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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Opposed to High Protection.

Congressman Ashbel p. Fitch, OF New
York City, has resigned his member
ship in the Republican organization Of
his district. In his letter Of withdrawal
he uses these words: my reason for
this resignation is that / am not willing
to ...,vooate or support the new doc
tr.ua apon which the party managers
have decided to make this campaign.
l am in favor, as were Garfield,
Arthur and Folger, of u reasonable
revision of the present tariff in the di-
rection OF decreasing the cost Of the
necessaries OF life and OF supplying
American workmen with cheaper raw
materials for manufacture. l believe
that such q revision will increase
wages and production in this country
and will tighten somewhat the heavy
load OF poverty and hardship which so
many people in our city carry hope
lessly from year to year. am also
absolutely opposed to any reduction OF
the tax on whisky.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
TAXATION AND WHISKY.

Eject OF the Government Tax ON the
Consumption of Alcohol.
The Christian at Work has been
studying the effect Of the Government
tax upon the consumption OF whisky.
We have not space to give the long
array Of figures on which it bases its
conclusion, but it affirms that "Gov.
ernment supervision and the ninety
cent tax diminished the consumption
of whisky in one year to the amount
Of 98,338.3S6 gallons, which, but for
the supervision of the tax, would have
been manufactured and consumed.
It thus appears "that the amount Of
whisky consumed per capita in the
United States, under high tax, is less
than half that consumed thirty years
ago under free whisky" Such facts
tell very strongly against Colonel In
gersoll's poetic argument that the
abundance and cheapness Of whisky
have nothing to do with the consump-
tion. 1t would be strange If law Of
political economy which operates with
regard to all commodities should
be suspended with reference to
whisky. These facts, as our con-
temporary says, tshow that the price
of whisky. chiefly affected by the tax,
has most decisive effect upon the am
cunt of whisky consumed, and there
fore holds the closest possible relation
to the morals of the people. ."-Cta IS
tian Register.
Mononolies Created hy Protection.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
CURRENT COMMENT.

-Burchards fatal three RS are
superseded in this campaign by
Blaine's three T's-Treat Trusts Ten
derly. -Nashuille Amer,can.
-"My personal experience has
taught me-" says Congressman Smith,
labor Representative from Milwaukee,
''that cheap raw material never re-
duced wages in a mandatory, but, on
the contrary, has IL tendency to raise
them" It is the conclusion likewise
of reason and common sense.--Spring-
field Republican.
The Republican movement to
put Blaine on top of Harrison is rapid
ly eliminating. Yet, though parad-
ing Blaine as the great and only
strong man in the party, the leaders
feared to nominate him in Chicago,
and finally took up man who inspires
no more enthusiasm than a wooden
Indian. Gazette.
--Working-men of America, will
you vote to continue a system of fraud
and folly which robs you to enrich
capitalists like Jones, and Carnegie,
and Ammidown, and the manufacture
ers of Pennsylvania and New York
who are putting up money to elect
Harrison, the friend of the Chinese?-
Louisville Courier Journal.
Blaine is the man in the party,
the life and soul of the Republican Or
ganization, and it is only half-witted,
blind partisans who think Harrison the
man. If the Republicans win it will
be by Blaine, through Blaine, and
owing to Blaine. ''L' Flat, c'est moi, -
said Louis XIV. Blaine may rightly
say: "The Republican party is-NE!r'
N. y Herald.
--Mr. Blaine has come all the way
from Europe to tell American work
ing-men that "an element that sought
to destroy this Nation" is now seek
ing to "reduce them in their emolu-
ments." Having seen the pauper
labor of Europe from Baron Carnegie's
coach, Mr.. Blaine is madder at the
Southern Confederacy than he ever
was in his life before.-St Louis Re.
public.
til say here" says Mr.. Blaine,
"that the wages Of the American
laborer can not be reduced except with
the consent and votes of the American
laborer himself" Oh, can't they,
though? When the wages of Mr..
Blaine's Hooking valley miners were
reduced was it done with their con-
sentP When any of the war-tarifl
barons reduced wages and lock out
their employees do they think any thing
about the consent or the votes OF the
helpless workmenp Not much. - Boston
qZobp
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
PROTECTING MONOPOLY.

How High-TariH Duties Are Divided Be
tween LabOrer and Capitalist.
We have stated that in q certain car
wheel the cost OF labor was eighty-tive
cents, and the amount of production
was $3.50. Naturally this was aston
ishing to protectionists, who have
taken the word OF the mon who are
chiefly benefited by the tariff tax, a y
who do not realize that protected
manufacturers cover up and misrepre-
sent the real workings of the tariff
law, Just as u dishonest merchant de-
ceives his hoped-for customer as to the
quality OF his goods. The business of
obtaining higher rates Of duty has be-
come fine art, and is practiced by rs
skillful a set OF lobbyists as Washing
ton has ever known. One OF their
latest lodges is the attempt to con-
vince the voters thaS when tho cost Of
labor in specified article Is to be
estimated the cost OF all the labor In
all the elements that go to the making
OF that article Is to be enumerated.
For example. In the case OF the car
wheel, we are asked to count the cost
OF LABOR in the ore, the pig, the ingots
or blooms and the wheel itself. But
this is essentially dishonest PROPOSE
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
Why MonOpolists Have Always Wanted
Very High Tariff,


The Republican platform adopted at
Chicago and indorsed by candidate
Harrison declares that '.imports must
be checked" by a higher tariff. Now
the surplus products of the farm which
can not be sold in this country and
which must be sold in foreign countries
are paid for by imports from those
countries. They can not be paid for in
coin, because there is not enough coin
in existence in those countries to pay
for the Ameri an farmers surplus
products. Therefore they must be
paid for by imports from those coun-
tries. That is by bills of exchange
drawn upon the credit produced by the
sale of the imported articles in this
country. If imports were checked"
it follows that the farmers surplus
amounting to five hundred millions Of
dollars and more per annum would be
q dead loss. that the American farmer
would have to lessen his produc-
tion by five hundred millions per
annum, that many workmen now en-
ployed in agriculture would be forced
into the trades and that iron and steel
workers and machinists and black
smiths and carpenters and briclslayers
and weavers and miners and all work.
ing-men outside of agricultural indus
tries would have sudden and terrible
competition from the farm hands
thrown out of employment. This is no
idle prediction. It is an imminent
peril.
One reason why monopolists want q
very high tariff is that they know that
it will drive farm labor off the farm,
and into competition sOith labor in the
factories, furnaces and mines. Thus
they expect to force down the wages Of
labor. If they can "check imports "
and prevent the farmer from exchang-
ing his surplus products for imports
from foreign countries, they can drive
the farmers sons and hired help off the
farms and get their labor at their own
price. Their purpose is SO transparent
that it can not be disguised. Harris
burg (Pa.) Patriot
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
THOUGHT vs.. TALK.
Fortunately for the Country Biare and
Blaze Don't Vote,

Blaze Don't Vote,
james g. Blaine and his followers Of
the lingo stripe would, had they the
power, embroil the country in foreign
complications that would lead to war.
1t is the aim OF this class of men to
gain as much glorification at the ex-
pense of the Government as is pos
sible to be had AS Secretary OF State
Blaine brought us TO the verge of an
open declaration Of war with England.
and only the councils Of conservative
men, whose patriotism was greater
than self-seoxing, averted the danger.
We're Harrison President Blaine would
be chief of foreign affairs as woil as
the power behind the throne. Harri-
sons election, were such thing prob
able, would bo q public calamity.
Blaine, like many other leaders in his
party, is laboring for the plaudits OF
his followers and not for his country's
good. Harrison would be a nonentity
II elected. He would but afford an IL
lustration of the manner in which mat
ter Is dominated by mind. In the next
few weeks Blaine will completely over
shadow Harrison, but when the people
fully comprehend the situation the in.
terest felt In the magnetic man will be-
gin to wane.
The strong hold upon the hearts Of
the people which President Cleveland
has will be undiminished. The faith
of the people in his loyalty to their in
terests will counteract all efforts to
stampede the voters. We may expect
from the Republicans "hurrah cam
paign," with beating Of drums, blow
ing of horns and burning of red lights,
but that kind of business will not sue
coed this time. The voters have their
thinking caps on and are not to be
caught by such child's play. The
National Republican Committee may
beat the bushes and drag the cutters
to make as big professions and great
displays for the Blaine meetings as
possible, but the conservative element
will regard such devices with contempt
and scorn. The bowling Blaine-Har-
rison crowd may make as much display
as they choose, but when the votes are
counted in November they will find that
their work went for naught- Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
PATS CAMPAIGN SONG.

AIR--Bridget Donohue.
Now, Patrick, II you'll listen a word rd spahe
TO you;
IT'S not a yarn I'm spinnin', Pat but every
word is true.
InIvcr saw the like before: rs bitter pill 70
chew;
Republicans wipe their noses on the old red
white aud blue.
CHORUS
Now, Patrick Donohue, I'll toll you what they
do.
They wipe their dirty mugs upon the old rod,
white and blue.
o, Patrick Donohuc, It's shameful, but It's
true,
The Coolies wipe their noses on the old red,
white and blue
When we came to this country they said twas
freedoms land;
We sworc we would DO loyal and by her faith.
full stand;
No man should daro insult her nag-I heard It.,
so did you;
hut now they wipe their noses on tho old red,
white and blue.
Old ireland has her shamrock, and her emblem
1t is green;
An Irishman reveres that flag wherever II u
seem
No greater insult, mind ye, Pat, could any
spapeen do
Than wipe his nasty mug upon the old red
white and blue.
There's Harrison and Morton-they like the
pig-tal clnn,
But mind ye, they'll not get the vote OF ar
honest Irshman;
Well vote for Grover Cleveland for we know
he's always true;
Pod blush to wipe his nose upon the old red
white and blue.
Well take the grand old Stars md Stripes and
nail them to the mast,
And as they proudly wave aloft we'll blow {
Thurman blast,
And use the red bandana as that Roman used
to do,
and blue.
Elm pisrre In Buf,dL0 CourfV
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
THE VANDERBILT TOMB.
A Description of the Mausoleum and It's
Beautiful Surroundings.


Beautiful Surroundings.
The mausoleum, as 1t is now, repre-
sents an outlay of over $250,0OO. 1t
is built into the crown of hill-the
highest point in a plot of twenty-five
acres, which is being converted into a
very beautiful park under the personal
direction of Frederick Law Olmstead.
the designer of Central Park All
the woods which concealed the
front OF the tomb are cleared away,
and the wOrlkmen are now engaged in
cutting, filling and grading and other
wise completing the approach to and
surroundings Of the tomb. A force of
landscape gardeners are also at work.
and the result will be the conversions Of
the twenty-five acres of hill and dale,
woodland and meadow, into the finest
park in America, at an expense Of over
100000.
Prohting by the unfortunate expert
ence of A. T. Stewards family, the
Vanderbilts have taken every precau-
tion to guard against their dead being
interfered with in any way. Besides
placing them in SO strong tomb, the
combination OF whose lock is known
only to q member of the family, they
long kept half dozen of Pinkerton's
men in constant duty at the tomb. One
OF the guards watched during the day;
the other five took turns during the
night. They carried u time clock fitted
for twelve keys, and every fifteen min
utes during the night the guard visited
different points about the mausoleum,
inserted the little keys fastened at each
place and gave the turn that registered
the exact time of his visit. Twicea day
the little slips of paper were taken out
of the clocks and forwarded to the New
York Office.
The view from the front of the tomb
Is one of the finest in the world. l.
faces the east. and looks out across the
Narrows and to the ocean through the
Narrows, seeming almost at your feet,
streams an endless procession of vessels
OF all kinds, from the coasting sloops
| to the great ocean steamers. Directly
from in front of you stretch the green
lawns Of the cemetery, with the white
| tombstones glistening in the sun, and
beyond that are the waters OF the bay,
dotted by the white wings OF the ships,
and fretted and crossed by the curling
smoke from the steamers. In the dis
tance you can just make out the build
ings massed about the Battery. Over
all this moving panorama OF sea and
sky, OF land and air, comes the strong,
fresh wind OF the ocean, filling your
lungs with health and your soul with
gladness at every breath. One could
not ask II tlirer spot to lie in death than
this wind swept summit, looking out on
one hand to the life and turmoil the
smoke and CRIME OF the harbor, and on
the other to the free, unknown, ua-
solved ocean. Surely royal resting
place have the Vanderbilts chosen fol
] their dead.--C0r. Clsvela,.d Sua,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08


James p. Foster Is president of the
Republican League of the United States.
comprising over 1000 clubs with u
large membership. Foster in his con-
fidential letter to the manufacturers
told the truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth when he said
that the manufacturers" rs"-remembe
not the farmers nor the laboring men,
but the five per cent. Of people Of this
country, the manufacturers-were get
ting practically the sole benefit Of the
tariff laws" The Republican League
is the real life of the Republican party
and Chairman Foster speaks officially
for that party. 1t is no dress parade
or work OF pleasure in which Mr.. Fos-
ter Is engaged, but a work OF life and
death for his party. With its very ex-
istence in question he speaks facts
which all know, but no Repub-
lican prohibitory tariffite would openly
admit. They, one and all, know that
the prohibitory tariff extends benefits
to no one but the greedy, grasping
trusts and monopolies. Blaine is cog
nizant of these facts, but keen, shrewd
politician that he is, he takes sharp
turn at the crank and exhibits that
political craft for which he is 80 noted
by saying "that this is no fight for the
manufacturer. They can take care Of
themselves"
The conflicting statements of these
two Republican leaders show that the
party managers will stick at nothing
in the endeavor to regain power. The
Republican chief" with cool effront-
cry asserts that this is not fight for
the manufacturers, while the commit
tee and managers, hungry for Office,
turn to the manufacturers whom they
claim have received all the benefits
of the tariff laws" and demand money
to buy votes with in order to be re-
turned to power. Down with such
demagogism. Cleveland Plain Dealer,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

Total farm mortgages In these
States. ....,,.., ,sa 42s,OOO
These facts provo not wealth, but poverty;
not prosperity, but adversely. Do they not
warrant tho words OF Mr.. Burrows, president
OF the National Farmers Alliance, who says:
~ regret MS much us any man living the
poverty and dependence OF farmers which OK
lists at this day to an alarming extent, though
denied by some"
Why does this distress exist among the farm
ers OF the Wests Natural causes have played
apart but Ihs chief aud most effective esuse
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Four men met in Bailey, Ga, the
q<Ner day who weighed altogether
i,0l7 pounds.
in typewriting match at Cincin-
natl the winner wrote 500 words In
ninety minutes, an average OF over
ninety-six words per minute.
"A fact not very we'll known is that
in theaters lighted by electricity the
managers are by law required to keep
gos always In flrst-class order and oil
lamps ready for immediate lighting.
There Is man in Atchison who
builds an addition to his house every
time daughter gets married, In antici-
patton, he says, of the time when she
will bring her husband and children
home to live with him.
"A silver crown piece, known rs
''the petition crown" OF the reign Of
Charles H., fetched $1,775 at recent
sale in England. At the latest previous
sale similar coin had brought only
n,125. A sovereign of Edward Wis
time brought 1926, 5O-shillin9 piece
Of the Cromwell era $3.50, and an Ok
ford crown 1886. A penny Of Ethelbald
brought $3.50, and other old pennies
$50 and 800 each.
"A French journal published for
the purpose Of giving curious informa-
tion has been investigating the story
that during the. Reign of Terror Mile.
de Sombreuil was made to drink glass
of human blood as the price of her
life, and asserts that this honored
legend Is untrue. All the foundation
there could be for 1t, the paper says,
is that she probably was asked to drink
| glass of wine TO the health Of the re-
public, and the hand of the man who
gave 1t to her might have been drip
ping with blood.
"A Philadelphia man one day swal-
| lowed his teeth while eating fruit at a
street stand. 1t took button hook, q
| policeman and a file OF men, with
| power to win any tug of war in the
country, to dislodge the distressing
impediment from the mans throat.
The policeman did the best prelimin-
ary work with his vigorous humping
| Of the victims back, though the crowd
| grew loud and indignant over what
seemed an outrage. They did not
know the gentleman had bitten OF
more than he could swallow.
In the course Of funeral sermon
in Stringtown the other day the colored
minister made frequent use of the
Scripture, 1.-THE quick and the dead"
and every time he used it he would
cast his eye toward the doctor in the
case, against whom he had grudge,
anyhow, and say ''the quack and the
dead" This was nearly as bad
twisting of the meaning of the text as
that of border newspaper which al
luded to the survivors and the victims
of a lurid bar-room pistol matinee as
the quick and the dead, respectively.
| "A Maine fishing schooner recently
caught on the Georges Banks, on a
halibut trawl, u queer fish. 1t weighed
seventy-fve pounds, and is described
as being "about as large as the top of
q hogshead, and almost as broad as
long" When first taken from the
water it was of bright red color and
marked with silver spots, varying in
size from that of a three-cent piece to
that Of silver dollar. After the fish
had been out of the water a while, the
red became purple. except on the fins.
which retained their vivid hue. The
fms, three in number, were small in
proportion to the body, and the tail
was short and broad.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
THE REASONS WHY.

Why Wages Are Higher In the United
states Than In England.
"Why are wages so much higher in
protected America than in free-trade
Englandp" ask the men who attribute
every blessing of this favored land to
high taxes.
These are some of the reasons why:
Because the United States have an
area of $500, 900 square miles of terri
tory, while Great Britain has but 12l,-
$40.
Because the United States have a
population of only IA to the square
mile, while Great Britain has 289 peo-
pie crowded upon the same space.
Because the United States contain over
100000 farms, that produced, in 1879.
value of over $2, 2l3, 100000, while
Great Britain is subject to the curse
of entailed estates and vast unproduct-
i've preserves.
Because the United States have 150.-
600 miles of railway, while Great Brit
ain has but $4,000.
Because the United States are richer
In mines, quarries, forests and other
natural productions, and afford u great
or diversity of climate, soil and en-
ployment to their inhabitants than any
other country in the world.
Because, In addition to this greater
field and demand for labor, the intelli-
gence, energy and productive skill OF
our working people surpass those OF
any other nation.
These are some OF the reasons why
wages are higher here than in England,
have always been so under low tariffs
and high tariffs alike, and would be SO
II there were no tarif.-M !. Wor'd.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

How would it do for Harrison to
resign in favor OF Blaine On the eve OF
election, since the Republican party
still advertises itself to exist only for
the glory Of the plumed knight. Boston
Courier.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

Besides these, we have the lumber
trust, the cotton bagging pool, and
pools and syndicates innumerable, ex-
listing for no other purpose than to
shut down mills, to throw workmen
out of employment, to prevent COM
petition, and to rob the buyer by
"bulling" prices.-St Louis Republic.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

Hon. Jdmes r. Foe
Itsr's tstter to the mann
.G1cfwers Of The United
States, May ~, 1888.
ut may not be OF
your personal know
ledge, but tits q fact,
nevertheless, that tho
anufacturers of the
United States, rho are
most benefited by our
ItdriT lars, have been
the least willing to con-
tribute to the success
lof tho party which
gave them protection"
1.-THE ca m pal q n
which we are about to
enter concerns more
than any body else the
manufacturers OF this
country" al would
|vote TO give them q
pension but hat /
ibid not propose myself
to contribute money to
ddUdncs the interests OF
n,en spho tCere getting
practically TIE sole 6ene-
| NE of the tariff tdtDs."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
WHAT A CONTRAST.
The siokeninR Dema goglsm Of the lie ad- |
ers Of the q. q. p.

From Mr.. Bidine's
Frdmfnohdm speech, Au.
gusf fs, 1883.
I'VE will let the
Democratic party know
that this Ia no fight for
the m an u I cturer.
They can take care OF
themselves. But this
is q fight for the strong
arm and sturdy heart
OF American labor"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

Now In the nag the z. o. p.
Corruption cutely doth apparel,
Posing tsr purity upon
Good Brother Levi Gorton's barrel.
--Boston Globe
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08

When President Clevc.
land delivered his mes.
sage he had something
to say to the American
people about the dan
ger of trusts" l think
there have since been
no Democratic papers
in the country, whether
they understood the
meaning OF the word or
not, that have not been
constantly warning the
people as to the horri-
BILE danger OF "trusts."
ItLaughteEl Well, I
shall nos discuss trusts
this afternoon. l shall
not venture TO say that
they are altogether
ADVANTAGEOUS or disad-
lyantageous. They are
largely private aKairs
with which neither
president Cleveland
nor any private citizen
has any particular
fright to interfere
BEafne at Poytlaad, An
'gust b.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-09-08
Blaine and the Platform.

What finally is to come of the Chi
cago PLATFORM 1t is sought to en-
plain away the free-whisky plank, and
now slight difference arises between
the conventions utterances and the
leader of the campaign regarding the
trust plank. Parallel half-columns
will indicate what that difference is: