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Avantgo Circulation for July 34,310 ,
TIIK Nebraska democrats exhibited tx
voracious nppotlto for rnro chestnuts.
THE bourbon ticket , really , must not
bo tnloi ) Borloualy. It is simply 11 cold ,
olnmmy bluff.
Tun activity of the giirbngo men In
Omaha just now is certainly not por-
nicioua activity.
Tun revolution in Venezuela is as
terrible us cholera and is not likely to
Borvo o more useful purpose.
IT is safe to say that Omaha will clean
up for the cholorn , and , cholera or not ,
the cleansing will not injure the city.
IOWA democrats don't want to bo
saved , OBO ! why do they not put their
plunks into the W.-IL campaign fund.
THE mayor of South Omaha has hand
ed in his first veto and is now in an agi
tated frame of mind' from which our
mayor long ago recovered.
COUNCIL BLUFFS is fooling as well as
possible under the circumstances today ,
Buid circumstances consisting of an
aldermanic election and two democratic
conventions.
TIIK closlncr of the Eleventh street
viaduct was n wise net , ' but if all dan-
porous walks in this city wore closed
progress would bo barred on a great
many highways.
THE young republicans of Omaha are
wide awake and full of enthusiasm. At
the mooting of the state league at Grand
Island the Young Men's Republican
club of this city will bo represented by
about 100 members. ,
THEiucIs practically no doubt that
the contract for sidewalk lumber was
rnado by fraud or by mistake , imd it is
the duly of the city council to cancel it
lit onca There should bo no ( lodging
or evasion In the matter.
TOE health department announces it *
determination to clean the city
thoroughly within thirty days. This is
a stop in the right direction , and yet it
would seem us if the work out lit to bo
accomplished within fifteen days.
THIS linen mills . ocontly established
nt Sioux Palls uro now in successful op
eration and turning out excellent goods.
This promising enterprise never would
liavo boon thought of but for the en
couragement-offered by the McKlnloy
tariff law.
MAYOU Boris should bo commended
for his courageous endeavors to secure
business methods and ouonimical trans-
notions in every city department. That
is ono of the very first duties of a mayor ,
but it is the last ono in the estimation of
many city oillcers.
ACCOUDINO to : i proclamation by the
mayor of Lincoln all olTonclors against
the laws of health and decency in that
city will bo prosecuted to the fullest ex
tent of the law , llvo tliiys bolng given
thorn to clean up tholr promises. This
is prompt , vigorous and commondablu.
TJIB Louisville Coitrier-Joitrnul says
that W. C. Whitney is the only pi emi
nent protectionist democrat left , The
brains of the democratic party hnvo al
ways boon centered in a protectionist.
Whitney is to his party today what
Siimuol J. Randall was ton yours ago.
13ut there nro now few of them left.
Till ! linen mills of Sioux Fulls , S. D. ,
nro doing some eloquent talking for the
MoJClnloy law. Only last spring the
machinery arrived and the very first
products have just boon sent out and the
excellence of the quality Is surprising ,
These Homo illustrations are the ones
which most confound the frco trader.
TliOSK Vienna physicians , to the num
ber of-183 , who offered tholr wervlcoa to
the city in the cholera plaijiiq it the city
would guarantee support for tholr fami
lies in on BO of their death , were noble
men and are living lUuatrnllnns that the
day of homes has not passed uway from
the earth , It is Impossible lo conceive
inoro honorable or courageous dovotlon
to supreme duty.
THUUSDAY will bo ono of the boat daya ,
In the nwttur.of attractions , at the
county fair , and there ought to ho a great
popular attendance on that day , In or
der to insure this result the association
requests that the inori'hunts of the city
oloso tholr stores on tlto i.ftornooii of
Thursday , so that their clurku and em
ployes may bo enabled to visit the fair
if I hey d eel re to do so. It Is not doubted
that this request will bo cheerfully com *
piled with by the grout majority of-busl-
tiosa houses.
T11K XMIttASRA UkMOCHATS ,
The democrats of Nebraska have in
dicated a purpose to fight the baltlothls
year under the party btintior and to
maintain the party organization. This
ia in accord with the counsel of
these democrats , in this state and
oUowho.ro , who bellovo that the
oarty cannot make any fusion
or coalition without compromising its
principles and injuring its future. The
traditional policy and doctrines of the
democracy have nothing In common
with the principles of the now political
party , but on the contrary they sharply
antagonize.
The democratic state convention was
ono of tno most harmonious held by
that party In years and it disposed of its
business oxpedltlously. A full state
ticket was nominated , including presi
dential doctors. In naming Hon. J.
Sterling Morton ns the candidate for
governor the convention sotoctod ono of
the ablest , democrats in tlio country nnd
an excellent representative of the pres
ent altitude of the democratic party on
the tariff. Mr. Morton has long boon
idontiliod' with , the radical clement of
the party ooposod to protection , which
ho now believes , according to a resolu
tion Introduced in the convention by
him , Is unconstitutional. The candi
date for lieutenant governor , lion. S. N.
Wolbach , made a good record in the
legislature as an anti-monopolist and Is a
man of ability and character. The can-
dates" for thu other olllces arc , with per
haps ono or two exceptions , worthy of
the confidence and support of the par-ty.
There is , of course , not the slightest
possibility of the election of any of these
candidates , but the party Is certainly
entitled lo bo commended for having
nominated ono of the best tickets cvor
presented by it for the support of the
democracy of Nebraska.
- TliK KO3IINKE FOIt COSdUKSlf ,
The republicans of this , the Second
congressional district , are in position to
nominate n candidate who will bo sure
of olcction on the 8th of November. The
great body of the people of this district
are opposed to free trade , wild-cat bank
ing and schemes that would unsettle the
stability of our currency and paralyze
oven for a short time the commercial
and industrial concerns ot the country.
Rognrdless of all pnrtios they desire
that this district shall bo represented in
congress by some man who would regard
it as his mission to Washington to bo
useful lo his constituents rather than to
gratify an ambition for notoriety or to
join rattle-brained visionaries in agitat
ing impractical schemes ot reform or a
reversal of the settled policy of the gov
ernment.
There is serious datlgor , o republican
success in the efforts of political strikers
with bad records and ambitious' dema
gogues who care more for their personal
aggrandizement than they do for tlyj
success of the party. It would be a most
reckless venture to match such men
against a clean , capable and reputable
democratic candidate. With the
Australian ballot the party lash has
little effect with the rank and file of re
publican business men , professional men
nnd wngo workora They cannot bo
driven by throats-of political ostracism
or loss of. atronago to vote for a tattooed
candidate or for n political mountebank.
The republicans of this district can
only hope to win with u candidate who
stands high in his own calling , has no
spots on his personal or political record
and enjoys the respect and good vjill of
this jvholo community and the people
generally throughout the district' .
TIIK BKK has no disposition to dictate
who this candidate shall bo , but in the
Interest of the republican party it is in
duty bound to warn the party against
committing fatal blunders. With the
Issues of 1892 , all other things being
equal , this is a republican district. It
would bo criminal madnesson the part
of .republicans , however , to throw away
tholr chances of success by nominating
any man who does not command the im
plicit confidence of the business olo-
nionts or any man whobo nomlimlion
\yould cause bitter antagonism nnd array
any considerable faction or clement
within the party against him.
ANOWEK OIJiCT LKSSON.
W < 3 referred a few days ago to the
fact that a well known English firm
which had boon engaged for half u cen
tury in manufacturing plush and similar
goods were constructing worics iit
Jamestown , N. Y. , having decided to
close tholr factory in England ana ro-
novo tholr entire business to this
country. This Imd for many years boon
their principal market , taking annually
more than $1,000,000 worth of tholr pro
duct , but since the passage of the pres
ent tariff law thair business with the
United'States had boon reduced to al
most nothing , and they finally decided
to corao here and enjoy the benefits of
protection in the best market in the
world. In noting this wo remarked
that undoubtedly other British manu
facturers were being similarly affected.
Wo have not had fo wait long for a
confirmation of this view. A London
dispatch of August 20 states that a cir
cular has been Issued calling n mooting of
the shareholders In the grout Bradford
manufacturing concern of Sir Titus Salt
&Co , ( limited ) to consider a proposition
to wind up the company. The circular
states that the English plush trade gen
erally , in which the company ia largely
engaged , him fallen to about ono-tonth
of what It was before the MclClnloy
tariff wont liito.otloiit. Ills not stated
whether or not it is the intention of this
concern to remove Its business to the
United States , but it would not bo at all
surprising If the shareholders decided
to follow the example of Lister & Son
and establish a plant in this country.
At any rate there Is In this circumstance -
stance another interesting object lessen
for the attention of the opponents of
the American system of protection. If
it bo true , and there is no reason to
doubt it , that the English pludh trade
generally has lullon to about ono-tenth
of what it was before the McKImoy law
went into effect , ono of two things is
certain. Either there has boon u very
great increase In the manufacture of
this class of goods In the United States
or a very great falling off in the demand
here for them. It is by no moans .prob
able that the latter Is the cuao , so that
the reasonable conclusion must bo that
the manufacture of plush goods In the
United Stiitos has very materially in
creased under the operation of the
tariff , giving prolltablo employment tea
a much larger nmoun't of capital nnd
labor than formerly. It is also n fair
assumption that tho" quality of such
goods made in this country compares
favorably with that made in England ,
else the demand for the foreign product
would not have fallen to such an extent.
Moreover It Is to bo presumed that the
price hurt not been appreciably affected.
Facia of this kind readily explain why
English sympathy Is with the domo-
craliw party in the present campaign ,
and while it is being hold in restraint ns
much as possible a few more such busi
ness ovonis as wo have noted will bo
very likely to load to Its vigorous as-
sortlon , accompanied , it may bo , with n ,
substantial evidence of its sincerity.
Meanwhile the Intelligent American
voter Is looking at the practical facts of
the situation and paying little attention
to theories. '
IXTHttKSriXU II
The special report from the Treasury
department concornlrjg the tin nndtorno
pinto production of this country during
the past year shows that about 20,000-
000 pounds have boon produced bj
American manufacturers and 84,000,000
pounds imported. Under the provisions
of the McKlnloy livw the American
manufacturers must produce during the
six fiscal years ending Juno 30 , 1897 , a
quantity of tin and torno plates lighter
In weight limn sixty-throe pounds to
the 100 square feet , which shall equal
one-third of the not importations of the
same class of plates during ono of the
six years ; otherwise , all such plates
shall bo admitted free of duty attar
Oclobor 1 , 1897.
It will bo soon that the rapid growth
of the tin-plato industry in this country
amply justifies , lho expectation that by
the close of the present fiscal year the
production in the United States will be
at the rate of about 200,000,000 pounds.
During the first quarter of the fiscal
year live firms were engaged in the
manufacture of tin and torno plates ,
cloven during the second , twenty during
the third , and twenty-six during the
fourth , and the probability is. says the
report , that at loabt eight now names
will bo added to the list of manufac
turers by September 30 next. It is fur
ther stated that of forty-t > vo companies
engaged in manufacturing tin and torno
plates on August 15 , twenty-six were
manufacturing , fo'urtcon building plants
and ten enlarging their works. The
prediction is made in the report that
$5,000,000 will bo invested in buildings
and plants by the close of the present
fiscal year.
It is evident that there is no danger
of a failure on the part of the American
tin pinto makers to como up to the re
quired figure. Tin will not bo admitted
duty froo'uftor the tlmo stipulated unless
the democratic party gets Into power ;
and in that en so the duty will bo abolished
ished without waiting for the expiration
of the time fixed by iho McKinley law.
STRVRXSOX OX JVJB ISSUES.
The democratic party cannot bo-con
gratulated upon Its candidate for vice
president. Measured by his utterances
thus fur in thu campaign , Mr. Adlai
E. Stevenson is merely n strong par
tisan , possessing no single quality of
statesmanship and without even the
ability to take a place among the bettor
class of political loaders.
The democratic campaign in Illinois
was opened last Saturday , Mr. Stevenson -
son making a prepared speech at the
city of his homo , Bloomlngton. It .was
by far the weakest olTort that has boon
heard from any democrat in this catn-
pJign , falling greatly below oven the
shallow and sophistical utterance of that
other Illinois democratic leader , Mr.
William M. Springer , made at Detroit
last week. The , man who at this day"
attempts to glorify the period of demo
cratic supremacy anterior to 1801 is to
be commiserated. No other period in
our history furnishes such conclusive
testimony against the policy of a tarilT
for revenue only.At no other period
was the credit of the government lower
and the financial and business conditions
of the country more depressed than
during the democratic administration of
Buchanan. It is a memorable period in
Vmorican history which the democratic
party cannot afford to nave carefully
studied by the younger voters of today.
The tariff act of 1810 was intended to
reduce duties * to a revenue basis , and it
resulted in materially increasing the
revenue at the cxponso oi homo indus
tries. It was continued until 1850 , when
n further reduction of duties was made ,
the abnormal conditions in Europe ,
growing out uf iho Crimean war from
1853 to 1830 , having greatly stimulated
the business nnd prosperity of this coun-
Iry. After the war there came a reac
tion , and in 1857 occurred the most dis
astrous panic fioro which the country
hits over suffered. In hlu first message
to congress , in December of that year ,
President Buchtvnun declared the
monetary Interests of the country to bo
In a deplorable condition. Ho said that
In the midst of unsurpassed plenty in all
the productions of agriculture and in all
the elements of national wealth , "wo
find our manufactures suspended , our
public works retarded , our private en
terprises of different kinds abandoned ,
and thousands of useful laborers thrown
out of employment and reduced to want. "
The revenue of Iho government' had
boon greatly reduced and the president
stated that u loan might bo required to
moot the obligations of the government ,
which , ' 'although deeply to bo re-
gru'ttod , would prove to bo u slight mls-
fortune when compared with the buffer
ing nnd distress prevailing among our
people. " Such was the condition of
affairs produced by the democratic
rovonuo.-turlll policy of that period , and
it continued , as shown by the subsequent
messages of Mr. Buchanan , to the close
of his administration. Ho repeatedly
urged an increase of duties , but without
effect.
Not only was the business of the
country prostrated , but the securities of
the nation were discredited. lu Jan
uary , 1801 , the government negotiated n
loan of $5,000,000 to pay overdue treas
ury notes and other pressing demands
on the treasury , for which it was compelled -
polled to puy 12 per cent interest. The
treasury was bankrupt. Tlioro was no
money to paywtho public creditors , who
were pressing for wymont. There was
not money ovop { grpny members o f con-
gross. The naUon had been prostrated
under the opq lon of an erroneous
tariff polldy.I'lio democratic < oarty ia
now advocating tftid demanding n tariff
policy similar vft mt from 1810 to 1801 ,
but manlfestlyjit coulil make no grantor
mistake than tOjr.qfcr , to that period for
its jusltfiuationJiiiThc Intelligent people
oMhh countryfihavlng before them the
magnificent ro dltsof thirty yonrsof pro
tection , have rV8 , &isiro to sdo repented
the cxporloncoaof'thn Vovonuo-tarlrt era.
What Mr. Stevenson has to say of the
operation of the present tariff law is of
very little consequence , because ho has
evidently either not familiarized him
self with the facts or * has not the candor
to fairly consider them. Neither is it
important.lo discuss what ho says ns to
the condition of the national treasury ,
for the reason that there is no real
foundation for it. The secretary of the
treasury has shown most conclusively
that there is not the least danger of the
government becoming bankrupt , but on
the contrary that Iho'present fiscal year
will end with a surplus. On the whole
Mr. Stevenson's statement of the demo
cratic position could not bo more satis
factory to republicans It it had been
inudo to tholr order.
COXCliUStm KVIDKXCB.
Tlioro was a marked decrease in the
number of failures in the United States
last week In comparison with the corresponding
spending week las.t year. Taken by it
self this might not bo considered espe
cially significant , but the record has
boon running that way for niuny months
ana the cumulative evidence of general
prosperity thus afforded is worthy of
attention. Trade reports from day to
day prove that an extensive business Is
being done in all branches nnd that
consumption is greater than over before.
An increased eon.-mmptlon of the neces
saries of lifo would bo a natural result of
our growth in population , but it is
plainly shown that' the increase is not
crtnfin'oJ to necessaries. The American
poojalo never before consumed the ar
ticles classed as luxuries so largely as
they do at present.
The western and north western J tales
are now among the heaviest buyers of
merchandise of all kinds. This is ac
counted for by the fact that these stales
have had good crops and have a fine
prospect for large harvests this year.
The people do ii'ot always ouy with
money already in ( .hand , but often dis
count the futuroiuvhon they are able to
see clearly whaf haj in store for them.
Last year's cronaworo largo and turned
a great deal of raohoy into the hands of
the ngrlculturalj'cl'iissos. ' If the present
year's prospects were bud they would
not spend last veaij's profits freely , but
under existing circumstances they feel
justified in doing so. But the fact
that all staples lu-oocheap this year also
tends t'o stimulato'lho circulation of the
farmer's money / IIo has never boon
able to buy aojipheiipjy 'as now. His
activity 'as a buyer naturally increases
the activity of tlio varip'us'n'r'dHu'clng in
terests and stimulates all currents of
trade and manufacture.- '
There never has boon a time in the
history of the country when business
was on a sounder basis than It is now or
when speculation was at so low an ebb.
Conservatism rules every branch of
business ; there are no fictitious booms ,
iiiid values are nowhere inflated. Such
conditions are necessarily the conditions
of substantial prosperity. There can bo
no escape from the conclusion that the
American people have reason to bo con
tented and happy. Discontent , will al
ways exist in some quarters and "tho
voicoof complaint will never bo silenced ,
but thoughtful and reasonable people
will not refuse to recognize the force of
indisputable evidence.
TIIEHE ia a mayor lo elect in New
York city this fall and the Tammany
democrats hope to elect him. They
will probably need the mugwump sup
port to do it and in this lies Iho strong
est danger which Harrison may four in
Now York city , for to obtain this sup
port Tammany will perhaps pledge tholr
votes for Cleveland. But of course
there is the presant condition to encour
age us , which is almost open warfare bo-
Iween the two factious.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS , who addressed
a republican mooting here in Juno , is to
have oven greater felicity. It Is prob
able that ho will bo nominated for state's
attorney by the republicans of Chicago ,
and ho is to bo'married next spring.
His record must give -the lie to the
maxim that no man can conduct his
courting successfully and do any other
business at Iho same time.
SENATOH PALMER of Illinois says that
President Harrison ' 'was a bravo soldier
and an able lawyer and Is a conscien
tious executive. ' ' Palmer has uncon
sciously allowed himself to glide back
into a temper of rittnd of twenty years
ugo , when lie v.'iuja.republican , and had
not learned the wii s of the domugogue.
Thu CIIHU Uroului ; Uunpornte.
IVi3J [ ( 1) .1 1 l-Kiuder.
The World Is pniQiJpally confcsslnR defeat
In niivuuco. Its * olforts to carry the uorih-
west wilt ba about'oira pat with tLioso it put
forth in carryliiK Ub'oo Island.
L'liruiliix.
Time * .
It appears a contniuinlloii ot terms possi
bly , but Uio QUO distijigulsblng feuturo uf all
gtt-ricn-qulck ECtiiiVlP * 'J ' thit the moro
you'ru m thorn tbo lUfiro you'ru ' out.
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Ciinuot MYullmvVvitvor ,
Tlio Kansas aomoqrats tmvo no' electoral
tickets of tholr own , and so they can not vote
for Cleveland ; but tbo law permits tbom to
support the republican ticket , nut ] many of
tb&m will do so lu proferenuo to throwing
away tholr votes for Wouvor.
Another Coal Truit Thriut.
Kew 1'ork-TiUor.im , syii.
The Hoadinff coal combination , ot lit moot-
mi ; Intends to aunounca another ailvatico of
yfi to t > U cculs a ton on tbo several grades of
antbraolto.
Here is an aot of oppression upon property
Interests worse and inoro ruinous than uny
riotous demonstrations of a low score mis-
KUldou switchman.
What Is going to bo' done about HI What
measures shall bo taken for tbo protection
nf tbo public from tbls sort ot gpoillnpt
Shall wo call out sopio moro troop * ) If
not , what measures. of. Uofencj shall ho
tuUouI
FREE TRADE FALLACIES.
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I'rntcotlon nnil Strike * .
In his recent ipoooh nt Detroit , Mr.
yprlngcr , the chairman ot the ways nnd
means cotnmlttoo of the proiont democratic
house of representative1 * , added to the list of
calamities chargeable to the protective
policy , that the tariff has stimulated enmity
botwcon employer and employe unil fostered
strikes nnd lookouts. This third accusation
is thus formulated !
"It does not oem that tlio lives of our
worKlngmen have boon made sweeter nnd
brighter during this era of high protection.
There has boon great contention In labor cir
cles. Strllcoi hiivo uaon frequent , lookouts
the order ot the day , nnd In many Instances
private dotootlvos the PinUortons have
lioon hired to guard the mills nnd factories ,
nnd tb& militia of the states nnd sometimes
the regular array have boon called out to
suppress alloebd riotous demonstrations by
organized labor. Strikes nnd lookouts nro
the Inevitable results of high tnrlfl.1 >
It labor troubles nro the Inevitable * consequence -
quonco of protection , logical reasoning would
require the assertion of several propositions
to which such n statement necessarily
loads. First , the course Cf strikes \n this
country must have followed ho course of
tariff legislation. Sacond , strikes aiul lock
outs should predominate In or bo almost ox-
cluuvo to pro'.outtvo countries ns dis
tinguished from free tr. do countries. Third ,
they must occur solely lu industries di
rectly affected by the tariff nnd bo entirely
missing In Industries not so afToctod. l purtli ,
tholr purposes must not bo inconsistent with
protection ns the disturbing cause. To sus-
taln Mr. Springer's nrgumant , nil of tnoso
propositions must bo true ; If they nro not
founded on fact , tbon to attack pro toot leu ns
the cause of labor troubles U baseless nnd
misleading.
Mr. Springer In hU speech attempts to
rove by statistics that the frequency of
strikes and lockouts displays nn Immediate-
relation to the scale of Import duties lu the
United Btatoi , bolnc small unuqr n low
tariff nnd largo under a high tariff. As usual ,
ho mnitiSi but n partial and misleading show
ing. Says ho : *
"From 1840 to 1800 , n period of 11 f teen
years of low tariff u democratic tariff , If
you puasofor ) revenue only there were only
sovontv-four strikes nnd lockouts of which
any ofllulnl report has boon made. There
were quite n number of strikes during this
Duriod reported , but tnoy were of little or no
Importance. Altogether there were not 'JOO
strikes nnd lockouts during this wnole period
of fifteen years. Nor has any roeoi-d boon
preserved of l.ho nuinDur of norjons Involved
in such strikes. But how does this record
compare with thnt made during the past lit-
teen years ot high protection nnd prohibitory
tariffs , of republican trust fostering nnd
monopoly croatlng.tariffsl UuruiR the past
II f teen years there hnvo boon ever 0,000
strikes nnd lockouts in the United States.
From 18TO to 18SU there nro no statistics as
to the njmber of porjons involved , but from
1681 to 1891 inclusive , there were ever
1,000,000 persons Involved m such strikoj
and lockouts : these statistics are not com
plete , and the probability is the numbers
both ai to strikes and iowons involved were
much greater than stated. "
Thcso figures provo nothing as regards the
tariff. They simply show that strikes nud
lockouts nro phenomena of recent years ; that
they are Incidents of the so-called capitalis
tic method of protection. When nearly
every Journeyman worlioa for himself , when
the most prosperous master employed but a
few journeymen nnd apprentices , there could.
bo no strikes , for a strike wo must have a
combination of laborers against , their em
ployer. Such combination has only been
rendered possible by the employment of
largo bodies of workmen to assist In ono and
the same industrial process. Another ob
struction to strikes during the earlier period
ot the republic lay in the statutory restric
tions upon the laborers. The apprentice ,
system prevented freedom of contract among
a largo portion of the skilled wage earners
and conspiracy laws undo any united effort
to redress grievances extremely hazardous.
1 have stated that Mr. Springer's statis
tical assertions nro partial and misleading.
What , then , Is the true state of attaint The
only authoritative work upon strikes nnd
lockouts Is that contained In tbo third annual
report of the National Bureau of Labor
Statistics , from which the following tubla
has been taken a table approximating strict
accuracy' far aj the material at hand
allows :
STHIKF.S IX THE UNITED BTATK3.
Vnrloiu nnomuuorntoil strikes.
Tne course of strikes and lockouts 1ms been
nxtroraoly irregular in the United States.
Labor troubles can scarcely D3 said to have
existed before the second quarter of this cen
tury. They have only attained alarming proportions -
portions during the past , decade. But what
do wo 11 ml to bo their relation to the tariff i
There were sovcnty-four strikes aurinir the
free trade period from 181:1 : to 1801. Hut ,
during the protective era from 1810 to this
compromise tariff of 1833 , there were only
eight such outbreaks reported. During these
flftoon fro- ) trade years there were ton raoiM
reported strikes than during all lha prodd
ing years since the discovery of Amonca by
Columbus. Quo furtier point must uUo bo
berne in mind. There wort ) in this country
during the free trade ponoa almost 4,000,000
of negro slaves. Tnoy constituted the labor
force of the south. All of them , man , women
and children , were convict laborers uon-
vlotod to perpetual servitude from tholr very
birth for the heinous crime of being black.
To refuse to work was to Bubjuct the laborer
to the lash. To combine against tholr mas
ters was an offense loading to cortaln death.
Nor has the increasing frequency of strikes
since the present tariff wus unacted been at
all uniform. Tlio llgurjs made an Im
mense Jump In 1830 , followed by u
fnll the following year. Was Iho tariff less
potential in 1&70 or 16SI than It was in 18S01
Another rlso followed by a full took place In
18SO when the maximum of 1,411 wus reached ;
but these strikes are directly traceable to
the extraordinary activity of the Knights of
Labor at that tlmo. They had no oipjclal
relation to thu tariff , which had remained un
altered for Kevural years.
Strikes are not restricted In their nppour-
auco to the United States. They occur moro
often m this country because of the greater
freedom .allowed the laborer In his actions ,
but they are ulso found abroad. In the
thirty years preceding 1831 , iho trauos
unions of Great Britain * paid out 371,000
( * 1BTO,000) ) to operatives out on strikes. For
the ton years , 1870-7'J , tbo United Kingdom
was the neat ol S , 52 strikes , divided among
the following Industries : Uulldors , & 03 ; col
liers , U3'J ' ; textile operatives , liTf ; carpenters ,
187 ; masons , 151 ; various , 8011. Thus free
trade England suffered during that tlooado
from over five times as many strikes at pro
tective United States. In Italy thorn were
SOU striken In the tlvo yours preceding INTO ,
of which only 83 Droved successful for Uio
tinkers. In Franco trades unions were forbidden -
bidden by law before 1831. They have tlnco
than rapidly Increased iu ijuinber from 170 In
1SS4 to 2,503 In IS91. A similar growth of
trndos unions has boon presented In Austria ,
where there were 3,8tO In 1833 mid 5,113 In
1890. Many < rt the most disastrous strikes In
rceont years hnvo occurred In Ruropo , often
necessitating the military interference of
the governments.
When wo como to Investigate the distribu
tion of strikes by industries , wo again full to
trrasp the pretended connection with the tar
iff. Commissioner Wright has tabulated the
returns from 23,301 cstnbllshmonU In which
strikes teen plnco during the yonrs 1881-SO.
HTIIIKKS 11V l.NWRTIUKS I8SI-SC INTUt.MVi : ,
It will ho noticed nt n glnnco that by far
the greatest numborof labor dlfllculttos nrUa
In the building trades. This ono industry
was involved In ever ono quarter of the totnl
cases reported nnd this Is an Industry with
out direct tariff protection. Tobacco Is second
end on the list , simply uocausa It Is manufac
tured Into cigars In Humorous small shops
Instead of upon the factory system. The
third In the table Is mining- unprotected
occupation fdr unskilled laborers. Trans
portation , lee , Is high on the list and has fur
nished many of the most noted strikes ,
namely these of 1877 nnd of ISSi ) , not to
mention the switchmen's strlko Just recently
declared off. During the free trade era from
1SI5 to 1 ( H , this ronnnorclal branch was com
paratively unimportant ; it now gives cm-
plormcnt to nearly 1,000,000 men ,
The primary cause of most strikes l a dls-
ngreotnont upon the question of wnu'os. This
takes the form of either n protest against n
reduction of ooy or nn increase of houri , or n
demand for Increased wngos orn reduction of
hours. Sentimental-reasons sometimes occa
sion strikes , but their chances of success nro
usually small. In the Investigation of the
commissloncroflnbor.ltwas found thatBOVon-
teen causes operated In 90 ! )8 pqr cent of nil
the establishments , wltli 1 > 'J7 ' different causes
in the remaining 9.72 per cent of the estab
lishments. In 0,439 cases tbo strikers de
manded an Increase of wages ; In 4,811 a re
duction of hourin 1,734 they fought against
a reduction of wages ; in 1,0'Ji they desired
both an increase of wages nnd a reduction of
hours. The employes of seventeen establish
ments struck In order to prevent the employ
ment of additional apprentices. In ono nstnb-
'
ilshmont they demanded oettor light ; 'in flvo
others bettor ventilation. In ono case the
object was to hnvo stools while car driving ,
and In two the unrestricted admission of a
walking delegate. Out of moro sympathy
with strikes clsowlmro , 173 establishments
were forced also to go through strikes. Ac
cording to Mr. Springer's Idea , all these
causes would cease to operate so snon as the
democratic party inarches to victory ut the
polls. VIOTOH
Tno 'Much Keeling.
Kew fork Advcittsfr.
Eoltor Fnlrbrothor of Durham , N. U. , Mr.
Cleveland's immediate' personal roDrcsontii-
tlvo in the south , continues , as ho believes ,
to earn his salaiy. and a consulship later on ,
should Mr. Cleveland bo placed In n position
to clvo him ono.
In the intoat Issue of his newspaper ntband
the gifted editor glvos some account of his
past career us journalist and politician , to
justify his present course. In ISSi ho was
connected with u western journal which
supported Blame. Mr. Fall-brother's heart
was not m the work , mid on election day ho
cast his vote for Qrovor Cleveland. His pres
ent attitude Is thus defined :
"But between Harrison and Cleveland"
first , last and nil the tlmo I am for the
bravo Buffalo man who slapnod the dlrtv
pensioners , who , for tne most part , are bog-
Knrs , in tbo face. When I was supposedly
an indoDcntlont republican , nnd I was never
ono of th'o true blue , I know that the pension
roll was not largo. But In. these days , when
the troaiury is being plundered over -514-
000,000 being stolen yearly to pay men who
claim to have been wounded and who have
some private wounds ana who never smelled
real powder I' am opposed to such plllaco.
I want it distinctly understood by these
papers who now clvomoBilly-the-DovlI. that
I can provo what I say , and not one
among the whnla outfit can defend this pen
sion-system fraud. There wor& dirtv "nnd
'
lousy rascals who came Into this co'untry ,
nd who abuiod women , who burned homos ,
ivho stolii all that was In sight , nnd today ,
without , an honorable scar , are bleeding this
country nnd 1 am helping to pay for It. Lot
the hired Yankees bowl. I am of the south
ind for thosoutb , nud until my blood is cold
I shall fight for nouosty und for a white
man's country. "
Mr. Fairbrother la doing much to keep the
south solid for the "Druvo Buffalo man * '
who hired a substitute ana snulTod the buttle
/row nfnr but wo nro still of the opinion
tniu the boys In blue nro not bolnj ? rallied In
Im-Re numbers. Mr. Falrbrother , with hU
eye flxod on the consulship , is throwing , wo
fear , too much feeling Into hit work.
Tim Limit llvnrltml.
A'tw Turk Aftrertltcr.
Tno uttermost limit ot Cleveland Idolatry
is reached In the snd cnso of tlio Troy 1'ross ,
which rubs IU board In the nnnd nnd llkons
the Obese Object of Utirzarrt's Koost to Abra
ham Lincoln , Similes nnd ministers of Oraca
mul Whitney , defend list This in too liuiph.
rho toad In the fable , that puffed hlmsolf
up that ho might resemble nn ox , nbout ns
nenrl.v nchlovod bis objact as the character
nnil porformmu-os of Urovor Cleveland resemble -
semblo these of Abraham Lincoln.Vhnt , In
the name oi the bird with the brood anil
swcopltitt wine , has Mr. Clevelandovernone ,
said or thought that entitles him to bo 'raon-
tlonod nlotifr with Lincoln ! - ' - N i.
I'mrU nt ln\r 1'rlco.
Jnilliiixtf ( * Journnl.
When the McKlnlov law was passed onlv
200 persons were employed in the manufac
ture of pearl buttons : now there nro 8,000 ,
nud mnnr sizes of these buttons arc ns cheap
now ni boforo.
I'tQV.tUT V.t
The Irreverence of western journalism Is
evident-nil by a Knnsm editor who suonksof
Coliiinbus ns "tnodnmly Dngu discoverer. "
1'lilladolphlii Hocord : Prof. Mofioo tolls the
Ainurlcaii Association for the Advnncoiiioiit
of Science Mint the miration of life on this
globe has becu 15,000,000.000 years. McUoo-
whltakerl
Indianapolis Journals ' 'loan't nr.derstnnd
why nil tlio rest of my teeth should ncliojnst
bouauso ono or them liiipiions to bo n little
801-0. "
"Oh , the others are on n symputhotlo strike ,
I suppose. .
Now York Truth ! Jlnus ( oxnmltilns his nre-
* crlt > tlou ) These dootora are awfully fond ot
l.ntln , nron'.tlhev ?
rilkliiM Yes ; It U u dead luiu'miso , you
know.
llultliiioreNows : "MS you wnut to Join our
eomuiitiy ? ' mild the thontrienl mummer to the
aoudy liiokltm iippllcuiit. \vl\utattrncitlon \
hnvo you over nupo.uoil . ? " "Wull"tnnllod he.
"my just amjiiKuniLMit wnswllh the Mllot on
the 'i-outoliL'tm. ' " "Wliut uhurueterdid you
enuotV "I was the blot , "
AYashliiBton StnrClot ! n.lob for ye , " sixld
ono ioi\dsllo rambler to another. "I've struck
It Hoh. "
"Mow ? "
'Toiler hired mo to steal his wlfu'i u-il do ? ,
Now you po anil si-o how much hhu'll give tet
Kit the nnlmul buck. See'/ " (
.Towelors' Weekly : Mlhs Illackwoll You
trJIlln'ntKCiihl You done an' tolo Uatyullur
Sul Joluising dat 1 was so uirly do clock
Btopucill
.Mr. JrlTiihson I didn't B y niinln' oh da
kind. What 1 tole dat gill wast dal when you
come In do room do clock WIIM so 'ahiimcd oil
ItH own looks It Jos' put bof linn's up bofo'Iti
face. Jos' you look at dat olockl
WITHOUT KKOWINO IT.
Detroit J'Ve ' 1'rcsi.
A innldcn rnro ami sweet was she.
Though corpulent , forsooth ;
She knuw not what her wo I it lit iul ht be ,
bho foitiod to learn the truth.
One day sho.liiiKlvortuntHtrnyuil
On scales for liuftluz bays
Whereat , at lint , this rare , sweet maid
lld ) Kivo hortiulf a weigh.
ftlWTK.UnKlt.
Duncan CnmjiWt Scott In the Cosmojwl/diii. /
The morns nro gray with Imzo and falntli
' cold ,
The early sunsets nro the west with red ,
The stars are misty silver overhead ,
Above tlm dawn Orion lies ouliollod.
Now all the slopes are slowly growing Rnld ,
And In the ( lulos n deeper sllonce dwulls ;
The crickets mourn with funeral UutCM and
bolls ,
I'Or days before the summer liad grown old.
Now the night gloom with hurrvlng wings li
stirred ,
Strangely the comrade piping ! ) rise and sink ;
Tha birds are following In the pathless
dark
The footsteps of the pllgilm summer.
Hitrkl
Was that , the redstart or the bobolink ?
That lonely ory of the summer-hearted blrdj
VAD11T1.NO COSTUMR.
This dainty costume is of striped gray
cloth , the bolero opening ever n linen plas
tron , with turn ever collar lu whlto voillugs ,
J'ho dross und bolero of the sarao material.
Hit trlrarood with white guipure and
-rownod with a velvet buttorlly knot of dune
jluo. Oirdlo and cravat also of dark blue.
CD.
Largest Maiiiifauturors and Uoalora
of UlolhlriK In thu World ,
"If I uz pa
I'd buy my boy a new suit of clothes before I
sent him off to school , " is the
height oi the average boy's am
bition just now. We are show
ing the finest lines of fall suits
for boys and children ever im
ported. No old styles. New nov
elties , new shades , in fancy anil
plain .cheviots , cassi/nercs / and
worsted , checked" and striped
cassimeres and everything new.
Hoys' suits,4 to H$2 up-.H to 18 years$6 , up. Pull Hue
of fall overcoats , the very latest , at special prices. Hoys'
hats and furnishing goods in en Hess variety. This sale
is special in the children's department the coziest spot
in town. Ladies who are out shopping will enjoy a rest
in our easy chairs , to which they are equally welcome
whether they buy or not.
j Browning ,
= -"Our Btoro closes when at wo Oiao closn p. in. at , except IU p. in. Butur- | SWCor 15lli & DouKlas Si