w THE PTTTSBtfEGt DISPATCH, THXJBSDAT. MARCH 10.' 1892. . 3 TALK Oil TIBIFF IT lETHC McMillin andDingley Are the First Champions in the Arena. THE M'KINLEY BILL Attacked in a Long Speech by Spring er's Friend From Tennessee. "AN ARGUMENT FOR FREE WOOL Replied to ly One Man From Maine -and Ridiculed by Another. The Usual Free Trade Arguments-Ad-t vanced by the Spokesman for the Democratic Majority He Considers . the Size of That Majority Due to the Passage of the McKinley Act A Mass of Comparative Figures and Statistics He Calls on Laborers to Show Wherein They Have Benefited by High Tariff Mr. Dingley Thinks the Mouse Brought Forth by the Mount ain Is a Very Small One. "WJlshdtqtos', March 9. The tariff dis cussion of the Fifty-second Congress opened in the House of Eepresentatives to-day, with. Bepresentative McMillin, of Tennes see, as the leader of the tariff reform forces, and Keprcsentative Dingley, of Maine, as defender of the McKinley law. Despite the well-known fact that a discussion of the tariff is mainly a matter of comparison of statistics and figures; that it is in its essen tial features hut a presentation of appar ently irrefutable yet totally irreconcilable views, the galleries were well crowded long before the hourof the opening, and the pub lic interest manifested in the debate was greater than any previous day of the session. To Representative Blount, of Georgia, a clear-headed parliamentarian of 20 years of Congressional experience, was awarded the honor by the Speaker and the Committee on Ways and Means of presiding over the deliberations of the committee of the whole, and when he wearied, now and then, of his arduous labors, Representative Kilgore, the giant statesman of Texas, was called on to assume the gaveL IThere Mr. Crisp Can Best. In the days of long political wrangling that are to follow in the committee of the whole, Speaker Crisp will find the respite that he has so much desired. To-day he oc cupied a seat in the galleries, and was as interested an auditor as anv of the other 2,000 visitors who bent eagerly forward to catch every word of the partisan orations of the day. The well-crowded newspaper falleries attested the public interest that is eing felt in the discussion of the issues now before the House, and the little group that gathered in the diplomatic gallery snowed that this interest in toe revenue question and the attempted modification of the ex isting tariff laws is shared by some of the nations across the waters. ,j But the crowning indication of the im portance of the discussion was in the deep attention which the members themselves gave to the two speakers who represented the two great parties on the question for so lution. During the opening speech of Rep resentative McMillin, Representative Bur rows, of Michigan, and a lew of his Repub lican colleagues vacated their seats and gathered on the Democratic side to be near the Tennessee gentleman as be arraigned their party from a Democratic standpoint and defended the justice of the Springer wool bill and the various measures reported from the Ways and Means Committee to re duce the duty on imports. Flattering Attention to Both Speakers. "When Representative Dingley, of Maine, although not a member of the Ways and Means Cemmittee, opened the discussion on behalf of the Republican side, no less was the flattering attention paid to him and his arguments by his Democratic opponents. Mr. McMillin, as might have been ex pected, devoted his attention to a review of the McKinley law and its effects upon com merce, the industries and the wageworkers of the country, and Mr. Dingley naturally sought to deiend and justify the law, and in sisted that the highest commercial wisdom justified its perpetuity. Senator Carlisle, under whose leadership as Speaker of past Democratic Houses the tariff debate in this latter half of the cen tury was revived, found the occasion one of such charm that he left that seat in the upper body to which he has been called by the Blue Grass State, and was an attentive listener to the eloquent arguments ot Repre sentative McMillin. No less vigilant was the attention with which ex-Speaker Reed noted every argument, not only of his friend, but of his political'opponent as well, and now and then there was a twinkle in his -eye as he doubtless meditated on and stored away in his memory a response to be made to the Democratic arguments when his day should come. Opening Speech by Mr. McMillin. Both the speakers were frequently ap plauded by their party colleagues, and ;as each man resumed his seat he was the re cipient of warm congratulations and a bouquet of mammoth proportions. Mr. Mc .ilillin spoke as lollows: Mr. Chairman, the last Congress Imposed the highest tariff taxes ever levied In this country. It also made the most extravagant appropriations ever made here in time or peace. This Congress was sent here to cor rect both evils. The expenditures In the two years for which the last Congress ap propriated, beside the deficiencies, aggre gated $1.009.000,000-S40 per family annually, 'or more than $500,000,000 each year about one-third of all the money In existence in the United States. When we take from our currency the 5100,000,000 of gold held, for re demption purposes In the Treasury, the reserves required iu the national panks, and the alfferent leserves held from circulation In other ways, we find that these expen ditures reached annually nearly one-half of all the money In actual circulation. Can there be permanent prosperity while one half or even one-third of all the money has to go through the hands of a Federal tax gatherer every year, beside the taxes lor tate, county and municipal purposes? There is a remedy. Impose less tax and spend less money. That Is what this Con--gress means to do. Mr. Chairman, the tariff law has now been In operation for one year and five months. Where are tne beneficial effects that were to follow from ltt Where 4s that magnificent price the farmer and wool grower was to realize from ltt Where are the increased wages the laboring man was to gett A Challenge to the Opposition. I see before me many men who voted for that monstrous measure. If the facts were with them they would proclaim them to the .world. I deny contradiction when I say the 'fanner has realized from 3 to S cents less on the pound from his wool than he aid before. And I challenge any Representative hero to point to a single line of manufactures in which the laborer's wages have been in creased by that law. The laborer-has been forced to pay more for the roof that shelters him. for the hat that covers his head and the woolens that cover his back, lie has had to pay more for the linen he wears, the hammer and hoe with which he works. Tet his waires hmnot ma nn 1 cent. What benefit has ' .1 . . i . . if HJSji jl- HISHH! i!.ix ... .j. IJKM.M inoreased protection been to hlmt It was gassed under pretense of a desire to benefit lm, yet while his wages stand still, or go down, what he, his wife and children con sume has been increased In price uncon scionably. I ask any of the Bepubllcans on the Commit tee on Ways and Means to point to a single laborer whose wages have been increased by that law. If it diminishes the revenue received by the Government, if it does not increase the wages of labor, if it fosters trusts, if it makes pooling profitable, in heaven's name let us no farther -legalise the robbery, but try some better method. Hearings were had by the Ways and Means Committee on the McKinley till.-Sorae farm ers and representatives of agricultural as sociations came before the Committee. With out a single exception, so far as I now re member, they testified that the value of farms had gone down within the last six years all the way from 23 to B0 per cent Among those who came urging relief for the people, came the many who sought to Still further exact tribute from the people Tor their own enrichment. If It had been less serious it would have been ludicrous to be hold the solemnity and seeming sincerity with which they aked Congress, while the treasury was overflowing with surplus, to levy higher import duties upon the things the people must consume, in order that their capital might declare a greater dividend. And their demand was heeded. Aa to the Duty on Wool. The duty on wool was in 1887 plaoed at 11 cents a pound On unwashed wool. This was by an agreement entered into between the National Association of Wool Manufacturers and the National Association of Wool Growers, and they dictated terms to Con gress. It was claimed that this would foster the sheep Industry and increase the value of wool to farmers. What were the results? In 1S6S. the year after the enactment of the law raising the duty on wool, there were 37,685, 000 sheep in the States east of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. In 1891 there were only 18,476,000 sheep in the same territory a reduction of more than one-half in the 24 years when high tariff on wool had been in force this in the face of the fact that the population In these States has vastly in creased. If the increase of sheep had kept pace with the Increase of population there would have been probably 75,000,000. Great things were promised to the State of Ohio in the way of Increase of the sheep husbandry bv increased tax on wool. That State had in 1S63, 6,750,000 sheep; in 1870 it had only 4,928,000; In 1880, 4,OSO,000; in 1883, 5,050,000; in 1890 it had but 3,943,000, though in 1891 it had 4,161,000. A falling off or more than one third in the State of Ohio durinir the 21 years of protective tariff on wool and in that time the population had increased more than one million. Mr. Chairman, the results are not more encountering in the State of Illinois which had in 1863, 2,736,000 sheep and in 1S91 only 771,000. So I might go on through the eastern States. A thorough investigation of the question shows that the increase in the sheep husbandry has been in the west, where the grazing was limitless and cheap. The price of wool at this time is about one half what It was at tho time of the passage of the act orMarch 2, 18C7. The whole matter may be summed up in the fact that after 25 years of experiment with a high rate of duty on wool the result has been a reduction of one-half in the num ber of sheep in States east of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and a reduotion of aDout one-half in the price of wool. Nor have the results been encouraging to wool manufacturers. They have been restricted as to the quality of wool they could afford to buy in the grease by reason of the tariff; they have been re stricted in markets substantially to their own country. Thev have been forced to use shoddy as a substitute for woolen goods. The rags that had already fallen irom the backs of beggars in other countries have been used as a substitute for wool. So great was this that a petition came up from one city, Philadelphia, signed by Mr. Her wlg and others, claiming to represent 40,000 laborers in textile Industries, demanding free wool for the manufacturers of the United States. The tax of 11 cents a pound on wool, it must be remembered. Is not a tax on rjure wool, bnt is 11 cents a nonnd on all tho grease on the wool and all the dirt in the grease, and is estimated to amount to 41 cents on every pound of finished cloth. Shoddy Also as a Factor. Mr. Chairman, this high tax on wool has forced the use of vast quantities of sub stitutes for wool shoddy, mungo, and other adulterates used in the manufacture of woolen goods. According to the report, It is seen that these substitutes have taken'the place of the fleeces of 29,000,000 sheep, or about two-thirds as many as there are in the whole United States. Mr. Chairman, in the first quarter of a century in the history, of the Government, there was no duty imposed on wooL- The first duties that were imposed were in significant as compared with those now-in existence. The pretense that a high duty would increase the number of bheepln'the older States has not been verified. The value of wool of similar quality has varied very little in the markets-Of -Boston and London since that duty was imposed occasionally a little higher abroad; sometimes a little higher in this country, but the average ad vantage in favor of one country or the other has not been one-fifth of the duty imposed by our Government, which proves conclu sively that, while the cost to the consumer has been Increased by the duty, and the possibilities of the manufacturers have been restricted, both in market and quantity, the sheep husbandmen have derived no sub stantial Denefit. The tariff rates levied at the close of the Revolutionary War when.If ever, we were In constant danger of having our Infant indus tries overwhelmed in England and other old countries, were not one-sixth of thosem posed by the present law. Those levied to cany on the war with Great Britain, in 1812, when this capital city hadlts baptism of fire, were not one-third so great. They are about two and one-half times greater than the rates imposed to carry on the Mexican War and 60 per cent higher than the rates im posed to carry on our recent Civil War. A War Tariff Never Tet Reduced. Mr. Chairman, when the Morrill tariff was imposed to carry on our great civil war and maintain more than 2,000,000 men in the field it was said by the author of the bill and those who favored it that the high rates were only temporary, and would be reduced with the return of peace. Sir, about one third of a century has now elapsed, more than two-thirds of the expenses Incurred have been paid, every legitimate exense for the Increase of rates has disappeared, and yet not only has there been no reduction in tariff rates, but thev have been vastly In creased. The act of 1883 Imposed an'aVoraee rate of 45 per cent. The two acts of 1890 which supplanted it, have imposed an aver of nearly 60 per cent. This is not the worst. The rate3 of duty were placed lower by that act on luxuries than on the necessaries of life. There was less increase on the finer goods than on the coarser. There was less increase on silks than on woolen goods; less on jewelry than on cutlery; less on dia monds than on table knives; less on cham pagne than on linens. On many of the articles upon which the duty was almost prohibitory before. It was maue niguer, seemingly jor no other pur pose than to enable those now engaged in uicia.iuus wo tuiuiuijjwia anu organize "combines." I remember well when the bill was under discussion In tne House a Bepub lican from Illinois, Mr. Hopkins, rose, and. pointing to the gallery, said: "I see a man in the gallery who will go from there worth millions more than he Is now if my amend ment is not adopted. He is in a trust which will make millions if this bill is passed." His amendment was not adopted, the bill did pass. This is only an illustration of hundreds of Jobs and schemes which that bill in one way or another fostered and ear ned. The Sugar Tax and the Bounty. Sir, the authors of the bill take .much credit to themselves for having placed sugar on the free list. They did, it is true, place some and most of the grades of sugar on the free list. But the finer grades are still taxed heavily for the benefit of the manufacturer, and ho is left with more pro tection by that bill than by the rates im posed in the Mills bill. It is true that fifty odd millions of dollars was taken off the sugar tax, but this was no free will offering, for the same measure provided for the pay ment of $12,000,000 to the producers of sugar as bounties. Again, while the fifty odd mil lions of tax was taken off sugar, increase of duties amounting to about $65,000,000 was put on other thimrs and generally on the necessaries of life. They removed sugar tax which yielded eight-ninths of its bene fits to the Treasury and but one-ninth to the manufacturer, only to place many millions more than the sugar tax on other things where but one-fourth of the law's exactions went into the Treasury andhree-fourths went into the coffers of favored manufac turers. Mr.Chairman,when we reflect that the $12,000,000 paid in bounties on silks, sugar, etc., has to be erased by the Imposition of taxes on other things where three-lourths go into the manufacturer's pocket and only one-fourth into the Treasury, it will be seen that the tax is still a burden of $43,000,000 in directly to the people, and that instead of their getting $60,000,000, ot relief by this change of taxes they have hardly obtained ' $10,000,000 of net benefit. The whole bill was characterized by a consolenoeless favoritism for the few and amercfless oppression of the many. In the consideration of the bill tho ; manufacturer alone was favored. Tho consumer was never. considered, or, If ever considered at all. It was onlytoasosr tain how much more taxes he could endure. The good of seller, not the need of buyer, was the measure of the rata of dntv. Mr. Chairman, for'the'flrst thn'elnthe1' history of the country those who passed the law supported It with the avowed purpose of preventing imports and destroying revenue. In all other laws' ever passed on this subject at least those having the meas ure in charze had the sense of official pro priety to confess that law was Invoked to raise revenue. The exigencies of the preceding campaign had required a vast amount of money to carry the elections. It was raised by rous ing the apprehensions of some and promis ing benefits to others. The promises of that campaign were put into statutory form. The Tariff Commission of '83. As far back as 1883 the Tariff Commission composed exclusively of protectionists, part of them being manufacturers, after having taking testimony all over the oountry, re ported to Congress that the people were en titled to a xeduction of from 20 to 25 per cent and recommended it. They reported' that the manufacturers could flourish under such a reduotion, and should be required to submit to It. But an increased rato was im posed Hy the law of that year. This Increase did not satisfy them. They demanded more and never stopped until they got it. When the war tariff was imposed, an international tax was placed on manufactured products, and a corresponding additional Import duty put on competing commodities coming from abroad to compensate the manu facturer for what he was thus required tq pay. This manufacturers tax was repealed, but the compensating duty retained By this he got a benefit of 10 per cent. Mr. Chairman, every class except those who need it worst has been benefited by the various laws passed by our opponents on the subject or taxation since 1865. There was a tax on incomes, corporations, etc It yielded the last two years of its existence about $140,000,000, but It was repealed. There by the parties most able to pay taxes were relieved. This was collected off legatees ana aevisees wno innentea property witn out working for it, and could therefore reasonably afford to contribute a moderate tax for the Government through whose pro-. teotion it had been accumulated. There was a tax on railroad corporations, on banking corporations, on insurance companies, trust companies, telegraph companies and other immense money concerns. There was also a tax on bank cheoks. Coming from these classes it came from those who depended on it alone for neither broad nor clothing. It was a tax upon wealth and accumulated property, and therefore was not to be en dured. These were all repealed, and "the oppressed rich" relieved from the burdens of supporting the Government. Ah! how tenderly the Bepublloan party looks after those who toll not, neither spinl With what affectionate regard it deals with and relieves those who are able to pay but when it comes to Imposing a tax on consumption, the faot that a man who is.worth $50,000,000 requires no more oloth to wrap his corpse than it takes to inolose the body of a labor ing man, does not deter it from imposing a huher rate of duty on the poor and common cloth worn by the oue than Is Imposed on the purple and fine linen that is the dally apparel of the other. Sir, If these income and other taxes I have mentioned bad been permitted to stand, they would long since have wiped out our national debt, Improved all the rivers and harbors, appropriated or estimated for, built all the fortifications now contemplated around our coast, and paid all the pensions. An Attack on Reciprocity. Our opponents have made great boasts of the benefit they have bestowed on the coun try by that portion of the tariff bill they passed whioh provides for "reciprocity" with other countries. It provides for the imposition of taxes and the remission of taxes by the President of the United States alone. He may, according to this provision, in his discretion and as often as he sees fit. Impose S cents a pound tax on sugar, 8 oents a pouna on conee, ft cent a pouno. on niaes, and 10 cents a pound on tea. He may im pose these taxes at will and remit them at pleasure. He is not required to consult either Cabinet or Congress. He may levy $50,000,000 without convening Congress or consulting that body of its concession. x am MHiunuea mat w a iree repuouo where the right of taxation through chosen representatives was nought with blood, such a thing is possible as the surrender of this right to one man. The most sacred right the free man has is to determine the extent and manner of his taxation. But it is sad to reflect that 114 years after the right of self taxation was substituted for taxation "without representation," f omo of the sons of these sires bad so degenerated that they were willing without protest, without even a murmur, to surrender this blood bought right to the President of the United States. The system of rebates is extended and in tensified by the present tariff law. This has been another' means used to quiet the American people and keep them from com plaining against that system. By this .means the American manufacturer Is enoouraged and enabled to offer and sell theproducts of American ...manufacture to foreigners nfbre, cheaply than the same wareB are sold to the American laborer and American citi zens. But for this many American people who have dealings with foreign countries would long since have Joined in a crusade against a taxation so high that it amounts to exclusion in some Instances and robbery in others. By this means and others very many agricultural implements and prod ucts of American manufacturer are sold at a much lower rate to foreigners out of the United States than to citizens in It, Where Is tbejustice in this? Why sell to a pauper abroad at a less price than a la borer at home? Why fleece your neighbor in a way tnat no one in any otner country is required to or will endure? We may admit, for the sake of argument, that a commerce that is even bolstered up by the pillars that sustain rebates, is better than no commerce at all. But even when we concede this we have not conceded and do not concede the stability of a system that requires such bolstering or the justice of such taxation. Mr. Chairman, the rebate paid to the Standard Oil Company alone on the taxes collected from the tin they imported last year amounted to. It is said, about $700,000. Alleged Destruction of Commerce. ( Mr. Chairman, another most serious ob jection to the high rates of duty heretofore existing and growing higher with each new Congressional act, is the destructive Influ ence that It has had on our commerce. The time was when American conknerce was carried in American ships bearing the American flag and manned, by American freemen. In those .proud days our flag floated over every sea and our ships cast an anchor in every harbor. We in I860 carried 64K per cent of our commerce. We got the materials of which our ships are built with out the Imposition or excessive duties, and built tbem ana sailed them in competition with all the other nations of the earth. The Joyous songs of our free and happy seamen were heard wherever any civilized tongue was spoken. Then came, in an evil hour, our excessive rates ot duty, and be neath that and other baneful lnfiuences,that commerce has withheld till we now carry " only 12X per cent or our vast foreign com merce, and onlv 7 per cent of our foreign .trade was conducted in steamers bearing nur national flasr. while 72.09 rjer cent vnn .with all Its profits conducted ih alien steam vessels, wenertner uow our citizens to buy ships abroad nor build them at home. Such are our laws that ir an American citi zen who cannot build a ship at home at a rate that enables him to compete with others in the carrying trade, goes abroad with American money, buys a ship, mans it with American seamen and officers, hoists above It the American nag, puts on it a cargo for American consumers, and steers Into an American port, his ship is seized and he arrested and never permitted to clear from the ports of his country. An other sails a ship under a British flag manned with British seamen and casts anchor in the American port, his ship is protected and de fended and the American navy, if need be, is called out to defend his foreign flag and his foreign ship. All that America requires by her laws is that if one of her citizens buys a ship abroad he shall hoist a foreign flag over it, give the right to a foreign Govern ment to use it against us in time of war un der certain circumstances and be is secure in his possession of his ships and the pursuit of his vocation. High Bates of the Present Duty. Sir, in the speech whioh I made on this floor protesting against the passage of this legal outrage, I gave, so far as It was possi ble In advanoe, the extortionate rates which would result If the McKinley bill became a law. I told you then that blankets, flannels and hats would, on some of the lower grades, be taxed as high as 110 per. cent. In the last home consumption statement from the Bureau of Statistics some blankets imported last year under this bill actually paid 106.12 per cent: flannels for underwear, 105.96 per cent, and hats, 109.15. I told you then with some miasrivlnx. I submit, as assuming re sponsibility for a statement so directly at variance witn tnose oi tne tnen majority; a prophecy so lugubrious that its mere men tion was enough to almost excite jeers I told you then that the effect of the proposed rate on yarns would burden the wool manu facturer as well as the neoDle as hlh & inn -per cent on some kinds; and your- statis tician ui you Miav unucr snav diu nas been oolleoted In Its passage of thousands of pounds of yarns duties as high as 120 per cent. I warned you then that the proposed rates on worsted shawls would amount to. as much as 93 percent. Your stattsticryfi shows that It Is over 165 per cent. I tola , ou then that knit goods would hare to. nav under this Bill as high as 147 par oent roor statistician shows that they actually-paid -, hlghuMaaaovtr. m Chairman, manv of the fHn. n m fMviwinm f.imi nr hwhib Smw busied themselves to show that the duty collected is not a tax on the people. Tbey claim that It is a premium or tax paid by the foreigner whose manufactures are sold in this country for the privilege of selling them here. Those holding to this view insist that the tariff Is not a tax. I will not take a great deal of time in answering such arguments. Old Straw Again Threshed Over. When an American citizen buys here an article manufactured abroad, he pays for not only the original cost abroad, .but the cost ot transportation to this country and the duty oolleoted at the port of entry, and when he uses and consumes the article he pays the tax Imposed by the Government 'on it, it makes no difference who, whether he or some prior dealer, handed the money to the customs officer that was collected for the duty. Mot onlv this; when an American citizen buys goods manufactured here which are sold in daily competition with goods of a like oharaoter that have a similar use Imported from abroad, he has to pay the oost of production here and in many in stances an amount equal to or nearly equal to the rate of duty fixed on foreign goods so competing. If the foreigner and not our citizen pays the duty, why did we relieve him from paying millions of tax for us on sugar? Why not let him continne to pay this fifty odd millions ? Mr. Chairman, you need go no further than the report of the minority to see the high rates ot duty imposed by existing law. In the table submitted on page 85 of the re port $34,650,925 duties are shown to have been collected In 1891 on woolens. Of this $23, 695,005, or more than two-thirds was paid upon a valuation of $21,569,887, or 109 per cent $109 taxes oolleoted on $100 worth of woolen goods. This Is the statement the minority, through the table, make of their own case. The Tariff Declared a Tax, Mr. Chairman, if no other good resulted from the McKinley bill it has taught the American people that the tariff is a tax, and a tax upon the people who consume the ar ticles upon which it is levied. The day that the tax was removed from sugar the price went down in all American markets an amount about equal to the duty removed. On the other band, when an additional tax of 1.2 cents a pound was Imposed on tin plate, tin plate went up in price all over the country. So on pearl buttons, upon which the duty was vastly increased; so on linen goods. Whatever may have been the situation be fore the American people have come to know that the tariff is a tax and have dealt with those who increased the tax in the last Congress accordingly by administering to the authors of the high lates we now have topav the greatest rebuke that was ever administered to any party in this country, turning a Republican majority into a Demo cratic majority of almost three-fourths, it Is sometimes claimed by the friends of this excessive taxation that the Waterloo visited upon the Republican party in 1890 was not on aocount of the tariff bill passed. If not, what was the cause of it? Will the distinguished gentleman from Massachu setts, Mr. Lodge, admit that it was a rebuke to him and his followers for passing the force bill? Will the distinguished gentleman from Maine, the ex-Speaker of this House, admit Continued on Ninth Page. AT LATIMER'S. 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O. on Wylle avenue cable: bouses are two story mansard brioks: have bath, inside w. c.; natural and artificial gas; good cellar and yard: rent is very rea sonable. BAXTER, THOMPSON ft Co, ' 1S2 Fourth avenue. mh6-241-jcwrh8su LARGE LOT ON WALLINGFORD STREET, FOB $4,000. Has over 50 feet front, is on grade, and faces south; the cheapest lot on this very de sirable Btreet. (86) VV. A. HEBRON ft SONS, mhl0-115-TT3 80 Fourth? avenue. OPFIOBS -IN FIDELITY BUILDING 121 and 123 Fourth avenue, -AT- MODERATE RENTS. de23-43-TT TO LET OFFICES, SINGLE AND 'CONNECTING ROOMS, In the Garrison building, corner Third ave nue and Wood street. New elevator Just put in the building. Bents low. t Inquire at NOS. 10 AND 12 WOOD ST. mb5-53 Choice Offices For Rent In the fireproof HAMILTON BUILDING. Fireproof vaults and every convenience. BATES FBOM $12 PEE MONTH, Upward. Call at office 91 and 93 Fifth av., City. fe20 mh5-83-TTS mb6-118-KWsn AVENUE. , '4 4 ' i MhiHw' CHOICE PROPERTIES. 6Qxl30 FEET, In first-class neighborhood, near paved street, WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF DCQUESNE ELECTEIC. ONLY $30 PER FRONT FOOT. S. A. DICKIE & CO., PENN AND SHADY AVS, EAST END. mhlO-77 FOR RENT. A three-story double brick building, 305 and 307 Boss street, suitable for a warehouse or light manufacturing. JNO. A. WILSON, BOOM 805 HAMILTON BUILDING. mhS-lOl-rrsu piOBSALE- House and lot 58x144 feet, Muriel st, S. 8. Lot 50x213 feet. Center av., Twentieth ward city. Ldt 25x130 feet, cor. Fnlton and Webster sts., city. Cheap. , JNO. A WILSON, fe27-67-D 149 Fourth av TO LET-OFFICES, ON FOURTH AVENUE. Large front rooms.second and third floors; well lighted, with heat. Elevator and Jani tor service. Location one of tbe best on the avenue. No. 96 Dailmever block. Rent Jo w. W. A HEBRON 4 SONS, mh4-784-7-10-12 80 Fourth avenue. auction sales, ale of Land by the united states at Pittsburg, Pa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ot Representatives of the United States of Amerioa in Congress as sembled, that the Secretary of War be, and hereby is, authorized and directed to sell and convey to the purchaser or purchasers all the right, title and Interest of the United States in and to all tbat certain parcel of ground, belonging to the United States, sit uate in the city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, at the northwest corner of Penn avenue and Garrison alley, in the Fourth ward of said city, fronting one hundred feet on west side of Penn avenue and extending northwardly along the west line of Garrison alley, pre serving the same wldtu, to low-water line of the Allegheny rlver,snbject,however,to such public easements as exist thereon and there over. Depot Quartermaster's office, Wash ington, D. C. February 6, 1892. Under tbe provisions of tbe above quoted act of Con gress, approved May 21, 1890, and by direc tion of the Secretary of War, I will offer for sale at public auction at the Stock Exchange buUding, 115 Fourth avenue, in tbe city of Pittsburg. Pa., on FRIDAY, the 11th day or March, 1892, at 11 o'clock a. it., for cash, the property described in said act, together with such Improvements thereon as belong to the United States, subject to the condi tions set forth in said act, and subject also to the terms and conditions named in the printed circular of this date, copies of which will be furnished on application to the un dersigned or to the Acting Assistant Quar termaster at Allegheny Arsenal, where also a plat of the ground can be seen. The right is reserved to rejeot any or all bids, or to ac cept any bid or bids subject to the condl. tions prescribed in the circular referred to A deposit of $15,000 on account of tbe pur chase will be required at tbe time of sale, and an adjournment of one hour will be taken to enable tbe highest bidder to com ply with this requirement, in default of which, at the expiration of the time speci fied, the sale will be declared void, and the property will then and there be reoffered for sale. Payment of the remainder of the purchase money must be made upon deliv ery of duly executed deed or deeds for the nronertv rrarchased. or the rjronertv mav be resold, without further notice, at the risk ana cost or tne aerauiting purcnaser. J. ne cost of all conveyancing will be borne by the purchaser. OEOBGE H. WEEKS, Dep uty Quartermaster General, U. S. A JOHN D. BAILEY, Auctioneer, Boom No. 9, Ex change BuUding, Pittsbnrg, Pa. fe5-27 ASSIGNEE SALE. The undersigned, assignee of William Flovd, will offer for sale, bv public auction, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1892, at 10 o'clock a. it., at main entrance of Court House, the following described property, situate No. 9 Congress Street, in the Sevonth ward, Pittsburg, fronting 80 feet on Congress street, and extending back abont 89 feet to Elm street, on which is erected a two-storv rrarae dwelling house and outbuildings. The lot is well situated for church or dwelling purposes, less than half a square from the Central Traction Railway, and within Ave minutes of Court House, Fostoffice, etc. Tbe property sub ject to yearly ground rent of $15. Possession on delivery of deed. Terms of sale One-fourth cash on de livery of deed, the residue of the purchase money in three yearly payments, with in terest, secured by judgment bond and mortgage, with the right to pay and dis charge the lien at the pleasure of the pur chaser. Tbe premises may be examined at any time before sale. For further information apply to THOS. FLOYD, Assignee. Or THOS. M. MABSHALL. Attorney. A J. PENTECOST, Auctioneer. fel8-42-18,20,2I,25,g7-mal,3,5,8,IO HOUSE AND LOT, 323 WESTERN AVENUE, ALLEGHENY, AT AUCTION. On Monday, March 14, at 2 o'clock; will be sold on the premises, the property No. 323 Western avenue, near Irwin avenue. Second ward, Allegheny. Lot 36x120 to alley; two-story brick: house, nine rooms, hall, vestibule, bath, w. c, laun dry, stationary tubs, side porch, slate roof, marble and slate mantels, furnace, dry cel lar, natural gas, complete sewerage. Brick stable and carriage bouse on alley. Fine situation, onlv 100 yards west of the park. A rare chance to buy a desirable home. Im mediate possession, owner having moved from town. TERMS One-third cash, balance in Ave years. Key for inspection will be furnished on ap plication to A. Leggate & Son, Auctioneers, 108 FOUBTH AVE. mh9-115-D AUCTION SALE. Furniture, Carpets, Organ, Etc. FBIDAT, MABCH 11, AT 10 O'CLOCK, at the rooms, 24 and 26 Ninth St. Fine chamber suites, in oak and walnut; wardrobes, couches, chiffonier, parlor suites, upholstered In tapestry, brocatelle, plush and hair. cloth; parlor organ, book case, fancy chairs and tables, sideboards, ex tension tables, leather chairs, dishes, toilet ware, lot books, etc, bedding, springs, mat tresses, pillows, brussels and ingrain car pets, ban racks, kitchen furniture. Sale positive. HENBT AUCTION CO., mblO-103 .. Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE AT THE BESIDENCE. Furniture, Carpets and HouseholdGoods, THURSDAY. Maroh 10, at 10 o'clock, at the residence. No. 19 Pennsylvania av., Alle gheny. Fine chamber suites in oak and wal nut, springs and mattresses, parlor suite, bookcase, wardrobes, bureaus, washstands, bedsteads, ohairs and rookers, marble top tables, oil paintings, sideboard, extension table, chairs, dishes and glassware; large heating stove, cost $65; hall rack, brussels and Ingrain carpets on rooms, halls and stairs, rngs and matting, kitchen and laun dry gooas. House open after 8 o'clock morn ing of sale. HENBY AUCTION CO., mbe-171-BuirwTh Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE AT THE BESIDENCE of E. Stocker A Co Hazelwood avenue, opposite Greenfield avenue, below entrance or Calvary Cemetery, Twenty-third ward, Pittsbnrg, WEDNESDAY, .Maroh 2S, at 10 A. jc, 17 milch cows (a number of flne family cows Included), 1 bull,3 good horses,haraess, farm, fowls, machinery, wagons, 10 barrels elder and other articles too numerous to mention. No postponement on account of weather. Terms .will be made on day of sale. mh8-110 J. A McKELVEY, Auctioneer. HABBYB.8MITHBONAHABBYMOOBE, Gimu. AronoxsxBS, Office room 58 Eisner BuUding, Fifth avenue and Wood street. Sales of furniture and houseboldjroods at residences a specialty. Terms reasonable. CHOICE PROPERTIES. MANUFftGTURIHB SITE &PUNT, Formerly Occupied by the PENNSYLVANIA WHITE LEAD-WORKS, FOUBTH WABD, ALLEGHENY, Corner of Elver avenue and Walnut street; lot 283x167 feet; with foUowlng Improvements: A substantial S-story brick mill, 70x37 feet, also 3-story brick corodlng house 11x163 feet; also stable and red lead house 30x123 feet; also five good tenement houses and large dwelling, formerly occupied by super intendent; also shafting, boilers and one of the finest engines in the city. This valuable site is suitable for almost any kind of manu facturing, having river front and between West Penn and P.1T.B. B., thus being ac cessible to aU competing railroad lines. The property is being offered and will be sold away below cost. See and be convinced. M. F. HIPPLE ft CO. mhG-138-rrsn SB Fourth avenue. TO LET. BUSINESS CHANCE, Corner Wood and Diamond streets. Now occupied by S HUMAN BROS. Inquire of BLACK A BAIBD, 95 FOUBrH AVE. mh6-36-TTS TO LET. 327 Western av., Allegheny, 8 room house, Just put in nice order; $30 a month. Farm at Coal Creek of about 100 acres, nice farm house; $300 a year. Farm at West Liberty of about 50 acres; $200 a year. Farm at S wissvale of about 20 acres; $200 a year. Store and dwelling, 141 Beaver av., Alle gheny, with stable on rear of lot; $26 month. FOR SALE. 71 Steuben at, West End, city, frame house, 7 rooms. 263 Franklin st., Allegheny, 8 room brick house; nice location ana very reasonable. For information concerning tbe above properties apply to FIDELITY TITLS AND TRUST CO., 121 and 123 Fourth av., Pittsburg. mb8-55-TT3 BELLEVUE RESIDENCE offered for ten days at a positive sacrifice to close an estate. Fine frame house of eight rooms and three attic rooms, hall, vestibule, bath, laundry, range, hot and cold water, both gases. Inside shutters, marble mantels, marble hearths, fine ohundelters, front and rear porches; lot 100x285 to a good wide street; large frame stable. This property is located on one of the best streets in Belle vue, witnin one square of the new Califor nia avenue electrics road and ten minutes' walk from railroad station. Can give im mediate possession. Price below actual value. For keys, etc., see JOHN K. EWING 4 CO., mhS-99-eod 107 Federal street. 344 'Feet Hays Street, 625 Feet St. Clair Street, 625 Mellon Street, 1594 feet frontage on above streets, between Hlland and Negley avenues. The only de sirable tract for sale in this location. See agents, BAXTER, THOMPSON & CO., 162 Fourth Avenue. mhG-240-TTSU ONLY $9,000 NEW, MODERN BRICK RESIDENCE Eleven Rooms. LOT 40x150. Convenient to Duqnesne Electrio Bail way, 60 feet paved and sewered street and flag stone walks; reception hall, cemented cellar, heater, laundry, cabinet hard wood and slate mantels, combination chandeliers, very neatly and tastefully papered: a deolded bargain if sold within the next So days. LIGGETT BBOTHEB3, mbS-TZ-TTsu 71 Diamond st. PURCHASERS TOB BESIDENCE FBOPEBTIES, BUSINESS PBOPEBTIES, MANUFACTURING SITES, COAL LANDS, Call on or address DAVID SHAW & CO., Real Estate ani financial Agents, no20-82-Th 152 FOUBTH ATE. CHOICE HOME. We have for sale a new stone residence on a well-paved street; house contains eight rooms, bathroom, porches, etc; everything modern. Price for next ten days onlv $5,500. Call at our office for keys and all particulars. MORRIS & AISBITT, 78 Diamond St., corner Smithfield. mh6-4-TT3n THE CHEAPEST LOTS IN THE CITY. THBEE SQUABES FBOM FIFTH AV., rn Lovely Park View Plan of Lots. For sale on easy terms, 16 of the most de sirable lots in the Fourteenth ward. Nothing more desirable, or offered on such favorable terms, has been placed in our hands for sometime. For prices and terms call on us at once. These lots are really a bargain. LIGGETT BROS, 71 DIAMOND ST. mhS-lT-rrssu CHOICE OFFICES For rent in the EW EEBMIIIJI SAYINGS B1IK BDILDIM6, Wood and Diamond streets. Wen lighted, most centrally located, all the most modern conveniences and latest Improvements. Possession positively given April X, 1892. Inquire at GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK, NO. 7 SIXTH AVENUE. OOM-TIB $9,500, STTADYSIDK Lot 72x130. Newll-room Queen Anna brick dwelling, hall, bath, Inside w. c and shutters, laundry and all modern conveniences; elcaa to Da- auesne line and P. K. B. M.F. HIPPLE X, Mb-lfrt W Fourth avesa. '-.SJ r...'3tiii srasWirmftrriTiiflimffiT'T
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