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For Preaident, GROVER CLEVELAND, Of New York. *' We recognize in the re-election o f a Presi- dent a most serious danger.”—G. C ueteland . Hilton For Vice President, ALLEN G. THURMAN, “ No genuine reform without the one term p r in c ip le.” —T h u k m a n . VOL.XTI. No 226 A PORT JERYIS DOCTOR PORT JSRVIS, ORANOB COUNTY, N. Y., WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1888. COUNTY CONVENTION, RAILROAD GLIMMER. BUSILY AT WORK IN A NEW FIELD OF PRACTICE. TypliOMi Fever in Danbury, Conn.—Poor Sanitary Arrangements—Reported In terview w ith Dr. MacDonald—Tlie Port Jervis Epidemic o f ’84 Recalled. We observe in the columns o f TTie Daily Bmocraf a newspaper published m Dan bury, Conn., a long and circumstantial ac count of an epidemic of typhoid fever which appears to be raging in that place. The town is evidently in a bad way. We gather from our Danbury contem porary that it suffers from the lack of those simple sanitary precautions which common prudence would suggest, and as a result Danbury is at the mercy of the dreaded disease. All this of course is sad enough, but what particularly interests us in the article mentioned is the part which refers to Dr. A. P. MacDonald so well and favorable known by the citizens o f this place. We quote from the Democrat : “ Dr. Allen P. MacDonald has had dur ing the past month five cases of typhoid fever and two cases of diphtheria. Of these all have been discharged except two patients with typhoid fever, who are now convalecsing. Dr. MacDonald declared that there were no health regulations whatever in Danbury. He always made an investigation into the causes of these dis eases, ascert^ing whether the plumbing is good and as to the surroundings in the neighborhood. He believed that the mat ter should be thoroughly agitated, and was of the opinion that the physicians would look with favor upon any movement in tended to improve the sanitary condition of the borough.” Prom which it would appear that the doctor is not only having a fair share o f business in his new field of practice, but he is also meeting with his customary success in dealing with this dreaded disease. This circumstance will recall the epid emic o f typhoid fever which occurred in this town during the fall and winter of ’84. It will be remembered that the honor of tracing the causes which produced that fatal epidemic belongs to Dr. MacDonald and to him alone. He noticed that all or nearly £dl o f the cmcs of fever were in families who were supplied by the same milkman. This circumstance naturally suggested to the doctor’s mind, the posss- Dility that the epidemic might be due to the presence o f infectious matter in the milk. Not satisfied with mere conjecture he followed up the clue. He ascertained where this particular milkman got his sup ply o f milk. He discovered that the bulk of it was supplied from one dairy farm, that not long before there had been a malig nant case of tho fever in this very farm, and through improper drainage the wa’ter Which the cows drank had become con taminated with infectious matter. All these facts h e ascertained, and hav ing done so he took instant and effective measures to have the sale of this milk stopped, and in so doing he undoubtedly saved this town many lives, and much disease and suffering. A subsequent in vestigation by the State Board of Health fully confirmed Dr. MacDonald’s theory as to origin of the epidemic. Port Jervis owes the doctor a debt of gratitude which it will not soon forget. In him we lost a highly esteemed citizen and a physician of rare skill. W e congratulate the town of Danbury on having among them in this distressing emergency a physician so well fitted by his talents and experience to cope with the dreaded disease. AN EXCURSION TO JONES LAKE. At the earnest request of many of our citizens, who participated in the last ex cursion and others who have heard o f the beauties o f Jones Lake, the Twin Broth erhoods have decided to repeat the excur sion of Ang. 17 to that fine resort on Thursday, Sept. 37. The lake is a beau tiful sheet o f water and thee accommoda tions are first Class. There is splendid boatmg and fishing, fine dancing pavilion ing q thing is comfortable and catch-peimy games will be allowed about the gr lunds. —^As a proof that a good article will es tablish itself permanently in public esti mation, we point out the fact that Tulip soap has been before the public but a short time, yet the manufacturers have been compelled to enlarge their factory to four times its original capacity. and sheltered dining quarters. Every- : first class. No Repnblicniis Convonn and Make Nom lna- The Republican County Convention convened in the Court House in Middle- town at 12 o’clock. T. N. Little of Mid dletown being called to the chair and E, F. Corwin and J. H. McElroy made Sec retaries. There was an unusually full attendance and a spirit of harmony mani fested which arglies Well for Republican success in the coming election. Fcr some time it has been conceded that Mr. Jacob M. Johnson o f Minisink would be the nominee tor Sheriff, and that Mr. Geo. W. Taggert of Newburgh would be the nominee for County Clerk. They are both popular men, each well fitted for the positions to which they aspire and there is no doubt of their election by large majorities in November. A call of the roll of delegates was made. On motion, the Convention proceeded to nominate a candidate for Sheriff. Martin E, Lee o f Minisink named as a candidate Mr. Jacob M. Johnson of that town, referring to his popularity and quali fications, and predicting that he would receive many Democratic votes. The nomination was made by acclamation with loud applause. Col. W. D. Dickey,referring to the har mony existing, proceeded to nominate Wm. A. Taggert for County Clerk. He re ferred to Mr. Taggert’s long years of ser vice as a worker in the Republican party, and his warm support of Mr. Hock three years ago. Mr. Hock seconded the nomiuation and said that notwithstanding reports to the contrary he would warmly support Mr. Taggert, and would be able to send Mr. Taggert the night o f election the report that he had carried the town of Goshen, Mr. J. H. Goodale named D. L. Shaffer as candidate for Superintendent of Poor. Mr. Quackenbush, of Warwick, was named. Mr. H. B. Fullerton, of Deer- park, placed in nomination Mr, Chas. Wehinger of Deerpark, which nomina tion was seconded by Chas. St. John, Jr. Mr. Goodale then withdrew the name of Mr. Schaffer, believing that the nominee should come from Deerpark. A ballot resulted as follows: Wehinger 50, Quack enbush 19. The nomination was made unamious. For Coroners, Cooper Degraw and John E. Corwin were named. Mr. Chas. R. Bull was nominated for Justice of Sessions. B. B. O’dell, Jr., ot Newburgh then re ferred to the law which declared that a vacancy would exist in the office o f County Judge after Judge Wilkin should arrive at the age of 70 years. The county his- tory gave his age as 70 years this fall. The expediency o f naming a candidate was suggested by Mr. O’dell, who thought the subject should be looked after, and if it was thought best a candidate should be voted for. Mr. O’Dell suggested Mr. W. O. Anthony as one who, i f nominated and elected, would look into the matter. Col. W. D. Dickey seconded the nomi nation o f Mr. Anthony, saying that he bad given the matter his attention and that if elected he would take legal measures to occupy the office. Mr. St. John said that the subject was a new one and that while Mr. Anthony was entirely unobjection able, he thought that, in the selection of a ticket all localities should be con sulted. Newburgh had the County Clerk candidate, would probably have the As- semblyman, and it had the Supreme Court. He, therefore, nominated Mr. John J. Beattie of Warwick as a candi date o f superior qualifications, who would make a strong run. Mr. Hock thought that Judge Wilkin would serve his time out, but if the Con- vention selected a canUidate, Mr. Beattie would be a good one. A ballot resulted as follows: Beattie, 75, Anthony, 29. * Mr. H. B. Fullerton of Deerpark was selected as member of the county commit tee trom Deerpark for the ensuing year. The Convention was unusually harmon ious and adjourned wi»h chee rs for the candidates and the National ticket. —Those needing fall jackets will do well to call at G. Ury’s and examine his What is “White Satin?” It is positive the Best Brand of Mour in the markcb. Manufactured at the Cataract Mills, Min neapolis, Minnesota. BARGAINS FOR 30 DAYS. Nice 10 room house on Sussex St. “ up town,” one on Ulster Place 8 rooms, 3 cn Orange St., one on Bmad S t , one^on St. ’ J no . L. B onnkix . Front S t , one on Jersey Ave., 3 on Main St. and one on EUzabetli \ D UNK IRK A GOOD POINT FOR RAIL ROAD SHIPIVIENTS. A Sun Corvespontlent “ Sizes TTi> ” B ill Car ter—KecCllt Mismnnagoment on the Erie—Undue and H asty Criticism D e precated. The citizens of Dunkirk, N. Y„ are greatly exercised because the Erie road does not take advantage of the immense dock facilities controlled by them there and make the city the most important coal shipping port on Lake Erie. It is claimed that coal can be shipped from Dunkirk to Canada by vessel cheaper by far than from Buffalo, and as the Erie’s docks there af ford the best possible opportunity to de velop such an industry, the residents of Dunkirk would like to see an impetus given to their commerce through the medium o f the Erie road’s business. William Carter, who is not called ‘ ‘ Bill, ” is the medium-sized, dark-complexioned conductor with the heavy moustache and curly hair who’runs on the Erie’s Newark branch and sometimes on the main line to Paterson. William is an old-timer on the Erie and can take you back to the days when he ran freight and when lots o f the prosperous ones now were nothing then. He is a quick worker on a train, never familiar and his dark eyes have never yet failed to detect an excursion ticket whose date of validity has passed. He is an ardent student o f the “ order book” and always laughs when he throws a beat off, because he knows just what the comp ny’s law is on the throwing off subject. Wil liams’s three peculiarities are : An in tense love of mathematical argument, a desire to he authority on all matters per taining to ancient coins and bric-a-brac, and an ambition to down any man on earth in the tiresome game of checkers. There are times in the history of eve^ railroad when a scarcity of of coaches is experienced. Last Thursday there was a fair at Goshen, N. Y., and the Erie rail road failed to furnish sufficient coaches to accommodate those who desired to attend It, and there was a general outcry against the company and its lack o f management. The fact is, the Erie, like all the other big roads, has a sufficiency o f coaches to meet nearly any emergency, hut just at this time there are a number of fairs in pro gress along the line, besides a few excur- siens which demand their quota of cars. It so happened that on the day in question all the surplus coaches were doing service on the western part of the road and made a shortage on the eastern division. Without making any questions or attempting to rea son the matter out, the inconvenienced parties began a tirade of abuse on the road’s mismanagement. It is not often that the Erie has to make apologies for its lack o f facilities, therefore it would ap pear to he a lack of consideration on the part of the public when they jump so rapidly at conclusious before first learning what the merits o f the case axe.—Even ing Sun, John Gottschalk of Port Jervis, an Erie brakeman, had the first finger and thumb of his right hand crushed while coupling cars in the yard at this place yesterday morning. Amputation was necessary.— SusqneJianna Journal A CLINCHER. H e Acknowledges tlie Com and K nuckles The following comes to us by mail from our valued Milford correspondent, Mr. J. S. Drake of Milford, a commercial traveler. • Two gentlemen were sitting in the same seat in one o f the coaches on an Erie train, one wore a Harrison button and the other a Cleveland button. The Cleveland man was doing mosljof the talking. His subject was the Mills tariff bill. After a lengthy argument in favor of the bill, be made the remark that he could not understand how any thinking man could vote against so wise a measure. T.ie Harrison man an swered him by saying,” I will vote the Democratic ticket on one condition and that is that you will give me a good reason why the Mills bill puts wool, that is pro duced in nearly every northern state on the free list, while sugar and rice that is produced by two or three southern states is protected by high duties.” The Cleveland man knit his brow for a minute, and hastily rising from his seat said, “ That is the weak point of the d—d bill,” anyway.” Everybody laughed but the Cleveland man, who retired to the smoker to soothe his ruffled feelings with a whiff of the Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla Regu lates the Regulator. Largest Sarsaparilla bottle in the market. Manufactured by proprietors of Warner’s Safe Cure. Sold by all druggists. Take no other—it is the —Bluestone for sidewalks and curbs, :!ontracts made by Geo. W. Hoagland. THE FAIR A FAILURE. The Goshen Fair Not a Financial Sncces. The Receipts. The Orange County Agricultural So ciety, which after giving exhibitions at various places in the county for 33 years prior to coming to Middletown bankrupt in 1883, left this city with a snug sum in its treasury in 1884, which was increased by holding two fairs in Nowhurg to about $7,500, will lose at least 2,500 by its fair held in Goshen this year. Although the expenses have net been footed up it is possible to estimate within a few hundred dollars of the losses. The receipts this year wire as follows : Gate receipts............................................$2,746 65 Sale of privileges........................................... 617 00 Membership tickets ................................. 674 00 Total .......................................... S W . l s To this must be added the regular state allowance of $370.50, and Orange county’s share of the receipts under the Ives pool bill which is estimated at $500, making a grand total of about $4,908.15. The expenses, it is believed, will foot up about the same as at Newourg last year, when they were $7,446.69. Deducting from this the total receipts, this year, in cluding the stale allowance, $4,908.15 shows a deficiency of $3,538.54. Of course these figures are based on an estimate of the expenses at the same fig ures as last year, and on the amount the Society will receive from the proceeds of the Ives bill, but they are substantially correct, and it is safe to place the defic iency at 2,500. With one or two more such unsuccesstul exhibitions as that of this year the Society will be ready to come back to Middletown to fill its treasury Gentlemen, when your money is all gone come and see us. It might not be a bad plan to locate here permanently.— Middletown Argus. ECHOES FROM MAST HOPE. A Funeral at Mast Hope—The Schools Open—Konhety at the Depot. M ast H ope , Pa., Sept. 24.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weary of Beaver Brook,N. Y., mourns the loss of their youngest son, Charlie, aged 3 years, 6 months. He was taken sick Wednesday morning and died Thursday morning of cholera infantum. Funeral services were held at Ten Mile River, by the Rev. Mr. Carson of Barry- ville, N. Y. Twice last week Mr. J. J. A Conner had very narrow escapes from death. The schools have commenced in most places and some children are already lalk- ing “ red ink.” The depot at Mast Hope was entered Saturday night by some unknown person. Several tickets were taken and a few pennies were found in the drawer. Rumors of weddings fill the air. PERSONAL. Miss Maggie Feeney of this village is visiting friends and relatives in Susque hanna. Misses Maggie and Annie Johnson of Sussex street are spending a few weeks with friends in Elmira. Misses Annie Sharp and Nellie and Millie Farnum left town this morning, on the mountain express, for New York city, where they go to attend a young ladies’ seminary on Fifth avenue. These young ladies had nearly finished their academic studies at the Mountain House in this village, and go to New York to finish their education in a suitable manner. A POSER FOR THE GAZETTE. To the Editor of the Union : In the words of another let me ask the Gasette and all free traders “ when has protection created a monoply like the East India Company, or the Standard Oil Company ? Why has there been within three years two corners on coffee, two on wheat and flour and one on meat, with attending evils of speculation and high prices, and none on iron, cotton or woolen goods, if the tariff more than free trade conduces to the creation of monopolies and trusts. Respectfully, WOEKINGMAN. MIXED PICKLES. Mr. J. B. Polk is an admirable comed ian, and in the play o f “ Mixed Pickles,” he manages to keep the house in a roar of laughter the entire evening. The reserved seat chart will be open on Thursday mornirg. The prices of admission are very reasonable for this company, viz 25, 35 and 50 cents. In Newburgh,where the company plays the night before, the admission is one dollar. Being More Pleasant to the taste, more acceptable to the stom ach, and more beneficial in its action, the famous California liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Pigs, is rapidly superseding all others. Try it. One bottle will prove its merits. For sale in 50 cents and $1 bottles by E. T, Laidley. For Sale—Clean good paying businesBi up-town, and one down-town. J ko . L. B onnkil . THE GAZETTE’S YEEACm, WE ABSOLVE THE EDITOR BUT BLAME THE DEVIL. The Accuracy of Gazette Statement Ques tioned—The Vote on the IVIills B ill Analyzed and SlioWn to be a Party Vote—Some Statistics for tlie Consid- er.ation o f Our Neighbor. In last evening’s Gazette we find the following remarkable statement. “ So far as we are aware,the QazeUe has not during this campaign printed a single line in opposition to the exact truth.” Now we do not want to tell our contem porary that he does what he says he does not for that would be ungentlemanly, but we do say that his zeal for the Democratic party often leads him to take a walk,while some articles that, if they do not tell the “ exact truth ” are mislea<-iug, slip in. In the same issue we find the following, “ According to statistics, the states of \Virginia North Carolina, < bama, Mississippi, Texas, >uri, Tennessee, \West Vii Georgia, Ala- Arkansa^ Mis- see, \West Virginia, and Ken- sed last year over 10,600,000 states voted nearly tmamim- 'ool. The six New tucky, sheep. ously for free w( states, New Yor] all combined in the same yem, u»u o ,o w 000 sheep, and the Republican votes of these states were cast solidly against free wool. Now which group of states, I would ask, make the greatest sacrifice, if any were made, for the common good favor of free wool, and what becomes i the sectional cry o f the bloody shirt shriek- ers in the face of these figures ? Why, the four states of Texas, Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee, possess more sheep than all New England states,New York, Pennsy: vania and others put together, and yi these southern states gave a solid vote i put wool on the free list.” To a casual reader this looks like the “ exact truth” but the editor knew it was not so he “ took a walk ” and the “ devil let this conglomeration o f untruths slip in^ Now let us see what we call the “ exact truth.” The Gazette says the above named south ern states possessed over 10,000,000 sheep last year and voted nearly unanimously for free wool, the truth is ihe Democratic representatives voted for free wool and the Republicans did not. But the Gazette would have you think it was a unanimous vote, while we have not the vote on the Mills bill at hand still it was nearly a party vote and the above named group of states, assuming that it was a party vote, oast 76 Democratic votes for it and 13 against it, far from being a unanimous The Gazette in its anxiety to print the exact truth” asserts that the enumer ated southern states have more sheep than the enumerated northern states. We have taken the trouble to look the matter up and find in the U. S. census the fol lowing table and as it is the last one takeu no one can deny it Virginia .......... 497.S North Carolina 461.6 tty secure Massachusetts. Rhode Island.. Connecticut... ^ s i s s i p p i ........ ^ k ^ s a s . . . . . . Missouri .......... Tennessee ....... West Virginia. Kentucky.. .. This plainly shows that the Gazette's editor must have been taking his consti tutional “ walk” when the “ devil” slid in the back door with these figures, as they show that instead of the southern states having the most sheep they lack a million and a quarter of having as many as the group of northern states named. But that is nothing, the Gazette's well known partiality to the southern states at the expense of the northern states is well known. The Gazette says: “ Why the four states of Texas, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee possess more sheep than all New England, New York, Pennsylvania and others put together.” What of that ? If they wish to compare sheep raising states why don’t they compare with California, Michigan, Wisonsiu and Illi nois. These states had 8,715,618 sheep at the last census as against 3,495,989 in the four southern states the Gazette loves so And lastly, to cap the climax, the “ ex act truth ” man winds up by saying that the south gave a solid vote for this bill. We have shown a healthy minority that did not vote for this bill, and still the Gazette says a solid south v o ted||r it. —Do not be induced to take some other preparation when you call for Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Be sure to get Hood’s, which is peculiar. A FIRST-CLASS COMPANY. It is so seldom that Mr. Lea gives us a first-class play and a first-class company combined, that we are pleased to announce the fact that Mr. J. B. Polk and his com pany arc one of the best troupes travel ing, and in the whimsical and satirical comedy of “ Mixed Pickles,” which, to pul ii very mildly, keeps the audience in a cr>nstant i oar of laughter from the be- DRAWS THE LINE ON HILL. A Democrat Refuses to Suppoi’t H ill for Governor. Mr. George Foster Peabody of New York is a Cleveland Democrat, but he is far from being a Hill Democrat. He is a a life long Democrat and free trader,” and there is no disposition anywhere to qu?s- tion either the staunchness of his Democ- raey or his character and standing in the community. Notwithstanding the stead fastness o f his democracy he draws the line at Hill, and he was a sympathizer with the meeting of anti-Hill Democrats in ‘Cooper Union. Perhaps forgetting this fact, the Chairman of the Kings County Democratic Campaign Committee wrote to Mr. Peabody asking permission to use his name as a Vice-President of the meeting which Congressman Mills ad dressed a few evenings ago. Mr. Peabody’s response is worth the reading by Cleve land Democrats, by Hill Democrats, by Republicans, and also by third party men and other voters. It is as follows: John P. Adams, Chairman Democratic Campaign Committee of Kings County: Dear 8 ir—l am in receipt of your court- teous request that I allow my name to be used as one of the Vice-Presidents of the ieting to be held to-morrow aizc the compliment you me, and as a life long Democrat and free trader I am most reluctant to ask you to drop my name from the list; but as you >pose to ratify among the nominations ;t of David B. Hill for Governor,! ha no other alternative. I am from persoi observation and knowledge firmly pur- iuaded of the unfitness of Mr. Hill for the ligh office which, to my mind, he has iisgraced as no other man ever did during the four years of his incumbency, and thereby brougnt more discredit upon the Democratic party than any man since the days of Tweed, (who was also renomi nated and elected, I recall, notwithstand ing his crimes). I count it the first dut] of every honest Democrat to try to ifeat of any candidates named ' ihe face ness the aqueduct deal, e high license and other vetoes. Ae proposing to do all I can forthi n of Mr. Cleveland and the rest of the Democratic ticket excepting Mr. Hill, for whose defeat I shall work equally as hard, I shall have to work outside of your organization, which I very much regret. Yours very truly, G eoroe F oster P eabody . New York, Sept. 17, 1888, W ITH F B N ^ N D SCISSORS. Uerau o f a More or Lees Local Nature Gou- densed for th is Columu, —Be sure to register, your right to vole depends upon it. —The Erie Cornet Band will play on Orange Square, to-morrow evening, for the last time this season, ■Instantaneous photographs of the firemen’s parade for sale at Lundelius’ photo studio.—dtf. ■Intemperance and the liquor traffic will be discussed in the chapel of the Re- formed church this evening, at 8 o’clock. —Ladies who intend purchasing a n e^ bonnet should read Ury’s fall announce ment in our advertising pages. —The Gazette says they “ are opposed to protective legislation,” and yet, when they are classified as Free Traders they get mad and say they are misrepsesented. A ll members of Delaware Hose Co. are requested to meet at the Young Men’s Republican club room this evening at 8.30 o’clock for drill, with uniform coats and caps. By order of Foreman. —The oncoming of cold weather sug gests a new winter suit. Go to Rogers, Peet & Co., whose large and elegant stock of goods, and whose reputation for in tegrity ensure the perfect and entire satis faction of all who deal with them. •There will be a picnic at Kirk’s Grove \Wednesday evening, Sept. 26 th. Ladies and gentlemen, this may be the last dance in the grove this season, and possibly the last one which will ever be held in this grove. Good music for dancing, as usual. -d 3 t —Leading chemists, housewives,_me- lanics and laborers all soap the best they instant i oar of laughter from ling to the end of the performa — ipany will be at the Opera Ht light only, and we advise e' 1 even! for one night only, and body who is fond of having entertainment of real seats for oaent of real pleasure. Monday night, Oct. 1. monnee Tulip, MIXED FICKLES ON MONDAX. main-spring of action, and a more versa tile humorist could scarcely be conceived. He rivets the attention of the audience and holds its interest to the end, which - - ----- pg, which go 3 well chosen. Each especially Hiram Brown, St, Deacon Jordan, in- ' Lucinda Sniggins, Those who want ______ „ „ . lenaselves will receive an evening’s pleasure in witnessing Mixed Pickles on Monday next. But a few decorated toilets sets for $2,- 98 left at Hoagland’s Crockery house. - Our crapes and nun’s veiling are very low in prices and high in quality. G. Ury’s. —^The “ Puritan” ham is fast taking tie lead over all competitors. Try them* PRICa THREE CENTS FOR OUR CONTEMPORARY W E ENTERTAIN SOME HOPES OF ITS POLITICAL SALVATION. W ages in Protected and Unprotected In dustries — T lie Old Confederate War Cry—Cheap Goods and Low W ages. Our contemporary in last \night’s issue devotes considerable space to controver- sional topics suggested by Mr. Tenney’s speech. “ Free Lance ” supplies another one of his luminous expositions of the tariff question and there is a long editor ial article on the alleged blessing of free trade and how prosperous this country is going to he when the Democratic party have succeeded in their design of break ing down the protective tariff. Our con temporary struggles bravely to justify its position, but with the success that gener ally falls to the lot o f those who undertake to defend what is not defensible and to justify what reason and experience con demn. It is a noticeable fact that the much derided Tenny speech has been keeping the political controversionalists of the Gazette office busy for several days in getting up plausible sophistries to off set its effects. A machine for grinding out misleading statistics has been put in active operation and the whole field of political controversy has been raked over in the vain attempt to controvert his pro positions. W e axe glad to see this un usual intellectual activity going on in the Gazette office and if results in leading them to see the errors of their way we shall be more than satisfied. Our contemporary points to the alleged fact that Erie shopmen, carpenters, black smiths, etc., and others engaged in what are termed unprotected occupations re ceive higher wages than the employees of Holdens saw factory to prove its main pro position that our industries will not suffer from the removal of protective duties. Since it was worth the Gazettes while to make this statement proof should have been furnished in the form of reliable figures showing what wages are actually paid, but-our contemporary which abounds in statistics is silent upon that point To this we say, as we said yesterday that their will inevitably be differences in the wages received by operatives in the different trades and employments corresponding to different degrees of skill, the length of time required in learning them and other causes which need not be enumerated and this relative difference will exist irrespec tive of whether we have a high tariff a low tariff, or no tariff at all. Under pro tection American workmen will have high average wages but the rate of wages as between different trades will vary. Under free trade we shall have low average wages, but the rate will continue to vary. Under any and all circumstances there will be varying rates of wages in the different trades and occupations. Railroad men for example get relatively good wages because tbeir occupation is a hazardous one, involving considerable re sponsibility, great peril to life and limb and more toan average intelligence, less hazardous occupations will be i icUigence, The ____ ___ ___ _ i will be sought for even at lower wages. We trust that this point at least is sufficiently clear to our tariff reforming neighbor. It was one of the cardinal principles of the Confederate Constitution that no taxes should be levied which would protect or foster any industry in that confederation. The Gazette has evidently imported some relic of that defunct concern to edit its columns, for here it is denying the right of our nation to levy duties for protection. It says in its issue of 25th, that they are opposed to protective legislation, and furthermore, “ tnere is no warrant in the constitution for protective legislation.” This is a good deal like the South af firming the states’ rights doctrine before the war. Now, every school boy knows that the administration of Washington, under the wise financial policy of Alexan der Hamilton, did levy proieetive tariff duties. As the framers of the constitu tion they perhaps could Interpret it quite If we were to legislate for American citizens as consumers per se we should join the Gazette in its tariff smashing propa ganda and advocate free markets and un limited foreign goods. But in the lan- guE^e of Garfield “ we legislate for the American people.” A few non-producing consumers might he benefitted by a re moval of protective duties but the great mass of Americans are producers as well as consumers and how are they to be benefitted by cheapening goods if you re duce wages in a still greater degree. Prices may fall but the purchasing power of labor will fall more. Cheap goods will avail nothing if we have no money in our pockets to buy them viith. These facts perhaps savor of truism but they will bear ignore them. Even intelligent editors, 3uch as the very able corps of gentlemen politicalolitical who get up p matter for the edifi cation of their Democratic readers.
