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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
FIGURES THAT TALK.

A Comparison of Two Bills Which show
That the Republican Senate Was Not az
Extravagant in Fixing Salaries as the Al
lance House.
There was a campaign of economy
inaugurated two years ago by some Of
the men who had not been properly
recognized by either of the old parties.
The result was that a considerable
number of populists We're placed in
county offices, and that party obtained
control of the lower branch of the legis-
lature There was reform promised,
and of course a showing had to be
made. A bill was introduced in the
house fixing the salaries and fees of
county officers At the same time a
similar bill. though with different pro-
visions, was introduced in the senate.
The result was unexpected. The re-
form county officers came down to
Topeka in a body and demanded that
there should be no legislation. So well
did they work, and so effective were
their efforts, that the legislature adj
journed without action
The following comparison Of the two
bills has been made in order to inform
the constituents of the reform" men,
bers of the house how the promises of
their servants were kept The bill is a
long one, so only the more prominent
features have been given. The two
bills, senate bill No. 90, and house bill
No. 2S6. can be examined with profit by
the curious They show:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
CHAPTER -CoNr1SuEn.

IN April, my boy. You remember,
Phil. how ] hated the thought of mar
rage till 1 met her. Then some
thing changed. 1 felt like a trans
formation scene in pantomime- That
big solid lump of prejudice in me gave
sort of a click, and there IL was, a
church altar, with clergyman or two
behind il. hooking round to see whom
they could marry. And do you know
why that lovely girl has so captured
me? Because 1 believe she's without
one speck Of sham It isn't her beauty
or her brains or her power Of charming
YOU. for she's got all three. It's her
mighty commences, Phil. She often
seems to me, beside the women meet
her with, like live flower that's lost its
way among = basket Of false ones. Her
petals (the darling) were not purchased
at fancy shop. They came fresh from
the loom of Nature, who spun them with
her heart in her work. / find there's
so much in that, by the bye. Natures
made such crowds and crowds of US
while not caring whether Brown was to
be = poet or a politician, Jones a deacon
or dentist. It's only when she goes to
work in dead earnest that she turns out
her magnificent men and women" He
clasped both hands together with a
fervor that in almost anyone else would
have been solely comic. And Kathleen
Kennaird is one OF the last.''
Il wonder" said Lexington, dryly,
and vet with q polite air of venture,
whether you have any feelings Of this
sort about Mrs. Eennaird. her mother"
Aonzo broke into high and hearty
laugh. shes worldliness ITSELF" he
cried. ''Who doubtsit it? But she's very
picturesque figure l like 70 look at
her. She sweeps through life so Her
chief idea OF being happy IS to don a
new gown and meet people Shes
tremendous as an incarnate idea I
should like to paint her IS that If 1
only could, It would be q great picture.
Her eyeglasses would be half lifted, and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
The eRopucrs oE The EARN

Their Purchasing Power IN 1880 Under o
Free Trade Revenue Only Tariff Conn
pared With Their Purchasing Power
To-essy Under Protection-Farmers More
Prosperous Than Ever Before-CauseS Of
Recent Agricultural Depression.
The first tarif law that our country
ever had was passed by congress COM
posed largely of farmers for the protec-
ton and encouragement of home manu-
features Experience with the manu-
facturers of Great Britain had taught
these men the necessity of home mar
ket and certain consuming class for
the surplus products of the farm not
only as means toward the securing of
our industrial Independence by doing
our own manufacturing, but also for
the prosperity and welfare of the far
mers themselves. For, rs Hamilton al
ready recognized, it was only by means
of a home market that cheaper manu-
featured goods and living prices for ag-
ricultural products could be obtained
Since that time the process of building
up American industries and extending
our home market has gone on continu-
ally, interrupted only for few periods
when the reins of government were
thrown into the hands of political the
orists who believed that the work OF
the United States in the sphere of in
dustry was TO provide food at low prices
for British artisans and buy finished
products at high prices from them in re-
turn. Happily, these interruptions
have never been of sufficient duration
to complete the work of destruction
Only once, in the period from 1915 to
1860, was I free trade tariff tried for
any length of time. If the comparative
effect of protection and free trade on
the prosperity of the American farmer
is to be measured, it can be done in no
better way than by comparing his con-
dition during that period with his con-
dition to-day.
The prosperity of the farmer, how
ever, is not to be gagged by the absO-
lutte money return received for his prod
ucts. In his case, as in that of the work.
ingman. the purchasing power of his
labor is the point to be considered Just
as mere "cheapness" means nothing to
the laborer until compared with the
wages he receives, so high prices for
agricultural products mean nothing to
the farmer until compared with the cost
of the necessaries for which those prod
ucts exchange. In each case the pur-
chasing power of labor. is in the index
of prosperity. Has this purchasing
power been greater under protection or
under free trade tariff? The following
table, giving the exchange value OF DIFF
ferent agricultural and manufactured
r1rOdYre+S shows that.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02

"You mean that I haven't got two
millions of dollars" whispered the
young man, in her ear, and that l
can't throw away fifty thousand every
year of my life ii dinners and dances
and frolics for my friends"
The girl chose to ignore this burst of
bitterness. Look" she said There's
Miss Kennaird, just coming in with her
mother. How sober he gets as he goes
to greet her. They say she doesn't APP
prove of his 1arking' style.s
"We1 she may not. How beautiful
she isi''
do you think SOP" shrugged the
girl. ''She's too tail for my taste, and
then don't like her eyes. They're Ike
ice"
"Blue ice-or green, II you please
with blaze of sun on it Besides, the
long curls of their black lashes help
them so. And she has face as deli
cate as an orchid"
How can she wear that black velvet
trimmed with sableS," pursued the
girl. ''They say these Kennairds
haven't but four thousand @ year to
live on"
'HOh! make it five.-
Nobody really knows Just how
much But still they're poor. Do you
suppose it's possible thatr-and here the
girl lowered her voice, which a sweet
clash of hidden violins would in any
case have drowned an instant later.
Kathleen Kennaird smiled right ard
left. but it seemed TO certain observers
that her manner toward her accepted
sutton was peculiarly cold. This little
afternoon tea, as he close TO call il,
was given IN her honor. Not more than
thirty people had been asked, and these
were the ones that Kathleen had spe-
cially desired Tea, it is true, was
served in the most exquisite porcelain
sups; but this potion proved, Us it were,
only an excuse for other refreshments.
Almost before they knew it the guests
found themselves seated at little tables,
eating terrapin and slipping frozen
champagne. Then. in a little while, q
soprano voice was heard, singing from
Tristan. '"That's Lii Lehman. or I'll
be shot, presently muttered Lexington,
who knew nothing Of this surprise, SO
characteristic OF Alonzo; and soon the
great singer appeared, conducted by the
host himself. her beautiful face
wreathed in smiles. Nearly al the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
HIS RAILWAY ASSISTANCE"
/ Misrepresentation About the Republican
| Candidate For Governor Fully shown

Misrepresentation About the Republican
Candidate For Governor Fully shown
Up.
The alliance press of Kansas, with a
strange forgetfulness, have united in
representing Hon. 4. w. Smith as one
in the employ, or under the control. of
the railroads OF the state. OF course
there is no intention to wilfully mis-
representa- charge that could hardly be
laid at the doors of those who have a
mission to reform and make better the
people of this commonwealth. These
alliance editors. however, have forgot
ten TO examine the records, or if they
have examined them have overlooked
the house journals of 1sS5-6-7.
Reference to house journal FOR 1855
shows that on January 20 Mr.. Smith
brought up for consideration senate
concurrent resolution No. Is, which was
as follows:
Resolved By the senate, the house Of repre-
sentatives eOncurring therein, That the stten-
lion OF the committee on railroads Is called TO
the present grain freight charges over the sew
eral roads Of this state, with a view that they
be restricted to fair and equitable maximum
by the legislature Of the state of Kansas
On motion of Mr.. Smith, of McPher-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
Wages In England.

The late Mr.. Grierson, of the Great
Western railway, of England, collected
statistics of the wages of railway labor
of the principal countries in Europe.
The range of wages in England was
from thirty shillings, or $3.50, down to
eighteen shillings, or a. 80 week. If
the Buffalo switchmen, who get %
cents an hour, were to get their desired
working day of ten hours, even with
out any advance of wages, they would
make s1S so in every week of six days
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02

BEssENrER pig iron sells for s11.9a
ton in England. According to Grover
Cleveland's theory it should cost that
with the duty (s6.T2) added, or SIs.6+ a
ton. in this country. But it is actually
selling in Pittsburgh for s14.50 ton,
only S2.5S above the English price.
This means that IF residents OF the in
terror states were allowed TO import pig
iron free of duty, they would ind it
cheaper 10 buy in the protected market
of Pittsburgh than TO pay the London
price with freights and Other charges
added.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
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s ESS5 SIS SSs s.
S%E SEA So

One busheI wheat
IL f IS: ::. i g i s. 6 6 g g
One bUshel corn
s 5 i:ss s2: E /. 2 i. IL Z Is Is S
Ten pounds butter
f. i 81? s3.: g g g Is 3 a s g
Ten pounds cheese
I:s:' Ply: s g i; !: 5 8 3 g g
One pound medium
washed wool
would buy: -
In la22...........l p s % 6 81 Il % = %
In the case Of every commodity here
given we see that the purchasing power
OF the products Of the farm Is far
greater now than it was in 1850 under
free trade. The absolute return in goods
for the farmers labor has greatly in
creased. and the farmer himself is there
fore more prosperous and has within
his reach more comforts and lUxurles
than ever before. 1t cannot be denied,
of course. that the farmer has had causes
for complaint within recent years, that
he should have done. The rapid de-
velopment OF our immense agricultural
resources. out of all proportion % the
demand for the products of the farm,
caused a depression in agriculture
For this depression free trade would
be no cure: in fact, it would be the
greatest o. all evils. What the Ameri-
can farmer has always needed and still
needs to-day is fewer competitors and
more customers, fewer farmers and
more mechanics, a larger and more
certain market. Where IS this market
to come from? Not from the people OF
Europe for they have at their command
other and vast resources OF supply; not
from the people Of South America, for
some of them are already dangerous
competitors Of ours in the markets OF
the world. Il can only come from our
own country, from a larger consuming
class engaged in other industries. Not
until that larger class has arisen, and 1t
cannot but arise If we continue our
present policy of national protective
tariff, will our agricultural producers
have still higher prices for the products
Of the farm.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02

''TALK about foreign markets?' ex-
claimed the president of one Of the
largest manufacturers of silver-plated
ware in the country. Il would rather
have the state of New York for mar
ket for our goods than the whole of
the continent of Europe. We are pro-
tectionists, not so much on account of
benefits derived by our business direct
" from the tariff, but because we ap-
preciate the superior purchasing power
of the American people over that OF
Europeans, and we know that that
superiority is due primarily to protec-
ton We want American workers to
receive high wages SO that they can at
ford to buy our goods"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-09-02
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Formulation. Population
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more tbn 90 90 40 % - 60 10 3SOO0.. ,4O0O0
more thin g. co 2GlO0 per cent instead OF
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When prosecution dis " here prosecution Ols-
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The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

The Copeland Brothers establishment, Bridgeport, is crowded with stock, the variety of which is beyond description, in styles to suit all tastes. All depart ments show carefully selected and styl- ish goods, both in foreign and domestic makes. Everything that is new in silks, dress goods, cloaks and millinery for Easter will be found in abundance. Ey- cry lady will want the modes and fabrics now being distributed free. Among oth- CT things, special care has been taken in the selection of the carpets and curtains, beautiful designs and colorings and far better values than have been offered for years.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
Mrs Florence Glover Clarke.

Just six weeks from her bridal day. Everything how changed! Those who saw the bridal party will never forget how gaily the bride tripped down the walk and sprang laughing into the car riage. Her newly made husband, Abel +. Clarke, followed with beaming face. He had waited for her as long as Jacob for Rachel, they were naturally congen- ial and thoroughly devoted to one anoth- CT. The whole town united in wishing the choicest of Heavens blessings to de- scend upon them. Six short weeks and, while the husband lay stricken with a that left him powerless to cherish and protect her whom he loved dearer than his life, the dear one was roDed for her last long sleep by loving hands (thank God for that and then, entrusted to the care of public officials, started on the home journey. Truth is stranger than fiction. Gods ways are not our ways" The remains arrived in Newtown on the 20 train, last week Thursday, and were conveyed to her home. The casket was placed in the parlor, in exactly the place where the bridal party stood. It was not deemed advisable for the remains to be seen. On Saturday at m, large concourse of people gathered at Trinity to await the funeral cortege No whispering even. A deathlike silence pervaded the beautiful sanctuary where oft ''her" feet had trod. ''It seemed that every home friend had lost" How like balm fell the words of the beautiful and grand burial service: ''I am the resurrection and the life.'' The casket was borne into the church where she, alas! never more would come, fol- lowed by her broken hearted sister. The choir sang: "Jerusalem the Golden" and "Paradise, oh Paradise" The rector, who was a personal friend of the deceased, read with unfaltering tone until he came to the prayer for the sick one. Then his voice broke and it was with difficulty that he regained control of his feeling. Strong men wept and hearts were wrung with grief. The slow moving procession, then ashes to ashes, dust to dust, till the trumpet shall sound and the dead in Christ shall rise. The choir sang, Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the Encirling Gloom" The floral dec orations were beautiful and magnificent. The bearers were E. F. Hawley, c. F. Beardsley, c. H. Gay, H. G. Curtis, c. G. Peck, Dr E. Nj. Smith.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
MT Clark is reported better.

Trade reports continue to show dull state of business. Many observers at tribute this to the silver agitation. That is apparently disposed of now, but only for time, and a presidential campaign is coming on which may hinge upon this very issue. If our currency is under threat, the business that we do by means of it must be restricted. The great West, so anxious to pay off loans at seventy cents on the dollar, finds it hard to bor- row money, and being thus cramped can not do as much buying -TCourant.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
Specimen Cases.

S.H. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism. his stomach was disordered. his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, III. .,had a run ming sore on his leg of eight years standing Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Cata- wba. O., had five large fever sores on his leg, doctors said he was incurable. One bottle Elec tric Bitters and one box Bucklen's Arnica salve cured him entirely. Sold by E. F. Hawley's drug store.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

The condition of things in Venezuela is very similar to that in Chilli before the recent overturn. President Palacio is described as another Balmaceda and his methods as those of a dictator and usurp- CT rather than of constitutional eXecu- tive. It is asserted that the country is strongly opposed to him and that, if he had not the army at his back. it would long ago have deposed him. As it is, the insurgents have an army of their own of several thousand men led by experienced soldiers and, although defeated in at least one engagement with Palacio $ forces, it was by no means demoralized, is growing daily, and is furnished SUD- plies by the people, who conceal them from Palacio. Gen Crespo, the head of the insurgent army, is said to be the ab- lest soldier in Venezuela, and to have armed and organized his army admira- bly,. On the other hand, Palacio has mon- ey and arms, large army and possess sion of the principal cities of the repub- lie, which he has fortified and is not likely to be deposed without a long struggle.
 Dissolution of the British Parliament is now looked for early in July or sooner and the elections for some time in Au- gust. Mir Balfour would not commit himself to any definite promise when i'm terrogated by MT Labouchere, the other dax b,,t h;o roplu is iptorpratnd to pnao,, that the session will not be prolonged through the Summer. There is as much objection among Tories themselves to postponing the elections until Fall as anywhere. A memorial requesting an Lord Salisbury, signed by number of the Tory members.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

The warm weather brought out Citizen Train to his bench in Madison square. ''I1e gave peanuts to the children, one at time. To prowling reporter, he said he had eaten no animal food in IS years, that universal panic and collapse are near at hand, and that he has notion to return to silence.''
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
No Mortal Evar Suffara5 Mora

Than I did and lived. was ailing with my stomach, liver and kidneys. Doctors said I would die, but a friend recommended Dr Da- vid Kennedy's Favorite Remedy to me- After using it a few weeks, was clear Of all pain
 and to-day entirely cured and owe my pres ent lease of life to Dr David Kennedy's Fla, vorite Remedy. Oscar Lambert, Jerico. Mo.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

Class Fiye-Were those who said: Why, yes' the goods are all right in their proper places. but why didn't he locate on top of the Rocky noun tains? Oh, he's fool
 -''Oh,why ,yesl These are very nice very nice! I suppose of course, you don't buy these goods right out-you send them back Ii they don't sell
 Seventa-''Well, Baker, you've got mighty fine stock and you've got the prettiest and neat est arranged showrooms ever saw, and with your advantages over the city here begin to think you ara all OK. believe you have struck it just right.
 Eighth-"Well, Baker, heaven help you; can't I hops from the bottom of my heart you'll make a success of it, but I'm afraid you won't here"
 Einth-':Let's go up and talk with the crank and see what he's got to say for himself. NC, I'll be hanged if do. l don't care to make the &C., quaintance of such fool"
 Tenth-"Well,y ,yes, you're right;it's an odd place for it here, but it's an awful good shipping point; he's got nice showroom and fine stock; his ex- penses will never eat him up here. and say what you will he's well located to catch the travelling public"
 Eleventh-"Well swear, if this don't beat all. Come, let's go want to die now"
 And so the critics came and went, day after day; but mind you, nearly all of them while looking around stumbled onto some article of furniture they were specially pleased with, and when they priced 1t and found it would be delivered at their railroad station free of charge they bought it, and really before we knew it we were head over heels' in business, shipping goods to dis tant cities and all parts of the country, and from that time on trade has steadily increased until we are now making large and substantial ship ments daily to all points of the compass.
 Call aad see us. You'll be surprised at the pri- and the stock you'll find.
 A. G. BAKER, The Hsm'sfS'i1s nitS4s Granl. Fur Opposite Union Depot, Hawleyville, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

Forty prairie dogs were received at the New York Central Park menagerie, last week Tuesday. The ground had been freshly dug up in the inclosure prepared for them and, when they were turned loose in the plot, they held parliament at once and in half an hour there were seven separate committees burrowing holes to house the colony. Some went down to throw up the earth excavated and others stayed at the pits mouth to scatter it about. They were all housed under ground, Wednesday night.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
H. J. Baker & Bro. .'s Special Manure,

Are manufactured from the best forms of soluble and available plant food. The crop IS supplied by them with food best suited to its needs They are quick Of action ou all soils and while promoting large yields, assure choice quality Secure pamphlet, Facts For Farmers mailed free
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15

The supreme object of the w. c. T. U. is to elevate the home and to protect it's members, one and all-the stronger from legalized temptation, the gentler from oppression,- Frances E. Willard.
The Newtown bee., 1892-04-15
BAKERS LITTLE STORY.
(Continued.I /

SYNOPSIS of Preceding Chapter-Baker bought o land, put up buildings, and started the furnl' ture business at Hawleyville, that famous rail road center where trains fail to connect and loneliness and the boot owl reign supreme. Visit ors crack jokes freely at Bakers expense, and he, being of modest and sensitive nature, oi course, is terribly cut up about it. They keep doing it, just the same, but in kind of an uncon soious way they buy lots of furniture while do- ing it, and thus go back on their own jokes.