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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : W4JIJNESDAS , AUGUST 3 , 1892. 5 M'KIEEY WELCOMED FIIOM PltlST PlOB .J Products dooi nothing but produce rovenuo. It encourages no domcstlo en terprise bocnuso there Is none In this country tanking the product upon which they put the tariff. A low tariff upon n foreign product tvblch compotes with n homo product , would , ton ( small degree , favor the domcstlo Indus try , but , when it does that , It ceases to bo a tariff for revenue only , because It elves some blight protection to the dotnostta producer , nd is nt on co condemned by tbo tariff re former. It is suitable , I should eay In passing , that R tariff levied upon a noneotnpotlng foreign product is always paid oy the Importing country. And whyf Because thcro Is no production at homo to compote with the for eign nrtlclo imported which might Inlluonco Its prlco to thu consumer. Tbo foreign pro ducer controls the market , and the prlco to the consumer on such noncompoUng article is thu foreign pnco with the tariff added. But tlio other principle , nnd the ono to which tbo republican party ndhoros , Is exactly the poslto ot the ono I have Just described. It permits all foreign products , except luxuries , " to como into our markets free , but imposes Jif' Its tariffs upon these forolgn products which * \vo prodiice at homo or propose to produce at home , which tariff , whllu rnhlnp revenue , is n discrimination In favor of the domestic pro ducer and against tbo forolgn producer , That Is , wo say brlnR what you have got to us thut wo can not grow or matte , without burdnn or restriction , without tntlff or condi tion , but If you want to bring hero what wo do produce anu can producn to compote with our producers nnd shnro this tnarlcot with them , then stlch product must bear the burden - don of a tariff. Is not tbat rlfshtl Thu True American 1'rlnolplo , tf wo were Just beginning anew as a gov ernment and tmd never had a turlff law , would not tbat bo tbo correct principle ) Thn things wq can not muko for ourselves or pro duce fnr ourselves wo must buy olsowborc , and , therefore , wo want , no tux upon them , but tbo things wo can produce nmong our selves add for ourselves , it is economy for our people to uuy from each other , nnd if the foreign producer xvants to enjoy any part of this market , ho must bo subject to the terms wo shall fix In tbo Interest of our oxvn countrymen. That U the principle of pro tection. That is tea duotrino ot patriotism. 'JTbat Is tbo principle of our country iir.st nnd our countrymen first. That is thn principle of homo and family. Thut Is tbo doclrlna of true Americanism. Thu republican party bas r.uvor hesitated to tmposo duties upon j noni'ompoting foreign products whunuvor -J Iho revenue necessities of the government r < v 7 quired It , bu , bellovo In It only as a public rccrsslty. Wo have frco trndo among ourselves , throughout our forty-four states und the tor- ntorifH. This is because wo are ono family ; ono country. Wo have ono standard of citt- Kent hip , ono flag , ono constitution , ono na tion , ono destiny. Thut Is why wo bavo fruo trade among ourselves. Our relations with the nations oulsido are necessarily different front cur relations among ourselves. They nro a separata organism a distinct und Inde pendent political society organized to wont out their own destiny. They are our commer cial rivals. Wo deny to these foreign na tions trndo witn us upon the same terms we enjoy nmong ourselves. The foreign pro ducer it not entitled to equality with us in this market. Ho pays no taxes ; ho is not hmonablo to our laws ; ho performs no civil or military duties : bo Is exempt from state , county nnd municipal taxes ; bo contributes nothing primarily to tbo support of the gov ernment or its progress or prosperity. Upon what principle , 1 pray you , should bo enjoy equal privileges and profits in our markets with our producers , our laborers , our taxpayers 1 Wo have no way of reaching him ox'cept through the cus- _ \ tomhouso. He is unknown to our tax collector - lector who visits us annually but this oflicial can not visit him. Tbo arm of the state is too short nnd the power of the federal gov ernment too limited to touch anything ho has or possesses. And so we say , to him , when you want to bring your products hero to compete -.rUmours , this being our homo , our natural market , "thoso produats must , have attached to them a condition , and that con dition shill bo the payment of duties which hall go Into tbo public treasury to rollovo in part the taxpayers ot the United Stales from the burdens which rest upon them. " u Wrt * Trade Revolutionizes Values. Frco trade gives to the foreign producer equal privileges with us. Upon what prin ciple of fair piny should he bavo thorn ? It Invites tbo products of bis cheaper labor to this market to destroy the domestic product representing the higher and bettor paia labor of ours. tIt destroys our factories or reduces our labor to tbo level of theirs. It increases foreign production but diminishes homo pro duction. It will Innalo Qros In the furnaces of England and extinguish the flros in our own. It will close thu Iron mines of tbo great , northwest and leave unteannted the coal and colto regions of the oast. It will do nil this with unerring certainly unless the standard of American labor shall bo pulled down to tbo piano und condition of foreign labor -one or the other is Inevitable , in any event It destroys the dignity and inrttnen- donco of American labor , diminishes their pay and employment , decreases tholr oapuo Ity to buy the products of the farm and tbo commodities of the merchant. Wo cannot bavo frco trade in this country without hav ing frco trndo conditions. The democratic platform demands it upon these conditions and is bound to hnvo it at any cost. Tlio world knows what tbeso conditions ere. Thu farmers of England know what tbov aro. The worldneman of England understand these conditions. Thousands of ir.on who bavo .worked on both sides of tbo ocean and under both systems know tboso conditions. To introduce them hero will bo n costly experiment. It will bring wlde- precd discontent. It will revolutionize values. It will take away more tbun ono-half of the earning capacity of brain nnd brawn. \Vorsd than all that , it will take away from tbo people of this country who worn fora living and the majority of tlmm llvo by tbo eweut of tholr faces It will taUo from them bcart and hope and homo. It will bo self- destruction. Free irndo results In Riving our money , our manufactures and our mar- kou to other nations. Protection keeps money , markets aud manufactures at borne. Buttboy say protection is a burden upon tbo peoplo. Mr. Cleveland Joins tbo choir nf calamity. Ho said In bis speech the other day at Madison Square Uanlon , accepting the nomination for the presidency : " "Turning onr nyos to the plain people of the land , wo sou them burdened us consumers with n tariff HyHtom thi.i unjnatly and relentlessly duniiinds from thum , In thu pnrohaRo of the comforts und necessaries of life , un amount on rod v met by Iho wugos of hard and steady toll.VVOBCO the farmer listening to n clem- slvomory that tlllo his mind with vltlons of advantage , whllu his pncUot Is robbed by the totilthy Hand of high protootlon. " Cleveland unil Calamity. Mr. Clovolnnd. I roar , hns not consulted the markets smc'j IbiX ) . He had In mind thu cam * prlciis then provulliiiit and suoms to Eulgn avu i eon unadvised ot what him occurred luce. Mr. Cleveland had uut then roiid the report of the senate committee uppolnto.l by Infill resolution of that body to Investigate ho ulfeut ot the now tariff luiv upon thu cun- Bunitir nnd producer and upon ( ha wucos ofliibnr. I commend tlia careful reading uf that document to thu dlstliunhfho'l ' gcntlu- inan with the liono that lie limy correct the error In which hu has fallen , nnd with that rungud honesty which h H friends nt > orlbu to lilnl publicly urooiulm thu wrong hu Inn donu tn truth and thu false Impression ho bus made of thu legislation of his own country. Thu valno of the report , the rending nt which I comtui'iid to the ucntiumiin , will ho neon when I sluto tnat It wus made by the following lenalorM : Aldrlch , AllUon , Illscook. Jones , Harris < imIJarll l" , and that the report la a unanimous one. Thin report ims ascertained and stated the cost of food , clothes und clothing , fuoi and lluhtln/ . house furnishing foods , drnxs mil chcnilu.ils , mutnls nnd Implements , lumber and bnlldint ! matorl.il for each month , com ineiioliu the 1st day of Juno , last ) , und undlng Hoptomhor 1IMI ) , J'ho result ot thu Investi gation , whli'u has boon most careful und ncruUnmiig und absolutely nonpiirtlsan , ulunva Iho decline In thu ratal ! tirlco ot ' 'II se lected aitlcle.s articles nf comfort -Jiiil neces sity to bu .Ul ot I per cent loss , by ono method nf iimiputullun , und 1.8 per cunt lu by mi- other In Hoptuiubur. Jh'JI. than during the inontlU preceding und covered by the InvcHtl- tut In u. Tin ; committee , tn addition to the Investiga tion for thu twenty-eljhl months nolod , nskud the commlMlonar ot labor to uscorKUn thu re tail pr co Ju ihrou cltluu , numwlyt l < 'al 1 itlvor. Mu > M..Ohlcnio. 111. und Diibmiuu. In. of the ill articles reforreil lo. I hu result of hU In- YvfctUutlun dliown a further decllnu In thu cost of living In Muy. ] 8'X . HW compared with September , isji , of : . ' . ! percent , uud un com- jiuieit with June , July and Auguat , Ib&l of u. | pur cunt. Thl jepurt alto shows In every pnrt ot It a constant lendvney to lower prices of thu m'cos- aitrlcn uud comfort * of llfu. ThU would seam Ulovttluud'u uMurtloa ibt \ \ the tariff has Increased prices to the con sumer , nnd leaves his statement devoid ot that ossontul element of strength-truth. 1 ho report nl8oshow4 that whl.o the cost of living has decreased hero It bus , during the same period , In Knglnnd Increased 1.0 per cent , AVngog Arc llifhor. Now , turning to wivzci. It appears from the report of tliostat Istlclan that In the flttoon general occupations solactod by the committee - too wages were three-fourths of 1 percent higher In September , ISO ) , tlmn the three months selected as n busU In 1839. and th.U the wares In special Industries selected was .ill of 1 per cent higher than at the beginnlni { of tno period In Juno. 18s ! > , and that wages In thQBatnn occupations In the United States avorngod 77 per cent groutcr tlmn In Uroat Urltaln. which Is under a democratic free trade revenue tariff. Then as to the farmers , to whom Mr. Olovo- lutid so plntnttvolr rotors , tliltt report says that the nvorazo prices of nil the agricultural products , except llax need , when cut at tholr proper relative Importance , worn 1H.O ? per cent higher in September , itsul , tlmn in Juno , "May I not In the Itaht ot this report and the facts everywhere observable remind Mr , Olovolnnd that In the your ot 13J2 wo nra con fronted by u condition and not a theory. The truth la that the protective tariff has cheapened every tnnnufnoturod product , not by cheapening labor , but by its hlrfh rewards , scouting from labor Its highest elllclonay. .Manufactured goods art ) cheaper today than tli y were under the revenue tariff policy In augurated forty-six years ago , nnd which continued down to 1001. They are for the most part cheaper than botoro the p.issajo of the tariff law of 1SOJ. Adnv'slabor will buy more today than It ever bought boforo. The products ot tlio ( arm will buy moro ot the uvuryduy necessities ot life , moro cloth und cotton , moro Iron ami steel , moro glass and pottery , moro stuar und salt thin the sumo < | Uuntitv Would over buy boforo. Sub stantially , everything which protection di rectly uirocts IIMH boon rod need In price , ex cept labor. It alonohus been able , amid the most general reduction ot prices , to maintain its own , Mr. ivJward Atkinson , a free trader and n Oiuvoluml democrat , said in the May 1'orunt ! "There has never boon a period In the his tory of this or uny other country when the general rate of wngcs wns ns high us It Is newer or the prices of goods relatively to the wages as low us they lire today , nor u porlod when the workman. In the strict sense of the word , has so fully secured to his own uuo und enjoy ment such u stoidlly ud progressively In- oru.islnx propoitlon of aconsuntly Increasing product.1' The s.nuo gentleman In the Boston Herald s.tys : "Since 1880 there has been u m rkod lucrouso In the rate of wngos or ournlnirs of ull occupied of every kind above the grade ot common laborers. So far us the writer has boon able to oLtaln the data , this advance In rates ut wngcs may bo estimated nt' from 10 to 'M per cent is compared with the rates of .89 ! ) , the proportionatejuivanco In each ease being In ratio to the relative skill required In the work. The wu.usof the common laborer huvo not advanced very much , but ho has been ren dered able to buy more for his wa.-os on ac count of the reduction In prices. The sullied laborer has secured the highest rate ot wugos ever known in this or any other country , nnd cun also buy more foroach dollar. The advo cate of free trade wno denies this advance makes n mistake. " Tlio Foreigner r v tlio Tnr. It Is suld that the tariff law of 1890 li a iinovous wrong upon the consumer. I huvo before mo the Dormmlu Colonist , n paper pub lished In Hamilton , Bermuda , dated April -M , IS'J. ' ' , cuntulnln ; the proceo lings ut the colon ial parliament , which h.td under considera tion ut that date the American turllT und how Its burdens were to be remove : ! from the In habitants of that Island. Yon will observe that the producers of Bermuda believe they pay the Increased tariff under the now law , notwithstanding thoturllf reformer's oialm Is otherwise. And they huvo appointed u com mission to come to the United States to so euro u reduction of the turltT upon tholr pro ducts. This Is the lunjuugo of the mossugo to the governor : "Wo are directed by the Houseot Assembly to bring to the notice or your excellency the serious loss that the pcoplnot Bermuda have sulTored , and which they uro IL.oly In the fu ture to sustain by the high rate of tariff that , by the present laws ot the Un ted States. Is charged on Bermuda products shipped to that country , and to especially request that your excellency will bo ploasad to tukolntocousll- cratlon the following statement which Is sub mitted with u view of onUeavoHns to obtain with the sanction of the Imperial government and the lovornmont at Washington a reduc tion In the turlff above referred to. The amount of Bermuda products shipped to the United States from January to Juno In clusive , In tb'JJ , amounted In value to $ . " > ua- ? J5.1i On this amount , under the old tariff rules , the duties amounted to not less than 83V.SU.08. In 1891 the quantity of produce shipped to the United States from January to Juno amounted to t.VII.lii.ri. : On this amount , under the new. or McKmloy. tariff , dutlos were paid amounting 'to not less than $134- 87i < . : H Thus , while the value of products shipped to the United States In the year 18'Jl ' was JI8.4QJ less In value than in ib'JJ , the amount paid as dutlos was $ iQl2.'M \ > in excess of duties paid In the former year , making u direct loss to the growers in each case ot a largo percentage of the amount..as the mar ket 'Vn no of our products In the Un ted States will not allow of uny udvunco In prlco cotn- monsuruto with so heavy u tivrllT. " ' 1 hut bolng ho , who pays the t-ix ? They as sort vhoy cannot add tlio tarlll to the prlco to the American consumer , so ho gets It at the old prlco. notwithstanding the increased turlITi that'ls , the consumer pays no moro for Bermuda products than ho did previous to the new law ; the Bermuda producer sots loss und the American treasury more monov. Who contributes that money to the treasury , the foreign producer or the American consumer ? Tills will Indicate to you how the foreign countries regard this turlff. They hold it to beuurdonsomo upon them a tux upon them which they must yield up to our treasury if they want to enter this market. Hlmllar dis cussions are going on In Canada , In Franco , la England and in other countries. Cleveland and the Consumer * . Wo Increased the tariff In the now law upon a number of foreign products which compute wltii Uomo products ; but lu no single Instance , except possibly m thu case of peurl buttons , bus there boon any advance in prices to the actual consumer. Yet Mr. Cleveland , In his recent speech in llnoJo Island , said : "Tho consuiuor has found Ufa harder Hlnco the pnsda oof the now turllf law tlmn bofoio. " That Is not true. The consumer bus not found life harder , for the commodities which enter Into his dally life uro. In a grout majority of cases , lower than they were before the now tar lit law went Into olfcct. Ho has had cheaper sugar , cheaper clothing , cheaper boots and shooscuid cheaper nails than boforo. A care ful Investigation of the prices of woolen und cotton goods made In the city of New York , und.embrnclng ovor.VU ! ) quotations of articles , for a comparative period under the now und old tariffs , und this mudo by un expert who hns reported prices for forty yours , shows that Inn lurgo per cant of all tlicsJ quota tions und articles there has boon un actual docro iso In prlco since the now turllf went Into olfect as compared with the same prices ot goods under the Old turllf. 1'imhermonv old Industriiis have been stimulated und very many now Industries started , which uro now estimated to have given employment to from a O.iXW to > o.UH employes , und 11 Is a fact well established by reports from ull countries that at this time , while depression and anxiety exist in their Industries , there Is prosperity In the United mutes alone. When the turlff hus boon Increased upon a foiolgn article , ana ltdoosnot Increase the prlcu to the American consumer , how does the American consumer buffor'He guts the com modity at ui low a prlco us he got it under thu old tiirllf , notwithstanding the Increase , so ha loses nothing , but labor In America gains everything. T.ike thu case of curpots oun ot the most marked Increases under the navt law. We advanced the turllf on wool , which llo * at the foundation of the o.irpet Industry. o protect the woolgrowors of tint country , Wo advanced the turllf on carpets , the llnlshcd product , to compensate the manu facturer for the Increased duty on wool , und yet toduy thu prices are no higher than they were botoro the enactment of the new law. It U true prices went up on carpets Im mediately .after the pusauuuof thu law , but thejo prices were speculative rather than real , Bui today there U no line of caructs that you "an not buy us cheaply as you could prior to October U , ibUJ : und us to Ingrain and other lower grades of curpots , they uro oven cheaper now than then , to Hint thu Increased protection that wo give to thu woolgrowcr , und which he required us a defense against ruinous competition from abroad , has cost thu American consumer nothing , und to the wooUrowor uud farmer has-boon u positive bunullt . The 1'ornlKii Murkot. They say that a protective turlff shuts us out of u foreign market. I huvo before me i statement from tno Troisury department , corrector July li , 169. ' , thowlng our foreign commoico. The total vuluo ot Imports uud exports of merchandise attained its highest point , amounting to tl.tWJ.UUia In the lust tlbo.il yuiir , us UHulnit * i,7a'J07i)08 ) during thu Usual your IttJI. un Increase of * l , y-y.uoi , and uu Inuruaso of &Uj.l'At&J over JlW'J. The cr- CCM In vnluo of exports over Imports ] ( luring the last fiscal yo.ir w.is ( Ir..gii.'Ji'J. The vnluo ot our Imports of inor haiidNa during the last llscul yo.ir amounted to r.4- 30I84 , ft * against tUI.UHUM In iral. n decrease ot $ i.f 4 , li There was .in Inoroaso In onr Imports of coffee , unmanufactured silk , sugar nnd molnsscs , nnd thn dooronso was In tin plates , manufactured silk , manufacture of tobacco , manufactures nt wool , vogotublo * , fruits nnd textile grufcses. Notwithstanding the cry that updorn pro- tootlvo tariff wo cannot sell abroad If wo do not buy nbroud , during the last fiscal your wo sold abroad Hourly i.uCOJO.UOO more than wo bought abroad ) $ J/J.iiO'oo : was thooxooss In our favor which the foreigner * paid to us. und which wo h.ivo nt homo circulating among our own people. , Dutiable merchandise has decreased under the operation of the now law , us shown by the report of the secretary ot the treasury. The vuluo ot merchandise imported Upon which duty wns paid for the your ending Juno IW , ISIW , was tJO.XU.l-.il. whlio for the preceding your It was 8178.074,914 , showing n doorcase in the value ot merchandise pay Ing duty of 110'J- ' 231.71)3. It will also ho observed that under the operation of the now law the free list bus boon Increased while the dutiable list decreased. The value ot frco Imports for the lust yonr exceeded the vnluo of dutiable Imports by WODO.uiM. DurinJ the last nso.il year the vtluoof Imported meroh.indlso free of duty WH& over 8IMOJJUOO un Inoronso over the preceding - coding year of RI..W,7U1 ) , The nverago nd- vuiorcm r.ito per cent of duty on the nirgrc- guto of Imports bin gradually decreased slnco the passage of the now turllf law , The average - ago rate percent for the your ending March ai,18Wot free and dutiable goods wasU'O.Ki porcei.tt in ISllI , SS per cent ; IMU 1 per cent , nnd In 18SH , yi.K ) per cunt. The uvorugu rate today Is loss than It hus been for thirty/ yours. Moro than onn-haU of thovalun of nil our Imports is nusolutoly froo. In it > 39 the por- centugo nf free goods wns HI.4J pur cent , und In ISJ. 53.M per cent. Wo collected during the lust flscul year ; 05.810.U70 of duties loss than the duties collected uurlng the preceding year. Ho , If the turltf Is u lav , as our adver saries assort , wo should nt least be credited wltn having wiped out $ M,81uOlO of burden some tuxes from the people. The vuluo of our exports of merchandise ( lining the fiscal year ISM was glau.t-tfO.U : The value ot our exports In 18U1 was g&I.IBO- Olu , an Increase of iU\BU,810. a wonderful and marvelous Increase of our foreign trade under a tariff law which wus to close the for eign market to our products. Our exports n&vor reached that point in u given your In ull our history , The story Is told ito often that ninny good people have come to bollovo It that protection hus destroyed our foreign trado. The custom house llgurcs conclusively refute this , and 1 wish they might bo studied by every voter. In 1870 wo were under protection. Wa exported that year products of the value ot M7ft.nHl.47J. This your wo exported moro thin n billion dollars' worth of American products. In 18TO wo Imported products of the value of ? lJ.'U : > .W- 4 < ii , und this year JtJ7WI'til. ) : Our exports huvo trebled in twotty-two yours und our Import" have doubled , und ull the whlloundor protection. Our export trade under thu turllf law of ISO I Increased Wi per cent und the exports of Ore it Britain m the same oorlod under a demoer.itlo free trade turltf decreased &yi percent. A ICovoniio Turlir. What protection will do and hns done , what a democratic revenue tariff will do and hus done Is not loft to speculation. Out-own his tory records the story ot both. From 1S17 to ISlil under n freo-traUo revenue tarlll' the haluticu of trndo against us wns moro tlmn $131,000,000. and thorn were but two yours of the fifteen when the balance ot trade was In our frtvor , while from 1870 to I8JI , a porlod ot ( If teen years , there ware just two years when the balance ottrudo wus against us. Wo were then under protection thirteen years when the balance of trade wus in our favor und th it Dulanco uggrogatod JI.OI1UIVJ40. Which porlod wns the moro profitable to the Ameri can people ? It Is maintained by thu democratic loaders , but rests wholly In assumption , that the farmer would bo benefited by u revenue tariff ! that his export trade In agricultural pro ducts would bo incroasod. Lot us refer again to our own history. From ISIUto 1801 , dur ing the entire revenue turlff period , wo exported - ported UV.440,173 bushels ot wheat. Wo ex ported In u single year under protootlon , that of 1878.72.000.0JO of wheat , orO.ojo.OOJ mor.o than the aggregate of the entire fifteen years uiiJer n rovontio tariff , nnd In IBS' ) , 1881,188. ' , 18A' > , 1837 und 1801 wo exported , moro wheat In oaoh ot these several years than wo sold abroad In allot the years from 18W to 1891 under the Walker free trade tariff of 1810. Wo export now In a single year moro wheat than wus ex ported from 1700 to 16(11 ( , a period of sovcnty- ono years. Moro wheat In u single year than than In all ot the years from Waihlnglon to Lincoln. Can the farmer justly complain of this showing , und does the tur > lV reformer ex tract uny comfort from It ? Whether you consult the question of domes- tie trudo or foreign trade , protection In our own country has givenus the best results , it has given us the largest activity at homo und the largest Halo of our products abroad. ITO tectlon not only directly benefits the great Industries of the country by making It possi ble to establish them and thus furnishing employment to labor but It makes u demand for our raw m.ttorlulsot every Kind nnd chir- uctor , which but forourmanufucturlng enter prise nt homo wou.d bo practically useless uud without value. Fiirmers anil Protection. Protection Is a positive benefit to the farmers ot this country. There Is no class of our follow citizens moro certainly advantaged by the protect I vo tariff than the farmer ot the United States. It makes a homo demand for his products , und home consumers nro al ways better than foreign c-onsumors because they uro nearer the Held'of production. They enable the farmer to dispose of perishable products ut u profit , which It would bo Im practicable to ship abroad. It therefore In creases to that extent the demand for the products of agriculture und widens the USDS of the farm. Millions ot dollars annually ot the products of the farm ure sold in our Indus trial towns which would not bo raised at all but for the demand which they make. What the farmer wants is consumers , and the moro consumers and fewer competitors ho has the better will bo his profits , nnd ho wants these consumers steady and regular und at ull times reliable. Ho has such in tbo M.OOO.OOU consumers In this country , who uro the host and most profltublo consumers to be found any whore on the globe. Ho Is sure of them , while his foreign market Is fitful , fur removed , less certain anil dependent upon agricultural conditions In the foreign countries. Whether there Is a short crop or a long crop. There ho hus competition ; hero ho has practically the Held , with little ornocouipetitlon oxcuut with his own fol.ow citizens. As Illustrating the difference in value be tween the domestic consumer and the foreign consumer , I have but to state that the work- Ingmanln the American shop consumes moro thanilU worth of agricultural products an nually of the American farmer , wbl'o the for eign worklngmun consumes loss than * J ot American agricultural products annually. The American consumer Is. therefore , worth eighteen or nineteen tlnios more is elghtcnn or nineteen tunes u bettor customer of the ( armor hero than Is the foreign worklngmuu. The democratic leaderof toduyseonis to thlnK there Is some peculiar sanctity about the tor- olcn consumer that does not attach to the domestic. I don't ; I prefer the domestic con sumer , because no Is the best ; bo consumes more und hus moro money to pay for his llv- 'Ing than uny other consuiuor In the wlda , wldo world. world.Morn Morn American Consumers , The agriculturists ot this country do not want moro farmers. They want moro people who do not raise their own-food und whom they can supply , livery farmer would rather Imvo a factory for bin neighbor than another farmer. I'.vory factory that ! s built up In creases the farmers' customers , tho' vuluo of his product , and the value of his land. Kvory factory thiit is broken dawn diminishes tho. farmers' customers , tbo vuluo of his produce nnd the valuoof bis land , and increases his competitors. If the worklnxmon ot this coun try cannot got employment In the factories they mustsooklteUewhoro. They cannot , find It Inotber mechanical pursuits , so they must go to the land. There every man u.in go when ho cannot find work ut his accustomed occu pation , und when he goes there ho takes out of the ground u living and he Is no longer the consumer of your products but produces for himself und becomes n competitor of yours In stead of ucostutuur of yours , ns hn is today. Kvory now industry Increases the farmers home market nnd furnishes hl.ii what ho most wants , protltublo customers , It Is no fault of the now tariff law It the farmers of the United Ktatcs donotsupply every agricultural wunt of our untlro popu lation. Wo framed that law to give them this inurkot. And wo frame\ that luw not only to give them the exclusive control ot this mar ket , but to encourage Industries which would increase the consumers by Increasing thu factories und the d'jmand for labor therein , Kvory product of the farm Is protected by thu now law directly , and by thu maintenance of our thousands of great onterprUos , Indirectly , securing for the f armor the bust nmrkot In thu world for his proJucts. How do agriculturists faro In fruo trudo Kngland ? Lot Mr. Uudstotio answer : "We have in many parts of thu country not Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE onlv t. stationary luil < , n decreasing rural population. Tnoronro'Ai/vJust sacrifice * that ought not to bo encountered In order to stop the process which lonvesHro rural laborer In n condition where ho can hardly hope to keep his wlfo ntid children ovl'h wlthnn insnlllclont supply of the noucRsarlcM tf ) lifo. " GarUluiU .Manning wrblon year and n halt ago tlml Innd was going out ot ottltlvatlnn In parts of Enxlturl , I- , , , I'.ilr I'Jay. : ili English ntlb loitlon , sires the rate nfvn.oM paid to ncrlctiltur.il I'iborors at llorwlok. Carlisle \VhUby nnd Thlrsh. the four urlnclp.il agricultural centers ot Eng land. In The waxes paid to yonfig mon run from $ ! . > to )7.W ) ! n year ! to nl h , ( irdlniry laborer * , from $1) ) toM u year ) fnr.nvinuKors of farms , from $ SI ( to 31.V ) ayoirf pfowtnon , $1J to Ml u yoar. I'or girls , $ i' > to J.Vi oJycur ; female man- ngnrs of farm houses andi dairies , ISO to tlOO a year , * There Is tiothlni In tholodndltlnn ot agricul ture in Rnglnnd under free tmnn to indnco our farmers to exchange what they hnvc for what It offers , nnd there Is no market nbroiul so valuable to them as the ono they htvo at homo. It should bo the aim and purooso ot every farmer to retain It , The Homo Market. - Horace Grooloy presents the vnluoof nhotno mnrkotlnuway whluh lamsuru will bo im pressive. Hosays ! "It scorns tomosott-ovldont that protection tends to shorten the distance between the farmer ami thu nrttsan nnd manufacturer , honoo to diminish the cent of exchanging tholr ro.spcullvo products , nnd thus to soouru to thu farmer not only surer und steadier markets for his produce , but an ampler roe- omponso for his labors. Such uro thu conclu sions that long ago made mo n protectionist. Distant markets are all but Inevitably Incon stant , uncertain markets. Europn has defi cient harvests onuyuar and buys grain of us nulto freely , but next your her harvests are bounteous and eho requires very llttlo more food than she produces , no matter how frouly wo may bo buying of her fabrics. Hence our wheat now sells very far ' : olow the prlco which ruled hero when Kuropo had u monger harvest. A remote market virtually restricts the farmer to two or three uroitt staples , while near markets enable him to diversify his products nnd thus maintain and Increase the productive capacity of Iho soil. " This statement is ns true % s It was twcnty- tvo yours nso wbon It wus penned by Its grout author und has never boon successfully nn- sworod. It comes with peculiar force now. Wo constitute loss than 5 percent of the world's population , und yet wo consume SO per cunt of thu sugar of tno world , 3D per cent ot the coffee of the world , UI percent ot the Iron ot the world , 81 per cent of thu steel of tlio world , : u per cent of the copper , IE1 per cent ot the load , 5 per eont ot thu cotton , U3 nor cent of the wool , 4J per cunt of the coal and 60 per cent of the tin ot the world. Vet there are these who would adopt an oconomlo policy that would uivo to tho'other nations this un matched market. Wo would preserve it , as far us possible , for ourselves , nnd that Is what protootlon moiins. Why should wo surrender It to the outside world when wu can , for the mint p'urt , supply It nnd thus employ our labor nnd onr capital and furnish n prollt.iulo market ut homo to our agricultural pro ducers ? The enemies of protection talk unceasingly about its burdens , but do not particularize. It there Is anything that thu fruo trader shrinks from U Is fitots and conditions. They cannot designate thoohnruuterot the Injury which they so persistently ullogu follows tlio protective tariff. Everything around them contradicts tholr theories. Trade und busi ness , wages und prices , ull unite In destroying their argument. Nor do they propose any riiiuedy or present any relief. * The Triumph ofProtection. It protection Is a real Injury to the Amort- can people some evidence of it should bo at hand something whloh wo might sou and fool and know , The Individual citizen should know it from personal realization ; ho should Know it from Increased prices of the necessaries of life , from scanty employment uud still scantier wanes. But whatever knowledge oonios to hltii from bla own actual experience gives him no realizing sense thut protection Is a burden , but. on the contrary. ti.plojslng and a benolit. If It Is not a burden upon the citizens is It a burden upon the government itself or the states , or any of onr municipal organizations ? Under it the nation has marched to u prosper ity unrlvalod In the world's history. Under It , In part , the United dtntos was onnblod to furnish the money with > , wjiich to prosecute u mighty war , und has upon able in the lust twenty years to roduco'tfco national debt so tbat today it Is less by two-thirds than It was at the close of thgwar. Its credit hns steadily Improved alnce.pfotoctlon was made the national DO'I toy in ' 01. und at tills hour it bus iv credit unequaled , ; | > y any other com mercial nitlon and uncqualcd over before In Its own hlJtory. Tbo states and the niunlol- palttlns hive in tort yours made a substan tial reduction of their , public Indebtedness. While ull this wns going on the gruut masses ot the peoulo Imvo prospered und tiiolr earn- In is , us represented Ju. tlio savings bunks of the country' uro greater b/ftir than the nrn- ings ot uny other peoPle on tho'fuco of the earth. Thirty years of protection has brought us to tha first rank In agriculture. In mining and In manufacturing development. Wo loud ull na tions In these three gre.it departments of in dustry. Wo have outstripped even the United Kingdom , which bad centuries thu start of us. Her fiscal polfcy forflftyyoars has been the free trade revenue tarllf policy of the demo crats , on rs the protective tariff policy ot the rupnb leans. Tried bv any test , measured by tiny stand ard , wo load nil thu rest ot the world. Protec tion has vindicated Itself. It cannot be helped by eulogy or hurt by defamation. It bus worked out its own demonstration , and presents in the sight of the whole world It * matchless trophies. It cannot uo cried down by false names or lojuroJ by offensive epi thets , nor can It any loincr sulfur from false hood or tbo forebodings of the false prophet. Ithas trluiuphO'l over all Us tradncorsat homo nnd abroad. It has mudo the lives of thu masses of our countrymen awuctor and brighter , nnd has entered the homos of Amor- leu , ourrylnrcoinfort Und cboor nnd courage. It gives u premium to buman energy and uwukoni the noblest aspirations In the breasts of men. Our own experience shows that It Is Dost for our citizenship und our civilization , and opens up a hUhor nnd bettor destiny for our pecplo. Thu day ot topentaiico will corao when wo bavo made u change. Coming to Omaha. BEATRICE , Nob. , Aug. 2. ( Special Tele gram to.TiiB BEE.J Governor McKlnloy will speak at Omaha on Friday at 2 o'clock p. m. Make all arrangements. Nugget ! Nuggotl Nugget ! Buy Big Nugget baking powder. 3oz. . 23 cents. Drank Herself to Death , Flora Clayton , -a fragllo creature of 24 , whoso earthly abode bas been at 212 North Ninth street for some tirao past , succumbed Monday night to the effects of a burdensome load ot booze and laid down and died as the best way out of It. Corouor Maul said that there was no ques tion but that the woman drank herself to death , and doclded that aa inquest was unnecessary. EXCELSIOR SPRINGS. MO.U U 29 miles N.-E. of Kansas City , on Iho C , , M. & $1. P. Kallwajr. * THE ELMS -1 ' ' U the most charming allijcar-round retort hotel CAPACITY. 500 QUB&TO. SITUATED IN THB MIO3T OP A PIOTURESQUB WoBofao K8TATB * OP 1,000 ACREO. SPLENDID MUSIC. oA' JOINQ , QOWLINQ ' ' AND BILLIARDS. PERFECT TENNIS COUflT8. PICTURE8QUB WALKS , BRIDLE PATHS AND DRIVES. 8UPBR0. BATHS. AN IMMENSE 4-am SALT-SULPHUR 8WIMMINQ POOL. MARVELOUS TONIC 'tvATEHS. ' ABSOLUTBLY NO MALA JA' , NO MO8OUITO9. Write fpr Illustratcdfiiniphltt. Addrcsi EXCELSIOR Sj RINQB CO , . Excelsior Springs , Mo. U icLaidson liugCo. , Agls , Dinah a. DRUNKENNESS Or the I.liiuur Habit 1'oiltlvrly Cured bjr nduiluUtcrln * l > r. Hulae * ' UuIUcn iterlHe. It can bo ctT n in a oun of ooCco or U > , or In food , rltltout Uu kDowUdool Iho patient. It In absolutely oarmleu , and will atftot n permanent and apeedy our& wbaiber th. patleut U raoderai. drinker or im aloobollo wrook. Ithta b onfflven In tuouaanda of oater , and In every Innanoo a perfect euro baa fol. lowed. Itnrvtr r'lill * . 7b > yatemonoalmprranalcd wllb tb. Cpeclflc. u beconita aa utter Impoaelbillty for th. liquor appetlt. to eit't. UOLItENTBI'KCfrlO CO. . Vrop'n. Cl.tU.atl. . * 8-ua e book of Dartloulara free. Xo b u d of Kulin&Oo , . tSthaud Doualivi Bt - , 18th utti UuiuingtitKWho.uD.tlu. . llluko. Hruou & Co , und Uluharason Urut UaOmaha , Nub. M'KINLEY COMING TO OMAHA Eloquent Champion of American Industries Will Bo Hero on Friday Afternoon , GREAT OPENING FOR THE CAMPAIGN Knrnest KITort * to Secnro tlio Defender of WorktiiKinon's Wagci nnil American Institution * to AddrenH Onmtin Citizens Are Successful. Governor McKlntoy U coming to Omnba. Ever since the announromont was made that the great protection advocate was going to speak at the Beatrice Chautnuq.ua the nltlos of Nebraska bavo boon , having a merry iimo la Iholr efforts to secure the governor Tor an address. Sli.co Major McKlnley Lottohod Nebraska soil Monday morning on ills way to Uoatrlou the telegraph wlroshavo boon kept warm with invitations to him to address the people of various cittos of the state Omaha republicans have tbo favor and invo boon successful In- their efforts to In duce the raalur to visit this oily and deliver an address to the republicans on the great issue ot the present campaign. As the result of a caucus ot prominent re publicans , Judge C. R. Scott nnd Hon. E. M UarUott went to Beatrice vostorday morning to see Major McKlnloy personally. The sue- cess of their efforts was announced In tbo following telegram to Mr. Kosowntor , re ceived last night : > llKATiiiCE. Nob. . Aug , 2E. . Kosow.Uor , Dnrilm : MoICIntey will snoiik ut Omaha on h'rlday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Engage the Coliseum nnd advertise the meeting. Ex cursion trains should be arranged for and a ils mooting hold to ratify thu state nomina tions , a n. BCOTT , : K. M. HAIITLETT. The speech of Governor MoKluloy at Beatrice yesterday , n report of which ap pears In TUB BRB this morning , xvill glvo Mobraska republicans an idea of the kind ot doctrine tbo great protection loaaor teaches and will maitu them moro anxious tban ever to hoar htm spook. The republican county and city central committees will probably take the matter in hand today and arrange tbo details for the biggest rally the republicans have over hold. A Ilia N013H KXIM.AINKD. It Will Moan u Good Deal u Month Irom Now. People who passed tbo corner ot IStb and Knrnoy streets yesterday hoard a welldovel- onod rauket and wondered what was going on. A reporter , on Investigation , learned tbat tbo sounds were created by a foroo of carpenters nt work In Branch & Co.'s whole- said house. Mr. Branch was Inclined to gratify the reporter's curiosity and-oxplalnou that be baa boon compelled to Increase bis ofllco force and was enlarging bis oftlco and adding facilities that would boot assistance in handling his rapidly erowinir tra dc. "But this is not tbo most Important work tbat wo nave in band , " said Mr. Branch as bo led the way to another part of tbo bulla- ing. Investigation proved tbat Branch & Co. are preparing to put In a largo ice box ana cooling and packing rooms for handling oysters on a much larger scale than ever at tempted boforo. The oyster season will open la September , tbo first month contain ing an "r , " though people who pronounce August "Orglst" migbt Insist tbat It opened a month earlier. Experience has shown Branch & Co. that tbo oyster business , with thorn , Is a growlnsr business ami they are making arrangements tbat will eoablo thorn to handle even more oysters tban last yonr and In a way tbat will bo to tbo best advantage of tbclr customers. In fact , tboy will make oysters tholr specialty , and tbo people of Omaha ana tbo surrounding country will bo enabled to ob tain a constant supply of the popular bivalve. Without doubt tholr "Horsosrioo" brand will be even moro popular tbo coming season tban It was last year. Kvoryhody Will Go. Most of the delegates to the republican state convention will go to Lincoln this tnorn- DELICIOUS Flavoring NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS. YanlUa Of perfect purity. Lemon Of great strength. Orange Almond Economy In their use Rose etc. FJayor as doOQteIy , , and dellclously as the fronii fruit. In Paint the best is cheapest Strictly Pure White Lead is best ; properly applied it will not scale , chip , chalk , or rub off ; it firmly adheres to the wood and forms a permanent base for repainting : . Paints which peel or scale nave to be removed by scraping or burn ing before satisfactory re painting can be done. In buying white lead it is im portant to obtain that which is genuine , strictly pure , and properly made. Time has proven that white lead made by the "Old Dutch" process of slow corrosion possesses qualities that cannot be ob tained by any other method of manufacture. . Thip process consumes four to six months time , and produces the brands that have given White Lead its character as the standard paint. "SOUTHERN" "COLLIER" "RED " SEAL" are standard brands of strictly pure Lead made by the " Old Dutch "process. You get the best in buying them. For tale by all first clacn dealer ! In Paloti. If you are going to palm , U wilt pay you to lend to us for a book containing Information that may lave you many a dollar ; it will only cot you a postal card to do to. NATIONAL LEAD CO. , St. Louis Branch , Clark Avenue and Tenth Street , St. Louis , Mo. Ine so that they cnn hoar Governor McKln loy this ovoninff. Mr. John T. Ulftko , ohalrmtm of the trans portation commlltoo , at room 210 Uonnl of Trade building , u providing transportation . The DouRlas county delegation will bavo headquarter * nt the Lincoln hotel. FATALLY CRUSHED. Atnx f.ontx CiutRht li.v nn Klovnlor AVhllo Trying to Opornto It. Max Lontz , n shoo dealer on Tenth , near Hnrnor , sustntnoJ fatal Injurloi about 1 o'clock yesterday nttornoon In Kirk- ondall , Jones & Co.'swti6lesato boot and shoo establishment at Twelfth nnd Itaruoy streets. Ho ontnrod the elevator to fto to nn upper iloor , nnd as none of the omployo. ! were present , started the appar atus himself. Ho was unable to control It , not knowing Just how to handle U , and In at tempting to stop at the third floor throw the lover Iho wrong way , nnd the elevator staxlod upward at Inoroaiod speed. Lontz tnod to Jump from tbo cage , but was caucht between the floor ot the oago and the iron screen work ot the doorway and wes badly crushed. Ho was severely injured Internally , besides the severe bruises that ho ronolvod about the face and body Ho wns removed In the patrol wagon to the Methodist hospital. The doctor stated thai he would probably cllo. Lout ? is a married man. nnd lived with his wlfo Ada child In the building that Is partly occupied by his shoo store. Atiout an hour nftor the removal of Lontz to the hospital ho died and was removed to the morgue. A Jury was at once empaneled and viewed the body. The funeral will take place nt 0 o'clock this morning and the Inquest will bo hold at 4 D. ffl. a I'uvliiR Contractors' Homli. The Board of Publlo Works mot yesterday afternoon and approved tbo bond of Wlok- hntn Bros. , the contractors who will pave with Colorado sandstone at $2.03 per square vard the alloys In block 3 , Hnn.ioom place , blocks 13 , 18 nnd 401 , olty , nnd the nlloy from Twenty-second to Twenty-fourth streets in Paulson's addition. There wns talk of forfeiting the S500 choclt put up by Andrew Jalcks , whlcli accom panied his bid to pnvo St. Mary's avenue from Twenty-firth to Twenty-sixth streets , with sheet asnhaltum , but as the data for filing his bond had not nxplrod ro action was taken. Soap Which Would you rath er have , if you could have your choice , transparent skin or perfect features ? All the world would choose one way ; and you can have it measurably. If you use Pears' Soap and live wholesomely otherwise , you will have the best complexion Na ture has for you. All sorts of stores sell it , especially druggists ; all sorts of people use it NEBRASKA National Bank. U , P. DEPOSITORY - - OMAHA , BEB Capital : $400,000 Surplus $05,000 omcorsnnd Directors Uonry W. Vntoa , president It. C. Cuihlng , vice proilclmi ) , C. 8. .MnurlooV. . V. Mor o , JolinS , Collins J. N. U. 1'atrlci , Ix > oed Caililcr. THE IH.ON BANK. IN THE OPEN. The glorlovs-dny of upon doors all outsltlo is Btnllling welcome hero's health nnd joy ull unconfined - fined The cycler eoea everything free ns freedom from the heights of oxlnlatutcd hunpincssho cannot fall from his Columbian Safety. AllnboutColtimblni free on application to nnjr Columbia nitcnt , or ont liy mall fur two two-cunt Htnmii * . 1'opa Slftf. Co. , an Columbus Avo. , llojton. NOTIOKOP ASSESSMENT OP DAM AGES FOR CHANGE OP GRADE. To tlio OWIIOM of all lots and parts of lota nnd renl cstato alot.K 40th street from Hint to Giillfornlu street. You nro horohy ; notified that the under- sluned. three dlsln'torositoa frooholdorsof the clt/of Oinulio. have boon duly uppoliitod by thu ninynr , with the approval of the olty council of auld olty. to nuioss the ilunm o'to thoownorj rosiiootlvoly ot thu pronorty uf- fectotl by obanKlnK thu erudo of salU Htroot , ( loularcd ttCL'dmiirr by ordlniinco number 180 , puKsud July -1st , IrfOV , nppruvud July ' ! rd. 1BU. ! Von uro further notiOod , that liuvlni ; ac cepted m.ld upuolntniont , und duly miiillflod n H ruqnircd by law wo will , on thu Illtli diiy of AtiRtist. A. 1) ) . , 1SW , nt the hour of 10 o'ulook In thu loronoon. at the olllco of Hlirlvor & O'Don.ihnu. IIO.'I Kurnnrn Htrout. within the coruornto Ilinlta of mill elty. meet fnr the pnr- DOSO of conslilorlii'nnu ninldni ; thn ussuss- ninnt of dumavu lo thu ownun < ruitixjutlvuly of suld propurty , ulfucted by Btild cliunso uf uradu , tililriK into consideration dpoulnl bono- UtH. If uny. yon uro notified to bo present ut the tlmo and nliico nforuaulcl and milieu uny objoctlotiH to or stiitonuMit'i ooneernl'iK uld uaiutsinuut of iluinii 03 aa you niny connldor pro nor. W , O. HU HIV Mil. T. II. McOinlOCH ! , It. II. UIIISO.N , . Coiuinlttoo of Appraisers. Oinnlia. July aotli. I.Sr ' . JyllUdlil NOTICE OP ASSESSMENT OP DAMAGES FOR GRADING. To the owners of ull lots nnd unrtt of lots end roiI ; cstato along 31th Btrnot from l''ar- iiuir , street to Doilu-ostroou You uro hereby nntlllud thut tlm nndor- aiKued. thrcodUlntorustcd froolioldora of the city of Omaha , have been dulv uuplontud by thu mayor , lih thu approval of thu city coun cil of ald olty , to nmoxi thoU-muxo to thu owners roapuutlvuly of the pro ] > rty ulfuctod by urudliiKUIthHtruot from I'uriiam ' struct to Dniltco utroiit dculured t Jcossnry byordlnuncu SITJ , pungod July L'lst , 1.JJ. npprovuJ July'JUrd. i . Yon are further notltlod , that Inivlni uc- coptiid uld uppolntinout. und duly nuullUud us roqulrod by luw. wu will , on the Ilth diiy of AiiRiiat , A. P. . if'J at thohonrof lOo'olook In the forunuon , at the olllco of T. II. MoOullouh , room 81. ' . Now Vorlc Mto hulldln ? . within the corporate lliiilU f snld city , inutit for thu | iur > potu of uoixlilorlni ; unu inuklnu thu UH.OHH- inuntof dainagu to thu owners runpcctlvuly of snli ) property , utfuctod by null ] iiruillnx , taking Into coiuldorutlou ijiuclut lion oil Is , if uny. You uro notillod to Iio prvsunt at thu tlmo and pluco nforosalJ , und inuku uny objottlona to or 11010111011111 concornlni ; said aiktibimunt of damugei as you may consider proper. T. II. JlcOULLOUil , It. W. OHIHON , . , . JOHN f , r-LAOK. Ouiuha , July 29th , IB'Ji JMdlOt THE FACT Tlmt AYEH'S Snrsnimrilla CUUKS oTinuis of Scrofulous Diseases , Eruptions , Hells , Ecromn , Liver nnd Kidney Diseases , Dyspopstn , Uhou- mutism , and Catarrh should bo COIN viiicing that the saino course of treatment WIM. cum : YOU. All that hns been said of the wonderful cures cfCectctl by the use of AVER'S Sarsaparilla during tlio past f > 0 years , truthfully nppllcs to-day , It Is , tn every sense , Tlio Superior Medicine. Its curn- tlvo properties , strength , oltcct , and flavor are always the same ; and for whatever blood diseases AYEH'S Sarsaparilla Is taken , they yield to this treatment. When you ask for AVER'S Sarsaparilla don't bo Induced to purclmso any of the worthless substitutes , which nro mostly mixtures of the cheapest In gredients , contain no sarsaparilln , have no uniform standard of ap pearance , flavor , oreirecr , are blood- purifiers in name only , and are of fered to you because there Is moro profit in selling them. Take AVER'S Sarsapanila Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aycr&Co. , Lowell , Mnns. Bold by nil Drugglula ; iVlco $1 ; six bottled , $5. Cures others , will cure you ' Ot'KNINO BOYD'S NcwTlicalrc. OK Tin : SKAbO.V. FRIDAY and SATURDAY , AUGUST 5 and The footllghtaonsallonof tlionuo. ® ffii. ? A piny for the nineteenth eonturjr piny BO em. ItitrotliicInK n blcyclo rneo hero with nit the rcullin of nn outdoor ovont. rrcaontud by thu ttrougaaf musical eomeily orgniilziitlon In America. Something New Tor Kyos nnd Ear . Nothing Broad but tlio Smiles. Nothing Loud but the Laughs * DON'T MISS THE THEATRICAL NOVELTY. UoielicutB open Thursday mornlnK nt usual iirlcoi FARNAM STREET THEATER , nights I Commencing Sunday mntlnoo , uljr 3 1 Coma and laugh at LITTLE TIPPET T. Harrison & Boll's comedians , " ' ' WEDNESDAY MATINI2I2. PERMANENT SIDEWALK RESOLU TION. COUNCIL OHAMIIBII. OMAHA , Nob. , July 21 , 1802. Ho It resolved by the city council of the city of Oninhu , the mayor oncurrlnn : That ucrnuincut Ktdowullcs bo constructed In the city of Om ilia ns designated holo-.v , within live days lifter the publication ot this resolution , or the personal service thereof , as by ordinance Is authorized and required ; such sidewalks to bo In d to the iicriminont nr.ulo us established on thu paved streets specified herein und to bo constructed of stone , nrtlll- o ul stone , .iccor.llm ; to spocltloatinns on fllo In the otlleo of the Hoard of I'ubllc Works , and under Its supervision , to-wlt : h'outh sldu of CUIUIIIK street , lot 4 , block yi'M. city , 10 feet wide. North side of Webster street , lots 5 and 7 , block : 'fI , city , 0 foot wide , North B'do of Hiirnov street , lots S nnd 0 , block 142 , city. 10 feet wldo. Noith slao of Webster street , lots 5 , 0.7 and 8. block : m. city , 8 feet wldo. South sldo of Hurt street , lots 3 , 3 and 4 , block : Hl , city. S feet wldo. Kant sldo at Seventeenth street , lots 4 and 5 , block 4X city. 8 foot wide. East sldo nf Seventeenth street , lot -I , blooic 89. city , d foot wide. West sldo of Thirteenth street , lot 1 , block 23. city , 10 fact wide. West iddo of Eleventh street , lot 1 , block 175 , city , 8 foot wide. North Hide of Davenport street , lots 7 and 8 , block M , city , R foot wide. North sldo of Chicago street , lot 5 , block 13 , 3 Ity. 8 feet wldo. South sldo of Oass street , lots 1 , 2 , 3 nnd 4 , block 43 , city. 8 foot wide. North sldo of ( Java si root , lots ? , 0 , and o',4 ' o ( lot,1) , bloclc'JI , city , 8 foot wide. South side of Uiillfornlu street , lots 3 and 4 block 1. city. 8 feet wide. Eouthsldoof Oallfpj-tilastrcot , lots 5,0 , 7 , and 8blouk ID. eltv , H foot , wide. And. bo It further resolved : That the Board of Public Works be. and ii hereby authorized and directed to ouuso u cony of this resolution to bo published in thn otllolnl paper of the olty for ono wcolc , or bo nerved on the owners of said lots , nnd that un less Hiich owners shall within llvo days after the publication or service of mich copy con struct said sidewalks as heroin reijulrnd , that the Hoard ot I'tibllu Works cause the HIIIIIO to bo dune , the cost ot constructing nald Hldo- wttlks respectively to bo assessed against the real est.itc , lot or part of lot In front of uud abutting sueh sidewalks. Pas.sea JulyL'Ist , 1SUJ. Attest : F. P. DAVIS , JOHN UuovK-i , 1'roaldont of the Council , Olty Olorlc. Olorlc.Approved : dco. P. DKMIS , Mayor , NOTICE TO CONSTRUCT 81DEWAI.KH. To tlio owners of tlio lots , parts of lots nnd real estate aesurlhocl In the above resolution ! You and each of you are hereby notified to construct permanent sidewalks as roiju'rod by a. resolution of the city council und m iyor of the olty of Uiniihn , ot which the above is u OOpy. 1 * . W. ItlltKIIAUB'Cll. Chairman Hoard of Public Works. OMAHA , Nob. , July si , M } . j PROL'OSALS FOR PAVING. Soulod proposals will bo received by the un dersigned until I : 'i'l o'eloci ; u , m. , August 17th , 18 c' , tor sheet uspliultum from the asphalt lu to In thu Island of Trinidad , For u.ivlnx p-irt ot the following btreuts und avenues In thu city of Omaha , comprised In street Imnrovmiiunt district * Nos.4-.7 , 411.412. 4 iu n ndUM und moro particu larly described us follows : No. 4'7 Iiithroi ) street from Bliurman ave nue to 18th Htrrot. No. 41I JOih Htroot from Furnam atrojt to the north llnoot I ) . ivonpurt street. No. 412 U.ivonport street from ifJth street to 40th street. No. 4IU .Sherman avenue from south line ot Grand avoniiu to Kort street , uud No. a.vj I'.irk 3r2-H.li nvonuo from Loavpn- worth street to Illokory DlrauU l-.ueh bid to specify u prlco pur miunro yar.l fnr the paving complete In the Htieots und uvonuos. Work 1o bo dona in accordance with plans and specifications on Ilia In tnoollluu of the board of purlio works. Hash proposal to ho mudo on printed hi an In turn nlicd by thobo.trd nnd to be itumnnpuu nJ by 11 certified chuolc In the sum uf * JO I , pay able to the olty of Omaha , ns un evidence uf good f.iHh. The board reserves the right lo rdjyot any or all bids and to w.ilvo dufuetn. P.V. . HlltlCllAUHKK. tilialrnian Ho trd of Pdbllo Works. Omahii , Neb. , Atin'iut 1st. 1J. . u'J-4-'J-13 PHOPOSAL FOR GRADING. HealoO proponnls will bo received by the underpinned until la"J ; " o'clock u. m , Ailcust 1' , 1H/J. forxrudiii ) ; 2ind street from 1'oppietun Avenue to th' ) south line ot thu U , H , Qu tr > terina tor'a Depot , In the elty ot O nahu , In accordanef * with plans and uneclllu itlom on llluln thuolllcuol the bonnlof publlu works. llldswlll bo made on printed hliinkn fur- nlshod by thoboird , > ind to bo ueutimpanin 1 byai-ortlUeduhook In tliesuin of VJ ) . uavublu to thu oily of Oiauhj. us an ovldonoo of goo4 fulth. The board rohorvos the rlxht to rojnot uny or ull bids und to waive dufouu. P. W. lllKKIIAUiKK Ohulrmiiu Hoard of Public Works. Ouialm , July iCth , IS'/J. jyiO-V7A2-U