Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-05-12

Cairns. 35
See the new assortment of fancy
shirts at Boyd & Cairns. 35
B. R. Click & Co. have received a
car load of the celebrated Tiger drills.
Also ten car loads of lumber. u
Alex Irelan, the millionaire falAs
of Fremont, was in the city a few dA 5
this week
For well seasoned lumber. sash, doors
and all building material at bed rock
prices go to B. R. Click & Co. SO
Go to Taylor's restaurant. Meals at
all hours. Also a fine line of fruits.
confectionery, tobacco and cigars. 16tf
The Reps. in convention assembled
last week resolved to recognize in
Benjamin Harrison the godfather of
our young commonwealth = and the
irrepressible Bierly rises to remark
what disconsolate lot of orphans
there will be in this state after Novem-
Der 9th.
Mamma Ito her little boy. "Now,
Bonnie, if you IL be good and go to
sleep, mamma III give yon one of DR..
Ayers nice sugar-coated. Cathartic
Rills, next time you need medicine -
Bonnie, smiling sweetly, dropped of to
sleep at once.
The Langdon contingent returned
home from the Grand Forks conven-
ton Friday evening. They do not
seem to be of as good fighting ma
terial as the democratic delegation
and Cavalier county will not be rep
resented in the republican national
convention. We understand, how
ever, that large delegation will go
to Minneapolis from this county, as
visitors, and that p. McHugh will
leave for that city about June LIST to
secure suitable quarters.
The jamestown Alert, the lead
ing republican paper of the south
western portion of the state,
circulating principally in that Sec
ton where the greatest portion of
the wool produced in the state is
grown, commenting upon the speech
delivered by Congressman johnson
against the Springer Free Wool bill
says:
Congressman Johnson's speech on
wool in the tariff debate over the free
wool bill, is generally commended, and
is by far the best forensic effort the
North Dakota member has yet made.
Mr.. johnson takes the popular side as
viewed by his district and state. But
the popular view is not always the cor
rect one, and the farmers of this
country have got beyond the point of
clinging to a business proposition sim
ply because it is a party proposition.
Conditions and not theories confront
them and they want the true facts in
cut athwart political prejudices.
wool has kept up declining price.
congress claim wool would have been
worth several cents less this spring,
owing to the over production in Aus
tralia and other countries, had it not
been for the Mckinley tariff. eThey
back up their position with logic and
arguments that seem almost irrefuta-
bic. But the fact still remains that
wool is cheaper this year than last, and
in the manufacturing districts Of the
east and in Boston particularly, where
the causes that conspire to influence
the wool market are studied and inves-
tigated by shrewd practical men, the
opinions of the effects Of the present
wool tariff are widely at varience
Wool men who are republicans and
believe in protection as a political prin.
ciple, question the benefits of the tariff
on raw wool. They say the price Is
about as low as it could get without
making wool a complete drug on the
market and that if the Springer bill
passed it would have little OF no effect
AS matter of interest in this con
nection, the belief of many wool deal
ers is that the protection on wool is no
needed in the fleece but in the manu-
featured article. That all kinds O
WOOL enter into the fabrlc-WOOlS tina
are not raised in this country ant
which must be used by American man
ufacturers, if they are to compete will
the excellent goods made in Europe b,
skilled labor, and cheap labor
MI. Johnson's joke that wool is no
a raw material. but manufacture
product of sheep, and grass, may be al
right for joke, but dirty wool is Gel
tainly as raw material as some con
gressmen.
The wool question needs a good dea
more light upon it to get all the actua
unbiased facts before the public.
The Sugar Trust.
Doubtless many people are wonderin
how it comes that with free sugar W
have now recorded the organization o
the sugar trust.
When the protectionists pretend t