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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11

Richard P. Bland campaign literature is
finding its way into the mails. A page
from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch boom
ing the original IS to l man for the presi-
dency, and showing page Of Bland pic
lures seems to be the favorito utcrature
Of the Bland managers. The pictures
show that Mr.. Bland owns a barn yard
and two horses. Pete" and 'Molie." yet
the reading matter starts off with the
declaration that there are no flies about
Silver Dick" The pictures further show
that Mr.. Bland owns pretty farm, nice
house, an orchard, a lake and barb-wire
fence The sketch OF Mr. BANDS life
says quite correctly. that he spent about
the whole time he was a congressman in
working for silver, but the error is made
OF saying his work was for bimetausm.
Mr. Bland is a silver monometallist. and
ms Efforts have always been in the dirac-
non Of the silver standard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11

The dullest boys do not always make
smart men. but that some OF them de-
velop into figures worthy pages Of lis
tory has been demons trated time ana
again, says the Washington Post. Thorn
as A. Edison, the great inventor, was a
particularly stupid, Gay-dream youth,
and D. was often predicted for him that
nc would come TO no good He learned
telegraphy when still quite young. but l.
TOOK many years OF wandering before he
could make up his mind 10 attend 10
business and try TO hold a steady Job
Ills Hrsi year as an operator IS chiefly a
record OF des dlt0ry Wanderines from place
70 place, with view of seeing the world,
OF procuring better wages. and very Of
ten, u the trutl must De told under thc
stimulus Of abrupt dlsmissals form po-
siu0ns for Dlunders of unpardOnabic
neglect
Al one time being required to report
half hour 10 show that he was awake
ana on duty, he rugged up a wheel TO do
IL for him. The wheel was accurately
reporting for him while he slept one night,
when the manager walked in. The un-
sympathetic manager discharged him on
the spot.
At Indianapolis he kept press reports
waiting while he experimental with new
methods for receiving them.
At Memphis, in 1854 he was first work
ing out his idea of duplex transmission.
L ne once changed hands. and he had
created no better an impression than that
ne was thought good man 10 get rid OF
ia the readjustment
AT Louisville, in procuring some sui
phurtc acid in the office at night for ex-
perimental purposes, he tipped over a
carboy Of it, to the ruin of the appurte-
nances Of a handsome banking establish
ment below. At Cincinnati he abandoned
the office on every preteXt 10 hasten to
the Mechanics library to pass the time
reading. His inventions were continually
calling to him with siren voice Under
the charm he was deaf and semi-callous
to every thing else. When he landed IN
New York he was in quite a disconsolate
mood but il CHANGED that the man in
charge of the office in which he was
placed took an interest in the rather
uncouth-loOking youth and encouraged
him in his investigations. From that time
on he moved with rapid striC~-.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11

1t is understood that a secret Catholic
political organization. known as the
American Order of United Catholics, has
been organized at New York. The pur-
pose Of the organization IS to combat the
American Protective Association. which
it proposes to do by adopting the methods
of that body. 1t is denied that the Cath
ole church as an organization has any
thing to do with the new order. 1t is
proposed that candidates shall be re-
quired TO assure the American Order of
United Catholics that they are not in
sympathy with or bound by the American
Protective Association, before members
of the former order will vote for them.
Subordinate bodies, to be called councils,
are to be organized in all parts of the
country. It is sincerely to be regretted
that religion cannot be kept out OF poll
tics.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-11
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

t" manufacture Your goods and supply
Your OWE people,:
His answer WAS: I'VE want the Amer
lean market. 1t is the greatest market
~ The world and during the time the
Mckinley hill was Il law our manufac-
turcrS were quite p~aralyzcd."
! her" WAS exported from Bradford
uttflnG IL" last nine months of the cX-
lSt"nc" of the Mckinley law $4.41S.Ho
worth of goods. This was from January
/, lN'i. t" September 30. 1894. During
IN" corresponding period of the following
year from January /. 1885. to Scptcm-
her 10. lS9t.l. under the Wilson bill.
The exports from Bradford amounted to
S2l.i!1:otn. Five times as much under
the Wilson bill as under the Mckinley
mi. he total exports for the year 1890
ir"fa bradford amounted to SD. ~ NJ
These exports include thirty-seven items.
hnt consist chiefly of card clothing. cot
ton goods. iron and steel. machinery.
hosiery. stuffed goods. worstcd goods.
yarns. silks. ctc.
Mr.. Ncckcr. United States consul ut
bradford. furnished me these statistics.
which were taken from his reports to the
stat" department.
We manufacture similar goods in
America. but on account of the Wilson
tariff bill we have been deprived of the
chance to manufacture them. and the
money which should have been paid to
our OWE WORKING reople has been paid
to the Tutoring people of Great Britain.
Our chimncys have ceased smoking.
while theirs are in full blast. Our
working people arc idle and deprived of
n living on account of this iniQuitous.
free trade. Wilson tariff.
business Thrives in Birmingham.
I left bradford on August "A for Bir-
minglam. passing through Leeds and
Sheffield. whose iron and steel works are
in full blast. Not only in these places.
but all over England. this lire of in
duStry is prospcring. And the factories
ar" running full time. and the greater
part of their product is shipped to the
United States. And while their works
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

men. His name is Wildcmouth. He
lodges 39i persons in his house every
night. His rooms are e by q feet and he
receives II cents per night for each of
these rooms.
| went from there to Commercial street
tin Whitcchapel) where | saw Il place
called the Victoria home kept in the
same manner as the one on Osborne
street,. where the oomer pay from &
to Il cents per night. Then I went
through the thickcSt part of W~hitrrhapcl
an alley called Pctticoat lane. The
meat hanging i'll the stores and on the
sidewalks was 50 filthy that it sickcncd
me and ] could not tarry long enough to
even ask the price of il. | asked the
pricc of herringS-1 cent each. Bread
WAS | cent Il loaf. and il was hard look
ing bread: potatoes onc-half cent Il
pound; ONIONS "~n"-Ialf cent Il pound: :;
pounds of carrots for - cents. such ::
filthy trading market would di~gu~t ~
~t"ic. They liN" in tilth. breed in filth
ami liz in hlth. lu"Viu- nothing ri~'.
III" "Ea~unI NIrd."
1h,u ! v.uf g.. % poutii. ut-'ir,'irr.
Di.'''t % r- % ,H ufI veaI'i. ti' Sauna 'H'
.'~.'''l '.-'. i'.i'ri q,
-unr,i,nn. Ola me ,h,~ wnrh hn.ii n~rt
IN existence tor mur. than thirty YEAR
and that thor" w"r" thirty such places
in London at present. These institutions
are kept as public places and are really
~poorhouscs. If Il man has no money. he
can go there and apply for admittancc,
which hcc.ets if the place is not already
filled. When received. they are kept in
confinement for I'VE nights and n day,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

This court" was horseshoe pattern
and contained . h"uScS-1S dwellings
= on Il sid" and / on the other. and
these thrc" closets were all there WAS
iur this whole court.
Board and Lodging.
These novels are inspected 10y the pc
lice. | found a certificate in the hall Of
one of them dated March 22. ~; and
signed "a. T. Wood. chief police super
~injcndcnt.' These certificates are signed
at his office. and probably he never Wis
It's 1lc %,laccs.
one man told me he had for his break
fast bread ard butter and tea-no meat
and for his dinner bread and bacon.
iWt mat WAS a luxury he could not af-
fHrG. The tenants t:ockcd around me lay
the ioZ,n in Mii!cr's court. | would
have been glad to have taken some pho
tugral,hs of these scenes and courts"
bur tn" weather was too cloudy for any
satisfactory results.
| passed from this court 10 another.
and. going t. a door. | asked. What
do you do for Il ~living:" The man there
answered. Il take in dodgers.
What do You chargc:" "Fourpcncc
Is cents, per night or s%evenpcncc IA
cents, Il couple CThe man saw there
We're two of u.s.
PaSsin" on. we game to the largest of
its kind. contaiIinG 32j beds. On the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

the blacksmith shop. They worked 30
minutes and made me II pounds of
th~rce-eighths chain. Each piece was
over two feet long. and they worked like
beavers to see who could make the long,
est piece. They work ten hours Il day.
all came into the ROOM. and l asked
them how long it would take to earn
that amount. They replied. 1T would
tax more than a day" Ito earn -
cents. l thought. Miserable England,'
Women Coal Miners.
I did not visit Wigan this time (as |
have done twice b~efore), but there is no
change in labor there; the poorhonses
which described and reproduced in 1892
still stand. 1t is Il pitiful sight to wit
ness The poor women there. half starved
of the pits for the small p%ittance of
40 to - cents for ten hours work. |
reproduce here a cut of the shoes that
are worn by the women in these dis
tricts. heavy clogs with big nails in the
bottom.
The situation has not changed yet. As
long as there is coal in the pit there will
be women to wheel it.. At one time This
class lived and had their families N the
coal mines. but Parliament prohibited
this. and now they do the wheeling on
The top of the pits. With this cheap
labor no ond coal Is cheap in this
country. This coal is used on the very
steamers and vessels which carry Eng
lands free trade labor product to .Ameri-
ca to compete with our labor and manu-
features.
Charles l.. Snowdcn of Brownsville.
Pa, writes me: W. pay our miners 40
cents per ton. or $500 per 100 bushels
(T6 pounds to the busheD. One man can
put from $50 to 2O0 bushels per day
| and can earn from So to 81 daily. There
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
&FisATEsG Ma

with a table, a chair, a thing called Il
bed and a few pots. These rooms are
sublet for Is cents a night for two
size l. by 1OGwhcre people eat, cook
and sleep. / entered some of these
hOuses-if such a name could be given
to the novels l saw-and in one / asked
of a IN
DO you rent this:'' YES" was the
reply. ,
What do you pay. for it," -Four and
six (S1.0S) Il week"
Have YOU the whole house," mo,
sir: only this room" tSiZe II by 1O.)
u you sleep in hcre!' Yes. sir:
we sleeps. eats, cooks and everything
here"
You have Il room above1up the
stairs!' mo, sir; that's another par
tvs"
Can I go up:' Yes, 1 dare say he
will let on
Before | 20 up I would like to ask,
What do YOU do for a liying:" My
husband sells sandstone. sane ana blue
mole, or he gives the stone and gets
rags. bottles. bones or old iron for
them
What does he earn in a week?"
AT this question the woman smiled.
"N'ell. it depends-somctimcs more.
sometimes less. One day perhaps IL shil-
ling ca cents. another day | and q
GIG cents and so on.
/ should say here thai the agent finds
the 3ots. pan bed and fire. such as
they are. for i will not attempt TO de
scribe them. This | will say-no doc
of min should ever be allowed to sleep
on what is called IL bed in those places.
The whoi@ outfit WAS not worth IL
cents.
Have you Il hack yard" NO. sir"
Where is your closet. them
There, sir" pointing 10 three closets
IN the street.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

are occupied by poor people from the
Slums. l was Informed that many sat
there the whole night. so | arose early
the next morning and went across to the
seats and found that 80. II of whom
were ome one with Il child. had sat
there all night because they had not the
necessary q cents for n bed.
The trade of Manchester is very much
depressed at prescnt-awaiting the pres
idential election in the United States.
The merchants of the United States are
making very small purchases now. he
cause they fear Il new tariff bill and
because American consumption is less
cncd through the idleness of the people
and their inability to buy. The manu-
facturers and shippers here do moi want
any change i'll the present American
tariff But they say they would rather
have Mckinley for President than Ply
an. for if Bryan is elected and Il >ilvrl
standard declared in the United Statcs.
they cannot sell their goods at al to
America. Yet they deSpiSc Mckinley
for. as the London Times stated a few
days ago. his infamous tariff bill"
Trade Paralysis in bradford.
Leaving Manchester. | visited Brad
ford. whica is the largest wooden ap,;
shoddr manufacturing district in the
world. Trade is paralyzcd there rs far
as United States shipments are con
ccrnpd at present. The manufacturers
are awaiting the election of the prrSi-
lent of the United States. to know
whether he will he Il free trader or Il pro-
te.tioniSt. The merchants are very much
agitatcd on this account-fur they can
Get but few ORDERS from the United
States. ] said 10 one of them: You
have fiow the whole British empire tin
gliding India). with Il population of al
most 800 900. 600 controlled by her majes-
", 10 supply; why are you not satisfied
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

twoi and he told me il WAS his wife.
who WAS very sick. All around We're
signs OF poverty. 1t was not tit for hui
man beings. 1t made me chill with
pity a> | looked III this terrible scene.
Going through Il little court about 1oN
III feet. in the rear of this house. | came
to the shop wicr" one of his daughters
makes chain with another woman. !
asked her name and she told me ClaIs
HoNley. Her age is 22 years.
She has been making chain for five
years and receives from SLID to SIC
a week for her work. She makes three
eighihs inch chain and is paid Sl.02 for
III pounds. For breakfast she has
bread ana butter and tea and sometimes
Il piece "f bacon. She told me she
worked from { o'clock in the morning
until 8 in the evening: that the only rea-
son she staid there WAS because she
could not save enough money to pay her
far" away from the town.
The buildings look as if they had stood
for centuries. and rs | passed through
the little court leading into the house
and which is walled IN every side 10y
houses ! counted fifteen little children
from > 10 Is years of age playing to-
gctlcr III all the filth that could sur
round a blacksmith shop in this district.
Across the alley was another shop where
another daughter was making chain.
She is married. has one child and makes
SIG per week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years. having commenced when she was
- years OLD. Her husband. Il chain
maker also. earns from 50 to $50 Il
week.
Mrs. Polly Fowkcs has four dauch-
tiers making chain. She is ~ years oll
ami has made chain since she was :
years of age. but is now too old To work
ut it any more. Each of the daughters
makes from Sl.2O to S1.JD per week.
They live in Il little old house. with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in The same room all huldlcd
together. The girls are very smart ut
tb,. furwo .rt five uirlS IN Nnrl. in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

England for each person taken from
reports published by Parliament = about
*2So. Il difference in favor OF America
of S20S per capita. Now there are thou
sands of people in England who do not
receive onc-half this $50. We pay our
angle iron smiths oI per cent. NOR. than
they are paid in England: our black
smiths. 102 per cent. more: our boiler
makers. Il per cent. moro: our brick
layers. 10 per cent. more; "ur boiler
shop helpers. % per cent. more; our
carpenters. 6 per cent. more; our con-
ductorS ton express trainS,. $40 per cent.
more: our locomotive engineers. l?1 per
cent. more: our police. 2tU per cent.
more: our telegraph operators. 1903 per
cent. more: our train dispatchcrs. 316
per cent. more. and our Common labor
crS. los per cent. more. The difference
in all classes of Labor ! the sam, as
jlic~" examples | mention.
Tho engineers wl" ruu thu fastest oN-
latt $luNu l"r week. for '.r ini'~ r'r
Jtt. Vu.. nr,t1,u -:.t ~.,t', t.r r.,. .r
~ .,r-- Ter It,. II. r..aII-. .,lo
..rr.., ..nt N.fht .rr .t..u.t.F geo.
fr-tt - ~t' -, 81 -, I'f N.. g.. i.r
f,a. .N. ,,N t',.u' tfHt. ..'-t -' $40
Nnrrri., "n liz. Cypress trnim~ r.,ci,.
S:;i..n per week. our conductors ST
and our brakeman SIS. We ply more
where railroad fare is higher and the
coal cheaper than in America.
The following table of wage answers
all the free-tradc fallacies of the Demo-
cratic party and cannot be disputed:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

One l,aupcr to every - persons. Twenty
eight r;tupcrS To- every lNDo persons.
Cost 10 maintain these paupcrS
annually. So, sob 40
cost to maintain the queen and
the royal family. .............. s.. SOB. 40
'oSt to maintain the president
and his secretaries. S., NW
The population of the British empire.
including India and the colonies. is 40
VOO.oOO. There are - colonies and 40
instinct governments.
Life in London.
arrived in London August 2S. and
made Il visit to Whitcchapcl. | visited
Il lodging house on Osborne street. |
asked for the proprietor and was intro
iuced to him. They call him ''the GOV
ernor to distinguish him from other
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

are running full time IL people are idle.
Today the goods that are being made in
Leeds and in Sheffield would. were it not
for the Wilson bill. be made in the
United States.
l spent a day in Birmingham. which
is another thriving and prosperous manu-
featuring center. Here also the people
are very DESTROYS that no change be
made in the present American tariff
schedule which would result in depriving
them of our market for their goods.
The British Chain Gang.
After leaving here l went to Cradley
IIcath-among the women chainmakers
and women blacksmiths-tO witness the
misery there which l had visited in
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

1855 and in 1892. There are women
there 10y the thousands who make chain
for a living in old, low buildings adjoin-
ing their houses.
One man. William Boxley. said he
was .6 years old and earned 60 cents a
day as Il laborer. when he could work.
He has five daughters and five sons.
Three of this daughters are chainmakers
and one works in Il brickyard, carrying
brick. / went into his house. On the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

There are 80 friendly societies Of
trades unions in Great Britain with 4
membership of l.of;.Vu0 Gaken from lc-
poit Of House of Comnon>i. Several
of these societies are heated in London
and include some of the trades cnuiner-
atcd in the Booth table. The societies
control the wages of their various trades.
and were il not for the stand they take
their wages would he reduced ly the
manufacturer to Il lower standard than
they are ut present. which is less than
onc-half of what is paid in America.
Higher Wages in America.
Our last census report of 1880 gave
us 4.I12.G22 people employed in MANU-
featuring. the average yearly earning of
each person being SIS. The average ia
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
FREE TRADE misery.
Nathaniel Mckay Tells Of Ills Tour
Through British Manufac-
turing Centers
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON,
Working Women at Masculine Labor
Stern Facts for Our Wage
Farmers.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.

Free-tradc slavery still exists in the
British empire notwithstanding the re
duction of the American tariff. which
benefits the English manufacturer. hut
does not reach the British workman.
Eight years ago | visited England for
the purpose of studying the condition of
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

floor and an oid-fashioned fireplace
With ovens on each side and Il place for
coal in The middle. Back of his was Il
UttIr >tacc for Il WaShroom where there
is room for only one person. In the front
room, all the cooking is done and it is
also used for Il living room and dining
room. Upstairs is a room SKI feet.
AS | entered here | noticed a woman
lying On one OF the beds there were
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

rho working people and comparing their
wages with HOS" of Am"rican>. -Four
years y" ] mad" - second visit for tho
sam" purp"S" and on August -. 1876. !
!"fi New York. for tn" third ,IIur. To-
make tuoih"r INVESTIGATION. J arrived
IN Nanrhr~t"r "u August =" and tI,r'
began my INVESTIGATION. WH'r'. ] ir.uI
mon. i'>fi'utI"I 'Aau l had ',.r -''u
in amy other city
The --C~sspooi' of Manchester.
Standing. looking up Angel meadow,
a graveyard on the left and behind one
of the worst courts in Great Britain.
public houses Of course, and all around
!: population struggling in the ocean of
moral and social degradation. it has
been called the ''cesspool of Manches-
ter" Its history is a history of dirt.
vile crime. drunkenness. riot. cruelty
and robbery. The houses are low and
dilapidated. and many are villainous
holes, unventilatcd. undrained. corrupt.
reekirg with smells. utterly infamous
and sickening both to body and mind
all this within a few minutes walk of
the Queens hotel, the Exchange and
railway stations.
There are scores of rooms furnished
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

anything that conia na mare than to have
{! E! &: & 2 &Ss q to the i sss's s9 and g j$ ;;% %S1 a s
n niP yGar ' 7srqis5 dis year D%d sS dSf tram nSn-
est est money. public securirEif ha and recipro-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05
Wealth and Poverty Mixed.

Manchester. with her 100000 popula-
ton. boasts of her wealth and manufac-
turing resources and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived in pal
aces: hui to examine into the exact con-
dition / find quite the reverse. Thou
sands of these people live or alcohol.
When they earn any money, it goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back to my hotel. the Queens.
facing one of the finest streets in Man
chester. is the Royal infirmary. all along
the front of which there are seats which
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

reR T Y w as Was hardly 9 %Ge s wneh h is a
coin was ~ as ,he face Of it, notwithasta ND
ing it. the But aa'I Mr.: NisolaEg. ,6 Tn access ln W to ! Iii
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

,onsn;racy among a hundred or So 81 mum nrh-
coh m;pno;re mine-owners to rob me pGos
miii ana to levy a tribute upon tie wages
of everyone who works. ,o reason why
any workingman, any saS1 Hfs Insurance
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

arorbs Of the arcnnisnop . ie.,e.. IN
Here is the popular arguweni ave
favor of free SILVER Goah" VA standard.
n mao hil' true. and what is also true Is
Lha' r n a"t the silver standard we shai
thar u napu.h harder times. 1t is the great
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-11-05

~ sHot Ohio. this splendid old state ..
3 hirth. viii give to these great d ocaGhnIs
ofrt the Republican party an unprecedeh'-
cd majority this year..