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REPCTBLICAN-Eetablished 18731 DEMOCRAT Established 1870. TIMES Established 1879. COSMOS Established 1882. COUNCIL GEO VE, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894. VOL.

XXII. NO. 12. I PURELY PERSONAL. A BYSTANDER'S NOTES.

things, such as hats, caps, boots, shoes, the American manufactures are as MILL INERY The Indicator Dry Goods Store. XJ1 (T)lC (Drri Extends a special invitation to ijzi ijzui 1 15) the ladies of this city and coun try to attend her millinery opening, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 and 21, inclusive, when she will take pleasure in showing many new and exclusive styles suited to every taste in PATTERIJ AND FASTER NOVELTIES, Having fairly outdone herself in quantity and quality of selections for this season's business. Don't forget the fact that lower prices are generally prevailing and with our exclusive system of prices marked in plain figures, 'one price to all for cash only, based on small margins, places us far in advance of the old way of doing business, viz, few sales, big profits, high and irregular prices. The Indicator Dry Goods -S COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS. regard to various i phases of the great tariff controversy, Bystander is questioned in personal conversation; and the thought has the questions asked come him from day to day are the expression of a felt want on the part of many intelligent voters of specific information which they know not where to find conveniently.

He has therefore decided to embody some of the more important of them in the form of a sort of political catechism, offering simple, direct, candid answers to plain questions. Question. Is a tariff a tax? Bystander. Yes! Always a tax on somebody or some interest. To this question thus stated there can be but one truthful answer.

Ques. Who pays this tax? Bys. That depends on circumstances. Sometimes the consumer, sometimes the producer of the article or articles taxed. Q.

When does the consumer pay the duty? B. Always when the article taxed is only or solely produced in foreign countries, and can only come into the country upon the payment of the tariff duties levied upon such article. For example: Coffee and tea are not, and probably cannot be successfully produced in this country. If therefore congress should levy a 25 per cent advalorem tariff on coffee and tea, the consumer would be compelled to pay 25 per cent more for them than he now does when they come in free. Q.

When, if ever, does the producer and not the consumer pay the tax? B. When the article taxed is produced abundantly at home, under such condi tions, that the home supply is adequate, fully, to meet the home demand, and there is sharp competition in the home market between producers or manufac turers for the privilege of "upplying the home demand. In such a case the for eign producer or manufacturer can only enter the market at all by paying himself all or part of the tariff, which under these conditions he cannot add to the goods in the foreign market, as he would do in the case of tea or coffee. Q. Does this ever actually occur in practice? B.

Yes! frequently and constantly. For example: in Detroit, Jlichigan, advertised that he wanted a horse for a special use. In answer to his advertisei ment two were offered him of about equal value and equally suited to his purpose. One by an American in Detroit, the other by a Canadian In Windsor, Canada, across the ferry from Detroit. The price of the Americon horse was $150.00.

The purchaser preferred the Canadian horse and offered its owner $150.00 for it delivered to him in Detroit, the tariff duty paid. The offer was accepted, the Canadian paid the tariff, $30 on the horse, delivered him to A in Detroit and received $150.00. Here the producer paid the whole duty. Q. Is this not a rare or exceptional case? B.

Not at all. The McKinley bill taxed grain, eggs, cattle, horses, hogs, and our Canadian and Mexican neighbors were compelled either to pay the themselves or abandon the American market, which they could not do, for they had no adequate home market or other available foreign market. Prior to the McKinley bill for example, Canada controlled the oats, barley and egg markets of the east, so that comparatively speaking the states east of the Mississippi had practically abandoned oats and barley as market crops, and in the west eggs were almost valueless as a market commodity. The Canadian pays the duty in all these cases today, and will till the Wilson bill becomes a law. Q.

Is this true in the case of manufactured goods of, any kind to any considerable extent? B. Yes! Most assuredly to a very large extent. For example: In hats and caps, in boots and shoes, in straw goods, in all the ordinary grades of cotton or woolen goods, in iron, steel, tin and copper goods, etc, etc. In some of these to him that of the conference to have admitted him at this time. While acting as pastor here for the unexpired year be has put this church on abetter financial basis than eyer before and he has made friends by the score.

All regret to see him go, but perhaps it is for the best. AT THE OPERA HOUSE. The opera house was crowded Monday evening to hear Evangelist Cantrell on the labor question. The populists paid for the house acd the believers in that faith came from far and wide to hear a populist speech. The sermon was not exactly what they were expecting; the evangelist gave them a great deal of good advice and used some very effective illustrations.

He gave many reasons for the hard times and as one of them he quoted the official figures on the millions of dollars that are spent each year in the United States for liquor, remarking that if this money alone was spread among the people there would be no such thing as bard times. He said the people themselves were responsible for hard times and that we would always have hard times as long as a man with an income of S500 lived on a par with the man who had an Income of $5,000. E. APPOINTMENTS. The following are the appointments for the Junction City District: W.

H. Underwood, P. E. Clay Center; Abilene, E. E.

Tarbill: Barnes. B.F. Webb; Bushong. Conrad; Chapman, E. H.

Parkinson; Clay Center, W. A. Crawford; Clifton, Betts; Council Grove, G. W. Browning: Enterprise, F.

M.Jackson; Exeter, to be supplied, N. T. Peddycord; Greenleaf, Tbeo. Martin; Haddam, G. Bear; Heringtdn, D.

W.Ross; Hope, J. M. Mason; Idana, R. W. Estep; Junction City, J.

G. Henderson; Linn, W.C.Hanson; Morgan ville. A. H. Boyd; Morrill, W.

R. Leigh; Parkerville, J. H. Zabrieskie; Talmage, B. F.

Dice; Washington, Joseph Collins; Wakefield, 8. D. Vincent; Wesley, T. Mc-Connell; White City, J. S.

Ford; Wilsey, to be supplied, T. P. Henry. Joslah Martin left without a charge to attend school. The fate of the following ministers will be of interest to our people: Admire, Charles Ath-erton; Burlingame.

J. O. Forseman; Topeka, Kansas Avenue, J. R. Madison; Centralia, John Cook; Eskridge.

C. B.Young; W. A. Quayle, president of Baker University; A.J. Coe, tract agent.

SPR1NO. Oh now we sing Of beautiful spring. It's bright and full of glory; But we believe That Beach Kil by Tell a more wonderful story. Their ad. is new.

Their bargains, too. Are rare and rich as honey. Read it with care And hustle there, 'Twill save you piles of money. Another One Nailed. The article published in the Guard of last week, purporting to be an interview between Mr.

Miller and myself is entirely misrepresenting and misleading and does me an injustice. No such interview occurred. A. B. Spencer, City Clerk.

Telephone System. F. A. McCollom is looking up the telephone business and we would not be surprised to see a complete telephone system in active operation in our town within a very short time. It will extend from the court house to the depots.

It is something that is badly needed in Council Grove, We have water works, electric lights and street cars, but another modern improvement needed is the telephone By taking advantage of the electric light or telegraph poles the cost of construction would be but slight, and the running expenses could be kept at a very reasonable point DIED. KENDALL At the residence of J. P. Kendall on Clark's creek, Morris county Kansas, Friday, March 91894, at 12:05 o'clock, Mrs. Phebe Kendall, aged 88 years, 10 months.

She was married to J. P. Kendall, August 8, 1839. Five children were born to them, two of whom are still living, one in Leavenworth and the other in Oklahoma. Her husband died at J.

P. Kendall's residence Nov. 30, 1883. Mrs. Kendall was grandmother of J.

P. Kendall and was taken ill about six months ago with cancer. She had been a member of the Baptist church for years. The remains were laid to rest in the Burton churchyard. School Entertainment.

I The entertainment given by the scholars of school district No. 58 Friday evening, March 9, ten miles north of Council Grove, was a splendid success, and reflects creat credit on the teacher. Miss Ida E. Grippen. Songs and recitations, with a few humorous dialogues, made up the program.

Many of the selections were fine and well recited, showing careful preparation the part of the teacher. Some of the children showed oratorical ability. "Topsy Turvya humorous great mirth, and needs seeing to be appreciated. The last on the program was a tableau, 'Good night," and was a beautiful ending of a pleasant and enjoyable evening. The acting was characterized by much earnestness and could scarcely be excelled by the best trained pupils of city schools.

The parents of these children have every reason to be proud of them. Before buying see Stenger's new line of ladies low shoes. Dr. Price's Crcsm Uzltizz Powder WerLTa alr litest Award. cheap and usually better than the foreign articles, so that importations if they take place at all only do so on condition that the foreign producer pays all the duty.

the case of iron, steel, tin and copper goods, the foreign producer can come in only on condition that he pays part or all the duty hirsself. also it is in the cases of low-priced and medium woolen and cotton goods. Q. Why is this not equally true of the higher priced goods? B. Partly because our American aris tocracy will have foreign goods, It's so English you and partly because as yet, from want of capital and experience, our manufacturers do not successfully compete with foreign mar kets.

Q. But Mr. Cleveland says The con sumer always pays the duty?" B. Mr. Cleveland "was talking through his hat," and only expected to dupe the ignorant voters.

He knew the statement was false when he made it. For exam ple: He knew that the tariff on common calico is 6 cents per square j'ard, while the retail price of calico is but from 4 to 6 cents per yard. Does the consumer pay the duty in this case? Again for the last two or three years steel rails have been cheaper in New York than in London. Does the consumer pay the duty on them? Mr. Cleveland is neither a fool nor an ignoramus, and knew these facts.

How then as an honest man could he say "The consumer always pays the duty?" Again, a tariff tax was laid by the McKinley bill on tin and terne plates, and free traders howled orer the robbery of the people to enrich the robber manufacturers. Yet under the McKinley tariff the country has had not only cheaper but better tin and terne plates than ever before. Since writing the above, Bystander has clipped from the New York Tribune the following significant item: The hay dealers and producers throughout the country are up in arms over the change in the tariff on hay from $4 to $2 per ton, as proposed by the Wilson bill. Recognizing the danger to this vast interest which represents a farm value of $750,000,000 annually, the greatest of any crop in the United States, they have requested The Hay Trade Journal, ot Can-ajoharie, N. to circulate a petition asking the Senate to maintain the duty on hay at its present rate.

Bystander. City Council Proceedings. March 9, 1894. City Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present: J.

J. Crowley, mayor; councilmen, Lynch, Haney, Cunningham, Mead and Wood. The mayor appointed A. W. Marks clerk of election in second ward, instead of J.

S. Loy. The vote was reconsidered by which a proposition was to be submitted to the voters for retention and extension of electric light plant, and then laid on the table. A. Cunningham was appointel on the electric light committee in place of S.

M. Corey resigned. The council then adjourned to meet at the call of the mayor. A. B.

Spencer, City Clerk. MARRIED. McCOUKILL TEBOW At the residence of George Tebow, near Delavan, on Wednesday, March 7, at high noon, Mr. Thos. II.

McCorkill to Bliss Flora Tebow. The wedding was a quiet, home affair, and only a few neighbors and friends were invited. After the ceremony by a former pastor, Rev. E. O.

Raymond, who was assisted by Rev. T. P. Henry, a most bounteous dinner was served. Nothing was left undone to make the occasion complete and enjoyable in the extreme.

Mr. Tebow is an old settler in Grand View township, and by dint of honest effort and persistent perseverance, seconded by his good wife, have made for themselves a nice stock farm of a half section and a pleasant and hospitable home. They have raised quite a family of children, who rise to call them blessed. The only sad part of this occasion is to see this grand old Methodist home divided, as one by one they are won by the arts of life's wooing, and step out of the home nest to try their fortunes in the world for themselves. May the blessings of the home and many friends attend the children and abundant success crown their every effort.

7) tea mS F. L. RIchter was in town Wednesday. -Samuel Illk of Wilsey was in town Saturday. Frank Amsbury of Alta Vista was in town Wednesday.

John Fox is on a business trip to Holden, Missouri. Charles Grassland is suffering: from an attack of the measles. SherifT Kennedy was called to Topeka Tuesday on official business. J. D.

and E. K. Harkness of Delavan visited the county seat Saturday. Thomas Kinnehan of Delavan was In town on county business Monday. Miss Lizzie Potts was able to resume her duties at the postoffice this week.

Ex-Sheriff J. G. Swartz was comparing- political notes with old friends Wednesday. Jesse Hamner of Wilsey attended the Can-trell and Hill services here the past week. Major Potts was called to Illinois this week by news of tha serious illness of a relative.

Mrs. W. F. Shamleffer left Tuesday for a visit to relatives in the eastern part of the state. G.

L. Ball has closed his school at Alta Vista and returned to his home south of town. Andrew Yakle, the ex-president of the Wilsey bank, made us a pleasant call Saturday. Henry Strieby, the traveling: lumber man, stopped off Tuesday evening to visit home folks. Roadmaster Kipp was able to resume bra duties this week after quite a siege with rheumatism.

We are pleased to state that Mrs. J. M. Miller is very much better and hopes soon to be out again. Mrs.

J. W. Dutnm went to Abilene Saturday night to hear Bishop Vincent and Chaplain McCabe. Walter Kern one of Clark's Creek old timers was transacting business at the court bouse Monday. H.

W. Gildemeister and R. M. Armstrong leave this week on a pleasant junketing trip to the southward. Mr.

J. A. Wainscott of Kansas City now has charge of the dry goods department in the popular Indicator store. Hon. J.

M. Miller, who is a member of the republic in state central committee, attended a meeting of that body in Topeka Tuesday. Rev. Austin, formerly pastor of the M. E.

church, south, of Kelso, but lately of Parsons, is lying quite ill at Rev. White's in this city. Clerk of the Court Moore was in Topeka Tuesday, an interested spectator at the meet ing of the republican state central committee. Mrs. J.

S. Carpenter left Monday morning to attend the bedside of her mother who is seriously ill in Topeka. She returned Wednes day. W. R.

McGeorge spent Sunday with home folks. He has purchased a stock of drugs In Stillwater, Oklahoma, and will make that his future home. We wish Will success in his Hew field. J. W.

Dumm attended the session of the Methodist conference in Abilene. While there he heard Chaplain McCabe deliver his famous lecture on "The Bright Side of Life in Ltbby Prison." Misses Belle and Marie Mack came up Saturday night to spend Sunday and Monday with their parents. Rev. and Mrs. Mack.

The Presbyterian college has school on Saturday instead of Monday. J. J. Furney, one of the Republican's solid friends of Beman, made us a pleasant call Monday morning. He gets the county paper for another year and the eekly Capital during the campaign.

Rev. Mrs. Leigh, of Lynn; Mrs. J. J.

Jones, of Council Grove, and W. G. Nevin, of Wakefield, were passengers the U. P. flyer for Abilene Thursday to attend the Methodist conference being held there this week.

Junction City Sentinel. Mr. W. O. Fleming, an experienced merchant, and an exceed ingly pleasant young man, has come to Marion to take the position of bead clerk in Loveless Sac kefs mammoth store.

We believe he will prove to be the right man in the right place. Marion Record. Will O. Fleming has accepted a position with The Loveless Sacket Mercantile at Marion, Kansas. When a small boy Will came to Smith Center with his parents and by bis exemplary conduct won the respect and admiration of all old and young.

For the past two years be has been with a large dry goods establishment at Council- Grove and now takes charge of the dry goods department with the firm mentioned. To the citizens of Marion we commend him as a bright social gentleman of whom any community may well feel proud and to bis employers as a young man of good moral character and business qualifications worthy of their utmost confidence and trust. Smtth County Pioneer. CHURCH NOTES. A recent con rert at the evangelist meetings was baptized at 10 o'clock at night.

Please remember the missionary address at the M. E. church Friday evening, March 23. The daily baptisms in the Neosho have drawn hundreds of people to the river banks the past week. Evangelists Cantrell and Hill departed Wednesday evening for Herington where they will at once begin a series of meetings.

The ladies of the W. F. M. S. of the M.

E. church will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the society on the evening of the 23d at M. E. church. An address will be delivered by Miss Hedrick.

All are cordially iu vited to attend. NEW PASTOR. The new pastor at the XI. E-church is Rev. G.

W. BroTning, late of Topeka. We are personally acquainted with Rev. Browning and his estimable wife and unhesitatingly recommend them to the people of Council Grove. There is not a better preacher in the conference.

The new pastor will deliver his first ser moo Sabbath morning at the regular hour. METHODIST. A good fight was made bj the congregation and official board to have Be v. Raymond selected as pastor of this church for the conning year. The bishop and everybody were favorable to Dev.

Raymond, but for the fact that there were already more preachers than ap- nofntmAlltA in IhArnnrprpruHt It wnnl.l nrvt hntro 1 been justice to the ministers already members NINO 33 tlieSESS- A PI Stiing SMJE They are CHEAPER than ANY OTHER, because you can lay them more to the weather, requiring less shingles, less nails and less time to make a much better and more lasting roof. They will not cup, curl up or split in either wet or dry weather. They do not shrink or swell from heat or cold. They do not rust the nails, and there is no shingles blowing off your roof. There is no waste, and your carpenter can lay more of them in a day than he can any other shingle.

For Sale Badger Lumber A CM iTHE LAST CALL. rlV'. 0- 'WE WDX MOVE OUR STOCK OF DRY GOODS, BOOTS SHOES, FDHISHBIB GOODS From Counctt Grove April 1894. In order to save paying freight we will eon- tinue to sell you GOODS AT COST AND LESS. Highest of all in Leavening Power.

Latest U. S. Gov't Report Come early and secure these great bargains; if you fail it is your own fault. We have warned you. Meier Onr Leaving DatoAprll 1, 1894..