Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 19 February 1892 — Page 4

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| ®hc democrat A'. JlhAf.'A fl UN'S', Proprietor. FRIDAY, FEB, 1.9. 1892. RA THS OF T. lAL 117 OX High tax organs are continually harping on the new tax law and claiming that the new law will oper ate oppressively upon the farmer in the way of increased taxes. The law was enacted for a wise purpose and it has accomplished it. If county taxes are higher this year than last, it will be the result of the county commissioners and not the law, as the Democratic press of the state has been insisting. The Democrat gives- below a list of counties with their respective rates on the §IOO valuation, in addition to which, a poll tax for county purpose is added to a number of counties. counties Kate. Hale Ou flv’i). Ou Pull. Allen U 37 si Oil Ailuuis 40 C.iUlen oS 5u La purl liO si> Deai'boru ”0 50 Shelby 28 ~U Ei Khali -Io lieutou... 30 1 (O St. Joseph ;. 25 i>9 Lake, 25 l-'av.ue ~> 1(9 Cass.. 20 100 ■ Newfou 27 Lagrange 25 1 i-O I‘enj- 1«) 1 25 Manon 50 i-i i Henry U> U» i Switzerland 40 M ' Vigo 40 MuUteun 3B 501 0hi0..../ 40 Jay ,7 40 50: Huilc.tigton 23 Marshal 2S 50) Koseuisk) 4> 6(1,: 111ackt0rd...................... ;1.». uu Whitley ,i 21 Clay ...: 3J It'd Bubae 33 50 Hipfey 4'J 100 Randolph 20 50 Floyd 38 Tinuni 2- 1 00 4)1 31 ’0 Marte «■ . l-ou Jo i Uu.-ard 23 50 i Vanderburgh 4i , Jasper 45 The list was clipped from the! Columbia City Post and it will be I observed that the majority of the | counties are Democratic with Dem-1 ocratic commissioners. The levy! in each county was .made so as to 1 , cover all the expenses and do it economically. In the .Republican counties, the levy is nearly as low asm the others, which shows that the commissioners, whatever their politics, endeavored to serve their people honestly and not prejudice them against a law as just as it is needful. The lowest levy for county purpose will be found in Whitley county, in which county there is no poll tax levy. This speaks volumes for Whitley county and her Democratic officials. There can be no objection to the law if officials do their duty to the people, and all the Republican lying and prevaricating cannot make u- objectionable.— Wabash Times, B OIES AT DEX IER. The Denver speech of Hou. Horatio Boies is remarkable for what he says and lor he does not i say m it. He is a frev-coinage; Democrat, e'ecied Governor of lowa I on a free-coinage platform and ; always ready to carry out the in-' s tractions of any platform on which j he is elected to office. In bis cam-i paign he supported his •whole platform, but the issue he forced hardest and on which he undoubtedly won bis rcTmrrkarble victory was that of such’ a reduction of the taxes on trade as will open the markets of Europe to all the surplus of the Mississippi Valley. It was as if be had said to the people of Iowa: “I indorse the platform bn which I was nominated, and there is go reservation in my indorse merit of any plank of it. If lam elected on it by your consider every clause of it a wh::ite. instruction from you binding me in my official action as Governor of lowa. But I want you to understand clearly that iu . connection with this issue of opening tlie markets for yOuiA surplus on a basis of f ir exchange of surplus for surplus, [ consider every - j thing else in the platfUrm of SCc-1 ■oadary imppitauce. I. urge this: issue on you as overshadowing all others, and, of the way in which iT involves Wour rights and : interests, paramount in its claims to your consideration.” In his Denver speech, as in his campaign, Mr. Boies handles issues liken master. The shrewdest <>fj tdireHk politicians could not do. nearly sb well what be does merely I „ - ... - * - ■- "■. ■

lio n Lis icnse of what is more ami what is less important for the welfare of the people. What he does' not say in bis Denver speech gives more compelling force to what be does say. He is frank and candid, but he shows that he knows where to begin and where to stop. 11 is a-gre£o thing for a pubjjc man to know that. Few know as much. None know more. A X IAI DEA DIXG 1)A XGER. The Philadelphia Press has found a rather novel argument against the proposal for free wool and reduction of the tariff on woolen goods in assertion that it would subject us to the horrors of wheap foreign-made fabrics. It says: “Free wools is an issue so little understood by Mr. Springer himself that the generl public may be very easily misled about it. If carried out as the author of the bill intends, it means free woolens as much and as certain as it does free wool. It means the wreck of all the great structure of industries in wool and mixed fabrico bjiilt up during the past thirty years, and a return to i the use of the cheapest of the Socalled w colens—the Hood oi English shoddies that came over in the first years of the war. The mills here couhrnct make woolens of any cilass, even with free wool, to compete with free woolens as the British make them.” This is indeed startling, as we | have not yet outgrown the memory i of the war period, and very many ! people knew that the “shoddies” of that pericd were produced by our patriotic American manufacturers, under the bencfic-ient provisions of the war tariff. And there are few Americans now who do not know | i that very much better woolen goods | jean be bought for the'same money : almost anywhere outside of the I United States than can be had anyI where within them. If. there are i any worse shoddies produced any--1 where than in tins country-the locaI lion of the factory producing them has not yet been pointed out. The Press is also in distess concerning cheap carpet wool. It says: “We have almost ceased to buy the Russian or Donskoi, because the China product, whichMs more hair than wool, is much cheaper and makes the cheapest carpet, rug and plush material. Under free wool we should fall to the Asiatic level at once, in the coarseness of stock and the crudeness of the fabric, because we would be forced to do so * * * We do use great quantities of foreign wool, and the mills make money by its use. For the last fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, the imports of fine wool were 32,- ! 230,935 pounds, of long wool 6,667,- ! 000 pounds and of Asiatic wool 90,90,405,690 pounds—in all 129,303, 648 pounds. Most of this was from China, and India and for carpet makifig.” It does not mention, however, i that this importation is an increase sos about 30,(100,000 pounds per an- ! num, and that it is, occurring under I the provisions of the McKinley bill, ■ whose: object was to shut out fori ejgn wools. It is not easy to iraag- | ine how we could “fall to the AsiatI ic level” much faster than we have been falling under this ’wonderful protective measure, as is here admitted by the Press. We have advanced to a condition where our mills “use great quantities of foreign, and the mills make money by its wool use,” a'nd yet the price of domestic wools has.fallen,'the mari ke.t has decreased and the consumpi tion in manufacture has lessened. ; With these facts' staring them in the face the wool-growers of this country Lave reason to suspect that, i the Wool tariff is not just what it is ; n presented to be. They have rcasi bn to think that she mariufacturers i have taken them in.- Without doubt I that tariff makes pro.pt for some one, but if any farmer . can show wb.efMii be is .LmuTited we slfould like, to hear from him. | THE II AV Al INVESTIGATIOX. I The resolution of the House Committee on Rules calling for an investigktion.ol.'.Pension Co'mmirsioner Raum are a v< ry fair synopsis of the information laid before the public in the Republic’s Washington dispatches during Mr. Raum’s j im-tim-beuey. 'Stated, briefly as j possible, the poiutr are:' \ , ■■ That he “has used his time ar:!

his power and his influence up a Govcriiineut official in organising Hid endeavoring trt put upon the market stock of certain corporations nmo’ig which are the American Gypsum Mining Company, with a capital stock of §2,000,000; the Universal Refrigerating Company, with a capital stock of §2,500,000; the Columbia UnnuisM Refrigerating Company, with a capi.al stock iff §500,000, and various other real estate, mining and improvement companies, all of which are visionary and impracticable, and the stock of which is worthless.” , That, being insolvent, he secured ■on the credit of the pension agent ' most largely increased in the bureau an indorsement for §12,000. That his son, John Raum, has manage the pension agency formerly conducted by Raum, Sr., and has advertised hinself as the Son of tho Pension Commissioner to secure business. That another son, Green B. Raum, Jr., while employed in the Pension Bureau, was guilty of dishonest and illegal practices. ( That the Pension Bureau has been persistently used for personl and partisan ends. That employes of the Bureau have been used for weeks at a time as spies on newspaper offices in Washington. It is unquestionably true that the Pension. Commissioner did secure Lemon’s indorsement for his draft at the time of the “Completed Files” ruling made in Lemon’s behalf, and tins transaction alone is sufficient to j ustify Lis expulsion from an office in which he will handle for the fiscal year £140,000,000 of money d wived from the taxpayers. It is not less certainly that John Raum’s Pension Agency advertised special inducements for business on the strength of the family connection with the Commissioner. The Republic has seen a number of ■ these advertisements. Strong evidence has been brought in support of the other charges, and a full ini vestigation will leave no doubt ofi Mr. Raum’s unfitness for the place he holds.— St. Louis Republic. THE QUAD BELL LV XEW YORK. If the demonstration in the ranks of the Democracy of New York, for and against the distinguished ex-Presideut, and the present Senator, were a new quarrell of Democrats, there might be grave apprehension of the result of this presidential year. But it is not new, neither is it a surprise to the party at large. The row is almost as old as the hills, and for a generation the trouble has been taken into the national convention of the party . tor knock-down settlement. It is i the old fight between Tammany and ’ the antis. In 1876 it was John | Kelley against Tilden, and few Democrats who witnessed the bit- - ter fight in St. Louis believed Mr. - Tilden could carry his state the following November. But he did. ’ In 1884 the trouble was renewed m . Chicago, and Tammany was almost brutally knocked out of the conven- , tion. Again the vote of New York j was despaired of. Yet Cleveland - did ?arry that state, and wa.s elected r I as Tilden was elected in 1876 v , I At present Tammany controls the . i state machine and the other party -! appears as the protestant. It is the . tirst time the -cards are so turned j and a deal of a row is the conse- ] quince. . i The; Democrats of other states . l need not be unnecessarily alarmed r | at the situation in New York. There .1 is no dearth of brainy Democrats • | who would ably guide the destiny I' ] of the republic if elevated to the . I presidency. Neither is there such a ' call for hero worshipping as would . ! preclude all but one or two front . I the lists of available candidates. Neither will the issue of issues be' J lost sight of if New York Demo- ; crais fall upon tbemeslves unto de- i . lin relion.’ Jn 1876 the tax plank ; : of the Democratic platform was .! “tariff jor revenue only.” It was .! renewed in* 18-80 and 1881 and 1888. Il is ancient. Democratic doctrine, I older tiffin any living Democrat. W.e-give all praise to tnose who iffiye so splendidly advocated the doctii»e,,biit the principle is better and greater than any champion of ih-j ca.use. It is a living issue, and an the face of the'present year’s campaign the baniier of the honest trade laws will cheer the mighty 'army to heroic strife and glorious victory. , Let the New Yorkers alone in their quarrel. They may scar each they cannot seriously injure., the Democratic party of the

United States, Tin-star of empire < long sinee loft the Atlantic coast. In I the radient splendpr of fixedness, 1 and the glory of iu own light, beneticiently illuminates the central west, and its glory extends in glaolousness over states that do not depend upon ancient heritage for victories present or future. The mighty west can nominate a western candidate and elect a western president, if the New York Democrats cannot agree among themselves; and the choice will in no wise detract from the standard of excellence raised by Democracy, neither will the issue lose its greatness and power by the departure from the custonrof going east’ for candidates. The issue and the party are indestructible. Labor.' What do we mean by this term of which we hear so much? Perhaps no better definition can be found thnn the fallowing given by Webster: Exertion of muscular strength, or bodily exertion which occasions weariness; particularly the exertion of the limbs in occupation by which subsistance is obtained, as in agriculture and mar.ufactur'-r, in distinction from exertion in play oramuseiiieiits, which are denominated exercise, rather than labor. This is a very good definition of physic al labor and Webster further says, that labor is intellectual exe> tion; or applicatien of the mind which occasions weariness; as the lubor ot compiling and writing a histov, etc. Thu. we see that labor is of two kinds, physical ard intellectual. Man has been constituted in such away that he is compelled to labor. From tho beginning it has been sa’d '“Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work.” Labor is of divine origin and is the support of “Home, sweet home.” Blessed is the man who is able to labor , either physically or intelL ctually, and is permitted to receive due compensation for the work he does. “What is obtained by labor will of right be the property of him by whom labor it is gained,” By. seme means the physical laborer lias not been pe-,nutted to enjoy the just fruits of his toil. Whose fault is i ? By surveying our surroundings in our limited way of dffing business, we have concluded that itlis the fault of the laborer himself. If labor, is not regarded as honorable, it i« beause the laborer has disgraced his calling, and it is not because the calling has disgraced the laborer. When the constitution of the United States was ordained and established, it was founded upon these sefl evident truths, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among the4e are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just power from the consent of the government. These things are still talked of in theory, but in practice they have ■ been pushed aside. Every four years our statesmen rally forth with glowing promises of higher wages, the result of “home protection.” We open our mouths, swallow the dose, and go back to earn one dollar and ten cents (si.io) per dav, or one dollar and twenty five cents ($125) as the case may be. We talk of protection of our infant industries. We believe that they need protection in order to pay us better wages. Os course, the infant docs not object, but supoo-e that the government should pay the 1 (borer a roya'ty on each day's work instead of paying the infant a royalty of so many cents on eagh p r, und ot sugar it manufactures. The infant would forgat its w eakness and get right up, and begjn to talk class legislation in such a wav that we would think that all Europe was combining in such away as to be able 1o wipe everv marufactur'ng establishment from the fare of the Western continent. Why is it that these men whose industries are protected can tale long pleasure trips, and can. with their families, wh'le away lorg. hot summer davs at some sum mer res rt, whi'ethe laborer, for whose interest tbev Lave been protected can kardly k' ep soul and body together. We know just how the millionaire kn >ws how to sympathize with and to legisl te for the poor man. He know just how a tn-n feels in old clothes. He has worn them many a time. He knows just how he felt when on his way to Washington so take a seat in th- United Stites Senate, poor as he was with only a few hundred thousand dollars, half-clothed as he was, pinched with cold, and tormented with hunger, while his wife at home~was tryi-g to maintain seven or eight children. He knows how monopolies and wealthy compani s of all descriptions honeyed a rmnd him. talking protection. Ycii, hd I turned a deaf ear to them Jill to return I home a' ter a long term of honorable ser vice *o. bis country to {lie with the paltry sum of five or six million dollars ta divide with his hungry children lo prevent them from coming to absolute want. Senator Turpie, of Indiana, is still try ing to moke it hard-r for the solons of the United States by offering a resolution in congress to the t fleet that each senator shall be (leCted by toe people. IfSenator Tufp'e should hapben to succeed in his t (Torts, and the constitution of the United States be changed, it would be too bad Suppose such had been the condition of affai-s just before the senatorial contort In Ohio, John Sherman welt'd never have -been accused of Luyiog-ihe- State Leyjilature. ' ‘ • Turpie, sou live in a great age, but yqu will find that yon have hold of the wrong class of men. You never can induce then) to cu ; a club to bruise their own heads. Fmci- g that we h ive varied s imewhat fr- m the text, we will drop back t > the labor question.

1 We Iro v very weil th t f congi‘e>s favors tnoiibpMles, or these itriinnq n» | they are called, th.it t|iey will in turn care ; lor u« in mgh a w>y th-d we will feel justilivtl In. yei ltig ituivehe* hooiSSTiT favor of the MiK nley bill, How long will it take the laboring man oftthis country to know th< ir tree friends? Wh-rn will they be enabled to see their fellow-man combining in all othvr indus-tii.-s and s!-upi<-g legislate, n 10 suit themicl'e.? • When will they learn tl nt pricer- hre control ed bv “supply and «'< in.md '' If labor is in deni”Pd Hi< n wxgis arc lair, j but il■-11-e-Übou market is over stocked then in. n must s’, nd idle. Crops v-ere ia : r'nst ji No bet ter cr.'i’--« a re raffisd on an average for wn»«, a-d mon me st.ll working for one dolhr and. ten - cents per day, tariff or no fly iff L When the people ot our country know their interest, and maintain their rights in a wise and judicious manner, then the prosperity of the masses begin. Class legislation will be a thing of the past. We must think as well as wo>k. We must educate! then prejudice will give way to peaceful aibitration. The laboring cla-s will then place themselves in the front ranks of intelligence. Then in our prosperity we will be compelled to cry cut itl the language of Lyman Beecher: O, thou" beloved lard, bound together by the ties of brotherh >od and common interest, and perils; live forever—one and undivided. W. J. A CHEATING Hi HORSE Blankets Nearly every pattern of fforSQ Blanket is imitated in color and style. Iff.isost cases the imitation, looks just as good as the genuine, but it hasn't the tvat/ threads, and so lacks strength, and while it sells for only a little less than the genuine it isn't worth one-half as much. The fact that -A AVsa Blankets are copied is strong evidence that they are THE STANDARD, and every buyer should see that the trade mark is sewed on the inside of the Blanket. for \ Liccu-ic i Extra T est ’ IB MJ Baker HOSSE BLANKETS ARE THE STRONGEST. 100 5.A STYLES at prices to suit everybody. If you can’t get them from your dealer, write us. Ask fit. the 5k Book. You can get it without charge. WM. AYRES & SONS. Philadelphia. v BU3OD, surA Only genuine blood purifier known, it cures skin diseases, rheumatism, trout, liver and kidney troubles, mid removes all scrofulous and specific blood taints. No mineral, no failures and no relapses. Sold by , 4 - Sold by Holthouse & Blackburn. 6yl O.P. M. ANDREWS, IPlxy-siciatrx db Surgeon MONROE. INDIANA. Office 11 nd rosideuce 2nd and 3rd doors west of M. E. church, 20-* Prof. L. H. Zeigler, Veterinary Surgeon, Modus Operand!, Orcho '■l ZJ tortiv, Ovcromn-.y, Castrating. Ridg lltig. Horses and Spaying Cattle and Dehorn tog, and treating their diseases. Office over J H. Stone's hfirdwaro store. Decatur Indiana. GET VOUR TRAVELING EXPOSES TO AND FKOIW ClflClNflflTl FftEE I . In order to enable you to do youi shopping in Cincinnati with a two fold advantage, we will, during the next thirty days, upon presentation of t|iis “ad” and your return R. R. ticket, give a cash dis. of 10 per cent, off all purchases of tha celebrated “Burkhardt" Alaska Seal Skin garments. Cloth, Sealette and Fur Trimmed Cloaks, Fur Capes, Muffs, Robes, Hearth Matts, Gloves end Womens Furnishings. This unprecedented offer is done to quickly decrease our mammoth stocks, which are greatly reduced to prices scarcely covering manufacturing cost. R. E, <St CO., Americas Leading Furriers, 258 & 260 Race St., CINCINNATI t'init Class Night and Day Service betweea Toledo, Ohio/ —)ANO(— St. Louis, /mo. FREE: CHAIR CARS BAY tRAIHS-MODESH EfilllPMlHT THKGUGIIOIiT. VESTIBULTdTIEEHNG CAR; ON NIQHT TRAINS. r.-:-rrht3 Sffiveo £li ROUTE, ang tw. OA ■ OH I.IUHT, at moderate cost. tickets via Toledo; St louis 4 Kansas City fl! Cloves LmfßoqTH.Vnr inrflier partlcnffir., call on nuart Agent of llto Company, or nddreiw ’ Q, O. JENKINS. i v_ebo. ftfriii j ' A.

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