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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-15

At Denver, COL, the citizens tick.
ct was elected.
The Democrats carried the election
at Leavenworth, Kansas,
The Quartermaster's department of
this military division win depart for
Chicago this afternoon, and the Ad-
jutant Generals, Inspector Generals
Chief Commissary's and Chief Rngi-
necr's departments will follow imme.
diately. The paymaster's and Medi-
ical Purveyor's Offices and the depart
ment of the Quartermaster and dc.
partment of the Commissary will re-
main here.
Maj. Bates, Chief mastering officer
of tho department of Missouri, left
here yesterday for Fort Hays, Kan.
sas, where he will muster out the
10Th Kansas volunteers, Just return.
ing from Gen. Custar's command.
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A look at the elegant prints, dress
goods, staple brown and bleached
muslins, pant stuffs, &C., &C., ofevery
description; choice family groceries,
OF the best in the market, and at the
very zero Of low prices, will convince
the person who takes occasion to 20
through the stock Of Peters q Co.,
that Charley possesses these qua!ifi-
cations to ON eminent extent.
They are, moreover, most extensive
and liberal dealers in every species
Of country produce, for which they
pay the highest market prices.
If you believe this is "tooting" for
so much a line, 60 and try them for
once, and then be forever undeceived
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-15

FINJsHED.-P. G.. Ballingall, ESQ.,,
informs US that the telegraph line ia
completed to Bloomfield, direct from
st. Louis, and that the first dispatch
was sent over the entire line yester.
day morning.
Mr.. B. has made q proposition to
furnish the telegraph company the
poles and wire to complete the line
to this city, which will be accom-
plished at an early day, thus knock
ing the daylights into the telegraph,
monopoly which now reigns suprem,
here.
We congratulate the Bloomfielder
On getting their hands on the grea
public pulse through tho medium o
creased lightning.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-15

COCOA johnson county chap
went into the County Judges office,
at Iowa City, recently, and applied
for a decd to bit of calico!"
That's a good name for it, and has
the merit of novelty.
Another wanted to get unmarried,
which wish was cruelty ngranted,
all of which we CLEAN from the Press
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-15

ArPoINTEp.-Ed. Russell, Of the
Davenport Go~ette, was removed by
A. Johnsing to make way for Gen'l
Add. Ii. Sanders, and now General
Sanders is removed to make way for
Ed. Russell. Honors are easy.
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LOTS.

} W Shewery to B Is Durfee
lot IL, b 2, Blakes add to
Ottumwa. 600 80
L Washburn ct al, to Dixon
4 Hutchinson lot 405 Ottum
wa. $50 90
Sheriffto L Baker, lot b Is
Blakes add, Ottumwa. 21O 90
Sheriff to Shafer & Bauer lot
2b Is Blakes add, and lot
and 6 Ottumwa. $685. 90
W III Clifton to ] Williamson
lot 800 ottumwa. 1000 90
J w Norris to G Inskeep 6
lots Norris add to Ottum.
wa. 1000 90
w II Hammond to A L Hol-
ly lot HIS sub Ottumwa. 400 90
NJ A Conklin to A P Mlnton.
20 lot 4 b 8 Eddyville. 800 90
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City and County News.

NoTrCE.-If W. +. or Phoebe D..
Gray, want letter from Solomon
and Esther Richards of Medary,
Ohio, they can have one by applying
to the ?. NJ. of this city, who recent
ly received one for them addressed
to him personally.
The Gray's are supposed to live
about Point Isabel.
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$l2,155 90
LANDS.

J NJ Fish to S O Hara No /
of 1863 acres, Columbia
Up. 1850 90
b Hammitt to G G Warden
40 acres Green TIP. 200 90
E Grogan to S Eakins 16O
acres Green Up. 800 90
+ Bclinger to A Trussell
$50 acres Adams Up. 1850 on
l. Shaw to NJ Peck III acres
Adams d. Polk Up. 2,34O 90
} A Wood to A j Wood 200
acres Adams Up. 500 90
\ J Wood to ID Dana so acres
Adams Up. LOO 90
J Sweeny to j Sweeny 80
acres Center lip. $50 90
s A Mimi tx to g Park so
acres Center TIP. 1000 90
ID G Evans to l. Il Mcbride
& Co. 30 acres Center Up. 1000 90
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DRAWS PRIZE.
5Cash Gifts. each $4,000
10 q g 5000
20 Z" I" 1000
40 +" - 500
200 " I" 100
300 6. s' IS so
so Elegant Rosewood Pionos each SO to $50
15 q Melodeons s. IS to 100
$50 Sewing Machines g 60 to l75
500 Gold Watches "S5 to 800
Cash prize, Silver ware, ETC.. all
valued at 81 900, 600
A Chance to draw any Of the above pri-
yes for 25 cts. Tickets describing prizes
are selected in Envelops and we'll mix ed.
On receipt of % cts, a Sealed ticket is
drawn without choice and sent by mail TO
any address. The Prize named upon it
will be delivered to the ticket holder on
payment OF ONE COLLAR. Prizes are
Immediately sent to any address by ex-
press or return mail.
You will know what your Prize is be-
fore you pay forit. Any prize exchanged
for another Of same value. No BlenkS.
Our patrons can depend on fair dealing.
REFERENCEs.--W select TIE following
from many who have lately drawn valua-
Bile prizes and kindly permitted us TO pub
lish them: S I wilkins, Buffalo $4,000
Miss Annie Moore, Chicago Piano $3.50:
John d Moore, Louisville $1,000: Miss
Emma Walworth, Milwaukee,, Piano
$500: Rev. L. A Day, New oorleans $500
We publish no names without permission.
OPINIONS OF THE PREss:-- "rhe firm is
reliable, and deserve their success
Weekly Tribune, Oct, 8. I'VE know
them to be fair dealing frm.n-N Y
Herald, Oct, IS. "a friend of ours drew
$500 prize. which was promptly receiv-
ed."--Daily News, Dec. 3.
Send for circulars. Liberal induce
medts TO Agents. Satisfaction guaran-
| teed. Livery package of Sealed Envelops
contains one cash gift Six Tickets for ST.:
Ii for ~: 30 for So: Ito for SIS. All letters
should be addressed to
HARPER, WILSON d co
175 Broadway, N. Y.
march 26 dat.
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Bulls Cedron Bitters,
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
Arhnsas Heard From.

Arkansas Heard From.
TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL MEN
Stoney Point, White Co., Ark.
May Esd, 1865.
DIR. JOHN BULL-Dear Sir: Last Feb
ruary l was in Louisville purhsai n
drugs, and got some of your Sarsaparills
and Cedron Bitters.
My son in-law, who was with me in the
store, has been down with rheumatiin tho
some time, commenced on the Bittesm for
soon found his general health imprrs and
DR.. GisI, who has been in badoved.
tried them and he also improved.
DIR. Coffee, who has been in bad health
for several years-stomach and liver af-
fected-he improved very much by the use
OF your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bit
ters has given you great popularity in this
settlement. Think 1 could sell great
quantity ofyour medicines this fall-espe-
cially cfyour Cedron Bitters and Sarsapa.
rilla. Ship,me via Memphis, care of Rick:
EFT & Nicely. Respectfully.
C.B. WALKER.
DIR. JOHN BULLS Principal Office
No. 40 Filth Cross Street,
LOUISVILLE, KY
AL Of the above remedies for sale by
IA YLOR, BLAKE C co.,
CttuInwa, Iowa.
Aug. l6th.IsGs. d&wly.
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and . large variety Of fancy and refined
candies, In short there 10 nothing in their
line but what they keep, invariably Of the
best quality, and ut the very lowest pri-
ces. They study to please, and as cour-
tesy u cheap commodity they have a
large amount In stock which they dispose
Of gratuitously to all.
vii EBs s i faS Ratified hi.s ana no above '"'
Country produce, eggs. butter = corn
wanted.
Jany 6th 1850 dkw2n.
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A. r. Anderson, of Fremont coun.
ty, who fought his way from the
ranks to the Lieut.. Colonclcy of the
lth Iowa Unity, succeeds Cole Noel
to the Assessorship of the 9Th dis
trict.
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From CoLoRADo.-An interesting
letter from the pen of "Guillelmus,'
our far off Colorado correspondent
will be found well worth reading, in
another place.
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Address Jones Brothers Il Co. Chicago Ill.
CAUTION. Inferior works of = similar
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SENsIBLE.-The Muscatine Journal
has the following sensible remarks
about the tribulations of local papers

about the tribulations Of local papers
which are of general application:
elf the editor is plisble, they de-
nounce him as q putty man; if he is
independent, he is called an autocrat
and is charged with desire to carry
the party in his breeches pockets
Ii he insists on being paid for his
work, and especially for a moiety Of
the printing he is required to do for
the party, they say he is avaricious
and lacks public spirit. If he does
all work of the kind free of charge
and consequently gets in debt, and
in trouble with his creditors, they de-
clare he is unfit to run q paper be-
cause he has no business quaIifica-
tons. 1t is impossible to suit the
class of men we speak of, and SO
they are never suited with their To-
cal paper
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HEAVY INcoMEs.-The Assessor d,
Internal Revenue for Dee Moines
reports the following heavy incomes
for ,6S t0wit.
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B. A. FAHNESTOCK'S
VERMIFUGEl
Thc:safest and most effective
Remedy for Worms that has erer
been discovered.

This celebrated specific for Worms il
used with the utmost freedom and conf
dence by gentleman who have obtained
eminenoe in the medical profession. and
many Of these, throwing aside their pref
udices. have cheerfully given Certificates
testifying TO its superiority. It II used
extensively for the simple. reason that
Nothing ethas been discovered uhicA
can be substituted in its place.
And 1t IL il given without apprehension
because every one knows.its perfect safe
ty. 1t has now been before the public
for over forty years." and has ATTENDED
its superiority in thousands of CASE
throughout all parts ofthe world,
II is the imperitire duty Of euery o.
rent to match the health of has child
and himself Nth this 30.
tent specific.
Be careful to observ the enitials of the
name. and be sure that you get
"B. A. Fahnestock's Verm ifuge.
B. A. FAHNEsTocK's Son 4 Co.
Wholesale Druggists,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sole Proprietors.
aug .7odAw6m.
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1 HAVE received many testimonials from
professional and medical men, as my al
lhown, all of which are genuine. The fol-
sowing letter from q highly educated and
popular physician in Georgia is certainly
one OF the most sensible communications
have ever received. DR.. Clement knows
exactly what he speaks of, and his testi-
mony deserves to be written IN letters oil
gold. Hear what the Doctor says Of
BULLS WORM DESTROYER:
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FOR WEEK ENDING APRIL 3, 1869.
REPORTED B d. ". TOWER,
Real estate Agent and Notary Public
COURT HOUSE,
OTTUMWA, IOWA.
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TESTIMONIALS.
ION. GEO. w. WOODWARD

ChtSf Justace q ne 9uprenf C5ifg Q7 ft, writes;
Philadelphia, March 10. 1861.
al find sHoofands EA German Btters' IL
. good tonic, useful ~ in diseases Of the
digestive organs, and - - Of great benefit IN
cases Of debility, and want Of nervous
action In the system. Yours truly,
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REAL ESTATE SALES

A glorious.sgord appointment.
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From Rev. JOS. HI. KENSARD, ID. d.

From Rev. f.. ID, FENDALE.
Assistant Editor Christian Chronicle. Philadelphia.
have derived decided benefit from the Of
Hoofands German Htters, and feel it my privilege
10 recommend them o most valuable tonic to nll
who are suffering from general debility or from dis
Gases arising from arrangement Of the liver.
Yours truly
+. D. FENDALI,
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GREAT DISTRIBUTION BY

PANY. CASH GIFTS TO THE AMT
OF $250.000. EVERY TICKET
DRAWS A PRIZE.
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HON. JAMES THOMPSON,

Philadelphia, April 2S, 1866
al consider 'Hoofand's German Btters' pdIuGbs
medicine In Of attacks of Indigestion Dyspop
sia. can certify this from my experience of it.
Yours, with respect,
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER

To My United states and World ,0,de
Readers.
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WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN

Are made strong by the of either of these rene
dies They will cure every case Of MARASMUS,
without fail.
Thousands Of certificates have accumulated in the
hands Of the proprietor, but space will allow Of the
publication Of but few. Those 1t will be observed,
are Of note and Of such standing that they must
b believed.
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NOTICE

It b well-estsblished fact that fully one-half Of
tho female portion Of o. population are
seldom In the enjoy ment fgood health,
or, 10 use their own ,Jb4-sZ expression, never
e YELL" They are languid devoid Of all
y, extremely nervous, and have no appetite.
T. this class Of persons the BITTERS, or the
to- q are especially recommended.
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CAUTION.

For Sale by nti Druggists nii'; H''nI-
ers OF Medicines.
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And feeling the hand Of time weighing heavily uIen
them with all its attendant Ills will ind In tbs use
Of these BITTERS or the TONIC, an elixir that will
ipstill new life into their veins restore In measure
M their shrunken forms, and give health and happi
ueas 70 their remaining Year,.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-07-22
Abortion in Cows.

In some of your former numbers,
/ took the occasion to call attention
to the necessity of phosphate, and es-
pecially the phosphate of lime, in the
soil for the production of the best
yield of grain and other crops. The
phosphate is not less necessary in
in the animal economy, than in veget-
able, as it formed the material part
from which the bony structure is
built up and preserved. No bony
animal can live, or be brought into
existence without such supply
Hence the OK and the horse require
more than the hog and the sheep
So during pregnancy, the female. re-
quires more than at other times, and
more than the male at any time. All
have observed the aVidity with which
hens, during the period of their lay
ing eggs, devour egg shells, and
small fragments of bones, while a
other times they'd not eat them. ant
cockerels never. So, too, not few
persons have seen a cow during til
period of CESSATION, eating bones, am
with what tenacity she has chung t
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.5o s3bnaIo som a 599w iii egag 81
l.4a 8Zau II Tle"sa Ita
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Editorial Gossip.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, is 10 have brass
band whose members are negroes.
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Water Power, Rockford, Ill.

All persons should have Lasts in the form of
their feet if they wish for perfect fitting boots and
for beauty, health, comfort and durability boot
worked to a last that fits the foot WILL NOT
TREAD OVER, needs no breaking in, and will
retain lis shape until worn out; and besides will
save the price ofthe lasts in the wear ofone pair
Vof boots. era % ~ siaae p 8ata asa u911a
We have authorized Mr.. Charles Wheeler. fore.
man for F. W. Lyman & Son, to take diagrams and
measures OBJECT. Any persons wishing to have
the lasts made can call at the store of F. W. "
man s. Son, who Will forward measures to US.
! Kenosha, May 10th, 1865. 2m52
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A Positive Remedy for a
coo kinds of Hunors. no

ScrofuTa, Scuryy, Salt-Rheum, Carbun-.
cIes and BoiIs, Ulcers and all obstinate
Affections Of the Skin, Infiammatory
or Chronic Rheumatism, Piles, Chronic
Diarrhea, MercuriaI Diseases, and every
faint of the System; Dyspepsia, and those
Affections originating in the Derangement
OF the Digestive Organs; viz, Bilious
Complaints, Neuralgia, and Nervous Ar
fections, Headache, languor, and Depres-
sion of Spirits. Loss Of Appetite, consti-
patton. --...r IL - !. - $1,000 r
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, 1869-06-25

-....,u<nv1-.&rard.a and the pfoApsE1 Ao1: .
:Sas1y seS assleted di.et;ea 1sne ssss:sagne
81 s 4 ss|ys si'a . sp'lend4 sSest:s5sSea: r.
4sess s.oR (, ~ = Il Ws1paca feposaa aat1 +
sstsS % I'D rxtrEky cold Mesfse} ~ II Se eonjes
9gsns d9r1sfdss - ~ zTssW I I'll, 81 RnRn
1Z: q n ~ III - ts Sd,tdo1 of ths top % 1ss
~ = sons Il sheemn and soesaaAs soeaiAss n eTen 1
80 e e., sss - : T iearsd tse eola aeR Et
3 : tetal. faisnlo sa's seaz' Il le'a' !. sss'1
"i7estd TSs ne;1td.re m, STANDARD Of tho ~ -:
{. f;n1mrTH Ir5i nj 5tst Htfhtn week pee&. X
pta-snne Of ii c7opA haa changed Fe1{ G1nfa ~
fht Ewpe. Wheaf 41d oAt4 Ne !oodS ~ =. tst134
Tes{ns9; tie result wo1ld be Ye7 nesst tne p'.e.
futa ef IN ktnhB ct Er.in Eu{A attb:rs11.,
r ss<s sSsss ssa1 e ~ &c sep 3 g .sssas -
as s1ss.s Il EF6ly sSJ DaSsi1a Of tha .osn1 ~
tae cum helds fEee fFo ~ satsski ns4 os II #s1.
= oae q his ceEaaelda he unexshe9 ssTsn,Maass
'z1a6 sasna insas e . :. sgsee ssshsean .neaes
sTeeb 9ss sb9Ao,ss4 81 t Sss sss| aytaet Of ~ as
for ~ IL az zaiat xer e I IL. Ser hos sad
tneetn s3 gssssoassysa,. :. - nsassns sno no
duh, i1niesei 1nnzsdegAbie injury. Pr1chea1 o.
bka11nH Uen who bare been travelling nj oveE ~
State assure ts however, that crops q 8a xnM
Being 100 1aak g7pTth. There Is tt1ne Ut foK
the spttuS wheat to III Nel and s1faeteAt TINA fnf
faAfaE6 10 ~ cleared of -needA. 'Cfnake41 1eed
not begin 70 croak yetn ! -. =;
Copying gt11cment from the Dubuque 1fas4a,
that '8the crops Of erery description, betNean tae
Mississippi Rtses mud Des AosneA, arc IL splendid
condition; the ratn hAs not injured then In the
lcast, the Iowa Cit Rspt4aHs5s of = 7sd sAys:
+" The above % specimen Of TIC Reckless ffud q
statement Ke have far too much Of. Instead o.
{hh df
ali, Il In anything nrt q 'sp3endid' conlldon be-
tween me NlE1MlppF Rtyer and Des NodneA"
, 1869-06-25

The New Yost World 4E.:u1ssps1iy; iatelu.
gent in its discussion o1 political questions
e7en when it ia:not isophd: when, how.
aysr,: it regazda tho passage Df ths I1iah
G.urch Bll in the House Of Lords Is an
evidence of the IS deeadenee Of the English
aristocracy,"' it seems. to ignore the fsct
that the House Of Commons represents the
Englisa, atsstoczaey, as whole, rather more
perfectly than does the House Of Lords.
Tie Lords, Represent = tho .peerage only.
Bat about tFo-th1rds of the maubers Of the
Commons ne younger sons OF other rela-
tyes Of Peers, OF attain their seats through
the influence and as the representatives Of
the nobility and gentry. About fifty mem
bers Of the House Of Commons out Of the
SIX hundred are representatives Of the
industrial and niddling classes, but that
body contains not 6ngle representative
of the working, laboring or "lower
classes What the Wo7ld pronounces,
therefore, a decadenca Of the English aris-
toc7acy is only confession that they are
no stronger in their own House than they
are in the House Of Commons, and can do
no better than abide by the deciaions of the
latter.
, 1869-06-25
THE RATIONAL REVENUE.

The pzotectionista, unable to answer tbs
arguneots Of Mr.. Darid l. Wells upon the
ts,4l policy Of IN c1traragant tariff, are
continually asserting that he Is Influenced
by British gold. Owing to his urgent rep
rescntasiors, Congress has, in several in
STANCES, removed OF reduced oertaiu taxes
,aadur the internal Revenue law, and his
predictions If the effect Of sach changea
have ali tcen verified By the actua1 results
a year ago he WIS called upon for an esti-
mate Of the reoeipts acd expenditures for
the yesr ending jane so, 1869, under the
l.ws as si:es then stood, and be answered
l. Carefully prepared statement th1t the
receipts for the year would be 1856, 7oo, 900,
and tie expenditures f3aG, 300, 900. Tho
close Of the year shows that the receipts
VII! reach abou, $3.50, 900 200, md the e1-
pvaditurss :as;', ,0oo, 900.
II will he remembered that Congress, a
Year ago. repealed the tax on domestic
,aanufactures-a tag which had produced
The year btforo some eighty millions Of
dollars. Other taxes vere also abolished,
:tnd the Demoe1atc party predicted that the
repeal If these would re75: in Il deficiency
Of SE'u,oM,Oo0 in the ssvenue needed
for tLe yea1. MI. Wells opposed this
prediction hv his estimate, which also IL
Guided In appeal for the reduction Of the
excise duty on spirits frur two dollars to
Fifty cents. TIE result shows how well
balanced IVES his Judgment and how care-
fssily lie tad estimated. The credit due to
him is not to be diminished BY supposing
TINT his estimate is verified merely in ita
aggregates, but it will be fonnd to be fully |
horne I'll. by the results in al the details
both Of receipts and expenditures. At the !
next session Of Congress, the other and ad- |
tntiona1 notifications Of the revenue laws |
recommended by this officer should engage |
:he attention OF that body. There should
le rigid adherence to the reduced sca1e |
ucd Object If expenditure, and, by stopping /
all W7lsthse in that direction, there should |
ie a further reduction Of taxation, espe-
chilly upon all those articles which are Of |
prime necessity and enter into the cost of 4
Erirg. Mt. Wells hes demonstrated, be- |
yond eli question, that further continu-
ancc u these taxes do not increase the |
revenue SO much Gs they cripple hnme in-
dustsy By swelling the cost Of home pro
tluct'ons, An extensive revision Of the tax
Int in this particular would be great boon |
to the American people, and no injury to
lie nAional revenue, because this tax does
uo: 60 to tie go, erur1ent, Lat is paid rs a 4
Eolrty to capital