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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-11-26
TARIFF CURSED.
h WOODEN Industry DwIndIing I'm
der BIightinE Effects OF
DingIey Duties.

No important industry better illus
trates the blighting effects of tariff
taxation than that of the manufacture
of woolens. The high duties placed
upon its chief raw material, wool, in
1867, have been but slightly changed
since, except for the three years, 1895,
1896 and 1897. The duties on raw wool
have averaged about A per cent. since
1867, while the duties on manufac-
tured woods have averaged over so per
cent. During the last three years the
duties on ray wool have averaged over
81 per cent, while the duties on man
ufactured wool have averaged "a per
cent. under the Mckinley and Dingley
bills. Surely, the virtues of protec-
ton must show in this government IA
vored industry! What are the re-
suits?
The wooden industry has been de-
Ginning rapidly, as compared with 9TH
er important, though less favored, in
dustries, and as compared with our in
creasing population. In the follow
ing table the increase in population is
compared with the increase in the
value of wooden manufactures and
with the increase n cotton manufac.
tures-the other important textile in
dustry, and one whose chief raw
material, cotton, is on the free list:
DIED TINNTFn INrrI1U ~ NCIr CTN-TT,
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SOME TARIFF c
tion Aids in the UpbuildiDg
of Trusts.

By virtue of the extremely high tariff
the protected trusts and combines are
more extortionate than the Dingley bill.
Where that law provides for the collec-
ton of over 80 per cent. on the average
value of most Of the n~ecessaries Of life,
the trust tax gatherer demands in many
cases over 100 per cent, of which the
government receives nothing.
The statisticians of the bureau of la
Dor of Massachusetts have figured that
in the boot and shoe industry the aver
age wages are S491. 49 for workers per
year, and allowing that two of each fam
lily are employed the amount that each
family earns would be $9S3.00. The tariff
tax on the expenditures of such a house
hold is S13.75 and the tax that the trusts
and combines extort is 1925. Think of
it, nearly seven times more to the trusts
under the republican protective system
than the United States government re-
ceives.
Congressman Littlefield, a republican,
gave a list of 800 trusts with a capitalize
ton of nearly $14, 900. 000, 600 which was
printed in the Congressional Record of
February &c, 1903, to which aggregation
each family in the United States con-
tributed nearly 500. so that the trusts
can get rich and the poor poorer.
1t matters not how poor or wretched
a man may be, the protective tariff de-
mands and obtains a tax from him, The
ways OF the proteCtionists are peculiar.
They pass laws to keep out foreign goods
and then pass another law appropriat-
ing 80 1000, 900 for an exposition at st.
Louis and invite foreigners to exhibit
their productions side by side in COM
petition with our domestic products.
They have established a system of taxa
ton, so remarkable that a tramp chew
ing his quid of tobacco pays his taxes
with the rest of us and the poor man and
the lahorer pays in far greater proper
ton than the millionaire. And yet we
are being told by the republican leaders
that no steps must be taken by the COM
ing congress to reform or revise this I'M
equal tax. That the prosperity of the
country is bound up with the protective
tariff and we must "let well enough
alone"
If the republican leaders were not in
league with the trusts, combines and cor
porations, would they be continually ad-
vising the voters Of the United States to
stand pat" on such an iniquitous and
unjust system that makes the farmer,
the working man and the people with
small means pay enormously more in
proportion to their incomes than the mil
lionaire or the trusts or corporations?
Is it any wonder to see vast fortunes ac-
cumulated by the few, who are protect
ed, and the great majority continuingi in
straitened circumstances, with no hope
OF immediate Improvement? Will you
continue to vote to keep the republican
party in power by e~lecting congressman
and legislators who favor the continual
tion of the high protective system, or
rather vote for democratic candidates
who are pledged to reform the tariff so
that the system Of taxation shall be
changed to equal rights to all, special
privileges to none?"
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house were ended, We council and
other dignitaries were entertained at
we house of Mr.. Epes, on We hill heal
by, and we had a bountiful Thanks
giving dinner with bears meat and
v%enison, the last of which was a fine
buck, shot in we woods neal by. Ye
bear was killed in Lynn woods near
Reading. ..
After ye blessing was craved by
Mr.. Garrich, of Wrentham, word CANE
that We buck was shot on We Lords dsy
by Pequot, an Indian, who came to
Mr.. Epes with a I've in his mouth like
Ananias of old.
"Ye council therefore refused to eat
We venison, but it was afterward de-
cided that Pequot should receive 40
stripes, save one, for lying and pro.
flaming We Lords day, restore Mr.. Epes
We cost of we deer; and considering this
a just and righteous sentence on We
sinful heather, and that a blessing had
been craved on We meat, We council all
partook of it but Mr.. Shepard, whose
conscience was tender on We point OF
yenisOn." /.
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The president felt it necessary to
say, in his recent message to congress,
that the Cuban reciprocity question
stood alone. 1t was expedient thus to
allay the apprehensions of those
statesmen who might be disposed to
regard it as an entering wedge with
which to open the way for other
treaties of reciprocity. The attitude
of the republicans toward the princi-
pie of reciprocity is one of the oddities
of American politics. For years they
have professed the utmost devotion to
it, and yet they have vigorously and
successfully resisted every attempt to
make it a feature or a part of our eco
nomic policy. 1t is, however, hard to
understand how, in the light of recent
history, the republicans can longer
profess themselves attached to the
"handmaiden of protection" They
have called their reciprocity bluff often
enough and hard enough to subject
it TO complete exposure. They ought
to keep off that reciprocity perch for
the future. B%inghamton IN. W
Leader.
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she turned, went to her room, took the
paints with which she eked out the
little allowance her old uncle was able
to send her, and in a few minutes had
finished a dainty masque. She was a
fragile little thing, and when she had
donned a costume which she had worn
at a fancy dress affair one never-to-be-
forgotten evening when Dick had told
her of, his love, and tied about the
loosened curls of her dark hair a fillet
Of ~gold-colored ribbon, she looked no
more than a child.
She slipped softly down the stairs,
and reached the outer door Of the
ground floor unobserved. A company
of maskers went scurrying down the
street like bright, wind-swept autumn
leaves. Quickly she stepped in among
them, and, seized with the abandon OF
the moment, she began to sing that
rollicking little Elrd song. "The Robin"
A passer halted and thrust a coin into
her hand, remarking TO his compan-
ion:
THAT child has a wonderful voice"
The half dollar insured a warm din
ner, but what the man said Of her
voice was far more to her than a din
ner, much as she wanted one. Her
voice was now her hope, a hope which
was leading her to struggle alone in a
big city that has no time to succor
those who fall, and where only the fit
test survive.
An automobile drew up to the curb,
and a young man sprang to the walk.
Carolyn quickly raised her hand to adj
Just her masque, bringing into view IN
antique moonstone ring. on which was
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and habits, or of the conditions of the
times, would be hard to find.
"Ye Governor was in We house and
Her Majesty's commissioners of We
customs" writes the old chronicler,
"and they sat together in a high seat
of we pulpit stairs. Ye Governor APP
pears very devout and attentive. He
was dressed in a black velvet coat,
bordered with gold lace, and buff
breeches with gold buckles at We knees,
and white silk stockings.
There was a disturbance in We gal
%leries, where it was filled with divers
negroes, mulattoes and Indians, and a
negro called Pomp Shorter was called
forth, and put in We broad isle, where
he was reproved with great carefulness
and solemnity.
HE was then put in We deacons' seat
between two deacons, in view of We
whole congregation, but We sexton was
ordered by Mr.. Prescott to take him
out, because of his levity and strange
~contortion Of countenance (giying
grave scandal to We grave d~eacons),
and put him in We lobby under We
stairs: some children and a mulatto
woman were reprimanded for laughing
at Pomp Shorter.
when We services at 70 meeting
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The American Economist, the repub-
lican organ of protection, is running a
serial story: "Why first voters should
be protectionists," but although some
weeks and many pages have been occu-
pied, no reason has been given that
would convince a child, much less a
young mar just arrived at manhood.
The whole burden of the Song is that
protection brings prosperity, and that
democratic victory will bring adversely.
No attempt is made to give a reason for
the present business depression under
the stimulus of the highest protective
tariff ever known. The failures of
banks or the closing of furnaces and fac
tories with notice given of more to fol-
low is studiously avoided. The FIRST
voter" is not advised how the tariff has
built up monopoly with high trust prices
and concentrated business in few hands.
That under this protective system the
young mar has much less opportunity of
becoming his W master, but must be
content to work for a trust which pays
him just enough to live upon and alb
serbs the rest. That is the condition Of
FIRST voters" to-day, but the Economist
cannot, or dare not, touch upon such a
delicate subject.
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the property. No one knew about it
but old Candies. Mrs. Dempsey paid
her to keep mum, but when she knew
she was going to die, money did not
count, and she sent for me and told me
the whole story.
when the truth came out about
Aunt Dell l made up my mind she had
something to do with your going, and
| set out to find you. l knew you
were somewhere in New York, from
Mabel-your uncle told her that, but
said you told him not to give your adj
dress to anyone, so I made up my
mind TO just hunt till found you. But,
tell me, little girl, why you were prank
ing with the maskers? Was it just a
lark?"
mo, Dick, 1t wasn't; I wanted some
money. I was hungry for a warm
dinner"
Great Scott, Carol, you don't mean
to say you are in want? To think OF
your being hungry"
ut isn't so bad, Dick. It's only this.
Mr.. Ferguson. the cashier where | sell
the cards and other things I do,
was away yesterday, and what Uncle
lnarles sends me did not get here as
usual. l had a few cents for rolls,
but 1t is Thanksgiving day, and l did
want something else"
poor little song bird! Come, get
off those toys, quick, and as soon as
the auto can get us to the Holland we'll
have a bang-up Thanksgiving dinner"
And such g. dinner as they had. Carolyn
declared she had never tasted any.
thing as good, and that never before
had she been so truly thankful for a
Thanksgiving dinner. Dick started out
by saying they would be married in a
month, which Carolyn thought was too
soon, but when the dessert was brought
in he had shortened the time to ten
days.
When their dinner was over, they
went out On Fifth avenue, vivid with
light and life, and, crossing over 10
Twenty-ninth street, walked on past the
quaint little church of the Transfigura-
ton, where, as a college friend of Dicks
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with the Mantle Of Ch,r,,v

ii am charitable enough, my
friends" said Rev. DR.. Nextly, look
ing over his glasses at the 10 m
and four men, including tho janitor,
that composed his congregation, mot
to gauge the spirit Of thankfulness
p%ervading my parish by the size of the
audience before me this Thanksgiving
morning. I recognize the claims that
football, the turkey shoot, and the
preparation Of the Thanksgiving din
ner make upon a busy people, and am
glad to have an audience of this size.
! invite your attention for a few mo-
ments to the fifth verse of the eleventh
chapter of Romans. Even 80, then,
at this present time there is q rem
nant according to the election Of
grace Chicago Tribune.
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They were one of those trusting up
to-date young married couples who
profess to scorn the old-fashioned
weaknesses of the newly wed. AL
though they had been one for more
than a year they still Rugged the be-
lief that their conduct on the honey
moon had fooled everybody into the
notion that they were well settled
man and wife. They didn't use dear
nor sweet" in addressing one another,
and in fact after II happy months they
believed that their experience was at
least n emphatic no" to the ques-
ton: is marriage a failure?"
Kate" said Tom Kingsland to his
wife at breakfast, Cousin Horace
Capt. Horace Kingsland-is coming
down for Thanksgiving. You know
how he treated us when we were in
Toronto?"
He was grand, that's what he was
Toni" she ~radiated, pouring the cot
fee with new zest. HE was lovely tc
US, and we must"
That's what l was going to sug-
gest," broke in Tom. I'VE must do
something for him"
Just leave it to me, Tom. And say
Tom, he must meet Martha Dinwiddie,
She's"
ooh, there you go, of course!
Matchmaking. Why on earth can't a
man have a good time without getting
all tangled up with wom-"
"Thomas!"
Il was going to say why can't a
man, a visitor, have a good a~ll-round
time without being harnessed up with
a lot of women he never saw before
and may never see again? Now
don't think Horace cares FOR society.
My way would be to-"
Your way would be to drag him
round to a lot of theaters, show him
the stock yards and maybe get him
a visitors card to that hateful club,
where he might be tempted to drink
some of those horrible high-balls Mrs.
Chatter was telling us about. You
seem to forget, Tom with a sly
shrug), that it isn't much more than a
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cut, in intaglio, a quaint and singular
ly beautiful head. AS the mar saw II
he exclaimed:
Carol, it is you. What does this
mean?"
What right have you to ask?" Her
words were brave, but her voice trem-
bled.
mo right now, Carol, save that of
an cd friend who has been looking for
you everywhere, and is so glad to find
you that he does not care what any
thing MEANS" he said gently. They
walked on, leaving the wandering
maskers behind, to the entrance of the
park.
LET us sit here for a few minutes,
Carol, I have something I must say
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1oOkeQ out, she OF necessity looked up
and as the only opening in her tiny apart
ment was toward the sky, she saw
nothing but a mass of gray fog. AS
she stood with her hand on the pulley
of her skylight, a cnorus of children's
voices, now in laughter, now in snatch
of song, came family from the street
below.
AS Carolyn knew that the ledger who
occupied the top floor front had gone
out, she stole to one of his windows.
1t was II o'clock, and the mounted po-
lice, as is their wont, had cleared
West Seventy-second street of all traf-
fc vehicles, to make ready for the
carriages that later on throng this
boulevard. Carolyn had risen late.
The demands of the stomach are not
as peremptory when one is quiet, and
she had faced the fact, the night be-
fore, that she stood possessed Of ex-
actly IS cents.
1t was still early for pleasure driv-
ing, SO that the boulevard, for the mo-
ment, was given ove to companies of
gayly CARRIED maskers, who were ring
ing door-bells, and, in merry imperti-
nence, accosting passers by. Through
the silvery, silken mist they went
caracoling, a broken tangle of bright
color, as far as Carolyn could see,
and she wondered, as many another
newcomer to New York has done,
as to this odd Thanksgiving day GUS
tom, which has a history that it is
not the purpose of this narrative to re-
late.
The SAVIOR of the Thanksgiving din
ner, in course of preparation below
stairs, which was exclusive to the keep
err of the house and her family, float
ed upward. AS Carolyn stood looking
out, the appetizing odors beat at the
door of her demanding young stomach
with tantalizing insistence.
The carriages were now beginning
to pass, and, from one of them, she saw
a shower of coin flung to a group of
singing maskers. With quick resolve,
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W you' Ouc SldLC6u DIT u6T COS
tune.
Never mind" he said, interpreting
her look. "The first time | saw YOU
in that dress we were very happy, and
why did you leave me, Carol, with
only the little message that l was
free?" She raised her eyes, limpid
with unshed tears, and she answered.:
II did not want you to find me. Why
did you look for me?"
Because l love you, Carol, and life
is rot worth living without you, but
tell me, why did you go away as you
did?" She hesitated a little, and then
said, steadily:
when the bank failed, and I had
nothing, your aunt came and told me
that if you married me it would ruin
your career, as she would ~disinherit
you. She said what you should do was
to marry Alice Curry, and that she
was lure you would, but for a notion
that you were bound in honor to me-"
"Just as l thought. But how could
you go away, Carol, without seeing
me; without hearing what l had to
say?"
"Dick, do you think l could spoil
your life? What sort of love would
that be? And l knew l might grow selfish
and weak, if | saw you"
You darling" he said, and pressed
the slender fingers of the hand on
which was the old moonstone ring un-
til she WINGED. did you know" he
continued, that Mrs. Dempsey is not
my aunt?'
mot your aunt? Why, Dick, what
do you mean?"
"Just this: she was adopted, but not
legally, by my grandparents. When my
mother died, shortly after l was born.
she and her husband managed, by a
series of clever frauds, to get hold of
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Roosevelt and Hanna.

According to q trustworthy account
of the formal interview between Pres
ident Roosevelt and Senator Hanna,
the former persuaded his guest once
more tc put away ambition for the
presidency. If it had been said that
Mr.. Hanna was beguiled by the presi-
dents gracious manner or If it had
been set forth that the chief magis-
trate had appealed successfully to the
senator's generosity the alleged result
of the conference would not be so hard
to accept, but when it is stated that
Mr.. Roosevelt convinced Mr.. Hanna
that he was altogether too old and
feeble to think Of making a campaign
for the presidency we beg leave to file
a demurrer. A man like Marcus A.
Hanna may reach that sort Of a con-
clusion himself, but he will not adort
it at the suggestion Of a young fellow
who has an object in view. If Mr..
Roosevelt succeeded in sidetracking
the senator he probably did it by prom
Using him a sure thing in 190S.--Chica-
60 Chronicle.
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The boarders were beginning to
gather in the dining-room.
Beyondth swinging doors the propri-
etor stood over the turkey with several
mathematical instruments in his hand.
His brow was wrinkled.
What is it, dear?" asked his wife.
"Wife," he said, II have been WORKING
at this for over IN hour but I can't fig
ure out how large the slices should be
that ! am to send in to 40 people, in or
der that there may be enough cold tur-
key left for lunch tonight"
But 1t had been so long since he stud
led comic sections.-Detroit Free Press
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tertainer of bachelors myself. l hope
L"
ooh, that's all right. I don't mind
your doing all you can, but this thing
of breaking out into society-you
know WI agreed to stay in the back
ground. l can't afford the kind of a
start we both believe in and"
There you go!" she snapped. "Who
said anything about a big society
function? You know | have four or
five dear personal friends-of course |
mean girl friends-who would fall over
themselves to attend ever SO simple a
party of mine"
ooh, l don't know" said Tom, trying
to read his paper, sip his coffee and
talk all at the same time. of course
il you tell them that Horace is hand
some, young and rich, they'll all come.
Most young m would. They"
How smart we're getting!" sneered
Kate. Then, as he remained silent,
she resumed in tones in which a trem-
olo threatened the asperity. Thomas
Kingsland, you're positively unbear-
able!"
She got up and was tlouncing out of
the room when he caught her hand and
said:
"Oh, here, Kate! Don't get angry.
You know | was sick and tired of these
society people when l met you. | don't
wind Nhntthn Che fS ~ Nlr. t--I
for heavens sake don't go giving a
big party. | wouldn't enjoy it, Hor-
ace wouldn't, and, besides, if you send
out a big list the very people you care
least for will come, and the very best,
the kind we need, will stay away.
Isn't that the way it always happens?"
That's just what l was going to say
If you hadn't stopped me with your
horrid objections" resumed the pla-
Gated Kate. my idea would be a nice
little Thanksgiving dinner here at
home with, let's say, eight guests, in
Guiding Horace. 1t wouldn't cost"
ooh, I don't care what it'd cost if
there's to be only ten Of us, but | don't
think you can get eight young folks
together for just a dinner, and with
married folks, too! They won't come.
Kate!"
"They will, Toni"
ooh, Martha might. l dare say
you've been telling her about Horace
and"
Eyes, I have! I don't deny it." said
Kate, sharply, ure of her ground.
They're suited to each other exactly,
and if I can help matters along, you
bet | will! So there!"
"All right, Missile" he grinned, get
ting up: "go ahead, but III bet you a
sealskin they all don't come-not even
half Of them"
"Ill take the bet, you rascal" she
laughed, and all that day she was
writing the most winsome little notes
to four of her very dearest friends and
four of her most esteemed" male ac-
quaintances.
Tom brought Cousin Horace home
with him that evening, and Mrs. Kings
Aahu WSHl ou oVeI I'LL as lOHuly rs
q young pullet over her first chick. He
was a big, sw~eet-voiced, soldierly man,
with yellow, curly hair and the man
ner of a boy. Coming from the rigor-
weather of Canada, he looked very
queer in his fur greatcoat, cap and
mittens, for the day was almost warm.
They had a merry timo at supper.
Kate was at her best, and Tom, de-
lighted at the first chance he'd had In
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When Secretary Shaw said that
the ship owners were the only Ameri-
cans not protected by discriminating
laws he forgot the considerable ele-
ment which works for a living and
pays taxes.--Chicago Chronicle.
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E-
MASKERS
A NEW YORK
THANKSGIVING DAY STORY

7 WAS notatypical Thanks
giving day. being so warm
that no flake of snow was
possible. Over all New
York, from the Battery to
Bronx, and beyond, the lu-
minous pearl-gray mist
hung, a ragged canopy,
which in spots reached
down to the moist street
level.
When Carolyn Martin
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"Will you have any guests at you
Thanksgiving dinner, Mr.. Cloyerseed?'
well, I've axed q turkey,"--N.
World