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The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
THAT BOND SALE.

The TRIBuNE publishes this morning
in its local columns the opinion OF Il
competent and recognized authority on
financial matters regarding the bids of
l.. Ii. Hcrshtield and Hayes a. Son on
the county bonds AS the taxpayers of
this city and county know, the bonds
were practically given away by the
county commissioners for reasons best
known to themselves. The commission
ers attempted to Justify their action by
citing tho opinion of a competent at
torney" and a banker both republi-
cans. by the way that the Hershtield
bid was the best No attempt was made
to find out the reasons of those who
maintained that the Hayes bid was the
best. The board had made up their
minds to sell to l.. II. Hershtield and sell
they would. The taxpayers of Great
Falls and Cascade county are the suffers
to the extent of S2,2G3.
The action Of the county commission
ers in this case is but one of "A host of
similar actions. 1t seems to be the pc
culiar custom of the board to leave the
taxpayers in the hole every time. When
it is Il question of buying supplies or
services the highest idder. if he bears
the proper ear-marks, receives the con-
tract If it is question of selling bonds
I he lowest bidder is tl,l luclZV one If he
bears the brand '.G. o. p" And yet the
people of Cascade county keep such mon
in office and wonder why taxes are so
high! "From Dickey Hawkins 4 Co.
the Co.-good Lord. deliver
u.s.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
Who Pays the Tax?

In the course Of his tariff arpun.
Mr.. Mcmillan said: "A rich man ,a,
abroad can bring back thousands q, y as
lars worth Of wearing apparel free r..
taxation, but if one of his humble ,h,
ers we're to seek to get 800 worth :,
woolens brought back by him for tbon
Of his family he would have to nav
cording to the average rate in woo,'
goods, more than 800 duty, and on so~ '
grades he would be compelled to nav
knit goods--more than T3OOduty, Th.
should be some limit placed upon "v'e tl
amount even Of wearing apparel that ca' %'
be imported free Of duty. The law r"' '
enables those who buy extensively DOa "
pay the expenses of trip abroad in w.
mere matter of saving duty. 'F
The Chicago Tribune admits that a..
is good point, and in a fine burst otia 'is
dignatlOn exclaims: ut is an outrnu VI
that tens of thousands of Amercaasss
should cross over to Europe every sSm uA
mer for the purpose of replenishinT tbsi. boi
wardrobes and should return laden dow, low"
not merely with articles for their o~s NV.
use but with goods meant for rrenda ~ ".
intended for sale. Under cover Of III. H.
exemption vast amount of smuog;rs
and revenue defrauding is done 's1s ever
year."
This is all very nice, but the 'rr;bur,
drops stitch in it's high tariff knittnn'
1t overlooks the fact, which we have =,
the authority of Benjamin HarrsoUn,
William Mckinley and other great doctos
of protection philosophy, that the ~, ,'
eigner pays the tax If that is the fac,
the rich tourist has no motive to smn"
gle in the manner stated If the "a,
eigner pays the tax the American con-
sumer can gain nothing by smupglnr
beyond the small cost of transporiatOr
and the moderate profits of the import
ers, which are but little if any more tbar
the profits Of the retailers rom whom h.
must buy il he gets his goods in Eunrs
We cannot suppose that the tourist bnvs
the goods abroad merely to relieve tIs
foreigner from the burden of the tay
We must conclude, therefore, that eitbe,
no smuggling is done, as alleged, or that
it is the American consumer and not tb4
foreigner who pays the tax, and that the
tourists motive in buying abroad is Ia
save for himself the tax of from 800 to
$1,000 on every $1,000 worth of goods he
buys.--ChicagO Herald.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
ABOUT THE BURLINGTON.

The brief news note published i'll the
Helena papers yesterday to the effect
that the line Of definite location of the
burlington railway from Great Falls to
Belt creek had been filed. is of more i'm
portance than the brevity of the item
might seem to warrant. 1t has been
rumored lately that work on the Burling
ton would begin the present season at
this end of the line, both grading and
track laying and the fact that the first
plat filed by the company is for portion
Of the route east from this city tends to
confirm it. Rumor also has it that the
Burlington will build west from this city
to connect with the Great Northern en-
tension at o. near Blackfoot, and that
there Is to be no delay in carrying out
these plans M,terial will be brought
over the Great Northern to this point so
that the Burlington may be extended
east and west from here at the same
time that the main line is pushed west
ward through Wyoming into Montana.
1t begins to look as if these important
railroad movements will soon begin with
Great Falls as the center of activity. 1t
means practically another transconti-
mental line for our city and Importance
AS railroad center unequaled by that of
any other city west of Minneapolis. If
we wanted to draw wider conclusions we
might say it means that Great Falls will
be the metropolis Of Montana and un-
questionably the capital of this northern
empire. If deemed advisable the reader
can make a note of this.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
THE ATE PRESS

The uniform worn by Gen. William
Henry Harrison is to be exhibited amopp
a lot of other curiosities at the worlds
fair. Prince Russell's gall would aIso
make an attractive exhibit in tine same
class. Anaconda Standard.
To the country at large Gen. Algere
not of great account. He was It cand
date before the republican national con
vention of 1888: he is a candidate in tbi
year Of grace: if he lives he will b4a
candidate III 1896 he will stay vhLf
as long as his life is spared. Anscorda
Standard.
Helena is to have another auditCiau
in which the windy Helenaitcs will
gather once day to lie to each othg
about the wonderful resources Of Helena
and the great nutriment to be found ID
her future crackers. Butte Mimi!
journal.
Secretary Chandler says that BIN
will not only have the republican dele
CATION from New Hampshire, but dclega
tions from several southern states as
well. If this prediction proves true The
Minneapolis convention will be quite a
interesting for the student of humanity
as the late peoples party convention il
st. Louis Helena Independent
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
MONTANA NOTES.

The public schools of Miles city show
a total enrolment of 2l4 pupils with al
average daily attendance of IT.
j. r. King of Livingston discovered q
few days ago a large vein of excellent
coal about four miles from that town
A call has been issued for those inter
ested in base ball to meet in Butte
March 2G for the purpose of forming a
state league.
The heavy wind Tuesday night was
particularly active at Fort keogh, i
unroofed one of the government build
ings and took the railway platform and
threw it over on the opposite side Of the
track.
The ice in the Yellowstone broke at
Glendive Tuesday morning, but gorgcd
below town; Saturday morning it star ed
again and ice WAS flowing down the
main channel, making the crossing ha2
ardOus.
Geo. Ellis was arrested at KalispcIl re
Gently for passing forged check The
check was drawn on the Globe NatIOnal
bank by Harwood a. Woods for s.. and
the charge is that Ellis raised it t. SlI
and got the money on it.
The first game of ball of the season
was played at the Anaconda park Sun
day afternoon between the cOlored club
of the Montana hotel and the city team
The attendance was small, but those
who were present saw fairly good game,
which resulted in favor of the Anacondas
by a score of 18 to s. Tho feature of the
game was the good work done by the
battery of tho Anaconda club.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

The board of trade has done and is do
ing good work for Great Falls. 1t is
devoted to no clique and no faction, but
to the general welfare of the city. 1t IS
the duty-the imperative duty of every
business man in Great Falls to attend
its meetings, and give it the support not
only of his purse but of his presence. So
far as the board of trade is concerned,
business differences, political differences
and personal prejudices should be for
gotten. 1t ls only by concert OF action
that the best results can be obtained.
The history of all growing and thriving
cities shows that they have not been
built up by any one man or any small
body of men, but by the combined eff
forts of the whole people. If the board
of trade is to do its most efficient work.
if Great Falls is to attain the greatness
we all are hoping for, 1t must be through
the active interest, aid and counsel OF
every business man within her limits.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
THE COPPER COMBINE.

In a recent article the TRIBUNE com
mented at some length upon the report
ed combine among some of the leading
producers OF copper in the United States
for the purpose of limiting the produc-
ton of the metal to a quantity covered
by the legitimate demand for it The
TRIBUNE took the ground that the pro-
posed combine was legitimate business
proposition and that any combine to
limit the output of raw material was not
a violation OF the Sherman anti trust
law. The Fort Benton River Press re-
produced the main body of the article
under the caption "The Combine De-
Tended" and points to it as a democratic
justification of the many trusts, and
pools and syndicates bred by and formed
under the outrageous Mckinley tariff.
The River Press reasons from false
premises and therefore it's conclusions
are erroneous. 1t fails to see the differ
ence between a combine or union of
producers to limit the output of raw
material and a syndicate of capitalists,
or a trust composed of several corpora
tions formed for the purpose of corner.
ing given manufactured article in Or
der to enhance it's market price. The
combine or union is lawful; the latter is
not. Tnere is wide difference between
the combine referred to and the great
sugar trust, the cordage and binding
twine trust. the ak and steel implement
trust, and the many other trusts that
may be named.
TO illustrate. Several years ago a
number of French capitalists formed a
syndicate to control the copper markets
of the world. 1t bought all the copper
it could get hold of and made contracts
with certain Montana copper producers
to take their outputs at given figure.
The metal was forced up to II cents and
over pound. But the syndicate took a
bigger bite than it could chew and
failed. 1t invested several million dol
'"'' ~ Wv NV tui but iiS DiouuCiloIl SO
far exceeded its demand the syndicate
was unable to handle the surplus and il
went under. The proposed combine
simply contemplates the limiting of the
supply to its demand, not for the pur-
pose of forcing up the price of copper,
but to save investments in dead stock.
The TRIBUNE suggested that wheat,
cotton and wool growers could proftably
form similar combines and save them.
selves from loss. That is all. As to
wool this country consumes about G00,-
100000 pounds and produces less than
3O0,0OO,0Oo. The best wool combine that
could be formed is one that would knock
off the wool duties and thus give our
own production a chance to minglc free
ly with the foreign woods of that grade
not produced by us. Does the River
Press see all these points!
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
THE GERMAN KAISER,

The young emperor, like General Cor
don, believes himself to be the partner
of the Almighty; but unlike Gordon he
looks upon the Almighty as the junior
partner of the firm.-Review of Reviews
Kaiser Wilhelm evidently regards in
perial dignity as very delicate plant
His minions have imprisoned Munict
servant girl for speaking of him in disre'
spectful tones.-Minneapolis Times.
Emperor William is now working W
assassination plot schemes. Evident,
he is Of the opinion that the czar of al
the Russias has enjoyed monopoly Of
that business long enough.-Spokan'
Chronicle.
Kaiser Wilhelm and John l.. Sullivan
are alike in one respect. They do most
of their pulverizing under the influence
of Pommery sec.-Minneapolis Times.
Emperor William is in danger of get
ting himself exceedingly disliked by his
tyranical course. He is imprisoninE
everybody who ventures to say disre
spectful word of or criticise his majest,
in any manner. Several editors have
been jailed for printing cartoons. Suel,
an exhibition OF supersensitiveness and
jackassical self consciousness will onl!
serve to make the young man ridiculous
in the eyes of sensible people. .-Fargo
Argus.
"Small profits, lqrge sales" Joe Con
raids motto.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

JOHN p. ST. JOHN of Kansas is now
standing up and asking himself the old
question, 'Why am | IA prohibitionist?"
Those people of this country whose
memory carries them back to the Blaine
Cleveland campaign will have no diff
Guilty in recalling the unmistakeable
answer to this question given to the
world at that time. He was clearly a
prohibirionist for the money that was in
it for him and the notoriety he gained as
a presidential candidate His explana-
ton at the present time is therefore a
work of supercrogation and Lot in ac-
cordance with the facts in the case AS
intelligent people understand them.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

THE nineteenth National Conference
Of charities and correction will be held
in Denver. June % to June % The
conference is growing in membership
and usefulness and the coming meeting
is expected to be largely attended and of
exceeding interest. 1t is an annual
gathering of people interested in charit-
able and reformatOry work and the dis
cussion of useful contributions to the
literature of sociology.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

The recent death of Judge Edward
Pierrepont called forth in the gold bug
press of New York city numerous eulo-
gics on the great lawyer. diplomat and
iinancer. Yet all OF them studiously
avoided reference to Judge Pierrepont's s
persistent advocacy of the reinstatement
of the coinage system of the United
States which was adopted in 1872 and
continued until 1873 lie was among
the earliest Of Americans of political
prominence to denouncc the furtive abrO-
CATION Of this system 10y the act Of 1873.
lie urged its reinstatement with vigor-
Gus arguments. In the report of the sill
yer convention assembled at st. Louis in
1889. to demand of congress the re-en-
actment of provisions for the equally
free coinage Of gold and silver at the
mints of the United States, he appears
in tn esc specific, pregnant words:
NO greater wrong was ever attempted
upon generous people than the bill Of
Feb. T.. 1873. 1t was a crime. Gold
and silver aught to be treated alike 1t
is amusing to see how English iinancicrs
rule us
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

II the TRIBUNE were permitted to
charge the grand jury. it would direct
heir attention to the recent sale of bonds
by which the county is loser over $1,000:
and to the award IT the printing contract
to the highest bidder by which the
county will lose many thousand dollars
more The Oifenses may not be indict-
able. but there is solid ground within
these two items alone for such an ar
ralgnmcnt of the responsible officials as
would give the jury clerk AN excellent
opportunity to display his rhetoric. Be
sides the people want to know about
these things.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
RAILWAY EARNINGS.

The month of February furnishes a
favorable report of gross railway earnings
so far as the ratios of gain are concerned
Advices from l3} of the more important
of the leading railways of the country
furnish an aggregate of sS3S, S,133,34G gross
earnings during February, as contrasted
with only S37 ,OG2,055 for l25 companies in
January last. The January total was only
slightly in excess of 3per cent. more than
the corresponding aggregate in 9l,while
the February total is l36 per cent. larger
than that for February, 1891, One year
ago Februarys gross railway earnings
were about s2SOOOOO less than in Janu-
ary, 1891, while this year February's total
was about equal to that in the month
preceding. An extra day in February
this year will account for part of this
gain. The earnings of the Great North
ern system for the month amounted to
Sl,0l3,0iJ, AN increase of 1857 O2O over
last year.
For the two months ended February
%, the total of reported gross railway
earnings from lI2 companies is 375fi1,-
5OG, only per cent more than for the
like two months of 1891, the relatively
smaller gains of January this year pull
ing down the higher February percent
ages. For these two months the Great
Northern system shows gross earnings
of $3.50, lag as against 81, ,449,72S in the
corresponding months last year.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

SoUTH DAKOTA should see to it that
one Of her republicans is made a part Of
her worlds fair exhibit. r. j. Gamble
Of Yankton asserts that he would not be
governor II the certificate could be
handed him on solid gold diamond
studded plate, with ten times the salary;
nor does he want to go as delegate to
the Minneapolis convention. How diff
ferent It is with Montana republicans!
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

THE county ring is indeed in hard
straits when it attempts to bolster up it's
cause by slurs upon the First National
bank and it's officers. The TRIBUNE
would simply remind the ring IN general
and the Co. in particular of two well
known proverbs: Every crow thinks its
own crowling the whitcst:" "People who
live in glass houses shoulG not throw
s ems"
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

The belief that the standard bearer of
the democratic party in the coming cam
paign should be from the west is stead
lily growing. In speaking of this claim
of the west for recognition the ST. Paul
Globe says:
The prevailing impression throughout
the country today is that, if the fac
tional fights in New York continue, the
exigencies of the situation will demand
the selection of a candidate from among
the democrats of the west. Since the
war the Empire state has practically, with
out exception, named the head of the
party's ticket. The importance of the
problems which have confronted it's
local statesmen has developed race of
men conspicuous before the nation for
experience and ability. The dependence
of the party on the electoral vote of
New York for victory has induced a
general willingness to submit to it's die
tation. The wisdom of this course has
often been open to question. On more
than one occasion it would have been
better had some leader entirely free
from the entanglements Of its local con-
tiicts been put at the front. Close
familiarity has not always induced the
loyalty it was expected to.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

WHAT spectacle it is for gods and
men to see Congressman johnson deliv-
ering his ultimatum to President Har-
rison. Time was when johnson was a
fourth-rate lawyer in northwestern Iowa
and now he is delivering ultimatums.
"Well. WE'LL well.'' as the boy said,
mighty small men get Office out west.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
Free Seeds.

Hon. ". ". Di,roa, Representative tn
Congress, wiH supply seeds free to all
whO desire them. Farmers WisIinG TO
take adcdntdgc Of this may send their
names to the TRIBUNE. and they Uill
be forwa,ied promptly to Mr.. Diron.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

DoEsN'T it strike the taxpayers Of
Cascade county just little funny that
the county commissioners always put
their foot in it. Arc the taxpayers GO
ing to allow themselves to be systemat-
ically bilked through the ignorance,
carelessness and craftsmanship Of the
county commissioners another year:
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
Royal Baking Powder
Has no Equal.
The United States Official Report

The United States Official Report
OF the Government Baking Powder tests recently made under
authority of Congress- by the Department Of Agriculture,
Washington, d. c. furnishes the highest authoritative ino
nation which powder the best The Official Report
shows the ROYAL superior to all
Others in leavening power; cream
of tartar powder of highest quality.
The Canadian Tests:
"The strength Of the Royal is shown to
be 23 per cent. greater than any other.
GAS result of my investigations find
the Royal Baking Powder far superior to the
others. 1t is pure, contains none but whole
some ingredients, and is of greatest strength
"F. x. VALADE
"Public Analyst, Ontario,
"Domtntom Of Canada"
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19
\ FEW TARIFF FACTS.

The republican party has made the
most Of its stock arguments in favor of
the robber tariff. and it has succeeded,
in years past, in successfully hoodwink-
ing the farmers and laboring men of the
country with these arguments. Constant
repetition of the allegation that the high
tariff raises wages in the face of the fact
that wages have been lower under the
operation of the Mckinley bill has i'm
pressed the laboring man that it must
be So because the republican party says
it is SO. The farmers. on the other hand.
having been assured time and again that
the tariff is a blessing to them, have
swallowed the assertion whole. losing sight
altogether of the fact that they have been
obliged to pay higher prices for every
thing they wear and every household or
farm utensil that they use. The farmers
and laborino men are prone to grasp the
present apparent advantage at the risk
OF future certain disadvantage. The
workingman because he gets good wages
wholly ovcrlooks the fact that the larger
part of his wages goes to pay the tax on
the articles he consumes and not for the
article itself.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

DRIVER q BRADLEY, Druggists. 3O5
Central avenue.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

Cases of new Spring Goods are now
daily arriving. Come and look us over.
Joe Conrad, Realty block.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

This is the history Of mechanical i'm
provement everywhere. 1t has every
where resulted in better wages to the
workingmen who handle the improved
machines and in lower price for the
product.
The weekly tribune., 1892-03-19

and but few days ago the kilograms
announced that the wages of workmen
in the iron mills at Sharpsburg, Pa, and
the steel mills at Birmingham, Ala. were
reduced 10 per cent. On the other hand
when asked to point to single instance
where wages have been raised through
the operation of the high tariff, the re-
publican politicians are silent.
~
The fact is there is absolutely no truth
in the assertion that a protective tariff
increases wages. There are several
causes which combine to make wages in
America generally higher than in Europe.
But the protective tariff is not one them.
The American workman knows that
there is future for him here. He is not
bound down by class distinctions. He
knows that he can raise himself and his
family to any plane fixed upon by his
ambition. He does more work in ten
hours than the European workman does
in twelve or fourteen hours. He is worth
more money to his employer and he gets
it in the form Of higher wages
W.
Another factor in increasing the wages
of the American laboring man is the ex-
tensive use Of improved machinery in
American factories. AS machinery is
improved higher order of. intelligence
is required to handle it, and for this
higher intelligence we must pay. The
American workingman is not merely a
weaver, spinner, a wood turner or a
timer. He must be a good machinist
as we'll. For this reason he commands
better wages.
~
Edward Atkinson has made the fore
going proposition plain in the account
he gives of a New England mill:
1t was a typical establishment work
ing on standard grade of goods From
the books of that concern it is proved
conclusively that in the course of fifty
years it has been necessary to change
the entire machinery of the factory, even
though it might not have been worn out,
two to four times, according to its kind:
the whole motive power has changed;
the average capacity of each operative in
the factory has been increased in pro-
ductive power from 1000 yards per year
produced in thirteen to fourteen hours
per day to 10000 yards per year produced
in ten hours per day. The earnings of
those who now work in that factory ten
hours are nearly twice as much per day
as the earnings Of those who worked on
lesser product thirteen hours each day
under the former conditions. and are
more than double per hour. while the
price of the cloth on the same price of
cotton is very much less to the consumer
now than it was then.
w.
This is the history of mechanical i'm
prOvement everywhere It has every