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The Democratic Expounder from Marshall, Michigan • Page 3

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vX" Aii ItofefettftdTifo lt uiu tjsitMJiisuifL'u df'tlurf '4hO- ttf'Aot Vet v1r 'Jsif 5v can Vf that tho iu ttM mde fjr6dflcihg tegtona IRI'V' fhftt "uew jt jfif t. -tf flftSy rt Oil tlaitK'a jAiifij flntl 1C coke tin, tyiofecl At' can little -dOubt-that tho a.dlfterpceof in.fa.id,- ot American peftptn wearrooror shoddy than abptit thS 1 people-of any other 6rt bf atriy. face' of Hie a ft "oMt bofcps are amount more "another Ve'ek fehow'hpW the' 'According to cimsSs "statistics Of total- afnount Of raw tna- WoOle.li goods reducing wool to tt scoured basis, We "find that only ll A pounds of pure wool were consumed, shows-! that? tho composition of woolen goods'! made Sn iS80 parts of adiilter- ants a'nd parts ot pure, Thy census'of 18W) shows tjtte number ot to 124 'and of shoddy, cottpn, and other adulterants' pounds in '1890," thus gtving a ratio of 45. parts of pure wool to SQ parts of adulterants. i 2: the Mcluntey bill went into effect the shoddy oX'oyed an era of unusual As a'n In- i dicathm of we quote'the following under the heading, Shoddies, a Ad Cotton lloi or tor of May 10, 1 J2: i has been a steady current of business during the weekjt (snd results havo boon'alto-' iw- satisfactory.

Meruhrtnt tailors' darks -8, many of fmpfiftml for work in thU.n"<-w This "WIT protectionist Rlateamfin chil a gbou d't 1 to with for darks and black woiste'd, noted last' week, continues, There more or loss inquiry for all tho various grades of tew wotolen rags. "WoOlKK denies aver that they havo sold in. the two'wt-eks May, within a few hundred dollars all last May's sales. In" the sale during the pnstweekof re 1, blue, gray knit there has been "no, let up. White iinseys havo' moved well, so has hood stoek' genwally.

Dark and light' merinos are selling fast. Hod and -bluo flannels are st lling' to Pome extent, i Skirted seams a'nd soft blnek carpets have been sold; dehilnes coutinuo iu good demand; some ciders havo been received for dark 'cut cloths, for the, first half of May (Monday, Itii has favorably conif ared with lust yi-ar's record in Hie same period. There unniihtaknbly an ir.ereascti-demand tor liner In era! are having 'tlj'ey'can do' io 'nil'' orders. VC During tho'puBt week-a goothdeal of hjgh gntde wtwtrf hai been poM, in ihls line" tho month thus far has been quite satU- factory." i Tfii-s same' page tiie American Wool and Cotton lieforter contains over twenty advertisements Of mnnu- Agriculture a Otir civilization Toats ilipon agrlcul- To" it eyery, strong must lomk, ot only for'' Bfca.d, li). large for men who are to uphold-its havAnWon and''maintained institutions 1 in peace and waf by the aid of tlfo sturdy citizens whojcfens bcirn and bred upon farms; therefore H' is tho first duty pur legl'slatdfs to'ta'ho eato fhat do not' endanger tho prosperity i tljaseVlto till th'e "The pfestnt eotdltlon of agriculture, iti New England shows clearly that the protective tariff is harmful to th'e Interests of tho farmer.

Thirty yi.ar$ ago this part of, the United contained thousands of snulll farms'wnleh are'-now abandoned', heighborhood wo see these abandoned h' jnesteade fallijig in ruins- and their fields returning lo forests. The traveler In those districts feels that some great plague, has fallen upon- tho people. Thti9 "in the Tisbury ajul Chilmark, in Uukea more than of tho dibttfet farmsteads, "only eight remain, and the greater part of the has grown up in brusirwool. Sevcrpl oi" tto New Tilhglund States been led to the extraordinary measure of making a census of their abandoned farms, with tbo hope thratrfOriitgnerB might bo In-' 1 1 buy thetn. -Altnuugh theso rfect, inr'that they take those'placuS where tho fields are sttH fit for use, the results are startling.

They show that the small farmer rapidly being driven irotn tho lanl whivh for centuries malnta ned his forefathers in prosperity Jl'ho census ot 1890 Shows a loss of u.atlon in 9JO towns, in Now England JJne reason why tho small Jarruers, have been abandon their fields is found hi' tho fact that the prfetettlye, tariff greatly In-reasea tho'eipendes of thrtlr housesitolds. In a famlty of "live pinvona engaged in farming, and. 'with strict eecTnomy, at three bun- di od iinii fifty 'dollars mis the rppofb that ill tho fhetTnfte.tlStatvellavpighed 'furlail CfJ'i, for tho "Jifext moths' 'by shutfitig' down. AH tanitc'riea for two months. May 17, To fepoft that Carnegie, Phlpps Carnegie Bros, Uie'AeysiOucr Bridge Co.

will consolidate July 1 under the name'of Cofhpany." Tho cfoarttlned capital CLBVEI-AKO. Mfiftn fly 'moved 'erifW to- of. teacher in," will for to' sttatalri' IB. )U jT fl i- (J--J- JUt II it wiif be.tjte chief -an the 6ft Later concerns and thvymoveer to' Iluffalp; DenjQ- cawdfdate was G. till proms.

knrt May 19, Tp a report, in the Iron ma of Erie Cotintg-, when Ko that t(n attempt is being made at Pitis- dropped- olt his father's name nlid Ije 4 form a new trjwt of all the fame Groypr. Admitted, ito 'bar-in and' practiced Made Siieriff in factories in May 15). To notices In the Journal of the Labor advising to slay art-ay "from I'in'bvi-llc, be- and hccame 'known Vltb Mayor in 18S1, as'. away irom nimvviKf, ue- Ar nV fn- iti tt iV the mlnorfs there are'bn a (n U1 it is said, ontagwinstavetluctfon of jfnrfosi, tram. a man with his own hand, chosen On 'T by nearly 200,000 largest given Mlc-clrctod the: 'for a St-ftte can- with, David -R 8.

other cquntry has rt duty on' thut will av.riix* UO or 7U per iw of the purer and compelling iw ullkimU of 'hair, cotum, etc. Thiil oilr, tarifT ih a godsend to the shoddy niitnufju'turers Is testified to liy i'iiet that hen ililh bill proposed to glvu us free wool, Sfveuuvn rag and ddy dealers acirculur, used by, tho Kcpubnt'iin National in whkUi they denounced tlw jlills bill atTii irve-trudu uieusnro, and said tlutt free wool would ruin thuir business. Further testimony from the petition'of the llofonu Club of-thila'ielphia iwhlcji about jioU wool prebented to Congress, April After asking for wool to help the woolen nefe, to provide 1 employment for labor at higher wages, and to dive cheaper clothing to tiie consumer, they tay that the materials of manufacture are deterioratjng and the manufacturers "dare not put their workipgmeu on the stand to testify under oath, for then flu-re would be a lull curroborution of the statement your hoiiorublo Coytmittce of Ways and Means' by the uimitteo of the Wool Ass-ouiation, that the 'Me- KJnley Jaw' has largely promoted. the, aclultviatiuu of wool manufacturers." Tin the debate' on the bill we heard many prombes made MeKinley and others, in regard to tha marvelous effect the increased "-duty on tiuplate would have in building up thia imjustry here. "We, have heurd how sorry MeKinley "bten since he made and the materials use 1 In.

repuitlng buildings aii'J ft-utort. 1 frtu the average more, ihan 'fifty dollars -of this sum great enough to multo a dillerence in the struggle a who has to depend for his success oir hl's o.vn iyul the natutal of fem.xll trae't of diiaary Now Kiinland land. With that of nioufy right side of his acvuunt he ean subsist bis lamlly ami put Itia old Without it he mti-sMail. tho sybtem the protect I vo tariff bouun, the farmers wvre promised that ntnnu actories which it would induce would afford them tt high-priced niaikot fur the products of their This theory has p.o\ed to be utterly In error; in the. case of the market gar.lens near the gn a' cities, which are owned by men of c.ipllul'itud tilleil by 'hired labor, no parp our.

agriculture has had any advantage from the of fnetorii's in Xew EngUnd, It now 'made clear by expeiiciici', ai it evident from reason, thut the price our soil pro iucts determine I by the mar- Let rates of European countries where our surplus id bold. notion of tlie advantagct. of (t home imukK 'by ihe taetfe to be fallaeiourf. Instead ot being a blessing s-mall farnjor, the tariff a euree which fctealthily works for h's S. Shaler, jQibor of the State Board of Agriculture.

i Thu J'ay tbo Tax, Mr, Jaboz Pox of Cambridge. author of tariff printed and by tlie Kew England TjirifT-Befonn League in has made up from the rerorts-1 on tables showjng.the average foreign price- of forty-four different year ending June 30, iipon all' vf which the duty woa materially Increased, He finds that "the average foreign price l.oek Out Rawmlll's hna thrown hundreds otit 'of employment; fiom AV'nrd- tier', Idaho, becwsu of t'he at tho Ccnir d'Aleiie saver and lead mhiea Hill against a reduction-of from arkio, because gt-e'atly reduced; front Wctle ttock'and Argenta, Arfe. the ootlon mills are shutting down ttiid the railroads are laying Off Sixteen other similar nppcnr tn this same JIay21. To'the'reportYromT that 130, gjrls employed in the pearl button, factory there uro on strike against a reduction irt wages. The fac- Cht)Seh '-President in defeating A rnttuul man pounds- and speaks 'in a prophetic vein.

Juno 2,1880, married Miss Francos PolsCim, of his old law partner. "DnrUtllehnott Mill. "I am a Democrat." He could have added: am a confiTnjed pachelor:" In Havana, Aug. 1843. Hisrathe'r, boatbuildfjr i.n small'way, and son climbed the' ladder step by Sales-, man, teacher, clerk, tory was started soon after tho of tjxe MeKiniey bill, and was visited by Governor MoKinlqy ut tho time of tlie Michigan Club banquet on Feb.

£2 last. The who were making $3.50 week pivill now bo able, to make only $3. Instead of striking, these poor girls should petition Congress to ruMe tho MiO cent, duty on pearl buttons to above' editor, and per cent, to enable tho mnnufjicfc- but.ftbpYa all a poU- urers to pay good'wages, you kuow. and est ot liactisans-jj-. ThostiRarTmiit.

JAlways studics-thcF la much food for to; affect of hts. acts Jsppresentauvo Scott's recent to; W.jfoj. -ivoid Iwinu that tho in adnrission to the bar mftUe cwtupi.eiel.i' stilling and'destroy ing c-om-; Attorney of Cbeiriung, 1 held sev- petltloa by its unholy, and cruel 1 oral local Jto used news- is a'bold statement, paper to solidify the Ujoniocnitiq etc- bucks It tip 1 by m'eriK and hiSsuee'css was undoubted." showing thut the lafolv tt'ldod Ifis flrst fniifoivinl $as ooo iH'fMo its eaDitiii hni' 7r ni'Hc omce was Lieutenant tupjuu STOCK ailU naJ Governor linrlpr TJi-nvrtr tluifl tiU-torhen all outfttandinu; i ril th-e reiiners oftuiffup. Thfl trust V' cv 1 intr antl live refiners of The trust w'ould receive a blow if all migara Cleveland asHumed: the Presidency in were placed on tho tree lls't; and HIK-O 5 Is Twice nominated' and eli-i'ted- the iegitidiate competition to the Declined a third nomi- ean bo benvd thereby, sincerely 'nation last year, as he preferred toco to hope that they wilt placed on the free the. United States Sens' llaf.

artMeof food WillHm cerned no hliould bo nllom-ilJto control tljo price and defy uo inf 'r I'rovisioner, May 11, ovc an 1 ran I resident. He led Cleveland and was elected by -THE idea-that wages are high in pro-1 ma y. while- Cleveland was tcVtt-d industries becaUse tlw tariff en- Disloyaltv to Cleveland to obtain laryo fharKC'i, blit never proven. Hill is one of the worst fallacies con- tireless student of current evenU, and nectod with tlif whole'fiirtfT discussion, j- keeps track of every movement. Employers do not raise wages merely profits arc large.

Wages are 'not increased, except In rare ca-u-b, through the generosity of employera, Been 'cho-cn Governor of thu htute laborers. Every laborer and a (1 the only manlnOhjnwho made it hut for 'MeKinley. Was boPn in Middleton, Ohin, July Cuptuin of the stmngo.st in Kepublinin btate of Ohio. A-. to face his record, 8int-e the passage of the act the tin plate, liar has.

been, abroad and has kepi the newspaper rej orts busy looking for phantom tin plate factories. At last is some that minute 'quantities of tin plate are being made in this country, ftud can to deti ct a grain of truthfulness in the of political tin plate The fol- "Early ill Jauuarj- the Tiu Plate Man- issued a. circular giving the weekly product of each establishment in the association. It will be interesting to the statements thfift made with actual facts ijeternjluea, by Col. 'Ayer.

following is a coijpariwja of the capadfcy'as' given, iii, thjj circular with the jfctuul produetion as given jQoJ. Ayer, in tbecuse'of coil ceros niako thelf own was apparently higher after passage of the Slt-Kjnley tariff than it was before. So tiat tbo increase in coot to the Importer was greater than ihe mere Increase in alone. On only two out of tho forty-four articles was the priee plus tho duty as low in 1891 as Jn 1890. A secojid table shows that of twelve art-ieles placed "upon the free lisp by ihe MoKinley act the average foreiga cost of five, including raw 'Sugar, was lower In 1891 thaw iu I89n, The price ut on'e article remained tho suuie and sis; higher.

In only one case out of twelve, in beeswax, was the cost without ihe duty in as great as the cost 'plus, the duty in "These are xjfllcial Jt is proper to tay, however, that thuy probably chauge iii the foreign pricey JUetweeo 189D an4 U'Jl, allowaijee must undoubtedly, be for th traiive. bHl, whidi an fortlgpValues by chaug basis valuattQa, Jt that journalist and stuteujnan ought to know, that in protected Indus- are goveinod by the sami 1 principle as in non-profccte I The truth is, tarjff tieeo not in any 'li tuau- ner. Wages nro npt by influouroii that operate- upon the but by wiiloh I IY4 commamlwl-col- affert the lujjorers'soeial lifo and t-har-; onial troup.4 at Ountou, at of the battle of theAmerk-au I'i'otective TarifT LeaguriJ Lexingtun, was cmo of his piaternal i ancestors. Js kanwn in political clr- Koaak i-wjuig. i cltjs Cutler Ooiinfy "talk about all the lied tokl about! twn1t foui fish and flsWng," said a'friend of tl ctjw mine who knows what ho is miking i JJfSV" Cou Prosecutr ntout, "tte'Mggest Bsh Haf ta Vcf 10 877 served till kodak.

If-you get a pletr- 188a ee State flaherman and hifeflshvQu 1 combination. Jmt lie with you? feet toward the camera and j-ou'lj undersUind. Your feet will appeal longer than your "When the Msh liar wants cor- jrf l879 and Became very popular by watching the interests of his constituents and of ex-soldiers. Received the unanimous nomination for Ctov- roboration-und he always does want' came of; the. hangs up his flsh a little to campaign.with Hying colors, beating one side, and "in front of 8 cmUcH TWor kodak does the rest.

seen a five- JJktl Wef pouoQ flsh look four feet long 'and' te won-Plaudits, from Ee-it ought to weigh at least a11 part 1I bard pounds, all by the arfisMc accuracy of 8n at the kodak. make a flsh look' Ws. office Ihijn his clerks, large, all you have to do if to get it a hn MvA AlvAuley old wellin the foreground of the, object, a of 100 1 with whiih the, eves make's com4ri. WW bgrn, admitte4 to the bar, with the.eyes make's spn. I tell you the its business when it Couuty of Mrs.

Jrenq for a re-vpJvcr, matter warraiu. At' ains'Jit the- throat of and hjj is ti? ihe jnven- 0-U Judge, ISIS-, of the exeew of ddniesOc servants Ja of fS w4 1. i -JTJT --P T. i fr vi Ll I tjt T-T I -I k'- 15 defegkttj 5 trontnated' iojt; In Iowa they toja?" A' gr.c'at. and in youth Was bof'rHji 'Eric Gouti- 1 with "his jifeMUs.at flrt and-1 jffreiw, State of Ittwa, which those film as its OB Denjotiratfe'ticket.

Had been.a Republican; to 1881, he joined Jn tlic anti-Kepubli-' can 'crusade, which was a- tvstf also on montrpftlics and prrihibU'ion. lie acted -ift' ail campaigns frojji and'ac- jjuirtd rcputattftn as a ttus and fnrcfiWe Itwasthig course which gcc-urcd him cratic nfimination, which in his elcetion ai defeated Jlutehinson, the llopfiblicnu tail- didate, by tlie of the "Dcmocrntic ticket defeated. BofcS'ls a hit rd worker, a lid Is at IvN yftk-o daily at the carlx.l3QUr,ni-I;3i).'a. lit snns tinniarricd IMifs is a InvCytr by pro. chief attention to'cattlc-raisjingi being a very extensive land-owner -Tie is a flnu lieVjfer in the' dtictriWlthat a granxl future lies bcf6rc in the West.

Arthur Puo florirml One of the most courtfrms and popular DeiiHicrats seen in Washington. Waa born in Woodstock, 11, llis ancestors came ffotn Irelaittl- in 1784 find settled iu Pennsylvania. His father, Pot or Gorman, w'asathrifty farm-or, wlio tiqtit: ft.competence- heciitno a railroad the buijdtrs of the Baltininre' andOhiollailroad, while in enterprise setUed In Maryland; -Arthur waVal. ways -a ami when ft'iriCTB j'uuth wasa State" Convention delegate. He 'gained the 'friendship cif while a ill the Peiiute and roie rapidly through his 1 inlluenco.

Wa-; a'champion nf Dnujj- lafj in" rai-e for the Prt'xldtmcy. Made Postmaster of the Senate in Made Colloctor of Jntertwl- in Maryland after the war through the iufhu-ncc of Kfjvurdy Johnson, Montgomery Hlajr, and Thomas llendricks. Tlh accfuuiti fell in arrears in a targe but the- adjusted. He dlivctor.ot the Chesapeake and uhk" Canal Jn IftOU. He served in- th' Ilotu-eof Delegates from Is70 to 1 72 Tin; next he-was cii hen Speukej' of the House.

In flertoci State in was made Chaiinut-n of the Democratic State Has been in the Tatted Senate since A keen aud dignified politician with a warn; heart, 1 "Cureiv 1)1x4. of a'h "I of a'h'hl-m" )jj cfowtted in a.stall by.1 'h'f otie-haif -inches Itnplds, 'A of he Lady organized at fey S.tate organic (j, of 'saghiawi' organized a new ftfe Kal.B nazrto wlth'ljto charter Tutstnbefs. Orr.ANA CortNTE will 6ooh fruit are 1 2- beas ing trees fn" the' divl more-le'ng planted each "Siftf-onr" S. Jt. the lumberman, efforfoJ a with Ufa Michigan payiiiK'thein on aft avehipfo (if) eont-s on the Collar, THE sj-iPciniPiis of Western Michifran fruits, eiir-ly hti'ftwberries to lato applet, will bi- dtip'icatcd In wax for eshiiniton at th VTojrld's THE rlio iakp'toilt belt are jubijntit the they have heeur-rd freight for, hhii-montb bv ra'Hhb befyre.

CAT.imVx wilt vote be 'sold by the gliiHti or tin; Tlieto' are still t-rnall in tho county that have tio 'irug ni.d 7-year-old Son, John ''Mackie and a Btrnngdr attempted to cnig-i the old ('ass Uiver ford nortk of in a lumber wagon. When abouf in tl ecii-ter the river the water the flown" stroaln, and Mnekie and the boy droiVnuI. A. Aiiis. JOHX Qt'ArKEXuns, for many ft highly respected resident- of" nee, Burun f'oirtit'y, left her a few days blnee to v.sit a tpr at Battle Creek.

On the day of i cturn was at the depnt expee-tuntly awaldng wife's She but in a died night before. TaEfniHSnrovjortfW the lake peach belt pickle over 1 tho question of tlMjr right to spray fruit 'trees-. cthe tretfe are Mourn. Tho Apiaristsj claim that Mho lives of their nnMindarigered, and tlmt the tkv is in violation of he iKa.t«!tt* fegard- ing the scattering uf i-qntpjuporary rtJaently; dc- clnred 'tKht 1'aw has no JMfiiafac- A I'relty Illrtl. The common redstart makes' a pretty cage bird, though Jt is not often in captivity iu this It visits Slissuurl and Illinois every summer, leaving for the south on the-tirst approach ot cokl weather, It-is a beautiful takes its name from a hunch of brilliant red feathers under the-long plumes of the tail.

When taken from the nest the birds are easily their liveliness and chetrfulness in confinement dissipate the idea that they are longing far freedom. They have a pretty song, and are in every way" so far'superior to' the canary that it js a'wonder that they are not kept. A Queer Vatntfrahip. Here is a that didn't kill the rat that ate the Evwist, Mary's, Ohio', in his few'days' ago a large rat nursing three kittens. When the mother cat returned she relieved the rati Which went to sleep in the Ifiy.

Hext day the Doctor some friends saw the Cat go up 1 to a large rat-hole mew several times, whereupon tip rat cam? forth took its place th'e feast, this- is s'tbry-as comes 4u us 1 jumps out to tlu 'niiildle of watktind exvtninia; "You're uiiotbcn! It has found il iimix -who jnai.ufai-i ftltothur wl.o inn' und a woiuan cry day Something to ti-ll utiiiut; hur A'liAitx'of B. J.i AUrinTc, 1. ur bouth from 'Holland, WHS suui-lc by lightning anil -ifl'th tw.tlyo head of cattle, farming No The Inrn of A. six nd'etf northeaat, wn.s,nl-o utrufk by kiiiing one ihorso and turning the bum 'and cun'e-ritti. riiHured the Mutual of Allegati and (ittawa iiN liiMiiranc'e VumpiinU's pay a tux upoa tiie mn.utnt of premiums received on 1 iloiie in the For tho year ending July total ifceivfdi.y'thB Stute T.eHSun froii) tiie, lil'o, in-u ilty, and com; I'm- the yt-ar ling -lu'y 1, lh'J-2, the taxeh already amount to j'2 or Srj.ooo iijon- 'lian l'i--t year.

Of iho total amount, fr6 in companies pay 3 per nt. on prt'tniunis which amounts to to antes 1 casualty insurance 'companies 2 AT fostoria, TIISCH la County, hh-e of tho ofci abe'es Or- A houfec in Sheridan, owned by John aiid occupied by Hull, was fire-on Saturday. lontents juos-tlj- sat ed. Ko whlfb i Southwestern hold a State euiup at Grand Junction, Van Buron in THE Lawrence High Schdol Class of adopted the.ir "nioUd Dig. and now nvurly farmer in jhe townaWp is tiying to iwKPt'iate for thejp servlcaa during the coming gummer vacation.

A Bt'BtHAB entered the' residence pf Isaac Conner at Paw Paw, appropriate'tl 'a gold watch, drank a quart of juilk deeau.j>ed the whereabouts of larfre sum of -itmney whivh had been paid t.o Connor during the preceding day. of'.

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