The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-24
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The Democrats-Anothe Thing to be Pro-
teckd-why SO siient-New Cotton Bag
ging Women on the stump-Business
Outlook.
Tue DEMocRATs.-We alone, from the
beginning, have been the party OF the
whole people, never resting upon wealth
or property, class or creed. section or
special interest. but upon the broad basis
OF the universal suffrage of free and in
teliigent people.-Collins' Speech at
Cooper Institute.
Another THING TO BE PROTECTED
We should like TO know il our mar
| riageable maideus, not 10 mention the
| eligible widows, that abound in the land
are not entitled TO protection. We want
to enter protest In their behalf against
| the action of the authorities in New
| York last week. who admitted twenty
| four Swedish maidens into this country
and permitted them to go TO their vari-
Gus destinations without let or hindsance.
Washington Post.
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WHY So SILENT.-Iabor law There
are also several other interesting matters
about which, in Morton's case, "silence
is golden" That fraudulently dated
resignation from the Canadian Pacific,
those emolumenis as the stipendiary Of
the British Government, and the dark
doings OF the council Of Mentor are
among the things of which mention has
been made since MOrtOns nomination in
way that calls on him for response
| Having no defense, he has preferred to
stand mute rather than TO orally plead
guilty. This is the explanation Of Mr.
Morton's silence.-Exchange
New COTToN BAGGING.-Tbe extor-
tionate charges of the Cotton Begging
Trust may result in the overthrow of
that combination and the establishment
of new industry in the South. \ Toll
of baggiug was exhibited yesterday at
the Cotton Exchange in this city which
| is manufactured from pine needles. for
which, up TO this time, no use has been
found. The manufacturers believe that
the new cloth will serve as en- admirable
substitute for jute bagging for packing
cotton.
The new material has been tested At
Charleston, and il perfectly met all the
requirements.-N. Y. Star
WOMEN or THE STrMp.-llolen VI.
GOuger, a strong woman, has
Challenged Anna Dickinson TO joint pc
lilical debate. l. was asserted that Miss
Dickinson. who has just opened her cam
paign for Harrison at Richmond, Ind.
had refused to accept the gage Of battle,
! but the Republican Joan Of Arc, with
strength of expression worthy the most
Experienced stump speaker, nail. this re-
port as "a point blank lie" The "blank"
can be filled in TO suit the taste Of the in
dividual.-N. y. Herald.
BUSINESS OuT1ooK.-The Hfold gives
q most encouraging criticism OF the situs-
ton from which we extract the follow
| ing
There is no longer the slightest ques
ton as to the quantity aud quality OF the
corn crop, and although wheat in some
sections Of the Northwest h9s not thresh
eli out so well as was expected, the diiftr
ence will not be sufficient 10 affect tn
general result as previously estimated.
As to cotton the reports are not quite
clear, but there is no reason 10 alter re-
cent calculations.
"Of the wooden and iron industries on
ly the most fattering reports come to
hand Indeed, manufacturing news gen
orally continues to be Of the brightest.
The check 10 which reference was made
is mainly in dry goods, aud this in some
quarters is attributed to the fact that
dealers ST a distance have completed
their first purchases, while near by deal
ers are only beginning TO enter the mar
ket In this connection the Dry Go0ds
! Chronicle says: OF late years trade sea
sous are not as clarly defined as in form
ef ones The increased railway, tele-
graph and mail facilities, supplemented
by an enlarged sales force on the road,
have changed this in some measure. Re
tail merchants nowadays, as a rule, keep
larger and better stocks and are more
liberal buyers than they ever were, even
ii this fact is not made SO apparent in
their personal selections. However, the
number OF buyers in the market so far
this season mas been larger than proba
bly, during the same time last year
The volume of bank exchanges
throughout the country show a notable
increase as compared with last year, and
the drain upon this centre continues
heavy but there is now less apprehension
Of striugency, owing to the continued
free disbursements of the Treasury for
bonds"
To prevent that surplus in the future,
this dreadful Mills bill that we have
passed proposes to put lumber, salt, tin
plate and wool on the free lisi-io pay
no duty at all-and TO reduce duties on
foreign manufactured goods from an
average OF $4710 on each 500 worth to
a little over 81 on each 800 worth, or
less Than Z per cent. in other words, the
purpose is to give the manufacturers of
the United States free raS material as
far as possible, and protection" for
capital and labor by tariff on all manu-
featured goods of over fl per cent. This
is more then twice as high as the tariff OF
lSG0-General Collins.
AID FOR THE SUFFERERs.-Such a
spontaneous oulpouring OF money and
commodities as is now being witnessed