The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, August 27, 1891, Image 1

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* - * VOL. xx PICKENS, S. C., TIIURSDAY A'GUST 27, 1891. NO 49 MJUIN I I I ll 6)U U V. SUFFICIENI UNTO THE DAY ISTHE EVIL TH LhEOF. Dr. Tat Ie Ogl l' UP t.-h. e . I Po e,-hil Steranon 4sta I hel I I3I'ats 1.y *I 1144334-a-o n iii 'I T i reu it,.--. It M-n Wreckcd .Mnaia ) itei----a hL o.4)ril WlAVI .o>ok Out foir Y4s. Un1OOKiNg. Au-1. 1G.-Dr. Tahinage has returned from ii, westert toUr rein vis-,orated in hiii albth ;fil 4heered by the healrty amnd entIlus'hik ..'eet.ings he has r eceivCd in the nuoi rus .itiem he hats v'isiLed. Thio Ui1usiis of! pe'rsons' who readl( his serions i i th vir locaIl liewspapers have struLpled to t,L wi 1. tinl soind a) his voice whTNt-revI-r IhSe h 1Ws spoken. IIis sent11101i weiS e('(k is on the ver coo1111110U and floolilsh habit (f hl1rOWii1_! trouble, and his text, is h h v vi. 31, -$uf11. vieit unto the dav i.- tl tie evil t1hreol."1 Thie lite. ov everv man. womi,mi and Chiid is a1, c,t)"(dl.adlv ithr e divine ca.1-re astoghsc i enwere t,heoly manl, woman or chivb. There are no ItF luidents. As tht-r- is a .I' ol storms in thet natural worlI, it rie is a law of trouble. it hav of, disaster, a law of mils Forfune; but I he 1111.i1lty itof OfthiL trou1oles of liIe are ia1kLitiry, 1111i tLc mosL of those ant icipt, ed Nr C0nW. .t any rate, therv is no caulse vi complaint a1gail,s God. :ee iow mu111ch lie hath done to mako- thee mpp.j ; his sunshine filling tihe varth with glory, makintg rain how 141.r tho storm and lalo for the mountainl, t r4-elnness f'or the Illoss, sat* f'ron 1ifr the cloud and crystal ior the bil low, 'Plid pr-wessionl h bannered flame throu'-, 3F1ho (pu'ninlg lates of the 1110111 inlv, Ihl,filhhem to sjnl, rivers to glitter, se,as to cbant. and springs to blossom, and 4ov( r.1-owervi4 all other sounds with its m i.-!, and overarbcing all other splen dor With iLts tr1np1. covering up all oiler IatyiN. n% ith its -ariands. and out 1i1101lu ll other. thrones with its domn inion--ievenmuce for a lost world throllu'h thle (;Ivat R,edveteer. . 1 discmirme o(11 the siml (io' borrowing trouleiv. F-ir.,t, such a habit, of' inhd and] heart, is wron-..!. bLcat-e it, put.s one( into a des pond41itry that ill lits him for duty. I plantdl two rose bushies in illy garden. The one thrivod Ibeautif'uAll'. the other perished. I found the dead one onl the t3hady side oi' the house. Our disposi tions, like our plants need sunshine. .Expectank of repuse is tile cause of Imianly svcuht1ll and reli.-ious failures. Fear of linki titucy has upsorn many a fine bu1sitie atd'kLnt the 111111 dodging alongr the ite shavers. Fear, Slander and alise has ot enin'fvited all t,he long beaked vultures of s corn and backbiting. Atlny of tile i i.Ifort uls of life, like hyenas, flee If yrt courageously meet them. F-'ORC 1'.: IA'I N FSS TO ('OM E~ Ilow pooily prepared for religiou <ht" is a man who sits d[own uider the gloom of expected mislortune! I' he pray, Ie s , "I do nlot ik I shall be answered." I lihe give, lie savs, "I ex pect they will s teal the Iloney."p Ilen Chalmers told ile that, her hather, ThoinAws Chalnrs, inl the darkest hour of* the historY of' the Free Church of Scot land, andi n hen the woes of' the land seellled to weighi upon his heart, said to the children, (Tome. let us go out and play hal1l or Ily kite," and thle Only dIfI liculty in thi play was that thle children voul not kecp up with their lither. Tle McChevics and the Summerlields of Lie Churlch wh.Io did thle m114st -ood, Cultivat ,l sutligh,Iit. A way with the horrors! thiey dlistill poisonl; th1ey dig graVes, and1( if' they couil elimb so) high, tihe)y would do'wni ihe recjl)icings of' hlea1ven with sobs8 Yout will have'( niothmii but miisf'ortune in LIIe fiturei' if you 1t du(iliously' wvatch for It. 1low sha;ll 11 man11 catch thie righi, kindl of lishi it' lhe arrantges his line and1( hook andl bath t'icatchl bza/.ds and 1) water serpients? Ilnt for' 1ha1( and14 hawks and1( 1)>ats aul ha1wks ' ou wiall lit111. IIunt for roin1 redbreasts1 and1 3)1 you wil find r'obin r'ed!)reasts. (>n niliighit ani eagle and1( an owlI got into4 11ier(u hat,itle; thle eagle uni ulsed o th)ie niight, was11 H no match for1 ani owI', wichl Is mollst at home1 in1 tile dark neLawa, mutil the king ofi the '.ir' fell hielpless; but, the moinglilL rose$, iandl with it rose haw ke and thie ba 1 ii iame a second time,. o) (lhe c'ombait; ro4w, thie (auleI. ini the .11tm1ight., wIith ai; stro(ke of' his talonus and1( eneiC1s~, wI'ith~1311i~ orn ltirs and s p'ashied withi blood,4 tumbiiltdi into thbe thickets. Ye arIe the( ibildrenCI of lighit . Ini the 13ighlt Iof de(sIpondency' 3(3ou Will have1 1no ebani1tce al:aI;3st 301ur eneIiesiC' tha it, loc'k upi 11rom1 hi1',ath, but1, truLstii' ini Godu and1( sthilm' in t ihe sun1shiine o)f the prom ises5, 3 tu Stu 111 '"rene w your y'out,b like the I cegle."' 'ri| ll i-: A i;i Inl.IKSSi N(i A -l'u-N'I'Y. Ain,~iiu tihl hab1it of1 h)orr'owing Lroule is wrong beenulhse it, has1 a1 tendency to1 make uts overliook presen1it, l>lessinig. 1T0 slake mail's t hirist,, (lhe rock is cleft,, and1( cool waiter~s leap inito his brinunming cup. To 10(ed his huniller the fields 1how1 dlown with bieintoI wheat, and1( the catle come dIown wi1th hull ml(ers from [lhe clover oreimrds 3 ti(low and1( 1ripen, eatsting thier.jimcy fruits int,o his lap. Alas! man11 sh1 ul irowl as [thoughi he w~ere a soldier on Oha14lf ratlins, or ai sailor0 onl shor't, allowance'I, that a man shoul stand1( neel< deep in ha1. ves8t lokingi fo'ward to plts< s of1 1healthi malrcing wi th regular tread thru' ugh all1 the avenules of1 lt and I et,I irl l)e at the txpelctedl assalhLt, o siekmitss; ;hat1 a man11 3hldIl sit, in lis wVill somle d i. rat1Icli e broken winidow sashu withi(I tepest, andl sweep the coals iiromn the hearth. andil pour hiuinge into0 thie b)read( tray; t hat, a man f'ed by him whlo o1w ni ali e harvests should expect to) starve; [that one( n11bom1 God loves and1( suirroundi(s w~Ii b)ened(iction, and14 itt [nds1 with angelic < Stor't, and1( hovers over ithLI moie than ''o'therily londnesss shlouil be lolokinlg f'or a hfritage oh tears! Ilas G od been tard with thee that thou01 shouldst t>e lorebo<hng? lIas he siLtited thy boare? Ilas lhe covered thee with rags? Ilais lhe spread traps for thly feet, and galledl thy cup, a11lnrsp1ed thy 80nn1, nd wreckedt thee with storm, am1 iuuuuereu upon tnee with a life full o malaiit3? It your father or brothe soie into your bank were gold and sil ver are lying about .ou d ) not watel them, for you know they are honest; bu T an entire stranger come by the saf ou keep your eye on him, fr you d( lot know his designs. So some :net reat God; not as a father, but a stran !er, and act suiiciously toward him, a .houg.h they w% ero afraid ie would steu lometi.ing. T11ANK (101) FOR WHAT YOU lHAVE. It is high lime you began to thank Go< or your prese)t blessing. Thank hin or your children, happy, buoyant au< jounding. Praise him for your home xith its fountain of song and laughter Adore him for morning light and even I.l shadow. Praise liin for fresh, coo .Vater bubbling firon the rock, leaping in .he cascade, soaring in the mist. fallim n the shower, dashing agalus; the 'ock a'i clapping its liand4 in the .empest. Love hii for the vras: .iat cushions the earth, and the clouds ,haL curtain the sky, and the foliage ,hat waves in the forest. Thank him or a Bible to read, and a cross to gaze ipon), and a Saviour to deliveL. Many Christians think it a bad sign ,o he jubilant, and their work of sel ,xamiination is a hew:hng down of theil irighter experiences. Like a bov wiltli t new jackknife, hacking everythlg hie oines across, so their sell examination a a religious cutting to pieces of the vreenest things they can lay their hands mn. They imagine they are doing God' iervice whmii they are going about bor. *uwing trouble, and borrowing it at thir ,y ner cent., which is alwaNs a sure recursor of bankruptcy. Again, the habit of borrowing trouble i wrong because the present is suli :iently taxed with trial. God sees that ove all need a certain amount of trouble md so he apportions it for all the days md years of' our life. Alas for the pol cy of gathering it all up for one (lay or Vear! Cruel thing to put upon the back )I one camel all the cargo intended for Lhe entire caravan. I never look at my nemorandum book to see what engage uients nd duties are far ahead. Lei lvery week bear its own burdens. WIY BRINO NEW SORROWS? The shadows of today are thic mough, why implore the presence o tier saadows* The cup is already dis lastefil, why halloo to disasters far dis [ant to come and wring out more gal nto the bitterness? Are we such cham pIons that, having won tile belt In form ar encou.iters, we can go forth to chal lenge all the future? Here are husmess men just able t( manage affairs as they now are. The: can pay their rent, and meet their notes and manage affairs as they now are, bu what if there should come a panie? G( tomorrow and write on your daybook oii your ledger, on your money safe "Sufficient unto tile (lay is the evi thereof." Do not worry about notei that are far fron (ue. Do not pile uj on your counting desk the financial anx leties of the next twenty years. Th( Uod who has taken care of your worldl occupation, guarding your store from the torch of the incendiary and the keV of the burglar, will be as faithful in 1891 is in 1881. God's hand is mightIer thau the machinations of stock gamblers, or the plots of political demagogues, or the red right arm of revolutio-i, and the dark less will fly and the storm hill (lead a' bis feet. So there are persons in feeble healt.h. t(d they are worried about the future rhey make out very well now, but they ,re bothering themselves about ifturn pleurisies and rheumatims and neural ~ias and( fevers. Their eyesight is fee ble, and they are worried lest t,hey en Lirely lose it.. Thleir hearing is indls Linct, anid they are alarmed lest they be :ome entirely deaf. They felt chilly to lay, and are expecting all attack 01f ty' phloid. They hlave been troubled [om weeks with some p)erp)lexmng mlalady, iid dre'adl beconing lifelong inllVida., ITake cairo of your healt,h niow and( trust [od for t,he fut.ure. lHe not guilty of t,he blasphemy of ask ing him to take care of' you whIle yot sleep with y'our widows tight (hown, o1 L'at chaickein salad at, II o'clock at, night, 1)r sit, downi oil a cake of ice t,o cool oil, Bc prudent and the~n be conident.. Some df t.he sickest, people have been t,he most)5 selul. It was so with Pftyson, whc lied deahthS daily, aiiid Robert, Iall, whc uised to stop ini the mui(st, of his sermon and( lie dlown oin the pulpit sofa to rest, and then go Onl asamii. Theodore Frve linghuyisen haid a iarcat, horror of dlyingS Lill the t,ime camle, andh then went, pemace umll y. Take care of the present, and1 let h le luture look out, for it,self. "'Sulflicent into thi dhay is the evil thereof.'' I(0OnS US 4).' WIIATi X'Ti(EN(1i wl. lEA VE. Again, thme habit, of' borrowing misfor unel is wronIg because it, unlt,s us for it wvhen it, actually (does come. We cana 1lo, alw iys have smooth sailing. L4ile's )at,h will sometimes tumble amous deC :havities andl mount, a st,eep anid he thorn pierced. .Jludasi will kiss our cheek anud Lien self us for thirty pieces of' slver, I lumaii scorn will try to crucify us be twveen two thieves. We will hear the iron gate of the sepulcher creak and( u~rind as it, shuts in our kindred. lBut we cannot, get, readly for these things by fcorebodings. TIhey who fight imaginary woes will comle, out, of breath, Int,o con fhict with thie armied dlisasters of the tu ture. Their amnmunition will have been w~astedl long be fore they come1 undler the Liuns of real misfor'tune. Boys in at temptinig to) jiumpl ai wall somlet,imles go so far back ini ordler to get impletus t,hatl wmhen they come up they are exhausted: and these long races in order to gel sprme enough to vault t.rouble bring m up hat las-,t mo the ('r'eadfuhl reality wih' )>ur st,rength gire. F'inailly, the habit of' borrowing trou b,le is wrong because it is unbelief. Got has promisedh to take care of' us. Thell Bible blooms wvith assurances. Youi hunger wIll be fed; your sIckness will h4 slheviated; your sorrows will be healed Godi will saaal your feet andh smooti your path, and along by frownia, cai aunh opening rve sound the voices o victory and good cheer. T1he summlea clouds that seem thunder charged reali carry in their bosoth harvests of wheat. and shocks of corn, and vIneyards pur pling- for tihe wine pre.. h, .watu I wave will kiss the lectol the great storm i walker. Our great Joshua will Com1 - mand, and above your sol the sun of i prosperity will stand still. Bleak and wave struck Patmos shall iave apo 3 calyptic vision. and you shall hear the ) cry of the elders, and the swee) of i wings. and trumpet of salvation, aind the voice of Hallelujah unto God for ever. PLACE YOUR TRUST IN 001). Your way may wind along dangerous bridle paths and amid wolf's howl and the scream of the vulture, but the way 'ill winds upward ti I atgels guard it, and trees of life everarch it, and thrones line it, and cr)stalfine fountains leap on it, find the pathway ends at gates that are pearl, and streets thaL are goldi, and temples that ire alwai s open, and hulls that quake with perpetual sonz, and a city minulin, forever Sabbath anti jubi lee and triumph and coronation. At pleasure chant her siren song, 'Tis not the song for ie; To weeping it will turn o'er long, For this is heaven's decree. But theie's a song the ransomed sing, 'I'o Jesus, their exalted king, With Joyful heart and tongue, Oh, that's the song for ie Courage, my brother! The father does not gne to his son atschool enough money to last him several years, but, as the bills for tuition and board and clothing and books come iu, pays them. So God will not give you grace all at once for the future, but. will meet all your exigencies as they come. Throbgh earnest prayer, trust him. Put every thing in God's hand, and leave it there. Large interest ionnv to pay will soon eat up a farm. a store. an estate. and the interest on borrowed troubles will swamp any body. 'Sullicient unto the (lay is the evil thereof.' The Weather and the CroPs. The weekly weather and croi bulle tin of th e South Carolina weather ser vice, in co-operation with the United States Signal Service, for the pait week was issued Saturday afternoon and it is as follows, giving much information to the farmers in the various sections of the State: The rainfil for the week appears to have been very unevenly distributed, some sections reporting none, while others report frequent showers, and in a few localities rains have been ex cessive. The temperature for live (lays was op pressive, with an average amount of sunshine, and was beneficial to all crops except in those portions of the State where no rains have fallen, and in those instances the extreme heat has tended to dry the soil and greatly hastened the drought to the in jury of the cotton crop. fhe cotton crop was not injuredI as much as was at first supposed by the continued rains in the latter part of July, when rust was developed in some localities, but in some places it has a yellow cast and has stopped taking on fruit. i the northern and western portion of the State, as a geneial thing the con dition of the crop is not above seventy five per cent., and may fall below that figure. The early cotton seems not to have taken the usuil quantity of fruit. In the southern and western portion the seasons have been more favorable for the full development of the plant, and quite a full average yield may be expected. The late cotton has grown rapidly, and the plant is advanced to yield anything like a fall crop. The corn crop is the linest that has been produced for . ears, and the farm ers are now stripping the blades, and large quantities have been cured in fine condition. T1he we-ather was unexceptionally fa vorable for the growth or the tobaicco plant, and it is unusually fine both in quantIty and qfuality; about two-thirds of the crop has beeni harvested. One farmer reports that the yield is about 1,600 pounds per acre. and that this class of tobaccosells in the market from lifteen to twenty cents per pound; it is very superior for wrappers, being a bright yellow. Th'le cond(itlon of' the rice is reported good; some little complflaint is being made that the stalk dots not look as vigorous as5 usual. Tlhere have been no freshets or storms to injure the crop 'so far. 'Thue early rice will soon be ready for harvesting. Iiorrli l Hat. N Ew Youh, Aug. 1 l.--.Ninety-four in the shade. TJhat is what trustworthy thermometers registered on lower Broadl way at nuoon. This is the hottest dlay of the season andi the hottest A ug uist day in twenty years. Tlhe effect tipan the city is far more seriotis thani most [peoplei iniagine, for people are o)ve-rcome byv hundreds and actual stin stroke biefalls scores. The aggravation of diseasts by heat is great, and chli di en andl teething little ones suffer un-i tol miseries. I lospitals are crowdedi with poor sup)plicaiits for treat ment for ailments generated by the weather adl the staffs ot phlysieianis are over workedl arid manyi1 aittend(ants are fit subjec's for teatmnt, themselves. Suin stroke has carrie d oil a .lozen pet sons in the last twent.y-four houirs arid there are scores of others in hospitals. Th'le suffering causedl i,y the heat has bee r. Intensified by a veritable plague of mosquit.os. Sunday night, these lit tle pests madt(e their appearance lby the million and drove all persons in d~oors. '[he oldest inhabaitanits de'claredl they had( niever experienced anythIng of the k inrd before, and wondered w hat they had done to be~ so aillctedl. A t 2 o'clock this atiternuoon a thunder storm relievedl the opplressiveniess some whast. A i ace War ian Cievieia. CLEY ELANI), 0., Aug. 16.-The race war which has beeni going on between the factions in St. Ladisias ltomn:m Catholic church broke out again this morning. At 12:30 o'clock the police were notifiled that a crowd of over 1(00 l ungarlans had surrounidedf the house of' ['nest Jiohin Martvony. The p)olice f oundi the interior of the house in a state of utmost confusion. The floor was strewn with stones and bricks, and nearly every pane of glass in the house was broken ini. The priest said that lie was awakened aboutt midnight by a crash, and( a heavy stone fell dtirect ly on his bed. As soon as the first stone was thrown the air was rent with cries otf "Kill him! Murdler the Slay priest!" etc.; aind during the uproar several shots were fIred. Sr.jgt. Grifhin andI a detail of oflicera were senit otit, anid as they approached the house, the mob1 dhIspers$e I in the darkness and quiet was rest,ored. DIBBLE ON TIE TAl'.FF. A PLAIN, PRACTICAL TALK TO THE FARMERS AT ORANGEBURG. The lIight of tle Governaent it) Imnpoae Taxes iCegueated by the Consttitutlion 41pen Markeim amed Free Couimttion lihe Salvat lon of t.he Country. At the recent summer meeting of' the State ARricultural and Mechanical Society at Orangeburg, Ex-Congress. man Dibble made the following inter esting and instructive address on the ta.iff: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the State Agricultural and Alechanical Society: I appear before 3out as a sub stitute for one M ho wotild havo enter tained you more than I can, he being a man of gifted speech and a close stu Oent. of this great -conomic (Itiestion. and I confess that in the short. time I have had to consider this subject under the ciretitistances in which I appear before you it is diflicult to embrace in the limitea closing hour of this meeting the sildbect to such an extent as to be of avy very practical benefit to us. It is a subject that Is so broad and has consumed so much In its discus:,ion, has so many ramifications entering into all the avocations of life and affecting every consumer, and incidentally every producer, that it is very hard without a great deal of time and care in prepara tion to condense in a few remarks what is to be said on this subject even as it affects the interest of the South Caro lina planter. In the 50th Congress such of the de bates as I was able to collect in the Senate and House on the Mills bill were compiled in three volumes, each the size of this which I hold in my hand. 01' course all this subject ot taxation interests us, and TilE TAtIF1- Is A TAX, and under our system of government the matter ot Federal and State taxes has been distributed under the Consti tution in such a way that the power of tariff taxation has been exclusively vested in the Federal Government. That being so, it is necesstry to have a tariff for the support of the Govern ment, because, in a measure, at least, the other fields of taxation should be reserved to the State, and the Federal Government should not go into all the fields of taxaiion. The State should take some and the Federal Government others. Under the Constitution the customs duties are especially reiegated to the sphere of Federal iniluence. The operation of the tariff, considered in its relations as an economic qiuestion, should be adjuted in such a manner that the interests of every section of the country and of every class of its population should be as nearly as pos sible e(lually conserved; that is to say, that in the proper adjustment of this burden it should be arranged in such a way as to give an eqiual chance to the producer and to the consumer its far as possible THE MAlKETS SHOULD IE O'EN. Now there is no possible harim to come to any class of consumers in any part of the country wheie a tariff tax is to be levied on the importation of goods where the consumer has the iirivilege, which every freemian ought to have in a free country like ours, of the competition of tho3e who have that merchandise to sell. The Constitution of the United States says that every thing that is not expressly granted to the General Government. is reserved to the States, and further, reserved to the peolpe, and the individual right of' every inan to purchase the goods n here he can ptirchase then to the most ad vA1ntage is one or the dheare-st rights of a t reeimanii in the protection or his pro p)erty, and unless there is something in the Constitution wvhich deprives one of that right theni it Is one or the reserved rights undler the Constitution, an(l every indlividual Amerikan citizen is entitled to its exercise. TIherefore, in the first p)lace, any tanriff duty wvhich is prohibitory andl excludes anmy citizen In aniy part of the country from thme privilege of b)ilying foreigni goodis in place of A merican goods if he chooses to do so, is in umy judgmenct a violation of the Constitution ini its let ter and in its spirit. Again, on the other haindi, iFiiciE TitADiiE wOU'Li NOT'm sin' iT our sect,iont of this couintry, to say noth Iig of other portIons. If we had no c.ustom house at all then that source of' reve'nue to the Governient wouldl be taken away e'ntirely. In the first place, we wouild have the objection that it would interfere very immterially w ith the burdlt nis which the State has imn posed1 for the support of its Governm mient, by diouibling thle taxes in so rne of t hose lields, andl if direct txatio n01~ ere le orited to theii, iunder the Consti tutioni andi uinder the p)rincip)le for which~h our forefathers I ought, in tile A mueiican llevolution, taxation andit represeinta tion must go hand ini hiand, both of thieii based uipon population, and ini thme same man ner that Souithi Caroliniia has in the Federal councis about one lif tieth of' thle rei.u-esentait.ioni shieshld have to bear und(e-r the Const ituition one fiftieth oh the dlirect, tax burden of the tiovernment. Theref'ore, if' direct. taxes were Iteviedl as Stale taxes are 1ev ied t he (quotai of South Carol ina wouldi be, w ith an expe-nitumre of $35,00,(X)a y -ar, abeout $7,J00.(x10 or' 81 ,(000,000 for ('ach htepreseiitattye In Congress. Th'lat would be burdensome and dlestruicti ve t o us, so that f ree trade with dlirect taxat.ion wVouldl not suit us. 1low ii COT 'TON PLJANTEn;i is It seems to me that the interest which we replresent bere to-day is one that is entitled at least to fair conside ratijon f'romu the oine fact that in inter natiounat exchange we furnish the larg 'st, value annually exported froii i ie I 'it.ed St ati s to the imiarket s of thme world. TIhme cotton cr01p tf this coun try pays ia larger part of the nauoney for lhe gEods Imported int.o this country titan any other, t lie breadstuffs comling tiext, the p)rovisioin crop next andtt pe. troleuim and kderosI mnE' and1 things of that sort, andi next to that coming tobacco. We furnish very nearly onie-tird of the entire export, value in thle article of cotton alone. anid exceed breadstulfs by a very considei'able anmount. Now we are certainly enti itled when wve send Our cotton crop for foreign consump tion to have a lair chance If we dlesire to make purchases of fore g articles In e-xchangc. Aa the trrilT is to-dlay it af fects i's injuriously on this account. In the first place, wve will take what I conceive to be a fair basis for the ad jint ment of this muestion lnettten the prodtucers abrosd, and the consumers here and the producers at home, ail I can perhaps best state that in a short formi by reading a few paragraphs which I have used on another occasion in another place in expressing my views on this subject "An American consumer dciires an article which the foreign seller can with reasonable profit place in the port of New York on this side of the cust,om house for S5, but the home producer cannot sell the same article and make a fair profit for less than $6. In this case a dtity of $1 puts the American and foreign sellers in fair con toetition, prevents ionopoly, gives the A merican consuner the advantage of choic, of sources of supply, thtis insur ing low prices, enables the American capitalist to make a fair profit on his investment and pty proper wages to the A merican laborer, and the foreign seller possess some American product for his return cargo, thus stimulating sone other American industry and in creasing otir commerce After awhile the Anierican industry under the stim uluis of competition invents improved inachmery or utilizes improved meth ods of transportation or exchange, and is enabled to ptit is article on the mar ket at a lessened value, and the for eigner, in order not to lose a foothold in the American market, is compelled to do so likewise to the benelit of ihe consumer." Whenever the tariff Is so adjusted that the true difference of cost in pro dtiction abroad and the pro.1uction at home is represented by the dut.y the consuner has no right to complato, he. cause lie has the conspetition between the two in a fair market. When i Inake that observation I make it with this (Itlalification: I mean on things that are produced normally in this country. I don't think that tin comes mder that clause at all, or articles of that kind which we cannot proditice with any facility, but I mean those articles which we may in the ordinary operation of manufacture prodoce in this country. It is to the advantage of us as consumi. ers in the long run to have the duty pmit on that basis. To illustrate that let me read further, adtt here is imy idea of what is called a tariff for protection and the way in which it operates: TIlI E SIN 01 P itOTECTIO )N. "Suppose in the instance where the foreign seller can offer an article at 5 and the duty, and the American pro Iucer cannot, profitably sell it for l-ss than $11, that the duty were placed at $2, there you see the article brought ordinarily at a fair profit into the port of New York at $5, with the duty of $2 would cost R7. The Aimericaii pro dicer can produce it profitably at sei. The American consumer is no longer able to buy froi the foreign producer, and the A merican producer, Instead of being content with the $i6, which gives him a fair profit charges $ 50, making an excessive profit and enjoying a mon opoly,since the duty excludes thefor eign product at -5 and $2 duty, which woilul make 97, and as the foreign producer does not send his goods here there is no return cargo of American product sent abroad. For a short period the A mieri Cal Ionopolist makes excessive profits but this attracts capital to the same field, then follows over prod uct ion, and home competition reduces the price to Si6, and below 86 perhaps, but as soon as prices go down from the siirfeit of' the market the capitalist begins to call on wage workers for a corresponding re duction in wages, for capital does not part with excessive profits it it c<mi shift the loss to the laborer. The result is the formation of coibinations or Irusts to keep ip prices at the expense of the consumers and the crushing out of conipetitors who decline to enter the combine." TI'l E T A nI -'yTi'lls i* t PA gEy'Oy -ii"n1-I -ss. 'Thlis is the second stage in which t lie tariff presents it self in the workings of our tariff systemi. We have' sten i-i this country that industries excessive'ly pr'otectedl produc as such enormous rt t urns that they biecomie over-stocked. Thlein comes the trust in order to com b)ine these intl istries amid keep usp prices, and the protective tariff is real ly ihe parent of' this system of' trusts. "On the other hand, another feature, suippose that the artIcle wvhich the mor tigne.r can ship to our shores f'or $.~ is admitted free, and dfrive's out the home priodluct., which cannot lhe piroi tabily miade f'or' less than Sii, thse resul t is t bat the home labor (fuiits all over the field anid capital is takt'e away f'ioim those industries and laborers sent soeinewhuere else; either this or sta'vationu wages. T'he consumer af'ter the struggle gets lower prIices, but after the conlthet'ends be'coinees dependent on English produi cer s, who take advant,age of the dis tuince anid muonopoly to corn-' r prices. 'I'here is opportunity for ueturin cargoes of American p)roduicts wvhere there is aL stImulus of coinmerce, which is not he case in such a t ar If. Both the pro te etivye and the Ifree trade tar if' fall shmoit of' advamntages affoddb'atrt for reveiue' fodd'vatnI Tl'h F(nF,EhuN A NO il031I0 3h A Li':'es. As you see wit h the teeming proeti( tioin of' European fact.orie N, whe'rever' t,he English and the cottmien tal ienns I actiurei' Iinds a I air field for hiis war ie's hie is gotiig to carry theni, and5( when'i ever Ushe taiiff doe*s not overstep ite true di ffer'ece of cost of' prodfuc!it. oif st andard ariticles anid articles~ aif ndc('s sity here and abroad, theus lo eigsi arti cles are coiIng in andit we as coinsiimi ers of these wares have the lull mein;l tage of' the foreigni miarket. ali of i he home miarket. 'Thue foreigner bin gs his goods hetre anid the homie sian cani miake thsemi andl metet him 'n etqu al terms, havint always the adlvanutage of pro0ximilty, which is am great adv intage', not siillicient, huowever. to excluedt' ite foreigner; and that tariff undie.r ft' rev emnie printciple will naectssar'ily I i rig the best re'venule to the cotuntry. W hen you go abuove that andI imake it uenprtoli - table so) that the foi'eigner will de(sist I romn coming at all, thle purpose of' the the Constitution is destroy e'd aind the I eveniue is di minishued. Whlen, omn the' o.t.her hand, you invite a flood of for eign products, maniufactured chesapter tban we cams possibly muanu facture thmem here, and( slut oumr home mills, while for a seasonl the goods may be cheap, yet w henever the home coinple' titlion is utt erly destroyed we are at the emercy of the f oreigner, amid the ttenden cy Is to raIse an excess of revenue and(en cou rage e'xtra vagance and expt'ndli ture of public mioneys. Therefore, we can well observe that the biest systemr is that s.ystem which will give us the ad vant age of foreign andI home compete tlion oin as n(early equal terms as possi ble. TIhat is the doctrine whIch has been advanced and supported, whIch is really on analvsis the dri-ne of ilti SIDIENT1 CLIEVELAND's CI:rLIaRAIE) TAtIFF .i3ESSAE. Republicans go into a different p,)si tion. They take the position that there must be a protection to home industries which will give great advantages to our manufacturers so that they can make a larger profit than the foreigner possibly can make in sending his goods to our shores. That was the principle of the McKinl-ey bill, the other the prin ciple of the Mills bill. The Mills bill reduced in a very slight degree that tariff existiig previously thereto, tho tariff of 188:1. The McKiiley bill passed by the last Congress. the party in power being committed to that idea, and Mc Kinlpy being one of its ablest and most foremost advocates, they went to an extreme which is inprecedented in American history in any time of peace. ine result of it has been that in the month of .July of this year, as I remem ber, the foreign products have been kept away from our ports so that the ditty has been $8.000.000 less than it was for the month of .July last year, and under the presentsystemn of expend itures the Government will have to re sort to other burdens tipon the people in order to make up the deficiency which is bound to occur inl the course of a few years it rmatLers go on in that way. The consumer has higher prices and the benefit is der ved by the pro .ected industries. NO AMEICAN IND'sTR Y N i E las CUiT1CiiHs. So iar as the principle is concerned there is no reason in the %%orld why any indistry in this cotuntry shotild be pro teted int.o existence. (i what princui pIle has the (overnment the right to say to a man who goes into ian industry w%-hich is inprolit,able here, "We will give you a imnopiolly of the markets of this country tintil yott can establish your industry. inl the hope that in the Iit.nre you will be able to manufacture ind get such a foothold and simplify your processes that you will be able to sell cheaper at some distant day in the future, and theref ore the consumner will atlt-imately get the advantage?" The JilTe*nct between the Government of this country and of' dh spotic countries is that, we are uid-er a Constitition which gives every citizen perfect etual ity, that forbids the (iovernmenit to (10 just that very thing, and i' this thing is to be doire under the iniluence of large bodies of capital and of' legislators operating in sympathy with these large bodies of capit,K, the inevitabl reisuilt is the oppression of t he poorer bet tore numerous clase of the corn mnuiitv, and one i might as well be under a desl;ot as absolute as the Shah of I l'ersia, who dis penses his favor to one at the ex pense of another, as to be uni'er that, system actuated by the majority of a legisla tive body, because there is no tyranny any wlhre more despotiic than the tv ranny of a legislative nijority in a pop ular body when they are unrestrained by any constititional restrictions. 1 never have subscribed to the doctrine that a ma.jorit y can do no wrong. It is falsiliecl in the experience of o'r country and of every other country. Constitutions are made to protect the rights of minorities because majorities are liable todo wrong, and in the divit ed responsibility of a large body they are mitch more apt to (1o wrong than is a single tyrant. 'lhe true criterion in der a popllar government is that a leg islative body should do what is right, and the test of right Is the true test in regard to all these tnatters, and the mi nority is entitled to as much protection as the larger miass of the commiunity, and the popular government is not. foundel on the doctrine carriedl with out liitation of the greatest good to the greatest uitmber. IL is the greatest irood to the greatest num ber that, ean bie administere<d withoit doing injivs tice to a single i ndi vidueal citizen. n<olw' TUi-: TiA mr t'F lii:rt'Ts'Ti.:ri soti'u. inder the operiationi of' the tar iff we have suaffered great disadv'antages ini the (developiannt of this section, imrapov.. -rishied b y the wvar. In the panrchase of' maicinfery, in procraring the viarioiis Fabrics and other articles of' consumition we have been conlinewd entirely to (io miestic markets. Articles which would answer oiur piurpoises hetlter fromn abroad we caitnrot get. Wiry? 15ee: rise the dunty is prohibitory upon t hemi and we have to go to itomne mairketis. Unrtfor tnait,ely', like eve-rytinrg else in the reon omy 3 of society, this evil b ecomie(s aniel orated ini a inrecasatare afttor awhile b y s<)ii many ~ part ie. rua shing intlo that part ic atar Iinie oft buiiiness aS to pro ti ae coinpihetitLioni. Mart acntories spnri 'i rg uap iin vairiouit p:arts of the coatuntry arieliorat e thits evil, b)lit Liihe e'vii is aih-rt arid it ought riot, to exist. When we conie alowin to iridividuah ina stances we caii findi Litat all a rond( us, and the operation of it., has, I srippio.e, retardted ais ira oatr innaterial at iance imert tmiiore thiani arny other car iso sinrce the war. I regard t his qutestion of' the taritT as iruote Iiportarntc to mrs ais an uagr cut iiral popitlatio, ia utpopiiat ion which ex ports ani tradtes abr'oaad, thantr ' ie5tionsio (it(Ircul ati on tatl cur irency, iinport..ant as t i a-y are. It0 is the ecan omtaic a<1aesition of' tie hiour with uams. A a.'81-: IN ix-rN't. ".sappalosa- the en ty oif (Ir-aigebaurg shotuld( saiy ti any' onae af her ienLens. ot cart a akae arty uar trclae f crti heire to lie tow~ i t oI ihmtberg arid sell it there, but. iwi en'ou comie back you emntiot baty uan ri~Lt ig iran i iimberg, laeausec ihose a hinrgs are sold irn O rangeburg amid youi c aninot b nrig t hem baeck amnless yout pasy a (liary as youi cross the city boriuclary,' and( that dtmaty was put at sarch a ligre as to mtake it practically parohibitory. T'hat was the comrtmen tiel sy'stemii of the dank aga's. ''Thtat was thrsemuder wvhichd the- towins oat Europa- were bauri.'d in the d:ai.yS when polii i-al ecolnmy wa:s itot uinderstood, anid every t'iwr lhad ins own mat'itf. The enalight'nied views on political ecoino amy, whIichi have lbeen adlvancedl by the close observation of initernaa.Ioal ex ebanges and by the study of political a.conom y on its trate principles have dis sipa,t.'d that abisurd(ity, but yet it is on ly r'epriodumced irn another form when you tnmake thIat taritf for promtection Sim lily the basis oft the tamriff which the Constitution says has been conmmittedi to the Gener,al Governmnit solely f or the puirpose of' raising revenue. While in form the Congress of the United Status has the right to do i t, yet ira prin ciple theay say 'umnder a power given us for thie parpose of raising revenruie we iIll prevent ouirselves from raising revenue on such arid such thing ho camuse Mr. So aiad So) makes those thimngs, anid has capit,al ivested ira themn and would not maake as itmuch mioney'-if we were to pait him irn eL mpe) tition wvith foreign dlealers'" I will read a short sectiona arid close my remarks, for it i's my object simply to give youm a fewv general iea "'here are three parties interested in the rate of duty to Ile imposed on any article imported, whose interests are es pecially under the care of our leglsla tive bodies in this country. There are three interests and those three interests being the interests of American citizens' should be entitled to equal care on the part of our legislative bodies. They are the home capitalist, the home work man and the home consumer. The cap italist should have a fair rettirn for his investment, the workman should have good wages for his labor and the con stimer should have protection from overc!harges by means of speculative combinations and coriers, or by reason of such discrimination as shuts ofT all foreign competition and where it is impossible to get more than the differ ence of cost here and abroad; then all of that excess is solely in the interest of the home capitalist at the expense of both the workman and the consumer, for the capitalist does not share his ex tra prolits with his workmen. There fore, when diuties exist they should be rediced to sonic such figures as will cover the difference of cost of produc tion here and abroad, and that is the rule which President Cleveland set forth in lis inessage in words that were unmistakable, and it always will pro duce a steady and sure revenue, ant producing sure and steady revenue it will keep the (eneral Government, if it were prouerty administered and eco Ilomically carried on, out of the flilds wiich the State should have for taxes and will enable ouir States to utilizi the vatious kinds of taxation to vase ttie burdens which we are uodter. Tiii FE1.:ntA , SYs-l EM IN s.TAr-r TA X AT ON. Take for instance the State of' South Carolina withll the debMo (ht it is trying to refund. With i the exceptio of the phosphate royalty the iuoney to pay the interest on that debt a'id carry oil the (lovernment its cuirrent expen ses has to be raisea by taxing you and me, aiid all of us, according to our pro erty. The feleral (loveraiienlt has ro sorted to incolne taxes, and resorts at the present tilne to internal revenue taxes. I f we, in Soutii carouna, could substitute in the State the power of collecting just the taxes that are now collected by the (&eneral (overnient on the article of tobacco alone within the borders of South arolina, or on whiskey, our income would be so assur ed and the burdens of our people so intich lightened that we would have comparatively no financial trouble at all, and with the revenue tariff proper 1y adjusted thcre never would be any danger that the (overnment in time of peace would have to resort to any of these extraordinary and irregu lar methods of taxation which were in teided by the Constitution to be exer cisedl only in times of war and other emergecies of a public nature, and we would ali be in a much better condition. 'LTherefore, that doctrine which has been announced and m intained by one class of statestnen from the days of Jeffer son down, that the tariff for revenue should be levied in such a manner as to firnish the resources of the Govern ient econoinically condtucted, is in the direction of low trade rather than high trade, because, as has been demoistrat ed by the operation of the McKinley bill, a high tariIf cuts off revenue, and by a low tari fl tie revenit would be in creased, and therefore, be ample for all the demands of the (overnient. In tie same ianner that an excursion train on the railroad will realize a larg er amount at low rates than they would at a high rate becau4e of the greater inducement to travel which the low rates affords, so the reduction of' dities cheapens products, increases their fim poi tation and the anionut of revenue raisedl ierefrom, and( gives to the States a field whlere they can resumne somewhat the 01(1 impiortance of States ini this Uniom,h.or at least of having the power a! raising r'evenues untrammnelled by the General Government entering into what is peculiarly their sphere of taxa Ition. I A pplatise.]I CLEANED UP A COUNCIL. Foercile, P'rotest of Tax PMyg,rs, of liican City. k-NS^S C'iTY, Mo., Amug. II.-T'lhe maiyor and( city c,ounlcil of Kansas City barely escap)edl v''geanice last niighit at lie hiainds of a crowd of about 800 tax hlayers. Th'le excitemient, rose over a pirop)ositioni of the city coun icil to pur11 chase the pilant of thle consolidated lectric light andl power company for Glo0,0XX). Tlhere wvas imclh public i ndig natiin over thie propo3.ition, it being believedl by many that improper in Ihreements had been offeredl to the mem bers of council to pass the ordinance authorizing .the purchase. TIhe indig.. niation ciulminauted last night wvhen a maUss mfeeting of tax Payers was held to pirotest alga ist the pr'oposedl pu gchase. Il he meeting was in charge of 'ion. John iH. Scroggs, t,he head1 of the n ~as City bar. Several intemnper te speechies were made and finally Seroggs a(ddressedl a crowd from tl * bitter language the proposedi act ion o the counmei. Fi naIlly a comm iitteo of h.i teein was app)ointedj to call at the coun e.it chamber and present a protest be fore the ordinanice comh1( be passed. The crowd, ily its own motion, joined thi3 committee and the march to the city hall was taken up. As the march pro ceeded .the excitement grew until the muttermngs of the crowd becaime more loud( and bitter and finaly cuim inated in shouts of "L~ynch themi" and( "Ilaiig them." Thle crowd had worke,l itself up to a high pitch of indignamtioii whlen the city hall was reached. Ini the mneani timeI the council had been inforimed of theO progress of the mob and ai hasity adh journment. waus takeni. 'Thle last alder marn had barely beat a raipidl retreat when the ad vanice gualrd of the mlob rushed into the chamIlber to lie dtisap pointed at indinig it em pty. Tile (rowd resolve:l itself into a mjass meeting again, and( lmore speeches w~ere made(l, the mayor and( council being denoimin ated as cowardls andl thieves. Filnally the imob dlispersed'( withouit doinig any dlamage._ nug Advance ini Flour. lichh*Eu, N. Y'., Aug. Il.--In con se<leince oif the recent advance in whleat, local milhers have put up the p)rice of flour about 75 cents. Thme pro pirietors (of nmost of the large mills (de pend( upon Western wheat and are buiy lng as little as Possible, claiming that t he advance will not be perlmanent. Thle price paid for local wheat last week was $1. There is very little wheat be ing held by the farmers. *e