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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Silence.

Silence, in the sense of absolute
stiffness, is almost unknown in MAJ
turc. In her loneliest shrine there is
nearly always a world of small noises,
of STRINGS and rustlings, CULVER OF
leaves, hum of insects, stir of flower
cts and grass blades, song of birds
only in the desolate Arctic regions.
or the painless desert, does the en-
plorer enter into the realms of abso-
lutte silence. and then it is oppressive
and terrible. Noise itself may be
missed.
The Dorset poet writes truly when
he speaks OF the over-woricd mother
complaining of the NOISY fun" of her
children: hut chry nicles how, in later
years, when the family was scattered,
"somc married. some Dead" the lonely
old woman looks back to by-gone
days, and she do wish, with idle
tears. to have again about her ears"
the very noise which once stunned"
her.
How terrible is the quietude which
settles over the household after the
death of a child: how dull the silence
UIIdU ICI tuuCS ULC CSCuUllSIll1CllU hlICl
the return of the boys to school. al
belt every ono had previously grum-
bled at their "incessant noise"
1t is said that a miller's wife, leav-
ing the mill after the death of her
husband. suffered so much from STILL
ness through missing the clack of the
machinery, that she made her serv-
ant bring the coffec.mill into her
bedroom every evening and grind
her to sleep"
Like other grievances, noise itself
may be "mourned when missed" The
professed foes of noise often increase
what they attempt to destroy. "Name
me, and you break me-" is an old
riddle, but not apparently n al
ways remembered by the loud-voiced
! callers for Silence"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

surplus stocks. Then prices will adj
vance and wages can go ,. Or inn
provements and economies may be in
troduced in the manufacture which will
enable better wages to be paid though
the price of the product o not adj
vance," This, in effect, is the reply Of
the employer to his men.
There is no question that domestic
competition has forced prices down till
steel sells for six dollars a ton below
the protection of the tariff rate, or for
only about four dollars more than 1t
does in Europe. But assuming that at
u price of $22. so per ton the steel manu-
facturers could afford to continue pay
ing the. old wages, and that the work.
men are justified in fighting against a
cut, who is ready to assert that the
former could continue tn pay the old
wages if the protective duties were re-
pcalcd, and steel costing SIS a ton in
England We're sen here by the shipload
to compete with Pennsylvania steel? II
the American manufacturers had to ask
% per cent. less than they do now in
order 10 meet foreign competition, how
long could they keep on paying present
wages?
1t is clear that domestic competition
has gone SO far tina IL ituOCS not justify
II cut in wages it is on the verge of
doing so. Evidently the result of
foreign competition, if it were given free
scope, would be IL heavy reduction in
wages. And in view of the stubborn
ness with which steel manufacturers re-
fuse to keep on paying old wages when
they got but So. 30 Al ton for their steel,
it is easy TO see how fixed their deter
mination would be not to pay the pres
ent wages if they got but about SIS u
tom.
IL the present fight ovc Il compare
lively small reduction is 81 serious in
its nature, imagine tho gravity of tn.
situation when the removal of protection
demanded by IL Democratic platform
called imperatively fora much hcavic,
reduction. And if a small reduction in
the wages of u few thousand men i'll one
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Mali. AND EXPRESS: Democratic
newspapers are endeavoring to make
political capital out of the fact that
Mr.. Carnegie is a Republican, but
what this has to do with the Prcsi-
Dental contest it is difficult to under
stand. Mr.. Carnegie says he is a pro-
tectionist and Il Republican. He has
had difficulties with his workmcn,
hut employers OF labor in frcc-tradc
England recently have had several
lockoutS, and it is but a few years
ago that William l.. Scott, the ac-
knowledgcd leader of Clcveland's
forces. had IL p%rotractcd contest with
tens of thousands of his coal miners.
Mr.. Scott was Il frcc-tradcr and Il
Cleveland man, and was really IL of
the active managers of Clcveland's
campaign. Democratic newspapers
which are attacking the Republican
ticket because of the Carnegie diff
Guilty mast have short memories or
think their readers have forgotten
the history of the events of the past
few years. Mr.. Scott and Mr.. Car
ncgie, rs employers of men. had their
own business interests to care for.
If Mr.. Carnegie violates the law he
can be punished. and the same law
that will punish him for its violation
also promises him security in the pos
session and control of his property.
and provides for the safety of his EN-.
ployes.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
.Chicago inter Ocean.
which was bought abroad in 1889. Eggs
were free under the old law. but q duty

which was bought abroad in 1889. Eggs
were free under the old law, but a duty
of 2 cents a dozen was imposed by the
present. With no duty S2,O7l ,6l4 worth
Of & & came into our markets from
Canada in 1889, but only $533, 497 worth
when the duty was applied. The duty
on hay was increased from So to "a per
ton, and the result has been that the
importation has fallen from 81 ,1S3, 1872
worth in 1888 to S451 1872 in 1891. The
duty on faxseed and ,inseed was in
creased from go to 81 cents a bushcl.
During 1889. with the bower duty, 81
13U,7 1916 worth of these articles were im-
ported, while only $3.50, 4Go worth came
into the country in 1891 under tho
higher Mckinley duty. This list might
be extended, but these items toll the
story. That the good RESULTS of higher
protection for the American farmer may
be clearly presented to the eye and
mind, let the above official figures be
grouped rs, follows:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
r,,e p,nn,y,v..,a I,nnor trouble.

The iron and steel industries of tho
whole American nation are practically
suspended to-day. Forty thousand
workingmen have laid down their in
struments of toll and the fires of $40
mills have gone out. The women and
children dependent upon this army of
workingmcn swell the whole number to
a quarter of a million souls who have
relinquished even the prospect of gain
ing the fOod they need for their bodies
Tomorrow. And all this is to protect
256 Of their fellow laborcrs from u
change in the method of computing their
earnings.
No reduction of wages was even
threatened with the new scale proposed
by the mill-owners. Only the remote
possibility of q reduction was condi-
toned upon the market for steel billets
dropping to S23 instead of SIS.
Is there another government among
men where such sympathy has created
such perfect bonds of union among the
classes who labor as in America, with
her freedom and her institutions pro-
tected by u republican form OF govern
ment?
Ono glance ut the awful condition of
English labor, Mt the suffering of tho
working classes under Russian despot-
ism. ut the poverty and degradation of
Southern Europe, and then back again
to the scenes of American industry,
where labor and capital meet on equal
grounds and with equal Independence,
and the American workingman can
thank God for the Republican party and
its principles ri protection for American
industries.-Alail and Express.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Lake of Blood in D.homey.

Father C%hautard, formerly a mis-
sionary in Dahomcy, says the follow.
ing is the truth about the lake Of
human blood mentioned by many
travellers, and said to be large enough
to float a canoes: "In front Of the
kings palace there are really two
holes measuring a cubic limeter
(35. 318 cubic feet) each. They fill
these with blood and float upon it a
little boat made of silver"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

UNDER the Cleveland administra-
tion the United States public land
laws were virtually nulliticd and
Western immigration greatly checked.
During the entire administration only
44,443 land patents on agricultural
lands were issued, while during the
Harrison administration 23l, Coz have
been issued. These patents are to
individuals and represent actual set
Elements. The Democratic platform
approves the paralyzing policy pur-
sued during the Cleveland admins
tration and says, "We pledge our
selves to continue this policy" 1t is a
policy that is distinctly hostile to the
development of the West. =
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

HsmEH's WEEKLY takes this
chccriui view of the situation from
the Democratic standpoint: lit is Il
happy lMtunc that voters who hold
MI. ui.vclanl's views have in him a
canaii,, altogether acceptable"
Thu. seems ALI very nice. But, un-
fortunately for Mr.. Cleveland, there
utc nuI enough voters OF his way of
ti,imEius T., make him President.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

I'mEs.nHNr HARRISON has been
strenuous in his efforts to secure for
the colurcd voter the same treatment
that Is accorded to the white voter,
aud .he Democratic press is to-day
making those efforts the occasion of
attacks on the Republican party. II
every coiored voter in the Northern
States, where his franchise Il be ex-
crciscd without danger, will cast his
vote for the benefit Of his race it will
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
ISp1ANAroL1s JOURNALS; The cour.

IND1ANApoL1s JOURNAL; The cour.
age of those calamityites at Omaha,
who spent the Fourth of July in de-
claring that the country is on the
ragged edge of starvation, when Kan
sas whcat-growers were calling for
help to take care of their great har-
vest, and the volume of business and
industry was never so large, is of the
quality which the bull possessed
when he attacked the locomotive.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

In accepting his nomination in
1884, Mr. Cleveland said that, to
make suffrage free and interrupted,
no means would he more effective
than an amendment to the constitu-
tion disuuatify,ng the President from
reelection Vet Mr.. Cleveland ac-
ceptcd - second nomination in 1888,
and u uird in 1892. An ounce OF
cxamui. is worth . ton OF prcccpt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

TMH ~. Louis Democrat
treats as absurd the suggestion that.
Masssea,u,.t OHIO and Iowa should
Ire usccd ON the list Of doubtful
States. " says tile fact is that the
Republicans have Il much better
chance of carrying West Virginia
aud North Carolina than the Demo.
Gratis layc of carrying any of the
thee States mentioned" But how
,ho.l. the Republican chances o
havim. West Virginia ana NORTH
Csrcim, en"m:"d far them rel i
they vn,,>d t'icm'
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

ATTENTION is again called to the
fact thst the first plank adopted by
the Chicago Convention 10y way of IL
platform was Il hit of timber from the
old Confederate constitution.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Tue Democratic candidate for Vice
President pleads That his grecnback
record add his war record were made
SO long ~" that they ought to be for
gotten. The prayer for Oblivion is Il
very c"n.tmon Democratic petition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

TIE Democratic organs are
doing the force till" racket. They
can't scare cvcn themselves, to say
nothing M frightening the country.
Even il there were a force bill this
hysteric,i :hricking would soon
make - ,arcr hill out of it.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Tun Kansas CITY Times says that
"no ,nan j., as zig AS his party" What
occasio" tad t,at paper for making
SO cruct y reelection on Grover Clevc-
land aud tic other leaders of the De
mocracY2
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

trade causes so great a commotion,
imagine the effect of IL great cut first in
the millions of men engaged in all the
protected Industries in the United States;
and second in that of the m,,ltitudes of
men employed in building trades, trars-
portation, and other businesses. The
Homestead mill trouble would he as a
molehill to Mount Vcsuvius in an erup-
tion.-ChicarO Tribune,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Pant Evaporation.

A sunflower evaporates II pints Of
water a day. and a cabbage about the
same quantity. A wheat plant ex-
halcs in l72 days about 100, 900 grains
of water. An acre Of growing wheat,
on this calculation. draws and passes
out about ten tons of water per day.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
what WIN the South DO.

Under protection the iron industries
OF the South, which has great natural
advantages in the proximity OF ORE coal
and fluxing material. are developing SC
rapidly that they threaten to revolution
ize the iron trade Of tho country.
Under reciprocity the demand for cot
ton. which is the great agricultural crop
of the South but which has recently been
a glut in the market, has enormouslyiM-
creased.
Look at this table.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

result in the recollection of President
Harrison, who can be relied upon to
do justice to all citizens, regardless
of their color, in Northern and South
crn States alike. This is a lesson
which it will be we'll for colored
voters in the doubtful States to bear
i'm mind.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

CaNnnhrH CLnvElANp's war rec
ord aud Candidate Stcvcnsom's war
record are exactly alike. except that
Mr.. Cleveland sent Il substitute.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
New York Press.
1904 VIII Repeat 8 8

q 0 VIII Repeat 1883.
Same leaders on both sides. :.
Same platforms.
Same tariff issue. only more clearly
defined.
Same Harrison.
Same Cleveland.
Same Tampany.
Same American people.
Same result!
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

"Tnn Golden Circle" appears to
cling .,,.,ut General Adlai ~Stevcnson's
neck like II dcfunct albatross. He
a not Shake IL. 49,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
lin. Imported in
Total .:l5,9l1 .lt4 ~

Thus n appears That the intfeastd
duties of the Mckinley law ha*e r.
duced the value of those half-lnHcn ar
ticles purchased abroad from Sl5 ,9ll,-
1854 to $l, 49, 06. r Sill ,292, 15s,. which is
over 40 per cent Will anybody assert
that n market which is broadcned Sll,-
292. 900 is OF no value to the American
e. .,,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Somn Western Democrats will need
mighty long legged pants by the time
they successfully straddlc the party's
silver IiaNk.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

Tmn heavens wcpt when Cleveland
was nominated at Chicago. But
they mc liable TO smile when he is
defeated ~ tlle polls.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

"GENvHAL" ADELAIDE STEVEN
SONS "war record" is the first joke of
the campaign.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Guodl and Hat.

The best farmers are those who
read and study the experience Of 9TH
ers, and who endeavor to practice all
the improved methods.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
YAnDs OF OTTO CLOTH EXPORTED puRnSs;

Here is an incrcase d 66 per cent. IN
one year!
What will tho South do?
Can she bc SO foolish rs to aid the
Northern Democrats, behind whom stand
the foreign importers, in destroying the
commercial policy which is fast building
up her industries2
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
rar,n Picture.

Democrats say the Mckinley bill is a
failure. These figures do not show 1t.
For the fiscal year Of 1891, ending June
80, We sold abroad Sl69. 225, 92l
W4se9a,eCs@
more than we bought. For the previous
year the balance in our favor was only
$36, 347, 922
New York press.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

THOSE souvenir spoons with Clcvc-
lands head arc soup spoons.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

TmE Tan,many tiger will dine of of
the fat prophet next November.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19
Free Trade Thcor,e. and Actual Facts.
The Homestead strike at pittshurp is

Free Trade Theories aud Actual Facts.
The Homestead strike at Pittsburg is
unfortunate, but strikes, like other mis-
fortunes, will occur from time to time in
prosperous as we'll us unprosperous years
as long us there are nearly $6D, O0J, 200
in wages annually to be fought over.
Iron is to-day selling lower that it ever
did in the worlds history, but this is
only one of many causes Of the strike.
The A~malgamatcd Association or union
has locked horns with the largest mill
owners over only IL single class of labor,
but the moro important questions ut is
sue are the time at which each years
scale of wages shall be put in operation
and the adoption of improved machin-
cry.
Tho demagoglc effort of Democratic
newspapers to turn the strike into an
argument in favor of free trade will fail
this year, as it has SO often failed be-
fore. Governor Campbell made Car
ncgie's great fortune the chief Issue in
his speeches throughout the iron dis
tricts of Ohio last fall, and the result
vas u gain of 30,l7f In the Republican
plurality against Campbell.
In Pittsburg, also, Democratic orators
told their hearers that, in voting for
the Republican candidate, they were
voting ito give Carnegie another S1O,-
000, 000--to make the rich richer and tho
poor poorer This d%cmagogic party
cry was answered by the voters Of AL
leglany County, threc-tifths of whom
We're iron workers, and all of whom
were enabled to east Il secret ballot:
Elcc,i, III of lseo. Election of 1891.
Republican 80. 81, o1a Republican 500. III, 1870
Democratic ....... 1910 Democratic. ......1 Ii, 76+
Rep. majority. 1892 lsep. majority. .l5,o7,
Gain in the Republican plurality, 49,
ss3. The Pittsburg iron workers, u
large proportion of whom am excel
lent wages and own their own houses,
understand the protection issue better
than the Democratic orators or news
papers.
The frec-trade argument that, ii IL
wage dispute arises in IL protected in
dustry, the remedy is to abolish the in
dustry altogether is not one that ap-
peals TO %Pittsburg's 10000 iron work.
ars
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-08-19

The frec-trade argument that, if IL
wage dispute arises in IL protected in
dustry, the remedy is to abolish the in
dustry altogether is not IL that ap-
peals 10 Pittsburg's 10000 iron work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-16
baltimore.

BALTIMORE. MD.. Feb. la-Flour firm;
Western super, s3l0@&D; d.. extra,
wheat patent, "a. ejlO; spring wheat
patent, s5a12l: do. do straight sA65@LSj:
receipts 1909 barrels; shipments, 4,560 barrels;
sales, 2.lgJ barrels Wheat strong; No. = red,
spot. sLOp6aLO34; February, sl0@6e 1.03l4;
March, sl034@LO39; May, SL034glO3la;
steamer No. .. red. 99c; receipts, 5l3'9
bushels; shipments 6l,2u bushels stock, 49,
OC1 bushels, sales, $1,000 bushels; fultz. 95c.E
SlOj; LOngberry, Mc.8Sl0i Corn easy; mixed
spot. 19a 1921 ,c.: February. 4aa4g4c.; March,
f9e39isc.; April. l9lac. asked May. a. &C. asked
steamer, mixed 4.@4osc.; receipts 3d.
l5l bushels shipments, $1,000 bushels; stock,
I,99,l.l bushels; sales 100000 bushels South
ern-Wmte hrmor. 4sa5lc.; yellow quiet, 41@
4gc. oats easy; No. white. Western. asl39
Hc.; 40. mixed, Western. 3@&l9c; receipts,
5000 bushels; stock, 1926 bushels Grain.
freights al %. steamer 90 Liverpool per bushel.
81 3d.; Cork. for orders per quarter. 3s cotton
per pound, Bloc; -four per ton, in sacks, i2s
3d. Cotton dull, mlddllng Use. Provisions
firm, unchanged. Coffee steady, Rio cargOes
fair, l1iac; so. z, 1850 l5c. Sugar steady.
graduated. 3-16c. Peanuts active; Virginia
hand-pickod, 3iem4 SIC ; Virginia farmers, ESQ
&C.: North Carolina farmers. 2l3a3'4c.
Virginia cOnsOls threes. f2'lo,2iHc.; Balti-
moro and Ohio stock. 9il3a9d]ec.; Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern frsts, lO3al4; do.
first incomes. q bid; do. second incomes 80
asked, 90 third incomes, 9l4@l0. Consolidated
Gas bonds, 1l212 bid: do. stocks, 4S12@4sis.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-16

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. i5.-No offerings OF to-
baccos az auction on Change 10 day.
lrlNate sales reported TO the secretary OF TIT
richmond Tobacco Trade to-day: Wrappers, a.
hoesheaasi hlcrs' IL; cutters, 2; smokers, ID;
cutting Tugs, 3; leaf dark 80 Total 1856
ONCE of the tobacco inspector reports to-dav:
inspecuons bright, 3, no sheads; dark 5 hogs
heads western = hogsheads. Reins pectiOns.
bright % hogsheads.
Farmers, Allegheny Yaughans. Old Domin-
ion, Shoburne s, trcnshaw Meals Dayen-
ports, Planters and seabrooks tobacco ware
houses report to-day: Receipts rs packages;
deliveries, 2il
once Of the collector of the United States
internal revenue reports collections for the city
of Richmond, Va. TO-DAY as follows. Tar naid
on cigars and cigarettes, s692.55: tax paid IN
plug tObaccos. S3,t65.7g. Total, si.35s34.
A small reak OF bright tobaccos at Shell.
burne's to-day.
Crenshaw's sold 1850 pounds brights to-day;
highest prices, S2l
to-day: prices SATISFACTORY.
The Semi Weekly Record Of Saturday, Feb
ruary 18th. reporting the Petersburg tobacco
market. SAYS: The following will show the move
ment OF tobacco during the past week at the
various warehouses: Moore 3, receipts. 4S hog
heads: loose 65.9l5 pounds. Farmers, receipts.
Of bogsheads; loose. lO3.S05 pounds. Oaks, re-
coipts. II hogsheads; loose, 1890 pounds. Cen
tire, receipts ~ hogsheads loose. 15,l2b pounds.
West Hill receipts, 80 hogsheads; loose. $3.50
pounds Total receipts, 2l3 hogsheads; loose'
3Ol ,595 pounds o,
Total Inspections from the LIST Of October,
1880, to December {. 1891, 600 hogsheads. oaine
time last year, $50 hogshoads.
Registered at the Richmond Tobacco Elk
change today: L. NJ. Met orkle, Clifton Forge;
n. H. Bowman, Charles W Bohmor. LynchDurg;
b. y. Vaughan, Petersburg; Orlando Wemple'
Danyille.