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The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
New Washington. Ohio.
What Follows Free Trade.

The London Times, not long since,
stated that, out of her IS 600, 900 of peo-
pie. the number of the really COM
Portable in Britain can not, by posi-
bility, exceed 10000 (only per cent },
while it may be very little more than
half that numbe The Cam br an
News reported that the hab:tations Of
the workingmel are altogether unfit
for habitat.on"-that "a man. woman
and grown-up daughter. a COW, heifer
and nine fowls occupied one room,
which had TO fireplace, no window and
no light or ventilation except through
the door" The London Telegram,
speaking of the condition of the
working classes. said: They are ig-
norant of every tn ing but work" Lord
Rossberry, at . meeting of the Social
Science congress. said: English treat
ment of English laborers is but little
removed from barbarism." Consul
Branscomb. describing the condition Of
the operatives of Manchester. said:
They are squalid, wretched and DESC
late" Such citations might be given
Indefinitely. but these will show some
thing of the condition necessary with
British laborers in order that British
capital may ''overwhelm all foreign
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
CATCHING MENHADEN.
How 165. 900 OF the Fishes Were TakeI
at One Haul of the Seine.

How 10000 Of the Fishes Were Taken
at One Haul of the Seine.
When we'll to the windward of the
maroon water, describing fishing ex-
petition off the coast, the captain cried
Break away" and off the little craft
started. the mates men pulling in one
direction and the captains in the other,
the seine thus falling between the boats
and gradually spreading in the water.
When a little over 100 yards apart the
captain waved his hands and then both
of the boats turned at right angles and
were rowed to the other end of the
maroon water, between 800 and 400 feet
distant. That point reached, the boats
wei re turned again, and with oars splasl.
ing in the water to scare the fish toward
the impenetrable wall at the other end
of the maroon stretch, rowed toward
each other.
When they met the wall was COM
plete. Then the ''tom," q heavy lead
weight. was thrown out and the net
was sunk 100 feet to its full depth.
Even then the fish sometimes dove be-
meath the deep barrier, and more or less
escaped in that way. When the ''tom'
had been dropped the men began to pull
on lines run through the lower portion
of the net, and soon an immense bag
was formed. from which there was no
possible chance of escape for the men,
haden except by breaking the Irvine.
which they were powerless to do, ale
though at times solid body of fish
nearly fifty feet in width would rush at
once against it. Then as much of the
net as possible was hauled into the
boats, and Captain Cornell signaled the
steamer
Think of it los, 900 fsh-550 barrels
is what there proved to be, and there
are 800 in barrel-cooped up by that
terrible seine, and all struggling to es-
cape, first in one direction and then in
another. Each menhaden is about ten
inches in length. and it was a mystery
how 165, 600 of them occupied space
not over twenty-five feet square. They
squirmed, Topped and jumped. but all
their efforts were useless, and soon. in
four or five barrel lots at a time, they
were being dumped, via big baillng
net, into the fish tank in the steamer.
Boston Herald.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
DEATH OF BElKNAP.
General Grants Disgraced Secretary of War
Found Dead in His Room.


Found Dead in His Room.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13.-General Will
liam Worth Belknap, Pres dent Grants
Secretary of War. who retired in dis
grace, was found dead this morning in
a room ad Joining his Office at No. 1420
New York avenue. 1t IS thought that
death was due to paralysis
1t is believed he died between mid
night Saturday morning and eight
o'clock Sunday morning.
General Belknap was born in New
burg. n. Y. September %. 1929. His
father was Colonel William G.. Belknap,
who fought with distinction in the war
of 1872, and later, in 1929. founded Fort
Leavenworth The younger Belknap
studied law in Georgetown, ID. c., and
after being admitted to the bar removed
to Keokuk, Iowa, where he prac-
ticed his profession with more or
less success In 1867 he was
elected member OF the Iowa
Legislature as a Democrat When tho
war broke out he joined the volunteer
army as Major Of an Iowa regiment
He was engaged at Shiloh and Vicks-
Sherman'S famous march to the sea EIe
was promoted to be Brigadier- General
July 30, 1864 and Major-Geheral March
Is, 1865. After the war he served as coll
Iector of internal revenue in Iowa, from
1868 until 1869 During the latter year
he was appointed Secretary of War
By President Grant This Office he re-
tanned durinp Grants second adm Mo.
tration, until March Z. 1876 when in
of charges of official cor
ruption. he resigned He was inn
peached and tried before the Senate for
brides for the appointment Of
post-traders. but was acquitted on the
ground Of want OF Jurisdiction.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
A Bit of Tariff History.

We extract the following from a letter
to the Cleveland Leader and Herald of
July 1. 1SSS:
Dear Sir: The passage of the Tariff act Of
1873 was par icularly cdiOus to South Caro-
lima and other States i'll the South VIII CHI
kept up constant agitation against it.
threatening notification and civil war if it
was not repealed
This threatening attitude Of South Caro-
lima alarmed some Of the friends of pro &C.
tion and led to the passage of the Tariff act
of March 2, 1888, which was a compromise
measure OF Henry Clay's. 1t provided for q
'biennial reduction of duties on all foreign
imports which shall exceed 20 rer cent on
the value thereof of one tenth Of such ex-
cess up to the 3lst of December. 1872, when
the residue OF such eXess shou be de-
Quoted"
IN 1910 all prices had ruinously fallen; pro-
duction had greatly diminished. and in
many departments had practically ceased;
thousands of workmen were idle, with no
hope # employment and their families
Suffering from want. Our farmers We're
without markets; their products rOt:ed in
their barns. and their lands, teemine with
rich harvests, were sold by the sheriff Tor
debts and taxes The tariff which robbed
our industries of protection failed to supply
the Governma NJ with its necessary revenue.
The sheriff of Musklngum County. as
stated by the Guernsey Times in the summer
of 1912, sold at auction one four horse WAGON
at $3.50, ten hogs at o.. cents each, two horses
(said to be worth from $50 to SIS eAch) at So
each, two COWS at 81 each. a barrel of sugar
for 81 80, and a store of goods at that rate.
in Pike County, No, as stated by the Han
nibsl journal. the sheriff sold horses at
S1.5O each, l large OK at 12t2 cents, cows, 2
ste, rs and calf. tn lot at 1925; 20 sheep at
l3l2 cents each, and "a hogs, the lot at Is
cents.
Henry Clay. in speaking Cf the disaster,
says: There were few that could save them
selves. Property of every description was
parted with at sacrifices that We're astonsh-
ing. and as for the currency, there was
scarcely any left.
4. f.. WILLIAMS.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
ADVOCATES OF PROTECTION.

The Arguments of Years AgO-What Our
FOrefathers Thought and Said-The In
terests of the Farmer and Manufacturer
Aiike-Washington, Madison and Monroe
on Protection.
We find to-day, in the struggle for
protection, reproduction of the argu-
ments for free trade which the Ameri-
can people debated, considered and con-
demned as unsound years ago. 1t takes
a great man like Daniel Webster to &C.
knowledge that he is wrong. Mr.. Web
ster, in his speech against the tariff of
1924, made as strong an argument for
free trade as can be urged to-day. This,
however, did not defeat the passage of
the bill, and, as the result of mature de-
liberation, Mr.. Webster became a lead
ing champion of the protective tariff
system. The first great question, pend
ing the adoption of any National fiscal
policy. is: How shall we most surely
and fully develop the entire industrial
capacity of the people.
Having adopted such a policy, stick to
it and don't try experiments. unless by
comparison with some other country,
which has a different fiscal policy, it can
be proved that the entire industrial
capacity of that people is more fully de-
veloped and employed and the people
more prosperous, better remunerated for
labor. and that nation more prosperous
Any fiscal policy which brings to bear
disastrously upon young manufactures
the fatal competition of their older and
far stronger rivals, located in lands
where those manufactures have lang ago
been located, and where they have at
tanned, through ages of prosperous
growth, ripe and hardy maturity, is
absurdly short-sighted.
The great minds who framed, advo-
Gated and secured the adoption of the
Federal constitution were not manufact-
urers nor interested in manufactures
and they were nearly unanimous in COM
mending the fostering of home manu-
features by discriminating protective
duties on their foreign rivals They
very correctly believed that by this
measure they were helping the American
farmer by creating larger, nearer, stead
Ter and better markets for their prod
uctS General Washington. in his first
annual message, declared that the safety
and interest OF the people required that
manufactures should be promoted and
in his second annual message said:
Congress has repeatedly, and not with
out success, directed its attention to
the encouragement Of manufactures
The object is of too much consequence
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22

BY dividing the value of the exports
from each country by the number Of
bushels the average prices per bushel,
as given by Mr.. Mills, are obtained.
But he knew that com parison between
these prices would be preposterously
misleading. We know that he knew
this, because the Chief of the Bureau
of Statistics, Mr.. S. G. Brock, explicitly
told him so. in the paragraph of the re-
port Immediately preceding the table,
in these words:
''The values shown must not be taken
as an accurate standard of comparison,
owing to the diversity of and fluctua-
tons in the value of the currencies of
the various countries"
This injunction had no effect upon
the evangelically inclined statesman.
He used the figures, without single
qualification, to persuade Western
farmers that they are raising the cheap
est wheat in the world.
But this is not the full extent of his
guilt He must have known that Amer
lean wheat is the highest priced wheat
that enters the English market, and he
certainly knew that the price in that
market is the only true standard of COM
parison between the prices of wheat
from the different countries We know
that he knew this from his own words
in the same speech when he said:
Every producer must pay all charges
incurred in reaching market, and then
sell at the market price"
The London Economist of January II,
1890, gave the values and quantit es of
wheat imported into the United King
dom during 1889, from different coun-
tries as follows:
Quantity.
Cwts. Value.
From Russia. .S21 ,62s IS 0O4, 43S
From United States. ..17.Oi6 $50 6,S22,2aS
British lndies........... 9,Il7 1922 3,404, $40
The,fgures for the Argentine Repub-
lie are not given separately. This table
shows the average price per cwt.. in the
United Kingdom, of Russian wheat to
have been 81 So; of Indian wheat 81 80,
and of American wheat Sl95. These
figures not only show the dishonesty of
Hon. Roger q Mills, but they also indi-
cate the vital Importance to our farmers
of possessing home market which will
be safe from the invasion of these cheap
foreign cereals.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
A Lucky Fellow.

Mrs. Sharptongue (querulous)-Here
you are. earning next to nothing. AMI
our old neighbor, Mr.. Quickwit, is max
ing $4,000 year.
Mr.. S-Lucky fellow that Quickwit
He's got job as travelling salesman,
and is away from home ten months in
the year.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
Mckinley in Michigan.

KALAMAZOO. Mich, Oct, 1A-Majo
Mckinley opened the campaign for Con-
gresham Burrows in this CITY last night
He spoke also with Mr.. Burrows in the
afternoon at Dowagiac and despite rain
at both places had la-ge audiences He
was pale and careworn and his voice
was almost gone. At first he could
scarcely be heard but finally warmed
up to his subject and when he got on
the home market theme he was elu-
queht He said he disliked this cry for
cheap prices for cheapand nasty went To-
gether and he believed that when things
were cheapest men were poorest because
cheap prices meant no work..
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
She Was y Summer Girl.

Jack-Why are you so cold and indif-
ferent to me. Amy? and only a few
weeks ago you told me that l was the
sunshine Of your life!
Amy-But remember, Jack. that this
is the season when the sunshine loses
its power. Munsey's Weekly.
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A Pertinent Inscription.

The following inscription is Gu table
now owned by Mr.. F. P. Arnold. Of
Marshdeld. The inscription has not
lost its pertinency:
"2SSa
Presented y the Mechanics of Buffalo to
tie Hon. Daniel Webster IN testimony of re-
speet frr MS distinguished public service Ia
defense OF protective tar 4 aad CT ar IA.
tionsI Government"
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
Russia in
Europe.
British
India.

Bushels. Dollars. bushels. Dollars.
- a. re ll9 9 z 4s# 20 S9I gl5 81 652 ISL
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United
States.
Argentine
Republic.

Bushels. Dollars. Bushels. Dollars.
S.I2l. ISL 9.5l4 6t5l 50. 53l .9l5l a., Isl ,S53
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22

fiSN. demp ana Jute.
Hacked fax cents a pound: SO a ton.
Hacked hemp. SO a ton: s25.
Binding Irvine. manufactured in whole o. in
part of iSie MANILA, sisal or sunni 40 cent a
lound; p, cents.
Gables. cordage and Irvine, II to cents; 2s
TO 81. cents.
Burlaps not over co inches wide, is cents; 30
per cent
Grain bags OF barlap. cents: 70 per cent
Cotton bagying and gunny cloth g. 10 and
$40 cents yard: l., and , cents pound and 3
and cents 4 yard.
Flax gil netting etc. Is cents pound and
s. per cent, and 70 cents 4 pound and 40 per
Oilcloth valued n q cents square yard or
more, 10 cents and % per cent; 10 per cent.
Yarns. cents a pound valued AT less than IS
cents; over Is cents, IS per cent; IS and ~ per
cent.
All manufactures OF fax or hemp not speci-
fed or provided foe 10 per cent: provided that
until July I. 1924 all such fax Of more than one
hundred threads TO the square inch shall pay IS
per cent, old law. - and 10 per cent.
Lace emoroideries, etc, 50 per cent: 30 and
10 per cent
Manufactures OF ju;e. rarhie. sisal. etc,
valued 1T cents pound, 2 Gents; over scents,
20 per cent; 81 per cent.
Woo.s and Manufactures.
Bales of wool shall be dutiable Of the highest
rate on any class contained thereia. The old
law made any attempted evasion of duty pun
tshable By double duty.
Woods OF first and second classes shall nav II
and Il cents pound respectively. The old law
made divisions of each class dutiabie AZ 10 and
u cents respectively
Third class Wool and camerS hair exceeding
IL cents valne. 81 per cent: cents a pou nd
Shoddy and waste. 20 cents pound: ,0cents
WOODEN rags. etc. l0cents new provision).
On the various manufacturers OF wool in
clothing, etc. compensatory duty has been
added 10 keep pace with the increased duty on
IA wool. amounting in some Cases to more
than 100 per cent.
The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
, II NOW STANDS.
Co-.u!ete List Of Changes Made
by McKinley's Bill
a Comparative Showing OF the lax
Iud.r the New Law and That
in Force Before Its
Passage.

Following is given a carefully-pre'
pared list of the tariff changes. The
figures first given are those OF the Nc
kinney bill, while those last named are
those formerly in force. In many in
stances the changes made are from ad
valorem to specific. which accounts for
the per cent. being given in the figures
for the old law.
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CwIFT SPECIFIC co.
Scrofula in Children.

ain the early part OF 1887 scrofula appeared
ON the head Of my little grandchild, then only
lS months old. shortly after breaking out II
spread rapidly all over her body. The scabs
on the sores would peal OF on the slightest
touch, and the odor that would arise would
make the atmosphere of the room sickcnibg
and unbearable. The disease next attacked the
eyes and we feared she would lose her sight.
Eminent physicians OF the country were con-
suited but could do nothing to relieve the little
innocent. and gave IL as their opinion, that
the case was hopeless and impossible To save
the child's eyesight IL was then that we de-
cided To try Swifts Specific O.. =. 81 That med
icine at once made speedy and complete cure.
For moro than a year past she has been MS
healthy as any child in the land"
MRS, RUTH BERKLEY, Selma, Kansas.
Cancer of the Nose.
In 1875 sore appeared ON my nose, and grew
rapidly. As my father had cancer, and my hus-
band died oft, became alarmed and consulted
my physician. His treatment did no good, and
the sore grew larger and worse In every way,
until was persuaded to take y. y. s.. and few
bottles cured me- This was after all the doc
tors and other medicines had failed have
had no return OF the cancer.
Mrs. NJ. T. MABEN,
Woodbury.. Hall County, Texas.
Treatise ON Cancer mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
o2S-lyd ~
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The Post OF Honor.

This ID country and this 10 time In
which great men are made suddenly
and unmade as quickly. II is result
Of newspaper light and newspaper
methods. A man may become famous
In day aud infamous as soon he may
not, really, deserve to be either. In
olden times the growth from obscurity
10 fame was slower and better founded
10 that it was likely to be moro
lasting. It 10 not new discovery
that popular opinion Is often poor
opinion the only novelty is the celebrity
with which 1t acts and Its more con-
spicuous and frequent mistakes.
The world grows, civilization ad-
vances. population increases and great
men decrease. What becomes OF them I?
We may aasume that as many are born
70 the thousand as ever, but they GER
taiuly do not come Of ago. We under
stand. that they are destroyed In the con.
suming fire Of newspaper publication,
both true and false.
The last man to suffer, we are sorry TO
re, II New York's mayor, who bid fair
TO be boosted to q bigger billet In the
course Of time. A senatorial investiga-
tion, however, into tho conduct of the
shsrif's Office In New York city,
sh0ws such abuses and extortion,
- to necessarily damage the stand
Ing, for correct administration Of
public office, Of the sherifis who per.
mitted them; Of whom Mayor Grant
was lately one. Public office is fiery
ordeal In these days, when the man who
holds 1t is expected TO stand and de-
liver about all that can be made
out OF 1t to the party bosses
for election expenses and no man can
be truly happy who submits himself to
the thraldom I; and few can be truly
great. 1t may have been otherwise
when newspapers were fewer and less
desperate In their search for sensations ;
but surely now the post OF peace and
honor is the private station.
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and were stimulated to develop the
service to q perfection that commanded
the respect Of the greatest foreign
powers. No Annapolis training can
produce this tonic effect upon our on
GERS to-day. II we want a. good navy
measures must be taken TO draw M good
q class Of men, and the best way 10 do II
Il by rebuilding the foreign commerce
which our navy II to defend. The econo-
mic conditions confronting the country
demand the extension Of our trade
abroad and the credit Of the nation and
the navy depends upon 1t.
The McCalls inquiry shows a COM
mander behaving like the men who
sailed with half savage crews and reck-
less adventures a. officers In the days
Of Captain Cook He and his officers
resorted to violence with frequency
that Is only equallcd by the breaches Of
discipline, and there were frequent fights
on this model man-of-war charged with
the dignificd duty of bringing home the
body Of distinguished American di.
plomat. For example, Il Ia related that
Seaman Charles Witt had trouble with
Lieutenant LemIy, graphically de-
scribcd as follows by the seaman "1e
says, sezee ZEE won -xfSfHit. 80 'siiixi.,,
sezee, I'D knock you out of sight, sczee.
I'D like to see you do 40, sez I. Also
he done so.n
This brief aud touching tale was re-
pcated with variations and officers and
crew were nt any rate fighting lot.
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The City Departments.

x The members Of the new city govern
mont will hnd some interesting reading
In the article We print upon the cost to
elites of the electric light They will
hardly be surprised to find that Lancas-
ter ID not getting her lights at as low y
pricc as many other cities for Lancas-
Ter authorities aIs ...st y 8. no:cess o.es for the
closepgS Of their bargains, and are wont
e pay we'll for what they get.
The last councils was fully advised 40
TO the great cost Of its electric light scr-
vice and also 40 10 the way In which II
could be obtained at much less price.
Mr.. Altick's committee furnished 1t
with tho opinion and estimates Of
m expert electrician, showing 1t
that the water power Of the old
water works was sufficient to light
the city, and that 1t could save q great
deal Of money by supplying it's own
light. Nothing was done, A. usual.
: The excuse, we believe, was that the
contract for lighting the city does not
expire until 1891.
Itis time, however, now for councils to
consider the matter, no tho erection Of
the necessary plant will take some time.
1t does not seem to us that there IL
room for disputlng that the city should
utilize their valuable water power that
is now going to waste and the machinery
that IL rusting away, when II can be 80
advantageously employed in lighting
supply and may a. we'll have our own
light supply, when IL can be provided
1t % little cost.
The new councils will find much
work ready to their hands In reforming
the very poor administration that pre-
walls In nearly every department Of the
city. The street, the water, the light,
the police and the fire departments call
loudly for their attention. They oil cost
TOO much for what they give.
There Is too much independence in
the departments, for economical and
ancient administration In q town OF
this size. There is no good reason why
the fire department should not be CON-
\ tined with the police, nor why the
water supply and the lighting
should not be combined with the care
Of the streets. In fact all Of the depart.
ments might be prohtably put under
Que head. What il needed Is the ab'
dication Of the committees Of councils
from the duties Of superintendence
and direction which they assume and
{ which they are wholly unit for; and the
4 c0nfiding Of their duties to O chief who
shall be the executive arm of the coun,
ellis.