Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 June 1901 — Page 3

Weekly Courier.

r. jasit.i:. mill NiHtitti ; ; INDIANA .1.1. .... I CIRCUS FREAKS. I : BY W. C. COUP, j ... Tf.... ......... . . .. i.i. (Sains ljyengi i Co. an . xliai" from "K.iw.lust and publish d b) I!, i bert S Oton Cop) right, 1901, i Hertx 1 1 8. r t iaraun saw tb American public iilnd n i" humbuseed, and tha truth !' IiIm w.i.is heva been proven time niter lima by the showmen "f 1 1 1 country, in lux Bawdu ' and Bpang le published by Ibrbert S. Si il .v 'u . I'bl.iKo. Mr. v v ''..lip Bivei much Interesting information reuarditis the Inelde of the Vmerlean clrcua, menagerie ami muaeum. iih aepnJatM tha n il from tha unreal, ilia genuin from tha fake, and uiim.-h i aarratlv thai should Interest every baMtu of theae forms of entartalnment Tha following chapter taken frnrn Iiis book d ecrlbea number t freaks and fakes with which tin American public were successfully humbugged, N 0 laying attributed to J'. T. llarUM 1uh btatj more widely quoted thaa Im Bail fa that "tho public likes to be humbugged." Ccr1 iinly t his comment M the credulity of tlic masses opens up a ItlOel curious and entertaining field, and its mention in a company of old -bowmen i , iure to provoke flood of renduhscencei on the subject of fakes, frcakl Bttd fa hers. There is scarcely another line of experience concerning which veteran showmen more enjoy comparing notes noeaibly be because it touches on the aacrata of the craft. Though it ia true that Mr. ftarniim WM master in the science of humbugging tha public, ami did not disclaim that distinction, it must lie said in justice to him that in the course of Iiis professional career lie gave the people more for their money than any other showman, living or a can. little inside information on this hidden aide of the showman's basin am ma) be entertaining lo public which has offen expericnci .1 the pleasure of being humbuggred. Certainly no fake i- pntltlcd to take precedence over the celebrated "Cardiff Giant." This w.i- the Invention Of a certain (ieorge Mull. He lived, I think, at Binghamton. New York, ami manufactured the giant in a rude shop on the smaM farm which ha worked. Hull was shrewd, energetic and very persistenf, as may DO seen by the fact that 1 he elaboration of i.he idea of his fake and its execution occupied hint more than four yeure. lie thought the whole mutter ont, even to (ha moat mititite details, before beginning work .ii it Without any knowledge of the art of sculpture or the science of anBtomy, be set. himself resolutely at work to remedy these defects of adoration, lie had considerable aptitude with the chisel, and gradually ilcve!1 the skill necessary to hew out a rum 1 hat was to be put before the pohlic as a relic of an age so remote that no pertOa would be likely closely to criticise its proportions. Hull also knew that, no matter what the nge In viiich a giant was supposed lo have 1 red, tha "remains" niu-t show Boro in tie kin to nam the scrutiny of even ihe unlearned. The making of these pores required more time and 1.1 or than sill the other work of making the "Cardiff liiant." The work Occupied maay months, and was nil performed in the "studio" or shop whre it was at last finb'ied to Hull's satiated ion. Prena rut ioaa were then made for the giant's burial in order that when brought to public rtem it might show il r proper evidence of aatiqulty. It was buHed in Use side of a bill only a few rods from Ihe outbuildinjr, where it hiiil been chiseled from a huge block of Ilona taken from that very hill. In all this work, huge and heavy na the uncut stone and the gUUll hewn nut of it were. Hull lind only the BS! taaen af one man, a sled and a yol of oxen in moving them. Thin helper was a green and stolid tierman immigrant, utterly devoid of Ity, .ind the man who helped to 1'Uiy the giant was another of the - i t description. The -tattle was allowed lo remain than two years in the ground Itfl maker considered it tobe in proper condition for "occidental" dbtrovery. Hull then promptly "di-- ' "x 1" and dug out the 1 pet rifieatloo," and placed it on public view to smaze and perplex eopie generally and to delight the antiquarians, who found it an argument to uphold some of their most cherished theories. It look its nana; from the fact that near 'he Ipol where it was buried and rcad was a small hamlet called 1 The public career of the itditT liiant" was not of long connuance, howeeer, hut was raneceatry Ihy to enable Mr. Hull to make otisi, letable money out of his clever oncepthm. lie declared. however. ' he mtghl have made more Money 'I he had accented Mr. Barnnm's offer "de at th,. time of the giant's fir-t " fpea ranee in public. Mr. Hull knew. 0f. that exposure was bound to come 'he end, hut that mnttcred net to him. lor man Veils thereafter the "rdlfl .iant" reposed neglected in 'he very ebon in wale it was mnde; '" ''s owner and inventor averred r,t bC Was entirely content with the financial result of his ingenuity. jreur Of issj j, n memorable the annum of cirrus history. '' "" us men remember it ns the "e ri-phnnt i ear. I or tunny l" ru lent attempts had hecn Madt by cnterprlalng showmen to ee- , Me f,,i- . l,n.: j ' "ii ioi poses il sacreo v,l'" elephant. Schemes by the j ' I 'd be.,, discussed in the con- ' i ronnetta of the showmen In ltei quartern, with n view to faking " n, U ' ' haut Into n while one. but Mil. nt satisfactory result. In the

Winter of ls howe. i, it was - ifii ont by Mr. Barnum'i Ina as gar tint he lind positively met ceded in pnrehna '.g Mom lac king of guun a M. red whit elephant. The pram ums spien dJdly "v "i ked" in adiinee, and the aaered v bile elephant monopollmd t ha goKsip of fliaiMI ircles. A grant rivalry had for some years

existed between Mr Harsum and a I'hilad. Iphia Circus MUk and the pub lic was greatly surprised, just before th.- opening of the season, t,, tind that, ae. oiding to a M WS paper rel"rt. the latter had tlao quietly and unoatentatinnaly Imported sacred whie elephant known as toe 'Tight .t laiatM vv bii-ii, from the descriptions of the few favored scribe, who had cen it, was a .naixcl of beuttt im color. Humors were also circulated that Barnum'a white elephsat was not genuine, but only a diaeaaed or leprous elephant with a "bl;ie" of cream OOlor down its trunk, and dht colored or spotted legs, while the Philadelphis showman's animal ami of snowy Whiteness, without MM or blemish. Public sentiment ran hifrb. especially in Philadelpb ia, wh. ie the shows wnre to exhibit simn 1 1 a neoufily. While public opinion was divided nm to the genuineness of these "sacred" animals, it nmy be Weil to say that the llarniiin animal xas a- good a Specimen of the genuine white clfphnnt as could be procured, while the Philadelphia elephant, pretty as a picture and Superbly snow while in color, was supposed to be a lively "fake." While on exhibition, this "Lijfhl of Asia" was almost entirely covered with a black elviit-spa ngled cloth, and 'tie trunk bad been manipulated in Bach a way thnt ixitors could a I. a iouch it. ; 1 1 1 i as no coloring matter nunc off on their hand-. I presume that part of the body had in mime way been "slsadf" or enameled. During the performance the white elephant would be introduced r.nd Stripped of its velvet trapings on the elevated stage between the two rings. wbile a learned "professor" descanted eloquently on opposition in genera! ami the genuineness of this white elephant in particular. So well was this part of the programme carried ou' that popular opinion was at hast equally divided regarding the genuineness of the competing white elephant-. Long afterwards the "lecturer" told me that this white elephant, hiving learned to recognhw and like him, would endeavor to salute him by rubbing up against him after the manner of elephants. Had th. animal succeeded, tin- effect would hnve Men to wove white marks on the black root of the lecliirer. who had nil he COt Id do to continue his lecture and at the same time dodge the friendly advance of the white elephant, About the middle of the season, after getting all the benefit they could out of the white elephant Tear. Darnom ami his rival came to an anienlde anders tending, and divided territory with each other, and the "Light of Asia" was withdrawn. The following winter it was gftaa out that the animal had taken cold and died in Philadelphia, but there are plenty of showmen who aver that the animal is as lively and healthy as ever, though wearing black instead of chalky white. A somewhat significant fact regarding this fake WM that during the previous summer its owners had been annoyed on arrival in various towns to find an opposition sideshow, with its canvas already up. it belonged to an Englishman whom sole attraction ami a yellow borae. Mo one had ever heard of a yellow home before, nnd the farmers for miles around came in nod eagerly paid ten cents to see this wonder. The nntnial was not particularly beautiful, but wn certainly a bright yellow, as wore also the hands of bis master. In fact. there was no doubt but thai its owner bad rubbed the Mima well with yellow ochre. The proprietor of the "Light of Asia" jvi'd the show a visit and laughed heartily at the deception. After looking at the horse a little while he remarked to IIa owner: "Well, if yOU can turn a gray hone yellow, you should be nble to turn an elephant white." What happened afterward I am unable to say. but, singular to relate, the following spring, when the "Lighl of sia" was "imported." a special trainer vva brought with it from Siam who gave the animal his exclusive care nnd attention. This trainer xvas an Kngllshman, and many of the circus attaches thought they had men the man exhibiting the yeltOW horM In while passing down the Rowery in New York. I heard my name loudly shouted. Turning around I Ml M English showman who was just then managing one of the many dime museums then Mtahliahed in that thoroughfare. "Come inside, Mr. Coup." said he, "and I Will show you my latest." "Your latest what .'" s:ii. I. 'Take," be answered. "These freaks want too much money, and are nearly played out, anyway, so I'm making freak ones row." The place was packed with people and nn enormous banner on the out - "'I'" man. depleted a savage looking wild lie was d 'scribed ft S I let beM Captured in the caves of Kentuckv. I followed my nennairtapee upstairs, nnd in iluc time, after a preliminary lecture, a door was thrown open, dieclosing what looked like a prison celt, in which, chained to nn iron grating, stood a man eldWty resembling the n- reprcaented in the picture. His skin was of ;i tawny yellow, bis body WMVS covered with hair. "d he mrenonaly snapped at and ate the lumps of rnvi be f wnlCB un attendant threw tO him. I cannot hi that it WUS a pleasant sight, but from it- effect on the -p.e.' tatoi - it wai rinioiibtediy a satis-1 rectory one. and Ka 'he dooi cloned ou I it 1 ultl to my acipaaintance:

"Whe;. did you get hmiT He replied "Why, you know that man WelL He traveled with you two

seaaons. tome Inahm and talk with' him." I followed him. and no sooner were we in th" iL'e than the terrible "wild man" be I out his hand to me um said, "How do you do, Mr. Count" The voice was strangely familiar. I scrutinized the fellow's featlll. - and lee. ognied in him a Bttssiaa who had been exhibited in our sJdmdaoni m a "l.airv man." He had allowed his skin to be deed fellow and hi wbisIpMaj and bair black, and for a eoaalsV erat ion of about four times his usual alary) wa now poaJag as a iiii man. lie afterwards went weal and matin led this mode of exhibition for several mouths, until be was played out iu that capacity, whereupon a few warm hatha enabled him to refoime hit former employ meal as "Ieanovitch, the hairy man." Another celebrated fake which met with succeaa in the east was t lie "dogfaced man." The Englishman befor. spoken of engaged a variety performer who was an adept at imitating the harking of dogs. The manager had in his possession nn old photograph ol "Jo-jo, the dog-faced boy," and was resolved to place good imitation ol Ihia freak before the American pnl lie. He accordingly had made a very expensive wig, which completely covered the head, fate and shoulders. Dressing the man in the garb of a Ruaalaa peasant, he advertised hint as "Ni e Olia .Taeobi. the Russian dog. faced man." So good was the disguiac that they exhibited an entire week at n Jereey ity masenm decciving even the nstute proprietor. Next they went to Boston, when they piayen to the most phenomena buab Rem on record. The proprietor of the museum had a very Clever cartoonist in his employ, an i si the Englishman and his d Of-faced friend walked from the station to the museum they saw nothing but pictures of d Off-faced men. In front of the mUMUns, in a large cage, was one of ike gerceat wildcats they had ever seen, labeled, "The pet of the dog-fac.-d man." They played, as I have said, to n phenomenal business. For two weeks thousands of persons daily struggled for the privilege of paving ten tentto see this amusing fake. At the end af that time ON of the employes Iwfrayed the secret to a reporter and the attra-.-t; n was rendered valueless. Strange to relate, the aucces of this "fake" was ke means of bringing from Europe the original dog. faced hoy, "Jo-jo." who for several years drew a good salary at the various dime museums, hut never created so much excitement by virtue of his genuineness as the "fake" did. Still nnother "fake" that not only "drew." but positively deceived the whole New fork preaa, was the "Dahomey Giant." About 1-- a tall Bp M bnen of the African race walked into K -..stern mmeum looking for work. He "5ji actually over seven feet in height, end had never leen on exhihition. Kno-;,g that his value as a negr. giant would ha but little, the proprietors resolved t- ;ntroluce him as a monster Wild African. After consulting Ree. J. ;. tToods' Id winded history if tbe uncivilized races, it was determined to make Dahomey of the tall North Carolinian. A theatrienl cot inner was set to work to make him a ntetUreaOjUe garb. A spurious cablegram waa leaned, purporting to l.e from r.irini. of London, stating that the Dahomey giant had -.iih, i with hu Interpreter from London and WOUld arrive in BoetOO on or about a certain date. The man, with his interpreter, vca then taken l.y train to Doeton, from which city Ihey. in due time, wired the museum proprietor of their arrival. That telegram was answered by another telling them to take the first Tall Hiver boat for New York city. The pre was then notified, ami the representatives of five New York papers were actually sent to the pie: the following morning to interview the distinguished stranger from Dahomey. The man had been well school. . I. and pretending not to know a word of the English language, Could not. of course, converse with the reporters. But his interpretet managed to fill them up very comfortably. At nil events, long and interesting accounts of the "anufl colnrad giant from Dahomev" appeared in most of the dailies, and for several weeks tlii Dahomey was the stellar attraction at that particular dims muaeum. The advent of summer and its i'oiiseuent circus season closing the city museunia. the Dahomey "joined out" with a side show in which, for suceewjve seasons, he posed as a Dahomey giant, a Maori from New Zealand, nn Australian aborigine and a Kaffir. This man' sueros was the initiative for a score of other negroes, who posed as representatives of any foreign races the side show proprietor wished to exMbit. The spread of the dime BtUNM Cram Created a great demand for freaks and a consequent ri-e in their ' salaries. know I am violating no 1 NMiIMmuui li ben I iSV thnt lit v 'irinMU times the following freaks have drawn weekly tin- sum let opposite their names: I,i T-" i Twins" tl.nnom. "Minie chrutttns'' CTAOO "WIM Mun of Barnen" aio. "t'hana;. the Chinese Olant" . 'Thamah the chtaem Dwarf". . .w.n Or.llnary glunts and midgets Jiiim to loo.no llearded Indie nirttr 7510 i.ivin skeleton! 'im T.io Armless men .? to lOOOO Ossified men 3- '0 to .in) . And ns nn nffaei to the above fbjp urea, i hare heard nf a latoocd n an who would talk Outside, exhibit himsell In-iile. do a Hint of magic, lift barrels of water with his teeth, and, ns i. nj canvaaman. superintend the putting up nnd nulling dowu of the nhow. all for v a weak.

PITH AND POINT. We all have a fa ... of telling a area manner what we are going to do to our enemies Atchison (ilobe. Economy. Our id. a af un MOaoB icai woman, bi u aromna t.. arhom the most expensive hat - tin- .-hop happea t. m tta becoming. Detroit Journal. Stutterfon mm "Have gllg-gug-got tnt'tlmS to cue-cue catch the II ll-llext t-irain for X-N-Xew " It. 1(. Porter "Ximi York? Yis ye have, prorhiin re vvalk mather than ye talk, it don't l'ave fur un hour." Philadelphia Record. Knohbin "l should think you'd he ofiaid of having that big dog around yon a the time. If I bad him I should be afraid ail the time he would go mad." Bnubhlna "Hut Iw doesn't have to live with you, you know." Boston Transcript. lb- .Nti--e. Them, .tack's Mamma "There were three slices of cake in the cupboard, Ja k, and now there are only two. How docs that happen?" Jack "It was so dark in there, mamma, that I didn't see the

Others." What to Eat. Not Astonishing. "It U astonishing that a large fortune should be left to him by a person who had only seen him once." "In my opinion it would have been more astonishing if it had been left to him after the jerson had seen him twice." Jewish Comment. Irate Wife "Oh. you mean wretch! You promised to hi borne at six o'clock la-; evening, and here it is fix o clock m the morning. In toxicated Husband 'Za 's all (hie) right, rny dear, a:'s six of one and half a doxenof 'other. Same thing." Texas Siftings. "Willie siivs he can't go to school to-i!a v, d th. f . on! mot her at t he breakfast table. "Why not'.'" asked the stern father. "He has muscular rheumatism in his arms." "He got it while p.aying bail.' "No, he says it came from baring to hoe in the garden." Indianapolis New s. WHAT FISH EAT. Mont Doalaewa l the Deep I. Ire on Animal utiMtaneea s,,. BneesOO Are i-aelnrlniis. There are many thousand species ot fishes, and naturally Ihere is a great diversity iu their food. Nevertheless, it is possible to divide it into seven distinct classes. Now. all the animal life rests on a foundation of vegetables. Plants store (tp Ike vital forces in the air ami sunshine an. I pass them on to the gnat army of v egetaria to-, who in their turn yield then up to the animals which live on Beak. One or two additional step- may sometimes be interpose. 1, bat the result ithe same. A caterpillar cat . a calbage, an ichneumon fly quartern her brood on t he caterpillar, an insect-eating bird snaps up the fly, and a bird of prey pounces upon the fly-catcher and finishes the story . The i nev itable crder is plant, vegetarian, floh-eater. The vast ma jority of fishes feed on Rahen or other animals found in the sen. Probably, however, the vegetarian--are more numerous than are gen erally supposed. For instance, all t he test-books declare that the grav mullet feeds on the living matter obtained by straining -and or mud in its mouth, which doubtless is tril", but they go on to explain that curing to the peculiar construction of its throat larger bodies are prevented from paaaing into tin- stomach, which is not true No amount of letter-press will peranade a Lai da End hahermnn that a gray mullet cannot or does not cat seaweed; he is convinced from a lifelong Ohoervation of its habits that it doe-. a:ul the fact that the ti-h's -tomacb is often found full of aeaweed prove- that Hi. Bahcrmaa i- right Fishes which undoubtedly catch ami swallow living prey are wont on ..- naioa to treat Ihemwlvt to a dish of regetahtea, l have uat aealeted at the post-mortem examination f a bream, Which contained in addition to a crab large helping's of two kind- of seaweed in different stage- of digestion. Hut doubtless it is a fact, pays the Newport New. Herald, thai label live for the most part on animal diet, and it i- obvious that this must con-i-f largely of sonic other class than their own. if Bshea ate Babes only the mee would soon become extinct. Fortune ntely the sea is full of life, nnd for those winch ennnot or win not ml sen weed there are Worms innumerable. jelly fishes, star tishes and sea urchina, I the great host living in shells, from the oy.-ter to the periwinkle and the limpet, crab- and all other kindred, and lastly other fishes. The appetite must be capricious, indeed, which cannot find something to tempt it amoig all this vast array. Senaatlonnl torlea. A -cn-ational story that lias been going the rounds in Atchison several days has bet n exploded; nothing In it. When you hear a sensational story, do you add to it, or do you charitably -ay it i- probably exaggerated '. If you are a good man or w i. man. you take all t he.-e stories with a grain of salt, and Wait for confirmation. Atchison Globe. The nuilt-v III lip. Daughter( perhaps if you take more time with vour hair it wouldn't look so rouh and baggv over your left eye." "Timet Why. pa, it took me two sol d hours t . make it look that way." -Chicago Record Herald. A I linmplon Walker. A Serv i ui x-otlici r aattM d Milovnno vl'.ch has jn-t compbtid a record walk, having covered a ii-tance of 11,000 mi', - en i at nn avarage of 40 mil. a a day . During his journey he wore out oret pair ol hi beaded boo'.a. N V. Jourual.

PROTECTION FOR TRUSTS, "tbiae to ue gnana ha bat in t iu of inrie fur Muui.ii. mtn,

That the republican party doea not iuteui to lagdawte agninai tha trusts, however much bxdividual members may proelnim that it M ne e a,, , ,,y lhe ,vi,bnc. ot ,,u" 1 " ,,;"'l "'"- congress from the Gürhteenth Ohio " - " ",re "riai comnnss.on J . I... opening remark. rl t ..... 1 a .a a ... ..oi.iiai mi, Uliempi IO lüKe to take tbe tarifT off even truM-mad- go... Is would le bad in its effect S. The tariff principle, be aaid, should not be abandoned. As a general proposition, Mr. Taylor announced himself a opposed to trusts. "I am fine of those," he said, "who have not been aide to bring themselves in harmony with the idea thai the trusts are good thinga." The trusts, he declared, put oo much power in the hand of a few men. Speaking of dealing with trusts, he said he knew of no remedv for that evil if it is an evil. J UUHCIIV Illlgni

... I . . .11.. A III." - .1 Iii lie a good thing, but it would be a ; rate. mere scratch on the surface. He There ia also another obstacle to knew that a trust has power to re- these reciprocity treaties, a const ituduee the price of an article, but he tional objection, that has not been did not think the public would get adjudicated, but ia believed br most much beucht from thnt. In order to of the constitutional law vers to he a

pay uivinends on securities of the I lilted States Steel comnativ tha companycompany would have to extract a great deal from the public. The witness said that apart from any other queatloB he thought that it would iw exceedingly unfortunate to Introduce any element-, of unrest in the country by diseasing the tariff in igress or opening up the "'" "' Now Taylor is chairman of election commute. No. 1. and was Selected as such because he could 1m- relied on to do the Mdding of thoae who rule congress, and. being a friend and follower of the administration, his evi- . .r r donee makes it certain that there is "no remedy for the evil." as far as the republicans intend to discover one, ami that even to discus- the recising of the tarifT "is to Introduce elements of unrest in the country." If Mr. Taylor represents the republican policy on the trusts and the tariff, nothing will be done to abuts the evils. lie admits there is robbery being committed, when be says t l.e steel trust will "have to extract a grant deal from the public," but he and the large majority of protection republicans intend to sit .-till and -ee the .-teel trust and the other nuneines -extract a great deal from the public." A very cool proceeding on the part of those who have been selected as the servants of the people to protect their Internets. The democratic poeitioo is entirely the reverse of tin-. They believe that there is a remedy to prevent the trusts from carry ing out their plan nt robbing the people and that is to re- -- the tariff bv placing trust productions on the free list except what duties may be necessary for raising revenue for the support of the government a tariff for revenue. This will not kill the trusts, but it will allow the world to con tete with them by arltbdrnwiag the protection that now gives them a monopoly. LABOR MENACED BY TRUSTS. i Re.luetion of V ar Held as a WritM Aiialaul ft ltednetlon of tbe Tarin. The threat of the trusts to reduce Ihe wag"s of their workingmen if the ; tar.fT is taken off their productions is an old tale and should deceive no one. gmt Htiag or tsking off entirely the tariff on trust productions would have HO effect on the surplus they eil abroad and if the cost of what they sell at home is reduced it shoul 1 increase consumption here, and if that is the ca-e the factories will be rnnn :ig full blast and the demand for la r will m i ' shed. be increased instead of diiges follow the law of

demand and supply quite as eiOeety as somebody, even in a whiper. The lanthe prices of the articles made bv g"age of prayer is quite unfamiliar

pn.-es of the art cles made by labor follow like cau-e-. It is quite likely that the steel trust, f..r in-tanee, might shut down its plant if the tariff is removed from its ni mopolies nnd its workmen refused to accept a reduction of wages, but it cannot long rem.vn closed or the interest on its bonds vv.mid be unpaid and a change of owner- would again take place, and it Would have to fill contracts already entered into, which generally extend six in .n'.hs head. hip loheldlaa sot eeaeak Ranna and the ship--ub-i,!y pirates elaim that the subsidy bid must past to build up mir merchant marine. There has been steady progress in ihipbuilding in the Tnited States for seCeral years, says the Hirininghsm News. A tonnage of l'W.SIS was added to our merchant marine in IgUBj .'00.in lf00 and 3,.r..r,.K) in 1!MK). In this matter, too. statistics agree with general observation. Shipyards in all parts of the country are working to their full .'apacity. with orders far abend, and new capital is being put into the bilsine--. These fsets iro to prove that the buiidlag and owning of -h ps in thil country is a profitable hnalnese, anhsldy ndeeentm to the contrary notwithstanding. The shipping subsidy is the moat repugnant form of proteefion. N. n-.orc I hips will be built under it than will le under prc-.nt condit oi . for at tht present time nil the ship yard? have orders ahead and American laber in that line hi fully emp' ed. and to pny a boUUi tr. the Ml p treat r" Mm -tesmers purchased f. in fen ga bnihMfl would be the height cf f 41jr,

THE RECIPROCAL IDEA. Hakr.iofi .,( mmekmaammMnj a. Pamato, Ihe alteMlpt of I'renident M. Kinley to reform the tariff by re. iprocity treati. , a topp..i by the

r.llfv ,.., ' rviden th. pn dent will - mimt in o , . . ,7 v mini .-UU'v at-ll.ite Itfll.ll. to ay j. a il b ! way of r. I ' the DlI1,;,., Uriff lhmJZ be beS i ter aeo.ll.l.le'inl lo Or:.i..K. ..I nieinous. eaiinot make a reel procity treaty with one country that does not virtually make it apply to marly all the other . T)0U is brought about by the clause in nearly all the treaties, known the meorod na tion lause, which allows the -ame, 1 rights and ratea as the meat favored j nation is given. If a treaty U made with France that allows certain of ! her productions to be imported into . the Patted. States at a less duty thaa the rste provided in the Ihnglev tar iff, (jerniauy. who produces the same art tales, ander the most favored natmn e .'in... noi.t lu. .. ....... I . bar to such legislation, ("ongresa cannot delegate it-, power to raise rev enue, which is a constitutional I province of congress alone, and such i revenue bills must originate in the house of representatives, thus kecpbag the taxing power in the hands of the direct representatives of the eople. io revise the tariff law bv mak,ng reciprocity treaties is a makesuft ,,,.,, not to,uh ,h(. protec. ,jn granted the trust and monop0m aIi those who advocate it ara attempting to still protect thes gfcMt ,-orKrations. As the trust. ar SelmL' their nrnduci io... in ha , rope for less than they are obtainI ing from our own people, they no ; longer need protection and their products should le put upon a tariff for revenue ba-is or even placed on the free list that competition may lieneftt all alike. ROBBERY AND RECIPROCITY. Hann' Pragramnip of -11I..1.I1. I a. vorrd It) V i, im .. I i le Maiiafaet n rpr. The meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers at Detroit appears to have been captivated by the Hanns programme of ahip subsidies and reciprocity. They passed resolutions favoring the subsidy and took steps to call a general convent; n for the consideration of reciprocity treaties with foreign countries. Tbty also declared that tariff legislitua should "furnish adequate protection to such products only as re.piire it without providing for mononole abuses." That is sotnethin? of a con - w at w ' ce.-.-ion to come from a convention of nianttfncturef. But it leaves plenty of room for mental reservation. Who is to judge as to the adequate protection nnd as to the degree of protectioa which shelters monopoly abuses? Kach interest has always claimed the right to judge for it.-elf. and so long as that right is conceded the abuses are not likely to ceae. Neither reciprocity nor reform is likely to come from the beneficiaries of protect:, a themselve. That th- meeting was pscked in the Interest of robbery of the people and its interest used to' work on public opinion for that end can be judged by what the Chicago Chronicle says: The members of the American Man ufacturers' association who at the great banquet in Detroit screamed: "Louder." when a clergyman was offering prayee and then laughed uproariously at the fun of the thing were properly rebuked 'by the pre- - .i Bg officer. No ear trumpet would have been needed if the preacher had been advocating some new scheme of taxing everybody for the tvenefit of to men who look upon the tariff as ths suthor and giver of life, light lucre. and COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. Free trade with the colonies and down with monopolies, ia the democratic war cry. Our manufact urers of agricultural machinery think Secretary Gage might have given them a chance as well as the sugar trust. They think they have as much right to trade with Russia as the sugar trust has to monopolize the home market. -What nre the republicans going to do with Xeely und Rathheun when the Cuhuna set up their own government J ltring them here for trial they cannot, and leave them to the tender mercies of the Cubans would merely reeuH in dividing the swag with the new officials. The Washington Post says; "The peopl" are tired of hearing and reading ahmt South Africa and the Philippines" And well they night le, for it ias been a carnivnl of crime that both the I'nifed States and Kngland should be a-hamcd of and will have to r pent for in the fuf ure. Whichever way we turn the -agar trust confronts us, anil it seems all powerful. Secretary of the Treasury llage i its willing tool, and interprets th law in its fa. or by imponing countervailing lut;es na Rue sian sugar. Thi has cut off our eaiMirt trade to that country, which ha imposed in retaliat on for the aid Lf i v K the sugar tru-t BB extra duty of !M er cent, on producta of I'nited Statca.