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The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
TALKS ON THE TARIFF.
Why an Anglo-Swiss Company Established
a Factory I'm Illinois.


Factory In Illinois.
New York Press.
The Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, of Cham.
Switzerland, was lately asked. in letter
from Arkansas, whether the duty of 20 per
cent. on condensed milk caused it to estab-
lish a factory in this country. Its entire
reply is an excellent tariff talk:
You forward us letter from Carl q To-
bey, Little Rock, Ark. which states that
the tariff mania has struck Arkansas and
asks the question whether if the 20per cent.
duty should be removed from condensed
reduced by the amount of the duty. Our
answer is: Not one cent. The only effect
that the removal of the duty of 20 per cent.
would have would be that we should then
be inclined to produce more in England, at
lea, buying less milk from the American
farmer and employing less American labor
THE duty of 20 per cent. on English milk
sent to America has been paid by ourselves.
an an article like condensed milk is easily
manufactured in the States, and is manu-
factured there. the foreigner. if he will
send goods to the United States, must con-
form to the prices fixed by American manu-
facturers, and regulated through cOmpeti-
tiOn between American manufacturers
themselves. For the foreigner to conform
to these American prices he must neces-
sarily pay the duty. He cannot add the
uuty W Uuc pIlCo VI HIS goou % tude tuo
American consumer will pay it, unless he
can show that his goods are superior in
quality to the American goods In the case
of condensed milk he cannot show this.
The 70 per cent. duty on condensed milk
is protective. and not too much so; 1t IS just
enough to make US prefer to make goods for
American consumption in the States.
ION an article which cannot be or is not
produced in the States of course the Amer
lean consumer pays the duty. American
users of American canned goods pay the
duty on this material enhances the cost of
canned goods scarcely enough to be noticed
by the consumer.
Now why does not the present duty on
tin-plateS encourage the making of tin
plates in the States? Simply because the
preseut duty is not high enough to be pro-
tective. The present duty is no more than
| q revenue duty and the consumer pays it.
| Put duty on tin-plates fully protective,
would encourage the importation of raw
| tin, OF the mining of tin at home. put
| ting it with the raw iron or steel
| plates the Americans already make, and
| build up an industry in the United States
| equal to the siZe of the city of Pittsburg.
| For the moment, during the youth of such
| industry, the consumer might pay little
| more for his tin-plates. but it would not be
| burdensOme. Subsequently home compe-
| titiOn among home manufacturers would
| regulate the prices to as. cheap a basis as
would be consistent with reasonable prof.
| its for all commemorative producer and the
workingman. Looking at the matter in
| this light. the present duty on tin-plates
| should come off entirely or be doubled.
please send a copy of this little tariff
| speech to our friends in Arkansas"
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
A "REMINISCENCES OF 1861.
How the Rebel Flags Captured at Rich Mount
ain Were Received by Lincoln.

ain Were Received by Lincoln.
MajorGeneral Schuyler Hamilton, in New York
On July II, 1861, the battle of Rich Mount
ain, w. Va, was fought, General McClel-
Ian being in command of the Union troops.
1t resulted in the defeat of the cOnfederates
standards This battle. although in itself
one of minor significance. became far-reach-
ing in its consequences, for it's effect was to
make George b. Mcclellan the commander
of the Army of the Potomac. and subse-
quently the commander-in-chief of the
thereafter the first Bull Run took place,
magnifying McClellan's recent success be-
yOnd its rightful proportions and resulting
in a popular demand for his services to
head the troops hurrying to the defense OF
the beleagued capital
After the battle General Mcclellan
selected his father-in-law, Colonel Ran
dolph B. Marcy, inspectOr-general,t to de-
liver the captured Rich Mountain battle
flags to President Lincoln, but for some
reason the ceremony was delayed for sew
eral weeks To be selected for such serv-
ice is usually an exceptional honor.
There might be suggestion of ''nepotism''
in McClellan's choice were it not for the
eral, Marcy. He entered West Point in 1928;
was graduated in 1882; was distinguished
in Indian warfare; in the war with Mexico,
and during the rebellion. His Prairie
Traveller" 1850, and Thirty Years OF
Army Life on the Border" (1S66l, are of
ago.
When Colonel Marcy reported at General
Scott's headquarters and told the General
his mission, he asked how he was to pro-
ceed: General Scott replied:
MY dear Colonel. if l were capable of To-
comOtion l would accompany you myself
on such an interesting and honorable mis-,
sion, but being unable to do SO will send
Colonel Hamilton in my stead"
was obliged to confess my own want of
experience in such matters.
General" / said. 1.-The only flag / ever
presented to any one was the one my COM
mand captured at Mira Flores, Mexico, in
1916, which presented to you. If you re-
member. it bore a skull and cross-bones
and was inscribed in Spanish, NO Doy
at West Point. Before going ON this er-
rand l would like minute instructions from
YOU"
Although Colonel Marcy was quite deaf
and cculd only hear when addressed in ex-
tremely loud tones, General Scott requested
him to retire for a few minutes, and then
the General said to me:
when captured standards or banners
are presented TO any poteDtate 1t Is the
usage for the officer appointed to this serv-
ice to be treated with very marked dis
tinction. For example, he may be per-
mitted few days to visit his family, and
is informed that on his return the President
Will hand him an autograph letter thank
ing the general who commanded the troops
in the action for their brilliant services
Four non-commissioped officers carried
the standards and each of them had Q
heavy load. Colonel Marcy and followed
proudly after the bearers of the flags. The
President had been advised of our coming
and when we reached the White House We
were conducted to the Large room on the
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

IT must be generations yet before the
annexation of Canada can be seriously
thought of. There may be commercial
interests that would be promoted by it,
but until there is more homogcneity in
the Dominion itself we cannot afford to
bring in such an element as the French
Canadian. They are not American and
never can be until they cease to be
Frenchmen. Less than one-fourth of
the French Canadians who have crossed
the border to seek money on American
soil ever become naturalized citizens. In
this they are but little better than the
Chinese. They job around at this or
that until, with their frugal habits, they
save fortune, then return to their ma
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
PRIzE-FIaHTINa AND THE PUBLIC.

The Journal gives considerable space
to news concerning the prize-fght which
occurred yesterday in Mississippi. No
doubt many of our readers will peruse
the disgusting details" with interest,
and then censure the Journal for print
ing them. The Journal feels like CEN
suring itself for printing them, and only
does so because depraved public taste,
or, if you please, depraved standard of
journalism, requires it. A newspaper
cannot afford to be, or pretend to be,
very much better than the common run
of people, and is apt to print about what
the common run of people wish to read.
Why there should be such universal in
terest in an event of this kind is past
comprehension. All attempts to put
prize-fght on the respectable footing
Of athletic games, and to invest it
manly outdoor sports, are simply dis
honest can't. 1t has no element of such
games and sports, and no redeeming ele
ment of any kind. The physical train
ing which precedes fight and which
puts two ruffians into the highest possi-
BILE condition of strength and endurance
is admirable in itself, but becomes
almost repulsive in view of the use it is
put to. The advantages of physical
culture furnish no apology for prize
fighting. A man can take care of his health
and develop his physical powers to the
utmost limit without prostituting them
to use that shames the brutes. A big
bulldog or English mastiff would whip
either of these men in fair fight and not
be conscious that he had done anything
worthy of admiration, nor would he go
off afterwards and get drunk or pose as
hero among other dogs. If any per-
son can discover or analyze the feeling
which has caused such a general inter-
est in this brutal and degrading exhibi-
tiOn, we should like to haveitexplained.
All can't and hypocrisy aside, we are in
clined to believe it is because there is in
human nature a large element of the
unspeakable and irreclaimable brute.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

The sovereign States of Louisiana
and Mississippi, and their puissant Gov
ernors, have made great exhibition of
preserving the peace and enforcing the
law during the last few days. 1t has
been a great opportunity for dress
parade virtue. The New York World
remarks of Governor Nichols that
whenever real rioting has occurred in
one of his parishes, he has usually
turned up day or two late, and has sub
sequently been heard to remark that the
sheriffs ought to know their business
AL which shows that even G Governor
may have an eager eye to, free adver-
tising, whenever an eligible opportunity
offers.r
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
Trusts


The indianapolis news appears to be sur
prlsed because the OioDe-Democrat mas
said that trusts in products ON which du-
ties are charged can be attacked at the
custom-h house." and observes that this Ian
guage is a complete give-away" of the
protectiOnist argument. The News is mis-
informed as to the situation. If it were
not, it would see that the actual foes of the
trusts are the protectionists, and not the
free-traders. Some trusts are aided by the
tariff. This the protectionists have never
denied. The only trust of this class. how
ever. which is really oppressive and in
iquitous is the Sugar Trust. The head of
that combine framed the sugar schedule of
the Mills bill. That measure would secure
to the trust all the advantages which it has
the Republican Senate struck blow at
the trust. All the foregoing is history,
which the News would know if it knew
anything about the subject.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

GENERAL SHERMAN once said, "Flesh
and blood can not long stand the strain
which we subject our President and
Cabinet to every four years." Then
most of our Presidents and Cabinets are
made of better than flesh and blood
material. They seem to stand it right
we'll, and always toward the close of their
tribulations remind one of the burden
bearer who threw down his burden and
called for death. In a twinkling Death
came and asked the tired man what he
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

tive land. The English speaking Cana
dian is better. Many of the customs
and views of these French Canadians
are repugnant to the average American
idea, but we could trust to the superior
ity of our own to overcome that were it
not that they come for mere mercenary
purpose and leave as soon as they have
accomplished their purpose. We want
no French Canada.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
Deficient In American History.

great English preacher, who is now lectur-
ing in New York, had better look up his
American history a little. In sermon last
Sunday evening, while urging his hearers
To have the courage of their convictions, he
cited in illustration the cases of Henry Clay,
who was asked to run for President.
"Nobly." said the preacher. did Clay re-
ply: Gentlemen, L cannot run on such a
platform. l would rather be right than he
President His friends changed the plat
form. Clay then accepted. ran for Presi-
dent, and was elected, and to-day his name
is revered. for he had the courage of his
convictions"
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THE Journal is sorely grieved becauSe
the administration has grieved the
Charleston News and Courier in the ap-
pointment of Fred Douglass minister to
Hayti. The appointment, the N. and
C.. says, is not good enough for so
distinguished an American citizen.
This is sad, but it so happens that the
condition of affairs at Hayti requires
a man of great experience and marked
ability, and Mr.. Douglass is just the
man for the place. No greater honor
could be conferred upon him than to be
thus chosen at this crisis.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE trust nuisance has become int oler-
able. 1t has infected gas companies. sugar
companies, oil companies. flour companies
and coal companies. For almost every
thing that a man buys there is an actual or
prospective trust.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THOUSANDS who usually obey a law
whether they believe in it's policy or not
make an exception in the case of prohibitory
enactments. and treat such statutes as tyr
entitled to no respect Men who would not
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

HIRAM T. HOOVER, a white man and
knight of Labor organizer among
Southern negroes, has been arrested and
confined in Jail at Greenfield, s. c., on
the charge of vagrancy. He says if that
is tae only charge he can prove in five
minutes that he never was a vagrant.
He attributes his arrest solely to the
fact that he has been organizing colOred
laborers, and this is probably the case.
The sold South will not tolerate organi-
zation of the negroes for any purpose.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

The Boston Evening Transcript de-
scribes the Presidents Fourth of July
speech at Woodstock as "Of that calm,
contemplative, subdued and felicitously
conceived character, utterly devoid of
partisanship, whichis admirably adapted
to produce among rejecting Americans
increased regard for their government
and its Institutions
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
No Inspiration in Beer, Says Mr. Roosevelt.
Milwaukee Sentinel

Theodore Roosevelt, the young member
of the CIvil-seryice Commission, was in
Milwaukee, and has gone again. When the
commission went to Schlitz's Park. Mr..
Roosevelt declined to go into the theater,
saying that he would give more for five
minutes under tress than whole evening
of grand opera. So they sat down and
talked of literature while drinking lager.
DO you know" said Mr. Roosevelt, hold
ing up his glass and looking through the
amber-hued liquid: that there is not
a thought in a hogshead of beer; that there
is not an idea in awhole breweryf mean"
continued the New York politician, that
nothing of merit was everswritten under
the inspiration of lager beer. 1t stupefies
without invigorating. and its effect upon
the brain is to stagnate thought. Do not
imagine that am a temperance orator.
am simply comparing stimulants. Some Of
the brightest of literary efforts have been
made while under the influence of spurious
liquor, taken by the poor. overworked au-
thor to avoid a complete physical and
mental collapse. shall wait to see if any
man can write anti q who has drop of
beer in his systemv
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THE London Daily News says that
communications between the English
and American governments have result
ed in an understanding which will avert
any collision in Behring sea during the
seal-fshing season. Another triumph
for the peaceful diplomacy of President
Harrison's administration. The danger
of immediate collision or trouble being
averted, the principle and property
rights involved can be settled at leisure.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

EX-SENATOR HENDERSON, of Missouri,
now on his way home from Europe, con-
firms the report of Americas bad show
at the Paris Exposition. He says our
display is miserable considering the lib
eral appropriation made by Congress.
the money and failed in their duty.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

coldest weather recorded by the service
was 60 degrees below zero, at Poplar
River, NJ. t. But this is a warm place COM
pared with Wercholansk, Siberia, the
coldest inhabited spot on the globe. The
degrees below zero. In view of these fig-
ures, let us not complain of a paltry 90
degrees above zero.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THE grand jury of the Western dis
trict of Tennessee has been unearthing
some Democratic methods which. though
not new, are startling. One hundred
and fifty persons have been indicted for
violation of the election law, and the
jury's labors are barely begun. 1t is
said that though the jury had nine Dem
ocrats among its membership, the out
RACES were so flagrant that in nearly
every case the vote on the finding was
unanimous. BallOt-boxes were stolen
and false ones substituted, poll-lists
were written out from old directories,
two or three ballots were folded togeth-
er and prisoners were carted around and
voted several times. Some of these
wrongs will be investigated by the COM
mittee on privileges and elections of the
next Congress, and they may affect the
title of the member holding the certifi-
cate of election, but the best moral re-
suit will follow the conviction of the
officers, as in recent cases in this county.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
They Won't Do 1t, However.


veHtising for news of strikes, failures. etc,
which they can parade as evidence that
the election of President Harrison was .,S~s
a good thing for the country. should take
notice of the remark of the Springfield Re-
publican that these strikes "are no mora
the result of Republican success than the
strikes of 1856 were of Democratic success"
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

GEN. FRANCIS A. WALKER, replying
to some criticisms on his recent address
at Brown University, says he is decided
ly in favor of increasing our naval arma-
ment and coast defenses, but rather as a
means of peace and defense than of ag-
gression. He thinks the United States
can always secure by fair discussion and
wholly peaceful demands all that is
clearly its due. ''By the close of this
century," says General Walker, "we shall
be $4,000, 900, stronger in all the elements
of industrial, financial and military
power than any two. if not three, nations
of the old world. tits absurd to suppose
that any European government would
deliberately seek to insult or injure such
a people. The one great danger is that
we may ourselves be tempted to abuse
our power, to use giants strength tyr
annnrSlv
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THIRTY-sEvEN wives fled complaints on
the 5th in Philadelphia, against their hus-
bands for getting drunk and beating them
on the Fourth. Queer wives they must be
not to allow their husbands to declare
their independence in their own way, on the
Fourth. The small boy is. by common
consent, allowed to shoot fire-crackers on
that day, though forbidden on common
days. Where is the spirit of '76 if man
must be restrained of his liberty on the
glorious Fourth?
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Jo'

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis JournaE
viii basin, the top Of which Is the same size
as the bottom, catch more water when the rain Is
falling straight than it will when il is falling at
an angle of 45oi II 80, how do you measure the
rain-falll READER
NEWPORT, Ind.
If the rainfall were uniform it would
make no difference in the quantity that
would enter the vessel, whether it fell per-
pendicularly or at an angle of 45o.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
The Hottest Weather known.

Louisville Post.
what is the hottest weather ever known
in the United Statesin The question is
answered in the May bulletin of the Ken.
tucky Statistical Weather Service. The
highest temperature recorded by the
United States Signal Service was at Phe-
nix and Fort Mcdowell. A. T., in June.
1888. The thermometer marked 119 degrees.
However. unofficial observers report tenn
peratures as high as 12S and 122 degrees at
Mammoth Tank aud Humboldt, Cal. The
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
Putting the Best Foot Foremost.

tucky, was ashamed to place copy of the
State Constitution in the Kentucky exhibit
at Paris because il would mislead the un-
informed to the belief that slavery still ex-
listed in that State. But Governor Buckner
and all good Kentuckians took great pride
in sending to the exposition an educational
display of fine old Kentucky whiskies.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
st. Paul Would Smoker.

New York Tribune: -
The pride of Minneapolis has always been
her fIonr mills. Now doesn't it seem likely
to nnprejudlced outsiders that ST. Paul
would snicker audibly if those British
capitalists should actually buy and own.
and put their monograms, so TO speak, on
the proudest distinction of her dearest foef
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THE Shelbyville Democrat thinks Hill
and Gray would sweep the country in
1892. Quite likely, with two good Re-
publicans welding the boom.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

ASIDE from the announcement that
full-hedged bacteria inhabit the very
best water-filters, the discovery ola new
brand of Ophthalmia, particularly des-
tined for the use of those eyes subjected
to electric lights, and the invention of
that noiseless locomotive by which q
man may be sliced asunder and never
discover it, it is somewhat depressing to
read that Richard Henry StOddard is of
the opinion, deduced from observation
of home fiction, that the American
brain is sOftening. Just what
school of fiction this melancholy
inspiring critic has been considering
it would be interesting to know. w. ID.
Howells has not recently done anything
worse than usual. Amelie Rives's latest
story was decided improvement on the
"Quick or the Dead" Ella Wheeler
Wilcox h as noticeably mitigated her
fervent order of composition under the
influence of the Meriden Cutlery Com
pany. Edgar Fawcett and Henry James
have not been violently publicational of
late, the war articles in the Century
have unexpectedly desisted, and but
for Mr.. StOddard's low-spirited ver-
dict, the literary outlook would be
hopeful. On the other hand, a long
list of native writer's of fiction could un-
dergO cerebral examination without dis
tressing revelation. If this uncOmpli-
mentary inference had been made after
investigation of the average American
magazine poem, now, it would, doubt
less, receive hearty and enthusiastic
confederation from large class of read
ers who have long been painfully COM
petent in this department of fatal
nrOphecv
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

THERE is nothing to prevent the "big
fellow" from getting on a roaring big
drunk now, but he will be deprived of
the pleasure of beating his divorced
-,.co
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

Philadelphia Press
The new Boston cocktail is called the
"Eiffel" Taken copiously ii makes a lean.
ing tower of the drinker.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09

GRIM-vIsAGED war can now smooth
its wrinkled front, and the Mississippi
militia can be demobilized.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
Private DaIzelrs Idea Of Politics.

Our State convention Is over We have
splendid ticket, even if my name is not
there. / got 169 votes, thirty-three from
this congressional district, and the solid
vote of Noble county. The soldiers
voted for me from the "a" counties down
to Washington, but there were not quite
enough to make me Lieutenant-governor.
Other candidates had headquarters,
groceries, and things.
1t cost some of them, poor devils, big
money. What with badges, cigars, and cir
culars, and cards, and tickets, it cost them
good deal.
l had no headquarters, no cigars. no cir
culars, no cards, nor any other thing ex-
cept myself. Yeti got more votes than any
of the dozen or so of other defeated candi-
dates.
Here's what it cost me:
Railroad fare 2.75
Three days at cheap hotel 800
loodi- --..So.Z0
That's what it costs to run for Lieuten-
ant-governor in Ohio-at least, that's what
it cost me-and sold six dollars worth of
my autobiographies; and so am ont on this
campaign precisely 25 cents and came
mighty near getting there at that. That's
my idea of politics.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-07-09
High License.
posfou Tran scriut,

Boston Transcript
There is a restaurant in the Eiffel tower
where wines. liquors and cigars can -
bought.