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C0LTJ1MEBUS. NEBRASKA, WgpNlSPAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1891.
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A Brief Compendium of the
Busy World's Events.
COLLISION 0i THE SEA
ONE STEAtfR SUNK AND MANY
DROWNED.
Ab Itallaa Sttancr Strikes a Ck -Tet-el
aa tk termer Slak la a tew SUa
atos mta a Um ar Life Ellakair tit
Oa Uaadrad I'anaaa.
A collixiott U45 taken place off Cape Col
oaaat In the Mediterranean, between the
Italian steamship Taromina. of the tttin
Mcfisagerie company, ana tfcf t &team
ship Tbessalia. Th Tarotnlna mnk soon
after, drowning her captain, several of her
crew an4 part of her cabin passenger. The
second officer of the Taromina and a nuin
ber of passengers standing on the bridge
at the time the collision occurred were
saved by boats. The datotafcft tbne to the
Taromina by the collision with the Thessalla
was so great that she sank a few minutes
after being struck by the Greek steamship.
Host of the Taromlna's passengers were It
their berths at the time the Jewels Collided,
and the latest estimate 'is 100 persons
drowned. The Thessalla was badly dam
aged forward, but by keeping the pumps
going they succeeded la reaching Phaleron.
Debts la
The census ofice has issued a bulletin
which glres the mortgage indebtedness of
the state of Kansas by counties. The total
sswcrmul valuation of real and personal
aroperty la 1890, not including the railroad
property, which Is placed at fsrt8W.C33, was
t2l,593.711. The estimated true value Is
between eight aad nine hundred millions.
It Is found that Kansas has a mortgage
debt of 1335,185,108, which does not include
the state and railroad land contract debt of
7,661.718. This debt Is S? per cent, of the
estimated true Value of all the taxed real
estate. The average amount of debt per
mortgaged acre is placed at f6.65. Of the
total mortgage debt 8187,145,039 Is upon
acres aad $68,340,669 upon lots. Thirty-four
per cent, of the total debt la force is on real
estate la the western part of the state,
where it Is said the values are low and
where a settlement was made but a few
years ago.
Beware ef Wemaa,
Bob Winteon, alias Lewis Sherry, was
hanged at Newport, Ark., in the presence
at tweaty-lve witnesses, as required by the
Arkansas law. Wlntson, who is a negro,
killed a actio preacher named Smith at the
Instigation of a negro woman, Mattle Green.
On the gallows he uttered a fervent inco
herent prayer aad twice repeated: ''Beware
tke temptations of wowttt they will lead
you Into trouble, and you may not escape."
toeAullaw tfca Lightweight Champion.
Sporting men say that no prize flsbt in
the country since the great battle between
Dempseyand TlUslmmoas attracted such
universal interest as the lightweight
championship match between Jack McAu
liaTe aad Austin Gibbons, at the Granite As
sociation club rooms at Hoboken, K. J. It
was stopped by the police la the sixth round
aad Referee Jere Dunn awarded the ightto
McAullffe, amid much enthusiasm.
BeeUtoM College Eadersed.
The twenty! ret annual meeting of the
association of Congregational churches
f South Dakota closed at Watertown. 100
delegates being In attendance. A lively
discussion was created over the resolution
Indorsing Kedteld college, and recommend
ing the college aad educational society to
place it on Its list for aid. The resolution
was carried.
Tke Oaaaha Saaelters May Ge.
A dispatch from Deaver states that the
Omaha aad Grant Smelting and Refining
company Is buying a large tract of land at
that city. It Is believed la Denver that
this means a removal of the works from
Ouaha and it Is argued that the labor
troubles ef this and a previous season havo
determined the company to take this costly
step.
Itena la rr pact.
Rangers from Baa Antonio, Tex., are in
dose pursuit of tke Southern Pacific train
robbers and may come upon them, at any
time. There are eight robbers and fifteen
rangers, aad whea the two parties meet
then is likely to be a bloody fight.
IN THE EAST.
Macte now has a people's party. The
Cincinnati platform was adopted.
The people's party of Massachusetts
nominated a ticket with Henry Wins
tor governor and Wa. J. Shields for
lieutenant governor.
IxsTinrcrnoxs have been received by
those in charge of the Blaine house on
Lafayette square, Washington, to put
it la order for the return of the secre-tary-aad
his family about October 1.
J. Sloaic Fassktt. collector of the
port of New York City, was nominated
for governor by the New York republi
cans. The platform declares against
free coinage, stands by the McKinley
bill and reciprocity and vigorously
assails Got. Hill- and Tammany.
Tars story of a horrible threshing
machine accident comes from Lima, O.
In a quarrel John Johnson knocked
Bates Lewis into the cylinder of the
machine, where he was ground to pieces.
Lewis' brother who was present disem
boweled Johnson with a pitchfork.
At the bicycle races at Hartford,
Conn., in the half mile safety race for
the national L. A. W. championship, A.
A. Zimmerman, of the New York Ath
letic dab, won in 1 minute 22 1-f sec
ends, making the last quarter In 39X
seconds, breaking the world's record of
SO 4-5 seconds.
J. G. Cajtsoh, vice-president of the
Fourth National bank of New York,
eonlrmed the report that that bank had
decided to emulate the example set
by European bankers last fall, aad lend
money without interest to importers of
gold, while the gold Is in transit. Oui
determinatioa to da this," said Mr. Can
non, "la due to a desire to accelerate
the movement of gold this way. The
European bankers found last fall that
the import of gold by their custo
mers was greatly stimulated by the plan
mentioned, and we have decided to get
some of the gold back a little earlier
than it would come naturally by adopt
ing their plan."
Book after the assembling of congress
in December Secretary Busk will ask
for an appropriation of respectable pro
portions for the purpose of further pur
cuing the experiments for the produc
tion of rain in arid plains la the line
that Gen. Dyrenforth and his associates
have been conducting in Texas. Unless
the laurel won by the experimenters
are taken away.from them ft is riot
likely there will be any objection to a
trst rata appropriation, as it Is conceded
oa arary hand that should there be di
coreriea which will enable anyone to
prednee rain, it would mark one of the
saeat important epochs In the history of
the government. It Is also nndentood
at Washington that the legislatures in
the states aad territories where there Is
need of rain in crop .growing siassns
will take steps toward making expert
ments on the Dyrenforth plan 4aring
the awxt summer, aad it to probable
that there will th a great many appro
'prt&tfons made by them for next sum
mer's use. The Texas experiments, it
is thought, will stop the .feOleslcal sur
vey oitroitc all I It3 XUhctions in the wa
bf Irrigation. Investigations and experi
ments and that congress will turn all of
tnts work over to the department or
agriculture. There is nothing more
heard of artesian wells, catch baSins,
canals, ditches and other old-time nieth
ods of Irrigation such as has trteri talks
over ll congress and uogltattd upon for
many yttarl lh the geological survey.
Everything is pointing in the Iftlrectfon
of precipitating rain byarttftciil tteahs.
Tata, icenfeua ofnee has issued a bulle
tin which furnishes statistics as to sen
tences imposed by the courts upon pris
oners In penitentiaries! Of 45,233 pris
oners In penitentiaries, 53 were not sen
tenetd; 3,486 were serving sentences of
less than one year, 39,757 had been sen
tenced to imprisonment for a definite
term of years, 2,688 for life, 12 during
their minority, and 63 were Under sen
tence f death awaiting $ecutiori A
tendency tt.rtiter severity of sentence
fft apparent in the south and west. The
average sentence of a native white con
vict of native parents Is 5 years and 208
days; of a foreign bora convict S year!
and 193 days; of t colored convict 6
I ears and il3 days. The average sen
ehce of a male convict Is 5 years and
285 days and of a female convict 4 years
and 215 days. The difference between
the average sentences In different
states', the bulletin says, are a surprise.
They range from 2 years and 356 days
in Rhode Island to 13 Years and 116
days In Mississippi, and seem to be gov
erned by u6 discoverable law.
Thb board of manager of the na
tional home for disabled Volunteers has
about concluded a quarterly meeting in
Washington. At the last meeting pro
vision was made for the creation of
medical boards of each branch to exam
ine the inmate and ascertain what pro
portion of them are able to maintain
'.themselves and are not disabled. These
.reports are now under consideration.
;Tho board at the California branch re
ports that there is not a single inmate
who could properly be excluded; . tn the
central branch the board found thirty
five inmates who should be excluded,
because they have sufficient income to
maintain themselves, and seventeen be
cause they are physically able.. The
Milwaukee branch has not yet reported.
Their board has not yet determined
upon the line of policy to be pursued in
these cases. It is the desire to rid the
homes of inmates really able to take care
of themselves 10 order to afford room
for deserving veterans, but so many
considerations arise that It Is not practi
cable to apply any general rule.
IN THE WEST.
Tbx bureau of statistics has recently
Issued a volume which deals with the
development of the Pacific slope, in
cluding the states of California, Nevada,
Idaho, Oregon and Washington and the
territories of Utah, Arizona and Alaska.
Thb lands comprising these states and
territories, exclusive of Alaska, consti
tute quite a fourth of the total area of
the United States. Alaska, acquired by
purchase from Bussialn 1867 at a cost
ofS7,2O0,000, has already returned in
revenue to the treasury more than its
purchase price, and has produced in
values to our citizens not less than 985,
000,000. Of this sum 980,000,000 is the
products of the Isherles, for the protec
tion of which from Canadian poachers
we are now contending with Great
Britain.
Tbk assignment of the Central Mar
ket company, of Chicago has been an
nounced, with liabilities of $160,000 and
assets of $305,000. The attorney for the
company said that the failure was
merely a suspension and due to the lack
of ready funds.
F. L. Cabboxx, of Fresno, Cal., aged
forty-one, committed suicide In a San
Francisco hotel by exploding a dynamite
bomb in his room. His remains were
scattered all over the room and one of
his arms was found in the street.
The jury in the Davis will ease at
Butte, Mont., reported they could not
agree.' It Is learned that they stood
seven to ive for contestants from first
to last. They eliminated the Knight
will from their deliberations.
Tbb Farmer? Review of Chicago pub
lishes reports from correspondents in ail
parts of the United States which show
that the damage done by the late frosts
was greatly exaggerated.
The Minneapolis boardtf trade de
clines the proposition of the St. Paul
chamber of commerce for municipal
union.
THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY.
Gktt. T. M. Habris, of Ritchie county,
W. Va., a member of the court martial
which investigated the death of Lincoln
and condemned Mrs. Surratt, has just
finished a history on the assassination
of President Lincoln. The history was
compiled from stenographers notes In
Gen. Harris' possession. In the book
Harris boldly asserts that Jefferson
Davis and certain members of his cabi
net were interested in and encouraged
the assassination of Lincoln. He fortifies
the statement by a large amount of doc
umentary evidence. The book will cre
ate a sensation.
A Galvestoic, Tex., special tells of
the organization of the colored cotton
pickers, who have agreed to pick no
cotton after a certain date for less than
Si per ICO pounds and board. The or
ganization has been perfected through
the medium of the colored alliance and
now numbers more than half a million.
It is learned that a secret circular has
been mailed to all the pickers through
out the cotton belt, fixing the date for
the inauguration of the strike at Sep
tember 15.
Thb anti-lottery voters of Louisiana
have been reinforced by the women in
that state, who have formed a women's
anti-lottery league and issued an address
to the women of all the states, asking
for their sympathy and encouragement
In the struggle In which their husbands,
fathers, sons and brothers are engaged
to free themselves from the demoraliz
ing influences of the lottery octopus.
Nkab Magnolia, Ark., Mr. Couch, a
prominent planter, was In a small cot
ton house with five or six others weigh
ing cotton. Lightning struck the build
mg, killing Samuel Carter and his 15-year-old
son James, John Brown and
Doe Blakely.
Tbb following dispatch has been re?
eeived at world's fair headquarters from
Weatherford, Tex., the headquarters of
the Texas state fain "One hundred
thousand Texan protest against the
Sunday closing of the fair. The day of
fanaticism to passed."
Ib a fight between Texas raagars and
train robbers two of the former and
thirteen of the latter were killed, aad
several oa both sides wounded.
' Tnextreato cc4d weather to telling
badly oa tke cotton crop. It toesti
mated the condition has fallen of 20 per
cent, within the last week.
These is great commotion among
shippers by way of thtMissiseippl river
to bt. Louis and other points over the
discontinuance of the running of all
steamers to St. PauL
TO DECIDE BY A VOTE.
THE BLACK HILLS AND THE
WORLD'S FAIR.
A Beareseatatlv Caavaatlea at
waad Asks Canary Cemmlssleaars to
Call a Vata ea the aaaelal Sasslatt at
ib CeagressMMtal BWcileJt
Ail enthusiastle.cbnventiBn was Held
at Deadwood for the purpose $f arrang
ing i Black Hills exhibit al the world's
fair. t Resolutions were adopted asking
the commissioners Sf the dlffererit coun
ties to call a special election the same
date as the congressional election, for
the purpose of seeing if a majority of
the people of the state favor the calling
of a special session of the legislature to
make an appropriation. Should the
vote be in the negative the Black Hills
counties will spend 1900O0fnra8peclal
exhibit J! their .dwjl .resource. tDel&
gates weire present from all over the
Hills: .
A Slgaiaeaat Mava.
The official plats have, been received
at the United States land office at
Chamberlain from the land commis
sioner of 188 acres of land adjoining that
city and 640 acres on the west side of
the Missouri river. This land, together
with right of way to the Black Hills, is
granted the Chicago, Milwaukee St St.
Paul railway by the Sioux bill, and as
this company must extend the line and
hare it in running order within three
years of the issuance of the president's
proclamation on February 10, 1890, in
order tB secure the title, the filing of
these plats at this time, is believed tb
Indicate a determination on the part of
the company to begin work on this im
portant extension at ail early day.
Turning Out Better Than Ever;
The coal mines on the middle fork of
Hay creek in the Bear Lodge range of
mountains, now being opened by George
M. Nix A Co., of Dubuque, Iowa, are
showing up better than ever. They
have a coal formation of eighteen feet
and a working vein of solid coal that
ranges In thickness from nine to
twelve feet. They have twenty-two
coal filings made covering 3,560 acres of
land. It is rumored that the Illinois
Central railroad company will take the
mine when further developed.
Not 8 Bad as Baperted.
L. D. HtxkLEY, crop inspector of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Railway
company, visited the scene of the recent
Faulk county prairie fire that was re
ported sd disastrous. He reports about
2,000 bushels of grain, seventy-five tons
of hay and four or five old shacks and
shanties, which were unoccupied, and
one or two barns burned. There is no
distress in the burned district and no
homes were burned.
KapaMieaa Convention Called:
The republican central committee of
South Dakota chose Aberdeen as the
place and September 29 as the date for
the republican convention to nominate
a candidate for congress. The basis of
representation is the same as last year,
except in counties where an increased
republican vote appears, such counties
to have proportionately Increased repre
sentation. DasneeraUe Convention Called.
Tbe democratic state central com
mittee has named Mitchell as the place
and September 30 as tbe date for hold
ing the state convention for the purpose
of placing a democratic congressiona
nominee in the field this fall.
A Blaak Hill Baca Circuit.
PBBLmncABT steps are being taken
looking to the formation of a four town
Black Hills race circuit, consisting of
the towns of Buffalo Gap, Rapid City,
Belle Fourche and Spearfish.
IadapaaaeaU' Caavaatlaa.
Hvboh Is the place and September 30
the date chosen by the Independent cen
tral committee for their congressional
convention, which will have 250 dele
gates. A PROMINENT FARMER'S DEED.
Poison to Three Neighbors
Instead r Aleeael.
Orb man dead, another with the sands
of life slowly running out, a third re
covering from the awful agonies of a
death from poison and a prominent and
wealthy citizen behind prison bars, are
a quartette of factors in the most sen
sational and mysterious poisoning ease
in the annals of Nebraska crimes. An
drew Olson, one of the three men who
were given a drink of bedbug poison in
stead of alcohol, by a prominent farmer
named O'Flaherty near Hartington,
Neb., lingered several days in great
agony and finally died. Martin Knut
son, another of the victims of O'Flaher
ty s criminal carelessness or vlciousness,
is lying in a very precarious condition.
O'Flaherty is a prisoner, charged with a
crime that makes strong men shudder,
and, if intentional, cannot be parall
eled in western criminel annals. The
absence of motive of any kind that
would prompt O'Flaherty to deliberately
poison the tbreemen adds a mystery to
the affair that is puzzling those who are
best acquainted with it. He was known
to be sober on the night when he gave
the men the bottle, and yet their hesit
ancy only caused him to urge them to
drink the liquid. With an honorable
career resting on the foundation of
many years his present difficulty seems
all the more inexplicable and surprising.
Public indignation at Hartington is re
ported as having exhausted itself against
O'Flaherty is a growing sympathy, and
there is intense interest in the develop
ment of details of what is an awful crime
or an awful mistake.
Like Fanr Hnadred Thrashing Machines.
Phil J. Gibabdet, a Nebraska City
traveling man, while in the western
part of the state, in a small town called
Rapids, was awakened in the middle of
the night by feeling an insect crawling
in his ear. There was no doctor in the
town and he had to wait until a train
arrived to take him to the next station,
where a physician took a miller about
an inch long from his ear. He says that
during the eight hours that miller was
in his ear the buzzing and humming of
400 threshing machines wouldn't be a
marker to what he could hear.
Ceasaaenetag tao World's Fair ExalMt.
The Nebraska world's fair commis
sioners held a meeting on the state fair
grounds at Lincoln which was attended
by representatives from aver forty
counties. It was agreed that Nebraska
should commence now and prepare and
arrange its exhibits for the world's fair,
and if possible secure crop specimens
from every county for two successive
years.
Tbb coroner's Jury -at Harjongten
found Dennis O'Flaherty guilty of ad
ministering poison with felonious in
tent. VMMU'm Arteetaa WoTJ.
O'Nbux'b artesian well is bow 1,275
feet down and projectors expect seen to
strike m good f ow of water.'
Soldiers' Bowaleav'
Tbb moat successful soldiers' reunion
ever held in Nebraska dosed at Grand
FOREIGN JOTTINGS.
The how Itqnor law proposed by the
Gar mai iverriist is a radical meas
ure compared With existing iMislstfort,
and makes several sweeping enatirfei' tat
the relations of the saloon to the public.
Under its provisions no license will be
granted except in cases where there is
heed ft a saloon, and this need must be
Shown, which is htft always easy of
detiidristratlori, QSoA moral character
also is requited of the applicant arid the
saloon hiust keep away frtfui ihe vicin
ity of schools.and chdrches. The polico
ref ulatIbhs,of the' liw are .Stringent and
place the' saloon1 under thdro'ugti sur
veillance. The saloonkeeper is made
responsible for the good order of his
place and will be punished for selling
liquor to minors, to intoxicated persons,
or those who have been convicted of
drunkenness within three years. The
law also provides for plaeing common
drunkards tinder legal guardianship,
and, whed iiecessary, cdnfining them iu
asyluinS. Retailers, that IS; those who
sell beldw fifty litres, or fifty quarts, in
round numbers1, will ndt be ailowed to
sell in Quantities' less thad half a litre,
or one pint. For violation of this law
fines of from 30 to 60 marks, or in our
money $7.20 to$14.40, and imprisonment
up.to fourteen days are imposed, and in
cases where persons saving life, pre
venting fire, or attending the health of
others get drunk the heavy fine of 100
marks ($24) or a montk'a Imprisonment
Is provided.
.The English campaign for the election
bt a new house of edsimons has already
practically begun: Candidates' may not
be named hor polls opened for months,
or a year, to come. But the men who
are to dispose of candidates are named,
and the books which are to govern the
polling are made up. The registry sys
tem in Great Bfitairi differs in some re
spects from that in vogue In the United
States, for one thing, in that the regis
tering takes place so long before the
voting. It is, however, perhaps even
more than here, the first skirmish of the
electoral battle in which very largely
the fate of the whole contest is decided.
On the 1st of August the overseers pub
lished their lists of voters id various
classes. These have been posted at the
doors of churches, public offices and
elsewhere, so as to give all persons op
portunity to Inspect them. For three
weeks they were thus displayed, and
during that time claims might be filed
for the insertion of new names or the
removal of names no longer entitled to
be there. This period of popular scru
tiny and revision expired on August 21,
and the lists were then turned over to
the registration courts. The latter will
begin their work this week, considering
and investigating carefully all claims
that have been filed, and finally revising
the lists in accordance therewith. This
task must be completed by October 12.
The rolls of voters thus prepared will
come into force at the beginning of next
year, and will form the basis cf the next
general election.
The Catholic congress which was re
cently held In Berlin assumed unex
pected Importance. Over a thousand
delegates were In attendance. A reso
lution was adopted declaring that the
time had come to convoke a great inter
national Catholic congress for the con
sideration of the question of the restora
tion of the temporal power of the pope,
and a committee was appointed to ar
range for the holding of such a congress.
In discussing the question of the neutral
ground for the place of the meeting of
the proposed congress, Switzerland was
most in favor. Delegates will be sum
moned from every Catholic community
In the world. The question of the res
toration of the temporal power of the
pope will be treated, not as an Italian
question, but as one of universal con
cern. The congress affirmed the deter
mination of the German Catholics to re
main resolute supporters of the dreibund
and decided to continue the policy of
Dr. Wlndthorst in working for a recall
of the Jesuits and for religious instruc
tion in the primary schools. After con
siderable discussion it was voted to
favor the state regulation of labor ques
tions. v
The Viennese press is wide awake to
the significance of the passage of Rus
sian ships with "volunteer troops" on
board through the Dardanelles. The
object, of course, is to establish a prece
dent. The Nate Freie Prate, in a lead
ing article, remarks that Russia is evi
dently passing troopships systematically
through the Dardanelles, in order that
it may be able to raise a diplomatic
question with regard to the closure of
those straits. It Is also evident, adds
the writer, that Russia relies on the
support of France. The French are
burning to give tokens of friendship to
the Russians and will probably make no
scruple about assisting them to set aside
existing treaties. The Nate Freie Prcese
and the Political Corretpondence both
point out that in this question Russia
will be opposed by all the great powers
excepting France. The right of Turkey
to close the Dardenelies to the warships
and the troopships of all nations was
laid down in the convention of London
in 1841 and the treaty of Paris in 1856;
nor did the London conference of 1871
or the Berlin congress of 1878 alter the
previous settlements in any way.
The schooner Pannonia, from the
Marshall islands for San Francisco, has
been wrecked on the Hawaiian reefs
and all on board were drowned, includ
ing the crew of seven men, Capt George
D. Lovedale, of San Diego, Mr?. Love
dale and the captain's three children.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Games Wan, aad fjost How the Clabs
Smr Stand.
Following Is a showing of the standing of
each of the teams of the different associa
tions: STATION At LBAGOB
W. L. c. W. U Be.
Chlcagos....7B 43 JB9CIevelands..53 65 .411
Bostons 67 48 i83JUroolUyns....S3 63 .441
NewYorks.ee 46 .5fi6,PiUbunp..i9 67 .13.
Phlladelp'sJO 63 4S7ClnrInaatls 45 70 JW
AmUUCAM ASSOCIATION.
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St. Louis... .73 -45
Balttmoras.At so
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AlMMuwaakees.49 17 .437
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J5S8 LouisvUles. JS 76 Xi
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W. L Bc.l
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KaasasCrysSO 66 AlSIDenvers 51 68 .461
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.
Carls Common to prime. f g 65 6.25
Hoas Shipping grades 4.50 9 5.'.5
SHsBbwB. ao aoa.aao 40 V 4v
Wheat Cash 91 & .9iH
Cobb Cash .62
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PROJECTION WATERS IT
RAILROAD CHARGES INCREASED
BY THE TARIFF.
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Notes.
Watered ay Protection.
Otir farmers very justly complain that
fsllfoaa are', vert often capitalised at
much more titan their actual yaltis, and
then proceed to chcrgi. freight rate
high enbugh to earn dfvklendg fcffcn.
theif watered stock. This coniplairit is,
in many cases, only too well founded;
yet the men who make it often overlook
the fact that they themselves bste a
very deep pecuniary Interest In cheapf-ening-
the legitimate expenses of rail
road building and equipment
Even ti railroad honestly capitalized
at Its actual cost has to earn dividends
upon a mtich larger capital than wouli
be otherwise Becessary; owing to the
artificial values caused by tbe protective
tariff. There are some farmers whs
fadcy that the price of steel rails, for
example, 11 tid concern of theirs. But
they must see that it ddes concern them,
since whatever Increases the cost of
making railroad becomes an element
in fixlef freight and passenger charges
The New York Commercial Bulletin,
one of the highest authorities la business
matters has recently said: "Whea It Is
eonstdervd that the materials and labor
required In the construction aad operat
ing of onr roads are Increased in cost oa
ah average probably fully 30 per cent
through tte Operation of the protective
policy, li trill be seen that our transpor
tation Is costing us gome $32'5j000.000 per
annum more than it need," and It went
oa: "that ($325,000,000) needless tax has
to be paid out of our products and labor,
and thereby becomes an embargo noon
Oar whole bommeree and Industry, and
an obstruction to our competition for the
commerce of the world.
A correspondent having asked for far
ther explanation of this, the BuUetto
answered la part as follows:
"In applying this 30 per cent, ratio to
the enhancement of the cost of railroad
construction and transportation, we
aimed to be largely Within the truth, as
will appear from the fact that for the
years 1865, 1875, 1880, and 1885 the duty
on iron rails averaged 40 per cent, and
home-made rails must have ranged above
foreign prices approximately in about
that ratio. For the period between 1863
and 1890 the epoch of high duties the
cost of railroad constructed, as It Is ex
pressed in the stocks and debts of the
companies, has amounted to 8,500
millions; and, therefore, taking the en
hancement of cost of construction at
only SO per cent, wa have during that
period Incorporated into our railroad
system no less than 2,550 millions of
virtually fictitious - capital, or nearly
double the present amount of the nation
al debt; upon whieh the roads, not being
responsible for this artificial Increase
f their outlay, demand with some
show of right that they must be allowed
to earn Interest Allowing them only 4
per cent on this compulsory Inflation, it
follows that the protective policy is now
forcing upon the railroads a necessity
for exacting from the public, for capital
account alone, 8102,000,000 per annum
more than would have been required in
the absence of that policy. This item
was embraced in the aggregate of $325,
000,000 given in our remarks of the 15th
Inst , based oa the fact that every item
among which the 1,080 millions of cur
rent gross earaings Is disbursed has been
directly or indirectly subject to the In
flating effect of the tariff.
"We hardly know bow to make it
plainer to our correspondents than we
already have how this artificial increase
of tbe cost of rail transportation 'has
to be paid out of our products and labor.
What else is there but products and
labor to provide the means of paying for
transportation service? The cost of
transportation has to be added to the
cost of labor and products, thereby en
hancing the price of both; aad so far as
there is any artificial augmentation of
this element of cost there is clearly so
much abnormal embargo upon both our
industries and our trade; which must
be an obstruction to our competing with
nations which are less subject to tariff
Impediments
o o o
" "And Just here lies the fundamental
blunder, the fatal weakness, of protec
tion. Whatever producers may be sup
posed to gain through the tariff raising
prices, they cannot but lose through a
corresponding increase In the cost of
labor, plant, materials, management and
all other outlays, aad the result of the
artificial contrivance Is simply nil. For
the device diverts a large amount of cap
ital and labor from pursuits for which
we have the best facilities to those for
which we have the worst; and the net
result is a waste of productive power
and a failure to turn the national re
source Into the most natural current and
to the best account. Protection Is sim
ply an attempt to subvert and counter
act natural laws: and aa such It caa
never benefit the Industry at large of any
country, although It may be so contrived
as to help some Interests to the corre
sponding detriment of others."
The Use!
Wool Tart.
If we are to continue to be, on the
whole, the best-clothed people In the
world, we must continue to consume a
large portion of the product of wool
growing countries. The proposition of
Judge- Lawrence and his associates, to
grow all the wool of every kind that we
require, Is known by every manufac
turer, and this should be evident to any
intelligent person who will Investigate
the subject, to be the most arrant non
sense. Thousands of farmers in this
country, who have attempted the raising
of special breeds of sheep In various lo
calities and abandoned it as unprofitable
business, know it to be impracticable.
They can do something else more profit
able, for which tbey are better circum
stanced. Practically, therefore, It Is the
same as impossible to force this business
to any great extent Under any cir
cumstances, it Is a matter of many
years experience In the adjustment of
various breeds of sheep to special locali
ties. This cannot be done by Increased
duties on foreign wools Wade Fibre
tmd Fabric.
TarlB tao Main Zasoo.
In a recent Interview upon the issues
of 1892, Senator John G. Carlisle says:
T have no hesitation In saying that
tbe Democracy should keep tbe tariff to
the front It Is the great Issue of the
day and on it the fight should be made.
Upon It the party is united and can
make a confident and aggressive battls
"Tbe -party is not united on the free
coinage of silver, and it would be suicidal
to advance that Issue to a position of
equal Importance with the tariff; but
this will not,' In my opinion, be done.
Nothing can get in front of the other
Issue; the cause of revenue reform wi 1
till be tbe paramount question, even
with free coinage. If the drain on the
people prodacei by high prices is con
tinued, how are they benefited? Their
money will still be wrung from them
through custom house exactions."
It Is quite possible that we have
spoken disrespectfully of reciprocity,
aad why not? Isn't It a humbug, pure
and simple? Isn't it a rouadaboat aad
awkward way of arriving at the eads
which th j tat iff reformers have ia new?
The worst of it is, It does not promise
valuable returns, but the admission of
rabid protectionists that reciprocity la
desirable- means much: It gives the He to
many of theif arguments in the Bast.
and deals a sever blow to the fabric of
wrotoction-. alreadv totteTla to Its falL
New' Torh Merchants' Bevtetc.
la tao rorotea Mmtmwt s) d
Our enormous crops, with good prices.
Which would not be possible In the Bar
row canines of the home market are
how teachiffg or farmers (he value of
iisefr foreign market as they have never
seen J! betortt Whllf the? are thus
learning Ib a most practical way tbe im-
tease importance Of Ihe European mar
et, let thera not forget what the pro
tection do-trine about that market is.
The principal Americas book settlBg
forth the doctrines of protection Is that
of Carey. This is the greatest work yet
produced by' tn American protectionist
and our high tariff crowd ar acens
(0md to swear by Carey. Aad What
says Csre? stoat the foreiga market?
"Our country Would be better off if
the Atlantic were aa Impassable ocean
of fire, aBd a prolonged war between
this country and our best customer, En
gland, wou'd prove an advantage. "
Do the farmers think so? Let them
Imagine what would bow be the. price of
wheat if the 200,000,000 bushels which
Europe will probably call for this year
wero kept at home to glut our own
market
But this queer doctrine is also the
doctrine' Of McKinley. Here are his
words:
"If our trade aad commerce are in
creasing aad profitable within eurown
borders, what advantage can come from
passing by confessedly the best market
that we may reach the poorest by dis
tant seas? In the foreign market the
profit Is dltided between our own rit
izen and the forelgaer, while with the
trade and commerce among ourselves
the profit Is kept la our own family and
increases oar nstlonsl wealth, snd pro
motes the welfare of the individual cit
izen." Yet "the poorest by distent seas" Is
now booming the prices of wheat in a
way to make the farmers smile Would
It not be wiser to court that market
very vigorously by taking more freely
what It has to offer in exchange?
ftotoetWsCfeaofc.
The great crops of all kinds of agricul
tural products are now attracting uni
versal attention; and already the
protectionist organs are congratulating
themselves that thesa big crops are go
ing to make the farmers so happy that
they will forget all about agricultural
depression and go on toting for the
blessed high tariff.
The organs do not even stop here, but
have the snbllme cheek to claim that
these big crops are due to the MeKlaley
law. Thus the New York Trttmac; the
chief sinner of them all, has the assur
ance to say: "The expansion of
production at this time to not entirely
a matter of lack. One principal object
of the new tariff was to afford better
protection to agriculture. It contained
new duties for the express purpose of
enabling American fanners to secure the
home market more fully. At the same
time It gave them assurance of expaa
sioa of manufactures snd establishment
of new industries, croatlaa- a far greater
horns demand for their products. Early
lsst fall, as soon ss tbe new tariff went
into effect, these result were perceived.
Americas farmers, thus eacoaraged, la
crsssed their production la every direc
tion, sad so rapidly that they might have
fouad reason to regret it if unususl for
eign demsnds had not arisen. The en
couragement of Industry here was the
legitimate fruit of a tariff Intended for
that purpose."
But who caa discover a siagle farmer
that planted more this year because of
the McKinI?y law? Such a farmer ought
to bo found at oace for exhibition pur
poses. Any dime museum eoald offer
him a good salary.
The Idea of McKinley encouraging
farmers who export aa eaormoas surplus
of their productel
A Pofat Atoatt B
Mistakes will occur even In the best
regulsted protection families. Here
for example, is one of the "tariff pict
ures" of the New York Press:
"Ladles, the McKinley bill has not
advanced the price of needles Tbey
cost SI. 10 a thousand last year, and only
73 cents this year; because we make
them in this country, aad the tariff does
not touch home-made goods If we make
enough of them. That's mighty good
reason why we should make enough of
them, isn't it?"
And here Is an exttact from McKin
ley's speech at the great protection ban
quet In New York last April:
"Do you know why we put sewing
needles on the free list? We did it upon
the great underlying principle of pro
tection, because we' didn't manufacture
them at home."
That is why needles sre lower now.
The duty takea off by McKinley was 25
Br cent, and already needlea have
lien In price, according to the figures
given by the Press, more then the entire
amount of the duty.
But do we make needles? McKinley
says no; the Press says we do, and that
this Is the reason that the price has come
down. McKinley says he put needlea oa
free list; the Press says there is still a
duty on them.
Yet it is a well-known fact that this
organ was subsidized by a rich Connecti
cut manufacturer to expound and defend
protection.
FroSta an Foratga Trade.
Here are the yearly profits which
England gets out of its foreign trade,
together with its interest on invest
ments in foreign countries:
Pr otts oa freight
Interton tha capital m foiohai
Bm0TC9 a aaaaaoaaa as
XBSTITsUaOO aaa
Profits of tha merchants
Interest on Investments.
.m s.ooo.en
l 6B9.rO
8A09JWO
17,500.006
. 65,000.060
XotoUcao 196,O0v,0nO
or $612,000,000 per annum made out of
foreign trade and by putting money into
foreign countries. Yet we hsve msny
protectionist wiseacres in this country
who tell us that "British free trade" Is
bringing a "bitter harvest" upon Eng
land. Do these figures show that for
eign trade is sn unmitigated evil?
Thk organ of the Protective Tariff
League has found a new consolation for
the woolgrowers to compensate them for
the decline ia the price of their staple
since the McKinley bill went into effect
It says: "The duty on wool may or may
not increase the price of this year's clip,
but five years from now the number of
sheep will be Incressed, and the fleeces
which are cut from those sheep will
weigh more than those cut in 1890 or
even in 1884." This maybe tbe effect
of the tariff on the sheep, though wa
cannot see how it will come sbout But
if the effect on the farmer is to make him
weigh less (and that is the way it works
now), we shall still think that there is a
net loss to the country from the wool
tariff. Evening Poet.
"The overthrow of the present horri
ble system of tariff taxation Is absolute
ly essentisl to the liberties of tbe people.
Taxation of the laboring masses for the
enrichment of the protected aad privi
leged few Is a re-enactment of slavery In
this country more odious and abomina
ble than African bondage when It ex
isted. Tdis issue is to be fought out
to the bitter end; snd I have faith that
sooner or ater the people will triumph
over the rains of the plu'ocracy. There
are other issues also which must take
their place ia the Xatlona: Democratic
platform. "5cwrn- Koor'teetr.
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