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" Pledged but to Truth* to Liberty *nd Lawf No Favors Win us &nd no Fear 8hall Awe." / * ' - ; - V :;'vv VOL. 17. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1892 - " \ NO. 47 H r i Jf, g«5«nj pUiiMet. PUBLISHED KTIKT WlOIUDiT »T |jr. VABT SLYKB|- ' XOITOB AND P&OPEHTOB.» - * 'V'- ' « - " * \ Office In Bishop's Bloc' ' *5^ • •<" ' --Orrosrcs PIUT 4 OWM'I *SRM«! OF 3TTBSORIPTIOH. One Toar (In Advance} §1.50 If Not Paid within Thre« Months. SUM Subscriptions rocetvod for three or sis Bonths la tfe« sitro.e proportion. ^ • Kates of Advertising, aimonnoe liberal rates for advartUtaf n the PLAIN'JBVLKR, and endeavor to state hem so plainly that they will be readily un- erstood. The} ate *8 follows: 1 Inch one year ? 2 Inches one year "m '» . , " ,'S>* 8 Inches one year tv- j* ' *# 800 .10 00 15 00 80 00 60 00 100 00 X Column one yea^W • - f H Ooiumn one yeaik '•..**•' - 'fe Oolumn one year ... One inch means the meaiarement of one lneh down the column,single column width. Yearly a-lvertisers, at the above rates, have , the privilege of changing #s often as they choose, without extra charge. Regular advertisers (meaning those having etanding cards) will be entitled to insertion of local notioes at the rate of 5 cents per line each week. All others wiU be charged 10 cents per line the first week, and & cents per Use for eaoh subsequent, week. Transient advertisements will be charged at the rate of 10 cents pe line, (nonpareil type, same as this Is set in) the first issue, and 5 cents per line for subsequent issue*. Thus, an inch advertisement will cost $1,00 for one week, fl.50 for two weeks, $2.00 for three weeks, and so on. The PLAiNDKAimt will be liberal In giving editorial notioes, but, as a business rule, it will require a suitable fee from everybody seeking the use of its columns for peeuniary gain. BUSINESS CARDS, F. O. COLBY, D. D. 9. OFFICE in Hoy's Block, over Eckert 41 Young's store, Woodstock, Ilk • • . ! ' li ^ a1-1,1,,'!; ' O.Jk HOWARD, K. % . '* PHYSICIAN ASD SURGBO , McHenry, 111. Office at residence, one door west of J. A, Story's Drugstore. -- --7-- O. H. FKOERS, M. D. ' r>HYSl01AN AND STTROKON, MeHenty Office at Residence. WU, OSBORNE, M. p. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office at Residence, West McHenry, I1L Calls promptly attended to day and night. Liwerv Stable. . H. E. WltJITMAN, Proprietor. First • class rig'i with or without driven (tarnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds done on short notice. H. V. SHKFAHD. Fl l. S1IBFA.KD 8HEPARD ASHEPARD, ATTORNKYb AT LAW. 8uite 512, North-em Office Building, 86 LaSalle Street Chicago, III. « ly KNIGHT A BROWN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. U. S. EXPRESS co.'s Building, 87 and 99 Washington SC. CHICAGO, ILL. JOSLYN * OASEY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Woodstock 111. All business will reoeive prompt attsn- V. P. BARNES, ATTORNEY, solicitor, andi counselor, . Collections a specialty. T WOODSTOCK, 1U.UTOM. Y. S. LUMLEY. ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Solicitor in Cll*n0e$boD9TOOK, Office in Park House, first floor. MISS MYRTLE BRILL. Teacher ot Piano ana Organ. Visits Mc Henry every week, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and is prepared to tahe scholars at any time. Terms reason*)bio and satisfaction guaranteed Can be aeen at the rariter uouso on any of above named days. - A. CHURCH, Watohmaker and Jeweler NO*Ore H odredTwentv-FiVe State St Oht-cag ,11. Special attention given tore, pairing ine watches and Chronometers. MTA F -11 Assortment of Goods in his lino THE POLICE GAZETTE f Is the only illustrated paper in the world containing all the latest sensational and sporting news. No S-tloon Keeper, Barber or Club Room can efford to be without It. It always crakes friends wherever it goes Hailed to any address^in the United States, Securely wrapped, 13 wesks for $1.25. Send Five cents lor sample copy. SICHABD K. FOX rBunu.nr SQUABS, New York Unite! States ffarClaa Ateacy WM- H. COWLIN, Woodstock - - Illinois. .J^f°f?c?ve95r11 ,cla»S8s and kinds of claims fS mJ United States tor ex-Sold!«rs, their Widows, Dependent Relatives or Heirs, A specialty is made In prosecuting old and rejected claims. All communications promptly answered If Postage Stamps are enolosed for reply. iFM.H.COWLJlt Office at Residence, Madison St., Woodstoea, Illinois. SHORT HORN BULLS 9 r, J. Barfaiaa. for Sale at Living Prieeo by the under­ signed. Call on or address . ? FjBANK COLE, ^ ^ SPRING GROVE. ILL 81irlnf ̂ tirove, 111., Nov 12.1800. » ATTENTION ! Farmers and Dairymen* It will pay those looking for CHOICE COWS Fresh milkers or springers, to calj at BIT premises before purchasing. I can furnish eaoh by the car load or single cow. PORTER H. WOLFRUM, CHMfUKO. Farm about four miles northwest of Harvard, Illinois. Americao Clover Blossom 60. 351 N. Clark St* CHICAGO, ILL. Ill® Great Blood Purifier. 8UIAPN STOFFEL, ----AOENT FOR Hutali, ofBxooklyn, V. Y. Capital) S,O98,310. Rockford, of Rockford, III Capital, 802,448, VatiQial, of Hartliri, Cm. • Capital, $2,620 213. Insurance carefully an,d safely placed on all classe* of property against fire, i>ghtn<ng, and tornado, either tor cash or on long time, without interest. Fire policies <>P hv# stock cover same in buil ling or on farm igainst loss or damage by tire or lightning ami against lightning anywhere. Hay, straw, stalks and fodder are covered by one policy, in building or stacks on farm. Grain, seeds and mill feea are covered under o> e sum -n building or on farm Insurance transferred to other locali­ ties free of carge. Gasoline orol1 stove and steam threshei permits granted in policies free of chargo Household goods of every description, including coal, wood and provi­ sions'ail covoied uniier one item. Complete records kept of all policies, conditions, assign­ ments ana transfers made. Call for list of over 700 policy holders in above companies. Simon StofieU Cures all Blood Diseases tint arise from the effect of Bad Blood, A sure cure for Cancer, Ca tar rah, Piles, 8l«k Headache, Oys. pep«ia, Whooping Cough, iRheumatism, Oon stipation, etc. BLOSSOMS, per pound FLUID EXTRACT, per bottle SOLID EXTBAOT, per pound «0.50 1.00 2.50 Boti the Solid and Fin Id Extracts are made from the same stock of Blossoms, and are equally as good and efficacious as the Bios, soms. JULIA A. STORY, Asen|i McHenrv. Illinois. JOHN P. SMITH, Watohmaker 4c Jeweler MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. A FINE stock of Clocks, Watches and Jew* elryalwayBon hand. Special attention given to repairing fine watches. Give mo a oall. JOHN P. SMITH. WM. STOFFEIi. --Agent for-- RE, - LIGHTNING, And Aeeidental Insuranoe. Also Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Alabama, .%ail California Lauds. Call on or address WM. 8TOFFEL, McHenry, ill; Quintette Orchestra, Mc HENRY. ILL. Are prepared 1 to furoish first Class Musie ' MTIhe Danolng Public at iReasonable Rates. , Smith, 1st Violin. Robt. Madden, Clarionet, Curtis, Cornet. L, Owen, Trombone, R, rails, Basso and Prompter, Lddress all commnnliatlnnt tn Jiimr Smith. r.| V f* -V" W <?>&&: • •• iHanrya ^ "k £ - - v • R. SCHIESSLE, NEAR THE DEPOT, WEST MoHENBY, IXJti Keeps open for tho accommodation of tne Public a Flrst-Olass Saloon and Restaurant, Where he will at all times keep the boat brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars Cto be found In tne market. Also Agent For tFBANZ FALKnS KUwankii Lagir Bstr. Beer in Large or Small Kegs or Bottles al- ways on hand, oheaper than any other, quali. ty considered. Orders by mall promptly attended to. GOOD STABLING FOR HOJR8F8 WOall andjsee us. Robert Sohiessle. .West McHehry, I1L . A. Eaglsn'a ULQQN AND RESTAUR INT. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. J. J.lartlaa BARQIAN BROS. Wholesale and Retail DKALKKS IK FINB CIGARS, MeHENRY ILLINOIS,, Having leased the brisk building one door South of the post office, we have opened a retail stare, where, at all times can be fonnd fine cigars of our own manufacture, together with smoking and chewing tobaoeo of the beat brands ' Pipes a Specialty. Wo have a r*rf large assortment aa4 some V»ry handsome patterns. CALL AND SEE US. ' UR«U> MOI MoTe»to;mh, 8f9 _ PIBB J. SCBOIWKB, General Blacksmith V^AOOX MAKE^ . HaTlnje fitted up a new shop, opfp- lite the City Hail, McHenry, III. I ion now prepared, wltb good mater­ ia!, to do all kinds df gnT.fffin^ SlPABTmiT. HNNWHW nrMMS • SHBSBMS • • McHENRY wofip H. Miller & Son, -DEALERS IN- MARBLE I GRANITE, ])louuiiient«, Head atonea Tablets, Eto. Cemetery Work of every de­ scription neatly executed at the Lowest Prices. Satli&etloB (h&ra&titd. Shops at McHenry and Johns- bur^h, III, where at all times can fce tound a good assortment of finished work. Respectfully, Henry Miller & Son. Wauconda Anti-Horse Thief Association. OFF1CKRS. ASTHCK COOK, Pres. EDGAR GRERK, Sec'y. J AS. MUKKAY, V. " E. E. OLLBBBT, Treas DIKBCTOBS. J F Boner. Edgar Green. Fran K Thomas. BTDKBS. Henry Werden,° H F Hughes, Morris For*. A J Raymond, Frank Thomas. Fine Eentncky Licpion, French Bitters, . McHenry Lager Beer, -AND- . ScMitz Milwaukee Bottle Beer, In any quantity from a Snitz Glass to 1C0 barrels. A.T WHOLESALE OB RETAIL Beer in bottles, kegs or case as cheap as the cheapest. W"e buy none but^the best and sell at Reasonable Prices. all and *ee me and I will use on irell. AKTOKT BKOIEN. .fcJKiUf. Xtl:; U&S* A OoOk. A O Bangs- E E Gilbert..., R<1 Hill H K Hughes... J F Ronev FrmU Thomas Edear Green.. A J ttaymond . Geo Tratt Moften Beach'. . James Murray J D McOabe.... Henry We i dea J E Glynch ... Ira Smith Deloa Ames ... Geo Jones T Bacon ... R! Paddock M C Smith . Mot Ford. ...* MEM BCR8. M irtlr Morse ..A-. Plutarch Houghton Geo Darrell E T Harris .. ...... 8 H Harris F,d*in Cook Seth Turner W M Olough StebUins Ford P A Nimskey R F Johnnton Warren Poweis ... ...Geo Bates Jas Mocaghsn, Jr .. Robert Harrison ...... John Spencer. O W Du 11k lee Charles I>avlln ... ...Michael Eleven ... . .4. Gus Staxon Golding Bros TV Siocum Blaoksmlthlngand v ir » - ii na^un-mBKing. On short notice and at reasonable price! 1 will do your worl^lu the beet manoer and with the least possible de- Hty. _ ^ Horse Shoeing A specialty. Repairing of pll kinds promptly attend d 10= CaHscd seefor yourself. Remember the place, opposite theOIfy Ball. -•i'lPBTKR J. 8CHOEWER. McHenry, Kay 10. 18Bi PENSIONS! ° The Disability Bill Is a Law Soldiers Disabled Since 'the War are Entitled* Dependent widows and parents now de pendent whote sons died from the effssts of army services are included If you wish your claim speedily and successfully prose* cuted,addre s JAME8 TANNER. WASHINGTON D. QL Late CoBmlrsloner of Pensions. C« MM si R% «rd receive free me a SlbNU wl 300 Solid Last&W Ad- ustsble Bngsy Washers, the best and cheap­ est, or6uce.nw for 100; 15 cents for 20. H.H. Wollington.O (t- ' grVuny'MA K ES HENS LAY AND KEEPS THEM WEALTHY Try It, FOR SALE BT JOHN EVAN80N * OO. West McHenry, III. CBAS. KUONERT. m Job sburgb. III. /.WTCRI8TY & BON. BMigwood. 111. FRANK HOWE, Hebron, III. . Record, 2:28#. Will make the season of* 189SJ at Woodstjok. DESCRIPTION --Dark brown. 16 bands, weight 1200; sire of Loafer, trial 2:20._ at 4 years, the fastest colt ever raised in McH» nry Co., Gee Z Dee 2:25, Fona 2:33 at 4 years. Modesty 2:40. Typhoon 16790, by Narrnganeet 167^9, 1st dam by Swi?*rt 650. the dam ot Vic H, record 2:13J; Tvpboon, 2:28J Valeotine S^'geit. 2:26J. 2d dam by Goldsmith's Abdallah 230, the dam of Mary Sprague 2:21. TEHMS.--f26 to insure a mare In foal payable when known to be tu foal Alter Nov. 1,1S92, be will be advanced to 950, Pasture turnisbed, Dati and get tabulated pedigree. E. W. HOWE, Woodstock, Iff. CHARLES STRAIGHT, Chicago. Edited by WM. H. COWLIN, WOODSTOCK. JXL. "7b «ir« for Mm who hat borne the battle, and for Mt --Lraoom. "PHendehtp, Charity. Lot/- ,Uy~ Worthy sons ef Patriu A. R, Directory. M'BBITBT POST MO. 648. Meets the First and lhlrd Tburcday even­ ings of estch month. H. O MBAD, Ocm WOODSTOOX rosT, m sos. Meets first and third Monday evenings of eaoh month. S. K. RICHAKDS, Com. «VKDi POST. HO W. Meets the second and foarih Tuesdar evenings of each morith ' Vx. B. ST. Cum, Oom. HAKVARD POST. WO 966. Meets the second ana tonrth Monday even lags of eaoh month. J, D. CLABK, Oom. MlUMO POST, Na 169, Moots overy Seeosd and Fourth Friday evenings of eaoh month. E. B. Mows, On, WADOOHDA POST. 1TO. 868, Post meets every seeond and fourth1 Satur­ day evening in a. A, ft. Hall, Main St. A. L. PRICE, 06m. AS LAWN ACABSMY Will open lis second year on'Wed nesday, Sept. 16, 1891, and will offer special privileges to the right clas* of BtudentB. Tbc institution will be con­ ducted as a Home School for Boys Where they will recplve the benefits of a thorough preparation in all of the common branches of study. GERMAN AND MUSIC. W-S claim for our school a pleasant and heal hv situation, and tbe past year bears U9 out lu the assertion. TEBMS AND DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAB Sent to any addreaa on application. The school is alruated at Ringwood, McHenry Co., 111., on tbe C. St N. W. R. R„ 59 Miles from Chlcage, 15 miles Irom Lake Geneva, and 6 miles from Fox Lak*>. No saloon, billiard ball, or other loafing place In town. Address Oak Lawn Academy, Sir RING WOOD. III. tir-i * V LAKE GENEVA CUT FL0WEKS, PITHERAX WOEK. PARTY DECORATIONS. Before You Order BEDDING PLANTS For tbe Spring, iend tor our Illustrated Catalogue. LAKEGENEVA, - WIS* $3000 A TEAK I laatatakatoMaSr tcach any fairly intelligent person of either who Call) rend and write, and who, frer instruction, will work industriously, ^ _ ..OH' to earn Three Thousand Ilollan • Tcftrln their own lo< a U t ies, w her** v «r t hey live.I will also furnish the situation or employment,at which you can earn tliatamount. Ko money for me unless successful os above. Ka&ily and quickly learned. I desire but one worker from each district or eouutjr. I have already taught end provided with employment a lam Dumber, who are making £tft££&.eS?^££l£rs&S2 AFoetieal.Ciaimaat. Ooaimissioner of tlie soldier bold, 1 1'T» read some pension calls, And think that I shall join the tell And make a little haul.. The years I served were nearly four, Through rata and snow and heat; Mow, every day I'm getting poor. My debts l cannot meet ' I've Muffled hard e'er since the war Mylfamily to maintain. And though, although my health^waspoor I never would^complain. I only want a little pnll To help me through this life; lndee-1, I'd never isk a mite If it wasn't for my wife. But she, poor thing, is getting old. And she's worked h*rd for me: And If I could get a little gold. It would help her some, you see* Now, I don't wish to w ste a cent - ' On lawyer , as yon know; And that's exactly what I've meant-' By writing to sou so. If yon're the man that takes tbe claim And weighs the evidence, If I don't produce it none's to blame, 8o give a man a chance. , Vow wiite and tell me what to do,-- Inclosed please And a stamp,-- Aid I will wait to hear from you Upon my homestead oamp. - Give my regards to Uncle Ben, And big bugs one and all, I am as ever your true friend My same Is Tom McCall ' Along thsBklrmlsh Lias. Commander-in-Chief John Palmer has visited sixteen departments. Eighty-nine posts have contributed to the Memorial Hall fund, Decatur. The annual convention of the depart­ ment W. R. C. of Iowa was held atpt- tumwa, la., May 10,11 and 12. Gen' Horace Porter added $200,000 to the Grant monument fund in one month. It took the monument committee five years to get together f150,000. The records of the war department show that 800 colored comrades bore the name of George Washington on the mus­ ter rolls. The famous locomotive "General" used by Andrews and his raiders in their dash toward Tennessee April 12, 1862, has been repaired and will be brought to tbe World's Fair. Col. John S. Mosby, the once famous Confederate guerrilla, now an attorney of the Southern Pacific road and a resident of San Francisco, is in Washington on law business. His hair is snow white, but his eye is as piercing 'as a gimlet. On the 28th of July, 1838, Gen. Zach- ary Taylor, afterward President of the United States, requested the govern­ ment to furnish him with blood-hounds to be used in hunting the Seminole Indians, of Florida. His request was not complied with. Work of tut VraaloavOmoe During the week 7,685 claims were re­ ceived, of which 515 were original in valid ; 846 widows; 2 bounty land; 16 navy; 19 old war ; 0 on' account of Mexican service, 215 "accrued pension and 1,867 applications for increase. Number of re­ jected claims reopened 411; act of June 27, 1890, 3,880 original invalid, 686 widows, and none who had filed applications under former acts. Number of claims received to date'un­ der act of June 27, 1890, 766,234. Claims disposed of to date under said act, 372,315. The names and postofflce addresses of 3,779 officers and comrades were furnished for the use of claimants. There were 97,276 pieces of mpil mat­ ter received; 62,658 letters and blanks sent out. The number of cases detailed to special examiners were 340; 276 reports and cases from special examiners; cases on hand for special examination, 5,549. Report of certificates issued: Original, 3,935; of which -- were under act of June 27,1890; increase, 1,944; accrued, 142; reissue, 0; restoration, 0; dupli­ cate 46; act of March 4,1890, 0; total, 6,117. Total number of claims pending, 849,745. Call at Perry & Owen's and get a 20 lb box of choice London Layer Raisins for $1.25 per box. Same as you generally pay 15K to 15 cents per pound lor. * Assessments and Valuations. The attempts made by tbe horn* blowers and tom-tom- beaters of thai Democratic party to make political capital by ringing tbe changes on tha state tax rate is such a i transparent, fraud that every voter, even the dullest blockhead in that party, ought to b» able to see through it A good many do not, however, and the purpose is to show up that trick in its true light. It> Is well known that the revenue law of (he state requires that property shall be listed lor taxation at its fair cash value. It is equally well known that instead of property being listed at its fair cash value that real property is listed at from one-fifth to one-tenth of its cash value, and personal proper* ty, what little of it that is listed at all, is given in at a much lower valuation, even, tu&u real property. ' In 1873 the equalized assessed value of property In the state listed, for tax­ ation was $1,355,401,317. In 187S it had fallen to $857,285,763, and in 1888 it had fallen still further to 5784,911,874, being a falling off of nearly 60 per cent, as compared with 1878. In 1891 the valua­ tion had increased to 8S22,109,439. It is doubtful if one voter in a thousand in the state knows the true reason for this apparent shrinkage in the value of property in the state when everyone with ordinary common sense knows that the real value has at least doubled over that of 1S73. In fact, $4,000,000,- 000 would be a moderate estimate of the cash value of all property in the state of Illinois. One mill on the dollar or one-tenth of one per cent, on this valu­ ation would produce a million more dol­ lars revenue than tbe state requires, and this la the explanation of the reduced values of property for taxation. The state consti­ tution limits the tax rate, which cannot be avoided; but, of course,, it cannot compel a fair cash value. So, in order to reduce the amount of money to be raised and squandered by corrupt officials, the cash value was reduced that the tax rate might be raised to the limit fixed by the constitution. This was what happened. The municipal governments of Chicago and Cook coun­ ty fell into the hands of the democrats, and it was to save Cook county and the city of Chicago from absolute bank­ ruptcy and ruin by the hoard of demo­ cratic tax eaters and pilferers that the assessed value of property was reduced. This was demanded by the better class of citizens of both parties, and was oon* sented to on the part of the people of the state, outside of Cook county, and by the state board of equali­ sation simply because it was the only means of ridding that county of an evil which threatened its destruction. If a republican administration of the affairs of the city of Chicago and Cook county could be permanently assured the assessed value of taxable property in the state of Illinois could be doubled the next year; but the menace of a democratic administration prevents this most desirable end and compels every property-holder in the state when he hands in his assessment roil to com­ mit moral, if not legal, perjury. The enormity of this offense against public morals ought to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of every decent democrat in the state, and especially In Chicago; but it does not seem to have that effect On the other hand we may ex­ pect soon to hear the democratic edit­ or and orator howling about ̂ the state tax-rate and holding up their hands in holy (Pecksnifflan) horror at the corruption and extravagance of the republican party as exemplified by this outrageous tax-rate. In answer to the assertion that taxes have not been reduced since the final payment on account of the state debt it Is only necessary to say that in 1878, when the assessed value of property was nearly twice as much as it was in 1891, the tax rate was 36 cents on the 9100, and in 1891 it was 38 cents on the 9100. The amount ot state taxes raised in 1878 was over *5,- 000,000, in 1891 the amount, raised was a little over 83,000,000, as shown by the official records. A Comparison. The Baltimore Manufacturers' Reeord OOntrasts the business conditions of De­ cember, 1890, and December, 1891, in the following partial statement: DECEMBER, 189a DBCKMBBB, 18M. A great panic affecting the whole world. Big banks and bankers tailing. Distrust everywhere. Furnaces going out of blast. Mo demand lor steel rails. Smallest gratn srops for muy years. Banned* fighting for the Uttle business of fering. Exports of breadstufflBfTfai very small. New failures evety atoolu declining--divi­ dends pawed. The panto has poind. Banks and bankers en* thusiastio over the outlook. Confidence everywhere. Increasing production and consumption steadily increasing. Six hundred thousand tons of steel rails al­ ready ordered for 1802. .Largest grain or op a ever raised -- exoeed- Ospltalists aftaM invest--n-.: cooiideaoe In anything. Business men afraid of the south aad its, future oa aoeount of tbe pania Tbe outlook for the tn* Siedlate future dis­ mal beyond descrip­ tion. ing the yield of 1880 by bush­ els. RuUroads taxed to their utmost to haor die their business* with an unprec©» dented demand tot cars. he heaviest grain export *ver known. New enterprises every day. Stocks advancing -- dividends declared and tn many cases the rate increased, spitalists seeking good investments. The south has stood the strain and dem- rated that It is to Qapii onstra that J6MTWKSP- The etattook promisee m year of phenooh E M U A C T I V I T Y I M prosperity in 1888. The gates of Castle Garden still open inward despite the democratic outcry as to ttjtiwMsiMriWwi <* ov Tin Plates. So long has the trade of the world de* pended upon Great Britain for its rap* f>ly of tin plate that the three score Capitalists controlling the manufacture have enjoyed all the privileges of mo Bopoly- As a consequence, while every element entering into tin-plate manu­ facture has fallen in price quotations for the finished product have been char­ acterized by a conservatism that prove* the few men at the helm masters of the situation. While foreign mano* faaturers of steel rails, hardware, all kinds of fabrics, have been compelled to divide their trade with American com­ petitors when not forced to resign it al­ together, the tin-plate syndicate con­ tinued to grow fat on profits often amounting to twenty-five per cent, pec year on capital invested. Hence the nervousness in pro-British circles both sides tho ocean in view of the probabil- Uy tiii'pl&tv x&wkiuig not niucla longer to stand as an exception to the rule of our exemption from complete dependence upon foreign sources for an important necessity to American oon- venience and enterprise. It is not necessary to go beyond the list of plain and generally recognised facts for arguments favoring the home manufacture of tin plates. The United States consumes about two-thirds ot the available supply, and for this paid in 1891 some twenty-six million dollars --or five hundred thousand dollars per week--in addition to tariff and trans­ portation charges. This constituted over sixty-two per cent, of the entire valuation of imports of manufactures from iron and steel for that year. We have thus paid over one hundred mil­ lion dollars within five years. Fully ninety-five per cent, of the seven hun­ dred and thirty-four million four hun­ dred and twenty-five thotfeand .pounds of tin plate imported last year was made up of iron and steel sheets that could as well have been rolled here as in Great Britain, while half the tin used in coating1 them was mined quite as far away from Great Britain as from the United States, the mines at Corn­ wall not nearly supplying the quantity required. "Tin in bars, blocks, pigs or grain" is now on the free list and will so remain until July, 1893, when, under provisions of the McKinley law, a duty of four cents per pound is decreed. There are tho best of reasons for believing that by that date American enterprise will have developed known tin deposits in several of tbe states rivaling in richness and extent those from which the world's supply has hitherto been obtained. And better gtounds for predicting that the manufacture of a large proportion of I the tin plates we now consume can be transferred to the United States than existed twenty years ago for the belief that we would ever make all our steel rails. It is in the light of this fact that so much uneasiness is evinced by the British tin syndicate and its democratic allies in this country. Beading the fate - of the future in the history of the past, they contemplate with dismay the re­ sult of American competition whenonee given footing under the tegis of a pro tection offsetting the cost of skilled la­ bor, and propose to fight to the last ditch for retention of the sole survivor of a once practical monopoly of the world's manufactures from iron and steel. No intelligent man will forget the gener&l democratic prediction of higher prices that resounded through the land when the existing tariff was decreed. No one among all their prophets can. now point to a single article of the long list that to-day sells higher at re­ tail than before the law went into force. This is as true of tinwaure as of sugar, clothing and other household necessities. Custom house returns show that the tin plate imported in December, 1891, was bought 13 per cent, cheaper from first hands than in December, 1890. This means that the British syndi­ cate was already paying1 one-third of the increase in tariff, and the retail prices of tinware prove that jobbers and other dealers are shielding consumers from paying any part of the balance. The lac borer gets just as cheap a dinner pail,the housewife buys her kitchen ware quits as low as ever before, while every item in the long list of canned goods refuses to confirm the democratic prophecy at higher prices under the McKinley law. Meantime American enterprise has been looking after domestic production: with a zeal that has already brought to public attention no less than twenty- seven establishments, backed by 14,- 000,000 capital, ready or busily prepar­ ing1 to turn out tin plates, with a week ly capacity of 40,000 boxes. If we thus succeed in dividing out own market with Great Britain, and make but one-half of the tin plates now required, will mean additional em­ ployment at good wages for 25,000 of our people now dependent upon othea industries. In the line of materials it will mean an additional market fat 1,000,000 tons of fuel, 235,000 tons of pig iron, 7,500 tons of pig tin, 1,500 tons of lead, 3,000 tons of tallow or oil, 10,000 tons of sulphuric acid and 15,000,000 feet of lumber. And all this without adding to the prices of tin products now paid by consumers. No wonder the British tin syndicate opposes all efforts to bring about soeh a consummation; while there is sde* quate cause for both amazement and humiliation in the fact that its only hope for retaining a monopoly of the American market for tin plates centers upon the accession to power of the democratic party. Trusts are having a hard time of •hitnira to a republican eongya-- ni president. " Excursion Bates. June 11th and 12th agents of tte CM* cago ft Northwestern Railway vrffi Mil excursion tickets to Old Point Comfort, Va.( and return, on account of the meet- ing of the Travelers' Protective Associ­ ation, at the lowest first class fare for the round trip. For tickets and infor­ mation apply to ageut* 4 JX. W. R'y Co. Pillsbury'e Beet seldom eqoailad jpMT excelled. Tty it only #1.43. 5'^iiPI m