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all. it will be conceded that there should be
deducted from those whicbit includes 875,
143 carpenters and joiners, 289,491 milli
ners, dressmakers and seamstresses, 172,
726 blacksmiths. 183,756 tailors and tailor
esses, 102,478 masons, 76,241 butchers. 41,
809 bakers, 22,083 plasterers, and 4,891 en -gaged
in manufacturing agricultural im
plements, amounting in the aggregate to
i.zis.uaa, leaving 2,623,089 persons em
ployed in such manufacturing industries
as are claimed to be benefited by a high
tariff." , . j ...
One very important fact needs to
.be presented,! to which Mr. Cleve
land did not refer. It ib this: What
proportion of those engaged in man
ufacturing as laborers is American,
and what proportion ia foreign. Mr.
Cox, of New jTork, says tnat 64 per
cent, of all engaged in mining and
manufacturing industries in the Uni
ted States were of foreign: birth. . If
this is true, then what? IThen this
happens inevitably! and .j happens all
the time: . the Federal Congress is
taxing the American farmers to pay
and protect imported foreign work-
ingmen.. There are G4 men in every
100 born abroad.
Now what per cent of the Araeri
oan farmers are oj foreign birth ?
Only 5 per cent. So 95 per cent of
American formers J are being taxed
upon an average of 147.10 in the
$100 for the benefit of 64 per cent of
"foreign pauper labor." j
Now fellow -countrymen take that
in and think it over at your leisure.
Is it not both a grand humbug and a
great outrago the J thing you call a
High Protective Tariff ? j
not have! all the advantage bat mast
make j a drawn fight or fare worse
where is j the wisdom of furnishing
the Radicals with reputable audi
ences? j ! ''.
What we have said is based on the
report. Such intelligent editors as
brother Wall, of the Bockinsrham
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Rocket, and brother Boy kin, of the
Monroe Enquirer-Express, seem well
satisfied with the discussion whioh
they heard. The Utter gave a very
fall report, bat it came under our
eye after we bad written and , we
have not time to read it. lie says
editorially:
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one can truthfully say that we have
not given i Dockery equal Justice with
Fowle. ' We have confidence irtho hon
esty and good sense of the people, and we
believe that when both sides of a question
are placed before them they will accept the
truth and reject error. Democrats certainly
have no reason to fear the most careful
comparison of the two speeches. Fowle
maintained the great principles of the De
mocracy with vigor and boldness, and al
though his speech was a reply to that of
Liocaery, and necessarily an impromptu
one, his points were forcible and well taken.
He even exceeded the expectations of his
friends, and fully demonstrated his ability
to handle ; the Radical War Horse of the
Pee Dee." !
Wo; are glad to read this,.'and hope
that Fowle will tan the hide of Dock
ery so thoroughly that he will never
need -any more "pants" through life.
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
A Young in a a Fatally Shot bran In
- tine Parson nau Trying to Save
. the Life of a Negro. -.'.i
Mr. David McQueen, son of Col. A.
J. McQueen, who lives near Hasty, in
Richmond county, was seriously, and
most probably fatally shot,' on the
evening of the 28th inst., by Mr. D.
W. McRae, near the same place. The
facts are as follows: ,
Mr. McRae rode oyer to Col. Mc
Queen's house (a near neighbor), and
commenced to quarrel with a negro
man about some washing, and going
into the house got a gun and was in
the act of shooting the. negro when
Mr. David McQueen said, "Oh, don't
shoot, Mr. McRae." , Whereupon Mc
Rae fired at McQueen, thelwhole load
and gun-wad passing, through his
jaw-bone and neck, carrying away all
his chin and part of his tongue and
most of his jaw-bone. j . H
Mr. McQueen is an excellent young
man of high character. Mr. McRae
is an old man, about 25 years of age,
was once a practicing lawyer in Ala
bama, is a native oLRobeson county,
and also a man of high character,
but for several years he has been
subject to attacks of mental aberra
tion, and was suffering from a severe
attack of the same when he shot
Mr. McQueen. McRae has been ar
rested and is now in jail at Rocking
ham.
STUMP SPEAKING AND DISCUS
SIONS. !
We said we wished that some one
would report fairly the discussion be
tween Fowle and Dockery at Mon
roe, inia nas oeen done, we sup
pose, by a staff reporter of the Char
lotte Chronicle. The report fills four
and a half columns and has all the
appearance of fairness. It enables
you to see this much: what points
were raised by the respective sneak
ers and bow they were met. The
Sta.ii means to be as fair as the re
port. Few people know how to ana
lyze an argument and a great many
peopfe cannot understand an argu
ment. They can follow their feel
ings better than they can follow a
train of thought. In replication the
points of an adversary must be ex
amined seriatim and in order.
Now let any one read the report,
with pencil in hand, of the debate at
Monroe. Let each point made in the
opening speech be only noted, and
opposite write the reply (the point
made) or when no reply ia attempted.
It will be then seen how! little dis
cussion there was and how diffase
the speeches were.
The sum as it strikes us, from
reading only, is this: Dockery opened
with a strong speech, mainly on Fed
eral politics. It- teemed with ignor
ant statements and misrepresentation
of facts. It was bpld and aggres
sive. TJnreplied to bis statements
are damaging. Were they met?
They ought to have been met at eve
ry point and thoroughly met. We
would like for Dockery to make that
sooech with Vance to follow.- The
. 1 1 V. I ...At. ! illoblACI 0"k
dearlv that he prefers to vote for
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them rather than support decent,
reputable white farmers, would be
in a condition after the speech was
ended to retire to Dr. Mott's still
house and participate in one of the
old time prayer meetings that were
wont to bo held there in the piping
times of 1870-80 when Ike Young
led the exercises. . t "
Judge Fowle made a rattling,
random sort of a reply with some
telling hits and damaging referencea
to Dockery's personal reoord. It
was a speech to get up a hurrah and
bring oat the shouts, liat was it a
reply? Did it meet the issues pre
sented by Dockery, Mind yon, we
rely upon the report of the speech,
not the eulogies, a -
We think inasmuch as a joint dis
cussion has been sgreed upon that
Dockerv should not be allowed to
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make the speech he does without be
ing thoroughly exposed. The Presi
dent has made one issue, the Tariff,
l o near iocsery xuo greaieBu uuuu
i. n ii h i Mr vnnnnH&inu ibiicu auu isvt
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Tiintr lnvATitinn of the uevu to mase
rich men richer, and poor men poorer,
called a Protective Tariff.
We write the truth as we under
stand; it. We know in campaigns
the party papers always get victories
for their men. We.know from hear-
ng and reading that this sort of thing
does not always occur. There are
able men in both parties and a strong
and well appointed man can make
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the worse appear the better reason
and can give plausibility to the most
desperate cause. - i
Fowle no doubt makes a speeoh
that pleases and satisfies the Demo-
orats. i Jint is ne a aeoaierr xjow
be meet the agent and mouth-piece
of the Money Devil?, ! I
The Stab baa not generally favor-
Ad irint. rliannssions. When the
Democrats bad all the advantage in
the speeches it was not wise, as it
gave the candidates of the black and
tan party a chance to speak to gen
tlemen! When the Democrats did
lect.
fiedly
THE PRICE OF STEEL BAILS AND
, j WHO PATS.
McKintey, the blunderer, tried in
his Georgia speech to make people
believe that taxes on products did
not increase the price. That is not
worthy of a man not bereft of intel-
It j ia absolutely and unquali
stupid. Last year the steel
rail product ran up to $42.50 per ton.
The cost iof production in Pennsyl
vania is $27 a ton at the outside. The
cost in England is but $21. The
American tax on the English goods
is $17 a ton. This makes the English
cost as it emerges from the custom
house $38 a ton. . But for tho tax the
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rail buyers would not have paid more
than $27 a ton, if bo much. Tho Iron
Age says:
"Duringi the month of July producers
sold 20.000 tons for the South and South
west, one lot at $40 50 at New Orleans, and
15.000 tons for the Pacific coast on the ba
sis of $45 at Portland, Oregon."
The question is who paid this $42.50
a ton for rails that cost in England
Surely the men who bought
it. -The New York Times
but $21 1?
and used
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says: ! i
"If the foreign makers paid the duty.
they would have sold their rails at an ave
rage of not more than a fair profit on $21,
adding freight and insurance, or less than
the American cost of, proauction. As a
matter jof fact, however, the rails were
bought abroad in the foreign market and at
foreign prices and the importer was com
pelled to charge his customer the duty in
order to recouo himself. This explains
why foreign rails brought $40 and why the
manufacturer in this country was enabled
to charge so much for his own goods."
Tod must understand that the tax
not only greatly raises the price of
the foreign article, but it enables the
American! manufacturer to greatly
increaso the price of the home arti
cle. I Carnegie, for instance, got
$42.50 for iron that barely cost him
$27 to produce it. That is, by the
High Tariff, he got $15.50 extra per
ton for all he ' Bold. This explains
how he can draw $5,000 a day for
his share of the iron works in which
he is a partner.
a. Gala Week meeting;. ' ..
A meeting was held at The Orton
yesterday, in behalf of a movement
for a "gala week" in October next.
On motion, Mr. F. W. Kerchner was
called to the chair and Mr. . T. W.
Clawson was requested to act as sec
retary. Mr. J. A. Bonitz stated the
object of the meeting to i make
preparations for a gala week to be
held from the 22d to the 27th of Octo
ber. He called attention! to what
might constitute some of the features
of the occasion, and urged the advan
tages that would accrue. He thought
the city would make an appropria
tion, and that funds to the amount
of $2,000 or more could be easily raised
by subscription. i I -
Mr. S. H. Fishblate endorsed the
movement and expressed j his belief,
as a member of the Board of Alder
men, that the city would make a sub
scription of $500 or $1,000. j j
Mr. W. A Bryan advocated the
movement, and Mr. Kerchner also ap
proved of it. j
The meeting resolved to go ahead
with preparations for a gala week,
and on motion organized itself into
the Wilmington Gala Week Associa
tion; the officers to consist of a
President, five vice presidents, a sec
retary and a corresponding secretary
and a treasurer. j
On motion, an election ' was gone
into for these officers and the follow,
ing were chosen: ' I
President F. W. Kerchner.
Vice Presidents Chas.M. Stedman,
John j. Fowler, S. H. Fishblate, H.
Walters, and J. N. SebrelL i j
Secretary J. C. Morrison,
Corresponding Secretary Walker
Taylor, f . i!
Treasurer H. G. Smallbonea.
On motion, the chairman appointed
a committee on advertising, as fol
lows: W. A- Bryan, chairman, T. M.
Josh, T.
The President is a manly man. He
always acts openly. Believing that
surplus reduction and Tariff reform
are positive necessities for the good
of the country he gives $10,000 to
distribute documents and help on
the good jcause. If that be treason
to the people make the moBt of it.
The: President has just nominated
two Southern men to foreign appoint
ments: William Gaston Allen, of
S. C, to be U. S. Consul at Kings
ton, Jamaica, and J. C. Cisco, of
Tennessee, to be Consul at Nnevo
Laredo. I
Bobbery and Attempted Murder at
CiarKton.
Last Tuesday night the storehouse
of Messrs.' Clark & Wooten, at Clark
ton, in Bladen county, was broken
open and; robbed. It was thought
that a colored man named Henry
Dunstan Committed the robbery, and
on the1 Thursday following Dunstan
was seen in Mr. Council's field eating
a watermelon. Information of the sus
pected man's whereabouts was sent
to the railroad station and Mr. D. G.
Gillespie, Jr., and Mr. James Nichol
son being there and having their
guns with them, went to a ford at
Friar Swamp, three miles distant,
where they conceafM themselves to
intercept j Dunstan. It was after
dark wheii the negro approached the
ford. The1 young men demanded his
surrender and took him into oustody
and one of them Mr. Nicholson
went off to procure a light to search
the prisoner. Daring his absence the
negro catching Mr. Gillespie off his
guard, drew a pistol and fired it at
him, the iball striking Mr. Gillespie
in the face near the mouth and glan
cing along the jaw-bone 'came out at
the back of the neok. Mr. Gillespie
fired his gun at Dunstan, but being
blinded with the smoke from the pis
tol, which! was fired so near that
the powder burned his face, it is
supposed that he missed him. Mr.
Gillespie fired again at the negro as
the latter was making his escape into
the swamp, and thinks that his
second shot hit him. A posse went
out from tne station to endeavor to
find the negro, but had not returned
when the train left Clarkton yester
day morning for Wilmington,
Emerson, W. H. Bernard,:
James, jj A. Bonitz.
A motion was also adopted that a
committee be appointed, to consist of
the President and Vice Presi
dents, to go before the Board
of Aldermen at their meeting
on Monday, and request that an ap
propriation be made in aid of the
gala week, and to urge the j Board to
take some action with regard to pro
tecting the railroads from ticket
scalpers, so that the roads giving low
rates can be guaranteed against loss.
The committees were '.instructed to
be ready to report on Thursday next,
until which day at 11 o'clock a. m.,
the meeting adjourned, it
The city papers were requested to
publish the proceedings of the meet-ing-
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Outrage la Colombo County.
Mrs. Simon Sasser, an aged lady of
Bogue township, Columbus county,
was assaulted by an unknown colored
man at her home last Wednesday,
during the absence of her husband,
who was at work on the farm. The
negro chokedj and beat Mrs. Sasser
nntil she was unoonscious. She was
found some time afterwards by mem
bers of the family behind the garden
fence, where the negro had dragged
her, and i has since been under the
care of a physician; It is.f eared that
her injuries may prove fatal. There
is no clue to the perpetrator of the
outrage; but If caught a lynching is
probable. j
Tbe Ffgnt Against tne Bagginc Tr
As the Star stated yesterday, there
isino truth in the report that In
surance agents in Wilmington will
not take risks on cotton unless baled
in jute bagging. Unfortunately the
statement has gone abroad, and ' is
being used in Norfolk and Charleston
to the detriment of Wilmington; but
the. fact remains that j "Wilming
ton1 merchants will take cot
ton covered with osnaburgs or any
thing else, and insurance" agents will
insure such cotton. A telegram from
Atlanta, Ga., in relation to this mat
ter, says: j j .
Reports that insurance men would
not take risks on cotton unless baled
in jute bagging seem to be without
foundation, so far as the companies
interested are concerned. The agents
of insurance companies at Winning"
ton, N. C; seem to be the only ones
taking that stand, and they are only
local agents, with no power in the
Southeastern Tariff Association,
which regulates such matters. A pro
minent officer in that association said
to-day that there was no reason why
cotton cloths or any other substitutes
for bagging should not be used; that
jute bagging was one of the most in
flammable stuffs that could be used,
and bo far as the insurance compa
nies were concerned any substitute
would be allowed.
Changes in no Railway KEail serrlee
Department. - ; . I" j
Some important changes of posi
tions and salaries of the clerks of the
4th division of the railway mail clerks
went into : effect yesterday. That
division is - known as the run from
Wilmington to Jacksonville. L. D.
Brennecks, formerly of Walhalla, will
be chief clerk with headquarters at
Charleston, S. C. , His salary will be
increased from $1,090 to $1,400. R. E.
Mansfield, formerly chief clerk, will
be put on the run with a salary re
duced from $1,400 to $1,300. j Charles
Craft, colored, will be retained in the
service at a salary ; reduced from
$1,300 to $1,150. M. F. Twohill will
be promoted from a $1,150 clerkship
to one paying $1,300. M. M. Davsi
will be promoted from a $1,300 clerk
ship to- be chief clerk, -with head
quarters at Jacksonville, and a salary
of $1,400. . s
New Frelgbt Route for tbe Atlantic
Coast Line. -
. The Richmond (Va.) State says: '
General Manager Walters, of the
Atlantic Coast line, is anxious to se
cure a new route for through freight
in order to obviate the necessity of its'
passing through tne streets ol Kicn-
mond. Several days' ago a corps of
engineers located this route, whioh
starts from near Ballards, on the
Fredericksburg railroad, a short dis
tance above the city, and passes across
the country just west of the New Re
servoir to the river, which will be
bridged, and continue through Ches
terfield county to a point on the Pe
tersburg railroad near the old Broad
Rock race course. 1
As the charter of the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road Co. gives that company the right
to build a branch road ten i miles in
length there will be nothing to do but
condemn the land through i which it
passes, it is understood that work
on this branch will be commenced in
a very short time.
Foreign Exports in Angost. j:
The following is a statement of ex
ports from this port to foreign coun
tries during the month of August just
closed, as taken from the records at
the Custom House:
England Spirits turpentine, 114,
070 gallons, valued at $38,790.
Scotland Spirits turpentine, 69,328
gallons, valued at $23,700.
Belgium Spirits turpentine, 114,-
370 gallons, valued at $38,650.
Barbadoes Lumber, 277,000 feet,
valued at $4,709. i. j! .
Hayti Lumber, 125,000 feet, valued
at $1,500. j!
A nnoal Cotton Statement.
A correct statement of the cotton
trade at this port was posted at the
Produce Exchange . yesterday. It
shows the total receipts at Wilming
ton for the year m,7-W to be 168,808
bales, as against 134,448 the previous
year, showing an increase of 34,360
bales. i I
The total exports for the year were
109,083 bales 47,180 domestie and 121,
903 foreign. Total exports the previ
ous year, 101,766 bales-28,553! domestic
and 73,213 foreign.
Barg aw and Onalow Railroad.
The Burgaw and Onslow Railroad
Company was organized last Wednes
day in New York city with the fol
lowing Board of Directors; J.
Dosh, H. M. Conover, J. F. Ward
and J. M. Webster, of New Tork;
G. A. Ramsey, E. Porter and B. is.
Taylor of North Carolina. I Mr. J. P.
Dosh was elected President,! Mr. G. A.
Ramsey Vice President and General
Manager, and Mr. J. F. Ward Treas
urer of the Company. The iBoard of
Directors ordered that a purvey of
the road be made at once under the
supervision of the General Manager.
I , WASHINGTON.
Republican Report on! Government
Printing Office Investigation Tle
President will Return to Washing
ton on Saturday Report from tbe
Konat Committee on Foreign Affairs
on tbe Retaliation mil Republican
Senatorial Caucus on tbe Tariff.
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Hj Telegraph lo tha Morning star.
Washington, August 30. Repreaent&4-
tivc Qallinger has completed his minority
report upon tbe result of the investigation
of the Printing Committee into the admin
istration of the Government PrintingOffice.
The report is very lone and bitterly critical
of Public Printer Benedict, and the majori
ty of the committee. Ic charges that the
majority suppressed important evidence
which would rebut the charge that the late
Public Printer Rounds had privately sold
government presses at ridiculously small
prices. It alleges that Benedict discharged
Union soldiers and filled their places with
Confederates; thai, the work of the office
is largely ia arrears: that he improperly
had access to the record of evidence as it
was taken by the committee; that be prac-
Tbe Cotton Ragging Question.
It seems to be the opinion jof cotton
dealers here that buyers for foreign
shipment will not receivie cotton
covered with other than jute bagging,
but that buyers for the (domestic
market for home consumption will
take it with any sort of covering
jute, osnaburgs, pine fibre bagging.
or even muslin, calico, or pine slabs.
A few bales packed in osnaburgs
have been received and one in pine
fibre bagging manufactured by the
Acme Company of this city. Two
bales of the cotton packod in osna
burgs were passed through the com
press at the Champion Cot'a ware
house, but the result was rather dis
astrous the covering being; torn all
to pieces, leaving the cotton ex
posed and the bales in a generally
disreputable appearance and condi
tion. The pine fibre bagging seems
to be similar to jute in texture, but it
lacks strength, and is so dark in color
that it ,would be necessary to use
some other marking ink than that
now used or the lettering and figures
would' not be discernable. This bale
has not yet been compressed.
Mr. Sprunt, of the firm jof Alex.
Sprunt & Son, the largest dealers in I
the staple on foreign account in ims
market, if not in the South, (received
a cable message from the President
of the Liverpool Cotton Exchange in
reply to an inquiry.stating that there
is no rule in regard to baling cotton
in osnaburgs, but that it is contrary
to custom and would probably raise
objections in the trade.
Fire insurance men will raise no
objection to any covering that the
planters may choose' for their cotton
bales, but it is doubtful if the marine
companies will be willing! to take
risks on cotton packed in other than
what is considered regular bagging.
A JFBUIT TRUST.
Anotber Gigantic Combination for be
"Control of tbe Xropleal Fruit Trad.
Chicago, Aug. 31. A special from At
lanta. Ga, says : rne wopicai iruu maji
have combined, and consumers will ne un
able to get a single banana or pianwin save
throogh the courtesy of the trust, which
was organized in new urieans uus
A few days ago a circular was sent to all
fruit men in the country, calling them to a
secret conference in New Orleans. It was
signed by six of the largest Irutt j nouses in
that city, There was a trust formed, re
presenting the combined capital of $19.
000,000, and it will purchase the ' entire of
ferings of the tropical steamers.! Six mil
lion dollars has been advanced by London
capitalists to build railroads in Honduras
and elsewhere, so as to concentrate the
fruit market at certain seiectea snipping
points.
ticed rank favoritism in the awardiog of
contracts; that he is not a practical printer,
and that he has, by false figures and state
ments, imposed upon Congress and the
country. The report defends Mr. Rounds'
administration as honorable, conscientious
and able, and in conclusion declares that
enough of violations of law and evidences
of incompetency have been shown by the
testimony, to warrant the immediate re
moval from office of T E Benedict, the
present Public Printer.
Word has been received at the White
House, from Eagle's Rock, near Clifton
Forge, Va., that the President and his
rjarty will not return to Washington until
Saturday. I I
Washington, August 80. The! House
Committee on i oreign Affairs to-day, Mr.
Belmont nresidinir. received the report of
the subxeommittee on the Retaliation bill.
Tbe chairman said that in these questions
the committee had always acted without
regard to partisanship, nd he hbped it
would continue to do so. He referred to
tho fact that the bill introduced by himself
two vears aero containing restrictive rail
road provisions, has been adopted by the
House almost unanimously, though the
railroad section was subsequently stricken
out in the Senate .! .
The committee to-day unanimously
adopted the amended bill reported by the
sub -committee. Mr. Belmont I having
been absent when consideration ot tho sub
iect was begun, expressed the opinion that
. turn . . m a a a a i a,
it wouia ne proper ror mx. aiovjruary ip
mnnrt the hill to the House.
The following is the text of the substif
lute bill:.
"A bin to empower the President to.
carry out the purposes of an act to author
ize the President of the United States to
orotect and defend tho rights of American
fishermen, American trading and other ves
sels, in certain cases, and for other purposes,
annroved March 8. 1S87.
"Be it enacted, bc.. That whenever the
President may deem it his duly to exercise
any of the powers given to him by an act
entitled An Act to authorize the President
of the United Slates to protect and defend
the rights of American nsmng ves
sels, American fishermen, American
trading j ana other vessels, in certain
cases, and for other purposes," ap
proved March 3, 1887. it shall be lawful
for the! President, in his discretion, by
proclamation to that effect, to suspend in
whole or in part the transportation across
the territory of tho United States in bond
and without the payment of duty, of
goods, wares and merchandise imported or
exported from any foreign country from or
to the British dominions in Noith America.
"Sec. 2. That whenever the President
shall be satisfied that there is any discrimi
nation whatever in the use of the Wclland
canal, St. Lawrenco River canal, the
Chambly canal, or either of them, whether
by toll?, drawbacks, refund of tolls, 6r
otherwise, which is or may bo detrimental
to the interests of the United States, or
any of its citizens, it shall be lawful for the
Irresiuent, in ms uiaureotuu, iu ibbuo yiu
clamation to that effect, whereupon there
shall be collected a toll of twenty cents
per ton upon every foreign vessel and her
cargo passing through either the Sault Ste.
Marie canal or St. Clair Flats canal, and
the Secretary or the Treasury may authorize
and direct any of the customs officers
to collect tolls levied under this
act, or the President may, in hiB
discretion, when he is satisfied that
there is any such discrimination, prohibit
the use of said canals to any foreign ves
sels. The President, when satisfied that
such discrimination has ceased, may issue
his proclamation to that effect in his dis
cretion, whereupon the tolls authorized by
this act shall no ; longer be collected, and
said prohibition, if ordered, shall cease.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Trea
sury is authorized to make any regulations
needful to carry this act into effect." j
At only one point wai there anything
like difference between the Democratic and
Republican members. This was upon the
nrnnnaitinn. cominir f rom the Republicans,
that courtesy to Great Britain required that
it should be notified that Article 29 of the
treaty of Washington, had been practically
nullified and abrogated upon refusal or de
nial of the rights of . American citizens in
Canadian ports. Upon this proposition
there was a division on party lines, result
ing in its defeat by a vote of five to six.
When the question came up on ordering
favorable report on the substitute bill, how
ever, there was not a negative vote. Re
publican members do not expect that the
bill will meet with any opposition from
their side ot the House when it is called up,
although the proposition which was reject-edlto-day
may be renewed and serve as a
basis of some speeches in which the posi
tion will be taken that the President already
has sufficient power to do what he desires
in the way of retaliation. : I '
Washington, August 80. The Repub
lican Senators held a conference at Senator
Edmunds' residence tnis evening irom naii
past 7 to nearly midnight. It was well at
tended, and the tariff was the only subject
considered. - i . J
Senator Allison said to the group of re
porters at midnight that the details of the
bill had been discussed, and a harmonious
conclusion had been reached in regard to
every issue. . t I . L
'You can say, gentlemen, ne conunueu,
"that we sfcaU report the bill within ten
days, if possible. Let's see, this-is Thurs-
day; we snail repon. prooamjr w
day or Tuesday week.." - i 1
"Will you piease gve ua a "
important details?" '
'Well, not mis evening, yuuug "
vn nntinue hearings diligently for the
next ten days, and then if possible report
the Dill at once. inas w an x iu
COTITOX BAGGING TRUST.
Teallmonr Uven Before Ibe Donee
omraltteo ' on ftlannfaetarea by
iOi mbrr of tbe King.
i !
Washington, August 31 Anderson
Grsiz, of 8U Loui Mo., was called as the
first vt ituesa before the House Committee
on Manufactures to-day in its inquiry into
tbe alleged cotton bagging trust, tie
said he was eogaced in the baiting stuff
bueincta in Sr. Louis, a member of the!
firm of Warren, Jones & Gralz The
business included the making of cotton ties
for binding cotton. Witness was also a
member of two corporations engaged in the
same ousiness: one located in uunice,
Ind.. and the other at Champiign. Ill.t
Coti.on bugging, ho said, was manufactured
out of jute stalk. Tbe number of firms in
the country engaged in the business at;
present is eight, as against fifteen at the!
same time last year. The entire produc
tion of caltcn bagel og in 1887 was about
45 million yards Warren, Gratz & Com-
pany, or t. liou;s, were aicents iu that
city of Lbe Southern Mills Bagging Com
pany, ana ineoianuhra jams company or
the same city. It bad no interest in these;
firms bayond acting as agents. The varia
tion in prices of two-pound bagging from:
1877 to 1887 has been from 10f cents per
yard in ! 1877 to Hi cents in 1880, and 7
cents in 1887. The price of jate butts has
been lower this August than any August
pricr for the last ten years Tbe price of
cotton bageing during August has varied
from 11 to 121 cents per yard, witness
estimated that the cotton crop of this jear
would require about 45,500,000 yards of
cotton bagging, and it was expected that
the total output of all the mills ; now run
nine, up to tbe lime when they stop in
November next, would be over fifty million
yaj?8- J V . 1 . ll
Air. uratzsaia mat tne prouueuve capa
city of the cotton bagging mills in the West
was 45 per cent, greater man me mitis in
the . East. Employes ip the West were
mostly of Bohemian parentage, and were
paid slightly more than thoBe in the East.
Witness said there wero considerable quan-fj
tities of ; cotton bagging coming to this
country, but he did not think the foreign
mills would be able to bring sufficient cot
ton bagging to Ibis country this year to
prevent the sale of that held' here. Con
tractors abroad had their hands full. There
were 24 jute mills in India, having 8,337
looms on January lat, 1887, which could
produce ten or fifteen times the amount of
cotton bagging needed for tho eotton crop
of the United States ' !!
A number of contracts between the
firm of Warren, Jones & Gratz as agents
of other firms, and other cotton bagging
firms in the United States were produced
with a view to showine the steps taken by
several cotton bagging manufacturing firms
to control their productions, and to pro
vide for its sale at a stipulated price. The
object of the agreement was to enable the
patties j to it to obtain and maintain con4
trol of the cotton bagging produced in
this country for the present season. The
trust has secured control of about twor
thirds of the cotton bagging in the country
the remaining third, about fifteen million
yards, being produced by persons who are
not in any way connected with the trust.
The contract shows that the agreement is
between tbe firm of L. Waterbury & Com
pany of New York, party of the first partj
and the Charleston Bagging Manufacturing
Company, Nevias & Company of Boston;
the New York Bagging Company, Eagle
Mills, Southern Mills Bagging Company;
Standard Mills Bagging Company, Munice
Bagging Manufacturing Company, and the
Empire Haggles uompany, parties oi in
second Dart.
The D&rtiea of the second part agreed ti
sell and deliver L Waterbury & Company,
all their, bagging then on hand as well as
such as might be thereafter accrued or man
ufactured bv them respectively during the
remainder of the year 1888. The firm of
L. Waterbury & Company act as the centra
of correspondence, through which the proj
posed increase and reduction in price is
brought about. It is agreed that the profits
and losses of the parties of the several parts
shall be shared in proportion. Tbe sale
and prices of cotton bagging are -deters
mined by a majority of tho members of the
second part.
The agreement went into effect on the
16th of I April last. Since then two mills
signing the agreement have failed to starti
and probably a dozen or more outside of
the trust closed down previous to
and since the agreement was consummated;
Tho first set price ot cotton bagging was
made in New York by the trust about the
middle! of July. At the proposition of
witness 9 cents was then fixed as the price.
January first last the productive capacity
of Warren, Jonea & Gratz, in conjunction
with several firms wfeich they represented,
was two-thirds of all the productive capa
city of the South, but they actually pro
duced seven-eighths of all that was pro
duced in the South. Since the price fixed
in July, members of the trust had advanced
the price of cotton bagging three cents per
yard. The present price in this country is
3 cents higher than at which the foreign
manufactured product can be bought here,
inclusive of freight charges. This, he
said, was due to the fact thas the produc
tion of material in this country was con
fined to a few firms. I
Probably sixty per cent, of this year s
cotton bagging product was in the hands of
retail dealers, and the other forty per cent,
in the hands of manufacturers. If the
dutv on cotton bagging and jute were not
changed, witness was satined that the
trust would go out of existence, and if
those articles were admitted free the firms
would doubtless run a "corner" every
other year. The needs of the planter were
absolute and imperative, and he must have
bagging no matter what the cost was to
him. During the last three or four years
there was little cotton bagging imported,
the domestic supply being equal to the de
mand. I - " i!
Charles A. Pearce, of St. Louis, Secre
tary of the Board of Directors of the Stan
dard Mills Bagging Company, one of the
concerns embraced in the trust, subscribed
generally to the testimony given 'v Gratz,
and the committee adjourned uutil to
morrow, f ll
PR ESI DEN T CLEVELAND.
to say. . .SJ,. '
"What auoui tne jrrcsiucuuo uiMMgoi
"The message was not referred to once
during the evening." I J.
From other Senators it is learned that
lumber and salt remain unchanged; that
suear is cut about one-half, and that there
is a Btrong disposition to slightly l increase
duties on wool and to correct the inequality
of duties on woolen manufacturers. j
Washington. August BO.t-Senator
Quay, of Pennsylvania. . Chairman of the
ttepUDUC&n aiiym 4
nished for publication a long letter from
Charles H. Litchman, General Secretary of
the Kaighto of Labor, offering his services
in any position or capacity where they may
be desirable or thought to' bemost useful
in securing the success of Harrison and
Morton. His letter is a straight-out ar
gument for protection. He does not sign
his letter officially, nor does he state in
terms that he speaks for bis organization,
nor offer anything beyond his individual
"t ".. kt h aiacrts that the success of
the Democratic party would be the most
;,a Mow that organized labor could
.OQ11VUW ; 1
monsiblv receive. m J
1 Judge Fowle, in getting off the
tnin at Wadesboro sprained his ankle, and
Sal to be carried to the hotel, but "he
Zxttt be downed." Next morning be was
P Teafiv to speak again. The crowd was esu-
l WaF fi T?-lo IaH nff in the di-
cussien. Poor Dockery was again walked
. tha time at his own threshold,
Saleipk Chronicle.
His Return, to Washington from
Flablng Excursion In Virginia. j
Bv Teiegrapn to tne aorouw ow.
Lynchbubg, Va., August 31. Presi
dent Cleveland and party are at Eagle
Rock, Botetourt county. They have had
splendid luck bass fishing. They have
caught over one hundred bass. Large
crowds of people from the neighboring
counties gathered to shake the President's
hand. I He has created great enthusiasm
among the people by his unaffected cordi
ality. He will leave to-night for Wash
ington. ; il.
A special to the Advance sayp, "Presi
dent Cleveland and party had a gala day
yesterday fishing just above Jackson, Bote
tourt county. The President alone caught
twenty-five bass, ins noai was caugai iu
the rapids and but for the efforts of the
party he would have been shipwrecked.
Col. Lamont was indisposed. The VrMi
deat is highly pleased with his trip to Vir
ginia.? ii
Staunton, Va., August 81 President
Cleveland, Col. Lamont and Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Miller, arrived here
to-day en route to Washington. The party
was serenaded at the station by the Stone
wall Band. A large number of citizens
Shook hands with the rresiaeni. :
Tbe President, Commissioner Miller and
Col. Lamont arrived here at 8,40 p. m. by
the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from
miftnn Forffe. Va.. where they have been
fishing for bass the past few days. ;
j Fayetteville Observer: The roll
ing stock of the C. F. & Y. V. R. R has
been increased by the addition of two large
new engines, No. 16 and 17. The increase
ino business and continued extension of the
road will soon call for more. The deepest
cut on this road is between Walnut Cove
and Mount Airy. It is about sixty ieei in
denthJ Throueh this country the work
was exceedingly heavy, the average cost
per mile for grading being $9,000. one or
Spirits Turpentine.
Durham riant: We understand ? -the
Third party followers in this section
are again arranging for the publication of
an organ to be called the Durham Progress.
Pittsboro JRecord: The direc
tors of the Siler City Agricultural Society
held a meeting on last Thursday, and de
cided to hold their next fair on the 24th,
25th and 26th days of October, being the
wetk after the State fair. j
The second new handsome
Methodist Church in Raleigh is! advancing
to completion. The congregation now
worship in the lecture room. This U do- .
ing well. Tiro fine edeflces In a few yi-ara
The new church will be known as the
Central. j
Henderson Gold Leaf: The
colored Presbyterians are making good
progress on their new church. The build
ing is 18x35 faet, and most of the omsido
work is now done. Our towntroau -
Capt. Ed Fleming, will leave next Monday
to visit the tobacco growers of Nash, War
ren, Franklin, Granville and Vanco in ihu
interest of the Richmond Exposition It is
desired to have a full exhibit of the rich
product of theso counties. f
The Tobacco Association held
its second annual session at Morehea.l ion
the 28th of August. The following officers
were elected: President J. 1 8. Carr.
Durham; Vice Presidents J. L. Kinir,
Greensboro; J. M. Currin, Oxford; D.jY. .
Cooper, Henderson; E. C. Edmunds.
Winston; R. P. Walker, Ashoville; 8. P.
Arrington, Worrcnton. Secretary G iE.
Webb. Winston. Treasurer W. T. Lips
combo, Raleigh. j
; Charlotte Chronicle: A citizen
of Catawba county, who was io I Cha: lotte
yesterday, reports that Catawba U to hive
soon one of the handsomest and moil
commodious court houses in tbe State.
A Pullman car containing tbe young
ladies for the Salem Academy arrived hern
to-day from Dallas. Texas, making the
through trip without change. : An
other new enterprise lorCbailollt: is a roller
flouring mills. - Amount of listed
school taxes for Mecklcuburg, $16,810.89.
The county taxes are: Kor county, pur
poses 121 cents on the $100 real and per
sonal property, $10,457.20; roads, 10 cents
on the $100 $8,184.45; special county
taxes. 28 cents on the $100, $22,916 45.
Henderson News: The number
of prisoners now confined in the Granville
county jail for capital offenses mike it an
impossiblity for them all to be tried at the
next term of the court. Tho rumor
that an attempt would be made to take one
Tanner, a negro murderer, from the Gro
ville jail and lynch him induced the civil
authorities to call on the Granville Grays
to guard the jail for several nights. The
excitement has subsided and no apprehen
sion is felt of any violation of law of this
sort. On Thursday last the scene at
the R & G. depot here upon the arrival of
the northern bound train was a disgrace lo
the town, county and State. The colored
people crowded the platform so no white
person could get standing room they ma jo
a rush for the cars, preventing passengers
from getting off, running against any and
everybody who stood in their way, knock
ing bundles from the arms of old ladiee,
and actually crowding white families off
the train. j
Raleigh News-Observer: Su
perintendent Tenant, of the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company, was here yesterday to
see about the State tax imposed upon tho
lines of the company operating in this
State. This tax is now and has for several -years
been $500 per annum fori the privi
lege of the State. The lax has always been
paid till this year the company resisted it
on the ground of the Inter-Stato Commerce
law. They claim exemption from tax on
the ground that their lines run ( outside of
the State. Treasurer - Bain, however, in
sisted that the company was still liable to
the tax from the fact that they have lines
which have their termini inside of tbe
State. A test case will.be made.
II ester's Btoke, Person Couutt, N. C,
Aug. 27. About three weeks ago. Miss
Fanny Bradsher, daughter of Mr. Benja
min Bradsher, of this neighborhood, went
with a servant, a young colored girl, to a
field near her father's bouse to gather some
snap beans, and while engaged in the work,
the two being near together, a dove flew
over the head of the colored girl
and alighted on the bead of Miss JTannte.
After some little effort, she rid herself of
the bird, and both the girls being much ex
cited, hastened to the house and told the
family of the incident, at which all won
dered. That evening the colored girl went
to her grandfather's, complained pf being
ill and, notwithstanding good ! medical at
tention, she grew worse, and; in ten days
died. Miss Fannie, a day or two after the
contact with the bird, also became sick,
though she suffered no pain. Dr. Thomp
son, of Leasburg, was called in and gave
the case special attention, but her ailment
baffled his skill, and she continued to grow
more seriously ill, and on last Friday even
ing died, i .
New Bern Journal: Eighteen
young men passed through from Morehead
City yesterday morning on their way to
Florida. They are not afraid of yellow
fever wnen going afishing and that is wbat
takes them to Florida. - We learn
that the management of the A. & N. C.
R. R rjroDOBes to begin the laying of new
steel rails on the section between New
Bern and Morehead City in time to have it
completed before next summer's travel be
gin8. The committee on permanent
organization of a State Association of Dem
ocratic Clubs submitted their report which
embraces a constitution and by-laws fully
setting forth the objects of the Association,
and the names of the officers, i Tho report
also recommended the followingofficers:
President, Julian S Carr. of T)urham;
Secretary, B C Beckwith, of Raleigh,
Treasurer, John W Thompeon, of Wake.
Vice Presidents: 1st district, ' Robert
Winborn, of Hertford? I 2nd, . Cle
ment Manly, of New Bern; 3rd,
Henry E Faison, of Clinton; 4th, WE
Ashley, of Wake; 6th, G 8 Bradshaw, of
Randolph; 6th, Joseph H Wattere, of New
Hanover; 7lh, job r uaiaweu, or ireoeu;
8th. R L Ryburn, of Cleveland;, 9th, Thos
A Jones, of Buncombe. General Commit
tee: First district, E F Lamb. W A B
Branch, W T Caho and W L Arendell; 2d
district, Geo Rountree, Jas jW Moore, W
O Bowen and L Harvey; 3d; O B Ay cock.
H L Cook, W J Adams and W P Beaman;
4th, E J Parish, E O Smith, Robert Bing
ham and G B Alford; 6th, J L King, A H
A Williams, R H Kerner and Dr D Beid
Parker; 6th, S B Alexander, W L Parsons,
Junius Davis and Joel Hines; 7th, O H
Armfield, J H Faust, E B Jones and F L
Kline; 8th, C E Childs, W B Council, S D
Pearson and Robert Clay well; 9th, H B
Carter, Kope Elias, Frank Coxe and W M
Smith. 1 .
two miles cost nearly $20,000.
POLITICAL rOINTS.
Democratic retaliation is not
vindictiveness. It is simply I the firm en
forcement of justice by the use of the means
that nature and enterprise have placedjin
our hands. If. T. Star, Item.
The surplus has tempted both
parties in Congress to extra vsgance. Both
are to blame: the Democrat of the House
for originating lavish expenditures, the Re
publicans of tbe Senate for increasing them.
Stop the surplus and extravagance will
atop. N. T. World, Ind. Bern.
To listen to one of the Protec
tion speakers you would i think that the
Mills bilt was a terrible dragon, with horns
and spiked tail. Well, the i Mills bill pro
poses to lessen unnecessary taxation just a
little. You needn't be afraid of anything
that will take the taxes off you. Thurman
at Battle Greek. 1
If the American laborer gets
more for his labor than any! other laborer
in the world, let him have self-respect ,
enough to remember that it is to himself be
owes it, and never concede for a moment
that he is indebted to the tariff as a boom
for that which his own capacity has earned
him. Boston Herald, Ind. fiep.
- The Republican Senators have
done their level best to spend this year's
niwnv there "ia no need of
tax reduction. But they have not been able
to get away with the existing surplus in the
Treasury ($182,000,000). nor have they an
ticipated next year's surplus. iV. T. World,
Ind. Dem. M
How is Harrison to oarry New
York with 160,000 Prohibitionists railing
against free whiskey without prohibition;
with a labor vote ot ,70,000 nearly alt solid
lor the Mills bill, and with 43,000 Demo
cratic majority in New York and 18.000
Democratic majority in Brooklyn 1CMca
go limes, Ind. ' '