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La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

par!sons we're made. the aggregate cost
OF several hundred articles, covering
more than e-tenths OF the cost Of
living. was less than per cent higher
than 1t was IL months previous. The
plain fact Of the matter is that. while
there has been q considerable advance
In the current market values Of many
agricultural products. thus giving to
the American farmer the first real lift
he has had for several years. and at
the same time improving business in
every department. the cost OF living
has not been materially Increased as
a consequence.
II is not SO much because Of higher
prices as because OF more work. bet
ter wages, more money in circulation.
greater purchasing power on the part
OF wage earners. larger demand and
general prosperity has been raised up
TO an average higher than has been
known efor several years past.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
Two Kl.i. of Deficits.

This from the Cleveland Plalndcaler
is an unusually frank acknowledgment
for free trade newspaper to make:
Certainly during the last six months.
when our revenue has fallen short at
the rate of over s6.0o0.o 900 per month.
our people having been purchasing
more OF our own goods than they hal
at any time for two years previous,
and more money has gone into circu-
lation and more men have been at
work
Enemies of protection and fair play
would win more respect and obtain a
|. more attentive hearing II they told
the truth more frequently. Admis-
sions from free trade writer as can
did as that quoted from the Plain
dealer are as rare as white black
birds.
Deficits occurred with great regu-
larity during the four years Of low
tariff and no tariff, and upward Of
$1,000 OF indebtedness was incurred
to bridge over the shortage in the
revenues. None of the free trade peo-
pie then had spasms on that account;
1t is only since protection is once more
In operation that they worry about de-
ficits.
But there are worse things than de-
fcits. and the Plaindealer tacitly ac-
knowledges as much when 1t bears wit
ness to the fact that times have been
extremely prosperous in spite Of the
shortage of $6.00O,00O per month. II
We must have deficits. let us have the
kind that have temporarIly occurred
under the Dingley law. where every
body is prosperous. instead of the Will
son sort. when. in addition to deficits
in government revenues. there were
disastrous depletions of the revenues
OF the great mass of wage earners aud
wage payers.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

the representative OF the people he hal
another consciousness. AS tho SER
want OF his countrymen he envelopel
himself with their convictions as they
grew.
Consequently he did not rule them.
Clothed with new and almost dictato-
rial power. he uEcd 1t solely at their
own unQuestionable pressure upon him.
Never have we had SO strong PresI-
dent; never was ono who ruled less.
It may not be fair. altogether. to
compare present leaders with him and
to condemn them for falling below his
standard. No other statesman In the
world has possessed such fineness of
human instinct coupled with such un-
surpassed experience OF men and such
extraordinary judgment of values as
constituted the outfit Of Lincoln.
But on the other hand no such con-
fusion Of circumstances surrounds our
modern executives.
What we have right to demand In
this day no less than In 1861 Is leaders
who. without hypocrisy. love the pco-
pie. know the people. obey the people.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
An Interesting scsn..

The New York daily Journals gave
an account OF competition which
took place on Lincoln's birthday be-
tween the children of the public
schools. A prize had been offered by
the Patria Club for the best salute to
the nag" and original patriotic song.
The most dramatic feature OF the exer-
cises was probably the appearance OF
six hundred Russian children, who are
being educated by the fund given by
Baron de Hirsch. Most of these boys
and girls had been less than six
months In this country, but with the
extraordinary facility CT their race in
learning language. they already
speak and understand English, and
show an enthusiastic admiration for
their adopted country.
They marched into the great audi
torium OF the Educational Alliance
building. each child wearing an Amer
lean flag pinned to his or her breast.
Their superintendent said to them.
You are no longer Russians: you are
Americans. Let us see whether you
can give three good American cheers" ("
The cheers were given with spark
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

ling eyes. Thirteen boys carrying ma
tional colors marched forward, escort.
ing little girl dressed as Columbia.
who carried large silk flag. AS she
unfurled 1t the six hundred little Rus
SLAMS repeated in chorus:
Flag Of the Republic! Inspirer in
battle, guardian Of our homes, whose
stars and stripes stand for bravery,
truth, purity and Union:-We salute
thee! We, the children OF many lands
who find rest under thy folds, do
pledge our lives. our hearts and our
sacred honor to love and protect thee.
our country and the liberty CT the
American people forever
At the words. I'VE salute theew the
arms of all the children were stretch-
ed out to the flag. and then folded
upon their breasts. An original pa
triotic song and the "Star-Spangled
Banner" were then sung with great
enthusiasm.
The scene was described as a great
object-lesson which touched the heart
OF every child and every spectator.
There is much meaning in the old
story OF the woodsman who said. "If
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
cc~p.,..,.. ef.. Ch..p Lab ~

The Fall River "Globe" recently dis
patched = representative to the cotton
manufacturing regions Of the South.
with a view to obtaining reliable facts
as to the extent and character Of this
Southern competition which 10 now bo-
coming such an important factor In the
industrial problem in New England.
This agent has spent some time In tho
Piedmont district, where the ootton
manufacturing industry is quite exten-
sively established and where New Eng
land manufacturers say they expert
ence the most formidable competition.
The Globe" presents the results Of
Its representatives. Investigations In
that field. Under date OF December 16
he writes from Charlotte. N. c.. open
Ing his letter with the question.
Southern competition--what does 1t
amount to?" and answering as follows:
Believe the man who runs the Louiba
mills. the largest cotton manufacture
Ing concern in this city, and 1t
amounts to just this-the Northern
mills must go out of business. for they
never will be able to compete with
eAS Auhis III tnlS SectlOu Ot tHe cOuH-
try on the line of goods they are now
manufacturing. and there is every
prospect that in the years to come
mills will be in operation here max
Ing every kind OF goods which the
Northern manufacturer makes to-day
and much more cheaply. This Is put
ting It strong. 1t is not my opinion.
but his
The Globe" correspondent quotes a
pamphlet issued under the auspices OF
the Charlotte Board of Aldermen, In
which 1t is set forth that within 100
miles Of Charlotte there are over 200
cotton mills operating 1,621.2l5 spin
dies and 1878 looms. which are
claimed to be the most successful Of
all textile industries not only In the
South but In the United States. He
says that the operatives are temperate
and Industrious. and that there In no
clashing of races among them. Hours
OF labor are long. wages are low. iiv-
ing is cheap and everybody is content
ed and happy. From his story It looks
very much as II the great industries ~
New England are threatened by tho
cheap labor of the South.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
tn. American SIX Industry.

fine showing of prosperity Is
made for the silk trade Of the United
tates in the annual review printed hy
the American SILK Journal. In spite
of the prevalence of phenomenai,y "
low prices. the output OF manufactured
goods amounts In value to nearly
500 100000. and the consumption of
raw silk reached 64,5iS bales, valued
at $2s,474.347, the largest in bulk.
though not in value, In the history Of
the trade. Add to this the erection
and equipment OF fifty-seyen new fac
tories. together with additions to
buildings and machinery Of existing
plants. and the formation OF thirty
four new firms and corporations, and
the record. as a whole, Is a gratifying
one.
The prospect for the coming year,
under conditions of general prosperity,
are most flattering for the silk indus
try. 1t has been one of the most en-
terprising and progressive Of all the
thriving Industries of America. and
has in an eminent degree been success
full In demonstrating that, supported
by fair amount of protection. Ameri-
can skill and taste can in every case
successfully compete with the older
and more favorably situated institu-
tions OF Europe. In no branch of
Yankee enterprise has this fact been
more clearly demonstrated than in the
case OF American silk,
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

week seems not objectionable vio-
.once at this peculiar period Of our his
tory.
England, at the time Wordsworth
wrote. century ago. was "a fen OF
stagnant waters;" the true English, lib
erty-loviag spirit. which Milton q CEN
Jury and half before had voiced at its
,est. was parnlyzed by commercialism:
the plain people were down. Toryism
was up.
The closing years OF this present
century in American politics seem in
some respects not unlike that unhappy,
1nillumined period in England.
Abraham Lincoln embodied the
growth of lhe people. The pictures OF
ais early homes and haunts are vocal
with suggestion OF whence his impulses
we're drawn. He grew with the people
through the varied stages OF their
growth, from the humblest poverty
known am i'd the poverty of the frontier
10 mastery of the most bewildering
financial complications that have ever
confronted this nation.
But he vas the man OF the people 20
the end. He never lost the initial i'm
pulse. He never was uncertain how
the common man would regard a meas
ure. The common man knew that his
opinion had weight with the homely
President
Lincoln was no faster than the plain
people could follow.
Herein again he embodied their his
tory. He and they seemed to develop
together He held back till he felt
their impulse Enthusiastically pushing
him. Radical men complained at his
slowness. Wendell Phillips ragged at
him with frenzied abusiveness. But
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
A sp..m Of Sense.

The New York Evening Post is good
enough to say that "the Republican
resolution to make no change in the
tariff this winter Is In every way COM
mendable." because "the country has
suffered 30 much from tarIff tinkering
that It desires above all things steadi-
ness In one experiment or other" /"
This II remarkable spasm OF goof
sense on the part Of free trade or
gan which in the past hve months has
done little else than raise series of
frantic hullabaloos about deficits and
prate about the failure" OF the Ding
ley tariff.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
An Heroic Character.

Heroic characters are immortal. The
memories OF rare deeds and noble vir-
tues never die. The names of Savon-
arola, Luther, Melancthon, Peter the
Hermit. Joan of Arc, Cromwell and
john Brown are carved upon the i'm
mortal tablets of everlasting fame.
John Brown was one OF the mys-
tories OF the human. No man has ever
explained the philosophy of his life
and character We simply know him
as rare example of bravery, OF NOR
al worth and true manhood. His char
acter was remarkable for moral purity
and invincible tenacity of will. He
displayed the deepest devotion to an
idea-that OF war against human
slavery. He believed that who would
be free. themselves must strike the
blow" He was \ stern, uncomprom-
ising hater of human bondage.
Slavery to him was a heinous crime.
II meant the everlasting blighting and
blasting Of manhood. Upen the gal-
lows he declared that slavery was "the
sum Of all villainies," and must speed
lily perish from the land. He possessed
the will Of a Hercules, the faith OF an
Aaron. He dehed formal law and the
sluggish public opinion Of his time. In
the interests Of the one cause-..tustice
to all men." There il nothing xrander
N history. more sublime. than the lifs
Of this strange man. Aye, truly
His soul goes marching on.r
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
4 Ya.ks. R.m....


Hawthorne found romance on the
shores Of old New England. and there
Is . good deal Of It unminded in the
modern life Of the Yankees. The fol-
lowing story Of love and marriage.
strange a. It may seem, Il known 10
the writer to be true: Years ago a
summer boarder. at q cottage ON a
point Of land which formed. the protect
ing arm of the harbor Of fishing town
In Massachusetts,, was shown sirl ba-
by only few months old. He looked
at the babe and admired; then said 10
the mother: '.Wtll you give me that
babe for my. wife?'' The mother had
known tho young man for several
summers; she liked him, and therefore
answered promptly. yes" "WfI vou
promise never to tell her that you have
selected me ~ her husband =" ayes. .
The conditions Of the singular betroth-
n were observed. The sirf baby new
mp. and summer aftsr. summer the
young man ecurted her. when she
was eighteen he married her. ana ncS
tin thea did she knew that sha hsd
bssn bstr0thed to hsS husband vhi1e
= Asr cradle. Can old romsncs be
uness r0mantic than this story 81 : NM
nleisad hshisg townf
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

Lincoln could not move until his peo-
pie were ready to move with him.
What profound leadership was in
this leaning back against the people!
For Lincoln was leading most when
He hated slavery no less during his
senatorial fight with Douglas than
when he signed the Emancipation proc
lamati0n. But during those exciting
debates before the voters of Illinois he
only asserted the rudimentary
principle that house divided
against itself can not stand.
His position, was regarded by
the abOlitionists as pitifully made
quate. But II set the people to think
ing and reasoning, while the vehement
abolition leaders had been chiefly sue
cessful In aroIising them to rancor.
When inaugurated as President.
amid the unutterable gloom and fear.
while state after state was passing It's
ordinance of secession. he seemed 10
many - willing to sacrifice the main
idea which had lifted his party to
power II the South would consent to
return. Nothing SO plaintive. yet so
manly. was before heard In a speech
by the head Of the nation. The North
ern radicals called 1t weakness, and
groaned for the stronger tones of Sc
ward.
But L won the people.
1t broke down party walls and almost
created unanimity. Republican and
Democrat as names were dropped for
a time and men called themselves only
Uniontats. Out of divided North, SO
divided that the Southern leaders cal
culated upon Its inaction, Lincoln made
compact mass.
The success of the war hung upon
this 5ndieious leadership Of the people.
Sewardss high hand would have made
gulf where Llncoln's subtle sympa-
thy mede . nation of single heart.
His secret was that he loved the peo-
pie frum whom he sprung. and knew
them - well that they stood before
him. With all their variations. as one
indivi1nal.
Bec9tae OF this he led them from The
start q tAs end. not once out-pacing
them. not once losing patience, yet
steadily drawing them on while they
believe4 thsy were themseivs the lead
ers an Nsre pushing him. They trust
ed htm ehr0ugh the blind era because
they ~ that he was obeying them.
But 80 implied no deceit by him.
A. ee - his solely individual rsla-
tons ~ HI decidedly individual con-
yleti0 Bat ~ . man who stood -
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
ONE OF LlMcoLn.s sroalss.
sne rase OF the as. WHO Tried :. A.
vertise Ounpov der 1t Prayer = ssslpG.

rhc Fats Of the Mss WHO Tried 70 A.
vertise Oanpovasr vt Praysr-saessls<.
The following anecdote by Lincoln
is recounted by General Horace Por-
ter. 1t was told during Lincoln's visit
course Of the conversation that even-,
Ing he spoke of the Improvement In
arms and ammunition. and OF the new
powder prepared for the flfteen-inch
guns. He said he had never seen the
latter article, but he understood II dif-
fered very much from any other pow
der that had ever been used. told
him that / happened to have in my
tent a specimen which had been sent
to Headquarters as curiosity, and
that would bring 1t to him. When
/ returned with a grain OF the powder
about tie size of walnut. he took 1t.
turned 1t over In his hand. and after
examining II carefully. said We'll.
It's rather larger than the powder we
used to buy In my shooting days. 1t
reminds me of what occurred once in
a country Westinghouse in Sangamon
county. You see. there were very few
newspapers then. and the country
storekee9ers had to resort to some 9TH
er means of advertising their wares.
II. for instance. the preacher happened
to be late in coming to prayer-meet-
ing OF an evening. the shopkeepers
would often put in the time while the
people were waiting by notifying them
OF any new arrival of an attractive line
Of goods.
"One evening a man rose up and
said: Brethren, let me take occasion
to say. while we're a-waitin', that l
have Jest received new inv'ice OF
sportIn' powder. The grains are SO
small you kin sca'cely see 'em with the
naked eye. and polished up so fine you
kin stand up and comb yer ha'r in
front Of one o. them grains jest like
1t was lookin'-glass. Hope you'll
come down to my store at the cross
roads and examine that powder for
yourselves
When we had got about this far q
rival powder merchant In the meeting
who had been boiling over with indig-
nation at the amount of advertising
the opposition powder was getting,
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
ssn.lb,. and Patriotic.

Fairness" said Mr.. ]. Edward Sim
mons, In a recent speech at the annual
banquet OF the Clearing House Associ-
alton at Rochester. N. Y, requires
that a new tariff law be given trial. as
tree does not bear fruit Immediately
after 1t Is planted" The man who ad-
ministered this deserved rebuke to the
croakers and pessimists who pronounce
the Dingiey law "a tariff for deficit
only" occupies the foremost financial
position. outside of the federal govern
ment. held by any citizen Of the United
States. Mr.. Simmons is president Of the
Clearing House Association, and also
president OF the Fourth National bank
of New York. He is moreover Demo-
crat and not a protectionist. At least.
he was not protectionist year ago,
but like many another free trade theo-
rist. has lately had much cause to
doubt whether the patriotic policy of
America for Americans has not, after
all, much to commend 1t in the matter
of developing commercial and indus
trial prosperity.
Whatever may be the private view OF
President Simmons on this question. he
makes no secret Of his contempt for
that class Of calamity howlers who
would rather see ruin than good times
II the latter must be accredited to the
results of protection. 1t is the con-
tempt that all good citizens must feel
for people who condemn the new tariff
before 1t has had the ghost Of
..hance to demonstrate Its effective
.ess in the matter Of producing rev.
eEue.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

jumped up and cried OUT Brethren,
l hope you'll not believe single word
Brother Jones has been sayin' about
that powder I've been down thar and
seen 1t for myself. and pledge you my
word that the grains Is bigger than
the Jumps In coal-pile; and any one
OF you. brethren. ef you was in your
future state. could put a barI o. that
powder on your shoulder and march
squar' through the sulphurious flames
surroundin' You without the least dam
ger OF an explosion"
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
rh. po.trx ef Pretsr.lon.

Just a little dollar, on its mission
GENT, makes lot Of people glad each
time the coin is spent. You pay 1t to
the butcher, for meat to give you
strength; he takes 1t to the grocer from
whom It goes at length, some pretty
III. Of cloth or lace his better half to
buy. or helps to get her winter hat
% make her rival sigh. The dry goods
nan sends on the coin to pay his mar
he. bill, and though the coin is often
speat. 1t stays dollar still. and every
tine It's spent at home. some act Of
good is done In booming" local indus
tries, ere setting Of the sun.
but II you take that shining coin
Gud break the local chain. the chances
arc that from afar twill not return
agnin. II once 1t passes out Of town.
the butcher and the baker. the grocer
and the dry goods man, the cook. the
undertaken. the carpenter. the car
riagewright. the blacksmith. every one,
will lose the chance to touch that coin
ere setting Of the sun.
Just keep the little coin At home.
just keep It moving well, and every
time It changes hands somebody's
goods twill sell. That single little
dollar has thus . wondrous power to
make somebody better . dozen times
an hour. II pays the bill and wards
on i'll, and ne'cr its power relaxes to
soothe the doctor, buy the coal ana
pay for clothes and taxes.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
The s,....,oa H.. Changed.

Hundreds of thousands of men who
were idle at the beginning of the
Mckinley administration are now en-
ployed. thanks. largely. to the pass
age OF the Dingley bill, which gives
sustaining protection to our manufac-
turers. and there has been. too, mo-
ticeable increase in wages.-Kansas
City Journal.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
R.pssieA Jssc - rsns.

"It is good thing the Wilson act
was not given an opportunity to show
that It could raise enough rsvenue. BY
the time that point had been reached
the SAP and life would have gone nom
our own industries. Wilmington
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
N Leva.e.,,..

did he leave his wife much when
he died?" well, don't know ~ to
that. but he used To leave her about
every night when he was alive
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
tBy Francis Bellamy.)

i MOO l. N. thou
shouldst be living
at this hour: Am
erica hath need Of
thee!"
Thus to apply the
opening lines of
Wordsworth's Tam
GUS Sonnet to
Milton to the great
President whose
birthday falls this
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

The earliest complete clock Of which
an accurate record exists was made II
the thirteenth century BY . earnesn
mechanic. & :. g
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
noaas.n, -. AlI.s,,..,,,. q,

Over ~ diamonds are known 70 have
bssn reeevsred afum ,the ruins oe Daby-
iQ1, lae91 ~ uAeut. but 49, -
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
LINCOLN IN 1863.
(Brody. Wash.l

I am to raise pines 1t for masts. /
must begin with the Seed
II we are to nll this country with
Intelligent. patriotic. honorable citi-
gems we must begin the work with the
children.
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29
THE COST OF LIVING.
HAS 1T INCREASED IN coNsE.
0OENCE OF NEW TARlFFY

rSRares Showing That while the F.rraer
HAs Obsaised Better Prices for ais
Prodscss the Expense Of suppor,inv =
Family Has Not Materially Advanced,
La Junta tribune., 1898-01-29

Lincoln could not move until his peo-
pie were ready to move with him.
What profound leadership was in
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-03
Vinita Lost.

\ The first game Of base bali Of the
series Of three to be played with the
Krebs team was played yesterday at
the fair ground. The score shows4 to
Is In favor Of Krebs. The second game
is being played this afternoon.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1898-10-03

Alexander n. Crockotf, aged ~
yealb. mouths. died as o'cIock this
1norning Of Anderson's kidueJ dIseese
au1 yellow jaundice He1na tbe DID,
ea1 brother o{ 81 81 k1'cze ftia
cIf and came here from 1elc}.