Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 10 June 1892 — Page 2

®he DjgOAJTUR, ITJD» H jw.aaxauitN, . ■ - fcmnn A wall-tapek trust will stick at ■tehing. Drath has nothing terrible in it L« tat what life has made so. If wc are good, example is the best faster of virtue; if wo are bad, shame to the best step to amendment. A new postofficc in Nebraska has . teen named Tonic. The Postmaster thereto declares it pleasant to take. Italy is now tasting all the bitterness of llnancial distress, Disarmament or bankruptcy constitute the two horns of the dilemma which King Humbert must face. Ferdinand Ward was reckless as a financier, but he is a very discreet released convict. He avoids all notoriety and will submit to no interviews. Mr. Ward learned wisdom at Sing Sing. A man in Barry, DI., who fired six ■hots at bls wife witb a revolver was fined $6 by the indignant Justice of the Peace before whom his case was tried. It is lucky for him that his fun ,was not a seven-shooter. His * fine would have been $7. The regions of California not irrigated by artificial means are already •■Bering from the drought and crops ■re greatly injured. This side of the tackles would have willingly spared them seven or eight inches of water ■■d not missed it. “The glorious dimate” has its drawbacks. The remarkable Intelligence is, sent from Cincinnati that a base-ball game was stopped because of the fact that the rays of the setting sun got in the mres of the batsmen and pitchers. When the relative positions of these Co functionaries are considered it comes clear either that the sun is very eratic in the vicinity of Cincinnati or else that the players are afflicted with a very extraordinary and aggravated forms of strabismus. i All England is agitated over the poisoning of the Duke of Westminster's racer, “Orme,” on the eve of the races. The incident seems like ■ chapter out of an antiquated sportlag novel, and will appear in the C'es of scores of new ones. It illustes how wide-spread is the English Interest in racing and it illustrates t also the fact that some of the most thorough blackgards imaginable were interested in Orme’s not running. New York has a guest just arrived from Rome and acknowledges that he to “a fugitive from Rome,” and has doubtless left there for Rome’s good. He candidly tells a reporter of the tacorder: “I am here to make propaganda for my cause. My principle to the abolition of private property, of capitalism, and government, which ■re all one—nambly, the enemy of true civilization.” He should be ■hipped home by the first boat with ■ notice to stay there. The question of “good common reads” is beginning to take prominence in all the wide-awake States. There is no question in which all glasses of people are more directly interested. The ordinary methods of read making and road repairing are •nly “playing at road making.” “The toon horse” has solid road-beds, beauttfully ballasted and bridged—but the faithful four-legged horse goes on ■airing and wearing out his life in Kling the farmer’s wealth to mar- . The times are ripe for a reform In country road building. Downright trickery has been often resorted to for the purpose of extending the life of a valuable patent. It seems to have been repeated by the •wners of the Bell telephone patents, ■nd it is now claimed that by a combination of patents for certain Im■saterial devices joined with the Berliner rights the company will be enabled to extend its monopoly for ■■other seventeen ’year?. But the public need not be alarmed at the suggestion. Long before the expiration of that time there will be discovered substantial relief from this monopoly. Western colleges bent upon getting the best have formed the disagreeable habit of offering the right ■san for President a higher salary than Eastern colleges are disposed to ■ay. Now of course-your really ideal President ought to be above sordid frmsiderations. He ought to love learning for learning’s sake, and suA pervise a college for supervision’s take. But most of them have families dependent upon them for support, and are to think of Bdlars and cents. Hence — other things being equal—the college which pay* the most gets the best President. Swinburne’s essay in the dramatic arena will excite much interest among the poet’s admirers. Coming aosoon after the production of Ten■yson’s play, “The Sisters” will attract additional attention. The poet laureate has not proved himself a master of dramatic situations and affects, but he has produced a play which is a great treat,for all lovers of good literature. If Swinburne has the dramatic Instinct more highly developed than Tennyson he has not yet given evidence of jt in his writings. He is, however, a superb master of English, a consummate lyrist, i ' and a poet of exquisite taste. We < (tail probably have no exciting •Denes in his new play, possibly no Bgfc.-— -Bteorbing plot, but we are sure of

melodious Mnes and delightful spngs. And, after all, we shall find much refreshment in an occasional change from the tank drama, “Annie Rooney," and "The Bogie Man.” If the manuscript of John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” is still in existence, and can be produced at the World’s Fqlr, it will be, certainly, a matter of no little interest. Mrs. J. W. Patton, of Springfield, 111., believes the manuscript to be now in possession of a family named Bates, living in Southern Illinois. It is »said to have descended, as an heirloom in the family, from Bunyan’s widow, to whom after his death the manuscript had been returned by the printers of the book. The unearthing of relics for exhibition at the World’s Fair will probably become quite common; in some instances, no doubt — and wo could wish it might be so in the present case—with supporting testimony that may be trusted. John is pouting. Deep down beneath the impenetrable mask of the stolid Asiatic peasant is a pride of race which has been deeply wounded. It is dimly dawning upon John that the Caucasian whom he inwardly despises has told him to “get out.” As he seeks the reason for this—pouting meantijne most tremendously—he discovers that he is not wanted because he comes here to get and carry away, and not to contribute anything to the general wealth. He is neither useful as a citizen, nor as an investor of moneys, nor as anything save a laborer. Alien and pagan, he is marked “N. G. Return to China.” He sees it. And we shall now hear him clamoring for citizenship, and abjuring bis false gods and vile habits. Pirates seem to have sprung up in the Mediterranean again. A Spanish sailing vessel was recently looted by them off the Morocco coast, and within hailing distance of the ocean lane on which steamships are plying night and day from the Mediterranean ports to New York. Is the old freebooting which so flourished at the beginning of this century to be revived? If «so, the United States, which cleaned the Barbary pirates out of their nests and swept the coast of ths Tripolitaine with the besom of destruction, must call out new Decaturs, Prebles and Bainbridges and do the good work over again. But is it just possible that the cry about pirates is raised by John Bull, who is anxious for a chance to interfere in Morocco? One of the most famous institutions of the Presbyterian Church in the West, “Lane Seminary, ” Cincinnati, once presided over by Lyman Beecher, Professor Stone, and men of national fame, is in a turmoil. The peculiar views of Dr. Briggs have created wide discussion, and it is now stated that Professor Smith, of the institution, has boldly come out as an advocate of the Doctor’s doctrine in a pamphlet entitled “Biblical Scholarship and Inspiration.” The pamphlet has caused a genuine sensation. A storm of opposition to Dr. Smith’s utterances was soon aroused, but he remained flrm, and now it is announced that Trustees Alexander McDonald, S. J. Broadwell, and Peter Rudolph Neff, all prominent men and millionaires, have resigned, leaving the board, as a whole, in sympathy with Professor Smith. The next General Assemby, which meets at Portland, Maine, will likely tackle the subject, and will find it knotty. A portion of Dubuque seems to be situated over a vast subterranean lake. Such a state of affairs has long been suspected, and the sudden disappearance a short time ago of half an acre of ground is strong proof of the theory. Fortunately no houses were situated on the ill-fated half acre. Had the phenomenon occurred in a crowded portion of the city, it would have occasioned one of the greatest catastrophes of history. Some such misfortune has been frequently predicted as on the prep" gramme for Chicago. Engineers have shown, or attempted to show, the possibility that her heavy buildings might sink out of sight, and one wild-eyed negro preacher has had a vision in which the waters of Lake Michigan were holding a riotous dance far above the city’s housetops. According to his theory, Chicago is to be sunk by the weight of her own wickedness. None of these prophe cies have as yet come true. On the contrary, Chicago real estate is going up all the time. Even a slight slump is improbable, and as for the bottom’s dropping out, as it did in the case of that half acre in Dubuque, the thing is impossible. Queer Bank. A man in Milbridge, Me., was building a small ■ schooner, and was about to cut down a tree for the stempiece when he was approached by an elderly French-Canadian, who asked: “You cut down that tree?” “Yes,” the shipbuilder replied. “Well, he my safe—l keep my money in there,” the Acadian responded. Pulling out a carefully concealed plug at the base, he brought forth a tin box filled with coins/ Forgetful. In 1871 a man in Auburn, Maine, 'deposited $2,200 in a'savings bank, and, as he was growing old, forgot all about it. One of his relatives learned of the deposit lately, and the forgetful old man was agreeably surprised to find that his $2,200 had increased to $5,000. Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude. For one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the Obligation which he thinks be lies under to the Giver of aU, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehensions of punishment. 1

POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. SIX DEMOCRATIC STATESMEN IN THE LEAD. Brief Blographla* of the Moat Prominent Democratic Preatdentlal Poaalbllltlea— Cleveland, Hill, Bolea, Palmer, Campbell nnd Gorman—Good Mon and True. Grover Cleveland. Born in Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., March 18, 1837, of English descent on paternal side and of Irish origin

on maternal side. His father a Presbyterian minister. His mother’s name Miss Annie O’Neill, . of Baltimore. Famstily moved early to N. Y., where, at the age of 17 years, the young

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man became an assistant teacher in an institution for the blind. Later they moved to Buffalo. The Democratic Presidential . candidate was known as Stephen G. Cleveland till made Sheriff of Erie County, when he dropped off his father’s name and became Grover. Admitted to bar in 1859 and practiced with success. Made Sheriff in 1870, Mayor in 1881, and became known as the “Veto Mayor." While Sheriff, it is said, hanged a man with his own hand. On cry of “Reform” chosen Governor by nearly 200,000 majority, the largest ever given for a State candidate. Re-elected with David B. Hill as Lieutenant Governor, who led the ticket. Chosen President in 1884, defeating Blaine. A rotund man who weighs 290 pounds and speaks in a prophetic vein. On June 2,1886, married Miss Frances Folsom, the daughter of his old law partner. She is rich and has one child. Only marriage of a President in the White House. David Bennett Hill. “I am a Democrat ” He could have added: “I am a confirmed bachelor.” Born in Havana, N. Y., Aug. 20,

1 a M \ 1 wa r wM agJfW BILL

1843. His father, a boatbuilder 1 n a small way, and son climbed the ladder step by step. Salesman, teacher, clerk, editor, and lawyer; but above all a politician, and strongest of partisans. Always studies the effect of his acts so as to avoid being

“put in a hole. ” Immediately after admission to the bar made District Attorney of Chemung, and held several local offices. He used bis newspaper to solidify the Democratic elements, and his success was undoubted. His first State office was Lieutenant Governor under Governor Grover Cleveland, and became Governor when Cleveland assumed the Presidency In 1885. Twice nominated and elected to the oftlce. Declined a third nomination last year,as he preferred togo to the United States Senate as successor of William M. Evarts. Was a candidate for Governor In 1888, when Cleveland ran for President. He led Cleveland 30,000, and was elected by a big majority, while Cleveland was beaten. Disloyalty to Cleveland was charged, but riever proven. Hill is a tireless student of current events, and keeps track of every movement. James E. Campbell. One of the strongest Democrats in the usually Republican State of Ohio. Been chosen Governor of the State,

and the only man in Ohio who made it hot for McKinley. Was born in Middleton, Ohio, July 7, 1843. Captain JohnParker,who commanded colonial troops at the battle o f

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Lexington, was one of his maternal ancestors. Is known in political circles as the Butler County “Mascot. ” At the age of twenty-four was admitted to the bar, and began practice ip Hamilton County. Chosen Prosecuting Attorney in 1877, and served till 1880. Beaten for race for State Senator in 1879. His friends elected him to Congress in 1882, and again in 1884 and 1886. Became very popular by watching the interests of his constituents and of ex-soldiers. Received the unanimous nomination for Gov_£P*ior in 1879, and cam®, out of the campaign with flying colors, beating the previous Democratic record by 46,218 votes. His record as Chief State Executive won plaudits from adherents of all parties. Is a hard worker, and more regular in his attendance at his office than his clerks. Is easy of access, and always ready to inquire into grievances and to redress them. Gives large sums in charity from his private means. His charming wife is a society leader, and is mother of one daughter and three sons. John McAuley Palmer. The “grand old man of Illinois” was born, 1817; admitted to the bar,

1839; Probate Judge, : Constitutional Convention, 1847; County Judge, 1848; member State Senate, 1852; reelected as an Independent and anti-Nebraska Democrat; left the' Democratic party o n the slavery question, and resigning his seat in the Senate on that account, 1856; delegate

to the Republican State Convention and President thereof, and delegate to convention which nominated Premont, same year; supporter of Lincoln against Douglas, 1858; candidate for Congress, 1859; Presidential elector on Republican ticket, I 860; member Peace Conference at Washington, 1861; Colonel of volunteers, and promoted to Brigadier General, 1861; prominent in the military operations of 1862, promoted to Major General, 1863; prominent in the campaigns and battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Atlanta; commanded military department of Kentucky, 1865-6; ele,cjed Governor of Illinois, 1868; supported Horace Greeley Ln 1872 and Samuel J. Tilden in 1876; three times nominated for United States Senator and three times defeated; delegate to National Democratic Convention, 1884; nominated for Governor and

defeated, 1888; nominated and elected Senator, 1890-1. Homoe Fr.nol* Bold*. In lowa they call him “one of the boys.” A big, handsome man, with) clean-shaven face, and strong, pleas-l

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State of lowa, which chose him as its Governor on the Democratic ticket Had been a Republican up to 1881, when he joined in the antl-Republi-can crusade, which was a war also on monopolies and prohibition. He acted with the Democrats in ail the campaigns from 1882 to 1889, and acquired a wide reputation as a vigorous and forcible speaker. It was this course which secured him the Democratic nomination, which resulted in his election as Governor. He defeated Hutchinson, the Republican candidate, by 6,758 votes, although the rest of the Democratic ticket was defeated. Boles is a hard worker, and is at his office daily at the unusually early hour of 7:30 a. m. He has two sons and one unmarried daughter, Miss Jessie. He is a lawyer by profession, but gives bis chief attention to cattle-raising, being a very extensive land-owner He is a firm believer in the doctrine that a grand future lies before Democracy in the West. Arthur Pue Gorman, One of the most courteous and popular Democrats seen in Washington. Was born in Woodstock, Md.,

March 11, 1839. His ancestors came from Ireland in 1784 and settled in Pennsylvania. His father, Peter Gorman, was a thrifty farmer, who acquired; a competence and* became a railroad \ contractor. Was \ one of the builders ■ of the Baltimore andOhioßailroad,

and while in this enterprise settled in Maryland. Young Arthur was always a Democrat, and when a mere youth was a State Convention delegate. He gained the friendship of Senator Douglas while a page in the Senate and rose rapidly through his influence. Was a champion of Douglas in his race for the Presidency. Made Postmaster of the Senate in 1860. Made Collector of Internal Revenue in Maryland after the war through the influence of Reverdy Johnson, Montgomery Blair, and Thomas A. Hendricks. His accounts fell in arrears in a large sum, but the difficulty wasadjusted. He was made director of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1869. He served in the House of Delegates from 1870 to 1872. The next year lie was chc sen Speaker of the House. In 1875 was elected State Senator, and in 1877 was made Chairman the Democratic State Committee. Has been in the United States Senate since 1881. A keen and dignified politician with a warm heart. A Pretty Cage Bird. The common redstart makes a pretty cage bird, though it is not often seen in captivity-in this •country. It visits Missouri and Illinois every summer, leaving for the south on the first approach of cold weather. It is a beautiful bird, and takes its name from a bunch of brilliant red feathers under the long plumes of the tail. When taken from the nest the .birds are easily reared, and their liveliness and cheerfulness in confinement dissipat# the idea that they are longing for freedom. They have a pretty song, apd are in* every way so far superior to the canary' that it is a wonder that they are not frequently caged and kept. A Queer Petnerghlp. Here is a cat that didn’t “kill the rat that ate the malt.” Dr. IL F. Everist, of St. Mary’s, Ohio, found in his barn a few days ago a large rat nursing three kittens. When the mother cat returned she relieved the rat, which went to sleep in the hay. Next day the Doctor and some friends saw the cat go up to a large rat-hole and mew several times, whereupon the rat came forth and took its place among the kittens. At least, this is the story as it comes to us. Bolling a Planet of Ice. One of those scientific gentlemen who spend their time in determining results on impossible .hypotheses, estimates that if the earth should come in contact with another body of the same size, the quantity of heat generated would be sufficient to melt, boil and completely vaporize a mass of ice fully seven times that of the colliding worlds, or, in other words, an iced planet -150,000 miles in diameter. Pigeon’s Milk Not a Joke. The joke about pigeon’s milk has a foundation in fact. After the incubation of the young has been completed the crops of the parent birds become thicker and secrete a sort of curd with which the young are fed. This description of nourishment is necessary for them, for if the young pigeons are deprived of it during the first week or two after hatching they are sure to die. So DisTiNouisned a poet as William Morris going bail for an anarchist editor who has been arrested for inciting -his readers to murder naturally Shocks London, just as the utterances of the artist Crane shocked Boston a while ago. Inasmuch as - Mr. Morris has always professed extreme socialist doctrines, there seems to be no occasion for astonishment at his action in bailing out an anarchist who was anxious to attend the funeral of his wife. The world owes much to William Morris, including-our Morris furniture, our Morris wall paper, our “Earthly Paradise” and thousands of lines of epic poems that are-a delight to this generation and will be to generations to come. What a young man who has a beat girl wants is to hold* his own.

1843; member J PALMktL

ant expression. A great horseman,’ and in youth was passionately devoted to equestrian: . expreise. Was’ L born in Erie CounI ty, New York, in 1827. Went West with his parents at an early age, and grew up with the

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THE SHODDY INDUSTRY. WOOL TARIFFS BRING IT GREAT PROSPERITY. Free Wool Would Ho It* Certain DeathBom* Tin Plata Foot* and Fanoloi—MeKlnlAy'* Account Continued—New ICngland Farmer* Driven Ont by the Tariff*. More Shoddy than Wool. There can be little doubt that the American people wear more shoddy than do the people of any other country on the face ot the globe. Hero are a few of the proofs of this statement. 1. According to the census statistics of 1880, the total amount of raw material consumed in the manufacture of woolen goods was 404,000,000 pouhds. After reducing wool to a scoured basis, we find that only 118,000,000 pounds of pure wool were consumed. This shows that |he composition of woolen goods made In 1880 was 108 parts of adulterants and 118 parts of pure wool. The census of 1890 shows that the number ot pounds of pure wool used had Increased to 124,000,000, and of shoddy, cotton, and other adulterants from 106,000,000 pounds In 1880 to 154,000,000 pounds in 1890, thus giving a ratio of 45 parts of pure wool to 55 parts of adulterants. 2. Since the McKinley bill went into effect the shoddy business has enjoyed an era of unusual prosperity. As an indication of this, wo quote the following under the heading, “Rags, Shoddies, Wastes, and Extracts,” from the American Wool and Cotton Reporter of May 19, 1892: “New Clips.—There has been a steady current of business during the past week, and results have been altogether satisfactory. Merchant tailors’ clips, darks and black, are picked up as fast as made. The pronounced demand for darks and black worsted, noted last week, continues. There is more or less inquiry for all the various grades of new woolen rags. “Woolen Rags.—Some dealers aver that they have sold in the two weeks of May, 1892, within a few hundred dollars of all last May’s (1891) sales.. In the sale during the past week of red, blue, gray knit there has been no let up. White Unseys. have moved well, so has hood stock generally. Dark and light merinos are selling fast. Red and blue flannels are selling to solno extent. Skirted seams and soft black carpets have been sold; delaines continue in good demand; some orders have been received for dark cut cloths. “Shoddies.—Business for the first half of May (Monday, 16) has favorably compared with last year’s record in the same period. There is unmistakably an increased demand for finer stock. “Extracts. —Manufacturers in general are having all they can do to fill orders. “Wool Waste.—There has been no falling off this month In this traie. During the past week a good deal of high grade waste has been sold. “Flocks.—Business in this line for the month thus far has been quite satisfactory. ” This same page of th? American Wool and Cotton Reporter contains over twenty advertisements of shoddy manufacturers. 3. No other country has a duty on wools that will average 60 or 70 per cent.—thus depriving us of the purer wool and compelling us to use all kinds of adulterants —rags, hair, cotton, etc. That our tariff is a godsend to the shoddy manufacturers is testified to by the fact that in 1888, when the Mills bill proposed to give us free wool, seventeen rag and shoddy dealers signed a circular, used by the Republican National Committee, in which they denounced the Mills bill as a free-trade measure, and said that free wool would ruin their business. Further testimony comes from the petition of the Kensington ReformClub of Philadelphia (which contains about 250 wool workers), presented to Congress April 6, 1892. After asking for free wool to help the woolen business, and Incidentally-to provide steadier employment for more labor at higher wages, and to give cheaper clothing to the consumer, they say that the materials of manufacture are deteriorating and the manufacturers “dare not put their workingmen on the stand to testify under oath, for then there would be a full corroboration of the statement made to your honorable Committee of Ways and Means by the, committee ot the Wool Consumers’ Association, that the McKinley law has largely promoted the adulteration of wool manufacturers." Tin Flat* Facts and Fancies. During the debate on the McKinley bill we heard many promises made by McKinley and others In regard to the marvelous effect the increased duty on tinplate would have in building up this industiy here. We have heard how sorry McKinley has been since he made such rash promises and will not ask him to face his record. Since the passage of the act the' tin plate liar has been abroad and has has kept the newspaper reports busy looking for phantom tin plate factories. At last there is some evidence that minute quantities ot tin plate are being made id this country, and we can begin to detect a grain of truthfulness in the statements of political tinplate manufacturers. The following is from the New York Dally Commercial Bulletin of May 13, 1892: 5 “Early In January the Tin Plate Manufacturers’ Association issued a circular giving the weekly product of each establishment in the association. It will be interesting to compare the statements then made with actual facts as determined by Col. Ayer. The following is a comparison of the capacity as given in the manufacturers’ circular with the actual production as given byCol. Ayer, in the case of the six concerns which make their own black plates: Weekly production—boxes of 198 pounds. Concerns. Mantra. Col. Ayer. Norton 8r056,000 64.6 St. Louis Stamping Company.. .8,000 333.3 P. H. Laufman A Col,ooo 121.8 U. 8. Iron and Tin-plate C 03,000 86.2 Wallace, Bonfield & Col,ooo 37.6 Apollo Rolling Mill 157.7 Another evidence that tin plate is being produced in this country is contained in the Iron Age of May 12, 1892. This journal devotes six pages to illustrations and descriptions of the St. Louis Stamping Company. This usually conservative journal allows itself in its ardor for this new*industry to say that “tin plate produced by this company, from the process back to mine and forest, will give employment to 600 person at a daily expenditure of from $1,500 to SI,BOO for labor and transportation.” Putting this statement alongside that of Col. Ayers we observe that this com- | paijy is producing 533 boxes of tin 1 plate per week/ in which the total eost is about SIO,OOO, that- is, nterly S2O per box. As imported tin plate is selling for between $5 and $6 per box, It is safe to say eithei that this tin plate company is not established upon a sound economic bale or that the era of tin plate exaggeration is not yet past. That the duty on tin plate is a tax is certified to by every number of the Iron Age;-e. g., on page 940, of May 12, we find IC coke tin, 14x20, quoted at $5.30. On the opposite page we find thia- same grade quoted in London at $2.94, leaving a difference of $2.36 in favor of foreign consumers—tat about the amount of the McKinley duty. As we consume 1 about7,ooo,ooo boxes a year we are taxing ourselves at the rate of about SSO

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w —- -- ■ - per day to provide work for a few hundred laborers, many of whom have been imported for work in this new industry. This is what our protectionist statesmen call a good investment and point to with pride. Agrloultur* and th* Tariff. “Our civilization rests upon agriculture. To it every strong state must look, not only for bread, but in large measure for men who are to uphold its society. We have won and maintained our institutions in peace and war by the aid of the sturdy citizens who wore born and bred upon farms; therefore it is the first duty of our legislators to take care I that the laws do not endanger the prosperity of those who till the soil. “The present condition of agriculture in New England shows clcaqly that the protective tariff is harmful to the interests of the farmer. Thirty years ago this part of the United States contained thousands of small farms which are new abandoned. In every neighborhood we see these abandoned homesteads falling in ruins and their fields returning to forests. The traveler in those districts feels that some great plague has fallen upon the people. Thus in the towns of Tisbury nnd Chilmark, in Dukes County, Massachusetts, more than three-fifths of the district' farmsteads, only eight remain, and the greater part of the fields has grown up in brushwood. Several of the New England States have been led to the extraordinary measure of making a census of their abandoned farms, with the hope that foreigners might be induced to buy them. Altnough. these lists are imperfect, in that they take account only of those places where the houses and fields are still lit for use, the results are startling. They show that the small farmer is rapidly being driven from the land which for centuries has maintained his forefathers in prosperity. The census of 1890 shows a loss of population in 930 towns, in New England. One reason why the small farmers have been driven to abandon their fields is found in the fact that the protective tariff greatly increases the expenses of their houseeholds. In a family of five persons engaged in farming, and living with strict economy, at least three hundred and fifty dollars has to be spent for clothing, household utensils, farming tools and the materials which are used in repahing buildings and fences. On the average more than fifty dollars of this sum Is due to the protective tariff. This tax is great enough to make a life-and-death difference in the struggle of a man who has to depend for his success on his own strength and the natural resources of a small tract of ordinary New England land. With that amount of money on the right side of his account he can subsist his family and put by something for his old age. Without it he must fail. When the system of the protective tariff was begun, the farmers were promised that the manufactories which it would induce would afford them a high-priced market for the products of their fielas. This theory has proved to be utterly in error; except in the case of the market gardens near the great cities, which are owifed * men of capital and tilled by hired labor, no part of our agriculture has had any considerable advantage from the establishment of factories in New England.. It is now made clear by experience, as it is evident from reason, that the price of our soil products is determined by the market rates of European countries where our surplus is sold. ' The notion .of the advantages of a home market is shown by the facts to be fallacious. -Instead of being a blessing to the small farmer, the tariff is a curse which stealthily works for his ruin.—Prof. N. 8. Shaler, member of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. , Debit T||e*e to McKinley. It will be reinelmbered that the McKinley bill was to boom business, raise wages, kill trusts, etc. The following few of the more th»n one hundred items on the debit side of the McKinley account for another week show how the bill is getting in its work: May 15. To the report that all the tanners of the United States have signed an agreement to curtail production 50 per cen£ for the next four months by shutting down all tanneries for two months. May 17. To the report that Carnegie, Phipps <t Co., Carnegie Bros. & Co, and the Keystone Bridge Co. will consolidate July 1 under the name of “The Carnegie Steel Company.” The comblnbd capital will be $10,700,000. It will be the ehlef of the great iron and steel concerns and wifi make it easy for all to sustain present high prices and exorbitant profits, - May 19. To a report, In the Iron Age, that an attempt is being made at Pittsy burg to form a new trust of all the plate-glass factories in America. May 19. To notices in the Journal of the Knights of Labor advising laborers to stay away from Pineville, Ky., because the miners there are on a lockout against a reduction of wages; from LaCrosse, Wis., because a serious lockout in the sawmills has thrown hundreds out of employment; from Wardner, Idaho, because of the strike at the Coeur d’Alene silver and lead mines against a reduction of wages; from Tarkio, Mo., because wages have been greatly reduced; from. Little Rock and Argenta, Ark., because the cotton mills are shutting down and the railroads are laying off men. Sixteen other similar notices appear in this samp journal. May 2L To the report from Detroit, Mich., that 150 girls employed in. the pearl button factory there are on strike against a reduction in .wages. The factory was started soon after the passage of the McKinley bill, and was visited by Governor McKinley at the time of the Michigan Club banquet on Feb. 22 last. The girls who were making $3.50 a week will now be able to make only $3. Instead of striking, these poor girls should petition Congress to raise the 100 per cent, duty on pearl buttons to above 1,000 per cent, to enable the manufacturers to pay good waged, you know. The Sugar Trust. • There is much food for thought in Representative Scott's recent motion to place ail sugars on the free list, and there are thousands who agree with him that the sugar trust “has succeeded in completely stifling and destroying competition by its unholy, unjust,, and cruel exactions.” This is a bold statement, but the Representative backs it up by showing that the trust has lately added. $25,000,000 to its capital stock and has thus absorbed all outstanding competitive refiners of sugar. The trust would receive a crushing blow if all sugars were placed on the free list; and since the interests of legitimate competition ; can be served thereby, we sincerely hope that they will be placed on the free list. Where an aitiolo of food is concerned no trust should bo allowed .to control the price and defy competition. —National Provisioner, May 14, 1892. THE-Iron Age of May 19 says: “The export trade in cotton goods is practically at a standstill. The demand from China is dead. Trade with South America is very quiet, and there is but little doing with Africa." Hasn’t the Iron Age heard of reciprocity, that friend of the farmer which was to open up new markets for his products in these tea, coffee, Sugar ana hide producing regions of the earth? Is it possible that “new corner stone of proteption” is mis-’ behaving so extensively and betraying the trust of its ardent supporters?

--—-— • ! INCREASE OF CIRCULATION. For th* Month or May It Amount* to M» 437,9*8-Total I* «M. 77 F*r Capita. The Treasury Department’* monthly statement of change* in the circulation * shows a considerable net increase during the last month. There wp* ■ decrease of $6,332,559 in JZnlted State* 4 notes, $639,194 in national bank notes, $457,532 In standard silver dollars, and $97,189 In subsidiary silver. On the other hand there was an Increase of $5,586,902 in* Treasury silver notes, $3,581,510 in gold certificates, $3,520,000 in currency certificates, $1,295,708 in gold certificates, . and $269 In silver certificate*. Thi* ; ; shows a net increase during the month of $6,437,985. The total circulation of the country June 1 is placed at $1,620,010,229—a per capita circulation ot $24.77, or $115,278,509 more than June 1. 1891. The changes in the circulation of various kinds of money during May, together with the amounts in circulation e June 1, are shown in the following tables: May 1.1892. June 1,1892. Gold coint 4U7.G16.949 $ 408,911, Ml Standard silver dollar* 67,664,457 57,096,924 Subiidiary silver 02,833,628 62,736,334 Gold oertHoate* .’.... 163,713,699 167,296,20 s Silver oertlfloates .... 327,289,896 827,290,1 M Silver Treasury notes 81,601,770 87,003,672 United States notes.. 324,785.861 818,463.802 Currency oertlfloates. 30,210.000 33,730,006 National bank note* . T0ta1551,620,010,229 »1,604,22*,60* The general stock of money coined oi issued and fe the Treasury June 1 la shown by the following table. Coined or Issued. In Treasury, Gold coinl 002,4M,237 t 193,673,68* Standard silver dollars"... 413, 565,360 366,408,4** Subsidiary oil ver 77,196,831 14,459,491 Gold oertlfloates 171,2M,729 14,470,52 d Silver oertlfloates .... 330,904,002 3,613,8*1 Silver Treasury notes 97,391,986 10,323,314 United States notes.. 346,681,016 28,227,714 Currency oertlfloates. 34,020,000 290,000 National bank notes . 172,490,349 6,071,384 T0ta1512,246,608,610 *026,498,281 During May there wE’i a net increase of $7,910,008 in the Treasury store of money and bullion. There was a decrease of $1,758,571 in the store of gold bullion, $1,403,606 in silver Treasury notes, $337,693 in gold coin, nnd $140,930 in subsidiary silver, while there was an Increase of $6,332,559 in United States notes, $3,588,919 in silver bullion, $967,532 in standard silver dollars, and $661,898 in the Treasury store of national bank notes. Gold certificate* held in cash by the Treasuiy June 1 amounted to $14,470,520, a decrease during May of $7,460,660; silver certificates held in cash amounted to $3,613,837, an Increase during last month of $404,731; and currency certificates held in cash were $290*000, $50,000 less than May 1. *The store of gold bullion In the Treasury June 1 aggregated $7,953,and of silver bullion $71,501,576. WEALTH OF THE WEST. Valuation ol Central States According to the Cenau*. The Census Office has issued a bul-letin-showing by States and geographical divisions the total and per capita assessed value of property for 1890 and 1880, and the increase per cent, of such valuation. For the North Central Division, which, among others, Include* the States of Illinois, Indtaa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, lowi, and Missouri, the following figures are given: TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION. State. 1390. 1880. 111iu01g:....5727,416,252 *786,616,394 Indiana. 846,087,048 727,815,131 Michigan 927.577,723 517,666,36# Wisconsin 592,890,719 " <38,*71,751 Kansas 848,469,944 160,891,689 lowa 630,695,144 398,671,261 Missouri 736,843,163 532,796,801 The bulletin says that as the laws of Illinois provide that property shall be assessed for taxation at its true value in that State, butthat the Board of Equalization for 1880 officially declared that the assessed value for that year was but one-half of the true value, the figures of the assessed valuation of Illinois property Should ba increased fourfold to show the true increase during the decade. The per capita assessed value in the same States In 1890 and 1880 Is given as follows: State. 1890. 1880. Hltaoi*‘.sl9o.ll S2M.ST Indian*Bß6.l9 867.90 Michigan 442.99 316.24 Wi5c0n5in...351.47 833.99 Kansas244.l7 161.52 10wa....277.58 245.3# Missouri293.so 246.71 For the decades ending,with 1860,1870 and 1880 the estimated true value of all property in the United States and the value of real estate and personal property as assessed is as follows: Assessed Estimated Years. Valuation, true vein at ion. 1360.512,084,660,005 1870.. 14,178,986,732 30,069', MB, W 1880 16,902,993,543 43,642,000,000 1890.. 24,661,586,465 .- Should it be found upon completion of the Inquiry 1b relation to the true value of all property' in the United State* that the same relation exists in 1890 between assessed valuation and the true valuation as existed in 1880, the absolute wealth of the country may be estimated at $63,648,000,000, dr more than SI,OOO per capita, as against $514 per capita in 1860, $7Bl per capita in 1870, and SB7O per capita in 1880. Onsartln’ Weather. Now, thur ain’t no use a talkin' ’bout yer smilin', buddin’ Mays, When the North wind, frost, an’ snowstorms have such curious, startlin' ways; For the corn’* a sproutin’ down'ards an* pertaters floatin’ off. An’ thur ain’t a nabur round us 'thout a raspin’, backin' cough. Why. it’s jes’ as like as any, if they aln’* . stuck In the mud, They’ll be cuttln’ ice at Natchez on the last Missouri flood. All the robins an’ the catbirds say they’re goln’ South again, An’ I’m havin’ lots o’ bother with my old brown settln’ hen. 'Cos she’d tbo’t she got May fever, but she says the almanac Must a bln an old last year’s one, an’ I’d better take it back. When I went to town a week ago to get some summer close An’ a bonnet fer Marlar—why, whatever d’ye spose? Why, a big chinchilla overcoat they tried to have me buy, An’ a fur-llued hood an’ tippet <er my wife to take an’ try. All thur Icemen got arrested for a-forcln’ o’ thur trade, While the coalyards begged protection from a chilly people's raid, An’ I've been a-frettln’ awful ’bout them poets—them as sing All about the burstin’ budlets an’ tbu» signs o’ early spring, An’ I hope they'll jes stop writing an’ go out an' take a walk. Then they’ll find thur off’n the calendar a month by my blue cbalk; An’ to make the records jibe, they ougbt when slngln’ out so gay, ■ Jes extend thur rhymes to take In June an’ leave out flcklo May; ■ It’ll give ’em jes a little change—an’ us a ■ different tune— I ■ Fur strewn, spoon, boon, mnon, prune, noon, B coon, dune, loon, all hitch with June. ■ Grains of Gold. ■ Howe’er if be, it seems to me ’tla I only noble to be good. ]■ Never to do good means that you are V continually doing bad. A man with a pure heart ought to be a I man with a clean mouth. We like the devil because he: makes m '■ believe we are somebody.No fountain is so small that heaven ■' ■ may not be imaged In its bosom. Do nothing in thy passion; It 1* ilk# g putting to sea in a violent storm. ■ When you talk to a man about his I sins, don’t stand over him with a club, ' . I