Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1889 — Page 1

The Democratic sentinel.

VOLUME XIII

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RENSSELAER JASPER COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1889

THE LUMBER TARIFF

The Workingmen Do Not Get Any Part ot It. W. T. Spear, lately deputy collector of cuctoms at Houlton, Me., gives the following information in regard to the lumber duties in reply to the interrogatories cf the Question Clubs: A glance at the man of Maine will disclose the fact that this— Aroostook —county, is bounded on the east by the province of New Brunswick, being separated from that province by an imaginary line. In the nature of things the land and timber growing thereon in Aroostook cannot differ materially from that of New Brunswick —in fact, there is no perceptible difference. And yet, thro’ the oper tion of the tariff, which

- levies a tax ot $2 per thousand on foreign lumber imported into this country, the wealthy owners of our timber lands —many of whom are non-residents—are enabled to demand and receiv i 75 cents per thousand more for spruce and $2 more for pine stampage than is paid in New Brunswick. Let us take spruce—for v ery little pine is grown here—and see how much om timber lard owners are benefited by this tax. Thero are an-

nually cut m this county probably Wm less than 150,000,000 feet of spruce, pine and cedar, from which the stumpage owners, through the operation of the tariff, are aftle to exact more than SIOO,OOO as a bounty, »nd that 8100,000 is the measure of the protection that the tariff on lumber affords them, and it is because the tariff puts this neat little sum in their [pockets that they are protectionists. This SIOO,OOO per annum is of course added to the price of the menu* factored product and finally paid by the consumer. While awaiting the replies of the distinguished gentlemen interrogated by the Question Clubs, let us notice the excuses that have been offered by them and their political associates in the past in 3 astifbatiori of this, as 1 view it, ‘ indefensible extortion. ” During the campaign of last year they claimed that the tariff on lumber is for the sole benefit of the labor engaged in that industry, and that industry, and that free lumber would reduce the wages of the labor employed in the lumber w oods in this county to the level of those paid iu New Brunswick. This assertion implies that on account of the tariff of $2 per thousand on lumber, the laboring men of th s country, who work in the woods, are receiving higher wages than are paid for the same work in New Brunswick To demonstrate the falsity of this implication we will

state that nearly three-fourths of the employed in the lumber woods of Aroostook—and we understand this is trut of Penobscot and other counties of Maine—are province men who come here in the fall, work in the woods during the winter, assist on the drives in the spring and then go home to spend their earnings in New Brunswick. This foreign competition has so equalized wages that despite the protection (?) influence of a tariff of $2 per thousand on lumber that protectionists tell us is for the sole benefit of labor, laborers in the lumber camps of Aroostook receive no higher wages th&n they do in New Brunswick. These are faces which I have obtained from personal interviews with reliable men engaged in lumbering in this county and in New Brunswick, and therefore I believe they eannot be successfully controverted. I have shown, first,

that the lumber tariff affords the stumpage owner a bounty of 75 cents per thousand, and second, that it does not increase the wages 0? our labor a mill. But the story is not yet complete. I desire to add that it would seem that somebody is protected to the full extent of the $2 duty. I have shown that the man who sells the stumpage gets 76 cents of it. Who gets

J the remaining $1.25. The following facts indicate that it must be the manufacturer. More than 100,000,000 feet of lumber is annually cut in this county, driven to St. John, N. 8., there manufactured and shipped to tho Unitec States free of duty, under the existing laws. For export to this counUy such lumber is worth $5 (the amount of the duty) per thousand more in the St. John market than lumber manufactured from logs grown in New Brunswick. — Hence wd must conolude that the

manufacturers pocket the $1,25. — Thus it will be seen that the tariff on lumber affords a bounty of $5 per thousand, which is divided between the Siumpage owner and the manufacturer, while labor gets no part of it. In other words, the tariff on lumber affords the ownei s of Aroostook timl er 1 ,nds a boun* ty of at least SIOO,OOO a vear and the manufacturers of Aroostook lumber more than $150,000 annually, and that is what makes (them worship at the shrine of protec tion.

□1 admit that the tariff does benefit them; but in this ease, as in nearly every other, it benefits those who do not need to be thus favored, and that, too, at the expense of those who can ill afford to pay them tribi te, Thus does the duty not only add- and unnecessarily so, for the government does need need the revenue—s 2 to every thousand feet of foreign lumber that is imported, but, as we have seen, it enables the rich American stumpage owner and manufacturer to add $2 extra to the cost of our domestic product, all of which is a tax upon the consumer, which he pays in the increased cost of the house which he builds or rents. Thus the lumber tax is a curse instead of a benefit to labor. In case the lumber is imported, the duty goes into the national treasury, from which all would derive a benefit were it needed, but the $2 per thousand bounty that the tariff affords goes to swell the surplus of the wealthy owners of timber lands and the manufacturers. Such is the operation of the tariff on lumber in the Aroostook, and it is doubtless the same elsewhere. It makes the rich richer and the poor poorer—the inevitable, and we may «dd designed, effect of all hgh tariff laws.— National Democrat.

NOW FOR A SURE RISE.

B. Forsythe, of the Chicago Bargaiu|Store, has been in Chicago and Cincinnati nearly one week buying Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Gloves, &c., which means that they now have the rarest bargains ever offered in Jasper county.

Another Republican Mutineer

One of the most sigaificafit incidents in connection with the attitude of the woolen manufacturers toward the tariff is the fact that the managers of the Hartford Carpet Company are among those who seek a reduetion of the duties on wool. Mr. Houston, the president of the company is, like the Governor of Massachusetts, a Republican and a protectionist. But also like the Governor, he finds that a tax on materials shuts him out of foreign markets, whiL it invites competition for the home markets, and while he believes the tariff to be imposed for the benefit of business, he thinks that it ought to be reduced or repealed when it becomes an injury to business . One would say that this is very lair reasoning, but the fatal feature of it for the Republic cans is that if you once begin to act uj on it the whole protective tariff will crumble to pieces.

CThe last of this week we will have a grand Fall opening of the most complete stock of fine Overcoats and Suits in Northern Indiana, and all at wholesale prices.— If you doubt it drop in and see for yourselves. Small game is abundant this year throughout the state.

‘Peterson’s” Thanksgiving nnmber & among the handsomest of the November magazines. The numerous illustrations are all excellent, from the beautiful steel engraving to the double fashion* plate. Th-* literary contents are exceptlonlly strong. Frank Lee Benedict’s serial is one of his best, ana Alice Maud Ewell’s “Wycham’s Ordinary” is the finest and most dramatic of her productions. Howard Seely has a capital sketch, “A Thanksgiving in the southwest,” to which an illustrated story, “At Cross-Cut Farm,” makes an admirable contrast. “Out of the Night,” by Elizabeth Phipps Train, is a beautiful tale of Hallowe’en. Minna Irving contributes

one of the loveliest lyrics we have readfron ner pen, and Mrs. Marion E. Pickering’s poem, “Thanksgiving Day,” is a gem. Miss Elizabeth Scovil, the Newport Hospital superintendent, gives a valuable paper on the treatment of burns. The needlework department offers any number of charming designs for holiday-presents. “Peterson” has a wonderful hold on its sub*, soribers. Once taken, always taken, seems to be th rule in regard to it. And no wonder! for it s in every respect a thoroughly irst*class periodical. The prospectus for next year promises new contributors, new and larger type, and various other attractions, which cannot fail to keep “Peterson” far in advance of all the lady’s magazines. Terms: Two dollars a year. Club rates: Two copies :or $3,50; three copies for $4,50, with a handsome Dremium to tlu

getter up of the dub; four copies, 86,40; six copies, 9,00 with an copy of the magazine for one year to the getter-up of the club. For larger clubs, still greater induce** ments are offered. Address “Peterson’s Magazine.” 306;Chestuut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. A sample-copy will be sent to any one desiring to get up a club.

The Chicago Bargain Store is absolutely the only one pries cheap cash store in Rensselaer, and deserves a share of the trade of every citizen in Jasper county.

Mi: I.rb. •' WbT, Addle, yen needn’t ery .boot it! I only mid Mrs. Allen wu a veiy wellinformed woman, and I wished yon would follow ter example.” Mbs. Lis. “Yes, and last week yon said yon wished I could manage to look as stylish as Mrs. Allen,—and she makes all her own clothes. But she has what I haven’t. ” Mb. Lss. ‘‘What Is that f” Mbs. Lra. “ Well, she gets all Of her information from the Magazine they take. I admit that she know* all that Is going on, and Is bright and entertaining in conversation; but I could do as well as she does if 1 had the same source of information. She lent me the last number of her Magazine lately, and I learned more In one hour’s reading, about varions social matters and the topics of the day. than I would pick up in amonth by my occasional chat* with fnends. It certainly covers every topic of interest, from the news of the day down to the details of housekeeping; and everything is so beautifully illustrated, too. Every time Mamie goes over to the Allens* she comes hack and teases me to get yon to take Demorest’e Family Magazine, as the stories are so good. Even the boys watch for It every month, as a place is found for them also in its pages: and Mr. Allen swears by it. It is really wonderful bow it suits every member of the family 1 ” Mr. Lib. ‘‘Well, perhaps I had better send for a Specimen Copy; for, if it is anything like what you say it is, it will amuse and instruct the whole of us.” Mbs. Ln. *‘l see that W. Jennings Demorcst, the publisher, 15 East 14th Street, New York, te offering to send a Specimen Copy for 10 cents, so we cant lose anything, as each number contains a ‘Pattern Order' entitling the holder to any Pattern she may choose, and in any size— which alone make# each copy worth 80 cents: and I last want a jacket pattern like Mrs. Allen’s. The subscription price is only 12.00 a year; and I most say I can’t eee how they can publish SO elegant a Magazine for so little money.”

Mr. V. Willey has taken a position in the Chi ag > Bargain Store as their immense trade and new stoek just received demr.nds Btore help. Geo. Rees is the champion when it comes to laughing, now that Cunningham has departed.—Francesville Era. Overcoatville, Bootville & Shoeville. Chicago Bargain Store. Loose’s Red Clover Pile Remedv, is a positive spouifio for al forms of the disease. Blind. Bleeding,ltching, Ulcerated, and Protruding Piles. Price 50c. For sale bj Long & Eger m

NINETY-EIGHT PER CENT. NOT ENOUGH.

Wade’s Fibre and Fabric tells the story of a New England manufacturer who a year or two ago sent to ex congressman Converse, of Ohio, a sample of fine wool which could not be obtained in this country and had been imported in spite of a duty of 98 per cent, while the tariff on the for* ©ign goods made of this wool was only 60 per cent. Mr. Converse referred the matter to David Harpster, president of the Ohio Wool Growers’ Acoociation, who replied that with sulfioient protection Ohio eould raise all the wool of that kind needed in thiee years.

The great slaughtering sales of Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Overcoats, Men’s, Youth's and Children’s Suits at the Fall Opening this veek. Chicago Bargain Store.

N?tional Democrat: Of course Mr Leech has been appointed director of the Mint. SLce it became known that he was a few vears ago interested in tha ill-fated land and «attle company that Russ Harrison was conducting in cons nection with the United States Assay Office at Helena, and that at the rime Russ’s management of the Assay Office involved him in trouble with the Treasury Department, Leech was very servio able to the young man, there has never been any doubt *hat he would get /he place. This we believe makes two of the victims of Russ’s cattle speculation who have been partially indemnified for their losses by federal appointments.

’ TVs now have 2200 pairs of traveling men’s samples of firstclass Boots and Shoes, bought at a large discount, whioh enables us to furnish vou foot -wear at less than wholesale prioes. Gome and see. Chicago Bargain Store. When Baby waa sick, we gave her Oastorla, When she waa a Child, zhe cried for Castoria, When she became Mias, zhe clung to Oastorla, When she had Children, she gava them Castori^

New backgrounds, new camera, new balustrade,' new burnisher and new ideas! Now is the time to those photos taken you were .r . bout, espectfully, J. A. Sharp flf Manufactured by ffl ■l^AlJßryerJß A good suit of clothes may now be bad at R. Fendig s for 14, never before sold for less hans6 50. Autograph albums, etc., lower thanevei, at the £ost office. DobH BimW You cannot aftped to waste tfaue hi expewmcuHeg when your knu are in danger. Consumption always seems at first, only a cold. Do not permit any dealer Impose upon >ou with some cheap imitation of Dc. E-teg's New Disoovety for Con sumption, Coughs and Cotes, test be»sare you get the genuine, tewaweetee cut make mere profit he may tell yon he has something just as good, or Just the same. Don't be ctacsfcrsd* but fostei upon getting Dr. Els#i New which is fwaraateed ho gtwa relief in ail Yte* om, Aung and (tent affbetfoos. BaM betete free rtfeß^Meyer’s Drugstore.

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