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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Drop a Nickel in the Slot.


Contrivances for seducing nickels
from the curious are constantly multi
plying. You have only to drop a
nickel in the slot to see wonderful
things.
Engines work, steam boats set paddle
wheels going, bands of music play.
horses run around miniature race
tracks, and balloons 90 up, if the slot
receives the inspiring nickel.
Some people imagine this to be q
new thing, but it has been going on
in multiplicity of ways since the
world began. The slot is always gap
ing for the expected nickel.
a man wants office. but It will be
impossible for him to get it until he
drops nickel in the slot, for the
machinery will refuse to work.
Another has bill that he desires to
push through congress or the legisla-
ture. Has he dropped nickel in the
slot? II he has not he might as we'll
pack his valise ana go home.
Another has railroad or mining
scheme, and if be has any shrewdness
at all he will find the slot and insert
the necessary nickel where it will do
the most good.
Big swindling games arc carried out
successfully by knowing ones, while
honest men with genuine enterprises
wonder why they don't succeed They
simply failed to drop a nickel in the
slot. that's all.
Do you sometimes wonder why some
gamblers are suffered to carry on their
fraudulent practices for years right
under the nose of the policea They
drop nickel in the slot when ordered
TO.
Bunko men worked certain districts
Of New York with impunity at one
time and no one interfered. They
knew where the slots were and they
always had nickels convenient
Burglars are in less danger OF being
caught il they patronize the slot liber-
ally.
Do you imagine that Mr.. de Buskin.
the popular actor. or Mrs Lowneck.
the society queen, get pulled into noto-
riety on their merits or beauty alonep
Dear, unsophisticated reader. there is
q machine in the background labeled.
Put nickel in the slot aud see what
/ can do for you" and they comply
readily and often.
A poor but worthy young man fell
in love with beautiful girl aud she
loved him. but her parents opposed the
match on account of his poverty. So
they sent the poor young man away
and gave their daughter into the arms
of rich old roue He put a nickel
In the SLOT Gegas S0Iings,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Prohibition Not Reform.
omaha Herald.

Omaha Herald,
If prohibition did the good at which
ostensibly and ostentatiously il aims,
many people who now oppose il would
endorse it. Ii does not do good, 1t
does not lessen existing crimes, but ere.
ates new crime Il does not stop the con.
sumption of liquor. but cuts of revenues
1t does not keep liquor out of State. but
stops local manufacture, leaving valuable
plants to rot away, and workmen with.
out occupation. II inyades the home
with such wantoq freedom that many an
honest industrious citizen has left Iowa
TO get away from the Paul Pry constabu.
tary fostered by prohibition Ii is esli.
mated that $4,000 such people are in
Nebraska, According 10 the Republican
platform, they are not wanted there.
They must be told TO move on. Is this
right or even decent9 Prohibition is a
vicious craze. Il is evil in its effects IL
is not reform. Those who believe in il
should HE TO Iowa or Kansas aud enjoy
its blessings 10 the full 1t Is not fair
for them TO ask Nebraska, in Difference
TO their fanatieism, 90 cut its own throat.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
The Surplus is There.

! lies MONIES tGhuNr-
The effort to whistle the surplus down
| the wind on which the Republicans stalk
ed their hopes a short time since. has
/ lately failed. At the end Of the present
fiscal year, il there be no tax reductions.
the surplus in the treasury will amount
to at least 500, 600. 600 Though buying
largely during this month per cent bonds
at premiums varying from 500 on the
500 TO $50 on the 500, it is estimated
that the surplus for the month will reach
nearly SIS. 1000. 600. Every dollar thus
boarded is taken from the people through
excessive taxation.
The people need the money. The con.
tinued absence of ii would paralyze BUSH
ness, manufacturing and commerce, and
eventually provoke a panic and wide
spread misery. This the Republicans
admit but they will not reduce the taxes
from which the surplus comes They
have not yet dared to present measure
in accordance with their platform 70 re-
duee the revenue by replacing the fiscal
taxes on whisky, beer and tobacco.
The proposition TO force prepayment
of the public debt by giving the bond
holders 81 40 for every 81 of face value
due them is run TO waste one.third of the
taxes the people pay for the advantage
OF tue pOnQnolQers ana spectators, be-
fore the canvass has closed the country
will have reason 10 be thankful that the
logic of a bad cause has led the Republi.
can candidate to make blunder about
the surplus and the bonds no less formid-
able than that Blaine made about trusts.
The one said that trusts are private
affairs which should not be interfered
with, and the other says that excessive
taxation should be kept up for the purpose
OF creating huge surplus in the Treasury,
and that the surplus should be turned
over TO government bondholders at
premium which now requires $3.50 to be
surrendered for the privilege of taking
up a 800 bond.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
An Object Lesson,

hPS MONIES leadcrs
II Is fact not generally known that,
considered with reference TO the amount
OF capital and labor employed, the leather
industry of the United States ranks next
20 agriculture In Importance The value
added to labor in the raw material in the
various processes of manufacture is one.
half greater in the leather industry than
in the iron industry
The effect upon the leather industry of
the repeal OF the duty on hides and skins
in 1872 furnishes a splendid proof of the
advantages resulting from free raw mate.
rials. In 1872 the United States imported
hides TO the value of 81. $40, 9S4 aud ex.
ported leather and manufactures OF
leather to the value of S3,6e5, 6S0. In
1887 the imports of free hides and skins
had risen 90 the value or SEA. 9e5. 076, and
the exports Of leather and manufactures
OF leather 20 tho value of $40, $40, 1888. In
other words, the exports in that period
have increased 800 per cent. Except In
the single article Of gloves, the imports of
manufactures Of leather have almost en-.
tirelY ceased. We not only supply our
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Can Wheat be Imported.

q. Louis Republic.
A correspondent asks If there would be
any danger Of wheat being imported into
the United States If there were no tax on
it. The Mills bill does not mention the
| wheat tax in any way, but the tax has
nothing whatever to do with grain raising
in the United States Republicans allege
that 15.000.O00 bushels of wheat were
imported last year. This is of course false.
| The basis of the falsehood is that the
total imports of ''breadstuffs and other
| farinaeeous substances" including seeds
| Of all kind, amounted in value to s15,
OOO, 000 in round numbers. Small quaint.
ties of Manitoba wheat were "sent to
mill in Minneapolis and other North
western cities but were not sold here
Instead, the Hour was exported and the
rebate collected. This is mentioned
merely as incidental, for the complete re-
futation of all falsehOOds and false
theories about the danger of wheat i'm
poriation is found in the fact that last
year our expectation of surplus wheat
amounted TO l02, 900, 900 bushels and our
breadstutf exports to Sl65, 900, 900.
II would be throwing foreign grain
away to bring il to a market that has
such surplus as ours. Ii never has been
done and it never will be done as long as
we have the surplus. Our farmers send
this surplus to free trade markets, and
sellit at free trade prices. When they
are exporters, doing eighty per cent. of
our entire export trade. they would be
blind indeed il they could be made 10 be-
lieve that tariff on imports their sup
plies-benefted them because of the
humbug tax on imported wheat, when
there is really no wheat imported except
what they import for seed.
The cost of raising wheat has nothing
to do with its price under present con-
ditions. 1t can be raised as cheaply in
Minnesota with improved machinery as
in India with Hindoo labor, but the
Hindoo labor does not fix the price of our
wheat in English markets. The price is
regulated by the supply and the number
Of people who eat bread. Farmers in
the United States may and do sometimes
lose money in raising wheat, but il il
actually cost twice as much TO raise it as
the average price for the last ten years 1t
would make no difference in the price as
long as we produce an enormous surplus
That we will surely do as long as We
have vast areas in farms and compara-
lively small population.
The American farmer is between the
upper and neither milestone. Protective"
taxes on all be buys grinds him down
against free trade in everything he sells
As long as he continues to farm he must
export his surplus, or let il remain to keep
down prices in the home market This,
of course, he would not do if he could
He could not If he would, for the dis
posal of his wheat is not his affair after
he has sold it, and whenever he sells 1t
for export il must be under Liverpool
prices. Last year he sold 102, 600, 600
bushels of this one cereal-eyery bushel
at free trade prices because every bushel
went to foreign markets. AS long as he
is farmer, this must continue He must
export or starve. The effect Of high i'm.
port taxes is to force him to the verge of
starvation, whether he exports or not
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Harrison,s Bond Policr.

Louisville ConrSerJ0urnal,
Mr.. Harrison saws continue war taxes
In time of peace in order to pay a pre.
MUM on war bonds before they are due.
Eight millions of dollars were paid last
year as premium on bonds not vet due
That was the only way TO relieve the
money market and prevent a panic
! That was the only way TO put back in
the channels of trade money not needed
by the Government, which was taken
from the people by our ubiquitous system
of war taxation
That sum of money is nearly equal 70
our annual appropriations for rivers and
hsrbors, about which so much fuss is
made.
y II would each year add handsomely to
our navy. II Is from one.third 20 one
fourth the cost of our army,
II would give to several millions OF
persons in small towns, or in the rural
districts, free mail delivery.
II would build 400 miles Of railroad.
IL Is gratuity paid to the capitalistic
classes by the poor men of the country.
This policy Mr.. Harrison says must be
continued.
This policy Mr.. Cleveland says is an
outrage on the people and should be dis.
continued.
The Mills bill is the remedy. It will
prevent the payment Of this bounty of
eight million dollars next year to the
bondholders
Down with the war taxesi
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
sAvF K1LEnD ANp w. nnrn.


xt,,,, "ie''t aud Dashed 10 Places.
Nhkesbarre (Pa. dispatch: A special
'r.ln on the Lehigh Valley railroad, car
rylng the Wilkesbarre delegation home
from Hazleton from the Father Mat.
thews celebration this evening. was
wrecked above Penn Haven. Several
cars are completely wrecked and some
iorty or more persons killed.
The accident is beyond all question
The most awful disaster that ever ham
pehed IN this portion of the state
though no details can be learned, there
Is no doubt that the number of killed
wall reach forty, and the injured nearly
double that number. Seven trains, with
e III hiied to the doors, passed through
nIilIe maven this morning, taking the
Oh fonte by Penn Haven. On their re-
turn the first train left Hazleton about
p M, the others following as rapidly
as was deemed safe. The first three
sections came through without accident.
the disaster happening 10 the fourth and
MIN sections. For some reason not ex-
planned, the fourth section was standing
on the track near the little station of
Mud Hun, five miles below White Ha-
ven' when the fifth section shot around
curve close behind and crashed into ii.
The cars were smashed and broken and
hurled off the track. The road lies by
the Ieiligh river, an emhankment sixty
ieet high, running down to the water.
Several Of the cars rolled down this,
and others were crushed against the
einbankment, Up to this writing 1890
4. mo- no direct communication las
been established with the scene of dis
aster. aud the railroad officials here. il
they know anything, absolutely refuse
~ give information.
Al ! o'clock this morning reports
about the accident are still very conflict
lng. II il known, however. from dis.
patches received at the depot. that tile
accident is quite as bad is al first re-
ported, and that at least thirty or more
are killed Nothing official can be Oh
tanned al the company's office, which is
closed TO reporters aud all others. One
train has been started from the wreck.
aud i is expected TO arrive here about /
! o'clock this morning. Most of the in
lnred are said 10 be from Scranton and
LaekAwanna county.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
yoos. oArrLE AND CORN
..oy, Issued ny Leading Commission
N EIIlti nf EAiraNO.

4, v,sort Issued ny leading Commission
W @T firm of Chicago.
chi.ago dispatch: Mallory & Sons,
soi me leading hog receiving com
k,s.ion Arms, have issued their annual
H. report on hogs, cattle aud corn, in
Ahieh they say;
Although we will have an immense
H. crop, there win be shortage on
Mn bogs. which are always shipped dur.
n What Is called the packing season. {"
4 s,oyt, denote that the bulk OF the sup.
II 4 packing hogs viii be shipped 10
Il .,t,t later than usual-at least a
I anth or six weeks. Where one year
I i ysnorts showed that the bulk OF hogs
Nh come to market in November, De.
,shey ana january, the reports this
sson invariably say December, Janu-
y srd later. The cause of this scare.
n n paeking hogs is due 10 two fea-
f.,ssIthat farmers all through the west
y large percentage OF their spring
~ through cold, wet weather, sick
=. Va. and that those which were
~ together with the older hogs,
~ besn forced 10 market on account
II ,bs high prices OF corn at home aud
r. high prices that have been paid for
~ daring the last three months. Late
I q Will not begin 10 come forward till
IA IN January, and the bulk OF them
I'M rot reach the market till late ia the
sriBg and summer
INV number Of cattle 10 be fattened
Aoys an increase OF fully ten per cent.
~ should have extra good beef al reas.
ais low prices during the coming
bar
nv crop Of corn speaks for itself and
~ ~ comment Dakota shows a
4 erop ot old hogs and piga Michigan
soEs i fan crop u pigs. leaving out
,koia aad Michigan, the balance Of
Il, shows total shortage 81 old
. II "a per cent. aud on shOats Of
I'd III per cent Iowa aud Illinois
gslhtE ah6w decrease II 25t per cent
Il oll hogs and t3t per cent on shOats.
lie percentages are made from tho
g reliable reports received from $40
zstifs, embracing the hog producing
srit0gies in ths states Of Illinois, Iowa,
Rsbgaska, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri,
klisaa. Minnesota, Michigan and Da.
ssA
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

home market, but are selling at advantage
10 foreign markets the surplus product Of
American industry.
There is no question whatever that the
policy of uDtaxing raw material. which
has proved so successful in the leather
industry and the silk industry would not
have precisely the same effect IL applied
to wool. jute. hemp, fax. iron ore, coal,
lumber and other crude materials neces-
sary for carrying on our manufacturing
operations. The solid, uncontradicted.
patent facts furnished by our experience
in the leather trade are worth a carload
of disputation about the value of pro-
tectiye taxes in adding to the wages of
labor and earnings Of capital. or the pro-
ductive vigor Of industrial enterprise.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

u rarszEss ~ M ssf,sss Of Fsrefsetisa lrsns
ri ~ Uid Psrfl~s
u pii.sbarg PA J dispatch. Recently
n = questions u political nature Wors
8silsd 70 General Master Workman
" uAsrly. 10 which he was requested TO
1900. 'or stand before the public rs
n zaa u double dealing Mr. Pow.
d ,iy'a nply. addressed 10 DisiFir, Mss.
III Workman DOYLE u this city, al.
u ii strictly confidential viii apreal
n lali ID so.IHarroa's Leader. To the
\ b Fur questions Mr. PoSigtiy makes
N ,a3y To question Ave, ia ID not !
4 II that yoa weru offered the appoint.
n tat D, shs ammiasioncrshin ~ tie de.
l'iasai O! the treasury" Mr. Powder.
" gtissa
N iu The republican PARTY. through
N O. 81 ~ leaders, snd, | am told. AZ
N lsttsAlign ~ Mr.. Blaine himself.
n ist mg that position ia 1884 prnyil.
n ] H08li say uUrd for Mr. Blaine.
NJ atcks after the nomination ~ HAr-
- ! Has offered the position which
Il Wright n0w holds ia Washington
n taAa wao cAinn direct from rupubii
headquarters, provided I would pulI
n ksisais ~ Labor "a Harrihon's lack
n lsdalA THIS. ~ course, was so i,a
At rsSui IN caAr Harrison was elected.
s. tot entering into political deals.
n SAFE ! thanked tho man fnr hts
3Asss Ia remembering mr. declined
s7ta consider bts propagation.
= mAsH questions are answered col.
'Stslv tn iha lap,lE ~ hla letter. AZ.
'fsa.sl, Iltr lnpiie,l charges that I'D
aaaipHla,ga IlIp proceedings 10 tho
4 Z asaiyiFs cuuyeuiiun ~ Isis personal
lti'ilea! tUicrchla, by referring 90
ainatca 81 THAT convention. and
veg positively that H. will nns again
ssabGiaatr fur ~ c!e -lian t. htEproH.
reaispn, Mr.. Ppwdrgly concludes
Il Pe9aF. II must say DO not bn,
i thal Tho professions 81 either pnlit-
II Iaily Gu tho question Of protection
mt 70 a hEll ~ bpAns, for no matter
elected president, che nonpfsu.
sna corporations ~ this country
" ale'aie what congress will 10 III tho
w ~ theF have ~ Tho past. unlcSa
's me keep we'll organized and com
ham ~ respect their wishes hy
.i4ag Jealous eye upan them. DO
/ slEfoso that congress would act on
.aRgess'gn in framing law 10 re-
- inauguration IL | did not have
Il g'inl organization Of my hack7
w thoy care for n. v. Powdorly.
1i11lli'st- and net on his suggestion AZ
~ a. ihey would on that ~ r. V.
.aef'y' 9. NJ w, X. 81 L7 No.
oIganizstiou that does ID. ! am n
,fsosaonist IN tho fullest sense ~ tho
~ pat 70 must protect ourselves
" publican Office holders ne we'll as
Fratcrnaliy yours,
Il, V. PowpERLT.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
CHINESE ARRrVE.

San Francisco dispatch; The steamer
Belgic arrived to-day, twenty.nine days
from Hong. Kong, having been delayed
by high seas and head Winds She
brings 10G Chinese. To-day being Sun
day there was no attempt 10 land them,
but il is thought tomorrow the friends
OF the Chinese will immediately apply
for habeas corpus for one Of those on
board about the gonuineness of whose
certificate and right land there can be
no doubt That the application will be
denied by the United States court they
feel sure. The case will then be carried
10 the United States supreme court and
the constitutionality Of the Scott bill
decided.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
no rRErEsr TLEFa4E rorrxa.

Indianapolis dispatch; Ancnt the
proposition 81 Chairman Jowctt, OF the
democratic state committee, 10 Chair
man Huston, Of the republicans, that
each namo forty .ilvo members and the
prohibitionists ten members 10 consti-
tuto a committee Of 100. whose duty ii
shall he 10 prevent illegal voting, Chair
man Huston to-day makes reply to
Chairman JewCtt, wherein he says;
"you arc doubtless aware that there
is now existing committee Of 100,
which il non.partisan in it's character.
Being already organised and having
had valuable experience ~ the work u
was organized tu accomplish, u can GER
tainly hn more effective than any new
committee that might he formed OF tins
time. With tho consent and hearty ap-
prnval Of our committee | have Tor
wartled 30 tho treasurer Of this commit,
tee my check for $500, which sum shall
be expended under their direction IN
giving rewards for the apprehension OK
any persons violating the election laws
Of tho state The republicans are now,
and ever have been, in favor OF an nom
est ballot and fair count
\. Il. Sheerin, secretary OF the nation
nj democratic committee, IN IN inter
view this evening touching Chairman
Illusions response, said:
~ regard Chairman Huston's, reply
"A n most extraordinary one, and as 2
nublic declaration that the managers OF
the republican campaign are not only
not In favor Of an honest election put
absolutely opposed to II. It 10 untrue
emit this committee is made M equally
of democrats and republicans. Inc
truth a that two.thirds Of the local com
naittse Of 100 are active working repub-
leans. The facility with which Chair
man Huston, after tho receipt OF Char,
man Jewett's letter, dumped 5000 o.
the republican campaign fund into Wy
treasury Of this local committee is PROOF
nositiye that his intentions are 70 make
K 4 convenient excuse for refusal 70
nntar into organization for tho enforce,
mcnt Of the law without fear or favor
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Fralcrnally yours.
II. V. powpERLT.


oll ~. or ~ AWPHfrHEaTRE.
/ XIlaey lIll) dispatch: Five hundred
~ XIV "'ro injured, half Of them seri.
s. N tonight, by tho collapse 81 the
W. rp'leatro erected 10 assist Ia tho big
W. celebration Of Quincy.
Ao,.5 lung capacity Of 5000 had been
NV, ,aea Tor those wishing 70 witness the
sio display. Ats o'clock, when
H. wy rocket was fred, the supports AZ
Afas,,,o.s. end gave way, and the entire
/ ~ oVO feet long, wavered and fell
n.y. ground, carrying with h iiq uasa
hi MI .hrelght The night was very
hi e,iau a W through IL oil arose the groans
~ NJ o. The imprisoned multitude.
II aboaa. o mad presence Of mind ~ once
Ared H.. extracting those who were SO.
Hoop,ol we debris, and Htretchera were
1ubdoJ ~ quickly ns possible aud the
conveyed from the scene 10 tho
H. ~ nonses, which were changed
S1ldhn romptn hospitals. Az far "a
y ipin,neia rhed there were not less than
|ived % so,i and half OF that number 70.
1uty 9 rans wounds. The only fatal
Bbeft NJ pPS,oft.ed tonight was that OF
M 49, ,Wells, mn attorney of this city
M 4 WV for the legislature. No
|citemSsnnt,e OF his recovery. The
Il slfestss Nas 80 great all night that
bier o, g.s remained crowded. and nows.
|ople WA ues were besieged by anxious
relaii~eo. sought tho names Of friends
Red. Tha Who might have been in
those H. hg VIZ ~ no doubt that number
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20
Revenge is Sweet.

''rll got even with you some day.
said Dumley in a threatening tone OF
voice. ''and don't you forget it."
"All right Dumley.n was the good
natured reply. 81 will write a receipt
any time you like. = Harper's Basar
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

Herbert L, futile, son Of Bishop Tut
tlc. OF Sc. Louis, has been injured IN q
rnsh at Columbia college, New York
10 wns tho largest man on the Columbia
freahman'g crew that beat Harvard last
,Jnne MA injury was the separation 81
the chords Of The muscle of his right
arm,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

TIM Nebraska fish commission passed
resolutions 10 the memory of the late
DIR. Livingston, OF Plattsmouth,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-20

Ilns all has i Tho Missouri Pacific will
near iii lincoln with Crete by rail in