Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 34, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 October 1888 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1888.

rating of companions. Although lcn eelf-exilexl from the world, Vernon had lost nono of his interest in Its changing fortunes; a great scholar, be yet had no disdain for the topics of the hour, and from his solitude under the apple bouehs of his orchard had never ceased to follow with keen eyes the movements and the portents of the political world. lie was pleased to find himself once more in tho company of a man of the world, and his conversation fascinated and interested his guest in no little degree ; it had a flavor as rare and as pure as the old wine which he hadbrought up from his cellar. After dinner they sat down awhile In the little garden overhung with reddening leaves and full of autumnal blossoms. The lun had come out and shone on the warm, red brick work of the cottage where the thickness of the ivy parted. Guilderoy was unwilling to take hia departure: the scene was novel though ßimple, and his newly-made acquaintances aroused his interest. Moreover, John Vernon talked well, and with a depth of thought, an aptness of quotation, and a freshness of of opinion which had Its charm, and would have had it even had his guest not had always before his eyes the picture of Gladys seated a little wavs off on a beehive chair, with the head" of the lame dog leaning fondly aeainst her knee. With reluctance he left Christslea as the clock in tho church tower half a mile off tolled 4. lie was pleased, Interested, and angered with himself that such a man should have been resident of his own lands so long .and wholly unknown to and unnoticed by him. As he rode through the cold, dusky shadows of the moors, fitfully lighted by a moon which played at hide and seek with tho clouds, he saw always before him the child's face of Gladys Vernon, with its brilliant, resolute eyes, which grew so soft when she looked at her father. "Since I must marry, why not marry her?" he thoujrht with a complex impulse, made up half of phypicial attraction and half of a hieher admiration. ( To be continued next wul) THE PENSION SERVICE.

lTtbr O'Donafho Pays niwnt Tribut to President Cleveland's Administration. The very Rev. D. O'Dcunghue, the priest Ot St. Patrick's church and chancellor of the diocese of Vincennes, returned recently from Washington, D. C, where Le has been in the interest of a widow's claim for a pension. While there he had an opportunity, of course, to investigate the matter of pension legislation In general. What he says of the work of the department can be accepted Deyond question end without any modifications. In an interview with a Pexttxei. representative last night he said: "What I eaw at Washington convinced me that the work of the pension department is carried on with ptrect justice and fairness. Everything is sj-stematized, and the business is carried on without a hitch. I was eurprised at the attention aud courtesy shown to any one who enters the department. I had suppled that on account ot being burdened with 60 much work that only ordinary civility would bo shown to an "applicant or claimant. I was very R-rreeably surprised. Those connected with the department are very gentlemanly, show you every attention, and listen patiently to what you have to say. ".Now, about the special mission upon which I went, I do not care to say very much about at least, I do net want to give the name of the cl:iimant, hs she droads publicity. Tho reason why I became interested in this one case was that I knew she was very deserving and I cou'd not eee why it was that hejr pension wr.s revcr granted." "When did she apply for it?" "About four or live years ago, under the former administration. Her husband was shot in the battle of Chicamauga, lie was loading his gun at tho time, when a bullet from a rebel sharpshooter passed through his body, lie was thought to be dead, but a rebel soldier took him into camp and be subsequently recovered. After the war be applied for a pension and pot it. He was a carpenter, but his wound prevented him from working at Iiis trade, as he could not stoop without great pain. Ho applied for an increase at two subsequent times and was successful each time. About five years apo he died plainly from the etfects of his wound, though the malady was consumption. His widow immediately made application for a widow's tension. Her claim was not allowed, the medical examiners declaring that her husband died of consumption, and that the malady had nothing to do with the wound he received in battle. he was clearly, I thought, entitled to it. She was left with hardly anything in the world, with three children to support. "I went to Washington to lay hrr claim before the department, I was heard with fill attention. When I explained the circumstVnc of the c:use, her pension was immediately granted. I was able the text day on my return homo to bring her pension certificate with me." In response to an interrogatory, father 0'lcnaghue, continuing, said: "o, no favors whatever are shown on account of a man's iolitical complexion. I affirm asrain that the work of the department is carried on with honesty and fair-nt-s. If any man connected therewith is discovered to show any partiality to a man because he is a democrat or because he is a republican, you can count on his disxniKal forthwith." "Did you hear any comment in Washington concerning the pension billä President Cleveland vetoed?" "Yes, end I can say that President Cleveland never vetoed a bill unices there were good reasons for so doing. If there is a doubt about the justice of a claim, the applicant is given always the favor of a doubt, but if a claim is shown to be contrary to pension legislation, it is vetoed, no matter who may b" the applicant." "Could anyone accuse you of havinj democratic proclivities?" "I teil you, whatever my politics," he paid with decided ccphasis, "I am for honesty and justice, and I admire those virtues wherever I see them." Didn't Fry Any Fat There. James P. Foster, president of the Republican leacrne of the United States, tent one of his begging "fry the fat" circular to the Glen Kock machine company of Glen Eock, Vi. And ibis ia the reply he got: Mr. Ja:nes P. r osier, President Republican Leasrae of the United State, Near York: Dear Srn We be? to acknowledge the receipt of yonr "appeal for money" or the Various purposes you name under the mantle of protection to houie iivbuArifi. We desire to advise you that we are in favor of the "Mills bill" heart arid soul, believing as we do that it stands for the best interest of the manufacturers and laborers as well. We regard your (?tep into my parlor," said the spider to the fly) invitation to cooperate with the Republican Ieaene under these false pretenses 'with amazement. We agree with you entirely thrt there is great danger that Cirover Cleveland will be re-elected president of the United fr'tatea, and pray a God-ped to the consummation ofthis very desirable end. The country wa in this danger once before, and the result is in marked contrast with the malicious, ruisleading, dishonest scare-crovr predictions of the tr. o. p. four years aj-o. In the very lirht of this experience we confess we stand almost dumbfounded at your presumption. We have ro sympathy wLatever with your aims and purposes; we do not lelieve you are actuated r y principles of common honesty, and earnestly hone your candidate will be beaten out of giit. Yours respectfnlly, CiLiS Hols. AIacuisb Company,

INDIANA AND THE TARIFF.

EXPERIENCE OF A HUNDRED YEARS. How the StAte Oalned Under a Low Tariff, and How It lias Lost Under a Xligh TrifT A I-.es. on From Ireland's History Fruit 8 of Unjust Taxation. While the wide difference in per centao of increase of per capita wealth between Indiana and the manufacturing 6tates is startling, the difference in amount of per capita wealth is still more so. ' In 1850, when the average wealth of the Hoosiers was $205 each, Pennsylvania's average was $108, and Massachusetts' $372 more than ours. In the ten years of low tariff from 1S50 to 1SG0 we gained on them, until Pennsylvania was only $95 and Massachusetts only $270 ahead of us. In the twenty years of high tariff that followed they gained on us so rapidly that in 1SS0 Pennsylvania was $400 and Massachusetts S71S ahead of us. This, bo it remembered, is the difference in apparent wealth.the difference in real wealth being much greater. It is also noteworthy in this connection that there is a large item of gain to our eastern friends in the profits on sales of foreclosed property. I quote; the following from a recent number of the Chicago Timss : There are forty agencies or loan companies in Boston. Lonn agencies are established in almost every village of the West. The New Hampshire savings hank loaned on western farms in 1RSS $U!,113,.V0.75; in 1SÜ7 $14,276,S1.9& A Vermont editor has asserted that that state has loaned on western farm mort-po-res double her assessment. The Harttord insurance company holds $700,000,000 on western farm mortaee s. The Boston loan company holds $7o',ou0,000. The .Etna life insurance company by its own report said that it had loaned to Dec. 31, 18, tho am of $35,19$,.m31, and the total number of loans in force Dec. :tl, 1881, was 11,012. The Connecticut mutual life insurance company reported Oct. 15, 1887, the total amount loaned in tbe West on real estate mortgages at $S5,' 50ö,X5.7tj. These statements show who own the West. If there is any doubt as to who owns it now, one item in the report of the Connecticut mutual life insurance company will dispel it: "The ret pains on ales of property taken in foreclosure to July, is7, were $748.135.03." Gains like this one of three-quarters of a million by one company aro not included in the estimates before given; nor are those further trains frequently made by buying in property at a wall figure and holding judgment for a balance over the debtor. I have in mind" a piece of property mortgaged for 7,500, sold and bought in by the company lor $ö,000, now valued at 15,000, and a judgment of about five thousand dollars banging over tho roortgagcer. Many people i: Indiana Know of similar instances. Now what is this bringing us to? In what will it result? Is it not evident that we will be reduced to the same relation to the manufacturing states that Ireland bolls to England, aud for precisely the same reason ? The greater part of our land will be owned by eastern eapitahsts and the greater part of our people will be tenants, because we are continually taxed for their benefit. Ireland was brought to her present condition by continual taxation lor the benefit of English capitalists. Let us look at the case of Ireland for a moment, for our analogy to her is very close. You have probably heard republican statesmen declare that "Ireland was ruined by British free trade," for a great many of them are saying so. That statement inut be rtartlin-r to an Irishman who knows anything about the history of Ireland (and most of thorn do), because it is eouivaleat to Mvinir that the onnresFfons ttnd'T v)iiii l Ireland -has gulh-red for eight hundred years are purely imaginary, and the people of that country have been rebelling and fighting ajrainst something that was really a beiu'.'lt to tiicm. That may seem like a wild statement, but it is necessarily true, for England had a mot thorough-going, iron-clad svstcm of protection until 1S45, and if Ireland has been ruined by English free trade it has been since that date. Up to IS l Ireland enjoyed the blessings of tho English protective system, which, according to the republican doctrine, must have been a good thing for her; and therefore Ler Ormonds, Grat tan, O'Connel'.s and other heroes really did not know what was good for them. Any Indianapolis hisrh echoed boy ought to blush for the ignorance of a person who says that English free trade ruined Ireland, for ho learns in his school history that the " system of colonial taxation, which drove -the American colonies to revolution, was a system which England followed everywhere with her colonies ami dependencies. He learns there that when England put a tari 11' tax on tea the patriotic free traders of Boston went on the English ships, broke open the caddies, and poured tha tea into Boston harbor, and so opened the revolutionary struggle. What did ruin Ireland? Aside from the bloody wars about religion and kings and the like, with which our Anglo-Faxon and Celtic forefathers occupied so much of their time, the most injurious thing to Ireland has been the persistent taxation and oppression of that island for the benefit of English manufacturers. Away back in lWio' the English woolen manufacturers became jealous of the growth of the woolen manufactures of Ireland and petitioned through the house of lords for their suppression. Accordingly, in that year, a tax of 20 per cent, was imposed on the exportation of Irish broadcloth and 10 per cent on all other woolen goods. At tho time this act was passed the trade of Ireland was nourishing. Part of the woolen goods were consumed at home and tho remainder were sent to the northern nations of Europe, from whom came "in exchange, timber, iron, hemp, flax, pitch, tar and hard dollars." This trade was at once destroyed ; the manufactures were destroyed ; part of the workmen went to England" and overstocked its labor market; part went to France, Spain and the Nethei lands, and built up manufactures there that not only took the markets formerly supplied by Ireland, but also cut in "largely on England's market. In the course of years this lioraine largely readjusted and English manufacturers reaped the reward of greed. In LSwo the exports of woolen goods from England were 21,795,971 from Ireland The English woolen manufacturers had prior to this law been "protected" by an act requiring that every corpse should be buried in a woolen shroud, passed in 1G78; also by an act in 1275 that put a tax on the export of wool ; also by subsequent acts prohibiting the exportation of wool, importation of cloth, or wearing of any cloth except of English make. It is not necessary here to review at length the voluminous legislation of Enland in the direction of taxing itself rich. Its prohibition of exporting the woolen goods made in one colony to any other colony; its prohibition of the export of hats from America ; its prohibition of rolling mills in America; its prohibition of printing the bible outside of England ; its prohibition of the exportation of cattle "dead or alive, great or small, fat or lean," from Ireland (in lfKi'i); its prohibition, in fhort, of everything except the linen trade in Ireland, are matters of history which anyone may learn who desires" to read. Fiiffice it "to say that by 1727 IreLand was reduced to a condition of abject F overty, far worse than its condition now. f you want full proof of this, read Dean Swift s "Letter on the .Miserable State of Irclccd," written iu 17215, which will be

found in volume VII of his collected works. This pitiful condition remained for fifty years, until the Irish volunteer movement struck at its cause and secured a partial repeal of these obnoxious laws. On April 10, 17S0, in moving the "Declaration of Irish Rights," Henry Grattan said to the

kJrish house of commons, "The ground of puoiic discontent seems to be, we have gotten commerce but not freedom the same power which took away the export of woolens and the export of glass may take them away again; the repeal is partial, and the ground of repeal is upon a principle of expediency." He pushed the fight until the English crown assented to the principle that Ireland had the riht of legislation for herself, on May 27, 17S2. But while this step was gained (and afterward lost) the system of absentee landlordism continued and grew, and by it the agricultural gains of Ireland were steadily drained into England for expenditure, and this evil, which is very similar to the drain of protection from the agricultural to the manufacturing classes, unhappily continues to the present time. While the wages of Irish agricultural laborers are not high to-day, they are infinitely better than at the close of the era of British protection, for in 1841 Daniel O'Connell declared that farm wages averaged from 8 to 12 cents a day. In other respects tho economic condition of Ireland is also improving. Here are the official statistics showing her growth in three branches of manufacture during six years of "British free trade :"

r R j f u "r .-; . k 5 fa -,2 4. - S C 5 K ' -. ; Z sju r a. 2 'a x a y. WOOLEN GOODS. 18'2 41 23.274 12.1 1,037 1&H.H 47 2'I,7S 21ft 10.653 Increase 5 3,510 9-' 9,ia UN EX GOODS. 1852. .. 100 P2.W1 4,fi'6 S1,.25 1NW .. 143 !0...Vj5 12IKi, 5.-,050 Increase. 43 :u2,44 &,ms ii,525 C0TT0X tiOOWI. 1812 9 119.941 1,750 2,734 ISo 13 124,011 2,74; 4.0-'3 Increase... 4 4,007 983 1,4"9

To this may be added that in lSdJ Ireland had no hemp or hosiery factories, and in 1838 she had three of the former and one of the latter, employing in a!l 432 hands. Here is a picture of Ireland's progress under "British free trade." "The established branches of production and commerce are taking a wider sweep. Emigration, while it has made more room for those who remained, has reacted on the country by the increased wealth and position of thoso who have eot ght fortune abroad. Social ameliorations are also making progress. A better system of agriculture has been introduced, and with it a larger demand, and consequently a better remuneration for labor. At the" fame time edacation is expanding, while sectarian animosity is decreasing; and the hepe may be indulged tbat this lo:vj depressed country is njv entering upon a period of substantial improvement and prosperity." You may think that is an extract from a democratic campaign document, but it is not. It comes from a book that may be found in many homes in Indiana, and is commonly recognized as authoritative. It is from the article on "Ireland" in the"AmericanEncyclojedia." With the means for information which aro within reach of nearly everv one in this fctatf, do you not think that any man's audience ought to blush for his ignoraneo when he h;ivs that ruined Ireland?" English freo trado The lesson which Ireland'.? history has for us is this: Any system of taxation or i"gis!ation which, without compensation, transfers the gains of one ttato or region tt another, whether under the ptuie government or not,must necessarily injure the tributary state, and, if persisted in, bring it to ruin. Tho Irish volunteers understood that when they inscribed on their cannon "free trade" or hell," and our revolutionary ancestors understood it when they dumped the tariff-taxed tea into IViston harbor. They could not bo fooled wiih the pretense that the merchants who Fhipped the goods here paid the taxes on tüem. They knew that the consumer paid the tax when he bought the goods, aud therefore thev relxdled against the unjust taxation of themselves. J. 1. Dcxx, Jr. IMPORTING NEGROES. An Old Scheme of Kenl1lc.ins Again llelng Worked, A favorite, but by no means new or novel method employed by the republican managers to inlluence the election, is by tho importation of negroes from Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois. Since early in the canvass this work ot importation has been going steadily on. In this city "Flick negroes" who are apparently on the best of terms with the powers that be around republican headquarters may bo Keen at the station on the arrival of each train, evidently waiting for some one to alight. Soon a son of Africa, with carpet-sack in hand, gets oil a train and looks about with an air of ono entirely unfamiliar with his surroundings. Once off tho train ho is pounced upon by one of the "slick" local negroes, who whispers something in the new-comer's ear and pilots him into outer darkness. Certain quarters in Indianapolis are rapidly tilling up with strange negroes who, having no visible means of support, are maintained in idleness, and who understand that they are here for the purpose ot being voted in November. The capital city is not alone in its receiptof these immigrants. In nearly every town and village in the etatesome of them have been planted, and all aro distinguished by the same lack of employment and Bulficiency of funds on which to sustain an existence. This is nn old scheme of the republi cans, but it is being resorted to more extensively this year than ever before. Its development is but another e.vidence of the desperation of the republican leaders. Who Put the "lUin-U" In OMce? To tiik Editor Sir: We clip the follow, iog from the Journal of the 1st in.st.: Every republican employe of tlm Rovernmrut unW forlufr aiicinir-,tr:itiins is fumil.ar with the fa t that mirahen of the democrats and unreconstructfHl reikis held positioin there nndiftttrb"d, from one tnt to uuotucr. find that thrr made no concealment of tiivir txiliti'.".l opinion, feeling entirely ccurc in the republican toleration of free pewh. Thej presumed upon the privilege of "freo upm-eh" and the out hern mein hers rppevlailjr were freqtientlr offensive and Ini!i!t:ng to their north- rn associates. Docs this educated as believe for a moment that surli hog-wH.h aa the alove will be considered for a moment by an intelligent people other than with disgust and pity? We expet to nee in tbe next issue the democratic adminintrntion abused for retaining rebels in ofliee, and yet the Journal has the cheek to admit that the republican administration kept them in power when their jiluce could have been filled with ex-Union soldiers. Having nerved fonr years and three months in the Union rar, I desire to call the attention of all comrades to this wonderful acknowledgment on the part of I'on Harrison's organ. Uobinson, 111., Oct. 2 . SOLDIER. IlnlNtozin;; Demorrali at Terra Haute. To the Editor Sir: A case similar to that reported in your columns Tuesday occurred here a few days ao at the Vandalia railrj.id thops. A democratic campaign document was !t:t up in tlio boiler shop. The foreman, James Jardiley, u rank republican fand an Kiiglinhuian) ordered one ot" the men (a democrat) to take it down, and upon his refusal to do so lie was discliar"fd on the spot. At the same time several republican documents were stuck npon the walls and one or two on hia office door. There is considerable talk about it all over tho city. II S. C Terre Haute, Oct 2.

WHITE GAMBLED IX GRAIN

AND SQUEALED WHEN SQUEEZED. Tbe Fort Wayne Cong-resaman'a Record i a Speculator Accepting All Profits, bat "Lying Down" When the Deal Went Aaminat II im. Fort TVatxe, Oct. 5. Special. Representative J. B. White, although not born great or had greatness thrust upon him, has immortalized himself in the national congress as a statesman, whoso name will go down in history as the parliamentarian who offered a resolution to suspend a part of the U. S. constitution during the balance of President Cleveland's first term, and who introduced a bill to regulate the wages of "female women." These two masterpieces of statesmanship will be preserved for the benefit of future generations in the Concessional Ilecord, and in II. R. bill 11,10:, eec. 4, line 1, respectively. But there is another chapter ot the captain's life, also recorded in one of Uncle Sara's books, which is of more interest to the present generation, especially to the voters of the Twelfth district, than to posterity. This bit of Mr. White's history, which the reader can find in U. S. Rep., .No. 12;, p. 302, should have been appended as a supplement to a speech the captain delivered in coucress, or got "leave to print" in tho Jlerord of Julv 1 a speech which he is distributing freelv among Lis constituent-!, and in which the following remarkable scathing denunciation of the Chicago grain speculators appears: Gamblins iu them (wheat corn, oats and pork is the runiatioii of the prices, and until that is checked or 6topped the farmer's property in these respects will be at their mercy, and the farmer kept in a state of almost dependence on moneyed men iu consequence of low prices beinj,' fixed on their products by the gamblers in Chicago. This also contcresä can remedy, etc. Who Are the Chicago GamMers? Capt. J. B. White, representative of the Twelfth district by virtue of democratic discord, upon oath in court, says that he is one of them himself. Swears that during the years of '79, 'SO, '81 and 'S2 he gambled in wlieat, com, oad and frk," to the amount $3,135,000! Swears before the highest tribunal of the nation that not one dollar of his board of trade transactions represents legitimate business, but that he meant simply to do a gambling business gambling, which ho now tells the voters is the ruination of the farm products and places tho farmers as the dependence of the same gamblers while the captain swears ho himself is one of the gang. Following is the history of the case and Capt. White' i telj-arcumtion of gambling, backed with his own sworn testimony: For some years prior to 1S83, Capt. White had been engaged, as he states, in gambling on the Chicago board of trade, and had put into the hands of his broker large sums of money to cover margins. In July, 1S82, there M as a 'corner"on wheat, and the captain lost about 512,000 on a one-hundred-thousand bushel wheat deal. He ordered his broker not to pay over tho margins, and brought an action against him to recover the ?12,0U0. He was beaten below and appealed to the supreme court of the United States. The case was decided in that court on the 5th day of December. 1887, and by the title of "James B. White vs. George M. Barber," and reported in full in 123, U. K rep., p. 31)2. The evidence in the case was taken in full to the supreme court. Mr. Juptice Blatchford, in the decision of the case, made a statement of the evidence. With an unimportant omission, indicated by 6tars, he gives in full the testimony of Capt, White. As Muted from the record by Justice Blatchford, James B. White, the plaintiff", testified that now and during the time in question he resided at Fort Wayne, Ind., engaged in tho business of dealing in general merchandise; that in 1S70, and prior thereto, one A. S. Maltman of Chicago acted as his agent in purchasing and forwarding merchandise of various kinds. Copt. White's Testimony. "That about Sept., 1N7!, desiring to do some trading on the board of trade in Chicago, I asked Maltman to recommend some good responsible broker on the board of trade, through whom I could do business ; that Maltman recommended the defendant, who then, and during the time in question, was a broker residing in Chicago and doing business on tho board of trade; that thereupon I commenced trading on the board, sending my orders at first to Maltman, who communicated them to the defendant ; that alxmt Dec, 1879, I came to Chicago, made the acquaintance of the defendant, and thereafter did business directly with him; that I continued to do business with defendant duriug the years 1870, 1880, 1SS1 and 1SS2, buying and selling on the board, through the defendant as broker, corn wheat, oats, pork and other commodities; and that about April 19, 1S82. 1 had a settlement with defendant, in which all previous dealings were adjusted; that up to this timo the transactions which I had made through defendant on the board amounted to .10.",000 in 1879, $1,718,000 in 1880, 0-10,000 in 1SS1 and $072,000 in 1SS2; that ia November or December, 1S70, and at other times prior to the settlement in April, 1882, I Lad a conversation with the defendant, in which I told tho defendant that I was a merchant in Fort Wayne, and did not want it known that I was engaged in speculating on the loard of trade in Chicago, as it might atfect mv credit, and that tho account could be kept in the name of A. S. Maltman; tint I considered it a hazardous business, but was willing to gamble, provided I could have a fair show; that I wanted my deals placed with responsible parties bo that I could pet my money when I made it; that I didn't want any- of the property, but meant simply to do a gambling business; that the defendant (old me (plaintiff) that he knew what 1 wanted; that Mathman had explained my situation and business ; that he would deal only with responsible parties ami the deals should be settled so as to get the profits or losses ; that defendant told mo (plaintiff) that not one bushel in a million that was bought and sold on the board wa3 legitimate business; that a few of the large houses did some legitimate business, but most of it was simply trading in differences; that he (defendant) did nothing but business of the latter kind; that he dealt mostly for himself; that he did a good deal of 'scalping' deals, made and closed on the same day, on tho turn of the market; that he did not let his deals run over night ; thnt up to April, 18S2 I (plaintiS) never delivered or received any of the property so sold or bought, nor was anything ever said by defendant to me about receiving or delivering the property, or making arrangement todo6o; that from time to time defendant rendered statements to me, showing the deals made, tho price per bushel, or, in case of pork, the price per 100 pounds, at which the commodity was brought and sold, the difference in dollars and cents, thi commission charged, and the total debit or credit passed to my account; that all the deals made were, in form, contracts for future delivery, in which the seller had the option of delivery at any time during some future months; that up to April, 1882, all trades made by defendant for me had been settled or closed by counter trades prior to tho month ia which delivery

could be made; up to April 19, 18S2, no commodities had been delivered to or received on these trades, nor had any sugSestion or requirement on the part of Mr. iarber to deliver been made; thai defendant never reported to me the names of the parties with whom trades were made on my account, and that I never knew or inquired who such persons were. ,"That after the settlement in April I commenced selling wheat for July delivery and by tho last of May had sold through defendant 100,000 bushels for that delivery, which are the trades in question in this case ; tbat there was a corner in July wheat and the price was forced up to ten or twelve cents; that prior to December, 1879, 1 bought, through defendant, 100,000 bushels of corn for December delivery. I came to Chicago and defendant told me the deal had gone against me $4,500, and he said that I had to close it that da)-. The loss was that amount, and I paid it that day. Iso corn was delivered on either side. "In January, 1$$0, I sold, through Barber, 20,000 bushels of wheat. My profit was $400. I did not take the profit, but sold more, and the deal went against me $2,000, and I paid it up. I then commenced buying, and made $(300 on March wheat boutrht in January. I continued selling wheat in March, 1880, and made a good deal of money for a few months ; recovered losses in April,' and commenced selling May wheat. The May options took a sudden start up, and I lost $18,000 and I paid it It was expressly stated by me to Barber that I wanted no property. He knew that. He said: 'Certainly, I know that, and that the deals should be settled on the margins on the profits.' Up to April, 1882, nothing had been delivered by me, or received by me, nor had there been any suggestion or requirement on defendant's part to deliver made; on the other hand, it was never expected to handle the property, but merely to trade in the different deals. Up to the c!oo of the July deal, 1882, no demand had been made on me by Barber for tho delivery of wheat or com or any other commodity; that I received the following statement of account from defendant, about the day of its date" which was read in evidence: TUB STATEMENT. Chicago. Oct. 0, 182. A. S. Maltman (J. B. W.) lnacc't. tritU O. il. Barber. 18i Cr. July 1, By balance SIS.O1 00 July 8, lly draft 3,0-"0 00 N pi. 11, l'y pruüU as per statement read 931 25 S-ph 12, r.jr proütj as per ütatooient read. 2,018 75 Se,)t 27, Hy profits as por statcniont read 318 75 Oct. 26, liy pro-its aa per statement read... 8UO 00

f 13.5a 75 Ir. . S 2,6d 75 100 o . J.00OO0 too CO 9s7 50 . 11.11J 50 July SI, To loss as per statement read Aup. 11, To loss as jr etateaicnt read Sept. 12, To draft (Vt. V7, To loss as per statement read..-. Oct. 30, To irsft v To balance t!S,5J3 75 Oct. 30, By balan'e, being draft between partio- $11.413 50 Kote. I have 1 'JO m. July spring wheat aold for you aii'l tlx settling price of same aa fixed by bojtrd of trade (,S1. iucludins corns. Jc. "That item of $12,0CO balance in said account consists of money advanced and paid to the defendant; that the item of July 3 by draft, $;5,(K, consisted of ?3,00) monev paid the defendant by means of a drr.ft." I'iaintifT testified further, "that on April 2, 18S:!, I served the following notice upon the defendant by delivering to him a copy thereof. The defendant read the notice, admitted he had the money in his hand;-, but declined to pay it over." The notice was offered in evidence and is as follows: To M. O. Tarier. Eq. : In a -statement niaJe by you dated October 30, of deals made oa my account on tbe heard of trade, Chicago, you acknowledged a halanee i'i j our hnuds of $11,41..7) in my favor, bring, so the statement cays, the difference betwf n the pric you aold U0O bushels July wlifat for nie and the telling price of same as fixed by the board of trade, $ 1.3-", including your commission of cent; nor you are hereby notified that I claim all contracts for sale of said wheat to be illegal and void, and forbid you to pay over any part of said money of balance to anyone, and I further demand the immediate payment thereof to myself. Dated Chicago, April 2, 18U James B. White. Judge lllmtohford Sta Down on Whit. After setting out the other evidence in the case, Judare Blatchford said: "On the foregoing evidence, tho plaintiff claimed to recover the before mentioned 6um of S11.412..V), as money placed by him in tho hands of the defendant for the purpose of dealing in gambling contracts at the Chicago board of trade, and which contracts, it was asserte'l, were made illegal by a statute of Illinois." And after ppeaking at length of other features of the case, the judge closed his opinion by a quotation from a case similar to that mäde by Capt. White's testimony, as follows: 'We do not see on what ground a rarty, who pays in his pleading that the money which he seeks to recover was paid out for the accomplishment of a purpose made nn ofl'ense by the law, aud who testifies and insists to the end of his miit that the contract on which he advanced his money was illegal, criminal and void, can recover it back in a court whose duty it is to give effect to the law which tho party admits he intended to violate." Great statesman, moralist and reformer is our congressman! Ho was willing to gamble, ho f-ays, but when the other fellows raked in "his boodle, unlike a truo gambler, he squealed and "ought the courts for relief, forgetting the old maxim that there was "honor among thieves." According to the rules of the board of tra-V, his broker would have been suspended for dishonesty, had he not covered up the deal with the captain's cash. - But it was not for this reason that the court refused to relieve Mr. White, but upon the grounds, in the language of Judge Blatchford, "that the contract on which he advanced his money was illegal, criminal and void and could not be recovered in a court, whoso duty it was to give effect to the law which ho admits (under oath) he intended to violate." No one denies the right of Capt. Whit to deal in futures, but when he attempts to humbug the voters with his buncombe reform speeches it is time that the people know whether Representative White practices what he preaches. Those interested in suppressing this illegal juggling with the farmers' products and workingmen's food should not take this for granted, but look up TJ. S. report No. 123,- page Ö02, which can be had in most law orhces. Fitz Mac. Republicans Will Reduce Pensions. To THE EDITOR Sir: In the Indianapolis Journal of the 2d inst appeared the followicg: Many unreanonablo and unwarranted ratings hare been piren, and after tho election of course th Journal thinks linrrivin will Ihj elected the fortunate recr Iter of an increve should not feci a;';rievcd if a reduction follows it must iu a great many cases. No pensioner need apprehend any reduction of his pension, for Harrison will never be elected, and pensions will continue to be allowed and increases j-nruted in all meritorious and worthy cases, under the supervision of 1'i-esiJent Cleveland, assisted by the gallant democratic Union soldier at the head of the pension olUce. The soldiers don't want any more of the red tape and unnecessary delays which attended the corumissionerships of Gen. Black's republican predecessors Bentley, Dudley, etc Veterax. Oct. 3. The "rarmerV'O Tariff. To THE EDlTOr. Sir: When were wheat, corn, potatoes, live animals, etc., taken from the free list and placed under the '"farmers' " tariff? IXQUIREIt Monticello, Ind., Oct 1. Potatoes and wheat have been dutiable since IS-1 ; com since 182; live aai ala since IS 04,

KNOTTY PROBtEMS."

Onr read are Invited to furnish original enlftoss, charades, riddles, rebuses, and other "Knotty Problems," addressing all communications reUtir to t hia department to 11 B. Chadbourn. Lewiaton. Me.1 No, 2512. Strange Numbers Some people honestly beliere That figures never lie; If not, they sometimes do deceits Kven a puirl. r's eye. There are two n amber in my mind, We'll call them A and B, In half a dozen forms combined Tbat seem not to agree. Two-thirds of B jnst equala A, Two-thirds of A is 11, Jet two-thirds of A we surely may 1-roT half of B; you'll see. One-fourth of B one-third of A Thov surely are the same; And if one takes A's head awty It leares the other's name. Not only heed but body take (Thus rend'rinfc it quite blind), Its value is increased by four, And, oddly, you will find Tis just precisely what is left AVhcn B's decapitated ; Add this to that 'tis just five more Than A and B. 'Tis stated That, looking closely, you will find B is in any number; That A and B may be comblnd I hesitate to cumber My simple Terse with all their format Evil; a twining plant; A fox's cub; a praspin? tool; Hotel; surname; 1 can't Continue further to pursue Thee most uncertain numbers I delpjtate the search to you, While I seek happy slumbers. Uapft Thought. No. 2314. Decapitation. Behead the first word in the first colnmn to malte the tirst words iu the second, and so on. Tl e removel letter, in order, s- od a noted ecc'.eMostic w ho diel iu Ju'.y. 1. To delay. 1. To write. 2. To puff up. 2. To alow. S. To shun. 8. Empty. 4. Swelling. 4. Short poems. 5. To peel. 6. To siu table. 6. Spectators In court C. Ortaiu liquors. 7. A class of gems. 7. I'ntrance. 8. Iron pins. 8. Troubles. 9. fcrua!l;st. 9. A direction. 10. To corrode. 10. Was carried. 11. To ieol desire. U. To pain. Portable Electric No. 2513. An Anagram. A state of hopefulness micM be In truthfui wt pen n;n e 1, Br fanc y's pencil bold and iree, In picture of "A PERSOJf TIED.' Nklsokiak. "So. 2515. A High Dweller. I am very strong and pliant, Very high I've climbed to dwell. Hut I'm not self-reliant, AH my swaying motions telL Thongn I am so very slender, I're a heaty load attached, And the noino its tongue can render Man nor woman ever matched. But an ordinary mortal. Handles me with thoughtful ease; When he comes within my portal i'ulls and jerks me as he please. Him I only answer, singing, In a language all my own; Up aud down I keep ou swinging. Keeping time to every tone. Clavob. No. 2516. A Charads. To a creature oft qnoted as famous for thirst, Hut for healthy cold water belongeth myflritf While man, so superior in intellect reckoned, I'ebasrs his manhood by drinking my irrend; These two contradictory elements blending, Will show you my Mai and come to an ending. X.. T. ChlB. No. 2518-Kiddle. In hand to catch and harder to hold,; I measure a foot or more all told; There's not a girl would call me sweet; And yet ther say I'm good to eat. Cut off my head, it's half of what's left. And then von hare me of my tail bereft; You'll and it measures just un ell. Can you uiy name and nature tell? Alice C nAMus. No. 2517. A Square. 1. Serpentine. (Min.) 2. Musical Instruments. $. Accustoms. 4. .Native. 5. To shake. , A cutaneous eruption. IV. Riii. A Novel rrlze Hunt. BK 8XE5 TO JOIN I ?l THE WORD-JJ AKISO DCKIKO THK LOXO OCTOBUIt EVKXIXOS. ED E3Zi EE! EE m EE EE EE ED EE EE EH 2 EE EH EH ED EH EH EH ED EH EH EH H E i Cut out twentv-eight piec- of cardboard the size and shape of dominoes, and write letters on them as shown above (or lettered pieces of paper may be pa-ted on the ends of common dominoes, lcting the seven "blanks" for the pieces in the iirt column). The puzzle is to make the greatest possible number of words at one arrangement of the entire number of pieces, placing them end to end. This is illustrated below: For the greatest number of words so found, and sent in by any reader, an elegant illustrated edition of Tope's poetienl works will le presented: and to the sender of the best series of consecutive words, making comnlete sense, if stich series can be made, a fine prie will also b given. All lists must ie sent in within fifteen days after this issue of The Sft.-i-tiici Try this hunt, and let us know how you like it. Answers. 2,-107. Can you not understand all these plain symbols? 2,40!". Mr esel. U.4W. OrienUl. 2.500. T U T T Y CLARY J UPON N A P U S r l. i t t S A T Y R K P II O R S T K K P T O N G O 2,S0t A sponge. 2,.Vr2. Uern-hill. 2,503. PROSPEROUS RK PEAL GRS OPTATIVE 8 E A S I I B I A TILE ELIDE H E V E ORB V S S 2.501. Coracle, eracle. Wages nnd Trusts. To Tnit Editor SVr.- When the steel-rail trust put rails up from $23 to $.7 per ton, did tbe price of the labor that produced the rails go up also? If so, how much? Hespectfullv, Chesterfield, Ind., Oct. 2. ft C. O. There is, -we believe, no instance on record of a protected manufacturer advancing the rate of wages voluntarily because of the increase of the tariff on his products, or be cause he and his fellow-ruanufaeturers had increased their profits by running a "corner" or forming a "trust." -The only agency by which wages have been maintained at a living rate in the iron and steel industry is the powerful organization of the workers known as the "Amalcainated association." This association fixes a scale of wages once a year, and asks the manufacturers to accept it. Thre is usually a long controversy, and the manufacturers gel the scale reduced as much as possible, and then accept It, unless trade is dull and they think it best to close their works and run off to Europe for a month or two. The acale once fixed, there ia no chanjre in wa-jes for a year, no matter how high prices may go, unless the scale has been arranged on a "sliding basis," as is sometimes done. For whatever share of the product of the irtm and steel mills the workingmcn get above a bare subsistence they are indebted to their trades union and not to the tariff or the geuerosity of their employers. This fact was testified to by John Jarrett before the senate committee on education and labor, and will be vouched for by every honest mat who has investigated the subject.

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