The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-24
SATURDAY, JULY "A, 1907.
A Duty on Hides.

SATURDAY, JULY "A, 1907.
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A Duty on Hides.
The Every Evening Is greatly concerned
because the new tariff bill imposes duty
on hides, and quotes the remarks of Con-
gresham J. H. Walker, Of Massachusetts,,
sit will soon reduce the leather market
E2O,00o,000 year. and close up tanneries
which ARE dependent en- the export trade
of leather" We do not suppose that this
duty will add five cents to the cost of
pair Of shoes, and before a year passes
away 1t may be hides can be purchased as
;heaply as they arc purchased at the pros
ant time. 1t may be remembered that
Tow years ago the Every Evening predicted
jim plate could not be made in this coun'
Try but under the Mckinley bill the manu-
lecturers got started, aud now we have
some forty establishments in successful
operation, and tin plate is bciug sold at
lower figure than ever before. The same
q the case with various articles, and it 10
,ery probable that it will soon be shown
that the increased production Of hides in
consequence Of the ta.iif, will lead to
reduction of their price SO that shoes may
10 made at as low figure as they have ever
oocn sold for. Competition among our
,wn people has reduced the price of various
articles and we do not see why hides should
prove an exception. The arguments Of
anti. protectionists have been shown by ex'
perence to b. dclusiyo and tho results
may show that protection instead Of shut.
ting up tho tannegios will lead to Increased
activity in tina. branch of Industry.
Wheat Advances, Silver Declines.
With the advance in the price OF wheat
silver has gone down. On Thursday tho
price of silver touched the lowest point in
It's history, being quoted at t9}9 cents bid.
One year ago wheat sold in New York at
63ls cents bushel; this week 1t has
touched SG2s cents On July cad, 1895,
silver bullion sold in New York ut OJ1I
cents per ounce; 1t was quoted on Thurs
day at 5911 cents bid. On January 2Sri,
1895. bar silver sold in New York at Thurs
days price. In the five years ending with
1880 the worlds output of silver was rcck-
oned at 557, ISL, 900 ounces; in the next iivo
years it was 793, 93S 900 ounces Exports of
silver from the United States during the
last twelve months were valued at SOL, 964,-
63S, against SEC. BAL go in the year preced-
ing, and $47, 295 1856 in the twelve mohths
ending with June, 1895 With the low
price that silver has touched 1t will be the
blasting Of the hopes of William Jennings
Bryan and the silver party. Goodbye to
the future ambition Of Congressman
Handy and Senator Kenney through the
future greatness in the Silver Democratic
Populistic- Anarchist party.
LIGHTNING is now playing havoc with
property and life all over the country. A
thunder storm now is something awful
and is to be greatly feared. There is no
telling where the ligh: ming is going to
seek a mark. Lightning rods, the old
time electrical preventive, is back num-
Der and is no good in an electrical display
In the heavens. During the storm yester-
day afternoon the lightning struck the
dynamite warehouse Of tho Lehish and
Wilkesbarre Coal Company ut Wilkes
barra Pa. lightning also struck the
Leisenring Powder Magazine. situated
ton of black powder, carrying death and
destruction in its path. Buildings were
struck in New York, while the very
heavens opened and poured down adclugc
Of rain. The storm lasted for ten min
utes, and the streets wero converted into
miniature rivers In our city the rain
lasted for some fifteen or twenty minutes
and helped to cool off the atmosphere, tho
humidity being oppressive. The farmers
have no cause to complain of lack Of
rain.
THE report vas circulated that tho Rev.
r. Dewitt Talmage had been compelled
give up his charge at Washington, L. G.
owing to not being able to raise enough
revenue to pay his salary with. The RE
PUBLICAN contained short editorial To
that effect as published in tho press
throughout the country coming al dis
patch from Washington, D. c. The Kev
erend gentleman through the Now York
World denies tho report and says;
81 dcuounco the lying scOuudre who
started the report that am dissatisfied
with my Washington church and that |
shall not return to- 1t My cCngrcE CATION
rnd myself are i'll complete accord. They
have met all thea Obligations to mo. My
vacation over win preach in my pulpit
tho second Sabbath in September. The
last years attendance was larger than any
previous year, and many moro desiring to
worship with Us than could be accomodat-
I'd. Every HUG Is satisfactory.
'That evil report was born in the very
malice Of hell and /: one of q hundred
falsehoods manufactured about mo dur
Ing the last 30 years, all OF which false
hoods have only enlarged my work, as this
Ulllr
Dr. Talmago is now resticating at Spirit
Lake Ia, and this is where he penned The
above very forcible letter from.
GEN. A.W. Greeley, the Arctic explortr
has the following to say about the Arctic
Andree balloon expedition to tho North
Pole:
at is possible that Prof. Andrco may
have reached the North Pole or its vicin
ity. Telegraphic reports, us far as have
seen, state that he started with south
wind Of twenty-five miles an hour The
chances Of such n wind blowing 800 mile!
ttraight to the North Pole arc, however
very small, as it would be an extraordinary
meteorological phenomenon such rs was
never accomplished by any storm. Wheu
debated the subject publicly with Prof
Andree, at the sixth international Geo
graphic Congress, III July, 1896, in London
pointed out that even should he reacl
the Pole he could hardly expect to find hi
south wind continuing across the Pole fol