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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
An Odious Tax.

The tin plate makers wish to boom their business by increasing the duty on imported tin plate, to the injury of the canning industry and other indus tries that flourish by reason of cheap tin plate. Another blow is struck at business by abolishing the rebate on ex- ported tin cans. Now canned goods exr ported i'll cans made of imported tin are allowed drawback of the duty paid, and thus all export business has been built mp ill canned fruits, oysters, vege- tables, petroleum, etc. Over 1, 900, 900 tin cans are sent abroad annually con- taining oil which competes with that of Russia. When Russia can buy tin plate at $2. 70 a box, while we have to pay $S. 50 for it. it is evident that our com petition will he rendered difficult. MT Dingley robs Peter to pay Paul. --Balti- more Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
The Art of Row Tying.

The art of bow tying is taught to young women, who like always to be smaltly trimmed with correct bows at the neck and belt Even the bow for thc hair has different tie from the bow at the slipper, and the waisthand has Il knot entirely unlike that at the throat. To know the difference is one of the arts of bow tying The next is to be able te tie
 A bow of orange velvet of the new shade, capucine, is valuable adjunct for solnber dress. Upon light one it becomes positively brilliant, beautiful decoration for dinner For such bow and its belt there must be crush of velvet to go around the waist snugly. This must be crinolined to set like a girdle, and to it must be seWed the bow of velvet. Each separate loop is lined and stiffened, and the ends have sharp pieces of stiffening set in. The whole is brought ssr-y7sr u sn1aII Knot. A bow, carefully made like this, withstands q great deal of hard usage, and if it is lined with taffeta instead of with velvet it is not too bulky thing to be worn under q coat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
SAME OLD cHEsTNUTs.

30 dAs M foreigners contribute s2oo OOo their Economist o oeotve Tarf Leag Mare se 1s97
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Protecting inc Few woolgrowers.

Suppose the Dingley duties on wool would give the woolgrowers all the protection claimed and that the price of wool would actually go up the full amount of tho duty, which, of course, is absurd What vould be the effect up- on the country at large?
 MT Edward Atkinson, statistician, estimates the annual wool product at $55, GOO, 900 out of q total of SIS, 200, COG, GOO produced by all tho workers of the country and the persons dependent on the wool industry at 300, 000 out of a total population of 73,000, ,000. The wool duty then means that out of every 240 persons 239 are to be .sheld up for the benefit of the other one. This is q sample of what protection does. Of course more than 300, GOO persons may sometimes raise a few sheep, hut the interests of these others are more those of the consumer than of the sheep raiser, and they would lose more because of in- creased cost of woolens than they would gain by the increased price of wool.
 The protective tariff system is farce when considered ill connection with the farmer or the workingman. Will they ever fully appreciate it?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Decollete Gowns In London.

A London writer, commenting on the fact that dceollete gowns are becoming more popular i'll New York says: As low neclzed dresses become fashionable i'll New York, ill London they are rap idly on the decline, except for q ball or very large dinner. At one time it was almost necessary to wear a low gown to the theater ill London, but now when one sees a decollete gown it looks pro- vineial, as all the smart set have adopt- ed fluffy chiffon blouses for evening wear. The reason for this is that the theaters are insufficiently heated, and the houses ill winter arc always a little cold. For all small, smart dinners high necked, 'dressy' evening blouses, or tea jackets, are frequently if not gener- ally seen. In fact, so well is the full made dress appreciated that even at court presentations the queen permits a heart shaped or a semilow neck, with long sleeves o
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Why Increase the Coal Dutyg


 Under the existing tariff bituminous foal pays 40 cents ton. The Dingley pill proposes to make this 75 cents. In lS95-6 the imports of bituminous coal lnto the United States were ,243, S35 tons. The exports were 2,246, 2S4. The figures for Canada were: Imported from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, etc, l2s, 404 tons; from Quebec, Ontario, ate., 89,987; from British Columbia, s27, 257; exports to these three divisions fspectively, 418 tons, l,671, 302 and a094. Canada now proposes ill case the pingley rate is imposed to retaliate by high duty on our coal, which will dertainly not stimulate exports. Here ik an export business worth twice as lhuch as the corresponding import busi- lless, and it is proposed to run the risk f running the former for the sake of
 freNfng $350. 900 taxes out of the lat ter, and this on the plea of reyiving American industry. Can any sane man iAil to see that, even assuming that Imports do not fall off, it is hardly Worth while for the sake of a paltry SB50, 900 to tempt Canada into running ah established business nearly twice as large as that which is to yield the tax? Yet this is the way in which the old thing works. 7
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
St. Louis Women.

The women of St. Louis want repre- sentation on the school board, and as the simplest way of securing ithave had bill drawn up, which, if passed, will put an end to the existing masculine monopoly of school management in the state of Missouri Itproyides that i'll all towns cities and school districts the governing body of the schools shall be composed of an equal number of men and women, and no board shall be conn posed of more than 1 } members. They have issued a long apd eloquent petition to voters asking support for their meas ure and giving many good reasons why it should become a law
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Blaine Opposed Duty on Hides.

The following letter from Secretary of State James G. Blaine in 1880 is supposed to have had great weight witt, the ways and means committee:
 WASHINGTON, April I0 1890.
 DEAR MR. Mc1IINIEY-It is great mistake to take hides from the free list, where they have been for so many years. It is a slap in the face to the South Americans, with whom VIC are trying to enlarge our trade. 1t will benefit the farmer by adding to 8 per cent to the price of his children shoes. It will yield a profit to the butcher only. the last man that needs it. The movement is iniudicious from i beginning to end, in every form and phase. Pray stop 1t before it sees light. Such move ments as this for protection will protect the l Republican party into speedy retirement Yours hastily, JAMES G. BLAINE. i Hon. William Mckinley, Chairman Ways and :, Means
 Where is the Blaine this year who can head off the westernefs who want ] their share of protection and foolishly imagine that they can get 1t by a duty on hides? It is perfectly consistent with the protection system to tax hides, cs- pecially as the bulk of the tax would probably go to a few monopoly butch CTS and ranehmen. But observe some of the effects upon our industries:
 The lmportatlons ot untaxed hides and skins last year were valued at S20.- 216, 52s The goatskins were valued at 1 S10, 303, 359. The former were mostly converted into sole leather, beltings and snch like heavy material, for which our native hides are not thick enough. The goatslzins arc not produced ill this country.
 From this raw material we not only manufacture boots, shoes and leather goods for our own people cheaper and better than they are made elsewhere in the world, but we exported finished products of the value of $20, 242, 756 Without free and cheap raw material this export trade would have been im- possible, and our own people, as Mir. Blaine pointed out, would be compelled to pay more for their footwear. The wages paid to our workers ill leather ] last year amounted to %25, 542, l66.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Champ CIark's Wit.

E Ramp Clark of Missouri is not only T the wlttiest men in the house of epresentatiyes. but he is one of the best posted on the tariff question.
 In ridienling some of the rates of the |Bingley bill that to him seemed subject zto criticism, he recited how man of <the name of Goodyear went before the zWays and means committee and secured zthe tariff he wanted by some skillful Zpalaver about tho great statesmen that EMaine hs sF.lnesd. Then he said
 'Mr. Chairman, that piece of soft zgoap' made it harder for every poor zanan in the United States to build a zhouse. Governor Dingley swallowed the zbait as quick as trout would swallow 3a fly [laughterl, and next summer some #poor devil out west, living in dugout #t00 miles from railroad station, who Ekoted for Mckinley under the deluded &dea that prosperity would come under @his administration and who has not
 aleard of this tariff bill, ciphers it out
 Rat he can build him two room cot
 with lumber and other building @naterials at the old rate. He goes to the #tation to get tho lumber and finds that Fhe price has gone sky high, and he goes zback to his home and says to his wife: My dear, l am sorry that we must stay 8n the dugout We cannot build our lit Hle house. A great man by the name of Governor Dingley has put the price of gumber and other things so high that Eve cannot do it. but, thank God. he aas left dragon s blood free. Laughter. l Next year, when my handsome friend From Iowa (Mr. Dolliver) returns to Hhat fine agricultural district which he Represents, some man who has not been Hble to buy coat because of the high price of woolen cloth will say to his heighbor, There comes Deliver, who but up the price of woolen goods But fhe successful candidate for the post office in that district says, Oh, but Dol
 liver put divi=diyi on the free listF
 And A chorus they sing, Deliver and
 fiyi-hgi forever. " Laughter. Ap-
 blause on the Democratic side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
SHE HAS TALENT.
A Young Woman of St. Louis Who wiil Win Place In the Field of Art.

Miss Myrtle MeGrew is one of the prettiest and most charming of St. Louis new crop of artists She is the daughter of q well known merchant, and is possessed of remarkable talent. She has been abroad for more than year and is now studying ill Paris. She will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25

saasl asls ion Of the protected inter- esta of Massachusetts to q duty on hides iEa Ifoaaotioniat theory that tue tor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
nenyer,s ..Dauehters. :,

The Denver Daughters of the Revolu ton opened the new year in new quar ters ill the City Troop arnlory. They will hereafter keep open house all the time, and are the first woman $ organi- zation ill Denver to attempt such a thing The Woman's club of Denver also has quarters in the almory and moved ill simultaneously with the DauobteIs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Why We shiver.

It is true that woolen clothing, un- derwear and blankets will be out of the reach of people of moderate means when Ding1ey has his way, but just think how sweet 1t is to suffer for ones coun- try and to shiver in order that the rob Der barons may continue to wax fat islisi con bbuatte to the legitinaatep ex- pensea of the g. O pl Louisville Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Mothers asd Daughters.

Brooklyn has eucllc club called the Mothers and Daughters club. No one is eligible for membership who cali- not bring a mother or t daughter with her They meet for play in the after ncon and when once assembled thess quickly separate into two groups, one composed entirely of daughters, tho other of mothers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25
Moosiy,s Advice to Wives.

Addressing women who arc wives the other day ill Fremont temple, Boston, MT. Moody told them that if they have just complaint against their husbands they should seek divorce. Anticipating the objection thai such advice would break up homes, he declared that he gave it for the upbnildlng of the home and the defense af tl.e family honor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25

The following letter from Secretary of State James G. Blaine in 1890 is supposed to have had great weight with the ways and means committee:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-25

Unoe SAm Sy Dingley might we'll getting cheshut foong Mckinley had chenutin making but
  and intelligent The intelligent that make
  make your bill popular by such tomooery''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22
Interstate Fair at Trenton, September FL,
% 30. 80. and October L.

The great Interstate Fair at Trenton
grows mere extensive and important each
recurring year, and the exhibitions to be
on September ~, IS, 90, 80, and October
/ promise to be unusually comprehensive
and attractive. Every department will
be rcpete with interesting and instructive
displays. The bloodcd stock exhibit will
be particularly fine, and the daily pro-
gramme OF races contains the speediest
classes obtainable. Circus acts OF rare
merit and daring. and vaudeville enter
tainments of all kinds will be presented.
The large purses offered in the manifold
exhibits and contests insure unusual eff.
forts in the endeavor TO prove superiority
in the various departments.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
as is its yearly custom, will sell excursion
tickets on this occasion at greatly reduced
rates from stations within wide radius,
and special trains over the New York,
Belvidere and Amboy Divisions will be
run through to the grounds. The tracks
of this company run direct to the Fair
Grounds, thus avoiding street car transfer,
and are the only ones within three miles.
The management OF the Fair has put forth
extraordinary efforts to make this year 5
exhibition the greatest ever gwen
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22


The following proposed amendment 10
the Constitution of the State of New Jer
scy having been passed by two consecu.
tive Legislatures of this State, is now
submitted to the people for adoption or
rejection:
Proposed Amendment to the Constitu.
ton, Relating to Lotteries aud Gambling.
Amend Paragraph 2 OF Section VII of
Article Nv, so as to read af follows:
@ No lottery shall be authorized by the
Legislature or otherwise in this State;
and no ticket in any lottery shall be
bought or sold within this State, nor shall
pool selling, book making or gambling of
any kind be authorized or allowed within
this State, nor shall any gambling device,
practice or game OF chance now prohib-
tied by law be egalized, or the remedy,
penalty or punishment now provided
therefore be in any way diminished.
The submission of this amendment Is
the outcome OF a determined purpose and u
prolonged effort on the part OF thousands
OF good citizens OF New Jersey to rid the
State forever of the evils of gambling up
on race tracks, which have so disgraced
it in the past.
IL this amendment receives. at the ap.
proaching election, a majority OF the
votes casi, this purpose will be most eff
fectually accomplished. II it is defeated
not only will all thus far game d be lost,
but the reactionary effect Of such defeat
will surely bring upon our State all the
evils OF the past in multiplied form and
increased magnitude The possibility Of
such defeat exists not in the fact that
majority of the voters of New Jersey are
in favor of restoring race track gambling,
but in the apathy and OUer confidence
OF the friends of the amendment. 1t il,
therefore, OF the utmost importance that
every friend OF this amendment who has
a vote to cast should realize his personal
responsibility in this matter, so that he
shall be spared in case of defeat vain
regret fer having neglected to do his duty.
Rest assured, you who are in sympathy
with this effort 10 secure a great and per-
manent reform, that the owners OF the
race tracks and the gamblers-be
brought now TO the last ditch in the long
battle-will not surrender without Sc
vere-although it may be a hidden-Cfrort
to compass the defeat Of this amendment.
They have the incentive OF self.interest,
the control OF large funds, and, to GER
tain extent, political influence.
The State Citizens League makes,
therefore, this its final appeal TO the citi-
zens OF New Jersey-men and women
TO arouse anew their former interest in
this great reform; 10 give heart, aud hand
and voice TO the work Of getting out
strong vote, and over ANA above all do we
earnestly entrest every qualified voter who
believes that race track gambling is es.
sentlally, and has proven itself to be, a
curse to our fair commonwealth, not to
fail to cast his ballot for the above amend
ment on the 2Sth day OF this month. We
are confident that If this shall be done a
great aud glorious victory awaits our
cause. EygRARp KRMpsuAII
President State Citizens League
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22
They Cast.
Their Shadows
Before.

The New Dress Goods and the
New Coats, Jackets and Wraps are
showing themselves in their depart
ments of our store.
Fall styles of Dress Goods at
medium prices. Our lines at 25e.,
SOC. and 49c. are specially strong in
the variety shown at each price.
At 25c. are over 10 styles of 40
inch goods, in novelty weave, silk
shot over weaves in two colors, and
all the solid eolors and plaids. At
39c. we show grades that should be
in the half-dollar line. Plaids,
stripes, novelties in silk styles,
cheviots and bourettes in all mix
lures. At 49c. over hundred
styles are shown, in covorts, chew
rons, invisible checks, cheviots, bou-
rettes and overwoven illumined
novelties of the latest designs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22

The .'iron barometer" is showing some
gratif> ing conditions in business, com
merce. aud manufacture in the u. s. One
year ago the average weekly output Of
pigiron was oply u little above 100, 900
tons per week, now it is reaching nearly
200, 600 tons per week. This shows more
about the real business improvement of
the country Than columns OF waiing about
"tcmpotaIy prosperity due to famine
abroad. lion now enters into so vast
number ot industries the fencing and
machinery Tor the farm, the rails aud cars
and engines foi the railroads, the frames
for great business buildings, tin plate for
roofs aud manufactures, ships that sail
the sea and rivers, and thousands Of other
srliCles-lhat an increase of nearly 100
Ter cent. in its output is a striking proof
of the general business Improvement.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22
The Anti.GambIing Amendment.

From oil accounts, there seems to be
very little interest evinced in the election
which will take place on September 26th,
when the proposed amendments 10 the
Constitution will be voted upon. The Gre
cord" on Monday contained the following
article relating to the anti-gambling
amendment:
Every county in New Jersey has been
polled by correspondents OF the WORLD
with the object Of ascertaining the pro-
liability OF the passage Of the Constitut-
ional amendment against gambling which
is to be decided at special election on
Tuesday, September 28. The voters are
apathetic and the measure is likely to be
defeated.
Neither political party cares to take
action, while the race track men are
working to defeat the amendment, whiC h
will hold force for fl We years. Several mil.
lions OF dollars are at stake, and the ow-
ners Of Guttenburg, Gloucester, Clifton,
Elizabeth and Linden race tracks, aided
by the pool sellers, are not going to give
up their property without struggle. The
Passaic and Essex Comfy Republican
patty organizations have decided not to
interfere, and the feeling in counties in
which there are no race tracks appears to
be either divided or in their favor.
The feeling in Monmouth, the chief rae
ing county in the state, is nearly evenly
divided. The politicians, and particularly
those favoring racing, are maintaining a
discreet silence, but they affirm that on
election day tho county will be against the
amendment by large majority.
1t is asserted by those who are in a
position to know, that the race track
| people will so concentrate their forces
that they will win in the state. Ii they
are successful in this they will try to get
a bill through the Legislature similar to
the Gray law in New York State, and
then reopen all the tracks.
Should the amendment be defeated
there is no question but what the race
track gamblers will make a demand for
favorable legislation and will back up this
| demand with the claim that the people
are favorable to such action as shown by
the expression on the amendment. People
from every section should be awake 10
the danger which threatens the state in
the defeat OF this amendment and they
should labor and vote for its enactment.
ma8sboro Enterprise.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-09-22

A Trenton Clergyman appears to enter
tain alarm lest the adoption Of the amend
ment fofbiddin9 the legalizing of ruce-
track aud other gambling in New jersey,
and also forbidding the dimiLution OF
present penalties provided for such Of
fences, shall have an i'll effect on demo-
critic government He reasons that TO
adopt such an amendment will be to DIS
play dlstrust Of State Legislatures and to
make the people less vigilant and less
deeply concerned in electiug their re-
representatives.. lie says that it savors too
much of beng an easy road to public
safety and TINT it looks like saying, Let
us arrange the States affairs 80 that no
matter whom we elect they can do no
harm" lie processes to fear, also, that
men OF clean lives and sound Judgment
will not he anxious TO sill in the Assembly
when IL has been shorn Of its power. This
cradle excitement and indignation among
the Trenton clergy, and some OF the minis
t,is asperse the motives OF the speaker.
II constitutions were not full OF limitations
upon the power Of Legislatures, and II
experience and history did not sustain
such limitations when wisely planned, his
objections would have more force The
racetraek gambling interest ia an import
ant thing to racetrack proprelois and
hangers on, and to steam and electric rail
road companies, But there would be plen-
~ OF issues left for political and legislative
strife with this one settled by constitu-
tional mandate. When the policy OF in
Producing the amendment was under
consideration such arguments had their
proper place. They are not strong argu.
ments 10 support votes against the amend
ment now. 1t will receive the support Of
many people who would have been entire
ly willing never TO have had II proposed,
but who realize what persistent and un.
scrupulous Efforts to rc-establish the race
track gambling resorts would follow its
defeat II is not TO be forgotten that when
the Legislature of 1898 legaizcd racetrack
gambling in New Jersey the tracks had
become simply pnccs where the business
OF gambling WAS carried on, often in
fashion that better deserved the name Of
robbery. b. NeWafk ErcHf1q NeWS.