Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 46, Decatur, Adams County, 2 February 1894 — Page 4

©he democrat M. BLACKBURN, I'roprintnr. /RID AT, 'FEB. V. IM4HatuK nt SMlmeription. One Fear. In advance . •. 11 ®’ Six Moul ba... 75 Four Montur 'All subscriptions not pant during the year will be charged at the rate of 32.05. Office in Democrat Building. east Ride of Seo end Street—ground floor Notice of City Primary Election. The primary election will be held Febuary S, 1894. between the honrs of 12 o'clock a. m. and J o'clock p. nt. for the purpose of nominating one Councilman for Ist Ward. one Councilman for 2nd Ward, one Councilman for 3rd Ward, one Marshal, City Clerk. Mayor and Treasurer for the city of Decatur. Indiana. Dantel Donovan. I Wm. Bi.a< KBi ii.x, Com. Koii't 1). Patterson, I If there is no hitch in the program the Wilson bill will pass the House this week. If there is a hitch the members responsible therefore would do well to prepare for the retirement to private life. The Commercial agencies report a continued improvement in the business situation, more particuliarly with regard to manufacturing. Many facturies are resuming operations and thousands of hands are securing work. This is rather discouraging to the calamity howlers. Congressman iJmi.EV, of Pennsylvania, has a bill prepared in which he expects to revolutionize the financial condition of the United States. This bill provides for the issuing of two per cent, bonds to be used for payment of pensions and to be a circulating medium. i All the Indiana members, including the two Republicans, voted for free sugar and no bounty in the House yesterday. On the proposition to put coal on the free list all the Indiana members voted for free coal except the two Republicans, Johnson and Waugh, who voted to retain the present duty of 75 cents a ton. ■ 1 '"—Ar’ Wells county Democracy held their primary election last Saturday week. The following ticket w’as nominated: Representative, M. C. Blue; Clerk, R. E, Cummings; Auditor, George W. Studabaker; Treasurer; B. F. Kain; Recorder, John Stein; Surveyor, John 11. Trostel; Sheriff, Georga W. Huffman. The ticket is an entirely new one except the Sheriff, who is nominoted for a second term. Have you read Congressman Martin’s speech on the tariff? It is conclusive in advocacy of tariff reform. He shows that the prosperity of past years under protection has been an unhealthy prosperity as well as unreliable. The mists and doubts have hung about the minds of some, regarding free trade .are cleared away, and its principles are shown to be the embodiment of natural laws. The tariff bill will not be a finished product when it reaches the Senate. That is the body in which the real work of revising the tariff will probably have tube done. History repeats itself. The McKinley bill was put through the House under high pressure, and after taking time for consideration the Senate sent it back in a condition which Chairman McKinley could not recognize. He swallowed it at one gulp,“though. Speaker Reed stimu-1 lated his digestive apparatus. The New York bank statement proved to be a most remarkable exhibit. The increase in eash was $ 13,777,‘J00. and in surplus reserve, 110,1 70,775, lifting the amount held by the banks in excess of the 25 per cent, legal requirements to the unprecedented iifigure of $102,751,450. The natural presumption is that before a great while this idle money will seek other channels for employment and find its way into trade. I- _ ■ t The Democrats of the House are ’ entitled to the thanks of the National Democracy for bringing together the discordant factions that developed within the party lines during the discussion of the Sherman silver law. On the tariff question the Democracy is substantially a Unit. The curse of protection that has long blighted all hopes of supremacy of the United States in the markets of the world is to be lifted and commercial freedom is to revive every industry and revivify every branch of business.

Senator Daniel made it plain to Senator Hoar last waek thjt it was not altogether prudent to attempt to make a speech on the Hawiian question with no better preparation than a malignant hatred of President Cleveland and the Democratic patty. After practically compelling Senator Hoar to admit his ignorance of the official document bearing on the subject upon which ho was speaking, Senator Daniel considerately dropped the matter. Senator Morgan had earlier in the week tripped up Senator Davis, of Minnesota, in a similar way, but instead of acknowledging his ignorance, Davis got mad and tried to bluff through on a refusal to be further interrupted. One of the odious practices of some journals is a continued use of slanderous and abusive epithits against their political opponents, A long and continued practice ot that kind of political journalism has become so disgusting the patrons of such journals that very many of them have abandoned such papers and are now taking a paper or papers that treat on intelligent matter both political and otherwise. It certainly looks very small for the editor of any paper to hunt from all the vile and abusive criticisms of that class of people who can only use their wits to vilify politically some person or persons because they are in the ascendancy in political power. The time has come when the intelligent portion of communities very much prefer to read intelligent matter that such political slang as is now’ used in many Republican journals of to day- i THE GOVERNOR SPEAKSGovernor Markham in his speech welcomed the people to the fair and extended to the strangers from other sections of the country the freedom of the entire State. He said that although California was the first State in the Union to appropriate money for an exhibit at the World’s Fair at Chiccgo, and although her exhibit there was wonderful and complete, yet many Californians who visited the Columbian Exposition were forcibly impressed with the fact that it was utterly impossible to transplant California to Chicago, and while our building and its contents, and our various exhibits in many departments excited admiration and congratulation, Californians knew that the real California was not there. It was then determined that California should have an international exposition, and she was the only State that had the men, money and enterprise to attempt such a gigantic undertaking, and that, too, amidst this great business depression, and without financial aid from the general government, or assistance from the state, depending entirely upon private subscriptions to accomplish this work. But the true Californian knows not fear nor failure. He is the ideal American. He is not only proud of his own State, but he is emphatically proud of this great America rejoices that he breathes the pure air of American freedom, and he is full of American enterprise and American intelligence. The Governor added: “I am, therefore, sure that I do but give expression to the sentiment in every mind when I say that, as« we behold this splendid exposition, the consummation of the labors and exertions of California's ciUzgns, we have just reason to feel proud offthe nerve, energy and persistence which our people generally, and the managers of tins midwinter fair in par. ' ticular, have displayed in the pro- - duction and completion of this magnificent enterprise.'/’ i.... Director-General DeYoung spoke of the obstacles encountered at the inception of the enterprise, and told how they had been overcome. lie said: “The world has turned her eyes toward us and our growing State has been the subject of discussion at millions of firesides. If we go no further than we have to-day it is a paying investment. Possessing as we do one of the most wonderful £ States in the Union, a State with: unlimited resources, a State with acres of arable lands, of which but one-tenth are cultivated, and which one-tghth has placed us as the leading horticultural State in the Union, and which will, with increased development, produce the greatest empire State or country on the‘face’of the globe. With 30,000,000 acres yet undeveloped, what we want is population and capital, i population to develop our unimproved laud, and capital to assist it. What will bring it? Not one movement or one effort but many. There can be but one result to this exposition,, and that is an increase in our population and an increase in our

capital; for people and capitalists only h%ve to learn where to invest, to take advantage of the opportunity. By this exposition we will have opportunity to show thousands of people who have never been within our borders before, by ocular demonstration, the roso.urces and capabilities of our State.” WANT LIBERAL LAWS. Aintlonal Hoard ol'Trade Against Ini* migration Restriction. Immigration, especially as applied to the importation of artisans and professional men and women under contract, was again the absorbing topic ot discussion of Thursday’s session of the National Board of Trade. It was there was considerable difference of opinion among delegates. The debate was precipitated by the report of the special committee on immigration matters. In brief the report which w-as adopted, was as follows: It stated that the National Board of Trade recommends the strict enforcement ot the immigration laws of the country; also that these laws be so amended as to require from the authorities of the town or district whence immigrants depart a certificate that the immigrant is a person of good moral character, has never been convicted of crime, has never been a public charge and is of industrious habits and character and capable of taking care of himself, such certificate to be countersigned by the nearest United States consul. It further recommends such modification of immigration laws as will admit (under agreement), professional men and women and technically expert I artisans, as instructors, with safegaurds and restrictions as will preserve the spirit of existing laws. Resolutions urging Congress to confer further powers on the Interstate Commerce Commissioners and recommending that the commission be directed to put into effect a classification of freight which shall be uniform throughout the United States were adopted. A resolution was adopted urging on Congress the passage of measures for the benefit of our merchant marine engaged in foreign commerce. Train robbery and train wrecking were discussed at the meeting. In the course of the discussion some interesting statistics were furnished by one of the Chicago delegates. F. G. Logan, who said he bad- compiled them from figures furnished by the Pinkertons. According to his statement during 1893 robberies were reported in seventeen states and one territory. The amount of money known to have been taken in all cases footed up $320,700. One train was ditched, twelve train employes or express messengers were either killed or wounded, and in three cases passengers were rob.bed. All but one of these depredations were committed upon trains that would come under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce law. The the record for 1893 showed an inincraase of 100 per cent, over the I * proceeding year, while for the first sixteen days of 1894 the increase has been at a rate of 400 per cent, over 1893. In the face ot such statistics as these there was no opposition to the passage of a resolution calling upon Congress to enact such legislation as will secure that safe transit . of passengers and of merchandise guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. The committee on finance asked the adoption of a series of resolutions favoring the continuance of the currency issues of the Nation and its National Banks, protesting against the repeal of the law taxing the currency issues of State Banks, favoring a law authorizing National Banks to issue notes to the value of its bonds on deposit with the Secretary of the Treasury; also a resolution for the creation of an expert i . monetary commission to investigate the currency systems of this and ' other countries. The resolutions, after discussion, were adopted. ————■——■l JOHN SHI'.II.U.M ON THU TARIFF. Our Republican.friends who are so enthusiastic in their advocacy of the high duties and extortionate rates imposed by the McKinley tariff, would Jo well to refer to the opinions of some of their idolized leaders in the past. Here is what Hon. John Sherman said in regard to tariff duties in e«72, which is profitable reading just nbw; “The present high rates of duties, : unexampled in our country, and higher by nearly 50 per cent, than • they were in 1861, are maintained ■ on metallic and textile fabrics after I ,

- L. 1 . ■ wo have repealed the very internal taxes which gave rise to them and after we have Substantially given them their raw materials free ot duties, we shall have a feeling ot satisfaction among our interests in the country that will overthrow the whole system and DO GREATER HARM than can possibly be done by a moderate reduction pt the present rates of duty. And 1 am quite sure that intelligent, mon engaged in the production of various forms of textile and metallic fabrics feel, as 1 do, that it is wiser and better to do what is just and right —to make a reduction on their products at least to the extent ot the reduction in this bill on tbeir raw materials rather than to invite a ebntroversy in which 1 believe they will be in the wrong.” It seems these manufacturers have invited that very controversy which the distinguished Reoublican Senator deplored in 1872, and according to his statement tnen, his belief now is that they are clearly in the wrong. ——— S THIS McKINLlir TARIFF. When a tariff is so arranged that powerful combinations can afford to spend millions to secure its passage and to corrupt politics, there is something in the pressure that bodes no good to the great masses of the American people. The outrageous duties of the McKinley tariff were fixed by trusts, and fixed exactly as the trusts wanted them. The duty on refined sugar imposed by the McKinley act is one instance. While raw sugar is free, the trust secures a munificient bounty from the government on refined sugar. That it was a money making operation at the expense of the people through the government is evidenced by the fact that last year the sugar trust paid dividends of 22 per cent, on $37,000,000 of common stock, every dollar’s worth of wnich was watered. Thus in one year dividends were paid by this colossal combination almost equal to to the entire amount of actual capital invested. Such is the purpose of the McKinley law. It is a bonanza to every manufacturer. Its tendency is to build up at the expense of the people every producing interest, by the exclusion of competition and to the detriment of the vast army of consumers. McKinleyism means class legislation. It fosters great combines and trusts. These are arrayed against the interests of the consumer. McKinleyism is of no benefit to the consumer. Its every feature is to place him at the mercy of the .manufacturer and producer. And yet it poses hypocritically as the friend of the consumer. McKinleyism is the synonym for extortion. Were it otherwise, we would not see millions expended in corruption for the purpose of riveting and welding its chains of taxation still tighter upon the great body of the public. Real Estate Transfers. The following real estate transfers have been recorded since last week: Bernard Kohne to B. .J. Terveer in-lot 503, Decatur SISOO 00 Daniel B. Roop to Emma Cordua, nw J 4 sw Ji sec 28 tp 27 r 15 east 40 acres 1700 00 Elizabeth Stepler et al, to Hugh Miller, <i c d e J 4 ne “4 sec:; tp 20 range 13 east 80 acres 3000 oo Hugh Miller to John Stepler, q c <1 u ne J 4 sec 3tp 2fi range 13east 80 acres 3000 00 Andrew Fields to William Fields, pt in-lot 115, Geneva 2250 00 Nicholas Barger to Edward, Samuel and Jacob Barger, n % sw J 4 sec 9 tp 27 range 13 east and sw % sw J 4 sec 9 tp 27 range east, 120 acres IHOO 00 Christian C. Witwer to Levi A. Sprunger, in-lots 220 227, Berne.. 1400 oo Benj. Nensbaum to Samuel Lahman sw '4 se ‘4 sec 20 tp 20 range 14 e. 1900 oo Wm. J. Bolt to Simon G. and John W. Grace, pt nw ,' 4 sec 30 tp 25 range 14 east, 12s acres 47(H) oo Michael Kinney to Mary Kinney, pt nw ,'4 sec 33 ,tp 25 range 15 east 80 acres 2500 oo Solomon E. Neusbaum to Daniel C. Nensbaum, s ’4 sw J 4 sec 10 tp 25 .range 14 east. 78.14 acres. 3000 00 John W. Voglewede to Casper Eiting, pt wJ4 seJ4 sec 4 tp 27 range 14 east, 10 acres 450 00 John Blakeslee to Caroline Zerkle.,, in-lot 820, Decatur. 525 00 Anthony Will to Henry and Casper Kiting, se J 4 sw J 4 and ptnejfonw 4 4 sec 10 tp 27 range 14 east, 77 acres ......... *** Teter M. Schindler to Celestine Dold, ne J 4 se J 4 sec 10 tp 25 range *• 13 e, 40 acres: pt ne‘4 aw J 4 sec 10 tp 25 range 13 e, 12 acres: pt nw ’4 se qr sec 10 tp 25 range 13 east, 1-8 acre; pt se qr se qr sec 10 tp 25 range 13 east, 4 acres 135 rods "’OOO OO Catharine Gotter to Job and Mary M Young, pt w ’4 ne qr see 8 tp 25 range 13 east, 48 acres,,. . 1540 oo Notice. I the undersigned do hereby give: notice to all parties owing me that my books must be settled up by cash or nota,. I need the money in my business. ThJfret*HT!*«*kfor your patronage in the and do you good in the future. 1 44.6 11. IL Bramerkamp.

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