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10 avoid duties, we place the increased
revenue from this source at S11 ,OO0,OOO.
Anticipating also that the imports OF
woolens will fall off nearly 80 per cent.
from the enormous imports of 1896, we
estimate the increased revenue from this
source under the proposed rates at about
$14,OO0,OOO. From sugar we estimate
$40 100000 additional reyenue. Antici-
pating considerable falling off of i'm
ports of Havana tobacco because of the
revolution in Cuba, we reduce the esti-
mates of additional revenue to be derived
from the tobacco schedule to $4,OOO,OOO.
The remaining schedules would afford
revenue of about $50, 100000 on the basis
of the imports of 1896, but as there would
probably be diminished imports at some
points, although the gradual restoration
of business activity would offset this by
increasing the consumption OF imported
luxuries. we reduce the estimates on these
to $31 100000. These would aggregate
an additional revenue of $SO,00O,OO0 the
first year. A further reduction of $1,000
900 or SO 900. 900 for contingencies would
leave $7O,OOO,OOO to $75,OO0,O0O as the
probable increased revenue from this bill
the first year, which would undoubtedly
rise to 500, ,OO0, 900 the second year.
'These estimates are below, rather than
above, the probable result, unless con-
siderable delay in the enactment of the
bill should greatly enlarge the opportuni-
ty for imports of articles on which duties
are to be raised-particularly wool and
woolens-for speculative purposes. I'm
doubtedly any delay beyond May i In
placing the bill on the statute book would
result In large loss of revenue.
"This increase of revenue is secured by
transferring wool, lumber, crude opium,
argols, paintings and statuary, straw or
naments, straw mattresses, burlaps and
various other articles from the free list
of the present law to the dutiable list; by
increasing the duty on woolens to COM
pensate the manufacturer for the duty
placed on wool; by raising the duty on
sugar about three-fourths of cent
pound In order to encourage the produc-
tion of sugar in this country, which, II Is
believed, can be done, and thus give our
farmers a new crop. which we now I'M
port mainly from abroad; by increasing
the duty on agricultural products affect
cd by Canadian competition, and on the
cotton goods. some advanced manufac-
lures of iron and steel. manufactures of
jute, fax and hemp, In order to encour
age these and other industries here, and
especially by increasing duties on such
Injuries as liquors, tobacco, silks and
laces.
"As a rule the rates of duties proposed
are between the rates of the tariff of 1890
and the tariff 'of 1894, such reduction of
rates from. the former law and preserva-
ton Of THE protective principle being
made feasible by changed conditions.
'srhe iron and steel schedule is changed
very little from the schedule Of the tariff
Of 1894, the change being entirely IN the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

and an excellent diplomat. For foui
years he was President Lincolns secre-
tary, except for the time he spent in the
army, which, although II was short, was
sufficient for him to become n major and
a brevet colonel. He was secretary of le-
cation at Paris and at Madrid and later
was charge d'affaires at Vienna. He is
erudite, suave, polite and skilled In the
understanding of even small things-qual-
tiles that go far toward making up the
diplomat. He studied law, although his
life has been mainly given to literature.
Col. Hay Is 80 years old, and lives In
Washington. Col. Hay has been actively
interested in politics since 1915. He was
assistant Secretary of State under Presi-
dent Hayes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
BISHOP 3. w. ARNETT.
Presented Mckinley with the Bible
on Which He Took the Oath.


Bishop Il. w. Arnett of Wilberforce
College, Ohio, who presented President
Mckinley with the beautiful morocco
bound Bible which he kissed on taking the
oath of Office, is one of the leading lights
of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church i'm America. The bishops son,
Henry Y. Arnett, took leading part in
the late campaign. He was chairman of
the Afro-American League of Ohio, and
did splendid work among the colored peO-
pie of his State. The Bible was given to
President Mckinley by the Afro-Ameri-
cans of Ohio. 1t is bound in crushed blue
leather, the covers lined with satin and
the edges gilded. There is a gold plate
on the first cover with an appropriate in
scription. The book was opened, and as
the new President kissed it his lips met
this verse: Give me now wisdom and
knowledge, that may go out and come in
before this people, for who can judge this,
Thy people, that is so great" 1t is the
tenth verse of the first chapter of Second
Chronicles, and contained, certainly, a
very fitting sentiment for the occasion.
The volume was opened by Clerk McKen-
ney without reference to any especial
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
more advanced articles. The same is true

of the cotton schedule.
"In the agricultural, wood and glass and
earthenware schedules alone are the du-
ties of the act of 1890 fully restored as a
rule, and In few c;ises increased, with
the view of amply protecting and encour-
aging our farming interests by every
possible point. While the duty on cloth
ing wool Is larger in proportion to the
foreign value than on manufactured arti-
cles, yet 1t is thought desirable for the
public interest and for our agriculture that
we should produce this prime necessity
for ourselves. The duty on carpet woods,
as well as upon many other articles, Is
imposed mainly for revenue. The irrita-
tion caused by the use of a few woods.
heretofore classed as carpet woods, for
clothing purposes, has been remedied by
transferring such woods to the clothing
wool classes, but the duty on clothing
wool has been restored to the rate of the
act of 1890.
'In framing this new tariff the aim has
been to make the duties specific, or at
least partly specific so far as possible, to
protect the revenue and also to protect
our own interests. The reciprocity provis-
ions of the act of 1890 have not only been
fully restored, but this policy has been
extended by adding to sugar, tea, coffee
and hides, as articles on which to make
reciprocal agreements, such articles as
champagne, brandy, wines, artificial and
natural mineral waters, argols and silk
laces. In adding these articles the reci-
procity provision is strengthened greatly
by providing for a reduction of duties to
countries giving us similar concessions"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

public, in one instance at least. has prov
ed itself not ungrateful, and all the world
is expected to bear witness TO the con-
summation of the proof.
1t is expected that President Mckinley
Vice-President Hobart, Speaker Reed, the
Governor of every State in the Union, the
representatives of every foreign nation at
Washington, the United States Senate,
the House of Representatives, the State
Legislatures and the heads of the prin-
cipal public organizations of every char
acter in the United States will participate
in the dedicatory ceremonies. The Fed
eral troops, the National Guard from n
score of States. the North Atlantic Squad
ron, together with many vessels from the
navies of foreign nations, will join in the
demonstration. Already those in charge
feel safe in predicting that more than
25O, 900 men, including thousands of sol
diers who followed Grant to victory thirty
two years ago. will seek places in the
Darade
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

man life was sacrificed and several people
were hurt.
The fire was one of the worst the st.
Louis department has had to cope with
for long time and for while il looked
as though the Washington avenue whole
sale business district would be wiped out.
The building burned was known as the
Lionberger Building. 1t fronted on Wash
ington avenue, running north along Sth
street to ST. Charles, and extended west
on Washington avenue to the middle Of
the block. The firms enormous stock of
goods was recently increased by immense
purchases from the East, and consequent
y every inch of available floor space was
occupied by great piles of dry goods Of
every description for the spring trade.
The insurance on the stock is about ST.
100000. The building was insured for
100000. 1t was owned by the John
X. Lionberger estate and was built about
eight years ago at cost of $500, 900.
Before the blaze was mastered one fire.
man, George Gaultwald, was killed by a
falling wall at the 9Th street end of the
building, and during the fire several other
firemen were more or less seriously in
iured
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
HUGE REVENUES.
The Customs Record at New York II
Broken.

The Customs Record at New York In
Broken.
A record which has stood for twenty
FIVE years was broken Mt the New York
custom house Monday. The payment of
duties for goods imported and on account
of merchandise withdrawn from bond was
the largest for any single day since the
office was established
Until Monday the high water mark for
customs duties was Aug. 1, 1872, when
the total receipts were $2,3OS,OOO. The
receipts Monday ran nearly $500, 200
above that mark. Tie total receipts were
81, ,0G7, ,979.51, of which 81, IT'S, S,515.38 was
on account of withdrawn entries. Though
similar from the fact that both were rec
ord days, Aug. 1, 1872, and March 10,
1897, are vastly different In other re-
spects. Fears of higher duties to be
imposed by the Congress called in extra
session led to the present Withdrawals
and heavy payments. twenty-five years
ago the war tariff was reduced 10 per
cent, and goods accumulated in bond to
take advantage of the lower rates were
withdrawn.
The present movement started with the
negotiation of heavy lines by the importers
of linens, tobacco, wool, woolen dress
goods and mems wear goods and other
merchandise that might be affected by the
new tariff. The sugar trust, which has
an abundance of money ION CALL" asked
for payment--or "called It's loans" for the
same purpose. The borrowing by general
merchants and the calling by the trust
had the effect of stiffening rates for time
and call money and commercial paper.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
GRANTS TOMB READY.
Mausoleum vies I'm Grandeur with
Those of Great Kings OF Old.

Mausoleum vies I'm Grandeur with
Those of Great Kings OF Old.
In Riverside Park, New York, will he
witnessed on Tuesday, April 81, one of
the greatest civil and military displays in
the history of the world. The demonstra-
tion on land will be accentuated by n
naval display on the river, 130 feet below,
the like of which has seldom been seen In
any part of the world.
On that day, the seventy-ffth anniver-
sary Of the birth of Ulysses s. Grant. the
magnificent mausoleum erected to perpet-
unte the memory of the great Union gen
eral will be dedicated. The New York
Legislature already has designated 1t TO
be State holiday, and, by the plans which
are now under way, It will be a national
holiday as well in fact IL not in law.
\ IL has taken twelve years to bring about
the erection of tomb fer the soldier
statesman that would be accepted as a
fitting acknowledgment Of nations debt
to q nations hero. The magnificence Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

He was born in the Harrison homestead
at Clark and Harrison streets. He attend
ed the public schools. He was taken to
Germany and put into the gymnasium of
Altenburg. This preparatory course fit
ted him for college, and he graduated from
st. Ignatius, Chicago, in 1881. He studied
law two years at Yale. He practiced FIVE
years after 1888, and formed real estate
partnership with his brother until his
father bought the Chicago Times in 1891.
He filed nearly all the managing positions
on the paper until the sale in 1894. His
family consists of Mrs. Harrison, Carter
ILL.,, who is romping boy, and Edith, the
babv
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

place, and the providential or accidental
selection of the verse in question was as
happy as any that ever befell Haroun al
Raschid and his Koran. II is the custom
for the Supreme Court to furnish the Bible
for the presidential swearing in, and this
Bible and the one used by ex-President
Cleveland have been the only exceptions
to rule. The little red Bible used by Mr..
Cleveland was given him by his mother
when he was a boy. The book used by
President Mckinley will be valuable to
him as n souvenir
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND.

Col. John Hay Chosen by President
Mckinley to Succeed Mr.. Bayard.
Col. John Hay, who will go to Eng
land as United States ambassador for the
Mckinley administration, is already well
known in that country by his famous
books, "Pike County Ballads" Little
Breeches," and other works from his pen.
But although his chief claim is as a writ
er, the colonel is pretty good statesman
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

The cloth weavers employed In John
and James Dobson's big mill, Philadel-
phia, who struck because Of 10 per cent
reduction, returned TO work, satisfac-
tory agreement having been reached with
Mr.. Dobson.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25
FIRE VISITS ST. LOUIS.
Ely Walker Dry Goods Co. Burned
Out-Loss S1,5OO,OOO.

Fire Monday gutted the mammoth
seven-story granite building at the south
west corner of Sth street and Washing
ton avenue, st. Louis, Mo-. occupied by
the Ely-Walker Dry Goods Company. The
loss will be close to $1,5OO,OO0. One hu-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

CRAWFORD TENT, K. O. IT. NJ. No. IJ2. :
Meets every Saturday evening.
j. j. COLLINS Com.
T. NOLAN, II. X.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EAST
EkN STAR o. SO, meets Monday evening on
or before the full OF the moon.
MARY Il. STALEy, w. NJ.
JOSIE BUTLER, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

CRAWLING LODGE, 1. o. O. f.. No. ls7. :
Meets every Tuesday evening.
p. b. JOHNSON, N. G.
p. +. JOHNSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

GRAiLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. No. 12l-
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
J. X. MERz. II. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

wOMENs RELIEF CORPS. No. 1e2, meets on
the I'd and 4th Saturdays at o'clock in the ar-
ternoon. MRS. NJ. L. HA SON, President
REBEccA WIGHT, Soc.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

rhe 4smo PACED volume il AK by ~
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

COURT CRAWLING, 1. 0. f., No 79o-Meets
second and last Wednesday OF each month.
J.. WooDBURN, C. II.
B. WISNER r. &.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19
Wisdom of the Situation.

Oh, no; don't call constitutional
convention. There is no necessity
for it, in the place. There is nc
necessity for anything. Then it
might abolish the oysters. Owing
to the barbarous condition of the
State, it is very probable that we
should have an assembly composed
OF much worse element than that
which controlled the Underwood con
vention. Our people have deterioat
ed since the days of the carpet bag
gers. We have no such magnificent
statesman now as we had in the
years betw cen 1866 and 1870, and it
is probable that we shall never see
their like again. Then, if we had q
convention, it might put q stop to
the oysters.
The present constitution is a very
bad one-it is extravaganza, it is
clumsy, it is antiquated-but it is
better to endure the ills we have than
fly to benefits we know not Of. A
sick man should never take Medicine.
He would probably get better but it
must not be forgotten that he might
get worse.
Moreover, the proposition to adopt
an educational qualification is tyran-
nous, cruel, unbearable. Such q
thing would take away from an illit-
crate Polish laborer his right to pass
upon the respective merits of protec
ton and free trade.
Such a man can dig coal out of the
ground, and he can grow a beard.
Therefore, he ought to have the
right to vote. Then, the upper
country opponents of convention
fear that the oysters might be dis,
turbed. The Chicago convention
said nothing about Virginia's right
to revise her constitution, and the
people had better wait another gen
GRAFTON. This is the wisdom of the
situation.-Norfolk Landmark.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19
DON'T WANT IT.
Alabama iron Men Send Word
to Congress that They Do
Not Need Protection.

"Several weeks ago." says dis.
patch from Birmingham, Ala, Con.
gresham Joseph Wheeler, of Ala.
bama, who is member of the House
ways and means committee, address.
letter to Pat Baxter, of this city
president of the Tennessee Coal. Iron
and Railroad Company. the largest
iron producing corporation South,
asking why the Alabama iron men
had no representative present at the
tariff hearings when the iron SEIZED
ule came up, and suggesting the APP
pointment by the Southern iron.work
ers of tariff expert to be located in
Birmingham. who could look after
their tariff interests.
"Mr Baxter sent his reply Wed.
nesday, which demonstrated the re.
markable change of sentiment that
has come over the Southern iron men
since three years ago, when they
were joining their Northern friends
in asking for protection.
"Mr. Baxter says that there is no
reason in calling an expert into ser.
vsce. because the present tariff on
iron is oil the Alabama producers de.
sire, and they therefore have no sug.
,gestion TO make. They are, in fact,
getting along very we'll without ref.
tr- nee to the tariff, having sold leo,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19
BURKE'S GARDEN.
Burke's Garden, Va, March

Burke's Garden, Va, March II.
Mr.. j. NJ. Hoge attended court
at Tazewell this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Moss and
Miss Mamie Moss have returned
from their trip to the Inauguration.
Mr.. Will Crockett, of Blueteld was
in this place Sunday.
Boys watch out who you tell your
secrets to. Even the "walls" have
ears.
We are glad to hear of Miss Ma.
ME Kelly's recovery.
The B. G. ID. and NJ. circle met at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. d.
Greever Saturday night. We had a
very pleasant evening.
Mr.. Quinn, of Tazewell paid the
Garden trip last week.
Mrs. George Moss has returned
from town, where she has been visi.
ting relatives for the past week.
MrJeff Hoge, Miss j. Mamie IIoge
and Miss Pearl Snapp, accompanied
MIR. Hubert Suffer to his pleasant
and picturesque home on Hunting
Camp last Friday and report having
most delightful visit.
Kell, we thought you had been
keeping store long enough to tell the
difference between sugur and SOAP
without tasting.
Did you ever see the new style fcl
wearing leggins Sunday? Some OF
our boys did and follow it too.
William Mckinley has taken his
seat, Cleveland has gone fishing
The World still moves, and we are
anSiously waiting for that wave Of
prosperity, which was predicted tc
start from the White House about
the fourth of March.
| ROMEO AND JULIET
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19
PROSPERITY BOOMING.
Sweeping Cuts An Along the
Line BY the N & w.

A sweeping cut is being made on
the Norfolk and Western railroad
all along the line, and there is story
to the effect that this is President
Fink's first move through Vice Pres.
ident Barr toward cutting expenses
down one third. The east end round
house was closed last week and, sew.
eral men losing their places.
1t is also understood that the
operating department will be reor.
gained and that in the place OF
twelve divisions, each with super
intendent, there will be only three
The shop forces here are also being
reduced Twenty men were laid of
yesterday at the West End round
house. The Radford shop will ht
run with small force herea. ter
Twenty six men felt the keen edge
of the axe here yesterday and the
force has also been reduced at Crewe
1t is claimed that tho purpose q
this to the.last-notch economy is te
enable the road to carry out a big
project which it is said to have OF
hand, namely. that of purchasing tn,
Mariette & North Georgia road anc
building line from Bristol to Knox
vile to connect with it, thus giving
the road through line from Nor
folk to Atlanta, Ga.-Roanok'
World.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19
is The New Senate Republican

1t does not make any difference
to the tariff programme of the Re
publicans whether whether the
Senators appointed ad interim by
the Governors of Kentucky, Ore
gon and Florida arc seated or de.
barred. Without the two Re.
publicans from Kentucky and Ore.
gon the high tariff men number
forty-six, which is a majority of
five-small, but effective under
the party lash. This is doubtless
the reason why the Senators have
decided with lofty morality that
The appOintees, whose titles are
somewhat cloudy, shall not be adj
mitted to the Chamber.
But If the Senate be safely Re.
publican now on the only question
the Republicans will allow to como
before it, there is an excellent
prospect that it will not be Repub.
lican when it meets in regular ses.
sion next Fall and the money ques.
ton forces it's way in. On that
issue the Senate now stands forty.
five to forty-twO, giving the gold
men one less than a majority OF
the full body. There are forty.
one Republicans, twenty-nine
Democrats, eight Populists, five
silver Republicans and four gold
Democrats. 1t is practically Ger
tain that Oregon and Florida will
elect Democratic Senators, and q
strong probability that Kentucky
will do likewise. II the Democrats
get all three seats the Senate will
be tied on the financial question
and even If they should get Onl,
Two OF them, they will be able t.
s'snd a solid wall, obstructing an,
legislation inimical to bimetallism
In any event the Republican.
will have to sail very close to tn.
wind. The party will not 20 ma
jestically toward on an even keel
as it expected during it's brie
dream that there was a Rcpnbli
can landslide last November.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19

CLEVELAND called an extra ses.
sion of Congress to repeal the
Sherman bill, thereby putting the
country on gold basis. Hard
times and general destruction fol-
lowed. Mckinley calls an extra
session, not to remedy the Clevc-
land mistake and restore silver,
but to tinker with the tariff. He
VIII fail as signally as Cleveland
did. Nothing can restore business
but the restoration of silver as
primary money thereby increasing
the volume of mOney.--Bucbanan
Messenger.
Pretty good doctrine, that, es
pecially when it is known that the
above is from the pen of Mr.. Alex
Beavers, a former editor of the old
Tazewell Index. But these are
days that requires man to stand
firm for what he believes is right
irrespective Of party.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-03-19

THE time for deciding the cues.
tIon as to whether we shall have a
constitutional convention or not
Is rapidly approaching and we
should take firm stand and do
what we can to make the issue a
successful one. 1t is true some of
the leading Democratic papersand
politicians are opposed to calling
che convention, and they are back.
ed by the Office holders, who are
Afraid the particular Offices they
hold will be abolished under q new
constitution. This was to be ex.
pected, bot the people. of the State
at large should not permit them.
selves to be blinded by these same
ofiiceholders aud others as to the
benefits TO be derived from a new
constitution, This question is a