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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
THE STAFF OF LIFE.

The Agricultural Department. Gives Some
Figures ON the Cost of Making Bread.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-In view of the
crusade for cheaper bread inaugural ted
in a number of cities, including Wash
ington, where the price has been re-
duced from to cents per loaf, as a
result of the crusade, the agricultural
department has given out bulletin
on the ''cost of bread,' taken from the
forthcoming report of Prof. w. o. At
water on the nutritive value of food.
It says:
In practice 100 pounds of -four will make
133 to 137 pounds of bread, an average being
1S6 pounds. Flour, such as is used by bakers.
Is now purchased in the eastern states at not
over 81 Ger barrel This would make the cost
OF flour in a pound of bread about IL cents.
Allowing u cent for the shortening and salt,
which is certainly very liberal, the materials
for pound OF bread would cost not more than
2 cents. OF course there should be added
to this the cost OF labor. rent, in
tereSt on investment. expense of SELL
ing, etc, to make the actual cost
to the baker Very few accurate weigh
ings and analysis of bakers bread have been
made in this country, so far as am aware: but
the above statement represents the facts as
nearly as I have been able to obtain them.
The average weight of number of specimens
OF 10 cent loaVes purchased in Middletown
Conn, was one and one-fourth pounds. This
makes the prices to the consumer cents per
pound. The price of bread and the size of the
loaf are practically the same now when -four
cost twice much.
The cost of bakers bread is a comparatively
small matter to the person who buys only a
loaf now and then, but in the eastern states
and in the larger towns throughout the coun-
try, many people, and especially those with
moderate incomes, and the poor, buy their
bread of the baker. Six cents per pound or
even half that amount for the manufacture and
distribution seems very large amount. In
the larger cities competition has made bread
cheaper, but even there the difference between
the cost of bread to the well to do family who
bake it themselves and the family of the poor
man who buys it of the baker, is unfortunately
large
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01

on that man Reed.-Chicago Tribune
(Rep.)
1t is strange that no republican
orator has yet attributed those train
robberies to the Wilson bilL-N. Y.
World.
The fact that a dollar under the
Wilson bill will buy of the necessities
of life about as much as S1.10 or SI.2j
would buy under the Mckinley bill is
a campaign document by itself.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Steve Elkins is worrying the air
and shivering the scenery with
speeches against Wilson over in West
Virginia 1t is more than likely to do
Wilson good. The folks know Steve
Elkins there.-Chicago Times.
-Ex-Spealzer Reeds authorized
talks on McKinleyism are not only
legible between the lines, but he Is
careful that the lines shall be far
enough apart to facilitate the inter
linear reading, -Philadelphia Record.
MIR. Mckinley says we have not
yet reached point where protection
is not needed. The Ohio treasury,
under his administration, reached that
point some time ago. Empty vaults
need no prOtection.-St Louis Repub-
lie.
mo duties should be levied for
protection that are not needed for
revenue said Senator Sherman. Me
Kinley has received few severer re-
Dukes than this from democratic
sources 1t is evident that he is out OF
touch with all parties. McKinleyism
is a dead duck--St- Louis Post-Dis
patch.
The American people to the
number of millions at every election
are not voting to degrade and humili-
ate themselves to lower levels. They
are not voting to Cypress. but to re-
lieve; not to destroy, but to upbuild:
and until it can be shown that
tariff reform signifies ruin and disaster
and enforced idleness, its opponents
should suspend their condemnetor
Judgment. If the new tariff law
prove calamitous let it be repealed.
The mere assumption that it neces-
sarily must be {. failure furnishes nc
ground for repeal Let the democratic
party, with its new tariff law. be
given fair trial, instead of being ad
| judged in advance guilty of a con-
| spiracy to ruin the country.-Washings
ton Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01

thirds to 80 cents for creamery state
best. This year the prices range from
Is to 2514 cents. Last year the poor
est cheese was worth 90 cents and
the best was quoted at IL cents. This
year the price of cheese ranges from
~ to 1923 cents. For eggs the dealer
paid last year from 81 to 81. so per case,
while this year for the same goods
$3. 25 is the price.
The American can build a house
much cheaper now than year ago, for
the prices of lumber and building ma
terials have been materially lessened.
The import duties on building stone of
all kinds, except marble, have been
reduced from 40 to so per cent. for
dressed material, and lumber is prac-
tica1ly free of duty. Already a big
tumble in prices is noted and is most
apparent in the cases of laths, shin
giles, clapboards and flooriugs.
In regard to binding twines and cord
age, the Cordage Trade Journal has the
following to say in reference to the
new schedule for hemp, flax and jute:
lone effect of the new tariff is likely 10 be
a period of depression for some manufacturers
of jute. The placing of fax and hemp on the
free list and the reduction of the duty on
selling prices of twineS and yarns, which re-
suits in their use where jute has been used
In maintaining tx duty fax and hemp the
government has placed them at disadvantage
compared with jute, which was in 1890 put on
the free list Jute was able to build up a bust
ness which was to last rs long as the conditions
lasted. Now that conditions have changed,
jute must adjust itself to the changed condi-
items and build up business in open and fair
competition with the lower grades OF hemp
and fax. Already the hemp and fax manu-
facturers in This country are receiving orders
that cause them to increase their production
and. in some instances, to run their factories
on full time Jute manufacturers, on the other
hand, report poor business and some OF them
are reducing their output In this case, al
least the abolition or reduction of the tarin IS
resulting in the use of better goods than bad
been previously used"
Sweeping reductions in the duties
charged on imported silks were made
by the new tariff, and all these favor
the home manufacturer. Carded or
combed silks now admitted to this
country upon the payment of duties
equal to 20 per cent. OF the invoice
value were taxed so cents per pound
under the Mckinley tariff Just what
this meant is shown by the official an
nouncement that the Mckinley tariff
| of 80 cents per pound amounted to COZ
per cent. on the silk imported during
| 1891
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
TRANSPORTING GOLD.
Treasury Statements Showing the Amour
Moved in Eighteen Months.

Treasury Statements Showing the Amount
Moved in Eighteen Months.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The state
ment prepared at the treasury depart
ment shows that during the period be-
tween March, 1898, and October 1. 1894.
the amount of gold transported be-
tween sub-treasuries, minis and banks
at government expense in consequence
of expectations of gold was SAT. 3O7.
500. The cost of transporting this
amount was 500, 4SO. The aggregate
shipments between the more important
points are given as follows: Washing
ton to New York, S12. 600, 900; Cincin-
natl to New York, 81. 500, 600; San
Francisco to New York. 81, 500, 600: Phil
adelphia to New York. $50, $50, 900; Phil
adelphia to Boston. S., 900. 600.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
1T BENEFITS THE MASSES.
Good Results OF the Tariff Reduction Are
Already Apparent.

Good Results OF the Tariff Reduction Are
Already Apparent.
It is an established fact that the tar
tff bill passed by the democratic con-
gress has already proven to be a bless
ing to the poor people of the nation.
1t has reduced the prices of nearly all
the necessaries of life and we now
have cheaper goods of many other
kinds than we have had in many years
before. One dollar will now buy from
ten to twenty-five per cent more than
1t would one year ago when the Nc
klnIey law became operative.
Prosperity is returning, business is
reviving, wages are increasing and the
cost of maintaining life and comfort is
decreasing. What more can the Ameri-
can people want? This condition of af-
fairs was brought about by the enact
ment of the Wilson bill. Although
the new toll schedule will not go into
effect until the 1st of January next,
carpets are cheaper already. and every
woman in the land will tell You that
she can buy cheaper dress goods now
than she has been able to do in 4 long
time. We have cheaper tin, and this,
Of course, will lower the price of
canned goods. We will have cheaper
white lead, which will reduce the cost
of paint; and the price of shoes will be
lowered by the reduction in the costs
of acids.
The new tariff bill has already af-
fected fruit quotations, especially in
the case of oranges and lemons Every
housewife in the country is interested
in the subject of canned goods. They
are used very extensively and are quite
an item in the grocery bill The tariff
on canned vegetables has been reduced
one-third in most instances, while the
duty on tomatoes has been lowered
from IS to 20 per cent. This means
that the prices of canned goods will
be considerably below that paid now.
The effect of the reduction of the
tariff on butter, cheese and eggs is al
ready apparent
In October, 1898. the price of butter
ranged from 1711 cents for western
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
WOMAN HYPNOTIZED
A Maiden Lady Unduly Influenced
Hangs Herself.
FIVE OF The COOK GANG CAUGHT.
The Outlaws Surprised in Camp-Suicide to
Escape Disgrace-A Little Girl
Dead from Eating Jim
Weed.

SPARTA, Wis, Oct. 3O-Samue1 S.
Buxton, who was arrested recently on
a charge of having murdered Mary A.
Jones, a maiden lady, at her home a
few miles from this city on the 21st
inst. where she was found hanging by
the neck. has confessed the murder.
Preliminary hearing was held soon
after midnight, when he waived exam
1nation- He was Immediately removed
to Sparta, fears being entertained that
a mob might attempt to take him from
the jail.
The crime is one of a revolving ma
ture. Three years ago Buxton, by a
series of obscene letters, purporting to
come from a witch and directed to Miss
Jones, hypnotized her and caused her
ruin, the intimacy being conducted to
the day of her death. By the same sys-
tenn of deceit the infatuated woman
consented to be strung up by the neck
in the belief that it would cause
the death of Buxton's wife. The
second time the experiment was tried
Buxton pushed the chair on which the
foolish woman stood and she swung
into eternity. Buxton took what money
there was in the house and left for his
home short distance away, where he
was arrested, brought to the city and
lodged in jail. His motive for commit
ting the murder is that he was tired of
the woman.
Buxton has wife and three chill
dren. The murdered woman was a
near neighbor of the Buxtons and lived
alone.
AS soon as court was called yester-
day afternoon Buxton was brought in
and pleaded guilty, and was immedi-
ately sentenced to Waupun for life.
Miss Jones parents are said to live
near Kansas City.
COOK GANG RUN DOWN.
WAGNER, I. r., Oct. 3O.-Capt.
Charles Book, commanding squad of
twenty Indian police, just arrived here
having in captivity Joe Johnson, Nose
Price, Dick Reynolds, Jim Bates and
Lon Perry, five members of the Cook
gang, captured by him near here yes
terday morning. The officers surprised
the outlaws in camp and had them COW
cred with Winchesters before the rob-
bers could get their guns and the cap
ture was made without shot being
fred. Capt. Book reports the rest of
the gang in this vicinity and after es-
corting his prisoners to Fort Gibson
will return and renew his effort to
capture the ringleaders.
SUICIDE TO ESCAPE DISGRACE.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Oct. 3O.-The audit
or of public accounts yesterday an
nounced the result of the recent exam
.ination of the Normal Park Loan asso-
citation at Chicago and finds the late f.
w. Porter, secretary of state, defaulter
S23, 900. The affairs of the association
are all right. Porter was for twenty
years auditor of the Rock Island road
and died suddenly at Cincinnati re-
Gently. Investigation shows suicide to
escape disgrace.
POISONED BY EATING UNISON WEED.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Oct. 30.-The little
daughter of Paul Weunsch has died
from having eaten jimson seed, which
she found while playing in an open lot.
Fortunately the children with her did
not eat any of the seed.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
A NEW INDUSTRY.

The Cultivation of "a California Weed Un-
dertaken for Tanning Purposes.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.-A novel in
.dustry has been started in the San
Joaquin valley by Chicago tanners, who
selected California for the climatic and
other natural reasons for their eX-
tenSive operations. 1t means the en-
ployment of large force of working
men and the expenditure of large sums
of money. The tanners are to Guilt
waite a weed, from the roots of which
they can tan better leather than from
anything else. In addition to
growing the plant, there will be ex-
tensive works for reducing the roots
into pulp, composed mostly of fannie
acid. The factory and other buildings,
dwellings, etc, will cost about $500, OGO.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
A BIG CLAIM.
The State of Missouri Brings Suit Against a
Railway Company.

The State OF Missouri Brings Suit Against
Railway Company.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct 29.-An
important case was argued before Di-
vision L of the state supreme court
Saturday. 1t was the suit of the state
against the ST. Louis Sc San Francisco
Railway Co. to recover the sum of $780,
900 claimed to be due the state for an
issue of bonds made in 1868 to help
build the road from Pacific to the town
of Rolla. The issue of bonds was for
$500, 900, but the accrued interest and
the original debt now amount to the
sum first named. The matter has been
in controversy for many years, but the
suit to recover was not instituted until
1890, when Gov. Francis took he mat
ter up and pushed it to the point of
getting it into the courts
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01

Retail dealers who fail to give their
customers the benefit of the reductions
IN cotton cloths of all kinds will soon
lose their trade. The prices demanded
for almost every kind of manufactured
cotton fabrics have slumped since the
new tariff schedules went into effect.
On unbleached cottons the new tariff
imposes duties ranging from 1 to ia
cents per square yard; under the Me-
Kinley tariff the cost of importation
ranged from to ~ cents per square
yard.
The new tariff on the cheaper grades
of b1eached cotton goods varies from
1 to ia cents per square yard, the Me-
Kinley tariff ranged from ~ to 81
cents per square yard for similar
goods
Cotton prints under the new tariff
have to pay duties ranging from ,
cents per square yard for the common
kinds used to 40 cents per yard for
the finest. The Mckinley tariff on
corresponding grades varied from 4
cents to 6s1 cents per square yard.
The duty on cotton thread in skeins,
cops, trundles, etc, is reduced from 10
to cents per pound and the impostS
on spool cotton have also been low
cred.
The imposts on spinning machinery
have been reduced, and metal ties,
which were taxed 2-1O cents per pound
under the Mckinley tariff, are now on
the free list.
This is only the beginning of the good
times that are surely and quickly COM
ing. If the Wilson bill has had such
gratifying effect on the industries and
prosperity of the country in the short
time since its passage the people may
expect a great deal more before the
year is over, and may look forward to
years of increasing good times and
happiness Albany Argus
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
Mrs. DIaz Aids striking Girls.

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 29.-The wife OK
President Diaz wrote a letter to the
proprietors of the two cigarette facto-
ries, the 1000 girls in which struck
against machines, begging them to
treat the strikers with kindness. As q
result of this letter nearly all of the
girls have been taken back to work
and the strike is virtually at an end
being a victory for the girls
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
Heavy Shipment of Tin Plate.

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. ga train of
fifteen cars left Canton last night over
the Pennsylvania railroad for Milwau-
kee with tin plate brought from Swan
sea, Wales, by the Atlantic Transport
line steamers Maryland and Menantic-
There were about 500. 600 pounds Of
plate in the shipment.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
The ,County CLERK Upheld.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 30.-The case of
Foley, the populist county printer of
Labette county, who refused to print
the official election ballot as certified
10y the republican county clerk, was
tried in the supreme court yesterday
afternoon. The court held that the
clerks certificate was good
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Mr.. Mckinley forgot to promise
the Louisiana lottery protection if it
would vote his ticket---Chicago Her
aid.
We do not wish to alarm Gov.
Mckinley, but he'd better keep an eye
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
Blizzard in south Dakota.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Oct. 3O.-Snow fell
all day yesterday over nearly all of
South Dakota. At Vermillion, S. D..
the snowstorm resembled an old
fashioned blizzard. Several inches of
snow fell here
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01

The comptroller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 10 per cent. in
favor of the creditors of the suspended
American national bank of Arkansas
City, Kan.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01

Central road were
making their annu-
al tour. John Jacob
Astor, who has
quite q mania for
mechanics, mount
ed the engineers
seat here and drove
the engine to Sioux
City. a distance of
"a bout 100 miles. The
train was made to
;hum at a rather fast
pace for that divi-
sion of the road, but
with the exception
of a little difficulty
lpply, the trip was
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
RANKS Voluntarily Liauidate.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 30.-The Bank of
Victoria, in Ellis county, and the Grant
County bank, of Ulysses, have gone in
to voluntary liquidation. Depositors
are being paid in full.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
ASTOR AS AN ENGINEER.

Young John Jacob Drives a Locomotive One
Hundred Miles.
FORT DODGE, Ia. Oct. 29.--While the
officials and directors of the illinois
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-11-01
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.

The Secretary's Estimates of Appropria-
lions Needed-Expenses of the General
Land Office.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20. = Secretary
Holze Smith yesterday completed his
estimates of appropriations needed in
the interior department. for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1896. The follow
ing is summary of his estimates:
Amount appropriated for fiscal
year 1895 5169, SIS, $50. Ga
Amount estimated for fiscal year
1890 Ioo.Soo2I6 IS
Decrease. ......................s I3.744,e7 20
Made up as follows:
Decrease in estimate for payment
of pensions. 1895 ................s 10000 600 90
Decrease in estimate for salaries,
pension office 1896 1913, 10000
Decrease in estimate for general
Indian service. 1896 z,021, Gal. 90
Decrease in estimate for printing
and binding, 1896 ............ 6ls55.o0
Total decrease ........s Il, Psi 500 %
Increase in estimate for salaries,
general land Office and general
land service. Observation-Disclosures. 409OS3.OO
IncreaSein estimate for patent Of
fee miscellaneous ....... 76,5sLOo
Increase in estimate for miScel-
laneous expenses in several bu-
reaus and Offices. 1908. 90
Total increases. 526, 925 90
Net decrease - & IA IA 57t %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-30

lower floor was used as a bar room, and in
the rear a huge stove was kept red-hot, day
and night, warming through large holes cut
In the hoors the rooms above; and here the
poor fellows who could find no other place
could sleep on the bare floor II they wished.
The only price was the purchase Of glass
Of beer at the bar in front. If the rooms
were not full at night with the ones who
had patronized the bar the proprietor was
not exacting. and many a poor devil who
otherwise would have walked all night to
keep warm was given shelter here.
Long, Fruftless Journey.
IT left st. Louis January /. and since then
have been in every city of any Importance
and every railroad town from the Missis-
sippi to the Atlantic. There isn't Job any
where, and now, as all the unemployed are
coming east to join Coxey, I'm going back
west to try once more for a job.
Since I started 1 have travelled over
5000 miles. and have been in thirty-eight
states and territories. and have ridden,
more or less, over nearly one thousand rail-
roads, to all Of which, and to some I have
not Travelled on. l have applied for work.
But now business Is improving and as the
men, or at least a great number of them
are on their way east, / shall try the west
once more. and hope with better success"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-30
TOO MUCH WOMEN.
The Present Age IL Not the Only
Period Of WOman's influence,

The Present Age IL Not the Only
Period of WOman's influence.
For conscience's sake. let us cease this
everlasting prattle about the present being
"woman's century and 'womans age"
Implying each time that we say 1t that the
women Of any previous age were driveline
idiots. and casting a slur upon the very
women who gave us our being, writes Ed
ward w. Box In vigorous defense Of the
woman Of a generation ago, in the May
Ladies' Home Journal Why is this
"woman's century" any more than was
any century before 1t? Just because few
thousand more women are engaged in
business? Does that fact make "woman's
century," We haven't determined yet, by
any means, whether the present tendency
OF woman going into the rougher CONNER
cial pursuits Is to her interest or to the
benefit Of those who will follow her A
little caution here is q very good thing
What sense is there in this constant ding
longing into the ears of our girls that they
are born at the dawn Of womans emari-
cipation?" Emancipation from what? Will
this sort OF thing teach our girls to have a
greater respect for the women Of past
generations? If we keep UP this harargue
much longer 1 shall not blame our young
est girls II they get the notion that the
world only began about forty or fifty years
ago. If we expect children to have a re-
spect for their mothers. and their mothers
parents, We cannot enshroud the times in
which they lived with the darkness of H.
norsnce and bigotry. The women who lived
before the present agitators of the
"voman's century were born did a thing
or two in the worlds history, far more. /
venture to prophesy from their present
talk. than the women of today will do in
these latter days. If they pursue their pres
ent course.