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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-07-24
HOW DO YOU LIKE 1T P
Analysis of the New Tariff Viewed From the
Standpoint Of the Consumer.
Higher Prices Must Be Paid for Almost Every Necessary
of Life, Food, Fuel and Clothing as
Well as Luxuries.

on all other nuts the duty is changed
from 20 per cen to 34.35 per cent.
Chocolate and cocoa will also cost
more now. The duty on the old elias.
sitications of chocolate has been RAISED
from IL to 10 per cent on each of the
grades, and five new classification:
have been added. An increase Of
nearly 90 per cent has been added tC
the duty on cocoa, and an additional
classification has beer made.
Salt, which wao free, now bears q
duty of 10 cents on each 100 pounds,
and on mustard the duty has been IN
creased from 25 to 37.45 per cent.
There are to be six c~lassilications on
oranges instead of two, and the rates
In each grade have been so arranged
as to add greatly to the price. Eight
to 10 cents a dozen, it is estimated,
has been added to the retail cost.
Four additional classifications have
beer added to the lemon paragraph.
The soul fruit will ost the housewife
about 20 per cen more than usual.
Lines have met a similar fate. Grapes
must pay % per cent instead of 20, and
pears and other edible fruits, including
berries, have been placed on the dutia-
BILE list at 2 cents per pound.
Plums, prunes and prunells now
have a duty of 29.76 per cent instead
of 17.89 per cent under the Wilson
law. Figs have a duty increasing from
27.72 to Sc sc per cent.
On raisins the duty has been raised
from 1852 to 1913 per cent, and on
seante currents from 49, 2 to 1896
per e
Candied citron has been taken from
the free list of the Wilson bill and now
bears a tax of 4 cents a pound.
All these items mean larger expendi-
lures for the table and sick room.
WOMEN MUST. PAY FROM HAT TO SHOE.
Woman will have to pay for more
than her share of the increased prices
are to be laid upon everything.
She is to be made the especial victim of
duties and increased prices.
From the feather which tips her hat to
every article of her wearing apparel, an
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FARMERS Alliance.

AT a meeting of the Farmers Alliance
held at MAYHEM, July 8, 1897, the fol
lowing resolutions we're passed in men,
DRY of our deceased brother and co-labor-
or, Henry G. Chiles:
Resolved, that the Farmers Alliance
Of Lafayette county accepts the gener-
Gus offer of the Hall from Mrs. Lavinia
Chiles, for holding our annual meeting.
We extend our sincere thanks for the
same; we appreciate it very highly. as
coming from the wife and family of him
who was the first president of our coun-
ty union. one we all loved and honored
for his zeal for the cause of justice and
right, and one of his favOrite maxims
was: II would rather stand with five or
six in what l believe to be right, than
have the applause of thousands and feel
that l am wrong" We miss his unerr-
ing council; we miss his noble form and
kindly greeting.
Resolved, that the county union ex-
tends its heart felt sympathies to the
wife and family in the loss of him whose
place cannot be filled in the community
in which he lived.
GEO. A. CAMPBELL,
JOSEPH WARDER,
Committee.
w A MOOTTuEN Proc
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IN HONOR OF JOE BOWERS.
Newspaper Men Appointed a Commits
sion to Erect a Monument.

Under an act of the last legislature
Governor Stephens was directed to APP
point fifteen men, one from each con-
g%ressional district in the state, within
four months from the passage of the
act, who are empowered and directed,
in connection with other members of the
commission who are named in the act,
to have executed and erected on the
capitol grounds in jefferson City a
suitable monument to the memory and
honor of Joe Bowers, as an evidence of
the feeling of affection and tender
regard which Missourians entertain for
him and the race of heroes with whom
he lived, labored, loved and died.
In compliance Governor Stephens has
selected the following w~ell-known Mis-
souri, newspaper men: c. s.. circuit,
Kirksville Democrat; viii L. Watkins,
Chillicothe Constitution; John Marens,
Hamilton News-Graphic; Frank Frey
tag, Jr., st. Joseph Gazette; Bate G..
Drummond, Wellington Quivive; N. A.
Wade, Butler Democrat; Il. b. White,
Warsaw Enterprise; John A. Hannay,
Versailles Leader; Wallace j.. Davis,
Bowling Green Post: c. L. Phifer, Pa
cific Transcript; George E. Garrett, st.
Louis Chronicle; B. M. Yost, st. Louis
Globe-Democrat; A. NJ. Shrive, Center
vile Outlook; w. w. Waters, New
Madrid Southeast Missourian; Theodore
ID. Fisher, Pennington Times.
1t is the duty of the persons compos-
ing this commission to meet in the Office
of the governor of the state at jefferson
City at the call of the governor, Who is
constituted president of said commits
sion, within six months after the pas
sage of the act, and perfect the organi-
cation of said commission by electing
one of their members secretary and one
t easurer. Under the act the monument
must be made of the best Missouri
granite or limestone, Or granite or lime
stone, at the discretion of the commits
sion. 1t shall bear upon its base in
panels or scrolls the name of each county
i'll the state, together with figures indi-
eating the date when said county was
organized. All other details of construc-
ton are to be left to the commission.
The money necessary to erect said mon
nent shall be raised by voluntary con-
under the direction of said
and when the necessary
funds have been collected, to insure the
of SAID monument, the COM
shall proceed to have the monu-
ment made and to locate and to erect
same on the capitol grounds with APP
propriate ceremonies.
The governor will call a meeting of
he commission within the next few
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New YORK, July 19.-In the domain
new tariff law will begin with kindling
wood and end with the shingles or the
roof. The duty on kindling wood has
been placed at three-tenths of a cent
on bundles OF the size of one-forth of Il
cubit foot, and 1t increases th%ree-tenths
of Il cent for each additional quarter of
a cubic foot.
The coal woich is to be used will
have a duty of 67 cents a ton. Under
the Wilson law it is so cents a ton.
Tin pans and cups nave an additional
duty. The rate on tin plates has been
increased from oRe-fifth to one-half
cent per pound to the manufacturer.
The duty on cheap brown or yellow
e~arthenware has been reduced from 20
to % per cent. Chinaware has an in
creased duty of % per cent, being
raised from 50 TO 60 per cent. Besides
two new clas~sifications have been
placed upon the duitable list. On
pressed glass the duty has been III
creased from 40 per cent under the
Wilson law to 60 per cent. On cut
glass the increase has peer 20 per cent,
from 35 to 60 per cent. Decanters ETC.,
have an increased duty of from 40 to 60
per cent.
All the table cutlery bears an increas-
ed burden, the duty having been chan
ged from So per cen under the Wilson
law to 45 per cent.
FURNITURE AND CARPETS.
The duty on all furniture has been
raised from % per cent to So.
Marble mantels have an additional
duty of Is cents, the duty being raised
from so to 65 cents per cubic foot,
Ten per cent additional has been
laid on all curtains and table overs of
chenille and the same additional
is laid on curtains made of other mate
rails. Table damask has an added
duty of 8 per cent, being raised from
So to 40 per cent, and pillow shams
and other bed coverings are specially
provided for.
Blankets are divided into a number of
dutiable classes, and the rate has been
increased from 29 per cent under the
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A CARD OF THANKS.

Editor Intelligencer.
viii you please allow us space in your
paper to return our thanks publicly to the
people who assisted us in giving our lawn
social last Tuesday night, especially to
Mrs. Wilker for the use of her yard; to all
of the ladies who SO kindly assisted usi to
all OF those people who contributed to the
supper; to the public who SO generously
patronized the supper; to the Nickel
Home for favors to the band, and last, but
not least, to the young men from Rich
mond, who so kindly assisted us with the
music. We appreciate all that has been
done for the band, and we do not hesitate
to say that we nave the finest band stand
In the state of Missouri.
Respectfully,
THE LEXINGTON BAND.
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were used. That was enough, and up
went the duty on these articles . per
cent.
Now all the American manufacturers
of these articles al raise the price just
5 per cent, and the middleman and re-
taller will add any increase competition
will permit. AT the same time, the
duty on corsets was increased 10 per
cent. The tariff-makers thought that
the women of the country would not
object to an additional % or so per
cent on the cost of a pair of corsets.
On cotton cloth, one of the most
widely used articles in woman's realm,
the new tariff bill has been most craftily
drawn. On. a large portion of the
various grades the rates are the same
as under the Wilson law, but many
changes have been made in classified
ton, and these make the difference very
wide. As many as % new classes have
been added 10 this division of the cot
ton schedule. These changes have
been made on the basis of the fineness
and weight of the goods IN some cases,
and in others the value has peer made
the dividing line. Under the Wilson
bill these classes of cotton goods came
in under the general duties laid, but
now the duties range specifically from
315 cents n square yard TO 8 cents.
The average per cent of duty Is 90 on
all these new classes. In each case
the manufacturer has an excuse for
raising prices, and cotton goods of the
future used by the housewife will cost
Of t,oct Ok mar nnnf Tanrn Than in fIn
past three years.
All cotton pushes, v~elvets. velvet
Gems, etc, will now cost the women "a
per cent more than under the Wilson
law. The rate has been raised from 40
per cent to 67 per cent. The classifi-
cations have not been changed, but the
duties have been increased in each
case.
All wooden pushes have been in
creased from 40 per cent to rate that
run from So to 147 per cent. Silk
pushes, velvets and chenilles fare
equally as badly. In every classifica-
tions the rates have beer increased. So
the shopper can prepare to take that
much more money with her when she
starts out to procure her winter outfit.
Hosiery is going to cost n nice little
sum hereafter. All cotton hosiery will
have an additional 20 per cent and
more tackled to the price. All silk
hosiery will cost an additional 10 per
cent, for the new law places the duty
at 60 per cent instead of so per cent as
under the Wilson law.
Cotton underwear does not escape.
Under the Wilson law only shirts and
drawers were on the dutlable list and
these at the general rate of so per sem
Now to shirts and drawers are added
vests, union suits, combination suits,
sweaters, corset covers and all
underwear of every description and the
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THE ISSUE IN 1000

Several metropolitan dailies, which
| claim to be democratic, are doing all
they can TO make the tariff question
the leading issue of the next campaign.
This attempt to indirectly side track
the money question, with all that issue
involves will be futile. We admit as
some of these papers claim, that the
campaign must be waged against the
trusts. The sugar trust, the iron trust,
the oil trust and the rest of the trusts
must GO, but the first of all these is the
"Gold Standard Trust" While all
the trusts are iniguitous the ''Gold
trust" is the worst of all. 1t Is the
most gigantic and damaging trust in
existence today and must be extermi-
mated before the other trusts IA be.
The next campaign must be and Will
be made OIL the lines laid down i'll the
Chicago platform. There will be no
back down, no hinching, no compro-
missing. The democrats will revise the
tariff. They will attend to the little
trusts, but they will do this after they
nave run the gold trust u of existence.
ssFree silver, free people," will be
the issue in 1898 and 1900.
The ~so-called democratic papers may
as we'll get ready for it. The people
are going t run the next campaign.
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Popular LOw-Price California
E-YcunSinno

E4cufSlOUS.
The Santa Fe Route daily excursions
to California in tourist sleeping-cars are
d~eservedly popular. The service pleases
everybody who tries it. Cars are of
newes st pattern and very comfortable,
ha wing all necessary conveniences.
These excursions are %patronized by
many of the best people, and the ticket
rates are low.
The Santa FEES California line is re-
markably picturesque. Its middle course
across the continent avoids extremes of
heat or cold.
For descriptive literature, address w.
j. Black, G.. p. A, A. II. 81 S. f. Ry.,
Topeka, Kas., or G. a. Higgins, A. G..
Z. A, Chicago.
j. d. EASTER, JR., Agent.
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The Republic still refers to that mis-
cradle little gang OF party traitors and
Cleveland sychophants as irrational
democrats" AS we'll call Hanna and
Mckinley democrats, as to call Wat
terson, Carlisle, Buckner & Co. by
that name. The Republic should call
IN its sign. 1t is disloyalty to democ-
racy and dishonesty to the nation to
call that Cleveland gang democrats.
They are no more worthy of being
called democrats than Benedict Arnold
is TO be called a patriot.
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Wilson law to an average between z!
and 80 per cent.
Jute carpets have been raised on tn
| dutiable lists from 20 to ~ per cen
and all grades of wooden carpets have
been advanced. Under the Wilson
law the average duty on wooden carpets
was Sc .09 per cent; under the new Law
the average rate is 400 per cent.
On oil cloths for the floor the rate Ii
now Sc per cent, IN increase of 10 pei
cent. On cocoa fiber mats and mat
ting the duty has been increased 3l.I;
per cent over the Wilson rate of 20 pei
cent.
All Chinese and japanese mating:
which we're free under the Wilson bill
now pear a duty of from 3 to Z cents
per square yard, according to value.
On paper hangings the rate is o pei
cent greater than it was under the VIII
son law, where it was 90 per cent.
Brooms are on the dutiahle list at 4O
per cent, an Increase of 20 per cent,
and feather busters have an increased
duty of 8 per cent, the present rate be-
ing 40 per cent.
All manufacturers of willow bear an
additional duty of 10 per cent, being
increased from % to 40 per cent.
The lumber which would go to make
a house has been taken from the free
list of the Wilson bill and the rates
nov range from 81 per 1000 feet to
So. O5 when planed on both sides.
Watches and clocks bear an addi-
tional duty of ID per cent, the rate in
creasing from 20 to 40 per cent.
TAXED BREAKFAST TABLE.
Beginning with the breakfast of the
family, the duty on oatmeal and rolled
oats has been increased 2.47 per cent.
The Wilson law rate was l5 per cent.
Milk has been taken from the free
list end a duty of 2 cents a gallon has
been added.
Sugar will cost at least l cent a
pound more under the new tariff than
under the Wilson law.
On butter and its substitutes the rate
of duty has been increased from 4 cents
a pound to 6 cents a pound, or 1887
per cent
The duty on eggs is increased from
8 to 8 cents per dozen.
Pork, beef and mutton all have mark
ed increases on rates, though as the
States exports these articles the
effect of the duty is nullified.
Beans are increased from 20 to AS
per cent.
Cabbage which were free under the
Wilson law, bear a duty now of 8 cents
each.
The duty on onions has been i%ncreas-
ed from 20 to 40 cents per bushel.
Green peas came in under the Will
law free; now they pay Il duty of
40 cents per bushel. If the peas are
dried the duty will range from 20 TO 80
cents a bushel.
The duty on potatoes has been in
from Is to % cents per bnshel.
This will be great news to Kansas,
where potatoes are worth 10 cents per
To make sure thai nothing escaped,
all vegetables except those named are
in a class, on which the duty
has been laid at % per cent, 10 per
cent greater than under the Wilson
.aw.
Pickles and sauces have an increased
iuty of 10 per cent, being on the rate
ist at 40 per cent.
All other prepared products which
we're not classified under the Wilson
must now pay a duty of 40 per
tent, and fish paste or sauce has been
.dded to this class.
Cheese must pay a duty of G cents a
,ound instead of 8 cents; on filberts, 3
a pound instead of 2 cents, and
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Insurance rates are being reduced. II
the old time fire insurance companies
expect TO hold their business they will
reduce their rates considerably below
what they are at present. The insur-
ance rates as they now exist are max
ing local mutual companies necessary.
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MARRIAGE LIOERsEs.
Is business Slow At Homes

Then why not investigate what other
localities offer?
The chief centers of Southwestern
mining, manufacturing, farming and
stockraising industries are found along
the Santa Fe Route.
For ticket rates and full particulars of
the country, address w. j. Black, G. L
A, A. Il. Il 5. f. Ry., Topeka, Kas.
j. ID. EASTER, JR., Agent.
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If the b%ondholders would permit
Cuba would be free. But the bond
holders will not permit, and as long rs
they object tie present administration
will do nothing that viii in any way
assist Cuba to freedom.
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John Powell.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Scaled Bids for Screened CoaI

Notice Is hereby given that sealed bids for
Coal, To be furnished at the Confederate
Home, at liz ginsville, Mo. for one year.
beginning September !, 1897, and ending
August 81, ls9s, will lie received by the State
Board of Managers. up to and includine
August 5, 1897.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Address all bids to
II. A. NEWMAN, Sec'y.,
HuntSViIIa Mo
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TIME TABLE.

Commencing Sunday, Nov. 18th, 1896,
trains will pass Lexington Junction on
the Wabash as follows:
West bound-No. 8, Kansas City and Des
Moines express, 5:10 a. m. No. z, Denver
limited, 7:40 a. M; No. 3, fast line, 1850 p.
M; No. II, local Height, 4:35 p. m.
East bound-No. 2, New York limited,
ll:O5 a. m; No. g, Chicago and Toledo fast
mail, 7:45 p. m; No. A, st. Louis and Des
Moines express, 10:41 p. m; No. 20, local
freight, $500 a. IN.
- w rApTEp A0ant
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
w. Waddell, deceased, that the undersigneI
administrator will apply 10 make "a nnai settle
ment OF said estate, at the August term. 1857. OF
the probate court of Lafayette county. Mis-
souri,, to be begun and held AT The probate
court room, In the city of Lexington. on the
second Monday ia August. 1897.
b.. WADDRLL.
I-lu5t administrator
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Most any old thing a get IN print
now days. The latest is that Lon V.
Stephens is a '.gold bug" The fellow
who started this canard ought to be
hung for cutting the whiskers off the
Joke. .
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Moneybags Aurum Hammer may or
may not sleep at the White House, but
no one will deny that Marcus has a
great deal to do with what goes on
there IN the dav time.
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IAN. 4 to Dec. 81
MCCauSIand K LukenbiN
GENERAL AGENTS,
Main ST., Lexington, Mo
OF PUBLICATION.
In the Probate Court of Lafayette Couu-
ty, Missouri.
Adjourned May Term. 9th day, July 9th,
1Rnr :.

Estate of Gerd Schnakenbe berg, deceased.
Now at this day comes Henry Kessner,
administrator OF the estate OF Gerd
S~chnakenberg, deceased, and presents his
petition, praying for an order for the sale
of so much of the real estate of said Gerd
Schnakenberg as will pay and satisfy the
remaining debts due by said estate, and
yet unpaid, for want sof sufficient assets,
accompanied by the account, lists and in
ventories required by law in such cases.
ON examination whereof it is ordered
that all persons Interested in said estate
be notified that application as Aforesaid
has been made, and that unless the CON
trary be show OF or before the first day
of the next term of this court, TO be held
on the second Monday in August, 1897, an
order Will be made for the sale OF the
whole or SO much of the real estate of
said Gerd Schnakenberg as will be suffice
lent for the payment of said debts. And
it is further ordered that all of the heirs
of said deceased, residents of said Lafay-
cite county, be personally served with
notice of these proceedings according TO
law. And il is further ordered that this
notice be published in the In~telligepcer, a
newspaper published in said county for
four weeks successfully before the com
mencement OF the next term Of this court.
A true copy. Attest:
WILLIAM YOUNG,
7-110-5t Judge of Probate.
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1t is aid that the president is receiv-
ing many communications regarding
the strike. OF course he is. He prom
ised it otherwise and the miners are
perhaps asking why 1t is not otherwise.
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Tom Reed and M%arkhanner are rum
ming things. But however powerful
Reed may be, he can't slide on the
White House cellar door. Mark owns
the monopoly on that spot.
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The great strike seems to be operat-
ing mostly in those states where the
republicans made the most promises
about conditional orders and ''high-
er wages.
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To parties without children one five
room and one four-room house. Both
furnished for housekeeping.
G. A. LUBRIcH,
7-24-t2 West South street