Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 4, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 October 1888 — Page 7

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a. wuiri, IKIXAXA. mrttrvifl war wtta Mr bwurr Aad anally ttwstottpps retlml. nmaritpeemsar. k T WfrtMlWU, Twm Wonqr MMe weed AMMtotMrMMr L O: m M iMMi ICMWk. Aa4tenaar JlMKlHimwlNMH, iheraaetfetee. O hmr! that MrkMM IU pillar mm wM taU; Thataaatx " mm! Seaftr sett, A Ml weU-Bic. reteed alt. Met mom itmac. trwaSS W They wteeir, ate! nO. OMMN4MWHM4 0'NtHtHt, Aaotatr"i mum rttmve. Jkmd jet a th M w Xer Part, tV iMitk, Sett Am war Cfcver HTfcaMJ ton1 Sfirml dtflMPS omVn Jfce'W1 SJnrnuVsun'nsy; AmI aaw ta le-w tr MVe. THEORY JBOR is It wm a eeaamoa saying Casap Bard Up tbat Theory Hob and. Conten tion were we otwbbornost couple In Colorado. For tone length of time iter Bob took lay hi rosidonoe in the cams be bad bow odd rowed by that simple title alone, no owe knowing hk family name, but by dcgroea there grow .a public soatpneat that so long' a was ill suited wm so short a and Theory" wm prefixed, inform all j but everlastingly, to help out. "Compared with Christian names in general um at the present dajrit may have owndi'd strangely, but no one -eouid object to Han 'not being appropriate, for Bob bad a theory in stock to account for every thing that bad ever happened, wan happening, or was going to bappe, in the world, irom the formation of minorak ia prehistoric times to tbe future condition of Colora do thtough all time to come. Wbo was Contention? Oh. Con ton tion was Bob's burro, or donkey, and tbe chunkiest sturdiest, jolliest little fellow ever seem among burros. His -expression, of gravity mingled with mischief would bare made you laugh and be was always ready to join in any lark suefc as a burro would take part in- His usual amiability eaueed him -to be petted by nearly every body in -camp, and if be frisked up to the door way of a cabin or teat and thrust his ;moe inside by way of saying: "Have .you n biscattfas there for a good little "burro?" tbe biscuit was generally forthcoming. Bob and Contention were great friends, but when a serious difference of opinio arose between tbetn for iestanee, as to wbieb of "two roads it would be better to taks .a comical tug of war wai sure to follow. Victory fell sometimes to one afcle and again to tbe other. Bob was tall, but not very strong, and the burro could eutpwli bun in a straight tog; but when Bob bad a ebanee to wee strategy be got the best of tbe fight It was the burro' obstiaaaey in these occasional struewks tbat bad seeared for him tbe name of ConBob's good sate re secured many friend for him, and if tbe men , in amp made fan of bis theories and played a triek on aim now and then, 'it-was all because they knew be would ot get angry. They wished him well and lent bmf a betpia Wand whenever :be needed one. Like tbe others, Bob was a prospector, aad daily west rambling about the bills ia search of veins of silver and ntbni imslalii. Unfortunately be bad so many theories that one or anwtber of tbom was alwnjs interferiag to prevent him from enjoying any good luck. Contention -accompanied km mestor oa tbest trips, 'partly to help carry tools, ate., ami partly tbat be might be removed from tbe temptation to get into mischief if left behind. M good living and light work bad Made him very , gay aad frolicsome, be was deeoeated wHb a lariat tbat was fastened around bis neck and left to trail out far behiad. Through the medium of this de"viee the burro couM now aad then be ebeckei in bb impetuous career, aad baaled up to receive a lecture oa tbe error of bis ways. Coateatfcm bated tMa lariat, bsemtse It prevented kirn from indulging bis foadaws for strofflng late all sorbs of placee wbere be had ao business to go. HecoMldnetgatridofh, however; so o aeveat m purpoae be as wben it wasdesdrsd to sesare bim, away W faet esousrh to keen from ontehlag ap wHbtbeeadof tbe lariat ConteatioeaoredtbM races a good deal more tbaa his master aid. ven when ceegbt he tuned a war. refused to iw i imnm taHtt tbore nbeoiirteiy ae hone of eseaae baft. .TfcrB wm mmm Camp Hard ywlKdm im Mhe Theory Bob. JB yel W i mW msyona, tor be was -arty, srsw gfslnsd kdtow. Jim

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Only tOt 111 WOlT. Mt either theeomveaksme or the rights MUftM Oka wben they seesnod to with Ms owaninni, Ms outritrht with bis nskhhors. Of OOWardly lUUelobat 1m was to n i favorite bi to do worse, to gsia for It Theory Bob waadere aautiaoaum Cama Hard Up wltaoat evar doiag any work stonalhr one place bis frtoade negan jomag- aim . . m . . as At oas ever als taox Of aopueaaMm. teklbimtbatifhe wanted to nd mbv bave to dir for it aad not wn am watktamT be always answers be bad bis theories about tao gaalagbml formatloa in tbat looalHy. wka b found tbe rbrbt Mace he siak a hole aad show them lumethii tbat would surprise them. One bar. therefore. Bob announced to a group that bad gathered together after yyumr tka un of bbl ItSVUtg SSsovered the indiontioas of a large oral body, and that be bad began ainkijur a abaft to open it up. He JtinnrthnJ tk noaHiott of the shaft and expiaiaed tbe tbeory upon wWeb be rested bis holier m tba existeaos mineral at tbat point All this was listened to In silence, and at tbe end various comments were offered, mostly unfavorable. Other men had prosin tbe same luaos awl loueo nothing; it was barren green. Jioo would not believe this, and returned to work next morning. There was one man who had beard Bob's story when be told H before tbe crowd, aad put faitb is it Tbat was Jim Baaaot Jim maes up Ms mind to proit by tbe result of Bob's study, and secure far himself tbe vein of mineral that Bob was sinking shaft to ftad. He determined to drive Bob away from his work with threats. and then take possession of tbe ground. Be argued to himself tbat the intended victim of this scheme was too easy-going to fight and would sur render his rbrbts rather than bave trouble. That k where Ban not wrong. Every muscle ia Bob's body stiffened with stubbornness wben any one tried to impose unoa him. He was working away with pick i shovel wben Baaaot approached to carry out his rascally plan, but paused to return tbe "Mornm'. imrdner" tbat caused him to look up. Ban not made some general obeervatioas by way of beginning the eon vernation, and then said, abruptly: "Bob, I don't think you're doia the square thing a-looatia' byre." , Bob was standing- in a bole about four feet deep, and be looked up curiously at tbe man above bim oa bearing these words, aad aeked: "How so 91 "Why, I think mighty well o' this ground myself," Jim went on, in exptenotioa, "and I claim it" "I don't see bow you can ehalm ft," rejoined Bob. 4 'You haven't done nay work here, or even put up stakes. You've got no right to it that I oaa "I'll show you that I her got a right to H," answered Jim. "Ke tenderfoot has got a right to take ground from aa old miner." Old minor be hanged!" retorted Bob, angrily. "An old miner has no more rights than aay body else. If you wanted to held this ground, you ought to bave gone to work on it Kow you may go to thunder." , Bob resumed work, and Jim stormed around for awhile, threatening all sorts of things, to see wbat tbe effect would be. As there was no perceptible effect whatever, tbe belly's violence increased, and at met he declared be would stone Bob out of tbe bole. At this Bob luapftt to the surface, pick ia band, and said, la a tone that was not to be mistaken: "Jim Ban not you may be ia earnest or you may be eraay; but either way it is. I want you to get away from here and quit bothering me. If you don't I'll drive this pick from the top of your skull eiear down to your waist'' Jim scheme would not work, and he departed, declaring that be would run tbe "jumper" off yet Bob returned to his digging, aad made sack good progress through that day and the next that the bottom of tbe shaft was lowered fully tea feet below the surface. Then a big rook got in bis way, aad as it could not be removed by digging, be knocked off to go for,biaetiag jSftwWPffo'fcJe Ilff9(W5 Mra &aH Daaavnanl aftcamp, as they had not boom needed yet ia bLt work. It was too late to go back to the shaft that sight, but next moraing be load ed up Contention with drills, giant powder, etc., and started. those wbo saw him on the way was Jim Baaaot, and the instant that MTJfcy 9 4919 lipsnfln lr4anaTe$VBj ouatt he conceived a fiondfah plot for diepoeing of Theory Bob. The first arnrjs Sft alaaW pxOt was to go by a roundabout way to Bob's oialm and conceal himself im a place" from wktok be ooatd look: out and see what was going on. Marine1' reached the sesae of his nam v aawaa. a peeiawmav otbwp arwvwu v nafawA. Igblftffbf. lamnmB) tfiatdanabalkafa "!san.Bfll4mga eaaa a"waerea a awarer mnv'ewwww wmtvwwwim awa turned him loose with trailing lariat to grans. The burro did not care to go far, as there was plenty of fine grass aaner bm very met, ana ne proeoeneu to tost Im richness without kne of time, TffS4JP lkmnf eMMa4rfr4raT fJa'tstO'armrmrBVai aUfliin9 t4aJ shaft by tbe aotehed pole which served Ma, bAJ.M mjM BujaaM Jm MmnOeaB am eWaaaLek a mawer. mm 'oagaa aiwiag a aeee brto me bag raek, Whito sttUatwarkv

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to where I - - . a that 4m and bean oalr V.vf I that exnlaaatbm nmbs klm. and aaimstlas down mono of tbe shaft, beswa wMMBanT a tiUaiagty. Bob wondered at bbs ebv s liaasunl aaabUttr. I The great rook was at mat pmroed I uottiag Bob's kaifol bate his own ii nihil, a Mdalair tbat It was not his nrouerty. TkMrnaii! I ' I Wktu. tbe nhat Bob. I FU go up on top, aad when yer ru you kin climb out foot Ii tarn or fall of there waw t aoeooy m Bob agreed to this, aad oontieued bm preparattoas for arbuj the M shot Hbi companion soraaUned up tbe aotehed pole aad waited above. Soon thing was ready. X fuse. purposely out long to allow plenty of to escape after the mate aad applied, issued from tbe rock's rude face and directed its anake-ttke form toward Bob, who held its free end la his left band. In bis right was a match which he now seratebed aad held to the fuse. A puff of smoke aad a fiastag sound announced fjrattioa, and Bob tamed ewickly to climb tbe pole and get out of deager. The psJe wm mi mere Bob's heart stopped beating as. ttke a lash, be realised the trap in wbieb be was eausrbt That Send Jim Mat bed drawn up the nolo aad away, leaving the prospeetor to be blown to pieces by tbe blast! There could be no other result Tbe abaft was seven feet long and mora than four wide. Krea bad it not been so wide, no one could have climbed out by resting bis feet against tbe sides, as they wore dry aad sandy, aad crumb: ed easily. Bob saw this at a gbusee. There was but one chance for life cut off the fuse! Thrusting bis bead into bis pocket Bob found it empty. Bannot bad Ms knife! Tbe cunning wretch had planned so carefully as to remove every chance of escape. He bad made absolutely sure of destroying his victim. With a groan tbe wretched pris oner buried his face in bis bands made up his mind to die. There no way to entinguish tbe fuse; it would abur even under water, nor could it be rbrokon - Bob stood over tbe orator of a volcano. Tbe explosion to come a few seconds later would tear bim limb from limb aad bury bis maagied body under a mam of earth aad rock; bis death-bed aad bis grave would be one and the same. n It was bard to die thus, but die be must He turned hie eyes upward for a last view of the bright blue sky, aad breathed a prayer of resignation. Already tbe fuse was one-third burned. Ia less than a minute more be would be Merciful God! what's tbat? A rope's end hanging full two feet into tbe opening above his own lariat! Is that sal ration? Contention is at tbe other aad of tbat lariat and gracing round other managed to drop tbe loose end over the edge. Oh. Mess your sbaggv hide, you dear little creature, if only for the ray of hope yea sent thrilling through your master's broken heart! WHb unwonted strength, bora of desperation. Bob sprang toward the knot dangling above him. He caught it too. and the jerk, as bis weight suddenly tightened the lariat, almost pulled Contention over. Moreover, this unexpected and Inexcusably rude interruption of his repast aroused every bit of pugnacity hi hie body, and with all four feet plea ted firmly under him, be resisted with might and aaia, rowing mentally all tbe white never to give in this time. He didn't either. On the contrary, be actually sueoe tided in working himself backward by degrees, thus beipiag bis master, straggling wildly oa the other end of tbe lariat to effect his escape. Meanwhile tbe fuse shorter. Steadily its smoking. tering extremity neered the spot where a heavy charge of giant powder lay waMaff to burst its rocky bonds. Tbe fire bad almost accomplisbed its object, when wrathful Contention, pulling like a tag-boat jerked his master out of the shaft, and galloped off with a triumphant nourish of his heels, while Bob. letting go of tiMkriet fell soasotoM oa the ground. tanning report accompanied by a tremor in the earth, a deaee dead of smoke, aad a saowor of earth aad Tlw eMrt ImMb CMes off Lrvdc ily no heavy bits of rook struck Bob. though some small fragments fell back am bim without doiag any harm, On leaving Bob hi tbe trap, Jim Baaaot walked rapidly book to camp. He was eonidgnt that Bob's would be tbeugbt noidinmt aad Jt intended waMag ewietly just to JMU SUS1 session of the coveted claim. About mid-afternoon oa the sssae any several mem sat talking together fat aeebia in Camp H-d Up. Baaaot was one of them. Presently Theory Bob, pale as a ghost,, walked hi and joined the group. Con ten tioa followed bis mastor to the door, bat was snttsasd to resSMmiaa ttmWnnWns Jerjg' 4Matljr JWmrnWll enra mMMNJ flaai JBrnar(' 'J4(pi B(nmremfcBla"J, JmWlfc Jka euiry abee "Hello, BobT ovav ,OBB VI party, "what you

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not box that ke sensed b tbe i baft. Bob toM tim stoty of km viaturi. At Us lluctdly for him they soaM noAM atm. next peered oa the " all - Wbar ye gota'. atobf" MTve a meory, boys. . . a .a . a. a an n m taaf sewn a goem me. I n getaaT Mar. asm m im Jhwyer1 MOVQUITO PKtiOBOvHY. C Mm all, of the type. wbo carry their good of heart to obnoxious they atonomitvp profess to believe not only that be serves some good purpose, but tbat has crimes are not really altogether vHlaiaoea. aad tbat he ia to be exoused for even his most been They saw It k bis nature to be a aad tbat he eaa not help ft, just as if that were aay excuse. 3fohodjr, however, k to be bleated for trylnc to avoid tbe iaaictioa of the proximity of moseuj less ways of doing tbk by those who haven t tried Oil of pennyroyal is claimed by numerous thesriats to.be a sovereign baaisher, and some of tbe tbeorkts aotunlly believe that it would beep the winged posts away If they should try it It k nottombto that nobody re peats this theory after having given ft a practical trial. It k believed that a solid cage or box of boiler iron, firmly riveted together, and aachored to a cemoat founda tion fifteen feet undargnMd. would be effectual ia keeping mosquftoss outside of the space iaciOBod. but as thie bat not bean practically tried it k more likely tbat tbe pestiferous ttttle nTfireaiwal Jse4nVnlL Buvnnn anjflT fC inside Ao box if there wore anybody there tobHe. One greed truth has been diseorered, however, by a reporter, while speadiag a few weeks fat Xew Jersey, which he deems too important to the human race to ooaeoaL It is not covered by patent Anybody can avail himself of it It k thk: Tbe mosquito k more fond of the bnanaa leg than be k of tbe human head, neck or arms. Theretore it k quite practical topreservethe upper portioB of tbe body free from bites, or at least comparatively free, scape the awful buss of tbe ttttk s soags. by going bare-legged. Tbk k not a practice which k commended for use in daytbne, when one k engaged ia ordinary avoeatkas, but it k easy aad comfortable eacepting for the togs ia the privacy of one's own chamber and ia the still hours of tbe night . Draw tbe bsd doth as wp high, and, though yon may be crippled, you will preserve your faeiel beauty X oae eaa explain why thk kso.of ourse. If the mesobfto were amen able to the laws of reason, and under would not be a moquite. X K Mml PECULIAR BELIEFS. tnvmT a4Mft sfia gCPnvnwwJaann ffT (rtnVny arnr OjIM reaaiflwata AVmMu The fence around tbe barn-yard, as wait as others upon tbe farm, k mode during the waxing of the moos, or the posts will siak and soon rot away. Ia the eastern part of the State, foneat must be made when tbe boras are tamed np, when they will rums in; if built wben the horns of tbe moon are directed downward, the posts will siak until the bottom rail touches tbe ground. So also with the planting of vegetables, etc Peas, beans and other plank growing as vines are planted whoa tbe boras of tbe moon are tamed up, so tbat they may grow vigorously. If pkated whom the boms of the nsoon are tamed down they will remain low and stwn ted. Potatoes are planted in the moon, so that they will have light and all strike root,- "the sign of the moon must be in the feet" Cora should be ptaated during the new so that it may all go to oar. Ia Lehigh County the 1st day of May k the day sot apart for piaatiag corn. CVkfeMflM -1 1 J L 1UaJ M t. mjegenmgnaway arsnWaVaVnaa BrmF swaanmjOTewa aranV anaF 17th day of Marsh to iaeurs Hs beadlag woiL Cucumbers must be plaattd in the morning, before sunrise, as otherwise they would be destroyed by L-b aai BeBMBYff' anuanar mkamf amaat aananmaaaab nwnBBJlNi swBBjs BBNaaro snreP arV lrb WJW fall moan, as it will not be fuMy ripe; "aad if Bmber days are high one may expect to obtain a good prise therefor." A curious belief k stttt extant in leharb fnaatr reeaeetinaT the transnen avvivw m arwe'aaTBe a ejwwwweuwawj www wav awawi ntoaimsr af anniev. Saeuaa aa v aw-a"wwwawpa erT aw vw rwr fw i w m-jr aaaMMM Wk llmV OWH aWaaVtlt iHt nWlfcaMSll fjkgai aatnaOaal wnWa4maBnm naBnniaa WaMtU ftOanat omawa-a)' armramav ff rawa f annomwwea w "fwwi avwaraa follew. Itk but a few years ago that hogs were skagh tared dnr iag the wax uu aiaaA weald ahrfakk Mad net aw aa good. Itk still eenndeatty amorted. fan maar looallttoi, that the cattU knunl To kftl a toed or a bam swallow vW sense the eows to fftva btoody

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ketare ht a tax harts the : rpeata of all maaafatf ssrs their Why at a h tm Why should taoy sanV Ttojtoa ram at nd noma out of forehrn aww, aavwenawi m aw wrw yjm koto. Why should not prodaoers bars timer akare of foreign amrketof But for the tax oa raw mntoriak mills would have larger they would employ more goads aad larger profits for their owners while paying wages to larger fores of oper atives. Why should there be a tax oc raw matsriak to prevent nil thk? A tax em raw materink rakes the pries of manufactured goods without benefiting tbe manufacturer. It iacceaiBii tbe ooet of living to all the people who buy manufactured goods. Why should the people be made to pay for their goods than they are worth without benefit to either tbe faoturer or their workmen? A tax on raw matoriak k hurtful alike to manufacturers, workmen Why should not sudT be repealed now that the Gov ernment does not need the revenue they yield? Mr. Cleveland aad hk party desire bo repeal sack taxes; their declare that they will either to their repeal or to aay reduction in them, but will rather favor the "entire repeal" of the tones oa whisky, For which of peli edes should you vote? If. T. (brnmerTaato aanauVhaP anaanaHaVaaanf I se sarmmrn aaFvTrBTai By rying free trade the BopuM kaas to create a stampede, and. in 1400, carry tbe election is a panic of the Democratic party are embodied ia a carefully drawn bill, a bUl which Democrats are able and willing to de fend: a bill such as Grant and Garfield aad Arthur urged Congress to pass. which earn be understood even by little informed concerning public affairs. Tbe Republicans bare no bill, but they bave a platform, drawn to mv taconise the Democratic measure on every issue. Instead of lowering tbe tariff and removing it irregularities and in equalities, they propose to advance taxation and preserve every protective feature by give the people free whisky. Tbe UsmocraM favor a tartg aver aging -KJ per cent The Kepubticans demand prohibitory duties. The Democrats ask for freer impor tations of neeessaries of life, in srder to limit the powers of the trusts. T)u BttUMtbttaaaa laaiaf on iaersneian duties, thus checking imports aad ex tending the power of the trusts. The Dentoerak put wool on the free Hot hi order to oaoourago an export trade ia woolen manufactures. The Republicans denounce free raw an94a4tiVfel& The Democrats domaad a rsdussd tariff on clothing. The Republicans offer free whisky. A Tl JfcmW. DUrFT Of OPtNION. Tieket R' MOK AX MO hf TO The three K's l-K. J. saWntf' Tbe absoluto duty of limiting the rata of tariff oharges to the neoes eftiee of a fragel and sosnomkal admmktratioa of the Government seems to be perfectly plain. FrtsitittU CkvelamCs Letter of Jcscnfenes. We still hear from Thai-man eoeasionally, but Ievi P. Morton has not bad a word to say since be withdrew from the dtrsotory of the Canadian Paetfe and shaved off kk English whiskers. 9t Xswm iW-Dwpek. It k said that the leading Kepebiieaee in New York are betting keavlly oa Marrisom. Tbk means tbat various enthusiastic Demoorats wilt be rioher after the result k aa--A Mns want sai attMe ( A aaaatam tanaVaabBB aaSWataff aaamt anaaaaffL am srawam vjawnwawanj anrrga anwaj nvnwawaja ' arMrt J4al aaBraa aV WmH Hff Atga-- aajMBu asa am. fmrnaaasnnT aaaaaO saamff BswunswPaw aww en avenwaaT aWareTsa A Msas wMsky nee ef tax. Aaeew ta sa serfenif aakA aaaa naaaaManm fia mmaaaaff aaffrsBn maref aaWnBX eWF avmayepa gaj BaaaauaSaOTunW Jeaaaat m1 Jaawawawawgaj aHrn Kktkd coneUtatieaal rigktof every American eMsea, ia efftoe or to what he dam aha mm TJaaaaaratle erawm sbtvi w wwww wwiw amnWfcw' ar'Marna i aa emnroi a amlaarn? to Mr. Charles J. Caada, treasurer. 10 West Twenty-ninth, street, the marmaAm nty wF Jananmft Wf. 4. IW After twenty -eight years of high to "foster American indue the farmer stilt farnkh 7 per osat of all onr exports as factsrers eahf twenty per taw pries of tbe farmers' prodaok k tevekd down im the old war hi nmrket walk all be bays k aahnneed la coot by taxm ta heap ay a snnaSm for the peto spend. Jta wonder the - Jf Y Worm.

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mm of the tariff Iks la the peopk have any Mem of lag It We kaow wbat nag mllllei j and aaval aatahikhmsnts wbat we pay lor pensions, aad what we aparnpriato for rivers and It k always open to amy mn Hat tn PnWanJsneJela fc4Kt to the amoaata expaaaed for amy of weexasnd for the support of eettoia iadimti 1 w ia thk omtatry k absolutely uakowa quamatty. Bot omjrare Ike great majority of knelligeat persons utterly iejnoraat of thk lunoeot but tt frequently kamemaj fhrnj wruers far me itk to an entirely false beak ia it J The customs datks tall est on k the year eadtag dame 90, ifm, am aunt id to f14sO0O,0Q0. Bat thk mom not in amy way measure the east wMtfit the nation incurs ia supporting Jfe pro any part of tbat ooet t214,000.efJ0-if. far tbe sake of stav plieity in the argument we kjaote the nwkionoo of a wirplus nro expended foe the general purposes of tbe ftovermment They have tobeoolkotodi how, aad whether cunt o mi duns the best way or not k a aaestien of keel policy. It is true that protective duties are apt to bear more heavily on the poor than oa the riea, naless chkfiy ooafieed to articles of luxury; it k true, also, tbat they are 4rm ma arnMDlrea rf arammP nmaraiaJt to alter without snsturbaaos to try and trade, which k a aerie jeetioa to a tax; but these points have the question we are aow ooaeideriag. via.: How much k the oouatry payiag toeaeourage the protooi It k the money which the Treasury, but k paid out by sumer in the high prices of enJeaJweSe aanmVm Javnag4nnJa!l aawal of protection. Though it would be impossible to estimate tbe amount of thk tax with any degree of accuracy, a dear recognition of Ik nature k cient to show that the aggregate be stupendous. Lot us take a i item, that of steel rails; the eimplioky and uniformity of thk article rendsr lag comparison of prices and qaaaeW ties comparatively easy aad reliable. Tbe "Statistical Abstract" of tbe United States for 1887 gives tbe following figures of importation and of home production of steel rails for the last twelve months covered by it: Imposts Oon (for year ending June SO, JjMf). 77,000 tons; borne production (yeer eadiag December Si, 1M). l.Wf.OW tons. The duty on stool rattt was (and k) 17 per ton, ao that the tome revenue from thk artiek about tl.fiOO.OOO. Inasmuch as a re npeetabte quantity of foreign ralk was imported, upon which ft was pssoibk to pay the duty aad still to sail thorn In competition with dementia ralk, ft k plain that tbe price here must bave been something like $17 higher than we should hare hedo pay for foreign ralk in the abuses of the dnty. Reckoning the excess at only tl. however and a comparison of Brltkh and American prices current for the year shows that thk is well withia the mark we bave in thk siagk bom a bounty of about .OOO.OOO paid bt a eingk year to the steel mil meaufnot ares atone. Something over a 000,000 has been paid into tbe Treasury for the expenses of the people's Government; twenty times as much has been given away to tbe steel rail men, and has entered into the oast of our railways, to be a eberre on fersser the community generally. Jfsskn. HKJH TARIFF TRUSTS. Bern is a list of that exist ia the United sequenoe of high tariff: 1. The avm man Tmet, ibMmimi by a terMT tax 4 HT per tea. & TIM Watt Trset, ay s tetaT tacotMmfer X TbelveaNntaai Waeaer Treat, kf s tec t The Barsti PSaii We Tinet, f smasf 09 SIMMS' ff lm JSmvnrarn k. Tbe OspssrTrsst, ays tax of atatsertoi . Tac Lead Trast, ay s tex or tus per as Tas Treat totocst ser aWnvte a TtaXtenstTrset. ayatax of to me . The Stee Tmet ay of UM yer M0 ax of It per Ms S4L TtM affma Ysnamrt lgT ii. no OM-ctsm Trmt, ay i K Of 01 PUT a of for lit Tas Jsts-nag Trastto MLThs Osrsaes Trsst, bjiatdNnr H. Tbs rssermnviliii Trsst by a toxetat M. The atmermtyer eat M. The ON Trsst, by st of at The Ueeeed CM TfneV by a tax of St 99f gJnVsem(a M. The OstmasssdMTrmtara ot at ipsrasiien. The Mersx Trset, by tsxof at per MS en feerss ae It St The tnuenmsme Tree, by a tax efpw The effect of mono poly tariff oa cap italistic eomhtmnthMM does mot stop with those above onmaornlid Tbe tendency of the system m to trusts of all kimds, aad to oloss oombianttoas of eapHnlkk meo tik to the mtoresm of bbor aad to iaeVviteml amatoam) eatarmka-Jf. H

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