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NOTES OF THE DAY.

Rag-Civil-Seryice reform in Chicago
seems 10 be principally efficient in
squeezing campaign subscriptions out
Of postal clerks and carricrs.-P Pits
BUrgh Dispatch.
g~Caesar had his Brutus. Charles
the First his Cromwell. and Grover
Cleveland his Calvin Bricc. Ana just
think how Cesar and Charles the First
would have pitied Cleveland had they
known Philadelphia Press.
Rss-Free trade means scarcity Of
work. low wages and over-crowded
almshouses. Protection means the re-
verse. The working people viii soon
be calleI 10 choose between the two
Lq5or Fsrdld
s1y-A Montana exchange saws:
I" President Cleveland viii make no
changes in his cabinet after the It'll
of March next He woa't have Ia.
The whirligig of Few short months
will remove all that responsibility
from his shOulders.-Sf Pal Pioneer
PrtSS-
n~Referring TO General Harri-
sons speeches. Chairman Brice says
the Republicans have a candidate who
knows how to help his party Tile
Democratic boss does Cleveland in
justice. The latter IS probably help
ing his party as much by his silence
a. General Harrison is by his speeches.
Indianapolis journal
RTThe Democrats now say that the
price Of wool Is always greater when
the duty upon L is low than when 1t IS
high. and that consequently free w0os
viii advance the price % tina. staple.
or course. as the Republicans don't
want to have the poor man. blanket
made any dearer than J. is now. they
viii vote against free wool --St. Lastis
Globe Democrat
sTGeorge Alfred Townsend. Ia
recent letter 70 tbs Democratic ti.l-
ciunah Enquirer. gives long iuie,-
view with Dunlap. the New York
halter Among other things alr.
Dunlap said: Il work seven hundred
hands. At the last eieciica sci i fnr
Grover Cleveland. and used E.x hs.sf
influences with my ricn 10 scc9n.rss-:l
his election. Now. dnu't tliak le
viii get a vote out Of the esfzslA.2.-
meak
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The Northern Pacific r r. announces a
series of special Harvest Excurs iOns from II.
Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth and Ashland T.
principal points In Minnesota, Dakota and
Montana during September and Octo er.
Parties cont mplating a trip for pleasure,
business. or with a view Of selec' ing new
home can avail themselves OF rates lower than
ever before announced To visit the wonderful
country ibutary to the Northern Pacific
r. r.
Tickets will be on sale al II Paul. Mime
apoiiS, Duluth and Ashland on september
18th aud 26th. and October 9th ana Srd. limit
ed o thirty days from date Of sale, and good
for stup-Over ON going passage. These rates
to Montana points are about one cent per
mile each way, and in some c.lses about hal.
of the one way fare for the round trio.
Connecting lines east and south OF ST Paul,
Minnneapo is and Duluth Will sell tickets In
connection with these excursions al one fare
Tor the round "Trip.
The dates named viii be a very oppOrtune
time to visit the wheat fields Of MinnesO a
and North Dakota; also 10 see the cattle
ranges OF Montana Everybody should bear
In mind that the Northern racific X. X. is the
short and direct line TO principal points in
Montana. and the only line running eiJhe T
dining c r.. Pullman slee ping cars or coonist
sletp ping cars TO Fargo Grand +. riSs. Fergus
Falls, WahIe on, jamestown, Helena and
principal points in North IN Minnesot Z,
North Dakota and Montana.
For rates and other Information apply 20
CHAs. S. FEE, General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, ST. Paul, MINI.
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murderer who said that he merely
pushed his victim not over a foot over
the edge of the precipice, and he fell
the rest of the way himself The in
tent of the Democratic party is to push
the country over the edge of the free
trade precipice The result of doing
this will certainly be the degradation of
wages to the European level sooner or
later. Interest on money and all other
expenses of manufacturing are GER
tainly higher in this country than in
Europe. II is, therefore, the PLANES t
business fact that, if this country has
to compete with other countries on
even terms, without protection, this
country must reduce wages to an
equality with those of other countries.
No amount of special pleading can get
around that plain fact, which is so
plain that every working-man ought to
easily see and understand it. As Mr..
Blaine says. the real contest is not one
Of capital, or of Manufacturers they
can take care of themselves-but it is
a contest whether the wages OF the
workingmen of America shall be re-
duced to the level of Europe, and how
soon.-LauSiHg (Hich.) Republican.
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The Democratic Nose. Rag.

What has become of th9 Thurman
bandana? Why has it ceasest to wave.
What is in the wind now that the ban
dana is not huttering in the breezef
just before and jus. after TIE nominal
tion of Thurman that red pOcket-hand-
kerchief, the memorial of snuffy and
sneezing days, was aouted everywhere.
Now it has disappeared from the ex-
terror of political clubs, it il no longer
drawn out of thousands of Democratic
pockets and waved as the sign of vic
tory. Why this mysterious disappear
ance? All at once thousands of Demo
cratic voices are dumb about that BAN
dana. The reports come in that every
body who has made investments in
that particular article is stuck" The
manufacturer can't work Of his bales
of goods. The wholesale dealer can't
find a market. The retail dealers are
counting the bandana as so much dead
stock. Even the street gamins are
wont to say: We're awfullY stuck on
them red things" Did it occur to the
manufacturer that the bloody-looling
flags he was piling up meart non-pro-
lection to American indus' ries. The
red color was ominous. 1t was fetch
that did not work. Instead of the
charm and the illusion, it was dis
Illusion. Somehow il worked as a sort
of eye-opener. When people got their
eyes open they did not want the BAN
dana II that is not the trua explana-
ton there is still room for more sat
isfactory one. san Francisco Bulletin.
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PROJECTIONS FRUITS.
Marvellous Growth of the Country Unde
"a Protective Policy.

Marvellous Growth of the Country Under
Protective Policy.
The mention OF few facts will show
the marvellous growth of the country
under the fostering care of the pro-
lective policy. Last year the Western
States manufactured nearly as much as
the Chole country did in 1860. The
Southern States now make ten per cent.
more pig-iron than was made in the
United States the year before the war.
When Fort Sumter was fired on the
entire exports of the United States
from the formation of the Government
had been $4,000. 100000. Since then
they have amounted toS14. 600, 600. 600.
When Abraham Lincoln was inaugu-
rated the first time, the manufactures
in the United States amounted to ST.
500, 100000. To-day they amount to
$7.OOOO00, 900.
Twenty-one years ago'no steel rails
were manufactured in this country.
Two years ago 1.764. 900 tons were pro-
duced. The result OF manufacturing
our own steel rails instead of depend
ing upon England for them is
that they are much cheaper than
they were when we had to inn
port them from England. Cheap
rails have enabled Us to increase our
railroads from $4,000 miles to $4,000
miles. This increase in railroads has
reduced the cost of transportation to
less than half what it was in England.
We could go on giving column after
column of statistics showing the bene-
fits that have been shOwered on the
country by policy for which Grover
Cleveland and his fellow free-traders
would substitute policy that would
impede the grand march of progress
we have been making ever since the
barriers erected by protection have
warded of foreign competition.
II the low tariff of 1851 had re-
manned in force during the last thirty
one years would the West to-day be
dotted with mills and factories of all
kinds? Would the South be develop
ing her natural resources in way
that promises to make her the richest
portion of the Union If Southern
votes, supplemented by the free-trade
votes here in the North. do not blight
the fair prospect that opens up before
her.
With all the fair fruits Of protection
spread out before Us we are asked to
accept the policy of free trade. poll
icy which. if adopted in these closing
years of the century. will bring in its
train the suffering and misery it has
always caused whenever it has been
adopted. Irish UOrld
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PlTH AND POINT.

Conscious innocence bushes where
,razen guilt never changes color. -
Philadelphia Call.
Sailors whistle to raise the wind.
Professional whistlers now do the same.
Boston Post.
When you dispute with fool he
5 employed in the same business-and
lie ought TO be ashamed of himself.
Giving is like a fy-blister. II is a
,ounter-irritant to selfshness- 1t
never does any good till it hurts.
My son, this life is the chrysalis
state of man. Be sure there are no
butterflies or you. then go ahead
Duluth Photographer.
He had invited her to a table d hote
dinner and was nervous about the
claret: Miss Clara" he said, do
you understand French?n mot
word she replied. Waiter" he said,
impressively, "for wine you may bring
a bottle of the rare old Uin OrdiRdire. "
N. Y. Sun.
A Tennessee preacher was plead
ing with a country merchant to trust
him for half a pound of tea when
lawyer rode up and handed him papers
showing that he was heir to $50, 900.
Then the preacher said he guessed he'd
also ask credit for soap and saleratus,
too.-BOSton Post.
Whoever is wise, is apt to suspect
and be diffident of himself. and upon
that account is willing to 'harken I'M
TO counsel;" whereas the foolish man,
being in proportion to his folly full of
himself, and swallowed up in conceit,
will seldom take any counsel but his
own, and for that very reason, because
it is his own Balguy.
The secret of good talking is TO
have something to say, say it well, cut
it short, and be ready to listen. The
best talker who will not listen is bore
and nuisance, and so the verdict is
given against him every time. To
know how to be silent in many Ian
guages is a great accomplishment pos
sessed by few Wheeling I'atelligencer.
-Endeavor to be always patient of
the faults and imperfections of others,
for thou hast faults and iInperfections
of thine own that require reciprocal
ton of forbearance. If thou art not
able to make thyself that which thou
wishest to be. how canst thou expect
to mold another in conformity to thy
will.
The wise young man will seek the
counsel of those ripe in years and ex-
perience. and avoid the mistakes in
life. But young America will continue
to figure in the divorce courts, and
compound his debts on ten cents on the
dollar. lie don't want to be told that
it is loaded; he prefers to find out him
self. He gets there, and pays the piper
generally.-FTbera and Fabric.
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1t will be noticed that the wages
earned by working people in the coun-
tries enumerated above are very low
as compared with the earnings of
artisans engaged in the same indus
tries in the United States. The highest
paid worker in Austria is the carpen-
ter and joiner, So 10: in Belgium the
printer, IS. "a; in France the printer,
SO. GA; in Germany the printer, 50. %;
in Great Britain the plumber, 81 80;
in Netherlands the tailor, s., the prin-
ter, plumber. cooper, carpenter, brick
layer and blacksmith coming next at
81 80; in Switzerland the printer,
$6.77, and in the United States the
bricklayer, $50 to $24; the plasterer.
S1S to S27, and the printer, $l3 to SlS
per week.
This table is of peculiar value just
now to the American working-man,
not only because it shows his standard
of wages as compared with the foreign
standard, but because it points out the
occupations that are the best paid in
the different countries of the world;
and it is worthy of observation
that, with hardly any variation,
it is the workmen in trades
that are Independent OF or pro-
tected from foreign competition that
always receive the greatest compensa-
ton. That is. so the printer in the
United States must set up his type here
tonight so that his paper can be issued
here tomorrow morning, no foreign
article can compete with it, The leaky
barrel is not sent to Europe to be
newly hooped, and the cooper is thus
protected The broken-dOwn cart or
wagon needs the service of the black
smith on the spot. The plasterer is
not confronted with plastered houses
from Europe. neither are the bricks OF
our houses laid in Europe to bother
and lower the wages of all these worthy
workers, and they are therefore pro-
tected by a law that can not be
evaded-the law of nature.
The free-traders of the Carlisle school
have appropriated these samples of alb
solutely protected trades to their own
base use. and call attention to the fact
that there is no duty on stone walls, no
duty on brick houses, no duty on plas-
tered houses. etc, and therefore these
traders are not protected; and. because
they are not protected, they flourish.
The argument is a very lame one, and
refutes itself. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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until now he has been himself the
Democratic party. He has ruled it
with a rod of iron. He has led it
whittier he would. He has not al
lowed it to have any will inconsistent
with his own.
Cleveland has done more to stir up
a spirit of sectionalism than any other
man who has figured in the politics of
this country since Appomattox. Every
body had settled down to the con-
clusion that the Union side had
triumphed and that the war was settled
according to the terms prescribed in
the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth amendments, and that these
provisions must be in good faith, ac-
cepted and upheld. But how stands
the case to-day. Let me answer by
reading you few extracts from re.
cent utterances of representative
Southern men. They show clearly
that the mind of that people has been
turned back TO where it was during
the war with respect to the right OF
the doctrine of secession, and that we
are to have another spell of the
haunting of that heresy in our
faces But consider further how
there is no longer denial or
apology for multiplying and trampling
under foot the constitutional amend
ments comforting suffrage on black
men. For years, ever since 1875, this
work has been going on, but not until
Cleveland's Administration has there
been an open avowal and attempted
justification of il.
In the language of Senator Voorhees,,
let us hope and pray that God Almighty
may avert such a calmity to this
land as the reelection OF Grover
Cleveland
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Western Surgery in China.

According to the report of the Med
lcal Missionary Society's Hospital in
Canton for 1887, the medical class
numbered twelve Chinese, Of whom
four were women. The students are
required to pay a fee. which is fixed
at twenty dollars year for three
years. over which period the course
extends They support themselves
and buy their own books. Western
medicine and surgery are slowly but
surely advancing in China, and it is
now time that schools Of a high order
were established the publication Of
many medical books, the establishing.
OF hospitals, IN which millions Of pa
tients have been treated, the training
of hundreds Of students, the skill OF
the European physicians practicing in
the open ports-all tend 10 educate
China and prepare the way for greater
things.
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WONDERFUL CONTRAST.
Judge Thurman'~ and Prince bismarck
Remarks On Protection.


Remarks On Protection.
Judge Thurman i now a very old
man. and so Is Prince bismarck. The
Inter OeeaH viii reproduce passage
from 2 recent speech Of each Of these
old men. says the Judge:
Ma, .ny friends. Of an the humbugs by which
men were attempted To Pee deceived this hum
bug o. the la1Jrlug nan being benefited by
n gh protective tart i the greatest I ever
heard Of An. Dut says some one q enables
the manufacturer Ia this country TO pay higher
wages 20 his llhoriur men. and therefore Is .
benefit - them Eiv trends. did you ever
know any manufacturer that paid higher wages
20 his hands because Cf IN increase OF the tar
lIt II You did YOU have met with something
have never seem There Is a man named Bar
uum - this country. a great Snowman. a mar
No has gathered together in his show more
Curlosites than perhaps can be found in any
other siugle place on the face 81 the earth, nut
among all his CurIosities he has never found
such curiosity as the manufacturer who paid
higher wages 90 his hands because OF a raise in
the tariff
II Is submitted, in al courtesy, that
this passage Is in vein Of senility
or buff0onery. Let " hear Prince
Bismarck speak:
The success OF the United states in mate
rial development Is the most ilustrous Of
modern tiE ?. TIE American Nation has not
only successfully borne and suppressed the
most gigantic and expensive war % all history.
bur Immediately after 4 sbanded ITS army,
found work for an its soldiers and marines
paid oil most OF It's debt, given labor and homes
20 all the unemployed o. Europe n fast as
they couid arrive within the territory, a1d stu
by q system CO taxation 50 indirect not TO be
perceived mu-h less felt Because IL Is my
deliberate judgment that the prosperity OF
Amtrlcais mainly due 10 It's system OF protect
I've laws. urge that Germany has now reached
that point where it is necessary 20 initiate the
tarlG system % the United States.
Mark how the German statesman
appeals 10 the fact. to history teach
ing by experiences. and how the
American ho lays claim To states
man-hip appeals, = an Anarchist
might. % the instincts Of mob.
But Judge Thu-van was not speaking
TO mob. hc was speaking directly to
a gathering of thoughtful citizens of
Ohio. and Indirectly to the people Of
the United Stat =. Il is more charita-
ble 10 suppose / lat IA" was ignorant of
his subject thar, thar he INDUCED in
malicious OF seville demagogy. r. Caica-
20 THtsr zen.
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FREE-TRADE FALsEHooos.
Official Figures Which Ought to OpeI
the Eyes of Doubling Farmers.

OhiciaI Figures which Ought to Open
the Eyes of Doubling Farmers.
1t is often asserted by revenue re-
formers" that the farmers are taxed
by protective tariff for the sole BEN
eft of the manufacturers, while they
themselves have no protection at all.
The assertion is false. The farmer as
well as the factory operative and the
miner is beneficiary of the protective
system. This false statement about
the farmer has been so often made by
the protectionists that il is time TO
counterfeit it with facts. Let US see in
what respects the farmer is protected.
His stock is protected by a duty Of
twenty per cent. His barley is pro-
tected by a duty of ten cents a bushel,
and his bran and mill-feed by duty of
twenty per cent. The following table
shows what other protection he re-
aaivoa.
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THE CONTEST DEFINED.
How the Democratic Party Proposes to
Ruin American Industries.


Ruin American Industries.
Democratic journals keep trying TO
hedge by declaring that the Mills bill
Is not free trade; that il only reduces
the entire tariff an average of less
than ten per cent, and that il retains
an average of forty-seven per cent. of
.ariff taxation. All that has little TO
10 with the question. The country
Isn't afraid OF the Mills bill per Sc, be-
cause it can not possibly pass the Sem
ate; but the mischief is that the Mills
bill is in the interest and direction Of
object of the Democratic party-the
object avowed by the President and by
all the Democratic organs and leaders
is TO proceed as rapidly as they are
given power to do so in the direction
Of free trade. They mean to strike at
American industries, especially those
Of the North, by degrees until they are
put upon level with those of Europe.
when wages must necessarily descend
to the same level. This is proved by
the fact that all their arguments are
against protection, which they call
robbery and other names, and in favor
Of free trade, which they continu-
ally praise and argue in favor
/ Of. The crime and criminal
against American industries must
necessarily be judged by the in
: tent, like other crimes and criminals.
Their excuses are like those of the
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Protection has reduced the price OF
rails from $3.50 per ton down to $3.50
per ton during the last twenty years.
Protection has given America the
cheapest freights of any Nation in the
world. In 1874 the average rate of
carrying freight over Michigan rail-
ways was l 37-100 cents per ton per
mile. In 1897 the rate was only SO of
a cent per mile.
The rate over the Michigan Central
was but 6S-1OO Of cent, over the Lake
Shore 63-l00 of cent. and over the
Grand Trunk 62-1OO of cent. while
the average in England is about IL
cents.
Protection has built up steel manu-
featuring in this country from nothing
in 1867, till last year we produced over
1000, 600 tons, while Great Britain put
out but 731, 900 tons.
Protection has given tens of thou
sands of men employment at good
wages in steel rail manufactures, and
last year kept s50.O0O.OO0 at home in
the channels of trade that would have
gone abroad had there been free trade
in steel rails.
The free-traders' arguments are
bOOmerangs when met with facts.
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SOME PLAN TRUTHS.
Do Protected steel Rails Increase the
Farmers Freight Rates 81?


Farmers Freight Rates ?
7. will be unnecessary TO di.ate upon
this argument OF the free-trader fur
Their than to give some statistics.
England has reveled in free trade, so
called. for many decades. She manu-
features steel rails and sells them for
about twO-thirds the price of them
here. She pays her laborers who
make them less than one-hah paid to
the laborers engaged in their manu-
facture here The railroads purchas-
ing their cheap English rails pay their
cheap English employees on their rail-
ways about One-third the wages paid
70 the same class of employees upon our
railways.
The free-trade argument would under
these conditions have the farmer reap
a rich benefit from all this cheapness;
but such is not the case. Statistics
show that railway freight charges in
England are about double what they
are in the United States.
Tables showing comparative wages
in iron manufactures, and upon rail-
ways, in the United States and En-
gland. have heretofore been given in
previous pages, and but one other will
be here added, giving the rate of
wages in the large steel rail manu-
factory on the sea coast in Cumber-
land. Eng, and the one at Joliet. Ill. 1:
England. .Eoiist.