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I; $2.00 rer Year Five Cents Per Copy. 27 SOCIETIKS, n 22, tueei every Moii- IV I'' Iinll. , All itoiiitirii. Inviieii i Bi'eiui. a, , A'.O tWk Recorder, IHMIE. NO. s2. 1.0.0 k in V. itduyu t tint) every K. All O.I.I fellow cmi- ii meet will) tin. V. 11 Zed lUneiulorf, neoy, NO. A. F, A A. rd ivmmituieatioiia Sutur i or before toll moou ear week thereafter. W, f. M. W. H. I'Ntterson LOWIK, NO. K.of I' every Wednesday evening. are corimily invited, lilmr j L. 11. Craven, K, ) S, A. M ULK BY, DKNTIST, lice the prutcartou In hII it Satisfaction mmrtinteed h. 8 to n hihI 1 to 5. Otlloe biiuvll brick, Independence. JTLEIL PHYSICIAN AND Jeou. Sey. U. a. board of xammera. umee in upera K I'l'Hl'.Vl, M. I. OFFICE residence, comer Kail road k'UiU si., liiJf i udetiot , Or. EU. JOHNSON, LEsIDENf itirt. AM auik warranted to LEE & RABBIT r,' PUY8I lis ami Surgeons, Special at lM to di'ea of women . Of Independence National Bank. C M. 1). W. Babbitt, M. D iiuvt Trinity Meuicai ioiiege ATTOIiXEi'H. A. SMITU. ATTORN EY AT ,w. Will practice id. tut state hrul courts. AbrtrtiCts of title Ollice over ImIpiitl4ncH liHUk. AM A HOLMES. A TTO li ra lit Law. Ollloe iu Bush's a ween State and Court, on Com Itreet, riulem, Or. MAhH ANO DOORS. ('HELL ft DOHANSOiN. MAM nfactorers of sash nud doom Iroll sawing. Mnio street, Iude co, Or. ETuUINAltY SURGEON. p. t vnnvrt iu f N Klwru. Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist fcveJ to IndPiieodonce, and opeued joe over the Independence Notiou- TAILORS. O. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT Tailor. C street, near postoilloe. in nny style made to order at rea- !a rule W. E. Poole, (SICIAN and SURGEON ha next door to Anstine's Furni ture store- t MONMOUTH, OR. 0-.r.lrl.l B.nf 75 - Klu.l wrriMrj UapM DM W.tr. Wu. .MJu tor Hmttl lo mliwu. WmIi., Hum. uA dlt. Ilim wllfcoac w.uluf Uw h.ndj. Yn pilnblniua, i!i.iiimIiIm Ui. r.M. Brlilil, poll.lirf illrt". nil okwtfal wItm. kMM Uiifi-r..POiMl.aD.Bnfrio,iiMn. X brka lll,Mmui. Clif.pi dHr.hi..wvruiuil.ClmlM,frM '. nABHi"or x c.. i' ciui IRICK YARD J. R. COOPERj Of J.uli)ii(l(jace. havinir a Hteam gine, a brick ui-ichiiieandiMivera) n- of finoHt clay, U now prepared keep on baud a fine qnality of rick, whict will be sold at t-easoa bio prices. GEO. E. BREY, DKAfiEH IN. , k M, Uki k trip independence, Oregon. 48 G. L. HAWKINS, of Aireri Proprietor of iif! tndfDHiHli'nce Mfirlilo Works, flsllinitlf" the in in nil fwinntjirv work. KlrHUftlnwi workman- iblj), lateHl dvHlgnii, and lowetit prices. "Only the Ccaro Remain," Saya IIknry IIvdmok, of tho Jiunon Smith Mn Machinery Co., l'htltMlol i"h lf, lHu, who cert I flt aa follows: "Amonii t tin timny tvKtlinoiil ak which 1 tn MgHnl to t)r tain utoUHiiti p e r t o i in I it k curtxt, cUiHiiitltttf the blood, nti!., nou luipri'HK itiH mora tlinn my 0 w n a a . Twmity year KO, at tho wt.ni ofl8 yr, I had WI)llllli.' COlllO oo my U, wbkh brokA mid becmiiK run a lug lorti. Our family phy- tulan could do in no good, and It wm fard that Ilia lumit would lw alTui'tt'd. At Wt, my gvHKl old Mother Urged tte to try Ayer'a SarNapttrllla. I took thrr iMiitltm, tho aort lmalod, and I lmv not bn trouhlttd liioa. Only tha irnri rctnulo, and the memory of tlio pat, to remind me of the good Ayer' (Uraapartlla ha done me. I now wtlh two luiudrwd and twenty poumU, and am In the boat of health, I have been oo the mad for the pt twelve yean, have noticed Ayer'a 8r aaparll'.a advertlited In all part of the U n I tod Sliitrn, and alwuyn lk deax -lire In IkIHiih wtmt ffruxl It did tor me." Ayer's Sarsaparilla Prrutmt by IV. J. 0. A) or k Co., Mm. Cures other, will cure you CHAS. STAATS, (HntntnMor to HUtUtAKO A TAAT8 ) PKoritTKronor CityTruck and Transfer Go. Hauling of all Kiuds ' Done at lteiiHonable Kiitea. Agents for the 0. P. Boats. All bills mimt beaKtltMl ly the 10th 01 each mouth. 'A Independence, Oregon. Steamer Altona ! Salem and Independence To Portland Iuvio linliii'iiili'ti(o and KiiIimii lng indciiftidfiiw at :4'i, Hulom t w a. in., ami arriving m ronmnu in 15 p. ill. ' t.n.ii'iiii tWHnml TokuiIiiv Tlillrxdnv and Hnturday at :45 n. iu.., Huloiu for infleponueiiet' ni p. in. Excellent inealtt mTVod on bout at 25ceut8 per meal. 'PoHticiiKKrH save Unto and money by taking Oils Hue to Portland. Bteamer will carry fiwt through freight and olfew 8iHclul mttni on large lota. ' ' - TTiiiivillni1 nnMnnrrF nl'f'ominodll- lon. Mitchell, Wright A Co , Oener- agenw, uoiman dumjk, naieni, wr. GREATLY REDUCED RATES Made by the FOR THE CALIFORNIA - MIDWINTER FAIR ROUND TRII' TICKliTS GOOD FOR 30 DAYS Portland to San Francisco AND RETURN. $27.50 EXCURSION TRIPS- From Han Krannlnco toollmf poliiU In Cnl- furrlii will he allowed piirnhnm-rii or npntjim Midwinter r'alr tlckolH at (lie following round- ratuH: To Hlatlons nndnrlSO mil from Han Fran, i, One and One-Thlrd otiivwiiy tare. Htr.tlonn 150 mllHor mom from Him ...I nn.umrntlL.lllt). I1IIA.WHV llim .iii.j ..in. j i Koi exact rated and full Informatl in, Inquire B. KIRKLAND, Wntrlct racnKr 1. 134 KlrntHt., Portland, Or., or Hddreii nderalKned. T. II, OOODMAN, UICIIARD OKAY, . Oon. PaKScng'T Ait. (Jen, TiaBlo Manager, Han Frunclsoo, Cat, Aug. v 0 in I ic li A REPORTER'S ROMANCE AX lMUSFMINi; STOKY IS TWKM TV ( HAHKHS. A Thrilling Tale Wlili h IllustrnlcH (lie nte nf Vllllmiy-A Fight fur Wenlllu l'tihll(.liinl only la the Wkht MiiimJ CUAPTElt XV. MANOA.V AT WOIIK IN ktCNVKO. Whore wu Mtmgun? Even Ida proftwIotiHl HnM-lntr had eotiiu to tho toiu'lnsluii tlmt ho It wua whueo hotly hud lulu tn tho morgue. The uvweimporii ' lutd notlntu of the death. The liiigle'i nuuinglng editor imd that Mnitgnu must have hud a lew linndrml dolUm about him and that he had probably bwu clubbed, robbed and thrown Into the river. Hut thecoro oer'a jury declared thut Mangnn had mniiltftl auieidu, and that nettled it a far as the publici won eoneerued. . And all the while Mangau wiin very inch alivo. The clay after tho penitentiary lnel dent ho drew notne momy from n trntft eotiiiHitty where he had a siimll no count and u few botira Inter w on the fart expreeu to Deliver. Ho had uevor been in that huediing city, kinnv lit wo lub ly no one In it mu1 hud not made np bin mind what particular eourne to pursue. ,,, .. :. It wan alx day after he met Ray mond tn tho penitentiary and five chiye before tho tinnouuet'inont that the body in tho morgue waa bla own corit, when ho reached Ida journey ' end. He had tukeu a couple of daya in going round town. Jt would do him no barm to get a view of the plnco oud gain a flight acquuinliiueo with the topogra phy. Ho might remain there for weeka, and tho knowledge would be of aerviea to hint. ' Hitd he partinl wltlj laala l under cir cnumtnneea more encouraging, ho would have written, But, na ho had intimat ed to Mother Kt. Gertrude, he hml no intention of writing to either the nun or Isabel until lie knew tho probability of Huoeewi or defeat. Ho hud been glv en no bint that Ial)i l hemdf knew of the heritage that waa faera, and he deniel it unwiito to hold out hojie un til ho had pmdu-d hie iiivi'tiiillon fur ther, Ho had thought of writing a note, giving hie addrexa, no that IkiiIh-1. If alio felt m inclined, might write a let ter of esplnnnliou that would relieve hiw of the mental atrnln her hint recep tion hail pbiced him under.. -. Out he re olved not todoao. Ho would continue to prove hi loyalty uud fight for the million that were rightfully hera In ber pc-mtetwion. Ha wb too proud to exact any promino while engaged Id thin iniNHion, and the euiguiutiriil ut teraocva of the girl and the mother mi purlor, thtnigh puisnling, gave no indi cntion that their nouition would bo on favorable to hia conduct and character, He would rait the outcome patleutly. Out hia pliitm to ferret out the crimo be waa certain Rnymoud wan guilty of remained uuduflned. One thing he hnd decided on. He would aeek a situation on a newspaper. Ho could learn more of a city and Ita people in a newspaper office than anywhere cIho. Tho place would afford better advantage for oh orvotion thou any other, and tbero would be nt leant a .tew men on the stuff sufficiently well ported to go buck to the days of Leluud and help Mungun in hia miKxion. "I don't kriow that 1 can fix yon," snid tho city editor of tho Denver Times. "You're from tho mt, you say? Do you know anything nbout coimtunptioiif ' "I buve somo medical Knowledge." "Well, wo huve decided to givo a prize of f 1,000 to tho pbysicinu who can snggert the best remedy for con sumption. Wo bnve tried all the other schemes, coupons and the like, you curt em newspaper men have started. We want to boom tho circulation. Wo II get physicians interested, and there are enough flouting consumptives in Colo rado to givo n big circulation In them selves to any paper,'" smiling us he said it. We havo sent to Koch and other eminent European scientist for their opinions of the public service this con test may render," the city editor con tinned. "When we get those views, we will push the' scheme by interviews with local physlciuna. Wo want a man who can talk intelligently to thtiso men. " We'll try you. Cull in tomorrow.und I'll have a lint of mimes and addresses. Wo must bnve these interviews reuily, Of coursa if tho first do not show your aptitude for the work wo will have to let you go." , ."That proper," remarked Mungun, I'll call In about 13." . "That will suit." Next day Mangan received the lint from tho city editor, Ho went over to a desk, looked over tho names and was surprised to seo' among them this: "Georgo Leland, M. D., 1st. Jumes hotel.".-. . :' V Ho returned to the city editor, and pointing to the nuino on tho list asked: Do you know anything about the LuIandsV" ,- Tho Lolands?" Yes." There's only one the doctor him- self. His futher wits killed tnuny years ago, when the present doctor was a lit tlo fellow. His father was an eccentric man, and it is behoved left some prop erty in tho east. But it never was lo cated. Dr. Leland doesn't need it any how, What niado you ask?" "I thought he belonged to a family in whom I am interested." . "You've made a mistake, 1 guess. He's away tip on lung complaints, and his will be one of the first interviews 1 want. You'll find him a sociable fal low." ' Mangan was feverish with excite ment. But he looked self contained. iheis was no risible sign to betray tut emotions. Ho loft the office to col loot his thoughts in the cool air beyond the city editor i notice. "Is this Ibel' brotberr" he asked himself as ho walked In the direction of the Ht, James hotel. "What is tbe mystery surrounding this? .I'll talk to him on the assignment until 1 bare studied him. Then I'll see whit be knows of his relatives. And yet msybe It Is only another colncldencii." Ho sent up bis card to Dr. Leland and wm ushered into the physician's presence,., : , "lam glad to meet yon,"tatdDr, Uluud, "We were expecting yon, Have yon seen Mr. Mortimer?" Here wmn a urprise, If Dr. Leland knew Mortimer and tht latter waa la Denver, something waa wrong. There were three iu the scheme Instead of one. Else how could this address be accounted for? If his miaaion win known, and the language of the doctor left that Inference, it was Msngsn's policy to U mild. Tbe physician saw bis words hud not a pleasant effect, Mangan surveying b'm with unfriend ly eye, and heanidi "You came In answer to Mr. Morti fcer's letter?" "I did not. 1 know nothing of htm nothing of htm at present, I mean, 1 am a reporter of the Denver Tiroes snd called to interview yon on a sub ject connected with your profession." "Tliou you have not come In answer to this note? You are not the Mangan bo kuews-.Mungan of Brooklyn." '1 sin the Mangan he knows If he It the Mortimer who knows that rascal Raymond." Hie same. Tlem I am sorry to meet too at t friend of either. "Mr. Mortimer talks not that way of you. tie suld you were tbe one man to nnruvel the Incidents that the death of my father have shrouded In mystery, 1 bsve depended on you to restore we to my sister. Mr, Mortimer msy give you some clew." ' Why does be do this?" "lie eiimo to underntaud Raymond's character and the nature of bis own work fur him by recent news received. In looking over the home papers be saw he hud been smt out here to be ont of (he way. He is acquainted with Ray mond 's schemes to gain control of property my father owned. He be lieve Itaymond knows where my sister Is, und since bo wrote the letter yon say yon did not receive he ha read In Tbe Uuglo a story of the work of the com miwion that will select the lands my father left and have the city purchase them and pay Raymond. Rut tho story did not eip the scheme fully, end Mr. Mortimer said yon could not bsve written It." "I did." "Then yon did not know." "I did, ull that you have told and more, but the euda of justice would be best subserved by delaying Its publics' tion." -: : "Have you any clew to my sister?" "She Unlive and well, worthy of the wealth she is hoiresa to." "Where Is she?" "You can barn no more until I see bow matters stand. It is the old story i When rogues fall ont, honest people get their due.'" "1 would not say that," said Dr. Le land. "It might travel and pain bis sister. If you knew ber well, you would understand how sensitive she is, and a he hus not long to live his acqni escence to Raymond's schemes should not bo made known to her." "1 would do anything for Inos Mor timer." " Yes, sho was tolling me about yon. That's why 1 spoke. Bhe said she would like to see yon when she learned that you were coining here on a news paper mission, I must pay a visit a little later- a professional visit sod irrungs for an interview with Morti- "l unwind to meet iom," said Dr. Leland, mcr if ho Is strong enough. Shewonld like to hear of a Miss Le ('lair, tihe delayed writing until she was settled. Shall 1 bring her any news?" "That she is well. That Is good news to you too." "Tome?" "Yes." ' ' " "I may ns well toll you, since I am satisfiud I am dealing with friends, not foes. She is your sister." "My sister?" "Yes." 1 , ' "Explain!" "1 simply know this: She was placed in a convent when your father came west" . - v ', .. "Bringing me with him." "That I only know from yon. There was no one to claim her . heritage and yours, so Raymond proposes to take possession. It is to get proof of hit vil lainy that I am bore. Have you any thing to show that your father made thoso investments and that she is your lister?" "I have not. The lawyer who had charge of his aflaiis In tbe east is doad, Mortimer tells me, and Raymond has the papers." "Raymond has the papers?" "Yes. Ho and Mortimer succeeded tho lawyer in whose office they were. I should suy thut Raymond succeeded if1' illv aim, for Mortimer allowed Kaymono to assume tbe control, although tbe'toust net was willed to both jointly. Mor timer said yon would understand him better." "But did yonr father leave no papers !a atinilf hia ItnulttAaa AaallntMiV' "The papers relating to hit eastern In vestments and a sosled will were with the lawyer whom Raymond suc ceeded. Raymond must have known of onr location. The sealed papers told that. My father when stricken down could only say, 'Telegraph east.' He bad faith In the lawyer, it appeared from this, and wanted him to hear the news. He lost conscloumieas before be con Id make a statement. He wat very uncommunicative and had to much faith tu his strength and purpose that, siuce Mr. Mortimer told me, I huve of ten wondered why he ever made a will." "What has become of tbe papers?" "Raymond bss destroyed them, Mr. Mortimer believes, In fact, wbeu Ray mond Drat took the certificate for the property be now holds, he told Mr. Mor timer that tbe heirs bad died snd the family bad become extinct. The guard ian and executor named by the publlo administrator here to manage affairs tor me has frequently assured mo that It waa Impossible ever to discover my rel ative. I became reconciled to that view long ago, I can hardly believe now that 1 am sbont to meet my sister. Wtoy is she called Le Ua!r?" "It was a whim of hera the oams by which ber gosrdian was known in the world, and she aaaumed It. 1 am sura yonr sister will be restored. I sin afraid, unless Mortimer can be depend ed on, yonr properly will not.1' Property? Never wind tbe prop erty! I want my slater, and whomso ever wishes may have tbe land. But If Raymond bat been reaponalble for our long separation, as I think he has, I'll spend every cent I have to punish him for bis perBdy." "And yet tbe g re a tent pnnisbment yon can Inflict the deprivation of mil lionsyou will not avail yourself of. Why not get Mortimer to testify?" "He will never leave bis bed alive. He waa sent ont hera to die. " "Take his statement, then, sttosted before a notary." No." - Yon are a strange character. Yon are netting aside millions and what would be more tome in a case like yours fengance," "True, but his sister will live. 1 mean to conceal from her tbe part her brother has played. He was weak aud not en lpabls. 1 ha ve promised yon sre a man to be frank with to protect ber. The promise wss given to him after my confession of love for ber as an answer to bis appeal to bold no resentment against her for any wrong he might have done to m or mine. Do you real ise my position?" "I do, There is an old saying that the devil tskescsreot his own,' , He is saving Raymond." "Well, let's leave that for the mo ment. Talk shout yourself. I want to know more of yon. I have had it dinned constantly In my ears of late that you are a manly fellow. , That waa Mr. Mortimer's view, snd I'm glad to meet you. Miss Mortimer in speak ing of her friend my sister has re ferred to yoo iu terms of no less praise. I understand your affection for a sister I have never seen. I am delighted that one so honorable is so dear to her." Mangan was unsble to chock tho flow of speech. Here in Denver, wbero be expected to find no friends, his affairs were no secret. He had read that Mor timer was seeking health In Colorado, but Mortimer he had always consid ered a friend of Raymond, and he won Id be about the last he would visit. Did Dr. Lelsnd really know Mangan? tbe latter ssked himself. If he did not, was it not likely that his seal to win Isabel ber heritage might lie looked npon as selfish? Mangan wss not will ing to lesve gronnda for such an imprcs- sion.and when the suggestion of its prob ability flashed to his mind he said:- "I am grateful, doctor, for yonr kind words. But your sister has changed her opinion of me. I am hero to bring about her happiness. You are glad at the prospects; she will be doubly so. 1 will now drop my quest aftor we see Mortimer, I mean and you will settle tbo rait as suits you. Hut I must nev er see her again." "Why? What is tbe matter?" "I do not know. Home day Isabel may explain why she has discouraged me. And yet I have never doubted ber love. There Is something wrong. But it's all ended now." v "What can 1 say? I fcaow nothing." "There is nothing you can say or do. will now return to The Times office and resign, so that they may assign an other wan to the work. You see Morti mer, and 1 will call upon you later," The newspaper man never forgets his duty to his paper. He may be sur rounded by (lunger, the man most ex posed or Injured, but he never regards bis own comfort. It 1 the credit that will attach to hia paper through his la bors and tho discredit that may issue through his neglect that come first to bis mind. Hence Mangan retraced his steps to Tho Times office to apprise tbe city editor of his determination to leave Denver and resign the work he had un dertaken, v "Where next?" he queried of him self. "God only knows. I'll finish the story of that park commission, send it to Tbe Bugle and give Raymond one parting shot. But since Isabel's situa tion Is chuuged and her future showing up so brightly there is no reason why I should ever stay near her convent home. Dr, Leland gives up the fight for the property. Ho has enough. I, am not wanted, and I'll seek in other scenes tbo waters of Lethe that will drown the memories of the past. " (To be continued' $500 Reward for anv trace of antlpyrene, morphine. chloral or any other Injurious com pound in Krause'a neaaaone capsules, SW ota., at Alexaoder-Cooper Drug Oo, Highest of all In Leavening rower. Latest U, S. Gov't Report ABflUIBBf P!C3 STATE PRIDE HURT. THE LOCAL INTERESTS OF PROTEC TION SET FORTH. A ManttfketarerTaikt to HlsCoafrwtmaa. Dealing With Producer b4 CotMomtr, The Stale Valve of Local Industrie Haat to farwars, Hon. J. C, Tarsney, Washington! MY Dkah Sin It is said that the man that makes two blades of grass grow where one grew before is a poblio bene factor, end if this 1)0 true, as it undoubt edly is, a corporation that has converted a few huudred acres of virtually unpro ductive fanning laud into a thriving manufacturing village, giving support and employment to 8,000 people, Is cer tainly a benefactor to the state and county in which such Industry Is located. Now, the simple fact is that where Crystal City is located was iormerly a sparsely settled farming community, with one country store, the annual sales of which represented an aggregate of not over ,000 or 11,000, with no market for tbe farmer's prmluce other than was to be found in the exchange of that produce for such "store goods as his family re quired for the year. At this same place we now bavo sub stantial buildings covering 40 acres of ground and in these buildings furnaces and machinery which have produced a product the sale of which since 1HT7, when our works were first started, hus brought into this state the enormous sum of 10,000,000; or, to be more exact, op to the 80th day of August lost the sum of 0,N?8,07.08, not a dollar of which would have come into this state but for the ex istence of our works at Crystal City. It It reasonable to suppose, aud I be lieve it to be a fact, that the larger por tion of this additional wealth thus brought into onr state, lias been distrib uted among the various ot her mercantile and manufacturing lubmata, chiefly here tn St. Louis, thut furnish the personal snd household supplies required by our employees, as well as such articles as we ourselves use in the course of our busi ness.". , Not only this, the farmers all around our works now have a regular and steady market at St. Louis retail cash prices for all of the produce they choose to raise chickens, eggs, butter, pork, flour, hay. corn, oats in fact, everything that a farm produces while the taxes we have paid in Jefferson county have enabled its officials to reduce the rate of assess ment, and at the same time have assist ed in providing such increase in tbe school fund as has enabled the commis sioners to extend the means of educa tion. . Other counties north, south and west of Ut remain just as they have beeu for years past, simply because of the uWnee of just some such industry as we have planted In Jefferson county. . , , Now as to the consumer of plate glass. Our records show that we are today getting for our gloss just 70 per cent less than we received for it 10 years ago, and this is explained by the introduction of improved methods of manufacture. AH the materials we use are now ob tained either iu our own state or in this country with the single exception of soda omIi, which we have to Import, and the duty on which, upon the amount we annually use, equals from 111,000 to $12,000. : We do not ask that this duty shall be removed or interfered with one particle, because by reason of this duty some of our countrymen are now establishing plants for the manufacture of soda ash in the United States, the successful de velopment and operation of which will ultimately bring abont such a produc tion of domestic soda ash as will enable us to get it relatively as much cheaper in the near future as we are now furnish ing plate glass to consumers if the same protective policy is continued with re spect to soda ash as has been iu force with respect to plate gloss. In other words, we wish to see American indus tries developed to tho fullest extent, be lieving the ultimate result to be a reduc tion of cost in each cose to the consumer. As a practical illustration of this, in addition to plate glass, you will be inter ested in knowing that when we first started onr works we had to import our felt, for polishing the glass, from Eng land at a cost of $1.25 to $1.60 per pound. The protection given this industry in America during tbe lust 10 years has en abled thoso engaged in it to so develop it that at the present time we buy Amer ican made felt of just as good quality as that made in England at about 70 cents IAWARDED HIGHEST The only Pure Cream of Tartar usea m Millions of -nes PfKlCES a pouna, or a reoucnon oi neany otto half of what we formerly ald. J assure you in all sincerity that my ataUiuietit to the committee namely, that any reduction iu the rate of duty on plate glass must inevitably result in a reduction of wages paid our employees is an absolute fact, as we have come to the end, in the wsy of reducing cost, In every other direction, and you know what this would mean qnite as well as I do, notouly to ut, as mannfscturers, but to the country at large and more espe cially to the party by whoee action such reduction of wages would be rendered a necessity.; Do not understand me for one mo ment, however, as urging you to con sider this matter from a partisan stand point. I simply ask yon as a matter of state pride, and more particularly be cause of tbe enormous benefits onr in dustry bat conferred upon a large Buin ber of the people of our state, to do what you can to have the present schedule on plate glass remain just exactly as it is. If what I have said is true with respect to our own state, our mutual friend and your colleague Mr. Bynum should join you in seeing that this schedule re mains unchanged, inasmuch as four large plata glass factories are located In his state, wiJi benefits accruing there to, which I assume are no less important to the state of Indiana than they are to tbe state of Missouri, Yours, etc., E. A. Hitchcock, President Crystal Plate Glass Co. St Louis, Sept 8, 1888. LABOR AND CAPITAL The Uaty ef the Boar la to Strength She Bond Between Then. Every effort Is now being made, a it has always been made in the past, to cre ate a conflict between labor and capital, This Is as foolish as it is unjust Those who agitate such ideas can generally be found among men whodo not care them selves to work, but who prefer to go around snd create dissensions and trou ble where none had previously existed. Such men are mischief makers and male factors." ,' Labor and capital are and must be one. They are necessary to each other. Without the use of labor capital would be Idle. Lalior cannot find work nnlesa there sre factories, mines or farms where its work is needed. Capital would be uselessly employed in building factories, opening up mines or laying out farms unless it could secure the labor with which to do the needed work. Any antagonism of labor toward cap ital that is employed in honest enter prise which affords an opportunity for men to earn an honest living is absolute ly wrong. Any antagonism of capital toward the labor it employs, and which it needs, is also absolutely wrong. These -two units, labor and capital, are so wrapped together and so involved with one another that they must work to gether and in harmony in order to ac quire mutual success. It it well to consider for a moment who are the men that employ the capital and own the mills, the mines or the farms. They are men who have come here and worked hard at their callings, and who have by their energy and perse verance pushed ahead of others. They have acquired a position that thousands of other hard workers are today hoping to secure for themselves in tbe future. If it be wrong that these men have suc ceeded, then it will be equally wrong for others to follow in their footsteps of suc cess. . We believe that the employers of labor in this country are not hard taskmas ters. A good employer does muoh for the wolf are and comfort of his employee. There are thousands of men who can bear witness to acts of kindness they have received from "the boss" acts that have helped them to secure their own homes perhaps or to improve their con dition with some extra comfort. In help ing the men they know they ore acquir ing their friendship, and a good employer -is always aware that he will secure a greater interest in his work if he extends the hand of kindness to men working to day where he worked a few years ago. It is not the employers of capital who desire to injure labor. It is these men from village hamlets who have been in trusted with the work of tearing down the protection that tbe McEinley act gave to labor it is their leaders in con gress and at the head of the adminis tration. These are the men who are enemies to both labor and capital, and with a crafty cunning they attempt to make trouble between labor and capital. They are working for foreign interests, but in order to succeed they must first sever the bond that exists here between labor and canital. HONORS WORLD'S FAIR. Powder. - No Ammonia; No Alum 40 Years tho Standard .........