Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 13, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 November 1900 — Page 3

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HUMOROUS. Rh VISION OF THIS TARIFF. DEMOCRATIC DUTY.

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i A PLATONIC AFFAIR j AT THE SEASIDE i, By iJouela Hunne. S. . in A plana tablf by the sea. Peopla The Hoy and the Ulrl. Ii,. Attemoon. T lit tiirl Funny that are should Ml httOl 1 MUM i j nite by i .1 - nid .net. 1 KOiiir I i. n i ne vim ..:k. I I:.. Boy Yes, I y u. I he tiirl I thought of you as 1 I d. but, of course. I couldn't look. The Bed Odd how thing- happ n The t.irl We seem U meet so often afternoons quite by chance. The Hoy If one of those coincib MM- M go -'J u certain hour every lay. I he f'irl And you ara!au there. The Hoy And it MM as though we always have something to fay. The (iirl That's why our friendship n delightful. I get SO tired of sent D nt! The Boy It such rot anyhow 1, t you know there are very few girls I.' . on. Most of them expert a man t.. throw bouquets at them all the time. w. you I he' tiirl Oh. I hato that sort of thing! When 1 first met yu and reali..! that you weren't that kind of a j n .in I was -o relieved! I found myelf interested in you. MMMMC 1 saw at Ol . that you regarded me as a human b ing. irrespective of m-x. The Hoy Well, rather! I had met lot, of girls, and they seemed so alike. The (iirl That was my ea.erience w h men. They seen, d to think a girl Wasted silly compliments all the time. Tbl Hoy Hut we car. talk rationally. I find myself wishing to consult ton about even the mt ordinary things. I find your point of view is more din tl n my own. You look straight at things. I blink. lhe Girl You never do quite open y.uir eyee, do you? Let's see grayblue eyea mean that you are very det. rmined you will w quite desperate w hen you fall in love. lhe Hot Never intend to it's too slow! What does the color of your eyes mean? Look at me. I knew they were b ack. If you should ever love there .nid Im- no half way about it. The (Jirl -Hut no one does nowacays. It's not g-ood form. In the twentieth r i.turj people will haveoutgrown such J i . .litifsJ. Then friendships like ours Will be more frequent. It will Im a case of mutual respect and er- p OB ' "LET'S 8AT ffl ARE ENGAGED." won't remark it. Why. you have no i a what silly ideas people get somet For instate.-, they li:-i't;-oh. well, it's too ridiculous! I he Hoy What ? The (iirl That we are engaged! Just f ej : Bai na! I lie Hoy Ha! ha! Hut by Jove tl at doesn't seem fairtoyou! The Girl-Ob. I don't mind it in h Tbt l'.oy Hut there may be MM i her chap that The (iirl - I don t care for anyone in ll il way ! Hut 1 never thought that w. It. there may be some other girl? lhe Hoy No really 1 don't like as a rule. Yon are the only MM ' I can understand. Do you believe I nities? Tm Girl-I bette in metijal m.i.' t.' ?ism. When I first met you it n,t (1 as though we had been tl. si in. t" be frhnds! Your fact your n - t manner were all my ideal of w 1 at a man should, be! !!. BoyAnd I when you MM it - the room you r-memb- r it v.;--at Alice's tea I said to myself that is ti e nMM st girl I've ever met! Tb Ciirl I suppose commonplace I" pie m ould call it The Hoy Exactly but it's some ' g more than that. Tat (iirl You take the other sort of tl Mf there are so many unpleasant t. Ufa about it jealousy, for instance. i he Hoy We might have mistaken tat Mtitiinent and imagined we were in lov if your logical way of talking 1 n't made me understand that i: a a mental affinity. The Ptirl Aa it is we shall go on n forever, just being good i rienda. !! Hoy Hut supjw.se vou marry some day -that would spoil everything. I i n't suppose your husband would Mull rst and The (iirl-I am quite sure your wife nld object! Won. en are funny that v. iv. Very few girls understand MMa 1 a . affairs. The Raj Oh. I shall never marry. T I r.'.s only one girl that 1 like .Ii, tau aba

Alice! Now ton know Ut

ter than that I don't like those niousylooking girls. Sh 's not inj tylr! lhe t.irl Alio is a wel: meaning girl. How do .u like her broth- r Jaek? 'Ilit I toy IiimkI eiingh sort of a feilt w - The tiirl He used to call last winter. I thought him rather amusing. lie teil MM) funny stories. II- ISot Hut light wait ted. don't yon think? Mm Oil 01 i ; fee a serious man! The Hoy If j ui should marry, what kind of m ehap would you uck out? The t.irl -Ob ba ha ha! What an idea! 1 he Boy Hut really! You will have to think alxiut it some day. The tiirl I shall neer marry. The man I might like well, be doesn't care for me in that way. 'I he Hoy Doesn't care for yon? Wall, Tlikeihat. He must be a chump. Hoi know him? The iirl lie has charming qualities more so than any man I know! The Boy (moodily) Oh. then. I see I'm not in it '.' The t.irl (softly) Well, there's that girl you care for! After all. a mental love affair may not last any more than the other sort. I suppose I should get jealous just like any other girl! The Hoy Hut there is no other girl but yon. The (iirl Now. you are beginning te make love. Next thing you'll tell m I'm the only girl you ever The Hoy I know you've eared fot lots of fellows. They accuse you of being something of a flirt -like to play with a chap's heart, and all that. Is H true? The Girl Not with a man I conld re j" ' s. The Boy Oh. hang respect! Coulc you care for me? The tiirl That way? The Boy Oh. there's on!y one waj when you get to it The (iirl How can people tell whea they're really The Boy Up against it? The Girl In love! The Bov Oh. vou know all rightwhen it really happens! The Girl Hut people confuse all sorts of things with love nowadays Magnetism and mental attractioa ami The Boy Ob. look here I didn ask you for a cold-blooded analyair I want The Girl WhatT The Boy You! The Girl Perhaps you only think you do. Wait a few- years, and thee w-e will be sure. Then we may meet some other affinities. Some people have two or three, you know. The Bay Ok, may, if it'a a joke tc you The Girl -It's so ordinary to just he in love! A platonic affair is mors up to date. The Boy- I want an answer. You can't play with me. I'm no boy! The tiirl- Ha. ha. ha! I've heard that somewhere before! The Boy All right; I m going. 1 he Girl No, wait a minute, all new to me. The Bov- Well, trv to absorb IP the idea and tell me The Girl What? The Hoy Yes. The Girl It seems so funny The Boy Yes. it's much jbUlef be engaged. The Girl-Hut I never thought it would happen like this. Tl. I?,..- V;tVir 1't T Rut have mi. ever "thoucht what fun it would be to stop all the talk? The t.irl About our being engaged? But how I The Hoy Dead easy . Announce that We really are. The Gir Io you really care? The Hoy Io I really ? Pay. doe a man talk like this for his health, do yon think? The Gir! It's not a bit like a book or a play . is It ? The Hoy No. this is the real thing. The (iirl -Then we must have been In !oe from the first? The Hoy - Sure. The (iirl Why didn't yon tell me before ? The Hov 1 was afraid you didn't would break me care. an. I I Knew u j all up if you didn't. Do you? The tiirl Everything. The Hoy- Keally? You're not jo! lying me? The .Irl Ie Wen dying to have you tell me. Ha. ha. ha! The l'.oy Honest ? Ha. ha. ha! Bow long? The t.irl Kver since! t. Louis Mft public. ThP llikr of York and he s.ldle. Apr. pi s of the pleasant custom re. ntly a nfu.ned in "M. A. I. in Paris" of lrei'ien: I-oulet sharing bis cigars with his j.'aniekcepr. Driault. when out shoot irg at Kambouillet. a cvrresjHvndeut sends the foil -wine: "It la well known that the duke of York includes golf among his pet pastimes. When on the golf links at Anglesey, near OonapOTt, he usually employs onparticular lad aa caddie. This boy. besides the honor of having trampvd many a mile in the duke's company, car also lav claim to the distinction of hav. ing shared a unique lunch with his future king. The incident occiirr d on the above mentioned links, when duke and caddie paused for a little wel.carned refresh m nt. The duke, after mopping his brow, pulled m flask from his pocket and offered the youngster a e.rink. The boy declined the offer with thank, saying that he was a teetotaler. The duke warmly commended the lad for this, and thereupon offered hinj something more substantial --a bam sandwich. The caddie took it eagerly. th uke took It other, awl the simple meal waa shared by the oddly -assorted pair with that healthy hunger which is the common herit.iiri .if prnce and pa up r a. ike. " Haiulj About i'fyi-i

Tom Tli l never annoy ft sleeping Man.' Dick--'"What nonsense! Wy, 1 Tom "The man wak.s up and ta annoy. .:. M n MJMMJ lhe Test.- Strictly shaking arc the Filipino easterners or westernera?'' "Hl el if I knowl Do they say depot or railway station'.'" Detroit Journal. "1 think I heard the shortest stump Meek on ret-on! to day." "What was it." "A street urchin said to MM tjive us a smoke, mister ?' " I'ht ladi.phi.i Press. "James, dear," said Mrs. Northside, " hut sort a ring is it that priza fighti-rs battle in?" "An engagement ring, my dear." replied Mr. Northtide Pitt-I.nrgh PhronicK-Telegraph. Poetess "I bring you here another poem. ?lr. Kditor." Kditor "I'm ery aorry, but you're, too expensive for us." P..-.- "How so? My first poem cost you nothing." Kditor '. yes, it did M subscribers. Der Floh. Conversation between mother and child -Phild "Oo.oo. oo." Mother "What! It doesn't want to go by -by ? Well, what does it want?" Phild

Oo. oo. oo." Mother "Well, mamma will give it some candy, since it asks for it so nicely. Now. what do jrMi say?" Child "Oo. oo oo." Mother "My. how plainly it talks!" Atchison r:ii. The intrepi' I KflOTM accosted the ntartic Kskimo in all confidence. Vou took jut like the arctic I'sUmo said he. But " "There'. al! the difference in the world bat WWW us!" Interposed the antarctic Kskimo. with a loud laugh, although he had rever before come in contact with civilization. As for the explorer, his chagrin knew no Imiiniis ujxn discovering, thus, that this well-known joke raa quite intuitive. Detroit Jourual. ABOUT EARTHQUAKES. siancra of Thrlr 4 ISBti IMMjt the (srrlrt.BfSS of Man. 1-jirthquakes would certainly aeetn to belong to the class of accidents described as caused by the "visitation of God." There are. how. -v.-r. several authentic rases of earthquake due solely to the care'.esnes of num. One of the nnr remarkable of these entirely destmy . d the town of Tselieatsing. in northern China. The dam ie w s caused ly a certain French concessionaries, who sank a shaft 3.00O fet deep, in hopes of findV ing a water supply for the working of certain tin mines. The expecte 1 water was not reached; but there suddenly gushed forth an enormous column of oily, evil-smelling air. which brought forth with it large, dark particles, the whole more resembling the vapor of a glowing furnace than ordinary tmoke. The mouth of the shaft was immediately surrounded with a high wall, in order to prevent anyone applvng fire to the opening, either by accident or design. This very thing, nevertheles. happened a few days later: a terrific explosion ensued, the solid earth rocked to and fro with frightful vio lence, and when the dust and smoke settled a heap of ruins marked the place where the town had previously stood. Kq-ially extraordinary, though less disastrous, was the man-made earthj quake which occurred in at the ' Lalle collieries, in France. A day or two previously a miner had driven Mi nick into a long-forgotten and inim ilatl workinir. and practically all the I colliera working in the pit at the i time were drowned. As the flood rose the gaa and air in the Interior of the mine were compressed with enormous force aeainst i the roof of the workings, until at I last the pressure, overcoming the re sistance of the covering earth, a terrific explosion ensued, blowing into the air thousmds of tons of debris and many houses. The effects of this artificially produced earthquake were felt at a distance of more than HO miles from the seat of the i!iturbance. In northwestern Pennsylvania, in ' the year W?.. occurred I man made rftTtbquake that desolated several square miles of country. An oil well did not "flow" quickly MMMJftf to suit Its owner, who forthwith proceeded to tickle it up by exploding In its interior a I easy charee of nitroglvcerin a common enoiitrh practice In the Pennsylvania pat role Ml fields In those days, and one ordinarily attended with but very little risk. Unfortunately, this particular well seems to have communicated directly with a vast subterranean oil reservoir. At all event, nn explosion of hitherto unparalleled magnitude followed. Seven acres of proiind were blown upward, leavinir ex posed a hitffe craterlike pit. from the bottom of which the blazing oil welled in a mitrhty fl.d. More than CO towns and ffb lac were blotted out of iitence. and scores of people met with a horrible death. The oil h'azed for over a year, and cheap cursions were run to the place from all part of the state. Hun Kranee it Iwdo-' hlM. Tlf onn.vt i..n of France with IndoPhina dates back to 174". when a warehouse and a trading station were established in Anam. The old customs of Phina still prevail d. live whole countrv having ln under t hina for many centuries, until a native vice king led a successful revolt about theyetr H30, During one of the internecine conflicts which broke out with due regularity among claimants and MtttMM the id of I. ila XVI of Frafto a solicited, and a treaty of alliance was entered into in 17s.. Thus originated the first claim of Ft inc upon ladoCblftft Coasal JohnC. CoverU

He seflelarles of Ihr Protective ralaas Are (. iilns Aasloua for Another Haul. V.i- are now Mftfiftg fn tn certain reouli'lcan organ that it is about tue for the tariff to lie revised by it "friends" once more. Wh. it th.se or- ii- speak of the

tariff they mean the protective ays-1 tern. T'iey are not talking about revi nur. They liu not have that in dhd at all. Therefore, when they say that the fri t.ds of the tariff should revise it tliev RMfta ,;'-f tie friendn of the protective system should revise it. Who are the "friends" of that system? Its lcnenciaries, of course. Its frietids are t hose who get rich out of it. Tt.cv are those who are at once I cm nsed bj tariff laws to demand far more than the competitive prices for their products and armed with power to collect the extra, charge from their fellow citizens. Thus it rill he seen that what the republican organs referred to propose is that it shall be left to those who are practically armed with public powers for their own enrichment tn say for themselves just how far they shall be armed with those powers. We are told that many of the beneficiaries of the system do not need so high duties as they formerly did to shut out foreign competitor and glv them possession of the home field. And the suggestion is that since tliev can hold the field with lower duties they, the "friends" of the system, will voluntarily reduce them. " Perhans thev will. Hut we thank them for nothing. We may lie sure from our Mat axnerlence with them that thev will arrange the duties so as to shield thvm completely agalnsl foreign competition and extort the hiphest possible prices. We may de pend on it they will keep up the rates so that by combining among themselve- to stifle competition they Can extort far higher pries from their own country men than they Bad quite atiafactorv when thev s. 11 their goods to foreigners. Those organs which suggest that th tariff should be revised by its "friends" are not in the least prompt ed by any desire to relieve the American people from the wrong of being compelled by the agency of law to contribute out of what is justly theirs to the enrichment of ttMMM who are er. travel! in pet industries. All thev intend is that there shall be a reduction of such duties as do not produce revenue or enable anybody to practice extortion, and that on the strength of such reductions their party shall get credit for reducing taxes. Heretofore they have not succeeded even in playing this dishonest game to any purpose. The "friends" of the tariff MM of extortion revised it in lR9o, but they did not even make a pretense of relieving the people which could impose on any intelligent person. As a matter of fact, they increased the protective duties and gave t;s a hiirher protective tariff than we ever had before. The m.vst they did was to disguise very thinly the fact of the increase by abolishing the duty on sugar, which was equivalent to some 75 per cent., nnd substituting an equivalent bounty for the benefit of domestic producers of sugar. In ls'iT the friends" revised again, and again they helped themselves to more protection than they had ever before ventured to take. Thus we learn lbo1 how much the people have to expect from a revision of the tariff by its "friends." People who en joy profitable privileges do not as a rule surrender them voluntarily. They never see the time when they can ?ef alone with any less privileges. It would be as rational to leave all criminal legislation to the inmates of the i if nitentiaries as to leave tariff legislation to the beneficiaries of protection. The public would fare about equally well in either case. Phicngo Chronicle. t ost of the ar. According to a Washington dispatch there is likely to be no considerable reduction of the war taxes, at present, although distinct assurances to that effect were given prior to th adjournment of congress in June. It seems that Mr. Payne, of this state, chairman of the ways nnd means committee, has been conferring with the president. He will call a meeting of the republican members of that committee on November MJ to arrange a plan of aetloft, but It is announced that the rcducten is not likely to exceed HffOOtyOOO annually. It was expected that tbC war taxes would Im cut in two. a reduction of IftO.t.OOO a year. Kvidently Senator Depew's probpbecy in 1s:s as to the cost of President McKinlev's Philippine pol icy was much nearer the truth than the average campaign speech. Albany Argus. The democratic press of the country accepts the result of the election In admirable spirit nnd in so doing voices the sentiments of the democrats of the country. There Is no disposition to indulge in useless recrimination, and reference is made to the mistakes of the campaign only to emphasize the necessity of avoiding such mistakes in the future. In spite of crushing defeat the democrats are hopeful and determined and are everywhere preparing to strengthen their organization to the end that with living i-sues victoi v may be won in lJHM. Middletown Argua President McKinley is generous enough in his Thankgiving proclamation to return thanks to Divine Providence for n number of blessing which have Iveen current'v claimed as the work of the republican party. Bioux ( itv Trihima.

There Shuald lir a Thorough OrgssU satloa Assisat frusta aad üsyrriilos, L'adar IM iMdtralilf ot a nunitad ami reorganized dcMocrnejf the relataBOC Öl UM Amer.. an peopla to tl iniiioiis Microaelimeiits upon pop

ular rights made by the unduly p-iv Uogad trust monopilie will be continned With in. leased v - r and a cer tain conti de noa of the .ii.al victory of the people over the combine. The result of the national elections .,f r", following ft campaign In which ill the power of trut money and intluence was exerted to overcome the will of the people. mftkM inevitable that Increaaed arrogance of monopoly m hieb will itself aaaial in tbc ultimate removal of the trust menace from American commercial and industrial Ufa, Four y.ars more of ll.mnnism and McKinley ism. daring which the triumphant trusts will have full swing in their malign progress s ward com plete mastery of the people, will compel Americans to face and recoirtue their plain duty. It will bring about conditions where it will be no longer poaaibla to safely leave the government in the bands of the party of the t rusts. Pres'ilent McKinley and a republic an majority in the national conpress have been eb-eted by the power of the trusts to furnish a government for the trusts. Mark Hanna. the agent of the truts in public life, is in a position of authoritative lendershlp which will enable him to see that republican obligations to the trusts are fulfilled to the letter. Hepinninp with the pas:it.r(. 0f the Hanns Payne Fry eStandard Oil ship subsidy hill, taxing the American people to the extent of $'jro.0fl0.0OO for the further enrichment of the trusts, the four years now immediately ahead of the American people will be devoted by the republican administration of national affairs to the full payment of its debts to the trusts. They will be years of despoliation of the people, hut the evil thus emphasized shoxild bring its own remedy. It remains for the democratic national organization to put itself In effective shape for the performance of it sacred duty to the people of this countrv. Tts strongest and safest men, those inspiring the fullest confidence on the part c thoughtful Americans, must be placed in control of the party. In behalf of lefiritimate business interests and of the individual as opposed to that evil of monopoly which threatens all legitimate enterprise the trusts must be fought to a finish by American democracy. And American democracy must be so organized for this supreme duty ns to make its best and fullest effort certain nnd effective St. Louis Republic. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. The trusts will face the president's message without a tremor They've all been there before many a time. X. Y. World. Mr. McKinley has a chance te kick out the syndicate and beconu president of the American people. Memphis Commercial Appeal. If the trusts fail to get everything they want in the next four years it will be only because they neglect to ask for it. St. Louis Republic. There never was a more bla tant and preposterous humbug thar the pretense that the republican party is opposed to its own hideoui offspring, the trust s. Columbus (U.) Press- Post . If the supreme court decidethat the flag and the Constitution t trav.-l togetbor Mr. MeK alej will have o ebangft hi, policy toward PoriO Kico as completely aa h changed his tr.ind with reference tc giving the island free trade. Kansas City Times. With lndcent hate the republican raid upon the public has begun. Within three days after the republican victory the meat trust has raised its prices so as to recoup from the peopl the contribution it made to the campaign. These are hut starters in the excesses and scandals for at li we may look. -Atlanta Constitution. As the trusts boosts prices the people begin to realize that, nfter all. those millions collected from lhe trUStl bj BOOM tO run a McKinley eampniirn finally come out of the pockets of the people. Flecking a president in this glorious land of the free and home of the brave is getting t.. be a mighty expensive luxury. Toledo Pee. President McKinley will have four MOM years in his high office eight altogether. In all that lime we ought to be able to learn whether it is really ho who makes the crops grow abundantly, secures reasonable pricea for wheat and procures employ nient fur the workingmcn at some sort of 0 1 gm or is simply lucky. Cincinnati Kmpiirer. Mr. McKinley must hare difficulty in recognising himself in the 1 : l 1 1 1 of Kuropcan expressions of joy over his reelection, of which the foreign dispatches arc full. In the old McKinley tariff days foreign opposition and denunciation constituted rltb him chief argument in support Of the policy identified with his name. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. We do not believe it possible fot congress to reach all of the frusta Some of them are under the exclusive control of st.it.s. Put congress can lny its hnml on tariff pro4cleI, monopol ; e extortlonera and put stop to flagrant nbuscs of protection. It can do this without reducing cithej wages or revenuea. Failure to do it will be trifling with power and duty Wftal it flOf l'ust.

INTTfSTICF TO FARMERS. fbr r Work MM lroirrll I o a I deft by Turin Laws or omblaes. Mr. ts (J. Porter, the head of tho atatistie.il Iii: imIi of the casus bureau, has announced the "IncOfttMP rortibu eoMluaioa" that tho f.uinero of lUftfteaota are enjoying prosperity to the .tint that tbo arc richer than ever before. He itlOWfl that if tbej received less for their agricultural producta the mom was not tho reduction in their protii.. but the rez duced cost oi production due to improvements in machinery. Everyone must rejoice in this fortunate condition of the Minnesota, farmers. They are to be congratulated. Prom the scythe and cradlo and the flail to the machine thai marches through the grain field learing behind it tied bags of grain that a moment before was waving in tho air is a great stride. Invention baa done wonderful things in reducing tho cst of agricultural products. ImpTovement in transportation has given the consumers the opportunity to get these products at a very low cost .ibive production cost. Our farmera faod the world. Every country in tho World dep' nds on us for some of our food producta. It would be the rankest injustice if those engaged In agricultural pursuits were not enjoying

prosperity, and we are glad that tno Minnesota farmers ore prosperous. Hut it should not eacape attention that this prosperity has been worked out by the farmers in free nnd open competition with all the world. Tho farmers are the great unprotected producers. It is not such a wonderful thing that a tin plate industry should be built, up In this country, after tho government gave tin plate makers a protective tariff which guaranteed that the Industry would pay from tho start. Hut the farmer had no such guarantee. Iiis producta had to bo sold In the markets of the world, beyond the reach of the power of thia government to control the price. There can be no farmers' trust, for the reason that the field of their business is world-wide nnd the farmero too many to organize. They cannoft do as the std manufacturers did recently in New York. A dispatch from Pittsburgh tells what was done: "Ptttsburah. Pa.. Nov 11 The steel manufacturers who hsd been In session tn New Y rk last week returned hums to-day They succeeded In establlshlnft two additional jmols "The pru.'.ui ts i.roteeted by the pooling agreements are ralK structural shapes, plates and billets Several weeks hko pistes were protected by an aareem.-nt when the price was advanced to S2Ü per ton. A piiollnif arrangement was completed, st which every platemakfr In tha country is a member. The orders or their equivalents will be divided among" the firms In the business according to th.lr capacity. Prices were advanced to I tI7 per ton. A billet pool was also or ganized, ot which every btllet-maklnaT concern in the country ts a Member, and a minimum price of I'jn per ton was made. The price on billets had been $17 75 and SIS pn viously. This only covers domestic sul and does not Interfere with pricea for export. "The demand since election aided In tha manufacturers coning together, circular will be prepared to-morrow by the ateel billet manufacturers announcing the n w price. "It Is expi Ctl i the I! emer Furnace as."..elation will m.'t again this week at Clevataad to establish Bessemer pi Iron at $14 per ton as a result of the advance In, billets. This will cause an advance on sheet bars and all products Into whlcls ltcssemer billets liter." Is that fair to the farmer? Tho steel manufacturers arc protected to the extent of seven or eight dollars on a ton. They can combine and add that much to the selling price which would rule with freo competition. Those who uae steel Would pB) trust prices, because even then it la cheaper than to buy abroad and pay the duty to get the product into this country. This tariff duty enable them to charge . orhit.wit prices, thereby making it cost tho fanner more for .very Implement used in production; mnking the railroads pa? more for rail over which the producta are carried, making (cioiie BStng a thing into which) steel enters pay tribute to the gentlemen who met iu New York. Is it any wonder thev are proaporoos? Tho farmer struggles single-handed not only against this handicap at home, but. against all the world. If he ia proaperotis we are glad. He has only himself to thank for it.- I'tica Observer. Inhirrvirnt to the Trnats. Mr. McKin'.ev'- first administ rat ion wns devoted tO faithful service in behalf of the truts at the expense of the American people, I nder no other president had there been witnessed o complete n sacrifice of the righto of the many to the privilege of tho few. The American government waa transform! d Into a caste government the very evil most dreaded by tta founders, and against which they most strenuously warned those who shouid come after them. The result has been a tremendous increase of trust formations and a trust power so great that the combines were enabled to reelect to the presidency tho man who had so hiciiaily represented their interests in the government. St. I. oui Rt public. It is most desirable, in our view, that rOMJN ' libllitj should be brought home tO the repul.'icin party and at whatever COBl tO t he con n t ry . It will not iearn DthCrWWff. what republicanism means to it. n! the democrat io parly can well afford to endure tho pain of I temporar defeat this year In order that the lesson to the et untry may be Uufbl so tbotmfhlj fftf once that it will never be forgotten again-Charleston News and Courier. president McKinley retention if his cabinet Indicates that he doM I not Intend f make any change in hin ipolie.N uh.it ever that policy way uft I ItUadi iohia RtcoMb