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member of national body, sent there
to act in conjunction with Senators equal
in authority with him, sent from other
States, all together as one body in the
common interests of all the people Of
all the country. He expresses the Opin
ion that il Senators are to obey the
instructions Of their State Legislatures,
they would be subject to at least two con-
Trajectory and obstructive forces, In one
case, every time the political complexion
of the Legislature changes, his vote would
have to be changed on questions inVolv-
ing party politics; and in the other case,
II one Legislature may instruct its Sen
ators, all may do so, and that involves
a permanent and insurmountable OBJ
stacle to legislation by Congress, because
the interests Of States are not all the
same.
Mr.. Lindsay concludes that when
State Legislature chooses a United States
Senator 1t commissions him not as
nation does an ambassador, who Is speci-
ally charged In every case and In all
cases, to represent his own country and
that alone. He is not worlds Officer,
DuI OlG W ~ oluBAC AdLAOAS anu
he is in duty bound to represent II faith
fully and with single-heartednes A
Senator, on the contrary, the moment he
takes the oath Of Office, becomes IN &C.
tive member of one branch Of CO.
ordinate department of the government
Of the United States. His oath Is not to
support the constitution Of his State, but
that of the United States,
When Mr.. Lindsay rises in the Senate
and addresses the presiding officer, he is
recognized as the Senator from Ken
tucky," not as Kentucky's Senator. His
duty is to act with his associates as Sem
ators Of the United States, doing, to-
gether, what they can to further the IN
terests of the whole people Of the coun-
try, not forgetting, however, that his
home Is in Kentucky, and that the peO-
pie of that State form part Of the pOpu-
lation Of the United States, and they and
their interests are entitled to the same
consideration that other portions receive
in determining what Is best for the gen.
eral welfare.
While this broad and patriotic posi-
tiOn Of Mr.. Lindsay Is the only safe
| ground for him to stand upon, 1t is not
in accord with the spirit of the Kentucky
and Virginia State rights resolutions OF
1798-99 which his party believes to be
good political doctrine.
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The Labor Situation in New England.


Republicans ought not to complain
when reference is made to the labor sit
uation in New England and unfavorable
comments are offered. 1t is true that the
closing of the cotton mills In that part OF
the country Is not properly chargeable
to recent legislation; If 1t were, cotton
mills in other places would be closing,
too But in the Southern States the
business Of manufacturing cotton cloth
is better now than ever before. So, too,
if the Dingley bill is to be held RESPONSE
BILE for strikes in the cotton trade, we
should have difficulty in accounting for
a renewed activity among iron workers
and persons engaged in other kinds OF
manufacture Generally speaking, the
factories of the country are now better
employed than they have been since 1892.
But this can be easily and properly ac-
counted for without straining Of actual
facts. Honesty is as safe rule in poll
tics as it is in any other department OF
active work.
The passage Of the Sherman law Of
1890, which was loudly praised by Will
liam Mckinley and his Republican asso-
ciates in Congress, because 1t would in
crease the volume of currency, did have
that effect, and times began to improve.
In 1892 Republican writer's and speakers
congratulated themselves and the coun-
try on the improved condition Of trade
brought about by the enlarged currency
circulation provided by that law.
While these encouraging words were
still warm, Senator Sherman, during the
short session ending with the close Of
the Harrison administration, introduced
bill in the Senate to repeal the law
which bore his name His bill died with
the Fifty-second Congress, but before
the succeeding administration was five
months old the President called Congress
together in extraordinary session for the
single purpose Of doing the work Mr..
Sherman had started to do before Mr..
| Cleveland took Office.
This policy brought on panic which
was aggravated in it's deadly work by the
certainty of Presidential election to
be had in 1896 and by the uncertainties
Of it's results. The depression was vlo-
lent and it continued three full years,
during which time property was sacri-
feed in one way or another, stocks OF
accumulated goods were sold of, shelves
were cleared, idle people swarmed In
every town, and the business OK the coun-
try had reached bed rock by the end OF
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Speculation in Farm Products.

The common gambler Is disreputable
person. The laws Of every State in the
Union are opposed to the trade of this
class Of men who, by common consent,
are enemies to good morals and must be
put under the ban. Not one family in
thousand would knowingly admit one
of these men to it's home. Yet he plays
for only small stakes-from cents to
$5. When he makes a haul it is not
large one, and nobody loses much by the
game.
But when he grows big and daring,
betting on thousands and millions, then
he passes into a new galaxy where he
shines in a new luster He becomes
then luminary of the first magnitude.
Instead of his being regarded as moral
monster and as one that ought to be
socially guillotined, his exploits are pa
raded under flaming headlines in the
daily papers, and his deals" are spread
before the admiring world every hour.
Take the case of the man Letter who
bought up all the visible supply of wheat
and held it and is still holding 1t for
prices that will yield him immense
profits. He is reported to have bought
and stored in the neighbOrhoOd Of 49,
0OO,O bushels of wheat and has engaged
all available means of ocean traspOrta-
tion to carry it across the sea.
If the farmers had held back the wheat
in their bins until the price suited them,
that would have been wise and in every
way proper But they sold the grain
and then, when they could in no way be
nrOfifnd hv a risa In raprlaf uunfaffNna
the great speculator quietly. srealthily
moves in a mysterious way his won
ders to perform" and corners the wheat
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Corporation in Agriculture.

An editorial article appeared In the
Kansas Farmer about ten years ago, sug-
gesting q farmers syndicate; that is,
combination of farmers for the purpose
Of systematizing the work Of men who
till the soil and for the reduction Of farm
expenses, 80 that farmers might be better
enabled to hold their own against the
rest Of the business world.
1t Is a good time now to revive the
suggestion, for we are all thinking along
new lines The subject was recalled on
reading Of the formation Of cO-opera-
tive association OF railway men in Texas
for the purpose OF carrying on farming
operations on large scale About 300
railroad men at work on roads In Mexico
have organized colony with capital Of
800 900 to be invested In land across the
line in the Lone Star State. The colony
will proceed under rules and regulations
agreed upon among the associates, and
the business will be conducted through
officers and other agents, like any other
we'll managed business.
Why cannot hundred Kansas farmers
organize themselves in an association,
each member retaining ownership OF his
own land.and receiving his proportionatel
share of profits, the lands Of all the mem
bers being subject to management OF
officers appointed for that purpose.
Some such method of organization and
work would economize labor, dispense
with vast amounts of costly implements
and machinery and wholly dc. away with
middle men. All the lands Of all the
members would be titled according To-
one general plan, and the crops would be-
harvested and disposed Of methOdically
A place for storage and warehouslng
fruits, vegetables and grain would render
easy and profitable the holding Of crops
for suitable markets, and farming could
be thus again raised to a level of profit
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the campaign year. The tariff question,
always a disturbing element when under
discussion, being settled, manufacturers
and merchants knew how to regulate
their business, there was reasonable
assurance that things could and would
get no worse in the near future, and four
years at least Of peaceful trade on the
present conditions encouraged men 10
venture and the people took heart again.
SO the country got started and so we
shall go on until the inevitable breakup
comes again. as come it will surely as
1t has come during the last hundred
years, and then we shall have another
period of waste and decay until we again
reach bottom, when things will start up
again, and the process will continue and
be repeated as long as the metallic mon
etary system prevails.
1t is not the Dingley bill that hurts
the hungry workers of New England.
It Is the competition of their neighbors
half a thousand miles south Of them.
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CURRENT DISCUSSION.
By EX-SENATOR PEFFER,

market bringing all purchasers to his
figures.
Every cent that these 15,OOO,OOO bush
els costs consumers more than they
would have cost in the ordinary course
of legitimate business Is that much taken
from them by means no better than the
taking it out of their pockets by force
or by stealth in the dark.
The grain had passed out Of the hands
of the farmers, and they have no ground
of complaint on that score, but half the
workers Of the world do not live on
farms; and every honest, industrious
man and woman is entitled to receive
from the producer his wares at a fair
price to him, without the addition OF tic-
titious margins Of spectators.
The grain speculator ought to be sum
marily suppressed. He is friend to none
but himself, and is an enemy to every
body else
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Competition of Southern Manufacturers.

Alabama iron manufacturing establish
ments, ten years ago, demonstrated the
fact that American iron and steel could
be made as eheaply as any other. The
actual sale Of Alabama pig iron in Eng
land was proof positive.
Our exports Of manufactured goods
increase in quantity and value steadily
so that the markets of the world, so much
talked about, are in fact now open to u.s.
But there is a home competition which
is getting to be so formidable that a
good many thousand people In New Eng
land are out of employment on account
of it. This competition comes from the
cotton mills of the South.
1t is within the memory of many men
now living, that Southern cotton planters
insisted that cotton goods from England
ought to be admitted free Of duty, be-
cause sending raw cotton from Southern
plantations to English mills to be worked
into cloth and returned was in no ma
terial respect different from sending it
to New England mills for manufacture
and return, and trade was free among
the States. If they paid no duty on goods
made from their raw cotton in Rhode
Island mills, the planters could see no
justice in their compulsory payment for
goods raised in price on account of tariff
duties.
But now Southern cotton planters sell
cotton to local mills where goods are
made that undersell similar goods made
in New England. These Southern mills,
like sugar factories, are located right
where the raw material is produced,
while to reach the New England manu-
facturers the cotton must be transported
500 miles or more. And besides the saw
ing in transportation, labor does not
cost as much in the new mills of the
South as 1t does in the old mills of the
Northeast.
The stockholders in the Massachu-
sets cotton mill at Lowell (Which COM
pany has, also, mill at Lindale, GeOr-
gia) a few days ago passed resolution
to the effect that in view "Of the fact
that certain products Of the Massachu-
setts cotton mills at Lowell can be pro-
duced at the mill at Lindale, Ca, for
a lower cost than they can be produced
at the mill in Lowell, it Is therefore
voted that the directors be instructed to
consider the feasibility of an extension
of the business in Georgia, and report
thereon at some future meeting Of the
corporation"
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Have We Reached the Danger Line 2

AlNU W. AsOpfJApN WIN b. ~-~~'
A notable fact and coincidence in the
history of this country is the beginning
OF our exports of manufactured goods
and the end Of the protective tariff pol
icy of Great Britain. In 1S45 the first
expectation Of cotton goods from New
England mills to the warehouses Of Old
England took place, and at that very
time the British government had con-
cluded that it was time to open their
ports freely to the trade Of the world.
The policy of levying customs" du-
ties, first as a means Of raising revenue
for the Crown, and secondly as means
of protection to local tradesmen and
manufacturers, had long been in vogue
in England and was maintained by strin-
gent legislation, but the time had come
when it was necessary to import corn
(as wheat and maize were then known
in England) to feed the growing pOpula-
tiOn; and as the competition Of foreign
manufacturers was steadily increasing,
with the Great Republic bounding for
ward at threatening rate of progress,
1t was evidently matter OF wisdom to
change the method of protection from
high tariff duties to free trade.
The condition of trade and labor in
England at that time was discOuraging.
1t is of record that when Robert Peel
took Office in 1S41, every interest in the
country was depressed. In the manufac-
turing districts mills and shops were
closed and property was depreciating in
value. Agricultural laborers were Elk
ing out miserable existence upon star
Vation wages and parochial relief; the
revenue was insufficient to meet the ma
tional expenditure; the country was
brought 10 the verge of national and
universal bankruptcy"
Beginning with the repeal of the corn
laws" in 1846 and completing the work of
removing duties by a regular and steady
process, England has profited largely by
her free trade policy.
On the other hand, in 1846, our first
ad ValOrem tariff law was enacted, with
% per cent. range of duties, which was
considerably reduced in 1857, increased
in 1861, and kept at high level on du-
table goods ever since. Under that pol
icy the country increased its facilities
for manufacturing until now we are en-
tering new markets in foreign lands, and
we seem to have reached the danger line
in that direction.
1t will hardly be palatable to the bust
ness tastes of our people to pay high
prices for homemade goods merely tC
afford opportunities to manufacturers tC
cut prices in favor of foreign custom.
ers. Is it not time for our statesmen
to take up the question Of how to raise
revenue ON a more equitable basis thar
the present, which places the burder
chiefly on the shoulders of the poor?
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Who Nav Instruct United States Senator

The action of the Legislatures of Ken
lucky and New York, in censuring their
Senators in Congress because Of their
voting for the Teller resolution, brings
up the frequently debated question-who
may instruct Senator'S how to vote and
how not to vote?
Senator Murphy, Democrat, of New
York, will hardly make any public reply
to the action of the Legislature In his
State, for he has never spoken in the
Senate on any matter pending, and, un-
like Mr.. Hill, he is careful to make no
record except as will not speak from the
written or printed page. He neither
speaks nor writes for the public
But Mr.. Lindsay delivered carefully
prepared speech in the Senate, answering
the instructions which the Kentucky
Legislature had given him. Senator
Lindsay is lawyer Of considerable abil-
ity, and he rarely speaks until he is
ready to say something. He takes the
broad ground that, while Senator rep
resents a State as its agent and is bound
to look after It's interests and respect
the wishes Of its people, vet he is q
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Columbia River Salmon.

The pack of Columbia river salmon
for the spring of 1898 has reached 1885,
$50 cases, on the basis Of four dozen l.
pound cans to the case. According to
q report issued by Taylor, Young & Co..
salmon brokers Of Portland, the outputs
of twenty canneries are estimated al
fOl1ouss
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION.

In the Superior Court If the State Of
Washington, for San Juan County.
The Canada Settlers Loan & Trust Com
pany. Limited, corporation. Plain
tiff, VS..
Pheba A. Rose, Joseph Rose and Clarence
Rose, minor children and heirs Of
Joseph M. Rose. deceased, G. NJ.
Tucker and Jane Doe Tucker his
wife, Gilbert r. Steen and Jane Doe
Steen his wife, Defendants.
The State of Washington, to the said
Pheba A. Rose, Joseph Rose and
Clarence Rose, minor heirs and chill
dren of Joseph M. Rose, deceased, C.
wife, Gilbert r. Steen and Jane Doe
Steen his wife, defendants above
named:-
You and each of you are hereby sum-
moned to appear within sixty [6O] days
after the date of the first publications of
this summons, to-wit: within sixty 1901
days after the LIST day Of September, 1898,
and defend the above-entitled action in
the abOve-entitled court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, and serve q
copy of your answer upon the under
signed attorneys for plaintiff at their
Office below stated; and in case of your
failure SO to do. Judgment will be render.
the complaint, which has been filed with
the clerk Of said court.
The object of the above-entitled action is
to obtain judgment against the defendant
Pheba A. Rose for the sum of Thirteen
Hundred and Ninety-seven (1 1897 .0O1
Dollars and interest upon the notes given
by her to r. Livingstone and assigned to
tho plaintiff, and for $50 paid as taxes
against the lands hereinafter mentioned
and for the costs of this action, including
an attorney fee of One Hundred 100000
Dollars; also praying for decree estab-
fishing and f0reciosing certain mortgage
given to secure the payment of the above
Indebtedness, and recorded In the mort
gage records of the auditors office of San
Juan county, state Of Washington, in vol
ume 6 on page Az thereof, and describing
and covering the following lands, situated
in said county, tO-wit:
The Northwest quarter of the Southeast
quarter and the Northeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter and the Northeast
quarter of the Southeast quarter of the
Southwest quarter and the North half Il
Lot No. two ri, all in Section No. 50, in
TOWNSHIP No. So North, Range No. two
ri West, w. N.
Also praying that In said decree the in
terest OF each Of the defendants. in and to
said property be declared junior, inferior
and subordinate TO plaintiffs interest
therein, and that the equity Of redemption
Of each Of the defendants be forever barred
and foreclosed, and Tor general equitable
relief. Tasting q STEDMAN.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
r. @. Address:-04 Halter Building, Se-
attle, King County, Washington.
Date first publication Sept. 1, 1893
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THE platform adopted by the Re
pnblicans of King county is mot in it''
In point Of length or strength as COM
pared with the one adopted at the re-
cent Republican convention in this
county. We could spare three-quarters
of our platform and then have more to
stand on than our fellow Republicans
of King county seem to have consid-
cred sufficient. A committee able to
prepare such stemwinder in half an
hour land one of them recent convert
from the Democratic faith), and have
it typewriter too, could undoubtedly
astonish the natives if allowed an hour
or two more for preparation. 1t isn't
"all wool and yard wide," but it is
more than a third of yard long, in
nonpareil type, and, what is more I'M
portant, the material is good and well
put together. There is absolutely no
limit to the number who can stand on
it with entire safety.
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thousands of lives might have been
saved, and the light of his own great
life might have been shining stth on
the border of the desert and the shore
of the Nile. The crushing defeat Of
the dervishes by the forces under Gen
eral Kitchener and the capture OF their
stronghold at Omdurman, across the
river from the ruins Of Kaartoom
where Gordon fell, doubtless marks the
firm establishment of English rule on
the Upper Nile and removes the last
obstacle to the opening Of great high.
way of commerce from the Mediter-
ranean to the Cape Of Good Hope. We
may well rejoice with England IN this
victory over the forces of barbarism,
fanaticism and Accommodation, fol-
whatever may be said at times Of Brit.
aims methods in extending the sphere
of her mighty dominion, it must be
admitted that genuine progress, en-
lightenment and good government fol-
low everywhere in the paths of her
conquests.
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SOME of our esteemed fellow citizens
of the Republican faith want to know
what is meant by the declaration in the
county platform relating to "the North
west Republican Association and the
principles and purposes enunciated by
it." It is doubtful If we can fully sat-
isfy the yearning for knowledge upon
this subject. We understand, how
ever, that the association was organ-
lied by q number Of jealous Republic
cans, representing, or purporting to
represent, seven northwestern coun-
ties, about three years ago, and no
doubt can reasonably be entertained
that it has both principles and pur-
poses, for If it was unprincipled and
purposeless it wouldn't be Republican.
We violate no confidence in remarking
that the paramount idea at the time of
its organization seemed to be that a
combination was necessary in order to
secure for those firm in the faith in the
NAAASASS AOpAOSSnVCu q 1dlT Sl6I0 Oh
official plums, or the chances to acquire
them afforded by the nominations
made by the state conventions, or sena-
topial elections of the state legislatures.
There has only been one general dis
trihution of offices made by the people
since that time, and it happened, un.
fortunately, that when I'VE went forth
to meet the enemy, at the time referred
to, we were theirs; hence the necessity,
or desirability, of continuing to stand
pat for the Association and the "prin-
ciples and purposes enunciated by it, -
II this explanation does not sufficiently
explain. we refer dissatisfied inauirers
to the members Of the convention who
sscordially Endorsed" the organisation.
and are Of counse thoroughly convers.
ant with its aims and objects, or to Mr..
Shults, Of Roche Harbor, who IL the
official representative Of the Associa.
ton in this county.
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