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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-27

II i sad 10 think of how many Of oui
fellow beings are living on the brink Of
want A few days sickness and they
are helpless. II j. sad 10 think how
many are ignorant. IL il not pleasant 10
have 20 say tia; night here in CHICAGO
there are hundreds Of honest. temperate
and industrious men who cannot find
work. when az the same time 1000 chill
dren are compelled 10 work in factories.
stores and other places when they ought
O. lie in school.
This city owes more than ihis 20 The
r1sing generation. Better ten thousand
times 20 die poor than grow rich by ;he
labor of these little hzndk.-Rev. DR..
Thomas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-27

Every day for the last four weeks large in
of clerks have been busy unpacking, marking and
placing them ready for inspection. We have left
nothing undone in selecting first spring purchase
for Rock Island and are confident that our spring
line will be unexcelled. We pride ourselves partc-
uarly upon the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

On common window glass. larger than
"a by SO inches. the old duty was ~
cents per pound: the Mckinley duty is
81 cents. The protection in the win
dow glass duties is further reinforced
by the requirement that all imported
glass Of this kind must be packed in
boxes containing only so square feet.
While the duties here quoted are high
they do not tell the whole story Of the
protection given the glass men. The
Observation-Disclosures law, which went
into effect on the lst Of last August,
assesses the same duty on the boxes or
crates containing goods as on the goods
themselves. The packing makes a con
siderable item Of expense in handling
glassware. furthermore, the same law
Requires that no allowance be made for
articles broken in transit. unless the
broken articles amount 10 ten
Per cent. Of the shipment. in which
case the Government takes the prokcn
or damaged articles. sells them at
auction. and pockets the proceeds In
the shipment Of glass and glassware q
considerable portion is always broken;
and the losses thus er.ailcd form an
additional protection 70 the domestic
manufactures over and above the high
rate Of duty in the Mckinley law.
And ali duties and all this extra ex-
mean just so much additional
burden 70 the consumer How these
burdens accumulate under the Nckin-
ley law may he seen from an actual inn
portation as recently reported by q
Boston broker. A merchant not long
ago imported from Antwerp an invoice
81 medium table glassware. paying for
il Sits. On landing il at the custom
house the Mckinley duty was found 70
be sl.oc,. thus making the entire cost
$3.50 The duty under the old law
would have been S74-. 80. or SS32. 20 less
than the Mckinley duty.
The old rate on table glassware was
40 per cent; the Mckinley rate i so per
cent. or an increase Of 5oper cent. upon
the old rate. This increase is said 10
have been put on by Mckinley for the
benefit Of the glass manufacturers in
his district. One Of the Philadelphia
manufacturers. who went before Me-
Kinley 70 ask for a higher duty. had
much to say about the parper laborers
Of Germany. who ''eat meat only once
a week. and yet confessed that work.
erS in our American glass factories
have work only about nine months in
she year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

Great Growth of the Shoddy business
while WOODEN Manufacturing Langni-hcs
why the >hoddy Men Wanted the Me-
Kiniey Law.
A shoddy mill in Massachusetts, has
Just closed its doors as the csult Of the
Mckinley law. X ran in a kind Of
Shoddy which j. imported entirely: and
as the Mckinley duty on this particular
kind i 30 cents a pound-or equal 70
o per cent-the manufacturers found
il impossible to pay this enormous duty.
The owner Of this particular mill was
evidently not one Of the >hoddy men
who, as was reported in the trade jour-
mails last summer. were clamoring for
the passage Of the Mckinley bill.
These were the manufacturers who usc
American-made .hoddy; and their
anxiety for the passage Of the Mckin-
ley bill was caused by their knowledge
that under il the cost Of wooden cloth
ing would he increased and the use Of
shoddy clothing would b. promoted.
The use Of Shoddy has extended enor-
mouslv during recent years. According
to the statistics of the tenth census.
1850. the total amount 81 raw material
consumed in the manufacture Of wooden
goods was as follows:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

The Reform Club, Of New York City,
has organized for a series Of tariff de-
bate al the Agricultural fair held
throughout the state The first discus
sion was AT Hudson. between Congress-
man Springer. Of Illinois, who TALKED
tariff reform, and Congressman Horr,
Of Michigan. who talked protection.
There was a large and enthusiastic at
tendance. The next day the gem
tlemen met al Margnrctville. Here
there was a crowd If $500 people.
They had come 70 near a tariff talk,
and listened with the greatest interest
and the keenest appreciation. II was
50 evident 70 the managers Of the fair
that this debate was the great
drawing card. that they dispensed with
the racing. When the ordinary. unre-
generate American citizen would rather
hear a man talk tariff than see a horse
run. is il not reasonable toconsider that
the tariff is a subject that has a very
lively interest for him? These meet.
ings. which are 20 be continued all
through the campaign, are sure TO re-
suit in much good. The work Is an
educational one, and il has been going
on in New York pretty steadily for two
years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

France Is. with the exception Of Ger
many, the largest buyer Of American
dried apples. During the fiscal year
1850 our exports Of dried apples to
France reached 3,scc. 900 pounds. Tho
present duty on this fruit is 0 francs
per kilo (53 cents per 100 pounds); but
the new duty, as proposed by the com
mission now az work on the French
tariff. will be Q francs as the minimum
and . francs as the maximum duty.
The higher duty which il equal to
about socents per 100 pounds, will almost
certainly be collected on our dried APP
pies. as the higher duties in the French
tariff are aimed at the products 81 those
countries which levy duties injurious to
French industries. The grest irritation
in France over the Mckinley law makes
II practically certain that our products
will be taxed by France at the highest
legal rate. In that case our farmers
will not sell 3.5cs, 900 pounds Of dried
apples to that country. This Is Of itself
but a small matter: but Il a only an cx-
ample Of the spirit that the Mckinley
law Is sturing mp in foreign countries
against as In the direction a driving
our products out Of their mnrketA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

The wool used is reported as wool
in the grease. and should be reduced at
least 90 per cent. 10 obtain the amount
Of pure wool consumed. The legal ratio
Of loss Is c6.66 per cent. Thus only 49,
4.6.s9i pounds Of pure wool were con
sumed- This shows that the compost
tion Of wooden goods made in 1850 was
0 parts Of adulterants q lis parts OF
pure wool. In 1870 the shoddy mills
alone used 1c,3s2,002 pounds Of raw
shoddy. and in 1850 they used So. 1886. ORG
pounds Of raw shoddy on a secured
basis.
The making Of shoddy was a compar-
ativclv unimportant business only a few
years 2 Already il is a prosperous
and growing industry and regards itself
aS an entirely respectable member Of
our families Of National industries. A
recent number Of the American Wool
Reporter contains the advertisement Of
twenty-cight shoddy dealers.
Early last year the same journal rave
y description Of the Muhlhanser Shoddy
Mills Of Cleveland. o., .'thc most ex-
tcnsivc shoddy mills in this country,
and probably the largest in the world"
The correspondent Of the Reporter said:
The production 81 these mills Il very large.
and since the M add tion has beer Ia opcr-
ation, 1o.cD pounds per day has been turned
.ut. yielding an annual roduc ~ about
500 90 rounds. Their last pay roll shows
over - >ands employed; their help arc
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13
POINTS AND

The passing Of the force bill. II il
becomes a law. will hurt the country
none the less because il does not help
the party responsible for it.-Detroit
Free Press.
Perhaps the next Republican Ma
tional ticket will be Harrison and Thay-
er. Ben's craftsmanship consists in
distributing Offices. and Thayer's in
hanging on to thcm--Louisville Cour-
~icr-Journal.
-"I wish ! could have . second
term said the President. II think ]
would ~disappoiLt fewer friends
Very likely" returned Ligc. In
fact, it's certain. You have fcwes 70
disap7oint
The attempt to compel the pas.
sage Of the force bill by . continuous
session has failed for the time. 1t i
for the Democrats in the Senate TO see
70 il that every such attempt shall fail
in the same way. IL is a time for un.
fiinching courage and unfaltering en-.
durance and for every man 70 do his
duty.-N. y. World.
OF course there never was an-
ground for hoping that Vico-Prcsidenl
Morton would prove himself q patrio,
instead ~ q partisan. but his ruling.
have settled the question. II any one
entertained such o doubt. II Is nov
certain that the Hoars. Chambers ant
Aldrichcs have found in him a plant
and obsequious tooL-St- Louis Re
public
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

mostly sohcmians They have so >orfsre -
keen the material read, for tir machintry.
TIT plant v a. nr>t Established In ls7i.
n n interesting 80 note the success which
has attended the firm In - business anu tho
steady manner n which u y in' rra~ins tho
demand for their ~hoddics growing larger
and larger every year.
hut as the use of shoddy increases tho
use "a wool decreases: and this Il why
the shoddy men were 80 we'll pleased
with the Mckinley bill and lis high
wool duties. The Legitimate wcolen
industry languishcs, while tho shoddy
industry p~rospers. The issue Of the
Wool Reporter. already quoted. con-
tanned an editorial on the wooden in
dustry. in which these words were
used:
Careful estimates place q number 81 idle
WOODEN looms ~ high ~ ~ per cent 81 the
whole number. These figures seem excessive
al first glance. but careful consideration oftho
WOODEN situation viii remove all dsunt as 20
their correctness. The present heavy weight
season has been mcager in results. ana some
week since IN the Wool Reporters Review
az the New York goods market. Il WAS stated
that the business for the present season
would be- from one third 20 one-half Of that
accomplished Ia an average season. II ID q
drcary subject 10 contemplate.
In lsss there were fifty-six failures in
the wooden business with liabilities
amounting to So. 800, 900. In 1850 the
failures were sevcnty-two, and the La
bilities $40. 400. 600. The figures for 1890
are not yet published; but II is certain
that they will show an increase. as there
have been many failures since the Me-
Kinley law went into operation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

Republican Organs Admit That Our Manu-
~facturer<> Sell Machinery Cheaper 20 For
eigners Than NJ Home.
When the campaign was at its height
the Cleveland Leader, one Of the lead
ing protection organs Of Ohio, denied
vehemently that our Proteoted manu-
facturers sell their wares cheaper to
foreigners than in the home market
Since the election. however, this
organ has felt the pressure removed.
and in discussing the new mower and
reaper trusts il admits that 1.-THE retail
prise Of Amer.can-made farm ma
chirery and sewing machines is often
lower abroad than here"
Even SO long ago as the first of last
September the Philadelphia Manu-
facturcr. the organ Of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturers Club. admitted that our
manufacturers make special discounts
- foreigners and even defended them
for doing so. IL said:
II nm American l. 10 sell abroad an article
which costs more 90 produce here than u
costs In other countries he must meet the
lower fore lgn price The fact that he makes
a fair profit upon HI ordinary trade enables
him 10 Tia low for an extension OF his trade.
a factory making a hundred moving ma
chimes a month for the home market can
make five more a month AZ much less cost
than II il hal only fise 70 make.
But the American consumer will con-
slider il pretty hard IN him 70 pay for
protection which protects principally
the foreigner.
The facts about export discounts"
were first brought out at length in a
pamphlet brought out by the New York
Reform Club. and this pamphlet has
been the cause Of the heated discussion
Of the subject during the past six or
eight months. The farmer will get an
idea Of what these discounts to foreign
ers mean in articles which he uses from
the following figures taken from the
Reform Clubs pamphlet:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

the November Election
The madness Of the Republicans in
trying to force through Congress this
measure which the people have rejected
becomes more plain when one recalls
the fact that everywhere during the
campaign Of last fall the Republicans
confessed that the fate Of the force bill
depended upon the resulto Of the election.
and asked support Of Republican candi-
dates for Congress on the ground that
the election Of a Democratic House
would be interpreted BY the Republic
ans in the senate as meaning that the
country lid not wish them 70 concur
with the action of the House. Thus the
address sent out by the Republican
state Committee Of New York on the
Goth OF October said among otherthings;
The Hou- e 81 Representative also sent over
Z the Senate a bill for securing . fair and free
election Tor Representatives. IN Congress
throughout The Union. Only one step
more Is required 10 set on firm ground The fair,
free choice 81 Representatives. in Congress- ia
every district ii every State. II T. possible ~
the loss OF the next House II Representative
70 endanger the election bill now pending IN the
senate.
mother words, before election the Re
publicans said to the people: Elect q
Republican House and the senate will
accept the verdict as an instruction %
pass the Lodge bill. while a Democratic
victory will bc interpreted by that body
as a vote u want Of confidence in the
policy This was according TO the
theory Of popular government, while
the present attempt % pass this re-
jccted bill by brute force Is nothing
less than an assault upon the system Of
representative institutions my Post
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13
A FRicHTFUL FALL.
\ >Ieepin Car PIungeS from . Bridg
and Pals finy Feet.

MONTREAL Can. Feb. 5--A little be-
fore noon yesterday the sleeping car Of
the through west-bound express IN the
canadian Pacific was thrown from the
track by a broken axle in the forward
truck. about one hundred feet east Of .
frcstle bridge. near Schriber. on the
Lake Superior section Of the road. The
car ran halfway across the bridge,
tearing up the ties. and was then pre-
cipitated over the side and fell fifty or
sixty feet 70 the ground
There were eleven passengers in the
sleeping car. nearly all Of whom were
more or less injured but only four seri-
ously. Some ~ the sleeping-car pas.
were fortunately in the dining
car at the time and escaped injury. IL
is not thought any of the injuries are
fatal. A urgeo was ON the ground
very soon after the accident and am
other was sent from Port Arthur.
Every care il being taken Of the in
jurcd passengers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

nounccd that the press OF the country
had voiced the popular wish. this acci-
dental statesman from a rotten borough
Of monopoly exposed his own ignoranoe
Nv the assertion that the press never
reelected the sentiments 81 the people.
The pigmy from Montana had taken
the success Of the conspiracy in his
state a. an indication that latter-day
Republication was something bcsidcsa
machine oiled with the contributions
Ia vicd upon the people by manipulators
81 blocks Of five and contributors 70
funds raised for debauching the bal
lot. The event will not disturb the
~equanimity Of the little individual
rafting in a place designed for a states
man. lie will continue 10 force his
insignihcancc upon the people until
opportunity be offered 70 rclcgatc him
t. private life. Hut sensible legislators
will understand that the press Of the
country may be relied upon 70 reflect
with unerring certainty the trend OF
public opinion. In observance Of this
public servants will secure a guide
which may be their salvation from the
pitfalls dug for them by men who in
tercst themselves in politics only for
revenue purposes.
In this event also may be found justi-
fication Of that faith in their institutions
which has made Americans optimists as
TO the future. however pessimistic they
may have been as 10 existing condi-
tions. IL was a foul plot which had
been Matched for their enslavement- A
party without scruples. controlled by a
cabal guiltless Of patriotism. possessed
the power to enact laws by which the
people should be left apparently help
less. The ballot was to be left only as
a means for recording the edicts OF cor
pcrate monopoly. Paid agents were TO
do their voting and counting in accord
ance with the commands Of men fat
tened at the peoples expense Golfers
already swclled with lcvics diverted
from the common fund by hands OF
private tax-gatherers were TO be made
larger and the Nation submit because
Of impotence under a law which cen
tralized all power in the hands Of
thugs and hired assassins. But. great
as was the danger. il has been ayerted
becausc the people were stronger than
their betrayers- Not even party disci-
pline was sufficient to control the action
Of men who saw what was proposed
Democrats in every state may regard
this outcom as an incentive for per
sistent opposition TO all attempts at the
establishment OF monarchical systems
in this country. Wherever legislators
are to be found fighting the battle Of
free government against the Influences
potent III the present administration Of
National affairs they will see in the
downfall Of the force bill an example
Of what may be accomplished BY an
honest minority to whom has been in
trusted the duty Of defeating pernicious
legislation attempted by repudiated
majority The faithful one hundred
and one at Springfield will see in the
victory Of their brethren al Washington
promise Of what will surely come TO
them as the reward Of their fidelity.
Let the lines be held firm. The people
are mighty and will prevail. The knell
Of Republican anarchy has sounded.
Popular government has withstood
another attack.-Chicago Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

tfuatrnttOu OF = fOut HlO3 10 VtertuFOW
Popular Government.
BY . vote Of IS yeas 70 "a nays the
force bill has been put aside. The
measure which was fitly denounced as
worse than secession will be heard 81
no more. save as il is recalled 20 signal
lie the popular contempt for those dem
agogues who would dethronc the pco-
pie for the benefit Of co~nspirators
against American institutions In this
event the people will find cause for re-
joicing as they have reason for careful
examination Of the conditions which
made the attempt Of Lodge and Hoar
possible. While the occasion Is still
fresh in the public mind let the c;rcnm-
stances be well considered OF prime
Importance - the fact that the impu-
dencc OF senator Sanders has found
prompt rcbuke. When Il Wa an
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

wAsnixerox. Feb. 5.-A Telegram
from General Miles. now az Chicago 70
the Nar Department. states that the
twenty-five Ogallala and Brulc Indians
he brought from the West are now NJ
Fort sheridan. where he intends TO
keep them for AZ least six months.
This will General Miles adds. ''avoid
their giving any trouble in the spring"
lie states that all the principal Lead
ers now living % the different tribes ~
sioux are now within the contro. II the
military. This he regards as tile best
assurance Of peace In the future.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13

Iaxss and fstrA Taxes an sla~~-rrotection
For tho Manufactures and burdens Roc
the Consumer
The new duties IN the glass and glass
a schedule II the Mckinley law
show some large advances upon the
rate In the old law. All kinds ~ glass
a are advanced considerably. and
the same Is true 81 the smallest size
plate-gla>s. polished cylinder and crown
glass. and the largest sizes Of common
window glass. The following table
gives some ~ che advances:
s~fasc1rr. on Eafc Mckinney Rate.
PLAN ..-4.. a. per cent. ~ per cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13
German
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-13
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