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'•I $ 3 -si fa 5$ THE TABIFF5AFD WAGES. Excellent Returns for Laoor McZiniey Law. Stubborn Facts Froma Democratic Eeport inYork State. ME^^l^i Investigations by the Commissioner of Statistics Show a Net Increase of $6,377,925 in Wages. Also a Net Increase of $31,315,130 intro duction, inSixty-EightIndustnes,Em ployine: 285,000 Persons. Had a bombshell dropped into the Democratic camp from a clear sky, it would not have sent greater consterna tion into the -hearts of the Cleveland Democrats than did the. ninth annual report of the Democratic Commissioner of the Bureau, of Labor Statistics of New York, Charles F. Peck, made public last week. Senator Hill and his admirers, including Mr. Peck, look upon the dissatisfaction caused by this unan swerable statement with grinning coun tenances. They bear no love for Mi*. Cleveland, and have not forgotten the insults heaped upon them at Syracuse and Chicago by the Cleveland faction.' They look with evident .relish upon the true statement which Mr. Peck presents of the prosperous condition of affairs, feeling that the statement bristles with stubborn facts which' the Cleveland men cannot shake. The Republicans say the statements made by Mr. Peck carry great weight. ..-'•' Mr. Peck's totals show a net increase in wages for 1891 over 1890 of $6,377, 925, and a net increase in products, in York State, during the same period, of $31,315,130. The report of Mr. Peck shows only partially the prosperity of the country under the protective tariff. No better arguments are needed fbr the workingman than these continued favor able reports of business and the better, condition of the wage-earners. Commissioner Peck gives as a reason for»selecting the tariff as the subject for his report that it especially affected the working classes. He had found that the statements of the Democratic speakers were not borne out by facts. Governor Campbell had said that not a single workingman's v, ages had been raised as the result of the MeKinlcy act. "My re port* '•how that there were jot 285.000 'men -who^e salaries A\cre raided as the result of this law," averted the Commis sioner. Mr. Peck adds that lie is free to admit that his report wn-notin harmony with the platform adopted at Chicago, in so far as it related to the subject of the tariff. However, his report was a^ he had found the condition of affairs. If be taken as- fairly representative of the conditions throughout the whole coun try. .- 'jr Not for many years had the subject of the tarifcassumed^cb great proportions important and mtereatihgr question of, political economics for diacuasitnby our at^fcsamftavyet by reasonof this President of the United 9t*te#, faking it the sole subject of bis annual. passage ta Con gress in December 1897, interest in it immae^enena amang 0 a and a The nummary prepared by Commis sioner Peck says, in'opening: Tariff, whether levied '-for revenue on ly," or for '-revenue and the incidental protection of American manufacturers and American labor,''is certainly a ques tion of such vast import as to enlist the mo^t thorough and dispassionate investi gation at the hands of the American peo ple. And while the present report has, under the law, been confined to the State of New York, its results can but be taken as indicative of the conditions existing in every section of our country where manufacturing and industrial pursuits are followed. "With the exception of a limited num ber of the great industries carried on in our country, no State in the Union of fers a field so varied or extensive within which the statistician can carry en his work with greater assurances of intelli gent success than is presented by the State of New York. Within its borders are to be found by far the greatest num ber of manufacturing establishments, the most varied industries and the largest number of individual employers, and wage-earners of any of the forty-four commonwealths embraced in the United, \i States. So that, whatever the statistical data collected and tabulated may prove, relative to the effects of. "Protection" on labor and wages in New York, may just-J sessed himself of them he places them, VOLUME XV. NO 35. NEW ITEM, BBOTOT COUNTY, MINN. memorable "campaign of education" fol lowed during the ten succeeding months of 1888^slt is not the province of the undersigned to here discuss the merits of a "protective tariff," or to pronounce for or against the public policy di a "tariff for revenue only." A majority of the American people declared by their votes in 1888 in favor of the latter policy, and yet their candidate wa9 defeated by rea son of our electoral system, the minority candidate and a Congress in sympathy with the Chief Executive being elected. The canvass was carried on with relentness vigor by .'both sides, and public interest was unusually aroused in a question of great public policy, rather than to the personality of candidates. The selfish business inter ests of the manufacturers and'their em ployes were appealed to larger produc tion, wider markets and increased profits were'promised the employers. More work, higher wages, shorter hours of la bor and unexampled prosperity were among the inducements held out to the 'wage-earners by the advocates of ^'Pro tection." On the o1 her hand, the advo cates of the policy of a "tariff for rev enue pnly" contended that only through a '-reform" of our tariff laws, i. e., a re duction of our revenues to a basis of raising just sufficient money to defray the expenses of the government, honest ly and economically administered, could all of these desirable results be ob tained. It may be urged by some that an in vestigation made has not been broad enough or of sufficient scope to fairly warrant the deductions arrived at, by reason of the fact that the cost of living including the necessaries that go to make lt up, have been given no' place in the work. It should be borne in mind,how ever, that it has been my endeavor to in vestigate only that phase of the subject which relates simply to the increase or decrease of production and the rates of wages paid. The period covered by investigation includes the year immediately prior to the enactment of what is termed the .•McKinley bill" and the year immedi ately following its becoming a law. That is, the data upon which the report has been made was for the year commencing September 1, 1889, up to and .including the 81st day of Augir-t, 189Q, and the year commencing September 1st, 1890, up to and including the 31st of August, 1891. The report, here embraces lengthy table of figures carefully arranged and then continues: It is needless to comment upon the separate figures or the totals included in the above table they tell £hcir own story simply and with absolute truth. It apjears that there was a net increase in wages of $0,377,923.09 in the year 1891, as compared with the amount paid in 1890, and a net increase of pro duction of $31,315,130.68 in the year 1891 over that of. 1890. A simple anal ysis of this table further demonstrates the interesting fact that of the sixty seven industries covered, 77 per cent, of them show an increase either of the wages or product, or both, and that there were no less than 89,717 instances of individual increases of wages "durino the same year. It has been my experience, as, I doubt not, it has been that of every statistician', more or less, that one often-finds himself tempted—unconsciously, perhaps—to pursue an investigation with a view to establish a preconceived theory.',' How often failure and positive discomfiture follow, I can safely leave to those who have engaged in the fascinating study of statistics*. To the true statistician, how ever, uninfluenced by social or political considerations, the profession is an envi able one, and carries with it duties and responsibilities of the highest order. To him theories are as nothing without facts to support them, they become mislead ing and therefore, worthless. Facts and truth are- what he seeks^ and havingpos- hard and cold as they-oftentimes are,be fore the public, satisfied that he has done but his duty and' thereby attained his highest ambition. _*. /^%f -v- ,r-"». ._-.& !*£?.•**• /.4%** of tn%Vicinity expect to hare a grand rally in?New*Ulnar,, on the 30th, when their candidate'for Gov ernor," Dan Lawler, wiil be present and. «peak on the issues of the day. Jt is be present, but Lawler wjil- he the. brief attraction. DEATH OF MB. STEINHAUSEBhave The a Edited ofthe Fortscnntt Away After a Brief Illness. Sumfay morning the announcement was made that Editor Armin Steinhauser had died At three o'clock. Grief fol lowed the telling of the news and in quick succession came feeling sympathy for the bereaved. Mr. Steinhauser's sickness was of short duration. A few days ago he was in ap parently the best of healtt, and at his office he could be seen attending to his duties with customary diligence. Sud denly an attack/Of inflamati.oh of the bowels siezed him and after a week of suffering, attended by a constant weak ening-of his physical powers, he gave quietly away to that dread summons, which"marks at last ,tl^cnd,of each and all. ."- To us his death has a peculiarly sol emn meaning:. Brought together by du ties in which there was much in common we learned to know him as he really was and-found him to bp a quiet and unob trusive individual with a most kindly nature that lead him to aid a friend whenever he could do so without violat ing his sense of right. His opinion once formed, tie was tenacious of it not lack ing however in that element of convic tion that must lie at the base, of intelli gent and conscientious action. He had all of an honest man's hatred of shams and about the only evidence of irritation exhibited by him wasHywben some proof of insincerity was apparent. In the domestic circle as well as in pro fessional life those who knew him best speak of many evidences showing him to be truly good. We can speak of him, only as we knew him from being thrown closely together andour only desire to comment at all comes from a high re spect for the qualities that,.he -?.possessed. Within him was integrity of mind and heart, and his family and his neighbors were better for his having lived, "x What more is needed to make of life an entire success? The deceased was a comparatively young man." He was born on the in 1863, and spent his earliest days in New Ulna with his parents. Nine years ago he removed to St. pauL, and 'worked'steadily in the office of the St. .Paul Voikszeitung. /While there lie was married fo Miss Emma Nix and their union has been a most loving and iiappy one, resulting in the«birth of one child, •a daughter at pre wit hardly a year old. Two yeaix ago he ivturned to New Ulm and assumed management of the Fort •schritt, a position which lie retained un taiued until two weeks ago when he re signed to accept a similar one on the Post. To his wife the grief that comes with his untimely death is almost un bearable and to his other relatives the load of sorrow is naturally a weighty one. ,', The funeral was held yesterday after noon at two o'clock from Turner Hall. Col. Pfaender made the address and at the grave Wm. E. Koch read a few part ing words. -•*..•• Geo. Saherer in Politics. 'h'*lady's As has been stated previously, Geo. W. Scherer is a candidate for nomination as county superintendent of schools at the hands of tfhe Republican county conven tion. He is a graduate of the Normal school and has taught successfully and is in eveiy way qualified ttf discharge the duties of the position. He has never held an office, but as editor of the Post tor many years he did good service for the Republican "party, and is deserving of reward at its ha*nds. Mr. Scherer ia an active, energetic young man, and would undoubtedly render valuable ser vice to the schools of the county. He is the only Republican whose name we have heard mentioned in connection with the nominatiqn and he will undoubtedly re ceive it unanimously, in which case he will certainly be elected Mankato Free Press, ^m NEW DL LACE MAKERS. They.May Affoid"k •p:,i ICiweao^^xl^it at Chicago, Attraction, toe $ar**r: In the Minneapolis Time^of.. Sunday A a Woman's Aujali^ry lioaM of thV World's Pair of the state/of. Minnesota has discovered th^t t^old industry .of lace making on paiowse«i^9 'in this'state. It seems t&era<if |$o0ununity of Bohemians in quite likely that.other iyetker^iwaM^J^^^If^.^f6 "women after theirJ»«M|tray«,*peetaclo.boxes ^_*r JS?. :M 1 w«kang^ o^)w pii ow« thepattorartnat been banded down for generations. Mrs. Hunt/ of' Mankato, has obtained some excellent samples of their work, which, however, they insist' must be re turned to them, as they are very jealous of their patterns. It is likely, however that pieces of the lace will be purchased of them for exhibition at Chicago, and possibly some of the women will be in duced to go to Chicago and carry on the work. .. ., Illtf! The credit for the above feature if it is secured is due to the Ladies' Auxiliary which was started here-several weeks ago.V The ladies who compose it are making researches in all directions for means and methods in which to make Brown County prominent at the World's Pair and the above article shows that their work is being appreciated. ,v" MINNESOTA'S PET FL0WEE. •A jf ~*v THE LADIES WORLD'S FAIR AUYIL IARY SELECT THE LADY SLIPPER. The state flower as selected by the" Minnesota Woman's Auxiliary Board of the World's Columbian Exposition is the cypripedium pubescens or lady slipper, belonging to the natural order Orchid ace, it Is gnc of the most beau tiful flowers in the United States. The following varieties are indigen ous to Brown county: cypripedium candidum or small white lady's slipper", cypripedium parvitiorum or small yel low lady's slipper cypripedium pubes cens or large yellow lady's slipper and cypripedium spectabile or showy lady's slipper. '.•**•» The first of the above is found in moist meadows and ficquently in hWampy bogs throughout the county. It blooms in May and June. 'i' The second found in the same local ities as the first and usuallv -blooms at the same time. The third, which is the proposed state flower, and which is commonly called lady's blipp*cr or Moccasin flower, is common in shady and moist woods and blooms in May and Juno. The last is the most beautiful of the species and is found but rarely, usually in swampy and springy bogs, blooming only in June. It is very beautiful, ex ceeding in splendor some of the raje exotic orchid,-,. All of the varieties are highly scented, while the huge yellow slipper it, especially sueet. No better choice of a state could be made and the seltction be ratified. ^.? *?*'/****. ^^^mtn^m^ch tha.djMi goods had beentier* wrafjeA been two flower should The cut which appears herewith is, a good one, and is the only one ^ublishe,d by the papers since the selection was made. Together with the description it was kindly furnished to us by Mr. Hei demand. .,,- -CX': Af- „?, & ROBBERY AT 00URTLAND. THE STORE OF SUHLOTTMANN BROS ENTERED WEDNESDAY NIGHT BY THIEVES. ,*3f8s& CLERK THEY WERE NOTICED BY A ..'BUT NEVERTHELESS SECURED ./ SEVJSRAL HUNDRED DOLLARS V& IN GOODS. Wednesday night or rather Thursday morning between two and three o'clock a burglary occurred at Courtland. They entered'the store of Schlottmann Bros, which,is also the postoffice and opened the, s*fe, but found that empty.* Then thay-proceeded to t&e shelves and coun ters and a special to to* St. Peter Her says Herald they secured between four •nd flvohunAred dollars worth of jewelry wa^&ety nn«.dres8 goods and the like. yTb* .thievVmade an entrance through a side windDtvand after' securing what they wanted they repairedto the lum ber yard near the"trackjpad disposed of and boards ^SEPTEMBER T, 1892. WHOLE NUMBER 765 suspicious looking characters around the store the night before and it is supposed they are the thieves. The clerk who1 slept in the upper part of the building heard the thieves when they en tered and departed but was entirely un armed and did not care to interfere, but gave the alarm immediately after and a posse was soon formed who watched the three o'clock passenger trains to see tkat they did riot board either of them and must have been very near the thieves for an hour or more^No clue however as to their whereabouts has thus far been obtained although active search is being made by the'authorities. BIRCH COOLIE VETERANS. THEY MEET, EAT AND FIGHT THE BATTLE OVER AGAIN. The survivors of the battle of Birch Coolie met last night at the Merchants in'St. Paul and fought the battle over again. The occasion was a very pleas ant one and will long be rememl'ered. The veterans who got together fought this batt4c thirty years ago at the time thef Indian depredations were attract ing so much attention in this state. Sev eral companies of militia were just in the early stages of organization at- the time, and when the IKJWS of the out: break was received the raw militia was obliged to hurry to the front. It was just at this time that the notable battle of Birch Coolie occurred, and proved the turning point in tfie Indian war in the North west^ There were but ISO men in this skirmish, and the survivors, all of whom were at the banquet, are: Capt. H. P. Grant in command of company A, Cth regiment ex-Chief of Police John Clark, of the Faxon Rangers, under Capt. Joe Walker in Col. McPhail's command: Thomas E. Byrne, the youngest man in the battle, and attached to Capt. Ander son's volunteer cavalry William H. Grant, who fought all through the battle independently and belonged to none of the companies Judge J. J. Egan, Company A. 6th regiment, one of the officers, and the following of the same command: William"Yashinger, H. C. Marsden, Andrew Kilpatrick, E. G. Erickson, S. C. Arbuckle, who was shot through both legs, and Charles Weed also William Hart, of Capt. Anderson's volunteer cavalry.^ .,.- •.-.- ,/:.,,•-'••_...- v,- Gov. Ramsey was the'' honored guest during the evening. Capt. Grant pre sided-over- the -meeting. After several speeches had been made, a motion was prised, providing that a committee of five should'be appointed to memorialize the legislature-to erect a monument on the battle field^ A lunclysvas served during the evening and the time was spent in listening to' addresses by the old veter ans.—Jovmal of Saturday. NELSON *0N THE STUMP. The Little Giant Is Quick to Silence liies of His Opponents. The Republican stump speakers, says the Pioneer Press, are now meeting dai Ij.in their meetings with the long-haired and bewhiskered sub-treasury crank,who has little else to do beside attend these political meetings and propound-cut-and dried questions with the intention of trying to "rattle" the speakers. Such ah agitator was present at the La Crescent meeting Thursday afternoon.' Hehadin his hand a slip of carefully prepared questions which he was holding in readi ness for an opportune moment, and af ter Mr. Nelson, the Republican candidate for governor, had concluded speaking, he begged the privilege of asking a ques- "Is it not true that during the time of the grasshopper scourge in this state, you voted against a bill in the state leg islature granting relief to the farmers and extending the time for the payment of taxes, and voted in favor of a bill 'ex- southeastera part of the state?" "The first is a lie," replied Mr. Nel son, fit is* an example of the kind of warfare that the'Great. West has made upon me. My district was part of tiur country visited by the grasshoppers, and I would not likely have, voted against any suchmeasure, and I did not. ,In all my service in the state legislature I-nev- constituents*^rj^f record is open to ail, .and if you want to know^what my peo pj^thittk of, me I will send you out at n^j ojten expense, fifwat rigkt tending this latter privilege to one of the newly incorporated railroads in thoN»tcb had been given him by .another pjity to whom he had returned it and thf[other fellow had left town. John sonstated he.would have the party ar rested, but for,some reason tjjp caae was dropped.—Sleepy gye Djapatofr. er received a complaint from one of Horsfora» A grand snrtfrise awaits yon whan you give it a trial. Do ib at once and be convinced .wa axe telling the truth. Ii it doernot do as w« say, re turn it at anoe to your grocer and get to grant the mfeoadthe sasaa relief I your money back. *-. was willing to give the farmers. This road referred to was built by local capi tal, and it was a time of great depres sion. Capitalists were as hard up as the farmers. While my sympathy is naturally with the poorer, I want to treat all classes with common fair ness and justice.^ And if you want to get acquainted with 'Doc' Fish, who is evidently your auth ority," continued Knute kelson, "you can take a second trip to the county ad joining my home, where Fish, lived for several years, and you will find how he is respected. You can have 'Doc' Fish and his statements but you do not want to go around lying "about me. Do you want to know what Fish thought about 'v ma two years ago? I have in my satchel^' a letter written by him urging me to be "y their candidate—the candidate of Don nelly and Fish—but it cost me nothing to refuse their overtures.. I would have "$" gained nothing. r^-That letter, which yon-r read in the -Pioneer Press, was written but two years ftgp^n^w heJs my enemy You can take Fish, you can dip him, you can soak him, you can Sugar-coat him and swallow him if vou can." NEWS OF OTHEE TOWNS. Events That Have Transpired in this ana" FicoUet county, W. M. Georgius of Courtland will at tend college in Naperville, 111. Courtland is, to have anew blacksmith shop. August Schultz of Golden Gate Mill sell his farm and move to Sleepy Eye. Rev. Ukai, a native of Japan, spoke at the Methodist church in Sleepy Eye Sunday evening. H. J. Hanson has sold his Sleepy Eye residence to F. Frank of Sigel, who will kave the farm and try city life for a while. Geo. Vogel and Louis Brey, proprie tors of the Springfield pop factory, have dissolved partnership, Mr. Vogel contin uing in the business. The Evan Republican club are making arrangements for a rally at their place on Saturday, Sept. 10th, at 2:30 o'clock p. in.,when Prof. T. J. McCleary of Man kato, republican nominee for congress, will be present to address the meeting. Th meetiug will be in the grove at Mr. Chas. Plata's and there will undoubted ly be a big crowd present. The-granary on the Donovaa farm, IC cently purchased by Wm. Kreinke, four miles northeast of town, was struck by lightning. and burned on Monday morn ing early. Between five and six hun dred bushels of wheat, the property of M. Donovan, two seeders belonging to Mr. Kreinke and some smaller rrticles stored in the building were burned. The only insurance was a policy on the build ing carried by the Farmers Township In surance Co., of $80. The loss entire was close to $ti00y This is the second season Mr. Kreinke has suffered from lightning and this time the damage might -\ery easily have been greater as several stacks of grain were in close proximity to the fire.—Sleepy Eye Dispatch. Quite a. little, commotion was stirred up Saturday over a stolen watch, or an alleged stolen watch. One Johnson, a farmer living in Redwood county, came into town Friday evening and after in dulging in a little of the 0-be-joy£ul re tired to a hay-mow and spent the night. The next morning a transient happened into Fredericksen's jewelry store with a watch which he asked the value of. Mr. Fr*edericksen recognized the time-piece as being the property of Johnson,. hav ing sold it to him only a short time be fore, and remarked to his visitor that it 1 was Johnson's watch. The fellow re marked "that if it was Johnson's watch he wanted no truck with it," and taking it went out. Not more than ten min utes later Fredericksen saw Johnson and told him of the circumstance and they went out to look up the man who had it. They found him, but he said the Get Tour HwwrBa^k, Manj people think they are satisfied, w^th the baking powder thay are using* for the reason that they nave aerer tried *&i 1*