& ©0 iBo JffJMTfflnsjq&aiißp IPWIBIMISISIISIBSd No. 2885. Poor House Business. TV Directors of the Poor meet at the, Poor Hoses on the 2d Tuesday of each month. GEO. 7f. ELDER, Attorney at Law, Office Market Square, Lewistown, will at tend to business in Mlfflin.Centre and Hunting ion counties cav26 3. J. StJIBBB-TSOW, Attorney at Law, LEWISTOWN, PA., OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Mifflin county. Office with D. W. Woods, e*q., Main street, below National Hotel. my 2 DENTAL CARD PL. M. KEEVER, SI7KGEON DENTIST, -T-. TEETH Extracted WITHOUT PAIN ELj&t3t by the use of NITROUS OXIDE or Laughing Gas*. Teeth inserted on ail T J the different styles of bases. Teeth filled in the most approved manner. Special atten tion given to diseased gams. Ail work warranted. Terras reasonable. ' Office at Episcopal Parsonage, Corner of Main and ; Water Streets. j>' lß 25>180 So v&o DENTtST, OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of Lewistown and vicinity. All in want of good, neat work will do well to give him a call. He may be found at all times at his office, three j doors east of H. M. & R. Pratt's store. Valley street. aplJLlv* M. R. THOMPSON, D. D. S. HAVING permanently located in Lewistown, offers j his professional services to the ladies and gentle- j men of this place and vicin- j jetw. lty. Being iq possession of all the late improve- j ißEgdjf ments in the Dental Profes- ; sion. he flatters himself that fmf Tjf he ''an give entire satisfac- | afcEy tion to those who may need ; g f*lr W Jj his services in ail branches j of his profession. Refer ences—best families. j Office west Market street, near Eisenbise s hotel, , where he can be found for professional consultation from the first Mouday of each month until the fourth Monday, when he will be absent on professional busi ness one week. maylo-tt j To Purchasers of Furniture. R. H. McCLINTIC, AT HIS FU R.N ITU RE WA RE ROOMS, West Market St., Lewistown, HAS complete CHAMBER SUITS of Walnut, Var nished and in Oil. Also, 30TTA.0-3 & FA.S.IOB. SUITS, together with a large assortment of Fashionable and Plain Furniture, CHAIRS, MATTRESSES &c. Call and see his stock before purchasing elsewhere. N. B. Metalie and Wood Burial Cases constantly on hand. Coffins also made to order, and Funerals attended with a fine Hearse, at short notice. Lewistown, June 27,1866-omos Lewistown Mills. THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES PUR WHEAT, AS I) ALL KINDS DP GRAIN, or received it on storage, at the option of those having it fur the market. They hope, by giving due and personal at tention to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. iBBf-PLASTER, SALT and Limeburners COAL always on hand WM. B McATEE & SON. Lewistown, Jan 1, 1865.—tf Brown's Mills. 'pHE undersigned are prepared to buy all kinds of Produce for cash, or receive on store at Brown's Mills, Reedsville, Pa. We will have on hand Plaster. Salt and Coal. We intend keeping the miil constantly running, and have for sale at the lowest Market rates, at all times. 42fiVA(BII HAIDbSo Jferchants will find it to their advantage to give him a call. marl4— ly WM WILLIS. HAVING bought the right and license to use and sell Seth S. Drew's improvement in mode of cut ting boots, which patent consists of cutting with buf one seam, and without crimping, we therefore can tion all agaiust using or selling fioots of this mak m the county of Minim. J. \ . 8. Smith and S. D Byram. Agents for Pennsylvania and assignors to P F. Foop. Shop and Township Rights w illtie sold b, P F. Loop. All wishing to avail themselves of thii new and desirable-toot, which is at least twenty-fiv< per cent, of an advantage to the wearer over the old can do so, by writing to P. F. Loop Call and see. June 13,186. LUMBER. JUST received, at the Lumber Yard of Wm B. Hofl man A Sons, a full supply of Drv Lumber, inclu ding PLASTERING LATH, PALING. BOARDS, PLANK, JOISTS AND SCANTLING Boors and Sash always on hand. Also, 25,000 two-foo H;iwed Shiugles. ali of which will be sold for cash.- *ard back of Bast Third street, Lewistown. jel3- DP O E T PL MODERN STYLE. BY FKANCIS L. K£LLEB. 'Tis just the nicest thing you see, Just what it's been held up to be— The dearest word on English file, A worshiped pet—thin modern style. 'Tis "breaking first'' on dry, hot toast, And '•home-made" coffee—that's the most; Tlje morning paper to peruse, To fill the void by "eating news." 'Tis dining on a hard, burnt stake That keeps its victim loDg awake; An evanescent, frail desert. That does no good— perhaps no hurt. Alluring feast ■ a silver fork, A china plate, as light as cork; A silver goblet, golden lined; But then 'tis style —so never mind. 'Tis supping on a china cup, With ••milk" and water half filled up; A napkin and a uapkin-jring, Just what the stylish waiters bring. And this is style 1 and every day We eat our fill and go away; We wonder if the time will be When style and victuals can agree. MISCEL JL. .A.3SF Y- Spcecli of lion. L. H. Hall \ At the Ovary Mass Meeting at Reading, August 22, 1860. Citizens of Pennsylvania, I propose to go immediately to the question that ; appeals to your suffrages: Shall Union men or rebels control this nation in the future? Shall traitors, and those who have sought to destroy it, or those who ' have upheld the Government and its flag in times gone by, control its future, ! as they have during this war and in the past? This, and this alone, is the 1 issue; there is no concealment of it.— | And, my countrymen, it is legitimate and fair that you, a portion of the peo ple of Pennsylvania; you, the loyal ' masses—you, that have ever sustained the flag*—you, that have ever stood by j ; the Constitution —you, that have ever j stood by every law of the land—it is i i legitimate and fair that you should j j criticise the acts of that man who you \ j elected Vice President of the United I | Slates, and who, in view of the official j position in which you placed him, be- j came President of the United States ' by the death of the revered and la ; men ted Lincoln. I come here to-day j to ask you whether treason is odious j and a crime, and whether it shall he ' punished. 1 say that it shall. [Ap- j j plause.] Fellow-citizens, the most disinterest- j cd observer of events must be convinced j that the country's history at this day ; presents certain undisputed facts and certain great problems. Among those facts arc these : That 300,000 loyal men have lately died that their country might live; that a debt of four thousand millions has been consolidated which is to be borne by you and me, that this nation might live. Hho will deny that j there has been a civil war, that has reached all over our land? Although it has not laid its desolating hand upon your hearthstones, it has been felt here and there aud every where. These are j facts which are indisputable. Now, j the problem, in this connection is, how has it left you?—have you won the victory?—have you whipped the reb els? —have you sustained the flag? has it left you as conquerors, 01* as a conquered people? ["No !" and cheers.] That is the problem for you to solve. Now, my friends, on the 14th of April, 1865, Andrew Johnson became President of the United States, and I ' need not now refer to that period of misery and of mourning which follow ed the assassination of President Lin coln. My countrymen, Andrew John son on the 21st of April, 1865, declared . that treason was a crime and that trait ors should be punished. [At this point the speaker was interrupted by a band c of music at the head of .one of the nu y merous delegations in the vicinity. In a few moments quiet was again re stored ] Fellow-citizens, there is no use talk ing against a drain and fife -Andrew ' c Johnson has tried that, and he has j tried it in vain. [Laughter and ap. ! plause.] I say, my countrymen, that, 1 by the past record of Andrew Johnson, " I by his course in the United StatesFen r ate, by his control of tho loyal masses of Tennessee as provisional governor of that State, to which office he was B appointed by the revered and lament ed Lincoln—by all his past history, we i had reason to expect and to believe : that he would be true to the masses, true to the Constitution, true to the laws of tho land, and true to the great a principle that treason was the blackest J. and foulest of crimes and tbat it must \ and would be punished. We have been ,y deceived. But I came not here to in !* dulge in any personal abuse of the i, President of tho United States. I never had an interview with him but once, and that was on the 2d of Feb ruary of this year, when he told me ff- that he was for 'he Union cause and ll ~ the Union party, and would sustain ail | the doctrines thai he had previously i enunciated, thai mason was a crime 1. and should be nuuished, and that it ot should be made *> lious to the massos of the people everywhere. Audrew WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1866. Johnson occupied that position when we elected him to office —nay, more. A week after he took the Presidential chair he told a loyal delegation from the Stale of Louisiana, in language more strong than I can put it, that treason was a crime, that it should be punished, and that traitors were crim inals and should suffer the penalties of the law. How has he evinced the sincerity of his protestations? You that have had friends that suffered at Libby, at Belle Isle and at Andersonville —I go not around the bush but I appeal to your hearts, and in that way shall endeavor to strike at the root of this controversy I ask you before me how has Andrew Johnson made good his declarations? Is it by feasting Jeff Davis' on the lux uries of the land, as they could be ob tained from the best market at For- j tress Monroe? Is it by furnishing him with the thickest of three-ply carpets j in order that the foot-falls of our sol- i diers, as they mounted guard, might, not disturb the delicato nerves of the ' "stern statesman"—he tbat murdered ! your prisoners, he that has been the i cause of all the sorrow and anguish that has robbed many times ten thou sand households in this land ot ours of peace and happiness? But having neglected even to attempt to make treason odious, Andrew Johnsou now declares that he has taken issue with the great Union party of the land the party that has borne your flag in triumph, that has stood by the State Administration in Pennsylvania and the National Administration every where. He declares now that he takes issue with you in the person of your Congress, because, forsooth, the South ern people have not been represented in Congress. Represented in Congress, forsooth ! Who is to represent them? The men who shot }Ou down in the field? The men who assisted others to shoot 3'ou down in the field? The men who voluntarily took part in the rebellion and aided it in every way in their power? Are those men to be represented or to represent others in Congress? Are those men to control the destinies of the country in the fu ture. [Cries of "No ! no 1"] I hope not. The speaker here referred to tho issue ap parently insisted upon by the other side, who said that this was a white man's Gov* ernment. Did they mean by that that the loyal blacks who had stood by the Govern inent. and saved that Government the neoes sity of calling upon the speaker and many whom he saw before him Irom going into the field—that they were not to be protected in their civil rights, but were to be shot down for no crime but simply for daring to hope. ! that America's banner might forever be the j emblem of American liberty? If tbey meant this, and the question became one "between loyal blacks and disloyal rebels, the speaker declared himself for the loyal blacks. He believed the country was entitled to indetnn nification for the past and security for the future. He continued as follows: I have a word to say in regard to the pres ent campaign. I was first elected to the Senate from the district which I now have the honor to represent in the year 1859, and in the winter of tbat year I first met your esteemed fellow-townsman; and I do not in tend to say anything disparagingly about my friend Clymer, because socially I have nuth ! ing to say against him. I say that 1 first j met him when he was a member of the rev ; enue board from the county of Berks. He was thenTlected to till the unexpired term of fir Nunemaeher, who died in the session of 1860, and all that I knew Mr. Clymer to do that year was to deliver a eulogy on his pre decessor, and which he did very handsomely. But I charge here to day in Berks cnunty; 1 charge here to'day at the home of Hieater j Clynier; I charge here and now, that he never i gave a single vote from that time down to the j time he resigned, which was not against the I Administrations, both State and National, in | every effort made by them to preserve the integrity of the Union. He not only voted I against paying you, soldiers, four dollars per ; month extra, to be paid out of the munificent J treasury of the State ofPPennsylvaniaa —a j measure by the way, which was introduced ; by myself—hut he voted against allowing you to vote, and ugaiDSt everything that was calculated to encourage you in the field. I | speak earnestly, my friends, because I saw this and know of what I speak. It cannot be disputed by even what is called "The Reading Bible." [Laughter ] Now who do we present as a candidate against Clymer? Maj. Gen John W. Geary —and for him give three cheers —[the cheers were given and repeated]—a man who never faltered in any official position in which he was placed—a man who refused to cringe to the slave power that brought on this rebel lion, at the instance and dictation of the most to beipitied man that now lives—James Buchanan —and for him three groans [Groans ] 1 say that this man, who fought in sixty battles and was wounded in four, whose son was killed by his side, who went out in the beginning of the war, and who never faltered in anything he undertook, is worthy to he the champion of such an as setrblnge as this. [Great applause.] By this auspicious opening of the cam paign in eastern Pensylvania, let it go forth to the people everywhere that human liberty shall not be stricken down in the house of its pretended friends, and that this great cause of liberty and progress shall now so far extend into the future that it will be no ticed country of the whole globe And permit me to say to you who come from a foreign land, you should look with a jeal ous eye on the acts of that President of the United States who, out of his legitimate channel and beyond his legitimate province, j declared that he would not enforce an act of Congress which told him that Irishmen must be free. Ihe sppaker concluded anqj much ap , plause. ' ,, , - The kind of Fellows they had at the 'Do j Little' Convention, Said Senator Doolittie in his speech j at the Wigwam: 'Six long weary years. As I look back, oh ! what an interval it is of blood, of agony, and tears!' Ah, Mr. Dolittle, what an interval of crime, and blood, murder and star ! vation of patriots; and now you and your followers of the President would j have these murderers rule the friends | and brothers of the murdered victims, j Leh. Courier. Governor Watts, a delegate to the Philadelphia rebel Convention from j Alabama, wrote a letter from tho 'De partment of Justice,' in Richmond, (the Department that had charge of the starving of Union prisoners and the murder of Union men) dated 12th j Sept., 1863, in which he said: 'lf I had the power I would build up a wall of fire between Yankeedom and the Confederate States there to burn for ages, as a monument of the folly, wick edness and vandalism of the Puritanic race.' We don't kntu^dttt progress Watts made in Phi la wards getting his fire under he and his fel low murderers wilffcloubtloss get fire enough in the future.—lb. Hon. H. V. Johnson was a delegate to Philadelphia from Georgia. We regret to say that he was not serena ded, or he would have doubtless made a speech and reiterated his honest sen timents expressed to the Georgia Leg islature, when he was elected a rebel Senator in Congress. He then said: 'We cannot yield if we would. Yield to Federal authorities, never —to vas salage and subjugation ! The bleach ing hones ot 100,006 gallant soldiers slain in battle would be clothed in tongues of Jire to curse to everlasting infamy the man who whispers yield.' j Will Mr. Johnson just whisper to ; tho North his explanation of the above? | Has the mission ot J. Wilkes Booth i modified the 'everlasting infamy' of | yielding to vassalage of the Federal j authorities? Chumbershurg Repository. The Philadelphia Convention was I opened with prayer on the first day by I the Rev. Mr McDonough. He was i touchingly fervent in his supplication 1 | for Andrew Johnson, and mingled ; prayer and praise for such a ruler, in ■ j tho following language : | 'May his (Johnson's) health and life , | be precious in Thy sight; make him a great and lasting blessing to the coun i try over which, in Thy wonderful fav orable Providence ho has beon called to bear rule.' Couldn't Mr. McDonough have just 1 said in plain English—'W*> thank Thee | [ for Tin* wonderful favorable Provi | dence in giving the Nation John Wilkes , j Booth?'— lb. The South Carolina and Massaehu- j setts farce is greeted with merciless j ridicule by the bread and butter bri gade, of which the following is an j amusing specimen : Signs and Symbols. —lt must have been a thrilling spectacle when Massa chusetts and South Carolina—repre sented by Gen. Couch and Gov Orr — entering the Philadelphia Convention arm in arm. One enthusiastic obser ver, with a strong faculty for simili tudes, recognized in this occurence the fulfilment of tho prediction con ; cerning the lion (couch ant) and the j lamb (probably Gov. Orr looked a lit | tie sheepish) lying together, —the ardent affection they professed for each other sufficing for the lying. It is also un derstood, though the published des patches do not state it, that they walk ed under one umbrella—that being re garded as the most perfect symbol of unanimity, suggesting 'two souls with | but a single thought' (how to escape the rain—viz: the reign of Stevens & Co.) and in compliment to the South, the umbrella was cotton —thereby also denoting the newborn disposition of the Northern and Southern represen i tatives to cotton altogether. The col or of the umbrella was very appropri ately green. Mobile Times. General Custer, speaking of the call for the soldiers' convention at Cleve land, said : 'Ho wanted to have a gathering of tho soldiers of both armies, who had been fighting each other so long, and who were willing to shake hands, for give each other , and let bygones be by gones.' How touching it would have been to see the one-armed hero pardoned by the rebel who fought four years to ruin the country, or to see the patriot who was starved at Andersonville or Belle Isle forgiven by his jailor. SBEMHUJ*? ipias^rxro INTERROGATORIES OF THE iU. S. REVENUE COMMISSION, WITH ATxTSWERS ; BY DANIEL J. MORRELL, ESQ., i Superintendent •:'the Cambria Iron Com- '' pany, Johnston a. I'enn'a. 3d Interrogatory : W hat was its (the material for pig metal) average price in 1860, '6l, '64, and '65? Answer: Including the expense and waste of mining and calcining, the cost of a ton (2240 lbs.) of roasted ore was as follows: 1860 and '6l, cost per ton, $1 84 1864, " " " 381 1865, " " " 431 j During the same 3'ears the cost of | coal delivered at the mill and furnaces jof the Cornpan3 T , was as follows : 1860,'61, cost per ton, 80 67 j 1864, " " 133 ! 1865, " " " 154 Tho post of producing pig metal was ! as follows: i 1860-'6l, ton, 2240 lbs., $lO 76 j 1864, " 25 12 in'd'g $0 77 Gov. Tax. j 1865, " 31 31 '• 248 " " ! The Government tax from Jlll3*, '64, j j was 82 per net ton, increased in April, i '65, to 82.40 per net ton, —averaging j on our whole product of pig metal in 1864, 77 cents, and in 1865, 82 48 per gross ton, as above stated. The cost of metal purchased during i those 3*cars was as follows : 1860 and '6l, cost per ton, 2240 lbs., fIS 95 1864, " •' " 39 58 1865, " " 43 68 4th Interrogatory : What was 3'our I whole production in 1860, '64, and '65? Answer: 1860. 1864. 1865. Tons. Tons. Tons. Goal, tons mined, 152,155 130.387 148,789 Ore, " " 124.530 65,847 70.729 i Pig metal made, 26.484 17,119 17.606 1 " purchased, 10,333 12,261 15,538 i New railroad bars, 21.107 25,931 20,076 Rerolled. " 10,700 10,952 15.741 sth Interrogatory: What was the average wages of 3*our workmen du- I ring those 3* ears ? Answer: 186U-1. 1864. 18G5. | Unskilled day-laborers, $0 Today. $1 45 day. $1 56 day. Puddlers, 304 ton. 649 ton, 6 54 ten. 1 | Rail heaters, 33% •• 62U" 71%" . ! Ore mining, 85 " 1 68" 1 87%" j Goal •' 32' •' 7S " 82 " Mechanics, 1 33 day. 2 70 day. 2 75 day. During the latter part of 1N64, and | the first six months of 186(n, wages 1 j ruled higher than the above figures, i | which represent the average wages 1 paid in the years indicated. . | 6th Interrogatory: What are the . wages paid in England for similar wo k , j 63* the da 3*. week or job? , Answer: It is difficult to answer i i this question with absolute corrcct j j ness. Owing to the infinite suhdivis k ions of employment in British manu factures, and the consequent ignorance , of the workman of all that lies outside L of his limited sphere of occupation, the positive information I have been able to get is limited. As near as I can as j certain day-laborers received in tho iron districts of Great Britain, about L 31 cents per d3* in 1860, about 48 j cents in 1864, and 56 cents in 1865. Puddling ranks among the higher grades of skilled labor, and it appears from the eontrovers3* between the iron masters and workmen in Staffordshire, resulting in the recent great lock out, that puddlers claimed to be paid at the rate of one shilling per pound sterling upon the price per ton of iron, marked bars being the standard. This sliding scale of wages was acceded to, but the standard was left in dispute, and the men were compelled to return to their work without obtaining their de mands. This scale of wages, it will he seen, gives the puddler equal to five per cent, on the value of the finished iron ; and it is well known that he has not heretofore received this much, but assuming this to have been the scale ! of the puddler's wages, and taking the j price of rails as a standard, the foliovv i ing would be the rates: In 1860 and '6l, Welsh rails at the Works sold at I from £5 down to £4 10 per ton. The price is now from £7 to £7 10s. A ton is about the daily average of two puddlers, or a puddler and his helper, the wages being divided between them. In 1860, at £5 per ton for rails, the puddler received about $1 20 cents; ot, ; if divided equally, 60 cents for each ! man per da 3*. In 1864, at £7 per ton for rails, the puddlers' wages were equal to 61.68 per ton, or 84 cents per day for each i man; and at the present time (1865), ! giving the highest quotations —su3' I £7 10s. tor rails, the price for puddling ; is 81.80 per ton r or 90 cents for each man In 1860 and '6l, we paid 83.04; in 1864, an average of $6.49; and in 1865, an average of 86.54 per ton for pud dling. The contrast ma 3' be exhibited thus: 1860. 1864. 1865. Ton. Day. Ton. Day. Ton. Day. | Wugesof Eng. Pud's, $1 20 $0 60 $1 68 iO 84 $! 80 $o 90 1 " Am " 304152 6 49 3 24% 6543 27 9th Interrogatory: To what extent have you felt the effect of foreign com j petition? j Answer: At times within my expo Vol. LVI. No. 35. rience, foreign rails have boon sold in this market at prices much below the average cost of production here. At this time the foreign competition ren ders profits very uncertain, and loss so probable, that some of the mills have already discontinued work. Bth Interrogatory: W hat amount of wages and salaries do you pay yearly, and to what extent does this fluctu ate? Answer: The amount of wages and salaries fluctuates with the rates of wages paid and the number of men employed. It appears from our books that wo paid in wages and salaries and for contract work in 1860, 8907,058 91 1864, 1,399,890 82 1866, 1,535,880 24 10th Interrogatory: Can you tell what is the selling price abroad for your articles, and at what are they in voiced to the importer ? Answer: in " Ryland's Trade Circu | lar," December 9, 1865, I find Welsh : rails, at the Works, quoted at £7 2s. to £7 ss. per ton. The best English rails, such as are used on their own roads and which more nearly corres pond in quality with the best Ameri can rails, are quoted at £8 10s. to £8 15s per ton. At corresponding date, the highest quotations for imported rails in New i r Drk was 856 to 858, in goldf This will not cover cost of importa tion, and afford a profit, on even the cheapest Welsh tails, and shows con clusively, that we are forced to com pete in price with the most inferior ar ticle consigned through foreign agents to this market, at prices below the current quotations at place of produc tion. 11th Interrogatory: What amount of lax was paid by your Company, or firm, in 1863, '64, and '65, to the Uni ted States Government. Answer: The direct taxes paid the Government by the Cambria Iron Com > pany, was as follows : 1862, 8 7,417 30 1863, 39,577 78 1864, 82,728 21 1865, 168,372 53 My estimate of the indirect tax paid the Government on a ton of rails, in a letter addressed to R. H. Lamborn, Esq , Secretary of the ''American Iron and Steel Association," August 19, '65, and which was published by the Asso | ciation, has attracted the attention of practical men, and elicited much ad | verse criticism from the advocates of | free trade, both at home and abroad, ! but I have seen nothing which would induce me to regard it as overstating the tax, or to materially niodify it.— Not wishing to occupy space here to reproduce the calculation, I refer to it as the basis tor assuming that the in direct tax by the manufacturer and the workmen in his employ, amounts to 87 83 on every ton of rails produced. I regard this as a part of tho ordi nary tax paid and to be paid to the United States Government To arrive at the sum total paid .by the Company, I will first state the di rect tax paid to the Government Re ceiver in 1865, as 8168,372 58, and that k paid on 15,538 tons of purchased pig metal in the enhanced cost thereof at $2.68 per gross ton, 841,641.84, the in direct tax on new rails made in the year, say, 20,676 tons at $7.83 per ton, and for the rerolled rails, one half that sum, say 15,741 tons at 83.91 i per ton, and the account would stand thus : Direct taxes paid, *108,372 63 '• '• on purchased pig metal, 16,- 538 tons a $2 'lB, 41,841 84 Indirect tax on new rails 20,676 tonsas7 83, 181.894 08 " •' on rerolled rails, 15,841 tons a $3 91% $81,826 01 Total in 1866, $433,533 46 12th Interrogatory: What losses have you sustained, and what have been your clear gains from January, 1863, to this time ? Answer : This Company has sustain ed, in common with all other manu facturers compelled to carry heavy amounts of crude stock, the loss inci dent to the fall in value of iron caused by the depreciation of gold upon the close of the war. On a stock of over $500,000, the depreciation was not less than 25 to 30 per cent., or a total loss of 8125,000 to $150,000. Since January, 1862, the Company has paid upon its stock four dividends i of 6 per cent. each. 14th Interrogatory : Do foreign ar ticles competing with yours cause flue- J tuations in quantity and prices? Answer: They do. In no business j is the influence of foreign competition more directly felt, and a record of fluctuations caused by it will be found in the Appetuiix. 15th Interrogatory: How do such fluctuations, if they occur, affect 3 T our business? Answer: Always disastrously. 16th Interrogatory : What advanta ges have the foreign over the domestic article in your line ? " Answer: It is of inferior quality, ol