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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-26
REPRESENTATIVES,.

A MAINE woman conducts large
foundry and engine works at Dunkirk,
n. Y.
A MAN was arrested at Lawrence,
Kan, the other day for stealinga street
car ride.
A Missouri man ate eleven dishes of
ice cream and did not die until a week
Rfterward.
A NBwARK gentleman advertises for a
wife ''who is pretty, but entirely ignor-
ant of the fact"
AN American is doing time in a
Mexican Jail for violating an old law,
which forbade nine consecutive mar
riages.
AN Ohio man aged ninety-two years
has spent his life as traveller, and is
now making his twenty-ffth circuit of
the globe.
AN old man, seventy-nine years old,
living in Nodaway county, Miss,
plowed his own land this spring with a
horse twenty-nine years old, which was
born on this same farm, and has worked
on it with the old man ever since.
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IN DAYS OF OLD.

THE New Testament was first printed
in Irish in 1902
As late as I772 women rode astride-
Side saddles are modern inventions
1t is just one hundred years since the
Cornishman. William Murdoch, discov-
cred that coal gas might be used as an
illuminant
THE most curious among famous
pearls is that which, three centuries
ago, the French traveller, Tavernier, sold
to the Persian monarch for s575, GOO. 1t Is
still in the possession of the present
shah.
On was used for burning in lamps as
early as the epoch OF Abraham, about
1921 b. C. II was the custom of the
Jews TO anoint with oil persons APP
pointed TO high Offices, as the priests
and kings
FEW relics of antiquity are so curious
ly interesting as the charts employed
by ancient mariners, which have por-
trayed upon them ever so many extraor-
binary monsters, horrible dragons
and terrific giants scattered here and
! tharA
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CURRENT COMMENT.

Two-THIRDs of the male population Of
the world use tobacco.
A STRAW hat and a linen buster have
been worn for forty winters, by DR.. s..
B Victor, of Columbia, Mo.
THE value of sealskins shipped from
Alaska since that territory came into
the possession of the United States is
given at S39, OOo, 900.
CUT of the total 73,OS4 paupers in
almshouses in the United States in the
last year, 81. Is per cent. were white and
but s. s. per cent, were colored.
DIR. II HAMMOND, of Washington, has
collected seventy cases which have oc-
CURED in that city during the last ten
years of men dying suddenly from run
ming after street ears.
DURING the last eleven months of the
governments fiscal year the imports Of
champagne fell to 2S7, 591 dozens from
37e,1s7 dozens in the corresponding
months of the year preceding.
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to be sensi BILE that he was addressing
distinguished company.
Say" he called, ''do you see any fire
there?''
AS he spoke the nozzle of the hose
rested gently on the frame of the
window. and just at that minute the
men below began to pump away on the
engines brakes They're sturdy crowd
in Amity Dam, and the stream they
forced through that hose would not
have disgraced city steamer. Unhap-
PLY, by Samny's carelesSness, 1t was
directly on to the midst of the assem-
bled multitude in the attic. There was
no fire in sight, but there was good
deal of water, and the crowd that at
tempted to escape down the captain S
narrow stairs did not comport itself
with the dignity it had few moments
before on it's way to the meeting. In
the confusion somebody was heard to
say damn with a fervor fully up to
the requirements of the situation, and
the town is now divided into political
parties on the question of who said 1t.
But by and by Sammy discovered that
the captains well water was being
wasted, and he directed the stream
against the burning shingles. In few
minutes they were eXtinguished and the
now celebrated fire at Capt Randall
was over. However, there were few
, little matters to straighten out. A
thoughtful lady who had seen Deacon
Barker remove his coat had taken it in
charge so that no harm should come to
it. She had carried it to her home, and
then in the excitement had forgotten
all about it. Deacon Barker searched
for it with natural solicitude. Maude
saw him looking about with deadly
anxiety in every line of his face, and
with quick feminine intuition she
! Jumped to the conclusion that he must
| be the father of that baby. So she
hunted the baby up and laid it in his
| arms.
Great Jehosophat-" exclaimed the
deacon, but Maud interrupted him.
do not thank me, SIR" she said; 81
have done only my simple duty" snc
she hurried away.
How the deacon got rid of the child
do not know, but Mrs Buttons got hin
at last. Then the crowd dispersed
Amity Dam became quiet again. anc
presently from my window l heard
Deacon Barker leading the doxology II
his shirt sleeves, but not less piously fol
that. HOWARD FIELDING
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She is popularity supposed 70 be only an

She is popularity supposed to be only an
inreterate shopper; that she is paid for
the pleasurable pastime OF trotting
from store to store is often secret
even to her own family. The "secret
shopper" must be ladyhke in manner
and well dressed. Her business Is to go
from one shop to another and price and
buy special lines of goods. In these
days of fierce competition it is absolute
ly necessary for each storekeeper to
know what his rivals have to offer
The secret shopper" must ind this
out and report. Her salary ranges from
eight dollars to fifteen dollars week,
the time of service being from three to
five hours day.
She must have a pleasing address,
with tact enough to persuade the sales
man or woman to drag the choicest,
newest articles from their hiding places
Her business must not become known,
for were her identity suspected her
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(coPYRIGHT 1921

an apprenticeship OF one year and was
boarded in the family of her employer.
These two customs soon fell into dlsuse.
The wages of beginner averaged three
dollars a week, the same as now, but
then everything was cheaper; good
board could be had in New York for
$3.50 week for one person. The high
est salary paid first class saleswoman
rarely exceeded twelve dollars a week
until the civil war broke out; then
everything took jump up.
AS soon as A. It. Stewart saw that
saleswomen were success with his RI
walls, the LIE Boutilliers, who were the
first 20 employ them, he introduced
women into every possible department.
of his establishment. The lead OF the
New York merchants was quickly fol-
lowed throughout the country.
In the course of an interview recent
ly with saleswoman now with
Broadway firm, she said:
II was one of the first women to be
employed by Stewart and renamed
with him till his death. He was aware
that English saleswomen are required
to dress in tight-ftting black gowns
without jewelry or furbefows, but he
did not dare to exact that Americans
should wear a livery; nevertheless 1t
amounted to that, and this is how he
managed it. He kept his eye upon US
all the time. If girl wore light
colored dress he wouldn't appear to
notice it, but would wait until she hap
pened to appear in black dress. Then
he would hurry to her, and with a
pleasant smile would say: Why,
Miss -, how well you look in black!
Quite charming. declare, and l take
it as compliment to myself, Tor you
know black is my favorite color above
all for a business woman You may be
sure that that girl never afterwards
wore anything but black while in his
service And as for jewelry, there were,
of course, no restrictions upon our
wearing it, but he was as clever In let
ting us know his ideas upon our wear
ing it as he was his 'favorite color Ii
a girl wore bit Of jewelry, breast
pin or bracelet. his eye would be sure
to fasten upon it in the course OF the
dav, and he would say to her
always with smile and pleas
antly: 4 see You are wearing a
very pretty brooch, but don't you
think thai jeweiry is rather matronly
for youth and good looks like yours"
Mr.. Stewart had pronounced ideas about
colors and their appropriateness, not
only to the complexion but to the age OF
women. If new girl, not knowing
his tastes, appeared some warm day in
a pink dress he would take occasion to
pass her counter and mutter to himself
out loud enough for her to hear: Pink,
eh! pink Pinll's for youth, little girls
and extreme first youth. No woman
over sixteen should wear pinll-kills
the complexion-pinkl bah!' He was a
/ sly old fox was Stewart, and in this
adroit way he managed that we should
wear a regulation costume Of black
with simple bow of ribbon at the
/ throat for sole ornament" Stewart
| was the first merchant to Introduce
dressmaking and ready-made clothes
into dry goods store in this country.
This occurred many years after the
advent of saleswomen. His first mod
| iste was a Miss Hudnutt, whom he sent
twice year to Paris and London for
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RULINGS OF THE COURTS.

IN Logan county, KY, no court has
been held for twenty-five years.
A MISSISSIPPI man who brought suit
against railroad company for the
value of the ticket which he bought
but could not use won his case.
A MAN in Dakota was lately sem
fenced to prison for half lifetime, and
the supreme court has decided that the
time means nineteen years, seven
months and four days
Thu treasury department has decided
that resident of Canada who spends
his summers in the United States must
pay duty on horses that he brings over
for use while he is here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-26
FIRE IN AMITY DAM.
The Loss Was Small, But There
Was a Barrel Of Fun.
Howard Fielding Tells How Capt. Joe
Randan's House Was Saved and
Several Other Things Were
Lost-Pursuing Baby.
IcoPYRIGHT, 1927

It was so still in An1ity Dam, Me-,
on that peaceful Sunday morning that
] could hear the boy pumping wind
into the organ preparatory to choir re-
hearsal in the Unitarian church, a
quarter of mile away. I could also
hear Capt. Joe Randall reaping his
whiskers in the house across the street.
The grating of the razor was not es-
pecially soothing to the nerves of the
listener, but it was a good rural Sun
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Death IL Welcorne.

''There was great pathos," says mis-
sionary in Honolulu, in story heard
from friend who had just returned
from a visit to Mololai. He suddenly
heard the joyous strains of band
strike up in the leper settlement.
What is it for? he asked. The answer
was: Two lepers have just died in the
hospital"
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That would Be Bad.

Gummey-It would never do to have
girls on the police force
Gargoyle-Why wouldn't it?
Gummey-You see, every arrest they
would make would be miss-apprehen-
sion--Detroit Free Press
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-26
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.
What They Do With Special Skill
and How They Are Paid.
4. T. Stewards Cunning Management OF
the GirIs-FemaIe Drummers and Buy
ers-High Salaries for Specialists
The Secret shopper.

HE first bust
ness woman
in the Uni
ted Sta t e s
found en-
ployment in
t h e d r y
goods trade.
Following
the English
system, the
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saleSwoman
had to serve
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
PROTECTION Defended.
Senator Aldrieh's Recent Speech in
the U. s. Senate.
THE EXCELLENT EFFECT OF THE
MCKINLEY LAW.

Facts and Figures Collected by Official
Experts Pursuant to Senate ResoIu-
ton of March 8, 1891, Show the Cost
of Living Reduced and the Wages of
Labor Increased-The Farmers EspecL
ally Benefited.
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1t will be observed that the ad valorem
rate on all importations for the fiscal year
1899 was 2065 per cent, the lowest rate
since 1861 and a lower rate than the aver
age imposed by the act of 1916.
An analysis of details of both imports
and exports will develop the fact that de-
sirable changes have taken place in the
character of each. The exports of manu-
featured and other articles, exclusive of all
farm and agricultural products and pc
troleum, amounted in value in 1892 to
$2s7, 665,370. This value of expectation of
manufactured articles, ETC., it will be OBJ
served is 1872 000, 900 greater than the total
average annual value of all exports for the
period 1S47 to 1861.
also present a table, which will have
printed, showing the value of the exports
of the leading products for each year from
1883 to 1892, inclusive The amount of
duty per capita collected during the fiscal
year 1892 was 81. 81; that is, less than half
the relative amount collected in 1872, the
amount for the latter year having been
1928 per capita.
These statements and comparisons must
be extremely gratifying to every patriotic
American. They show beyond any posi-
bilitv of doubt that the expansion OF our
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Farr Alpaca Co.. Hol-
yoke, Mass:
Double warp coat lin
ings, 50 inches. .....
Single warp coat lin
ings, SO inches. -.
Dress goods
Manchester mills, Man
chester, N. H:
1913" cashmere, IS
inches. ..............
Arlington mills, Law
renee, Mass:
Cotton warp CASH
Z mere, No. 100, "a to
35 inches. ...........
Cotton warp cash.
mere, No. 200, 35 to
36 inches. ...........
Atlantic mills, Provi-
dence:
Atlantic's Fs, IS
inches. ..,...........
Alta n tics FFs, IS
inches. ..............
Hamilton Wooden Co.,
Southbridge, Mass:
Cashmere. 81 inches.
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The number reported in 1890 is 79S, being
more than ten times as many in this single
year as reported by Mr.. Warner for the
eighteen months covered by his statistics
Available statistics show that in Great
Britain, the paradise of tariff reformers,
3,164 strikes occurred in 1889. The British
board of trade officially report 1,02S strikes
in 1890, with 392,9S1 persons involved in 73S
of these.
1t will be seen by comparison of the
relative number and Importance of strikes
in the United States and in Great Britain
for the year 1890 that the number was
much greater in the latter country, and
that the number of persons involved was
more than three times as great in proper
ton to the number of persons engaged in
useful occupations in the respective coun-
tries.
In the recent strike in the Durham eng
lish) district 100000 coal miners went out
and remained idle from March 10 to June
l, when they accepted reduction of 10 per
cent. in wages. This strike involved the
closing down of 100 blast furnaces in addi-
ton to the suspension of mining operations
The statistics submitted by the senator
from Missouri confirm in striking man
ner the Judgment of every intelligent OBJ
server that there has been a remarkable
freedom from strikes and labor troubles in
this country since the passage of the tariff
act of 1890. 1t can be said that at no time
in the history Of the country has labor been
SO constantly and profitably employed
and at such satisfactory wages as in the
period referred to. No person in the Unit
ed States with the capacity and willing
ness to work is out OF employment.
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No other country can show such record
of expansion and development. 1t will be
seen that the excess of exports over i'm
ports, or balance of trade in our favor, was
$500, 944 ,342 in 1892, an excess of exports
over imports that has been exceeded in
amount but three times in the history of
the country.
The following table shows the percentage
of free and dutiable importations under
each of our tariff laws enacted since 1S47:
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE VARIOUS TARIFF
LAWS, FROM 1S47 TO 1S92-PERCENTAGE
OF FREE AND DUTIABLE,
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This table shows decline in prices in all
cases varying from 2.s cents per yard to 17.7
cents per yard.
1.-THE senator then pointed out that cot
ton velvets and corduroys had sold very
high previous to 1879, that Americans
then attempted to manufacture them,
when foreign manufacturers at once re-
duced the price SO low as to drive the
Americans out of the market, and that,
though the prices have since been raised
and are little higher than when the Nc
Kinley bill passed, they are not yet SO high
as in 1851. He presented the proofs and
continued];
Bearing upon the question as to whether
an increase has taken place in the price of
table cutlery, will state, upon the au-
thority of Charles S. Landers, of Landers,
Frary & Clarke, of New Britain, Conn.,,
large table cutlery manufacturers, that
the prices on the entire line of goods manu-.
featured by them are at least ~ per cent.
lower now than they were in October,
1890, and that no advance has taken place
since that time. l will print Mr.. Landers'
letter in The Record
In regard to the price of pocket cutlery
have received letter from Mr. w r
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foreign commerce was accelerated rather
than narrowed and limited by the act of
1890, as stated by the senator from Mis-
souri,.
1.-THE senator then quoted the oft pub
lished statement that wool growers re-
ceive no benefit from protection, referred
to recent statement by Mr.. S. N. d.
North, secretary of the Wool Manufac-
turers' association, pointed out that his
reference was to woods of very different
kinds and continued:
1t is true, however, that the statement
furnished by Mr.. North does apply to
specific grades of wool and to grades that
for many years have sold in London and
the United States at substantially the
same prices. They are, however, sold in
their respective markets in very different
conditions, and the net cost of cleaned
wool to purchasers is widely different
The senator from Missouri was not aware
lam sure, that Mr.. North had protested
in published letter against the use which
had been made Of his figures. Mr.. North's
calculations OF the relative shrinkage Of
the two grades of wool establishes the fact
that the difference in their actual value
was about equal to the wool duties levied
by our tariff The Australian woods are
sold skirted, while the Ohio woods are not.
For the purpose of showing the actual
cost to an American manufacturer of 3
pound of secured domestic wool purchased
in the United States as compared with the
cost to his English competitor of a pound
of secured wool of similar quality in Lon
don, I submit the following table, which
shows the average annual price for each
of the twelve years, 1881 to 1892, inclusive,
of secured pound of fine Ohio fleece in
the United States and of average Aus
tralian fleece in London:
COMPARISON OF PRICES OF OHIO AND AUS
TRALIAN WOODS.
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Price in
London of

cents.
The price of the pound of clean wool is
of course the only test Of actual relative
value to the manufacturer, as this fixes
the cost of his material
I also submit table Of prices for the
years of 1851 to 1891, inclusive, taken from
a similar statement published by Justice,
Bateman & Co., of Philadelphia. In this
table the comparison is made between
Ohio medium fleece and New Zealand
crossbred, and the quotations for each
grade are the average price for each year:
COMPARISON OF PRICES OF AMERICAN AND
AUSTRALIAN SECURED WOODS.
TJustice. Bateman q Co. e Bulletin. Nav 1927
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It will be noticed that the Farr Alpaca
company, of Holyoke, Mass, quote double
and single warp coat Innings at a lower
rate in July, 1899. than in either of the
previous years. The other quotations sub
mitted by me are the prices at which the
goods manufactured by the five leading
American producers of women's and chill
dren's dress goods sold their product at
the respective dates named. These quota
tions show q decline in price in every case.
These quotations refer only to domestic
goods; but a very large proportion of the
goods of this class consumed in the United
States is produced by the domestic manu-
facturers, who have practically the con-
troll of the American market.
It can, however, be conclusively estab-
lished that the cost to import the great
mass of women's and children's dress
goods is less today than it was before the
passage of the act of 1890, and it is GER
tainly true that both foreign and domestic
goods of this character are sold at retail at
lower prices now than they were prior to
October, 1890. I have been furnished by
Messrs. William II. Burgess & Co., of
Paris and New York, with statement
showing the foreign cost and the cost to
lay down in New York, duty paid, of all
wool cashmeres, standard quality, 10 to 10
twill. Other descriptions of all wool dress
goods vary in price with these at a fixed
ratio. This statement shows that the cost
to import the goods in question, duty and
other charges paid, in 1887, was 44.2 cents;
in 1888, 42S cents; in 1889, Ala cents, and
in 1892, 40 cents per yard. This would
seem to clearly establish the fact that for
the great mass of wonlen's and children's
dress goods used in the United States the
cost laid down in New York to the import
er is less today than it was prior to tariff
changes.
In regard to the price of astrakhans there
is very little to be said. The demand for
this fabric is extremely limited, and fuc-
tuations in the price are of very little i'm
portance to the people of the country.
have, however, been furnished with sam
Piles and price list of astrakhans of do
mestio manufacture by the Goodall Wor-
sted company, of Sanford, Me. This list
shows that tie company referred to sells
54-inch astrakhans, 50 ounces in weight, at
1888 per yard net to their customers, or at
81 cents per yard less than the cost of i'm
porting similar goods, as reported by Mr..
McKeever.
I submits table showing the compare
tive prices at which silk sleeve Innings
were sold for consumption prior to Oct
ober, 1890, and in 1892:
PRICES OF SILK STEPPED srEEvE TTNrycc
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families of the country, this would be
equivalent to- say, $25 per family, or an
aggregate saving for 13, 000, 900 families of
1926, DOC, 900 for each year.
The addition of this vast sum annually
to the national earnings and wealth is an
achievement which speaks with more
eloquent voice than / can command in be-
half of a poucy under which such results
are possible.
1t is very significant that while the cost
OF living in the United States declined for
the period covered by the investigation of
the financial committee the cost of living
in England increased 1.9 per cent. If the
conditions had been reversed our Demo
cratic friends would have insisted that
this was the direct and logical result of
rival revenue systems. l am curious to
see what explanation they will now make.
The result is unquestionably very sur
prising one to them and one which they
will have difficulty in explaining away.
While the attempt to compare average re-
tail prices in England and the United
States is not satisfactory, am convinced
that for a family buying the same quantity
and q,Wlity of articles at retail in the two
countries the cost of living would not
be higher in America.
At no time IN our history have the earn
ings of the American people been as great,
measured by their power to purchase the
comforts and necessaries of life, as they
are today. Measured by the same stand
ard, they are vastly greater than those of
any other people in the world.
1.-THE senator here analysed a table pre-
pared by Mr. Daniel McKeever, of the
fir,,, Of II HorpooY, CT oh %