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Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14


While At Mount Mc0r-vor ! vtntsd
the Grant cottage Il u In the sans
coalition now - 10 Wa when Grant
di~i The same furniture stands In ths
same plAc-s. and the tailow candle hall
burned down 20 the socket stands on The
table. s-~ides the two great armchair'
In which he brcath~d away his las,
houp heces OF his last writing. con.
sisting OF slirs from his pad. arc shown,
and there is tall. nne looking soldier In
uniform who slecrs In the cottage and
takes care Of the relica There are. on
the average. about 2t.0oo visiiou . yeai
now. and many pathetic incidents occur
Nearly every ono that comcs wants q
take away some memento % the place,
and many pick up the gravel OF the wAii
around the houss. suppo~ins that they
arv carrying on stoncs troiden by ths
foot of Grant
The truth is that this gravel has 10 b
renewed every month on account oi
tbess relic hunten. and ths stones they
cArry away have never ssen Grant Mr.
Arheii. who owns the mountain. tell,
me be ws ofer~d ts,.ooo for the cot
tAge. and that the men who offered thiI
were western men. who aid they wanted
20 cut up the cottage and eel 10 for relica
The probability II that they would hav,
taken Il 10 pieces. have carried u o6 II
Chicago and shown u there at the expo
sition. In the sarne way that Libby prsor
is TO bs shown.-Cor. Cincinnati Times
Star.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
WkltslaU RslA.

whitslaw Reid 10 sparsly elongated oi
frame. and suffers his dusky lovelocks "a
futter In negligent profusion behind hi
earA He 10 urbans Of manner. though
be married money. He IL also three
and-nfty. and made his 6pt success In
journalism ~ . war correspondent. un-
der the signature Of "Agats.- After the
war he wrote IN elaborate History oi
Ohio In the War; which attracted ths
attention Of Chief Justice Chase. and hs
invited Mr.. Reid 10 accompany him ou
his southern trip In 1893. an account oi
which be wrots
The chief justice introduced him %
Horace 0rseley. who made him b. go
retary and managing editor Of The Tib.
uns. and sincs orselsy's death In is7s b
has been editor>in-chisf. He va st oos
time supsrintsndento Of schools at Charlss-
ton. g. C-Frank Lsslis'a
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
TELEGRAPH TOLLS

In the United Kingdom the toll s sis.
p~ncs for % ~oris
In Gus,AmAis the toll is ss cents for 10
words. steln.i,. % the sddrv-s
In japan the toll 10 csnts I~r word. In
eludlns the s.idrv-s and signsiur..
In Italy the toll /. ~ c.nis for Is wori.
aud cen, for each additional word.
In Ecuador the toll h ~ CENT. for 10
wori.. and In Esyp, tsecent. FOE 10 words.
In Portugal S c-nts is the toll for the
nr-, word and cent foe each additional
word
Ia Turkey the toll u . and cents psr
word. sni In venssusla. ID c~ni. for ~
woris.
In Germany, the toll 1. it o~nts per
word. the minimum h-inx IL cent. psr
me~~As~.
In the Units,i States the toll rangvs from
Is cent. 10 si for 10 woris. soooriina TO the
distance
In the Ans.ntins iiepublie the toll 10 "
c~ni. for 10 words. and ~ csnts each cd
ditlonai 10 woris.
In IIoaduras the toll is g cents for 10
biSutsu Ntfh>s suo e'ees' sss~s "'s''"''
Tor English ~oris
In DsnmArk. sweden and Norway The
toll is iat crnts for 10 words. and - fos
each additional word.
Ia the Cay< colonies the toll i sislling
Tor 10 woris. and sixp~nce fcr s~eh adj
tionAi i've words o. part thereof.
In Roamanla The toll Ls Ia cents pss
word; In Siam. from Is cents 20 eics pc
vori; In Switzerland. ~ cents pr word.
In New ZEALAND m~>sagss are eiAssided
~ urgvnf. ordinary and delayed. the rates
bsing. rv-I-ctively. Q shiiling>, ! shiliing
and sirpsnce for 10 words. with . half
penny for each additional word--Elec
tyical Review.
A Kuiin Brahmin 10 years old is rsporssd
70 have married In India rrcentiy eighteen
vivr.. Thee included six sunts, four sis-
ssrs and eight dAushtsrs OF fellow Br.h-
min, and they varied In 40 from hfty
yean 10 10 thrcs months, the youngest
bride b<ing brought In on bras plate.
william Martin has . curiosity In the
shaps Of gu.ling st his homs In Eaton
township, near Tunkhanpock. Pa This
little "farm bird" has two fret, but QUE of
them is perfect ehieken's foot; the other
n q natural web" foot, and when placed
In the water t goss around much hkss
Top.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

The October term of the supreme Ju'
diCial Court opens al Paris Tuc.da,
morning. Judge Poster presiding. Vent
rc- for Juror. have been returned to ths
clerk u court. as follows:
GRAND JURORS.
BENJAMIN klmhall. Bethel.
Thoma. J. Allard. Bro~ufeld.
4. :. Be-.ey. Backfeld.
Fred 4. Niles, Canton.
n. l.. Teblsts. Greenwood.
Jonathan P,ndexier, Hiram.
scott ~. Dorr. Mexico.
Nathan :. Baker, Newry.
Ira Johnson, Norway.
Frank l.. Manson, oxford.
Joseph y. Child, Paris.
Homer Child. Peru.
Prank l.. Mason. Porter.
Edward u. stevens. Enmford.
Albert littlcheld, >toneham.
4. ". Horton. sumner.
Elbridge stone, sweden.
Henry sawin, Waterford.
TRAVERSE JURORS.
Alonso n. Liitlefeli, Albany.
George 4. Andrews, Ando,er.
Timothy n. Jewett, Bethel.
Lyman ". Russell, Bethel.
Charles II. Fessenden. Brownheid.
l.. Carroll Mason, Buekield.
j. ". Ludden, Canton.
Armond Warren, Denmark.
stanley Virgin, Dlxfield.
stephen Charles. fryeburg.
George l.. smith. Hanover.
Oscar e. bradford, Hartford.
Austin Nelson, Hebron.
william II. Pendexter, Hiram.
John Fox, Lowell.
J. Hastings Bean, Mason.
Roswell frost. Norway.
George W. Hobbs, Norway.
David n. Mlllett, Oxford.
q. N. Lane, Paris.
BENJAMIN =. Doe, Paris.
Joseph W. Gilpstrick, Porter.
George ". Richardson, Roxbury.
Freelsnd II. Martin, Rumford.
Almon Emerson. stow.
George II. Bsrrows. sumner.
Thomas X. Day, Woodstock.
The indications are that the term will
be short. though that can not be fore
told with certainty.
Judging from the number Of witnesses
summoned come weeks In advance, the
grand jury is going to have considerable
work to do.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
Decd 10, ,,,,,. u..s,

A Rhode Island man vhuse trunk va,
wrecked by the bagyAgr smashsr broagh,
suit Tor damage. and In giving hin 9
verdict Tor 20 and costs the ju.ll,e aid
"rhsrv should be 600 suits where ther,
h now only one. No nilroad has The
least anxiety about passengrrs bag
gAgs The way TO bring about reform
y TO 60 fcr their pocketbooks --D-irlI
fu~ prc<4
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
rs, WOODSTOCK REUNION


The reunion ~ the teachers and schol-
ar u Woodstock. which Nas held al
Bryant's Pond Thursday. wAs an enjoy-
able occasion. aud therv we're a gOOdly
number present. Alden chase called
IN. assembly to order aud introduced j.
l.. Bowker a. chairman. The following
programme Nas then carried oui
fraysr kst. n Whitnan
Ks.t-ss-.' siinsy r,rssa,
Or.ilaa. Rss a. NhrtmAh
SanE Ouf iiertAss-
oss essr ,sosii0H-ricnis 'iIss' 49,
utituAris-. bt " Lall.Ana
ssas. r,.s hsy. siagts-i
Ni-osiAnesas stssking
~1ns
NaL~iirtsry. = 4. Gain.on
address. spoke 20 the pleasure ~hish u
always gave him "a Vislt his native toSn
lie thru gave q description % the condi
tion 20 Tho town Ia IT. early days,
sketch~i briefly the financial sui c,iuca-
tional progr--. "a IN. toSn. Aad rvferret
% the Advancement 10 ths Temperance
cause. and the record Of Woodstock In
tn work.
Rev. Mr.. whitman's oration Was 4
thoughtful essay upon The >chool az I
Factor Ia American Life"
Dr. ". n. LaphAm gave an historical
sketch Of woodstock's schools and teach
ers. and II Il needless o. say that u va'
complete and accurate. Among thc sarly
teachers he mentioned Elijsh liamlin II
Paris, Who h-gsn hi carver a. a pesia'
gogue In q log schcol house la Wco'i
stock. when be was less than hitccr
years Of agc.
Prof. A. y. Chase ~ Backsport rad
q number Of Interesting letter. trOu
old teachers and scholar. living In vari
Gus parts of the country.
TOssts were responded 90 as follows
.The Old Teachers. = Alden Chase, ESQ.
Teacher. Of Woodstock Mr.. MARI
Brooks; The Town % Woodstock,
Mr.. Benjamin Davis; "Our Modcrr
school, Mr.. Columbus klmball.
Remarks we're made BY joel PerhAm
Jr., of Boston, Il. q. Pickett, Esq., oi
Washington. Rev. Mr.. Curtis, Dr. Georg,
Dunham ~ Boston. and others.
n wss decided Ia have the procee,iing'
Of the meeting printed In pamphlet form
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

Hoo. levi. Ilsrk.r of Bangor died
THURSDAY. from injuries caused by q run
away tram striking him. Mr.. Barker
wa. ..,.uty-t~o year. of agr. lie was
an able lawyer. aud had held ,srlou.
pabllc Offices, having served In both
bnnche. Of the Legislature, oa the Gov
erpor'. Council, and In other positions.
IL ws, . Republican ever after the
formation of the party, had ben dele
gat. to two national conventions, aud
served four years on the national com
mlfts.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

Guilty ~ murder In the hr.t degree
VA. the ,-rilc, ~ the Jury Ia the case 81
Micah Norton ~ New Portland, tried
ior m. muricr of hi. bou..kceper. Mrs.
Cooley. The jury wrrr oa, only forty
Nv. minutes. aud nobody ..cms to guc.-
tIon th. corrrctne.. % the verdict. II
ha. ben .ho~n la connection With TIL.
case. that Merton has slssy. ben hard
character. Norton took hls sentences of
life Imprisonment without appeal being
made. iI-for- sentence wss proncunc-
I'll. however, he made his ~lll and dis
,.o.e,l ~ hi. property. The Imposing of
a life .-n,enc. renders him legally dad,
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

An Australiaa mudcian he i.vsatsd
. trombone that u played By stsam. II
''0od Bavs tie Queen" On b hsard q
. distancs of four milsa He had kard
lack With Il. howsvss. for ths psopas q
his own town drove Nm out - ~
sancs. and now - = bo1nd 70 naks Z
nsi0 h sons 49, ~ eeths wssA
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
BORN.

In RssA<l. sea- %. n,hs wife Of A. L. Viii :
In fsn.. oa. .. 10 ,As wife of A. d. wing. .
sos.
In North Newr'. Ors-. 70 The wife Of ". j.
Thur.soa. o daukhtry. .
In tps~kvsie. s<vs- ~. 10 ths vile OF u n No
lntiFv. son.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
INV ApvEKrsnNS>rs.
WHAT a otssysAsOsa LOOKS

The Portland Prc.s publishes an out
line map Of Major Mckinley. district In
Ohio, which the Dsmccrais, In their ~
cent gerrymaRier % the state. ha~i In
such shape that ,hey thoaght IL would
BE- lmpo-.Ibl. foe Mckinley To ~ hack
10 Congrv... The map has considerable
rr.emblsnc. to the outline ct q shanghai
rooster standing ou q mud turtles back
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
DIED.

Is Norway. ssvs- -. Jsosb Y. iies. sssd -
II Ls,sn. ~. .. Mn. D,a.s Seeds. sssa -
IL Vice. Bs<Asl 0es-. iissis. yiis u Hsssss
n. On s~i. ost 1 RsssAa. dsssksss Il JsAs q.
il osfsrd. ssvs .. iisss's a. Lsss. ~
,I;,, =: : 4! + Il. = %. Q. ~ Mr. ~ s.
I'D. Ne, s.d dssckSsf sflks ~ Csys ns,hssy
No.. 49,: = 3 49, - s;Ss Ts.. ~ vs' ~ = -
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

Ths centenary Of . 6owss W. csls.
brstsd By banquet In PariA Ths dAAha
70 100 ysars old In Frano& Il hrt 1ous.
ishsd In that country In i7so. Dslsgata
6um ths Society Of Horttcuiturs ed III
Csrcls FLORAL of Antwerp wsrs prvssut.
md The prss Wa rsprsssutsd BY ths
editor Of The rora, the Oldest botanical
papsr In 0smany.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14

.Gentiemen and ladies, - said . ccle-
brsted lecturer, 81 rise to rem ARK that
the American cod6sh ball Il not up 20
the standard of What codnsh ball ought
to Be, but Brussels sosp h away beyond
the standard Of all soaps heretofore
made
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
MARRiGo.

Ia II.ssv.; os.e.., l. ~ Rev; NJ srsysn.
In Asas,ss. Ass. ., bx nsy. 2. Y; xew.s...
Allsrt ". Jsdkiss and bsFshs l.. herss. bSA
SS;Sss.sS ) E,,i Ess & s,.,.. = ..'s ~, -. :;
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
MONEY!!
TO MAKE 1T.

To sa,. q dollar !. "a make one. You
earn " by being smart enough to know
wb.rr io do your trading. iook cut
fr.t foe the .torr that keep. the largest
stock and th. b~.t variety, for you can
slvay. bay cheaper, and gst better
quality for your money from the large
dealer. Take n Ia iIou'e furnl.hing.,
Nc buy the bc.t In the market and bay
.o largely that m. manufacturer. have
to give u. b.itsr prizes and 40 can ai'ori
Ia ..ll you b.tier good. for less money.
We az. nov op.ning the fsll ."tson
With q determination to ,io mor- busin-..
than ever. We know no concern la the
United state. ,sn under.sll ". They
may .sll trashy good. AZ L.. prices, bat
what .. the good of buying rarlor suit.
aud chamb.r .rts that viii only last .
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
NOTICE er ronEc l.osrnE.

vl'HEREAs, o.. %. wiliism. ef cekssosA
w Cssnty ef Cess. STATE % Nev ttampshirv
ss the twenty afth aay of Nay. A. u. is-s sssi'
asi delivered his sssmsrasium ef Axrvsesn
ssi nose ts Chas. a. kimtai. ef ksmferi. ].
ths Cesnsy VI Osfsri ani st,ts es Nsies. Whit
In shs eisrk's once is sait tcwn Of Ramferi
l--st Z. yars .. AMI u In wsnis IN sSurvs fel
isvias. " On;
.eaDm. Rsmfss,i. Nsy o.. I~s.
vor valve rvssiyei prcniss " .psy ~ M es
der ef Chas. A. kimtAh six liubdrei teiiars as'
lsssrvss - q vsr esst sssil Yah - feis.s.
ssl rArv. iis..,.ri .s:,isss ne ar's iay Of Jsa
sf 4 air Sss vhlsA this so>s y giv sshsii ss.ais
sks psoy>rsy % ~ sioss ssid thas- a. kiatai
AMI suiIssfts kis orisr until this ne1s is pakl
Ufsk fuIi psrwissisa " ssssr taks asf vesd ~
ss.s vaIiiss sii i<sal nshss sf rvissps'es.
CIV. K,ssALL E.H. wiLIiAMs.-
Asd vh>vss ssh isssrsssees vss. On ~
sssss;s saZ ?, os1 : - - q. ..ss,s.ss - :,
sati Ckas. a. kiatsn. ~ Nc aastgnsss ef shsl
sfass. wki<k sssiguDsss u wrorIeits ~ tsgn
vsuos,is ef ~ tsWs ef nsnferf aforssaid. n ~
ehprA's s1ce of said Rsnfsri.
Asa vksrsas IN sealisse nsned in ~ afess
. ssid :. n. wiiisss 81 ssid Ciss. 4. Kin
hax - Q FasS u satt sraeserstsn. Asd uhsreel
- said 4. q. wilnaas has fsilssi - nahs ~
Isy.s.s. s..si 10 sa'A 'ss'rs~'ss s'ss"i'ss =
-. !. -: :: -: ~" &, ,:: ::s (
essslsis.s tksrpsf ssd ~ vivtss 81 Chapesr "
ssr.lss :, q =. .svsssi sssssss n sssA go
GALES HOWE.
usssvw. Nc o. M. ~
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
TONDERS OI
rsretsli
Hlstsry.

seis.S,S oSps,'ssi,y % ia' i.saIss ssa os.'l.s..,
20 ee,sis p,oatabis smploy ymsn'. sod fss
70 Asvs,. Adir~s-. Asssras fvstfssiss co.
Hartford. coaa-. bo.tsa. 80 t.osis s.s--. 49,.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
HOW

short time better by far pay . dollar of
two more for q good article that viii
give You satisfaction and last half iiie
timc.
We ofYrr line of Psrlor suit. at al,
go, 80, 80 and s.s, that cant h.
cqualci for tb. prices. The b-si mate
rial I. u.ci, aud skilled .orkmcu are em-
ploycd.
In Chimb-r set. Ne start In at sis for
q fine Ash set, or sI5 for oak. ani Tor
siS will give you . set worth sGD. u u
only waste of money to buy unless YOU
g-t reliable goo'i.. our Oak sets cant
be eluslci at our prizes.
SARPHTS.
We Lead the State on Carpets. The
very bc.t at the very loves, prizes.
Oxford Democrat., 1890-10-14
IhI OcIoBIR ItRN.

The October term Of the supreme Ju-
dicial Court opens al Paris Tuesday
morning, Judge Poster presiding. Neni-
rc- for Jurors have been returned To the
clerk Of court. as follow.:
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-24
Where Is the Bee /!

Friend Myers--Samuel M.-candidate
for Congress, IL not supported In his am
bition by tho Metz Era, we note; though
we may be mistaken In this deduc-
ton, which seems to be justified by
q somewhat mixed article Of. greater
length than lucidity, that appears
In our contemporary, descriptive
Of the bee. We understand the nj
legation to be that Brother Myers
has bee In his bonnet y placed there
by "the personal grievance committee
limited, charged with the special trust
of one-termIzing Congressman Broslus." !"
The further course of the In
tricate language Of our contem-
porary seems to suggest that this
bee IL ON the COMMITTEES; and
then again that Brother Myers himself
Il the bee 80 that we are quite uncer-
tain that we know precisely what the
learned dissertation upon bees really
means to say, and our doubt
Is not lessened by the remem-
brance that II has been but u
little time since, the NcV Era, upon the
occasion of Mr.. Griest getting the post
Office, suggested that Congressman
Brosius was destined to bc one-termer.
As this was the first suggestion Of this
kind made by anyone, 1t seems that the
New Era editor Is entitled to the post OF
chairman Of the personal grievance
committee Of one termers and then
where will the bee be?
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-24
A Mater.IIanl.

The Pan-American Congress, in its
adjournment, seems TO have shaken
1ppm Its feet the dust Of this country in
A. very decided fashion. Mr.. Blaine,s
tnr through the Southern states, offe
- the South Americans free of coet.
;4orted with one delegate and came TO an
Dsupt end. The curtain was rung down
- lack Of attendants upon the free show
1yidently the Pan-Americans had seen
~ of this country that they wanted 10
-, even without cost. We understand
A4t they have also heard as much az
10y want 70 hear I; and that the net rs.
~ of their travels aud deliberations in
- upitsd States 10 found In their de-
80 conclusion that we are Of no G.
INT 10 them. The promise Of a lively
~ with South American countries
>ieh Was the Indictment to this
pvcoesson, has been nippsd In the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-24

bud by the demonstration afforded the
delegates that the Republican admins
tration of the United States proposes TO
take all from them that 1t can get
and give them nothing in return, save
the frse transportation over the country
which tine state department has given
their delegates that they might see the
factories that our protective tariff has
established, and that are ready to serve
the South American states wbOse free
trade policy has not furnished thom
with any. The argument was one
not well adapted to satisfy the
Pan-Amerlcan mind accompanied as
Il was with the announcement that
there was nothing Of any account pro-
duced In the South American states that
we cared to have come In free Of duty ;
not even wool, which IL great staple OF
these countries and which they want
TO exchange for our manufactures.
But Mr.. Blaine, their entertainer and
his party said TO them: Not 70 We
will send you these beautiful manufac-
lures of ours without any export and
you will let them in without any import
duty, and you will get the best and
cheapest goods on earth. And We will
take your wool In trade, but we will have
to put duty on II to protect few OF
our farmers because we protect everyone
In this country who produces any
thing"
And this lesson tho South American
mind goes home pondering. 1t teaches
them TO cut themselves away from the
United states and to establish factories
by protective tariff, unless they can
| find countries that will take their
national products in exchange for their
manufactures on free trade basis.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-24

4 Habit Ne Has.

81 lt hrs become the habit Of President
erfSsOn 10 relieve from their sentence
cer1 of the army who have been dis
ned ~ court-martial. He is disposed
4hd that the good of the service will
- - promoted by the execution Of the
ktence. His latest conclusion Of this
lnd b in the case of First Lieutenant
Inddock, Of the Fifth Cavalry, who
Ses convicted Of presenting fraudulent
lin against the government aud of
duplicating his pay accounts. The court
ciemency on account of
DfIner good service and disability from
31lries received In action. The presi-
5nt declares that he does not consider
5 bgmer gallantry sufficient to excuse the
bnse charged, but that he found that
- acts proven "were only technically
1f character calling for the penalty
Judged, and there was an absence Of
intention to defraud."
Nj IL there was no intention TO defraud 1t
~ difiicult to understand how Lieuten-
NJ H Haddock could have been convicted
S&f presenting fraudulent account
I&Eainst the government. Surely there
q no fraud without intent to defraud.
.Etill army and navy law and conduct
'ose 10 profoundly strange To the civilian
stntelllgence that 1t may even be possible
That an officer may lie convicted Of fraud
~ the military sense without having
I'D any intent TO defraud. The presi-
<ent says that this IL what was done In
k1jeutenant Haddock's case and II the
onviction was according to military
valuations II must be conceded that the
<ogident was quite right In setting aside
~ sentence.
We may be excused, however, for sus-
ectlng that the military court was not
nite 70 silly a. TO convict Of q fraud that
*paD unintsntional, and Of then COM
ooudlng the convict to clemency, not
ecAuse of his unintentional wrong
Clng, but because he had been brave
md was now q disabled soldier. We
Know the presidents weakness In exc
leuting Judgments Of :sdismissal and are
{ {k.in to believe that he has been at IL
S1gAin with no better reason than sym
R6othy for the dismissed officer, aud At
~ prop. pting Of his and his friends ap-
l&eal.
And II this Is the fact, Il Is clear that
H " service ID done great injury by such
lomsncy. An officer who 10 Justly
pavioted II fraud il entitled to no
alef from considerations of sympathy,
lod good administration demands that
1one shall be extended to him. The good
the service requires strict discipline,
~ steady enforcement Of regulations
- the prompt and certain punishment
IA vicious conduct.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-24
Mr. Rusk's Essay.

81 3ecretary Of Agriculture J. M. Rusk
ubllshes long essay on the causes and
omcdies of agricultural depression. 1t
= IN irtcresting example of the ease
SWith which an able man may dodge out
~ thew Of plain lessons of ex perience
Nhen his party prejudices and training
make him 10th to accept their teachings.
He says that letters from all parts
~ the country have appealed to
him for some explanation of the de-
Epeessed state Ct agriculture and urging
l6e gravity Of the situation. With
H. nation under control of the high
skorin party that has 80 often and so
1cudly claimed credit for any national
prosperity, 1t is rather embarrassing
position that Mr.. Rusk finds himself in.
4 sSAceustOmed to uphold the tariff as the
6Great panacea for all industrial and com.
snercial ills, he turns to It now and d.
n&es upon the need for higher tariffon
S0Gsicultu,al products. He places the value
~ agricultural imports in 1889 at three
hundred and fifty millions Of dollar,
Ind estimates that two hundred and
Afty millions of these imports could be
GT0wn i'm the United States. He gets
this rather surprising figure by
eounting all the vegetables sugar, rice,
Sooeds, oils, wines and animals and their
nroducts imported rs things that the
sAOerican farmer could furnish IL only
S4he tariff was high enough on them. In
sother words, make the necessaries of life
more costly and the farmer can grow
4 m not al llrt H.,
Jared that the laboring men of the cities
and factories will suffer, or that they
viii need higher wages to meet the
I 5kfeater cost of living and that the far
Mner will have to pay more for what he
+ bays and 80 grow no richer As though
eaeer to meet this point the secretary
councils economy. He admits that the
burden Of mortgages upon farms and
homes Is discouraging and touches on
transportation problems and grain gam
bling, but he finds the first causes of the
4 sAopression to he inherent in the farmers
hemselves. Careless culture and want
~ businesslike methods and attention to
market prices are faults he finds In our
lhrming. Many, he says, are land
greedy and own more than they can
1ars for. There may be good basis for
this fault-finding, but it does not come
ae . good time. II IL not safe to whip q
yAplrited horse when almost foundered.
4 - struggling farmers burning their
oosu In Kansas and facing hard times
are not In a humor to be
pojded, neither are they likely to
llndIy follow the secretary In demand
G - relief by higher tax OH sugar, fibre
cnd wines when they see their staple
q cIops exported In large volume.