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WHAT WILL he THE STANDARD.

One of the duties which the Pan-American
Congress will find great difficulty in discharg-
ing will DO the establishment Of general
unit of value for tho countries of the two con-
tinents." AT the outset the obstacle will be
encountered of the widely-varying monetary
systems of the various nations. On the surface
it would appear that all their systems are based
on ours, as their political systems are, but prac-
tically they are as diverse as the administration
of their governmental affairs. Our own cur
rency is based upon gold dollar of 1858 grains
of nine-tenths fine metal which is in accord
with tho value of gold in Europe. and it passes
there for its face. But We have silver dollar
of AGA grains of nine-tenths fine silver, which
is worth 100 cents in the United States and but
70 cents outside of it. Then we have green
backs, which are as good as gold all over the
world, because they are based on the United
States's promise to pay gold; and National
Bank notes, which are also as good as gold, be-
cause they can BIO exchanged for greenbacks,
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CHRISTMAS,

Once more the sweet and gracious Christ
mas season is Mt hand, and we are entreated
10 forget for awhile the eating cares and
selfish solicitudes that beset our busy, striv-
ing lives, and let our freed souls expand in
thoughtful affection for those around us,
and in aspirations for peace on earth and
good will toward all men.
1t is this which consecrates Christmas, and
makes it humanizing and holy. 1t is this
which sets il far apart and above all other
days and celebrations. New Years is the
opening of another period in our lives,
when Hope pictures bright anticipations of
what we are TO accomplish or enjoy within
the comh2g twelvemonth; Easter is n
sweetly solemn reminder of the greatest
event in sacred or prOfane history, and a
rejoicing that the Winter is over and gone,
and the time OF the singing of birds is ut
hand. Memorial Day commentaries the
exalted patriotism of those who gave their
lives that the Nation might live, and glori-
fies loyalty and heroism in the eyes of all
men. The Fourth of July is an efierves-
cence of the Spirit of Freedom and Nation
atty; Thanksgiving Day an expression of
gratitude to the Giver of All Good Things
that lie has been so generous TO us and ours.
But Christmas comes to impress upon us
the most sublime teaching of Christianity
that God made of one blood all the Ma
tons of men that dwell on the face of the
earth, and that the poorest and lowest are
in very truth our brethren, whom we must
love and care for, help in their stumbling,
strengthen their weakness, and endeavor
to lift up TO higher and better things. We
are all our brothers keepers, and their we'll
being is our concern. No other creed teaches
this grand gospel of humanity; no other fes-
tival known 10 man is consecrated to so
divine a purpose as this strengthening of
the bonds of unity and fraternity among all
those whom God made in His own image.
We shall not observe the day properly if
we merely try TO make it bring happiness 10
our families and friends. Even so much do
the publicans and sinners. We must observe
it in y much more catholic spirit by seek
ing out and helping those who are poor and
despised, stricken by misfortune, and with
out claim upon us or upon others who can
help. We must make it a season of glad
ness TO those TO whom little Joy comes from
any source.
BY making merry Christmas for such as
these we shall make it in the highest and
noblest sense Merry Christmas for our
selves, and such we wish for every reader Of
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TARIFF sTUDIEs-nI.

The next division of the tariff schedule
to claim orr attention is Chemicals Drugs,
Dyes and Medicines not elsewhere specified"
Our importations of this class amount to
over 100000 n month, and the duties we
collected on them last year aggregated
$4,622,44
First on the list we have "coal-tar coIors
and dyes" which includes very large por-
ton of the beautiful tints now used in dyes
inks and colors. Our chemists and manu-
facturers are making brilliant struggle to
supply the world with these, and under the
protection given by our tariff system they
are achieving wonderful success. They have
discovered some of the most beautiful of the
colors and invented many of the bcst-known
processes for extracting them from coal tar.
Their sharpest competitors are the German
chemists and manufacturers, who are care
fully protected and encouraged by their
Government. We imported last year
s., 539,67S worth of these colors, of which
four-fiGths-$1, 165, 500 worth-came from
Germany. The duty on them is 30 per
cent, which is really insignificant in its
effect, because of the amazing cheapness of
the colors and their wonderful tinctorial
power. So little of them is required for an
immense quantity of goods that their price,
whatever it may be, has no effect upon the
ultimate cost of the goods colored by them.
Strict application OF correct principles of
political economy require that this industry
should be carefully stimulated by our Gov
eminent, for it is one in which something Of
no value whatever is taken and by the ap-
plication of skill and labor is made of high
value. This is real creation of wealth.
Before the discovery Of the anilines coal tar
was not only of no value, but it was a posi-
tive nuisance, polluting grounds, rivers and
streams, and costing much to get rid of.
The conversion Of this into valuable prod
uct was great triumph of modern chem
istry, and nothing has done more to promote
that triumph than our protective system.
The next item is "glycerine," of which
we imported last year 10,0GO719 pounds,
valued at s., 064,7 and the duty on which
was two cents pound. This came from
the following countriesi
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Few people remember that Christmas, as
we now have it, is quite n modern institution.
The Presbyterian pioneers Of the northern
portion of the country would have none of
it. They and their English and Scotch
brethren had placed il under ban AZ a
Papish abomination," developed from
heather orgie. Historically and otherwise
they had much reason for their hostility.
1t was originally pagan saturnala, char
acterized by inordinate drunkenness and
other excesses. The Christian fathers gave
il religious significance, but that did not
alter its character as much % the exalted
associations they grouped around 1t might
naturally be supposed TO do. Until the
time the Presby terians got the upper hand
in Great Britain and cut off Charles Is
head IL was q season Of coarse revelry
" Yule-tide,' Christmas masks" and other
ceremonies, which sound very prettily in
literature, were in reality license for per-
toTlnances WDere the ADDOt OF Il nreason
held full sway, and debauchery ruled for
fortnight The Puritans abolished tho whole
business, and after the Commonwealth came
to ian end the growing moral sense Of England
and Scotland strongly disapproyed of the re-
vival of n custom that was more honored in
the breach than in the observance. Until very
recently the Presbyterians, Congregations
alists. and allied denominations, in this
country and Great Britain, looked very
coldiy on all observance of Christmas, and
in many instances absolutely prohibited II
among their people. The man who did
most TO make Christmas what it is to-day
was Charles Dickens. lie never wearied of
making panegyrics of it as a season of good
will TO all men, and his stories popularized
his conception of the sweet and gracious
nature of tho hallowcd season. The Pres
byteFian hostility has vanished with the
cause of tho offense and they now join in
celebrating il quite as heartily as other sects
and denominations
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
D. c, DECEMBER 10. 1889.
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing lOooOO
more subscribers. and 10 do il viii give away
10000 Of The famous Trenton watches 10
club raiseTs.
We viii send watch FREE, post paid, TO
every club raiser who sends us club OF
ONLY TEN subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered. because this watch is not cheap
catch-penny make-shift, but genuine, full
jeweled patent-lever movement IN dla-
fDond-silver case, warranted FOR ID years.
Diamond-silyer is a compound metal, as
its name indicates, composed of pure silver
and nickel. to give il hardness and color.
Ii is not plated, but solid, so it wears the
same clear through, and is so warranted.
Now. who wants one? There are Just
10000 Of them to give away, and we do not
anticipate much trouble in disposing of them
o. these terms
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends viii appreciate the opportunity.
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deal for the Chief Executive of12 OOO, 600 people,
but it appears small alongside the salaries Of
European potentates. For example, Portugal,
the mother country of Brazil, has less than
100000 population, and pays her King and
royal family SG34, 40 year, and Spain, which
has population Of II, 100000, pays her King
Sl,40O,000 year, and the Queen Regent and
other members Of the royal family 100000
more. The little Kingdom of Greece, which
has population Of less than 100000, abous
that of Indiana, and total revenue Of ST., O0O,-
600, pays her King S26.SgO a year.
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TIE contribution by that grand old vet
eran of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. Jos.
J. Bartlett, on the brilliant battle at Cramp-
toms Gar, viii prove very acceptable to all
our readers. The fighting by which the
passes of South Mountain were wrested away
from Lee and he was brought to bay behind
the Antietam, was among the most credit
able done by the Army of the Potomac 1t
has not been given the prominence that it
deserved, because of being oyershadowed by
other events. Gen. Bartlett, who won bright
laureIs in command of the advance of the
column which drove Howell Cobb from the
position he was ordered to hold at all haz-
ards, tells the story of the exploits modestly
but very effectively. The men who fought
Mt Campton's Gap will thank him for it.
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mines and wells, allsaii plains, and immense
sulphate of soda deposits afford limitless
supply of soda-tie finest in the world, and
for every reason Z commercial, social and
political, they should be worked by our own
people, 10 supply our own people with this
important product,
Next we come TO sumach. 1t astonishes o
man who rides through the country in the
Autumn and sees the crimson clusters of
sumach berries blazing in every fence-corner,
especially in Virginia, and The South, to
be told that we send more than a quarter of
a million dollars every year to Italy for
sumach. He naturally wonders why some
of the men who loaf about complain
ing of nothing to do, do not devote them
selves to supplying the tanneries with the
over-abundant product of their old-felds
and fence-corners The duty is three-tenths
Of cent a pound for ground sumach, and 90
per cent. al valorem for sumac extract. We
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-19

THE veterans everywhere will sympathze
deeply with Hon. Joseph b. Cannon, of Illi-
nos, in his great bereavement. The sudden
death of his wife, between whom and him
subsisled the warmest affection, is meas
ureless sorrow, that touches the heart of
every man aud woman who knows him and
appreciates the strength and warmth of his
feelings Mr. Cannon has worked hard and
faithfully for the veterans, and they recipro-
cate the friendship he has shown for them.
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THE WARS RARoMETER.

The fluctuations of the greenbaclc dollar
through the war show very clearly how the
value of all the bonds, the money, and even
OF the property of the country rested directly
on the uDconquerable hearts of those who
were bearing the burden of the battle. The
first depreciation Of the greenbaek dollar
appears after the disasters at Bull Run and
Balls Bluff, when it sank to 81 cents in gold.
The glorious victory at Fort Donelson, and
the repulse Of the rebel army on the sangui-
nary field OF Shiloh, sent it up TO 98.5
cents. The Teyerses on the Peninsula and
at the second Bull Run sent it down
70 sA4 In spite of the modified sue
cesses at Antietam and Perryville, it
sank in October to 77.6. The bloody de-
feat at Fredericksburg tumbled it down
to 623. IL rose again with the victory at
Stone River, and as we made ready TO over
whelm the rebel army at Charlottesville,
so that it reached 67.2 cents before that bat
tie was fought Vicksburg and Gettys-
burg sent it up 70 79.5, but Chickamauga
and the futile operations around Mine Run
depressed il to 66.2, in spite Of the victories
at Chattanooga and Knoxville. 1t steadily
fell during the long Winter Of inaetion, and
when Grant and Sherman began their cam
paigns, May 3, 1864, it was worth but SGT
cents The bloody but apparently indecisive
fighting of that Summer steadily hammered
it down until it reached its lowest point
1877 cents-in July, when Hunter had been
driven out of the Shenandoah Valley, Early
had menaced Washington, and it seemed
that Grant had been brought to a standstill
before Richmond, and Sherman before At
lanta. The capture of the latter place sent
il up TO 4s.3cents; that is, the value of every
paper dollar and every bond was increased
fully 25 per cent by that victory. The
oney-lenders were made richer by it than
the entire amount which has since been paid
ont for pensions The year 1866 opened
with the greenback worth 46.3, but Sher.
mans March TO the Sea sent 1t up 57.5, and
the surrenders of Lee and Johnston doomed
| il 10 1877.
1t is clear to see that only the determined
persistent valor Of the Union soldiers mad,
the greenback and the bonds what they ar,
to-day, and put billions of wealth into thu
| pockets Of their fortunate holders. Had
the veterans become weary of fighting, aftel
their repeated reverses, the greenbacks and
the bonds would to-day have been as value
less as the Confederate money and bonds are
What base ingratitude, then, it is for th.
mOney-lendeH TO resist justice TO the mer
who made their wealth.
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NOTHING has occurred of recent years
which has made the tenure Of European
thrones so uncertain as the recent peaceable
revolution in Brazil. That people may
any day quietly, without bloodshed or vio-
lence of any kind, depose an Emperor, and
everything 90 right along better than before,
is exceedingly disquieting to every man or
woman who claims to wear crown Shy the
grace of God" Expressions have been en-
dured and grievous wrongs submitted to by
people because they feared the bloodshed,
destruction of property and upheaval of
business which usually accompany revolu-
ton. But here has been revolution, and
by Latin people at that, which had none of
these things. The conversion of all the
Kingdoms of Europe into Republics has
been brought century nearer by the event
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Thus it will be seen that in this one rela-
lively small division of the tariff schedule
Chemicals, Drugs Dyes, etc."-we paid out
for foreign products, in which very much the
greater part went for labor, nearly $4,000
600, or enough to have paid $4,000 of our
own men about 81 day, and supported
comfortably community of about 10000
people, who would of year have consumed
$4,000 bushels of wheat, %, 100000 pounds
Of meat, and other farm products in the same
enormous quantities.
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AN effective way to cure n soldier-hater
is TO induce him to read chapter in the
"Cannoneer's Story" and then ask him to cay
candidly what amount of money would in
duce him to so through single one of the
experiences which are so thrillingly described
there He will probably answer that the
whole of the surplus" would be no tempt
alton
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AFTER all, Dom Pedro had term Of So years
steady thing, with big salary. good seasons and
bad seasons, no revolutions. no expensive cam
paigns for reelection, and. humanity speaking,
he ought to be satisfied. No other ruler, ex-
cept Queen Victoria, has had anything like SO
soft job.
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AT first sights it would look as If tho Emperor
of Brazil received enormous wages for his sery
easy job ofgoverning. The annual " donation"
to him has been 800, zoo, 900 reis. besides which
he was given 333,OOO.OO0 refs for his family,
making l.1S3.OOO.OOO in all. But as the rel,
which is the unit of value in Brazil. is only
worth little over one-twentieth of a cent Of
our money, his total income is about S62i. 800
currency of the United States. This is good
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-12-19

EVERYTHING comes to him who waits, y
says the progerb. There has been no more
patient waiter than the veteran. Will
justice come to him nj last through the
present Congressp
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THE time of holding the National En-
campment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public in Boston has been fixed for the second
week in August The Grand Review will
take place on Tuesday, Aug. IL.
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TRIBUNE wH charge himself rih getting
one ner subscriber the circulation Of the paper
suiH be doubled at once and Nth IittIe trouble.
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HE jests ut scars who never felt wound, y
says SHAKESPEARE. There must have been
soldier-hating editors In the day of the di-
vine William"
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TRIBUNETS.

PASSPORTS are so necessary at every step and
turn taken in Russia that the Russian lawyers
have defined man as an animal composed of
three parts-his body, soul and passport
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THE man who staid at home or went TO
Canada during the war, is the one shouts
"skulker,"" bounty. jumper" coffee boiler"
l0sdest now.
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THE number of GAR. Posts which adVo-
cate the removal of Gen. Grants remains
from New York is increasing daily.