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xe catholicisrne aux Mats. Unis.

La population catholique des Etats-
Unis, d'apres les informations obte-
nues par les chanceliers dss diferents
dioceses, s'eleve q 8,1O7,656 ames.
On estime lie nombre des pretres a
9,lls-2,0O8 reguliers, ct, 7,l1o secu
Tiers.
II existe 1853 eglises, 2,770 missions,
1850 chapeites.
On compte 1919 orphelinats qui abri'
tent $4,000 orphelins.
II y a 80 seminaires theologiques gu
COMPETENT l,470 ecclesiastiques; 12s
colleges, $40 academies, ct 1899 ecole'
paroissiales avec 500, 1856 Gloves.
II Y aux Etats- Unis Is archidio'
ceses ct 60 6v6ches suffragrants, z vi
cariats ct une prefecture a%postolique
Ces divisions territoriales ecclesiasti
ques tombent Gus la jurisdiction de l;
archevequesCr--AAz3 eveques,
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Ramie!.n southwest Louisiana.

Genea ! Leonard Sewell is making arrange
ments ~tReblant largely Of ramie on the OAK
Characterization in Lafayette parish. A cor
respon .ent of the City Item, who visited Mr..
Sewevi says: His enthusiasm over the flu
ture Of ramie is unabating." The general has
received news of the formation OF another
company, to be called the Ramie Spinning and
Manufacturing Company, who have siguifed
their intention to erect q factory in New Or
leans, if Louisiana planters will 60 into the
cultivation Of ramie on q scale sufficiently ex.
tensive to warrant the undertaking. A letter
to the General from the vice.preaident of the
international Fibre Company, of New York,
contains the following:
Our factory, ! am happy to say, is all COM
pleted; we have just bought several tons of
ramie in the London market at Elo per ton.
Must confess, however, that it does not come
up to your Louisiana ramie; SO hurry up and
get your crop growing, and you will find that
you nave no trouble in dIsposing OF it to US Mt
a higher figure, and make money thereby.
The General says that there is so per cent
| protection duty which would be added 10 the
price quoted, and ours a better article than
! that grown in India.
The planters of Louisiana would do well to
encourage this enterprise. as it adds another
to the list of diversified GRIPS, and they should
| by all means take advantage of this industrial
opportunity.-Lake Charles American.
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VILE PLATE, 80 mars 1889.

LIE printemps. nous est entin revenu.
Tout le' dit. Depuis quelques jours les
arbres depouillent cranement leur cou-
leur grisatre, les bourgeons eclatent, les
fieurs roses ct blanches sem6es d profu-
sion dams lie fouiliis des branches qui
s'entre~- croisent, Sc tordent, %s'enlacent.
r6iouissent la vue ct font rever q
pfaisirs sans nombre qu'amene d "a
suite cette refine des SEASONS.
Les rosters &
Decidement, remipiscence du passe,
peGGttssatre, me VOLTA dams les images. Re-
descen1 ssvite sur Ia terre, car lie temps
presse !; les aeurs, les oiseau1 nous lie
dissent; ~n'atsepdons plus. Ellie est
d'ailleurs 81 courte, cette douce periodic
de transition !; sacbf1s On profter.
Faisons la niqr5 au vieux Boree, ct
~bravement, sans Granite agcnne, sans
retard surtout, semons nSsana coton' rlz,
melons, patates, legumend u toute ma
ture. Avrii EST lie m14 des mois
pour tous les semis, hais fault qu'au
pr6alable la terve soft bieG preparee
o'est une des premieres conditions du
succes. Et qnand. en- recompense des
durs labeurs dune enterprise bien con-
Quite, nos g~reniers, o magasins re-
gorgent de denrees, empressons-nous
dc les 6couler, transportons-le les rapide-
ment sur les marches les plus avanta-
geux, ne ~speculons pase n'attenaons pas
1n prix plus elev6. Lexperience, ac-
quise par plusieurs ann6es d'observa-
ton, nous demontre clairement que les
produits vendus au fur ct a mesure de
leur rentr6e, remunerent mieux que
ceux emmagasinss en- attendant quel-
cues dollars {" douteux," de plus.
MATS pour transporter rapidement, IL
fault DIES chemins "au moins pratica-
bles," ct c'est, h6las! ce don't nous
sommes entiarement d~epourvus.
LIE vieux systemic pourri, des l2jours
obligatolres, nous tiendra toujonrs dams
lie meme bourbier; il faudrait le rem
placer par Tin autre qul satisfairait tou-
tes les e~xigences ct serait aussi plus pra-
tiaue. Voici celui que nous propQeons :
Pr6lever une take speciale sur cheque
citoyen. LIE produit de cette take serait
aAGect6 a rentretien des votes de com.
municafion yendues aux encheres par
fractions de 8 on 4 miles.
C'est, c~royons-nous, le seul moyen
d'obtenir nm r6sultat, ct CO nest que
auand ce resultat sera obtenu quill nous
sera permits de dire: La paroisse st.
Landry est en- vote de Progress.
I. LuDEAU.
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a. travelling Figan's Experience.

Mr.. C. j. smit-}, travelling salesman
for Bedford, Clark & Co., Chicago, had
the misfortune to sprain his wrist most
severely. II was suffering great pain
he says, land my wrist was badly swol,
len; a few applications Of Chamber.
lain's Pain Bttm relieved the pain and
reduced the dwelling in n night, and
in consequence my work and business
was not in Ssrrupted, for which ! am
very g~rate5yttl. I can recommend Cham
berlain's Fin Balm from personal ex-
perience.tF Sold by F. E. Bailey.
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n. Montegut a dome So demission
CONNIE surintendant de tH6tel DIES
Monnaies a la Nouveile-O Orleans. II
egit a.- pour ne pas embarrasser la
nouvelle administration.
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L'sx.presideut Cleveland met q pro.
Ht les loisirs que lui creent sa rstraite
du fauteuil presidential ct I~'attente
dune clientele pour e~ntreprendrs une
tournee dams l'ilkat de Cube ct autres
Joints du voisinage.
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Le 1uge Horac~1ans%ls moins age
dec magistrate dss L. edaG0undgrpe des
Etats. Unis, vieux garcon H. CELIA,
6pousera prochainemeut miss Gsrnd
Mathews, Alle aimee du juge Stanley
Matthews, qui Went do MOURN.
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Les presidents DIES Etats- Unis ne
tEavaillent pas d long credit ct tou-
chsnt leur salaire chaque mois. M.
Harrison a deja recu son salaire pour
le mois de mars, moins les trois pre-
miers jours, I'M draft pour Ia somme
de @3,ess,ss lui ayant etc rsmis D Get
efEet 10 %.
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Une explosion s'est produlte dams
upe fabrique de dynamite dans lie vol
sinage de Lakewood, n. j., lie 81. II
90 s'y trouvait que deux hommes qui
ont &tS reduits en- atomes.
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M. Fr&ret ayant donn6 ga d6tnission
CONNIE architecte du g~ouvernemept
aussit6t apres l'installatiou de NJ. Har-
rison, James e. Wiudrim de Pbiladel'
phis q 6t6 choisi pour lie remplacer.
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lie capitaine Mary Miller. la seule
femme qui commando uu bateau a va
peur sur le Mississippi, Went de taire
rsuouyeler ga licence.
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lie stsamer mexicain Ocostlan, sur
IsQuel 10 trouvait 5an grand nombre
d'exeursionnistes, q sRmbr6 r6cemment
dams lie lac Chspala, pres de Guadala-
lara, ct beaucoup de personnes ont pc
ri. Aux derniers avis, cinQuante ca
dsyres avaient Ste rep6ch6s.
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On enfant de deux ans, lepetit Remy
shakenberg, a aval6 mercredi a la
Nouyslle. Orleans IN haricot rouge qui
she rarnfeqn trayers de la trach6e ar
tore ct a produit pasbnyAarerast 9u'un
docteur matt pu porter secours ] ZEN
FAINT
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LIE president Harrison a lance une
proclamation par laquelle il ouvre .
0 Ia colonization les terres do Oklahoma
nour 10 22 avril.
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Pendant quill dfnait au cafe Durand
Paris dimanche, 10 general Boulan,
gel o 90 un REIMBURSEMENT eta il fallu
le transporter chez lui.
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WHY'S

Reeds Chill Cure the best medicine of the age
Because it contains no poisons.
Because it acts directly on the Malaria.
Because it cures promptly and surely.
Because it does not break down the system,
but builds it up.
Because it makes the patient so strong and
robust after using it.
Because Of its great purity, great strength,
positive action and perfect harrapssness. 1t
fs the best on esrth. Always use REEDS CHILL
CURE. For sale by R. M. Littell, Opelousas,
and Blake e. burke, Washington. f23
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!. MeYers 8 Co. vs.. T. E. Perrodin

j. Meyers 6 Co. VS.. r. r. Perrodin.
By virtue of a writ of feri facias is.
sued out of the 18th Judicial District Court in
and for the parish of Acadia, in the above
entitled and numbered suit, ! will proceed to
sell at public auction TO the last and highest
bidder, at the front door of the Court House
in the town of Opelousas, parish of st. Ian.
dry, on SATURDAY., the 18th day Of April,
A.D., 1889, at II 4. NJ, the following des.
cribed property, to-wit:
A portion of land, being one lot and q frao.
tion, with all the buildings and improvements
thereon, situated in the town Of Opelousas,
La, and bounded as follows north by prep
erty of VIM. DC. Thompson, south by street,
name unknown, east by Main street and west
by property of G. Mornhinveg, Jr., and land
formerly belonging TO the estate of Clara Joe.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
Terms-Cash.
T. S. FoNTENOT,
Sheriff of the parish of 81. Landry.
Opelousas, March9 1883,
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LIE juge Stanley Matthews de la cour
supreme fed9rale est mort Washing
ton vendredi dernier. II etait malade
depuis longtemps.
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A Londres, I'm pony est chaque jour
envoyS dams I'M balloD, ct opere sa des-
cente On parachute. L'animal ne sem
BILE %nullenaent trouble.
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IUpepE

This is what you Z sat to have, in
fact, you must have to fully enjoy
life. Thousands are, oearching for it
daily, and mourningeks cause they find
i not. Thousandeles, On thousands of
Collars are spent al aally by our peo-
pie in the hope thaaayhey may attain
this boon. And yeent may be had by
all. We guarantedukhat Electric Bit.
ters, if used aecordSn; to directions and
the use PERSISTED inA&gill bring You good
digestion and GUST the demon Dyspep-
STA and install instead Eupepsy. We
recommend Electric Bitters for Dyspep-
STA and all diseases of Liver, Stomach
and Kidneys. Sold at SOC. and $l.Oo
per bottle by F. E. Bailey, Druggist: 4
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GHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFF's SALE.
District Court, Parish of 81. Landry No. 1880
Joseph Camy VS.. Mrs. Benz. Deiean, Widow,
ct ais.
By virtue of au order of seizure and sale
issued out of the District Court, in and
for the parish of st. Landry, in the above
entitled suit, and to me directed, l will pro-
coed to sell at public auction, to the high,
est bidder, at the front door OF the Court
House. in the town of Opelousas, parish OF
St, Landry, on SATURDAY., the Goth day
of April, 1889, at ii o'clock a. m, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
a certain plantation with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated in that
part of st. Landry parish known as Prairie
Laurent, containing three hundred and sew
enty-fve arpents, more or less. bounded north
by coulee DIES Names, south by Grande cou.
lee and the heirs OF Castillo, cast by 2ephirin
Lemelle and Joseph Spyrer, and west by
Louis Spyrer, Edmond Dejean and FelIx
RoudreRu.
Seized in the above entitled suit.
Terms and Conditions. -Eleyen hundred
and thirty-seyen aud 29ll00 dollars Of the pur.
chase price and costs to be paid cash $3Iu
to be paid Feb. 90, 1890; 1920 to be paid Feb.
90, 1891, and the balance on Feb. 20, 1892.
T. S. FONTENOT,
March l6, 1889. Sheriff.
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81. Thomas Ewing Sherman. fills du
general Sherman, Went d'eDtrer dams
l'ordre des J6suites. ii sera ordonn6
prstre q Philadelphia an mois de JUL
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The REV Orleans Custom House.

For some time past, the number Of
strangers visiting the Customhps1se has
been very great, and the quesaon is al
most invariably asked "What are the
dimensions of The structure 2" Singular
to relate, the inmates are, with few ex-
ceptions, profoundly ignorant on that
subject. For the qualification of the
curious, we give the required informa-
ton. The height Of the Customhouse
from the ground to the top Of the cor
nice is ~ feet, and the building meas
ures 1913 feet on Canal street, 295 feet
on Decatur street, 249 feet on Custom
house street and 300 feet on Peters
street.
The "Marble Hail." said to be the
most elegant in the United States,
measures 100 by SO feet. This room
contains fourteen marbleI columns,
measuring forty-one feet from the doo1
to the top Of the capital, and costing
$27, 900 each. To give some idea Of
their magnifcence, the writer was in
formed by Mr.. Hannen, s%he marble:
york contractor, that he Es employed
on the capital Of a sinpda'column fol
1.-Two years.-Ex. . and
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Do not suffer ignorance IN your family,
when you can subscribe to that Great Educa'
tor,sthe Modern Newspaper. The Times
cW1dtioR.
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Read the New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
The best and most newsy paper in the South
Daily and Weekly. u has the largest cir.
culation.
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10 president a nomm6 Thomas Ryan
du Kansas ministre au Mexique.
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a4a nomination de n. Robert Lincoln
CONNIE ministre pl6nipotentiaire pres
10 cour d'Angleterre, fate cette So
maine par lie president, q rendu furi-
eur les r~6publicains, qui dissent gull y
. bien d'autres hommes qui mSritent
mieax que M. Lincoln, don't le seul me-
rite nest que d'strs lie 6Is de o pere.
On est d organiser une grande e19ur-
sion pour Paris. &c voyage SO SsTa
dit-on, de Montreal via New York ct
Anvers on dc Montreal via ls HAvre.
LIE prix du billet aller ct rstour sera
do $east d. Montreal via 10 Havre de
$50. Cette excursion Sc fera vers ie 3
Juliet. C'est une occasion unique qnf
se pr6sente d'allvr adnliBr les merveil-
les cr66s par lie genie hamain B cette
grande exposition aniyerselle de Paris.
lie Review, Morgan City, paroisse
ass. Marie, du % mara
lie fret sur IL Tecbe ne caAte rae
cher, cette aimee. C'est que le chemin
do fer a rebuilt ses prix de transport sur
% hanf Teche, ct les bateaax ont Gu do
faire autant.
C'est 10 consequence ~natnrelle de L.
guerrs entire les enterprises de trans
port. LiexpSditeur en b6n6f1cie.
A'ayant pas coDfiance dams les ban
cues, john Morris, de Wilkesbarre.
Penn, q fait coudre par ga femme CANS
son jupon toutes ses economies, s'6le-
vant D $l255. Mails pendant son alb
ence samedi soir trois voleurs Mosques
Q . entries chez lui, ont lie sd femme
st ont emporte 10 precienx jnpon. I'm
Voisin, recount par Nine Morris CONNIE
faisant partie de Ia bande dc %yoleurs,
q 6t6 arfst6.
Lie Capital Item. Baton Rouge, du
23 b
Nous apprenons me nouvelie qui
: accueillie avec plaisir par nos lee
teprs : il s'agit dc l'acheyement du che
min Do fer central de Ia Louisiana.
..Nons savons, de bonnie soarce-dit le
Sugar P~lauter-que ~l'extensioD de la
ligne centrale, d'ici j Lafayette, eat as
s.lree IT que les travanx seropt promp.
tsment achieves. Nous persons que Ia
D0uvelle de cette extension sera recue,
i,assoat, asec joie /; ellie ouvrira une
nouvelle Gre pour notre paroisse ct le
pays mi s'stend de Port Allen D Lafa-
yetts.r
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incorporated by the Legislature in H.
Educational and Charitable purpos ~ ia Y
franchise made a part Of the press r'Is a. %.
stitution, in 1879, by an OyERWHs9r99s,i
POPULAR VOTE. Its ~
GRAND EXTRAORDINARY DR,p,
Take place scmi.annually (June and "
ber), and its GRAND SINGLE ~ Nta1s v
DRAWINGS take place on each o ff -
ten months of the year, and are al IL 70 ,aa
public. at the Academy Of Music, Naw u ~
La. w
I'VE do hereby certify that We .u.
the arrangements for ali the Mor suP1
Quarterly Drawings of The Lonisi.aaa
Lottery Company, and in person m.al \
control the Drawings themselves, snd 1s Y
same are conducted with honesty, fs Iu 10y
ia good faith toward all parties, and W. V
lze the Company to use this eerti6cs,.
fac similes of our signatures attached ~ !.
vertisements.' U
CT. BEAUREGAPn
J. A. EARLY,
We the undersigned Banks and pa
will pay all Prizes drawn in the Ivy n.y.
State Lotteries which may be presented sSa \
counters. u
R.M. WALMSLEY, Pres. La. M, D,
P. LANAUX, Pres. State MAI. RAM u
A, BALDWIN, Pres. n. 0, MAJ tApra ..,
CARL kOHN, Pres. Union Nat. RAY
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3.134 Prizes amounting TO-. .,$l,0sl
NOTE Tickets drawing Capital Pin,
not entitled to Terminal Prizes. /
@FoR CLUB RATES or any furv,
nation apply to the uudersigu,d /
handwriting must be distinct aoI sus
plain. More rapid return MAJ. dsiysp'
be assured by your enclog.ng an srts
bearing your full address.
Send Postal Notes, Express Money Of
or New York Exchange in ordinsg |
Currency BY Express lat our eupsus.
dressed TO NJ. A. DAUPHIa
New Orleans, i
Address registered letters to
New Orleans National naps
New Orleans
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100000 Tickets at Twen,, n
lars each. Halves SIC. ~
ters So: Tenths Sc: I,xs IVY
cfhs 81. VICE
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-09
The Teller Stole $4,000 at One Time.

Harry Seybold, teller in the Bank of
Wheeling, this State, and George
Hennig, an employee of the same
institution, were arrested last week
for stealing the funds of the bank.
For some time past money has been
mysteriously disappearing, without
any clue being obtained to the thief.
Finally package containing S24, 900
was taken, and the bank officials
made such efforts that they cornered
Seybold, who was arrested and made
a full confession. He exonerated
Hennig from all blame and said he
took the money on the 10th of last
May. The package contained S24, 900
in cash and was removed from the
vault to Seybold's home. There he
kept it until June 9Th, when he de-
posted $4,000 in various banks to
the joint credit of himself and Hennig.
telling all who asked about it that
they had won the money in the
Louisiana lottery. To Hennig he said
he had borrowed the money and in
tended to buy a gold mine with it.
About $4,000 of the money has been
recovered and property to about like
amount has been attached, so the
bank will be amply protected. About
$50, 600 had been stolen in all
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-09
His Wish was Granted.

At Detroit, Mich, several days ago
Patrick Gallagher felt in his coat
pocket for his pipe. 1t was not there
and its absence caused him to make
terrible wish. His wife reproved him.
We'll, don't care" he said: here
with this uplifted hand to heaven |
pray that my Creator will paralyZe
the man who has my pipe.
Before his utterance had died away
Gallagher felt severe twitching of
the heart and complained of feeling
unwell. a doctor was hastily dis
patched for, and said that he received
a stroke of paralysis. AS Gallagher
was in strained circumstances it was
deemed best to remove him for treat
ment to the Home for the Aged Poor,
corner of Scott and Dequindre streets,
which was accordingly done. DR..
Kaiser, the attending physician, pro
nounced the case a critical one, and
death ensued in less than twelve
hours.
The grief-stricken family were at
loss to understand his sudden death.
In looking, however, through his
clothes. removed at the time of the
paralytic stroke, they were filled with
superstitious horror, for in one of his
outside pockets was found the missing
pipe, which had worked its way into
the lining.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-09
EIopement, Forced Marriage, Murder.

Miss Vernie Spencer, sixteen years
old, is the daughter of Bose Wells, of
Charlottesville, Mo. The girl was in
love with youth named Ben Knott,
whose only recommendation was a
handsome face and plucky spirit.
Knott's attentions We're opposed by
Wells, who encouraged an old ad-
mirer named John Orion. Mrs. Henry
Oliver is sister of Mrs. Wells, and
championed the cause of young Knott.
The latter planned an elopement, and
the lovers attempted to carry it out
last week, but were pursued by Wells
and brought back. Knott was beaten,
and told that his life would be taken
if he ever called on the girl again.
Henry Oliver and some friends went
to Wells house for the purpose of
taking the girl, but Wells had some
friends at his home ready for des-
perate work. On Friday Wells sum-
moned minister and the man Orion,
and before the girl realized what was
taken place she was married to Orion.
All the parties met Saturday at pic
mic, and Wells, without saying word,
shot Oliver dead. Mrs. Oliver tried to
shoot Wells, but was disarmed. The
whole township has taken sides in the
case
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-09
A LIVING ISSUE.

The subject of tariff reform still in
terests the people. In its results it
strikes so near home as to be ever
present and to be an ever impelling
cause for reflection and solicitude
among the producers and consumers
of the country.
Although an "off" year in politics,
and no special effort being made to
open the discussion of this question
which was so prominently urged dur
ing the last compaign, the people are
still seeking for further instruction
regarding it. No less than 10000
people gathered at Bloomfield, Ind,
one day last week to attend a tariff
reform mass meeting, which was ad-
dressed by Senator Voorhees,, of that
State. In the course of his speech he
thus defined protective tariff:
'The present high protective tariff
is simply a huge, complicated, far
reaching, close searching, insatiate,
grasping and oppressive instrumental
ity of the plutocracy, for the consoli-
dation of wealth and the power of
wealth in the hands of the few at the
expense of the many. 1t is vast
machine put in motion by unjust and
dishonest laws, to take hard earned
money out of your pockets and place
it to the credit of those who toll not,
nor spin, but who in bank accounts
and dazzling riches outshine Solomon
in his greatest glory. The war was
the opportunity for the beginning of
the money power, and the establish
ment of the present tariff was one of
its first movements"
The false theories of the protection
lists by which the voters of the coun-
try were deceived into giving seeming
endorsement to protection, are crum-
bling away in the practical workings
of the system since the election.
The shibboleth of protection to
American labor" has become a by
word and term of derision, so con-
spicuous has been the failure of the
present high tariff to protect the
workingmen, and the false pretenses
at the November polls that it would
encourage and stimulate greater
prosperity among the common
people.
1t is true that under the operation
of the present tariff, money is being
piled up in the Golfers of the monopo-
lists, corporations and trusts, while
the laboring and producing masses
are reduced to practical slavery by
these taskmasters, and to-day in our
own country thousands of laborers are
subsisting upon public charity.
These suffering and deluded men
were urgently importuned, if not
forced, to support the protectionists
and monOpolists, who have coined
money from the Drawn and brain of
their employees, but who in their dis
tress put forth no saving hand to re-
lieve them.
So long as labor is forced to pay tri-
butte to the corporations and monopo-
lists of the country under the guise
of protective tariff, so long will tariff
reform continue to be living issue.