Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 39, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 July 1897 — Page 6
THE TARIFF BILL
Democratic Conferees Anulyzo the Measure. Ur; Arur thai Ii Mu.l I .ill f III Omm Wright l l. -it.il.. I i.. U.tlaa Krtruur Hal tu I'ro. Ittl lrut.
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lioail SCUUt.il s III. I tc II.' ..s-lllttll ".I Viueudtueiit t Um tariff Mil a it catue frmu thaw totht- NMNiMtou boMM in . her words. Lb . uigWv bill, opo
which the gag of Tom Ibcd prevented mn.s0,.n
deiuoeratie debate iu the houso, could tint secure the vote of a rvpub! ican scuilc without 7l chaugea Isdbg made in tte provisions. Tin- democratic rcprv-at-utative wert allow .-il hut a lew hours in which to express their oppostioti to the tue as u re. I'liey were denied de
bate mm! the r.ghtof propositi..' MMMW
tieuu Thchih abarcdtrubded through the house by order for the hvm'uj question, upon the passage of the hill as a NT lfcol; ami thla in spite of the mandate of the constitution t hat hilla h.r the raising of revenue shall originate ;n tu h use of representatives
and. presumably, hall be debated
therein. As the bill ia now. aud aa it aril ana.iv g upon the statute books, it ist the work of th- repuldu au party. W hataver changes may be made in confertaoe will be entirely MM work of the rvoub.iciin conferees. The democratic
eouferees have been notified that they will be sent for if they are needed. The rule that important legislation M the IWatl of some degree of compromise therefore finds no example in the pending tariff. It is the work of trusts and of manufacturing mbiMt. with ao opportunity giveu the representatives of the people in the lower houe to imxiify or reduce the burdens Mb posed upon the people at their deinanil. The tariff bill has to a remarkatde degree solidified the democrats in Loth bouses. Tin- ih'iii' K-ratio expression ia unanimous that the neu tarifT :s ! fax the vor.t the country has ever been afflicted with. The correspondent has talked with democratic leaders in MMMJIMM aud their views will be found of interest. Ttiey voice but uiii' lielief that experience will prove that the new tariff ia uothiug' bort of a public calamity. VioRsktHAN IHK M KIM K V HII.I,. Senator r'auikner. of West Yirgiuia, who was chairman of the LH-mocratic national congn . nil commit tee in the Ubh campaign, said: 'The litw.y bill nur tie said to be avn a departure fri.ni the r.n pl-s of protection main! lined by the republican party. It does m' stop at srs-km: to maipensatr for the dif-feriait-m the cost of material ur labor in artacte with which our manufacturer coma iuto competition (which has heretofore been tbe principle publicly advucaWsd by republicans). tu; - ' .r I" :. 1 this ami Uxes the rates mt duty with a view to Uetatttbc nX but the khrher irrade of irood from foreiirn countries, ao that the American manufacturer may 1 ncjs the price atinorm illy anil bcyoml all r- atoo oa his manufacture pr luct. The averatre ay! valorem rate of the McKinley bill was " per . nl t the Wilson bill. JV. of the pre-eot bill a it pasted the house atout 5ft. As it passed the sen.it- it is atmittel that it will tie ml leant per i-ent. anil nuni i rts believe it will reach V when the republican have tinasbe I tinkerim; with it in co.-.f. r uc This enormous increas" of taxation over that imposts) iiurinrf the civil war anil the sueml mit years can Ha l no eii-uv or jutitictioii atia'.-o r V. v. ry article of prtm- im' ity to the people has i)en stu'ltouslv sehtel s tbe one up .n which to put biirh rate The bill w.ll be kno n m hi" r ; .1- " .-oml bill oC bominatioti. pas hv an Am-r aa rnti.'rfss. B very trust an I treat rotubina' ion of capital baa been sinaled out as aa special fiiT.-rita la the fraoitntr of the sclnslulea, froni th- creat Sitarar truat. that controls almost all the praftVat of eauied sutrar in this country tan article which joes upon the table of every family), to the
Lcail(rus! hoe pnxluct is ussl by ..rv
boil-. . 1. : 1 these m0riop.1l cs the p-opl re m.Kle to pay a tribute in excess of any Hi in
bnoat. in ii- !i.s ry of the country
ThU tariff bill must fall of its own weicht.
Tubhr si ntiaHM will reliel ak-alnst itaexar:1
toir. anl altaouKh the currency quc-Hon sr. 1 n sarlly. ia the praam an1 in tbe
fture eampalrBS. be the dominant K-ue. Iiui
drrds of thousaiels of vot-rs wi.i xprex their
coa-lemnation of sut a taxation by votinir for the uartv that n-nreM-nts tin- ten itest l'ihmI to
the m-ates'. num!T an I who.- or. - in . .11
is not aulw-rvlettt to tie- w.sli- of afiooreil
class
- The V!lm bill durinir the last vear -
within thissi- million iloliar of the n-eelpts e-tl
11 ite I f.r it Ion r pa-s-l TSe re-elpts uni.'er it have irrown year by year since It-. 'n-
artiicBt until for th" present y r ' Ben .s Isft
.Vflcit of but twenty-two million lollarv Wi
hat -1 -irplus in the tr -asury over and
Mae hundr.sl niiiii n irold rM;rp anio int iiur to
hundred anl forty -two millions athe first day of July. This money should I in circulation and not hoar-!e I In the treasury With two buadred auo iHtf miliioa dollar ly.a.- idle ia ihe irovernni' nt v nulls, no exiu' i:s f r increnslnt the burden f taxation uin our peo. p H hMi businea is primlraled aa l enti rprlse astnlyaal" The den.. erat ic conferees of the senate ars "Mtstirs. Vest. Jone, of Arkanas. and White.
These senates folloaed very ! tu . of lie lull
tlur lUf lis teillotis Hst'Usiotl In Uie . mi l
kk ik lli imth Tity 111 their est. mates o tbe MH TKOTK IMMi M MaUUM llbVKMB. Mr. 'ist says: Whatever mat l JatttHrai In recard to the biU.it aflti very certain that tin r will be an svrplu. rev. 1 . pr xlttfltl by it for the next yesvr at b-ast Tic .r t ct - system carrte 1 to Its l"irltim.r-' p . nri.' .1 croas.. trie Wfvnue of tl on; rv. Whenever you reach the protective poi'tt pnu diminish in. p . rts and wie n you diminish Uuiwrts juu vi. . r av t uue With dorn v. erats. who !' !.. te that we should inline s
tar ff upn (tup -rts for revenue only. Vnere
tmifht to l- no lifneulty in roast met inr a tariff aaessure. but even m, those who beileve ! a tariff for r ventM only there alwuy comes in tbe.T-'i.i , : .o.in.i- of loi al and individual Interest. When ou undertake to reconcile protection and r-v. this evil is immensely fimiiv 1 ageattse ererv peodiyr lntheouBtri .e nr.. I . c cms that he has the rbrbt to r..tert ou .f 1 I a . .1 to in . iMnly e.s Mr. Mannine when wrcreury the treasury. Mtrutssl the most eminent tatlsllolan In the t'nitel Stute. Without rerard to polities. and tbev ru.ele a careful examination ss to thn
question i f h.iv innnv of inc K-ople of the 1nlte4 Mii'is with their .alior un l prislucts, came In ISWpl ! Itloa ilrcvtlf or Inillrectlv with foreia labor and pnslufli. Tbey r Krted tilth sine liar unnninilty that but Ave per cent Of tbp pleof the rnlted State. Ith their labor and product . rsme in romM-lillon with th- Ishor and pr ulucts o( fore I eouutries; an I yet with that small proportion of the pSMpM f the Cnitesl States to ba aroSeeted It Is itaposslbl to construct a tariff bill for protec
tion and for n venue without rlvlmr a larire prepinderaace to protection. Wh you iilideraake to construct s tariff for protection nti dr-
"Now Smator Aldrlch. the taoat eminent author, ty on tariff in the c1.1Mi.aa pattv in m rat In in niu'i 'own th- propi f.ou that the republlcais warty, the protection party, b which he belongs, must whui rtaort to internal revenus tiui-s. becaas the protistlve svstcm destroys revaue upon Im ort a. And 0. with a hill that Imp ses the most monstrous butslsos of tarnation in Allien, an history, we have an adaiis k m that ;t w.ll not by Its customs duties provide the m es,ary revenue for the countryla this bill are m arly 1! items ia which Ihe rate are mu. h holier lhaa 111 the McKinley act. A lew of its annum- can le ss-n from a few lllustrutl 1:1s of the tax articles 111 com
111. us... The duty on coal 1 increased feom t.n:(uts eriskerv from X to !W er rent: lead from 1 cent to 3 - cents; oil cloth from 3 aud ' T ceut to 3b to 'si. paer barfs from 3D to :v is, ket cutlery from 'J and .'.S to irto mt
I ciuii . ill 1 so on now 11 1 111 1 'un 11 1 "
tu ie in .laily us' by pisiplc of m sh rut menus. sea. r p 1 stiol .ni.l lead soap. Imrax sponires, I wall-pap r. window-irlass. in-, white Wbw I lunitwr. hinales. lieef and the like im- eaor- I 1 mously in. reasist and will at once become more
exjx'nsiv. to the consumer. that ine peojue of the country will repudia'.c ihia iill when ther hsvc tested lUs bunlens is beyoml all doubt."
KSAroits Maps' AMI aTMMi Senator Jones, of Arkansas: "In the n-w tariff are so many oitrae that it is hard to Ml what it worst features are. Perhaps the w.sden schislule mav i consider. 1 the worst. The heavy tax laid on raw w.m1. with the compensatltik taxes tit the man.i' i 'turers. will make the average rate of
bunion imposed in th" wo ...11 schedule
norm-vi. hUh. It will practically prohibit the importation of all classes of - s that an' m-fie m the I tu'ed States. The cr.vkery and iriass schedules are etiually obnoxious, but the bill Is filled with irifts to the trusts and manufacturing monopolies. Aa It came from the house it carried the hiifhcs average of luxation ever imposist. As rep r .sl to the snate from the committee it was sllirhtly ni.Mlitleii. and In his openlnif sp.-ech Mr. . .-t; s.u. 1 that a t prop .s.urf excessive burdens was tj .t ! tim lfc'ht of In th con-.l-rat .11 of the measun. however, tha re
publicans systematically abandoned the senate amendments and took the house rates, sad in many instances even raised the rates above i!.. is. proposed by the hous . "
Senator White: The tariff bill as it passed the senate is the
m -!.ii., . - . s en ict men', of the kind that bM ever emanated from coinrress If the most op-
pri trusts and combines in the t'nited States had met in joint convention they could not have produced a measure more satisfactory to themselves and more dearly inimical to the people. From the commencement of the last imp 1 vn until the vote was taken upon the I.., the re pres. nta'iv. s of the republican parts and of this administration declared that a
very mixlerate revenue enactment would be framed. This bill Is not a revenue measure for it is ihromred with prohibitive duties. The
s ;.-ar lie. line has aire .my iorce.i up tue pr re of that article und when the bill btWOtaes .1
law the consumer will pay 1 more for a Xiv.:.-
dre.l jh. um I of that commodity than hereto
and the trust will reap unpn-cedenusl ben. Ms,
It is not practicable here to enumerate the ar
ticles of necessity up n which increased revenues have ls'n impos -d. llefore six months
the consumers of the I'mttsl States will I very
fum. liar with thr Uinirley bill and will be julte competent to exdress themselves accordinirl v at the polls. Th-average burden of taxation
will I.' more than Hfi per cent., at least, as
against u .11 the McKinley ton. me nuruens 01 which were thrown off by the American people s s....n as they could take action upon it.
I add that .t is doubtful whether a majority
of the republican m. mlers of cotiirress really
approve of this bill. They hav- been compelled to Staad by it.anl the combines of the t" lilted States, now exp -ct to s pjeeze out of tine public a profit on the.r campa.-ui investia-n t '
WHAT TIIH t A KM V. It I.KIs. The demiHTatic oonferves on the part of the house are Mcs-srs. llailey, of Texas: MeMiliin. of Tennessee, and Whceier. f Alalarna. Mr. MeMiliin hns lonjf been a mem-U-r of the ways and means commit tee. and is regarded liy loth parties as an c.XjH-rt in tarifT matters. He is I. Miked tini as U'injf very likely to succeed Senator Harris. He says: The extra session of c-.n.rre for the purpox, of revisinir the tariff was entirely unnecessary With even ordinary economy there would lie a surplus in the treasure at the MMN a the r ir ni'et our in Iecemiier. If there is nothiu.' else to condemn this measure, the fact that it proposes to raise un-nei-essary and unjust taxes ouht to do so You will search In vain f r frc siurar in this bill, or any t hum else free tha' In-netits the American people. The republican demaifofic cry of a free breakfast table has b sen ,b:ti lone. I "Xet as ses- what they have done for the farmer. f all the futile efforts to delude that I have ever seen In a solemn pro e limf this I the most clarmir. A lsrite p-r cent, of our population an farmers. They are the ones who ts-ar the bürden ad ir.-t tu h "i dtts from protection. The repuulicans evidently have underrated their intelligence when proposinif an in. re. is.- - if duty of farm products to satisfy them with th" enormous rate of duty found In this bill. We nr.- , otnplainine of hard tim"s. and jttstly Firm are selling for taxes. Kuln ia abroad ia Ho-land and Is not confined to any particular vocattou. The bank door ar' closinc and bunk presidents ar.- eolmr t 1 1 anada iindttie psalteati ary. Manufaciurinir cs.-t-lis'iinents have th ir r lM.sitorles filled with e, I c-. I - win h nobo.lv 1 able to nan In 11 and out in th- tie Iuris and
abOSfS r, , rvo.rs of inlustry are burstltu with the
s heat and corn for which there Is no market. Vet over all the wreck the repaid lean party Is aetf-CvbMftU and happr. I tell them to look out when the day of settlement comes to these Utes. What have .hey proposal for the farmers To tji them more They realized that when some oo wa fleeced some one would complain. M Mian M p r cent of our people are enira:sl in agriculture and an- not Ixuieflted by
this measure. They raise the ta-- on an aver-
. see hlirher than liu'V were ever o-iore. 1 ney i impose taxes that were not dreamed of by any I oth- r distinguished statesman who ever broke I into eonirress. anil, reali.inif that somebody had to lie humbuirired, w hat have they done? (They said that the tax upon corn nndoth"r agricultural ypjfaMl . too low. Corn. meal.
1 , s wheat, flour and buckwheat are an taxn
30 per cent under the existmu law. nut. tax v said, while we protect the manufacturers, while ne take care of the Sutrar 1 rust, while we spread our protect bM wlnifs over the makers of cutlery, the makers of steel rails and nil those who arc eticaire I in trusts, we would better pre
tend to .I.. loasetbtM for th-- farmer.' And 1 hat did they do- They taxed corn. Instead of
30 per c-nt.. l.i c nts a bushel, wnicn. at tno nr. sent eures. 1 neatly MM cent How
much Istha oim, to yield to tbe faiBiira! ; Therewa tiipirt'sl last yesr only I7M worth. ' which w ill protect them to tbe extent of tdV M 1 year. MaptiiHien' benefaction. floHotM statesmnnhlp. that probet a million fanners by dis- ' trlbutinif amoatf tm ll"i.."d. "Tbey MM to the rescue of the miller, and the millers' benefaction is awrpaasMI .only by the benefaction to the corn rroweP The nnk rtations last year pai l a duty of t0.3n on
run.. .
. .it . com- next. Thev are taxed only 30 er
cent- Tbey raise this to MMMMbStMHl I'nder this new rate the increased duty oa oats Will 1-e 373. Wheat cmies next The duty on wheat imported a-t year was M. They propo-e, for thelvneflt of all the wheat growers of the United States, to distribute h in the way of Increased dutlesx In election times they prop. to s' mi I b u k an I look at It In bulk, and say: 'llehold hosr we have protect sl tue farin
as I the protecil.'B ol those who lob the pcop. en v vir 1 i Mia. Champ Clark said:
-When the M K ...v 1 .. w is passed It was thought by many i-ron that surely that w.ts as f.u .is even l In- uicisty land pap uclers would dure to go 111 pluuilcrlnK the people, but Aldrl. h Piiik-ley b Ob have raised the major ' at his ow 11 ifamc The outrages it perpelralea I on the taxpayers are so numerous that Ii I diftlculi to say which overtop the other la lbii uit ' I, rhaps the mot obnoxious feature Is tha suifar s lii,tue, hi. I. .iftct provid.li; for about p. 1 .01 um ,,f taxes annually 10 be paid uilo the Iraawry, MabMt present of aixmi MMMbMI . w r e.r to the SuKar trust, whose members ex-Senator John James lnnal.s pronouucea 1 be lb 1 'u s ma 1 i idi 1 . that over went iiuhiin; Tbl republican chieftains promised that j they would raise sufficient revenue by laying I buch takes oa the luxuries aud low laxes or j none al all ou the necessaries. To show how fi.se this is, take carpets and matting. Only few very rich Ptoptd can ultord to u. 1 Auhtisson. Axniitister-, MiHiuai ics and Chenille cur,''- ii Which the rates are comparatively , low but on common caris ts und matt inr, w hich
tie mass of M-ople must use, or use none, all the rate., sre prohibitive. "The rales on these latter are as follows: Hot costiuK over 15 cents x r sijuure yard, 5 cents p. r square yard (iavitie duty), aud lb per vent ad valorem. In this schedule, as lu many others, the authors of the uiii skillfully asiajfta apeaUM und ail valorem taxes for the purpose of prevetitinf (M'opie from lindin; out how much thry ure eoilced. MM the above schedule, for example. The 3.' per aabb valorem on a 15-cent carp.-t or n.att ilk is N.ii cents, which, ailded to Ihe S cents specific tax. makes 1U3Ö cents tax a yard to be paid for a l.Vccnt carpet or mattintt -akini.its cost 3.1.35 cents. In olher words, tha whole tax is tls , jut cent. "If the carpet or uiiUttnir is worth only 10
C i.ts .1 yard tie lax Is , cents .'i spcclttc and ; 3' ad valorem or h' p.r cent and cotts the
consumer li't cents a yard. "Such rates will prevent millions of people from huvuiK aiiv cirjiet at all. and yet the authors of this bill expect those millions to kneel on cold bare tin ts and pray for tin success of Mark tlauna and his iranti of buccanepra "They have ptaeedj a tarifT Ob hides, ostensibly to protect the farmer Since the Juythat bill passtsl the senate the beef pai kers put up the price on hides 30 percent, and put down the price of cuttle ten per cent. That a beautiful way of helpin the fanners. Ilia. 110 once prevented a tarifT on hides by wrltitur Mai McKinley ind MUlMJ hiM MM all Iba effect tartC aa iMm would have on the farmer was that he wo :ld have to pay a few cents more per pair for his children's shoes, and then he inldul the prophecy that such protection would protect the republican party out of existence. Cod u'rant that his letter of prediction will be fulfilled ''
DRIFTINu APART.
THE GREAT STRIKE.
Ho liurae.lii.te roiMsrt of Ar iieut by tool. 1. e ItaxtiiiE tho TarifT Hill M OiarKe BvaNkUtsaaral BaaaaMaM from tin- Partial iareuiriil Hear bed oil I lie More Important Article lu s tempo. rry De.. I Lock. Washim. f. is. Jblf 15. The MM (eiveson the tariff bill ImmmJ tlninI A. I Lt -..
sc. m s ytMtartwj ..ppa.euvi.v ........ I miDera, it belüg a review of
apart man tin y v ore at 1 111 in' hiihhk
I
atroy revesue. bemuse in onler to tn. ihe demands of those tu. s. . u protection ."l are aaatpaUed to pwi the duties hirh Mten. Made the foreign product itidkeepH from OotnM tntoooBe Hire wth the .lorntiaUt. pruluck
"I could ro on enumerstlne the hams and the theft' in this bill Indefinitely It Is the most outran 1 tar.ff bill ever constructed I ifenonvnat- d It e..rre.lv In the house. durinir the btlrf time alloisl for democratic expression th.-re at t I stun) by the desliinatloa and say M .. :ae Uo'.-Ud l r the propagation of Uusts
Troiit in Heeja. The extranrilinaiily hJfh prices tl tiiineil for hroutl sows und boars at a BtMaber of the recent sales of Toland Um bom ip Illinois, Iowa und Missotiri, show that the hotf as a aource of
pmtit 1 n the farm ia duly appreciated in Mime studious. At u late sale tn I Inn a, one hoar was sold for Sd.ono. Many others bbvbrbMfed in price from 1. ihn) to iCfMB. It seems like a very dificult, if not impossible thinjr, ever tuget l'Ufk such larp;e sinus out of a Kindle ho. hut us the buyers at such fancy prices were successful breeders, who know their business, they wer uodiiilld worth the prices pui'l. It is not so much that prices of hMJl are very high either, when sold on tho market, that nWnaj MPMtdillg stin'k hirh. for as eoinpareil with juices ia UM they ure very hv. hut partly because they make a better profit than any other branch of fanning in the corn belt, and partly beouuse there is relatively a scarcity of hotfs. In IS'.I-J, beccrdiMM to the tf 1 Mtlltttntl depurtDJMbt, then- were in this country about 5'J.Aimi.imhi hojrs. while at the present tha estimated nuiiilur is only aoiucthing' over 40.tMK.)M). This is a smaller nuiuher than at any time since lss). Of course it is easy to increase the number of hoo in the country very quickly. In two years' time the loss of ÖD per cent, coiihl be regained, hut tho o-rcat losses by death from cholera which arc constantly suffereil in the corn belt, has a tendency t prevent fTiirts to gntMjf increase the size of In ids in the principal com states. So tlier.- is ao probability tkbi the price of m. at IV ill pa lower any time soon than at pri s. nt. At prescut prices of bbCOtt, as sold in the south, it ia certainly the true policy for southern f n ler.s to p;rov tlu-ir own meat, und since it is just s cheap as it a-ill net to he, ever cotton gppWWF or other farmer whodoesnot raise his own meat supply oticfht to bafjla just as soon as possible. - -Tri-Mato 1 armer. His lleeor.l Kept ( lean.
A few days baja a trump called at a well known home in the city at about breakfast time and asked for something to cat. The o-eiitlctiian of tho
house informell the tramp that there was a pile of wood in his back vard. and that if he would saw up a BJMMV tity of it he would p;ive him a break
fast. '1 he tramp no;rtatt, and the (VM IItMTI of the house forthwith conducted hin, to the idle of wood ami.
after pointing out tO him the saw. re- j tired intotho house. A slim t t imc there- j
after, w ibblng to see how the tramp was progressing, he went out into the Tbrd. The trump hud disappeared and bbt a loo; of w ood bbd been sawed. Aa he atiproached the pile of wood, he noticed a piece of paper (aatcned to the saw. ami on it wire were written these
a) ords: Just tell them that you saw mc. Hut you never saw me saw. Lynchburg (Va.) Nc'.vs. A Hure Remedy. A sad-lookinp; man w ent into a ! rxiKcfist's. '( an y ou o-ive me," lie asked, PIMM thing that nvUI drive from my mind the thought of sorrow and hitter recollection'.''' Ami the tlriltfgiat iumIiled. und put him up I 1 it t ,e dose of ijiiininc and worm wimmI. and rhtilmrb sind epsotn salts, and u dash of castor oil, nml gave it to hitn: and for six months the mab could not thin'' of am t h lag in the world except new schemes for tri It in g the tust 1 of Ins in. mill. Lottdoa Tid-bits. No I'lsee I.Ike Home. A little girl in the primary dopart Marat of one of the pttblM aeboola t-.-.n f 1 eil 1 ititcic 1 in what her teaeict said in relation to the iniiiinlculu' in witter one day When she reached home !u the nfternism she was very tliirstv 11111I her 1 1 1. d Iter asked her the cause. "( liir teacher. " said the child, ' say s the water nt the school is full of worms and bugs, so I waited to drink until I got home." Leisure Hours.
of tha conference There was no initio diata prospect of HMMll Mad more than one member stated that the : entanglciiietit was such that theacttlc- ' melit might he iudclinitely prolonged. They state in a very rc. 1 vc 1 manner ' that there ure numerous questions of tUJTereme. but refuse to go into details even to other scii.it. us and MMa Ibers. From all that can Ik- learm-d, j however, there has OPPM a general rect'Msiou from the partial agree mc 11 ts made oil the more important articles until sugar, wool, hides, etc -itii le dctiiutcly Ixad. isiigni is still the principal content ion. The best reports icjuescnt the house conferees, with Speaker Heed behind 1 them, as holding out for the house sugar schedule without any change whatever, ami the sc 11:1 tots a.s ipiite determined not to yield to this extent.
The house conferees insist thnt this schedule must be detln itcly fixed hcfore other questions shall be ugaiu taken up. One of t he other quest ions of secondary importance on w inch sharp diifcrences have arisen is the senate amendment for a stamp tax on stocks and bonds. The house opposes the amendment, but the senators, while not redded to it, insist upon it 11s necessary for revenue. The house is also resisting streun, msly the N percent, duty placed upon hides, and is at the same time persistently Imidin; out for ft restoration of gunny hags, CottOM ties, etc. . to the dutiable list. A senator who talked with some of the conferees says: 'They art in 11 temporary deadlock, bad ure tied up all along the line. It looks as though the situation might remain unchanged for a week." While this appears tobe a correct Mttline of the situation to-day, the prevailing impression is that a settlement uf one or two important schedules would be speedily followed by a complete ad j ustiiiciit of all other di:Ver-eucca.
AFTER THE TRUSTS. An i:tni.irilln ir Kesnlui Inn lot roiluci d In t he Hon- ay it prataa tastlva Maa psoa. W.tsin xi, loN. July l.". -Uepresenta-tive Simpson, of Kansas, yesterday introduced in the house a resolution directing the speaker to appoint a coiumittcc of five to investigate the Sugar trust. The resolution nus preceded by a prajbMbla, the first clause of which deelurca that it is "currently asserted" that the American Sugar Iletiniiigio., has. in violation of law, rented a "gigantic monopoly, '' and the second that said corporation "hy the use of watered stoek, by unfair MMbPttll i"ii and bj- illeural coinbinat ion has crushed out legitimate competition to an extent which ifives it the power to it-press the price of the raw material ind to advance the price of the manufactured article at will, thus throtling the cane and beet agriculturists with one hand and grasping the j urs. ; jf HmMMMMM with the other. The committee nut h ri.cd I f the resolution is empowered to Bpti 1 for persons ami papers und to investigate the methods of the company; its effect upon agriculture und commerce, "as well as th twhbH I cost of thb necessaries of life;" und the committee is lirected to report their findings, and, if tbe facts warrant it, to introduce a bill instituting proceedings by the attorney-general in quo warranto to unuul the corporate existence of the trust.
tn flWalal Haltabta ateatoartaaj tbe sn,,. tlon I lied It) I lie (.euer. I Olli, er, SO. ins- the Preajraaa ! Mm sirn. ny siiie Nerlou Br Sea ill Ihe Kaoks of I lie orkI11K MMMM ! WaM Virginia. l oll Mill s. .. July pi. President Katcliford und Secretary IVurce havo issued 1111 ofnoiad luilletin, No. 1, to tho
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tlon. The bulletin says: Our light for living wages uw covers, in w hole or in part, eight states of the l iiion. It is a general suspension, and 110 local settlements will be aut hm i.ed or ivoigui.cd. "I he second werk and t he eighth dbj of our suspension luings with it greater assurance of ultimate victory than any prc i. uis day. Our forces ate iberaaaibg every hour, our tlcteruiiliution is untlinehing and our actions are Law-abiding in every particular. "The state and BtMMiMff oi miners involve I arc as follows: Western Pennsylvania i'ully 'JU.OOd Mlbara have joined us which iiuiLos uapanaioa altnoat unanimous in the district. Work still continues in the central 111 Id, hut steps will he taken iu it few days looking to a suspension which it is In lievcd will be successful. "Ohio Twenty -eight thousand miners have Laid down their tools in their demand tor living wage a, making tbe suspension general, except iu a fewlocal mines. "Indiana Advices received to-day report every mine and miner iu this state suspended. Bight thousand havo joined the march for living wages. Illinois Iii -ports from this state urc to the effect that suspension is practical 1T general, aud that minors are determined to continue the march until living wages arc secured. West Virginia -About .'bOOd miners have joined the movement Be porta from various sections of the stat conti nu the belief that the miners w ill suspend. Bight organ lien have Lett th . city to-day for West Virginia. The supply of coal from that held will be cut ort' iu a very few days. "Kentucky and Tennessee -About 4.00U miners have suspended; others may be expected to follow: Kansas Miners are all at work, but will hold 11 convention on Saturday. It is expected that they will also suspend. "Alabama Reports indicate that b.OOi) miners or more have suspended. Convention t.-duy. Notbt&g furthci learned of their action.
lie 1 11,11 1 " True I olforiiilt v ' I'Ihii. 1 i.KVKi.AMi, o., July 1 . Cleveland operators regard 1 c.t rini t t s true uniformity plan as a scheme to delay the Mittle meat of the strike. "I will gladly sign the true uniformity agreement." said Mr. '1 homas Young, "but 1 will not spend one hour's time promoting it. If lhAiiintt means the Pittsburgh district proper. 1 think '." per cent, of the operators will agree toil. Hut if he proposes to include tl" oparbtOCb OS the Pennsylvania lines east of Pittsburgh bis true uniformity scheine will fail." Mr. Young says that a great many operators arc willing to pay the tl'.i-ccnt rate.
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MllfnnilM. S AiiiM. row, Jala IS, M ii j- K. L. It. Iiavis, in charge of river and harbor improvements in portions of Arizona and California, reports to the war department that work was continued during the year on the San Lata Ohispo harbor. CaUifornib, the hn-ak-v Itter heilig extended 190 feet, -W feet to high water and PVO feet to mean low water. There is an availnhle billanee of S.VJ,:t56 to continue the ivork. There has been, says the report, a decrease of ll,8M tons in the am. unit of freight Mute red und cleared yearly at this hnrhor since IMS. The work ou t be old dike across the old rive:- at Sati DiegO Initio r. I alifornia, was I'ompi, -teil in February. The jetty was bfOOght up tohlgh tide level for a distance of :.. IIT feet Mncc last year the jetty has settled in places six to eight inches, but on the whole the work stands well. The total expenditures to dune M, ls'T. were HMftlf iiaiance available. TSi.
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ONt MUNUHEU YEARS AGO. A day laborer received two pJtUllBgi b day. Impriisoiiineiit for debt was a comMM pructice. There wna not a public lihrury ia the (Jbltad Statea. Hooka were very expensive. "Tha Lives of the Poets" cost $13. fraskcry plat a were objected to I..came they dulled the knivea. TliTe was only one bat factory, und that made cocked hats.
Virginia eontataea lifiii of whole popttlbtlOM of the eountrv.
Dry goods were designated us "inen'r atulTs" or "women's stufTs." Stoves were unknown. All oooklng was done before an open fireplace Many of the streets were not i, und and the houses were not numbered. Two stage coaches bore all the travel between New York and Iloston. A man who jeered at the preacher or critic Met the MrmoD area fined. The parquet of u theater was called the pit nnd v as filled ith the rabble. The .Mississippi valley w as not as well known us the heart of Africa now is. Three-fourths of the hooks in every library came from beyond the Atlantic. The whipping1 jsist and the pU were still standing in New York ami Bos to n. Twenty days were required' t Ot U N iter to g; from New York to Charleston by land. Quinine was unknown. When a maa hurl ngue he took Peruvian bark and whisky. W hen a man had enough tea ha placed hia spoon across his cup to h db cite ehat he wanted no more. A New England girl was not allowed to marry until ahe could bake a loaf of bread and cut it in smooth, even , while it was still warm. When n Virginian started on a journey to New York he made his will ;,
bade farewell to his friends, as though he never expected to nee them again. Detroit Free Prpac.
Southern U t V irijliiln t.olii); Over to tilt Striker. Ill l is.. loN, V. Va . July tft. Then: is a decided change in the coal fields of southern West Virginia, and it is now stated for an absolute certainty thainside of s hours n majority of all tbe miners on the N. A V. and Chesapeake k Ohio railroads will join the strike. The organi.crs arc now iu hoth fields und in the latter the Chesapeake, Pelmont and Hluck Cat mines are now idle, the miners, KM in nutiihcr. going out at noon yesterday. Tbc N. .V . V. miners arc still at work, but the strike representatives are confident that matters will come their way in a short time. Ol the Kanawha yesterday all operators raised the price of mining onefourth of a cent a bushel on soft and one half cent on hard coal, but it in behaved this will not hold the men in line.
I. oi moot We I ir. inen l., .i.t the striking Miners. Coi.i miu s, 0, July PI. In a letter received by President Uatehford from P. ft, Sargent, grand master of tho brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Mr. MU1 goal odfon Ins personal assistance iu any manner deemed hest hy Mi. Rbtchford, and also suggest a plan for the membership of the organization, numheriiig oO.UoU, to assist the al ikers linanciiilly.
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Had liny. iMMANAIol.is. Ind., duly I.V- George F. McCulloch. of Mitneic. w ho succeed ed "(lom .lack" ( iowdy ns chairman of the NpMblicM state central commit, tee, is at a sanitarium in this city, mid likely si hui to lose his left leg on account of an ray luirn several months fbgO. Itlood poisoning has set in. nnd even Worse ci uiscipioiiecs are to be feared. "BONNIE BRAE" HIGGINS. D III of (he Noted l'nllllher anil Mona Writer. Sam I ii oo, Ca!., July Us 11. M. Miglf i ns, better known as "ll.innic Hrae"1 1 1 .rfins. is dead at his home on liounie h be rtaneh, ten miles cast of the city. Thirty Mars ajfo lliggins xmis the most noted pntdishor of Chicago and tha baMrth West. lie was flic author of itisnv noted songs, chlaf among w hich were ' The Old Musician and His Hat p." and "Hang l'p The Ua'oy's SUH'king." On these tWC ballads the composer rev liaad over lO0 W royalties.
Hon the Miners Are Kept lu llnmlitKe. i . .i t vint s, (., July t6. Presioent Hiitchford has mailed personal requests throughout the country asking for atiiteineiits legarding the wrbgM they received, for puhlicatiou. for the l.cnetit of the public. Thi rty-n inc miners in the Sandv OrOCh valley have PPM heard from. Since early in the spring the wages ot these men for each two weeks has averaged H7I each. The total earnings were 8 J-i:t.iis, and for the MMM period their indeldcdness to the operators for rent, provisions, mining materials, etc.. aggfMgMttid PHttUt having the miners in deld to tln ir cmloycrs in the sum of IMfaVfl. I'icsiihiit Uatehford says this la f fair siiiiiplc of the condition of th miners.
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Rev. Dr. C. Kllia BtCTCbs' honk, "Sources of the Constitution ot the I'nited States," is being tranalated into the French language by a member of the Trench diplomatic aervice and ia about to be published in Paris. Charles Whibley's "Hook of & rob drels" has n cover designed by hitr. The princijial motive of the deelgl) ia gallows, with the letters of Uta title around it and the death's bead ai 1 croaabontM below. "My first book," says Mr. ZCBgwiH, "was a romance of achool life, written in two copy hooka, circulated gratuitously In the schoolroom, und plensed nur youthful imaginations withteach-er-li.iiting tricks we had not the pluck to carry out in the actual." Mr. Richard Harding Davis has been latelj the recipient of letters concerning his beat known character, the incomparable Van Bibber. The inquirers w -hed to know if Van Bibber was imaginary or a present mont of Mr. Davis himself. The reply ia that Van Bibber ia itnnfirinary. How"to KeepWell Th Praotical Ixperience of St. Louis Family. "I have used Hooit'a Baraaparilla in my family for several years and l v It MC warded off aickneaa. I have four eblldrea and they are all healthy and bCbC ol loCM have ever had uny serious bit kneai tt o keep ourselves well by the use of Ho Karsapanlla ." Mr K. H ' tit. Louia Avenue, 8t. Louis, Missouri.
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