The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-03-26

From London Fair Trade: Recent
advices from Fall River, RI, the prin-
cipal center of the United States print
ing cloths industry, tell us that during
the week ended January II these goods
sold at the lowest prices recorded in
the history of the trade, 2 1916 cts
for 81 by 81 cloths. There has been
q recovery to B cents per yard, but as
even this is little more than half the
average price las shown above) of the
Lancashire exported goods, we should
like to know what becomes of the story,
current a little while ago in popular
British Free Trade organs, that that
wiolsod Mckinley Tariff had doubled
the price of the poor servant girls print
gown. Obviously, no Yankee or other
American 'hclp p" need waste her money
on the British printed cloths, of which,
as matter of fact, only 13,4G9,9OO
yards, valued at f229, 727, or 4.O7 per
yard, found their way in 1890 to the
United States.
Acting Secretary of tho Treasury
Nettleton has issued a circular letter
denying that L. s. revenue tax con-
veyS license to sell liquors in defiance
of state or local laws. He says, mo
senlblance of permission. express or
implied, is given by the United States
government in its revenue laws or 9TH
erwise to begin or continue such bust
ness in any place contrary tolocal leg
islation. A change has been made in
the form of the revenue stamp issued
to retail liquor dealers as evidence that
they have paid such tax. The new
form which will go into use July next
has printed across its face the follow
ing statement, in substance from the
Revised Statutes:
This stamp is simply a receipt for a
tax paid the government, and does not
exempt the holder from any penalty
or punishment provided for by the law
of any state for carrying on the said
business within such state, and does
not authorize the commencement nor
the continuance of such business con-
trary to the laws of such state or in
places prohibited by municipal law.
See section 3243, Revised Statutes
United States.
While the present legislature, like
almost every previous one, is being Sc
veraly rated for what it has failed to
do, it is we'll to bear in mind that most
of the final legislation will be accom-
plished in the four weeks of the ses-
sion yet remaining. Several objection
able measures have been introduced,
but none of those passed at this writ
ing are deserving of severe censure
Representative Turrell, while here last
week, expressed the belief that no
revolutionary legislation would be
passed at this session. He thought
that the most Objectionable feature of
the proposed usury law, providing for
the forfeiture of principal in case of
usury, would be eliminated or modi-
fed in the law as finally passed He
was of opinion that the Currier rail
road law was too wildly impracticable
to become a law, but that a measure
compelling railroads to furnish equal
warehouse and shipping facilities to
all would probably be enacted. It is
too soon to sit in judgment on the work
of the present Legislature, except to
point out the absurdity of certain II
am holier than thou" professions of
some of the members of the demo-al-
lance combine, which has been in
control. They have shown a DISPOSE
ton to make s. # places and clerkships
for their friends equal to the worst OF
the Republican legislatures, and High
Priest Donnelly openly charges mem
beers of the combine with br;be-taking
and corruption.