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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
CRYING for Wool nnties.

The National Association of Wool
Manufacturers held its twenty-eighth
annual meeting at the Fifth Avenue hotel
New York, on Jan. 10. This is the associ-
alton of which William Whitman has fes
several years been president and dictator
Whitman's ability to influence the Re.
publican party and to secure high pro
tective tariffs for manufacturers has
made him pre-eminent among his associ-
ates. His false statements in regard to
profits and duties have brought him into
disrepute among Democrats, and hence
it was deemed advisable, if the associa-
tion was going to attempt to influence
the new administration, to elect presi.
dent less obnoxious to the Democrats.
Hence Rufus s. Frost, Of Boston, was
made president.
That this association thinks that there
is no radical difference between Repub
icans and Democrats, and that the next
congress is going to be swayed from its
purpose to legislate for the people by the
clamorous demands of few rich manu-.
facturers, is evident from the following
interview with Major Stott, of Lowell:
The fight to which the association
must dedicate itself for the next four
years is the retention of as high an ad
valorem duty on the manufactured prod
uct as possible. That the duty of eleven
cents pound on raw wool and the com.
pensating duty of forty-four cents
pound on the manufactured article will
both be removed by the incoming ad-
ministration we take for granted. To
keep as much Of the present ad valorem
rate Of duty Of 50 per cent. on the man.
ufaoturssda article and to have it raised If
such thing be possible is what we now
aim at. We count upon the assistance
of Democrats, such as Congressman
Moses Stevens, of North Andover, Mass,
who is himself an extensive wooden man.
ufacturer. With the aid of our friends
in the Democratic ranks we may be able
to retain protection enough to save the
industry from ruin.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Nerves and Nerve.

After q seven years courtship George
Bailey, a well to do farmer, and Esther
Bailey, his cousin, have made two at
tempts to get married in Norwich, Pa,
within two weeks, and the wedding is
off. The ceremony was to have been
performed Wednesday of last week, and
"a large number of guests were present
Suddenly the prospective bride disap-
peared and was found locked in her
room. To her parents appeals to come
out she only replied, "I'm too nervous!
l'ni too nervousl It'll have to be put Off,
Nothing would do but postponelnent
to Monday. Monday came and the bride
was over her nervousness and ready with
the guests. But now the bridegroom did
not come. Instead he sent this message:
I'm not nervous. On the contrary, I've
got nerve enough to postpone this we'd
ding indefinitely" And it was post
poned. Philadelphia Record.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
ODDS AND ENDS.
.ckles were FIRST made in 1880.

Buckles were first made in 1880.
Italy sends 100000 eggs to England
every week.
Last year 8,OO0,0 kilograms were han
Lled in London.
We pass our lives in realizing the truth
OF commonplaces.
Many children, many cares; no children,
no felicity.
There Is nobler use than the pursuit OF
personal happiness.
A woman who says silly things easily
learns to say malicious ones.
Faraday explained in 1910 electricity gen
Grated by high pressure steam.
Jean Beethoven, the father of Ludwig
Won Beethoven, was chorus singer.
Flowers in the garden of memory only
reach perfection IL watered by tears.
There are $4,000 oil wells in this country,
and their daily outputs 10000 barrels
Mosquitoes did not inhabit Dallas until
the railroad was built through that town.
There is considerable difference between
firing into o train and being fired out Of one.
Kirke White, the English poet, was a
butchers son and carried steaks to his fa-
theirs customers.
The oldest man in the house of representa-
atives Is Edward Scull, of Pennsylvania
paszsas- born in 1919,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Theft Revealed by n Dream.

Mrs. Cornelia M. Thomas, of st.
Paul, is under arrest charged with hav-
ing stolen $1,000 from her sister, Mrs.
Mary D. Phillips, of Seattle, Wash. The
circumstances preceding the arrest are
peculiar. Mrs. Phillips was in st. Paul
recently. She returned to Seattle and
while en- route dreamed that Cornelia
Thomas had distracted 81, 900 Of 90, 400
which she had in the lining Of her dress.
A search revealed the amount 81 900
short. Mrs. Phillips returned at once
to st. Paul Mrs. Thomas was searched
and part of the stolen money found on
her. The stolen bills were sewed into a
belt worn next to her skin by Mrs.
Tt omas.- MINNEAPOLIS journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
visitors to enc Great Fair.

According to present indications there
will be large transfers Of population be-
tween New York and Chicago next sum-
mer. The Chicago women who are not
identified with the various movements
that their sex are undertaking are begin
ming to anticipate with disinay the hos
pitalities the great show will entail.
These propose to let their houses in Chi
cago for the summer months. and take
lodgings in this city or occupy cottages
at the seaside, When these opportuni-
ties have been made known such of
the New York people It's expect to visit
the fair have avaiel themselves of the
chance of escaping the crowds at the ho-
tells and the chances of boarding houses,
and engaged these vacated houses. A
group of people divide the time among
them, succeeding one another in such in
stallments HIS they may arrange, and
with their own servants live as comfort
ably as if at home. Many New Workers
would gladly avail themselves of such
opportunities if they could be made
known, If some econvenient exchange of
properties could be established it would
be mutually beneficial. - New York
Evening Sun
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
DECLINE OF EARM VALUES
The Tendency Of the TariH l. to Build Up
the City nj the Farmers' Expense.


The Tendency Of the TariH l. to Build Up
the City at the Farmers' Expense.
The Republican campaigners in Ohio
wers confronted with report from the
5eeennial state board of equalization
that evidently played mischief with them
in the agricultural districts.
According to this report, the value of
farm lands in the state Of Ohio has da-
creased in the past ten years from 1854, :
s2e,5l6 to $576, 1873, ,975, or a loss of $685.
100000.
AT the same time the value Of prop
erty in the cities, towns and villages Of
the state, as shown by the same report,
has increased from $412, ,6S3, ,3l4 in 1880
to 1857, ,s49, ,5S7 in 1890, or gain of $780,
100000.
The natural tendency Of modern civil
ization is to build up the cities and
towns at the expense of the rural dis
tricts. This tendency, which is a matter
of serious regret, is increased by the
American tariff. The tariff id a tax i'm
posed in the main upon the agricultural
communities for the benefit in the main
of the cities, towns and villages.
There is no mistake as to this tendency
and its effect. It is not that simply by
The census returns and this report of the
Ohio board Of equalization, but by every
census report and every official docu-
ment relating to the subject that has
been issued in the past twenty years.
Rapidly power is passing from our
rural population to our urban popula-
ton. 1t is passing from the population
thoroughly American to that portion Of
the population that is largely foreign.
The tariff is taking the control of Amer
ican affairs from the Americans of the
old stock and giving it to those who are
not Americans or those who are newly
made Americans.
Mckinley and all of his fellow states
men point to the policy as the "Ameri-
can" policy and insist that free trade
means the subsection of American inter-
ests to foreign control. Every report
contradicts this. Every year shows more
clearly than the year before that the eff
feet of the tariff is pernicious in all of its
ramifcations. 1t is injurious to our po-
htical institutions. 1t is harmful to our
social condition. 1t is burden upon
those who can least afford to bear it and
blessing to those who need blessings
least.
The evidence to sustain these facts is
cumulative. That such would be the
case was prophesied in advance. Mr..
Webster predicted in 1924 that if the pro-
tective system was adopted it would
prove ruinous to the commerce and agri-
culture of New England. That such was
the tendency Mr., Sherman himself testi-
fed twenty years ago upon the floor CT
the senate. That this tendency has in
creased year by year every public docu-
ment Of any value declares.
The time has come to change this tend
ency, to weaken, as far as possible, the
worst effect of the aggregation of wealth,
to lift the burden from the poor, to open
to them every avenue of profit and sue
cess, and give them the freest trade con-
sistent with the revenue demands of an
economical government. New Age.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
THE PLATE GLASS CONSPIRACY.
It's Object I. TO Keep Prices Up TO ths
Highest Possible Figure.

It's Object Il 70 Keep Prices Up TO IN,
Highest Possible Figure.
Another co,lbination Of the kind for
hidden by the Sherman antitrust act hai
Just been formed. It is n combination
Of the plate glass manufacturers, and a
It was completed on the last day of 1s9.
1t may be accepted as a New Years gif
to the American people The nine firm
and companies who mako all the plat,
glass manufactured in this country hay,
appointed O commissioner, who vii
sell all the glass produced by them. dis
tribute the orders among the producers
regulate production and maintain a uni
form price.
The object Of the combination Is not (
secret. A Pittsburg dispatch to the New
York Tribune, dated Dec. %, announced
that meeting to perfect the combins
ton would soon be held in that city, ani
added: "The avowed intention of tn,
fraternal combination is to keep plat
glass prices at the highest figure posi-
bic and at the same time keep them low
enough to shut out all importations.
The same dispatch says that at a pre-
vious meeting an advance OF 80 per cent
was agreed upon, but that western pro
ducer thought 25 per cent. would b.
about the right figure.
1t is quite safe to predict that the at
torney general of the United States will
not instruct any district attorney to 'lay
the Sherman act alongside" Of this com
bination. 1t is tariff sheltered, friendly
arrangement, and nobody connected
with the present administration has even
bestowed anything but smiles Of encour'
agement upon any snch thing. The
plate glass industry is one of the Repub
lican pets, and the Harrison aadministra
ton may be trusted to do nothing
in order to prevent the nine concerns
engaged therein from making hay while
the sun shines. Mr.. Miller will be
pleased to see them get their full pound
of flesh from this time on until the Dem.
ocrats get their new tariff law made and
in operation. He will not make any
pretense of applying the Sherman law
in their case.
But the Democratic tariff revisers may
be expected to make a note or two in
their memorandum books. They will
note that the combination has advanced
the price 25 or 80 per cent, as the case
may be. They will also note that the
average duty on plate glass is fraction
over 33 per cent, basing the calculation
on the importations and values of 1891.
They will also note that the avowed in.
tention is to raise the prices not quite
high enough to admit of considerable
importations. Putting these things to-
gether they will see that the prices re-
sulting from free competition among
American manufacturers are not much
above foreign prices. Hence they will
conclude that our plate glass industry
would survive without any tariff protec.
ton at all, and they will promptly smash
the combination, not by means of the
Sherman act, but byabolishing the tariff
taxes which shelter it. In that way they
will quickly bring to naught this con-
spiracy against the pockets Of the Amer
ican people.-Chicago Herald
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Rough Treatment.

"Well, Rastus. how did Christmas
treat you?"
"Chris'mus done treat me we'll enough,
sab, but de Christians dey's been harass-
in of me-"
How was thatY'
Il gibs var my wo'd, sGh, a great fat
plump choking done fewed into do
winder O my home de day befo' Chris
mus, sab, and | was arrested on Chris
mus day sab, for habin dat choking in
my possession, sab. Said stole her FUN
Majah Yancy, sab; md jes' because I
couldn't prove what dey calls a yallerby
when Nose Thompson said he seed me
at de coop de night befo' dey fined me
fo' dollars, sab. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
why the Great Eastern Failed

Referring to the failure Of the Great
Eastern, which at the time was attrib-
uted to her size, in comparison with the
success which now attends boats of
nearly the same dimensions, how plain
now to naval architects, vessel owners
and in fact everybody possessing even q
limited knowledge of the requirements
as to power in large steam vessels is the
main cause Of failure in the Great East
ern. Her power was entirely out Of
proportion to her great length and other
dimensions. The dimensions Of Atlantic
liners are now approaching to nearly
the size Of the Great Eastern. The
length of the Great Eastern was $50 feet
and her horsepower 1850 The new
Cunard liner Campania is $50 feet long,
but her horsepower will be 80, 900, and
it is said that the boat which the White
Star line proposes to build at Belfast,
Ireland, will be 700 feet long. 1t is the
difference of power to which attention is
called, however. MARINE Review.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
San francisco critlelses New York,

New York is as self absorbed as hamlet,
which is why it is SO painfully provincial.
It is under the fattering illusion that be
cause city of / 100000 inhabitants is big
ger than one Of 100000 therefore the man
who lives in the larger place is bigger in
proportion than his neighbor of the smaller
one, Now it happens that the averageman
forms the bulk of the population nearly
everywhere, and as the average man is gem
orally a fool all cities are much alike. New
York is an exception. Her ordinary citi-
zen Is not an average man. but an inferior
person. either an immigrant or the offspring
Of immigrants.
The New York immigrant is below most
in brains and energy, else he would not
stay there on landing to wallow in dirt and
poverty. The worst Of the refuse Of all ma
tions remains where IL is dumped, which
accounts for the unapproachable sQuaior
and ignorance and depravity of New York 3
slums.-San Erancisco Areonaut.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02

A case was reported recently Of an
engineer being killed by his head strik-
ing against sagged telegraph pole as he
leaned from his cab window, and several
instances are lately noted of brakemen
being swept from the roof Of cars by
bridges. But perhaps the most singular
accident of this kind occurred in Mis-
souri, last week. An engineer of an Iron
Mountain train was leaning out of his
cab window passing Williamsville when
he was caught by the mail catcher--the
iron pole and hook arrangement for
catching the mails from moving trains
and pulled clean from his engine,
through the window, falling beside the
track as his train passed on. He was
seriously injured. Exchange.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Funny yEooIgrowers.

The Ohio Woolgrowers' association.
composed of Lawrence, Delanoa and Harp
ster, which has been in state of sus-
pended animation since the election. has
begun to show signs OF returning con,
| sciousness. A notice from Judge Law
renee has been published in the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette, calling meet
ing of the association at ''the agricul-
tural rooms" in Columbus, on Jan. 12.
LET the woolgrowers and wool dealers, y
says Judge Lawrence, "see that a large
delegation attends from every county
their interests are threatened with de-
struction." The agricultural rooms,
where this large attendance is expected,
will seat about fifty persons possibly
100 might be packed into them. They
are two rooms in the statehouse, as
signed to the secretary of the state board
of agriculture. The question will nat
urally be asked why the largest hall in
Columbus was not hired for such an oc-
casion, there being at least 100000 wool
growers in Ohio and $4,000, 900 pounds
Of wool produced in the state last year.
II the industries of 100000 people in
single state are threatened with destruc-
ton, surely 1 per cent. of them. e.,
1,000-ought to respond to Judge Law
rence's bugle blast. An additional rea-
son for coming together in force is given
by the judge. he says:
"a prominent free wool advocate re-
Gently published in New York an article
headed The End of Grand Humbug,'
meaning the end Of the Woolgrowers'
association. Let us demonstrate that
that is not true"
The prominent free wool advocate is
Mr.. J. G. Smith, of Oakland, o., who is
also woolgrower, and whose arguments
seem to have been more effective in the
recent campaign in that state than those
Of Lawrence, Delano and Harpster COM
bined. Now If this meeting is intended
to refute Mr.. Smith and prove that the
Ohio Woolgrowers' association is not a
grand humbug, surely meeting held for
that purpose ought not to be squeezed
into the dimensions of the agricultural
rooms Of the statehouse. y New York
Evening Post.
1t never fails to cure--MANNERS double
extract SARsAPARILLA. SOC. everywhere
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Advertising as vanderbiit,s euest.

The following unique advertisement
has appeared in The Times, and also,
with trifling variation, in The Morning
Post:
Mr.. R. w. Davey, Of London, has arrived al
New York on his return trip from Central
America, and Is at present the guest of Mr..
Vanderbilt, the millionaire.
Never before having heard of Mr.. r.
W. Davey, Of London, am burning fol-
more information concerning this indi-
vidual. Who is r. W. Davey? What
has he been doing in America? Why is
the fact of his being the guest of Mr..
Vanderbilt deemed of sufficient public
interest for publication as an advertise
ment in the London papers2 Who wants
to know where RI. w. Davey has been:
Who cares where he is now2 Evidently
R. W. Davey has a large circle of ac-
quaintances who are deeply concerned
about his movement, and shall be glad
If any of them will enlightcn me on the
above points Truth.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
Salvage In Port.

An instance where salvage service was
rendered in port was in the case of a lighter
with valuable cargo aboard, lying at the
dock at Prentice's stores, South Brooklyn,
in November, 1892 The tug America was
lying at Pier 19, East river, directly oppo-
site the lighter, with steam up. when the
captain saw smoke rising from the deck Of
the lighter He steamed across the river,
and at the request Of the superintendent Of
thestores began to pump water ON the fire,
which had broken out in the cargo Of the
lighter.
An alarm had been sent in to the Brook
lyn fire department, and after few min
utes an engine put in an appearance. The
tug by this time had the fire pretty well
under control The foreman of the engine
ordered the tug to desist from throwing
water on the fire, The master Of the ting
obeyed and pulled out into the stream,
leaving the fire to be put out by the engine,
The tug afterward received $400 salvage
New York Evening Sun.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02
The sorrows Of One AamIalstratIon.

lmC IorEvWn OF Ou9 A0mlul1lr1ll0us
Sorrows have accumulated upon this
administration to an extent greater per-
haps than any other in the history Of the
country. The little son Of President
Pierce was killed in a railway accident
on the trip from New Hampshire TO the
Inauguration. Mr.. Lincoln lost a son
while he was president, and was assass-
mated at the beginning of his second
term, and the same fate befell President
Garfield. A number Of distinguished
people, including one or more cabinet
officers, were killed by an explosion Of a
cannon on board ship ON the Potomac
during Mr.. Tyler's administration.
No administration, however. has had
80 many sad surroundings as the present
one II will be recalled that the house
Of Secretary Tracy was destroyed by fire
and his wife and daughter were burned
to death in the ruins. After long i'll
ness the wife Of Mr.. Halford, the presi-
dents private secretary, died While
Mr.. Blaine was secretary Of state, his
favorite son. Walker, was stricken down
and never recovered. and soon after his
retirement from the cabinet. within a
week or two another son, Emmons
Blaine, died almost without moments
warning. His daughter, Mrs. Coppinger,
also died while he was q member of the
cabinet, and one Of his sisters. Secretary
Window, Of the treasury department,
while in New York to make speech ut
a banquet, died at the table The chief
asher at the executive mansion, Mr.. Dins-
more, has died within year.
In the presidents own household sor-
rows come thick and fast. A sister of
his wife has died within the past year or
two. Mrs. Harrison, after patient suf-
fering. breathed her last in the White
House and was followed few days
after by her venerable father.-Wash-
ington Cor. Montgomery Advertiser.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-02-02

II wonder said George Hayser at the
Victoria yesterday, "that there is no
scheme for big floating hotel on the
lake during the Worlds fair, modelled
after the one just completed in Maine,
and which viii soon be sent to Florida
waters 10 cruise or float, whichever term
may be right. / saw it before / left
Maine. 1t is an immense and rather un-
wieldly looking affair, and an outside
view is not particularly prepossessing,
but its interior decoration and the ar
rangements for the convenience and COM
fort of guests equal almost any. of the
land hotels, except that it lacks the met
ropolitan character of our large city
hotels and has too much of a sporting
flavor to suit the average man who is
not a Nimrod or Walton. II will be
patronized chiefly by sporting men who
will hunt and fish in southern waters.
To take the place of cabs, which always
stand on the outside of hotels, there are
rowsof skiffs, and the umbrella receivers,
instead of being full of umbrellas and
canes, have fishing rods in them.
Undoubtedly many gentlemen will
bring their families with them, 50 the
parlors and bathrooms are fitted up as in
land hotels. It is q slow moving craft,
and / suppose most of the time it will be
stationary, only moving from place to
place as reports of good hunting or fish
ing reach the manager. Most Of the
hunting expeditions viii be made in
small boats up into the bayous and riv-
ers and swamps. The management will
probably be entirely free from the an
noyance of dead beats and hotel sharps,
for if they should be detected out on the
ocean they might be used as bait for the
fishes. Chicago Tribune.