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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

Or a fall since 1867 OF "a per cent,
showing clearly that instead OF lower
ing the price Of window glass the tariff
has kept up the price here. The do
nestle manufacturers keep prices close
up to the price Of foreign glass with the
duty added. For the last ten years less
than one-third Of our window glass has
been imported, always enough. how
ever. TO keep the domestic manufacture
ers within bounds in the matter of
prices.
OF the various domestic industries
conspicuous at Washington when the
tariff bill was under discussion, none
showed up more prominently than the
window glass manufacturers. Their
particular trade was already protected
by duties averaging above TOPPER cent.
but according to representations made
on their behalf this was insufficient TO
secure them against foreign COM
petition. Mckinley lent them a ready
ear and advanced duties in all sizes Of
glass The senate, however. insisted
upon retaining the old rates Of duty.
and this was done, except on the larg-
est size where a higher duty was given.
The same effect as higher duties,
however. was accomplished by adding
a provisioa that all imported window
glass should be shipped in boxes Of 80
feet. instead Of, as previously, boxes Of
100 feet. Under the administrative
tariff act. moreover. still further pro-
lection was given by assessing duties
on coverings, on frcights and insurance.
and By allowing nothing whatever for
broken glass. The organization Of this
trust. therefore. means a scramble for
Mckinley spoils.
How the committee was imposed upon
by the window glass men was made
clear some time ago. when a syndicate
Of British capitalists made ovcrtures for
the purchase of certain window glass
factories. Before the ways and means
committee. the window glass manufact-
urers told a pitiful tale Of hard strug-
giles for existence. or how they were
compelled reluctantly 70 pay rates Of
wages much below their iDclinations.
and Of how raising import duties to a
practically prohibitive height would be
for the benefit Of the workman. To the
II FISHERS. however, they made ii clear
that their factories were a property well
worth having at a good price, as q
steady ter per cent profit might safely
be counted upon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15


~, woke me- Surely in my dreams heard
,ha teacher call
ne ri a. shc did years ago; Ulysses Men
ncnalls"
near that name then just a. plain and his
response as clear
~hen .rom NJ, far corner seat Ulysses an
sxercd: Here
r,v..e. simpson Mendenall. the partner Of my
ly.-
ne ,ariner o. my sorrows. too-whcn you and
we're boys.
we learned 10 skate together on the creek At
Jones mill.
rn-e,ner gathered walnuts from the tree
around me hill;
~parfners trapped the red.tird. ashcd TO-
seiher ia the brooks.
,nd tined 10 rather ~scrap-iron 10 exchange for
lines and hooks.
ca,i4huratsd on the spoil Of marble playing
sxiI.
Aha ii IT, autumn Saturdays We tramped DER
lell and hill.
Aas emula,ed Daniel boone from morn to set
vi ulta your homely yellow dog, / with my
fathers gun.
Ana when the sun in summcr made the road a
o4.yerlng track.
How willingly you wooed the chancs a blister
ING your back.
ID helping hin the corn rows just 70 crafty
~ satnsr who insisted that work before /
win
Ulysses simpson Mendenall, that ragged coat
you wore
i. ~ a. plain 70 me As though we two we're
boys once more.
For I remember we'll each rcnt-how this was
torn the day
Tie hornets chased you through the hedge
willie ! Lid n the hay.
A.d th.s recalls the time we climbed the OLD
mulberry tree;
Ana th.s. / almost blush 70 say, came from .
rsAt with me.
Dear Oh Ulysses 1iendcnail. how far away
those DAYS.
Hss sreetly pAlnfui are the dreams old memo.
res can rriSes
sausAou I nodded At the IRE 70 night ana
dts1e1-and thea
w Angrlet back across the years and wc were
Doys again
b. oAl y see that ragged coat, to grasp that
ca'iou-e. hand
To talk with yon u things which only we would
understand
An eicse az eyes. ana try az ain 10 hear the
teacher call
TIE r1il. and bear you answer: 'Hercr' Ulysses
wen1caall.
-cari Smith. IN Harrer's Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

= Sew Child Of the Inriff Organization IL
the Trust and Advance of Prices >hak-
ing Down the Nckinisy flums y An In
durtry That Lied.
iorty-three manufacturers Of window
'-iass have recently met IN Chicago and
sirnci their names n an agreement
raising the price Of glass fifteen or
twenty per cent. They take care not
20 call their comb ination a trust. and
cven said that they had ''had enough
Of trusts" but, all the same. this com
bination serves all the purposes OF a
trust II binds the signcrs together In
a cast-iron compact 70 keep prices mp
u a certain figure. In the popular
mind this is all that is necessary TO con-
stitutc a trust.
This window glass trust Is distinctly
a child Of the high tariff. The glass
business has extended very rapidly dur
ing the past ten years. there being now
about twice a many pots as in 1850.
This great growth was promoted large
" BY the discovery Of natural gas.
which supplied a cheap fuel admirably
suited 70 the purposes Of the glass man
ufacturcr.
The protcctionists can thus point 70
the expansion Of the glass industry;
and they invariably claim this expan-
sion as one of the bright and shining
proofs Of the blessings Of protection"
But they cannot claim that their sys-
tenn has put down glass TO the consum-
ers AT lower prices in all these thirty
years Of high duties.
The following table shows the price
Of different sizes Of glass in 1860 and
1890:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

Tie quality Of Australian wool 4 sc
even that a much larger per cent. 81
each fleece can be used IN any one line
OF goods than Is the case with Ameri.
can woolS- Manufacturers aim 10 run
their machinery all the time on the
same grade Of cloth. finding that the
manufacture Of different grades in
wolves loss OF time and is otherwise less
satisfactory. Hence they bny q wool
in which they find the largest possible
percentage OF the desired quality.
They that the American fleece Is
uneven. that IN undue percentage Of IL
must be laid aside as suitable only for
a different grade Of goods The Amer
lean Wool Reporter. . high authority
on this question. says:
The manufacturer prefers Austria
liam wool even At the advanced cost
Why? because 1t is put up better; IL Is
cleaner: II shrinks lesss there Is less
waste and there are fewer tags In IL
than in domestic fleece. II does not
contain so many tarred ends, so many
pounds OF strings and so much bury
staff as Ohio and Michigan heeces"
A manufacturer. writing in the same
journal. says: III Michigan or Ohio
woods are purchased. and a strictly
clear. fine sort is required, not more
than half. and frequently a smaller per-
centage OF such sort is obtained from a
fleece. and the undesirable qualities ac-
cumulate from month TO month, until,
alarmed at the quantity, the manufact-
urer makes other grades Of goods to
consume this accumulation, and dispose
of them at a loss"
For these reasons the price of Ohio
and Michigan woods have declined
This, however. has not been the case
with the woods produced in Texas, Cali
fornia and the territories, as manufact-
urers have recently discovered that
these woods are very desirable for mix
ing with Australian wool for manufact-
uring cloth
Thus the efforts Of the Ohio political
wool-growers 70 make higher profits by
raising the wool duties have been
doomed to disappointment Their high
er duties, however, are not harmless on
that account; for all imported woods
bear higher taxes, which the consumer
necessarily pays.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

In a lengthy article on reciprocity
with Brazil the St Louis Republic has
this to say: Great Britain's annual
wheat and -four imports firm the United
States alone amount TO S53. 600. 900.
Brazil's annual imports Of wheat and
-four from the United States and all
other countries amount TO 81. 900, 600.
Great Britain in one year takes from
this country alone more wheat and
-four than Brazil takes from all the
world in fourteen years. Great
Britain's annual imports Of pork
and bacon from the United
States alone amount to SEQ. 900, 900.
Brazii's annual imports OF pork and
bacon from the United States and all
other countries amount TO S45. 600; so
that England in one year buys nor
pork and bacon from the United States
alone than Brazil would buy from all
the world in ST. years nine months and
ten DAYS. But il with the freest Of
free trade il would take over five CEN
turtles TO sell Brazil as much pork as we
sell G-cat Britain in a single year. we
could easily sell as much TO France and
as much to Germany as we now sell to
England II we only had reciprocity
with those countries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

The common notion is that strikers
are laborers who quit work for higher
pay; but ex-Gov. Morton, OF Nebraska,
has recently shown that the first strik-
en were not laborcrS but capitalists.
The following is his novel way Of pre-.
senting the case:
Citizens Of ordinary intel igence who have
reflected upon the discomfort OF labor and
the strikes which result from Il see that this
discomfort and these strikes are directly
traceabic to the protective system for when
capital demanded a protective tariff 20
encourage certain branches ~ industry
Il struck for higher profits. The capital.
lists who demanded from M
statutes excluding foreign competition were
the first strikers" In the United States. And
20 the laborer. seeing that the capitalists
can strike for higher profits through the law
making power Of the government. naturally
strikes for high wages. This u done some
times by the old method OF quitting work.
and again. cmuiatlng capital, an appeal 10
made 20 ongrcs 20 make eight hours day.
Congress has just a. much economic power
20 make forty minutes nm hour. There never
was a legislative body. national or state,
wise enough 70 define a days labor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15
HABITS or THE GROUND HOG.


Tts Reliability ~ : Weather Prophe
somewhat Doubtful.
1t is a Tact that the prediction Of the
ground hog seems to have often beer
fulfilled, but the representations Q:
that farsccing beast are rendered some
what unreliable by . variation In it,
habits from one latitude 70 another
Its wisdom as a weather prophet de
pcnds upon its Of alternating
and that differs according to climate
The range Of the animal extends froic
Hudson bay to North Carolina, and the
period which II remains underground
depends wholly upon the degree Of colo
that IL finds When the weather be
comes too frigid TO be comfortable, \
disappears into its hole, and II does mo-
come out again until the temperature
has moderated. Thus, in the far north
il remains dormant all winter long
probably not visiting the outer air &
much as once during its period Of re-
tircmcnt. Further south its period Of
alternating Is shorter in proportion &c
the warmth. and il is probable that dur.
ing a warm winter in North Carolina IL
hardly goes 70 sleep in this way at all,
only seeking that method Of getting
away from Jack Frost when occasional
cold snaps make IL necessary. So you
see that il all depends upon the acci-
dent OF latitude whether Or not the
ground hog comes ont Of its hole on
Candicmas day and looks around for
is shadow. The popular superstition
10 this effect Is q very curious one. and,
50 far as q be learned no ~ knows
from what source Il Is derived. OF
course. the ground hog Is not . hog q
all. but q kind Of SQUIRREL Chicago
Journal
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

MUcn worrying Is mental cowardice.
No a Is in q minority when he II
right.
He who knows little. and knows Il,
knows much.
Christ was the only teacher who fully
lived Ills teachings.
ALL truth is old, but there Is much
art in making IL appear new.
THE world gives is greatest rewards
% those who learn mot 70 care forthcm.
VIZ admire q rascal for what he
might have been and hate o fool for
what he Is.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

The high tariff organs ought to try to
get together and not pull in contrary
directions. The New York Tribune,
the leading protectionist journal Of tho
country, has been pointing out how tho
Mckinley law does not restrict trade.
as Imports are larger than ever; and
therefore how false and wicked are all
those who speak Of that measure as a
Chinese wall.
In a contrary way speaks the Mann
~facturer, the high tariff organ Of the
powerful Manufacturers club of phila-
delphia. This mouth-piecc Of Pennsyl-
vania protection rejoices thus:
The manner In which the Mckinley tariff.
within a few months after its adoption. is
fuIlllIng the purpose OF its passage and the
prediction Of e. friends Is plainly indicated
by the following facts; The Imports OF this
country OF foreign textiles for the month u
January this year wert about s5.oOo.ooo less
than for the same month last year. The i'm
norts OF woolcns an 1 worstcds for February,
1891, were more than S2,000.0o0 less than for
February. ISM The exports OF worsted
stuff from the Bradford district. England,
year 20 S6oOO) in February Of this year. q
iery from shcfield to the United states for
the FIRST quarter Of the present rear were
Just half those for the same quarter OF
last year
In other words McKinley's "Amer-
lean bilr' prevents the American
people from buying what they want
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15
SUSCEPTIBLE RAFAEL.
Prof. Middlem.st's Pills euro Him
OF q Serious Ailment-


II did hope-I really did hope it
would have been different. Prof. Mid
dlem;st," said Rafael Amato dejectedly.
\ You yourself told me. you know, that
II would be all right: and l had every
! confidence in you But here l am only
"a month married, and it's coming back
almost a bad as overland Of purse
Lconsidering the circumstances. : great
deal worse. What under Heaven am !
70 dor"
= You care nothing more about her.
ph?- said the professor. in his deep.
booming voice.
but | VIC care for her. you sec," ex-
\flaimed the young man. II think
pcrc's nobody like her. II ! didn't
hrc. | shouldn't mind: but that's the
krouble.'
Who ever heard" snortcd the pro-
feSSor. ''of a man who cared for his
wife falling in love with another
woman
Then il Is as / feared am unlike
other men, rejoined Rafael, with a
sigh. That's what my poor dear
mother always used 70 tell me. Ill
Ell yon the way il sccms to me. II i
A. < All women were only one woman;
various versions Of one yon
know. AMI since I'm in love with the
woman. Of course l cant help being in
loyr with all the versions"
What. Ugly and pretty alikc?"
"oh. NJ. only the pretty ones The
ugly ones don't count. They're 4 sort
q mistake. don't exactly look at
them
10 you consider verinda pretty Or
arly2r
Why. pretty. by all means. But II
sae We're the prcttiest woman in the
rorla-and l do believe She is-sfill
she's only one version. II / never saw
anyone else. or Il there were no others.
should be safe. But as il is. some
tang happens every time l 60 out"
Rafael. my boy said the professor.
s~onorously. nothing Is so bad as
half a philosophy. Your theory tn at
Al women are but manifestations Of
'ne one everlasting woman is sound
enough. But is IL not also truc that all
Women are contained in each individual
Woman-for him who loves her? That
Precious seeing viii Oh love, as the poet
says lends to the eye. should enable
Fou 70 discover in verinda the sum and
sex.~
Yes. but ! can't help remembering
Vat shc Is Vcrinda all the time. \ Rafael
answered. shaking his head; and after
sMon tnts pause he added: II don't
M'nk would bc right for me to forget
"A not a polvgamist."
isa sacl." declared the professor. en-
paa~lzing his words with solemn MP
-A'sh fprefinger. lyon are the victim IL
neindinr and erroneous tradition.
AAFF'age il o a captivity. it il an
~aue patton. A. your eyesight cndows
'7a WITH the visible universe. 50 in the
rrs7n ~ your wife You are possessed
atypn-r
n professor. all this does not heal
cepiibility." Rafael venturcd 70
ppse. The situation Is this: /
woman and l am married TO d
N. In 20 far as she is woman I
Aer' too; but, in 80 far as she Is my
'aFningly.
y far q she is my wife,. re-
4 ~ me young man. sadly but firmly.
=, A. Y she were below par. How
L : nan desire what he already has?
WAT he has not that allurcs him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

Mckinley raised the duty on raisins
from ? cents 20 2tl cents per pound;
and the price Of raisins is d half-cent
lower nov than last year. Protection
papers try 70 make use Of this fact n
show that McKinlcy's higher duties can
cause lower prices. But there Il q per-
fectly natural reason for the lower price
Of raisins this year. The fruit dealers
are complaining that the use Of raisins
as . table fruit il passing out OF fashion
in the large cities, and that this u caus-
ing . more limited demand and consc-
quently lower prices The McKinley
organs must mend the instance"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15
Price per y box
Quality ~ 20 feet.


Here is a trifling reduction Of : per
cen in thirty years Of high protection:
but thr trust has now put up prices Is
to 20 per cent. and r. there has been
40 reduction in thirty years. On the
other hand here Is a table giving the
prices Of imported glass in 1867 and
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-15

He is q wise man that can reason .
thing out with himself, but it takes two
wiser men TO reason 1t out together.
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01
The Tin Plate Tax in Effect.

NEW YORK, June 30.-The part of the
Mckinley tariff bill which affects the
duty On TIL plate imported from Eng
land will go into effect this Wednesday.
The present duty is 1 cent per pound.
The duty will be 2.2 cents per found.
As consequence there is much activity
among importers who are anxious to
get incoming steamers past the custom
house.
A Calcutta Dispatch says that the
government Of British India has
formally made a claim on the part of
the Mekong valley now in dispute be-
tween France and Siam. 1t is claimed
that the part in question formerly be-
longed to the kingdom of Burnah, an
nexed not long ago by the British.
Among the German visitors to Eng
land to see the naval exhibition is Vice
Admiral Knerr, commander at Kiel,
whom Americans still remember as hav~
ing been the hero of naval fight in the
Gull of Mexico in 1870, when the Ger
man gunboat Meteor damaged and beat
the French despatch vessel Bouvet, of
superior force.
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01

A Thousand Shots Fired But Only Two
People Fatally wounded--Further RI
OTIS Probable-Militia Sent to the Scene
to Preserve Peace.
SEATTLE, Wash, June 50.-Since the
bringing of 600 colored miners from the
East few weeks ago to take the place
of white strikers on the Franklin coal
mines near Seattle, the labor unions
have evidenced great dissatisfaction and
late authentic news from Franklin,
makes known that the negroes and Pin
kerton guards had pitched battle with
the white strikers at daylight Sunday
morning with the result that the whites
were routed and driven back into the
woods with loss of two men killed,
several others wounded and two women,
wives of the white miners, were shot in
the limbs but will recover. One negro
was probably fatally shot.
1t is estimated that at least / 600 shots
were exchanged, but owing to darkness
most OF the men fired at random.
The white strikers precipitated the
battle by making the attack. After the
fight, and when daylight came, the ne
groes were crazed with desire for re-
venge, and threatened to go down on
the flats, blow up the mines and kill all
the white miners, who number 125, and
their families. The guards, assisted by
Chief Sullivan, had all they could do to
keep the negroes from carrying out
their dire threats. AT Il. m. two COM
panies of militia were sent to the scene
to protect the mine property and keep
the negroes and whites from shedding
more blood.
At Newcastle, Coal Creek and other
mining camps in this county, strikers
occur at four or five places within
twenty-four hours
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01

Fast Trains with Pullman Yestibu!ed
Drawing Room Sleepers, Dining Cars
and Coaches of latest design, between
Chicago and Milwaukee, and st. Paul.
and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibule6
Drawing Room, Sleepers, Dining Cars
and Coaches of latest design, between
Chicago and Milwaukee and Ashland
and Duluth.
Through Pullman VestibuIed Draw
ing Room and Coloniet Sleepers. via
the Northern Pacific Railroad, be-
tween Chicago and Portland, Gre.
Convenient Trains to and from East
tern, Western, Northern, and Central
Wisconsin points affording uncqualled
service to and from Waukesha, Fozd
du lac, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menesha,
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Hurley,
Wis, and Tronwood, and Bessemer,
Mich.
For tickets, sleeping car reservations,
time tables and other information, ap-
ply to Agents Of the line or TO Ticket
Agents anywhere in the United States
or Canada.
S. R. AINSLIE, General Manager,
Milwaukee, Wis.
J. NJ. HANNAF0RD, Gen'I Traffic Man'g'r,
st. Paul, MINI.
H. C. BARLOW, Traffic Manager,
Chicago, Ill.
LOUIS ECKSTEIN, Gen'I Pass. & Tkt. Agt
Chicago. Ill.
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01
BOIES NOMINATED.
Iowa Democrats Unanimous in Choosing
Him to Head Their Ticket.

Him to Head Their Ticket.
OTTUMWA Ia, June 26.-The Demo-
cratic state convention was called to
order at 10 o'clock g. N. in the Ottumwa
opera house by Chairman Charles
Fuller. Walter Fl. Butler, of Fayette,
was selected as temporary chairman.
He euIogized the administration of Gov
ernor Horace Boies and emphasized the
inscriptions that in big letters on can
vas were stretched across the opera
house. At the conclusion of Buffers
address the usual committees were ap-
pointed and brief recess taken. When
When the convention reassembled ex-
Congressman J. r. Pusey, of Council
Bluffs, was chosen by acclamation as
permanent chairman. After Pusey's
speech G. A. Clarke, of Cedar Rapids,
Placed Boies in Nomination
for governor. The nomination was Sec
onded from all parts of the hall and the
governor was renominated by acclama-
ton. The convention at 11:30 took a
recess till 80 p. m. The platform en-
dOrses and eulogizes Governor Boies'
Boies administration. reafirms the
license plank Of the platform of 1899,
demands the Australian ballot and state
and national control of railroads, de-
nounces the Mckinley bill, favors lib
eral pensions, urges the free coinage of
silver upon a just ratio, and urges lib
eral appropriation for the-wQrld,s s fair.
After recess the ticket was completed
as follows: For lieutenant governor,
I. L. BestoW; judge supreme court, L.
q. Kinne; superintendent of schools, J.
B. Knoepfer; railroad commissioner,
Peter Z. Dey,
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01

We often heard it said that the
boys while in the army did not write
home very often. Now to refute any
such assertion we will say that we
know better. Charley Hubbard, as
sistant postmaster at Newbern, N. c.,
where our regiment was stationed for
nearly two years, said that he sent
out in one mail at one time 100000
letters and packages. This was the
last march of 1866, of course the boys
could not write home every day, but
they did write often almost any night
after a hard days march, tired though
they were, as soon as they got into
camp and eaten their hard tack and
SOW belly, if they were lucky enough
to have any to eat. You could see
them sitting around busily engaged
writing home. Don't for moment
think the boys ever forgot their home.
Morris tribune., 1891-07-01
Important to Ladies Only.

We want woman in every county to
establish corset parlor for the sale of
DR.. Nichols celebrated Spiral Spring
Corsets and Clasps, warranted never to
break, will outwear any three ordinary
corsets, Wages $40 to $75 per month
and expenses; $500 outfit free; inclose
18 cents stamps to pay postage etc, Ad-
dress with references,
G. d. Nichols & Co.,
16m3 20 East l4th ST., n. Y.