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The sea coast echo., 1897-02-20
TURQUOISE MINES.
Easy-GOing Methods by Which
the Stones Are Obtained.
Most Treacherous OF Gems Be-
cause Their Colors Fade.

Inc famous turquoise mines OF Mis-
hapur, in northern Persia, are believed
to be the only turquoise mines in the
world which have been worked extcn-
sively or which havo produced the
turquoise OF perfect shape and color.
On approaching the mines from MIS-
hapur, after entering the low hills and
gradually ascending, ono arrives first
at the villages inhabited by the miners
which are on undulating ground about
5000 feet above sea level. After an-
other gradual ascent for about mile
by very good road the foot OF hill
about 1000 feet in height is reached.
All the mines are on the south face Of
this hill, and from the first to the last
the distance as the crow flies is not
more than half mile. The Relish
mine, which is the only one worked on
largo scale or with vigor, produces
the greatest part of turquoises ut
present sent to market. II is near the
top Of ono OF the highest ridges, at an
altitude of about 5000 feet above sea
level.
The entrance is q followed out cave,
about twelve yards across, with YER
tical shaft some five yards in dame
ter. Two men wero reclining at the
mouth of this shaft with their backs
against the wall of tho cave, and
turning with their bare feet rickety
wooden wheel, which brought up the
debris from below in q small sheepskin
bag holding no more than a peck,
perhaps. This was received by q
third man, who unlocked, e,nptied,
and reattached 1t. The other two men
removed their feet, and the bag went
down with run some forty feet,
where three other men were similar ly
engaged on ledge in the shaft. The
mine itself is eighty or ninety feet
from the surface. The miners first
descend by means Of narrow dag
onal tunnel, and then scramble down
the rough sides OF the shaft.
At the mouth of the cave which is
on the precipitous hillside, half q
|
dozen were seated close together on q
ledge, breaking with small hammers
the fragments of rock as they we're
brought up from below. When tur-
quoise was discovered it was placed on
one side in its rough state, incased in
rock, and sent to Meshed. Unfortun.
ately, though the mine is very produc-
tive aud the turquoises arc OF good
shape, their color soon goes. Since
the Abdur R,zal mine fell in ii may
be slid that the stones OF perfect
shape and color are rarely found. But
though really good turquoises are
rare, there is an abundance Of imper.
feet and bad stones, which are eagerly
bought, for all Orientals prize them
and the very poorest like t., -
The sea coast echo., 1897-02-20

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi-
cine. Mrs. W. PIcKERT, Van Siclen and
Blake Avcs., Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. 26, 1894.
The sea coast echo., 1897-02-20

FITSstopped freeand permanently cured. No
ftR after first days use OF DR. KLihE's GHEAr
NERyE REsToHEa. Free s2lrlnl bottleand treat
sa Send 10 Dir. Kline. 93l Arch st. Phila., Pa.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
The Klondike Gold.

We rad IF the heavy importations of
gold from the Klondike region with
pure. unalloyed satisfaction, because we
know that the gold will so into the
pockets of the American people and not
into those of foreigners. When gold was
discovered III California, the free trade
tariff Of l846 was in force. Every year
showed large balance Of trade against
us ard almost all of the gold ia ken from
the California goldfields went across
the water to enrich our foreign rivals,
who then had full possession OF the
American marAet. During those yeers
Of free trade more than $500, 600, 900 Of
gold went out Of the country to pay the
balance of trade against US. The free
traders will tall us that we got goods
which we wanted for that $500. 600, 900
or We would not have paid it ont And
that is true; but, this time, thanks to
the passage Of the Dingley law, we will,
~ Abraham Lincoln put #, have the
goods and keep the money too-beoause
Ve will get goods made IN America by
j American worhen, and not goods
made ii Europe BY European laboc:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
SUBJECT FOR LAUGHTER.
Organism, Which Last Year Excited Fea,
Has Lost Ito TerroFs.

Bryanis,n, Which Last Year Excited Foa1,
Has Lost Ito Terrors.
In Bryan's speeches In st. Louis he
missed grand chance to draw paral-
lei between the conditions which pre-
vailed on Labor day this year and those
Of the same day IL months ago, says
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. In Au-
gust, 1895, the treasury gold reserve
was down to 500, 600. 900 at one time,
but the certainty that the Bryanites
would be overwhelmingly beaten in the
elections in September sent the reserve
up little.
This year the reserve has been in the
neighborhood Of $l42, 900, 900 or $l43,.
600, 900 all through August, and is adj
vancing. Last year at this time people
were boarding gold and were looking
for another bond sale to protect the
treasury reserve. This year nobody pays
any attention to tho reserve, because
everybody knows the reserve can take
care Of itself without ANY outside did.
Last year the spscssr Of Bryanism was
before the country, and the suspense
and dread just before the election blight.
ed enterprise and created sort Of reign
Of terror: This year Bryanisan 10 . sub
ject Of laughter and not Of fear,
/, 900. 600 men Who were idle last Odto-
ber are now at work at fair wages and
prosperity and happiness are seen ON al
aidaa
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15

The crash came in 1860, when for time the
great fndustf3Gs ~ the U1htSd Sister y
a deSd stdtidstill~ We should peobGhay ksvs
recovered ia q fsR mon ,hs ~ 4 y6ar bot Tor
polittce.-New York Journsl1nn 49,. ' 49, :
This is q wonderful admission for .
Democratic paper TO make *,ol It is true
that the great industries Of the pnat-
ed States came to q dead standstill''iR
1898. It Is also true that 1--WE ishould
probably shsSe recovered within - ~
months OF = year but for politics, '--
7. the politics" Of the Democratic party,
''politios' that insisted upon compel.
ling the crest ihdustrfesIof Nd United
seleSs, ~ ,Soof1e d1ad sfanaltill''
b. promoting 'sthe great industries" q
Europe. Had IL not been Tor these Dem-
.ocEssio + poHtios''l there would have
been no check to our prosperity Of 1899,
no subsequent crash and no need teri
rsc6otvtt6ai1.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
Ohss Gold Dsnoozaes.

I The Ohio gold Democrats VIII, Of
toor6tsA g;ive their state ticket vigorous
support, but the probability y that in
lthe Greater pit u the state their votes
g1or members II the Legislature Win be
;atvsn IS The Republican oendidatea
this wopild b thee sensible COURSE The
larger The ajortH IN the, Legislature
Ia aHenAtorr Hams tho harder VIII ,
- blow which viii he dealt. TO dlver-
itnn. A grand swa0sfne tho gold Demo
aatesto puriSy THAR party - TO- Join.
Fw~1AReyT ,posdble, With tho Republto-
ans IN beating + ovegwhelmipgly,-
Esk Louis GLOBE, Deanoorat ?. = =,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
DISCRIMINATING DUTIES.
They Mean the Protection Of American
Ships In Foreign Trade.

They Mean the Protection Of American
Ships In Foreign Trade.
The policy Of discriminating duties
means protection-protection for Ameri-
can ships in the foreign trade
It means the construction in Ameri-
can shipyards from American materials,
the production Of which gives employ
ment to people in the far interior, OF
the ships which we need for our ocean
carrying trade.
1t means the retention at home Of q
sum estimated as high as $500, 600, 600
annually, which sum is now paid to
foreign shipowners for doing American
carrying
That on land and on sea- new employ
ment will be given to our idle citizens
That this nation would the more
quickly supply the West Indies, Central
and South America with the goods
which they are so anxious to purchase
from us, because regular, frequent and
direct communication would increase
both our exports to them and their ex-
ports to us, and this hemisphere as q
consequence would become more and
more dependent upon itself and indie
pendent of the rest Of the world.
That the safety Of the nation as we'll
as the employment Of large number
of its citizens is involved in the posses
sion Of our own ships and our own for
eign carrying.
That protection to our ships in COM
petition with foreign ships is just az
necessary as the protection Of any other
industry which is subject to foreign
competition.
That the tariff can be made to protect
our ships as we'll as any other manufac-
lures.
That the tariff should be made to pro.
tect our ships to the fullest extent posi-
ble-at least to the extent that other In
dustries are protected by the tariff.
That the adoption Of the discriminate
ing duties policy would materially add
to our revenues, thus rendering unneces-
sary the adoption Of free trade methods
of taxation.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
FARMERS INTERESTS.

Protection Afforded by Proper Admins
tration Of Dingley bill.
Administration is quite as important
as legislation, and this is we'll illustrat-
ed in the policy Of the treasury depart
ment IN the collection Of duties under
the Dingley tariff. Indeed with a pro-
tective administration of the Wilson
German monstrosity that measure would
not have had such disastrous effect
uoon American Industries To illus
trute Ills we cite the recent rulings Of
the treasury department upon the ques-
ton OF hides, which will be fully appre-
ciated by the agricultural interests
throughout the country. It will be re-
membered that the Dingley tariff places
q duty upon hides in the following Ian
guags:
Hides of cattle, raw or uncured,
whether dried, sailed or picked, Is
per centum I'D valorem.
As soon as the full effect of this pro-
vision became known the importer at,
tempted to establish the fact that calf
'skins were not cattle hides, but fortu-
.nately the treasury department decided
that they we're cattle hides and cited
another portion Of the Dingley tariff as
q definition to sustain this position,
which is found in the section of the
law which places tariR upon live ami
mails, which reads:
"Cattle, if less than year old. % per
head
T.. A protection administration Of the
treasury department rightly decides
that when cattle under year old are
slaughtered the product is cattle hides
The importance Of this will be appre-
ciated when it is shown that probably
third Of all the importations Of
hides are what are technically known
as calfskins Not satisfied with these
decisions, the importer then attempted
to take advantage of the provision in
the Dingley tariff which reads:
"Articles the growth, produce and
manufacture Of the United States, when
returned after having been exported,
without having been advanced in value
or improved in condition by any process
Of manufacture or other means
We export more than 400, 900 cattle
on the hoof annually, and it is claimed
by the importer that the hides Of these
cattle can be reimported free Of duty:
Again protection administration Of the
law comes to the rescue Of American in
dustry with the decision in effect that
prohibits the reimportation of the hides
Of American cattle slaughtered abroad,
deciding that the hide when stripped
from the cattle becomes u commodity,
that the hide when reimported has been
advanced by curing or drying. Under
these decisions the intent of the Ding
ley tariff is fully carried into effect and
the American market is preserved to
the American producer: 1t is gratifying
to note that the government will attain
large increases in revenue through this
ruling. The importation Of hides last
year amounted to $2l,0O0. 900. and 10
per cent thereon viii produce ! avenue
Of fully 5000. 900 = year, X q '"F
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
THE GOLD reserve.
Condition Of the Treasury Solid Since Mo-
kinlAvR Eloctirn.

Condition Of the Treasury Solid Since Mo.
kinley's Election.
The intelligence that the government
ia not seeking any additions to the gold
reserve will call attention to the rad
ical change in the treasury sitaetion
which has taken place since the cleo
ton. In the canvass of 1896 there was
SO much boarding Of gold on account
Of the possibility Of Bryan's victory
that there was serious fear at one
time that another bond sale would have
to be made. Early in 1896 sale Of
800, 600, 600 Of bonds was negotiated,
and this ran the reserve up to 1928, O00,-
900 in March Of that year. The strength
which the silverites seemed to develop,
however, later on in the year sent the
reserve down rapidly, and at one time,
q few weeks before the election, it was
down to the 900, 600, 900 mark.
1T is many years since any such in
struetions were Issued before, says a
Washington dispatch, referring to the
hint given to tie subtreasurer o. New
York to make no special effort hereafter
to increase the reserve It is indeed
Not since 1900 has 80 much gold been
In the treasury as has drifted into It
since Bryan's overthrow. The increase
in the reserve Immediately after the
election was memorably prompt and
rapid. Hoarding ceased, and oontin-
uous stream of gold flowed to the treas
ury from safe deposit vaults and pri-
vate hiding places Of all sorts. The dan
ger had disappeared and everybody
knew that the gold standard would be
preserved. It was quickly seen that the
necessity of new bond sale was avert
ed, and, as any one who had anything to
exchange for gold could get it, nobody
wanted it, preferring paper In it's stead,
and it drifted to the treasury.-S&
Louis Post Dispatch.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
where credit Ii Due.

., The farmers crops must not have all
the credit tor The seviySalpf actiyiUsin
merchandising, ,howe~ee. !Asrestoratiou
tof condolences In isaide economic 'cpndi-
.sona, thought about :hy, ! settled cur
;renoy and tariff policy upon which 20
spGpdieM III business md 1kiintes, IL
one a sshe prime eauDes d the coming
II 'pap6p et1jtv III mercantile pursuita-
,GlAoa9o Times- Her1ld -. ..-->r,.,.y
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
,KsK,pasyss,Xsa3AG.

n season And pnt oe siea1on: n Rys5dslt
NcanlsyJ has indsted That IN that Wsa nedSs
earyHoth to seoSfS ~ psssps ~
infus4ase ard 70, rSap9ekllehY ~ EA1lao4el
ananeeS "a u heA1thj bSsiS q, Us aanail -
pius was ths stsosest6 arelenaeak,1 tli1,es
9he trend q events noe ~ 1870:
ment Of the Dingley protective iaa8
confirms the correctness u. hifsb9hefi
The continuation Of this policy. .sNnh
entail inevitably decrease Of produo-
ton, . dim1nished demand for laboe;aA
consequently 4 Reduction Of waees' II
England and Scotland -. ,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
Their .HSndo 06aaooo,

The IL countries from which shints .of
disgaeiefaetion with orr tariff haxe como
have sold ps int past decadelt k84$,-
94s, 62s worth Of goods and bought fftoom
NJ 6nly &s;059,, 30. 7sS wuEth, ) balsnoS
in thGir favor q. @1ssol.729, 81; re ~
auapaiy :p<qbable ppdee:thess aazppq.n.
aaneqs that theYl ans, going. % take any
,aeeGs Which VII em6aIEaas Or compn
eaee oommheEoiA rsiAtionS % advinta'
sCpus tosthsan Clinton IA ),Hssald. ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
Rrftiah Acoommoda<ion.

:aeaaufattdrsrs OF duty pay1ngHoods O thia
tdde Of tho Atlantic Will sbon ind Ont how far
xbsy an 1edel lod - ,tlbemselve9t ~ thp new
"a. : 4 .aiaAIa DAILY 1N .sstas'
row. a. = .<s"rEr1t - N{-.s!s
No dodbt; ~ aiaosttke .AnaA 40 ind
that they ican y: acomm6d ate Staem.
selves" 90 O 70 TIKI, awsg WdEk &om
eur wage ;eax11eg1 ~ elhlN s1gompe1y
hystostop IL slee "a
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
ENGLISH TREATIES.
Vigorous British Efforts to Maintain Trade
Supremacy.

Vigorous British Efforts to Maintain Trade
Supremacy.
The denunciation by England of the
commercial treaties with Germany and
Belgium, made in compliance with the
request Of the new Dominion govern
ment, have led not only those two ua-
lions, bnt Austria Hungary also, to 10
conclusion that this measure tends in.
evitably toward cooperative protection
for England and her colonies as against
I'LL competing nations. There is a con-
sensus Of opinion in the leading papers
Of Austria that this is symptom that
the principle Of complete free trade has
lost ground in England. One of the
leading politico-economic journals Of
Austria, tho Volkswirthschaftlic Wo-
chenschrift, says that:
england now finds herself in the
opportunist stage Of protection which,
as experience shows, is the usual pre-
cursor Of a protectionist SYSTEM"
This journal considers that the altered
policy Of England, the protective tariff
of the United States and the FREEDOM
inant influence of the Agrarian party In
Germany will be anything but favorable
to the renewal of the continental com.
mercial treaties that will expire in the
year 1901. Austria Hungarian industry,
and the sugar export in particular, will
also suffer from any restriction in Ger
man trade with the English colonies, as
most of the goods are shipped at German
ports.
The Handelsmuseum goes still further,
stating that tho change which has been
evident for considerable time past in
English views may now be characterized
as complete revolution. 1t is stated that
England "has decided to enter upon
course which will lead to the establish
ment of a pan Britannia zollverein ON the
basis Of a reduced tariff for English goods
in the British colonies It is not yet
known what England proposes to offer
to the colonies by way Of compensation,
but without such compensation 1t will
he impossible to create the pan Britain
mic customs union. The future will
show whether the colonial Office in
London has already made arrangements
which will overcome the numerous diff
culties involved in it's proposal or
whether the treaties were denounced
with the sole object Of securing the ad-
vantages offered by Canada"
This is a matter Of interest and i'm
portance to our American commercial
policy. Our new tariff Is q great Attic
ton to England and to her great colony
north Of u.s. They see clearly that per.
sistence for years in maintaining protec.
ton on the lines Of the most scientific
and sound economic principles that this
country has ever adopted Is certain to
make the United States = moro impor-
taot competitor than it has ever been
before in ell the markets Of tho world
If Great Britain should so far change
her Cobdenite policy as to establish .
pan Britannia zollverein with her COL
onies, she will enter into q tight for
commercial supremacy against both tho
United States and the continental gov
ernnents that hold TO. protection, and
the Inevitable result Will be ! redistra-
button Of trade Il magnitude that The
w1sest prophets viii find i dincult to
mreCAst. ii \ r., !
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-10-15
oSrpOo1l1N .AbRool.

EAeseemiannpal, dixidends 70 30 paid
In Roeton sthia mopth exceed sthoee N.
|latts March ~ ~. 0o0, 900. or more; than
E96 psrosnt General prosperity in full
rcginaeqtals u abroad insthe.lazsd
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-20
DAVIS DEFENDS THE TREATY.
MinnesOta's Senator Voices the Views of a
rIajorty of the Committee on Foreign Relations
the Angio-Amercan Peace Compact.

by the elimination of the provision ap-
pointing members of the supreme
court bench as permanent members of
the proposed board Of arbitration as
provided for in the amendment for the
appointment in their stead of ''juriSts
of repute."
Senator Davis also made the point
that the supreme court might be requr-
cd at any time to pass in it's capacity
as a court upon the same questions
which would come before the arbitra-
ton tribunal. This he considered an
other objection to members of the court
acting on the tribunal.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The first
copy of the senate calendar was on the
desks of senators today. Two Pacific
railroad bills, reported yesterday, were
No. l and No. 2. These and Mr.. Tur-
pies resolution for the election of SEN
ators by the people constituted the cal
endar.
The claim of J. Edward Addicks to a
seat as senator from Delaware made
it's appearance by a petition from Mr..
Addicks, presented by Mr.. Burrows
Rep., Mich.). Following this Mr. Chand-
Ter presented a memorial from Gov w
P. Lord and the secretary of state of
Oregon, detailing the circumstances of
the recent failure Of the legislature Of
that state to organize and elect a SEN
atOr. The document stated that as a
result Of this failure no session Of the
Oregon Legislature had been held since
February, 1895. The purpose Of the
memorial was to establish the right of
the governor to appoint a senator. The
memorial, like Mr.. Addicks' petition,
was referred to the committee on priv
ilegeS and elections
The early opening Of the tariff work
in the senate was indicated by the
agreement to resolution for the prep
aratiOn Of a comparative statement on
revenue questions and for an increase
Of the clerical staff of the finance COM
mittee.
A resolution by Mr.. Gear was agreed
to, calling on the attorney general for
information as to the Pacific railroad
foreclosure suits A resolution by MI
Pettigrew, of South Dakota, for a COM
mittee Of five senators to look into Pa
cific railroad questions was referred.
At 1890 the senate went into execu-
tive session on the arbitration treaty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-20

WASHINGTON, Maj ch 19.-The time
of the senate in the executive session
today was devoted largely to the An
glo-American arbitration treaty which
was reported yesterday by Mr.. Davis.
of Minnesota, the new chairman of the
committee on foreign relations. Dur
ing the debate yesterday Mr. Davis was
silent, and the time was taken up by
Morgan and Daniel in opposition to
the treaty. Today Mr.. Davis spoke at
length, presenting the views of the
The speaker. 1t was the first speech
was looked upon with more than Ordi-
nary interest, and was received with
the closest attention. Many sena tors
gathered together in the seats nearest
the speaker. 1t was the first speech,
the Minnesota senator had made upon
the subject and there was a general
feeling that he would present the law
and the precedents and that his argu-
ment would exhaust all that could be
said in behalf of the agreement.
Mr.. Davis went into the history of
the negotiation of the treaty at some
length and made a strong appeal for
it's ratification, as the first important
ognition of the great principle of peace
full adjudication Of disputes. He said
that as amended the treaty offered pei
feet security against a violation of the
prerOgatives of the senate as an in
tegral part of the treaty making pow
ers of the United States, and that I'M
der the provisions of. these amend
ments, there was no danger of snap
Judgment in any transaction under the
treaty.
Senator Davis said that as the treaty
was originally prepared he was oppo5-
ed to it. but that as amended. he be-
Iieved it would meet ali the objections
that had been offered to it. Speaking
of the original document, he said that
it was especially Objectionable in de
priving the senate of the right to par
ticipate in the preparation Of inter
national agreements which would be
equivalent to treaties in tlreir scope and
because of the character Of the qucs-
tons involved He also said that an
other serious defect would be cured