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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16

land by wise adjustment of the tariff
Uttch tOiU put a tar only on those articles
ictich a0e could dispense aoith, knos0n as
of than we produce, revenue enough
may be raised. after a few years of
peace and consequent reduction of in
debtedness. to fulfill all our obligations;
further reduction of expense in adj
dition to a reduction of interest and
per cent. may be relied on to make this
practical. ReUenue reform, If it means
this. has my hearty support"
The name of the Revenue reformer
who said this was Ulysses Simpson
Grant. and he said it in his second
message, December 5, 1870. Why is
he not denounced as "a British free
trader for it? .....
Again in his third annual message
he recNamend that careful esti-
mate be made of the existing surplus
and that in re-adjusting the tariff the
surplus be reduced $50 as to afford
the greatest relief to the greatest num-
ber." In his fourth annual message
he spoke of the war taxes as "a vex-
atiOus burden on any people. In his
fifth message, he recommended "a re-
vision and codification of the tariff
laws" In his sixth message he urged
that the introduction free of duty of
dyes, chemicals and such woods as we
do not produce would stimulate manu-
facture, and therefore be a benefit to
home production.
In his seventh annual message he
recommended for the free-list ''those
articles which enter into manufactures
of all sorts" "An duty paid upon
such articles" he said, ''goes directly
to the cost of the article when manu-,
featured here and must be paid for by
the consumer. These duties not only
come from the coslStt7,ters at home but act
as a protection to foreign naGrlaltdctur-
ers of the same completed articles in
our own and distant markets."
Neither Cleveland, Carlisle, Mills,
Morrison nor any revenue reformer on
the Democratic side has said any thing
stronger than this.
Why then do the believers in free
whisky and embargo refrain from de-
nouncing Ulysses Simpson Grant,
st. Louis Rep4IbliG, Guys
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

II want cheap bread and cloth
ing" says the Western farmer, and the
Republican high-tax platform proceeds
to give him a stone.-St Paul Globe.
Amy paper with Cleveland and
Thurman at the head of it's columns is
for tariff reduction and reform. with
out detriment to American labor
DenUer NeaOS.
- There is some prospect that the
Democrats will carry Ohio. Chair
man Brice ought to put his shoulder
to the wheel here. if any where. 1t is
his own State and Thurman's. The
Sherman men are a disappointed set,
and not enthusiastic for the Repub-
hcan candidate. The wool issue has
been greatly overrated. 1t will not
make near as many Republican votes
as have been counted on. Ohio is de-
cidedly a State worth having N. y
World. ......
The Civil-Service Commission
says that, while the Civil-Service law
has not accomplished all that its most
sanguine friends expected of its prac-
teal operation, 'it has shown the
wisdom of divorcing the subordinate
offices from politics and elections, and
making continuance in Office depend
ent not upon party service, but upon
merit and good behavior" The peo-
pie will sanction this statement. If
Mr.. Cleveland is reelected, and there
is no, doubt he will be. Civil-Service
reform will be SO firmly fixed that it
will be as permanent as the constitu-
ton itself. -Des MoineS Leader.
- Tariff reform would have the
moral effect of example upon those
South American States which may
need it,. and, in proportion to its
breadth and thoroughness, IL would
please the manufacturers of the United
States in position to obtain without
begging an outlet for their product.
simply by enabling them to sell at
prices which would attract foreign
custom. AS much, however, Us due to
the consumers of the United States.
Were prices of manufactured articles
lower, this country would at once be-
come a better market Prices can not
now be low enough for liberal con-
sumption, because of tariff burdens
affecting many interests which have
tariff protectiOn--DaLEGs( T'ex.l NeVs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
The Only Sensible Plan.

he Republican platform. which
makes a thinly-disguiseda appeal on be-
half of free whisky, makes an open
one for free alcohol used in the arts.
The rational objection to free alcohol
used for this purpose is not one of
principle but of practice. It would be
we'll to make such alcohol free if that
could safely be done. But it would
deluge the country with that free
whisky which the Republicans admire.
1t would be impossible to cOntine the
reduction within the limits proposed.
Under pretense of making alcohol for
the arts, every illicit still, and some
that are not so classed, would manu-
facture liquor for drink. The result
would be a flood of cheap whisky
thrown upon the market Yes, there
is no doubt about it; looked at in
every light the Republican plan of
revenue reduction makes for free
whisky. The only sensible plan that
has been offered or can BIZ offered is
the Democratic plan of reducing taxes
on the accessories of life.-BoSt0n
ErLobe 1ss ff
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
THE sENATE's DILEMMA.
How Will Sherman, Ingalls, & Co. Dis
pose OF the Mills Bill. ....

pose of the Mills Bill.
Now that the Mills bill is out of the
House of Representatives. the upper
most question in the public mind. is,
what will the Senate do with it? There
is popular impression that the Sem
ate will do nothing-that the bill will
be referred to the appropriate Senate
committee, and that it will be allowed
to sleep there until this Congress adj
journs. And yet there is no reason
why the Senate should pursue such a
course. There is no precedent for it.
If the Senate pursued this course it
would be the first time in the history
of the country for-the Senate to refuse
consideration of a revenue measure
passed by the immediate representa-
tives of the people. Looking at 1t in
the light of party expediency, it would
be better for the Republican Senate to
take up the Mills bill and defeat it by
a square vote than to smother it in
committee room. And yet if the bill
is taken up and put upon It's passage
there is chance. for its going through
an event that would be singularly
fatal to the hopes of Republican sue
cess in the national election. So it is
the Republican majority in the Senate
finds itself in a dilemma. To take
action on the Mills bill is fatal; not to
do so is equally fatal. And yet the
condition of the public finances does
not justify trihing with this important
measure. The Treasury is gorged
with revenues, compelling the Secre-
tary to go into the markets and buy
bonds not due at an ever-increasings
rate of premium. Something must be
done by the Republican majority in the
Senate to relieve this condition of af-
fairs. or the party to which the major
ity belongs will be held justly respon-
sible for the failure. 1.-THE Republican
Senators can not come up to the full
measure of the great occasion which
has been met so honestly and cour-
ageously by the Democrats in the low
er House then the people of this coun-
try will have no possible pretext for
restoring the Republican party to DOW
er.-SE Paul Globe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
The figures marked with a are tn

The figures marked with are the
average rates collected on the next
years imports. All others are the
rates embodied in the law.
The history of the wool tariff needs
to be elaborated little. Down to 1924
wool was free and cotton was taxed.
Then wool was divided into two class
es, according to value, and If valued at
less than 10 cents a pound the tax was
Is per cent, otherwise 20, and after
wards 80. In 1928 the tax on high
grade wool was enormously increased.
For eight years it remained at four
cents pound and 40 per cent, and
then the compromise tariff began to re-
duce it a little. The maximum figures
have given from 1928 to 1912 are the
highest that could possibly be collected
under the complex law, and doubtless
far higher than the average actually
collected, though that was probably so
per cent. In 1882 low-grade wool was
again made free, and has never since
been heavily taxed. Wool is now
(since 1869 divided into three classes,
g clothing" "combing" and lear
pet" and they paid last year SO per
cent, 43 per cent. and 25 per cent. re-
spectively.
The first tariff was the lightest. 1t
was gradually raised until the war of
1912 broke out, and then it was
doubled at a stroke. The genuine high
protective system was adopted in 1916,
under the influence of Calhoun, who
bitterly regretted it. Webster was a
free trader when the tariff was raised
in 1924, but faced about and helped to
raise it again in 1928. This was called
the Tariff of denominations, because the
e-traders tried to kill it by loading it
down with denominations, but to their
great surprise it passed with all its sins
upon it. 1t almost led to war, and did
lead to the compromise tariff of 1888,
which proposed a gradual horizontal
reduction. In 1912 the Wings raised
the tariff; in 1916 the Democrats re-
duced it; in 1857 the new Republican
party had got control of the Lower
House and with Democratic help re-
duced the tariff again to the lowest
point reached since 1916. Four years
later they adopted the Morrill,. or war
tariff, and gradually raised it until 1867;
its EXTREMIST features being adopted
after the war was over. In 1872 they
passed a horizontal reduction of 10 per
cent, which they repealed two years
later. In 1882 they appointed tariff
commission, and it recommended re-
duction which would have leftthe aver
age rate about 80 per cent. ON dutiable
goods. On the Sd. of March. 1888. they
passed law which reduced some du-
ties and raised others, among them, as
will be seen by the table, those on
glass and earthenware, but leaving the
general average about the same. All
subsequent reduction bills have failed
to pass the lower House until Saturday,
July p. 1888, when the Mills bill, free
ing wool, lumber and some other things,
and calculated to reduce the average
rate on dutiable imports to forty per
cent, was passed by q vote of 1872 to
149.-Renrq y. Phipot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
That our American workmen

That our American workmen
shall have the full benefits of a pro-
tective tariff, all countries have been
ransacked the world over for cheap
labor. Poland, Italy, Germany, Rus
STA, India, South America, China, and
these protectionists are now using all
the con -ict labor they can get, and
they have sent agents down into
"hades'' to negotiate with the devil
for his surplus labor, SO that they can
give better protection to our
American laborers. = Dayton CO.,
Workman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16

The general effects of these various
tariffs, and of the notifications made
In them between times. may be traced
in the following table, which shows the
average rate of tax paid on all taxed
imports for each year since 1871.
There was always a free list-always
absolute free trade in many things
but here are the average rates for the
year ON the things actually taxed:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
AMERICAS FARafF LAWS.
"A Complete Historical Review of All Acts
Relating to the Subject.

"A Complete Historical Review of All Acts
Relating to the Subject.
In answer to numerous inquiries /
propose to compile the shortest pos
sible complete history of the American
tariff system. The first tariff was
passed the 4th of July, 1889. the last
one the Sd of March. 1883. Including
these two there have been fifty-five
g tariff acts passed in ninety-nine years.
Most of them did not make radical
changes in the tariff. The tariffs
usually considered the most important
by historians were passed as follows,
and they have all been named, also. as
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-16
WHAT GRANT SAID.

The Opinion OF q Distinguished Repub-
lican Tariff RefOrmer.
with a tax upon liquors of all
sorts and tobacco in all its forms"
said an eminent revenue reformer,
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15
Crops without Rain.

Not long since, says the Topeka, Kan, Lance, while party of gentle men were discussing affalrs agricultu- ral in Western Kansas, at tue Wiad- sOr Hotel, farmer frem the burned and dried part or the State related that he had, during the late summer, raIsed the best sugar cane produced in the State, in the dry regions of the new desert, and raised it in ninety days without drsp of rain upon 1t from the time it was planted until it was matured. This he urged, was therefore the most profitable product of that part of the country, and said that if the farmers would raise it. and not tempt fate by experimenting with corn, they would be more successful. Mr. Parkinson, who tested the cane raised by thls gentleman, writes that it's the best he has found in Kansas. 1T these things are true-and there can be no reason to doubt them-per- haps the salvation of that much maligned and abused Western Kansas is at hand. It is unreasonable to ex- pect the dry and arid stretch of coun- try immediately east of the Colorado line to produce grain that can only be grown under the most favorable of circumstances but that is what the farmers have attempted to raise. In tive years Kansas will have at least dezen sugar works, and then there will be good times and happiness for the pioneer of the West.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15
The Chisnecto ship Railway, Nova scotia.

This undertaking, say the Engineer ing and Mining Journal, to which we have previously referred, will be the first of it's kind, and will probably prove how far 1t is possible te apply the principle of transport of vessels on dry land The estimated cost is S5,- 100000, and the contract has been lgt to Messrs. John J. Melgs & Sons, of London. At each end of the railway there will be dock with 9 hydraulic lift, and vessels will be raised and lowered forty feet, the difference be- tween sea and railway level. The dock at the Bay of Fundy end wlll be 600 by 800 feet, and the one at Chig- nacte.wilI I-be 800 feet l6rr,- exclssive of the lifting deck, Shich is 200 feet In length. More than half the esti- mated cost Is for the docks. The dis tance between the two points is about seventeen miles, and the plan calls for four steel rails, 10 pounds to the yard, ever which the ship bearing cradle supported on about 200 wheels, will travel. It IS stated that the saving in distance to be effected is about 600 miles, and that an equally important advantage will be gained in the avoid ance of dangerous navigation by adopting thls route. The undertak- ing is virtually one of the Dominion Government, as an annual subsidy of Sl70,603 for twenty years has been granted to the company constructing the work, and by means of this aid the Gnancial arrangements have been made for its execution.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15
Wonderful Gre Chnic.
(I7rom the Aspen, Colo, Times. ]

(From the Aspen, Colo, Times.)
 There is now little doubt that the ore chnte opened up ID the Park-Re- gent and J. C.. Johnson mines is the richest ever discovered Tn the wsrld with the possible exception of the Com stock. The fourth level of the John son has penetrated thIs ore chute over 400 feet, being HOW 1I0 feet from the Regent end line. The Park Regent has developed the chute some 600 feet and has prospected it up flush with the Johnson end line. Fms shows that the chute is more than 1000 feet Tn length. The fourth level of the Johnson is 360 feet lower than the workings of the other property, which fact shows the enormous value of the properties. The breast of ore in the face of the Johnson'S fourth level Is elght feet wide. At this pOInt nine men are kept working on ete and they send cut sixty tons ot pineral day, no ere being heistsd at night. Gel. Brown, manager of the property. has specimens eff ruby silver taken from it winch is beheved to be the first min eral of that kind found in this camp. The ara Dour hAin,r +alap f.op he Johnson is exactly similar to that pro- duced from the Park-Regent, and at the sampler no difference between the mineral from the two properties can be detected.
 The ore body Tn these mines is not as thlck as at places in the Aspen, but the great length of the ore chute places it in the front rank of mineral depes- its, if not entirely at the head.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15
PInaI County Items.
From the Enterprise.

The bullion shipped from the Amer, ican Cone of the Reymert group this year aggregates 696O9 ounces silver a88aying 998 te 999 fine.
 A wealthy resident of thls county offers to build fine hotel in Florencs to cost from S2O,O0O to S25,0OO, if the people will give him suitable let on winch to place It.
 Mir. w. P. Blair returned on Wednes- day from Phoenix, where he went for the purpose of securing pasturage for lot of beef steers destined for the California market.
 Judge ". H. Barnes, .3lo Figst Judicial District, will held court here next week for Judge Perter, who has been in pCor health since the election. Court will open next Monday.
 A new and surprisingly rich strike of ore is reported in the American mins at De Noon. The miners en- countered it In the shaft while sink ing, on Tuesday evening, and what its extent may be IS not yet determined. The ore will mill about $3,O00 to the ton.
 The Territorial press has catalogued Mir. Louis De Puy, member of the As sembly-elect from this county, as a Democrat. Mr. De Puy disclaims the hsnor, and asserts that he is strictly independent, politically, but is very radical on all material interests afec- ting Pinal County.
 Many of the new men employed in the Silver King mIne are leaving, which would indicate that some of them are losing confidence in the future prospects eff this camp. That this epinlon IS not shared in by the mine authority IS evidenced by the large amount of timbers snd supplies constantly forwarded to the mine.
 The search made by Constable Cum mins, of Casa Grande, for the gun, masks, etc., used by Henry Miller, the stage robbar, resulted in their discov- cry at the point described by the rob- Der when he confessed his guilt. They were secreted under some bushes about three hundred yards from the scene of the robbery. The-shot gun was a good, double-barreled muzzle leader. Nine masks were found, and the robber evidently expected stage load of passengers npon when he in- tended to place them while rifing their pockets for cash.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15

According to recentreport in some eff the Philadelphia newspapers, a large company, backed by millIons of dollars, has proposed to the Secretary of the Navy a striking and possibly effective scheme for the defense of that harber and the harbors of other cities from the attacks of an enemy's fleet by shooting ignlted petroleum at the unfriendly ships from tho bottom of the river and burning them up. The rear-admiral has been directed to study closely the harber eff Philadsl- phia and its approaches. Tue petrO- leum defense scheme, the originaters of which have induced the Govern ment to make thls preliminary exam ination of the Philadelphia harbor, IS brilliant enc Tn more respects than one. A company has been organized at Washington to develop the plan and to show Its practicabilHy. It is proposed to sink perforated iron pipes in the river-bed and the approaches to the harbor, through which petroleum can be forced to the surface of the river by machinery and at a high pressure. In this way fierce stream of blazing oil can be seat down on the ensmy's fleet to destroy it or drive it away.-Scientifc American.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15
Ballot Reform.

Speaking of reform in our election methods, the Century, for December, says: The most important Legislative achievement of the year has been the enactment of a complete ballet law h Massachusetts. This measure while modelled primarily upon the bill which the New Yark legislature passed, but which Governor Hill vetoed, differs from it in many respects. It contains an especially valuable provision tor preventing the forgery of official bal lots, and is, taken all Tn all, probably the most intelligent and comprehen- sive application Of the English and Australian systems to American needs which has been made. l. places the entire printing and distributing the ballots in the hands of the State, ts be paid for at the public expense. It provides, also, for independent nomi- nations by a specified number of vo- ters, and requires the printing of the residence, street and number, of each candidate after his name upon the ballot. It is likely to become the model for bills which are to be pre- sented Tn other States, as indeed it ought to be; for, aside from it's great merits, It would be most desirable to have eur different State laws upon this subject as nearly homogeneous as pos sible.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15

The amount of possible blundsriBg Tn country as large as the United States is enormous. The Pest Office Department alone records, for the past fiscal year, 6,250,O00 pieces of original dead mail matter received at the Dead Letter Office at Washington-an in- crease of nearly 100000 over last year. Nearly 5,OOO,OO0 of these were ordinary unclaimed letters; 173.7O0 were sent abroad to foreign countries and returned as not deliverable. The number held for lack of postage is only 121,OO0, which Is not so large when we consider the chances in favor of such carelessness. These lost let ters contained over -S35.000 Tn money, besides a very large amount of nego- tiable paper, amounting to over $1,- 100000 face value. besides postal notes to the value of $5OOO This dees not include ether property unclaimed
 This report covers vast amount of pure hesdlessness.-Globe- Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15

The first of fleet of electrical pew CT beats, we learn from our English exchanges, destined for pubhc use on the River Thames. was recently launched from a yard at Chiswick. The beat is intended to carry eighty passengers; her length Is 659 feet, beam 10 feet, displacement 12I tons, and speed according to the regulation of the traffic on the Thames by the Conssrvancy Board, six miles an hour. The machinery and storage cells are placed below deck. The boat carries 200 E. P. s. accumulatorS, and two q horsepower motors drive twin three bladed propsllers made by Thorney- creft lE Co. The center of the boat carries a cabin with laYatories, dining tables, etc. Imisch & Co.,, Keatish Town, were builders.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15

It augurs well for the reappearance of Stanley, says the World, that the men who are best qualified to pro nounce upon the question of hIs safe ty are unanimously of the opinion that there is nothing to indicate the probability of his death. In the No vember Fortnightly tue matter is dis cussed at length by Mr. H. H. Jehn- ston who has lived and travelled with Stanley Tn Africa. Later in the North American Review for December there Is a symposium on the subject by Gen. Wolseley, Chas. P. Daly, President of the Am sriean Geographical Society, James Nj. Hubbard aud Dr. Franz Boas. All of these concur in the view that sufficient time las not elapsed without news to cause uneasiness. Most of them believe him ts be ths White Pasha" reported by the Arabs. It IS to be hoped that the relief expe- dition will be sent forward as speedily as possible. There can be lIttle doubt of the need eff that.
Arizona silver belt., 1888-12-15

The unequal penalties for crime meted out by juries in various DOT tions of the country are much at va riance with the enormIty of the crime committed. It is 10 uncommon thing for a good citizen to herd some ether persons calf worth ten dollars and be inearcerated for two or five years in the penitentiary, while the murderer, defaulting county official, bank presi- dent, or cashier, railroad agent, ex- press messenger or bold burglar re- eeives less than hali that penalty. What justlce demands Is impartial convictions and commensurate pun ishment and for all crimes alike, ex- eept at the discretion of the cturt.- Fl Paso Tribune.