Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 22, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 October 1895 — Page 6

NOT AN ULTIMATUM. Secretary Olney’s Message to England Simply a Notification Mahit the Posit ion of the Halted Mata* with Relation to the Venezuelan •• Question— The Monroe Doc* trine Set Forth. Washington, Oct ft.—Some eastern papers announce with ostentation that aa ultimatum has been sent to England that the United States would not tolerate aggression beyond the School burg line toward Venezuela. Thia is not true. No ultimatum lias been served.

What bas been done was to serve no* tiee of how the United States regarded the boundary dispute between England and Venezuela; that is that the (Tatted States did not recognize that England had any right to push across the Sellomburg line, and that if it did posh possession further the United States would regard it as an invasion of the Monroe doctrine, and, as such, an act unfriendly to the United States. A message containing this was sent to Ambassador Bayard about p month ago, with instructions to lay it before her majesty’s government. While Gen. Greshatn was secretary of state and Mr. Olney was still attorney general, they frequently conferred together and discussed the Venezuelan boundary question. Both men were alow, deliberate and accurate. They looked at all questions with judicial ayes. Gresham pondered as if preparing an opinion to be rendered from the, bench. Olney weighed all issues aa he would all points in law when preparing an opinion for his clients. Olney got immensely interested in the Venezuelan dispute and prepared an elaborate brief, reviewing the whole question, and at the same time setting forth what he believed ought to be the attitude maintained by the United States. He reached the conclusion in this brief that Great Britain had not a shadow of claim to any of her •uccessive occupations of territory beyond the Schomburg line, and he insisted that for the United States to concede as rightful Great Britain's demands upon Venezuela would be to .abandon every vestige of the policy embodied in the Monroe doctrine. After Gen. Gresham’s death, aud the appointment of Mr. Olney to the secretaryship of state, Mr. Olney at a cabinet meeting read the brief tjiat he prepared for Gresham. Jt was earnestly discussed at several meetings of the cabinet aud finally adopted as the ■ policy of the administration, not only as regards the Venezuelan, boundary dispute, but regarding the greater and broader question of a general enforcement of the Monroe doctriue. . The points embodied in the brief are aa follows: First—If the quarrel with Venezuela fa an ordinary boundary dispute, having its origin in faulty descriptions, imperfect surveys or other iuisunderstanding, a refusal to arbitrate the same is contrary to the precedents set by Great Britain herself, and contrary to the practice of all civilized nations. Second—If, on the other hand, as appears to be the case, and as is the belief of the president of the ynited States, the dispute as to the location of a boundary line is a mere disguise under \jjiicli Great Britain is attempting, by superior force, to extend her territory in America, this is directly violative of the Monroe doctrine, and will never be submitted to by the United States. This is the substance of the dispatch ■which, in all probability, will soon become one of the most famous dispatches ever sent out from the American state department. It is a direct and practical application of the Mon-, roe doctrine in its broadest aspeet to ■the quarrel betvveeu Great Britain aud Venezuela. It commits the United States to a position which must be ad--hered to.

AUUU L tX IUUUU1 U^U U CUM) Ml tilt? Oiney brief was sent to Ambassador Bayard with instructions to present it to Lord Salisbury as the defined policy and attitude cf this government. Lord Salisbury and most of his colleagues in her majesty’s government were absent from Loudon when the communication reached the ambassador. No answer has been made to it as yet. Nothiug has been heard from Mr. Bayard, save that a copy of the secretary’s communication was transmitted to the British foreign office. This is the status of the question at present. Great Britain will have to back down and submit the boundary -dispute to arbitration or prepare to snake war on all the Americas. Secretary Oiney expects that' the case will be ready to submit to congress promptly on its assembling. It is feared here that Mr. Bayard will be tempted to temporize, lie seems to have fallen in love with the British. He has wonderful influence over the president and it is not telling a secret to state that the members of *■ the cabinet are 'Continually afraid of Bayard’s influence over the president, in the conduct of foreig'n affairs. The president has a much higher opinion of Mr. Bayard than the members of his cabinet have. The statement that an qltimatum has been issued, however, is without foundation. Anyone familiar with diplomacy must know that an ultimatum means the last word. The -case has not reached that stage with Oreat Britain yet. Uncle Sam is stil on speaking terms, and expects to exchange a good many words regarding Venezuela tfhd the Monroe doctrine in f thenear future. Secretary Oiney positively refuses to .pay anything touching any correspondence he has had or intends to have relative to the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary dispute. It is generally believed, however, that he recognized when the above message was sent that it, was but the first step of a more forcible presentation than the mere statement that the United States would welcome a submission of the question to arbitration.

As diplomacy has many steps between the initiation of an incident and a declaration of war, it is possible, following ordinary usage, to set out such a view in terms which, while still forcible, shall be entirely courteous 1 and in no degree approaching W'ultimatum, and such undoubtedly is the nature of Secretary Olney’s letter, and such will be the nature of the nekt, if one be necessary before congress meets, so that a proper return inay be made to that body in December next. but further than that the secretary is not likely to proceed, for as an ultimatum is really a step towards war, to deliver such might bp regarded as an infringement of the constitutional right of congress.

l»lvloirston*a Flan for Mttlinc the Ulaputr. Washington, Oct- 4.—Representative Livingston, of Georgia, has a programme mapped out for congress to follow on the Venezuelan question. Mr. Livingston says that just as soon as the house is organized for business he will offer a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee to make a report to congress on the Venezuelan question. As proposed, he will provide for the committee to consist of three members from the senate and two from the house, and the committee thus created will be directed to report to the hbuse and senate the position to be taken by the United States in the controversy. Mr. Livingston, thus originating the resolution, will naturally be cme of the two members of the house, and it is estimated that Senators Morgan and Sherman will be two of the three members of the senate end of the committee. Mr. ! Livingston is strongly in favor of the arbitration plan,7 Venezuela to select one of the parties to the arbitration and Great Britain one, and the two to select a third. According to 'this plan the United States, it is thought, would be selected by Venezuela, ami in this way this government would be retained as a party to the controversy. Mr. Livingston will insist that arbitration be forced upon Great Britain, if possible, and if it is unsuccessful, he will then favor maintaining and sustaining the Monroe doctrine. It is observed that the special committee to be created will lead off with a programme that may result in a position being taken b}’ congress, and this will pave the way for an ultimatum, and the power to issue an ultimatum rests entirely with congress, and it is little less than amusing to read so much nowadays about some wonderful ultimatum sent to Great Britaiu, in the face oftliefaetthatitis impossible for the president to declare war, add not having that power, the administration would get in a bad plight to indulge in the ultimatum business, when it had no power to back up. The ultimatum talk is referred to by state department officials as little less than ridiculous. «S “There have been seven different claims made by Great Britian for the delimitation of its western boundary in British Guiana,” said Mr. Livingstou. “None of them have yet been settled. Within the last few weeks there has been a further claim, which is not yet a matter of reconl. A British concession has been granted to Clark & Co., of New York, American citizens, for mineral lands west of any point heretofore named by Great Britain as within its territory. The object of th»s move is a very plain one. It is intended to complicate the situation within the United States, by granting' to American citizens Venezuelan territory. The movement will not win. I understand that Great Britain has already indicated, unofficially, that she is willing to compromise matters on the Schomburg line. Venezuela will not concede this delimitation, which takes in the mouth of the Orinoco river, and Great Britain the complete conof that stream, which is navigable for 720 miles from its mouth. All the diplomatic resources of Great Britain for many years past have been directed toward securing for trade purposes the military and naval control of the Orinoco river. The island of Trinidad, in the Caribbean sea, which Great Britain now occupies, was secured in the first place for this purpose, without the slightest righton the part of Great Britain to occupy and own it. The action of the British foreign .office for a half century past, in connection with the western boundary of British Guiana, has also .had no other object than the capture of trade for that country at the expense of a weaker nation.” gives trol'e

While It Rallied. It was near midnight of the fifty day out, and all was peaceful aboard the ark. Wearied by his labors in feeding the animals and navigating the vessel, Noah was wrapped in a: profound sleep, and his deep, regular snoring seemed to impart a rythmical cadenee to the sound of the rain that beat incessantly upon the deck planks just above his head. Suddenly there was a commotion among the animals. One of the tigers had succeeded in thrusting his paw through the galvanized iron wire partition that separated him from the hyena, and had dug his olaws iuto that interesting creature’s hide. There arose a fierce outcry, in which all the beasts of prey in that part of the ark joined, and the noise aroused Noah into partial consciousness. “Japhet,” he said, stirring uneasily, “get something to throw and raise the window. The neighbor’s cats are in the back yard again!”—Chicago Tribune. Where the Trouble Lay. “He didn’t have the sand to propose, did he, Bessie? ’ “Yes; but she rejected him. She said that while he had the sand to propose, he .didn't have the rocks to marry.”—Harper’s Magazine. —Alphonso VIII. of Leon and Castile was styled The Noble, on account of the many exalted traits of character he possessed. Charles III. 6f Navarre and Soliman of Turkey received the Stun a title.

THE NEW TARIFF, A Wum at th« Worfclan of a Mmnrt Mara (later tirwt Tribulation. The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, of New York, stands at the head of the commercial papers of this country. It is of course strictly non-partisan In politics. Its review of the history of the first year of lower duties should be read by all croakers. It is as follows: “The tariff law has just passed its birthday, and we may begin to make some general estimate of its influence upon the country. It has had a stormy infancy and has proved like many other infants not so good as its parents hoped, and not so bad as the neighbors predicted. As a revenue raiser it him thus far proved something of a disappointment, because the supreme court deprived it of its income tax feature and the fall, in sugar values cut down the ad valorem assessment upon that article, and great quantities of raw sugar were rushed into the country free of duty while the obliging senate held the door open and distillers had ample opportunity to take spirits out of bond before the increase of duty went into effect. Portions of the act, also, did not go into effect till some time after the

mam part of it became a law. mat it became a law four weeks after the date named in the act itself, and without the signature of the president, are minor incidents characteristic of the tremendous struggle out of which it was born. But even this much abused instrument of taxation is now producing revenue at a rate of nearly 51S0,000,000 a year, and so much of the fiscal year as has passed being midsummer I it is more probable that the rate of yield will increase than that it will decrease. If it shall produce $180,090,000 this fiscal year the deficit of the treasury will not be serious enough to cause any one loss of sleep. “The effect of the new tariff upon our producing interests must be concluded to be either good or not harmful. There is a good degree of activity in woolen mills in spite of large imports, cotton mills are doing a great business, and the iron business bids fair to break the record for quantity of production and for the rapidity with which prices have advanced. Trices are still generally low, and profits are, or have been, light. But it is certain that there have been profits, and that they were not wholly unsatisfactory, for the increases of wages made voluntarily. or with little resistance, prove the manufacturers to be iu a pretty good condition. Labor is fast getting back the wages of 1898, and the amount of production has in some lines exceeded that of the best previous years. If any considerable industry in this country is suffering from the operation of the tariff it has not yet succeeded in making its voice heard above the din of wheels and the clang of hammers that is resounding in every part of tne country. “This does not prove that the tariff is symmetrical, or in all respects what it should be, but it proves that those who call it destructive are indulging in partisan balderdash; %nd what is of more importance, that our industries do not depend so entirely upon legislation as many people imagine. Most of our industries exist for good, sound commercial reasons and do not live by ? permission of congress. Even the tin plate industry, established here under cover of the late tariff law, was not seriously disturbed by the long pend- ; ing proposal for the repeal of that law, ; and with a substantial reduction in the protective duty it has gone on extending itself till at the present the capitalists in it are disturbed by fears of overproduction. The reduction of the duty does not seem to have checked the growth of the industry for a moment. On the other hand, experimental shipments of iron and steel fr*m this country prove that the day is near when we shall play no unimportant part in the world’s iron markets.” AMERICAN BEEF.

Some InterestInsr Nets for American Farmers. American farmers who find that they are not receiving1 as high prices for their beef as they think they should, will be interested to learn that the McKinley tariff was the cause for the loss of a considerable market for American beef. . Previous to 1893 the moderate French tariff on cattle and meat did not prevent the importation of those products of the American farmer. But the passage of the McKinley bill, with its heavy, almost prohibitory, duties on French manufactures so irritated the people of France that the spirit of retaliation made it possible to greatly increase the tariff on cattle and meat. By the French tariffs adopted in 1892 the expense of importing cattle was raised so high that importations practically ceased. The cost of bringing a single head jft beef into Paris from the United SUfCes amounted in some instances to more than $20. The result was the loss of the French market to the American farmer. This action on the part of France is instructive as showing conclusively that protection is an arbitrary, injurious and mutually destructive policy, and that if its idiotic principles were carried out by all countries the result would b^lTuvar of tariffs which would be harmfunto all the world. Americans who think that protection is a good thing for the United States, but who loudly complain when Germany shuts our pork out of that country, France refuses to buy our beef,or Greece prohibits the importation of our oil. are very inconsistent. They ought to know that if we declare that we will not buy of other nations, we may be sure that those countries will'refuse to buy from us. And according to protectionist notions international commerce would cease, for each country would prohibit the purchase of foreign goods. * Fortunately the loss and injury caused by such protective tariffs as already exist are so evident that enlightened sentiment everywhere declares in favor of tleir repeal, and their entire adolition is only a question of advancing civilisation,

WHY IT WAS 'JOYOUS. 11m CymmUUom CNmt misk LmI fit lMjr Wu Celebrated Were More fatw The first Monday in September is observed in a large number of states aa Labor day, a holiday in honor of the men and women who work in factory, mill, or mine. The conditions under which the day was celebrated this year differ so widely from those of recent years, that it is not surprising that press reports should show that unusually large numbers of workers joined in the pavedea, games, picnics, etc., with which it is customary to honor labor's holiday. There is good reason why the workingmen and women should hare this year observed Labor day with sports and merry-making. Only a year ago the country was still in the shadow of the McKinley panic, which under the operation of the highest protective tariff ever adopted had spread ruin, bankruptcy and poverty all over the land. For three years the record had been one of closed factories, idle mills and furnaces, shut down coal and iron mines, and of wage reductions and unsuccessful strikes The trade-restrict

ing theories of the republican party had brought lower wages, or idleness ip millions of American workers, and filled the oountry with Coxey' armies and tramps. In this condition of trade « stagnation and industrial despair the Wilson tariff became law. For years the hired servants of protected trusts and monopolies had been warning the people that any reduction in tariff taxation would injuriously affect all branches of industry and reduce wages. But the result was exactly the reverse of the pfbtectionist assertions. As soon as the new tariff went into operation business began to revive, the number of failures decreased as if by magic, factories, mills and furnaces started up, and instead of the muttering of Coxeyites the hum of renewed prosperity was heard all over the country. In a few months it became evident that there was a growing demand for workingmen, and instead of wage reductions, which were the rule under Mclvinleyisra, there began a series of wage advances in the leading industries of the country*. The influence of returning good times was first felt in the woolen industry, which free raw material had greatly stimulated. Then quickly followed the cottofli mills, the great iron and steel works, the coal and iron mines, pottery trades, window glass works and various other industries, employing in all at least 1,500,000 workers, all of whom have had their wages increased from 5 to 15 and in some cases 20 per cent Nor is there any reason to believe that this unequaled trade revival and advance in wages is a temporary spurt which will soon lose its force. On the contrary, each day brings news of new factories started, which of course means more employment and of either voluntary wage advances or successful. strikes. The carpet weavers of Philadelphia and the 15,000 clothing niakers of New York city, who have just won signal victories, are the latest evidence of the continued good results of democratic prosperity. In view of the change in one year from enforced idledess and low wages to abundant work and higher pay, and with the prospeot of still greater prosperity in the future, the American workers had abundant reasons for a joyful observance of this annual holiday. Byroh W. Holt. SWAPPING IRON ~ORES, The Folly of Laying Duties on the Foreign Output. New possibilities in the way of ex^ port trade are constantly presenting themselves, making prominent a side of the tariff question that protectionists generally ignore. The latest step reported in this direction is the exportation of Lake Champlain iron ore to Germany. A furnace in that country which had been using a native ore made the experiment of substituting ore from Lake Champlain, and found that in spite of the higher cost of the American ore it could be used with so much economy of coke as to decrease the cost of pig iron. It is said that the furnaces on the Rhine can show even better results, owing to cheaper freights. This example demonstrates the folly of the import duties on iron ore which the protectionist senators forced into the tariff bill There are many varieties of iron ore, some of which it is evident we can export and some of which we need to import. The manufadtuxe of iron can be prosecuted to the greatest advantage by taking advantage of these diversities, and nowhere is the policy of relieving raw materials of taxation more beneficial —N. Y. Evening Post.

Tariffs Restrict Trade. A 5,000-barrel order for corned beef, from the Russian government to the Pacific Meat Co. of Tacoma, is but an indication of what the future has in store for the Pacific northwest—Aberdeen Herald. Now we are wondering if the Russian government will charge the importer a heavy tariff before it will let him sell this meat to the hungry peo^ pie of Russia. If she does not, what will become of the poor butcher over there. If the Russian importer had brought us Russian wares in exchange for their meat he oould not have made the trade with the Pacific Meat Co. until he had first paid Uncle Sam a small fortune. The “future of the Pacific northwest” all depends on whether we are going to be permitted to trade with these foreign countries or not.— Everett Democrat. Bltln* a Ml*. Try as they may the high tariff organs cannot delude the people with the pretense that the business prosperity which the country is now enjoying is due to the election of a republican congress last year. The hard facts of panic and trade depression while the McKinley tariff was in force are too recent to be forgotten by those who suffered from them. Gnawing at the bedrock truth of a business revival immediately*following the adoption of a low tariff can only break the teeth of the high tariff liars. $

FASHION LETTER. M ILtttle Chuft la Editlac Styles IM fall and Winter Caalanua-Sltem M Laife ai Erer—The Ruling rubric. Special New York Correspondent* Most of the existing styles are likely ♦*» be maintained throughout the sea* jon—at least in their distinctive feat* ore. While skirts are not radically •hanged in shape, there are many de* £ails in set andHtrimming which pro* claim that the designers are endeavor* [ing to give variety to the models jrhich have so long prevailed. One of the -popular skirts shovrs a very oroad front gore, with circular sides and separate gore for the back, slightly biased on both edges, straight in the center of the gore and bias in the middle of the back. Another model consists of mine gores, both edges being bias.

This method of shaping the gores causes the skirt to fall in the full and graceful flutes so popular just now. Among the latest Parisian designs are models both trimmed and un* i trimmed, with a leaning toward more elaborate styles. As to the sleeve, the season has set in with imported shapes quite as large as ever, which is a sure indication that they will rernain in style in America for a long time unless a very sudden and radical change is made. But if history repeats itself l here, as with other/" fashions, the change will come gradually, and al- | though a few of the recent models exhibit sleeves of somewhat diminished proportion,* there is no probability that very small, tight ones will prevail in a long time, for the shapes and styles of the present, when not exaggerated. are far too becoming and picturesque to be abandoned for a sleeve that means simply nothing. For autumn tailor gowns, crepon, mohair and tweed are the ruling fab

r i e s, and for suits for general wear are neat and stylish. Melton, mixtures of silk and wool, with tiny dots or bits of bright color, showing on the soft wool surface, small natt y-1 o o k i ng cheeks in the new bronze and russet shades in cheviot, English serge and mohair, bourettes, fayetta fabries, earmalites and camel’s hair tex

tiles reappear in lighter and finer weights than ever before woven for cold-weather gowns. The new silks begin with black in a score of different weaves, as black is highly favored in the world of fashion this season. French faille and peau do soie of satin finish, with a demi-luster, are the most reliable of the silk textures with black-repped surface, and they will be largely patronized, both for costumes entire and for coats and separate skirts. Dark Dresden and Chine silks are brought out in rich i heather colors for autumn and winter wear. These are very handsome and make very stylish as well as serviceable gowns. Soft-textured Liberty satins are used for trimmiugs and for demi-dress gowns. Many of these are in lovely chameleon effects, and they make ideal dresses trimmed with velvet in one of the shimmering shades of the silk. The shepherds’checks, both | in silk and silk and wool, are quite as ! popular as they were last spring. | These always make neat and lady-like

gowns, equally appropriate for traveling, shopping, visiting and general wear. Redingote costumes will prevail this winter, the redingote being made variously of velvet, satin, corded silk and small patterned brocades. Elegant models, designed for receptions and small dinners, are finished with immense berthas or Marie Antoinette fichus made of lace and satin, or velvet overlaid with elegant cut jet passementerie. The models for fur-trimmed velvet surtouts for winter are extremely recherche, and on a tall woman look most distinguished. They have large shoulder capes, edged with fur, and open up the back of the skirt to give ease and freedom to the fall of the plaited dress skirt beneath. To combine with the new plain or changeable velvets are exquisitely fine India wool textile, silky mohairs, silk and wool reps and armures in lovely fruit and foliaoe tonev _ Dukhau.

GATHERED IN THE ART WORLD. * Rosa BoxHxra. at the age of seventythree, is painting a large picture representing a fight between two stallions. England is enthusiastic orer a new animal painter. Miss Maod Earl, who is expected to prove a second Rosa Bonheur. Mb. Wiiistlkb took the seventh prise of $500 at the recent international exhibition at Venice, the onlj prise awarded to an English-speaking artist. The first prize of 13,000 went to Paolo Michetti. Garibaldi’s colossal equestrian statue, to be erected on Mount Janiculuin at Rome -on September 20, was east by a new method, by which the whole process was finished in four months, instead of the twenty required by the old system ot casting. !£wenty-fiv® tons of bronze were used for the statue. SrsKiN. according to a new anecdote, attended an exhibition of impressionistic paintings some time ago, and seeing an acquaintance said: “Leave thisplace. Don't let your eyes dwell on these impertinent, insolent daubs. It is a sin to prostitute a noble calling in such a way; it really makes me feel ilL"

SCHOOL AND COLLEGE NOTES. Nail biting1, according to a French doctor, is hereditary. Almost one* third of the French school children bite their nails, and the girls are worse than the boys. At Ystrad Meurig school in Wales the boys are taught Latin through Welsh. The “Pastorals” of the old founder of the school are used for that purpose. A professor’s chair for the history of Alsace has been founded at the Sorbonne in Paris and given to Dr. Rudolf Reuss, of Strassburg, a sou of the Protestant theologian and Bible critic. A seated marble statue of Dr. James Mnrtineau. on the occasion of the completion of his ninetieth year, is to be set up in Manchester college, Oxford, which is an unsectarian theological school. . . ' Methodists are very much pleased over the announcement that Gen. J. Watts De Peyster, of Tivoli, X. Y., will contribute the money to establish a college of languages for the Methodist university in Washington. Nerves and Blood Are inseparably connected. The fop* mer depend simply, solely, solidly upon the latter. If it is pure they at® properlv fed and there is no “nervousness.” If ills impure they are fed on refuse and the horrors of uerv> :* prostration result. Feed the nerves on {rare blood. Make pure blood and keep t pure by taking HoocPs Sarsaparilla The One True Blood Purifier. Hnod’c Dillc theafterdumer pill and nooa s rinsfMnilycath#irtiC. The Greatest Medical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY’S MEDICAL DISCOVERY, Donald Kennedy, of roxbury, mass., Has discovered in one of our cofnmon Easture weeds a remedy that cures every ind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor.) He nas now n his possession over two hundred certir rates of its value, all within twenty miies of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is warranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected Lt causes shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Head the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonful in water at bedtime. Sold by all Duiggists.

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