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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

sprotective'' tariff stands behind,
pats them on the back and makes
il possible for them to rob the peo-
pie at their own sweet will.
This is the "protective' tariff
which the followers of republican
ism boast SO loudly of. 1t pro
tects the American manufacturer
of the far east and gives him cense
to rob the millions Of the west
through extortionate charges.
But some good republican stands
up and points to the high prices
received for raw wool BY the west
ern hockmaster during the good old
times Of the Mckinley tariff.
Granted. But where one western
sheepgrower was blessed with
higher prices as a result Of the
tariff, one hundred people who did
not produce wool but who must Of
necessity have clothing were pay
ing IS per cent more for that ar
ticle-were robbed Of that amount
through the workings of the "pro-
tective" tariff. And it has already
been given out that the proposed
Dingley bill will raise the price Of
wooden clothing fully rs per cent.
Thus the policyof a republican
protective tariff has been the main
factor in bringing into beng trusts
and monopolies which thrive at the
expense of \ struggling people.
Not a gallon of oil, a school book,
a pound Of sugar, an ounce OF
coffee, a ton of coal or a garment
of wool can be purchased without
the consumer paying tribute to
some srssping trust or corporation
and this policy of the contamination
of wealth goes merrily: on under
the protecting wing of a republi-
can administration, which promises
to renew the lease of life of these
institutions which have grown ia,
on the misery Of the American
people.
And this is the administration
which is to bring prosperity to the
American people! Is it any won
der that the very life blood of the
west is sucked out and consumed
by the east? But the tide has
turned, and with 1900 will come the
new civilization, the dawn of the
new era and the glorious triumph
of the principles of the Peoples
Party.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23
TARIFF AND THE TRUSTS

AAAc 4A1S4C AMI lad Old
While the Mckinley administra-
ton is yet in its infancy, still it is
plain that the old policy Of a "pro.
tcctiye' tariff is to be once more
lnaugurated and the trusts and mo-
nopolies given a new lease OF life
in which to rob the common people
OF the coil:ry. The D.aylsy bill,
as have all similar measures in
times gone BY, aims to shut cut
the products of foreign manufac-
ture and its supporters are loud in
their cries Of how it protects the
laborer in this country. Let us
see. The products Of foreign man
ufacture are shut out by an exces-
sive tariff duty. The American
4EAsHGE#E~&.E 4a EEH@uEH
market is supplied by the Ameri-
IAN manufacturer. So far so good.
But the American manufacturers
form q combination or trust, con-
troll the factory output in all lines
Of merchandise, place the prices
as high as may suit their taste
and greed for gain and force the
American consumer, the common
people, to pay the prices thus
fixed q 50 without the ordinary
pecess, .iss Of lie. The republican
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23
y. hat College Girls Cost.

The girls are Hooking to college
and papas ars handing out money. A
clever girl canslive at Vassar on 800
syear or can spend 81, 500. At Wei.
lesley 5000 upward is the figure for q
year. Mount Holyoke. $500 to $500,
Almost all the colleges are crowded
with freshmen, and hard times don'i
se.t '"rrr.' - : education.
Bring your green hides to
Mallow, Rapid City, and re-
ceive $1.50 cash for them; so
cents cash fon yearling hides;
1000 wanted at once.
MALLow, Rapid City.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23
THROWN INTO FITS!
People Being Thrown Into Fits
by the Pennington County
Mercantile Co..

No fatalities have occurred as
yet, but the Pennington County
Mercantile Co., is throwing more
people into fits for less money
these days than yer before. Re-
member, this is Rapid City's cold
reliable clothing house and has.
carries the biggest and best line of
gents furnishings. ever shown.
here. 1t takes just two minutes
for them to throw you into a fit of
the smoothest clothing you ever
wore, and all for less money than
"the other fellow" will do it.
The new year is going to be a
1ecord breaker for low prices.
More fits than ever!-Pennington
County Mercantile Co., Ed Woods
Manager.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

The Hill City Mining News is
is out for Chauncey L. Wood for
circuit Judge.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

With 2o7 failures in the United
States the past week, it would
cen that Mckinley prosperity is
still hitting the country pretty hard.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

The bond proposition got lost in
the silver landslide in Rapid City
Tuesday and the scheme laid on
the shelf for all time to come.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

Help to make The UNION a
good paper by paying up your
back subscription.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

Tie Spearfsh Register shows a
marked improvement in its editor
ial utterances. 1t is plain, clean
cut and to the point.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

Now let the republican papers
howl about populistic anarchy!
United States Senator Chandler
(rep.) of New Hampshire has in
troduced a resolution empowering
the Government to take forcible
control of the Bethlehem and Car
negie Iron Works, because these
firms will not furnish armor plate
at $500 per ton. The widest
schemer has never advocated a
proposition more revolutionary.
What a hue and cry about anarchy
and revolution would go up from
the republican press if such a reso-
luton were introduced by a horrid
populist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-23

The managers of the goldbug
campaign of education are now fur
nishing free plate matter to all
newspapers of the yellow persua-
sion. The Republican and Jour
nal of this city are using them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23
Ture
CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES.
They Have Done Much to Reduce the Loss
 From Water at Fires.

From Water at Fires.
 Mr. Charles T. Hill writes of "Tha Fire Patrol" i'll St. Nicholas, the final paper in his series on the New York fire department. Mir Hill says
 The chemical engine, used consid- eTably ill the fire departments of several cities, has aided materially in lowering tue loss by water at small fires. The preparation carried in the tanks of these engines has I double advantage-no6 only does il extinguish 6 large body of fire with ths use Of small amount of water, but the liquid itself evaporates quickly, leaving very little drip in the apartments or floors underneath the fire.
 The tanks of these engines are eharg. ed with a solution of bicarbonate of SO. da tbaking soda) and water, with q small cylinder Of sulphurio acid sus= pended at the top When the rank is i'll. Yerted, this acid is emptied into the eoda and water, and the mixture at once generates carbonic acid gas at il great pressure. Charging the liquid with this gas gives it the necessary pres. sure to drive it considerable distance. The hose is coiled around a reel on top of the engine, and always connected with the tanks, so when the firemen ar rive 1t q fire all they haye to do is to run of as much hose IS they need, dash up stairs with the line, give the order 10 dump" one of the tanks (there are TWO, carrying GO gallons eaeh}, and they are all ready to go to work. The chem ical engine has extinguished more than 20 fires of considerable size since it has been In service in the New York depart ment, little over q year Ii is station. ed on the upper west side of tho city, where there are great number of dwellings and flats. and it has aided materially in keeping down the fire losses in that part of New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23
Leipslc.

Mrs. Isabel c. Barrows, i'll an article in the New York Independent on Plain Life and High Thought as exemplified at Eeipsie university, says:
 Leipsic is one of the great flower marts Of Europe. It is joysome sight 10 go through the early morning market and see the flowers of all kinds in masses beyond conception. There is no student so poor that he cannot add to the beauty If his room the charm of flower when for ? cents he can have big bunch of mignonette. This very morning the expenditure of 24 cents gave one literal. ly an armful of mignonette, large and fragrant forgetmenots, bluer than the sky of rather gray Leipsic; great golden butteFeups like those that grow on the up. land meadows of the Rigi; kornblumen, the old emperors 5 fayorite flower, and lilies of the valley in profusion. Plain living, amid flowers, with music, na- ture and friendship at command, may easily lead to high thinking, and the student who is here to strive for ac. auirement of truth may well scorn the irappings of wealth, since wealth is not needed to command the highest and hest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23
COAL AND IRON.
The Important Relationship of These I've
 Valuable Minerals.

Statistics show that, whereas Great Britain in 1S4o produced 55 per cent of fhe world s supply of coal, at the pres snt time iE produces only 34 per cent. Atlantic liners no longer carry coal from Great Britain for the return jour ney. They now take in American coal, and no Jess than l, ,500. 000 tons of American coal were thus consumed in 1895. The condition Of the iron mann. featuring industries has always exer- eised most important influence on the production of coal, so that large de- Aaand for iron draws with it t large dc nand for mineral fuel During the last D years the worlds production of pig iron has increased from l2,000, coo to %6, 0O0, coo tons, but the share taken by e+reat Britain has fallen from IS. & per cent 10 29 per cent, while that Of the United States has increased from II. 1 per cent to 26.2 per cent. that of Ger many from 11.4 per cent 10 9l. | Der cent, and that Of Russia from 5 per cent TO 4. : per eent. Indeed, iron is now be- ing imported from the United States into this country, and, incredible as it may seem, the railway station at Mid dlesbrough, the center Of tho iron trade, is built of iron brought from Belgium. Surely, then, the author of eOur Coal Resources at the Close of the Nine. teenrh Century is hardly right in thinking that British coal and iron still hold their own. He argues that other countries of Europe arc exhausting their coal supplies just as Great Britain is. yet the figures he gives show that Ger many has in reserve. within a depth oi 5000 feet, 109, o0o. GOO, GOO tons of coal as compared with our (England s 8l, 688, 900. GOO tons within a depth ot 1000 feet. And this estimate does not include brown coal, of which Germany raises D, GOO, 900 tons annually-Na. TnTR
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23
atr. oeoafelloM.s asneresl.g,

N Ms Gleseenan--My dear. what s paragon that husband of yours is I sssvs raest lsiazs j.. taaa esc bat he 1T GFa upon paying my fare. and If there is | party of Us he pays for every one, men and all. So gen gousl Nothing will prevent him.
 Mrs. Goodfellow fy ih sigh)--No, nothing will prevent him, even if it takes all my housekeeping money and the money 1 need fr new gown. = New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23
On the High Cis.

Ellen Besea l5&gs, ttsssss phenomenal soprano went on yachting cruise re- gently in southern California. The waves grew high and she soon took to her berth. One of her friends, going to inquire how she was progressing, heard her humming lullaby in q most pecul- jar tone of voice, Her maid came to the door and explained that Miss Yaw was sick. But she is singing, the wis itor exclaimed Yes, 1 know, an- swered the maid, "but Miss Yaw moans in tune that way so it won't disturb any one else. '--kansas City Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23

The omnibuses of one London eompa ny cover just about 20, GOO, GOO miles in rhe course of q year-half as much as is covered by the trains of the London and Northwestern railways distance snffi- ciant to take them nearly three times around tho world every day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-23

If horse racing were abolished, it is estimated that over 20, GOO people would be thrown out of employment in Eng land
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
The Release OF Luis Lay.

The discharge Of young LAY from n Cuban
prison, ~ by cable to the Depart
ment OF State, Is the first step toward repn,
ration In what seems TO be n fragrant eS-
ample Of the imprisonment on suspicion TO
which Americans in Cuba are subject.
LAY Is said to be about eighteen years old,
and to have been born In the island Of Amer.
ica9 parents. The dispatches note that he
was arrested by the police in a social club,
while playing cards, and his case was car
ried before the Guanabacoa Court last
month, the final result being his release.
Thus his nam adds one more to the list,
which we have seen put rs high as twoscorc,
Of Americans who have been seized and
thrown into Spanish prisons during the pres
ent revolt, and at length released on the fail
ure To make out a case against them.
Besides these there are yet In Cuban
prisons, IL appears. about sixteen Ameri-
cans. They include the Competitor crew,
LABoRDE, GLIDER, LEAvITT. BARRETT. and
MELTON. who are to he tried again. after
being once condemned to death; SANGUIIy
and SoMEILLAN, condemned to life impris-
onment, whose cases have boon appealed to
Madrid; and nine others, who have not yet
been tried, but with long incarcerations are
getting punishment In advance.
We may fairly look for a reckoning with
Spain, hereafter, at least in all the cases OF
unjustifable arrest and imprisonment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
Ii 1t an Alliance with England ?

II It be shown to the satisfaction OF the
Senate that Secretary OLSEY declared re-
Gently that the Arbitration Treaty was vir-
tually an alliance with England, It might
rave a decided bearing on the discussion OF
ratil at this time.
As one report goes, this admission was
made to the Minister OF Russia in direct
response to an inquiry. There may be vari-
Gus versions Of the answer. and one Of them
seems TO limit the alliance to the mainte-
nance Of the Monroe doctrine. Even in this
form the audacious frankness of the alleged
assertion would be evident.
The counsel Of THOMAS JEFFERSON. nearly
= century ago peace, commerce, and hon
est friendship with all nations, entangling
alliances with none,' has become n funda-
mental principle Of American polity and
the latter clause Is as familiar ms any phrase
in the immortal Declaration formulated by
the same great and patriotic mind. We
neither need nor wish any alliances with
European monarchicsl powers: and the In
depreciation thus rumored to he put pom
the general Arbitration Treaty by the Score.
tary Of State would, Of course, not help the
prospects Of the agreement In the Senate.
Even for the maintenance Of the Monroe
doctrine We want no European alliance.
England. In her Venezuelan treaty. has done
all we required In that respect. Whether
Mr.. OLSEY made the strange assertion at
tributed to him Ia another question; but 80
far he has not publicly ~repudiated II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
A Bright Outlook for Cyclists.

Despite the efforts Of the Woman's Rescue
League OF Washington to dissuade young
women from bicycling, and despite similar
endenvors On the part Of other well-mean-
ing persona, the new year promises to
eclipse all others in the number and variety
Of its wheeling enthusiasts, And why not ?
Never before was the sport OF cycling so
we'll understood; never before were its
healthful advantages, for males and females
alike, 40 thoroughly appreciated never be.
fore was 80 much attention paid by the
proper authorities to the protection of the
wheels natural rights; and never before
were bicycles so we'll suited in strength,
weight, and equipment to persons of dis
tinct or unusual requirements. In short, IL
Is safe to conclude that experience has
enabled the manufacturers to greet their
customers at the beginning OF this year
with better looking, easier running, and,
we believe, more Seryiceable wheels than
were ever before produced.
What new makers may do in the way of
furnishing cheap wheels is largely a matter
OF conjecture, but it is known that the older
manufacturers have baan wide awake to
the necessity OF supplying their machines
with every device and attachment and every
change In construction which seems likely
to meet with the approval of wheelmen.
For example, larger and better tubing will
be used In the frames OF bicycles where it
has been found desirable; better chains will
be employed; brakes will be OF styles more
welcome to the rider and saddles, the source
OF so much discomfort, will be offered in
greater variety and more pleasing shapes,
and at lower prices than formerly. There
will he wide saddles and narrow saddles,
those that are hard and those that are soft,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19

excuse for indifference TO the relations which
should subsist between orr country and the
Dominion Of Canada, whose population 10
three times that Of Cuba, whose possessions
are equal to our own in area. and cotermi-
nous with them from ocean to ocean.
The Republican platforms speak with no
uncertain sound in regard TO the Monroe
doctrine and manifest destiny, and while
these important matters were not much dis
cussed during the last campaign, It was
rather because they are bedrock principles
upon which all true Americans are axreed,
than because Of any indifference to thSm.
Great as is our interest In Cuba, and it Is
great because IL Is one of the questions OF
continental policy which has come down to
us from the fathers; and by virtue Of the
brutal war now waging within the borders
OF that island, we cannot put IL aside. TIL
day may not be far in the future when
the question OF continental union may
become ten times moro insistent and i'm
portant than the question of Cuban indie
pendence. 1t Is the part Of craftsmanship
to anticipate and provide for such questions,
II not to bring them forward for considera-
ton, and our statemen should not, In talk
ing about universal peace and the settle
ment Of international disputes. lose sight OF
our permanent and paramount interests on
this continent. nor Of the political union on
all the English-speakins people which oc-
cupy It, which no treaty stipulations should
prevent them from promoting by every
honorable means.
1t would be q browning glory for Nc
KiNLEY's Administration II It could smooth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
Our Relations with Canada.

Now that the Committee OF Ways and
Means is engaged in framing a revision Of
the tariff, to be ready for the action OF the
special session Of Congress, which, It is IN
derstood. is to be called to meet on the 18th
OF March next, IL is Of vital Importance
that IL should not overlook the agricultural
schedules nor the Treasury regulations
which govern our trade with Canada.
1t cannot be too often repeated that n
boundary line running four thousand miles
mostly through a ~sparscly settled country
offers every inducement to smuggling, and
that there Is good reason for the statement
that more goods, wares, and merchandise OF
Canadian or European production find
their way across that border, duty free,
than through the Custom Houses.
The Dominion OF Canada still persists in
maintaining itself as n foreign country
owing it's allegiance to the British Crown.
1t is furnished with railways built by Brit
ish capital for military and strategic pur-
poses hostile to the United States. Let US
add that those railways are supported
mainly by our interstate commerce, car
ried through Canada, and brought back
into our territory duty free, under the
bonding privilege, rs authorized by our
Treasury regulations, Time and time again
we have called the attention OF Congress
and the country to the fact hat this prac-
tice is not a reciprocal one, and that 1t is ex-
crciscd in violation of the principle, II not
the express provisions, Of the act OF Con
Rress which reserves our coastinR trade
for our own citizens and our own mercan-
tile marine.
Since tariff revision Ia on, and protection
is the principle. 1t Is about time that we
should protect our own farmers md manu-
fRcturcrs by such regulations as will break
up smuggling from Canada, and by such
amendments to our laws rs will render it
impossible for alien and hostile railways TO
engage in our carrying trade.
Congress is giving n great deal Of atten,
ton To the rebellion in Cuba and to the in.
tercsts Of the United States in that beauti-
full ont unfortunate island, because il Is q
near neighbor whose fortunes are more or
less bound up with our own; but this Is no
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-19
SUNDElBS.

Bath. Me-. claims a 10 months old baby adj. TO
play the harmonica-
Don. . dog. has carried mail between the ors
OF O. Z. simpson and the Post once 4, East suiil.
van. Me-. for more than q year.
Corn held In Holt county, Missouri. has ne.n
damaged 10 per cent. by the corn worm. and horse,
and cattle have suffered from eating Il.
1t is reported OF tn. Assistant General supertn
tendent of the Rock Island Railroad, W. n. stiil.
well. that he wears miniature photographs OF the
members OF his family On his waistcoat buttons.
kidding wood placed In the stove ut the hospt.
tai Of the Soldiers Orphans Home at AtchiSon.
whom the home was opened six years ago. i.thes
yet, no occasion to use the hospital h ,vins arisen.
"A mining prospector. whose experience Is SAD
TO cover almost every mining rssion OF he Mort.
west, has been lately waxing enthusiastic ove-'s
future OF the Cascade range IN oregon as a go'i'
producing section.
school superintendent r. W. Williams Of Graai
county. Or, was stabbed so viciousiy that Il VA
thought the cuts might be mortal. by Edward Yea
der. a eo.yesr. old pupil. who objected to the .I.
animation papers At Prairie City.
John Mills, as administrator Of his fAth.-sH
tate. has sold nj Rome. Ca, = hale OF cotton wnes
his father raised In 1877. The father refused 10 eel
1t At 2e cents. deeninE the price to , low. and hal
held II for = rise. II was sold AZ 5 as cent.
-Be.ides a Postmistress. a woman physician. ard
= woman stage driver. the town OF lowell. Ne. rt
Joisef In . woman Justice OF the Peace. Mrs I'u'.s
J. capel, who. 'at the residence Of 8 " csh~'.'
iateiy Joined In mstrimony Flora horton - thn
place aud GILBERT $. Perry Of VIM. 1t ia uid that
this was the nrst marriage ceremony performed ~
= woman 10 Penobscot county.
Five experimental, stations are - =. ..:se
Iished In the arid belt OF Kansas, Nehrssk,, Cn'c
RADIO. ana the pskotas in the spring. for the 'u't'v'
Ffrn ~ fna Anil affer n sysfaUN tANfaat hv " " CAwTs