Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1902 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Republicans Must Legislate. The Republicans are now sailing With w fair wind, and on the crest of a wave of seeming prosperity. How long will it hast There are ominous signs of a itimincial storm. That barometer of hmsiness. the stock market, Is on a descending settle, and incipient signs of ■a panic are observable to those who •look beneath the surface. ' One cause of the financial trouble filial is surely coming is the high Trices lof many articles. High prices reduce Iconsnniption, and tills must soon be followed TfVTL redu cf lon Th production. The ifainily with a limited income cannot Upend more than Is earned, if the necessities and luxuries of life are mainiti.ined at high level, as they have in the (past year or two; those with small ‘fixed incomes will have to continue to 'curtail their expenses to make both ends Imeet. The laborer, the mechanic and ithe clerk find the coal bill, the meat 'bill and the rent have advanced beyond jtheir means to meet, unless some of the Justifies are dispensed with, or poorer lor cheaper clothes are made to do. Prosperity, therefore, to these people of limited Incomes Is a delusion and a

A TARIFF-MONOPOLY KNITTER.

There was an old woman Who lived In a shoe; She had so many children She didn't know which one next to "do."

snare. High-priced prosperity always JUiakes large profits for the manufaeturietH and generally for the merchant, but [the consumer suffers unless Incomes advance in tlie same ratio with the infcreased cost of living. It is admitted that the cost of living Jias increased about 40 per cent, and (wages mi the average have only been Advanced from 10 to 15 per cent. Is it any wonder that workingmen are 'demanding more wages, and that numerous strikes have been in progress?

Prosperity thut Is only participated in by a part of the people, and leaves tlie great majority with less than enough to Hve on comfortably, does not deserve the name. The trusts and corporations and the favored minority are, through monopoly nud the prteetlon granted by the Republican piling up riches iindrcamed of until these hist few {years. These enormous profits of the (monopolists all come from the work of |the farmer, the miner, ami the work irmin who transforms the taw material Jnto the necessities ami luxuries that lour civilization demands. These producers arc. therefore, entitled to a fair <ll- - of the proceeds; that is, enough [to live comfortably, and something to (spare for modest luxury, or to save, as (pleasure or thrift may dictate. Letting well enough alone and stand Ung pat may be good logic for tin* trusts Ji nd monopolists, but even Senator 'Hanns ami the great majority of tlie ether Republican members of Congress will find hard times on their hands if Ithey continue to bleed tin* people by filling up riches for the trusts and comnines. If tlie lowa Idea prevails in tlie aelcetlou of u Speaker, and tlie shelter of the protective tariff Is removed from ithe trusts, tlie Republicans may acquire ‘another lense of power hr 19<>4. If. (however, the procrastinating tactics of a tariff commission is adopted as the policy of the Republican party, and no revision of tlie tariff Is accomplished ■before the national election, a politicnl ggvolutlon will result. With all the departments of the government In the hands of the Republicans the people look to them for relief. Tariff Commission Subterfuge. The protectionists themselves do not «eem to la- able to agree on the per isoniiel of tin* tariff commission they arc so anxious to see Congress authorize. One school think a non parilsjui .eoinmys-ion would lie most mailable and another school will only approve of a bl-j*artlsan commission. It Is difficult to mm* how any commission enn be so4ectcit that would report a satiofac lory bill or aiiiMidment to the present Hiiigley law, unless they agree politically with the majority of Congress t that has to finally approve the changes. ,ls a commission was composed of one<mlf protectionists and the other half tariff reformers, they could never . gree on the changes that should In* made. In (fact, the protectionists desire no Change unless ft will Increase the pres-

ent rates. History shows that the Republicans have always reformed the tariff upwards. A non-partisan commission is hardly possible, if those appointed are skilled in the Intricacies of the tariff, for any one who has investigated its complications must Lave a decided bent either towards protection. or tariff for revenue, or free trade. If such a commission consisted of five men. two protectionists anti two tariff reformers and the fifth member was selected as a non-partisan—that is neither a protection nor a tariff reToVuTerT wl i a two uh I resu 11 ?The nonpartisan member must agree on a report which either the one side or the other consider desirable or no majority report would be forthcoming, or if he could not agree with either side, a deadlock would- result. Is not tt deadlock what the Republicans desire? Can you find a Republican who does not declare that the principle of protection must be preserved in any modification of tlie present tariff law? Those Republican Congressmen who have been elected ill the Western States by constituencies which strongly favored

abolishing the protection to trust productions have declared while promising relief from the exactions of the Trusts they still adhere to protection as the most fundamental doctrine of their party. Is not the commission plan proposed, to prevent action until rhe excitement subsides, or to trust that other issues will in the meantime arise and the thoughts of the voters in the tariff reform constituencies can be concentrated u|H>n them to the exclusion of tariff reform? The fight for supremacy in the next Congress will be settled by the election of a Speaker and the only candidate so far mentioned, who has shown any sign of tariff reform sentiment, is Chairman Babcock. and his reputation for it rests on the bills he introduced to amend the steel and iron schedule. As Mr. Babcock did not demand that these bills should be considered by the ways and means committee, bls repu tation as a tariff reformer rests on a very slim foundation, and it was the common talk of political circles in Washington that he only introduced the bills to be on ‘record In the right direction, without atty Idea of taking any decided stand in behalf of such reform and In fact did not favor it

His election by the ultra protection majority of his party to the Important position of chairman of the congressional committee to manage the cam paign and the fact that all the documents issued by the committee made a bold stand for extreme protection, makes it clear that tariff reform will fare badly in his hands. All the ot'iei candidates mentioned for Speaker arc strong protectionists. It is Imosslble. therefore, to overcome the facts that point to the tariff commission as a means to gain time and postpone conlderation of tariff reforms until after the presidential election. A< to Preitidcntial Canuidutes. Tlie Republican newspapers arc quite busy bringing forward candidates for the Democratic nomination for President. and finding fault with those that are considered active candidates. This Is a good Indication that the Democratic candidate will have a good chance for election, or the Republicans would not bother their heads about who ho will be. Whoever the candidate Is will be acceptable to nt least t\vo-thhds of thu party, as It requires that majority In the National Democratic Convention to nominate. To nominate the Republican candidate only requires a majority. Will Mr. Roosevelt be acceptable to the majority of his party, or if a majority favor him, as now seems likely, will tho minority accept him and vote for him? A Wide IHfTercnce. She (to returned warrior, enthusiastically)—And I suppose you almost lived on horseback out pierc? He—Well, yes, towards the end.of Ladysmith we did. It makes rather decent aoup.—lxvndon Punch.

KRUPP DIES OF APOPLEXY.

Great Gunmaker Kxplrea Suddenly at His Home in Huegel. Frederick A. Krupp, the great gunmaker and the wealthiest man in Germany, died suddenly from apoplexy Sat-

urday afternoon at his villa at Huegel. He had l>een 111 for several days. Moderate estimates of the fortune of the deceased place it at 1125,000,000, and his annual income during his recent years of prosperity at $10,000,000. Friedrich Alfred Krupp was the third of the house of Krupp to be known

F. A. KRUPP.

ns a groat manufacturer of guns. He was the grandson of Friedrich Krupp, the founder of tin “industrial kingdom.” The world’s greatest purveyor of the tools of war, he was at the same time, by the very immensity of his operations, one of the greatest promoters of peace. Friedrich Alfred Krupp succeeded bis father, the great Krupp, in the control of the great establishment at Essen fourteen years ngo. On his pay rolls there are more than 55,000 men employed in making cannon and other munitions of war. Thirty-four governments have made purchases there, mid more than 35,000 guns of various sizes are frowning on mankind as the result of his operations. This grandson of Friedrich Krupp had on the day, of his death an annual income of 20,000,000 marks —4,500,000 more than the German Emperor—and there wasn't a king in nil the world that had so many people directly depending upon him for their livelihood. The Krupp fortunes did not come easily. For twenty years after the foundry was started there was work enough for only nine men, and sometimes not enough to pay them. Friedrich Krupp’s father, who was the first real head of tlye gun works, had to melt down the family silver to pay wages. Having sold his patent on a new process for manufacturing silver spoons and silver-plated spoons in England, he devoted the money to tests along the line of creating a Bessemer steel of his own invention. All the world knows that his experiments were eventually crowned witli the most extraordinary success, but at the start his progress wak discouragingly slow. He pluckily weathered the jpird times of the revolution of 1848, though many of his workmen “earned more and lived better than I.” All his efforts were in one direction—the making of steel guns by Bessemer process. The day of Sedan, when 2,000 Krupp guns battered down one empire to create another, settled the case once and for all time in favor of Krupp.

LUKE WHEELER.

The town of Essen, In which the Krupp employes live, is one of the model towns of the world, and it was planned and built under the direct supervision of Krupp and his father. "Model houses," separate from one another, are provided for the laborers, and there are schools, baths, libraries nnd hospitals under his direction. Wages are paid in part on the co-operative system, Friedrich Krupp having provided a complete system < f pensions for employes invalidated by sickness or old age.

WILL SOON CEASE TO BE WARDS.

Nearly 200,000 Indiana to Become Independent Land Owners. Onb of the great problems which hare perplexed Congress for more than 100 years will soon be settled. Many of the Indians will soon cease to bo wards of the government and will become imlependent land owners and citizens, dependent upon their own exertions for support. There are 240.000 red mon in the United States to-day. Nearly 200,000 will be self-supporting under the new order of tilings. They are all members of <he Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, the officials of which have recently ratified a treaty negotiated and adopted by Congress. The government will mnke the distribution of land and each Indian will hold a title to a plot of good grazing nnd agricultural ground. When the members of the tribes above referred to have been taken care of, other Indians capable of self-maintenance will be given lauds. Some six or seven years ag<r the members of tlie five civilized tribes decided that they would abolish their tribal form of government and would also divide their tribal possessions, consisting principally of hind, among those embraced in the five nations. These include the Cherokees, Creeks, Setninoles, Choctnws and Chickasaws, (he five imst intelligent end advanced tribea in the country. All their hind is located in the Indian Territory, and a special commission wua created by Congr<*sH to make the allotments. Tlilk was done on a basis different from that established witli other trilies. An enrollment was mildr of the members in the five nations including something like 84,509 nirii, ami the division was made on the ground of value rather than area. I’or n long time there wna n strong prejudice <>n the part of the Indians ngalnst surrendering the tribal ownership to the possessions, nnd, in fact, this (till tontini|es in runny quarters. But outside of the lands owned by the five civilized tribeg the government has divided into severalty more than 0,500,000 acres. Six-ty-five thousand claims have been adjusted, giving to each individual an average of 100 acres. Robbers stole SIOO,OOO from the underground strong rooms of the Pelurinho banking firm, Lisbon, Portugal.

CHICAGO’S FAX FRAUDS.

Several Big Firms Said to Have Lent Willing Kars to the “Fixers.” As the unraveling in Chicago of ths Masonic Temple tax fixing conspiracy progresses it becomes more and more like a rabbit warren, one opening leads to another and one surprise follows anothei in such quick succession as to make one wonder if the whole business fabric of Chicago is to be punctuated with evidence of dishonesty in the way of trying to dodge their legitimate taxes. Besides the half dozen prominent business names dragged into this case, as the trial of President Gormley of the Temple Association progressed Saturday, two more prominent names were brought in as being among those who had not turned deaf ears to the “fixing” proposition. Efforts on the part of Attorney Wing tn bring out the names of others who might have been involved were met with objection after objection from the State, which were sustained by the court. Attorney Wing and Judge Horton clashed continually and Mr. Wing indulged in much acrimony. The State is bending its most vigorous efforts to follow up the distribution of the $20,000 paid by the Temple people. In this connection a story developed Saturday nvhich is nt least interesting and may be the answer to this Importairt question. Of the $20,000 Wheeler says Williams got $3,000, but he (Wheeler) received SI,OOO, that Peter Storm, the clerk of the County Treasurer’s office, retained the balance. Many do not believe this story, but as Peter Storm took bis own life a year ago no one can give explanation as to the disposition of by far the greater portion of the $20,000.

GOMPERS AGAIN ELECTED.

Next Federation of Labor Convention Will Meet in Boston. President Samuel tiompers was unanimously re-elected by the Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans, and

after a long debate. Boston was chosen as the city for the next convention meeting. I‘hiladelphi a, Milwaukee and Asheville, *N. were the principal rivals of the hull. The committee on the executive council's report declared against “government

SAMUEL GOMPERS.

by injunction,” but contained the following sentence: "We recognize the authority of the courts to issue injunctions to prevent the destruction of property and violations of law.” This created a decided stir in the con-

CAPTAIN EDWARD WILLIAMS.

vention. Delegates Fureseth, Agard nnd Duncan declared that the committee had declared in favor of the very thing against which in tlie earlier portion of its report it had protested. Delegates Reese and Lewis of the miners, both of the committee making tlie report, declared that nil Inboring men naked was that tlie injunction should not deprive them Of their national rights and did not protest against the injunction as such. Delegate Lewis declared: “The trouble with the laboring men is that they protest against the law and do not explain why.” He denied emphatically that he wished to favor "government by injunction," but thought that widespread condemnation of tlie writ of injunction as such was unwise. Tlie debate closed by tho committee announcing that it would withdraw the objectionable sentence from the report. The report was then adopted.

BIG GOAT RANCH.

Missouri Is to Have the Largest Goat Farm in the World. Tlie Frisco Live Stock Co. was organised in St. Louis for tlie purpose of maintaining an Angora gont ranch near Cuba, Mo., on the Frisco Railroad. The ranch will embrace 30,000 acres of

GOAT AND LOCATION OF RANCH.

timbered land. It will be stocked with 85.Q00 goats brought from New Mexico, and will lie the largest goat farm in the world. The plans also include n packing house in Kansas City for slaughtering the goats for market. E. C. Madden, Third Assistant* Postmaster General, recommends a new rote of 4 cents a pound for nil publications now admitted to the second-class mail, except legitimate newspapers. He also wants third and fourth-class mull consolidated, at tlie rate of 1 cent for 2 ounces. William Richards, aged 82, of Wellsville, 0., committed suicide Monday afternoon by hanging. He was a veteran of the Crimean war and participatjd In tho aiego of Sebastopol, vhere ho was severely wounded.

NEWSPAPER GROWTH.

Marvelous Development of the Amerl* can Press. Weed, Bennett, Greeley, Prentice and Raymond—the grand “we” of the old school—were in a small company when they virtually* ruled public opinion, says the St. Louis Republic. There were only 254 daily papers In existence in 1850. To-day there are 2,226. In 1850 the combined circulation of the papers was 758,454, while in 1900 the circulation of the 2,226 was 15,102,156. The aggregate number of copies Issued during the year 1850 was 426,409,978, while in 1900 it was 8,168,248,749. It must be admitted that this growth in circulation has followed a change in the so-called mission of the newspaper. A half century ago no statesman felt secure unless he had the editorial support of the papers. The press did not then, as now, express and lead public opinion, but formed it. To-day the highest calling of the newspaper is to truthfully furnish thejiews. No dally can make editorial expression the leading feature and survive. Railroad, telegraph and cable have made communication so easy that the desire of the people for the latest news has made the circulation of the better papers increase by leaps and bounds. With the betterment of transpurta? tion facilities the weekly press has failed to keep pace with the daily. From 1880 to 1890 the increase in the daily was 25.9 per eent; from 1890 to 1900 it was 30.2 per cent; while the increase in weekly circulation dropped from 26.7 per cent between 1880 and 1890 to 14.7 per cent in the last decade. There was $192,443,708 invested in newspapers and periodicals in 1900. They had 27,579 salaried employes, who received $27,015,791, and 94,604 wage earners, who receive $50,333,051. Material cost $502214,904, and the money value of products was $222,983,569. There is no way of promoting the actual value of the product In promoting advancement and saving the cost of mistakes which ignorance makes at every turn.

QUEER STORIES

Diamonds are worth $30,000,000 a ton. It is estimated that more than half the people in the world dwell in Asia. • It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other. What was probably the first public library in the United States was started in Charleston, S. C., in 1749. Hard times in Germany are said to have caused a large diminution in the consumption of wine and spirituous liquors. The bamboo bolds the record among plants for quick growth. It has been known to grow two feet in twenty-four hours. The rotation of a waterspout at the surface of the sea has been estimated at 354 miles an hour, or nearly six mi lea a minute. The great bulk of chalk is composed of eight different species of tiny sheila, but nearly three hundred kinds have been found in ft. The Columbia, which sailed from Boston in September, 1787, was the first ship that carried the stars and stripes completely around the world. Of ninety-three Emperors who have governed the whole or a large part of the Roman empire, sixty-two were murdered or died under suspicious circumstances. Henri Houriet, a Swiss watchmaker, has recently completed a watch made entirely out of ivory taken from a billiard ball—works and case complete. It keeps good time. Several important railways are being built in China. Notwithstanding their theoretical objections to railways, the Chinese make much use of them when built, and trade is at Six thousand is the record ’ number of roses produced by one tree at a time. This was in Holland.on Mme. Regnew's land. A Marechai Kiel nt Whitby. England, has had 3,500 blossoms on it at the same time. Woman's rights prevail in Abyssinia. There the wife Is boss of the shanty. The house, with all its contents, belongs to her, and if the husband offends her she turns him out until he is fully repentant and makes amends. The Paris Academic des Sciences is examining a theory to the effect that the key to human stature lies hi the gland situated In the throat under the larynx. By artificially stimulating this gland it is claimed that any child can be made to grow to maximum height.

House of Seyen Gables

A cousin of the late Nathaniel Hawthorne, who lives in Salem, says there never was a House of the Seven Gables In that town. Ho tells the Boston Journal that “Hawthorne came down to visit me shortly before his death, and we rambleil about the old haunts of his early days. I was particular to ask him to point out. If he could, the fatuous House of the Seven Gables, because nt that time tin* controversy existed in some degree. . “ ‘There never was nny,’ was his immediate reply to me. ‘I never had any particular house In my mind when I wrote the story. It was just a fancy of my own.' "

Honest City of Berne.

Berne has the reputation of being the most honest town in Switzerland. H Is said that not a single article hue been lost within the city without being recovered.

HORSE BILLS.

The Democrat would remind the owners of stable horses that it is fully prepared to turn out folders, cards or large horse bills on short notice and at very reasonable prices. The best selection of horse cuts in the county. Give us a call if wanting anything in this line.

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