Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 26 July 1894 — Page 7

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THE CAMPAIGN.

Legalized Robbery Right a-. Home How the "Workingman is Deceived.

How the People are Plundered. Indianapolis Journal. The recent decision of the Supreme Court in regard to the unexpended balances of the school fund calls public attention anew to the legalized robbery which for some years past has been going on in the Attorney-General's office. The fact that the robbery is carried on under cover of law does not make it any less scandalous. Whatever goes into the pockets of a public official in the way of exhorbitant and unearned fees comes out of the pockets of the people, no matter what route it travels.

An act of March 3, 1893, required all township trustees and treasurers of school boards in incorporated towns and cities to report to and return to the county treasurer all unexpended balances of tuition revenue previously received from the State under the general dic nbu'tion in excess of $100. Township trustees and school officers neglecting to refund said balances were made guilty of a misdemeanor. Whatever the ostensible object of this law may have been, its real object was to put money in the pocket of the Attorney General. It might have 'been rightly entitled "An act to set a trap for township trustees and school officers, to scalp the school fund and plunder the people of Indiana, and to enrich the at-torney-generol.'' The Supreme Court has recently held the act constitutional, thus confirming the right of the Attorney-ireneral to have a dividend out of the school fund. Under a drag-net provision of the law he claims and receives 12 per cent, on all sums recovered and collected for the State without reference to the justice of the allowance or the trouble or the labor involved j£p the collection. The fee besides Seeing wrong in principle, is exhorbi[tant. In the case of the school fund it will give the Attorney-general ^rom $50,000 to $(0,000 for services hich would have been well repaid $2,500, and which really ought to ave been rendered by virtue of his Office. The law having been held constitutional by the Supreme Court there will be little or no further trouble in making the collections.

Yet the Attorney-general will get his commission on every dollar returned. and it will all come out of the school fund. This is ouly a am pie of the kind of plundering that is carried on in the Attorneygeneral's office under cover of law. It is a vicious system and should be abolished.

Facts About Sheep and WoolJ Indianapol Journal. A correspondent in Gosport writes 'the Journal as follows: 'A Democrat argues that there were more sheep in the United States in the free trade days, back in the fifties, than at the present time, and that wool commanded a better price under free trade than under protection. Please give statistics regarding numbers, wool clip and prices."

At the outset, let us grasp the fact that since the tariff act of 1816 there bas not been general free trade in wool. The cheapest wools, worth eight or ten cents a pound, not raised in this country, have been on the free list from time to time. The Walker tariff of 1846, which is called the revenue or free trade tariff, imposed a duty of 30 per cent, ad valorem on all wools, while the revised Walker act of 1857 imposed a duty of 24 per cent, advalorem on all wools worth over 18 cents a pound. This is the first Congress to put all wool on the free list.

The number of sheep, as returned by the census, since 1840, was: 1840, ,19,300.000 1850, 21,700,OiK): 1800, 02.500,000 1870, 28,500,000 1880, 35/200,000 1800, 44,300.000, The highest number was reached in 1884 :—50,620.520. The tariff act of 1883 reduced the duty on wool, and the number fell to 42,5!)!,()7i) in 1S89.

After the passage of the McKinlev act in 1800 the number increased to 47,273,533, Jan. 1, l(i!)3, valued at $12o,90V204. Since that date, under the almost certainty of free wool, the number has fallen off to 45,0-18,017 'and the value to $81,186,110. In 1880, 21,700,000 sheep yielded 52,576,959 pounds of wool, or a little over 2| pounds per sheep in 1893, 47,433,553 sheep yielded 403,153,000 .pounds of wool, or 6 2-5 pounds per sheep.

Since 1850 the, price of wool has fallen the world over, due to the enormous expansion of the sheep in dustry in Australia and South Arficr•ica, where it costs next to nothing for lands and the care of sheep. In •1840 the world's clip of wool was 788,000,000 pounds in 1860, 1.108.000,000 pounds in 1880, 1.988.000,000 pounds in 1887, 2,218,000,000 pounds. That is, more than twice as much wool was put upon the market in 1887 as in 1860. hi January, 1852, according to Mauger & Avery's wooi circular, the price of fine medium and coarse washed Ohio *fC fleece wool in the Eastern markets was 43, 38 and 34 cents. It was a jjk little higher iu 1853 and 1854, and -flower in 1855. In 1891 the prices

M»f the same wools, respectively,were |33, 37 31 cents. Comparing the

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4tbis country in 1871.1881 and 1891, p-K* ]as given by trade trade journals in 'm Liverpool and Philadelphia, the fall

has been a little less for American than for foreign wools—ranging from 35} to 50 per cent from 1871 to 1891 in Liverpool to 30:1- to 42! on American wools in Eastern markets. None but the ill-informed will claim that the tariff of 12 cents a pound will keep the price of wool up to the figure of twenty years ago when the price of all wools has fallen an average of over 40 per cent, in the free markets of the world. Excessive production is the cause of the decline in prices the world over. Until Jan. 1, 1993, the prices of the same grades of raw wools in New York, Boston and Philadelphia were from 9 to 11 cents a pound higher than in London and Liverpool—that is, nearly as much higher as the duty imposed by the McKinlev law upon foreign wools. With the certainty of the putting of wool on the free list, and the fact that the goods made of this 3-ear's clip would be sold to compete with European goods made of free wool, the prices of raw wools have fallen uearly to the London price.

More of the Sugar Trust. Indianapolis Journal. There seems to be no end to the infamies which the Democratic Senate and administration have perpetrated on behalf of the Sugar Trust. That there might be no check upon the trust's monopoly in refined sugars all of the reciprocal treaties made by the Harrison administration were revoked by special provisions of the Senate bill. Rejecting annexation, the President and Secretary of State, for the sake of doing something, if not to favor the Sugar Trust, renegotiated the treaty of reciprocity with Hawaii, which has been of no account since raw sugars went upon the free list by the McKinley law. Pending the passage of the schedule of the trust, the agents of Claus Spreckels, the representative of the Sugar Trust on the Pacific coast, came to Washington, and, in connection with the representatives of Hawaii, got the old treaty revived, after which it wash istened into the Senate and ratified. And now in the event of the trust's sugar schedule shall become a law imposing a duty of 40 per cent, ad valorem upon all raw sugars, Claus Spreckles will be able to import his Hawaiian sugars free of duty to San Francisco. This means a large amount of money for the Sugar Trust, which, if taken from sugar consumers, should go into the treasury. Strange to say, this performance has not attracted much attention thus far. The Cleveland organs are anxious to let the President's and Secretary Gresham's very stupid blunder pass unobserved, while other papers are too much absorbed with current discussions to consider a most remarkable performance which allows Mr. Spreckels, of the Sugar Trust, to import Hawaiian sugar free of duty, add the 40 per cent, duty and transfer it from the consumers to the trust's money bags. Truly, it is a great administration.

Tariff Reform Polly.

Kansas City Journal.

The manufacturer himself suffers loss and his profits are all taken,but the workingman loses his all, The employer may curtail his expenses and keep himself in a condition to start up again when former conditions shall be restored, but the laborer who has by the exercise of economy and self-denial built himself a home on the promise of protection finds that home gone and his entire capital vanished also. His capital is his labor. If there is no market for it what is it worth? If he has nothing to sell with which he can get money to buy the necessities of life, what difference does it make to him whether the wool in a suit of clothes cost a dollar more or less?

Tf he cannot buy lumber with which to build a new home, how is he to be benefited by free commerce with Canadian forests?

If he cannot buy butter and cheese, where is the American dairyman to find a profitable market for his products?

If he cannot buy meat, how is the cattle raiser benefited by '"tariff reform" that has made the laborer a pauper?

These are not matters of sentiment, but of plain, unvarnished, distressing fact. It requires no familiarity with abstract theories of political economy to understand them. They are within the comprehension of any man who can read, and there is no excuse for refusing to give them recognition.

Interview With a Pullman Striker. New York World.

"What did you work at?" "I cleaned the cars before they were shipped. I used to 'ave from four to seven bov helpers. I got $1.30 a day, but w'at was that in.a family of eight?" "But you surely are not blaming Mr. Puliman because of the size of your family?" I protested, "No. 'ardly," he granted, with a I laugh. "I suppose I 'ad all the pay the job was worth, but it's the rents as was the tough job. We pay $7 a month for these two rooms, as you see, and 60 cents a month for water, so after filled all the children's I mouths there wasn't any left for clothes. So we got poorer every I month. But I did try to keep out of debt, and now, Vmce I've 'ad to strike, I can't do that. 'Ungry we get up an' 'ungrv we go to bed, an' the men w'at ordered us out an' the millionaires w'at employed us get long just as well as ever. I Wellesley College's new*president,

Mr.-. Julia J. Irvin, is a sister «v "Buffalo Bill" Cody, si .-" .5'

STRIKE ECHOES.

Debs' Appeal From the Cook County Jail.

A Greater Boycott Inaugurated—All "Good Men oud Wom«m" Asked to Boycott Pullman Cars.

Messrs. Debs, Howard, Keliher and Rogers, the American Railway Union officials, Sunday, issued an address to. the public, the substance of which is as follows: "Headquarters American Railway Union,

COOK County Jail, Chicago, July 22. "To the American Public—It is almost universally conceded that the Pullman company, through the oft-repeated reduction of wages, excessive rents and many other caases, has grievously wronged iis employes, and whatever may be said about the great railway strike which resulted in consequence of sjuch grievances, the arbitrary refusal of the said Pullman company to submit to arbitration in any form (even to decide the question if there wa* anything to arbitrate).isvprqof positive that said compaiiy hadTio faith in the justice of its cause and fears the disclosures that are certain to result from an honest investigation, and in view of the heavy losses entailed on the country such obstinacy on the part of the "Pullman company is deserving of the severest condemnation. '&

We propose that the Pullman Company shall be brought to justice,, and this in a way that will not necessitate a strike with its attendant ills. \Vc have faith in the American people. They uphold justice they love fair play. And now, in the name of justice and fair play, we appeal to the great American public—to every srood man and every good woman—not to ride in a Pullman car until the Pullman Company does justice to its employes. Let the! "cars run absolutely empty. No friend of labor, no friend of humanity, will occupv a seat or a berth in a Pullman car. Let this policy be inaugurated and we will then see how long the railway companies will be bound by their contracts, as they have induced the public to believe, to haul Pullman cars. "We propose to continue this fight against the Pullman Company throueh stood and evil report, and without regard to consequences until justice shall be done. There will be no surrender. We will use jvery available and lawful means to press the contest. It is requested that all papers throughout the land favorable to tabor, to justice, to humanity, copy this statement in full and keep it standing as Ions as possible. "Earnestly appealing to the great public to aid us in this unequal contest, and reiving with implicit faith on the final and powerful triumph of right, we subscribe aurselves very respectfully yours, "EUGENE V.'DEBS. President, "GEOKGE W. HOWAIM, Vice-President, 'SYLVESTER IVELIUER. Secretary,

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W. ROGERS,Editor Railway Times.'' In regard to the appeal given by himself and his associates to-day, Mr. Debs said, Sunday evening: "Since the cessation of the recent hostilities we have received letters from all parts of the country from persons who sav that while they do not sanction violence in the Pullman fight, they are with us Brst and last. They say they are very much dissatisfied with Pullman's absolute refusal to entertain any proposition looking toward a settlement of the differences. We are going to continue to appeal to the American people not to ride in his cars on account of this sympathy ami will see whether hauling empty cars an not bring Mr. Pullman to time. They ire now trying to open the shops at Pullman, but the men will not return to work —that has been decided by them—and their places can not be filled. We are eonstantiv receiving telegrams from all parts of the country stating that the men ire still out and determined to stay out antil the strike is declared off. In this litv the switchmen, with the exception of vVrv few, are out as solidly for us as they were the day the strike was declared. While the companies sav that they aro running their trains on time, it i9 nevertheless a fact that they are badly crippled, especially with their freight service. IVe are confident of ultimate success and Dur organization is growing at the rate of iix hundred members a day."

Mrs. Isair Robey entertained the officers of the Indiana militia pt her beautiful home near Lake Michigan, Friday evening, with a banquet.

A cowardly assault was made on a nonunion conductor named Burnett bv strikers at Brazil, Friday night.

At a mass meeting of 1,500 workingmen at Ogden's grove. Chicago, Friday, E. V. Debs was unanimously nominated for President. The success of the Populist ticket in the next Presidential campaign was predicted.

Leaders of labor organizations at New York are inaugurating a movement to raise a large fund for the defense of Deba and his associates. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor. Sunday, issued an appeal in which he states that Debs is one of the mos® conspicuous and interesting figures before the country. ,The Federation heads the subscription with Sf.00,

Attorneys for Debs et al., at Chicago, Monday, entered a general denial to all charges of conspiracy in the United States Court. The brief is voluminous and exhaustive. The defense proposes to carry the case to the Supreme Court of the United States in the event of an adverse decision at Chicago, and if defeated there appeal through Congress to the people. The policy of the defense will bo to question the right and power of the court to issue injunctions like that obtained by the railway companies against Debs and his associates and then imprison those enjoined if the injunction be violated. It will be contended that what the court has done amounts to a usurpation of power not given to the Federal judiciary by either constitution or law.

"LAST OF THE MIAMIS.

James Godfrey, the List Miami Chief, Dies at the Age of Ninety.

A dispatch from Huntington, Ind., July 21, says: Word has been received oi the death of James Godfrey, the last chief of the Miami tribe of Indians. H« was about 90 years of age.

REPORT ON INDIANA FISHES.

O. P. Hay, of Chicago University, has made a scientific report on the fishes ol Indiana to the State Geologist. It is regarded as the most complete investigation of Indiana fishes that has been made and will be included in the report of the State Geologist. Mr. Hay spent two years on the report, There are 150 species o! fish in the State. Besides these a numbei that have been found in contiguous territory and tfcat will doubtless vet maki their way into Indiana waters are included. Descriptions of the fishes an given that they may be identified by fish* ermen without difficulty, 6

WHAT IF THE ICE CROP FAILS'.

No One Need Care—Modern Invention Steps Into the Breach. Ice can now be artificially produced that is re illy better in many respects than the natural article, it being of greater purity and of more compactness. Icetnaking1 is no new thing, and has for years been accomplished in the southern states. India, Peru and even under the equator, where ice was never before seen. The machines for producing artificial ice are of different kinds and varied construction. One kind utilizes the fact that a lowering of the temperature accompanies the sudden expansion of compressed gas, and another makes use of like thermal effects that result from the volatilization of certain liquids. In the first class, air is compressed to thrtje or four atmospheres and kept cool by circulating water around it. It is then allowed to expand rapidly, the act of expansion drawing the heat contained in the water and freezing it. The other machines have their effectiveness on the latent heat in evaporation. It requires but a slight vacuum to cause evaporation sufficiently rapid for refrigerating purposes. The liquids to be vaporized in these latter machines may be either water, sulphuric ether, bi-sulph'ide of carbon, ammonia, sulphuric acid or other substances.

Ammonia oeems to furnish the best results, and it is machines utilizing this chemical that a coniDany in New York uses in elaborate system of cold distribution, and ice-making. For the ice-making part of the business, the ground floor of the plant has been fitted up with a large iron tank, dtvided into two parts by a partition. Within the tanks are a series of pipe coils, in which the ammonia is expanded to cool the brine with which the tanks are filled. In this cold bath are iron molds filled with fresh w.iter, which are frozen by the low temperature of the surrounding brine, which requires a much lower temperature than the fresh water to freeze it. The cakes of ice are 36x18x12. and the present capacity of the machines is estimated at thirty ton a day. It will be sold in competition to the regular ice trade. The distribution of cold consists in forcing the brine, at a low temperature, through street mains to where wanted for the refrigerating or cooling purposes, and is already in successful operation,

The Earl of Meath, who has been traveling in this tountry, says that the pavements of our cities are a digrace to American civilization.

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