Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 19 October 1894 — Page 2

M 818 THINK Os the New Tax Law’s Benefits to Yon Personally ? < And of How the Railroads are Maae to Help You Pay Taxes? Comparison of the Assessments on Railroad Property Under the Old and New Uwh-Railroad Assessments Increased More Than 100 Per Cent, With a Corresponding Saving to Other Taxpayers. Did it ever occur to you to note what the new tax law had done in your county to increase the assessment of railroads and to compel them to pay their just share of the taxes in your county? Did it ever occur to you that the average increase in railroad assessment was 135 per cent under the new law? Did it ever occur to you that under the new law the railroads are paying double the taxes that they did in 1890 and that the extra amount they pay is just so much taken off the burdens of taxation resting on the farmers and other taxpayers residing in your county? If you have never done this it is well that you should do,so for the fate of the new tax law is at stake in the approaching elections. The Republican party is pledged to repeal this law if it gets the power. In other words the question is put to the pco_. ) of Indiana whether they will take v- 1.009,000 of railroad property off the tux duplicate, and lose thereby the taxes on that amount, every bit of these taxes being placed upon-the people of the state. It is a question whether the railroads or the farmers shall pay taxes on this $91,000,000 of property. It is a very easy matter by the aid of the figures appended to determine just how much taxpayers of each county would be called upon to pay as a result of a fulfillment of the Republican pledge to make this donation to the railroad corporations. Just note the increase in the assessment under the new law, then take the rate of comity taxation and compute the size of your county’s gift to the railroads and the amount of your share in that gift. The figureswill prove startling. The assessment of railroad property in. the various counties in the state under the old and the new laws was as follows: Railroad assessment by counties of the state of Indiana for 1890 (old tax law) and for 1891 (new tax law). „ IS9O. 1891. Adams $171,500 $1,281,5 >0 Allen 2,855,674 5.340,747 Bartholomew 564,31(5 1,830,3y< Benton- 624,423 1.731,ft»l Blackford 272,153 DM,639 Boone 591,803 1,388,1X1) 8r0wn...• ••-•■■ Carroll ._. 574,843 j,2i1.0U Cass.' 1.387,1177 2,794,826 Clark 1,016,873 2,439,(>>2 Clay 689,232 1,436.54'7 Clintdn 781,740 1.787.9 H Crawford 463,13. Daviess 547,575 1,215,118 Dearborn 646,: 02 1.375,7 c; Decatur 589,115 1,216,962 DeKalb... 1,277,9.70 2,7M1.375 Delaware 611,"64 1,482,663 Dubois 300,121 698,973 Elkhart 1,25'.8!t) 2,183,716 Fayette 312,678 1,051,618 Flovd SOW 9.54,411 Fountain... 762,976 1,939,248 Franklin 169,278 • 353,97’ Fulton 578,016 1.5n6,6<i Gibson 700,094 1,503,4'13 Grant 6811,133 1,514,181 Greene 376,119 1,230,67 > Hamilton 395,571 843,324 Hancock 6UI ,iur 1,757,95 i Harrison 167,476 390,639 Hendricks 942,804 2,227,618 Henry 961,816 2,658,783 Howard*: 480,883 1,087,658 Huntington 726,150 *1,464,-231 Jackson 788,925 1,825.581 Jasper 538,466 1,426,193 Jay 487,951 1,154,464 Jefferson 191,451 707,285 Jennings 637,742 1,745,212 Johnson 451,475 968,2: 18 Knox 775,699 1,779,469 Kosciusko 1,529,717 “ 3,013,932 Lagrange., , 261,7.55 469,385 Lake 4,055,800 8,053,209 Laporte 3,34'6269 6,430,085 Lawrence 689,630 — 1,677,501 Madison 931,411 2,157,568 Marion.. 3,385.745 11,156,172 Marshall 1,772,628 8,700,932 Martin; 298,172 666,418 Miami 893,593 1,867,065 Monroe 268,156 . 669,593 Montgomery 797,614 2,139,160 Morgan 262,440 719,725 Newton 614,329 1,786,611 Noble 1,254,346 2,462,651 Ohio Orange 174,510 384,693 Owen 275,258 8131,039 Parke.. 587,389 1,668,112 Perry 63,613 151,356 Pike 173,1X17 446,708 Porter 2,829,171 . 5,425,312 Posey 727,001 1 1,486,170 Pulaski 492,045 1,246,521 Putnam 1,071,303 2.347,104 Randolph 910,609 2,365,534 Ripley 417,537 901,988 Rush 495,681 1,846,534 Scott 286,144 659,580 — Shelby 6(8,424 1,846,417 Spencer 309,897 738,411 Starke 1,140,075 2,557,316 Steuben 185,254 396,045 St. Joseph 1,406,201 2,860,352 Sullivan 532,751 1,204,969 Switzerland Tippecanoe 1,291,616 2,543,450 Tipton....' 456,552 976,666 Uni0n........'..... 181,445 563,979 Vanderburg 972,951 2,042,940 Vermillion 463,885 1,225,556 Vigo 1,212,535 2,511,338 Wabash 855,307 1,632,442 Warren 467,049 1,042,947 Warrick 207,964 526,628 Washington 229,832 570,107 Wayne 907,821 2,334,323 Wells 422,820 1,143,206 White 724,541 1,801,242 Whitley 1,094,090 2,191,445 T0ta1869,762,676 $160,809,575 Total increases9l,o46,s99 Per cent of increasel3s It will be seen that the railroad assessment under the new law is more than double what it was under the old law. That means a great deal to the taxpayers of Indiana. And yet this law, which is conceded to be the best law ever devised for compelling the railroads to bear their share of the public burdens, the Republicans are pledged to repeal if they get the power. Voters should figure out in dollars and cents just what this means to each of them. ; Cause of the Business Revival. Unquestionably thie Democratic papers are right in attributing the great business improvement to the settlement of the tariff question. Republican papers can acknowledge this without leaving themselves open to an imputation of disloyalty to party.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat (Rep.). . Stands For Corporate Bule. The Republican party is pledged to repeal the law that compels corporate wealth to bear its just share of taxation

—tho law which it. denounced as “infamous” in its state platform. The Republican party of Indiana stands for I coruorate rule.—Kokomo Dispatch. ! THESE DEMOORATIO TIMES. MORE REPUBLICAN TESTIMONY IS PRODUCED. I Showing That the New Democratic Tariff Is Rapidly Bringing About a Return of Prosperity — All Industrial . Enterprises In Indiana Enjoying a Veritable Boom — The Outlook Was Never Better. , The Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette continues to be.tr testimony to the bnsi- ' ness revival which has followed on the taking effect of the new tariff law. In its Sunday edition appear those headlines, among others: THE INDUSTRIAL SOUTH. CONTINUED EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY. I RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF OIL INDUSTRIES* NEW ENTERPRISES CRH VTING A DEMAND FOR LABOR IN WHEELING. | IN BUCKEYE FACTORIES. A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT NOTICED AMONG DAYTON INDUSTRIES. .... The Indiana division of the Commer- | cial-Gazotte’s industrial page is especial- i ly interesting. Following are tho headlines and a few ot the items: THE GAS BELT BEEHIVE. IMMENSE DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY IN ' WAGES AT MUNCIE. | ‘ GLAD HEARTS AND HAPPY HOMES. MANY OF THEM AT ELWOOD WHERE ALL IS I ACTIVITY’ AGAIN. I , Muncie, Ind., Oct. s.—The payroll of the several manufacturing concerns in Muncie last week by far exceeds any week in the history of the city. The Munci ’ Iron and Steel company is preparing to add six furnaces to its plant, giving employment to a largo number of hands. At Albany the papermill, two glass factories, furniture factory and all others | i are running full time. Eaton, north of Muncie, reports great prosperity among the several manufacturing concerns. The Early, Jones & Baur Windowglass company is running full force,The Ames buggy works, with 25 hands, the Bartlett coilhoop works and * the Standard washboard works, each ■ with about 25 bauds, art) running sud capacity. The Excelsior factory and the Eaton pulley works are othgr important industries that arc- Working'many hands. The shoe factor# at Daleville will soon be ready for a large force of hands. LIKE YE OLDEN TIMES. GENERAL RESUMPTION OF ALL INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES AT ELWOOD. Elwood, Oct. 6.—During the week jpst past abundant indications of return ing prosperity have bean manifest and the outlook is decided There are not enough houses in the city to accommodate tile workmen. The Elwood steam forge works wiU. be running at full capacity by Oct. 15. Thursday morning the last of Elwood factories resumed operations. The Nivison & Wieskopff bottle factory is-steadily increasing its force. At the Holland radiator works a steady increase in payroll is reported. The Elwood hoop factory is unable to 1 supply the demand for its product and will increase its plant. At the M ’Beth lampchimney plant things are being rushed at a rate wholly unknown before in the history of this factory. : At the W. R. McGloy lampchimney factory several new hands have been added. AT OTHER POINTS. The glass business is looking up ma- - terially in Frankton and it will not be long until every industry in the place wiU be running. Indications are also very favorable for the location of an immense iron foundry and machine works at Frankton to employ a laage number of men. Next Monday the Lippincott Glass company at Alexandria wiU put on an extra force of 20 shops, thereby giving employment to 80 or 100 additional men. Nearly 600 men are now at work at the plant. The situation at the other Alexandria factories may be summed up as follows: The Alexandria Windowglass company is now employing 25 additional men and business is encouraging. At the plateglass plant of the DePauws the 300 men are making things hum day and night. The KeUy ax factory at Alexandria has added between 75 and 100 men since last week to its force, and is behind with its orders. The new waterworks system is being completed rapidly, and employment is given here to a large force of men at remunerative wages. The Anderson Coil Hoop company was organized in this city Wednesday. In all departments about 60 men will be employed. The contract was let Wednesday aft- ’ ernoon for the construction of the build- ' ings for the new Buckeye Manufactur- > ing company,s steel casting works at ■ Anderson. The entire plant will emi ploy 400 men. > W. P. Collum, John A. Magee and . Porter Haskell, all of Clarion, Pa., have i closed a lease on a big tract of land at . Alexandria for the purpose of building a j tinplate plant. The plant they propose to erect will employ 250 mien, and will I be put into operation abont the first of . February. j The tinplate manufacturing company j that located in Anderson two weeks i ago, and which has been known as the . ”Mattier company,” was incorporated j Tuesday. The corporation will be known as the National Tinplatp company. The company will ereet the largest tinplate plant in the/United States, s with terneplate and steel rollingmill . combined. Eight hundred mem will be f employed. y con tracts will be let Monday for the 9 erection of the Riverview agricultural implement and supply buildings at Anderson. " ■ The American Wire Nail company at Anderson will keep its plant in operation night and day from now until the first of the year. o Work begins Monday on the buildings e for the new Wright shovel works in n North Anderson.

-:Y«u Cao Scarcely Guess-:-ScwTk Rlm Fl 7 M - • ■ * • WHAT A VARIETY OF BARGAINS WE ABE OFFERING IN OHB K Mii-Smnw Cleaiaflce Sale I Goods are so Cheap and the Special Low Price s Ve are giving now almost gives them away But we must do some business whether we make any profit or not Goods must go at some Price YOU SAY “Sprang & True are most always busy.” Very true. We believe in pushing trade by giving Low Prices. Come in with the Cash and we will surprise you how many goods you can buv with a DON’T FORGET THE PLACE, SPRANG & TRUE. \ BUGGIES. / t! B g«4KING>»“ I x I ! RAILING, i g « fe I 2 /WACONS. \ IZ.— in i — ’■•'V" ■■■ >-7 ■; dA, 1

BUSINESS MEN TALK. EFFECTS OF THE NEW TARIFF LAW ON PRICES. Th. Genorttl Tendency 1h Toward Lower I’rloen or. Bailor Quillty of Good* For Price* Formerly Ihild For Inferior Goods. (IVru (Ind.l Sonllnel.) Four years ago Tlie Se ntinel laid lwfore its renders statements of a number of our leading merchants as to the effect of the McKinley law upon the prices of merchandise and upon trade generally. That law having been roix’aled, and a new tariff law eimcted by the last congress to take its place, we have thought proper to interview the same merchants as to the effect of the now law on prices and upon trade in their various lines. We herewith publish the statements of 1890 and 1894, in parallel columns, and submit them to our readers without comment, leaving them to make their own deductions from the statements of the persons interviewed, all of whom are well known as leading business men of our city: 1810 1894 John S. Lenhart, of John S. Lenhart, or the Urin of Lenhart .V the linn of Lenhart ifc Sons, said: Muns, says: “Houses with which “The passnire of the Ido business have sent new tariff law has out notification that hud tho effect of owing to the imssnue eheaiienini: all uroods of the McKinley bill In our line and of many goods in our lino stimulating trade, have been advanced. Trude has improved Looking glasses have perceptibly within the advanced from 10 to 25 past month and as the percent. Coffin trim- new schedules of tningsof all kindshave wholesale prices have advanced from 111 to 15 enabled us to buy our percent. All kinds of goods cheaper than upholstered gixais are formerly we can afdemamling an in- ford to and do sell creased price on ae- them cheaper. The count of the increased placing of lumber on price of the material the free list will not vused in upholstering, benefit furniture manvarnish has also been ufacturers as much as tilaced up a notch. I users of pine lumber have noticed that tho and other timlier and general tone of all lumber in building, manufactured goods is but it will have a tetaupward and vet I dency to make furm-. havotUt heard of man- turc cheaper. Ibe ufacturers paying any heavy cuts in pluslu s, more to their hands, velvets, carpets anil There- is general dis- other materials used satisfaction ail over in upholstering, also the country among the reductions on glue, business men with paints, oils, vaniishiw. the effects produced plateglass. , etc., will ou trade.” enable retailers to sell a much better quality , of goods at the same , price they were formerly compelled to ■ charge for inferior , goods and to sell the j inferior goods at a less ; price than under the McKinley law.” 1890 1894 | J. W. Ellis, of the J. W. Ellis, of EUi*. I firm of Ellis, Stiles & Stiles A- Co., carna ,o I Co., said: manufacturers, says: “There has been an “The passa«e of the advance in all kinds wool schedule or the of material going into new tariff law has enthe manufacture of abled us to give our carriages and buggies* customers a better Manufactories in this of cloth in trim,country have ad- ming for the same vanceci their prices, pftce they formerly The cloth *id finish- o pnid for lighter go<Mts. ings have all ad- We can now give them vanced. Axles and cloth weighing . IH steei tires ar- higher ounces to the yard for since the passage of tiie same price we the bill. Anincreased formerly told to charge price" for material for 16 ounce clotn; means an increase! 1 about the same for lb price for the finished ounce* that 14 ounce product, which means cloth cost under the fewer sales. Fewer McKinley law. sales means the em- ductinns m cotton fsbploymeut of fewer rics will also enable hands. I regard it as us to -use better and a most unjust meas- heavier grades of enure. It afftuts all amel goods, buckrams, , classes and the con- etc., without increas- ; Sumer has to pay it all ing the cost oi finished i in the long run. When vehicles* b ree lumb< r J will the people have will probably enable i the sand an< moral manufacturers of ; courage to rectify the hubs. wheels and wrongs tlmt arc being bodies to make lower heaped upon them?” prices to vehicle'manufacturers, as will also reductions in paints, oils, varnishes, leads, etc., as well as iron and springs. The result will be a very much better grade of vehicles for the same prices formerly paid under a high tariff system for ordinarywork.” 1890 1894 Beck & Reillr, when John H. Beck, hardapproached on the ware, stoves and Unquestion, said: . “There has been “Prices of foreign an advance in many cutlery will be much things handled by us lower than under the and nearly all kinds of McKinley law by reahardware hr. ;e al- son of the reduction of ready advanced since import duties on the the passage of the bill. same. Tin and manuTin was auvanced facturers of tin will from $19.50 per box to also be lower for the J 12.50 per box. and sol- same reason. Builder from 15 ci'nts to 18 era’ hardware will cents per pound. Os probably remain about course the man who the same as at present, now has aUn roof put Nails will be some on bis house or desires lower; glass will also anything in the Un be considerably cheapline wifi have to pay er; paints will tend the extra cost. Were- downward, as will gard It as a very un- nearly all goods in my Just measure, and.it line. Builders will will fall heavily upon notice quite a differ the consumer.” enoe in the cost of tin roofing from the rates that we have been compelled to charge for the past three or four years. They will be doubly benefited by the new law, as they will be able to buy a much better quality of roofing Un for less money than they have heretofore had to pay for poor tin.” 1890 1804 Ed T. Gray, when Ed T. Gray, dealer approached on the in vehicles, harness, question, said; robes, horse furnish“I haven’t invest!- Ings, etc.: gated the subject very “The new tariff law much, but from notices tends to make all received from whole- goods in my line cheapsale houses I have er. I bought a bill of been informed that goods last week 33W leather has been in- per cent less than I creased from 10 to 15 was compelled to pay per cent. lam certain for the same class of that all kinds of cloth goods under the Mcwill be higher, espe- Kinley law. In fact, daily in plush goods, the bill I laid in last Horse blankets will be week is a better grade higher, but as I bought of goods than we were all my goods in that offered under the old line before the bill system of high tariff, took effect, prices will My customers will, of not be materially Course, get the benefit changed for the pres- of the reduced wholeent at least” rates, because ent at least. hav(ng pur J, hased my stock at lower figures I can make my regular margin of profit and still sell them at lower prices than those which have prevaiiiri heretofore.” Inline Falk said. Julius Falk, the “The goods in my clothier and gentsline that are bought furnisher: from this time on will “My business for the be dearer, months of August and Mneclallyis this so in September ofthis year wasted goods. The has been much heav- • retailers wiU be com- ler than during the ™ned to charge the same period of laet wnsumer the ad vance year, but lotuP the in nrice I have been mark of 1892. I am keening an eye on the selling woolen suits, hill an d overcoats, hats, caps r® °Sv a a- ' - J'

wonted goods than they can got the best any lOretsVlersint’hl- In the oago have, which I ulsiut the same Picobought before the bill that we *?!*'“ |'\ r affected them. Yea.it o twk thorn for will be hard on tho inferior K<»<>d» hcretolluws whobuy now. There bat what the removal of tho Inuiort dutiea from raw wool will . have the effect of low- T ermg prices and of im- • proving the quality of woolen fabrics at the same time. There is a marked tendency toward Improvement in the style, quality and finish of all kinds of ’ clothing. The sharp competition among maimfiu-turers has naturally brought thia nlHiiit. Footwear and rubber goods have changed uilt little in price, but the same rule of better values for tho same money applies to those lines as well as to all others in which I deal.” 1890 1894 Felix Ix>vy of the Felix Is-vy of the French Bazaar said: French Bazaar: “1 have received “As a rchiilt of the many circulars from reductions on cotton wholesale houses in goods domestic cottons which they refuse to uro selling 25 par cent fill orders at the old lower than under the prices. Plushes have old system. ITices of advanced from to 85 woolens remain about j>er cent, and those the same, as the wool-, that cost $5 per yard en schedule of the new before tho enactment tariff law will not go of tho law are now sell- into effect until Jan. ing at from $6,511 to 1,189.’,. After that data $6.75 per vard. The I think prices of tho goods affected most cheaper grades of are of a cheaper nat- woolen goods will fall uro, those selling from 25per cent and of the 15 to 50 cents per yard liner grades about 12J4 - that is, wtxtlen goods <>r 15 per cent. The t and cashmeres. We general tendency of handle a corset that, pi-loos on all goods in formerly cost t'24 per our lino where the tardozen, and we are now iff rates have-been reinformed that thee dttced will be downwill cost ns «.U. Tho war 1. The present, bill is a hard blow to stocks werepurchaaed the merchants, as it under the ’ McKinley will lie a diffi<'tilt mat- lan and prices will ter for them to make probably not change their customers be» materially until afte_r Hove that the advance Jan. 1. Then 1 ant-icl-was ninth' necessary pate an adjustment of by the new law. It retail prices to correwill work great hard- sixind with the new : ship.” law. There is no doubt but what better goods can be sold under the new law after all the schedules are in force for l he same money in- ■* s • ferior goods have brought under the high tariff laws.” 1990 "• 1894 Hngh McCaffrey, Hugh McCaffrey, when asked what ot McCaffrey & Co., goods handled by him grocers: would be allected “1 have boon too ; most, said: busy lately at the mill • “I have, not had the and with other mati time to investigate all ters to carefully examthe phases of the bill, Ine all of the schedbut from what 1 have tiles of the new tariff i learned from word law bearing upon the i sent out from the large grocery business. I ’ w holesale houses, lean can say, however, that j say that queensware, word received from i glassware, cutlery and home manufactured, tinware will all lie jobbers and wholo- | made higher. Tho salers Indicate that. American factories there will be reducare all stiffening up Hons in many lines, their priceson account. By reference to our allot’the MeKinley hill, vertisvifient in this isThe consumer will sue of The Sentinel have to pay the ad- ■bur readers can see I vance.” for themselves what we are doing in the way of cutting prices. There is no guess work a b out our statements in cur advertisement. They a r > the prices we are oiler1n g our customers. There are many phases of the grocery business which would re- ' quire much space to speak of in detail. A list of the prices at which we arc offering goods tells the stffrv.” 1890 1894 George C. Miller, of George C. Miller, of I the firm of Shirk & Shirk & Miller: | Miller, said: “Business is consid“There can be no eritbly better than it ' question that the new was lust year, but not . law is having a very up to 1898. The gendecided tendency to eral tendency of the increase the prices of hew tariff bill is to many lines of goods, lower prices of goods Especially is this true in nearly all lines. M e in worsted goods, tin, are selling woolen carpets, queensware goods, such as flannels, and boots and shoes, blankets, dress goods While I do not think and woolen clothing, that the bill is brought underwear, carpets, to bear so heavily on hats and caps, etc., leather goods as upon cheaper than wo did some other classes, the l®»fe year. There has tariff o«/the raw ma- been a disposition on terial going into the the part of manufacmanufacture of them turers for some time greatly enhances the past to improve the prices. lam in favor style,quality and flnof free raw material ish of goods, which, for the manufactories, taken in connection Most of our merchants with the gradualdrift made their purchases toward lower prices, before the bill went enables merchants to into effect, and its es- sell their customers a sects will not be felt better quality of goods until the merchants go for the same prices to restock.” they have been compelled to charge them! for inferior goods in times past. Cotton! fabrics have been: steadily declining in price for some time and are now selllog at low figures. There nas been very little, if r L any, change in the wvsu cost of footwear, but i., we are able to give aS':. KR? better values for the same money. Queens.t, ware is selling at a lower scale of prices , . than formerly. The ’’ ''A 1 . reduction of duties on imported queensware 1 ■ -i-"* has materially reduc- .. . ed retail prices of for.A . eign ware. EBces of tin have declined and amw.v- probably continue , -w.. to do so. American manufacturers are 1 constantly improving 1 -'•**- their methods of manufacture and the re- ; suit will be a highei ' grade of tinfor aboui , game or lowei prices than tin has sAld for in the past Builders’ hardwari wa s never so cheap a ( ' now. To sum up, ' am of the opinion tha ’ there is a universa ; tendency to improve ment in the quality o I all goods. There is les p shoddy put upon th<l market each year. Th< natural result willbt ; consumers will get bet! I ter goods for their moi i ney than formerly.” | It will be seen by reference to the vars i ous interviews that the consensus oj i opinion is that the new system willjAa/ • suit in a cheapening of goods and inJ ! provement in their quality. “A condij i tion devoutly to be wished.” ■ The Sentinel has always contended t that high tariff meant high prices so! i necessaries, and we think the unbiase - statements of facts of persons in a pos: tion to know whereof they speak full ? supports that view of the matter. s Seeing the Effects. 1 Democratic prospects grow bright r each day. The party has weathered tl j storm of a Republican panic and i t ranks are closing. The fainthearte ’ have taken new courage as they begi ; to see the good effects of legislation f< s the whole people.—Frankfort Crescen r The Democratic Argument* r | Twenty-five to 50 per oent reduotic 8 . in the pnee of all garments, whether f I male or female, is the Democratic argi s ment that is finishing all that is left i ® protection.—Evansville Courier.