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Cost in Liverpool {

have n republican friend who insists that
this table is right and that the cost of living is
higher in England than il is here. tell him
the table is wrong and that il costs more 10
live here than there. Please tell me il ! anu
not correct. A. j.. ).
Lafayette, Ind, Sept 20.
The Journals table, we think, is sccu-
rate, although we have not verified it. The
articles named bring as high, prices in En-
gland, as a rule, as they do here, if not
higher. II you will examine the table
closely you will sec that all of the articles
mentioned are farm products, and that
with two exceptions they are American
farm products. The exceptions are tea
and sugar American farmers produce
beef, pork, mutton, veal, sugar, butter,
lard, cheese, rice and -four (wheat). II
you have read THE SENTINEL attentively
you cannot fail to have read, manystimes,
that the American farmer sells his pro-
ducts at frce-trade prices. The table printed
by the Journal proves this to be true. Our
farmers, as shown by the Journal table, get
less for their meat, dairy products,
wheat, ETC., ETC., than thesamc articles are
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
Chandler Shows His Hand.

Mr.. THOMAS G. CHANDLER, the free
whisky candidate tor congress from this
district, made his maiden speech last
night.
And what a speech it was
Mr.. CHANDLER came out fat-footed for
higher tariff on the necessaries OF life.
He declared that the way to reform the
party was to increase taxes. In word,
he pronounced for prohibitOry tariff.
AS to the surplus, he didn't, like the In
dianapolis Journal, deny its existence.
Nor did he, like Ben HARRISON, advise
that it be handed over to the bondholders.
AS number OF workingmen were in the
audience he probably thought it wouldn't
be wise to make such a suggestion.
He said the surplus might be expended on
internal improvements or divided among
the states, but he never once intimated
that it might be restored to the people
who earned it. That isn't the republican
program.
The larger part of the speech was de-
voted to the subject OF tin plates. They
are not produced in this country. The
manufacture was once attempted but
failed. Mr.. CHANDLER says this was be-
cause the duty on tin plates was not high
pertinent themselves testified before the
tariff commission that the reason they did
not succeed was because their raw ma
terial was taxed higher than their finished
product. The Mills bill puts tin plates on
the free list They are the raw materials
of many of our important industries.
They enter into the consumption of
every workingman and of every family in
the country. The revenue that is raised
from the tax on them is not needed by
the government. The repeal of the tax
will cheaper the cost OF living and be a
great advantage to large industries. But
Mr.. CHANDLER says the present tax should
not be repealed. He says he would
double it, in the hope that it would lead
some day, to the manufacture OF tin
plates in this country. In other words
he would impose needless burden upon
all the people for the sake of inducing a
few people to engage in business that
has heretofore proved improbable!
Great economist, Mr.. CHANDLER! Great
statesman! Would make whisky cheap,
and food, clothing and medicine dear
Would collect an enormous surplus from
the people and then waste it in unneces-
sary appropriations, or divide it among
the states. Would increase taxes, rather
than lower them. Would make living
more costly, instead of cheaper. And has
the gall to tell the workingmen that such
policy as this would help them, although
they pay the bulk of the taxes, and have
to sell their labor in free competition with
the whole world.
We hope Mr.. CHANDLER will make
speeches often during this campaign
Every speech that he makes like that of
last night will help to swell Mr.. BYNUM's
majority.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
A Unique Document.

Among the documents being circulated
in Indiana in the monopoly interest is
an eight-page pamphlet entitled Free
Raw Materials" issued by the "Manufact-
urers' club of Philadelphia" The matter
is put in the form of dialogue. Among
the questions and answers are these:
Q. Is it, however, just that the American
people should have the cost of their clothing in
creased by the duties upon wool for the sole
benefit of the woOl-growers?
A. The tax upon wool does not necessarily
increase the cost OF clothing. The fact is thai
high duties upon 1r0oi, By stimulating The indus
try, hare Arrays put dorm the prceS0f the staple;
trlSt 'o1g duties hare Arrays ddUdnced the prices
because they forced American farmers out of
the business
The following official figures will show the
operation of this rule: We still quote from
this republican dOcumentl
PRICES or WOOL IN JANUARY.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
Humbngging the People.

A large portion OF our protective taxes
were originally levied to compensate
manufacturers for the internal taxes i'm
posed upon them during the war. When
Mr.. MORRILL,, now senator from Vermont,
introduced the tariff bill of 1862 in the
house, he said in explaining its provisions:
1t will be indispensable for us to revise the
tariff on foreign imports, so far as il may be
seriously disturbed by any internal duties, and
70 make proper repdrdtion. ~ ace Diced manu-
tdctTers, must 10 Il that the proper tonic IS
administered at the same time
Congress bled the manufacturers and
administered the tonic. The tariff bill of
'62 was accompanied by a bill levying new
internal taxes. This bill imposed specific
taxes on many products, such as iron,
steel, paper and leather. The tariff duties
were also raised. Mr.. THAD STEVENS, who
was associated with Mr.. MORRILL, in charge
OF the tariff bill, said of the work of the
committee:
We intended to impose an additional dtttv on
imports equal 70 The tar trtich had been put on
the domestic articles. II was done Jy lCay Of
compensation to domestic manufacturers against
foreign importers.
Thus it will be seen that the tariff was
raised in 1862 upon the ground that it
was necessary to compensate the manu-
facturers for the internal taxes laid upon
their products. Two years later the same
thing was done. II was necessary TO in
crease the revenue to meet the demands
of the war. Bills were passed increasing
internal taxes and raising the tariff duties.
The internal revenue bill imposed taxes on
almost everything. These taxes ranged
from to 10 per cent. 1t was again ex-
planned that it was necessary to raise the
tariff in order to make the manufacturers
"even" on their internal taxes.
All these internal taxes were long since
swept away. There is no excise upon
anything except liquors, tobacco and
its manufactures and oleomarger-
inc. The bleeding has stopped but
the monopolists, fostered by the tonic,
still insist that the stimulant of the war
tariff be administered to them. They
asked it in the first place on
the grounds stated. Now they say they
must have it in full war measure so as to
be able to pay their employees high wages.
Thousands OF manufacturers throughout
the country are honest enough to admit
that they no longer need so much tonic"
and that the dose can be diminished with
out doing them an injustice, and that it
ought to be. But the fellows who want
''the earth" will not yield drop of their
pap, and freely denounce those who would
deprive them of the slightest part of it as
free traders" and tools OF Great Britain.
1t remains to be seen whether these
greedy gentlemen can longer humbug the
people.
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which discriminate against TEE DAILY
SENTINEL, on political grounds, in the
matter of their advertising. 1t is reason
able to suppose that merchants so narrow
minded and short-sighted as this are not
IN position to offer the public as good
bargains as their more enterprising
and sagacious rivals. For they no
doubt carry the same principle
upon which they regulate their adver-
Using into their purchases and all other
departments of their business. And if
they do, the Lord pity their customers.
To the democratic friends OF THE SEN
TINEL we say: When you have any money
to spend in Indianapolis spend it with
the merchants whose announcements you
find in this paper, and not with those who
invite none but republicans to deal with
them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

THERE are some republican merchants
in this town who carry their politics into
their business, and Systematically dis
criminate against THE SENTINEL in placing
their advertisements. THE SENTINEL is
read every day by as many people as read
any other indianapolis newspaper, if not
by more. II reaches thousands OF persons
every day who never see any other
Indianapolis paper. Most of these per-
sons buy goods in indianapolis, or would
do so If they were invited to. But
evidently the republican merchants al
luded to do not want their trade. They
do not care for the patronage ofth demo-
cratic farmers and democratic working
men OF Indiana. We trust our demo
cratic readers will bear this fact in mind,
and not intrude themselves and their
money where they are not welcome.
They can help themselves and help The
SENTINEL, and rebuke the contemplate
spirit which carries partisanship into
business. by refusing TO buy goods Of firms
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
A Scandal and Disgrace

The republican politicians are doing all
they can to bring reproach upon the vari-
Gus organizations of old soldiers by syste-
matically prostituting them to the basest
of partisan purposes. A soldiers reunion,
a meeting OF ex-prisoners Of war, camp
fire, or any other affair OF the kind, can
scarcely be held that the democratic sol
diers who attend are not openly or COW
ertly insulted, their motives impugned, the
principles OF their party assailed and
the occasion converted into a regular re-
publican pow-wow. This was the case
with the meeting of ex-prisoners of war
in this city Tuesday. Democratic ex-
prisoners of war were not invited there.
The meeting was run as a republican side
show from beginning TO end. II is n scan
dial and disgrace that few old soldiers
can not get together for social
intercourse without partisan poll
tics being lugged in, but this
seems TO be the fact, and the only
thing left for self-respecting democrats
who served their country bravely and
faithfully during the war, and who are
doing their duty equally as well in peace,
is TO avoid these political gatherings. The
insults that have recently been heaped
upon Col. MATsoS and other gallant dem
ocratic veterans, whose record both in
military and civil life is pa
triotic and honorable, are disgrace to those
who are responsible for them. Men like
FAIRcHLD, FUTILE, CoBUEN, TANNER, CHASE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

sold for in England. In fact, England
fixes the prices for most of these COM
modities, because the surplus OF America
and several other countries is marketed
there. 1t will be seen that the American
farmer has to take free trade prices when
he sells. The so-called protective duty on
his products does not help him, because
he controls his home market. Protective
duties only raise prices when they are
laid on importable articles.
Tea and coffee are higher in England
for the very simple reason that England
taxes them, while the United States does
not. The English tax is "for revenue
only" 1t all goes into the public treasury,
and not penny into the pockets of indi-
viduals. Sugar sells at about the same
prices in the two countries, because both
tax it, and while England imports all of
her sugar, we import most of ours.
So much for the table. But it is not
true that the cost of living is greater in
England than here. The reverse is true.
The articles embraced in the Journal table
are only very few of the necessaries of
life. Men and women's clothing is not
there, nor fuel. nor furniture, nor shelter,
nor crockery and glassware, nor medicine.
All of these things cost more here than in
England. The high tariff makes them
cost more. They are the things that the
farmer has to buy; when he buys he pays
high tariff prices, when he sells he sells ut
free trade prices. He is just like the
workingmen of the country in this respect.
They sell their labor in open competition
with the labor of the whole world; when
they buy they buy at high tariff prices
The Journals table tells the whole story.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

JAY GOULD hates GROVER CLEVELAND
and ALLEN G.. THURMAN ''as the devil
hates holy water" -Four years ago GOULD
was at the bottom of a scheme TO count out
CLEVELAND and only abandoned it when
he became alarmed for his personal safety.
CLEvELAND's war on monopolies since he
became president has rendered him more
hateful TO GOULD than he was four years
ago. As for ALLEN g. THURMAN, there is
no man on earth whom he so cordially
hates. II was ALLEN q. THURMAN who
stood up in the senate and fought the
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

Gculd-Huntington ring inch by inch
throughout an entire session, and finally
got the Pacific railroad funding bill
passed. In that fight JAY GoULD's inter
ests were represented by JAMES G. BLAINE
JOHN ]. INGALLS, and other republican
senators of that stripe. JAY GOULD will
spend millions, ii necessary, 10 defeat
CLEVELAND and THURMAN, and small won
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

Maj. CALKINS stopped over in charac-
teristic way in his Madison speech.
Speaking of the action OF the administra-
ton in depositing part Of the treasury
surplus in banks, he said:
II is crime against the people and robbery
OF the tax payers lt is enriching few favor
ties at the expense Of the many. and exceeds in
enormity anything resorted to by the demo-
Gratis since the days OF Boss TWEED.
This is very silly and very dishonest of
CALKINs. He knows, in the first place,
that government funds have for many
years been deposited, to a considerable
extent, in banks. He knows that in
every large town there is at least one bank
that is designated as govern
ment depository. He knows that
when JONI SHERMAN was secre-
tary OF the treasury he gave the First
national bank OF New York-an institu-
ton in which he was said to own stock
the ''big end" of the government deposits,
and that the bank is known TO this day in
financial circles as "Ft sherman, because
of the favors it received at the hands OF
SHERMAN at that time. He knows that
President CLEVELAND and Sec'ys MANNING
and FAIRcHILD are not in favor OF the pol
icy OF depositing government moneys
largely in banks; that in their messages
and reports they have expressed them
selves against it; aud that they have only
adopted il as a choice OF evils, and in order
to protect the country against the disas-
trous results OF contraction of the cur
rency caused by 4 large surplus in the)
treasury. They r'onded in vain with
congress to reduce taxation and thus
stop the sources IF this growing surplu2
But congress torI1<1 a deaf ear 10 tE
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
The Wooden Industry and the Tariff.

To THE EDIToR-Sir: What does the Jour
nal m aan when il says: 1--WE defy any free
trader to show how American manufacturers,
with free wool, could compete with British
manufacturers without an equalization of
as well as wool on the free list? i did not so
understand it. Wool
Lebanon, Ind, Sept. 10.
We don't know what the Journal means.
II probably doesn't know itself. The
Mills bill puts wool on the free list and
fixes the duty on wooden goods at 40 per
cent. ad valorem. The entire labor cost
Including salaries) of wooden goods in
the United States, according to the census
reports of 1880. was 1915 per cent. That
is, every 500 worth of goods produced
represented $1,000 paid ont for labor;
every dollars worth represented 15l
cents paid for labor. Under the
Mills bill the manufacturer would
get wool untaxed and a protection
amounting TO q times he entire cost of his
labor. Ii his English rival got his labor
for nothing, the American manufacturer
would still have an advantage Of 241 cents
on every dollars worth of product.
Thus:
Value Of English product without labor ~....sl 90
tost oi aoor U %
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cept as specifically changed, modified or
amended"
When republican orator tells the far
mer that the Mills bill repeats the duty on
potatoes he tells him falsehood.
Why can't the republicans tell the truth
about this measure? If it is a bad
measure the truth will best condemn it.
The potatoe lie is only one of hundreds
which republican demagogues and news
papers have told the people of Indiana
about the Mills bill. They have told them
that 1t increases the duty on cotton"
although cotton is, and has been for years,
on the free list, where it belongs, and
where the Mills bill leaves it. They have
told them that it increases the tariff on
sugar and rice, although it reduces the
tariff on these products more than it does
the average duty on protected articles.
They have made many other statements
equally untrue. Surely it is not good
cause that requires such bare-faced lying.
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and others of that class are to-day the
bane and curse of our veteran organi-
cations, and are doing more evil ten times
over than they did good in their capacity
as soldiers. They merit and possess the
hearty contempt of fair-minded men Of
all political ,,artiaS
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
A journal" Table THAT is Correct.

To THE EDIToR---Sir: A few days since the
Journal said: awe assert that most OF the nee
essaries of life are cheaper in this country than
in Great Britain, and support OF this assertion
printed the following table, purporting to have
been condensed from the y report Of the secre-
tary Of state for 1855, showing the comparative
cost of the various articles in Liverpool and
Chicago:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS g. MATsoS.
Lieutenant Governor-WILLIA Il. MYERS
Secretary OF state-ROBERT W. MIXERS.
Auditor of State-CHARLEs A. MUSsoS.
Treasurer Of S.ate-THOnAs b. BYRSEs-
Reporter Supreme CouTt-JoHS w. KERN.
Attorney -Generai-JoHN r. WILSON.
Superintendent Public Observation-Disclosures Z.
GRIFFITH
Judges Of Supreme Court
First Dist-icf-wILIIAM z. NIBLAcK.
Second District-GEoRGE V. HOWK.
Fourth District-ALLEN ZoLLARS
PRESIDENTIAL ELEcToRS
At Iarge-THoaAs R. Com and JOHN z. LAME.
First district SAMUEL B. VANCE; Second district,
CUTLER 5 DoBHINs; Third district, CHARLES L.
JEwETT; Fourth district, NICHOLAS CoRSETi Fifth
district JOHN r. EAST; Sixth district. THOMAS ].
STUDY; Seventh district, DAVID :. COOLING; Eighth
district SAMUEL ID. PUTT; Ninth district, JOHN
J. Nc HUGH; Tenth district, DAVID d. DTKENAN;
Eleventh district, JOHN y. TURNER; Twelfth dis
trict, JOHN H. Bass; Thirteenth district, MARCUS
A o. PACKARD.
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single OO
We ask democrats to bear in mind and select their
own state paper when they come to take subscrip-
tions and make up clubs.
Agents making up clubs send for any information
desired. Adde'S INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL,
Indianapolis, ind.
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1s60-Wool free. Ave
rage price In New York,
80 cents.
1SS7-Wool taxed. Ave
rage price in New York,
1872 cents.
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II the American manufacturer with free
wool and protection of 24l cents on
every dollars worth of product over and
above The entire cost Of his labor at present
wages can not compete with British
manufacturers without cutting down these
wages his case is homeless
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

Free wool means the
end Of sheep-raising in the
United States.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26

Free wool means the
end Of sheep-raising in the
United States.-JourBdi.
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WEDNESDAY. SEPT. %.

For PRESIDENT,
GROVER CLEVELAND of New York.
For VICE-PREsIDENT,
ALLEN G. THURMAN of Ohio.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-26
Rot VS.. Fact.
ROT

ROT. FACT.
Free WOO means the ls60-Woo free. Num-
end Of In the Der Of sheep in the United
United States-JoUTRdl States, 22.f7i,275 about
two sheep for every three
persons in the United
States.
1SS0-Wool taxed. Num-
her of sheep in the United
States, IS, 49,, 074 or about
two sheep for every three
persons In the United
States.
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INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
TERMS PER YEAR;

Entered at the Postofce indianapolis second
class matter.
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To THE EDITOR-Sr: Was there ever an
act passed by congress giving or legalizing in
diyiduals or corporations right to bring labor
to take lien on their WAGES for passage. etc,
until paid? If so, when? And give names OF
some men favoring the same.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-21

From the ClarkEyillc Chronicle
In the resolutions adopted by the meet
ing Mt the courthouse last Saturday, Il
was resolved that "thc committee" make
appointments and haycspcakings through
out the county. What will the spcakngs
be fort II any Democrat In Montgomery
county desires 10 make a speech in this
canvass for the Democratic ticket he has
the perfect right TO DO 10. But no Dem.
ocrat has the right 10 pose rs n Democratic
speaker, whose chief aim Is 10 create dis.
scnsions and make breaches in the ranks.
No man has the right 10 pose ms a Demo-
cratic speaker, whose sole aim is 10 al
vance tho cause ola single individual ut
the cost OF party and party or
ganiNtion. II the sell const ituicd liar-
RS fourth party committee undertakes
10 assume control, rs they have started
10. and make lists OF appointments
ior gentlemen 10 speak, be- Ii understood
that lshnm g.. Harris j. ut the head at 10,
aud "thc party be- ID Just 10 King
lsham goes to the senate. The last time
lshlm g.. Harris was in Montgomery
county WIS when he was n candidate six
ycam ago. lie always makes 10 convenient
10 come aud make speeches when hc has
an Cyr on the United States senate and
i've thousand year Since be- was here
six years ago We have had three or four
close contests, and this great aud good
Democrat mover was heard 10 raise his
yo.tc a single time. llut now We SEQ how
he loves the people aud the Democratic
party. IN Shelby aud many other coun-
lies hc advises against primaries, because
his gang had control OF the conventions,
aud when some ot "ihc people called
Tor q primary they were showed under
aud a primary defeated. lie aud his
friends called that Democracy In those
counties In Montgomery lac finds that
the committee have decided ag1.ns, hold
ing primary, because IL las not been the
custom, because Harris aud Atkins have
not the right 90 exclude nll other Demo.
Gratis, aud lshnm g. Harris, the nuti.pr-
mary man in shelby aud Maury. comes
here and demands primary. democrats
OF Montgomery county, what does this
mean? shall our party be- made thc tool
of one man who D. o candidate Tor Officer
Shall hc. and few fellows who have
promised this county 81 him, be- permitted
10 tear down our organization, depart from
custom aud party usage, just o. give any
man a scat Ia the United States sruatu2