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SYPHIIIH CIREH.

DR. BQHANNAN's Vegetable Syphilis
~ Cure" ia warranted to permanently cure
SYPHILIS In sill its sisges-PriGsry, Sec
cate the last vsetIge Of the Disease IRON the sys
TEN. Those las ing tLe hyF hiljtIc poison lurking
their blood soncesied from observation, in it's
constitutional f IN, tnertby jeophrdiTing the
health ami happiness o. another. as well SIS that
of their offspring, shonld make immediate use of
this medicine and he CURED FOR LIFE.
Price Five Dollars Sent 10 Hny address Sold
only a. Dr.. c. 4 BohsanAus Office, No. 6l9
North Fifth street, St. Louis, No.
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DIR. w hitter

A REGULAR GRADUATE OF MEDICIEEl
N as Diploma ct efice will show, has been
longer Engaged in the treatment of Venereal |
Sexual aud Private diseases tsao any other
IT, Jsicisn IN ST. Louis. Syphilis, Gonorrheayi
!Gieet, Structure. orchitis, Hernia and Rupture,I
ali Urinary Diseases and Syphilitie OF MercurisI
Amlctions Of Thrsst, Skin or Bones, are treat
led with unparalleled success. Spermato 20, II
sexual Debility and lupotency, aa the rssul
t1f self abuse In youth, sexual excuses In n
lturer years, or other csusss, and which produces
ssoms of the following effects, ss noctuKal emis-
sions, blotches, debility, dizziness, dimness oil
fsight, confusion ofideas, evil forbodings,av
bon to society Of females, loss of memory and
tsexual power, and ren dsring marriage improper
tAre permanently cured The Doctox's CD por-
.tnnties hospital AM private practice ass unsur7
tpasssd in St. Louis OF any othel city. Back
Files Of st. Louis papers prove that be has bean
Iloeatsd here longer than any other so advesti
Isipg. The establishment I, library Laboratory ,and
lap poin tmepts, are HnriyalleS in the West, I'M !
surpassed anywhere. Age with experiences
lean be relied upon, and the doctor can refer to
Imany ply sicians throughent the country. In
Ipast success and present position he stands
without competitor. The writings Of ply
isician whose reputation is Union wide should
he worth reading. DIR. Whittier publishes q
Medical Pamphlet relating 30 vebereal diseases
land the disastrous and vsSsA consequence
| Eof self abuse, that will be $50 D any addres,
lin g scaled envelope for tvs Stamps. Many
sphy sioians introduce patients to the doctor az
| ter read ng his msdtcal pam phlet. Conmuni
POSITION occidental A friendly talk viii cost yoy
| moth ing. Office central Jet retired, No. Gil 81
sCharies street, st. Louie, ko. Hours Q o. m
TO .. M. Sundays Q 10 , p. m.
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Made Of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirit.
and r. efu Sc Liquors doetored, spiced and sweet
ened to please the taste called Tonics Appetite
ers," Restorers," Sc. that lead thu tipper to
drunkenness and ruin, but true Medicine, mado
from tho Native Roots and Herbs of California FREQ
from all Alcoholic Stimulanfs. They are thu
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE q perfect Renovator and
Invigorator of the System. carrying of all poisonous
matter and restoring the blood to healthy condition
No person can take these Btters according to drec
ton and remain long unwell. e
s1U0 viii be given for tncurable case, provided
the bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or
other means and the vital organs wasted beyond the
POINT Of repair.
9For InGammatory and Chronic Rheuma-
ttzrl and Cont, Dyspepsia. or Indigestion,
Bilious. Remittent and Tntermittent Fevers
Diseascs OF the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and
bladder, these Bitters have been most success
ful. 9aca Diseases are caused by Inflated
Blood which is generally producedby arrangement
Of the Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache Pain in the Shoulders Coughs Tightness OF the
Chest Dizziness, Sour Erncsations of the Stomach,
Bad IN the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Papftation
Of the Heart Inflammation OF the Lungs, Pain in the
regions Of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful
symptoms, are the ofsprings of Dyspepsia.
sThey tnvgorate the stomach and stimulate the tor
pidliver and bowels, which render them ofunequaed
efficacy in cleansing the blood OF all Impurities and
imparting new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEAS ES, ETuptions, letter, Salt
Rhuem Blotches, Spots, Pimpes, Pustues Boils, Car
buncles, Ring Worms seald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysp
elias Itch scurfs Discoorations of the Skin, Humors
and Diseases OF the Skn OF whatever name nature,
are literally dug up and carried out of the system in
short time by the Of these Btters. One bottle in
such cases will convince the most ncreduous oftheir
curative effect.
eCleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you find its
impurities bursting through the skin inPimples Erup
tons cleanse when you md it oostructed
and sluggish in the veins cleanse it when it is foul
and your feelings will tell ou when Keep the blood
pure and the health OF the system Will follow.
PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking in the
system of so many thousands efectualy destroy
ed and removed. For full directions, read carefully
the circular around each bottle, printed four Ian
guages-English, Germsn. French and Spanish.
JwALKER. Proprietor. R. h. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco, Cal.
and 50 and 81 Commerce Street. New York. e
Ey- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERs
John BsngstOn, and c. A. Benser, Agent, q oc
Island.
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~aohaunan's Female Regulator IS

|, \ infallible remedy Tor 81 obStfuclions OF
\ the !" onthly PERIOD from coles or other
causes certain cure il is Womans best
friend. Pr.ee Five Doltr'. Sent to any sd-
dress with fan sn6 complete directions, etc. For
sale ouiy al DR.. c. A. BohAupsn's office, No. SIG
Moth Fifth street, between Wssh.n Eton avenue
and Green. vest side, St. louis, Mo-
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r., mn REV ARD

D ,uuU For any case Of Bind, Bleeding,
X nlIa. or liberated Piles tibet Dk BIkG's
PiLE RES kDG fails to cure. 1t is pre-
pared expressly to cure the Piies and nothing
else and has cured cases Of over 20 years stand
ing. Sold by all Druggists
VIA EUGA.
DR. BIxG's Via Fuga is the pure juice of Bs<ts
Herbs, Roots, and Berries, for
CONSUMPTION.
inflammation Of the Lungs all Liver, Kidney,
and Bladder diseases. organic Weakness, Female
Affections General Debility, and all complaints
Of the Trina Organs in Msle and Female, pro-
ducios Dyspepsia, oostiveness. Gravel, Droiiy
and scrofula which most generally terminate IN
Con sumptiEe Decline. 1t PuT1hes and enriehes
the Blood, the BiIliAry, Glandula, and steIet.ye
system correots and strengthens the Nervous
and Muscular forces; it acts like charm on
weak, nervous. and debilitsted females, both
Young and old. None should be without it.
Sold everywhere LAbTatory--I42 Franklin st.,
Baltimore, Nd jy27-d4uIy
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Cents

They have received the highest eeurmendAtion
from all, and will always render satisfaction to
those who try them.
Nos. Cents
Il Cures Fevers, Cor gsstion, Inlamnation-...2S
/" Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Collie.
Crying-Colic or 1eething of Infants..G5
Diarrhea Of Children or Adulss......;s
8 Dyssntery, Gripping Bilious Collects
Cholera Morbus Vomiting ......-.....2b
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis .........Z5
Neuralgia, ToothAshs, FaesAohe......75
Headaches, Sick Headache, VERT Cos &c
10 =" Dyspepsia, Bilious stomsch.......,...2t
Il Suppressed, or Painful Periods......2e
II Whites, too profuss periods 20
IS Group, Cough, Difficult Breathiug ,..-25
Il Salt kheum, Erysipelas, Erup.ions.s5
Is Rheumatism, Rheumatic P ains-......2b
10 Fever and Ague, Chin PevsE,Agues-b5
II Piles, blind or hleedn g................. SO
IS 0phthalmy, and Sore or Weak EyeB55
I9 Cstzrrh, acute or chronic, InfuenaE-50
80 Whooping-csugh violent nghE.....50
81 " Asthmz, oppressed breGthin g-.........50
~ 90 Ear Discharges, oppressed hearing SO
% scrotula, enlarged CLAN DIS, Ewslling ga. so
~ General Debility, phi Esiokl weak nsSs-55
IS Dropsy aud seanty seoretions........50
80 ees-siokness, sickness FROM riding 81
81 " Kidney Disease, Gravel. ..--..... 5B
% kervouE Debility, Seminal Ennis 60
Eions, Involuntary Discharges. 90
80 Sore Mouth, Caut sr......... .-..... -. 50
50 - urinary NeA EEssk, ~SfGAK TED ...... DO
81 " PGinful Periods with spRsms ........5 SO
81 "a Suffer- ngI at change Of life 80
3s Epilepsy, Spssms, ST. Vitus' DaGes GO
81 {" 1iytLe=ia. ulcerSted sore tbrost...... SC
Price 10 walls, large size,.5oc and I.s0
FAMILY CASES, in Morocco, with
35 large 3 dram viais, containing the shove
list. with book of direction. complete $1,000
80 " soc
sd 80 in paper Gaze, with book ............5 %
VETERINARY SPECIFICS.
Case of 10 OK, visl-, in fluid, loo doses eR5 ch,
| with manual Of directions, giving full account
| Of all diseases of HoRsEs, CATTLE, SHEKF,
| DOES and Hoes. with full directions ioE use,
in neat walnut case, complete 81 0O
PONDS EXTRACT,
| Cures Piles, NeHrdlqia, ToothGche, BLEEDING
Of the 7 ungs, Stomrch, Nose or otheI Organs
Burns, Bruises, LdmeneSs, SpraiaS, Reeu
'ndtiSDa, Sore Throat, Sore Eyes. Boils, Corns
Ulcers, Old Sores. The Best Family Ned.
cine k9aOtcn.
Price COG. SOC, Pints 81 90, Quart.
81 rs.
&@- These Remedies, except Ponds Extract
By the case single box. are sent TO any par
of the country, by mail or express, free o
charge, on receipt of the price.
Address Humphreys Specific Homsopatki
Medicine Co., 0fies and Depot, No. bt3 Broad
way, New York.
FOR SALE BIZ ALL DRUGGISTS.
fall assortment of ths shove for sale il
Rosk Island by
O. A. Bsnser, John Bengston, gents.
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FRUIT BASKETS.
FRUIT BASKETS.
QUARI
GET THE VERY Beat.

GET THE VERY BEAT
In nothing does this injunction better apply
til An In the selection Of bAsket for marketing
stra berries. Ii is an undeniabie fact that n
article ct offered for this purpose, comes near
perfection ss the
Beecher Veneer Fruit BaSLet
These baik cts are not only cheap, bur eOnbihe
greater strength, beauty, durability, and c.Ps-
bi.ity for VeRtulsuoB. than any other known
style: hence fer use Snd convenience are by far
the most econ onical made, FULL MEASURE
g,ferdnteed--bo - short quarts when tl'
BEECHER Basket is used.
We have the voluntary tes,imony Of many o.
| the largest Growsrspnd Commission Fruit Deal
ers, sustaining oar CLAIMS fer these baskets.
| In short they are the basket. Tly them anC
prove the correctness Of the Ibovs statements
light neat aud strong crates If vsrious sizes e
accompany baskets, on hand and maize to order
| Send for circulars end price LET TO
| THE BEECHER BASKET COMPANY,
| mch9deodw2m WestEiie. Conn.
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sIMILIA slMILIBUs CURANTUR.
HUMPHREYS
EoNEEoPAyRIU SPECIFICS

uAVE PRoVED,FRoM THE MOST AMPLE
IL experience, an entire success: Simple,
Prompt, Efficient and Rsliabie. They are the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
80 supple that mistakes cannot be made ia
using them; 90 harmless as to be free from dan
ger, and SO efficient as to be always reliable.
They have received the highest oeulme ndation
from all, and will always render satisfaction TO
those who try them.
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VEGETINE.
NATURES REMEDY.
IVNCp YlT Kf Nf1
Y 6yTG I,1N a.
IHE GREN BLoon PURIFIER, y

A valuable Indian compound for restor
ing the health, and for the permansn, Oure
of all diseases arising from imnur;t;e. of
the blood, such as
ScrofaIa, Scrofuloats Humor, Cancer, Can.
cerous Humor, E'ysipelas, Canker, Salt
Rheum, Pimples and Hunaors on the
Face, Ulcers, Coughs and Colds,
Bronchitis, Neuralgia, RheumG-
tism, Pains .in..Me Side, Dys-
pepsja, Constipation, Cos
tirness,' Piles, Headache,
Dizziness, NERVOUSNESS,
Fdintness at the Stomach, Pains an the
Back, Kidney Complaints. Female
Weakness and General Debility.
This preparation is scientifically and sheni-
esly combined, and strongly concentrated
from roots, herbs and karks that its good effe ct
are realized Immediately after commencing to
take 1t. There is no disease Of the human sys-
TEN for which the VEGETINE cannot be used
with perfect safety, as it does not contain any
metallic compound. For er adicating all mPuri-
ties Ofthe blood from the system, it has equal
1t mas never failed to effect cure, giving tone
and strength to the ~ stem debilitated by dis
ease.
I It's wonderful effect upon these complains
surprising to all. Many have been cured by
the VEGETINE who have tried many oths
remedies.
1t can well be sailed
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SEWING NAoaxNS.
TIRE
NEW FAMILY SEWING MACHINE

powRRY k=sssS <. boWERy
THE kGTBAoRDINAR SUCCESS OF
i Their NV and improved manufacturing Ma
chimes for light OF heavy work bss indueed the
Empire Sewingf Machine Co, TO manufacture
sew FAMILY MACHINf of the same
style an construction, with ndditionsl ornsnen-
tation. making il equal in beauty and hplfh WITH
other Family Machines whereas in usefulness II
far outstrips all competitors. The price of this
now Acknowledged necessary article comes WITH
in reach of every elass; and The company Is pre-
nared 10 offer the most liberal inducements te
bnysrs dealers. snd agents Apply for circulars
and SAMPLES to EMPIRE s. NJ. COMPANY,
Is6. south CLARK street, Chicago, Ills.
jsls-d&EIy
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DIR. BOHANNAN
Office No. 6l9 North Fifth street, between
Warrington Ave ana Green strsets),
SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.
Established IN st. Louis 1897.

CUREs ALL CHRONIC AND SPECIAL
~ Diseases in & short time, either in Ii ale or
Female; charges low fees; uses no Mercury.
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yailp argus.
Mducaticn in this Country.
A: Marked Contrast.


The comparative statistics by the Bureau
OF Education, OF the several states and sec
tons of the Union, present remarkable
contrast, and show what an influence eduoa-
ton has upon the politics of the country.
Thus We find in New England New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode
Island, and Oonnecticut--with an area of
62,066 square miles and population in
1860 of 3, 1875, 22S, that the number of per-
~r;ss y /. 10 and that the namSer Of
persons of the same ago who cannot read
aud write is 3,s47. In six Southern states
South Carolina, Georgia, FIoridA, Ala.
bams, Mississippi and Louisiana-witha an
ares four times as large as thai of New
Engiand, and population one third create
there are only 853, 243 persons over 70 years
Of age able to read and write, and 10, 26s
unable. Figures like these carry with them
lesson.
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A ruralist in Memphis gave boy half q
dollar for q paper, and the boy gave him
three papers, his entire stock, to hold while
he went for change. The suburban thinks
fifty cents dear for three papers.
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=
lam now an old man, nearly sixty winters OF
toll, study and practice have whitened the locks
and told upon the physical frame.
Were it not for the desire TO still further bene-
ft humanity by extending my BALsAs broadcast
over the world, | would seek tbst rest my de-
Ginning years so much require. One word de-
sire to say before you neg ect that CoUGH, think
TO what fatal results it may lesd-
All that Slain for this Balssm can be PROVED
BY FACTS.
Send for o circular and learn how many of
your friends and psighbors all over this Cnio
have been relieved and cured by it when all othe
| remedies failed.
This remedy ia designed and intended to pre-
| vent CoysuMPrIoN from sending TO the grave its
thou lands. ASK for DR.. @. L. BELLS Balssm OF
Alpine Moss A trial is al that is solicited, it
will recon N en- tself.
a as.d @. L. BELL, N. n,
No. IS s. Halsted street, CHICAGO, ILL.
| For sale by Fuller, Finch 4 Fuller, Wholesale
Dealers, and by DruggiAts everyuh
| dec3- eod-m, w,fWIy
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MEDICAL.
ParmeIee's New Vegetable Pills,
LOOK TO YOUR CHILDREN
rruE ON EAT
aocFHIN0 u M Il DY!

THE GREAT
60 FRxN q u u M 4 d z!
MRS Cures Collie and Gripping
WHITCOMBS in the Bowles aud faciIi-
SYRUP. tEtssth process of tsething.
subdues Commissions, and over PRICE
comes all diseases incident to in Is
fants and childred. CENTS
MRS. Cures DiarThoea, Dyson
wHITVoMB's terry and Summer Com
SYRUP. plsnt,in childran of all ages
Relieve pain, weakness or ex- PRICE
haustiOn in 15Or 20 minutes, giving 26
| tone and power to the system. } CENTS
| 1t is the Great Infants and Chdren's Sooth
| ing Remedy, in all disorders brought on by
| tsething or any other cause
Be particular in calling for MRS. WHIT
COMES sYRUP, and take no other.
Prepared blythe GRAFTON MEDICINE CO.,
ct. Louis, he.
Sold by Druggista and dealers in Medicine
everywhere.
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Va DIR. BoHANkAN'S ''TreAtiss On spee-
ial Diseases" watch fully explain the nature,
''semina al eAkpess, and all the evils resulting
from self Abuse, and inPediments to marriage
generally Also, valuable inform alton en- other
Delicate subjects. Sent free to address in a
plain sealed enE eiope.
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MIDDLE AGED MEN.
Attorneys.
CHARLES ROBINSON,

A TT0REEY AT LAW. Hul's Block, cor
n Washington and Illinois streets, Roek Is.
land. Connected With Bisbee & Marshs Law and
Collection once of Chicago. nv l5dly
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The active medicinal
qualities Of Poke Root
are combined with the
best Tonic preparation
of frhn in
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me OF TARI

Its action on the Urinary
Organs are both prompt
and marked. ltsuccceds
in reproducing the urn
airy seeretions when 9TH
er powerful diuret ii c $
have failpd
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u. Crooks WINE OF TAR

Is rich in the medicinal
qualities of Tar, COM
blned with vegetable in
gradients of undoubted
value, which make it I'M
surpassed for the COM
plants enumerated.
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Or. Crooks WINE OF TAR

Has made many persons
strong and healthy who
had been unable 70 work
or walk for years.
should be Eeptin every
house, and its life giving
tonic properties tried by
all.
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WINE OF TAR

Removes pain in Breast,
Side or Back.
Is a most effective Regu-
later of tho Tauar
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lr. Crooks WINE OF TART
:. Crooks WINE OF TART

Renovates an Inv gor-
ates the entire system,
and rapidly restores Ex-
hausted Strength. The
very remedy for the weak
and dehilitssed
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capital to invest in our unrivalled water
powers, and by building up manufactures
give an impetus to every other industry which
shall result in making us thriving, pro sper-
GUS community, with no fear of the results of
the next census.
But can we hope to do SO if we allow even
a small part of our small capital to drift away
There are Savings Banks in Maine to-day
which are employing their funds-the money
of our laboring men--in building railroads in
Iowa and other western states. They are
thus helping build up other States while SIM
liar institutions or objects worthy of assist
ance in our own are languishing for help. Is
this wise policyS No. Exempt the de-
posts in these banks from taxation SO long as
they are employed at home to help ourselves,
but when they are loaned out of the State,
and thus virtually lost to us, put on tax of
two per cent. on every dollar thus loaned.
Isn't this fair, isn't it just, isn't it sound pol
icy, and above all isn't it right? Gentleman
Of the legislature the whole power is in your
hands.
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inal value. Why? because a factory in
Georgia makes the same article its machinery
formerly turned out and undersells it at prof
ii in the N. Y. market. The greedy, short
sighted policy advocated and secured by the
majority of New England manufacturers is
proving their ruin. The only thing that can
save them is a return to sound principles and
policy. Perhaps that will not be wholly eff
fectual, for the competing factories are built,
the capital invested, and the rivalry is now
almost one of life and death. Manufacturers
now see it; but it is late, very late. The evil,
in great measure is done.
Now we respectfully submit tha. the
Argus in the above has given its free trade
friends an unfriendly cut, and inadver-
tently probably, got on the other side OF
the fence. If the fruits Of protection have
been to increase wooden manufactures in
the country and make cloth cheap, who,
pray, gets the benefit of such result? The
purchasers of the cloth of course. What
becomes then, in this view, of the doctrine
that protection robs the people to PAM
per the manufacturer? The tables appear
to be turned. 1t is not now the pampered
manufacturer according to the Argus, but
the poor, suffering, oppressed manufac-
turer. He, and not the people, is the OBJ
ject of sympathy. Thanking the Argus
for its testimony in behalf Of the policy OF
protection to operate beneticently upon
the interests of the masses Of the people,
we hope it may stick to that much truth,
which is but a part of the whole. There
still remain the advantages resulting to all
the communities where these manufacto-
ries are established, of employment, crea-
ton Of markets for the farmer and trader
diffusion of money, growth of schools and
churches. and addition to the general
growth and wealth Of the country, which
the Argus will be able to comprehend as
it advances out of the mists that have hith-
erto clouded its vision.
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Qailp Yennebet yonrnM.
THE TABLES TURNED.

a U G. U s L "A.
MORNING, Feb. Is, 1871.

\ few days ago the Argus published
document signed by forty-three wooden
manufacturers, inveighipg against the
present tariff on wool, which they repre-
sent rs injurious to their interest and de-
claring that wool ought to be admitted
free. The opinion of these few manufac-
turers would be of more consequence did
it represent anybody but themselves, but
while the National Association of Wool
Manufacturers and the Wool Manufacture
ers' Association of the Northwest, which
represent the great body of wool manu-
factlfcrs in the country, are content to
endorse the present tariff and the princi-
pie of protection, the complaints of the
persons above mentioned will have little
weight upon the general question.
But the purpose which we have in this
article is to notice the comments of the
Argus upon the document to which we
have alluded. The free traders, of which
school the Argus is a disciple, contend that
protection keeps down competition, PAM
pers the manufacturer and robs the people
to make him rich. Mark now what the
Argus says arc the fruits of protection to
the wooden manufacturers.
When the war closed the interest of New
England manufacturers was plain. They had
large capital invested and possessed all the
mills and machinery for doing the manufact-
uring for the country. Had they insisted on
a simple revenue tariff, they would have had
ample work to do at fair profits But that
was not enough. They demanded extraya-
CANT bounties capital was drawn into the
business by the profits thus afforded, and
manufactures sprang up all over the country.
The West raised the great bulk of the wool
and they concluded to manufacture some of it
at home; the South raised the cotton and they
concluded that they could manufacture also
and thus save two freights. What is the re-
suit? New England is losing her manufact-
uring supremacy. She has forced up COM
petition which is already driving her to the
wall. Within dozen miles of Portland there
is factory shut up, its shares almost at NOM