Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1894 — Page 4

THE .INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL,' . MONDAY JANUARY 1, I5I71,

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The New Year's present which thousands upon thousands would most appreciate is the privilege of earning honest bread. He can lay no claim to the reputation of a prophet who would now assert that a Republican House will be elected in 189 i. The New Year's gift which would electrify the country would be the renunciation of the Wilson bill by the Democratic Congress. To-day we shall begin to write the year 1S91, which will be memorable In the history of the future for the smiting of the old Democratic party hip and thigh. Governor Matthews writes the New York World that he is in favor of a tax on Incomes of $3,000 and upward, but, then, he 13 not so emphatic as 13 Governor Stone, of Missouri. Ex-Vice President Morton has had to have one of his toes amputated in Paris. That would not prevent his making a good race for any elective office for which he might be nominated. I A Supreme Court situation for Judge Gresham would not be so delightful a New Year's gift as it would have been had he not been reversed as circuit judge so frequently by that tribunal. Privately Democratic members of Congress strongly commend Minister Willis for I1I3 tact and good sense in dealing with the Hawaiian matter. His discreet failure to carry out his instructions saved the administration from utter wreck. If Senator Voorhees's desae for tee hangtu of. -Andrew Carnegie ha-d Ixn carried out tr.e '.ifferi:is ;xxr of I'ittstMrg would be largely the iosers to-day. Mr. Carnegie dees more for the poor in one day than M r. Voorhees has done In all his life. When the Marlon county Democratic mas3 convention calls out but seventy-three persons there Is reason to believe that as a dispenser of salaries and grabs the crowd judges that the usefulness of the Democratic machine in this county ha3 ceased. The Carlisle family seems to have a puil. One son of the Secretary is chief clerk of the Treasury Department, a brother holds a good postofhee, and a second son is an applicant for the ofllce of corporation counsel in Chicago, with a prospect of gatting it. When the McKinley committee was holdlng tariff hearings, Mr. MacBeth, a lampchimney manufacturer, declared that he wanted no protection, relying upon patents. To-day all his glass works are closed, temiorarily or otherwise, because of lack cf orders. If the twenty immigrants wno are suing a French steamship - company to recover damages for starvation succeed a precedent will be established for obtaining sweeping damages against the Democratic managers for conspiring with foreign importers to starve the wage earners , of the United States. It may be said that the rresent trial of ex-Mlnlster Stevens by the House committee is one which has been begun after he haa once been acquitted by those to whom he was responsible when his acts were first made public. When General Harrison, In his message submitting the Hawaiian affair to Congress, explained and approved tho iart of his minister, Mr. Stevens, he acquitted him of all suspicion of wrong doing. The year P03 will long be remembered as the year when, because of Democratic ascendency, the Industry and business of the country plunged from the greatest activity to the depths of lethargy when three million men were turned out to idleness and those depending upon them to hunger and distress. The year ISO I, in turn, will be remembered as the year when the Democracy, hostile to the best interests of the country, will suffer a defeat as sweeping at that which overwhelmed It at Appomattox fci April, 1S03. Senator Sherman thinks the present hard times are largely due to the unsettled condition of the tariff question, which dlrelly or indirectly affects every clasa of business. His remedy Is to restore the Republican party to power. "To bring In better tlme3 and restore tho country to the posltlo it waa la prior to the 4th of .March last-" b

says, 'VI would urge the return of the Republican party to power and the immediate cessation of tariff tinkering. Thl3 would eliminate nearly all the vexed elements, and we should soon be on the highway of prosperity once mora" The venerable Senator's head Is level.

TIIC PRESIDENT ARRAIGNED. From the outline furnished to the press of the report of the minority of the House committee on foreign affairs on the "Hawaiian question, It Is evident the report makes a very strong case against the President. The point relative to the unconstitutionality of the appointment of "Paramount" Commissioner IJlount is not new, but the report presents it in a very strong light. "If the President, without the consent of the Senate," says the report, "can send a, paramount diplomatic officer to supersede a minister, leaving the latter only routine duties, he may do it In Great Britain or in Germany as well as in the Hawaiian Islands." There Is no escape from this conclusion. All our ministers to foreign countries stand on the same legal and constitutional footing. They can only be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. There 13 no other way by which a person can be clothed with ministerial powers. Appointing a minister and calling him a "commissioner" does not change hi3 legal status. In the present case there wa3 already a minister at Hawaii who had been confirmed by the Senate. He had all the powers of a minister, and the President could not divest him of them or confer them on another person without removing the minister and submitting the name of the other person to the Senate. If he could abolish the ministerial office at Honolulu by appointing a "paramount commissioner" to perform the duties, he could do the same thing at London, Paris, Berlin and every capital in the world. Suppose, Instead of making one such appointment, he had made a dozsn, can any person doubt that he would have been impeached? Yet the appointment of one Is as much a breach of the Constitution a3 the appointment of a dozen would have been. Another strong point In the report 13 that relative to the terms of restoration which the President attempted to dictate to the ex-Queen. His policy pretended to ba based on the high moral purpose of righting a wrong. The monarchy was to be restored because it had been wrongfully overthrown, and the ex-Queen was to be reseated because she had been wrongfully deposed, but as a condition precedent to righting the wrong Mr. Cleveland exacted certain pledges from the Queen as to her future policy. In other words, he said "a great wrong has been committed; I will right It, provided you will do what I suggest." Thus he tried In advance to destroy the Independence of the government whose Independence he pretended It was his duty to restore. Well might the minority say, as they do in their report, "What right the President supposed he had to impose terms upon an Independent government which he was about to reinstate on the very ground that it must remain an independent government and still assume to issue commands that 'universal amnesty should be made a condition precedent, . Is difficult to say." The resolution reported by the minority censures the President, first for trying to overthrow a friendly government which had b?en duly recognized by all clviiized nations, and second, for the unconstitutional, unwarranted and underhanded means by which he sought to accomplish the end. If the majority" In the House had any proper cense of their duty to defend the Constitution against executive usurpation, the resolution would be adopted, but there is no probability that it will be. It 13 a "cuckoo" Congress! DISPENSING FOOD AT COST. The excellent organization of our local charities and the practical management of the present relief movement are well exemplified In the establlslment of the food market, which wa opened on. Saturday. The object i to furnish the deserving poor with provisions at wholesale cost and on credit, thus saving them from the extortionate prices which rctaY. dealere sometimes charge those who buy In small quan. titles, and giving them their own time in which to pay. This is better than charity, for it allows the beneficiary to feel that he is not a boggar, and that sometime he will pay for what ho gets. It will be interesting to note the outcome of the experiment and see how many of the hundreds who accept aid and bind themselves to pay for It, cither in labor or with money, at some time Jn the future will redeem their pledges. In this way the experiment will furnish a sort of test of human nature. It la probable that In spite of the Investigation which is made as to the character and deserts of the applicants for aid, some are undeserving and some dishons-st, but for the credit of human nature It is to be hoped that most of thoso who take provisions on the terms stated really intend to make their promise good. It 13 interesting to compare the rations furnished by the committee with the provisions consumed by an average well-to-do family. The weekly ration for a family of five persons consists of five pound3 of fresh meat, eisht bread tickets, twelve pounds of potatoes, ten pounOs of corn meal, the Fame amount of hominy, a b?x of soap and one quart of molasses. This i3 furnished to applicants for 79 cents. At retail It would cost J1.40. Besides the great accommodation in long credit, there Is a large actual saving. The ration does not constitute luxurious living for five persons for a week, but It will support them comfortably. The food is plain but good and nourishing. Hundreds of thousands of poor families in Uurope do not average five pounds of meat per month all their lives. Many do not taste it a dozen times a year. A workingman and woman can very well maintain thlr strength on this ration and have enough left for thre3 children. But by comparison with the f revisions consumed every week by an average well-to-do family it t!iowa how much is expended for luxuries and unnecessaries. It takes com1 paratlvcly little to sustain life and health; j It Is the extras that coat. And It i3 doubt- ! ful If these costly extras add anything to

tha comfort of living beyond the fleeting gratification of the palate. A vast amount of money Is wasted in what Is called good living, and a vast amount of sickness Is caused by overeating. Suppose that every family In the United States should adopt the above ration for five persons and adhere strictly to It for three months. The money saving would pay off the national debt, not anybody would starve, thousands of dyspeptIC3 would be cured and a host of gourmands and high livers would realize that It Is better to eat to live than to live to eat But we do not expect the experiment will be tried. FIG fltlS FOR FARMERS. The following are the farm products which are transferred to the free list by the Wilson bill, with the duties under the McKinley law: ! : i Duties Now Levied. Wilson. Bill. Apples, 23 cents per bushel Free Bacon and hams 5 cents per pound.... t ree Preserved meats, 23 per cent Free Beef, mutton and pork, 2 cents per lb.. Free Bristles, 10 cents per pound Free Cabbages, 3 cents each Free Cider, 5 cents per gallon Free Eggs, 5 cents per dozen Free Feathers, 10 per cent Fre Flax straw, 5 per ton Free Flax, not hatcheled. $22.40 per ton Free Hemp, not hatcheled, $25 per ton Free Hair, 13 per cent Free Lard, 2 cents per pound Free Milk, 5 cents per gallon Free Green peas, iO cents per bushel Free Trees ami all nursery stock, 20 per cent. Free Seeds, all kinds, 20 per cent Free Straw, '60 per cent Free Tallow, 1 cent per pound Free Teazels. 30 per cent Free Wool, 11 to 12 cents per pound Fre Wool waste and noils, 30 cents per lb.. Free Rags and flocks, 10 cents per pound;... Free The following articles have practically been transferred to the free list, as a duty of 20 per cent. Is imposed only in the event other countries impose a. duty on the same if coming from the United States: Buckwheat, 13 cents per bushel.... .... Free Corn, 13 cents per bushel Free Oats, 13 cents per bushel Free Rye, 15 cents per bushel Free Wheat, 25 cents per bushel Free The following is the list of farm products on which the dutie3 have been changed to an ad valorem basis and otherwise reduced, compared with these imposed by the McKinley law: Duties Now Levied. Wilson Bill. Horses and mules, $30 per head. 20 per cent. Cattle, $10 per head 20 per cent. Calves, $2 per head 20 per cent. Hogs, $1.50 per head 20 per cent. Sheep, $1 per head 2) per cent. Lambs, 73 cents per head 20 per cent?1 Barley, .10 cents per bushel 20 per cent. Butter, 6 cents per pound 20 per cent. Cheese, 6 cents per pound 20 per cent. Beans, 40 cents per bushel 20 per cent. Hay. $4 per ton $2 Honey, 20 cents per gallon 10 cents Hops, 15 cents per pound 8 cents Onions, 40 cent3 per bushel 20 cents Potatoes, 25 cents per bushel 10 cents Castor beans, 50 cents per bushel.... 23 cents Flaxseed. 30 cents per bushel 20 cents Vegetables, 23 per cent 10 per cent. Poultry, live, 3 cents per pound.... 2 cents Poultry, dressed, 5 cents per pound.. 3 cents Under the ad valorem system, which was displaced by the McKinley law, horses worth in themarket $100 or $123 were valued in the invoices sworn to by the Importers as worth $25, $10, and at most $30, making the duty $0, $S and $10, respectively. The foregoing figures are useful to present to those Democratic local politicians who have been told to assert that the farmer Is not touched by the Wilson bill. COM ESSIOX OF AVILSOX AND ASSOCIATES. An Associated Press dispatch In yesterday's paper stated that the majority of the ; ways and means committee declare that the estimates of revenue derived from the tariff, made upon the assumption that the value of Imports would be no larger under the Wilson bill than under the McKinley law, are misleading, for the reason contained in the following statement: It Is believed that the increase in 1S01 will be very large, for the reason that until the new tariff goes into effect every importer and buyer will try to dispose of present stocks and buy as little abroad as possible, in order to take advantage of the. re-1 duced duty. Thl3 same reason is given by the majority members of the committee for the belief that the revenues under the 'new bill will be much larger than the fig-' urcs show. Thi3 statement, when elaborated, means, that the imports of merchandise which come; in competition with that produced In this, country will be so largely increased in volume that the decrease of duty of 50 per

cent. 01; more will make up largely for the reduction of duty. With a reduction of duty to the extent of 50 per cent it will require twice as many foreign goods to yield the same amount of duties which are now col lected. This 13 equivalent to the admission of the Wilson majority of the ways and means committea that their tariff bill 13 designed to displace the products of American labor in the American market with similar products of foreign competitors. It 13 a confession that there will be less days' work for Americans in home factories than there would have been under the McKinley law. It means that there will be permanently, under the ss'stem established by the Wllscn bill, less employment by thousands of men than there has been under the McKinley law. That Is what the Wilson committee means when it declares that the duties under their bill, which reduces the tax DO per cent, or more, will yield nearly as much revenue as the McKinley law. It Is a very significant admission. THE STUPIDITY OF AX ORATOR. . It seems that the Hon. John W. Kern feels that he was insulted at Anderson, Saturday, v.'hile making a speech, because some person who has been a Democrat rather than a "drunken Republican" characterized one of his statements as "a Democratic He." The Journal does not accu3e the epithetic and vociferous statesman of telling a falsehood: but the statement which he repeated, to the effect that agricultural Implements manufactured in this country are sold cheaper outside the United State3 than to American farmers, 13 not only a falsehood, bht one which has been so often proved to be such that It i3 stupid rather than willful drflince of the ninth commandment. In ISM the statement was sent out by a person named Willson. At that time all the more prominent manufacturers of agricultural implements pronounced the statement false, and showed that the priee3 which were attached to cuts of implements were the nominal retail rates, while those which were represented as foreign priors were the figure3 at which they were cold to the trade. In !C52 the free-trade papers m 1 .1 ... I V. 1 4 l -Y 1 U. A. 1 were iuiri.-it.u uu wics, ur v.uilu me exploded falsehood was repeated at length, with cuts. Senator Voorhees mode It the basis of a speech, and generally this assault vpon American Industrie3, which were then laying tltousands of men the best wages

In the world, was kept up during the campaign. At the time the Journal took the free-trade slander about prices to a reputable dealer, got his retail prices for the same articles, and found them from 20 to 40 per cent, below the Democratic slander prices. Republican papers In all the larger towns In Indiana did the same thing, thus exposing the stupidity as well as the falsity of the Democratic slander upon American enterprises. ';And now Mr.' Kern has resurrected the unseemly cadaver of this twice buried fake, and repeats it at Anderson a fake so stupid and iniulting to the average Intelligence that a sometime Democratic editor blurts out "a Democratic He." It Is probable that the proprietor of the thunderous voice did not know that It was a falsehood, but even that fact doe3 not help him. He should have known it, as every farmer who buys implements knows that it 13 false, because many dealers have told them so. And he should know now that the old demagogic falsehoods palmed off upon voters in 1SW and 1SD2 are thoroughly discredited now. People have learned many things since October. 1S32, and Democratic orators should try to comprehend the fact, and no longer assume general ignorance on the part of the people. To a reporter of the New York Tribune who asked Mr. Carnegie in regard to his liberal offer to the Pittsburg relief fund, he said: ; I do not know how this offer of mine has become known, but as long as it has, you can confirm the truth of it. I shall do as 1 have promised. 1 have not made the proposition to please any one but myself. It is not exactly charity, but simply assistance for men who deserve It. 1 shall run the mills, even if it entails a loss, and thus give employment to men who otherwise would suffer for the actual necessities of life. Mr. Carnegie has had to bear a great deal of abuse, but no one can deny that he ha3 contributed munificently to good causes. In this case he agrees to duplicate any sum that may be contributed by the citizens of Pittsburg up to $3,000 for each woriring day for the next two months. The general contributions In Pittsburg to date aggregate $G1,000, and Mr. Carnegie's duplication will make it $122,000. , Did hot Senator Voorhees promise the country that after the repeal of the Sherman silver bill "business would! resume its ordinary course?" asks an editor in another State. Yes, he did; but here In Indiana the Voorhees prediction about any matter of importance is regarded in the nature of a joke. BUBBLES IX THE AIR.

Hnppy Man. Watts What do you swear off on to-day, old man? Potts Nothing. This is my swearlng-on year. For the "Wheels. Mr. WIckwire I have had such a queer humming noise In my head all day. Mrs. WIckwire Wrhy don't you try a little machine oil? Heard at Midnight. "Hello, central! Give me '93, please is this 'S3.. ..Yes? This is '01 talking. I Just wanted to tell you to get off the earth. That's all. Good-bye!" Gooil HcHolution. ,. He Did you ever reflect. Mis3 Laura, that a word once uttered must go on echoing through space forever and forever? She Goodness gracious me! Is that so? I declare, I will never sing "After the Ball" again. IXDIAXA POLITICS. The reports from the Democratic mass (?) conventions held over the State Saturday are anything but reassuring to the politicians who congregate about Democratic headquarters. Said a prominent manipulator of the Democratic machine last evening:. "I have yet to hear of a single, meeting in the State where the least spark of enthusiasm cropped out, or where a corporal's guara representation of tho county Democracy showed up. In most cases there were not enough of the faithful present from which to select even a delegate representation to the district conventions to be held Jan. 8. The outlook is not only discouraging. It Is practically hopeless. We cannot expect to recover the losse3 sustained at the late elections, under existing conditions, between now and November. Our only hopes for success two years hence rest entirely with the present Congress. If the Wilson bill passes both houses of Congress in time to become operative In June as designated in the bill, the disorganized Democracy 'may recover sufficiently to make a fight, otherwise defeat is certain." It is now stated on high Democratic authority that the delegates selected In this congressional district will re-elect Tom Tagcrart aa the member of the State central committee, and that he has been prevailed upon to accept the place. He will not, however, accept the chairmanship of the committee, if .there be any loophole whereby he can get out. There is a disposition on the part of Charles .lewett and other State politicians whose stewardship In manipulating tno machine in years pant, was not signalized with that degree of success which has crowned Taggart's efforts, to force the chairmanship of the State committee or? him again, knowing full well the disastrous defeat in store for the party. As the situation now stands Taggart is placed in a dilemma. lie plainly sees the "hand writing on the wall," and Is striving to prevent his being buried in the avalanche of Republican votes which are due in November next. From present indications his appeals to be allowed to retire will go unheeded, and he will be forced to the fore. To use the expressive language of one on the Inside "Tom will be led like a lamb to the slaughter." Joseph Reilly's candidacy for the pension agency has apparently "died a bomin " Lato news from Washington has put a damper on the efforts that were being made in his behalf. It appears that Daniel W. Voorhees has taken a hand in this fight as ho has In all others where patronage has been dispensed in this State, and has conceded the appointment of pension agent to Congressman McNagny. Thls has apparently settled the matter and It 13 accepted ns a foregone conclusion that the position will go to the Fort Wayne district. It is understood that Martin Van. Buren Spencer, of Fort Wayne, has been named for the place although Dr. Norman Teal, of Noble county, an ex-member of the Legislature, I3 strongly recommended from the same congressional district by others on the congressional delegation. Dr. Teal has been in this city ever since the death of Colonel Zollinger pressing his claims for recognition. The turning down of Reilly, ostensibly on account of the geographical location of his residence In the State, is another slap at the State central committee, which he has served in the capacity of secretary for fifteen vears. - Jerome Hcrff, another member of the State committee, has been an applicant for a consulship e-er since the inauguration of Cleveland, and it was given out many months ago that he would be provided for. HeTev-'nUy returned home, alter hanging on at Washington lor several months and exhausting all of his available -rsources thoroughly disgusted with the "Cleveland method of detpenslng patronage. Up to date the State committee has received no recognition at the hands of the administration Tills lar Once Called IIIui "Cold." Philadelphia Times. The gentle kindliness of ex-President Harrison's nature was aptly illustrated during hl3 recent visit to Philadelphia, when he was the league's honored guest, learning of the serious condition of Mr3. George W. Boyd. who was then lying in the illness that resulted In her death a few days later, the ex-President, whore time, in the city was limited and whose every hour had been Xreviously apportioned oft, ecapxl from

the hands cf hli cntrrtalncrs, and, calling a cab, was driven rapidly to Mr. Boyd's

there by the dyinir woman's bedside and in i warring conaoicr.ee 10 me nusoana and ? 11 urt-n. upn?ra iirurison nut msvhI through the bitter onHal; and knew it3 sting. Airs. Jioyd, who was of Indianapolis birth, was n 5chnrlm.tte nf ''im trKVo General Harrison'; only daughter. The inenusnip nan always been maintained and, the ex-President had a sincere affection for her. : TIIC CAXCEL1XG OF A LEASE. The Kansas Lease has been canceled. St.' Louis Post-Dispatch. The Governor of Kansas wants a new Lease on his job. Toledo Blade. Mrs. Mary Lease, of Kansas Topullst fame, 13 gradually peeking her level and coming dewn very hard. lOAva State Register. . Politics is a rocky road to travel, and Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease has just begun to have some persorfal realization of the fact. Kansas City Journal. Mrs. M. E. Lease Is still a member of the International Peace Society, of Berne, Switzerland, but that wili not do Governor Lewelllng any good. In "firing" Mrs. Lease from the Board of Charities In the interest of harmony the Governor has kindled a flame which nothing but a flood will extinguish, and they never have any floods in Kansas. Kansas City Star. No love has been lost between Governor Lewelllng, of Kansas, and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease since the latter, just after the recent election, said some very biting things concerning his Excellency and other Populist leaders. Her removal fromthe Kansas State Board of Charities may have been advisable in view of her refusal to serve with a Democrat, but hereafter the. Governor need expect no quarter from the lady of Wichita. Springfield Republican. "Off with her head!" So much for Mary Yelling! Richard spoke not thus, but Governor Lewelllng. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. THE PR EX D ERG A ST VERDICT. It is a conclusion with which the whole country will concur. Washington Post. Justice In this case has neither been too slow nor unduly hasty. Philadelphia Record. Now it 13 to be hoped that no undue delay will be permitted to intervene between the sentence and its execution. Philadelphia North American. It is certain that?hanglng these men puts an end to their capacity for mischief, while any lesser sentence of punishment does not even insure their permanent confinement. Philadelphia Press. The sole question was on his accountability for his action, and the newspaperreading public long ago reached the conclusion that he was. The jury, which heard the evidence and the arguments, yas satisfied on this point, and rendered a verdict accordingly. Pittsburg ChronicleTelegraph. The average citizen who read the testimony and studied the actions of the accused will feel satisfied that he knew just ,-what he was doing, and that hl3 shooting of Mayor Harrison was a deliberate, coldblooded murder, premeditated and planned by a man who knew that he was violating the laws of God and man. Detroit Free Press. AltOLT PEOPLE AXD TIIIXGS. Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth, the authoress, celebrated the seventy-fourth anniversary of her birthday on Christmas day. Her health is better than it has been for several years. After a stay of three or four weeks in the villa hired for her at Florence, Queen Victoria intends to go to Coburg and see how her second son is getting along as a German duke. Ours is the only world's fair to compensate foreign jurorsi Two hundred thousand dollars were raid out for judges, foreign and native. The former received $750, whether their work was much or little. Native judges were paid $6 a day. The following Is a characteristic extract from the manuscripcdlary of King James II, of England, preserved in the Imperial Library, of Paris: "I did not retire from the battle on the Boyne from a sense of fear, but that I might preserve to the world a life that I felt was destined to future greatness." John Walters, who lives near Catonsvllle, Md., Is ninety-six years old, and Is an expert shot. Notwithstanding his advanced age he takes great pleasure in gunning. Recently he walked about twelve miles in pursuit of game, and in the afternoon walked to Catonsvllle and return, a distance of sixteen miles, in one day. On the occasion of Col. Thomas Wentworth Higglnson's seventieth birthday, the Round Table Club of Boston, of which Colonel HIgginson has always been the president, presented to him a silver loving cup, inscribed with the quotations from Tennyson: "Hold us for your friends; here we pledge our troth; yea, by the honor of the Table Round." Princesses Victoria and Maud, of Wales, Improve rather than lose In appearance as years go by. Although, says the gentlewoman, rumors are seldom afloat as to their probable engagement with reisming or petty princes. It is a fact that both Princesses have been sought in marriage on more than one occasion. Princess Maud not so very long ago again refused to leave her father and mother's side for a home of her own. The little villa near Waterloo where Napoleon planned his historic battle has been offered for sale by the Belgian architect who has long been the owner'of it. It was here, too, that the Emperor held hi3 last council of war. The charm of the villa is its beautiful garden, in which Napoleon went before the battle to survey the panorama of the surrounding country and perfect his plans for the fight. Prince Victor lives but ten miles away, and It is suggested that he should buy the property for a shooting-box. Capt. John E. Trlbble, of Mystic, Conn., who recently died there, was a veteran chip captain, and well known as a powerful Baptist exhorter and revivalist In every Atlantic port from Maine to Maryland. He was extremely successful In this work and very zealous. He had been known to send his vessel on a voyage in charge of a minor officer while he stayed ashore to work and pray at a camp meeting. A remarkable feature of Captain Tribble'3 career was prepentlmenfs which came to him in his dreams. Professor Tyndall's "Hours of Exercise In the Alps," 1S71. and his "Glaciers of the Alps," 1SG0, are now exceedingly rare books so. rare that the author was himself for several years anxious and unable to procure a copy of the former. "I am told by a friend." he wrote to a certain bookseller who makes books on Alpine subjects a specialty, "that p'ou have two copies of my book. The price is high, and this is in a way very gratifying to the author. And as, unfortunately, I have no copy myself, I shall be glad If you will send the books to me at the price named." SHR&DS AXD PATCHES. When angry, count a hundred; when very angry, swear. Mark Twain. Just wait until Mrs. Lease recovers from the first rude shock! Pittsburg Dispatch. The Democratic party seems to play in hard luck. Petersburg Index-Appeal (Dem.) One of the most popular public measures In South Carolina is the half-pint. Chicago Dispatch. The Stock Exchange 13 where hope is exchanged for experience. Jacksonville Times-Union. Mr. Gladstone is eighty-four. He Is old enough to know better than to sneer at the American navy. Washington Post. The best way to down an opponent In an argument is. to let him get through and then yell "RatsI" Atchison Globe. One good New Year's resolution is to contribute liberally to the relief of the needy. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Nothing emphasizes the fact that there Is no accounting for taste more than the way some people admire themselves. Puck. j My son, observe the postage stamp Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick ! to one thing till it gets there. Elmira Gazette. Mrs. Lease certainly ought to feel less bltttr toward the Hon. John James Inxalls now that -he Is also a statesman out of a Job. Detroit Tribune. Customer Among the other items on this bill you've got "four and a half houra. work." You worked lust exactly four hours by the clock. Paper hanger Yea, fir;' iUi it t'k ... ipi u hour tu luauu out the bill. Chicago Tribune.

WILSON" AND WOOL.

lion. Calvin Cowffili Points Out Mis-statements of the West Virginia Man. To the Editor of the' Indianapolis Journal: The report of Mr. Wilson, chairman cf the commV.iee on ways and mean?, accomlanying the bill recently introduced In tho House of Representatives proposing ?uch sweeping changes in the preaer.t tariff, ia so remarkable and so utterly void of the truth as to inspire the belief that the most willful misrepresentation was intended for tho purpose of deceiving that portion of the American people who have little opportunity to investigate and draw conclusions from their own researches, cr betrays such dense ignorance of the subjects discussed and their effects upon the country as to make every well-informed man !ow his head In shame to know that we have such men In Consrrvss. As an example of the audacity of many of the statements in the report is the following: "It is enough to say that the tariff upon , wool, whilft bringing no real benefit to the wool grower, least of all to the American farmer, who in any balancing of accounts must see that he yearly pays out a good dollar for gvery doubtful dime he may receive under its operations, has disastrously hamiercd our manufacturing industry and made cruel and relentless war upon the health, the comfort and the productive energy of the American people," So reckless a statement, and at such wide variance from the facts in the case, have rarely seen in print. Let us examine the evidence learing upon the question, on one Fide we have Mr. Wilson'3 statement standing In all its glaring falsity without a scintilla of evidence to support it. On the other such an array of statistical facts controverting his statements as to overwhelmingly establish the very' reverse. Nor is that all. It ia within the knowledge of every intelligent farmer engaged In wool growing that vCTih proper protection there is no dollar Invested that pays so well, with proper management, ns In sheep husbandry. Does Mr. Wilson believe that the more than one million farmers and flock owners in the United States are not as capable of judging, when balancing up their yearly accounts, whether they have been paying "good dollars for doubtful dimes'" as ho is? There IS no better, standard by which to Judge whether a business paj's thoso engaged iu it than that it is rapidly increasing, both In the numbers engaged in It and in tho magnitude of the business they transact. It is a stupid man, indeed, who, after years of trial and experience in a given pursuit. Is uryible to tell whether hfl U losing w galnir.g thereby; Tested "by this rule, how dcet the matter stand? Under continued protection the most adequate the American wool grower ever had hi hocks increased, from 1S73 to l&l. XG,13.( shp. (See diaxrram No. 1, p 71, of tho chief of the Bureau of Statistics of tho Treasury Department during Cleveland's former administration, published In 1SS7.) With such attention had the farmers' flocks ' been cared for that the Increase in the yield of wool during those nine years was HG.OOOXK) pounds. (See last-named report, page 61.) Shall it be Inferred from the magnitude of these increases of sheep and wool that those stupid farmers thus engaged were paying out good dollars for doubtful dimes? Test this question by another period in our country's history from 1S10 to 1800 twenty years of little and; much of that time, no practical protection for wool. What was the Increase in the farmers' flocks? In 1840 the whole number of sheep hi the United States was 19.311.000: in 1SG0. including the period of 1837, that Chairman Wilson says gave a "steadier and better market for the American wool grower." the number was only 22.471.275 an increnre in twenty years of low tariff duty and free trade of only 3,100,270. (See North's Word Book for 1SI2, page 15.) Nor Is that all. So uncertain was the market, as well as unprofitable, that the farmers bestowed fo Httla care on their flocks that, from 1&0 to 1S&), embracing that period of "steadier and better markets" named by Mr. Wilson, there were only three ounces gain in th average weight of fleece, while under protection, from 1SG0 to 1SS0, the gain was from 2.7 to 5.1. (See North's Wool Book, page 15.) And the average weight to-day ia scarcely les3 than six pounds, while on good sheep it is eight pounds to the fleece. The tariff on wool has "dlsastiously hampered our manufacturing industry nnd made cruel and relentless war upon the health, the comfort and productive energy of the American people," says Mr. Wilson. What effrontery! It is only equaled by the Inconsistent and Illogical statement of tho free-trader that a tariff is a tax an.d that the consumer pays It, and in tha next breath tells you that the farmer will get more for his wool without protection than with IL Take a brief survey of our manufacturing industries in wool, fliat Mr. Wilson complains have been hampered by protection. Referring to tabid found on pages 401 to 404, inclusive, of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1802, the Secretary says: "This showing for the wool Industry of the country cannot be equaled In the history of wool and woolens In the world, in the growth cf manufacture and the proportion of domestic wool manufactured." Do the statistical facts referred to by the Secretary', that no well-informed person will attempt to controvert, look as though "cruel and relentless war upon the health, the comfort and productive energy of the American people" had been waged? Again, Mr. Wilson says the "long exclusion of our woolen manufacturer from two-thirds of the wool of the world has prevented this great Industry from attaining that vigorous life and Independence it might otherwise have reached." Not only is this statement of Chairman Wilson with- , out a shade of authority in its support, but I am unwilling to allow so astonishing and unfounded a report, coming from such a source, to go without presenting additional proofs of its untruthfulness. On page 51 of the special report of the chief of the Bu-r.-au of Statistics, made to the Hon. C. S. Fairchlld, then Secretary of the Treasury of tho United States, under date of Sept. C, 1SS7, which undoubtedly had President Cleveland's sanction and approval, the following statistical, facts appear: In 1 SCO tho entire capital invested in the manufacture of wool was $3'J,922,G5I, consuming 83.tWM pounds of wool, paying $10,!33,9a3 wages U 43,738 employes: In 1S70 the amount of capital invested was $108,910,27., the number of pounds of wool consumed was 172.078.fdD, the number of hands employed fi2.17.!. tho amount of wages paid them was $31,2 !., 42 and the value of the manufactured product was $177.495.CS9. The number of hands employed In 1SS0 was 161.557, the amount of capital Invested was J153.1M.&. the amount of wages paid was $47.3$!) 087 and the value of the annual product was $2j7.252,913. Bay the same statistician, on the same page of his report: "In 1870 the following were the seven leading industries yielding annual products of value in the order named; (1) flour and grist mills. (2) sughter and meat packing, (3) iron and steti manufacture, (4) sawmills, (5) foundries and machine shops, (C) cotton goods manufactures. (7) woolen manufactures." In 1SS0 woolen manufactures had outstripped numbers 4, 5 and 6 above named, and stood fourth of the Beven named industries. On the same page tha chief of the bureau quotes approvingly from J. R. Dodge, one of the most reliable statisticians the country ever produced, as follows: "The annual requirement of wool for manufacture in 1S10 was 3.4 pounds per capita for our population, and the annual requirement for 1SC0 was still only 3.4 per capita, showing no increase of manufacture p?r capita for twenty years, while from 18G0 to 1SS0 the annual requirement has increased to 6 iounds per capita." From 1SS0 to 1S the amount of capital Invested In woolen- manufactures increas3l from $159,001.9 to $320,413,804; the number of hands employed Increased 26.S1 per cent., and the annual wages pnld th-m Increased nearly C3 p"er cent. (See North's Wool jook for lb02. page 47.) Yet in the face cf the foregoing facts, accessible to all. Mr. Wilson shamelessly asserts "that the long exclusion of our woolen manufacturer! from two-thirds of the wool of the world haa prevented thta great industry from attaining that vigorous life and Independence it might otherwise have reached." The truth Is as stated by Secretary Rusk. Oar advance in woolen industries Is not 'equaled In the world. We produce an elhtb of all the wool grown in the world and consume one-fifth of it. And woolen gooa ot every description are 4'J per cent, cheaper to-day than they ever were when a leys rate of duty was paid than now. C LU t lLLt. Wabash. Ind., Dec. 20. Tlie r.rcuter Crank, Philadelphia Times. Unreasonable crank a she I. Governor Levelling has proved hlmK-lf to be a greater public nuisance by seenil decrees than Mrs. Lease could be if .'ru irled her lest.. " General EuNtlln;. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. If you hear a strange rustling nohe early Monday morning don't be alarmed. It 13 only stoen million people turning over new leaves. r" Which f Iowa State Retr-stor. The fall of the factory lias !xn followed; by ihe rise of ' he soup hoise. Which t re yoirin favr of? Democracy Confer One Illegal nf. Kansas City Journal. There I one ,;ol thing abou Cleveland's administration, and that tt-'ir.akt all talk of a third term nonsensical. j

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