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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1899)
Oluotct ( So * JlqwWtcan PablUhctl etcry Thnmlnjr ( it the County B iU. . HI. AMB K IIV , Hriltor tfluOfflco In Cnetor Block , Fourth Are. r Kuti'rcrt nt the pottofflco fit Broken Dow , Nut ) . , tt toconJ-clnen matter for trarnralielon ttiruniiti tlioU. 8. Malls. _ _ SOBSOIUITION i'UICK : Ono Yew , In ftdviiuco fl 00 THURSDAY , DEO. 38 , 1809 , Republican I'rouilscH Ilnro DOOM Ful Illled. "In the now currency bill which passed the lower IIOUHO of congress this week , the party oomoB out Bquaroly find unequivocally for a gold stnudard. The follows who" Btuok to the republican party in the liopu that it would carry out ito promisee regarding ailvor , now have another chance to sco the error of their waya.'Calluway Independent. The Oalluway Indopon'lont it , on ly ono of the many dotno-pop papers that is now Becking to discredit the HUCCCBS of the present admiuistra > lion by false insinuation ) ] . The re publican party has kept its pledge with the people , made at the St. Louis convention , and haa no apol ogies to make , nor a record of which it in ashamed. It pledged to main tain the gold standard , establish confidence with the business world and restore prosperity to the people. Il only promised to establish the ireo coinage of silver in oaao there could bo an international agreement. In compliance with that pledge an honent effort was made , by sending a commission > to Europe soon attor President MoKinloy was inaugurat ed , with that end inviow. But the agreement could not bo affected. In the meantime the administration proceeded to enact such lawn au the republican party deemed expedient to establiuh confidence , and tliftt would inaugurate an era ot pros parity. Since that'timo there has been a wonderful transformation in the financial condition of the coun try. There has not boon in the his * tory ol the country a morn prosperous era than the last thruo years , under republican laws and a republican administration. From the treasury leports wo loam that there has boon a gain of about live- hundred mil lion dollars in the amount of money in circulation in the United States in the past two years of restored protection and prosperity. The figures of thin gigantic increase of material wealth and of money in the hands of the people have a sug- gestivenoFs that is startling. They show what the country escaped when in 1896 it ohoso between W . MoKiuloy and Wm. J. Bryan. They are also peculiarly suggestive in connection with the presidential contest of next year. Ono more financial month like November will bijmg the total of money * in circulation in the United States past the. two billion dollar lino. Ofl. November 1 tne total money in circulation waa $1,003- 716,148 ; , and on December i , $ ir 085,030,004 , an increase of $22- 214,810 in the month. . A gain of oven two thirds Una amount in the present month would bring tho'total ' money in circulation in the United States past the two billion dollar Hue for the first time in our history The steady and rapid growth in the circulation of money in the United States , bothjgold and tola of all kinds of money , is indicated in a compilation made by the Treas tJuroau ot otaustics from data supplied in the annual and.monthly HtatoraontB of the Buronu of Loans and Currency of the Treasury De partment , showing the amount of gold and total'money in circulation in the United States at annual per iods during theipastj twoaty yeara. It shows an increase in that length of time from $138,04:1,410 : of aold and gold certificates to $778,385- 003 , atnl of total circulation froua $810,290,721 to $1,935,080,954 1111 the prospect , as already indicated , that the. two billion dollar line will shortly bo crossed. While the gen. eral growth in that time haa boon remarkable , that of the past throe yeara is especially marked. On July 1 , 1890 , the total money in circulation in the United States was $1,500,726,200 , and on December 1 , 1809 , 91,985,030,004 , an increase during three aud a half yeare Qof ? 470,20G,704 , or 111 $ per dbnljwhilo the gold coin and certificates in creased from $408,440,243 to $778 , . 388,303 , au increase of $279,039 , * 001 , or CO per cent ( Do Not AbantUu I'ro&ctlou. Notwithstanding all the object cflBous that have been administered yy the protective tariff there are thono who Dtill preaok ' free trade , for which there ( a no justification beyond the philanthropic idea of helping the foreign laborer. It is every man's duty to help his brother , but in order to accomplish this it doaa not ftoour to the aver age mind that it is incumbent to lower oneself to the level of the brother. Level up , and not down , is the true principle upon which humanity' ' should act. When the foreign laborer makes' an attempt to bettor his own coo-1 dition it will be time enough for the American laborer to lend him a helping hand. Under free trade labor in this country played oeaond tlddlotothat of Europe ; under protection it has always manipulated the first violin , la there any reason why it should now voluntarily relegate itself onoa more to second place ? The argument of the free trader is that inasmuch as America can undersell Europe in her own mar * kots it is time to eliminate protec tion. tion.If If this argnmont is good then the American manufacturer Should dis card hi improved machinery , re duce the pay of skilled labor to the level of that allowed the roustabout and generally impress upon his employes that their solo and only duty is to pat in so many hours a day. day.The The faot of the matter is that protection afforded American man ufacturers the opportunity to ad vance their own interests , while at the name time enabling tham to better the condition of their em ployes. That they di'd both is in finitely to their credit. Protection is the bridao that en ablod American industries to reaob their present high efficiency , and it would bo a orimo to abandon It so long as there IB Clio shadow of dan ger of any ether nation successfully invading our homo markets , St. Louis Star. 1'roiperltr Daring the month of November there was an inoroaaa of nor * than 20,000 instruments in the net out put of the Boll Telephone Cem-1 pany and an increase of over $247 ? . 000 for the eleven months . nding with November. There could net be a better indication of the way in which business to growing- and branching out. Many f th new patrons of the tolopb me are men who have seen their Vasinosawhioh was at least sleepingif not dead- during the "pj.niokj days of Clove- land's administration , take'on ! new life under the revivifying effects of protection. IB many other oases the now telephones represent new enterprises which have been brought Into -existence by the Ding ley law. The stirring'of now life in old "onsinesH concerns and the establishment of now enterprises means now needs aad BOW demands and the telephone company profits aloag with every ono else. The point of it all is that no ono indus try onn be touched by prosperity 'without ' posting prosperity on to sorao other industry , and so on an * til every ! industry in the country is sharing in tho'gocd times. Ameri can Economist. A Result of l'rotcetl B. The democratic New York World , which has always been a ataunoh supporter ofjfroe trade , published yesterday an interesting article to show that cotton good * factories are running to the hmitj toj , supply the demand forthoir [ products. The opening paragraphjread8 > afollowfl | : Nowhere injthe United States is there an idle cotton mill today. Those that less than a | year ago were forced to close down either OB account of strikes or necessary cur tailment are humming * sgain. In many the thousands of looms1 are weaving away night and day , but , HtillJtheJ rdera are from two to six month * behind time. Operatives , who now flud plenty of employ ment , within a few months have had two advances in wages , oaoh time tbb increase amounting to 10 per cent. Never in the [ history of cotton ndontry has there been > suoh extra * ordinary activity RB today exists , With every mill running at its full capacity , tho'wholesale market ia ported praotioallyolear of cotton goods , t but ' thoyfWorld , while it prints the facts and figures to prove statements , neglects to giro orcdit to whom'credit is duo. Ev erybody remembers that during Cleveland's administration the cot ton industry1 in Now "England had reaohed stioh a low ebb that many mills wer6 closed and thousands of op6rativ'eB were thrown out of em ployment. Then came the election of , President MoKinley and tha adoption of a strong protective tar iff , struggling mills quickly felt tup return of good times and ithoy had boon gradually getting 'back to their former prosperous condition , until today they are booming as never before. The tariff may not bo an isaua today booanso business is every whore so 'good that the people ple ara not stopping to inquire the whys and wherefores , but a year of democratic nutadmmistratian , to gether with a tariff baaed upon democratic theoriserould again bring forcibly to mind that the oardinal principle of the republican party , protection for American in dustries , means business activity and national prosperity. Spring field , ( Mass. ) Union. The Beacon last week quoted at length from the report of the fail- urn of the Broadway National Bank of Boston , and the Produce Ex. change Trust Co. , of Now York , and wound op with the following : 'Whore is that wave of McKinley prosperity ? Echo answers whore. " There ha * never been a time when thera was not an occasional business failure in the United States , bat when we compare the present with the panicky times of democracy , there is little consola tion for the calamity crowd to crow. Yet when there is a business failure the whole popooratio crew gels on the highest pbrob they can find and shouts , "Whore is that wave of filcKinloy prosperity ? " It is but another evidence that they prefer to sea business depression to pros perity , henoe they rejoice over ovary' failure that 'comes under their motfoe. The records show that , the failures for tha week end ing Deo. 9 , 1809 , wore only 144 , as against 981 in the corresponding wsok-in 1808r and that waa a great improvement over 1897 , and 1897 was a big improvement ever 1890 : Dan's Review for Doc. 3 says : ' Business continues wonderfully arge , prosperous and 'healthy. In four weeks failures have boon re ported 'amounting to $6,848,590 , against $8,110,476 in the same weeks' of last year , $12,010,105 in 1807 , and over $12,000,000 in 1800 , and also in 1890. Yat the volume of ] solvent trade represented by exchanges - changes at tha principal clearing house's has been for the month 28.5 per cent greater than last year and 40 per oont greater than in 1892. " Fiva years ago green hides were soiling at 8 | cents per pound , now they soil at 13 $ cents. Would not any farmer prefer to pay CO oonts more on a pair of boots and have hides remain at the price they are now ? Benton ( IllRopnblidan. ) | Land in the littio island of Guam that was worth only $15 an acre under Spanish rnla , idfcnow | ] soiling for $100 au acre , There s a strik ing similarity between Spanish rule and democratic rule. Springfield ( Mo. ) Republican , oUndorJthoi Wilson bil4we ! used to hear of business establishments go ing up. Under the Dingloy bil we hear ofwages going up. There is quite a difference in favor'of the American people , Philadelphia Item. Washington Letter. ( BpelUcorripondenco to the.RirunttoiK. ) Waahiagton , D.U , Deo. 23 , The first two weeks oongresa reaching up to the day rooess , die not develop anything of importance [ to Nebraska , aside from the our ronoy dob.ito and the passage of the bill ] to the house , declaring gold the standard of the country. Several dpccial pension bills wore intro duced by the Nebraska representa tives , ono of which calls for a pen sion at the rate of $100 per month for the widow of Colonel Stotaon- org. Mr. Burkett introduced bills calling for the erection of $75,000 in public buildings at Falla City and Plattaraouth. Mr. Suth erland asked for a $125,000 build ng ai Beatrice , and Mr. Mercer re quested the establishment of u U S. mint at Omaha. Free rura mail delivery ia also aakod for Sar py and Washington counties. In the debate which has bee going on Neville and Robinso have taken the opportunity to mak speeches. They wore allowed time ono evening when the hall was nearly dosorted. When they fin ished there were twenty throe dem ocrats and pops in the room ; the republicans had all gone home. Tha speeches wore made so that they might bo printed in tha con gressional record , aud will bo made to aeo service in the campaign next year. They both sang the song of Bryan and 10 to 1. The first question of public im portance taken up by the houao was the Roberta polygamy case. The republicans were unanimous in fav or of excluding the polygamist ; Robinson of Nebraska joined with a few democrats and voted to allow Roberta to take the oath of office. The Third district congressman had forgotten all about the kSulu trea ty" whioh waa so industriously ux- ploited by the fuaionists two ruonthp ago. Republicans and democrats alike now admit that the country has had the gold standard for twenty- five years or more , and that the pending currency bill only makes a declaration of what is already in effect. The vote on the bill could bavo been counted at the beginning of the debate , yet the democratic members talked on the subject as if it wore entirely new , and aa if the results hung on tboir words. The debate was utilized by both parties in outlining the issue for the coming presidential campaign. The republicans have loat no ohanoe to quote from Bryan's "First Battle , " and calamity speeches have como infer for a good deal of ridicule. The democratic orators wore all made to admit that proapority had come under the republican admin stration , but they had the same old excuse "it waa only temper ary. " They wore assured , how ever , that temporary prosperity whioh proves to be permanent ia a irotty satisfactory sort. It is learned that on account of this era of prosperity sentiment in the southern states ia changing rapidly. The smoke from the large number of now iron , cotton and ether factories and mills in the south , the increased demaid for labor and 'the ' 'general increase in wages , has taught the southern people that the protootivo tariff is a good thing , that the gold standard does not bring calamity , and that there arc other national questions besides "Negro supremacy , " and hereditary democracy , While it is not likely that the election machin ery of the south will pel in it any republican majorities next year , there is sure to bo a slump in the vote. In Washington and all through the east there haa been much com ment over the disgraceful scramble of the fuaiouiata in Nebraska to get the place made vacant by the death of Senator Hayward. It is generally ally understood hero that this scramble commenced as soon as Judge Hayward was taken seriously ill , and the country is forming a pretty correct idea of the real pur * pose and aim of the so called ' 're form party. " F.A. HAIIRIBON , Connuinptlon of Quinine. The people of the United States con sume one-third of the total qulnlno output of the world. The average con- Bumption per head is 20 grains an nually. The cinchona tree , which 'fur- nlshea qulnlno , Peruvian bnrk , and callsaya bark , Is a native of the west ern South American coast countries , more particularly Peru ; yet but n com paratively small portion of the world's product now comes from that region. Olnchonn trees have boon transplant ed In Java and British India , and the bulk of the quinine uaed now comes from these countries. Farmers Bank of Ouster County , BROKEN BOW , NEB. Transnotfl a General Banking Basincus. County Claims and Warrants Bought. Hasja full line ot Drugs , Paints and Wall Pape : r. Also a Fine Line of Books , Stationery , Toilet Articles , oto. Store on corner of Fifth avenue and Main street , Broken Bow , Nob. 3. ll.BUBKBAM.P-.ltot , L.nodn . , Neb. IL G , , HOajM , < J. M. K1MDBRL1NQ , Vlce-Piei. , Broken Bow. 8 . H. HO Yl , nnni/TTNT BHW QTATIi1 DuUMI DUW MAlJi BROKEN BOW , NEB. GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. DIHBOTOng : 8.11 , Dnrohami J , M. Klmborllnjc. 8. H. llojt. U. O. Rogers. OORnKeroHDKNTS : Halted BtatM .U u Ban , , Peiints IS & & li ' 'H I J. G. HAEBEELE.i jjjjgggjagHEESilESSSEiBSSSSSS 5S5M3 V i H ra is Lignite. Northern Colorado. | I sT. T. i At S5S.E3O per Ton , at Foster & Smith's Lumber Yard , Broken Bovr , Nebraska. Lignite , 'Northern Colorado. cajfl atfi aSM CLOTHING , All New , and of the Latest Pattern , -AT- W , H , PENN & GO'S , We have the finest line of Gents' Furnishing ; Goods , Trunks , Valises , , Etc. ( Wo bought these goods direct from the factories , and are j able to soil thorn as cheap aa any house in the county. The i advantage we have over our competitors is that our stock is all j now , and we have no shelf worn jr second hand stock. All ' , thoao goods are up to date in style , and quality second to none. We are located in the Realty block , south aide square. Oall and aoe us. We are prepared to load our competitors , in quality and prices. Broken Bow , Nebraska.