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Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-22
Justice Meat Market.
THE BEST MEATS

At the Lowest Prices In the City,
For the benefit of the People of Los Angeles.
The proprietor of this market keeps only
inspected meats, stamped by the inspector, so
he can be relied on as having pure and healthy
meats. The finest meats of all varieties can be
seen at my place.
SIRLOIN STEAKS. S..............12c pound
PORTERHOUSE STEAKS .15c
ROUND STEAKS. .1Oc I"
RIB STEAKS. S..........-......... Sc
ROAST BEEF lOc to Ice g
BOILED BEEF sc to &c {"
CORNED BEEF. F.......... 7c I"
LEG OF MUTTON N..1Oc
MUTTON CHOPS S 1Oo
MUTTON STEW - &c
LAMB CHOPS
VEAL OUTLETS. 121Sc
ROAST VEAL .......lOc
ROAST PORK 1Oc
PORK CHOPS. 1Oc
SALT PORK, SUGAR CURED 1Oc I"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
TAKING AMERICAN WOMEN.

They Wickedly Wear Corsets, and They
Must Pay for the Indulgence.
Now it Is corsets. Dress reformers
would do away with this article of dress,
but most women are not dress reform
ers Perhaps the tariff for once may
prove q blessing in disguise, for il Ger
tainly has made it moro difficult for
poor women to buy corsets. A. 81. KEEL
lam writes from New Haven to praise
the Mckinley bill because it has stimu-
lated the manufacture Of corsets in that
city. He is delighted because the in
creased manufacture Of corsets has given
employment to more workingmen. He
does not say how many more, but sup
pose it Is 1000. What then? These men
find employment by the levying Of tax
upon the women that wear corsets.
Perhaps Mr.. Kellam will say that the
price OF corsets has not risen. But il it
has not then the quality Of the goods has
suffered. The object Of increasing the
tariff on corsets was to keep out foreign
goods, shorten the supply and make
room for homemade goods at prices
higher than that Of the foreign goods.
e this was not the object, and If the
home manufacturers were able to sell as
cheap as the foreigners. by increase
the tariff and cut off fo,. n COMPETE
ton? But German firm is coming
over to make corsets in New Haven.
What gain is here7 Are American wom-
en- any better off because they pay
higher price for German corsets made in
Connecticut than for German corsets
made in Germany: Why not let Amer
lean women buy and wear what they
will?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
THE PEARL BUTTON INFANT.
Gilt Edged Promise to Labor which
Cannot DO Realized.

- 0lIS EuSed promise to Labor Which
Cannot DO Realized.
The prot.ctionist organs are making
some glowing promises to the working
men nowadays. One enthusiastic or
gan, the New York Press, says it is .scon-
fidently expected" that the pearl button
industry will employ 10000 men before
the end of the year."
This is moving up the figures at a
rapid rate. The American Economist Of
Oct. II, 1890, quotes the views of Mr..
Isaac A. Swartz, Of the Biddle Button
works, Philadelphia, who said that Nc
Kinley's pearl button duty was practi-
cally prohibitory, that therefore all the
pearl buttons used here from now on
will be made in this country, and that
this will mean the employment Of $500
or 5000 men. This is what button
manufacturer thinks, it is quoted with
approval by the organ of the American
Protective Tariff league, and it can
hardly be an underestimate.
But if The Press had looked into the
matter little it would easily have seen
the utter absnrdity of its promise. Our
total imports last year of buttons made
of metal, bone, horn, agate, ivory, pearl,
etc, reach only $2,G6o,OOO worth. Sup
pose half of these were pearl buttons,
which is certainly an overestimate, then
we have an industry with q product
worth 81 1886, 900, promising to give en-
ployment to 10000 men! Allowing
nothing for the cost of the raw materials
and nothing to pay the profits on capital
invested, these 10000 laborers would
each earn just 500 Il year!
According to the census of 1880 there
were in this country only 6,S2J makers
OF buttons Of all kinds; but now, even
before the end of the year, we are to
have 10000 men making pearl buttons
alone! In 1880 these 6,S25 button makers
produced $6l1 worth of buttons, and
each received in wages $241. All the
buttons made in this country then were
worth a ,449, 900. If our total imports
OF all kinds of buttons, amounting last
year to $3.50, 900, We're cut off by the
Mckinley law, would it require 10000
American laborers to make them?
The protectionist organs have bid fare
well to this world of hard facts and
stubborn figures, and are seeking to de-
ludelabor with gilt edged promises which
can never be fulfilled.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

The schoolboy Of today whites and
sharpens his pencils with much better
knife than his father used. The twenty
five cent knives which are used now are
very neat little things in comparison
with the rough jackknife, and are really
very good for the price. Many OF
these twenty-five cent knives are really
pretty and neat, and the schoolgirl buys
them and becomes also an adept at whit
ting, and there was really prospect
that the women of the next generation
would be able to sharpen their own
pencils,
But Mckinley has put his foot down
on all this, and only the girls who can
invest more than twenty-five cents in o
knife have any prospect of mastering the
art OF sharpening q pencil. The twenty
five cent knife is not made in this coun-
try, it comes from Solingen in Germany,
and for this reason Mckinley put duty
upon it which will keep it out of the
country.
The writer was recently shown some
samples of these knives by a prominent
New York dealer. "Here," said he,
"are some Of the cheap German knives
which our manufacturers made such q
fuss about before the Mckinley COM
mittee last year. They are the twenty
five cent knives bought by schoolboys
and girls. The Mckinley duty on these
knives is SO high that we have not
ordered any since the new tariff law
took effect. Under the present law the
duty is SO high that this can no longer
be retailed rs II twenty-five cent knife
and at u higher price the sale is ruined.
"What is worse, the American man.
ufacturers make no knife to take its
place. They cannot make a knife of
this quality which will retail SO low as
twenty-five cents. One manufacturer
tried to make 4 knife similar to this
larges. one in my hand, but he was not
able to do 1t. Our boys and girls will
have to go without their TWENTY-FIVE
cent knives after present stocks are
exhausted"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
UMlMbug mckinley PRICES. -

Cotton has for some months been from
% to 30 per cent. lower than last year,
and in consequence of this the manufac.
turers have been able to produce Ill
kinds OF cotton goods at considerably
less cost to themselves than last year.
As natural result Of this the prices Of
some kinds of goods have fallen, although
many have not.
This situation affords delightful op-
portunity for the Mckinley organs, and
they are making use Of it for all it is
worth. They are tumbling over one an
other In their eager haste to point to
Mckinley prices" for cotton goods.
and to denounce the Democrats as
liars for even saying that the McKin-
ley law would increase the cost of cloth
ing.
In its eagerness to show forth the
beauties of McKinleyism, the organ OF
the American Protective Tariff league
takes up the case Of cotton flannels and
tries to show that there has been q fall
in prices. To show this it processes to
quote prices from the New York Dry
Goods Economist for April, 1890, six
months before the Mckinley law took
effect, and to compare them with prices
given by the same paper in July Of this
year. But The Dry Goods Economist
calls up the protection organ very sharp
~ and shows it that it "makes the eyre
gious error Of comparing agents prices
at one date with those Of jobbers sc an
other" and that 1.-THE facts are that both
agents and jobbers' prices were the same
IN 1891 as in 1890, while in the interval
between quotations the price Of raw ma
terlal had dropped % per cent"
Besides this, cotton fiannels are coarse
goods IN which there is no increase Of
duty.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

The National Lead and Oil Co. OF
New York, publishes q list of the
fraudulent brands Of prepared paints
sold as pure white lead that are
adulteratea, the deliberations run
ming all the way from 10 to IS per
cent. and in few instances where
there is not even q trace of white
lead in the mixture. The principal
ingredient is barytes and is good for
nothing but to make the weight
which ground lead would have.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
NlEDRlNGHAUS' FALlACY.
he Apparently Believes That We Pay Gold
for All Our Imports or Merchandise.

He Apparently Believes That We Pay Gold
for All Our Imports or Merchandise.
Mr.. Niedringhaus, who is trying to
import contract labor in order to keep
wages in the new industry created for
his benefit by act Of congress, argues
that II we break up the trade in timed
plates with Great Britain we shall have
the use Of 81 ,000, 900 q year more than
we now have. Mr.. Niedringhaus means
BY this that il we quit importing timed
plates we shall increase our coin circu-
lating medium by exactly the amount
we now pay England for this particular
import II 80, perhaps Mr.. Niedring-
haus would have US cut off all commerce
with foreign states and thus add $780,
OOO, 600 to $500, 0O0, 900 to our coin circu-
lation, though just where we are to put
that amount it would be hard to guess.
Mr.. Everett P. Wheeler. ex-president
Of the Reform club, exposed the absurd
ity Of Mr.. Niedringhaus' position in these
words:
BE says that when we have broken up
the trade in tin plate with England wo
shall have the use Of $27 zoo, 900 year
more. This could only be il we paid for
this tin plate in money. But, in fact,
we pay for 1t by exporting cotton, grain,
oil and American notions. Breaking M
the trade in tin plate with England takes
away just that much market for the
farmer and the manufacturer OF articles
which we export.
Mr.. Niedringhaus says that the differ
ence in wages is what prevents Us from
making our own tin plate. The fact is
that wages in the manufacture Of tin
plato are less than IS per cent. Of the
cost. The manufacture is simple. The
cost Is In the sheet iron, which is coated
with tin to make tin plate. The tariff
on iron keeps up the price Of this. and
the effect Of the duty on tin plate is SIM
ply to increase the profits Of the manu-
facturers OF sheet iron at the expense OF
every American consumer. Il Is safe to
say there Is not one man in this country
who does not in some form or other use
tin plate during the year.
The question recurs: What harm have
the 10000 or $4,000 men, women and
children In England and Wales who
make their living out Of the manufac-
ture OF tin plate ever done to us that we
should try to destroy their living and
tax ourselves to boot? They are good
customers Of ours. Why should we in
jure Or ruin our trade with them for the
sake OF increasing the wealth Of few
rich men?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
How It Raises Wages.

At Hornellsville, N. Y, several oom-
panies hold what promise to be valuable
patents on harmless fencing wire. Much
OF this Wire is already made there, and
Hornellsyille promises to become :
prominent center for this industry pro-
vided that it can get wire at fair rates.
The wire trust, however, controlling as
it does the manufacture of wire, and
being the only manufacturer also of barb
wire, is exerting every effort by high
prices for wire to crush out this indus
try. The farmers prefer the harmless
wire, but the Mckinley tariff by I'M
posing high duties on wire in the inter-
est of the barbed wine trust tells them
that they must bay Of the trust only.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

Somebody has sent to the New York
Evening Post . copy Of that paper print.
ed in 1914, in which appears the adver.
tisement of window glass factory at
Albany. Even at that early day this
establishment was advertising - very
superior article" in twenty different sizes,
and all made in Albany. The duty on
window glass was at that time from 81 60
to 2.25 per 100 square feet, according to
the size of the glass.
The first window glass tariff was
enacted just 100 years ago, when an ad
valoren duty Of 1aa per cent. was i'm
posed. AT that time the plea was made
that window glass making was an '.in-
FAINT industry" which, after a short
period Of protection, would be able to
paddle its own canoe.
How has the infant developed in
strength and independence? The treas
ury figures show that the duties on win
dow glass last year averaged 100 per cent.
With this enormous duty, piled up
through a full rounded century, the
manufacturers are not yet satisfied, and
they went before Mckinley last year to
plead for even higher protection. The
ever willing Chinese wall builder tried
to give them everything they asked for,
but the senate called halt on him. The
matter was finally compromised by in
creasing the duty on the largest sizes Of
window glass and by putting duty on
boxes. and other charges on the other
side and by allowing nothing for broken
glass. These changes amount to an adj
ditional protection Of about 10 per cent.
As 1t is, the consumers Of window glass
are carrying this century old infant upon
their shoulders ut an enormous cost to
themselves every year. and in order to
make sure that thu burden may be a.
heavy as possible, the several window
glass combinations got together some
months ago, formed closer combination
and put up prices
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

A Big pot Of money was required to
get up the Billy Mckinley show at
Niles when he opened his campaign
there, but the protected monopolists
have contributed literally SO that
their agent may make . display.
Such performances are not vote
catchers. The gold lace Of tyrannical
tax eaters conlpels thoughtful people
to 20 the other way.-St. Paul News.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

Business failures for the first six
months Of the first year under Mckin-
leyism number COTS with $9s, OOO, 600
liabilities against 1886. with $ea, 900,
600 liabilities for the like period last
year, without Mckinleyism. II that
is the price we have paid for one tin
whistle. it has proved an expensive
Argus.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

1t il now hoped to make it appear
that Honest John" Bardsley. Phila-
dclphia's magnificent thief, is insane.
The attempt is probably actuated by
a desire to make the Republican party
seem more respectable in the eyes OF
the Piladelphians, Wananaker would
also be pleased to have the people be.
liehe that ttaGdsley Il, insane.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10
$50 class, trolling; purse $500.

xhouuy app-ags to pc the chief in
dustryidfosfGfed' by Mckinleylsm IN
this country, according to Mr..sDaYid
A. Welh| convincing hgArrS. TO
boom shoddy at the expense OF wool,
however. is not precisely in the line
OF healthful progress. Boston Daily
Globe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

A few rs,Naf:k |,l, iiroW NJ Mckinley
on the ahoddy dollars worth might
explain how 1t Il that a cheap coat
makes cheap manor a cheap sheep
at any rate.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

Sow over I yr nc
"undcr yr !" nc
Sow with pigs :" !" nc
Pair Of pigs nc
Class 3-Chester Whites.
Boar under yr w A Stockman Ist nc
Sow 4" :" 50 nc
Pair pigs !" !" nc
Class 5-Herd Hogs any Breed.
10 or more CIR Humphrey 1st
!" w A Stockman ed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-10

Smoke Knights of Pythias ut the
Racket.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
CITY BREvITIES.

Six arrests were reported at police bar
racks up 20 O'Clock this morning. One
was brought In for Sealing pockstbook
and knife, another for larceny Of IS, three
for disorderly conduct and one for va
grancY.
Detectives Wetherhorn and Basch have
got safe in the police barracks a profess
slonal safe-biower named James CoTnwell.
he had done nothing in Savannah, but is
thought to have worked other places
throughout the state. He had full outfit
Of tools, including e powder horn. half
filed with the explosive. In his pockets
was found $50 In money. Cornwell declined
to say from what point he came to Savannah
and deasd the officers to prove anything
against him. He said il was his first trip
south and it would also be his last De-
tective Wetherhorn thinks that he Is posi-
bly, the man who robbed two safes in Balm
bridge last week and one at Ty Ty few
days ago Cornwell viii be held until those
places are communicated with. He takes
his Imprisonment good-naturedly, and
said that be had followed the
business of burglar since he was boy.
He said that he is from Chicago, aud some
times, for the sake Of convenience, he uses
the alias Of Ed Erwin. He told the officers
that Savannah Is only large enough for
home talent. and be had no idea of work
ing" it. He was making arrangements to
leave the city when Detective Wetherhorn
collsred him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
The clemenceau case.

Tuesday night the famous "Clemenceau
Case" with It's statuary scene, will BIO seen
for the first time in Savannah, and its pro-
duction will hardly fail to be an event. The
play is constructed out Of the usual French
material of love and intrigue, and the sense
Of dramatic effect which Dumas so pre-
eminently possessesis shown in almost every
scene. 1t is deeply interesting in its major
motive and brightly interesting in its inci>
dental features. 1t differs from Camille
in the fact that it reveals woman's decline
from innocence and purity instead Of her
elevation through the refining influence of a
guilty but unseifish passion. Miss Laura
Biggar plays the principal part,
liza The story Of the play
is given here because Of the general interest
exploits of a banished Russian countess who
has come poor to Paris with her pretty
daughter, liza, and who is forced to live in
top floor apartments till her daughter
makes a hit. which she soon does by con-
qusring one Pierre Clemenceau, talented
and not rich artist, who falls
a former lover, who Is rich. The
liaison is made known to the husband by a
friend. A duel follows. in whica the lover
is wounded, and the artist husband goes 10
Rome to try to drown trouble by devoting
himself to this art. He falls in this, returns
to Paris, declares his love to his wife, who
says she responds to his passion. The hus-
hand soo1 finds that the wife has taken
up with duke, and the curtain
is rung down after he has
killed his wifein the real Dumas style. "Iza"
Is an intrigher all through, and her mother
Ia good second in the schemes.
The climax OF the play, SO far as IL has
been fixed by its notoriety, is at the begin
ming Of the third act, which takes place in
the studio OF the artist. LA" is discovered
when the curtain rises in the pose Of a
model for the sculptor.
There Is hardly doubt that 1.-THE Glenn
enceau Casen will have a big patronage in
Savannah. The sale of seats for the pro-
duotion will open Tuesday morning
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
stuart Robson Coming.

The first appearance of Stuart Robson,
after i've years. absence, Is theatrical event
Of no slight Importance TO Savannah.
This greatest and most American of all
American comedians was seen here the last
time he played as oae Of the Dromios in
"A Comedy OF Errors" He will reappear
as "Bertie Van Alstyne" In Bronson How
ards world-famous comedy, "1ha Hem
rietta,n Wednesday and Thursday nights,
aud at Thursdays matinee in "She Scoops
to Conquer" No farce comedy on the road
is more excruciatingly funny than "Heuri-
etta.n While unlike any mare farce comedy,
the piece isat all p.6aEg humor, but con-
teins delightful serious interest. Robson
created the part of "Bartie Van Alstyne,"
and it is said to be notable addition to the
list OF dramatic achievements Of the CEN
fury. An exceptionally competent com-
pany has been selected 20 support him, and
the mounting of the play, as produced on
the road, vividly recalls the palmiest
days of the famous Madison Square theater
THE Henrietta" is distinctly and thor
oughly an American comedy. There is not
a character IN IL that Is not American, for
even the English lord is the English lord Of
the American imagination. IL does not
only tickle tue funny bone, it appeals to the
sense of wit and burnor, which is a striking
combination the American mind possesses
and, not satisfied With making people laugh
Bronson Howard has put i'll the most grace
full little touches of senti nent and very
strong bits of dramatic situation. He has
shown in his previous plays that he is a
master of sentimental situation
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
M, AND N. @. BoNDHoLDERs NEE

COMMITTEES Appointed to Look AT
ter the Interests of Savannabians.
The Savannah bondholders OF the Mari
eta aud North Georgia railroad met yester-
day at IL O'Clock at the Office of Denmark,
Adams & Adams. J. Randolph Anderson,
Esq, read the minutes OF the gen eral NEST
ing of the bondholders, held in New
York last Thursday, and COM
mittee consisting Of Capt John Flannery,
Mr. George w. Owens and Mr.. P. l.. Pea
cock was appointed TO look after the utter
ests OF the Savannah bondholders
b. A. Denmark, ESQ.,, who was one of
those selected at the New York meeting to
look after the affairs Of the road and pres
pare plan for reorganization, was made
ex-ofhcio chairman of the committee. He
left last night for New York to attend the
COMMITTEES meeting there tomorrow.
lt was expected that Mai. A. l. Hart
ridge would have been present to give an
explanation of the financial affairs of the
road, but he was not present He has gone
to his home at Beaulieu.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-25
The Sherwood CONCERT.

Among the interesting events of the
musical season will be the appearance next
Thursday evening at Masonic Temple Of the
eminent pianist, Mr.. Willism h. Sherwood.
1t is unnecessary to dwell upon his great
ability as piano virtuoso. Mr.. Sherwood
is making a tour of the south under the
management of the Ludden & Bates South
ern Music House. His first appearance in
this section will be warmly welcomed. By
special arrangement the concert here will
open the series of three concerts, under
auspices of the Young Mems Hebrew Asso-
citation. The Divide Musln Concert Com
company, Feb. 4, and the Mendelssohn
QuiHtette, Feb. Is, will comprise the series
These concerts will, as usual, be society
events, the majority OF the audienos here
Gsfore generally appearing in evening dress
Tickets are on the subscription plan FOR the
series. Lists are at Buffers and Ludden SC
Bates The reserved ssat disgram opens
wednesday. Subscribers have the choice
OF seats and can reserve for all three con-
certs.