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The Conservative, 1902-04-17
Che Conservative.

ity. The one is to repeal all restric
tive laws, let prices fall to their
normal level, and trade take it's
natural channels. This course we
are now we'll prepared and able to
take. Our exports prove that the
country has outgrown protection, and
no longer needs it's support, granting
that it ever needed it. 1t would re-
move great burdens from the people
and from the factories, and would not
cost the nation at large dollar but
tariff-trust prices would fall, some
ill-gotten gains would disappear,
and sheaves of stock would reach the
waste basket. This is free trade.
This is reciprocity, if you prefer that
word
The other way is protectlon-rec
procity. We have already entered
upon it, and the trusts and protec-
tionists are determined to make us
follow it to the bitter end. It con-
sists in maintaining high prices at
home to fill their pockets, and selling
the surplus at low prices abroad,
which are to be augmented and eked
out by rebates, bounties, and subsi-
dies out of the national treasury.
How far we have progressed on this
road to ruin is hard to measure, but
that we have made considerable pro-
gress is but too clear.
Every intelligent man knows-in
deed, it has become common know
ledge-that, under the beneficent
rule of protection and trusts, whole
host of our products are being ex-
ported and sold abroad at prices far
less than those exacted at home. We
are the greatest producers of copper,
exporting $40, 900, 900 worth last year;
yet copper sold in London, at $50
ton less than in New York. Ameri-
can manufacturers have actually pur-
chased American copper in England,
and paid freight OH it back across
the ocean at less cost than the price
exacted by the copper trust at home.
We are the greatest producers of
iron and steel, yet American rails
and ship plates are sold abroad to
the foreign rivals of our railroads
and ship-yards at less prices than to
our own shops and yards. President
Charles M. Schwab, of the great
steel trust, boasts to Joseph Law
renee, the English Member of Par
lament, that the trust could deliver
steel billets in England for $16. so
ton; but he charges his American
customers $26.
Ex-Governor and ex-senator Wash
burn of Minnesota, lifelong Repub-
lican, one of the founders of the Re-
publican Party, and the leading
| manufacturer of fOur in the TJnited
The Conservative, 1902-04-17

then killed it in the Senate, we'll
knew what they were about
The ultra protectionists now have
possession of every branch of the
government they are inside the
breastworks, and they are determined
to hold the fort. Let the fate of the
Kasson treaties show how futile it is
to approach them with doffed cap and
bending knee, humbly craving the
least concession of reciprocity. Let
the petition for reciprocity with Can
ada signed by ten thousand of the
leading manufacturers and merchants
of New England and recently pre-
sented to the Senate, there received
with the rebuke of our senior senator
and consigned to that tomb of petit
tions, senatorial committee, answer
still more loudly. Is it not high time
to drop this timid, apologetic prayer
for protection reciprocity, and to
make manly demand to the ultimate
tribunal, public opinion? But the
man that seeks reciprocity must
abandon protection.
But real reciprocity is not ended by
any means. The industrial condi-
tion of the country makes that i'm.
possible. Stimulated by the promises
of protection, but still more by the
energy and brains of our people and
our unrivalled natural resources,
our manufactures have greatly out
grown the domestic needs, have
glutted the home market, in nine
months, probably much less, they
supply the country for the entire
year, and business stagnation and
failures must follow unless the sur
plus products can be marketed
abroad. Under the pressure of this
situation our exports Of manufactured
goods have grown four-fold in ten
years, and the conviction of the
absolute necessity of gaining the
worlds markets is forced upon our
manufacturers and merchants.
Hence their growing anxiety to Sc
cure these markets, hence their fear
of hostile tariffs, hence their eager
ness for reciprocity, especially for
protection reciprocity.
In truth, the industrial conditions
in the United States today are alto
gether abnormal. By high protection
we are keeping prices above their
normal level. By shutting out for
eign competition we are aiding the
trusts to raise the prices of many
things still higher. By tariff taxes
upon crude materials, wool, hides,
iron. steel, lead, lumber, fibres, ores,
coal, chemicals, ETC.. we are discrim-
mating against our own manufactures
in favor of their foreign rivals. Yet
we must gain foreign markets for our
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
According to 3urdctto,

Robert Bur1Ctte always manages to
hit the nail on the head when he TN
deltake, 10 p0!n, out the failngs o.
poor L4mOnity, and there Is a whole
tcu.Ga'.d,e lecture a. we'll as scr
NOR on thrift and sClf.dcnial In this
little proposition that he makes to the
complaining poor man Who can yct
always find nDney for a glass oI
liquor when hc ~ant2 1t;
"Nly hopeless rrteuJ with the chro
matte uoge, wblle you are stirring up
the sugar Ia q 1j.ccnt glass of gin, let
me Firu YOU fact 10 wash down VITA
It, You may aay you have longed for
years for tho iyee, Independent We oi
o farmer, hut yDh have never been able
TO get money enough 10 buy farm
But that ID where you arc mistakrn,
For some year, You have been drink.
Iag good improved tggm at the rate
ot one hundred square ylldS at gulp.
If you doubt this statement, figure t
on, Cor yourself An aero Of land con-
tains i2,JI) square feet Estmatng
fox caayoacnce u}c land at Sl3.jG an
acre, yoa WIN see thGt II brings he
land to Just one min per square foot
l. Ia. 40 nl
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
MnaloAI Manunnrlpla.

NfN-s
In speaking of relies tho royal library
a, Berlin has recently obtained poGses
sion of a largo collection OF origIha
manuscripts OF Beethoven, says cor
respondent OF the Chicago Record
Herald, including nnety'threo sonata
for tho piano, parts Of tho ninth sym
phory and the entire Mlssa Solcnn!I
The library was already In possossIoI
OF the autograph manuscript OF thi
KyrIc OF this mass and OF the Nr5l
three movements Of the ninth sygI'
phoay II also has Beothoyen's lasl
two sonatas for the piano, one OF them
Icing unfinished anl hNdeyed 10 bt
the lap, work he attempted,
The collection was made shortly af'
ter lGethcycns Gaatb by . Vienna
musician named pominiG ArlariP, vac
pur, hasCd the greater part Of IN
manuscripts ff;l BcethovGn's ne,1
fol d fow hund,,d dollars, hrtarlh dltA
In 1867 and l,it The collection TO hW
family who appreciated It's money
value but had no interest IN i,a pros,r,
walton, and offered It for sale a few
years ago, DR., Erick Pregor a JS
ciple Of Beethoven, agreed "a purchase
1t for $4,000 In lu,'dllmenlp, but wN
not able 70 meet The payments ard
transferred II TO tho government ri
PruSgIa on the condition that Il should
always be kept intact and that admir-
ers Of Beethoven should have the rp'
pormnIty Of inspecting 1t under favor
able circumstances,
The Berlin library has perhaps iiC
most valuable and Interesting musical
manuscripts In the world, including
nearly all OF Haydns works, and inter
estIng Autographs Of Schubert, Rossirl
Meycrbeer, but only two indifferent
manuscripts of Mozart, Most Of the
manuscripts seem to have disappeared
An attempt Is bciag made to bring all
OF Wagners compositions into the
library, but II seems almost impossible
to reach Il rational understanding with
his widow and family,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
SUENT.
PERI. a.. ompliShss u Higher End Than
Pleasure,


PERI, a., - omplishes Higher End Than
Pleasure.
1t should be remembered that the
Uasls of all perfumes is an essential
oil of some kind, derived either nalur-
ally from flowers or leaves or artlfi-
cially by synthetic process In either
case the essential oil Is a powerful
antiscptic and possesses disinfoctinS
properties not less in degree than
those of carboic acid itself. AS is
well known, the essential oils absorb
atmospheric oxygen, forming an un-
stable compound easily lending oxygen
for the work OF publication. Pure oil,
eucalyptus oil and turpentlne act read
ily in this manrer-a TACT which prob
ably accounts for the salubrlty OF the
air of pine forests and eucalyptus
woods. The use OF scent by many Wo-
men is excessive, and by men Is locked
upon as elfeminate-a prejudice mat
we confess to sharing-and yet the
question naturally arises; AS we
study our environment to please the
eve by color and natural effects and to
please the ear by musical notes, why
should we not make similar endeavor
10 please the nose by agreeable anu
fragrant odors? Each sense may suTcr
oilense and there is no reason why
each sense should not be equally de-
Tended in this regard. And the use OF
scent on the pocket handkerchief
which is where we commonly ma ~
is ca ,ulated to exercise a higher Office
than merely to please the sense of
smell The handkerchief may easily
proye the source of iLfcction, for It IS
made o be the common receptacle o.
secretions from the nose and mouth,
and the employment of an antiseptlc
handkerchief is perfectly consistent
with the dictates Of common bacteI'
ological evidences. The liberal u.s. Oh
scent on the handkerchief is calculated
to make it antiseptic and to destroy
the germs in it, owing to the action
partly OF the spirit of the scent and
partly Of the essential oils dissolved i'll
the spirit. Before, therefore, we con-
denim the persons who use scent upon
the handkerchief for practicing 'op-
rlsh or luxurious habit. we should re-
member that they may actually be do
ing good to their neighbors by check
ing the distribution of infectious Eia-
terials.--The Lancet.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

M. Menadier, principal Of the Poly
technic school, has communicated to
the Academic des Sciences the result
Of some highly important discoveries
in telegraphc communication.
In the course of his experiments M.
Menadler, by the use of what he calls
the undulatory currents has found
means of transmitting on a single wire
o large member of simultaneous rclc-
grams
The system was put to practical
test between Paris and Bordeaux, and
met with complete success. BY using
the diapason of NJ. Menadier, twelve
operators during several hours sent
messages simultaneously on single
wire, and at the same time, and With
cut the operators being aware Of it,
private kilograms and service messages
were transmitted by the ordinary con-
tinuous currents on the same wire.
These experiments have shown that
at one time on the same wire as many
as twenty-five simultaneous electric
movements may cross one another
without confusion, and the immense
value of this discovery will be realized
when II Is stated that it enables
dozen operators, all using the same
wire, to exchange 1900 kilograms OF
twenty words each, or total Of 5000
words, in one hour
This marvellous invention when put
into practice should prove a boon to
bCth newspaper proprietors and pos:al
authorities, for with the new system,
al times of heavy pressure ut a given
roint, instead of laying additional
wires, 1t will only be necessary to dis
patch to the terminal office sufficient
operators and their apparatus.
The adoption Of NJ. Menadler's sys-
TEN in EEauce would, it is estimated,
increase tenfold the teIegraphic facil-
tiles of this Country.-Paris cores
pondence London Mail.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
GEOMETRY IN CHINA.


Homo Measurements That Has Caused
Confusion to Foreign Travellers
Il is as far from A to ID as II is from
II 10 A, except In China, Many tray
elers have commented upon the ap-
parent lack of the knowledge OF dis
tance across tho country, or between
towns exhibited by the Chinese II
at ono town they inquired che distance
10 the next, they were perhaps toIu
twenty ll-one-thrd OF q mllei Du'
upon arriving at the town they were
surprised to learn that the distance
back to the starting point was osti'
mated at twenty-four II, and that the
cost OF journeylng back was cores
pondIngly greater than tho cost OF
the first journey
This pecularlty extends also to
travel by river, the distance upstream
being greater than downstream the
confusion which has thus arisen has
been lncomprehonsible to Foreigners
Yet the Chinese method OF meaSur-
ing Ia not altogether Illogical, Tho
unit OF measurement Is not With the
Chinese unit Of length, but q unit
OF energy. He measures distance, not
by the actual space passed over, but
by the amount Of physical energy re-
QuIrod to cover that space
Ills wage Is based on n unit OF on
ergy, which Is the amount II would
take to carry n given load-one pIcnl-
1873 pounds-ono II on lovol ground II
the road Is down-hIll the distance Is
regarded as less than the actual linear
distance, because II Ia supposed to
take less energy to travel In that dl-
rectlon; or, as the Chnaman puts IT,
"The II are short" II naturally fol-
lows that, travelling IN the opposite
direction, tho road being an ascent, n
greater expenditure OF energy Is noe
essary,
"Thc II are long" and In order TO
get fair compensation for their
work the carriers must sec that the
distance and the corresponding
charges are increased, This way Of
estimating the dlgt1nce rnkos the
ChInaman's system Of measurement
seem simple, and even reasonable,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
wom,n,s pardonable Faninga.

Vanity-To some extent a woman
can scarcely help becoming vain; for
Is not a pretty or well dressed woman
Of more consequence throughout the
world than her palmer and dowdy sis
ter. though that same sister be far the
better woman o fthe two? Vanity pre-
vents many women from becoming
slatterns. A vain woman naturally al
ways wishes to show to the best ad'
vantage; and this makes her careful OF
her personal appearance and OF her
surroundings, controls her temper and
actions, and generally improves her in
q thousand different ways.
Prde-Without pride woman
would get on very badly in the world;
II acts a. a wholesome check upon her
wayward impulses, and when not car
ried 700 far ii gains her favor in tho
eyes Of the opposite SEX
Curiosity Curiosity is one of wo-
mans inherited failings from Mother
Eve.
jealousy Without jealousy there
ran ba ne true 'ove
Incousisyeucy--A woman is th>on-
sistent because she was made that
way; she can't help It,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
Most Valuable Plant,

The most valuable flower in the
world is supposed to be an orchid re-
longing to Mrs, George b. Wilson Of
Philadelphia, for which she asks SlO,-
900. At the recent flower show in
Philadelphia Mrs. Wilson exhibited 50
varieties of orchids, wonderfully fairy
like things, the butterflies of the ycs.
ctable world or an Slst varicty-tha 2
phaeonopsis Harrietta--she showed
cne flower The plant she would not
risk Il Is the only one OF its sort IN
the wo"'I md Is valued at $4,000. IT
is hyb l. originally grown in 'he
greenhouses Of Erastps Corning Of this
city He named it after his daughter
Harriet. After his death the best Of
his collection passed into Mrs. Wilson's :
hand including this unique plant .
Albany Journal.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

As matter OF fact, there are In the
Horld 100000 fewer women than
mon, 30 therefore, supposng that
oyC y eligible man wanted TO marry
happily all men dont-there would
bo sufficient number OF women for
distribution as wives; indeed, there
would have TO remain $4,000 bachelors,
Taking America and Australia there
are 100000 more men than women
In Britain there are more women
than men, II ls true, and II our un'
married glrls--the surplus who are not
engaged any. matrimonial amh,-
tions they have only to proceed eltlior
to Australia or the United States IN
order to realize their highest aspifa-
tlOng.
NoW Jumping the countries Of Eu-
rope together, we arrive at q grand
total OF 1874, 100000 Of human beings,
with nearly 100000 more women Than
men, Population statistics show that
H. Is not every country In Europe
which has a population comprising
moro women than men, The greater
powers are placed In that position, tut
In Italy, for example and also In Ser
VIA Bulgaria, and In the states ad-
Joining Turkey In Europe, there are
more men than women
And even when the women outnun'
Der the men the difference between the
two sexes Is really not very alarming,
Six nations OF Europe, including Great
Britain, have only, on the total popula-
tlon, 70 women In excess OF mon per
1000, whilst In Germany, France, Del
glum, Austria and Russia, the surplus
female population represents only
about 80 per 1000,
II Is u popular statistical fact, that
where the population Is thlckest there
you are sure to find the number OF
men In the minority.
Asia has n population OF Sl5,OOO,CpO,
with a male surplus Of not less han
lC, 100000; Africa has 100000 more
men than women
In China the question OF the sexes
is a moot one, The summary disposal
OF the newborn female infants by
those Of the Chinese who do not want
girl babies accounts for the doarth OF
women in the celestial empire.
In Hong Konk the sexes are very
uneven, there being fewer than 69
women to every 1000 men, condition
OF things which is practically the same
in Hawaii.
In those countries where progress ID
marked by the pursuit of an illimitable
number Of industries, such as Is fol
lowed by the majority of the nations
constituting the hemisphere we live in'
women, from u point Of number are in
the ascendancy
And by the same rule, where tho
people follow pastoral life, as Tor
instance, the Beers, who will find that
their community Is made up of more
men than women. Climate, too, eX-
erts a considerable influence in deter
mining the multiplicity of either sex
we mean the climate peculiar to the
zone you live in. There are more men
than women in tropical zones, but
there are more women than men in
temperate zones
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
PACKED ALL Her HEAOaEha
10 Thls Woman Had 10 Borrow Ha
t0 Wear Home.

10 Wear Home.
Every housekeeper knows that mov
ing Is the most demoral2Ing thinL
that can happen to one, Eyen II Gre Ii
no greater strain on the nervous sys
tenn than Is the effort necessary tc
packing all ones household goods an
dumping item he ter-skeiter Into I
painfully bare place Of abode, Las
week n nethodcal housckccper had
this trial to enCOuNtc', only her chalr
and tables and beds were not dumpoo
helter-skelter. She Is n very method
cal woman, and so she packed every
thing carefully and stayed at the ole
house on the faterul day to SEQ thu
the furniture was conveyed in prop
fashion, When the last load was be
Ing carried out, the woman prepared
to leave, also, She went mechanically
to the closet whore her hats had once
been kept to get emo to wear down
town, but, naturally, they were not
AhNlts 1 Htu bHt MNuL hll ONtl IhV w
serted house, but not q piece OF head
wear was to be found, At last she
realized the awful truth. She had
packed all her hats In the trunks, and
they had been gally carted away In the
van by the lusty men. Hats two miles
away are OF no more use than are bat
tleships twenty miles from the scene
OF action, and the poor, tired heroine
of this story felt that the only thing
left for her to do In the circumstances
was to sit down on convenient win
dow seat and weep. She didn't, how
ever; she went to the family In the
block that she knew best and borrowed
an unpretentlous chapeau, Then she
went on down town in a car, mentally
assuring herself that she was the big
best goose and the most thorough
packer Of trunks that over lived
Baltimore News.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23


Never put of until tomorrow what
you can do today,
Never trouble another for what you
can do yourself,
Never spend your money before you
have earned II,
Never buy what yon don't want be-
cause II Ia cheap
Pride costs more than hunger, thlrGt
ana cold
We seldom repent OF having cat"N
too little,
Nothing II troublesome that we do
Willingly
How much pain the evils have cost
US that have never happened,
Take things always by the smooth
handle,
When angry, count ten before you
speak; II very angry, count han'
dred,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
MISTAKE IN A CHECK,
hut the fIaushly Waitress Would Not
Permit Its Correction.

''N 'A""N''S '"''AN'' @'NN
Permit Its Correction.
4 llule mind hammered man was I'm
ishing his midday repast with piece
Of pumpkin pie in Chestnut street
lloht-lunch cafe, says the PhladolphiN
Record. AS he fingered over the last
mOrsel he coughad apologetically to
attract the attention Of the naughty
bond young woman behind the coun-
ter. and, having caught her eye, he
said: Il beg your pardon, but you
made Il mistake of ten cents in my
check yesterday, and" "Too late
now," snapped the blonde young wom-
an, turning again to pale youth
with an inciplent mustache, with
whom she had been holding an ami
mated conversation. The mild man
nered little man sighed and gulped
down the last of his coffee "l was
about to say" he remarked as the
blond young woman turned, that the
mistake | spoke Of was" I'VE
don't correct mistakes" she interrupt
ed, punching 20 cents in check and
handing 1t to him. The youth with
the incipient mustache giggled into
his paper napkin. "If you will listen
to me moment" said the little man,
II will explain that the 10 cents"
eyes, we had a perfectly lovely time
at the ball." remarked the waitress,
again addressing tho youth with the
fuzz on his lip, Listen here" Then
she leaned over and lowered her voice
TO a confidential tone The mild man
crumpled up his napkin and threw 1t
viciously to the floor. "A man can't
be honest, even IL he tries to be-" he
exclaimed. 81 wasn't oyercharges yes
terday. Ny check was 10 cents less
than 1t should have been, and | was
about to ask you to add it to this. D
But the naughty blond young woman
pretended not to rear, and the milo
little man picked up his check and
walked to the cashiers desk.
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23
Whom Klndness Came toa Lnto.

She kissed the old man, she show
cred upon him kisses and tears. She
told all the people how good he was, |
thought II she had only given two OF
those kisses per quarter for the last
ten years, how the tsnder-heartcd old
gentleman would have smiled through
his tears! But now he took It all very
coolly, says tho Northwestern Advo'
cate. He was dcai, He was old and
poor, she was young and rich. She
has ten rooms, but no room for father
Yet he had made room for her when
he had only two, The "old man" was
not educated She was at his expense
lie had fed and clothed her for twcnty
years at home and college, until she
had risen into refined, cultured so-
clety," and had married among them
The old mans dress and dialect Vcr9
too coarse, She kissed him and buried
him In beautiful coffin. Dear faith
er' is to have a costly monument, A
warm kiss while living Is better than
cold marble when dead,
Hutchinson gazette., 1902-01-23

Next TO a match that won't light Is
friend that won't stand up for you In
an emergency. There are lots OF
friends for every one OF us who arc
"eady to say a word for us when we
don't need 1t, but when the time comes
to test them they fly away like a bird
v the approach OF cat. l humbly
hop" that in tAa next world II not IN
this, we shall have better chance to
find out what true, unalterable and
perfect loyalty is. l should like to
spend my first new centuries In the en-
joyment Of such friendships as | have
dreamed of here, friendship that
cares not one straw whether you are
poor and ill-clothed or rich and array
ed in purple vestment, friendship
that SO long as your soul Is clean and
true, don't care fig how successful
YOU are but cast his lot with yours,
whether you MUNICH crusts OF feed on
pheasants, friends that will walltrewck
longslde, whether you walk on cobbls
stones or ride in a carriage on king s
highway. Yes, my DEAR that exper-
fence will be quite blissful enough 10
occupy a few centuries before taking
UP immediate harp practice or joining
in true grand hallelugia.