The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-06

sions that men had tasted for an incred-
ible time, and received the stories
with a grain Of salt. This time we pro-
posed to take he matter in hand and
watch the faster until he accomplished
his task or died in the attempt. That
Succi did not eat, therefore, is pla ed
beyond the possibility of doubt. Still,
we don't imagine ne will have mary
imitators, and as far ourselves we have a
decided prejudice in favor of three meals
a day.-N T. Herald.
Here is another Illustration, if any were
needed, of the arbitrary aud mischievous
influence of nigh tariff legislation upon
business Under the law of 1888, which
was much n ore carefully prepared and
compiled than the law of 1890, it happened
that there was confusi N as to the duti s
on hat trimmings. A duty of so per cent.
was imposed and collected by the T cas-
ury where the importers claimed that only
20 per cent. was due. The action of the
Treasu y was protested aga nst and con-
tested by-of all persons in the country
- the present high priest OF the high
tariff Gull, John Wanamaker, aud the
suit he brought was finally followed by a
decision of the Supreme Court again It the
gOve rnment. This was in February Of
this year, and the Treasury began imme-
dat ly to pay back the illegal duties ex-
acted. Up to date about 81, 800, 600 had
been refunded. Suddenly, without warn
/ G or ex Jlanation, an order we might
fairly call it an ukase, or a vermilIon edict,
for nothing more arbitrary could be done
in Russia or China-is issued by the Sc
rotary of the Treasury to stop all act on
with reference to this class of payments.
Perhaps in what he considers due time
the deputy p~otentate at Washington viii
condescend to explain the motive Of this
decree. In the meantime citizens whose
claims have betn declared by the highest
tribunal in the la d tS be legal and lust
can amuse the nsel'es by guessing.-M
Y. Times.
Our protested g~enealogists have found
out that it is far easier to establish a O n
nection with some foreign family of re-
pute and to appropriate their honors and
insignia than to manufacture outright.
Thus, our Muggins has been successfully
spliced on to the English family of De
Mogyn, our Tailors to Tayleures, our
Seamers to Seymours and Saint Maurs,
and our Mullins to De Moulins. In gen
eral these transfer matt )ns and af6iati MS
have beer effected without exciting COM
ment or criticism, but not always. An
Am rican family, bearing a name famous
in English history and exalted in one
branch by a ducal title, concluded that
similarity of surname gave them an equal
right to the heraldic belongings of the
{ tmilY, and assumed the escutcheon, sup
porters and all. If their pride had been
satisfied with the display of the insignia
N their ca -riage panels no one would
have objected; but when it tempted them
to assert publicly their right to the ducal
title, which was then in allegiance, it
aroused the curiosity Of some pr )wling
neutrality-suspicious. pests of society-who
set about inquiries which, they asserted,
proved that the American family was only
of yeoman origin and of no possible CON
nection with the ducal house. Thus did
their vaulting ambition overleap itself,
and to avoid ridicule they were obliged
to suppress a magnificent table service Of
china and silver, IN which they had dis
played, at a considerable expense, the
ducal crest and coronet John p. Champ
LIN, Jr., in the january Forum.
The Indianapolis Journal, which repre-
sents the Administration at the Presidents
home, asserts that " the Democrat organs
haN e peer lying about the advance In
canned meats" and also says: Instead
of an advance there has been a reduction
in Ca ned meats" And yet it is on &C.
count of the advance in the price of
canned meat and lard made some weeks
ago by the Chicago and Kansas City
packers that the manufacturers who took
this action have been attacked by news
papers in the West which are not less
d, voted to the E2Kinley policy than is
the Indianapolis Journal. 1t was an ad-
vance in the price Of meat AMI lard in
cans as compared with the price of the
same produc s sold in coverings of wood,
and we presume the indianapolis Journal
published the press dispatches
ing the change when it was made. We
have before us the circulars of the Jacob
Dold Packing Company of Kansas City
an 1 of &c ,rge G.. Napheys & Son Of Phila-
delphia relating to this change. The first
named company gave notice Nov. 20 that
" on account of advance of tin plate, due
to the tariff agitation, Tor the EcKinley
BILL on and after Dec. l" the price of
lard in tin cans would be higher than
/ LA1ok " " AZ lACACOo " a VI q SCAL Al
cans of 10 pounds, z 8 Of a cent in cans
of 5 pounds, and l cent in cans of 3
pounds. This scale, it was added, had
been "adop ed by all packers" The
circular Nepheys & Son contained a new
schedule, and said: lowing to the
advance in tin plate the above shedule of
prices which changes the relative differ
ence between tin and wooden packages,
will go int effect on and after Dec. Is,
1890" In this schedule the differences
between the prices of lard in tin pals or
cans and the price of lard in tierces were
the same as those SCI forth in the other
circular. It is true that the new duty will
not be collected until July lst but the
question bow under consideration is
whether there has been 40 advance Of
price We understand hat the price of
tinware has heen increased by the pro-
tected manufacturers of such goods in