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The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Plate Glass and the Tariff.

The plate glass industry is striking illustration of the fallacy of the Repub. lican party's promises. For the last ten years the magnates have gone to Con- gress at each session of that honorable body and pleaded for an increase in tho duty on that article At each session it was granted, Congress no doubt thinking that the plate workers received hand some wages for their skill, and, of course, the pleas that these magnates gave strengthened this belief. If a commission could be appointed by Congress to inquire into the condition of the plate workers and the wages that are paid them, 1t IS likely enough that Congress would re- duce the tariff.
 The tme is coming when the men that work at this industry will be given an opportunity to go before Congress and give their owntestimony. If this doesn't have the effect of reducing the tariff, it will have one good effect, and that is it will show Congress that the rlate-glass magnates are the biggest liars in the country, and it will also be able to fur nish that body with the wages paid in this country and the amount of work that is done It will also be able to fur nsh the wages that are paid to the men engaged in this industry in Europe, with the amount of work done.
 If there is anything moro wanting to convince Congress of the injustice of the plate-glate magnates, or if they are in- huenced by their arguments, let this fact be borne in mind, that plate glass can be made cheaper in this country than it can be made in Europe
 In America the supply is little short of the demand Under this state of affairs competition is shut off The glass trust Is able to charge what they please for plate glass Now, if there was any fair reason why the war tariff should be continued, it would be all right, or if the American manufacturer could not compete with the European manufacturer, there would be some ex- cuse for this tariff; but when we have every advantage over our competitors, there l. no excuse for us to fear them. When we have new machinery that turns out nearly double the amount of plate glass made by the old style ma chinery, aided by natural gas, low wages, long hours, and getting more work out of our men, it ought to be apparent that we could outsell the European in any market in the world. National Glass Budget official organ of Flint Glass Workers Union.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Predictions and Reality Regarding Tin
 Plate.

During the debate on the tin plate duty Senator Allison assured his fellow Senators that as soon as it was certain that he duty would be increased mills would be erected to make tin plate. Said he: "There are a number of establish ments which could immediately enter upon the production of these tin plates, or at least within very brief period, probably within thirty days, and we have assurances, and believe from ex- animation and investigation, that with in the time fixed for the taking effect of this new bill les than one year there will be in this country a sufficient plant to manufacture all the tn plate that we use. 1 have no doubt of it :"
 A whole year has passed since the Mckinley bill became law, and the only tin plate mill claimed by the advocates of the duty to be now turning out tin plate for commercial purposes is that of the Apollo Sheet Iron Company, What this mill amounts to is shown by tho fol- lowing letter to Coz. Campbell, of Ohio, from resident of Apollo. He writes as follows:
 "DEAR SIR: You of course have heard of the great tin-plate manufacturing es- tablishment at Apollo By an effort l have secured couple of samples. and will inclose you the same. There are two qualities, as you will discover, and not particle of tn in either Their building is 7x9, with high board fence about it With couple of other gen. tlemen, l tried to get in, but was told that they did not allow any one inside the mills. asked for sample of their tin, which they could not refuse
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
JERRY RUSK OUTDONE.
Discovery of stone That Is an Infaiiibi'
 Weather Prophet.

Discovery of a stone That Is an IDfallible
 Weather Prophet.
 Roy Meninger of New Orleans, who has returned from tour through Mexico. during which he visited many out-oi- the wdy places usually passed over by travellers, gives an account of singular rock to be found near the little village of Chilpancingo, in the Sierra Madre del Sur, writes corre- spondent of the Philadelphia Times. The rock he describes as being pos sessed of the property of being able to foretell rain, and is said by the natives to be infallible. Mr. Menninger him. self was able to witness several eXht- bitions of its remarkable power. which repeatedly foretold a shower twenty four hours before any other warning Of it's approach was given. The rock stands alone in little valley, unusually fertile and green, and seems to pro trude from the ground rather than rest upon its surface.
 It is irregular in shape, about five feet in height and ten about the base, and in fair weather is of dull grayish tint and as smooth as polished marble 10 the touch. but unnaturally cold. On the approach of rain it loses its neutral color, and begins to turn a dingy red, deepest about the base and light pink about the summit It's temperature increases to about 60 de- grees Fahrenheit, and it presents the appearance of being slowly heated by an internal fire. This heat and crim- son color increases rapidly as the at- mosphere grows heavier. until the rain begins to fall when, according to its descent the rock glows and becomes lighter in hue.
 When the shower is over the warmth and color gradually depart the gray tint is resumed and the rock becomes cold. During electrical disturbances this mineral barometer often assumes a highly heated appearance, emitting pale blue light and is so strongly charged with electricity as to be un- approachable Mineralogists who have examined the stone declare themselves at loss to identify it
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

APART from the thought an in- heritance, and apart from any desire to claim kinship with an illustrious family, there is pleasurable interest h tracing one's kith and kin and know ing the stock which has contributed to ones well or ill-being. This interest is not at all inconsistent with the demo- cratic spirit of our country. for to know one's relatives does not by any means argue their superiority. Aside from the pleasure there may be prac- tical advantage in knowing hereditary traits, finding out what physical or moral tendencies are to be guarded against and learning what possible talents may lie dormant waiting to be reused to activity.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
How It Works.

HOW IL WoTks.
 The Iron Age. under the heading Of "The Coming Boom," says: "A discus sIIn of the situation with many thought ful and experienced members of the iron trade leads to the conviction that q notable rise in the prices in the leading lines of iron and steel must be expected. A consideration of the condition of affairs in the rail trade would point to the conclusion that notable rise In prices cannot well be expected during the a'ance of this year, but the antici- patton of requirements for 1899 may lead to the beginning of boom before this year is closed"
 In order to take complete advantage of the coming boom, the "Steel Rail Trust" held a meeting last week in Philadelphia, at which arrangements were made for the admission or the Maryland branch of the Pennsylvania Steel Company into the combine. In consequence of this new allotment was made.
 The year now drawing to a close has shown the great strength Of the com bine It has been able to maintain the combine prices of s30 per ton at Eastern mills and s31 per ton at the Western without break, and in spite Of the fact that the price of rails has been main tained, and the raw material has fallen, 1t has been able to reduce wages.
 There are six companies in the trust, which, in fact, embraces all the mills In the country. These are tho Illinois Steel Company, Carnegie Bros. & Com pany, the Cambria Iron Company, the Pennsylvania Steel Company, tho Bethlehem Iron Company, and the Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company. Since January last, all have reduced wages as follows: The Bethlehem Iron Company reduced wages 10 per cent, Feb 2. The Lackawanna Coal and Iron Company reduced the wages Of it's workmen an average of 20 cents per day, Jan. l. The Pennsylvania Steel Com pany reduced wages on an average of s to 10 per cent Feb. l. The Illinois Steel Com pany reduced the wages Of its workmen on March 6. A strike ensued. Carnegie Bros. X Company cut down the wages of their workmen 10 per cent Thus all but one member of the com mDine have cut down wages since Jan. l.
 Immediately after the meeting Of the combine in Philadelphia Carnegie Bros. & Co. published the following notice in tHoiE miHs.
 ITO our employees: As provided in our agreement, we hereby notify you that we desire to end it Dec. 31, 1891, and that we will be ready to make a new sliding scale agreement with you at any time after Oct. 10, 1891, to take effect Jan. l, 1892. The contemplated changes are rendered necessary princi- pally by the introduction of many me. chanical Improvements and advanced methods of manufacture, by which the output has been very much increased since our agreement went into effect.
 "(Signed) CARNEGIE BRos.
 That the above means a sliding scale' downward seems evident It shows, also. that the trust is resolved that it's work men shall have no share In the new boom anticipated by the combine.
 Protected by prohibitive duty on rails and closely united to maintain prices, the "steel rail trust" has absolute control of the consumers of it's products and Of the workmen employed by it
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Free Trade fin Labor Only.

When manufacturers go to Congress and advocate high duties the interests of their workmen are predominant. They do not ask for the increased duty for themselves, but solely for their em- ployes When the duty is increased the mask drops off and their true aims are revealed. This fact is well exempllfied in the case of glove manufacturers who secured large increase in the duty on gloves Where the workmen come in is shown in the following advertisement, which appeared in the Berliner BerI- elite. leading German newspaper last March: "A long-estabished, large glove manufactory in Gloyersville, State of New York, wants ten glove makers. Price for cutting one doze n gloves tDollirtis' Lederl, $50 marks. Funds advanced for passage. Further information of K. A. Wirbel and Co Haynau Sihl."
 Verify, Wm. D. Kelley, the leader of the high-tariff party in Congress, told the truth when he said in 1872: "Yes, men are on the free list They cost us not even freight; we promote free trade in men, and 1t is the only free trade am prepared to promote
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

TIE negroes have never been stirred by the impulse of migration which has manifested itself so nightly in other races, and there is little or no evil dence of any enthusiasm among them for this scheme of colonization in Li- beria. They cling to the soil on which they were born and reared with affec- tionate and almost invincible tenacity. It does not follow. however. that the colored people of this country may not hereafter with the growth of in- telligence and self-reliance among them. seek opportunities for bettering their condition by emigrating to new regions. Nor is it improbable that the millions of negroes who inhabit the jungles of western Africa may not some day cross the narrow strip of ocean that separates them from Brazil and become the predominant race in that country.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Political Rec,proci,v.

Tho political @reciprocity of the high tariff advocates is working out it's legitimate results. It has been lauded by high-tariff organs as the means by which our merchant marine is to be re- juvenated and new markets for our sur plus farm products are to be provided
 Its sham character has, however, be. gun to show itself. It was never in- tended, even by its author, to be any thing but . political dodge by which attention was to be drawn from the real object Of the Mckinley tariff. which was the protection of the trusts" and com binations from foreign competition.
 Soon after the Brazilian reciprocity treaty wsat into effect line os steam
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

IT too often happens that lynch law is administered not so much as a venge- fnl punishment of crime and criminals, but because of desire to express a condemnation of the laws inadequacy and delays. It is not infrequent that lynch law is evoked not because of a desire to override and defy the law of the land. but because the people desire better and moro rigid enforcement of the law. Thus it appears, that while in the abstract lynch law is to be condemned without stint 1t must be looked upon very often not as the result of the lawlessness of the people of community, but rather as result of the lawlessness of the law of that same community.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

IT would have been far better for the healthful development of American in- stitutions if the classics and the ordin- ary fields of study had been subordi- mated long ago in favor of the study of American history and institutions. We would have American national economics. American statesmanship. American social philosophy, but for the preponderanee given in American colleges to the classicsand to the fruit less attempt to find precedents for our institutions in former failures of man to fathom the laws of life governing human society. If the observation of a German writer who lately visited the United States is true that no power in the world can arrest the de- cay of European civilization nor pre- vent the growth Of young America" it must certainly be true that the secret of this growth is to be found in Amer ican history and nowhere else.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Ohio WoO1-Growers Revolt.

S, B. Carlton, prominent farmer and wool grower of Ohio, Is one of many Republican farmers who declare they will not vote for Mckinley. He says:
 "The Mckinley bill is ruinous to the interests of the wool-growers. The de- pression in the wool market Is due not SO much to the change in the schedule of the wool tariff as it is to the increase of the duty on woolens. The shoddy manufacturers are protected by this duty and the wool market is depressed.
 "I would not favor free wool with a high tariff on woolens, for that would be injurious to the wool industry. would, however, favor free wool if the duty were taken from woolens,
 "I sold my wool this year for 2s cents, and 1t was of better grade than wool which l sold, before the Mckinley bill went into operation, for seven and eight cents more per pound The cause of this depression in prices is due to the Mckinley bill l have always been a Republican, but will vote against Me- Knley because of his infamous bill"
 How will Senator sherman be able to explain his vote on the Mckinney wool tariff to MT. Carlton and other Repub- lican Ohio wool-growers? During the debate on the tariff of 1883 Senator sherman said; "In 1867 the price of wool was 5l cents; in 1870, 46 cents; in 1875, 43 cents; in 1880, which was an ab- normal year, 4s cents per pound This was the result of the policy of protect ing the wool-growers, as 1t is In all in. dustries, to gradually reduce the price. Under the operation of the existing law tthe tariff of ls67) the price of wool has gradually gone down."
 Lest the Senator might feel tempted to deny that he said anything like this, let him turn to his file of the Congress sional Record, where he will find 1t on page 22o1 of part of volume 14.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

OUR prosperity rests upon labor intelligently applied. This is not to argue that brawn and muscle perform all the labor from which wealth re- suits. The railroad is not built alone by the men with shovel and pick. These implements have never laid a roadbed nor constructed tunnel or bridge until well-directed skill has laid the metes and bounds for the activity Of other toilers. But it does include all labor, whether it be that of the engineer. the artisan. or the capitalist Their united production forms the accommodating wealth Of the country. But it has somehow hap pened that, with all the natural ad- rantages of the country. in spite of the wonderful gifts provided by nature for the men who toll that they may live. every year witnesses the rapid accumulation of wealth at one end Of the social scale and poverty at the ethAA
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
To SEND the negroes to their prime

To SEND the negroes to their prime val home. Africa, would be to drop them back into darkness Whatever of good they have gained among us would speedily be lost, and the evil which they assimilate all too easily would but thrive the more in new soil. To seud them back to heathen- dom, and to miasmatic. fever-breath- ing districts would be to perpetuate oven worse evil than that which we worked in first bringing them to Amer lea California is not big enough to relieve the Southern states of their en- tire burden. but she may well be re- garded as paradise by those sons of Africa who are selected for her new colonists.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
Saved! Saved.

Well. but Maud" The absent minded youth was interrupted by the horror-stricken girl.
 '.Msud2 My name is not Maudin
 The situation was desperate. yet fortune did not desert him.
 But my darling Louise, what am coming around here for if fl is not to eventually change your name?'
 She thought of course he had pre- arranged the joke and lie thus was Saved.-Philadelphia Times.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

CTS was put in operation between BslH moro and the most important Brazilian ports At the time the high-tarif pa ters published this fact with flaming head lines as the first fruits of reciproc- ity. After six months trial the com pany hes discontinued its line for the reason that 1t does not pay. Its whole history is but another illustration Of the difference between political and practi- cal commercial undertakings
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

THE exposition of 1889 was the greatest demonstration of human progress the world has yet witnessed.
 The Eiffel tower was its capsheaf in science as well as in marvels. Aside from its other values, popular and scientific its success has contributed materially to increased knowledge about the strain iron can sustain; the true relations of strength and stability in materials, absolutely and relatively, of conditions of resistance to atmos- pheric pressure persistent or violent
 and the probabilities and implied perils Of oscillation. Construction of it compelled the invention of new ap- pliances for lifting, adjusting and test ing weights at extraordinary heights.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16

A IARGE manufacturer of grain bags made from imported burlaps has stated that the enormous wheat crop in the great West and Northwest has caused sn unusual demand for bags in which to carry wheat and corn from the farms to the market. He is now shipping a car load of grain bags every week to Kan sas City. Here the tariff gets in it's work. A carload of bags weighs 24,O00 pounds, and the duty of IS cents 6 pound amounts to $500 on the carload. This has, of course. to be pail by the last man who buys the bags the farmer.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
SOCKS FOR MIR. M'KiNLEY.
His Tariff Leads an Irish Lad to Make Him
 a Present.

Samuel D. Frew came to this country from Belfast, North Ireland, six years ago. He liked the American climate and the American people, but he could not endure American stockings. He longed for the comfortable, home-knit hosiery of old Ireland. And SO finally hs wrote to his mother in Ireland to send him some stockings She was glad to please her boy. and so she knitted six pairs of Irish stockings and sent them to her son.
 But she didn't write about them, for she wanted them to be a surprise, and the first young Frew knew of the matter was when a bulky document arrived from the custom-house It was as fol- lows:
 samuel D. Frew to the Marris European and American Express Company custom-house brokers and forw warding agents, Dr.. To specific duty on one pound nanufact-
 ured wool ct AZ, cents ..;..:s ''o To ad yslorem duty on articles valued q, "A Reimbursements, charges, and freight...... 50 United States bonded storage and labor. .1i Carriage. shipping, or delivery. .2s Custom house entries, etc. .5o
 Total. ...... ,........................ .s3.2l When Frew looked at the bill he thought the custom house was at fault;
  book and figured out just what the tariff ought 10 be Here is the way he made it:
 Ad valorem duty on articles valued at s2, o As 3u per cent. %" Specific duty on one pound manufactured .. wool at 3S cents.. .....-..,.......-...'.s..s 'oS
 Total l...........,............5... .Si.iS Frew went back to the express office indignant at the thought of being so im- posed upon, and handed the clerk the bill as he made it out The clerk looked at it and laughed "Oh, that was under the old tariff bill," said he. "This other bill is made out according to MT. Me Kinley's new tariff laws"
 "You won't accept my bill. then?' said Frew
 "No," answered the official
 Frew thought for moment. Then he called the clerk aside and whispered confidentially:
 "You tell that d-d Mckinley that he can have my stockings"
 The stockings are still at the custom house. and after the expiration of the required time they will be sold at public auction same as the Astor dresses were. New York World.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-16
STEEL RAIL COMBINE.
HOW IT HAS REDUCED WAGES
 THIS YEAR.

Meeting of the Combine in Philadelphia to Arrange Particulars and Prepare for . Future Boom-Free Trade In Labor Only-Piate Glass and the Tariff Socks for Mckinley.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-02

Ensign Isaac K. Seymour. has been
detached from the receiving ship Dale
and ordered 10 duty in the bureau of or
dinance
Medical Inspector c. H. White has
been detached from the San Francisco
and as feet surgeon of the Pacific sta
ton and ordered to Baltimore.
Medical Inspector John IL. Clark has
been detached from the Baltimore and
ordered 10 San Francisco and as fleet en-
gineer of the Pacific station
The Marion has been ordered to 20 in
to commission April q al the Mare Is.
land navy yard. and will proceed al once
TO the Asiatic station. The following
officers have been ordered to her on that
date: Commander III Bartlett, as com,
mander:Lieut-Com John ] Hunker. a.
executive officer; Lieuts A G.. Rogers
p. Mcintosh and S f. Woo iward, En-.
sign f. w Jenkins, Surgeon F. B. Step
henson. Passed Assistant Surgeon 7. A
BerrYhill, Paymaster Henry G. Colby
Chief Engineer VIM. S Smith, BoatswaiT
Daniel Ward. Gunner Samuel Cross
Carpenter VIM L. Naples and Sailmakel
Charles f. Taliman.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-04-02
WELL
Contractors Attention.

TIME CHESAPEAKE AND COLUM-
i BIA INVESTMENT COMPANY
are ready to receive bids for furnishing
all labor and material necessary to fully
complete an ARTESIAN WELL on lots
&c, II and l, In Block z, of the Com
pany's subdivision of ARUNDEL ON
THE BAY" one mile south of Bay
Ridge. Md. The proposal must include
5000 gallon wooden tank, of the most
durable wood, and approved pattern;
also IA foot wind mill, and all neces-
sary pipe cocks, extra pump, for use at
ground level, and all other necessary
items to make complete well and wind
engine to supply 10000 gallons of water
per day. Pipes to be protected from
freezing by hair felt Tank to be eleva-
ted 80 feet from ground, supported by
Georgia heart pine or chestnut frame
work set on IA feet brick wall, laid in
cement mortar. Contractors to furnish
with bids plan and specification show
ing the works they propose to furnish.
All wood and iron work to receive three
coats of white lead and oil in colors to
suit the Company. For further informa-
tion apply to
THOMAS w. SMITH, President.
First Street and Indiana Avenue, Wash
ington, D. G. 3 scot