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THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
LAT[RDAY. AUGU f 19.1891.
AUTOCRA.IT OF' THE I'WOODPILE.
Mr. Carter, in his letter to the Butte
protest, says that: "Prietr to the passage
of the act referred to (March 3rd) the
cutting timber on non-mineral lands was
illegal." It may have been, but Mr.Car
ter cannot name a case in the west in
which wood choppers were convicted of
a violation of tihe law during the past
quarter of a century. Parties have been
sued and woodl attached in Montana, but
in every instance the government has
been beaten or the suits withdrawn.
The old timber iaw was never intended
to govern the cutting of timber in the
Rocky Mountain states and territories.
The law was enacted for the sole and
express purpose of protecting some gov
ernment timber down on the gulf coast
which it wanted for government
ship building purposes. The timber was
valuable for the purpose and belonged
to the government. but tresepassing up
on it by outside parties liacame so serious
that the law was pasled forbidding any
one from cutting timber upon the public
domain for salet. The law stopped tress
ltssing. the timh, r" was consumedl but
still the iil law remtained upon the
statutes of th e -n' itry. Ibutm as a dead
letter.
It was. wte tlhilk. hintrmg the time Ilayes
wa., servming 'it 'l'ilhen'.s term thrat ('art
S h.lli Ir- rreit .1 the ,hl lawii nl umtale
ita 1prtllic e ofi ei r tiia it. hliunchl grass
wa,:s short for ('nited - ti ultes marshain;
anild lthe n u till r t.s full oft ci political t
Ioisl anti hmtger ll 11 twi. alnted llibe.
The rlesurrletion of the old law atfordled
ifees for itl marshals and 1 l it i ineure for
the oilihe seeke rs. Ihnltlrels were ilp
pointed called timbei. r agentts iindt were
Stit stcouring the woois for "timber .
thiet'ves.' They even went nosiling b
iarouind ill the back yards of citizens. ti
imeasu.red and attached. their wood piles. ir
It furnished lots of employment fotr the ito
timiber agentst aind ituiarshals, caused the t
owners tof ithe wood a great deal of annoy- el
ance aind inconvetnienclle and cost the
governlment ai gollod riound sum of money
to fooit aill the costs.
'I'le salme annltyanc to woklinen was
kept up during (;artield's and ,Arthur's
ad:n inistration. but hungry marshals
auln timbier agents found employmentt
al that is all. IBut when old Sparks
t .,k hold of tlhe interior delpartmuent lie
-et out 1to revolutioize timbllelr cutting.
tie IdroppId all Ie little lish and went
after the big flsns. Suits were entered J
agai nsitii t ill i't ailitliis in this state tind
in N.-alda .hihih iagigregated mtillions of
dollars for tilaui.gs. The go'ermtent
was beitten it ever. turn in the rioad and
that was the last htiard about illegal
timllber cuttinlg intil after the interior
dlepartilment suilcceedled in gettinig a rider
attached to the Ibill repealing the timber
culture law. 'this was done next to the
last day of the last session and by the
law Mr. ('Carter becomes the autocrat oft
the wood pile.
It is all nonsense for Mr. (Jrter to talk
about the' destruction of our forests by
the indiscriniinatei slaughter of timber
and of the necessity of regulating the
cutting of timlber by law. Mr. (arter
and every man with Rens, enough to
come in out if the wet knows that all
that was necessary in the premises was
the enactment of a law prohibiting the
cutting of tilmber upon the public do
main for the purpose of transportatioin
and sale'lutside of the state or territory
in which such tilmber may lie growing.
IEveryone knows that the people must
have lunimber., mining timbers, and tire
wonoI. and that they will have it if it lie
in sight or th.i interests of the country
will sutler. .\11 io Mr. Carter's rules and
regulatiotns will Iinot sare' to the forests
ione ifoot tof lumben ir or n stick oif stove
wotu. lut they will give eiulpiynilnt to
a small army i. tillmber agents anti malke
M.r. ('art-r the ailtt trat of the wood(-pile.
t)nly this and notiinig llmore.
No p-Iriits have bleen granted under)
Mr. C(art,.r'a titmbr rules ael I regula
tions and we have Mr. Carter's word for
it that non.e will be granted for several
wee.ks to come. In the. meantime the
sawmill mein in the state, having with
drawn their clloppers from the timber,
must stand idly y by and see their b'est
Frason for harvesting logs pass away.
TI',y are unaihle to help themselve.s, and
all because Sere.tary Noble being absent
on a junketing evxpedition cannot ap
prove of and sign Mr. Carter's draft of
permits. This is one of the beauties of
a Washington c.ircumlocution office.
ToM REnED says Ihe would like to see
Mr. Mills in the speaker's chair. Mr.
Mills should see, to, it at once that he in
cur Mr. Reed's ,enmity if he aspires to
the speakership of the house. Reed is a
hoodoo. In just one term as speaker he
knocked a republican majority-earned
and unearned - of 17 in the house to a
democratic majority of over 130 in the
s incoming house. Mills will never be
come speaker of the house through
Reed's championship of his ambition.
THE rains have come and gone; two
or three warm waves have passed over
the city and sileneed the music of the
frogs within its gates, and atill the disease,
and pestilence and death predicted by
the Leader have failed to put in an ap
peerance. On the contrary Great Falls
is the healthiest city in the west accord
lag to its population. The Leader is not
oly a false but a mischievous prophet.
E0 SOMEWHAT SENSATIONAL.
It is said a movement is on toot in
Kansas looking to the expulsion of Sen
E* ator Peffer from his seat in the United
States senate. The movement it ap
t pears has its rise in an organization that
g represents eastern corporations and
others who are fearful that unless Petfler's
as wings be clipped he will delmrralize if
r not ruin the financial credit of the state.
of It is the intention of this league to cir
culate. cause to be signed and to send a
mt nonster memorial to the senate asking
that steps be taken to prevent Peffer
from serving the state as senator. It
will be urged that Pefter secured his
election by illegal means, among them
being that representatives were bull
ie dozed into voting for him by steering
committees and by threats of personal
il violence; and that ex-union soldiers
were compelled to vote for him because
they feared that a failure to do so would
t bring upon them swift punishment at
is the hands of their alliance neighbors
when they returned home.
'- The circular which enumerates all
a these things furthermore emphatically
declares that "Senator Petffer must not
c be seated to represent the state hlie so
grossly injured. If he should he, it is
iatent that our cause is lost. and dur
Sing his six years tenure we must sit
with bowed heads and cheeks crimson
with shame, while from his high place
I e utters his bIlaphemny and degrading,
t*illuniny against our noblet state and its
coIns;ttution."
SWhat a bonanza n precinct I31 would
l ie to that Kansas crowd of repubilicans!
With the two Mttntana frauds in the
S'nited States senate to second their if
I forts Petter would soon find himself out
side the nation's itapital where the gentle
i zephyrs of the Plotomac would no longer
sigh through his whiskers. They know
how the thing is done, but as the long
bearded granger has a certificate of elec
tion signed by the governor and certified
by the secretary of the state of Kansas
hle will doubtless be able to hold his seat
through the term for which he wits
elected.
OBJECT' LES'SONS.
The duty was taken from quinine in
1t7!i. Since then the price of the article
has been reduced more than 4t11 per cent
while the manufacture in this country i
has increased four fold. giving employ- I
ment to a correslsmding increase in
numtber of men. Sugar is another ar
ticle to which attention is called. The
duty on all raw sugars is remitted
I and the price has since fallen almostt <
one- half andl the quantity umade in the
t.ountry is rapidly increasing. Now sup- t
pose the duties on all the three thous
and other articles now taxed at aIn aver- s
age rate of tkt per cent.be reduced can any
reasonable man entertain the belief that
the manufacture of those things would
not also be largely increased in America
as the manufacture of sugar and quinine v
has increased and the people be able to t;
purchase them at a nearly like reduction r
in prices? If not can some one tell why I
not. o
There are certain facts which by their I
weight force themselves upon the atten- tl
tion of the people. Political bias or L
party prejudice cannot prevent them c
finding a resting place in the ninds of t
thinking men. Like object lessons they 1
teach through one of the most im- a
portant senses. Men see them and be- 4
come convinced. The tariff atfords a to
series of object lessons, among which the h
former and prices of quinine and sugar b
present striking ones. He is a wise man e
who votes in the line of their teachings. k
AVOIDING THE TARIFF.
The American Wool Reporter says:
,"There are more ways than one of avoid
ing the provisions of the new tariff law.
This is becoming well illustrated in the
ause of cotton h~siery, which is one of
the industries that the new tariff was
framed to benefit especially. It appears
from the reports of cotton hosiery com
mission houses that in order to escape
the payment of high duties certain
classes of German goods are being
brought into this country in an un
finished condition and the finishing
touches and dyeing processes made after
reaching here. It is claimed that they
are then stamped with the name of a
prominent (German dyer, whose reputa
tion for fastness of color is world-wide,
and sold as foreign-dyed goods. The
immediate effect of this course may be
an increased sale of these lines of goods,
but it is quite probable that ultimately,
when they are found to be not up to the
standard, it will hurt the sale of foreign
hosiery generally."
KATE FIrmID says if she were asked on
the spot to name the greatest intellect
of this country she would think im
mediately of Edison. Kate has never
met "One of the Common People" of
Great Falls who recently startled the
half dozen readers of our evgning con
temporary with such scintillations of
wit, such depth of learning, and such
powerful reasoning as to place him far
beyond the intellectual plane occupied
by Edison. When Kate Field is called
upon to compare the intellectual giants
of the country she should not fail to cast
her eyes upon the phenomenon that oc
casionally writes for the Great Falls
Leader.
Ma. CAraan's timber rules and regu.
lations will serve but one purpose; that
is, to tfurnish ofces for a small army of
partisan strikers.
PRICES--TARIFF.
a In commenting upon the relation of
the tariff to prices of manufactures the
1 Times of Minneapolis states how and
why they have fallen during the past tif
t teen years. It says while they have fal
SIlen a great deal in this country they
s have, it says, fallen a great deal more in
f England and Germany. It is the fall
there that keeps our manufacturers ask
ing for higher and higher tariffs. Our
i early protectionists wanted only ten per
f cent duties. These, with the cost of
r freight across the Atlantic, wouldsuflice,
t they said, to protect the American man
i ufacturer from foreign competition. But
inventive genius abroad, and improved
processes abroad, kept choueapen
ing productions abroad, and prices fell
I accordingly, so higher duties were asked
for.
The trouble with our American manu
facturers was that, instead of improving
their machinery and processes as fast as
the foreigner did, they appealed to con
gress. They found it easier to get the
tariff made higher than to keep up with
the foreigners in improving and cheap
ening. If they had put fresh capital
into their business they might have
beaten the foreigner on his own ground,.
but they continued, in many lines of
manufacture, to use obsolete machinery
and make poor stuff at a slow rate. Thie
taritf. f, by putting up the price of foreign
goods, would enuale them to compete.
Thus all the time that the foreign goods
havle been going lower and lower, the
.\mnie-rietn tlrilF has been going higher
amd higher to keep them out, till now on
many articles thle duty is greater than
tlhe fireign price. This of course' is dis
traciful to A\merican industry.
.A leading protection organ argues
that protection developed inventive gen
ius. and improved Imenthods among us
caused capital to go into manufactur( a
and made us rich. This is absurd. The
inventive genius of other countries with
out protection has been more developed
than ours with protection, as is demon
strated by the lower average selling price
of foreign goods. The proof of the pud
ding is in the eating. The country that
makes the products the cheapest is en
titled, other things being equal, to say it
has the best machinery and processes.
It is folly, of course, to say that England,
without protection, has not put capital
freely into manufacture and grown rich.
IIARIISON' SPEEC('1.
Thie dlemocratic and mugwulnp o'rg-ins
of the country art wasting a gopd deal
of space and ingenuity in trying to dis
tort President llarrison's Albany speech
into an attack on silver. Fortunately
thie speech was so plain and straightfor
ward that all tlhir efforts at miscon
struetion must rebound against them
selves, and no thinking and reading
voter will be deceived by this last doldge
of ia conscienceless partisan press. Inter
Mountain.
Now will the Inter Mountain tell us
what the speech was, if it was not an at
tack upon silver. Did President liar
rison say one word in favor of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver? Not
one. Did he say one word that would
lead his hearers to believe he favored
the free coinage of silver? Not one.
Can our Butte contemporary tell? It
can, but it won't. But the TiuiINvs: will
tell it. President Harrison said, as plain
ly as tongue can say it, that he will veto
any free and unlindted coinage measure
which the coining congress may present
to him for his signature. lie snmothered
his meaning in a multitude of words,
but that is just what he meant, and
every republican journal in Montana
knows it. Anti that is the reason that
not one them dare take an out and out
stand in favor of the free coinage of the
imetal. They are afraid to put them
selves on record before their national
platform is formulated. That is all.
AIN EIRROR.
WVe lint in the .oulder .\ge this little
excerpt:
The .\merican Economist, the official
organ of the protectionists, talks of the
great possibilities of Montana and es
pecially of Great Falls, but it adds that
before the manufactories can be estab
lished in this state wages must come
down. That is the promise which the
republican and democratic protectionists
give to the laboring men of Montana-
reduction of wages that manufacturers
may make money. Whether or not the
workingmen will consent is the question
which they will have to answer next year
at the polls.
The American Economist, high author
ity as it is, cannot be accepted upon all
matters touching manufactures in Mon
tana. The matter of labor is more or
less dependent upon the cheapness of
motive power in running large manufac
turing plants. Expensive motive power
would necessarily be accompanied by a
low wage scale. The reverse of the pro
position is quite as true. Cheap motive
power renders a higher scale of wages
possible. Great Falls can furnish the
cheapest motive power in the world.
Therefore manufacturers can afford to
pay higher wages here than where the
cost of running machinery is so much
greater. Doubtless the Economist did
not take this view of the matter and
hence the Age fell into its error. Demo
crate do not propose that manufacturers
shall make money out of the forced re
duction of the laboring man's wages.
SonaRrARY NOBLE may have returned
to Washlngton,but we have Mr. Carter's
word for it that he would not return to
that city for several weeks. Now who
Is the liar, Mr. Carter or the Associated
Press agent?
A IWAIL FDOM CHOTEAU.
f Concerniug the failure of the senate
e last winter to agree to the house hill pro
d vidieg for the creation of Teton county,
the Montanian walls in the following
str -in:
y The failure of the democratic senate
to join with the republican house in the
creation of Teton county last winter was
one of those things which the "party of
negation" tre constantly leaving undone,
r much to the detriment of the people.
r Had the senate done as well by our peo
ple as did the house Choteau county
would today be the scene of the most
active operations In the way of develop
Went. Our people blame the obstruct
t ionists for thus retarding the develop
ment of this section-a section vastly
richer in all that goes to make upa great
and prosperous country than any other
I of the state.
1 The Montanian is not ignorant of the
facts in connection with the defeat of the
Teton county division bill. It knows all
about them, but it chooses to be dishon
a est with itself and with its readers rather
than tell them the truth. It knows that
there were three things that stood in the
t way of the passage of the Tet n bill.
TiThe principal obstruction was the repub
I lican senator from Choteau county, Mr.
John W. Power. Mr. Power had prom
ised the people of Choteau ¶and
contiguous precincts that if they would
vote for him and if he were elected he
would do all he could for the proposed
new county of Teton. lIe failed to
keep his promise. lie did ill he could
against the division bill after it left the
house. All the votes the bill reoei\ed,
with one sinlrle excetption, camule from
democrats. Mr. Power was its enemy
throughout and the Montunian, which
had suplortted the gentlemon in the
campaign. knows it.
There were two other very pttent in
fluences which also united to defeat the
bill. One was the Northern Pacific in
ituence east against the organization of
any new counties on the line of the
Great Northern railway. Tile friends of
the proposed new county of Teton will
be compelled to meet and overcome that
influence before they will succeed in
dividing Choteau. The proposed new
county of Valley is opposed by the same
corporation and for the sanme reason.
The third powerful opposition which
the friends of the proposed new "cow"
counties will meet is found in the sena
tors from the mining counties. That
provision of the constitution which
gives to every county in the state just
one senator, no more nor no less, has
united them, it appears., in a c-mmuon
battle against the organization of new
counties in the farming and graz
ing portions of the state. The
mining counties held in the constitution
al convention that senatorial representa
tion should be aupportioned upon the
basis of population. The "'cow" coun
ties, while agreeing that the house tmemt
hership should be so determined, in
sisted upon a senator from ea h county.
It carried in the convention and is now
a fundamental law of the land. The re
sult is that while the miining counties
control the house the "cow" counties
control the senate. In order to keep
their majority down senators from min
ing counties oppose the formation of
new counties, especially in the eastern
or northeastern portion of the statet
The "cow" counties, however, have a
majority in the senate and could have
passed the Teton county division bill if
John W. Power and the Northern Pacific
railway influence had not stood in the
way. The Montanian knows this and if
it had been disposed to state a plain fact
truthfully it would have skipped its t
rot about the "party of negation" stand
ing in the pathway of Choteau county's
prosperity.
Nt. Paul Globe-But while we are
making our eatables and drinkables
sweeter than we could afford to before,
let us not forget that the man from
Maine would have kept us on short al
lowance of sugar anil that he was so
moad when he found out that McKinley
and his crowd were actually going to
give us free and cheap sugar. he smashed
his 87 plug hat all to smithereens.
EX-SENATOR PAr.+ltl: of Michigan,
thinks "any republican can win next
year." "These good crops," he says, "are
bound to force men into old party lines.
When the farmers are threshing wheat
this year McKinley is going to get a heap
of credit and God won't get his share."
The ex-senator lightly values the intelli
gence of the farmers of the country. Be
cause they are blessed with good crops
this year he imagines they will forget
the onerous burdens which an unequal
tariff has imposed and is still imposing
upon theum.
THis holders of about $30,000.000 of
those 41 cents bonds seem to think they
can make more money out of their hold
ings in other ways than investing them
in 2 per cents. Probably they can. But
if they don't present them for continu
ance by the 2d prox. Secretary Foster
must scrape up $30,000,000 with which
to square himself with the holders of the
4% per cents, Where will he get the
money? That's the question.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYEs has left his
chicken ranch and joined John Sher
man in stumping Ohio for McKinley.
Sherman and Hayesl A pretty pair to
draw to! Three of a kind would be held
If Elisa Plnkaton could respond to a call.
GarAT FALL is the healthiest city of
its sire In the west, notwithstanding the
opinion of the Leader to the contrary.
AND STILL THEY STRIKE.
A press association dispatch in yester
day mornings Tulamnsa thus reads:
"Nine hundred men will be out on a
strike tomorrow in the works of the
American Ax and Tool company."
While the dispatch does not state the
cause of the strike it must be assumed
the question of wages is the moving one.
Now it will be remembered the special
industry in which this company is en
gaged is one of the most highly protected
among those favored by Mr. McKinley
in his tariff. And then it will again be
remembered that it virtually has a mo
nopoly of the ax and tool manufacturing
business in the United States. Putting
these two facts together it is surprising
to the average observer that the employee
of the company should find cause to
strike. The company being the head
and front of a gigantic trust and in a
measure controlling the business of a
highly protected industry should cer
tainly be able to give its workmen liberal
wages or, if they ask it, fewer hours of
labor for a days work. But it has done
neither. It probably proposes to reduce
wages. At all events nine hundred men
have struck and are out of employment.
Speaking in horse parlance it may be
said that strikes are sired by grasping
corporations and monopolies, and they
by a high protective tariff. Monopolies
like the American Ax & Tool company
backed by unlimited capital and strength
ened by an unequal tariff are in a posi
tion to name the amount of wages their
employes shall receive(. When trade is
brisk and everything goes all right,
which means that the regular per cent
dividends are dcclared and paid, the
scale of wages are kept at living rates
and workmen are supposed to be con
tented, if not happy. But when busi
ness becomes depressed, the markets
dull and trade slow, the first tlought,
object and care of the monopoly are of
its dividends. These must not be di
minished. They must be kept up. To
do this a pruining down of expense is in
order, and this means a notice to work.
men that a reduction of 5 per cent or 10
per cent in wages will be made. A strike
follows, the works are either shut down,
or run on short help, or with a full force
qf "scabs" supported by a sheriff
and his deputies or , corps
of Pinkertons. In the mean
time the glutted protected market is
cleared of its surplus, overtures are made
to the employes for a compromise, the
half-starved workmen accept the offer.
terms are made satisfactory to each
party, and the works reopen at full blast,
the company having maintained its divi
dends, while the poor laborers must
woirk for mIonths to square up debts in
curred during the strike. This is a coin
Ilion cverycidayv picture, not overdrawn
in the least. but true to nature in every
particular.
That strikes are tile legitimate fruits
of a high protective tariff is shown by
the fact that a labor strike or a tramp
was not known in this country before
the enactment of the war tariff of 1801
That tariff and its successive amend
ments; each made upon the rising in
stead of the falling scale, have bred mill
ionaires, tramps, paupers, and strikes.
The McKinley tariff will increase the
number of each, for the cry is: "btill
they come!"'
Miss K.v'ri: Fi~Flm, having exhausted
herself in a futile attempt to introduce
a reform In the dress of her sex, now
turns her attention to the raiment of
men. She declares that "the trousers of
Europe and America are neither useful
nor ornamental. They are excrescences
and the sooner men return to the
breeches of their forefathers the better."
Miss Kate Field, we are shocked! You
ask men to return to the costume of their
forefathers in a country where fig leaves
are as scarce as honest politicians! Miss
Field, attend to your own punts and let
those of the mten alone.
Grand Lodge A. O. IT. W.
The grand lodge of the A. O. U. W.
has concluded its session at Helena and
next year will meet in this city on the
third Tuesday of August. The officers
of the grand lodge for the ensuing year
are:
Past Grand Master Workman, J.
Schanlinker of Butte.
Grand Master Workman, John W.
Eddy of Helena.
Grand Foreman, J. S. Hammond of
Butte.
Grand Overseer, C. H. Clark of Great
Falls.
Grand Recorder, H. C. Yaeger of
Helena.
Grand Receiver. James Sullivan of
Helena.
Grand Guide, Thomas B. Grayes of
East Helena.
Grand Inside Watchman, A. S. Kel
legg of Boulder.
Grand Outside Watchman, C. E.
Ringwald of Elkhorn.
Grand Tru,etees, Jere Sullivan of Fort
Benton, P. Carney of Fish Creek, J. C.
Kerley of Townsend.
Grand Medical Examiner, Dr. J. S.
Gunn of Butte.
Committee on Finance-S. Genzberger
of Helena, J. D. Conrad of Marysville, T.
N. Averill of Townsend.
Committee on laws and supervilson
J. W. Kinsley of Helena, N. 8. Morley
of Anaconda, Charles Hershman of
Billings.
fAine Watch R ptari n, W. :.
Chamberlain. 19 aentral Avenue.
Our store is always crowded by the
best and closest buyers In northern Mon.
tana. Conrad.
The Manhattan has just received a se
lect line of the best English 8uiting.
Call and inspect them.
GET OFF THE FENCEG
The Minneapolis Tribune
editors of republican papers whol f
been dallying with democratic
a sharp lecture, and plainly tell,
they must get off the fence or ac . i
edge their democracy. It says:
"It is the fashion for a numnsr a
leged republican papers in the n
to declare every few days that th
in favor of a moderate tariff." C
tells them, is democracy, not r dt
canism; that it is what Cleveland
cates and what the Mille bill
It very correctly says that repuli
does not believe in a moderate tar
it is for a good, stiff protective tari
that it it "believed min a 'moderate in
a 'tariff for revenue only,' it would
mend Mr. Cleveland and the de
party policy which he outlines
support of the American people."
The exerpt with comments by t
Paul Globe may apply with equal or
to republican papers which have he
dallying with democratic free nee
coinage doctrine but have not the
bone to cut loose from their party
come out boldly and squarely fa
They are on the fence, They p '
be friends of silver and from their
on the top rail of the fence they r
sionally give evidence of their into se
the metal. But they silently acq i
in the McKinley view of the qu
Not one of them in Montana e
raised a word against it,
they have been emphatic in
approbation of his high protective I ty
They stand ready to flop wherever as
national platform of their party u
land them. If it shall declare for a it
standard ani the degradation of n
they will fall in line with their e. bi
brethren and about with the gol r
It it shall declare for bimetallisa i
the free and unlimited coinage of hi
-they will be apostles of the metal
swear they are its only and o
friends. At present they hold t..
fence with a deathlike grip amnd p
amount of punching and bradding ih
bring them down.
This is all wrong, for there is really
middle ground upon which any in
gent, honest man can stand upon a q
tion of such vital import to the peo
the country. Men may differ, butu
the silver question the lines, especially
the west, should be drawn taut
straight and sides be taken and
tained. While the matter of free ll
coinage is one of national importance
would naturally be assumed that Le
papers published in silver-prods'
states and territories and dnrary
tlheir support, either directly or ir~evt
ly, from the silver interests woui
found stoutly maintaining the mot
eral disposition of the white metal. i
a policy would be in a line with ti
own interests and in line with thee
their patrons. But it appearsour rnel
lican state contemporaries chlise
roost on the top-most rail where t
can blow hot and blow cold without co
promising themselves with the ma;
part of their party in the east.
namby-pamby, milk and water policy
aid and comfort to eastern goldites
has a powerful influence in harden
the opposition to the white metal.
off the fence. You do more harm to
ver as its pretended friends than you
do as its avowed enemies.
STRAIN BROS'. LOCALS.
New Fall Goods are arriving daily a:
you can depend on it. You can ,
odds and ends in Summer Goods at i^
own prices.
SrutAs Bitt
We are still selling Carpets at a gre
sacrifice. 80c all-wool Ingrain down
'2!ic.
Beautiful Chenille Curtains at 4i0.:V
.\ nice assortment of Smyrna :u.
very reasonmable.
SrICAIN Bto..
DIr. Warner's Corsets in all styles ai
prices away down. We do not claim ti
sole agency for these goods. Any tr
in the city who does tells you what is ni,
so. We buy direct from the manufai
turers in quantities to secure jobber'
discount.
STRAIN Bunt
We will sell you a White Sewing hla
chine, the best in the world, at a ver:
low figure.
STRAIN BROS.
MINING STOCK QUOTATIONS,
As Taken From the Hoard This Date.
oLndn. Neihart...............$ .15 8.
Diamond i.. Neihart ....... 00 1.25
pueen of the Hills, Neihart.". 2.00 9..6
iorence Neiha nta. ............ . 5 .iS1
Inger ll, Neih t ............. .5
Commonwealth, Nelhart....... . .07"
{t. Jams, Neihart .............. .05 tea
Whinoawil, Carpenter Creek. .00 .15
Belt oo tsin, Darker...r .06 '10
ntro ker.............. 05 .10
n, ark .............. .
.W,: Barl .a........ke .. .0 .10
,oantanl Bide. Barker ......... .06 07
Idyl H ker .................... 10 .
Ol, Slver. Platinuqm and
Tellurum Isaow (eelk ....... 7I .50 -
ac i,' Snow C ... .56 .40
1. X. L Kdne.wk ........e .18 .9
48,15 sw Cirek ........ 10 ....
nnnoe Whip low Creek .10 .....
.k - eofdtork sm, .. oo. . In
neonw nu ooe gf te Rooda invet
neat as en o o.an notdin Mobaotmo . All sore..
f ,w a lt.. .......... ..S.
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teRLtT TALL, . MONTANA.