Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 5, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 October 1890 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. XO.Af JR. VitbHttfewr. JA8PKB, INDIA A. XANAGDfG A HUSBAND. at W'fc Jffo4 ePeseNM&e SOMETIMES think that you hate me." Well I Ibate you. ' As the words ! KLW ; ed Kthel i"2 H,.i-v il Carroll's lip she L: i e a u g h t bar 4 iweutli ana a frightened e xpr ess ion replaced the angry gleam that flasheH from her dark eye. "I am glad that you are honest enough to confess your aversion to me." replied Kobert Carroll, frigidly, without glancing toward the woman whom lie had vowed to love and cherish. He ruebed frm the house, and, hurrying to the depot, jumped upon the train and wss soon speeding toward the neighboring city of N . "Thus ends my dream of happiness," he muttered, bitterly. "Ethel is evidently striving to xcl Mr. Edwards in the art of managing husband, but," pulling bis blonde mustache fiercely, "I do not choose to be man 1 In that war." The words, "I do hate you" kept ringing In bis ears. "She shall nor or say such words to me again," he muttered, determinedly. "I am glad that you have made up Tour mind to. take tbst European trip. Carroll," said Mr. Johnson, the senior member of the firm. "You are better fitted to attend to bulla of that sort than a man of my age. When do yon start? he aked. as he turned to leave the office, "I have engaged passage on a steam er that leaves P. St. wharf early to-mor row morning." "Nothing like promptness in matters relating to business," said Mr. Johnson, approvingly. During the hour tbst followed Mr. Johnson' departure Kobert wrote a number of business letters, then penned the following missive to hU wife: "XrHKV.lnhslt.esve for Knglaud early tomorrow wornin?. You wilt receive Mwrl allowance during my abaeaes. An inteni-w, under the eircumetauw. would prove palatal to both ecu. Oood-aigui and goodbye 'KOBKUT." "Those dreadful words! she murmured brokenly. She felt hslf tempted to follow Robert to his office and ask him to forgive her. She hesitated, and the next moment her evil ger lus whispered thst Kobert had been "very aggravating,' and also hinted that her own dignity would be compromised It he yielded one inch of the advantage gained. "Mrs. Edwards would call me a weak little fool," declared Ethel, emphatically. "She says thst Mr. Edwards would not think ef opposing her now.'" Ethel's brown eyes twinkled and a silvery laugh echoed through the room. The afternoon seemed very long to Ethel. She roamed restlessly from room to room and glanced at the clock every few minutes to assure herself that the hands were really moving towards the hour of Robert's home coming. Seating herself in the commodious depths of a great easy chair she clasped her hands above her head and mused on the events of the morning. Suddenly he hears the rumbling of a train of cars. She sees Hadley's bridge in the distance. The train moves rapidly It is the evening express from N . The engine dashes against sn obstruction quivers like a human being in distress, ad the next instant tho whole train lies wrecked upon the rocks forty feet below the bridge that spans the ravine. "It is Robert's train and I have not taken back those eruel words!' wailgnl Ethel, wringing her hands. "You do not care, you hate him," whispers a mocking voice. "Robert is dead, and he will never know," cried the young wife, as she ran towards the scene of , the accident. She dashes down an almost perpendicular '1 DO KATE TOCl" precipice. Sharp swnes pierce through iier thin slippers and her hands sre torn and bleeding. She throws herself Wide a prostrate figure. "Robert. Robert, speak te .no, she cries, fran tically endeavor. Hg to staunch the blood thst flews from wound In her husband's temple. "Robert, sneak to me." she pleads, Tent the pale Hps are silent. "Oh! how norrlbler cried Kthel, springing from the chair where she had fallen asleep. "Thnnk God, that it was only s dream.' She shuddered and turned pale at remembrance of the her rime dream. "If there should be An accident," she murmurs, tremulously. " nervous. It was only dream ytt " she glasses at the French Clock that lUada ui tha mantel. "The express from X is due here in Mb eadabeU. Robert witt to eei

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mm mem my drm no, I can not do that, they will pro;tounoo my fears Use vagaries of an inset person." 1!hI her band nervously, "Medley's bridge I. only Half a mile from the village, she mused; "it will be a relief to know that the bridge Is all right and, in ease there should be aav thing wrong 1 can use one of my Chinees lanterns for a signal." Twilight was ranidlv mere-la into the somber shadow of night when Kthel reached the bridge. "Kverv thin seems to be all right," she whinpered In a tone of relief. As her even became more accustomed to the (loom. she saw what, appeared to lie a hum body lying across the track near the center of the bridge. Lighting a match, she glanced at ber watch. "No time to go back for help. What shall I dor The precious moments were passing. With a prayer upon her 11ns. Ethel steeped upon the bridge. Slowly and cautiously she felt her way. Once she glanced downward through the cross beams that connected the post of the bridge she almost lost her footing: with frightened exclama tion she clutched the rough post frantically; with a Mighty effort she con trolled her swaying body and continued her perilous Journey. Creeping on bands and knees she finally reached the SHK SWIWO I1KK I.AXTKKX FKA-XTICAI.I.Y. object that lay upon the track. Mis creants had fastened two Immense logs to the rails with strong wire. Ethel al most shrieked in her despair. "I must warn them,' sue panted. It seemed an age to Kthel ere she reached the opposite end of the bridge. "Thank Heaven that this is safe." said Ethel, taking the little lantern from her pocket, it was the work of a moment to light the small candle, and as the ruddy glare il lumined the space around Ethel, she be came aware of the fact that her slippers had fallen from her feet, her hands were bruised and bleeding, and, as si raised the lantern above her head, a red stream slowly trickled down the white arm from which the sleeve had been rudely torn during her perilous Journey across the bridge, A rumbling noise is heard, then sharp, quick whistle sounds upon the air. Ethel" realises that there is not moment to lose. A hundred yards have been traversed; onward she flies like the wind; the train rounds n curve in the distance; she swings her lantern frantically; the engineer does not see the signal; the brave little woman will be run down. She totters onward, waves the lantern wildly and shrieks aloud in her agony. The signal is seen. A moment later train hands and passes gers crowd around Ethel,, who has just sufficient strength left to tell about the bridge ere she sinks into unconsciousThere is no time to lose," muttered Robert Carroll as be hurried toward P. St. wharf. Thrusting a dime into the grimy hand of a newsboy, he snatched a morning Herald and boarding the steamer and went directly to his state room. At last the moving of freight, hurry ing of footsteps and clanking ef chains ceases and the great mass of Iron and wood moves slowly out of the dock and, guided by a busy little tug boat, moves jestleally down the Harbor to war as the broad Atlantic. Robert leaves his state-room and go ing on deck paces restlessly to and Ira At the end or half an hour ne taxes us Herald from his pocket and glances list lessly through the column. Suddenly his face blanches, he utters an exclamation, passengers who are in his vicinity gaze at him curiously. The words: TKKKIHL.I5 OAuAMIT Y AVERTBUI MSnoWM or THE TOUJtO. wirn or nvnmm Cahhoix, or thk nmt or jonssow, CAHHOLX. CO." danced before his eyes; with a mighty effort he read on, when his eyes rest upon the words: "She thought her husband was ea the trata and west through the terrible erdest to sen him." . i , He jumped upon bis leer, ana rusnes into the presence of the captain. A few words explained the situation and as hour later Robert Carroll waa trans ferred to the returning tug which carried him safely to the wharf from which be had token bis departure earlier is the day. , The hours that followed seemed like an eternity to Robert Carroll. As ths train approached Hadley's bridge, hi pictured In his imagination the slander form of his young wife moving cautiously across the long stretch of trestle work te save the life ef the man whom she declared that she hated. Poor little girl," ke murmured, tendewfth eager footsteps he traversed the well-known pathway. His heart beat tumultueusly as he crossed the thresh old of the cosy little sitting-room. Kthel met him with a glad cry: "Oh! Robert! 1 knew that you would come back to we, aae exclaimed, joyously. "Forgive me, Robert, and forget if you can the eruel words that have caused us so much suffering. Ethel rsised her hands, all bruised and scarred and gently stroked her beautiful brown tr-mees now se thickly streaked with silver. Hefore the expiration ef another week Robert Carroll and his wife were ea ! their war to Rurene. and jstftei nevet knew that Robert had planned te re I aJeee.-H. A. Thsewtea ha The.

YaMICF ROBBERY.

A Csmfeteailal MwHhUeasi rMMtpniat A business circular lately issued by Foster, Stay a A Company, of Grand Rapids. Mich., a firm which handles more bard wanv cutlery, tin, silverplated goods and glass than any ether house in its Slate, is one of the most effective anti-tariff and anti-trust earnpalgn documents thst could he prepared. The house was established by the late Wilder D. Voster, for many years a Republican member of Congrees from Michigan, and his interests are still held in his family. The circular is therefore an entirely accidental contribution to Democratic cant palgn literature from a strictly Republican source. The effect of the tariff-robbery schemes of the party in power, and the trusts which this party has -fostered, is evidenced in the confidential but halfapologetic introduction of Messrs. Fos ter. Stevens & Co., which says: .AS Important ami rntlwr radical advances in price of mmii article in the hardware line are dally takteg place, we wish to ay a few words no you way wore fully under land the situation and not think that the Jobber Is overcharging you. Crops have been poor; potatoes are gold and, none to sell; wheat a half crop; earn all "nubbins' by reason of rly frost, and still the tendency of prices in the household utensil trsde is decidedly upward. An unconscious turn is next taken at the trusts in the hardware linet There l now hut on nxm ooaiieny Is the United States, and that Ik sailed the American Axe ft Tool Company, with headquarters at Pittsburgh. This company bwa purehased outright ever)' axe luctory in the country of any Importance, a ad by thus eontrslUtig the production, have advaueed prices cm an average ef tS a doxeu. e In this industry (saws, band a4 erou-out) the s a forces have been at work, and to dny there are but two companies who menu faeture hand-saws, where there wereauosea four months ago. Prices In this lino of goods have been advanced from 10 to 40 per cent. In erose-cuts it is the saoe. My a consolidation of Interests prices have been advaueed from 4 to S eents a foot. So much for the protected trusts, and now for dutiable lead and the Repub lican silver bill: Kvery thing made ef lead has taken a decided advance, owng to reeent deeteloas on the admitting of Mexican ore into this country, as well as by combinations of manufacturers. Shot, lead pipe, pig-lead, solder, babuit metal, have all advanced, anil may go stilt higher. The page of the silver bill will also affect all articles madeef or coated with silver. In the hardware line plated knives and forks spoons, etc., will be affected and advances made.. The evils of the silver bill were never so graphically set forth as in this evidence of its practical workings in extorting toll for the silver kings of Colorado from every household in the land, It is clearly an utterly pernicious and disgraceful measure of robbery and outrage on the whole people. Restraining Indignation and excusable wrath, let ue read on: The present tariff on sheet tin is 1 cent pound and the McKlnley tariff Mil. which ne doubt will pass both bouses of Congress, advances the duty to a-10 cents a pouad. Tats must, M eourse, advance tin 1 rest It. S3 to as a hec aeeoretngtothe weight ef said Tees. This advance la sheet tin will aaTwet all articles of tlaware sad advances wtli he auteo all along ate Use. e s s e Tia is New York has already advaeead from easts te tl a hex aad ts growing stronger each day a the certainty or the phMMge at the McKlaley tariff Mil becomes more assured. Not a box of tin Is made la this country, notwithstanding which tia has declined in price from 115 te U.?S a boa during the past twentyAve)ars. In this wsty the genius for mischief of Mr. McKlnley and associates is reveled te the consumers of this tariff-ridden land, the load taking the form of a burdensome tax saddled on the helpless subjects of a coterie of office-holding politicians and business monopolists. After referring to the glass .trust, the advertisers further defend the advanced prices in their new catalogue and close with the assertion that, notwithstanding the advance in goods, there is hope that the limit is reached, since in ne instance are the wholesale Arms (trusts) with which they deal pro posing to consider any increase of wages to those engaged in tbe laper oi wor inr the raw material into roods. The circular, when read between the lines, as every intelligent citizen who is posted on National legislation will read it, is a forcible arraignment of tbe tar iff nolle v ef the Republican party and a rebuke to every man who has voted to sustain that party and its policy. Ia none of the legislation of the McKlnley class is the consumer or the workingman benefited, but, en the other hand, all classes, except favored few who are already wealthy, receive a direct iniurr. The laborer works for the same ny and. as a consumer along; with all the line of eitlsenship, must pay the Increase demanded by Republican leg is latios and the protected trusts for nil the necessaries as well as the luxuries of life. This confidential Republican circular will no doubt enter largely into tbe tar iff discussions of the fall campaign. We commend it te State committees and to Democratic workers everywhere, Chicago Globe. raV a4M4rf4 IgfrffsVMmrMHavO At a dinner party given recently ! Washington by Representative Robert Hltt of Illinois. Mr. Lasgley, the licltor-General ef Neva Scotia, inquired ef Congressman Roswell P. Flower, of New York, in what way the Republicans in Cos gross had revised the existing tariff duties. The ether guests present, among whom was Speaker Reed, eeaeed their conversation and awaited Mr. Flower's reply. 'They have revised them," said Mr. flower, seriously, "in the same manner that the farmers hi Dakota erect stone walls as a protection against cyclones. They build them four feet high and six feet thick, so that In ease they are blown ever they are higher than they were before. And se It is,'' he continued, while everybody about the table roared with laughter, "with tbe Republican revision of the tariff. They revise it is such a way that It's always higher when they got through than It was before they began. According to Mr. In galls "the worst Republican is preferable to the best Democrat That is, a "practical nolltloUn," like Blecks-ef-Plve Dudley U to be prefer led to an honest man n stowismnn like Alio 6. TkiMSM. City

TESTIMONY. Missy the MMi ii mr A Pennsylvania Republican Senator Plumb, of Kaasaa, protesting agalnat bis recent tariff lefem speeches, la his reply Senator Plumb sidd, among other things: XetwlUstanduag the poor a stales ef me which yes exar. that I nrohshlr make sfisehss wbtou do not represent utr seedmeat . 1 wsat to assure you that I sever was more in earnest ht my life than ta making the remarks you mention. It may he, as you say, thst the maaetaetsrers are has tag a hard time, set this has bees true ef the farmers, whom I represent, for many years, aad they do set seem to think yast now thst it would he aay relief te them te pet up the prices of manufactured good. Ooagrss passed a bill for the bee est ef the worsted manufacturers a short time ass which, I am told, put up the prices about twenty Ave per cent. The McKlnley bill. It is said, and sa apparent good authority, wUl hv ' crease them shout , twenty-ate per seat. more, feomehody must, of course, pay these extra duties, aad It seems to me as though tbe consumers were fairly te be tehee into account. I agree tbst in raising revenues for carrying on the Government proper regard mag be had as to tbe needs of the domestic manufacturer la the way ef protectloa, but he must take some ehsnoesintbe country in which he lives aad which he exoeets to supply with goods. In my judgment, the McKlnley bill Is decidedly wroaf as It passed the House, It may or may not be made better In tbe Senate, but in Its present Shape it lmk cM toUl tin nminhssIrr, overlooking wholly the consumer. Tot this reason it does not meet with ay views. Here we have a square confession by a leading Republican Senator that the McKlnley bill "takes into account solely the manufacturer." Mr. Blaine has already told the country that there is not a section or a line in tbe McKlnley bill that opens a market for another bushel of wheat or another batee! of pork. Tbe leading Republican newspapers in Illinois. Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri have denounced it in equally emphatic terms. Thus we have abundance ef unim peachable Republican testimony to the demerits of the McKinley bill. And yet it was passed by Congress and approved by President Harrison as a Republican party measure. Indianapolis Sentinel. THE MORTGAGE INDUSTRY. AeeordMg te KattarwertM and IagaUs Beat Is a MelMg; indeed. Benjamin Butterworth has long been recognised as a man of ths most eminent ability. What other man could so ably fulfill the duties of three positions, oacb of which might well claim his entire time and attention?, Benjamin is Congressman from the First Ohio district, but his duties to his trans-Rhenish constituency do not prevent him from making a very acceptable secretarvof the rreatett international exposition ever undertaken. He is also nnliticil exhorter-at-larre for tbe Remtbliean nartv. In his last-named capacity Benjamin recently went into the rural resriona of Iowa to Instruct the - . - . r-,- - - - agriculturists snout tne straignt ana narrow political paths in wuion tsey should go. He explained very satis factorily to himself that a mortgage which the average farmer has bltherto regarded as opposed te his interests is in reality a very good thin indeed. His view is also concurred in by that peculiar political phenomenon. Senator Ingalls, of Kansas. Senator Ingalls, too, believes thst mortgages are all right He claims to have experimented with the mortgage industry and with most excellent results. The testimony of these two eminent Republican lights seems to indicate that a popular misapprehension exists concerning mortgages. Ingalls says be has made money hj mortgaging other people's property. Now all that is required to snake the Kansas farmer prosperous is for him to -levise a means by which he can mortgage his neighbor's property and keep from mortgaginn his own. There is the whole secret of success. Theoretically it is easy enough, sad Sentaor Ingalls himself is a living example of its entire practicability. Farmers, therefore, who expect to raise mortgages on their own farms ought te be careful to plant mortgages on other people's property. Chicago MalL TH E POLITICAL POT. Tbe mass of bummers, blacklegs and bullies in Chicago has long been ia the pay of the highly moral Republican party. Times. Tbe first thing sailed for after tha passsge of the McKlaley bill is an extraordinary effort by the United States Treasury to avert a monetary peals. Providence Journal. Tbe whole country fa In s broad grin ever the demand of the Indiana Republicans that elections shall Tee honest Colonel Dudley must have pat that in. Louisville Courier-Journal. President Harrison has given Coneel-General Hew a vacation te manage the Indiana floaters. Mr. Kew's salary will go en as usual. Public fnoe is a public trust Fitness is tha essential and dlecrimlnatlag test St Louis Republic Facts are facts and all the talk in the world can not change them. Gen eral Barrundia was shot to death upon an American vessel and fell literally in the shadow of the American Seer. Tha State Department has not succeeded in finding out what It Intends te da about it J. O. U's brilliant feretga policy needs oiling. Detroit Free Press. Kitoonc, from Texas, la the ease, Kicked dewa the lehey deer, ffhleh, hitting Wagley on the aeee, Bestrewed with Weed the leer. What pity 'tis this Cearroasman from far off sunny teeth, TbU loVoy deer should net hars klekei Affsleet old Caaaoa'a mouth. -X.Y.tftm. All that, Mr. Reed believes at leas is tbe logical outcome of hU party's service to monopoly. Me is essentially the most logical Republican of his time, and Mr. Blaine is no longer "the man from Maine." He has a rival whose latest victory at the polls advances him very far towards complete party leadership. R. Y. World. Good land In Vermont can be be nets t for three dollars an acre. No tillable land In the West ess be bought for any such price, and the conclusion from the two facts seems to be that tbe further off tbe farmer is from the protooted mansfactories that are supposed tr give him a hems market, Mm k te for him. Phi nag gesta. grm sav snare ameTVBSM 'mmvemrey SmrsPrsnmumy

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Me eff Ws4 Mew aUafc nettos m Wee stave rested wtiaeM Weed sswlnw aad West MamaefcetVWenMt aC tfaMI s ttm Siewwuc aad th seasHwhcs s the fossis Maes Thetr The protectionists fancy that they an make kind ef protection on wool and on woolen goods which will reeon He Use eon flic ting interests ef the wool grower aad the manufacturer. In order to do this they put high duties on wool to stimulate Its protection; and when they come to protect the woolen manufacturer they not only Impose a high ad valorem duty on woolen goods, bet they give him also a so-called "compensatory duty" ef so muck per pound or per yard on the competing foreign products in order to compensate him for the high duties he paid on bis foreign wool, or for the tariff-increased price he paid for his home-grown wooL In this way, by piling up tariffs, the protectionists vainly hops to make both ths grower of wool and tbe manufacturer of cloth prosperous, aad to hear them both calling down Meanings upon our beneficent system ef protection. Tbe protectionists make for themselves verv nrettv pictures of the excellent workings of their system. They taks eeneeial delight in showing bow it brings the woolen mills near to the wool growers. And then just see what an enormous saving of freight both ways. A factory just at hand with many operatives to be fed with garden truck! Truly protection is a good thing "it blesses him that gives sad mm that takes!" A beautiful dreamt Let us gee bow it is fulfilled. Ohio is the State which, store than all others, has moved heaven and earth to ret high duties on wool. It is there that the so-called "political shepherds" live and have their being viz.. Delano. Ilarpater and Lawrence. In a State like this tbe protectionist dream ought to be realised. Any woolen mill there ought to have a smooth road to prosperity. What are the facta? The Dry Goods Economist prints the following piece of news: "The woolen mill nt Findlay, O.. has ceased to do business, and tbe building is now used as a glass factory. Tbe mill at Findlay was doubtless among that large number (James Do lsn, the great protectionist wool manu facturer, of Philadelphia, said in his letter to Senator Quay one-halt of all the mills In the country) which were shut down during tbe summer. Rut why did this mill select tbe glass -industry? The reason is plain, Foreign window glass last year paid an average duty of 105 per cent, and McKlnley baa been trvinff to make tbe duties still higher. Does not this ' statement quoted approvingly by Sena was s m tor rmmo iron friend of his that "the American manufacturer does not manufacture say thing be can not make a eertain aad great profit on, and that he stands out ef the way of the foreigra maaufaotrer as te otfaer artielec on which he eaanotavahsatisfaetory neofitsT Did ths enormoas protection en window glass tempt the Pladlay woolen mill to sbsnge iteelf into a glass factory? Aad on the soil of Ohio, too, wkere it could buy its wool right at its doors and prove tbe truth of the ''home market" theory! But the "home market theory has worked no bettor for tha Ohio wool grower than it has for the manufacturer. Pennsylvania affords a ami striking Illustration of tbe workings of the home market theory when applied to wool. Philadelphia hi the greatest manufacturing center is America in the consumption of wool. Surely Penney! vania ought to be the Stats above all ethers whore wool growieg should thrive; for there the mills are brought ia large numbers very close to the growers of wool a very paradise in which to gather tbe fruits of protection and show how wise, aad beautiful, sad good tbe home market Idea. is. But how dees the matter stand la Pennsylvania? In ltse the State had S,4M,fM sheep; la ISM it bad lost 79 in every 1M and had ealy m,999 left "That's a pretty howdv-do!" The result of all this high protection on wool Is thst sheep raising has increased only in the remote West and Northwest where vast tracts of uncultivated land till he rented or bought st very low re toe. A further fact: Notwithstand ing the high duties on wool is prospect when the National Wool Growers' Association met in Galveston, Tex., several months ago, that body found it eery to pass s resolution condemning the sheep-raisers for killing their ewes for mutton instead of keeping them for more production. The high wool tariff, then, has not satisfied the grower has it worked any better with the manufacturer? Before the Senate took np the Tariff Mil a Philadelphia letter to tbe Dry Goods Booaomist mads this statement as to the feeling prevailing among woolen manufacturers in that city: "Mann facturers are as much displeased with the McKinley bill as are Importers, and thetr hope for relief is that the Senate amendments will insist upon free wool mmtl ii nail M II tla " This same nsaer. which is the leading BUtaorivy is sw ary guoaa eraae in uia country, said Is a leading editorial bent the middle of August: "The wool manufacturing Interest in this country is in a very unsatisfactory con dition. see At no time since June has the demand dlsplsyed any activity. For low grades of woolens mads chiefly from woolen substitutes, the demand has been fairly satisfactory. There has bees a larger request for low grades of goods than in some years. " In other words, under our high wool tariff we are getting down to a shoddy basis. Henoe the shoddy men backed sn the McKlaley hill strongly. Tbe editorial goes on: "Mr. Dolan's free trade views resects the opinions and preferences of the large majority of tha menureeterers st wool, ana is neartity ly by those who use snbetittos.n This Mr. Doles, whoss the Dry Goods Economist refers to as "High Priest Dolan, of the ikMmhlatj .a tawil iafsafi kf si Wm smpaSm mrnrwr eye, nra argwej am eg see, snssina rnwe as eayiet "wive no fTgangM aa jsgtSy VsTer ersfgnP weevvMs

That is what the maaufaetarees want above every thing, as shewn by their petition presented to MeKlaley's eesav.

eVav 1 fcaaWJ Vrn.)tte SSeSa aveeeseyMaW It Is clear that the idea has failed to werk well ia industry. Neither grower faoturer is satiated, aad hot be at the same time. When tries te content them both it sempiy attentats the impossible. That eeea not discos rage tbe average prnieeiieahsn Congressman. He continues te fanes; " ' . a that there is balm eueaewneee in am Uilead of protection, aad if grower aad manufacturer of wool have not proo pored under twenty years ef high protection be will give still higher protec tion. Meanwhile what ef mllUoee who woe woolen clothing? Have they no rights! Are they never te be eonsideredl As Senator Plumb says: "The people of the United States ought to have thai inning some time, aad I think that Has has eeme now. EQUAL BURDEN! FOU ALL. faCaw4av fsMWsMMsi TeWee" &TMto64AHQk Par the Average latsrest er Tfstsls Isaosesthte aad Mew la Left t r4 (Mker resele'e aMts. Among ths protectionists one times bears fair-sounding words about revising tbe tariff in such a way that its burdens will rest on all alike. They want what McKinley calls "a just equitable revision of tbe tariff. demand a tariff that will be as much ia the Interest of the consumer as of the produce. Senator Plumb, in his speech attacking the McKinley bill, said that "whatever is done should he for she average interest ef all. This ia one of the dreams of the pro tectionists, from which it seems that they will never awake a tariff that will do everybody good in an equal measure. Jiut how will the protectionists net about making such a tariff? In order to protect the manufacture tbe tariff must of necessity enable him to sell at higher prices otherwise there Is no protection. very well, then; you have pat np prices for one man; the only fair thing to do is to put them up for others lot all others. You are bound to put up prices for all consumers on the goods which they sell, in order to make goad tbe loss which they have suffered by paying the higher price created by the manufacturer s protection. It is abso lutely clear that unless the consumer pays higher prices for the articles be buys tbe maker of them gets so protection. Is it not equally clear tha the consumer can not make up his less except by selling something to somebody at a price raised high enough to cover that loss? Tbe protectionists feel the fores of all this themselves hence their doctrine of the home oiarket that the pretested manufacturers make np to the farmer for the lncrssssd cost of the things ha buys by giving him market for hhl farm products. Then taey taeer as show the farmer that this home rnsrhss is the htst for him. is slossr ta Mrs, is wheat ia it as Europe has sad yet ism farmer knows all the time that he goat precisely the same price for his predeom, old la the homo market as ia the foreign market Tbe farmer knows this, nam yet no feels thst the Government ought to do something for htm ought to eta jest as itch for him as for others. In this feeling he is entirely right He has the same rights before tha law aad merits precisely the same convtdsmtioa as tbe manufacturer. The r armor M feeling this aad saying it more earnestly than ever. Hones the great farmtrs organisations of various kinds, aad she plan to build Oovernment warehouses, which has found favor ia sesae q starters. Is the face of the farmers' dsmsad that something should be dene let him, McKlnley raises the duty on agricultural products, in order to deceive him into thinking thst now nt last he ii going to get some benefit from the tar iff. But what about those se-oeltod "agricultural products and pcovWoue Senator Allison sued them np very justly in a speech in the Senate In ISTf as follows: "It is true that under customs laws there is s small duty ea wheat, barley, oats sad other agrieudt aral products, but it does not afford aay protcolioa te the great wheat sad grata producing regions of the eouatry. The only two ways, then, ia which protection can benefit the farmer first by giving him a home market which will pay him s higher price for his prod' nets than the foreign market will pay and second, by placing duties oa hl products whioh will enable him to sol) at higher prices are both seen to effet him absolutely nothing to make np fot the increased cost which the masnfaet urer's protection has laid upon him. But oven if some way could he found for giving the farmer an advantage equal te the burden thst protection hat laid upon him, is it not elear that tbe two advantages his swn sad the manufacturer's would precisely balance each other. Equal protection to both aides means no protection to either, and pr taction to only one olds means loss to the other; for protection has s money value, and If it is to enrich some it ess only do so by making others poorer. Protection is not thing that can stsv ply be voted by Congrees without say feeling It The increased pries has to he paid by the consumer; and in thli way the farmer not only falls to reap s benefit from protection, but he has to make up for the protection gains of others, sll the time and everywhere. Is he willing to stand that? If he k willing how long can he afford It? Will the time not come sooner or later when he will see that he is playing a losing game? Has not that time come whes the farmer sees his land values declining enormously, when he finds the mortgage oa his farm about to be foreclosed? I it not all the mors clear when he sees the protected classes thriving and ul ti plying as never before; whes he seel trusts crowding upon trusts as never before in the mad struggle for richest What is the farmer doing te snake el this false system Is whioh he is sirs Sling for ox t tones mssslyT What wH seat

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