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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
Committee of Dakota is composed Of
the following members.

4 NOHlInlltee OF Dakota Is composed oil
i the following members:
+ Charles II. Freeman, Elk Point; Otto Pee
/ miller, Yankton; C. s. Mathews. Armour; d.
+ S. Gliddeu. Sioux Falls; +. NJ. Hammer
Mitchell; John Brennan, Madison; George
+ Henry, Nolga; j. L. Carpenter Woonsocket;
F T. w. Child, Mellette; a. II. Yost, Faulkton
{ j. ID. Hlger, Pierre; II. J. Chaser Big Stone
James Ringrose, Aberdeen; a. II. Marsh, Brit
I ton; Chauncey L. Wood. Rapid City; w J.
Thornby Hermosia; Ben Bear, Deadwood;
Alexander ID. Walker Glendale; j. w. Won
Media, Fargo; G. II. Vallandigham, Valley
/ City; John De Groat, Hllsboro; F. r Fulton,
Grand Forks; NJ. X Marrinan Grafton; w. w.
Miller, w alfalfa; J. G. Thompson, Bottineau;
\. J. McCabe, jamestown; l. W Hartman,
Minnewaukon; Joseph Hare. Bismarck;
George Peoples, Mandau; James Collister,
Dickinson.
The chairman Of this committee Is
Martin Ryan, of Fargo; the treasurer,
ID. 5. Glidden. of Sioux Falls; the Sec
rotary, Oscar p. Kemp, of Watertown.
These men, together with j. f. Car.
penter, of WOonsocket; I. w. Child,
of Mellette; F. r. Fulton, of Grand
Forks, and w. w. Miller, of Walhal-
la, form the executive committee.
Now, what are all these people do
ing? They are demanding at least )
per cent. of the annual salary of every
Federal official in Dakota. Those Off
Gals underestimate least one of them
does-that they must either pay the
sums demanded or lose their positions.
What do the friends of Civil Service
reform think of this precious scheme
to extort money from employees of the
Government? What does Hon. Grover
Cleveland think of il?
We have the word of Mr.. Angus that
Federal officials are engaged in this
sandbagging business. Let them be
exposed and cast out of the public
service which they dishonor. Let
Treasurer Glidden be compelled to dis
gorge the forced contributions which
now jingle in his money-box. Let the
whole matter be sifted thoroughly.
What is Civil-Service reform?"
asks Mr.. Angus. We have had the
matter very clearly defined by Presi-
dent Cleveland. He is said by some to
be a reasonably consistent Civil-Service
reformer himself. 1t is within his
power to stop the streams of money
which are being forced from the pock-
cts of Federal office-holders all over
this country by Democratic politicians.
He must do so or else admit that he is
in full sympathy with the spOilsmen Of
his party.
Civil-Service reform in Dakota is ex-
periencing very chilly weather just
now Chicago Net0s (huq.).
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ent time he will learn one thing-that
the Democratic organization is tradi-
tiOnally reactiOnary in its policy, and
has always been opposed by party of
progress. In its early history the
Democratic party, clamoring for the
rights of 1.-The people. in their name
strangled safe National currency and
replaced it with the wildcat output
of irresponsible private and State
banks. Later on. this same party
threw its entire strength against the
policy of extending Governmental aid
to internal improvements, and but
for the discovery and improvement of
the steam engine. a close adherence to
that policy would have left the spot
where We live to-day still in the saw
age wilderness. 1t is only repeating
its early history in this year 1888 in the
advocacy of free trade, and yet every
line of our National history proves that
the brief eras of protection have been
the only prosperous seasons enjoyed
by the people of America.
1t was the party of slavery antedat-
ing the war, and stood always as the
sponsor, advocate and protector of this
crime against the spirit of eternal
justice, until the demon of war was
turned loose in the land by its leaders;
and then, in the South il stood as the
active element of National destruc-
ton, while at the North it became
the dead weight of passive obstruc-
ton which the patriotic sentiment of
National life was compelled to carry
as it battled for very existence with the
South.
1t stood firmly planted against the
policy of ''free homesteads for free
men, which policy since 1860 has COW
cred the West with happy homes,
school-houses and churches, and liter
ally compelled the wilderness to bios
som like the rose"
1t arrayed all the strength OF its in
tellect and its money against subsidiz-
ing companies to construct railways
across the Western plains and mount
ain ranges to the Pacific coast, and
now seeks to rob the enterprise that
created them of their honestly rned
reward.
But the worst is yet to be said. Not
only is it the opponent of every move
ment toward the material and political
advancement of the race. but its gil
gantic strength is used ceaselessly to
cripple. obstruct and kill every aspira-
ton toward a higher moral and spirit
ual life. 1t hates temperance, and is
the attorney of the curse of alcohol.
Let young men pause and ponder
these facts-reason upon them, and
then decide whether their first ballot
had not better be cast for the party of
growth of progress, rather than for
the organization of reaction and death.
Minneapolis Tribune.
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AMERICA AND EUROPE.
How Much Working-Men Make in Thi:
Country and Across the Sea.

How Much Working-Men Make in This
Country and Across the Sea-
The free traders tell the working
men that while they are better paid in
this country than their fellows are in
because the necessaries of life are
dearer he re than they are abroad. We
will examine this statement with the
fairness with which we have tried to
observe in looking at every phase of
this question. In 1884 bricklayers
were paid $3.50 a week in Leghorn
and $24 in Chicago. a difference of 1SS
per cent. in favor of the American
working-man. English carpenters
were paid 1915 and carpenters in Chi
cago $3.50. a difference of more than
81 per cent. Blacksmiths received
$1,000 and $l5 respectively, differ
ence of 49 per cent. in favor of the
American. English laborers were
paid s. and American laborers 5000,
a difference of so per cent
The American wages are very much
higher than those paid in England,
good deal higher than free traders are
willing TO admit. How is it with the
expenses of living? In the first place,
food is cheaper in this country than it
is in England. Beef costs IS l-Sper cent
more in Liverpool than in Chicago.
zeal costs SSl per cent. more. Bread
costs little less, p per cent. and but
ter a little more. Clothes have been
supposed TO cost less in Europe than
here. but since Mr.. McKinley's exposi-
tion of the fact that all-wool clothes
can be sOls in this country for $40 a
suit, that superstition has received a
very damaging blow. Rents are some
what higher than there. but p per
cent would cover the difference, and
the American wOrking-man lives in a
decent house. while the Englishman
lives in squalor and in the midst Of
poverty and degradation.
The working-man in this country
gets from 40 TO 1ss per cent more
wages than his English competitor,
gets cheaper food, of better quality
and larger variety; wears as cheap
clothes. and lives in house that costs
him little more rent. He can afford
that in view OF his other advantages.
He can pay the additional rent and lay
by almost as much money as the En-
glishman can earn in a quarter And
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QUEER MISTAKES.

EVERY female woman is an expression
in bill introduced into Congress BY an In
diana Senator. Perhaps he wanted to indi-
cate IL superhuous female
AMONG the dead letters this year was one
addressed to Mr.. Charles Dickens. the lect-
urer, requesting "a copy of your latest
novel, Cricket on the Hearth
LADY wrote 70 her lover begging him
to send her some money; she added. by
way OF postscript: Il am so ashamed Of the
request l have made in this letter that 1
sent after the postIAaa 10 get it back. but the
servant could not overtake him"
THE Maine Executive Council recently
visited a prison where was a woman under
life sentence for numbering her husband.
She made an appeal TO the visitors for par
don, and the first question asked Of her BY
one OF the honorable councillors was wheto-
er she had husband living.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

WHEN contemplating a journey eastward,
consider the uneXcelled service and peer
less accOmm ldations OF the Chicago & At
lantic and Err e Railways. Fast. solid ira rs
depart from dearborn Station. Chicago,
daily, with through LIST and 2nd Pullman
built coaches, and Pullman Buffet Sleeping
Cars, to New York, Albany and Boston
You may travel by this popular line and
save Sl.50 TO New York. Niagara Falls,
Troy, and $500 10 Boston and New England
cities Apply 10 your nearest Railway
Ticket Agent for fun information, or ad-
dress for prompt reply. f. {. DONALD, Gen
Pass. Agt-. Chicago q Atlantic Ry., Chicago.
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Maine for Protection.

The shades Of night we're falling fast,
When from the Pine-Tree State there passed
The news that Maine had gone all right,
And rallied round that word Of light
Protection.
On Democratic ears IL fell
With mournful cadence, like knell
OF hopes that soon should blasted be
When ballot-boxes would decree
Protection.
The Free-Trade heart was filled with grief
The patriot soul felt great relief;
For Maine had marked the high flood tide,
ng from Vermonts green side
OF Protection.
From every county rings the cry
or the Free Traders on the fly,
And Kennebec calls TO Berwick:
wen make these Clevelanders feel sick
With Protection.
''When in November cold and drear,
The Free-Trade cohorts disappear.
Wen greeting send TO all mankind
That Maine IS never left behind
In Protection"
- Ir0u " w Tyl0ss
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Figures tor Old Soldiers.

1t may or it may not be important
to the average voter to know how the
two parties regard the pensioning OF
old soldiers. To the veterans them
selves it must be of the deepest person
al interest, and we print herewith the
record. 1t will be seen that while but
one Republican voted against any Of
the pension bills enumerated, $40 DEM
ocrats were recorded against the old
soldiers:
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our total imports for the year amounted to
t23, s75s13. The value OF articles that should
be manufactured in this country imported last
year was about S475,00J,00O All those goods
should have been manufactured here, and thus
furnish TO home labor largely increased en-
ploymeut and largely increased demand or
market for the products of the American
farmer. At least 100000 men could have found
employment in manufacturing these goods i'm
ported into this country last year il they had
been made at home
I'VE therefore appeal to you TO ponder over
this subject well. Many Of you, as well as our
selves, are foreigners by birth. We have ex-
perienced enough free trade in our native
lands; let US be careful, therefore, not TO do
any tn ng to degrade labor here to the level of
American industries and Amere can labor, and
seek to establish firmly in this country
American standard Of wages.
1--WE regret very much that our Representa-
tive In Congress, Mr.. Henry Smith, has seen fit
TO vote for the Mills bill; By so doing, con-
slider that he has betrayed our trust. Many of
US voted for him believ ng him TO be a pro-
tectonist We shall now consider it our duty
should he again become the candidate Of the
working-men, not only to refuse 10 support
him, but TO do all in our power to de feat him,
and we likewise esteem il 10 be the duty of
every nottingham 20 do every thing he can in
support OF the Republican candidates, Harri-
son ana Morton, who stand firmly upon the
principle of protection TO American industries
and American labor"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
Remember.

ALLcocK's are the only genuine Porous
PLAsTERs. They act quickly and with GER
tainty, and can be worn for weeks without
causing pain or inconvenience. They are
invaluable in cases of Spinal Weakness,
Kidney and Pulmonary Difficulties, Ma
laria, Ague Cake, Liver Complaint, Dys-
pepsia, Strains. Rheumatism, Lumbago,
Sciatica, Heart, Spleen and Stomach
Troubles, and all local pains.
Beware of limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for
ALLCocK's, and let no explanation or
solicitation induce you to accept substi-
tute.
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A SWELL thing in hats-the humming
head after a spree-HOtel MGa.


Cheap-Rate Excursions 10 'sOld Virginia.
The "MONoN ROUTE VIII sell tickets tc
the Virginia Agricultural. Mechanical and
Tobacco Exposition, 10 be held at Richmond
Va, Oct. 3 TO Nov. ! for only Sl5 for the
round trip. Tickets win be on sale Oct 9
Q and IS, affording choice of routes from
Chicago via either Cincinnati or Louisville
Pullman Buffet Sleepers on night trans.
and Parlor Chair Cars on day trains. Eff
teen days stOp-over allowed returning, the
extreme limit of ticket being thirty DAYS
from date Of sale. For full particulars adj
Minneapolis, MINI. Z. o. MCCoRNTcK, Gen.
Pass. Agt., Chicago; or call at City Ticket
ONCE Monon Route, % Clark ST., Chicago.
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DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
The Entertainment to Which the BouI
DOns Invite the Country.

The Enter alnment to Which the Bour-
DOns Invite the Country.
There are two sharp points that
should be driven under the finger-nails
of the Cleveland crowd of classifying
and clustering politicians whose blum
dering has distinguished this Presi-
Dental campaign:
l. The policy of Cleveland's Deem.
Der message (Which was his bid for a
second term) and the Mills bill, and
the St. Louis platform of the party, is
to keep up the tax on whisky and to-
bacco-that is to say, the war taxes
and on sugar and miscellanies, leaving
the ''tax reform reduction of taxa
ton and all that sort of thing to come
exclusively out of the protective duties
THIS IS on its face sinlEty scheme TO de.
Stroy protection. and IS The rudeSt ana
most radical and reckless free trade.
?. The President. in December.
adopted as the foundation fact upon
which his policy was to be built to con-
fer upon him a second term of the
Presidency, the estimate that the an
nual surplus revenue was $113, 600, 900.
The Mills bill was framed TO reduce
this by the sum of $50, 900. 600. This
measure received the support of the
utmost exertion of the extreme power
of the Administration. The figures
showing the amount of income over
expenditure for the current fiscal year
were called for by Democrats, and, to
1ir amazement and horror. the sur
plus dwindled from Sis, 100000 to
Sl2.0O0.0 600, showing that the Cleve
land campaign for reelection was run
upon a miscalculation exceeding one
hundred millions. With this before
him Cleveland stuck to the old story
in his letter of acceptance, after hold
ing it for three months, and he de-
mands. therefore, as a measure of re-
form. according to his own figures. an
annual deficiency in the National
Treasury of sixty millions of dollars,
or that we shall spend FIVE millions
a month. under a - frugal and eco
nomicaI' Administration. more than
our income.
This is the entertainment to which
the Democratic party invites the coun-
try Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
BarMr. Harrison expresses his
proper indignation at the campaign
lie TO the effect that he had said: "a
dollar a day and sow-belly is good /
enough for a working-man. Every /
intelligent man, or every ordinarily /
intelligent man, knew ito be lie. Ii !
was palpable, plain and apparent lie,
and therefore with but little power to
DO harm. = San FrqNeisco Alta (Den.) }.
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HOstetter's Stomach Bitters is the best of
its class. remedying thoroughly as it does
such common ailments as indigestion, con-
stipation and biliOusness, and affOrding safe
and speedy help in malarial cases, rheuma
tism and inactivity of the kidneys.
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WANT DECENT WAGES.
Eight Hundred Wisconsin Worklng-Men
Issue a Protection Circular.

Eight Hundred Wisconsin Worklng-Men
Issue a Protection Circular.
Eight hundred working-men en-
plOyed in the great mills at Mayhem,
near Milwaukee, Wis, have issued an
address to their fellow-laborers, which
is worth general reading. 1t is as fol-
lows:
To THE WoRKING-MEN OF THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN,: We, the undersigned working
men OF the Seventeenth ward of the city Of
Milwaukee tBayview). feeling that our interests
as wRge-earners are assaled and endangered
by the powerful efforts made by the enemies
of protection TO American industries and labor
10 tear down our system Of protective tariff,
and give us instead lower duties and lesser pro-
lection than we now enjoy. As working-men
we regard IL as an essential thing in limiting
competition between US and the worG!ng-men
OF foreign countries Free foreign trade is
another name for free foreign competit on.
Free competition will simply bring labor TO
common level; hence free competition be-
tween us and foreigners can only result in
bringing us down to a level of foreign working
men
The wages paid in this country are from
two to three times as much as the wages paid
in Europe Free competition was never
known TO be the means of increasing wages
Even as American working-men W. find it nee
eSsary TO organize, regulate and control COM
petition among ourselves, so is a protective
tariff necessary to restrict competition between
US and foreign working-men.
The undersigned mostly employed in
the manufacture of iron and steel. In the ad-
iustment Of wages between US and our en-
ployers we have always used the tariff as a
factor that should insure TO us better wages
than are paid abroad. ANY reduction OF the
tariff can only result in quicken ng competition
between us and foreign labor, in other
words, reduction in our wages. The same
suit will follow in all other branches of labor.
The Mills bill is a measure in the direction
OF free trade. or freer competition between the
labor OF this country and the labor of foreign
countries. 1t provides for free wool, free lum-
Der, free salt free cotton ties and several
other important articles that represent very
large industries in this country 1t provides
also for a reduced duty on steel rails, bar iron,
old iron rails and wrought scraps and manu-
featured goods in wood. glass, WOODEN and other
materials that enter into competition with
home production. Every one of these reduc-
tons would entail reduction of wages, and in
some cases a stoppage Of production altogether
in this country, thus sacrificing employment
90 home labor and furnishing employment TO
foreign labor and capital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

SOME politicians say that whisky is
the best thing for pushing canvass. Or
the contrary, wind is the best thing, as am
yachtsman will tell you. burlington Fra
Press
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protection has done ali this, for the
difference between the two countries il
in their tax laws.-N T. Mail ano
Express
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bTThe Republican party holds that
a protective tariff is constitutional,
wholesome and-necessary. We do not
offer a mixed schedule but principle.
We will revise the schedule, modify
rates. out always with an intelligent
provision as to the effect upon domes.
tic production and the wages Of our
working people. -GeEeral Hqrrfs0H's
Letter Of AccsDtaRee
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A wELL-KNowS physician says that the
brain is not an organ absolutely essential
10 life. The same may be truthfully said
Of the hand-organ. -Hdrper's Bdzdr.
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IF you want TO find out what great and
wide doubt permeates your feliowuan
Just get black eye. Then attempt to ex-
plain it-Phlddelphid CAL
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WHEN a dog growls over his food you
may know that he likes it When a man
Erowls you may know that he DOESN'T
Boston Trdps'Ier
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A PAwNBRoKER having joined a temper
Rnce society, it was remarked that there
need be no fear of his not keeping the
pledge.
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IfRemote from Medical Helm.

HOTEL KEEPERS declare that great
many men get away by the fire escape to
escape being fired out below.-BOstOn Post
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AN Indian warwhoop is not a Sioux
thing sound Pittsburgh Chronicle
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FREE A 3-foot French Glass. oval
front, Nickel or Cherry Cigar Case. MGR
CHANTS ONLY. II. ". TANsILL a Co. Chicago
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR. Isaac
ThOmpson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25l,.
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LEMON juice is cordially recommended
Ter one kind OF felon; the penitentiary for
the Other.-BOSt0n Budget
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The facetious father Of pair Of twin
babies complained that although they filled
The house with music he could not tell one
heir from another.-Bfn0AdultO Republican,
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Tar end of a stock company-divid- ena.

LAWYERS ought to be good poets; they
write lots of versus r-ROchester Post
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THERE is no daty on plaster Of Paris
when you wear the plaster for a weak
back, or wear it for two weeks back.
either.-Teras Sfftin0s.
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you

are hustling around for your
share of the world'sgood gifts,
and it's hard work: think of
something else.
This constant work will tell
sometime perhaps it has
already and nervousness,
sleeplessness. neuralgia and
rheumatic aches and pains
are part Of the good gifts
your hustling has won.
If you are that way, LET us
give you a prescription-no
charge for the prescription,
though it will cost a dollar
to have it filed by your drug
gist.
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THE bill collector is the man who makes
Q due iuvestigation.-Ptt ChronteIs
Telegraph.
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DEsIexrSa men-architects.-Ttme.

PAY heed to the idle rumor. Some day
the idle roomer may fail to pay his rooU
rent-N o. PicdWlae
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END MEN - chiropodists, phrenologists
and undertalxers - PUCK
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THE cowboy is like a dramatic star-he
Is supported BY stock company.-W Western
pL0armru
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wrrH defaulters it is fy-time at any sea
BON of the year.-BostOn Post.
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IT assists family man considerably in
keeping cool to take ice. but it makes him
hot when he gets the bill-Merehallt 1raV
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