davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
rrls IS A COAX"


Ana 10 fuiannfes from staid Eastern
Projection organ.
The New York Tribune is bowling
for Mckinley and urging the people to
elect him president SO that the coun.
try can have more protection aud
higher prices for American products.
Nearly every day il publishes tables
showing how prices have fa.ien since
the Wilson tariff bill became law, and
promises that II the republicans are
successful in Noven Der the era of low
prices and cheap goods viii give way
10 the good old stiff prices and dcac-
ness brought about by the tariff Of 1870
While thus committing its party To
the Harrison Me kinley theory ti;.t
cheapness is an evil. the Tribune tr.es
10 keep in favor with the Deop.e " no
do not want 10 paw more for what
they buy. NJ in recent issue it trots
ont the old story OF how the tin Plate
industry has grown since 1890. forget
ting, OF course, 10 mention that the
output OF tin plates has been gr-..tly
increased since the Wilson law cua .he
duty on them in two. As a proc. OF
the benefits OF high tariffs the Tribune
says that protection has rcducec. the
prices OF steel, the most important part
OF the raw material for tin plates. and
thus enabled our manufacturers to
compete with foreign products.
This is little republican joke Pro-
lection reduces the price OF steel by
shutting out foreign steel with high
duties, so that the home manufacturers
can combine and charge higher prices
The great steel trust formed five
months ago by all the leading steel
and iron makers of this country, i'm
mediately advanced prices of the steel
billets used in making plates for tin
ming from Is to 20 per cent. They
were a BILE to do this because the tariff
on foreign steel prevented tin plate
manufacturers from buying in the
cheapest markets and thus put them |
at the mercy of the grasping trust. If
1t were not for the protection foolishly /
allowed TO remain in the Wilson tariff /
on iron and steel, which we can man /
ufacture cheaper than any other part |
of the world. the tin plate makers
would be to-day buying their steel \
plates far cheaper than the prevailing
prices.
1t is unfortunately true that as the
late z. Il. Barnum said: THE Amer
lean people like 20 be humbuggd" But
if they can be fooled by such cheap
tricks as that OF pretending that heav-
Ter taxes on an article makes it cost
less, they deserve to be plundered by
the monopolists who own the repub-
lean party. w. G..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

the enactment Of the Mckinley bin
That declaration OF hostility against
goods made in other countries forced
foreign nations 10 look for other mar.
kets for the manufactures they had
been sending 10 the United States
Part OF these markets they found in
south America. In order 10 sell Ia
the people Of that country IL was nee.
essary 20 take something IN exchange.
That something has been chiefly
meats and wheat. OF which great
quantities are now annually shipped
20 Europe, displaciny the same prod
uets formerly exported from this
country. European imports OF meats
and grain from Russia. India. Aus
tralia and Canada have also been in
creased during the same period.
This opening up of new sources Of
supply for food-stuffs has been grad
ual. bnt none the less steady, since
Mckinlevism shut our doors in The
face Of the people OF Europe and said
that we did not want To buy FROM
them. or course it was only natural
that they should retort by refusing To
buy from us. and by developing trade
with other countries IL the Ameri-
can farmers tn nix that putting higher
taxes on goods made by foreigners
will encourage the latter to bny more
Of our surplss farm products, they are
very much mistaken.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
Why II Wants More Protection.

The nail trust is protected in fleece
ing the home consumer by tariff duty,
and has advanced its prices in the home
market over 200 per cent But its
nails are sold for export at a reduction
OF 40 per cent The discrimination
against home purchasers has been so
fragrant that it was possible to buy
nails for export, ship them abroad.
bring them back again. paying freight
charges both ways, and sell them in
this market for less than the trust
wholesale price. The nail trust earns
dividends for its stockholders ranging
fran % to 30 per cent, and no doubt
when the time shall come will be a
liberal contributor to the republican
campaign chest -Philadelphia Record
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
AMERICAN GOODS.
Why an Engiishman Purchased Them In
New south Wales.

New SCUM wales.
The successful export trade in Amer
lean products that are protected" by
high tariff from foreign competition
which we can beat in its own markets
is getting TO be familiar story. At a
banquet given al Sydney, n. = w, on
April 5 20 Lord Ilampden, the new gov
ernor. his lordship said in the course
Of his speech
1.-The English manufacturer has in
recent years lost ground in many di-
rections- ] will give you an illustra.
ton in point. / found the other day
that upon a farm of mine in England
nearly every pitchfork that was used
was of American make, bought in the
country towns. And not only that,
but reaping and cutting and binding
machines and many other implements
of agriculture were also made in Amer.
lea am patriotic enough To buy Eng
lish goods when they suit me, and the
only reason why l bought American
was that they were better adapted to
my purpose and cheaper than the Eng
lish article"
Investigation would probably show
that these American farm implements
are sold cheaper in England than
here. And yet the election OF MeKin-
ley is to be urged as means OF reim-
posing high duty on such articles. -
N. Y. World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

the policy OF the government as 20 thao Ques.
ton is az all q matter OF doubt Gold IL the one
standard OF value among all enlightened
| commercial nations. All financial transactions
OF whatever character, oil business enterprise,
| nil individual or corporate Investments are
niiusted 70 10 An honest dollar worth 100
cents everywhere. can not be coined out % So
cents worth OF silver plus legislative Hat
Such debasement OF our currency would In
evilahly produce incalculahle loss. appalling
disaster and national dlshoGor.
II Is a fundamental principle in coinage. rec
ognlzel and followed by all the statesmen OF
America. and never vet departed from. that
there can be only ono basis on which gold and
silver may be concurrently coined ms
money. and that basis Is equality,
not In weight. but in the COM
mcrcial value az the metal contained
IN the respective coins This commercial
value Is fixed by the markets OF the world with
which the great interests OF our country are
necessarl ~ connected by lnnumcrable busi-
ness ties which can not be severed or ignored.
C.cat and sef-rcliant as our country is Il is
not great alone within It's own borders and
upon rs own resources. but because IL also
reaches out 10 the ends OK the earth In all the
departments ~ business. exchange and COM
mcrce. aaa must maintain with honor its
standing ana or dlt among the nations OF the
earth.
The question admits OF no compromise II
IS vital principle a, stake, but II IS In no
sense partisan or sectional. Il concerns all
the people. Ours a. one OF the formost ma
lions must have monetary system equal to
the hest
II Is o. vital consequence that this question
should be settled now In such way as to re-
store public confidence here and everywhere,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

CORDIAL RECEPTION
Accorded tho Ancient and Honorable Ar.
tiiery Company Of Boston In London.


LONDON, July s. The Ancient and
Honorable Artillery company Of Bos.
ton were accorded an enthusiastic
welcome on their arrival here last
night. The streets around the station
in Eustcn square. the London ter.
minus of the London & Northwestern
railway, over which the the special
train Of the Americans came, were
blocked with people. The train was
drawn by two engines dcclxed with
American flags. AS it rolled into the
the station the crowd that had assem-.
bled greeted it with loud and pro.
longcd cheers. The fine band of the
London Honorable Artillery company
was waiting in the station, and as the
Americans aiighted they were greeted
with the strains .of yankee Doodle. :"
A number Of the officers Of the Lon
don organization were present 20 meet
their guests and escort them TO the
company's quarters.
Thirty private omnibuses had been
secured and in these the visitors were
driven TO the armory The crowd
was so dense for some distance along
the route that IL was impossible for
the horses TO 20 faster than walk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
THE TESTiM ONY.
some facts Revealed bv the Census Reports
bow Protection BENEFITS Farmers.

some facts Revealed bv the Census Reports
-aow Protection BENEFITS Farmers.
The census reports show that in the
30 years from 1870 TO 1880 the value Of
the farm lands in the great, wealthy
and thickly populated state of New
York fell from 9l,272. s-5, 7C6 TO $685.
l27, ESQ., a decline of more than $780,
600. 0cO Between 1850 and 1890 the to-
tai number of farms decreased from
241. 05s to a26. 223. a reduction OF I. s35.
No further testimony is needed to
show that the farmers whose lands
have thus decreased in value and those
who were forced 10 give up their farms
could not have been prosperous during
the period referred to. All fair mind
ed men will agree that falling values
and fewer farms are signs of de-
pressed farming industry.
The significance of these facts ap-
pears when il is remcm Dered that from
1870 10 1880 the country mad high
protective tariff which taxed every
thing the farmers used and discour-
aged foreign trade. All the time that
farm values were shrinking the blessed
tariff was getting ia its best work.
How do the American farmers like the
results?
The Mckinley boomers are bowling
that the restoration of the high taxa
ton policy will bring prosperity. Be-
fore accepting these delrsive promises
would it not be well for sensible men
to ask: II 20 years of protection
brought only depression TO such a
great farming state as New York,
what reason is there TO believe that
more protection would have a differ
ent effect?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
A nigh TsrifT ReveI Ahead.

We take IL that the election Of McKin-
ley will mean n Bacchanalian orgy Of
protection. The erection thigh fences
with barbed-wire crests will at once
begin. The war on the American
farmer and the American buckingham
will be promptly declared They will
be required TO line up while the pro-
tccted manufacturers ro through their
pockets and take what they want.
Arc the people prepared 20 60 back to
the old regime? Are they ready to pay
80 per cent more for their dry goods
and their clothing. not to mention
other necessaries OF life. in order that
the millionaires Of Pennsylvania nav
hold high jinks?-Memphis Commsr.
cial Appeal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
A ONE-IOEA APOSTLE.
What Is There I'm Mr.. Mckinley's Record to
show That lie Has ANY Idea of fsusI-


What Is There In Mr. McISinIey's Record to
show That lie Has ANY Idea Of fsusi-
/ ness?
! 1t is time for McIlinley's friends 10
begin to explain what they mean by
calling him 1.-The apostle of prosperity"
This sounds well in the republican
family quarrel, and it has been highly
effective. But the campaign IS not to
be mere family affair. II is to be
fought before the people and Mckinley
is 10 be run on his record What is
there in that record 30 show that he
has the least idea of what business sue
cess means?
One idea he has shown in his whole
career, and only one. lie has done his
best to close the markets against for
sign trade. When he had an oppor-
tunity to carry his purpose into effect
he did it in such clumsy way that he
delivered his cause and the cause of
protection helpless into the hands of
its enemies. Not only the radicalism
but the laundering of his bill forced
The defeat of his party. Never before
did the free traders have opportunity
TO measure themselves against so vul-
nerable an opponent The law
checked the prosperity of the country,
and what had been heavy surplus in
-ae treasury became the deficit which
has ever since operated to disturb
trade and make it difficult 70 secure
the stability without which prosperity
Is impossible.
Where is there = weeker candidate
than the man who stands for the mo-
nopoly and the restriction that are the
curse of American business?-N Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

To men labor IS 4 liferscrlx- End they
Pre- .nare Tor !. as such and III thew
selves with . tAo-ou-hness f0- their
task To women A. a rule. wo-k s |.
temporary maksshift between school
and marriage Size does not IL herself
Tor litewoTk a. men do for her fp-
tare reaches into rnrrrizge ~ Ee=- Z L.
Watson. Methodist. Minneapolis. Minn-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17

Many churches are d~-eEerzting into
mere mcnev-mzking machines. fash
iooahle clubs or bureaus % entertain
ment. and there J. danger that the
divine life IS being allowed 70 die out.
Rev DR. Cartwright. Ep.scopaIian.
brooklyn. y. l.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
A REASON GIVEN.
Why Exports OF Farm Products Decline
Tho MckinleY IsiII To Eiann

THO MCKINLEY iii Go Elamr.
The protection organs are trying to
show that the democrats are RESPONSE.
bic for the decline in the export OF
farm products during the past few
years and are telling the farmers that
a policy which enables foreign nations
to trade more freely with this coun-
try has made them buy less Of our ag-
ricultural staples than II we discour-
aged foreign commerce by prohibitive
tariff laws.
The real reason for the falling OF in
our shipments Of farm products was
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-17
GladnesS Comes

\tTsth better u-CcrS-1ullnE Of the
w transient nature Ct tie r-zuv p-lrs-
ical ills. which vanish before P-oVer -
forts-rentle e.-oT1~-plezs SAINT efforts
rightly dire ted There l. euz1sO-t n
the knowledge. that so mani forms q
sickness are not Gue - zuv sexual dis
ease. but simply 10 n constituted c0ndi-
ton q tbs s. stem which the riezsans
family Laxative. >yrurof Fi-S rr0Furt-
ly removes That ) WHY i IS the only
remedy with millions 81 families and 9
everywhere esteemed So highly bv al
who value good health Us b<nericEzl
effects are due % the fact. that i l. tho
one remedy which promotes internal
CLEANLINESS without debiiitarinr tho
organs on which Il acts Il Is therefore
al important. in order u Get its tene-
icial effects. TO note when -o7 pur-
chase. that vol have the genuine srti-
cle- which j. nAnuf1csu-cd by the Cali
'ornia Zig Syrup Co only and sold by
al renuta sle drrw-ists
II in the enjoy uaeut cf good health
and the system j. re-ul7r- lzxz.ircS or
other remedies are then nCt nee5ed IL
afflicted with ant actual disease. enc
may &c Commended 10 tho r1uS- shgiiiful
physicians but Z n need 81 I l1xztSve.
one should have tle ises-- ard with the
well-info--sed everywhere. Srrup Of
FIGS stands highest and Is most szrrely
used and gives most general satISfz- ion
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11

Wellesley college, Mass, has regis
tered 722 students. The freshman class
numbers 1S1.
The preachers of the Pittsburg con-
ference subscribed. at the last session.
S3,755 to the American university.
Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, OF Cor
nell university, declines the call to the
presidency Of Rochester university,
New York.
The Modern Language Association of
America holds its annual meeting with
Western Reserve university at the
Christmas holidays.
Prof. T. L. Crane has presented to
Cornell university, Ithaca, n. Y, a val
liable collection of 230 books relating
to the society of France and Italy.
Bowdoin college, Brunswick, Me-, has
entered upon it's one hundred and Sec
ond year with a larger attendance of
students than at any time in It's his
tory.
At a meeting of the regents for the
college year, President Angel, OF Ann
Arbor, in reviewing the work Of the
past year, said: IF we are really TO
prepare men and women for ~conspicu.
Gus positions, we must carry them be-
yond the boundaries of the u~ndergradu-
ate curriculum. Especially Is this true
Of those who are aiming TO occupy
prominent places as teachers"
Mt. Holyoke college, at South Had.
lev Mass. the pioneer Institution for
the higher education of women, re-
ceived a severe blow Sept. ~, in the
burning OF the main building, with Q
probable loss of $4,000 The building
had cost over $500, 900, and could not be
replaced to-day for less than 5000, 900
Fortunately, IN of the 400 students
or faculty were injured, there being
ample time for their escape with par
J OF their personal effects.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11

is greatly appreciated. not only by rea-
son Of the help she gives. but the way
In which she gives II. A liberal sup
porter of the charities In the land of
her adoption. Mrs. papct does not for
get those IN the land of her birth. her
interest IN which is both practical and
generous. You want to know my IA
Noritc pursuits? Golf and fishing |
care most for. but | love all outdoor
sports, and have. as YOU suggest. he
come Il victim to the cycle. You know
that | skate and swim and ride, and
that is all. | really do not think there
is anything left To tell you" she said
questions.
Her pretty, clever girl promises to
be n worthy daughter to- her brilliant,
gifted mother. The oldest boy Is at
Eaton: two small boys twins com
plctc the family. col. paRct. who Is
first cousin Of the marquis of Anglcsey,
Is colonel of the First battalion Of the
Scots guards and has served through
six campaigns.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11

To avoid the embarrassment and dis
comfort OF finding oneself seated next "a
stranger, with no common interests,
at n dinner party, the ingenious French
have hit upon a plan OF leaving by
each diners plate, instead OF a menu
card, a list Of the company, with hints
set down after each name. Thus you
are able to learn directly, and without
dangerous questioning, that Madame
X has been twice divorced, that Their
Is a fierce family quarrel between tho
AS and the rs, and that you had bet
ter avoid the question of their relatiOns
In %conversing with either; that no sat-
isfaotory explanation has ever been
given OF how Monsieur l.. came by hi9
fortune, etc. Some French commenta-
tors think this innovation will take al,
the spice out Of these social adventures.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11
A Star snake Chewer.

One dancer carries a venomous snake
in each hand. and has W more tackled
in a belt at his waist, while he holds
two squirming and rafting snakes be-
tween his teeth. All of the scrpents
are deadly. A little old Moki Indian.
who has evidently participated In many
snake dances from his early manhood
and means to silence dispute as to his
prowess, is practically naked, and Is
apparently mad with excitement. He
carries a very large rattiesnake in his
mouth. and let's the tail trail on the
ground, while he hops about. The rep"
tile Is fully seven feet long, and as
large around as a boys arm. 1t Is OF
the bull snake species. His fangs are
thrust far out towards the face OF an
Indian, who has at least six serpents
dangling from his brown hands and
coiled about his wrists. AS the per-
Torrance goes on you see snakes en-
gagged in fierce combat upon the stone
surface of the court. When the snakes
fight among themselves the Moki spec
tators regard their actions with SUI
perstitious terror. AS the Indians hop
around In this terpsichorean deviltry
the maidens and old women throw little
handfuls of cornmeal upon them and
Groom dismally all the while. A feeble
old warrior hobbies about on a heavy
cane. A snake has bitten him upon the
hand, but he hops about unconcerned-
ly as the blood slowly trickles from
the wound. Another mans cheek is
crimsoned with blood from the sting
of a snake, yet On he goes until the sig
nal is given for the repulsive yet fas-
cinating finale.
A priest advances to the side of the
dance rock. There he draws q circle
with the sacred meal and makes mys-
tic symbols in its center. Then there
is q grand rush towards this circle.
Every antelope man hurries there with
a bunch of snakes, which he throws
into the circle. 1t Is a blood-chillinS
sight-that mass of wriggIing, Kissing
snakes. A signal is given by the high
priest, and the antelope men and
| priests rush in among the squirming
and maddened serpents, n each man
snatches up as many snakes as he can
carry, and then runs with his horrid
burden to the east and south side OF the
little mesa, pueblo OF Walpi, where the
reptiles are liberated with parting
shouts to the effect that they shall go
home and tell the great rain god SER
pent how the Mokis have done honor
to his offspring to intercede for bless
ings upon the Moki lands and crops,
In a few minutes more the savages
come running at full speed back to the
kiya or sacred chamber. A dozen wo'
men go there, and bowls Of the anti
venom broth are served to the perspir-
ing and painting men. Those who have
been bitten by the serpents are bathed
by the women and their bleeding
wounds are anointed with a salye tina
the Mokis have annually made for sew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-11
IRViNO'S HOME BARREL.
A ~Thoroughfnrc Used Cor Ncariy 200
Years Now Closed.

The community of Tarrytown are
figuratively up in arms. ~Sunnysidc
lane has been fenced of. Washington
Irying's historic old mansion has been
closed totne public. Isn't that enough?
The famous old house IL midway De-
tween %Irvington and Tarrytown. There
Irving lived and died. There he wrote
about Tom O'Shanter and Sleepy Hol-
low and Rip Van Wrinkle. There he
wrote his life of Mahomct and his vivid
descriptions Of the Alhambra. And
when he died %Sunnyside went to W Of
his nicccs. The Misses Irving. Zone
loved Irving more than they. His mem
DRY was everything to them, as 1t was
to the village Ito made famous. Sun
nyeide was to be kept just as he left
it-stuccoed. ivy-gcown and romantic.
The room he livea in was to be kept
just as he left 1t forever. And the pub
lie were TO have free access to II all.
Sunnysidc became a visiting place for
hundreds of pilgrims. Some walked
OFF with relies, to be sure, but more
flowers grew and more grass came up.
he ola LADIES were getting aIonG III
life. Both passed eighty last year and
the burden OF the historic place became
too much for them. So when Mr.. r.
wing. their cousin, offered n good sum
they were glad to take il. That was In
June last. Mr.. Irving started at once
to change things. One day Howard
Jaffray, whose extensive grounds and
fine house reach up the hill above Sun
nyside, started to go down to his boat
house on the river through old Sun
nyside lane made famous by Irving. IL
wasn't there. The ancient highway
tread by thousands of feet on their way
to Irving's house. was barred off, raked
up and seeded over with grass to form
a part of the new Mr.. lrving's lawn