Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 48, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 April 1894 — Page 5

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Of course everybody knows what'this means, everything you wear at a greatly reduced price. So you can afford to buy them. Just think of buying a Nice Child’s Suit for Childs’Suit, OTS Childs’Suit. "S A Pair of Childs’ Pants at 10 Cents.

For the young men I have the greatest 4;reat of all. With a $15k00 suit of Clothes you get a nice American Watch and Chain, guaranteed a good time keeper. S6 should yougo to see your best girl you wont forget yourself to go home. And Hie married men can save the 4‘curtain lectures” by having one of these w atches. I w ill sell you a heavy pair of cotton work pants for 50 cents. A good pair of socks tor 5 cents. In Dry Goods I have bargains for you also. Any Prints in the house for 5 cents a yard. Every housekeeper knows what Hope muslin is. I will sell it to you for 6 oents a yard. £seve? sold for that before. !•' ' ■ ■ ■ , ■ : 'i > The Lawrence L. L. sheeting, best fine unbleached sheeting on the market at 5 cents a yard. The best apron Ginghams at 5 cents, All other goods in that line equally as low in prices.

\ . • C-^ I }*ave a ]}jg stock of Carpets at the following prices: All Wool Lowell and Hartford, 50c yd Cotton Chain Ingrain, 25c yd. Hemp Carpet, a yard wide, 12^ to 15c yd. Best quality 4-4 Oil Cloth, - - 25 cents. Straw Mattings, - - - 10 to 12§ cents. Lace Curtains, 50 cents and up. Curtain Pols, 15 cents. A pair of Men’s Congress Shoes, 90 cents. Having bought more goods than I intended, I must work them off in some manner to get the money for them, and nothing but money will get these good as quoted above. MOSES FRANK.

HIDES AND LEATHER HOW FREE RAW MATERIALS AFFECT- * ED THE TRADE. Enormous Imnkc Ib the Tumbf I*dwtry ud tho Sh w Business—WagM Ad> nawd IS Per Cent Since 1873—Home Pied nets Sold In Foreign Markets. Those who it ally think that the removal of the duties on wool will destroy or greatly depress the domestic wool growing industry may find something to enlighten them in the effect upon the hide and leather industries Of the removal of the duty on hides. When it was proposed in 1372 that hides should be admitted tree, there was a loud protest. The domestic hide industry would be ruined, it was said. But hides were put on the free list, and everybody knows what a great development of the hide and leather industries has followed that change. No one will say that the domestic industry of producing hides has been destroyed or that the growth of the cattle industry has been retarded. We continue to pro-luce and to tan the green hides of the United States, and at the same time vre receive enormous quantities of dry hides from South America, the tanning of which has become a great industry. The value of otar free imports of hides h«s risen tc $27,000,000 per annum, and since the duty on hides was removed the quantity of sole leather exported has so Increased that the annual average for the last four years was about 37,000,000 pounds, 75 per cent of which was sold in England. ' A well known manufacturer of shoes in Massachusetts published cot long ago the results of his inquiries as to the growth and condition of the leather industries. “Statistics show,” said he, “that since hides were placed on the free list there has been an increase of 70 per cent in the shoe business and of 125 per cent in the tanning industry." Two of the leading tanners in the country had informed him that there had been ; an increase of 15 per cent in wages in ; their industry since 1872. A consideration of the growth and condition of the tanning industry naturally directs a Mention to the tariff upon that industry s products. Under the law of 1883 the duty on sole’leather, bend leather and bdting leather was 15 per cent. This wa s reduced to 10 per cent by the McKinley act. The Wilson bill as passed by the house does not disturb the present duty on bend anjl belting leather, but cuts down the rate on sole leather to 5 per cent. The official reports show that the value of the exports and imports of such leather for the last four years has been as follows: Imports. Exports. 1880 . 316,188 $6,420,134 1881...,. 20,654 «,163,3t2 1888. 24,908 5,1:83,555 .1808 ... . 85.884 5,198,063

A duty of 5 per cent is very small, it is true, but we do not see why there should be any duty whatever on sole leather . The present duty of 10 per cent is of course virtually prohibitory, for the tanners are exporting sole leather to the value of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 per annum, selling it in foreign lands in open competition with the sole leather of other countries. If they can do this, why should they require a tariff duty to protect them at home against sales of foreign sole leather here? If they can undersell the foreigners in foreign markets, after paying ocean freight charges, surely they ought, with the same prices, to undersell them here after the foreigners have been handicapped by the same charges for transportation. As we have said, however, the proposed duty is very low, and the rutention of it will not be a matter of much importance. But it should not be increased.—New York Times. Frtee of Wheat and ’‘Protection.** A late communication, dated Feb. 10 and signed “An Alien,” published in your paper, prompts me to submit some figures which the farmers of Illinois should study. The information is gathered from the official report of the^Chicago board of trade: Average annual wheat crop of Illinois for 20 years—1670-80—bushels. 31,500,000 Average value in round figures.$ff,GOO,tXX) Applying today’s price to the average annual crop the farmer would realize, at 00 cents... 18,800,000 Loss..... gy,OCO,UXJ Again, taking the official figures of the board of trade as a basis and comparing the average of the lowest annual price of wheat during the existence of the three tariffs—viz, the Morrill act of 1863, the commission tariff of 1888 and the iMcKinley bill of 18S0—with the per cent of duty levied under those tariffs, we have

,tne louowing: Per cent At. low. duty, price wheat. Morrill tariff... 311-d „ 88 Commission tariff.. 45}$ 713-5 McKinley tariff.® ® Showing the higher the tariff the lower wheat. For fear the present low price may be attributed to the panic, let ns compare the present value of wheat with the lowest price ruling on the board of trade during the panic of 1875-4—viz, 1873, 89 cents; 18T4, 811 cents. A still further proof that the above deduction is correct is found in the following facts: The lowest price ever recorded fear wheat during the existence of the Morrill tariff occurred in the year 1870, when it was 73J cents; during the commission tariff in 1887, 55f cents, and during the McKinley tariff in 1894, 58 cents. How do the farmers of Illinois like “protection” on wheat at 25 cents per bushel, or how does any kind of protection with snch results “strikethem?”—“Another Alien” Chicago Herald. A Played Oat Policy. * ‘The-foreigner-pay s-the-tax” policy has run to seed in Europe. The impoverished condition of the protected continental workingmen has compelled Germany, Italy, Austria, France and Spain to modify their tariffs in the direction of unrestricted trade. The boomerang of protection comes hack in the shape of a bomb.—Courier.

A STEEL MILL CLOSED. It CU Do No More BuImm Until tho Tariff Is BeuM>'i«4. It is the mam mission of the Republican press at this time to find as many factories closing as possible and then announce that they are shut down for fear of the adoption of the reform tariff. It matters not to these gentry that it may be a shutdown for repairs, or for new machinery, or for la# of orders. ■To them the reason is alv.ays the same —“fear of impending tariff changes.” Once in awhile, however, they mn against a man who objects to being classed with those who cannot walk without crutches in the shape of a beneficent tariff. Recently our opponents met just such a one, and his observations are so very much to the point that We print them. The works in question are the “Pennsylvania Steel works,” a large and important concern in the steel trade. The true reason for the shutdown is given by Mr. Frederick W. Wood, second vice president of the company, as the “impossibility of continuing while the McKinley tariff was in operation.” McKinleyites please note and explain, the “American Monopolist” being especially invited to comment on the statements of Mr. Wood. His statement is as follows: “Previous to the past year we were in a position to compete most favorably with the steel manufacturers of the country. Just at present we are not, though the fault is not our own. It is all due to the discovery of deposits of good steelmaking ore in Michigan, on the banks of Lake Superior. The ore comes from what are known as the Mesaba districts and can be very cheaply mined by steam shovels and loaded by them directly on the cars. “Owing to the freight charges, we cannot, of course, compete with the mills west of the Alleghanies in purchasing this ore. Nor can the foreign ore from ‘Cuba and the Mediterranean, which we use entirely, paying the duty of 75 cents a ton, compete with the western ore. “The result is that our steel business has gone to pot and will continue so if the western output holds out and the tariff is not taken off the raw material. “If the tariff is taken off raw material, we shall be able to compete on even terms with the other steelmaking companies. If it is not, I do not think there is a single company east of the Alleghany mountains that will be able to continue operations in steelmaking. “As I understand the tariff, it is intended to encourage the industry and not to shut up manufactories. When this is the result, it has outlived its usefulness. With thefariff off raw material, eastern and western plants would be op an equal basis.” ^ , This is a Pennsylvania concern. Its owners own iron mines in Cuba, from which moss of th9 iron for these plants was taken, and they now find that protection is not the ideal system they have so long imagine! it. In fact, their ox is being gored. We commend the fact above recited and the additional truths it brings out to the consideration of our protection friends thronghout the country. Think, gentlemen, think, and then argne if yon can.—American Industries.

^Macbeth’s Frank Statements. Mr. George A. Macbeth of Pittsburg is the largest individual manufacturer of glass in this country. He is a wide j awake man who keeps “up to date” in improvements, and who, in spite of “protection” on many of his raw materials, and the fact that he pays higher wages than are paid by either domestic or foreign competitors, can export large quantities of glassware to all parts of the world. He believes in being independent of tariffs and is aching for the time when he can compete with all comers without being handicapped by protection. Here is what he said to a representative of The National Glass Bndget after the passage of the Wilson bill in the house; “The bill is all right in its way, but it doesn’t weigh much. In other words, it is good enough as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go far enough. I believe in free trade simply and absolutely. Free trade is inevitable. It is in the air. No amount of tariff dickering can alter the fact. Will the senate pass the bill? Who can tell what it will do?' When the reporter mentioned the fact that Ihmsen’s glass house was to shat down, Mr. Macbeth leaned back in his chair and simply said “Rater* “Maybe,” said he, “the firm is justified in so doing, but I would like to see their figures. I firmly believe that the window glass workers make too much money. They will have to come down. Who has to pay them their high wages? It isn’t Ihmsen’s car any other window glass manufacturers. It is the consumers. And

who are the consumers or window glass.' It isn’t the rich men; they use plate glass; it is the poor men, workingmen who labor for $1 a day. And these poor men contribute their mite so that the window glass worker can make $14 a day and loaf four months outof the year. •‘Why should the United States be asked to perpetuate tikis one particular body of men in this sinecure? H w much are the carpenter#making these times? I don’t think they are making any more than $3.25 a day. E^at these same carpenters have to pay for the window glasa If you ‘protect* one body of workmen, you will have to ‘protect’ another. When they are all ‘protected,’ where is the advantage? This business of ‘fixing’ things at Washington, this fooling with the tariff, is absurd. Free trade is inevitable—sooner or later it will come. The sooner the people of the United States adapt themselves to the inevitable the better it will be for all concerned.” Germany’s trouble with unemployed labor is even more serious than that of , this country and much greater than that of free trade England. Yet Germany has an imitation McKinley tariff, which the government shows no disposition to reduce. According to Republican logic here, labor in Germany ought to be just reveling in prosperity instead of bei$g in a state of suffering and disorder.

Deserving p raise. We desire to say to our citizens that for years we have been selling Dr. King's Sew Discovery for Consumption, Dr. King’s Sew Life Fills, Buck Ion's Arnica Salve and Electiie Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell as well, or that have given such universal satisfaction. We do not hesitate to guarantee them every time, and we stand ready to refund the purchase price, if satisfactory results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their great popularity purely on their merits. J. B. Adams & Son’s druggists. My wife was confined to her bed for over two months with a severe attack of rheum atism. We could get nothing that would afford her any relief, and as a last resort gave Chamberlain’s Pain Balquytrial. To our great surprise she began to improve after the first application, and by using it regularly she was soon able to get up and attend to her house work.—E. Ii. Johnson. C. J. Knutson Jc Co , Kensiugton. ‘Minneapolis. 50 cent bottles for sale by Jl. R Adams A Son. -a Dr. Price’s Cream Bakins Powder Most Perfect Made. **

California Excursions. The well-known Phillips Excursion Company has arranged to run bi-weekly excursions to all principal California and other Pacific coast cities, from all points on the Baltimore & <Ohio Southwestern Railway, via St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. The parjries will be carried in Pullman Tourist ears, leaving Cincinnati 8.25 a. m.. Thursday, April 5th and 19th, and May .'id and 17th. and passengers will be booked through to destination. There are no Pa eific Coast tours offering so good accommo dations at less expense. . i? For full information address A. Phillips & Co., S. E Corner Fourth and Vine Struts. Cincinnati. Ohio, or call on nearest ticket agent of the B. & 6. S. W Railway. A Remedy for the Grip. A remedy recommended lor patients afflicted with the grip, is Kemp's Balsam which is especially adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not wait for the first symptoms of the disease, but get a bottle and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neglected, the .’rip has a tendency to bring ou pneumonia. Ail druggists sell the Balsam. 44-8 Bnoklen’s Arnica Salve. The Bust 8alvk in tne world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, -salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands. Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, andpostively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guar anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale oy J. R. Adams & Son. aprS-92 Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder World’s Fair Highest Award. I. U. LAMAR. T. R. RICE. LaMARi BICE PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Petersburg, Ind. ’ * " Office over J B. Young A Co’s, store. Offlee hours day and night. 50.000 COON SKINS WANTED The very highest market price paid for all kinds of And Pelts, such as Coon, Mink. O’possuin, Skunk. Otter, Mtisk Rat, rox, Ac. Hides, Tallow and Gingseag Wanted W rite for latest price list. «/. E. SCHURZ, Fur Dealer, PETERSBURG, IND.

Notice of Sale of Part of the PIKE COUNTY POOR FARM. Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Pike county,- Indiana, will offer at public auction on the premises on 1 SATURDAY, THE 19th DAY OF MAY, 1894, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. in. of said day part of the farm known as the Poor Farm of Pike bounty and described as follows: The west half of t he northeast quarter of section thirteen (IS), town one (1) south of range eight (8; west, excepting therefrom two and three-quarter (2%) acres, heretofore onveyed for church and cemetery purposes, and the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirteen (IS), town one (p south of range eight '8) west, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section eighteen (18), town one (1) south of range seven (?) west, situate in Pike county in the state of Indiana. The Connty reserves the buildings situated on the 77)4 acre tract and to remove the same by September 1, 1894. Tkkms of Salk.—The first of the above 1 described tract, 71% acres, half cash on day * of sale and balance on August 11, 1894, the purchaser executing his note with approved surety. Said land to sell for an amount not less than $2,300. » . The second tract (the two forties} tp sell for an amount not less than $2J25 One-fourth cash on day of sate and residue in two equal installments at twelve and eighteen months, the pnrchaserexecuting his promissory notes for the deferred payments waiving relief from valuation laws and bearing six percent interest from date, and payable annually and attorney’s fees. Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and all bids. s - , William H. Glabish, » CommisSionW ASinjfGTON Carlisle,/ ersofPike Dklos Haolock, > County, Ind. Attest: F. R. Bilderbaek. 44-9 - Hotiee of Dissolution. Notice is hereby given that the firm of Kime A Thomas has been dissolved by mutual consent, M. B. Thomas retiring. G. T. Kime will continue the business at the old stand, where all persons knowing themselves ln» ebted to the old firm will please call and settle their accounts, as the business must be closed up. G. T- Kimk. M B. Thomas. Union, Indiana, March 29,1894. 4o- 4

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It positively prevents the loss of the watch by theit, and avoids injury to k from dropping. * - y,;. r IT CAN ONLY BE HAD with ? Jaa. Boss Filled or other watch YQw cases bearing this trade mark-— Wf All watch dealers sell them without extra cost, A watch cat* opener wilt ha Met Ins to any ona x, by the Manufacturers. KeystoneWatch Case Co., PHILADELPHIA. 1 A Fine Natural Cm*w. And so is the store of G. T. Kime. who keeps in stock the biggest iine of BtyMs, Mss, Ms, fa And Groceries and everythin? kept in a tirsteiass general store.

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Funeral Supplies A Specialty. We keep 6n band at all times tbe finest line of Parlor and Household Furniture to be found in the city. Bedroom and Parlor Suits a Specialty. In funeral supplies we keep. Caskets, Shrouds, etc., of the best make.

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