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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-12
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SKINNED FROM THE JOURNALISTIC
DANES or 7ROUGHT.
To Catch the "Boodiers"-No Cabinet Yet.
Dspew's Boon-Candidates fof speaker
Are Bondb oIders Ta1ed-Risht You Are.
a Brave Man

DIIATORY SENATORS Nevertheless
the -, III ,craiic Senators desire the post
pouement OF the tsrin bill until after abe
holidays, I'm order that they may be bet.
ter prepared to speak upon II. II ia ty
no means creditable to them, and espe
cially TO the minority members of the
Finance Committee. that they are not
prepared TO speak upon II now. They
have had years notice, and post
ponement of three weeks would be Of
little advantage TO them. During the
debate In the House on the Mills bill it
was gralifyingy evident that the speak
ers on both sides had really studied the
details of the subject. twas also evident
that The superiority n debating power
was with the majority In The Senate,
on the other hand, the Republicans have
decided advantage both In debating
ability and In knowledge OF the subject
Mr. Beck is really the only Senator on
his side who is well enough equipped to
cope with the pro,ec,ionlsls.-N. /.
Tunes
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09
Average ...........N So 81 I

These figures speak for themselves
averaged 10 cents. wheat 20 cents and oats 10
cents higher in low tariff years.
The rapid advance in the manufacturers'
wealth also tells the story Of robbing the many
for the benefit Of the few In 1850 the agricui-
tural values Of the country were 81 $50, 443 ,063
and other values 50, LIS, ,l2S, ,005; thus showing
that the farmers owned nearly half the wealth
Of the country. But how 10 it now after paying
tribute TO the manufacturer for twenty years?
The census shows that in 1880 the value of
farms and farmers property was $l2, lao 08l, ,441
and other values $3l, ,5S7, ,902, ,557, the in
crease in agricultural values being $4,123,-
688, 1873 while other values increased S23, ,S58,-
1917 boa The increase In farm valnes during
twenty years of protection being 81 per cent.
while other values increased $50 per cent. And
further, the wealth Of the farmers il quite
equally distributed, while the wealth of the
manufacturers ID concentrated In the hands Of q
few who are still llelamuring for the maintenance
of high tariff to protect their infant industries
while they form trust to fix an arbitrary price
on their rpradnctions.
To prove thnt wool has commanded . higher
price in low tariff than in protective years Il il
only necessary to examine the official quotations
which have beenprepared by James Lynch and
George w. Bond, two of the leading wooi i'm.
portsFs In the United States, and printed in the
Cambridge Jeffsrsonian, from which what fol
lows has been taken; the articles showing 1
wide research and sound logical discussion. The
currency valaes for the period whom gold was
iat . premium are reduoed 70 gold:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09
Total farm MORTGAGES IN the ton

states OBJ 0000D0
The actual value Of the farms lying IN the
Yen states 10 today about $lS. .931, 100000 In
this valuation due allowance. has been made for
the enormous volume IL emigration which has
poured into Kansas, Nahraska and Minnesota.
\ hnd into the northern portions Of Michigan and
Wisconain since 1880.
All talk relative to this vast sum Of money
ever being paid ID utter folly. No agricultural
people can pay such sums. The profit derived
from American agrIcuIture is now % small a to
De unWorthy Of the slightest consideration. 10
illustrate this fact: The interest money annually
drawn from the ten states listed IL they nay
par cent. only, arnountsito $3.50, ,000, 600 The
profits OF agriculture do mot warrant the pay
nentcf 80 great sum. The total value Of
the farm product Of the United States was. n
1879 81 i3, ,0O0 600 OF this value the ten states
have listed produce $6Sg,00o.000. This was the
total value sold, consumed, and on hand. Sav
that the ten states now produce 10 the yalue 81
e1,000000, 600. II but onehaf the farms ara
mortgaged the produce they yield IL worth $500.
100000 A. least s2S9, ,o0O, 900 et that value goes
topay interest money leaving $261 ,OO0.O00 of
produce to support $4,000 farmers ana ths,r
iamilies, or 1924 to each farmer. Out of this
small sum they must pay labor, paw taxas srn.
ply seed. buy tools and they and their famiais.
NYe. The sum Is utterly inadequate IT is not
possible for these mortgaged farmers, Il 4 class
p ever lift their mortgages. Legislative enact.
nen receive for their products. bnt
H IL possible to decrease The prioe thss
now pay for the goods which they eonsnrss
These men. thopsh thslF hames are borne az
= III A - owners Of the farms
zz$ ~ eetl.I tzHa1ls. They ceased u
zz s,s g. IS e'sss s sy e moss,ssgsa nss Their
zssEios. Azts>Ia3 <Hstries has been ii 81
Ezz' 'kd13z s69t'44zaos of the svsiem viii
6z<1i4 1zz|zs <4z i<<leE 4cktioa Of the farmsrs
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09


AIonopolists Can Rely ON It--A Big Storm 10
Brewing ON the Plains.
The following letter to the farmers Voice"
Of Illinois is particularly interesting showing
the sentiment of the farmers Of Kansas. The
farmer Of Wisconsin is in the identical same
boat with his Kansas brother, and should act in
the sane independent spirit:
ODESSA, JEWELL Co., KS, Feb. 10, 1883.
Editor the Farmers Veics.
DEAR SIR: Your valuable paper has como
to hand and think it ought to be In the hands
Of every farmer in the United States. Let the
voice Of the farmer 60 out and sound the trum-
pet, aDswn with class lsgislation." GIVE us
more ex-senator Writings and Rayners Of
Maryland.
/ have been voting for twentyeight years and
voting with the Republican party, but % this ii
the fret time in my life that have had achance
to vots for my interestI shall certainly avail
myself Of the opportunity.
Fellow-farTaers, let no party lash deter 10
from voting for our interests. Talk with the
majority Of our westGrn editors.
"Oh yes," they will say, sit 10 time the pro-
tsction duties vera reduced.n
But not one word de they dare to utter against
their mastern--p0litical maaters--and vet the
western editors support comes directly from
the farmers. Let us let our political leaders
know that tlsis protective sophiBtry isn't bread
and butter for M.
I, as farmer, grow or raise beef, pork, wheat,
rye, barley, potatoes, onions, radishes, beets,
4 peas and beans, Of which we farmers always
not protected, and when want to purchase the
staples Of life find that T haye to buy under a
protective law.
j have . few plain, simple facts that give
when called upon By my fellow-far TO ads
] dress = meafinap from the fact that know that
farmers, a. grdIs. don't 60 into detail Of their
business. aoaen a
often it hastto hear il share Of the protective
tariff. bngc
! i. WagcIdts s u Cultiyator.
2. Harness Id 8. Harrow.
8. Lumber intPsn. 0. Hoe,
4. Nailsgwads 10. Spade,
.. We'll nump5 n. Shovel,
/ 8. PloW tnuraike enrn.
hog and hauisd q to shipping point, drive him
| ON pair Of aioli
| IL. Scales
Is. Car itiiashipped In,
n Steslsraiisythat cara run On,
10. Locomotive,
16. Coal toimAke stsam,
~. Iools4hata slaughter 1t ct Armour's.
Is. Salt tGpzDk it
10. Barr6jI toput in.
Nov, take my hog money and where can Il
90 In this couatry and buy the neesssaries II
life outside Of my own production that are mot
sold to rs American farmers under protective
systemf NoWherel
Farmers and laborsrs Of America, We have
been proteots1 too long n0W already, as cur
mortgaged farms, high taxes and "a 10 3 per
cent. per month our national banks charge for
money tsstify. Let u heed not the party lash,
but walk up like intaliigent men and vote foi
the man that will rspresont o1r interests.
=. M. HAMAKER.
P.E. hase studied the protact1se tariff fou
twentythree years and am ready to take tht
feld against amy protestionist IL this pari
ef the country.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09
PRIvATR PENsIoN ACTS.

Since the inauguration Of President Cleve-I
land he has approved or allowed to become
laws By liraitation over Loo pris4ts snts
granting pensiens, while but 1,524 private
pension acts were appreyedor allowed to b.
come laws BY limitation during the entire
tWentyfonr years that the Rspnblican party
waa iii power. There il httln doubt chat ba-,
fore the present congress- adiourns be viii
have approved or allowed 70 become law
hy limitation nearly Or quite as mang pEis
vate pension acts q all Of the Republican
prcsidenfs frem Lincoln to Arthur.
The shove figures taken from the ofiioiaf
records show beyond eayll or question that
no such iiberality to en- soldiers, their Wild
oHs, orphans and dependent relatives IN the
matter Of pensions was ever shown BY any
administration In The history Of the rspuh-
lie and that no former administration haz
ever extended the muaiiicancs Of The g6v-
ernnsnt to 90 many u the benefeisrIea
of the pension lava as has the administrator
Of President Cleveland.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09

Eyen o cursory examination of the above
table will be sufficient to show that the high
duty prevailing aince 1867 has not decreased
the average annual importation of foreign grown
wool.
To further prove the assertion that foreign
woods do not compete with the woods Of Ohio
the following interview with Mr.. Charles Z.
Chaffee, the principal stockholder and president
Of the Mediicott company Of Windsor Locks,
Ct, well known manufacturer of fine knit goods,
Ii quoted:
The Springfield Republican vouches that Mr..
Chaffee is 80 stanch Republican and q
Protectionist clear way through" So when we
put him on the witness stand on protection
friends must NOT attempt to answer his state
menu by shouting ''free trader" Mr.. Chaffee
says:
awe import from So TO 45 per cent. of our
wool from Australia. We 60 There for il because
We cannot get IL here at any price. It's wool OF
the finest texture, and 10 generally Of the first
clip from Australian lambs. The tariff on the
fine Australian wools which we import evident
ly can protect no one here, ~ no American
grows such wool. It therefore would do no
harm to remove this duty so far as / can see. It
would not affect US SO much as the people who
buy cur goods. / acknowledge I patrenize
home grown wool simply because want that
want 1t entirely regardless of any tariff, and
would want it and continue to buy it after the
tariff was removed
ROWLAND HAZARD.
No corporation in the United States has q
more honorable record than the Peace Dale
manufacturing companay Of Rhode Island. Mr..
Hazard of that company, says:
'dt was through the wool manufacture rs that
the tariff of 1867 injured the wool growers.
The country did not produce wool enough for
its wants. IL did not produce the kinds Of wool
required for rertRin fabrics, aud suddenly the
cost to the manufacturer of all imported wosls
was largely advanced. The mills could notrun
without thdss imported wools. Those mills
which had used o mixture Of domestic and for
ei8n woels, twere forced either to. buy their
/ domestic wood for less or advance the price Of
] their fabrics. A struggle was thus begun by
manufacturers to put down the price Of wool
and put up the price of goods; and such strug-
gle was entirely inconsistent with prosperity.
The wool growers necessarily had q bad market.
Price cannot be fixed arbitrarily. The ability
OF the consumer to buy is the final governing
fact. No Legislation can affect this, and il q
price is fixed above this ability no sales can be
made. No juggling with the tariff can evade
this principle. By increasing the cost Of the
imported raw material the tariff could, and
did, increase the cost of goods. but it could not
make consumers buy them. 1t caused manu-
facturers to work under unfavorable crcum-
stances and the wool market was necessarily
depresssd."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09
Rsada Remarkable ldmissionbv
a Republican Organizer,
Workingmen, Farmers, Read
President Fosters Letter.
1t Viii Tell You Whom
the Tariff Protects.
l CONFIDENTIAL Circular Says That
Manufacturers Make Millions
When Business Is Prosper
GUS and Receive the
Great Benefits OF
the Tariff.

Wegive below the confidential circular sent
out by james p. Foster, president of the Repub-
lican league, to manufacturers. asking them for
money TO cover campaign expenses. We in
vite readers 10 read it and see for themselves
that, though in public the high tariff inen claim
Dor, in private aud under the head Of "conh-
dential, p they themselves admit that manu-,
faeturers alone derive the benefit from the or
ganized piracy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09
What Paying Tribute to Trusts
Does for the Farmer.

New York Times Independently: The amounts
represented BY the faces Of the farm mortgages
in Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, Nsbraska, Kansas and Missouri
aras Nf8 N
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09

picture Dy cOnn0lsB0uf; this ie done three
times at intervals Of months, and the sheep are
best may ultimately he selected for breeding,h
Yonatt, who 10 q recognised authority amongst
sheep breeders, says that the two fiocks Of Lei.
cester sheep kept By Mr.. Buckley and Mr.. Bur.
CESS shave been purely bred from the original
stock Of Mr. Bakeweil for upward Of ifty
years. There ID not Q suspicion in the
mind Of any one at all acquainted with the snb.
iect that the owner Of either Of tham has devi-
ated In any enc instance from the pure blood Of
Mr.. Bakewell's flock, and ret the difference be.
tween the sheep possessed BY theas gentlemen Ii
% great that they have the appearance Of beng
quite different varieties"
We dwell upon this matter 20 long in order to
completely disabuse the minds Of those persons
who have been edncated to believe that all the
wool brought into this country comes into com.
petition with the domestic article. Now. the
fact being beyond controversy that the wools
grown In other conntriea, under other conditions
are different from the woods grown in the United
States, Whist il the logical conclusion about
tariG upon those vo0ls2 Simply that the tariff
10 placed upon something that does not corne
into composition with our woods, and hence
cAnnot benefit our wool growers. aye, 1t i an
Injury to our wool growers because ii adds Ia the
expense Of the manufnctare Of their productions
just - duty on dys stnfs, which cannot Be
produced here adds 10 tho coat Of the man.i.
AAnsAA1N eFtiHtn MAEA0ah giving one cent OF PRO
tsGtsonp 70 anybody. a cloth manufactured
from mixtnrs of Eools eonfsining Z oertain per
cent. of Australian w0oi cannot hs made; 10 e
% ds0eive the expert iobber, ~ lsavinQ tks
Australian WOOL out. And IL that identical oloth
hhprshs to BE- the fashion ct tho dr. the naanul
fRcfnFer must buy proportion n Australian
wool and make t-slso the iobber viii 70 to the
/ imporier and hgve the goods brought oFer from
i Europe. e Tho latter be the dai1 me demand
far dnuoekin wool Il zforax 4 Nv inf IN
of that grade q domestic wosl Wflah sonld hsgs
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09

Thus, while the protected sheep havea do
creased under high tariff, the unprotected cat
tie, horses, mules and hogs have corresponding
ly increased.
That the high tariff of 1857 has not reduced
the importation of wool il shown in the follow
ing table, which gives the value OF the raw wool
imports from 1866 to 1884, inclusive;
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-08-09

b.su us<d u he nnEiar via izs knsrsIinl
vool I'D th.fiolt tssl unnnl.oinrsd n Ansr.
Has Pn0rEcrIoS fHcREAsED THE nuMnnn
OF HuREPi
Daring Fhaf cur proisefion friends are
nlea.ed "a lsrIp the efree trade era precedin z
1851 the woel Industry grew and prospsred %
the fArmeR delight In Ohio In 1865 the sheep
had increaBed % the number Of 7.0Se, ,S99 In
1857 the nnpbr was 7, 555, ,507. But In the lat
tsr year hiEh tnrif wss placed on wool and IN
two years time lin 1s69 there we're only o,272, =
go sheep in 0hio. In two more years On 1871
there we're only 4.s02, ,e04 sheep In Ohio--a loss
In this one stAts under four years of high tariff
OF ). .251, COS, sheep; . loss that has never been
regnined. FOR smother example take the state Of
furnishes the following statistics concerning the
decline OF the protected wool growing industry:
Year u - M ~ Qh....
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
The Wife of Theodore Thomas.

Very few people know any ything of Thomas domestic side, which is very happy one Some twenty years ago Miss Porter, who teaches the far famed girls schools at Farm ington, Conn.,, undertook to educate young girl to be her assistant and eventual successor. Just about the time she had crammed her full of Greek and he higher mathematics she very unwisely invited certain musical German up to the school to lecture before her pupils on orchestral effects and composition. The learned young graduate followed the example of other young women less learned, and fell promptly in love wiGh the lecturer He was wise enough to return it and Miss Porter lost an assistant. while Theodore Thomas gained a wife.
 It is the proud and uncontradicted boast of this classical and mathematical scholar that in all the past twenty years her husband has eaten but three inferior meals in his OVID house. She comes of race of ssnotable' New England housekeepers, and the inherited instinct is so strong that the theory that learned women are lacking in domesticity- if true-has no demonstration in her. They are thoroughly. affectionate and congenial couple, and Mir. Thomas domestic existence is as happy as his public career has been great. There is a pretty daughter just growing up who does not appear to greatly resemble either parent, as she is but mediocre mu- sician, and despite the fact of being student at the Harvard Annex, is considerably more concerned with the fashions than with diff ferential calculus.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
.Nasby" Avoided Literary Suicide.

An anecdote may illustrate one cause of his thrift as a money maker. Col. Forney, proprietor of The Philadelphia Press, had made him an offer of S. 900 year, while he was still poor and unknown, to go to Phila- delphia and write for him. He went to lock over the ground. He found in the office of the paper a literary gentleman of fine ac- quirements and a marked ability, whose name was, in faint and iusterless way, known to most people of culture throughout the country. But to the great public the man who "wrote up" the paper was Col John w. Forney. Mir. Locke spent the even ing with the writing editor, whose reputation may have been about the kind enjoyed by Mr. T. Buchanan Read. This writer read to him, with great pride and enthusiasm, a labored article which was to appear in The Press the next morning. Nearly prepared to accept MT. Forney's offer. Locke returned to his hotel. Coming down to breakfast the next morning, guest at the table handed him The Press remarking and pointing to the article he had heard read the evening be- fore: "A truly magnificent article by John w. Forney. What a wonderful writer that man isl"
 ''This," said Locke, in telling the story, "settled it for me. Literary suicide was not what was after."-Frank Leslies.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
An Extraordi ary Mental Power.


 I know Of a case where the person who encing another's mind through some sym pathetic action, was most unwilling to be convinced. He was a doctor and opposed to all belief in faith cures, and to all which seemed to favor the doctrine that mind can influence mind. He had conceived also a strong feeling of personal dislike for the thought reader-an American of some celeb rity or notoriety, will not say which. He offered himself as Subject" believing that the exhibition was chiefly humbug, the other subjects" mostly confederates He mentally located a ''pain"-that is, he thought of a pain-in particular nerve. To his surprisethe thought reader began to pass his hand over his (the exhibitor's) right jaw, and presently marked with his finger the precise course of the nerve along which the doctor had imagined the pain to extend.
 We see in such experiments an inchoate form of the power which seems in some cases to have been possessed by persons un- der strong mental emotion, of influencing others at distance. I do not know how the evidence can be rejected showing that on certain occasions such power has been exerted-usually without any conscious effort. It seems much more incautious tc reject the evidence than to admit the ex- istence of such @ power-not, however, as something supernatural, nor even as pre- ternatural or extra natural, but simply as quality not yet explained or understood, and recognized, as it seems to merit, special in >estigation.-Richard A. Proctor in Boston
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
Street soenes in Florence.

What do we zee flashing weirdly and silently along the reaches>of yonder gloomy streeta A long line of candle torches, led by a cross, borne aloft; in their midst hearse, so covered with flowers that it looks like the sweetest nook of a garden travelling along the way.
 What do we hear yonder quarter of a mile off A chorus of many voices, as sweet and smooth and accurate as the trained music of a professional concert. We drive hurriedly to it, and find a score of young men of the working class standing together and singing one of the grand and expressive songs of their country. The airs they sing gre full of technical peculiarities; they render each one of them with as much accu- racy as an instrument. There are solos, duets, responses They do them all with feeling and expression It is not for money or for show; it is simply their innocent way of amusing themselves and their frienoa, who gather around and applaud with enthu. siasm.-Wll Carleton in New York Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
Festiva s If the Alaslsans.

The festivals-which as we have said, are numerous-are often held in sort of com mon hall called the kaslga, which is built of the same pattern as the semi-subteranean winter houses, but is often as large as sixty feet square and twenty or thirty feet high. This kashga also serves for various other purposes. It is used for sle public bath; for the deliberations of the council of elders in communal questions; for the preparation of skins and the manufacture of sleds; for the reception of visitors, and for the sleeping place of males who have no huts of their own. The festivals consist of singing and dancing of a primitive character, and then gorging with fish and bl.bber, with the ad- ditional luxury of melted reindeer fat, when it can be procured. All the food, both fish and flesh, goes through some pro~ ess of cook ing before being eaten, although the higher" it is tue more it is appreciated.-Cham Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-19
Addicted 10 Playing Faro.

It is an open secret that the great com rnoner, Thaddeus Stevens, was much ad- dicted to playing faro, and at times he was a high bettor. He preferred to play against the dealing of Gen. Wilkinson, who was his personal friend and gentleman ill every at tribute, although following the profession of gaming Every night, when the weather permitted, Thaddeus Stevens entered Gen. Wukinson's establishment, took his favorite seat at the table, which all players intuitively yielded him as pre-emptive right, bought S1CO worth of checks and silently made his play. When the hour of midnight came Mir. Stevens invariably retired, whether winner or loser, and Gen. Wilkinson provided him with might liner" hack. fooled by an aged colored driver who carefully drove the great commoner home to his lodgings and returned to report that all was safe.-J. J. Noah in Philadelphia Times