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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
FACTS AND FIGURES.


low the Protective Policy Benefits The
Farmers Of the West.
1t used to be the common argument
Of the free traders that whatever In
terest manufacturers might feel in .
.ariff system it was Of no benefit to tho
'armer. So the free trade doctrines
we're industriously disseminated
through the West. especially through
the prairie States where the popula-
ton has largely been engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. We call the atten-
ton of the farmerr to the practical
benefit which the tariff IL to them.
They have the indirect benefit of in
creased markets for their produce -
the result of manufacturing industries.
but the present tariff ON different
articles Of farm products directly
benefits them in giving them . better
price for what they raise than they
could get without it The Sac City
Sun has compiled some statistics on
this subject in very convenient and
practical shape. It shows first that
the Mills bill proposes to take of the
tariff Of twenty cents per bushel on fax
seed. reducing the price which farmers
can get for it, just twenty cents per
bushel, according to the argument Of
Mr.. Cleveland's message. The pres
emit tariff on farm products imposed
by a Republican administration is as
follows.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
STARVATION WAGES.

a Belgian Manufacturer Comments O
the American Tariff Que stion.
When w. H. Perkins. who has re-
Gently returned from a European trip.
was asked what he had noticed about
free trade in Europe, he said:
"While in Brussels, Belgium, last
summer saw some skilled laborers
making spiral steel car springs, such
~ We use on our freight cars. They
received 60 cents per day, while our
blscksmiths receive q for the same
work. I asked the Belgian proprietor
why he didn't pay more. He said:
4 am handicapped. When 1 get 500
worth of car springs into the New
York harbor (for I sell my car springs
in America) I have to salute your
Yankee flag and give up $50
Where does that come FRONT?
asked.
"'It comes OF my mems wages he
said.
"'But suppose America had fre>
trader
Free trade! he exclaimed, why.
I would food the Yankees with car
springs. I would treble my works to
morrow
But wouldn't that break our steel
car-spring makers up?' asked.
eyes, for awhile
"'How long?'
Why, till your men worked for &C
cents per day. as our men do
"'But there are politicians in Am.
erica" l said, "who advise the labor.
ing men to vote for this same free
trade"
"'And the men isten?'
"'Some ignorant ones do
WELL said the Belgian manufact.
urer, instead of listening to q dem.
ag0gue who would decrease their
high wages down to the wages of ow
poor people, your American laborer
ought to drive such q demagogue on
Of the country - Sas xnssscise
0reaiele
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A diet exclusively Of dry toast and
hot water Is the treatment for many
stomach and liver troubles Peoples
Health Journal
-Cham0is leather penwipers are the
most serviceable. because they wipe the
pen thoroughly and leave NO lint OF
fiber. a. do those Of other materials.
To preserve the fresh appearance
of mating. It will last for years II
given thin coat of varnish (renew
about every six months). varnish moi
only preserves the mating, but gives il
handsome appearance.
Syrup that Is fermenting will soon
become sour. and should be reboiled, By
which the germs will be destroyed. II
should then be put, while hot, in
q perfectly clean vessel. which has
been purified BY burning sulphur
match in it and keeping it closed
tightly.
Tender feet are relieved by bathing
them in q gallon Of hot water. holding
in solution of a good handful of com,
mon salt. When the water cools, rut
the feet and legs in an upward direc
ton. with a rough towel. This is do
nestle remedy, but a useful one after
long standing or walking.-Aed
World.
"A pretty and serviceable carriage
blanket can be made of strips Of elder
down flannel. about four inches ir
width, crocheted together with double
zephyr worsted, in open work pattern
through which bright ribbon can bt
run. Line the blanket with opers
flannel. and make deep border IL
shell-stitch around the edges.
Treatment for bed bugs and fleas.
Aqua-ammonia one quart, large oiler.
put the ammonia in the Oiler and fill
every broken place in the plasterine
and every crack not forgetting the floor.
The effect is immediate and lasting. II
will not discolor the paint, hurt varnish
or fade carpets. For buffalo bugs and
moths saturate the infected places, the
fumes will kill.
To wash lawn and sateen dresses
SO they will not fade, use no soap, but
boil two quarts Of bran in about six
quarts of water for half an hour. Strain
through a coarse towel and mix in the
water in which they are to be washed.
Rinse lightly in clean water, without
starching. This preparation both
cleanses and stiffens the lawn. If it is
convenient, it is better to take out
gathers and drapings, as the dress will
look much fresher when newly gath
cred and draped.
Physically, there can be nothing
better for daughters. and indeed for
many wives. than to take sole charge
of small flower garden. The benefits
derived from early rising. stirring the
soil, snuffing the morning air, are fresh.
ness and glow Of cheek and brightness
of eye. cheerfulness of temper. vigOr Of
mind and purity Of heart. Consequent
ly she must be more cheerful and love-
" as daughter. more dignified and
womanly as a sister, and moro attrac-
tive and confding as awife.-Iowa State
Re1iSfer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
further reduction ana successive pro-

further reduction and successive pro-
gressive steps toward free trade.
The whole course Of the Administra-
ton has been series Of experiments
and hedgings. The cant decisions of
Civil-Service were displaced by the &C
ceptable demands OF political heelers.
The protective element Of the Demo
cratic party has been ordered to the
rear. Its opponents have been humil-
lated, and its leaders degraded to the
ranks. Mr.. Randall-too honest to
apostatize for the Speakershir-stands
denounced and disgraosd. Even re-
cruited mugwump free trader. recently
pollywogging himself With obsequious
wriggling into the Democratic mud, is
Of more influence and weight.
For fifty years free trade has been q
political faith and inspiration with an
active section of the Democratic party.
The Cataclysm of the rebellion pre-
vented its control. Now with peace
inertia, and forgetfulness. this faction
growing dominant the long hidden
dynamite of its purpose menaces by
its presence and its possible explosion.
Parties can not stand still. The repel-
lent elements gain definiteness and
strength and urge them further and
wider apart The protective policy
and its opposite will contend to the ex-
tinguishment of one or the other. The
destructive fire will win, or the pro-
tective water put it out.
It is unfortunate that such import
ant questions of National policy should
be submitted to a jury largely unintel-
ligent, and moved more largely by
party allegiance and prejudice. while
labor is standing Idle. capital is wait
ing. industry is aghast aud enterprise
folds its hands for the verdict. The
hazard is that specious and delusive
pleadings, Intentional warnings Of the
evidence by the Administration attor-
neys, whose retention depends upon
success, may win.
Yet it does not seem possible that
the people Of the United States can be
forgetful that the tried Republican
policy-not an experiment, but an ex-
perience- given it 30 unequaled q
prosperity. Notwithstanding war and
debt, and personal National expendi-
ture, it stands peerless in wealth and
vigor, and unparalleled among the ma
lions of the world.-JNdge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
TARIFF AND SURPLUS.


The Democratic Tariff Reform" Policy
and What It Means.
II IL self-evident to every considerable
man that the Administration hue and
cry about the surplus is intended to be
and is cover for some Interior pur-
pose.
At any time during the present Con-
gress the accumulations in the Treas
ury would'have ceased had the leaders
Of the majority so desired. Aside from
taking the duties of alcohol used in
the mechanic arts, and from domestic
grown tobacco, giving q reduction of
twenty-five millions, the lowering the
tariff on sugar would decrease it
thirty. and canceling it over fifty mill
ions additional. The poor man uses as
much sugar as the rich. Wealth would
not induce its owner to cram himself
with sweets. The tariff taken off sugar
alone would lessen family's expendit-
ures a dollar, where the tariff of wool
would help it only a cent
The Mills bill lowers the duty on Ak
minister carpets, and cancels it on
statuary and on pictures, purchased
by the wealthy and never by the work.
ing-man. 1t gives the Standard Oil
Company and the great meat-canning
monopolies' tin goods free. puts North
ern salt on the free list, and still pro-
tects Louisiana sugar sixty and Caro-
lima rice one hundred per cent
The purpose Is not to diminish the
revenue but to lower the tariff. Less
ened duties stimulate importation ten
fold. and viii increase. as they have
done. the income from customs. The
surplus growing BY ibis, instead Of
lessosing. viii call Tor still further and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

Total TO date ................... ...Us1O.UD
Other Democratic millionaires will
contribute with equal liberality. and it
would not be surprising if the Demo
cratic campaign fund should reach a.
O0O, 900 or $1,000. 900. So vast a roll
of Doodle was never before used in one,
and probably not in ten, American
elections.
This enormous Doodle indicates
where the lines of the Democratic cam
paign will be paid. The slums Of New
York City and the other cities of New
York State are to be crammed with
money. Fraudulent majorities. pro-
cured by unlimited rascality, are to be
created in the criminal wards of the
cities sufficient to swamp the honest
voters Ut the farming country and the
manufacturing and business centers.
BY these means, characteristic of Dem
ocratic methods in the past, but un-
paralleled in extent, the Democratic
millionaire conspirators intend to car
~ for Cleveland the So electoral votes
of New York. Added to the electoral
vote Of the solid south (l5S), they will
then have 1S9. They will still require
Is more votes, which they will at
tempt to procure in Indiana, which has
Is, or by carrying New Jersey with 9
and Connecticut with 6 votes. This is
the Democratic plan Of the campaign.
A gang Of millionaire monopolists,
principally from the railroad and coal
rings, will contribute enough money to
make gigantic Doodle campaign in a
few doubtful States. It remains to be
seen If the Presidency can be retained
by the Democratic party through
methods of such colossal villainy.-
Chicago Joxr30k
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

expression in favor Of temperance; but
we are unwilling to see any earnest
temperance people misled by the false
cry that the Republican party has de-
clared for free whisky. It is cry in
the interests of tinkered tariff and
not of temperance II the Republican
party really wanted free whisky. 1t
would reduce or abolish the duties on
imported liquors.--N. I. Independent
lind
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
FACTS ABOUT THURMAN.
The Old Romans Work In tho Democrat
Convention Of 1864.

The Old Romans Work In the Democrat,
Convention Of 1864.
It has been ascertained that Hon
Allen G.. Thurman. was the author o.
that famous infamous plank in the Chi
cago Democratic platform of 1864 which
declared the war a failure. 1t will BIZ
remembered that it was so offensive tc
Mr.. Mcclellan that he repudiated it in
his letter of acceptance. The resolu'
ton is as follows:
"Res0lred, That this convention does explio
lily declare, - the sense OF the American peo
pie, that after four years Of failure TO restore
the Union by experiment Of war, during which
under pretense OF o military necessity Of wal
power higher than the constitution. the oonsti
tuition has itself been disregarded in ever
trodden down, and the material prosperity Of
tho country essentially impaired, justice, hu
Eaaity. liberty and public welfare demand that
i00ed;ste efforts be made for . cessation Of
hasSilities, with . view - IN ultimate oonven
ttoa Of oil the States, or other pescesble
meaas, to the end that at the earliest possible
moment peace may be restored on the basis
Of the federal Union Of all the States"
The Cleveland Leader also repub-
fishes its interview with Thurman at
Put-in-Bay August Is, 1875, when the
"Old Roman" expressed himself as
emphatically against 1.-The id meddle-
some priests" The Leaders CORE
spondent overheard the conversation
between Judge Thurman, Hon. Theo-
dore Cook and others in front of the
hotel, since burned, and reported as
follows:
Eyes wa shan lose the State: the id mod.
dlesome priests have overdone the thing by
sticking heir noses into our politics, and they
deserve to be beaten 70 teach them their place.
The Democracy only have themselves to blame
the way they did Il was unfortunate. indeed.
that the Catholic question was lusged into the
campaign. The Democracy WAS the only party
that ever did any thing for the Catholics. and
Il would seem tnat the moro that II done foE
them the moro they will demand. Their AFRO.
canoe 10 insu6er ,ble, and as We shall bo do.
feated any way hope 1t will hereafter teach
these meddlesome priests lesson that they
will understand-that 10. to let politics alone.
for ono don't propose to stand any further
nonsense from these fellows."
Mr.. Cook attempted denial. but II
was 50 evasive and feeble that it fixed
the conviction in the public mind that
the truth was told by the Leaders in
terviewer, who came back in his own
defense and made the thing 80 binding
that Thurman was compelled to stop
the controversy.-Chieago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
AIDING THE TRUSTS.


milton Of Capltalistic Combines.
The Democrats have been caught
helping the monopOlists again. The
particular combine" whose interests
the party is just now serving is the Su.
gar Trust In the Mills bill. in its
first form, the sugar schedule did not
suit the refiners. True, they liked 1t
better than they did the proposition
Of the Republicans. which was to put
refined as well as raw sugar on the
free list, and to give bounty to the
sugar-growers. But it did not favor
the refiners as much as these gentle
men desired, and, therefore, Have
meyer, the head of the Sugar Trust,
had an interview with Mr.. Mills and
his committee The result was that his
suggestions were agreed to, and the
sugar schedule was altered to suit the
ideas of the combine"
The Democracy has done valuable
service for the trusts since Mr.. Cleve-
land became President. He put a rep
resentative of the Standard Oil Com
pany in one Cabinet Office, and q
champion of q certain telephone pool
in another. These gentlemen, respect
lively. are Secretary Whitney and At
torney-General Garland. Mr.. Lamars
friendship for the railroads may or may
not have been known to the President
at the time of his elevation to the head
of the Department of the Interior.
Undoubtedly, however. it was discov-
cred soon afterward. and this, 80 far
as the public has learned, did not
change the relations between President
and Secretary. except to make them
closer and more affectionate. And.
subsequently, when the President
placed Mr.. Lamar on the Supreme
bench, he was put in a position in
which his services to the trusts could
not be interrupted by change of ad-
ministratiOn. The President still
further recognized the trusts when he
selected Congressman Scott, the head
of the coal pool, to be his lieutenant
and spokesman in Congress and at the
National convention.
The Democratic party has always
been q champion of the combines"
The biggest of the organizations which
the country has ever known was the
Slavery Trust. In order to force down
the wages of labor, and make the gap
between the working man and the CAPT.
talist as broad and difficult to cross as
it is in Turkey or China, the Democ-
racy upheld slavery. The party, in
deed, tried to extend 1t to the Territor-
ries, and ultimately, no doubt, would
have attempted to carry it into the free
States. When the free people Of the
country determined to resist the extern
sion of this trust the Democracy
plunged the country into civil war.
Its friendship for combines" in fact,
is not a new development in its policy
which will be discarded when the pop
ular verdict on the party is rendered
at the ballot-box. The affection which
the Democracy holds for the Standard
Oil, Sugar, Coal and other trusts,
therefore, is simply the manifestation
of an influence which is organic, and
which can not be changed until the
whole character and being of the party
is sltered.-St. Louis Globe-Densocrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
FASHIONS OF THE DAY.
Practical Suggestions Presented In q Con-
densed Form.

Practical Suggestions Presented In . Con-
densed Form.
A loose cluster Of white peoples with
black hearts seems the foreOrdained
garniture for black lace bOnnets.
Green's the wear, even for stockings
pale green, silk clicked with white,
or shot green and white embroidered
with both threads.
A valley lily in white enamel relieved
against its leaf in dark green and q fox
glove in diamonds and pink enamel are
among the latest and loveliest of the
flower brooches.
The latest jewel fad is to wear loose
diamonds caught to the gown by in
visible pins. Queen Margarita, Of
Italy, wore at a recent ball q dress
trimmed with rose petals caught in
place with these eternal dewdrOp.
Crepe spot cloth of silk and wool
with double stripes, forming raised
spot at crossing and l0ine et soie line
checks Of white silk thrown up on q
cream wool ground are among the best
Of new stuffs for midsummer.
The very finest stockings are either
those of white or pale colors with fronts
Of point lace or in hues something more
vivid, hand embroidered in stripes of
roses, or else with tiny bouquets dotted
here and there upon the instep.
A daring modiste has introduced
among her tea gowns the costume of
modern Egypt's best society. It is loose
and swathy. with flowing sleeves that
give somehow the effect Of train and
q girdle that is the height Of elegant
discomfort.
Wide hats of string or straw very
openly knotted and guiltless Of lining
with q flower or two stuck on one side
are accounted wonderfully stylish: but
it Is suggested that if shade be their
purpose. . cabbage leaf should be con-
structed to wear inside.
We proclaim to . shining, suffering
and corn-stricken world Of women, that
pointed toes and narrow sOles now
mark the cheap and shoddy in footgear.
the wide sole. with or without box toe.
and common-sense heel appearing IN
all really first-class work.
Small baskets crocheted Of gold thread
and filed with shOrt-stemmed blossoms
as carnations, tuberoses, etc.-are
lovely decorations for either bOudOir or
tea table, and tiny mats OF similar
make and material among the most
choice possibilities of domestic art.
Cuff buttons for the hOrsey OF either
sex are of red or yellow ivory in the
shape Of jockey caps with peak OF gold
richly chased-while the unOrthodox
can buy themselves scarf-pins showing
Satan in full gilt grinning and holding
out a big moonstone-presumably as
bait for souls.
With sorrow we record it. The rage
for shocking extends to cotton gowns.
MANY of which have the yoke Of it and
deep cuffs and borders to the full
sleeves. It looks well when first put on.
but when the average laundress gets in
her fine work it is something fearful to
contemplate.
According to high authority the gown
COR summer afternoon wear will be OF
sheer white muslin. either plain, en-
broidered or lace-trimmed. made up In
directoire fashion with sash Of soft silk.
either white, cream, pale blue. pink or
primrose, and worn with flowers and
ornaments in harmony with its hue
N. T. Commercial advertiser
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

Even in SO simple an article as hay
there was over million dollars worth
brought in to supply American mar
kets. Every ton of that hay had to pay
q tariff of 81, which, according to Mr..
Cleveland's message, directly increased
the price which the producer received
by that amount Every farmer there
fore who is engaged in raising hay. wool,
live animals. in producing breadstuffs,
vegetables, eggs, provisions, meat and
dairy products has q direct personal
interest in having q tariff maintained.
And yet the Mills bill proposes to take
the tariff of number Of these articles
and remove from the farmer of the
Northwest all protection against the
competition of foreign countries. A
prominent Canadian writer in a recent
letter to friend in this country ex-
planned why Canada was for free trade.
because. IS he said, labor was so much
cheaper in chat country that farm prod
ucts could be brought to market so
much more cheaply than in this coun-
try that they could undersell the
American producer in his own market
Farmers who think they are getting
little enough now for the result of their
hard work will hardly want to see that
little reduced any more. But the Mills
bill which was, constructed to protect
Democratic interests of the South, and
neglect Republican interests of the
North, makes just such an attack upon
the farm industries in the interests Of
cheap foreign labor. The farmers of
the Northwest can not afford to sup
port party that aims such destructive
legislation at their interests. The
farmers have right and duty to
stand up for the tariff and defend the
system of protection because it con-
Germs them a. vitality as it does any
other class In the community.-Des
M0ines (Ia.) REGISTER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

Free traders might urge that the
farmers Of this country are not affected
at all by the tariff on these articles.
That the home producers are able to
furnish all Of the provisions and other
products of the farm that are consumed
in this country. So we ask the farm
ers to keep in mind that tariff which
we have just printed, and notice fur
Their the amount of farm products that
were imported during last year. Here
Is the list ON the more common articles
Of the farm:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
COLOSSAL vILLAINY.
The Doodle Campaign About to be
auRurated by the Democracy.

The Doodle Campaign About to he In
auKurated by the Democracy.
The Democratic millionaires are on
deck. Millionaire Barnum ("seven
mule,'O is the chairman of the Demo-
cratic National Committee. Million
aire Scott (coal ring) is chairman Of
the Democratic Finance Committee.
Millionaire Brice (railroad speculator
and monopolist) is chairman of the
campaign subcommittee of the Demo
cratic National Committee. The fol-
lowing are said to be cash contributions
already made for the purposes Of the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17

~" Vim, vigor and victory" IS u
Republican watchword this year. pst
only in Ohio, but throughout the NJ
Gon.-Z0ledo Bl0de.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-17
Harrison and Protsction.

Harrison and Protection.
Hurrah for Harrison.
Marshal the garrison!
Bring out the psrty's whole forca
Cheer the convention.
Danish dissens sion,
He'll be elected, Of course.
Stand firm for Harrison!
Who In comparison
Runs such good chances as hef
Triumph Is evident
He will be President;
Tia White House his dwelling shah -
Boom II for Harrison!
Christian or Safacen
Battle, but never say die!
Stand BY The q. O. p,
Onward 20 victory.
Protection and Right! b your cry.
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