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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
TEE CLOSING QUOTATIONS or
MONEY!.
Gnsripgs and SALES ut the kieh"'on" 10
bsoco rSchsnks-lntsrna "e''""'
COLLECTIONS Foreign Ad'loe'.

NFyU YORK. Nov. t7.-The tremendous
.aTt> - tn earnings OF the 81 duI
road for the second week % ,,trc ,,,o,,c-
was the signal Tor heavy sens"e .arried
me- NE stotks down tx 80 ~ per cent dnSS
earnings for the peuod n nan 'SSt.tement
q decrease Of SHAWN. nv 10 me
TrirEfencd weak holders, ana az lHe ','S
80 .esrs an other properties 'O yn
sIvartage OF the uucasiness 10 ia" ,,a
90. neral l.t London heIpeu I,o
DOWN, ara movement ny se.nls s' were
teruatlouaI sto,n, Inc NoalS' Tho In
iov"r ON unfrIcnaIy attitude OF we -
it1,.N,d."t nrcratoIs. and VIII IeaA ~
stll further change. dhrb.tfan and
brokers were active IN Nd"''"' I'm To
ttelr sales forced the stoch uU" ti,,,e
An the low-priccI ISSUES VIZ u aNv.av
The weakness of the eoulue' LIN 1IIite
common and preferred 50 The common
a feature OF the market ,rcferred
So,i @r,1N ~. 10 lois. aud the pItiei ga
Sr6r, ~ TO 81, small holders VIZ 90 -. ~
he reaIiz.ug After II O'CLOCK 49, ScI1.Cl..d
trail was bid up TO 20 "a, an ne Gnal deal
- ,Sc ssIIr. was revived ana t.s low
esi figures OF the Jay "elc ,. 80
made other important IoSStS 49,,
80 Pa,u u. Big -Four 10, buINiib 'ou
- nm. Is, \orthW Western ~, ROCK
Tsla,f H.. Louisville and NashNlic =,
ISeeteTn presclfed -. Richmond Terminal
v, ,.r"ferr,i do. :. Cordage preferred
~. Western LnIon ~ Inc Closing S.as
- Sqlos Of listed stocks aggre-
g1b@d 10000 shares; unlisted, ld,OU
s' ,Sra+s,rv Ralauces-Coiu, $74292.0 900, .
currency. $G4i4~.ouo.
-i,1el ON call easy al ! per cent prime
mercantile paper. }N4 per cent Sterling
@rrtargc dull with actual business IN
bankers bills at GH4S64 for sixty days
and 4~1G4e1I, for demand, posted rates,
4S-TiSg. commercial bills 4sJQ 1884. Bar
silver G3it. Government bonds steady
state bonds dun. Railroad bonds higher.
silver at the board was GO bid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Ill, Nov lit was only
by persistent selling 10y local bears ana
holde-s Of calls that wheat was heIu IN
check to-day. AS il was. however, the
prlce worked 70 The top point, at Which
those privileges sold yesterday. Inc
news was. with little exception, favorable
in its character. New YORK was from
he. TO &c higher than yesterday close
and maintained the strength throughout
MAY wheat opened from G"sc. 10 OJAc.t
sold at COLO. advanced TO Glasc, ana
closed at 81 &C.. sc higher than yesler-
day. Cash wheat was steady.
Corn was dull with a bias towards
lower prices. the strength of wheat con
trolling operations to suhclent extent
TO prevent prices from breaking. May
opened at 497k049Ac., closing unchanged
from Yesterday at 497sG5Oc. The cash
market was easy, prices ruling &c. under
Yesterday.
oats inclined downward, with corn. at
the opening. but evidenced a rallyng
ability later in sympathy with wheat:
me little business thai was transacted
ala not carry prices outside of a re
stricted limit May closed lsc. higher
than yesterday Cash oats were l+c.
lower. 1900.
Provisions market for product was
higher on the strength Of the live hog
market, and that market was strong,
because ArmOur's buyers evidently want
ed all the hogs in sight. That gentle
mans trade made a display or seIilHg
lard. The close was Pc. higher than
Yesterday for January pork, loc. higher
Tor January lard, and lfi2c. higher Tor
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
rnRACCo EXCHANGE.

y
RICHMOND. VA, Nov. L. 1914
-. ri .,,,cs NJ tobacc1s at auction on
Change to-day, or for the week enuins
private sales reported to the secretary
OF the Richmond Tobacco Iraue e5Iu o:s
Wrappers. 8 hogsheadS, hiieT To- 20 tdapl( i
g cutters 3, leaf ldarK) o. Ius' wa ~
Total. % hogsheads 49, ,oc,etarv
of the Richmond Tobacco TRACE iot o Cls
week ending to-day: Wrapp,edT9s,' s ~ Y5
heads. filters. 1871; cutters lZ; SMOKER .
rs. scrap (brighD. 3; leaf (darhl o52' Du1
Ievs 81: western. 16; Tugs DARK IT.
Total. !, i53 hogsheads ..- 90 do,,.
The tobacco inspector reports IorudS
Inspectlons-Bri sc hogsheads. ITEM
spections- bright 81 hogsheads; DARK
The tobacco inspector reports Tor ne
week ending to-day: specuons-Brlsht :,
t0S noesheads: dark. III hogsheads ana .
tierces. western, 3 hogsheads. Kelhspeo-
tions-Bright. 2l5 hogsheads; DARK 80
hogsheads and ] fierce. ...,i,,a +o-
Total sampling for the week endlhB To-
day. 5G7 hogsheads and uerces. ,..,.
MYERS Planters. Farmers, Vaughan
and Shockoe tobacco warehouses report
to-day: Receipts, 8 packages deliveries
% The he" same tobacco warehouses. with
Sbelburne's. Jones, Crenshaw's, Neal $
and Davenport's added, report Tor me
week ending to-day: Receipts, bS pack
ages. deliveries, 40 packdBtS' - - -,
Excess Of deliveries over receipts lot the
week ending to-day. 1851 PACKAGES IL.
United States internal revenue colec-
tions for the city of Richmond. a., To-
day: Cigars and cigarettes; $IS'1'' pug
tobaccos' 81 O93.76. Total. 81 ,2S0'6
United States internal revenue collec-
tions for the city of Richmond. Va, Tor
the week ending to-day: cigars ana
cigarettes. Sl2.76O22; plug tobaccos, Sl5-
42f.1 Total $2S,1S493 ,.,
Report Of the Statistcan Of the United
States Department of Agriculture for the
month Of November, 1894, on TOBACCO
shows as follows;
The average yield per acre for the en-,
tire country is 733 pounds, against 20 >
pounds in 1899 6S2 pounds in 1872, and 4S
pounds I'm 1891.
OF the states Of large area growing the
heavier tobaccos Kentucky Yields t59,
North Carolina 654 Virginia $50, Tennes-
see ESQ. and Ohio 60 pounds per acre. the
trcts that grow seed leaf tobacco Penn
sylvania yielding 1857, Massach asettS
1.4S5, and Connecticut 1916 pounds per
acre.
The general average for quality is $50.
100 being the standard. The range Is from
IS I'm Illinois 10 l03 I'm Massach usetts, the
latter. however. being the only State In
which quality Is rated above g.
The average yield Of tobacco per acre In
1894. stated I'm pounds: Maryland, 453
pounds; average quality. 81. Virginia, $50
lima J54 pounds; average quality, -. Ken
lucky, 739 pounds; average quality, n.
Ohio 60 pounds. average quality, ~.
Missouri. 729 pounds average quality, g..
No visitors registered at the Tobacco
Exchange to-day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
.PIunes and Feathers.

This week on will be able to
secure exceptional values in Coque
Feathers, PIumes, Quilts, Birds,
Aigrettes and Roses Anxious
manufacturers who are seeking to
unload for cash, have placed us in
possession of some exceptional
values, which you will have an
opportunity of reaping the benefit
of this week.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CHILDREN'S CAPS.

We shall offer this week the
most complete stock of Children's
Caps to be found in the city.
Here are the Navy and Black
cloth yachting caps at 15c. Better
grade figured cloth in solid Navy
and Black Yachting Caps that
sold at 4Sc, now Csc. Eton and
Jockey G 9th Caps, well made
and lined, 25c. Fine quality Ma.
Wy Cloth Tam o'Shanters that al
ways sells for 75c, price this week,
4Sc. Best quality Russet Leath-
er Tam o'Shanter, sold every
where for 75c and 81; our price,
soc. Those Knitted Fee Tam
o'Shanters in best grade, Red,
Navy and Black; our price, soc.
A large variety Of better-grade
novelties in Children's Caps. We
don't expect any dy to buy her
Chidren's Headgear here who
can do better anywhere else, but
she will have a fruitIess hunt, as
we have brought here just such as
you want and at prices you will
not be able to duplicate elsew here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

IL Flour

BALTIMORE, MD, Nov. l7.-FlouT
quiet ana unchanged.
Wheat frmer: No red spot and No
vember 59HsQ504c.; December, 33Ssi4q
5asc.: January. 6oAc.; May. Gha6$$i4c.
steamer No. > red, 5jl2QJ5%Ic.; mining
wheat. by sample. coo. -...
Corn steady; mixed spot 5lbu5l2sc.i
year, 529d52Ac.; January, 5lA@ 7l'sc.i
steamer mixed. 5l6jll4c.. southern white
39lr55c. do. yellow 4Sna5N3c. nae
Oats firm; No. white. western, 33i2Q
36c: No ? mixed, western, 33q33i2c.
rye quiet; No. ?, 52q53c.. .,,,c
Hay frm good TO choice timothy. Sl2.5O
Q13O0. -,....,,
Coffee firm: No. 7, $3.50
Sugar steady: GRADUATED, Sf45.
Bonds-Nrgnia Century, 59l2; Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern nrstsi lusi
Consolidated Gas bonds, llIA asked; do.
stock 6l6k Il6yA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CIoakS and CapeS.

We shall offer some exception
al values this week in Wraps.
Within the past lew days we
have received some very attrac-
tive styles in Jackets as well as
Capes. Also another large ship
ment of those Nobby styles in
Children's Cloaks, on which we
have had such wonderful success
this season. We have ITEM in
all sizes from the child of two to
the miss # - or 1t years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
PORT OF WEST POINT, Nov
u y ~ nm
DEATHS.

RErTEL.-Dled, at her residence, No
500 west Main street, Friday afternoon.
REIfTEL. relict of the late Adolph
Reutel: aged forty-One years.
Her funeral Will take place from the
Sacred Heart church SUNDAY AFTER
NOON at 3 o'clock. Friends invited to
attend.
GII,L.-Died. at her residence. No. lO2
rCrth Plum street, at r. NJ. Saturday,
Novemlx II, 1894. MARTHA ELIZA
bETH GIL. widow of the late James
A. GIL in the forty-sixth year Of hey age.
EDAY at 3 L. NJ. Friends and ac-
quaintance5 respectfully invited,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

UNION STOCK YARDS ILL. Nov
7,-Cattle-Receipts 400; market quiet
and unchanged; common to extra steers,
So, SyGlG,l5; stockers and feeders, $1,000
$50; cows and bulls, SlOOq3.jO; calves,
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; market strong
for heavy grades and others steady:
heavy, 81. 50li5.75; common to choice
mixed, S4.4o(l470: choice assorted. SIS AZ
IA 30: light, 81. 25li4 45; pigs, 50 75G4.1 IL.
Sheep Receipts, 1900; market m
changed; Inferior to choice, 75c. ass 90:
lambs. Sl.JDu3. 50
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CINCINNATI.

c I'M TSiSbi L. a "a Nov H. IT-Foar
Qe;S5; spring family, S2SOQ2. 10; low
Wheat about steady and in fair demand
Corn fairly active; mixed ear. new
43c. 10, 2 white, old. SIC; old mixed
4J% =. white ear, new, I21hc.
Oats-Market quiet; No. 3 mlxe5 Ale
No. white. 34c. ''0''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Fur a. d Plush Capes.

We are still offering our Fur
Capes at early season prices de
spite the advance in price asked
by all manufacturers. The lead
ING popular furs are all represent
ed here and every Cape is war
ranted as represented to be, well
made and perfect fitting.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Nov. .i7.--Cotton duh and
easier: middling gulf. 5}s; middling up,
lands. 61s. Futures closed quiet and
S2S: december, B.32: January, 5.3s; Feb
ruarv 54I. March, $4,000 April, 5.55
asked; May SOL Jspnnss. S $50. g.; July.
diG bsies forwarded, 3,755 bales; sales
iys bales, all spinpers; stock. 9I,MO bales
Total to-day and 30 far this week-Net
receipts, 47,30S bales; exports to Great
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
7aDhyr knitted tOOlGGS, SaCQues

A complete stock of Chill ren's
Sacoues and BOOtees, in Zephyr
and Flannel, always on hand in
all the popular styles and prices to
suit the purse OF all.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, VA, Nov IL, 1894.

Offerings-Corn white, 36i bushels
Quotations: Wheat Longberry. BIC. TO
0DC mixed, &c TO COO shortberry soc.
10 GDc No red, soc.
Corn-White, Virginia (bag lots. new),
47c. 10 SOC. nominal; No 2 white, 40c.
20 zoe nominal, No 2 mixed. 4Sc to
Oats~No 2 mixed. 34c.; No 3 mixed.
xyc. winter. CSC. TO 43c.
Bya-55c 10 D6c.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CT LOFTS.

ST LOUIS. MO, NoyS, l7;3 10 Enc fir, firm
and higher. patent. & 2'g2-'oi fancy
s2S52 h 't choice s:s l7Sgl 80 5gao, May
'o Corn higher; December 40'seio'ac'
May. nc. -. ooa.c
SI I6va Prime steam, 500; choice, 81! -
~ sailed Meats-Shouluers, SJ.},pe
sea-; longs, ~ 14dS''3' ''''' ''''
Raco6 aulet: clear ribs SH3'12' shor's
81 62i5. sto2
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

Cash Quotatons--Flour improved IN
quality from abroad, some sales at 30.
advance being made, local demand was
night and PRICES were firm; wheat "1A
m$Ohc.; No I. 5J44Q564c., No. corn
nc: No. . oats. 29iad29Ac. pork.
Si2'62i5al275 lard, $7.22i2; ribs, 81 to-4
6T5; shoulders, S5.62l3go.75; sides, 500
QG ST.. whisky. 81 =.
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ign wines firm at 81 q
SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH. Ga. Nov. i7.- y JIias
tine closed hrm al 25c iQr resues 77cn 3a cmi
200 bales. rece .i,t,s va OK 3' casks,
l'I po.i ca ,,,rket opened and closed irm'
500 D. b. 500: d lg55; ( ss 3iS: n n
sl2}2h Il J. 81 ST. Window Sl glass, s2S5; water
white 100.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

RYE steady; No. 2, 52c.
Pork in ligft demand and market easier
mess. $500 clear mess, $3.50 famlly.
si2. 20: clear family. $3.50. .,,.
Lard easier steam leaf $50; Kettle
dried. S762i3 prime steam a quiet a. f oo,diss.
.ho,idera $3.50: loose short rib sides,
ss25. do. clear sides $3.50. -,
bacon IN light demand loose shout
do clear sides. s73IH.
Xvbisky steady at Sl.3.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
WILMINGTON

WILMINGTON, n. c.. Nov. 17.-Rosln
quiet. strained V4.U., So ~.... $40, t4-Hv.
Spirits turpentine steady at 2jc.
Tar steady at SllO.
Crude turpentine steady; hard, Ito;
soft 81 30; VirEin, Sl.IO
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
OBITUARY

JOHN @. A ROB OK.
BALTIMORE, MD, Nov. l7.-Police
Commissioner John y. A. Robson died
at Johns-H Hopkins Hospital this morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
CHARLESTON.

CHARLESTON, s c., Nov. l1-Iurpeh
tine-Receipts, "a casks .,.
Rosin firm: receipts, II barrels'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
Nrw YoRX pRoDrCE MARRIED..

NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, Nov l7.-Flour quiet ana
steady, winter wheat, low grades sl'goH
!. 50: fair to fancy, S2.4OU2SJ, patent,
81 Gj43.1O; Minnesota clear, 81 2QqZGV'
patent. $3.3jn8. 50; low extras, Hl9'a-.,p.
southern flour dun and steady; common
to fair extra, $21OQ3.OO; good to cholce
" Wheat fairly active and nrmer' No. ?
red. store and elevator 51l2c; anoat'
~, fGD1c Options were moderately ac-
January, &c; May, Gfsc.; November,
j9Mc. December, 59]sc.. .,,,ooo,,
Corn quiet and firm, No. 2, GDhnDhC2
elevator; GJlSdGO4c afoat Options dulI-
or, unsettled, and closed STEADY al e..
decline to 5.c. advance, November, 39c.
December, 5G1sc; January, 1f4c.' May
Oats Oats quiet and nrmer. options dull;
November closed 3D. at MAJ, I${2cC .c Spot
30. .. 33Ac; mixed western, 3ia35c.;
Wool steady ana Dqniiet; domestic fleece
l7G22c. pulled, 122P34c:: 60 ooa,ooo. nv,ra
mess, SS.OOdS5O, beef hams dull at Sl'.W
also; tierced beef quiet; city extra,
India mess. Sl6OOul9p; cut meats qulfl
and steady; picked bellies $GV, sh99iul-
ders $3.50. hams. $s7Jq025; mlddles
Lard quiet and hrmer; western steam
closed at $3.50, city, .SIl2l2; November T,
$50, nominal, December Hi.'', iCii'',,4'SSi
January. S755, nominal Refined dull.
Continent. $50; South American. SS.0O'
compound. $5.JOGJ75. o
Pork quiet and steady mess, Sl3iJt
l475; extra prime nominal
ButteT quiet and steady; state dairy,
i2013t,c.: creamery, 1SH25%c.; western
dairy, 11GlGc.; creamery, lIu2Gc.' III
Eggs steady and in moderate demand
state and Pennsylvania, 23An24c., held
fresh. lSn2Oc.; western fresh, 22l2g-%i,e
do, per case S3.2Jpi.70; southern, 2l14
Cotton seed oil quiet and easier; crude
2jG2Gc. yellow, 3lc.
Petroleum quiet
Rosin quiet and steady; strained, COM
mon TO good Si3OQl3j.
Turpentine steady at 2Shd2SYc.
Rice moderately active and STEADY
domestic. fair to extra, 4l4Q55sc.; Japan
4i4M4akc. o.
Moasses-F Foreign nominal; New or
leans. open Kettle. good 10 choice, STEADY
and in moderate demand at 2'adOc.
Peanuts quiet. 800 .,..a
down: December. Si305. March, Sl2-"'
NAY. S11 .55al1.GO; August, Sll 30 spot
Rio dull and steady; No. Z, $3.50.
Sugar-Raw duh and steady; falr re-
timing. &c Refined quiet and steady
off A. 3 13-16ailsc.;. standard A, 3-lVh
exc; cut-loaf. 47sd5 Lie; crushed
47LG5 Lie: graduated 4 3-lG14I2e.
Freights to Liverpool active and hrmer
cotton. 5-32d asked; grain. 30.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC, Nov. IS, 1891
sun %
sun SetS.....s.. .--.' - %
Moon rises. .......................10I +. NJ.
Days length .....................lDh.l I'm.
HIGH TIDE.
Morning ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 'sN,fS
EVenlug ................... 600
PORT OF WEST POINT, Nov. Il. 1894.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Baltimore, Bennett. Balti-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamship GuyandOtte, walker New
York, passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Chatham, Foster, Provi-
dence, passengers and general cargo
SAILED.
Steamship Baltimore, Bennett, Balti-
more, passengers and general cargo.
Steamship GuyandOtte, Walker New
York, passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Chatham. Foster. Baltimore,
passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18

Britain. 1892 bales; France. lo,475 bales
Continent 390li bales; stock, l'oz'o'o
bales.
}Totai since September lst--Net receipts
aOiO, O24 bales; exports to Great Britain,
S25,217 bales; France. 243,S3l bales Con-
tinent 4T2,07l bales.
The total visible supply OF cotton Tor
the world Is 3.1n4 $50 bales, OF whlcn
3,27eG50 bales are American, against
spectively last year: receipts OF cotton
this week ut all interior towns. 3Os. 40
bales: receipts from the plantations,
40. 5b4 bales: crop In sight, 3,9Gl 4Ol bales.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. l1.-Cotton fu-
lures steady; sales, 2s,SO bales; Noyem-
Der. 800: December sos; January DOS;
February. 5i3; March, 51s; April o.-i'
LIVERPOOL Nov. 17.-i2:30 p. NJ
Cotton quiet and prizes favor buyers
American middIine, 3: saIos, 1000 bales
American. GOO bales: speculation and
export. 500 bales; receipts, 30,"o bales
American. g. 100 bales Futures opened
steady and demand moderate; December
and January. 57-G402 jS-6. January
and FEBRUARY. 2 59-6i; February and
March. 2 GO-Gi02 6i-Gi; March and April
81 tG2 G2-Gi: April and May, G3-6iG3,
MAY and June, z l-64Q1 2-G4; June and
.IuIv. 3 3-Gi: July and August, 5-GG
3 G-6l Futures easy at the decline.
i. M-Nmerican m'ddlinR, 3: Novein-
Der. > 5G-Gl; November and December,
. SG-6i buyers December and January.
iG-Gi02 57-64; January and FEBRUARY.
2 57-Gl@2 SGT! February and March,
April and May. G2-Gla2 63-6i: May and
June, 3Q3 Lei: June and July 2-6i
buyers; July and August, 4-Gi, sellers.
Futures closed dull.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
LONDON BAR SILVER MARKET.
LONDON Nov l7.-Bar silver, pod.
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.

RICHMOND, VA, Nov. Il, 1894.
Sales 900 Virginia Centuries at 50i2.
Government Securities. Bid. Asked
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ALMANAC, Nov. IS, 1891
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-10-11
%Republlcan Platform.

The Republican party OF the State OF
& eth Dakota. In convention assembled, de-
clares enew Its allegiance to those great
principles for which Republicanism has
stood ever since it's formal organization.
and which have been from time to time de-
clared In its platforms. In the interest OF
the country at large, and particularly In the
interest OF the people OF this great agricul-
rural Northwest, IL afiru,s Its conviction
that this nation owes to It's own citizens
and their industries all reasonable pretec-
ton against competition with foreign labor,
and IL believes that this can be best and
most certainly afforded by the friends Of
protection. rather than by those who de-
clare, as did the last Democratic national
convention, that protection is unconstitu-
tionai and fraudulent, and which declaration
has smitten this whole country with a
blight that has withered ITS manufacturing
industries, shriveled Its commerce and dried
up the fountains Of Its finances The policy
of a Democratic congress. which leyies upon
this country the tribute of millions in be-
half of the sugar trust and robs this coun-
try's wool growers of millions In behalf Of
Australian flock owners, has been fifty
characterized by a Democratic president as
peridy and dishonor, and we declare our
preference for that reciprocity policy Of the
Republican party which got something for
the country at Large In exchange for what
ever advantage was accorded foreign ma
items and their commercial interests.
Disqualification had Its birth as a move
ment to emanc!pate America from the curse
Of slave labor, and Its profound concern
ever since has been and is now the promo
ton of whatever would guarantee to labor
Its due share In the product to which 10
has contributed, as will guarantee TO cap
ftal such inducements as would inspire its
investors with confidence. We deplore the
occurrence of any conflict between labor and
capital. We deiounce the agitation OF the
demagogue designed TO oment and Intensity
these conflicts, and most earnestly disap-
I prove the use CT private armed forces In
any attempt to settle them. We believe
that an appeal to the law and Its officers
Is amply sufficient to protect property and
preserve the peace, and a reference 10
legally created or amicably dosea boards Of
arbitration the best method OF adjusting all
disagreements out of which these conflicts
have arisen. Feeling that American citi-
zenship should be protected against the Inn
portation Of pauper and criminal classes
from abroad. we favor such modification
OF our immigration laws as will more fully
effect such protection.
w favor the use Of both silver and
gold as money ut a ratio of i6 to 1, con-
s"'ns the coinase Of silver to the American