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wool schedule, and has not received sin
gle complaint in regard to the bill gen.
orally from the farmers.
1t cannot be expected" continued Mr..
Steele. that any genuine prosperity and
stability will come to the country until
this tariff matter is settled and rates on
all articles adjusted permanently. The
trouble was after the enactment of the
Mckinley law, that the people dill not al
low sufficient time for conditions to prop
eriy adjust themselves and to allow the
law to show its full power before they
overwhelmed the country with an adverse
criticism and demanded a trial of low
tariff. The people of the country have
had opportunity to see the free trade the
DRY put into practical operation and have
found it wanting. and now we hope that
when this present bill is enacted into law
they will be patient and allow the new
law to thoroughly adjust itself to the con-
ditions of the country, before passing
hnal Judgment on its merits. We conf
IDENTITY predict that it will bring prosper
lty to the country but it is not reasonable
to suppose that it can work miracles, or
that 1t can Immediately place the country
upon the footing and prosperous basis
which we had worked up to and enjoyed
through many years Of continuous protec-.
ton prior to the advent of the Wilson law.
The country has demanded a return to the
protective system. and no class has made
the demand stronger in this line than the
farmers Now when the system is put
into operatio let us give it the necessary
time. after the past years Of tearing down
the protective walls of the country, to
gradually bring confidence and the hum
of industry, which has been through his
tory the accompaniment of a protective
tariff
u nder free trade. or a low tariff. the
producer or manufacturer has no assur-
ance what the prices for his products will
be. The prices are regulated by the
floods of material and manufactured ar
ticles which are nnlCaded upon our shores,
the products of the pauper labor of Eu-
rope; he is thus timid about pursuing this
line of industry to his full capacity for
fear it will leave him in debt by finding
his markets occupied by foreign goods:
thus his operations are circumscribed and
his purchasing power reduced to mini
mum and many of the people who sold
him their products find themselves with
out customer. Such an instance multi
piled by thousands largely accounts for
the loss of the home market in this coun-
try"
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Steady Business improvement.

A good many people are complaining
that business is no better than it was be-
fore the election. There has certainly
been no boom. and men of small means
find it about as difficult to get money as
before; but there is certainly an improve
ment in financial conditions, and people
with good collateral and gilt-edged credit
can secure money for legitimate opera
tons at a lower rate of interest than ever
known before in this country.
If people will exercise a little patience
they may yet witness a marvellous busi-
ness recovery. as the result of the heath
Ter political and industrial conditions
broughN about by the Inauguration of
Republican President and the passage of
a protective tariff.-Minneapolis Tribune.
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HON. Nelson piuC'ey.

J l.inG the farmers generally without
''afl to political associations are rather
~ s-4 Gus 10 see a measure like the Dingley
- =, passed, in order to see what the result
oe rs related to themselves. Even
.7 "Ao have not heretofore believed
~ mach in the policy of protection to
--eHc1a industries. want to see this bill
80 i4so operation in the hope that it viii
: I-''I 'Aem relief. and if it does they viii
= 'FE{ thankful. If it does not afford
-. 'el'I desired then they will turn
t attention TO something else. SO far
= am individually concerned. | have
11@!> been an advocate of protection to
So an industries. AS farmer have
- ,-4t the agricultural interests have
=. Always been fairly treated in tariff re-
:, ''oAS' u the Mckinley bill, agriculture
4. 'e'ea better treatment than in any 9TH
measure. previous or subsequent. ex-
~ Tue Dingley bill. | had mulch to do
,r ,-'l .'y with the shaping of the Mckin-
ri o.. as related TO the agricultural
'''p.e. being called upon by Major Nc
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M. N. JOHNSUN,
Member Ways and Means Committee.
Hon. T. n. DODGE.

Free traders are apt to sheer a. the idea
of tariff on farm animals. wheat, barley.
eggs and other products of the farm and
call attention to the limited amount of
such imports. 1t they are intelligent, such
sneering is insincere; if impracticable doc
trinarians they know no better. Without
a duty on wheat, it can be brought from
Argentine to New York at less expense
than from Nebraska; barley is brought
from Canada in spite of ordinary duties,
and cattle from Canada and Texas. Wool
was brought from Australia, Cape Colony
and several South American States when
the duty was II cents per pound, and
since it came in free, with free shoddy in
its wake, an amount in a single year.
equal to the. entire clip of the United
States, has flooded the country. sending
prices below cost of production and a
fourth of the hocks of the country to the
butchers block, to expectation and to
death by neglect; reduced the value of
those remaining and almost eliminated
value from the pasture lands of farm and
range. The manufacturers who were
promised so much benefit from free wool.
greater variety. cheaper cost, larger out
nut and a foreign market have been over
run by enormous quantities and depre-
ciated qrOlities of manufactured foreign
goods. not admitted free. but at lower
duties. and the result has been the shut
ting down of mills until at one time three
fourths of the factories were imperative,
artisans and laborers out of employ, con-
sumption of farm products reduced, conf
dence destroyed, panic intensified and ev-
ery interest of the country affected. The
wool growers and manufacturers alone
have lost more by this experiment of free
woods and lowered wooden duties than the
sum represented by the increase of the ma
tional debt during Cleveland's administra
ton. And who has gained? Nobody. The
quality Of clothing is reduced more than
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c.,o., F.rmers Prosperous
yertiSer.

Ion Pope Brown, president of the
Georgia State Agricultural oocieIy' IS re-
ported as saying that the farmers OF tne
state are in better condition tnan tney
have been in twenty years. Mr. brown
ia a farmer, progressive. successful ana
prosperous. He ought to know ana we
believe he is very correct.-Housfon Home
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of Retter Times.

While the revival of industry from the
.oarass;on caused by the Democratic fasih
= Glow as was foreseen By ali inteiiisens
- = i nevertheless. progressing stead
~. and in no part of the Union are signs
,.,'r;ng that the hard times are passing
~ and better conditions returning 70
= III - ..,asses of trade aaj indussry.-Sas
Francisco Call.
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The interest on our public debt increas
ed so per cent during Grover Cleveland's
second term in office, but the interest in
Grover Cleveland and his party during
that time decreased more than 80 per cent.
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[rVs OF THE MEN WHO FRAMED IT,
.,1ine Statisticians and Agricultural Experts
Also Commend It.
Nest Favorable Measure to Agriculture Ever Presented
to Congress.

,,rou:nr expressions from leading
lF ,..-...s >'3t.Sticians and statesmen
IN fine Dinghy bill and its re!a-
H.. g~~icultural element of the
.., and TO agriculture itself. Will
-.arn,, 10 every reader. whatever
..rr,.r.n. The class Of men Felect-
+. H.. e-n~ps<ion of views includes
. ..s. raining rs students Of agri-
from q practical and statistical
.,.,- of actual practice in prepar-
~, nh itself. renders their consensus
..-.,n upon this measure extremely
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-05-20
A VERSATILE AGRlCULTURlST.
Secretary Wilson Looking Out for
Various Farm Industries.

Secretary Wilson Looking Out for
Various Farm Industries.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of
Agriculture, learning incidentally that
corn was being shipped from the United
States to Denmark to be fed to COWS,
whose butter is marketed in London, at
once conceived the idea that American
corn should be turned into butter by
American cows and marketed in London
by American farmers.
Upon inquiry at the Treasury Depart
ment, Mr.. Wilson learned that he had
power and authority to spend the Gov
ernment's money about as he saw fit. he
had a purpose in view in making the in
quiry, and at once issued orders to his as
sistants to buy several hundred pounds
of the best creamery butter made in Hi
noiS, Iowa and one or two other States.
This will be shipped to the Governments
animal industry agent in London, and
placed upon the market. The butter will
be sent in various packages, and the agent
will be instructed to report what the mar
ket wants in the way of package, color of
butter, salt, flavor, etc. 1t is expected
that in this way knowledge of the wants
of the English markets will be obtained.
to the end that the farmers of the United
States will soon be getting a fair share
of the English butter trade.
Secretary Wilson says scientific work is
all right, but he wants scientific work
that has practical value. 'The trouble
with many of our scientists of the Agri-
cultural Department" he says, sis that
they work for the delectation of other sci
entists, for the approval of their fellows in
the scientific world. l want them to work
for the farmer"
Currency Reform Not "Shelved."
The assertion which is made by some of
the sound money Democratic papers that
the Republicans have "shelved" monetary
reform is a little too precipitate. Presi-
dent Mckinley gave prominent place to
this subject in his inaugural address, and
suggested the appointment of commits
sion to go over the whole question and re-
port plan which would bring our diverse
and illogical financial system into approx
innate harmony with the requirements of
the time. A bill to carry out the Presi
dents suggestion has been introduced in
the House.
1t would be unreasonable to blame the
Republicans for giving precedence to the
tariff question A deficit of something
like $7O,OOO,OOO year in the revenues is
to be provided for, and this necessity is
far greater than that of reforming the
financial system, urgent as the latter re-
quirement is. The condition of the cur
rency will not get worse, for the assault
on the nations monetary stability and SOL
vency made last year has been repealed,
and it cannot be repeated until three years
hence at the earliest On the other hand,
the necessity for immediate action on the
question of the revenues is Imperative
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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emf Tor the island people who wish to
visit up-sound points.
Returning, leaves City Dock, foot of
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The new school law has been codifed
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and That said notice shall be the only
one given Each member will ,,oooi,ro.
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furJ 1UwnSend, returned on the Str.
THOMPSON Monday. Int went III ~
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l Oh blood purifier and
The herald., 1897-11-17
that the country has been thoroughly
prospected.
IRKsoME TO sTUDENTs
Present Method Of Grading Scholars
Discouraging to Bright Pupils


The grading system which prevails in
nearly al. the public and many of the
private schools Of the country is
source Of considerable embarrassment
and wor'. to parents and children, and,
we doubt not, to teachers. Within year
ly lii its, at least, the brightest pupils
must regulate their progress by the pos
sibilities of the dullcst The dullest work
under conditions of great discourage
ment because of the strain of the pace
set by the brightest. For some time,
w. j. Shearer, superintendent of schools
In Elizabeth, N. j., has adopted all ori-
ginal and flexible Plan, which he claims
has mad admirable results and which
has won the commendation of DR.. w. T.
Harris, United States commissioner of
education, and other eminent educators.
AT the outset Superintendent Shearer
attacks the attempted uniformity of the
prevailing system. He says: "Uuiforn-
ity is demon. which cuts short the
school life of the majority and menaces
the intellectual life of every pupil in the
schools. Before it can be throttlod the
promotion examinations must be aban-
doned."
Under his plan pupils are promoted to
advanced work when ready for it, No
teacher is allowed to take her pupils
faster than they can do good work. On
the other hand. pupils easily pass from
one division to another at any time when
trey find themselves ahead of their com
panions. If from sickness or other causes
Il pupil falls out of the procession, in
stead OF making absence of q month
mean the loss of year the pupil falls in
to a division SO close that as soon as he
can recover the lost ground he can get
the benefit of his effort
While there is less friction and a bet
ter training and development claimed
Tor this system. there is also much time
gained. The statement is made that go
per cent of those who go through the
preliminary grades or further gain from
one to four years. The teachers rec
ords of several thousand pupils show
that, during the past year, rs per
cent of the pupils in Elizabeth gained
from one to six months time, while their
average gain was over three months
This they did without any urging, and
almost without their knowing it," Here
are results which ought to set educators
thinking. Elizabeth is comparatively
small city, but if she employs u plan
every way more effective and economi-
cal than the prevailing method, pride
or prejudice should not stand in the way
of it's adoption. At least it would cost
little to make thorough investigation
of the new idea.-Boston Transcript.
The herald., 1897-11-17


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The Subject of Inquiry by
Trustees
NO ONE SEEMS VERY ANXIOUS
EXCEPT THE employees WHO
WERE FIRED
The Matter Will Be Further Discussed
and Report Made to the
Governor
,c.ated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Nov. 1s.--Gov-
ernor Budd called the board of trustees
Of the Preston school together this after
noon at o'clock for the purpose Of in
quiring into the charges that Supcrin-
tendent O'Brien had treated the inmates
in a cruel and inhuman manner, and
that the superintendent was incompe-
Preston. Tyrrell and Maddux, Superin-
tendent O'Brien and Secretary Bernard.
Governor Budd read an extended
paper in which he said that the entire
responsibility for the conduct of the
school rested with the trustees. Hef,vas
only responsible for their appointment.
The board had absolute power. If there
were any abuses which they could not
regulate he would lay the matter before
the next legislature.
The government read a letter from
Secretary Bernard, letter in which he
asked to he permitted to appear before
the meeting today and make defense in
his own behalf of the charges which
superintendent O'Brien had made to the
effect that Bernard was incompetent
Trustee Maddux made the remark that
he had nothing to do whatever about
the matter of investigating any charges
against either the superintendent or the
secretary.
The governor said he could require
report from the trustees as to their acts.
'1s there anything else. DR.. Tyrrell?"
asked the governor of the trustee from
Sacramento.
DR. Tyrrell said he had learned that
the trustees had the power to act.
II am glad to hear that you have found
it out" observed the governor.
Trustees Maddux and Preston prom
Used to submit writtenr report of affairs
ut the lone school.
Governor Budd remarked that he un-
derstoodA that when DIR. O'Brien went
into the school nineteen of the officers
resigned and number Of boys were al
lowed to escape. Continuing, the gov
crnor said if there were any abuses at
the school lie hoped they would be
stopped.
The meeting then came to an end,
with the understanding that the matter
would be discussed by the trustees at a
regular meeting to be held at the school
II: the carly part of next month.
John Markley. secretary of the state
The herald., 1897-11-17
The Gold Bullitt

To the Editor of The Los Angeles Her.
aid: The Bullitt plan to reform the cur
rency Is a makeshift.
1t offers national bank currency in
lieu of the present government paper as
means to stop the raids upon the
treasury, but provides for the redemp-
ton of the national bank currency in
gold by the banks, which would expose
these institutions to raids and demands
of an equally serious nature. 1t pre-
scribes gold security reserve equal to
80 per cent of the new circulation to be
held by the banks and in the treasury
This would retire from use and hold in
the vaults S24o, 0CO in gold on an issue
of $S00,000,0 ,000 in bank bills. 1t requires
an issue of Per cent bonds to tho
amount of $4,000 600 with which to take
up for cancellation the present out
standing government currency. On
these bonds the people must needlessly
pay the enormous annual interest oi
s24,000000.
1t is in opposition to the federal con-
stituton, which virtually declares the
money-issuing power to be function
of the government. 1t gives the national
banking corporations sufficient control
Of the quantity of money in circulation
to enable them to eliminate it, il they
desire, even to II point below the re-
quirements of the people, thus creating
Il stringency which would tend to raise
the interest rates and cause depression
Of prices
1t declares that silver and subsidiary
coins should be redeemed in gold on de-
mand at the United States treasury
which would give new opportunity fol
indefinite runs upon the gold reserve
1t makes no statement whatever as to
what disposition would be made of the
silver now lying idle in the United
States treasury, leaving it fair to pre-
sumo that it would be sold at the mar
ket price as bar silver at tremendous
loss, and thus fasten upon the American
people the relentless British gold stan
dard JEFFERSON.
The herald., 1897-11-17
a DAMAGE SUIT
CHIEF sAMoRYo
Incurs the Danger OF Punishment by
France

Incurs tho Danger OF Punishment by
France
PARIS. Nov. ia dispatch to the
Journal brings serious news from the
Niger region West Africa
In order to punish the inhabitants of
the town OF Kong, capital of the king
dom of Kong In the Mandngo region of
upper Guinea, for their refusal to sup
ply his troops with provisions, Chief
Shinoryo has RACED the town. For sew
eral weeks the French newspapers
have been calling upon the government
TO send punitive expedition against
Chief Somoryo. who. on Aug. 20last. sur
prised and routed French detachment
OF native troops sent to occupy territory
which he had offered to evacuate Two
OF the French officers and forty-four
men were killed. Kong Is a rich and fer
tile dependency of the French ivory
coast. IT the report published by the
Paris Journal is confirmed, the French
government will have no alternative but
to send to such Il punitive expedition as
the French press had been urging II to
undertake.
Samoryo, who Is otherwise known as
Samudu, and who was formerly known
as the Western African mahdi, is a
Iippo Tib on Il large scale Il wholesale
slave hunter.
The herald., 1897-11-17
DURRANT'S DEE1AND
Wants to Be Tried for the Other
Murder

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16.-The at
torneys for Theodore Durrant made q
new move today. The condemned maj
now stands convicted of the murder u.
Blanche Lamont. No disposition has
been made of the additional murder
charge based on the death of Minnie
Williams.
document filed with the district at
torney today gives notice that on Fri
day next the attorneys for the accused
will appear before Judge Bahrs and de-
nand that a date be set for the trial OF
the Williams case in the same manner as
though there had been no trial and con-
viction for the murder of Blanche La :
mont.
District Attorney Barnes takes the
position that the Williams case cannot
be forced to trial.
The order of the state supreme court,
made last Thursday, and the certificate
of probable cause were received in this
city tcday for fling.
The herald., 1897-11-17
A HOLY WAR
The Indian Tribesmen Think They
Strike for Islam

The Indian Tribesmen Think They
Strike for Islam
SIMLA, Nov. 16.-Of1cial dispatches
which reached here today from the Brit
tsh camp in the Maindan Valley, an
nounce that General Kempster's brigade,
while coming in yesterday evening. was
attacked by the enemy In force. The
tribesmen were driven Off with the as
sistance of star shells which illuminated
the scene of the engagement sufficiently
to enable the tribesmen to be seen.
The British officers found in the resi-
dence OF the Mullah, Said Allah, letters
saying: 1.-THE Turks have beaten the
Greeks and have seized the approaches
to India and as the British reinforce
ments are cut off, now is the time to
strike a blow for Islam."
Further advices from Maiden Valley
camp say that while foraging in the
western part of the valley British force
had six casualties and four staff officers
had narrow escape from capture. a
body Of the enemy cOncealing their
rifles sauntered up in an apparently
friendly manner, but the officers were
suspicious and retreated, whereupon
the tribeslnen opened fire upon then
This brought a company of Ghurkas to
the rescue and the officers succeeded in
getting away. s.l .a
The herald., 1897-11-17
Fruit Men Organize

SACRAMENTO, Cal. Nov. 16-At 4
Joint meeting of the several County
Boards Of Horticulture held here this
afternoon, a permanent State organlza-
tion was effected by the election Of
Hiram Hamilton OF Orange as Presi-
dent, and Harry +. Stabler of Yuba,
Secretary.
1t was decided to draft a resolution to
be presented to the state Fruit Growers
convention, now in session here. asking
the General to exclude from
transmission through the mails all kinds
of fruit, seeds and slips, the idea being
to lessen the danger from the distribu-
ton through this agency OF infected
Shrubs and seeds.
The herald., 1897-11-17
CALIFORNIA OPINION
An Unenviabc Reputation

California is earning a reputation for
the punishment of criminals that Is
unenviable Other states have their
murderers executed within a reasonable
time. Why is California an exception in
this respect? Maladministration of the
law or defective laws Will do much to re-
tard the development of this state. II
murderers are to sneer at our courts and
If pettifogging lawyers are to prove that
our laws are a farce. then 1t is high time
for the Inauguration of reforms which
shall prevent these things.-San Diego
Tribune
The herald., 1897-11-17
LAUGHS AT DEATH
A Missouri Murderer Who Is Evident
1y Insane

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16.--Uuless Governor
Stephens interferes, Tom johnson,
alias Henry Clay, the negro murderer,
will be hanged at 6 O'Clock Thursday
morning on the old scaffold in the Jail
yard. Every effort is being made by
the condemned mans attorney to Sc
cure a respite of thirty days. Johnson
is regarded as weak minded. The attor-
ney has secured a number of signatures
to a petition to Governor Stephens.
among them being that of Judge With
row, who sentenced Johnson. During
quarrel in July, 1896. Johnson killed
William Amend, newsboy. Johnson
has written to his aunt in Georgia ask
ing that she send for his body and bury
it in the South. She is his only relative.
He does not seem to realize his position,
but laughs when his approaching exc
cution is mentioned.