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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Soldiers Of the Nation.
Ottnmwa Courier.

OJIuInWa Courier
There is about two years difference be-
tween the ages of Harrison and Cleveland,
the former being the elder. Harrison
had wife ana TWO young children when
he went into the army. Cleveland was
twenty-five and unmarried, but he was a
cupperhead. and he stayed at home and
enlisted in the crowd that fired in the
rear. Hence we have d Vermont copper.
head and a British tory at the court of
st. James in the pOrson of Minister
Phelps. We have an eX-rebeI general on
the supreme bench, named by Cleveland
We have cOnfederates and COpperheads
high in Office everywhere and we have an
old New England Democrat who was al
most venOmOus C0pperhead, named for
Chief Justice of the United States Tell
US, please. why it is that naming two
Justices of the United States Supreme
Couat, Mr.. Cleveland could not at least
name one who was loyal during the re
DelhOn. Amid all this trampling upon
the old flag by rebel hOrders, amid the
great cry OF patriotic devotion, when hus-
bands, fathers, sons, and brothers. bid
adieu to the loved ones at home, to risk
their lives for the honor and maintenance
for the flag against the black rebellion of
slavery, CleY Gland, cold, selfish, dead to
patriotism and honor with no one de-
pending upon him, would not lift hand
or even lend his voice and sympathy in
defense OF the nation. On the other
hand Harrison meets with Gov Morton
in the dark hours when treason almost
Overran Indiana, severed the ties of Hus-
band and father, and led the boys to the
front and into the jaws Of death to whip
rebellion.
Is it possible that one loyal soldier
shall stand by Cleveland against Har
risOn.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
..what is a Protective Tariff %
Omaha Republican.

Omaha Republican
1t is tariff upon foreign imports so
adjusted as to secure the necessary reve-
nue. and iudiciOuslY imposed upon those
foreign products the like Of which are
produced at home. 1t imposes the duty
upon the competing foreign product. it
makes it bear the burden or duty, and, as
far as possible, Injuries only excepted,
permits the non competing foreign pro-
duct to come in free of duty. Articles
of common use, comfort and necessity,
which we cannot produce, 1t sends to the
people free from custOm-hOuse eXactiOns.
1t says to our foreign competitor, if you
Want.to bring your merchandise here.
your farm products, your coal and iron
ore. your wool, your salt, your pottery,
your glass, your cottOnS and WOOlens,
and sell alongside Of our producers, we
will make your product pay for the privi-
lege of doing il. 1t makes the competing
foreign article carry the burden, draw
the load supply the revenue; and, in
performing this essential Office, it en-
cOurages. at the same time, our own in
dustries and protects our own people in
their chosen emploYments This is what
the Republican party IS fighting for.
There is no conflict of interests between
the several classes of producers and con
sumeIs In the United States. That which
benefits one benefits all. The farmer, the
manufactures, the labOrer, the tradesman,
the producer, and the consumer, all have
common interest in the maintenance of q
protective tariff. The establishment Of a
furnace or factory or mill in any neigh
borhOOd has the effect at once to enhance
the value of ali property for miles sur
rounding it. The farmer has better and
nearer market fer his produce. The
merchant, the butcher, the grocer, have
an increased trade. The carpenter is in
greater demand; he is called upon 60
build more houses. Every branch of
trade, every avenue Of labor viii feel
instantly the energizing influence OF a
new industry
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
..lIopopolz., I'D IIoonshins.

BostGn Advertiser.
The Globe, in its editorial columns re-
Gently. renewed the monopoly" cry IN
an attempted discussion Of the free wool
question. This cry has been often shown
to have no bearing whatever on our
American protective system. Those who
claim that a tariff on manufactures
creates monopoly either do not know
the meaning Of the word with which they
are frightened or they hope by its use to
frighten others more ignorant than them
selves. 1t is absurd to talk, as the Globe
does about the duty on wooden goods be-
Ing defended by "a huge monopoly. con-
trolling not less than 500, 600 600 of cap
ital and welding an enormous political
power which is interested in main
tanning the taxes because they protect the
ring from legitimate competition and
enable it to charge eXtortiOnate rates
In the first place, there is not and there
cannot be any monopoly in the manufac-
ture of wooden cloth in this country. We
have in operation nearly 1000 wooden
mills, according to the last census. There
is nothing in the tariff law or any law,
except the law of supply and demand to
prevent there being 2, 900, 000 There is
not even a WOODEN trust" And there Is
no serious talk or prospect of such
thing. 1t is not possible to form and
maintain trust in a line of product like
wooden cloth, which requires for its man
ufacture no other capital or material or
machinery than can be furnished at any
time, anywhere, in any abundance.
In the second place protection does not
enable the wool manufacturers Ito charge
extortiODate prices 1t has exactly the
contrary effect When there was little
protection, and therefore little production
at home. our people were at the mercy of
the foreign mill owner. By the stimulus
and encouragement of the protective
policy American factories have been es-
tablished, machines invented. skilled labor
developed, until at length we have come
to produce fully One-siXth of all the
wooden goods consumed in the civilized
world. One. consequence of this is that
prices to the consumer have been steadily
declining. Year after year decade after
decade, under the operation of the wool
taxes. - the war tariff. % the huge mon
opoIy," etc, etc, the people have had to
pay less and less for their clothes and bed
ding. A single instance, out of a multi
tude that might be cited. will serve TO eX-
pose the arrant folly of the sort of talk
in which for lack of something better,
free traders are wont to indulge. The
books of a commission house in Boston,
which has been in business for something
like half a century, show that a grade of
blankets costing 50. 194 at wholesale in
1850. under a revenue only tariff of ID
per cent, can be bought in 1888. under a
tariff of 80 per cent and u cents pound
added for ST. 624.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24

and recognizing railroad companies
forming inside construction rings to build
railroads and selling them out at enOr-
nous profits. and practicing other arts Of
the kind by which his present wealth
was created He is now worth $40, co.,,
O0O He is the Ohio Jay Gould. He re-
tains q fictitious residence at the country
village where he developed from village
attorney into a manipulation of railroad
property, while his actual home is Fifth
avenue palace in New York City, and his
business office is IN Wall street. He was
one of the OriginatOrs Of the sand bag
plot to build the Nickel-Plate parallel
railroad, which destroyed half the Value
of the Southern Michigan, running thou
sands who held its stock. and compelling
the VaHderbilts to buy the new line in
order to save their road from entire
wreck. Columbus r. Cummings of
Chicago Gas Trust nOtorietY, was one of
Brice's associates in this gigantic specula-
ton, which resulted in the schemers
putting millions Of Vanderbilts money
into their individual pockets. The con-
strucuon of the Nickel Plate was an
equal damage TO the public creating not
a competitor. but a disturbing element in
transportation. which. by cuts, Jumps
and other tricks IN rates, unsettled the
conditions of all traffic depending upon
stability of freight costs for success. Mr..
LrlC5 Is q mono JOll5b Oh the EdukESE KIM,
being a stOckhOlder in every ring. scheme
and corporation that he could invade with
the power of money. He is probably as
deep in the coal and railroad ring opera
tions as 'BilP Scott himself. The bulk
of his wealth has been made within the
last ten wears. so that his profits have
averaged not less than 81 600, 900 a yearl
What greedy profits on the production
and transportation of the 'necessaries Of
life" must have been made by the rings,
trusts and syndicates to which he be-
longs in order th1t in ten years, he might
have fortune of so, 600. O0Ol He is the
man who is to control the Democratic
campaign, appealing to laboring men for
votes, asking anti-mOnOpoly support,
denOuncing ''rObber taxes" and begging
the poor for their assistance at the ballot
box.
Western Republicans refused to make
Chauncy NJ. Depew their Presidential
candidate because he was a railroad Off
cial. Look at the contrast. The Demo-
Gratis have placed their entire campaign
in control of a ring of millionaire mono
pofists, coal barons, railroad barOnS, iron
barOns and credit ombilier spectators in
railroad construction. There never was
so colossal and grotesque an experiment
attempted in American politics. 1t will
be an egregiOus failure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
The Wool DutY.

Philadelphia Press.
In five years of low duties and low
prices combined the country has lost one
eighth of its sheep. Five years of free
wool will cut off from a third to a half
of its focks. No one can gain by such a
change. English belief in President
Cleveland's free trade has already dis
counted the repeal of our duty on wool
Were the duty repealed, and it will not
be until the next appeal is taken to the
polls, the price of wool in the market of
the world the wilderness to which Mr.
Mills sends US to seek men dressed in
free wool, would rise, and the price of
wool in our inland market, where the
American farmer sells it, would fall. He
would be handicapped by high railroad
freights in reaching the manufacturer
and his rival WOOl-grOWer under the
Southern Cross and the British colonial
flag would be helped by cheap ocean
freights. This will not pay. Consumer
and producer will lose alike. The worlds
supply of wool can not be cut down by
our own share third or fourth on the list
of great wool growers, without an ad-
vance in wool and wooden goods. Kali
road freights will deprive our farmer of
this advance. He viii lose a crop which
in new States paves the way for cOstlier
and more profitable crops, and In older
States supplements them. We have had
for one decade, 1850 TO 1860, something
like free wool, and in that decade our
f1Ocks stood still Under protection they
have increased enormously. This is the
issue before the land 1t can continue a
policy under which it has diversified
farming, and, therefore. made it safe and
profitable, and at the same time made
wooden clothing cheap, or 1t can return
to a policy under which, while wool is
dear. It does not pay the American farm
er to raise it. We do not fear a vote on
this issue which the Democratic party has
raisaa and by which II viii faLI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Didn't Mean Free Trade.

Philadelphia Press.
Discomfort and open rebellion against
the mad assault upon American interests
are manifest in every neigh borhoOd where
a factory chimney pierces the sky and
wherever man has peOpled the hills with
sheep or planted the valleys with grain.
The uprising against the conspiracy
which prefers Mr.. Cleveland's free trade
message to the Declaration of Lndepend-
ent as a Fourth of July document gains
fresh recruits every day. and unless some
thing Is done to check it, the Democracy
IS doomed to overwhelming and humilia-
ting defeat. In this supreme crisis the
old tactics Of the old party do not fail it.
The old, familiar whine, peevish, fretful,
and babyish, goes forth again: I'VE
didn't mean it. Let bygOnes be bygOnes. ."
Mr.. WattersOn goes to Harlem to make it;
Mr.. Carlisle and MI Mills pipe it out in
tremulous trebles in Tammany Hall;
President Cleveland, in pOnderous tones
more gruntful than whining, drOnes it
forth in solemn letter: we didn't
mean it. Let bYgOnes be bygOnes.' And.
taking the key from these ferYent but
timid dodgers and apOlOgists the free
trade organs all over the land peep and
pipe in voices trembling with terror: 1--WE
didn't mean it. Let byg0nes be bygOnes.
What brave politics! Having issued the
challenge. chosen the ground, selected
weapons, and named its seconds, this
brave, fat party Of Jefferson, Jackson,
Grover Cleveland, and free trade pauses
on its way to the battlefield. and with its
knees knocking together in terror, piteOus-
" whines: I'VE didn't mean it Let by
cones be bygones." The plea has be-
come threadbare; it has been accepted too
often, and this time it will be rejected.
1t will never win either mercy or pity
again until it issues from the graves of
dead parties where the Democracy itself
lies among the unhOnored bygOnes with
the word Coward" inscribed upon its
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
A StupendOus Enterprise.

Of that vast work, as projected,
the ship canal between Bordeaux on
the Atlantic seabOard and NarbOnne
on tho Mediterranean coast, it is
stated that the coast will be some
$13O,OOO,OOO, and while it's length
would be about $50 miles the use of
it would be a saving Of nearly 700
miles by vessels going from Southern
France or Northern Italy to the
Northern Atlantic. The plan, it is
said, cOntemplates having a railroad
run along the margin Of the canal,
and using locomotives to tow the
vessels through, by which means, it
is believed, a speed of seven miles an
hour may be maintained both day
and night, as during the hours of
darkness the canal might be illumin-
ated with electric lights. There would
be according to the plan, thirty-eight
locks in the canal, and the depth Of
water, tWenty-seVen feet, would per-
nit French armOr-clad vessels to
pass through the canal, thus uniting
the two sea coasts Of the country,
and avoiding the passage through the
Strait of Gibraltar, which might in
time Of war be blOckaded by the feet
of an enemy, and would deprive the
English Of certain advantages which
they have now in the Gibraltar fOrti-
ficatiOns. 1t is thought that, for
commercial purposes, the patron
age of the canal viii be sufficient to
pay d good return on the money in
vested in its CONSTITUTIONAL. 7.
Sun.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
He Departed by Dynamite.

When the Immortal William" In
vented the now familiar phrase,
Hoist with his own petard," he GER
tainly did not foresee the extraor-
binary manner In which the action
would be suited to the word by a
man Of so summers, except Charles
Durand, who long ago pitched his
tent at MOntiuCOn. Coming one day
to the conclusion that life was not
worth living after all, Durand deter
mined to treat himself to the fFhappy
dispatch;'' but he scOrned to put an
end to his days by such hackneyed
means as suspension in midair or
drowning, or even the six-chambered
revolver. He would cut out an orig
inal line for himself and make his eX-
it that way. So he procured a dyn-
amite cartridge, leaned over it, and
speedily blew himself into a hundred
fragments. His performance did not
long remain a secret to his afflicted
neighbOrs, for the explosion sent the
windows es well astherOofOfDuran s
abode flying In ali directions, while
the adjacent houses ratified and rock
ed as If they had suddenly been trans
ported to the crater of Yes wins at a
time when that capEici0us volcano is
getting up steam for fresh out
buFst.-LondOn Ielegraph
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
A Woman as aDrtrer.
g. CaTruth IN n. Y. Tribune.


Pred H Carruth in n. Y. Tribune.
'cWoman coming driving a horse 20
The word was quickly passed along
the street. Children screamed and
scattered right and LETT, strong men
shuddered and grew pale, and some
drew back into doorways. Suddenly
she dashed around the corner. Then
she was gone. A policeman crawled
out of the street with d broken leg
and ruined eountenance.
She dashed on down the street.
Those who we're warned In time got
out of herway; the others were borne
down. The truck drivers and ice
wagon men hurried into side streets.
The passengers got offa horse-car and
lifted it from the track and gave her
the right of way. Was she insane, or
anything of that kind? o no, not at
all. She was ali right-simplv one of
those ladies who '1ike to drive, and
'can handle a horse better than any
man they ever saw" dearly love
horses - and all that sort of thing.
Occasionally she turns a corner
and snaps off q lamppOst or draw
under a shade tree. The horse is
breathing pretty hard, so to take
his attention from his lungs she stirs
him up. with a whip. Then she comes
to a hill and agitates the whip all
the way to the top. She is fond of
riding fast when she drives And
this horse just loves to 90 if you
only let him know what you want
of him. She let's him know all right
enough. She allows the horse to
rest once in a while, of cOurse-nOt
long at a time, but then, when we
consider that she always stays for
the purpose at the intersection of
two narrow streets and right across
the car track, perhaps it is long
enough. Then she always drives
fast enough to make mp for lost
time. She's doing it now See the
steam fire engine get out of her wayl
There goes the wheel off
hose cart-thOse hose carts can't
stand everything Then there are a
few more hills and the horse again
gets his attention drawn from the
condition of his lungs. At Tenth
street the horse lies down exhausted.
ooh, dear," she says, a policeman
approaches, 81 really don't know
what's the matter with my hOrse-I
never saw him lie down this way be-
fore. I've driven him from One Hun
bred and Twenty-third street, and
he came all right to here. He must
be balky or something Of that kind
els it a question of life and death,
madam asks the policeman, as he
approaches cautiously.
cob, dear, yes, pretty nearly. lam
going to the meeting OF the WOman's
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals, and I don 'tsee what they
can do if their President isn't there.
Can't you poke him in the side a lit
tie with the stick you've gOt?'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Gliding an Immense Dome.

The work Of gliding the dome of
the Massachusetts State House will,
according to the contractor, occupy
Is men about 40 days of nine hours
each. The dome, he says, from pine
apple peak to base must be thorough
" cleaned, and every particle Of gilt
and verdigris removed as well, and
all rough spots made smooth. After
this has been done, the copper sur
face viii be polished to the smooth
ness of glass, and then given a coat
ing of size, over which will be a layer
of yellow paint. When this has par
TALLY set, the surface viii be ready
for the elders. Two hundred and
forty packs Of 23-Carat gOldIeaf VIII
be required. This is within onecarat
of pure gold, the whole weighing
about 81 pounds Troy weight. Each
package contains a books, compOs-
ed of tissue papers, between the leaves
of which are 20 sheets Of gold, each
sheet being about 35%x3 inches, or q
little over 81 square inches. So thin
are these sheets that I 600 Of them
piled one upon the other makes only
an inch in height
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24

A few days ago a notice was sent from
the Interior Department calling upon a
person in Bronson, Florida, to pay three
cents for an excess of tWO-hundredths Of
an acre of land included in his homestead
entry. AS the notice was sent by regis
tered mail. costing twelve cents, Uncle
Sam is ont on the collection.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24

The Republican State Central Com
mittee, of Georgia. selected as electors
at-large j. s. Atkins, of Savannah, and
@. Q. Wimbish (cOlored) Of Atlanta
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-08-24
Tie Democratic Campaign Manager.

chicago Journal
Calvin S. Brice. the Chairman of the
Democratic Campaign Committee. was a
poor country lawyer at Lima Ohio.
Twelve or fifteen years ago. He worked
ais szs- snto railroad ventures. wrecIzing
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-19
A TOKEN OF ESTEEM.
The Railroad Men send a Present
to MIR. and Miss Sprtuper.

~ NhHs anu MISS SPRINGER
The fact that the wife of Mr.. w. H.
Springer, of the Southern Pacific ticket
office, presented him with twins a couple
of weeks ago will be remembered by
readers of the HERALD. AS Mr.. Springer
is general favorite IN railroad circles,
the passenger agents and other officials
in this city took advantage of the occa-
sion to make a substantial token of their
Joy at the event. They accordingly had
constructed at the works of the Los An
geles Furniture Company, a handsome
double baby carriage, with canopies and
Innings of crimson eatin, and this will be
sent to Mr.. Springer's re-idence this
morning, accompanied by the following
document
so Mr.. and Miss Springer:
Desiring to express our pleasure at
your safe arrival in this vale of tears,
please accept this small token OF our es-
teem, as well as our sincere wishes that
your trip through life may be frst-class
and unlimited.
amos Burr, J. w. Adams, G. H.
White, II. r. Bingham, w. H. Sne-
daker, F. w. Thompson, j. B. Elwood
G. F. Cotteral & Co., H. G. Dinkins,
Frank Thayer, Charles Seyler, G. +.
Smurr, L. A. Mills, F. w. Higgins, H.
A. Smith, Robert Green, w. G. Cum
ming, r. 0. Williamson, Charles T. Par
sons, J. B. Quigley, F. w. Smith, D. NJ.
True, W. B. Scott, G. R. Alberger, A. J.
Hechtman, 0. FL. Burke, R. J. Pryke
Frank Hanon, Jesse Prescott, Jack
Reeves, j. A. Muir, 0. X. Gushing, J. A
Lockwood, w. S. Pollock, Charles Horn.
beck, Barney Levy, Nj. Welch, Jr."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-19
The.
>diCine Mans Death.

!, tbo TnS:t - taken on the two points
49, nv ,nuian mut@, case mentioned in
yesterday mornings - - 49,
dian Agent G, G. Belknap .est;sed tbat
an Inspector had informed tbeJIS:a a 'n'. q.
me me iuIare Reservation of the pa.saos NJ
L tne Act OF Congress, and on the otb er M
India Iddn nrWo white men testified that tho tbe
Ross decides TIT t6tatP been informed. Ii Judge
that the Indians should ha2t necessary
formed Of the law on the matter, this tes-
timony is of no materiality. Evidence as
to the proceedings of the Indian Council
in which it was decreed that the medicine
man was to die was also taken, and the
points OF law which the attorneys are to
present will be submitted in briefs.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-19
A " OMAN'S WAX.
a Startling Business Proposition,


& little over six weeks ago Mrs. Fowler of 1927
Ellis street. San Francisco stopped in at leading
city druggists to ask what effect joys Vegetable
sarsaparills, about which she had heard so much
recently, would havein casesof dyspepsia and sick
headache. She was assured that in most cases ii
would relieve both. Sac was, however, so oincredu-
i0us that finally the druggist gave hera bottle not
10 De paid Tor unless it effected cure. A PROPOSE
ton so startngl practical has seldom, if ever be.
fore, been msde. The following justreceivedis the
convincing conclusion, and tells its own story:
San Francisco, February 8. 1883.
DEAR Sin: fwrte to admit that, notw;thstand-
ing my misgYinss, joys Vegetable sarsaparilla
dld ali that you promised. I had tried so many
prescriptions. to no purpose. that / had come to
pelleve nothing would relieve my dyspepsia and
SICK headaches, but I have not had return Of
either since commenced takingit. Ibelieye am
permanently cur ed, but will, ont of an abundance
OF caution, contnueto take itregulsrly for while
yet. You have my permission 10 make this public,
for IT my belief that remedy that Will cure dys.
pepsia and prevent sick headaches should be gen.
srally known. Respectfully,
M~o, III. KzvEA.
-2o7 Ellis street.