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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

MIssoULA GAZETTE: The Great Falls
Leader, which secured the county print
ing of Cascade county, says hat county
commissioners under the law are not re-
quired to advertise for bids for county
printing but can award the contract to
whom they please. That is true; but
we would like to see a man run for
county commissioner and not pledge
himself to conduct the business of the
county in the most economical manner.
While it is true in a general sense that to
the victors belong the spoils, few citizens
and taxpayers there are who will not
enter a vigorous protest against award
ing contracts without going to the
trouble Of requiring competitive bids.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
HUNGER AND IMMIGRATION.

Short crops in the agricultural por-
tions of Europe are telling in our immi-
grafton statistics. During the past few
months the increase in the number of
immigrants is so marked that one can
not fail to note it. The largest increases
are from Russia, Poland, Germany and
Italy. The United States commissioners
who are in Europe inquiring into the
immigration question recently cabled
they had been staying in Russia during
the past two or three months and had
found that the conditions affecting emf
grafton there were of such a grave and
peculiar character they did not feel war
ranted in speaking about them except in
the form of an official report which
would be accompanied by corroborative
evidence without which the statements
they would make might be received with
incredulity.
Their statements will doubtless charge
that hunger is the leading cause in Rus
sian emigration. If reports be true re-
garding the hardships which the people
are already suffering on account of
scarcity of food the conditions in that
unfortunate country are indeed appal-
ling. According to Bradstreet's, 'bread
made of finely chopped straw and bran,
mixed with a very small quantity of rye,
is considered a godsend. In many dis
tricts the starving peasantry are not
able to procure even these miserable
substitutes for nourishing food, and are
reduced to the most dire straits to pro-
cure anything that will prolong life. In
these districts the population are keep
ing themselves alive by making what
they call hunger bread 1t is hardly to
be believed hat human beings could be
in such dire necessity and live upon such
a compound as this so.called hungry
bread, yet it is reported as a fact that
the ingredients entering into this bread
are dried dung, the powdered bark of
trees and ground peas and goose foot, a
plant more commonly known as pigweed.
This mess is greedily eaten by the fam
ishing people"
There can 70 but little wender that a
people reduced to such straits wish to
leave their country and seek homes in a
far-otf land, where the simple necessaries
of life may always be obtained. Hunger
is driving thousands of people out of
Europe into this country. Starvation is
doing in Russia what the oppression Of
tyrants could not do-making voluntary
eXiles of her peasants.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The Drover's journal thinks that,
"At the rate irrigation farming is taking
possession of the western plains and val.
leys, the range cattle business will before
many decades be pushed into the hills
and then into history" Speaking for
Montana the TRIBUNE fails to note any
indication that irrigation farming will
push the range cattle business into the
hills or out of the state. 1t will take
years at the earliest before a system Of
reservoirs and canals and lateral bitches
a be constructed for irrigating the
immense bodies of tillable lands in the
state. In the meantime those who are
at present engaged in the range cattle in
dustry need borrow no trouble about ir-
rigation farming driving them out of ii.
When it does they will be too old to care
about il.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

Gov. CAMPBELL here read a certifi,
cate from the Ohio state board of equal.
izatlon showing that in ten years the
appraised value of farm land has dcpre-
ciated S98,OOO,OOO. Have other classes
suffered alike? In spite of this depre-
citation in farm land the report of Super
intendent Porter of the census bureau
shows that in ten years the state OF
Ohio has increased in wealth s213,OOO,-
600. How much have farmers gotten of
that?-Report Of Coz. CampJelL's
SDppcL.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
1t goes through the hands of the jobber,
passes into those of the retailer, and is

1t goes through the hands of the jobber,
passes into those of the retailer, and is
finally laid side by side with that yard of
English suiting On the counter of the
country merchant. The merchant asks
1916 for it. That is the price of such
goods. A farmer or mechanic buys it,
paying therefor 1915, and in paying it
he also pays the price of protection,
which. in this case, amounts to S1.G2. In
the case of the English-made cloth the
government got the tax. In this the
manufacturer gets it. That is his pro
lection. In both cases the consumer
pays the first cost of the goods, the tax
or tariff, the profits of middlemen, and
all accrued incidental expenses. This is
as plain as the nose on his face. The
foreigner pays nothing, the home manu-
facturer pays nothing; the farmer the
stockman, the miner, the mechanic, and
the day-laborer pay everything from the
ground up. In the face of these facts
for they are facts which no man can sue
cessfully refute, does it not sound like
nonsense to hear a man say that under
the Mckinley bill the foreign manufact-
urer or importer pays for the privilege of
entering the American market? Does it
not appear that the tariff is a tax which
the consumer, not the importer, must
pay? Is it not shown that the imposi-
ton of a duty does not create an indus
try, but increases the price of dutied
goods and that this increase in price
to the manufacture of taxed goods
the United States? The history of
The yard Of cloth proves these PROPOSE
ions.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The decision of the magistrates pre-,
siding duringt the examination OF Hickey
Deeney, and Kelly, charged with the
murder Of Penrose, hold the accused to
answer the charge at the bar Of the dis
trict court. The examination was ex
haustive and nothing was left undone OF
unsaid by counsel upon either side to ar
rive at the facts in the case. The de
cision Of the magistrates seems to give
general satisfaction, the prisoners them
selves expressing the wish for a trial ant
full vindication at the hands of a jury
rather than a discharge by the magis
trates with doubt resting upon theil
completely in the murder.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
POSTAL SERVICE.

No one doubts that Postmaster Gen
raj Wanamaker is a successful BUSINESS
man. If he were lacking in shrewd bust
ness methods he would not have been
able to pay that 100000 to the corrup.
ton fund which helped elect Harrison
That fact alone proves Mr.. Wanamaker
to be an excellent manager of large bust.
ness interests. He has carried his ideas
of business which he developed in his
Philadelphia store into the postoffice de-
partment at Washington IN one matter
in particular, and that is in inaugural
ing the free postal delivery system in
the smaller cities. 1t is said he will re-
port to the ensuing congress the encour,
aging results which have followed its
establishment.
The last congress appropriated $4,000
for this purpose and the plan has been
put on trial in nearly fifty cities. Ac-
cording to the st. Paul Globe it is found
in all the cases reported that the reve.
nues of the offices have been materially
increased, warranting the belief that
eventually the cost of the increased ser.
vice will be nearly met out of the addi-
ton to the But that is not a pri-
mary consideration in the postal system
There has hardly been a time in the
history of the country when the
service has been self-supporting. That
may be an ultimate attainment, but is
not to have much present consideration.
The policy has always been to perfect,
extend, and cheaper the service. When
a single congress appropriates a billion
dollars in time of peace it is a trivial
matter whether the postal business has
a deficit of a few million or not. 1t
should be made useful to the people in
small communities as we'll as large ones
so far as possible. Great Falls should be
among those to receive the benefits of
the system. If we are rightly informed
the office here is not a tax upon the gov
eminent. 1t pays a generous evenue to
the government which is swelled each
year. 1t is entitled to a free postal de-
livery and there is no doubt that if the
proper representation be made it will be
accorded by the department.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

THESt. Paul Globe is authority for the
statement that Mr.. FL. Whitney, the gen.
ial general passenger agent of the Great
Northern, will address the eighteenth
annual convention of Y. M. C. A. of Min,
nesota soon to meet in st. Paul. Mr.
Whitney's subject is: "Work for Rail
road Men and How Can the Y. M. C. a,
Accomplish the Greatest Good IN Their
Behalf" The answer is naturally suggest
ed that the most the Y. M. G. A. can dc
for railroad men is to pray for them
They need the prayers OF all the churches
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

ACCORDING to the report of the In.
dian commissioner there are by actual
count 100000 Indians in the United
States, not including Alaska. These In.
dams occupy about 116,OOO,OOO acres OF
land, or AGO acres to each man, woman
and child. Of course a large proportion
of this land lies idle and should be given
to white settlers. If 16O acres of land
we're allotted to each Indian there would
remain 100000 acres for white settle
ment, or homes of 100 acres each for 475,.
600 families. There is a world of signiti,
canoe in these figures which the govern.
ment should not fail to heed.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

Ir is reported that Sheriff Lloyd of
Silver Bow county has decided to stop
stake" prize fights in Butte. That is
right. But why not stop all prize fight
ing? A stake" prize fight results in no
injury to the persons of the contestants
while men have not forgotten that a man
was killed in a Butte prize ring. A
"fake" fight is simply a snow and
though a demoralizing INT it is a tame
affair beside the revolving and brutal
incidents attending a genuine battle.
Stop the real prize fights Mr.. Sheriff and
the flake" will not be heard Of.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
THAT "snug little balance of $4,000.

THAT 'snug little balance of S45,OOO,
600 to the credit of the republican
party on the sugar legislation question:
is all in your eye, Mr.. Leader. That
S45,OOO.OOO are made up on the other
n~ecessaries of life. Mr.. Mckinley says
this country must raise S365,OOO,0OO a
year by tariff taxation to keep this ex-
travagant government running. What
it loses on sugar it gains by IN increased
tariff tax On tinware and clothing. crock.
cry and the numerous other articles
which the poor nan consumes. Do you
see the point?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

DID it ever occur to our republican
friends that every word uttered in favor
of the free sugar schedule in the McKin.
ley tariff is a word in condemnation OF
the rest Of the measure. If a dollar will
buy more free sugar than it did of taxed
sugar, would not it also buy more OF
plows and barbed-wire and crockery and
window-glass and tinware and of the
thousands of other articles upon which
the Mckinley bill increases the taxes
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
A @ NOT

1t is asserted by the republican m.
and republican speakers hat the N
Kinlvy tariff will increase the wages
workingmen and operatives. No sim
or a more baseless claim can be MAJ
If it were a wage increaser the u,0,1
monopolies and trusts which have sprurl
up under a high tariff would be the s,'
to oppose it, whereas they are its stror'
est supporters. There is not a %corpo,,
ton or manufacturing oncer in f.
country that does not favor the McKi,I
ley tariff and there is not one which hi
increased the wages of its workmen. NJ
the joint debate in Ada the other A.
Governor Campbell referred to this m.,
ter in the following language:
II want Maj. Mckinley" said the 90,
ernor, "when he replies, to tell this IN
dience where those workingmen are wbo
have got better wages under his taris
Applause. In this country there bar,|
been more than 300 great manufacture,
establishments which have reducsS
wages since the passage of the McKinle,
bill, and l do not know one which h.,
increased them. CHEERS. In the ir,
industry we have had more strikes wbi%
are unsuccessful since the passage a.
that bill than in the three years befors
l hold in my hand a list of 30 estah
lishments, including Carnegie's, work
ing 5000 men, in which organized
labor is banished. 1 will ask the ma
jor If he favors the Punishment of organ.
lied labor from the great factories of tbs
country? [Cheers.1 1 have said befort
that the United States Glass COMPANY
organized since the passage of the M
Kinley bill, and which has thrown on,
of employment already 500 men, is :,
trust. I say now that they are in a trus,
by their confessions. What did thos
companies consolidate for? To reduce
expenses, they say. To control the prod
uct was what they organized for. ant
they do not like to be called a trust be
cause trust is an unpopular word in thi
country. 1t was not in the dictionar
until after the high tariff laws weri
passed. The glass manufactured al
Iiffin, Findlay, and Fostoria, l under
stand, is made by Belgians imported int,
this country"
1t would be supposed that Maj. Nc
Kinley would have made some reply t
this direct challenge and pointed ques
tons. But he did not refer to them a
all. He coolly ignored the governors re
quest and talked about something else
He MOI no other man can point to a singl,
business firm in the country that ha.
increased the wages of its employees undei
the Mckinley tariff. On the CONTRARY
numerous establishments are Cite
which have cut down wages since it:
passage. That measure was not gotten
up in the interests of the laboring mer
of this country. 1t is essentially The
rich mans tariff and its strongest d.
Tenders are found among the great syn.
dictates and manufacturing concerns
whose interests it fosters and protects
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The Chicago Times has the following:
A single item in todayIs newspaper will
awaken suspicion in the minds of pearl
button purchasers. yesterday Marshal
Field a. Co. paid $1,000 duty on Sl,4OO
worth of pearl buttons" 1t is a simple
announcement. The great merchant
will not miss the driblet by which he in
part replenishes a public treasury de-
pleted by a billion-dollar congress. More
over, in making the price for these goods
the merchant and importer-not having
found al Austrian willing to pay the
tariff duty-will add the duty to the in
voice cost and collect from the purchas-
er a sum covering profit on first cost and
tariff.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17
M'KINLEY'S TINPLAT,E.

In his speech, as reported in tn
TRIBuNE's dispatches yesterday morn
ing, Mr.. Mckinley did not refer to hi
Piqua tinplate, but mention was mad,
of badges or medals worn by some of thu
audience. said to be made at Piqua
Ohio, out Of Ohio steel, and California
tin. This fraudulent stuff is what may
be called "McKinley's tinplate." The
Louisville Courier-Journal in speaking
about the Mckinley badges says: ''The
badges are not tinplate at all. Tinplate
consists of a plate of steel with a thin
coating of tin-say 50 per cent of steel to
3 per cent of tin. The tin is not taxed
but comes in free. The steel, however.
is taxed at a high rate, and was so before
the Mckinley bill was passed. The
combination, known rs tinplate, was
taxed before the passage of the McKin-
ley bill, but the tax was raised last year
from l to ID cents per pound. The
medals, however, are not made Of steel
nor is the coating principally tin. In
other words, the medals are as fraudu-
lent as the purpose they are intended to
accomplish. One of them was submitted
by the Republic to a firm of assayers in
st. Louis, and the following letter shows
the result"
$40 the City Editor of the Republic:
Regis Chauvenet IL Bro. Analytical
Chemists and Assayers, 100 Pine street,
st. Louis, Sept. 25.-Dear Sir: We have
made a qualitative analysis of the medal
sent us and find results as follows:
THE medal is a circular piece of metal,
stamped with the inscription: 'McKin-
ley and Protection. Made of Ohio Steel
and California Tin. Piqua, 1891
THE composition of the medal is
wrought-iron plate of a rather inferior
grade, covered with a very thin coating
of tin and lead alloy, in which the lead
largely predominates. There iscertainly
no steel in its composition, and we doubt
very much the source claimed for the
tin. Respectfully,
REGIS CHAuvENET Il Bro"
But it appears that this tinplate is
something worse than fraudulent; it is
also deadly. Prof. Luedeking. of st.
Louis University, a high authority upon
poisoning, says that the commercial use
Of such imitation tinplate as that com
posing the Mckinley badges would result
in wholesale poisoning. Lead poisoning,
he says, is one of the most insidious forms
with which the medical profession has to
deal. Paralysis is one of it's usual eff
fects, and it causes rotting of the bones.
One of the most frequent causes of this
species of poisoning is the cooking of
food in iron vessels coated with lead,
or an alloy containing lead. A. Gautier,
a French authority, tells of epidemics
caused by lead poisoning due to the use
of lead in timing the cans in which food
was preserved"
This is the stuff that is being heralded
by the republican press of the country
as American manufactured tinplate.
What deception! What fraud! If this
Mckinley tinplate was gotten up for cam
paign purposes it is a most deceitful
trick; if for domestic uses it is a danger
Gus fraud and the manufacturers of the
article should be punished to the extent
of the law.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The Porter census puts the mortgage
debt of Illinois at s3s4,OOO,OOO. The re-
publican state census puts it at s4O2, OOO,-
900. Mr.. Porter is losing none of his
ability. He can miss mortgages in re,
publican states and population in demo
cratic states with equal facility.-S
Louis Republic.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The attack upon Governor Campbell
in the shape of charges against his
financial standing is conclusively proven
by Senator Brice to be a campaign
canard. One Of the charges is that he
owes the senator 100000. This Mr.
Brice emphatically denies. What a
dirty personal campaign the Mckinley
strikers are conducting in Ohio!
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

In this country there have been
more than 800 great manufacture
ing establishments which have re-
duceo wages since the passing OF
the Mckinley bill and | do not know
n which increased them.-Gov,
Cam pbell's Speech.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The number OF People In the
United States who own their own
homes have. In Twenty-Five years.
fallen from ve-elghths to three
eIgths. How many years Will 1t take
to fall to one-eighth ?-Gov. Campbel's
Speech.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

Ihold In my hand a list Of thirty
establishments, including Carne-
gIe's, working $4,000 men In
which organized labor IL DanIshed.-
Gov, Campbell's Speech.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

In the ron industry we have had
more strikes which are nsuC-
cessful since the passage of that
bill the Mckinley than in the three
years before.-Gov. Campbell's Speech.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

WHAT's the matter Mckinley can't fry
q little fat out Of the coffin trust. His
Piqua tinplats would give that trust a
stalwart boom.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

The Fargo Republican thinks Grovsr
Cleveland should be happy, as catnip tea
is on the free list.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

Priestley's Black Henriettas are with
out a peer in the world. The best dry
goods houses in the trade only carry
them. Conrad carries a full line.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-17

Buy a lot in South Great Falls. Prices
range from $50 to $500. j. X. Clark Il
Co., over the First National bank, agents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-02-10

WAsHINGToN. Feb. 3 Webb writes the
Boston Journal as follows regarding the
action Of the Democratic caucus Saturday
night: The caucus was ihioly attended
aud only resulted in the adoption Of reso.
luii n that it is the opinion of the Demo-
era ic party thst the committee on coinage
should report the Senate free coirage
bill to The House. in order that il
may be voted upon without delay. Itw
made clear from the Submission in this
caucus that there are three Democratic
men bers of the committee who ave opposed
to free coinage. Whether or not they can
be induced by vote of 81 of their asso-
ciates 10 report the bill to the House 10 yet
10 lie seen. The caucus must be can.ii-
erel failure, in that the Bland people
CON i not secure the attendance of the body
of Their parry associates.
The free coinage men have adopted an
other expedent which, if they had the ma
jori'y of the committee on rules. would be
more effective. They propose to have a
new rule adopted which shall provide that
when committee having bill in charge
shall have given Ave hearings aud have not
re rttd the measure, the committee, upon
the recommendation of four of its menu
hers, shall report the bill to the House.
The only way in which the bill can
b. reported to the House, if the
coinage committee shall continue to
refuse to take action upon it, is
to adopt resolution in the House d.
rectng the discharge of the committee. IN
order to accomplish this the free coina., .
men must have the power to do two ,hngs !;
First to secure recognition from the Speak
er; second. TO have majority of the
House in support of that motion To this
time they are not certain of being able to
either. An analysis Of the absentee list
shows that if full House will be brought
here he indications are that the free coin
age would be defeated even by direct
yott.
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Dsnyins thu Reports OF Revolution in
Central America.

NEW YORK, Feb 9.-Jacob Rsiza, cor =
sui General Of Guatemala aud Honduras,
r; c'ived the following teie grams:
Eumors about revolution in Honduras
and Central America are untrue. deny
all reports to the contrary. All Central
America is at pesce and busily engaged in
gathering the coffee crop which will be the
largest Guatemala has yet produced.
(Signed) BARILLAs
Complete peace reigns in Central Amer
lea. Romars to the contrary are false.
Honduras is all right.
Signed BoGRAN.