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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29
CONFERENCE OF CHARITIES.
Andrew E. Elmore Talks at the Illinois Con-
vention.

Andrew E. Elm0re Talks at the Illinois Con-
vention.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-One hundred dele
gates were present at the opening OF the
second days session of the Illinois state
conference of charities. DR.. E. A. Kill
bourne read paper ON "Duty of the
State to the Insane of Illinois" Andrew
Elmore, chairman of the state board of
charities of Wisconsin, resented a
slight mention which had been la
the papers of the system by which Wis
consin manages its insane asyIurns. He
said that the institutions for the insane
in his state were just as good as any in
the world, and they would very soon have
separate asylum for the criminal
insane. He thought there was
no need for the Office of medical
superintendent in most insane asylums.
The doctors he said could do no good.
Secretary Wines asked Mr., Elmore what
he thought of the public examination of
insane patients. He replied that if
q law could be framed which would apply
to every case it would be a good
thing; that in Wisconsin it was
optional with the judge or district at
torney whether or not the patient should
be catechised, 1t was not generally done
and no evil had resulted az yet. Mr..
Wines, however, thought under that plan
any one might be declared insane
by designing relative and put into an
insane asylum. DR.. 81. L. Carried, of
the Jacksonville inssne asylum, G. w.
Crosley, of Iowa and Sec. Wright, of the
State Board of Charities of Wisconsin,
also spoke on the question.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29
Ginger Drinkers in Georgia.


"a man can't get drunk Oh ginger, ca
he?" druggist was asked, by Il. Atlanta
journal man.
swell, if you could see some of my
regular ginger drunkards at times, you
would think so. Ginger is made from
alcohol and ginger root. The ginger is
ground and put into one of those funnel
shaped percolators, after which the al
cohol is poured over it and soaks through
it, dropping into the jar, in she mouth of
which is fixed the funnel. This tincture
is rs you know, if you have ever tasted it,
as hot as liquid fire, and a teaspoonful is
a big dose for an ordinary man. One
pound OF ginger will make two quarts of
tae extract, and many prefer 1t to whisky.
Glow much does q confirmed ginger
drihker take at a dose?"
"There are one or two men who are
regular ginger drinkers, that like as much
as four ounces at time, or to show you
the difference, thirty two tea-spoonfulls.
If you or l or any other man unaccus-
toned to drinking ginger should take
that much at once it would kill US. We
would be apt to have convulsions at first,
followed by comatose condition, in which
state, death would come"
"How much to make man drunk?"
Il have seen one man get drunk on four
ounces, and then again I've seen a man
who drank the same quantity have a sort
of epileptic st, lasting for several
minutes."
"Wnat effect will the drinking of ginger
produce in a long rum"
at is far more injurious than whisky,
and will kill a man who drinks it regular
ly in from two or three years time. If
you should hold tablespoonful of ginger
In your mouth a minute it would blister
the inside coating of the mouth, and you
can imagine what the effect on the stomach
would be graphing with two or three
tabiespoohfuis of ginger every day"
"Can you tell a ginger drinker from an
ordinary man, or in other words, will the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29

master workman; and the seer stary-
treasurer will be paid $4,000. The mem
bers of the executive board will receive
four dollars day and expenses. The
report of the committee was adopted and
these matters as to the salary came Hp
Immediately afterwards.
Barry's story still continues, his latest
installment being intended to show that
T..V. Powderly's administration destroy
ed or altered all documents liable to get
them into trouble, and calls the Journal
of United Labor a blackmailinC sheet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29

burst into flames with terrific roar,
sending their long red and yellow
tongues high aloft among the cocoanut
trees, shriveling up their big branches
like finder, and soorohing with their fiery
breath the cool green bread-fruit leaves
into cinders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29

The president will spend the next few
weeks at Oak View preparing his mes
sage to congress.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-29

The official canvass of the vote of Con-
necticut shows Cleveland's plurality to be
$50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
SEWERAGE OBJECTIONS.

Twice before THE HERALD has had
occasion to suggest that one vital point
connected with the matter of sewerage
has received but little consideration,
and is wholly ignored by those opposed
to it. That point is the question of
health Sewerage is not wanted for
boom purposes, but for the public well
fare, and those who contend that it is
not needed avoid reference to this
pha:e of the matter. The concensus
of civilized opinion is that the health
fulness of city is promoted by pro-
per system of sewerage. If it can be
tluthfully contended that sewer
age would not be beneficial then it
is not wanted, but while expert
ence and the united opinion of men are
on the other side, it would be wise for
the dissatisfied ones to draw the
opposition on the ground that it is not
of public advantage little milder.
AS to its being an injustice to make
the whole city paw for the mains, the
contention might be carried with good
show of reason TO the extent of deciar-
ing that the whole expense should be
borne by the entire city.
The wafer point-or the absense of
of water point-made b. many is in
striking contrast with the position
taken by them on the subject of sewer
age. They object to general tax for
sewerage where the.mains only are to be
constructed, and where the expense Of
laterals will be borne locally, yet they
insist that the general fund shall be
levied upon to take the water to local
points. They object to the first because
they say the benefit is local, yet they
endorse the other because its benefits
are local. 1t depends upon how hard a
thing is wanted to be defeated, as to
the peculiar position some folks will
take,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
CONGRESS,
take.

Cor gress has finally adjourned, and
everybody will heave sigh of relief.
The session has been the longest on re-
cord, and for beneficial results about
the most barren. An effort was made
by the Associated Press-doubtless in
spired by members who were ashamed
to go home with such a record-to
make it appear that tbs session had
been one of work, and a statement of
the measures introduced was sent out
oyer the country on Saturday morning /;
but no showing that can be made will
prove the session was one of achieve
msnts. There has been hard enough work.
but the labor vas misdirected. Months
were spent in spoecE making, when the
speakers knew that nothing would
come from their efforts. Tne aim.
Seemingly, has been to avoid doing
anything; men have talked against
time, and employed their skill and
cunning to prevent needed legislation
The waste of time aud neglect of
duty became so outrageous in some Of
the States that the constitutions were
amended so as to restrict the sessions
as to frequency and limit their
duration to a reasonable num-
Der OF days. Congress has also
recognized the wisdom of placing
restrictions on legislative bodies,
by limiting the Territorial Assemblies
to bi-annual sessions of sixty days. A
few more such instances of the reck-
less waste of time; money and oppor'
tuoities as the Fittieth Congress las
been guilty of, and the people will de,
| mand an amendment to the Federal
constitution which will limit Congress
to sessions of reasonable duration.
| If the present Congress has little OF
valuable results to show for its ten
months labor, very little OF mischief
can be charged against it. 1t has con-
fined itself largely to talk, and fortu-
nateIy its talk has been OF that kind
which doesn't hurt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
DIVORCE STATISTICS.


Commissioner Wright, of the De-
partment of Labor, announces that he
has completed the collection OF sta
tistics as to marriage and divorce au-
thorizsd by the Congressional act of
1886. The dockets of more than 200
courts having divorce jurisdiction have
been examined, and the figures OBJ
tanned cover period of twenty years,
up to 1886. The tabulation is now
being made, and the Commissioner
hopes to complete the work and present
his report early next year. The inves-
tlgatlon has been most thorough
Wherever possible the ages of the
divorced persons have been ascertained,
the cause for which the divorce was
granted, the party who obtained the
decree, the place of marriage, length
of time between marriage and divorce
number of children born, and all facts
obtainable which may have been re-
garded as essential to a complete his
tory of the case.
The Commissioner has somewhat
enlarged the scope of his duties as set
out IN the act, and will include IN his
report the number of marriages by
counties which have taken place durin e
the twenty years, and thus will be able
to show the ratio of divorces to mar
riages. 1t can also be ascertained from
this statement in which States mar.
riage is most popular. and in which
divorces are most frequent.
OF what particular value this report
will be to Congress or the American
people We do not understand. Mar
riages and divorces are matters with
which the Federal government has no
concern, except in the Territories and
District of Columbia, and it has never
deemed it wise or advisable to legislate
on the subject for the Territories except
incidentally as to Utah. The States are
masters of the marital arrangements
within their respective borders, and are
not likely to surrender their rights
to the Federal power. It may be that
by comp arson Of laws and divorces
some States may be able to improv g
their statutes, but we doubt that ill
matched couples will be made more con-
teat to live together by stat utory provi-
sions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
But a Few Days More.

To the Editor OF THE HERALD.
October three parts gone, but all OF 1t
pleasant weather so far. This month
is indeed getting to be the pleasantest
month of all the year, though capable,
as we all well know, of behaving bitter
ly at times, with keen and cutting wind,
biting tross, and driving sleet and
snow. Many of the trees and shrubs
are d the gere and yellow leaf, but only
Ju st now 60 add varying giorieS to the
landscape. The glory, however, is
dying glory. It is f1eeting show, in
deeG-may be for mans illusion given.
Nevertheless, it is a very pleasing illu-
sion, a shoI We would not miss on any
account, and very regretfully we see it
fade away and disappear so quickly.
For it is matter of only few more
days now. Therefore, although the
present is a grand time for work, and
much work is pressing to be done be-
fore winter sets III, those who can affoI
the time may we'll embrace the oppor-
tuni:y of riding or rambling around
and enjoying thu waning landscapes be-
fore they p IS away and disappear and
are succeeded by the bleak an d-eary
baroness of the frosty winter time
SALT LAKER.
SALT LAKE CITY, October 70. 1888.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21

nails, horse shoes, machines-in short.
all OF any kind that can be mentioned.
Inc workmen are not paid higher
wages by the protected manufacturers
than these are obliged to pay them, &C
coroing to supply and demand. On the
contrary, the average rate of wages is
lowered by the tariff. To no class be-
longs a greater number of the people
than to that of the farmers. But wages
In most of the other industries are
regulated by the earnings of the farm.
ers, because when they prosper they
ouy more work, and more people then
go into farming-less again when it
does not go so well for them Now,
farmers are not only oppressed by the
excessive tariff burden, because they
nave TO pay so much more for what
they buy. bat also because they get less
Tor what they sell, the reason being that
the sale of their products is hindered
and hampered by the tariff tying mp the
trade with foreign countries, where the
price OF the grain, beef. pork, and other
agricultural products is fixed. Not only
agriculture, but also the great majority
OF other industries so we'll adapted to
this country. could be developed con-
siderably, and furnish more and better
paid work. if the tariff would allow
them to get their raw products and
other materials and tools where
these are cheapest. Together with IL e
farmers the great mass of the workins -
men suffer directly or indirectly und
the tariff burden. Finally we want to
say that at the present moment there IS
no question OF introducing free trade,
The proposition merely being to take off
or diminish the tax on important raw
materials. as wool, lumber, tin, fax,
hemp. jute, salt and sugar, and to
change other duties in the interest both
OF the consumer and of numerous in
dustries. This has been bitterly op-
posed by the once great and reforming,
but now reactionary and reform oppos-
Ing Republican Party. All that Repub.
licans say against the extremely nod
crate demands of reform now made, is
founded on prejudice or falsehood
We know that the sympathy of
nearly all our countrymen is with
this great reformatory movement. But
we koow also that whenever there is an
election at hand they are kept back by
the local organization with which they
are wont to cooperate. We will not
here In any way NEEDLE with their
local questions, but we cannot refrain
from emphasizing the fact that in the
pending national campaign the simple
but solemn question IS. whether to vote
for or against progress, justice and
common sense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
THE SCANDINAYIANS.
Tie Wise Manner in Which One
of Their Organs Talk.

Following is from Sgea, of Chicago, q
leading Scandinavian newspaper:
Our scandinavian countrymen have
until now largely followed the Republic
can Party. This was natural. Il was
that party which especially fought the
battle OF human right aud liberty; it
represented order and national force,
and it often included in its ranks the
best men of the Northern States. Or.
the other hand the Democratic p artv
made continual mistakes, wt.lch conli
not but ALLEVIATE the Sympathy of the
northern farmers and workingmen.
But at present it is different. rres-
ident Cleveland has given US an honest
and clean administration. He has
shown himself the friend of the people
as against the monopoi.st and other
private interests. He and the party he
represents are now friends OF reform.
The great majority of the Scandinavia
ans in the northwest have tins aud
again declared themselves in favor OF
a reduction of the taxes which the NJ =
cesslties of the war imposed upon th g
people. Knut Nelson, of Minnesota,
the most prominent scandinavian
American in Congress, has voted and
worked for such reform. But the Re.
publican Party opposes it. The
Treasury has so much money that even
for the sake of the circulation and OF
the money market of the country il
would be desirable that less money
was taken from the people in taxes.
Since the war, fiscal duties have been
abolished, but the duties which while
they fill the Treasury and enrich pri-
Iate parties manufacturers and others)
Cypress the pubic, have been retained
BY the influence of those interested. 1t
is no longer of any use to say that we
can expect the best reforms fro II the
Republican Party. 1t has shown itself
unwilling to do anything but to oppose
the reformers. II is evidently no longer
controlled by the friends of the people,
but by the private interests which grow
and thrive at the expense of the public.
This party has gone so far in its opposi-
ton to what people demand that it has
even offered to take off the tax on
whisky, although this is generally
agreed to be the tax against which thel e
is the least objection. The hundreds or
rather thousands of millions which
through the tariff have been taken
from the workingmen and farm
ers have made their life so much
more expensive that their nomi
nally larger earnings are far from
having the same purchasing power in
this country as money has in the old
world. There is not single thing they
buy which is not raised in price by the
tariff. from the houses they live in TO
their clothes, holdings, their earthen-
ware, their utensils, the books for their
children, the railroads on which they
ride, the sugar in their coffee and tea,
and for the farmers also, all they use
for their work-.heir wire fences, iron
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
A FREE TRADE COUNTRY.

The one great free trade country of
the world is Great Britain. 1t opens its
markets to everybody, and invites man.
Kind to take there It's products and man.
fractures. And yet Great Britain dom
mates ali other countries in manufac-
.ure and commerce. Above all others
is the country with which Republi-
,ans say we cannot oompste in our
markets if we take off the protective
tariff. England gathers the raw mater
al from every quarter of the globe, ad-
'nits it free of duty, manufactures ii
INTO articles for the use of man
md sends it everywhere, defying
ne high tariffs and competing
with best success in those countries
vb;ch handicap their own m anufactur5rs
md people by the imposition of a pro
active tax. Wherever there is market
foods from free trade England will be
ound. These are facts, known to every
,ody. and yet the orators and editors OF
!, great American party srs telling the
,aopIe that a reduction of the protec-
i've tariff will destroy the little trade
md commerce which this country has,
Lhat it will close our few mills and fac
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21

THE CITY RECORDER has completed
the computation, and learned just how
the property-owners in District No. 1
stand on the question of sewerage. The
figures are as follows: Total assessed
valuation, $4,1l5,8O0; non-protesting,
81 615, 100; protesting, $l,50O,700. In
other words, the owners of 63H per
cent. of all the property in the district
favor sewerage, and the owners of 361z
per cent. oppose sewerage at this time
or according to the plan proposed by the
City Council. With such formidable
showing the Council will not feel that it
is proceeding without the endorsem ent
of the people. All the pressure possible
has been brought to bear to defeat the
scheme, and the protests represent very
nearly, if not quite, the full strength of
the opposition that can be arrayed
against the project. The majority is
so largely IN favor of sewerage that the
Council should feel that it is moving in
the right direction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21

Mr.. JAMES Brown POTTER, the hus-
b md of Mrs. James Brown Potter,
wanted to show some attention to Mr..
Kyrle Bellew, his wife's leading man,
the well-known actor-masher. 1t was
peculiar desire, when the circum-
stances are all taken into account.
However, Mr.. Potter gratiied it and
introduced Mr.. Beliew to the Tuxedo
Park Club house, which is held by its
members to be about the most select
spot on the American continent. Now
Mr.. Potter has received notice from the
executive committee of the club, that
he is not to take Mr.. Bellew there
again; and he is further informed that
the objection to Mr.. Bsllew is on
personal and not on professional
grounds. Il is to be hoped that this
little Incident will not have g tendency
to disturb the amicable relations cyst
ing between Mr.. and Mrs. james BF0wp
Potter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
A CHILDISH ARGUMENT.

The latest and the most impudent ar
gument advanced by the Republicans to
sustain their position on the tariff is
that the tariff does not add to the cost
of the article to the consuu e.: but il
paid by the foreign manuf Icturer. This
is asserted by sober men as it they
really believed it and expected others to
believe it. A more ridiculous PROPOSE
ton could not be made. tits so absurd
that we wonder that intelligent men
can make the assertion without blush
: ing. The tariff is imposed for the sole
purpose Of enhancing the price, and
everybody knows that eventually all
costs are paid By the consumer.
Whatever may be the expenses of pro-
ducing an Article, for. placing it on the
market and for getting it into the hands
of the consumer, the consumer must
pay all. Let the tariff be little or much,
it is of no concern to tie manufacturer
or to the importer, for the money does
not come out of the pockets of either
Nor is-the tax in the least the conce n
of the dealer, who simply adds the duty,
whatever 1t may be, to the prics which
he asks FROM the consumer. It seems
to as that of all the ridiculous positions
into which their desperation has driven
the Republicans, this is the most
Ridiculous. If the tariff does not in
crease the price, why levy the duty?
and if the tariff is paid by others than
he consumers, why do the latter ever
ask for the removal of the duties2
y 1t is matter well known throughout
Ehe country that after the Chicago fire
Congress passed a special bill to admit
lumber into Chicago free of duty for the
rebuilding of the city, If that
Ict did ro5 reduce the cost
IDf lumber to the consumer, what
7ools the Chicago PEOPLE must have
reen, and how idiotio were the Republi-
aH congressman who voted for the
jill.
The town of PASSPORT, Maine, burned
lown some years sgo, and Boutelle,
Republican, who represented the dis
riot, asked Congress to give the people
rec lumber With which to rebuild. The
Gentleman and his constituents evil
.ently thought then that the consumer
1aid the duty.
The other day, THE HERALD told Of a
eading Republican wool merchant O.
Philadelphia who was caught SNUG
ling blankets from Canada. He must
nave thought the tariff was paid by the
consumer, otherwise he would never
lave taken the risk of fine and impriS-
onment.
Even the Reput lican tar.f C minis
sion recommend a reduction of %
Der cent. in the tariff, saying, "such a
reduction of the existing tariff the com.
mission regards as q due recognition of
ou bic sentiment and measure of JUS
ice to consumers" If the tariff did
not increase the price it was doing NJ
J injustice to consumers.
IA. Surely, the Republicans are desperate
when they resort to such an argumen
as the one referred to for the purpose o
sustaining themselves with the people
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21

tories, deprive our laborers of work, and
bring bankruptcy upon the American
nation and people. In this matter the
Republicans impudeutly assert theory
as an argument against pain and
stubborn fact. They try tooverthrow
a reality by dream. How intelligent
men can listen to and entertain the
logic advanced by Republicans in this
campaign is something that cannot be
understood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-21
THE DAILY HERALD.
Salt Lake City, Utah
SUNDAY October 81, 1885,

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