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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
AUSTIN PRICE CUR pRTV.

FQllow.n are quotations for url H5A'F sateS
pnleSs otherwise specified
AlmOnds-Pcr pound, 1SC,
Apples--Fancy Rell, 375
Bacon--- breakfast l0(M10IC: To- lear euns.
AOrt clear 9lsc.
Bananas--.Per bunch packed l..ta
Bell apples-S3M $50
Barley---l. 1091.2&
Brnn--90@l20 por 100 lbs.
Butter,--Country, fresh IRON ".gra 21s
Cabbage Large 3ratc 2.5o02.
Cheese---Full cream lD3a: --,fs, l7laD
Chickens 25@2..75 from wagou .som atgg3
25On275
cider, = barrels a.
Coal AliStcr Jump deliver .., p IT, gg.lrl-
cite egg and nut delivered, 81 .. Ma uolDrl-
do $3.50.
CofIee---Rio 2O@23Nc.
Corn---Shelled, Wholesale, 75c; la.r. 90,
Corn Meal-.-Pcr pushel, Nhol ..uia, 7'u retail
SOC.
Cotton seee,-Per bushel, 1870 g0.
ErHgS-Gob priCCs)-MoTDhin. per o.. .t5
opium per H. $50: calomel. per Iii ~: Gu,uno
pee OF, SOC; assafptida per ID, y rlsr3t 0i per
gal, l5Q; turpentins, per gGl., Co. rs t seed oil
per gal Sc EPSON salts, per ID go. gum cam
phGr, per Id, 65c sulphur per Ii a: a~gfW of
tartar per ID, 4Oc; blue stone p ih -, gum
tragacanth, per Id, 75c; mustard eC3 per b. sc;
copperas, per Id. &c.
Ley goOds-Dress prints, 5@D<c, STANFORD
plaias, 81 634c; light brown domestic 3d. s.,
medium do, Al, 6U71ac; heavy do a. 7Ed ";
bleached do, Al, SA69e hepry 80, pG9ha
brown drilling, 7aSlac: brown d1tliar gldIos;
jeans, cotton. l2l2dl5c; do, al wool 22%0%
mattress ticking, 71adSC; featlnc , llUiic
hickory, do, Sdl0e; ginghamS, Z 0l2iEc; brown
cotton, 5laG71ae cambria 5l206c
Eggs--Fresh yard from wagon iIauG; from
store, 26c.
Flour-Best. 5OOG6OO.
Grapcs-El PasO per basket, ~
Hardware-Iron per pound, 30. steel plOw
4l2c do, cast Toe; nails PEI Sy5, 100 &c.
I, hno bnv NJ, "a . p,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
Srmmer Diversions at Bar Harbor.

a Bar Harbor man has scheme for
amusing the summer visitors at Mount
Desert and making a few dollars for him
self. He proposes to entertain the tour
ists with view Of a genuine shipwreck.
His plan is to man a vessel with men
who are not afraid of getting their feet
wet, and then, when it comes on to blow
hard, to run on the rocks at Otter creek
or Schooner Head, Spectators will get
the tip. as at Il prize fight, of the location
and will be charged so much head for
seeing the fun The crew take their
own chances of getting ashore, with the
assistance Of a life saving crew, which
viii be on hand with all the necessary
apparatus for fishing them out,-Bar
uarbor Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
WASHINGTON WAIFs.

NO CHILEAN NEWS FROM EGAN.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Mot a word
has been received at the department
from Minister Egan respecting Che
state Of affairs in Chill save q brief
telegram sent last week, telling Of am
important skirmish. The officials at
the department are at a loss to explain
the reticence, except on the theory
that telegraphic communication be-
tween the Valparaiso cable terminus
and Santiago, the capita where Min
lister Egan resides, is lot vet fully
restored.
THE 1-2 PER CEN PONDS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The amour,
of 1-2 per cent bonds continued at :
per cent today is S1S6,go0, making %
total to date of 500, 400, So. The inter
est on the outstanding 4 - per cents
will cease tomorrow, afteI which date
the denartnnrt win ~o1 EN- all that
are presented for thar p rpOse.
,-------x--ss. &c..
Jrst received, GGG0 lc.t f the cheap
est durable and nea' fenciug Tor
yards. poultry yards, 5rdens, etc,
ever brought to this MAJ ct.
GEO. e. q SgBNER,
$40 COngre 5 Avenue.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
LIVE STOCK.
ST. LOUES.


Cattle Receipts, 1900 shipments 500 Market
steady. Good to choice native steers, i9OG55G
fair to good do, 2.7Oa2.75; Texans and indians,
2.40G3,6j.
Hogs-ReGeipts, 1900 shipments, 3tO0 Mar
ket strong. Prices ranged from 4.70@5S0
SAeep-Receipts, 5iOG shipments, 1000" Mar
ket steady. Fair to good 2. 73g4.50.
CHICAGO.
Cattle-EeQeipts, 5000; shipments, 5000 Mar
ket steady to strong. Top prices, 5.50G5.S5.
Rangers, 4.0O@4.S5; Texans, 2.00G3lG stOckers,
3.0j0325,
Hogs-Receipts, 14OOO; shipments, 600. Mar
ket closed weaker at 4,OO@46O
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; shipments, $500 Mar
ket active and higher. Mixed 400; western
wcathcrs, 4.1OG4.5E Texans, 40
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle-Rcceipts 1900 shipments, 5000 Dull
and about 10 lower, Steers, 3.00@5.6O; stOckers
and feeders, .. 50@345
Hogs-Rcceipts, $780, shipments 2OOl About
steady, all grades, 30O@4.jO
Shccp-Receipts, 24OC; shipments, lOOl Steady,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03

r.. e.,-..-. -..,.. -.
us Ili'leSs wis she li''cSt chSrdf'eriSIG u th'
| trading, and reactions in Il downward direction
were u,yicklv recovered and closed Ike above
,.o,+o,l,,-, pno,.;.i,, ,,,,u, ,.,,. - 49,,
Yesterday iroSlSIons were Gus! Nv lilc oP%h
ing but qGlcKly firmed up and remained rather
| strong dining the rest of the session
LEADING FUTURES.
Lending fixtures closed rs follows.
Whent2Seutember on. December 1Gll,. May
1o7% 7''''H'''i ''o' D'''i''e'' '''' . EN"'
Corn -September G5Iis October SIC Nav
l6i{c
Mes Ness Professionalism. 1875 October, lolora.
January, i3N5
LardEScptem5 Der. G. TO- October G,77i5. Jonu.
airy, 7Oj
snort KlDS-S2PtembHr' h'S''&: Octobe'. "UE
'ann Ih o,yZtS, ,,,.
T TSEq uV va ~ ID Meit' ,o,
r MneatNNo; = sp'liG' VIC
GorH-No; = O'c'
dnp1- ~ sidos cooso,-ssL
Snort I'D Sues g9ofei-"o2'
sa,Sooi si iIu az
onoFC cic"r SUES lDSNeoJ-"'o"'''"
ST. LOUIS
Wheat easier and ouieter cables nyora,Ie
,ynntInr and o"d rea"iS oort.,yb "a,
hears ipclined 70 sell and 6nrninS wss iiic lower
and 1Izc was added to his then rsITy of zzr was
Snnrnd h,+ 1n0thpr release of lion $ fniloIvnI IL
and ma,ltet closed firm Mt oilc hSlo,y vrstnrdav
No rod cash g7iiGa79%. Sentersier d7st9.'
december OF.
CnrnHPrirnS ,varo Sc. off from vostordov,S
close later there was reaction and market he
came strong and closed l24c above Yesterdays.
no ri% 2f year ca d hS
strengthened later ter AMI closed firm NO leash
'2SL2tG2Sc: SSpt; zoc Dlu'oo
V"bit sE Eieu us SOU "'"
Observation-Disclosures and very firm.
Pork-l0-75.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
RUSSIA.
MOVEMENTS OF PINTO,

KEEL, Sept. 1.-The new CHILEAN
warship, Presidente Pinto, put to sea
today, destination unknown. 1t was
reported yesterday, and the report is
still current, that the Presidente Pinto
will take her supply of arms, etc, on
hoard at some point off the coast and
outside the three miles limit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
A Punishment Well Deserved.

TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. William
,oendyke, aged II, knocked his
lther, who attempted to chastise him
II laziness, down and threatened his
lother and sister. Last night twenty
lasked men took the boy to fence,
trapped him to a post and admins
ered 100 lashes with hOrsewhip.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
A Vanderbilt Swimming Pool.

A stonecutter in Sullivan, Me-, has
filled en- order for stone of very unique
dimensions for the Vanderbilt swim
ming pool at Bar Harbor. 1t consists of
thirteen pieces Of granite cut on circle
to form the coping of the wall. They are
G feet long, feet wide and IA inches
thick, and are beautiful samples of the
superior Sullivan granite. (Ne.)
Commercial
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


BOSTON, Sept mexican As, 70 to 74c; stock,
, to 23c.
BRITISH COSSOLS
LONDON Sept 1.-COnsols closed 9j Lie for
money; for silver, 4j lie.
NEW YORK EXCHANGE.
NEW YORK. Sept. STERLING bank, GO days
SLSiS4g 80; commercial 90 days, SLSl@I SlA
reichmarks, 60 days 9i40-; francs bank, 60
days 52j commercial, 60 days, Sj.2j9s.
NEW ORLEANS EXCHANGE.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.-Stering commercial
% days, SI794@4SOh; francs, commercial, 60
DAYS, $685.; New York sight bank, - prem
lum; commercial 50 discount.
GALVESTON EXCHANGE.
GALVESTON, Sept. 1.-Sterling, 60 days $780,
New York sight, 4 discount; New Orleans sight,
"A discount; American silver, u discount
OCEAN FREIGHTS
GALVESTON, Sept. Freight from Galveston
to Liverpool, 5-l6d: to Continent, 3.6ld to New
York, 4Oc per 100 pounds
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
United SLAVES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS,
CHICAGO.


Again the sentiment in the wheat pit changed
during the night Yesterday it was bullish An
advance of over &c was scored today. 1t was
bearish and at bottom price, On the session it
was SIC under yesterday 5 last price, though the
close showed a recovery of 1c Heavy business
was done and the price tended strongly down
ward and not until after December
had sold as low as lois, was there any re-
bound from the several bumps it had made on
its temporary resting places in its downward
course. Late it reached a cent lower, then it
recovered and closed active at 1.Ol1S for Deem
Der Com opened weaker .ai lower tHc ten.
dcucy combining downward .n5 about ~ hour
Ia sympathy with wheg, but after Oo,o--
be- b1a declined lu 531. lhc mark.
Set began 20 AXE uu independent
course sad a recovery 70 Sc took place, and
sftor temporarily huctupting between tha letter
Ggure aad 55He itmake rppid advance to 5S4c
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
SUGAR MAE67T


GALVESTON.
saga market closed firm nd unchanged
rIErEEp SUGARS.
hnd star 36au. standard, snnulate1, Acc
standard CuafeeLOlers T. 4S0c: cubes, di6c
pow dera5. J. SIC crushed and cutlOaC, 5.Oec
Wholesale grolers quotations HGstc higher
Grades omitted mo- in market
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
Guaranteed Cure for La Grippe,

oughS aud Colds upon this condition If you
C afflicted with La Grippe and will
sc this remedy according TO the printed
'rections, giving it fair trial
nd experience no benefit you may return the
p0ttle and have your money refunded. We
make this offer because of the wonderful sue
ess of DR.. Kings New Discovery during last
eason's epidemic. Have heard of no case in
" htch II failed. Try it. Trial bottles free at J
p. Tobin's drug store. Large size soc and 81.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
Link., Son

Winks--Ionr son is q mighty clever
fellow, isn't ha2
Jiuks droudly}-Wbo told you soi
Winks-Ee did.--Good NewA
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
COFFEE MARKET.
GALVESTON.

Market closed steady at yesterdays quota
tions. Ordinary, 2OAc; good ordinary
2O1sc; fair, 2O2lc; prime, dc choice, 2l4c; cor
doya. Pike.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03

Wool-Receipts, 5l,635 pounds: shipments, 80
10 pounds. Market steady. Unwashed. bright
medium; lS s 2 - coarse braid li@2lc; low
1Sc; tub washed choice 3l@32c; inferior 27@3Oc
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03

After diphtheria scarlet fever, pneumonia or
my other severe illness there is no better tonic
nan Hoods Sarsaparilla
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
COMPARATIVE STATEMENI

The following aTe the closing quotations for
cotton on the spot today at the leading markets,
together with the closing foI middling yester-
day, with tOdays sales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
WOOL MARKET.
GALVESTON

Observation-Disclosures quiet and unchanged
Spring II months clip, fine, l9d2Oc; medium
l9G2Oc; fall wool, l7@2 6c: medium, 17Cd2Oc; Mex.
lean improved l2@ljc; Mexican carpet, 12@l3c
Sales, a, 0q pounds
SnnIlrnd wool unrbonUn1
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-03
LIVERPOOL.
NEW YORK.
NEW ORLEANS.

Spot cotton opened steady at yesterdays quo
tatiOns.
Low Ordinary ,jSs Middling.. ...... $
Ordinary ...... 6 3-l6 Good Middlng.. S 9-16
Good 0rdinary.GI Middling Fair 49,. 9 5-16
Low Middling ! 7-l6'
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05
PARAoRAPHIc PoINTERs.

The attempt Of President Harri-
son to gain denomination through a
manipulation Of the spoils Is = painful
confession that he realizes bis weak
ness with the people. The presidency,
won in this way. Is q sacriice 81 honor
TO base interest st Louis Post Dis
patch.
President Harrison shows poor
political Judgment in turning his back
upon Pennsylvania TO bid for the snp-
port Of Vermont. Harrisburg will be
heard from in the next presidential
convention. while Bennington Il NO
longer on the map, politically speak
ing. Chicago Nah.
The Harrison administration Il
'b8hgging about 'reciprocity'' with
Cuba. Though II leaves ! tax OF 4
dollar on every two hundred and twen-
" pounds against western hc1r, Il feels
proud because It secured the promise Of
absolute free trade "a the Cuban market
Tor the Standard Oh Compaesy Snd sev.
eral other trusts 81. Louis Republic.
Tom Reed l. xssfing y good
deal Of time which he might better
employ In wTitIp6 magazfne articles il
profferinR advice - the ,democrats =
% their cboice n = pp<al<er for TIE
text home NJ Red NAY III 4 dow
for 4 fact 3hdt Tie dStnoc< e 1viiI not
choose = spealtsf wh6 ~ dfsthar4e
IN dutIes ~ hle oflce r H.lch = W.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05

sne was just : Little Too "Rre-
r. ~
\. IN. ~ cones aeain inis WIZ %
.ne nl.n oance .nat ~ nas asked for.
10y ..ew y sll scenss surely
sn.a. ~ 49, asks loL more IMAM Two
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05
THEY sAID "soHooL BUTTER. !.

This simple Phrase, in the Mountains of
Tennessee, Produced Strange Results.
The people who live in the thinly
settled parts of the Blue Ridge mount
aims of western North Carolina and
east Tennessee are perhaps as primitive
as any in the union, though possessed
OF remarkable pluck, courage and with
al keen sensitivencss. Many of them
can neither read nor write, dozens have
never seen railroad and scores have
lived and died without setting foot out
side the limits of their native counties.
But they can all shoot rifle--that is,
the men-and their wives can card,
spin and weave wool The race is a
strong, hardy one, and the adventure of
two young southerners which follows
will show the kind of pupils which a
school has, when once it may be start
ed in one OF these decidedly rural dis
tricts.
The two boys were returning from a
camping trip of two weeks in the
mountains to their homes in upper
South Carolina, when the experience
was encountered. They were travelling
in a one-horse wagon of the ordinary
farm variety and carried two guns
one Remington rifle of small caliber
and the other a single barrel, breech-
loading shotgun 1t was in the month
Of August which TO the farmers of that
mountainous country is the dullest
part Of the year, and it is in this month
that the schools, when there are any,
are in full blast
The vouuor men vva,,a drivino s1owlv
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05

and some other things stated snd Of
stated they were ON the point 81 ncvat
mating him for the presidency in 1898
with tremendous hurrAh, when they
were restrained By considerations 81
prndfnce.
Now Il Is ! strange thing that these
Pennsylvania bosses should shower
praises and honors on 1, man tDr open
ing wide to Us iii other lands commer-
cial gates heretofore barred II Is far
more consistent for them " thank
Mckinley and the rest for barring
commercial gates IN other lands here
tofore open 1t has been. and sim u,
their policy to bar all the commercial
gates In other lands they possibly can
Therefore we4 are to presume that
they were not sincere in praising their
hero for opening commercial gates
What they really admire in him is his
shrewdness In pretending to open some
gates to comparatively worthless come
mercial territory IN order the more -
curely to bar the gates to other COM
rnercial territory ten times as valuable.
They appreciate him as consummate
adept in the art Of fooling the crowd.
and they have use for his services in
the exercise Of that art The man who
can make people think 1t Is better for
them to be relieved Of 800, 000. 900 tax on
sugar than to be relieved of 500. 000. 900
burden imposed BY the taxes on wool
ems. crockcry, glass, iron and other
products Of pet industries Il just the
~ -. \
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and cold chill IN down tht backs of
the boys as they saw the crowd: which
almost it once began 10 pour from the
building: 70 whip up the lazy mule
wasout Of the question and huff dozen
wild schemes were presented TO sheir
minds for escape. But they were futile.
for the half hundred men and boys who
wcreAcoming for the wagon on . run
meant business The leader was the
teaeker himself ia an exceedingly sim
pie 1garb, consisting OF blue pair Of
jean trousers md . white shirt made OF
sheeting. He was six-footer, every
inch Of il. and was minus coat hat and
shoes. His pupils ranged down from
men Of about thirty-five to boys Of
twelve, and as they came like the
charge Of the Light Brigade, they gath
cred stones and sticks for the coming
fray.
When within hundred feet Of the
wagon it suddenly stopped and the two
soccnpants picked up their guns and
faced the crowd. The pursuers stopped
and glared sullenlY st the weapons
What do you want2', said one Of the
~ . - bt%S " ~ III
ibid you uns holler school butter
at us?" was the reply from the leader.
The conversation, which was long
and evidently cautious on both sides,
need not be detailed, as the boys made
a kind Of apology which the mountain-
GERS were forced to accept on account
of the guns They turned slowly back
and soon filed into school with many
angry glances-
THAT was q close call, said one Of
the boys, as he pulled the iron cleaning
rod from the muzzle Of the rifle, where
it had been all the time.
Yes, said the other, az he opened
his Shotgun at the breech and looked
through the barrel The cartridges
were soon rescued from bag in the
back part Of the wagon beneath the
baggage.
Had the mountainous known the
guns were unlonded they would doubt
less have beaten the owners into insen-s
sibility.-N. Y. World.
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PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL-

~.
"A Pittsburxh heireas - mxxsied
che Tattoocd Man. should ~ inoa&64
prove unhappy aha en- exhibit hexusl1
s. tidy salary.
"A cigarette fiend II Ban9or. No.
was taken violently III and died q tkkoo
hours An hour before re paSssd away
he begged his mother FOR another cigaz<
cite. e
The Dutch government has psrmier
ted matchmaker named Manndorizs
who has proved that he y Tho lnst ~
scendant OF Louis XVI. 70 assuxne ~
name 81 Bourbon
"A wichita woman has had twenty-
seven servant girls within lea thsn :
year. and the last one that abe empdoyed
had worked for thirty-two diferent
mistresses during The pear. \ Is
Senator Harris, Of Tonnessce. 4 -.
counted the best parliamentarisn a
congress He q the Oldest living CON-
gresham and Is likely to stag "a tho
senate Is long as he desires
Miss Nannette Mcdowell, grand
daughter Of Henry Clay. lives with hex
father In the old Clay Homestead ~
Ashland, one Of the most beautiful and
romantic places IN al Kentucky.
Young Prince Albert Of Thurn ard
Taxis, In Germany, Il reputed 70 be the
best dressed man In Europe His ward
robe II really remarkable for it, lavish
ness. and he turns tho taxes Of his realm
into trousers. rs II werc.
Like Ellen Terry, Sara Bernhardt
pleads guilty TO nervousness before the
rising Of the curtain. II am always
nervous" she says, because am In
tensely afraid Of falling below my pre-
vious standard Of acting.
-Barnum, in his time, engaged sev-
eral expert mechanicians to construct
perpetual motion machines for him. Il
was then his delight to hear the various
erroneous explanations Of the move
ments offered BY other cranks in the
same line.
Queen Victoria is not fond Of rapid
travel by night consequently when she
makes long railway journey the
schedule time on all the roads which
she favors with her patronage has to
be changed In order that her train may
not % beyond the rate pf twenty milcs
A hour.
DIR. Thomas Dunn English, Of New
ark, who at the ripe age Of seventy
srcce.s,, - par,ssa, 1880 - ssh,h..h
& q enthns,.stic srt;arsr;sn nuring
! rs i. tonr - North rsroIsn. IL -.
ca,os $1,000. go - Az cnIlsct ~ ~, -
tom 81 asvrs srro 4 "a othsr - q
s,;rds~. " N, ~ ~ r = I I - Is
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-05
FULL OF FLAWS.

Giaring Misrepresentation sf McKiniey's
Speech at Niles. o.
II Ohio republicans will circulate
the speech delivered by their candidate
they will perform . service to their OPP
ponents. Falsehoods and errors have
no longer weight with citizens capable
Of comprehending simple statement
Into q single paragraph the author of
the Mckinley bill crowds sufficient err
ror to nullify any truth he might have
stumbled on. Speaking Of q revenue
tariff Mr.. Mckinley says:
1t does not encourage labor, save in foreign
countries 1t does not move 3 single spindle,
save In foreign countries. II increases the de.
mand for foreign goods and diminishes the use
Of domestic goods. II Is for the foreign shop
and against the American shop. 1t supplies
work for foreign labor and takes It from our
own labor. II would not light y single IRE in an
American furnace or mill but would extinguish
those that now burn, unless our labor would
work At the Same wages rs the labor OF compel
ing countries. In short 1t is well conceived to
benefit every other nation than our own.
This was the argument used by Nc
Kinley and his friends when the de-
mand was made that the boot and shoe
industry in this country should have
the benefit of free trade In hides. The
accomplishment of that result lighted
the fires that had gone out under the
absurd rule Of protection in every tan
merry in New England. Giving thc la
borer raw material at lower cost the
price of boots and shoes Of the lower
grades thus affected was decreased,
with the effect Of increasing the power
Of consumption and the consequent de-
mand for labor in production Thus in
q single incident is overthrown the en-
tire argument of the protectionist But
Mckinley and the organs will now be
invited to look at the result of free
trade In raw sugars. Admittedly the
consumption of sugar has increased.
The price has been reduced and mora
men engaged in its manufacture. Again
has free trade lighted fires that had
gone out under protection. But will
Mr.. Mckinley tell the people that this
is because employees in sugar refneries
have been willing to work at the same
wages as in competing countries2''
Nor is It necessary for . free trader
to argue solely from the results of free
trade wherever It has been tried. He
may now challenge his opponent to
name q logical reason why the same
result must not necessarily follow
every such experiment. No protec-
zionist in the country will hazard the
declaration that labor is to be bene-
flied by an increase in the cost Of the
tools with which work Ii performed.
No writer with care for his reputa-