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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

about three fourths of the total.
Last year. there was falling of
to 1868. 500 gross tons OF Besse-
mer iron, for the country, and
counting the same proportion as
in the preceding year. the con
sumption of Lake Superior Bes-
semer ores was 4, 500, 900. In the
Shenango valley and in Ale
gheny county n remarkable eX-
ception TO the prevailing de
crease from 1892 is noted, the
Shenango valley producing 234,
400 tons of Bessemer in the pan
ic year, against l76, 2O5 tons in
1892. and Allegheny county pro.
ducing l,370,955 tons last
year as against 1924. lOl
the year previous. In both these
districts there was a decrease IN
the total of forge and foundry
iron from 1892. presumably an
indication that the increased pro
duction of Bessemcr was 10 that
extent q displacement of iron by
steel. That these districts
should add TO their output of
Bessemer in such year as 1898
is indication OF. drift toward
steel that promises 10 be more
strongly emphasized this year
The known substitution of steel
pipe for iron pipe TO a greater
extent than before, and the con.
sumption OF steel sheets for tin
plate manufacture i'm the Shenan.
go valley, leaving out OF the &C
count the demands of the new
steel plant at Youngstown, which
may not be in operation until
late in the year, add TO the prob
ability of n large increase upon
the 1893 output OF Besscmer in
the districts named.
Putting together the extension
Of the market in the east, for
Bessemer iron and finished steel
produced from Lake Superior
ores. and the new uses for steel in
the territory always supplied by
these ores. and the claim of good
authorities, that the demand for
Bessemer ore from the lake
region this year will reach 6,00O,
600 tons, seems not unreasonable.
Already sales have been made
90 beyond 5000, 600 tons. and it
is known that there are furnaces
whose ordinary engagements to
the opening of navigation next
year are far from being satisfied.
Iron Trade Review.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
A SUGAR STEAL.
Roehester. N IL

Tho Proposed Tariff VIII Rob Roth tho
Producer and Consumer.
On the basis OF "A consumption OF
sixty-iive pounds OF sugar per capita OF
our 5000, 900 Of people, we have total
consumption Of sugar for the country
amounting 10 4,42O,O0O.OO 900 pounds,
which, at IN average price Of two and
threc-fourths cents per pound for tho
raw material, would cost 1921 100000.
IL Is proposed under the tariff bill for
barter, now before the senate, To inn
pose duty Of 40 per cent. al valorem
upon the whole OF the sugar we import,
and the value Of our entire domestic
product would bc regulated accordingly,
although not imported.
A 40 per cent. adj valorcm tariff upon
the sl2l $50, 900 worth Of raw sugar that
we consume would amount TO S4s,620,-
900, which is equivalent 20 "A special tax
of seyenty-ono and half cents upon
every man. woman and child in the
country upon the basis OF "A $4,000, 900
population.
Under the Mckinley tariff the total
cost 20 the country Of the sugar bounty
paid 20 the producers Of American raw
sugar was but s0.375, 1870. 81 during the
season Of ls02-03, this including the
bounty on both the sorghum and ma
pie sugar products a well as upon the
cane and beet sugar.
Placing the amount Of the bounty ~
$40, 900, 900 and dcductng ~, from the
SIS, 6e0, 900 direct tax upon the people
under The 40 per cent. al valorem rate,
as now proposed in the senate, we have
a special additional and direct tax upon
the people OF SIS ,6OO,OO) 10 be imposed
by the democratic party.
While imposing this special and direct
nd valorem tax Of s3s, 10000 upon the
people, so as 90 provide surplus ofrev-
enue for democratic waste and extrava-
gance In the administration Of our gov
comment affairs, we also have the fact
that the producers OF the American raw
sugar will be robbed OF more than ~, lO0,-
900 year, 10 which they are legally
entitled under n contract with the
United States government
Thus we have the complete policy OF
the democratic tariff exposed. IL is pro-
posed 20 steal -, 1905 900 a year from the
farmers and producers Of sugar in the
unitod States, which will be n steal
from the south and the west, and IL is
further proposed 90 steal S3s, 900, 900 "a
year from the entire people of the
United States, In the north i'm the east,
in the west and i'm the south by direct
al valorem tax upon their breakfast
tables
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

branches In far worse condition than
Tintern, and the drain upon the union
funds had been such s'as 20 reduce the
union 90 a position OF impecuaiosity, a
circumstance that mus. necessarily
arise from the unprecedented condition
of the trade"
While drawing attention 10 the fact
that similar condition Is lilsely 20
arise In connection with all labor unions
In any country that advocates FREQ
trade, and which does not afford sutfi-
cient protection 10 its labor, IL Is OF still
further interest 90 American labor TO
point out how the foreigners expect 20
improve their condition at the expense
OF American labor, as stated below:
II Is. however. gratifying 90 feel that there
are prospects % brighter future. With Pres
ldent Cleveland at the head OF Affairs In tho
government OF the United States, and with tho
abolition OF the Mckinley tariff, there i every
indication Of prosperous future for the tin
plate industries OF the country.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
INADEQUATE SALARY.

In the interest that is being
taken as to whether Attorney
General Ellis will be acquitted
or convicted Of the charge upon
which he is being tried at Ma
son, says the Detroit Journal,
the fact is almost lost sight of
that the salary Of that office re
mains the same as il was before
il was changed by fraudulent
manipulation of the returns. The
salary Of the Office is now $500
per annum. 1t is too little; it
had better be nothing. That
much money will not secure the
services of an able and reputable
lawyer who will attend TO the
duties.
No doubt there will continue
TO be candidates for the Office.
and these candidates will doubt
less be men Of ability and dis
tinction, but after election they
will not give their whole time
and labor to the state for this
beggarly compensation. The
great state OF Michigan cannot
afford TO be stingy in paying
those who work for it. This is
no argument for eXtravagant
salaries, but simply calling at
tention TO the fact that when n
man is paid nothing he will do
nothing. AS long as $500 year
is the salary Of the attorney gen
eral the candidate who seeks the
Office does SO solely for the pres
tigc the position will give him in
his profession and before the
people. and not with the inten-
ton OF settling down in Lansing
and doing the work.
The defense ut Mason, TO some
extent, is attempting TO use this
plea in aid of their client Or
rather they are saying that At
torney General Ellis has worked
hard as an official and earned the
added compensation IhlS - the
cheapest kind of sophistry, for
no matter if the salary should
be ten times what il is now IL
gives no one the slightest excuse
for irregularity in raising that
salary. If the people want the
salary changed the people only
have the right TO do SO.
The same Is true OF other state
salaries. The heads of the differ.
ent departments ut Lansing
should be paid enough money 50
that they could afford 10 remain
in the capital OF the state and at.
tend To their duties, and a nom.
inal sum for perfunctorily sign
ing their names To documents
that are prepared for them, while
they are in othcr parts OF tho
state attending 10 private bust
ness.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
ono of New Yorl.'s I,dltors.

Speaking on his motion 20 impose
differential duties on British goods so
long as England continued TO diserimi-
nate against American silver, the junior
senator from Massachusetts,, senator
Lodge. referred 90 the comments OF the
British press as follows;
Take first an example from New York. the
New York Evening Post for that paper as
every one knows, although published In New
York, is no more All American newspaper than
che Paris edition OF the New York Herald is q
French newspap0. Its editor. y. l.. Godkin, IL
BY birth an lyishman, IL Is true, and by resi-
dence he Is an American, but professionally he
f. an Englishman. lie appears 70 have the at
tributes OF q class unfortunately conspicuous IN
tho history of the country OF his birth, a class
abhorred by lrlshmen and used by Englishmen.
the class known iniormcrs, whose business
has always been 20 sell aud lie The circulation
OF his newspaper Is small, and what he says
about a public man or public measure, 80 far
as the United States Is concerned. n unimport-
tant; but his utteranccs serve ~ an Indication
when the interests, whether IN the stock market
or politics, that protects are touched
A distinguished divine once described
the result of throwing book he had in
his hand at skunk. Most men treat
Larry as that minister afterward treated
skunlSs Occasionally some one notices
him, as Mr.. Lodge has. What they say
is true, but for years il has not been
new.-Amcrican Economist
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23


two al fourth millions 81 dollars
And at the same time French exports
increased amazingly.
Ia Spain a somewhat similar phenom-
enon has happened in recent years: The
native mills were almost wholly over
powered by foreign competition. A
tariff existed, but IL was not prohib-
itory. In certain lines the Spanish
makers held their own, but IL Is only
since the tariffs have been raised 20
practically prohibitory point that tex
tile manufacture has been profitable
matter 10 the Spanish people. And now
it Ia a fact that Spanish mills manufac-
ture Noolcns and cottons that are
marvel both for beauty and cheapneSs.
Labor Is cheap on account OF the needs
of the people being small, and this adds
20 tho possibility of cheapness I'm pro-
duction. The loss In revenue which n
raise in tariff always means according
70 its opponents, ~ fully made up by
plenty OF work for native labor and
regular pay.
In Germany, on the contrary, the
tendency So far as | could learn has
ton yarns and fabrics have been lowered
from rs To 20 per cent, and in certain
lines even more. The actual effects OF
this legislation on German trade am
not prepared 10 state, bat know that
the step Is hailed with Joy by the
British manufacturer, who Is Germany's
only serious rival. German manufacture
ing establishments are run at much
less expense than our own, owing 70
tbs difference in wages, aud So they
are In better position To compete with
the British Manufacturers. But as soon
as the American maker reduces his
wages even slightly 10 the level OF the
German laborer, the effect is mt once
observed and resented. Tho reduction
OF the tariff must inevitably be accom-
panied by lowering OF wages and a
decrease In the actual money circula.
ton OF n country. AM unless wages
do come dDwa, competition with the
English and German mills Is out OF the
question.
In Italy and in Switzerland the tariffs
are practically protective on woolcas
and cottons and silks, though the tend.
tlCy u ~ lower rates. Inns IL 10 De
expected, for neither Of these countries
Is IA manufacturing nation. and 4 would
be an unwarranted burden Oh the
people TO impose taxes on goods which
they could not themselves produce.
Belgium, on the contrary, which is a
country that l. indistrially brisk, re-
tains the protective thrift which has
brought il 20 its present prosperous
state. The same may be said - Aus
tria. But while Austria has "a ton iency
to r. luce tariffs, she can easily afford
To do So since they have been aad even
arc yet, ahnormllly high. Anunneces-
sary high tariff is certainly useless
burden, bat n protective tariff, under
certain circumstances, Is absolutely
necessary. Taken all in all, ths tariff
conditions certainly point 20 the fact
that manufacturers cannot expect 10
thrive where they nra not sufficiently
protected. A WorlSingmln, in the Wool
and Cotton Reporter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
THE DEMAND FOR BESSE-
MER ORE.

When the blast furnaces OF
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia, and Illinois are
again i'm operation, IL is safe to
BAY that their burdens will repre-
<ent larger tonnage of Lake
Superior Bessemer ores than
ey have ever before carried nj
j time. For nearly six months
A.st, Leaving out the period GOV
bred by the coal strike, the out.
but OF furnaces using Lake SUI
berior Bessemers has formed a
larger percentage OF the country's
Consumption 49, whether in the
form OF crude or finished mater
3al than in any other equal
period. The campaign OF "any.
price 10 get the order" which
prevailed last winter filled up
Pittsburg mills with eastern con
tracts and this was succeeded by
period of low freights particu
Iarly favorable TO Pittsburg pro.
bucers. With the demand for
kheir product cut of in its natural
I1arlxct, eastern producers OF
sessemer kept dropping out OF
Fhe race: meantime, with cheap
|connellsville coke and cheaper
|Bessemer ores than they had
ever been able to buy, furnaces
|in the Pittsburg district and the
Valleys made prices so low that
the resumption OF these eastern
furnaces was still further post
boned. Then came the buying
III Pittsburg and Valley Bcsse.
|ner. TO the extent OF over 100. OOO
knns within short period, "a
! ed converters farther east. To
Mat extent this will continue
her resumption comes. is q
|estion that will depend some.
lat on the prices that rule for
VcakcrQproduct,
be n lnt fact to v'b'"h
pIl Al bn In tlnScnooLs:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
THE MEXICAN CLOVER.
a Valuable Forage Pant OF thc Arid
Southwestern EegIons.

htkioiHs
A beautiful sight that in summer
grcets the eye in the southwest from
Texas 20 California is the broad fields
OF that eXuberant forage plant, the
alfalfa or Mexican clover" with its
pink blossoms. Frightening the cx-
panscs OF denscly growing darls-gr2cn
leaves and STALLS The growth Of this
plant is astonishingly rapid and a field
will yield several crops in season. Its
roots go far down in search OF mois-
turc, sometimes to depth Of eighteen
or twenty feet The alfalfa i, nutri-
tious and palatablo TO stock, and
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs eat 1t
and fatten upon IL.
The large land and live stock invest
mcnt companies which are now opcrat-
ing In New Mexico and Arizona. have
as an essential part of their schemes
OF utilizing the desert wastes the
growing of large tracts OF alfalfa with
which 20 feed their range cattle and
other stock. At one ranch alone tie
La Cueva ranch, in Mora county, Meg
leo, one thousand head Of range cattle
are now being fed and fattened for
market on alfalfa. The "sicxican
clover" is grown by aid OF moderate
irrigation, and the lands laid down 10
IL tend TO improve In fertility.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
He'd lave tho Best.

Going back 10 Washington from wit
Messing the test OF thirtcen-iEch run,
Jerry Simpson was asked What ho
thought OF the days proceeding. After
dcnouncing war rs unnecessary and U
navy IA useless, Mr. Simpson sail that
his opinion of the thirtecn-in,i gun
could best be illustrated by little
story. ~ ataid New England Quaker"
he said, who was strenuously opposed
10 the use OF an organ in church, ~
last found thai hc could nat prevent
hts people from getting one and SO
was induced to 20 and hear one played.
lie finally acquicsccd about rs follows;
well, IL thee insists on praising God
by machine, | suppose it's best 10
have good one And that" added
Mr.. Simpson, lis about my idea con.
corning the thirtecn-inch gun"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
Decrease In Railroad values.

The decrease in railroad values in
1898 Is something really astonishing.
In 1892 most of the railroads of the
country had all the business they could
attend 90, and were thoroughly pros
porous, the gross earnings being per
cent. larger than ever before; but the
unexampled falling off I'm business and
freights i'm 1898 caused 73 companies 10
fail and 60 into the hands 81 receivers.
These roads had mileage Of about
81, 900 miles, and represented In their
stocks and bonds the mighty sum of
Sl,Gl1 .2Si.O 900. This Is disagreeablc
showing for tho unfortunate bond and
stockholders, hut Is only another Of the
interesting ''object lessons" which are
SO valuable in educating our people
10 scc the beauties aud blessings OF
tariff reform for revenue only /. e.,
free tradc
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

Nlngc Orders 81 Village ~ Crystal
Falls, County Of Iron, numbered u ! 232
and II 1929. Payment on same u
stopped The finder eau earn 50 ~
returning snuc 10 H. 4. Gucnsburp, Flor
ence, Wis.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

Last July (, in u southern town, a
lifelong democrat had stretched across
the front Of his building the following
motto: "For ne Fra Coiaggs II 1mcri
can SRcer-D)p6ic Me TdrG on he Goods
Of IA COLI Standard CoaHtr.es.'
The sentiments expressed on that
sign carried into execution would bring
about world wide bimetnllism ON the
American basis within year. II con
grcSs should pass law opening the
minis 20 the free coinage Of the silver
OF the United States mines and levy a
tariff on foreign silver equal Co the
difference Of the European value OF
silver bullion and the United states
coin value, and likewise double the
tariff ON the products OF gold standard
countries, our manufacturing interests
would boom a never before; the idle
would find employment, our railroads
would pass out OF the hands Of receivers,
our farmers would get better prices for
their products, our mining industries
would To- revived. and prosperity would
prevail as by magic throughout the
land.
Tho tariff on foreign silver would
prevent the gold from leaving this
country 10 purchase silver, and the law
would cut OFT one-third Of tho European
supply Of silver, thus enhancing It's
value there.
Why cannot the people Of our manu-
featuring states see the point and de-
Iuand OF their Representatives In con
gress the passage 81 such law? You're
for national prosperity,
r. ). CRATr.
Blue Rapids, Kan, April -, isgh
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
pIvmoth ROCK 40 MoKinlcv.

The famous document entitled Amer
icnn Tariffs from plymoih Rock Go
Mckinley, tOG paccs), published hy he
just been revised md ~ -i-supt II Shnuld
I've IN the hands ni every person who
wishes complete and reliable information
upon the fauff Sent in ANY ad,lfc0,
Tor i0 CENTS. Adtlrcs- Wilbur g. Wake.
man, General Secretary, M. l35 West
I'D street. New York.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
FOR ONE TERM.

parcel Of lower peninsula
bublicans have effected an
lnization, with headquarters
etroit and Saginaw. the os
ible purpose of which is the
ocacy Of the election of one
h governors.
fter o careful scrutiny OF this
Intuition. however. one is i'm
ssed with the idea that it ex-
as little for the furtherance
Is boosted tenets as for any
er conceivable thing. The
purpose seems TO be the
lagement of a campaign
eme to defeat John II. Rich
re nomination in the next
BE Republican convention.
have beard no plausible
nd, u .laqrih to nourish
{itical sentiment,
~ coVetOuS candidate
ger nor's shoes, who
npouthe hypothesis that
= "a. ~ Should amply cover
Gent with honor. at the
which he should be pre-.
b step down and out and
4 meritorious successor to
Is honors and emoluments.
hs 1t has never occurred
y, Bliss, but it
~ a governor
~ ~ ~ other than
simply enjoy
IN. |<</ is considered
H1<1aflk and file of his
~ in nowise ornamon-
hf'strictly in the sense of a
int II their interests. How
therefore. must be an at
. create prejudice against
of the comyk1ppeople.
~ weighed in the
bile opinion and
q 5est, by holding
Il e. one-term sham,
u . : me theory that q
III, : onfce is n private snapY
IA the antagonists of Gov.
|ch just criticism to pass upon
|e present state administration,
would not have become neces-
nv to resort TO the fiimsy ruse
the zone term" howl. But
oy have none. Their purpose
greedy and very naturally
ads TO dishonest ends. SO
ng as John II. Rich, whose adj
illustration has been faultless,
IS only q few aspiring and con
wing politicians, with a far.
tched subterfuge as their
eapon of warfare TO combat, de
at will not hover about his
cad.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

&C. I. Hood & Co, Lowell, Mass
About four years ago my WHO was troubled
WA SAT- rhcum. Although we tried nearly
every thing it got worse instead ~ better an I
spread over both ~ her hands so that she cOul
hardly uso them Finally she commenced a.
use Hoods Sarsaparlil.t and whom She had taken
two bottles her hands were entirely healed and
she has not since been troubled, III December.
iro2, my neck WIS covered With bolls Of a
GcrofuIous Mature.
There were sixteen % them nj once aud rs soon
as they healed oihors would break out My
neck finally became covered With ridges aud
u ga. 49,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

A nrIghtsr Future Tor IyaIo..

In discussion upon ''Labos Qucs-
tions" I'm the Soath Wales Weekly
Argus Of February "a. congratulations
oEcua1Laced npop rosumptionl 81 work
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23

90. cost you nothing and viii surely
- u YOU have "a cough. Cold.
R.-rllI Threat. chcrt ~
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-06-23
Jas. Boss
Filled
Watch Gases

are all gold as far as you can &c. They lock
like solid cases, wear like 80 i'd eases, and
are solid cases Tor all practical purposss--yss
only cost about half as m sch ~ an out
snd-out solid gold case. Warranted TO
wear Tor 40 years. many an constant uae
ter thirty years. Better thar ever snos they
arc now fitted, ., no extra e. 81, with the great
bow (ringl which Nssssf ts -eElg4S ~ ssSsfss
Of the case--tho
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-06-02
NEVADA.

HOLD hard and steady. Don't
get impatient. This movement of
ideas is making more rapid progress
than any other in the worlds his
tory. The reform ranks to-day con-
tain more than 100000 of voters
who were but recently with the old
parties. The number we gain not
only strengthens our cause, but
weakens the opposition. Thousands
of men and women are reading and
will be able to help the cause by
pen and speech, Only few years
ago speakers who knew the problems
were very few. To-day they are
legion. A few years ago the data
to base cause for condemning the
present political tricksters were
hard to get. To day the books and
papers are multiplying like the
grasshoppers of Kansas. A few
years ago the old party voters would
not read or listen. To-day a ma
iority of them are open to reason.
and many hundreds of thousands
are investigating.
Everybody feels there is some
thing wrong and is looking at the
questions from new standpoints.
What more can you expect, what
more can you ask? The corporation
anarchists are squeezing the whole
people and making them think. 1t
is our duty to get them to think
right. Keep right on using reform
books and papers. These are effect
i've means. They cannot be arrest
ed and imprisoned. They violate
no rights. They make no enemies
of the readers. And when the i'll
vestigator sees things as they are
he will know what to dc. He needs
M guardian. Redouble your labors.
The boys everywhere are helping
you. 1t is only a matter of time
when intelligence will win over
prejudice Nation.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-06-02

George R. Mosher died at his
home in Reno last Friday evening,
after five weeks illness of typhoid
fever. He had been for nearly
twenty years foreman of the Journal,
and was held in the highest regard
by all who knew him. He leaves a
wife and daughter, mother and two
brothers. Deceas ed was a member
of Amity lodge No. 8, X. of P, and
Reno lodge No. 10, F. q A. M, un-
der the auspices of which orders the
funeral was held on Sunday last