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The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

No M will accuse the Springfield
CMass.) Republican of being a demo.
cratic organ. Yet it is honest where its
partisan contemporaries are uncandid,
and courageous where they dodge.
Speaking of the treasury confidence
game it has the manlIness to thus ''speak
speak out in meetin':' "The pension
commissioner is living up to his promise
to break the records of the bureau.
During September no less than 24,644
pensions were granted, the first payments
which aggregated s~4,O72,476. This is
at the rate of about 100000 new pensions
a year, and is a remarkable feat as the
bureau boasts. But it is not half so re-
markable as Secretary Fosters feat of
meeting these and increased expenses all
the line out of smaller revenues,
and still showing a larger balance in
favor of the treasury than a year Ago..
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24
THE GOLD BUGS REFRAIN.

Speaking OF the present silver law tn
Helena Journal takes up the refrain O
the gold bugs and sings it through
long editorial Astounding with misstate
ments, false logic and an exhibition O
ignorance surprising even in that very
unreliable sheet. The journal reall,
gets it's bread and butter from the silver
industry of Montana and yet in the face
of this fact and in the face of the fur.
ther fact that silver is quoted at only
96l4 it has the hardihood to say: 1T
the silver law does not meet the de-
mands of those who would make this the
dumping ground for the surplus silver of
the world, but NOW listen) it does con-
serve the interests of the American pro-
duct along the lines of well established
financial principles"
That is to say that silver at 964 cents
per ounce, when under a free coinage
law it would command S1.29 per ounce,
is in the interest of the American prod
uct. Is there reason or common sense
in such a statement? Is it not arrant
nonsense? In what manner or through
what mysterious financial jugglery does
silver at 9614 conserve the interests of
the American product all along the lines
of well established financial principles?"
And then we are treated to that old, old
chestnut about this country becoming the
dumping ground for the surplus silver
of the world" in the event of a free and
unlimited coinage law. Never was more
nonsense crowded in as many words.
Does the Journal know how much sur
plus silver the world happens to have
lying around loose? Does it know how
the surplus silver of the world" would
reach the minis of this country? 1t is
money to marbles the Journal can not
give a correct answer to either question,
and yet, parrot-like, it repeats the stale
story about this country becoming the
dumping ground, etc.
1t was some eastern gold bug who
employed the words dumping ground
in discussing the silver question and
now all the little Trays, Blanches and
in the republican party are
piping dumping ground" dumping
ground" dumping ground" They pro-
Tess to believe that all the silver in
will be sent to this country if a
Tree and unlimited silver coinage law be
passed. In giving publicity to this be-
lief they virtually charge the people of
with being fools idiots who
would take their silver which bears a
alto of ID and 15la to l of gold and ship
t to a country where the ratio is 16 to /,
.hus losing nearly 3 per cent of its value.
ground, lndeed!' Austria is
he only country in Europe that can
pare a dollar of its silver and S.2O,OOO,OOO
will cover all she can send under the
most favorable conditions. When the
Journal gains a little knowledge of the
question it will look back with
ihame upon its editorial of the Dist. inst.
m "The Silver Law" and pray its read
RS to forgive it for making such a dis
,lay of it's ignorance.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24
THE PRICE OF TTNPLATE.

The reckless and false statements
made by protection orators. who are
bound to support and defend the Nc
Kinley tariff, are we'll illustrated, says
the New York World, in the case of the
unfortunate Mckinley, who is under
special obligations to make the act which
bears his name appear to be a blessing
to those upon whom it imposes burden
some taxes. In one of his recent speeches
in Ohio Maj. Mckinley made the state
ment to some of the farmers in that state:
They talk about the tinplate tax.
Laughter. Suppose we do not make a
pound Of tinplate. The duty on it has
been increased from one cent to two and
~two-tenths cents, but you are not paying
a cent more for your tin than you did be-
fore. The old tariff on tin brought
SI,OOO,ON into the treasury. The new
n will bring in $16,OOO.OOO. Surprising
we continue to import it all. We have a
clear gain of S9,OOO,OOO and your tin is
not costing you a cent more.
The assertion that tinplate is not cost
ing a cent more is a simple falsehood, as
may be seen from a list of prices given
in a recent numb,r of the World. From
that it appears that in 1885 the highest
price paid for &c 14x20 coke ~tinplate
was s4.GO; that from that time to 1890
the lowest price paid for that kind of
tinplate was S4.15 and the highest price
was $4.85 in 1887. In 1890 the highest
price was 1926 and the average price
This year the highest price is $3.50,
the lowest S5.15 while N~isdringhaus' tin
plate of this kind sells for seas a box in
very, very small lots.
In the meantime the price of IC
charcoal tinplate has advanced from
s4.79 to $3.50 and of | G 2Ox222 roofing
.inplate from 1886 to 5000, while
American roofing tinplate, what there is
If it, commands the enormous price of
per box. 1t will thus appear, aid !
he figures are unimpeachable, that !
.Iajor McKinley's assertions about the d
of his tariff act are as bad as the Z
ct itself. Z
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

HARRISON throws no opportunity to
make votes over his shoulder. He is a
shrewd politician. AS a private citizen
he would steer clear OF any gathering Of
Methodists. They are not his kind of
people. As an ofice-seeker he addressed
the Methodist council at Washington
the other day.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24
Mckinley tariff supporters

THf Mckinley tariff supporters af-
firm that the measure was passed to pre-
vent the flooding of the home market
with foreign goods" But Mckinley
boasts that 1--WE have bought more
foreign goods than in any ten months
before" The two statements doesn't
consist" If Mr.. Mckinley is to be be-
lieved his tariff is a fraud. If the ad-
vocates of his measure are to be believed
Mr.. Mckinley is a prevaricator.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

SENATOR SHERMAN refers to Congress
man Mills as a ''clever southern rebel"
Senator Sherman has not forgotten how
to ring in the bloody shirt while stump
ing his state. Mr.. Mills is a very clever
gentleman in every acceptation of the
term but he is not a rebel and Senator
sherman does himself neither credit nor
honor in referring to him as such.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

WANAMAKER has ordered all the wom-
en- clerks in his Philadelphia store to
dress in black while on duty. The only
admissible explanation of the singular
order is that the shrewd postmaster
general has a corner on ladies common
black dress goods and proposes to un-
load them upon the women clerks of the
country by making black the regulation
dress for them.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

REPUBLICAN newspapers copy Blaine's
recent letter with a grand flourish and
point to it as proof that the Maine man
indorscs every line of the Mckinley tariff.
Now the fact is MIR. Blaine virtually add
mits he did not like the measure until he
had licked it into shape with his reel
procity clause. Now he likes Thereof
procity clause. Only this and nothing
mona
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

THE great American hog is roofing his
way in the kingdoms and empires of
Europe. The latest conquest standing
to his credit is Italy. That nation has
thrown wide open its gates to his pork
ship and a squeal of delight is heard all
along the line of the corn belt of Ameri-
ca. 1t was not many years age that
cotton was king. The great American
hog may wear the crown in a few years.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

The Mckinley tariff taxes diaper cot
ton ~ cents on the dollar, and safety
pins 80 cents. This, Of course, wal done
to keep out foreign babies and to en-
courage home production. But Mr..
Cleveland has recently discovered that
it is a direct tax on the home infant in
dustries which the consumer must pay.
He will enter the presidential campaign
next year with a livlier sense Of the ne
cessity for tariff reform.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

SrNOL is now Queen Of the turf. Two
minutes, eight and one-fourth seconds
are figures which in the language of
Marvin, her driver, 'thcy will hammer
at a long time" But the. two minute
horse is coming. Sunol's record will be
broken and the record breakers will be
broken until it stands at two minutes,
Those are the figures they will hammer
for and make them.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

The ordering Of the new cruiser York
town to Valparaiso and the sending Of
one OF the best men OF war to the Pacific
squadron, indicate that the government
apprehends difficulties may arise in
Chill or Sandwich Islands or Behring
sea which will render their presence
necessary to protect it's rights.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

LAND COMMISSIONER CARTER is being
deluged with protests Of Montana par
ties against the application Of certain
persons for timber cutting permits. Mr..
Carter's very absurd timber rules and
regulations are already yielding him a
heavy crop Of trouble.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

IT is said some men will persist in
writing and talking about subjects of
which they know the least. This may
account for Johnnie Reads daily TRADES
against Butte's water.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

STEPS are being taken in Butte to
establish a c%rematory. As the Miner
and Inter Mountain have been roasting
and burning up each other every day
during the past year or two the TRIBUNE
suggests they be given a contract to do
the cremating. They are both "burners."
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
METAL COINAGE AND PRODUCT.

1t may not be generally known ant
may be hard to believe, yet it is a fac,
that during the past fourteen years the
coinage of gold and silver has far ex.
ceeded the production of those metals
for that time. According to tables pre-
pared by The Financial and Mining
Record from the mint bureau at Wash
ington it appears that the excess of con-
sumption or absorption of gold over pro-
duction from 1876 to 1889 is 81, 43O,5OO. 900
and that the excess of consumption or
absorption of silver over production dur
ing the same period is s872,OOO,OOO.
Total excess of consumption or absorption
over production S2,32, 100000. These
are startling figures. They show that
during the fourteen years ended with
December 81, 1889, there has been an an
nual average consumption or use of gold
in the commercial world, to the amount
Of S102, 142,S56 in excess of the amount
taken from the earth for the same period,
together with a like excess in the use of
silver, to the yearly amount of 49,, 49,
$50. |
or course about the first question that
will be asked is, from whence comes so
great an excess Of money metals? The
answe Is found in the fact that the
movement of the metals from one coun-
try to another has been chiefly in coin
rather than in bullion until recently.
JJan,n %ha ,,,.t, "a ,,.~ .,A:.x l... ..-
constantly converting the coined money
OF one into that of their own. And again
the great demand for coined money
throughout the world has sent millions
of gold and silver thai were locked up in
plates and wares to the minis of the
world. But there are immense sums of '
gold and silver annually going into the
industrial arts. Close estimates from re-
liable data shows that for the fourteen
years ended Dec. l. 1889. the annual ay- {
erage consumption of gold was nearly "
but reducing it to So, 5OO,-
it shows. that the total amount was y
The aggregate amount of "
silver thus consumed for the period =.
named reaches s%i20.OOO,OOO. With all =,
figures before him it would seem {,
hat any man can see that with the an >.
1ual decreasing output of gold and the =,
amounts employed in the industrial arts a.
hat our money metal currency can be .,
iept up to the necessary volume only by n
he coinage of every dollar of silver that >,
an be mined in the country. -,
France is a bi-metallic country; that =.
the coin currency is gold and silver. ~
t has $23 of gold and SIT of silver per -
apita. France makes no cutlery against -,
Is gold or silver. They circulate side by =,
ide at a parity. The United States ~
ave only about $3.50 per capita of gold ~,
nd a little over S7 per capita of sill g.
er in circulation and yet we have
who are afraid the country is
too much silver. To such acare-
study of the foregoing figures may y
ork a change in their sentiments. With d"
constantly increasing population it will u" ~
? many years before this country can. =,
nder the most favorable coinage sys- ~
m. reach the volume of metal money "'
n capita that France has. STD
mo
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24

Attention, Rsnchmen and Farmers.
We will pay the highest prices for all
Kinds OF produce and oats and wheat.
STRAIN Bros.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-10-24
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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
IDLE MOMENTS.

Cadson "Cholly'sN = rerkless dog;
seems always 20 live from hand 20 mouth
The Malor-''Yes; aud M ,stiy from some
other fellows hand. Life.
~ see Jack and Mollic have made up
again. why was the engagement ever
brokcntr They hal quarrel as to
which loved the other the most ~ Life.
Hacking KoT--"I wouldn't trust
myself in tho hanls of DR. Emdde;
don't like specialists chilsol Feover
--"What is his specialtyW Hacking kof
Post -mortems Puck
lis there anything you want Willici'
asked grandma Yes Ia like % have
some Jam on my bread WHO gave
you the bread mo one yot thought
perhaps you m Eht judy
MY speech AZ the messing last night
was my maiden effort, said che Young
orator. proudly yes csnically a..
piled his friend ~ noticed Il wos some.
thing OF IA miss Baltimore American
Pat Sure tonne was invinted in
Ircland.n Jeweler--'Why do YOU think
op' Pat Bogorra dye be afther
thinkin' its name would he O'Clock IL L.
didn't come from the ovid solf'--Jewel-
ers' Weekly
your father is largely engaged in the
pork trade, ] believe" said Mr. Gotham
10 Miss I.aker; Of Chicago. Yes sir, 4
replied the latter with that bright repartee
for which she Is noted, paw j. regular
pigmy. detroit Free Press
''You ought 10 use a waterillter on
your faucet sir wouldn't be- without
one Find il beneficial, DO your
Yes indeed, IL has made me n rich
man. ~ presume that you mean that
health Is wealth. 'No ! mean that |
manufacture filters. --Ynnkoo Blade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

worn BY the women Is also somewhat
longer than that which goes on the
mems backs. The women wear no
hats or other head covering. Instead
they oil their hair or smear II with
grease. The women and men wear
the same style OF stockings or socks.
These arc made from cotton, wool or
silk. and the price varies from 20
cents 10 several dollars according TO
the quality OF the material.
II costs an ordinary Chinese laborer
about $50 for a years QUILTING OF
clothing. A merchant of moderate
means contents himself with an outlay
OF about $75 for clothes. The women
can clothe themselves on about the
same amount The Chinese have two
patterns OF footgear One Is sort OF
sandal supported two or three inches
from the ground by narrow block OF
wood under the ball Of the sole and at
the heel The other is the style usually
worn by Mongolians. The sole is
made from light wood or cork with n
cork upper and is patterned somewhat
after the Oxford lie. These shoes
vary in price from $3.50 TO $3 pair
and have everlasting qualities
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
MAscuLINITiEs

4 beautiful thought is mental sun.
beam.
Merit may not always win, but it can
stand IL II Il doesn't
The man who goes 60 church much hears
great deal Of preaching that hits other
people.
II always pays 10 do kindnes, to other
people, IL 1t doesn't pay yon i pays tho
other people.
Sergeant Bunce, who has resigned from
tho New York police department was
attached 20 Il FOR a3 years.
How much more detestable fault APP
pears when we cnD trace II - some ono
whose station IN life we envy
IL Il said that In the services OF tho
English Church tho Prince 81 Wales has
been prayed for 500. OOO, 900 times
Willis Menard. who was the first colorod
congressman. now fills a clerical position
in the census bureau at Washington
The toughest fish yarn yet comes from
North Haven, Me, where n dog fish Is re-
ported o. have harked NO iiercely az bear
clinging 20 an overhanging limb that the
frightened beast fell into the stream aud
was drowned.
A man In Santa Cruz, Cal. who has
more than once gone about begging for
food. Il Is said, turns out Co be- German
Count. and has just come into possession
OF n valuable estate by the death ~ his
father at home.
George Kohrbach, Reading youngater
Of seven years, weighs i30 pounds, aud Is
40 inches around the chcst-an inch more
than his father George at birth weighed
10 pounds and year and a bali later tip
ped the scales at so pounds
cigarette hend In Bangor Nc was
taken violently III tho other day nnd died
In three hours. Ills physicians attributed
his death wholly 10 excessive smoking.
An hour before he passed away hc begged
his mother for another cigarette
A wcll-drcssed man wearing iamond
pin, got caught with four tickets (wortb
four cents on hand when tho Brooklyu
bridge was made free to pedestrians and
got very indignant AMI noisy because 20
officer az the bridge refuse. 10 redeem
Thorn
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

The operator in the tower, who ale ne
controls the movements Of switches. Ia
thus able 10 command tho movements
OF the trains and engines, for unless
the way or the route Is clear he will
not drop the semAphorc TO indicate
that there Is clear track. and can
hold an engine al, night II Re desires.
Nor can he show clear signal until
after he has moved the switch.
Up in the tower there Is a very com
plicated but beautiful piece OF mechan-
ism called the pneumatic machine.
IL is the nerve ce ter OF the switching
yard, and Is TOO intricate I'm construe-
ton TO describe without using severely
technical language. BuJ while It's
interior economy is complicated its
outward parts consists simply OF
forty-seven brass levers, twenty
four OF which are switch levers and
twenty-three signal levers Each
switch bears number, and
the lever operating that switch
bears a corresponding number IN
blaci, the signal lever for that switch
has the same number in red, so that
there are two levers for each switch or
movable frog, The switch lever actin
ates q three way valve fitted into the
compressed-air pipe leading down 10
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24
THE POOR MANS FRIEND.
Poverty IL often the rirst to Befriend
Poverty

Poverty L. Often the FIRST to Befrieni
Poverty.
A blind and crippled old man sat at
the edge OF the Icy stone pavement
grind ng out his few tunes on a whcezy
hand-organ, and holding in one hand
"A ncup for penn es. says the Youths
Companion. The cold wind blew
through his rags and he was indeed a
p tliul object. Yet few OF the passors-
by seemed 10 pity him. They were
all in hurry. and il was 10 cold TO
stop and huut for pennies in pockets
and purses.
A sudden gust OF wind blew the old
mans cap of. IL fell by the side OF
the pavement few feet distant He
felt around FOR il with his bare red
hards. and then with his cane. but he
could not find L. and finally began
playing again. bare headed. with his
scanty gray locks tossed about in the
" nd.
People came and happy. we'll
dressed men and women. in silks and
velvcts and sealskins. in warm over
coats and gloves and mufilers But
none Of them paid any attention to the
old man.
BY and by woman came out OF the
alley an old woman In rags and tat
ters with Il great bundle OF boards
and sticks on her bent back Some
Of the boards were so long that they
q dragged on the ground bchind her
and il had evidently taken her "a long
time 10 tie all the boards and bits OF
lumber together and get them on her
back
She came along bending low under
her burden. until she was withina few
feet Of the old organ-grinder She saw
his cap lying oy the pavementi she
saw him sitting there barcheaded.
She stopped and united the rope
that bound tho bundle TO hor neck. and
in u moment the boards were lying on
the ground Then she picked up the
cap. put it on the old man head and
tied IL down with ragged string OF q
handkerchief taken from her own
neck
Cold, hain't ito" she said
lie nodded.
Amt gittin much to-day2'
He shook his held again.
She fumbled In her ragged skirts
for momont and finally brought
forth copper. She dropped it into
his little cup hoisted the grcat bun
die ON her back, and went on her way.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-24

Faliesleg the Evo'uto, OF the Present
Rife Through Bandrsds o. Years.


: Rins rhroaEh Hundreds o. Years.
Firearms ms distinguished from ar
tillery. originated about the year 1864.
when 900 hnnd-canDOns' were made
at Perouse or Perugia Hand-guns
were used at the siege Of Arras In
l4is and at lucca in l43O. Tubes for
firing balls with gunpowler capable
of being held In the hand aad called
scorpions, came into use Ia Eng
land in l4i0 and in 1871 800 Flem-
ings, armed with hand gums. each OF
which required two men 20 manage
accompanied Edward " when he
landed at Ravenspr A corps OF 'ar-
quebusiersn was formed In l476 and
in 1910 the Swiss had 800 cavalrymcn.
armed with hand-guns doing service
in Italy. The whoel-looS pistol had
become quite common ID Germany
as early as 1912. but It's use did
pot spread 20 other European coun-
tries until nearly quarter OF
century later. By the u'e OF
'light firearms at the battle OF
Pavia. February -. 1925. the Span
iards defeated Francis l. 81 France.
Pavia was the first considerable battle
in which firearms were used. Mus
kcts were first used by the Duke OF
Alva against the Flemings In 1867;
they were introduced into the French
army in 1914. The firelock ca'ne into
use in 1860 and the fusil about 1911.
A brass iirearm called fancy gun.
In the shape Of walking cane was in
vented in 1872. but was never very
generally adopted Tho Doxt step for
ward was the invention OF tho rhar-
poonn gun this in 1881. Forsyth
took out his patent FOR igniting gum
powder on the percussion principle
April II. 1897. Percussion caps were
first used by the French army in 1880
and by the English in 1853 Since
that time there have been many im-
provements in firearms in both the old
and the new worlds st Louis Re
public