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s - r Leading Paper Aariic: Circulatitjn -HEST . IS THE ADVERTISING MEDIUM. YELLOW TOBACCO DISTRICT. o $2.ooaYear;6 Mcs.?i.oo. -o- 5Ratcson AppIicationJ GA.moiuiisr, GioiuinNr, Hje-vte3t7s Blessings A-TTEItd IEIe:r., 7? y r Til HENDERSON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1S8S. NO. 35 VOL. VII. f i i i t i Constant worry and work, in shop and kitchec Office or parlor, destroy nerve force. Excess in au direction surely ends in sleeplessness, forgetfulnest. morbid fears, and oilier symptom of NERVOUS DEBILITY. Every part of our bodies is filled with nerves, an the wear and tear of the nervous system results is dizziness, heart troubles, deranged digestion, neu ralgia, and kidney diseases. Strengthen the nerves, and at once the sufleier is A NEW MAN. Ask your doctor if Celery is good for nervous dis eases, and he says. Yes. Ask him if Coca is good, and he says. Yes. Hut he never thought of com bining them 1 Celery and Coca are The BEST NERVE TONICS and their specval sedative, strengthening and stimu lating powers are fully obtained in REDDCE TAXATION And Lighten the Burden, In juring No One. HON. R. 0. MILLS' CLOSING SPEECH The Treasury Surplus Free "Wool Against Free Whisky The Tariff Loft Twice as Illjii as the Wasos Faid Falsity of the Cry of "Frco Trade." If. H ame's ibound This medicine is invaluable in the treatment of all nervous disorders. When the brain is exhausted, a little of this wonderful nerve tonic will give it tone and elasticity. With the Celery and Coca, are com bined the best blood purifiers and kidney and liver regulators, it surely 'URES Nervous Prostration.Nervous Head. ' ache. Neuralgia, NervousWeaknesa, Stomach and Liver Diseases, and all 'affections of the Kidneys. Recommended by professional and business men. Send for book. Price $J.OO. old by druggists. iVE.LS, RICHARDSON & CO.. Proprietor BURLINGTON vT FACTS THAT ARE Worth Remembering;. Mint a policy f Tife Insurance nfinnl re;tdv i:iii.' ;iv;ii luble fur the wiiut f ; family in tin ev.Mit of tin de;iUi of tl;e pol ic-liiitl.M . sun I tlr.it tln linnu'V coll.-ctei f i. mi t!n notiev is often tin oniv tune's a tin' i.iiiiiediate command o on I tin: family. -:o: That tin proee suiamv will oft i'iI-; of :t p.diey of Life mi si id ;ui executor or In ail an rstitti niinNtrator in the sett'emeut of :iml prevent an unfavorable sale of prop erty tu di.-ch;ugc the debts of the deceased. That forced sales of property ly executors or administrators do not always biinii tiie "est r.Nults. and that any an anyyuieiit winch will prevent jiioperty can be .sold tlesiiable. such sales until the for its value is very Tlio house Laving under consideration the hill (II. It. 0057) to reduce tho taxation and simplify tho laws in relation to the collection I of tho revenue Sir. Mills said: Mr. Speaker: The report of tho treasury department shows that we Lavo row in tho United States over J 1,900,000,000 in gold, silver and paper money. Of this amount, ex clusive of bullion, thcro is securely locked within the vaults of the treasury the sum of $000,000,000. After all demands against tho government have been provided for, there is left a balanco of $129,000,000, which repre sents tho sum wrung from tho people by ex cessive and unjust taxation. Under the rates of taxation now existing, the excess of receipts over expenditures is increasing over $9,000,000 per niontli. To take from tho people this large excess not re quired for any just and necessary expendi ture of government, even if dono by a just and equitable system of taxation, would be vicious and hurtful enough; but when we re member that taxation is levied not upon tho wealth of tho country, but upon tho products of lalxr, and that tho amount required by kw is so much taken from tho annual supply that must satisfy the necessary wants of life, and that tho sum of the exaction so required i; equal to $47.10 on every ?10i) cf taxed ar- : tides, it is enough "to startle the country and ! arouse it to action. Dut this is not all of the vicious conse ; quonccs that flow from unjust and excessive i taxation. Wrongs never go alone. This j largo sum of money extracted from theehaii- r.els of business circul.ition and locked up in j the treasury is constantly lowering tho price ; of tho products of lalior not protected against 1 competition, mid while increasing the le ' inp.nds of the tax catherer it decreases his ability to comply with those demands. Those who have means, and who have been excused from sharing with their fellow citi zens the burdens of taxation, find their for tunes improved, while the less favored citi zen, who must live by his daily toil, finds himself anxiously inquiring Low he is to ob tain employment and support for himself and thoso dependent ou him. Depleting tho chan nels of circulation necessarily arrests con sumption. Whoa ability to buy the things that want requires is decreasing tho demand for them w ill decrease in tho same propor tion, and when the demand decreases tho production will correspondingly decrease. Then employment is restricted, laborers aro reduced or discharged, and suffering, distress and discontent are seen ou every hand. Sir, that is a question we must consider. If this contraction continues at the present rato it can not bo long before the threatened disaster reaches us; but the time of its com ing none can tell. It is enough for us to know that tho country is in a perilous situa tion and that it is j et in our power to avert the peril. Aptly and well did the president in his message defino the situation when he sid it was not a question of theory, but a j question ot condition, that confronted us. On this sale we have made an honest cliort to relieve this condition of affairs. We havo brought before tho house a bill which will lessen tho inflow of money into tho public treasury and permit tho excess to 'remain where it rightfully belongs, in the pockets of the people. Uy existing law the average rato of taxation on dutiable goods imported is ? 17. 10 on every $100 worth. The bill now pending, when reported by the committee ou ways and means, reduced tho average rate from 17.19 to 40. But the amendments which have been adopted in the committee of the whole have restored to I policy, Tkirn v.lla TTfe povcriiineEfTcr ralslug revenue by duties on imports. 1 Lavo often spoken of K'ese tari-s as free trade t&rilTs, and tho decade from 1SG0 to ISG0 cs a free trade decade, because under these tarifTs and during that time the f oroign commerce of the United States was not then fettc: cd by obsU-uctions In the interest of individuals and monopolists t-A.puiausc. But let us exami:i2 tho schedule of this bill and see if wo can find any free trade con cealed in them. Wo have not touched, tho liquor schedule, nor tho silk schedule, lc cause thought that thoso who used the articles embraced in these could alTcrd to pay the duties levied on thera by existing law. The tobacco schedule Las been stricken from the bill in the cornmitteo of tho whole. Wo have tried to reduce the duties upon tho necessaries of life, because the great body of tha people aro compelled to have them. The first schedule is that of drugs and chemicals. Tho arerage rate of duty by ex isting law is G;2.87 per cent. We reduce it to 23.17, or a reduction of 4.70 in tho hundred. They say that will destroy ttie domestic manufacture. Why? Because labor is so much cheaper in foreign countries. But tho whole labor cost is only 10.9 per cent. If tho labor cost here was 100 per cent, higher than in foreign countries, which it is not, then G per cent would fully cover tho difference, but wo leave 23.17, more than twice the en tire labor cost. Is thero any danger to chemical industry in a reduction of 4.7 per cent. ? The demand of the government for revenue will more than double the entire la bor cost, so that tho labor is not endangered. But it seems a little strange that as the tariff is levied to protect American labor aud th j protection is 3-.S7, that tho laborer only gets 10.9. Thero seems to be a leak somewhere. Tho next is earthen anrl glass ware. The duty under tho existing law is ?f,9.55 ou every 100; by this bill it is 52.17. And this is from trade, too. Mr. Speaker, if ?.j2.17 taxation cn ?100 worth of property imported into tho United States from foreign countries is freo trade, in God's name will some one tell mo what is me.ant by the term protection? Applause. Well, these manufacturers are alarmed about cheap foreign labor, too, and they want protection enough, they say, to cover the deference between wages in Europe and here. Oao of our consuls in England tells us that the average labor cost of earthen ware in the United States in 18S2 was 40,' per cent., nnd in Staffordshire, England, 4734 Per cent If this l3 true, our labor is cheaper than tho foreign. But if the foreign labor cost noth ing, th-a we havo left per cent, enough to pay tho whole labor coct of our manufact ures. The labor cost of earthen and glass v::re, as shown by tho census of 18S0, was 41 per cent., and wo havo left 2.17 per cent. Why is it that all of that jS9..V per cent, did not get to the laborer, only 41 per cent, hav ing found its way to his pocket? The next schedules is metals. Wo ha ve re ei'.ieed the duties from an average 01 -i'J. i per cent, under the present tariff to SS.47 un der the pending bill. This is a reduction of ?'2.o0 on flOO worth of imported metal.-;. There is nothing revolutionary in that, noth ing to excite alarm, and it is a long way yet to free trade. A reduction on pig iron from 50. GO to ;VJ. 50 per cent, still leaves it with a heavy eiuty, and tho tax of G per ton which wo propose is the war tariff rate of 1S03. The reduction of the duty cn steel rails from S4.33 Ier cent, to 54.57 leaves a duty higher than it was from is(j. to 15U it was men v per cent. In 1S70 the duty was changed to a spe cific rate of C-23 per ton. Tho equivalent ad valorem was then about 3 per cent. It seemed a reduction. Doubtless it was dono under the pretense of prevening undervalu ation and fraud that is, the falso preteuso under which specili duties masquerade but when English rails came down to $20.09 per ton in 1S79 the duty on steel rails, though re maining tho same per ton, amounted to 104 per cent. Why should the present exhorbit nnt duty bo retained? Steel rails can bo made as cheaply in this country as in Eng land or elsewhere. I received a letter a few clays ago from a gentleman engaged in steel manufacture who said he could raaki the best cutlery steel in Alabama at a total cost of $10 per ton, and at a labor cost of C'3 per ton. Tho averago price of tho steel rails imported last year was C20.lt) per ton. From 1S75 to 1S78, inclusive. ITow, T.Tr. Tpca!rcT,'we get by the present duty on sugar and molars about i5i,C&3, CCO per annum. According to tho estimato of tha gentleman on tho other side who offered the amendment providing for freo sugar and a bounty to the sugar grower, tho present rate of dury affords protection to the domestic sugar grower equal to 0,000,000, to that the whole cost to the people is $04,000, CO0. In order to get tC2,000,000 of revenuo from manufactui-cs of iron and steel, and woolen and cotton goods, the people have to pay ?500,ePO,000 to 000,000,000. Wo pro duced in 1SS0 C7O,C0O,C0Ocf all manufactures of iron and stetl. It ia certainly over ?700, 000.CC0 now. We produced about C272.0C0, COO eaeih of cottoi'.Jiu J r-C-olea goods. These t1.r-mp!;i a-v. 4..cuj o- protect. oa. i-.j t-c chai:;s part then? This is a great cattle grow ing country. It is a great sheep growing country. Wc produce all sorts of hides. But when v. e propose to touch wool, which cSIonli in winter the clothing, of 09,CCO,000 people, wc strike at tho combination that has made this protective tariil. aud they say: "You shall not touch it; that is free trade." Let r.s seo whether it is erect. The Grst tariff law that ever wasVnacted by this gov ernment after tho constitution v.-s cdopted tho joint i rcduct cf Alexander HavmT.cn, James Madison, Thomas JiifTerson aud George Washington embraced ia its title tLe decla ration of tho T rmcinlo that it was motlc ts en courage homo industries; and tho method I figures I have from the bureau of 'statistics. cdoptsd by them to carry out that po?:cy wr3 Isow, if protection protects, and that ii ' to put wool on the freo liit. Thero it i e whao it is for, it increases tho prico cf the ruaincd until li-4, the fathers and founders domestic pnxhr t nearly r.s much as tho of this r;cvcraraent never proposing to ihs prico cf: the imported product plus the duty, j turb it during all that time. And in all that This in admitted by the .gentlemen who rand array of talent thero was only one, offered the proposition for tho sugar bounty : iTl;aps, who could havo been accused of and by those who sup-.wrtcdl mm. I Lis i i admitted by the constant arguments made by tho other side, that if we reduce cottons j and woolens and iron and steel tc 40 per j cant, they will be rained. This argument i admits they are getting more than that now. j Of these three branches of manufactures we i are producing today full $1,400,000,000 . worth. If they are procected 40 per cent, it j costs tho people 560.000,000 to get J 00,000, 000. ' j Now, which is the better tax to keep, tho one that brings 58.000,000 with t'O.OOJ.OJO of j bounty, or that which brings t'00,000,000 of revenue with 500,000,000 of bounty? Be- ' lieving that a tax is a burden, and that it ought to be as light as possible t'o tho tax payers, I would keep a high duty on sugar and lower the duties on cotton goods, woolens and manufactures of iron and steel. If the rate of 40 per cent, ou these three articles only raised the prico of the domestic produce 33 per c& t it would increase their cost to tho people over i4'J0. 00,030. Why then should we repeal the duty on sugar and keep tiie high duties on the others'? The duties on the otners ought to be lowered and the duty on sugar ought to be put at the revenue standard and kept there. Tho duty oa provisions by existing law is 21.M.5 per cent., and wo leav- it at 23.39. The reduction is 94 cents in $103. This is a very moderate reduction. We might have gon further without injury to any interest. Tho average rate of duty on manufactures of cotton by existing law is flD.oa. We leave it bv the pending bill at S3.C7. A difference of 92 cents in $190 will hardly lrive the cotton manufacturing industry off this con tinent. The whole labor cost in cotton man-i-.fcturc:-. averages 21.(5 ner cent., and there is but little difference between this country aud England in the labor cost of cotton goods. "Cut if -England paid nothing for her labor, wo have left duty enough to nearly double the labor cost here. Tho present reve- 7 Hues from cotton goods is nearly $12,000,000. Wo reduce it 277.000. V here does the tree trade skeleton Lido in this schedule? i Hemp, jute and flx gocels wo found at S2S.10 ia t he existing law. and wo leave them at 21.91. There is a reduction of something over SOi.i the hundred, but thct occurs l y putuag a largo number of items of hemp, flax, j-.it rnanilia and sun aud sisal grass on the freo list. Stiil the reduction is very email. Now wo come to wonls and woolens. Y e found the duty oa that sehedul" under tho existing law averaging 5S.Sl, and we have left it at SyS.09; a rcluetion of $29 on every slCO wortb. This reduction seems large, but leaning toward fixe trade; and that was ho ! who wrote the great Declaration, and in one I line cf it indicted tho king of Great Britain ; and arraigned him before the bar of mankind j for cutting off our trade with all parts of tho ( world. Applause cn the Democratic side. ' We are proposing to reduce tho price of ; woolen goods by taking the tax off wooL It ' is not raised by skilled labor. It scarcely ; employs any labor at all. There has been a 1 great di:al cf sympathy manifested on tho other side for the sheep. They tell us by heavily taxing the wool more wool will grow on the Lack tho sheep. It is tho back of : the man we are caring for on this side of the house, and wo propose to bring down the price of woolen clothing eo that poor people can get enough to wear in winter. But we aro met at the threshold with a proposition from tho other sitlo to increaso the duties on wool and woolen manufactures f 10,000,009. This would pra-tically prohibit the importa tion of either wool or woolen goods. Embraced in this schedule which they de maud is one of the most remarkable proposi tions that has ever been submitted to a legis lative body, and that is that tho cheap w ool that now comes in as carpet wool shall not be manufactured into clothing, as it is being done today, because tho better wool is kept . out of the country now by high duties. How ; is this law if enacted to be carried out? Are j we to have Pinkerton detectives examining ! people's clothing, and if some garments are ' made of carpet wool, instead of clothing wool grown on American ranches by alien Cock masters, aro tho garments to bo taken off the backs of the people and confiscated? Our ! people are today wearing carpet wool in their ! clothing because tho duty ou the clothing i wool keeps it out. Out of 114,000,000 pounds of wool imported in 1SS7, over 80,000,000 ! pounds were carpet wooL i And now the wool manufacturers' and it was caused by eliminatiiv calculation and putting it Tho reduction on dut the event of That the proceeds of a policy of Life ln surance caii be ut'd to lav liens aeaiust j.rop'i tv w hich may exit in the death of the owner. :o:- Th:t policies in fnvor of a wife or a wift .ird children re protected by ft spcia Mat'.i of the State n&aint the claims o creditois or representatives ol the husband That pnvabl exec u-1 tho dutiable list many articles which wo had plnced upon the free list, and raised tho duties on other articles which wo hail re duced, so that tho average rato of duty on dutiablo gixxls by tho bill as amended is now 42.49 on every $100 worth imported. This is 4.01 reduction cn the present average rates on each 100 worth imported. Tho total reductions cn tho revenues de rived from imports by the bill as amended amounts to 50,591,0:10, of which ?C0,SC2,791 are reductions on tho dutiable list, and $19, 75S,S45 are reductions from articles placed ou tho freo list. These aro exceedingly mod erate, yet this bill has been stigmatized as a free trade measure. A proposition to mak" a reduction amounting to less than o in a hundred is met with a storm of denunciation, and characterized by the combined interest protected against competition as a free trade proposition that is to ruin all the manufac turing industries cf the country. Is $42.29 of taxation on every $"100 worth of dutiablo goods imported free trade? It seems to an enormous rate of taxation. It is a rate of taxation that if levied on tho wealth cf tho : country would not be permitted to stand for one hour. What state in the LTuicu imposes j a rate of taxation equal to 5 per cent. ? i lu a majority of the states the rate of tax ation does not reach $1 on the $100 for state and county purposes, and there arc but few cities in the United States, extravagant as they generally are in their municipal admin istrations, that support a taxation of 3 per cent. And yet this bill, carrying a taxation of 42.49 per cent., is characterized as a "freo trade measure." The term l'frce trade" j teems to have a double meaning. Some gen J tloraen seem to understand that free trade i means an alsoluto exemption of or.r f orc ign I commerce from ail taxation. Ocntlemen oa j this side of the house and tho Democratic icrty ia all its history Lave ued the tenu j iree trade to mean freedom cf our foreign i cemmerca from ail obstruction save that of 'rvvrn r-rrxn x-tx n,. nt ' 5155 and accessary taxation for thesuppcrt LU.N 1 K AL I OR A I ) H 1 1 1 1 .1 ) I- tv I of an honest and economical administration a policy of Uife Insurance made e to a wife can Ve collreted bv the wife without the uiterventioa of un tor or adminitrator. -:o: - i to Far ritis and further infonr. lation apply :o K. JAMES K. YOUNR, Acest. Equitable Assurance Society, Henderson, N. V. COfnilLL, i HENDERSON, N. C. Intimites for the erectiem of bu'ullincs. ; anl orders for luinlu-r solicited. I will Ffll all kinds of lumber at riuty Wvod i ycices, with freight addeU. feb. y-Jr.J ' cl tuo government. Applause. The tariff cf ISi'i was framed to raise rev eru3 and for that purpose only, and it was called by both parties a tree trade tariff. Tho tariil of 157 was a still lower tariff and framed fcr revenue purposes clone, and it was called a freo trade tariff. Bur. ucbody eviT eor.tfr.del for the .abrndwnicnt cf the steel rails wero cheaner in the United States C than in England,-and cheaper hero because they could bo produced at a lower cost hero than in Europe. And if they could bo made cheaper here for four years why not all tho time? From 1S75 to 1S7S tho importation f ?11 from 4:;,000 tons to 2 tons. The average English price last year was $20.10; tho aver ago American price for the same time w-as $7.1:1; difference in price, $10.97; tariff duty, $171 Now, if tho Steel Rail association could make rails as cheap in tho United States i:i 1873 as they could bo mado in Eng land, they could do it in 1SS7, and the $10.97 difference in prico was put in tho pockets of the manufacturer. It is claimed to be ia the interest of the laborer, but he only gets from $3 to $5 i-r ton; tho balance goes to the manufacturer to make millionaires of men that they may build castles in Scotland, and go coaching through her mountains. Ap piaun? on the Democratic side We have reduced the duty on steel rails to 511 per ton. It is equivalent to more than double the entire labor cost of tlr? rails. Oa wood and woodenware we found the present rates averaging 13 per cent., and wo reduced thera to 17.40 per cent. That is too small to require further notice. On sugar wo reduced tho rate from 7S.15 per cent, to G2.C1 per cent. This is the largest redaction mado on any schedule ex . cent tho woolea. Tho reduction of tho reve nue on sugar proposed by the bill is $11,759, 799, and, e xceptir.g tho woolen schedule, is nearly twice as much as all the others com bined. That is a heavy cut, but nobody seems to bo distressed about it. The complaint about sugar is that we did not reduce enough. We have dealt mora harshly with sugar than w ith any article wo have left oa the dutiable list. Yet gentle men ou the other side tell us we have Jteea sect local; that wc havo protected sugar and. rice-, and aimed at the destruction cf northern inauatries. Ir.o charge 15 ausoro. Wc Lave not looked ct the section where any r.rticlo is produced in crder to eletormino what we wcul i do. Wo havo tried to deal fairly with all, and in doing it we Cni that we have e-ut it far heavier than iron, or glass, or earthenware, cr woolens, or cottons, or Lcmp, or jute, cr Cox. In short, the cut on rugar is nearly twice r-i much as all tha others put together, t Applause. 1 As Democrats, we bcLeve that a tax i3 a ' tribute from tho private prerrty cf aciti-j ecu exacted by law for the support cf gov-j ernmcnt- e dciioc, ua iui'ivuicuij- ; wool from tho on the freo list. able woolen goods amounts to $12,000,000. But tho woolen man ufacturer is not injured: ho is Ix-nefited. The woolen manufacturer by the existing Law gets compensation for the taxation on wool and 35 per cent, protection for the manufac tured product. By our bill we give him freo wool aud 40 per cent, protection on his man ufactured goods. Instead of be ng injured ho is positively benefited to the amount of 5 in tho hucdrexl more than ho is by the exist ing law. 1 want to read at this point what the woolen' manufacturers said to congress a number of years ago. In 1SC3 they addres-ed a communication to the United States re-e-nue commissioner to be submitted to con- ress, in which they said: The committee do act hesitate to amnniuat. independently of consiJcratioas or general yuv lie policy d.:raaadin- a duty on wool, the woolen c Tv.r of this country would prefer tbo total alK)iitiou el tao .-pecan: uun.-s, y.y, they could have all their raw material duty free and an actual net prot r-ct ion of Co per cent, ap plause ca the Democratic side. This is sigued by tho executive committee of the National Association of Wool Manu facturers and by John I- Hayes, their secro- 3After the internal revenue tax was placed upon tho domestic production the manufac turers came and Paid to congress: -Now we want compensation for this, too." They had compensation for the tax on wool, and now they wanted compensation for the tax of 10 per cent, imposed by the internal revenue laws. The dutv was raised to 35 per cent. ; but thev aro fine diplomatists, and a short time after that they came before congress and got the internal revenue tax oa woolen oods rcreaicd. But the 35 per cer.t. still re- r nine nlfhonrh tbe-v had !.Tit Tiroteetion was . i said that 2o per all thev wanted. wool growers' associations and their allies are determined that wc shall not even wear carpet wooL On tho 14ih elay of last Janu ary they met iu this city, in -a dark lantern room," and agreed on a schedule that raises the duties on wool aud woolen goods so high that neither can bo imported. Now. what, aro our people to do fcr woolen clothing' Mr. Dodge, the statistician of the agricult ural department, and a protectionist, ssys iu his official report that wo only grow 55,000, 009 pound3 of wooL Others say more, but we put it safely when we say our product doe3 not exceed 300,000,000 pounds. Our annual consumption is about 000,000,000 yiounds. Now if we refuse the importation of tho for f.i,Tn wool to satisfy the woel growers, and refuse the importation of woolen goods to satisfy tho manufacturers, what aro wo to do for clothing? I suppose they expect th peo ple to go nakvd and veite the Republican ticket. Applause. But wo say to you wo shall have pleuty of good woolen clothes. Servo the Lord "and vote the Democratic ticket Renewed applause on the Demo cratic si ele. Sir. Speaker, wo have put wool on the freo list not only to cheapen the clothing f tho people, but also in order that we may givo to our own workmen in this country ths making of tho $44,000,000 wcith of woolen good that are annually imported. Applause. Instead of importing from $45, 000.000 to $50,000,000 worth of woolen gooels, which we are now compelled to do because you will not let us import the wool, we pro pose to admit free all tho wool that our peo ple require and let our own people make thesa woolen goods, aud thus increase tho de mand for their work, end ia increasing tho demand for their work increase their waged. Applause. Sir, tho main object in this bill, the great j central feature, is that it is a bill to better tho condition and increaso the wages of our laboring people. Applause. Wo aro the greatest manufacturing people ia the world. I We aro tho greatest agricultural people ia ths world. We ere the most skilled people ia tho world. We aro the most intelligent people in the world. Wo have tho handsom est men and tho prettiest women iu tho world. Laughter and applause. All we want is for our government to take its med dling hand out of our business. Applause on the Democratic side and cries of "That's it," "That's the point." We say to the government: Call upon the people and tell them how much you w ant to sunDort an honest, economical adrninistra- fThv s'bSuU riot wouerauud taatlais congTrsa shall undo thq work of previous congresses who havo imi ted Georgo III, aj Mr. Jeffer son says in tho Declaration of Iudepcndcnce, by cutting off our truths with all ports of tho world I Give us a fair field and an open fight, and that is rdl we ask- Applause on tho Democratic side. And, Mr. Speaker, that fair field and open Cght we intend to have. Renewed applause. We are going to havo it, and w itbout trying to "fry the fat'' out of anybody, either. Laughter and appLiuso i ou tho Democratic side. We do not intend to try to bebanc'u tho American peoplo with money in order to buy their votes at tho poJlst . Wo intend to aorwal to tho intelligence and the virtao of our fel- low citizens. That is the great corner stone j upon which tho republic is founded, acvl it has been found adequate to all trials in all times in tho past, and it will not bo wanting 1 now. Wo intend to apjieal to their good common sense and ask for a verdict of ap- , proval, and we shall appeal to that great tribunal with an unshaken confidence that it will speak for tho welfare and prosperity cf the country. Applause The next largest item Is tin plate, tho amount of reduction being $5,700,000. Ne.t a pound of tin plate is mado ia tho United States. That has bcea repeatedly stated on this floor; stated from tho other side as well asthLjside. I, is clearly an articloof reve nue. To put tin plate on tho frco list docs not deprive any man in this country of cn ployment. It does not take a do.lar of profit from any manufacturer in tho country. Iu order to" meet the condition of tho treasury, which is so alarming, wo havo taken off this amount of $5,700,000 and given it to tho con sumers of tin plato. Gentlemen on tho other side say that is freo trade, too. Ilavo you tliought how many peoplo are interested ia tin platol You will find it ii. the homes of all your poor people. Yeu wtt land all your workingmen going to their worV with tin buckets iu their hands carry it; their dinners. You will find tho niannfactiiN ing and canning business of this country carried on by the use of foreign tin plata You will find this article everywhere, payirg bow a duty which does not disturb anybody at all but which is piling too much money into tho treasury and congesting the circula tion needed in the channels of business. To remedy this disturbing condition we propose to put this $5,700,000 back into tho pockets of tho poor people of this country. If that i free trade make tho most of it. Applauso oa the Democratic side. The next item is salt. Salt was put on th-3 free list for tho first time by tho mensur which Thomas Jefferson took part in fram ing. Salt is not a product of the skill of thj human mind or hand. Tho Builder of tho universe has made 6alt. Salt is in all the 1 multitudinous waters of the sea; alt is be neath our feet in all tho bowels of thj earth; God, in his providence. Las mado it for man. It is necessary for animal existence. It ought u .t to bo taxod. We havo put salt on tho freo list, s that salt may be free for our great packcriea of ooric aud "beef, for our butter makers who are exporting butter largely, for thoso who cure iork, either for their own use or for tho market This removal of duty affects esT- fi.iiiv in ihn north and the uortnwest. it ii4 f2? :- :r."v r t r v j Absolutely Pure. Tim powder never vari. A marvel of purity, tronslh and -linleHiineta. More i'Cini)inical than the ordinary kinds, ami cnnna be o!d lu com petition with the multitude of low ft, M)rt weight aliim r hn.phte powders. &kl ovlu tin can. Hot nr. IUkimj Fott DKR Co.', 10e Wall St. X. Y.. T.g. 18, 1 o ritOFKSSIONAL C AKUS JAS. NOKFJdJRT, ATTOHNKY AT IVW. HENDERSON, K. C. Ofilco ovor ih Hank of Henderson, fapril ti a. I. T. W ATKINS, Attorney ami Counsellor at Law, IIEN'DKKSON, X. C. Courts: Vanre, Grauville and Warren. and the Federal Court at lUielli. Offlce: Miuitre't. juiy" 0 1 T. 31. 1MTTMAN, ATTOHMCY AT LAW, HKNDKRSON, N. C. Prompt attenti'm to nil professional buM- ncM. 1 radices lu tl;e hiuU anu reuerul court. Krfi-p uvpfnnl(i1"n to V.inmreltil Nft- tlouttl i:unk i.iid 1.. I), l.nitit & Uro., tlier- lullf. .:; A Hi t d V.lUii ins & Co., li ilc!l), N. t; 1. V. Cx.ier uud Ja. H. L.Hfcll-r. Ueinlersen, . C Office: Over Jan If. fjifxlfe-r ; Eoii'a a'.orc. nov . I c. I)Ki:WJ. liAKlCl, stiould commend itself especially to you gen tlemen who represent northwestern constitu ents who send into .e market bacon anil imrV whir-h wv huv from vou. Hut because a few neonle aro interested ia having a mo nopoly of the salt business we aro branded before tho bar of the country as freo traders when we consent to remove the duty ou thi nrii.-Io. and rive back to tho nccpK this bounty which God has prepared for thenx Applauso on tho Democratic 6ide. Ivext is tho item of burlape, oa which wo make a reduction of 8978.000. Kot a yard cf it ii mado in tho United States. The duty upon this nrticlo bnugs money into our cof fers which is not needed. It is twtter that the peoplo who use these burlaps should have this money in the channels f business. The y tell us this is freo frado. Every reduction of thi tariff which wo propose to make It charge! us free trade, end nothing commends itself to the judgment of thoso who make this charge exc-ept that wo would couple with reductions on a few little things in tho tariff soiao ireo whisky. Applauso on tho Democratic side. Xow, !Ir. Shaker, what further havo wo done I We put flax, hemp ana jute oiuue free list, from which was derived a revenuo of $1,700,000. V.'fcll, our fricuda say wo j ought not to havo done that. Thoy say, 1 "Your aro ruining the flax and the hemp in dustiies of this country; you aro ruining in dustries iu which a very largo amount cf capital,has locu Invested, and wo aro goiug to extend these industries and produee sunn and sisal grass after a while, and we will m3ko a vatt field of employment for our peo ple and a profitable industry for our coun try." "What is tho fact J "We havo been try!n this thing for many years, and tho industry is passing away with all tho fostering raro wo can betow upon it. With all tho mdk wo can givo to the babe it baa refused to prosper, and but a short time ago a gentle man on tho other side of the house, when thev had rnadj un their minds to starvo tho little infant sugar that they have nursed to lonz. sail that ."y found that t no money A ATTOKNI1Y AT bAW HENDERSON, N. C. Prartioe in theeeinrfs'-f Vnn-o, Ornnvllle. Warren nml Franklin mutilW-, lit ttia hufr"iii' nr.d h e-iieral court m of II, c Mt, eifIVf: In Harris Law building, next ta Court House. I. C. EDWAKDS, Oxford. '. C. A. It. WORTH AM, lli lidelMUi, X. C JIYAItIS Jt YVOKT11AM. ATTOUNKYH AT LAW, HENDERSON, N. C. Offer thHr acrvlrp to th people of Vance, county. Col. K 'ui.rdf v. in atlcuit. Kit ';uriof Vnc; county, and will come tt IICIldPlKOli Hi Kliy HIHl III! tllli'K WliCII lilg aKsibiancc may bo- needed by liU pttiluer. II l HIT J I I'J K v. II. DAY. A. C 7-OI.UCOKrtU. AY Jt ZOLLlCOlTi:itt ATTOUNKYH AT LAW. HENDERSON, X. C. Practice In th courts of Vance, Cranvtlte, Varictt, HaiUax unt Nort haui)l4ti, hii1 In tbc Supicrjie anil l-'eilenil couiiwi'f t lie Htt. onice: In Zollicfler' law butlol:K. Oiir nettttrel. fch. U 1. Now we give them free wool ana 4U per cent, protection, and still they say to us, "Your bill is a free trade measure." Laughter oa tors and cconcmiits, that it is a burden, and that it ought to bo i laid as to Le as light as 1 vJblc yp tb? taxpayer. the Democratic side. i Oa the schedule embracing books, raP' etc., the dutv under existing law is ?22.13, end we left it at a reduction of ksn than 10 cents on a hundred dollars. Xow, Mr. Speaker, I have gone through vrit.1 the schedules of tho bill and I come to the free list. We have placed upon the free i?t articles amounting in round numbers to I trO.C0O.000. The largest item is wool, $6, L20.000. Why havo wj put wool on the freo lijt? Thev say that this is full free trade. They say to us. "When you striko wool out of the taxable list you have shot out tho mid dle link ia tho chain, and tho chain i-, parted." I that true? Why, sir, somebody put cotton ca the freo lut a few years ago. They shot the miliie link out and tartcd the chain then. Thcro were millions cf our fellow citizens w ho w ero tSectcd by that missing link in the chain of protect lea, but the chain was parted, and partea by gentlemen on tho other tida cf ta5 hotsv, wh have been so loud! crying free trad a at us. It is cur greatest exerting product; it gives employment to millions of laborers. It had a duty of 3 cents a pound, but they removed it and pc cotton on the free list, and they did right. There could bo no joi-tiScation for ita tax, ts thero can be r.ono for a tax on wooL In lSTJ Lilies were put on the free list, anl bv th? sarreprrtjtbEt lii-Jrll? th?!! tioa. wewui givo jouwuaijuu mam, ,vi , ja(,y expenovi upon it uau ix-eu m.in that purpose; wo will give it to you cheer- thrown away aa I waited; sugar refused to fully; but wo are not going to bo rtacdins ' nourished, t!i little infant was dy:ig. around as paupers, craving tho protection of ; thero waa nrta ghost o a chanco for its re pclitical power, when our own intellects aro coverVi an,i the reasun thy wanted to thro-v suTxsrior to the intellects of any people on tho ' it aside was that it vav-d to pre: t. and globe. Applause. We cannot only manu facture all these woolen good, but wo can manufacture our own cotton, two-thirds of which we are now exporting to foreign coun tries for manufacture and then buying back a largo amount of it in the shape of cotton goods. Wo aro the greatest cotton growing coun try iu tho world ; we are the greatest ore pro ducing nation in tho world; wo have got all the elements to make us the greatest manu facturing nation on earth. We can give cm l.lovment. additional employment, to ail our wage workers at fair wages and keep them i constantly employed if congress will only let ' us alone. Great applause on tho Democratic f side. We ask you to remove as far as you j can these barriers. Let us have frco raw j materials that we may reduce the cost of the product, for tho cost of the pnxiucc u to determine the standing of our good in the market, and if wo can produce an article cheaper than anybody else ia the world can produce it r.e will take the market away from them and hold it against them. Ap plause. Why. then, should not we hive all taeso raw materials free? Why should not wo put cur uxanufacturers upon the same basis with The Bank of Uenden-oD, HENDERSON, VANCE COUNTY, S. O. General Hanking, fixebange end Collection ISuaincaa. Fipht MoKiUAOfs Ioan M jrMlaird on KfKxi frmi lor a trm rf ycarf, iu Minn of $ V'0 aud Uwrl, at S per tft iatertat td ui'Miwrate clmrfrc. Apply -Vj . U.S. fttJKiiW YN, Atthh i;uk of Uendciaoti.' m.ii.s.dui:g.vvn, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IlENJEI'J-ON, S. C. ttcaidJ ow, aetmgou tho ; n j, will lind me ir own philosophy, here wo .roe Ju-?jk of je,lden the raanufacturera of other countnesl by I kiio-iU net we bare the opportunity tocoatcirt, j rri t h - in s'l th rzTk?l?? the vqrli they felt justiHed ou the Democratic rrincinieof their have found that the flax, h-nnp and juto business, that for years we have tn nursing; . that for years with all the paternal care rjul j tendernein that could Its lit-lovvc.l ukhi it Las j not prosjred, and i jwwsing away; it u dying, it soon must depart; and hc-ic I ro Ieat. in the light of tlie ir own jhileophy, and learniag tae lesaon from that aide of th bouse, wo took it and pat it on tho free lis Applauso on the Democratic aide. Another thing: we have taken opium, 4G3.0OO worth cf medicinal opium, a niedi- cino for tho relief of the fick aud tho autTcr- J ing, cot an ounce of it grown in the United States, and that also wo pat uja the Ire list. Bat they do not want Xroo opium; it t whaky they want; they reftuo opium clt gcteer. Applauso on tho Democratic aide. Have wo endangered any oao industry Ly this cba-ige ! And yet tbey demand t hat tha dirty sbiU be ut upon opium too, because by relying tha duty it might ba considered a st"p in the direceion cf f ree trade.' Well, what next? We have got cotton tk cn the f rw list. Too daty collected on thua is 121,000 annually. Nearly all theee cotton t'i aroraadMa gr?t3 cs?Str, ai.JI? fcoNTiMLDos utnxu ri'.E j ccn-ult nerrTc- dai yat fir ofJcio rfti Uuildinx II A U II I 8, DKXTiST HENDERaOX Iffy' v -A-:5JrJV Min Htri over II. G. rr ,r. 25. 1 c. Dental Surgeon, pH . f'fSr orrr Iarkr A V'' rnrvr.
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
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