smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1879

employ TO the utmost This state OF things
necessarily exists under all conditions of labor,
and under any form of currency. 1t Is one
unavoidable disadvantage of a comparatively
scattered population.


The effect Of fuctuating currency which
has been so long in use, and which has con-
tlnually tended to widen the margin between
the wholesale and retail prices, in order that
retail sellers might insure themselves against
changes in the cost of articles sold, Is stlll
felt although the fluctuations in the purchas-
ing power of the currency with respect to
gold have ceased. Moreover, this unnatural
margin between wholesale and retail prices
necessarily fingers longest and operates most
severely in those localities where the seller has
tie greatest advantage. The reduction OF
prices to a legitimate relation with the cost
of articles comes very slowly, and tor some
wears the consumers will still have to pay
certain tribute to local dealers in consequence
of the debauchment of the currency through
which the country has passed. OF course 1t is
in their power to modify by persistent
economy or united effort this vir-
tual monopoly, and gradually to compel
a reduction of charges to a specie level. 1t is





ever that it reveals this unnatural condition
of things on the contrary, his statistics would
have been less valuable on the whole had they
been based solely upon the wholesale prices
at commercial centres.


The sharp decline in the retail prices of
drygOOds is one of the most striking features
of the report No other class of articles has
so greatly declined in price in comparison
with 1860 and yet it does not appear that
the wages OF operatives are now Us low as
they were before the war. Paying decidedly
more for labor than they did in 1850, the
manufacturers obtain decidedly less for their
products. Aud the difference in the cost OF
raw material is not sufficient to restore the
equilibrium. In these facts is found the ex-
planaton of the continued depression of man
ufactures in New-England, and it is hardly
to be expected that their condition will
greatly improve until enlarged markets are
found for their products.


The increase in the wages of employees In
1878 from 1860 was 45 per cent in silk man
ufactures, 33 per cent in wOOllen manutac-
lures, 20 to % per cent i'll linen manufactures,
and % per cent in wOrsted manufactures; and
19 per cent in the cotton manufactures. The
profits, as all know, have been exceedingly
narrow. In view of these facts, it is espe-
cially gratifying to find that the laborers OF
Massachusetts, as a class, are not disposed to
complain of their condition. Less than one
third Of those making replies to the inquiries
of the bureau considered that their employers
prohted unfairly by their labor.
Year: 1879

other side, Presidcnt-making is thus far con-
fined to the simple tactics which force the
Democrats to uncover their designs. IL IL
were merely a matter of personal ambition
n question which of two or three or dozen
aspirants for this high place should succeed
the business of President-making would be as
petty and contemplate as some of the dis
iointcd thinkers with noses in the air affect
to consider it; but in existing circumstances
it is vastly more than any merely personal
concern. 1t is a question of sweeping away
the last barrier between the Democratic
party and unlimited power; a question OF sur
rendering and reversing all the results OF the
war. And that is a step fraught with such
momentous consequences that too great delib-
Grafton cannot be exercised in its considerations
Congress might do better than be in session,
but being in session, it cannot do better than
give the frcest scope to such discussions as
are now in progress. Republicans have moth
ing to fear from them. Democrats ought not
to have, If they are willing to uncover their
real purposes and are sincere i'll their prOios-
sions of confidence in the people.
Year: 1879

inpatient TO turn it to an original service. TIE ia
so weary of the everlasting speech-makino in ths
House that he wishes to wipe out the further free
publication Of speeches. MS with SPONGE" eDacfina
that IN future each orator paw for the publication
Of his own eoquence. He thinks this would shorten
the sessions. for no man would inrur the expense Of
speaking for more than five mInutes. Whether no


u right or not Is not worth Specializing abouf for
his proposed law could never hc a>spd No modern
Congress sman. except Mr.. Wells, will vote To put a
tax on his mouth.


II tho Democrats will not believe the Republican
assurances that they are making their champon
bluDdcr, they mnst admit that whatever opinion ia
expressed by so devoted friends as the Asslstant
Democratic editors is worthy Of consideration And
all these Deputy Democratic authorities declare
that the present programme of the Democrats in
Congress, if persisted in will end in disaster to
them and in triumph for tine Republicans. There
ia absolute unanmty on this point and its meaning
cannot be mistaken. II shows that the Indepen-
dent voters vino have been leaning toward the
Democrats, are leaving them and returning TO tho
Republicans, and shows, furthermore, that "A good
many Democrats, who think more Il the country
than OF party, are heading in the same direction.


The latest development in the animated contro-
versy concerDDg the next Republican candidate for
Governor Of Ohio, IS the publication Of private
letter written by General Garfield in February last
In it he speaks Of the great importance OF the next
campaign, and says he imagine a situation in
which he might lay aside all personal preferences
and obey the wishes Of the party. For example,
if Thurman should be nominated by the Democracy.
and, if our party contemplating joint debate be-
tween the candidates, should call upon me to take
the position, under such circumstances would not
feel at liberty to decline" letter is also pub
lshed from Charles Foster In which he SAYS he
would accept the second place on the ticket with
Garfield, in case the party called upon HIM to do
Year: 1879

General Butler ght-perfectly right. II was
vulgar in the bad sense of that word, for opposing
counsel in the Cameron case to say anything about
Fort Fisher and Big Bethel He laid down an ex-
oeent rule. which is worth quoting for the benefit
of all concerned Anything is vulgar which is
introduced into that does not belong
there. with the object of trying to belit-
tie party IN q cause for no other pur-
pose than the effect which it may produce.p The
General himself for moment forgot his rule hen
Year: 1879

"thc West, and to provide for doing that
business at less expense than is possible in
Z" any other seaboard city of the country"
The advisability of an effort in this direction
on the part of New-York seems to have been
pretty well forgotten of late.
Year: 1879

Senator Salisbury himself could not desire
to see the minority in the Senate more sub
missivo and more sweetly tame than they
have become even in this brief time. Iestcr-
day when there seemed TO be nothing more to
do, Senator Anthony arose and suggested
meekly. and no doubt in timid, fatering ac-
cents, that if "the chairman of the Demo-
"cratic caucus, the chairman of the Execu-
"tive Committee of the Democratic caucus,
cor the chairman of the Subcommittee OF
1.-the Executive Committee of the Democratic
caucus had no further orders to give, the
minority would be humby inclined to go into
executive session. And yet the Republicans
seem to have enjoyed Senator AnthOny's re-
marks more than Mr., Salisbury did, or even
Mr.. Beck.


To-day the City of Elizabeth takes its
place formally among bankrupt cities, de-
faulting in the interest on some of its bonds
and on the principal of others. The senti-
ment of that unfortunate city seems to be In
favor of honestly paying its debts, and
while there is more or less talk OF
a reduction both in the principal and
interest, there is no desire, so far as can be
seen, to repudiate. Jersey City also defaults
to-day on the salaries of employees and other
Indebtedness. This, however, is not case OF
actual bankruptcy, and the failure of the city
to meet its obligations at the proper time is
therefore the more to be regretted.


The inquest i'll the case of alleged iil-treat-
ment in the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum
has resulted in complete vindication of the
officials IN charge. The inquiry was witnessed
by jury composed almost entirely of phy-
sicians; not only did it fail to disclose
any foundation for the charge Of cruel treat
mont, but the husband of the dead woman
became convinced that his accusations were
unfounded and withdrew them, while her
mother declared that she had visited her
daughter while she was in the asylum, and
had found her apparently under good care.
The Coloners jury sustained the management
of the asylum in all respects, and ii is but
Just that the veI let of honorable acqmttal
should be as widely proclaimed as the original
ipdictOpnt
Year: 1879

Lo, the poor Register! First Mr. LOew was
compelled to take his choice between dis
missal and the oath of allegiance to RE
"form." He took the oath nobly, and then
found that the sword Of dismissal was still to
hang above his head, ready to fall at mo-
ment's notice. And now the Republican
Legislature proposes, very properly, to cut
down his fees and put him Oh a merely COM
Portable salary The Register is getting more
than his share of reform.
Year: 1879

II may interest the Chamber of Commerce,
which appeared a few days ago, by rep
rescntatiyc before an Assembly Committee
and declared the grievances of NewYork
business men against the railroads, to observe
what the business men of Boston are doing
10 enlarge their facilities for trade. A letter
from a Boston correspondent sums up the
important changes in the railroad system of
Massachusetts which will necessarily result
from the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel
road during the Summer, and describes the
preparations that are making IN Boston to
provide adequate terminal facilities for the
great traffic to and from Europe which is
confidently expected. Iu the words of our
correspondent. Boston business men intend
ito draw to themselves the export business of
Year: 1879

The Republican State Convention which
was held in Bangor yesterday was one of the
largest gatherings of the kind that ever as
semblcd in Maine and was as distinguished in
quality as in numbers. The delegates who
composed it represented the intelligence and
enterprise of the State, and reflected the OPP
inions of the honest masses of the people
The croakers who believe that the country is
going to the dogs or are sorry that ii is not; the
tricksters who dishonesty suggest that there
is way to pay debt without paying it; the
disciples of school of political economy
which teaches that money is simply II creation
of law and that ANYTHING is a dollar which the
government sees fit to call so; the jugglers
who profess to be able to revive business by
using the currency as magic wand and the
communists who think society owes them a
living and denounce capitalists as robbers
were none of them there. Neither were the
men who believe it safe to turn over the
country to the rebels and traitors of 1861.
The convention was distinguished AS well AS
by the men who were excluded as those who
were admitted.


The work of the convention was two-fold-
TO construct platform rejecting the opinions
of the Republican party and to nominate a
candidate acceptable to Republican voters.
Both duties were performed we'll The plat
form is clear and concise statement of the
cardinal principles of the Republican faith,
and is evidently the work of men of strong
convictions who had the courage to say pre-
cisely what they thought. Nothing could be
better than its declarations regarding the cur
rency. Not the faintest concession is made
on this point. All schemes to tamper with
al. .f rIat. ..,l
demned. The Republican party of Maine
once more announces to the country that it
believes in currency based on coin and re-
deemable in coin, and that only, and that it
will not abate one jot or title of its demand
on this point in answer to a senseless clamor
no matter how loud and general it may be-
come. The resolution commencing the ac-
ton of the President in vetoing the appropr-
alton bills is timely and well-deserved rec
ognition of the firm and uncompromising
course of the Chief Magistrate


There will undoubtedly be feeling of dis
appointment in the western part of the State
over the nominee of the convention. Espe-
cially will this be the case in Portland, be-
cause two of the candidates before the con-
venton were residents of this city, and were
men either of whom would have made a wor-
thy standard bearer. But that some should
De disappointed was inevitable. The cOnyen-
tion had to choose from "A large number of can
didates, and the substantial unanimity with
which it united on Mr.. Davis at the last i.
conclusive proof that he WAS regarded, under
all the circumstances, us the strongest man
that could be nominated. 1t shows also tina,
he WAS !he candidate of no one man nor ring
OF men, but the popular choice. Undoubted
ly the fact that the east is to be the battl,
ground this year had strong strong inhuenc,
in bring the convention to the conclusion il
finally reached.
Year: 1879

Senator Blaine, who was looking in splen-
did condition, notwithstanding his con
slant labors during the extra session, re-
marked that speech from the platform would
seem to detract from rather than add to the
eloquence of such magnificent gathering


which was in itself the herald of the victory
that the republicans of Maine are bound TO
roll up in September He said we have to
fight the old combination of greenback-demo-
crats or democratic,greenbackers and whcth-
er one or the other formed the head of the fu-
sion, it is plain that the old democratic party
has bill Of sale of the whole concern. He
asked every republican who had been led into
that delusion, if any such were present AS
spectators, where they could expect the
greenback movement to land them except
in the old democratic-rebel camp. IN proof
Of the inyariable and inevitable drift
Of the fusion movement he cited the Con-
gressionai record of Representatives Ladd
and Murch and said if two more constituent,
subseryient and persistent democratic voters
for the worst measures of that party could be
found, he would like to have them named.
In this connection he referred to the intense
hostility Of those gentlemen to the presence
Year: 1879

of national troops at the polls, and said when
they were asked to add prohibition against
the Rife Club raiders. red shirt ruffans and
bowe-knife bulles who take possession of
the ballot-box in the South, Messrs. Ladd
and Murch refused to put any restraint upon
such outlaws but voted that they ought to
have full swing in terroriZing at the polls.
Touching the financial topic he cited the
votes of those two members in favor of Civ
ing bonus of seventeen per cent. to bullion
owners and silver spcculatOrs. and their re-
fusal to provide that the margin upon coming
silver dollars should go to the Government
for the benefit of the people. lie said he de
sired to make no personal attack upon those
gentlemen, but it was due to the public that
their record in Congress should be held up
before the people who elected them No
greenbacker who had been a republican
could fail to see that their candidates had
gone squarely into the democratic camp and
were seeking to drag their followers after
them. He then referred to the reactionary
course of the democrats in Congress, who
were seeking TO wipe ont the laws and the
authority of the nation, and denounced the
awlcssness by which 35 representatives were
sent to Congress by virtue of shot-guns and
fraud, and in violation of all the rights Of
the people who are justly entitled to choose
those representatives In conclusion the
senator remarked that the inspiration and
moral power of such grand aSSemblagc of
republicans of Maine gave the best assurance
of determination to triumph. and with en-
phasis declared that under whoever should
be chosen as the worthy standard-bcarer we
are bound To win this battle this fall in the
open field before the honest. intelligent. pat
riotic people Of Maine.


The Senator'S crisp, trenchant sentences


4 4 A
at the close Of his remarks he was again
lhnprnl u the nrhn
Year: 1879

soldier, the dilligent student and lawyer
and efficient legislator, who has been
chosen as the republican candidate for
Governor of Maine.


lie is clear-headed, sound-hearted,
honest-minded man of the people, who
will modestly and conscientiously accept
the trust reposed in him and feel it Ia
Dor of love to carry the "Old Flag" the
republican Banner, in the march to victory
in Maine
Year: 1879

Old Kennebec cast nearly a solid vote
for the nomination of Hon Arson II. Nor
rill for Governor. Some towns had in
structed their delegates TO vote for other
men before it was known that he would be
a candidate. His expressed wish that
no contest should be made for him
against any other candidate deferred his
friends from acting as vigorously in his
behalf as they otherwise would. He had
many friends not only in Kennebec but
all over the State that would have ardent
ly worked in his behalf. They are all
Davis men now, however, and so is Mr..
Morrill, himself.
Year: 1879

The brief speech made by Gen. Hall in
presenting the name of Hon. Anson p.
Morrill, to the State Convention was one of
the best of the many good speeches made
in the convention. 1t was the subject OF
much and deserved eulogy among the
members of the convention, and added to
the already high reputation of General
Hall as public speaker.
Year: 1879

The report in the Bangor Commercial of
Thursday evening of the proceedings of
the republican State convention, merited
commentator for its general fairness and
accuracy. We speak in this the opinion
of the many republicans who with pleas
ure read the report on their way home af-
ter the convention was over.
Year: 1879

A good many Of our town subscribers
expect to pay in advance and are always
willing to do so. Every one Of these
ought to pay up in time to secure an in
terest III the Gift Distribution which
will come off on the 5th of July. "A lit
tie forethought and promptness may Sc
cure a Sewing Machine.
Year: 1879

Our Gift Distribution will be made
on the 5th Of July. There are a num-
Der Of our subscribers who are so near
ly paid up that a few dollars will give
them an interest in the drawing. They
intend to pay anyhow, and why not pay
up in time to get q Sewing Machine,
Dictionary, Recipe Book or something
else?
Year: 1879

EXECUTING THE LIQUOR Ia VS.


Elsewhere will be found an account
Of several recent prosecutions for SELL
ing cider in. violation Of the provisions
of our village charter. We publish al
so the section Of the charter under
which the prosecutions were made.


After six or seven years Of cider sell
ing by our merchants and restaurant
keepers, it has been discovered that un-
der our village charter no Intoxicating
liquors of any kind can be sold or given
away. ~!


The several prosecutions for liquor
selling, therefore, leave Worthington
in this attitude:


l. No Intoxicating liquor can be sold
for any purpose, not even by druggist
on physicians prescription, and our
druggists claim that they will not sell
any more for any purpose.


2. No wine can be had for commun-
ion purposes. Under our charter any
person giving away wine for such pur-
pose is liable to fine of s25.


3. No cider can be sold even by the
barrel for vinegar or any other purpose.


Farmers and others who want liqu-
ors for any of the purposes named above
cannot procure them in Worthington
and will have to 60 elsewhere.


Concerning this we repeat what we
said u few weeks ago, viz: that such a
rigid enforcement and strict interpre-
tation of the liquor Jaws is fanatical
and ruinous to the business interests
of the town. The reaction of which we
spoke is gradually coming and the re-
suit will be open saloons in Worthing-
ton.


But We say, # this is the la,o; let the
law be enforced. What we complain
of, and what every fair-minded man
complains of, is that the laws are not
impartially enforced. Certain persons
are selected and prosecuted for personal
reasons, for spite, or for some other
reason, while other persons who are no.
toriously violating the liquor laws are
allowed to 90 untouched, and every
thing that church rings, political rings,
or social favoriteism can do to shield
them is done.


We assert that the injustice which is
shown in liquor prosecutions III our
midst is very much worse than the )iq-
uOr traffic would be.


The charter makes it the duty of the
City Marshall and of each member of
the Common Council to make CON-
plaint against any person known to be
selling cider or other liquor in violation
of law. We wait to see whether or not
they will do their duty.
Year: 1879

Capt. Miner showed lis yesterday
hundred and fifty cents worth of mete-
or. It was about half the size of an al
mond nut, and seems to he composed
mainly of silica with some shining met
al intermixed. He wrote to 4 friend to
procure piece for the Railroad office
at st. Paul Ito be put on.exliibition us
a sample of our products down this
way,) and the charge was $3.50 for that
much. We learn that $500 has been Of
fered for the large aerolite; that the
parties claiming it have already become
involved in Il law suit for it's POSSESSION
and that the officers have locked. it up.
We should think that the man on whose
farm the missile fell would be entitled
to it, but then we are not read up in the
law OF meteors, comets, shooting stars.
and such. This 500pound phenomenon
may be an estray from the m on and


The Man in the Moon may come along
and claim his property. In that case,
there will he an interesting law suit
| and the books Oh I,terplanetary Law
| will have to be ransacked, Willie side
ISSUES Oh Sidercal and Satellite realty
will be ventilated thoroughly. The
ADVANCE will give full reports and,
if necessary, send repo ter to inter
view the Attorney General on the MOON