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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20
The Gas Department. Ordinances.

The Committee on Light met after the
adjournment of the joint committees. and
considered chapter p of the City Ordl-
uances. which relates to the Gas Depart
ment. Several amendments We're made.
chief of them being one 10 give the super
intendent Of the Gas-W Orlls power 10 en-
ploy and control his subordinates, and
another fixing the pay of six assistant
gas inspectors at $50 a month. The re
vised chapter will be submitted 10 the
Council as a substitute for the report OF
the Retrenchment and Reform Committee.
The question of granting free gas TO the
armories was taken up. and referred 10
the Grounds and Buildings Committee.
Incidentally it was stated by Mr. Shelton
that the bills of the HOwitzer, Re2i-
mental and Stuart Horse Guards
armories had been paid by the Grounds
and Buildin gs Committee. and that the
bill Of the Colored Armory had also been
naid nv that company. The Blues
Armory bill was the only one that had
not been settled.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20

take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money IL fails to cure
&c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20
THE CITY HALL BOILERS.

THE CITY HALL BOILERS.
The committee than went into an
investigation of the condition OF the
City Hall boilers. and the circumstances
under which they had been insured in
the Guarantors Liability Indemnity
Company, of Pennsylvania. through the
local agents Messrs. Peasants & Cren-
shaw. Tue inspector of the company,
Mr.. w. O. Saville. reported that Boilers
8 and 4 were in good and reliable con-
dition. Mr.. Berry, one of the city
Hall coal passers. stated that Boiler
No had been leaking ever since he
had been employed in the building, and
had not been used for twelve months
or more. The Inspector, when he came
here, did not go inside the boilers, but
he Berry was sent in and tapped
Boiler No. g. while the inspector listened
outside. Boiler No. was not entered at
all No. had leaked ever since Mr..
Walsh went TO sleep and the water
almost ran out. The gauge cocks on
Boilers / and were still out OF order;
on Nos and they had been fixed
since the last meeting OF the co.'s
mittee. Although witness had known
the boilers to be In bad condition. he had
made no report OF the matter. There
were two firemen over him and they
made no report because they did not
want 10 offend the engineers.
MIR. Hartley, chief inspector OF the
Boiler-Insurance Company. asked per-
mission to be allowed TO question Nj,
Berry in order to test the extent OF his
knowledge in regard 10 boilers and boiler
inspection. This provoked a long and
heated discussion. Mr.. Snead moved that
Mr.. Crenshaw should be allowed to cross
question Berry. Mr.. Rountrec moved as
a substitute that the representatives OF
the company should give their own side
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20

Excess of receipts over expen-
Add difference OF inyen-
tory 1895 and 1896 ......$ l,Sl3 a
Add p 424 geo cubic feet
of gas used i'm street.
lamps and public build
ings at 81 per 1,0co...... 2l,i2i 20
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20
SSA,3T IS SM,S77 %

Surplus after repaying invest
ment .......... ..s...s..sS 1'o''cv 81
The figures in the above statement are
taken from the books in the Auditors
Office.
RESULTS SINCE 1904.
Statement Of operations OF the Rich
rnond City Gas Works for the years 1895
and 1896; also. for the first three months
of 1891:
1895
Receipts for gas from consumers. Sl6O,SSg 2S
Receipts for coke. tar. ETC. 800. 996 40
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20

Total expenditures. .S13l, 1872 10
Less vouchers for 1894,
paid out Of appropria-
ton for 1895. and in
cluded in above. S1.5l6.62.
d-ess difference in in
1856. a'ss5.5o. Total. 1889 u l27,74s 50
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20

Net revenue for thirty years-...S SS5,S57 50
Less cost OF works. &c,
February /, 1870. as
per report of City
Auditor. w. H. ALI
derdice -. ......s4OS, ops 81
Less construction &C
count for 1861 1868,
and 1859 ............... 1868 %
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-20

Excess of receipts over expendi-
lures ............ ...............S "a, 1872 10
To which must be added 2f,045ZO0
cubic feet of gas used in street
81 per GOO ............. .......... 2i,0i5 20
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
RAGING IN MOSCOW.
Fte Horses Run Not side y siae5 but Tn
 ra-.....-..--. .-.-.a

Oppos4ta Directions.
 4t tis racing day in Moscow. The course is swept free from snow and fol lows the wooded shores with red paint ed railings Oh each side On one side is . stand. with seating room fer eeF- eIal thousand people. and | special bax. With tent haugihgs for ths governor general, surmounted by tho imperial eagle in gold In front o9 this box, low er down, you see the pIizes, consisting Of gold and sil9er cups, vases and ofna- mental pieces. all in Russian style and Fsste
 \ bell rings the course is cleared by mounted gendarmes and the competitors i4 dne a1dcr fake their places ln front af tso ta3a, hut not side by side, as they aiHays start from opposite sides ef tiIe course with heads also turned in opposite dieeeii0na The usual raee coarse Aal4 aad noise ef tha hatting men are heaaa ana increase in volume E tle heil rings ne second time. 1leY a1a off AHa tue fascin8tion of rapid motion. open air a14d stIenuous cxartian ifsa ttff rt@s sssN244at and low, for trottiHg $ certainly the most fashionable aad beloved sport h Isuasia. You cannot recognize people ast ye8--fhe great fur collars a1e raised Hd reach e99r the fur caps, leaving aHly red tipped noses, aeaeafh which appear never missing cigarettes. The i#aies Heads age aincst en1i1el ly GOV cred l weslen wraps, sa here again gau cea only guess who is wko, To a stranger not iavastiIs His money in backin lis 0I}alsa as Co winners, tic eaRe Migat seem nlondfanous enog8h, as Inc HerEes taC Let fin sh side hy side tat 5u Che 1ag faey started Yet tie Isus na fentl y, ard. besides a4e L.s1a ts ef yadEa and c;lgiaee b he issf ea 5ho races.
 il e9ses a1e pi5sad against eaeh l a9ee1, light 4etle sieielss, u linen ti.e dTlger is seafea yery low down aaa taf aygaI from the horse, aW- fg e e iaag shifts intended to give l tl.a laz perfect freedom of action 4 viii rot med, hut on the feiHs arc ~ ..lles over the quarters, which a employed instead. and almost all He5aas Ian without biinkers.
 atiln hoFse is attached to the sleia Lea aHe side of the trottel, who is i 5gt6aea ghe shafts. Iie Is the pacemak- ef aad ea5Iopg tbe whole coaIae, Vhessas, 1t need nat be sad, the tro5ter mus Hat sfeak Then follow pair horses, ha4asssedi and lastly troisas i with ihrse horses, sometimes f5nr ahfeast llAoikas arc very baIhar0usly i gauay and ciQng things to look ii, but exceeding E comfortable all the same. .- Ba6r4iRtoll Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
ne Namb.,n and ll,e t.ean.

I-agater, iu his Fhy siognomy, 7 makes the following curious remaak 5:
 have had occasion to obserYe sanlo infants immediately on their hirths and have feaad 4n astonishing resemblance between heil lrpale and thQse Of their 4atbef sA few dags after this ieseu- hlance almost entirely disappeared The influence of tlIe air and iced and r1ob ably tho change ef posture had 50 al- tered the aesign Of tba face that you e0ald have believed it adifferent in figiaual. afteawald saw two of these children eie, one at 6 weg k and the other at 1 years of age, and about i2 heafs after their death they n me alately recovered the profile whis Lad struck me so much tt tlRir birth, only the profile af the dead child was, as might be expected, mose strongly marked and more terse fhan that Of ske living.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
Cur boFa.

Our HelaaaoIs generally are the peo- pie Nho lsssa hease6 Lear ta eur asFn. that Heatf7ess varying according to the hous de1s ef the same social rank as oHa lTes 3a tom they Ike il the same street; in apartments they are on fac sanse corridor; in the country they a1e separated by field only e a garden Nalli3n spafsely teHanted places they arp a6 I distance of q mile CT TWO miles, e t may ba six. And inc neighbor par excellence ia the one who lives elaso almlsside ef yes-perhaps ii the ether half of tAe semidetarhed house Nhere We have cur home or just AeIoss 8ha road aHd opposite, n0t to the side This E the general idea of neighbnr and wllen ye use the term we rarely moan aasI ele
 But in point of fact VIC have neigh befs NAeraysl Sse turu-nien and Heln- en f0 whom we are bound to render such seryie8 of Kindness as comes into the possibilities of the tine and place l6 is not only aamieile and the aates and taxes which make us neighbora It E let only when we live divided by S party walt enc from tha other a6 tho feot ef the hill, e standing face to face across tha laad, when We can signal cur geiaas out and car cenliuss ]n and be helpful and eighborly in the matter of tae galden roller and tie preserving isn. F is not enlg when we know all the family llist0Iy and how err friends ang aei5 labal# ale iinpaeeabla aa 10 thair grandfather and 8i,heaf fhe claoEed lIaes ef ( seamda acles their f.aailg esduteheoH t | no5 necessary to le Intimate, her eYan to have Heen iaffo. aueea, for ihe obligations of Hei9fbeT liness to he stEieg and st1eng Fer wherever we can render q service, show 2 coagtesY CT do ! kinan6ssM have onr work ent oet for us t she way of duty to our nf{ehbor, and he is our 1ieighbor wllo stands in need, great or small, Of saeA help as NC can otfer.-Rhilallel- EI Ilia Tines
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

There isa lovely young blond, at present employed as asalesladE | Main street tilg goods hanse who i7aiile I5tfnaaF sa E 5, Es.'sls eesaetly nifr- ried in Little Rock not many moons ago. The young latlt will neither affirm nor aeaY the rum0fea maFFi- 89e b1i saNs that time WHHi tel aS co It's truth CT iaisewess
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
eassas Why shambsriaiass coas Cholera

lcass5I5 Why snaefsr rlaiass Core, ,che1sra
 aaa DiaFFHoea 55eioeag is the Best.
 F Because { affords instant relief ia.ease ei p3aD ia stomach eolie and =t#0lsfff aaf5gs.
 2 Because ft is the 9ulF FemadG tHat never fails ; tAa i1ass seasfe easea aIf tlXsentefY and aiatshoea
 iaea41se t ie the anN remedy ghat WiIi eaee ehraaie tiiarrhpe.
 3 Becauae 1t E tHe anle remedy tfaas Nill prevent Bilious c8aie.
 ,. Because it E the aBiE remedy tiIat viii cure eHle@ifai a8esHtetE. b B.eahse [ is-tie mlf remedy that e54 always be depended ap3n Ia eases ffsh0leea infantnm
 I. keeaEse f s fhe most prompt aud iaast reliable medicine IH use for h0wei complaints.
 5. l'ecause 1t produces TO bad Fe- suits
 g Because it is pleasant aud sale t0 take.
 40. Because it has saved the lives of more people than any other Nedi- eiG0 ia the world.
 The 25 and 50 cent sizes iar sale by " E. AeW68aT $ Cos. Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

ehildrep was sick with q Seyefe bowel trouble. says Mrs. II. ti. Gregory, ef FfederickstoWn, Mo.
 Our doctors remedy had failed then We tried Chamberlain Colie, Cholera and Dlarrhaea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief For sale hY " F. peWeodY Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

The following aaeriffs received tiself tiilliiiitt,t tiilliiiitt, ;;aasa Ftsla A3sf!i5!3f tsfee= aay E, \ Aieeoneg Iineo.n efai}- tg <. Greer, Nevada eaants t Heavy Conway eauntE F.. liack iieeps eaHnfs Bfun8eS sAHFcg eaNE483 C. tI Trip iet statiaFsan eanfffN
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

II Aea pHHs0n tsla@ hs wasting a@at Ehelf @ e8use i9tg alarni NAthing s0N 9f4l a94asl cal gaHstnf3t tg3a# Feai1i never si3R il th@Y eoeld regain their as0ai eei9iIe. In faet fhFre hs3i43 8e H9 consumption II there H5Is na N.ifs if1K 01 lie system eae cause 9f his loss Of fiesti is a fai nre to PtaIsaHl8 issssst fha fHHa eaten. iae=tenths 0t all anf diseases date back 19 som aa-. faDaement of fhe stomach fRe shaker Digestive Cordial @Hl stop this wasting oi fhe bod nets bF causing he food Na eat t0 be 'lieesf- ea s8 a t9 da @aaa l4r un4ilges1sl food does more if9rm than good
 Ybe g0rdial e0ataias food alraHtY' digastea aud isa Gieester q f00as as well
 Every mafsier tates t0 HaEe her children faka Castor 9li k1l4 tss sstseaaf f'a24.z43. ffiI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Capt. EA Rowland Mas Ia fhe city today greeting lis many Pine plaN friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Mir HafgY .ENprsliahl of Corner stone, is il thTeifx oaay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Congressmun Neili was distine- slishea Pine Bluff visitor yesterday He has retIrnpfl to bis RaiesYige home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

You magEhunt the world over and you will not find another medicine equal ta Chamberlain C0lie.I .Ih0lera and DiarrEaea Remedy. which gaxe very speedy relief. For sale By N l.. DeWuuag, Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Get your horse shod at ". T.. Faces shop, No 800 East Bamaque street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Passenger traffie on lie railroa3s entering Pine Bluff is very light these days.
 Mr. ]. M 0ati41ut,5ef Haouyifie, Ark, fs Pine Tsluyl visitor today,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Mir smith PesdHe, Of hira2s Point, Mo K al the Arlington
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Miss Nettie Meyer has returned home aftera lengthy visit to Friends in St Lonis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
rhe l.lps BIlif Cotton 9ileompaas

Ihe Pine Bluii Cotton 9ileompaas raeeH #orgauizel md iaeea9 seigi aa Hatls lar baeiaes tisiH '.sll I ba W officers rl E6t pHesa,la .Isss Ee9rao Niee 5saassi H 2 IHn 4ral sssefaeEs E l figce tfeasfet Nh E Fiea i8Fme5lN sie president oi tht 4eieaa c1il e8mra1x, and IT aIaH ttas 8 i5is State G8reefa1s aatl i.aiia ftsall arc s9 nef FW wn tilatt meii tian of fheir tn85iiag fH4ee Na ifee zee k sA af'a ai Lion S '
 Fafaxee aud ! seai 1sst9a 4a iilfe pr8af@e aloe ai0e Iilffi tStTan OIgoNeaug will aa well 94lef l'is mstuaeeiaeHt, and sftRafe is ia Ee riea e8all eiiAA W lIa ss1ate Me have a0 aafb aat
 peoinaHls 0ill 3a saed & fesaite they 0btam. AfiStasR ? F9- oerat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

When hfi8Hs eostiFe. eaf < {'as- teed lue. a5e. l2-3#l e0dti.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Miss uenuie Weller leaves fer Little Rock tomorrow,ona a visit fo Friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Mrs " Dlones is.i1 from sulphur Springs this n9fhing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Judge E r Merritt N4s af Dexter ness
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Dr. eason. of .hIagnolpl, WAS a Rine Bluff yiaitflnt0daX
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Rev. \, q. Evans returned home from Canada this mnrninE.
 Mr ] ". wilkins and family will move out to SalpllAr Springs in q few jays
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

lust tiy lQc box of cascarets. eha finest liver and bowel regulator eyer made. l2-89 cod q.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Meeting District fifaud Lodge c '. of Q Y. ct Iittle Rock, Ark, AHg $ For this occasion the Getton Belt Raate wiii sell tichts Pine Bluff t0 Little Rock and return at ene and 0He third fare, on che eesAsii- eate 54laa. Tickets on sale Ausasf t 2 aHa ,; reInfn lmit Aug |
 II E5riugman, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
sslsI...efeli a aIiatai-...

sim Nllkizon has two mighty smart hays, remarked Mrs. Gerntassel. One of 'enl iez gone to town an learnt to paint. They say ho puts . lot of atmos- pisere in lis work
 Mandy ain you thinkin ahout the athar Aoys
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

M. ehas. IT. Owen came down ffaf lsittla Rock oA the m81afag iaain
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
CITY ITEMS.

.lnilor Gibson escorted two prisan- CTS down from Dexter this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

George Young and Warren ratum negroes. were convicted before q magistrate at Dexter this morning on charge oi disturbing the peace. They are now i'll jail at this place awaiting to be sent to the county farm foserve ouf their sentences.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

AIr ". ll laaeferd api Wfe n turned from Little Rock this moru-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
lEasteg, Ca -E3iscsze ard Ssezema

staess sa st-Hiscwae andl Eezena,
 The intense itching nd sInartins inel s5f9 these tlaseaaes is instantly talIayea p5 applying Chsznoerlain 5 Eve anc s2ss1A Ointment. Many very bad caaca 9asFs aeeil 7allaafentIg cured by Il.
 efficient for itching piles ant
 l3yoaita remedy for sore nipples ped lsands, chilblains, frost bite; saron1c sore eyess. 20 cts. per box
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

PINE BLcFF. A4gI< JULY 50, 1887
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

s Gadgss Condition EoHders, ,.te 1fs9a what 2 horse needs when i1 bad sas5Eion Tonic, blood purifier a1a9 ssa 1A.l Eaaga. They ara a4o4 aaea h..4 snealcins and the best in use to put q ssa1se ii prime condition. priea 96
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30
von'i Tobacco spt and smoke Your Life
 FraR

VV0 F0EaGN0 T1T NNW aW0T1e NVNT IITe
 Nsg.
 Ii yau want t0qHif tahaee8 using easily and forever ae 8laaa Waii, sifpng magnetic. Eisli 0f HeW life and Nigof, take AQ-49-i{ae, tAe wonder worker that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds in tea days 0eer s08,0ae cured Buy Na-T6-Bae rom VOLT 9Nn druggist, Who 8iIl gnaraRtee 2 cure. H0akietand sam Fle mailed free Afi Sterling Remedy Gfe. Chicago aj aew York 823ade8a II Yam horse inteeferes s1ake him to N. E. laces shop and have him shoa. aa 3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

easeaIets stimulate lNef. Ei8aeYs and haweIs Never sIekeD Eeaisen af enf53e 2sne0fitf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Mrs. $. [. Holmes and Miss sallie Holmes. oi Pine Blun. are guests at the apital.-Arkansas Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

iilg.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

Il aens ' iisssss f;a sss:.ii'its.. IanlllN eatharlle aFd liver laeaisife. price 25e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

.L.ast snlnlner one al-onr erana-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-30

The Hafbin lei for Memphis at 11a90 today
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
BuncolNG THE PEOPLE.
The Slippery Methods OF McTxinle
and HANNA

4 S
| The Slippery Methods OF Mckinley
| and Hanna.
The Mckinley organs are at their old
tricks again. They are trying to fool
| the people into the belief that Mckinley
has a well-matured policy for reyolu-
ticnizing the currency system and
| bringing order out of the financial
chaos for which their party is alone re-
sponsible.
This time it is commission into
whose hands Mckinley will place the
task of revising the currency" A few
weeks ago he sent a. Commission" to
Europe to sound European govern
ments on the question of international
bimetallism. This is thepolicy towhich
his party is committed, in a half-heart-
ed way, by its ST. Louis platform. That
same instrument also binds the party
TO maintain the single gold standard
until Europe consents for US to go back
to the financial system under which the
United States grew rich and powerful
and threatened soon to lead the pro-
cession Of nations.
The congress of the United States
alone has the power and authority to
revise or in any way amend the ma
tons currency system. This power
and authority Mckinley would take
from congress, and invest in commits
sion of his own choosing. The purpose
is tWo-feld First, the Mckinley plan
is to obscure the currency issue in a
fog of personal obligation in which he
would not be directly involved, and,
second, to save himself from the embar-
RAISING situation in which he is sure to
be placed by the next congress, that will
be democratic and that will send to
him, or to the senate, bin for the
reconciliation of silver.
There is excellent ground for the sus-
picion. however, that the presidents
purpose is not as broad as either of
these plans suggests. Behind his pro-
posal to lay before congress, now just
on the point of adjourning, a plan for
the betterment of the country's fiscal
system is a desire to help his friend
Hanna The boss Of the republican
party has tremendous fight on his
hands. He is running for election to
the senate on platform reaffirming the
principles enunciated at ST. Louis and
commencing the administration Of
President Mckinley. The Ohio voters
are asking Hanna not only about that
promised prosperity, but also what Nc
Kinley is going to do for bimetallism.
Six months of his administration have
slipped by. Nc. boom has made its ,ap-
pearance and the president has been
silent as the tombon the currency ques-
tion. A .sterse" message to congress
now on that question, though it be
clothed in terms whose ambiguity
would bring hope and solace to the
weak minded of both sides, would give
Hanna some campaign material. This
he sadly needs. The Mckinley organs
are to help in this game. Already they
are indulging in surmises as to the
strength of the message on the side of
bimetallisn. It is petty piece Of poll
tics in keeping with McKinley's and
Hanna's methods. Because they fooled
the country once with those methods
they will try the game again st. Louis
Republic
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1897-08-21
DouBLE-DEALlNa HANNA.
ID Campaign Manager nnd Employ
err OF Help.

err OF Help.
1 Senator Marcus Antonius Hanna, OF
Ohio, is an altogether different indi-
| vidual from Marcus Antonius Hanna,
coal miner.
AS chairman of the republican ma
/ tional committee this Hanna conduct
ed. successfully a campaign which re"
suited in his creation as senator. In
that campaign he promised unlimited
prosperity. It was to come imme-
| diately upon his success in November.
It was postponed conveniently until
| the Inauguration of the successful can
/ didate in March. And we have been as
sured by MIR. Hanna, who has attained
the senatorship and has certainly se-
cured prosperity for himself, that it is
here with both hands and every foot.
/ But the coal miner Hanna, meeting
1 demands for an increased wage from
coal operatives, announces that Moth
| ing can be done toward the granting of
| the request at this time because busi-
ness conditions-that is, general pros
perity-does not authorize the grant
ing of the petition.
|
prophet of prosperity and its benef-
ciary is not the Hanna who is digging
coal from the bowels of the earth and
| refuses an increase of wages to oper-
atives.
Under the existing tariff bitum
inous coal is protected by a duty Of 40
cents ton. Senator Hanna, the
necromancer of Ohio, the great med
icine of the country, the rain
maker who compels fructifying clouds
in the bending heavens, has succeeded
| in increasing that protective duty on
/ bituminous coal from 40 cents per
| ton to 67 cents ton. The bill in which
| this increase of tariff tax has been
| made has passed both houses and is
! now under consideration by commit
| tees of conference. They will speed
lily agree and the great tariff enact
ment, called by it's friends a revenue
producer, will go into operation. What
will be its effect? We are told time
and again by republican tariff makers
| that the tariff is levied in the interest
of labor alone. 1t is designed to dig
| Nifty, enrich and ennoble American la
Dor. If the 1abof cost was not factor
republicans tell US they would not
elamor for a protective tariff. Then
| the 81 cents ton additional is not for
revenue, but is for wage, designed to
| save American labor-that is, labor
employed in America and admitted
freely from European countries-from
| the competition of pauper labor OF
| Nova Scotia, where alone the bitumin-
| Gus coal entering. into competition with
American-mined bituminous coal is
| found.
Why is it, then, that, the bill being
practically perfected, American miners
do not instantly receive the additional
81 cents per ton?
Because, according to Coal Miner
Hanna, business conditions are such
as not to authorize it. An appeal
| ought to lie from Philip drunk to Philip
sober, from the coaEmining Hanna to
the necromancer Hanna, from the cap
italist wlzp digs in the bowels of the
earth to the senatorial tariff maker.
IF a tariff is laid primarily for the ben
eft OF labor why is not the ~ cents a
ton placed Immediately at the disposal
of coal miners?
We do not want an answer from
Coal Miner Hanna; we do want an
answer from Tariff Maker Hanna
Chicago Chronicle.