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The present mayor of Detroit and Republican candidate for governor, Hazen S. Pingree, was born at Denmark, Me., August 30, 1840, the fourth ohild of Jasper and Adeline Pingree. His first American forefather was Moses Pingree, who emigrated from England in 1640, and settled in Ipswich, Mass., where his descendants continued to reside for more than 140 years. Many of the family have been distinguished in colonial and national history; prominent among them Samuel Everett Pingree, governor of Vertuont, 1884-86. Jasper Pingree was a farmer and resided at Denmark, Me., from the time of his birth in 1806 until 1871, going then to Detroit, Mich., where he died in 1882. The son resided with his parents until 14 years of age, when he went to Saco, Me., and secured employment in a cotton factory. In 1860 he went to Hopkinton, Mass., and secured employment in a shoe factory. Here he learned the trade of cutter at which he worked until August 1, 1862, when he enlisted as a private in Company F, First Massachusetts regiment of Heavy Artillery, for the unexpired three years' term of the regiment. When the regiment was mustered out at the end of the term, he re-enlisted on the battlefield for three years more, or during the war. With the regiment he participated in the second battle of Buil Bun, the battles of Fredericksburg Road, Sarris Farm and Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, North Anne and South Anne. At the battle of SpotbBylvania Court House his regiment opened the engagement and killed 1:22 men and wounded 368. On May 25, 1864, Mr. Pingree, with a number of his comrades, while reconnoitering, were captured by a squad of Mosby's men. As prisoners of war they were brought before that officer, who exchanged his entire suit of clothes with Pingree, but afterward gave back the coat, remarking that liis men might shoot him for a "Yank." Af ter his capture he was confined for nearly five months at Andersonville stockade, Salisbury, N. C, and Millen, Ga. At the latter place, in November, 18G4, he was exchanged, rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg and soon af ter took part in the expedition to the Weldon railroad, and in the battles of Boydton Road, Petersburg, Sailor's Creek, Farnsville and Appomatox Court House. Mr. Pingree was mustered out of service in August, 1865, and shortly after went to Detroit, Mich. Heiie for a time he was employed in the boot and shoe factory of H. P. Baldwin & Go. Deciding to embark in business for liimself, in December, 18 86, with C. H. Smith, he purchased a small boot and shoe factory, the entire capital represented by the firm of Pingree & Sinith, when established, being but 81,360. The first year they employed but eight oersons and the value of their production reached only $20,000. Inereasing business compelled their removal to larger quarters, and in time they secured and maintained their position as the most extensive boot and shoe manufacturers in the west, and their f aetory is excelled by but one or two in the Uuited States. Over 700 persons are ■mployed and the value of their annual products amounts to about SI, 000, 000. From the beginning of this enterpri.se Mr. Pingree has had the general supervisión oí the entire establishment. His success has been the result o hard work and good management. In social lifo he is large-hearted and generous, a faithful f riend and good citizen. He has confined his energies almost solely to the advancement of his business, but has ever evinced a commendable public spirit and a willingness to do his full share to promote all public projects. Mayor Pingree has in his possession at his Detroit residence three old muskets, one of which was carried by his great grandfather in the Revolutionary war, another by his grandfather in the war of 1812, and the third by himself in the war of the Rebellion. Mr. Pingree was elected mayor of Detroit in 1889 and is now serving his fourth term in that office. On August 7. 18U6, he was nominated for Governor of Michigan on the Republican ticket. Mr. Pingree married Francés A. GilOert, of Mount Clemens, Mich., February 28, 1872. They have had three ehildren - two daughtera, the eldest uow deceased, and oue son. opon that rtlcle tn orde that the price of thjo article may be so mucli inereased that our people can affoixl to produce it. You mean that the man who buys that article shall pay into the public treaRurj' the tariff upon the article, and yon expect that this. tog-ether with tlft priee. will be suffksient lo protoct somebody else. "There is a qucstion. Mr. Chairman, when you come to consider the details of a revenue tariff, as to just how it cmght to be laid. I believe, and I am ready to stand by it anywhere, that a protective tariff levied not to raise revenue, but to proteetsome particular industrv, is wrong in principie and vicious in practice." Mr. Perkins: "Are you to be understood as opposed to a "state or national protection to be extended to the beetsugar industry?" Slr. IJryan: "I am most assuredly." Mr. McKenna: "Doyoui-eally believe that the protective is similar to the pickpoeket's policy of putting a man's hand into another man's pocket and extracting money from it?" Mr. Bryan: "Yes, that is my belief." "I eare not, for the sake of the argument, which position is true. One of three conditions must exist at this time. We have imposed a tariff on wool; we may have given a compensatory duty. which is equivalent to that tariiï, upon wool in all in all its manufactured forras. The manufacturer of wool must, if he buys foreign wool, pay this duty. Now, if the farmer gets no increased price for his wool because of protection. and the manufacturer deals honcstly with the people and does not charge them anything extra, then the removal of this duty will still bring relief to the consumers of woolen goods by reducing the price of imported wool without affecting the price of the farmers home-grown wool. This is the first condition which may exist." Later in the debate in answer to a question Mr. Bryan said: "We are only beginning an attack which will be continued as long as there is anything to remedy." He is still of the same opinión. Is that what the farmers and manufacturers of Michigan want?