2 CAMERON COUNTY PRESS. H. H. MULLIN, Editor. Published Every Thursday. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION'. Per year °JJ IT paid in advance 1 uU ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements ure published at the rate of ®ne dollar per square for one insertion and fifty rents t er square* for each subsequent insertion. Kates by the year, or for six or three months, are low and uniform, ai.d will be furnished on application. Letfjil and Official Advertising per square, three times or less, ili: each subsequent inser tion T:0 cents per square. Local notices lu cents per line for one inser aertion: 5 cents per line for each subsequent consecutive insertion. Obituary notices over five lines 10 cents j er line. Simple announcements of births, ir.nr riwrcs ami deaths will l>e inserted free. Husiness cards, live lines or less )5 jicr year; over hve lines, at ilie regular rales of adver tising. No local inserted for less than <5 cents per lfcsue. JOB PRINTING. The Job department of the PKF.ss is complete •rid affords facilities for iloinL' tlic best class of work. Pabik hlab attkn i ion fajpto Law Pkinti.no. No paper will be discontinued until arrear ?.ges are paid, except at the option of the pub lisher. Papers sent out of the county must be paid lor in advance. The virtue of print Is. lndeefl, a re •narkable thing, and especially that of newspaper print. > I'nitli in (lie ~ A man tell a Sewapnper. roo mful of people something, find they will pay no at tention or disbelieve hiin; but if. in stead of telling them, the same man goes down to an oflice and writes the came thing on paper, and it appears in the dignity of print next morning, not, only those people, but all their kind, as: many as read the paper, will accept it with implicit confidence, adopt it as their own, force it upon their friends, and' stoutly maintain its validity against all comers, says a writer in the National Keview. "Oh, tint it is in the papers," thc\ say. and that settles the matter. Singular faith, yet shared, in a measure, by everybody. The widespread power of the printed letter is constantly being forced upon my attention, as my oc cupation brings me in contact with many fresh people in different places, stnd belonging to different classes and Jines of life quite solid and serious people. It happens to me very often 1o be told something or other —facts, or supposed facts. I ask: "How do you know that?" for acquired dis trust prompts me almost automatical ly to demand my informant's author ity. The answer. "It was in the pa pers," is considered sufficient. The pa pers! What papers? Why. almost any papers. The print is a great thing. As for the less educated, it fairly hyno tizes them, and that is tne secret <of advertising quack medicines and the like. Of course, this is commonplace to the very intelligent person, who knows the ropes; but he, too, is not exempt from the same weakness, for til his superior acumen. Else we should not have the flood of quo tations from foreign newspapers that is served up to us daily at great ex pense. l'lie most intelligent honor it with an amount of attention which they would not dream of bestowing on the same matter if it came to them in any other shape. I am aware that there arc some, though in my opinion insufficient, reasons for this striking liornageto the most ephemeral and hur riedly produced form of printed mat ter, but that is not my personal point. 1 am merely insisting here on the im portance aKaclied by mankind to the jiroduetions of the newspaper printing Jiress. A citizen of Lexington, Mo., J. T. Greene by name, claims some degree of fame by reason of the fact that <iti a postal card 3x5% inches in ex tent he has written 14.685 words, con sisting of this mixture: Declaration of indepedence, 1,309; constitution of the United States, with preamble and amendments, 5.800; the articles of confederation of the original states, 3,400; the Lord's I'rayer, 67, the one hundred and nineteenth psalm, 2,435; 145 lines of Longfellow's "Evan geline," 3 ,«> 14. There is a church bell in Salt Lake City, Utah, which seems to have a pe culiar effect on dogs. On Sunday morning, as soon as the bell begins 1o ring, the canines within hearing distance start in single file for the church, in front of which they keep up a howling chorus until the bell stops ringing. Xo oilier bell in the city has the same effect. A curious legal wrangle has arisen In Chapman, Kan., over the attempt of the county authorities to collect the dog tax on a canine belonging to a clergyman. The latter insists that. Ihe animal watches faithfully about the sanctuary, and, therefore, as church property is exempt from tax fit ion by state law. The sea serpent is appearing on the New England coast. This fascin ating reptile always does appear upon the advent of the summer excursion ist. Scientists have sized him down to nothing more or less than a com mon giant eel. which is out of his iiailiwiek in this part of the world. Morton county. Kansas, claiint'to be the- healthiest county in the United Ctatt s. It has a population of 100, but for a year past has been without a phy sician. In that time, it is declared, there has not liein a case of sickness so serious as to call for a doctor's'as sistance. FOUR FJNANCIAL ACTS Important Laws Thai Have Been Enacted by the Present Administration. force** Achieved I nib-r tlte Dint ley TnrifT—ltcforiu in the Currency -War l.omi—J'Hcltic Itiill ruud l)i bl, Washington.—Four achievements in the management of the public finances iind revenues under the administra tion of President McKinley stand out with marked prominence: First, in point of success, is the Dingley tariff; second, the reform in the currency; third, the war loan of 1898, and fourth, the settlement of the Pacific railroad indebtedness. Perhaps never before in the his tory of this country have so many important fiscal achievements been accomplished in so brief time. Wilh the exception of the Pacific railroad settlement, these events bear, to a considerable; degree, relationship to each other. Underlying the success of the war loan of 1898 antl the re form in the currency was the basis of prosperity established by prompt and effective tariff legislation. The president well understood the neces sity for speedy modification in the tariff. Within 48 hours after his in auguration lie issued a proclamation for an extra session of congress to assemble March 15, 1897. The brief message tent to congress when it HOW THE "PARAMOUNT ISSUE" HIDES FREE SILVER. convened on that day clearly demon strated the urgent necessity for prompt action. The house of representatives promptly responded to the president's message. On the same day in which it was read in the house, ihe late Mr. Dingley. of Maine, chairman of the committee on ways and means, in troduced the new tariff bill. Such unusual expedition had been made possible only by the untiring work of the members of the committee on ways and means for several months previous. The bill was passed in the house of representatives March 31, 1897, less than a month after the inaugura tion of President McKinley and two weeks after congress had convened in extra sessiop. It passed the senate July 7, 1897. with amendments. Two days later its consideration was be gun by a conference committee of the two houses, and it.finally passed the hoi in* July 10 and the senate July 24. It, became a law on the latter day, when the president signed the bill. Thus within live months (no other tariff law was ever passed in so short a time) after the inauguration of the president a new tariff law was placed on the statute books. Under its beneficent influences the United States has enjoyed a commercial and industrial revival the greatest in its history. The hopes of the president as expressed in liis message have been realized; ample revenues were pro vided for the ordinary expenses of the government, and in providing them duties were levied upon foreign products, so as to preserve the home niark"ts; manufactures have revived and increased; agriculture has been relieved, and encouraged; domestic and foreign commerce have been increased; mining and building have been aided and developed, and more Liberal wages have been paid to labor. Under the operation of the Wilson act, from September 1, 3894, to July 24. 3 897. a period of 35 months, there was a total deficit of $108,003,243. This deplorable stale of the revenues was largely responsible for that lack of confidence which prolonged the hard times inaugurated by the panic of lh!)3. The Dingley tariff became a law July 24. 1897. Under its operation ample revenues have been provided, as urged by President McKinley. During the period of 32 months the law has been in force, July 24, D*97, to April 1. 3900, tlie receipts of the govern men t from all sources, exclu sive of Pacific railroad items, were $1,224,326,608. Deducting from these receipts the treasury department's estimate of collections under the war revenue act, amounting t-o $163,708,- CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1900. 538, there were Tift receipts of $1.(140,- 618.070. The expenditures for the is ame period aggregated $ 1..366,m. 406, and deducting the treasury de partment's estimate of war expendi tures of $.'172,000,000, the net expen ditures for the period stand at $994,- 663,406, leaving for the 32 months' operation of the liingley tariff an ex cess of net receipts over net expen ditures of $45,954,664. The president, urged that the new duties be so levied as "to revive and increase manufactures." In the fis cal year 1897 the imports for the con sumption of articles iji a crude con dition which enter into the various processes of domestic industry amount ed to $207,268,155, and in the three years 1895. 1806 and 1897 av< raged less than $200,000,000 annually, while in the calendar year 1899 the imports of this class amounted to $267.49.'!,950, an increase of nearly $70,000,000 over the average for the three years of low tariff, in which many of ihese articles, notably wool, were upon the free list. At present the importation of manufacturers' materials is run ning at. the rate of $28,000,000 per month, or more than 50 per cent, higher lhan the monthly average in the year prior to the enactment of the Dingley law. The president also urged' that the new (hities should lie so levied as "to relieve and encourage agriculture." That agriculture has oecn relieved and encouraged is shown by the increased prices for agricultural products, all of which have materially advanced in the home market, and by the large in crease in exportation in the product! of agriculture, which in the fiscal year 3899 were $100.000,000 greater than in the fiscal year 1897, audi in 1898 were $200,000,000 in excess <,f those of 3897. The message also recommended that the new dtuties should be so levied as "to aidi and; develop mining." That mining has been greatly encouraged is amply shown by ino figures relating to the two great mining industries, coal and iron. The coal production of 1899 exceeds 20<1',000,000* tons, against 179,000,000* ill 3897 andi 371.C00.000 in 1896, and has placed 1 the L nitcd 1 States at the head! of the worldi's producers of this article, our product in 3*99 being greater than that of any other coun try in the world. The pig-iron pro duction in< 3899 was 33.620,703 tons, against 9,652,680' tons iiu 3897 and 8,623,327 tons in 1896 Jn pig iron, as in coal, the United' States now holds the first 'place in the world's produc tion. Export* of II rend.sl ufr«. Our exports of breadstuffs. compare as follows: Fiscal Year. Value. INflO $154,925,917 1891 128.121,656 1892 299,363,117 1893 200.312.fi54 1.594 1116,777.229 1595 114,(104,7X0 IS9G ' 141,350,993 1897 191,090,341 is9s 324,70i;,(i,;0 1899 2C3.655.106 3900 253,223,525 Farmers will notice how these ex ports steadily declined during the last democratic free trade administration, and how much larger our exports, of breadstuff* have been under Ihe repub lican administration, and protective tariffs. liccalike IluhiiK'ii Wiih The books oft he third assistant post master-general for the fiscal year end ing June 30, 3OTO, show an. increase in the sale of postage stamps for 3900 over the year ending June 30, 1899. of 4f»7.- 417,460 stamps, the total number sold being 3.963,374.310 stamps., valued at $76,276,904. The increase in revenue was $9,474,413.50. In addition to these stamp-, there were issued 3,263,040 books of 32 stamps each, valued it $530.645,48. making the total increase (if sales of stamps* $10,305,061.98, oar about 33 per cent. He 11:11 El (i tor Pro vis ion n. Kxports of provisions from American farms last year were worth $180.000.0t:0, or $47.000,-COO more than in 1896. This of expansion is what the deino» (.rats call "imperialism." Tlie Treu«iiry Surplus. Iteceipts of the national treasury for the fiscal year just ended were $568,• 988,918, and.the expenditures $487,759,. 171, making a surplus for the yow of $81,229,777. J ROACH ON THE ISSUES. Tlie DlxtliiKUiNlif'il loumi lllneiiMM the Political l)ue»tiuiin til tlie Day. Tn accepting the temporary chairman ship of tile iowa republican state con vention at lies Moines on Wednesday. Au gust 1. W. L. Roach, of Muscatine, made an addresi that was cheered to the echo by the enthusiastic delegates and spec tators. In a clear, concise and compara tively brief manner lie outlined the policy of the two parlies and their history, and in his introduction said: "The outcome of the campaign of 180(1 will either be the destruction of Bryan ism or the destruction of prosperity. Prosperity and Jtr.vanistlc rule cannot ex ist at the same time. Bryanism is popu lism. and populism is born of and sus tained by hatred of success. The princi ples and policies of Jefferson and Jackson have no abiding; place in the creed of Mr. Bryan. With reckless disregard of Un known facts of history ht prostitutes these illustrious names in support of vi sionary and socialistic theories of gov ernment. The time was when the democratic par ty stood for the least possible amount of government and the largest degree of liberty to the individual. In recent years, since the party has become tainted, or, more correctly speaking, since it sur rendered its time-honored principles and yut in their stead the vagaries of popu lism. it has become tlie champion of every impractical and exploded ism. every vi sionary theory in relation to government. It has become thoroughly saturated with the socialistic spirit, which is antagonistic to individual achievement, and the tri umph of which would be absolutely de structive of the existing order." Tlie Trnat Queatlnii. The question of trusts was dealt with at length, and in this connection he ;i:id in part: "The trust question has been one of ab sorbing interest to the American people. Mr. Bryan and his followers have made a desperate effort to m:o<c political capital in connection with this question. They claim the republican party is responsible for the existence of the so-called trusts. There have recently been some very em barrassing developments in connection with the trust question from the demo cratic standpoint. It matters not, how ever, how much the developments in con nection with the democratic New York i< e trust have embarrassed the insincere lead ers of the democracy, the republican par ty. true to its history, frankly and courageously recognizes the importance of this question. The republican party is neither the creator, creature, friend or defender of monopoly. Sht* rceoeiiix.es it as one of the highest duties of govern ment. national, state and municipal, ton strain ill every possible manner any and all attempts of organized capital to plun der the people. The only question for thought and argument in this connection on the part of those charged with t.hc re sponsibilities of the government concerns the means to accomplish the end which ..II intelligent people recognize as desir able., The republican party was the first to recognize the issue by < naeting then; - tional legislation upon the subject, and in the last conirress was prevented by the democratic minority from taking a most important step for the enlargement of th-i powers of til - general government t" <l*l with this problem. In defeating the pro posed constitutional amendment the H~\- anites wll*> seek to make political capital out of the trust cutstion stand convicted of insincerity." Hi tot Twice. The money plank of the democrats was not overlooked, and the lowa voters were warned to beware of the party that would cut their dollars in two. and said: "The Bryanites have not only reiterated the doctrine c>f free coinage upon ratio of 16 to I. but have twice written it in the Kansas city platform, giving it an em phasis which they have given to no other issue. It is idle to tell people of lowa that it is unimportant in this campaign. The integrity and stability of our cur rency is as much at stake to-day as ever. It is" entirely possible for the complexion of the senate of the l"nited States to lie so changed within two years as to make the passage of the free coinage legislation not only possible but absolutely certain should Mr. Bryan triumph in November. I nt pi- r In I i.sm. The subject of so-called imperialism was treated at greatest length and aroused the greatest enthusiasm, lit"this he asks: "What is this imperialism to which the Bryanites attach such dire consequence? W hen and where did it begin? What con stituted the first imperialistic acr of Wil liam McKinley or his party? Did it be gin in Manila harbor when Dewey de livered the crushing blow to the Spanish squadron there? If so, it was applauded by every patriotic man. woman and child in this country. Did it be;rln \vh"n the American ;.rmv raised the stars and •tripes on the island of Luzon? If so, it had the approval of every loyal American. Did it have its origin in any of the acts of the army and navy located upon Phil ippine soil or in Philippine waters pre vious to the treaty of Paris? It' so, it had the unqualified indorsement of an overwhelming majority of the American people. Did it have origin In the treaty of Paris itself, which finally determined the status of this government in those is lands? If so. it had Ihe ardent and un asked-fur support of William Jennings Bryan, the anti-imperialistic candidate for president of the I'nitcd States. Interpretation of Cimxtltiilloii. "Much is contained in the Kansas City platform about the constitution and the declaration of independence. As I stated in the beginning. I am not a lawyer, much less a constitutional one. There are, however, some facts in reference to the democratic interpretation of the constitu tion which are an open book to every in telligent person in tMs country. In the nrst place, we all know that had the dem ocratic interpretation of the constitution prevailed there would be no I'nitcd States of America to-day. and upon the ruins of this great nation we would now have a lot of antagonistic. discordant. warring states. We also know that had their in terpretation of the constitution prevailed the war for the preservation of the union could never have been financed. "And we further know that their inter pretation of the constitution would have precluded the possibility of the benefits of the great protective svstem which has been the foundation of the Industrial de velopment anil the prosperity of the masses of the American people during this generation. In the light of these facts, no sane man need doubt tin* safety of the constitution Vlien in republican hands, and in this connection it is appropriate to say that the republican party has never tried to reverse the supreme court, luna's (irent Men. "In addition to the violation of the con stitution and the repudiation of the dec laration of independence, the absolute de struction of the republic is claimed to be our purpose. Governments .ire conducted by men. The acts which shape their course are those of individuals. If the constitu tion is being violated, the declaration of Independence being ignored and the life of vhe republic being endangered, who are the guilty ones, and to whom shall we turn for deliverance and protection? "II the charge of the Bryanites is true. William B. Allison, the republican leader of the American senate, and David B. Henderson, the republican speaker of the national house of representatives, sup ported by that splendid representation in the lower house of congress from lowa and James Wilson in the cabinet, are all ire mit sof tin ir country and are conspir ing against the life of the republic. And if tin* democratic contention is true we must turn for deliverance to Jiin Weaver and Altgeld. I itehl'ork Tillman and Tam many Dick. The people of this great state, regardles:-. of their party affiliation, have not ceased to mourn the recent loss of one of the grandest chariit t* is in the life of this state and nation: a mail who was a local and unflinching supporter of the policies of William McKinley and llio republican party, and whose life was de voted to til** int. rests of ih" common peo r le. from whose ranks he rose to a posi tion of commanding influence iu the na tion. l>t no populistic visionary tell ;*n lowa audience that the career of 'Old Business' elosfd in an attempt upon the life of the nation for which he lived and died. The democratic platform of lllOfl is a slander upon the spotless living and the immortal dead. The republic and tlio interests of the masses are safe in the hands of such men as the republicans of lowa luiys «iven to the councils of the nation " HE WASN'T GROWLING. Was Merely Seeking Info nun I lon as to Price* of Country Comforts and Convenience*. "What!" carpingly ejaculated the rummer hoarder from the city, as he glared pop-eyed edly at tlie altitudinous lull which, says Puck, tlie honest agriculturist had just pre sented to hiin. "Ninety-six dollars and thirty cents for two weeks' board for myself, wile and three small boys? Now, look here, Mr Hooks —" "Ye had the use of the hoss and carry-all whenever ye wanted 'em," interrupted old Farmer Hooks;, doggedly. "Your boys ett up considerable many of my apples, and, then, there's the fishin' and the scenery, f.nd the —er—grangers' picnic, and I'nele Hiram Tinker's funeral, and the eclipse of the moon, and— cr —ah!—all that, and—" "Hut, pshaw, man! the only time we used your old carry all the horse was so sulky that 1 had to lead him most of the way, and the vehicle broke down and I paid more for hav ing it repaired than it was worth. Your green apples made the boys sick to within a hair's breadth of an agonizing death, and to the extent of a $!( doctor bill, I caught cold but no fish, fishing. We didn't eat any of the scenery, nor do we expect to carry any of it away with us. We were in no way responsible tor the late Mr. Tinker's fu neral, and,l may add, did not particularly enjoy it. We did not attend the grangers' picnic, and, as for paying you for the eclipse of the moon, I'll be —" "Looker here! l)o you mean to insinuate that I'm tryin' to gouge ye?" "Oh, no; certainly riot! But, by the way, the present wealth of the United States is estimated at $100,000,000,000, and —cr —" "Waal?" "Well, 1 was merely wandering if you were Irying to get it all at once?" A RESCUE AT SEA. Perilous Situation Itelleveil by the Timely I Iterances of a Spell- Binder. "Help! Help!" In a panic tlie passengers rushed to the fide of the ship, and gazed help.essly at those struggling in the waves, say.- Harper's Hazar. it was indeed a perilous situation. What was to be done ? There seemed to be no rope at hand, and there was trouble in lowering the lifeboat, and, as i- usually the case, none of the sailors could swim. A lawyer suggested a writ of habeas cor pus, but that was found impracticable, as tiiere was not a judge on board, and no one to serve such a writ, anyway. At that instant a man of commanding presence pushed into the frenzied crowd and struck an attitude, close to the rail. The drowning ones recognized him as a famous political orator, and their spirits rose: "Fellow citizens," he began, "we face a crisis!" The next moment a cry of joy went up. For the people in the water were hang ing on his words, in which position they con tinued till the boats were lowered. IT'S ALL IN A NAME. One Reason Why Ilie Conservative \eyro \\ liltewusher Cost Hi* Occupation. "What's in a name?" asked Shakes peare. liverything, may be answered, and no one has made the answer more plain to the ordinary mortal than Booker T. Wash ington, the noted colored orator, says the ( hicago Times-Herald. While lecturing in Omaha last winter he paused in the midst of his remarks and asked: "How many negro boys in Omaha are learning a mechanical trade?" And from the vast audience came the re plyu ".Not one. Then Mr. Washington proceeded to tell the negro boys what they should do. The old colored man (with his brush and pail of whitewash once made a good living. Hut he was a whitewasher." The first thing he knew a white man came along with an assortment of brushes and several colors of wash under fancy names. The white man called himself an "interior decorator," and the old colored man's job was gone for ever. "You negro boys," continued Mr. Wash ington, "must become interior decorators, for the whitewashing job is done." An Insinuation. The Plumber—l believe that we will all follow the same vocation in the next world at we do in this. The Carpenter—Well, if that is true, you will be out of a job. "Why so?" "What use will they havo for plumbers v.-he re there is no water?" —Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Emergency. Assistant —The Irish stew has burned. Chef Well, put some spice in it and add "A la Francais" to its name on the menu. —Puck. ; I AVegctable Preparationfor As - || similatingtlicFoodandfiegula- 8 j ting the Stomachs andßowels of 9 Promotes Digcslion.Cheerfuf- J| ness and Rest.Contains neither X Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. ® NOT NARCOTIC. '* \ 7&ctpt of OU VrStMUELPtTCHER ® fiintfJun Sce-eL" v Mx.Set ia * J l( Ja IlochflU Stills J ijjEJj Anise Seed + I Jh&jcrhWtt - . / W Li CarbonateSotZa ■* L Hirm. 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You may dose forever —you will not be well until you try the true cure and that is Pe-ru-na. You may think your trouble is some other disease and not catarrh. Call it what you will, one thing is sure, your system is affected and must be treated, and Pe-ru-na is the only remedy which reaches the right place and does cure. ABSOLUTE " SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of See Fac-Slmlle Wrapper Below. r < Very nmr.ll and as easy J to take ns sogar. IR ADTRTFCL"" HEMCKE * UAM trio FOR DIZZINESS. HSITTLE FOR BILIOUSNESS. FL I VERA FOR TORPID LIVER. I PM? FOR CONSTIPATION. H WA FOR SALLOW SKIN. AWMBI IFOR THE COMPLEXION I MU«T KAVt M C«MJ I Sorely VeffetaDl O CURE SICK HEADACHE. mm For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the / t Signature //\ Jj - W rv Jp* 111 n Use \J For Over Thirty fears THC CCNTAUR COMPANY, NCW YORK CITY.
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