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rifVrtM. Cinwir,, "T L xn. $2.00 Fter Year INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, lt!94 Five Cents Per Copy. 19 )EPENDENCE t CLASSIFIED Iness Directory. jfrvt-it) I iwriti tti stout', oJ ,iivfirMiml mwkiiHt id torh ir wv.fii 'iH ' eiliW'ie tf ro- miniTO slrr .j.rV.tf wl(Hf, jl.niwd lu miaiitniiV M " p sHf .m ho tie h ii nam or imfc- f BANKS. Joiml.lVr. Maluiuitt MonmowtliMt. HMml, 0r. Main and CHI", Biy, OrtW Klrt National Bunk. BILLIARD HALL. l'wtu-rii, Main Mrwl, T BLACKSMITHS ulW'M' !". 800 KS f ST ATIO N IE R lWl!ri.MUlrwt. BRICK. L1 mlr, corner V street. CENTERS. CONTRACTORS. A UmtKult. nmee n "'' 11 A Souird r l !ouI)f rsddmk's CITY OFFICIALS. Burl.'', Mayor. . Kml. lUwrder. 'upiwr, Mnrnhnl. jhurches AJPJsjrRS. t,J. KrJ Jfnklu. lirtuii. J. A.Towuiwitd. igHtlmml, II. V. IS'Uhu. sn.ai.s a. Copley. IKl. 1'. W. IVller. n. Su rwldimt pastor. DAIRIES SiiOmdel. ledetMUtewe. DENTISTS. uWy.O IHH iiell UrUk, upstair. 'tiiis.iii,l'ur, lUllK'md Monmouth. Ms I DOCTORS. ISmUMU, lint. Nat l lk, up stain, fevtehuui, Monmouth Hi., near It. It. lller, ri tiou., up utr. f" DRAY COM PANI ES" rd 4 StwiU, Itnllroad Htr. Ukliii. kHve order nt Hotel. DRESSMAKERS pUlu Unit, nl nwlji'iiff. Unllroiid t. DRUGGISTS. lcian Iit A Co., Main Htr. Hi llnM., nprra honae. I r LOUR MOLS fl (., . stklum-r A Co, U, l. W.Krars A Co. I' rrr . . I FORM ITU RE. trii, eor. (' iimt Mnln street. ik, WtiltinkiTbrU-k. f GEN'L M DSE kirf A ItlrHClitwr, Main strwt, fan luyit, Cor Mulii and C elnirl. illN Wliltnito'r brick. i GROCERIES. . r.m A MiiiKti riiK k, ( orwr in I A Vit l t u k, Wimi. nli Mam um t. liiH'-WliltikT brlk. ARDWARE 4 AGL. I MPTS. f D.iimll.Oir, Mulii M')niiumttl Kt. tt u ! ,t Co.. Miilu unit Moiimmitli Ht. f J03 PRINTER. Hili Oil! Main tni!t. t LAUNDRY. Jt.'ftin l.mnlry, A J. Achlnon. LAWYERS. Hurley, Mnln utreet. V Kmllh. I ml. Xiifl ll"k. up Htnlru. LIVERY STABLES. C'xilt, M tin mriwt. tni'um. Mnln lr,'t. LUMBER. hilt A Vi'iunH, miw inllt. MARBLE WORKS. illiiwklnx, cor. luilruud and Kutrrct. MEAT MARKETS. MIII'T. cmrwl. rlhiK linm., Mnln Ktrect. MERCHANT TAILORS. , wlmriniin, C utrcot. I PHOTOGRAPHER. Icrnvi n, C ulrw.'t, north nl'1e. RESTAURANTS. . Hitmintiil, C. II. CiimplM'll, I'rop. I SECRET SOCIETIES. JjileN-iW,A.U. V. W. y No. 12, 1.O. O. V. 0 Ih1! No. '."J, A. K, , A. M.' cr lHgt- No. 12, K.ofl. drtMU'tl. li. . Icnh Ih-KW) I OOF, dovor luf No, l. SALOONS. n -J, ll. (JnnH:r, prop. ;uxll M. K. Owcnn, prop. SASH 4 DOORS. SidII & llolimnion, Mnln itruut, '.Crow, war depot. GEO. E. BREY, DKA I.Kit IN lit, Eipi, W, W&i, k A Little Daughter (.if a CUnit-U of KuglanU iitinlstcr itml of. a ili.itrckeing rnh, tiy Aynt'm F!ir.sttinrillii, Mr, Kit n.tt' liiitKs, Uiowt'll-ktitivvn InipKlNt, SWT McUill St., Moiitrt'siJ, r. (,., wiyfi: I lmvtt Mild Ayer'n t'tuiilly Mn.ll.'iiiM for W j'vnm, ntul liavo limnl luMli'it jlmt ool Ul ij lln m. 1 luiuw u( tiMi.y Wonderful Cures performtnl liy A)ti, r-:i i ;: r:;!n, in Jit puriiftil,ir In in ; r A tf i l ; t laufititwr o( f !mr !t f lt 1'ri lv -tr, Tim rJilM ni l ''tl'y mvim.I from hiil to f'it ltl nri'it nn ! i t. reillnifly trtiiilili-imno rash, fn-m v Mi tt li had stiffi'tri'il for two or tl.ri, Ill pU lt tin Iimt liirtlli'iil tivntiii-t.t ttrnlluliln, IItr futhi-r w In (tmtt lUtit'M nlioiit tlii mus mill, , iny nvmimmniUiHmi, "t -xt l-.'iiti In nd-lriliiliti-r Aer R'irpittlll:i, two Imu tli of wild h 'ff.w !etl u ,iniplttrti'-o, wuob In lii'f ti'llff I'tnl lur fii1i r'.l tti'lljit. I Ain mtfi., wi'r hi) I iri lmi!'y, lie would ti'-itlfy iullni nt i tinin-it trrtun o tlm ini ritt ft Ayer'sSaropaH!a Prrpnil ti Jr,4. C A fr ('., l.i",M , Cures othcrc,w!!l cure u CHAS. STAATS, (Miieor Ui UUlUIAnf) Ji TTA. rUOI'UIKTOH UK CityTruck and Transfer Co. Hauling of nil Kind Duiio nt Agents for the 0. P. Boats. All IiIIIm iiitmt IwiM'ltUtl by the 10th 01 each mouth. Independence, Oregon. Steamer Altona ! Salem and . Independence To Portland IiiVft IiKli'tK-iiili-ni iiinl Snli'in Mcitiiltiy, WiHlui-Hiliiy iiinl l'rlluy, Iniv IttK Indi'iiviiilfiiw nl 0:4"), Huli'iii ut 7:Mn. in., utul urrivinir nt I'urlland at . in. Li'iivii rurtliiuil Tu- wlny, Tluirwluy and Haturdny ut 0:45 in.., rttilfiii lor lllll-K llllflHt' ut 4 1 1, in. Kxet'lltmt uii'itlii Hi'ml mi linut ul 25 cents ier meal. J'ujwt'iiKtTii save tliiia and money hy taking tlii linu to I'uriluitd. HtMintcr wilt curry fust through frvlKht and oIIcm HpiK-lul ruti's on liirt' IoIh. Uiii'xcelled pnHHt'tixt'r iii'coniinodii lloni. Mltclifll, Vrli;lil t Co , tlcuiT al iigcutH, Holmaii liliK k, KhIimii, Or. , GREATLY REDUCED RATES Mad by th FOR THE CALIFORNIA MIDWINTER FAIR ROUND TRIP TICKETS GOOD FOR 30 DAYS Portland to San. Francisco AND RETURN. $27.50 Including FIVE Gate Tickets TO THE FAIR. 'i EXCURSION TRIPS - ' From Han FranrlMnotootlinr point" In Ciil. focrlii will tin allowed purdmicrii or Kpochil Mldwlntiir Fair tlckuUmt ttio following round trip nitons To Stations undnrlBO till Ian from Hun Fran. oIhoo, tJne and OiiB-TIilid one-way turn, To Klr.tlona 150 mllnr more from Han Franidiwio, one aiKionif-flHIi onu-way faro, Kor exiuft raU)H and full Information, Inquire of J. B. KIRK LAND, OlKtrlct l'lisnengnr Afnt, I'M FlratHt., Portland, Or., or addroH tho lindiTMlKiKid. T. H. GOODMAN, KICI1AKD OIUY, Uon. 1'anHengor Agt, tien. TialBo Manager, Han Francliioo, Cal, Aug. St OUR CONTINUED STORY. A HKrOKTUU'f ROMANCE. A Thrlllltiir Talo Wlili h Illiiott atoM tlm I'tile of Vllllunj. It'uldUdird only tu ttl Wtotf rtimt) ciurrnn it. , BCIIKMKa IN TDK l.Ki.tHI.ATI'ltR. "AnnthiT strokt mid tho lirrltnufl tf I.iklx'l I,e Clair In initio, and itotailuglt) oul iu tho world ahall cvtr know it, Tlia govnrtiov of tlm aluht tif Now Ymk lKti the Mil, ml I lifconio a million aire! A iiiillioimltet Wluit am 1 nay Ingt A iiiultlmllliuiuilro I will l.o 1 And aim wilt never ilnuni Hint tny mll Hoim r lu r by right," Ho ajKVe Franeia Itayimnnl, lawyer and iKilitli inti, luidiT tif hi iarty In the county of K1iih, whkh euibrui't Urouklyu. W tlud til m a viiiitor at Alhany, the CHpittil (if tlm etatu, lie in not tlu'M many houra lnforu he It tirr:nunhHl iu kia milt of room lit the IMuvmi )y oiiutorM, awuiiuhlyttii'u and othurit wiioee luflin'tu'o a iMitout fur kuihI or hud iu atato and iininlclpal guveriuiicnt. lie seldom finite Albany, xciit when nioro thtiii UHttnlly liitrrcnt.'il in aotue IHiUtioii, and hie word t!"" t Rreat way, for ha te a man of ihiwv r. lli me the nunilxT aud the chiuiu Ur of hie gmata. . A man alamt 40 year of uz, hi cominmiditiK iioeitJon bun In-i-n won hy lirvwt!n that he nllnwod him to aa a juihlio npirltrtl t'ltUu, while eulflahnuea him rt'ttlly doiiiliiatod all hie at'tiott. lit in tlm controlling jH)w.r bvhliid imo of the leadiutt daily newe Iiajiera Iu hin city The TnnniH t and bo aocnml for It, through mK't Ul lcgl. latioii, a large lncoiiip for jmlllrtloii of (Hir(Hiratlou and other legal not iii that gunrnntotHl it eopt oit fn.in theeturt. - The rival iMHre (here went three of them could find no fault with tbU, for lie very Knerotnly Included thorn In hie echonie at the expense of the tax payer. This wtw a trick learned from tho Twcwl ring iu New York, wttluh paid over fa.ooo.otto fi work that 70,. 000 covcre now In the publication ol the Tho t'ity Hecurd, In thie way pub llo opinion, n repreneuted Iu the preea, wa at a low ebb aud, aa a rvvult, the people were not dinllhiaiooiHl of the Idea that the new order of things whn auythinit hut an botirat, aye--iiiHgiuiin-InotM d'd of public oShcia who weiitiHl to keep their conelitueuta puet el on their action! "Our city bin grown rapidly, " eald Raymond to tbo leinlntore brotind btui. "Our biilidinga are ecntterfd over an area of U'J juiireniilea aud our jHipulatlon I clone to hoo.OoO. Wo have neglected the creation of park, 'the 1uiih of tiie city mime one turn etylad them, and the people deiuHint tbB iuiprov'Dient, I am up here to have a bill preni tited appointing a ooiu miaeion of three to outline a nyMeni of park comiectevl by a tiotilevard, to up praine ami condemn property, with another imiaioro giving the city ofikiaU authority to ineuo hoiula to meet the exonditurri. 1 have here tho report of publlo iMH'Uiiitt!tiKKettinK aud approv inn thin, and ui our county alouo Iuih to otund tho coot there eliotild lie no objeo tione." He knew there would ho none, A atate convention of umiKUHl luiiMutniice wotibl meet elmrtly alter tho clone ot the lcglnimive aeeelou. His own dele giition, by virtue of It numerical BtcetiKtli, would lie much eought after and courted. Francie ltaymotid wan known to be very inodeet ut cotivcn tione. Ho never wniKlit a statu tmnilna tion for hiinwlf or hie county, except when it wiih expedient to bnve a can didate for other puriwe than noininut iiiK. In other wu ile, he would invari ably withdraw hia mini on nurnm'c of leKielutive favor that would increime bis patruiiiiKe in his own district Htid stretiKtheii his hold upon the local gov ernment and the party machino. TIhih are dictiitorn intide, clothinjf theiiiHelvea with powers that ouly a revolution can set (initio. Next morning tho bills were Intro-, dttoed In tho senate and uetembly. They wero reported from the cities cointnit- tco ut tbo evening fHwdon, again read and pawed, and were well on their wny to tho executive chamber to reci-ivo the aiguattiro that would muke them the law of tho hind, before Fraii(,laHuy. nioinl thought of leaving Albany. What wonder that ho looked in tho mirror and surveyed himself with pride? ,t vfmder that he looked In the wirrot and Hurwyed Mmtdf vtUh jrrUlet van not a bad looking man either. exterior dark features, with lght huir and Imperial mustaohe id evos alnuwt coul black might have siiiriresied the nature of the man. Bat his suuvity, his aiplomcy, mi -oo - - I erect carriage and general bearing re pelted the auHplchui that lie was any thing but a prim e of good fellows. "And Ims Mortimer," ho mused, "expects mo tu make her my wife, What iiimHonsel I have millions in my lunula, , I limn! aMUiue nu burdens and throw unldii the udmlrstlou and regard of many pretty girls for the love of one, I will not do it either! Her brother 1'htl I have made registrar of arrears, where he ran enrich himself under my counsel. He will not com tiluln, and 1 guess will reconcile bor. ought to make love to Isabel LaUlalr, though, and marry her, Just to ease my coimclcnool My conscience, I'm afraid its gone! Ha! Hal That fellow, Man gnu, confound him, is favored in that quarter I Hut time will tell whether be stands a show with mef ' lie laughed. It was a hearty out burst, so sudden that It stai tied him self. He stood silent a few minutes, thinking whether or not his utterances had btH'U us clear as hit musical cachln nation - It was musical, for hia vocal chords had bwu tuned by elocutionary art, and they sounded in hsruiony t all times, even in moment of greatest excitement. "It is all rlebt." he said to himself reassuringly. "Noone will over oatch me telling how I know Isabel's history and lieu u I red wealth that should lie hers, All the papers am deatroyed, she has not a living relative, and her prop erty Is all mine, and all mine by law, Jttnt to think that her father's $30,000 investment in farm Umls HI year ago Is worth millions today! Well, maybe I ought to mniry Iulal, after all." There are inuuy uu u Iu public life today who think nothing of appropriat ing publlo funds to their owu uses, and yet iu private matters they are acrupu Jointly honest. They would put their arms, metaphorically nnklng, elbow deep Into the city treasury, but wrong au individual they would not. Kuyuioiid was not so sensitive as this, but tho enormity of his injustice to the girl hud touched bint. He wss never likely to relinquish his design, but he was moved by the beauty, the aiieomptiiibmeiits and the utter helpless ness of his victim. Ho lied unconscious ly lieeii driven Into n new field of philo sophical ie-ii!utloii. Money, In hi eyes, atoned for everything. Other could have place he sought profit. As h himself lived, ho judged his neigh bors, and gold was to him a magio tal Inman to sotitho awsy all pain, It must lie such to otheis! Would he share his Wealth with Jioibcl and In this way uiako atonement? Knch a thought, pos sibly, prompted him to conclude bis so liloquy with the reuiaik: "I'll think it over." CHAPTER III. a mit I a NKwsiuroi orrxcru The loud Yiilcixl uoiiu that rnmr the alaruisof fire in theoflleeot thellrook- lyu Dully Huglo had struck 18 the hour of midnight. The office Is not what the readers of Hie paper have pic tured it tho traditional title of sanc tum sanctorum lifting It to a dignity Iu public imagination thut It could not claim even under tho hit it millions li cense of journalistic pretention. Hit! plate glass wlndowsof the build ing facing the city ball sre covered with gilt letters. The bundles on the massive front doors sr oxidised. The counters in tho business ofllce are of poltHhcd mahogany, and the railings from the cashier's dk to that of the advertising clerk are of heavy brass, of beautiful di-Hign, and shining almost like gold. Hound the walls are elegant lithographs, so artistically framed and so neatly arranged that they seem to lie the original manlerpiecesof which they are but copies. Let us look lichind the pint It ion, run ning from floor to ceiling, that sepa rates the tidily decorated business ofjlce from the editorial and reportarinl rooms, uiul stints out from them light and air. Tho rb h dress of the newspa per Cinderella turns into rags; not even tho nibbing of Aladdin's lump could Work a stranger metainorphieds. The entrance is by u narrow hallway, audi a hallway as you would find in n tene ment where travel has worn the softer wood mid the knots, refusing to sink beneath sole leather, stand up in gnarl ed determination to upset the unwary. Entering u side door, the uninitiated is staggered by the sudden transition from the business palace to a miserable, stuffy, dingy apartment, where tho in tellectual force of the paper is lioth an nnliiug und analyzing the history of a day and molding tho policy of decades, as the great presses In tho basuinont bo low aro about to nwiikon to breakfast on tons of pupcr while all tho world is asleep, Away oft iu tho farther comer of the room is a boxliko urrangement formed by running two sides of a half partition up aguinst tho wuIIh, completing tho quadrangle that makes a private office for the mitnnglng editor. At a desk near tho door of this little office is seat td the night city editor. Two gas jets light n long table in the center of the room, where n number of reporters are seated, turning out stories of mm dor, suicide, lire, romance mid intrigue that, after a few touches of the blno pencil, will read tomorrow like the classic pro ductions of a feuilletonist who, unlike (he reporter, is not hampered by facts nor hastened by time, Against the walls are a few common tlenks of rude construction, nnd each lias u gas jet to itself. At one sits the telegraph editor. Tho others are re served for those who have risen to the distinction of department men, or spe cialists, to whom some particular fea ture of tho paper, from religion to sport and politics, has been assigned. At one of these is Laurence Maiignn. There has been a rush of big stories, tho finishing paragraphs are awaited in the compos ing room, some articles must be cut down, the facts compressed into lesser space, for newspaper columns are not uliiHtlc. Mangun is pressed into duty as a copy reader. "Whut do you think of that, Man- gan?' asked the night editor, t b A t banded him a tulegram from Albany1 announcing the passage at the evening etslon of the legislature of ttit bill appointing a oomuilsslou to plan a iy tern of oity parks for llrooklyn and another to boud tho city for the amount required. i, "Think of it, "be replied t" why, it i a conspiracy. It can t converted into a public beueflt, but it is most likely Ic become a publlo swindle, These com missioner ara Francis Raymond's men, aud you ran depend titaui it he owm mine property bo wants to dispose of al a big price, or bo know people win own ucb and will pay him bnudMuudj to get rid of it, if they themselves car get au advance alaive the current rcalt value. However, it will not do to uj that now." "Let ua bava a good story," ho aahl for every article la called a st uy it newoaair circles. i "Matigan," railed out the mmmgluii editor, who had overheard Luuroueu'i criticism, "when you finish that, I want to ace you." "All right," bo responded, Muugan went to his desk, and the paragraph of tvlcgraphlo matter in ies than half an hour was an article oo reader of Th Bugle would over look. It reviewed the origin of the movement, in which The Uuglo played a promlneut part, suggested tho prob able features of the new parks, outline the prostHH-t of pleasure and enumerat ed many little detail of the vysteiu that would atlr young and old into blissful anticipation of enjoyment, until, a Goldsmith nld: TboMgentU hour ttiat ptontr bade U bloom TbuM ra'in dxlrwi llml suksd but IU t to room, Tbowbekllliful iporUtliat griuml tilt pMc I ul Kon, Uvsd In each look tnd brigliUiued all the grren. - The article wa finished, tho bead written, and after he bad placed it on the desk of the night editor Siangan stepped into theofiks of the editorial chief, whose desk was covered with proof which bo had been reading. "I beard your criticism of Ray mond," the managing editor begun, "I thlnka you have not libeled him. now, i want you to roiiow up tins mat ter, go to tbo bottom of it, hunt up all tho record, and whether or not your suspicion about ltaymoiid are continu ed give s a page story, and I'll have su artist illustrate it. It is a subject In which there I great interest, and we'll run it on a Hunday, just aa soon a you can get It ready." "I don't care to doit, (aid Mangnn. "Why? "I waa going to ask leave of absence tomorrow for an Indefinite period, and failing to receive It to tender my resig nation." If Laurence Mangan bad had the least idea of ltaymoiid' design and its inspiration, that assignment would have been accepted with alacrity. As it wan, be knew nothing of its ioisibilities t' him. "What's tho mutter" ho w:is asked, "I'm going West Oil private l.'isiness. ft Is imperative." "VNe vo always treated you fquure- ly," said tho minnijlng editor. "It was due you, of course, but here, iu 8 matter of great , importance, right in "WhuVi Ihe mntttr, oUl mant" auhtd tin fiioiwioino fdr (or. your department, you leave lis just when we want you most. It isn't fuir." "Not fair?" "No." "May I go when I turn in thli atoryf" "Yes," was the reply, "and your position is always open to you while I am here." "Then I'll do it, just to leave no rea son for any one to say Laurence Man gan ever went buck on his paper or his friendships." " What s tho matter, old man? anked tho managing editor, observing that Mangnn acted like a man who whs tak ing a long farewell of old scenes and old friends. Msngan was certainly affected. He had decided to inquire into Isabel's an tecedents, go west to discover, If possi ble, her father or some account of him that would clear tip the mystery. Ho felt that If he failod he might never return, unless Isabel relented. A num ber of weird thoughts went whirling through his mind. "I'm all right," he said to his chief. "I was r little put out to think that you accused mo of not being fair." 'Fair! Everybody Knows you're fair," was the editor's conciliatory an iwor. "Now, I'll Bhow yon I'm fair, too. I'll put another man on your de partment, and yon just stick to this story nntil yon have it all in hand." "Thank you; good night, "said Lau rence. . 'Good night. Take care of your self," was the parting salutation. "No fear of thnt." Mangan Bteppod out Into the' dimly lighted hall and made his way to the street, bound for his lodgings, Ha looked np at tho city hall clock. It was after 1. The morning wua cold and a biting breeze was sweeping the thoroughfares. He buttoned his over coat about him and glancing aguin at the timo rem arked , 'Well. I'll got up early, and if I don't give Raymond a shakeup bofors I leave town it is because, be is a mors Highest of all In Leavening " ' ' ' "'" " ABSQUftELY FUHQ honest man than I glvo him credit for, ven If he Is not as high minded and pure a citixon as tho ring organ paints him!" (To lieconllniied.) I'lie Price of Wool. The Caunoitsburg Herald of Washing ton county, I 'a., states that "one of our lu uiers recently sold his unwashed wool It 14 ceuls per pound. Unwashed wool was then quoted ut 13 cent per pound Iu the London market. The duty on wool was II cents, Add a cent for car riage, and foreign wool would cost 87 cents laid down lit New York. Our friend got 14 cent. We would like to know where the protection come in," buch wool as brings 13 cent in the London market is twice aa valuable as the 14 cent unwashed Pennsyvanla wool. The former Is skirted Australian and is so clean that iu any market It would command a higher price than the eleauest fleece waalied wools of Wash ington county, to say nothing of un washed. We might as well comnars gold and silver, because they are pre cious metals, a to compare Washington couuty nu washed with Australian nn- wasbiHi. They are neither in the some condition, Tbo wool which thl Wash ington county firmer sold In Washing ton county at 14 cents is worth onlyW cents in Loudon, and with free wool tho London price would be the American price in New York, and on the farm it would be ut least 3 cents per pound less than tho price in New York, or 84. cents, liecauxo it would cost over 9 cent per pound to get wool from the farm In aslilngton county to th eastern mar ket. In confirmation of the free trade value of Waidiingtou county wool we refer to the following table procured by the Na tional AswK'iution of Woolen Manufac turers, giving the cost in Loudon of cer tain lots of Auntrulian nuwaahed wool eoiii'tiiig with Washington county wools. The avenige price was 10 cents in London for unwashed skirted wool, the average shrinkage of which was 48 per cent, and llie average clean coured cost was 8tl) cents: OONT I MINIMIS or A CUTS 14 AD CNWASIIXO oouemsu with riswT ambkicam woou. ClMD Soournu. Price. Shrink. Curt. lUli'l. Cents, per nut. frnu. cuts, I'e IU TCIn square,,., 44 47 Tl In iKjunro. .. a TCIn jur II, 47 18 7 47 48 48 48 48 CJ 48 48 47 47 40 4(1 48 CO 47 47 4.1 47 47 47 47 48 48 41 40 40 4S 4'J 40 48 84 89 88 881 UUa &4t M 40 Wi a ar4 no mi iw its l!J 84 H 40 84 it &;?( s. IJu'li 8;"j 814 Ei'4 87M Imported Jor rlu Nrrrln... 0 to 10 IS 18 1 W S3 fl VI ID 19 IU 1! 18 10 i'l 18 1 CO 17 19 17 18 17 10 17 IU "la WaraMlnJnli. Ware MIi.JhIi, Ware Mm jut), Hslt t'rwk.... All Mill trlmiKlc 10 A HH In triangle (Ul NnriiilKil. ...... W Karmhool. IN Laruudel a) truinli-l 0 Ynrrnlumli...... IS (IixmIwihmI 18 Weui bra murrs. U Weinlirauiurrs, 80 fcSwIiiton.. ,, !i Ouuis 17 Onm IS Nnrlnaal II NitrliiKiti........ 41 Wando id Diilainvron.. .. 81 Delniueron 10 TVS' II liidlain'd ! TWlIln dlaniMHO TWHInrilaui'd 81 Woodland 20 Woodland...... 11 Average Thus you will see that first class Ans traliun wool, although unwashed ami free from skirts, is so clean that the shrinkage is only 48 per cent as ngaint a shrinkage of 65 per cent for Washington county unwashed wool with tho skirti on. Washington county washed fleeces, with the skirts on, will shrink S5 per cent. If we hud free wool, the London price would be the American price, for tho freight from London to New York is only ono-fourth cent per pound, which is less than the freight on wool from Wash ington county farms to the same uinrket. Therefore, with free wool, the Washing ton county farmer will have to sell scour ed morino wool free from skirts at DOj cents. It is estimated that tho loss ou the skirts, tug locks, legs nnd belly wool is from 0 to 7 cents per pound on American wools to uiaxo them equal to Australian skirted wools. Assuming that CJ cents would be tho average loss on skirls on Pennsylvania unwashed wool, the Atnor- ican farmer with free trade would have to sell Bcoured wool, including the Bkirts, at 30 cents in order to make it cost not over 80 J cents with tho skirts off. Wash ington county unwashed wool shrinks 05 per cent, yielding 85 pounds of clean scoured wool at 80 cents; the free trade price would mako the nn washed fleece worth 8J cents iu tho New York mar ket. It cost nt least 3 cents per pound to AWARDED HIGHEST mm The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum. Used in Millions of y,;nes4o Years the Standard Tower. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ' ' .- i... n -.-I -.. ..... , got it to the eastern murket wittiout any profit to local middlemen. The outside , free trade price ou the farm for unwash ed fleece would be not over 6 cent for such wool as our friend sold there re cently at 14 cents, and this wool that was worth 14 cent under the free wool administration of O rover Cleveland was worth 20 ceut on the day that General Harrison loft the White House, March, 1808. 1 Now, tbere has been no change in the tariff law since then, but the reason that this Pennsylvania farmer got 14 cents this year Instead of 20 cents last year was because it free trade value is only 8) cents, aud the full from 20 cents to 14 cents wo discounting the effect of a free wool bill. The nearer we come to the passage of that bill the nearer will be the price on the farm in Washington county to the London price of 8 cent for such unwashed a wo worth 20 cent last March. On page 200 of The American Econo mist of Nov. 8 is a table showing th price in London and also in the United States for the same grade of Ohio wool aud Australian wool from the time of the passage of the tariff law of 1807 up to 1MU1, The average difference in the price of wool of the same shrinkage, of the same blood and of the same diame ter of fiber was over 51 per ceut lower in free trade London than in the United States under protection, aud but for this American protection the London price would have been the American price, aud the American woolgrower would have received less than half of the price which he did receive undT 21 years of protection. Or, in other words, if the American farmer had sold bis wool in London instead of iu America, be would have received less than U.t of the price actually obtained here. Justice Batekas & Co. Philadelphia, Jan. 27. rrotect au er sono. It is proposed by the advocates of free trade to reduce the revenue of the gov ernment by $75,000,000 by lowering the barriers between the cheap labor of Eu rope and the well paid labor of the United States. Labor bas made America and owns it. Any changes in our fiscal pol icy should be made with a view to pro tecting and stimulating the labor of this country. The removal of 175,000,000 of customs duties would have an opposite effect. It cannot tie done without reducing the wages of lalnir to the low level of foreign wages, nnd without the destruction of flourishing industries, which now give plenty aud comfort to millions of house holds. It would make the millions of men now employed in the manufactories competing producers instead of buyers of food and thus bring ruin upon our farmers. The American policy of protection must either bo sustained or abolished. There can be no compromise. A part of the protective labor of the country can not be selected for destruction and a part left. The policy which has protected our metal industries and given ns cheap iron and steel and thus established textile mills aud given ns cheap clothing has likewise developed our mines and in creased our flocks. It has also, in the words of Jefferson, "placed manufac ture by the side of our farmers and given them the incalculable benefits of home markets." Transfer the mining of coal to Nova Scotia and of iron away to Spain and Cuba, and hundreds of thousands of American miners would be compelled to crowd into other occupations or starve. Under protection the output of all our products has largely increased, and the price of our product has been greatly cheapened. Springfield (Mass.) Union. Where Is th Screw Applied? Tariff Tinkor Wilson has insinuated that wage earners are being "forced" to sign tho petitions that are pouring into congress against his bill of destruction, We are afraid that the coercion screw applied from the White House to the chairman of the ways and means com mittee must have affected that gentle man's ideas of fair play. This is a free country, and people are not generally "forced" to do things against their will. There are more than 60,000,000 of peo ple who now see things differently to the smaller number of less than 5,000,000 with whom the worthy chairman is in the minority. But there are exceptions to every rule, as the president has fully proved during the lust nine months, when he "forced" congress and bis ex ecutive officials to do his bidding. These are the only instances of "force" thtt have been used under the present ad ministration, except in the later effort to thrust upon the oonntry a "force" bill HONORS WORLD a FAIR. Bakin Powder: Independence, Oregon. 43