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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

Gov. Voorhees,, of New Jersey, has
granted a requisition for the extradi-
tion of John Redmond to Jackson
county, No, where he is wanted for
the murder of Miss Emma Schoemaker,
on December 8, 1897. Redmond is said
to be a member of Roosevelt's rough
riders, and was identified at the Jer-
sey City armory while quartered there,
awaiting transportation to Montauk
Point.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

Under recent order of the war
department containing instructions for
the mastering out OF volunteers, those
who wish to retain possession of the
arms and other accoutrements fur
nished by the government, which they
used during the war, as military relics
can do so. 1t proposed to turn them
over to the soldiers at cost, the price
to be charged on the muster rolls. The
order referred 10 fixes the cost of a
Springfield breech loading rifle at $40;
saber at $3.50, cartridge belt, 75 cents
canteen with strap, 43 cents and so on
including the soldiers meat can, knife,
fork and spoon, the last named articles
being one cent each.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

Why is it that SO many people can
not get hold of the idea that news
paper establishment is a business lnstl-
tuition? 1t is so plain proposition
that newspaper is a business concern
that there is somsthing singularly
anomalous in the manner in which
many people regard it. 1t seems never
to occur to these people that paper is
to be sold the same as house or a
bushel of wheat, or yard OF silk. And
they do not appear ever TO have
thought of the fact that space in the
paper is for rent, exactly as the rooms
in house may be for rent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01

In the death of Fannie Davenport,
which occurred at her Summer home
at Duxbury, Mass, last Monday night,
the American stage loses one of its
brightest and most talented actresses.
Her name with company was a suffi-
cient guarantee that the production
would be first-cass, and insure the
company OF full house.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-10-01
Two Divorce Cases.

Dora Dennis has filed suit in common
pleas court, asking for divorce from
james Dennis, on the grounds of will
full absense.
Mary Byron has filed divorce suit
in common pleas court against her
husband on complaint of extreme
cruelty.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Free silver is Dishonest.

Hnt 10 me. another and more serious
nhase of the case presents itself. IN the
moral view of such legislation. ocr
n~ational bonds were sold in the mar
kets oil the world when silver was on d
par with gold, and it Is no answer 70
the injustice of paying such ooiisations
In a deprecated currency. TO say ina.
NV their terms they were payable IN
coin. We have since mourning sucn
obligations demonetized silver. weave
caused other nations to follow III on.
,end and as a consequence of this n
other causes. silver has become graf
ually deprecated in value n IL wouiu
he uniust now to require our creditors
70 be paid in the currency we nave our
selves helped to deprecia.e and deDafs'
Had silver deprecated wholly ifom
causes beyond our control, there Woui.
have been more force in the
and reason in our justification, nut II
WE can Cow remclesize a metal We
have debased, at a value double that i.
now maintains in the markets or the
~ Grid and force our creditors 10 re-
ceive n nj par. we could uonetlzr IRON
or lead M a price one hundred INES ,ss
,o,ro and reouire our creditors 10 DC
Maid Herewith. For 1t is the fact' not
Tho axfcnt of reputation. that makes
II wrong. II we can ease our
The extent of Reputation, tnae mah.'
obligations we have made. y VIII , aa
osire little effort upon our part . .na
ea.al qualification for repuaiat'hs -"
ofher half.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

The Argus Leader today prints a thoughtful, able, and scholarly letter
NJ the pen of Judge Bartlett Trip. This Letter constitutes the most no.
J incident OF the present campaign, both from the vigor and power OF the
mage and the eminence and Observation-Disclosures OF the writer.
For man years Bartlett Trip has been the Acknowledged leader oil me
lin Dakota Democracy. No man n the state enjoys "A higher presuge
kng citizens Of all parties and no mans opinion carries mor weight.
Atat Trip is fairly regarded as Tho most distinguished citizen OF the
y and he has reflected on South Dakota higher honor than any other man
his appointment a minister OF Austria, the fourth diplomatic pot IN the
ID the government.
i Judge Trip was not in the country during the campaign OF 1896 and con-
kMuy took no part IN that memorable contest. The letter given peioW
seDe is his first public declaration OF his determination to oppose the
sunas who have seduced so man. of his former followers and irieAds
\ to support the policies which he believes to be right Judge irlpp does
J announce himself a a Republican, he still retains his belief in the OLD
EasOnan principles OF Democracy; but he holds that in adopting IN nj
10 platform tho present leaders OF the party surrendered 1t Z socia4iSi
J POpuIsm a1d he will oppose its success SO long as that platform rs re-
hd He is also in earnest sympathy with the foreign policy OF ne al
tnsuaton and especially with the policy of trade expansion winch 'As
kdent has declared to be the outcome Of the war For these reasons ne
y support the Republicans this yea-.
Some time age C. +. Zimmerman, the national bank examiner a me os
knouat, and one OF the leaders OF the party in this state, wrote Judge iripp
King his views upon the present Issues and asked especially ff aa an
kncment of Judge Trips idea OF the duty Of old line Democrats I
tr which appears below was sent in reply and its publication is autn0r-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
The Only Rational Step.

England protected her manufactures
until she led the world as a manufac-
turing nation. Then came the reign
Of Cobdenism and free trade. And
after fifty years of free trade, England
finds American products supplanting
English products In foreign markets
and ven in John Bulls island itself.
From the beginning of her m
cial life until the present, England has
protected In one way or another her
shipping interests. Today she leads
the world in shipping. She Is so far
In the lead that she has no rival. In
fact, mere than hall the ocean carry
ing power of the world is possessed
by British ships. These two bits OF
history are equal to a treatise on
economics.
The United States. like England. has
protected Its home industries.
Through protection we have reached
the top industrially. We supply al
most entirely our home market, a mar
ket worth all the markets OF the
world, and we are crowding other
nations out of the markets OF the
world. The next step. the only logical
step, the only rational step, is to put
in force a system Of protection to our
commerce, to protect our shipping as
We have protected our industrial i'm
terests. We should carry approx
mately the whole OF our imports and
at least a part of u exports IN Amer
ican-built ships. Let us do our ocean
carrying. as we now supply our W
market. After that we can turn our
attention to getting our share Of the
worlds carrying trade. as now we are
getting possession of the markets OF
the world.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Will Support the Republicans.

I have examined the question with
care. and l can never vote the Demo.
cratic ticket so long as this plank OF
the Chicago platform is afiirmed as a
cardinal doctrine. / had hoped In this
state our Democratic convention would
have deemed IL wise to pass over this
obnoxious plank In silence. as has been
discretely done in some OF the eastern
states, but instead OF doing SO, it has
not only affirmed the platform in full.
hut has emphasized the silver plank by
q special recital and enlargement, as II
with a purpose of compelling q surren'
Ger of principle. or of driving out all
those who differ with them in this new
article OF faith. / have hoped, and
still hope. that the great party OF the
nation will see the error of its ways,
end become again, as il always has
been in the past. the exponent OF a
sound and honest money. But until
that time comes. feeling 1t the duty OK
every man to exercise the right of suf-
frage. | shall vote with that party
which laost nearly represents my views
upon what / deem, the vital question. at
the coming election. | shall therefore
vote upon national issues with the Re-
publican party.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Principles Above Party.

II is. as you say difficult TO break
away from a party and from men with
whom he have trained for so long a
time and to vote with q party and for
against which and whom we have
been so long opposed. But / regard
principles above party, and whenever
q new question arises upon which par
tics mus and should divide. X is the
duty of every citizen to vote for the
rarity which most clearly representa-
the views he himself maintains. and
break and destroy that parti-
san tyranny that would result from
blind obedience TO party platforms Il
the dictates of party leaders.
IL ia true that Republican friends
reassert their faith in protection. and
did | deem this a vital question. II
would cause me TO hesitate and perhaps
preyent my voting for any candidate
upon such a platform. but / am con-
WINGED that the tariff is a question OF
the past. Hcnceforth we are to become
an exporting, not an importing nation
and must soon look for other methods
for raising a national revenue. than 70
n tariff on imports. And this issue,
which at best was never able to rise
in dignity above The selfish influences
Of local interests and become in fact
n national one. viii now be relegatcd
Nv general consent to nCn-partisan
commissions and become removed from
the pale Of party politics.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

free institutions. Yet / was strongly
in favor OF the present a ] belie7el
in 1t as a wSr for humanity. not a
war of conquest. and now that peace
has been declared and the results arc
to be determined, ] an not in favor Of
surrendering the principles for which
the war was begun and brought to a
victorious end. The tyranny OF Spain
a sufficient cause fol u ito
Intervention in behalf of Cuba. but not
more so than In behalf of the Philip
pines. II Spanish rule ought to cease
in the one, justice would dictate that u
ought to cease In the other. We have
treated both the Cubans and Filipl'
nos as allies by Joining them in their
resistance against the tyianny or
Spain. We have furnished botn with
arms and munitions OF war. and have
by our acts il not by declared purpose
promised them a freedom from Span
ish rule. 1t would now be ccwardice
TO grant freedom to Cuba AID d6ly !.
to the Philippines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Extend the Monroe Doctrine.

I am therefore in favor OF retaining
so much Of the Spanish territory as
may be necessary for the demands CT
our and the requirements OF
our navy, and OF extending over these
people a form Of government best
adapted to their requirements. until
such time as they are sufficiently ad-
yanced In civilization to establish a
government of their own. II Is but the
plea Of the pessinlist to object to the
expense that may be involved by such
a p~rotectorate. Expense was e proper
subject of consideration when we de-
clared war in behalf OF humanity, not
when we are considering and determin-
ing it's victorious results. AS a nation
we are strong enough TO be just n
are rich enough to be humahe. ] would
expand our Monroe doctrine to the ex-
tent that the nations OF Europe shonld
be restrained from imposing their
forms Of government upon any people
against the will Of the governed, not
only upon the continent OF America,
but wherever such wrong be commit
tod
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

England, but bought OF Russia and
Servia and Spain and Turkey and Ar
gentina and Peru and Falkland Is
lands and Africa and Australasia, and
goodness only knows where not. That
wool was gathered from all over and
brought here for you and other farm
ers to wear.
Think of 1t! What nonsense! YET
too true; over $50. coo, 900 worth in a
single year. That is raw wool alone, to
say nothing of the nearly $50 000.0 600
worth of manufactured goods that
came in. Can you wonder that there
was a great reduction in the size or
American fiocks and a greater reduc-
ton in their value. which wen from
over SIPS. 00O. 900 to about SCI, 900 900
in those same four years? Think OF
that. will you, and then say that free
trade doesn't hurt the farmer?
What makes sheep values good
again? You know and l know that 1t
was the protection given wool by the
Dingley law. Taking into considera-
ton the raw wool used in our fac
tories and the manufactured wool i'm
ported, our f1ocks will have to get con-
siderably above the 75.000,00 0 notch
before they will produce enough wool
to supply our own people. with but
ABOUT &c. ooo. 00o left from our free trade
experiment to start on. Any n can
sec that 1t will take some time to get
up to that notch, and we can look for
continued profit in sheep and wool
raising. That is one way in which the
Mckinley tariff helps the farmer, n
! a name other ways" And n
went in the house. e. G. PIPP.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
sound Advice.

What would fit 5000, 900 OF people,
5000. 900 of emancipated colcnists, will
not fit rs. 600. 900 OF people who are the
equal of any other 5000, 900 of peo-
pie OF the world. and. whether you
are Republicans or Democrats, every
one OF you feels an interest in the
success of III country. Let it be un-
derstood everywhere among you that
you will not support anybody-wili
not give your political support or
strength to anybody-who' will not I'M
dertake to carry the flag of American
commerce onto every sea. When you
have done that, our country will have
taken her proper place. She cannot
stand still. She must go ahead or go
backward. II the present changes IN
the Orient bring about the results In
China that have been brought about
in Japan. you will find a greater de-
velopment OF trade on the Pacific
ocean in the next twenty-five years.
than the world has ever seen in it's
history. Shall we take part In it with
our immense coast and all its wealth?
From an address OF James J.. Hill.
President OF the Great Northern Rail-
road.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
MY POPULIST FRIEND
HIS WIFE TEACHES HIM A LES
SON IN PERSISTENCY.
How tho Tariff Enhanced the Value of
the sheep He Sold ia order to
invest In some Government War
BoOds.

In argument my Pcpulist friend sell
dom knows when he is beaten. He had
chafed sorely v his gentle wife's
reminder OF the vivid contrast present.
ed by the facts OF history and the dis
NAL foreshadowings OF the calamity
croakers whose lead he had followed
for several years past. She had, you
Will remember. in the last conversa-
ton pointed out the spleadid achieve
mcnts OF a great nation In the war
just closed, and the splendid outlook
for progress aud humanity growing
out OF those achievements. and had
asked him how lie rec onciled these
things with the declaration of the Pop
nlist platform:
I'VE meet in the midst OF a nation
brought to the verge OF moral. ma
teriaI and political ruin"
And when he had apoIogized for this
ridiculous asseveration rs among the
first utterances Of q new party six
years ago. the good wife reminded him
OF something more recent in the same
line, when, only two years ago. he had
carried a banner which declared that:
"A vote for Mckinley mean % cents
a bushel for wheat and 10 cents a
bushel for corn"
So my Populist friend had retired
from the controversy hurt and humili-
ated. But he had been thinking OF
things over night, and the next day he
sought to recover some OF his lost
ground. Tell me-" he cried, pointing
his finger s~cornfully at his wife. Tell
me, II you can. what Mckinley has to
do for the prosperity of the farmers;
point out, IL you know how. where the
toiling masses on the farms get one
direct benefit from him aud his pro-
tective tariff policy"
"Oh. husband" and she stamped her
foot lightly, ~betraying the impotence
which she felt. "how can you be so
Inconsistent? Where did you get the
money to buy the few hundred dol
lars worth of government bonds,
which made you feel so good9 What
did you SELF"
sheep" and he flinched before the
argument which he knew was coming.
"Yes. sheep. Your business sense
was better than your political sense,
thank goodness. When Mck.nley's
election was assured dida't you buy
sheep? Didn't you think they would
go up? What made you think that?
Wa IL because you thought that more
wool or less wool would be imported
under the laws he would give US?
Didn't you know that his tariff law,
his protective tariff law. on wool
would shut out most OF the cheap wool
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

man suffer most severely; accumulated
wealth and large estates are augment
ed and increased thereby, and a change
from a gold TO a silver basis when ac-
complished would not bring the results
expected and desired. The money OF
the country, increased in quantity,
though decreased in value, would etili
be held by the wealthy. The necessar'
les OF life and commodities OF all kinds,
the property of the rich, must be paid
for by the poor at prices nearly double
in value. while labor, the capital OF the
poor, would be the last end least TO
rise In the scale Of prices. Make :he
gold and silver dollar Of the same IN
trinsic yalue. and it does not matter
whether silver o. gold becomes the
measuring unit; but make the silver
dollar at its present ratio the unit OF
value, and all commodities W"uiu
double in price and an immediate ais-
turbarce in all values must inevitably
result.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

that was coming from the four corners
Of the earth; and that the law would
enable our home farmers to raise wool
at a profit? Hasn't that made sheep
60 up in price? Isn't that where you
get your profit? Answer me-"
But he answered not. a
"Now, think OF this" she proceeded.
Taking the average of all our people,
the country over, 1t takes the wool of
one sheep to supply the needs Of each
person. possibly q ;rifle more. In 1897
it took about Sh pounds to each per-
son, while the average weight OF a
fleece OF wool was about 6A pounds.
Yet on a basis of the amount used In
1894, 1896 and 1896 that quantity
would have very nearly supplied each
person. Then we have ii, one per-
SON, one sheep needed. We have over
10000, 900 inhabitants, but how many
sheep? Look up the government rec
ords and o will find that in 1893 we
had about AZ, 000, 900 in the entire coun-
try. enough TO supply n little over half
out wool. DID the tariff reform party
that was in power then try % help
you and me by saving our home mar
ket for US? You know as well as / do
that they put wool on the free lat, so
that il could come from everywhere:
and in four years our focks dwindled
down so that in 1897 there were only
about 10000. 900 sheep in the country,
not enough TO supply half our wool.
why this decline? II was because
the American farmer could not produce
wool at a profit and compete with the
cheap wool Of the world. Think of it,
hCsband--think Of il. We. an agricul-
tu-al people, suffering hardships dur
ing those tariff reform times. looking
for diversified branches OF agriculture,
actually sending everywhere fer wool.
when we could have produced it In
abundance Or Il W pastures. Why.
that Goa that you have II you don't
know whether the wool came from Ser
via. OF Turkey. o. China. or some 9TH
cr country or cheap labor ard cheap
living. In the last year OF that free
trade in wool policy England sold lis
over s2s. 000. 900 worth, not raised in
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

weight in the honest mind Such
change of the unit of currency would
also affect injuriously our own citi-
Zens who have trusted the honor and
honesty of their government. 1t would
scale down by fifty per cent the value
Of all deposits in our savings banks, to
which are entrusted a large portion or
tie earnings Of the poor, and all bonds
and stocks held in trust for widows
and orphans. 1t would divide in twain
the soldiers pension, and cut down all
prices as fixed by law as fees and sal
arcs for public service. 1t is a two
edged sword that spares neither friend
nor foe.
1t wa sthe honest men of the country
irrespective of party who voted against
such a scheme of ~iniquity and national
dishonor, and they can be depended up
on to do it again in every state DUR
ing the present campaign, where it Is
presented as a party issue.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27
Expansion Of Trade.

II these views make me an expan-
%sionist, then / am one. And | am an
expansionist in the development OF the
wealth and power CT the republic. /
believe in the expansion Of our COM
merce, the export of the products OF
our soil and workshops to every mar
ket Of the world. ! believe in adopting
and maintaining a currency that Is
used and recognized by the nations Oh
the world. We are at the commence
ment OF a new era. The Slav and An
glo-Saxon are entering upon a contest
for supremacy. Their lines Of civil.
cation have paralelled the continent OF
Asia, and now threaten u commercial
interests in the markets OF China, jap
IA and the Islands OF the Feast. We
cannot stand idly by and see these
markets closed to ourselves and the
world; and until these and similar
great international questions may be
met and determined by a congress OF
nations, each nation must be prepared
to assert and defend its own rights, as
well as to protect and defend the rights
OF others who are unable to protect
and defend themselves.
This nation will never recede from
the advanced position it has already
taken, and the aim Of every man who
loves his country should be, to aid and
assist in guiding its destiny so as to
give the largest amount OF individual
freedom and prosperity to its citizens
at home and relieve oppression abroad.
This is expansion along the lines OF
human progress, and not those OF ag-
gression and conquest. A conservatism
that adopts a policy less advanced will
not meet with approval from an en-
lightened and progressive people.
/ am, very sincerely yours,
Bartlett Trip.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-10-27

The new tariff law, even under the
most ~unfavorablc conditions, has dem
onstrated its effectiveness in producing
revenue. Under normal conditions 1t
is safe to say that results will be OBJ
tanned of greater magnitude than
even its trainers anticipated. Taking
everything into consideration, the fs-
cal year 1893 has made a record for
itself that fills the breast of every
true American citizen with pride, pa
triotism and security in the country's
stability. and attracts the attention or
every nation to the greatness of the
United States of America.-Wool Rec
ord.