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DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST, NAPOLEON, O.. JANUARY 12, 1893. " i " ' twi MTIIE OLDEST FIR! Business House N NAPOLEON, IS HUMPHREY'S 'OLD RELIABLE' Jn Humpbref Block, Waars yon a hsy fOilSitaisiiesjSfusties, MO Blank :-: .Books, .NOTIONS, ETC., ETC. t" These aoods are '.aii&o and will be SOLD CHEAP i Banking House J. 6. 5(11111 & 60. NAPOLEON, 0. MONEY LOANED. Totelgn ssd Domestic Exchange Bought ul Sold it lowest ourrent rate., and Collections on 11 point made promptly. D. MEEKISON, ANKER NAPOLEON, O. 9 1C- tWOFFIOIALPAPEROF CITY AND 00 TIAPOLEON, O., . JAN. 12, 1803. WORKS LIKE A CHARM FIVE PER CENT. OF OUR WEALTH IN VESTED IN MANUFACTURING. This I til Basalt of Thirty Years' Legis lation In Favor of Protection How Certain Manufactnrors Male Enormoni Profits on Small Investments. By the last censns the total wealth of the United Status la 610,000,000, and the total capital Invested In iDauntactarlng J&OCO.rei.tSSt, rbutS per cent, of the whole. After thirty years of legislating for the 5 It It time to give the 85 a chance. New York World. The World persists in misunderstand ing the benefits of protection. It has never been pretended that the manufac turers constitute any considerable per cent, of our population or that the capi tal invested in manufacturing was con siderable. The World is also mistaken in suppos ing that all manufacturers are protectnl. Only about one out of five are actually benefited by tariff legislation. Hence not more than 1 per cent, of our capital is invested in the protected industries conducted by less than MOOth of 1 per cent, of our population. But numbers and per cent, don't count in this case. While the number who first receive the benefits of protection is exceedingly limited, the number of those who finally participate in the blessings is unlimited. The protected manufacturers are but trustees of protection funds charged with the heavy responsibility of distrib uting them. This they do by reducing the prices of their products and by pay ing high wages. The effect upon the community and country is marvelous. W'nff big'5 wages the protected manufacturers Bet the vote of waes tc 1 all It is a fact tbnt Jn their fmSidty to ay hie:. -ageB they nnve fisea rate so well that wages are actually higher in unprotected than in protected industries. Because wages are high in this country it is easy for the protected manufactur ers to induce hordes of poor Huns, Polos and Italians to come to this country to work in factories and make home mar kets for our farmers. Nobody is omitted, and the system is absolutely perfect. An error is likely to creep in here. The World must not suppose that be cause protected manufacturers have but 1 per cent, of the total capital of the country invested in manufacturing that that is all they possess. Protection en ables certain manufacturers to make enormous profits on comparatively small investments. Thus the Sugar and Car tridge trusttt are undoubtedly making profits on actual capital invested of nearly 100 wr cent. Other trusts fare almost as well. These profits are not al ways distributed at once. but. as in the case of Andrew Carnegie, aro allowed to accumulate until a big library can be supplied to a community hungering for books. Or perhaps they aro invested in real estate where, by absorbing the "un earned increment." they can double about even' twelve years. These tem porary accumulations, now in the hands of individuals, amount to considerable. In fact the New York Tribune finds that out of a total of 4,047 millionaires in the country 1,125 (about 28 per cent.) belong to the small class of persons engaged in "protected" industries. That the vast majority of the accumulations will, at the proper time and in the proper way, be returned to the millions of people who have temporarily deprived them selves of apart of their hard earnings cannot be doubted by those who are acquainted with protected manufac turers and know how unselfish and self sacrificing they are. The few instances like the Homestead affair, in which the workmen get anxious to receive back their share of tho, protected earnings and think the trustees (Carnegie, Frick tt CO.) are too slow iu making distribu tions, only emphasize the fact that in moat cases the people hare implicit confidence .in their trustees: .otherwise iJJfS. T We open the engagement with hot shot. We force the fight for "low nricea and 0&k o 'ikC j j 77. At i ii r; r. l m ts .. i , , vv iiiio uu jumm uumusK loweis, jnoitea rringe, worth 3 oy for 17c! mMmi jjauusb JJtfKSUSY RIBBED VESTS, worth 35c for 19a 'SiSSsSS WE ONLY SELL TWO TO EAOH CUSTOMER See Our 1 00 Fur. Mufis we Sold at Two Dollars. 95c Pair Gray Blankets cbeap at $1,25. 5,000 yard plain White Fine Saker, sold at 8c, now at 5c per yard. We only sell 15 yards to one customer KID GLOVES $1,75 and $1,50, Choice for $1,00, all Sizes and Shades. 6$e $1,25 5-A HQ5SS' BLANKET, It is not every day-you can buy 16c Toweling. for 10c. CHENILLE STANQ COVERS SOLD AT TWO SIXTY-FIVE NOW FOR ONE THIRTY-EIGHT. toteciMiy EHXDJG13 2z TD CK! EID EG13- the legislative powers or this govern ment would not for thirty years have been put at tho disposal of these few manufacturers. But supposing that, through forgetful ness or negligence, torn of these for tunes should never b distributed, oven then Tho World would show a lack of respect and appreciation for our million aire producing system. It should look with pride upon our thousands of pal aces and bow meekly to tho great busi ness man who dwell therein. They art the salt of tho nation. ' CONSIDER THEWAK EARNER. (trip th Tariff of IU Monopoly Character Regardless f Beremu. It is going to be necessary to raise mors revenue to meet the tremendous co tinn ing charges fastened upon the public treasury by an extravagant Republican congress which sought to mako relief from tariff robbery impossible. It is going to be necessary to mako a radical change in tho modes of raising revenno beeauso the people domand relief from tho bur. dens of a monopoly tariff. There will bo a deficit resulting not only from Repub lican legislation in tho interests of mo nopoly, but also temporarily, from tho tariff reductions which ought to bo made and which must bo made in obedience to tho command of tho people. Tho ques tion of ways and means, therefore, is on of tho first and most urgent with which the "triumphant Democracy" will have to deal. " The first thing to do is to strip the tariff of its monopoly character in every re spect without fear or favor, no matter what the effect upon the revenue. The next thing will be to estimate the amount of the deficit likely to result from this cause and from previous legislation, and the third thing will be to consider the sources of the required revenue. In regard to the sources of revenue, it is to be borne in mind that the tariff is objectionable not only as an instrument for compelling the many to pay tribute to the few, but also as a tax on con sumption. In tho latter respect a tariff for revenue only is as bad as a tariff for protection with incidental revenue. This is the most serious objection to meeting the deficit in part by restoring the tariff tax on sugar. That is a tax on consump tion, and people do not consume sugar at all in proportion to their means. A poor man with a large family is likely to consume more and therefore to pay more tax than u rich man with a small family. There can be no question that tho peo ple condemn this inequality as truly if not as emphatically us they condemn the practice of licensing some classes of pcoplo to appropriate tho earnings of other people by means of n tariff. There can be no question that the peoplo con demn taxation in proportion to consump tion and nppr,ovo of taxation in propor tion to possessions. Jt is the duty of the Democratic party to recognize this fact, and to provide for raising the additional revenue which will bo required by a tax Or taxes which will fall upon tho people in proportion to their ability to pay. Chicago Herald. Well Stated. , Suppose the United States exports 12,000,000,000 worth of products and im ports 1 ,000,000,000 worth, is she not $1,000,000,000 poorer than if she import ed $3,000,000,000 and exported $1,000,- 000,000? In tho first case she, at the cost of 12,000,000,000 of things she does not want, gains $1,000,000,000 of things she does want, plus $1,000,000,000 in money, In the second case she, at the cost of $1,000,000,000 of things she does not want, plus $1,000,000,000 in money, gains $2,000,000,000 of things she does want. If the opinion is true that in a fair bargain both sides gain (as each obtains what he wants at the cost of parting with something he is willing to pari with), then the United States is better satisfied in the second case you give, because she gets a larger amount of things she does want than she gets in the first case. She certainly is not $1,000,000,000 poorer in the first case than in the second. New York Times. Tho Robbery Nuit 11 o Stopped. It is difficult to exercise patience to ward those who talk in this connection about the dangers of "hasty" action. The protective tariff is a burden and a crime. Is a peace officer expected to act with "great deliberation and delay1 when lie iiovers a helpless victim lr. the grasp of a highwayman? Should ht go at once to the assistance of the un fortune? ri"-', cr fihutiM ho stuar.ar his fellow offlccia find Cult as to the best means of preventing the robbery, meanwhile permitting tho thief to con tinue undisturbed his work of spoliation! There is but one way in which honest people would answer these questions. Chicago Herald. , Placer county, Nev., lays claim to a valuable specimen of petrified vegeta tion. It consists of two pieces of rock which are believed to have been water melons, as they bare tho exact shape and appearance of that fruit A SOCIALISTIC EXPERIMEWT. A ala OfBer of aa Hagtlsk afuafso tarer bI Way II Was Daottaccl. A weal tar manufacturer of Bradford, Bngland, reoeaoty mad a propodttaa to the Ulcers at the trad on uaioa controlling 1 the workers in tho wonted aad woolen mills of that plaaa which baa attracted wide (attention and oonsJdorable comment in England. His proposal was bawd on statement made at tho meeting of tho trades anion that, if the bualume of annau actum was carried on upon what would bo termed soclalistio principles, It woo Id bo greatly for tho benaflt of tho working classes. Tho manufacturer In ajneuplaa made tho proposition that bt would allow, for a year's time, the trades nnlea to have tho use of ono of his mills, thoroughly equipped for tho business, without rant of any kind; that ha would, furthermore, fur nish them, under sufficient guarantees of repayment, 931,000 as a working capital, and if after a year of trial It was proved that tho men employed In this establish ment earned by means of this so-operative employment larger returns than were paid to othar operatives ta Bradford mills em ployed in manufacturing similar goods, he would at tho ond of the twelve 'months aareo ta let the tamdea uaioa hare his mill at a reasonable valuation ' and on-' terms that would admit of their easy and ready payment, and would besides arrange to supply under favorable conditions tbo funds needed for a psrmansnt warkJnc; capital. In making this offer ho stated that he was as desirous as any ons of demon strating whether or not tho soeialistio plan of prodaotioa was or was not feasible, and that he thought the best mods of demon stration would be by a prastioal trial. After considering tho matter for same weeks tho trades union of Bradford decided that it was expedient ta decline tt, and a number of tho English newspapers of coo ssrrativs tendencies, in commenting upon this declaration, made tho point that the English workingman has oortainly a great deal of discretion, and that when put to tho test he has very little faith in tlio merit of these advanced theories of social and indus trial reform. Now, while wo believe that the socialistic reforms that have been advo cated as a means of healing the ills of soci ety are much mora attractive in thoory than they would provs in praotioe, it is only fair to point out that the conditions under which it was proposed to give them a test were not in this ease the ones calculated to demonstrate the value of the method. If society Were to bo recognized on the so cialistic plan the reorganization would need to be made from the top to the bottom. It would not apply alone to those who are now wage earners, but also to those who are now employers that is, the captains of industry would need to be counted in as essential factors in the social reorganization. If the Bradford manufacturer had proposed to give his mill for one year to an honest dem onstration of the value or defects of the so cialistic plan of work and had said, "I will myself take charge of the administration of work under conditions as to a share in tho profits that would be considered equitable under a socialistic dispensation," an oppor tunity would have been afforded of having at least an interesting test made. But for men who had spent their lives sorting wool or tending spindles and looms, and who hud no practical knowledge of the wool markets or the demands of consumers, to undertake for twelve months to run a large mill would have been to invite failure, as the odds un der such conditions would hare been alto gether against a successful outcome of the undertaking. Boston Herald. Decision In a Suit. The moral of a case that has just been de cided in the county court at Barnsley, Eng land, is that a party to a cause should not make sure of a victory till he has heard all the judge has to say. Mr. Herbert Smith, a pit contractor of that part, being dissatisfied with a suit of clothes which he had ordered of a Hurt dersfleld tailor, refused to accept the gar ments or to pay the bill. He had sent the goods back for alterations, but still Mr. Smith was dissatisfied and even refused to try them again. "Put the things on," suid the judge, "and let us see." Accordingly Mr. Smith "put the thlugs on," and returning into court invited in spection. Up to this stage nothing could have looked more promising than Mr. Smith's case. The judge at once declared that "the cutter evidently did not know his business, for there was room for a big pillow under the waistcoat" Further, he expressed the opinion that by "the alterations to the coat sleeves the cloth had been so awkward ly put together that it was more suitable for a lady than a gentleman." Verdict for the defendant seemed now a matter of course. But not so, for thereupon his honor went on to say that the tailor was entitled to further opportunities of making the garments fit, whereupon he gave a ver dict for the plaintiff with costs less only seven shillings and sixpence, the estimated value of the needful alterations. St. Louia Republic ' Ono Daj In the Week for Meudiug, One day out of every week should be set aside for mending in every well regulated household, and it will be surpiislntt he'v little time It will take to do the work in ' this way, while if left over for several wejks it will accumulate uutil the busy housewife will find it quite an undertaking. No old saw was ever more true than "n stitch in time saves nine." Indeed it may really save ninety-nine. The small rent iu the little girl's apron, the tear in the boy's Sleeve or the tiny bole in the stockings may all be mended this week in half an hour's time, so as to be scarcely noticed, which if left longer will have to be repaired with large patches, to say nothing of the ttrrre It will occupy that could be given so much more pleasantly and profitably to reading or walking out. It is an excellent Am ta hen the mcacUnK basket beside the trpvlnji saara, ssm amp ai smaies or aonmng m rt as torn as boned. This will save tame in IcoUkig over the slothes later, and wihl in sure everything requiring to be mended to bo aotloed while spread on the ironing table, Ladles' Home Companion. Oaaght by Sing-alar Error. "Some queer accidents happen in this world," said A. G. Smoto, a noted thief taker, who was talking shop in tho La oleds corridors. "In 18T a particularly atrocious crime was committed in Cleve land. As old lady was robbed and murdered. The perpetrator was arrested and jailed, bat succeeded ia effecting his esoapa. Nothing was heard from him for fifteen years, though the world was scoured for him time and again. About a year ago I eonclndod to change my reaideaeo and put an advertisement in a morning paper of Cleveland for a fur nished room. Among tho replies was a letter from the missing murderer, writ tea to an eld friend in Cleveland. The Cleveland man had a room he desired to rent and answered my advertisement, but' by mistake iholosed the letter he had received from the fugitive instead of the one intended for me. ' I learned from the letter that the man I wanted was night watchman in a railway roundhouse in New Mexico, and a week later I had him in irons en route to Cleveland, where he was tried and sent np for life." St Louis Globe-Democrat. A Bit of Aatlqac Ware. "We are all laughing at home over my latest 'prize.' " says a woman who is an ardent collector of antiques. "It is a veritable millennium plate, considerably over 100 years old, which I secured in a recent scouring of the old places in the Connecticut valley. It is of delft of mul berry huo, with tho 'eyo of God1 staring from tho upper rim. Beneath on the bowl is shown the lamb lying down, and the lion on his hind feet with a sort of baby's nightgown on him being led by a small child. Tho expression of the lion's face is the irresistibly funny part That king of beasts minces along with the smirk of a dancing master adapted to a lion's scale of mouth. We have indeed advanced in ceramic art since that artist's conception of tho millennium." New In spite of the cheapness of cotton in this country, the importations from abroad still continue to increase. In the nine months end insr Sept. 30, 1892, there were imported 23,266,684 pounds of cotton mostly Egyptian against 19,569,847 pounds for the corresponding period of last year. The same remark applies to wool. During the same time there were brought in 122,970,977 pounds of wool mainly merino-bloodedagainst 10-1,822,778 pounds for the first nine months ot last year. These figures wou d indicate an annual in crease of nearly 20 per cent in cotton importations, and a little over that in wool importations. The movement in the South for a restrictive duty on cotton has as much reason as that for tariff on wool. American Farmer. 1-wu.aaf Huu soothsayer. A quack and a somnambulist went into a country inn that was crowded to the doors and began their performances. When the somnambulist had told the fortune of one of the countrymen present the charlatan asked him for the usual fee. "Whotl" exclaimed the peasant, "the lady, your companion, pretends to see hid deu things, and she has not seen that I have not a penny in my pocket!" Carlina Papa's Boy Has Grown Up. An advertisement appears in a western paper which reads thus: "If George William Brown, who deserted his poor wife and babe twenty-five years ago. will return, the aforesaid babe will knock the stuffing out of him." Charles ton News and Courier. Contraction of the iron used in con structing tho great Eiffel tower makes that famous structure eight inches shorter in winter than it is during the hot summer months. The relative ratios of the lower case letters in ordinary work is: z, 1 ; k, j, q, x, 8: b, v, 7; g, p, w, y, 10; o, f, u, m, 12; d, 1, 20; h, r, 80; a, i, n, o, s, 40; t, 45; e, 60. Total, 532. THE STREAM F LIFE. A Bath joker in 1742 kidnaped all the turnspit dogs in the city on Saturday night to deprive the citizens of their roasts the next dav. Pickled pork, hams and bacon, cheapest andbestin the eity atO. F. Pohlman's meat Building Lots for Sate. k few lota in ShefiUld addition for sale Enquire of L. L. Orwig, If yon want nn elegant smoke boy an Early Bird 8 cent 'cigar. Clear Havana long filler. ' tf All the latest styles in mens, youths and boys clothing, Henry Meyer, the lde awoke oiothierv Napoleon, O. tf Mrs, A. E. Mann has removed her dress making rooms to Mrs. Harriet Csty's for mer residence on sobool house street, tf . .I Why do so many students attend the Northwestern Normal at Wtfnseon, Ohio? 'Because it Is the the best tdbool in this eo- 'tloeof theu. 8. , aeo w-u W lM a sntaS sta-eamlet oa a aes stars side A whit thread gjanolBC la Um raojmer tan, lAsk&j n leapisK with a jeywis eprtag, do aaases hansy oUlahecaVe playfal bra. Nut, Urcaah sreea aeBs and "seats e'srskad- whig cracs, The grcwiag stream with heedless lew wiads a. Now gladly lisgariag ronad mm glowing We 2 at sodles with kearealy boa aad all am with premise cf asrpetnal derjgliU; New larecly dashlag dewa seme rragh cas cade Where rashrag waters split ea heats neks, pouting aloft ta Iridescent spray Drifted ia saates slft by swaying wtsds; So past th years f yaath. Oar riser ag la Ilk th bradaed river's stately sureh. Whew mrmt dackeiw, yt admits a pause. Bat passe Seld aad coppice, tower aad ten a, Net whally 'scaping O-om daaflag statss, Tet toiling award rsUsly. Adowa Its smooth yt rr slldiag stream w haste. Nor mark th progress of its eit p Till, faster rashlog as it Bears th' It sweeps as nward ia resistless Mors Thronga the torn rapids f disease asd earn. Till, plnagtag dawn th ataraet f deem. We gild iat a vast aad nakaswa space -Th boisdless oeeaa f eternity. Walter W. Skeat is Ladn Aeadcay. H.rolo Ballraad fa. Every time a wreck train goes out ea one of the branching lines and comes back with a load of splinters and junk the "boys" at the junction have some thing to talk about for a week. They never become excited over a smash-ay and a list of injured, bat when it hap pens the old fellows are reminiscent for a day or two the youngsters who pufl out every second day ia close cabs and on top of icy freight cars are unusually thoughtful. There is something soldierly in the quiet heroism of railroad men who have known danger and expect to die some day under a heap of box oars. Ten re alize this when you get next to them and find what kind of men they are nnder the plaid jackets and coal dust. Ar 1 you like them better when you kno them well. Chicago News-Record. JOHNBEISEB. FBANK FLOGAUS REISER &JFL0GAUS, UiiioiiMeatMarket DEALER IN FRESH ill SALTED MEATS, Fish, Poultry and Sausages of all kinds. CASH PAID FOR HIDES, PtLTS, ETC NAPOLEON Brewing Go. BBEWFES OF L(GEH o BEER. FAMILIES SUPPLIED WITH BOTTLED BEER:! Of Superior Excellence and Quality. NOTIQE TO BT resolution ot the Connty Commit iloners snd tbe idvlce of the Prosecuting ;Attorsey, I am authorised to receive taxes until January 25, 1893, without imposing the Hre per cent, penalty pro vided by section 10U4, Revised Statute.. Taxes will, therefore, be received as in former years, without .aid penalty until January 25, 1BU5. J.C.GR0LL, Treasurer Henry county, Ohio. Notice of Appointment. Estate of Daniel Fetterman, Deceased. THE undersigned has been appointed and quali fied aa Execnlorof tbe estate of Daniel Fetter man, late of Henry county, Ohio, deceased. Dated this 9th day of December, A. D, 1893. DANIEL F. FETTERMAN. Notice of Appointment. Estate of Elizabeth Hoffman, Deceased THE nnitetslgbed hat been appointed and quali fied as Administrator or the estate ot Elizabeth HoA'man , late of H enry county, O.. deceased. Dated this 8th day of December, A. D. 189?. W. N. ZIBBOLT. Custom TftiloTino' 0 Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Costom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Custom Tailoring Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices Moderate Prices pii uiin.ii m,, m,iih..i.wujpm. In i ii ii nil daiissMWtiiwi NO WONDER THE PEOPLE ARE . SURPRISED J Many a man bas coma into onr store the past two months, knowing that ho' needed" a WINTER 1 .Pi 1 p : ft but hardly thinking hey could : . afford tho expenditure that '' he deemed was necessary, and not one ot them but who" was pleasantly surprised to note how much could be bought for so little. MARVELOUS! indeed are the values we are offering on all grades of Suits and Overcoats. See the garments we are offering at No one else in town pretends to sell you a $15 garment for $10, yet we actually do, which accounts for our large trade on garments at this popular price. 'nits and Overcoats at $15.00. Grand assortment offered you at this price, probably twenty different styles in either Suits or Overcoats. Every thing for everybody, at a sav ing of from three to five dollars. ill 1 We have some very desirable patterns left yet of winter , suitings. GEO. HAHN, One Price Clothier. Every Day Use! Bananas, Oranges, Lemons, Cal.Grapes, Apples, Almonds, Eng. Walnuts, Filberts, Pecons, Brazil Nuts, Dates, Figs, Pop Corn, Raisons, Prunes, A FINE LINE OF g Consisting of articles suitable for every day. For the litt!e ones. Apricots, Currents, and Fancy Candies Cabbage, Parsnips, Sweet Potatoes, Celery, Cranberries,. Oysters, and in kfact everything kept in a first-class store. Wm.SPENGLER. Probate Notice. NOTICE is hereby given, that H . A. Faovwr.ae Administrator of Walter Fauver, has fired third account of his administration wnloa wilt be for hearing and settlement Jannarylt, 18S . . M. Donnelly:, Probata Judge. Probate Notice. NOtlQB ts hereby given, that It. J . Srttnee, ss Guardian of Mary Dells Haitmim, has Died a second account of his Guardianship Which will be for hearing asd settlement Jswvry 16, 18W.: , ,. H.DOH NEW,, Probate Judge. . Notice of Appointment. Estate of Isaac VanPelt, deceased. r - ti tt nnaersignea a ucch iniv,u.cu nuu uu.. I Sed as Administrator of the estate of Isaac Yanreu,iaie 01 ueurj wuuh, vmv, v.cij. Dated this l&tn day of December, A. D.. 12. MABOABET VAS PELT. Probate Notice. Y(rrinEt. hmhvaiven. thai John Orabow. 1 iAmini.ti-.tdr of Renrr Oeortfe has filed s final sacaantof his administration which will b for hearing awltUeuieot .tannery is, ltttBt i , . ,. M. D05NELLS Probate lodge, Notice of Appointment. Estate of Christopher Gebers, Deceased. THE undersigned has been appointed and quail- JL ueu as AanuniBiraiur vji u T tw- pher Oeber. late of H.rirv connty, O.. deceased. Sated this Mb day of December, A. D. 18W. P. H. GaBao. . nH3 PAPER