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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
PROTECTION AND TRANSPORT
TATiON.
Lower Freight Rates Necessitate n Higher
Rate OF Duty on Foreign Goods.

Lower Freight Rates Necessitate n Higher
Rate OF Duty ON Foreign Goods.
To those free traders and tariff re-
formers who are inclined 10 point out
the great natural protection which is
afforded TO the American manufacturer
by the 5000 miles of ocean that roll be-
tween him and his foreign rival, the
tables of ocean freight rates would be
a very profitable study.
The freight rate given by the Cunard
line for cottons in 1895 was 81. "A per
ton of 2,240 pounds and the same on
wooden goods. Let us see how much
protection this affords TO the American
manufactures of cottons or woolens.
A very moderate estimate of the aver
age value of manufactured cottons or
woolens would be 80 cents per pound,
making the value of ton 81, 1870 The
freight.for goods whose value would be
81 100 would be only S2.44, or about
one-fifth Of one per cent. Suppose the
value to be 81 per pound. The freight
would then be only little over one
tenth OF one per cent, hardly a suffi-
GENTLY great protection TO warrant any
extensive cut in tariff schedules.
A further study OF the freight tables
would show revelations even more
startling TO these dreamers, who APP
parently take the cost of first-class
cabin fare on an ocean greyhound as
basis for their estimates of the cost of
transportation for manufactured prod
ucts, class of transportation with
which they may perhaps be more
familiar
Let them look at the rates OF the
Cunard line for 1890 and they win find
that the rate of freight on cottons and
woolens was S4.24 per ton and that the
rate In 1885 was SOIL per ton. In
other words, the rate of freight on
cottons and woolens in 1896 was less
than 90 per cent OF what it was in 1890
and only 40 per cent. of what it was In
1885.
This at least, will give an idea how
freight rates have decreased, even in
the last ten years. Unfortunately,
careful records of freight rates were
not kept in the earlier years. though
there are n few suggestive items. But
though we cannot show in exact figures
the tremendous decrease in all freight
rates. we have, nevertheless, basis
for reckoning. The figures of to-day
prove that freight rates on some lines
of goods are less than per cent. Of
the value of the goods, while, as we
have said before, we have Hamilton's
word that ia his day freights averaged
IS per cent. of the value of the goods
while Jefferson placed the rate even
higher.
The relation of the cost of transporta-
tion TO the protective tariff system is a
subject which has been too much dis
regarded, but IL is question which
embodies in itself whole system of
economies
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

A daily republican newspaper to be
published In New Orleans is certainty
OF the near future, general stock
company having been organized for
the purpose, The new paper, TO be
known as the New Orleans Republican,
''yvill advocate the protection of every
American industry" While doing this,
II Is the intention of the management
70 see "thnt dividends are Forthcoming
at the earliest possible date" We trust
that this may be the case. The people
Of Louisiana must be most thoroughly
convinced OF the necessity Of perma-
ncnt policy OF protection TO promote
the best interests of their own state,
and paper that helps 10 do this must
necessarily be supported by those
whom II viii benefit, and this Is the
entire population Of Louisiana.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
A stranricd Nation.

If the American farmer win only be
obliging enough TO take less for his
wheat. corn, cattle, hogs, wool and
other products, and II the American
manufacturer viii kindly consent TO
manufacture less goods, and II the
American worlxingmen will consider
ately give up some of their jobs, we
may be able to export enough of our
products TO pay for our heavy imports
and thus enable the Rothschild-Be
mont-Morgan syndicate of capitalists
to save the democratic administration
from again precipitating this country
into financial stress What a cheerful
outlook, what a reassuring contingency
the country now facesl With all the
elements of wealth and prosperity in
our midst. and abundantly able to take
care Of ourselves, we are now made the
helpless wards of the most merciless
policy that has ever throttled Ameri-
can industry and thrift r. Burlington
na.) Hawlxeye.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
Number Of

From all that our free trade friends
have been telling us we have come to
the conclusion that business had re-
Gently been so prosperous that trade
failures were almost unknown i'm the
community. After the panic of 1893 we
were assured that the business atmos-
phere had been cleared, that all the
weak business houses had gone TO the
wall and that, as business improved, Il
would be ON solid and substantial
basis, with credits unimpaircd and
securities excellent.
What Is the result? The number of
trade failures throughout the country
have been steadily increasing. During
the first half of 1928 there were SIS
more failures than during the corre-
spending period in 1892. In 1894 there
were ESQ more than In 1893; in 1895 tho
record has been broken with 90 more
than in 1894, total Of 6,597 trade fail
ures. This business barometer affords
an interesting study. II the weak had
all gone TO the wall long ago. then the
continuation OF this free trade adminis-
tration must be dragging down some OF
the stronger houses.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

CB~Tho democratic party is able to
manage itself, and does not stand in
need OF advice from the republicans. -
Washington News.
c. Business makes business. Let
everybody go to work, at whatever
wages their services win command,
and make the best possible preparation
for the last of the present series Of free
trade hard times winters. Iowa State
Register
eEThe statistics show that large
proportion of our trade with Canada
has been diverted TO Great Britain
under our present tariff policy. That
is one OF the ways In which democratic
Globe Democrat.
(Which one OF the democratic parties
is bossing the job? Is IL Cleveland, or
German and. HIP Is IL Carlisle and
Wattcrson, or Blackburn and Crisp? Is
il Brice or Thurman Democracy just
now reminds one of the old farmer that
yolScd himself on the near side, and Mt
tempted 10 break in a bull calf The
young bull ran away, and old NEAR
side" yelled: get out of the way; here
we come, duru our fool pictures."-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
rB-Thc democratic papers which arc
saying that II this were Cleveland's
first term he would never get a second
one are right lie would get another
nomination. however. Most of the
democratic papers which have been de-
nouncing him recently denounced him
as violently on the eve of the conven-
ton of 1902. They did not prevent his
nomination then and they could not
now II this were his first term. Blu,
he could never be elected against
Louis Globc-Democrat
eB-Thc inaction of the prcsiden,
and the secretary of state when Amer.
lean missionaries are being massacred
by Chinese barbaric methods Is, II
view Of the past record OF this admin.
istration. not in the least remarkable
IL American women do not desire TO b,
murdered they can stay ut home
There Is little chance OF u violent dealt
In this country, and really, why should
the president concern himself II stupit
people leave comfortable homes an,
run the risk Of being murdered In
scmi.civilized country The people o
the United States have one year an.
seven months yet TO live under thi
disgrace. Nero fiddlcd. 80 It's said
our Nero prefers 20 Ash In aimils
.-igene> ALBANY Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

The people Of Utah, in proportion to
numbers, have always been conspicu.
GUS and of great Importance. As never
before they now have the weight 81
responsibility and the gaze Of the world
upon them. Whatever ideas OF public
polity the great conservative masses OF
the people Of Utah desire 70 work out,
they and their measures are safer and
surer in association with the great pro.
grcssivc and intelligent party of pro.
lection and its advancing government
IN this country.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

The Wilson free trade tariff bill
proving, contrary TO democratic expec-
tations, dead failure as revenue
getter, the democracy are now looking
about for some American industry to
tax for revenue. They are talking an
increased tax OF dollar ON beer. The
Mckinley bill lowered the tax on
tobacco from 8 TO cents per pound.
The burQullians want TO restore the
tax 70 cents. But unfortunately for
the free traders, the republicans have
n majority In the lower house OF con.
gress. who are in favor Of levying tax
for revenue. not on Americans. but
upon foreign manufacturers. Sec?-
rortsmoush Ohio Blade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

THE latest plea made for the bicycle
with pneumatic tire is that IL Is a
perfect insulator, and makes the rider
free from the danger of being struck
by lightning. AS the chances OF man
on bicycle being struck by lightning
have been carefully calculated 10 DO
about one in a billion, the Wheel adds,
there will of course, be some pessi-
mists who will deny that this newly
discovered virtue OF the pneumatic as
a lightning insulator amounts TO very
much
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

dear one, but il was lesson that will
never be forgotten. The people have
had time TO do deal of thinking and
they have thought to good purpose. If
there is one subject on which the pub
lie mind has fingered more than on an
other il is the destruction of the pur-
chasing power of the wage Garner and
the transfer of great part OF the
manufacturing industry of the country
TO foreign shores. The only remedy to
be found is in the restoration of the
policy of protection. And il win be
done. kansas CITY Journal.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

THE sugar growers OF Cuba are In a
helpless condition. They will not bs
able 70 secure loans with which 70
make the coming crop, which means
that not over one-half OF the usual
acreage Ia new cane has been planted,
with a corresponding neglect In the
cleaning of tho growing crop. The
condition n distressing. and the end IL
not yct. for when Il Is recalled that
fully one-third Of tho inhabitants do
pend on the plantations for employ
meht and living. and that the owners
thereof can not obtain money TO en-
gage their labor actual suffering must
<n2uc.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
rhe ouestIon WIN Not Down.

In the six fiscal years 1SS9-1S94. in
elusive, the public expenditures of this
country averaged 1914, 424, 463 The
most important question of the day is
how the revenue required TO meet such
annual expenditures shall be raised
henceforth. Protectionists hold that
1t should be procured largely by a
wise, well-framcd tariff, avowedly in
tended to encourage and protect home
industry. with the purpose of develop
ing our great resources, maintaining
good wages, securing steady, prosper
Gus home markets for farm products
and promoting generally the welfare OF
the American people.
Free traders, revenue reformers,' =
''low tariff" advocates and the like,
who. hold no opinions in common ex-
cept hatred of protection, would raise
the public revenue mainly by combi-
nation of the income tax, or other class
taxation, with a low tariff, framed
with no guiding patriotic principle,
and in servile imitation of the British
customs duties. The Wilson tariff bill
as sent from the house to the senate Is
an instance Of the piecemeal which
democrats would make Of protection If
they were not restrained by the pro-
tective element in their own and in the
republican party.
The lines are thus clearly drawn.
The tariff question will not down. 1t is
too closely connected with the vital in
terests of the American people to be
shelved. The principle of protection
must ever be reasserted in thunder
tones and receive practical application.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

NEW process for the preservation
OF green fruit during railway transit
has been invented by Californian. IL
consists in sterilizing the air in the car
containing the fruit. and is said TO be-
more economical than the present re-
frigcrating system and much more sue
cessful. Ordinary cars can be fitted
with the apparatus for the process at
small expense, while the expense Of
the process itself is said to be compara-
lively nothing compared with the re-
ffincrating process
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

THERE is a steady increase in the
number of cigars and cigarettes smoked
in this country, and notably In the
consumption OF cigarettes, according
20 a tobacco trade journal During
the fiscal year just closed there were
sold in the United States 3,333, s45, 500
cigarettes and 4,l3o.44o, 370 cigars
The increase in the consumption of
cigars over the previous year was ca
900 naR
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

ALUMINIUM neckties are now being in
PRODUCED. They are really made OF
the cosmopolitan metal, and frosted
or otherwise ornamented In various
shapes initiating tho ordinary silk or
satin article. They are fastened to the
collar button or by band around the
neck, and are particularly recommends
ed for summer wear, since they can DO
easily cleaned when soiled, while they
are not perceptibly heavier than cot
ton. cambria or silk.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

IN, ,. Kind sn That o''''' Amer
Dkeview is away of on It's fear
thai freeze may set everything
back business and industrial mat
tiers |cro is no probability of an
earl curious ''freeze." We have
had Iol summer. the temperature
for tar is still considerably below
nornInd rs we usually have about
the b aggregate Of heat each
year probability Is that there will
be ndng frosts until after oil the
crop3 fully maturod. II the two
great mercial agencies" as Blum
der Hcalled them SO frequently in
the ebign of two years ago, will
weel<ke the public moro statistics
in regto the steadily increasing inn
ports lreign goods into the United
Stated the constant decrease In our
expormnder the Wilson-Gorman
tariH. people of the United States
will bland why "the heavy BUSH
ness Ought TO be doing Is post
ponedm month to month. Brad
street1port for last week, did con-
tain comparison by which the peo-
pie Of United States are given the
proof d benefits derived from pro-
tectionainst competing products,
under Mckinley tariff, as compared
with tlgreat losses under the Cor
man-Wh tariff, as follows:
"Expot wheat and nour during the
seven wlof the new cereal year amount.
In round bcrs, 10 20oo.0 900 bushels. In tho
like porlne year ago tho total exported
was WOO bushels. and TIVE years ago Il
was H.oobushels"
1t willnoticed that our exports of
wheat allour during the past seven
weeks \ only been a little moro
than ontrd of the aggregate OF our
export oheat and flour during the
same seyweeks of ls94-being 22,-
100000 bkls less than in 1898 and
1000, 900 bells less than foi the seven
weeks inhl Those markets of the
world" ubteadily decreasing their
demand American products and
constantlcreasing their shipments
of goods | the United States under
the "fredhde" of the German Will
son tnrifflhe Bradstreet's wheat and
Hour stats are only part of the his
tory OF thsntinuance of hard times,
unemployabor and stagnated indus
tries in limited States. The week
ly reporta the great commercial
agenciesr INT to also give statistics
showing tltcady and large increase
In the aeghte value Of the imports
OF foreign DDS into the United Sta tes-
The laglcrease in our foreign i'm
ports ant tlarge decrease of our ex.
ports is hdfrecze" that is setting
every thigtclS" in the United States
We are hJg more abroad than we
are selliRbroad. That is the rea
son why pkold Is going to Europe,
that Is th ison why our labor Is not
fully emupd, that is the reason why
good timS not return, that is the
reason WI hr business is stagnated,
and that = reason why "the heavy
business kbh ought to have beer
done" is W postponed from month
to month. "the great commercial
agencies" weelSly give the voters o
the UnitedStes all the details of oul
foreign caIerce they win aid the
voters in Nay righting in 1895 ane
1896 the wins they voted upon them
selves in u The freezing" to b.
feared is telfreezing out" OF Ameri
can labor adAmerican goods in tn
American hkets. Iowa State Regis
a..
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

THE blue jay is proving a decided
pest in California by eating the eggs Of
other birds. particularly quail and
game birds. So the Olympic club, OF
San Francisco. has appointed St
Bartholomew day on which everyone
who can buy or beg or borrow shot
gun is to join in the slaughter.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

IlrAH when definitely admitted. viii
be the forty-ffth Of the states II will
probably be closely contested state,
too. and there Is no way of telling how
u Is likely to go in the first presiden-
tial election in which its votes will be
recorded In the electoral college. In
the contest for territorial delegate in
1892 the democrats carried Utah by a
plurality Of 2, s06 In the election OF
last November the republican plurality
was gIQ
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

A REcEHr compilation of New Eng
land vital statistics shows that in 1892
twenty-one marriages in every thous-
and Of population occurred in towns of
more than 10000 population, while in
the villages and in the country the
marriage rate WIS five less in the
thousand. The city birth rate is high
er in the same proportion, but the
death rates is also higher.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

JOHN FIsKE. the scholar and histor-
ian who read Latin while yet in pima
flores, and Greek before he had left Off
knickerbockers, has an infantile rival
I'm Richmond Benin, of Wichita, Kas.,
who is not yet five years old. Rich
mond reads elementary French and
Latin with ease, and has a familiarity
with mathematics that would do credit
to boy OF fourteen.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

WAsHfNGroN now enjoys the distinc-
tion of being the first American city TO
put into successful operation an UNDER
ground electric trolley street railway
on the system developed in Budapest,
Hungary. The new system is at work
on Ninth street The Lennox avenue
line, In New York, Is "a close competitor
for this distinction, being practically
communicated
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

REAR ADMIRAL MEADE holds that,
Notwithstanding the recent perform
ance of the cruiser Columbia, the ves-
kel is not the very best type for the
money. and that actually the speedy
cruiser is not in it with some of the
great ocean liners
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

A GOOD and easy way TO discover the
presence of ozone in n place is to wear
silver trinkets. If they grow black, as
II near hot sulphur springs, you have
Il in large proportion. Silver jewell
nv keeps white in the low-lying towns
of Norway, but gets black in the hill
side pine woods II one walks in a
meadow after thunderstorm, one will
find the silver money In ones purse
digcolored
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

A MOVEMENT is on foot 70 introduce
into the Canadian public schools regu-
lar inspections by experts of the teeth
Of all pupils. The project Is trifie
paternal in its character.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

The statistics of trade failures in the
United States having been compiled for
the first half Of the current year, IL is
well to compare them with correspond
ing periods in former years, which we
do, since 1890, as follows:
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
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furnished by .........................
We believe that IL the facts here
asked for are supplied impartially and
honestly by employers OF labor
throughout the country, they will
enable us TO arrive at the exact condi-
tion Of the wage-carners of this coun-
try during the present year, as com
pared with the census year of 1890, as
compared with our most prosperous
year, 1892, and as compared with our
worst year, 1894. Fill in the cards and
return them TO address given.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31

A CENSUS of centenarians recently
taken in France gives 2i3 persons OF
100 or over, LAT OF them women and 90
men. The oldest was woman who
had just died at $50. in a village of the
department of Haute Garonne.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-31
FOOD b FREE TRADERS.
Lessons Telhig the FaIiacy OF Demo
ertic Doctrine.

Lessons Tehig the FaIlacy of Demo
erfic Doctrine.
In the ofiakummary of the articlea
OK merchants imported into the
United Stas during the year ended
June 80 lasts compared with those of
the precedis seal year free traders
will find mh bod for reflection. II,
after CID peusal OF the figures,
they arc stiblhd to the teachings OF
conditions drnore valuable than the
cries, then by ire past salvation.
Lesson !. he ,aritf on cotton man
ufactures " reduced by the Wilson
bill on an ierage from 10 TO 80 per
cent. The iports Increased from S22,-
345, SAT In 1873 10 S33, 1875, 1913 in 1904.
Is IL any WIDER that cotton manu-
features lanished In the United
States?
Lesson 2. 4nufactures of iron were
relieved of dy TO the tune Of To 40
per cent Interpretations increased
during yeanf great business depres-
sion and low ices from 2i.3l4,4ep TO
S23, 037, 237. III any wonder our iron
furnaces weraanlxed up?
Lesson 3. Nv silk was placed on
the free list Encourage home manu-
features, but I the same time the
duty on Manufactured silk was cut
from 10 to 80 y cent Behold the re-
suit:
1904 1861
SILK, unmanufnctbd. -. 9i0 234 .i8e ees O5C
sink. manufacture 80. 24.sli.71S 81 ,2o5 Ait
Lesson 4. Thhame game was tried
with wool. on manufacturers were
TO be encouraged with free wool, but
tho duty on mahfactures of wool was
cut from 30 to ~ per cent Mark the
sequel:
fso2-a Iseg-6
Wool. unmnnufncttd.. f6IO7 433 e2b. $50. f2l
Wool, manulacturepf... 1881 $50 31.bfe.J9l
Here we see tn death-blow to oul
wool-producing ihustry, accompanied
by deadly comctition invited and
fostered for our spolen manufacturing
industries.
The summary bntains many NOR,
lessons, all teaslng the fallacy o
every theory advpccd In support o
the Wilson bill. -@icago Journal.