Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-09-04

York Sun. interest in Butler is not SO
much for Cookeyed Ben as in throwing
the election in the House OF Representa-
I ivss, where the Democrats have a major
ity, and then have Allan G. Thurman, of
Ohio, elected.
THE Big Rapids Herald, the famous
"now-is the -time-to-kick" organ, came
to hand last week without the shadow of
kick, but the editor thereof has kicked
SO hard the past few months that his
children are liable to be hump-backed,
yea, even unto the third and fourth gen
erations.
The stupid lie is being circulated by
the Democratic country press that in
"Blaine's coal mines in West Virginia
the wages are GO cents day." The
mines to which allusion is made are
those at Elk Garden, West Virginia.
They are managed chiefly by Democrats.
Henry G. Davis, Democratic United
States Senator, Is President of the COM
pany, and all the directors are Democrats
except James G. Blaine and s. B. Elkins.
The miners are well cared for. comfort
able houses are provided for them to live
in, and their wages average from $50 to
500 month. according to the kind Of
work done and the ammOunt accom-
plished in day.
DURING the period of high tariff be-
tween 1861 and 1880 the product of coal
has increased 700 per cent, of iron ore
800 per cent. The number employed in
the metal industry has increased over
500 per cent, in the manufacture of wood
nearly three hundred per cent, in the
woolen industry 800 per cent, in the
cotton industry over 100 per cent, IN the
silk industry 600 per cent, in the pot
terry. stoneware and glass industries 300
per cent. IN the chemical industry 500
per cent, while the mileage of railroads
has increased 400 per cent. The number
of farms in the COUNTRY has doubled.
Production of cereals has increased 100
per cent, etc., while the aggregate prop
erty of the country mas increased 214 per
cent, showing vastly enhanced wealth
per capita among the people. Thirty
thousand million of dollars ($30,O00,00
OOW have been added during these TWEEN
ty years Of high protective tariff to the
permanent wealth of the nation.
THE friends of Prohibition in this
state would do we'll to watc oh the prog
ress and results of the prohlbitory laws
which recently went into operation in
Iowa. 1t is seldom that an Individual
or a party profits by the experience of
others, but in many cases it would prove
cheaper and subssrve our ends as well il
we could remain satisfied with the re-
suits attained by others under similar
circumstances. The following extract
from letter written by friend in
Iowa, who himself is strong temper
aRce man, shows that the results &C
complished so far by tho prohibitOry
laws are exactly what they have been in
every other locality where Prohibition
has been tested. He says:
prohibition is coming 81 adually into
fierce, though in this place and many OF
the river towns the saloons are pretty
much as they were. All kinds Of tricks
ara resOrted to in order to evade the law
which says the board Of supervisors may
issue to proper persons, 1. e., those no,
engaged in the saloon business, board
| ing houses, etc. permits to sell liquors
| for mechanical, culinary, medicinal ant
sacramento purposes. Our board grant
ed permits to number Of saloon men
and 'saeramental' liquors are sold in
large quantities"
The writer also states that Sd. Johf
and Daniel meet with but little favor
from the temperance people in his local
ity. We think the friends Of temperance
in Michigan are making sad mistake
in attempting separate organization
especially at this time. The submission
plank in the Republican state platform
is explicit, and the unanimous manner
in which it was adopted by the conyen
tion shows that the Republican party O
Michigan is alive and foremost in al
that tends to advance the moral ant
material interests of the people. Their,
are other reasons why the people o
Michigan should stand by the Republi
can party through the coming campaign
among which is the fact that the advo
Gates of that fallaeious doctrine, FREE