Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1891 — AN IMPORTANT BILL. [ARTICLE]

AN IMPORTANT BILL.

The Royal Baking Powder Condemned in the New York Legislature. [New York Press, April 13, 1891.] Last Monday Mr. Kelly introducea the following bill in the assembly. A careful reading of it will show that it is a very important one. An Act to prevent the use of poisonous and injurious ingredients in baking powders. Whereas, Baking Powders manufactured in this state, known ns the “ROYAL" alum and other Baking Powders are advertised for sale as absolutely pure; and, Whebi as, Official examination show them to contain ammonia and other injurious ingredients; therefore The People op the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Seotion I.—Every can or package of baking powder containing Ammonia offered for sale in this State shall have a conspicuous label thereon with the words “Contains Ammonia," printed thereon in plain type, not smaller than great primer and any person who shall sell, or have or offer for sale, any snch can or package of baking powder without snch label thereon, shall be guilty of misdemeanor. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1891. . ■ «»>■■ Itch on human and horses and oil animals cured in 30 minutss by Woolford s Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. So!d by Lono & Egeb, Druggists, Rensselaer, In

A SECOND-HAND FALSEHOOD. Free trade would make the poor poorer. —Chicago Tribune. The monopolists and tariff robbers in England said the same thing fifty years ago, but they were not believed and free trade was established. What is the result? Wages have increased from 20 to 100 per cent, and in no case have they been decreased, while the price of everything that the poor buy has been diminished. Here are the percentages of increase in certain wages in England between 1840 and 1883 as given by -.riffen: Occupation. Increase, per oent. Carpenters, 42 Brioklayers, 50 Masons, 24 Miners, 50 Pattern weavers, 55 Wool scourers, 30 Spinners, 20 Weavers, i SO Warpers, 58 Winders and reelers, 83 Spinners (children) 130 In the face of the well-known and universallyjacknowledged fact|thal free trade has doubled the wages of labor in England, reduced the cost of living, extended commerce and multiplied national we Ith a thousand fold, it requires a good deal of impudenoe for an Amerioan at this date to repeat the exploded falsehoods of the English monopolists of fiftv years ago.— Protection is an economical error fully demonstrated. It clips the poor man’s wages in front and in rear, and it benefits nobody except a few monopolists who are already rich and powerful.—Chicago Herald.

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We can get a fair idea of the dependence that Ohio republicans have placed upon “blocks-of-five” and “two-dollar-bills” by the remark of one of Major McKinley’s Cincinnati supporters,Jas reported at Columbus by the correspondent of a high tariff organ in Chicago. This stanch and true tin plater says: “A conservative estimate of McKinley’s majority in Hamilton County is from 5,000 to 8,000, and but for that monstrosity known as the Australian ballot law it would be 20,000 ” What a pity it is that McKinley’s forward march to monopoly, high taxes and high prices should be impeded by a law that prevents his creatures from bulldozing workingmen and stuffing the ballo^ o1 * es!—Exchange

“Not all is gold that glitters* is a true saying; it is equally true that not all is sarsaparilla that is so labelled. If yon woulcl be sure of the genuine article, ask for Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, and take no other. Health is too precious to be trifled with.

Call in at Ellis & Murray’s and look at their Underwear stock. At the Gibson House in Cincinnati, the other day, an Indiana republican said: “I have been traveling a good deal through Ohio and am familiar with the political situation. McKinley would win easily if it were not for the new election law- the Australian ballot system—which is to be tried for the first time in Ohio this year. Under the operations of that law. the only way in which money can be effectively used is to hire the democrats to stay away from the polls. That is always a hard thing to do, as the non-voterwill be spotted and his treachery will be apparent,— But it will n«t do for the republicans to buy a man’s vote and then let him go into a booth and prepare a secret ballot. The chances are too great that he wo 1 Id take money from the republicans and then vote the democratic ticket. There is nothin? else to be done except to hire the purchasable democrats and doubtful voters to stay at home on election day. The republican managers in Ohio have adopted that pro ramme as the best and, indeed, the oulv thing to be done under the circumstances. We have now had considerable experience with the Australian method of balloting in Indiana, and we find that the system largely favors the democr ts. Indiana, under that law, has become a reliably democratic state. Next yoar we shall adopt, in that state, the plan of hiring the purchasable e ement to stay awa. fro.n the jrolls, but I doul t if v,q can thus be able to secure republic n success.” Said I: “ Why do you say that the Australian ballot syste n is an advantage to the d mo. rats?” “Because the maioriy of the poor people of this count.y are democrats. If left to follow the r own convictions they will vote the democratic ticket. Now, w'e had I always been able in Indiana under the | old system o puroh se and persuade many j of these people to vote for the republican j candidates In large manufacturing es- I tabiiehments, owned by republicans, the operatives could generally be induced to * vo eas their employers wished, lint the ! new svstem permits the voter to ca t nu a solutelv secret ballot, and the result of recent elections in Indiana conducted under that svstem demonstrates conclus- ; ively that nearly all the doubtful voters I put democratic tiokets into the ballot boxes.*

The gentleman who used the language quoted above is a prominent business man and lepublican, v. ho is well known in Indiana. He was not aware during his conversation with me that I was a newpaper man, and hence he was not talking for publication. For that reason I withhold his name. Nearly everybody arc baying their fall boots and Bhoes of Elli 1 & Murray.