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IN HOC SH1N0 VINCES. A Werd te Republicans. The hope of the party Uet li the erpantlen of a ttalteart KepuhUean pre. The Repub. ((ran who read or ethrrteltt hrlp te nji- pert a Democratic paper te the rxclutlen of one of M own party netrtpaper t untrue te the Jlepubtlean ran". Unanimously Hibtcrlhrtl te by the Sat tonal Republican League. J. S. CLAEKSON, Preiident. A. B. HUMPHEEY, Secretary. We fear, says The American Econo mist, that the usual conscience-deadening Influence which pervades The World, and te which all who are taken into its Cengiiessman employ seem te read Wabner's "Fake." ily succumb, has en veloped the mind and heart of the Hen. Jehn De Witt Warner, editor of the Tariff department of its weekly edi tien. Upen no ether theory can we ac count for that person's frantic attempt in The Weekly H'orMef August 24th te eclipse the outrageous "fake" feats of the uews department of that infamously dishonest journal, which have been ex posed by The Sun within a few days. It may be that Mr. Warner aspires te Beme higher position en The World and knows that promotion depends, first of all, upon success in engineering "fakes." Certainly Ida splurge of August 21th takes high rank among the most noto rious of The World's long list of stu pendous achievements in this Hue. Mr. Warner selected as the subject of his great effort the list of Increased wages published in The American Econ omist. He Bays: III8 KOIIOKUV KXl'OSKD. The publication of this list was pre cisely the opportunity for which Tariff reformers had been waiting. The Pro tectionists had new been forced into the open and compelled te itemize their gen eral assertions. A special Investigation was made of every one of the pitiful 28 cases of alleged wage increases in Pro tected industries since the McKinley bill, which Tin Economist had dared te pub lish. Belew is the result. The para graphs with reference te the respective nuns nra numbered te correspond With the items as quoted from The Economist above, ana the quotation is in uuen cuse from the report or a irusiweriuy exami ner: The method empley6d by Mr. Warner In his s6 called Investigation seem te have been as follews: He seut word te the agents of The World in the differ ent places named te Investigate the re ported rise In wages there. New, It Is nbt likely that he knew anything nheuf most of these ngents except that they ceuli' be depended en te get by hook or creek just nbeut what Mr. Warner wanted. He knew very well that they were net "trustworthy examiners." Hut the requirements of his fuke project de manded that they be represented as such, and that was enough. It is need less te eay that as a rule their reports centnfilictM in the main eitr statements. That' 1b what tlieywere paid for. But some of! theni could net screw their con- BcleBMkdbjH(U siitllci'eiitly hard and tight te pe?K ihem te conceal that the facts IlfOTQI . f , .. as we represented, uunuru eta from The World's reperts: fJBelge, J)elg,vllle, JV. Y.,SO per nlv the usual advance in waxes i,ln Dolge's factory iu 1891 and Ji it leeks like an advance sorely. Mings County Knitting Company, Broek lyn. 5 vcr cent. In enneaverimt le tret n and talk with one of the cmnleves 1 rnn against the proprietor. 1 asked lilni whether there had been any increiisu of waves in the concern, and he did net re call liny until I mentioned a report te that effect In The American Economist, when he straightway remembered thai there had been a general advance all around of 5 per cent. That Is what we said. McCermir.k Jt Ge., lTarrithurg, Pa., A? te 50 centu a day, The only increase there has been In this concern for several years was iu the wair.es of about -10 labeturs. who, one month age. were Increased from $1 10 te 1 20 per day. Anether cuse of Increased wages. William Carter d- Ce., HighUimhtUlt, Mans., 10 te CO cent a day. The best workman in the mills has had his wages Increased 60 cents a day, and three ethers had received such an advance. Twe ethers had their wages advanced 2Ti cents a day. All substantial advances. Fall llicer Mills. It is true that waucs have been somewhat advanced recently. Which remnrk applies te 23,000 em em peoyes. New, after these reports from his own "trustworthy exnminers," hew did this man Warner dare te add the following cemment: The museum men will have te wait, and the pedestal they have prepared whereon te exhibit se great a curiosity as a "Protected" empleye whose wages has been raised by his employer must yet re main vacant until such a specimen is found. Arguing witli such n character is surely time and trouble wasted. Ner de we intend te waste much mere space en him. Hut we cannot refrain from presenting In parallel one or two Illus trations of hew "trustworthy" the re ports of Mr. Warner's exnminers were. In order te reassure ourselves that our table was correct, as we had the best of reasons for believing when it was first printed, we sent The World's comments te the authors of our informa tion ami asked for particulars. (Tim "B. Howitzer," whom Mr. Warner could net And, should have been printed, as we make it out from the illegible hand writing of our correspondent, "B. Hannttsberger.") We have already re ceived replies covering the majority of the cases cited, and they corroborate In every particular our statements as first printed. It is from these replies that we select the following samples and print them side by side with Mr. War ner's "trustworthy examiner's" reperts: watajyxwt, Warner's" Trustwor thy Examiner's" Reports. I have investiga ted the prices paid te the hands In the Camden Woolen Company of Cam den, Me. There has been four looms where they get a raise. The reason for this Is because It was heavier work and mere picking te the inch. They de net make any mere en it than they did en the ether. They can't get any old weavers te work for them at their prices. The wages paid per day averages from 75 cents te f 1 60. Most of the spinners are making very poei wages. All the ether hands are working for the same price theyhave been getting since the mill started. Thellrstman I in terviewed at Thern asten was an old empleye of the Thomaston Knife Company. He said: "Hi will tell you true lust 'ew it was. YVedld get increased 10 per cent., but we' ad te fight for it, and it don't put us 'alf back where we was eight or ten years age." There are said te be SO and sometimes its hands employed at tills ractery. 1, How ever, saw but 10 or 20 at work, three or four of whom were boys only 13 or 11 years old, and at least three of whom were women. A forger at work in the factory said: "Yes, we get 10 per cent, advance out of the McKinley blllinjanuary,189f; we had te ask for it but we only lest four days." The rergers were net r ganized in January. 1801, when the ad ad vance of 10 per cent, was made, and they had te strike. The grinders and finishers were or ganized and get an advanccafter threat ening te strike, J was told by a couiile of grinders that out few are new1 coming ever from England They, however, said that they knew of some that had come overlatejy"enmon ey advanced by the bosses" ip a way se that It would sol be found out that is, thredch relatives and friends already en this side The wages in the Them asten htiue i-em-pany's factory will net Mverft.re 3 a day for adult males and mucn less inr boys, girls and wp men. A grinder who has been evor here 11 years says that 111 is a geed week's pay en a ten hour basis, nnd that from less of hours, day 8 and weeks he will net get in mere than nine or ten months a yeah Supposing that the 1,000 engaged in this Industry aver avor age (500 a j'car. (a liberal estimate,) and that all, Instead of a few, had suc ceeded, through their labor organi zation, in having their wages advanc ed 10 per cent., the total advance would amount te but 90, 000. The .TO per rent, advance in the price of knives will amount te f-100.000 or 1500,000, and yet the manufacturers say that the work ers are new getting mere than their sham of the McKin ley margin. Camden, Mk Aug. 27. 1892. S Editor American Econemist: Iu re gard te wagrs, every hand in my mill that recciveil $1 a day re ceives new $1 25, and weaving that we paid 2 cents per yard for we new nay 8 cents for. Spoelers te whom wc paid 11 J cents a spool new get 10 rents. Iu fact, there is net a hand in the mill but receives mere wages. 1 lie spinners 'were net raised for the leasen that we had a high price-list, but they make mere pay new en account of a bet ter class of goods that wc are able te make, se that the work spins better and they are able te make better wages In that way. If the reporter of The World would be honest In his reports why would he net come nnd leek at our books, instead of nsking pcople around the streets? Yours very truly, W. II. FltUNCK, Supt. and lYtas. of Vamaen woolen we. Thomaston, Ct.. ) Aug. 27, 1892. J Ed.American Econ Ecen Econ omist: Yours of the 25th received, inclo sing clipping from The Neic Yerk Week ly World, The re port which we filled out for you was en tirely correct and there have been fur ther advances since in the wages of some of our men. We de net care te make any reply te the clipping which you send us, but have handed it, witli your letter, te some of our work men, who have thus far gained mere bv the increased Tariff than we have. Yours truly, J. It. Waknkii. Secretary. ItKVNer.ns IJnt'eK ) Aug. 29. 1892. Editor American Econemist: .1. H Waiinkh. Secretary of the Thomaston Knife Ce,, handed us your letter of the 25lh, with clipping from The Yerk Week ly World, under tl tle of "McKinley waqes break down," He we prepese te answer It ourselves, Yours truly, Thk Qhimikiis ANeFiNisntns Thomaston Khifk Ce. He says "the first man I lntcrvlcwe'd nt Thomaston' Was an old cmploye of Thomaston Knlfe Ce." That was my self. He came into the shop and asked for the boss. I told him where he would dnd him. He said: "Have you had any Ad vance in wages within the last six mbiithat" I an swered Ne, but cor rected myself by telling him that we had had several miner ndvatices en certain parts of the work, and I told him that wc get 10 percent, iu. I Riiuary, 1891. He asked me if we had te strike for It. I answered Ne, nnd told him we get it by asking for it. There are 3(1 employed in the shop, ami none un der 14 years of age. He says the. forgers had te strike for their advance. If they did nobody in the shop knew it but themselves. He says the minders and finishers wcre organized and get an advance after they threatened te strike, nnd that he was told by a cou ple of grinders that but few were com ing evor from Eng land, &c. I don't believe he was told any such thing, for the reason that there were net two grinders eutside the shop te tell hlmnny such thing, nnd I knew he was net told se In the shop. He says the wages of adult males in Thomaston Knife Company will net average f 2 a day. I would like te knew hew he knows. He did net see the books, neither did he see the boss. Ner did he want te see the boss after he had talked with us. Then he went en te say: "Supposing all had get an ad vance instead of a few" but I cor rected him by say ing that they had all been advanced in every shop. He asked me what we attributed our ad vance te. I told him the McKinley bill. Signed for the grinders and finish ers by JenN Parker. The Hen. JenN De Witt Warner took a pretty big contract when he set out te demolish The American Econo mist aiid the report of the Semite Com mittee. Lately there have been added te his already arduous task the reports of the Democratic Laber Commissioner and the Democratic Superintendent of the Bank ing Department of New Yerk state. They all unite In corroborating our former stutement that "the simple fact of the matter is that wages have been higher, work mero plentiful, trade brisker, foreign commerce larger, ave rage duties Iower, manufactured com modities cheaper and every class of citi zens mero prosperous since the McKin ley Tnrlff passed than they were before in many yenrs." And we repeat tlmt sir. warner is eniy running uimseii ri-1 dlculeus In trvltiK te obscure these evl-1 dent facts. CONDENSED NEWS Qathared Frem All Tart of the Country by Taltfrapti. Schools at Anna, 111., have closed be cause of diphtheria. The captain of the atcamer Mala, from Hamburg, died at Rotterdam of Aslatie cholera. Sevcn ceses of cholera and three deaths have occurred in the village of Mclx-Dcvant-Virten, In Belgium Lux emburg. At the republican state convention at Trenten, N. J., Tuesday,' Jehn Kcan was nominated for governor en the sec ond ballet W. a Flower of Pittsburgh, Pa, swam 100 yards in the nataterlum in C9X seconds, beating tlie world's recerd 8Ji sccenda At Shelbyville. IncL, A, M. Ztcglcr, a a furniture finisher, shot and fatally wounded his wife because she refused te live with hint Anna, 111., was visited by quite a se vere earthquake shock at 2 o'clock-Tuesday afternoon. Windows and dishes were rattled perceptibly. The North German Lloyd btoamer Alter, which arrived in quarantine Mon day 'morning, was released 'at 10:15 Tuesday and procecded te her pler. C Molley, the U. 3. consul at St. Jehn's, N. F., has Buffered a sovero beating at the hands of four drunken policemen, from whom he was rescued by cltlibna. The offenders have been arrested. Frederick O. Clark, book-keeper for Wm. IL Pest A Ce., Hartferd, Ct, has disappeared. Before laavlng he signed a paper saying ha had embezzled at least $15,000. The firm is temporarily embarrassed. Twe mere car-leads of cotton waste f rem II araburg have bobbed up serenely. They arc of the same let which reached Cincinnati, billed te Jeseph Jeseph & Ce., a part of which was destroyed by incendiaries at Fester's Cressing last Saturday night The strlke at Shoepbergor's Sixteenth street mill, Pittsburgh, Pa,, has been declared off by the Amalgamated asso ciation and the men are returning te work at the employer's terms. The works will be operated Independently of the Amalgamated association here after. Mrs. May MoWerkman, daughter of Enes B. Keed, the vcrtcran editor, com mitted suicide at Indianapolis, Ind., Tuesday night by taking morphine. Demestic trouble was the cause, she having separated from her husband, a former clerk In the pest oflice. She was 41 years old. Official returns from CS counties in Arkansas give the following vote for governer: Fishback, dem., 00,035; Whip ple, rep., 24,143; Carnahnn, P. P., 23, 444; Nelsen, prehib., 1,062. Seventeen counties are yet te be heard from, which will give Fishback a majority of at least 4,000 mere. Jehn Htan. the efficient Superinten dent of the County Infirmary, has been exhibiting in town BOme remarkable rensting ears. They are large, full grained, plump and very Bwcet. This corn was planted en the 24th day of June, and the ears were ready for eating en the 5th day of September. The seed was obtained from the Agricultural Ilureau of Kentucky through the kindness of Lud Drowning. A BIG OPAL. Over Keet Lenr uud the Largest Krr FeuuJ. The largest opal ever found en the Amerlcun continent, if net in the world, Is exhibited in Shn Francisce, CaL It is eleven Inches long, five inches wide and one and n quarter inehen thick, and came from Guerrere, Mexice. It h the property of Juantioldman.ef San Fran Fran ciseo, who is interested in tlie mint from which it came. The value of th specimen, according te the owner, U $10,000. The opal, says' the Jewelers' Weckir, was imbedded in a ledge of amorphous reek a short distance below the surface. It is of the mineral species known as glrusel, or fire epul, which Is found only en the North American continent and mero extensively In Mexico than else where. Humbeldl brought from Mex ico the first specimen seen in Europe. Mr. Geldman's Opal Is supposed te weigh about rnwen hundred carats, Ita exaet weight- cannot- be ascertained en account of the mass of rock Inclosing it, but it iu much larger than the four thousand pounds sterling opal belong ing te the Hungarian crown Jewels ex hibited at tha uonden exposition of 1851, which, velghcd only flye hundred and twdty-Blx and one-half carats, liut that one was of the pious known as 'the precious opal, which, en account of its peculiar translucent hue, is valued mere. Frem the center of Mr. Geldman's opal can be cut a fine stAnu three and one-half fnches long, two and one-half wide and one and' bne-balf. Inches la depth. The remainder of the stohe wa be cut into a large number of geaaa'e!' vary inf sum. THE MARKETS. CIMCIMMATI, Sept It FLerm Winter patent M.90O4.M; runcjr, 3.aS.M: family, l8.t028.SSi extra, K103 3.I3; low Kr&de, 11.802.00; spring pteat, W.U SUM; Bpring fancy, fJ.0Oni3.Ki; spring fsmlly, 13.0033.40 Rye flour, l3.8Ck33.75. Wukat The market 1b probably as strong te-day as yesterday, but buyers are backward, and while recclpts are ample they are net offered very freely; 1 ear Ne. 2 red, spot, switched, at 7Sc. Ceiin There Is a steady feeling and offerings are only moderate, whlle the demand la limited. One ear mixed ear, nearly yellow, spot track, at bOtf e; t car mixed ear, choice, spot, track, at 61c; cars Ne. S mixed, spot track, at Me; 1 ear Ne. 3 mixed, spot, track, at 50c. Oats Are easier and offerings are liberal. At the lower prices prevailing, however, there la a very fair demand. One car Ne. S whlU, spot, track, at 3vc; 1 car Ne. 8 white, spot, track, at 350 : 1 car Ne. x mixed, spot, track, at 13a Ktk There la no demand te speak of, and the market Is entirely nominal. Ne. 2 la quetable at (7c, and Ne. 3 at 48247a Caxtus Shippers: Ooed te cUelce.l4.2yii 4.65; common te falr,3, 004.00; Oxen; Geed te choice J butcher, U.0U&4.SS; fair te .geed, t3.ttQ3.fi5; common, t3.0O32.75. Heifers: Ooed te choice heavy, i3.003L&0; geed te choice light, t2.75 8.85; common te fair, ll.lea8.5a Ileas Select heavy shipping, t5.453S.65i fair te geed packing, 16.1526.40; common Snd rough, 14.8535.00; fair te geed light, te.0O35.8S; fat pigs, lt.50i25.00. , Sukkp and IiAMBS.Sheep Weathers and yearlings, tl.SSQITS; extra, 15.00; (at ewes, rs.7534 25; common te fair mixed, t8,75a3.5e; stock ewes, 13.0034 00. Lambs nest shippers, 14.7535 00; fair te geed, 14.0034.75,' butchers', t3.2534.25. New Yerk, Sept. 11 Wukat Moderately active: September, 78Vc: October, 78Mc; November, 81 14c; Decem ber, 82JJC Ktk Nominal; Western, wacfle. Ceiin Stronger, fairly .active; September, (flye; October 6635flc; November Me; De cember Me, Oats Firm and ablet: October. 38'fc! Ne vember, SflUc; Ne. 8 white October, 40e; West ern, J7HS480. , PiTTsncnart, Sept 14 Cattlx Market steady at about yesterday's prices. Ueqs Market sstlve; Philadelphia, te.OOft 5,75) mixed, ti.5oas.ee; best Yorkers, ta.teas.ea; grassers, 15.0035.85; seven cars hogs shipped te New Yerk. Sntir Market acUve at a decline of IB32O0 off from yesterday's prices. DALT1MOHB, Sept. 11. Whxat Dull; spot, 75Me; the month, 75c; October, 'Ce; December, 7Jiei steamer, Ne. Z red, eKQ70Hc, Cern Dull and firmer; spot and the month, 5e; October, MKe bid; year, 540 asked. Oath Firm; Ne. 8 white western, 96KA 170; Ne. 8 mixed western, 3SKQ39C ItYC-Stcedy; Ne. t, 63c bid. Chicago, Sept. 14, F leu 11 and QiiAiM. Cash quotations; Fleur steady and unchanged', Ke. J spring wheat 73 H 7JKl Ne. 3 spring wheat, 653680; Ne. 8 red, T2KK,Sc; Ne. 2 corn. 48tf 0; Ne. 8, 47e; Ne. 8 eats, StHe; Ne. 3 white, 35c; Ne, 3 white, S3 C&34e:Na 3 rye, Me; Ne. Z barley, 653C7e;Nal t. a b., 4364e; Ne. 4, f. a b., 36345c; Ne. t flax seed, 11.07, PuiLAbt'f.PHlA. Sept 14. Whxat A shade Armer, Ne. 2 red In expert) elevator, 74e; Ke. 8 red September, 74HJ T4K0. Cens Options streng: local car lets merej freely offered and declined He, but a geed tradei was done at revised prices. Ne. 2 mtxed and! high mixed In elevator, 50e: Ne, 8 high mixed la grain depot, 57S7Hc; Ne. 2 mixed Septem ber, 64Jii&4ic. Qats Stronger; there was a fair local trade demand, but little or no speculation, new Ne. 1 mixed 37Hc: Ne. 3 white new, KiQiJfte: old Ne', I white, 48Kei new de, 41 Ke; Ne. 8 white Sep tember 40340K0. Tolxde, O., Sept It Whkat-DuU, firmer! Ne. 8 cash and Sep tember, 73,c; October, 76Ue; December, 79e May, 8IH0. Ceiin Dull and steady; Ne, 8 cash, 4f Ke. . Oats Quiet; caah. Sic. Rtk Dull; cash, 6D0. , ,, .1 Clevsr- bckd October, tfl.SK), Presidential Campaign' of 1892! GRAND INDUCEMENTS TO ItKAUKKS OK t I THE PUBLIC LEDGEE. 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WThe money must, in all cases, accompany the orders. Address nil euleis te THE PUBLIC LEDGER.-; MAYSVILLE. KY Dress Goods. Dress Goods. We linve just received fifty pieces of Dress Henda In Whipcords, BROADCLOTHS,'" Ottomans, Crepens, '- Serges, iu all thu new ami desirable shades for full, from no cents up te SI 50 per yard. Alse a uew line of Gimps hi silk, ateel'aui! Jett. Dress Goods. Dress Goods; BUOWNINti & CO., lil WKST HK0ON0 STItEKT. Maysville Carriage Company, Manufactuhuiih and Dkai.kus in A FINE LINE OP CARRIAGE -WORK: Al.80 AOKNTri FOU THK , Deerinfir Harvesting Machinery. Adjoining Opera-Jiqusc, MAYSVILLK, KY. seasonable)?.! GOODS, arid STAPLE CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, And Housekeeping Goods Generally Always en Hand i AND VOK HA1.K 1IY ey!&iZ4 e r3s r &rvJ THOMAS J. CHENOWETH, DIR-tTO-GJ-IST, MAYSVILLE, ' KBNTUCK. MeCLANAHM & SHEA, -IIKAI-KIIH IK- 'i . MANTELS, GRATES, Tinware, Tin Reefing, Guttering and Spouting. JOBiWOIlK OK AM, KINDH KifrnK-it IntlmbntniMiMfr. L. . HLATTKIIMAN. VY. r. POWKH. OLDEST HOUSK IN THE 0ITY. BLATTERMAN & POWER, B4)LK AOKNT8 KOK- MILLER'S MONITOR RANGES, LAND DKAtiHUS IN'. ' .; .MANTELS, STOVES, GRATES, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, uoneral Jeb Werk. SEOn pri. n,tm 28 arid 30 W. Second Street :-: MAYSVILLE,' JKY, ; Nevtuber, M.HM. jyl M '