The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

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Who is it that procures the enact
ment of high protection legislation Is
it the laborer2 Whoever heard OF a Ia
borer calling for laws of that sort! 1t Is
the manufacturer who by his hired
agents procure such legislation. The
manufacturers arc not lying awake try
ing TO devise ways and means of max
ing their w~orkingmen's wages higher.
They will buy the labor as cheap as
they can and if not enabled to do it,
as the protectionist put it, he will not
do it.. Labor is a commodity and like
any other commodity the price of it de-
ponds upon the law of supply and de-
mand. When the labor is scarce wages
are high; when labor 10 plenty wages
are low, and there is no relation be.
tween the profits of manufactu rers and
the wages of, their employees.
The Comstock mine i'm Nevada is q
wonderful work, it is 1880 feet in a
vertical line to the bottom Of the shaft,
and one can make the descent in three
or four minutes in the cage which is
used to haul ore to the surface. The
cage will lift about 5000 pounds or three
car loads OF 1000 pounds each. Work
on the Comstock is now confined to the
upper levels, the workmen having been
driven from the depths by the steam
generated through the action of the air
on the sulphurous rock penetrated by
the different levels. The temperature
averages about l2O degrees down there,
and it is simply impossible for the min
ers to work under such conditions.
Whether science will ever be able to
overcome the difficulties met in those
lower levels remains to be seen.
The unification of Germany by the
substitution of revenue consolidation
for the old system of the bund is pro-
ceeding rapidly. At Hamburg the
transfer of duties from tho Hamburg
State to the Imperial German Govern
ment is effected through the agency of
1000 customs official. Hamburg sur
renders her customs taxes to the Impe-
rial government, receiving in exchange
a military subsidy of 5000, 900 marks
per year. 1t is evidently the intention
of Bismarck to centraiize the German
government completely during the ear
ly reign of his young sovereign.
The Springfield Republican is author
ity for q description of q strange dis
ease which, it is claimed, afflicts a IA
year-old boy of the city. The boy suf.
fers from an abnormal craving for wa
ter, and drinks from three to five gal
Ions per day. Muddy water quenches
his thirst much more readily than that
drawn from cisterns or wells. At I'M
expected moments he is seized by a BIZ
ting pain which 10 almost UNDESIRABLE
and is relieved only by water. In all
other respects he seems in perfect
health.
The Inman line steamer City of New
York arrived at New York from Liver
pool early Thursday morning after q
passage of six days and twelve hours,
the best third trial record in shipping
annals. The steamer left Queenstown
Friday morning at 1:50 a, m. 1t is
thought that the big steamer will yet
get over the ocean in a little over five
days and carry out the promises of her
builder.
A measure for the reduction of the
g cannot begin its good work
too soon. Under the present system
it Is estimated that the surplus evenus
for the year ending June, 1889, will be
1922, 900 900. IL there any reason why
this vast sum should be collected from
the people and boarded in the treasury
building at Washington? Would IL not
be better to keep it with the people for
their use in business?
Speaker Carlisle compressed in one
sentence Of his eloquent speech in Wall
street recently the essential difference
between fhe democratic and republican
tariff bills. "When we reduce the rev.
nj we propose to reduce the taxation
also,'' he said, "whereas the senate bill
proposes to increase the taxes while
cutting off revenue. The people note
The difference"
Manchester Union:-"Four years ago
New York gave Butler between II, 900
and $1,000 votes. 1t gave st. John
$4,000 votes. This year the Butler
men will fall into line for Cleveland,
and the prohibitionists will draw a
larger vote from the republicans than
ever before. Now, can any sensible
man give a reason why men who bet to
win should risk q cent on republican
chances in Now York state"
The idea that q people can be enrich
ed by heavy and unnecessary taxation,
that a mans condition can be improved
by taxing him on all that he wears, on
all that his wife and children wear, on
all his tools and implements of indus
try, is an obvious absurdity.-Thur-
mans Acceptance.
Tuscumbis, the county seat of Miller
county, ia the only town of it's size in
Missouri which has he,unenviable dis.
tinction Of not containing a church OF
any denomination within its limits. Oh
course the county is republican in pol
itics, which in some measure account,
for this lamentable state of affairs,
Jefferson City Tribune. 17th;-"Re.
ports from all parts of Missouri show
that the cause of democracy is pro-
crossing with such a boom as was never
witnessed in Missouri. Some very
good judges estimate the democratic
majority at 10000"
Governor Hill, interviewed at Cleve
land, en-ronte for Indiana, says that :.
thinks the double democratic c.,a
dates for municipal offices N No,
York city will help the matte nal dam,