Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 35, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 10 March 1893 — Page 3

WEEKLY COURIER, C. DOANK, l?ubllHhor.

TESLA'S TJtllWHS.

JASrKR.

INDIANA.

SNIFKINS WENT

How H

HUNGRY.

Through

An Evoninfir with tho Mcmtonotrrin Eloctrloal Wlzurd.

Marvelon Drmiiiiatrut loim wlilrh Itrtvcnl Ihn I'll et thai tho Application ' i:irclrlilly In A Vt In It tiifMiicy.

I.tmt i Hiiuare Mm

ItwMiitT In IIUtreM.

Young SniflcitiH had been travelling In hard lok. At least that is how ho expressed himself. Ho had managed to eke )t a bare living by making lUetches from time to time for an enterprising firm who used his drawings to illustrate their extensive udvertiseHut with the close of the Christum vsttkon poor Snifkins found his occupation c "N tlie linn hivlng notified hitu tliat0his service were no longer required. .Snifkins left his room one morning' last week feel in; that the last straw 1,'jkI hi'fii applied. Ho could no longer boar the burden. Visions of suicide by radons methods began to Hit through Ids brain when it suddenly occurred to him that ho was hungry. He consulted his finances and lound that he had exictly ninety cents. "At least," ho thought, "I'll have one square meal md then' "Why, Mr. Snifltins! How do you do? I'm so glad to see you!" Mr. .Snifltins looked up at tho fair reatnro who bad broken in upon his reverie. It was a pleasing vision. She tens petite and pretty, and more than once had Snifkins felt bis heart flutter when in her presence.

"Indeed, Miss tlraee," he replied, "I tin right glad to see you. Hut where are you going?" Snifkins had forgotten all about his intended suicide and Iii. appetite. "I'm going to a florist's," replied the dear creature, "and you must come with tne. I'm going to buy some bunches of üolly. We're going to decorate our Sunday -school, you know. And" -with bewitching smile "you'll help me :arry the holly home, won't you'.'" Of course ho would. He would be only ton happy. He watched her while she was making her purchase. Then he noticed her fumbling about her pockets. "ilow stupid," she remarked. "I declare I've left my purse at home. Well," addressing Snifkins, "I hate to bother you, Mr. Snifkins, but I've forgotten my purse. I need eighty-seven .ents. If you will" i "Oh, certainly, with pleasure," replied the young man. handing out his last ninetv cents. "Would you like

any more?" "This is quite sufficient," she answered. "Thank goodness!" mentally

cjcculatcd Mr. Snifkins as he trudged along by her side carrying the bunches of holly. Then he remembered how hungry he was, and wondered whether he would ask hltn to dinner. As for the young lady herself she regaled her tompanion with all sorts of airy nothings as they walked along, and when they had reached her home the episode of Snifkin's eighty-seven cents had entirely slipped her memory. "I am so much obliged, my dear Mr. Snifkins," she exclaimed, relieving the latter of his burden, as the sorvaut, in response to her ring had opened the door. "Do como and see me some time. I would ask j-ou in now, but we are just about to dine and we arc going to have such a wretched dinner to-day." That was all. She bad disappeared, and poor, hungry Snifltins. with his three solitary coppers, wended his way

up town in silence. X. Y. Herald. STOOD ON FORMALITY.

St. Loris, March 2. Seldom has thu Urand Music hall in the exposition building been so densely crowded as last night, when Nikola Tesia gave a lecture and demonstration illustrative of Iiis latest achievements in the way of electrical experiments. Five thousand tickets of admission bad been issued, and ns invitations had been limited toinembersof the leading elubs and other prominent citizens it goes without saying that the gathering was a very magnificent and representative one.

.MUtiikn of a Clerk Who Wm I'robatilr Im-xjiprlrnciMl In .Matter of tho Heart.

She was the hired girl, but there burned in her heart a love no less intense than tho flame which warms the soul of the petted daughter of the millionaire. Verily she was stuck on the grocery clerk who sat beside her in the kitchen. The little clock on the mantel struck the hour of nine. The grocery clerk got gay. "Mary" Fearing lest she lose a portion of his discourse he leaned forward until W lips were very close to her ear. "May I kiss you.'" ".Ihn" She averted her eyes. "You ought not to ask me." With a celerity born of desperation lie seized his hat und shot into the darkness of the back yard and the night's Plutonian shore. The hired girl rose, petulantly kicked the ; at down the cellar and wondered why men were not able to see through a ladder. Detroit Tribune.

Bill-

Cherry Mr. Hilltop. "What a Tiitv it is." said Mrs.

top;., "that those of us who want sollttie can t have what we want." "Well," said Mr. Hilltops," "it comes to us sometimes when wo least expect

H. We should do our part to tho best of our ability and never loso courage, and some day Fortune, with a smilllng face, will come to the door and say: '"Hoes Mrs. Hilltops live here?' "--X. Y. Sun. t'uii't Drpoml on It Kverr Time. "Well, you sec, he didn't know thtt gun was loaded." "Yes; I know the rest. lie pointed it at the girl, the gun was discharged and tho girl was killed," "Oil, no; you're wrong. Yon see, tho gun wasn't loaded." .ludge. Nfi-ilcil Looking ATI or. Mrs. Timothy Seed Where's Lizzie? Miss Uaskett I just left her in tho inns of Morpheus. Mrs. Timothy Seed (scandalized) u'lmt! And .she engaged to .loo Pender! Nhow mo where bIio is this minute. Truth.

Ilnnl Witter. Aunt .fane is tho water where you live now soft or hard? Wee Nieue I guess It's pretty hard. " "o ßlrl spattered some on th' lamp chimney tho other night, an' it broke 'l to pieces. Oood News,

Mr. Tesla s apparatus is of an ap

parently simple character. A plain

deal table, very strongly constructed and some twenty feet long, contained the induction coils, disks and general

nimuratns. while on a smaller tabli

were arranged a large number of vaeu

urn bulbs, in appearance resembling

the incandescent light bulbs in use for commercial and private purposes. On the left of the table was a very handsome circlet, brilliantly illumined and bearing the words: "St. Louis Klectric lMW," worked around its border. At about S:öO o'clock between twenty and thirty of the leading electricians in the city in attendance on thu electrical convention marched on the stage and occupied seats at a safe distance from the experiment table, and a momentor two later President Ayer introduced the hero of the evening, who was received with vociferous applause, many of the audience standing up to get a good look at thu fragile-appearing young man to whom llic electrical world is looking now for the greatest

develnninents of tho times. In briefest

possible terms President Ayer intro

duced the lecturer, obeying tho wishes

expressed him by Nikola 'le.sla nnd in

troducing him as such, without tne prefix of either mister or professor. The lecture and demonstration them

selves were of a nature which had to bo

seen to lie appreciated. The young lec

turer resnonded in a plensing manner

to the irratifvinrr reception given him.

and proceeded at once with his arid rest.

Unlike manv scientific lecturers who

derive satisfaction from using Ion

words when addressing unscientific au

diences, and leaving them in doubt as to what is meant, Nikola Tesla ap

peared to bo almost nervously anxious tn make himself understood by the

ladies and trentlcnien before him, and

those who had read of his marvelous

achievements experienced little diffi

culty in following bis lino of thought

throughout the evening. Before going into the question of in

candescent and phosphorescent light

the voting Montenegrin expert referred

at some length to the connection be

A

titcoti nature and electricity, anil 10

the boundless force yet undeveloped

but In the near future to be brought un

der the control of man. He passed on to irivi a verv pleasing summary of the

value of the human eye,' which he com

pared with the various other senses. Passing from sight to light the lecturer said that this brought him right to the subject lie wished to bring before a St. I.ouis audience. He would abstain, as far as possible, from introducing purely scientific terms, and would, by the aid of the apparatus which wan in view of the audience, produce a luster in a manner hitherto deemed impossible. Turning to Mr. Ayer, Mr. Tesla said : "Lights out, please." The order was obeyed instantly, and for a moment there was a slight bir.z of excitement, as the spectators and listeners found themselves in ubsolute darkness.

"If 1 have not made a mistake," went

on Mr. Tesla, "I will now show you a phenomena which only scientific men can appreciate tho greatness of. Pardon me if I do not do all I would wish, be

cause it is so difficult to obtain the mdltinns in a Innre ball like

thl for an exncritnont of this delicate

character."

There was a pause of a few seconds;

Tidsa stood, dark and smiling, behind

lt ti null V orkbench and with his

u-ixnrd touch made the darltnesslumin

ous with the trembling, zigzng Hashes nf irni and blue and purple light. In

tho experiment showing the effects of electrostratie force a small aprvimtim especially devised for the

purpose was attached to the electric current, and Tesla seized the wires with a pair of iron pliers, nnd at once there- emanated from his finger tips a red and blue lire, and

marks leaned from point t point

"stroii! enough it might he to knock

him down, but not to kill," as bo

it. would interrupt his

pvnerlmeiits. Then trembling lines o

foggy light were sent streaming from

the annaratus to a brass sphere,

Then two copper plates or disks were-

c In nt nu six Inches apart ant

the llirht .sent in distinct and vivid lint

from one to tho other as though at

n..1t..il tntrntlmr 1V llloltctl wlrCS. TllO

.fiVet was startling In the darkness,

nnd 'aided bv the ghoulish glee of the

rumbling dynamo made a scene of appalling splendor.

"If the energy hud been propped di

rectly it would havo killed, and if I

were to try the experiment of direct

energy you would not ueaoie to sec any

f tho interesting things I am going to

try and show you. The audience appreciated the situation fully and

aughed heartily at the remark; and the

laughter was renewed with double

force when some eight or ten of the

gentlemen on the stage crept quietly

back to their seats, out of which they

had evidently Iecn seared during tho

mysterious and somewhat noisy experiment. This portion of the lecture was

of a strictly technical character, and

most of the varying results were obtained by changing the bulbs used nnd

Increasing the power of the current

and the frequency of the alternations.

Then came demonstrations ox the ease

with which Tesla enn produce light by I

aid of one wire. He explained that it

had always been regarded as necessary

to produce electric light to have two . ' . . .1 . . 1 ..

wires, connecting one wmi one puie

and the other with the other pole. Ho

had found that it was quite possible to

do with only one wire, and producing an induction coil he proceeded to con

nect it with a single wire, on which

.he attached a bulb, from which

the air had been extracted in tho ordinary manner, and from which eame a light at first faint and fee de, but, under altered conditions, powerful, brilliant and finally dazzling. In some respects oven greater results were produced with the one wire than with the two, and the various reasons for this

were listened to by the experts ptasent

with apparently great interest. Vt hen Unallv a light was produced from a

single wire sufficient to light up the entire parquette quite brilliuntly, al

though the globe used was oi tne or

dinary incandescent size, the delegates to the convention rose almost to a man

and acknowled the success of the ex

pertinent in a graceful and becoming

manner.

Passing from tho incandescent to the

phosphorescent, Mr. Tesla proceeded to

produce light without wires at ail-

that is to say, he produced a distant L'low between two highly-charged disks

without tisinp a filament of any kinder

nnv of the apparatus hitherto deemed

mikix'tiM 1 1- for the nnrnose. aii in

candescent light, hung upon a su

w-ln. tint, not connected with it, was

made to produce an almost bltndln

red light, which by increasing the fro

nii..iwv nf the alternations m the cur

rent,, became finally winic ami power

ful.

ncr. i iimigiiout an lues experiments the euttircr kept up a ninning comment, and seemed to be entirely

unconcerned by the risks he appeared to be running. He admitted that when he first passed the current through bin body he was somewhat alarmed, and he also mentioned the astonishment and amazement of an eminentKnglish scientist to whom he made a demonstration before submitting the results to the public. Speaking of his triumphs he said: "I have been two or three times in my life recompensed for the trouble I havo gone to. Tills was one of my recompenses, and I hope to have many more. You may say, perhaps, that there is no practical result in all this, but I am experimenting now In that direction, and have achieved more success than I can

tell you of to night"

The next experiment was causing

two wires, ten or twelve feet long, to

phosphoresce over their entire length,

md this experiment, shown in another

phase, practically demonstrated tho

marvelous success of Tesla in producing

i light strong enough for practical use

without the aid of wires or exposed ap

paratus at all. It Is not exactly

bright, blinding light, such as

that given by the are lamp,

or the pure white overpowering brill

iancy of the incandescent, but the glow produced is a distinct light, good

enough to enable a man to read oy, although perhaps not quite comfortably.

Mr. Tesia explained that the experiments in this direction were entirely

crude and in their infancy, and al

though there was nothing in tho lecture at all bordering upon boasting,

there was a great deal of hope expressed as to what might be achieved in tho future. Indeed, Mr. Tesla promised

that in the early future he would pro

duce light of this character on a com

mercial basis, and no one who wit

nessed the demonstrations and experiments last evening will be anxious to

cross swords with the young inventor,

or to dispute the possibility of his achieving any results he may desire or

determine upon. At the close of the lecture the young electrician was overwhelmed with congratulations to accept the hospitalities of prominent citizens and clubs, all of which he modestly declined, preferring tho quiet and rest to be found at his hotel.

YOUR HAND,

THE GENDARMES RETREATED

A HVrd Experiment. Mr. Tesla went on to pass electric

currents through his body in a manner almost weird und certainly awful to

the mind of those who have learned to regard electricity as a source of danger as wo 11 as nrotlt to the human nice.

Taking a glass bulb in one hand and

frrjisnlnrr a wiro in the other the lec

turer signaled "lights out," and a sec

ond later the audience wns both delighted and horrified to see the light emerge from the lecturer's hand. The phosphorescent light thus produced lacks the dazzling whiteness of the incandescent and is somewhat green in appearance. Hut the light that apparently came out of the lecturer's body had sufficient illuminating

power to make his hand and arm clear- - 1 ii l.

visible, and when he raised uie iigni.

above bis head and shoolt it several

times the enthusiasm of the audience knew no bounds As the lights were turned up the shouts of "bravo" came from parquet and balcony nnd from the experts close to the experimenter. The ladies waved their handkerchiefs, and

several of the gentlemen were equally

excited, and it was fully a minute be

fore the lecturer could proceed.

Successful. and wonderful as was this

experiment it sank into insignincance

compared with wliat loiioweu. ian-

nir in his hand a long glass tuue, meas-

. A Ii...

nring three or lour xeci, mo iituhuul again connected himself with the pow- . .. .. . ...i.i. i.t

rful alternating current, vnm n

riglit hand, and the moment

im 1 iMits were turned ouv wie

entire tube became phosphorescent.

Standing on the stage with tins illu-

ntiw.it tu ho n his hand, the lecturer

looked like some magician producing

lie-lit. and a hum of admiration passed

through tho spectators, Next he put tho tube high in the air and whirled it

mound his head severnl tunes. 1 lien

grasping it in the center, he twirled it

to and fro mueli ns me nuenoain nt

Dfiunvbrook fair shakes Ids shillalali.

. , ....f..

This experiment was repeaieu again

n,i iifüiii with increased power in

ihn current until nt last tue vi

hralions were simply astounding

and presented moro the appearance of

! uvroteehnical display tutin anyuung

else. Tho grandeur of the nuair was

Increased by the knowledge that every

nm-tieie of current creating or develop

ing the light had to pass through the body of the lecturer himself. Still more remarkable was the appearance of a globe attached to a wire ten or twelve Inches long. Again connecting himself with the current Mr. Tesla seized one end of this wire and deliberately played ball with the phosphorescent light, producing pyratlous and other dazzling and astonishing effects. Then he took a oblong tube or wire very much resembling In

size and shape a slate irame and thts again ho played with in a pleasant, simple nnd unaffected man-

llefore the. I'ury or nu lliuiKiirlaii Mob at ViK.vv.Y, Marcli n. A riot attended by severe fighting and bloodshed occurred Wednesday in the town of Zsobosselow, Hungary. The cause of the outbreak was the imposition of new

market tolls which the populace of

ZsolKMselow and of the llauhiek dis

trict resented. As the authorities

feared trouble an extra force of gen

darmes was stationed at the marltet

place in Zsobosselow. The people gathered in large numbers and began

pelting the gendarmes wltn stones anu mud. The latter were unable to re

sist the mob and retreated to the Zsobosselow town ball. There the gendarmes were quickly surrounded, the populace endeavoring to enter the hall in pursuit The latter barricaded the building and fired upon the furious multitude. The latter only grew more enraged, and would probably have captured the town hall and killed the gendarmes but for tho timely arrival of rcinforccmcuts, which wore summoned to the scene. After a long conflict the rioters were dispersed, three of their number having been killed nnd many wounded. In addition to the rioters killed during the fight a woman was killed by the fire of tho gendarmes during the conflict at the market place, an incident

which added greatly to the fury and

otatinacy of the mob.

HOLD UP

Wblla the Window (11mm Trut Kl l'uktv Tho Commoner and Ülasworker of January US says: "Tho window glass raanufactHrers of tho country have at last succeeded in forming a company that will coatrol the selling prices of window glass. At least they have perfected matters smfHctently and havo subscribed enough capital stock to secure a charter under the laws of Wisconsin. Tho now company will bo known as the National Glass Ca "Tho Bevr company propose to control Its members by the penalty of forfeitures deposited, otherwise capital stock nanst be subscribed. It is estimated that there will be in tho neighborhood of 1500.000 capital stock put up by the manufreturcrs nnd tho jobbers whom they proposa to take into the concern with them. "The jobbers, ns a rule, arc said to bo as anxious as the manufacturers that the company be formed, the disposition to cut rates among them being even more pronounced "In addition to the manufacturers and jobbers of tho western district, the comnanv contemplates taking in an

other company of New York and other eastern plants which control about '.W0 pots. The ability to regulate prices for tho whole country would then bo

nracticallv assured.

The duties of the company will be very simple. It will fix prices and negotiate terms with labor, and appro

priate the stock of members who do not

conform to regulations.'

Tho window glass manufacturers havo evidently inherited the business dasli of the late Jay Gould coupled with

the effrontery of the late Jesse .lames.

"Hold un vour hands, 05,000,000 of you

American people and let us window glass manufacturers investigate your

nnMrnts! Oh! 110. it's tlO USC to kick.

We've got McKinley's certificate, in

dorsed by the president of the United

States, which entitles us to put our hands in your pockets and take out an extra dollar every time wo sell you a

dollar's worth of glass, aud by the

eternal we're goinV to do it Hands up

and don't stir out of your tracks."

The window glass,ltke all other glass, manufacturers began to form trusts

about the time McKinley began work unon his crcat tariff bill. The Western

Window Glass Manufacturers' associu' tion now comprises nearly all the wia

dow glass manufacturers in the United

States. It meets regularly to regulate

TM-WS. nroduetion and wages, but is

not entirely satisfactory because it is somewhat of a voluntary association,

with no cash forfeiture in cases where individual members cut prices agreed upon. Instde of this association and

owning seventeen plants (about onesixth of all) is the United Glass Co., a

corporation. This latter has been, and

is to-day. tho nucleus of the trust In

November. 1890, the manufacturers

formed a national organization in IUI

nois called the American Window Glass

Co.. but because of an oversight, reniC'

died in tlie present organization, the

trust expired before it had gotten on its

feet Now everything is expected to

run smoothly.

The manufacturers haro held prices

close to the tariff line and cannot treat

consumers much .worse than heretofore. They do not, however, expect the duty of 100 per cent to continue more than one or two years longer, and they hope, by the grace of .McKinley, to get out of It all there is in it

to fee very jertous. Tne same ireci tBsied when the reform of the Hrltlsk

tariff, under tho lead of blr KoDert Pel. was carried in 142 and 1845, be

fore the repeal of the corn laws in 184. A great boom occurred in agriculture, manufactures aud cotntaerco alike, and

the reveiiHO increased rapidly on Imports which remained datiable. Tho effect of these chaBgcs in our own policy Is disclosed, perhaps, more fully by tho variations in the price of mcdiara washed ftetce wool in the New

York market under the inauence of th removal of restrictions on trade.

Under high tariff of 41?, average

price I 18H

Under lower tarin of iai7, average

price In 1817.... Under Imver tariff of tM

urica In Ifcot....

Under lower Urlff of 1810, veraRO

u rice In 1861

Under lower tariff of W average

prfco In J8W rnccHw

Under lower tariff of lJ7, averao

price In 18 The price of pork is one of the mm

variable in tlie whole list of important products, but it shows the Ramc general

tendency. The export prices of corn, wheat aad cotton show yet moro conclusively how-

much the prosperity of agricuuura

rests on freedom of exports, which caa

average

9 ccata

.41.50 cents

.43 ecaU

LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE.

COLLAPSED.

Tim Floor nf an InulMiinpolU llulltling

Slve Way Will ratal KniilU. I.NDiAKAi'ot.is, Ind., March :!. At

l:S0 o'clock yesterday tue iront

floors of the old brick building, rso. 1)5, on tlie south side of Washington

street, collapsed. The top floor struck

the second and smashed it tlown, taic

ing it with it to the cellar.

Henry Henning, of 20 N ater street,

and Win. Hrockmeycr, of Alabama street, were on tho first floor at work.

Another man had just stepped into the room, but ho heard the cracking of the

timbers and ran out In time to oscnpa

being hurt Henning was struck over

the eve lv a t inlicr. Tlie mow was a

glancing one and his injury wa3 only a severe cut Hrockmeycr, however,

went down with the debris into tho

cellar.

The fire department was called out

and the work of rescue began amid a

vast amount of excitement Hrock

meycr was dug out with apparently no more serious injury than a broken leg, nnd it was soon discovered that there

were no more victims. It proved later that Hrockineyer was hurt internally. Ho died yesterday evening. Tho building is owned by the Charles F. Mayer estate and tho contractor Wgan work tearing it down yesterday morning to make room for a five-story modern building for ofllco purposes. No .Mori Monry Neul. IIomI'.stbai), Pa., Mnrch .'J.At a meeting of tlie relief committee yes-

tertlay the treasurer's report showed tho total n mount of money received to be ffS.aöO.OS and the amount expended s?4, iJJS.Ot, leaving a balance in the treasury of t'J17.74. Tlie secretary reported that there are less than half a

dozon families now in ncctl ox relief.

A resolution was passed that tho

public at large be notified that no more money is needed for Homestead sufferers.

I'rrnlilrnt llarrlnon Arerpln. Wasiiixoton, March a. President Harrison last evening ncccptcd a pro fessorship in the Loland Stanford university of California. He will deliver a series of lectures en constitutional law, commencing in October next He hat! the matter tinder consideration foi some weeks, but did not signify his formal acceptance until last evening.

Low TarUT Have Inrreaned I'roiliictlnn, Commrrcf nml Itnveniir. The following is an extract from a four-column article on taxation and expenses by Edward Atkinson in the New York Times of January U0: The only difficulty in framing a tariff will prove to bo that no committee and no congress will be able to imagine the progress in productive energy that will

ensue from inorely removing the petty and obstructive taxes on food, on crude

materials and on various imports that

vield almost no revenue.

The most conclusive example that can be found of the effect of a reduction

in the rates of duties upon imports is

in the comparison of the conditions of

1844, when tho relatively high tariff of

184'i was in force, with the years 1817,

1851 and 1854, under tho relatively low

tariff of 1 840-1857. when a yet lower

tariff went into effect, and 1800. when

the tariff was in full force. After that

camo the influence of war and from

1901 to 1870 nil statistics are deprived

of much value by the combined innu

ciiccs of war and the depreciation of

paper money. Immrtt. .Vior. Revenue.

t4l tltn.').Ti W.7IMT3 t.fl..tM,TK5

I7.... !4ri,M 1,633 ,637,164 -S,!3r,.

1831 2W.8JI.9M 01,J,7I8 "10,181,313

1(01 X)I,V3.VU1 3.3.r,sru 58.4W.8U

18M .-WJ.Wi.lll 33H,0SVW1 tSl.04l.IOJ

mi 36.MM.S54 373,189,-'7I 52,69J,42I tllieh tariff. Walker tariff, tltovenno tarif.

The foregoing figures include gold

and silver.

It will be observed that tho fallacy which now controls public opinion did

not then prevail that a favorable bal

ancc of trade consisted in exporting1

goods of greater value than we import

The imports exceeded the exports, and

so far as theso figures go they proved that wo sold our exports at a profit and

invested that profit in the excess of im

ports. Our merchant ships had not then been driven from the ocean by the combined influence of tho confedcraUi cruisers and a high tariff. At tho present time wo appear to export much more than we import, but the excess is paid out tn freight charges to English ships for carrying our products over and bringing our goods buck,

and lor tho expenditures of 'American travelers In Europe, sometimes computed nt tl00.000.000 a year. Th-se figures are, however, very fallacious on account of the lack of true data of our trade with Canada and with Mexico. Tho only test of the condition

of our foreign trade is tho rate of ex

change on commercial bills. There is

no record of tho Import and export of

stocks and bonds.

It is very difficult to trace and define

the subtle influence of the removal of

obstructions to trade which do notw

only ensue when imports are free from obstruction, except duties imposed for

revenue only.

Tho commerce of the worm lias ex

panded in huge proportions since 18Ö0. but our imports and exports combined

from 1884 to 1892, unüer our excessive

duties, stand at an average of only

$22.20 per capita, as coraparcu wtn f2L6tf in that year,

It needs very little knowledge ox me fiscal history of other countries and of our own to predicate an assured gain

in imnorts and exports on a ciiange m

our present tariff corresponding to the

train which ensued from löi to iöou inclusive, with a similar effect on th

prices of our principal farm products.

Tho gain in exports oniy uctwceu

1840, the year in which the alicer tariff was passed, and 1851 was. per cent

Tho most potent objection to the

present system is its obstruction to tlie

exports of our surplus prouucis. There aro at this time moro persons occupied in agriculture, whose market depends absolutely and wholly on sales

for export, than mere aro persons engaged in all branches of other kinds of

industry, in products ox wnicn one oi

liko kind could be in part imported

from a foreign country to meet our de

mand.

llcferenco cannot be too often made to the fact that 44 per cent of the population of this country is occupied directly in agriculture. More than half tho persons occupied in trade arc enpaged in the distribution of tho products of the field, aud by far the greater part of the service of the railways is in moving our great crops. It follows, of necessity, that the developmentof manufacturing industry, the possession and enlargement of the homo market and all other object aimed at by the advocates of high duties, can lie attained with absolute certainty only by the entire abatement of duties on all articles which are necessary in the processes of domestic industry nnd by reducing, with discretioa

as to time, all Jngn rates on manuiaciures of finished goods to such points as

may leave the exchange of the products

of our farms for the products ot otner

countries as free from obstruction as

the necessity for a revenue from cus

toms will permit

A FALLACY.

A TarllT Tar Cannot All to thi WifH ef

American Labor. Speaker Crisp, tn the course of a

speech during the last campaign, t show the fallacy of the claim that tho

foreigner pays tho tax, gave In sua-

stincc the following illustrations:

An American farmer takes 1,000

bushels of wheat to England and sells

It at 70 cents a bushel, which brings him 700; with the money he buys goods such as he needs, upon which there Is an average tariff duty of 50 per cent,

and starts for home, hen lie arrives at the American port the custom house officer inquires of him concerning th

goods ho Is importinp;. lie makes reply

to him that tliey are goous xor ms own usegoods for which he has exchanged

his wheat with a man in England, ine custom house officer looks the goods over and tells the farmer that his goods

are subject to a tariff tax of 50 per cent The farmer thinks not so; says he is an

American citizen, and has exchanged

American wheat of his own production with a man in England for theso goods.

He savs 'the foreigner has my wheat

aud I have tho goods which I received In payment and, as the foreigner pays tha

tariff, you arc to -iook u nun xor uiu taxi' Hut the officer insists that the farmer must pay the tax before he caa have his goods. Consequently, tn order to retain possession of his goods, he must pay t50 more. So he has 1700 worth of goods and K550 worth of tariff." But lot us look at this in another way. Tho farmer, In order to pay for the $700 worth of goods, has to give 500 bushels more of wheat becau! of the Urlff tax. That is, for $700 worth of goods ho has to glvo $1,050 worth of wheat at 70 cents per bushel; or. In other words, ho has to giro 1,500 bushels of wheat for $700 worth of goods,

which makes the actual price ho gets

for his wheat to be just 4of cents per

bushel. If we look at this closely enough we shall see tho fallacy of tariff

legislation, pretendedly lor tne Deneui of American labor. A. A. Orcutt, in

American Industries.

Canada Getting In strp. The protectionists in the Cnnadiaa parliament show more sense than their brethren in this country. Kccognizlng the demand of the people, they arc moving for reduced tariff taxation themselves, and intending that the liberals shall get all tho credit for tho reforms that aro bound to come. Tho first move is to placo corn and coal oil on the free list Tho liberals will follow this up with a bill to repeal tho tax on binding twine, something whlcfc the democrats tnthb country have bc trylnjfto havo done for several yerm punt, and which will oe doaa befo loa.-N. Y. World.