Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 32, Decatur, Adams County, 23 May 1895 — Page 6

THE NATION’S DEBT. A score and a half a score of yean Have passed since Sumter’s guns awoke A Nation, answering with its cheers. And wreathed our land in battle smoke; And years of peace have healed the wounds That years of civil strife had wrought— A Nation, one, through all its bounds The blood of many freemen bought. They lie unnumbered where they fell. In forest dark, by winding river. And loving friends that place may tell To other loving friends, ah! never. Our mother earth her secret keeps And guards the secret dust she covers, Nor heeds the father’s trembling lips. The mothers’ moans, the sigh of lovers. The millions that were held in thrall Now walk the earth with firmer tread, And. grateful, feel they owe their ill To those brave hundred thousands dead— And those who still survive to tel! The tales of those dark days of war. And while they tell them feel the spell Os those dread scenes that come no * more. We meet to-day in peace and joy Without a care to cause us sorrow, With no forebodings to annoy, With no dread fears for the to-morrow. The waving flags, the ringing cheers. Foretell no signs of coming battle. We think but of the peaceful years Since last was heard the musket’s rattle. But. while wp taste the joys of peace, We sorrow with the stricken ones Where fathers come no more to bless. Where parents mourn their cherished sons; For, while time has healed in part The spirits that so grieved before, We know to-day each loving heart Still misses him who comes no more. We scatter flowers o’er the graves Os those who cared for self far less Than for their country’s weal, the braves Who in their deep devotedness To right on Freedom’s altar laid The greatest gift on man bestowed— Their lives, their all. They freely paid The Nation’s debt in warm heart’s blood. Thoir bodies rest beneath the sod. No rude alarm their slumber starts; Their souls are with the patriots’ God, Their memory lives in grateful hearts. Above us floats the stripes and stars, Around us peace and plenty dwell; No gathering cloud now brings us fears, A Nation murmurs. AH is well. And while our pulsing hearts shall beat. While man shall honor noble deeds; While right shall witness wrong’s defeat. While falsehood before truth recedes— The voice of youth, and age as well. From year to year, from sire to son. The story of their deeds shall tell. And all shall echo, Nobly done. —Chicago Inter Ocean. I THE FLOWER BRIGADE |

ECORATION Day was a happy day for the little pl.iymates—Gertrude Tallman and Neith Hannaman. And this is

how it happened. A few mornings before, the little maidens had been playing housekeeping under the largest, blossom-laden apple tree in the great back yard of Neith’s home. Gertrude was busy gathering the fragrant white petals that had fallen to the ground into a heap to be used as flour in making strawberry shortcake for the noonday lunch of Queen Victoria, the Princess of Wales and their royal friends. Queen Victoria and the Princess of

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Wales, by the way, are among the very dignified paper ladies who make up the ' rather extensive household of these two playmates. The blossoms doubtless suggested the ; coming of Decoration Day, for suddenly ( Gertrude said. “Oh, Neith. are you going to march Decoration Day?’’ It is the custom in the town in w hich they live for the school children to march ' in a body to the city of the dead and to i carry dowers to lay on the graves of the i brave soldier dead. “To be sure,” was the ready answer. “Aunt Margaret has promised me all of 1 her beautiful red roses, and our white I lilacs will be out, and I am going to make bouquets—ever so many of them.’’ “So am I, too,” said Gertrude as she* rearranged the rather heavy train to the morning gown of Queen Victoria, who had taken a sudden and unqueenly tumble from her bark throne near the foot of the tree. Then after a moment’s silence. “Uncle Jack says that people are apt to forget poor soldiers on Decoration I Day—soldiers who aie buried in potter’s held, I believe thjjt is what it is called. Uncle Jack says that people fairly shower blossoms on the graves of their friends, and sometimes the friendless soldiers in potter’s held are not rriiieuibcied eveo by one flower. Uncle Jack was in the war and —he knows.” It really does seem sometimes that the true meaning of the day is forgotten. The hallowed spot where a noble hero has found a resting place in potter’s field, is often only marked by a flag. On one < day out of the 365 Jays of the year our i

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The night was coming on apace; The guns had ceased their sullen roar Ami like a veil on nature’s face The dun-clouds spread the drear scene o’er. The drifting rain fell ceaseless, chill The night wind searched the half-clad men; The ghostly pine-clump on the hill Moaned dirge-like, paused and moaned again. And stood to arms the rear-guard there As silent as the stricken dead; While from the line with cautious care Battalions to the rearward sped. No tent nor blanket there was found; The weary rear-guard one by one. Dropped prone upon the rain-drenched ground flowers ought to be given unreservedly to honor the memory of brave soldiers, known or unknown. The housekeeping duties proceeded under the apple tree. Finally Gertrude said in a burst of childish patriotism. “I wonder if we couldn’t put our flowers on the graves of poor soldiers this year?” That was a happy thought. And the two maidens put their two heads together, and after an interested discussion of the plan it was decided that they should get all the boys and girls in the neighborhood to help them. It is to be feared that the royal family went hungry that day, for Gertrude and Neith suddenly hurried off to tell their little neighbor friends us their plan to remember the soldiers in potter's field. And before nightfall the Flower Brigade—as Neith named the youthful company of flower gatherers—had been formed. And such a happy time they all had collecting the bright blossoms. Everybody listened attentively as the blossom beggars stated their mission, and Miss Tuttles, who was never known to give away one of her precious flowers, actually gave the children a big bunch of yellow roses. And heaps of red roses and purple lilacs and white peonies and blue violets —in fact, every kind of flower that grows in the little town—soon tilled the baskets full to overflowing.

Then the evening before Decoration Day the Flower Brigade gathered under the same apple tree wliprc Gertrude and Neith first thought of the happy idea, and busy little fingers arranged into pretty clusters the fragrant blossoms. Decoration Day dawned clear aivl »uushiny. Every member of the Flower z- ■ Vv »■ I l - .■ CONCEPTION OF THE FLOWER BRIGADE. Brigade was up bright and early to prepare for the march in the afternoon. Finally the hour came and the old soldiers themselves did not keep prouder step to the fife and drum than did the

And slept upon the useless gun. In front upon the shot-plowed field. The surgeons’ lanterns flickered, stopped. The hasty knife or lint to wield, Where’er the charging heroes dropped. With but a hurried glance, a touch. They pass the dead, the useless dead; Grim war has never place for such Pale victims of his steel and lead. But war is past, thank God, is past! The better, brighter day is come, When angel Peace her spell has cast Upon the long roll of the drum. And bids it beat a cheery tune Along the gala-dressed array, Within the opening doors of June. The closing days ul festal May. happy boys and girls, as they followed the Stars and Stripes through the main street. When the pretty little cemetery was reached Gertrude’s Uncle Jack, who is a blue-coated veterau, led the band of flower bearers out to potter’s field. It is indeed a Qeglected spot. And ■ t. -- “ELSIE.” there were many things to make the children feel sad as they wound their way around the sunken, grass-grown graves. “Uncle Jack,” asked Gertrude, “why do people put pieces of broken glass and white shells on these graves?” “Lt is because they are poor people. Gertrude,” was the answer. “It is the only way» they can show that they have not forgotten their dead. There are none of them but would like to do more, but they have no money to buy even the simplest tombstone.” Finally they came to a neglected grave over which a shabbily dressed child was stooping. As she turned on hearing footsteps. Gertrude and Neith recognized one of their poor schoolmates —Elsie Tanner. “I didn’t know Elsie’s father was a soldier,” said Mie of the boys, in a halfwhisper. “Yes, and a brave soldier he was. too. I happened to know him in the war,” answered Uncle Jack. The child, Elsie Tanner, was vainly trying to revive a bunch of wild violets which she had placed on the mound that morning. The hearts of the Flower Brigade were touched by her simple offering of love, and they immediately derided to leave a double allowance of flowers on this mound. In fact, the grave was literally covered with an artistic arrangement of blossoms. With tearful eyes Elsie stammered out her grateful thanks and the Flower Brigade, after lingering, sympathetic glances at the figure bending lovingly over the flower mound, continued their labor of love. Every soldier’s mound in potter's field was a veritable bower of blossoms when the Flower Brigade had completed their work. And the members were a happy crowd of little people, you may be sure. They felt more than repaid for their work and the happiness in their hearts found expression in their faces. “I move that we adjourn to meet May the twenty-ninth, ninety-six, to gather flowers for potter’s field.” suddenly declared Gertrude, as the band was about to separate. “Second the motion.” fairly shouted Irwin Valentine, who always agrees with everything Gertrude Tallman says. “At eight o’clock in the morning, under the biggest apple tree in our back yard,” put in Neith Ilannaman. “Yes, at nine o’clock sharp.” added Moss Levison, who always thinks what Neith Ilannaman says is just right After a happy little speech by Uncle Jack, he stated the question a d said, “All in favor of the motion say ‘aye.’ ” And every member of the Flower Brigade said “aye.” The Skull. Anatomists to separate the bones of i a skull frequently fill it with small beans and place the whole In a basin of water. The beans swell and slowly slit the skull. The force which beans are capable of exerting under these conditions is equivalent to the average pressure in the boiler of a steam engine.

FIGURES AND FACTS. RECENT IMPORTS COMPARED WITH M KINLEY IMPORTS. A Showing that Demolishes Hundreds of Columns of Partisan CommentImpossible for McKinley Papers to Tell the Truth—What Trade Means. Speak for Themselves. For some time past the McKinley newspapers have been filling a great part of their space with dispatches and editorial articles relating to the value of goods imported under the new tariff. Every month the official reports of the government have given them a fresh text. We suppose that our neighbor, the New York Tribune, has published in the last two or three months not less than forty columns of matter on this subject, pointing out and commenting upon the fact that the value of the imports exceeds the value of the goods imported during the corresponding months of last year. But none of the Republican Journals has ventured to compare the values for the corresponding months of the fiscal year ending on June 30, 1893, a year in which the sacred McKinley tariff was in force. The treasury department published a few days ago a summary of the imports for the nine months ending on March 31 and beginning on July 1, ISIM. It will be noticed that the new tariff was in force for a little more than seven of these nine months. In the following table the values of the Imports of the leading articles or kinds of goods for the nine months ending on March 31 last are compared with the values for the corresponding nine months ending on March 31. 1893, during which the McKinley tariff was in operation: VAI.I ES Os IMPORTS. Nine Nine Months Months Ending on Ending on March 31, March 31. 1893. Isa-.. Woolen good.- . .$31,752,175 K.->.'.»»>.3 >5 W001iu.546.ii72 16.536.ii97 Silk goods. 30.4:'.0.n0s 24.375.0ji> Cotton goods2l>.s36.U>'lS 25.672.77 1 ► Glass anti glassware.. 6,129,014 5.208.807 lion and steel manufactures 21.594.565 17.558.327 Leather 5.851.307 1.."5i7.517 Gloves 6.107.:W1> 5.372.023 Animals 3,614.220 2,176,260 Buttons and button forms 1.120.91,6 825,565 Chemicals, drugs and dyes 38,352,838 32.029.152 Earthen, stone, aud china ware 7.144.927 6.G1G.120 Fruits and nuts 16.792.149 12.3n5.975 Precious stones 11.503.1155 5.235.147 Malt Llquois 1,372.931 1,111,790 Paper and manufactures of 2.907,207 2,147,130 Meat products and dairy products 1,631,503 1.514.6.-5 Manufactures of to- ■ bacco 2.238.903 1.672.833 Vegetables 3.715.514 2.786.117 Wines 7.023.999 5,091.118 These figures speak for themselves. They demolish hundreds of columns of unjust and misleading partisan com ment upon the imports of the last few months under the new tariff. Our Republican friends have sought to deceive by comparing the values of recent imports with the values of the imports in a panic year, when trade and industry were depressed by the operation of a silver-purchase law which had been enacted as the fruit of a bargain between the supporters of the McKinlcy bill and the agents of the owners of silver mines. The readers of Republican journals are not permitted to see any- comparison between recent imports and those of the year immediately preceding the silver panic. Our table shows that the imports of that year—or of the nine months taken for comparison—were considerably in excess of those reported under the new tariff —New York Times. The Wilson Tariff. Although it may truthfully be said that the new tariff law as not yet bad an opportunity to display its merits, many of its mos* important provisions not going into effect until Jan. 1, the figures obtained from V e official reports on the Federal Bureau of Statistics are indeed gratifying as showing the good results which may be expected when the new law shall have had time to fully vindicate itself. The report shows revenues of over forty-five and one-half million dollars raised by the new tariff during the quarter ending March 31. at which rate the total revenue for the current year will exceed $182,000,000, a very snug and satisfactory figure. The export trade of the United States has notably increased during this period, the value of goods exported for the quarter being $41,898,004 against $36,991.298 for the corresponding period in 1892. when the McKinley law was in full operation, and when no depression had occurred to cause business stagnation. This gain of a clear 12 per cent, is especially gratifying when we consider Hie depressed trade conditions which have so long prevailed and which were a direct result of Republican mismanagement of the nation's affairs. During the quarter the total value of merchandise importations amounted to $185,161,150 upon which the customs duties were $45,615,396, or 24.6 per cent, of the value of all merchandise Imported into the United States. On all dutiable imports the statistics show that an average duty of 43.72 per cent, is now being collected. The corresponding McKinley rate was 48.71 in 1892 and 49.58 in 1593. Under the high tariff of *893 the average rate of duties on dutiable goods was 45.61 per cent. This shows a reduction of some 5 or 6 per cent, from the McKinley duties on dutiable goods and less than 2 per cent from the tariff of 1893. Surely, this doesn't look much like opening our markets to the products of the “pauper labor” of Europe. In view of these facts it would be advisable for our opponents to revise to some extent their attacks on the Democratic tariff policy. Under a lower tariff and with the advantages of free raw materials, our export trade is in-

creasing satisfactorily, bu-dm-s I. Improving all over the country, andla r* of prosperity is maki - - apt* ■ coming to stay.—Erie Herald. Tell the Truth. Is it impossible fora M. Kinley paper to tell the truth? Our neighbor, the Weedsport Sentinel, prints every wees from a high tariff pai*r gotten up in New York City paragraphs like tins clippetl from its last issue. -Increasing imports, decreasing exports. selling less to foreign countries, buving more from them. According to the free-trade theory, this is the way for a country to lay up treasure., ..o | individual would expect to get rii-. m . this way." This is an assertion without a parti cle of proof, and without so much as a false leg to stand ujHin. Exports are not •‘decreasing.' On the contrary, they are constantly increasing. at a very satisfactory rare, showing that our people are selling their products abroad and are starting up a lively trade in exchange for foreign products that we do not grow nor produce in this country. This is a revival of business life and activity, which if kept up will soon produce prosperity. The Wilson tariff did not go fully into effect until Jan. 1. 1895. Figures taken from the United States Bureau of Statistics show that the revenue raised by the new tariff during the quarter ending March 31. 1895, was $45,615,396. At this rate the total revenue of the current calendar year derived from customs will be $182,461.584. a figure which, if realised. will be very satisfactory. Now for tile exports during the same three months of the new tariff: Hie value of manufactured goods exported from the United States during the quarter ending March 31. 1895. was $41,898.1X44. During the corresponding quarter of 1892. when the McKinley tariff was in force, the total value of American manufactures exported was only s:;<;.!i‘.n._".»s. in the same quarter of 1893 the figures were $36,690,838. Here we have a clear gain of 12 per cent, in our export trade for three months of Hie new tariff, as compared with similar periods under normal conditions of the McKinley law. This substantial increase has been made despite the prevalence of business depression iu our foreign markets—a depression which had not ma le its appearance three years ago. In the light of these official figures, we once more ask, is it impossible for a McKinley paper to speak the truth?— Cayuga (N. Y.) Chief. Increase in Exported Manufactures. I I’lie Treasury bulletin of exjiorts for the month shows a decided gain in leading articles of manfactured goods. It is noticeable throughout the manufactured schedules. It indicates that manufacturers have closed their ears against the cry of calamity and gone to work. The increase for the month this year over the same month last year is from $591,000 to $1,116,000 in agricultural implements, it is from $713,000 to $772,000 in chemicals, with like slight Increases in numerous other schedules. Iron shows an increase from $2,265,000 to $2,975,1**1. Machinery increases from $928,000 to $1,323,000. Cottons show a marked gain. The total exports for the month reached the very neat figure of 16,728,000 yards, a gain of over 3,000,000 yards iu comparison with the same month last year. The extent of territory covered by our shipments of cotton goods indicates what we can do when our national enterprise and energy are developed in other lines. We sold over a million yards of cotton goods to Great Britain during tile month, Lots of between r. million and two million yards went to China to Africa, to the West Indies, to Central America, to several of the South American States, to British North America, while smaller lots found their way to almost if not quite every country on the map. Such facts indicate the coming of a time when foreign trade will no longer i be considered criminal and unpatriotic. I The idea that no good American will I try to buy or sell outside of the home market has had its day. Its purposes have been served. It made noise enough in its time, but it is an exploded squib, a spent delusion. Our manufacturers can control the trade of the world if they will. And the time is coming when they will.—New York World. " ' , ~ What Trade Means. I he idea never enters the dense McKinley head that it takes two to trade that trade means mutual profit; that profits are the life of trade; that both we and our customers are benefited when we exchange products which we do not need, or even money which We can spare for products that we do need and can luy to advantage. To the Chinese wall patriots ail trade is loss, all commerce is calamity, all prosperity rests on monopoly and taxes.—New Y'ork World. The foregoing is as neat a summary of the proposition as could be put in the space. It should be painted on the rocks, posted on the fences, and tacked to the trees, until every bourbon McKinleyite in the land has had opportunity to spell it out. What a wonderful revelation it will be to those fellows when they find out that dearness is not preferable to cheapness that trade is not an evil,'and that a nation cannot tax itself rich.—Los Angeles Herald Iced Milk. The French industry of icing milLis an original departure in tinned commodities. The milk is frozen and placed in block form in tins, aud on the part of the purchaser requi res to be melted previous to use. Being her metically sealed, the commodity thus iced preserves its form until it is required. when a minute's exposure to the sun’s rays or to the bent of tho. fire is ali that is necessary ta reduce it to a liquid condition.

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