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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10
As to Furniture.

When the Mills bill was pending,
the greater part of the furniture manu-
featuring trade in the United States
memorialized Congress in favor OF
taking the duties off sponge and bur
laps and German mirrors and reduc-
ing the duties on French mirrors.
Mr.. M. ii. Ford was at that time the
Representative from Grand Rapids,
Mich, the center of the furniture
trade, and he got these concessions,
or most of them, incorporated into the
Mills bill.
That bill failed, and Mr.. Ford was
defeated for reelection. Since then
the Mckinley bill, increasing the cost
of almost everything the furniture
manufacturers have to buy, has be-
come law, and Mr.. Ford, we are
very happy to say, has been elected
to Congress again, and his voice will
be raised once more in behalf of tar
if' reform for the sake of the manu-
facturers, their employees, and the
people who buy the manufactured
goods.
The furniture trade is pretty hard
hit by the Mckinley law. Prices
have already gone up, and will have
to 60 up still further on account OF
the increased taxation of the materials.
But as people buy less when prices
are high than when prices are low,
the manufacturers will find themselves
compelled to reduce their business to
avoid loss, and reduction of their
business means the employment OF
fewer work people. The Furniture
News, trade journal published in
st. Paul, considers the increase of
duty on cabinet woods, mahogany,
rosewood, cedar, ETC., wholly unwar-
ranted. Nothing" it says, "could
be less justifable than the treatment
given by Congress to this and other
portions of the schedule bearing upon
the furniture manufacturing BUSH
ness" The duty on willow has been
doubled. Large quantities of willow,
partially manufactured, are imported
tor chair seats and backs and for baby
carriages. Baby carriages will be
dearer next year, says the Furniture
News. Upholstery goods and trim
mings are largely advanced in price
by the tariff, or will be as soon as
present stocks are used up. The duty
on jute burlaps for packing furniture
has been raised from 80 per cent. ad
valorem to l / cent per pound.
But the Republican party can con-
sole itself, as the Mckinley law add
vances the price of furniture, that its
Members of the Fifty-second Congress
will not need many chairs.-National
Democrat.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

In 1860 the people of the manu-.
featuring States had $500 per capita
and in all the other States they had
S507 per capita. In 1880 the wealth
had increased in the manufacturing
States to 81 1858 per capita while it
had increased in the agricultural
States to 1878 per capita. But this
does not tell the whole story of the
robbery of the west by the east. The
farms Of the northwestern agricultural
States alone are mortgaged to the
amount of $3,40O, 100000 which is
S19S per capita. Transferring this
enormous amount of wealth to the
manufacturing States where it is near
ly all owned, and it reduces the
wealth per capita in the agricultural
States to $40. and it increases that of
the manufacturing States to 1879.
Thus you find that where the manu-
featuring States were substantially
even in 1860, in the race for wealth,
that 20 years later the agricultural
States had actually lost wealth when
computed by population, and the
manufacturing States had increased
over 300 per cent. If you look a
little deeper into this subject you will
ascertain that the manufacturing
States also own immense blocks of
property located in the west like rail-
road shares, farms and other lands,
real property in cities, factories, mines
and other kinds of property. If these
data could be accurately ascertained,
and the proper computations made it
would be seen that the per capita
wealth in the agricultural States was
really much below s400 per capita,
and that the manufacturing States it
would fully reach 81 800 per capita.
This enormous and startling trans
fer of wealth from the west to the east
is the direct result of the tariff laws.
And it is no wonder that the western
senators cried aloud against this rob-
berry. 1t is no wonder that the west
is struggling with mortgages and
debts. 1t is no wonder that the farm
ers of the west, in sheer desperation
are organizing in alliances, oranges
and patrons associations to resist this
enormous and uncomfortable injustice
1t is no wonder that the laborers OF
the country are organizing all over
the land and protesting against this
unequal class legislation. It is nc
wonder that the farmers and laborers
are uniting their varied organization
in common struggle against this ra-
pacious common enemy.
And when the farmers and laborer.
reach thorough organization and q
thorough understanding the tariff
laws and all other robber laws viii
get knocked out.-State Democrat.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

ment. dying industry through many
years and an industry brought into
this condition solely by the tariff,
which has taken all its profits where
it has spared its life. There has been
but one tale of wooden, and it is a
tale of injury wrought by the imposi-
ton of duties which put it in at a
disadvantage. The paper and the
wood pulp industry never asked or
had protection. 1t is like the boot
and shoe industry, an example Of how
easily, in the hands Of sound and saga
cious business men. an industry may
be established and made profitable
without the aid of protection. Paper
and pulp, too, would be better of
without dollar of duty in their bust
ness, because it would benefit them
in chemicals. You may go through
New England manufactures to-day.
and the tariff is an incumbrance nine
times where it is once an advantage
This impending tariff, especially, is
more a menace than an aid. See how
it upsets business in the case of bind
ing Irvine. Observe that under its
provisions duty may be put on raw
hides any time after the first of next
July. The whole thing is an interfer-
ence with New England business. at
the best, of doubtful expediency, and
at its worst-and this is by far the
larger part of it's constantly threat
ening injury. We ask the New Eng
land business man to look this tariff
question in the face. 1t Injuries him
in the leading, if not paramount. in
terests of leather, iron and wool it
has ceased to be of utility to him in
cotton it never helped him in paper
it is liable to upset him constantly in
almost every variety of business he
may undertake, as that instanced in
that of binding Irvine. More than 30
years ago Henry Wilson told the
manufacturers of New England that
their interest in the tariff had ceased
to be anything except to keep the
hands of a high tariff off of them by
obtaining their raw materials free of
duty. The intelligent representatives
in Congress at that time from Lowell,
Lawrence, Worcester and Fall River
agreed with him, and every one of
them voted to take off high protection
and substitute for it free raw material.
The situation has not since chang
ed. There never was greater delu-
sion than now prevails in the quarters
instanced that New England needs
tariff such as has been passed.
1t is only politics that favor it. Bust
ness is not deceived on this point,
has not been 80 alarmed and appre,
hensve for quarter Of century as
it is to-day in the face of this threat
ening tariff. Why not abandon the
delusion, then, that a tariff such as
this is benefit to business, whether
it be manufacturing business or any
other? 1t is the-direct fee of all leg
itimate and healthy business.-Boston
Herald.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1890.

The following letter was sent to
Congressman Mckinley from F.
Cranz, representing NJ. Geisner, ex'
porter to South America. 1t is from
New York and reads:
To william Mckinley, Canton, o.,
AS a non-partisan private citizen
who is perfectly willing to pay his
share of the taxes levied for the com.
mon good of his country, but who
strongly objects to any taxes exacted
from him solely to further your cor
ruptlonal ends, and as an exporter
who likewise strongly objects to diff
ficulties increased by your corruption
al tariff scheme in finding foreign
markets for American goods, permit
me to express to you personally my
qualification at your defeat by the
American people at the polls, coupled
with the wish that the Republican
party will not be long in purifying
itself from the corruptional influence
of you and your infamous clique.
F. CRAM.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

vi avon, lhVingston TO-, N. :, May
10. 1926. He came with his parents
to Michigan in 1884 and located with
them in Livingston county. His
parents were not wealthy, and when,
at an early age, his mother, a woman
of culture and refinement, was left
a widow. the boy was thrown upon
his own resources and early in life
learned lessons of selfrelance and
independence, which have made his
character strong and developed in
him an admirable type of perfect
manhood.
He was found faithful, honest, re-
liable, and even as boy, experienced
no difficulty in finding employment
and in retaining the respect and con-
fdence reposed in him. Relying up
on his own efforts and his own resours-
es before he had reached the age of 20
years he had mastered the trade of a
cloth maker in wooden mandatory,
and acquired liberal education. He
obtained by industriousness and
economy the means to enter Albion
College, preparatory to pursuing his
education in the Michigan University
when, the gold fever breaking out in
1848-49, he left his books and became
one of the Argonauts of that period,
going to California by the overland
route, walking the entire distance.
He followed the mining business five
years and then returned to Michigan.
He then purchased farm in Ham
burg, married, and has been, by oc-
cupation, a farmer ever since.
Edwin B. Winans first entered the
political amphitheater in 1860, when
he was elected member of the State
Legislature, and was re elected in
1862. He was chosen a delegate to
the constitutional convention held at
Lansing in May, 1867, and was elect
ed Probate Judge of Livingston Co.,
in 1876. He defeated Hon. o. L..
Spaulding for Congress in 1882 in
the strongly Republican sixth district
and was reelected to the Forty-ninth
Congress, receiving 1887 votes
against 1897 for j. G. Wilson, the
Republican candidate.
The fidelity with which he has
served the people is evidenced by the
fact that he was never defeated for
an office, and never failed to secure
gratifying majorities. He has been a
lifelong Democrat, and is an earnest
supporter of tariff reform as the most
complete and thorough relief for the
farmer and laborer. He is a practi-
cal farmer. and at the age of GA years
is capable of doing, and does perform
many hard days work upon his farm.
He is not rich, but by dint of his
energy and good business qualities
has acquired a comfortable rural home
in Hamburg Township, where he re-
sides. Like many other selfmade
men, he is not a classical scholar.
but is the possessor of a steady brain
educated by busy life and an ex-
tenslve experience in public affairs.
His honor and probity are unquestion-
ed /; he is naturally affable and sim
cere, and his qualifications for the
Office for which he has been elect
ed are excellent in every respect
Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10
MONTHLY REPORT.


The meteorological report OF the wealth
err at A.pena city is follows for the month
of November 1890:
Highest temperature, 81 degrees. on 5th.
Lowest temperature, % degrees on the 27th.
Average temperature. IS degrees.
Highest barometric pressure. so.42s inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, 20 $40 inches.
Total rain fall 2.1S inches.
Prevailing wind. from the west
Total movement of wind. 1928 miles.
Greatest daily rainfall, 0 81 inches on the 9th
Highest velocity of the wind. 81 miles, from the
west, on the 22d.
Number Of cloudless days,6
Number of partly cloudy days, 10.
Number of cloudy days, Is.
JAMES j. FITZGERALD,
SerR't Signal Corps. u. 3. A.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

cans have 80 representatives in the
present house and Democrats 20. In
the next house the Democrats will
have 81 and the Republicans IS.
There is no doubt as to the position
of the farmers on the tariff issue
New York World.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10
Meteorological Report

The meteorological report of the
weather at Alpena city, is as follows
during the week ending Monday
December 9Th, 1890:
Highest temperature, &c degrees, on sth.
Lowest temperature, on the u.
Average temperature, II degrees.
Highest barometric pressure, So.4s inches.
Lowest barometric pressure, 29.7S inches.
Total rainfall. 0Si. inches.
Prevailing wind, from the west.
Total movement of the wind, l.s39 miles.
Greatest daily rain fall 0.4i inches. on the 81.
Highest velocity Of the wind, 20 miles, from the
east, on the Sd.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

Pain and dread attend the use of most
catarrh remedies. Liquids and snuffs are
unpleasant as well rs dangerous. Ely's
Cream Balm Is safe, pleasant, easily appli.
ed into the nostrils, and a sure cure. 1t
clsanses the nasal passages and heals the
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Price so cents.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10
Temperature-IS73.9O.

The following will show the highest
lowest and average temperatures du-
ring the month Of November, for every
year, commencing with 1873, as shown
by the records in the United States
meteorological Office in this city:
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

The most obstinate cases of catarrh are
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only agreeable remedy. 1t Is not liquid
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For cold In the head II Is magical. 1t
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-12-10

English SPAWN Liniment removes ali
ishes from horses, blood spavins, curbs
all swollen Threats. coughs, etc. Save
$50 by use Of one bottle. Warranted the
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-18

a Scotch printer invented the postage
stamp.
In Switzerland goats are trained C
tend the flocks Of sheep.
The largest gun on earth does not
weigh more than 1l6 tons.
The estimated population of the Dis
trict Of Columbia is 233, 40.
The japanese make artificial tortoise
shell with the whites of eggs.
The climate Of China is said to be grow
ing not only colder, but drier.
And now there is black ice cream,
Turkish prunes being used for the color
ing
Ten years ago a good buffalo head sold
for SIS to $40. The price now ranges
from s75 to $500.
The captains of the big ocean steam
ships plying on the Atlantic get salaries
Of from 81 800 to s., 400 year.
Canadian railway statistics show that
Canada has ~, 628 miles in operation, an
increase of 566 miles during 1889.
Sixty years ago railroads were I'M
known in this country, and the popula-
ton Of the United States consisted of
1900, 900 people.
The largest greenback extant is worth
$4,000. and there Is only one such note
In existence. or 5000 notes there are
seven.
According to the Army Register for
1890 the army of the United States con-
sists of %, 792 officers and men and 753
retired officers and men.
Lake Chelan, Washington, never
freezes, although in latitude 49, The
reason given is that it is so deep, and the
warm water rises from the bottom to
supplant the cold.
The total length Of the telegraph lines
Of the world amounts to 557, 064 miles.
Europe has Oh, 400; America, 1873. 642;
Asia, 40, 800; Australia, "a ,204, and Africa,
$4,000.
Australia has entered the world as q
silver producer, and turned out in 1889
400, 900 ounces a week--most of it from
a single mine, the Broken Hills, or $15,-
100000 year.
There are 100000 Italians in the city
Of New York. Seventy thousand are
herded in one little district comprising
only few squares in the vicinity of Mott
and Elizabeth streets.
Portions of the Bible are to-day trans
lated into % times rs many tongues as
were heard on the day of Pentecost.
During the present century alone it has
been put into $50 languages.
10 has been estimsted thai the land
contained in s.he Central Park, New
YeFss, which originally cost SO, DOC, 900, is
now worth over 500, 900, 00O The main
tenance Of the park costs S400, 900 year.
There are 10000 Bands of Hope and ju-
vcnile temperance societies in the United
Kingdom, with nearly 100000 MEM
bers. The Scottish Union includes 600
societies and 100, 900 members.
A curious feature of the artificial teeth
industry is the variety of color required
for different countries. Canada, for
instance, demands teeth of snowy white
ness; South America those of yellow
color, and China only black teeth.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-18
NIectrio Blttsrs.

This remedy IL becoming 50 well known
and 50 popular as to need no special men
lion. Allwho have used Electric sBitters
sing the same song Of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist aud II is Ruaran-
teed to do all that Is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys. will remove Pimples, Boils,
By impure blood. win drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well as
cure ell Malaria fevers. For cure of
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric Bitters-E Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded. Price
so cts. and S100 per bottle at j. w.
Hodges & Co.'S Drug store.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-19
NEW

s~scribner's Magazine for January.
Scribner's Magazine for January
opens up the fifth year and ninth
volume of a periodical, which from its
first issue was a popular success, and
which has continued to grow rapidly
in public favor. Its prospectus for
1891 contains the names of a number
of contributors who are unrivalled in
their special helds-men like Henry
NJ. Stanley, James Bryce, Sir Edwin
Arnold and Robert Louis Stevenson.
The readers OF the Railway" and
Electric series will be glad to know
that a similar series on Ocean
Steamships" is promised. The issue
for January contains a number of
striking features-first among them
HenryM. Stanley's article on the Pig
miles," which is entirely distinct from
his book, and written since its publ
cation expressly for the Magazine.
Other features are Sir Edwin Ar
nold's second paper on Japan with
Robert Blum's remarkable illustra-
tions; the first of a two-part story by
Frank r. Stockton, in his most anus
ing manner; one of a group of illus
trated papers ON Australia (marking
the beginning of an Australian edi-
ton of the Magazine); and practical
articles on modern fire apparatus, and
the game of Court Tennis.
Mr.. Stanley's paper on THE Pig
mics Of the Great African Forest is
his first compact and complete pres
entation of all that he learned about
these strange dwarfs throughout the
many months of his journey acros
Africa. He writes of them as one fas-
cinated with their cunning and gem
eral intelligence, their docility when
properly treated, and their aptitude
in all ways for the things which civil
lized man has considered peculiarly
his own. The life of these nomads in
their Liliputian villages, their meth
DDS of hunting and fighting, and their
habits and customs generally are ex-
planned in detail by Mr.. Stanley, and
illustrated from pictures based on
photographs made by the expedi-
tion.
Sir Edwin Arnold's paper on Jap
anese People" is a picturesque de-
scription OF street Genes in Toxic, the
shops and baths. the tea houses. ceme-
teries and jinrikishas, with the Curl
ously clad natives moving n and out
of the busy scene. The result is an in
innate view of Japanese life, making
the reader actually acquainted with
Japan on its human side. Robert
Blum's illustrations will deepen the
impression made by the first pictures,
that he has found the secret of artisti-
cally interpreting Japan and its peo-
pie.
The fiction of this number is note
worthy. Mr.. Stockton's marine tale,
entitled 1.-The Water Devil" is a de-
lightful absurdity. told with the
humorous simplicity which the public
first knew in ''Rudder Grange There
is also a short story by Mary Tappan
Wright which is a masterful piece of
writing, and unusually strong on its
imaginative side.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-19
SINGER, ROYAL GUEST.

How Madame AIbani Entertains Queen
Victoria at an Informal Tea
Once every summer Queen Victoria
drives over from her Balmoral Castle to
the Scottish Highlands home of Madame
Albani-Gye, the famous prima donna,
where the latter e%nterrains her AT an in
formal Tea. For years the Queen has
made a practice of this, a compliment
which Her Majesty bestows upon no
other woman in the kingdom. 1t is a re-
urn for Madame Albani's appearance
each year at Court TO sing before the
Queen, and TO the prima-donna it affords
an exceptional glimpse OF England's
royal sovereign.
mo outsiders are vel present. says
Madame Albani, .and | see Victoria as a
woman; never as a queen.o
How do you entertain your royal
guestsr was asked of the prima-donna by
a friend.
And for more than an hour the great
singer held the uninterrupted interest of
Il private dinner party with the story Of
how she served a tea for the Queen.
so full OF interest was the narrative
that Madame Albani was induced to
write ont the account. aud 10 viii shortly
appear in The Ladies' Home Journal, of
Philadelphia. under the title of Victoria
at My Iea-Table." Or its freshness of in
terest the caption OF the article is the
best indication.
A copy of the last portrait taken of
Queen Victoria, and printed only for Her
Majesty n the royal family, will ac-
company the article. 1T will be my last
portrait" wrote the Queen on this pre-
sentation COPY, which is the only copy
possessed outside OF the royal household.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-19
PERSONAL

Principal Kelly. of No. A School, seldom misses
a meeting of the Board Of Education and few
men keep better posted upon the educational
affairs Of the city.
Inspector Albert Ditmar was considerably
frightened when he learned that q leakage In
one of the water pipes had ruined several walls
and ceilings in the new Police Headquarters
building. Mr.. Ditmar got his information from
unreliable newspapers.
DIR. ]. d. McGil has transformed the appear
anee of his property at Grand and Warren
streets. The house is now one of the prettiest
in the nelghborhood.
Senator Everitt, of Hunterdon, visited the city
this morning. He smiles knowingly when any
reference Is made to his candidacy for the State
Treasurership, but says nothing.
William Pintard. of Red Bank, who was
Journal Clerk of the last House. was at Taylor's
Hotel this morning. Mr.. Pintard has a good
lien on the position Of Journal Clerk Of the mex
Senate.
President Thurston, Of the Jersey City ant
Bergen Railroad, is busy today moving from his
office in New York to his rooms in the First
National Bank building.