SULLIVAN JUfki REPUBLICAN.
W. M, CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
California has jast adopted the
golden poppy as the State flower,
Oa the Belgian Stato railways fares
are lower than anywhere clso in
Enropo.
Sevonty-fivo per cent, of tho enlist
ments in the regular army last year
■were of Americans.
Something like a boom is reported
in the gold region in the North Caro
lina foothills. Tho field is like that
of Georgia's.
Lord Roscberry thinks that tho
"now Eastern question" is ono of tho
gravest that England has ever been
called to consider.
P Professor Frank Parsons asserts that
in New York City it costs a man from
§3O to SIOO a year for tho samo amount
of transportation bo gets imßcrlin for
84.50.
Cleveland, Ohio, tho cityof bridges,
is to havo the first bridge (operated by
electricity and compress-id air. Tho
bridge will bo poised oa hugo stone
piers, and give a clear channel over
the river of 115 feet.
A league has been fom ed in France
to assert the rights of pedestrians
ngninst bicyclists. Tho members
agrco never to get out of tho way of
a bicycle; thoy think that in caso of
collision tho\cyclist is sure to get tho
worst of it.
A girl baby was born at Kokomo,
Ind., tlie other day who is tho four
teenth daughter of a fourteenth
daughter of a fourteenth daughter, a
record which is thought to bo un
precedented. The New Orleans Pica
yune maintains that she ought to bo a
witch, if thero is any truth in tradi
tion.
Tho big statue of William Penn
which surmouuts tho tower of tho
Philadelphia City Hall faces the old
Penn Treaty Purk. This displeases
tho citizens who get only u rear or
profile view of tho statuo. So, to
please everybody, J. Chester Wilson
has proposed to put tho statuo on a
revolving pedestal, which will bo
turned around onco every twenty-four
hours by means of clockwork.
Tho Popular Health Magazino ob
serves: "Tho desiro in a child for
candy and sweets is a natural one and
ehould not bo stifled. Good candy
nnd sweets in moderation, if that
point can bo found, not only do no
harm, but aro actually benefioial. Too
much sweet upsets tho stomach and
spoils the appetite, but candy in mod
eration if it is not takon before a meal
is a food which children cravo natu.
rally." ___________________
The hansom cab will, in tho, opin
ion of members of the cab fraternity,
eventually givo place to tho bicycle,
except that in this caso tho bioyclo is
to bo a tricycle, statos tho Chicago
Times-Herald. The vehicle will have
two scats, ono for the driver and ono
for tho passenger. This will sav*o tho
expense of keoping a horse and givo
tho cabman needed exercise. It is
conceivable that two sots of pedals
might- bo provided and reduced' rates
given to sturdy passengers who would
help push themsolvos.
Ono of tho strangest coffins ever
told of is that for which tho British
War Department is said to be respon
sible. Tho story is that a workman
engaged in casting metal for tho man
ufacture of ordnance at tho Woolwich
Arsenal lost his balanco and fell into
A caldron containing twelve tons of
molten steel. The metal was at white
heat-, and tho nun was utterly con
sumed in less time than it takes to tell
of it. Tho War Department authori
ties held a conference and decided not
to profano tho dead by using tho
metal in the manufacture of ordnance,
and that mass of metal was actually
buriod and a Church of England
clergyman read the service f-;r the
dead over it.
Exit Sir Philip Francis in tho rolo
of "Junius," exclaims tho New York
Independent* Mr. W. Frasor Ilao, in
a letter to the Athensoum, introduces
new and convincing evidences that
Francis could not havo b«cn tho au
thor of the "Letters of Junius," as ho
has discovered in the London Morning
Chronicle of August 2d, 1774, a hither
to unuoticed letter of Junius, pub
lished nearly five months after Sir
Philip had at i led for India, an 1 refer
ring to current politioal events which
he could not have known. Thero is
concurrent testimony of eoveral lead
ing statesman of tho time that thoy
knev who Ji-niuu wan, and that it.was
not Sir Philip Francis. His vanity,
however, cnoouragod pioplo to at
tributl Uit 19 him.
MABEL ON THE FOURTH,
"You light two crackers thus," mlio said.
"That's yours, mid I'll take tills,
Ami now, if yours should go off first,
Why, you can claim a kiss.
Vfe watch the powder quickly burn,
Fizz, bang! Oh, happy sight!
I fold the maiden in my arms
And take what's mine by right.
Alas! It sooms so easy thus
To win what many men
V7ill euvy later on in life,
For Mabel's only ten.
—Tom Jlasson.
A FRESH AIR FOURTH.
ey tom r. Morgan;
Drfn —p., t T was during tho
hottest Lour of
tho hottest (lay
thus far of
tho season that a
small boy pro
sentcd himself at
*WWrt//Wk^ > tho oilico of tho
i/ Secretary of tho
Fresh Air Fund Sociotv. Ho seemed
weak, as if ill from tho intense boat.
"Got a clianoo for me, sir?" bo
asked, timidly.
"No, ruy boy," answered tbo Secre
tary. "No one wants boys yo
Tho lad mado no answer. Ilis weak,
dragging footsteps carried him out of
tho building and down the hot street
for a few blocks. Then ho staggered
a few steps, threw up his hands weak
ly, wavered blindly and fell in a
heap on the pavement.
"Another sunstroke," said tho po
liceman who picked him up.
Next day another boy camo to the
Secretary's oilico with tho question,
"Any cbanco for me, sir?" Aud again
'X.«.-X "A REGULAR PICNIC." *
tlio Secretary answered that nobody
wanted boys yet. This boy limped in
nnd out on a crutch, for ono of his
legs hung withered and useless, but
his limb was biisk despite tho heat
and his evident weariness. But he
stopped when out of hearing, and ono
hand slipped furtively up and dashed
ft tear or two away.
Upon tho following afternoon a tall,
angular man name striding briskly into
tho oflice. Tho Secretary looked up
from his then groetod him
politoly.
"Paul Hallott, I rcekoD?" inquirod
tho new-comer.
"That is my name, sir. What can
Ido for you? I—why, of course I
remember you, John Joplin," said
Mr, Hallett, with a hearty ring in his
voico. "And I am truly glad to sec
you again, old friend."
Mr. Joplin in his well known pep
per-and-salt suit, did not look particu
larly prosperous, and tho Secretary
was afraid that ho had been obliged to
savo and hoard in order to mako this
journey back East from Colorado, to
visit old scenes. But ho was very
glad to sco him, and ho was talking
over old times when ho was interrupt
ed by tho cntrauco of tho lamo boy
who had come tho day beforo and gone
away disappointed with t whistle on
his lips and tears in his eyes. To-day
his face seemed to look u littlo older
and thinner. But ho hopped in
briskly on his crutch.
"flot a chance for mo yet, sir?" he
asked.
"Yes, my lad," tho Socrotary an
swered. "I havo just one chance for
a boy. You can spend your Fourth
of July week in tho country. What
is your narno?" As ho spoko he hold
out a card.
"Hi!" Tho boy fairly snatched tho
card ond hopped out of tho room
with a smoothered whoop.
'That boy has a happy week before
him," said tho Secretary. "I wish it
wore in my power to muko many inoro
such little fellows happy in the sumo
way,"
"What's this business, anyhow?"
asked Mr. Joplin. "I don't exaotly
see through it."
Mr. Hallett briefly explained the so
ciety. Its beneficiaries were among
tho children of tho vory poor, who
could never hope to escape for even a
day from tho exhausting heat of tho
stifling city unless helped. Kind
people living out in the cool country
Mat ia their aamea eiguifyiag their
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1895.
willingness to entertain a girl or boy
for a week. Tho society paid for tho
transportation of the children to and
from tho country.
"It's a good notion," commented
Mr. Joplin.
"But very few of theso kind pooplo
want boys nowadays," continued Mr.
Hallett. "The littlo chaps aro in
clined to bo riotous. Nearly every
ono has asked for girls of late. Tho
boys do a good deal of mischief, and
bohavo, I presume, like wild Indians."
"Or, jest simply like boys?" sug
gested Mr. Joplin.
And then little Knuoks, tho lamo
boy, returned. Ho bopped in and
laid tho card on the desk.
"Here is the ticket back again, sir,"
be said. "Lot some other boy uso it;
I don't need it. I'm not going." Ho
was outside of the door by this time.
Mr. Joplia's tall form arose sud
denly from his chair. He took a few
long steps and placed his big band on
tho lad's shoulder.
"Here 1" he said, fairly propelling
the littlo chnp back into tho room.
"Como back here!"
"I'm not goin' to tho country to
morrow," the lad persisted. "Lomme
go! I'm busy!"
"Sit down there!" commandod Mr.
Joplin.
"Now, when Knucks had received
tbo precious tickot entitling him to
the country week ho had flown home
ward as fast as his crutch would car
ry him. Littlo Jimmy Patton, tho
sun-stricken lad, lay on tho brisk lit
tle cripple's bed. Ho looked up weakly
as his friend hopped into tho room.
"I'vo got it, Jim !" Knucks criod,
eagerly, "l'vo got a ticket for one,
an' you oan goto tho country to-mor
row !"
Tho sick boy's fuco lighted up and
he took tho ticket and looked at it.
"You'll got well now, old man!"
cried Knucks. "An' Jim, you jr,st ro
member everything you do an' sco an'
hear fer tcr toll mo."
Tho sick boy held out tho ticket.
"I ain't goin', Knucky," ho said.
"You aro tho ono that got tho ticket;
you aro to go."
Mr. Hallett was a kcon questioner,
and it Was not long till ho had tho
whole story.
"Course I wouldn't liston to him,"
said Knucks in telling it. "But it's
no use, ho savs |I got tho ticket an'
I'vo got togo on it."
"Well, why don't you?" snid Mr.
Hallett.
"Mo?" Tho boy's tono was defiant,
but he looked worried and troublod
more than ho would tell. "Mo go?
Who'd tako care of him whilst—"
His voice shook and he started to hop
from the room. "Koop your ticket,"
he jerked.
"Sit down thero again," said Mr.
Jtfplin. "Here, littlo feller, both of
you can goto the country."
Knucks had sat down, and for a mo
ment ho stared at the man in tho pep
per and salt suit.
"There's only ono ticket," ho fal
tered, finally.
"Hang tiokets!" cried Mr. Joplin.
"You fellers aro goin' with mo. To
morrow's tho Fourth of July—l'll give
a potlatch! I—git along with you;
tell the other littlo feller that both of
yon are goin' to tho country with me
to-morrow. Say, hold on! Any more
sick boys you know of? luvite 'em all."
"John," interrupted tho Seoretary.
"Invito 'em all," said Mr. Joplin,
talking him down. "You've got to
havo a crowd when you give a pot
latch. Git along with you. Hold on!
Better let Mr. Secretary do tho iu
vitin'. But you an'the othsr little
ohap bo on hand here at this oflice by
sun-up. Don't forget!"
Kuucks glanced at the Secretary in
quiringly and got a reassuring nod.
Ho flow for home as fast as ho oouhl
poss'bly go, wholly unmindful of tho
heat, and told the glorious news.
Jim immediately eat np in bed, de
claring that he felt well.
"But, what's a potlatch?" he asked,
presently.
"I dunno,"answered Knuoka. "But
it's something good."
Next morning a mob of children
stood collected at the door of tho
Fresh Air Sooiety before the sun rose.
They were all boys. Buoh a crowd
of weakling) M they were' ~white
faced, skimpy littlo fellows—but
every faco ashino with eagerness.
While Mr. Hallett had been issuing
tho invitations tho giver of the pot
latch had been equally busy. He had
strode hither and thither, made pur
chases and sent telegrams.
Presently all was ready. Across
the ferry thoy were bundled into tho
cars, and a variety of boxes of all
sines were thrust into tho express car
and away thoy went.
It was still early in tho forenoos
when they reachod their destination—
a protty green bowerod country vil
lage that Mr. Hallet had recom
mended—and there was a brass band
at tho depot to moot them.
"We're here, fellers!" cried Mr.
Joplm to his boys. "This is tho
placo. It's out in tho open air, an'
to-day's tho Fourth of July. Yell all
yon want to. Tho band will now
play!"
Tho musicians headed the proces
sion of whooping lads to a pleasant
grovo just outside tho town. Tho boys
who couldn't run, walked, and thoso
who couldn't walk rodo in a long
wagon on top of tho boxes that had
como from tho city.
In tho coolest, shadiest spot in tho
grovo a long, long tablo was set, al
most staggering under its load of do
licious eatables.
"Tho first thing," said Mr. Joplin's
big voice, "is to eat. Some of us
didn't have as much brcakfaft as wo
wanted, an' mobby some of us didn't
havo any at all. So, oat now, foilers,
an' talk later on."
All thoso urchins fell upon that long
tablo almost liko as many ravenous
wolves. And then in a moment Jimmy
whisperod something to Knucks, and
Kuuoks bopped over to whero Mr.
Hallett was aud whisperod to him :
"Mobby wo oughtn't to eat too
much, sir. It costs lots of money an'
perhaps Mr. Joplin—"
"Mr. Joplin is tho ownor of a groat
cattlo ranch out in Colorado," an
swered Mr. Hallett. "Ho can afford
this."
"Wo didn't know," said Kuuoks.
"His popper an' salt suit looks kinder
—well, we—wo didn't know."
And, when Mr. Hallett told tho
man from Colorado what Knucks had
said, Mr. Joplin laughod a big, hearty
"Haw-haw !" and then ho looked him
self over, and theu ho colored, and
then ho laughed again.
When thoy had all eaten and woro
filled, Mr. Joplin stood up at the head
of tho mighty breakfast tablo in his
seedy popper and salt aud said rather
awkwardly:
"I asked Mr. nallett to mako you
a speech, but ho savs l'vo got to doit,
I haven't much to say. This is tho
Fourth of July. It's tho proper thing
to read the Declaration of Independ
ence on tho Fourth of July, but tho
only Declaration of Independence
we're going to havo hero is that we'ro
going to do jest exactly as we please
all day long. We'ro goin' to yell as
much an' as loud as wo pleaso. Thero
aro two big boxes of firecrackers over
there, an' we'ro goiu' to help ourselves
to all wo want an' shoot till they'ro
all gone. We'ro goin' to eat again at
1 o'clock, an' again at G o'clock, an'
we've got to keep busy in tho mean
time or we won't havo good eppetites.
After dinner tho ice cream freezers
will bo opened, an' every feller will
grab a spoon. There aro four or live
barrels of red apples—tho heads will
bo knocked in pretty soon, an' we'll
fill our pockets au' hats. This is my
potlatch, understand, an' everybody
takes all ho wants au' does what ho
pleases with it. Fall into tho brook
if you want to, or cat yoursolvos sick,
or break your arms; it's all right. A
doctor goes with tho rest of tho pot
latch if we noed him. Wo—"
"Ob, Joliu, that ia not tho way to
talk to them," interrupted Mr. Hal
lott.
"I'cl liko to know why it ain't?"
answered Mr. Joplin. "A potlatch
that ain't a free pitch-in ain't no
potlatch at all. Well, then, I'll mako
this condition: No boy shall tako ad
vautago of any smaller boy— if ho
does I'll thrash him."
"3o will we," yelled tho boys.
"I think I ought to add something
to what Mr. Jopliu has said," spoke
Mr. Hallett. "In tho first place, I
presumo you are puzzled to know
what a potlatch really is. I was my
self till Mr. Joplin explained. Away
out West, among certain tribes of In
dians, when a savage aspiros to stand
high among his follows ho savos up
blankets and all sorts of desirable ar
ticles till ho has as great a storo of
them as possible. Then ho invites his
tribo to a feast aud gives away all the
accumulation. It makes him a boggar
for a long time, but ho has won the
esteem of his tribe as long as ho lives.
Mr. Joplin lias given you a potlatch of
happiness, and I think ho has won
more than tho giver of any Indian
potlatch over won."
"Hurrahl Yes, sir-oo!" whooped
tho boys.
Tho day was ono long day of unal
loyed happiness. Tbey ate, shot fire
crackers and swung and raced and
chased, and tho band played every
time it was requested.
During Uio afternoon Mr. Joplin
arranged with various families in the
village to tako care of such boys a?
needed more than a day of tho coun
try air as long as they might require
it; and tho next week Ivuucks aud
Jimmy fouud that it was all settled
that they should live in the country
for a year at Mr. Jopliu's expense.
At night, after ttio fireworks had
been shot off and it was time to begin
the march for tho train, the boys
cheered for Mr. Joplin till they oould
bare been heard nearly a mile, and
when they stopped Mr. Joplin said.
"Tbank ye, fellers I"— New York
Press.
In time of war Franco puts 370 out
of every 1000 of her population in the
tivld i U«fwasy, 810 j liuMia, 210,
LOVE.
Lovo makes tho path of duty nwoet
With roses of tho May,
Though winter rains around It beat
And winter skies aro gray.
And swooter far,
'Neath storm or star
To walk with love alway.
He gives tho rose its white and red;
Ho gives tho lambs their fleece;
Unto tho poor dispensoth bread
And bids their hunger cease.
"And all his wavs aro pleasantness
And all his paths aro peace!"
—Atlanta Constitution.
IIUMOR OF THE DAY.
Tho great divido---Socialism. —Puck.
Tho acrobat may not always bo good
at making jokes, but ho can alwoys
tumble.—Philadelphia Record.
A girl who can't sing, and who
doesn't want to sing, shouldn't bo
mado to sing.—Boston Courier.
Tho man who never forgets any
thing never forgets to boast about it
to ovoryono ho meets. -Boston Globe.
"Did you read," ho sweetly asked her,
"That poem I wroto lost week?"
"I rend it yours ago," sho said,
And now they do not speak.
—Spare Moment?.
Jaspar—"Jonos is a man who grows
on people." Jumpuppe—"Well, I
consider him a mighty poor crop.-
Puck.
Ho (protestingly)—"Poverty is no
crime." She —"Possibly not mor
ally, but it is matrimonially. "--De
troit Free Press.
In spite of tho fact that money
talks, there aro hundreds of people
who aro always complaining that thoy
never hear it.—Life.
"Where aro you going, my pretty maid? 1,
"I'm going a-movlng. kind sir," sho said.
"I'll move along with you, my pretty maid.
"Your motion's not seconded, sir," she said.
—Chicago Tribune.
Much of tho failure in this world
may be attributed to the fact that too
many people are firing at the bnll's
eyo of success with blank cartridges.
—Puck.
Sweet are the uses of adversity; but
it generally happens that while one
person gets tho adversity some other
person corrals tho sweetness. —Boston
Transcript.
Mother—"Yen aro at tho foot of
tho spelling class again, aro you?"
Boy—"Yes'in." Mother--"How did
that happen?" Boy—"Got too many
zs in scissors."—Tid-Bits.
"That's about as crooked a pieeo of
work as I ever saw," musod Uncle
Allen Sparks, looking at tho track the
lightning had made on tho body of
tho big troo. —Chicago Tribune.
So devotodly does tho Hubito love
his native city that when he calls to the
telephono girl, "Give mo Boston," ho
invariably adds involuntarily, "or
givo 1110 doath."—Boston Transcript.
"Why, sho actually cut Mr. Stor
flington, and Stortliugtou, you know,
if? ono of tho botter sort." "Yes;
choice cuts come high now, but wo
must havo 'cm."—Boston Transcript.
Mr. Dunn (unpaid bill in his hand)
- "When shall I call again, Mr.
Owens?" Mr. Owens—"Well it would
hardly bo proper for you to call again
until I havo returned the present call."
—Harper's Bazar.
Student -"Several of my friends
are coming to dine here, so I want a
big table." Mino Host--"Just look
at this one, sir. Fifteen persons could
sleop quite comfortably uudur it." -
Fliegendo Blactter.
"Doosu't Mrs. Noowomau strike
you as a person of roniarkably de
cided opinions?" "Naw. Sho can't
mnko up her mind, apparently, wheth
er sho wants to bo a gentleman or a
lady."—lndianapolis Journal.
Mrs. Flayson—"What is the prico
of that bonnet over thoro?" Tho Mil
liner—"Just $18." Mrs. Ilayson—
"What will it bo if you cut that ugly
piece of ribbon oiF tha side?" The
Milliner—"Only s3l)."— Chicago Rec
ord,
Bicycle Mannerisms.
Each man retains tho peculiarities
of his gait on a bicyclo to a certain ex
tent. One man, for instance, who
limps a little in walking doos the same
thing ou his wheel, emphazing one
stroke woro than another. A second,
who moves with long stridos whan his
feet are on terra iirma, simply trans
lates this motion to moot tho new
environment when he goes out for a
ride. A third, being a brisk, onorgetio
little person, always walking rapidly,
keeps his legs going at a relative speed
on his Bafaty and couldn't stroll along
if he tried.—Chicago Titnes-Horald,
Crusaile Against Street Crie?.
C. 11. Campbell, of tlio London
County Council, lias b?guu a crusade
against street aries in the metropolis.
He propoaee that the council shall
regulate thim, proliihiticg tho crying
of wares where it can be shown to be
r nuisance to residents. Shade? of
Charles Lamb!- Chicago Times-Her
ald.
The mind May ltead Koiuan Characters.
By menus of a roceut invention tho
blind ure enabled to write with facil
ity, using the ordinary Ro:aan alpha
bet. The invention is described a* a
hinged motal plate with square per
forations arranged in parallel lines,
insido of which the stylus is moved ill
making tLo letters. ---Now York World.
To Foretcil Earlli.piates.
A Mexican professor of physics pro
poses to foretell earthquakes by con
necting telephones to the pipes of doep
r.rtoian wells end So metal plates sunk
in dv-eo laouatain crevices. Any un
usual noise in the bowels of the earth
Would be u.idible in the telephone,
•ud would iudiotte trouble,—New
Xotk Mml sad fisprwe.
Terms—sl.oo in Advance ; 51.25 after Three Months.
MUSE ELSEWHERE.
FREE TRADE RUINS ENGLISH
INDUSTRIES AND EXPORTS.
British Iron and Steel Trade J-ioses
$200,000,000 a Year—A Pernic
ious Policy Tliat Docs Damage
and Destruction—England Kindly
Advises Us to Try Her Medicine.
We have already shown how tho
first step toward free trade is affecting
quito a number of American indus
tries ; also how the breaking down of
our wall of protection is enabling ns
to roach tho markets of the world.
Let us now see how it works in other
countries. Taking tbo United King
dom, whoro freo trado has been long
est in force, and her iron and steol in
dustries, we find that tho imports and
exports of iron, steol, tin plate, wire,
hardware, coal and machinery com
pare as follows for a period of ton
years, from 1884-1894:
183-1. 1394.
* £. X.
Total imports ......389,774,f>49 408,505,718
Total exports 232,927,575 216,19-1,239
Tons. Tons.
Total exports of iron
and steel 3,490,352 2.056,125
Imports of iron and
stool 121,853 71,835
Thero has been no wall of protec
tion around tho United Kingdom dur
ing this docade, and her manufac
turers havo had every possible oppor
tunity to let themselves out into the
marketß of the world, yet we find that
tho total British exports of iron, stool,
tin plate, wire, hardware, coal and
machinery combinod decroased by
over $80,000,000 a year betweon 1881
and 1894.
It would Almost seem as if the ab
sence of ft wall of protection had
worked entirely contrary to all free
trado theories in England's case, bo
causo it has onablod the foreign man
ufacurers and producers of iron, steel,
tin plate, wire, hardware, coal and
machinery to sell in tho English mar
kets nearly 8100,000,000 worth more
of their products and manufactures in
1894 than they did in 1884. Freo
trado in England has increased the
imports of tho above mentioned goods
by nearly £20,000,000 sterling and
has decreased the exports by moro
than £10,000,000 sterling. The figures
quoted are from official Board of Trade
returns.
Taking tho quantities of the English
exports wo find that the United King
dom has sold under its policy of freo
trade 8-10,000 tons less of iron and
stoel in 1894 than sho did in 1884.
Hor exports of pig iron decreased by
nearly 440,000 tons; of bar, angle,
bolt and rod iron by nearly 170,000
tons; of railroad iron by 305,000 tons,
and of hoops, shcots and plates she
sold 219,000 tons less in 1894 than in
1884, Her exports of railway carriages
decreased in value from £504,315 iu
1884 to £277,000 in 1894. Her ex
ports of railway trucks declined by
£254,000, her exports of hardware
and cutlery fell off by £1,300,000
within ten years, and hor exports of
steam enginos decreased by £1,100,-
000 a year.
Tho English desiro that wo should
adopt their policy of free trade can
hardly be so friendly a suggestion as
our English admirers would have us
believe. If it has resulted in such enor
mous losses in business among tho
iron, steel, tin plate, wire, hardware,
coal and machinery trades of the Uni
ted Kingdom, it is hardly a friendly!
act to encourage us to praotico sinilar
tactics that will result in similar losses
to the United Statos.
Whilo England has lost so much
money and so much trado in theso in
dustries during a few years of freo
trade, the United States, on tho other
hand, under its polioy of protection,
has built up similar industries to an
enormous extent—to "such an exten!
that we aro undoubtedly buying less
of thoso commodities from our Eng
lish neighbors and havo helped mate
rially to diminish their manufactures
and their output. Perhaps this is the
real reason why they wish us to drop
our polioy of protection. It would
not bo an entirely uusolfish reason.
How Farmers Feel,
A New York Stato farmer tolls us
that the markets aro very dull for all
kinds of produoo. Ho sends us a
Cooperstown market report whioh
shows that farmers receivo only twelvo
cents a dozen for their eggs, sixteen
to seventeen cents a pound for their
butter and from four and a half to ton
cents a pound for their hops. As it
costs ten cents a pound to raise hops,
aud that price is paid only for tho
choicest growths, it is evident that
tho process of letting the hop growors
out into the markets of tho world by
reducing tho tariff on hops, so that
foreign grown hops can reaoh our
markets more cheaply, has uot proved
to be the great success that tho free
traders predioted.
lVliere Factories Are Wanted.
In the West and South there is just
now an eager desiro for more fac
tories, especially in young growing
town. Why? Because most people
in such places are convinced that fac
tories increase tho value of real estate
and benefit the merchants and neigh
boring farmers by putting monoy in
circulation. Yet these same free
traders who lavor local industries
oppose the National protective policy
that promotes the public welfare in
the more general establishment of fac
tories throughout our country.
Irou Ore Coming.
Iron ore is fighting its way here
from abroad. In March we imported
over 30,000 tons as against 6700 tons
in March, 1894. Of pig iron also we
bought 981,000 worth from foreigu
countries last March as agaiutt $9332
worth ta March, 1894,
NO. 38.
Bcci and Reciprocity.
Tlio recent worry anrl fret over tha
beef situation coulil have been settled
in the twinkling of an eye if the re
ciprocity feature of the McKinloy law
had been incorporated in our present
nondescript tar it!' act.
It was the design of the frionds of
reciprocity to apply this principle so
as to admit free, with compensating
benefits from other countries, such ar
ticles or things as were not produced
by ourselves in sufficient quantities for
the domestic consumption.
Under the McKinley reciprocity
clause in the act of 18i)0 the President
could at any time remove tho duty
upon any article, and nt the same time,
by treaty, enlargo our exportation of
such commodity as tho country with
whom tho reciprocal relation was es
tablished should want.
In case of tho possible inability of
onr own cattle raisers to supply tho
domestio demand tho exercise of such
powers by tho Executive, did they
exist, would bo [most eifective. Sup
plies could bo drawn from Argentina,
Mexico and Canada, andjfor the priv
ilege extended to these countries
privileges would have been obtained in
return.
Protection.
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Tree Trade,
: " Southern Cotton's Danger.
According to tho report of tho Sen
nto Committeo appointed to inquire
into tho low prices of cotton, thero
appears to Co sucli difference of
opinion on the part of cotton rnifieTfl
as to what tho cost of producing tho
staple really is that tho committeo re
frained from making a report upon
that part of tho subject matter. Some
of tho experts who were examined
placed the cost as low as three cents
per pounds ; others declared that cotton
could not be produced at less than
eight cents at a safe profit. These
opinions cannot affect the conditions
surrounding the price of tho staple in
this country, but thero is a factor now
operating which is depressing to the
prices of cotton in the American mar
ket, and that is the free entry of
Indian and Egyptian cottons.
Tho introduction hore of Egyptian
cotton has well nigh destroyed tho
Sea Island cotton industry on tho
coast of the South Atlantic States,
and now tho short staple, or upland,
cottons of the United States will have
to meet tho low-priced short staples
of India, not only on tho Liverpool
market but also in our own markets.
The importations of tlieso cottons
have steadily increased, aud we havo
now tho report of tho Department at
Washington showing tho receipt of
14,882,502 pounds for January and
February, against 4,807,888 pounds
for tho corresponding months in 1891.
The attention of tho South has been
directed to this menaoe time and
again, not only by tho protective
press but also by certain Southern
papers, among them tho Charleston
News and Courier, of South Carolina.
The evils of the situations cannot now
bo neutralized in any way that we can
see, bat the next Congress could levy
a sufficient duty on raw cottons to
givo some measuro of protection to
this depressed and unprofitable in
dustry. There are over ton million
of our people directly and indirectly
interested in tho cultivation ofcotlon.
Thoy must have protection if they
need it
That Opening Day.
' In ' March of this year wo bought
$4,419,800 moro goods than we sold;
in Maroh of last year we sold 5",151,-
875 more than we bought. That's tho
difference. That is how tho foreign
market is being opened up to the
Americau producer. Kansas City
Journal.
Tons ot Tin Plato.
Tho imports of tiu plate are not
falling off any. In March we received
55,074,575 pounds as against 40,968,-
992, an increase of nearly 15,000,000
pounds in a single month. This is not
so surprising when we remember that
the Amerioun railroads oarry the for
eign tin plate olieaper than thoy will
carry American Ma plate.
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