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m.kinni5y, texas. thursday, june 2tt, 1884.
*1 a yea.
iTBWtor istkmsnt.
Cisco is tn have a mi'« course.
Jackslioro wan Is a ♦,i."i,iHH)
flouring mill.
Kaglc Pas* ha* ship) •ed over
4AH,HUO |k iiii«Ih of wool to date.
Two men at Sabine Pass have
killed ami hni alliga-
tors.
nftsh'N uv tklhukapm. A D©f Which Do«s • Cute Trick. High Tariff and Low Wa«ei, Tho Nomination of Mr Blaino. i'aknkkk ax!) thk tab IKK. ducts at home aa<l abroad for to them
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Shifted to rhiravo.
TIIK Kl.VNN IMUCAN Mil O SMOI'l.
IIK.HI.Ntl IN TIIK I.AKK CITY
TllltK.VTKNKH VKBf
UKTTA.
■and
cUy
A son of Kit
ed
tlti ranch
'p.'hirvrs
work'Ull' iin- e\v Turk
capitol at Albany.
Farmers about (Irapevbie an
wisely fencing tlieit
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Hot Kpriugs. .limn 18.—It ap-
pears inevitable that Chicago
will liocouic I In* legatee of the
loutl vendetta among Hot Spring
j gamblers. intelligence being re-
ri'ivi'il here of a iv viva I of tin*
feud there. A gentleman hrri',
said t< l i friendly to one of tIn*
factious, claims to have Inm ii
n< "UffK. nre at j literally run out of tlie Lake
state City last week by members of
I tin* opposing gang, ami that
vengeance has bi'i'u foresworn
iipiii'ortain parties herw.should
There are •# Jfive tliou-
n«l Hebrew/ /New York
'y l\ f
\ soil of Kit fj, oil's in employ
il on ex-Hen % Tf Horsey'h rat
in 11 i{..i<i« ' limy v if«i i Chicago. Nearly all
the principals ia the tragedy of
A large bed of poreelian clay J \ binary 1Mb are absent from
lilts been discovered about two here, awaiting trial in Septem
—1,-'~ l>er for murder in the lirst de-
miles east of Corsicumi.
A Waterspout visited SI nek
leford last Friday, drowning
8H0 out of a herd of 1MJ0.
A bear weighing
pounds was killed
over -Joo
near Valley
Mills a few days ago.
Not one warehouse has been
built in Alexandria Va.. since
the English boinbardtiu'iit
#1. W. Faweett, of Oiayson
county hus over twenty acres
greein the killing of John Flynn
It is surmised that sanguinary
work will ensue should the op-
posing principals center in Chi-
cago. 1'he authorities have ta
ken the precaution to preclude
any revival of the feud in this
<*it'y. — ~
v costly m i kino.
Abilene. June IS. Messrs.
(ireer and I). JIuer, sheep men
Passengers oil the afternoon
"scoot" train from Springfield
may daily witness in \VestHeld
an instance of cunine inielli
geiice that is worthy to go on
record. Soon after the train
passes the trap rock tiuany, on
the outside of the track, used by
eastward bound trains, a dog
can be seen racing along with
the cars until a pa] er is thrown
off by the baggage master. The
dog instantly seiz.es it, and after
giving a bark of acknowledge
incut, trots down the embank-
mciit to the house of his owner
not far away. The sagacious
animal is apparently of New-
foiiiiillaudaml St. Hcruurd breed
iiii<I for three or four years has
aeti'il as news-carrier in the way
described. Every day. except
Sunday, summer and winter, lie
goes to his post on the track at
about the time the train is due
and there awaits the throwing
of tic paper. It is said that lie
not only knows the hour when
the train should come along hut
that in one day in seven there
is lio need of his services. Ap
puri-ntl\ the dog has also learn-
ed to know the whistle of liis
train from tlint of any other, for
if in the road or yard when the
whistle is sounded half a mile
down the track he rushes for
his station. Boston Journal.
The practical operation of the The death of Hurfiehluml the
present tariff may be briefly retirement of Mr. Blaine t«. pri
stated as follows: vale life have ciibiiiiated in
First. To have given such a the elevation of the latter to the
stimulation to the building of lie;id of his party. This result
factories, the development of has long been anticipated. Mr.
mines and the construction of Hlaitie himself has invited it by
railroads ns to have entirely pursuing a policy which suited
overstocked the humc-markct; the times and circiimsiances.
Second. To have close*I the Without soliciting voles he
ports of other nations to the kept himself before the people,
reception of our goods except so that all knew lie was as keen
upon disadvantageous terms; an aspirant as he was IS7't or in ,
Third. To have caused the Inni. lie has thus become the
importation of large numbers of standard bearer of his party;
skilled and unskilled laborers; and he must now face, not poli
Ylit il now, as the direct ami
certain result of this policy, we
have this condition of affairs;
First. Nearly half of the
spindles of Fall Hirer, Massa-
chusetts. are running upon
of wheat with heads averaging i„ Jonescounty,yesterday whih
-.2 2.. ..1 . . . •
on their way from their ranch
lo Abilene, met with a serious
accident in crossing Kim creek:
the team became frightened and
upset the wagon. They lind
with them notes ami bonds to
the amount of **_>.imm) of
which was lost in the water.
nine ill! lies.
The Confederal' reunion w ill
begin at Dallas, August it. Il is
estimated that io.imhi visitors
will attend.
Over I4,:hm> head of horses,
and 40,0515? head of cattle, were
assessed on the tax books of
Grayson county last year.
Mr. Henry Bachelor. Ferris,
,l ,!lulf illt,,,"st i'J Washington. June 31. The
1 Bill Stcrrptt, a tw« -^ i ar < l«l; sninlry «'i\il bill was renoiieil
colt, for ?. .>< . to-day. It provides for the e.\-
Cajif. (biston was offered, a penditurcof ucuiiy $1(HM.MN) for
few days ago, #;V .imhi for the military matters at San Antonio.
KairCirotimls at Ihillas, embrac It contemplates barracks for
ing about sixty acres. The offer! six additional companies of in-
TKXAs SI.ICK OK TIIK I'll..
was declined.
In Ellis county wolf chasing
is imlulged iu occasionally, and
the only instance of one being
captured that we have heard of
was where twenty-live men and
fifteen dogs were in the chase.
The defaulting cashier of a
Massachustts hank lias jusi
lieen sentenced to the peniieu
tiary for eight years. Fijronee
something like justice seems to
have been meted out to a "re-
spectable" thief.
Mr. Ferdinand Ward occupies
the cell once inhabited by that
distinguished financier, the late
Mr. Tweed, and as the latter
didn't get away with the cell it
is reasonably secure, perhaps,
during its tenancy by Mr. Ward.
England's railways killed
1,330 persons last year and in
lured S,I3'1 others. More than
lmlf of these were injured from
their own want of caution iu
passing over crossings and iu
other ways. Thirty six passen-
ger-truing were iu collision.
A few days ago a continuous
telegraphic circuit was cstab
jislied iM'tween London. Kng (iainesville. Tex.. June vo
land, and Calcutta, a distance i News of further trouble iu the
of seven thousand miles, ami Indian territory has reached the
fantry. nnd provides for com
plcting the arsenal amlcouiiuis-
sary ouartermaster's depart
meut.
IIINTINOTON SAIH TollA V K KAIL
I'M .
New York, June 31. A re
| oit t«s ••iitii ely inieotifirm
ed was circulating on Wall
street late this afternoon that
Collis l\ Huntington, of Cen-
tral Pacific railway lame, had
failed, but the friends of Hunt-
ington denied positively that
there was any truth in the story
of his being embarrassed.
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TKXAS i'vni.K CAN'T IIK STof-
I K1 IN TIIK TfcltKITOKY.
Washington, June 31. Infor-
mation to-day is that 3,'.)< ii of
Texas cattle were stopped in
the Territory. 'Mie Interior de
partnieiil telegraphcil iminedi
ately lo open the trail and let
the cattle pass. Sub-orders
have been sent often heretofore
and peremptorily.
ut.ooiiv waii imminknt.
I'oniniunicatioii carried on be
tween the operators at each end
of the line without difficulty.
This is wonderful.
Hie colored brother is dissat-
isfied. A conference is lo b«
city. A number ofcow-boys iu
several localities are held as
prisoners in chains. Very bit-
ter feeling is reported to exist
between the cow boys and the
Indian militia. The trouble
held in ii Yew days iii New York ,Ih' recent cuMiny
to decide what to do. Many, it ^ P «*tiire lences by Indians.
In said, arc in favor of Mending '«'« w-boys by
oil' ami
way of re- *
killed the
representatives to Chicago and v,'"gc ran
promise their support to any horses ol the militia, rioui
1 .... i .... They reports it seems the nation is
* J about lo become a dark and
• , ^ 1 bloody ground and a repeliiion
■ . .« .. > , , , is""! "I* the horrors of years ago is
Wi. prohibiten by bis m.-ih.-.i! 1|fci,,
advisers from taking Ins con •
equal-rights democrat,
don't want Hlaitie.
Mr. Hubert Spencer, who
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\ I'KNNSYI.V VM \ MINI NU VII.
I.MiK SINKINO.
A dispatch from Wilke-barre
I'a.. of June 11, says:
K\ejteim'iit prev.iils in ll.t
vicinity of number lour colliery
of the Delaware, liackawaua «V
Western Uailroad. situated ai
Poke Hollow, caused by the
sinking of the earth's surface
there yesterday and a further
drop this morning. The people
are terror stricken, and are
abandoning their houses as
tempbited voyage lo Australia.
will probably, savs Truth, of
London, take up Ids permaueiil
resuleiti**' on the laveria during
tHi pri'stMit year. He has stay-
ed Meiit/ ne on wveral oc
rftwions. niul it Is thought lie
Wiiiv fix upon that place for his
residence,
Thtre are 7i* Italian laborers
in Denver in a starving condi-
tion. TJiey were carried to
Colorado to work on the railroad
n year ago. Work having been
unspended last fall they have (piickly as possible.
tieen unable to obtain employ- monijn,r while the miners were
ninee last December. I hey have ftt Vireakfast they were startled
held a meeting and petitioned j)V a ]on<j iM.jxjut and the shak
the governor to ns<t'his influence the ground as if by an
to secure them transportation earthquake. Immediutch the
to any jmrt of the I'nion where foamlations of the houses Vegan
work may be had on a railroad, to crumble away, amlthedwell-
The letter of Mr. Charles ings themselves turned over,
BrAdlaiiffh to the Prince of causing the inmates to rush
Wales threatens to cause dis- precipitately from their homes
■ension among the Masons. If and seek places of safety. l or
Mr. Bradlaugh 1h expelbil from over a distance of two miles ev-
the Masonic Order on account ery dwelling house situated
4ifhls athestical opinions his above the treacherous ground is
expulsion call scarcely fail tolw liable to fall into the mine, six
followed by the expulsion or hundred feet In-low. The bot
don of many high minded toms of the wells dropped out.
men who joined the j ami the place is threatened with
water famine. Fortunately, no
lives were lost, but Ilia UV Were
iqjnred.
tii iac.s and delegates «ithiii his
own ranks, but a great party
thai has no faith iu him or ihe
pi iaciples of the platform upon
w hit'li he stands.
•He \vas uomiuat;-d at the end
How tho Protootivo ByHtein Affects
tho Agricultural IntoroaU
of tho Couutry.
TIIK 11 o M K MVUKKT ClCV A HIM
IH'O \NH V HKI.I sloN.
The following are extracts
from tile speeeh of Congressman
Thomas J Wood, of Indiana,
during the debate oil tile Mol'
risoli bill;
Protection compels the farm
ei's. uuiueiieally the greatest
class of consumers, to pay high
prices foi all they buy. while
they are compelled to sell the
products of tie farm at free
trade prices. The protcctixe
tariff establishes the price of
manufactured articles at home,
I trices fixed by competition in worth of America ii pi oil i
airope. Talk lo the farmers s..|i| in fondgu market* ninoial
ulmui pau|M*r labor! Tin y are lv Hr* ak down thi-great mar-
To reed to sell their w heal at kct by continuing y our protec
Ijivcrpool, if they sell at all. live jioHcy , and where will this
and there they collie ill direct $<tH0,lNN),fJ(J0 surplus goi As 1
competition with the pauper have said, the commercial trad
labor of tin-Baltic, where only "is of other countries w ill not
permit America to build up it
great trade with them in agri-
cultural products when America
j ('Il her ports to their trade
short time. The operatives have of a struggle of almost iluprece
been Compelled to accept the d-'llted bitterness. Tic very
best wages, which amount lo circumstances of his uouiina
but a week for work upon tion must have a tendency to
an article protected l\y a duty arouse factional feelings, and
of 40 per cent. Mr. lilaiue himself represents
Second. Tin coul miners of all that <«ranl ami Conkliug
Pennsylvania, protected by a and the stalwarts generally
duty of ?n cents a ton, have loath and despise. Hut Mlaine's
been compelled to su blllit o Weakness chiefly consists ill his
over fifty y ears old and worth
millions of dollars, from tin
pauper labor of Kurope, whih
Villi see the bilge body of agl i
ciilturists, on whom the pros
perily of the country depends
selling the products of their la
bor in competition with ilu
l.ul fail, a lair, fin I""'.";?? •'""
an,I l...f, Tl, . 'l. IU..I "".?klM"'1 KW1''
ill I lie free truih
cut ufter cut upon their wages,
ami how to be satisfied with
three days workout of six.
Third. The iron miners of
Pennsylvania have had to sub
restless ambition in his desire
lo inaugurate a dazzling, show \
policy bot hat homeaml abroad.
(Mice seated lie would begin a
campaign lor a second term,ami
chiefly bccatt* it is geu
How Cubans Smoko Tobacco.
A Cuban smokes every hour
that he is awake, lie generally
manages iu n day to smoke
four or live cigars and two
packages of cigarettes, each
package containing nineteen
cigarettes. There is more
strength iu two of these cigar
cites than iu the ordinary cigar
sold iu the I nitcd Stales. In
Cuba, the women and children
smoke just as the men do. The
American at lirst takes a dis
like to the genuine Havana
cigars. They are jet black,and
each one is rolled in silver foil.
The highest priced cigars are
*;m> a hundred, but you ran gel
a very good five cent cigar. The
average Havana is only lit to
smoke after a hearty meal.
Smoked on an empty stomach
it strains the nerve and muscles
and makes the brain dizzy. As
only one third of the land in
Cuba is under cultivation it
will be seen that there is room
lor a large increase in the to
lmcco product. Constitution.
Tho Convolution of To-day,
Conversation is a vastly dif-
•
fereiit tiling iu this, our day,
from that of something under a
hundred years ago. Imagine
the society of to day tolerating
the impromptu ami intermina
ble harangues Mine, de Slael
treated her guests to. She
would be run mil of the society
of to-day as a public nuisance.
We no longer converse we
talk. We dare not venture off
society upon tcpics when iu that
whirl, h<? i we weigh down its
prescribed lightness of toneaml
disturb the equilibrium. If we
are so unwise as to cultivate
our miml. socie'y must know
nothing of iI, or we w ill be look-
ed at askance and held in dread;
mid any feather brained person
can talk and keep dm ball roll
ing for hours therefore of what
use to aim to be a brilliant con-
versationalist? There is but one
person in a tlrousaml w ho takes
pains to or is capable of dis-
criminating between tile spuii
oils ami the real article. San
Francisco News-Letter.
Young Johno Bocomos a Philoso-
pher.
I called yesterday on Jesse
Urant, the youngest and pet of
the Grant family: and found
hilii iu his office, lb- was not
iu a gloomy frame of mind, but
vivacious ami cheerful as a
youth should be, even if lie has
lost ljl|<N>.INNI. "There is Iiolli
ing lo add to what lia* been
said." lie answered me.
In reply to my question w lieth
er his father would-make any
statement, he said:
"No, I suppose not. Not at
present, ill any rale, lie may
make one by and by."
I inquired why lie did not
make a statement now.
• "Hecause there is nothing to
say," he answered. "We've nil
lost our money and that's the
end of it."
The evidence before the com-
mittee reveals many discredit
able things iu regard to tin-
star route trails. The impres-
sion has been made that ar
rangmeiits were made to acquit
rather than convict, that very
intricate cases were taken and
, plain ones passed o\er; that
Attorney Hliss made repeated
visits* to New York on private
business, charging his i-xpeit
ses. even the expense of wash
ing his linen.to tin-government,
at the same time lie was receiv-
ing as his fees one hundred
dollars a day. It has also been
made pretty clear that Oitteau
was not without accomplice* in
the murder of Harfieid,
mil ton reduction of wages the country would be apt to be
from #l.5J* to 7*' per day, while treated lo policies that would
the duty on ore was increased not promote its growth and
front 4."> cents to 7.* cents per prosperity. In times like the
ton. present ilie country does not
Fourth. The carpet weavers waul an irritating foreign poli
of Philadelphia are now without cy or a disturbing domestic pol
Work, because they refused to
accept a reduction of IT) percent,
iu I heir wages. They were gel
icy . 11 would be apt to
both if ii elects Mr. !ilaine.
Thoughtful people w
get
^ . Ilpl
ling 7 cents for weaving a yard to hesitate beloie iLe y vote for
of carpet on w hich the duty is the brilliant ami restless man
:to cents a yard and Mo per cent, of Maine. The ov er'pressed bus
ad \ aloiem.
Fifth. The sawmills of Mich
igau are idle because of a strike
That is fixed
markers of the
world Farmers buy under pro
lection and sell under free trade.
High protection makes high
prices tin imported goods. If
I In- domestic manufacturer sold
his goods cheaper than the 1 in
ported article they would ex
elude the latter from cur mar
kets. The home manufacturer*
w ill not compete w ith the im
porter, because it is against his
interests In do so. lie wauls
enough ot the imported article
lo come into onr markets to pa v
the high duties and establish
prices. Thai is the index for
the home product.
The prices of domestic maun
fact 11 red goods will not lie fixed
by home com net it ion nmlerhigh
protection We can have com
$lt< jw-r year is paid for farm
labor, and a worse competition
with the labor of Kgypt. Why
the anxiety to protect inantifac
titling industries, many of them by high protective duties, and
heavily taxes our people to do
il that a favored class may
prosper.
The farmer is told that there
is a tariff upon farm products,
Inii how does that benefit him?
Not any. Why' Will farm
products in any considerable
quantities be shipped to the
I nited Stales when our own
against a reduction of I
cents a day from the already
smail wages, although lumber
is protected by a 20 per cent,
duty.
Sixth The iron mills of Tren-
ton have been compelled to low
er their wages, altlioiigh their
iiiess man. who cannot leave his
office or store or factory foi a
summer rest, w ill be apt*i« think
twice In fore he helps to the
presidency a man whose career
lias been lull of surprises and
daring declarations. Mr Minim-
is not a sale iiiati ami ilie Inisi
uess world knows it.
I low I hen can a tna>-. \\ ho can
not poll iu the doubtful slates,
possess the
al business
men how
and w ho does not
confidence in a c
perilnl • >f business
i tu oieli a man magnetic and
brilliant though lie be hope to
carry the country lie cannot
carry New York, nor New Jer
ses nor Indiana, and ii is not
alt ogelher certain that lie can
product is protected against ami particularly in New York,
foreign competition by aduty of, llie full vote of his parly be
and 1M.7H a ton. * ' cause of factional difieri-nces.
These facts go far to prove
that the present troubles exist
not only despite the tariff but
in consequence of il A reform
is necessary, and iu no direct ion
more so than iu that sy stem
which, while admitting freely
all kinds of labor to our shops
and mines, has built around
this country a wall beyond carry Massachusetts. The best
which American industry ami men iu his own party iu the
brains and mechanical ingciiu last named stale will not sup
ity cannot go. and which has port him except iu the most per
so stimulated foreign enterprise tuiictory manner, and if to luke
ami forced foreign neccessitv
that the fertile fichbud' India
and Kgypt have been brought
into a competition which
causes America's corn and
wheat to rot at the farmer's
I'renton True American.
petition among domestic uinnii
i'acturers only by enacting a
prohibitory la rill' lo exclude im
port mi 11 ogei her or have no ta ri If
al all The manufacturers do
not want a high prohibitory
tin ill' nor free t rude. The\ want
a high protective larilV thai
admits foreign goods to our
markets on payment of high
duties, and they take tin-
pri* I lie importer, after
diities are paid, for iheir price.
Here is an example: The < o\
eminent receives uholl! &:tO,IHM|,
000 of revenue from the import
of uiaiiufaci ii red woolens last
year. The home product amount
ed to foili times tin- imported
article, or about *'Joo.ikio,ooo.
The average duly on woolens is
about (C per cent, ad valorem.
lie* i m pi >i hi paid I lie i *« \
«• in men 11 hi 11 \ millions iu duties
charged il lo the -citing price or
his goods, ami our people pur
chased iheiu and paid theibities; . ...
1 , I .1 1 , , . excepting llle lime o|
but when the <• purchased i i. : . i-
, , 1 , 1 and Herman inlerdn
I lie two hundred millions id lit
The promise of protection is a farmers produce more t hau they
home market for farm products, want and have a large surplus
That is a humbug. TlicAnicii to sell in the world's markets?
can people can not and never When our farmers raise grain
will consume the products of and provisions and s,.|| them iu
the American farms. Todothat the open markets of the world
y ou must import twenty million against all competition, will the
people and put them in the fac agricultural products of other
lories ami workshops. Then a countries conic to Aim-ricaf It
worse result would follow on the is very plain that tin- tariff du
other side overproduction of ties levied upon farm products
manufactured articles. In Inmo is no benefit to the farmer ami
the American people only eon may just as well be talo n from
sinned r>4 per cent, of the farm tin- list. Without f,'ii-ign mar
products. I heard a Western kets wheat will rot in tin- stack
tanner say: "Why .see for your and provisions go to waste,
self Take the surplus of six Farmers are advised by the pro-
great Stales, then count the tectiouists toquit farming: only
number of people protected and produce enough for home con
I heir employes, and each one of sumption. Then th laboring
I hem would have local six bar people would bear the burdens
re Is of Hour per day , a ton of of dear bread and neat. That
beef, ouc thousand pounds of policy would lessen production,
I)
warmiiess in political ranks
proper, is developed distrust in
business circles.
door.
About
even I in* Ohl
Hay state may win a place in
the democratic column.
| lie tin- result w hat il may tlie
bread and butler brigade j
I the colored troops gein-ri,
tho Jury that Convicted wi||
home in a dispirited
and hapless condition. Tln-y
be I on a horse that was easily
distanced, uml the entire gang
can not now establish a single
claim upon Mr. lilaiue They
fit111■ • >I east an electoral vole,
and the only influential votes
lhe\ had ot* will hav e t hi
John Brown.
< >f the jury I hut convicted old
John Hlown. seven of the twelve
are still living ami pursuing
their usual avocations in tln-ir
native county. The foreman of
tliii jury, John C. Whitshirc,
was a farmer, who personally
managed his line estate until his
death at the age of (58. lie left
two sons, upright citizens of the
community, one serving several
terms as deputy sheriff of the
county. Isaac Ihisi, tin* oldest
member, is still living a
retired life on his land at tlu*
age of H7. His life waffinjeo-
mrdy several times during the
ate war, A federalsoldier.de
siring distinction, placed his
revolver to I he old man's breast
and fired. His daughter knock
ed the muzzle of the Weapon to
one side and thus saved his life.
Oeoige \V, linyi r is a wagon
maker, slill !iv ing and working
at his trad< al I he age of UV lb:
is a.great Methodist ami a lead
er in Ids church. Jacob J. Mil
ler is a farmer, still living at lin-
age of U7. Thomas Osboiiru.
also a farmer, having put his
mum to the obligations of a
friend, lost hi- farm ami is now
liv ing with hi- son at an advauc
ed age. William Right-tine, a
merchant tailor, is still in his
native tow i in fhi county. Ib-
is over 7<>. Richard Tambcrlukc
ami John C. McClure, farmers,
are still living and following
their occupation iu the county .
Thomas Watson, jr.. and Ifeo,
W. Table, farmers, and Joseph
My el's and Wni. A. Martin, car
liage makers, are dead. From
tin- foregoing it w ill be seen that
the average age of! his cehdnal
e«l jun was not far from 7"
years.
\ 15M Y Wol-M.
Heading, Pa.. J line I -I The
armv worm has appeared in
lierks county in great force.and
has already done much dam
llge.
Subscribe for the |ii«o< cm.
f ink #1 .(mi a V ejll
year
were persistently cast against
tin' plumed kliigiit. They foiighl
i nobly . but their foresight was
not equal to the occasion, and
they will now proceed to ch« w
! tlu- bitter cud of disappoint
inefii Mr. lilaiue owes Ih«'in
nothing.- Atlanta Const it uIion.
Indian Appropriations.
{ The Indian \ppropi iatioti
Hill, as returned by lie* House
lo the Semite, contains the foi
lowing items of appropriation:
Foi Chickasaw, for pet ma
le nt annuity, fct.ooo; trust fund
interest. Ali>,8.'lo.
For ( hocktaw s, under all
-Jfcuad-. s:io,o:!i ,so; trust fund
intcre-t gem-nil fund. £•. ?.ono.
Foi t'Iu 11>i\e> . trust fund iu
teres I national fund. *'.'i',.onu;
trust fund, inteic-d school fund,
*:MI"
Fi M' ( I >')
*110 tHIK 10.
For l el<
(crest. *s.!t:io.
For Semlnoh
heads. #iS,,''itH .
The trust fund interests aris
es from bollds stolen before
the war. or loaned to southern
states, which hu ve failed to pay
i II t e | e «|, lllld Congress Ilia Kes
good lie- amount. The interest
due the ('herokces and Dele
waii -does not require au ap
propi iation by Coiigr«-s-. as it
I* collected and paid directly
on the bonds belonging to them
and held iu trust by the In-
put t I lie III of til)' I lltel ior («a
Zetteer.
Kyle. J urn- 17 Jane- Kl
leott. ii young man 'il years
old. while in bathing near Ilu
p' , e yesterday, was seized
'. 11Ii clump ami drowned before
\s, under all hejels,
* a re. trust fund in
under
all
he could be renelcd
<i iiiiii ions oi i ii)
Inuue mauufact ured art ich-1 hey
paid no less price for il than
they did I'oi the imported a it i
c|e. If lie- people could buy
llii' home product cheaper,
would they buy tin- imported
article? Certainly not. There
is lio diU'eii-llce in the prices of
llie imported ami douicsti.' arli
ch The farmers ami other con
sinners pay 'percent, on two
hundred millions of the domes
tic product which goes lo tIm*
benefit of the mauufui'turcr.
This tribute given uml none
returm-d brings periodical dis
Hess to the farmer, and lie is
ni)'t with lit)' sneering query;
"If you lutve anything to sell,
can not y on gel a good price for
it?" lb- has -old his products lo
tin- minimum, and has saved
Ii111e or nothing from the prices
received. I'oi I lie reason I hat I lie
laritf has robbed him. silently
robbed him. at Ilu- end of u
series of v ears, lb- has sold al
Liverpool prices instead of tin*
promised high prices of the
home market No class of men
work harder ami save less than
tin- average farmer. We are
told that lie- farmers hav>• pros
M*r>*)I under protection. J'h>y
nave pros|M-rci| in one way , and
thai is in tin- increased value of
their faun lands, which canu-
by crowd'il settlements and
shipping l'a« : I i t i > - -. \ aim' their
lands jil s.'io |ig.| acre, count cost
of labor, fencing, fanning im
pb-imaits buidem-d with prolec
tion pi ices in nil their parts,
ki-e|iin^ working horsi<s. ;we'
tli*-y cannot iai -e w le al lor h-ss
than ho ceiii- per bushel and
corn foi !>•-- than cents.
I nj. i> ) that Weslern farms
show ri ideiu 'oif pio-pi ilfy: but
i !•« v\ many y ears of puti*-ut toil
do tln-y represent? You must
go back forty or fifty years lor
a beginning on these faiius. If
protection has made good farms,
it has been slow indeed A man
works fol ly years from daylight
to durkneso upon his farm,
makes himself a hard task mas
master, ami. if In is economical
iu hi- liv ing, before In* dies lie
can build a barn worth hi and
a house worth
Ye
a I i f
> ■)•) >n> • n i y
Tell me this is the fruit of a
protective ta: ill' No; that yields
fiiin exceedingly bitter fruit.
All the farmer wears and uses
iu his business from his pocket-
knife ton tin pan is forced up
to double its value by tariff
law. while II)'sells his fill iii pro
bacon, clew a hogshead of lo
bacco, and drink twenty gal
Ions of Kentucky whisky." It
is nonsense. They advise less
farmers. That would not iu
crease consumption ami would
not lessen production material
ly.as improved farm machinery
takes the place of iid'ii Oil I lie
farm. The home market for
farm products goes I'urtheraway
cv cry y ear.
In Into tin* farmers raised
*I?o,ooo,(khi in wheat, and ex
polled ,070,70-1, or S> I •> per
cent, id' I lie product.
In IH?o, high protective tariff
year, I hey produced $." fio,ooo,
ooo iii wheat,ami exported £17.
171 or I I per ct. of product
In Ikho, same tariff, llu-y pro
dlU'ed ^Pw',").000,000 in wheal,
ami )*«wported ^llsi,M0,:to." , or
JO pel cell I. of 1 ||e total product
The export of pork vv ill average
*7<>.oihi,imio annually since |s7o.
>f I lie French
tion Tin-
export of beef a ml b)-ef cat ib-
ex Is this during I In* same
years. Tln-re was also a large
export of corn and provisions.
Farm products overstock ih>-
home markets more and more
every year, though protection grip of dealti.
has been on trial for nearly is not right,
thirty years ago to fulfill 1 lie
great promise of a home market
for the products of tin- farm. It
is a failure.
Tin- splendid soil of the great
West and South will alwavs
produce a large surplus. Tin-
seasons m-ver fail to bring it
from mother earth. What shall
we do with il? I answer, sell it
iu tIn- markets of the world and
bring tin- gold ami products of
other countries home
enduring wealth. It is unlike
ilu- exchange of commodities
that soon perish. Protection is
tie' great barrier to the world's
markets fofoui agricultural and
manufactured products. The
people of other countries will
not trade with us if we make
• f a policy is
business of
•a-i other iu
nil what kind
1 I hat?Lessen l In
farmers to inert
tlllsl I ies!
Crump om' gi' iii industry for
iId- hem-tit of another is strange
adv in- indeed. Prosperity will
not result thai way. New' Kng-
I a lo 1 wants her cotton mills pro
lec|ei|. but extends lio protec-
tion to tin- Western flouring
I mill. Pennsylvania insists on
high protection i'>r iron and
steel, (lilt cares not for Western
wheal, flour ami meats, and -he
>•)mid not give protection if sin*
Would. II' it wefe possible t«
compel New Knglaml and I 'en it
sy lvaniu to pay a duly of ao to
Ion percent, upon every barrel
■ of flour and every dollar's worth
of \\ csteru ham - ami beef, but
ler ami dc-so she consumed it
would >• ven up lie laritf ami bo
fair; but < 'oiigressmeu could not
sleep until il had removed such
duties, for all New Kuglaml
would be in Washington before
twenty four hours ^ et New
Kiigland receives, by a law of
Congress, a tribute of f>o to Iihi
per i.-nt. from tlie Western
farmer upon In 1 manufactured
products, ami holds "ii with the
h is mil fair. It
The (hauls, father and sons,
have enjoyed a shower of gold-
en opportunities during tIn*
pnsi 1 went v ycai - Honors and
gifts were neaped upon the sue
cessful soldier. Millioiiairesat
home and abroad lavi-hcd up-
on him royal presents of money.
-. bull pups, "
trade expensive to them by pay
incut of high duties. The Uov
eminent cannot enact lawsm.uk
ing international
pensive to foreign peoples ami
tlu-ii ask them to buy of us w lull
we have to sell bill iiol bll.V of
houses, lands, ftorsi
paintings ami lu ic a brae. The
reel pent of these attentions sfo!
Hold is idly pocketed everv tiling and
made no return, ilis selfish*
lu-ss tlevelopi'd as In- grew ohl-
• •r. With all 1I1 est* advantages
llii- man prodigally wasted ev-
erything, not iu tli" vain effort
to do even o||e good deed, but
iu the sordid pursuit of gain.
As the father was so u, re the
st iis The young hu h grew up
with the idea that the American
people owed them a living
I'hey- imbibed the notion that,
tln-y were above the law c
were not bound by the rule.4 , „
common prudence and commotf
them unless they first pay liigh 1 Inun-siy. .Not one ol them lia#*-
duties for the jiriv ih'ge of sell
ing goods in our markets The
trouble is w•* treat the rest of
the world unfairly We want
free trinh' wln-n we sell our pro
duct - to otlu-r countries, but
j ha ve high protection against the
people til lit he|'COUIll lies se|| j||g
to us Many countries have re
taliatcd and others are doing so
The French ami Herman ex
elusion of American pork, a
great farm product, was only
I admonish the
retaliation. . - —
farmers to vote for their own h-ft behind tln-in holiest
interest upon this important
question, for the foreign mar
lo-ts iu American cereals and
meals i- threatened by our high
protective policy against tin-
commerce of thv world. When
the-open markets of the world
are closed to the American
farmer, w hat w ill In- do w ith his
sui pin-? Knglaml. our greatest
ever done anything in return
for tic getici iiis support exten-
ded lo tliein by their fellow c'tt-
i/i n-. Miu li careers could have
but om- ending. Tin- old say-
ing. "put a beggar on horse
back, etc.," has been strikingly
illustrated in the lis' and fall
of the tiraiit family In our
hi.-iory we have hud presidents
who with their families have
descended into poverty, after
leaving the White ll ui-e. but it
was honest poverty, and they
* names.
We have had bin one family
Grants, ami for tli" lion
1 lie nation it i- !<> I" lioj
the present brood i- the
the wretched clan,—Atlanta
t '(institution.
"How ditl it ha{i)ten." asked
the New Yoi k Times, "thai the
Murine Hank trusted Ward with
is.- worth *i..i«m> i.. *j,ihhi. fo|vi „ihr|<,.t j* encouraging 1 millions of dollars?" Snuplybe-
laruis look prosperous by v |„,|lt nijNjIIK j„ hnlia. where cause the president of the Mar
. time of toil mid close b„shels tt the acre t ail im-Hank thought the tirni of
tlu
crudest 1 Hrant
lai
A: Ward were making
l e pttsluced by
farming, and in'lHXI ami IWS ♦•normoiis amount* of money
sin* received from India nearly j °'it of (foveruimuit eoatracta
40,000,( M NI bushels of wheat,
against 75,(*ih,(*ih busln-ls from
A lilt-l ien
I lo our farmers know how im
porta ut the foreign markets are
secretly obtained through the
intlm-iicc of Hell. • runt. New
York Hun.
Snl is r I'jbe for tile
Onlv A1.«h 1 a year