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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

ROBERT g. INGERSOLL saws, that
while he believes in protecting infant
industries. he does not believe in rock
ing the cradle when the infant gets to
be seven feet tall and wears No. 10
boots. That's about the size of it. If
industries that have been protected by
high protective tariff for the past
twenty-five years are not able to stand
foreign competition, when will they
be anything but bantliLgs? If our
congressman wait until these "pro
tected Infants say they can walk
alone, before they give them a chance
to try, it will be when all men are
honest and do not wish to get rich at
the expense of their neighbOrs. Do
the iron manufacturers, who are worth
hundreds of thousands of dollars, and
have been protected for the past quar-
ter of u century, as yet ask for a reduc-
ton of the tariff rates? Are the Ia
boring men in this country any better
off now than then? or is the number
of poor in proportion to the population
any less? Is the wealth of the nation
as equally distributed as it W. twenty
five years ago? If these questions are
all to be answered in the negative, if
answered truthfu1ly, of what special
benefit is high protective tariff to the
working community.-lGarrettsville
Item.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
TIE reasons given by President

THE reasons given by President
Cleveland for his refusal to reinstate e
w. A, Stone as district attorney of
Western Pennsylvania are sound.
Stone took prominent part in a meet
ing that, as the President says, devO-
tel his energies to the destroying the
confidence of the people in the Ad-
ministratiOn, of which Stone himself
Was factor. suppose merchant
discovered that one of his clerks was
publicly avOwing that his employer
was cheating his customers, Could
any one blame the merchant for dis
charging the clerk, whether the lat
ter's accusations were true or not I?
Certainly not. Stone owed the Ad J.
ministretiOa tacit loyalty, if nothing
else.-I Cleveland Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
Labor Produces All and Pays All.

The profits of the merchant upon his
sales ale expected TO cover ali his eX
penses and yield him a liberal per
sent. upon his investment besides.
These tXIenses include rents, cleik
hire, cost OF living, lights, fuel, freight
and taxes. To the profits which aIe
to cover these items of expense must
be added those tie merchant is com
pelIed to pay upon his purchases,
which, to be brief, we will say are
those Uf manufacturers. These latter
are the profits, as rule, OF corporate
monopoiies that are protected against
the legitimate competition of the
world iii al average ratio of at least
forty per cent. upon tie cost Of production!
Other profits may be extortiOnate;
these are based upon principle of in
justice. AS source of public revenue
the system of protection is unjust il
It's operations To labor and the poor,
and is as much fraud in this respect
as it is protector of industry. In
many instances protective duties are
so high as to be prohibitory, thus hot
only robbing labor but restricting la
TOR and fostering monopoly. The
profits of the jobber ana wholesale
merchant, like those of the retail dealer
must cover all expenses, etc, so that,
all told, at least 75 per cent. is thus
added TO The price of manufactured
goods to consumers. This would Ger.
tainly seem sufficient margin of
profits to lie between producing and
consuming labor, but the alleged
= friends OF industry" are not yet sat
istied, and so proceed to superadd
tariff tax of 40 per cent, thus bringing
up the price of protected manufactures
to ll0 per cent. upon the cost of pro
ductiou, or rather upon the prices ihat
rule III the WORLDS market. The
American consumer, for Instance, as
against English manufactured goods,
must pay tariff tax above what the
latter could be brought here free OF
duty aud sold for, including manufac
tureTs' profits and the cost of tIans
portatiou, at an average rate OF 40 per
cent. This 40 per cent. is levied upon |
the wages of American labor, pockt teG !
Uy manufacturing monOpClists, ana |
constitutes what is ostenta:iUusIy |
styled protection to American in |
dusLry "
The question we wish to ask in this |
article ls how it can be hoped that |
labor can prosper in this country when |
tt must pay as a consumer $50 for
what as q producer it only receives
81 UO?-or perhaps much less? Cap
ital is The ruling tyrant in America
1t holds both ends of the string of
tIade. 1t says to farmers and laborers
- will give you so much," when it
buys, and you must give me Sc
much," when 1t sells. The farmers
and laborers yield and do not prosper,
while the piles of capital grow higher
and higher. Capital rules the roost,
we say-rules it with high hand, and
its allies are the protective tariff and the
Volt Of wdnt. Labor not only produces
all, bat il pays all. including the profit
realized by capital upon its own pro-
ducts Bellefontaine Examiner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
Good Results i'm Every Case.

ID. A. Bradford, wholesale paper
dealer of Chattanooga, Tenn, writes
that he was seriously afflicted with a
severe cold that settled on his lungs !;
had tried many remedies without ben
eft. Being induced to try DIR. Kings
New Di9cnvery for Consumption, did
80 and was entirely cured by use of a
few bottles. Since which TINA he has
used it in his family for all coughs and
colds with best Results. This is the
experience of thousands whose lives
have been saved by this wonderful
Discovery. Trial bottles free at G. p.
Reeds drug store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

THE Cincinnati Commercial Ga
2ette advises American workingmen
to read detailed statement OF the TN
fortunate condition OF the brickiayers
i'll London, and intimates that their
more fortunate fellow -tradesmen in
this country are indebted to the tariff
for their better condition. Unfortun-
ately for the Commercials argument,
the trade of the bricklayer is not pro-
tected by the tariff even indirectly and
the same is true of nearly every branch
of we'll paid mechanics. The policy
of protection to capital and free trade
in labor which prevailed during the
twenty-five years Of Republican dom
ination, has had the direct effect of
bringing the mechanics of America in
direct competition with the pauper
labor of Europe" and reduced the
compensation of American labor in
every branch, skilled and otherwise.
-GSeneca Advertiser.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
The True value.

The falsity of the charge so often
reiterated duriuG the recent depres
a:ons of the price of silver, that the
standard dollar was worth so much
less than its real value, IS clearly shown
il the fact that new, as the market
price OF hullion rapidly approaches
the standard value of the dollar, that
its power IS currency Is and has been
in no wise affected by the fluctuations
III. the bullion value of the silver in
tie markets of the world. The silver
dollar viii. purchase NO more goods
today and Will pay no more indebted
ness at ibis time, while silver is rap
idly nearing one dollar per ounce, than
it would when the price was at its
lowest ebb. If theIe he any truth in
the alarming statements so persist
ently made with regard to the real
value of the silver dollar it certainly.
under these wide vicissitudes, would
have been most clearly manifested and
proven. But as its value has not
changed in ihe least, and il has per-
formed it's functions as perfectly under
one condition as the other, the logical
conclusion must be that the charge
made against ii was false and ground
less
The recent decline in the price of
silver bullion, the movement which
was imaugurAted and abetted by its
enemies and which was looked upon
with alarm by many friends of the
silver coinage, has in its result proven
one of the most beneficial things that
could have transpired; it has proven
beyond the question of a doubt the
utter absurdity of the so called argu-
ment msde in opposition to its use ;
and has vindicated, by an unauswera-
bie evidence, the abOlute necessity for
It's free coinage and unlimited legal
qualifications. There is no justice in
issuing limited coinsge or currency
which possesses limited powers as
currency, and the Government should
iake higher position than to work
in the interests of class, and should
net. always, with the interests of the
whole people constantly in view. Ii
we are to have national currency,
by all means Let it be currency which
shall he recognized as fully competent
10 perform the purposes for which it
was created without legislative com
p!ications or restrictions.-[ Chicago
Mining Review.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
From the Fairport IN. " Mail.

We expected and were prepared for
u great success by the Amherst college
boys, but we doubt if even their most
sanguine friends for a moment antici-
pated such an enthusiastic recognition
as their merits received, or such an
incompatible conquest as they made
over as cultured an audience as can be
often gathered in village of this size.
The church was well filled, and if
among all present, there has been a
voice of dissent from the univeI sal
chorus of enthusiastic admiration, we
have been unable to hear it. To speak
of the different pieces sung would be
useless, for all were sung with the
same perfection, and apart from the
words it would be diff cult to choose
among them; the voices are all fine
and so well trained that they join in
perfect harmony, time and expression,
and whatever the song, whether a
national hymn or comic song, the
music of the voices is exquisitely
pleasing and above criticism.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
An End Of Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg,
ILL.,, suys: Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had a running sore
on my leg for eight years my doctors
told me would have to have the bone
scraped or leg amputated. used, iu-
stead, three bottles of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnics
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
well Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Stlve at 25 cents per box, by q. p.
Reed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
THE President is of the opinion tn;

The President is of the opinion that
Congress should do something to re-
imburse the many poor colored men
throughout the country who lost their
savings in the Freedman's Bank
swindle. He thinks they believed
that the faith of the Government was
given to the bank, and upon that be-
lief they were induced 70 make their
deposits. About one-third of the mon
ey these poor men deposited was lost.
The depositors are scattered all over
the country though a number of them
reside in the District of Columbia.
About one-third of the deposits were
lost under the brilliant management
of sanctified set of Republicans. who
held hymnbeok in one hand, while
the other was up to the elbow in the
banks vault.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
Zoo MICH Taxation.

The Washington Critic says: Ii
seems now to be focegoDe conclusion
that the two great opposing forces in
Congress will lock horns on the tariff
issue this session. Both sides are in
earnest. MIR. Anderson, of Ohio, said
yesterday, " This thing has gone on
long enough. The tariff must be re.
duCed. 1t is now a matter of necessi
ty. This overtaXation is criminal.
We have now in round figures hun
dred millions coming in which we do
not know what to do with. Is it right?
No. What is the remedy? There is
but oue-Ieduce the revenue. How
much ought it to be reduced? AT
least thirty millions now, and more ia
the future From what will l take it 1?
Why, from the uecessitiea, of course"
How about wool, Mr.. Anderson
Would you favor q reduction on wool
in which your State is so largely in
terested?" Yes, sir, certainly would
| will favor anything that will relieve
the people ~ large OF this halter about
their uecks. | don't think such sen.
timenis will make me more popular
at home, but it is for the good of the
country at large. We must all make
some concessions or nothing in the
way OF tariff reform is possible. Here
y0u see one mau from a wool. growing
State who is willing to concede some
thing and meet the members from
states with iron and other industries
half way. And it is only in such a
spirit of conciliation that the great
subject of tariff reform can be we'll
handled and judicious results produc
ed -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

IN his message the President rec
ommends the payment of the amount
due theFreedmen's Bank. His argu-
ment is that the bank was chartered
by Government and managed by Gov
ernment officials, and that strict JUS
tice demands the payment of the
amount due the depositors, which is
81, ,29l ,744 so. The people will be Gu
rious to see what course the Republi-
cans in Congress will take on this
question, on account of their own par
ty friends having had the manage.
ment of the defunct concern. They
got away with most of the funds, Ieav-
ing the poor Freedmen out in the cold.
The President is right in this recOm-
mendation.- w. r. Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

SOME idea of the value of water in
Southern California may be gained
from the opening of the Gage irriga-
ting canal, near Riverside. Three
years ago land sold above Riverside
for IS an acre. 1t was without water
and was counted valuable only for
grazing MIR. Gage made contract
with large number of owners of land
10 furnish them abundant water st
500 per acre. Then he dug an eleven
mile canal, supplied with water partly
from Santa Anna River, but mainly
from artesian wells Recently water
WAS turned into the canal, ana land
which SOLD for S. now sells readily at
$500 an acre
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
ii


VIII g so much is being said about
the " )ndel ul Ceveio, ment of the
South. it is vorth while to note fact
which com Ou in tie statistics of
the 7 port Of tie I'll ird Assistant
Postn aster Gene al, jIst at hand.
The fact is that the development of
the So tn is the work of Americans.
A very small proportion of the immi-
grants so down there.
The evidence is in the number of
foreign registered letter reported for
the qu arter ending Jun, 80. The num-
Der credited TO Ai3bam is l4S, and to
Arkar SaS Ia. F. Drida which j. get
ting large pOpula ton + ON the North
has more favor in the eEes of foreign.
ers, aid the letters credited to that
State number $50; ami Louisiana, OH
account of its French relations, is
credited with l,67S. New Orleans was
doubtless the origin and destination
of most of these Mississippi has
credit for only 1IS, though Missouri,
thanks 20 a large German population
in st. Louis, is credited with 2.066.
North Carolina has only 90 to her
credit, and South Carolina only Isl;
Tennessee 2SS, but Texas does better
in having ., $40 to her credit. Railway
oullulnS may account largely Iof ner
showing. foreigners being engaged in
the work as labOrers. Missouri and
Texas are the Oily ones in the list of
the slave States which appear in the
postal statistics As having a foreign
population approaching that of the
free StBtes.
Turning to them, California has to
her credit 6,524 letters Illinois, S,SO6;
Indiana @ o3i. MassaehuaattS IN 62h.
Minnesota, 1857; New York, 80, 10l;
Pennsy $50, These are the
largest figures for the Northern States,
the average being shout 1000.
The letters Ii w where the immi-
grafton is settling. 1t is in tue min
ing regions of Pennsylvania or on the
praiii4s of tie West. The South with
oil her natural riches, her soft climate
aud the inducements of cheap land,
has not succeeded in attracting the
foreigner Pittsburg Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

RUTHERFORD b. HAYES is now the
only living ex President, and HaGEi-
bal hamlin and William A. Wheeler
the only living eX Vice Presidents
Fremont and Blaine are the onIy iiv-
ing XFresidential candidates of great
parties, and Pendletoh, English anG
Logan the only living Vice Presiden-
tial candidates. The ranks of these
prominent gentlemen have thinned
greatly by the death within eighteen
months of Grant, Mcclellan Han
cock, Tilden, Seymour and Arthur
A more noted group has hardly ever
before lassed off the stage of life so
nearly together.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

THE receipts up to last Saturday
night for the Leaders Christmas din
ner for the poor amounted to s., ,565 80.
Many POOR family by this eminently
practical method inaugurated by the
Leader, which headed the list of con
tributiOns with a donation of 500,
will be enabled to experience some
tn ing of the good cheer which this
day above all others should bring to
every heart and home. The Leaders
example should commend itself to
every community, for in no way can
we reflect the $ ,Jirit of the One whose
sympatnies went out to all mankind,
more fully than by extending the hand
of charity TO those whose experiences
are almost wholly with poverty and
its attendant deprivation of comfort,
and heaithGui cheer.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

REV. DIR. NEWMAN, of Washington,
d. c., in q recent sermon preached in
the Metrol olitan NJ. E. Church in
that city, which treated on America
for Americans" said he recognizes
one may be an American without be
ing born in this country, but he would
make every foreigner live at least fif-
teen years here to learn what he called
the seven essential attributes to an
American before obtaining voters
privilege. he would make every
priest and every Roman Catholic re
nounce before God and the holy all
gels all allegiance to every foreign
prince, pOntift and pOtentate, whether
spiritual or temporal. The Pope, he
said, should have no sovereignty Gere.
He vehemently denounced the Irish
vote, the German vote, and every vote
that was not thoroughly American,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

The Mexican greasers don't like
President Cleveland's message; the
Canadians don't like it, and the mo-
nopolists denounce it because it op-
poses their schemes to tax the whole
people to augment the wealth of the
favored few-but the general impres.
sion is that it is a plain. straightfor-
ward doc ument, discussing the ques-
tions mbraced in it in a clear concise
compare favorably with the messages
of former Presidents.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
n Rurriar Arrested.

The residence of Calvin Blssell at
Aurora. O., was entered by burglars
on Saturday night and property valu-
ed at $50 stolen. A description of the
stolen property and the thief was tel
egraphed to the police 81 asnrS thls
hama was arrested and locked up in
the Wales street station. Ali of the
stoler goods were recovered, Il Leader
Dec. Ia
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

PROCEED NGs have been commenced
against the authors of the repo rts about
Minister Manning. He claims that
he was suffering from pneumonia and
affection. 1t is said that he
will retain his Office on account of his
legal ability.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

A MOVE is being made to change the
time of holding township and munic.
ipai elections to November, at the
same time the State elections are held,
and providing that the Governor and
other State officers will hold over four
years, and the Supreme Judges ten.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

Tho Press Tor $3.50 q Year,
adUGnce.
The tariff racket is again on in
Congress. No good will come of it.

JUDGE VIM. r DAY, of Canton, mas
de sided to resign from the Common
Rlsas Bench.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

THE entire paper money Of this
country is said to be about SO 900 900,
consisting of greenbacks, 346 800 900
National bank noies, S2I7, coo, 900;
gold certificates, SoS, 800 GG0; silver
certificates, SlGO, see, ,O0S.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16

DIR. DABNEY denies that he was a
guard at Andersonville, claiming that
at the time it was used as prison he
WAS but Ii wears of ave
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-12-16
FARM DEPARTMENT
VETERiN AIRY DEPARTMENT

eqn4ls that of the hest special papers and mag
aHireN thdt devote pages wh' re it gives col
umnS NO ieatura in the paper is Of more rcn-
eral interest anu value than lis
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-11-13

resonant explosion, a dull cry Of alarm
from Vaselinia, the smell Of gun cotton,
camphor, hair oil, damaged ideas and es-
aping gas.
The servants rush in. They fee away in
terror. A physician is called. He finds
that the celluloid head Of Edmund's cane
has spontaneously combusted while in his
mouth and carried with it Edmund's entire
intellectual dome. The physician looks
all over the room. and even peers under
the sofa for portions Of the young mans
think retort, but he is % successful. At
last he is forced e tell Vaselinia that Ed
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-11-13
mund cannot recover.

X X # *
Two years have now passed, and Vasel-
inia's mother has removed from the car
pet, with the aid Of gasoline, every vestage
Of Edmund's inmost thoughts, but Vasel-
inia IS still unwed.
We should learn from this that we can
not make a more juGicious present to a
galvanized young Englishman thar a eel
luloid cane, for he may try to cut his teeth
on it, in which case he might make a spat-
ter-Work dalo on the wall with what he
has tried to palm off on the public for
brains.-BW Aye IN Boston Globe.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-08-13

Mr.. McRoberts, now editor of the Leeds
(England) Mercury, was at one time a report
or in this city. He was the most argumenta-
tive, and, at the same time, the calmest man
that ever struck the town. lie would stop
work at fire to argue. Mr.. McRoberts was
on his way home early one morning, when an
American citizen suddenly popped up with a
pistol leveled at his head and said Throw
up yer hands !"
Why ?" asked Mr.. McROberts, undisturbod.
Throw them up"
''But what for 2"
"Put up yer hands" insisted the foot pad,
shaking the pistol. "Will you do what tell
your"
"That depends" said Mr. McRoberts, 'if
ye can show me any reason why should put
up my hands, I'll no say but what | weel !;
but yer mere requaist wad be no justification
fur me to do sac absurd a thing. Moo why
should you, complete stranger ask me at
this DOR o the mornin' on a public street,
tae put up ma hands 2"
Dash YOU" cried the robber ''if you
don't quit gabbin' and obey orders III blow
the top of your head off,"
"Whaat Faith man, ye must be DOT O. yer
heed. Come moo, puir buddy, said Mr. Nc
Roberts soothingly, coolly catching the pistol
and wrestling il with a quick twist out of the
mans hand come, moo, an I'll show ye
where they'll take care O. ye. lIech Dinna
ye try tae fecht or ecod I'll shoot ye. BY
the way, ye might as weel put up yer ain
hands, and just walk aheed O. me. That's it.
Trudge away, moo"
And so Mr.. MoRoberts marched his man to
the city prison and handed him over to Cap
tain Douglass.
ut wudna be bad idea tae pit him in a
strait jacket, he said serenely to the officer.
There's little doot but the buddy's daft"
Aud he resumed his interrupted homeward
walk. San Francisco Post.