has double the cir
culation of any
other weekly, pub
lished! in tho city.
' Mratisirs te!
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SALISBURY. N C, THURSDAY JIARCH, 1 1894.
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NO. 4
ia is Dr. Samuel Pitcher! prescription for Infants
.ff? Cbildrcn It contains neither Oium, Morphine nor
!Ther Narcotic substance. It , is a harmless substitato
' L. TronK. SoaHiincr Stxuds. and Castor Oil.
-for ri"7Tv - 7- "
i u Pieasant. Its cuaranteo
itf illion of Mothers.
Castoria is
the Mother's Friend.
" Castona.
! riitew weU adapts tocWldren that
fS"' 11- A. AacHM. D.. . '
111- m T
OaorU' U ao unlrenal aad
wtU icnowa th&t it efa a work
-UJ 1 .
1 V""
YorkCUy.
j Thb Cestai; OoiOAirr, T7 Mcmlit BxaiKT,
jnuasoM'B ' y
MAGNETIC OIL! '
Instant Killed vfPaia. ' "
Internal anil External.
Core. KIli:UMATI8M, NKURAL
GIA,"Lme Beet Bpraias, Bruiser.
KwoiUnen. Stiff Josuta. OOUOand -
StCKA MPS inutoirtiy. Cbolerm Mor-
lus, Croop.Uiptnena, nore xbivhi
UKApACHE, aa U toy sucie.
MSE BRAND. Kui)e 8Trew.
r - niui Pmrt ratine I Alias itf or Man
JjiaailMeoo. Large 11 HaT&&,tQfc siiesOc
jOHKSOM'S ORIENTAL 0AP,
..ibsttdaixIToUe The Great Skin Cur and
idbBaautiftor. Ladies wlU find it e snort
!SeM od Mh perfumad ToUet Boap 011
fiSStit. ltubUitl pur. Makee the
aloft tad relvety and restores the lort corn-1
""oil InxwT r Bh r ,nfa"5?l
Cs ltckiDc, ctounsea the ecalp and premmcl
tpwtaolhJr. Price.ase. JPorealehy
EDWIN CUTHEELL,
rr - I Salisbury, N
SUDDEN DEATH!
Ths Community Shocked
if Last Teniae, just-after tea, while Mr.
Jitmu Hrtman, a prominent aod faigblr-
laoactedxitiieivappareiitl in the beet of
sails ud spirits, was reauing a newspaper,
3t sbeeC sudden! t fell U the ' floor ; lie
lucei otis knd orer his heart. Espedt and
aU bsek in his chair, evidently unoon
10W 'i'lkr lamilj were stricken with oon-
idmtioa,: aod immeaiateljr summoned .a
phtucUUL f nut tl was too. late. The o.Hl
putata'was dead. -4'lijsu-ians gare heart
Um u the c.ie."UoibrooJe Uanld.
Zurj dar the paners contain statements
ilvU) ike above. ' Even youth u no de-
r4i iftiiist luart disease, and the awful
nsiditf with which it is claiming victims
fcreei upon all a couTiction of its ore valence.
Kekier, if tou hare a 'symptom of this
Ind aisesse do not hesitate a moment in
Ooiinc to it. Delay! is always dangerous,
as. ji heart disease too often fatal. Some
naptOBH of heart dbease are shortness of
kwsia, flutterinr. or Inalnitation. nain or
Manesrin left side, shoulder, or arm, ir-
nrwir o(e, smothering, weak or hungry
2. faintipg spells, dropsy, etc
Clsnei ktven. York, pa., wrltesl "I-Jiiffered
M tuft Aimu tt v.ara FrannantlT mv'
Mt weskl team to Jump into my mouth, and my
Mdltlon mtAe me-vwy melancholy. Physicians
rn ae ao lellef. I became to much worse thst
rweotespwneit to liye, but was induced a a
iMort to ne Dr. Milef Sew Heart Cure. The
wa dir I Mi greatly relieved, aad at the end
wa leys i iit like a kfna. My araUtude U too
rpreiKtlon." . j y Ml . ;
Vk Bock well. TTnfnntAwn' Pa.. rA HI
art For four years previous to befin-i
with hesrt diease in a very severe form.
f.-V4"'1" ",1i e. "a H beneBt
" p in. Miles- remedy, on bottle of which
mn riniu, ia.a un ia i't-
SVtiaanJ Itnm.ak hM.VU k .
EL Nsw Heart Cnre and Kerve and liver
if." "ltof iheir use I am well."
Heart Cure la sold by aTldme-
S!.'t,P,-tiT fnsrantee, or sent by the lr.
Keiieel ro., Kkhart. Ind 1 iveeript of
LT 'i' ". ' bottles for f5. express pre
" poeirtrely .free frew all opiates or
"Ju draira.-Dr. UHea (Serve and Jlver
rin eenls ner hn m Itnvaa. II 00. If allad
rmbookatdrufista.erbyBULU. ,
For Rale by all Druggists.
ii
A. Tpiittuc I
olicy in 'the FnuiiaLlc
.Ue4-the.ln-!
m. tK-canse Jfis alsolutelv
. .? r.u -i Tiiatcs ou voUr 6w a
officiary 'f .vou live, and' protects
your family ,f The follow:!,
gjf'a.joe I0licy Holder
sarva , -1
uitablei Life
?fy reived his oVn life insurance,
"nbthi-hkiiitf over. X
Cox
J K mm yf ManaEer
""l n h
.1 r !
'L. ' .
1 hv Kforc m a statement of tne
. - - vu vm. ,f.. . i 1 . v . ....
" cce,fiT ' Vw f-'-J fn- penl reason.
SL''" h 1 U p to MJ that the
' Vours truly j1
MiL f - ' JAS.C..CfBSON.
rite for particulars to-day. Ask all
we questions you wish, ! The more
yS4ln0"t the Tontiue lie better
wm appreciHte it !
.J.R0pDEY,Miuii2ert
apartment of the CaroUnas,
s-a 2-
koc KILL, S.C.
Wdrcn
Cry for Pitched Ctorla
' saaBBBBamBBaBaaaasaBMBaaBasttSlSi
5a
- - - ,
is thirty years use hy
the Children's Panacea
JDastoria. -
Castorla eorM Colic, ConAipatkei,
Sour Stoaaaeh, Diarrhoea, Eruc-ailoa,
Hills Wonas, -c leer, tud roaotea
gestion. . - ' I
Without Injurious meiicatioa. .
i i i :
"For ererol years I have recommeadec
your ' Cantor U,' and, shall always cObtinnb t
do so as ltfbas invariabty produned benctda
rsulU.n - 1
Kows T". Parss, .ilj
125th Street -and 7th .v; 2z4 York Ctty
New Yobx Crrr
lfi kJtST A.9
IS THE SAFEST
INVESTMENT
I EVER MADE.
There are elnrb $ t-'l
dues which seU 2, ; .' .s c4 ? -a
net prolit tt $,2je,c:i a y j ir. '.V ;
but we sell a great r-.dry pairv the c
our ladies', misset' aU children"' f-!ix
ten eoBtii a puir, u'td oh o.r ricno' mid I
IS cents a pair. 'A a pir.'l. rtaMi-'i
-eaeUuf llie fi'iy t. .. f ' ?''- '
they sell oa'y ; 1 ' .'
earn 'i?V. irm y. ,.r -. ... ...
yearly diridvrd i i '.Z-. ash.-.r-, t-. .
a vcaron th i:iv;ti:iei.t. We et ! t':'-' f
a share. The pric-tnutt l:icv'.tnl.ly e
than $t a shar-. 1 i 0 k h r '
leasthaa this prise; '.. ..
ficmascesjitl. ircoc: -- . ..
We have OTcrl."'.v r ' .
r.v c
is iDcreaitlns dail"
holders arc : V. s. '
N. .V. Kcwl. Jr.. C'tlri
Kv ioufli, Litt!-! It
Tmtiht. l'hila.5 J'. I
k. A. ;-:
f.-rao-kMifh.: F. ?-.li;i:'.itt.-.,Vr-a
AV'rite for ii-prDp'CtiH'r:;iJu;:i!j fiti-.'it
our stocshoIdr rip., 1 r .
Orders Uken f . r occ or n
a xhare.
OEXTEB SHOE CO., k)
DEXfER 8H0B CO., ip. faplUl, $.,000,000.
BEST 81.fiO SHOK IN THE WOUtD,
dollar trtetd it a dollar eamtd.n
This Tjullca' Sol I.I French I)onela Kid "But
ton .Boot delivered free anywhere in the U.S., en
; receipt of Caah, kloney Order,
or l'vsul , Note for $1.50.
aua!s every war
the boots
L sold ia all retail
stores for
3rJ
2.50. We make this boot
ourselves, therefore we ttattr
afiea the Ji', ttyU and vrar,
and if any one is pot satisfied
we win rctiina tne money
or aend rother pair. Optra
's&V. Toe -or Common Sent",
widths C, D, K, fc Kv
. 1 tn tL. m,.A It.
5S?V' ies. Srn d vo nr
uill fii ..
icy .
Dexter Shoe Co
43 FEDERAL ST..
BOSTON.
Spccfal ttrmt to jMntz-r.
Caveata, aad Trade-Marks ohtainad, and all Pat
ent.bosinees conducted for Moocratc Fees.
Owa OrrtceisOetoaivc U.S. saTtwrOfficc
and we can secure patent iu less time than those
remote from Washington.
Seod model, drawing or photo., with descrip
tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of
charge. Oar foe not dae till patent to seen red.
A Pamphlct. 14 How to Obtain Pateata," with
names of acroal clients ia your State, 00 auty or
town, sent free. Address,
c.A.srjow&co.
Qrr. Patent Orricc. Wash'.bstom. D. C
i!a$.yioasTAO
460LDEB CAPSULES'
j Are Safe and Always
Kellable better thaav Tansy or Feanyroyal Pills
and all similar medicines. Unexcelled for IrregularV -ties,
Ac. SooceasruUy used la thousands of cases. las
aare remedy,. Kuaranteed, never falls. Price fl. A,
mecjoalledsaieffnard. XJkKESlUSS SPSCIFlf '
1 Market St, Ckicaftte, IU.
Sated the life
that is fighting
against Consump
tion. -
Only ao
promptly.
rut u on, ana
' -3.r .- nothing can avs
- -- -ti you. But, if tak-
X en m time. air.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will cer
tainly cure. ' :; . .
It must bs done through the blood and
the "Discovery" is the most potent blood
cleanser, strength-restorer, ana fiesh-builder
that's known to medical adenca, Tho scrof
ulous affection of- the lungs that's called
Consumption, and every form of Scrofula
aad blood-taints, all yield to it For Weak
Lungs, Spitting of Blood, Bronchitis, Asth
ma, and all severe, lingering coughs. It's an
unequaled remedy. Its the only one that
avaranteed. If it doesnt benefit or cure,
in every case, you have your money back.
Can anything else, at any price, be really
as cheap f .
You pay only for value received. 'V
Something else, that, pays the dealer bet
ter, may be offered as "just as rood. Per
haps it is, for kin, put it cant be, for you.
ITPHYS
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share fTriw.
S, I4i I . Vr..r
E.AI
WEEK INI CONGRESS-
Promises of the presont Week in
tho Senate.
isd what; of
THE
DEADLOCK?
Xh 8lrlorax Matter pucoawxl By
I - rr tHm Weak la Both BraacbM X
1
f Conffr
1
rTTABUCTOTdx. Febniary 26. -The pre-
eat wek in the aemte promises to be
barren in lecri&la.tian but fertile
! tion looking1 to the'shftpiafr of the poli-
cjf in power on I the tariff qrtpstion, i
Three very important matters wiAprob ;
fcbly 7 transpire f thhi j-week the . pre- 1
1 sentation of the taHff bill to the repub
lican members of the; a nance commit- -j
te4the4eiocra4uCus with the"
' same bill asfs -basis! f or discussion ?tn
"which dissatisiietl-, Ueedocrats are -expected
to bemofctrictire and the report
of the committee on foreign affairs on
the ilawaiian investigation. It ia not
unlikely that in pjesentiuj? this! report,
Mr. Morgan maymke a! lonjr jspeech.
f Mhml of itef Deadlock? j '
For .two weeks j jr. Bland has un
STailingly striven to? brin a majority
f the house of f representatives to the
support of Ms biU tO coin the seignior
age of the silver bullion in the treasury
or at least to induce a majority to vote
on the question of , closing- debate on
the measure and' thus bring it before
the house for disposition.
Bland says that! the struggles will be
kept up until the 1 bill shall have been
voted upon, if it takes all summer.
A prominent member, ' who has taken
no active part in the controversy over
the bill, but who bas voted to consider
it, said Sunday night:
"I very much doubt that thebill will
- be passed, even if a quorum be secured
to act upon it.? f -1 j
Tb republican program 'seems to be
fll ibaster against f the f" measure even
after the presence ;of a; quorum shall
have bee l secured. .' . j.
The committee on rules expected to
be called upon, then for an order to
limit debate an t tke a vote. Butunti
the quorum does appear, the members
o " the committee say that the orders of
. the caucus of last Monday to ke p the
eig torage bill before the house will
be carried out. Whienev -r the billhall
be disposed of, the election cases of
O'Neill va. Joy from the 11th ! M ssouri
district and of English vs. Ililbor from
the fourth Color .do district in both of
which the committee has reported
avor of ous4 iug th seated
THE GOLD FIND TR
The Nev-Or:eBi llt VcrlOes the R-
Sajj AxTOXto, fret., February 20.
The report of ai-r;ich gold discovery in
G iiiespic oaaty near Frcderieksburgh,
has becUfully verified. The j find was
made inr the' mountains on the ranch of
,DrjKnri4 Althaiisi, who is a inincrajo-
i&t of j considerable reputation. A !
sample erf the ore; tvas-sent to the New i
Orleans. mint forhexaniination and the :
followlntr was the result of the assay: ;
Chesiieal Lalwratory and Assay Office, j
Joseph Albreeht, M.,D.,
'kv Oiti ea. Sa February 10th. IS04.
Certificate of assay Of ore f ram Chris
tal Al.haas, t.Fredericksbnrgh, Tex.
Description of ore, quartz, gold per ton
15.0G6 ounces, silver per (ton eighty,
ounees, $30.4 j ft i ,,
This certiacate was accompanied by
a letter cozigratulating Dr. Althaas on
his lucky find. and stating that the
mine would undoubtedly prove of im
mense richness.'1 J. .-
CAPTURE OF GEN. FERNANDEZ.
Inaarceat Fearei Defeated la Saa Golbi-ial
f Major Tear tro Killed.
New prolix fj February 26. - Special
from Rio cohfinfns the sinking of the
rebel, transport Mercurio and adds:
The insurgent force " under , General
Piani were defeftted in San Gelbriel by
the Casttihistas according ton dispatch
just received here, i -
Major) Penetrd, of the insurgents,
was killed, j l f - !
It is now reported that General Isi
dore Fernandez 'is' still alive, though
rumors of hi' ath have been persis
tently circulated. The latest reports
state that he: is a prisoner and is ae
companying the rebel army.' f
" ' ' Two Stat e Conveatioaa.
Nashville Tenn., February 26.
The democr tic state executive com
mittee met here ; Saturday with a full
attend anc of : members. Secretary
Pearcy having been j appointed consul
to Colon, John II. Bullock was elected
disensaion.' ft waa . decided to bold twa'
conventions, and April tth was agreed
on as the date for : the convention to
nominate candidates for the supreme
bench, j The committee also decided not
to have the! gubnatorial . convention
nn? 2r the ei5ti2a " Au;
T .. .
vvnen ue soniaiiKe -wn awew, waica
will be on April ljth.
! Steele Hackay la JJead.
Dcstfim; February 26. Steele Mac-
kay died this! morning at Timpus, Colo.
a sjnal
statfon near the new Mexican
jine, apoard a Santa Fe train on his
way to! San Francisco. " r . ' J j
; , s. . 1 - 1 ; .
The CuUiy Caahlrr Ends Hla Life.
VwXA,February 6. Cashier Ferles,
who embezitled 102,000 florins from the
department; of the public debt and fled
during the bflicial inspection,; has com
mitted sui(de.
TennwiM't CWriatlaa Kndea
NasnviLiB, February 26. The Ten
nessee! Christian Endeavor union ad
journed last night after the largest
meeting ever held in the south by thia
organization.
.i i:3i ; i
Eaniuoas Cheaea Fool ball Captatn.
CAMnRipOK, Mass., February 21. -R.
W. Emmons has fbeen elected captain
of the Ifarjyard; football team for the
year. 5 Eipmons jpiayed left end last
tWL i I:
itfeaeral Allew
Dyhss;.
S.3T PnXscisco, Febrairy SC.
Oen-
eral Jauies M. Allen, a veteran from
the Mexican war, and an ex-Confederate
brUrier, Is dying in this city.
fhildrW Cry ibr Pitches rcria.
in
y
memoers,
lDtsrmcerr rroetedias; at Catoversv lie
v T iBrttlgstted by MepaWleaa iisvuo-
faetareea. - ,-
;? W . freed the bodies of our black
slaves thirty years " ago. We have not,
however, freed either their labor or
the labor of our more numerous white
slaves. We will not nave done so until
we have change4 the conditions which
tnake them, both as producers and con
sumers, subjects and creatures of mo
nopoly. One of the ' chains ' that bind
them is tha protective' tariff. This
chain was forged and is held in place
by protected manufacturers ' The
elections of 1890 and 181 loosened
i their hold, but they am now becoming
desperate and refuse to slacken their,
monopoly grip.
The reform club, of New York, has
been holding meetings in various east
ern cities where so-called democratic
representatives have refused to d the
bi.idng of their eoostituents and hare
sold out to the manufacturers of thelr-f
districta In Paterson. X. X, in Provi
dence, R. I., and iu Amsterdam. Troy
and Cohoea, N. Y. these meetings have
been most successful in winning back
to tariff reform those -workintrmea
who have wavered when their wajjes
have , been re'ducel because of the
shadow of 'the Wilson bill, as they
were told.
In only one ense did the workiegmen
fail to respond to true democratic
principles. This was at Gloversville,
N. Y., and here are the circumstances:
An audience of over s,000 had crowd
ed into the opera house at O4oversvil!e
to hear Mr. Thomai U. Shearman. As
in other meetings three-fourths attend
ed to listen to tar ill reform arguments.
They might be skeptical, but they were
open to conviction. In the gallery,
however, there were about 5 )0 men and
boys, including a well organized gang
of 200 men who had been primed with
liquor. The republicans who pr'.med
them gave them to understand that
they were to make it unpleasant for the
Epeaker afJ, if possible, to break up
the meeting. It has since been assert
ed in the local p ipers that a liberal
supply of stale eggs was on! hand for
expected U3e, No polie-; were the e as
the mayor was opposed to the meeting.
Kepublican papers had for several days
been slyly preparing the way for what
followed.
Gloversville i has 15,000 inhabitants
and is the center of the glove industry
in this country Nine-tenth of the
gloves made need no protection an l ia
facMthemanufacturers would tiirive
. betterwithout any; but that does not
concern us. - As often happens in pro-
cte.l indastries. nearly alt of the best
r mill nrnrlrrs nro tm tmrtn ffirnlcrnpr-i.
Glove cutters are practictlly all for
eTr.rnfrs. Many of the reent imnort t
tions are Huns anJ Italians, it was
these who were relied upon to disturb
the meeting.
."IJefore I had talke 1 for fifteen min
utes," said Mr. Sherman, ''the opposi
tion to me developed. I announced
that at the closo of my talk I would
answer any questions that any one
present might want to ask. A' .man
who was sitting in the bxiy of the
house arose and asked me a question.
When I started to answer it he con
tinued to talk. This was a signal for
his friends in the gallery. They booted,
hissed and stamped. They shou ed all
r
6irts of questions that were wi le of the
subject. This man on the floor lei
thein The chairman of the meeting
told me that he was a low kind of fel
low, and he really was a low kind of
fellow and very vulgar. Some of the
remarks were obscene."
Mr. Shearman tried to quiet the au
dience and go on with his speech, but
the mob in the gallory di l -t want a
free trade speech. They jeered every
remark he; made. They commented on
his personal appearance Mr. Shear
man is a small m m physically and
then they began a steady stamping of
their feet that was veryj annoying to
the speaker.
"I did not fear personal violence,
said Mr. Shearman, "for the men in a
mob are always cowards. I called their
attention to the fact that Garrison,
Lovejoy and Phillips had been hooted
and jeered in the same way when they
advocated abolition of the black
slaves, and I was willing to stand it in
the cause of advocating abolition of the
white slaves. The respectable part of
the audience wanted to listen to what
I had to say. I kepi on my feet for
i two hours I- wasn't able to say much
! that could be .heard. Then I took a
chair and sat down, telling these row
dies that thoy couldn't tire me out.
They swarmed down from the gallery,
and as there were no seats in the body
of the house they stood in a gang
around the front of the stage, thveat-
entng
to do me injury. But when I
had them right under my eyes, where
I could talk to them, they subsided a
: littl. One man told me I was a rebel
: mud a traitor. I said to him: Two of
my brothers went to the front during.
! the fight for the union, and I wanted
i to tro. but ther wouldn't take me. X
! , . .w.
have spent $2&,000 supporting the fam
ilies of men who were killed in that
war. Now. sir, what have you done?
Did you go to the front? Did you spend
any money for the families of those
who did? That turned the laugh on
him."
At the end of two hours and a half
of effort to talk free trade, Mr. Shear
man declared that the present hard
times were not due to fear of tariff
changes, and that uader the influence
of the new tariff bill times would again
become prosperous. This so angered
the mob that they broke out afresh.
They called Mr. Shearman names, they
hooted, and when their throats got
tired thev made all the; noise they
cpuld with theSr feet. It was very dis
tressing. Logic is a very good thing
in its way. MK Shearman thinks that
his free trade logic is irresistible, but
it doesn't count against a mob of un
employed wajre-earners such as attend
ed the Gloversville meeting.
By this time the chief of police had
reached the scene of the agitation
with all the available night force of
police. The curtain was ru .g down
and the meeting was adjourned. Mr.
Shearman and the officers of the meet
ing stnrted for the hotel There were
enough police to aUtkm one on each
aioe 01 Air. otiMriuan. who -wIicmI in
front, followed by the officers Of the
meeting', who were protected in the
same war. Tho locai paper described
it as a cordon of police, j This proces
sion was followed by an angry mob. who
would haver been even more rude if
tneyhar not feared the police. At the L
hotel Mr. Shearman turned sarcastic
ally and thanked every! one for bis
kindness and courtesy, f ,j j
J , BEWARE OF TRICKS.
CamhtnatlMs Acmistat thm fa some fax
' Sboald lt WaicbL j j'
The direct attack on the income tax
has been defeated. The vote! in the, l
house on annexing It to the tariff bill
showed an unexpectedly large major! !
ity in Its favor, and its! strength in the;
senate Is a surprise to those who have!
fondly imagined that a wise law could
be beaten by heaping epithets upon it
It is now admitted that a number of
f western republican senators will tote
nd ntor IlaleJ ot. Maine, an
eastern, man aad a republican, has
frankly declared that the' tax Is popu
lar iu hi state. -
while this is encouraging, friends of
the measure must be vigilant, j Failure
in the direct attack is liable to be con
verted into vic'ory by indirection.
The sugar trust has joined hands with
the opponents of the income tax There
is groUnd for the suspicion that the
primary object of restoring sugar,- coal
and Iron to the "dutiable list is to make
it easier to eliminate the income tax
from the MIL
Ostensibly the motive of restoring
these taxes is to provide revenue,! but
the internal revenue schedule of! the
Wilson bill more than compensates for
any deficiency likely to be caused by
the free list or tho reduction of cus
toms duties. When the needed revenue'
is thus provided for in the : customs
schedules the argument will then be
sprung that the income tax is superflu- J
ous, as the revenue it would yield is
not necessary. f
This is one of the tricks to be guard
ed against. Another is the proposition
.to sever the income tax from! the rest
of the bill and offer it as a separate
measure. The argument urged in
favor of this is that the income rax
would be stronger by itself, because of
republican votes. But , behind this
argument ia the hope (probably a vain
one) that as a separate bill the income
tax would be killed by an executive
veto, which could not reach it when in
corporated with the tariff bill
i If it were true that the income tax
handicaps in any degree the more
vitally important tariff bill the World
would not hesitate to demand ! their
separation. But those best! qualified
to judge are of the opinion that the
tariff bill is strontrer with the income
tax feature than it would be without it
Let the Wilson bill stand. ! The sen
ate cannot do more wisely than pass it,
as it came from the house. N. Y. World.
ECONOMIC POINTS.
Some
Pa
tMfrraphs by Henry UeorM That
A re Worthy of Consideration.
Economically, what difference is
there between restricting the importa
tion oi iron to benefit iron producers
and restricting sanitary improvements
to benefit undertakers.
To attempt to make a nation pros
perous by preventing it from buying
from other nations is as absurd as it
would be to attempt to make a man
prosperous by preventing him from
buying from other men.
If not true already, it will not under
present conditions; be many years be
fore the English aristocracy will draw
far larger incomes from their American
estates than from their home estates
incomes to supply wnicn we must ex
port without any return in imports.
.Now, against what country is It that
American protectionists must demand
protection? If we could have! a pro
tective tariff against only one country
in the whole world what country is it
that American protectionists would se
lect to be protected against? Unques
tionably it is Great Britain, instead of
being the country of lowest wages, is,
next to the United States and the Brit
ish colonies, the .country' of highest
wages.
"It is a poor rule that will not work
both ways" If we require a protective
tariff because of Our high wages, then
countries of low; wages ; require iree
trade or. at the yery least, have noth
ing to fear from free trade. How is it.
then, that we find protectionists of
Germany, France and other low wage
countries protesting that their indus
tries will be ruited by the free compel
tition of the higher wage- industries of
Great Britain and the ; United States, .
just as vehemently as our protection- 1
its protest that our Industries would
be ruined if exposed to free competition
with the products of the "pauper labor"
of Europe? j
me Ct of llaV,
We hope that before the end of
March the bill will have leen passed
through the senate, will have gone
through the ordeal of a icommittee on
conference whose report will be accept
able to "both branches of congress and
that the president will have signed it.
In placing the date for this final act
six weeks ahead we may be charged
with entertaining an unduly sanguine
opinion, but even this delay prooaoiy
means the loss I to the people of the
United States of not less than fci00.000,.
000 of what would otherwise have been
created wealth. I We wish it were pos
sible to impress upon the minds of sen
ators a due appreciation of the value to
the country of every minute of tinny so
that they would conscientiously avoid
saying a rties word; bat, judging
by the experience in the sliver debate,
we fear that such an ainout of self-restraint
is something not to be expected.
Boston Herald.
v A People's flaht.
The fight for income tax is emphat
ically a struggle of the masses against
the privileged classes, and the people
are as thoroughly iu earnest in support
of it as they are for tariff reform or for
anir other mode of release from indus
trial servitude It would not be wise
for the senate to attempt to deny their
ri.mand. The "rich men's club" is not
in ovmd odor now. and it will not take
much more to make the demand for its
abolition emphatic and universal. iO-
dianapulis SfcnlineL :
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FUNNY MR. HOAR
muslas; Ant Irs of the Maaaehaatt ft 1
y' j at.r Ills "War Oat-
Senator Hoar staked his reputation
and political salvation, in his Llncoin
ian address ia Jeraev Otv. On t Via
sertkm that there was only one way to-
,w . " wneets 01 the factories'' a&4
bring back -'prosperity and comfort to
ue nomea of the wurkiagmwo.
' .1DU
way was:
Let six men. whom vm am
1.1 couaq name, m the United States un.
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: ate; let one man, whom you or I eouki! 1
name, in me executive chair, declare
i to-morrow morning that they or ha)
! will not permit for the next three yearrf
any change in the tariff policy of thiai
country. We have listened In vain foC
any such declaration this morning, aa4
yet, to our. surprise, we find in the
Tribune news of "many mills starting
up.- Still more surprising it is to find
that this news comes from Rnfc
Hoar's own home. Worcester. Mas
xne aispatcn ststes that "every eoft.
ton mm in. tne county is running, and
two-thirds of the sets of woollen ma
chinery. Doubtless there !s some mis
take about thia The mills may have
started up on the" mistaken idea that
they or he" bad made the necessary
declaration, but as soon as Mr. Hoar
gets back to Washington; he will tele
graph to have the mills closed at once.
Otherwisei he may be called upon to
fulfill his awful threat! of becoming a
"free trader and a democrat for the
rest of my natural life?"
Such
amusing antics by comlo old
gentlemen like Senator Hoar serve only
to indicate how completely the terror
izing tactics of the republican party
on the tariff have come to naught The
now tariff is certain to become law and
business is certain to revive. Business
would revive under any law absolute
free trade or the McKinley doubled or
quadrupled. It would revive, to ebtnt
extent at least, simply because con-,
sumption is now treading 01 the heels
of production, and the mills must start
up becausj orders are coming in.
Already we begin to see the republic
ans making a shift to explain now we
can enjoy such blessings without as
cribing all the praise and glory of-them
to McKinley. If they Had co.ne under
his law they would have bean exclu
sively due to it It will never do to ad
mit that they arc a consequence of the
Wilson bllL snd so we expect to see
glowing tributes to the recuperative
power of our industries and the con
tinue! 1 goodness of providence. The
logical formula is much like that by
whieh a Bushman explains his devotion
to his fetich: All disasters that occur
are due, to the superior power or cun
ning of the devil, temporarily getting
the upper hand; but success in raids
and robbery is due solely to the inter
vention of the fetich. N. Y. Evening
Post
THE ALTERNATIVE
Should Sagar or Lare;- Iin-omoe Be Smk
Jet to raztlo.i?
Shall largo incomes be taxed, or
shall sugar be retaxed to meet the de
ficiency in the revenues?
A ax of one cent a pound on raw
sugar would yield, on the basis of last
year's importations, $37,00.). 000. This
is a little more th:in the committee esti
mate will be produced by the proposed
tax on individual and corporate in
comes. A duty on sugar is a proper revenue
tax. It goes straight to the treasury.
It would never have been repealed by
the republicans except for their desire
to prevent reductio s in other sched
ules in which as a party they were far
more deeply interested.
But when the present alternative is
presented the question is, as strongly
put by Mr. Mc.Millin in the house,
"whether it is better to tax surar, of
which everyone c-msumes about the
same quantity, or accumulated wealth,
which nyw goes practically untaxed,
for government purposes. Shall we
tax a man on what he has or on what
he eats?" '
What is the natural answer of the
democratic party the party of the
masses in distinction from the classes
to such a question as this? Consump
tion already pays 83 per cent of the
cost of the federal government Shall
it continue to bear substantially the
whole?
A mechtn'c with a wife and five
children,, living on an income of 91.000,
consumes about as much sugar as a
family of the same size having ao in
come of flO.OK) or SiO.OO'J. Is it
equal, is it jnst, to tax them both the
same amount?
An alternative is sometimes the
strongest argument It' is so in this
case." N. Y. World. i
The Knights of loor ol the United
States are about to start upon a cam
paign having for its object the removal
of the negroes from the - United Mates
and their colonization in tlie Congo
basin. Lib ria, or s trie other part of
Africa.
The Confederate solttkrs" and sailors"
monument, at Richmond, will be un
veiled on May ?.0th net- The monu
ment is situated on Lib'o.v hill, and is a
tall granite pil'ar. surmounted by a
bronze figure of a private soldier.
.Inrtfre Sar. of tr-e United States ci -
cult court has refuse ! to reduce the
sentence of Frank Porterti -Id, ex-cashier
of efunet Commercial National
bank nt Nashville. '.' ern., to five years.
Porte rfield ws taken to the prison at
Brooklyn e.sterdi:y.
James V halen, a foremnn employed
bw the Cons-oliclated i ml road on the
four-tracking operations at Noroton,
Conn., and James II esly were struck
and almost instantly killed by a tram
near Uowarton yesterday morning,
Whalen's home wa in New York ami
Healy's in Boston.
Ghndreo Cry fcr Pitcher's Castor
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REED'S RECKLESS STATEMENTS
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Uls Bafereaoea to Easilsas Cera UviAie
, . j -7 MlaUadiag-. ' !;
By a singular fatuity, common to the
Instinct of the party, republican edit
prs have seised thst part of Mr. Reed's
speeoh in which he dealt with the
period of the English corn law repeal .
as the moat brilliant and .successful ef-
fortT not onlv Of hia iruwh Knt rf tVia.
debate. It haooens that that is inat
the portion of Mr. Reed's argument in
which, he was either entirely ignorant
of the facta or in which he most will
fully suppressed them. Z
Let us stato his position in all frank
ness, in his own words:
"According to the usual story that ia
told, England had been engaged in a
tong and vain struggle with the demon
of protection, and had been year after
year sinking- further into the depths.
Nntil at a moment when she
la her
deepest distress and saddest
pibjbt.
1 lur rA a vi a 1 .
yuwira nuu ais insnas pro via en
tially appeared, and after a hard
struggle established a principle for all
time and for all the world, and straight
way England enjoyed the sum of
human happiness. Hence all good na
tions should do as England has done,
and all would be welL . " ! .
"This fairy tale has not the slightest
resemblance to history.
"Was that crusade the same as is
waged here to-day? Are the gsatle
xnen of the ways and means committee
legitimate successors of Bright and
Cobden and the Anti-Corn Law league?
Not the least in the world.! That was :
a fight by the manufacturers. This is
a fight against the manufacturers."
Now . what were the facts? The
declaration of the league, which di
rected the repeal agitation, expressly
laid down the principle that all duties
were to be abolished. Its organizers
selected the duty on corn only as the
most odious and the most successful to
appeal to the country on, for It touched
every man's stomach (mostly then
em pty, by virtue of its operation), but
the battle was continued against every
other form of protection duty until the
number of articles liable to duties has
been reduced from the host, which no
man could number, to a total of lesa
than twenty.
Mr. Reed put in the forefront tha
battle for corn-tax repeal a repeal he
justifies, curiously enough, on exactly
the arguments we democrats use
against him "because it was an odious
law enacted to enhance the price of
breadynot for the benefit of the farmer,
but of the aristocratic owner of the
land;" just as we say odious laws here
"enhance the price." not for the bene
fit of him who makes, but of the aristo
cratic combiner. Having got so far
honestly, however, he drops the his
tory of the repeals . of protective cus
toms duties whieh followed corn, and
then pauses, points the moral to his
admiring and unenlightened satellite!,
and says: "Thank God we are not
like those wicked English tories who
enhanced the price of daily bread. We
do no such abomination, and, there
fore, gentlemen, the democratic allu
sion to the free trade campaign in
England is a f airy tale.' "
We will continue the history, in
short, where Mr. Reed blindly or will
fully left it So multitudinous were
the articles subject to Import duty no
man could number them; they were
like the sands of the sea. No man liv
ing at the time when, in August, 1ML
Peel became prime minister and , chan
cellor of the exchequer, with an empty
treasury, which higher and higher pro- ,
tection only starved more and mere ef
fectually, could be found to tell the
committee on import duties how many
articles were really subject to duty.
AU the most experienced secretary ot
tha board of trade could say wss that
there were L150 articles specifically
mentioned, each having a fixed specific
duty charged thereon, but that every
thing which was missed by tne speeina
duty was covered by. three other est
valorem duties of SO and. 5 and-SO per
cents., respectively. Anyway, the cua- -
toms for the year ended J snaary 5, 140,
amounted to 1113,000,00a
In the three years succeeding 1M1
the duties on 500 articles were entirely
repealed, and on 700 mora tha duties
were reduced,
In 1843 6S0 more artielea were placed
on the free list at one blow. Nearly
all customs taxes on raw material were
released, the only exception being tim
ber and tallow, which survived yet a
few more years.
Where Peel left the ax In 1S4S Glad,
stone took it up in 1853, and before
1860 he had reduced rates on 310 articles
and repealed 110 duties. . r-
In 1860 be reduced rates on 56 arti
cles and repealed 250 duties. In 1861
he brought the total of articles leviable
to 127; in 1866 to 1001 in 1867 to 64, and
in 1886 to 47.
And yet Mr. Reed would 1 have tha
American voter believe the movement
was merely one began' and concluded
against an odious corn tax and not for
the freedom of manufacture and raw
materiaL Not so. The corn law was
the strongest point of attack. The
principle admitted 00 that repeal car
ried the logical sequence the ultimate
freedom of alL American Industries.
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