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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
FAcfs AoAINsT PROJECTION.


R~upnbIieana I'd Favor q q License to Roh
the Consumer.
Secretary Carlisle in his annual report
states the proposition that "a large
and continuous export Of a particular
class Of articles proves an ability 70
manufacture as cheaply as any foreign
competing nation
There is no denying the truth Of this
proposition. Manufacturers of cotton
goods, for instance, may export at q
loss for one year, or may be two years
in order to prevent q breakdown in
home high tariff prices But they will
not go on exporting. at a loss any great
length Of time. Rather than make a
sacrifice continuously they win curtail
production. Therefore the fact Of con
tinned and increasing expectations con.
clusiyely proves the ability Of our man
ufacturers to hold the home market
without the help of congress.
The factis proof conclusive that tariff
protection upon an article which il
largely. continuously and increasingly
exported is merely a device which en-,
ables AN American manufactures tc
extort more from his own countrymer
than he is perfectly willing to accept
from the people Of other countries.
The fact Of continuous expectation in
open competition gainstmanufacturer
the world over is proof conclusive of ex'
tortion and an abominable wrong Of
which deiuded and too compliant Amer
leans are the victims.
Here is a case in point: The pro
ducers of pig iron in Alabama are ship
ping large quantities to Liverpool They
do not pretend that they r shipping
at loss. The fact that they r doing
this business proves that they r able
to compete against the world. Improves
that the duty on pig iron enables then
to get from their own c~ountrymen NOR
than they ne glad to take from English
men.
There can be no excus for the pro
lection of an industry which demon
strates it's abundant ability to take care
of itself by selling its product In the
worlds market, where it has no protec
ton. Mr.. Dingley's committee a fnC
no reasonable excuse for increasing the
duty on pig iron or iron r or iron II
any of its mor advanced forms.
And what is true Of iron is true o.
other things. There car be found nj
reasonable excuse for compelling con
sumers Of wooden goods or crockery o.
glass or lumber to pay higher prices fol
these things. The producers a com
pete against all the world, not in spitt
Of the high wages they pay, but becaus'
they get more product for every dollar
of wages they pay than any other pro
ducers of like articles in the world
Those who clamor for more protection
clamor for nothing but license to rob
Chicago Chronicle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
P~RoTEcTlNa FAvoRITEs.
Republican Methods of Taking Care Of
Capitalists.

Republican Methods of Taking Care of
Capitalists.
1t is not at all surprising to learn that
most of the men who appear before the
ways and means committee to make rec
concentrations respecting the tariff are
asking higher rates of protection for
their " individual interests. This is
what various manufacturers and pro-
ducers have been doing ever since con
gress began to grope with the tariff
question.
The spectacle is no whit more toll
cradle than it was years age, how
ever, and gives an extremely unpleasant
suggestion as to why some men have SO
assiduously worked for a congress east
ly disposed to a general high plane OF
tariff duties. Some of the articles for
which protection is asked are so free
from foreign competition that the re-
quests are bald impudence. Yet they
are heard, and, to some extent, at least,
needed.
If the leaders in the house and the
members of the ways and means con-
mittee are sincerely devoted to their
party-to say nothing of the claims Of
their country-they will accord scant
satisfaction to the demands of selfish4
ness. The elections of the last eight
years have shown how quick the Amer
lean people can be in rebuking un-
patriotic legislation. Unjustifiable "pro-
tective' schedules will be quickly de-
tected and their authors held to Sc
we're account. The republican leaders
in the house should take fair warn
ing that if the forthcoming tariff meas
ures SAVIOR of favoritism to special in
terests the new tariff will merely pro-
woke another period of agitation and
prove a stumbling block to the rcpub!
leans who may want to get back TO
office later on.-Chicago Record Ind.),
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
TRUsTs AND PROTECTION.
ms star Feature Of che Proposed Repab-
ucha wariW Law.

EhO Star Feature of che Proposed Repub-
ncaa TatiR Law.
The Buffalo Courier quotes Senator
Sherman as saying, once upon a time.
to the body of which be is q distin-
guished member: .The primary object
of a protective tariff is to invite the
fullest competition by individuals and
corporations in domestic production.
If such individuals or corporations com
bine to advance the price Of the do
nestle product and to prevent the free
result Of open and fair competition l
would, without q moments hesitation,
reduce the duties on foreign goods COM
peting with them, in order to break
down the combination. Whenever free
competition is evaded or avoided by
combinations of individuals r corpora
tions the duty should be reduced and
foreign competition should promptly be
invitsd." The Courier says that Top
portunity for putting this principle to
q practical test win soon be presented
to Senator Sherman and the republican
leaders," and it asks: what viii they
do about it?"
The public was treated not long ago
to an exploitation of the theory that
there is nothing in the protective pol
icy to make it helpful to the trusts,
and that the republican party could.
therefore, provide no tariff that would
invite condemnation on the ground that
it catered to monopohstic combina-
tions. Senator Sherman appears to
hold q very different opinion on this
subject, however, and the senator is
a man whose opinions r regarded by
republicans as amounting to some
thing. Mr.. Sherman understands how
easy it is for the trusts to use the pro-
tective system to their exclusive adj
vantage, and he has let it be known
that when they so use it he would put
q spoke in their wheel by reducing the
protection under which they operate.
He explained that this reduction would
have the effect of letting in foreign
competition, against which the trusts
are practically helpless.
A great deal was said during the late
campaign about Maj. McKinley's ST.
lence on the subject of trusts, but all
the talk that was indulged in did not
have the effect Of inducing the major
to break that silence. Chairman Ding
ley now says that protection will be the
star feature of the proposed tariff law,
in relation to which hearings have be-
gun to be given to interested parties.
In view of one thing and another, it is
probably reasonable to expect that the
trusts will be c~ompetently represented
at those hearings, and that they viii
make o powerful plea for the kind of
protection they can use to advantage
in their business. And still returning
prosperity lags-Binghamton CN. "
| Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

gathered up the paint pot and the
trowel. I resumed my pen. At the
door Celia hesitated.
Il don't know" she said, slowly,
show I'm ever to get anything done.
And I want to ask some people for this
day week. just a few ~peopie-those we
want to know. you know"
Il suppose" 1 said, doubtfullys lay
ing down my pen again, "that 1 really
ought 70 do something to help-eh2"
Celia frowned thoughtfully.
"You're so silly she said. 'You
can't even drive in a nail, or-ohl I'll
tell you whatyou mightdO. You might
just write notes to the people we want.
! have the list in my pocket. You can
write, can't you? just little, friendly
notes, saying / shall be at home between
four-thirty and seven"
Celia dived into her pocket, bringing
forth a handkerchief. a latchkey, a pair
of gloves, a small box Of chocolate
creams, a reel Of cotton, some hairpins
and a memorandum book. This last she
handed to me.
you'll find the names and addresses
there" she said. "Good-by. There's a
good boy"
1 turned to my task. From the list 1
gathered that Celia had dropped tie
Higginsons, as well as several others OF
our old friends, some of whom l liked
well enough. Martins name was miss
ing. But l meant to write to him on my
own account.
1t was rather difficult to devise the
proper form for the notes. Many of the
ladies who gather about Celia's "at
home days are quite unknown to me,
and a glance showed me that several of
the on the list were strange ones.
You can hardly write informal notes to
people you don't know. However, 1
finally succeeded in inventing a sufi-
GENTLY colorless formula, simply indi-
eating that Celia would be glad to see
so-and-so next Tuesday between four
thirty and seven. By the time Celia
returned to dinner the notes were writ
ten and posted, and / had finished my
humorous review. Though tired and
d~ishevelled, Celia complimented me on
my industry.
SIT will be such a relief" she said, "to
know only the nice people that we-that
we know"
Tuesday came; and Celia, after super
human exertion, was ready for it. Ihad
begged Martin to come early to support
J me, and, like a good fellow, he came,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
MR. RRYAN,s %RETIREMENr.
Motives of Modesty and Manliness
Prompted the Move.

Motives OF Modesty and Msnliness
Prompted the Move.
According to q dispatch from Omaha
Mr. Bryan had good and sufficient
cause to cancel his contract and with
draw from the lecture course which
had been announced. It appears that
Mr.. Bryan wanted his tour to be con-
Quoted with the greatest modesty, the
advertising in the newspapers and by
bill posters to be of the most u~nostenta-
tious description. Indeed this had
been stipulated in the contract, but
when Mr.. Bryan arrived in Atlanta he
was Mortified to find that his ideas of
simplicity and dignity were far re-
moved from those of the syndicate
which had charge of his tour. 1t is
to be inferred from the Omaha
dispatch that the posters announcing
the lecture were of the same retiring
modesty which characterized the
mammoth sheets Of many colors with
which the Hanna syndicate announced
the advance Agent of Prosperity" on
the walls of all the towns of the coun-
try last summer kind of flaming
circus-poster style. When Mr.. Bryan
saw himself thus pictured in all the
colors of the rainbow standing in a
group with Washington and Lincoln,
crnamented with flaming eagles and
sc Pluribus Unum" in gaudy colored
letters, he realized that he had been
misused, and that the syndicate in
tended to force him into a vulgar no
toriety, and keep him there as long as it
paid. And although he was received
by the people with immense enthusi-
nsm, and greeted by an audience Linn
tied only by the capacity of the hall,
he decided he could not in justice to his
sense of ~propriety acquiesce in the style
of advertising adopted. 1t is to Mr..
Bryan's credit that he at once dissolved
his relations with his managers, re-
turned to them the sum of $10,0 0 which
he had been paid in advance for ten lee
lures and retired from the compact
with his managers with his dignity and
~self-respect in his own keeping, and not
at the mercy of a syndicate which was
specializing on his reputation.-Illinoi
State Register.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
quringly

For one thing it means clearing up
said Celia, looking triumphantly round
my ravaged apartment. think of the
amount of rubbish one accumulates.
Now you can weed it all out when you
move, because it's not worth taking
sway. This room was simply awful,
wasn't it? Crammed with things you'll
want-and never see again"
Celia gave R>nod of victory. 1 shook
my head slowly, and, 1 think pa
theticsay.
II shall never absolutely want them,''
I said, "but-well-they were COM
pany."
"Pouf!" said Celia. And there was
silence for the space of half a minute.
Anyhow, the Higginsons ire not
company" said Celia. And there's an
other advantage in moving. You send
out fresh cards. And people who don't
get invitations to the new house have
no right to come"
'TThsn, socially speaking, we start
again." I said.
Exactly" said Celia, welcoming my
dash Of intelligence. 81 am only going
10 ask the people we really want, I've
got the list ia my pocket"
HYou haven't cut our Martin, l hope
J Celia had never said she disliked Mar
lin Howard; but / had my suspicious
and did not intend to be parted from
my best friend.
"Oh, no! of curse you'll ask Mr.
Howard said Celia, graciously. "An'
I'm going to have fresh servants"
.sJust as Jane is beginning to compre
bend my little ways" / murmured.
.Jane," said Celia, sis beginning t
consider herself necessary to us. Iti
q great mistake to keep a servant $
long that she becomes necessary t
YOU
as it not rather a mistake" ! sue
gested, modestly. ito send away a serN
ant when she has become.necessary@'
sYou don't understand" said Celif
II am determined to get rid Of Jan
and 4he cook. And we musthave a boy
There is o much more to do in a hous
than IL d fiat. Ishall begin looking on
for fresh servants at once. oh, dear!
mus Be going; there are such heaps G
things to do
Celia rose from the c~oal-scuttie an
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
POINTS N OPINIONS.

The republicans r determined
to take the currency out of the hands OF
the people.-Kansas City Times.
March 4 next will be a very im-
portant occasion. Mark Hanna will be
inducted into Office on that date
Chicago Record Qnd.).
LII Maj. Mckinley we're subject to
the usual conditions which affect adj
vance agents he would have to count the
ties to Washington.-St. Louis Republic.
IF you want your Uncle Sam to
protect you from competition and give
you a lot of money which does not be-
long to you and which you never earned,
go to Washington and demand a hear
ing of the ways and means committee,
That is what the committee is for-so il
seems-Sioux City Tribune.
$50 long as the republican party
can stand for protection and still win
victories we shall have such spectacles
as that now ~disgracing the republic al
Washington. There is no cure for the
robbery and scandal short of repub'
lican defeat, for protection has come to
be synonyme for republicanism.--N. Y
Journal.
-Revision of the tariff is very sol
emn business. Nobody canguess where
tariff tinkering is going to lead to wher
the business is taken up. Already ther'
are indications that the gentlemen who
have been invited to make themselves
heard before the committee on way
and means have more thoughtof higher
prices for their goods than of revenu'
necessities and general business ed
! Observation-Disclosures Enquirer
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

To the horde Of tariff robbers now
besieging the ways and means commit
tee the shoe manufacturers of Massa-
chusetts present a startling contrast.
By means of better workmanship
American shoes lead the world. The
ugly, clumsy, ill-made footgear of for
eigners stands no show against the
trim elegance combined with durability
which distinguishes the American prod
net. The export trade is large and
steady, and the manufacturers, instead
Of petitioning for higher tariffs, ask
that sole leather beplaced upon the free
list, that American-made shoes may be
produced at a still lower cost for Amer
lean wearers and the export trade be
stin further ncreased.-Chicago Chron-
icle.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

Then there was a pause. Celia and !
were just showing Martin the veranda
overlooking the garden, on which we
intended to breakfast during the SUM
mer, when the bell rang at the garden
door. In a few moments Jane ai~
peared, obviously put about"
"a young person, IN, about a place."
"Oh, there's some mistake" said
Celia.
"No, ma'am," said the young person,
who was close behind Jane. "You sent
for me to come to-day" She drew a
letter from her pocket, and handed it
TO Celia, who glanced at it, and held
it out to me.
What is the meaning of this?" said
Celia.
1t was in my writing, and stated that
Celia would be glad to see Mrs. Sim
mons on Tuesday between four-thirty
and seven.
"Tm sure 1 don't know" 1 said.
"Look here, Martin, come upstairs to
my den and smoke"
The bell rang again. And as I looked
out OF my study window l saw Jane
coming up tne garden path followed
by an awkward looking boy.
Been making an ass of yourself
again?" said Martin, as he selected q
cigar.
"1'm not quite sure" 1 replied. Sal
I know is that l sent out Celia's invita-,
tions for to-day, and-and this is the
result"
The bell continued to ring at inter
walls, and 1 judged from the look of th'
visitors, that Celia would have a wid'
choice of cooks, housemaids and boys
Martin and l watched their arrival ans
their departure from the window.
Look here, Martini / said. "Yol
had better stay to dinner. 1t is quit
clear that Celia had two lists, one o
servants and the other of friends, ant
that I worked upon the wrong one. Blu
it is equally clear that Celia gave m,
that list. Now | want you to give m.
and Celia your honest opinion as t.
whose fault it was"
Martin looked at me and smiled.
"Ill never do it." he said.-Idler.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
Doafness Cannot BE Cured

by LEGAL applications, as they cannot reach.
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness b.
caused by an inaamed condition of the mu-
cous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed you q a rumbling
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One HundredD Dollars for any
case of Deafness caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
REMARKABLE RIvERa

-
IN ColombiA Is the RE de vinagral
which d 80 sour from the mixturs oRsuly
Phurio acid that it Is most apprOpriatof
~ called the Vinegar river.
In Aigsria exists q ANAL river which
has been turned by the chemistry Of ma
turs into ink. 1t Is formed by the union
Of two rvuIes. one of which is strong
" imprsgnated With iron, while the
other flows through peat Marches and il
heavily charged with gallic acid. Let
ters have been written with the wonder
tul inky compound formed by the union
Of gallic cold and iron. !
One Of the most eurioua streams that
have ver come to the knowledge ofmen
Is the Webbe Shebeyli Of eastern Africa
q deep and rapid stream Astounding In
strange Rsh and immense crocodiles-
Although Il flows for hundreds Of miles
through fertile lands It never reaches
the yea A short distance north Of the
equator the river Ia lost in a desert rel
gion q short way from the Indian ocean.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
To Cot ont Of tha way

When trouble is coming, is obviously TIE
The bowels is a serious obstacle to health.
70 get this out OF the way is an easy matter
with the thorough laxative, HostetterAs
Stomach Bitters, which, although it affords
relief, never gripes and ~convulses hike a
drastic purgative. Dyspepsia, malarial, kid
ney and rheumatic ailments and nervous
hess yield to this genial family medicine.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
a MOVING ACCIDENT.
M CLAnENoE COOK.

fnRm NYHOW," said
GC&4 Celia, wishing to
DM ENK console me, "we
akA shall be able to
IN drop the Higgin-
A& sons"
0Xn~ Celia stood be-
" fore me in a dress
which, as expert
nnce had taught me, implied that Celia
bad cleared for action. In one hand
she held a paint pot, in the other a
EOwel. For Celia was of for a days
work upon the new house, while 1 was
trying to write a humorous review of a
scientific work upon an upturned box
b the old fiat, sitting amid the ruins of
two years comfort
Why we were moving I cannot tell.
In some vague way Celia had given me
10 understand that she was uncomfor-
table. 1 protested that 1 was happy
enough where 1 was; whereat Celia al
lnded disparagingly ii the stairs, The
hall porter and finally the Higginsons.
Then came hints Of an eligible house
and garden at a microscopic rent. /
assumed NO interest, having none. And
then one morning men came upstairs
h their shirt sleeves, fell upon tine
furniture and tore it from its mornings.
I remarked to Celia that of all the
happy days / had spent in my study this
was not the happiest. And Celia replied
that we should be able to drop the Hig-
ginsons.
st would certainly be jolly not to see
the Higginsons again." 1 said. But
this is a high price to pay for the pleas
ure."
Celia looked round. and, finding a
coal scuttle which the men in shirt
sleeves had overlooked, sat down upon
Il to explain.
Everyone should move-well-once
every two years" said Celia.
I laid down my pen and looked in
q%uiringly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

Defeat has its compensations.
Mr.. Bryan can't be charged with re-
sponsibility for the dismal failuya Of the
prosperity Observation-Disclosures
IN, " Leader.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

The ways and means committee
may go ahead with it's tariff hearings,
but those interests which expect to be
favored in the new law viii do web to
see Mr.. Hanna as soon as possible
Washington Post
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

The Most Unique Calendar OF the Season
Has just been issued by the Labe Shore e
Michigan Southern Ry. Copy can be Sc
cured by sending six cents in stamps to
v postage, to A. ]. SMITH, G. ?. A.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27
NO-To-Bac for Fifty Gents.

Over 4Oo, 600 cured. Observation-Disclosures
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood,
Cure guaranteed, SOC and SLIGO, alldruggists-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

THERE is an unwritten law among women
that no woman should. go further from
home than two blocks with a shawl over
her head
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

A CORN doctor says that if people walked
moro they would not nave corns. If they
didn't have to walk SO much they wouldn't
care for corns.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

The entire muscular system of a
snake is, in one way Or another, con-
nected with its spinal column, and
presents one of the most complex ar
Engagements known to the comparative
0aatomist.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

WHEN bilious or c~ostive, eat a Cascaret,
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle g.
treatise. DIR. KLINE, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

Coon breeding is doing nothing needless
ly that one thinks will hurt or displease
others.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

THERE is nothing that makes agood wom-
ans heart so swell with pride as to have her
pastor notice her absence from church
Atkinson Globe
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

We should do everything we can for
what they omit to do for us.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

PIso's Cure for Consumption relieves the
most obstinate couRhs.-REv. ID. BUCH-
MUELLER, Lexington, Mo-, Feb. "A, '94.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

PEOPLE often abuse their own relatives
merely for the sake of having you contra
dict hem.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

The Austrians were originally the
Oester-Reiehers or Inhabitants Of tbs
Eastern Empire.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

SoME people blame Providence for things
ashamed of of.-Washington Democrat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-02-27

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grippe, 1oc-