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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
EFFECT OF FREE TRADE.
A Report Upon Business Condi-
tons IN This Country.
Both Labor and Capital Sustained
Enormous Losses.
No Work for 80 Ter Cent. of the People
Output of Factories Decreased by "A
Per Ceut.-Ayegagc Earnings Yell
on $50 Per Head-Great
Decrease i'm Amount OF
Money Circulated.

a great deal of space is given in the
American Economist for October l. to
a report upon the business conditions
of the United States during the first
six months of the present year, as COM
pared with similar conditions existing
between January and June so 1892.
Reports were received from $50 differ
ent employers of labor who are able to
find work for 90. 500 fewer hands this
year than in 1892. They paid almost
SS,OO0,O0O less money for wages and
their output, or the amount of bust
ness which they transacted was nearly
one-half less than during the first six
months of 1892
The average earnings of each wage
Garner between January l and June 80,
is02. was $3.50. The average earnings
of each wage Garner during the CORE
spending six months of this year was
s195. Thus there was loss of SIS to
every one of these individuals WI were
employed.
The analysis of the reports, accord
ing to sections of The country, brings
the facts learned by the investigation
more strikingly home, both to the EN-
ployer of labor and the employee. The
statements presented regarding the
conditions that have recently existed
in the different sections of the country
are also extremely interesting. A
valuable tabulated exhibit l. that
which shows the per cent. of business
that was done by each ser"~ "a indus
try this year as comp re4 with 1892.
Unfortunately, there are very W
cases where there ha been no shrink
age, and there was but one showing an
increased business -or this year.
Tho census that was taken by the
American Protective Tariff league in
1892 showed that over $40, 100000 of
money had been invested in new or en-
larged industries within two years.
Also that work had been provided for
85,2sj additional hands.
Now we are under the painful neces-
sity of showing that 20. 500 people have
been deprived of work in $50 different
industries. Also that those who were
at work have received nearly eight
million dollars less money within six
months than they did two years ago.
1t is further shown that the amount of
business was but So per cent. of that
transacted in 1892.
The average percentage of this years
output in each industry, as compared
with 1902 is as follows:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

Ex-Empress Eucenie has never been
popular in England She IS generally
disliked, partly because she is thought
TO be a fanatical Roman Catholic and
partly because she is believed To have
driven her son, the prince imperial. 70
self-banishmcnt and death by her harsh
treatment of him This charge against
her is dis -iuctly made in Comte dIer-
rison's book, The Prince Imperial.
Napoleon ", jus, published in Paris.
lie says: After his fathers death all
persons that had been devoted TO the
emperor and the young prince were
dismissed; Empress Frgcnie re-
fused to notice that her son was no
longer child ana treated him accord
ingly The stipend allowed him was
ridiculously small So ne was forced to
borrow constantly from his compan-
ions. His letters had to pass through
the mothers and the governors hands
before they were delivered with snccr-
Ing remarks; in short, the young man
was Inundated by his mother and her
servants constantly and in every way
possible"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
Truck Farmers in Danger.

When truck comes into the large
eastern markets from Europe, Bermuda
and Canada; when it swarlns over our
northern borders, then our farmers
must sell for less money to meet the
competition, or else ship their stuff
further away to the west and south
into other markets that have been sup
piled by other farmers. This viii in
crease the expense by heavier freight
bills II will lower values by the
greater competition. 1t won't pay to
grow some stuff in some sections, and
there viii be more land Tor other crops,
again increasing their supply. Far
mers must economic by paying less
money for fertilizers, for seeds, for
boxes and barrels. Freight rates must
come down and wages must be re-
duced.
All of the PIG, 7G5 people engaged in
truck farming are interested in protec-
ton as well a. the seedsmen and the
nurserymen; the breeders of horses;
the manu- .acturers of fertilizers, Of
agricultural implements, of boxes.
barrels and crates; the railroad and
steamship companies and their help.
Truck farming is big business when
we come to look into tia big business
to destroy The democrats are the
party OF destruction. They want to
destroy American truck farming as
shey destroy everything else The ycan
be stopped only by voting for protec-
tigr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

Some statistics are published which
clearly show the extent of the raw
ages" in British trade, result lg from
the Mckinley tariff. The exports from
Leeds to the United States, for in
stance. fell from 81, 2O3, 6s5 in 1889 to
1859, 285 in 1891, e2s9, O53 in 1892 and
e25o, s66 in 1898. The Leeds exports to
the United States for the nine months
ending June, 1894, amounted to the in
significant sum of es1, O55, as compared
with e224604 for the corresponding
period of the previous year. Ia facs,
the trade was generally dwindling TO
nothing Wiltshire. England Weekly
Herald. AUGUST 25. 1884
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort am improvement and
tends 20 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, 10y more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of =, vsical being, viii attest
the value TO health of the pure LIQUID
laxative principles embraced J. the
remedy, Syrup ,5 Figs.
It's excellence Is due 90 its presenting
in tine form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties OF perfect lax
ative; etlecJGally cleansing the system,
dispelIinE colds. headaches and tevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, aoaU>c il acts ON the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and IT is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gizts in soc and : bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co only, whose name is printed on every
package. also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, You viii not
accept any substitute if offered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
An Fxperlmcnt In Cooperatiop.

Arneta Park, near Delft, in HOlland
is the result of an interesting expert
ment in cooperation. A tract Of ten
acres has uron it one hundred and fifty
houses, each with its little garden and
with certain common buildings and
common grounds The houses are oc-
cupied by the employees Of a great dis
tilling company, who form a corpora
tion which owns the park Each mem
Der owns shares in the corporation and
pays rent for his house; the surplus
after expenses are paid comes back to
him as dividends If he wishes to -
away or dies his shares are bought up
by the corporation ana sold to the man.
who takes his place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

Messrs. Mckinley and Reed repre-
sent to a remarkable degree the domi-
naut feeling in the republican party,
and along the same lines. We have
many times listened to them both
when discussing the same question to-
gether, and when discussing il sepa-
rately on all questions of public pol
icy they are practically agreed and
either one OF them. if elected presi-
jeut. will sign with pleasure and with
out delay any tariff bin which reoub-
Iican majority in congress my pass
Ii Mr.. Mckinley had been elee.e
speaker instead Of Mr.. Reed. Mr. Re,
would probably have prepared the
tariff bin instead IF Mr.. Mckinley
The attempt ncr IL create an impress
sion that the contest between them for
the presidential nomination win hinge
upon different views 10 the eco
monte policy Of he republican party
IS too baseless % be considered. except
Is an opportunity for stating that sneh
q purpose IS 3ne that neither one VIII
Boston Advertiser
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

The shutting down Of the California
iute mills and throwing 800 men, wo-
men and girls out Of employment is a
free trade object lesson. All the stock
on hand is worked up, and no more
will be imported with the threat Of
free grain bags. When tine domestic
industry is destroyed Calcutta viii con-
troll the market and a ring will send
the price up to the old figures of years
ago.-The Contra Costa, Cal, Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
sruDgpAKER Bros. MIRO. coupANr.

9otAh BEND ANU july i'- t''f
Perhaps some manufacturers sell goods for
export at lower prices than they charge 10 the
export trade: we know Of none such, our
prices for goods that 90 abroad are essentially
the same as those charge for goods for our
home trade the same figures for like goods Z.
o. b. South Bend / say they are essentially
the same, the only difference being that our
goods for foreign trade are priced a little
sitter than for domestic goods, for the reason
that ia sen ling goods so far from home we are
Obliged to take little extra pains in their pro-
ductIou. GLEN STUDEBAKER.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

a democratic tariff for revenue en-
courages the importation of foreign
made goods. Imported goods being
the products of foreign labor, rob
American labor of that amount Of
work About every $1,000 worth OF I'M
ported good hat can be made at home
throws one t'lerican out of employ
ment OF the $500 600, 600 of merchan-
disc imported in 1893. S4i5, O00, 600 could
have been made at home by Americans.
Allowing $4,000 for each wage Garner,
then 222, 500 would have thus found en-
ployment and received in wages si08,-
0OC, eco, had it not been for the fear Of
free trade
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

Dennis-Phwat 90 yez thoink, Mike?
w !son mas hin to London and Grover,
Wilson i Co 'av bin tn biggist buyers
at III London wool SAFES.
Mike--Aa pawRt does they wsRs wid
luglish WOOL
DennIss-To PSF over "a eyes aY 10
vstegs before e,!eiIea
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

The English people bought sl25, OOO.-
600 more Of farm products from foreign
countries IN 1898 than they bought in
1856. This was under free trade, The
German tariff he's placed more than
twsnsy farm products On the tree list.
How Do The American farmers like the
pTospsets9
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

Not financial one but a failure Of phys
ical energy, of vital stamina How C1u this
be repaired BY persistent course OF tie
blood fertilizer and iuvigeraut HostetteF $
stomach Bittcrs. which iusurcs perfect di-
gestion and assimilation. and "a consequent
gain i'm strength and flesh u also remedies
liver and malaraI disorder, rheumatism,
nerN BUSINESS and constipation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01


1t will be noted that there were in
deed very few industries turning out
70 per cent. or more of the quantity Of
their product of 1892.
An interesting comparison may be
made with the census returns of 1890,
and this follows.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
CeIebratcd LA on q celebrated 1870.

Gen. Lew Wallace. the renowned soldier,
statesman, traveller and author. pays tuI~
compliment to the Chicago, Mi wausue a
St Pau Railway ia the 81. Pau. Even Iu-
News Record. Oct. s. 1881:
Il have Travelled all over the United
States and Europe, but never before have
seen such magnificent train service as ] IN
joyed on The Mi WaUkee' between Chicago
and St Paul. The private compartment
cars are superior 10 anything Of the kind
ever saw
The trains referred 70 by Tho author Of
Ben Hur' are vestbuled O Foa1hUuf
heated by steam, lighted by e.ce, r.eltv aud
arranged with the famous electric berth
reading lamp. j. T. tONIEY.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt.. 81. Pam. M.nl.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

SHE-'What can a woman Go for auuse-
meut when She has no money" He-'G0
shopping. '-Br0Okly Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

HrArrU. comfort ana happiness abound
In homes whore .'Gar-4ul" Stoves and
"a are used
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

tsHAvE YOU ever been d Eur0pe2' 'N0;
have no relatives Their. Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

the tariff on wOOlens so high as to shut out
Sl60OOO00 worth in one year, he at the same
time shut in the United States sl6O00,OOO of
American products and left them without
market three-fourths Of this came from the
farm. When, by high tariff, he shut out $780,
OO0,0OO worth ~ foreign goods he shut in the
United States S2OJ,OJJOO0 worth OF American
products.
Humbolt, III.
This is one Of the democratic cam
paign lies that free traders go about
the country telling to people who never
study the facts and figures of our inn
port and export trade.
1t is true there has been decrease
in our imports of foreign wooden goods
from So, 564, 942 in 1889 to SIS, O4S, 5l5 in
1898, as shown by the statistical alb
stract of the treasury department. This
is a decrease OF S14, 5l6,4 APT in five years
and means that we kept at home that
much money and spent it in our own
country instead of sending it to Europe.
Most of this Sl4 500, 900 was paid to
American labor instead of to European
labor.
The falsity of the statement that the
decrease in our imports of woolens has
of American products and left them
without a market" can easily be
proven from the same official statistics
which show that in every yc~r from
1890 to 1898 our exports of American
products have been more than 500,
900 600 larger than they We're in 1889,
the average exports for the four years
being Ss0l, 0s1, 1896 an average increase
of Sl60 900, 600 more than our exports il
1889.
The next statement that "by high
tariff he (McKinleyl shut out $500, O00,-
900 worth of foreign goods" and that
he also shut in the United States
500, 900, 600 worth of American prod
ucts" is equally devoid of the faintest
semblance of veracitv. As a matter OF
fact our imports Of foreign goods have
increased since 1889. The treasury sta
tistics prove that we bought Sl21 ,000,
coo worth more of foreign goods, chiefly
raw materials for our manufactures, in
1898 than in 1889. Our average foreign
purchases for the four years, ls9O-93,
were $50. 007, 497, a yearly average of
nearly S57.OOO,O 600 more than before
the Mckinley tariff became law.
The facts are that we have bought
SS7, 600. 900 worth more than foreign
countries each year on an average
since 1889, and that we have sold on an
average of $50, 900, 00e worth more dur
ing the same years. The increase in onr
sales was nearly double the increase in
our purchases. So much for this free
trade lie.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

''NIRs AIIsHow has just returned from
her trip abroad" Mrs. Catchou-'Ioor
dear, it must nave been terribly dan for Ter.
living with tie house closed all summer. -
Inter Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
AN IMPORT AND EXPORT LIAR.
Democratic Candidates SO Hard Up for Ar


gument That They Take to Inventions.
In an address at Carni, H., Hon. ]. X. Will
liams said that when Mr.. Mckinley increased
the tariff on woOlens so high as to shut out
Sl6,000000 worth in one year, he at the same
time shut in the United States Sl6,O00,OOO of
American products and left them without
market; three-fOurths Of this came from the
farm. When, by high tariff he shut out $780,
0O0,0O0 worth ~ foreign goods, he shut In the
United States S2OJOOJ,OO0 worth OF American
productS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
nOTHERS

TauFs. Cokle Co. Teas.
DIR. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, y ":
Dear Siy-I took your Favorte Pre-
scription F." previous to confinement and
never did so well in my life. IL is only
two weeks since my confinement and am
able to do my work. I feel stronger than
ever did in six weeks before.
Yours truly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
TIE OLD LIARS LOOSE.
Manufacturers Deny That They Sell TheiI
Goods Cheaper for Export Than at IIome.

Manufacturers Deny That They Sell Their
Goods Cheaper for Export Than at IEome.
The old time campaign cry is being
rooted up from the hotbeds of demo-
cratic falsehoods in the effort to show
that manufacturers are charging lower
prices for their goods shipped abroad
than they sell the same articles for in
this country. Those old lies have been
contradicted time and again. The falsi-
fiers try to rig up an argument by COM
pairing a retail price in this country
with a wholesale export price for ship
ment abroad, or by comparing the
values of articles of a similar character
but of an entirely different quality. 1t
is the same old lie dished mp again TO
try and bolster up the desperate con-
ditions of free traders. Here are two
letters that have been in our possession
for a couple of months, which speak
for themselves:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01
OFFICE OF DEERE & Co,

MOLINE, ILL., July ID. lS9i
The charge that American manufacturers
sell tor export at better prices than they do AT
home so far as We are concerned Is not true
oar prices TO foreign buyers are home prices
and packing or packages extra. Goods that
are sold abroad Mt less than home prices are
goods that have gone out OF date at home or
cannot be sold at home by manufacturers for
the reason Of their having pat later pattern
or improved machine upon the market, which,
for home market, makes the old style article
unstable. Oyerproduction by a manufacturer
may hc disposed Of at lower than home prices
where it completes with foreign goods and does
not hurt the home prices. The latter Instances
are rare. All American manufacturers are re-
duced u the lowest prices in their home mar
ket by the sharp competition which now rules,
and they cannot make lower prices to foreign
trade unless they are philanthropc enough to
at "a loss.
This is a threadbare old charge and has been
so often and fully denied tlae 20 plrty can re-
iterate il except Wheu driven to extremities.
Yours truly,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

'No factory could make living on 81 him or
his kind Bat you may say a. me this II cents
ef vases was not spent. but Go was because the
necessity VI Spcadft- it mas what brought IT,
SF -es are uar rs bc summed mp. as used 70 be
u -lg OBJ books 70 political economy. as o mere
aae~--su u- division. Our waves To-day depend
uHt upon a@k such yuEEiin- CalC Ilatt0n. u
'ssigl 20 man ever knew. blt upon che social
i.ie o- aur people 81 hy III I5-5 the wages OF q
earr-ater L~sf ro Pc ~ cents "a day.
--u-et-1-es yuu undertake 20 account for
e II re .giu- tuA- = cents then w4S the equiv
.ster- e $50 1U- Bur such was lot the fact
rs ntr-tve cents To-day WlI buy m0rc than
$50 ever bought tLeu- fApplausc.l Why.
then. was the carps inter- coutented to live or
. cents 1sys Twas u1t hecaus- he had not
learned what 30 was -0 IiEe tctter applause
GuI abeu once men discover bg the ta-- proc y
e>~a~ e honest civilization how % live better
Eher utterly decline 10 live worse. except under
8 democratic administration laughter All
asriausc-l
-.I want son o. realize What thts greatness OF
tae Au-c-i ean n .3rzet meas. whAt il means 10
sou The market Is 1u-y another name for the
PURCHASING power, and the purchasing power
j. On b uat-.l che same - what we boys used
g ca- 50 r-i1u l. - pump Il sets ali the
u..se alatry Ea5uE. u turns tns min wheel. il
tag~ mare thal mat u Is tt- fo1n2atio.l and
o-l-la ~ cle4ple~s- Grand Rapids. In N5chi-
ssh. esal3 lat furnish co-l furniture 70 be
scattered az u7sr thc I--ire1 states unless
=-l-c u4~ Q tremendous llllaud FOR 10 and
l.llCy Go bus 4t with FaI River could rot
furnish -ot-ou cloth 40 TIE price 10 wh.ch Is i
-sll Z 81 Nere uut for the fact thai 8 great
.-44ly people IS. 4r cottsl cloth Eerc let re
>ay rc yV- Iay ir-elti~. tliat on tai> question
cEe4rae>> BE ouEht 10 have some scusil L.
.GelS. There are tvu different kin1s ol ches -i-
ue>~ o-e IS legitimate Cheapuess ana ne
ether j. lut ma Ipuc>S without re-t of
money iu volr poeS-t 20 bus With is bitter
pes 10 tle soul .AEpl4use and laughter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-11-01

"T-t.ch lc sou WANT Which DO ycu prefer
A 'al1- from the au .ence- We want the
-ara5r 4-es.t-Uaie che. plcss. foreign
ese -p4ess .cs.es @! No % tGe sepp. oF
AsCFsaa csss paess - Y5as esI. hoalef Cries
q Nc CfsaFaess u oag asrsCs.l 4 have
said 81 20. that iAs lessen % eSperssEes "a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-17

An authority on such matters recon-
mends thin quality Of linolenm to be
used as a dado for the walls in kitchen.
1t should be glued close to the wall, and
may be finished at the top with plain
molding. It may then be oiled or var
nished, or left in itsnatural condition, as
one chooses. 1t is in every way to be
preferred to q dado Of wood, which is
liable to crack and leave interstices in
which insects may lodge. The dado of
linoleum is as easily washed as a dado of
tiling, and is even more durable, while
it is good deal cheaper.
In the natural wood color in which
this material comes, it would make g
very pretty dado for a wall painted pale
blue, AS linoleum is nothing more than
the blown pulp of wood, combined with
oxidized linseed oil, it can be readily
seen that it can be treated in any way
that wood can be treated, while it is
exactly suited to this purpose and the
purpose of covering kitchen floors. A
dado is almost a necessity in a kitchen,
because plastered wall gets Clipped
with continual wear. Linoleum offers
just the right material necessary for such
protection,