Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1890 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

The Boston Advertiser, pub lished at the center of the leather industries, says: “ the low point to which the price of hides has been forced through the depression which has existed of late seems to have tempted sellers to try to find a new market for Laiir mer handise. Dining the last few weeks abcut 80,000 toIOO--000 dry Western hides have been shipped to Europe, in order to try that market. How this new departure will turn out is at prese-.tentirely problematical, but if European tanners can use our hides to advantage it will open up a new field and tend to give a tone of steadiness to this market that has not been felt for a long time.” We have asusrgestion to of fer. We have non the testimony of shoe and leather men that while we have vast quantities of the best sole leather, we have to import the finer le i ther used for women’s and children’s shoes, and for the uppers of the better class of men’s shoes. The dutj on these leathers is such that we cannot import them, make them up it.to shoes with our own heavier leathers, and then export them to South America and other countries that imSort their foot wear The ome market does not begin to consume all our sole le n ther. If we would allow the finer lea fliers to come in at little or no duty we would not only have cheaper boots and shoes for ourselves, but we would enable our shoe manufactur ers to work up all our sole leather at home and tomanu facture boots and shoes for the export trade, which would offer a large field for the employment of American capital and Ameiican labor.—National Democrat. Senator Ingalls proposes in a certain remote contingency to march the people of Kansas against the South. In that case Ingalls would resume, doubtless his old captaincy c i “Judge Advocate General of the Kansas Militia.” It is evi - dentthat the bumptious states man of Kansas is itcuing for another chastisement, and it is about time for Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, to be heard from.—Philadelphia Re cord. 1 ■ —■

Under the system of gerry mandering which prevails a Republican has three times the political weight of a Democrat in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Massachushetts, four times as much in Michigan, and more than eight times as much in lowa, while in nine teen States’ ten Republican and nine Democratic, the minoritieshave no influence in a Congressional election and no political representation in the House. It thus appears that the “suppressed” vote is not confined to the South., It is a Srominent feature in the Forth, and it would seem that the time for considering the question of proportional representation is at hand.—Chicago News. ♦ > “The Speaker of a legislative body can take cognizance of the presence of a quorum onl y as the members of such body by responding to the roll call are recorded by the clerk of the House.”—James G.Blaine A Chester. Pa.,, tailor Some time ago closed hU nfaeft and put up a sign: “WilFlm Mck in an hour.” The| next naasd from him he was in Tacoma. Wash.