Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1891 — Prehis oric London. [ARTICLE]

Prehis oric London.

Three Chaldean monuments of antiquarian value were recently discovered under the foundation of an old London house. The site was formerly occupied by the dwelling of a Dutch merchant who traded in Persian ports. At the time of the great fire the stones probably fell through the ruins by their weight, and escaped notice when the house was rebuilt. They belong to the pre-Semitic age, and the characters upon them are of the most archaic form. It is quite possible tfiat we have spoken disrespectfully of reciprocity, and why not? Isn’t it a humbug, pure and simple? Isn’t it a roundabout and awkward way of arriving at the ends which the tariff reformers have in view? The worst of it is, it does not promise valuable returns, but the admission of rabid protectionists that reciprocity is desirable means much; it gives the lie to many of their arguments in the past, and deals a severe blow to the fabric of protection, already tottering to its fall. —New York Merchants’ Review. “The overthrow of the present horrible system of tariff taxation is absolutely essential to the liberties of the people. Taxation of the laboring masses for the enrichment.of the protected and privileged few is a re-enactment of slaiery in this country more odious and abominable than African bondage when it existed. Tnis issue is to be fought out to the bitter end, and I have faith that sooner or later tie people will triumph over the ruins of the piu'ocracy. There are other issues also which must take their place in the National Democratic platform.”— Senator Voorhees. It is a singular fact that ju t a; soon as President Harrison starts off on a speech-making tour he begins to promulgate “free trade” ideas. At Newburg, for instance, he said: “Divided sometimes in the method by which it is to be obtained, we are consecrated in the one purpose that this Government shall be so administered that all the people shall share in its benefits and that no favored class shall usurp its benefits.” If this isn’t one for the highly protected industries, what is it?— Bos'.on Post. A becent dispatch from Germany says: “The nogot ations between the representatives of Austria, Germany, and Italy at Munich, looking to the formation of a commercial alliance or zollverein between the negotiating powers, are advancing satisfactorily.” This is the great customs league which those countries are forming, partly, it is said, in retaliation for our McKinleyism It is expected that Amerl an farm products will come in for heavy retaliatory duties. Between 1850 and 1880, a period of thirty years, the wages of the toilers in England and Scotland has advanced 50 per cent., says the Chicago Industrial World, a prominent protectionist trade paper. The same journal was not long ago arguing that England’s free-trade system was working very disastrously to English labor. Money is a good thing to have, but you can not buy happiness in the home or purchase refreshing sleep even with bushels of it. Skeletons are as often in the closets of marble fronts as in the humble pottage. If the land in England was divided among the people, each family would have about seven acres, or in Belgium and Holland about three acres, while in this ceuntry we could give two hundred acres of land to every family.