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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Where the Southern Tendencies to Free
Trade Originated.

Where the Southern Tendencies to Free
Trade Originated.
To the Editor OF The Dispatch:
The genesis of Democratic tendency to
free trade dogma seems to have been for
gotten in the lapse OF time.
Upon the adoption of the Constitution in
l7ss. Washington, Jefferson, Madison and
most Southern statesmen were enthusiastic
protectionists as to domestic manufactures.
and many OF them abolitionists, with respect
to African slavery.
1t was only when the cultivation of rice
(Which demanded African slave labor be-
cause of its fatality to white labor) and cot
ton became very profitable that the value
OF the slave become recognized and the ne
cessity for feeding him cheaply, as a means
to cheap production of cotton and rice, be.
came apparent.
Then attention was drawn TO the fact that
the establishments of manufactures through
the influence of protection existed almost
wholly in the North and that the diversion
Of labor from agricultural pursuits and cre-
alton Of home market for agricultural
products had increased the price of grain
and provisions and consequently the cost Of
feeding slaves and producing cotton and
rice. Then the South became interested in
reducing the North to a purely agricultural
country, and they became free trad ders ac-
cordingly, that the work of protection might
be undone. The South dominated the Dem
ocracy then and has ever since, but the
manufacture of cotton fabrics, iron, steel
and other goods, made possible by protec-
ton. and the prosperity resulting there
from, are making an impression in the South,
which in time will teach lessons of intelli-
gent self-interest which even hereditary
tendency to Democracy ana free trade can
not overcome. Fl. E. O,
PITTSBURG. Nov. L.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
TO BOMBARD THE CLOUDS.
General Dyrenforth Starts for the Southwest
With New Explosive.

General Dyrenforth Starts for the Southwest
With a New Explosive.
NEW YORK. Nov. 6-General R. G. Dyren.
forth, special agent Of the Department of
Agriculture, started for the Southwest yes
terday afternoon, on his second rainmakfng
expedition. The coming operation, General
Dyrenforth said, will be conducted mainly
with rosellite, a new explosive invented by
DR.. Resell, which can be easily made from
nitrates, CELEBRATES and asphalt oil. Besides
the materials for making rosselite the expe-
dition will carry a quantity Of compressed
oxygen in cylinders and apparatus for gener.
ating oxygen and hydrogen gas to be used
in initiating balloons
Speaking of the work Of the present expe-
dftion General Dyrenforth said: "It has
been proved, l think to the satisfaction of
most people, that where heavy clouds are
present, which, If left undisturbed, would
pass away without rainfall, conclusion will
cause agglomeration and precipitation in
the form OF rain. 1t has also been shown, 1
believe, to the satisfaction OF those who
were really present at an actual rainfall op-
GRAFTON, that moisture laden air currents
can be brought from a distance to the To-
cality of the operation, but this is not gen.
orally accepted as fact. 1 shall give this
matter crucial test, and 1t be fact will en-
deavor to demonstrate it in such a manner
that it will be generally recognized as
sucl.n
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
A TARDY DISCOVERY,

The shipment of 200 tons of pig iron
from New York to New England is made
by the Boston Herald, free trade organ,
the subject of homily on the fact that
pig iron is nearly if not quite as cheap in
this country as in England. Therefore the
Herald concludes that the duty on pig iron
is needless.
This, with its subsequent animadver-
sions regarding the duty on iron ore, can
be left for what it is worth. The interest
ing point is that this free trade organ has
leading case in which the tariff is not a
tax. If the duty is unnecessary because
iron is so cheap it plainly does not impose
any tax on the consumers of pig metal by
raising the price The fact is that the
cheapness of pig metal which the Herald
comments upon is an illustration of the
law of domestic competition which is the
principle at the bottom of protection.
The time was when the pig iron industry
needed protection to save it from being
wiped out by the competition of cheaper
European iron. But the tariff stimulated
the development of our resources until pig
iron is so cheap that the duty is no longer
a tax.
We doubtif the time has yet come when
the pig iron industry could flourish with
out any protection at all But it is true
that large share of the duty of Sc 70 is
unnecessary for protective purposes But
as by the Free Trade organs showing it
does not increase the price of the staple,
it would be interesting to have it state the
fact plainly to its readers that when
domestic competition brings down the
price the tariff is not tax
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07

THE Governmental Signal Service made
another record OF rather bad breaks in its
predictions last week. The morning indica-
tions, as published by The DISPATCH, ac-
companied by statements of the course of
the storms and areas of temperature, gave
tolerably clear forecast; but the afternoon
predictions struck an area of decidedly low
pressure in the line of verification. After
predicting clear and cooler weather with a
persistence which only produced the rains
and SHOWS of Friday and Saturday, new
tack was taken on Saturday afternoon, an
the public was warned of a smaII-sized
blizzard which was to freeze up everything
with 20 to 25 degree temperature. I'm.
fortunately this was followed by wea ther
which showed that if the bureau had stuck
to its prophecy of clearing weather 1t would
have scored hit as Sunday was an almost
ideal approach to the Indian summer. The
Signal Service is a useful institution, but it
strikes streaks of hard luck and hard
weather at tiEles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Among the passengers on the limited for
Chicago last evening were George NJ. Pull
man, Lottie Collins the music hall singer,
and Frohman's comedians. Mr.. Pullman is
going home to vote and is confident Har-
rison will be elected. He doesn't believe
the people want change.
Colonel j. M. Reid, of Connellsyille, ].
r. Cambell, of Oil City, and Abner Nc
Kinley, of New York, a brother of the Ohio
Governor, put up at the Monongahela
House last evening.
Gus Thai, St Louis drummer is at the
SchIosser. He says the Peoples party will
cut down the Democratic majority in Mis-
souri,, but the State will be Tor Grover any
how.
George L. Pearson, of New Castle, and
B. d. Wood, of New Orleans. were among
the guests at the Anderson yesterday.
j. P Mcdowell, of Sharon. and S. P.
Ewing, of New Castle, are stopping at the
Seventh Avenue Hotel.
George w. Shaw, of New Castle, and
Robert Ball, o. Wheeling, are registered at
the st. Charles.
Charles Mccarthy, of Butler, and Peter
Murphy of Washington, are registered at
the St. James.
Thomas Maxwell, of Hazelton, and P. f.
Walsh, OF Struthers, are at the Central.
James D. Smith, of Bradford, registered
at the Duquesne last night
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
ADEMoCRArIc CONFESSION.

There is very remarkable confession
in the Democratic outcry against permit
ting the United States Marshals in New
York to make arrests for attempts at il
legal voting. The Democratic organs
with one voice raise the shout that this
must not be, because the power to make
such arrests will 'intimidate" voters and
make them stay away from the polls.
The assertion that the New York Tam
manyite is of that shrinking and fearful
nature that he will avoid the polls for fear
of arrests for which there are no good
reasons is pathetic one; but it fails to
reach the public confidence. If this is the
case the Democracy must lose their time
worn title of the ''unterrifed" and accept
instead the new adjective of the frightened.
But we think New York Democrats are
not so timid as that They know that if
one of them is arrested without reason
they have their civil remedy. Conse-
quently we shall expect to see the mass of
legally qualified Democratic voters in New
York casting their regular and straight
ticket
But the Democratic assertion of Gin
timidation" may have foundation in the
case of another class. The repeaters, the
colonized voters, and the ballot-box
manipulators may quite P ssibly be in
Inundated by a certainty of arrest. To
them the possibility of damages for false
Imprisonment offers no alleviation to the
terrors of arrest. That is the only class
of men who have as much heart as mice
that can be intimidated by the deputy
marshals. The unanimous Democratic
outcry therefore resolves itself into con-
fession that the Democrats hope to carry
New York by the vote which has reason
to fear arrest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
THE BUNGLED BALLOT.
The Reform Association Says the Inconven-
ience Is Due to Its Enemies.


PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.-The Executive
Committee of the Pennsylvania Ballot Re-
form Association has issued q long address
for the purpose OF calling attent ton to the
fact that the Inconvenience complained Of
are not those of the system but are the " ork
of its enemies. After stating their belief
that the difficulty Of operation of the new
ballot law is overestimated, the committee
files these as the principal charges against
the act:
First, the great size of the ballot; sec ond,
the requirement. OF the affidavits OF f1ye per-
sons to the qualifications of the signers OF
nomination papers; third, the provision that
no words shall be used in any nomination
papers to designate the party or policy rep
papers, as aforesaid, identical with OF SINH
far to the words used for the like purpose in
certificates of nominations made by q con-
vention OF political party. which at the
last preceding election polled three per
centum of the largest vote cast; fourth, the
provision for the allowance of assistance to
voters in case OF disability"
The address concludes: "lt is hoped that
at the next session Of the Legislature they
will be remedied; at any rate. an amending
bill will be introduced for, it Is not believed
that the people when they have once ex-
perienced the benefit OF the secret ballot
will be content until they have the system
in its perfection, and it is believed that the
system, even with the imperfections laid
upon 1t, will prove itself fully worth all the
trouble, all the expense and all the annoy
ance which its introduction has caused"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
THE MANNER OF VOTING.

The use for the first time at a general
lection in Pennsylvania of the official
afiot tomorrow creates apprehensions
hat many people will lose their votes by
errors in the marking of their tickets.
This will be novel and unfamiliar mat
er to large majority of voters; but at
sntion to one or two simple rules will
'eatly reduce the probability of vital
orts.
The voter who wishes to vote a straight
rty ticket can do so by marking the
ace opposite the name of his party
herever it occurs. On the ballot pro-
ded each regularly constituted party has
= column to itself, but the party name oc-
ours at the head of various groups. For
each time the party name occurs the voter
must place the cross mark in the space op-
posite and must mark no individual
names
Voters who wish to scratch the ticket"
as the old phraseology would have it, or
to vote for certain candidates of one
party and others of another party, as well
as those who wish to vote for the minor
parties whose nominations are by nomina-
ton papers, have more prolonged task.
They must look up and mark each indi-
7idual name they wish to vote for. In
oting for candidates of the Peoples Pro-
ibitionist or Socialist parties this work is
nplified by the fact that each party has
olumn to itself; NJ in such cases every
e must be naked even to vote the
traight ticket. Also, if voter desires
to split his vote he must mark
every name for which he wishes to vote.
To mark the party name under the i'm
preston that this will be vote for all the
candidates, except where the candidate
for the other party is voted for, would be
simply throwing away the vote except for
those candidates whose individual names
are marked. But a voter can split his
vote in one group by marking all the in
dividual names and vote a straight party
ticket on the other groups by marking the
party name.
The most arduous task of all is for the
voter who wishes to vote for men whose
names are not on the official ballot and
will therefore have to write them out.
PP;S;tr~aSyuch PPS cases will be so rare in this
election as to form no appreciable factor,
much comment need not be wasted on
them at present.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
ENFORCING THE QUARANTINE.
A Number of Atlantic Liners Held by the
Health Officers.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-[SpeciaL 1.-The Treas
ury Departments latest construction of the
Presidents proclamation Of September l,
which quarantines all ships with fmmi-
grants in cabin or steerage for 20 days,
caused the detention of the Hamburg Amer
lean steamship suevta and the Hill Line
steamship Richmond Hill in the Upper Bay
all day to-day. The Suevia has 245 cabin
passengers Among them are SO citizens
and l59 aliens. Some OF the latter intend to
settle in the United states.
Eight liners are due tomorrow that have
about 900 Storage and 800 cabin passen-
gers aboard Among the fleet are the Au-
rama. of the Cunard Line, from Liverpool,
with 202 cabin and 800 steerage; the Aller, OF
the North German Lloyd, from Bremen ana
Southampton, with 230 cabin and 20 steerage;
the Trave, of the North German
Lloyd, from Bremen and Southampton,
with 1874 cabin and steerage,
all American citizens; La Bretagne,
of the French Line, from Havre, with A5
cabin and IA steerage; the Pennland, of the
Red Star Line, from Antwerp, with 225 cabin
and so steerage; the DeVonia. OF the
Anchor Line, from Glasgow, and the Zaan-
dam. of the Observation-Disclosures Line,
from Amsterdam Each of these ships after
being cleared by the health officer, will have
to get special permission from the Treasury
Department to proceed to her dock.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
THE opening of the fair for the benefit of

The opening of the fair for the benefit Of
the southside Hospital in the old United
States building, corner of Fifth avenue and
Smithfield street, transforms that unattrac-
tive and unsentimental building for the
time being into a place OF beauty and pleas
ure. The pleasure in the attractions of the
fair will be enhanced by its charitable pur-
pose; and the enterprise of its management
in locating it at one Of the most prom
inent places of the city will secure its
financial success. Everyone will join in
wishing the charitable enterprise large
revenue, and the vast majority will give
those wishes q tangible form by visiting it
and af1ording it q liberal patronage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
THE LARGEST IRON WORKS
In the World to Be Managed in Mexico by
Coils p. Huntington.

In the World to Be Managed in Mexico by
Coils P. Huntington.
DURANGO, MEX, Nov. 6.-ISpeciaL lone OF
the largest mining deals ever known in
Mexico has just been consummated in the
purchase of the wonderful iron mountain
near Durango and the extensive steel and
iron works in this city by Coils P. Hunting
ton, President of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road. The price is private matter, but it
will run high into the millions. 1t is believed
that Mr.. huntingdon already had the bar
gain as good as made when he extended
the Mexican International Railroad into
Durango.
MIR. Huntington intends to make of his
new possession the largest iron works on the
American continent, controlling not only
the iron market of Mexico but of South
America. This iron mountain is the largest
deposit of iron in the world. The ore is
parted from the earth's surface and yields
IS per cent Of iron. The famous traveller and
explorer, Humboldt, proclaimed it the
eighth wonder of the world. The mountain
was owned by syndicate of Scotch Eng
lish and French capitalists. 1t has been
worked in desultory way for centuries.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
TO PENETRATE AFRICA.
w. Astor Chanler to Enter the Unexplored
Regions of That Continent

W. Astor Chanler to Enter the Unexplored
Regions of That Continent
NEW YORK. Nov. 6-[SpsciaLl-THE DIS
PATCH has already told Of William Astor
Chanler's proposed expedition into the un-
known parts of East Africa. This young
man had roughed 1t in East Africa as
hunter and at last became imbued with the
desire to add to our . knowledge Of
the Dark Continent. He spent
large sum Of money in fitting
out an expedition for his proposed work.
His purpose is to ascend the Tana river to
Mount Kenia, climb that mount, then If pos
sible travel north to Rudolf and stefanie
lakes and plunge into the wholly unknown
country northeast to the head of the Judes
river, which he will endeavor to descend to
its mouth.
A letter containing some Interesting in
formation about the expedition after 1t
reached Africa has been received from the
well known explorer Lieutenant Won Hohel,
whom Mr.. Chanler secured to accompany
have left nothing undone that might con-
tribute to their success. The writer says that
after three months preparation they
oH SEPTEMBER stsSs s the The rsna shTss ss
Europeans in the. party are Mr.. chanler.
Lieutenant Hohel and Chanler's servant,
bers l7s including 100 swahelipoters, u
Soudanese and Somali soldiers. The party
has 10 camels, 43 donkeys, 2 Samoli ponies, 10
cattle for beef, 80 goats and sheep and
dogs.
During the three months Of preparation
the white mon were very seldom together,
being at Zanzibar and various places along
the coast hurrying forward the prepara-
tions. Hohel says the equipment is one Of
the best that has been taken in Africa
The camels, which is hoped will sur
vive the rough work before them,
were the finest that could be procured In
the North, and HoheI wrote that the entire
expedition would watch with anxiety the
effects of the journey upon the animals. 1t
is likely that Chanler will be able to report
his progress until he gets beyond Mount
Kenia. after which it is probable that the
explorers will not be heard from for upward
OF q year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07

THE mistake of the Providence Journal
in crediting the phra Sc, "Claim everything
with confidence" to Uncle Dick Thompson,
of Indiana, is corrected by the Washington
Post, which say it was John T. Thompson's
contribution TO political literature "when
he was chairman OF the Ohio Democratic
committee and was making great effort to
elect Gov. Bill Allen" The esteemed
Post has the authorship correctly. but is
mistaken in the date The richness Of the
phrase consists in the fact that the sanguine
Thompson set it afioat in the late '6O's or
early '7O's, when the Democrats did well if
they carried one State in five.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
a LONG JOURNEY BY WHEEL.

WyIie, the Dead Broke Cyclist, Arrives in
Chicago From New York.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6-Harry Hiliard Wylte,
the dead broke'' cyclist, who rode from
New York to Chicago by way of Indian
apolis on a wager that he could complete
the task without the expenditure of a cent
finished his journey at the Chicago City
Hall this afternoon at 5:05 o'clock. He was
met at the Pullman by members of the
Chicago Cycling Club, who, after a royal
dinner at the Hotel Florence, acted as an
NJ. and was given three weeks to make the
trip. He has some Is hours to his credit
The trip, although a tough one, was very
tesy t by different clubs along the way. He
will make Chicago his home for the present.
AS result about So, 900 changed hands. The
wheel used was pneumatic safety.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
WASHINGTON TO BE BLESSED
With Another Afternoon Paper, Edited by
Couple of Able Men.

WAsHINGToN, Nov. 6.-[SpectaLl-A long.
romantic. dramatic history might be written
of the Washington daily newspapers that
have sprung up, rioted through more or less
momentous careers, and dropped into the
vast cemetery filled with the gnostlY re-
mains of dead ventures in their line. For
some time there hGye been but two dailies
in Washington, the evening Star and the
morning Post. Another. an evening paper,
the Ne,cs, ia soon to be added, and much is
expected of it in the way of brightness and
ability, as it will be under the management
of Messrs Alvord and Guthridge, who have
been for a long time at the head OF the
W ashington bureau of the New York Herald.
Mr.. Alyord succeeded Charles Nordhoff as
the telegraph editorial writer, and Mr..
Guthridge has been the chief OF the bureau
for six or seven years.
1t is said there is ample capital at the back
of the venture, and the best success is hoped
and wished for it. The local papers are ex-
cellent and prosperous, but i'll a city OF the
size of Washington, and the capital of the
country, to boot there should be room for
more without the least detriment to those
which are now passing through careers SO
profitable and brilliant.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-07
FREE TRADE LOGIC.

The campaign of education this We ar
has produced some striking idiocies which
demonstrated that the authors of them
we're beyond the power of educa ton.
None of them, however, were equal to.the
outbreak with which the New York
Herald finally got down off the fence on
he Democratic side, and thereby lent
moral aid and comfort to the Republicans.
The HeraId's outbreak consisted in
scattering throughout its pages compari-
sons of American wages with English. In
ne place it showed that British lace
lakers earn S6 per week; American, SIS;
nglish locomotive engineers get 81 46 a
~; American, So %; English iron rollers,
291l day; American, 81 3911, and so
through long list of occupations. This
exactly the sort of comparisons on which
G Republicans have been making their
fgS; and without further context their
appearance might create an apprehension
that the Herald had burdened the Repub-
lican Nrty by Topping to its support.
But max the sapience Of the
Herald II this disparity of wages
is kept up bN maintaining the tariff, the
Herald aff1rmsA there will be an influx Of
British workmerNto this country. Argat
saith the profound organ of public opinion,
we must inaugurate the free trade policy
and stop this dangerous disparity. of
wages.
This is delicious. Workingmen, your
wages are from twice to two and half
dimes those of the English. This is very
dangerous If it keeps on you may be
overrun by an influx of English artisans
70 forestaH that calamity 80 vote that
our wages may be cut down to the level
Of the Lancashire weavers and Midlands
iron workers. If that ~ safety