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The Iola register., 1890-10-24

domestic manufacturer gets, and this
Is protection to that exteuts If they
insist in doing this. nevertheless, they
have gained control of the Government
under shamefully false prstense, and
the party would be juatly held for the
base treachery of selling their people
for the sake Of the ''swag" of Office
and position. II they are honest and
carry out their scheme in the spirit Of
the Watterson declaration, which is:
Except in the persons of a few i'm
beetles hardly worth mentioning, the
Democratic party is not on the fence; it
is free-trade party, OF it is nothing"
They can not levy ''tax" on compet-
ing products of the mills, factories and
furnaces, but upon each and every
commodity only, which is not growA IN
this country. Hence, a duty 'for rev.
enue only" can never be laid on any
article that can be fashioned, grown or
produced from the earth in the United
States. The levying of a duty of one
per cent even upon any such skilled
production is duty for incidental pro-
lection to that extent. But since the
Democracy is sincere and denounces all
tariffs as '.robberies'' and "accursed
things" such duties are inadmissible.
What is this, therefore, but free trade
under the pretext Of revenue duties on
non-competing products? Free trade
in skilled products and revenue duties
on unskilled products?--R. II. Jones,
in Chicago Inter Ocean.
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NOTES WORTH READING.

To Protection supplemented by rec
iprocity is the doctrine upon which the
next President will be eelected.-Albany
IN. " Journal.
"a Binding twine will pay a duty Of
seven-tentbs of cent in the future in
stead of two and half as at present
This is a reduction of almost two cents
per pound and the farmers do not COM
plain--Burlingto Hawkeye.
In 1854, the Democratic party be-
ing on top, salt was S11 barrel. In 1890
salt Is about S1.25 per barrel. This Of
course demonstrates that the tariff is a
tax and that the country has been and
is going to the devil.-Sioux City (Ia-)
Journal. - 4
sBThe same free-trade papers that
praised Senator Paddock's courage in
voting against the tariff bill were
loudest in their denunciation Of Con-
gresham Samuel j. Randall becaus., he
refused TO support the Mills bill-Chi-
eago Inter Ocean.
BThe Democratic officials Of Gin
cinnati have proved so corrupt that
even the Democratic Governor Of Ohio
has been compelled to demand their
designations. He can not enforce his
demand, but it shows what kind of men
the Cincinnati Democrats put in Office.
Chicago Journal. .. b.
U-Hon. Alexander Clark, Of Iowa,
the newly-appointed Minister to Ii
IBERIA. is one of the leading colored men
Of the Nation. He is we'll educated,
well posted in general Information, a
good speaker, and has a thorough
knowledge Of the condition and desires
of his race.-Chicago Advance.
BA Canadian free,trade organ
mournfully announces to American
farmers that owing to protection and
the high price of wooden goods they
can not dress as we'll as Canadian
farmers" People who have journeyed
through Canada and noted Canuck
styles of dress viii smile audibly over
the announcemeDt.-Bost Traveller.
B-The Helena Journal gives the fol-
lowing object lesson:
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ABOUT CONSUMPTION.
Dust Is One of the Commonest Causes o
Lung Mischief.

-
Lung Mischief.
1. is q curious fact that butchers are
| almost exempt from consumption. IL
we remember that their shops are airy
and open, that tkey are abundantly fed
on animal food, and that from early
morning they are rapidly driving about
in the open air, taking much exercise. and
| living we'll, we shall be able to UNDER
stand the influences which prevent the
| access of chest affections. These con-
ditions of open-air exercise and high
feeding are in fact antagonistic to con-
sumption. 1t must not be supposed
that we are urging all threatened con-
sumptives to become butchers, but their
mode of life might be initiated with ad-
vantage. Dust is one of the commonest
causes of lung mischief. In many cases
it is not the only exciting cause, but
often it is the chief and most deadly Of
several deleterious influences to which
workmen are exposed. The mortality
amongst those employed in many dusty
occupations is simply enormous. We
are told few men who enter certain
rooms in cotton factories ever live to
attain to the age Of thirty-eight Out
of twenty-seven men in certain flax
factory, twenty-three had some form of
chest disease. The noxious influences
of varnishes, turpentine and drying oils
IN developing consumption is well
known. Chest affections are by no
means infrequent among artisans who
use solder, such for instance as tinmen,
coppersmiths and goldsmiths. Wood
turner's and those whose work necessi-
tates the use of sand-paper, are usually
great sufferers. Many plans have been
devised for preventing the entrance Of
dust into the air-passages, and some are
very simple and worthy of adoption.
The practice or wearing respirator, or
a vail over the mouth and nostrils, with
the growth of the beard and Inustache,
may be cited as examples The objec-
tion usually made to the respirator is
the expense, but one made Of cork can
be obtained from the chemists for
shilling. The midday meal should
never be taken in the workshop, and
the hands should be washed before
going out to dinner. These may seem
little matters. but only those who have
workmen for patients know how con.
stantly they are neglected. In dusty
occupations the pores of the skin get
blocked up by the dirt, and it then
ceases to perform its functions. Nor
mally it acts as direct purifier of the
blood, being associated with the kid
neys and lungs in this office.-Family
Physician.
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Reform Made at the Right Time

The tariff Of 1890 comes at an aus
picious moment when the admission OF
six new States gives assurance that n
reversal of policy can not be expected,
in the Senate at least until the new
measure has been fairly tried. For at
least six years no change hostile to the
protective purpose is to be feared, un.
less the results Of the tariff shall great
ly disappoint its advocates. II indus.
tries cheaper products, build up now
employments for labor, and broaden tho
home market for agriculture and the
mechanic arts, a grander future than
the country has yet Imagined viii con-
front those who may hereafter attempt
to overthrow the protective policy M
Y. Tribune
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/ Precious stones, set es per cent; IS per cent
Betting and sole leather. 10 per cent; 10 Per
cent.
factured articles shall pay duty according tc
articles intended: 80 per cent.
Kid gloves, S.75 TO s.. S q dozen, according To
size; suedes, 80 per cent. leather gloves, 80 per
al according to style; provided that all gloves
represented to be below theer grade shall pay
o dozen additional, and that no gloves shall
nay less than 50 per cent. The old duty on
these gloves was 50 per cent.
Miscellaneous manufactures show general
reduction Of about . per cent. in the various
rates Of duties
Common tobacco pipes Of clay, Is cents a
gross; IS per cent.
Hatters' plush. 10 per cent e5 per cent.
Silk and alpaca umbrellas, IS per cent; 50
per cent.
Umbrellas, ETC.. covered with other material,
45 per cent: 40 per cent.
Sticks for umbrellas etc, plain, IS per cent /;
covered, 50 per cent; 30 per cent.
Changes In the Free List.
In the free list the following changes are
made:
Animals imported for breeding purposes
must be OF pure blood OF a recognized breed
and duly registered in the book OF record estab-
lished for that breed The old law admitted
such animals on proof satisfactory to the Sec
retary OF the Treasury: also the teams OF per-
sons coming into the United States from for
eign countries.
Wild animals intended for exhibition in ZOO
logical collections for scientific and education
al purposes. and not for sale or profit, are also
admitted free.
The provision providing for the return free Of
duty OF articles OF American manufacture once
sent out OF the country Is extended to make its
terms more explicit and to prevent fraud
BoltnP cloth to come in free must not be
suitable for manufacture into wearing apparel
Straw braids. etc. for making or ornament
ing hats and bonhets dutiable at a0per cent. are
added.
Cotton waste, or f1ocss, is made free.
Precious stones other than diamonds. rough
or uncut. GLACIERS and engravers' diamonds not
set and watch Jewels are included.
Free eggs are limited to those OF birds, fish
and insects.
Fashion plates engraved on cotton are made
free.
The following are added to the free list: Cur.
rants dates. jute, iute butts, sisal grass, sum,
other textile grasses manufactured grease,
sour orange juice, paper stock and other waste,
phosphate for other than fertflizing purposes,
potash, seeds and bulbous roots not edible;
sugars under No 10 Dutch standard, and all
forms Of sugar and molasses below that grade;
tar and pitch tobacco stems, turpentine;
nickel and nickel matte. with this proviso:
That ores of nickel and nickel matte containing
more than 10 per cent. OF copper shall pay
duty of u cent pound on the copper contained
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tn various messages to Congress- In
his seventh annual message Mr. Mad

tn various messages to Congress- In
his seventh annual message Mr. Mad
tson said:
In adjusting the duty on Imr orts to- the
object of revenue, the influence of the tariff
on manufactures will necessarily rrcsese
itself for consideration. However Sc tl1s
| theory my be which leaves to tra sagacity
and Interest of individuals the application
OF their industry and resources there are
tnthfs. as In all Other cases, exeepsJo1ssi to
the general rule. Besides the condition
which the theory itself implies, of a recip.
rocal ad ption by 9th r6atidns, expersencs
teaches that so many circumstances must
concur In introducing and maturing q fhanu-
featuring Establishments. especial v OF the
more complicated kinds that a country may
long remain without them although suffict-
emily advanced, and in some res ,ec:s ne
culiariy fitted for carrying them on with
success.
In selecting the branches more especially
entitled public patronage preference Il
obviously claimed by such as will relieve
the United States from a dependence on for
eign supplies, even subject to casual fall
ures, for articles necessary for the pubiio
defense, or connected with the primary
wants OF individuals 1t will be an addI-
tional recommendation for particular man..
ufactures when the materials for them a<8F
extensively drawn from our agriculsure. and
consequently ifnpaFbS ana lnSUr44, 10 tn4t
great fund OF National prosper.sy and fads-
pendence an encouragement which can noe
fail to be rewarded
Mr.. Alexander J. Dallas, the able
Secretary of the Treasury, supplement-
ed Mr.. Madison's message with a special
report drawn up in obedience to a re-
quirement OF the House). embodYing
the draft of tariff contemplating both
revenue and protection, and earnestly
commanding the policy of protection.
The following paragraph OF that report
bears directly upon many points now
under discussion; -
Although me ,indulgenoe viii always be
required for any attempt 80 to realize the
National indepe ndence I'm the department.
of manufactures. the sacrifice can not be
either great or lasting The Inconvenience
of the day will be amply compensated by
future advantages. The agriculturist whoss
produce and who's fiOcks depend for their
yslue upon the fluctuations of "a. foreign
market, will have no occasio eventually to
regret the oppori unity Of a ready sale for
his wool or his cotton IN his own neighbor-
hood and 1t will soon be understood thas
the success of the American man ufacturer
which tends to diminish the profit (often
the excessive pretty Of the importer, does
not necessarily add to the price of the article
In the hands Gf the consumer.
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Russia in
Europe.
Briti7h
india.
United
states.

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 comparison 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.
owinga to the diversity of and fiuctua-
tions in the value of the currencies of
the various countries =
This Injunction had no effect upon
the eVangelicalIy inclined statesman.
He used the figures, without single
qualification, to persuade Western
farmers that they are raising the cheap
est wheat in the world r..
But thi 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
hat the market price w.
The. London Economist of January II.
1890, gave the values and Quantities of
wheat imported into the United King
dom during 1889, from different coun-
tries as follows: -
..t.h Quantity.
Cwts. Value.
From Russia. .s21 .s2s fsOo4 +ss
From United States. ;. ..17.0l6 $50 6ySl2,2sS
British Indies. ........... 9,2l7,32! B,ic4g4O
The figures 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 so,
and of American wheat sl.95. These
figures not only show the dishonesty of
Hon. Roger O.. Mills, but they also indi-
cate the vital Importance to our farmers
of possessing home marketwhich will
be safe from the invasion of these cheap
foreign cereals. ..- -. o.. ...
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CATCHING MENHApEN.
How 10000 OF the Fishes Were TAX
at One Haul of the Seine.

How 10000 OF the Fishes Were Taken
at One Haul OF the Seine.
When well to the windward of the
maroon water, describing a fishing ex-
pedition off the coast, the captain cried
Break away" and of 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 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
were turned again, and with oars splash.
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," 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 twine,
which they were powerless to do, al
though at times a 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, 165, 600 fish-55o 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 mystery
how 165, 900 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 time, they
were being dumped, via big bailing
net into the fish tank in the steamer.
Boston Herald
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A Bit of Tariff History. ~
= We extract the following from sisfter
to the Cleveland Leader and Herald of

W the tleVeiaHua L6aQ8r anu deral1 81
July I, 1SSSs f.SE5 5kENF
Dear Sir: The passage Of the Tariff act OF
1873 was par ieularly odious to South Caro-
kept up a constant agitation against lt,
threatening nulIitication and civil war u is
was not repealed
This threatening attitude of South Caro-
lima alarmed some Of The friends of proiec-
tion and led to the passage of the Tariff act
OF March 2. 1888, which was a compromise
measure of Henry Clay's. H provided for q
"bienniaI reduction of duties on all foreign
imports which shall exceed 20 per cent on
the value Thereof of one tenth of such ex-
cess up to the slst of Dec etnber. 1872, when
the residue OF such exess should be de-
ducted.T
In 1880 all prices had ruinously fall en- ;pro-
dnetfon had greStiy diminished ana in
many departments had practically ceased, ,
thousands OF -workmen were- idle, with no
hope &c employment and their families
sufferfng from want. Our farmers uere
without markets; their products rotted IL
their barns, and their lands, teemsnR <sth
rich haIvests, were sold by the sheriff Tor
debts and taxes The tariff iwhich robbed
our Industries of protection failed 30 supply
the Government with its necessary revenue
The sheriff of Muskingum County, as
statei by the Guernsey Times IN the summer
of 1872. sold at auction one four horse wagon
ut $3.50, ten hogs at Ga cents each, two horses
(said to be worth from.s5o TO SIS eseh) at 81
each, two cows at 81 each. a barrel OF sugar
for ST. SO, and q store of goods at tn at rate. 3
In Pike County, Mo-, as stated by the Ham
nibsl journal, the sheriff sold ho,ses at
sl.50 each, ! large OK at 12t2 cents, cows, .
steers and calf. the los at s3.25: 20 sheep az
r3i3 cents each, and "a hogs, the lot at .
cents.
Henry Clay. in speaking Of the disaster.
says: ''Bhere were few that could save them
selves. Property OF every description was
parted with at sacrifices that were aston ish-
ing. and as for the currency, there was
scarcely any left. .t'tlT 'it
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pRlce, oFaAMgRIcAn WHEAT.

It IL Higher Than Thae OF Any Other Coun-
try-Figures That Prove the Statements
of Roger q. Mills Fsise-The Wheat of
Foreign Countries.
"We can and do raise wheat cheaper
than any people on earth. The last re-
port OF our foreign commerce shows that
the export price of wheat in 1883 was
81. IL per bushel in India, S1.09 in the
Argentine Republic 97 cents in Aus
tralia, 95 cents in Russia and 90 cents in
the United States Roger Q. Mills, in
Iowa yt
Roger @. Mills tried to deceive the
farmes Of Iowa in the above statement
He knew that the figures which he
quoted did not give the true com par son
between prices of wheat in the countries
named
Mr.. Mills figures are based on the
statement of the prices and quantities
of exported wheat which is found on
pages 50 and SO of the Annual Report
on Foreign Commerce for 1882 For the
year quoted by him the statement is as
follows:
Qusntities and values of domestic wheat
.expoftsd from Russia In Europe, British In
dta. the Austral, an Colonies, the Argent ine
Republic and the United States during the
year 1888:
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while the skeptical free traders o

While the skeptical free traders on
this side OF the Atlantic are ridieuling
the idea that tin-plates can be made in
this country as we'll asain Wales, and
are abusing and ridiealing the men who
advanced project so chimerical, it is
comforting to see, in the Ironand Steel
Trades Journal, of London. a long
article describing ''the first American
tin mill, not line OF which expresses
the least doubt as to the success of the
new enterprise, bRt on the contrary.
this British iron and steel Journal tacit-
ly assumes that the United States has
superior facilities and resources for the
making of tin-plates, and that there is
no longer a doubt as to their successful
production in the immediate future on
a much larger scale. Then consumers
can look for lower-priced tinware tn Gn
they could hope for from Welsh mills
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1t is the protection and illimitabie
extension Of the home market thai
ought to engage the attention OF the
American farmer, or, as the New York
Sun puts 1t, '.the policy Of our farmers
should be to strengthen their home
market so that 1t will take every thing
the soil of the United States win pro-
duce; to plant mills, furnaces, factories
and shops alongside the farms, and stop
going to markets thousands Of milss
away"
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Self-lncendiarisIn.

"Did you discharge Dingus on 90
count of his drinking?"
Il didn't discharge him. 1t was
case of spontaneous combustion; he
fired Observation-Disclosures Times
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: A Pertinent Inserip,i..

The following inscription is On table
now owned by Mr. p p Arnold. OF
Marshfeld. The inscriptions has not
lost its pertinency:
-.rt. .r .'fsSa fEsf
Presented v the Mechanics Of Buffalo to
the Hon Daniel Webster In te-sinaony of re-
spect for his. distinguished public seTy ice In
defense of a protective tarid and Of our Ma
tional Government"
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AS 1T NOW sTANDs
Complete List Of Changes Made
by McKinley's Bill
A Comparative showing OF the Tax
Under the New Law and That
In Force Before It's
Passare.

Following is given a carefully-pre-
pared list Of the tariff changes The
figures first given are those OF the Nc
Kinley bill while those last named are
those formerly in, force. In many in
stances the changes made are from ad
valorem 10 specific, which accounts for
the per cent being given in the figures
for the aid law:
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On the various manufactures OF WOOL IN
clothing. etc. compensatory duty has been
added TO keep pace with the increased duty on
raw wool, amounting in some cases to more
than 100 per cent.
On carpets the duty has been increased from
25 to 50 per cent.
silk and Silk Goods.
Silk partially manufactured from cocoon or
from wash silk. and not further advanced or
manufactured than carded or combed silk, SO
cents pound: 35 per cent
All manufactures containing wool or camel
or goat hair shall be classified as manufactures
Of wool new provision.
Pulp. Books and Paper.
Wood pulp. $3.50 to s. a ton; 10 per cent
Tissue paper, made up or loose, Scents pound
and 10 per cent. 70 per cent.
SensitiZed paper, 81 per cent: . per cent.
Surface coated papers and manufactures
thereof and albums, IS per cent 25 per cent.
Envelopes 20 cents per 1000: % rer cent.
Blank books s5 per cent: 20 per cent.
Playing cards, so cents a pack; 100 per cent.
Manufactures OF paper, 2o per cent; Is to IS
per cent.
Bristles, 10 cents pound; Is cents
Brushesi and brooms, ETC., 40 per cent: 25 and
Pearl and shell buttons, 81. cents line, but
ton measure, and 25 per cent: = per cent.
Ivory. bone or horn buttons, so per cent: IS
per cent.
gross. / cent gross: 25 per cent.
Cork bark 10 cents pound
Corks Is cents pound: 25 per cent
Fire crackers OF all kinds fno allowance for
tare), 8 cents spound; 100 per cent
Powder valued at less than 20 cents pound,
cents; 6 cents.
Friction matches 10 cents gross box and 1
cent per loo according to size OF oox; 80 per
cent. s1t
Undressed feathers 10 per cent; g per cent
Glass beads, loose, 10 per cent; 5oper cent
Human hair, unmsnufactured. 70 per cent ;
80 per cent
crinoline cloth, 8 cents q square yard; 30 per
cent. AZ ffH &
Hair for mattresses. 10 per cent; % per cent.
Beaver hats and tine hat bodies, 80 per cent
20 and 80 per cent.
/. Jewelry, 50 per cent; IS per cent