Watauga Democrat. [volume], August 22, 1888, Image 1

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Ui Published eferyWlneKday at? session.. ' When CougI?S8ftiet
Uooue, Watauga uoujrty,.;vi, LinUeceinwr an ' attache ;oi
. :Vvi i-'r.V
tha" "New York' tribune-, jtlie
mouthpiece ofthemanfactur-i
ers, bad thtf effrontery to ftp;
nroaxh me, in the lobby, and
ask mejf I' did not flow see.
Tfte Ghrotible haw publish
extracts from the 'circular' of
Mr. J;Pv Foster to the niari-
ufactures. ? This is an admli1
Anyfieeting mail Ought siori on the part of the Presi-
tol able to feee'that ' if he j deiit '- of :the P ?Remlb!ican
fthemesjot
are carrot oqcto tneii; legit manutactlires are they who
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twrofatire one-'Then why
dqyou wantit? : . J contmned,
by Raymfc-to" hiiii, that if he
Reposed me to beiustequal,
in intel licence, . with the-, av
erofre waders of bin paper, he
and I differed greatly .in onr
estimates---that I thought" I
understood the r " qftestion
quite as well or he didf and
thaVno on? but' a' eap-head
oould believe. ' he iBaicf lie
did. I "irtiggeiited that, he
wait awhile for , the. cpinbi
nation would be obliged to
break before a! great while.
It did, break'. :VVhat i qui
nine worth now? Have the
factories . Htdpped?: On 'thai
contrary",' one of -them has
been enlarged. " ".".'',.'
Now, if 'these ioor laboi-ess
can make money -'with qui-
Anothe- 1 Unanswo alio A srant jnme uxnTT.vcenvQ,wiiutpront
i hojiring th?t P otestioa Dow -.HoV did they make ivhen they sold
in jobbei-R lots .ati. tnree dol
lar? A reference to. Dun'n
1 1-colnmn 1 wepki...,.M....'.v.-V.9
If, " 1 iiionth.w.i....!.18.50
1 : " s i'v,.......;-.! 87.50
I year.;.'....... ...... .. ..f
rniediat tatm coviw-
tMnd with the Kflitor. : : v ,
; ' Joal notices 5 wiitn a liiie.
... . ubHcnptian iuvatifjljiy in An-
VVxri? ana aflvertwinenw payo
ble on demand. . !
i, Ws Of the Free List
man mk mm
;Hii; OWii KITTLES.
liTOTe'tn thrf 5Tfii tiflnK nf f 'n. fni'rf Will i
jjuju jivu .ui?.y un wrermir
ed .from the labor of the iill
long by an intolerable ayHtettt
of taxation, , i 4 i V:,
that thn, tana i bad notmng iiVT.-V' W' "TaTtffs.r "l v,,,c "jvP'.,vyur
to do with ettab,yhing tli? b obljdtxv Kitttariff Ul notwithstanding
lloSfi! rptvi1ji
pose the.tax onallgoodwaR j labftreV' tdthe front when
such as it 1 is xn .-blankets-- thev Arelobbvinff before Con
I joHially prohfbjtbry it -isJi:esHjto' getiABOii protwted.
P ptactiheWo kingmen.
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-rThe bill of the, Committee
();-. on .Ways and Mean of the;
V erallv as "the Mills bill.", be-
I ' j cause Mr: Mills, of Texas, -is
i hairmr.n, as t , passed the
Hon e, reduced the. rate . of
t !; taxation on imported goods
v?a little less than 0 per. cent.
r,iHThTllWfauhW the
ii l! easting 4ajwr,.' as ; has been
j r'. said neretofjtre, is about, 47
ti-A friw nnt.. A fhti Mi la hill
f:;: j goes 10 tne oenare n is a- re-
Induction only to 42 per. centr
P) V And yet the . Protectionists
oi high; taxationists have
filled the air with the ' clamor
that this small diminution of
iTu-the .burdens of the people
will end in luin to the poor
ijVlaoorei--that is, the owners
-'tof the mills, forges and other
.'"'i :.A.Mt:A.. m., n. 1.....
l-iliUilBtj nun ru uru-
feent 01 tne exiKting exactions.
The same cry was raised, a
4 Vifev yea fs ago, when .a bill
was penuiug to j)Uice quinine
on the ireif list, l'owers &
jAVeightiniln and ltosengarf!en
;'& Sgn "were hanging , arond
ithe-fcoifjdors of the cajatal.
ouwjn-noiing meinoers. ana
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Commercial Reporter .places
the wealth ; of one. of : these
Arms at ovee a million, .and
the other at over iba4f mil ion
What, a sympathy I have
with such, poor lnboivrs as
they are." And yet these peo,
pie call out to Congress, with
clear that the needed revenue
could not be ? raised.: Then
the era of excises and, bur
dens direct upon glands, ten
ements and ilelekditaJllcnt8,',
and all . personal property,
will become necessary ' "to
pay tlw debts and provide.
for the genera uvelfare: of the
United States,'?- Is that' the
Kast to which we are invited
by these pretended 'Wends, of
thelaboriiJgman? iiertainly
such a feast is under the cov
En of the Prfitectionist ta
bles;;.' Their intended' victims
should bewai-e how they, par
take of a repast -whose con
sequences will be so detrimen
tal to theirwell-being.' '
-1 have heretofore said, that
neither the existing tariff, nor
anyother which can es
tablished, is or can be 01 any
benefit to even themanufact-
Thesarne circular- contains
gustriathii i88;
The "tetnom-ntR of-vCoV
at night for, the pwpose-of
organizing cf iraeyelaiid Jind
Adami; ?;on ;inotipil C flo:
ueaijaa caiiett to im chair.
The tjtflokiti&Vrj
Averts, jelodbed, ,officerr j at dfche
perhiiauent qrganiwitionilinv;
haif man P,; Adams;
Sec; Alex ,Haga.ma Xreas
:v Dry OaodKotioiiff,'-,;;,-
Hatfl, CapKBpotn, O.oes V-
the Arabhiir ti-ees "their '.tii
fticinalgum-"Help rae. ar
sius, or 1 Bing.':' Beggars
worth , a, millionl- Out of
whom did these men get their
profits? Certainly '. riot, the
English, Fmich and (lerman
for none of their quinine re
galed the palates of ourshiv
ering poor, . when afflicted
with the ague. , The" manu
facturers made not less than
two dollars out of every pro
tected ounce which, they sold ,
and yet had the effrontery to
protest, in the name of the
working men, against the re
peal of a . law which gave
them that infamous advan
tage Over their fellow men.
They, like all other Protec
tionists, want fifty-five mill
ions of people taxed for the
benefit of less than five mill-'
ions. Is this demand an hon
est one? i; Can any.ingn of jn
lelligence honestly ask it?
Did the tax on quinine in
crease its cost t(Hlie'onsuth-
;inakhig piteous appeals, in U-? No man can deny it. ? If
Of. the laborers , who.' it was Hfi in rfiard tnnnitiiim
an extract fi'dra a Republican
Senator s lettery in , which it
ls stateq tngt ne . would , con:
Kgii these raanufactuiw. to
perdition if.tliey dulajqtj dis
gorge their gains into, the
iladi(uil.( Rascals) Campaign
box, because they are , "ge$;
ting, prap'tieiilly i the sole ben
efit orat le'ast the most di
rectly important benefits- of
the tariff' laws." Th .same
Spnrft6r"Oh!', shamej where
is thy - f)lush?''---throatens
thes manufactures with yen-
1 gearice if their d( not contii-
bute tohat,; in this ..cae, is
a base fraud. . He is practi-H
cmg tin them t he siuno niena
cies which they : practice " be
foie every electiqa upon.. the
people whonrthey employto
drive them into the' stlpport
of a part jt which exists qnd is
A, L. Mast, Com.; of arrange- rJCjDi Roti's I
ments vBn'pch Ift.; AS TtHaileJmljpa'C
uios extend Kc of;.;"
kepttn BoOu;-BUckMn. fc"ot .
'Compound Syinjp.olIyrc:V j
pint, siirtmon' , uvw; 1,;-; ;
tor, ' vftoner'a" feafe I4ver ax , .'.
Kydney, Cure,' KephaJirtet" Jwk y
son's Made Balsuih ' Dn-JfaneaM
Medicinen, Brpwn'fl Iron Bitt- J
UVerBhermi8...j:'
urers of "cotton goods now Wpemted for; the purpose ; pjf
1 A
t V.?-; factum of that i drug. They
f '3 . .1 i- - 1 1 . x . 1 1
- jaia jititning aoou tnem
' i el vti. They '.'a alleged by
;':' theip -: own,j mouths '' v and
tliroiwh their orcans in Con-
it is so in regard to all other
articles, which are iutroduftd
for consumption, and have a
tjixupon hamfirtthat
tiix Js bo jifgh irtrt to-prevent
iajp oupHtiTion y . ext :iua
hi
ury, whem it,, rightfully be;
longs, goes into the pitrse hi
the domestic producer. But
a small part of it, as the sta
tistics showever finds :itR
way; in'tig 'lW pOckets 6J .the
laborerR. Uapor is not pro-
I
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fiictories would be obliged to
Uioseandtha poor : laborers
-s.- would be. thrown out of; era-
;ployinent.A They r insistM
thtt the duty was absolutely
I r.iCKssary to enable them ; to
V tiriake th? 1 gbodsat 'ail ? and
on xne pnv aneiru lewt-j: '- ' v'
4r ri:et value of ouinine was l !lke ir&t: of HI' oraen; a-
; r not tee to' the tariff at all, ; bout the capital in Washing
vt 1; b :tta theiscarcity pfancho-;tn;askirig that' their :thewi
: rti; But Congrees waalahd sinews shall hrtWtCfci.1
, 3 er.0r.3h ' toM disbelieve - wiw"--Af
' the bill waspatid, ol.,throWn around , them-vbut
' ; ' 1 months tnot:V ; 1' ne' people"tt'hoc do so are the
: ? zCl retailed at V5:C0 anV - - - -'-tmof eohcentra-
- ;-r::tiH;;frci acoi-; t r v. ;alth; ; who wish such
t :twccn tr.e r.-c- ; -.elation
tears dropping "aRfair , at operating in theJoufcThe;!
UA-ILI" Will - ill -. UUV
rtousa of Repi-esentatives,
gives much more protection
to the wool mills' than,' they
need to enable them to enter
into a fair competition with
the : foreign producers. No
one ought to: have -the ef
frontery to aak . more than
thnty and I am unable to see
how any fairminded man can
do so. The tariff gi ves an
advantage to the mrnufact
urers of goods' which, from
any cause, can be produced
abroad more cheaply, wheth
er rate of duty is high ,or
low for all the tariffs are
protected to. the; .extent to
whi they ; go. . pfcourse,"
where goods-can bmade iu
this country more Teconumi
cally tlian -abroad, ' no tax
which can belaid will increase
their price to the consumes,
and thus ''protect" the man
ufacturer. ; The cotton mills
of .the South' tura but a prod
uct which is 1 "-often exported
arid sold in EriglaiidBrazil
ujnd i';sewhere - beyond "the
seas.'!;. He; ' ihei-efore; whti
clariimors for protection i in
the hdpe that it will s well his
H'onts and thus put it in his
owev to. pay v bis . laborers'
Uglier wages, .tmly tlisplay s
a stupidity which leaves-me
in doubt.whether he .deser yes
any pity. ;An intelligent man
must know that in the South
no act "of Congress pretend
ing to be ft revenue" act arid
no act of any kind, can have
the slightest effect upon the
price of labor, i jf wa had alh
solute free trade or even a
prohibitory ta riff the wages
paid Wodld be the sa mer J : Wa
ges of la bor- a re ' al wasy ! on
the;; "free list' and the owe
era and leaders of the Itermbi
licau party have Jiever. fle
sii'ed it saould te, osherwise.
They want tux which : will
increase, the price- of goods
uuu riiuiin- LiitJiu J'av em
ployees more; piovidecf they
see; ptoper to do It, They
never jnll pay man two dol
lars a ey 'tor -hid " W6rk .".; if
i, ; who wish such they can ,zt if fcr a doUar
as wiU(add BtiUf esd a U'4.;: Only a knave or
eRjbflhingaaHirt;
ta moneyea weaitn. . : ;.
The GENUINE LABOIilNO MAN
must fight his o wn ; battles,
for his wealth lies in liis own
muscles, andthat di partment
of life then is free trade. What
he should want is a just ; sys
tem of laws, which will give
him an even chance, r enable
him. to sell his labor , for the
best price he can get and
then be able to buy what he
wants, in the' cheapest mar
ket, : What' there would be-
masters want is to fouos
them to buy in a high mar
ket and "sell . .their labor in
mst such a -market ias - the
lords are willing to establish.
The laborer should desire on
ly just laws, and neither , he
nor his employer should ask
for such as do wrong to oth-
.-"'.:". " "'' -
.The present tariff laws, so
far from being st any: bene
fit to the Southern manu-
VaCTURES, ABE A , DOWNRIGHT
qUnsE by increasing the cost
of -tneir gooas. a ;. mui , ior
spinning can be put up in Eii
gland.ior ohe third of what
it costs in this country; ow
ing roamly to thew, cheapness
ixf machinery. 54The.millwhi:h
I hflye in charge, and anotht
er ,in- th6 neighborhood" 'of
which 1 urn it director have
in use, machinery which Ivas
tnade.in England, imported
here.l'and .on .which - was; a
heavy duty,- making it cost
about fifty per cent ; moie,
than if t here nad been no tax
upoh t.j:. Where: do we get a,
ny, benefit, frpnu that?, -The
manufacturers of machinery
ia. Pennsylvania and Massa
ennsett get; xne ad vantages,
uithey pay . then; yptoy
ers wnat they please. ' svery
man,; woman and child who
uses our goods, is obliged to
pay, in universal 'peace- be
;caose of the tax on machine
ry; forthe Drotectibn of Pitts
burg and kowelll :And every
one who toes cotton - goods,
whether made ;here or else
where, must pay . hiahit ' pri
ces, becausa tha goods , cost
higher, by rcsson of the exor
bitant price of michincry.' v t
Adanis, ; J . - S. . Mast," AAIex
Hagaman and N-L.;Mrtt'.
There were 25 members - eri-
roued at the . first meetinir.lt '
i la .iiiuuT.iTiiF .I'll lj . n tmmtAiArnT .
Mes'sr T. P. Adams, nE. C.
Moody, j), C. v Iiygger and
Alex's Hagamani , ; j A V ;;; "r .;. .
The tiext meeting 4 wilK be
held at Sliells school - hojise
Thursday evenhig Aug. 16th;
at - 6:80 .o'clock. Mr Jake
Hodges of Texas is expected
to be on hand and make
speech. Let every body
out and hear him as
able to., tell ; us something
that; will inteivst us all. ;
' The Democrats of : Cove
Creek Tare, Jvery ';. enthnsiastip
over .the political . outlook
arid they aregofng Jbo vwOrk
for; Cfevelarid , andv J?6wk4,
the loyiU j8ta mlard ''.liearers
of the "Democratic : party,, ; I
say let the good work go on,
'y 'v;::C, N.'L; Mast Sec. J
Cur anvvarioit
other inedicines tppntji fQrdtia t&
inentionr-' - VVVt A5-';
ATlof tlie abojwMyd 1
.1 1., v V.A,9r
H.::':'V"'v:.
we Deiieve. our- facilities ar?
- I uiK'li tltt tnanal ita na in aM tttuiA ,'''
h& ' is r i tb&tHjii
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uirrv!ir-rv.-';;;
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than any other nierchaiit in''.'" -,i "'
1: I;-- MoretZ Mills, N. C.
. : - .Aug. the 10th;18S8r
; , . To the Democrat, ; ; ' J
Allow rae to say to : the
people through the columns
of your paper ;lhat I have
never given consent for my
name to be used as one of
the Executive Com'. forK the
Prohibition party in Watau-
Co. 1 i-eceived a r letter and
cirenlars from the Rev. Mr.
Ingle stating that r had
been appointed,' and asking
irie to use every exertion 5 ia
behalf .of the new party , but
1 win . state, to tne people
that l am not a voter, ' and
if I.were I Worild be a ; demo-;
cratic "voter. . I" have -v not
seen MrtrlnglerVdny.other
prohibitionists since the con
struction of the new party in
our country neither;; have ;i
ex pressed myself as - a1 pro
hibltionist. "TsIi Korjethat
the good ieople of JVaianga
will-lookf to their interests
and'vbte for the pa-rty f that
the last four years for purity.
honesty and integrity. The
gooa tuu qemocrarjc parx-y ?
which will, if ! successful in
this election briiig'fRunshiriej
ann nperxy to. tne, people pi
MeaCamp,Nd
-- -r. Ausr..l71888.
' ;Mr,v itokc;itr
rumored , artftind over this
part of ; thev county hat;
stand;M!;th ; filtepublican
TiunjLAj bnt it is ra entire mis
take, 1 ani;a thor6ugh4)em
ocrat'. ;Fj:iijteiid
itv fj ;ain : U'a' !ldate
before. XKk .Deciocratio ? con
yention pf ilet Camp town
and getfa discount of from v2 ,tt j ' ;
6 per cent.-, ;, -.
- We pay no clerRhfi'e'or honw."; -
ran hiiu can gi wour cumouwiit. ;
closer figure than many, others '
, We take in exchange fov gov
Butt';:V':!
Wax,
: Wool,"
; '., Urairi:
:Genwngjv
- :, ...Honey
V !? : ;'v
'?-1''.'' "?i Chit-keiiS-'H-it-"-;
'-.: Zy ' y Hav?5- y ;
, n..i : 11 r :
D AI5U UWJ I.iLl. J
:!M; t ;
We hav0 Ji) connction wftSi '"t
other bumness a
tTfVTOT
.'VVffiaf'i
ADV5i;;r?47--:''.-ii
where we 1 promisa to r;tsxt' jC
faction W' those.,, who. : ivexi'.
their t)atroiafie,-v ,.'vw!f-'.,
taeir patronage, ,h
c:rst:J CJTr;v:; V-
''h-m.'i 0t.fHviv.t; y.;
AssS
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': ' We keeptv ' . r t r ,
SCUOOLtOOirSr-
ps by tus State Pox
Ecucatiqn at J ;
fata VhrtnioK v-v. .iv. ship, for constable; -Yours','; f ;5UV V, v.
;V.. "; iraltwL.gtKde.,' . Kahura WinUarjtr. 7.1.t:3,2;: :
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