SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY. Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
General Schofleld wants the United
States Army increased to 100,000
men.
In some of the Paciflo Coast States
a horse is not worth so much as a
sheep dog.
William Carrol, of Brooklyn, who
has 107 years' experienoo of the world's
affairs, says that it is steadily growing
better. _______________
With the exception of Belgium,
whose debt has beeu incurred for in
ternal improvements, every European
National debt is in great part a war
debt. ______________
The New York Mail and Express re
marks: "It is a hopeful sign when
more than 1,000,000 industrial work
ers receive an advanco of wages aver
aging about teu per cent., during the
first half of the year 1895. And tho
figures aro official."
A prominent physician thinks it
amazing to seo so many people travel
ing for their health with a rapidity
that sug{ -)sts they have been shot out
of a gun. He thinks it rather remark
ablo that so few of them kill them
selves iu trying to get well.
The first practical attempt to raise
journalism to the height of a learned,
acknowledged profession in Germany
is being made at Heidelberg Univer
sity, where Professor Adolph Koch,
the histoiian, is delivering a series of
lectures on tho history of journalism
and of tho press.
Tho capital employed in bauking in
Ihe principal countries is as follows:
Great Britain, §1,020,000,000; Unitod
States, ?2,055,000,000 ; Germany, 81,-
425,000,000; France, §1,025,000,000;
Austria, $8:30,000,000 ; Ruasia, $775, •
000,000; Italy, 3153,0)0,000; Aus
tralia, 3125,000,000; Canada, 8175,-
000,000.
The Atlanta Constitution observes:
The new directory of St. Paul gives
tnat city a population of 190,000,
whereupon tho Miuneapolitans ex
claim : "Oh, wail till you hear from our
directory man. He's not slow. He will
ri'eto the occasion." With these rival
cities it is a question of which direc
tory comes out last, or, as Colonel
Carter, of Western Texas, used to say:
"I liko to hear the other fellow lio
first. I then know just how far I must
goto annihilate him."
How many of tho people who uso
the "pump-handle" handshake know
its origin? asks tho Pathtinder. A
Wosterner hit the idea of its discom
fort when ho said it was"for nil tho
world like shakin' paws ovor a barbod
wire fence." The truth of tho matter
is that it was originatod by the Princo
of Wales when "that august person
ugo" was Buffering from a boil under
tho arm, necessitating tho awkward
movement. Doesn't Shakespearo say,
"New customs, though they be never
BO ridiculous, nny, lot them bo unman
ly, yet uro followed."
Speaking of the harvest outlook,
the Now York Herald says that winter
wheat fared very badly, but the loss is
considerably repaired by spring wheat,
the average condition of which is
102.2, and for all wheat tho average
condition is 7C.2—figures which indi
cate that tho total wheat yield will be
over 400,000,000 bushels, from three
fourths to four-fifths of an average
harvest. Tho nverago condition of
corn is 99.3, and the acroago 107.8, as
compared with tho area planted in
1894. Tho largest corn crop over pro
duced in tho United States was 2,0C0,-
000 bushels, in 1891. But if the
present estimates of tho Department
of Agriculture prove to be correct tho
corn crop of 1895 will broak ovon this
record.
The New York Ledger maintains
that the secret of China's downfall is
in her insulation, which has lasted for
thousands of years, and strongly re
pelled all exterior induenoos. Sho
marked time while the West marched
past, and her rude awakening has
come from Western forces via Japan;
that is thoexaot truth of the situation.
Perhaps the agonies she has endured
in the late war may be the birth-throes
of a nobler National existence for
China. Certainly, if the rulers were
not so blind, there is not a more
patient, quiet, endoring man than the
Chinaman, and unpopular though it
may be to say so, wo believe that the
last word has not yet been spoken,
nor the l*st gun fired, in the struggle
for Asiatic supremacy* The Jap is
the Frenchman of Asia; theChinaman
is the German* Germany knew the
bitternoss of Jena, and saw Napoleon
enter Berlin. But she also knew how
to wait, and Sedan followed oa Ber
lin. History has always repeated
itself. If China really awakes, sh«
wjJJ be heard of in an irrepressive style,
THE OLD CHUR3H BELL, j
High up o'er the heads of tho people
That pass like vague ships oa tho street,
It haugs in its home in the steeple,
That throbs with tho wind's rhythtnie beat;
What hoods it tho world or its noises ?
What reeks it of traffic's loud din?
Of tears, or tho clamor of votce.-i
That spoak of tho light hoarts within?
Enough that its duty is ringing
In every condition of weather,
Enough that its mission is bringing
Tho spiritual household together;
Enough that it strikos for tho hours
That speed iu a ne'er-ending chain,
And chimes over nuptial flowers,
And tolls for tho funeral trniu.
Enough that it spoaks to the mothers
Iu clear, uniuistakablo tones.
And fathors aud sisters and brothers,
From all tho earth's populous zones;
Enough that it brings to tho altar
The ones who havo strayed fmm tho truth,
As well as tho weak ones who falter
'Mid trials unknown in their youth.
So there, while the pale stars are marching,
And rivers roll onto the sou,
And heaven's blue vault is o'er-arching,
The bell in its bolfry will be;
\ud theu, when its mission is ended;
Aud turned is the last burial sod,
Its echoes full-touod will l>e blonded
With trumpets that call us to God.
--Alfred E. Hostelley, iuNow York Observer.
AN ANNIVERSARY.
/ \ DAIR SELKIRK
—! ' —ar.d I were quietly
1 ( married in the dear
(' i W little church of our
syj ~/7k \ native village, and
K/j Jiy as Adair had al
*7 f/A\ ready secured eni
/ r:rL- V ployment in a dis-
I ft /> taut town of somo
ui \j importance, we left
/ 'shortly after tho
I cercmon y f° r our
/ ' 1 n ' uro home.
IS* Y >1 We secured board
' ' in a private
family, and lived iu this way until the
birth of onr baby boy, who came to
gladden our hearts ten months before
the opening of my story.
Soon after this important event
wo rented a cosey little cottage in the
suburbs of town, and after securing
the service of my old black "Mammie,"
settled down in an humble establish
ment of our own.
We had lived thus about six months,
wheu the third anniversary of our
mariage rolled around. Wo decided
to celebrate the ocoasiou by inviting
Adair's besv .'rieud, Oscar Davenport,
and his wifo (who had been a school
mate of my own), together with our
minister aud bis wife, to a 5 o'clock
dinner ; after which we anticipated a
delightful evening together.
Old Maminio and I were in a flutter
of excitement over tho prospocts of
giving our first entertainment, and wo
sparod no pains in arruuging to havo
everything served in our best possible
style. In order that this might bo
dono I engaged the services of a waiter
from ono of the hotels, and ho was to
present himself at the cottago at noon.
The morning of tho third dawned
cloudy and cold. A thick mist filled
tho air and tlrj clouds threatened a
heavy rain before noon. As I kissed
Adair goodby at 8 I had many fore
bodings of a sad termination to un
anticipated day's pleasure.
Just as tho clock struck 12 the door
bell rang, and as Mammie left the ico
cream freezer to answer it she said,
with a sigh of relief: "Well, dat
waiter's on time, and I's pow'ful glad
on it, 'cazo turnin' dis here crank ain't
no easy job, I tell you. Ho sho' is
welcome."
In a faw minutes sho returned, fol
lowed by tho boy James, and handed
mo a note which had just been loft by
a servant from the rectory. On open
ing it I read as follows:
"DEAII FKIEND— Mr. Clarke was
taken sick suddenly in the night.
Early this morning I called in our
physician, who pronounced his case
to bo moro serious than wo at first,
supposed. He will require careful
nursing for sevoral days, BO it will bo
impossible for UH to be with you to
night. We send our best wishes for a
pleasant ovening and for many happy
returns of this day. Your friend,
"ANNIE CLAIIKE. "
Just then the raia came down in a
etoady patter, and with a sigh which
gave expression to my disappoint
ment, I went over to the window and
stood gazing out into the gloomy
street.
"Come, now, Miss Crossio, honey,
don't bo a 'dulgiu' in no sich sor'ful
thoughts. Jist turn your mine back
fer threo years, and think uv how
happy yon was dat night as you wont
er ridin' up to do chu'ch do'. Mars
'Daro'll be hore presently, and of'n do
oompany don't oomo he and do baby'll
bo here, and we'll 'joy our own selves
jist as muoh as ei'iJ dey all had been
here."
1 saw much wisdom in Mauimie's
remarks, and immediately resolved
that I would not allow the disappoint
ment to oast a shadow over tho third
anniversary of my wedding day, and
began a romp with baby, who sat tied
in his high ohair bythe table amusing
himself with the big kitchen spoon.
Thus some time passed pleasantly
away, when James announoed the
table was ready for my inspection.
The afternoon was now far ad
vanced, and after changing my dress
I seated myself in the little parlor,
with baby asleep in my arms, anx
iously awaiting my husband's return,
as I knew he would make every effort
to get off from the office at an earlier
hoar than usual. Presently the wel
come sound of his footsteps greeted
my ears, and soon he stood beside me.
"Isn't it too bad," I said asl tucked
baby away on the sofa, "that we
should have such a miserable evening
If or oar first effort at hospitality?"
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1895.
"It is, indeed, my little wife, bat it
is just qh well bo—a greater disap
pointment is jet in store for yon. I
have received instruotious from Mr.
Benedict to meet his partner in the
city to-night on important business for
the firm. In order to catch the train
I must loavo you in half an hour. Dav
enport is to accompany me; therefore
you need not expeot him or his wife."
I felt on the verge of a flood of
tears, and my face 'must have given
expression to my feelings, for my hus
band drew mo close within his arms
and said: "Don't give way to those
feelings, but listen to mo. I have
some good news to tell j-ou. The
property I owned in Marville has at
lust found a purchaser, and as real es
tate has gone up there I received for
it S3OOO in cash. The money came to
me by express this evening, and as I
had no timo tc go back t to the bank, I
must trust it to your care for the
night."
So saying, he placed the package in
my hands.
"I shall be in the city only a few
hours," he continued," and will return
by tho night express, so you may look
for mo about 2 o'clock in the morning.
Don't mako up your mind to bo mis
erable whilo I'm gone, but retire early
and sleep well, aud dream pleasant
dreams about how you will spend some
of the money you havo there."
He was soon gone, and I watohed him
until he was out of sight; then turn
ing from the window, I threw myself
into a large armchair before tho fire,
and did just what Adair had told me
not to d>- Vburst iuto a flood of tears.
Afte indulging myself in this fem
inin' Veakness for about twenty min
ute / felt equal to tho task of break
ing the news of great disappointment
to Mamraie. When I had told her of
Adair's return and depnrture.her phil
osophical turn of mind caused her to
remark : "Well, honey, man he 'poses,
and God Ho desposes! Sho'ly dey
ain't no tellin' what a da.v'll bring
forth ! Here we is done been er work
in' all day—fer what? Jist to teach
yjU a lesson in pachunce ! and dat you
musn't set yer heart on nufliu' in dis
life ! Well! el'n we wants to git these
things put away 'fore dark, we'd bet
ter git about it. Jemes you kin jist
fold up de table liuen, auil put up do
silver, and I'll tend to puttin' up de
vittles."
It took us but ft short time to undo
tbe work which had occupied us all
three tinco uoon and after having
paid Jauies and dismissed him, I re
turned to tho parlor where baby still
lay sleeping.
As tho raiu was still falling iu tor
rents, I resolved to remain down stairs
uutil Mammie had finished her night's
work and would bo ablo to accompany
mo up fctuirs. I have nover been o
timid woman ; but that uight, as I sat
alono listening to the wind whistle
about tho house corners and driving
the rain drops furiously aguinst the
shutter?, a feeling of great uneasiness
took possession of me—a strange foro
boding of approaching evil.
In vain did I endeavor to shako it
off. When Maramio came iu we made
a tour of inspection to see that the
house was securely fastened, and then
we ascended tho stairs to my own
arpartmcnts. Thanks to Mammie, a
bright lire was burning iu the grato,
and when tho lamps were lighted baby
opened wide his eyes and announced
his intention of keeping awake. At
any other time I should have been iin
putient at his obstinate wakefulness,
but to-night I gave him all the en
couragement he needed. While baby
and I engaged in a great rout)), Mam
mio nodded to us from her seat in the
corner. It was twelve o'clock and
still baby seemed not to grow tired.
Iu leuuing forward to place him on
tho carpet before me, I distinctly
heard a noise in the direction of the
bed. Turning my eyes that way I es
piod a toot protruding from uuder the
mosquito bar that fell in folds to tho
lloor.
My breath almost left me, I folt
myself grow weak and fuint, but som
moning all tho courage iu my nature
I went on playing with b»by. I
thought of the S3OOO which my hus
band had given me, and I felt sure
that if any one had overhetrd our
conversation at tho tirno he gave the
money, that person also knew that
Adair expected to reach home at 2.
It was then nearly 12, and th« robber
would soon grow impatient with wait
ing, come out from his place of con
cealment uud demand of mo tho money,
and, perhaps, murder us all. Some
thing must be done, uud done quick
ly. After turning over in my mind
many plans of escape from our hidden
enemy, 1 decided upon this scheme:
"Mamuiie," I said, ''l hear a noise
downstuirs at the kitheu window. I
believe somo one is trying to break
into tho house. Wake up—get tho
candle, and we'll frightem them off.
Here is Adair's pistol; you take baby
und give me the candle. lam not
afraid. Now follow mo—but wait! I
have S3OOO about mo that Adair loft
in my keeping, and I must conceal it
in this room for fear of accident I'll
just put it on the shelf in the closet
here until we return."
So saying I opened tho oloset door
and pretended to hide away the paok
age. Coming out, I closed the door
tightly, and, followed by Mammie,
went nut into the hall, olosing my
bedroom door behind me. I then
hurriedly whispered to Mammie what
I had seen, and bade her take the cau
dle and goon down stairs with bsby,
who still kept up his ohatter. I took
a stand at the door and listened until
1 heard the oloset door hastily open;
stealthily I turned the bolt of the
chamber doot, rushed toward the
closet, slammed and looked tho do r,
at the same time oalling to Mammie to
return.
As the closet had boon fitted up for
the reception of our silver, given to
us as wedding presents, I knew tho
lock was strong ; and as the burglar
ha«l been surprised hv hi I u'wut U'w
no tools that would enable him to ef
fect his escape. Therefore I armed
myself with Adair's pistol, and Mam
raie and baby and I kept watoh over
my prisoner until we were relieved at
2 o'clock by the arrival of my has
band.
Going out into the street, ho sum
moned a polieemau. The burglar was
brought out handcufifod and carried
away.
I was not srrprised to reooguize the
waiter James.—New Orleans Times-
Democrat.
ltrousrht to Light.
At a general election in Engluud, a
candidate personally unknown to the
voters of a certain borough was asked
by party leaders to stand for it. Ho
belonged to a good family, and was a
barrisier of promiso iu Loudon. His
path to success was open, as the
borough belonged to his party. But
whon he mounted the platform to
address the electors, after a sentence
or two he suddedlv beoame pale aud
confused, his eyes fixed on a board op
posite ou which was sorawled with
charcoal, "Forty pounds!" Ho
stumbled through a short spoech, and
then hurriedly left the stand.
A few days later he rose to speak iu
another town, and again the myster
ious words written in black on tho
wall confronted him. Again he left
the platform, and that night retired
from the contest for the seat in Parlia
ment. Not long afterward ho disap
peared from public life, and retired to
an English colony where he hid him
self on a ranch. The words, it was
found, referred to a theft comuiittod
iu his youth, which ho supposed hail
beeu forgotten.
Alexis Piron, the Freneh poet and
satirist, sought for many yoars to ob
tain a seat among theForty Immortals
in the French Academy. Ho was roo
ognized among tho poets of his day,
and was confident of his ultimate ad
mission, when a vile ode, written wheu
ho was a boy, was brought to light,
and ho knew that the loor of the
Academy was closed iu his face for
ever.
Iu both of the great political parties
of this country there h.vo been in
stances of moneminent iu mental abil
ity, wbo have failed to[rec-oive the high
political honors, becut'-o of the
shadow of eouic fault or felly of their
earlier Jays.
Behind all the liappinois of life, bo
hind even God's love, tlicf 1 is such a
thing as law. "Who breaks i* always
pays tho penalty." God may. furg'vv>
him, but tho linos on ■- V-:
taint in his soul, remain to toll of Ijo
vice of his early dayj.—Youth's Com
panion.
Metal Workers ot Asia.
Among tho half civilized peoples of
Central Asia are many artistic workers
iu metals. One of theso Nations or
tribes, tho Burates, is famous for in
laid work. Tho Bnssians call those
workmen "Bratskaya llobata." They
uso gold, tin and silver for inlaid work
on iron. The art has been practiced
by thom for thousands of years, and
their skill has been recorded iu the
ancient folk songs of Asia. A writor
describing their work say thoy ham
mer tho silver, gold or tin very thin.
Then the part of tho object to bo iu
laid is made rough with a hummer,
tho surfaco of which is roughened like
a tile. Templets of birch bark serve
to cut tho metal iuto tho proper shape,
which is laid upon the heatid object
and lightly hammored into tli3 rough
surface, theu heated to a blue color,
and tho inlaid metal is hammered
smooth with a polishod hammer.—
Scientilic American.
Write tliecrlul Letters.
The popular womau doos not write
doleful letters; she waits till sho is iu
a better frame of mind '- sforo begin
ning them, for she realizas that there
aro burdens enough iu life without
adding to them by inflicting possimis
tio epistlos on her friends.
If sho writes a letter of condolence
it soeius to come from the heart, for if
it doos not sound that way sho will
not let its coldness further grieve a
bereaved one ; and if sho sends con
gratulations to a bride or a mother
she makes a poiut of recollecting or
looking up sumo rousing good wishes
that have the ring of genuine inter
est.
One woman drops a fragrant Dower
iu a letter, not to a gushing school
girl, but to an old lady or a tired
mother of an exacting family, and by
this bit of sentiment—not sentimeu
taiity—keeps her memory green iu tho
hearts of her friends.—New York
Herald.
The Poison ot the Oriiithoriiynchus.
The hind feet of the ornithorhynoh
tis, "the mole with webbed feet and
the bill of a duck" that puzzed zoo
logists so much for a long time, aro
provided with a solid spar counected
with a gland. Have wo here r. poison
gland? From some apparently trust
worthy account., that have reached him,
Mr. Stewart thinks we have. This
gland is at loist venomous at a certain
season. A dog was wouuded by one
of these .-.purs throo times, and the
symptoms tho first time wore thoso of
pain and somnolence, but there wore
no convulsions, titubatious or tremb
ling. Upon the two other occasions,
the symptoms wore less pronounced,
and even null, thus indicating habitu
ation. The poison has proved mortal
to the dog in four cases, but in man
the symptoms disappear without caus
ing death.—Scientific American.
A I'rimliivn Confessional.
It was a custom of the Crow Indians
that the members of a war party when
taking the trail should confess their
immoralities to each o her. The most
solemn oaths of necrecy were taken,
and women were never admitted to
the ifOl'i't Mi.Melieh thus established,
—New York Worl I.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
In civilized countries the averago
age at which women marry is twenty
three and one-half years.
What is left of potato palp after tho
starch is extracted is used, among
other things, in the manufacture of
boxes.
M. Tassinari, a Paiisian scientist,
finds the smoke of tobacco to bo one of
the most perfect germicides and disin
fectants ever used.
It has been found, on investigation,
that the cucumber has a temperature
of one degree below that of the sur
rounding atmosphere.
Trunk wires to connect London by
telephone with Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Dublin have just been erected by
the British postoffice.
A small elcctrio lamp is being used
instead of a bell in some of the tele
phone exchanges in England. The call
for connection lights the lamp.
Diamond dust was supposed to be
poisonous by tho early cbomists, but
it has been settled that thero is no
poisonous matter in the diamond.
Two cases have recently been re
ported of interference witb electric
signals on a st~. a railway by tho
ground current from an electric trol
ley line.
Ono of the most striking of tho ex
periments in a recent lecture before
the Royal Institute of Great Britain
showed frozen soap bubbles floating
on liquid air.
Schiffen k Kircher, of Grunstadt,
Bavaria, have discovered a new min
eral compound which IH plastic in
water, but become extremoly hard
when dry. They call it apjrrito.
Tho concrete foot,;ig of St. John's
Cathedral, New York City, is mado of
one part cement, twc< parts saud and
threo parts round. #i' >oth lobbies. It
is made and mixed b* machinery.
Tho Berwind-Wui-O Coal Com
pany, of Osceola Mi'is, Penu., have
a new mine turnii'-j out 11,000
tons a mouth, in wh'io no mule was
ever employed. Electricity does the
hauling. )
An electric lire alaca now boing in
troduced in Switzurlaid aots automat
ically through tho | xpausiou of a
metallic rod under This makes
nu electric connect io'4 ftl *d it is said
that the alarm is so sj .sitiv<; that it is
putin operation bj-J ding a lighted
match near it.
Bodies do not jriso ' Lake Geneva,
t-'tt'itzerlusi' 1 in !<"- 'J Ji seventeen
"uaj r 8 1 and rrtSjTffrifall. There
is said to bo an underground connec
tion botwoeu Lake Gouova and the
chain of great lakes, aud some people
have a theory that bodies are often
carried into the larger lakes and never
recovered.
Attacked by Whales.
Captain Mitchell, of the steamer tug
Thomas J. Smith, whicli arrived here
| from sea, having in tow tho bone-laden
| Italian bark, from Buenos Ayres,
which sho picked up to tho southward
of Fenwiek Island, reports having
been attacked by a tremendous school
of whales while eruisiug forty miles
southeast of Cape Henlopen. The
whales surrouuded the tug for a period
of four hour.'', blowing largo streams
of water into the air, which com
pletely shut out all view of the stir
rouu'iiugs. Captn n Mitchell says
that in thirty jaar*' service at
sea on tugs he never before saw such
large whales, nor were they ever
known to congregate in such numbers
so close to the land. It was a serious
time on board the frail tug, and all
hands were badly scared, as these
monsters seemed infuriated aud dashed
along tho sides of the boat with great
force. Captaiu Mitchell ran tho eu
gines full speed aud attempted to get
clear of Ihe school, but tho huge
marine animals followed the tug, al
most swamping her with the immense
volumes of water they threw on board.
Finding that any attempt to get away
from thgm was futile, Captain Mitohell
loaded up a largo horse-pistol he ha 1
on board and began tiring iuto them,
but tho bullets took no effoot. One
monster ho put six shots into, but it
only infuriated the animal still more.
I It was about 3 o'clock in tho afternoou
when the loader of the school headed
off shore, and soon tho whole number
followed and disappeared.—Philadel
phia Press.
Drowning Boy Saved by a Do;,'.
A large Newfoundland dog savod a
boy's life at Baltimore yesterday. Tho
boy is Howard Connanbaugh, eight
. years old, and the dog, formerly a
tramp, is now cared for by Edward
Lynch. The boy and tho dog were
romping on the dock iu tho morniug,
when tho boy accidently fell over
board. Thero is twenty feet of water
in the dock. The big Newfoundland
spw the boy fall, and just as he ca'.ne
to the surface spraug iuto the dock
and swain to the fast-siuking boy.
Tho boy clutched the wooly hair on
the dog's neck, which kept* him atloat,
and then the dog started to swim with
his burden to tho other side of the
dock. A man rushed to tho rcscne,
and when the dog readied tka place,
jumped into a rowboat and mauage.l
to pull both the dog and the boy out
of the water. The dog became a hero
in the eyes of the people who had
been attracted to the scene, aud he
was given a first-class dinner for his
heroism'. —Baltimore Americau.
A Theory About Musical Prodigies
It is believed by some who have ex
amined the histories of so-called musi
cal prodigies that thoy are developed
by making when children the discov
ery that the tips of their fingers will
produoe on a piano the same time and
tone they make with tho tips of their
tongues in their mouths.—Ne# York
I World.
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SON BILL HAVK l)ONK.
Foreign Trade Against Us to the Kx
tent or sl7o,ooo,ooo—Secured
975,000,000 Less Business in the
Markets of the World—A Loss of
$93,500,000 to American Labor.
The advance statement of our
statistics of imports and exports for
the twelve months ending June 30,
1891; and 1895, affords opportunity
for some very interesting study. Tak
ing first of all our exports af Ameri
can products we find that they com
pare as follows:
EXPORTS OF AMERICAN* PRODUCTS.
Year ending
June 30. Value.
189 SSC9,< 58,158
189 793,553,018
Loss to producers $75,505,1-10
During ten months of the 1895 year
the Gorman tariff has been in opera
tion, the wall of protection has been
broken down and the markets of the
world have been thrown wide open to
us; yet we sold §75,505,140 worth less
of American products and manufac
tures in that time than we did during
the preceding twelve months.
Turning next to our imports of
foreign goods, these have been $94.,-
185,302 greater during the 1805 yesr
than in 1894, as follows :
IMPORTS OF FOREIGN' GOODS.
Year ending
June 30. Vtllue.
1895 $731,900,319
1894 047,775,017
Loss to labor $84,185,302
In this respect the object of tho
Gorman tariff has been partly attained,
although tho free traders have not
given away such a large 6lico of our
markets a? they had hoped to do.
However, the'y have made a begin
ning, and, if allowed to do so by tho
American people, they will continue
their work of destruction to American
industries aud their robbery of tho
many American wage earners for the
benefit of the few foieign manufac
turers.
We next compare tho imports of
goods admitted free of duty with tho
following result:
IMPORTS FREE OF DUTY.
Year ending
Juno 30. Value.
189 *372,575,931
1895 . 303,230,927
Decrease $9,345,004
This shows that under'ltie Gorman
tariff, which was supposed to give our
people an extra abundance of this
world's sharo of free goods, wo have
actually received $9,345,000 worth less
of free goods than in 1894. Thus an
other free trade promise is proven a
falsehood.
Now let us take the imports of duti
able goods. These compare as fol
lows :
DUTIABLE IMPORTS.
Year ending
Juue 30. Vnl lie.
1895 $308,729,392
189-1 275,199.080
Loss to labor $93,530,303
The get increase in our imports of
dutiable goods reached $93,539,306.
It must bo remembered that this
amount of gain to foreign producers
and manufacturers occurred practi
cally during only ten out of the twelve
months that they were enabled to
broak into our markets, beoauso our
wall of protection had been torn down.
When wo come to figure tho increase
in dutiable imports for a full year of
the Gormandizing act we shall un
doubtedly bo ablo to show that tho
value of that portion of our market
which tho free traders gave away to
foreigners aggregated fully $100,000,-
000 for the year. However, dealing
with the fiscal year, and showing our
total loss through tho decline in our
export trade, together with the larger
amount of foreign goods that have sup
planted American goods, wo arrive at
tho following aggregate of loss:
TOTAL LOSS, 1895.
Through export trade 475,505,140
Through dutiable imports 93,530.3.10
Total year's loss ■4109,035,440
The American people havo paid, in
round numbers, $170,000,000, accord
ing to the Treasury department statis
tics, for experimenting with tho rule
and ruin polioy of free trade. This is
the result of tho first year and, prac
tically, of but ten months in the year.
It was a costly "chango" that the peo
ple voted for.
Our Trade in Corn.
Since that breach was made in tbe
wall of protection, at the end of last
August, we exported in the eight
months from September 1, 1894, to
April 30, 1895, just 18,391,804 bushels
01 corn. During tho first eight months
of tho MoKinlev tariff, from October
1, 1890, to May 31, 1891, we exporte 1
14,582,820 bushels. The increase in
our exports was over 3,800,000 bushels
during the Gorman tariff period.
The amount of money paid us for
corn exported during tho JlcKinley
tariff eight months was $9,252,-
180. For tho larger quantity
shipped abroad under the Gorman
tariff wo received $9,421,484. Sup
posing that corn was worth just as
much to farmers under the Gorman
tariff as under the MoKinley tariff,
then they sold 3,800,000 bushels for
$172,300. This was at the rate of
about four and a half cents a bushel.
This represents the prioe paid for
the extra quantity of our American
product that tbe markets of the world
have been willing to take away siuoo
our wall of protection was broken
down. Is it worth while to grow corn
for the sake of shippiug it abroad to
sell at four and a half oeuts per bushel?
This is a problem that confronts tho
American farmers.
NO. 47.
'Wo^
SOB GOES ABROAD.
BEES SILKS IN PARIS.
AND SEES JOHN BULL'S SHOT?.
RETURN'S HOME AND BUYS AMERICAN GOODS.
AiIERICAN
PATRONIZES AMERICAN LABOR.
AND TIIEN SHE LEADS THE WORLD.
It Takes tiio Cake.
As representatives ot corruption,
deception, intrigue an I uu-American•
cisiu, the seooud Administration of
President Grover Cleveland has never
been equaled in the history of the
United States.
Free Wool Benefits.
The ninth month of the Gorman
tariff gave ua total imports of manu
factures ol foreign woolen goo Is worth
93,001,113, ns compared with im
ports worth only $1523,159 in May.
1891.