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The Poetry of Protection. Just a little dollar, on its mis- sion sent, makes a lot of -people glad each time the coin is spent; You pay it to the ; butcher, for meat to give you strength ; he takes it to the grocer from whom it goes at length, some pretty bit of cloth or lace his Abetter half to buy , or helps to get her winter hat to make her rival sigh . The dry goods man .sends on the coin to pay his market bill, and though the coin is often- spent, it stays fa dollar still, and every time 'tis spent at home; some act of good is done in if booming" j local indus tries, ere settingof the sun. - But if you take that shining coin and break the local chain, the chances are that 'from afar 'twill not return again;.-! If once it passes out of town , the butch er and the baker, the grocer and the dry goods' man, the cook, the undertaker, the carpenter, the carriagewright, "the black smith, every one, will loose the chance to touch that coin ere setting of the sun. i Just ..keep the little coin at home, just keep it moving well, and every time it changes hands; some body's goods j 'twill sell. That single little dollar has thus a wonderous power to make somebody better a dozen times an hour: It pays the bill and wards off ill, and ne'er its power relaxes to soothe the doctor , buy tie coal and pay for clothes ai'id taxes -: -; - v- - " . - w iaaer j enKins , ; saia an Ohio farmer as he bustled 'i into her "house one; morning , ' I am a man of business. I am worth $10,800 : and want; you4 for "I a wife. I give you three minutes in which' to answer. '' " f ;: "I doii t want ten seconds old man," she replied , as she shook put the I dish a cloth. r V ' Ifm ; a woman of business-, " worth ;$16; OOOJrand '.'If wouldn't sjmarry you if Jou were the last man on earth ! Ji give I you - a 1 minute and a half to git.'- H v; THE YEAR'S SHOWING. Admirable Illustration of : the Benefits of the" meiv : lean Policy. The year gust closed is an - ad mirable illustration of the bene fits : resulting from - a wisely framed Protective -Tariff. 1 The first half was dull and profitless, and, there- was a growing cry that the Republican party had failed to - keep - its i promises of good times ; but during the latter half: business was ; larger th an ever before in the n ation ,'s his tory. The exports greatly ex ceeded the imports, showing that the country sold more than it bought.' "Mills started up on all sides, the wages of operators were increased in many locali ties, railroad earnings showed a pronounced increase over the preceding year, and the leading industries, such as woolen goods, iron and steel, boots and shoes, etc., enjoyed a demand never equalled in previous1 years: As for the wheat trade,? it was phe nominal, the exports being enor mous and the price very profit ble. Tho shipments of merch andise to- foreign ports during the first eleven months of- the year exceeded those of the same period in 1896 by $86, 000 ,000, and for 1895 by $242, 000, 000. This showing . ought to satisfy any reasonable man of the ben efits of a wise Tariff. But apparently the zenith has not been reached. Sh re wed ob servers predict a - still larger trade in 1898. All indications point in that direction. Dealers in many lines say that stocks in jobbing and retail hands are smalLand buyersTaie even now nibbling at ; the markets in a way that presages activity, after the7 new ye'ygets'well'vgbihgl There has been no pronounced decline in prices , and mbsroom modities are more than . liolding their own in this respect.TWheat keeps up. which means a - good deal not. only to the farmer, but to the whole country ; and ," in fact , almost ; the entire linet b.fij farmprodicts are selling at re munerative figures. : tL ' Everybody h The farmer has emerged front his long eclipse and has money to spend once more. ..The mer chant again feels the satisfaction of ihe tradesman when goods go out of "his store: abou tas fast as they come ini The capitalist has no fear .that with" the exer cise of ordinary caution in put ting out his funds xhis interest will not be fourth coming in due season. The wage worker has lessdifficulty in findig employ ment, and when he gets it it is more permanent.' When times are brisk more men are needed, - ... r - " - -;, -- v- - , . - and here is where the worKing- mnn ic "KonwKfrl -Thfv ft 1ifnlt.lir state of trade, to say nothing of the better wages which he is likelv to receive. . " Taken- in all 1897 : was not a bad year, but 1898 bids -fair to make an even better record. San Francisco Call: : At axecent Democratic meet ing in Ohio, the speaker and the audience were very much disturbecVby a. .man who - co n s tan tly .called for " Mr. Henry. Whenever a new speaker -came on, this man howled but, "Mr. Henry ! Henry ! Henry ! I call for Mr Henry 1" , : " After several interuptions of this kind - at each speaker, a young man ascended 1 the plat form, and was soon : airing his eloquence in magnificent style, striking out powerfully in his jestures , when, the bid cry .was heard for, Mr Henry. Putting his hand: to his mouth like a speaking : trumpet , this man was howling at the , top of his voice, -Mf. Henry M Henry ! Henry ! I. call for Mr. . Henry to make asjpeach." The chairman cow arose, and remarked that it WUMlllge ; tile: "atdfdde if the gentleman would refrain, r from any, further calling for Mr. Hen ry ,- as that gentleman I was now sai(letffrber ;.orli&OTejcH ing?. 'Thunder lthat can't be MrpHenry ! j Why that 's the lit tle cuss that toldJ me to holler. '
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