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For President, &ROVBR CLEVELAND, Of New York, *' We recognize in the re-election of a Presi dent a most serious danger.”-G , C ii BVEI jand . llort Hm0ti . For Vice Preside?^ ALLEN G- THURMAN, Of Ohio. “ No g ern'i^ reform without the one term ?ineiple.’’—^THUBMAN. VOL. XVI. N o S25 P O R T J B R V I S , O R A N O B C O U N T Y , N. Y., TUESDAiY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1888. P R I O l T f i R B B C E N T S INYADING DEEEPMK A W A R WICK MAN TRYING TO CAP- TOKE DEEKPAKK DBI/EGATES. A R u le o£ Etiquette Am ong Politicians. Indignation Am ong the Friends o f Dr. Mead Over Sayre’s Condnct—Deerparlc Democrats Grinding up Their Knives for Future Use. There has always existed a rule of eti quette between aspirants for nominations for office, which would prevent a candi date from going into the home of his an tagonist, and making an effort to secure delegates against the home candidate. It is only in extreme cases that xhe observ ance of this rule is broken over, and it in variably results in much hard feeling, and very frequently a bolt. Such an instance has occurred this year in the Democratic party, and it is quite sure to aid the Republican candidates in the contest. Mr. deo. W. Sayer of Warwick is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff. So, too, is Mr. William Hal sey of Crawford. Another candidate is Supervisor Ketcham of Oomwall, while here in Deerpark Dr. Thad. Mead desires the nomination. Three years ago Dr. Mead was a candidate. So, too, was the present sheriff, Mr. Olauson. Mr. Clau- son assured Dr. Mead that if he would aid him in securing the nomination, that Mr. Mead would be made Deputy Sheriff at one of the Court Houses. Mead fulfilled his part of the contract and the Deerpark delegates supported Olauson in conven tion. After Sheriff Olauson had made his selection Mead began to realize that promises made were not always kept. There was much soreness manifested by the Deerpark Democrats, and they all re sented the treatment their candidate had received. They all feel that they should unitedly support Mead this year, and believe that with a united delegation here he could be nominated. In case be should fail, Mr. Mead’s friends would gladly aid Mr. Nearpassasa candidate for the Oounty Clerk nomination. But now comes Mr. Sayer of Warwick, and, in violation of all precedents, he be gins traversing the town of Deerpark in search of delegates. Yesterday, in com pany with Mr. Geo. A. Elston, he visited Sparrowhush to secure the delegates from third district, and some of Dr. Mead’s friends are outraged by the fact that Mr. Elston should aid an outsider to steal some of the Deerpark delegates away. Whether he will get them or not re mains to he seen. If he does, it will be at the expense of a good many Democratic votes in Deerpark, for the men who have been the heavy workers for the Demo cratic ticket think that Mr. Sayer has overstepped the bounds of propriety, and they are quietly grinding up their scalp ing knives for future use. Perhaps some of the Deerpark Democrats, v9ho do not want to Stand by a home candidate, will feel its keen edge should an opportunity OF xhteb :^ t * to l a d ie s . As cold weather approaches the ladies begin to cast a woeful glance at the spring hat which was the source of s© much sat isfaction a brief six months ago, and turn their attention to the pleasant antici pations of a new fall bonnet To add to these pleasant reflections at this time we have to announce the opening, in the near future, of G. Dry’s ladies’ bazaar. Miss Cullen, who became so popular in Mr. Dry’s millinery department last spring, has consented to return for another season and made her arrival in town last night. The announcement will no doubt be hailed with undisguised satisfaction by the dev otees of handsome fall bonnets, and the presence of Miss Cullen will be sufficient assurance to her former patrons of the possibility of securing a fall hat of the latest style and finish. AN EXCURSION TO JONES EAKE. At the earnest request of many of our citizens, who participated in the last ex cursion and others who have heard of the beauties of Jones Lake, the ’fwin Broth erhoods have decided to repeat the excur sion of Aug. 17 to that fine resort on Thursday, Sept. 27. The lake is a beau tiful sheet of water and the accommoda tions are first class. 'There is splendid boating and fishing, fine dancing pavilion and sheltered dining quarters. Every thing is comfortable and first class. No catch-penny games will be allowed about the grounds. A LETTER FROM KIM B L E S. Item s Sent by Our Correspondent at That Miss Minnie Perkins is back from her vacation, and is hard at work, teaching a long roll of attentive students. Because of the breaks in the canal we have had a number of boats keeping us company for a few days. Crops have been generally good, but the heavy rains have made the potatoes rot. Hog cholera has taken off some young porkers, but it is sincerely hoped it will not rage to any considerable extent. A young widower from Dyberry has been here, and fixed the date for marry ing a young widow from this place. Rev. James Pope preaches here every alternate Friday evening, to a good con gregation. W. H. Williams of Honesdale has sold several organs in this vicinity, and gives good satisfaction. He is a gentleman in every sense of the word. Mr. Williams sent to our school house, last week, an or gan for school and religious service use. It is appreciated very much by the com munity, and this gift will be a lasting ben efit. B, Kimble and wife have been to Duck Harbor visiting. They report a good time, and feel all the better as the result. Another blacksmith shop has been built, and is ready for all kinds of work. Our school house is repaired and put in first class condition. Much credit is due our directors, who are ever on the alert for the benefit of the rising generation. Miss Sadie Bishop, from Hawley, has some musical students, and so has Miss Minnie Perkins. Kimbles is thoroughly musical, and there are quite a number of organs in our vicinity. G ubss . t h e p r i c e o f f l o c k k i s i n g . M illers TbrougbOTit the Country Boom ing Wheat. A special . dispatch from Chicago states that cash wheat was selling at $1 per buriiel, which is an event of national importance, and is of particular interest to the consumers. The rise in the price Is destined to make breadstuffs very high this winter. There is probably only one class of peo ple to whom it will he of any material prosperity, and these are the farmers of the northwest. An Evening S m reporter.Monday morn ing had an interview with Mr. H. T. Nealin of the Produce Exchange. Mr. Nealin declared the present state of affairs was due to the rains and very cold weather of late, which caused rust in the crops. Another circumstance which contri buted very largely to the rise was the shortage in the crop all over the world, and the efforts made by the millers of the northwest to hold the wheat for their own \ 'The millers are booming the price of wheat,” he said, “ for the purpose o f hold| ing it here, for we have none to export. It is something unusual to see wheat so high at this time of the year, but the peo ple will see it a great deal higher before the winter is over. “ The quotations for No. 1 hard spring wheat at Duluth Monday morning were ; For September wheat, $1.06 ; October wheat, $1.05, and December wheat, $1.03J per bushel.” It is five years since cash wheat sold at $1 per bushel, and in the meantime it has been down as low as 66 cents. Many people engaged in active business can remember when It was as high as $2.76. At this time last year No. S spring wheat sold in Chicago at about 70 cents. The price of a barrel of flour has risen $1.25 in the last few weeks. Even the lowest grade of flour has ap preciated tO that extent and there is no knowing where it w ill end. RTJMBlIlfGS FROM RAILS' ITEMS OF i n t e r e s t FROM THE GREAT IKON THOROUGHFARES, J . H . Junius R e-Instated—Experime'iitlng W ith N ew FreigTit Engines—A Good Sliowing tor the Erie—Other Railroad We learn with pleasure that Conductor __ ____ ___ ___ J. H. Junius, who was recently discharged j about 8.30 o’clock. Wiltsie wore his silk from the service of the Erie, has been re- j ^at and a dark fall overcoat, and other instated, and has been assigned to run the —Those needing fall Jackets will do well to call at G. Dry’s and examine his What is “White Satin?” It is positively the Best Brand of Flour in the market Manufactured at the Cataract Mills, Min neapolis, Minnesota. W ILTSIE AND FOLLObK. Their Trial to B egin To-Morrow Morn- The trial of Arthur V. Wiltsie and John M. Pollock will begin at the Court House in Newburgh Tuesday morning. The prisoners were taken to Newburgh Mon- day morning from Gosheu in Charge Of Sheriff Clauson. They passed up Second Street or the way to the Court House at INTERESTING TO M ILK MEN. The Uniform Railroad Rate Fer Can H eld to he Justifiable. W ashihgxon , Sept 84.— The Interstate Commerce Commission to-day decided the cases of the Crange county, N. Y., farmers, the testimony in which was taken over a year ago. The milk farmers who ship to New York city complained of excessive rates, and alleged a violation of the law in the uniform rate charged from all points to Jersey City for transporting milk. No decision is made on the first point because of lack of proof, but on the sec ond there is an elaborate review of all the circumstances and advantages such as special trains, etc. The decision recites that the farmers do not seem to suffer any loss in price or ability to sell their milk in consequence of the uniform rate. The necessities of a vast body of consumers in New York and Brooklyn require mainte nance of a regular and increasing supply of milk, which can be obtained only by going further into the couatry. The prac tice of c h a r ^ g a uniform rate per can, in the absence of any damage, is held to be justifiable. Newark Horn train. Mr. Junius has heretofore been living at Paterson, N. J., but will soon remove to this village. THE EBIE’S n e w FEBIOnX ENGINES. The Erie is experimenting with a new class of engines, for their freight service. They belong to the class known as the Mother Hubbards, and are said to be very powerful engines. They do not gain favor in the eyes of railroaders, however, especially the engineers and firemen, on account of their construction. Their chief fault is tnatthe engineer and fireman are too far apart, the engineer’s cab being near the front, and the fireman’s at the rear end of the fire box, which is very long. The firemen also complain that they have not sufficient shelter, as this cab con sists merely of a canopy, and that they have no enclosure in which to rest when not busy at the fire. A GOOD SHOWING FOE THE ESIE. The Erie railroad company carried over 32,000 visitors to the State Fair at Elmira; about 3,000 to the Orange County Fair; nearly 1,000 to the Erie C6unty Fair; over 20,000 to the Buffalo Exposition. BAYS FEOM THE EVENING SUN. The Middletown So Crawford road, which is controlled by the Erie, and is run as the M. & 0. branch from Middle- town to Pine Bush, N. Y.,held its annual meeting last Tuesday. All the old Board of Directors were re-elected, and Mr. A. R. McDonald of New York was elected to fill a vacancy in the old Boaid. An immense cold blast storage ware- housei has Just been completed above Pro vost street, Jersey City, adjoining the tracks in the Erie yard. The parties who control the warehouse are said to be man aged by the Swift Chicago Dressed Beef Company. The house could not be more conveniently located for business, as the refrigerator cars which come in by the Brie can be placed in a switch directly at the doors. W. L. Camp, whose stage name is “ Billy,” is a conductor on the West Shore road and at last accounts was running the way freight train between Weehawken and Coeymaus Junction. Billy is a grad uate of the Erie, where he was thoroughly schooled in the mysteries of railroad life, He began by firing on the Newburgh branch, and then drifted off into the deli cate duties of a brakeman, from which he was graduated to the art of flagging trains, and finally became a conductor. “ Billy’s” great forte was running the way freight to Greycourt opposite “ Jake” Van Duzer, whose record will appear shortly, and the phrase “ over and short” to him was worse than flaunting a real Thurman bandanna handkerchief at a Port JerviS bull. He afterward became a passenger conductor, and ran the Sunday specials, Paterson locals, and the Delaware Valley express, to the sincere delight of the girls along the line. Billy is tall, has rather sharp features, and a heavy blond mus tache. He is the quintescence of neatness and dresses fashionably. His great weak nesses are a mania for high immaculate collars and gaudy neckties, to which is always attached a diamond of many lus trous hues a fo “ Bill” Faulkner, and a passion for having his buttoned gaiters blacked, even during the prevalence of a violent aleet storm. _____ : TOWN CONVENTION. Delegates Chosen to the Various Repnb- lican Conventions. Town convention met according to call at Penny’s Hotel. Mr, David Bcnnet was elected Chairman, and John M. Dolph Secretary. It was moved and seconded that the convention proceed to the elec tion of delegates for the coming Congres sional Convention. Thereupon Messrs. Charles St John, Jr., and O. P. Howell were cbosen delegates. The following were the nominations for delegates to County Convention; Thomas Merritt, Henry Swartwout, Charles Ter- bell, George Althizar, John O'Hara, Fred Wehinger, J. W. Landigan, Wilton Ben- net, Wm. Merchant, H. B. Fullerton, J. B. Cortright. The delegates named were elected, and empowered to send substitutes, in case they are unable to attend. The following is a list of delegates for Assembly Convention; Stoddard Gordon, Wm. Norris, Edward King, Prank Royce, 1, George Rumpf, r, Wm. Wil- dark clothes. After court convened a strong attempt was made to have the case against Wilt sie and Pollock sent over the term, but it was unsuccessful, and the court ordered that the trials proceed as the cases against them were called. The District Attorney at first said the first case would be called at 2 p. in, to-day,but afterward he changed his mind and said he would allow defend ants until to-morrow morning. Lawyer George H. Decker of Middle- town made an application for the post ponement of the trials of the indictments against Arthur V. Wiltsie and John M. Pollock until next Monday at least, or to put them over the term on the pound of the unavoidable absence of their coansel, Mr. Carr, who was detained by previous important engagements in Sullivan county. The motion, however, was de nied and the trial set down for to-morrow. They were empowered by t tion to appoint substitutes, in c inability to attend. I conven- 10 of their ARE YOU REGISTERED? The Inspectors W ill WCeet o n Tuesday and W ednesday, October 2 and 3. Notice is hereby given, in pursuance of chapter 465, as amended by chapter 508, both being laws of 1880 of the state of New iork, that the Inspectors of the Third, Fourth, Fifth''and Sixth districts of the village of Port Jervis, will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 2 and 3, as a Board of Registry for the districts named. In the third district at the house of Neversink Hose Company, on ’Tuesday, October 2. In the fourth district at the house of Port Jervis Hose Company, on Tuesday; In the fifth district at the Corporation rooms, Tuesday and Wednesday. In the sixth district at the house of Ex- celsior Hose Company, Germantown, 'Tuesday, October 2. For the purpose of registering the names of legal voters of said distnets. And that the same Board of Registry will also meet en the 30th day of October, 1888, at the same designated places, and will then re vise, correct, add to, or take from, and complete the said list as provided by the laws of the state of New York, and on each of the said days said Board of Re^s-- try will meet at nine o’clock in the even ing of each day. The District Clerks will find the blank registries at the Town Clerk’s office. G soegb E. H ohnbkok , Town Clerk. Y .M .C .A . W R ITING SCHOOL. Fupiis Urged to Register Witlioftt All of the young men who wish to Join either the class in Penmanship or Vocal Music, which are to be conducted by the Railroad Y. M. O. A., should hand in their names at obce to the General Secre tary of the Association. The chance for entering these classes will be withdrawn the first of the month, as the classes begin one week later. There are many young men who should avail themselves of these privileges. A large number of names have already been reg istered in these subjects. A thorough course of instruction will be given in both, and the teachers are men who make their branch a specialty. In the music class it does not seem to be clearly understood, as many men say, “ I would like to come but I do not know anything about music.” This is just the place to learn it. The rudiments of music Will be thoroughly gone over, and if you do not understand the notes, come to the class and learn them, 50 cents per term for Y. M. C. A. mem bers, and $1 for non-members. Twenty lessons in a term in the music class, and 13 in the penmanship class. COMING SOON. Next Monday night at the Port Jervis Opera House, Mr. J. B. Polk will appear in his admirable performance of Joe Pickle in the whimsical and satirical comedy of Mixed Pickles. Judging from the many flattering press notices which this company has received it must be among the very brat on the road. TH E FIRST BALL OF TH E SEASON. The first ball of the season will be given at the opera house, on Thursday, Sept. 27th. A grand presentation o^ an histor ical relic will be madele too Poiort '' ,No. -, ' ■ t P Jervis Hose Co., No. 4 during the evening. Music will be furnished by Clune’s orchestra.— —Bluestone for sidewalks and curbs. Contracts made by Geo. W. Hoagland. THE SOUTHEEN SCOURGE IT IS a b a t i n g s o m e w h a t INTENSITY. Cold W eather and Rains at Jacksonville, Fla.—Telegraphic News From Various Points in tlio Fever Stricken South. jAOKSONvatB, Fla., Sept. 24 —This has been one of the most disagreeable days of the season. Yesterday’s northeaster has been succeeded by a cold rain and a driz zle that has continued throughout the day and evening. This weather is regarded as exceedingly unfavorable for the sick, but it is encouraging to note that only five deaths have been reported. New cases, however, still continue in abundance. 'The report to-day shows 113, of which 85 are colored and 28 whites. Four-fifths of the new cases are in the suburbs. It is impossible to approximate the number of cases that have not been re ported to the board of health. One phy sician has had over 130, few of which have been reported. Among the discharged yellow fever patients are Rev. Dr. Weller, rector of St. John’s church, and Mrs. Weller. Rev. W. H. Dodge is resting comfortably to- F benandina , Sept. 24.—Yellow fever was officially declared to-day to be here. The board of health issued the following bulletin : “ The Board of Health announces that the result of an autopsy held to-day on the body of Mr. Hood, demonstrates the existence of yellow fever in the city. [Signed] “P. E. D ottbbbb , “President.” R. S. Lnkenbill, a railroad agent, died this morning. All are leaving that can do BO. It is not thought likely that the visitation will be a severe one, as the city will be depopulated in thirty-six hours. LoulSvitLE, K y ., Sept. 24.—B. Grant of Newark, Ohio, who came in from Decatur, Ala., last night, and is at the Empire hospital has developed more de cided symptoms \of yello « fever. He will be treated for that disease. Dr. P. R. Taylor, who arrived at the same time is better and it is believed he has escaped the disease. He left the hos pital to-night. Chatttanooga and Memphis are quaran tined against Louisville. A tlanta , Ga., Sept. 24.—Railroad men tell graphic stories of the panic in Missis sippi. The oldest residents of the section Seem to be the most frightened. Officers from Chattanooga are putting suspected passengers off the cars. The weather in Atlanta is almost cold enough for frost. D eoxtub , Ala., Sept. 24.—No new cases of yellow fever were reported here N ew O edbans , Sept. 24.—A special from Macon, Miss., says that the author ities of that town have passed an order re moving quarantine against Meridian, and allowing all trains on the Mobile and Ohio railroad to stop and take and deliver pas sengers and freight from all points except those heretofore mentioned. This is ac cepted as a hopeful sign that the panic- stricken people of Mississippi are gaining their reason. J aokson , Miss., Sept. 24.—There has been no new cases or deaths since yester day morning. The people are placid and hopeful. I W ILLIAM M. DOLSON. A Prom inent'Citizen o f Middletown D ies Yesterday. Mr. William M. Dolson died at his residence in Middletown on Monday morn ing. of dysentery, in the 78th year of his Mr. Dolson was a son of the late Sam uel Dolson and was born at Dolsontown Nov. 11, 1810, and resided on the farm at that place nearly all his life, A few years ago he sold his farm and went west and resided for a short time, but about two years ago returned to this city where he has since resided. Mr. Dolson was twice married. By the first marriage he had four children, all of whom survive. They are Samuel, Clara, and Anna, all of California, and Miss Hattie Dolson, well known in this city who is now in. the Catskills. His second Wife still survives, as also his daughter by this marriage. Miss Edith, who resides at home, Mr. Dolson was held in high regard by all who knew him. The funeral will take place at his late residence,on Wednesday, at 3 p. m.—Middletown Argus. —Prepared by a combination, propor tion and process peculiar to itself, Hood’s Sarsaparilla accomplishes cures hitherto unknown. A , NARROW •ESCAPE, A Son of David McComks is Reset from Great Peril. Last Sunday morning Mr. David Mc Combs of this village, having occasion for the services of a veterinary surgeon, went to the residence of Mr. Hughes, who oc cupies the old Fowler estate, commonly known as “ Glenuette.” Mr. McCombs was accompanied by bis young son Harry, a slender boy of 9 or 10 years of age. A horse saddled and briddled stood In the gravel road in front of the house when Mr. McCombs and his son arrived on the premises. The boy expressed a desire to be put m the saddle oh top the horse’s back, and to gratify him Mr. McCombs lifted him up and placed him in ^he sad dle. This had no sooner been don| than the animal who was a restive one gave a violent plunge forward, throwing the boy out of the saddle. Unfortunately in fall ing the boy’s foot slipped throu^ one of the large stirrups that hung from the sad dle, and as the horse s p r^g away the boy, not being able to extricate his foot from the stirrup, was caught and hung help lessly head downward, while the horse raced about the large yard that adjoins the premises. The consternation and fright of Mr. McCombs as he saw his boy in this dangerous plight can better be im agined than described. He rushed at once to the large iron gate that opens out upon the highway and barely succee'^^, in closing it in time to prevent the anim^L from rushing out upon the street. Hex then directed his efforts toward stopping, the horse, and assisted by Mr. Hughes soon succeeded in bringing him to a sfeshd-, still and extricating the boy from his perilous position. It happened fortuaateiy that the boy although unconscious had sustained no severe bruises or injuries. He was soon restored to consciousness and was able to accompany his father back home. THE FIRST BALL OF THE SEASON. The first grand ball of the season will be given by the Port Jervis Turn Verein at the opera house, on Thursday, Sept. 27th. A grand presentation of an his torical relic will he made to Port Jervis Hose Co., No. 4, during the evening. Music Will be furnished by Clune’s orches tra.—adv. W ITH FEN AND SCISSORS. Ltems o t » M o re o r Less Local N a ture Oon^ denaed to r t h i s Colam n . —Instantaneous photographs of the firemen’s parade for sale at Lundeliud’ photo studio.—dtf- —Registry books will be opened next week for the registration of voters. Re publicans, see to it that you are properly registered. —The Deerpark Coal and Lumber com pany is selling the best quality of Car- bondale coal, well screened, at $4.25 per ton. When delivered by our (jarts the usual cartage will be added.—Iwkd —D. J. Greenleaf has taken the agency for the Champion Mail Box and the Na; tional Mail Box. They are convenient boxes and are sure to give satisfaction! The town will be canvassed. The boxes range in price from $1.25 to $3.50. -’This morning Al. Vernon, the Erie yardmaster, was making a coupling when the middle finger of his right hand was caught and the nail tom off and - the fin gers quite badly Jammed.— Argus. , , ' -There will be a picnic at Kirk’s Grove Wednesday evenmg, 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.) —d2t 5 -Fort Jervis hoodlums take prasrasibn of the Opera House gallery and throw chairs at pedestrians on the street. Here is a pointer for the Newburg gallery god^ Ihey might improve on the'Port Jeryi^ idea by slinging chairs at the aristocrats who occupy 25 cent seats in the parquette^ -Mewdurg Evening Press. —Dr. Theodore D. Mills, as Censor of the Orange County Medical Societi’, Fr i- day caused the arrest of Georjge tjT. Hawley of the European Staff of ‘physi cians, practicing at Middletown, for vio lating the law in not being registered at the County Clerk’s office. The crime was admitted, and sentence will be im posed \iO-ds,y.—Middletown Argus. MR. MABEE IN TGiVN. Mr. Mabee, representing the ‘'Storm. King Pants Co.” of Newburg, N. Y., has arrived at the Fowler House, and is pre pared to deliver pants to all those who have favored him with their orders. His. remaining a few days will afford others^ an opportunity to place their orders for a pair of those famous $3 pants. TO OFEN A NEW STORE. J. J. Davis, a former well known musi cian of this village, who for the past year has been doing business in Youngstown, Ohio, and who returned here about two weeks ago intends to open a music and variety store at the stand formerly occu pied by C. W. Spring, next to Lea’s Drug' —Leading chemists, housewives, me chanics and laborers all pronounce 'Tulip soap the best they ever used. For Sale—Clean good paying bufiihess, up-town, and one down-town. J no . L. B onkbil . iO I E 'i’RtE TEADE m ent A ^ s^ e r eU -D e ^ o , to Improve Their Mind 1 BO RR^^O NDEN T EN- ^raRS^OTE ARENA. tr^ad the Effect of I Lance’s” Arg^- >ccats Advised Their Mind hy Good Pro tection Literature. Last night’s Gazette contained another column article on the speech delivered by Mr. Tenney at the rink* Friday night, coming from a correspondent, who styles himself “ Free Lance.” Judging from the affi’ount of space and attention which the devotes to . the Republican orator we infer &at it is not altogether sincere in its professed contempt. Surely a weai^ adversary would not receive so much valuable space, or pointless argu ment, BO much elaborate refutation. We suspect that the ‘ Gazette is alive to the danger of its free trade position, and they seek, if possible, by plausible sophistry, to'offset the ettects of such telling argu m ent as those presented by Mr. Tenney. “ Free Lance” luquireSjWhether a high tariff increases wages and we state the Republican position when we reply that a' protective tariff prevents American wages from falling to the European level. American wages are high and we pro- Whether a tariff American statesmanship' should be to .preventilmeric^^^ w^gesfrom falling to the 'European' ievef, anci\'th]^ protection cer tainly does. This fs a fact which all the free trade doctrinaires cannot truthfully con tradict. That an unrestricted influx of fpteign 'goods ' would 'cflsplace American goods in our oira markets,‘and thus de prive of employment those who are now engaged in supplying the &me demand, is a fact so obvious as to excite wonder that any one could call it in question. We should like to ask the . lemmed political economist who writes for the Gazette what * he proposes to do with the, people who are thrown but of employment ? Does he think that the presence in this country of a large mass of laborers,, condemned to enforced idleness, is calculated to bring, about what is universally' conceded to be- desirable, a high standard of wages among; American workingmen ? We do not know upon what authority “ Free Lance ” presumes to say that wages in the unprotected occupations are higher than in those that have the highest pro tection. We should like to' , the\^ | ^ e s , and without intending to cast any reflection on It- Agrreapondent, - ------- -- ------ ^-^l^sW ement for the simple reason that it r^ould not be impossible for any great ” d i s ^ i ty in the wages of different 'occupation in the United States to exist for any ^ e a t length of time, except such differences as are due to various d ^ e e s of skill and exper- rehce,^and‘thisls\a deference which no body wants to 3 t level - 'Free-Lance ’’ also criticises Mr. Ten ney’s statement that a reduces H ^ e w e h a v e an il- conimon among ts to misstate an adversary’s position. 'What^^, Tenney actually said was that the competition of home ;prqducers has freqiiehtly brought dpwn the price pf a protected article be- tdw^* the ^ rice of the foreign article at fhe tinae the duty was^laifl. Between this statement and the broad ’^general affirma tive that a high tariff reduces the price of gpod^ ' there' is a difference .which we commend to the attention of the Qcmfte cdHraPQudeat. ‘F u r th e r ^m o rein so d e - cIwjig,''Mr. Tennhy s tat^ a fact which has been demonstrated over and over again in our industrial development, ,.We have no time to follow the G^ette corres pondent in detail, nor do we think it nec essary. Some of his ar guments require no refutation, some of them refute them selves,. Others have no bearing whatever on the question. We recommend “ Free Lance ” and all free traders to an attentive perusal of the tariff talks in the 'New York Pfm , sadi other good protection iiterature. —^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. But a few decorated toilets sets for $2.- 98 left at Hoagland’s_ Crockery house. „ are very igh in quality. G. —^The “ Puritan” ham is fast taking the lead over all competitors. Try them* ■Our crapes and nun’s veiling tew in prices and high in qual B A K G A IN ^ F O K 30 DAYS a Nice 16 room house on Sussex St. “ up town,” one on Ulster Place 8 rooms, 2 on Orange St., one on Broad St., one on Front St., one on Jersey Ave., 2 on Main St. and one on Elizabeth St. J no , L. B onneli ,
