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ments with food and clothing. This was
so apparent that President Madison, in
special message to Congress, urged ''the
deliberate consideration of the means to
preserve and promote the manufactures
which have sprung into existence aud OBJ
tanned an unparalleled maturity through
out the United States"
The tariff during the above period was
collected in part by the specific and part
by tbe ad valorem method. but averaged
probably about 20 per cent. of the value
of the articles upon which il was placed,
though that of the first tariff was much
lower than this.
1916 to 1894.
The free trade theory took possession
of the public mind in 1916. 1t was an
other case similar to that which the pres
ent generation has witnessed, when the
people of the United States In the pros
porous year of 1892 decided to adopt free
trade. The result in 1916 was similar
to that of 1892. The tariff was trans
ferred 10 articles not produced In the
United States and was what is com
monty known as revenue tariff" or in
other words. was adjusted merely to pro
duce revenue and not TO protect home
industries. The result was great de-
struction Of industries; l,bor idle; great
distress, sheriff sales IN great numbers
throughout the country; high prices for
manufactured goods, low prices for
American farm products; deficit in the
revenues, debt-creating period. Balance
of trade against us, money of the coun-
try contracted from $40, OOO, 900 to $45,-
600, 600; great reduction In the value Of
taxable property.
Benton gives this pictures of the times:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

at home to the support of the government
to allow people outside of that govern
ment to come in and do business in COM
petition with those who do pay taxes,
without contributing in some way TO the
support of the government. Therefore
governments have for centuries insisted
upon placing Il tax upon articles coming
i'm from abroad. thus accomplishing the
first object and ut the same time adding
TO the revenues of the government. This
view has been modified in two ways;
first, by the class known as free trad
ers," who insist that the tariff should not
be used to protect those citizens OF the
home government who help support 1t but
that the taxes should be placed upon
those articles which everybody must use
and thus distribute the burden of raising
revenue among all the people of the home
government. The protectionists believe
that the tax should be so levied that those
outsiders coming in to engage in the adj
vantages of trade among our people
should pay proper share of the expenses
of the government of that people with
whom they thus have advantage of trade
and that the tax should also be so ad-
jusled as TO prevent ruinous competition
by outsiders with the people ut home
who manufacture goods and thus give em-
ployment to the people of their own coun-
try.
There are two general methods of fix.
ing the rate of tariff taxation which shall
be levied upon goods coming into the
country. One of these is known as the
lad valorem" method: the other is known
as the specific" method. BY the ad va
loren system the custom house officers
are required to collect as the tariff a
given percentage of the actual value of
the goods imported. BY the specific sys>
TEN the custom house officers are required
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
BUSINESS MOVES ON.
The Recent Bank Failures Were Local
Incidents Due to had Management.
fNaoo0 lGa Tala0ranh nao,

Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Dem)
In spite of the recent bank failures
out in the West. precipitated by the
crookedness of bank officials, and in
spite of the joyful demonstrations in
dulged in over the fall of those institu-
tons by calamity howlers, there are un-
mistakable evidences on every hand of a
gradual return to better times.
About month ago the Smith Carpet
mills. employing about $500 hands, shut
down. 1t was a signal for burst of en-
thusiasm in calamity bowling circles.
and 'cut the pigeon wing" winning
great applause from the gallery gods of
its sweet set. A few days ago this same
carpet mill. at Yonkers, N. Y, started
up again in all its branches, putting
1000 hands at work-just double the
number thrown out month ago.
But this Is not all. On the same day
the great Lowell and Amsterdam Cotton
mills opened with 5000 hands. The Ma
tjonal India Rubber works at Bristol,
Rhode Island; the Standard Cordage
company at Benton. the Liberty Cycle
company at Bridgeport. Conn, and a
norton of the Westinghouse Air Brake
works at Pittsburg, Pa, renewed opera
tions on the same day, employing thou
sands of hands.
These are some of the main manufact-
uring plants of the country that are
now vibrating with new life and vigor.
The starting up of a number of smaller
concerns are daily reported from all over
the country.
These things show an increasing de-
mand which, of course, comes from an
increasing consumption. They show that
conditions are right for a permanent re-
yivaI of business, IL bad legislation or
fool crusade does not stand In the way.
The people who would. ut this time,
drag the country into war ought to have
guardians appointed.
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and Altgeld has come forward and, par
doning the worst scoundrels in the ILL
nois penitentiary, he has proclaimed the
principles of the Democracy; and he has
the right to do IL, because he possesses
the organization. Is there any power
that can prevent him from becoming the
master of the Democratic partyi Can
he hold for his imported animosities the
prestige of Democratic regularity, that
he commanded through the presidential
campaign? The Indications are that he
can do this. We note good deal of
this testimony in the 9Th of January cele-
brations. Palmer, Buckner, Cleveland Il
Co are not in it.
As there are "a great many Democrats
who cannot consent TO be Altgeld An
archists. they should he Hospitality re-
ceived in the ranks of the Republican
party, and instead of banging their heads
against protection. they should assist in
establishing the law according to the
tremendous popular verdicts on that sub
lect in the November elections of '94-'9o-
96, That done. they may ameliorate
their condition by accepting genially the
chemistry of assimilation.
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JAMES q. BLAINE.

speaking of our nation as q free People,
Their safety and interests require that
they promote such manufactures as tend
TO render them independent of others for
essentials In his last annual message
he said, Congress has repeatedly and
not without success, directed their atten-
ton to the encouragement of manu-
features" Other Presidents who followed
him. Adams, Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, also recognized and commended
the Importance of the protective tariff
system. The tariff of 1889 was not ma
terially changed until 1872, when the
war with Great Britain required addi-
tional funds and the tariff rates were
then nearly doubled.
The immediate effect of the tariff Of
1888, based upon the protection theory,
was prosperity in agriculture and won
derful increase in commerce and revival
of old industries and the creation of new
ones. the multiplication of our merchant
marine, the raising of q sufficient rev.
enue to pay the expenses of the govern
ment and give relief TO its creditors and
create contentment and industries among
the people generally. The increase of
the duties in 1872 was followed BY an
enormous increase in the manufacturing
industries of the country, due IN some
degree to the fact that England ceased
TO export to the United States during the
war period. and also the improvement in
the manufactures and consequent EN-
plOyment of those supplying the en-
ployes of the manufacturing establish
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
, Diversified industries cali out
all the working powers of the
world. THOrlAS B. REED.

strength which the protective tariff gave
TO the Northern Industries, rallied and
obtained control of Congress, and what
is known as the walker revenue tariff. !"
a Democratic measure with low rates of
duty, levied purely for revenue and ad-
iusted so as TO prevent protection, was
adopted in 1916. The same inevitable
results followed. as always before, under
free trade or very low duties, though
they were postponed for some years by
external causes. 1t can be stated truth
fully, that for some years after the
repeal of the tariff of 1912 there was
an apparently increasing prosperity: but
the apparent success which seemed to
follow the tariff of 1916 was wholly due
to external adventurous causes. But as
soon as these unusual and accidental re-
sources were cut of, there followed the
same disastrous results, as always be-
fore under free trade or very low duties
Many industries wee destroyed: bust
ness was paralyzed: total ruin overlook
tens of thousands of the most successfur
merchants and manufacturers Of the coun-
try; and armies of toilers were hurled
from the factory or the shop into the
streets to steal or starve. Our exports of
cotton. rice, tobacco. corn and pork di-
minished, the demand for ships and for
labor fell off, and immigration, which had
trebled under the workings of the tariff
of 1912, greatly declined.
Not content. however, with the disas-
ters in the manufacturing sections of the
country. the North, WHICH had followed
the Walker tariff of 1916, the Southern
Democracy succeeded in passing an act
in 1857 still further reducing the tariff
rates. bringing the rates down TO an av-
erage of about 10 per cent. This was
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

Washington. ID. c., January, 1897
Congress being ABOUT To enact new tar
if law, a brief history of the tariff legis-
lation in the United States from the
adoption of the constitution down to the
present time, may be of interest.
tariff under the general accepta-
ton of the term in political economy. is n
tax levied upon goods coming into coun-
try from other parts of the world. The
theory upon which governments claim the
right to tax articles brought in from
abroad is that if persons from outside OF
the country or government desire To en-
10y the benefits of trade with the people
of that government they ought To con-
tribute in some degree to its support. All
citizens and business interests OF state
or government are expected and required
to. directly or indirectly, contribute to
the support of the government and it
would be injustice to those contributing
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
! am in favor of a protective
tariff and internal improvements
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

to collect a specified sum for each pound
or yard or given quantity of each article
coming in. To illustrate, under the ad
valorem system of the present law the
rate of duty collected on cattle above one
year old, is 20 cents ad valorem or 20
per cent. of the value named by the i'm
porters or determined at the custom
house. Under the specific rate of the Nc.
Kinley law the tariff collected on the
same class of animals was SO per head.
On grindstones the present law collects a
duty of 10 per cent. ad valOrem or 10 per
cent. of such valuation as may be named
by the importers or fixed by the custom
house authorities, while the Mckinley
law collected a rate of $1.T5 per ton. The
ad valorem system has proven unsatis-
factory, because INSCRIPTIONS persons inn
porting goods would name as their value
a sum very much less than their real
worth and thus make the amount of duty
that contemplated by the law. The rate
Of duty on cattle. as indicated above, Is,
under the present law. 20 per cent. ad
valorem, but by fixing the nominal value
of cattle imported at So or SO per head,
the person importing them would only be
500 on each animal, while the specific
rate of $40 per head, under the McKin-
ley law, applied no matter how low n
valuation the importers might choose to
name. III Is generally admitted by the
treasury department and the customs off.
GERS that losses to the government by
reason of under valuation on articles inn.
ported under the specific duties of the
present tariff law has cost the govern.
ment from $30.0OO0OO to $5O, 1000. 600 Der
annum in tariff taxes which should have
been paid had importers been honest In
giving proper valuation of their goods.
With this brief explanation of the tar.
III idea and the systems of its enforce
ment, il will be interesting, now that
the country is about TO adopt new tar.
iff, to state briefly the tariff history OF
the United States.
Prior To 15s9
Prior to the adoption Of the constitu
ton no tariff taxes were collected hy the
general government. Under the confed
Grafton, the states. jealous of their owr
rights, were unwilling to give to the gen
eral government the control Of their
ports and the raising of revenues ON ar
ticles coming into the states. Each state
therefore fixed its own tariff rates, come
of them seeking TO gain an advnntag.
over the others by allowing goods Il
come in without taxation and some levied
no tariff taxes on goods coming into Ger
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

followed by great panic. failures Of
banks and commercial houses, almost
total destruction of American industry;
poor prices for farm products, high prices
for foreign manufactured goods; little
employment, low wages, souphouses
opened to feed the idle workmen. Bank
ruptcy, wildcat" state bank failures, al
most total disappearance Of the circulate
ing medium; in the value of American
securities: debt-creating PERIOD little
gold or silver left In the country.
tective tariff was enacted by the Repub-
Leans. the public debt increased nearly
sac, 0O0, 900. and the expenditures ex-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

There Is no country in the
world where individual enter
prise has such wide and varied
range, and wherein the invent
i've genius of man has such en-
I enlargement.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26
LEGAL NOTICES.


SHERIFFOS SALE-By virtue and au-
thority of a special execution. No. 21s09, is
sued from the office of the clerk OF the cir
cut court Of Jackson county, at Kansas
City, missouri. r~eturnable to the OCTOBER
sheriff directed and delivered in favor or
stephen Meyer and Louis Grieb, partners
under the hrm name OF Meyer and Grieb.
and against Westport and Waldo ailway
! have levied upon and seized all the right,
title, interest and estate Of said defendant
Nestport and Waldo railway. in and TO
the following described real estate. situat-
ed in the county of Jackson and state of
missouri, tO-wit: All that part OF block
number six 90, Of New South Aoreland, a
subdivision OF a part Of the southwest
quarter OF section twenty-nine 90, IN
township torty-nine (i9l. range thirty-three
i"dJ. IN jackson OUnty Missouri, de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at the south
east corner of said block number six 20,
thence north along the west line OF oak
IShu boulevard two hundred ana IOrJy-tWo
t-t-t Iret 10 a point. thence west ana par
aleI 10 the south line of said block num-
Der six 90, one hundred and Eighty $50
Feet 10 a point. thence south and parallel
10 the west line OF Oakland boulevard two
nuuIied and forty-two t242l feet TO a point
IN the south line of said block number
SIX 90, thence east along said south line
one hundred and eighty Gs0) feet 10 the
point OF beginning, containing enc acre.
anu me buildings thereon, and l viii, on
saturday. the eth day OF August, A d.
1875, between the hours OF nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five O'Clock in the after
noon or that day. at the south front coor
Of the county court house. in Kansas City,
jackson county. state Of Missouri, and
during the session OF said circuit court al
Kansas city, Missouri, sell at public ven
due, for cash, 10 the highest bidder. all the
right. title, interest and estate Of the above
named defendant. WestpOrt and Waldo
railway, in and TO said real estate. to sat-
isfy said execution and costs.
ROBERT 5. STONE. Sheriff.
Kansas City, Mo. July 18th, 1881
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26

TRUSTEES SALE-Whereas, Jonathan
A. Upton and Elizabeth Upton, his wife,
by their deed of trust, dated the fourteenth
day Of August. 1895, filed Tor record on the
thiTtieth day Of September. 1885. and re-
corded in the Office of the recorder of deeds
of Jackson county. Missouri. at Kansas
City, in book b, number 59S. at page AS.
following described real estate. situate in
the county Of Jackson. state Of Missouri,
tO-Wit: All Of lot seven 90, in block one
%. of La Neta Place. an addition to the
City of Kansas Cnow Kansas city,. as
said lot and block are marked and desig-
mated on the plat of said addition, on file
and Of record in the office of the recorder
of deeds Of said Jackson county. in trust
to secure the payment of the prOmissory
note and the semi-annuaI in~stallments Of
interest thereon in said deed of trust men,
toned; and, whereas, default was made
in the payment Of the S-emi-annuaI INSTALL
ment of interest which was due on said
note on the fourteenth day of February,
1897, and the same remains stin unpaid, by
reason whereof by the terms Of said deed
Of trust said entire debt stands due and
payable; now. therefore. public notice is
hereby given that I, the undersigned trus-
tee. at the request of the legal holder of
said note, will. on Monday. the sixteenth
day Of August. 1897, between the hours Of
o'clock a. m. and five o'clock y. m. sell
the hereinbefore described real estate at
the south front door Of the court house
in the block bounded BY Missouri
avenue. Oak. Fifth and Locust streets. in
Kansas City, in the county OF jackson
for cash, for the purpose of dis
charging said debt and interest and pay
ing the cost of executing this trust.
CHARLES NJ. NORTHUP. Trustee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26

SHERIFF"S SALE-By virtue and au-
thority of a special transcript execution
Issued from the office Of the clerk of the
circuit court OF Jackson county. at Kan
sas City. Missouri, returnable TO the Oc-
tOber term, 1897, Of said court, and TO me
as sheriff directed and delivered, in favor
OF James Halpin and against Milton B.
Whitney. Charles Fairchild, H. f. Mooney,
Sanford B. Ladd and L. Hagerman, re-
ceiverS City Real Estate Co, j have levied
upon and seized all the right. title, interest
and estate of said defendants, Milton b.
Whitney. Charles Fairchild, II. E. Mooney,
Sanford B. Ladd and F. Hagerman. re-
celvers City Real Estate Co., in and 70 the
Following described real estate, situated
in the county of Jackson and state OF Mis-
souri,. to-wit; Lot seven 90, south twenty
1AD feet, block seventy-seven CD, East
Kansas addition to Kansas City, Jackson
county. Missouri. and / will. or Saturday,
the 9TH day of August. a. d. 1897. between
the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon
and five o'clock in the afternoon Of that
day, at the south front door Of the county
court house. I'm Kansas City. Jackson coun-
ty. state Of Missouri. and during the ses-
sion of said circuit court at Kansas City.
Missouri. sell at public vendue. for cash.
to the highest bidder. all the right. title,
interest and estate OF the above named
defendants. Milton B. Whitney, Charles
Fairchild. H. z. Mooney, Sanford B. La6d
and +. Hagerman, receivers City Real Es-
tate Co, In and to said real estate to sat-
isfy said execution and costs.
ROBERT S. STONE. Sheriff.
Kansas City. Mo-, July Is. 1891
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26
Trains That Never stop ,unninE.

From Answers.
A new system by which passengers may
be taken on or from train'w without the
necessity Of stopping has len recently
devised BY an ingenious engiser, who pro-
poses TO exhibit his plan athe Paris ex-
hibition OF 1900.
This feat is accomplished means Of a
moving station platform. he inventor
proposes to use for the purse a circular
disk. the outer circumferen OF which Is
10 travel at the same rate speed as the
passing train. When enterif the platform
from a staircase in the c6er there will
be no danger. since the spa at this point
IS comparatively low. nOrvill IL be felt
much when going toward he edge OF the
turning platform, for the crease in speed
Is gradual and anticipated
The inventor has a~lreadtgone so far as
20 calculate that the raFay companies
Of Europe would ave me thousands
yearly by ~abolishing the nices, WAL un.
I'll the train stops"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26

NOTICE is hereby given that letters OF
T. Grimm. deceased. were granted to the
undersigned by the probate court OF the
county Of Jackson, state Of Missouri. at
Kansas City, on the Sth day of July. 1897.
All persons having claims against said es-
tate are required to exhibit the same to
the undersigned for allowance. within one
may be precluded from any benefit OF said
estate. and II such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date Of this pub
LEGATION they will be forever barred.
CARRIE NJ. GRIMM. Administrative.
Yeager & Strother, Attorneys.
Dated this sth day Of July. 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26
LEGAL NOTICES.


TRUSTEES NOTICE-Whereas. Oliver
G. Day and Frances r. Day. mis- wife. by
their certain deed of trust. dated July LIST,
1893, and filed for record July Sth, 1888. and
recorded in book 3 543. at page 13S. in the
office of recorder of deeds within and for
jackson count Missouri. at Kansas City,
following described real estate situate in
said county of Jackson state Of Missouri.
to-wit: Lots numbered twenty-eight t2SJ.
twenty-uine C29J and thirty C3O In East
Cottage Place. an addition to Kansas City.
Missouri, which deed Of trust was made to
secure the promissory note or bond there
in described: and. whereas. said note or
bond has became due and default has beeI
made in the payment thereof. together
with the interest thereon, becoming due
and payable July LIST. 1895. January 1st. 1897,
made in the m Of the taxes on said
property. and the holder Of said note or
bond has requested the undersigned to
execute the power Of sale granted to him
in said deco OF trust. for the purpose OF
paying of and satisfying said note or bond
ami the taxes paid by the holder Of said
note or bond: now. therefore. notice is
hereby given that l, the undersigned trUs-
tee. viii. on Wednesday. the 18th day OF
August. 1897. between the hours Of 9 o'clock
d. IN. and > O'Clock p. n. at the south front
door Of the Jackson county circuit court
house I'm Kansas City, in Jackson county,
aforesaid. proceed TO sell the above de-
scrihed property at public vendue. 10 the
highest bidder, for cash, TO satisfy said
note and interest and said taxes. and the
costs of executing this trust.
4. +. STONER. Trustee.
Kansas City. Missouri. July q. 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-26

NOTICE is hereby given that letters tes-
tamentary on the estate of John Wheelock
Adams, deceased. were granted to the IN
dersigned by the probate court Of the coun-
~ OF Jackson. state of Missouri, at Kansas
City. on the fifteenth day Of July. 1897. All
persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit the same to the un-
dersigned for allowance. within one year
after the date of said letters. or they may
be precluded from any benefit Of said es-
tate. and IL such claims be not exhibited
within two years from the date Of this pub
LEGATION hey will be forever barred.
Dated this fifteenth day OF July. 1897.
CHARLES w. ADAMS.
Executor of the Estate OF JOB Wheel
ock Adams. Deceased.