Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-04

ity. Dacotah, - . wheat growing section.
is not one whit inferior 10 Minnesota, and
when settled, rs Il would be under the slim.
illus Of a steady and ,emunerative market,
its products ~ the staples must be very
large. We are OF the opinion that our
Sioux Cily friends mean business, ms thtis
expected favorable action on tho lth will
testify.
Thc Wool lRscstIoa.
lne Chicago Rtrutlian pafsdes column
II figure. t. show that under the present
tar,fr tie di,cet loss to lie wool growers the
Present year viii Lc 81, 81? .02i. On the
otter hand. Commissioner Welles proves BY
. logical method, much severer, We think
than that Of the Kstutiirun, the PROF osed
tariff on wool and that Oh woolens impor ed,
which will be made necessary by the boun-
~ 10 wool growers, will tax our people Ell.
250,O0O Now ~ should he sorry to see
the wool growers auch losess on the one
hand, but none the iess xesIy TO see the
public At large such losers on the other. II
20 Try 20 save the wool growers BY raising
tho tariff We shall, upon The foregoing show
ing lose over seventy one millions Of dol
lars. Can We not save them by . cheaper
method! Suppose wc pay them out Of the
Treasnry the thirty seven and sdd millions
VI dollars. which the Republicans assures 90
they viii lose III the present condition Of
things continue" Deduct that amount
fram the sum the public will lose. if their
Wiahes are grstiiisd, and the people will save
e33. 1920. We have assumed that
the 'hicago Hsputiican', figures which
foot az the wool growers losses
are reliable. Bxs Of this We may be
permitted 10 entertain . doubt NJ Two. Tor
this reason. Mr.. Wells showed that the
aggregate sales of American wool in lSGG
amounted 70 go. 000,0 900; and accor ling to
the chicago Tribune the wool lobby claim
that the passage Of their bill will add TWEEN.
" per cent. 10 the price Of wool. Now, If
this claim be correct. the new tariff will
hhA' 'h' NbOi rtvWtfs otiS ven i!iiflpis
better OF! than they are now
II this statement be correct, the public
hy payinc ten millions direct t. the wool
growers. aud ksepins things in their ''Ircs
cat condition, can save sixty >oac millions
An Income lsepOvs wiah Two
slides a Hswmner.
From the Bn:ialo Express
We have heard an instance In tho interior
o. the State recently which clearly ,xem~
plt,cs the iaci that avarico II liable TO IN
tar its,il. Tic Canal Conmiss toner's tomad
IT necessary 20 draw largely upon one Of the
Iss:cin Lakes -SkeaeAtc elias we helicve-
10, water for canal purposes. This cut oil
the supply from several Touring mills for
time, the owners Of which subsequently H.
I'd claims sga,nst the State for damages -
The owner oi one OF these mills prepared
his papers TO hls with the Board Of Canal
Commissioners, with much care, that his
,lsim might he clearly established BY docu-
mentsry evidence Among the other pa
rcrs was an affidavit Us TO the daily profit Of
,hc mil while II was running, and the dam
n.- consequent upon it's being Stopped for
want uf water The SUN named IN the al
Il nsit as tho profit WAS quite large nearly
unr hundred dollars The trinInis>i ,ner
il eNNee examined the papers carefully,
>,sasing the ALI is.il with close scruiin,
4 ni> donr lac turn To- the claimant uith
IL remail
Thus oiliia,i, Is correct, suppose :"
Yes, was the prompt reply. 1.-The
sam uaned A. the daily profits al the mill
vru arc sure lsatcufatc !" IAN right, sir"
~ cry well when | have compared this
9TH as.t with your rctu u 10 III. SCISSOR of
internal revenue. ii | find il to compare
Wtl yosr income report, | shall take pleas
ute "a isyor,n.. the payment of vour 81 nm,
hMt untii then can give no assurance.
ibis was astunner. The claimant turn
IL red in the face aud hemmed and hawcd,
aud then asked 90 have the affidavit back
that he msht compare u with his bcoks
aud Ice sure that M mistake had been made
lie VAS informed that he should have taken
that prscAnion beio.c taking the oath in
regard 10 IT, aud assured him that the pa.
p~rs would be held subject to the test pro-
posed The claimant became tidgetv. and
urged that he might 10. an oppor, unity to
correct any errors that might have occurred,
nui the Commissioner vas incorrig,ble, and
the q iestion OF income ctusns may prove
seNa,,ous hs fore the case 10 disposed OIL
Ass'ie" il very often choir: BY its own pc.
tsrd
4 MANLY speech.
In tho House Of Representatives,, ON
Wednesday. Mr.. Rogers said
lie had never feared to state his position.
and he would nov cay that he deeply sym
pa'hi1cd With the down tredden people Of
the South. that they we're governed By des
pci,sm, and that the cond0oe 0f the prsAcnt
Congress towards the South would itself he
sufficient cause for rsbsliicn. lie protest
I'd. and would slsays lssssst, against I'll
despo,sm svesyvhers Ne protested
against the dcspeeissn Of THE Congress, end
warned the psOpis u The whole country
that their liberties were about 5eins taken
away from them by = Sc, OF crazy fanatics.
lie vas iov general amnesty 1t al events.
The whole object Of the legislat ION Of Con-
sress seemed 10 be to punish the South. lie
had YET TO hear uttered in the House. ex
ccpt by few individuals. the frat word Of
magma unity towards the South. the grea,
principle OF christianity cited ON their ac-
count. The people IT the South were a
brave people. 10 be sure they had rebelled
against the government, hut in dong SO
they had only done what Thousands Of brave
people had done before in all ages Of the
world
Mr. Rogers then dre~ parallel between
the condition Of Ireland and that Of the
South, quoting IS applicable to the latter.
The political axiom that taxation without
representation is tyranny, and that the
Whole South was unrcpresensed in any way
except in the single State Of Tennessee,
winch. however, had no proper representa-
ton. a"d hal not republican form Of gOv>
eminent, but Was governed BY dsspotism
Whcr~'s Saagc LyacA?
According to the Ashtabula Telegraph. -
man n.ine'i VIM. Collier, who lsG Cleveland