The Greencastle Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 1 July 1893 — Page 3
(ROUGH THE WHEAT.
Vvl c .-be (aibc t'lpi..i,u throu'-'h the wheat It seemed to bt ml to Itlss her feet, And roses all the toil made sweet And iilrds sang ibetry; The honey bees vrK hutT'.ir.lnsr low— Gold spees on roses white ns snow, Sweet roses—not so sweet, 1 know, As she was—Mary I Her footstep seemed to waho a sound Of tinhllng inusie fr .ni the ground That thrilled the wmis that whistled round With sweet cafessm, And on her forehead, white, and sleek, The rarest blossoms lell to wreak Their love, and played at hide and seek In her gold tresses Down fell the seylhe upon the grass. And "Mary, Mary, win you puss?” “You're In my way," she paid. -Alas! I must be going!" ^ Not till you pay the forfeit sweet Of coming this way through the wheat Ah! Mary—lips were made to meet— A kiss you're owihe!” Up went the dainty linger tips. To shield the ricli and rosy lips, And all their red was in eclipse— My luck seemed missing. A moment only!—then, as ehe KieU like a shaft of light from mo Sh - cried: "I jiald no forfeit—see? You did the kissing!" —Frank L. Stanton, in Washington Home Magazine.
tip. the thought ciyue to mo that never I had 1 been in u position of such utter helplessness and dependence. Led : the tioure.s trivoti above should fail to I convey the o.\n t idea, let me suggest a comparison which occurred to me
while crosuinpr this span.
The Pulitzer building in New York is just about one mile from the Hattery, and the height from the ground to the foot of the flag-stuff is, if my memory
TIN PLATE. Our Tin Plate Industry as sized Up liy
Foreigners.
A detailed report from the British embassy at Washington to its home government, on the effect of the McKinley tariff mi the tin plate industry of the 1 nited States, has recently linen issued by the Hritish foreign office. The conclusions which Mr. Herbert, the writer, draws from the facts and
serves, uno fe -t. Now pile six Pulitzer premises and statistics he produces are buildings one atop the other and start curious reading, when placed alongfrom the battery in a little bucket, side the reports of Special Agent Aver, smaller than an ordinary clothes- on the same subject. They summarize hamper, and go to tlie top of that mass as follows: (1) That the promises of suspended on a single rope, and if you the promoters of the tin plate schedule as a man will not recognize your insig- of the McKinley act have not lieen fulnificance nothing will ever bring you to filled; (2) that little American tin plate that realizing sense. ! of any kind lias hitherto been offered By this time I had entered into the on tin* market commercially; (;{) that, full grandeur of the scene and all ner- if Col. Ayer's figures are correct, and
EXCITING EXPERIENCE.
Swaying in a Bucket Four Hundred Feet Above the Earth.
In Denver it was recently reported that the Smuggler mine, of Telluride, i
■Col., would close down, owing to the low | away and dashingall of us to the abyss
vousness disappeared, strange to say, right at the most dangerous part of the journey. Four hand red feet below mo | 1 could see a train of those most abused and yet invaluable little burros slow- I ly and painfully climbing the narrow trail laden with supplies and timbers fora neighboring mine. Two miles down the valley lay Telluride, looking like a child's plaything, and still fur-
ther away miles and miles of dazzling ed tjje importation of black phit.
Lf.OOO.OOO pounds odd of tin plate have been manufactured in the United States, the American consumer has had to pay. roughly speaki*., , about $1 in duties for every one pound manufactured; (4) that the McKinley act lias advanced the price of tin plate about $1 per liox: (5) that it has damaged the canning industries of the
laliorer. He is now in the enemy’s 1 camp and is meeting with his usu:.l success. He is holding meetings in New ! Hampshire from the Canadian to the j Massachusetts line. Not only is he having good audiences which lie never fails to interest and hold—but ids dar- | ing campaign during an off year is at- ' trading considerable attention and comment from both democratic and republican papers. Of course republicans i laugh at the idea of converting the old "Granite State” from protection, but it is evident that they are trembling in their tiootN while the Reform club is doing tiie same kind of work there that made Wisconsin. Illinois and Connecti- I cut democratic and nearly upset the : republican party in Ohio, Rhode Island ;
and Massachusetts.
The Reform club has issued a challenge. open to all comers, to debate the ' question of “Protection or Tariff for Revenue Only,” in a non-partisan way, with Mr. Estell. Mr. Kstell will give up half of his time at any of ids meetings, or special meetings will be ar- | ranged for. This will give the patriotic manufacturers, who favor protection for the sake of their employes only, an opportunity to demonstrate theoretic-
A RECORD OF INFAMY.
Th« IVu-ion Tolley of the llarrlsoo AU-
niiiilrU ration.
The letter addressed to the president of the L uited States by a former employe of the pension bureau gives a clearer view than anything before published of the infamous record of our pension administration under Coinmissioners Tanner and Uuum. The outcry against Tanner’s recklessness was due to his outspoken candor, and it led to his withdrawal from office, but his successor was even more recklesa and unserupulous, and the new law of is'.io gave him greater scope. The main difference was that where Tanner was open and brazen in declaring li^s policy, Kaum was crafty and secretive in carrying out the same policy with in-
creased opportunities.
The value of Mr. Burnett's testimony lies In Ids citing actual coses and testifying from absolute personal knowledge. After having been years in the service of the pension bureau as clerk, special examiner, supervising examiner, and reviewer of field work, he finally gave up his place rather than be longer a party to the fraud and extravagance that saturated the administration of
United HUtes; (B) that it has stimulat- j n'l.v what they have failed to demon- the bureau. Before taking this course
mountain peaks against the blue sky of Colorado—bluer than Italy ever dreamed of, and about me the most unique and picturesque colorings peeping out front the uncovered patches of
the mountains.
The day was absolutely perfect, the sun warm, and, despite the constant danger of loaded buckets breaking
price of silver. This being one of the largest producing mines of the state, the natural inference was that many of the men employed therein would leave the country. In behalf of my company (the Rock Island) I started
below and heedless of the possibility of many things which might happen, 1 j thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful ! view. I am free to confess, however, to a feeling as though an intense strain I had been removed when 1 finally
for Telluride, on the Rio Orande South- crossed tiiat gigantic tow or and found ern railway, and arrived at my destina- myself only a hundred feet or so from tion Wednesday evening. Mr.’ N. T. terra firma, and only then did I discovManstield, manager of the Smuggler, cr that my hands had been clutched on
In his cozy little oflice that night, told me the company ’ ,.a decided upon a reduction of wages instead of closing down, and that word had been sent to the mine that day, but the men’sanswer had not yet been received. He further told me that at this season of the year there was but one way to get to the mine, and that was by taking the bucket tramway, as the trail was covered vitli snow and ice and practically impassible. The bucket tram, he added, Tvas itself far from a desirable method of transportation and liable to try a man’s nerve pretty well, but if I would ■undertake the trip he would accompany
me.
What could a man say to proposition of that kind but ‘'Yes?” Accordingly, bright and early the next morning, which was one of the fairest and beautiful 1 have ever seen in the mountains, horses were in readiness and, accompa-
that bucket with a deathlike grip and were wet with perspiration, while with my feet I had been exerting a tremendous pressure against the front end. \Ve soon came in sight of the upper terminal, and upon arrival there I found the men had decided to remain, accepting the slight reduction, and there would be no party to reward me for my trip—if indeed any reward other than the trip itself were necessary. Let me add, however, that the mouth of the mine was still a mile and a half further tip the mountain, and that the ore is brought from the mine to the top of the tram by burros, each carrying two sacks weighing one hundred and twenty-five pounds each. Well, my mission being fruitless, we reentered our buckets on the down trip. I feel
for tinning; (7) that imports of tin plates from the United Kingdom have not in reality fallen off, as has been ! stated, but really show signs of increasing. Nevertheless, a new industry in the manufacture of tin plates may be said to have been started in the I nited States. It may be looked upon as an experiment; it is yet in its infancy, and it is at present almost entirely confined to "dipping” imported sheets. Still, coarser kinds of tin plate of bona fide American manufacture are Iteing turned out, and there appears to be no reason why the present difficulties us to price and quality in the construction of fine black plates ready for tinning should not lie overcome in course of time, provided the present duty lie maintained. AH the raw materials necessary for the production of tin plate can be obtained. The rolling mills in the United States are now producing nearly 250,000 tons per year of the heavier kinds of sheet iron and steel, and it surely will not be long before American ingenuity, aided by a bounty of 2 2-10 cents per pound, will discover the mechanical process necessary for rolling at a profitable price sheets of a thinner gauge arid a better quality, such as are required for the manufacture of fine tin plates. But whether the industry proveto be a successor merely an experiment, it will be long before more tin plate is produced than will be absorbed by the constantly increasing consumption in the country, and it will probably In* years before the English product will be se-
nied by Mr. W. C. Green, who is eon- my up-journey gave me confidence, and nected with the San Miguel Mining > l with considerable^ equanimity
perfectly sure that had the order l»een I riously affected by the McKinley act. reversed and the down trip come first I or by the new industry under the best would have backed out at any cost, but of circumstances. —N. Y. Daily Com-
mercial Bulletin.
company of Telluride, we started out. The ride of two miles to Pandora was most enjoyable, by reason of the fording of innumerable streams which crossed the road. Our horses displayed wonderful sagacity in picking their way through many a treacherous spot. Arriving at the foot of the tram and
that I gazed down to the tiny terminal
tw’o thousand feet below.
As Mr. Green entered his bucket I remarked to the man who fastened it in place: “Get that g(«xl and tight, my
boy.”
lie answered; “I am a thousand times more anxious about this tiling than you, and will not breathe freely
CORRUPTION UNEARTHED.
In-
getting a faint idea of what was ahead
of me, seeing the buckets coining down i till you're down,
hundreds of feet above us and discharg- I then learned from him that since ing their cargoes of ore into the irn- he opened the train twenty-five thouwonsc shute, my courage almost failed sand buckets had passed n given point, me, but it required more nerve than I j with only three runaways. I did not could muster to back nut. I tried to then go into the detail of the damage appear as little disconcerted ns possible, done, but climbed into my bucket once ■while Mr. Mansfield, who was to start more, figuring the number of times first, curled up in his little bucket, | three goes into twenty-five thousand, which was only large enough to hold Arriving at the high tower again, and an ordinary-sized man in a most uncoin- entering upon the fourteen-hundred-fortable and cramped position. The ! foot span, a horrible swaying of the
bucket commenced, and finally it camo to dead stop right at the worst place on the line. The stoppage was but momentary. and was done purposely to
give me the full benefit.
There, on the same span, were the
endless cable was then put in motion j and out swung the manager on his per- j ilous journey. 1 cannot help thinking how much more nerve he display ed j than either Mr. Green or I, but he had ; been over it before, and knew what was
ahead of him. Three hundred feet be- tiny buckets, with two other hoys, and hind Mr. Mansfield's bucket came an- the thought came to me of the horother, and into this climbed Mr. Green, rible results of a runaway at that parAs his bucket started up that incline I ticular time. for. while the first bucket felt that I had lost my last friend, as | containing Mansfield was but six hunthere was absolutely nothing left then ; dred feet ahead, it was at the same between me and comfort but disgrace, time over two hundred feet below me,
The men in attendance I saw were watching me, as I was the first “tenderfoot” who had ever undertaken the trip. Once more assuming a courage 1 felt not, I awaited my bucket smilingly. When it came along 1 was obliged to remove my overcoat in order to get in. Crouching down in a sitting posture. tailor fashion, there was just room to stay in and that was all, and with a parting injunction to “keep my tail up” tlie man in charge switched me oa to the main line and 1 swung out of the doorway fifty feet above the ground. The rate of speed was about two and a half miles per hour, and the total length of the tram five thousand four hundred feet—a little over a mile. In that mile, however, we had to rise one thousand eight hundred and twenty feet—a little more than one foot in three. The endless cable to which tlie
and I could just see him waving his hand to me by peering over the front end of my cal). Well, we reached tlie ground again safely, and then looking back once more I fully understood where we had been and wondered at the foolhardiness of it all, but I wouldn’t take a great deal for the experience, just the same.—D. J. Flynn,
in N. Y. Railroad Men.
THE MOON’S FAULT. lie Was (>ul<lril by the Almanac and Not
by lb*- Weather.
In a small Vermont town the street lamps, which an* few and far between, are under the charge of one of the oldest residents of the place. "Why in the world weren't tire lamps lighted to-night. Mr. Jacobs?” inquired a summer resident,-who had stumbled down to the post office one July evening in
buckets are attached passes over numer* the pitchy darkness of a heavy ruinous tall wooden trestles, varying in storm. height from fifty feet to one hundred j “They ain't ever lighted on moonlight
t\ lull III** New York ('iihIoiii Houmc
veMIgatton 1h Kcveullng.
The commission to investigate tlie custom house, though it lias only liegun its work, has already uncovered great heaps of rottenness. Under valuations. favoritism, bribery, perjury— these are the sins Hint have their headquarters in the custom house and that fiourish in every department. It is impossible to tell from the conflicting testimony thus far taken in the appraisers’ department who the perjurers are and who are most guilty. It is only certain that tlie department that appraises three-fourths of the $400,000,000 worth of dutiable goods that enter our ports annually, is a den of corruption.' It is also quite certain that the imports of New York Gity are terrorized by the custom house officers who can. by favoritism. make or brake an importing merchant. As past investigations of this kind tiave been u farce. In that they did not lead to tlie discharge of iffieials who were proven guilty of favoritism in the valuation of goods or wlio maliciously detained goods at the custom house until they had lost much of their value, the merchants now believe that the present investigation will lead to nothing except to call down upon their heads the wrath of the officials against whom the merchants testify, lienee the importers, who have goods passing through the custom house nearly every week, hesitate to incur the displeasure of the appraisers by submitting testimony against them. As an evidenc of tlie kind of discriminations made by the appraisers we quote someof the appraisements of silk handkerchiefs. alleged to have been of identical quality, imported by rival firms:
strate in practice, especially since McKinleyism became supreme, how protection to the manufacturer operates to raise the general level of wages. Hon. E. Ellery Anderson, chairman of the Reform club committee on tariff reform, in explaining the object of the meetings in New Hampshire, said: “Last year the question that wo put to the people at our meetings was whether protection wasdesirable. The questions that we now present to them are ‘what kind of tariff should tie imposed by our laws? How much reduction should lie made in the schedules of the McKinley tariff? Should ad valorem duties be substituted for specific duties, and if not, what exceptions should be made to this rule in u readj justment of the tariff schedule? What j effect will alterations proposed in the tariff bill of the Reform club, or any I other bill, have upon established plants
and industries?’
“Special inquiry will tie directed to | ascertain what effect tlie bill proposed j by the Reform club will have on wages. The proposition that we are prepared to maintain is that it will bring about an yicrease of wages rather than a decrease by increasing the number of productive employments.”
FREE WOOL.
A Hr murk Droppril by Secretary ( arlUle Huh (liven HrotectloniHtn t Ik* Jim*
jaiiiM.
The remark which Secretary Carlisle Is said to have dropped recently, that free wool would lie seen within six months after the meeting of congress, has moved some of tlie protectionist papers to a premature fit of hysterics. All such displays they should reserve, to give them greater effect, until the bill to make wool free is actually under discussion. Meanwhile, it may be well to remark that there are some Americans, in addition to the wicked class of consumers, who are only afraid that free wool will not be forthcoming. They are referred to in the last report of Consul Baker, who has been stationed at Buenos Ayres for twenty years. Speaking of the “remarkable collapse" of trade between the United States and Argentina, and answering the question how that trade could be increased, he writes: "I can only reiterate what I have heretofore so often said, and I do so at the request of American merchants dealing with the River I’late, in tlie hope—which they express that something may be done to ease up the situation and give them the chance of a market for Argentine wools in the United States. There is no doubt that it would have a marked effect upon our commerce with this country—not merely in respect to the amount of shipments from here, hut. what is more important to us. in the increase of the imports hither of our manufactured goods.”
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1.75
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and sixty, and placed at irregular intervals wherever the formations of tlie mountain will permit. The height of the cable above the ground increased with every turn of the wheel, and as I sat there with eyes glued upon the two preceding buckets and not particularly anxious in the first few minutes to look down or around or anywhere else except above me, I began to realize that the twenty minutes necessary for tlie journey were going to be mighty long
ones.
On and on we went and up and up until there came in sight yawning under me a terrible gorge, crossed by a single span of the cable over 1,400 feet in
nights,” responded the old man qalmly. “That's tlie rule, and the moon fulled last night, an'this is one of the best nights in the hull month." ‘‘Best nights!" echoed the other, irj considerable irritation. "What good does the moon do in a pouring rain liku
this?"
"I can’t help that,” said Mr. Jacobs “Accordin’ to the almanac this is c moonshine night an' the lamps have n< call to be lit. I ree’on the almanac’s a
good thing logo by.
"Why,” continued the old lamplighter. surveying his critic with sudden awakened surprise and disgust, "where d’you s'spose I sli’d fetch up ef 1 was
length and 400 feet above the ground, j fgo by the weather stid o'the almanac? Even this would not be so bad were it I persume t’say likely I might hev t’go net that the next tower in front of me! my round ev’ry night fer a month in dog was 350 feet higher than the spot from 1 days. 1 don't cal'late to hev no seeh which I was getting my first view. j works as that! Ef the moon don’t do
There ahead of me were the two buckets containing Mansfield and Green, and as I pulled myself together, determined to take every advantage of the glorious view which now opened
her duty it's unfort'nit, but it ain't eny
o' my lookaoub”
The bystanders murmured assent, and the summer resident was aticuced —Youth's Companion.
Of course with an average discrimination of about 25 per cent, in favor of J. R. Simon & Co. it is only a question of time when, their competitors will be driven out of the business. So great arc some of those discriminations tiiat importers can sometimes purchase cheaper of their rivals than they can
abroad.
The temptation is so great and human nature so weak that it is likely that custom house fraud can be stopped only with the abolition of custom houses themselves.—B. W. H.
American Waue* in Oerinaiij-. It is a stock argument of protection monopolists to compare tlie “pauper” wages of Europe with those of America, taking care to conveniently forget the relative cost of production, and to credit to McKinley ism the balance in our favor. An interesting illustration
he gathered facts sufficient to justify , it and to enable him to reveal what had been going on about him whenever the administration might become friendly
to efforts at reform.
it appears very clearly from this revelation that the policy of the last administration was to put as many names as possible upon the pension rolls, and to scatter from the treasury of the United States as much money as possible among claimants for pensions. This seems to have been the deliberate purpose of Gen. Kaum, and it must have been in pursuance of an understood policy of his superiors. It was evidently part and parcel of a parly policy, which included at once the buying up of the “soldier vote” and the dissipation of the revenues of the country so that a reform tariff would bo difficult if not impossible. It was in keeping with tlie whole spirit of tlie Fifty-first congress, which passed the McKinley tariff. Hie Sherman silver purchase act, and the disability pension act Mr. Burnett's cases are merely samples, and represent thousands upori thousands. They show tiiat pensions were granted for disability where no proof of disability was furnished and in the face of adverse reports from tlie examiners. Disabilities were credited to service whieli were proved to have had their origin before enlistment or long after discharge. The record of “desertion” was changed to “honorable discharge” in thousands of eases, and pensions were granted to “bounty jumpers” and sneaks. Evidence shows to be forged or fraudulent was accepted, and the proviso of the law regarding disabilities caused by the applicants' own vicious habits was practically ignored. The pension rolls are befouled with the names of hundreds of men who receive the bounty of the government on account of loathsome diseases
duo to their own vices.
In short, it was impressed upon the force of the pension bureau from the commissioner through all the grades that the object was not careful scrutiny, a strict compliance With the law, and the protection of the public treasury from fraud and extravagance, but the passing of as many claims a-s possible in the speediest fashion. If examiners were disposed to be scrupulous they were overruled, but for the most part they were induced to conform to the expectations and requirements of their superior officers. The action of congress in providing for pensions has | been lavish, but tlie conduct of the pension bureau under Commissioner Ruum was infamous in its recklessness, and it is costing tlie government probably not less than fifty million dollars
a year.
All this will doubtless bo stopped under the present administration, but tiiat is not enough. The mischief should be undone so far as it is now possible. The service of the pension bureau should be completely reformed, and the pension rolls should be purged. Mr. Burnett makes some practical suggestions on this subject, which may be of value to the government. He thinks that within a year the whole one million claims could be overhauled and those eliminated which are founded in
reaches us from the Youth's Companion . , , , ... , of a German trained in America, who fraud, false representations, and d.sre-
gard of legal requirements. I lie na-
tional administration is overburdened with the heritage of the iniquities of the four years of Saturnalia that preceded it at Washington.—N. Y. Times.
M'KINLEY'S MISTAKES.
An Erroneous Statement Conuerning the
Gold Keserve.
McKinley touched high-water mark for combined ignorance and effrontery when he said in his speech at Columbus that "Mr. Cleveland in his first administration set apart as a sacred fund to redeem the greenbacks the one hundred million dollar gold reserve.” He varied the phrase several times, saying I that “Mr. Cleveland fixed that sum,” I "he himself established the hundred million line,” etc. The simple truth is that the secretary of the treasury began the practice of maintaining at ; least one hundred million dollars, "rei served for tlie redemption of United States notes,” under the act of July 12, 1882. It was a republican congress that passed it, and the particular sec- ' tion creating the gold reserve was the subject of special debate when it came [ back to the house from the senate. Messrs. Randall, Holman, Buckner and
THE PLUTOCRATIC RALLY. InrflVcfuai Effort# of Millionaire# to t on* trot the Democratic I’arty. Th? question in this country which Involves all other questions is whether it shall be governed by its 65,000,000 people or by the few thousand plutocrats who own the bulk of its wealth and who, by virtue of such ownership, claim the right to rule. That was tlie question in 1890 and again in 1892. when the people rose, aud.as they thought,shook off the yoke. That is the question now when the plutocracy has rallied and has massed its forces to snatch victory from de-
:
That will be the question until the sovereignty of the people is vindicated and democracy is asserted against plutocracy. The millionaires of America are moved by a strange infatuation to believe that their money is omnipotent. They had no sooner seen that they were routed by tlie onslaught of the masses < J the democratic party than they set to work in the democratic party itself to capture control ofq the organization which had lieen soused against them as to show how formidable it is to unjust privilege. They will never sueceeil and they are only making it worse for themselves at the final settlement, but they are now in high feather at their imagined success. After the magnificent work which carried Illinois and Wisconsin for the democratic party and wrenched the entire west loose from its subjection to the plutocracy, the democratic party had within easy reach a half century of power as it had after the defeat of the federalists under Adams. Seeing this, the plutocrats set to work to undo what had been done by assuming control as democratic leaders. The country then learned for the first time that Mr. Henry Villard was a democrat, and the democrats of the country were humiliated to the dust by the spectacle of Pacific railroad lobbyists, attorneys and other dependents taking charge of the party in the northwest and pushing forward for recognition as cabinet officers and dispensers of patronage. And with this came the still more bitter humiliation of the capture of the Wisconsin senatorship by a nobody, a mere millionaire who had never demonstrated capacity except for getting unearned money. When this person was elected against a democrat of national reputation, who Is honest enough and brave enough to be poor, there was not a democrat who saw what was done but felt his cheek crimson with indignant shame and his hand clinch with resentment. And from that day to this these people, in their blind fatuity, have gone on believing that because, by their money and their influence, they can control an ambitious and unscrupulous man here and there and make him betray the trust the people have put in him, they can control the people and check the forward movement of the mighty democracy. They will never do it. They are foolish in attempting it. The people have made up their minds that they will restore a government of equal rights, in which the rights of persons and the rights of property shall be guarded with all the power of the people; in which the right of a man to hold and to enjoy his own earnings shall not be impaired by laws which take the earnings of a million to make a millionaire of ime. The people have set their ininda on tiiat and nothing will deter them.— St. Louis Republic. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. —The republicans now claim that the tariff lowers prices. Is that why they want farm products “protected” by the tariff?—St. Louis Republic. As the republicans will "stand by their record,” th? campaign badge will perhaps be a clothespin, worn on the nose.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is said Mr. Harrison is laying plans for the presidency in 1896. lie laid a few plans in 1892, but up to date they have not been carried ouL—Kansas City Times. Tlie republican critics of the democratic administration arc emulating the example of the individuals who set fire to a buibling and then hoot the firemen.—N. Y". World. Ex-Czar Reed is enjoying the somewhat doubtful honor of being “mentioned” for the next presidential nomination of Ids party. Thomas, however, knows enough to keep from getting wet during a shower if shelter is at hand, and, like b’rer rabbit, he “ain’t u-sayin' nothin’.”—Chicago Herald. The great trouble in respect of reforming the pension oflice is that honest and patriotic toldiers are unwilling to believe tiiat any man who fought for the union can bo such a rascal as Raum But they will know the truth
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Thu Kufnrm Club ChalloiiKinff I’rotrctlonImIm mi Their Own Grouatl. The educational work which the Reform club tiegan five years ago, and whieh resulted in signal victories for tariff reform in 1890 and 1892. has not ceased; nor is it likely to cease until the last vestige of that arrant humbug, “protection", is wiped off our statute
books.
Mr. \V. B. EstelL one of,the ablest speakers of the Reform club and one who participated in several hundred battles during the educational campaign, from 1890 to 1892, is still in hot
pursuit of the enemy of the farmer and 1 reciprocity movement.
has founded an arms works in Berlin. He introduced the American system of working, and put in American laborsaving machinery. His thousand employes are paid almost double the usual German wages, and as a result, the superintendent says, “it pays well to pay this high rate of wages. It is economically the cheapest way. Best paid men produce tlie cheapest.” It lias created hostility from other employers who are losing tlie best skilled men. and cannot compete with the new methods introduced. Discontent lias also been created among their employes. We expect to see some republican paper claim this innovation as the result of McKinleism.—American Industries.
Ki'form < lull nt Work.
The educational work of the Reform club in New Hampshire is sure to yield good fruit. The club lias in that state a speaker. Mr. Estell. who is not only well informed as to the tariff, but. having been a worker in the mines, is able to discuss the question from the workingman’s point of view. He will meet any representative protectionist in joint debate in a series of meetings. The discussion is to lie non-partisan, to
lie free on luith sides from praise or | other democrats objected to it, but tlie the convention acted, was ex-Seeretary blame of any party, and is to be con- | republicans generally sustained it, and - Foster, who made a mess of ids duties fined to the respective advantages of a among those who voted for it was Me- at Washington and signally failed in tariff for protection and a tariff for rev- ' Kiuley himself (Congressional Record, the management of his own affairs, enue, with particular reference to the Forty-seventh congress, first session, Ohio is a great state.—Detroit Free
laborer. Such a discussion at a time j volume 8, page 5.852). We therefore Press.
trust that the governor will not again i attempt to make this little addition to his dear old speech which every man, woman and child in Ohio now knows
by heart.—N. Y. Post.
soon, aud then there will be music in the camp of the grand army.—N. Y.
World.
McKinley cannot win this year, nor at any time in tlie future, with his face to the past. He must turn right about and get abreast of the times. The republican party of to-day needs earnest, intelligent, aggressive and courageous leadership. It cannot afford to sit around the idols of former days, mumbling the shibboleth of departed leaders.—PhiladelphiaTelegraph (Rep.) McKinley talked finance, though he did not know enough about the subject to keep a fortune when ho had one, and the only other man prominently considered for the governorship, before
when no party canvass is going on cannot fail to be instructive, and we sincerely hope that the protectionists will ] be able to bring forward their very best 1
speakers.—N. Y. Times
—It is said that ex-Seeretary Charles ; Foster was a liberal contributer to tlie | fund to help Gov. McKinley out of his financial trouble. Here is an oppor- i tuuity for the governor to inaugurate a I
It is too early to hold the democrats responsible for tlie ills of the country arising under conditions unchanged since the republicans surrendered power.—Philadelphia Leader (Ind. Rep.).
Let’s see, wasn’t it Gov. McKinley who two or three weeks ago strongly rebuked those people who sought to make political capital out of the existing financial situation? And wasn’t it this same Gov. McKinley who on his renomination last week devoted about half of his speech to an attempt to make political capital out of the existing financial situation?— Louisville
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