transpired in
Maryland a lottery in which people
drew for lots in a burying-ground ! The
modern habit of betting about every
thing is productive of immense mis
chief. The most healthful and inno
cent amusements of yachting and base
ball playing have been the occasion of
putting up excited and extravagant
wagers. That which to many has been
advantageous to body and mind , has
been to others the means of financial
and moral loss. The custom is perni
cious in the extreme , where scores of
men in respectable life give themselves
up to betting , now on this boat , now
on that ; now on this ball club , now on
that. Betting that once was chiefly the
accompaniment of the racecourse , is
fast becoming a national habit , and in
some circles any opinion advanced on
finance or politics ia accosted with the
interrogation : "How much will you bet
on that , sir ? "
This custom may make no appeal to
slow , lethargic temperaments , but there
are in the country tens of thousands of
quick , nervous , sanguine , excitable
temperaments , ready to be acted upon ,
and their feet will soon take hold on
death. For some months , and perhaps
for years , they will linger in the more
polite and elegant circle of gamesters ,
but , after awhile their pathway will
come to the fatal plunge.
Take warning ! You are no stronger
than tens of thousands who have by
this practice been overthrown. No
young man in our cities can escape be
ing tempted. Beware of the first begin
nings ! This road is a down grade , and
every instant increases the momentum.
Launch not upon this treacherous sea.
Splint hulks strew the beach. Ever
lasting storms howl up and down , toss
ing unwary craft into the Hell-gate. I
speak of what I have seen with my own
eyes. To a gambler's deathbed there
comes no hope. He will probably die
alone. His former associates come not
nigh his dwelling. When the hour
comes , his miserable soul will go out
of a miserable life into a miserable eter
nity. As his poor remains pass the
house where he was ruined , old com
panions may look out for a moment and
say "There goes the old carcase dead
at last ; " but they will not get up from
the table. Let him down now into his
grave. Plant no tree to cast its shade
there , for the long , deep , eternal gloom
that settles there is shadow enough.
Plant no "forget-me-nots" or eglan
tines around the spot , for flowers were
not made to grow on such a blasted
heath. Visit it not in the sunshine ,
for that would be mockery , but in the
dismal nig'nt. when DO stars are out ,
anil the spirit of darkness comes down ,
horsed on the wind , then visit the
grave of the gambler.
NASAL CATARRH ,
Tliere is no more prevalent disease
than catarrh of the nose passages.
The reason of this is not far to suelc.
It is mainly because the lining mem
brane is subjected to cold air. hot air ,
warm air , dust and all the evil influ
ences the atmosphere can exert : and
ao after a time becomes chronically in
flamed and thickened. But is all this
a serious matter ? To a certain extent
yes. The chief office , be it noted , of
the inferior of the nose is to strain , and |
warm the air before passing it into ihe
lungs. To do this work effectually
there are situate within eaJi nostril
three sets of bones ( covered with mu
cous membranes ) , which are rolled up
on themselves like scrolls. Through
these scrolls it is ically that the air
has to pass. By far more air is this ?
warmed and strained than would oth
erwise be possible. These bony scrolls
are associated with the sense af smeil ,
and in some animals , such , for exam
ple , as the dog , they are much more
elaborately developed than hi men ; and
thus we find the sense of smell much
keener in the former. What is catarrh ?
An. inflammation of a mucous mem
brane , accompanied with more or less
discharge , is perhaps a good popular
definition. Sometimes the discharge
is mucous , and whitish or nearly col
orless ; and , again , it is purulent and
yellowish , and sometimes sti caked with
blood. The condition known as ca
tarrh is one in which the tissues be
come permeated with extraneous cells ,
and in which the tissue elements them
selves seem to have but one potential
property , viz. , that of flying. Catarrh
of the nose passages may extend along
the passages until it has produced ca
tarrh of the throat. Catarrh of the
threat , in turn , it is alleged , may ex
tend down ward until it cause bron
chial or gastric disease , and even in
the end consumption. The ease with
which catarrh may frequently be cured
renders it all the more remarkable that
so many should be troubled with it so
long , i'or we have known it to last
for many years. If an absolute cure
is to be effected , obviously the mucous
membrane must be cleared of inflam
matory deposits , when the thickening
will quickly vanish.
ISoiv It Was Accomplished.
How doth the busy little trust
Such large dividends acquire ?
Why , competition it does bust ,
Ihca msvks the r-ncss higher. _
OUR TRADE BALANCE.
EVEN DEBT INTEREST [ V1AY YET
BE PAID OFF.
The Only Tiling Tlnit Stand * In the Way
in Our 1'ayiiiciitH to Foreign Ship Own
ers for Currying Our I'rodticte to
Ktiroi > o.
The January record of the foreign
trade of the United States shows a
continued increase of exports and a de
crease of imports , and a constantly
augmenting trade balance in favor of
this country. In addition , the foreign
trade figures for the seven mouths of
the fiscal year ending with January-
six of the seven montJis being those in
which the Dingley tariff was in opera
tion show a heavy increase both in
the value of exports and the credit
balance of 1898 as compared with the
corresponding period of 1897.
Our exports of domestic products for
last month aggregated the very high
total of § 106,761,524 , or at the rate of
§ 1,280,000,000 a year. Adding the re
exports of foreign goods , the grand to
tal of our export trade was $108,489,455 ,
an increase of § 14,537,572 over our to
tal exports in January , 1897 , while the
gain in our foreign shipments of Amer
ican products and manufactures was
§ 14,287,242 for last month.
Imports of foreign goods , on the
other hand , show a slight decline ,
§ 551,109 , as compared with January ,
1897. There was a decrease of § 5,185-
640 in the imports of foreign goods that
are admitted free of duty and a gain
of § 4,634,531 in the value of dutiable
imports.
For the seven months of the cur
rent fiscal year ending with January
our foreign trade shows an increase of
$63,258,823 in exports and a decrease of
§ 22,657C2S in imports , thus making n
gain of § 85,916,451 in our favorable
trade br-Iance as compared with the
corresponding months of the last fiscal
year. During the seven months of the
current year we have sold § 340,000,000
more of American products and manu
factures than we purchased of foreign
goods. Our imports of goods admitted
free of duty have decreased by 53,802-
13G during the seven months of this
fiscal year , as compared with the cor
responding period in the 1896-97 fiscal
year , while our imports of dutiable
goods have diminished to the extent of
§ 12,955,492.
The fact that America's trade bal
ance for the sixth month of the Ding-
ley tariff amounted to § 57,685,516 , or
at the rate of nearly § 700,000,000 a
year , while for the seven mouths end-
ng with January the actual gross trade
balance was § 377,815,561 , constitutes a
most extraordinary demonstration of
ihe workings cf the American policy of
protection. Sharply in contrast with
this showing is a balance of trade
agaiyr , Great Britain amounting to
$785,000,000 for the calendar year 1S97.
n other words , while the United States
s gaining wealth at the rate of § 700-
000,000 a year under the workings of a
protective tariff , Great Britain , enjoy-
ng all the "superior advantages" of
"ree trade , has bought nearly § 800,000-
000 more than she has sold. At this
rate it will not be far beyond the be
ginning of the twentieth century when
.he commercial , industrial and finan-
> ial supremacy af the world will have
jeen transferred from Gieat Britain to
ne United States-
Provided , however , some steps are
aken to establish : ana maintain an
American merchant marine. Unless
ibis be done , our big trade balances
will be more imaginary than real , for
from every annual excess of exports
over imports must be deducted the
§ 300,000.000 which the United States
nays each year to foreign shipowners
and sailors , to say nothing of the vast
amount of capital that would be in
vested in labor and material in the
building of American ships in which
to carry American commerce. Then in
deed would the industrial , commercial ,
and financial supremacy of the world
be permanently transferred from Great
Britain to America within a very fev ;
years from the beginning of the twen
tieth century.
D < 'iu < ? : ritre Theory AS. Vru-e-3Tii f.
Mr. Bryan's trip through the south
last week is understood here to have
been made with the purpose of trying
to strengthen the waning cause of sil
ver in. that section , and at the same
time to encourage fusion , which has
been coldly received by the Popuiiscs
of the south generally. The tone of
the Populist press has been far from
satisfactory to the fusion leaders , and
great anxiety is felt among the friends
of silver lest this last attempt to unite
the voters of the three parties in its
support will prove an absolute fall-
tire. The Populist press of that section
is insisting that the party cannot
march under Democratic banners , and
is carefully omitting the active support
of the silver cause which characterized
the earlier history of the party and
press. The rapid improvement of
business conditions in the routh and
the advance in piicas of farm products
generally , in the f.ice of the steady fall
of silver since 1\lr. Bryan's nomination ,
are causing the average citizen to lose
confidence in those assertions whirh
were the basis of the silver campaign
in 1S36.
Notwithstanding the olaim that
prices could not rise without the free
coinage of silver , there has been a
steady advance in practically all farm
products since the date of Mr. Bryan's
nomination , and this has happened in
the face of a. steady fall in the price of
silver. Silver , which was 69.2 cents per
ounce in the New York market on the
date of Mr. Bryan's nomination , was
on Wednesday of last week 51.3 cents ,
while meats , provisions , dairy products
and all kinds of grain have advanced.
The excuse which the supporters of
silver in Washington have constantly
offered for the advance in wheat has
been that of the shortage abroad , and
their- explanation of the advance In
other classes of grain has been that it
has been "due to sympathy" with th
advance In wheat. An examination ,
however , of some tables just issued by
the bureau of statistics shows that the
advance in prices , which attracted most
attention with reference to wheat , has
been equally felt in practically all ar
ticles of farm production , and that all
this has happened in the face of a
steady fall in silver.
These tables , which show the range
of prices in silver and various farm
productions , are too lengthy to repro
duce in full. It is practicable , how
ever , to present in a single table the
history of the upward course of prices
in all classes of farm products in the
face of the downward course of silver.
These facts , coming to the surface as
they do just at the time of Mr. Bryan's
tour through the south and his pros
pective visit to Washington , are espe
cially interesting and make the table
one well worth the study and preserva
tion of everyone interested in the com
ing campaign. The articles selected
for comparison with silver represent
the three great classes of farm produc
tion breadstuffs , provisions and wool
while other articles of the classes
thus represented have advanced in an
equally marked ratio. The comparison
includes the period from July 10 ,
1896 , the date of Mr. Bryan's nomina
tion , to March 10 , 1898. The table fol
lows :
Silver. Wheat Mess Pk. , Wool ,
per oz. No. 2 per O. X.
rd ) p b. barrel , per lb.
July 10. 1S9G.G9.2 G3. . 7.7. , 17.0
Sept .26 GG.O 7I. . " > S.25 1S.O
Nov. 1 Or ; . ! ! S5.0 S50 2 ! > .0
April 17 , 1S07.G2. : OG.5 S.73 21. . ' ,
Sept. 16 57.1 100.5 P.HO 2G.3
Dec. IS ou.tl 102.2 9.00 27.5
Feb. 23 , lS9S.5.- 101.2 10.73 27.5
March 10 . . . .S-1.3 10G.3 10.73 2S.O
Out of Reach.
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a' 'Slioejj. Wool and OitiTe-
The extent to which Montana has
been benefited by the Dingley tariff is
shown in the annual report of the state
commissioner of labor , agriculture and
industry. For the year 1897 there were
owned in Montana 3,095,192 sheep , with
a wool production of 24,012,498 pounds.
The average selling price for the year
was 11.58 cents per pound , against
8.01 cents per pound in 18D6 , and the
values of the clips for the two years
were , respectively , $2,750,617 and $1-
745,402 , a gain of more than § 1,000,000
in favor of the.clip of 1S97.
In the abstract of the commissioner's
report which has readied us no men
tion is made of the comparative mar
ket values of the sheep for the two
years , but it is safe to conclude that
Montana fs no exception- the general
rule of heavy increase in sheep values
as the- result of tii ? Dingley tariff , and
that at the rate of an incrf-asf of $1
per head the sheep owners of that state
are more than . ,000,000 richer than
cliey were a y ° ar ago.
Cattle in Montana have advanced in
value $4 a head , and the shipments for
1897 amounted to ? 7,10u,391. against
? 6.130.512 in 1S96.
It is , therefore , evident that in the
three items of sheep , wool and cattle
Montana's gain as the result of si-c
months of protection has been about
55,000,000. This is a goodly sum , but
it is only si fraction cf tire gross sum
realized from the rcmaugtiratio.il of the
ilnericai policy.
Silver Hi JS707.
During the year 1S97 there were
many fluctuations in the price of sil
ver. According to Pixley & Abeli of
London , the leading authorities on the-
market , the highest price for the year ,
23 13-lGd , was made in tne early part
of the year , while as it progressed
prices declined , with fluctuations , un
til in August the unprecedentiy low
price of 23d per ounce was reached.
From this there was a recovery , the
market at the end cf the year being
steady at 26d. Following are Lon
don prices for silver fin peace ) dur
ing the years 1890-1897 :
Highest. Lowest.
1S97 2913-1G 23-3-4
IS9G 3115l293i
1S95 313-S 273-1G
1S94 313-4 27
1S93 3S3-S 30
LS92 433-4 37 7-S
1S91 483-4 431-n
1S90 of 5-3 435-S
Japan's abandonment of tlie stiver
standard had the most depressing ef
fect. China and. the Straits settle
ments absorbed less than usual , but
the shipments to India were larger
than in 1S9G.
.VAST BENEFITS TO LABOR.
Great Increase of Work and Wages J > un
liiST the Past Year.
Convincing testimony as to the Id-
proved condition of organized labor ia
given by Commissioner John T. Jic-
Donough of the New York state bureau
of labor statistics in his annual report.
According to this report , on March 31
last 927 labor organizations reported a
total membership of 142,670. * At the
close of the next quarter , June 30 , 975
unions reported a membership of 151-
20C , and on September 30 , 1.009 organ
izations reported 167,454 members , of
whom 5,702 were women. The In
crease in the number of organizations
reporting for the third quarter was
mainly due to more complete returns.
On March 31 43,631 members of
unions were reported as out of work at
that time , or 36.6 per cent. Three
months later , on June 30 , 27,378 were
returned as unemployed , or 18.1 per
cent , while on September 30 23,230 were
so reported , or 13.9 per cent.
Reports as to the number of days
each member worked show that dur
ing the first quarter the average num
ber of days of work per member was
for men , 58 ; for women , 63. In the
second quarter it was 09 for men 'and
57 for women , while for the third
quarter it was 67 for men and GG for
women.
From the increase of the number of
days each male member of a trades
union worked from 58 days in the first
quarter to 69 in the second and 67 in
the third quarters of the year 1897 , as
well as from the marked decrease in
the percentage of the unemployed
36.G per cent on the 31st of March ,
IS.I per cent on the 30th of June , and
13.9 per cent on the 30th of September
the conclusion is plain that there has
been an enormous increase in the gross
aggregate of employment and wages
during this year of protection to in
dustries and to labor.
What is true of New York is true of
every state in the union. In some of
the states for example. New Jersey.
Pennsylvania , Indiana. Ohio and Illi
nois the full statistics would doubt
less show a still larger increase in the
percentage of employment furnished
and wages paid.
The total sum for the wage-earning
and wage-i.-aying classes of the whole
United States would , if obtainable , pre
sent a gain for the year amounting to
many hundreds of millions of dollars.
Gigantic sums are needed to measure
the total benefits already wrought by
the American policy of protection.
IT IS A P/1ONEY MAKER.
Large Surplus I'rodm-i'd by tin * I > i : > U'y
Lmiv Jor i'ehriiury.
Receipts averaging more than $1,000-
000 per day under the Dingley law are
shown by the figures for February , the
total for the twenty-eight dava beiuij
§ 28.572.538.
The receipts- February. 1897. under
the Wilson-Gorman law were $2.4,400.-
997 , a difference of § 4,171,541 in favor
of the Dingley law.
The receipts froai customs alone dur
ing the month of February. 1S98 , were-
515,010,680 , against $11.3S7.2RO for the
Wilson-Gorman law during the same-
month a year ago.
The expenditures for tfie montlr of
February were § 26,729,010 , reaving an ,
ictuai surplus of ? 1S43,52S. This is
the first surplus the month of Febru-
iry has shown since the election of
President Cleveland and Ins free trade
: ougress _
The average daily receipts for Feu-
ruary were $1.020,447 , this being : ninre
: han $17,000 a day in eruess cf tfic-av
? rage daily expenditures rturins fcBe
ast five" years.
The total receipts undV r the Ding
ey law have gained steadily from Ait- .
; ust , 1S97 , to February , TS9S. mclusmn.
: he average daily receipts shewing : UIE
ncreasc every month over tfte receipts
) f the preceding month. Thus for
\ugust last the daily receipts averaged :
J629.734 ; for September. $731.103 ; foir
3ctober. $7S'J.S19 ; f.-r November. $83- .
166 ; for December , $901.t3 ; for .TaiHt-
iry. $92itJSl : and for February , § 1-
J20.M7.
Comparative receipts under rhs Wil-
; on and Dingley laws for the first seven
nonths of their operation show a 6al-
inrc ia favor of the Diugley isiw o
? ! 6G15,743.
TTie law that produces a snrirJas o
eventEe over expenditure wMlc1 at the
same time defending American tndtis-
ries from foreign cocipetitwra is a
jaod lav.- .
Sul tintiul
New Jersey has greatly benefited by
lie new tariff. Pottery importation la-
Teased 50 per cent under the Wilson
a\v , and decreased about 50 per cenc
ixder the Diugley l-a\v. The importa-
: ion of silk flare and other sfmiiar
; oods decreased about 40 per ceat in.
.he five months of 1S97. In glass and
glassware South Jersey is benefited to
.he extent of 50 per cent. The nev-
; ariff law has already proved a con-
ipicuous success. You caa always
lereafier count Xew Jersey amoiitha
Republican tariff states of the iraicn.
Newark Advertiser.
A ilrlRbt Spriatr Outlook.
The Buffalo Xews claims that tha
uniber interests have b en greatly
jenefited by the Dingley tariff , am |
rays : "It is expected that there wdl } ) ( ,
L general advance in wages with tao
inenlns of the sawiag the
ke oijUcck certainly
jri.-ht for the iiamediate future , aofc-
> n'In the matter cf wages hut tby ia , -
rrczsci t