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" - - ': &";-- - -V-f.,- fA'. ""W rik. .J j- v ".. - -" - i- r .. - - -. r'-CaT- -l l r 'A VOL. XIX.-NO. 28. COLtJMBtJS, NEB. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,1888. WHOLE NO. 964. t 'r (Mttiite m fc i-. t . 11 COLUMBUS STATE BANK. ! COLUMBUS, NEB. Cash Capital - $100,000. DIHECTOKS: LEANDElt GERBAKD. Pre't. OEO. W. IIULST, Vice PreVt. JULIUS A. HEED. K. II. HENRY. J. K. TASKER, Cashier. ink r Depaalt, ExcliBCe. OlMcaemi Cellectlea-iraatly Made All Patau. Pay latcrevt Tine M- It. 274 C0MMEM1BM OF- COLUMBUS, NEB. CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. OFFICERS: O. H. SHELDON, Prea'L W. A. MCALLISTER. Vice l-rcs'. VA. NEWMAN. Cashier. DANIEL 8CHRAM. Asa't Cadi. SrOCKHOLDEUS: J I HECKKR, JONAS WELCH. CAItLRElNKVl II. "iVJfWS011' J II WUltDEMAN IL M. WlNSLOW, GEO. Sa ARNOLD OEHLItiCH. This Bank transact a regular Hanking Busi ness, will allow interest on lime deis-nits, make collections, buy t sell cxclmne on United States and EuptiM'. mmI bny and ell available -securities. We shall be pleaed to receive jour business. We solicit jour patronage. We guarantee satis faction in all business intrusted in our care. dec"-S7 . FORTHE WEST&BN COTTAGE OBGAM CAtA. ON A. & M.TURNER Or O. W. VIBLEI, Travrella-sr ! EaVThese organs are first-class in every par ticular, and wo guaranteed. SCMFFMTH & PUTl, DEALERS IN CA WIND BULLS, AND PUMPS. Buckeye Mower, combined, Self Binder, wire or twine. Pups Repaired skart tiee KVOne door west of Heintz's Drug Store. 11th street. Columbus. Ne"b. 17novt4f Health is Wealth ! Da. E. . West's Nkbte asdBws Teeat MKXT, a guaranteed specific forJlystena, lnnt nass. Convultions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache. Nervous Prostration caused by the use of sicohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De-p-aassioa. Softening of the Bruin resulting in in sanity and leading to misery, decay and death. Prematura Old Age, Barrenness. Loss of power ia'eitaer sex. Involuntary Losses and Spenmat otihoea caused by over-exertion of the brain,self abaseor over indulgence. -Each box contains one month's treatment, f L00 a box, or six boxes forf5.0tl.seat by maUprepsid on recwpt ofjpnce. To cub any c5eTWith15aer recetredby us for tab boxes, accompanied with $5.00. we will seed the purchaser our writton guarantee .to re fmnd the money if the treatment does not effect a ear. Guarantees issued only by Dowty & -aer, aruggisis, sate ageuis, i- ""i -" deeTOy . . rr-zn , . n.i.VM. vj. . HENRY GrASS. "CTtSTlDERTAJSlEIw ! C0FFIHS AND METALLIC A8KS IT Repairing of all kinds of Uphol alerg Goods. 4C COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. - BBasavBBur3v2&aBa. 'aaaaraaasaaaaaav aaaaaaaaaaaaaV I aaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf aaaaafll lMBbhHHKb IBBPBKBpTiCATMnnBi aaaawaa---------p - 'wAJaaw THE COST. OF LIVING. IT IS LOWER. NOW THAN EVER BEFORE IN THIS COUNTRY. Free Trad Cry That cka TteUT In creases tks Price of Csaaamodltlas to taw er Proved to B False Wages Cosapared. Notwithstanding the enormous burden which the free trader would have us be lieve the tariff imposes upon our people, increasing the cost of everything we buy, .it is a fact that the cost of living was never so low in this country as now that is. considering the method. We suppose, says The American People, that the back woodsman of a century ago lived cheaper than the artisan of today, but the artisan of today who lives, say in Boston or New York, can-live better and cheaper for the same amount of money than he could fifty or seventy -five years ago. Seventy-five yearsjago blankets were $15 a pair, cotton cloth 25 cents a 'yardVaalt tl a bushel, and other things in proportion. In a recent speech in congress a member gave the yearly cost of supplies of a fam ily of four persons, at the lowest point, including clothing and rent, from 1868 to 1885. Tho articles, included were 3 barrels of Sour. 150 pounds of corn meal, 150 pounds of granulated sugar. 200 pounds of fresh beef, 100 pounds of corned beef, 100 pounds of pork, 24 pounds of lard. 16 pounds of ham. 100 pounds of codfish. 12 pounds of tea, 75 pounds of batter, 10 pounds of cheese, 4 tons of coal, 1 bushel of beans, 12 pounds of potatoes, 8 pairs of shoes, 20 yards of cotton cloth, 20 yards of prints, 5 yards of denims, 12 yards of satinets, and paid town rent,, which was estimated at $60 in 1868, and -had declined to $48 in 1885. The prices of these articles of prime necessity per barrel, pound, yard, ton, etc, are attached each year in the table referred to, and a steady reduction in the cost of every item is noted- The yearly cost of theee articles was as follows: Year. 1877... 1878... 187B... 1880... 1881... 1882 .. Total cost. $254.51 ....." 242.S8 239.43 243.11 46.00 202.47 C43.KJ KW ewji I(0B lOBsWea 1873 869.7411085. In other .words, it costs a family of four, using each year the above named articles, one-third less to live now than in 186a The Philadelphia North .American, which can scarcely be accused of youth fulness or immaturity of judgment, has been scoring its contemporary, The Times, for the following statement: "The weavers of England, or what we call pauper labor, earn nearly or quite as much; considering the cheaper necessa ries of life and the purchasing power of their wages." While the above has the merit of being short and sweet, it has the demerit of being absolutely false, says Tho North American. When one has been carried to the highest peak of theory's mountain, and by reason of surrounding mists and storms the landscape is -shut out from view, a misstep or mistaking a haystack for a church are excusablo errors. But when the weather is clear and the ob server has nothing to obstruct his view; when he is living in the realms of fact, shuts his eyes ana then tells what he sees, then .he utters falsehood; then he tells lies for which there is no excuse. Here is a statement of the wages re ceived in numerous industries: Average Weekly Wages. Vaasachu- Great setts. Britain. Bootsandahoes .$ 0.73 - $4.90 Building trades. 10.91 .0.61 Carriages and wagons , 11.02 6.45 aoUung 8.58 5.46 Cotton goods. 7.63 - 4.60 Flax, linen and hemp goods. 5.96 8.01 Glassware 10.11 ' Machinery..... 10.67 Metallic goods. , 10.42 Printing and publishing... ... 11.27 Dyeing; bleaching, etc 8.67 Woolen goods ...; 6.90 Food preparations 10.02 SbiDbuUciag 20.44 e.M 6.71 0.90 6.43 4.94 4.86 4.79 ai4 Then comes the cost of necessaries: Great Articles. New York. Britain. Bacon .,..16S 16Q20 Hatn 16220 24 Beef 10335 UX) Mutton .11015 16320 Veal ;..... '....19Q95 16&30 Pork... ......... ................ 8Q13 1620. Sugar...... ............... ...... 6Q 8 4? Tea............ ...... ...........252&70 32Q80 Coffee 20&32 - 21Q40 Butter................... ... 80 S4o3s T?1 li i ij " lA&mm Rice...... .............. .......... Dlv 4Q o Flour..........................:. 45 Qifib 4 Bread 6Q. 8 SJ4 Lard 15Q16 12&16 Bent in London for artisans is from $1.20 to $2.40 per week for ono or two rooms, more for better accommodations; respectable lodgings for clerks or ware housemen from $123 to $242 per annum. Small houses can.be had for $175 per annum, with taxes, which amount to about one-fifth of the rental. Small houses in Philadelphia rent from $72 to $120 per year, the former for two rooms and the latter for three rooms. As for the other necessaries, such as clothing, shoes, etc., it is sad to refer to them. All a family can afford to spend there for light and fire is $5 per year, and that rep resents many a cold bite and shivering body. Shoes for the entire family of five, $16.36; clothing for man, $18; clothing for wife, $8.83, and clothing for children, $10.47. Their necessities are not 'supplied by any. means, but the above represents all they can possibly afford to spend. Infor mation received this week gives the aver age wage of weavers in the United States at $10 and $11 per week and in England $3.S0to$5.S0. What is all this about? The free trader wants to force the American "working peo ple to admit free of duty the products of foreign labor. The more of these products that are admitted the- less -we will be called upon to produce 'ourselves.. The less work we get the less money we will have and that is the.long and short of it. SOMETHING MUST BE UP. A Free Trade Newspaper Which Realises Hew Hepeles the tight Is. For several months past, says the Dem ocratic New. York .Sun., our highly es teemed contemporary, the 'New York Her ald, has been fighting a most animated battle in behalf, first, of free trade, to which theory of political economy it is ar dently devoted, and secondly, in behalf of the Democratic national ticket. The election of this ticket it has .advocated with ability if argument and originality of illustration, in the belief that the cause of free trade would .thereby be much ad vanced, but now we find in The Herald a wet blanket thrown over all of the glorious hopes and anticipations that here been so fondly cherished. It comes in the form of a communication from a traveling cor respondent who appears to have been sent ont to survey the situation in the Empire state and who sends from Buffalo the dis couraging report which we here subjoin: WAXsaa to m one ocfcacT. rFor Out Personal Iaformation. laaa hurrying through the western eon tiBB, fori amatea- of this eternal bwttonaoliwg sad coraer grocery tariff dJagwarinw. Yoa casaaaks up your mind tbat,Blea some extraordinary change ocean between, now esai Nev. C, Harrtaa. wfllgo dowato high, bridge with sraHitaiiifcbkeTO.080 plurality. tf JSlar - - lriniavnjaiis taa&TCWva- Year. Total cost. WoS $350.88 1869. 319.J5 1870............... 811.31 1871... .... .. 804.OI 1871! 228.87 1873. 91.60 lc7"l. 4eee JHrl.Wr 195 SiCMjO UnfTlsaungntirnocnewiu navetopacE up and come back to Buffalo. You can get no idea in your present surroundings of the situation in the country. The .Republicans are makioca fierce, intelligent. and so far successful fight. It was a mistake for Cleve land to raise the tariff issue. I can see that now for the first time. The sur face argument is, as' you know, all in favor ' of the Republicans, and that is the argument that catches the coun trymen. There are large defections of lifelong Democrats among the farmers everywhere 1 have been. In Rochester toe men in control of the Democratic organization will knife Cleveland sure. . Tbey are very bitter against him, and in private make no boues of it. In Steuben county the Democrats are all smashed up. Cleveland's apiointees are a lot of, milk and water jackanapes, who let their enemies scoop everything. The only notable excep tion is Jim Hanlon, internal rcveuuo collec tor, who lives at Medina and is making the most extraordinary fight in Orleans county I have yet come across; He's a daisy, lao Democrats in Niagara county are saving their money to use on election day. God bless them! A Hekald Coebxsposdext. BCTFALO, N. Y., Oct 13, 1888. PARTIES AND PENSIONS. Vfest the Two PeUUeal Dave Doae for the Old. 6oId:ers. "It is better to trust those who are tried than those who pretend," said Gen. Logan in one of his speeches. The Democratic partv pretends to bo the soldier's friend, the Republican party' has been and is. Every pension law on the statute books today is the work of the Republican party. The 'following tabulated btatement of votes on pension bills shows who' passed the pensio' laws and where the opposition to them came from. 1 S m Name of bill. Kg a.ofs a ite rs a Repeal of arrears limitation. 11G 87 72 118 27 114 138 Mexican tiea.siou bilL with sen- atcaraendments. Forty-eighth conxresb, nnt session Mexican pension bill, with sen ate amendments. Forty-eighth cougres-i, second session Widows' increase. Forty-ninth concress .., "Senate bill 1B86," Forty-ninth congress ineier reported uacn lathabOLke) Deiendent pension hill. Forty ulnth congress - Dependent pension bill. Forty- 14 60 76 ninth congress (to pass over pre&iuent a veio. 87 331 125 On all the bills (aggregate). 610 572 r Indianapolis Journal. Aa Old "Roman's Address. (Not Heretofore I reported.) Marcus Antonius Tluirniau Friends, Ruxn'uns and countrymen, lend me your votes! I come to bury Labor, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; tho good is oft interred with their boues.. So let it bo witii Labor. Tho no ble Cleveland hath told you Labor was ambitious. If it were so ft was a griov ious fault, and grievously - hath .Labor answered it. Citizen Mark'd yo his words? He would not take the crown; therefore, 'tis certain, lie was not ambitious. Marcus Antonius Thurman But yes terday the word of Labor might have stood against the world. Now lies he there, and none so poor to do him rever ence. Citizens Oh, royal Labor! Marcus Antonius Thurman Moreover, he hath left you all his walks, his private arboi-s.and new planted orchards, on this side Tiber; he hath left them you, and to yonr heirs forever. DcmocnSic CitizensLoot, loot! Judge. A Horse of Another Color. When the house declared that the north must submit to free wool ,our i southern brethren shouted with 'joy,' but ! now that the Benate insists that the south will have to put np. with lower duties on hugar thev are yelling in an entirely differ- 1 ent key. This is enough to prove that the man who says it makes no mnerence whose ox is gored simply doesn't know what he is talking about. Philadelphia Press. ' Why Is It? Since the 1st of January 126,247 persons have left Great Britain and Ireland to set tle in the United States. Would' it not bo well for someablo Democratic orator to explain how it happens that so many peo ple are disposed to forfeit the alleged ad-' vantages of free trade by coming to a: country in which protection is the estab lished policy? St. Louis Globe Democrat, ' We Give It Up. The Democratic administration makes war upon women and 'children all .'along the line. The "Republicans" among them are turned out, and the "Democrats" are compelled.Ho give of then scanty wages to the campaign fund-' ..Four years ago it was labeled. a "reform administration," but what is it now? Indianapolis" Journal. Whea Honesty Becomes "Isspodent." In the opinion of The -New York. Times (Dcm.), the effort of the Republican Na tional committee to beeure an honest ballot in this city and Brooklyn is ."impu dent." To what -depths will the necessi ties of a Democratic, organ drag it down! New York Tribune. I Pretectloa RespeasfMe xer Tkto Treat? Bradstreet's announces the formation is England of a trust witha capital of $15, 000,000 to control the' production and. price of salt. This is done in anticipation of salt being put on the free-list u this country. Cleveland Leader. " " This Expiate Itself.- The Journal's subscribers at Nobles villo are entitled to the explanation that the Insertion of Thurman. hand -bills in the -copies of their paper was some thing . to which tins office was ' not privy. It was another instance of the underhand methods to which -Democrats are resorting in this campaign to bolster up their failing cause. Indianapolis' JoumaL- Wltbeat a'llome. Tho president of the United States is no longer a citizen of one of the states. He has lost his New York standing, and has no residence to fall back upon but that of' the District of Columbia, which is princi pally engaged in the extension and deflec tion of Massachusetts avenue, for . the benefit of the Bed Top real estate specu-lations.--Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It Seem Will Be. 'I aa wishtaa-, to Daniel says Grover, That this cruel warfare were over; Then I'd pack up my grip And to Buffalo skip ' And browse la the shrievalty's clover." ' St Paul Pioneer Press. Why is the Democratic party under the present administratiow. like a lot of Cook's tourists? Because it is "personally con ducted, " and thinks Europe more desira-' ble than America: New York Press. Aa Vp sad Dewa Hffl Trataw The President is respectfully reminded of the old proverb that "It's a Hill wind that blows nobody any good.' This, is Hinglign, yon know. Albany Journal. Is the Deaaoezatie nertvthe friend af the laboring aaaa? Go ask. the Union or HYPOCRITE. Reform. I Saloea Politics. ' Public office is a pub- $10,000 check. lie trust No office shall be used it of post masters. for partisan pur Use of patronage to cain a second term. poses. Protection to Ameri $50,000 subscribed by can workmen. the cabinet Joe cam paign purposes. Cleveland's letter ofl acceptance. 1884. Thieves, forgers, jail When we consider! birds and scoundrels appointed to office. Thev had the "nulL" the patronage of this great ofilefl, the allure ments of power, the Rum saloon influence. temptation to retain Free .trade.. place once trained, and more than all, the! availability a partyi finds in an incumbent whom a horde of office holders with a zeal borne of benefits aud fostered by tho hope of .': favors vet to como. ' stands ' ready to aid with money and train ed political service, we recognize luttio eligi bility of tho president lor re-election o most serious danger to that calm, deliberate and intelligent political ac tion which must char acterize a government by the people. '-Judge. A HIGHLY MORAL BALLAD. The Story of the Southdown Lamb aad the Down South Man. Columbia hod a little Iamb, ' - Its fleece was white as snow. And many fanner&sheared the wool That on tbe.sheep did grow. . Then Mills, of Tescs, said tho ram Disturbed the Free Trade School, The lambkin knocked the teacher out Regardless of the rule. . When Mills' remains were gathered up, With others of bis pals. Through Charon's custom house they passed Free raw materials! . "Why love that Iambi" the nations asked, ' . Columbia did reply: "In case of w ar that lamb's the i-heep On which I can rel v !" New York Tribute. COMPARISON IS ODIOUS. Bat a Little of It May Ocea- aally Have a Salutatory Effect Two Letters. In connection with the civil service laws which commend to the attention of exam-' inlng boards favorable .consideration for soldiers, it is interesting to compare two ' letters which represent the condition and the theory of civil service reform as un derstood by Grover Cleveland. The first . is his Christmas present of 1884 to George William Curtis, president of the National Civil Service Reform association.. In it. he said among other philosophically patri . otic things: - .""" ' "There is a class of government positions which are not within the letter of the civil service statute, but -which are sodiscon nected with the policy of "the admlnistra- tion that the removal therefrom of present incumbents, in my opinion, should not be made duringthe term for which' they were appointed, solely on partisan grounds and for the purpose of putting in these places tlioso who are tn politic:-4 accord with the appointing power." The other choice tid bit is extracted from a letter written by S Y.'Benet, chief of" ordinance of the war department of -Mr... Cleveland's administration. : It is -ad dressed. "To tho commanding officers of il. ..! . A o..j . me iauonai Armories at -apnngueia anu Rock -Island, andr of the -..United. States oraeuuia ai ew iwk, csi .i ruy , riiiiH delphia, Boston, and Benicia."- It reads as follows: "While arsenals and 'armories are not intended to be converted into, political machines, two- political parties in this country are recognized. It is, therefore; ordered that hereafter' In employing . or discharging' employes" of any and -.all grades, other things being equal, and qualifications satisfactory, Democrats.will bo favored, tho object being to divide the force in the different grades Gradually be tween Democrats and. Republicans. ".This1 rule .will apply ..to women and -children as well as to men and- will be' strictly en forced." -.';-" The first victims of this non-partisan-reform very appropriately were the widow and children of a soldier. Widows, of soldiers are so offensive partisans that they could not vote the. Democratic ticket if they would, and their places, naturally enough, are being supplied with Democrats who can vote--"tbe object being to' divide J tne torce -gradually .between -.Democrats and Republicans," giving, the -Democrats the inside of the tent of patronage and tho Republicans the outside," with an un? obstructed view" of Grover Cleveland re .form mottoes painted over the entrance. Tune. ;- : ' . :- A CONDITION, SURE ENOUGH. . There Will Be a' Deficit' la the Treasury. .Not a Surplus, This Year,' The original estimate, by the Treasury Department of the Government's' revenue" for the present fiscal year was $383, 000.000. ..--.'.- ..'' Last year the revenue hi round .numbers was $379,000,000:' In the fiscal-year 1887 it was $371,000,000.- In .the fiscal .year 1886 it was $330,000,000. - We have, already the figures of the Government receipts from all sources dur ing the months of July, August and Sep tember, constituting the'first quarter of the fiscal year 1689. The quarter's reve nue amounted to only $97,526,252, against $102,328,896 for the corresponding period, last year. ' hi view of this: marked and significant decline of nearly $5,000,000 in the govern ment's income during a single quarter, we understand that some, of the' longest headed authorities in the treasury are now disposed to reduce their 'estimate of 'the year's receipts by about $13,000,000; thus, bringing down the total from $383.000,000 . to $370,000,000. That would reduce the surplus this year' to about $5,500,000, or only one air 1. one--third per cent margin above the total of appropriations for the year, even suppos ing that the revenue from' the postoffice comes up to the estimated amount, $57, 564,000. - ' In' a surplus of between five aad six millions for the year, calm' minded finan ciers will perceive no presage of the finan-'' cial convulsion and widespread disaster which Mr. Cleveland predicted in Decem ber last Bat now let us see what ground- there is for expecting even so.small a surplus as JBjSOO.OOO.this year, and not a deficit The receipts for the first quarter are known.- Thev. amount to t97.526.252. TWO SIDES TO A aawaawawaaaaV BawaawaawawVS& rtsfsK1 ft awawaawaawaawaawaawaaw Ual 'Jk PI J$J awaawESa Vgg TCasfv JaawaawafflwHVa Ji'Vai BTTBlawawaawaawaawai X liaZalPawaISrJrffl& fee iMf7m aasaT aV WrafarTv i I Plr asaa saauaBvlSSaaissii ne experience or pasvyears 'snows a definite and tolerably constant ratio be tween the frst quarter's receipts and those of the whole twelve months. We are surprised that it has been overlooked by the treasury officials. . This is the fact: The first three 'months of the fiscal year bring hi considerably more .'than one fourth of the year's revenue. ' Just how much, more it is easy to ascertain by a mathematical process. In 1883 the first' Quarter's revenue was .about 28,2 per cent of the year's receipts. In 1884 it was about 27.5 per rent'. In ' 1885 about 28.3 per cent- In 1886 nearly 26 per cent In 1887 nearly U6 per cent again, in 1888 just 27 per cent' On an average of the past six years 27 per cent, of the year's revenue comes in during July, August and September. The receipts of the' first quarter of the fiscal year 188) are 27 per cent, of $361.. 000,000. and they-therefore indicate that sum as the total revenue of the govern ment for the present fiscal 'year, outside of postal returns. With the estimated postal revenue of $57,500,000 the aggregate income would j amount to $418,500,000. But the' appro- E nation bills for the year,, already signed y Mr.- Cleveland or in his hands for ap proval, amount to $422,000,000. This means an actual deficit of $3,000,000 or $4,000,000 instead of any surplus, how ever small. - . . . That is the condition which confronts us. Now York Sun (Deni.) Three Times Around. Three times around went the Democratic ship, And three times around went she; But tho fourth time around, upon her trial trip. She sank to the bottom of the sea. cnoscs: . Oh, tho ocean waves they roll. And the stormy winds they blow; - " Tho Republican ship goes bkimming o'er the tide. And tho Democrats go down below, below, below, . Had the Democrats go down below 1 Then spake out the captain of the sinking craft, Aud a lubberly chap- was he: "Oh, give me a platform for to make a raft. Or w bat will become of mo J" ' -. ." ' Chorus. Then out spake the mate: "This vessel,! would state, " . : Is wesy werry rotten wood; ' But yonder is a spar from a British man-o'-war -As will make a platform good s" Chorus. Then out spake the captain: "We inuot have a sail Whenever thebreezes blow.' So they took a. red bandanna from the mate's .coat tail,' For ainains'land a flag also. .;..' - Chorus. Xowwuen tho vessel's crew saw what the pair .' would do. The captain and the mate they lowered: Uut the bailors they swore there that wasn't room for more, . And they never would go en board - ' . Chorus.- "Xow you may sail to .sea,' says a sallonuan, 63she, . - Wherever you likes Tor togo; .But I ships in yonder craft that Is coming up ": abaft, ' For she carries a flag I know!" .'.-' Chorus. - So tho sailors left the wreck, for to tread upon the deck . Of the frigate stanch and proud; And the captain -he got drowned, and with the. mate was found In a red baadanna shroud. .'-.' ... ' Chorus. So three times around went the Demociatic ship. And three times around went she: -But the fourth time around, upon her trial trip, eoe sana io ine ooiiotn or lue sea. r Ohorus. " - . Xew York Tribune. nils Condition Which Confronts Vs. It is of little, importance now to thrash over the old straw of. tariff discussion. Everybody kuowsrln a general way, that somewhat more than a quarter of a cen tury ago, a great civil .war -was begun, and that ono 'of its most 'difficult first problems was not the raising of troops, but their eanimneut. ' At -that timo tho J manufactures of. tho country were those of a third-rate power.' Since tho close of tho rebellion, however, the United States has become the chief manufacturing na tion - of - the world, and, ' as everybody I knows, tho transformation has been' ac- c'omplished under a protective tariff, and a system of wages higher than those paid in any .-part-of Europe. .-This does not mean simply that workmen receive more money for a day's work in America than elsewhere, -but. that tho purchas- ihff iinrnmf 'a ffav'a. InKnt la anwntAi in m"f I."' ".T." ""-'. V " . '- j the United states than in any other coun try; that American workingmen are bettei better housed, better fed and better clothed than - those of any country on. the continent of -Europe. In the' broad "sense, this is the industrial condition that has been brought about under a protective tariff.' And, as tho Republican candidate has well said, it 13 at principles and tariff schedules that party lines, are .'drawn. In "the words of President Cleveland. "It is a condition' and not a theory which -confronts us." Tune. ' - A Lost Opportunity to Veto. A correspondent says work on the new iron" bridge Over.Rock creek, on the way to Red Top", -was' commenced Tuesday. The bridge will cost $33,000. appropriated out of tho people's money for tho solo pur pose of being expended in. such a way as to increase the .value of the president's private property and the property 'of the real-estate syndicate with which he is associated. , -The public did not need the work,' as there is an excellent wooden bridge", more than sufficient for all practi cal purposes', over Rock creek already. .'.Why didn't Grover veto the bill provid-- incr lor-tno shameful-waste of public money? Well, he" was too busy hunting up excuses for vetoing bills to. pension old 'soldiers and dead soldiers' widows, and' -besides was altogether too mindful of his' favorite motto, which, 'being translated in ' the light of 'his actions, reads: "Public office is a private snap." A'man who can make the whole people pay for real estate speculations can well afford- to give $10, 000 for his own re-election. Ohlo.State -Journal.. ----- It's' Oaly a rree Trade Fake. - - .'-Under Republican 'administrations the' -tariff duties levied 'during the war were three time? readjusted and cut down until no further general reduction .could be made-without obvious danger to' Ameri can industries. Of 'course prominent Republican members of congress advo. cated the reduction, at the time. The free trade, journals-are now quoting their . speeches as . though' they were ' inconsist-.' eht in favoring a reasonable tariff reduc-. . tion.then which left our industrial inter-' . ests unharmed,- whilo they no w oppose the ' sweeping free tradeism of tho lulls bill, which' would -cut those Interests, up by the. rv&s Ohio State Journal.- .'.' For. Worklsffmeif. to Stady. . A trades congress was held at Bradford today. The president, Mr. Shipter. bit terly denounced the 'free traders who ad vised buying hi the cheapest markets ir respective of -consequences to workmen.' If absolute and unconditional cheapness was right", he said, then by all means Im port Chinese and encourage the sweating system. '" That is a London dispatch of Sept 3. If -the American workingman wants to know what free trade is he -bad better, take, it somewhat to. heart. Judge. An L assessable' Kiddle. ' "Cleveland is a riddle, ! says one' who rends to know him. '-We do uot doubt Neither do we doubt that the coon try s going to give him up. New York Press. SOMETHING MAY OCCUR,' taanaawf aaV f 'TV SJaaawaaTfaV afawaaf awaawaawaawTfaVLwaawaaw aCaWK y.sawaawaawaPaawaT aJ I 33Ea IafwawafAlM aa. LaytffPr L Cleveland will have a walk over (so the Democratic newspapers say). Judge. COMMERCE AND PROTECTION. The Free Trade -Theory Is "Buy What ' You Caa aad Make What -You Mast." The free tradors profess to desire the increase of our. commerce. -The protect tionists really do desire it. but their plan is the more rational. The free traders say: "Let us 'buy everything where we can buy it the cheapest-" Suppose that had always been the policy of tho govern ment We were an agricultural state. Some of our manufacturing interests had .been benefited by the English laws, but most of them had been impeded by the restrictive legislation which' forbade the colonies from trading with any but tho mother country. The result was that when the govern-' ment began this was an agricultural country. - If we had uot undertaken to build up our' manufactures we should -have remained an agricultural community, buying our manufactured products in the markets where they are the cheapest. But wo did nothing of tho kind. ' We 'started -' out in another direction. We undertook to diversify our interests by going into . tho business of making all that would be produced in this country. " Wo went on tho theory that we -should send out to the other sido the surplus products uf our farms with whit-h - we might purchase- goods or products that could not be produced in this. country." Europe 'of fered to sell us. hi return for our- wheat and cotton, manufactured articles that wo could make if our capitalists aud workingmen were protected from compe-.. titiou until they could stand alone. Tho foreigners even tried to convince us that it would be cheaper fer- ns to- remain' on agricultural country., aud thev are still," with tho assistance of the Democratic party, engaged in persuading us to aban don our factories aud return to fields. ' We declino on the ground that the' coun try has prospered under the protective system. ' Tho manufacturing establish ments which have been encouraged by the protective tariff -have been of niorepecu- uiary, ad vantage totue farmers than, the foreign market The only true principle lor national prosperity is to make what you can and buy only 'what you must, and ' that -is what -protection means. New York Mail and Exprcbs.' . The Solid South Might BeSoUderl The Savannah (Ga.) News warns those Democrats in the south who arc disposed to" break away from the ranks (which, is a significant concession that there are some) that party affiliation in the south, means more -than party supremacy, . In other word's, this means, we presume,, that Tho News deems it most important that the south should be kept solid -and Republi cans should bo disfranchised in order to keep them out of power both in state, county and municipal administrations. The Atlanta Constitution takes this view. c of the case, and warns its readers that it is within tho range of probability that the Republicans may" capture the reins 'of "the city government- "Once -with a ticket in tho field." says The Constitu tion "no power can break the solidity with which tho' Republicans will rally 'to it. This was demonstrated in the legisla tive election several days ago," which, by ' the wav. Th'o Constitution neelects to sav. ran tho Democratic majority down to 400- j This is not the only section in the soutlr from which appeals of ' this pathetic- sort - are' coming. In .North -Carolina, in vari ous, parts of Georgia aud Louisiana, "as well as in Arkansas and Missouri, there arc many evidences that the disintegra tion of southern solidity is. menaced. and . that the Bourbons ore having all they can' "do to prevent it. Chicago Tribune. Some insures. The amount .received by the- United States government ' for customs for tho vear ending Juno .10, 1S87. was S204;77O,- 280.537- This amount the Milk bill re-- duces by additions, to the free listof $22.- 250,000, and. by reductions in tho tariff rates' $30,000,000 a total of $52,2o0,000. - ; This latter amount is 23$ per cent, of the' ." total'amount of customs revenue,, sho-" ing that the Mills bill, instead of making ..a reduction of 5 percent, in tariff rates, -maKesone'of live times & percent, if. - from the total of "receipts for customs we deduct tho amount of revenue from the .proposed, additions to the freo list, and from the article of sugar, we have a total of $114,000,000 in. Tound. numbers. Tho amount of redaction of tho. tariff rates on the articles which make, up this amount, proposed by the "Mills bill, is. about $21, 000.000, which is an average "of over 18.4 nercent. reduction in tariff rates bv'tho" L Mills bill on articles .which enter into com- petition with those of home manufacture: Thus it is clearly shown that thVpassage 'of the Mills bill would- have on 'injurious effect on manufacturing and laboring in-, terestsof this country. Boston-Journal. .'.' Break, Shake. Quake!. " " (O.C. loquitur.) . - .Break, shake, quake, . ,"'"-' . O. btartled Democracee. " m . . While I stutter and sputter to utter -" The thoughts that arise- ia rciL " - 0 well for the Hamiou crowd, . That Is swelling iu ranks each day! O, well for the Umpire Mate . '.-. ' When .Warner Miller holds sway: .' - -.-" .The Republiuan ship" Bails oul "." No figure for Jle or Hill, Though we're both ia touch with the toughs -- aad6ucnj And solid with bar and Mill: ". Break, shake, quake. ..,.-. Unhappy Democracc. .-" Kovember chills and thrills' ana bill - Have a terrible grip on We! ' .-" "- -Now York Tribune. A Cnaraeterlstlc Democratic Argaaaea.' A favorite -argument with the 'free traders is that 'if all classes of business men are -not directly protected, those not protected . receive no benefit bat. are' '.taxed" to' pay for the protection of the favored classes. The argnment.wonld be eminently unsound cvenu protection were a tax, which it- is not. It might as well be asserted that if a hundred men in'a community are enterprising and prosper-' ous, their prosperity, instead of benefiting everybody else in that community, docs ham by compelling all the rest to pay for it!-Ohio State Journal. ' -. tier Way ;eC Cearse. 'The Rochester 'Herald '(Ind.) in. re; producing and ..commenting on Sam Wilkeson's description of tho women blacksmiths of Bromsgrove. England, in last Monday's Exprcss.t rut hfully remarks: "A system or a policy which would bring .the comparatively well paid and self re specting American working people of this country into' competition with such labor and wages is criminal. In the face of such facts and figures the argument that only the minority of our people are employed in protected manufactures, while the ma jority would save a few pennies hero and there by admitting the -pauper products of .Europe free of duty is as mean and cruel aa it is fatuous. Whatever pauper izes American labor will debase and de stroy 'American institutions and tho entire fabric of American society." Tho Demo cratic party must go! Buffalo Express. ' Wefally aUsIafenaed. . It seems that the cherished surplus of the administration has dwindled to less than $93,000,000. A few days-ago it was reported at 9137,000,000! That is to say', tbel mlslnf orBsatioa. given the' country by the president and nis advisers about the unnecessary cash on hand is about $40,000,000. The same crowd miscalcu lated the revenue to tho extent of $100, 000.000. The fact is the Democrats are full of false information and false princi ples, and foolish and profligate notions about tho public money, and they should not be trusted 'to handlo it. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. Do as Yea Would Be Deae By. Do you work in.a factory and believe in protection?- If you do, consider this ques tion: If you vote to strike tho duty off of wool, olive oil and other products-of tho farm, do you think that tho farmer, when he gets a chance to even up with you. will not voto to strike the duties off of manu factured 'articles? Iffyou do you are" a donkey, and are incapable of understand ing human nature. If you will not voto to protect the farmer ho will not voto to protect yon. San Francisco Chronicle. The Duty oa Sugar. ' If the Democrats in congress ore honest ly anxious to mako food cheaper, why do they not accept tho Republican proposi tion to reduce tho sugar duties to tho amount of $28,000,000? That would be a direct saving to every family in the coun' try, and .at the 'same time tho surplus would be lessened without doing any par ticularharm to tho interests 'of domestic labor and enterprise. St. Louis -Globu Democrat' Exhibited by G. Cleveland, Showman. ' The offer of $25,000 reward for the coti victio'n of persons violating the registra tion law in New York city shows beyond question where the Republican National committee stands on the- fraud issue. As .we remarked the other .day. Democratic bluster about illegal registration on the part.of -Republicans in tho closo states of the east is merely a bold attempt to divert attention from bourbon deviltry. Democ racy an'd fraud ate Siamese twins. Clever land Leader. ' ' Clxeamstaatlal Evidence. . When, a man is arrested with burglar a' louu in uu possession, it is easy to unuer- stand what his intentions are; and by tho aame rule, when a political party advo cates -an. anti-protection policy: we may safely concludo that it proposes to estab lish free trade. St. Louis Globe-Demc crat- . A Screw Loose Semen here. The administration organs, which a few weeks ago were pronouncing the protec--tive system a vicious and inequitable "ohe, are .now endeavoring to. proVo that the Democratic, party is- the only simo'ii pure protection party. San Francisco Chroni cte. - - v-- .. ' . 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