Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1883 — PLATE GLASS. [ARTICLE]

PLATE GLASS.

* Anather Republican Mewspaper has gone wxvi'fc. The Buffalo Express say* it “will not advocate the • faction of ths devil, nor that es any of his identified subordinates. no matter upon what tickst be or they may succeed in beingfoisted.” The a taker’s chair in congress has keen pretty well balanced be tween the North and South after all There have been fifty-two .elections ta fill ibat place, and It has fallen twenty-six times to the North, while the election of Mr. Sarlisle makes the twentys-sUth time for the Seuih. . r —*— Among rhe possible Republican tickets the following have been named: Elaine and Mosby, Sherman aud Longstrse t, Arthur and Mahone Logan and J. Madison Wells, also Grant and “My Dear Hubl ie,'’ They are all nice Republican teams, but the best team, it Is thought would !-• Harrison and Dor-’-y. k ' e be«-h familiar with Indiana politics, Ono i „ master of law and tue other- of lying One thinks he is a statesman, the other is to be a thief. But we shall knew all about it after the Jodvention meets- • A pointer for Dudley. Sample It. The New York Sun says; It is very end to know that Mr. W,' Vs. Dudley, Commissioner of. Pensions, ean not cons nt to become the Republican candidate for Governor •f Indian*. We are not aware that there has been any frantic demand for Dudley among the Indiana Re publicans, and have ua doubt that thev will be able to bear his with4ra wal with equanimity. Stili he had somethiug to do witu carrying that State in 1880, when he was U. b. Marshal, and made himself promlneat and disagreeable by hie zeal in arres ting Democratic voters As a candidate for’ Governor he wouid nut be parMcufarly interesting, but it would be a good thing to have somebody with more economical Ideas than his in th® Pension Office.

A Tariff Tax of 145 Per Cent, on the Arricle. Perhaps there is no manufactured ttrlicle which enters now into so general a use among a numerous cirelof important industries, gruit and STiill as plate glass, It is not less indispensable tor the advantageous dis. lay of its wares to the humb e shop in the bystreet than io the show* ier establishments in rhe leading streets and avenues, • In nouse furniture, also, as it is well known, its use is very genoral, so mueh so that it. isigradunlly superseding, especially in the’feilies, the comaion window glass, Hence it can no longer be classed as a luxury, but a necessi y, and it is in the interest of thejDoorej, not less than the wealthier classes, thetef're that it should be obtainable cheaply as possible. Now. how does the pr-sent tariff deal with t e article of, as we hav. s; id. i Inios.t general consumption? L-*t us see We had occasion to in spect an importation of French and English plate glass at the Cjstom House a day or two ago, whicn sogt ou ‘he other side £317 12s 2d (oisl, 543.80) upon whi«h the duty was #2. 238 58, or 145 pe; cant. There are in cidentb mid illustrations of bis kind in the almost every Jay at Uusle gray building ir Wall street; and when the work of u riff revision is fairly entered apon'. itoecur# to us, the House could not do better than to appoint a Committee to come ou hare to obtain a personal it sicht into the praa'ieal workings of this naelnod of ’protecting home industry.” It would help immensely to open the eyes of our legislators to i enormity of th • ’hiug. Whv Is this sweeping tax imposed upon every shop-keepei, every hous holder, and the targe circle of idurtries to which wc have alluded? Simply to foster a grasping home monopoly, wbidh has but four manufacturing establishments in the ■whole country—one at Crystal Ciy, Mo one at Jessi; toOnville, Ind; one at New Albany, Ind., and Ibe other at P' tsburg, Pa ; the total number of -workmen employed ia which, we are informed, does not eioeed 700 all told. The capital employed in the business moreover, is legs than $2. 000 000. 80, then i: comes to this, that ; h order to “fosi. i” these four little f e.tories out V». I 5C,0G«i090 of people are taxed '• • rate of 145 cent. Under the >ld ' okd Emperor*, th • historians: tell,'; o». the sbiencn of taxation was so minute that, proverbi ally, ug iuag, woman or child could hope to escape -he omn vorous- taxgat!'er»r’, btV whs’ tribute to .the CsBoH-r in th? ys of th ■ Ctesars was p er mere merciless than this? At rhe lust, session of Congress, irben the tariff was up for revision, there were urgent appeals on b,efia| f if a reduction of .this glass duty, but lhe utmost tkvt could be wrung f ona that, body was the following magnanimous addition to the fife list: “Glass, 1 Token plejes and (fid glass, ■which ear. not bo cut for use, ana fit only to be remanufactured. “jGlasb plate, or disks, unwreught,

for use in the manufacture of optical instruments,’' This, of course, was the meiest bagatelle*, and so the 145 peroent. on the imported article, as above mentiouea. was not touched. Is it not high fme, therefor.?, 'hat the Indus* tries of the country were freed frem this sbiit of Nessua which has been fastened upGn it now for twentytwo years oi more?—New York Com mercial Bulletin Ralph Fendig’- for bargins The new mill is expected to be iu •running aider by the. Ist of Jan. next, ~. I <l. ♦— Where is Leviuo’s candy factory? answer Rensselccr Ind. where they make all kinds o' pure candhy every day, — —-- < harles Warner is at home spending holiday vacation. Remember the Entertainment ou Friday evening cf next week, Mrs. Kirsch has tne reputution,of being an excellent trainer, and a rare, rich treat will be served the audience on that occasion. Miss Gene Osborne, of New Albany, is vleting relatives in Rensselaer. J. A. Thompson, J.-weier, at Remington, has a fine stock of Watehes, Jewelry, ete.’on han I, and adding to it daily, for the holiday trade,