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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. / X iMSO V I •*-- 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. Not • Hornra Prison. Hl* oonrtrtu hav« nsoapM from tho It** <!• Haltit, off tho (ftiinnit const, when) Captain Dreyfus Is Imprisoned, sod | vople In Franoe Mpict hliu soon to Imp th* tovvath.