Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 10 February 1893 — Page 6

©he democrat »ZLZL/L/\/VL/X** DECATUR, IND. M, BLACKBURN, - • - PtTßt.T>m>t* 1803 . rEBRJTARY. 1893 8u Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa • •” • 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • • ® ® • e • e • * ®_ —- • ~ FINE PICKING OF NEWS AS, FOUND IN ALL (PARTS OF THE WORLD. Serion* Wreck Near Nile*. Mleh. — Hie Lafayette Riot; -1-Terrible Cawaltty at Lima. Ohio—A National Quarantlno■loo,ooo Fire at Peoria. SERIOUS WRECK Three Employe* of the IMg Four Badly Hurt. A serious and perhaps fatal wreck occurred on the Michigan division the Illg Four, three miles north of Niles, Mich. The train, consisting of one freight car laden with potatoes and a catx>ose. drawn by engine 623, was moving south at a speed of twenty miles an hour, when a flange on one of the wheels of the freight car broke and tnrew the car and the caboose oft the track. At the point where the accident happened there is an embankment twenty feet high, down which the caboose and freight car rolled, the stove in the latter upsetting and igniting the debris, which was entirely consumed. At the time there were in the caboose James Scott, conductor; Fred Scott, brakeman, and William Palmer, brakeman, all of Wabash,lnd.,and Frank Hammond and Henry C. Price, attorneys of Benton Harbor. Fred Scott was io badly cut, bruised, and burned that he cannot move in his bed. James Scott had his nose broken and the bone of his right leg fractured, while Palmer was so bruised, cut, and burned on the head that the doctors say he will not recover. The two attorneys escaped with trifling: cuts. The engine, deprived of its train, ran to Niles for medical assistance, and the patients are now in that place. A National Quarantine. Director General Davis of the World’s Fair, in his report on the cholera question to the council'of administration, declares that it is absolutely necessary for the Federal Government to assume control of the quarantine service at seaports to insure public confidence in the efficiency of quarantine regulations. The report says there is no likelihood of the jiseaso being introduced in the merchandise shipped here for purposes of exhibition. the only sources of danger being Immigration from German ports and the Importation of rags. The LoulivlUo and Nashville System to Be • Tied Up. The entire Louisville and Nashville system is likely to be tied up by a general strike of the and tiremen. President Smith refused to discuss the grievance with Grand Chief Sargeant and Chief Arthur of the engineers. The matter has now gone beyond their control and the grievance committees will order a vote on the advisability of a strike. If it passes by a two-thirds vote a general tie up will result. Birth of a Coal Octwpug. Pittsburgh special: A movement is on foot looking to the formation of a combination of all the railroad coal operators of Western Pennsylvania. Several secret conferences have been held, and it is stated that the owners of 100 mines in this region, representing fully 815,000,000 capital, have signified their intention of joining the combine. The objects of the trust will be uniformity of prices, reduction of expenses and the regulation of the car service. A Bad Wreck, Freight train Na 74 on the Pittsburgh division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ran into the rear of an extra freight at Williams, Pa., wrecking several freight cars. The engine was thrown into a creek. Engineer Wallace and Conductor Nez are missing. Conductor Dunldp and Flagman Grimes, of the extra train, were slightly hurt and Fireman Noland, of the regular train, was seriously injured. Against Annexation. London special; The Pall Mall Gazette states that the Governor of New Zealand has telegraphed to the Marquis ot Ripon, Secretary of State for the colonies, a strongly worded protest against the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. No'definite answer has yet been returned by the imperial government to the New Zealand communication. The Lafayette Riot. As a result of the grand jury invest!-, cations into the riot at Lafayette, Ind., twb weeks ago, ten bills were returned. Peter J. Clark, City Street Commissioner; Philip McCauley and Bart J. Murphy are indicted for a conspiracy td commit a felony, riot, assault and battery, with ' intent to murder, and disturbing a public meeting. The bond is 81,000 each. ■IOO,OOO Fire at Peoria. Fire broke out in the warehouse of the Peoria Grape Sugar Company, located on the river front in the very heart of the city, and before it could be gotten under control had destroyed that building and the cold storage warehouse of the Pabst Brewing Company adjoining. Loss, 1100,000. A Young Lady Killed 1> a Wreck. A passenger train on the Union Pacific road, was wrecked near Boise City, Idaho, and Miss Emma Egan of Chicago. was killed. Several others were painfully injured. • Terrible Casualty at Lima, Ohio. The entire family of Charles Mehr, consisting of father, mother, and son, was asphyxiated by gas at Lima, Chi’). The trouble was caused ty a defective mixer. - 4 Important Decision. The Indiana Supreme Court has decided against the railroads in the tas cases that have beeri pending since lasi year, and which grew out of the relusa of a few persons to pay tax upon a tota assessment of 8160'000,000, made by the State Board of Tax Commissioners the companies alleging thai the law .creating the commis slon was unconstitutional and that the' had not been permitted to show tha their property was not worth the sun fixed by the commission; that the ta amounts to 81,500,000 each year. Th railroad company which has been fight Ing the law agreed to pay taxes on 859,

I 000,‘00$ «! valuatlOTi as assessed, under tbs odd law, bat declined to pay an the 1100,006,000 additional ‘levied by the Stats Board «f Tax ICoininissioners, created two years ago. Some of the railroads which have been resisting the a law have paid the tax under protest but ! the others have declined to pay and many hundreds of thousands of dollars await y the decision. - , TERRIBLE I'AUHALtT. _ I carful CeesoquenoeH ®f it Broken Gm Main* Urbantk (O.) special: The greatest calamity that over occurred in this city happened the other night, when a natural gas explosion occurred in the home of Mr. John D. Shofstall on East Church street By the explosion his daughter, a young woman 23 years of age, was killed, Mrs. Clark, aged 68 : years, seriously injured and died a few hours later, and Mr. Shofstall was badly j burned. It was just 5:30 o’clock when the whole city was shaken as by an earthquake, and the shock was immediately followed by the alarm of fire. The firemen went to work with o will and soon rescued Mr. Shofstall from his fearful position. He pointed out where the two women were buried, and In a short time they were rescued. Mrs. Clark, the old lady, was first brought out, and then Miss Nellie Shofstall was discovered pinned down by the heavy timbers of the building and taken ouL She was horribly mangled. Her neck was broken by the heavy timbers falling across IL Both eyes were literally torn from her head, while her body and face were a mass of cuts and bruises. She lingered about an hour before she died. Mrs. Clark’s collar bone was broken, in addition to internal Injuries, and she also died later. The explosion was caused by gas from a broken main filling the house, and igniting from a stove. HUMAN BODIES Fly In the Air In All Directions. A terrible casualty occurred in Syracuse, N. Y. Near the State pump-house, at the foot of Emerson avenue, a Central Hudson passenger train, west bound, ran down six men. Three were killed outright ar.d three Injured. One died at the hospital, another is dying and the third is seriously hurt. The men were all employed as section hands on the Central Hudson Railroad. They were walking on the track. It was very cold, and the wind and snow were bibwing furiously from over the lake. Foreman Maroney says that half a minute before they were run down he turned to see if a train was coming, but saw none. Very shortly afterward he heard an engine bell,and, looking around, saw the passenger train bearing down on them. He yelled to the men who were j just ahead of him and jumped from the track, as he did so the cylinder box of the engine struck him in the hips. In a second the other men were flying through the air in all directions. A STUPENDOUS STRIKE May Be Inaugurated Within a Fortnight. Chicago special: There is a storm brewing in the labor sky, which, when it bursts, will cause consternation in certain quarters t.iat can just now least afford to cope with it. It will affect the most important business of the city and make itself felt in every branch of commerce having to do with the .material prosperity of the city. ' Every wholesale house will fee) its effect and if allowed to spread, it will paralyze the very tone and sinew of Chicago’s trade. There is a prospect that the most stupendous strike on the railroads leading into the city which has ever been started may be inaugurated within a fortnight, no road being left unaffected. This strike will be organized and maintained by the switchmen, every man so employed being now practically pledged to go into It and bold out to the end. Collision on the Pittsburgh. First section of freight No, 78 left Loudonville, Ohio, without orders and had gone but a short distance when the j limited crashed into it Engineer D. M. . Peppard and Fireman Wertingberger of the freight train jumped for their lives. Peppard sustained a broken shoulder bone and it is feared other and more serious injuries, which may cause his death. The fireman had his left leg broken , and was badly "bruised. G. Betts, an electrician on the limited, was the only person hurt on that train. He was cut and bruised about the tegs. The passengers were terribly shaken up. but. fortunately, no one was hurt so far as has been heard. Both engines, the combination smoker, and baggage-car of the limited and four freight cars were wrecked, obstructing the tracks for six hours. Indians on the War-Path. Chadron (Neb.) special: Two Strikes’ band killed five men on the reservation the other night, and now defy arrest by the Indian police. The killing took place at Humphrey’s ranch, near the mouth of White Clay Creek, Humphrev’s ranch is about twenty mites nor.nwcst of Pino Ridge Agency, and fifteen miles west of the Wounded Knee battleground ot two years ago. There was considerable skirmishing in that neighborhood during the big uprising, and so]/ diers were stationed at the ranch for some time. Two Strikes’ band was held together, and has been very vindictive of late, but the outbreak is a surprise. . Immediately after sending the above dispatch the correspondent started for the scene of the troubla , ' Agree to Disagree. I, Topeka (Kan.) special: Judging by i present indications, the Republican - House and the Populist House have practically buried the hatchet, as far as open warfare is concerned. An agreement is announced whereby they will divide the 5 time on the floor from now to the close 3 of the session, the Republicans meeting B in the forenoon and the Populists in the r afternoon. The Populists will follow j the regular forms of legislation heret after, and tills will be passed without , regard to the Republicans. Only such ’ bills as cannot be attacked in the Supreme Court will be passed, and at the close of the session appropriations for c the expenses ot the Legislature and the r, State Government and State institutions [. will be adopted. ® Terrible Explosion. An explosion which seriously injured fourteen men took place at the Star foundry, a low wooden building at the ' corner of Washington and La.Martine ’ streets. Worcester, Mass. The men.had finished work and the moulders had gone home, leaving the laborers to empty the stock. The hot slag struck the wet ground and the explosion followed, wrecking the building. The foundry is the largest in the city. Patrick H. Judge, night watchman. 46 years old, married, : x was fatally injured. AH the others were’l more or less~soriously injured. The Muncie Strike Ofl. 0 Muncl.e(]nd.) special: , General Superintondent Hill of the Lake Erie and s . Western, has notified the. switchmen at ,y Muncie, who had taken the strikers’ lt places, that the company would no ni longer pay their board, and would relx duco wages to the road's scale, which Is ,' p 15 cents a day more than was paid when t . the strike began. The (jiuti asked fur , ( their money anff passes to their homes, ’ which were given to them. Men from

Mnnete were put to work. Three of tie striker*, who were released by Judgu Baker, secured eoa ploy menu Another Gas Explosion at Anderson, Ind. Natural gas exploded in the house occupied by Uiyeses 8. Brunson, at Anderson, Ind. The hoase was completely wrecked aud five persons were seriously injured. Ulysses S. Brunson is hadlv burned about the head. Mrs. Brunson was blown through a door and bruised as well as burned. She will die. Sarah Brunson, 11 years old; Mary Brunson, aged 7, and Dolllo Brunson, aged 3, wore blown out of their beds and badly burned about the face and logs. A leaky service pipe caused the disaster. Caugkt in • Prairie Fire. Prairie fires have raged from five to niue mile* north of Akron, Col., destroying a large portion of the range. Mr. Holden, a newcomer, 50 years old, was driving a team when the fire overtook him. The horses lay down in the fire and were fearfully burned. Had Mr. Holden remained in the wagon he might have escaped unhurt, but his clothing was almost burned from his body and his eyes and face are so badly burned that fears are entertained that his sight may be lost. Judge Jackson’s Confirmation la Doubt. The appointment of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Bench has spiked the guns of the Democrats, but a number of Republicans have trained their artillery on the nomination, and while it may escape and secure confirmation, there is a certainty of a tight. Senators Wolcott, Teller and others will lead the fight, but tha President has been assured of Democratic support which with his friends among the Republicans, will, he feels sure, enable him to win. Wants to Follow Hawaii. A big political meeting was held at Essex, Ont, the other night, to discuss the future of Canada At the close of several speeches a vote was taken, and resulted as follows:' To remain In statu qua 21; independence, 12; 'imperial fed- , eration, 3; political union with the United States, 413. The few opponents : of annexation tried to create a discussion I and to prevent a ballot, but their efforts failed completely. The vote is a fair expression of the prevailing sentiment. A Daring Robbery. A daring robbery was perpetrated at Sacramento, Cal., in Wechorst’s jewelry [ store on “J” street. One robber held up I the lone clerk with a pistol while an- I other got away with six thousand dollars 1 worth of diamonds A spectator across j the street finally yelled "stop thief’’ as ! the thieves started away. The thief, stopped,shot at the spectator, but missed I him and then escaped. The thief >vho ' secured the two trays of diamonds also ’ escaped with the booty.

Will Make Less Liquor. Chicago special: A reduction of seven thousand gallons daily in the quantit” of spirits manufactured in the Calumet, Riverside aud Schufeldt distilleries has been made. This is, in addition to tbe reduction of three thousand gallons made a few davs ago, and brings the total daily output down to about tweuty-five thousand gallons At Peoria one distillery has been shutdown and the output of the others reduced. Petrified Paling. W. S. Hart, the Colorado geologist, wbo has been employed to assist in collecting a Wyoming mineral display, has made a wonderful discovery at Rawlins. He has unearthered a bed of petrified palm trees, and shipped 4,000 pounds of the find to Cheyenne. The specimens are rare and beautifal pieces. The display found will include flat rocks carrying pre-historic traces of birds and animals. Mrs. Whitney Dead. Mrs. William C. Whitney, wife of the ex-Secretarv of the Navy, died at her residence in New York. All the members of the family were at the bedside when the end came. She had been ailing from an affection of the heart for several days, but tbe doctors were until tho last sansrulneof a favorable outcome. Babes Burned. At White Post, Ky., the residence ot Mr. Michiol Young, a prominent citizen of Inez, Ky., was burned, and his two little children, who were as eep in a room in the second story, perished in the flames. Mr. Y'oung made a desperate effort to save his children, and came near losing his own lifa Accident in a Mine The roof in one of the rooms of tbe Thompson & McCoy'coal mine, south of Zanesville, Ohio; fell upon four miners— George Waxier, William Hartman, Charles Winchell, and Julius Mason. Waxier bad his back broken and died. The others will recover. Caught by Falling Ruins. The house and contents of Charles Haywooo, living five miles southeast of Wayland, Mich., were burned. Mrs. Haywood, in striving to save some furniture, Was caught by falling debris and cremated, while her husband barely escaped a like fata Roasted Alive. Maracaibo special: The Guajlra Indians have roasted alive three traders who were caught stealing voting Indian girls for the purpose of selling them into servitude. THE MARKETS. Cn.CAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 <9 6.2 S Hoos—Shipping G rades 3.50 8.60 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 0 5.60 Wheat—No. 2 Spring T3ii<9 -'4'4 COBS--NO. 2 .’ 44 0 .45 Oats—No. 2 .32)4 Rye—No. 2 62 0 .63 Buttek—Choice Creamery 27)4® .28)6 Egos—Fresh 2» 0 .30 Potatoes—New, per bu 65 & .76 INDIANAPOLIS.

Cattle—Shipping, 3.25 0 5.50 HOOB-Choice Light 8.-50 0 7.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 © 4.75 Wheat-Go. 2 Red 67 © .68 COBN—Nd. 2 White 40 0 .41 Oats-No. 2 White 36)40 .36)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle ».oo © 5.00 Hogs 3.00 0 8.10 Wheat—N0.2Red............... .68 <9 .69 Coen-No, 2 to © .41 Oats—No. 2 .at 0 .32 Rye—No. 2 .07 0 .W CINCINNATI. .. Cattle 3.00 0 5.25 Hoos 3.00 0 7.25 Sheep... 3.00 0 5.60 Wheat—No. 2 Red 72 0 .73 Cob.’.’-No. 2 42 0 M Oats—No. 2 Mixed :u!4® .36)4 Rye—No.2 .... ,w © .61 DETROIT. Cattle .... 3.00 & 4.75 Hog* 3.00 © 7.60 SHEEP 3.<X) © 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Rod. 72)40 .73)4 Cobs—No. 2 Yellow .44 © .4* Oats—No. 2 White 38)40 .32)4 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 n a .n COBX—No. 2 White 43 © .44 Oats—No. 2 White zo!40 P.YE w © .61 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime 3/X) 0 6.25 Hogs Beet Gride* LOO 0 8.0) Wheai No. I Hard »1 0 M No. 2 Red 75 0 .76 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 Spring M 0 .««)4 < No. 3 40 0 .42 Oats No. 2 White M O M H'S No.) m S .81 p.ad.ky No. 2 ta a m POBK -Me*« 12,26 012.75 NEW YORK. Cattle . B.TO 0 6.00 W'O.Er 3/w 0 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bed ,»i 0 .« X?- 7 Vt M Oats Mixed Western 4* 0 40 tM a M Pong hew Meat OU.U

A BARN ON THE BORDER HOW IT CHANGED THE VALUE OF PRODUCE. Tha Final Hncoea* of an Interesting Bxperiment la put In Jeopardy linoanan the Projector la Undergoing Trial tor Smuggling. Farmer Finnegan’* Magic Bam. Once upon a time (and this is no fake story) there lived, and still lives, In Hodgson, Aroostook County. Maine, a man by tbe name of Patrick Finnegan. Mr. Finnegan Is not a politician, as might be inferred from his name, but a farmer; and a remarkable one in some respects. It is considered the acme of auccesss in farming to make two blades of grass grow where one I grew before. Farmer Finnegan could : do more; he could harvest three , bushels of potatoes where one had 1 grown. This strange result was not due to any peculiarity of soil, but entirely to location. Part of his farm was on one side ot the imaginary line between the United States and Canada and part ion the other side. This imaginary and apparently harmless line was a constant source of trouble and annoyance to him, as it has always been to Uncle Sam—especially since McKinley magnified its importance. The farm animals, and even the farm hands, could not lie made to understand the importance of this invisible line, and would not treat it with proper respect. Mr. Finnegan had learned, since he had been paying taxes in two countries, the importance of that line. He knew that it was a sin for the American side of his farm to have dealings with the Canadian side. le was a written law that the two ends of his farm should in no way recognize each other. In fact : the United States Government hadofficers patrolling that line to see that nothing of value passed between the two ends of this and other farms similarly situated. Regardless of consequences and of tbe fact that they were cheap provincial animals on one side and valuable farm animals on the other, above associating with their pauper selves, the sheep, hogs, cattle, and horses would, nevertheless, persist in smuggling themselves back and forth across the line. Still greater trouble was caused when colts, calves, lambs, pigs, etc., born on the provincial end of the farm, innocently following their careless mothers, would attempt to become subjects of the great United States without the payment of duty. Os course, our Government could not tolerate such reckless abuse of its rights, privileges, and laws, and the great Treasury Department, in several famous decisions, put its foot down on all such proceedings. These decisions have had to be revised several times to cover all possible combinations of circumstanecg of domestic animals that stray into foreign lands when about to become mothers. It is now safe to say that a calf born On the Canadian end of Mrs Finnegan’s’farm is expatriated, though its parents are clearly American. Since 1890 Mr. Finnegan’s hens, geese and turkeys have proven themselves unworthy subjects of Uncle Sam. Keeping up their old habits they would walk, fly or swim into Canada to lay pauper eggs, and perhaps hatch pauper chickens or goslings, when these processes could just as well have occurred on our own free and valuable soil. Mr. Finnegan was put to endless annoyance trying to get back the disgraced barn-yard fowls without attracting the attention of the officials patrolling the boundary line between the two countries.

At last, after many sleepless nights, Mr. Finnegan devised a scheme that might possibly save him much trouble, and perhaps even reward him for past trouble and expense. He would build a barn on the dividing line and keep the Canadian fafin animals and products in the provincial end of it and the genuine American animals and products in the American end. The success of the scheme was beyond Mr. Finnegan’s most sanguine expectations. It had a magical effect on production. Not only did the soil become more fertile, but products garnered in that barn continued to increase in quantity. For every hundred bushels of oats or barrels of potatoes harvested and put into that barn the proprietor could take out and sell two or three hundred bushels or barrels. Horses led through that barn might add 825 or even 850 to their value. The barn had proved a bonanza to its owner, who was enjoying such unprecedented prosperity as to arouse feelings of jealousy in the breasts of his neighbors and suspicions of fraud in the minds of Uncle Sam’s patrolmen. s, The final success of the experiment is now put in jeopardy because Mr. Finnegan is undergoing a trial for smuggling potatoes across the border line. It is claimed, and indeed is not denied, that farmers in this country prefer to purchase their seed potatoes from Canada. They think this the best means of avoiding rot and of securing an early crop. Hence there is considerable demand in the United States, even when our potato crop is fair, for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia potatoes. This demand continues in spite of the 25 cents per bushel duty placed on potatoes by our late Wm. McKinley, Jr. Os course the duty makes provincial potatoes worth 25 cents less than when transported to the United States. These indisputable facts, coupled with the fact that Mr. Finnegan has undoubtedly been selling 700 or 800 barrels of potatoes although he has raised but 300, have been taken advantage of by his neighbors across the border, who have testified that they have sold produce, especially potatoes, to Mr. Finnegan, to be delivered at the cheap end of the barn. The charge is then made that Mr. Finnegan would smuggle the potatoes worth 40 cents per bushel to the dear end of the barn, where th6y were worth 65 cents per bushel. The Government officials discredit the*whole story of the magic barn, and say that it is only a kind of smuggling that is being systematically conducted along the Maine border. They say that it is easy tosmuggle there, because there are but eight officers for 200 milesof ( boundary, If the jury decides against Mr. Finnegan, and convicts •%. Ms

I him of the awful crime of moving : produce from one end of his l>arn to the other, he may be incarcerated for several months aud have a whole year’s profits confiscated. Out of respect for an administration that has been discarded, the moral that could be drawn from thia true story is omitted. Sugar Bounties and Duties. Willett A Gray’s Statistical Sugar Trade Journal of Jan. 19 prints a letter from Mr. H. W. Wiley, chemist in the Department of Agriculture, to the Secretary of Agriculture, on the subject of sugar .bounties. Mr. Wiley says: “The present actual cost of the production of beet, cane and sorghum sugar in the United States is almost the same for every and is perhaps a trifle over four cents per pound. The market value of the raw sugar so produced is about three cents a pound, deducting the freights. If, therefore, sugar remains on the free list, and the bounty is removed, it would cause the produ ers in this country a npt loss of one cent a pound on every pound of sugar made. The Immediate result of such a policy would be the closing of every sugar house in the United States, and the utter destruction of the sugar industry. “If the bounty Is removed a duty should be placed on sugar of about one and one-half cents, in order that the manufacture may be profitable. “it is not difficult to foresee that in from ten to fifteen years, the time appointed by the law for the continuation of the bounty, the cost of sugar production in this country would be so reduced as to render possible the manufacture of sugar at a profit without any protection whatever; but in thd present status of the industry such a consummation is impossible at once. “The sugar industry of the country, therefore, depends for its existence upon the wisdom of Congress in dealing with the subject." For 100 years the protected industries have been asking for a few more years of governmental aid to enable them to stand alope. And all this time they have been asking for, and obtaining, only temporarily, of course, higher and higher duties. Duties of from 5 to 10 per cent, have been multiplied by 10, 15 or 20. Mr. Wiley must have been a poor student of history if he really thinks that any protected infant industry will ever be quite ready to leave off its pap.

But, aside from the unwarranted promises, what a state of affairsis revealed by this letter. An industry half a century old, that has received during the past thirty years directly and Indirectly over 8100,000,900 as a gratuity for producing what has sold for perhaps 8200,000,000 cannot continue its existence, it is said, unless aided by a bounty of 33 per cent, of the selling price of the product. This beggar, after pocketing its many millions of ill-gotten gifts, now shows its appreciation by brazenly asking the United States to compel its 65,000,000 of people to go down in their pockets, during the next ten or fifteen years, to the extent of from 8150,000,000 to 8500,000,000, for tue benefit of this great beggar Industry—that is, of the 600 or 700 growers of cane, sorghum and beets, who now get the 810,000,000 or 812,000,000 a ye’tr bounty. What, now, are some of the ev 1 consequences of trying to stimulate an industry here that would probably thrive about as well without stimulants? In the first place, protection has increased the cost of sugar during the last twenty years about 75 per cent This, besides adding several dollars a year to the cost of living for the average family, has crippled and prevented or (lestroyed many important industries. The canning industry alone, if it had had cheap sugars, would now be fifty times as great as the whole sugar producing industry. The United States has unrivaled facilities for producing vegetables, fruits, corn, fish, meat, etc., and should supply the world with canned goods. With big and prosperous canneries in all parts of this country, our farmers would have certain and reliable markets for surplus products now wasted. Many crops now often sold at a loss would then yield large profits, and farmers would be prosperous where they are now on their way to the pcorhouse—not 600 t>r 700 farmers merely, but several millions of them. England now is tho center of supply of canned goods for the whole world, because Germany and France have been paying heavy bounties on sugar produced and exported, and because her canners have had free sugar, glass and tin. The European countries now pay about 845.000,000 a year to encourage the exportation of sugar, and to enable outside countries to get sugar below the actual cost of production. England, more sensible than the United States, does not refuse to accept cheap sugar, but, through the European bounties, receives a gift of about 810,000,000 a year on her sugars and builds up the Industries thus driven out of the Continental countries. She then supplies the foolish countries with jams, jellies, and other canned goods. Congress may in its wisdom, at the close of this enlightened nineteenth century, see fit to donate several hundred millions of dollars to the few hundred sugar producers of Louisiana; but, Mt. Wiley, we think the probabilities are that the Fiftythird Congress will do nothing of the kind. We think it will not entirely neglect the interest of its 65,000,000 consumers as its predecessors have done.

The Whisky Tax. Should Increased revenues be needed it is going to be very hard to supply them. The whisky, which seemed to. offer so simple a remedy, has been rendered unavailable by the whisky makers, who, in hope of profit, have manufactured so largely that a full two or three years’ supply will be in bond, before any additional tax can take effect. Whisky carinot yield additional revenue, therefore, for two years to come. Coffee and tea, which are altogether imported, and raw sugar, of which five-sixths is imported, are ideal subjects of revenuetariff taxation; but no Congress will restore the tax on these until th< people shall have been reconciled ts a small Increase in consideration of s tariff change giving them cheanej

clothing and blankets. la view of these conditions the minds of all the Democratic leaders seem more and more turning to a graduated tax on large incomes iu a source of mors revenue.—-N. Y. World. • Helling Cordage la Ragland. The Cordage Trade Journal, of Jan. 15, reprints a couple of letters from “Fairplay, ’ of London, which indicate that the National Cordage Co., of the United States, is making bids for English trade and that the British manufacturers arc getting scared. It appears that cordage, twine, etc., are made Just as cheaply on one side of the Atlantic as en the other side, but that the N ational Cordage Co. (trust), because of its great capital, can buy its raw materials—hemp, Jute, flax, etc.—to much better advantage; that is, as one of tbe correspondents puts it, the Cordage Co. “has adopted advantageous means of squeezing better value out of the heathen Chinee or some other fellow in the Philippines.” Conditions have not materially changed since McKinley left an average duty of about 2 cents per pound on rope, twine, etc. There was then no just reason for leaving any duty on cordage. The only apparent reason, Justified by the fact that the trust lias since made big contributions to the Republican campaign corruption funds, is that the National Cordage Co. would thereby be guaranteed the monopoly of tbe American market, to extort unreasonable profits from tbe American consumers. This the trust has done. In 1888 and 1889 the average difference in the prices .of manila and manila oordage was 1.84 cents per pound. Since 1889 the difference has averaged over 3 cents. That the trust is making unusual profits is clear. It has been paying a dividend of 10 per cent, on its common and 8 per cent, on its preferred stock, while it has been paying exorbitant prices for new plants, nearly half of which it holds idle, besides paying big sums (1200,000 in one case) to outside manufacturers of cordage and of cordage machinery to keep their plants closed. The price of its stock also indicates great profits. Its common stock sold in 1891 from 73} to 104. At the end of 1892 it was quoted at 138, and Jan. 20, 1893, at 143 J. In December 1892. the trust voted to increase its capital from 815,000,000 to 825,000,000 both for the purpose of making Its dividends look smaller and to make its stock a better subject for speculation in Wall street. The reason why the extra stock has not been issued, so rumor says, is because'the large holders are waiting until they can bull the stock to the highest possible point—lso if possible—so that the common stock, after it is watered, will sell for about 100. And this is the kind of an industry that McKinley believed in fostering with protective tariffs! This is one of his proteges! If the next Congress carries out the will of the people it will remove all of the duty on cordage before next July. Last Year for Trusts. No two years have been as prolific of trusts as those of 1891 and 1892. The advantages of the McKinley tariff law to trusts are just beginning to be appreciated by many industries, and though that trust-pro-tecting measure has only six months or a year longer to run, yet new trusts are forming as rapidly as ever to get what benefits can be derived from the tag-end of McKinleyism. The Iron Age of Jan. 19 mentions some of the trusts now forming or just completed in its line. It says: “Consolidation seems bound to become the watchword in many departments of industry. Sessions have been held in Chicago by the wire rod and wire manufacturers, at which a representative of the largest wire plant presided, and a St. Louis producer acted as Secretary. The meetings are over, and further negotiations will be carried on by corresponence. Some of the cut nail manufacturers east of the Alleghany mountains are alto talking of closer relations. The brass and copper makers are said to near the successful issue of their negotiations, and a copper wire consolidation is well advanced toward its consummation. The Western castriron pipe foundries are to meet to-day. ” Wool Prices Advancing. It Will probably be years before native wools touch the unprecedentedly low prices recorded in November, 1892. Almost immediately after election prices, which had been declining for two, yes, for thirty years, began to round the turning point. In the first weeks of January, 1893, the wool market became decidedly firmer, and on Jan. 19 the Wool Reporter began to report advances in prices. Its Boston report said that “Fleeceshave shown more strength, and have advanced at least 1 cent a pound all along the line; for example, several sales of Michigan X have been made At from 27 to 27J cents; No 1 Ohio combing at 36 cents; No. 1 Ohio fleece, 33 to 34 cents, and various lots of discount wools in the same ratio above previous quotations. “There has been a good demand at firm prices for territory, pulled, and scoured wools; good wools especially are very flrm, and the trade will be, doubtless, wise and judicious enough to hold the market at the present prices. * Substantially these same reports come from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and other cities. This news will send cold chills up and down the backs of Judge Lawrence and the few other political wool growers, who still Insist that what is needed to stop the decline in prices is higher duties, but it will be welcome news to the thousands of real wool growers, many of whom voted for free I wool this year for the first time. We read of burning brick in Asia Jn ■ circular kilns, the last stages consist- ; Ing of covering the kilns and arches with heavy felt kept very moist, I really creating steam Instead of flame, i The process is said to give the brick great hardness. The British Isla'nds now have 1,700 locomotives. The railroads of Great Britain arc now valued at about 84,500,000,000, and employ nearly half a million of people. IcedebGb sometimes last for 2CO years,

; THE SENATE AND HOUSE WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. ProoMdinßa of tho Senate and Route at RopreiontaUvos — Important Maaxurea DUouined and Acted Upon—Gl»t of tha Buxluom. The Natloaal Solon*. Monday Senator Chandler brouxM the Hawaiian question forward a» » dhtlnclively American l-iuo. By a resolution which he Introduced In the Senate he calle upon the Preeldent to enter into negotiation with the Provincial Ooverninente of the late kingdom of Hawaii for the adtuia■lon of tho laland n* a territory ot the United Staten Mr. Chandler bad hoped for the Immediate consideration ot the reaolutton. but Senator White Interpoted an objection, and under the rule* tbe reeolution went over. The Senate got rid Tuesday of the legislative Incubus under which it hae labored •ince the firat day ot tbe aoealon. Tho antioption bill reached the point at voting began at 3:15 p. :m. The dr»t vote trai on the amendment offered by Mr. Vllae (Win) to the Georae »übatttute, and the amendment wan rejected—yea* JI; nay*. 50. Then the George oubstltute itself was rejected— yea*. 10; nay*. 61. And finally th* bill was paasod by a vote of 40 to JO There were many members of the Houte ot Representative*, at times almoat as ninny of them as there were Senators, present in th* Senate chamber during tbe vstss and the preliminary discussion of the bill. and. the deepest Interest was manifested In the proceedings as well on tbe floor as in the crowded galleries. Representative DeAr. mood (Ma) put a little spice Into th* proceedings ot the House by making an attack upon the civil-service lew. Then a controveray a* to the Democracy of Mr. Enloe (Tenn.) and Mr. Bland (Ma) entertained the Bouae for awhile. Tbe House resumed. In committee of the whole, tbe consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The committee then returned to the section relative to public bulldtnir*. The next order to bo taken up was that which appropriates (. r rivers and harbor*. The fortification bill was the first of th* general bills to come before the Senate Wednesday, and it was passed after a rather Interesting discussion on the subject of const fortifications The army appropriation bill was then taken up and was passed with but a single amendment—lncreasing the monthly pay of sergeants ot the army. The District of Columbia bill came next in order. All the committee amendments were agreed to, except one that wa* reserved for action Thursday looking to the erection of a 8500.000 municipal building In Washington city. The attention ot the House was centered upon one Item of the sundry civil appropriation bill That item was one appropriating 116.000,000 for carrying on the Contracts already entered Into for the Improvement of rivers and harhora The jurisdictional authority of the Committee on Appropriations was called into question. It wns contended that tbe appropriations should have been reported to the committee on harbors, but although Mr. Holman was foremost ot those who mad* this contention asralnst tbe power of th* committee of which he was chairman, that committee came out victorious and th* Item was decided to tea properone. Without finally acting on tbe bill the House adjourned. Thursday morning th* anti-option bill was the center of interest in the Hou*e. The opponents of tbe legislation were o* the alert, and the Instant that Mr. Hatch made bl* motion for the conference, Mr. Bynum, of Indians, waa addressing ths Speaker, with a point of order, that th* Senate amendments must first be considered In committee of the whole. John Davenport and the Federal election law* then occupied the attention of tbe House. Drought forward by an amendment offered by Mr. Fltcb,of New York.to thesundry civil bill. It provides that hereafter no part of any money appropriated to pay any fees to the United States commissioners, marshal*, or clerks shall be used for any warrant issued or arrest made under the laws relating to the election of members of Congress unless tbe prosecution has been commenced upon* sworn complaint setting forth th* facta constituting the offense and alleging them to be witbin the personal knowledge ot the affiant The amendment waa Anally agreed ta ITS to 41. Th* Fitch amendment wa* agreed to—yea* 18L nay* 80. The bill was then passed. With the exception of one hour In the early part ot th* day. and a little longer Um* in the evening, the day’s session of th* Senate was held behind closed doors. It was passed In the consideration ot the French and Swedish extradition treaties Mr. Carlisle’s resignation a* Senator from Kentucky was presented. The District appropriation bill was taken up, considered, and passed. Friday tbe Speaker laid before th* Hous* the President's message relative to th* bond transit over Canadian roads Referred. The deficiency appropriation bill was passed und the Indian appropriation bill was reported. The House then paid tribute to the memory of the lata Representative Craig, of Pennsylvania, and adjourned. 2he question of the repeal of the Sherman act, or at least of the suspension of the silver bullion purchase provision ot It, was unexpectedly precipitated on the Senate by Mr. Toller (Rep), Colorada He made the presentation of some petitions on the subject th* occasloi for launching out Into a .discussion of the whole question, and expressed his confident assurance that the repeal ot the Sherman act waa not among tbe possibilities of the present session. At 3p. m. the business of the Senate was suspended in order that fitting tributes might be mad* to the memory ot the late Senator Barbour, of Virginia. Eulogies of th* dead Senator were pronounced by Messrs. Daniels, Manderson. Faulkner, Galilnger, Platt, Hill, Hlscock, and Hunton. Mr. Barbour’s successor In the Senate. The usual resolutions were agreed ta and the Senate, as a further mark of respect to the memory t>f Mr. Barbour, adjourned. The Senate on Saturday set apart two hours for the consideration of House bills on the calendar, and eighteen ot them were .. passed. After that the House bill to ratify the agreement with the Cherokees for the cession ot their Interest in the Cherokee outlet lands and appropriating more than $8,500,000 to carry It out was taken up, discussed, and passed In the shape ot a substitute. Memorial proceedings In memory of Messrs Gamble ot South Dakota, Ford of Michigan, and Stackhouse, of South Carolina, members ot the House of Representatives. were then begun, and after eulogies on each of tho dead Representatives the customary resolutions were agreed to and the Senate adjourned. The House made rapid strides toward finsl adjournment. It passed the diplomatic and Military Academy appropriation bills with little debate. Mr. Hatch reported back the anti-option bill, with Senate amendments, and It wa* referred to the ccmmlttee of the whole The House then, In committee of the whole proceeded to the consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bills, After they were passed public business was suspended to pay tribute to J. W. Kendall, of Kentucky. Note* of Curretit Events. James Campbell, Postmaster General in Pierce’s Cabinet, died at Philadelphia. In a fire at New York Mrs. Rebecca Salmon end her two children were fatally burned. An unknown man was found murdered at Jonesville, Ind., having been literally cut to pieces wRh a knife. Db. Pabbetti, Recorder for the Propaganda, and Vice Rector of the College ot the Propaganda, has been appointed Auditor and Secretary to Archbishop Batolll. A sensation was caused In Rome by the accidental explosion of a squib under the window of the Qulrlnal. It was supposed at first that it was the work of a dynamiter. John Riggs, formerly of the Seventh Cavalry, died at Denison, Tex. He claimed to have killed Black Kottl* when the latter’s village was attacked oy Custer’s troops. Os (he 300 girls who have been edusated by George W. Childs, he say* that the teachers and nurses and the graduates of law and medicine have alt j been successful. Tho elocutionists have made most money, and the mustelans earn salaries ranging from SSOO to SJ,OOO.