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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-24
INGALLS, OUT. INGALLsIzED.
ant.GOvernOr Felt Tells
Some Plain Truths.
POpulist Charges Against theRe-
publicans Fully Admitted.


There is one cause for the great
political revolution greater than all
others combined. 1t was not person
al dislike of President Harrison it
was not any charge against his ad-
ADMINISTRATION of public affairs, Tor
that has been perfectly clean. 1t was
not the tariff, for in the region of
protected" induitries Republicans
are confronted by the most signifi-
cant losses. 1t was not the Alliance
movement altogether 1t was COM
bination of dissatisfaction rounded
up in one real cause distrust of the
professions of the Republicans.
That distrust had become deep
seated and general. There was rea-
son for it, too. The party Of Abra-
ham Lincoln had become the party
of the Platts, Quays and Depews.
It's promises have been trifed with
in the house of it's friends. 1t prom
Used revision of the tariff and made
the revision odious to both the pro-
Queer and consumer by making new
industries its peculiar pets. 1t was
so framed as to leave it open to the
suspicious that it's real heart was
more in the interest of capital than
of labor. Mr.. Blaine saw the error
and sought to nullify it by reciproc-
ity features. We believe that Amer
lea has been vastly benefited by the
doctrine of protection, but the doc
trine of protection for the sake of
protection was not the doctrine of
the Republican party Of Lincoln,
Grant or Garfield. Under existing
conditions there has grown up in the
United States state of affairs akin
to those in England. There are the
very rich, the middle classes and the
very poor
Something is the matter. The peo-
pie know that sure enough and APP
preciate it strongly. The great bulk
of the owners of three-fourths of all
the wealth on this continent live
north of the Potomac and east of the
Appalachian range. 1t is not the re-
suit of their superior thrift. knowl-
edge, pluck, age or geographical po-
sition. They are loaners of money
and merchandise. Ninety PEI cent.
of all the interest paid by the bor-
rowers of this country goes to New
England, New York and Pennsylva-
mia. They control the money mar
ket in all the South and all the West.
Four years ago the Republicans
promised to attempt to remedy these
conditions. Two years ago the Dem
ocrats promised free coinage of sill
yer. Wall street raised the cry
that is for the benefit of the silver
egions of the West" 1t was beat
Be. :,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-24

Democrats never desert their party
on account of it's broken promises
If they did there would be no Dem,
ocratic party today. Republicans
are independent and leave in herds
when they distrust the policy OF
leaders of their party. The result
shows that.
Reform or revolution. Which
shall it be? There has never been a
time in the history of the world when
so many people were giving patient,
thoughtful study to financial ques-
tions as at the present moment.
Something is vitality wrong, and the
people know it. The people know
they are sick. They think they
knew what ails them. They are
seeking the remedy. Affairs are
rapidly assuming condition when
it shall be the struggle between or
ganized capital and organized citi-
zens. Trusts and combines govern
the country. They elect congress,
make and unmake laws, are intrench-
ed in courts and dictate party plat
forms. The struggle is bound to
come. Resolutions cannot prevent
it. Party promises cannot stay its
course. There must be prompt, alb
solute reform in financial affairs or a
revolution in parties. The people
know that a policy which makes
combines rich and individuals poor
is radically wrong. Dollars COM
bine to double their value. The
people are combining to save their
own. The issue is here 1t must
be met. To attempt to evade it is
perfect folly. To refuse to listen to
it's demands is to invite disaster. To
disregard those truths is both un-
wise and unpatriotic, and swings
wide open the gates of chaos.
When the Armours can fix the
price of every hog and steer grown
on Kansas prairies, it is time to de-
mand halt. When the banks of
Boston and New York can III one
hour close every bank in twenty
five states and cause the loss of
hard earned millions in the interior
cities and towns, is it any wonder
there was general distrust ? When
ring of soulless grain gamblers in
Chicago and New York can dictate
the price of the cereals of all the
West, and a United States senator
can touch button and raise the
price of coal-oil so per cent; when
the coal kings in Pennsylvania can
say whether you shall pay six dol
lars or twelve ton for anthracite,
is it any wonder there is revolu-
ton +? And the tariff had nothing
10 do with it.
The real wonder is that the Dem
ourot;c ,oartv- tho Marty of nersist
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-11-24

In order to advertise our College, we will give a
thorough course of instruction in Book-keep
ing and Commercial Arithmetic, by mail. free
of charge Address Prof. yanderberg, Pres,
Leavenworth, Kansas. Lock box $50
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
Taxation and Pauperism.

1t is one of the commonplaces of po-
den, says To-Day, of Boston. There is
to be sure, theory widely accepted
among us that certain kind of taxes
those upon imports-produce wealth and
national prosperity. There is another
theory, not quite so widely accepted, g,
that there is no nee of any taxes at all;
that if the government wishes to pur-
chase anything it can just issue money
and purchase. The irst of these the ories
seems to be losing ground at present,
and the second to be gaining; but by the
adherents of both, direct taxes upon do
nestle production are recognized as bur
densome. This being the case, it might
be supposed that in a free country taxes
would be very light; but in the United
States they are very heavy. A writer in
the FortnighHy Recieao asserts that they
are higher here than in any other civil
lized country. This assertion probably
could not be substantiated; but it is not
so ludicrously wild as i would have been
fifty years ago. In no respect have We
more successfully aped the older civiliza-
tion of Europe than in collecting vast
sums from the people to be wasted by
the government.
The full evil of heavy taxation cannot
be appreciated without considering on
whom it falls. man who has SO, 900 a
year will not suffer any actual hardship
if 1900 of that is taken from him in
taxes; but one whose income is only $500
feels tax of fifty dollars very keenly.
The total amount of all taxes in this
country-town, county, state, and ma
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
Sound Sense From the Solid South.

The Southern people had an opportu-
nifty to gaze upon that man Hill while
he was making a second-class circus of
himself in their section this month
Here is what the representative papers
down there think of the man who ina
gines he will be the next President:
Hill has returned from his Southern
electioneering tour, but, Notwithstanding
that he INDUCED in almost daily speech
making, if he has told the people of the
South anything new it has never been
made public. Instead of ins,ructing
them on the living issues of the day
tariff reform and silver-he merely re-
cited the Old, time-hunored principles of
the Democracy with which his hearers
| had been perfectly familiar long before
they ever heard of him. These he urged
| the Southern Democracy to stick to.
They propose to do so and vote for Grover
Cleveland. .-RichmoRd Times,
No simon-pure Democrat in the South
wants Hill because no one trusts him, nc
one knows where he stands on the tariff,
| silver or any other of the leading issues
IF the day. The opponents of Hill
should make it plain to the Chicago Con
! VentiOn that If he shall be nominated
the Republicans will elect the President
-CharleSt0n Ne'cs and Courier.
Hil's Southern tour did not strength Il
him with the Southern people. Those
who met him were not impressed with
the belief that he is the man the Demo,
cratic party wants for its standard bearer
in the national campaign. Those who
heard or read his speeches felt that he
lacks profound convictions upon leading
public questions-that he is more inter.
ested in personal success than in the tri-
nmph of the principles of his party
.SdrdRHdh NeloS.
Aside from the unanimous voice of the
New York delegation to the ChicagC
Convention for Hill the general trend
Of opinion shows the wonderful strength
and popularity of Cleveland Throughout
the country. A conservative outlook al
present is that Cleveland will get all the
Eastern States and in the end all the
I Northern and Northwestern States, after
complimentary vote is given by the
/ delegations from States that have then
own honored sons to present to the con
sideration of the convention.-No
/ Vt1giRtdR.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

A local protection organ notes the
charge against NJ. Lafargue, a membo.
of the French chamber Of deputies, OF
exciting discomfort among the people"
by calling for a reduction of the new
duties on breadstuffs. 1t says that:
UNFORTUNATELY, his task has been
made easier by the sudden rise in the
price of many articles which has taken
place in France, Immediately after the
putting into operation, ON Feb. /, 1892,
of the new ultraprotectionist tariff adopt
ed by the chambers"
How is this? Have not the French
people learned the American projections
ist doctrine that 1.-THE tariff is not a tax, -
or that when it is 1.-The foreigner pays
it, Have they not read the labored
articles in our protection organs, striv-
ing to show that taxed articles have
grown cheaper under our ''ultraprotec-
ZIONIST tariff" Minister Reid ought to
do some missionary work among the
tax burdened French people.-New York
World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

discounts amounting to from TO 10 per
cent. of the trust price, according to the
amount bought.
The object of this was to prevent the
large iobbers from cutting the prices
fixed by the trust. In January, 1891,
this rebate system was abolished. De-
Quoting these rebates, which affected
large purchases only, the difference in
price between pig and white lead shows
a steady increase since the formation of
the trust. The present price of pig lead
in New York is 4.20 to 4.25 cents per
pound, and white lead in oil sells for
from Gi5 cents to 81 cents per pound
for twelve tons and over The differ
ence between the lowest quotations for
white lead and pig lead is therefore 2.30
cents per pound.
Thus the large increase in the net
profits made by the trust during the
past three years has not been brought
about by economy in production, as was
decllted to be the object of the trust, but
by the higher prices which it was able to
/ exact from consumers. The ability of
the trust to maintain these high prices
shows how complete is its control of the
| white lead industry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

tional-probably falls below ten per
cent of the annual production; but when
we remember that the National taxes
alone for last year came to nearly half
of this portion, we see that the whole
amount cannot be much under ten per
cent.
Nothing is more difficult than to dis
cover the incidence of taxation. Most
of our taxes are levied upon property;
hut it is proverbial that they will not
stay where they are put. Only the very
shallow and thoughtless are taken by the
! fallacy that a man who has no property
pays no taxes. Cobbett likened the
| British national debt to a cannon ball
rolling down flight of steps-it had
successively been shifted from one elias,
to another until it rested upon the lowest
The secretary of the New York Tax Re-
form Association contributes an able "a
ticle to the Charities ResieD, in which he
seeks to show that taxes and bad laws
are the chief causes of pauperism. It is
not, of course, possible to prove this di.
rectly. We cannot pick out thousand
paupers, and say, these men were re.
duced to this condition by the taxes they
had to pay; the case is too complex for
this. We can point to some who have
made great fortunes by the assistance OF
unjust laws, by being helped by the gov.
TO
citizens, and to Others who have been
driven out of their business and ruined
by the imposition of taxes upon that
business; but comparatively few paupers
can trace their misfortune in this way.
The way in which taxes increase pau
perism is by discouraging enterprise
Few men will engage in business of any
kind except from the hope of profit. If
a large part of the profits, say ten per
cent, are taken from them, this mus,
certainly mitigate against industry. A
man may be panper because he is un-
able to perform productive labor, or be-
cause he will not, or because he cannot
ind any to do. There can be no doubt
that there are many of the last class;
nearly all able-boded men are able to
10 work which Would cont ibute to pro-
luction; most of the work that is done
IN the world is tolerahly simple and easy
to learn. Now, if a man is kept from
engaging in business by the confiscatiol
If part of his profits, this certainly tends
to lessen the demand for labor. 1t il
very probable that taxation in thi
country is heavy enough to have th
effect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

ALTHOUGH Harrison has secured the
Indiana delegation to the National
Convention, his opponents in the he
publican party do not stop their ef
forts to prevent his denomination
Their opposition is based upon The
assertion that he cannot carry hlr
own State again. The chief news
paper organ of these Republicans Is
the Fort Wayne G0zette, one Of the
most prominent party organs in the
State. n. r. Leonard, editor of the
Gdzette, has recently written an opel
letter, in which he says "that Harr
sons denomination would be a polit
ical mistake, and that he feels that
large number of the party in Indian'
concur with him in these views"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
FREELAND, PA, MARCH 81, 1892
Mr.. WANAMAKER can advocate gov

Mr.. WANAMAKER can advocate gov
ernmental control of the teleg' aph
system without being called Social
list. If Mr.. Powderly were to advo,
cate such plan there would be no
mincing words with him. He woulu
be rank Socialist. If Mr.. Pierponi
Morgan or Mr. Anthony Drexel wer,
to urge that the government take holo
of the railroads, give a thorough
system of travel without the necessiI,
and expense of stock waite ing it woulo
be "a great business move, but ii
Jerry Simpson advocates, why then Ii
becomes a crank NATURALIZATION
Sentinel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
Rolling Min worismen NIcKinleyized.

Cofrode & Saylor, Of the Reading
rolling mill, have notified their en-
ployees of a 10 per cent. reduction in
wages. The order affects nearly all de-
partments and takes effect Immediately.
The firm employs about 600 hands
When the leading iron mills of Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio cut down the wages of
their worllmen early last year the adyo-
Gates of the Mckinley tariff declared
that in time it would prove beneficial.
Nearly year and a half has passed
since it became law, and is it not about
time that some of the good results
-hould begin to appear?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
TRUST ECONOMIES"
Not Until the Trusts Dissolve DO the
"Economies" Appear.

Not Uutil the Trusts Dissolve DO the
Economics" Appear.
We have been trying to find in the
current reports of the trade journals
some evidence as to the changes made
in prices when the manufacturers in
large industry lose the advantages de-
rived from those economics which a
trust or similar combination enables
them to practice. Everybody has heard
of these economics
Everybody has been told by the trust
makers that they reduce the cost of pro-
duction and the selling price of the
products. Many have been surprised
when they saw prices considerably in
creased as soon as combined manufac-
turers were able to enjoy the 'econo-
mics" 1t appears also that prices suffer
a serious decline when manufacturers
who have been in combination are no
longer assisted by the economies" The
facts are culiously at variance with the
trust makers doctrine.
The combination of the manufacture
ers of steel beams was dissolved some
weeks ago While these manufacturers
enjoyed the saving caused by the "econ-
omies," the price of steel beams was
l-10 cents per po the mill, or
$50 A per long ton y few days ago
1900 tons We're sold in Chicago at the
price of 2ll cents, delivered. Other
sales at even lower prices have been re-
ported, rs follows:
lit is stated that one large contract,
5000 tons, for seasons delivery, has
been placed with leading architectural
works in this city (New York; at two
cents, Pittsburg mill'-Iron Age.
In the beam trade, the only item of
news of, the week is the report that con.
tracts for . GOO tons have been placed in
Boston at 2 40 cents, delivered. Iron
Age
The price of barbed wire as fixed by
the Barbed Wire trust, was, at Pitts
burg, on Jan. 2S, just before the dissolu.
ton of this combination, 50. 5j for paint
ed and $3.05 for galvanized. On March
3, about one month after the dissolution
of the trust, the prices at the same place
We're S2.25 and $2.G5, and correspond
ing reductions had been made at other
points.
The changes caused by the loss of the
trust economics may be set forth as
/ follows:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
Few tears were shed over the deatI

Few tears were shed over the deatl
of AFRO Pardee this week. Wh,r
men like him are called the public
seldom INDUCES in lamentations, fol
the world loses nothing that is of any
good or benefit to it. He did mucI
in his lifetime to advance coal mining
in its scientific and other branches,
but all he ever did was for self alone
To all humane appeals he was as dea
as man could be, utterly regardless,
of the poverty and pain he cause'
thousands of people through the con
ditions he Imposed upon them. Lik'
many others, in his mad desire t.,
place millions upon millions, he re-
peatedly broke the avs Of / is t ,
and violated every principle Of hunoI
and manhood to CRAFTY his avurice.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

EVERY citizen of Pennsylvani wh
has the slightest regard f,r justice
will approve of Govern r Partison'e
plrdJn of Messrs NJ Hon a TT Porte
editors of the Beiv Yer STIR. Thesr
men were C nvicted by packed jury
and sentenced by a part N Judge
upon the preposterous charge oi libel,
ing Mat Quay. just as if such ii
thing were possible! When judge
and iuries are false to their IA ust it
only light and just there should be :,
higher tribunal to which the peopI,
can appeal. In this State we have II
pardon board and governor who a.,
not afraid to open the il doors for
men who were imprisone by the T. =
ders of boss politician. While Pat
tison reigns there will be ju ii 'e St
far as it lies in his power to have so
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

The Cleveland tide is swelling
among the Democrats. The poliii
clans are hearing from he people,
and the latter are expressing them
selves in no uncertain tone Secre
tary of State Harrity said last week
that the vote of PENNSYLVANIA in the
Democratic Convention will go to
Cleveland, and the returns of the
district conventions bear him out.
Whatever opposition was alleged in
this State has been shown to he
merely the talk of discredited pohti
clans. From all parts of the United
States come reports that bode no good
to Hill. AS for Hills Southern tour,
the weight of opinion of the Southern
press is that it has injured rather
than helped his prospects. Cleveland
is the man and tariff reform the
issue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
Tin Pinto Imports.

The new British steamer Massachu-
setts, Captain Williams, arrived at
Swansea early in March. where she will
load for New Yorl, 1900 tons of tin
plates This will be the largest ship
ment Of tin plates TO the United States
since the Mckinley bill Went into effect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

WHEN General Lilly was first men
toned as the Republican candidate
for Congressman at large the selection
was considered a god one by both
Republican and Democratic news
papers. 1t was conceded that it
would be almost impossible to beat
uny Republican for that office, SO
thoroughly is Quay entrenched in
power in this State, and the Demo
Gratis were naturally interested in the
selection of their opponents. Lilly
has been a good friend to his party,
and, according to the present state Of
politics, deserved the nomination.
But events that have taken place in
the past month have caused com
plete change in the intentions of the
leaders, and Lilly's boomlet has
almost disappeared. The leading
Republican organs of the coal region
have thrown him overheard, because @
they could not ask their readers to
support man who is now under bail
for violating State laws. Lilly has
foundered on the semi monthly pay
rocks, and yet the Republicans al
Hazleton on Monday had the audau
city to recommend his nomination.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

If the Philadelphia and Reading com
hine is pursuing the same course to gain
control of coal producing capacity as ha>
been adopted to secure legislation, then
the methods must be regarded as exceed
ngly questionable. The bribery, to OH
tain the passage of the bill by the New
Jersey Legislature legalizng the gigantic
coal combination, is the greatest and
crookedest ever known in the history of
the country. The amount of Doodle dis
tributed is not exactly known. but it is
said to have been enormous Some New
Jersey legislators, who accepted cash for
their votes, received enough to make
them comfortable for life. If the opera.
tors in the Schuylkill, Lehigh, Wyoming
md Lackawanna regions are being
fixed" in the same manner for their
''nal lands and tonnage, it is not to be
wondered at then that they are willing
10 accept the terms of the corporation
rat is scheming to create monstrous
monopoly and boost up the prices of COZ
% exorbitant figures. .-Nanticoke NewS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

lHo average yearly IhiN'o VI plS lC'tu
and white lead, respectively, have been
as follows:
1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891
Cents Cents Cents Cents Cents
per lb. per ID. per ID. per lb. per lb.
White lead. 6.G 6,3@ sos Gs6 6.G4a
Pig lead TO-. $50 AZ 1888 4iS ABS
Difference. 1.57 l.9O 8O5 23s 2-2Sga
The prices of white lead as given
above are the lowest prices quoted by
the trust for large quantities From the
y 's in 1855 and 1890 given above must
oe uelucted he rebates paid by the trust
TO large Purchasers on condition that
the trust prices should be maintained by
them. In 1889 this rebate was one
fourth of cent per pound on purchases
of ten tons or more per year. In 1880
the system was changed to system of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31
With Without

These figures will tax the ingenuity of
the professional advocates Of trustism.
Immediately after the great advantages
due to the practice Of combination
economies were Withdrawn, the price
of steel beams did not rise. 1t fell 35
per cent And in the case of barbed
wire there was a decline of 13 per cent.
The trust professors should overhaul
and revise their chief doctrine.-New
York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-03-31

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NEw Work. PRIcEs oF WHITE LEAD.

The average yearly prices OF pig lead
and white lead, respectively, have been