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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18
THE HAY DUTY.
Farmers Are SUFFERING from Democrats
Tsrik.

Fnrmern Are SUFFERING from DemecrAtte
Tarig.
The farmers of the country are APP
pealing TO congress just now for nm in
creased duty upon hay. Thousands Of
petitions have been in circulation In the
country In the past few weeks. signed
by hundreds OF thousands OF farmers,
aslSing congress TO increase the rate.
The reason of this II the enormous In
crease In the importations of hay. most
ly from Canada, since the repeal OF the
Mckinley law. The duty on hay under
the Mckinley tariff was 81 per ton.
In the year following the enactment of
that law. the importations OF hay
dropped from 125.000 tons TO 10000
tons.
The Wilson law repealed the rate, and
In it's place put n duty OF 20 per cent. ad
valorcm. which amounts TO about 81 60
per ton. So the present rate OF duty
under the Wilson law ~ only about ono
third what IL was under the Mckinley
law. The result of IL In the enormous
increase In the importations OF hay.
The amount OF hay brought into the
toAAth1 hihtt INC &-uo[itutht0A AuN VII
son law has been more than double
what II was in the corresponding length
Of time under the Mckinley law.
The official figures for the fIrss ~
months OF the Wilson law show n
total importation Of 373. 500 tons of hay.
against i40.0s2 tons In the lnst n
months of the Mckinley law. This
shows AN increase Of 233,77s tons. II
will thua be seen that the importations
under the new law by reason Of the
enormous reductions In tariff rates.
have increased more than $50 per cent.
and that nearly S2,o00.0oo, which would
otherwise have gone 10 the farmers Of
the United States, has gone out of the
country by reason Of the increased pur-
chases of hay from abroad. brought
in IA a result Of the reductions In rates
OF duty.--Toledo Blade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18
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istration-
The sblest prescntment Of the fnan-
cial question that has been made for .
long time Is In Senator John Sherman's
article In the April number Of the Fo-
rum Magazine. In most comprehen-
sive and striking manner no shows
what the democratic tariff for deficit
has done for the country and what II
must continue TO do.
The whole QUESTION turns on the mat
ter Of governmental receipts. Now
they are smaller than the public ex-
penditures. Hence there Is a growing
dohcit which win not permanently DO
made. good by increasing the public
debt
The plain truth u the nation wants
revenue, and democratic financiering In
time Of profound peace has not been
able TO furnish II, though that party
has had administration of thu affairs
OF the greatest and richest nation on
the globe. Emerging from an exhaus-
tive civil war. with public debt that
caused the nation TO stagger under it's
weight the republican party, though
the country was poorer and more
sparsely peopled than it Is to-day. was
able not only to provide means for all
current obligations. but succeeded in
reducing the public debt faster than
the law demanded.
Now. In q time of peace, with the
country richer than IL ever was before,
the finances have been brought to a
condition Of such confusion that all
business suffers and the public debt
grows. In plain words, we want money,
and democratic flnanciering is unable
to provide II.
Various plans have been proposed TO
make good the deficiency. For exam
pie. the New York World proposes to
add five dollars 10 the internal revenue
license which the 100000 liquor dealers
have TO take out. 1t also proposes to
levy an additional tax of ten cents a
gallon on the p. 900 900 gallons of wines
and spirits consumed in the country
and five cents a gallon on the 1896. 3d.
222 gallons Of beer which are drunk in
tho United States every year.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18
This would provide 4 large addition

This would provide large addition
to the government receipts. and then
IL Mr.. Cleveland should carry out his
plan. Z, tsx bank checks ant; iiTaf u. have
stamps placed on all legal papers and
rcimpoee duties ON tea and coffee, q
sufficient income might be obtained to
enable the democratic party to tear
down q few more tariff barriers in or
der to give foreign manufacturers cas-
Ter access to the American market.
In the meantime dispatches from
Washington inform us That the govern
ment receipts are again declining. For
the month of March they have thus
far been only s24.0o0.o0o and are not
likely to exceed SEQ, 000, 900 for the whole
month. IL Ia said that these low re-
ceipts have been very disappointing to
treasury officials.
But IL 10 the old story over again.
There is no variation In the story that
has been told since the democratic party
took charge of the national finances.
A little table prepared by Senator Sher-
man for his Forum article brings the
whole subject forward in tf~ most COM
prehensive manner. II Is as follows:
Total receipts under the McKln-
ley law. October 1S9o-iSs2. SIS. $50. s95
Total expenditures under the Nc
Kinley law, October. lSao-lSe2. .7si ,2ii, iN
Surplus 2s.2fs.etI
Total receipts under Wilson law.
September. 1884. 10 December.
1880 s-..ssss..sss.r.ssss. stotof ftVutn
Total expenditures undor Wilson
law, September, 1894. to De-
ccmber. 1886 ...................... ~. 290691
deficiency .......................... so. COO ofs
In view Of this. In IL strange that the
public debt Il increasing and that the
receipts Of the government decline?-
Albany Journal
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

London financial authorities figure
out that the trade balance against this
country now averages s5.o0o.o 900 week.
That is. we buy in Europe that amount
more than we sell This sum must be
paid in gold or In American securities.
and when the latter are not selling on
the other side. only gold viii foot the
bIll.--Springfeld (Afaas.) Homestead.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

NJ. Hoefvr. the well-known Parisian
entomologist, has prepared a landscape
which Is wholly made OF insects. great
and small. The subject, which con-
sists OF a river, mill, bridge. wood and
mountain, In made mp entirely OF in
sects, not less than $4,000 specimens
Of bugs" and flies being used. This
curious painting" Is valued at $4,000.
Sour discomfort that quarrels with
our fate may give fresh smart. but not
the old nbate; the uneasy passions dis
Ingenious wit, the m reveais but hides
tho benefit. Dlaclmorc.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

A democratic tariff encourages the
foreign shop and discournges the do
nestle shop. A democratic revenue
tariff builds up the foreign factory and
dismantles the American factory. But
the republican party is for the Amer
lean worlSingman.-IIon william No
Kinley.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

There Is no need for us 70 lie awake
AZ night worrying over microbes. as we
have been wont 20 regard them. A GER
tain professor went TO the trouble OF
purifying the air Of these germs. and
then fed IL 20 some small animals.
which promptly died upon his hands.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

Democratic stories Investigated with the
KegniAs Result.
Free traders have been very joyful
over an increase In our exports o<
American manufactured goods. As
long an this Is not brought about by
the sacrifice Of our home market II Ia,
indeed, an encouraging sign. Last
year. 1895. we sold In foreign countries
So, 1851 500 more OF our manufactures
than In 1894. This includes an In
crease of $14,249,o7l In our exports of
mineral oil, refined or manufactured,
leaving only $9.1ol, s3i of increase for
all other manufactures exported. But
the larger value of our mineral oil ex-
ports has been of no value 70 American
labor because II represented shipments
of 42,f14.075 gallons less oil In 1898
than in 1904. The refining or manu-
featuring OF 100000 gallons less oil
for export has deprived labor OF work.
The increase In value merely repre-
SCENTS an increase In the profits OF the
oil combine, which advanced the price
Of oil so sharply last year. 1t did no
good to American labor. Our labor
suffered through having less oil to re-
fine or manufacture, and our labor also
suffered through having TO pay more
money for oil when earning lower
wages.
Excepting the oil exports, wc have
so. 10i, s3l worth more OF American
manufactures shipped abroad last year
than in 1894. Against this we must act
the increase In our imports of foreign
manufactures, thus leaving the follow
ing exhibit:
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURER.
Total Increase. 1896 over 1894. 81. 35i. 500
Mineral oil, refined or manufac-
tured, decrease In quantity, gals.
........-+.ss...... ...+-....-qz.ufsUso
Increase I'm value. n24s,s1
Increase in all other manufactured
Increase in all manufactured Inn
ports .............-.............. biS,uaD
Net loss TO the United States. .sss s1I. z59
If IL is advantageous for us to in
crease our exports by 81, i0f, 1871. IL must
he correspondingly more advantageous
TO the foreign countries that Increased
their exports by s92.6i3.o90. Deduct
ing our small gain from their greater
gain leaves q net loss of ss3,511 ,259 20
our manufacturers through the cap
ture of our markets by foreigners. over
and above the amount OF their markets
that we captured.
IL should be noted that our manufac-
tured exports do not include such
product of -four. which Ii certainly
equally as much n manufacture" m
oil. In 1894 we exported -four worth
SIS. o24, zoe, but In 1895 only $50, 202 1886,
a decrease of $s,63i. $50. Had this
manufactured product been included
in the democratic treasury statement,
our total excess of exports last year
would have dyindled down to S47o,011.
ms compared with increased imports OF
manufactures worth $92,6l3,09o. 1t Is
just as well TO be more thoroughly ex-
planatory than the free-traders are.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

r1The result of the election in Rhode
Island shows that the democratic party
has not yet recovered from its over
whelming and demoralizing defeats OF
the past three years. IL also shows
that the voters of that state stand
hrmly for the protection OF American In
dustries. The campaign In Rhode
Island involved only national issues, and
the result can be regarded rs an indica-
ton OF the prevailing sentiment In all
parts Of the country. The defeat Of the
democrats was the worst they had ever
sustained. their nominee for governor.
who was personally more popular than
the republican candidate. being beaten
by a plurality OF more than 10000. while
the new legislature will contain but six
democratic members. Rhode Island al
ways fires the first gun in presidential
campaign, and there Is no mistalsing tho
sound this ycar.-Troy Timea.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

Usefui Mechanical Principle Employed
with Considerable Success
Trial has recently been made In
building operations of mechanical
device known as Pease's tubular con-
struction. II Is based upon the simple
fact that three tubes. each having an
open slit along one side. may be inter-
locked in the manner shown In the 40
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

r1The ways and means committee 10
dclugcd with requests for reciprocity
legislation from all over the country.
The people at last understand what
reciprocity ans.-Toledo Blade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

Ex-senator German Is not making
much noise. but he never neglects TO
take advantage Of an opportunity TO
wing the pet measures OF the admins
trntion when they appear In the senate.
Chicago TimeE-HeraId-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

Some very striking facts are shown
by studying the returns of our foreign
commerce during the last ten years.
The figures are as follows:
ALL PORTS or THE UNITED STATES.
TofaI forelgu
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-04-18

year .s..s.ss.s.ss..s......... .tzl1,Vab.IU
IF we do not buy. we cannot SELL"
How about this?
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10

In 1892 Mckinley opposed the
financial policy and the contracting
of currency as advocated by Mr..
Cleveland. He (Mckinley) then
claimed to be the special champion
OF the laboring man and the poorer
classes. We now find this man,
Mckinley, standing up and defend,
ing the same Cleveland policy and
in his letter of acceptance, opposing
the free coinage Of silver, and en-.
dorsing the gold standard plank of
the st. Louis platform. From this
it will be seen Mr.. Mckinley either
lied in 1892, or be Is very dishonest
now whsn be endorses the gold pol.
cy of the st Louis platform He
can take either horn of the dilemma,
and the reader can judge whethe,
or not he is an honest man in now
condcmning that which he fully en-
dorsed in 1S92-Clinton Dem.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
CAsToEIA
CASTOR
,e t.e- n
!E.ia ~ 10 ea
..a.Ese/ II [NN@ every
n CLH@V LLLc<<H/ wrapper.

According to the Nevada Post a
firm of loan agents in that city has
received letter containing the fol-
lowing paragraph:
1--WE do not desire to consider any
more loans aud will probably not
take any loans until we find out how
many sllverites there are in the coun-
try on election day"
IF such action is taken by the
money gamblers of the east. Mr.
Bryan did not make alIusion to the
''croWn Of thorns and cross of gold
any too soon. If the farmers and
producers of the country will s;m.
ply stick together, these Wall stree.
gentlemen will soon be looking for q
market for their money.-Appletor
City Herald.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10

For five weeks 1 lived on cold wa
ter, SO to speak" writes man who
suffered terribly from indigestion.
He could hardly keep anything on
his stomach What stayed, wasn't
properly digested and gave him ter
rible pangs.
This is not an uncommon case
Dyspeptics don't get enough nour-
ishment. They are generally thin
weak
They may eat enough, but they
don't digest enough Much of what
they eat turns into poison. If this
keeps on there's no telling what dis
ease they may get next.
That's why it is best to take Shak.
er Digestive Cordial, ,as soon as symp-
toms of indigestion appear.
1t cures all the evils of indiges
tion, and prevents the evils, which
indigestion causes.
Sold by druggist, price 10 cents
to 81 per bottle.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
A Great Book Free.

When DIR. II. V. Pierce, of Buffalo,
N. Y, published the first edition of
his great work, The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Advertiser, he
announced that after 6SO,0O0 copies
had been sold at the regular price,
81 so per copy, the profit on which
wouldrepay him for the great amount
of labor and money expended in pro-
ducing it, he would distribute the
next half million free. As this mum
ber of copies has already been sold,
he is now giving away, absolutely
free, 100000 copies of this most COM
plete, interesting and valuable COM
mon sense medical work ever pub
lished-the recipient only being re
quired to mail to him. at above ad
dress, twenty one [2l1 one cent
stamps to cover cost of mailing only,
and the book will be sent postpaid.
1t is veritable medical library, com
plete in one volume Contains zoos
pages. profusely illustrated. The
Free Edition is precisely the same
as that sold at $l.50 except only
that the books are in strong manila
paper covers instead of cloth. Send
now before all are given away.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
Bryan Mt St. Louis.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. q
Governor Stone received a telegram
to day from William J BRYAN in.
forming him that he can be at St.
Louis on Saturday. Sept. II. and
the date for the opening ofthe DEM
ocratic state campaign will be fixed
accordingly. Mr.. Bryan said in his
telegram that it was doubtful if be
could speak in Kansas City this trip.
The Governor has written Senator
Joe Blackburn. of kentucky.
inviting him to be present a:
the st. Louis meeting, but as he
is somewhere in the east. no reply
has yet been received from him
Several hundred people at the state
capital are making preparations tc
attend the meeting.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
For the Wageworker.

Here is q little information that is
now going the rounds of the press,
says the st. Joseph Gazette. The
figures are taken from the consular
reports and speak for themselves:
If the gold makes high and the
silver standard low wages, how
comes it that gasftters receive S14.-
so a week in Columbia and SIS in
Venezuela both silver standard coun
tries, and but 81 OS in Germany and
$40 in Italy, both on gold basis?
How comes it that cigarmakers re-
ceive S12 so and tinsmiths S14 in
silver standard Venezuela and 81 so
and So respectively in gold standard
Spain? How comes it that the dis
tillers receive S12 per week in Mexi-
leo and but $500 in Denmark. How
comes it that cabinet makers receive
$40 in Ecquador and but 81 % in
Germany; blacksmiths S12 s3 in
Venezuela and but 50 60 in Italy;
telegraph operators S11 so in Mexi-
co and but IS 80 in Denmark, en-
gravers $40 IS in Peru and but So
in Spain? If the gold standard
makes uniformly high wages, why is
there such tremendous difference
in the wage rate of gold standard
countries? The average weekly wages
of brick layers in the United States
is S2l Is, in Spain, 50 sc, in Canada
SIS and in Italy 81 20, yet all are
on gold basis. Hod carriers aver.
age S13 80 in the United States and
but 81 20 i'll Italy; plumbers $l3 so
in Canada and So 25 in Spain, $19
in the United States and 81 80 in
England, Sl3 35 in New South
Wales and 81 25 in Germany-all
gold standard countries.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
Rryan at Kn0wIesvil.e.

Civilization is wrapped up in the
solution of the money question.
Our cause is the cause in which
the whole family is interested.
Ny friends, it is not more taxes
that the people want, but more mon
ey to pay taxes with.
We have cot to decide whether
the American people will run our
finances or turn our government over
to a syndicate to take care of us.
The issue to day is an issue be-
tween the idle holders of idle money
and the struggling masses who
produce the wealth aud pay the
taxed Of the country.
The American people are the only
people who have any right to say
what the Americans shall have for
legislation.
The GOLD standard could not live
| for one day in any nation under the
sun without the aid of the money
changers to keep it in existence.
The gold standard has never re.
ceived the Endorsement of any class
of people except those who prosper
as society is destroyed by q rising
dollar
The Republican party pledges it.
self to secure bimetallism, which, Of
course, is a denunciation of the gold
standard. II the gold standard is
good why should we try to get rid
of it.
If the gold standard is good, why
did not the Republican party pledge
itself to help keep gold standard;
But, no, it pledged itself to get rid
of the gold standard just as soon al
other nations will help
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
MCKINLEY AND CLEVELAND.

What the Republican Candidate Said
in 1892 About Cleveland's Finan-
clal Policy.
In 1878 William Mckinley, as a
member of the national house of rep
resentatives, voted the Bland free
coinage bill, for the Bland Allison
bill, and for the motion to pass the
latter over President Hayes veto
In 1890 he voted for the Sherman
silver purchase bill, and later, in
1892, when he was not member of
congress, he thus, in an address to
the Republican League of Ohio,
criticized the financial policy of the
then ex.President Cleveland. He
said:
During all the years at the head
of the government he (CleveIand) was
dishonoring one of our own precious
metals, one of our own great prod
ducts. discrediting silver and en-
haucing the price of gold He en-
deavored even before his Inaugural
tion to office to stop the coinage OF
silver dollars; and afterward and to
hhe end of his administration per.
sistently used his power to that end
He was determined to contract the
circulating medium and demonetizs
one Of the coins of commerce, limi,
the volume of money mong tue peo
pie. make money scarce and. there
fore, dear. He would have increas
ed the value of money, and diminish
the value of everything else. Money
the master-everything else the ser
want. He was not thinking of tn,
poor then. He had left their side.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
TARIFF ON WOOL.
An ONO Grower Comes Out Against
High duties.

An OHIO Grower Comes Out Against
High duties.
Colombus, o, Sept 3 AT the
annual meeting of the Ohio Wool
Growers Association. J G. Stevens
of kenton, formerly member Of
the State Board of Agriculture and
for IL years President of the Nation,
al Wool Growers Association, in an
address, says that he had concluded
free coinage was more to be desired
by the wool grower. than protection
and in support Of the statement gave
figures that he had received for his
wool under high and low tariffs.
"How are you going to vote for
free coinage without voting for free
wool?" asked ex-Congressman J. D.
Taylor, himself a wool grower.
"How are you going to vote for
high tariff without voting for the
gold Standard" was Stevens reulv,
and he was allowed to follow his
discourse without further interrup.
ton.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-09-10
COSTLIER THAN CHAMPAGNE.
Country Where Water Cost Four Dol
lars Il DrinE.

from the New York Recorder.
How would you like to live IN
land where water is more costly tnan
champagne and much more scarce'
Champagne, you know. IS the most
expensive liquid that men drink. In
the country of the Papazo Indians
water is the most precious thing
known.
These indians live in country OF
broad plains, with mountain ranges
between. These noun aims are very
steep, and the plains at their feet
are the dryest and most desolats
tract of land on the face OF the
earth Sometimes it is 80 hot and
dry in this place that the very rocks
crack open under the fierce rays OF
the sun. A whole year passes some
times without drop Of rain. There
were once big rivers running through
this country but they have long since
dried up
Seriland, in the state of Sonora,
was never seen by white man until
two years ago, when party OF
scientists went there from Washing
son. The natives are always watch
ing for an enemy, they are a very
superstitious people and are always
ready for fight. But water is as
sacred as their hilltop homes.
The exploring party that visited
This strange land nearly died of thirst
Every drop Of water had to be car
ried from twelve to fifteen miles by
men under heavy guard. The ma
tives measure out water with u small
spoon and single cup OF the CRATE
full fluid is valued at from three tc
four dollars.