EGG-LAYING PROPOSITION TO AVOID TARIFF

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, April 24, 1891.

PAGE FOUR/EDITORIALS.

   The editor of the Tombstone, Arizona, Prospector is an ingenious fellow, as the following scheme for beating the tariff shows: 
   "Since the duty on eggs has been the rule many devices have been thought of for manufacturing them. The idea of a Nogales man is, however, the only feasible scheme up to date. His proposition is to feed hens on the cheap grain of Mexico and have them lay in the United States. For this purpose a long building will be placed on the line, half in Mexico and half in the United States. They will feed and water in the Mexican end, and when they want to lay they go to the further end of the building, and in that way escape paying the duty. The projector of this enterprise came from Maine."

   Scratch a striker in the Pennsylvania coal regions, and find a Hungarian or a Pole. It is a singular and significant fact that in no other State in the Union is there so much misery among workingmen, so many protracted strikes and so large a proportion of imported labor as there is in Pennsylvania, the very hot bed and nerve center of protection. Truly the kind of protection American labor receives in Pennsylvania is a kind our workingmen ought to pray Heaven to deliver them from.—Utica Observer.

   It is a noteworthy fact that the great majority of Italian immigrants are men who leave Italy unaccompanied by wives or children, though it must be supposed that most of them are married and have families. There are now in this city between 70,000 and 80,000 Italians, less than one-eighth of whom are women. Over 3,000 Italians arrived here last week, and 95 per cent of them were men, nearly all in the prime of life. This is a peculiarity of the immigration from Italy. The immigrants from Germany are largely made up of families, and so are the immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, and from Scandinavia and Hungary, and so are the Hebrew immigrants from Russia and Poland.—N. Y. Sun.

James J. Belden

Mr. Belden's Opinion.

N. Y. Press, April 21.

   I met Congressman James J. Belden, of Syracuse, in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, yesterday, and found him an earnest advocate of canal investigation.

   "There is no one who has any observation of the present management of the canals," said he, "who does not know that from Albany to Buffalo is simply one long nest of Democratic thieves. Men draw salaries who never do a stroke of work for the State, and the entire management is so crooked that it is not to be wondered at that the Democrats do not want it investigated. The probe cannot be thrust into any portion of the canal management without disclosing rottenness."

   Of all men in the world, James J. Belden ought to be the most competent to speak on the above subject. What he don't know about the canals of the State and all the appurtenances and perquisites thereunto belonging, no man in this day or generation need attempt to fathom. His education is said to have cost the State pretty dearly, but so long as Jim was enabled to graduate at the head of his class, the State ought not to find very much fault.

   As a specialist on the subject of canal thieving he is entitled to the entire bakery. The DEMOCRAT can remember a time, and that not many years ago, when Jim was opposed to "canal investigation." In fact he was on the defensive, and was opposing "canal investigation" with all his might and main. One Samuel J. Tilden was pushing the investigation and Jim was about as active as he could be on the other side. Evidently a decided change has come over the spirit of his dreams. It is to be hoped that Jim will push the investigation, for with such an expert at the helm, much benefit to the State might result.

   Turn on the light, no matter who may be seeking cover.

James Blaine

Mr. Blaine's Leisurely Manner.

   ROME, April 20.—The newspapers here complain bitterly of what they term the "leisurely manner" of Mr. Blaine in replying to the communications of the Italian government, relative to the New Orleans affair. They seem to forget, in Italy, that using the usual means of communication between governments, it takes three weeks for Italy and the United States to exchange communications. They also seem to forget that the United States has just as good grounds for complaint against the Italian government as the papers claim the latter has against the American secretary of State.

   Take, for instance, the case of the Italian Salvatoro Paladina. The American government demanded that this offender against the laws of the United States, who had fled to Italy, be extradited to stand trial upon the charge of counterfeiting. The Italian government, two weeks after the receipt of this demand, asked the American legation here what citizenship Paladina claimed, whether American or Italian, The American legation replied, on the same day, that Paladina claimed to be an Italian subject. This was the last heard of the matter for two months, when, in answer to the United States government's request for the extradition of Paladina, the Italian government stated that the constitution and laws of Italy did not allow the carrying out of the treaty existing between Italy and the United States, so far as the extradition of Italians was concerned.

   Italy again took this position relative to the Italian constitution and laws when the United States subsequently demanded the extradition of the Italians implicated in the murder of Paymaster McClure, an employe of a contractor engaged in constructing a railroad near Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Hugh Flanagan another employe of the same contractor, who were killed and robbed of a large sum of money which the paymaster had to pay laborers and for which crime a third Italian was convicted and executed by the Pennsylvania authorities. His two accomplices escaped to Italy, but the Italian government refused to surrender them for trial holding that it would be extra constitutional to surrender Italian subjects for trial in a foreign country.

HERE AND THERE.

   M. E. Gillen has been appointed postmaster at Groton.

   The new time table on the S. & B. road will be found on our second page.

   Comrade J. F. Wheeler has been appointed to take the school census for this year.

   The Normals cross bats with the Syracuse club on the fair grounds, this afternoon.

   The Odd Fellows will attend services in the Presbyterian church, next Sunday evening.

   The Sons of Veterans hold a social at the residence of S. L. Palmer, on Madison street, this evening.

   The village schools will close June 19th, with [graduation] exercises in the opera house, both afternoon and evening.

   The C. L. S. C. will meet with Miss Anna Hawley, at No. 73 Railroad street, next Monday evening, April 27th.

   Parties from Syracuse are doing some handsome fresco work on the interior of Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald's residence.

   The Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church will meet this afternoon at the church parlors at 3 o'clock.

   On Arbor day the school children will again vote on the question of State flower, the choice this time being limited to the rose and to the goldenrod.

   Architect Merrick, of Syracuse, was in town on Tuesday, with the complete plans and drawings for the new grand stand to be erected on the fair grounds.

   On Thursday afternoon, Dr. C. M. Parker performed a very skillful operation in the removal of a tumor from the eye of Mrs. Mary A. Dexter, 60 Elm street.

   Homer had a severe hailstorm Wednesday afternoon, lasting about fifteen minutes. The ground is said to have been white with the bullets after the storm.

   Mr. Edwin F. Gilbert, of Lyons, is visiting friends in town, and is also introducing the Aldine Fire-Place designed for hard coal or any other sort of fuel. It is a perfect ventilator and is also a very handsome ornament.

   The contract to furnish uniforms for twenty-five members of Kellogg Camp Sons of Veterans, has been awarded to Maher Bros., of this place. Navy blue flannel, cut in the regulation fatigue style, was selected.

   Frank Forshee, of Homer, who was sent to the penitentiary for selling liquor without a license, has appealed from Judge Northrup's decision on the habeas corpus proceedings to the General Term, and is out on bail.

   Lewis F. Carlisle, of Auburn, formerly of Preble, and well known here, fell through an elevator well, last Saturday, and received injuries necessitating the amputation of his left leg. His many friends in this county will sincerely sympathize with him in his misfortune.

   The Forty-Fifth Separate Company band has disbanded and a new organization has been formed under the name of the Citizens' band, with most of the old members in its ranks. The new band will have a dance in Wells' hall, this evening. Shaver's orchestra furnishes the music.

   Waters & Kellogg, of Homer, have the contract to furnish the uniforms for the Cortland Wheel Club. The members of the club took a spin to Homer, Wednesday evening, to be measured, and were handsomely entertained by Mr. Waters at his home on Clinton street, in that village.

   A local insurance company has been organized in this place, to be called The Empire State, all the officers and members of which are well known citizens of this place. A committee has been appointed to submit a constitution and by-laws to govern the same. The new company starts off with a large membership and a bright outlook for the future.

   "The Chautauquan," for April, contains the 3,645 names of the graduates from the C. L. S. C. class of 1890. It brings the number of those having received diplomas from the organization to 25,571. This tremendous alumni, scattered over the whole world as it is, is in the main true to the principle on which Chautauqua is based, "Education ends with life."

   Chas. Vincent, proprietor of the hotel in Cuyler, has sold that popular house and will give a farewell party at his hall on Wednesday evening, April 29th, 1891. Daniels' full orchestra will furnish the music. Full bill, $1.25. Mr. Vincent has kept an excellent house and has many friends throughout the county who will be sorry to learn of his removal. The boys will give him a rousing farewell.

   The case of the trustees of this village against Millard Strickland, Jr., has been decided by Judge Northrup in favor of the trustees. The legality of the question as to whether the trustees had a right to enforce the payment of a poll tax has now been fully established by his decision and hereafter the tax collectors will experience less trouble in the collection of poll taxes. In the future you can take your choice, pay your poll tax or go to jail.—Jordan Times.

  

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