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FREE TRADER CONVERTED.


HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PROTECTION BUT
SAYS THIS IS NO TINE FOR A cHANGE
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! have read with interest Mr.. Carnegie
letter and your reply. I agree with your reply al
though have not agreed with you on tarn matters
In the Mckinley bill l did not believe and as one
OF the largest importers In New-York In FORMER
years. though out of business naturally iaVor
low duties But this country has just passed
through one OF the greatest pancs 1t has ever en-
countered. All business is parayzed. thousands OF
men seeking employment In vain. there ~ no
confidence. railroad earnings are poor. everything
is thoroughly dsorganized and on top OF this IL Is
proposed to rcvolutionize the tariff and to AGA 10
the uncertainty. which means adding to the misery
WE encounter rnde aSan revive let
confidence again be restored, and then take up the
tariff from the point OF view OF gradual renuctlons'
No merchant. whether a Free Trader or Pro-
tectonist wants sudden and great upheavas- 1t
is easy for Mr.. Carnegie to take the view ne does,
because the proposed tariff Is AL In his favor
and adds to his profits. He would get forelgn ore
free, instead of paying duty of 10 cents ton
on it. He needs this foreign ore to mix with his
American ore. The. duty on steel rails does not
trouble him-be 1t high or low-because he can pro-
duce steel rails cheaply that ne can defy foreign
competition, and the freight alone would be s;ifi,
prices on the other side decline Mr.. Carnegie
careful to omit this In his letter. but the fact re-
mains and IS indsputnble.
You are right, therefore, from patriotic point
OF view In wishing h TO XIII this tariff bill at the
political economy. am not prepared to admit.
must also say that the cry AGAINST large cor
poratlons seem to me absurd. The Standard on
Company. etc. all furnish their product to the
consumer at low prices and that is after all, what
the consumer wants II they could do that. and
at the same time make profit. al parties would
be satisfied but those whose only object Is to make
take the side Of labor against capital: or in other
words ,socialistic views; AMERICAN.
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MINOR BUSINESS COMPLICATIONS.

Max II. Killing. dealer in diamonds at Broadway
and John-st has turned over all his assets to his
creditors who will liqudate them and thus pay
off their claims 1t is thought that the assets will
realize enough to pay 100 cents on the dollar. A
trust arrangement has been made by the principal
creditors and l.. & NJ. Kahn have been intrusted
with the liquidation.
Transcript of a judgment for sl0095 was filed In
this city yesterday from Monroe County against
Georgana /. Hotchkiss, doing business as Hoch-
kiss * Co., bankers. at No. 81 Broadway, In favor
OF the Flour City National Bank, or Rochester;
Judgments aggregating $4,000 have been recorded
against her In the last few weeks
Bloomfield Littell has been appointed receiver OK
the rents OF Nos 80 and 1T Forsyth-st.. which
property belonged to NJ. Rosendorh 4 Sons. Dry dry.
goods dealers at Nos. 277 and 2Is Grand-st VINO
failed six weeks ago. In suits brought 10 toreSose
mortgages or s2SOV0 on each piece OF properly
Judgment was entered here yesterday against sans,
Michael h. and Peter r. Moore, composing tne NH,
of NJ T.. Moore & Co.. manufacturers OF PRINT soous
at Cohoes, n. Y. for $1,000 Michael r. M9 pna,
the senior partner, has for twenty years past peea
engaged in the business OF botting mineral waters
at Nos. 223 and 225 East Twenty-hrst-st. he mas
had no rating AZ Bradstreets for many years an
Deputy Sheriff Mulvaney YESTERDAY rece.seaa al III
attachment for s6 against the Barren is'1 Rsrren
and Guano Company OF this CITY anu ,n , ~
Island. In favor Of Charles McNulty' wh'ch wa
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DANGER IN DRINKING WATER.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Permit me to say word the subject of
drinking water in public places. -. ID. H." in his
communication of December H. suggests drinking
after the manner of horse, with both the lips in
water This Is doubt an Improvement on the
ordinary way but why not carry ones own cup
or glass, thus securing n vessel free from the
dreaded microbes? Drinking cups are now well
gotten up of various metals glass, in such
and compact forms that they readily be tucked
In pocket or gripsack. However, this seems 10 be
small part OF the matter. since large percentage
OF the danger turks in the waSer Itself. How can
one be assured OF its purity when ignorant of its
source, OF the length of time 1t may have been
standing In tank or vessel. whether said tank
Is ever properly cleansed? II Is certainly running
a great risk 10 drink any water unless absolutely
sure or Its surroundings, and one always pro-
cure the bottled settler or vchy which Is excellent
for the stomach Surely in this enlightened age
when one Is haunted by visions of the enterprsine
mcrobe lurking on every hand. 1t bebooves him to
exercise care If perchance he would escape these
seen foes. Il. L., T.
Chester, N j., Dec. e. 1893
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TRYING TIMES FOR DOCTORS.
A PHYSICIAN MAKES PLEA FOR HIS BRETHREN
HE THINKS CLINICS AND DIsPENSARlES
sHOIu.n RE FOI TIE POOR ONLY.

A PHYSICIAN MAKES A PLEA FOR HIS BRETHREN
HE THINKS CLINICS AND DIsPENsARIES
SHOULD BE FOR THE POOR ONLY
To the Eiitor Of The Tribune.
Sir 1t Is safe TO say that no class OF men mas
suffered during the present hnanclai sum"
gency than physicians. In hard times they nave
always been compelled to bear much loss out peo-
nile ont of their profession cannot realize the eN-
tent TO which such loss may Their relation 10 'ne
wage-earning mass Is peculiar-argely. 1t must DE
confessed, of their making or toeratioh-anu
this popularity renders them the more SUBJECT "
loss on occurrence Of general business oepie''
sion. Most physicians give vast amount Vi sia
tutous service for the benefit, ostensibly or the
moor who attend the hospitals and dispensaries
and receive there advice and. in most cases. meui-
cine free At q time like the present. thousands
of people who would ordinarily seek the once VI
a doctor so to the places where they know 'ne .,
ailments will be considered and advice given Win
no thought of fee One has only 10 WISH .ie "o'
pital clinics and dispensaries to be cohvneeu ~
This and as these institutions are somewnas
hcky distributed over ne G yhe anu bubble roll up
a vast aggregate Of patients in the course Vi
For year or two past, the growth Of free med,
cine in our city has been subject OF Gisru ie
ssrsus edeed is its invasion
the territory whence their nc9 Whv - are not clinics
and dispensarles restricted for the use OF the
poor?' ,., ,ror, h,s own expe-
Renee as ciinician that hundreds OF people anie
70 nav a rea sonabe fee go 70 hospital orislnally
founded for the accommodation Of the SICK pour
only. - 49, -, ,r,,r,oted nc we
may 1t would appear that society snou iSv are are
devoted sef-sacrifcing men, giving OF tneIr ui INV
and talents to benevolent serS,Gs c, L var
rant for the Of at least fns anxiety
rCnrdinp their personal necessities. the well-Dens
Of society has much in eOmmS bo T haTe 'e obaned
reenectabie standing for honesty OF purp9se an" y.
industry should not re them from
eerort any more than the active church mlssJ n ~
should find himself trammelled IN ms " bis sai az
,.nnt The latter however. as a rule mas ms 81 81
srv TO render him practically Independent, Wh m
the average doctor must iOoF his patients for the
means of subsistence
NeW-York, Jan. !, 1894
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WHAT NO FELLOW CAN FIND OUT

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In 1859. before the war. when there was
Democratic Administration and not much tariff for
the protection Of American manufacturers. / was
employed at my trade in New-fork. a journeyman
brass finisher, and my wages 81 80 day.
Others received 81 % and 81. The last named was
the highest price paid. Flour was s. 50 and SC a
barrel; rump steak. IL cents pound; white sugar,
cents pound black tea, 20 cents TO 81 a pound
mems clothing (wooD sl2 to SIS a suit.
To-day the same work precisely pays from 81 Is
to 50 80 day. Flour Is "a 80 barrel; beefseak 10
cents pound white sugar cents pound: black
tea 40 cents to 30 cents pourd; suits OF all wool
now for which i paid s12 on Broadway. and 1t Is
better In every way than had twenty-five years
ago for double the money. What / should like to
know as a worlsingman is how / am to gain any
thing by reduction Of the tariff.
REFORMED DEMOCRAT.
New-Yors. Dec. q. 1888.
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AN APPEAL FOR DEAF-MUTES.
Tho Editor NJ Tho Tribune

TO The Editor OF The Trfbune.
Sir: Please allow me to remind your readers that
the Church Mission to Deaf-Mutes. New-York, In
corporated In October. 1872 is In active existence
The Rev. John Chamberlain and myself are the
working representatives OF this society in this COM
munty and constantly engaged In finding sit'ia-
lions for the unemployed and in minstering to the
sick and needy. We also connected with St.
AIMS Free Church for Deaf-Mutes and their hear
Ing friends, at No. West Eghteenth-st. Every
day during the week after the n. m. service we
meet the deaf-mute men and women who need adj
vice and assistance. We have an intelligence office
To-day sent deafmute young woman to live
with deaf-mue couple in the country and engage
In general Homework
We hold sign services In other cities and do all In
our power to promote the spiritual and temporal
welfare of silent brethren after they leave
school. The society is sustained by charitable con-
trlbutons. which may be sent to the undersigned.
THOMAS GALLAUDET, General Manager.
No. West Eighteenth-st New-York. JAN 4, 1894
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sttuted authorities. What they did was au h;
orderly, just and terrible. 1t had no excuse ou'
that OF necessity. -,.,. ,,,iii paver
1t is to be hoped that such necessity NIL WITH VIII
scarcely less contempt here than was IN 1.-the, the
Western city. II two Governors conu9h coward v the
criminal with the highest judicial honors merely nG,
because the crime serves their party, VII. no.
lower criminals reasonably expect to be protected
in their violence and perjury done In partisan
Fortunately the people OF the state OF New,
York have waited for actual mfoer r,g eH and
treason through the ballot-box Is not altogether
success yet. " -"
Brookyn Dec. IS, 1893.
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WHAT A CHANGE HAS BROUGHT.

OF ITIDune
Sir: The year 1892 showed profit in every line
of industry and enterprise The year 1893 shows
loss every account There was added to the
stored wealth OF the nation In 1892 more than
$4,000 10000 The last six months Of 1893 show
loss OF than 5000 100000 in the market value
OF all our property, the result of change from Re-
publican to Democratic rule Is 1t not time to
call halt? Is II not the bounden duty OF every Re-
publican member Of Congress to oppose the passage
Of the Wilson Tariff bill as whole. and to give no
aid TO the Democrats In their attempts TO amend
patch up the rotten measurey l am working.
man. a mechanic. and am already thrown out OF
employment, and believe II Is my solemn duty as
well as that Of all my fellow -workmen. to work by
postal card petition and remembrance to Congress
praying them to defeat the Wilson bill II six
months Of Democratic rule is the cause OF such
widespread restitution want, misery and loss as at
present what will the gross amount be through the
remaining term OF their power? This catering for
the benefit Of foreign countries at the expense or
America is un-American. unpatriotic. and Is. In my
estimation nothing less than treason to our country
New-York Jan. g. 1894 8. NJ MOORE
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within the limits Of large city. Let US have the
waterfront protected for all time against any dock
schemes by a law enacted by the coming Legis-
lature. as The Tribune truly says We are not saIe
and children would enjoy visiting Riverside Drive
Park and waterfront compared with those visiting
Harlem speedway Thousands would go 20 tiVer-
side to hundreds going to a Harlem racetrack.
1t Is an outrage and a shame for Mayor jilroy or
10 spend the public money when we have within an
hours walk from any part OF New-York Island such
a park the Riverside II should not De leit IN
such n condition as Il Is to-day. Let The tribune
continue It's good fight for Riverside Park and Drive
and the public will not forget II. TAXPAYER.
New-York, jan g. 1894.
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AN OLD SUGGESTION RENEWED.

TO the Edit0r or The Tribune.
Sir: The usefulness Of third in develop
Ing speed. as shown recently in the Columbia, sug-
gests device by which the speed of twin-screw
steamers can be increased great loss of power
arises from so-called slipping" The. water is
backward This might be avoided by incasing the
screws In tube. attached TO the side of the ship
and extending number Of feet back from the screw
Itself All the water sent out by the screw in re-
volving would thus be forced backward and the
entire power be exerted TO drive the ship forward,
whereas at present much is wasted In sideway
pressure and useless compression Of the water IL
there is anything in this idea those whom 1t con-
Germs are freely welcome tC II. PIIYSICUS.
Princeton, ~ j., Dec. q. 1893.
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A CALL TO ASSIST DIR. PARKHURsT.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir: What countenance or support outside the
fearless crusade he is pushing In your city against
the abominable inquities that you in the face
on every hand? Your prophet" cries aloud and
spares not, but who holding up his hands? I
know the impression he is making is felt away from
your city well there. What demonstration
has been made or is being made to show that he Is
working comparatively alone Is a mistake. This
true. will you not enllghten the public outside as
we'll as inside the great city? 1t seems to II there
was ever a crisis when every good citizen. every
decent man and woman. should rally for the re-
forms that DR.. Parkhurst is working for, that time
Is now. What power would be rally of the min
listers OF New-York-Cathoc. Epscopaan. Presby-
terrain Methodist, Congregationalls Baptist, Luth-
eran, Cniversalist Reformed. Unitarian Moravian
and Swedenborgan? II these great forces should
unite. or act as denomina TONS should they show a
united purpose to put down the wretches that de-
spoil and Cypress them, what sweep they would
make OF the denominations that have so long plum
dersd and polluted the fountains of influence.
Why should not these good men summon their peo-
pie to arms, the hundred thousand communicates
constituting their hocks? What an army they would
make what resistess force, what impregnab,e
breastwork against the food to be stayed! How can
business men. men OF influence. the merchant
the dasards that prey upon Them their clutches on
their threats, while they tell them what they may
do ana what they may not, and dictate TO them
what compensation they shall have in dollars for
abuse they in1ict? Where the toilers whose
bread comes of the sweat OF their brow that their
ranks? 8 n HATJJDAY
Brooklyn Jan. s, 1894.
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HOW PATENTS ARE GRANTED.
To the Editor of The Tribune


Sir: The article In last Sundays Tribune headed
Taking Out Patent" giving instructions
how to proceed in the matter. and pointing out the
protection afforded by n caveat leads me to ask for
further Information the subject. follows:
If A secures a caveat. and applies later for n
patent for the same identical invention would
the Patent Office be certain or likely to grant BIS
request? In other words. would the application
for and granting of patent invalidate a caveat
previously secured by another party for the same
idea invention? d.
New-York, Dec. q. 1893
On case like this the Commissioner Of
Patents would suspend s application for three
months. and give notice thereof to A in order
that might complete his own application, and
produce evidence of priority of invention. When
such interference" arises. the person who
establishes the fact that he was the first to
conceive the invention gets the patent. Even If
a patent has already been granted to another
person. new applicant can secure a patent If
he proves seniority. The Commissioners
not. however, cancel the first one issued.-Ed)
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AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REPUBLICANS.

20 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: that Governor Flower has ordered
new election January 60 1894. to fill the vacancies
Of Congressman Fitch and Fellows, resigned Here
10 a great opportunity for the Republican party and
for the people The election of two Republican
Protectionsts from this city at This time. with star
walton staring hundreds of thousands In the face
q result OF the threatened overthrow Of our indus
trial system. would be like dynamite bomb thrown
into the House Of Representatives.
Let The Tribune start the cry Of protection and
plenty versus a tariff for revenue % and starva-
ton.
be removed. Let the Wilson bill be killed and men
will gladly earn their own living. Let Governor Nc
Kinley. ex-Speaker Reed and the ablest men be
brought here. and they drive the unemployed
Of Harlem and Washington Heights frantic with
rage against their Democratic representatives.
New-York, Dec. 20, 1893 j. c. RE1FF.
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PROTESTING AGAINST WILSON'S BILL.
RESOLUTIONS OF THE NEw-ENGLAND TOBACCO
GROWERS - PETITION OF LOWELL
CARPETMAKERS

Hartford. Conn, Jan. 9.-The eleventh annual
meeting Of the New England Tobacco Growers
Association, held to-day attended by nearly
800 members President II. S. Frye. of Poquon-
mock. read his annual report, and explained what
had been done the tobacco tariff question at
Washington. The following officers elected
President, H. S. Frye; vice-president. Thaddeus S.
Graves; secretary and treasurer, S. c. Hardin;
corresponding secretary. Allison H. Brown d.
rectors. II. ii. Austin, b. NJ. Warner E. n. Phelps.
II. J. Lothrop, George ID. Fisk. NJ. w. Frsbie.
L. V. Lester, w. f. Ambrose. J. r. Pierce, Norris
Holcomb. Il. A. French Eugene A. Brown and
S. o. Griswold.
The Committee Resolutions reported series
OF resolutions protesting against any reduction Of
duty on leaf tobacco demanding that II the duty
on wrappers be reduced proposed. 80 per
cent. the duty cigars shall be reduced In the
same proportion. to 81 25 a pound and u per
cent ad valorem; calling upon the associations
representatives In both branches OF Congress TO do
all in their power to defeat the Wilson Tariff bill
for its hostile attitude toward the farmers in
terests, and thanking Congressman Sperry.
Lowell, Mass, Jan. 9.-The employees of the carpet
mills in this city. which have recently suffered
from heavy cutdowns, have drawn up petition TO
Congressman Stevens, representing that their bread
Is at stake, and that they nope for the
future If the Wilson bill shall become law, mas
him to endeavor TO have the proposed law changed.
so that the present schedule may be kept In force.
This petition IS signed by every employe Of the
Lowell CARPET mills
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granted on the ground that II is<a Nsv-yer.-
corporation. The company has a Capital stock ~
AsKIXG FOR A BLG AppRorpr Ir,o.

AShINU FOR BIG APPROPRTAfIOy.
At meeting OF the Boat-Owners' Assoc,sts..
held at No. II South-st. yesterday, at which ca
tain Hugh Blair presided. It was decided to reous..
the legislature to appropriate 100000 to prov,ds
immediate employment TO destitute citizens ~ ~
State by bottoming out the Erie. Chamnisir ia
1894. ' may
Another resolution says that the true rn.,h,h o..
facilitating and cheapening commerce on the Ell ~
Canal Is TO deepen Its channel and lenethen ~
the Erie and Hudson waterway represented q
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MR.. GLADSTONE AND GENERAL TRACY.
FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY MADE.

: FEARFULLY AND NONDERFCLEf u.
10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Edmund Burke once called Lord Chatham's
administration "a piece Of Joining checkered
and epeckled. so closely indented and whimsicaly
dovetailed cabinet varously inlaid; such
piece Of diversified mosaic; such tesselated pave
ment. without cement here a bit of black stone
and there bit of white. that II formed. indeed, q
very curious show but is utterly unsafe TO touch
and insure to stand on" Is this not good picture
Of the Wilson Tariff bill? F. HYATT SMITH.
Cambridge Mass, Jan. g. 1894.
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MILLS REoPENED AND WAGES CUT.

Wheeling. w. Va, Jan. 9.-Three departments OF
the Wheeling Iron and Steel Company'J top mill
resumed In full to-day employing 800 men. The
mills have been idle three months. Employees of
the Riverside steel plant last night accepted the new
scale. and all departments go in full tomorrow.
The mill employs nearly 300 men. The scale pro-
vides for reduction reaching nearly 50 per cent.
Lowell, Mass. Jan. "a reduction of from 10 to
Is per cent went into effect yesterday in the Talbot
Mills. at North Bllerlca. This Is the first reduction
In wages at this mill since 1872. The operatives had
Informed the management that they would prefer
to accept three-quarters time rather than reduced
wages.
cent In wages in the Greylock Mills instituted
yesterday. This Is the second within a short
Kent. Ohio Jan. 9.-The Shehart-Pete furniture
factory began work to-day with forty men. The
factory has been idle for several months.
Ansonia, Conn.,, Jan. 9.-The Sterling Organ Fac
tory started up yesterday. Two hundred persons
were set to work, nearly the usual number en-
ployed In all departments.
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MR.. N1coLL AS BIBLE STUDENT.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: When like the ex-Dstrict-Attorney at
tempt to quote Scripture must expect them to
get somewhat mixed. De Lancey NicolPs statement
that "Dr. Parkhurst's zeal hath made him mad may
be referred either to John H. II or Acts XVI. "a
Had the present simple Christian" in the District
Attorneys ONCE given the quotation we should
have looked for a correct rendering. However take
Il as 1t Is the reference is either to Christ or to
st. Paul
No one Of Dr. Parkhursts most ardent admirers