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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09
GIoatt 1tttS 0rpttfntt.

gs fam iein, baB Sic 8ir6e zines ameri>
fGltiiden 0ert6tS l6on drger gel6dnbet
tpprbe11 lit, ais am 5. 9tpril in Weilipaltfee
5urd ben Gtdter Sloan; aber men1
es geideDen 1T, 10 lit uns ni6ts bauou be-
tanlIt getporbeu.
@S bat i6on &ihter genug gegeben, 6eren
ltrt6etle 6ur6 &iidii6t auf Die politiide
SDGti9fett Ser 8er6re6er, iber tpel6e fie
3edt 81 ipre9en Batter, be5ttmmt tpur6en /;
1ber tpobl fanm ieutaiS etr1elt, Der BON ietz
mem 0tidterfibe aus pffen berfiin6igt, baB
e. etl1et bonn S6tDur9eri6t l6lIotg Defunz
oerer1 Serbreder INN Der guten Otenit tie
tptllen, Die oerielbe ietner 0es &t6=
ters) Yartet geletitet bat, %1traffret auSz
geben laiien m0dte.
Dies aber lit, tpas Der Wfann 5Ioan
IN Wttltpaufee getban bat. ct bat 6amit
Die S6alnlOli9feit Der beridtigten Stem
gorfer &i9ter 8arror6 uno @dr6oso tueit
ilbertroffen un6 it6 Nnipru6 auf bic tief1te
8era6tung jebes Mtannes erporbet, Der
1ur cine Spur bon &e6ts>, @brs uub
Sdam9efibL bat.
Sc itano Dor Oieietn Meanne Sloan Ser
berii9tigte S6urfe 8auI @rottfau,
pel6er i'm Wtat Dor. Sabres bon elmer Surb
Der Qnftiftung 3n Dem 2lufrubr BON 1886
i6ul0tg befunoen unb at etnjGbrtger @ez
fdn9niBltrafe perurtbetlt mar. @e9en hiez
les lrtbetl bate er 8erufuug eingelegt uno
muBte unter ben 0eieben bes Staats ISIS
confin tpGbrenb Der 9auer bes See
rulings : 8erfabrens 9egen 8argI6aft
auf fretem SuBe beIaIien tuer6eu. Die
Berufung tpar6 mad elf Monaz
ten abgepieien. Stun trat @rottfGu's
@ertbet6iger nit Dem unerbOrten @niinnen
auf, 6aB Die eff Monate, tudbrenb tpelfer
er inter 8irgi6aft seitanben babe, oils
Notwithstanding" Don Der 8oaltreduug
Oes Strafurtbetls IN N65ug gebradt ner6en
iouten. 9luf bieies Mnifnnen ging Der
0fann Sloan stpar ni6t gerabe3u etn, tpobL
aber CAB er gu beriteben, baB ct an Dem
Sage, no SpDlf Wtonate ieit Der llrt6eilsz
fdaung ber9angen iein tpirben &. Wtot),
einen habeas corpus>Qlntrag auf Sreiluiz
Jung @rottfau's betpiQtgen nerbe, tpenn er
ni6t tn5tpii6en lbon bonn @ounerneur be-
qnoDigt Ietu loute. limb baSu fIgte er
1Sloau) mod Die 8emerfung, baB, tpenn
5eute erlt 6as l1rtbeil 81 fGleu pGre, er
@rottfau, in &tGfiat auf bic groBen
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09

lnu nod in Mmerifd gefunben iper6en, Ser
nld)t jeoen Nugenbltd bereit tDdre, fitr me6r
nnD before 9lrbeitsleiituna einen arge=
meiien b06ern 2obn 81 Sablen, ais fir
9ful6z uto S6unbarbett. = &ber e6enlo
lou Ger crit gefu1ben perben, Der nit lG>
deln0em Wtttoe ebenlo piel fur Die elenOeite
Yful6z u11o S6unbarbeit be3ablt, tDte fir
6te Bette unb tii6tigite.
3pilden benz freien Qrbetter, oer ettpas
SroentlideS letiten fam unD min unb Dem
tretelt Qrbeitgeber, Der ~iDertbDOue NrbeitSz
frGfte BADEN mill, tpirb es ME 5u einem
ernitlt6en 3ermirfniiie fomnaen, oenn
je0er bon betben beoarf 0es artbern ;
tie tperben ii6 am Iebten @nbe imz
nter pertrugen. 2l6er Dab &erlen,
0eren @ertb nidt in ibrer ~0eiitangsfdbi9z
tett, ioaoern nllr in ibrer :3unftange9ortgz
feit uno @roBi6nauSigfeit beiteDt, oerleIbe
2o6n geSablt iperoe, tpie tii6ttge1, erfabre>
men, fleiBtgen unD gefpifenbaften Qrbettern,
0as lit cine Observation-Disclosures, Die ni6t
sur 6erri6aft gela1tgeir AT II ltno baber
au1 ,ntnumermeDr sur 6errlfaft gelangen
tpiro.
@as benz 2arbe moth tbut, 1T: Die Gr@
10 ung Der Nrbeiter, aber Die
@rIOilng tpobon? Son Der 6crri6aft ber
81mmler Ino Qumper, Die itd tb1en alS
9eilspreoiger aufgebalit baben; beren einz
3tger 2ebens5tDef 1T. !3tpietra6t lno SeinDz
ldaft 5tptIden Nrbeitern nno Nrbeit9ebern
81 FIFTEEN, neil ite (ote Summler uno 2umz
pen) oaralS vibr 2eben ma6en".
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09
NteOer9ahg Der @rbeiterparteteM,
ttttS NeiItU attfee.

Sci cen pieIen 6rt1t6en @abGen
i'm @eften in ben lebteu @o6en perz
iu6ten es- aud 4r6eiterparteten
tpieber nit ibren eigenen @ablSetteln, err
Iitten ober empfinbIi6e Nieoerz
Iagen unb buBten ba, mo ie borber eineu
g~etDiiien Grab bon Wea@t erlan9t batten,
0ieie mieoer etn.
9eBteres mar unter @n6erm in Ser be-
6e1ten6en Sotuaer Stabt 9 Dubuque Der
SAT-; in Solge Der 3eriplttterung tbrer
@egner bate bort cine it'd bauptiGdlth an
ben Nrbeitsritterorben a%nlebnenbe Nrbetterz
partei i'm borigen Sriibiabr ieI6ft betreffs
bes 8iirgermeiitersamtes aeiiegt; bod Oiess
NAL tpurbe ie bon ben ~bereinigten 8argern
ouf's 9aupt geidlageu. Sn Cincinnati,
no cine g(rbeiterpartei nod I'M Dortgen
6erbt 10 itarf i9ten, baB iie it6 Der &egtez
rung 81 bemGdtigen Orobte, lit lie BET Der
1eueiten @abI auf elm fletneS 9dufletn 3uS
iammengei6molaen. Sas y@tnc. 8olfSbl."
iagt iiber Dieien llmi6nuns: p9as btes1
malige @ptum fir bic gtncinnatier Orr
bsiterpartei 1T ueridminbenb tIein gegen bic
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09

Oorfer 6eimatb SroD StraBeneiienbabnen
unternpmn1en unO bann it Der StaDt Stem
Oorf contrQftli9 BEN 8an pon y9DGS" am
Sat &iber uro 6uoion beiorgt bate, mari
er it6 gar5 auf BEN StraBe1etienbabnbal
in Der &ieienitabt. ST 9tng babel bon Der
9nliGt aus, baB IS ybtutger" lei, CUR Or
langung Ser n0t6igen 8orre6te Die Staots
ratDslnitglieber 3u befte6en uto bnr6 Die
auf 6teie QGeile erfauften Staotrat6sitime
men Die Stabt UNI bic tbr aus etnem lolden
11nterne6men 3ufommen6en 8ort6etle 3u be-
triigen, itatt ii6 nit tbr ebrltG 81 berltdrts
6tgen.
Do9 I'M 8erglei6e nit beri9te6enen anz
6eren grpBen 8eIteGern mar Sbarp rtur eiu
Stimper. 9enn Die tpi1ien 3uglei6 ba7
fit gu iorgel1, baB tbnen unO 6en bon ibnen
8eitod)enen 1ttdts b~etpieien tper6en fam.
Sap @onI6 3. 9. bat EMIT nor einem
neutrality-suspicious. Der Seem Oorfer
StaatSgeieBgebuag nit cpniider Sfenbett
ausgelagt, boB er bei 8ear6eitung repubLtz
faniiGer 8oIfSpertreter 9tepu6lifaner, BET
Gearbettung Oemofrattider 8OlfSoertreter
9e1nofrat iet; aber ME uno Onrd tpen er
fie beqrbettete, Idgte er tidt, ltno es fonnte
ibm in 0ieIer 6iuii6t aud nidtS b~eiDieien
tperoen. .9ie Derldteoendrtigen 8eIteher
bon Gbtcagoer StaOtrGtben tpltBten uHb
tpiIien glei9FaQs Die 9lrt un6 gSeiie i6rer
D9trbett" 10 offenfuu6tg aud Die lebtere lit,
5u berbergen. @Gbren0 es Der bieii9eu
Staatsantpaltidaft 9elang, eiren T6eil Der
8ubler>W itiietbaten III Der GountDpertpale
tung aui3ubeden unO Die 8erurtbeilurg
eiuiger Ser S6ulbigen berbetSufiibren, bat
ite ben nod melt Grgeren 8ubler>S 6anbz
tbaten in Der Staotberpaltuns bis iebt ni6t
betaufommen Dermo6t.
Die @ntlarbung oes 8eite6ers S6arp
bate fiir Die Sta6t Stem Oorf beionbers
aud Sic quite @irfung, baB bort 8orredte
gum 8al bon StraBenetienbabnen ni6t
mebr bonn Sta6tratD bergeben, ionoern
6ffentlt9 berfteigert tper6en lo1en. 9o6 es
9iebt ia auBcr StraBeneiienbabnen nod
6un6erte BON Dtngen, Die CUR 8eiteduts
BON StabtDdtern, ia BON Staatspdtern
nnb logan bon 8unbesbdtern, fitbren f0n7
men unb gefiiDrt baben. SIN gtep Oorfer
Stabtratb werben tebo6, 10 9 beito1
6ene Staotpdter i'm 3udt6aule itnb urb
anbere, ianmt BEN iiberlebetben Bette
~6ungsgeuolien Sbarp's, ni6t tpett bon Der
S6melle bes 3u6tbauies ite6eu, tpobl feine
grOBeren 8ete6ungsDerin6e mebr norfoms
men,
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09
Ser SOB Oes orOsem sere@ers.

Ser SEEM Oorfer Staatsdntpalt Sellops
bate ale 80rfebrun9en fir ben neuelt 9ro>
SeB gegett SacDb Sharp getrpffen; es
mar tbm %gelungen, untpiberleglt6e SGulbz
betDeile auf5utretbet, I'M feitSuitelter, baB
Sharp i'm Sabre 1884 nit elmer @eIa1nnttz
iltntrne bon n1ebr ais $780, 600 ben 6artaz
Iigen Stem yorfer Stabtrat6 beIta0, nel1er
ibm odfiir 0as lan9e~ Dergebltd angeitrebte
9te6t CUR NnlQae elmer StraBeueilen6abn
I'M 8roabpaD u%11bebingt, o6ne jebe @egen>
letitung an Die StaOt, ibertru9 un6 otele
uebertragung AUDI gegen bas 8eto bes
Wtapors arfre6t erbtelt.
9o9 Der vMuerbarmer" Sob bat es 9ez
poat, boB Der etnunOitebSt9tdbrtge Sacob
Sharp ni0t i'm 3udtbalSboipitdl gu Stng
Stng, ionoern IN ietner i9Dnen 8oDntng
in Stem yorf geitorben lit, limb 10 ipur6e
Der Welt Dorerit nt9t bur6 6te einDrtuaz
It6e Sprade Der 3u9tbausmauern Sic
GeDre ertbetlt, baB Der 8eite1er ebenio frat
bar, ia mod 1%trafbarer lit, ais Der 8e1todene.
gBGre eS auf oas Grtlntnalgert6t in Seem
Oorf unb feline @e1diporenen anqefommet,
10 tniirbe Die @elt bteie 2ebre i6on I'M SUM
Iebten SSabreS erbalten baben. Qenn GbQrp
tpurbe ia bamals l9ulbtg befl1n6en un6 at
bier Sabren 3u6tbaus perurtbeilt, un6 er
tpiirbe, obglet6+ 56on bamals frdnf, allm
3u6tbausgenoiien etniger Ser BON Tim be-
1to6enen friiberen StabtnGter oefpor6en
iein, tDenn ntdt bet oberfte @eriGtshof oes
Staates 9tetp Worf I'M Nopentber auf BEN
@runb bin, 6aB in Dem 9ro3eiIe Qtusiagen,
tpelde S9arp friiber in elmer 11tteriuduua
Dor etnem StaatsgeiebgebungsauSi6u1ie ges
maGt bate, geieBtptOrtg gegen i'm benubt
tporoen Ietelt, bic 8erurtbeilung ll,ngeltoBen
uno etnen neren 8rO3eB b~eipilltgt bGtte.
9luBer ieiner Seelenangit por 8eitrafung
beftan6 Die ein3i9e tDtrflt6e Strafe Sbqrp'S
oartn, 6aB ct etttge !3ett unter Ser treuen
Bfege ietner Srau I'M @efGngntB in Der
QuolopitraBe, urt9eben bon allen 8equemz
lt6feiten zines rei6en Mfannes, 1i6 in 6aft
befano, bis er aufs gteue gegeu 8iirgl9aft
fretgelaiien tpurbe.
@let63eittg nit S6Qrp mur6en tueoen
ser 8eIte@ung bes Staotrat6es audi Sanles
q. Ni6mono, T9ontas g. &err II. /. 10. in
%Nnflageita1o perlebt. l1n6 es miro ft6
jebt 3etsen, Oh Die Staatsantpaltl6aft aud
geeen bieie Qngeflagten ibre ban6igel1
S6ulobetpeile Bat. 9lu9 mebrere Der be-
1to6enen friiberen Stabtbater fteben nod
unter Nntlage unb BRET fiben inn 3lt6tbaule
5t Sing Stng, Gs lpI baS eifrige 8eftrez
ben oes StaatSantDaltS TelIotps letn, ald
bic nod angefIagter 8elteber ltn6 8ez
itodenen tnS a3u6tballs 81 b~ringen.
Sacob Sharp mar Der geipiiienlole
amerttanti6e StraBenetlenbabnen
II nternebme r, pte er I'M Blt0e itebt,
gta6oem er ihon IN ieiner friiheren Stem
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09

sefiibrt, baB bon ben tpeltentIegeniten 81
ieln, tpeit binten aus Dem entfernteiteH
&iien, aus Orten, Bic ibln, Dem erfaDrenen
@eograpben, ielbit unbefannt setuelen llnf
Die er erit auf Der 2anofarte babe altfiuder
nnitifen, SDmpat6tee8 eSeugungen 3llgegan:
gen leien. l1eberau auf benz Grbenruni
ldaarten it6 bic 9eutI6en 5uiammen uni
IN benz Womente, in tpel6em mir ben
S9Dpfer 6es Get6es berloren, gtrg eS tpte
Elm S6pur, 10 peit bte 6euti9e 33unge
tlingt, 6aB baS oeuti6e 9tei9 beiteben mI1ie.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09
EOrrsipOubeHs Der pSIIiHOts @toutssettuuo.S
2etp5t8er 8rtefe+
Qeip3tg, ben Fl. W1Gra ]

64.) W3ein beuttger 8eri6t fann i'm
@eieutli6en MIR cine S6tlberung Der ourd
&atier 8tIDeIm's SOB 6erbors
gerufenen Qan6estrauer ieiu, 6enn
mas ionit. tpdRrenD Der iiin9itberfloiieuen
Sage in Die @rl6einung trat. lit ibr gegenz
ii6er b6lig bebeutungSlos.
9Qs am 8. B. Wfts., I'M Z u6r 9lben6s,
Bic perfriiDte Nahri6t pom 9abinl6eioen
bes Gatiers in bieitger Stdot eintraf, purben
boS @etponobaus, ote Sbedter uno lGmmts
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09

&bnnneut ents=Vretfe:
zd9Ii1e RorgeR.Qusgabe in Der Sta6t bIrb bic
Srdger ms 9aus ~geliefert
Ger Jebr ;m 0oraus $1,000
Ser @ocbe 020
&d9libe gusgube uub Ser gBeftsn" per Mode OBS
Ser Me1tenS Der Sabr. 4. $50
MD6entli9e @usQobe per Seohr. ............... $50
ausm&rtige @6puucnten per Soft:
&d9lihe NrS9obe per Sabr i'm 9oraus. ...... $1,000
vSer meitEn@ per Sabr. 200
B6bentlite Naseabe per Sabr ............... 200
gofentlide Alsgobe nab ir9eub etue!n 2anbe
Guropas per Sabr aA
Illinois StaatS-Zeitung Co.,
S1ica9o, SG.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1888-04-09

Office: sas oT.BaiBinstOn.str anS StffS aOsnna
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
MATTER
A Free Trade Victim.

The history of Ireland is sad one 20
llJcally and industrially. During the
eighteen years that she had an indepen
pendent parliament, from 1882 to 1850, her
manufactures diversified immensely, under
Jaws protecting her home industries. AT
the time of the union with England in
1850, there were employed in manufactur
ing in Ireland about 100000 people. How
IS it now under British free trade egis-
lation forcing open her ports to free i'm
portatiOns of British manufactures Her
mannfacturesare now nearly all destroyed.
except the flax industry in the north OF
Ireland. which the English Government
has hot suppressed. The magnitude OF
the manufactures of Ireland when $50 eco
people were employed in industrial pur-
suits may be appreciated by a comparison
with like number Of employees in the
three States OF Illinois, Indiana and New
Jersey, with population Of 6,l87, 2SS-
about the same of Ireland at the time of
! to union with England. These three
States produced manufactured articles to
the amount of $817 GAG ,420, which in 1880
was oyer 5000 900 600 more than the pro-
ducts of all the manufactures of the six
teen Southern States at the same date The
factories and workshops Of the once
centres of trade of Ireland are now
dismanted. Her wealth dssipated-her
people forced to flee to more inviting
fields or starve. And yet Irishmen are
asked to assist in inaugurating policy
that would bring similar disasters to the
country of their adoption, to those which
atllict their native land. England aims
to control the markets of this country
and the direct way to do it is to assist in
electing Cleveland AMI the enactment of
the Mills bill, as the first step towards
free trade. With that effected. or the tar
if duties reduced SO as to encourage i'm
portations. the markets here would be
,glutted with her products, and our man
ufactures suspended. our currency ex
ported to pay for her products the bal
ance of trade largely against us, and Pc
nury and disaster reign supreme. Neither
Irish-Americans or Americans can sup
port a policy or legislation that looks
in that direction.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
How il is Zone.

Democratic speakers and Democratic
editors to cover up the free trade tendency
and purpose Of the Mills bill, tell the PEG
pie that it provides for a 10 per cent.
schedule on imported articles. They say
nothing about how it is made up hat
wool and lumber and coal are made free
and rice 100 per cent. and sugar 6S per
cent, but b alher out that the measure
only reduces the schedule from AZ to 40
per cent. The Baltimore american hits
the nail OH the head in the following para
graph:
But what is this forty per cent. schedule
offered by the Democrats, and how is it
made up F.? OF all the articles affected by
any change has been made by the bill-two
hundred and NINETY in round numbers
ninety seven are placed Oh the free list.
OF the remainder, the duty on thirty four
has been reduced less than twenty pei cent.
or about an average of fifteen per cent. and
on the other one hundred and fifty-nine
articles, with the exception of sugar and
rice, grown exclusively in the Southern
States, the average reduction of duty
varies from twenty per cent. to three hun
dred and fifty-one per cent. or say a gen.
eral average of forty per cent. and this is
what Mills and Breckenridge and Carlisle
ct i'd o,.me genNs have the audaoity to tell
the people is q reduction Of seven per
cent.
No wonder they garble the copies ofthe
Mills bill sent out for campaign purposes,
excising what might be displeasing in this
locality or that, according to the exigen-
cies Of the moment. No such extraor-
binary calculators have ventured to give
their figures to the public iii any previous
political campaign carried on in this land.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
The Revolt in New York.

The 4ajbuae sent out special reporter
into most all the industrial districts of that
State, to gather reliable facts as to the re
volt OF the manufacturers and wage-earn
earners from free trade The report fur
nished is elaborate and covers fourteen or
fifteen columns Of that paper. 1t intro
duces the statements with the following
summary, which will give our readers an
idea OF the extent of the disaffection with
Cleveland and free trade. ''Ihe revolt of
the most determined and wide spread
character EXISTS in the ranks of the De-
mocracy of this State. 1t is largely, though
not entirely due to the position taken by
President Cleveland and his party on the
tariff The detection extends throughout
the State, from Ronce's Point to Buffalo,
arIufrom Lake Erie to the sea. 1t is much
greater, or more pronounced in some
places than in others, but there is scarcely
q village or township where, if there is
not open revolt of the ablest men in tie
party, there is unmistakable evidence If
an intense dissatisfaction, which is likely
to prove as disastrous to the Democratic
ticket in November as the more outspoken
opposition. All along the Hudson River
and through the Mohawk Valley, where
are located SO many vast manufacturing
interest: in Washington, Steuben and ct b.
er wool and potato growing counties; in
the mining region of the n orth; in tie
lumber districts that border On the St.Law-
renee and Lake Ontario, around the salt
wells in the central counties; and through
out the broad farming territory of the
West and South there is such Il repudla.
tion Of the free trade Admir-. istration by
lifelong Democrats that in some sections
it amounts to a political revolution"
Not only Is this feeling prevalent all
through New York, but it obtains with
equal force In Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and wherev-
er manufactures and mechanical indus
tries are operated to an enlarged extent.
1t obtains with laboring classes all through
the country and is especially noticeable in
Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
STAUNTON. VIRGINIA. OCTOBER A, 1883.
A Leaf from the Past.

NJ d Turner, an old newspaper man
who figured in journalism in the campaign
of 1870. in New York, writes from Wash
ington to the Plattsburg. N. Y, Telegram,
under date OF August 26, 1888:
1t is a notorious fact that for twelve
years previous to 1910, the laboring men of
northern New York saw less bank bills
aid silver money than the slaves OF the
District Of Columbia and Virginia. 1t
was degrading position. but true, and
but for the Wing victory in 1910, and
twenty-five years of Republican rule and
protection, the Democratic "store pay''
system would have been the workngman S
currency to-day.
Previous to the protective tariff of 1912,
instances occurred where the young la
borer could not raise money enough to pay
MS marriage fee. [ was a member of the
Rev. A. D. Brlnkerhotf's family, when a
young man and mis- girl called to be mar
ried. The bridegroom frankly told Rev.
B. that he had no money, but could give
him store order, or he would send a
wood chopper to cut a cord of wood. He
was ''spliced" notwithstanding. and the
chances were that this moneyless bride
groom voted for the very party that made
him pauper.
Truly, Where Ignorance is bliss, tits
folly to be WISE"
The laborer Of the North and the white
laborer of the South, previous to the war
OF the rebellion in 1861, occupied very sim
liar positions. The poor white trash' of
the South we're far less respected than the
house slave, He was meyer noticed By
the Democratic aristo"racy except on
election day, when 'free whiskey" he
could get to his fill, without money and
without price, The vote of the southern
white trashD was solid for the champions
OF free trade, yet they never received a
picayune for their loyalty to their party.
The Democratic legislatures never appro-
priated a dollar TO educate the poor white
mans children. yet appropriated tens Of
thousands annually for universities, mill
tary Institutes and colleges to educate the
rich man S sons Not one white laboring
man in ten south of the Potomac could
read or write, and not one in five of the
viii tie owners and commanders of the
vessels employed to carry produce and
wood to the Alexandria and Washington
markets could sign the marine papers at
the custom house, yet these very men
never failed to vote early and often for
the Democratic legislators who placed him
in his illiterate and degraded condition.
Spaniellike they licked the hand that
Smote them.
The illiteracy of the south ard store
order system of the north can be charged
to the party that controlled the nation
from ] ackson7s administration to Buch-
anans S and the Identical same party to.
day is doing its utmost by system of free
trade to place the American laborer in his
former deplorabe condition,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04

New York Press So the duty on blan
kets is TAX" 1t is nothing of the kind.
Mr.. President. A pair of five pound
blankets were recently imported at the
lowest possible cost. The statement Of
the cost, duty paid, is as follows -: Cost III
England at wholesale, 81 As; duty, 81 Is
custom fees, IS cents total, 1885. If
the theory is true, these blankets ought to
sell for 50 IS pair, but as matter OF
fact American blankets of precisely the
same weight and quality were selling at
that time for $500. What becomes of the
theory that the duty is added to the cost !?
lat the Bridgewater, Va. Wooden Mills
pair of five pound blankets can be pur-
chased at IS, as good as the English blan-
ket-the same kind of blanket that
under Democratic free trade cost from
$3.50 to $40. AS it is nearly all labor the
cost of the raw material and interest on
investment are meagre compared with the
labor put into the blanket, and then com
petition reduces the profit to the manu-
facturer to the lowest possible figures to
save himself
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
What it Would Do.

In very able and exhaustive discussion
OF the tariff question in the Senate on the
18th, Senator Stewart said: 1.-The passage of
the Mills bill in the present stringency of
the money market would be followed by a
glut OF foreign manufactures, and the
withdrawal of our meagre supple of money
to pay for increased importations, home
Industry would be destroyed, millions
thrown out OF employment, and bank
ruptcy and ruin would be inevitable. The
Presidents message and the passage of
the Mills bill through the House are bear
ing fruit. We are already buying more
than We sell IN foreign markets. Money
is leaving The country to pay balance. The
prudence Of business men witholds the
means OF creating new manufactures and
enlarging existing establishments. The
fear OF glut ip the markets by cheap i'm.
portations has checked production, reduced
the number Ut lahorers, and increased the
army OF the unemployed. The bare fear
OF the passage of the Mills bill and the con-
contraction of the currency by shipping
gold to Europe to pay for increased impor-
tation has brought US to the brink of fnan.
cial ruin"
Such warning coming from a careful
student OF finance and the monetary rela-
lions of the country, ought not to go I'M
needed. 1t Is the duty of the people to
think over the matter seriously. The pro-
position is projected upon the country to
change the basis of our entire industrial
and commercial policy "a policy upon
which this nation has grown to strength,
wealth and power within the past quarter
OF century at such rapid strides as to
astound the world. The people are asked
to radically change this policy, and 60
back to that which brought bankruptcy to
the public treasury, ruin to public credit,
poverty to the people. and eventually war,
destruction and death to hundreds of
thousands of the flower Of the nation. For
if you study the cause which brought
about internecine strife and conflict it will
be found that slavery and free trade are
the sources, first manifesting their effects
in notification In 1883 and in secession in
1861
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-10-04
Middle brook Items.



Died. at her residence in Dutch Hollow,
on Saturday. Sept. 22l, Mrs. Mary Wise
man, wife of Mr.. John A. Wiseman, aged
about 81 years. The deceased had been a
sufferer for some months. Her remains
were taken to st. Johns Church for inter
ment, where the Rev. Mr.. Shuford con-
Quoted the funeral. The deceased was a
member Of that church and was kind
and estimahe lady
The grain stacks which were not
threshed previous to the recent rains were
greatly damaged. Mr.. ] S McCoikle will
lose between 500 and 900 dollars Mr.
Jesse Leech and Andrew Arehart. on the
James McComb place, will loose heavily.
w. H. w.