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VOLUME XXII1.-NUMBER 22.
COLUMBUS, NEBBASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 18Q2,
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DiKEcronsj
A. ANDERSON, Pros't-
J.H. GALLEY, Vic rres't.
O.T.BOEN. Cashier.
C. E. EARLY, Ass't Cashier.
CL ANDERSON, P. ANDERSON,
JACOB GREISEN. HENRY RAGATZ,
JOHNJ.BDLL1VAN.
Statement of Condition at the Close of
Business July 12, 1892.
BESOUUCES.
IoaDflnndDiPConnlfl $214,215 10
Ileal Estate, Furnitnro and Fixtures.. 19.M0 40
-U.8. Honds 15,500 00
Duo from other Imnkri....$ 10.IG1.18
" " U.S. Treasury. 075.00
Cash on Hand 21,'il0.78 62.846 96
$312,102 52
LIABILITIES.
Cipitnl Stock raid in
Surplus -Fund
Undivided profits
4'ircolation .................
t 60,000 00
SO.OOOOO
2,373 80
13.500 00
209.228 72
S 312,103 52
justness ards.
T IV. KILIAIV,
DEUTCUER ADVOKAT,
Office over Columbus Stato Rank, Columbus,
Nebraska. 29
A ALIir.RT A BEEDEB,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
DBico over Firet National Bank, Columbus,
."Kebrnska. W-tf,
xv. a. McAllister. w. m. corneliu&
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cALLMTER V ORLLIl'
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Columbus, Neb.
Jm J. WILCOX,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAWy
Cor. Eleventh k North Sts COLUMBUS, NEB.
tS'-Collect ions a specialty. Prompt and care
ful attention Kiven to tho M'ttlcment of estates
in tin' county court by executory, administrators
a&il jjuardiatiK. Will practice in all the courts
of tin taU) and of Kouth Dakota. Refers, by
jwxniitriou, to the Kiml National Bank.
Cjuly-y
E. T. AIXEN, M.D.,
Eye - and - Ear - Surgeon,
Secretary Nebraska Stato Board
of Health,
09 U.13ME Blocs. OMADA, IVJKli
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R. C BOYD,
3IANDFACTUIlEn OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware!
Job-Work, Hoofing and Gutter
ing' a Specialty.
F"' on Nebraska Avenue, two doors north,
of Ranmussen's.
A. E. SEAJRI,,
rnonuETou or the
lor.
110 i
The Finest in The City.
1 7Tho only shop on the South Side. Colnra.
tm-. Nebraska. 280ct-y
L. C. VOSS, M. D,
HoiiiieopathiG Physician
.AJNT3 SXJK.C3-BON".
Ofi'i over pot office. Specialist in chronic
disen-cs. Careful attention given to general
pract i co. 26nov3m
A STEAY LEAF!
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DIARY.
THE
JOURNAL OFFICE
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CARDS,
ENVELOPES,
NOTE HEADS,
BILL HEADS,
CIRCULARS,
DODGERS, ETC.
LOUIS SCHREIBER,
All kinds of Repairing done 01
Short Notice. Buggies, Wag
ons, etc., made to order,
and all work Guar
anteed. Also tell the world-famous Walter A.
Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-binders the
best made.
Shop on Olive Street, Columbus, Neb.,
four doors south of Borowiak's.
HENRY GLASS,
UNDEETAXER !
Collins : and : Metallic : Cases !
ZT Repairing of all hinds of Uphol
tttry Goods.
4f COLUMEUS. NEBRASKA.
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BlaM Mower
NEBRASKA NEWS. I
STATE BREVITIES.
German day October Cth will be
celebrated in Omaha.
The foundation of the new steam
mill at Verdon is completed.
Labor day was quite generally cele
brated in Omaha and Lincoln.
The fear of cholera is causing a
general cleaning up throughout the
state.
Charles Wells, shot near Wayne
while out hunting August 21, has since
died.
Lancaster county will be repre
sented in the Nebraska advertising
train.
About October 1 a party of colonists
from Albion and vicinity will leave for
California.
D. Carriker, aged over oighty-thrcc,
walked seven miles to take the train
at Harvard.
During one day of the reunion at
Grand Island 25,000 people were on
the grounds.
J. F. McGuire, a Denver horseman,
was robbed in an Omaha colored dive
last week of $210.
The North Nebraska conference of
the Methodist church will convene this
year in St. Paul September 14.
Thirteen South Omaha saloon men
have failed to pay the occupation tax.
and there is trouble in store for them.
A petition is to go forward to Wash
ington praying for the opening of the
mail routo between West Point and
Oakland.
llev. Frank Crane of Bloomington,
111., has accepted the invitation to bo
pastor of the First Methodist church
of Omaha.
The Congregational society of Ash
land has given Rev. D. S. Hillard,
formerly of Berlin, a call whiub, lias
been accepted.
Ed Pyle, & well-known horseman,
was thrown from his sulky during a
race at the Douglas county fair, but
was not much injured.
Jesse Nelson, sr., of Liberty was
driving a large spike when it flew out
and the point of it struck him in the
eye, making a bad wound.
During a thunderstorm lightning
struck the flag stall on the court house
at Fremont, splitting it to the dome,
but doing no further damage.
F. M. Woods will sell at auction
September 15. at ElKhorn, the entire
stud of trotting bred horses owned by
Hon. A. J. Poppleton of Omaha.
During the month of August the
Cudy Packing company killed 44 -772 j
"";. jiuo ioiai numoermiiea during
that period by the South Omaha Back
ers was 120,414.
Two prisoners escaped from the
Douglas county jail last week. They
wore considered "trusties'' and took
advantage of unusual privileges given
to prisoners.
The arrival of the steamer Nor.
matin, at New York with cholera pa
tients on board has aroused the anx
iety of Omaha people who have friends
on the vessel.
Omaha coniinuee to rank at the
head of the list of all the cities of the
country at which clearing houses are
established as to the per cent of in
crease in the amount of bank clear
ings reportea.
College of Law, University of Ne
braska. A thorough course of legal
training of two years prepares success
ful students for graduation and for
admission to the supreme and district
courts of the United States. Send for
catalogue. W. Henkv: SMitii, Dean,
Lincoln, Neb.
Dr. G. W. Kern and J. W. Hopwood,
both prominent citizens of Kearney,
quarrelled orer the collection of an
account by the former, and he punched
Hopwood in the eye with a cane, pen
etrating nearly to tho brain, and caus
ing delirium.
The location of the county seat in
Dakota county has not yet been set
tled, notwithstanamg all the attempts I
that have been mads. South Sioux
City has now resolved to give Dakota
City a whirl in the matter and the flow
of gore has been started anew through
out the county.
Amended articles of incorporation
have been filed by tho Nebraska Sav
ings and exchange bank of Omaha.
The capital stock is reduced from
$100.000 to $200,000, and tho faco
value of shares from $100 to ?37.50
each. Other minor changes are made
in the original articles.
The number of teachers enrolled at
tho late normal institute for Cuming
county was 104. Seven ty-fivo took
the examination, of which eight re
ceived first grade certificates, forty
fire second grade certificates and three
received third grade certificates.
Anton Psota of West Point has in
vented a device, to be attached to tho
rear end of his wagon, by which tho
heaviest article may easily bo loaded
without any exertion. Inquiry at the
patent office developed there is no sim
ilar device patented, and Anton has
taken steps to have his rights protected
by obtaining a patent.
Thomas McGuire has sued the Lin
coln Packing and Provision, company
for $2,800 damages. Last winter he
was employed by tho company as an
unskilled laborer and was set to work
cleaning some complicated machinery
which he knew nothing about. As a
result his hand was caught in the gear
ing and mangled so badly that it is
useless.
George W. Goodell has made his
regular monthly report to the supreme
court of his doings as receiver for the
bursted banks in his charge. For tho
Kloman and Arnold bank at Broken
Bow he reports having received
$180.35. Of this amount $147 was
realized from the sale of office furni
ture and fixtures. He disbursed on
account of this bank $62. 25.
The faculty of the Omaha Conserva
tory - of Music consists of some of
the most successful teachers of music
and elocution in the west. Among the
names wo notice those of Messrs. Jones
and Cummings. pupils of Scharwenka
(Piano). Misses Ketcham and Allen
(Elocution). S. Kronberg. the great
Baritone (Voice), Dr. Baetens, of Cin
cinnati (Violin). Address 402. Boyd's
New Theatre. Omaha, Neb., for cata
logue. Peter Meyers died in Lincoln last
week at the age of seventy-six. Mr.
Mrers was one of Nebraska's oldest
settlers, having lived in the state j
thirty-five years. For several years J
lie has been an invalid from a compli-1
cation of ailments, 1
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HOME INTERESTS MtfSt
NOT BE NEGLECTED.
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president Harrison Formally Ac
cepts the Tender of the Minne
apolis Convention. f&
Fuels and Figures to Show that tho
Republican Policy Has Brought
Prosperity.
Tnll Text of tno Doonmontv
"Washington, Sept. 5. The following
is Presidtbt Harrison's letter accepting
the republican nomination for tho office
or president of the United States:
Wabhtxoton, 8ept a ISO-'. Hon. William Mc
Klnley, Jr., andOtners, Committee, etc. Gentle
man: 1 cow avail myrelt or the first period of
relief from public duties to respond to the noti
fication, which you brought to me on June iD, of
my nomination for tho oflloa of preskfont of tho
United States by the republican u&tional conren
tlcn recently held at Minneapolis. I accept tho
nomination, and am grateful for the Approval
txprecced br the convention of the nets of the
administration. I Uavo endeavored without
waverinr or weariness, so far as th direction of
public affairs was committed to me, to carry out
the pledge made to the peopla in 1SS3.
If the policies of tho administration LaVe not
been distinctively and progressively American
and republican policies, the tault hns not been in
the purpose, but in the execution. . I stall speak
frankly of the legislation of Vobrff is and of tho
work of the ec'nt:r3, departments for the
credit cf ny successes that havo been attained
It In such measure duo to others senators and
representatives, and to tho efficient heads of tho
Beveral executive departraents-that 1 may do so
without impropriety. A vote Of want of cona
denca la naked by cur ndverscrirs. and this chal
lenge W & review of what has b.en dona wo
prCtiiptly and gladly accept.
Tne" great work of the Kitty-first censrass has
been 8ub1?cted to the revision of a democratic
house of representatives, and the acts or the ex
ecutive department to its scrutiny and invest!
ration. A democratic national administration
was succeeded by n. republican wlmlniFtratiorK
and the frchne&8 of events Rives unusual fiuiili
ties for fair comparison nnd ItiJpnicat. :Ihrj
has seldom been a time, 1 think. lion a cimnjjo
from the declared policies of tho republican
to the declared policies of the democratic party
involved Mich serious remits to the business in
terests of the country. A brief review of what
has been done and of hat !! deir.ocrdtUi rrtrty
proposes to undo wilt Justify th's opinion.
Return to State Ifcin.lssties".
The republican, ptily. dunnjr tha civil
War, . devU?d a national currency, con
Bistln of United States note. Issued
and redeemable by tho government,
and of national bank noses bnsed upon the secur
ity of United States bonds. A taxwm levied
upon the Issues of stato banks and the Intended
r. suit, that all such issues, should bo withdrawn,
was realized. There aro men among us now
who never saw a state bank note. The notes
furnished directly or indirectly by he,jjnited
States have been the.nnly fcnd th5 safj and ac
ceptable papef cUrrency of the people. Rank
failures hare brought no fright, delay or loss to
the bill holders. Tho note of an insolvent bank
Is as good and as current as a treasury note, for
the credit of the United Stateo Is behind it. Our
money is all national inonev I mi:ht almost sar
International for theso bills aro not only equally
and indlscriminat -ly accepted at par in all th-.
states, but in some foreign countries. Tho dem
ocratic party, if entrusted with the control of the
government. Is now pledged to repeal the tax on
State bank issues, with m riavr to putting into cir
culation again, under such diverse legislation as
the states may adopt, a ilood of local Lank
Issues.
Many Evils ot Hilsl System.
Only thove Vi.rrt ih Ihe years before the war ex
perienced, the inconvenience and losses attendant
upon the Use of such money can appreciate what
a return to that system involves. The denomi
nation of a bill was then often no indication of
Its value. The bank detector of Iowa was cot a
sare guide today as to credit or values. Mer
chants deposited several times dunrc the day,
lest tho hour of bank closing should snow a de
preciation of the money tazen in tho morning.
The traveller could not use in n journey to tho
east the Issues of the moAt solvent banks of the
west, and in conequencs a money changer's
office was the familiar neighbor of tha ticket
office and the lunch counter. The fanner end
laborer found the money received for their pro
ducts or their labor depreciated when ther carnrt
to make their purchases, and tho whole business
or the country was hindered and burdened.
Changes may become necessary, but n national
system cfwirrency.saft; and acceptable through
out the whole country, is the good fruit of Utt-r
experience, and I am sure our people will not
consent to the reactionary proposal made by tho
democratic party.
AMERICAN MERCUAXT MARINE.
The United States Must Bo cs Liberal
as Ottaor Great Nations.
Few subjects have elicited wore discussion or
excited mora general interest than that of a re
covery by the United States of Its appropriate
share of the ocean carrying trade. This subject
touches not only our pockets, but our national
pride. Practically all tho freights for transport
ing to Europe the enormous annual supplies of
provls'ons furnished by this country, and for the
large return of manufacturod products, have for
many years been paid to foreign ship ownerj.
Thousands of emigrants annually seeking homes
under our flag have been denied the sight of it
until they entered Bandy Hook, while increasing
thousands of American citizens, bent on Euro
pean travel, have each year stepped into a for
eign Jurisdiction at the New York docks. The
merchandise balance of trade which the treasury
books, show is larjrely reduced by the annual
tribute which wa pay for freight and passage
moneys.
The great ships the fastest upon the sea
which are now in pesos profiting bv our trade,
are in a secondary sense warships of" the respec
tive governments, and in time of war would,
under sitting contracts with those governments,
speedily take on the guns for which their decks
are already prepared and enter with terrible
efficiency upon the work of destroying our com
merce. The undisputed fact is that the great
steamship lines of Xurope were built up and era
now in part sustained bv direct or Indirect gov
ernment aid, the latter taking the form of liberal
pay for carrying too mails or of an annual bonus
given in consideration of agreements to con
struct the ships so as to adapt them for carrying
an armament and to turn them over to the gov
ernment on demand, upon specified terms.
Liberal Policy Urprea.
It will ne plain to every intelligent. American
that if the United States would havo such lines,
a similar policy must be entered upon. The
Fifty -first congress enacted such a law, and. un
dent beneficent influence, sixteen American
steamships of an aggregate tonnago of S7.-I00
tons, and costing f7,40v.OOO, havo been built or
contracted to be built in American shipyards.
In addition to this, it Is now practically certain
that we shall soon have, under the American
Sag. one of the finest steamship lines sailinz out
of Saw Tork for any European port. This con
tract will result in the construction in American
yards cf four new.pnsscnger ships of in.OM tons
each, costing about $8,i.C0J. nnd will r.dd to
our naval reserve six steamships, the fastest on
these.
A special Interest lias been taken by me in tho
establishment of lines from our South Atlantic
and gulf ports, and though my expectations
have not yat been realized, attention has been
called to the advantages possessed by three
ports, and, when thejr people aro .more ful'y
alive to their interests, I do not doubt that they
will be able to secure .the capital needed to en
able them to profit by their great natural advan
tages. The democratic party has found no place
in its platform for anr reference to this subject
and has shown Its hostility to the general policy '
by refusing to expend an appropriation mado
during the last administration for ocean mail
contracts witbAmericanhnest.TJU.i)4trictio
people, the workmen m our sabps. the capiiairn? '
seeking new enterprises, must decide whether
tha great ships owned by Americans wh'ch have
sought American regtstery sha'l again humblv ,
ask a place in the English naval reserve. The 1
great ships now on the designer's table goto fi
eign shops for construction and th United States .
lose the now brightening opportunity of recorer- j
log a place commensurate with its wealth, tha '
skill of Its constructors and the courage of its
sailors, In the carrying trade of all the seas.
LARGE INCREASE IN TRADE.
Benefits of Reciprocity Made Apparent
In Moro Ways Than One.
Another related measure, as furnishing an in
creased ocean traffic for our ships, and of great
and permanent benefit to tho fanner and
manufacturers as wcH,isthe reciprocity policy
declared by section 3 of the tariff act of 1S00. and
now in practical operation with five of the na
tions of Central and South America: San
Domingo, the Spanish and British West India
islands and with Germany and Autria, under
spneial trade arrangements with each.
The removal of the duty on sugar and the con
tinuance of coffee and tea upon the free list,
while giving great relief to our cwn people ly
cheapening articles used unceasingly in trcry '
household, iaalso cf such enormous advantage to '
the couBlrtas axporting taesearticks as tosug-
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RcstTbat In consideration therefor reciprocal
favors chculd te slown it their tariffs to articles
exported by us to their markets. ,
Great srt d.t Is dbe Kr. ll'dce for !ht tlgor
witt; which he pressed this view upon tho coun
try. Wo have only bejjun td realae ihe benefits
of theca trade nrrensemcntti ,Tl; werJJJcre
atmg hew tsecclcsaml of adapting curEoitf?
to naw market has necessarily taken time; but
the results alfvady chained are. such, I am wire,
as to jjetablisS In ponular fao the policy ot.rsj
ciprocal trsdo Ulsed upon the tree importation
bt such artie'es as do not injuriously compete
With the products of our farms, mines or facto
ries, in exchange for the free or favored intro
duction of our products into other countries.
Porcisncrs Uccomo Alarmed.
The obvious efflcscv of this nollcv in Increasing
the foreign trade of the United btates attracted
the alarmed attention of European journals and
boards or trade. The British board of trade has
presented to that government a memorial ankinjf
ror the appointment of a commission to consider .
the best menns of counteracting what N called ,
"the commercial cn15r.de or the United States." 1
At a meeting, held in March last, of the ttssocia- '
ted chainbei a or commerce of Oreai Britain, the
presidents reported that thi: txports from Ureal 1
lirltaln to lhn f.at!n-.A!hcr!cari coiintrierf duiirig
the last year had decreased S25.75O.C0O. and thai
this was not due to temporary cau, but direct
ly to the reciprocity policy of the United States.
Germany and Kraico hare also shown their star
tled apprehension or the fact that a new and ijv
croua contestant has anpeared In the battle oe
Hr2 Tbarkets and ha s already secured important
advantages.
The most'convinclns evidence of the tremen
dous commercial strength of our position is
found in the fact tliet Oreat ISritain and Spain
have found it necessary to make reciprocal trade
agreements with us for their West India colonies,
and that Germany and ustria have given us im
portant concc-slons in exchsnee ror tlio contin
ued free importation of their beet suar.
ricurcs as to Exports.
A few details only ns to the increase of our
trade can be given here. Taking all the coun
tries with nhich iuch errangements hava been
made, our trade to June 3'J, liO'-i, had increased
23.78 per cent. With liraEil the Increase was
nearly 11 per cent. With Cuba during the llrst
ten months our exports increased J8.7 i.'.llt'?, or
M.K5 per cent-, and with Pcrto Rico SW,9.9, or
84 per cent. The libcnl tnrticipation of our
farmers In tno benefits of thU policy Is shown by
tl.e following repoit from our consul general at
Havana, udder flate of JulSC last , .
"During.tbe first half ycarof liJ31 Havana re
hei'ed 1 i (6 liass or Hour rrom Spain and other
ports of the inland about an equal amount, or
approximately :0.112 bags. Iniring tho same
peiiod Havana received 13.&73 baars of American
Hour and other ports approximated an equiU
amount, making about 2J.t bapi. Hut for thn
firs-tiiair or this tear Spain has sent less than
1.0V0 bags to the whole inland nnd the United
states has Pent to Havana alone 1G8. IS7 bags and
about nn equal amount to other ports of taeisl
r.n.l, makiuz approximately 3J7J0O for the first
half of 18'Ji"
Partly by reason of the reciprocal trade agref
ment, but n.ore largely by reason of tiio removal
of the nauitary lestrlctious upon American pork,
our export of pork products to Germany iu- 1
rreased during the ten months endltitf Juuo Si
last $ii0-A0?4, or nlwul 3! pr cent
Tho Uriiish Trail Journal of London, in a re
cent issue, speaking of th increase or American
coal expoits and of the falliug off or tho Engl:U
coal exports to Cubn, sayst "It ia another cao '
of American competition The United States
ho'.V s tippiles Cuba with about I3).i0otonsof coal
nnt.ii.xllv. and there is every prospect of this
tratta locretlsm;: ps tile fhreU or the Island be- ,
tome TtiausteU ttnuiueirseoi b.eam iiiat-iuiiery
on the suar plantations is developed. Alabama
coal eneciallv is secur.nc a reputation in tho
SpnntsU West Indus, and the mer nnd rail Ira-
provenients or the southern ttntes will undouht- 1
edlv create a strong guir trade. The new reci- j
procitr policy, by hich tho United States is
enable'd to hnpoit Cuban Eugar, will, of cours-.
nKlst the American coai exponereTeu mure ci
fectlvely than tho Uses of railway."
Defense ov imiotegtio.
Democrats Must Aot Ho Given Power
to Enforce Their Vlcwa
The democratic platform promises a repeal of
the tariff law containing this provision nnd es
pecially denounces ns a "ebam reciprocity" that
section of the law tinder wliteh thesa trade ar
rangements bava been tnadtf. If Ho Wlicr Ucit
were involved In tho campaign, this alon j would
give it momentous importance. Aro the fiirrri
era df tho great grain grdwing 5tatp iillinjg td
EtttTchJer tlieid rlSA'; idrge dsl inci easing mar
kets for their surplus Aro wo to have nothing
in excennze for the Ins importation of sugar
end coffee, and at ths sani2 timo destroy tho
sugar planters of the south and tho beet 8u.ar
industry of tho no: t Invest nnd of the Tacific
coast, or are wo to bavs the tnnl
r-ucar an 1 cotTt-o which a. "tnn;r for reen.ieM
only njcessarily itivulves, with til addl I0S3 .(
ths new markets which have Int-n opened As I
havo shown, our commercial relations in Europo
do net regard tldb reciprocity p ilijy as a Vhniu."
but as a serious threat to a trado supremacy tbey
havo long enjojed. Mhey would rejoiet nnd, if
prudence did not restrain, would illuminate tlmir
depressed manitfactur n cities, ovpr Hid uows
that Undo Sam bad abandoned his eyeteui of
projection and Jec:procity They seo very
ciearly that K reFrictioii bf American prS-iddttoii
and trado and a corresponding increase of
European production and undo would follow.
And I will r.ot believe that what is so plain to
them can be hidden from our own people.
Tarirfnnd Wrsvm ntnl Cnpl Jnl.
Tho declaration of the republican platform in
favor or "The American Doetr.uo or Protection"
meets my most hearty approval. The convention
did not adopt a cchediile. but n principle that is
to control all thetariiT -schedul.-.s. There may be
differences of op.uimi among protectionists as to
tho rato upon particular articles necessary to
effect an equalization bttween wages abroad and
at home. In somo not remote campaigns tho
issue has been, or, more correctly, has been
made to appear to be. between a high and a low
protective tariff, both parties expressing wme
solicitous regard for tho wares of our working
people nnd for tho prosperity of our domestic
industries. IJut under a moru courageous leader
ship the democratic party has i.ow practically
declared that, if given power, it will enact a
tariff law without auy regard to its effect upon
wages or upon the capital invested in our great
industries. The maiority report or tho com
mittee on platform et the democratic national
convention at Chicago contained this Oifttise.
"That when custom houss taxation is 1-svied
Upon articles ot any kind produced in thin
country, the difference between tne cost or
labor here and abroad, when such a difference
cxisti, fully measures any possibly benefits to
the laboror, and tho enormous a Idiuonnl imps
sitiou of the existing tariff falls with crushing
force upon our farmers and work.'ngmen.'"
Here we havo a distinct admission of tho re
publican contention that American workingmou
are advantaged by a tariff rate equal to the dif
ference between home and foreign wages, and a
declaration only ngaius. the nlleeed ''additional
impositions" of the existing tariff law.
Domocratie Tariff Declarations.
Again, this majority report further declared:
"But. in making a reduction in tixes, it is not
proposed to injure any domestic Industries, but
rather to promote their healthy groutb. More
over, many industries have come to rely upon
legislation for fuccessful cout inuar.ee, so that
cuy change of law must tie at every step regard
ful of the labor and capital thus involved."
Here we have an admission that many of mf
Industries itepenJ upon protective duties for
their successful continuance, and a declaration
that tarifl changes should bo regardful of tho
workmen in such industries and of the invested
capital.
The overwhelming rejection of theso proposi
tion which bad before received the sanction of
democratic national conventions, was not mora
indicative of the new nnd more couraeou lead
ership to w hich the party has now committed it
self ttian the ralistitute which u adopted. This
substitute declares that protective duties are un
consUlutlonal. high protection. low projection,
all unconstitutional. A Cemocratie congress
holding this view cannot enact, nor a democratic
president approve, any tariff rchedule, the pur
pose of which is to admit importations or to give
nny advantage to en American workmen or pro
ducer. A bounty might, 1 judc. bo given to the
importer, under this lew of the constitution, in
order to increase Importations, end so tho re v
i nue from "tariff for revenue only" is the limita
tion. Hecinrocitv of course falls under this danunci -ation.
for Its object r.ud effect, aro not revenue,
but tho promotion of reciprocal exchanges, the
profits of which go wholly to ourpioducers.
Hnvo Strayed From Early Tonchinjfs.
This destructive un-American doctrine was not
held or taught by tho hlstor.c democratic states
men whose fame as American prtriots has
reached this generation, certninly not by Jeffer
son or Jackson. This mad crusade against
American shops, the b.tter epithets applied to
American manufacturers, the persistent disbelier
or every report of the opening or a tin plate mill
or or an incraasa in our foreign trade by recipro
city, aro as surprising as they are discreditable.
There Is no thoughtful business man in the
country who does not know that tlw enactment
into law of the declaration of the Chicago con
vention upon the subject of tariff would at onco
plunge tue country into a business convulsion
such as it has never s;en. Aud there is not a
thoughtful workin;innn who does not know that
it would at ones enormously reduce the amount
of work to be done in this countrr by the increase
of importations that would follow and necessitate
a reduction of his watres to the European stand
ard. If anyone suggests that tha railical policy
will not be executed if the democratic party at
tains power, what shall be thought of n party
that is capable of thus trifling with great inter
ests! The threat of such legislat ion would bo
only less hurtful than the fact A distinguished
democrat rightly described this movement as a
challenge to the protected industries to a fight
of extermination, and another tuch rightly ex
pressed tho logic of the situation when he inter
preted the Chicago platform to be an invitation
to all democrats holding eten the most moderate
protection views to go into tLe republican party
M'E INLEY TARIFF LAW.
Indisputable Proofs or tho ltenoflts
Conferred Tin Plato Industry.
And now a few words in regard to the existing
tariff law. We are fortunately able to judge of
its influsnce upon production and prices by mar
ket reports. The day ot the prophet ot calamity
has teen succeeded by that of the trade ro-
porter. Ah examination fnto the ffeet cf tha
law upon the prices of protected products, &3&
of the cost of such articles as enter ictothe Ur
ine; cf poop!" of srrtall means, has been made by
a senate committee composed 0 icidizg senators
in parties,' with the Aid cf the best siaiistt-'
Firbt-The co of arlicia entering; Into tha
use 01 those earning less than 51, coo e: sooiim
has decreased up to May. IRK, 3.4 per cent,
while in farm products there lias been, an in
creaso in prices, owing In part to an Increased
foreign demand and the opening of new markets.
In England during the same psriod, the cost of
iivlDg Increased 1,9 pw cent. Tested by their
jiowcr to purchase articles Of necessity, the earn
ings of our working people have never l)ti:l M
great as ther are now.
Second There has been an average advance In
the rate of wages of .7 of 1 per cent.
Third There bos been an Advance In the pried
of all fanners products cf lie" per cent and of
KU cereal!. ).3'J per" cer L
. Tie iilnlli annual rvpori of too chief ot tlio la
bor bureau Hf statistics of the fclate' Of Ss'w Ydrfc;
a democratic 6f3cer; very recently IssueMi
Btrppgly corroborates, as to that 6tate. ihe facts
fciica by the sendtp committer... Ills'. report
shows that in tha year following tho passage bl
the tariff act cf lfcOO the aggregate sum pai'l iu
-wajjes in that state was $6.b77..3 In excess, and
tlo aggregate production S31,3I3,130 in exces3 ot
tl-c preceding year. In view of this shoning ot
nn increase in wages, or a reduction iu the cost
or articles of common necessity, aud of a marked
advance iu prices or agricultural products, it is
plain that this tariff law has not imposed bur
decs, but has conferred benefits upon tho fanner
and the woriuginau.
Growth of tho Tin Plato Industry.
Some hpecial effects of the act should be no
ticed. It was a courageous attempt to rid our
eop'e of a long maintained foreign monopoly in
(he production of tin plate, penrl button?, silk
plush, linens. lace, etc. Once or twice in our
history the production or tin plate had been at
tempted and the prices obtained by theWtlsh
mazers would have enabled our maters to pro
duce It at a profit. Hut the Welsh makers at
once cut prices to a point that drove the Ameri
can beginners out or tho business, and, when this
was accomplished, again made their own prices.
A correspondent Of tho Industrial World,
tho Glilcl.il organ of tho" . Welsh
tin plate workers, published at Swansea,
in the issue of June 10, 1SK, advhies a new trial
of these method. He says: "Do not bo 0
ceivetU The victory of tho republicans at tho
polls means the retention of the HcKinley bill
and means the rapidly accruing Ios at ) per
cent or the American export trade. Had there
leen no democratic victory in 181 tho manu
facture or tin plite in the United States would
hare been more rapid. It U not yet too late to
do something to reduce the p'iee ot platos. Put
them don n to Us.dll.11.ts per lot of 10, UzM.
full weight basis. It the workman take, half
pay for n fow months and then turn out mora
Then let the matera forego profits for the saino
time."
And again that paper says: "It is clearly the
interest of both employer and workmen to pro
duct: tin plates, tariff or no tariff, ut rates that
will drive all competitors from the field."
Is Hero to Stay.
But In spite of the doubts. raised by tto elec
tions of 1S90, and tno machinations or foreign
producers to maintain thtir monoply, the tin
plate industry has been established in the United
States 3ud fJiC allinuee between tho Welsh pro
ducers and the democratic party for iiu des. ruc
tion will not succeed. Tho official returns to the
treasury department ot the production of tin and
tin plates in the United States during the last
fiscal year show a total production of 13.i),3J0
pounds, and a comparison of the firet quarter,
fc.M.UJ: pounds, with tho lost S.COd.OOO pounds,
shows the rapid development of tho Industry.
Cver O.OiXyoo pounds during the last quarter
were made from American block platrs, the re
mainder from foreign plates. Sir. Ayer. the
treasury agent In charge, estimates, as tho re
sult of direful inquiry, ttiat tho production Of
Ute "iirnt yr will bc.lOt'j; 0.yW pounds', and
that liv the end of the j ear our production will
be at tho rato of 00,(V,0 pounds per Annum.
Ano!her inm.; 'Ill ,,M ,,een Pli1lr
created by the MoKlnley bHl Is tne i., 5
pearl buttons. Few nr'.iclen coming to us from
abroad were ro itUtir.ctly the product of starva
tion waives. Put without uudilly extending this
letter; 1 eitufcot follow in detail the Influences of
th tariff Mw nf ltfci. It hits transplanted ser
if; I Important iridilslrWs nnd established thent
hero and has revived or enlarged all others. Tha
retgivta to tho mtm-rs proteclWn against for
eifritrfilver bccrlnu lead,ore3;,f ree introduction of
which tniealocod ll;6 great idiniitK Kiduitrles ot
the Rocky mouu'ain states, nnd to th ocl
growers protection for their fleeces and flocks,
which hns saved them from a further and more
disastrous decline. The housa of representatives
at its last session pissed bil's placing theso ores
mid wool upon the free list. The people or tha
ret will know bow destructive to their pros-p.-n'y
these ncasiirc; would !-
Tei:d3 td Higher Wti:;o3.
This tariff la'. hHs gi'en etnplovment to many
thousir.Jn of American men fta.l uonicii nnd will
eich 3 car give employment to increasing thou
sands. It n-peal wou d throw thousands out
of employment and give work to ethers only nt
reduced wages. The npp?als cf the free trader
to ths vrorkingmen aro largely addre.ssed to his
Prejudices or to Ills passions, and not Infrequent
ly re pronouncedly communistic. The new
democratic leadership rages ot the employer and
reeks to communicate this rie id the ejsployo.
I regret that all cmplorers of labor nro hot jthi
nnd considerate, ami that capital sonetirue
takes too large a shareof tha proceeds or prbfitsT
Hut I do not sac thnt tlu-so evils would be ameli
orated by a tari.T pjllcy the first necessary
effect of which is u severe wago cut, and the
second a lara diminution of tho aggregate
amount of work to be dons in this country.
If tho injuntico of his employer tempts the
workman to striko back, he should be very sure
that his blow does not rail upon his own head, or
upon his wife and children. Tha workmen In
our sre at industries are as a body remarkably
intelligent, and arc lovers of home and country.
They may be roused by injustice, or what eeoms
to tfim to be such or te led for the moment
by others into acts of pn&sion. but tbey will settle
the.tariffcont st in tho calm light cf tkoir No
vember firesides and with t.ober reference to the
prosperity of tho country of which they are citi
zens and for the homes they hne founded for
their wiyes and children.
No intelligent advocate of a protective tariff
claims that it is able of itself to maintain a uni
form rate of wages without regard to fluctua
tions in the supply of and demand for the prod
ucts ot labor. IJut it is confidently claimed that
protective duties'strmgly lend to hold up wages
end are the only barrier against a reduction to
the European scale.
Every Citizen In tho Land Hencfltod.
The southern states havo had a liberal partiei.
potion in the benefits of the tariff law, I nm
turf, though their representatives have generally
opposed the protection policy. I rejoice thnt
their tugar, nee, coal, ores, iron, fruits, cotton
cloths and other products hava net been Ml to
tho fate which the vrtes of their representatives
would have brought upon them. In tho con
Mruction of the Nicauragua canal, in tho new
trade with South nnd Central America, In the
establishment of American steamship lines theso
i-tates hac also especial interests. andnllthcMj
interests will not always consent to be without
representation et WnMiinfcton.
Shrewdly, but not quite fairly, cur adversaries
speak only of tho increased duties Imposed on
linen, pearl buttorsand other articles by the Mo
Kinler bill, nnd omit any reference to the grr.aU
est beneficial enlargement of tho free
!.. During the hu.t fiscal year
tKS.0K,Tii worth or merchandise, or
K5.3S jier cent ot cur imports came In Trco
(the largest iierccntae in our history), while in
IfcJ) the percentage" or importations was only
31-1.1 !h.t cent. The p'nciug of sugar upin tho
free list has paved to the consumer in duties In
fifteen months, after paying the bounties jiro
vided for. ti7,u"0,000. This relief has been sub
stantially felt In every household upon every
Saturday purchase of tfia working man.
One of tha favorite arguments against a pro
tective tariff is that it shuts us out from partici
pation in what is callcJ, with swelling emphasis,
the markets ot the worl J." If this view Is not a
false one.howdoes it happen that our commercial
competitors are not able to bear with more
senility- our supposed surrender to them
of "tho markets of tho world." and
how does it happen thit tho partial loss ot
our market closes lore:gn tin plate mills nnd silk
plush factories that still have all other market-
Our natural advantages, one protective tariff and
the reciprocity policy, rr.ako it possible for us to
li.w a large participation in the niarkrta'of tho
world" without opening cur own to a competi
tion that would destroy tho comfort aud inde
pendence of our people.
TUE COINAGE QUESTION.
Good Results Expected From tho
Monetary Conference.
The resolution of the convention in favor of
bimetallism declares, I think, the true and neces
sary conditions of a movement that has, upon
these lines, my cordial ndherence nnd Eupport.
I am thoroughly convinced that the freo coin
ago of silver at such a ratio to
cold as will maintain the equality
in the commercial uses of tho two coined
dollars would conduce to the prosperity of all tho
grot producing aud commercial nations o" the
world. The onu esscutial condition is that these
dol ar3 bl.all have and retain nn tibial accept
ability and value in all commercial transactions.
They are not only a medium
cf exenange, but a measure of
values, and when two unequal measure.
are called iu law by the same name commerce is
unsettled and confused aud the unwary and ig
norant are cheated. Hollars of unequal com.
merclal value wid not circulate togetner. The
b.-tter dollar is withdrawn and lccomes mer
chandise. Tlie trua interest of all our people, and espe
cially of the farmers mid working people, who
csnnot closely observe the money market, is that
ecry dolpir, paper or coin. Issued or authorzed
by the go eminent shall at all times and In ail its
uses be the exact equivalent, not only in debt
paying, but in purchasing power, of any
otlier dollar. I am quito sure that if we
should now act upon thu subject, independently
of other nation, we woulj greatly promote their
interests and injure oar own. ifosetary con
ditions la Europe within the last two years have,
I th'.nW, tenJed very much l. develop a senti
ment in favor of a larger use of silver,
and I was much pleased and
enceurased by the cordiality, promptness
andunanimty with which the invitation of this
Kovcniment. for aa international ennjeraaco
Wool
cians, and the repCri, 3ild by all the members
of the committee, has been given to UiJ psb'.Jo.
No such wida and cartful inquiry has ever before
lch lMm. TI-cwa f unfa Anruar from thn rnort;
upon this subject wts accepted by cl tho pow
er. Wa may cat only hope for, but eipe
higbl beneficial results from thb conference,
sow soon to acsstRbir. When the result ot the
conference is known wa then shall be able intel
ligently to adjust cur financial basis to coy new
aoBdiuons.
FREtf FALLOT AND HONEST COUNT.
Political Jugglery Demonstrates tho
td of No-vT Laws.
In my last annual mes to congress I said
find j
X must yet entertain the idea th&! it ts possi
ble to secure" i fiftnV, patriotic consideration' ti
constitutional or statiltcrr changes, as
may bo teceesary. to secuf the
choice of tho officers ot the goverment
to the people by fair apportionments and
f tec election. I believe it would be poSElbW to
constitute a co&itslssion, non-partisan in lis
membership and composed of pttrietic, wise and
Itnpattiil men, to whom the consideration Ct H
questious of the evils ceornetBt! with our election
system fcnd methods might bo committed with a
good prospect af securing unanimity in soma plan
for removing or mitigating those evils. The con
stltctiou would pormlt tne selection of a com
mission! to" be vested W the supreme court if that
method would giro the test guaranty of impar
tial!t7. This committee should bio charged with
the duty ttf laqul -ig Into tho 'whole subject of tho"
law or elections as rtlated totho chQice or tho" or
ficers of the national govef Stneut, with a view to
fecuring to every elector a free and swnolestcd
exercise of the suffrage and as near en approach
to equality of value in each ballot cast as is at
tainable. The demand that the limita
tions of suffrage shall be found in the lai",
and there only, is a just demand, and no just
man should resent or resist it. It seemed to mo
that an appeal to our people to consider the
question of readjusting our legislation on abso
lutely fair and impartial lines misht find eome
eC'ectlve response.
Equal Hopresontatlon Necessary.
Many times I have had occasion to say that
laws and election methods designated to giro
unfair advantages to the party making them
would kome time be used to perpetuate in power
a faction or a party against tho will of
the majority of people Or this
we seem to have an illustration
in the recent stato election, in Alabama. There
was no republican ticket in tho fteld The cen
(est was betweert vt hite democrats. Tho Kolb
fjarty.say they wcrfl ret u" 1 ..the' representation
guaranteed by law upon the election boards,
and that when tho courts by mandamus
attempted to right this wrong nn appeal
was taken that could cot be beard until
after tho election mado tho writs ineffectual,
llallot boxes were thrown out for alleged irregu
larities or destroyed and, it is asjrted, on behalf
of one-hair, at least, of the white voters of Ala
bama, that the ofilccK to whom certificates havo
been given were not honestly elected.
There is no aecurity for the personal or po
litical rights of any man in any community where
nny ether man is deprived of his penonal or 1 o
htical rights. The power of states over the
qu-'stlon of tbo qualifications cf electors is
ample to proUct them against the dangers
cf an ignorant cr depraved eufi'rai.'e,
and tho demand that every man found to !s
qualified under the laws b1i.i1! bv made secure in
the right to cast a free ballot and to have that
ballot honestly counted cannot be abridged. Our
old republican battle cry'A free ballot and a fair
count," comes back to us.not only from Alabama,
but firm other states and from men who,dlffering
with us Tfldely in opinion, have coma to see that
parties And political debate ore but a mockery iff
when' the debate Is" ecdcdi the judgment of hon
est majorities Is to.bereverSet! by ballet box
frauds and tally sheet manipulation In the inter
est of the party cr party faction in power.
Unfair Apportionments.
Those new political movements in the states,
and tho recent decisions of some of tha staid
courts against unfair apportionment laws en
courage tho liopa that tbo arbitrary
nnd partisan election laws and practices which
have prevailed may b corrected by the
states, the ldws niaJe equal and non-partisan
nnd thd election free and honest. The republi
can parly wo,ald rejoice Ml fiiHib. A solution as a
healthy rind patriotic, lipat.serrtrmecl ithe bsst
assurance of free Sid honest electfons.
1 gnari agsm urge upon congrtTi 'bat provi slorr
be made for tho appointment of a iioc pa"! ."san1
commission to consider the subject of apportion '
ments and elections in their relation to tho
choice of federal officers. The civil ser
vice system has been extended and
the law enforced with rigor and impar
tiality. There has been no partisan juggling
with the law in any of the departments or
bureaus, as has before happened, but appoint
SeiitBtf'tb classified service havn been made
impartially from thi efigbte. ljsta. The system
now in force in all the departments has lrrr"
the first timo placed promotions strictly npon
the basil cf merit, as ascertained by daily
record, and the efficiency of tho forco thereby"
greatly increased,
Freetlnm of Cotisclrnco.
The fef.bt-'ive.l so hecrtiiy given Irr tho conven
tion to all time cgtnvi which contribute to tin
M'cntl&a Of thechilJren of tht land was worth-115-
bestowtt rind meets my hearty ppfovalt as
does also tha declaration as to liberty et
thought and conscience nd the. separation
or church and state. The &tf' jf the
republic lies ia Intelligent citizenship !naii.f!d
In the states in education, the cheerfulness with
which tile necessary taxes ars paid by all classes,
and tha renewed interest manifested by th4
Children fn the national fiar, are hopeful indica
tions that the coming genoration will direct pub
lic" affairs with lbc'roased prudence and patriot
ism. Our interest fn fr?e public schools, open to
all children of suitable ice. br .supreme
and our care for them will be jealous and Con
stant. The public school system, however, was
not intended to rt strain the natural right of the
parent, after contributing to the puV'0 school
fund, to choose other educational agencies for
his children. I favored aid by tha general gov
ernment to the public schools, with a special
view to tho necessities of soir.o cf the
southern states. But it is gratifying to notice
that many of these st-tes are. with commendable
liberality, developing their school systems tni
increasing their school revenues, to tne great ad
vantage of the children of both races.
A WORD TO THE FARMER.
Immcnso Markets Oponod for Ills Pro
ducts In a Short Time.
The considerate attention ot the farmers of
the whole country is Invited to the wcrk done
through the state end agricultural departments
la tLe Interest of agriculture Cur pork products
had for ten years beert nearly exclUied by tho
great continental nations of Europe, but their
value discredited by the reasons given. for t this
exclusion. All previous efforts to secure the fe-.
111 oval of these restrictions had failed. But tho
wis legislation of the Fifty-first congress pro
viding for the inspection and official certifica
tion of our meat, and giving to tho
president power to forbid the introduction into
this country of selected products of such coun
tries as should continue to rfuM our inspected
meats, enaolo us to open all the murkets
or Europa to our hog products. The result
has been not only to sustain prices by
providing new markets for our surplus, but to
add 53 cents per hundrel pouuds to thu market
value of thn inspected roeata.
Under the reciprocity agreements special
favors have been secured for agricultural pro
ducts and oitr exports of such products
have been greatly increased, with a
pi ospect of a further and rapid increase. Tha
agricultural department has maintained in
Europe an agent whose special duty it is to intro
duce there the various preparations of corn as
articles of food, and his work has leen
very successful. The department has also
sent skilled veterinarians to Liverpool to examine
in connection with British veterinarians, the live
cattle fiom the United States landed at that port
and the result, in connection with sanitary meth
ods adopted at home, have been that we near no
more about our cattle being infected with pluro
pneumonia. A judicious system ot quarantine
lines has prevented the infection or northern cat
tlo with the Texas fever.
The tariff bill of 18JJ gives better protection to
farm products bubject to foreign competition
than tbey bad before and tho horn markets for
such products have been enlarged bv the estab
lishment of new industries and tho development
of others.
We may confidently subre'.t to the intelligent
and candiJ judgment of tho American farm-r
whether In any corresponding period so much
has been done to promote his intersts.
and whether In a continuance and extension of
these methods there is not a better prospect
offered to him than in the Invitation of the demo
cratic parti- to k'vo our home market to foreign
manufacturers and to ahaudon the reciprocity
policy, and better also than the radical and un
tried methods of relief proposed by other parties
which are soliciting his suppoi t.
The president strongly urges tho necessity to
tho United States of th. Nicaragua ship canal
and pays a high tribute to the democratic mem
bers of the foreign affairs committee ot the last
house, confessing his obligations for needed co
operation. Ho continues:
Tho Chilean Trouble.
I do not believe thnt tame submission to insult
ing outrage by any nation at tlie bands of an
other can ever form tne basis of a last in - friend
ship. The necessary element of friendship Ls
wanting Ihe Chilean incident, now so hap
pily and honorably adjusted, will, I do
not doubt, place our relations with
that bravo peoplo upon a moro friendly
basis than ever before. ThLs already appears in
the agreement since negotiated by Jlr. ligan for
the settlement ot a commission of the long un
settled claims between the two governments.
Tbo work of Mr. Egan has been highly advan
tageous to the United states. The confidence
wnlch I refused to w ithdraw from him has been
abundantly justified.
In our relations with the great European pow
ers the rights of the United S'ates and of our
citizens have been insisted upon witii firmccfs.
The strength of our cause, and not thj
strength of our adversary, has given tone
to our correspondence. The Samoan ques
tion and the Bering sea question, which came
over from the preceding administration, have
been, the one settled and the other
submitted to arbitration upon a fair
basi. Never before. I think, in a hse
period have ro many important treatiei m:d
commercial agreements been onciud-d. and
n-sver before, 1 am sure, have the honor and in
fluence, national and commercial, of the United
States been held in higher estimation iu both
hemispheres.
A Friend of tho Soldier.
The union soldiers and sailors are now veterans
of tints as wofi as of war. "T2o paraTJeTa of oca
have anproached eloaa to tha citadels of Ufa aad
tha end for each of s brave and honorable strug
gle is fiot remote. lacreastng inflraatty
snd years givo tha minor tosea
of sadness and pathos to tha mlirhty
apveal of service and suffering. Ttw ear last
noes c listen wka sympathy and tha keart
that does Ot respond wilb generosity are)
tha ear and Jearf of aa alien sad
not of an Americau. Now soon agala tha
snmvicr veterans aro to parade upon tas mat
avecuee of the national capital aad every tribute
of honor and lore should attend tas march. A
comrade ia the ealumn of tha victorJ parade ia
ISoj, 1 am not less a comrade now.
I have nsed avery suitable occasion to ergo
upon the people of all sections tha consideration
that no good caoso can be promoted upoa the
lines of lawlessness. Mobs do not discriminate
and the punishments inflicted by them
havo aa representative or salutary In
fluence. On tne contrary, they beget revenges
aad perpetcate feuds. It is especially tho duty
oi Im edae.it?d and influential to see that the
weak acfi ia:norastt when accused of crone, are
fairly tried tef "ftxtful tribunes. Tbo moral
r-ntiment of the codattf should bo aroused and
brotiR"K bear for the sufyetKonof these of
fenses against She htrr and social order.
Restrict Xihlgratfori?
The necessity of careful disCJIiinatloTi arsons
tho emigrant seekinjr our shores beeWmes every
day more apparent. We do not want ac should
not receive thoso who by .reason pf
bad character or cablu aro nrt
wanted at home. The Industrious and
self-respecting, the Iotcts of law aud liberty
should bo discr'ininated from the pauper, tho
criminal and tha anarchist who come only to
disturb our communities. Every effort has been
made to enforco the laws, and some convictions
havo been secured under the cocf ract law.
An Era of Prosperity.
The general condition of 6uf sotrntr to oae of
great prosperity. Tfia blessings of titsi have
rested upon our fields and upof"onr
people. Tne annual valuo of our foratso
commerce lion increased mow than t0O,aX.t.d
over the average for tho preceding tan years
and more than .!(0CO.O0O over ltW. the last
year uuaffected by the new tariff. Our exports
ill lSW exceeded those of JSW by more than 7;f,
DOOm and tho annual average for ten
years by 2OCO.0Ctf. Our exporta of
breadstuffs increased over those of W)
more than JlH.COO.tO), of previsions ovvSIM
OJOand ot manufactures over SWaX'. Tho
merchandise balance of trade In our foMa ISO
was fXrl.'M I.ZU. No other nation can rriatch te
Commercial progress, which theso figures Jus
lode. Our compassion may well go out to those1
whose party necessities and habits still compel
them to declare that our people are suppresee.'
end our trade restricted by a protective tariff.
It is not po8!ble for me to refer evn in thj
brierest wny to many or tho topics presented in
the fesolrrt ions adopted by tho convention. Upon
nil that iuvo not been direiissed. I have before
publiclv expressed niy news. The democratic
party offers a programme of demolition. Thi
protective policy, to'whfch Ml business, even that
of the importer, is now adjusted, tho rrcipocity
poPcv.tho now merchant maritfevftre M to le de
molished: not gradually takrii dowrf-but blown
up. 'lo this programme of destruction il hod
added ono constructive feature, lb?
re-establUhment of stato banks of sue.
Tbo policy of the republican partv is
on tho other hand, distinctively a policy of sar
progression and development of new factories,
new markets and new ships. It will subject busi
ness to no perilous changes, but offers attractive
opportunity for expansion upon familiar lines.
Very respectfully yours,
Signed. BENJ. JJAKP.ISON.
Drying or ICvaporaUus Fruit.
When fruit ia to be dried ia the sun,
it is a good plan to make a supply of
frames two feet wide by four long is
ti eood size and they can be made of
plaster"!::;: fath natied to one and u half
Inch square stnpi Three of these to
each frame, using ono at GZtlt end and
one in tho middle to strengthen for
apples, peaches, pears, pumpkins and
sweet potatoes. The lath can be thrce
nttarters of aft inch apart, but for cher
ries ai'l berries they should be closer
together, ndt more than one-fourth
inch space should tio left Then make
a. scaffold in an open place vrhcre there
i3 no shade so that the fruit can get
the full oenetit oi tne sun. incsoniu
be found very convenient, as the frames
can be filled up and on top of each
other and lessens the space required
of them, if the fruit is worth dryinjr
at all it is worth iftktng coiisrtueraDto
uains to have of as gfod a quality as
possible. "With this, as with the ma
jority of other products, tho quality
largely determines tho price, and a
little care taken in having it of the
best qinlity will do much towards re
ceiving the fighct price. IJut evap
orated fruit costs no mere woric to pre
pare, and outside of tliti investment
in an evaporator, wilt cost no thOvQ to
put on the market than the dried, h
fact if the work and lime is counted
at a fair price the dried fruit is really
tb raostexDcnsito 10 the growers.
while ii will nearly always sell for
considerable i2are and this advance or
better price is of couMS proiif. 'Thero
are a. number of good evaporators' of
different sizes to suit the wante of
different classes. Tho advantage is in
the saving of time, the lessened risk of
ios and the better quality of produefc
insur'iSg. of course, a better price.
Jn showery ttcather especially, there
is often considerable loss occasioned
bv the fruit getting wet. Kven if this
fruit is not entirely ruined, getting
wet spoils the color and to a poro or
less extent the flavor. Then tho work
ean be done so much faster, and when
here is a considerable amount of fruit
to save" this rrill be quite an item.
Carefully done, tha evaporated fruit
is much "the better color and the flavor
of tho fruit is retained better, and this
is one of tho principal reasons why a
better price may bo realized.
No fruit ought to be ailowed to go
to waste. Either eat, market, dry or
evaporate or feed to stock. Allowing
it to waste is a loss and ono that should
always be avoided.
Not a lilncie Word.
"Joss," bo far from being, as 1
among others always imagined, a Chi
nese word, L merely a mispronuncia
tion of the Spanish dios. God. says a
writer in Blackwood's. The discovery
of this fell heavily upon me. It re
duced m knowledge of Chinese from
two words to one. I have iearned
several since, but wi'tl not write them
here, as I do not know what they
mean. A- and the writer both started
with the determination of studying
Chinese, and tho writer let A. buy a
grammar; but on discovering that the
single letter 1 had 145 ways of being
pronounced, and that each pronuncia
tion had an entirely different meaning,
wo said that there was no poetry about
the Chineio language, that it was not
worth learning, and A.'s grammar was
secretly consigned to the river mud
by being dropped overboard.
Old I'rlsntes nt (lie Navy Vard.
The old. very old navy was repre
sented at the navy yard yesterday by
the two hulks of tho dismantled frig-
1 atcs Vermont and New Hampshire.
Thev were moored at Coo docic. .No
one at the yard knows wnat is to oe
officially done with tho New Hamp
shire. For a long time she was used
I as a training ship for apprentice boys
at New Lonaon. out smco she was
brought here to serve as the barracks
for the naval reserve battalions appli
cation has been made that she be kept
here for use as a drill ship or armory.
This matter is beforo Secretary Tracy
for his consideration. Meanwhile she
will remain at the navy yard X. 1".
Tribune.
'1 o bo slow to anger is tetter than to own
tbc best kind of a seven-shooter
Statistics prove ibat the negro in the
south lives oiigar tbsu he negro iu the
north-
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from Washington.
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