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, 1894-09-19
(Frgm the Argosy, 25th Aug@st.)

News has come from Surinam Of the seizure
of 30 lbs. of gold, which had been shipped III
Demerara for Holland per the Dutch Mail
Steamer Orange Nassau. The shipper OF the
gold came from Paramaribo to Georgetown III
the Curaeoa bringing the gold with aim, his
object being to ship it bore so hs to evade the
export duty in his own Q untry; but the Gus"
toms Department here, suspecting his netarl-
GUS design, sent by the steamer in which the
gold was shipped, a letter to the authorizes IN
Surinam, who at once took steps to seize the
gold and take proceedings against the offend
or, who it seems returned to Surinaln in the
Curacao. The loss of 30lbs. in gold, with q
large fine beside, was a big risk to run against
the two or three hundred dollars of duty
which the shipper was trying to evaue.
In the examination in London, last
month, Of a bankrupt named James Smith,
trading as "Thomas Smith q CO., the Off
cial Receiver expressed his opinion rather
warmly on the flying Of kites, that is to say.
on the raising of money by accommodation
notes. The bankrupt had opened hve.o SIX
different banking accounts, to give hlm tree
dom in his operations; and he succeeded IN
getting a number of bills discounted. The
Official Receiver pointed out that the bills in
Guided shillings and pence, and asked whether
these odd amounts were not inserted for the
purpose of leading the banks to believe that
they were all trade bills. The debtor denied
this to be the case and explained that no
doubt the shillings and pence were added be-
cause a particular sum had to be made up.
The Registrar.-"I thought that would be the
answer. There is no doubt they were put in
with a view to sharing the plumber. The
debtor objected to the word ''plunder." - The
Registrar.-I call it plumber when you OBJ
tain money from banks upon bills without in
forming the managers that they are accom-
mediation bills"
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SPEECH OF
GOV. VIM. MCKINLEY
Delivered at Milwaukee,
tuesday Evening, October 8, 1894.

Chairman Thorn introduced Mai. Nc
Kinley at $40 o'clock, saying: Fellow
Citizens OF Milwaukee and Wisconsin: !
am indeed grateful for the honor of in
Producing to you the enemy of free trade,
the defender OF protection, American
homes and American industries, Gov. Nc
Kinley of Ohio" Great applause)
Governor Mckinley said: Mr. Presi-
dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, and my Eel
low Citizens: The q. only time until now
that / have ever been permitted to look
into the faces of audience in the city
of Milwaukee was in 1884, when the
gifted Blaine, the beloved Of all Ameri-
cans, was addressing an assembled host
in you city. He was then representing the
great cause of the Republican party and
its principles. That gifted statesman, that
!llustrious American is gone, but the prin-
ciples which he represented then still
survive.
CLOSER and dearer to the American peo-
pie than they have ever been since the
mighty struggle for the freedom of man
more speeches already made in your state
to-day TO great audiences. l have come to
crave your indulgence for little while If
you will be patient with me. Disturbance
My fellow citizens, / know from my obser-
walton of the last two weeks how difficult
1t is to find any hall large enough for the
Republicans this year (Applause) If
this great audience will be patient with me
for little while and bear with me, |
shall endeavor to make myself heard by
all of you.
I'm November. 1892, n Republican ma
tional administration which had been in
control of the government for nearly four
years and which had administered the gov
eminent with singular ability and fidelity
at the head Of which stood one of our
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that on the Saturday before ZOO men had been
working In the tin plate factory of Messrs.
Niederinghaus Bros, turned out on the
streets. Why7 Because the Democratic con-
that they could no longer control any part OF
this market without a reduction I'm wages. My
In 1892 but good times. (Applause) We have
got the same dinner pail that we carried then,
but not much dinner I'm II. UAughter) Alb,
but they say that their bill is better than ours
because IL reduces tariffs. Well Il does reduce
duties. IL does cut down the tariff on nearly
everything that we import. That is true. But
what does IL do IL forf IL tells you what IL does
II for IL says II Is done TO increase the revenue.
Well we need II badly enough. uaughter.) But
bow can you increase the revenue by reducing
duties1 Did you ever ask yourself that question:
Why. yes. In one way, and that Is by increasing
your purchases from abroad. II you want 20
must import more foreign goods, muss't you I
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THE Republicans for thirty years have
been putting up defenses to keep your
products and the products of other nations
out. The Democratic party is now en-
ghged in tearing down those defenses."
That was his London speech. His Charles
town, w. Va, speech he has amended so
IL reads according TO the newspapers OF to-
day: THE Republican party have been
for thirty years building up defenses. The
Democratic party is now engaged in tear
ing them down-not to let your pro-
ducts in, as he said in London-'but to
let our products out Laughter)
Why my distinguished friend don't
seem to comprehend that we don't
put any tariffs on things that are going
out We put our tariffs on things that
come in. (Applause.) l will tell you what
his policy has done. 1t has put working
men out on the streets and has beggared
industry all over the United States. ZAP
plause) But my fellow citizens, bad as
their bill is, even before IL had become
law under the constitution, the president
having refused to sign il, every Democratic
leader from Mr.. Cleveland down-now re-
member this was after the passage of the
law. after eighteen months Of uncertainty
and distress and disquietude among the
business men of the country. after the
distress OF the wage earners of the coun-
try, after they had passed their law,
they publicly announced to the business
of the country that their law is not set
Element of the question at all; that 1t is
but the beginning: that IL is the first
step i'm the direction OF tariff reform: that IL is
the entering wedge TO free trade. Why, even
Mr.. Cleveland says the war has only Just be-
dustries and occupations OF the people. War
against whom? Against his own fellow citizens
over whose republic he presides by the voice OF
the people. He has become warrior in peace
He was a peace man in war. Great cheeringD
And while the business interests OF this coun-
try have been waiting all these months for some
thing no matter what. so they could adjust their
need not try to adjust your business to ii for
this is only the beginning and have got
other session OF the present congress In which
have full control OF the government. Do you
know how to stop this further war on our in
dustrlesY'
A voice: 'You beti"
People Want This War stopped.
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ders OF the American people. They have reduced
the tariff based on the importations Of last year,
on leaf tobacco and Havana cigars necessities
to every household 0aughter), 81. 434. 900. They
have reduced the tarif on liquors more than
81, 232 900. We put a tariff OF $3.50 upon French
brandy by the law of 1890 for the benefit of the
farmers OF the country. They have reduced it TO
$3.50. 0aughterl They have reduced the tariff
on laces and embroideries, based upon the i'm
portations OF last year, $l5S7 900; on silk
goods, pushes yelvsts, ETC., 81 900 Noy
here Is boom for the poor man: ON artificial
flowers and ostrich feathers, S265, 900; on paint
ings and statuary, $432 600 The poor Of this
country, the plain people OF this country, the
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A Queer Notion.

The collection of old bottles is not n
new diversion by any means, but the
transformation of these into the walls of
house is. A Dublin gentleman of
means appears to be employing his spare
time and cash in accommodating egg
shaped soda water bottles. AS they ar
rive, day by day, and are shot into his
garden, he has them cemented side by
side into wall, the result from the out
emporium.
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they are doing business on their own hook.
04aughter.) They have got no aid from
that great conservative party that guided
this country through war and peace
for more than thirty years, and covered
it with a prosperity and a glory the like
of which had never been seen before. But,
my fellow citizens, they have passed law;
a tariff law such as it is 0aughter). A
law which nobody approves of who
lives under our flag. A law which
the president OF the United State de-
clared was in violation Of party princi-
pies and party pledges. and which If il
passed he did not see how the Democratic
party could look the people of the
country in the face. (Applause). And
which after its passage he declared
to be the very communism Of pelf,'
a law which he refused 10 sign. A law
which he did not have the backbone to
veto. That man of courage, that man OF
independence. that man Of whom it is said
he is better than his party. 1t is no won
der that Senator Vest in Kansas City the
other night quoted the Spanish proverb
when he said you mustn't throw dirt on
the breakfast you have to eat daughter
and applause.) A law, my fellow citizens,
which never was considered on the Com
mittee on Ways and Means of the house;
never was deliberately considered by the
Finance committee of the senate; never
was considered by the Conference commit
tee OF the two houses, a law which the
house of representatives only three days
before its final passage voted never to
accept it And yet within three days
they did accept 1t, and they did it because
the agents of the Sugar trust said IL
was that bill or no bill, and in all proba-
bility none. (Applause) A law which the
senior senator from New York, Mr.. Hill,
one of the greatest Democrats of the coun-
try, declared was in violation OF every
Democratic promise. He not only spoke
against IL, but he voted against II, and
when he went back to his constituents they
rewarded by giving him a nomination for
governor in the great empire state. ZAP
plause.) law which Senator Mills OF
Texas land ordinarily disagree with hm)
Qaughter) says has not the approval of
thousand people in the United States; and
believe him. 1t has no friends here It's
friends are beyond the sea great cheer
ing). They owe no allegiance to our gov
eminent or fidelity to our flag.
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story Told at Lincoln.

yes, thousands and thousands of them. my
friend answers. | saw the other day in the city
of Lincoln, at great Republican demonstra-
tion, 300 workingmen-brickmaker
In n procession, bearing this banner: Twenty
two millions in 1892, not in 1893 1894.
That tells the story. l saw i'm the city of St.
Louis where | spoke week ago last night,
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1t will be seen from these statistics
that any duty which affects the price of
barley is of special Importance to Wis
consn farmers. 1t is a plain matter of
fact that under a decreased duty of more
than 80 per cent. the importation Of that
article will be greatly stimulated, and
the inevitable result will be n decline of
prices. The Wisconsin barley crop of
last year was valued mt nearly $6,000,000,
and n reduction of only 10 cents bushel
in the price in consequence of inviting
competition with Canada will incur a loss
Of 100000 year to the barley growers
of this state
The Canadian farmers are loudly re-
joicing over the passage of the Demo-
cratic tariff law. To them il means bet
ter times in barley raising. 1t gives them
the American market for their product;
and our farmers will find hard expert
ence in contending with Canadian compe-
tition. Wisconsin consumes but little
more than half of the home product, the
local consumption in 1893 being 6,3JO,OOO
bushels.
There can be no doubt as to the evil
effects of the new tariff law as il re-
CARDS barley. In 1890, when there was
n duty of 10 cents n bushcl, Canada sent
to our markets over 100000 bushels
of barley, n quantity equal TO the entire
product of the ste te of Wisconsin in any
one year. In 1893 the imports reached
only 1,969.761 bushels. This piece of
history plainly indicates what will be the
sure result of the barley schedule of the
present tariff law. That il will be hurt
full to the barley growers of the coun-
try is entirely beyond question.
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80 nigh to grandeur Is our dust,
So near TO God is man.
When duty whispers low, Thou must
The youth replies, Il can
THE TARIFF AND BARLEY.
What the Democrats Have Done to In.
wife Foreign Competition with
the Home Product.

The duty on barley prior to the enact
ment of the Mckinley law was 10 cents
n bushel. Under that duty, which was
there were imported TO the United States
from Canada the following quantities of
barley, with the value added:
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Must Have Good Wages.

Things cheaperl My fellow citizens, nothing
is cheap to the American people which comes
from abroad that makes an idle man at home.
Applause.) No agricultural product that comes
from Cam Ia, matter how low in price, is
cheap To the American people, If 1T leaves the
American product to rot in the fields. ZAP
cheap, II il means the loss of a days work 10
an American workman. (Applause) The dear est
thing in this wide. wide world is poverty. The
old men I'm this audience will remember that
when things were the cheapest men were the
lowest they were the hardest TO get, because we
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A striking illustration of the influence
of a protective duty in reducing imports
can be seen in the following table, show
ing the importations of barley for three
years Immediately after the passage of
the Mckinley law, which placed duty
of 30 cents a bushel on that article:
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Take that tumbler for example Exhibiting a
glass from the table, The protective duty on
that was 60 per cent for example Every 500
worth OF that kind OF that came from Eu-
rope put into the public treasury $50. Now the
Democratic tariff Is 30 per cent Suppose you
want to put $50 OF revenue into the public treas
ury under 30 per cent duty, how many of
these glasses will you have 10 import?
''You will have to import 5000 worth, won't
you? One hundred dollars worth under 90 per
cent; ii makes $50. Two hundred dollars
worth under 30 per cent. duty makes $50. So
If you put the same amount into the treasury
under 80 per cent. tariff you do under 60
per cent. you have got TO import just twice as
many OF these tumblers, haven't you? and every
tumbler you import into this country displaces
a tumbler which ought TO be made and is now
made by American workman. (Applause.)
For every additional shipload OF this kind OF
ware you bring from Europe you displace Just
that quantity that is made in the United
States, don't you? And when You displace that
quantity you dsplace the number of American
workmen who are required TO make IT, don't
you? And You put more money into the public
treasury, but you do IL at the expense of your
own labor. (Applause.) You put more money
into the public treasury, because you employ
foreign labor to make your glassware; but while
you are doing that your own workmen are idle
upon the streets.
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couldn't get ANYTHING for our labor with which
TO buy them. The most prosperous country IN
the world is the country that pays good wages,
There are Just two ways TO maintain the
American work shop for the American working
man. TO preserve the American market for the
American producer. One way Is to put the tariff
the foreign product that completes with or
own high enough to discourage the foreign Inn
portation and encourage home production ZAP
plause.) That Is the Republican way. The other
way to do It, and II will accomplish the same
thing, is TO reduce the wages OF labor so low in
facture as cheaply as we can Iaughter) In
that way we can keep the whole world out
e erSe tarin. Bree- Cleveland German way.
Now don't know what you think about IL here
In Milwaukee, but ! would ten thousand times
to get into this country than to make 1t harder
for the American citizen to live In this country.
4 voice: THAT is the way we think in
Milwaukee,"
protective tarir patriotic victory on the 9th
day Of November. Npplause)
zens-of course It has-that the more work
there is the better the wagesi That the more
labor and nd that the less employment there is
the lower the wages of labor? That when there
neither of them get as good wages as though
there were two days work and only one man
TO do Il. Free trade gives the one days work
to Europe protection keeps It at home for
the benefit of our own people. (Applause)
Mr.. Villas Political Economy.
ooh, but they say, they have reduced the
duty. SO they have. Mr.. Senator Villas
(laughter) gives us a new lesson in political
economy. lie says that free trade really in;
creases the prices of things. He says-and
read from his speech OF Sept. q, 1894 delivered
before the Democratic State convention at
Milwaukee-'What dismal prophecies have the
political wool growers been wont TO give us.
How they have Wanted the necessity OF protec-
ton TO secure price. Yet when did the
price OF that staple fall as under the Nc.
Kiney bill And now, having passed the law OF
1894, the markets testify Its advance within
even few days since the passage OF the new
law
Now I have been taught by Democratic
orators and by Democratic political economists
that n tariff tax, and that when we
took It OF from an article IL cheapened It;
but II Senator Villas Is right and wool has
gone up in price since IL has been made free,
then free trade II tax and not the tarin.
U.aughter.) There should be new edition of
the political economy OF the Democratic party;
and IN that be really true that when they have
taken the tariff of wool II sends IL up In
price, what becomes of their theory that free
raw material cheapens the raw material TO
the manufacturer and thus cheapens the prod
ucts, that they might go out aud capture the
statement, taking the tariff OF wool sends up
It's price and putting the tarin on sugar sends
down its price. QIaughter)
some Tarin Inequalities.
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Mr.. Wilson bubbles.

IT see Mr.. Wilson made his opening
speech to his constituents at Charlestown,
w. Va. He made IL yesterday. When he
was on the other side, banqueted by the
great commercial body Of London. he said:
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Unpartriotic and Unamerican.

81 am against that policy. Great applause
1t is neither patriotic nor American. But they
say 1t will give you things n little cheaper.
Q4aughter.) Aren't things cheap enough now
Does the merchant want the price OF what he
sells over his counter reduced still lower? Does
the farmer want the products of his farm re-
duced In price still lower?
voice: "No"
"No, they quite low enough. You know
they promised I'm 1892 that IL the farmers would
vote the Democratic ticket they would have
dollar wheat Qaughter.) They say they
meant two bushels for n dollar.
do you want the price of wool any lower,
wool growers OF Wisconsin? A Democratic wool
grower In Wisconsin told me to-day, when / was
passing through the state, that he had voted for
free wool In 1892 and he said he had come
within cents OF II, for he had sold his wool
for . cents, not long before. (Laughter.) Do you
want the wages of labor any lower?
Voices: NO"
well, then vote that way on the sixth of
November"
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''But what duties have they reduced for the
benefit OF the poor laboring men OF the country
upop the American people. Now let us see what
btsAsas they have rolled away from the shout
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IL believe the people do know how to stop
any further war on these industries believe
my friend is right. i think the people OF this
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Klgnt mere we nnd an example OF Il re-
duction of the importation of Canadian
barley to the amount of 6,250,5S1 bushels
in one year, the direct result of duty
which was practically prohibitive. The
Democratic tariff law of this year cuts
the barley duty in two, reducing it to 80
per cent. ad valorem which is equal to 4
decrease Of nearly "A per cent
The barley product of the United
States in 1893 was 69S00,00J bushels
Wisconsin is one of the great barley
states of the union, and last year stood
third in production, the first being Cali
fornia with II 100000 bushels, Iowa with
II GOO. 900 bushels and Wisconsin with
9,415,000 bushels, according to the re-
ports of the assessors, and 11,O24, 900
bushels based upon the reports of the
commercial agencies.
There are some heavy barley counties
in this state. In 1893 Dodge county pro-
duced 1,795,907 bushels; Fond du Lac
followed with ]. 237 ,402 bushels. The
remaining counties producing over 3OO,-
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A word for the Old soldier.

"And now my fellow citizens, tired I am,
want to call your attention just for a moment
20 another subject do not like the treatment
OF the soldiers OF this country by this adj
ministration. never have advocated excessive
PENSIONS but I believe that any man who
served his country and disabled In its serv-
ice. is entitled to receive n pension from the
government which he helped TO save. Great
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greatest American presidents, Benjamin
Harrison, Great applause), was by the de-
cree of the American people voted out of
power and a Democratic administration
voted in. So that for nearly nineteen
months the Democratic party had been in
supreme control of every branch Of the
Federal government; and for the greater
part Of that time it has been engaged in
revising the tariff
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-18

DALLAS, Tex, Aug 1S.-The Democratic
state convention yesterday completed the
ticket for state officers. The following are
the nominees; Governor, Charles A. Cul-
berson; lieutenant governor, George T.
Jester; attorney general NJ. NJ. Crane;
commissioner of land office, A. J. Baker:
Comptroller, r. w. Finley; treasurer, w.
b. Wertheim; superintendent Of public
instruction, j. NJ. Carlisle; chief Justice
of the supreme court, r. r. Gaines. c..
A. Culberson, son of Congressman Cul-
berson, Is young man of 35, finished
scholar in law and literature, and a fluent
and eloquent speaker. John H. Reagan's
defeat for governor is regarded as closing
finally his long political career. He is now
76 years old,
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The Reduced Appropriations.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Chuirmau Say
ers, OF the house committee on appropria-
tions, has completed an official stat ment
of the amount appropriated by the session
of congress just closing as compared with
past sessions. The appropriations made
during the extraordinary session and the
first regular session of the present CON
gress, including permanent apprOpris-
tions, show a reduction of S2s, $50, $50,
under the appropriations made at the last
session Of the last congress-; and deduct
ing the amount of the river and harbor
bill, 81, ,473, lsO, which should be done for
the purpose Of comparison, inasmuch as
no river and harbor bill was passed by
the last congress at its last session, the
reduction is $40, 800, ,169.