The National tribune., 1896-12-31


Tho attention Of Populist Statesmen is
urgently directed to an alarming condition OF
things in Maine. There has been secrei and
wick ed destruction Of the ancient. time-honored
and rightful parity between eggs aud apples.
Since time whereof the memory Of man run
meth not to the contrary there has been an
equality of value between good fresh egg ana
large, sound, ripe. red apple. As rule they
have been mutually interchangeable all over
the country. 1t was the peoples manner oil
commerce. All of US can recall how IN oar
school days the boy who had nice red apple
in his lunch could readily exchange 1t Tor
hard boiled egg, if he felt that he needed more
brain food than gustatory pleasure, ann slee
versa. This equality of values has been SUD
denly and no doubt treachcrously disturbed.
The reports come that those who have eggs IN
that State will not give more than dozen OF
them for whole barreiful OF the best apples
that can be offered, and that great many ex-
changes are daily made on this basis by men
whose families arc furnishing for eggs. 1hey
are thus compelled to surrender literally the
fruits Of years of investment and toll to crafty
the greed and ayarice of the cunning capitalists
who have invested in hens. Undoubtedly the
Rothschilds, Wall Street and Mark Hanna VIII
be found at tho bottom of this outrage upon
the masses who own apple trees. Unquestion-
ably. they are rapidly securing mortgages on
all the orchards Of the State in favor OF the
classes who own hens. The people who have
apple trees are being converted into the seris
of the bloated proprietors OF poultry-yards.
haI.y md y
trolls all the incubators and checks the produe-
ton of more hens.
OF course subsidized and lying press will
attempt to explain this away By saying that
there has been an enormous over-production OF
apples in Maine this year, while the hens have
only increased moderately. But that IS the way
the organs OF the bloodsuckers always talk.
They are forever prating about facts when the
people are suffering. What is needed is the
immediate passage of law restoring the Old
parity Of one egg for one apple. They should
be made legal teuderfor one another. and Sc
we're punishments prescribed for any refusal to
give sound, fresh egg demand for an apple
in like condition. This is the only way in
which to promote the prosperity of the Masses
aud maintain our liberties.
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REFORM AMONG THE BARRIERS.
The barber trade is one of the very oldest in
history. No one knows when or where 1t
originated. There never was known a time or
q people where the hair and whiskers were
allowed to grow as nature intended, and so
bar beers became necessary. There arc over
60. 600 of them in the United States, or nearly
one to every thousand of the population. Like
everybody else they have troubles which they
think should be remedied by law. The bar
bers of New York State will hold Convention
at Syracuse in January to consider these evils
and their cure. They will propose college
of BARRIERS" which will examine all applicants
as to their proficiency in the art, and grant
licenses. No one shall be allowed to shave or
cut hair unless he has license. There shall
be no tipping in the shops. which the BARRIERS
rightly consider is unmanly and demoraliz n g
to selfrespectiug workingmen. Other neces-
sary reforms will be outlined in course OF time.
The advocates Of the reforms say that they
have abundant warrant for asking the State to
take them under its protection, in the example
of other trades. For instance, the horse
shoers succeeded in having it established by
law that no one shall shoe horse until he has
PASSED an examination and received q certih-
cate that he is fully qualified. They claim
that the proper shaving and hair-catting IS
of great importance to many more men than
the way horse is shod.
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NEW YORK NEWSPAPER
The New York Recorder. after q long and
costly struggle for existence, has given it up,
!; and the Tribune will fill out its uneompleted
subscriptions. The Recorder was originally
started to work off lot of cigaret pictures
| In 1891 the cigaret manufacturers began an ex
I pensive competition by giving a picture with
! each package of the little nuisances. At frs
these weresmali photos Of actresses. clad mostly
in stockings, and very enticing to the callew
youths who smoke cigarets. As the competi
| ton grew fercer the pictures became larger
| and more elaborate until they cost more thar
| the retail price Of bunch of cigarets. Tier
| the manufacturers called halt and agreed
/ upon scale of prices and to stop giving away
| pictures This left one of them-W. Duke
! with great stock on hand of pictures in vari
Gus stages OF completeness from those which
| had been merely drawn upon the stones to tn
com pleted ones. II occurred to him to start
| paper and build up circulation with pictures
| The result was the Recorder. 1t assumed to b
Republican In politics, but was to compete witt