The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12
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On "Wednesday afternoon the 9th
inst, this town was visited by one OF
the most severe storms OF wind, hail
and rain ever Experienced by the old
est inhabitants. A great amount OF
damage was done by the unroofing OF
barns, upturning of timber, and de-
molishing of fences. Several Chin
neys were. blown down, and any
of window glass broken-in
some instances breaking as many as
I50 lights for one person. The patti
of the wind was about three miles
wide, and passed very nearly thEongh
the center of the town from east to
west. The churches came in for THEN
share of damages, a chimney being
blown from each. The chimney oI
lhe Congregational strikingon The rooi
and breaking a hole Though il. =
large amount of glass was broken in
each. a great many apple trees were
upturned, Mr. Walter HickOX was
particularly breezed upon, having an
orchard OF about fifty trees ali blown
but three or tour. But we can
not particularize.. The just suffered
too. III is only proper to say, now,
so fades the summer cloud away,
SO sinks e'gstie,
S When the storm is o,er." io5 -..Gafi1 At
d From present observations, the ha.
.crOplthis season will be lighter thai
ldsuaEf Corn and oats are looking very
Il
q The yearly meeting of the Disci-
ples'd Society for this county. will bt
lheldEiIndt this place, commencing Oh
27Ih inst, and cOntin uiDg.
fOur3daysglu it4Ni,a 1,tit1i 2t.tf 4frilae
rheiC0lOrado bug. is here in force !:
he isa asIwOrse bug than those up il
that back chamber. t.isiaa
O. Cheese and butter are commanding
fair rates'this season. lun a tuY N.
Jfs -. -----4----i t.
ii, iAnerifan Industry at Vienna,
i. No doubt PenHsylvania will makt
the most important show OF the UniteG
states al .KieHpa, and among her CHEZ
50bieets Of exhibition will, OF course:
ne -baE-iron. II We, may expect Penn
ssylyaHiA 10 proke thai her D4r-iron Ii
as geodias any iron. made IN. Eugland.
lIf iI1sls mot better, BH. We. Will tel
1theo judges What they viii not heal
from the exhibitors, what we know
AbOuk, baroiroB." 80 f.sais.t,, .4js.5 ,.s..
lt, Firyk1-Bar-lrOn is dearer in the
United States than in any other coun1
ary on the globe, TImbuctoo perhaps
excepted, since o prices cuFrenl com'
/ from that interesting land.
/. SECOND T7tTIhe aYQwed object OF haEt
dng ashigh duty on foreign bar-irol,
is to protect home industry, or, II
Other words, st0 dlmlnisn OF totally
sextinguish the importation OF bat-
iuon. gsauI ffas oSI ii4- f4lgt ss
0J Td--,lnsteadl of diminishing oul
imports, OF, bar-iron, we have gone OIL
steadily increasing them w bile WI
s0nl ly,inpoEted 15U,0UO,U0O pounds ol
oar-irou. in, 1865, we Increased its ini-
portation in, 1872 to 236,0O0, 900 pounds
which shows that Pennsylvania iroL
tnan ufacturersi cannot. keep pace witt
the wants of,-thei country n.4fss. .s.a
h. H'otq otqth--Notwithstanding the ex-
cellence Of the Pennsylvania iron, ant
the, promise, made years ago, that il I.
pI-oteegon- of seven years was only
granted tot the iron Industry we should
export iroHslo3 England, twelve. Years
nave now passed, Jet the whole eX-
portalion4 Ia 1872 OF bar iron was
| thirty-six and three quarters tons, val
Eued. at 81, ,532. These being the facts,
we hope some honorable commits.
sionerI will ask. these Pennsylvanis
exhibitors why, it protection does mo-
prevent iInp0Ftations of baf-iron, bun
increases them, and does not increase
Iexportation OF bar-iron, but prevents
! it, and ii The Treasury has yearly sur
pluses and does not need a heavy rev.
l-enue from bar-iron, the high duty is
still Kept upy 9a
We will tell them we use about
50O, ,00O pounds OF bar iron; 1885,
000,0 ,00U pounds we import and pay al
average duty OF Ia cent per pound
or say s., ,y50,OV int0 the Treasury
There therefore remains 564,00O,00t
pounds of baH-iron which we take
from Pennsylvania, on which we o.
1 course pay also the additional Id
/ cent per pound, amounting to $7,05U,.
900, the latter going into the pockets
of less than two score of iron-mas-
/ ters, 1t is because these few iron.
masters insist upon an annual bonus
of $7,0O0,O0O that. $40, 100000 people
must pay tribute to them. AS Butler
in the matter OF back pay, SO tht
iron masters in defence OF their DO.
nus might say, 'Suppose we do stea
81, ,000.OUO annually on the bar-irol
protection, it is only Ia, cents head
for everybody. 1t pubic benetactori
like us are not allowed to pocket sucl
trif1e,, what is TO become of Republic
can institutions? p World. a, ~
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