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The true northerner., 1891-06-03
As To Thomas Jefferson.

The platform adopted by the Demo
cratic convention Of Kentucky speaks of
the party "as founded by Jefferson.
This is ime-hOnOred fiction of the
Democracy and they have repeated il so
often that they perhaps think it true
Or, more likely, they repeat it without
knowing whether it i true or not, for
the average Democrat knows precious
little about Thomas Jefferson or the his
tory of his party.
No party was ever founded by one
man. No one man founded the Demo
cratic party any more than Abraham
Lincoln, or William II. Seward, or sal
mon II. Chase, or Charles Sumner, or
any one of Thousand others founded
the Republican party. No political
party was ever formed without the CO.
operation of many leaders, aided by the
still more important cooperation OF the
people.
jefferson did not call himself Demo-
crat He started out as an anti-Fed-
eralist, and il was as such that he lent
himself to the intrigues against Wash
ington's administration, of which he was
a member. When the anti.adminstra-
ton factions which he fomented came
together, he suggested the name OF
the second part of the name was adopted.
During Jefferson's time the term Demo
crat was one of derisiOn. 1t was not
adopted as party name until long after
he had ceased to be President. He was
elected Pre- sident as a Republican.
jefferson was not even the founder of
the anti-Federalst party. Other men
had much greater part in that work
than he Jefferson was not i'm the
United States during the formative
period of constitutional parties. He was
not here when the Constitution was
framed and adopted, nor when the new
government went into operation He
resided in France from 1884 until March,
1890, eleven months after the new gov
ernment went into operation. 1t was in
France, during that revolutionary pc
riod, that he imbibrd doctrines which he
afterward tried TO disseminate i'm this
country. When he returned TO the
United States IT was To become Secreta-
ry of State under Washington, and to
become a party to intrigueS against the
administration. Tho foundations of the
Federalist party were laid while
he was out of the country, and he only
followed the lead of others.
When jefferson became President his
anti Federalist ideas were thrown TO the
wind Nothing less Jeffersonian than
his administration codld well be imag
ined. He went much further than
Washington had done in the exercise Of
executive or Federal power. His pur
chase of Louisiana was rs fragrant a
violation of the Consultation as the secret
purchase Of Cuba by President Harrison
would be.
jefferson did not found either the anti
Federalist or the Democratic party. The
first was founded before he became con-
nected with the Government, and the
latter after he died. He did not found
anything AS a political theorizer and
dOctrilldtre he had some good ideas, along
with some bad ones, imported from
France, but he was not a constructive
statesman. He was however, the father
of Indianapolis Journal.
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
The Basis of Free Trade.

Free trade is based essentially on the
idea. expressed or implied, that in trad
ing with other nations we can cheat
them i'm the trade-that in exchanging
with foreigners we can secure an ad-
vantage over them, that in return for
the products of one days work of ours
we can get the product OF a day aud Il
half of theirs.
This is a delusivc hope. With free
dom of trade. equalization would soon
take place. All the wealth we can have
is what we produce, or its equivalent.
In Obtaining the equivalent let us obtain
it of our own people. Thus, TO the eX-
tent that we are consumers of the things
they make, we shall give them employ
ment; and, in return, to the extent that
they are consumers of the things we
make will they give us employment,
thereby inSurng an equilibrium in our
industries, developing ut home skillful
artisans in every branch Of industry and
dotting the country over with manu-
featuring establishments.
Free trade would Danish those estab-
lishmcnts and would exchange skilled
mechanics for cheap doorknObs or cheap
cutlery. 1t would reject the knowledge
OF useful arts in order to save for the
moment few cents yard on wooden
cloth or cotton ties or a few cents Il
pound on tin plates. Protection secures
the arts and protects the artists. 1t
transforms ignorance into knowledge,
Indifference into zeal. inertia into aCtivi-
ty, impotence into power.
Free trade is based essentially on the
idea OF landed arstOcracy-on the idea
that the land of the country Is the prop
crty, not of independent farmers owning
and working their own land but of allo-
dial lords owning practically the COM
munity in which they live. II has its
foundation in that form Of social devel-
opment Of which slavery was a type,
which takes no thought of the man who
works with his hands. 1t implies that,
as i'm Europe, there shall eventually be
in this country no proprietary farms,
but that few great proprictors who
disdain work shall monopolize the land.
1t implies that when few barons shall
hold in large tracts the land of the coun-
try they, as lords Of the SOIL can ordain
that what they call "their" country shall
forever remain in the primitive occupa-
tiOn of agriculture
These baronial owners can say to all
cOmers: 1--WE own all this land; this
| country is ours; you can starve unless
you accept work on our terms. We do
not wish you have variety of occupa-
tions. We do not wish you to aspire.
What have you to do with aspiration?
We can buy all the manufactured goods
we want from the cheap labor of Europe
or Asia. If you open stores or set up
workshops you must compete with the
cheapness of Europe and the squalor of
the Hindoos and Chinese you are en-
titled to no protection as agains. them.
| They have as good n right TO sell their
wares here as YOU have" But in the
same breath the landed proprietor will
add, "Of course you people are expected
TO shoulder your guns and with your
! lives defend and protect us and our
property in case those same Europeans
or Chinese invade the country and en-
danger our ownership % this property. "
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
What Is MIn~nnc op

A Berlin journal. quoted in the cur
rent Board of TRADE Journal, in
quires what the French themselves
understand by "cognac" The district
of Charente is the place of origin Of
real "cognac," and has during the last
seven years produced an average of
20, 900 hectolitres, while the annual eX-
port by France of liquor known as
"cognac" has exceeded seven times this
quantity. In trade "cognac' is usually
understood to be brandy obtained by
the distillation of wine, and which was
formerly known as French brandy; but
it has been shown by analysis, and in a
bulky volume issued by the State De-
partment of Hygiene, that there is no
reliable method of distinguishing real
brandy distilled from wine from the
spurious. So it is interesting TO have a
decision of a French court of law as to
what it understands by the word
"cognac." A merchant of Angouleme,
who bought brandy in Nalenciennes
and labeled it "cognac, was prosecuted
for so doing, but was acquitted on the
ground that the word "cognac" is not TO
be exclusively understood as descriptive
OF the place OF production, but often,
as in the present instance, as descrip-
tive of the nature of the product. Ac-
cording to this decision it is to he re-
garded as sufficient when labels an
nounce the nature of the goods to which
they are affixed, and it is not requisite
that the contents of bottle should
have been produced in the place men,
tlo 1o1N Na1 Il 10
not consistent with sentences pro-
nounced by various French law courts
upon manufactures of sparkling wines,
who have been heavily fined for intro
ducing into trade wines which they
described as champagne, and which
had undergone similar process to
that of the genuine article, but had not
been made from wine grown in the
champagne district.-St. James GA
zette.
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
what Is the New Party Here rorg

On every question on which there is an
actual division between the Republican
and Democratic organizations, the Peo-
pies party stands with the Democrats
The proposition in the Cincinnati plat
form that national banks be abolished
and that an unlimited issue of legal
tender Government notes take the place
of the bank currency, has often been in
dorsed by Democratic Conventions in
many of the Southern States. In the
West and South the Democrats are al
most solid in favor of an income tax
The iree.sIlyes deepaGd j a.yocated by
nearly vVcfy Democratic politician West
OF the Aleghenies, and south of the Po-
tomac and Ohio, and by the vast majority
OF the Democratic press Of this region. All
over the country, East, West and South,
the Democracy champions what is called
free trade. These are all the actual
fighting provisions in the Cincinnati
declaration Of principles, and on AT OF
them the Democracy and the Peoples
party occupy practically the same
ground. The free trade, free silver and
income tax norons will he engrafted in
the Democratic national platform Of
1892. If the question Of the maint ten
ance of the national banking system
comes upin Congress the majority of the
Democrats will be found against the
banks. The sub-treasury and land cur
rcncy planks of the Peoples platform
are not referred TO here because the
Democracy has not had an opportunity
yet 10 declare itself formally on these
issues
As there is substantial harmony be-
tween the Peoples party and the DEM
ocracy on almost every issue of practical
poit cS, what is the use OF creating any
People party at all? The Democracy
aims at the same ends, and has the en-
pcricnce, ability, and prestige to gain
them if they can be gained. Moreover,
it has discipline and cOnorency which
the Peoples party can never reasonably
hope TO attain. The expenditure of
energy which the latter will have to
make to render its influence effective in
any State or county would bring better
results if it was made within Democratic
lines. Nine out of every ten of the men
who were conspicuous at Cincinnati have
acted with the Democracy recently, If
not always. All of them are Democrats at
heart. What, then, do the leaders of the
new party seek TO accomplish? Their
aim is to unite all the disaffected elc-
mentS in the country, and with the show
of strength thus made TO inveigle suf
iicient number Of Republican farmers
over to them with the agricultural prod
uct warehouse and land currency bats
to give few Of the Western States to
the Democrats This is the game which
the PETERS, the Donnellys, and the Simp-
sons are playing. The South knows the
dodge, and while tho agitators of that
section support il the voters will stick
to the Democratic ticket Republicans
of the farming communities will not be
deuded with such devices as these into
any of the traps which their enemies are
setting for them.-GiObe-D Democrat.
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
Mr.. Cleveland at Buffalo.

After a great deal of coaXing and a
great many assurances that the Maria
Halpi unp eaSantneSS in his life at Buf-
faio would not be referred TO by the
papers of that city, Grover Cleveland
Venturcd back to the city of lunch coun-
terS and bull pups for flyer" to de-
liver a speech before a Democratic club.
The speech showed the impress of his
surroundings, and was timid i'm its utter
,anceS. There vas none Of the old-time
boldneSs in the speech, and thrasOnically
it was less than the previous utterances
Of the stuffed prophet
The unprecedented popular success Of
the tariff law has evident dampcned
the ardor OF the great tar.f refOrmer.
III a speech that occupied nearly half an
hour in delivery we find only distant al
lusions TO the industrial system that in
the opinion Of Mr.. Cleveland, no more
than a month ago, was responsible for
all the ails and ills Of humanity. Com
PEELED to drop the tariff in obedience to
popular approval OF the Mckinley law
Mr.. Cleveland rcsorted To promiscuous
abuse of what he termed public extrava.
gance. He seems 20 have suddenly dis
covered that the people are faring badly
because OF the extravaganza of the last
Congress. After heaping great deal of
abuse upon the party which he charges
with the responsibility of Needless and
needless expenditure of public moneys.
he calls for a vigorous "Campagn of
Education" for the benefit of "the
masses who are not dishonest, but only
Needless. "
But better than all this general abuse
would have been specific charges on the
part OF Mr.. Cleveland If the Republican
party has been eXtravagant he ought TO
have stated wherein this extravaganza
existed. He did cite the increase in PEN
sons: but for pension expenditures the
Democratic party is wholly responsible,
for had il not been for that party there
would have been no war and no old sol
diers 20 b, supported by the Govern
mcnt. Mr. Clevcland's references to
other eXtravaganccs, river and harbOr
and shipping expenditures, were so in
definite that one is led to believe that
even in the opinion OF the eX-President
these appropriations are really justi-
fable. Afraid TO combat popular APP
proval of the tariff law, Mr.. Cleveland
resorted TO the demagoguc's cry of the
Billion Congress. for want of anything
else TO carp about
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
StiIl the Tin-Plnte Liars.


Only two or three OF tho out and out
Tree trade organs in this country still
cling TO the assertion that no tin plate is
being manufactured or can be manu-
factured in this country. Hdrd,UGrc, in
the current week, contains information
on this subject, and is a reputable ana re-
sponsible authority. The Epening Post
recently challenged its annoiihcement
that Tay.or IL Co, of Philade.phi were
ready TO offer roofing tin of their own
manufacture in place OF brands they
formerly importtd d, and quoted an
anonymous witness as proof that Hard
10dre was wrong. That journal now
produces letter from Taylor < Co
backing up the original statement, and
adds its editorial comments that il has a
letter from its staff correspondent too
late for publication, but eIually corrob-
orative Thus another tin-plate lie is
run down
More significant, however than the
establishment of this Philadelphia tin
plate works, or rumorS Of the establish
ment of others, is the careful report in
Hdrilcdre of the proceedings of an in
formal meeting OF tin n-plate manufact-
urers held in this city ON. April -. The
Press contained a report of this gather
ing on April 30, and We have repeatedly
referred TO it as the comDletest possib @
answer yet made to the free trade cs
about tin plate. As trade paper Hard
lCGre gives some particulars which were
not brought ont in the daily newspa perS,
Members Of twelve large firms or organ
izations participated in the meeting, and
this is summary from HdTdtUurc Of
their expressions:
Zach firm represented stated that 10
was making tin plate at present or was
making preparations to do So and would
make tin plate whether or not any other
firms did so. The works in operation or
about to be operated, it was stated,
would have Il combined capacity of 90, COZ
net tons OF tin plate and terne plate per
year. In view of the fact however,
that ii will be necessary to increase the
annual production TO at least 10), 900
tons before the expiration OF five years
from July next, in order that the rate
of duty provided by the Mckinley bill
may be retained, those present at the
meeting felt that steps should be taken
to secure the cooperation of other manu-
facturcrs, and ii is mainly for this pur-
pose that the committee named above
was appointed. The general opinion
was that every indication pointed To the
production of 100. 00) tons annually long
before the limit of the time named in the
new tariff law.
This is evidence from the most prac-
tical of all sources, furnished through
an unbiased, non-political trade paper,
that the tin-pate industry is already
established i'm the United States, and
that it is here to stay.-NeU York Press
The true northerner., 1891-06-03

produce binding twine The raw ma
terias for both-fibers and raw sugar
were dutiable under the old law, al
though in each case only part of our
consumption OF the raw material was
grown at home The duties on them
constituted, therefore, a revenue tarif.
The Mckinley bill abolished these
revenue duties, which are always taxes,
on the raw material and reduced the
duty on the finished products, refined
sugar and binding twine, thus reducing
the price to the consumers. For remem-
ber that refined sugar still bears duty
just as binding twine does. The reduc-
tions in the dut'e on tibers will be In
dicated by the following table:
Old law. New law.
Sum and sisaLgrass. per ton. DO Free
Manila. per ton. ............. - i Eree
Istleor 1ampico fiber, per ton 10 FREQ
These fbers are largely used in the
manufacture of the twine, and the re-
moval of the duty on them should oper-
ate just as making raw sugar free mas
operated. As matter of fact nearly all
twines have shown tendency TO decline
in price since the passage of the BILL
american Economist.
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
RAMS Horn WrirkIes.

THE religion Of Christ does everything
for man that he cannot do for himself.
THEOLOGY is what man thinks about
God. Salvation is what he knows about
Him,
LACK of fear does not always mean
courage 1t may mean lack OF knowl-
edge.
THE only way by which love can be
measured is by what it is willing TO
suffer
You can never hurt the devil so much
as when you strike at him with the word
of God
TIE devil will never be much discour-
AGED aS long as he can find a moderate
drinker.
THE devil cheats US out Of good many
blessings by teaching US to be close with
our money.
The greater the house built on poor
foundation the more foolish the man
who builds IL.
The devil always agrees with the man
who says he can't see any sense in trying
to be religious.
THE devil is never entirely sure of a
man as long as there Is somebody living
who loves him.
Ir takes some people long tine TO
find out that snakes headquarters are
not in It's tail.
No MAN knows how desperate woman
can look until he has seen her undertake
TO ride bicycle.
Ir wouldn't be hard for anybody 10 be
the best kind of q Christian IL there
wasn't any devil
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
Price OF Binding Twine.

A correspondent writes as follows:
"Bindng twine is lower than ever be-
fore The Mckinley bill reduced the
duty ON IL. The argument used i'm the
case of the reduction in the case Of
sugar does not hold here. Please ex-
plan
1t seems to us that the reduction in
the price of binding twine can be ex-
planned by the reasoning applicable to
the case of sugar. We produce sugar in
this country in the same sense that we
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
Robbed Both Peter and Paul.

In discussing the present condition Of
national finances a Democratic paper Of
wide circulation says: "Let us not for
get that Mr.. Cleveland left one hundred
million dollars in the Treasury" Like
wise let us not forget that Mr.. Cleveland
left legacy of debt incurred by Demo
cratic legislation, or failure to legislate,
which demanded nearly all this hundred
million dollars for their payment. Mr..
Cleveland's administration robbed both
Peter and Pau TO make a false showing
of'a large surplus.
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
The Tin-Piate Industry and Its Enemies.

The Tin-Plate Industry and Its Enemies.
The free-trade papers continue their
efforts to persuade themselves and their
readers that the manufacture of tin
plates will not be established here un-
der the new tariff. At first they con-
fdcntly asserted that no one ever
thought Of investing Il dollar in the in
<ustry in this country. Forced TO re.
ccde from this position, they still kept
up their absurd policy of denying the
existence of definitely located plans. As
these began TO multiply and American
tin plates began TO appear. they again
shifted their ground and turned
10 ridiculing the new American prod.
uct They said at first that tin
plates would not be made at all.
Actually confronted with the shining
sheets, they challenged the manufac.
turcr to produce 100 boxes a day, q
physical mpossibility then % soon after
the enactment of the new tariff. But i'm
due time the hundred boxes appeared.
and, behold! your free trader dared the
manufactures TO turn out 1000 boxes a
day This is the point at which he has
now arrived.
The progress OF the new industry will
soon drive him from this position also.
IL takes time Co establish great tin-plate
plants. and the new law has been in
sured To our manufacturers only seven
months The increased duty on tin
The true northerner., 1891-06-03

plates docs not go into effect till next
July. Protectonists can well afford TO
wait The "tin-plate liars" will suffer
the fate of the Mckinley prices liars, all
In due time -EcOnOm,s
The true northerner., 1891-06-03

IN February. 1890. before the McKin-
ley tariff law, WOODEN goods TO the value
OF l4,947,5l7 were imported, while last
February, under the law, the value of
such goods was s,si1, 7so After max
ing allowance for the heavy importation
during the last weeks OF the old law, it
is evident that many of the goods i'm
ported year ago arr now being made
at home
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
A BULWARK OF RIGHT.
AMERICAS DUTY AND GLORY
is PROTECTION.

Hot Shot for Tin-Piate Llars-Mr. q eve-
land ,rawfishing g-Object Lessons of the
Tarin-Idiotic Democratic Drivel About
Thomas Jefferson
The true northerner., 1891-06-03
Tariff Pictures =.
- so<SA" -

Great Britain's exports of carpets to the
United States for the first quarter OF this year
were S232, 100,
The true northerner., 1891-06-03

Next lesson.-"The Book of the Law
Found" Chron "a: 14-2S
The Forrest City times., 1891-12-18
THOS.JOYEER, H.D. PracticiHg , Fly. eiaH

OFFICE: RESIDING '; sy-rrs sLzwl. TcssgsT :iTT epsss Rssx sleci. II . = : .
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-10-30
WHO PAYS THE TAX2

The Louisville Courier-J ournal in
their issue of October II, in comment
ing on the Mckinley tariff bill and
Mckinley said:
Major Mckinley, in his debates in Ohio,
and the republican journals who follow his
lead, are trying to convince the people that
the foreigner pays the tax. For awhile they
commended that the tarin was not a tax.
Driven from this position. they ask us TO
believe that the foreigner pays the tax. At
Ada, in his attempt to show that the for
eigner pays the tax, Mr.. Mckinley said:
''Let somebody tell me that here the federal
army can go into your household and take
the flower of your flock and put them ia the
army to defend the flag of his country and
save his government. 1t can demand of him
bis best life's blood. You cannot reach the
foreigner for any such purpose. He is be-
yond your Jurisdiction. He owes no allegi-
ance to our flag, and why should he, upon
any consideration of citizenship or fair play,
be permitted to divide this market with the
American peopleI And the only way we
can touch him is when he brings products
to our shores. Why, the governor says we
pay the tax If we do, what in Gods name
Is England making such fuss about! why
Is Germany crying out against the new tariff
law, IL we pay all the tariff! But, as I was
saying, the only way we can touch the for
elgner-and the fathers had that ideH-when
he brings his products to our shores and
seeks to enter our markets and compete
with US, Is to tell him to halt, and say to
him; Before you can land on our shores
ysu must pay so much for the privilege OF
dong 1t, and that VIII go into the treasury
OF the United States TO help share the bur
dens Of the American people," II, as the
father Of the McKialey bin contends, the
foreigner pays the tax, then a reduction Of
the tari1 is net = benefit to the American
consumer, but is bonus TO the foreign pro-
/ Queer. Yet Msjor Mckinley and all of his
followers are claiming the support OF the
people, because, by = repeal of the sugar
tax, the people have been relieved by bur
den of $50 900 600 annually. This, 1t seems,
is mistake This relief Is Of no benefit e
the American consumer according TO the
new argument of Major Mckinley, but Is I
bonus TO the foreign producers OF sugar i'm
ported TO America What defense can %
set up Of policy that results in this way,