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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
Gow the Tariff Law Affects the
Rates for Farm Produ5e and
Manufactures
Figures Show That What the
Farmer Sells Brings Better Re-
turns Than a Year Ago.
Cold Statistics That Knock Silly
Many OF the Assumptions
Of the Democrats.

The government of the United States
buys annually about $500 900 worth Of
miscellaneous supplies for the Indians.
Advertisements descriptive Of the things
needed and fixing date upon which pro-
posas for supplying them will be received
are posted IN conspicuous public places for
some time previous to the reception of
bids. Each competitor, of course, offers
TO supply the goods at the lowest possible
figure. Prices so fixed afford an excellent
basis Of comparison OF prices OF COM
modites between any two years The San
Francisco Chronicle has made use of the
data furnished 10y the records Of the In
dian department 10 measure the Mckinley
prices bumbug, with the result that it Is
made to stand out with all the prominence
it has frequently occupied in the columns
Of the American Economist The two
points emphasized are: Agricultural pro-
ducts are the only ones that have advanced
in price Manufactures have, on the
whole, materially declined, We present
the testimony below:
Prices Of farm produce, as fixed in public
competition for supplies for the Indians
in 1890, before tue new tariff, and in
1891, under that tariff. The figures
show that prices for all the farmer has
to stll rule higher this year
p-;,, no, 100 Ia
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
MESSAGE no EGAN.
Tho Presidents OmciaI Message Just Made
Public.


WASHINGTON. Oct GA telegram
ghich was sent by the president to Minis
ter Egan on the 23rd inst after reciting
the facts Of the assault on the Baltimore's
sailors and the esults of Capt. Schley's
investigation says:
You will observe that the board Of Off
GERS selected by Capt. Schley to inyesti-
gate this matter, reports that our sailors
were unarmed and gave no provocationi
that the assaults upon them were by armed
men. greatly superior in numbers, and as
we must conclude, ANNA ed In their
bloody work by hostility TO these men as
sailors Of the United States. You will
also notice that the character OF some OF
the wounds indicates that the public police
or some Of them took part in the attack
and will also observe that other American
sailors were without apparent fault ar
rested and for some time held by the au-
tnorities. The friendly efforts Of a few Of
the police officers TO give succur TO our
men furnishes the only redeeming incident
NJ this affair. This cruel work 80
injurious 10 the United States took place
on the 18th inst, and yet no expression
cf regret or Of purpose 10 make searching
ioouiry with "a view to the institution Of
the proper proceedings for the punish
ment Of the guilty parties 50 far as am
advised. bas been offered to this govern
ment. You will at once bring 70 The
attention Of TIE government Of Gill the
focts reported to you 6y Capt, scb'ey
and will inquire whether there are any
qualifying facts in the possession Of the
Government Or any explanation 10 be Of
fared Of an event that has very deeply
pained the people Of the United States
not only b. reason Of the resulting death
Of some Of our sailors and the pitlless
Woundng Of others, but even more az an
apparent expression Of unffiendliness to-
wards this government which might put
In peril the maintainence Of amicaDle re-
lafigns between the two countries.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31

September of this year, and accounts tor
decrease IN price by calling attention 70
the fact that the raw materials for tins
Irvine we're made free by the new tariff
and the duties reduced on the hnlshed
product. thence the reduction of prices.
The Economist answers the Times as
follows
"As usual, theory has ured the 'retor-
mer' from the realm of facts. II does
reason out beautifully we admit, Duty
removed from raw materials, coresp onding-
ly reduced on the finished product, and low
prices result. A complete demonstration
Of the sounduess Of the whole tariff re-
form theory! But the reasoning pro-
cess Is to much like that employed by the
Frenchman who went to England to write
a book descriptive OF that country. He
arrived FROM France al a British port
after dark, went direct to an inn, was
shown to bed by red-headed maid, and
before retiring wrote In his note book, as
the FIRST installment of data for his con-
empated work, An the English women
have red hair
"The times correctly quoted the Ameri'
can Economists figures, showing that
binding Irvine fell from Az tc IL cents a
pound since October OF last year II It
will again consult the table of prices from
which it took the figures, it will find the
following;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
WANT HALF CHICAGO.
l.. II. JamIson's SseIrs Claim Zig
slice OF the city.

CHCAGo. Oct 9- The initial suit In
long list of similar actions to recover
millions upon milboua worth of GEN.
traily locsted real estate in hitdgo,
Milwaukee, and towns in Illinois, Wis
cuusiu aud Michigan was begun in the
United States Circuit court to-day.
The facts in tho case appear
more like an improbable fiction, but
the people behind the litigation
declare obey VIII push the cases 30 the
end The suit is begun by Robert L.
Summertiu, II. Gussctt bruno burst,
John = nurst lioratio BURST John
burst Robert ID. Iron and Morcellita
Iron the two latter being minors; Ma
tiiua Moss, Louis Nopeius, John A.
lloplSins and Simeon and Ella Bate
man. the two last also being
minors, all Of Texas, against Edward
Nelson. johnson Nelson, John
Kruger and Mary j. lambert the
latter being from Michigan The
land sought 10 be recovered is owned
or controlled ny the defendants and
consists If the south half of section 6,
of township 81, north of range 10.
The property j. ON the Southwest
Side and well adapted for manfactur
ing purposes although the bill fled
to-day claims il is now used as farm
ing land by defendants or is covered
by buildings and otherwise improved
and the income derived is So, 600 per
an nm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
THE SILVER QUESTION.
The Republican Position as Stated by Major
Mckinley.


Free and unlimited coinage Of silver, ="
says Major Mckinley, would give the
profits to the silver producers Of the
world, instead of to the government Of the
United States You can buy to day 81 A
grains of pure silver, which constitutes
the silver dollar, il the mark
cts of the world for seventy-six cents,
Free and unlimited coinage invites the
silver producers of the world to bring their
seventy-six cents worth of silver to tine
minis of the United States, the govern
agreeing to coin that silver into a silver
dollar, and by It's fat scompels people to
take it for one hundred cents, and the diff
ference between seYenty-six cents, which is
The price of silver to-day, and a hundred
ants, which is the free value of the silver
uollar, goes into the pockets OF the silver
kings Of the world, and if we had had
free and unlimited coinage in the last
twelve years, the seveuB-seven millions of
dollars which was the seignorage or gain
to the government would have been dlyld-
ed among the silver producers of this
country and the silver producers of the
world
"The republican position is, that if there
is to be any profit in this matter OF money
making, that profit should 60 to the gov
eminent of tie United States and not to
any class of our citizens, or any OF our
silver producers Of silver or otherwise
anywhere in the world. (Appaus,) When
we sell our labor or our crops we want TO
get for it money that is as good as the
thing we give Tor that money, and we
want the thing we get to be unvarying in
value, not only good to-day, but good
every day Of ey cry week of every year
Not only good in the United States, but
good where every trade goes. Cries Of
good, and applause.)
Gin a word we want no short dollar
(appause); we want no short weight, we
want no short measure When the farmer
sells his bushel Of wheat he is required to
give a full busLel in measure; when be
gets his pay he is entitled to have full
dollar in value ferries Of That Is It, and
applause; and short dollar always falls
most heavily upon the poor. The rich can
take Gaze Of themselves. They hoard the
best money and pay out the
poorest which will pass current under the
law.
Why, there is a general notion that if
we had tree and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer that we would have more money IN the
United States. Instead II having more
money, we would have less money, for
every dollar that is worth one hundred
cents would 90 out Of circulation at the
very appearance of a silver dollar that was
worth but seventy-siX cents, for ! will tell
Won a one hundred cent dollar won't keep
company with an eighty cent dollar It
never has and it never will, (Applause.)
And if there is anything we have q right
to demand Of our government, it is that
the dollar that the government issues shall
be fixed and unvaryinR in value and rep
resent ful dollar in every mart and
market place in the world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
BERT SUGAR BOUNTY
An Effective Answer to the Question "who
Gets Itsr

The American Economist answers the
question winch Is often asked Does the
tarmor or the sugar manufacturer receive
the bounty on beet sugar
The manufacturer receives ii from the
govern mcnt and turns IL over To the far
mer in payment for his beets Without a
bounty the manufacture Of beet sugar
could not, at its present stage of develop
ment In this country, be successfully ear
rled on. The sugar maker was IN a con.
dition somewhat as follows: He found
that say 100 pounds of beets would pro-
duce pounds of sugar, which would sell
for say cents a pound; or 20 cents. He
knew It would cost him so much in inter
est on capital invested, wear and tear OF
machinery, deterioration OF plants wages
and other expenses incident 70 working
the beets into sugar that he could not
possibly pay over 10 cents hundred n the
farmer for the beets without losing money
Farmers could not grow beets at SO low a
price. and the consequence was, so long a.,
these conditions remained unchanged,
that no beet sugar would be produced IN
This country.
At this point the Mckinley law steps in
ana guarantees cents a pound, in addl-
tion to the regular market price, for all
the sugar the manufacturer can produce.
This amounts to an additional 10 cents on
Che sugar produced by 100 pounds OF beets
and enables him TO pay the farmer ~
cents a hundred, which makes beet grow
ing a profitable business 1t is plain that
the farmer is the one who really receives
the bounty although it is first paid to the
manufacturer.
If the farmer at any time believes or
discovers that the manufacturer is not
paying all he should for beets, but is put
ting the bounty into his own pocket, ali
he has to do is 10 make his beets into
sugar himself and get the bounty direct
If he has not sufficient capital Che farm
ers of neighborhood or a township can
unite and build a joint factory for the
beets of all.
But there is little danger of the manu-
facturers making abnormal profits, for
there are millions of capital waiting for a
chance of investment and its owners con
tinually on the watch for some paying in
dustrv in which to embark. They would
quickly find 1t out if the beet sugar makers
we're getting rich and would 20 into the
business themselves. This would increase
the demand for beets Sugar-maker
Brown would bid against sugar-maker
Black for the farmers beets and their
prices would advance to the highest point
which the market price of sugar plus the
bounty would warrant.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
rwENrY-sIX ROUNDS.
A Bloody Prize Fight Between Smith and
Riordan In san Francisco.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 27.-Con Rior-
daa. of San Francisco, and Billy Smith,
of Australia, battled mt the California
club to night for a 81 200 purse, Riordan
being the favorite in betting. Smith
forced the pace from the start, and while
Riordan countered effectively at times,
Smith landed clean, hard blows repeatedly
oeer his opponent heart From the fifth
to the sixteenth rounds, Smith kept
aggressively driving his left for the jaw
and planting his right over the heart He
bled little at the nose from Riordan' s
left stops Riordan' play seemed to be to
rear Smith out, and from the sixteenth
Smith gradually tired. In the 18th, Smith
was bleeding at the nose but in the TWEEN
ty.second he brought a stream of blood
from Riordan's eye with terrible back
hand left He continued to pound the
injured optic until Riordan's cheek and
chest were covered with blood
Smith repeated his new blow at every
opportunity, and in the 18th Riordan's
face and chest were covered with gore and
the men S gloves slippery. Rlordan then
went 20 the floor, remaining down
eight seconds and rose to be knocked
down again In the 26th, Smith smashed
both hands into the injured eye. The
scene was sickeping as the game and bloody
Riordan struggled about the ring falling
twice and rising only to receive Smiths
powerful upper cuts full in the injured
member. Referee Cook then stepped into
the ring and stopped the SIGHT, awardin z
II 10 Smith.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
BINDING rwINE
a Hard Nut for a Free Trader to Crack

=
The free trade editor Of the New York
Times takes a Kansas paper to task for
asking the following questions:
"Wll some free trader kindly tel rs
whv tie best binding tuire costs only ~
cents a pound nov, when one year ago II
solo for from Is to y cents a p0undY Does
an increase in the tariff always result IN
reducing the price Of a commodity Y the
consumer
Tie .ariff editor Of the Times quotes the
figures Of the American Economist, which
show THAT the price Of binding twine tel
from l4J5 cents in October, 1890 when the
Mckinley Dill became law, to II cents IN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
coMl.rs cLrARs mlNL.nLr.
lie Tells story NJ the wreck of the DIS.
patch

WASHINGTON, Oct 81 Lieut. Cowas,
of the wrecked United States steamship
Dispatch, read a statement before the
board of inquiry today. showing that he
lett everything IN good shape before tdm-
ing in for rest he expected b be called
for winter quarters on If anything was seen
but he had set @ safe course for the night
When the vessel struck he Immediately
went ON deck and saw the red light which
Lieut. Mulhgan and the quafiermasles
had both thought was Winterqnar ters.
It proved to be Assateague Noel had
changed the course because he WAS sure
the hight was the WiuterquTter sho0l
light An the crew and officers ooTobo-
rated this statement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
WAS FRlgoLENoER eLgcreDf


LANSNG, Mich oct 2i.-The SUI
prcme court viii, To- morrow he asked
10 issue mandamus TO compel the
super isur- of aeuominec county 10
levy the State taN apportioned re-
Gently 10 has countv, The refusal to
levy The tuN is cue TO the fact that
several of the townships against which
IL is apportiouci are now incorp rated
In the new county of Dickinson The
board in It's answer win ask the cuhrt
to pas, upon the validity OF the act
creating Dickinson county hy raising
the question of the right of senator
FrdedieAder 60 the scat viii wax
wrested from senator Morse last win
ter under such sensational circum-
stances The maR.amus Is asked Tor
by Auditor. General stone. The uct
was passed. bv Fredlenders vote, and
II the court should hold him not en- i.
tied 60 The seat both this and the
Democratic congressional apportjon-
ment acts viii be null and void
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
THE MARKETS


CutCADu oct. o. ON Change there waR
remarkable strength early Va wheat and
corn. with au easier troiiug before the close.
Wheat sold up 90 gj3-Sc for December ana
closed gic Corn went up 10 ~ 7-Sc for Octo-
Der aud closed 7l-2c ana % 20. Provisions
were heavy ali day because OF the great run
OF hogs. Pork closed about zoe lower than
yesterday. Prices for rye aud seeds ruled
hlHhnr 40 lle close.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
srRrrr CAR LINE BANKRupr

A Receiver Is Appointed az Fond du
Lac.
FoNp pu Lac, Wis, Oct y w. G..
Curtis, of Cumberland, was today appoint
Ell as receiver fer the Fond 3u Lac Street
Railway company. Frank b. Hoskin, of
this city, is the principal creditor The
condition of affairs la due to hack OF funds
hd mismauagement The assets and
liabilities are not known.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
CYCLONE IN ONO.
The village of Conneaut suffers from a
storm.

CoYNEAur, Ohio, Oct. 27.-Last even
ing terrible cyclone swept over the town,
destroying about thirty houses. The
streets are bockaded 10y trees and debris
from the demolished buildings The
butter tub factory of G, j. Record was
BADLY wrecked and thousands of dollars
worth of stock completely destroyed.
Mr.. Records loss is about $4,000 The
planning mill of H. T. Pond, adjoining
Records factory, was greatly dam
aged. His lumber yard Is strewn all
over town AMI two smokestacks
were blown down. Many tine
residences suffered heavily, roofs being
torn off and windows broken Iele-
graph lines of the Lake Shore and Nickel
Plate railways are down. Two tele.
graph poles were blown through the
roof of the Lake Shore depot and the
baggage room was completely destroyed.
A large amount of debris from the build
ings is strewn along the track, rendering
it impossible for moving trains. The total
loss is about 100000
The residence of Games Ferguson was
totally destroyed anC his wife and ten
year old daughter severely injured The
farm barns of Sias Hitler were torn to
pieces and large number Of
cattle disabled The Record (newspaper)
establishment was unroofed and the en-
CINE room destroyed. The Pond planning
mill adjoining, was partly torn down and
a lumber yard spread for over a mile. In
East Convent many houses suffered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31

CiucAGO, oct 81 Receipts Of cattle 1900
made up OF 1910 TcNaus, 5000 rangers. and
1000 natives business again slow with
prices anything but satisfactory for either
the producer or shipper; that The prices
were lower was admitted BY both buyers and
sellers but just What tho decline was no
one seemed "a know Receipts ofhogs iu000i
slow aud 10 10 10 cents lower. Rough S3 30 10
iapb. mixed nm dpackors, - 10 A.lJ, prime
heavy aud butcher weights. $40 90 H,H1
Light. 81 Is 10 s4&. ReeeiDts OF sheep, A0S0
lambs steady; sheep lower
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
NEW LOGGING COMPANY.
II Ha, Contracted To Furnish Two Hun.
bred Million Feet OF Lumber

dred Million Feet OF Lumber
MARtNETTE, Wis, Oct. q "A new
organization has been formed in this city
called the Quinnesec Logging company,
composed OF the Marinette Lumber com
pany and William Allen, Of Republic,
Mich, who have a contract for furnishing
to the Marinette Lumber company about
200, 900 600 feet of lumber They will
build twenty-niie narrow-gauRe log
cling railway into the timber
located gear the Popple river The logs
will come down the Menominee river
The officers are as follows: President,
J. B. Goodman, Chicago; vice president
Wm. 0. Goodalan, Chicago; treasurer,
Henry Swart, Marinette; secretary and
purchasing agent, +. G, Swart, Iron
Mountain, Mich. superintendent, Will
liam Allen, Republic, Mich 1t is an ex-
tensive company, and they have work
enough before them to last for fifteen
years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31

LoEDoE, oct. r. --a o'clock americans
opened dull buturc now active and higher,
Milwaukee, Erie. aud Louisville bayo nd
vanced r. ~ per cent over tho Now York
parity. Settlements are passing on easily.
q usUl5 are o. -4 for both money aud account
NJ lney Is 2WI-i per cent The raea OF dis
count IN the open market Is l1-oa2 IS per
cont Har silver IN sIl-b,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
$. mnr,,s semInnry oentennlaI.

BAtrlnout, Md, oct 27-Ihe CEN
tennial Of st. MarYs seminary, the old
est Theological school in America win
be celebrated this week, beginning TO.
morrow. Special jubilee services viii
be held and banquet will be iyen,
at which 900 guests, including eml-
nent divines and laymen OF the CATH
Ollie church from an over the country,
wi be present
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31

PoarAc. III. oct CIV II Furs-
man under indictment on twenty nine
charges Of forgery aggrcgatiug over
5000 900, pleaded guilty in the circuit
court and was sentenced 20 seven
wears IN the Joliet peuiteutiary.
Twentr-cipht indictments are still
pcndlng against uIm in this county.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
A wnoLEsALE CONFESSION.
startling story of Man Under Sentences
of nrnth.

ST Louis, Oct PA Republics S 1da-
liza, Mo, special says Murderer William
sou. under death sentence, ,oday stated
that his confession published Oaobar Is
was false He asserted moreovgu
that he alone killed his wife,
who disappeared in 1889 that he
killed a man by the name OF Koch; that he
butchercd an entire family near Cenhaia,
Ill.,, 10 1888 and had committed other
crimes, but was unable To give the facts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
nooKs ron CmoA0o.
purchase Of Library for tRe New uni-
vsrsity.

CHICAGO, Oct. q --One Of the largest
book deals ever contaminated in America
closed his afternoon BY cablegrams the
university Of Chicago purchased in Berlin
a library containing 280, 0O0 volumes and
100 900 dissertations in all languages
Among tham are 200 transcripts from the
eighth to the nineteenth century. The
catalogue price ranged between six and
seven hundred thousand dollars
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
A. Tut ~ Blame.

Mr.. Blaine very tsrseIy stated the joint
igs6es IN Ohio. He said The election
OF Mckinley means the policy Of protection
and honest money The election Of Camp
bell means free trade and corruption Of the
currency. And however politicians may
attempt 10 befog the question, the same
issues are at stake in every state. The
free silver and free trade democrats are
the ruling element in that party.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
Tonr Men Dead

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Oct. 27.-As a
result Of the premature blast on the Great
Northern extension, mentioned IN last
nights dispatches, four men are dead and
two manned Tor lite.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
GONE 70 wAsHlNGToN.
a wisconsin Attorney VIII Argue Rail
road Case

Oshkosh, Oct 25. - Moses Hooper has
gone to Washington, b. c., where be will
argue before the supreme court Of the
United States the case Of the Green Bay
g Mississippi Canal company vs.. the kau-
fauna Water Power company ct al.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31

"WfI"0T I''17-9 ~ N'"'''--' ~
Kansas CTS. Mo-. oct ~ Tho
Sunday closing law went into feet
here sunday, but The saloons were
no closed Several arrests were
made but rs the aaloonkeepers pre-
served the appearance Of complying
with the law the police had little
10 do.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
Cause of the Riot.

LONDON. Oct. o. Dr.. Griffith Jones,
a missionary at Han Row. asserts that the
Chinese riots were not fomented by secret
societies but by the Human literary aud
ofiicil classes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-10-31
JEws 81 soUIn AMEnIcA.
Baron Hlrsch Pays 81 600. 900 for Tract
Of Land

WAsH1NGrog, oct. RI The Argentine
government has SOLD a tract Of land 10
the Grand Chaca, the northern part Of the
republic, TO Baron Hirsch for the estab-
ishment Of a Jewish settlement. sna
million dollars IN gold has been paid for
900 square miles.