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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
NOT A FREE-TRADE QUESTION.

The tariff is not a question of free
trade in its technical sense, as the Nc
K~inleyites would make the people be-
lieve, but of freer trade among the ma
tions Of the world. The policy of the
government requires large amounts to
be raised by revenue Just how to raise
it is the real issue between the two great
parties. The republican party asserts
the right to tax the people, not for reve-
nue., o with the view of securing it,
but in the interest alone of a small class
of the community engaged in manufact-
uring industries. 1t is not an unwar-
ranted charge to charge that the Nc
Kinley tariff was formulated in the in
terest of this small class. The principle
of. the measure rests upon the exclusion
of foreign manufactures and products,
and the complete segregation of the ON
mercial interests of this country from
that of other nations. That is the foun-
dation upon which rests the whole Nc
Kinley tariff structure.
Now the question occurs to the people
of this country whether they can afford
to isolate themselves from the outside
world: Can they live and prosper by
feeding upon each other: That is the
question which presents itself to the
people Of the United States. The an
is found in the situation in which
the farmers Of the country would be
today if short crops had prevailed
here and abundant oncs in Europe. The
conditions are reversed and purchasers
will lee found for the 5~1O0.O0O,OOO Of sur
plus of the country. This fact best Illus
the necessity oc commercial inter
course among nations. and the doctrine
dat We should buy from others what we
need Ivy exchanging the products Of orr
own land. It is for this right to freely
interchange the democratic party cor
tends and upon this principle it is ALSO
united. II is gaining ground
very day among the misses ard viii
.".vnf,
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
MUD.

There is much meaning in the word
"mud." 1t naturally suggests uncleanli-
ness yet, paradoxical as it may seem,
there is just such a thing as clean mud,
for there is mud and-mud. There is a
mud discharged by geysers, forced from
the bowels of the earth, and uncontami-
mated by the feet of man and beast.
That is clean, pure, unadulterated mud
just as nature made it. There is a
swamp mud, black, ugly, disgusting and
poisoned with the decayed and decaying
vegetation of ages. 1t is a nasty mud
and men will walk miles around rather
than go through it. There is another
kind of mud-a retiring, modest mud
that just leaves the imprint of it's kiss
upon the colliding object and then drops
to it's mother earth as though ashamed
of its familiarity with strangers. 1t
asks for nothing and wants only to be
let alone. That is Helena mud.
There is still another kind of mud-an
~affectionately clinging mud, that takes
all of its immediate neighbors with it
and they take theirs all forming a
huge mass Of loving adhesivencss and
strong attachments. refusing to be
shaken, never leaving an object until alb
sOlutcly forced to, and then, when VIC
lently separated from its disguised bear
er, curls itself upon slanting sidewalks
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

TnE well. authenticated report that the
Anaconda mine and works viii rcsumo
operations the middle Of the present
month has caused great rejoicing at
Butte and the Smclter city. At the lat
ter place the people had about touched
bedrock and the question how the en-
suing winter was TO be met was Il very
grave one. The business men have been
subjected to a severe strain and but few
had sent orders east for new stock for a
long time. But the news of the neal re-
sumption of work at the smclter has put
new life and hope in everyone. Ana
conda will soon become what she was
before the shutdown, one of the livcliest
cities in the state.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

The question as to which was the
lower bid, the TRIBUNE's or the Lead
er's, is not a question of fair minded
ness" but of figures. The Leader virtu-
ally gets maximum rates for all the coun-
ty printing it can or will do at its own
Office. The TRIBUNE offered to do the
same printing for so per cent and 60 per
cent less than maximum rates. ANY
"fair minded man. who knows enough
to find the difference between so and 100
and 60 and 100 will find that the TRIB-
UNE's bid was from so per cent to 60 per
cent lower than the Leaders. Even the
county commissioners must admit that
much.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

AND now comes a distinguished chem-
list saying that Mr.. McKinley's Piqua
"tin" is unfit for canning fruit or for
making kitchen utensils, as it contains
so much lead. 1t is poisonous. 1t may
carry the impress of Mr.. McKinley's
stalwart form quite as well as any other
metal and present a catchy appearance
as a badge worn upon the lapel of a
coat, but that is all it is good for. 1t is
campaign ''tin" manufactured for cam
paign purposes. None of it will be made
after the third of next month.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

II democrat and a republican should
each put in a bid for county work and
the democrats bid should be 80 per cent
lower than the republicans would the
commissioners give the contract to the
republican simply because he is a re-
publican: If not, why should an excep-
ton be made in the awarding of the
printing contract in favor of a republi-
can newspaper: Is a republican news
paper entitled to greater consideration
than a republican carpenter or a republi-
can bridge builder? Is politics to decide
the awarding Of contracts?
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

IT is not at all strange that parties in
Massachusetts should oppose free coin
age of silver. Massachusetts is one of
the principal manufacturing states in
the union and therefore a creditor state.
The policy of its corporations, monopo-
lies, M large moneyed interests is to
make money dear and thus to retain
their grasp upol the debtor states. Free
silver coinage would give the people
more money and more money means
cheaper money, and cheaper money
means the financial disenthrallment of
the masses.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
PROFITABLE }NIE&TUNNT TX
SIGlI9.

An article IN this mornings IEIEUNh
concerning tho several plants now being
constructed at Black Eagle falls. and
which Will be completed or approach
completion before tho close Of the year.
suggoDta ia" possibilities Of this city as
a manufacturing center. These posi-
hiljtirs are limited only by thc amount
OF capital which may be commanded as
tcrpris"s cheap power is At hand.
Its abundance and chaapncss can not
fail to attract the attention Of mining
and smelling men and lead to the cree.
ton OF works for the reduction OF orc
ami the refining of copper. 1t goes with
out saying that the time is fast approach
ing when multiplied plants at tits place
viii handle by much the major part of
the output Of the mines Of the state.
Nature has settled that point. the enter
prise Of man will do the rest.
While the possibilities Of this city rs a
smelling and ore refining center are so
far conceded as 20 be removed beyond
dcbatablc ground there are still other
industries which may be protitably pur-
sued here but which may not have sug-
gcsted themselves to the minds of our
citizens. Among those which may be
named is "a paper mandatory. There is
probably no enterprise which could be
inaugurated here with fairer prospects
of success. All the conditions are in it's
favor; cheap power, an abundance of
pure, clear water. the raw material, alb
sence of immediate competition and the
markets of the growing west. No other
industry that can be named would start
out with such Il combination of advant-
ages. No finer spruce for wood pulp
grows in the world than is found upon
the mountains in sight of the city. For
the coarser kind of paper an abundance
of straw and other fibrous growths may
be obtained.
There are no paper factories we under
stand between Denver and the Pacific
coast. About all the paper consumed in
this state is Skinned from St. Paul or
Chicago at a freight cost of $50 to $40
Der ton. A factory was recently built at
Denver hut tbe journals of that citv
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

GENERAL BouLANGEE in killing him
self did what thousands did before and
what other thousands will do after his
name is forgotten. Suicide is not such
a royal road to death that the lowest
plebian may not tread it. The only Won
der in Boulangcr's case is that he delay
ed his death until his life was no longer
worth anything to himself or to those
who were once his friends. He nor the
world has lost nothing by his death. A
suicide can never kill himself too soon.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
THE SUN DIAL, TOO.
cambridge $. Clarke Presents the Fort
Shaw Dial to the City-A Hand
some Present.

AbdAsnDTIukO os SAoHA0 EOSCut tn0 fOA
Shaw Dial to the City-A Hand
some Present.
TRIBUNE readers will remember that
few weeks ago Mr.. Robt. Vaughn DR.,
sented to the city in a neat address thu
flag that 30 long floated over the militarv
post at Fort Shaw and that steps havs
been taken to secure the staff from which
the starry emblem waved. In the sans
spirit Of patriotism and kindliness M,
Bainpridge S. Clarke, the extensive wool
grower Of Choteau, who purchased the
Fort Shaw sun dial, presents that art.
Gle to the city. The presentation il
practically made in the following neat
and complimentary letter to Mr.. Vaughn
The gift should be graciously received
and the letter preserved in the archives
of the city:
CLARKE Bros. & Co.'S RANCH
CHoTEAU, Oct. LIST, 1891.
ROBERT VAUGHN, Esq, Great Falls
Montana: Dear Sir-I am informed
that you presented to the city of Great
Falls the United States flag that last
floated over the military post of For,
Shaw. AS l I'm the possessor of the sun
dial that for a very long period marked
the time at the same post l feel that the
abandonment of the post should not sen.
arate the companionship which has ey.
listed between them for such a long dur.
alton. ! therefore ask you to present
the sun dial, stone pedestal and base
the pedestal and base are still at For,
Shaw with my compliments to the CITY
of Great Falls through the proper oiic
ials, to be placed in the beautifully 10.
Gated and attractive park, which prom
iscs to be to the inhabitants of Great
Falls "a thing Of beauty, a JOY forever"
Hoping that the offering may be accept
ed and acceptable to the authorities and
city, | remain, yours truly,
B%hINBRIDGE S. CLARKE
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Mr.. CARTER's timber rules and regula-
tons are very plain upon one point, and
that is: The man who cuts and removes
timber from the public domain for sale
without first obtaining a permit from
the interior department to cut, remove
and sell such timber is liable to a fine
and imprisonment. No exception is
made in favor of dead timber, down or
standing. The Montanian is giving bad
advice to the half breeds around
Choteau. The government timber agent
may make it very warm for the violators
of Mr.. Carriers fearfully and wonderfully
constructed timber regulations.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
7i{E r~iIE or SILTHM.

California is q gold and silver rro1uc
ing state ana . fair representation OF is
interests and people, relieved Of the in.
luono" OF the railway monopoly that
cirrctual'y controls lis politics. wo5l,i
favor free coinage. Commenting pa the
silver question, the San Erancisco
Chronicle. q republican organ, has this
to say:
The price Of fine silver has declined
abroad, and will follow suit in the
United States. This was to have been
expected. The attitude Of President
Harrison and the mugwump press has
thoroughly convinced foreigners that we
are as far as ever from free coinage, and
Tia" white metal Suffers in "0nscuucnc
\ positive movement in the direction Of
Tee coinage would send up the plicn to
The not"hburhu0l Of %l.2J announce. Now
IT ~ not improbable that it viii SAG back
to the point from which 1t started when
IN iHrtnjii#ts believed tine United States
was going to remedy tn" outrage Of 1913.
ADO with il the prices or commodities
VIII io sure u dcclin" also. The Amori-
c"n farmer Is enjoying q high degree Of
prosperity this year owing to the mis-.
fortunes Of a@Ijcullurists in other
countries, but as soon as average crops
produced throughout the world be
Wi! begin to cXpnrienc. over again thc
pirchinE effects Of the contraction Which
follows the appreciation OF the value Of
gold"
The San Francisco organ, it is evident,
is only making use of the silver question
TO defeat the denomination Of President
Harrison in the interest Of Blaine. But
the policy Of a Blaine administration
would be the same as that Of Harrison
on the silver question. The artificial APP
probation Of gold necessarily causes
silver to decline. and with such a decline
every staple product Of the country must
necessarily sympathize.- SpokaneChron
icle.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

BEEF is hardening now, as rangemen
put it. Grasses are fully maturcd and
ripened, all their substance still remain
intact and cattle are storing away good,
hard tallow. This is the season when
beef is the best and will weigh the
heaviest, and this is the month when the
best beef will be shipped from Montana,
1t will not dress green or ''soft" but
hard, firm, fat and nutritious. Chicago
will get some of the best CRASHED cattle
this month from Montana ever shipped
out of the state.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
THE

A section in the constitution of
Montana is aimed against the importa-
ton or maintenance in the state of bodies
of armed men from private police
agencies. This clause was inserted in
that instrument for the purpose of keep
ing the Pinkerton army out of Montana.
1t was very properly maintained that if
public sentiment was not strong enough
to enforce a law the law itself was not
worth enforcing, and that under no
circumstances should private police
agencies be called upon to intimidate
or hold law violators in check.
The very existence of a private Or
%ganization of armed men is an imputa-
ton of inability upon the part of the
people to govern themselves and main
tain order through their lawfully con-
stituted police. The logical extreme of
tolerating organized force beyond the
rcgulative power of law is the surrender
Of law to force. If mere wealth, exist
ing in a corporation or individual, can by
an appeal TO armed force, cocrcc citizens
beyond lawful limits it cocrccs law itself.
When that is done sclf-gOycrnment is
mcnaccd.
In the language Of the New York
Commercial Bulletin, it may be laid as
an i~udisputahlc proposition that Amcri-
can citizens viii not consent to physical
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

The latest order from Wanamaker is
charging p~ostoiticc employees not to at
tend horse races. The order is super
tluous. His scaling down of their
salaries has put it out of their power to
indulge in the luxury even if they could
find time to take in one. None of them
have time out here in Montana to attend
prayer meetings, and as for horse races
they are entirely too high for their
purses.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

The question is: not what may have
been done by boards Of commissioners
in awarding printing contracts, but
whether the highest or lowest RESPONSE
BILE bid shall obtain county contracts in
Cascade county. That is the question
which the people are now asking. The
giving OF contracts for county work to
the / CHEST bidder cannot be lightly
pass over by tax payers.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Passion CoMNi>>JoTHG RAvM should
be putting his house in order for a visit
ing Investigation committee that will
call upon him sometime during the en-
suing winter, instead OF quarreIing with
his clerks over his SONS affairs. MIR.
l;aum is SO entirely absorbed in his re-
frigcrator scheme that his bureau is left
TO run itself. It is about time the gen
tlcmdn should commence sweeping and
busting out his office and young Raum
should be gathered up and thrown out
with the rest of the refuse.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

directing inquiries concerning it. The
TRIBUNE is convinced that an excellent
investment is offered to capitalists in
this direction. A look over the field will
convince gentlemen who are looking for
remnnerative investments in western
enterprises that Great Falls offers supe-
rior inducements in the direction here
nj. fe1
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

The present printing, as any man can
see who can read the English language,
was passed by the legislative assembly
in 1887 and approved March 10 in that
year. The date Of approval is printed
under the law in the Revised Statutes.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

CAN any Of the defenders of Mr.,
Carter's timber rules and regulations in
form an inquiring public just how many
permits to cut timber on the public do
main he has issued? Please don't crowd
to the front; one at a time.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

NANCY HANKS made a mile the other
day moo flat. That is dangerously
zeal the time Of Maud S., the recog-
nized queen of the turf. All indications
point to the breaking Of her record be-
fore the season closes. The two minute
horse is fast approaching the race track.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

The Manhattan has Just received a &c.
lect line of the best English Suitings.
Call and inspect them.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Furnished rooms to rent; large front;
good location; to gentlemen only. Apply
to j. j. Richardson.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
PRINTING Law AND CON-
TRACTS.


March 10, 1887. II its authorship woult
cut any figure in the matter it may bt
stated that the law was drafted by a re
publican. introduced in the house by 6
republican, and received the vote Of
every republican in both houses. But
these facts can have no bearing upon the
matter under consideration. The print
ing law is one of the laws of the lane
and will stand until repealed or modi
fled. 1t is not of the law but of it,
abuses the TRIBUNE would have a WORD
to say.
Under it is made the duty of the
county commissioners of the scveral
counties in the state to contract with
some newspaper of general circulation
within the county to do and perform all
the printing for which the county may
be c~hargeable. II then goes on TO state
of what the printing shall consist and
the prices which shall be given. Among
the matters enumerated are legal adver-
Using. blanks, blank books, and all Off
cial publications, including rule and
lirpro work. VErra is no mistakinr the
kind of wor, tn hc performed nor the
price to be paid for it. Every item is
mentioned plainly and the sum that will
be paid for it. Thr work may properly
be divided into $50 divisions, Io-wit;
Legal advertising or official publications.,
and blanks and blank books.
Although the law docs not specify that
bids far the work -loli he called for il is
taken for granted that county commits
eiuncrs who look to tic interests of tine
t~ax-raysr5 viii invite them Hui procure
the work done ;, clot.r as possible,
iuat as they would got any other work
Zone fer l!o county. i..1t uc.v Invited
IN ChlfnIa c.G.,r through ADVERTISE
monts IN tl. several county papers. Bids
ire invited ia other counties through
the same medium, az lHr lowest re-
ponsiblr bidder Is datr .rt tine contract.
In Cascade county publishes uf the sc?-
oral pal rs in Great PALS were notified
that 'lr contract for "sr,.oG would be
awar ",i at It certain dali. It WAS very
reasonably presumed l.a' the notice
mo.nt the several papers should put IN
"a lid for It. If the notices lid not mean
'lat they were simply bits If pleasantly
INDUCED in by the commissioners for
THEN own amusement. II ie quite posi-
bile they may hayo Thought II would he
extremely funny go witness the publish
TT t"o ot the thrice paicrs stand by
Will" they 9TH" commits -%,pnr"s' ignored
ia" lowest bids anal awarded th'contract
II IN" highest hloorr.
The lriHcH" publishers, not knowing
mat Il farce was to b. played, sent II
representative before ''" BOARD with ?
''J' inc hiu Vets "r.ti'h 10 P!al4 i'm
-lSh ana could b" easily read tnd a.
'a3I'% r'n'pr. hrnlr,i, 4|N II 'br iH'1r%E
F HL-I % ~
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Joe Conrad has a fine stock ..of Elan
nels and Ladies' cloths.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Wilson Bros goods In our Mems Fur
nishing department.-Ths Manhattan.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

II you have second hand furniture for
sale call on Ut. We pay top prices.
Dyas & Jones.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10
RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

That usually staid old republican jour
nal, the Pioneer Press, has again broken
loose from its party and is now trotting
in the free-trade class. 1t sometimes
gets dangerously near the democratic
wigwam when riding it's tariff hobby,
but as soo as the red lights are dis
played at its wi camp-fires it turns tail
and scampers back to its old place at the
head Of the republican procession. There
is no election in Minnesota this year to
attract the attention of the sometime
hayward but always able journal, so it
can afford to be heretical at times. in
tending, of course, to make amends at
the proper season by supporting the
party that is far from supporting it's
views upon tariff matters. Quite recent
ly the Press has taken ground IN favor
of free trade, or reciprocity with Canada,
and it's arguments are so pointed and
well put that the TRIBUNE is constrained
to reproduce some of them and adopt
them as it's own.
In commenting upon the views of Mr..
William Henry Hurlburt, as expressed
upon this subject in the October number
of the North American Review, the Press
says: "Mr. Hurlburt sees, as all sensible
and honest men must see, the immense
advantages to be gained by both sides
from more liberal commercial relations
between ourselves and the provinces of
Canada. 1t is almost an absurdity that
the states of the union should have free
trade with one another, while each of
them is denied the privilege of such an
arrangement with its neighbor ovcr the
border. 1t is the same when we arrange
with some ainstalying for an interchange
of products with various nations OF the
southern hemisphere, while building M
a frO~ning wall between ourselves and Il
people with whom ii is SO easy as well rs
SO profitable to maintain the most init
mate trade relations. The embargo nut
upon commerce. between the United
States and Canada. united as they are
by 4 thousand tics, bound together as
they must be by mutuality OF interest
and intcrscctjng lines Of interior com
munications. is worse than futile. If re
c~iprocity is to be the thing VIC hope it is,
It's boundaries must. in some way, be en-
largcd to include the trade Of the Cana
dian Provinces"
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

You had better see II stock at the
Bee Hive store.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

Lamps, lamps, lamps at the Bee Hive
store.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

For Fire Insurance. Accident Insur-
ance or Plate Glass insurance see Phil
Gibson.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-10

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