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Entered in the Pom (mice as a. New-molar
. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1897.
An Absurdly Inconsistent Opposition.
AVVhy 15 it that the fi ee trade or gars
pe1sistently oppOse and misr‘epiesent
that clause of the Dingley tariff which
imposes a duty on all foreign pur-
chases, in excess of $100, brought into
our parts as personal baggage by re-3
turning American travelers? “'e can
understand and respect, although we
cannot indorse,opposition to protection.
Honest and. intelligent men believe
that it would be well for the country
if all duties on imports were abolished.
9ther men of equal claims to respect
hold that revenue duties only should
be laid, and that therefore protection
should haveno consideration in the
framing of tariff schedules. The Wash-
ington Post believes that both of these
are wrong, and yet they are clearly
within their rights, and, so long as
~1.“.1ey are consistent, they incur no re-
proach. I
But to contend that a protective
tarifl’ law, a law confessedly enacted as
much in the interests of protect-ion as
for revenue, ought not to impose a
duty on any goods brought in as per-
sonal baggage, is no proper advocacy
of the absolute free'trade or the “tariff
scheme. It is ad-
vocacy of class legislation of an odious
kind.
special privileges for that small pro-
for revenue only”
It is equivalent to a demand for
portion of the people who are able to
go abroad and purchase wearing ap-
themselves, their families,
their “’hy
should they be exempt from contribut-
relatives and friends.
ing their share to the support of gov-
ernment ‘9 What is there in the creed
of the anti-protectionists that would
justify that or any other kind of favor-
itism ‘9 One might ransack all the free
trade literature from the works of John
Stuart Mill down to the disquisitions
of Grover Cleveland without finding a
word upholding the exemption of the
rich or well-to-do tourists from public
burdens laid on those who stay at home.
And since protection is Ordained to
stand as our national policy; for an in-
definite period, will ou1 free t1 ade con-
tempor a1 1es contend that the tailors,
and othe1 makers of and dealers in
ga1ments, are less entitled to shaie the
benefits of that policy than their fellow-
citizens engaged In other kinds of br s-
iness? Is there any more reason why
A should bring in a years stock of
clothing for himself and family free of
duty than for permitting B to bring in 1
an importation of wines, olive oil,
cheese, or pickles?
The free trade newspapers are sneer-
ing at the small amount of revenue col-
lecf d{;i under this clause of the tariff.
The Springfield Republican, for in-
stance’ s‘ayst, “Some $74, 200 in custom
duties was collected during October on
the personal baggage of returning
American travelers who landed at New
York. At this rate the yearly revenue
$900, 000. against Mr. Dingley’s estimate
of $10, 000. 000.’ .
W'ell. a yea1ly‘ revenue of $900, 000 is
3 by no means a contemptible item. But
that, considerable as it is at a time when
revenues are behindexpenditiires, is no
guageof the effects of that tax. There
3 is every reason to believe that but for
the personal baggage tax many million’s
worth of goods would have been brought
home in trunks, free of duty, that have
come and will continue to come as
freight. That is the chief benefit of
that provision. It subjects to the du-
ties imposed the vast amOunt of wear-
ing apparel that, under previous tariffs,
escaped taxation.
Mg -
Sir Wilfmi.
The Waterbury Republican has this
Sir Wilfrid
said
to say of Canada’s premier:
L tUl‘lCl‘, Canada’s
good-bye to his friends in Ottawa day
bifore yesterday and started for-Wash-
ington. He arrived in the American
cipital yesterday and during the next
few days he will hold a batchof conf‘tbs
with President McKinley on questions
premier
of mutual interest. We‘ are-glad Sir Wil-
frid has come down this way. Several
controversies ’twixt Canada and the
United States are now on the diploma-
tic slate. Sir Wilfrid wants to have
them amicably sponged off. So does
President McKinley.
ference is the most direct and most ef-
A" '\“.':
steals 011313 t1me IS the \VOPSL.
.33pbliterate from our lives persons who
two 61‘ three tablespoonfuls of raw,
A personal con--
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features of the international prbblems
boiled down to an irreducible minimum.
The premier’s visit is of great import-
ance and of deep interest.
Sir Wilfrid is a Frenchman who was
born in Canada and raised an English-
man. With equal facility he can talk
the tongue that is spoken in Paris or
speak the language that is used in the
He is 56 years old
and a gentleman. He has a gracious
and winning personality, and while it
wouldn’t be hard to quarrel with his
views, anybody who could hate him
would be a fit subject to be shot on the
spot. His nature is lovable and amia-
ble and he must carry about with him
a jar of honey and a torch, for he's
everlastingly emitting sweetness and
light. He keeps in a stock of supply of
the indefinable stuff Which we call per-
sonal magnetism. He is proprietor of
that quartet of qualities which were
happily hitched together by Thackery
after this-fashion—“Truth and honor,
His instincts
British parliament.
freedom and courtesy. ”
are chivalrous and gentlemanly, his
tastes scholarly, his sympathies a yard
wide and devoid of shoddy. Nobody
ever detected a fly-speck on his integ-
rity. He has an extraordinary gift of
speech and he is sometimes called the
“silver-tongued,” which is different
from being free-silver—tongued.
Sir “'ilfrid was unanimously chosen
leader of the Liberal party in Canada
in 1891 after Edward Blake had been
obliged, by delicate health, to throw
up the job. As a leader he seeks to at-
tract and he doesn’t use the lash. He‘s
an example of the difference between
being a leader and being a boss. With
the polish of diplomacy he aims by
honorable conciliation to convert ~en-
mities into friendships. He inspires
enthusiasm among his followers. He
is passionately devoted to Canada and
a large part of Canada is passionately
devoted to him. \Vith his big heart
goes a big brain, and he is a master of
public questions. One of his great fads
and ambitions is to secure a close com-
with _."the United
States, and no kind of reciprocity be-
tween Canadafi and the United States
can reciprocate too'ir'nuch- to suit him.
We trust that Sir Wilfrid will have
a jolly time in VVashlngton and that
the international adjusting processes
will operate without creaking. When- r
ever he sees fit to come down this way,
whether on business or pleasure bent
we shall take great pleasu1e in giving
him one of the best fr ee advertisements
we have on hand at the time. '
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FEMININE CHAT.’
mei cial a lliance
3 Furs are achieving a necessary popu-
larity.
Happiness 15 the greatest rejuvenato1
of .wom‘ank'ind.
Of all the kleptomaniacs the one who
Why on earth will men and women
wholook as though they ought to know
bette1 walk -on the public thorough-
fares arm in arm during the day time?
. -_The3 autumn bicycle girl 18 apparent-
ly very fond of corduroy for her wheel-
ing;costume. - ~
It Seems strange how quicklv we can
were once par‘ 1. and parcel of them.
Raw Beef Sandwiches—Scrape fine
juicy, tender beef, season slightly with
salt and pepper, spread on thin slices
of bread and put in a toaster and toast
slightly.
Great is the variety of china and
glass set forth on fashionable tables.
The thick, diamond-cut crystal or
molded glass can be had for the asking
——tube flower vases adapted to the long
stems of chrysanthemums, shell-shape
bonbon dishes and china with graceful
curves and designs.
White china f01 ferns and flowers is
ever popular, and there is a growing
tendency among young housekeepers
to buy the pure white china, as a table
never grows tiresome if decked in spot-
less ware with the necessary color add—
ed in centrepiece or a bit of VVedg-
wood.
Silken sofa pillows in French tapes-
try, with a pineapple pattern wrought
in gold, are popular. So are pillows of
hand-embroidered satins on grounds of
dull blue and terra-cotta or convention'
al poppies on green, with fiounces of
art silk.
On old oak or Chippendale tables
teacloths of finest Breton lace, with
insertions of Cluny, look the best.
Some have ‘openwbrk ecclesiastical de-
signs and come from Austria, France
and Ireland. .
Table-centres are made of colored or
shot silk,'with insertions of gold-run
guipure and butterflies and flowers are
appliqued'on the SllK. Some. are en-
tirely of lace, with Louis? Seize medal-
lion inksilk.
1
fective way ofgetting thecontroversial _.
'trees grow rapidly, and where .land ll
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F1ench is the luxuriously embroidered
chamber towel, with long grille fringes
of silk and cotton. . . .
COTTONWOOD TREES
81 ()m- Time Considered. Valuirless but
Now in Great Demand.
It will be news to many people to
seem that the cottonwood, which only
1 few years ago was looked upon as .
3::e of the worthless woods, and which
E:‘:'nged with luxurious growthithe
courses of these Southern rivers for,
no caithly utility, as it seemed, have
came into great demand. In rafts and
barge loads they are arriving constant-
ly at Cairo. -They are drawn up by
and es s chains cut into butts as they'
teach the door of the mills, with the
water still dripping from them. These
bulls go between the planing and shav-
ing: knives and as they revolve the ve-
neer peels off in sheets of Various
sizes. It is a. quick and a cheap pro-
tess. The cottonwobd thus peeled finds
1. variety of uses, but above all it is the
raw material fer packing boxes. The
too low to be useful for anything else.
The employment of ,cottonWood“ lum;
her is one of 'thef-‘new and admirable
economies of the‘Lower Mississippi
Valley.
In early days Jewett Wilcox steam-
boated up the Missouri. He used to-
tell an excellent story about the use
of cottonwood lumber for house build-
ing at Omaha. Timber was scarce.
I‘he pioneers would set up a sawmill
near the liver and cut boards out of
green cottonwood logs and build
houses. They couldn’t wait for ‘ the
lumber to season. Cottonwood boards
when green will do more queer things
than a crash suit in its first wash. Wil-
cox used to say that when the sun be-
gan to get in its work, on those brand
new Omaha houses of the early times
"vou‘could see them walk away in all
directions-New York Sun.
Logielet'hout Principle.
A curious combination of logic, with
lack of principle, has sent a French
medical student of good family to jail
for ten years.
He has failed in his examinations
and thereby lost his exemption from
military service. If obliged to serve or
two years, he saw no way of making
up his deficiencies in scholarship, but
he knew that a widow’s son would be
exempt from the conscription. He
proceeded therefore to make his mom—
er a. widow by shooting his father-—_
with whom he was on perfectly good
terms—twice in the head.
‘ The father recovered and succeeded
in getting his son’s sentence reduced
W‘L AK - HE
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