Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 August 1894 — Page 7

JOHNSON’S RADICAL VIEWS. The Deuomtlc Should Be a Free Trad* Party—So Say* the Ohio Free Trader. Fellow-democrats, on what issue and on what promise are we to go before the people in the coming election? Is it still to be tariff reform? Are we to hold'up the emasculated bill that is the only thing now likely to get through as what we mean by tariff reform? Or are we to ask to be again given power in order that we may reform our own tariff reform? To go in-to-the campaign in that way is to go to defeat. The only hope is to raise openly and unequivocally the banner of free trade. If the domocratic party does not stand in opposition to the protective idea it stands for nothing. And it must be swept aside - by some party that does not voice the democratic principle. If the democratic party is to live it must cast all protectionists out of its ranks. There is no room in it for a moderate protectionist, or a local protectionist, or any other kind of a protectionist. Masquerading as tariff-reform democrats, they can only bring the democratic party into contempt and defeat. One protectionist party is enough. That place is already filled by the republican party. Let the democrats who cannot stand free trade go there, and let ns assist them to go. The country wants a free-trade party party, and so long as protectionists control democratic policy and dictate demcJeratie tariff schedules. the rapidly growing body of free traders who care little for political names and much for political principles wili refuse to join our ranks or follow our lead. And Why should they? Why should the people, whom the last election showed were conscious of the robbery of the tariff, and who have become more and more conscious every day since then, put further trust in the sincerity of a party that can produce nothing better than the Wilson bill,

and then not even stand up to that. The schoolmaster is indeed abroaftl, and such an econdmic education of the masses is going on as never before. By its bounty on sugar the McKinley bill proved even to protectionists that a protective duty was the equivalent of a bounty. The Wilson bill tenderly caring for trusts is furnishing to honest protectionists another great object lesson, which the republican papers are busy in explaining to them—the lesson that protection is never in the interests of the workman, but always in the interests of the monopolist. These papers are teaching wiser than they know. In showing up the iniquity of the sugar trust they are showing the iniquity of the steel-rail trust. In showing the injustice and wrong of protecting democratic sngar growers and coal barons they are showing the wrong of protecting a republican steel-rail pool, a wall paper trust and a combination of glass manufacturers. The honest proteetionist who has already begun to doubt, will, now that his friends thus show him the evils of protection, begin to believe that the Chicago platform was right when it declared s protection to be a fraud. Th<^ republican protest against the Wilson bill is doing free trade work in the republican camp. McKinley, in his protection run mad, did more to educate the people on free trade lines than all the free trade organizations in the country; and McKinley’s -work is now being completed by the republican press. Free trade! Why should we fear to announce it? Trade is civilization. The wider trade extends, the faster and the higher the advance of human progress. Civilized men must trade. Without trade we should be savages. Why not, then, trade freely? A man’s , right to the fruit of his toil is not complete without the freedom to exchange it. To abridge that freedom is tc limit that right. To hamper exchange, ' whether by a customs duty or a toll

pate, is, to that extent, to deny the right of property—the right of each man to his own earnings. If trade be good, free trade must be good. “Free!” The magic of that word has cheered the philosopher and inspired the poet. It has ever been the watchword of those who stood for right against wrong. It has ever stirred the heart of the masses. Why should those who proclaim the equality of human rights fear free trade. It is not an enemy to dread, but a friend to welcome.—Tom L. Johnson to the Iroquois Club of Chi* cago. _ WOULD NOT HELP THEM. Failure of Democrats to Adjust the Tariff Does Not Help Republicans. Failure to pass a tariff bill during the present session of congress wou^d not help the republican party in the least. The people 'Would plainly see the cause of the failure. They would see that tariff reform such as they demanded in 1892<was defeated by the re»publicans, aided by a little band of assistants sitting on the democratic side of the senate chamber. All but nipe or ten democratic senators are willing and anxious to give the country tariff reform or. the lines laid down in the democratic platform of 1892. The republicans in a body and a few democratic renegades have destroyed the consistency of the bill as it passed the house. They have imported into it “outrageous discriminations and violations of principle.” They say, | with Renegade Gorman, that the majority must accept these utterly indefensible importations and violate principles and pledges, or the McKinley law shall stand intact. This is no secret. The people understand it perfectly, and they are not going over to the party which, with the aid of a few republican emissaries in j the democratic camp, prevents the accomplishment of the reform which they imperitively demanded in 1892. They are not going to punish the democrats for not doing what the republicans and their assistants made it impossible to do. In 1890 the protectees, including net only the sugar trust but many other odious combinations for the practice of extortion, dominated the repudlican party and dictated the monstrous . scheme of legalized robbery embodied in the McKinley biiL They made the

schedules to suit themselves, and then the republicans pave them more than even they had the impudence to demand. The people saw and understood all this and they expressed their opinion of it with tremendrous emphasis in 1890 and again in 189*2. They have not changed their minds, as will be seen indue time. ‘Z, The same malign influences prevail now, absolutely in the republican party and to a limited extent among men who call themselves democrats. The republicans of both houses, faithfully serving the combinations formed foT purposes of spoliation, have fought every reform provision of the Wilson bill with th§ obstinacy of paid attar* : neys or men who are themselves bene* ticiaries of the spoliation system. They I and their coadjutors on the democratic side of the chamber have kept the country waiting for months while they have heen applying themselves to the task of emasculating the Wilson bill and converting a 'measure of reform i into a measure of spoliation. The people understand this. They have not changed their minds. They 1 do not like to be robbed any more than they did two or four years ago. They prefer now, as they did then, the party which is least under the domination ol organized robbers, not the party which is wholly under that evil domination, and which is largely represented in congress by men who have been enriched by that system of licensed rob* berj* which has been tolerated only because its parents have given it the false name of protection. That party rests under' a popular condemnation which will be none the less'severe if it shall succeed, with the aid of the Gorman and Hill renegades, in defeating the reform which the present congress and administration have been commanded by the people to effect. That party of organized and licensed plunder has fallen never more to rise.—Chicago Herald.

GOLDEN WORDS. Excerp* from President Cleveland's Lettei to Chairman Wilson. Every true democrat and every sincere tariff reformer knows that this bill, in its present form and as it will be submitted to the conference, falls far short of the consummation for which we have long' labored, for which we have suffered defeat without discouragement, which in its anticipation gave us a rallying cry in our day of triumph.nnd which in its promise of accomplishment is so interwoven with democratic pledges and democratic success that our abandonment of the cause or the principles upon which it rests means party perfidy and party dishonor. It must be admitted that no tariff measure can accord with democratic principles and promises or bear a genu- ; ine democratic badge that does not provide for free raw materials. In these circumstances it may well excite our wonder that democrats are willing to depart from this the most democratic of all tariff principles, and *that the inconsistent absurdity of such a proposed departure should be emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of the farmer be put on the free list and the protection of tariff taxation be placed around the iron ore and coal of corporations and capitalists. It is quite apparent that this question of free raw material does not admit of adjustmdnt on any middle ground, since their subjection to any rate of tariff taxation, great or small, is alike violative of democratic principle and democratic faith. , In the conclusions of the conference touching the numerous items which will be considered the people are not afraid that their interests will be neglected. They know that the general result, so far as they are concerned, will be to place home necessaries and comforts more easily within their

reach and to insure better and surer compensation to those who toil. The democracy of the land plead most earnestly for the speedy completion of tariff legislation which their representatives have undertaken; but they demand not less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they trust to the abandonment of deulocratie principle. Hypocritical Match Makers. There are many surprises in this world, and one thing that seems to be the most productive of them is the protective tariff system. Last fall we witnessed President Barber, of the Diamond Match Co., in Washington begging the ways and means committee to allow the old tariff on matches to remain. Now it is reported that the company has decided to equip a factory in Liverpool with American match machinery, with which the foreigners cannot compete, according to the officers the Diamond company. If this last of statement is true why should the United States government give the Diamond Match Co., a protective tariff duty on matches?—Wooden and Willowware. _ Senatorial Arrogance. The house is fresh from the people. A good part of the senate is a reminiscence. The senate says to the people’s representatives; “You must take our bill or there shall be no tariff legislation,” and this on a matter that the constitution declares the house shall have the sole power of originating. There is no intent of free and fair conference here—of a compromise of differences. It is autocratic dictation of the most arrogant and offensive char1-' acter. It violates not only the plainest principles of legislative courtesy, but is at war with the spirit of the constitution.—Pittsburgh Post. Republicans Stand by tbe Trusts. There are thirty-five democrats in the United States senate who stand for tariff reform. There are nine democrats who are traitors to their party and to the people. The nine traitors would not have the power to put one nickle in the treasury of a thieving tariff trust werC it not for the fact that thirty-eight republican senators stand in solid phalanx in defense of the trusts. Yet the republican press is trying to make party capital ont of the si tuation.—Chicago Herald.

HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN. A* Bifferenre to the Pro# of Cm»«y Some dairy statistics recently published by the Canadian government contain some interesting suggestions to American butter makers. In a table comparing the prices obtained for sdairy and creamery butter in the Wholesale market of Toronto, it is loirn that between June, 1803, and Way. 1808. tUe average of the lowest prices paid for butter was 13.5, and the average of the highest prices 18.6, while the average of creamery butter for the same period was 23.6. Between June. 1893, and May, 1894, the average of the lowest prices for dairy butter was 15.4, and the average of the highest prices 19. C. while the average price of creamery bntter for the same period la given as 28.7. It will be seen from these figures that creamery butter sells from 8 to 10 cents higher than the poorest dairy, and for 4 to 5 cents higher than the best dairy batter. It costs from SK to 4)i cents a pound to get creamery but-, ter manufactured. A dairyman will then have more for his butter, after paying for the making, by having it manufactured at a creamery. In dther words he will receive more for his cream than he will for his butter, if made at home. This table of Toronto wholesale prices sets forth another important fact. While the average price for creamery butter for the past year was just the; same as for the year prevyus, the average of the highest priee for dairy butter was one cent higher, and the average of the lowest prices two cents higher than during the previous year. This would be a mean average of one and one-half cents per pound; then fore 3the quality of our dairy butter during the year has greatly improved. 3 The increase in value of our 50,000.000 pounds of dairy butter by one and one-half cents per pound u4 Oalqr Butter.

means an increase return of $750,000., This improvement in the quality of our dairy butter is due, in a very large measure, to the work of the “traveling dairies,” says the Farmers’ Advocate. They have developed a spirit of inquiry and a desire on the part of farmers for the most improved churns, butter workers, butter prints and all the latest appliances for successful butter making. They have shown the people in a practi&il manner how to make good butter, and the best method to adopt to secure a uniform article; and, more than these, they have given object lessons of the proper handling of butter so as to fit it for market, and in this regard have been so instrumental in cultivating a taste for neatness and care in packing butter and preparing it for the consumer that they have well repaid for the expenditure, if nothing more were accomplished. UNIQUE PLANT STAND. It Is a Talkie Built Around the Trunk o» . a Tree. Ilonse plants must have their summer outing as well as house people, and one often sees them set about on the doorsteps and ground. If there is a tree on the ground a novel table for them may be made about its trunk, as shown in the illustration. Two cross pieces are first spiked securely to the tree to serve as supports for the platform, which is made of boards fitted around the trunk. Four props are cut from slender branches and fastened underneath. These should be as little trimmed as possible, to give a more rustic effect. And the same effect may be given to the edges of the platform by nailing on rough strips for a finish. These strips are obtained by splitting a two-inch “sapling” lengthwise, the halves being then applied to the platform edges. The little table is then ready for its load. If some of the plants are vines they will take very kindly to the strong.

RUSTIC PLANT STAND. straight trunk as a climbing post, and v^ry soon will twist about it in a charming way. One can hardly imagine the artistic features of this little table of flowers until one sees it upon the home lawn, telling its own story. —Country Gentleman. Hradbvc Bark Lark* Tree*. A Philadelphia correspondent. A. R. , Mcllvaine, has been told by a “tr«% pruner*’ that it will not hart trees any more to head them back than it would hurt him to hare his hair cut. Strange how a smart saying will often hare some effect! The fact is that the heading back of large trees is the first step to rapid decay. If large trees hare grown too tall to be of the service originally intended, it will save time to cut them out altogether aud plant new ones than to trifle with them by beading them back. A lady who has traveled considerable suggests that this heading back of large trees is peculiarly a Philadelphia practice. If this be so it must come from the fact that people ignorantly plant the silver maple as a shade tree, simply because it happens to grow fast when young. Its peculiar habit of growth soon deprives it of the utility expected from a shade tree—it is this failure to supply the original want which suggests the headiug-bnek process.—Meehan’s Monthly.

Very Ckeap. “Where did you go this summer?" asked one business man of another. “We boarded In the country." “Was it expensive?” “Not very. We got a good deal for our money. My wife got the rheumatism. My boy. Tommy, got his leg broke, and little Mamie got poisoned with ivy, and all we paid was ten dollars a week apiece."—Texas Siftings. No Objections at All. “Havovyou any objections to me as a son-in-law?” “No," replied the father, “none at all.” “Do you mean it?" “Certainly. In view of the fact that you are not my son-in-law, and are not going to he, I don’t see how I could have any objections.”—Forget-Me-Not. A Most Natural Inference. They had just become engaged. “Herbert,” she said, “are you sure that you love me?” “Absolutely,” he answered. “How can you tell?T “By the fact that' 1 am anxious to marry you.”—Washington Star. A Speedy Recovery. Hccker—What has become of Rogers? A Decker—Didn’t you know he was run over by a Broadway car? Hecker—I thought he recovered. Decker—He didn’t; bnt his wife did —the full legal damages.—Brooklyn Life. °

Entaaj. “ There's » ring * round the moon,** He whispered in lover's glee; She sighed and murmured, dreamily: “ How happy the moon must be.” —Boston Courier. Trouble Ahead, Hicks—If a certain business man doesn't let up sending letters to my wife, there is going to be a row. Dix—Why. what can the old reprobate have to say to her? Hicks—Keeps inviting her to his millinery openings.—N. Y. World. Better. First Politician—I can say this, that our party conducted the campaign in an honest, fair and straightforward way. What more can you say of your party? Second Politician—We won.—Boston Transcript. Tommy’s Theory. Tommy—I think sister Lucy is going to play Indian. Mamma. — Why do you think so. Tommy? Tommy—Why, because I just saw her painting her face.—Harper’s Young People. __ Blackmail. Caller—I’ve found that there dorg that y’r wife is advertising five dollars reward fer. Gentleman—You have, eh? ^Caller—Yep, an’ if yeh don't give me Sen dollars I’ll take it to ’er.—N, Y. Weekly._ Very Likely. Mr. Gruffly—It is very disagreeable to me to tell people unpleasant truths. Mr. Candid—I expect it is unpleasant for you to tell truths of any sort.— Tammany Times. Not a Friend. “Who’s your friend?” asked Wilburn, as his companion paused and lifted hia hat to a lady who drove by. “That isn’t a friend,” said Mosser, absent-mindedly. “That’s my wife."— Chicago Record.

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UPON CHICAGO RIVER. How the Wonderful Invention of Cnpt. Smart Was Greeted by Cnpt. Kidd. Col. Aleck Smart, U. S. A., while not a great inventor, has a creative imagination which he has applied to the ordinary affairs of life with remunerative sesults. Col. Smart conceived the idea of introducing the phonograph to government fog-horns, by which ships many miles out at sea should be made to listen to official warnings. Col. Smart recently induced the United States to place an Edison phonograph in one of its largest steam horns located on the pier outside the lake front at Chicago, in order to enable vessels to more easily make port through the smoke which floats out from the city. The other day the good lumber-lug-ger Star, Capt. Kidd, was feeling its way towards that port. Capt. Kidd had previously made the harbor by the odor, color and density of the Chicago river water, which sweeps out into the lake for miles. He had not heard of Col. Smart's adaptation of the phonograph. Having entered the great black cloud which hides the city, Capt. Kidd was exerting1 his olfactory organs to strike the trail when a distant voice said in tones of thunder. ‘"Keep off the grass!” “Hard starboard the helm!” roared the captain. They’ve seeded the Chicago river.”—Judge. —Mr. Brush—“Have you enjoyed the art exhibition, Miss Giddy?” Miss Giddy—“Well, I should say not. Half the bonnets the visitors wore were last season ones.”—Inter-Ocean. How Jollyt Eh! who said that? The answer is as prompt as the question from thedear chappie who has checkmated the rheumatism with Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters, unequalled as well for dyspepsia, liver complaint, inactivity of the bowels or kidneys, nervousness, lack of vitality, appetite or sleep. Use the great tonic and you will be ultimately happy u now afflicted. Joxks—“So Smith gave you a cigar?” Brown—“Yes, but I was in luck; neither of us had a match.”—Life. Halt’s Catarrh Com Is taken internally Price 75c. It is death to a lie to become lame in the feet.—Ram’s Horn. Keep the pores open is essential to health. Glenn’s Sulphur Soap does this. Hill’s Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents. Stmpatht for the fallen indicates the strength to stand.

Uskkhkarseo ErracT.—Aged and Vqnarable Retainer—“Here, noble sire, is the lapaev of your great ancestor; this chest has not been opened for a couple ofgenemtions!” Don Diego—“Open it.'* (When the lid is raised a live eat jumps on to the stage. > Old Servant — “Drat those mischievous* chorus lads!”—Humoristische Blatter. , Misxie—“She was encaged to be mania* to a handsome young fellow she met at Bar Harbor last year; but there was a cruel asmunderstanding. May — “What was kP Minnie—“He understood her father ha* money.”—Puck. A Birches Cossoditt. — Professor— “What kind of a commodity is usually produced from the birch tree?” Country P*p3 (absent mindedlyj—“Blisters.”

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