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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
TARIFF PROTECTION FOR THE
FARMER.

| To the Editor OF the Eagle
The year 1890 now drawing to a close,
has demonstrated that good natured
"Uncle Sam" has not farm left that is
worth taking,as a gift. The number of
families returning from western to east
ern Kansas is discouraging only to those
who are personally interested. They
went west believing that the cultivation
of the soil increased rainfall, and on their
return after years of labor they must
come to the sage conclusion that the puny
efforts of man are unavailing to change
the climatic conditions which confront
them in the extreme west. This Is one
of the many indications of returning
prosperity, not only to the American
farmer, but to the farmer throughout
the length and breadth of the COM
mercial world. We have no longer I'M
limited areas, rich in fertility and with
abundant rainfall to raise large crops,
which under the peculiar circumstances
surrounding us, must go to Europe
begging for a market, and there sold at
prices which bring ruin to the pro-
ducer. This condition of affairs is
not confined to the west. The
New England farms are being
deserted and can be purchased
for less than the cost of the buildings
erected on hem. Their owners assure
US that western competition and cheap
railroad rates have been the potent
causes which have brought them TO
their present bankrupt condition. The
western farmer on the other hand COM
plains of high railroad rates and dear
money as the greatest enemies with
which he must contend. and he advo-
Gates a financial revolution as the only
cure for the ills Of which he complains.
Any reasoning being impelled by
honesty of purpose, will admit that the
eastern as well as the western farmer
takes very superficial view of the caus-
es of agricultural depression. When we
consider that the conditions of the for
eign market fix the price of our wheat,
cattle and hogs. and that free COMPETE
ton among nations by an inexorable law,
brings all competing nations TO the level
of the lowest, we need not be surprised
that American agriculture Is in de-
pressed condition. Having thus stated
the cause it is not hard TO prescribe q
cure.
In 1880 and 1881 we exported thirty
three bushels Of wheat out of every hun
dred which we raised Previous TO that
time We exported nearly thirty eight
bushels out of every hundred bushels.
Since 1881 our exports Of
wheat has fallen off until now we do not
export more than six or seven bushels
out of each hundred bushels that we
raise. STATISTICS inform Us that our
requirements for bread and seed exceed
SEQ. 000. 900 busheI, and consequently the
way out OF our difficulty Is 10 continue
the policy inaugurated by the present
administration. which is gradually in
creasing the number Of consumers on
American soil Of all kinds OF farm pro-
ducts. We must never forget this truth,
that the more wheat we grow beyond
the needs Of our own people. the les We
receive for he entire crop.
Growing wheat FOR expectation and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
STATE PRINTER.
From the Emporla Republican.

FROM the Emporia RepubIcan.
Besides the election Of a Unit ID States
senator, the coming session of the legis-
lature will elect a state printer. The
Peoples party, having a majority on
joint ballot, will assume the responsible
ity in the selection of a man for this
position. The new party does not claim
TO be partisan only in the sense of select
ing men for such positions as will secure
legislation in the direction of bringing
about better times and a greater PROS
perity for the masses of the people. The
state printer is not really a representa-
tive officer. He should be chosen for his
qualifications and other qualities of head
and heart essential to the discharge Of
the obligations imposed upon him in
strict conformity with laws specifying
his duties. In the filling Of this
position. more perhaps than any other,
the members Of the legislature, repre-
senting the Peoples party, can exercise
broad and liberal views that will
strengthen the party to which they be-
long and neutralize opposition in coming
elections. With reference TO this posi-
ton they are unpledged, and in accor-
dance with the spirit underlying their
organization. as indicated by the name
they have chosen. 1.-The Peoples party"
we are to expect that they will pursue
policy emitting them to the credit for all
that the name implies. If, however. it
shall appear that the 'spoils' are their
chief object they will injure their cause
and intensity opposition TO their future
movements. There is no position where
they can 50 thoroughly show an unselfish
purpose and impress the state with the
idea that there Is nothing small or mar
row in their public action than IN the So
lection Of a man for this Office who will
commend himself 70 the Judgment of the
whole people without regard 10 party. Is
the right man for the place. From =
thorough knowledge Of the printing bus
ing-from his long residence in the state
from the fact that be mas given ali the
years Of his life TO the work o. making
Kansas the great state that she i today
from AL the qualifications which. in
every respect is conceded be possesses.
Hon. Jacob >totler. Of Wellington. = the
man. And IL the members % tire Peepie
party in the legislature act wisely. they
vii elect him.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The Topeka Democrat goes into de-
lirium of ecstasy over Senator Plumb
because he takes up where he left off at
the close of the last session of congress
the fight for the peoples interests, as he
understands them. The esteemed closes
Its Perorstion with the declaration that
with the name of Preston b. Plumb
cluster all the hopes and expectations of
the Republican party in 1892" That
would sound grandly and most crafty
ing If 1t were uttered by one authorized
TO speak for the Republican party, or
even by one who is loyal and true 10 the
great Kansas commoner under all condi-
tons and circumstances. But it is not
only extremely doubtful that the Demo-
crat would support Plumb if he Were the
Republican nominee for president. but il
is altogether probable that it would op-
pose him. Hence the emptiness Of its
praise.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Carthage, No., now boasts of the ninth
wonder of the world. The wife of q
miner named Hodges, living on Tiger
Hill, in that city, gave birth TO dimin.
utive baby daughter 1t is apparently
strong and healthy, but measures only
eight inches. and weighs as many ounces
1t is well formed, and the attending phvs
icians and neighbors' wives, who care
for the little stranger, believe it will live,
The home Of the parents has been visited
by scores Of curiousiy disposed persons
who were anxious to pay their respects
70 the handsome little midget. Tiger
hill Is now doubly famous. 1t has with
in Its range the best paying mines in the
county, and now beats the world with its
tiny specimen of humanity, which is not
as large as many of the dolls Of
fered for ten cents.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

competing with the semi-civilized Rms
sian and Hindoo is rrinous to the Amer
lean farmer. As America furnishes the
cest and richest market in the world and
as European nations wish to get posses
sion of this market, in order that they
may find EMPLOYMENT for their people.
it follows as a self evident proposition
that we must retain possession of our
own markets and exclude foreign goods
therefrom in order to increase the num-
Der of non-pr ducers of farm products
here in America. In this age of cut
throat competition between nations, we
cannot afford to legislate for the benefit
of foreign nations. AS the result Of the
last election was hailed with shouts
of joy in Germany. France and England
we are forced TO come to the conclusion
that these European countries expect to
be benefited by the legislative enact
ments which they fondly hope will fol-
low at an early dav. This policy, which
the last election foreshadows, may be
styled neutrality-suspicious., but it is
ruinous to all classes of Americans ex-
cept those with fixed salaries and those
who live on interest received from mort
cages. Two years ago, preceding the
presidential election, we had a campaign
of education, and after four months of
thoughtful study the American people
decided that protection to American
labor, protection to American interests
to all classes of American citizens, would
henceforward be the policy of the peo-
pie. The reaction which followed one
month ago, was due in part to a cam
Paign of Misrepresentation seldom
Ia1 in, arfar il To ha
regretted that the graduates of our pub
lie schools can be so easily humbugged
by designing demagogues. Take one case
as an illustration, and 1t proves that
some men have a guardian devil as well
as guardian angel. Although the tariff
on tin plate does not go into operation
until July /, 1891, young men were sent
into the Mckinley district in Ohio with
tinware for sale. They went from
house to house asking double
the regular price for their pans
and kettles, and acting under instruc-
tions from their political paymasters
assured the farmers and their wives that
the Mckinley bill doubled the prices of
tinware. A victory gained by such
methods is worse than defeat. Less
than two years from now we will have
another educational campaign and be-
lieving as | do that free trade or a tariff
for revenue would be more disastrous to
the producing classes than the ravages
of hog cholera and chinch bugs COM
bined, sincerely hope that an appeal
from philip drunk to Philip sober will
establish the protective principle so
that European importers will
lind their occupation gone.
Yours as ever, ONE OF THE MACS.
Glen Mary Farm, Dec. 4, 1890.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The Alliance seems to have been as
successful in electing their candidates
for the state Legislature of South Caro-
lima as it was i'm Kansas. and more so.
The Charleston World says zone hun
dred and four Legislators. out of a total
of one and sixty, are agriculturalists, or,
at least, so identified with that interest
that there is no possibility of their being
other than partial 10 whatever may
foster and encourage it, The same pa
per says Gen. Wade Hampton will not
be reelected 10 the senate from that
state. The same prediction was made in
Georgia in regard to the election of Gov.
Gordon, but Gordon was elected, never
theless, and our guess is that Hampton
will succeed himself.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Woman's influence.

From TIE Lawrence journal.
Parnell is one of the thousands Of me n
and the scores of men eminent in history
who have been wrecked by women, says
the Detroit Free Press. There is no in
fuence in the world so powerful for
good as that of the woman who is what
we all know our mothers and sisters 10
be, and there is nothing more demoral-
izing than the impulse givenito a man by
a bad woman. 1t - strange, too, that
some OF the victims Of such enticements
have been those who would resist any
other ordinary temptation. The more
sensitively constituted the person. the
more likely he Is 10 play his career
against smile and his reputation for
Etaa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Free quinine was bitter pill to the
monopolistic producers of that necessary
drug, but it banished many an aching
throb from and assisted nature in throw
ing off the congested condition that held
multitudes of malaria-stricken poor
throughout the land. So with free
coinage. While it would be worm
wood to the classes, it would so stimulate
the circulation of fresh and healthy
blood through the commercial and in
dustrial system as to bring hope and joy
and gladness and prosperity to the
masses that have long suffered from the
congested condition produced by high
priced and insufficient money. And as
the first came in answer to the demands
of the people, so will the latter. The
people want it, and they mean to haveit.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Philadelphia Store
POST OFFICE CORNER,

The extreme mild weather for the past month us in
very bad shape with all kinds of winter goods We
them for another the money
TO much greater advantage through the summer.
We heavily OverStOcked with Flannes Dress Goods
Blankets Comforts and all kinds of WOODEN goods usually in
mid winter
The knife into them Monday morning and third
the regular price cut off dollars worth Of heavy
in the house We prefer make this sacrifice when
the people want the goods rather than force them
season is over.
Our stock of Ladies and Chdrens Wraps is unfortunately
for very large and this immense reduction of ok
the regular price think will reduce it. We dom pack
any winter goods and going sell them if reduced
prices will do it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
STILL WICHITA ASKS NO ODDS.
From the Newton Republican.

From the Newton Republican.
Throughout the Seventh district there
are heard mutterings TO the effect that
Wichita and Seigwick county should
not be recognized in Kansas Republican
ism until they brace up and reform. \
remark to this effect by a western Kan
san a few DAYS ago brought out the EA-
GLE in a double-leaded def. headed
Wichita Asks No Odds" 1t NAV be
observed parenthetically that they are
the only things the town has not asked
for. and the present feeling of sufficiency
is due to its having had asurfeit of them
Almost any Kansas town should be
satisfied with odds against il now. But
the statement which has started the pm
feathers of the EAGLE was made in sub
stance. and there was more of il. bv the
Republican short time before the con-
greSsional convention. As nearly as
memory serves. il said that Wichita
should be passed by until such time as
il would have taken TO the WAYS of civ
ilization, or at least put on a clean
breech clout. But Wichita man was
nominated. only TO be stabbed to death
in his own home. The vindictive opposi-
ton raised up against Col. Hallowell in
Sedgwick county was felt in the remot-
est corner of the district. As a wind
inflated egoist. prime swellhead and po-
hucal malta, Wichita asks no odds.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The great Hill-Cleveland fight for the
United States senatorship in New York
is, according 10 the New York Post now
over, Hill having indicated willing
ness to forego the possibility of n presi-
dental nomination for an apparent GER
tainty of a seat in the senate. 1t will
now devolve upon the Topeka Democrat
New York Sun and the seven other Hill
champions to 90 on still hunt for an
other possibility to down the ex-presi-
dent with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
The Author % Kansas Nomenclaturs

From the whes harrow Trail In X. {. Star.
The region watered by the Saline. into
which stream many tributaries run. was
the paradise Of the class of men referred
10; in fact. one of the principal and most
beautiful valleys Of the whole county
under discussion and the creek that flows
through 1t are called Paradise. its sug-
gestive name having been given to il by
one Of the oldest hunters IN the state. J.
X. Mead Of Wichita. now rich banker
there. He named nearly all the water
courses IN that part of Kansas, too. which
they retain TO THIS day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Internal revenue receipts increased
during the last fiscal year to the extent
of S11, 200, 600, principally in consequence
of an advance or nearly 20,0O0.0OO gal
Ions in the production of distilled spirits,
which more than counterbalanced some
falling off in other tax-paylng indus
tries. There was also a notable increase
in brewing. The whisky yield was ILL.,
900, 600 gallons. and that Of beer 27,000,-
600 barrels.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

New York state has law against
suicide with severe penalties for the indi-
vidual who attemp to get rid of life
and fails. We do not know of any good
reason why this law should apply to the
unfortunate who takes poison or jumps
headlong into the river more than to the
man who is moving toward the same
end by a process of slow starvation. If
it ism I too late let the law succor Succi
from his impending doom.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Colonel Marsh Murdoch has begun
writing his old-fashioned Kansas boom
articles again lThe colonel is a great
deal better at booming Kansas than at
booming resubmiSsiou. The subject is 50
can.
Which observation leads us to con-
clude that the editor of the Republican
has never experienced the eXhilerating
inspiration found in a couple or three
fingers of real booming Resubmission."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Governor Warren, Of Wyoming, who
has been elected TO the United States
senate from that state, began as an al
derman twenty years ago, and has been
pretty much every kind Of an official
since. He went west and grew up with
the country.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The northwest has raised a crop of
wheat aggregating at least 100000
bushels this year, but owing to wet
fall and other unfavorable circumstances,
one-fourth of this yield is so badly
damaged as to be unfit for milling pur-
poses, or, rather, unfit to be used in
making the class of flour usually eX-
pected from northwestern wheat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The report of the secretary of the
interior shows that from 1850 to 1890
there were patented and claimed by the
subsidized railroads 81 ,317, 346 acres Of
land. and about 1900, 600 acres We're
patented in the same period for wagon
roads, canals and river improvements.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Gen. Booth, the head of the Salvation
Army, who has made careful investiga-
ton into the social conditions of London,
saws there are five hundred thousand
drunkards there, and that this great tide
of drunkenness that threatens to engulf
the community is the result, and not the
cause as has been supposed by many, of
idleness and poverty. He thinks many
of these miserable wretches can be per-
manently reclaimed by providing them
with employment that will afford them
means of comfortable support for them
selves and families.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The largest apple orchard in the Unit
ed States is at Fairmont, Leavenworth
county, Kan. 1t consists of 437 acres.
The proprietor announces that the most
profitable varieties are Missouri Pipin,
the Ben Davis and Red Astrachan. This
year the orchard bore nearly 10000
IusbaIc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

DIR. Mary Walker has decided not to
die: at least not until she succeeds in
getting pension from congress. BY all
means Iet-but never mind; congress
will no doubt appreciate the situation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Free Coinage.

From the Emporia Republican.
Senator Plumb introduced free coin
age bill in the senate yesterday. The re-
fusal of congress to enact free coinage
last session Is known to have hurt the
Republican party in the west much
more than the passage of the tariff bill.
This is one feature of its policy which
the party can very well afford to recon
slider.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

The touch of wintry weather that we
had yesterday was inspiriting and health
full. Two such days as Wednesday and
Thursday are well calculated to make
every one confident that life is worth
liripn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
A Convenient Substitute.

The Macon News recommends tn,
two-em dash as a remedy for some Of
the evils that flesh is heir to:
'Twould be a blessing If we could
The swearing habit smash,
And always use-its just as good
The
Two
En-
Dashl
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
Jerry in a New Role.

From the Kansas Chief.
1t is said that Jerry Simpsons wife is
an invalid, and childless, and that she is
wholly wrapped up in Jerry. Female
nature, to a scratch. Even a little girl
who is too poor to own doll-baby, will
be perfectly content with a forked
radish.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Jay Gould says there will be plenty of
money by the middle of January, and he
even thinks that it may by that time be
a drug.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05
EXCHANGE SHOTS.
He Don't Read the Eagle

fTUIn Lne Arkansas CITY DIspaICh-
Judging from his late epistle TO con-
gress, it is evident to us us that Mr.. Har-
rison does not read the Wichita EAGLE.
or if he does, he has no faith in Marsh
Murdock's prophecies.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-05

Will our Alliance friends this winter
forget to abolish the state cow doctor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-12-30
ORIGIN OF NAMES.

Scores OF Thcm Are BASED on God and
Chrlstlan Festivals.
Names compounded with ono or OTHER
OF tho words which express the Deity
have always boon common with tho lie
brcss rs we'll as with Christian and pa.
gan nations Vhc pagans had but few
names so combined with tho creative
power In which they were unbelievers,
but these few seem to bavo beon quito
popular, as may be proven by hclegions
OF such namos as Theocritus, Thcophi-
lus, Theognls, Thcodorus, Thcophanes,
Timotheus and others with "Thco" and
its counterparts as prefix. After tho
rise OF tho Christian religion tho above
enumerated names became quito COM
mon with believers in Jesus, but seem
TO have fallen into corresponding disuse
among the pagans. Among the Creek
God names wo find. Thcosthcnes, signi-
flying strength OF God; Theopemptus,
sent by God; Theoctlstus, God-madc
Thoodulus, servant OF God; Theog-
nostua. known OF God; Theoph ylact,
guarded by God; Tlootimus, hon
orcd by God. both tho Crock and
Latin languages express the name
"God-given" in different FORMS as Theo-
doretus Theodorus (the samo as tho
pagans), Theodotus, Adcodatus, Deus
dedit etci tho last peculiar form, 1t
seems did not become common until
about tho end Of The seventh century.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-12-30
IN THE ELECTRICAL WORLD.

Recent experiments seem to estab-
lish the velocity OF an electric discharge
At 2ss, 900 miles second.
Tho town OF Lacon, ILL.,, is TO cs-
tablish and operate its own electric
lighting plant
Tho electric drill is meeting with
great success in shipyards Those who
have used 1t claim that in half an hour
II will boro holes which under tho old
method 1t would take two mon half q day
to finish.
Lieutenant Fisl's idea OF forming
corps or battalion OF electricians, who
shall DO regularly drilled and made
available for active service in case OF
war, has been most enthusiastically re-
ceived by the electricians OF New York.
Nearly 1000 electric cars arc rum
ming In tho United States. Boston
alono has about ono hundred miles of
electrically operated roads. Several
systems have been developed to per-
fection that insurcs smooth and regular
service.
"A Boston man has invented q gate
for use on open electric cars which, when
not In use, may bo lowered below tho
floor out OF the way OF the passengers.
1t is OF simple design. and experts who
have examined II declare II to bc prac-
ticable invention.
The oalt-trco is often struck by light
ming, the beech, very seldom. A curi''us
scientist discovers tho reason Of this to
lilo in the fact that villous leaves, like
those OF tho beech, seem to prevent tho
accumulation OF felectricity, while smooth