, manufactured articles,
iidvertisein the paznrrn.
PROTECTION DEFENDED'
Senator [Aldrich Strikes the
Keynote of the Campaign.
EFFECTS OF THE M’KINLEY LAW.
Facts and Figures Collected by Official
Experts Pursuant to a Senate Resolu-
tion of March 3, 1891, Show the Cost
of Living Reduced and the Wages of
Labor Increased-The Farmers Especi-l
ally Benefited.
MR. PRESIDENT—It is evident that the
, tariff question is to become, by common
consent, the leading issue in the approach-
ingpresidé’ntial campaign. In his speech
of J une. ,{the senator from Missouri (Mr.
Vest) makes this unequivocal statement:
“I am prepared to show that the McKin-
ley ._ act has had the effect of increasing
prices upon the necessaries of life to the
people of this country, and that the state-
ment in his resolution [referring to the
senator from Maine] that an era of cheap-
ness in the necessaries of life is being
brought to the people of the United States
is absolutely and unconditionally false.”
One of the principal purposes of the tarifif
inquiry ordered by the senate resolution of
March 3, 1891, was to ascertain whether
this claim of the opponents of protection
was justified. An investigation much
more extensive and thorough than ever
before attempted was instituted. The
cemmittee determined to ascertain the
prices paid for all articles of general con—
sumption at retail in every part of the
United States on the first of each month
from June, 1889, to September, 1891, a
period of seventeen months prior to the
passage of the act of 1890 and eleven
months subsequent. The quotations were
in all cases’secured from actual sales. The
places at which quotations were obtained
were selected with the view of covering the
entire country geographically, and in-
cluded typical commercial, manufacturing
and agricultural communities- The prices
were secured by the trained experts of the
department of labor with the greatest care.
The list of 215 articles was carefully se-
lected by the unanimous action of the com-
mittee, with a view of covering every pos-
sible expenditure of a family in the average
condition of life—that is, with an income
of 8500 to $1,000 per annum. .
The results of this comprehensive and
exhaustive inquiry are contained in the
report recently made by the finance com-
mittee. This report covers 2,300 printed
pages and contains more than 1,200,000 dif-
ferent quotations.
This investigation clearly establishes the
fact that a decline instead of an advance
has taken place in the prices of the neces—
saries of life and the resulting cost of liv-
ing since the adoption of the act of 1890.
The articles were divided into the follow-
ing groups:
First—Food.
Second—Cloths and clothing.
Third—Fuel and lighting.
Fourth—Housefurnishing goods.
Fifth—Drugs and chemicals.
Sixth—Metals and implements;
Seventh—Lumber and building mate-
rials.
The percentage of decline in the various
groups embraced in the schedule is shown
by the following table, prices for June,
July and August, 1889, being taken as a
, basis for comparison and represented by
the number 100, changes being shown by
percentages of that number:
Food ........................................ 100.53
Cloths and clothing ............. ‘ .......... 90.65 ‘
Fuel and lighting ......................... 08.60
Metals and implements .................... 97.49
Lumber and building materials .......... 128.28
Drugs and chemicals ............. .. 91.90
Houscfurnishing goods .................... 90.83
Miscellaneous .............................. 100.53
Average ................................ 99.33
The finance committee also investigated
for the same period the course of whole—
sale prices at the great distributing cen-
ters. While this investigation disclosed
greater fluctuations in price of the articles
selected, the general result was the same,
the fall in wholesale prices running sub-
stantially parallel with that of retail prices.
It will be observed that the greater per-
centages of decline are in the groups of
where it was
claimed the greatest advance had taken
place;
In addition to the inquiry stated above
the committee caused retail prices of the
different articles included in these lists to
be taken on May 1, 1802, at three of the
points at which the original inquiry was
made—namely, Fall River, Mass, Chicago
and Dubuque, Ia. The result of this latter
inquiry shows that a still further decline
in prices and in the cost of living had
taken place, between Sept. 1, 1891, and May
1., 1892, clearly establishing a continuance
of the tendency to lower prices and lower
cost of living.
It is shown as a net result of the investi—
gation that prices and the cost of living,
based on the expenditures of a family in
ordinary circumstances, had declined 3.4
per cent. in May, 1892, as compared with
the period prior to the adoption of the
tarifi' act of 1890.
It is difficult to see how the results of
this thoroughly exhaustive inquiry could
be a surprise to any one, unless he should
be a professional tariff reformer. The de-
cline in the cost of living was, as shown,
3.4. The advance in wages, as shown by
the some report, was .75 of 1 per cent. This
makes an average advance in the purchas-
ing power of wages of 4.15 per cent. As-
suming 8600 as the average income of the
families of the country, this would be
equivalent to, say. 8‘35- per family, or an
aggregate saving 'for 13,000,000 families 0
$325,000,000 for each year. .
The'addition of this vast sum annually
to the national earnings and wealth is an
achievement which speaks with a more
eloquent voice than I can command in be-
half of a policy under which such results
are possible. .
It is very significant thatiwhflefitbe cost
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51‘. living in the United States declined for
the period covered by the investigation of
the financial committee the cost of living
in England increased 1.9 per cent. If the
conditions had been reversed our Demo—
oratic friends would have insisted that
this was the direct and logical result of
rival revenue systems. I am curious to
see what explanation they will now make.
The result is unquestionablyavery sur-
prising one to them and one which they
will have difficulty in explaining away.
While the attempt to compare average re-
tail priccs in England and the United
States is not satisfactory, I am convinced
that for a family buying the same quantity
and quality of articles at retail in the two
countries the cost of living would not
be higher in America.
. [At no time incur history have the earn-
ings of the American people been as great,
measured by their power to purchase the
Comforts and necessaries of life, as they
are today. Measured by the same stand-
ard, they are vastly greater than those of
any other people in the world.
[The senator here analyzed a table pre-
1 pared by Mr. Daniel McKeever, of the
importing firm of H. Herman Sternbach &
Co., of New York, and previously quoted
by Senator Vest. He demonstrated that
the astrakhans, velvets and silk linings
mentioned in the letter are luxuries, and
that the articles of that class in common
use are now cheaper, as shown by the fol-
ling table in the official report]:
PRICES OF COAT LININGS AND WOMEN’S AND
CHILDREN’S nnsss GOOL‘S.
"Y I .
_ Coattllilnings and ltnl- '23)“? ”1:115? {3};
ran 0 O ‘— Cents. Cents. Cents.
Farr Alpaca 00., Hol-
yoke, Mass:
Double warp coat lin-
ings, 82 inches ...... 28 ‘23 27%
Single warp coat lin-
ings, 32 inches ...... 27 27 26%
Dress goods—
Manchester mills, Man-
chester, N. H.:
"813” cashmere, 3.3
inches ............... 10 1515 13
Arlington mills, Law-
rence, Mass;
Cotton warp cash-
mere, No. 100, 81 to
35 inches ............ 1895 183-5 18
Cotton warp cash-
mere. No. 200, 33 to
. 36 inches ............ 3 $ 21%;
Atlantic mills, Provi-
deuce:
Atlantic’s Fs, 35
inches ............... 10 18 18
Atlantic's FFs, 35
inches ............... 25 $35.1 23%
Hamilton “‘00ch C0.,
Southbridgc, Mass:
Cashmere. 27 inches.. 10 10 9%
It will be noticed that the Farr Alpaca
company, of Holyoke, Mass, quote double
and single warp coat linings at a lower
rate in July, 1892, than in either of the
previous years. The other quotations sub—
mitted by me are the prices at which the
goods manufactured by the five leading
American producers of women’s and chil-
dren’s dress goods sold their product at
the respective dates named. These quota-
tions show a decline in price in every case.
These quotations refer only to domestic
goods; but a very large proportion of the
goods of this class consumed in the United
States is produced by the domestic manu-
facturers, who have practically the con-
trol of the American market.
It can, however, be conclusively estab-
lished that the cost to import the great
mass of women’s and children’s dress
goods is less today than it was before the
passage of the act of 1890, and it is cer-
taifily true that both foreign and domestic
goods of this character are sold at retail at
lower prices now than they wer; prior to
October, 1890. I have been furnished by
Messrs. William H. Burgess & Co., of
Paris and New York, with a statement
showing the foreign cost and the cost to
lay down in New York, duty paid, of all
wool cashmeres. standard quality, 12 to 13
twill. Other descriptions of all wool dress
goods vary in price with these at a fixed
ratio. This statement shows that the cost
.to import the goof-Is in question, duty and
other charges paid, in 1887, was 44.2 cents;
in 1888, 42.8 cents; in 1889, 41.4 cents, and
in 1892, 40 cents per yard. This would
seem to clearly establish the fact that for
the great mass of women’s and children’s
dress goods used in the United States the
cost laid down in New York to the import‘
or is less today than it was prior to tariff
changes. -
In regard to the price of astrakhans there
is very little to be said. The demand for
this fabric is extremely limited, and fluc—
- tuations in the price are of very little im-
portance to the people of the country. I
have, however, been furnished with sam-
ples and a price list of astrakhans of do-
mestic manufacture by the Goodall Wor-
sted company, of Sanford, Me. This list
shows that the company referred to sells
54-inch astrakhans, 50 ounces in weight, at
$3.63 per yard net to their customers, or at
97 cents per yard less than the cost of im-
porting similar goods, as reported by Mr.
McKeever.
I submita table showing the compare-
tive prices at which silk sleeve linings
were sold for consumption prior to Oct-
ober, 1890, and in 1892:
PRICES OF SILK STRIPED SLEEVE LININGS.
Price in Differ-
1890 after once in
Price billwas Price price,
in 1889. passed. in 1892. lower.
Cents. Cents. Cents. Cents.
No.- l,40 inches 37.5 31; 34.7 2.8
No. 2, 40 inches m 40.5 38.30 17.7
No. 3, 40 inches 60 49.5 47.23 12.75
No.4, 40 inches 63.5 54 51.8 10.7
No. 5, 40 inches 73 60 58.5 14.5
This table shows a decline in prices in all
cases varying from 2.8 cents per yardto17.7
cents per yard. -
[The Senator then pointed out that cot-
ton .velvets and corduroys had sold very
high previous to 1887-0, that Americans
then attempted to manufacture them,
when foreign manufacturersat once re-
duced the price so low as to. drive the
Americans out of the market, and that,
though the prices have since been raised
and axe a little higher than when the Mo-
Kinley bill passed, they are not yet so high
as in 1885—7. He presented the proofs and
continued]: .
, Bearing upon the question as towbether
an increase has taken place in the price of
table cutler‘“, I will state, upon the au-
thority of Charles S. Landers, of Lander-s,
Fraryds Clarke, of New Britain, Conn.,
large table cutlery manufacturers, that
the pricz s on the entire line of goods manu-
facture" them are at least 7% per cent.
\WEE ELY - NORUW’ALK FGAZE11E
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Mure than 100,000 New England fam-
ilies attest “the purity and superiority of
Aboutl5.000,000barsivere used 1111891. -
than they were in "October,
1890, and . at. no advance has taken place
since that time. I will print Mr. Landers’
letter in The Record.
In regard to the price of pocket cutlery
I have received a letter from Mr. W. F.
Rockwell, of Miller Brothers’ Cutlery
company, which contains the following
statement:
“As to prices on American pocket cut-
lery, many patterns have not been ad-
vanced at all. Several styles that have
been sold below actual cost have been ad-
vanced so they now pay a small profit.
“The average advances do not exceed 10
percent. to the jabbing trade. The mar-
gin of profit between the jobber and con-
sumer was sufficient, so there was no rea-
son or necessity of advancing the price to
the consumer, and it has not been done.
“The. xesesehpecket-cstlgn_ markers
have been advanced from 5 per cent. to 25
per cent. in the different operations. One
of the oldest foremen in the country esti-
mates that the advances which have been
made in wages, together with the more
steady work given the men, will furnish
them at least an average of 20 per cent.
more annual income.
“Many of the factories have more than
doubled their capacity in buildings and
machinery, and all of them show increased
production. The gain in output of course
reduces incidental expenses.
“The fact that the value of the pocket
cutlery imported last year, with the duty
added, so closely approximates the amount
made here shows the conditions of compe-
tition pretty accurately adjusted.”
[The senator here analyzed the oft quoted
statistics of Mr. J. Schoenhof and others in
regard to the greater efficiency and conse—
quently greater cheapness of American
labor, showed their glaring fallacies, dem-
onstrated that wages in many lines are 77
per cent. higher in America than in Eng—
land and continued]:
The rule that should apply in fixing the
rates of protective duties is that they
should in all cases equal the dill'erence be«
tween the cost of production and distribu-
tion, under normal conditions, of the arti-
cle in question in our own and in that
competing country where the cost of pro-
duction is lowest. This was the rule which
was followed in the preparation of the act
of 1890.
Protective duties levied in this manner
have but one purpose-and can have but one
effect—that is, to protect American labor
and to maintain the existing high level of
wages and earnings of American workmen.
When such duties are removed or reduced
below the protective point labor receives
the full force of the blow.
This rule for fixing rates should only ap-
ply, however, to nrticl in the production
of which the United Sta es has equal nat-
ural advantages with other countries. As
a protectionist I believe that the United
States cannot afford, having in view the
most rapid development of her great re-
sources, to levy duties upon articles in the
production of which other countries have
permanent natural advantages. Such arti—
cles should be admitted free.
From this point of view much valuable
time has been wasted in the collection and
discussion of statistics in regard to so called
total labor cost of production. Most of
these statistics leave out of the computa-
tion sums paid for clerical service. for su-
perintendence, for taxes and insurance. for
labor in repairs and materials and all the
great mass of incidental expenses which go
to make up the cost of doing business and
the ultimate cost of production. These all
represent labor or services. The sums col-
lected for taxes, for instance, go to pay
school teachers, firemen, policemen, tax
assessors, collectors and various other em-
ployees in the public service. All the es-
sential elements in the cost of production
can be reduced to an expenditure for labor
or services in some form, and labor c051. of
production and total cost of product are
equal terms.
Among the many remarkable statements
made by the senator from Missouri in his
speech of June 28, I find the following:
“I am prepared to show by irrefutable
testimony that never in the history of this
country has there been such disturbance
of labor, never such hostile and inimical
relations between employer and employee.
never such prostration of agricultural in-
terests, never such a limiting and narrow-
ing of foreign markets, never such disaster
brought about in so short a time as by this
infamous legislation.”
[To support this he presents a list of al-
leged strikes, lockouts and wage reductions
compiled by Hon. John De W'itt for the
New York World, covering the time from
Dec. 4, 1890, to J mm 18, 1892. He says
seventy-seven strikes occurred in that time.
Here is a list furnished by the commis-
sioner of labor for each year of 1880—90, in-
elusive]:
lower 1'
- Employees
1N umber striking
of and
strikes. involved.
1880 .......... 610
1881 ............... . . ...... 471 129.521
1882 ....................... 454 154,671
1883 ............... . ....... 4.8 149,763
1884 ............... . ...... . 443 147.054
1885 ............. . . . . . . 045 242,705
1886 ............... . ..... . . 1.411 490.489
1887 ............... . ....... 872 045,073 .
1888 ............ .,. 679 211.016
1889 ..... . . . ........ . ....... 643 177.298
1890 ........... ............ 798 201,682
The number reported in 1890 is 798, being
more than ten times as many in this single
year as reported by Mr. Warner? for the
eighteen months covered‘by his" statistics.
Available statistics show that in Great
Britain, the paradise of tariff reformers,
3,164 strikes occurred in 1889. The: British
board of trade officially report 1,028 strikes
in 1890, with 392,981 persons involved in 738
of these.
It will be seen by a comparison of the
relative number and importance of strikes
in the United States and in Great Britain
for the year 1890 that the number was
much router in the latter country, and
that t e number of persons involved was
more than three times as great in propor-
tion to the number of persons engaged in
pseful occupations in the respective coun-
ties. -
. In the recent strike in the Durham (Eng-
llSh) district 100,000 coal miners went out
and romained idle from March 12 toJune
1,.when they accepted a reduction of 10 per
- cent. in wages. This strike involved the
closing down of 100 blast furnaces in addi-
tion to the suspensionot mining operations.
The statistics submitted by the senator
from Missouri confirm in a striking man-
] nor the judgment, of every. intelligent ob-
server that there has been a remarkable
freedom from strikes and labor troubles in
this country since the passage of the tariff
act of 1890. It can be said that at no time
in the history of the country has labor been
so constantly and profitably employed
and at such satisfactory wages as in the
period referred to. N 0 person in the Unit-
ed States with the capacity and willing-
ness to work is out of employment.
It is true that a reduction of wages has
taken place in a limited number of estab-
lishments producing iron and steel; but
the fact should not be overlooked that even
with this reduction the average wages are
still much higher than in any of the other
great industries. The earnings in some
departments are exceptionally high; for
instance, the average net earnings of bar
rollers in all the Pittsburg mills is 815%
per day, and the net earnings in wire rod
rolling are even higher than this.
It is perhaps proper that I should say a
word in regard to the condition and earn-
ings of the operatives in Rhode Island.
That they do not work fer a miserable pit.
tance is shown by a statement which I
submit and will have printed in The Rec-
ord of the relative wages paid in a cotton
mill in Rhode Island and one in Oldham,
England, showing the much greater wages
in Rhode Island. The mills have each
about 03,000 spindles and make the same
kind of goods.
Instead of working at “starvation
wages” the working people of my state
are enabled from their earnings to live as
Welland as comfortablx .as . any -shnilar
class of people in the world; and their
savings, averaging nearly 81,000 for eac
family, deposited in the saving banks 0
the state, furnish the best evidence of
their prosperous and satisfactory condi-
tion. These savings, accumulated since
the inauguration of the protective policy
of the United States, are greater per capita,
I believe, than those of any other indus-
trial community in the world.
[The senator here read letters from S. N.
D. North, secretary of the American As-
sociation of We lManufacturers, and cited
much other evidence showing that the
\Varner list of strikes was grossly exag-
gerated, the same instance being set down
several times. He presented other evi-
dence of advance of wages and continued]:
In no class of people in the United States
has the improvement in condition been so
marked as in the farmers during the period
under consideration.
The prices received for farm products
subsequent to the passage of the act of 1890
show an average increase on all crops of
18.67 per cent. The percentage of increase
on many important articles—corn, for in-
stance, at 47 per cent—was greatly above
this average.
It will be seen by an examination 0f the
report of the committee that the advance
in the average price of all cereals, the com-
putation being made according to their
relative importance, was 33.59 per cent._
The price received for meats of all kind
averaged 4 per cent. higher in September,
1891, than in June, 1889.
The most striking result shown by the
inquiry was the fact that while there was
a considerable decline in the prices of man-
ufactured articles which enter into general
consumption there was an advance in the
price of nearly all agricultural products;
and if it had not been for the great decline
that took place in the price of sugar, owing
to removal of duties by the act of 1890, that
large portion of the cost of living which is
embraced in expenditures for food would
have shown an increase instead of diminu-
tion. .
[To BE CONTINUED.]
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lull": “'orkers' “'nges Increasing.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2,—A committee ap-
pointed to determine in» wages for mme
workers in the lower anthracite region [or
the last half cf August and first half of Sep-
tember announced the rate of 3 per cent.
above 82.501113515. This is the highest rate
paid since 1881-).
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A Fast Mail Train Wrecked at New
Hamburg, N. Y.
THREE PERSONS ARE DEAD.
Failure to Close the Drawbridge in Time
Causes the Disaster—Engineer
Owens, Fireman Best and
Mail Clerk Kane Killed.
annuae, N. Y., Sept. 2.-—The fast mail
train on the Hudson River railroad met
with an accident at the New Hambprg
drawbridge. The train was going at the
rate of a mile a minute, and the bridge was
just being closed after letting a steamer go
through. Several feet had yet to be closed
justas the train reached the bridge. The
engine jumped the gap, but the rear end of
the tender dropped enough to check the
momentum of the train. The mail car
crashing into the tender, pushed it against
the locomotive. The rear end of the loco-
tive and the mail car was splintered.
Three Were Killed.
The engineer, Joseph Owens, of Albany,
and the fireman, Edward Best, of East A1-
ban , were crushed under the forward end
of t e cab and instantly killed. J. H. Kane,
of Cohoes, N. Y., a clerk on the mail car,
was also killed.
There were two clerks in the mail car.
Kane was forced upward and landed on top
of the debris of the mail car. He was in-
stantly killed, and his body shockingly mu-
tilated. The other clerk was not injured.
Behind the mail car were two baggage or
storage crrs.
The conductor of the train, William L.
Todd, and John Hitchcock, a trainman,
were in the forward end of the first baggage
car. J. H. O’Neill, another trainman, was
in the rear part of the same car'. Todd and
Hitchcock were thrown headlong. The
former was hurt about the head, but was
able to walk to the New Hamburg station.
Hitchcock had one finger cut, otherwise he
escaped injury. O’Neill was not hurt.
Owens, the dead engineer, was one of the
well knowu employees of the road. Kane
had been in the railway mail service only
eight months.
On the night of Feb. 6, 1871, on this same
drawbridge a train known as the second
Pacific express struck an oil car that had
left the rails. The express was wrecked
and set on fire, and about twenty-five per-
sons were burned to death.
. . -
Overcome by Sewer Gas.
N EW Yonx, Sept. 2.—Four laborers in the
employ of the department of public- works,
while working in the new sewer at the foot
of East Seventeenth street this morning,
were overcome by sewer gas. They were
rescued with much difficulty.
Minister White Sails.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—The Hon. Andrew
D. Whit», ex-minister to Germany and re-
cently appointed minister to Russia, left for
his diplomatic post on the Hamburg steamer
Augusta Victoria. He is accompanied by
his wife and daughter.
Ten Miners Killed.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 2.-A mine explosion, re
sulting in the certain loss of ten and possi-
bly forty lives, occurred at Borinage, in the
province of Hainault.
Rev. Cole Hold for Trial.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 2.——Rev. Joshua L.
Cole was held for trial upon the charge of
betraying Eleanor G. Brown, seventeen
years of age;__‘_
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CARTER MEDlCINE C0., New York.
Small ill. Small he. 311111 Price.
Fall Sty/es
Fine Footwear.
This season we have sever-
al new styles which cannot
be found elsewhere.
Ladies’ Celebrated Foot
Form, Hand-Sewed, Button
Boots, at $3.00 per pair, in 3
new shaped last-s.
The Common Sense, with Patent Leather Tips.
The Common Sense. with Plain Toe, no tip.
The Derby Toe, with Patent Leather Tip.
For comfort, style and du-
ribility these are unequalled.
School Shoes.
Children’sv Dongola Kid
Button Boots, Patent Leather
Tips, Sizes 7 to 10%, $1.00.
Misses’. Dongola Kid But—.
ton Boots, Patent Leather
Tips, Sizes 11 to 2, $1.25.
Youths' A Calf Button and
Lace Boots, Sizes 11 to 2,
$1.48. -
Boys’ A Calf Button and
Lace Boots, Sizes 2% to 5%,
$1.75.
Lord€5 Taylor,
Grand Street Store.
Studebaker Bros,
MANUFACT URING COMPANY.
265-267 Canal .Street.
And 23 Howard Street. 200 feet East of Broadway,
Have now the largest carriage and wagon ware-
rooms in New York city. In it you will find wagons .
of all descriptions to suit the “Farmer” and people in
all stations of business. ‘ -
Carriages, Buggies, Phaetons, Snrreys, Cab-
riolets, Victories, Landaus and nov-
elties of all kinds.
Farm wagons, contractor’s and farm carts, dry
goods, laundry. grocers and business wagons of all
kinds. 8 full line of harness, and buggy whips.
Street Sprinkling
Wagons and Carts.
We have the finest and most complete line in the
country.
‘ ‘Little Gem’ ’
for lawn and flower~bed use is a novelty.
Must be seen to be appreciated.
Send for Catalogues or call and see
our full line of goods.
MERRILL
BUSINESS - COLLEGE,
STAMFORD, CONN,
A live, progressive institution for the prac-
tical training of oung men and young women
for business. ts thorgugh work. so error
methods, complete equipment. and e cient
corps of instructors have won for it the co -
dence of the public. Branches taught: Book-
keeping, Banking, Penmanship, arres-
pondence, Hhorthand, Typewriting, Archi-
tecture, German and English stndlcs.
Open the entlre ear. Graduates assisted to
good positions. all onenm Sept. 6th. Send
or illustrated catalog'ue. A dress.
M. A. ME BILL, President,
Stamford. Conn
ETER L. GUIGUE, Florist and Nursery
man, Umon Avenue, north of Union
Cemetery Norwalk. Conn. Dealer in Green
House and Hot'Hopse and Beddmg and Vege-
table Plants. Fruit and
Shrubbery, Vines, Cut Flowers. always on
hand, and all sorts of desrgns in flowers ar~
ranged to order. ,
WGr ding and refilling cemetery plots
attende to. .
run nus-r! sitcom).
Colonel Joan P. Lisa-on, a lawyer and-
nt member of the Knig’ has of
Pythias, in Johnstown, Pa .
Captain Wm Wanton, one o! the
Union omoero who escaped from Libby
iii-lion through the among tunnel, at Rn.-
W
m. Blaine Improving In Health. .
Bu mason, 110., Sept. a-Mr. Blaine
is improving greatly under the masses
treatment and Swedish movement cure,
andhoisnow trying a daily walk oil};
mileoinndditiou tohis drive. Essays he.
will not go to Europe thiswinter,» has
been reported. » - -
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