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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11
is NOT PRACTICABLE.
NO DANGER OF A EUROPEAN
TRADE ALLIANCE.
Conflicting Interests Will Operate to
Prevent a Reta1iatory Tariff Combine
of Foreign Countries Against the
United States.

The Bealieu plan of continental
trade alliance against the United States
might be practical If Europe were one
nation. within the several parts Of
which there was the community Of In
terests brought into existence by free
Interchange Of commodities. But 1t Is
practically impossible to form one gen
eral trade alliance against the United
States while the several European ma
lions tax each others products. A tar
If schedule against the United States
which would serve the Interests of one
European nation might not serve the
interests of any other nation. The
United States has one legislative body
which harmoniZes to the best OF Its
ability the interest Of the different Sec
tons. When a revision Of the tariff Is
proposed representatives from all parts
of the country are invited to Washing
ton to represent the industries Of their
respective sections. When the revised
bill Is submitted to Congress, repre-
sentatives with votes take up the work
Of presenting the claims Of the differ
ent parts Of the country. While no
section gets all it asks for, it usually
finds upon examinat ion that it's inter
ests have been considered and it's de-
mands complied with to the extent that
like consideration of the interests Of
other sections would permit. In this
way the United States presents solid
front against the foreign Industrial
world while preserving accord at home
by unrestricted trade among the States
and Territories.
The Continent of Europe is divided
into a number of little nahonahties
which have no interests in common.
The fact that these several royal fami-
lies are allied by blood creates no bond
Of union. One daughter of Queen Vic
toria shares the Russian throne with
it's hereditary monarch, and another
daughter Of the British Queen is the
mother of the present Emperor of Ger
many. But those ties do not prevent
the three nations from an almost con-
slant wrangle. Except each other,
what enemy has either in Europe that
requires one-third of its working popu-
lation to be kept in military service
and to feed upon the earnings Of the
other two-thirds? A way to meet
American competition will be found
when Europe reduces her military es-
adjustments to the proportion to it's
population that the American army
bears to it's working people. The same
level might be reached by an increase
in the American army to the European
proportion, but the American people
will see that that folly is not commit
ted.-San Francisco Bulletin.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11
Condition Never Pett.r

Contrary to the assertions of Demo
cratic newspapers the condition of the
masses has improved within the last
half century and continues to improve,
according to the report of Carroll D.
Wright, the government commissioner
of labor. Wages have not only in
creased, but prices Of necessities have
decreased, or remain the same. Mr..
Wright says that wages to-day are
worth more than fifty years ago, or at
any continued period during the last
fifty years. The world over, the eco
nomic condition of the workman was
never better.-Lebanon Ohio West
ern Star.
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Russ;a's Reta1iatory Duties.

The wisdom and propriety of Secre-
tary Cages action relative to the col
lection of countervailing duties on Rus
apparent. Strong representations on
this subject had been made to our
government by the German ambassa-
dor at Washington prior to the decision
Of Secretary Gage, and protest had
been entered in behalf Of Germany
against discrimination in favor of
Russian sugar, accompanied by an in
timation that Germany might feel
called upon to impose higher rates Of
duties on American products unless the
grievance should be remedied. That
such a course would have been taken
by Germany under the continued irri-
tation of having to pay higher price
than that paid by Russia for the privi-
leges of the American market may be
considered reasonably certain. Then,
indeed, would the situation be serious
one for our exporters. We sell to Ger
many every year $19O,OOO,OOO of our
products, against only $1O,OOO,OOO sold
to Russia, and of the latter sum not
more than $2,5OO,OOO is subject to the
increased tariff put in force by Russia
Retaliatory duties >ap $19O,OOO,OOO, or
retaliatory duties on $2,5OO,0OO was
the alternative certain to be sooner or
later presented to Secretary Gage, and
he naturally chose the smaller amount
by ordering the collection of counter
vailing duties on Russian sugar pend
ing judicial determination of the
question whether Russia does or does
not pay some sort of bounty to her ex-
porters of beet sugar. For his choice
Of action in such a dilemma Secretary
Gage is on all accounts to be commend
ed rather than censured.
1t is of additional interest to know
that the United States minister at st.
Petersburg, confirms the statement Of
Secretary Gage that the additional du-
ties lately imposed by Russia do not
apply to imports of agricultural ma
chinery from the United States. 1t is
also stated on reliable authority that
imports of railway materials and sup
plies from the United States, being
known in Russia as imports for the
government, are not subject to any
additional duty.-American Economist
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A man committed suicide in Texas
after sending his wife this telegram:
''Thirty-five to-day; failure" This
was to abandon the struggle very early;
and man who could be thus discour-
aged when there were before him so
many opportunities to retrieve mis-
takes, vas not the sort of man who
ever could have made any independent
achievement in life. For such, how
ever, there is always the recourse of
giving themselves over to the routine
service Of others more capable and
more daring; and life lived in the faith
full performance Of this kind of labor
cannot be accounted failure.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

The hostility to machinery which
prevails to so great an extent in even
the most progressive European coun-
tries was manifested in no uncertain
manner in several of the textile factor
les of Spain this week. The operatives
struck because it was proposed to mod
ernie portions of the plants, and in one
center they wrecked the quarters Of n
manufacturers club, besides several
private houses. The employers closed
their plants, some $4,000 workpeople
being locked out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11
CHANGED CONDITIONS.

From Good to Bad In 1902, and from
Bad Back to Good In 1896.
Industrial conditions which prevailed
in the United States four years ago have
been completely reversed. Then and
for three years before workmen were
clamoring for employment; now en-
ployers are clamoring for workmen.
Then the factories and railroads were
burdened with more capacity than
far more business than capacity. Then
the genius of manufacturers was
strained to devise means by which pro-
duction should be reduced to the mini
mum capacity of their plants; now all
the skill at their command is called into
requisition to provide means for In
creasing production. Then the idle
were struggling to secure employment,
while the employed were struggling to
prevent the fall of wages; now no hon
est and capable man need want for
work, and the struggle of the employees
is to raise wages.
Unwise counsels so reduced duties In
1883 as to depress industry and cause
discomfort. Then Cleveland was elect
ed by bare majority Of $4,000 votes.
He devoted an entire annual message
to attack upon the protective tariff. He
failed, however, to get a tariff bill
passed, but kept industry in hot water
till his defeat by Harrison was assured.
Then recovery began, the volume Of
business increased in 1889 by two bill
lions Of dollars, and wages rose higher.
The Mckinley tariff came in 1890, and
wages rose still higher. The business
in 1892 reached the highest point ever
known up to that time-$63, 332, OO0, 900
through clearing houses-and the work
men shared in the prosperity.
In 1893 Cleveland came in again.
Business shrank Immediately. The
worst panic for half century drove
more than two million men out of en-
ployment and deprived the rest Of near
ly 20 per cent Of their former wages.
The volume Of business in 1894 was 25
per cent smaller than in 1892, and the
Wilson tariff taught the country the
DTdCLlcdl V1CCLS VI OCuOCIdLIC LIEU
ries. Mckinley, Trainer Of the tariff Of
1890, was elected in 1896 by the heavi-
est plurality ever cast before for an
American President, being 6O3, 514,
though in 1900 he increased that plu-
rality to 859,S24. The votes of work
men in the great Industrial States were
overwhelming, and the election of a
Republican Congress assured the re-
turn to the national policy which de-
tends American labor There was an
immediate improvement in industry,
and this received great impetus from
the Dingley tariff, so that the volume
of business through clearing houses
jumped from fifty billions in Cleve-
lands last year to over ninety billions
in 1900. Wages rose to the highest
general level yet attained since the day
when they were reckoned in deprecfat.
ed dollars.-Leavenwor Times.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A man has had his stomach cut out,
fixed up and put back again. The doc
sidered it a most interesting operation.
The person who underwent the ordeal
has not yet expressed his opinion Of it,
but he Is still living.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11
Remember The Fact.

It is well enough TO keep in MIND
that the only time since 1860 that the
Democratic party was in control of both
houses of Congress and the President
was during the second election Of
Cleveland, which occurred in 1892, and
that great financial panic of 1893 fol.
lowed the assurance Of Democratic
control. This fact should be remem-
bered by every voter in the United
States and read anew at each recur.
ring election. Medford (Okla.) Patriot
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Some men simply refuse to grow old.
They work and work. They wear out,
but there is no rust in their joint They
are hustling at 60, and active at 20, and
Death has to search for them in their
places of business. That Is a kind Of
existence that brings its own reward
and it's own pleasures, for the man who
finds happiness in his work is always
cheerful. Happiness generally means
long life. The more happiness the
more years and the more capacity for
enjoyment. Every day when the hands
OF the clock reach 1920 long train on
the Big Four pulls out Of the Grand
Central depot in Cincinnati. On the
platform is smiling old man In uni
form-that is, you would call him old,
and he would Indignantly tell you that
he is only a boy, as yet. That little old
man has been conductor of that train
for thirtyfoW. years. He was running
q train ten years before that. He has
been nearly fifty years railroader,
and has figures to show that he has
covered over three million miles, and
he wants to round out at least another
million before he makes his last run.
.Do all things in moderation; don't
spend money foolishly, and keep your
mind on your business" That Is his
theory Of life. He Is living proof that
there is good in that theory, for he is
hale and hearty. and, above all else,
hopny ar a time wbox, rnns& r,,or ORC
thinking Of dying.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

William Waldorf Aston has directed
that his new book shall not be publish
ed or sold in this country. Knowing
how Willie Wally feels toward us, this
consideration upon his part was hardly
to have been expected.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A Brooklyn woman was not angry
because her husband shot at her, and
missed her, but she wanted him prop
erly punished for shooting the nose off
her lovely teapot" Every woman can
understand her feelings.
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TO CoRREspoNDENTs

All communications for this paper should be accom-
.nted bv the name Of the author not necessarily foi
pubcation but - an evidence Of good faith on the par
Of the writer Write only side OF the paper. %
n.riculary careful In giving and dates to have
th. l.ttar. and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Mrs. Frank Leslie paid $4,000 for her
new title and was not compelled to
take a new husband with it. Here is
q pointer for other ambitious Amerl-
can women with the title craze.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

The Governor of Guam denies that
he hid in cellar at the time of the big
hurricane last fall, and adds that there
are no cellars in Guam. The alibi
seems to be established.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A doctor told a woman's club that
100000 American women are affiict-
ed with floating kidneys because of bad
corsets. What's loose kidney or two
compared with the pleasure of being
neatly and extensively gowned!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A Boston man, who is being sued for
breach of promise, in one Of his letters
to the girl called her my darling, my
darling, my life, my soul, my every
thing. my Anna" And it Is commonly
supposed that Boston people are cold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

1t is estimated that one-third Of the
inhabitants of the earth are habituai
users Of tobacco, and in most cases
bad tobacco at that.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

A Georgia colonel had man arrested
for looking mean" at him. The man
was fined SIS for rubbering with intent
to scare.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

The absinthe habit Is growing in
America. 1t is drug that makes the
man who drinks it deadlier idiot than
he was before.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

1t is perhaps sufficient indication of
the true greatness of some Of Benja-
min Harrison's qualities that his stat
ure seems to have grown rather than
diminished since his retirement from
office. Never a man Of strongly mag
netic personality, his career as a poll
tician contrasted strikingly with that
Of some of his contemporaries. No ora
tor would have thought of clubbing
him 'plumed knight" If his char
acter was as firm as that Of Cleveland
1t was with kind Of ascetic firmness
which did not arouse enthusiasm.
While he was elected as a representa-
tive of the principle of tariff protection,
he was not the creator Of that issue in
the sense that Cleveland or Mckinley
was, and his memory is not insepara-
bly, linked with that of any enthusiast
tic campaign war cry. His administra-
ton, seen in the light of the most re-
cent events in American history, seems
to have been singularly placid and I'M
eventful. His figure, nevertheless, has
not been lost to view, and although in
the eight years following his retire
ment he has kept silence most Of the
time the public was significantly ready
to listen whenever he opened his lips.
The country had reason to appreciate
the value of his legal learning, his tact
and his keen penetration when he ac-
copied the commission to take part in
the Venezuela settlement, but it was
less ON account of these qualities than
for his poise, stability and capacity
for original judgment that the public
seems to have remembered him. He
was able with the kind of ability that
turns itself to good purpose in what
ever general or special lines it may be
directed, winning distinction for him
as lawyer and as soldier, and again in
the hall of the Senate. Had some try
ing crisis arisen during his occupation
of the Presidency there is little reason
to doubt that he would have been equal
to it. Possibly it is because there was
no such crisis that he went out OF Of
fee credited with safe" and conser-
yatiye administration, but without The
promise of an exceptional fame in the
line of Presidents. Had Mr.. Harrison
been spared, his influence must have
been factor of increasing Importance
in leading the public to sense Of the
real needs of the nation. His death
will call forth the tributes inevitably
due to an ex-President who has ac-
Quilted himself with honor, but the re-
gret will be accumulated by the feeling
that even in his position as private
citizen he might yet have performed
service Of great value and Importance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Ii some men were offered President
Schwab's salary Of 100000 a year,
they would work couple of months
or SO and then quite for life
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11
SO Boasfs.

We hear no boas's from Bryanic or.
gans about how much more prosnexn,s
the people would have been had thu
boy orator bee. elected. Little Rock
(ArF.; Republican.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

The humorist who called it the "Aus-
TRAN riot-stag" was very fortunate In
his choice of pronunciation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Andrew Carnegie's monument has
already been erected, and it is visible
from any point of view.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Never begin good-natured talk with
man who has just started fire that
threatens to go out.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Some men have such unfortunate dis
positions that they work against their
own business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

J.
wanted to go directly TO Washing
and ask President Lincoln for the G
mand of the Federal forces. Her
ents did what they could to rest
her, and finally sent her out to
Arbor, Mich, in the care OF NAL
aunt. There her delusion became
more pronounced and it was at
found necessary to put her under
straint. She was not allowed TO Y
the house except when accompanied
her aunt. One day she disappear
The greatest detectives in the cOuI
were employed to search for he'
they found no trace, and it was nll
concluded that she had commllleu
eide. She had, however, dlsgulseu
self, put on mems clothes, ana eHlI
as drummer boy in a Michigan II
ment at Detroit, her sex being hn9
only to herself. With her regimen
went into the Army Of the OamI
land and endured all the hara'Dlp1
the Kentucky campaign III VI
many strong men succumDeo'
..She was in the thick OF lne y
fight at Chickamauga on Sunua''
was fatally wounded by llln,'
When carried into the surgeons
her sex was for the first time '''
cred. She was told that she "1'
ing. and reluctantly gave hef li'~
dispatch was sent by the colon'l
regiment TO her father in Brooklyn !
her name, Emily in which she Oss
him to forgive her. 1 had eApeu N
deliver and save my country Nv
girl wrote, but the fates "V
have it So
Lived with Brain Exposed,
Can't. George w. simonds OF t cars
1, Twenty-fourth New 1ol a, ~ at
was wounded Aug. ~, loo1,
crater in front of Peters poa5 b
was struck on the left forehead
piece of shell, and was lett on ads If
u a. lea@ pn n that he could
only a few hours, the ConfedF E"rb]
him into our lines. Cen n ~ cDs
sent him to the field hospl'a' work "
of the Twenty-fourth Ne" law I'D
geon, and on the following 0"'
him. So but unt
sc Iap' It was believed at first sr ,''+'
seu11 hone nc had been carried AWAY Wa
e en examination amin it was found ind, 'p b
had been literally pulveria of The e
conclusion. Eighty pieces :nr " tbs i
bone were removed, leaving ,,a a Aft
exposed over the left eye,
operation simonds reco 'e, in bs
Newberry, and was ral !oants occub
yersation as to the inclut han be
prior to the moment
struck by the shell General 50
He msls te. r .nH for bis ps
f forsge s1 for i his horses He so'
intel1igently on all move a vas -
day up to the moment 11' CONNECTED he p sctsdb|
sss, he ss s'ss "3 He 's would r:
sss 'iseis. '" Forty !. 9 'ss e
ble.' would say to t tne I'D raf
bows are singing in the at g a n
lived seventeen days a and ~
the brain was removea'. ~chibs
tional almost to the last
ter Ocean.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

Andrew Carnegie is building monu-
ment Just how high 1t will be no man
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

One can't help wondering what Rus
sell Sage will do with his.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-11

can tell. for who can name the num-
Der of Carnegie's days? There are
many millionaires In America. They
give. They do more or less good, ac-
cording to their lights, but most Of
them are quietly resting in their collins
when the world Is told that they de-
sired to benefit humanity. Carnegie is
shoyeling his money out and getting all
the enjoyment possible from the opera
ton. He wants to see every stone that
goes into his monument. He likes to
give, and gratifies his passion. The
other day he celebrated his retirement
from business by handing over $4,000
600, under conditions, to those of his
old employees who feel the need Of it
most That is a great deal Of money.
A century ago few men possessed so
much. 1t was fabulous fortune then,
and 1t Is big fortune now. Measured
in muscle it means years Of toll for an
army Of men. Measured in the Car
negie treasure chest, 1t Is drop, for it
is money that he did not need. And
here Is the peculiar part Of the whole
transactions: Mr.. Carnegie did not at
tempt to play the philanthropist. He
plainly told the men who contributed to
his millions, who made him the rich
man that he is, that he knows all about
1t, and that they are entitled to the
| money. He told them that labor and
| capital were twin brothers, and that
| neither took precedence. He also said
| that whoever came between them was
/ the enemy Of both. He knew that cir
cumstances, better brains, keen eyes
to recognize opportunity, and the cour-
age to seize 1t, had taken him from the
ranks Of men who toll for others and
made him a master dependent on the
toilers. give only just begun giving,
said the rich man, as he sailed away
to his castle in Scotland. We can all
wish his long life. Those Of us who
are selfish can base the wish on purely
mercenary grounds desire to see a
great fortune returned to the people
while those Of us who see big heart
throbbing with good impulses in mil
lionaire's breast can ask that he be
spared many years to purchase more
| happiness with the money he has made.