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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22
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This will be of particular Importance to all
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prolonged and bitter struggle in Congress
over the policy of protecting farm products
THE AMERICAN FARMER is on the side of
the farmers, and bitterly hostile to the an
nounced program of placing wool on the
free list, and reducing the duties on other
agricultural products. 1t denounces this as
making the farmers bear the greatest part of
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A BOOK FOR A SONG.
Blake1ee's Industrial Cyelopedia,
Ready Reference and Reservoirs
Of Useful Information.

In this book, by George L. Blakelee, prac-
teal mechanic and editor of a farmers paper,
720 octave pages are devoted to explaining
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way of doing every kind Of work, mechani-
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Tor furs, leather, lamps, and glass articles.
butter and cheese making, pOrk-p packing,
canning preserving, and the like without
end.
Not only are the mechanic and house
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of use and interest to the farmers are treated
ri such length that there seems to be moth
ing in the wide range of his multfarious
duties that the author has overlooked. The
housewife, too, has department of her own,
where, among hundreds of other things, she
Is Taught the mysteries OF bleaching and
dyeing the management OF all kinds of
fabrics; how to make brackets, frames,
tides, rugs, mats and all kinds of knitted
and fancy articles; how to beautify her
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The book is a substantial octave volume
Of 72S pages, well printed on paper of fine
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON D. C., FEBRUARY %. 1894.
MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

One Which is Not "Purgcd," and in Which,
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll
there are the names Of ID. 2I5
survivors and 2 .2S2 widows, and
something ever B .OOO cases were
pending at latest reports. This
makes a fetal of %, 497, Or sew
eraI thousand mere men than
the United States had i'm Mexico
at any one time during the war.
These all receive either IS or
$I2 a month.
Among the names are those
of the widow of Gen. Samuel
Cooper. a New Yorker by birth,
who WAS Acknowledgement of
the United States Army at the
outbreak Of the WsF, and used
his position TO aid the rebels i'm
preparing for the struggle. He
resigned his position 10 become
AOl utstEHh@UChCEdA va thC FSVuth-
ern COnfederacy, and Officiated
as such until the rebellion col
Iapsed. Mrs. Cooper has been
drawing a pension since june
g. 1857.
The widow Of Thomas j.
'StORewaH") Jackson, who
was next to Lee the nlOst pOpu-
lar commander Of the rebel
armies.
The widow of Mai. -Gen. George
H. Pickett, who commanded a
division i'm the rebel army.
The widow of Mai .-Gen. Gideon
j. Pillow. who commanded a di-
vision in the rebel army.
The widow Of LieTf.-Gen. A. II.
Hill, who commanded one of
the tIsree corps Of Lees army.
The widow Of Sidney Smith
Lee. who was dismissed from
the Navy for "goillg over TO the
enemy" and afterWard became
q Commodore i'm the rebel navy.
Brighten. Jas. R. Chalmers,
who was FORESTS chief lieu
tenant.
Maj.-Gen. Dabney III. Maury,
who commanded the rebel
troops at the battle of Chicka-
saw Bayou.
Hon. =. B. Maxey, late United
States Senator from Texas, who
has been drawing his pension
since May -, 1857. He was a
MajOr-GeneraI i'm the rebel
army.
Hon. Jas. x. George, Senator
from Mississippi, and who
served in the rebel army as a
Colonel. The number Of his
certificate lis 1924.
Hon. A. HI. CoiguifG. Senator
from Georgia, who was "a Major
General in the rebel army,
draws "A pension under cerfifi-
cafe I9.I99.
The widows above mentioned
are of men who were educated
at the Government expense. and
afterWard fought TO destroy the
Government. They went OH the
roll at once, while last April
there were pending the claims
Of las. $50 widows of Union SOL
diers who had not yet been able
TO get Oh the rOil.
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addition to the infinite mercy to the myriads
| of pensioners. think of the incalculable
benefit such a payment would be to the
entire country. The people are suffering
from a congestion of money in the great
commercial centers and the lack of its gem
eral distribution. There is too much money
in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago,
| and Washington, and not enough in the
| hands of the people. You are contributing
| directly to aggravate this dangerous con-
dition of things by intensifying the plethora
Should you pay these men and women the
$15,000,000 which belongs to them as right
| fully as the sem-annual interest belongs to
the bondholders you would contribute more
powerfully than any other man in the coun-
try has power to do toward reviving general
prosperity.
The $15,O0O,O0O would lie distributed from
one end of the land to the other, and within
fortnight would make its influence felt in
every channel of business. Not dollar Of
it would be boarded. 1t would go in drib-
lets just where most needed-into the hands
of the common people, and be by them set
into the most active kind of circulation.
Even OH their way home from the pension
agencies and postoffices the recipients would
stop to pay their little debts and buy neces-
saries for their subsistence and comfort.
Every 500 paid in any little neiehborhood
would within the month do the work OF
81 .000 or even 1O000, in the promotion of
business activity. The pensoner would
pay out his 500 in little sums to Jones, the
grocer; Brown, the dry-goods man Smith,
the shoemaker Johnston, the physician !;
Black, the druggist; White, the butcher, and
so on, and Jones, Smith, ct al, would inn
mediately pay it to one another, and to
others with whom they have accounts, and
so it would go On indefinitely until the
village merchant gathered up the currency
and pat it in bank TO meet the drafts of the
Eastern merchants from whom he bought
his goods.
70 pay out this $4,000, 900 mow mould be
equivalent to expanding the currency in The
most efectiUe tuey from $4,000, 900 TO $780,
100000.
Now, Comrade Lochren, we implore you
to take all this into serious consideration.
We know that if you will give all the facts
their proper weight, you will reconsider
your determination to return this money to
the Treasury, and will decide that It's proper
place is not in the vaults of the granite
building in Washington, but in the pockets
of the hundreds of thousands of veterans
who years ago wrecked their lives in saw
ing the Nation from wreck, aud in making
Treasury of the United States perma-
nent and solvent institution.
Yours, appealngly,
THE NATIONAL, TRIBUNE.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22
THE LOGIC or PROTECTION.

The cuckoo cry that free trade is q
natural condition, and therefore right,
and protection an unnatural" one, and
therefore wrong. will not bear the test of
all providence for the future is by the same
rule unnatural In the state of nature
man does not fence fields, or pillow land, or
garner grain. He does not wear clothes, or
build permanent dwellings, or make roads,
maintain legislatures or courts of law. The
constant effort of civilization is to get away
from the state of nature, and secure COM
forts and possessions that are impossible I'M
der primitive conditions. Protection
is device of highly organized society
Der than he would otherwise have The
savage believes in absolute free trade, be-
cause he cannot understand better. When
he chases down and kills an animal, he
wants to take its skin to the nearest trader
anu get ds mucn po"oer anu suot, DIasS
rings and cotton cloth, tobacco or whisky
as he can for it. 1t is hard work to teach
him that he can do better by abandoning
what seems to him the "naturaln way, and
instead Of hunting animals, herd them, care
for them, and in this way get more meat
with less effort. Protection means the con-
servation of energy and its direction in the
way that will give everybody the greatest
return for the application of his energies to
| the natural resources of the country
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

Cooper stayed in Il a week before writing This
Water Witch" and Washington Irving visited il
repeatedly. II Is probably the oldest and best pre-
served ofthe Revolutionary mansions on The island.
and ought 10 belong TO the historical society.
Gen. Grants book. which he wrote while dying
20 leave, rs he said, hing in the way Of money
to his widow and children. has for paid them
$4,000. There IS still a steady and large de-
mand for the book. In a short time a cheaper
edition will be Notwithstanding that can bs
sold for 81 little less. If the cheaper edition
meets with the sale that is expected Mrs Grants
profits may be 81 GOO 600 than S5OOO within
the next 10 years. The book is the most profit able
book, in q commercial sense. ever written.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

FRED MAY, who has long been one of the
leaders of the swell DULLES of New York, and
not many years ago decorated James Gordon
BENEFITS nose with stroke of his cane, has
had the bad judgment to get into quarrel
with Buffalo Bill, ard has had his face slap
ped. 1t is not risking anything 10 bet that
he will not challenge Cody, and thns give
him the privilege Of naming rifles as the
weapons.
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Four billion pounds of sugar and molas-
ses, worth about $l1S,O0O,O00, were i'm
ported into this country last year. Think
how much more prosperous this country
would have been if all that had been pro-
duced on the farms of Kansas, Nebraska
and the Dakotas, and the amount of money
gone into the pockets Of our own farmers.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

SENATOR GEORGE, of Mississippi, was
brought over from direct opposition to sup
port of Peckham by the out-and-Uut offer
of the control OF the patronage Of his State.
The same means secured the support of the
Populist, Kyle, of South Dakota; Pasco, of
Florida; Co'quitt, of Georgia; and Butler,
of South Car olina.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

THE sympathy of The country is badly
divided over Mr. Wilson and his BILL 1t
is hoped that he may speedily recover but
that his bill may be even more quickly
killed.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

MINISTER WILLIS should come home.
True, he is not wanted here, but he is still
less wanted in Hawaii, and his presence
there imposes upon those good people an
amount of self-reStraint that we have no
right to ask of them.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

NOTHING shows The laundering character
of our taxation system more than the fact
that Chicago with, more than three times
the population of Cincinnati, and presan-
ably that much more wealth, has tax du-
pIIcate very little larger than the Ohio
metropolis.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

THE way the Senate Foreign Affairs Com
mittee is torn mp over its Hawaiian report
shows that the cuckoos do not sing us loudly
in the north end of the Capitol as in the
south.
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HAVE, YOU WRITTEN?

Have you written to your Senators and
Representative asking that they secure
legislation by which every claim now on
file in the Pension Bureau be made special"
and settled by the end of this yearp If not,
do not delay any longer in doing so. This
is important for you and every cOmrade.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

PRESIDENT DoLE's letter shows that If
lie had taken up his residence in this coun-
try he would have gained place near the
head of the procession in whatever he under
took. He clearly outclasses not only Willis,
but Gresham. g.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

GREAT BRITAIN is getting more sick every
day of her folly in not taking part in the
International Monetary Conference. She
would only take an academic Interest"
then, but she has an intensely practical in
terest in the matter now
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

REPRESENTATIVE ENLOE, of Tennessee,
has been giving the pensioners a much
needed rest while he devoted his energies
to an attack on the Coast and Geodetic Sur
and, falling in that, wants it transferred to
the Navy Department. We don't under
stand why he hates the Coast Survey. 1t
is true that it helped put down the rebellion,
by information 10 make the blockade eff
fective, but it was not so conspicuous as TO
be q reason for this long-enduriEg hatred.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

Total amount paid ON account
of bonds and interest notes,
principal, interest, and pre-
mium. to bOndholders to June
30, 1898. since and including
fiscal year 1851:
Principal SI,794, 399.I34.7O
Interest 1854. 769.2 2I.I7
Premiums 1I9,S63, 3s6.7I
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THE tax on whisky is TO be raised to S1.20
a gallon. Thus does the infant industry I"
of moonshining receive additional encourage
ment and protection.
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THE AMERICAN FARMER.

You can get years subscription to that
splendid agricultural paper, The american
Farmer, by sending in three yearly sub
scriptions to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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ONE FARE FoRnTHE ROUND TRIP.
At the recent meeting of the Trunk Lines
Association a rate of one fare for the round
trip was authorized for tickets to the GAR.
National Encampment at Pittsburg.
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If each subscriber 10 THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE WM charge himself Nth getting
one ne,o subscriber The circulation of the paper
will be doubled at once, and Nth little trouble.
Let each subscriber ayi
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

WHEN it comes to good, strong letter
writing, Minister Willis is not eligible to
play in the same team with President Dole.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

THE New York Sun says that the Pres;-
dents policy is, 9when in doubt, to nominate
a freak. a.,
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THE BEST WAY

To get ready for the great fight for soldiers
rights is to get up big clubs for the veterans
champion, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
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THE rejection of Peckham was q defeat
for the great railways, which took a strange
interest in his confirmation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

MANY things ,mneh more important than
Hills enmity contributed to the defeat OF the
nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham for
Associate Justice. He is an attorney of the
Eastern railroad corporations and New York
importers, and consequently radical free
trader, who believes, or pretends to believe,
that protection is unconstitutional. He was
nominated as piece of Presidential spite
work. being deliberately selected as the
most obnoxious man to the New York Sem
ators who could be found. Senators gener-
ally objected to having the Supreme Court
made a machine for wreaking personal and
iactional spites. Lastly, Presidential patron
age was used in the most unbushing way to
secure votes for his confirmation.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

THE regular and rebellious Brazilian fleets
are wearsomely coy about getting together.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

THE cuckoo does not seem to nest on
Gen. Sickless desk to any great extent.
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MISSING COPIES

We want a few issues of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for Jan. 5, 1893, to complete our
bound files Auyscamrade who has such n
copy will confer an obligation by sending 1t
to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington,
n n
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1TlasD Al r5 WASHINGTON posr BATTER
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-22

Elias Howe, Jr., Post 3. Bridgeport. Conn, has
lost the following comrades by death during 1898;
Edward II. Lyon, 9th Conn; Assistant Surgeon
Francis J. Young, I'd Conn. II. A.; Lucus II.
sherman. 43d y. Y; julius Il. Binderman. 4lsb
N Y; Captain Adds f. Payne 9th Conn; Chas.
Hull 9th Conn.,; Sergeant W. b. Curtiss. 10th
Conn; w. Fl. LltImer (eolOredl, u. ,. Navy; Ezra
L. Nichols {eOloredl 29h Conn; Christian A. hOh-
Ius 9th Conn; John Hamburger. 9th Conn; Ches-
Wolfe, 81 N. Y: Erasius II. Knowles lst Conn.
III. A; Major Michael ). Sheridan, Attn U. ;. aud
9lst n. " David Jones, 1lth U. 5. G. II. A.; John
Sheridan, Ist Conn. II. A; Lyman DOrDan, I'D
Conn; Chss. a. Nichols. 22d Conn. Cav; Geo. Is.
Smith, sth n. Y; David II. Hopeweil. ssh u :.
g. r.; Lieutenant Randolph kOSt, OH Conn;
Franklin f. Ryan. regiment unknown; Eugene r.
Sl0ssom, 23d Conn., Alexander MhilgAn, regiment
unknown; Orris >. Jennings, Stb Conn. john Mo
Bride, 25lh y. j.; Col. and Byt. Brighten w M H.
Noble 17lh Conn; Sylvester Q. Case, 37th n. j.
The following comrades OF Allan Il. Jo6es POSI-
l57 have died within the past year:
John G. Hays, sIih Obio; John Barnell, With and
l-sth Ohio; John 5eibert 18th and 52d Ohio; JnO.
Brooks Gath Ohio; Theodore Beers, llIh and 6sIb
Ohio; Thomas Lines, 18th Ohio.
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One Which is Not "Purgcd," and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.