Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1891 — Page 1

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PADDED RECIPROCITY.

WHAT WE GAIN STUFFED OUT WITH WHAT WE HAD. In Order to Make Blaine’s Diplomacy Look Big. The Facts About Our Brazilian Trade— What the New Concessions Amount To Our Sh ppers Must Study the South American Markets if They Are Going to Increase the Trade. [National Democrat.] Secretary Blaine has negotiated a padded reciprocity treaty with Brazil. He had to pad it a good deal to make it look Urge: when the sawdust is let out it shrinks. It will probably increase our exports to Brazil somewhat, and to that extent it is a good thing, but Mr. Blaine’s literary bureau has made a lot of boards of trade think that the new treaty is going to revolutionize South American commerce. This is absurd. The chief effect of the treaty will be to stimulate the demand for subsidies, though if the agreement were really going to expand our commerce it would destroy the only plausible excuse for subsidies. Mr. Blaine’s extraordinary diplomatic talents, operating under the wholly unconstitutional reciprocity codicil of Mr McKinley’s last political will and testament has led Brazil to consent that American wheat shall bo admitted to that country free of duty. Observe the gratitude of the American farmer to Mr. Blaine! Observe also that in the Brazilian tariff, published by our State Department in 1887, wheat is already on the free list.— Our wheat gams no new privilege and no K'vilege over the wheat of the Argentine public and Chili. Mr. Blaine has won another great victory for American trade. He has secured the free admission of American coal into Brazil. But then according to the aforesaid Brazilian tariff coal from all countries was already on the free list. According to statistic, compiled under the direction of the Secretary of State for the use of the late Pan-American Congress Brazil in 1888 imported coal worth $ 1,312,563 from England and none at all from this country. In 1889 Brazil took $347 woith of our coal. A thi d great concession secured from Brazil bv Mr. Blaine’s extraordinary diplomatic talents is that no duties shall be imposed upon agricultural implements. Bui. then, the Brazilian tariff already cited recorded the fact th it agricultural implements were already on the free list. And as if this were not enough he has also induced Brazil to concede free entry to railway construction material and equipment. Railway bass were already on the free list, and in 1889 we didn t export a pound of them to Brazil But there are concessions that the Blaine-Mendonca agreement really does secure for us. They are mostly on articles of food, and in breadstuffs and provisions we already controlled the Brazilian market. Of course the removal or the reduction of th. duties will make it easier for us to sell our breadstuffs aud provisions, but as Brazil is already buying from us about all the food she has to import this agreement isn’t going to work won ders. According to ho Blaine-Mondonca agreement, in addition to wheat, on the free list, flour, com, and cornmeal and starch, oats, rye, barley and buckwheat are to go on the free list. It happens, however, that the existing duties are not very hi te, and that in 1888 Brazil imported breadstuffs worth $2,812,281 from thej United States, $15,708 from Germany, and none from anywhere else so far as reported in our documents. - When the Argentine Republic has wheat to sell the probability is that she can beat is in the Brazilian market But practically the entire Brazilian demand forfc r* eign breadstuffs is already supplied by the United States, so that this new concession means some reduction, but not a great one, in the price of flour in Rio ds Janeiro, and whether it means any increase in the shipments of flour from this country remains to be seen. The Brazilian duty on flom is 39.2 cents on the flour, plus an extra 69 per cent, called the consumption tax, and plus an extra 5 per cent, called the emancipation tax, and the general custom in South America is to levy toe duty on the gross weight, so that the barrel would pay the same tax as the flour— In 1888, as stated above, our breadstuffs exports to Brazil amounted to $2,812,281; but in 1889 we sent Brazil flour alone worth $3,651,908. Our wheat export amounted to $384,337, and all our other breadstuff exports to Brazil amounted to $54,846.

Brazil also proposes to put our salt pork on her free list, and take a quarter off the duties on our hams, lard, butter and cheese. This is undoubtedly a gain for us; the cheaper we Can sell those articles the more of them we hope to sell- — We have one formidable competitor in this line—Fraice. In 1888 we sold Braziljs43b,39s worth of provisions, including dauy products; England sold her $125,a 49, while France sold her $1,574,347. A reduction of duties on these articles may be expected io increase our trade, but without any concessions at all our exports of these commodities increased in a year mere than a third, and a grega.ed $604,503. Lard alone was more than threefourths of this. Among the manufactured goods we are to have a concession made on cottons, but none on woollens. As we ha<e an advantage over England in raw cotton, while in raw wool the English manufacturer has an advantage over the Am rican manufacturer, we need concessions on woollens more than we do on cottons. If our cotton manufacturers would only study foreign markets, they could >robably compete very well with Englishmen in South America and Asia. It is only fair to add, however, that Brazil is a much better market for cottou th n for woolen goods. ■- We are to receive a concession from Brazil on leather and its manufactures, creep* boot* and shoes, which constitute the principal manufacture of leather. We are to receive concession on lumber, timber and the manufactures of wood, including cooperage, furniture of all kin is, wagons carts and carriages. The Br. zilan imports of th* manufactures of wood

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in 1888 were as follows (not including carriages, carts and cars): United States, -.-- $384,495 Franco, ----- 119,515 England, - - - - - 36,776 Germany, ----- 26,418 So that we have the big end of the Brazilian lumber market anyway. The Brazilian duty on carriages and horse cars is 40 per cent, plus 65 per cent of that, and on Eteam cars 10 per cent, plus 65 per cent, of that, or 16.5 per cent, on the valuation. We exported to Brazil in 1888 carriages, carts and cars worth $78,925, and England sent Brazil the same articles worth $.2,387, steam cars wortn $275,853, car wheels worth $9,703 and locomotive engines worth $272,155, without any-special concessions. In 1889 we exported to Brazil agricultural implements worth $31,848, these were on the free list; colored and uncolored cottons, $602,858, on these Brazil promises to reduce duties 25 per cent.; hay $925, this is to be put on the free list; cutlery, firearms and hardware $66,992; on these there is no concession; paper $36,034, no concession; beans and peas, $46,565, and potatoes, $lB4, duties to be token off; furniture, $50,816, duties to be reduced; miscellaneous machinery, $233,233, concessions on some of it and not on others; saws and tools, $135,890, duties to be reduced on a part; sewing machine, $78,751, no concessions; illuminating oil, $890,012, no concession; lubricating oil, $45,444, no concessions; cotton seed oil, $7,237, duties to be taken off. Mr. Blaine’s literary bureau announces that several other treaties are in the shop and will be delivered soon. But wo take occasion to repeat what wo have said before, sustained by the highest commercial authority, that the South American trade is not to bo captured by reciprocal treaties, nor by subsidies to steamers, but by the same business methods that are employed by the manufacturers of England. France and Germany. The Dry Goods Economist has just issued its Year Book for 1891, and on page 18 of this book we find the following: “An American merchant who recently returned from a business tour in Central and South America, records these observations; “If every point of importance in the South was in weekly communication with the United States, and manufactured goods carried free of freight, and invoiced 10 per cent, less than corresponding European goods, there would then be few if any more purchases than now, or as long as the present imperfect Knowledge of exporting exists in the United States. In Central America and several other countries duties on manufactured goods are by gross weight—the box, barrel or case, and contents, alike subject to duty ranging from 20 cents to $1 50 a pound. Native merchants who had been beguiled in giving orders to the United States business houses showed the heavy, clumsy boxes in which the goods came. Duty on them was 50 cents per pound. The unnecessary weight of the box added 22 per cent, unnecessary cost to the contents. Goods are packed up without any consideration of the internal means of transport. Packages of 500 pounds -weight are made up, where the only means of transportation is by paniers on mules. Because Europeans are well informed how to pack Southern merchants suppose the American soliciting for his business is also. The American shipper not having instructions ships as he twould to Chicago or St. Louis. All over the South one hears complaints against American ways of forwarding.— In Guatemala or in Ecuador one is equally sure to hear, ‘yes, your prices, are low; but no one can tell what United States goods wilt cost till they ue on the shelves.’” Blaine’s claim for “reciprocity”, so far as its operations with Brazil is concerned is a ‘sham’. But it is a good ‘missile* to fling at the heads of monopoly protectionists who go into spasms at the mere thought of tariff reform. ‘Reciprocity, ’ pure and simple, is but “free trade” under another name.

Lace Curtains 60 cts. per pair to $4.50 fer pair—an endless variety. Chicago Bargain Store. Commissioners’ Court, March term, will begin next Monday. Embroideries 1 cent per yard up. Chicago Bargain Store. ——•— Marshal Simpsdti is now fireman at the electric light works. Go to the great Boot and Shoe sale of our $5,000 worth of goods, and double the size of any other stock in the county. Chicago Bargain Store. CJM. E, quarterly meeting at the M. E. church, Rensselaer, next Sunday. Just purchased, an immense stock of boots and shoes at a great clearance sale, at one-half price, and if money is an object, examine before you buy. Chicago Bargain Stobe. Mrs. Dr. Deming is again seriously ill, at her home a few miles south of Rensselaer. »We are the sole agents in Rensselaer for three lines of the “World’s Bost” that you can not buy elsewhere. Ludlow’s fine shoes for ladies. E. Stout’s patent snag-proof rubber Boots, and Cone’s Boss Overalls. Chicago Bargain Stobe. A Uniform Rank*K. oFp. Lodge will be instituted at this place next Tuesday evening. Figures will not lie. Boys’ good, honest boots 60 cents to $1; men’s good, honest boots $1.25 to $2. Women's shoes fiO cents to $1.25 for a first class c .If-skiu shpe. Fine slippers 50 cents to sl. Most of the above are sample lots, and good goods at much less than wholesale prices. Chicago Babgain Stob . „Koa“ Yeoman, Rossville, 111., is vis* iting relatives and friends in this vicinity.

'photographs. Having purchased the Gallery formerly owned by J. A. Sharp. I am prepared to do first class work in every particular.— All work that leaves my rooms will carry with it a guarantee. I solicit a share of your esteemed p tronage. Yours Respt’y, i J. C. Williams, Successor to J. A. Sharp.

‘A FIRM ADHERENCE TO CORRECT PRINCIPLES.’’

BUCKLEN’S ARNICA SALVE. Tnr Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns and al) Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by F. B. Meyer. Our former townsman, John Chamberlain, of Hammond, visited Rensselaer this week. All winter goods now going at cost; they must move, even though at great sacrifice, to make room for spring goods. R. Fendig. / «- An extra came near running into a gang of section hands at this place last Mon* day morning. Those in want of choice stock, farming implements, etc., will attend C. D. Stackhouse’s Public Sale, at his farm, a few miles north of town, Tuesday, March 3d, next. Charlie Warner, of Springfield, Colorado, is visiting his parents and friends in Rensselaer. t A RARE OPPORTUNITY To procure fur Caps, Overcoats, factory Flannels, Blankets, Yarns, Underwear, all winter clothing, 40., 4c., at prices that will take your eye, however “hard up” you may be. R. Fendig. Mrs. Sarah (Crockett) Reishling, of Siingfield, Nebraska, is visiting relatives and friends in this locality.

RETURN OF OLD FAVORITES. The Mason & Morgan Company was th first to produce * Uncle Tome Cabin” in Rensselaer, and although they have been here several times they never failed to give satisfaction. They are to return her<>, sfter an absence of several years, Wednesday, March 5, and we have no doubt will receive what they deserve, A crowded house. Mr. Robert D. Shook and Miss Jeanette A. Pullins, both of Barkley township, were married at t e residence of the officiati g clergyman, Rev. B. F. Ferguson, Rensselaer, Feb. 18th, 1891. —S— The Mason 4 Morgan Company guarantees a first class performance or money refunded. You will miss a rare treat if J ou fail to be present. Wednesday, larch 4; F. T. Graham, of Kentland, died of internal oancer, last Monday, at the Presbyterian|Hospital, Chicago. His brother, W. H. H. Graham, of this place, was with him when he died. Tvre Mason & Morgan Company la the one in existence presenting Uncle Tom’s Cabin in its entirety. Not a mere sketch but the entire drama in 6 acts or 23 scenes. At Opera House, Wednesday, March 4.

We have been asked what was meant by one of the Rev. gentlemen who, in his remarks at the Sherman memorial services said that if Sherman had been in command at Antietam the result might have have been different? In answer we wo’d say that as victory perched upon our banners in that hotly contested battle, as well as at South Mountain, we don’t know what was meant. * We do not suppose, however, that anything derogatory to the fame of Gen. Sherman was intended. The Mason & Morgan Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company carries all their own scenery, the Siberian Bloodhounds, And an acting company of 12 people. You cannot afford to be absent from Opei. House, Wednesday, March 4. Advertised -Letters — Mr. Al. Dawson, Mrs. Lizzie Miller. Persons calling for letters in the above list will please say they are advertised. Ed. Rhoades. At the Sherman memorial services Rensselaer’s milk merchant, although not on the programme, tou« exception to the remarks of Mr. Douthit in which other commanders we<e referred to as entitled to equal recognition with the “trio.”

The application of Alley for a receiver for the Monon is said to be instigated by Harry Crawford as a piece of revenge, and pubnc sentiment is largely with the Mo* non. it Has been making a gallant effort to put its pioperty in iirst-class condition, and if let alone would doubtless make its road a safe one for the public and a paying one tor its owners.—Monticello Herald. Grandmother Gary has been very sick this week.—Monticello Herald. We are pleased to note our old Democratic friend, John A. Rothrock, is again connected with tue management of the White County Democrat. The Sherman Memorial Services held in the Opera House last Monday were largely attended, and had the proceedings been confined to the memory and great deeds of Sherman would not be subject to adverse criticism But as is most generally the case in this neck-o’-the woods, only those who had secured the political support and endorsement o< the maniacal crank Stantou, were regarded worthy of being pronoun ed the great Union captains of the conflict. To those who reflect and remember that the war had been going QO "or years; that throgb interference of the war department, and its i allure to properly aid with men and materials of war <he capture of Richmond was prevented in 1»62; that Hancock’s great fight at Getti sburg is conceded by all to have brpken the backbone of the rebellion; that the rebellion, in resources and men had been sorely crippled before the idols of the republican managers were placed in|tne front, the efforts of some to claim ail patriotism and c<n-<picuous courage and ability as confined to a few is improper and in bad taste. All displayed the highest military attainments patriotic, devotion to the Union, and unquestioned courage. Let not one be named?* n disparagement of anothei. Each onedidjhis part, iud did it well.

President Breyfogle, of the Monon, the other day in court gave the application for a receiver a very black eye. MB . John Moneghan, Sr., died at the heme of his daughter. Miss JSgsie Moneghan, north of Rensselaer, Tuesday last, aged about 86 years. A fine bred two-year old colt has been bought from the Highlawn F rm, Lee, Mass., by the Rensselrer Stock Farm Co., and added to the stock of trotters. Wednesday afternoon our town was considerably shaken by what many pronounced a young earthquake, but the following which appeared in the papers Thursday morning will, we suppose, account for it: Laporte, Ind., Feb. 25.—Ths JStna powder works, west of here, blew up this afternoon. No one was hurt, but half a dozen buildings in the vicinity were badly shattered. “A sin in a woman is always a sin,” a ty® cotemporary. With a man a sin is a mistake soon to be forgiven and forgotten. Why this unjust discrimination? The municipal authorities of School* craft, Michigan, have forbidden the sale or use of playing cards in that town.— The progressive euoher players are disconsolate. They protest against being placed on a level with professional gamblers. Wm. P. Baker now occupies his residence prooerty, in Rensselaer. Wai. Robinson has moved into the residence property recently vacated by Captain Wasson. Popular prices of admission at Mason & Morgan’s Uncle Tom’s€abin, at Opera House, Wednesday, March 4.

POBUCJALE. The undersigned will offer at Public Sale, at his residence, 4 miles north of Rensselaer, in Marion township, Jasper county, Indiana, beginning at 10 o’clock A. m. on TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1891, the following property, to-wit: Six head of horses, 1 fine English Draft Stallion 2-year-old, 6 milk cows (springers), 1 registered Gallowav bull, 10 highgrade Galloway yearlings, 25 Duroo. Jersey swine, (all registered or eligible to registry), 1 good fishing boat, 1 two-horse wagon, 1 spring wagon, 2 sets double harness, 2 mowing machines (almost new), 2 double-harrows, 1 three-horse John Deere sulkey-plow, 1 spring-tooth cultivator with broad-cnst seeder, seed oats, seed corn, household furniture, 4c. Tbbms— 7'en months’ credit, without interest, on suns over s6,' or eight per cent, discount for cash. C. D. STACKHOUSE. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. In the Matter of the Estate of Myalmy Morlan, Deceased. In the Jasper Circuit Court, March Term, 1891. Notice is Hereby Given, That the undersigned, as Administrator of the estate of Myalmy Morlan, deceased, has presented ana filed his account and vouchers in final settlement of said estate, and that the same will come up for the examination and action of said Circuit Court, on the 16th day of March, 1891, at which time all persons interested in said estate are required to appear in said Court, and show cause, if any there be, why said account and vouchers should not be approved. And the heirs of said estate, and all others interested therein, are also hereby required, at the time and place aforesaid, to appear and make proof of their heirship or claim to any part of said estate. MARION L. SPITLER, Adm’r of estate of Myalmy Morlan, dac’d. February 20, 1891. * *•* * * ■ ' I i .■—■■■ **■■ ■ - *»"* . 'I , » A pamphlet of Information andab-j0 Broadway,

Jacob Wagneb William Taylob, nonrsMUTMonr, RENSSELAER, INDIANA. WAGONER & TAYLOR. —DEALEI.B IN— IkW, MliU 4 HU, 3K, 110, CORNED BEEF, TONGUES, &c., &c., Ao. *** Your patronage respectfully solicited.

GO SPEL TEMPERANCE Programme, —AT THE—COURT HOUSE, RENSSELAER, INDIANA, Sunday, Mabch 1,1891, 2:30 p. 1. Opening song—“ Bringing In the 2. Scripture reading, Romans, chap. ' ter 12, Mrs. Antrim. 3. Prayer, by Rev. Drake. 4. Song—“He Will Hide Me." 5. Miscellaneous business. 6. Declamation, t \ Lessie Warren. 7. Speech, by Mrs, Stockton—“Wo* man’s Work in Temperance." 8. Guitar music, by Louie and Ludd Hopkins. 9. Speech, by B. Forsythe—“The Drinker as A Business Man.” 10. Declamation, by Joe Marshall. 11. Puartette—Maaames Martin, Hollingsworth, Jones and Foltz. 12. Speech, by Geo. K. Hollingsworth “Crime and Intemperance." 13. Recitation, by Clara Fendig. 14. Speech, by Newt-n Warren—“ The Relation of Temperance to Other Reforms at Present" 15. Singing and signing the pledge. 16. Benediction, Rev. I. I. Gorby. HOWARD L. WILSON, Chm’n Programme Oom. James F. Antbim, 8007.

THE NEW DISCOVERT. You have heard your friends and neighbors talking about it. You may yourself be one of the many who know from personal experience just how good a thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, because the wonderful thing about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King’s New Discovery ever after holds a place in the house. If you have never used it and should be afflicted with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaranteed every time, or money refunded. Trial Bottles Free at F. B. Meyer’s Drugstore. 6. Important to Ladies Only. I We want a woman in every county I ■ to establish a Corset Parlor for the ■ ■ sale of Dr. Nichols' Celebrated Spi- ■ ral Spring Corsets and Clasps, war- H ■ ranted never to break, will outwear ■ ■ any three ordinary corsets. Wa- I ■ ges S4O to $75 per month and ex- ■ ■ ponses; we furnish Complete Stock ■ ■ on Consignment. > Settlements Monthly; position I ■ permanent: $3.00 outfit free; inclose ■ 118 cents stamps to pay postage ets. ■ ■ Address, with references, G. D. NICHOLS A CO. I

NOTICE TO VOTERS —OFTHE— Town of Renssalasr. • Notice is hereby given that at a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees or the Town of Rensselaer, Indiana, held at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, January 12, 1891, it was ordered by the Board that said Town be divided into two precincts, as follows, to-wit Commencing in the centre of the Range Line road where the south boundary of said Town es Rensselaer crosses said road and running thence north along the center line of said road to the center of Washington street in said Town; thence north and east along the center of said Washington street to the center of Division street; thence north and west along the center of said Division street to the center of Main street, thence north along the center of said Main street, to the north boundary of the said Town of Rensselaer. All east and north of the center of said road and streets shall be known as "East Precinct” in said Town, and all west of the center ofs aid road and streets shall be known as “West Precinct" in said Town. The Voting Polls in said East Precinct will be at the Town Hall, and the voting polls in said West Precinct will be at Eger’s shop. ( ( Witness my hand and the J Seab corporate seal of said town, this ' —’ January 12, 1891. CHARLES G. SPITLER, February 20, 1891. Town Clerk.

NON-RESIDENT NOTICE. The State of Indiana, | Jasper County, J” • In Circuit Court, To March Term, A. d. 1891 s William B. Austin,' vs. Joseph Tanner, Tannei, wife of said J oseph Tanner, and I James C. Thrawis, Commissioner of Drainage for J asper County, Indiana. Be it Remembered, That on the 20th day of January, a. d. 1891, the above named plaintiff by Arthur H. Hopkins his Attorney filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court his complaint against said defendants for foreclosure of mortgage, and also the affidavit of a competent person, that said defendants Joseph Tanner and Tanner, his wife, are non-residents of the State of Indiana, said non-resident defendants are therefore hereby notified of the pendency of said suit, and that said eause will stand for trial at the March term of said Court, 1891, to-wit: on the 23d day of March, 1891. Witness, My hand and the r —i seal of said Court, affixed at* ! Seal, f office in Rensselaer, on this ' —. —- > 28th day of January, A. d. 1891, JAMES F. IRWIN, Clerk. January SO, 1891—56.60

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