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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
A FOOLISH ARGUMENT.
The Assertion that Protection Increases
Wages and Not Cost of Production.

The Assertion that Protection Increases
Wages and Not Cost of Production.
The most absurd proposition ever adj
vanced by men who claim to have sense
is that protection increases the wages OF
workmen without increasing the cost of
the articles produced by these workmen.
1t is so simple a proposition that 1t Is
hardly worth arguing. Take sample
case: A workman turns out ten pairs OF
pants in day. His wages are increased
81 per day. The employer has 100 men
who are increased in wages on an aver
age 81 per day. That is S31 200 year.
Is the employer going to lose that amount
and still sell his pants at the old price!
Nobody believes such ridiculous thing.
The manufacturer is compelled to put
S31, 200 more capital into his business
every year, and he figures that he must
not only get that back, but interest on
the increased investment. So he in
creases the price of his pants enough to
make up the $31 200, and from 10 to %
per cent. profit on that amount, making
the increase to the purchaser not less
than $34 APO This increase follows
these pants with added lApfits through
the hands of several mIddlemen, and
every time the profit is compounded.
quality of the goods and keep the price
the same but in some way or another
the increase sticks to those pants closer
than darkey to a circus ticket.-Cen-
tralia Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
A Wonderful Machine;

There is no doubt that man is fine
echanism, but like every other ma
chine he wears out by friction. 1t is
said that he is born again every two or
three years. His body is virtually re-
made from food. To retard this making
over is radically wrong, as man loses
so much vitality in the delayed process
that it takes long time to recuperate.
The process of making anew is 30 accele-
rated by purging with Brandreth's Pills,
that new man, as it were. may be made
in TWO or three months. and the change
in the mechanism is such that the worn
out part is replaced by the new without
the usual running down Of the entire
machine. You don't have to stop for
repairs. Purge away with Brandreth's
Pills the old, diseased. worn-out body.
They are purely vegetable. absolutely
h armless, and safe to take at any time.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
Are An Deserving.

The heads and sub>hesds OF depart
ments in Washington, forseeing defeat
for the republican candidates, are desert-
ing the administration and taking the
precaution not to be in the way when the
people fall on it like house. MI
Crounse, the assistant secretary OF the
treasury. has the excuse for his reslgna'
ton of having been nominated by the re-
publicans for governor of Nebraska.
FIRST Assistant Secretary of State Mr.
Wharton. who has been in the departs
ment for M ny years. and who is one OF
the most competent of the attaches OF
the state department, has resigned.
Garter had notified the president OF his
intention to resign the commissioner oil
the general land Office before he was
made chairman of the national repubi-
can executive committee.
Whitfield, the first assistant postmaster
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
An Ardent Hum bu z.

To say that in protecting Carnegie the
country is protecting labor is a humbug
Every ship coming to America lands
workingmen who take the place of
American laborers. We have no OBJ
lection to proper immigration, but while
labor comes in free of tax, there is no
reason why articles of common neces-
sity should not come in the same way.
If the laborers of this country are not
entitled to protection against foreign
cheap labor, then Carnegie is not en-
titled to protection against foreign cheap
goods-Des Moines Leader.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23

AMONG the shorter articles to be pubs
lished in the September number OF The
North American Review are some rracu-
cal suggestions as to cholera. by DR.. Cy :
rus Edison; a sou,herner's view of lynch
law in the south, by W. Cabell Bruce;
and some account of women in the field
of art work, by Mrs. Susan N. Carter.
1.-THE Illuminating Power of Anecdote, y
by 8. Arthur Bent. filed with many curi-
GUS and entertaining citations, is one OF
the papers to be published in the Sept
ember number OF the same North Amer
lean Review.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
TAX ON THE CONSUMER.
FIGURES WHICH SHOULD OPEN THE
EYES OF PROTECTIONiSTS

Tw. Dollars and Twenty-eisht Cents Paid
for Dollars Worth of Imported Cot
ton Goods-what a Tariff Tax Signifies
to the Consum or of Cottons and Wooden
Goods.
Some people paid very large amount
of money to the government IN 1891 In
tariff taxes. The money was paid here
by the importers and was added to the
price of the articles.
A great many cotton goods were i'm
ported. Their value was $29, 142, 900.
The tax on them was S14, $50, 500. In
other words, for dollars worth of cot
ton goods the importer paid about S1.5o.
If he made an average profit of 10 per
cent. on his outlay the jobber paid at
least $1.65. If the jobber made 10 per
cent the retailer paid about $1.90, and
if he in his turn made 20 per cent, the
man or woman who bought the goods
for wearing apparel paid .2S for dol
lars worth of cotton goods.
OF wooden goods S43, 00o, 600 worth
were imported, and on them the govern
ment collected tax of 35,O0O,OOO, or
about so per cent. Therefore the I'M
porter paid 81. so for every dollar worth
of woolens, and if the various dealers
made the average profits assumed above,
the consumer paid for his dollars worth
of woolens S2.70.
Tariff taxes grow until the consumer
finally pays them. The consumers tax
on cottons in the case supposed would
be 1913 per cent, 70 more than than the
importers; his tax on woolens would be
ITO per cent, or 80 more than the I'M
porter's.
This is what a tariff tax signifies to
the consumer of cottonS and wooden
goods,-New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
What the Tariff IonoIoGue Tells.

apparently agreeable to the ears of
Major Mckinley, if to no one else, tells
us by object lesson that the trust is its
peculiar and inevitable product. No one
needs to be informed that trust means
limitation of production, and that linn
tied production means increase in the
cost of the things produced: that re-
striction of production means fewer OPP
portunities for employment, and conse-
quently greater competition among
workmen for the places offering, which
competition in turn presses down wages.
San Francisco Examiner.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
Let Protection Journals Explain.

The average prices of wool in the
United States have always been higher
when tariff duties were low than when
tariff duties were high, says the Phila-
delphia Record. This is a fact which
protectionist journals cannot explain
satisfactorily, and they therefore gener-
ally avoid mentioning it. But they do
not intermit their efforts to make the
wool growers believe that, however it
may have been in the past, for the flu
ture nothing will prevent the ruin of
the domestic wool industry but persist
ent high duties on imported wools.-
Scranton Pa.) Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23

SENA TOR PALMER informed Quincy
Herald representative who called or him
a. Spring field Thursday that he had just
written to Senator Hill appealing him TO
come to Illinois and make a speech or
two. Senator Palmer is thoroughly alive
to the fact that Illinois and Wisconsin
are good fighting ground for the democ-
racy and will leave no stone unturned to
sec ure the SO electoral votes for Cleve-
land that the states named divide be-
tw cen them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23

IN view of Congressman Cables abso-
lutte refusal to become candidate for
denomination, Hon. E. w. Hurst has
been urged to become a candidate. but
business affairs requiring his constant
attention will not permit of his entering
the field this year, and he positively de-
MES to Ibe considered as q candidate for
the nomination.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23

DURING the past 80 years the elector-
al vote of the state of New York has
been cast alternately for the candidate
of the two great parties. and never twice
in succession for the candidate OF one
party. 1t went in
1864 republican.
1868, democratic.
1872. republican.
1876. democratic.
1880, republican.
1884. democratic.
1888. republican.
1892, is the democratic year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
City CaucuSe
Democratic Senatorial Conyention:

The counties OF Rock Island and Henry, com
prising the Twenty first senatorial district are.
req sted to send delegates TO convention TO be
held Mt the court house in the city OF Rock ISL
and, Ills.
on TUESDAY, SEPT. 1894
at 2:3O .. m, for the purpose of nominating q
candidate for representative, appointing q sena-
toriAl committee and transactir such other bust
ness as may properly come before the convention.
The basis OF representative will be ore dele :
gate for every 200 fraction thereof OF 100
or over of votes cast for democratic presidential
elector. in 1888, as follows:
Rock Island county 644 yotes-ls delegates.
Henry county. .-...--..-.2,363 - IL
L. G.. BLASDIS6,
NJ. J.McESIRY.
l.. F. DInMICK.
Rock ISLAND, Ills, Aug. IS, 1892.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
Echo Answers, "vhy?"

Why should nineteen-twentieths of
the wage carriers of the United States
by which term we include all who draw
an income, whether from business, the
professions or manual labor-be taxed
on the pretex of giving the other twen-
tieth higher wages when they them
selves must rely wholly on their own ex-
ertions and dispense with government
favors:-Rochester Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
Som. Striking Truths.

No soldiers ever gained the victory by
deserving to the enemy. No soldiers
were ever triumphant who left the regu-
lar ranks and went off into the woods
bushwhacking. The regulars always
win the victories. The organized al
ways rejoice in triumph, not the unor-
ganized. Independence (Mo.) Sentinel.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
Education versus Mystifioation.

It is evident now that the editorial and
oratorical end of the campaign is to be
embraced in a comprehensive effort to-
ward education by the Democrats and
toward mystification on the part of the
Republicans. The enemy already shows
a disposition to seek to befog the issues
upon which the parties stand and blind
the public to the true conditions as they
exist.-Binghamton( On. Y J Leader.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
What PoucauIt Did for Science.

There was one discoverer whose name, l
think, was FoucauIt, who added to scien-
tific discoveries many new and useful In
ventions Foucault discovered the inven-
ton of lamp to aid in scientific discovery.
He invented a mysteriously constructed
lamp which would feed the carbons In
electric batteries by clockwork. The
works of the clock were kept In motion by
electricity-New York Telegram
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
No Objections ut All.

The claim that Mr.. Shiras has not al
ways voted the straight Republican
ticket is no objection to him. 1t ought
not to be an objection in the eyes of the
most hardened Republican in the world.
The man who could vote the Republican
ticket in Pennysvania straight on every
occasion would be too much of a par
tisan to be safe judge.-Buffalo En-
uIIirer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
How I Felt.

Why, two years ago I was just about
crazy, and no wonder that my wife and
children were afraid OF me. You just
want TO suffer with neuralgia with no re-
lief as did until 1 used Sulphur Bltters.
They cured one. and now my wife says
am as meek as lamb. Robert DAVIS.
American House. Boston.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23
TUESDAY, AUGUST %. 1892.


The democratic in the several counties
comprising the Eleventh Congressional District
are requested to send delegates to a congress
sional &C Invention TO be held at Monmouth, Ill.,
THURSDAY, SEPT. l, 1892,
At 1880 O'Clock q. m, for the purpose OF nomin-
atng a candidate for congress, a member of the
board of equalization. and to transact such other
business may be presented for the considers-
ton OF the convention. The several counties in
tine congressional district VIII be ent tied to a
presentation the basis OF one delegate for every
zoo votes, and for fraction OF 100 votes or
cast for Edward ). Wilson for state treas
urer in 1890 as followe:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-23


BY order democratic congressional committee
Of the Eleventh congressional district Of Illinois.
j. W. POTTER, Chairman.
H. C. COOK, Secretary.
MONMOUTH, H., July Q, 1892
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
+ ARM. GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.


\ careless habit Is the common
use OF the yonc III addressing Il
person. Not enough attention Is
paid 10 reaching the person al
dressed. THIS fault is not uncom.
mon in the pulpit. Ministers
should be able to make the rcmot-
est person hear by protecting the
voice ut and to that that person,
but many speakers do nothing OF
that sort. They speak without the
least reference TO ncarnrsS OF re
moteneSs. OF course such a fault
i soon corrected by the change OF
preachers. But in household OF
about house il Is very veNatlouS
10 have lcrdlcSSneSS or lack OF
knowledge of how to throw the
voice TO the person addressed
Jane wishes to tell her mother that
a beautiful indigo bird is on the
catai)a tree. But she has her lace
turned quite away from her mother,
so that the sound travels III the
wrong direction, and her mother
is unable to catch her meaning.
Here is "A conversation | recently
heard. "Mothcr, how many bas-
kets of berries are picked" Mother
with her head down examining
berries, replies, Thirty.seven or
thirty.eight." But |, who stand
five feet away, can barely hear aud
distinguish her words. The ques-
ton is repeated and answer given
on higher key: hut the head Is
still down, and the face opposite
the qucstioner. Not until the
fourth time is the reply audible SC
rs to be OF any use. When house
ho.d work goes on in this way tllt
lack of common sense IL very
wastelul and annoying. There Is
no excuse for false use OF iht
voice 1t is easy to see that th'
face should he turned toward tn,
person addressed, and there shonlo
be distinct purpose 10 throw th'
sound directly to that person. j
is easily done with attention, ant
no one should he allowed to grow
up without the habit and power
| The fault is far worse with girl
than W TIL boys; but there are per
sons of both sexes unable through
life to propcrl y converse at DIS
tance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
Squire Hobbs Precents.

HAPPINESS is the smile on the face
of contentment.
In the bottom of the cup OF
pleasure are bitter dlegs.
Imagination is the rainbow II
the horizon OF the soul.
Every mans heart is a graveyard
in which are entombed the deaf
heroes of his ideals.
As the flaw III the diamond |
soonest noticed because it is
| Il diamond, so the fault of Il goo,
man is soonest noticed because Ii
is ii good man.
Our difficulties seem like hug
bo wldcrs in our path, retardln'
our progress, but, when once SUI
mounted, they serve as stepping
stones to success.
A genius not only has Il messag
for the world, but he succeeds Il
whispering that message into til
ear of the world and engraving
upon its heart.
Envy strikes at others but stab
| herself.
You can invent falsehood, bu
a truth never.
TO do as you please is to becom
the slave of your caprlees.
We can take nothing with Il
from this world except what W
have wrought into our minds ant
characters.
Happier is he whe loves his o'
cupatiOn, be it ever SO humble
than he who occupies the highes
station if he be at odds with hi
occupation.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21

The statement that spectaclrS
are used for horses, strange as II
may seem, is perfectly true. The
hnsiueSs OF "A we'll known firm oi
opticians in London consists large
IL OF the manufacture OF horst
SprctacIrS The object OF those
>pectacles is to promote high step
ping. They are made OF still Ieafh-
err. quite incloSing the eyes OF me
horse, and the glasses employed
are dscp, coneave and large III
size. The effect is to give the
ground in front OF the horse the
appearance OF being raised; the
animal therefore, steps high, think
ING he is going mp hill, or has tC
step over an obstacle III front o
him. This system is generally
adopted vince the animal Is young
and It's effect on his action Is re-
markablc. 1t is found tina; ih'
cause of shying is, rs ii rule, shol,
shieht. aud it is now suggeste,
that the.sight OF all horses shonl'
be tested. BY a little artificia
assistance, many valuable hunters
which are OFFICIALLY unfit for thei
work can be made as valuable "a
ever.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
TRY DANA'S SARSAPARlLLA.
Left Handed Cooking Utensils

"Evidently a man made that fry
ing pan, and that stew pan, and
this wide mouthed basin,' growled
the cook. "To have put their
mouths on the wrong side, as if all
womankind was left handed. You
see it is most natural for any one
to turn out foods from small vessels
with the left hand, leaving the
right one free to scrape out what
may adhere to the bottom and
sides. Then there's that small oil
stove with the handle SO put on
that upon setting it down, the
isinglaSs is turned from you, and
the stove has to be completely
turned around in order for you to
see the state of the flame when
once lighted. "Such things are
very annoying, when so unnecess-
AIRY. Anybody who cooks, and
knows how utensils must be hand
led, would see at once that the
skillets and pans small enough to
be held by the left hand when
being emptied of food, ought 10
have the mouths on the opposite
side from where most makers put
them. l wish they would rise and
explain"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
MISCELLANY.

Halls Hair Remover contains the natural
food and color matter for the hair, and medical
herbs for the scalp, curing grayness, badness,
dandruii, and scalp sores.
"The government ought to coin half cents.
prowled Mr.. Myser. "Would you go to church
then :" asked his wife Greensb~g SPARKS.
To preserve youthful appearance as long as
possible it is indispensable that the hair should
retain it's natural color and fulness. There is
no preparation so effective Ayers Hair
Viyor. 1t prevents badness, and keeps the
scalp clean, cool, and healthy
Primus-"There are times, l think, when
money is curse" Secundus-"Yes, for in
stance when you haven't any. -B'ooiyh Lac.
Patience and gentleness are useful and power
full, but they cannot cure cough, witch how
ever DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup will always do.
"If your tooth aches why don't you go to a
dentist and have it yanked out - 81 don like
to lose it. It's an eye tooth. Then why
don t you 20 to an oculist? Maybe he can save
it," Chicago Tribune.
A Remarkable Case.-Mr. Walter Wheeler OF
the Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass, for
two wears afflicted with varicose veins, accom-
panied BY troublesome eruption, was com
pletey cured after taking only eight bottles OF
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
He Knew the Old Man,-Dr oOson-- VI lse
Filkins. Pauline, will you be my wife ? Miss
Fikins-"Oh, really, Mr.. 3robson, ask papa
Brobson (tirmly) -"Pauline, cannot do it.
know he would never consent to be mine
Brooklyn Life.
"When two raging fires meet together they
do consume the things that feeds their fury
As for example, simultaneous attack OF
toothache and neuralgia. We know a trick for
killing both. 1t is held in a twenty five cent
bottle of Salvation Oil.
81 never saw such man as Smith is. He Il
take the words right out of ones mouth.
WHAT and swallow all you sayf Well, he
must be a remarkable man, that's fact. Bos-
ton Transcript.
ALLOW ME to add my tribute to the efficacy OF
Eiy's Cream Balm was suffering from severe
attack of Influenza and catarh and was INDUCED 70
try your remedy. The result was marvellous. l
could hardly articulate, and in less than wentytoui
hours the catarrhal symptoms and my hoarseness
disappeared and was able to sing heavy role IN
Grand Opera with a voice unimpaired. / strongly
recommend 1t 10 all singers. VIM II. Hamilton
Leading Basso Of the c. d. Hess Grand Opera Co
avg.
He-"What makes you fancy your doctor is
absent minded 7" She-"Because, when ask
ed him 10 treat me for heartburn, he said, IL
the gentleman bachelor or widower f'-Ne"
York Journal.
MO OTHER sarsaparllla posses
~ ses the Combination, Proportion
and Process which makes HOODS
Sarsaparilla Peculiar to Itself.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
DANA'S SAkoAfARILLA CURES

In the winter seosOn quantities
of eggs are frozen, and it is gener-
ally considered that such eggs are
worth but little, or. to say the
least, are much injured for cooking
purposes. This however, is not
strictly true, for il properly treated
they are but little injured. Instead
of (as was the custOm) putting them
into cold water to take out the
trost and waiting several hours for
the thawing to take place, and
then finding the yolks i'll such a
solid state that they can be used
with no satisfaction in cooking,
try the following method: Place
them in boiling water and leave
them there from five to twenty
minutes, according to she amount
of frost there is in them, when,
upon their being opened, the yolks
will be found soft and in such a
state that they can be used Tor al
most any culinary purpose.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21
what Boys Should Learn.

MOI II tease boys or gifls smaller
lhan themselves.
Not to take the easiest char III
lhe room. put in the plrasaniesi
place. and forget to eiler It 10
mother when she comes IL sit down
To treat their mother as politely
rs If she were strange adA Nll9
did not spend her li!cm thrH ser
vice.
To br as kind md helpful to
thcir sisters Is they expect then
sister, to be 10 them
To make their friends dmong
good hols,
70 take pride III being gentle
ncn ut home.
To take their mother into then
confidence if they do anything
wrong. and above all never to he
about anything they have done
To make up their minds not 10
learn 10 smoke, chew or drink, IL
mrnhrring these things can not be
unlearned, and that they are tern,
Bile draw backs to good men ana
necessities to bad ones.
TO build fence correctly.
To ill the wood box every night
TO shut doors in summer to KEEP
t dies ont.
70 shut doors without slammlnS
To shut them i'll winter to keel
the cold out.
To do cIrands promptly and
cheerlnlly.
To get ready to go away without
i the united efforts of mother aud
+ sisters.
70 be gentle to their little sisters
TO wash dishes and make then
beds when necessary.
TO sew ON IL button and darn i
stocking.
To bc kind to all animals,
To ride, row and swim.
To be manly and courageous.
To let cigarettes alone.
ia tell he truth
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-01-21

We have known of exhibition
coops containing setting hens being
SUSPENDED few inches above the
floor to avoid the persistent efforts
of rats to destroy or carry oil the
eggs. If the nest is so sltuat Il
that the cold air cilculates freely
under it, there should be Il consid-
cradle laGer of earth at the bottom,
SO that the proper amount OF neat
NAV be retained.