WORD OF HONOR , |
A Tale of the Blue and the Gray
WERNER.
Copyright , 180-1 , by Robert Bonnor's Sons.
CHAPTER XI. ( Continued. )
Maxwell remained behind ; as a phy-
Rlclan ho was top familiar with death
to be awed by that of a man who had
been almost a stranger to him and
ha i Dover possessed his sympathies.
Scarcely had the immediate relatives
lc > l the room , when , to the magls-
trate's horror , he took a seat close be
side him.
"Let me give you our warmest
thanks , " he said , in the friendliest
tone. "Now pray order the rest of
the dinner to be served. I'll call the
waiter at once. "
"No , thank you , " replied the old
gentleman , uneasily. "I prefer to leave
at once. Mr. Roland promised to let
us return to the city. "
"Yes , the carriage will be at your
disposal in half an hour at latest. The
young couple , to whom you will
doubtless be ready to yield precedence ,
start first ; and until then I shall
have the honor of entertaining you. "
Mr. Thompson glanced timidly at
his neighbor's coat-pocket , where he
knew that the revolver was conceal
ed , but did not venture to decline the
offered entertainment and yielded to
his fate. Fortunately he was not sub
jected to too long a trial.
Meanwhile a short but touching
scene had occurred in the sick room ,
where Florence , ami'd burning tears ,
saw her father draw his last breath.
He passed away in sleep , without re
gaining consciousness. Harrison's
death broke the chain which bound his
daughter.
Weak and irresolute as Florence had
seemed , the inevitable found her calm ,
and the consciousness of the peril
which every moment's delay increased
for her husband sustained her
strength. She knelt to kiss the dead
clerk. "I believe he would have shot
us both down In cold blood If you
hadn't performed the ceremony. "
"Yes , a horrible fellow ! " repeated
Mr. Thompson. "But an original , re
markable character , too ; and he has a
very high regard for me. He told me
so three times. "
CHAPTER XII.
It was sunset at the Union camp.
Colonel Burney had summoned all the
officers of the regiment to one of the
little festivities which are often im
provised on the march or in camp.
A certain feeling of anxiety per
vaded the group. Lieutenant Roland ,
though expected every minute , had not
yet arrived. The colonel had no rea
son to conceal the fact that he had
given the young officer a leave of ab
sence or its purpose. True , dangers
and risks were everyday occurrences
in this war ; people regarded them as
matters of course and wasted few
words over them , but Roland was , as
his friend expressed it , "the darling
of the regiment. "
"I ought to have refused the leave , "
said Colonel Burney , angrily. "I fear
the matter will end badly. He ought
to have been here long ago , had the
adventure proved successful. "
"We often reconnoiter within the
enemy's lines , " one of the officers re
marked. "True , Roland is alone , but
he is less likely to attract attention
on that account. The dangers which
threaten him on way "
"Are the least , " interrupted the col
onel. "What I fear is treachery with
in the house where he believes him
self safe. He would listen to no coun
sel , but I had a presentiment of evil
from the beginning. "
"We won't anticipate the worst at
"AH , THERE COMES WILLIAM. '
man's brow and bid him farewell ;
nothing now held her to Springfield.
Meanwhile William , in a low tone ,
gave the old servant the necessary or
ders.
"Ralph , we shall leave the care of
your dead master in your hands. You
will render him the last services and
remain here until the funeral is over.
Then seek us at the place I have de
scribed to you. Escape is not diffi
cult now , and the road is not long.
See that Edward Harrison is not found
and released before an hour has pass
ed. He is gagged and bound , but
there is no danger concerning his life.
The longer you can prevent his being
discovered the greater will be our
chance of safety. If you are question
ed , you know no more than the other
servants and had the best intentions
in bringing the message. They can
not help believing you , and in three
days we shall expect you. "
Florence had also risen and held out
her hand to the old man.
"Farewell till we meet again , Ralph !
I cannot even attand my father to the
grave , and must leave the last offices
to be rendered by the hands of
strangers ; but he will forgive me ; he
knows that my husband's life is at
stake. Farewell. "
The carriage had rolled up to the
terrace outside. They avoided the way
through the ante-room , where all the
servants had assembled. William led
his wife through the drawing-room ,
where Maxwell joined them , after tak
ing a friendly leave of Mr. Thomp
son and assuring him of his high re
gard. The young couple entered ,
John took the reins from the driv
er's hands , ordered him to remain and
sprang on the box himself. The car
riage dashed off at the horses' ut
most speed.
Five minutes later , the magistrate's
face appeared in the open doorwa'y ,
and behind him the tall figure of his
clerk. Both gazed curiously and tim
idly after the carriage , which was no
longer visible. Only a cloud of dust
in the distance showed that the spir
ited animals were doing their duty.
"There they go ! " said the justice ,
drawing a long breath. "Thank heav
en ! That Doctor Maxwell is Satan
incarnate ! "
"A' horrible fellow ! " echoed the
present , " remarked another officer.
"Roland may be compelled to make a
circuit or wait for the darkness. Doc
tor Maxwell has not returned , either. "
"Maxwell is at the outposts ; there
is no danger in that quarter. I am
glad that my fears concerning the fe
ver proved groundless. The doctor
sent me the most reassuring news. "
"Good evening , gentlemen ! " said a
familiar voice at the door. "This sol
emn assemblage is probably on ac
count of the victory of which I heard
on my arrival. It will give an unex
pected turn to the campaign. "
"And a fortunate one , " replied the
colonel , beckoning Maxwell to enter.
"Sit down , doctor. We were just
speaking of your friend , who has not
yet returned. I am beginning to be
seriously anxious about him. "
"William is already here , " said
Maxwell , taking the proffered seat. "I
left him five minutes ago. "
"Thank heaven ! So you met him
on the way back ? "
"No. We returned from Springfield
together. "
"From Springfield ? What were you
doing there ? "
"Very different things some pleas
ant , some disagreeable. In the first
place , I had to bring Lieutenant Ro
land from behind iron bars , then to
secirre the worthy Mr. Harrison , who
wished to brand us as spies ; then to
subdue all Springfield , including a
justice of the peace , and , finally , to
act as bast man all in a single hour.
I think , gentlemen , I have accomplish
ed the utmost amount possible within
this brief time. "
The officers glanced first at one an
other , then at the speaker whose love
of banter they knew , and the colonel
said disapprovingly :
"Don't jest , doctor. Such things
are no laughing matters. If Roland
is really here , why doesn't he report
at once ? "
"Because he is escorting Mrs. Ro
land to his quarters. One can't blame
a man who has been married only
three hours , if he cares first for his
young wife. He will be here punc
tually at sunset"
"His wife ? Do you mean Miss Harrison
risen ? "
"Pardon me , I mean Mrs. Roland ,
who has accompanied her husband. I
mentioned that I attended the wed
ding. "
The words sounded so plain and
positive that doubt was no longer
possible. But Maxwell was now as
sailed with questions from all sides.
Everybody pressed forward , and he
found himself compelled to relate
briefly what had happened.
"Our return was accomplished with
out the least danger , " he said , in con
clusion. "In an elegant carriage and
accompanied by a lady , we were be
yond the pale of suspicion and reach
ed the outposts safely , where Lieuten
ant Davis received us with the utmost
courtesy and went into raptures over
Mrs. Roland. But he Is right. Wil
liam is a dare-devil and incorrigibly
obstinate , but we must admit that he
has good taste. His wife is charm
ing. "
The last remark seemed to interest
the younger officers extremely. They
wanted to learn all sorts of particulars
about Mrs. Roland and were greatly
disappointed when informed that the
young bride was very much agitated
by her father's death and probably
would see little of her husband's com
rades for some time.
"Ah , there comes William ! " he ex
claimed , interrupting hjmself. "Con
gratulate him. He wears his new
dignity somewhat timidly. "
It was really William , who had come
to report his return. He was warmly
greeted by all. The colonel especially
received him with great cordiality.
"Welcome , Lieutenant Roland ! Here
you are at last ! Doctor Maxwell has
already told us the whole adventure
of which you were the hero. "
"Not I but John Maxwell was the
hero , " said William , holding out his
hand to his friend with ill-repressed
emotion. "Had it not been for him , i
should have lost happiness and life.
1 shall never forget what he did to
day. "
Maxwell laughingly refused his
thanks.
"Let that pass , Will ; we shall
wrangle again at the very next oppor
tunity. Germans and Americans al
ways quarrel , and our armistice won't
last long. Today I risked my life for
you ; tomorrow you will , perhaps , per
il yours for me ; so we shall be quits.
At any rate , you returned punctually
at sunset ! "
lie pointed toward the window. The
sun was just sinking below the horizon
zen , and its last beams Avere fading.
"Yes , I gave my word of honor that
I would do so , " said William , with
the deepest earnestness. "But that I
Jr pt it was able to keep it I owe
to 3 211 alone. "
THE ENL\
STORY OF A STAMP
Worth a Quarter , Then 81,500 , Then
\Veat Up in Smoke.
In the year 1851 a 12-penny black
Canadian postage stamp was printed
by the government at Ottawa. The
public did not regard this somber is
sue with favor , and few were issued.
One of these stamps was sent to the
Hamilton postoffice , where it was sold
to an old man , who said it was a
shame to print the queen's picture on
a stamp that might be handled by pro
fane hands. Tenderly the man put it
on a parcel , sending it to a friend in
the United States. Here , in the waste
basket , it lay for many a day , till an
errand boy found it and qickly trans
ferred it to his album. Despairing of
getting a good collection , and his fe
ver somewhat abating , he sold them tea
a dealer. The new dealer , on looking
at the catalogue , found that what hs
had paid $5 for was worth $25. Acci
dentally this stamp was slipped into
a 25-cent packet and sent to a dealer
residing in Hamilton. When the1 lat
ter opened the packet he was aston
ished to find such a valuable stamp ,
and , being honest , wrote his friend to
inform him of what had happened , of
fering him $1,200 for it. The offer was
accepted , and the stamp again changed
hands. By this time the stamp had
increased in value , and not a few came
from a distance to look at the treas
ure. One day an English nobleman
who , through a friend , had heard of
the stamp , offered $1,500 , which offer
was accepted. The English lord , fah-
ing in love with an American heiress ,
and wishing to gain the favor of her
brother , presented him with the stamp
as a token of his esteem. Here , in its
new and luxurious home , it came to a
sad end , for one day the maid by
mistake swept the stamp , which had
accidentally fallen out of the album ,
into the fire. In an instant the stamp ,
which thousands had heard of and
longed for , went up in smoke to the
broad , blue sky , leaving not a trace
behind.
Li Huns : Chans' * Grandsons.
The two grandsons of the Chinese
statesman Li Hung Chang visited the
University of California by invitation
of Prof. Fryer , who was acquainted
with them in China. They arrived on
the steamer China on Monday.but were
not able to land until Tuesday after
noon. They went to the Occidental
hotel , and are staying there with Mr.
Walter Lambuth , who is escorting
them to Nashville , where they will per
haps enter Vanderbilt university. The
young men will at first live In a pri
vate family near the university and
take a course to fit them for entering.
They dress in American style and have
discarded their queues. Although well
educated from a Chinese point of view
they have been studying only English
two years with a private tutor at their
home in Nanking and Yangchow. They
have pleasing and unassuming man
ners. Oakland ( Gal. ) special New
York World.
A woman never can understand why
her dog doesn't seem as cute to oth
ers as to herself.
SOUNDEST OF HEALTH
UNfcQUALED SHOWING OF
PROSPEROUS CONDITIONS.
of Business Failures for 180P
fllves the Smallest Avantgo of Do-
Ainlted Inabilities Ever Known In the
Suited Statog.
"n spite of the casualties among
ftonncial concerns in the closing days
oi. the old year , produced by purely
s-7iculative causes , the fact remains ,
according to Dun's Review , that the
failures of 1899 , the great year of Ding-
Irt/ tariff prosperity , were in amount
smaller than in any other year of the
Pi'fot twenty-five , excepting 1S80 and
1SS1 , while the average of liabilities
$77.50 per firm was smaller than in
any previous year ; and , most impor-
tunt test of all , the ratio of defaults to
so/vent payments through clearing
h'Vjses , 97 cents per $1,000 , is not only
tV' smallest ever known in any year ,
b\ smaller than in any quarter save
ojf.\ the third of 1881. The failures
fCf $100,000 or more in the past six
yfr'frs have ranged between $31,522,1S'3
in 1899 and $98,503,932 in 139G , the de-
crjrse being more than two-thirds , but
thv small failures ranged between
$ ? ? ,356,703 in 1899 and $127,592,902 in
J'JG , the decrease being more than ona-
'Jalf.
'Jalf.But
But from the nest of failures result
ing from the speculative collapse in
Boston in the latter part of December ,
the aggregate for the year would have
been about $21,000,000 less than it was.
As the record stands , however , and in
cluding the failures incident to over-
speculation in New England and the
brief but severe panic in Wall street ,
the failures in 1899 are the smallest
ever reported since 1881 , with the low
est average of commercial liabilities
ever reported , and with greater evi
dence of commercial soundness and in
dustrial prosperity than has ever be
fore appeared in an annual statement.
Not only have failures been smaller in
the aggregate than in 1898 or previous
years , but they have been smaller in
every section of the country. Such uni
formity of improvement throughout
the country is extremely rare , and
would scarcely be possible unless busi
ness of all sections was exceptionally
sound and prosperous.
The Massachusetts manufacturing
defaults , in spite of the influence of
the late December banking collapses ,
were the smallest in any year , as were
those of the other New England states ,
New York and the middle and central
states. The New England disaster
swelled trading defaults by $3,920,000
in five provision failures , besides two
banks , with liabilities of about $13-
500,000 , and two brokerage firms for
$250,000. In New York the manufac
turing failures were only about a quar
ter of those in two years of the pre
vious five , and not half those of two
other years , while the trading failures
were also much less than half those
of four previous years , but in broker
age the liabilities were nearly as large
as in two other years , and in banking
larger than in any previous year.
But in other middle states manufac
turing and trading liabilities presented
the .same bright contrast , while in both
other lines the failures would have
been almost nothing but for that of a
single large stock concern at Phila
delphia wrecked by crime , and in no
way caused by business conditions. The
central states also showed trading de
faults from $3,000,000 to $11,000,000
smaller than in any previous year ,
though some brokerage and promoting
failures at Chicago swelled the "other
commercial" defaults above the returns
of previous years except one.
The average of defaulted liabilities
per firm is a test which serves better
than most to show how the defaults
compare with the extension of busi
ness , but this year that average is for
the first time less than $80 , the lowest in
any previous year , having been $93.63
in 1880. A much better test is the ratio
tie of defaults to actual payments in
solvent business through the clearing
houses. Here the ratio for 1899 is less
than $1 per 1,000 , namely , only 97
cents , the lowest by more than a fifth
ever reported in any year , and the low
est ever reported until this year in any
quarter , save the third quarter of 1881.
The failures for $100,000 or more
were only S4.-7 per cent of the aggregate
last year , 38.9 per cent in 1898 , and
35 per cent in 1897 , but 43.G per cent
in the bad year , 1896 , and 42.2 per cent
in 1895 , and 38.3 per cent in 1S9L The
amount of such failures , and of the re
mainder for less than $100,000 each ,
are here shown for six years , and de
serve especial attention :
Large Small
Total. Failures. Failures.
1SOD $90S79SSO J31.523.1S6 $ 59,331.703
iS9S 130.CG2.S03 50,875.912 79.7SG.07S
1S97 154,332,071 54,005,987 100.32G.OS1
1S9G 228OPGS31 98.503,932 127.592,902
1S95 173.190,003 73.1GG.10a 100.029,951
1S91 172.992.S5G CG.24S.310 10G.744.51G
It will be seen that for four years
there was comparatively little change
in the small failures , but the decline of
about a fifth in 1S9S , and the further
decline of about a quarter in 1899 , are
highly significant.
It is in such facts and figures as
these that we find the truth regarding
the phenomenal improvement in busi
ness conditions that followed straight
upon the election of William McKinley
and the restoration of the American
policy of preserving the home market
to the domestic producer.
Everybody Should Be Satisfied.
End of the year reports confirm those
made earlier , and show that the woolen
business , which was in desperate
straits during Cleveland's free-trade
administration , and which showed only
loss to those engaged in it , has quite
redeemed itself under the more favor
able conditions produced by the Ding-
ley tariff law. Business has been grat-
ifyinglv active , sales enormous , and ,
"for the first time in the history of the
trade , " says a dispatch from Boston ,
"wool has been exported , and in largo
quantities , too. " The woolen manu
facturers have profited , but the wage
earners have not been forgotten. The
American Woolen company , which con
trols the production of worsteds , has
advanced the wages of its operatives
10 per cent , to take effect Jan. 1. And
with all this the people in general have
more and better clothes than they had
before the present tariff law was en
acted. There doesn't seem to be any
reason why everybody should not bo
satisfied with the state of things the
consumer , as well as the producer.
Everybody is satisfied , in fact , so far
as appears , except those who must have
all their clothes from "Lunnon. "
PROTECTION'S TRIUMPH.
Illustrated In the Experience of the
United States nnd Germany.
George Alfred Townsend , the well-
known newspaper correspondent , in
his last weekly letter in the Boston
Globe , quotes a scholar in New York
who has been a great traveler , as say
ing : "I regard the doctrine of free
trade carried to a pernicious height as
a main cause for the decline of Eng
land. At present Germany stands
clearly out as the foremost power In
Europe , with England a bad second.
And Germany , which is a very scien
tific nation , deliberately selected pro
tection instead of free trade as the
principle of her manufactures and ex
ports. She stimulated both her agri
culture and trade by putting an export
bounty upon beet sugar. She built up
her metal factories , like Krupp's , by
a collusion with the state. "
The scholar quoted is evidently a
keen observer. For some years Eng
land has been losing ground. The
United States and Germany , the two
great protectionist nations , have been
underselling her in the markets of the
world , both in agricultural products
and in manufactured articles. By ex
tending to their manufacturers the
protection of the home market , the
protective countries have given them
a solid foundation upon which to build ,
and have attracted capital and skill
into manufacturing enterprises to such
an extent that German and American
products excel in quality as well as
undersell in price. The English manu
facturers can no longer play their old
game of rushing in goods and selling
them below cost until the home manu
facturer is ruined , for the tariff pro
tects him and still gives him the home
market if his foreign market is cut off.
Thus the British manufacturer who at
tempts to play this game finds himself
ruined before his German or American
competitor is.
There is no doubt that England , if
she is going to retain her place as the
world's workshop , or even as one of
the world's great workshops , will be
compelled , sooner or later , to give her
manufacturers some protection by
adopting the protective principle. Great
Britain can no longer force her manu
factures into foreign ports through the
bulldozing tactics of her navy , for the
United States and Germany are coming
to the front as naval powers , and will
demand , and will be able to enforce ,
equal trade privileges at all ports.
For many years England flourished
under free-trade policy because of her
unapproachable navy. But her domi
nance as a sea power is near its end.
Times have changed , and England will
have to change her industrial policy
to meet changed conditions. Minne
apolis Tribune.
THE IDLE HAND OF 1895 AND
THE BUSY HAND OF 1899.
xKfs&SyfSSyt * = v v z-z&itt'
It Makes a. Difference.
"The prophets have again gone
wrong. This time it is those knowledge-
ous gentlemen who predicted that ,
another bond issue would be necessarj-
before 1900 , and who now see the gov
ernment redeeming instead of issuing
bonds. " Louisville Courier-Journal.
Yes ; it seems to make some differ
ence whether the country is going to
ruin under a free-trade , bond-issuing
administration , or is enjoying a hitherto -
to unheard-of prosperity under a pro-
: ectionist , surplus-accumulating ad
ministration. Doubtless this is the
idea which Mr. Wattcrson intended to
convey.
Possibilities of Flax.
The fiax industry in this country is
one which the free-traders have l > een
disposed to treat as of small consequence
quence , but it will not be a long trine
before we shall raise all our ewe llax
and manufacture all its products. Dur
ing the past year North Dakota form
ers have raised flax to the valu < of
about $10,000,000 ; and a large mill has
been erected at Fargo for the reduc
tion of flax straw before shipment to
Niagara Falls for manufacture into
manila paper. A flax mill , with a capi
tal of $250,000 , is projected at Ta > hton.
The Protectionist.
Xo Cause for Tears.
Increased wages for the operatives
in the cotton mills of New tfngland
ought to cause the Demo-Pops * o wipe
away the crocodile tears they hed in
such profusion on account of tY ste-g-
nation in that industry a yeaJT or so
ago. Topeka ( Kas. ) Capital.
A GREAT CENTURY.
Troaiondona Output of nrnnnftiotarlns
nid ARrlcuHural Product * In the
Northwest.
Sores Interesting facts concerning
the unparalleled business activities ot
of 1S99 corn ! *
the g eat protection year
from the treasury bureau of statistic : ;
tremendous output or
relative to the
the ftreat producing and manufactur
ing legions bordering upon the Great
Lakes , as illustrated by the report ot
the Business passing through the Sault
Ste. Marie canal connecting Lake Su
perior with Michigan , Huron , Erie an.l
Ontario. The report shows an Increase
In the number of vessels , number o
passengers , quantities of freight , and
in oractlcally all of the classes or
freight passing through that gref.t
waterway , and makes for the year 18PD
the highest record of business activity
011 the Great Lakes. The number o * .
sailing vessels Increased 7 per cent ,
as compared with last year , the num
ber of steamers 15 per cent , the number
of unregistered vessels 29 per cent ,
the quantity of registered freight IS
per cent , the quantity of actual
freight 19 per cent , passengers 13
per cent , lumber 1(5 ( per cent , ana
that great factor in manufacturing ac
tivities , iron ore , 30 per cent. In all
these important features , which show
the activities of the producing en l
manufacturing interests , the record oC
lake commerce In the year 1899 s
passes that of any preceding year ,
only case in which the year's recor/l
falls below that of any preceding
year being In wheat and flour , of which
the supply of 1899 was slightly below
that of any one or two preceding years ,
and the foreign demand materially be
low that of 1898.
A study of the figures of the busi
ness of the "Soo" in 1899 compared
with that of earlier years Indicates the
wonderful growth of the carrying trade
on the Great Lakes , and of the pro
ducing and manufacturing industries
of the sections contiguous to them.
The number of sailing vessels , which
in 1809 was 939 , was in 1S79 1,403 , In
1889 2,635 , and in 1899 4,776 ; the num
ber of steamers increased from 399 In
1869 to 1,618 in 1879 , 6,501 in 1889 , and
14,378 in 1899 ; the number of persons
passing through the canal increased
from 1,7,657 in 1869 to 18,979 In 1879.
25,712 in 1889 , and 49,082 in 1899 , and
registered tonnage Increased from 524-
885 in 1869 to 1,677,071 in 1879 , 7,221-
935 in 1889 , and 21,958,347 in 1899.
In the important articles of freight ,
such as flour , wheat and other grains ,
coal , iron ore , copper , lumber and
building stone , the growth Is equally
striking. Flour increased from 32,007
barrels in 1869 to 451,000 barrels in
1879 , 2,228,707 barrels in 1889 , and 7-
114,147 barrels in. 1899 ; wheat from
49,700 bushels in 1870 to 2,603,666 bush
els in 1879 , 16,231,854 bushels In 1889 ,
and 58,397,335 bushels in 1899 ; other
grain , from 323,501 bushels in 1869 to
951,469 bushels in 1879 , 2,133,245 bush
els in 1889 , and 30,000,935 bushels In
1899 ; iron ore , from 239,368 tons in. r
1869 to 540,075 tons in 1879 , 4,095,855
tons in 1889 , and 15,328,240 tons In
1899 ; copper , from 18,662 tons In 186'J
to 22,309 tons in 1879 , 33,466 tons In
1889 , and 120,090 tons in 1899 , and lum
ber increased from 1,260,000 feet in 1869
to 35,598,000 feet in 1879 , 315,554,000
feet in 1881 , and 1,038,057,000 feet in
183 ? .
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
Whjr tint Tariff Question Has Not Keen
S'ahen Oat of Politics.
Under this heading the Hon. Albert
J. Hopfc'ns , representative in congress
from Illinois , contributes an interest
ing article to the January Forum.
Rightly he combats the view that the
tariff > > as been taken out of politics
and rciegated to the domain of aca
demic discussion. Neither does he be
lieve that the subject of import duties
is evr going to be referred to a nonpartisan -
partisan commission acting independ
ently of congress. A tariff commission
vested with these powers could not be
creafed under the constitution , and an
amendment to the constitution having
this for its object is a long way off , if
not altogether impracticable.
The tariff will cease to be a live issue
only when American free-traders cease
to be solicitous in behalf of foreign
producers , cease their clamor for unre
stricted foreign competition , and cease
thgir denunciation of protection as rob
bery of the many for the benefit of the
fes . If in the next eight years the
Democrats should elect a president and
obtain working majorities in both
branches of congress , does anybody
suppose that the Dingley tariff law
vrould be allowed to remain on the fed
eral statute books ? Democratic oppo
sition to a protective tariff is not dead ;
it is only asleep , or , what is more near
ly the fact , merely "playing possum. "
The tariff is a live issue , and it must
remain alive until the two dominant
parties are in accord on the question of
an economic policy that shall secure
to domestic industry the full posses
sion of the domestic market.
Apparent Oversight.
Somehow the Bryanistic
newspapers
who were so skeptical about the preva
lence of prosperity are becoming sig
nificantly silent on that point. They
have apparently overlooked the dis
patches announcing another 10 per
cent advance in the wages of the New-
England mill operatives. Burlington.
Hawk-Eye.
Should Jfot Forget.
The changes in the wage scale Cf
Massachusetts have invariably been in
favor of the mill hand since tlie new
tariff went into effect. Under the Wil
son bill the changes -were invarlably
the other way , and the mill hands are
not likely to forget the difference.
Peoria (111. ) Journal.