In Memoriam

The following resolutions on the deat of General Hancock were accepted anc adopted at the recular meeting of Welc Post No. 137, G. A. K.( held Friday eve ning, Feb. 12, 1886: Whebeas, ïhe nation is called t mourn the loss by death of one of it most illuetrous generáis, ds well as on of its purest and most beloved citizens Winfield Scott Hancock; therefore, Eesolved, That the comrades of WelcJ Post will keep in memory the departet hero as "superb" on every battle fielc which feit his inspiring presenee, espe cially the decisivo field of Gettysburg wliere he atood with hig inviueibles a living, ïnsurmountable wall between Lee's invading columns and northern homes; is it too much to say, between u and dissolution of the nnion? Bezolvea, That, while we bow with sub mission to the will of the Great Com mander, we will emulate the virtues o the lamented chieftan, and consecrat oureelves anew to the country whicl Hancock loved so well and ser ved witl such rare devotion . liesolved, That a copy of these resolu tions be placed upon our minutes anc given to our city papers for publicalion J. H. Stabk, W. H. DOKBANCE, W. F. Breaket. ... Committee. Epglish capitalists have put $400,000, 000 in the construction of railroads in India. They have done this to get th Indian wheat to the seaboard. They ar now enabled to lay down that stapl cereal in London at lower figures than Amerioan wheat can be sold there. Thi is the result of driving English trad away from as. The British merchant prefer to buy from those who buy from them. Is there anything unreasonabl about that? Reciprocity is what suit them. How does the American farme like the speotacle of a falling demand fo American wheat in London and JávíLc a high tariff?- Lansing Journal. If we want to make taxation equal we raust gradúate it in proportion to the in dividual's ability to pay. This is the )nly way in which equal hard ship will 3e placed upon each taxpa.ver. The nearest approach to this equitable system of taxatiou tbis country ever saw was the income tax. The incomes of the 3oor and those in moderate circumstan:es were ezempt, and the rich were made ;o pay in a greater proportion as their ncomes increased. There is not a soli:ary sensible argument wh this law ihould not have been kept in foroe. It mposed no burden whatever on men ïnless their incomes were over two ;liousand dollars a year, and a man who olears more than every year is a'le, and ought to be willing to give a trifle of the surplus for the common good. But this was making the rich pay something for he protection the government gives ;hem, and as wealthy men have usually ecome so by putting burdens upo )thers and taking the benefits themselves, ;he mouied men could not submit tn ti. ation. - [Harbor Springs Independent. In support of the bilí prohioiting convict and alien labor Congressman Tim. Tarsney, aniong other sensible remarks, says: "We do not mean to close the doors to foreign immigiation, but rather invite it and require those who come to this country and expect employment upon government work to American ize themselves, in other words to become a part of oureelves. I believe it wrong to expend money upon public buildings and improvements where in maney cases the principal cost is the labor that oes into the work, and permit the contractor to place the American woikman in competition with the world. With all our talk about the protective policy of the government and ito benefits to American labor, the fact is that American labor has never been protected. The only two things that are esseotial to our existeuce that fiow across the national boundary lines and through the custom houses free of duty, are the air we breathe, and the labor that perfortns uur work. The manufactnrers have been proteeted. We propose, íf e can, to protect American labor, and this, too, without deviating one iota from the principies underlayinK our spstem whieh has alwaj b invited fór eigners to come to us. We will invite them, but we propose in the iuterests of Americamsm to require those who come to us to be one of us." Hot Springs - Climbing up stairs in August after a delinquent subscribir. Certain patent medicine men will be grievously disappointed if cholera doesn't mnke lts appearance in this country this year. Their labor of changing the labels ; on the bottles of their unsold stock of hver remedies to "oholera cure8"will hav been thrown away.