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Show ' v .' : "v .'j' - - - - f ' ' ' t . I v ... I j ' 1 PORTING NEWS r"t: I ' 3j QNA vvv r& 1 pVERllSERS.-- r 1 1 j 1 tentioa in THE TIMES than in any (iA I 1 I 1 fr ; tV " I II 1 i' v rllvX f! I !I I I 11 J faster than that ,. 1 YJ other newspaper of the West. Sport- - (Jf 1 1 II II n I II L A' Ml f H LI 1 I I I 11 of any newspaper in Utah. It is ing men should read "the best," S 1 ILR iVi L 1 V ! CZV V vky VyAV J V 1 A lyV--- P t growing not only in Salt Lake, but that's THE TIMES. VTy f f r V-- - V V,j V I " 811 8urroUQdinS towns. It is a Winner. VOLUME SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, TUlBAY, SEPTEIMBEI16, 189 NUMBER ,69 i " LATEST. 5 O'CLOCK. sounded, the men shook hands and the bat-tle commenced. . McAuliffo opened the ball by leading for the stomach, but slipped and fell. When he arose Meyer landed lightiy on his face, at which Jack smiled, and the rust of the round was occupied in sparring for an open-ing which did not present itself. In the second, McAulifie as;ain led and this time succeeded in landing heavily. Meyer clinched, and in the break-awa- y landed his riht in the face. McAuliffe re. taliated with a stiff punch in the eye which sent the Streator man to the floor. On aris-ing Billy went after Jack, and there waa desperate fiirhting all around the ring dur-ing the remainder of the round, which ended considerably in McAuliffe's favor. Both men came up a little weak on the third, although Jack was evidently the stronger of the two. It was McAuliffe's round, the champion landing frequently and getting but little punishment in return. Tde men came up eagerly for the fourth. Billy had apparently caught hit second wind and was playing for a swing, when Jack landed his right with terrible force, knocking Billy down. Lively fighting fol-lowed, Meyer standing right up to the scratch. The exchanges were numerous and heavy. McAuliffe's superior generalship waa seen in euery move and he had much the beat of the round. In the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Billy was more cautious, and while he saved himself, he was unable to inflict much pun-ishment on his opponent. McAuliffe opened hostilities in the ninth (iirrs . .He Is in Superb Form and Has Supreme Con-fidence. His Friends Will Insist That Sullivan Strip to the Waist. Claim That He Wears a Band to Protect His Stomach. The Champion Refuses to Say - Anything in Answer to the Charge. Though His Backers Insist that this Is Permissible and that feAuliffe Protected Himself In the Same Way Yesterday Corbett Exhibits Himself to an Admiring; Crowd and Repeats tnat He Will Whip-Hi- s Antagonist. . New 6reas, Sept. 6. The announce-ment ' sent out from Corbett'a train that ... the Californian's backers would demand that Suliivau appear tomorrow night stripped to the navel creates much dis-cussion. The Corbett men claim that in pre-vious fight Sulltvan has worn his trunks high up and beneath he had worn a band to protect the stomach. Phil Casey says that fighters frequently wear a pine pitch plaster over their abdoman to stay them during the contest.; He thinks McAuliffe did it last night, and knows of no reason why Sullivan should not do the same. However, Casey did not indicate what response would be made to the demand of the Corbett people in the matter. i - - Sullivan 'when: questioned positively re-fused to discuss the subject The last of the gladiators is here. Corbett arrived this morning and waa given a hearty welcome. If superb condition and supreme confidence today are factors in the fight Corbett may be banked among the winners. "A committee of the Southern, Athletic club headed by President Campbell met the Catifornian and his friends at the depot and escorted them to their qnarters. Regarding hi condition Corbett said: "Iiamiatine form, feel per-feeU- y well and hve had plenty of rest." t COBBEm'S cb'jfirioEVpE.';'! ,':: Ha Disports Hlsnlf ia a Bath and Talk Froal j of His Ch-a- oe. - New Orleaxk Sep- - Corbett was loudly cheered on his arrival. Billy Brady and Billy Delane y" jealously , guarded a big demijohn of water aa thy got out of the car into carriages. They took no chances, but with a right-han- d swing which nearly took Meyer off his feet. The blow daxed Meyer and it was followed by a right and left which sent him down towards the end of th round. Meyer surprised the audience in the tenth by getting in the the terrific right-han- d jolt fur which he is famous. The blow was a surprise and told on Jack, but he rallied quickly and turned the tide by smashing Meyer in the face twice. It was give and take In the eleventh, and both men received heavy punishment. In the twelfth and thirteenth, but little fighting was done and the honor were easy. The fourteenth opened with a terrific ex-change, after which the men sparred until the call of time. Meyer came up rather slowly for tho fifteenth and McAuliffe was none too fresh. 1 he latter set the ball rolling, however, and soon landed his right on Billy' neck, send-ing th Streator man to the floor. As soon as he arose, McAuliffe got in a vicious right-han- d swing, which sent him down again. Meyer struggled slowly to hi feet, but fell on the ropes and lay there until counted out. Jack's seconds lifted their man on their shoulders and carried him triumphantly to his corner. Jack then poured out a glass of wine and carried it to Meyer, and the latter drank it amid tremendous applause. Thus ended the greatest lightweight battle since the days of Billy Edwards, Barney Aaron add Jim Colyer. HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED HERE. Great interest was taken here on the result of the lightweight battle and the sporting headquarters were thronged with men. Until the publication of The Times to the effect that McAuliffe was in prime condi-tion, the sentiment was rather agairfst him, but after the paper was out he commenced to run ahead of Meyer in the combination betting. At tbe Oxford a epeeial wire was ticking off the latent from the ringside, and as the report were potted- - considerable ex-citement prevailed. Several bets were made on even terms, and aa late as the thirteenth round, offars'of $20 evca on. were made. " " - u 1 When the , Jralletin announcing. thaii McAwiiff had won wm ..posted, a great cheer went up, and the crowd aisperaed in a good humor. ' TONIGHT'S BATTLE. . - Xmry Llttl Interest Takn In tho lly- - Dixon right. f; New Orleans, Sept. 6. The interest in the fight this evening is by no means great !I.--'d. .t.- nnlr fin man i n Tiiinrirpri thintrv 11 " " " Skelly has the slightest chance. Billy Rey-nolds as Skelly's backer, however, says: "I think Skelly will win. Dixon has never yet been punched. ' He is very clever, but he won't fool Skelly. .My boy never felt bet-ter." Light Weights. San Francisco, Sept. 6. The directors of the Calif ornia Athletic club last night signed George Simonds of Chicago and Solly Smith of Los Angeles to fight at 119 pounds or under, for a purse of $2,000, on Sept 30th. kept the jug in sight rest some enemy might contrive to doctor its contents. Dennis Dil-lon and Jim Daly came with the Corbett party who drove in procession to the South-ern Athletic club, the Corbett van in the rear. . Delaney and Brady were confident and happy as they chatted about the fight. They candot see how they can lose. "Why, Corbett is in perfect form," said Delaney. "There will be a surprise for the big fellow tomorrow evening, markmy words I have been in the business a gTeat many years, and I have never had the con-fidence before a fight that I have now. Cor-bett weighs 185 pounds, I guess, but we do not bother with the scales. His weight is not troubling us. Wait till you see him hit. He can hit harder than Sullivan. Maybe it's strange to you to hear me say that, but I know it to be true. Jim is confident he will win, and he will be as brave as a lion." At the club Corbett was immediately shown into a dress- - in? room. He did not mind the crowd in the least, but peeled off his clothes and stood up and showed his fine form . The man is in superb trim, and yet it's likely that those who see him for the first time in the ring tomorrow eveninz will be disappointed when his slight build is com--i pared;. .with Sullivan's massive body. Ha is' strongly built and hi back and fore are a mass of graceful muscles. There is not an ounce of super-fluous flesh upon him, from his feet to hi round face. Corbett was shown into his ba hroom as a preliminary to a swim in the immense natatorium. 'instructor Aleck Morris helped him to rid himself of dust stains from his long journey. Then he donned a pair of trunks and got down into the tank where the water is only five feet deep. swims, but not expertly. He did not venture to go in over his head until he was in the water for a while. When the awim was over he returned to the dressing room. Here tho water was wiped from him and then he spread himself at length on a loune while Dillon and Delaney rubbed him down. All the while he chatted with those who pressed around him. never once responding curtly. "You have no idea what confidence comes from my being in this club," he said, remembering it waa here he had bested Kilrain. Corbett was taken over to a residence in the neighbornood where he is to remain till the fight. An excellent breakfast had been prepared for him and ho ate with a relish. Then he went to bed and slept. This after-noon he will go in the gymnasium to do some light work and the rest of the day he will spend quietly with his trainers. New Orleaws, Sept. 6. While 8ullivan was being rubbed down after hi work at the gymnastic club this morning, Frank Moran, who has a share in the Sullivan stakes, was questioned as to Sullivan's view of Corbett' claim that the champion must dress no higher than hi navel in the fight. "We have nothing to say in the matter," quoth Moran. "Sullivan will go into the ring ready to ngni. n mere is any question as to his methods, complaint must be made to the Olympic club officials, who will act as they deem right. We will have no contro-versy with the Corbett crowd. . METER KNOCKED OUT. . Tho Greatest Light "Weight Battle Sine 'the Days of Barney Aaron. New Orleans, Sept 5. The pugilistic car-nival was Inaugurated here tonight with the contest for the light weight championship of the world. The arena of the Olympic clnb presented a brilliant spectacle when the fighters en-tered the ring. Ex-May- Onillot acted as referee and announced that Prof . John Duffy had been selected by the club as master of ceremonies. It was 9:15 when Jack McAuliffe entered the ring. He looked a little pale, but appeared to be in fine condition. Before tbe applause which greeted him had, died away, Meyer skipped over the rope. He, too, was given an ovation.. Ha looked rosy and confident. After the fighters had sized each other up tor eight uimatct, tha gong IN ALL THE COURTS. Scranton Makes Serious Counter Charges Against , ' His Wife. j A Woman From Chicago Re- - lates a Tale of Woe. She Says Her Husband Best amdl StajrTed Her and Then Sent Her j Oat of the Country Preceedln k t of the County and Probate Courts I Lreeal Xotes. I There is a prospect for a very lively con test in the courts when the divorce case oi Myra N. Scranton vs. Charles E. Scrantoa comes up for trial in the court. Mr. Scranton proposes to make a fight, and it looks as though be would make it in-teresting for the plaintiff. He ha filed aa amended answer and cross-complai- la which he admits .that he married the plain-tiff on May 17, 1877, at Baldwinaville, N. T.t and that the issue of the marriage i a child, Minnie E aged 11 years. At this point Mr. Scranton stops admitting; and does some alleging on his own account. He denies ever having treated her cruelly or used vile or abusive language toward her. He denies that Mrs. Scranton has at all times since her marriage been a good, virtuous and agreeable wife. The defendant states that in June last his wife willfully and with-out cause deserted hira, taking the child Minnie, certain household furniture and all of the defendant's money, amounting to $100; that she is not a proper or suitable person to have the care an custody of the minor children above referred to, and that since filing the original answer and croaa complaint he has learned that the defend-ant has frequently violated the seventh com-mandment with aeveral persons here and in, New York state. The names of the and the dates when such offenses were committed are given. Mr. Scranton also includes in bis complaint a letter pur-porting to have been written to one of these parties. Mr. Scranton has given notice that on Sep-tember , 10, at 10 a.m.. he will call up a mo-tion for an order awarding him the tempor-ary custody of the child, upon the ground that the plaintiff is an unfit person to have the castody of it. ' E-- W. Taylor i the plaintiffs attorney, i ,1 Another Divorce Case. j 'I --wonder what the people eat to cause so many, divorce oases in - this city T asked 4 young l-imb of the- law of another this mora . bag. t v- - r "As & rule," replied the se ootid disciple at f Blackstone, "it appears to be not so much. 1 what. they eat as what they don't get to eat f that causes the trouble." J Whether this is generally true or not, it ia ? true in , the case of Harriet Cook, if the statements set up in her complaint are correct. She brought suit for divorce against Jesse W. Cook this afternoon, and it appears that the parties were married ia 1887. at Crown Point, Lake County. Indiana. Mrs. Cook alleges that while ill in February, 1889, the defendant left her and her babe in small and unwhole-some rooms in an undesirable part o Chicago in a starving and dying condition. He even refused to pay rent for the rooms, i and she has been repeatedly thrust into the streets, the defendant all the while living in luxury and squandering his money and. property in riotous living and the gratifioa- - i tion of his profligate habits. Mrs. Cook says that bet husband not only starved, her, but treated her in a brutal manner, frequently threatening to kill her or send her to an insane asylum. As an instance of i this conduct, she recites that in July, 1889, j he struck her a savage blow with his fi6t, I knocking her down, and then repeatedly 4 kicked her while she was lying in a. I prostrate .aud condition.; he threw a heavy valise on her; that dnring her long illness he failed to provide her with, medicines or proper care, and finally, be-lieving she would die, sent her and her child., to his slater in the state of Maine, making-n- o provision whatever for their subsistence. In July, 189L, he compelled the plaintiff to, take her babe and come to friends in Sala Lake City, aince which time he has wilfully-abandone-her. J She asks for an absolute decree of divorce f and for the custody of her child. King & Houtz of Provo are the plaintiff j attorneys. Probate Court. j Judga G. W. Barton transacted the follow--. - ing business In probate court this mornIng In the matter of the estate of F. H. Dyer. deceased; petition for order to sell personal property came on regularly. Proof of post. 1 ing notice was approved. Mart McKim-mo- ns ' was sworn and examined, and order oC sale made. j The will of the late Mary Ann Maxwell j was admitted to probate this morning, and ' an order was made appointing appraisers. The court also ordered the publication of i notice to creditors. This ia tbe will the probate of which wae contested by the mother of the deceased, Mrs, Lindsay Sprague. After everal days hearing, in which the contestants endeav-ored to prove that ' undue lnfiuenc had been used when Mrs. Maxwell disposed, by will of her worldly effects, the contest was dismissed by the contestants. In the matter of the estate of Samuel Green, deceased; an order was made, fixing1 September 20tb, to beer petition for partial distribution. ' In the matter of the estate of William Jamison, deceased; petition for probate of will came on regularly; proof of publication of application for probate was made. Mrs. Georgian a Jamison, Isabella Jamison and P. J. Cahoon were sworn and, examined. Order was made admitting will to probate. Georgiana Jamison wa appointed executrix under condition of will, without bonds. In the matter of the estate of Ezeklel Lee, deceased; order was made fixing September 20 to hear re-port of commissioners in partition. In the matter of the estate of William W. Taylor, deceased; .order made fixing Sep tember 20 to hear petition for settlement of administrator. In the matter of tbe estate of J. ii. rics-ne-ll, deceased; continued to September 8. , . County Canst. The county court met this morning and1 transacted the following business: Minute of .August 17- and September ware read and approved. The application of Ellen Leonard for ail was referred to the probate jndge. Messrs. Hardy and Butter were appointed a committee on insurance. The petition of Thomas Alston and other that Twelfth 8outh street be sprinkled waa granted. The petition of Eliaa Shafer for reeonvey, nee was reported back with the opinion, that tho court has no power to grant. b . ployiient on all public and private work, and Kie use of home material. j P. E. Van Houghton was in favor of home men end material in every branch of public work. The money spent in that way will be reinvested here instead of being carried out of the territory, and I think we should keep every dollar at home that we can. :W1L. Pickard, Jr., said he favored giving" the con tract to the home company, because they rould employ home labor and material in their work, and the money they paid out would be spent here. He said he was famil-iar wth the methods of the Barber company and they would import their men as well as thebf material, as they had done in other cities, and Uie money paid for the labor wonli be carried out of the territory and spent elsewhere. We have plenty of good material at home, and plenty of workmen whoould be benefitted by the work. Hi'mm Ktmball I expect to live here and my aUdren will live here after me, and 1 want to patronize home industries, use home material and give employment to our own idle orkmen before going outside for them. H.'M. Wells Asa general proposition I am ia favor of patronizing: home labor and home material all the time. S. M. A'lerbach I am not a competent judge of street paving, a d while I favor home material, if as good as the imported, I baveirt decided in my own mind what ma-terial J would prefer. The city council are th IWaJ judges in the matter. I have confi-dencj-- 1 thwiu, and as it is their duty to in-vestigate thoroughly, I think their decision, whe-- once made, will be satisfactory. The ,city Council will be held responsible by the taxpayers and will not act unwisely or with-ouSj'- ie consideration. i ft H. Clark said he would favor the home com,tjmy every time, even if it cost a third more tf they could do the work as well. He believed iu fostering home industries, and it waa a principle he applied to the manasre-ineiH- )f his private" business. If more peo-ple old adopt that prineipte he thought there would be less complaint about hard ttmeshere. .J. IliFawt Pay a third more if necessary to keen the- - work home; then we can turn the doUars over again among ourselves. "I have adne considerable traveling lately," he said, f and have made it my business to look into this paving question pretty thoroughly, and I toll you our material is as good as any forefgn." O. Johnson of the Western Shoe and Dry Goods company, said he favored giving the work to the home company-- : He believed it the right thinr to do, oven if it cost more. Horn enterprise should be protected aud fostered, and he adopted that plan himself in'aTl his busine&s dealings. " Witl" Lynn All things being: equal, I favor giving the contract to the home comp-any----. . , Edu' Douxlen I would favor the home company on general principles. J, 3.' Walden I would give the contract to the home company, of course, if they are the lowest bidders and can do the work as well &a the outsiders.' Mr. Vinson, the manager of the Stude-bak- er company, said he . was decidedly in favor of the home, company. W, S. MeCornic k It should go to the lowest bidder. . , ' : "Y' THE COUNCIIS POWER. ' .... Mot to th Mar Veto of the Action of thJHord or Pnblio Works. This afternoon the reporter called upon Mr. Ciiiftner of the Culmer & Jennings Pav- - ''fag company, for a little additional informa-tion 'f"cS?rd fathe llagttd interview 'Kif morning" contemporary wilh .Chairman Haines of the board of public wwrks "How about the statement of . Mr. Haines that the board of public works has no alter-native but to award the - contract to the Barber company as the next lowest respon- - siblaWddcr?" asked the scribe. - "The facts arc," replied Mr. Culmer, "that - the Barber company did not comply with the specifications or instructions to bidders, in "furnishing samples marked with the THE AWARD FORME; The Barber Asphalt Com-pany Has No Claim to It. Neither Its Record Nor Its Bid Entitle It Thereto. The History of Its Past Work Is Uniformly Bad. All Other Cities Have Suf-fered Loss and Disap-pointment from It. . Further Expressions of Opinion From Citizens of Salt .ae in Every Oc-cupation of L.ife Show Conclusive-ly that the Sentiment Is Almost Unanimous in Favor of Home Work and Home Material as Against the Barber Company.' One week ago the board of public works awarded the contract for paving Main street to the Barber AsDhalt company. Last Wednesday The Tikes demanded an explanation and aaked that the public be in-formed why the lowest bidder had been set aside, why home companies had been dis-criminated against, and why a?phaltum from the West. Indies had been taken in preference to aaphaltum from the mine of : Utah. Tailing to receive any explanation, The Times proceeded to show that pnblic senti-ment was overwhelmingly opposed to hav-ing the Barber contract confirmed under these circumstances. Last Thursday The Times exhibited the record which the Barber company ha made in the pavibg business in several American cities. It was demonstrated that their paving was voted a lamentable failure in St. .Joseph. ' It was shown that the Barber company had probably made 11,000,000 out of the city of Buffalo, N. T and given a very soor pave-ment In return. It waa shown that ia Omaha the boipe of General Agentqnirea, the Bar. iJerpavine is absolutely repudiated." It waa shown that the New York "World charged that the city of New York had been swindled by the Barber company in the ahape of a fraudulent guarantee of their work for fifteen years, and that litigation and scandal had followed. It was shown that our home companies are capable of doing the work promptly and date, name of bidder, or the place where the sample was- - procured," and the board of public works should have refused to enter-tain their bid and thrown it out as informal, as they said they would in their "advertise-ment and instructions to bidders." We are the lowest resposible bidders which fur-nished sample of everything used in the contract and ought to be awarded the contract on purely legal grounds, besides which nearly two-third- s of the abuttors ask for our Wasatch asphaHum ; they are willine to give us a chance. Why should the board that does not have to pay for the work try to crush out the home product? "The path seems clear to us. On investi-gation the - council committee will find that we are the lowest bidders 'enti-tled to the work,' and all, they have to do is to refuse to rat'fy the action of the board in awarding contracts to the Barber company and send the papers back with in-structions to let the contract to the Culmer fe Jennings Paving company, for the reason that they are the lowest responsible bidders who have complied with the terms of the ad-vertisement. There is na earthly reason to as the matter can be referred time and time again from council to board, and until all the bidders fail to qualify there is no occasion to re advertise. - COMPANY. Vfhat Their Friend Say of Their Ability . . for tbe Work. - - - A gentleman who has made inquiries into the ability of the Culmer-Jenning- s company to do tbe paving, says: - ."It seems impossible for any company to do more than this firm Is prepared to do, for their foresight ia simply remarkable, they having - provided for every possible contin-gency, and I am satisfied they could get through with this work much sooner than any foreijrn company. They have over two blocks of curbing on hand' ready to go to work with, and can deliver from one and one-ha- lf to two blocks per week from now till the contract is comp eted. "They have over 300 carloads of blocking material on band now, and can furnish it quicker than it can be laid. "Their capacity for asphalt work is at present sixty tons per day, which could be Increased to any amount necessary in short notice. I am surprised to find this company to well equipped fordoing work quickly and well, and from my observations I know there will be no mistake in intrusting the work to them, besides which they are always here to take charge of changes in the work brought about by putting in pipes, etc., while foreign company would, after taking away their plant as soon as they are through with their contract, entail a loss and incon-venience to abutters almost inconceivable." A typographical error occurred In 'our Saturday evening' Times, in which we were made to say that the Culmer-Jennin- g com-pany were paying $300 per year In taxes. It should have read $300 per month quite a difference. . properly with home material. It was shown that the lowest bidder had put up a first-cla- ss bond for the faithful and satisfactory performance of their contract. If anything further is wanting to demon-strate that this odious contract should not be confirmed, The Times does "not know what It is. The city council will act upon the matter tonight, and there ia every reason to believe that the member of that body will reflect in their action the sentiment which prevails in this community, and that this bare-face- d attempt of a power ful monopoly to get control Of the streets of Salt Lake will meet with an ignominious de-feat. , ," " " . , - Further facta in regard to the paving e, and further expressions of opinion from prominent citizens, are presented today. MORE CITIZENS SPEAK. They are All in Favor of Hairing the Work Done Bt Utah Men. Judge Thou. Marshall This is a serious matter and one which should not be decided in a hurry. But if the home company can do the work as well, I favor giving them the contract, of course. Home enterprise and home industries should certainly be en-couraged. Mr. Johnson of Remington, Johnson db Co. It is queer that when we have so much material here that we can export it, we are obliged to go away from home for the same material, and for workmen when there are so many workmen here without employment. I favor home industry from building a house up, and want to aee the home company get that contract. - E. C. Coffin said that hi sympathy waa with the home company and home enter-prise always. "In regard to this paving business," said he, "there may be some local antagonism to individual members of the home company, but I do not think that should be allowed to figure in a matter of the public welfare." Judge Bartch If the home company' bid is anywhere near the Barber company's figures I would give the contract to the home company. It is a matter of building up our own city and giving work to the great many idle men in the community. The home company would employ heme material, and the money paid out to them would come back again into the channel of local trade and enterprise. I would protect home enterprise, and . I do not see how the council can do anything else, even if it cost more, and I would fight the matter out to that end inch by inch. Arthur Brown said he did not thoroughly understand how the matter stood, but from what he does know about it he would natur-all- v favor the home company. Marshal Parsons said that a a fundamental principle ha favored giving the contract to the home company. Frsd Simon I favor giving the contract to the home company. To patronize home la-bor and material i the only way to make our city prosperous. I am absolutely in favor of patronizing local enterprise against out-siders, and I apply th proposition from matches to woolen good and paving. C. H. Parsons i am In favor of home men, home work and home material, even if we have to pay more for it. For we will all be benefitted by it. directly or la directly. I think there is only one ques-tion to be considered in tha matter, with an outside company, end that ia the quality of the work. E. R. Clute "Give the contract where it belong." , "And where to that?" mildly Inquired the reporter. ' "It - belongs at home, that's where It be-longs," answered tbe and col-lector, emphatically. h. XT. CotbathAU thing being equal he favored the home company, of course. " F. Wantiand I favor the home company always. If they can do good work, and I don't believe there is any question as to that. ' 1 believe In giving home men em-- A FERMANEXT INCOME. Tbmt X Whet the Barber People Get from Their "Repair." The Barber company claim that they hare laid 7,000,000 yards of their asphalt, and that tbey are prepared to do repairing on the same for the guaranteed time of five years, and after that for ten years more at 8 cents per yard. Now, what does this mean? These 7,000,000 yards at 8 cents make $560,000 per annum that the monopoly Is squeezing out of the American cities, and a each and every yard haa to pay thia 8 cents, it follows that it is to their interests to have jnst enough of repairs going on during the first , five years of their guarantee to scare any city government in-to making the additional ten years income secure to that company. While our home Company is using as. they do a literal mineral rubber, they will not have to mend their work, and the citizens will -- save the 8 cents per - - Continued on page 4. ' "' ' - control all the tariff schedules, j There may be differences of opinion among protectionists as to the rate upon particular articles necessary to effect an equalization between wages abroad and at home. In some not remote national cam-paigns the issua has been, or more correctly has been made to appear between a high and low protective tariff, both parties profess-ing the same solicitous regard for the. wage of our working people and for the prosper-ity of our domestic industries, but under a more courageous leadership the Demo-cratic party has now practically declared that if given power it will enact a tariff law without any regard to its effect on wages or upon the capital invested in our great industries. The majority report of the committee on the platform to the Democratic, national convention at Chicago, contained this clause, that "when custom house taxation is levied in this country the difference between the cost . of labor here and abroad when such difference exists, fully measures any possible benefits to labor, and the enormous additional impositions of the existing tariff falls with crushing force upon our farmers and workingmen." ,. Here we have a distinct admission of the Re-publican contention that the American work-man is advantaged by a tariff rate equal to the difference between him and toreign waeres, and a declaration only against the alleged "additional impositions" of the ex-isting tariff. Again, this majority report further declared : "But in making a reduc-tion in taxes it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to promote their healthy growth. Moreover, many in-dustries come to rely upon legislation for successful continuance, so that any change of law must be at every step regardful of labor and capital and the business involved." Here we have an admission that many of our industries depend upon protective duties for successful continuance and a declaration that tariff changes should be regardful of workmen in such industries and of invested capital. Nothing is more indicative of th new and more courageous leadership to which the party has now committed itself than the substitute which was adopted. This substitute declares that the protective duties are unconstitutional. High protection and low protection are both unconstitutional. A Democratic congress holding this view cannot enact, nor a Democratic president approve, any tariff schedule the purpose or effect of which is to limit appropriations or give any advantage to , THE AMERICAN WORK.MAX or producer. A bounty might, I judge, be given to the importer under this view of the constitution in order to increase important importations. This destructive doctrine is not held or taught by the history of Democratic statesmen whose fame as American patriots was reached a generation ago. Certainly not by Jefferson or J ackson. This crusade acainst American ships, bit-te- r epithets applied to American manufac-turers, persistent disbelief of every report of tne opening of tin plate mills or of increase of our foreign trade by reciprocity are as surprising as tbey ara discreditable. There is not a thoughtful statesman in the country who' does not know the enactment of the laws in keeping with the declaration of the Chicago convention on the subject of tariff would at once plunge the country into a business convulsion such as it ha never seen, and there is not a thoughtful working-ma- n who does not know that it would at once formally reduce the amount of work to be done in this country by the increase of Importations' which would follow and neces-sitate a reduction of his wages to the Euro-pean standard. It any one suggests that thi radical policy will not be executed if te Democratic party attains power whatshaJl b thouje-fr- -I the" par tyrtixat Ja' capable jot thus-triflin- g with great interests. A threat of auch legislation would be only less hurt-ful than the fact that a distinguished Deio--er- at rightly described this movement iVs a challenge to the protected industries.a'J a fight to extermination, and another sdeh rightly expressed the logic of the situation when he interpreted the Chicago platform to be an invitation to all Democrats, even those holding the most moderate protection views, to eo into the Republican party. HE. MUSI DOES ACCEPT The Nomination for President by the Republican Party In a Letter Replete With True American Sen-timent. . Points Out the Advantages fa ' of Protection to Home Industry. M ; Nor Does he Shirk the Issue With the Ballot Box Stuffers. With Regard to Silver the President Expects Favorable Action on the lart ef the International Confer-ence to Increase the Use of the Sletal The better Covers Every I'oint of Public Interest and Is Aot Ambiguous on Any. Washootox, D. C, Sept. 6. President Harrison yesterday made public his letter accepting the nomination of the Republican naii-jtia- l convention for president of the United States.' It is as follows: Washington, Sept. 3, 189:3. Hon. W. JTcKiiiley, Jr., and Others, Com-mittee, Elc: Gentlemen-- : I now avail my-self of tUe first period oi relief from public duties to respond to tLe notification which you brought me June 20 of my nomination for the office of the president of the United States by the Republican national com. . xuiltce. I accept the nomination and .am grateful for tho approval expressed by the convention of the, acts of my administration, 1 have endeavored without wavering to carry out the pledges roado the people in 1S3S and if the policy of the administration has not been distinctly and progressively American and Republican the fault has not been in tbe purp03, but in the execution. I bhall r.penk franklj' of the legislation of congress and of the work of the" executive departments, for the credit of any successes that have beuu attained is in such a measure duo to the senators and representatives and to the efficient heads of the several 'depart- - , uicnts tbut I may do so without impropriety. A voto of wut of confidence is askc-- by two adversaries and this challenge to a re-view of ' - " . . v WHAT" HAS JJEEJT. DONE, 'C we promptly am.VrTc!ly' accept The great work f the Fif ty-Cr- st confess has been sub-jeett- d to the revision of a Democratic house af representatives and the acts of the execu-te e departments to its scrutiny aud investi-gation. The Democratic national adminis-tration was succeeded by a Republican ad- -' ministration and the freshness of the events have given unusual facilities for fair com-parisons and judgment. There has seldom been a time, I think, when a chance from if the United States would have such lines a similar policy must be entered upon. The Fifty-firs- t congress enacted such a law, and under its beneficent influences sixteen Amer-ican steamships of the aggregate tonnage of 574,000 tons and costing $7,400,000, have been built or contracted . in American ship yards. In addition to this it is now practi-cally certain that we shall soon have under the American flag one of the finest steel ship lines sailing out of New Tork for any European ports. This contract will result in the construction by an American yard of four new passenger steamships of 10,000 tons each, costing about $8,700,000 and will add to our naval reserve six steamships the fa-te- st upon tha sea. Special interest has been taken by me in the establishment of lines from our SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF PORTS, and, though my expectations are not yet realized, attention has been called to the advantages possessed by those ports, and when their people more fully awake to their interests I do not doubt they will se-cure the capital needed to enable them to profit by their great natural advantages. The Democratic party found no place in its platform for any reference to the subject, and has shown its hostility to the general policy by refusing to extend the appropria-tion made during the last administration for ocean mail contracts with American lines. Patriotic people, workmen in our shops, cap-italists seeking new enterprises, must decide whether the great ships owned by Ameri-cans which have sought American registry shall again humbly ask a place in the English naval reserve. The great shies now on the designers' table go to foreign shops for construction and the United States now has an opportunity to recover a place com-mensurate with its wealth, the skill of its constructors, and the courage of its sailors in carrying on the trade of all the seas. reciprocity and benefits. Another recent measure furnishing in-creased freight traffic for our ships and of great and permanent benefit to the farmers and manufacturers as well is the reciprocity policy declared by section 3 of the tariff act of 1890, now in practical operation with five nations, Central and South America, San Domjnsjo, the Spanish and British West India Islands, and with Germany and Aus-tria under several trade arrangements, with each the removal of duty on sugar and the continuance of coffee and tea to us on the free list, while giving great relief to our own people by cheapening the articles used increasingly in every household, which was Of such advantage to the countries export-ing these articles as to suggest the continu-ance of those reciprocal favors shown in their tariffs to articles exported by us to their markets. Great credit is due Mr. Blaine for the vigor with which he pressed this view upon the country. We have only begun to realize the benefit of these trade ar-rangements. The work of making new agencies and of adapting bur goods to new markets had necessarily taken time, but the results already attained are such, I am sure, as to establish a rule in ' ' FAVOR OF THE POUCT of reciprocal trade upon free importation upon such articles as do not compete with the products of our own farms, mines or fac-tories in exchange for the free or favored introduction of our products'into other coun-tries. The obvioua efficacy of this policy is increasing. The foreign trade of the United States at once alarmed European trade jour-nals and boards of trade. Tbe British board of trade presented that government a memo-rial asking for the appointment of a com-mission to consider the best means of coun-teracting what Js caj WiV'--" 'commercial crusade of the United igf 18 cV t a meet-ing in March last of tSf raJ, Cham bers of Commerce of OlSA wb.ercfv:J presi-dent reported that tn5 17 fJ S.W Great Britain to Latin-Ame!- Iirics during he last year had decrease- - 3,750,000 and this was not due to temporary causes but directly to the reciprocity policy of. the United States. Germany and France have also shown a startled appreciation of the fact that a new and vigorous contestant has ap-peared in the battle of the markets and has already secured an important advantage. The most convincing evidence of the And now a few words in regard 'to tbe existing tariff law. We fortunately are able to judge of its. influence upon production and prices by the market reports. . The day of the calamity prophet has been succeeded by that of the trade reporter. An examina-tion into the effect of the law upon the prices of protected products and of tbe cost of such articles as enter into the living of people of small means has been made by the senate committee, composed of leading senators of both parties, with the aid of the best statesmen, and the report signed by all member of the committee has been given to the .public. ,Ino such wide and careful inquiry has ever been made before. These facts appear from the report: the first cost o-- articles entering into the use of those earning less than one thousand dollars per annum is de-creased three-fourth- s of 1 per cent, while in farm products there has been an increase in prices, owing in part to an increased foreign demand and the opening of new markets. In England during the same period the cost of living was increased one-nint- h of 1 per cent. Tested by the power to purchase articles of necessity, the earn-ings of our working people have never been so great as they are now. Second, there has been an average advance in the rate of wages of three-fourth- s of 1 per cent. . - Third, there has been an advance in the price of all farmwproducts of 18.67 per cent and all cereals of 33.99 per cent. The ninth annual report of the chief of the bureau of labor statistics of the state of New York, a Democratic officer, very recently issued, strongly corroborates a to that state the facts found by the senate committee. His extended inquiry shows in the year immedi-ately following the passage of the tariff act f 1890 the aggregate sum paid in wa-t- es in that state to be $6,377,975 in excess, and pro-duction $31,315,310 in excess, of the preced-ing year. In view of this showing of in-crease in wages, of the reiuction in the cost of articles of common necessity and of the marked advance in the price of agricultural products, it is plain that the tariff law has not imposed burden, but conferred benefits upon the farmer and workingman. Soma special effect of the act should be noticed. It was a courageous attempt to rid our people of the long maintained for-eign monopoly on the reduction of tin plate, pearl buttons, silk plash, lace, etc. Once or twice in our history the production of tin plate was attempted, and prices obtained by Welsh makers would enable our makers to produce at a profit. But the Welsh makers at once put prices to a point that drove Amer-icans out of business, and when this was accomplished they again made their own price. A correspondent of the Industrial World, the official organ of the Welsh tin plate workers, published at Swansey, in tbe issue of June 10, 1892, advises a new trial of thase methods. He says: "Do not be deceived.- - The victory of the Republicans at the polls means the reten-tion of the MeKlnley bill and mean a rap-idly aecruinglos of 80 per cent of the ex-port trade. Had there been no Democratic victory In 1890 the spread of , THE TIJI FLATS MASUTACTUBE in the United States would have been both rapid and bona fide.- - It Is not yet too late to do something to reduce the price of plate; put them down to 11 shillings per box of 100, 14 by 30 full weight basis. Let the men take half pay for a few months and turn out more, then let the masters forego the profit for some time." Again that paper aayt it i clearly to tbe interest of both employer and workman to produce tin plate, tariff or no tariff, at a price that will drive all competi-tor from the field, but in spite of the doubts raised by the election of 1890 and of the machinations of foreign producers they main-tain their monopoly. The tin plate Indus-try has been established in the United States and the alliav between tbe Welsh pro-ducers and the Ifemecratic party for its de-struction will not succeed. Official returns to the treasury department of the production of tin end iron plates in the United States during the last fioel year, (Continued om page .) '' : ' ' ; i ' ' the declared policies of the Republican to the declared policies of the Democratic party involved such serious results to the bus ness interests of the country. A brief review of what has been done and of what the Demo-cratic party proposes to do will justify this opinion. - The Kepublican party during the civil war devised a national currency, consisting of United States notes issued and redeema-- , ble by tho irovernment and of national bank notes based upon the security of United States bonds. A tax was levied upon the issues of state banks and the intended re-sult that all such issues should be withdrawn was realized. There are men among us now who never saw a statu bank note. Notes furnished directly or indirectly by the United States have been the only safe and acceptable paper currency of the people. Bank failures have brought no frightful de-- - lay or loss to bill holders. The note of an Insolvent bank is good and current as a ' treasury note, for the credit of the United Slates w bchiud it. OCR MONEY IS ALL NATIONAL MOSEI. The Democratic party, if entrusted with the control of the government, is now , , pledged to repeal the tax on state bank is- -' " sues, with a view to putting into circulation gain, under such diverse legislation as the , states may adopt, a flood of local bank is-sues. Only those who in years before the war experienced the inconvenience and loss attendant upon the use of such money can appreciate what a return to that system ' would involve. The denomination of a bill was no indication of its vaiue. The bank detector of yesterday was not a safe guide , today as to credits or values. Merchants deposited several time during a day, lest aa hour should show a depreeiation of the nocey taken in tbe morning. A traveler could not use in his journey to the East issues of most of the solvent banks of f"Nt.,J the West, and in consequence the money-'- ? changer's office was a familiar neighbor of the ticket office and luneh counter. 4 The farmer and the laborer found that the money received for tha products or their labor depreciated when they came to make their purchases, and the whole business of the country was hindered and burdened. Changes- may be-come necessary, but the national system of currency is safe and acceptable throughout the whole country. It is the fruit of bitter experience, and I am sure our people will not consent to the reactionary proposal made by tbe Democratic party. OCEAN CARRYING TRADE. Few subjects have elicited more discus-io- n or exhibited more general interest than that of the recovery by the United States of its appropriate share of ocean carrying trade. This subject touches not only our pockets but our national pride. Practically all freights transported to Europe, the enor-mo- ut annual supplies of provisions fur-nished by this country and for the large manufacturing products for many years have been paid to foreign shipowners. Thousands of immigrants, who annually find home under our flag, have been denied a sight of it until they entered Sandy Hook, while increasing thousands of American citi-eu- s, bent on European travel, hav each year stepped into foreign jurisdiction at the New York docks. The merchandise balance of trade which the treasury books show is largely reduced by the annual tribute which we pay for freight and passage money. The ships that are fastest upon the seas are now not only profiting by our trade, but are in a . secondary sense warships of tbeir respective governments and in time of war would, under existing contracts with those gevern- - . ments, speedily take on guns, for which decks are already prepared, and enter with terrible efficiency Upon the work of destruc-tion of our commerce. It is an undisputed ' fact that the steamship line of Europe ware , built upon and now in part sustained by the . direction of their respective governments, . the latter taking th form of liberal pay for carrying mails or of au annual bonus given ' in consideration of agreements to construct ihips o as to adapt them for earryiBg arma-ment and turn then! over to the government .in case of a demand, upon specified terms. it was plain to every American citizen that ' . . ' - ... t r COMMERCIAL STRENGTH T "' of our position is found in the . fact that Great Britain and Spain found it necessary to make special trade agreements with us for the West India colonies and that Germany and Austria have given us important conces-sions in exchange for the continued free im-portation of their beet sugar product. ' A few details as to the increase in our trade can be given here. Taking all the countries with which arrangements- have been made, our trade to June 20, 1893, had increased 23.78 per cent. With Brazil the increase was nearly 11 per cent. With Cuba during the first ten months our exports in-creased $3,703,193, or 54.8 per cent ,The liberal participation of our farmers in the benefits of this policy is shown by the fol-lowing report from our consul general at Havana under date of July 26 last: "During the first half year of 1891 Havana received 140,056 bags of flour from Spain and other ports of the island about an equal amount, or ajr proximately 280,112 bags. During the same period Havana re-ceived 13,976 bags of American flour and the other ports approximately an equal amount, making about 28,000 bags, but for the first half .of this year Spain has sent less than 1000 bags to the whole island. The United States has sent to Havana alone 168,780 bags aud about an equal amount to other ports of the island, making approximately 337,000 bags for the first half of 1892, partly by rea-son of the reciprocal trade, but largely by reason of merit, and more largely by reason of the removal of the sanitary restrictions among American ports." The export of pork products to Germany increased during th ten months ending June last $2,025,704, or about 32 per cent. The British Trade Journal of London, in a re-cent issue speaking of the increase of Amer-ican coal exports and the falling off of Eng-lish coal exports to Cuba, says: "It Is another case of American competiti- on.-- The United States now supplies Cuba with about 150,000 tons of coal annually and there 4s every prospect of this trade increas-ing as the forests of the island have become exhausted as the use of steam machinery on the estates has developed. Alabama coal especially is securing a reputation in the Spanish West Indies, and the river- - improve ments of the Southern states will undoubt-edly create an important Gulf trade. The new reciprocity policy by which the United States is enabled to import Cuban sugar will of eourse limit the American coal exporter more effectively than the new lines of rail-way." Ihe Democratic platform promises are-pe- al of the tariff law containing this provis-ion, and especially denounces as sham reci-procity that section of the law under which these trade arrangement have been made. If no other issue were involved in the cam-paign this alone would give it momentous importance. Are the farmers of the great grain-growin- g states willing to surrender these new, large and increasing market for their surplus Are we to have nothing in exchange for the free importation of sugar and coffee, and at tbe same time to destroy tbe sugar planters of the South and the beet sugar industry of the Northwest and of the Pacific coast, or are we to have THE TAXED SUGAR AND COFFEE which a tariff for revenue only necessarily involves, with the added loss of the new market which have been opened? As I have shown, our commercial rival in Europe do not regard this . reciprocity policy as a "sham, but as a "serious threat" to trade supremacy tbey have long enjoyed. They would rejoice and if prudence did not restrain would illuminate their depressed manufacturing cities over the new that the United State "had abandoned lta system of protection and reciprocity. They see very clearly that the restriction of American products and trade and corresponding in-crease of European production and trade woeld follow and I will not believe that what is so plain to them can be hidden from our own people. The declaration of the platform in favor of "the American doc-trine of protection" meet my most hearty approval. The convention did . not adopt a schedule, but one principle I to THE CHOLERA SCODRGE. More . Precautions to Prevent Its Landing in New York City. Fresh Cases Break Out on the Steamers in Quar-- " antine. There Are One Hundred Cases in One Hotel in Paris Progress of the Plaffne in Other laands Fires Indicate the Cremation of Victims . Oversight. New YoRK,Sept.6. Additional precautions against cholera are to be instituted. Hence-forth pSilce patrol boats will circle night and day around the infected ships, cutting them off altogetner from communication with the shore. Watchers on Staten island say the fires of the crematory retort on Swinburne island were burning fiercely last night. From this it was judged the latest victims of the scourge were reduced to ashes during the midnight hours. .Quarantine, N. Y., Sept. 6. There are ten fresh cases . of , cholera on board the Bugia and three on board the Normania to-day; also two deaths last night, one on the Rugia and one on the Normania. At Hoff-man Island two new cases developed and have been removed to Starnburne island. No deaths ot the hospital. New York, Sept. 6. The steamer Elbe from Bremen via Southampton arrived off Fire island at 10:15. Quarantine, Sept 6. Later. Dr. Bjron who has just returned from the Lower bay said the ten cases of cholera include yester-day's cases. The only fresh reports for to-day are three new cases on the steamer and one death for the steamer. Two new. cases have been moved from Hoffman to Swin-burne island. m A $400,000 MINING DEAL. An English Syndicate Bay Oat the Bald Mountain Company. Deadwood, 8. D Sept, 6. The largest and most important mining deal in the his-tory cf the hills has been consummated here between an English syndicate and the Bald Mountain Mining company. The deal in-volves the entire mining property of the company and their chloride works in the Bald Mountain mining district. The price paid was $400,000. .The syndicate will at once begin mining operations en a large scale. ' '..-! ' Croaais Will Be Governor. Washington, Sept 6. Assistant Secre-tary of the Treasury Crounse will leave Washington today to open the campaign in Nebraska. His resignation has not yet been acoepted by the president. A Break at Homestead. f 'Homestead, Sep.: & The" first serious break in the ranks of the strikers occurred yesterday, when 100 Slavs and eight skilled I workmen returned to work. |