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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
Fifty-Five Millions Saved

Fifty-fve millions of dollars saved
to the people of the United States is
the record of theMcKinley law for the
first nine months. Free sugar ac-
counts for about one-half Of the re-
duction and the benefit of this is felt
on every table in the land. The other
half is accounted for by the fact that
laces, hats, cutlery, woollen CLOTH
dress goods, etc., to the amount Of
many millions, are no longer bought
from European manufacturers, but
are purchased from Americans.
This means added prosperity to
trade. 1t means that factories viii
be kept running, that continued Euro
pean importiOns would have closed: it
means that men and women are and
will be employed who would otherwise
be seeking in vain for work. It means
the American market for the Ameri-
can people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
AMERICAN TIN.

The Mckinley bill, the most rounaE-
ly abused tariff measure ever enacted
in this country, and a measure which
is daily more and more proving thR
wisdom of its authors and its worth
to the producer and wage-earner or
America, has had the effect of start
ing up manufactures in this country
which have been hitherto unknown
and believed impossible. Norton Bros.
Of Chicago, one of the heaviest tin i'm
porters in America, writes 20 the CHI
cagO Idter-OceGn thus:
We are in receipt of an invoice and bill Of Ia
ding for lao pigs Ga little more than 5our tonss
of American pig tin, mined at thaTsmesos4J
minas, San Bernardino county, Cal. The agents
write US that this is the first shipment whicza
they have made to points east OF the Rocky
Mountains excepting some small lots ass sam
pies, though they have been selling some II San
francisco for making solder and tinliled pipe
They also say that they have an inexhaustibIss
supply OF ore and are putting in a large mill
which they expect viii be in operation in Seq
tember, when they VIII be able to furnish us al
we want.
This tin will be used in thinning plates made IL
the United states and the work will be done en-
tirely, by citizens of the United States.
Such information as this viii gTatS
hard on the ears of the free-traderS
who were so solicitous last fall of thu
laborers' tin pail and the farmers tin
dipper. "The labor to be done en-
tirely by citizens of the Unite&
States" And yet the Democrats ana
Bakeries made the burden of the5E-
campaign cry against the tariff on tin
and as sequence tried to prevent tRas
establishment of great industry GA
America that should give work t2o,
American workmen.
But they didn't succeed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

THE LeSueur Sentinel is reminded
that among other mean things which
Gen. Baker attributed to the Repub-
lican party in last falls campaign was
the depression of the market, robbing
OF the farmers through its tariff poll
cy, and a general harangue about the
awful condition Of poverty to which
the labOring classes were being
brought through Republican success.
The FREE Press has had occasion to
draw attention TO the fact that the
General did net tell the truth at the
time nor accurately forecast events to
follow the Mckinley tariff measure.
The farmers were never in so prosper
GUS condition as now. No man Of
the present pariod ever saw the time
when dollar would go SO far in buy
ing the necessities of life, nor when
the demand FOR labor in the west was
as great as now. The pictures of deS-
Citation and distress SO wildly paint
ed by the dealagogue politician hasdis-
appeared as mist before the midday
sun Instead OF working disaster, the
Mckinley tariff bill has effected a de-
cline in prices Of almost everything
which the farmer has to buy, while
the demang eor labor at good prices is
greater thar he supply. There is and
can be no ,5s}ection to farmers organ
ling for mutual protection: but they
should have a care AID distrust of
loud-mouthed politicians who traverse
the country appealing for votes on the
f1lmsy pTe,&zt that the country will
go to the t;emnition bOw-woWs if they
are not elected, and who give utter
ances to nothing but Socialistic senti-
ments. The farmers will take care of
themselves. Have no fear. The great
''sDlicitude" felt for them by defunct
politicians anxious for pelf will in no
wise advance their interests. As a
prominent farmer recently remarked
to the writer: 1--WE will pay off more
mortgages with the proceeds of this
years crops than in any year in the
history OF the Northwest. and if the
farmer, like the business man. will at
tend strictly to his business, let the
politicians alone, decline to give his
money and time to the upbuilding of
aQy third marty and vote as he DleaSeS
ana for whom he likes, he can be as
independent and as prosperous as any
body. For my part | ana tired of being
classed with paupers. There is more
good, sound reasoning and solid sense
in the remarks quoted above, than
could be contained in an octave
volume of glib-tongued literature pre-
pared by these so-called Alliance cam
paigners. What the farmer most
wants is a severe letting alone.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
But they didn't succeed.
England Does Not Believe III FTess
Trade.

1t is generally believed that Eng
land is free trade country, but this;
is utterly false as d matter of fact
England has in Great Britain a23
Ireland) 1873 customs districts, each oE
which has a collector and subOrCt5r
mates. London has nearly 1000 Gus
toms officers: Liverpool about 100
for the two ports nearly 2,3G0 customs
officials. Does that look like Englan2
having free trade? And here is lisE
of dutiable articles compiled from this
English tariff: Alcohol, ale beer bran
dy, playing cards, chicory, chloroforng,
choral hydrGte, cigars and cigarettes
cocoa, coffee, cobdin, cologne water
cOrdials, currants. essence of spruce,
ether, iodide of ethyl, figs, fig cake
preserved fruits lin spiritsl, naptaa,
pickles, gold and silver plate, plumS
and prunes, raisins, soap, gin, rum,
whisky and other spirits, wine and
yarnish; and, besides these, there are
about ninety or one hundred articles.
chiefly from America, and principally
patent medicines, which are held to
be liable to duty at the rate of S3.36
per gallon. (See ''Dockery's Summary
Of the British Tariff -
1t is one thing to be free trade IL s
theory and quite another thing to be-
free trade in actual practice.
We hope that our Democratic
friends will weigh these facts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
THE FREE PRESS acknowledges with

The FREE PRESS acknowledges with
thanks the receipt Of handsome
souvenir ITO the Defenders Of New
Ulm, compliments of theBrownCoun-
ty Agricultural Society. It contains
illustrations of battle scenes of the
Sioux war at New Ulm, in '62, to-
gether with brief historical sketch
of the terrible slaughter Of whites by
the Indians. The work bears the I'm
print of the New Ulm ReUieoo and. is as
handsome and attractive as could be
wished.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

THE Republican party has always
represented the best principle of good
government, and from the beginning
Of our party right down through the
years, the tendency and drift of every
force with which it has been connect
ed have been toward the emancipa-
ton Of man, to raise the dignity of
human labor, and the equal distribu-
tion upon all shoulders of the rights
of citizenship, as well as the correla-
tive duties of citizenship"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

Gen. Sherman was fond of telling
this bit of negro philosophy: "When I
was with the army in Georgia, slave
owner one Christmas missed fat tur-
key. He suspect fine looking coll
ored man, and had him brought be-
fore him. You have stolen my tur-
key and eaten it, said the irate mas
ter. Use not gwine to say I didn't
when you says did, massa.' I ought
to do something to you What have
you got to say why 1 should not pun
ish you" Well, massa, you hain'5
los anything particular You ee,you
has little less turkey and agood deal
more nigger.'n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

SOME Of the Republican papers of
Minnesota that were lampOoning
Knute Nelson few years ago for his
advocacy of the Mills tariff bill in
congress, are now sugar-coating him
preparatory to swallowing the ''Little
Norwegian" for governor. Mr.. Mel
sons position on the tariff question
while member of congress was not
just what a great majority of his Re-
publican friends could have wished,
but that fact has nothing to do with
his availability or desirability as a
gubernatorial candidate, if it shall de-
velop that he is the choice of the par
ty. The tariff has no more to do with
the governorship of state than it
has with the mayoralty of city. Such
matters are fixed by congress. II he
were talked of for the latter position
it would be proper to investigate his
tariff views. But his convictions on
this matter have no place in state
campaign.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

The Mankato FREE PRESS, in answering as
saults OF some of the disgruntled country pa
pers upon the Worlds Fair Commission, sets
forth the biography of each member to show
that he is good and true. This may be all
right. but it is always best to answer a fool
according to his folly" and it looks like a work
Of supererogation to give the assailants of the
commission so much space. This state means
to be seen at the Columbian Fair and the dis
sidents will be run over; that is an.-Izfnneeb-
oils Journal
The Journal is correct: and the FEEE
PRESS promises to let the ''assailants'
have clear field in the future. With
this understanding the Journal will
forgive the sin of past "supereroga-
tion."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

The St. Peter Herald is mistaken
in its conclusions if it is laboring I'M
der the impression that the FREE
PRESS charges political influences
against the papers opposed to an eX-
ira session. 1t has said that certain
papers are trying to make out that
the extra session call is being adVO-
Gated and used for political purposes,
which it promptly denounced as I'M
true. There is no politics, as the
Herald says, in the matter-some Re-
publican papers opposing it and some
Democratic papers favoring it. The
position of the FREE PRESS on the
extra session proposition to raise adj
ditional Worlds Fair funds is simply
this: 1t believes it to be the only
equitable way of raising the money.
1t believes the sum can be raised at
less expense by this means than by
any other. If it is wrong it is ready
and willing to join in any movement
that can be shown to be more desira-
BILE. And by all means this paper ac-
cords, without question, the right of
all papers to oppose an extra session.
But it does no believe in abusing
those who happen to approve Of such
a plan. Them's our sentiments, Bro.
Johnson; and we are not stuck on an
extra session if the people don't
want it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

THE city council of St. Cloud has
granted d charter for an electric street
car line, and it is said the plant will
be in operation byf.all. Mankato does
not need anything at this time quite
so much as a thoroughly equipped
electric line. 1t would be a paying
investment to the company, and a
source of great convenience to the peo-
pie of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

IA SOUTHERN exchange says that ''peo-
pie who are expecting this or that
political party to pull the millennium
in by the ears, are doomed to disap-
pointment. Hard work and rigid
economy only can make people pros
porous. The golden age might be
somewhat by hanging a few
plotting politicians, crime-fostering
lawyers and incept editors, and put
ting honest, capable men (if the spec
les be not altogether extinct) into
office: but after all we must rely
chiefly upon well directed industry
for saving grace"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

ST.. PAUL was visited by terrific
rain storm Thursday night and con-
siderable damage to property re-
suited. y sewer burst, flooding
the streets, tearing up pavements and
street railways, filling cellars and
raising ned generally. The storm was
pretty general throughout the North
west.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
THE new dress reform among ladies

THE new dress reform among ladies
is becoming an interesting topic
throughout the country, and it will
not be surprising to see radical
change. made in female apparel before
many years. When the American
woman sets out to accomplish a pur-
pose she usually succeeds, and tight
lacing and other nonsense is, proba-
bly,, doomed. IT'S well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
Seen Through Democratic Eyes.
Rock County News.

Hon. o. B. Turrell, of Redwood, is
having quite little boom for con-
greSsiOnal hOnOrs. Mr.. TurreIl is an
honest and an able man, and has con-
siderable experience in affairs of leg
iSlation. He is not, however, a man
Of much persanal magnetism, and it
is doubtful if he could be elected in a
close canvass.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

EX-SENATOR SABTN'S marriage a
few days ago at Long Branch, n. j..
to Mrs. Josie L. Swan, has Just found
its way into print. The bride was
the widow of w. G.. Swan, former
prominent official Of the c.. NJ. s. ST.
P. road, and is said TO be a very estim-
able lady.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

The farmer who has stuck TO his
pillow and given the Brainless Jerrys
and Bearded PETERS the go-by is now
gathering the most profitable crops he
has had in years.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

DIR. B. G. Culver, Of Atchison,
Kansas, as the result Of twenty-one
years experiment, has produced a
new hybrid plant which he calls the
potamato. 1t bears potatoes under
ground and tomatoes on top.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

For the prestige of the country, it is
gratifying to learn that the members
of the travelling foreign committee of
the Columbian Fair commission are
meeting with success in Wien as well
as in London.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

BALMACEDA has issued So, 600, 00G Of
50-cent ''shinplasters. and has made
it compulsory upon the people to use
them. Under this new dispensation
Of finance, so long as paper and ink
last and the presses hold out, he will
have an abundant circulating medi-
um."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

HENRY WATTERsoN has been made
an Z. L. d. but Henry's new sutfix
does not appease his wrath toward
Hill in the least. Watterson is Wat
terson, title or no title.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28

EVERYBODY will be sorry TO hear
that Governor Campbell is not Wen,
and all hope his recovery will be
speedy. To tell the truth, with the
present outlook for the Ohio Demo-
cracy, there is not much encourage
ment for the Governor to get well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-08-28
ST. PETER
WOODEN Mill

| take pleasure in announcing that
this Mill is in full operation with the
best improved machinery for making
all kinds of underwear, such as Flan-
uels, Blankets and single and double
yarns of all grades.
Custom work will be made special
ty in all its branches, and I shall take
great pains to please my customers
either on shares or for cash. On all
Wool shipped, above 20 pounds, ship
ped from a distance, [ pay the freight
one way. For further particulars adj
dress,
B. B0rnemann 4 Son.
ST. PETER, MINI.
80 BINS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-28
THIRD FLOOR, RIGHT.
CARPET DEPARTMENT

ART SQUARES- Special sale
for Monday to close large lot of
very best quality All-Wool Art
Squares. Study the prices care
fully, and remember the reductions
are positively genuine:
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
UJm SOnge.

Jai r6y6,, je lie sens, fatigue du labeur,
CONNIE nm bon habitant sortant de son enclos;
I'm moqueur matinal, trop matinal pour moi,
Par son chant, ses accents, ma tire du repos.
Dams ce rave confus, jetais par trop heureux!
Je yoyais tout en- beau; puts marehant deux
adeux,
Des couples me montrant tout CO que jlai
perdu,
Me disaient insens6i reye, mais tn mes plus
Eft pourquoi done ~faut-il, que soumis b la loi
De cette parque inpie, ee heau destructeur,
Pauvre f1eur fietrie sur mon cGur desole,
Sans vie, sans protection tn meurs dinanition!
Tu reyiendras bient6t de til somnoience:
Tu Wis, toi, pour MOURN ct ~renaftre wife,
La nature pour tot SO montre prologue.
Que Susie moi, 81 &c nest TN triste ~allnvion
De Get ainas de chair que Dieu senl a forme2
Mourn est peu, e'est paix, e'est joie cest le
bonheur,
Et MOURN encore c'est bien temperance
Dune meilleure vie que nOtre prescience
Nous fait apercevoir dan4 ce grand orbite
Mais hpmme condamme. c'est bien une ligue
Proclamee eontre toi par 10 destin maudit:
Menrs SANS regrets, oui meurs, ct que ton
nom proscrit,
Ne laisse Ell &c monde que ce seul mot, hon.
nenr! G., Il.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
The Book Trust knocked Out.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

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This elegant new edition we still offer at
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on sasaH payments, to suit the convenience of
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The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11

Little Judith, the eight year old daughter
of Mr.. Muilineaux, OF the Inland Christian
AdUocGte, Des Moines, Iowa, on learning that
her special playmate. a child of her own age,
had aiken the whooping cough, took a bottle
of medicine which had cured her of a trouble
some cough, aud went over and said You
must take this medicine; it will do you good. =
Mr.. Muiiineaux was curious aB to the result
and on making inquiry learned that the little
nsighbor, who had been unable to rest at
night, had been greatly relieved in that re-
spect- The par0xysms were neither So FREE
quent, severe or enduring. The cough, under
the genial action Of this admirable remedy,
was loosened. The medicine liquefes the
mucus and enables the sufferer to throw it
of The attack in the beginning gave every
evidence of being a severe attack Of whoop.
Ing cough. Indeed it was a genuine case;
but this preparation, while perhaps it may
not be q positive cure for the disease, is I'M
doubIedly able TO alleviate it. IF it does not
cure IL. it will CIV unquestioned relief. The
medicine referred TO is Chanberlain's Cough
Remedy. For sale BY ]. Lassalle and all
druggists,
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
ndence.
HAAsv1LLE. la. April 9Th, 1891

NASHVILLE, La, April 9th, 1891.
EDITOR COURIER:
It is quite late in the season to meet with
frost, nevertheless we not only had white
frost but ice on yesterday and this morning,
and cold wind enough to make one think the
North pole had shifted several degrees farther
south.
All tender vegetation is pretty badly nipped
by the frost and cold North winds. Early
potatoes and corn are badly frosted. Young
plants in the garden-tomatoes, melons, ETC.,
are most of them fat on the ground.
Last year we had a killing frost on the LIST
of March that completely destroyed fruit and
plants of most sorts this time some of the
fruit may escape owing to the fact that the
trees are well covered with nearly full grown
foliage, atfording some protection to the
tender fruit from the freeze.
| learn that on some places that cotton was
up TO a stand, which, if true, has without
doubt been killed.
Farm work, owing to the ~lateness of the
season, has not advanced as we'll in many
respects as was to be hoped for, yet a great
deal OF work has been done in the way of
blowing and preparing lands.
Mr. c. D.. Stewart, Opelousas' stirring
builder, has a force of carpenters at work
building a new section house at Haas station
on the Morgan railroad.
The public roads have grown much better
during the past few weeks.
The lumber business is steadily improving !;
the demand Tor lumber growing, shows that
the country is marching ahead in the way of
improvements.
Good health prevails, and the people are all
busy at work trying to grow corn. cotton and
cane.
The gardeners are away behind hand this
spring.
Early vegetables come in very slowly. It's
too cold to succeed is the cry from all hands.
We are III hopes for pleasant seasons and
bountiful h~arvests. ILLINOIS.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
A Passing Tribute.

Respectfully dedicated to the men, those 10
this town and vicinity, that cal wear the
cap:
Here's to the kicker. the faint hearted
hicker, the kicker so helpless and blue who
always is crying and never is trying some
good for his own town to do. No use to cor.
rect him, nor need you expect him to get to
the front like = man, while others hustle he'll
sit down and rustic objections to raise to each
plan. But when tho brute dies, wesIl pause
with dry eyes, on his future condition to
dwell, and we'll envy the devil who'll not
have TO be civil when he roasts the rank
kicker in-man.-Washington Globe.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11

Mr.. st. John Brenon, who, with Gen. Phil
Sheridan, "a number of years ago, made a
study of the Malta in Italy, has been inter
viewed in London OH the New Orleans lynch
ing. He gives his unqualified approval TO the
action OF the New Orleans citi-
Gems, and says that Italy drove the Malta
from its borders in the anne way, only it was
soldiers acting under orders of the govern
ment aud not a n enraged populace. He
claims to have seen the government troops
shoot dow mombers of the Malta by the
dozen and without u trial of any kind. Italy
will have D weak claim to present If it de-
mands anything from the United States
Springfield tMo.l Leader.
The Opelousas courier., 1891-04-11
Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment,

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes, Tet-
ter, Salt Rheum. Scald Head, Old Chronic
Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema, Itch, Prairie
Scratches, Sore Nipples and Piles. Il is cool
ing and soothing. Hundreds of cases have
been cured By it after all other treatment had
failed. 1t is put up in 25 and so cent boxes.
For sale by Joseph Lassale and all drug
gists.