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FALSE PROMISES.
Pennsylvania Familiss Induced to Start
for Non ana by Fraudulent "Agents."

Pennsylvania Fsmiliss Induced to Start
for Non ana by fraudulent "Agents."
Great Falls, April 29.-There are two
men now stopping with Engineer Tul-
ly at the water works who tell a
strange story and one that is likely TO
need thorough investigation in the i'm
mediate future The men arrived in
Great Falls a few days ago in desti-
tute circumstances and claimed to be
coal miners from Pennsylvania. They
are apparently hard working men,
and according to their story were sent
out to Belt by an immigration COM
pany or employment agency, the
agents of which promised the men
abundant work at good wages in min
ing camps adjacent to this city. The
men allege that these agents are now
working through the coal fields of
Pennsylvania offering similar induce
ments to miners and their families and
that no less than 900 men, women and
children from that state will start for
Montana in the near future They
claim to be merely the advance guard
of a vast army of idle men who are
headed in this direction in the belief
that they will get employment in the
coal mines of Northern Montana.
Rosy promises are held out to all that
have means to make the trip and pay
the fee charged by these alleged
agents of an immigration commission.
If these men are telling the truth
there is evidently gigantic conspiracy
on the part of the confidence opera
tors to rob their victims in PennsyI-
vania and turn loose on the people of
this locality a horde of idle men and
destitute families.
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ONE HONEST MAN.

Dear Editor. Please inform your read.
ers that II written TO contdentiaIy 1 will
mall in a sealed letter the plan pursued
by which l was permanently restored TO
health and manly ViEor after years OF
suffering from Nervous Weakness. night
losses and weak. shrunken parts | hava
no scheme to eXtort money from any one
whomsoever. as l was robbed and sw,a.
died by the quacks until | nearly lost
faith in mankind. but thank Heaven. I
am now well. vigorous and strong. and
anxious TO make this certain means OF
cure known TO all. Having nothing to sell
or send c. o. D.. ] want no money. Ad-
dress JAMES A. HARRIS. Box S72 Del
ray. Mich.
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We offer One HUNDRED Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. O.
We the undersigned. have known f. ]
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST d TRUAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
WALDING. KINNAN d MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mn,
cous surfaces of the system. Price 10
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. TestI-
monials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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day, and as offerings were very limited,
buyers were obliged to pay about 10 cents
more than yesterday. Steers sold up 10
va for strictly choice shipping lots.
the bulk of cattle selling at s.. 70G4.15.
cows and heifers. S2.50G3.50: calves. act
we around A.75: stockors and feeders
not plenty. few selling below 50 40
Hogs-Fresh arrivals were again pIenti-
full to-day. and several thousand were left
unsold last night The bulk sold at s.. 35T
$40; heavy droves. S3a3. 40: medium
weights. S.S0qS.50; mixed, S3dS.5O: light.
S3.45G3.65Ik.
Sheep-Nearly 5000 sheep have arrived
here in four days and o. $50 were thrown
on the market yesterday without causing
any appreciate break in prices. Ordi-
nary sheep, s2.e5Gs.75: westerns e 4OS1
800; lambs. So 35G3S5
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Wanted Proposals for Street Lighting

Office OF the Ciy Clerk, Great Falls
Mont. Aarcn 1885
Sealed proposals will be received by the
Undersigned until Thursday. the 1th day
OF May. 1876 Tor lighting the streets OF
this city with e. arc electric lights (and
such additional lights as the council nav
from time TO time ORDER OF 1000 candle
power each. or their equivalent in acetv-
lene or gas lights. for period of three or
I'VE years. Further information relative
thereto will be furnished on application
The right 20 reject any or all bids Is re-
served. Done by order of the city coun-
ell. c II. CLARK
City Clerk
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TIME sCHEDULE-BUTTE.

~-@- - - - - - - -.
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
No l. Puget Sound Mail. from
ST. Paul and all Eastern points.
arrives at Montana Union de-
pot daily at. ..................... 800 N
No. I. Bozeman Express. from
Bozeman. carrying through
passengers from ST. Paul and
all Eastern points. arrives at
Northern Pacific local depot
daily at ....... ..... ........... 2:S5 D m
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM THE WEST.
No. = Twin city Mail, from
Portland and all Pacific coast
points, arrives at Montana
Union depot daily at............ 2:2o a m
No. I. Garrison Express. from
Portland and all Pacific coast
points, arrives at Montana
Union depot daily All. 80 D m
TRAINS DEPART FOR THE EAST.
No. 2. Twin City Mail. for ST.
Paul and all Eastern. Southern
and Canadian points. leaves
Montana Union depot daily at 30 a N
No : Bozeman Express. con-
Meeting at Bozeman with No.
Z. through tram for 81. Paul
and all Eastern. Southern and
Canadian points. leaves North
ern Pacihc local depot daily atIi:4oam
TRAINS DEPART FOR THE WEST.
No. l. Puget Sound Mail. for
Portland and all Pacific coast
points. leaves Montana Union
depot daily al .-...-.............. 500 a N
No. s. Garrison Express. con-
Meeting at Garrison with No. 3
through train for Portland
and all Pacific coast points.
leaves the Montana Union de-
pot daily at ..-................... 2:4O n ~
Through tickets 20 Japan and China
via Tacoma and Northern Pacific Steam-
ship CO.
For Information. time cards. mans ana
tickets. call on or write w NJ. TUOHY
General Agent. Butte. Mont. or
CHARLES :. FEE.
General Passenger Agent. ST. Paul. Nina
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Iuhacco, ALCOHOL or Opium, or on accOunt
OF youthful indiscreton or over indulgence etc
Dizziness, Commissions Wsksfulness Headache
Mental Depression. Softenng of the Brain Weak
Memory Bearing Down Pains. Seminal " eakness
Hysteria, Nocturnal Emissions. Spermatorrhpa
Loss of Power and Impotency. which il neglected
may lead to premature old age and insanity
Positively guaranteed. Price 81 90 n box: boxes
Dor 80 90 Sent bv mail receipt OF price written
guarantee furnished with every s. order received
% refund the money if a permanent cure is not
Effected
Mailed in plain wrapper. For sale at
PARSONS pharmacy. p W. Park St, Butte
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Northern Pacific sche dule Butte,
TRAINS ARRIVE


TRAINS ARRIVE.
No. /. Puget Sound Mail-From
ST. Paul, arrives at NJ. u. de-
pot daily at........................ 800 a m
No. I. Bozeman Express-From
st. Paul. arrives at ~. p. local
depot daily at..................... 2:35 p m
No. >, Twin City Mail-From
Portland, arrives at NJ. u. de-
pot daily ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2:2O m
No. T. Garrison Express-From
Portland. arrives at NJ. u. de-
pot daily t........................12:20 p m
TRAINS DEPART.
No. 2. Twin City Mail-Eor st.
Paul leaves NJ. u. depot daily
at............ ......... ............. 2:2O a m
No. 3. Bozeman Expression st.
Paul, leaves n. Il. depot daily
at........... t............. ........u 40 m
No. !. Puget Sound Mail-For
Portland. leaves NJ. U. depot
daily at................ ........... 800 a m
No. 5. Garrison Express-For
Portland, leaves NJ u. depot
daily at............. .............. $40 D m
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London oaI sales.

London, April 3O-At the wool auction
sales to-day 1884 bales were offered.
There was brisker sale to-day owing
10 larger purchases by the continent of
both merino and crossbreds The Ameri-
can buyers are inactive.
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Warranted 10 cure or
money refunded.
il is sold on a positive
guarantee TO cure any
form of nervous pros
tration or any disorder
of the genital organs Of
either sex. caused
by excessive use OF
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BUTTE TIME CARDS.

Butte. Anaconda g. Pacific r. r.
ARRIVE IN BUTTE
NO. 2. Anaconda and Helena ex-
press. arrives dali .-............. Gas q N
No. 4. Anaconda express. cou-
Meeting with Great Northern
railway through trains for East
and West. arrives daily ....... ais . m
No. 10 arrives daily .....-........1o:l0 . m
DEPART FROM BUTTE.
No. 3. Anaconda express leaves
daily ..... 49,. ...................1o:f5 a m
No. !. Anaconda express. from St
Paul. Helena and intermediate
points, leaves daily .............. 500 p
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Want HdVs.

A ADVERTISEMENTS under this head
a cents a word for the first insertion
and i cent word for each subsequent
insertion. No sdvs. taken for less than
Is cents.
Classified Advs per lire per month. 81 .
Count 6 words TO the IineD
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Nortbern Montana Mews

The Sorth~rn Montana ONCE OF the
STANDARD 3 located IN the Bach-Cory
DOCK. Great Falls. directly opposite the
Fark hotel. Advertising rates furnished on
application
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Moderate speculative activity was re.
ported in wheat. the market showing but
lzaasc range Operations continue chiefly
local and liquidation was again a fea-
ture
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nnrN NIAr.r

Money easy at 2iza3 per cent: closed al
% per cent; sterling exchange. easier at
A.&@.d4.ss for demand and 4.S74.44. y
for % DAYS
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7 HE MARKE rs

New York, April 3O.-Wanting activity
was again noted to-day in stock specula-
ton, the aggregate of dealings being on
a holiday basis. OF a meager total nearly
une-third was distributed in the grangers
and industrials
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M HEN TRIFLE WILL BUY THE
greatest healing invention Of the day
DR.. sanden's Electric Belt is a complete
body battery for self-treatment and guar
antees, or money refunded. II will cure
without medicine Rheumatism, Lumbago
seiatica, Lame Back. Kidney and Liyei
complaints, Nervous Debility, Weakness
Losses, Drains. and all effects Of early indis
erection or excess. To weak men Il is Tho
greatest possible boon. as a mild. soothiu,
electric current is applied direct to N
nerve centers, and improvements are felt
from the first hour.
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hicago General Marke.

Close-July wheat, &c corn. 3OHc:
oats. l9i4c; pork. 1856; lard. s4S5: ribs.
$40. Receipts: Wheat. 10000 bushels:
corn l2S,eOo bushels; oats, l92,OOO bushels.
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AlettI 49,.

Silver. eS; pig iron. quiet: copper.
quiet brokers price. s1O.s7iz: exchange
price. N0.75; lead, steady: domestic. bro
ker's So; exchange, 1906.
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Desk Room In tho Gren
Fails Olncs o. the Staa.
dard. IA tbs BOcA-COry
blocN Pleas anL room.
NOR oughly yentllt . 4
and heate j.. wi h electris
lights and J ntor serves.
Terms re sOnaJls. AD-
ply dt stand iri once,
GIeaL FAILS Mon Ana
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Or. Sanden's Electric Bell Cures.
GEr THE MnnH rnrr,

pocket edition Of the celebrated electro.
medical work, Three Glasses OF Men " illus
trated is sent free. sealed. by mail. upon an
Rlcaton. Every young, middle-aged or old
man suffering from the slightest weakness
should read it. 1t will point out an easy.
sure and speedy way to regain strength and
health, when everything else has failed.
SANDEN ELEC rRIC CO.
253 Washington street, Portland. Ore
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LOST MANHOOD

Easlv Quickly and Permanently Restorsi
BONJEAN'S TONGUE rASOLES.
the 60 eprt.eI French Ise.nsIy
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CHICAGO MARKETS.
Live stock

Chicago, April S0.-CattIe-The market
was in a decidedly better condition TO-
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Boston Mining StocNs
Boston, April 30.-Boston & Montana
"A; Butte & Boston, 2
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ANTE D-sITUATIONs

- :
NTED-SITUATION AS COOK IN
hotel or restaurant. Inquire 412 w
Fourth street, Anaconda
DRESSMAKER WOULD LIKE EN-
gagements by the day. Call or address
IL. +. NJ, 23l2 East Granite. Butte.
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WANTED-HELP.


I PEOPLES EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Ring 2O5 Best, sure the best, cause the
best orders for dining room work,
Homework, cooking. etc. come to Peo-
pies office. owsley block. Butte.
WANTED-AT ONCE, so WOODCHOP-
pers; good wages. Union Employment
Office. room g. IL West Broadway, Butte
WANTED-LIVE, ENERGETIC YOUNG
man; must be single; good dry goods
man and advertiser and attend strictly
10 business none others need apply.
Chicago Bee Hive. Missoula Mont.
WANTED-AT ONCE. a GOOD COAT
maker. Angus Johnston. Philipsburg,
Mont.
WANTED-A FIRST-CLASS BARBER;
steady work O. X. barber shop. Mis-
soula.
Observation-Disclosures AND GEN
eral homework girls at Employment
Agency, lOi East Commercial. Ana
conda.
WANTED-CooKs. WALTERS. HOUSE,
Keepers. etc. at Union Employment Of
ice. room 3. IL w. Broadway, Butte
BUTTE EMPLOYMENT OFFICE FUR
nishes help Of all kinds. 1872 North Main
street. Butte. Mont.
WANTED-THREE WOMEN COOKS. 10
girls for dining room and general house
work st. Paul Employment Office. lis
n. Main Butte. Phone No. 25s.
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ANDREW BURLEIGH. Receiver.

pullman Sleeping Cars.
Elegant Dining Cars.
Tourist sleeping Cars.
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fOR sALE,

| FOR SALE-YUAT LUNG FANG KEE.
| a chinese merchant at Missouia, intends
returning to China, and will sell his
two-story brick store building, contain
| ing TWO store rooms and basement, with
| ~ lodging rooms above, cheap for cash;
will rent for 1928 per month; must be
sold at once. Apply to Yuat Lung Fang
| hee, Missoula. Mont.
FOR sALE-PIANO; GRAND BAR
gain; $3.50 Address Box 743. Butte Mont
CHOICE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
at great bargains We build houses on
installments in any part OF the city. and
make plans to suit the people. Butte
Real Estate & Building Co., lO5 West
broadway. ]. Soss. Manager.
! FOR sALE-CHEAP, SMALL BRICK
residence. 9l5 West Copper street, Butte.
FOR sALE-SoDA WATER APPARAT-
us. Apply at City Drug Store. Butte.
FOR sALE-REsTAURANT BAKERY
ana confectionery store. doing good
business: I'm one of the best towns I'm
the state. Particulars address "Busi-
ness, Standard office. Anaconda, Mont.
FOR SALE-CHEAP, MOSLER SAFE.
double doors. weight 5000 pounds: also
upright kimball piano, full octave, at a
bargain. l.. Hoffman. 222 Il. Commercial
avenue, Anaconda.
FOR sALE-HoTEL IN QUIGLEY
Mont with good business. Address Box
'i3. Butte. Mont.
FOR SALE - BOTTLING MATERIAL.
FOUNTAIN. generator. table, gauges. bot
Ties boxes Very low for cash at 2l2
Cherry street. Anaconda.
FOR SALE-BARBER SHOP WITH
taths; the neatest shop in the state. do
ing good business. Prices twenty-five
and hfty cents A snap for the right
man. The reason fer selling. other
business. John McInerney Deer Iodre
FOR SALE CHEAP = sECoND-HA
bicycle. Owner leaving town. Apply 10
West broadway. Butte.
FOR sALE-BRICK DWELLING All w
Park street. Butte. Bath, electric light
etc. Apply above address.
FOR sALE-DwELLING HOUSE
barn. etc. at AIS West Gelena street.
Butte. Call I'm the afternoon.
FOR RENr.
FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS FOR |
light housekeeping Ala West Quartz St
Butte.
FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS FOR /
light housekeeping. 10 n. Washington
street Butte.
FOR RENT-sUITE OF ROOMS, FUR |
nished. 2ls South Dakota. Butte
FOR RENT-sUITE OF HOUSE KEEP
ing rooms also other furnished rooms.
$40 to sl2 Per month. over Red Boot "a
n. Main street, Butte.
FURNISHED ROOMS: ELECTRIC
light steam heat free bath: reasonabls
prices. Hoffman house. e. +. Park Butte
I
LOST.
LOST-A BLACK COW WITH WHITE |
feet; branded &C. T." Reward OF s. will
be paid by returning TO William Miller.
Walkerville Mont.
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FOR SALE-HoTEL IN QUIGLEY
Mont with good business. Address Box
'i3, Butte. Mont
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SHORT TINE MONEY To LOAN
Room l. upstairs. 10 y. Montana street
Butte.
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IF BANK REFUSES YOUR SECURITY
call 3 L. Granite. Butte.
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yer quarter should be in circulation.
when forced to change a $40 bill to
reimburse Uncle Sam for seven 1-cent
stamps 1t curls his brunette locks and
makes life naught but a weary dream.
de brushes his fingers while stamping
letters and soils loving epistles with
crimson gore Of his injured hand-all
OF which tends to make his official life
nightmare of horrors, shocking to
contemplate
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FOR SALE-CHEAP. SMALL BRICK
residence. 9l5 West Copper street, Butte.
FOR SALE-SODA WATER APPARAT-
us. Apply at City Drug Store, Butte.
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CHOICE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
at great bargains. We build houses on
installments in any part OF the city. and
make plans to suit the people. Butte
Real Estate a Building Co., lO5 West
BrOadMaN. j. Soss Mnnapar
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FOR SALE-PIANO; GRAND BAR
gain; $3.50. Address Box 749. Butte. Mont.
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RANCH. FINE-YEAR LEASE FOR
improvements For Information address
BOX 743. Butte. Mont
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FOR SALE-RESTAURANT, BAKERY
ana confectionery store doing good
business in one of the best towns I'm
the state. Particulars address "Busi-
ness" Standard office Anaconda Mont
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MIsCEL ANEOUs

GO To THE WOMEN'S EXCHANGE
for homemade bread. pies. cakes. sal
ads. etc. "a West Granite street Rutta
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wANTED-A FIRsT-CLAss BARBER;
steady work. O. X. barber shop. Mis-
soula.
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Joe Sullivan, the urbane and really
handsome postmaster at Fort Ben
ton, is reported to be tired
Of official life-and disguised at
selling stamps at a penny each.
Joseph is an old timer, doesn't
believe in small change and expresses
the belief that nothing less than a sill
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FOR sALE-CHEAP. MOSLER SAFE
double doors. weight 5000 pounds. also
upright kimball piano. fun octave. at a
bargain. l.. Hoffman, 222 Il. Commercial
avenue. Anaconda.
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F. L. HoAGLAND. sCAVENGER. BOX
-. Anaconda. Work done by week
month or by the job Leave orders al
Mahan Bros. or l.. a. Kings
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LOWEST PRICES FOR FIRsT-CLAsS
dental work az East broadway. Rutte
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The members of the First Baptist
church of Great Falls have extended
an invitation to Rev. Henry Van En-
gelen to become pastor of the church.
The reverend gentleman is well and
favorably known here and is an accom-
plished pulpit orator and earnest d.
vine.
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FOR SALE - BOTTLING MATERIAL.
fountain. generator. table, gauges. bot
Ties boxes. Very low for cash at 2l2
Cherry street. Anaconda
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MONTANA REALTY AND CoLLEC.
ton Agency-Collections made any
place IN the United States or Canada
We have a few good houses n Butte
for sale Room ;. INV. Broadway. Butte.
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FOR RENT-FURNIsHED ROOMS FOR
light housekeeping. Ala West Quartz st
Ruffe -
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WANTED-AT ONCE. a GOOD COAT
maker. Angus Johnston. Philipsburg.
Mont
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FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
light housekeeping. 10 n. Washington
street Butte.
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SECONDHAND CLOTHING BOUGHT
and s5id. 81 l. Park ST.. Butte.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-01-23

listed under the Mckinley law. This va
equivalent to an average ad valorem rate
Of 521s per cent, SO that the reduction
made in the rate Of duty by the free
traders was II. 43 per cent.
Now as to the shaking" This has
been done by the bureau of statistics Of
the treasury department. Under the Nc
Kinley law all Of these adulterants were
classified together as shoddy, noils,
waste, rags, mungo, flock, etc. For pur-
poses of comparison it is necessary to
use the same classification, although
under the German law they are returned
under different heads, some free and
some dutiable. The total showing is
bad one for the free trade tariff law.
But we don't intend to allow them to
escape from the responsibility Of having
made law which admits free Of duty,
as i'll the case of rags. or Of such tn
fling duty as that upon shoddy.
The fact remains that the imports OF
all of these wool adulterants have IN
creased in one single year of the new
law over 10000, 600 pounds above the
imports Of the same articles during the
whole four years of the Mckinley law,
and as they We're once secured wool
worked over and over until they had
lost the length and strength Of fiber and
durability of pure new wool, they are
still as clean as secured wool, though
thoroughly rotten. The increase IN these
importations during the first year OF the
new law has been so great as to exceed
the entire yield Of secured wool pro-
duced in the annual clip Of our two
largest wool growing states of Callfor-
MIA and Texas.
But the free traders sometimes object
to comparisons being made with 1874
SO let us look back to 1898. And as they
have "snaked the word shoddy from
their statistics we will ACCOMMODATE
them by using their own tern--rags
Here are the imports of rags for the TWO
fiscal years ending June 80. 1898 ana
1895:
IMPORTS or FOREIGN RAGS TO BE MAstaas-
TUREp INTO CLOTHING FOR AMERICAN NE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
Year ending Q1ahi!'
June 80. foea ias,
1898, free trade .....,...........'''.- ls''s9 q
1888, protection. .....st.......t.t..-t''
Increase 81 free trade rags........... l4eoV"
Under the Mckinley tariff the pro.ec-
tionists were not ashamed to call TINS
stuff shoddy. But the free traders shila
shoddy and snake" the word out q
their statistical reports. But what 5 n
a name? There are the facts. faff9els
can tell the quantity Of rags that are 81
ing used in place of their wool w
people can tell the quantity Of foreign
rags that they must wear on Their oaeAs
besides all the shoddy goods that a.
coming from Yorkshire. And eyersp9u'
knows the increase in our supply o. III
eign free trade rags. Senator HUI o."
well to stigmatize this shoddy iarin y
"a ragbag production.