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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
In the uo.se OF Representatives.

NASlilNeIuNt july -hi-'n nuilon OF
Mr. ToWushcnd, Of Illinois, q joint rcsolu.
ton WIS passed, providing temporarily
(unul September ~ COT the support Of tho
army.
In the consideration morning hour. the
House Proceeded 10 the consideration ui
the hill to provide Tor posioilicc buildings.
The report accompanying the hill says, Ia
Ia provisions, a. follows II provides Ia
establish plan ior the construction oi
public buildings Tor the use exclusively Of
the po,loiliCo department, ui uniform
character, nnl which shall hc especially
adapted Tor the use ot that department.
It's provisions operate only In pilrcs Nhctc
the grov rccvipt- amount IN s3.Up annu-
ally lot Two successive yclu. The extreme
limit Of cust 10 the United States for any
building shall not, IN any rasc, exceed
s21.uph subject 10 these limitations. II
provides lot three classcs II buildings.
varying IN cost in accordance tot the amount
Of gross receipts
Pending action on the llll, the morning
hour expired and the House went into
commitio ui the whole lMr nDckrry. oi
Missouri, he the chair ON the oklahoma
bill.
Mr. Hooker, oi Mississippi. opposed the
hill aud earnestly pleaded that tie govern.
mcnt should act ~ good faith toward the
the Indians u had been said that the
Indians were an obstacle In the pathWa,
OF civilization. n gentlemen wanted M
speak % civilization let them mad some OF
the first great principles ui civilization that
were engraved by the great law giyrr oi
the world on tablets Of stone. Tie would
have them remember the traditional hasi,
upon which all civilization Nut built H"df
unto others Ne YOU would have uthrn a,
unto yon." lie would commend the al
vocaics of this bill 90 one OF the ten com
mandments, consisting Of but four word
Of one syllable cach-"thou shalt no
steal" He denied that the bill was IL
the interest Of the homcsioader
The proceedings were interrupted 10 en-
able the House 10 pass Joint resolution /,
provide temporarily until September
Tor tho support Of the government,
and Mr.. Hooker resumed his remarks an,
protested against TIE government takini
The territory which had been given TO ~,
indians and converting II into whit
mans territory under ihc form Of lcgalize,
robbery. "Genilcmpn we're not faithful
guardians Of their wards. hc said, "whei
they would absolutely rob them, and
they could not rnh ihem alive ih.y ~s-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
To Contractors.

OS MILES or RAILROAD TO LET-ALI EN.
= - hamkmcnL average about t2.00 10 iAm0
cubic yards a. the mile incaicd IN BOLIVAR county
Miss, ON the T., y. a a 7 RallNay Fnf further
Information apply u No 90 Ffunt street Mem.
pitts Tcnu. }. 4 MCTtGttE A co
Memphis. Tenn. July =, iSsN tontrsrior,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27

Las, reduction week at Muliord's.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
nuiLDISo PERMITS.

Beard, Wilson & Co. tn move house
from Woodruff lumber companys mill.
Granted l8as
Snowdcn Bros. contractors, corner Mar.
kct and Third stroo,s, ST. 400. Granted,
provided adjacent property owners sign q
statement, that th)yHayc no objection.
4. lossi, IS D9Soip street. Granted.
J. 4. llillsman, 800 Main. Granted for
brick building only
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
rnE CARNAGE SERVICE

The president stated that new carts had
been added Ia the service, and more glrb-
agc than ever WIS being hauled out. The
only explanation that could be offered for
the city's physical appearance was that the
city was growing at a rapid rate.
Mr.. Graham rliscd thcqurstion Of crem.
aiorics To dispose Of the garbage, which
occasioncd considerable expert discussion
that developed the uniamiliariiy with the
subject VI thosc participating.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
No Performance Monday or Saturday Nights

Memphis. daily. r,......-5,o5 p m
Arrive New Orleans at........... 30 a m
Ticket oniccs-'io. n Madison street No $40
Main street. and at Depot
A. H. HANSON Al KNAPP
Gcn'l Pass and 1kt Az. Asst a. r. ACT
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
Am Ontrnceous sinnder.

The capacity OF the Journal for misrep-
resentation and invention seems to be un-
bounded. The lies which it manufactures
and circulates for political effect are in
Vulnerable, and THE SENTINEL is too much
occupied with the discussion of great
principles and the exposure of the fall
lacies of the free-whiskyites to devote
much time or space to the faisehoods-
many of them transparency so-with
which the Journal burdens its columns
daily.
A specimen Journal lie is the words it
recently put into the mouths of Senator
CoLQUITr and Representative STEWART OF
Georgia, and kept in large type at the
head of its editorial page for several days.
THE SENTINEL did not deem them worthy
of notice, because their falsity was patent,
and because, even if they had been true
they offered no reason why any man in
Indiana should vote for free whisky, Chi
nese immigration and prohibitory tariff.
So far as we observed they attracted no
attention whatever. Senator CoLQUITT and
Representative STEWART, however, are
annoyed that they should be so outrage
ously misrepresented to the people of
Indiana, and have authorized THE SENTI-
MEL to state that the words eve don't
want any republicans in our country"
were never used by either of them upon
any occasion whatsoever, nor any Ian
guage of similar import. Senator Col
QUIT is known all over the country as
heightened Christian gentleman, and it is
not too much to say that he is absolutely
incapable of holding or expressing such
sentiments as were attributed to him by
the Indianapolis Journal Representative
STEWART is also, we are assured, broad
minded, tolerant man, who treats his
political opponents South and North with
unfailing courtesy. We presume the
Journal calls such 'bald headed lying" as
this an intelligent waving OF the bloody
shirt" However, we think it owes Sena-
tor CoLQUITT and Representative STEWART
an humble apology and complete retrac-
ton. wiz it pay the debit
The campaign liar must go. Down with
monopoly taxes!
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
"The Effects of Free Wool"

The Journal has sent out a circular ask
ing wooden manufacturers to put them
selves on record as opposed TO free wool.
Ten republican manufacturers have re-
sponded, who declare themselves against
free wool, and give various reasons for so
doing. One of them declines to allow the
use of his name.
1t is probably true that a great many
wooden neutrality-suspicious. a major
ity OF them-are willing to say, at this
particular time, that they are opposed to
free wool. Some of them are doubtless
sincere in this opinion. But there is rea-
son to believe that most of them are not
sincere, and that they are really anxious
for free wool, but want it to come without
any active efforts to that end on their
part, lest those who are--or think they
are-particularly interested in the reten-
ton of the wool duty may take umbrage
and seek revenge by attempting to bring
about further reduction in the tariff on
WOODEN goods. The reason for this pre-
sumption is found in the fact that
it is only three years since the
WOODEN manufacturers association-to
which, we believe, a majority of the
wooden manufacturers belong-petitioned
congress to put wool on the free list. We
print elsewhere liberal extracts from this
petition, in which the argument for free
wool is very cleverly stated, and it is
shown that without it the wooden indus
try of this country cannot compete sue
cessfully with its foreign rivals. We in
vite careful perusal of this petition, be-
cause it is of itself a very conclusive
answer to most of the assertions and argu-
ments presented by the ten gentlemen
who exploit their views on the subject in
! the Journal
We also invite attention to the express
sions OF large number of manufacturers OF
wooden goods, which we print to-day, in
favor of free wool. Among them are some
of the most extensive makers of carpets,
blankets, flannels, shawls, ETC., in the
country, and it is especially significant
that so many of them hail from Philadel-
phia, the hot-bed of high tariff ideas, and
the principal seat of American wooden
interests. Several of them, too, are New
Englanders. These gentlemen are not
theorists; only one. we believe, says he is
not protectionist; they are all practical
men, who understand perfectly well what
they are talking about; and we think the
case for free wool can be safely rested
upon their evidence, which is in direct
opposition to that given by the Journals
''swift witnesses"
Mr.. S. A. Herring, himself textile
worker, speaks for the employees Of the
WOODEN industry, and speaks intelligently
and we'll. The facts and figures he sub
mits show conclusively that free wool will
promote the interests of the textile workers.
Everybody who is interested in this
wool question should read what these gen
tlemen have to say. They more than meet
the case against free wool as presented in
yesterdays Journal
Down with monopoly taxes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
Porter Ahead.

Mr.. PORTER has come out of his SCRAP
with HARRISON and his managers some
what disfgured but very decidedly the
victor. lie brought his old enemy to his
feet, and he kept him there for six long
weeks, toying and playing with him very
much as a cat does with captive mouse.
He did more than this, Tor he
not only brought Mr.. HARRISON to
his feet but brought all his friends there,
too, including every machine politician in
the state. He succeeded in having public
speeches made in the state convention
yesterday upon which the eyes of the
country were naturally fixed, in which the
that the nomination of PORTER was a ne
cessity to the republican party and af-
forded the only assurance of carrying
the state for HARRISON. This was all
very cruel, but it was all very cleverly
done. Such an opportunity to deal a
death blow to political enemy seldom
comes to a man, and Mr.. PORTER is
not the style of a man to let it go
by. He has eaten humble pie at
the Harrison table OF politics many times
He complained but little aloud, although
he growled great deal in private. There
was no doubt in his mind that his turn
would come sooner or later. 1t came with
HARRIsoN's candidacy for the presidency.
He first sought to damn him with faint
praise at Chicago and to incite prejudice
against him by ill-timed illusions to his
grandfather, whose record is not the kind
OF one that any sensible grandson
would want to run on in this year of
grace, 1888. No one knew this better than
Mr.. PORTER. Then, when Mr.. HARRISON
was Unexpectedly nominated, Mr.. PORTER
quietly nursed and spread the report that
Mr.. HARRISON, unaided by his support in
a gubernatorial candidacy, could not car
ny the state. Conscious of his own weak
ness before the people, Mr.. HARRISON fell
headlong into the trap and became an
humble supplicant for PoRTER's help,
which the latter, at the critical moment;
refused to give. Mr.. HARRIsoN's friends
may grow red in the face cursing
Mr.. PORTER if they like. They will
have better opinion OF his
political wisdom after the election. He
always intended to humiliate HARRISON,
but he did not in the first instance intend
to decline the nomination. Ii he had so
intended, he could have called the family
around him and submitted himself to the
integrity test month ago. The truth is
that Mr. PORTER only concluded within
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
Protection and Prices.

The Journal tries TO make point in ia
vor of the monopoly tariff by stating that
the prices of many commodities are
now lower in this country than
they were under a low tariff
This is true; but the fact has no such
significance as the Journal attributes to it.
We wonder if this stuff about low prices
is one of those appeals to intelligence
and conscience of which BEN HARRISON
spoke in his address OF yesterday, in which,
by the way, he let the tariff severely alone !
Now every person of intelligence knows
that the tendency OF prices all over the
world is downward. This is the nat
ural, indeed the inevitable, effect of
the invention and employment OF
labor saving machinery, the discovery
and utilization OF natural resources,
and the vast extension of transpor-
tation facilities, which have, to great ex-
tent, annihilated time and distance,
brought remote sections near to each
other, and promoted the exchange and
distribution OF commodities. If COMPETE
ton were restricted, and the operation of
the Law OF supply and demand were not
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15

INSTRUCTED by the organization of trusts
and combines, made possible by monop-
oily tariff, nearly every article that is con-
sumed by the people would be cheaper in
the United States than it is to-day. The
profits OF certain small classes would not
he so large, but life would be easier and
happier for the masses.
1t is strange the monopoly takers can
not see that the entire force of their argu-
ment is destroyed by the claim that the
effect of the tariff is to cheaper the prices
OF the articles on which it is levied. If
this were true manufacturers would be
injured and not benefited by protection.
The Journal can make a reputation for
itself as political economist by explain
ing how policy which cheapens the price
of his product can enable a manufacturer
to pay better wages or make more money
than he would under other conditions. A
tariff can do no one any good unless it
enables him to sell his labor or products
for better price. Even an "uninstructed
political economist like Ben HARRISON
can see this.
Down with monopoly taxes!
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
Our state Ticket.

We present to-day pictures of the sew
eral candidates on the democratic state
ticket, with brief sketches of each. The
ticket, as will be observed, is composed of
good-looking men. and the best OF it is that
they are all as good as they look. 1t is
universally conceded that a stronger and
cleaner ticket was never placed before the
people of Indiana by any political party.
Four of them were gallant soldiers in the
Union army. All are men OF character and
ability, abundantly qualified for the
offices for which they have been named,
and fully up to the Jefersonian standard
in every respect. MATsoN, MYERS, NIBLACK,
HowK, COLLARS, MIXERS, MUNsoN, BYRNE,
WILSON, KERN and GRIFFITHs make up a
ticket which is invulnerable. 1t is in
every way superior 10 the ticket nomi-
mated by the republicans on Wednesday,
and ought to be, and we believe will be-
elected by the largest majority given for
any party in this state for many years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
What Does This Mean?
Newsl


When there appeared to be possibility
Of forcing PORTER into the race, the attempt
to boom HovEY was discouraged as indis.
Greet and unwise, not merely for the rea-
son that it might interfere with the Porter
movement, but because it was believed
that he would not make as strong a candi-
date as other men who were available il
needed. There were ominous whispers
about opposition that would probably be
encountered from that class of voters who
take into ngid account the personal habits
of the man they are asked to help elevate,
and it was quietly asserted by men high
up in the party management that he was
not physically capable of making such
canvass as it would be necessary to require
from the republican candidate for COVER
nor 1t was said, too, that his record, while
particularly strong in the matter Of patri-
otism and friendship for the soldier, was
not absolutely invulnerable.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
4 Queer Medley.

We find some very remarkable state
ments in the letters from wool man
ufacturers, printed in yesterdays Journal.
For instance, HENRY w. BARRETT & Co.
of Louisville say that as a result of the
tariff on wool the price Of that article
has diminished. In the same breath
they say that the removal OF the duty
would destroy the wool industry. Now il
some inquisitive wool grower were to ask
HENRY w. BARRETT & Co. how he is bene-
fitted by policy that cheapens the price
of his product, and how he would be in
iured by a reversal of that policy, we
wonder how HENRY W. BARRETT & Co.
would answer him. We would give some
thing TO know.
They also say that "free wool would be
of no advantage to the manufacturer" If
the duty on wool makes it cheaper, as
they insist, the removal OF the duty would
naturally have the opposite effect-to
make it dearer. In this view of the case,
putting wool on the free list would of
course be of no benefit to the manufac-
turer. But by the same token it would
be a mighty good thing Tor the wool
grower. HENRY w. BARRETT & Co.'S state
ments don't hang together at all.
RIP. GETTYs of Knoxville, Tenn, says:
eve are doing very we'll under the exist
ing condition of things, and are aCIliag
that it should continue" That reads
very much as if Mr.. GETrYs was really in
favor of free wool We wonder that the
editor didn't file away his note for future
reference instead OF printing it.
Wa. HEDDEN & Co. of New Albany,
make some extraordinary asser-
tons, along with some ad-
missions which must prove exceeding
" embarrassing to the Journal, which
insists that free wool will not reduce the
cost of clothing. w. A. HEDDEN & Co.
assert that it viii reduce the price of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
That Awful pail"

The passage of the Mills bill does not
seem to worry the New England manufac-
turers of wooden goods. The following
from the New York Commercial Bulletin
IN. " shows increased activity in manu-
featuring circles:
At the semi-annual meeting of the Central
mills company, Southbridge, Mass, the COM
pany decided TO build an addition TO the pres
ent wing on the east side of the mill. The new
part viii be lbs feet in length by 65 in width
and three stories high. The space thus afforded
viii enable the company tc nearly double its
carding.
The Slater wooden company, Webster, Mass,
will build on another story some forty by sew
enty feet to the old brick mill at the south vii
lage.
The Windemere wooden mill, Rockville,
Conn, is now in a prosperous condition, and
expects soon TO be running to its full capaci Y.
The Everett mills of Lawrence. Mass, have
called meeting of their stockholders to take
action ON a motion to reduce their stock
from $4,000 to 100000, and then to immedi-
ately issue $4,000 in new stock TO be paid for
in cash at par value.
Down with monopoly taxesl
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15
Down with monopoly taxes.
More journal" Figures Which Lie

More journal Figures Which Lie.
The Journal prints about twice week
table of comparative wages" purporting
to be compiled from the latest returns
made by the London board of trade" The
table, as we have shown repeatedly, is
utterly worthless. Few, if any, of the
figures in it approximate accuracy. This
is true both as to English and American
wages.
A single illustration will suffice to show
that no reliance whatever is to be placed
on this table. 1t gives the acreage wages
of printers in the United States as 40 cents
per 1000 ems. Now, the printer who set
up that lying table for the Journal received
only SO cents per 1000 ems, and he was
paid at least 90 per cent. more than the
average throughout this country. In only
five or six American cities, such as
New York, Chicago and ST. Louis,
are printers paid as much as 40 cents per
1000 ems. In all the small cities they are
paid good deal less. In Evansville the
price is so cents. In Fort Wayne it is
% cents. In this city printers are work
ing on auxiliary sheets or patent insides"
for % cents per ], 200 ems.
The table gives the average weekly pay
of American printers who work by the
week at $3.50. AS a matter of fact the
average is not above s. or 50 per week.
Thousands of country papers in the
United States are set up by printers who
work for s. or 81 week. In the small
country offices of Indiana the average rate
will not exceed s.. In New England and
the South it is very much less.
One of the officers of the typographical
union in this city informs The SENTINEL
that the average rate of compost ton
taking the country through, is less than
% cents per 1000 ems instead Of 40
cents, as stated in the Journal table. and
that the average pay of those who work
by the week is less than 50, instead of
$3.50 as stated.
The editor of the Journal knows, of his
own personal knowledge, that the state
ment of printers wages in this table is
absolutely false, and he has every reason
to believe that the figures given as to other
occupations are no better. And yet he
parades them in his columns, week after
week, OF course with view to deceiving
the people who work for wages. But as
every workingman knows pretty well
what the average wages is in his own occu-
patton, he will readily detect the principle
or lack of principle-upon which the
table is compiled. If it has any effect
upon him it will, no doubt, be to excite
his hostility TO a cause which requires
such idiotic lying by its partisans.
Down with monopoly taxes!
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-08-15

goods about 10 per cent, varying, of
course, according to weight and fineness.''
What does the Journal say to that?
They also say that the price of wool
will be reduced 10 cents pound (the
amount of the duty. This is an ad-
mission that the duty is added
to the price of the domestic article, which
the Journal stoutly denies. Here is an
other embarrassment They say that the
farmer will lose from cheap wool a net %
per cent more than he will gain by cheap
clothing. Admitting the premise upon
which this conclusion is based we should
like to ask Messrs. HEDDEN & Co. whether
the size of the farmers family and the
quantity of clothing they consume and
the extent of his flocks would have any
thing to do with it.
"No one expects food, fuel or shelter to
be cheaper than it is now" So say HE'D
DEN & Co. And yet they must know if
they read the papers that every friend of
the Mills bill expects this very thing. Ii
free wool will make clothing cheaper, as
HEDDEN & Co. admit, why will not free
lumber make shelter cheaper, and free
salt and a reduction in the sugar duty
make food cheaper? We pause for a
reply.
mo one doubts or denies that reduc-
ton of wages will follow reduction of
tariff" What nonsense. Every intelli-
gent tariff reformer denies it, and denies
it most emphatically. They all hold that
reduction of the tariff will result in
general increase in wages. That's one
reason why they are tariff reformers.
Mr.. ALPHEUs BIRCH of Greencastle has
some remarks to make about the reduc-
ton in the price of wool, which followed
the slight abatement in the duty" made
by the republicans in 1888. He says the
falling off in price was caused by the re-
duction in duty, when he must know, as a
wool expert, that back in 81, when the
tariff was still lower, and Canadian wool
was admitted free, it brought a better
price than it does to-day. 1t is matter
of record that the prices of domestic wool
have averaged higher under low than
under high tariff.
Upon the whole we think it would have
been well if the Journals wooden manufac-
turers had compared notes before they're
pared their letters, or, failing this, if the
letters had been carefully edited and made
to harmonic before being printed. This
would have avoided the contradictions in
which they abound. And by the way, we
notice that Experts THALMAN and MERRITT
did not improve the opportunity to ans
wer certain questions propounded them
by THE SENTINEL some weeks ago, and
which they have entirely ignored. Can't
they answer them?
Down with monopoly taxes.