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ft ' < 3BI . TARIFF II .
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m ' < fS PASSED ! ! mm&
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gjf * DEMOCRATS MAKE ASSAULTS
& ON THE REPUBLICANS.
: A I.lttle Investigation Proves the
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Fatuity of the Their Clalim and
/ - Shoiva the Action of the Republicans
gy Decidedly Unfriendly to the Trust.
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? The screams of the Democratic mem
bers o the house and senate upon the
subject of the advance in price of sugar
stock when the tariff bill emerged from
the conference committee and the ac
tion of the committee on the sugar
* schedule became known , and the fact
that sugar trust stock did actually ad-
. , _ 'vance by great jumps warrants a pre
sentation of the facts , a study of which
will show that the Democrats as usual
- have been shouting themselves hoarse
'
; - over nothing.
The bill gives to the farmers the
protection on wool and other farm
products which they had asked , the
| - -house rates on first and second class
\ wools being restored and a highly sat-
isfactory rate to the wool sections of
the mountain states being adopted.
I 'Now as to the sugar schedule : It was
generally conceded when the bill passed
the house that it was not in any way
advantageous to the trust but.that on
the contrary it took 'away from the
trust much of the advantage which it
had under the Wilson law. Stripped
of all technicalities the cold facts are
that as the bill left the house the rates
' on refined sugar were 12 * & cents per
hundred pounds greater than the rates
Jon raw sugar. Of course the rates on
( different grades of raw sugar were dif
ferent but taking the number of pounds
; of any grade which were required to
' make a hundred pounds of refined
• sugar it was found that the rates were
Jon an average of 12 % cents per hundred -
' ( dred pounds less than those on refined
jsugar. This means that the sugar re-
, ilner3 of the country , whether in the
jtrust or out of it , were allowed a dif-
jfereuce of 12 % cents per hundred
'pounds ' or Vs of a cent a pound difference -
• ence between raw sugar when imported
or refined sugar when imported , thus
ghing them an opportunity to import
raw sugar at % of a cent a pound less
tthan the rates at which refined sugar
• can be imported. "It is generally con
ceded that the cost of refining sugar
lis not less than about % of a cent a
.pound so that the rates really given
( to the sugar refiners are simply the
bare difference between refined and un-
.refined sugars of the cost of refining.
It is well known that the rates adopted
iby the senate were more advantageous
! to the sugar refiners but it is a fact
j jthat the rates agreed upon by the conj -
j ferees made precisely the same differ-
I ence between raw and refined sugars
: that the house bill made when it was
j 'passed by that body. The conference
! ireport did Increase the rates on re-
iflned sugar slightly but it also in-
; 'creased the rates on raw sugar , thus
making the difference in the rate of
'duty between raw and refined , or the
i " differential" as it is called , precisely
" what the house bill made it originally ,
| 12 % cents per hundred pounds , or 3 ,6
-of a. cent a pound. But , says the ob-
'Jector ' , if the conference report gave
to the sugar trust no advantage why
was it that sugar trust stock advanced
during the time that the bill was in
consideration by the conferees and
after it was presented to the public ?
The answer to this is simple enough.
The sugar trust , knowing that the new
bill would certainly advance the rate
of duty on sugars as a protection to
American producers , has been bringing
into the country as rapidly as possible ,
sugar in enormous quantities , getting
It in. of course , under the comparative
ly low rates of the Wilson law. They
have scoured the world for sugar and
"
had in stock by the time the confer
ence report was presented to the public ,
over 700 thousand tons of raw sugar ,
or , in round numbers , 1,500,000,000
pounds. Think of it ! Enough sugar
to load seventy thousand cars , or to
.load three thousand , five hundred
.freight trains of twenty cars * each , or
to make one continuous-train over fifty
miles in length. On every pound of this
sugar which they had -in stock it was
perfectly apparent that they would
• make whatever profit there was be
tween the tariff rates of the Wilson law
and the Increased tariff rates named
'by the Dingley law or an aggregate
profit calculated at 12 million dollars.
js it surprising that sugar stock went
! " Up in view of the fact that this organ
ization would make upon the sugar
r Iwhich it had brought into the country ,
12 million dollars by the mere advance
Vf which the framers of this bill have
- • Sound it necessary to make in tariff
i ' n. . g. . . -f " ' " " ' ' "
'a , . . ! w i -
rates in order to protect the sugar pro
ducers of the United States and bring
a revenue to the government ? But ,
the objector will say , everybody famil
iar with this subject knew that the
sugar trust had all this sugar in stock ,
and since this fact .was well known this
does not account for the sudden rise
in sugar trust stock which followed
the announcement oMhe agreement of
the conference committee. This is
true , but the explanation of the sudden
advance , which was caused by the
profit thus assured to the sugar trust
through the enormous stock on hand
is found in the fact that Secretary
Gage had recommended to congress the
placing of an internal revenue tax of
one cent per pound on all unrefined
sugar in the United States when the
new tariff law should go into effect ,
the object being to compel the trust to
pay to the government a tax of one
cent per pound on all this 1,500,000,000
pounds of sugar which it had accumu
lated waiting the advance which it
could make by the new tariff. Had
Secretary Gage's recommendation been
accepted by the conferees and by con
gress it would have compelled the trust
to pay in internal revenue taxes prob
ably 15 million dollars upon the sugar
which it had piled up in its warehouses.
The conferees and congress , however ,
did not adopt Secretary Gage's recom
mendation for reasons which they
looked upon as entirely sufficient and
the moment this fact became known ,
first that the sugar trust would make
this large profit by reason of the In
creased duty on sugar and second , that
it would not be compelled to pay. out
any of that profit in the proposed in
ternal revenue tax upon its sugar stock ,
those who calculated the profits which
it would make during the coming year
on this enormous mass of sugar which
it holds saw readily that the profits
would be great and the dividends large.
The result was the advance in sugar
trust stock about which there was so
much talk and denunciation. This ad
vance was not due to any permanent
advantage which the new tariff bill
gives the trust over the old law but
on the contrary the difference be
tween raw and refined sugars under
the new bill is , as already indicated
12 % cents per hundred while under the
Wilson law it is 22 % cents per hun
dred pounds , thus making it apparent
at once that the permanent "differen
tial" or difference in tariff rates which
the sugar refiners get under the new
lavis far less than that under the Wil
son law , while this loss to the trust
is offset by the mere temporary ad
vantage in the advance in' prices which
they are able to make upon the enorm
ous accumulation of sugar which they
have on hand.
GEORGE WILLIAMS.
Dead.
Another Deadly Blight.
The blight that has constantly fallen
upon this country , and which has kept
it in a continual condition of business
prostration , has been the inability of
the factories of this country to find
purchasers enough at home to consume
their products. Under this almost un
varying condition the manufacturers
have been compelled to close their fac
tories down for long periods , with the
consequent throwing out of employ
ment of thousands of people who at
once become a vast army of non-pro
ducers and non-consumers. "Regis
ter , " Mobile , Ala.
True. This Democratic "blight" per
mitted the factories-of Europe to sup
ply our markets , hence , as the "Reg
ister" says , our manufacturers "have
been compelled to close their factories
down for long periods , with the consequent
quent throwing out of employment of
thousands of people. " And these" thou
sands of people" will never forget the
destructiveness of the deadly "blight"
of the Democratic party's free trade
policy.
Underestimated.
The new American tariff bill will
yield twenty millions sterling of addi
tional revenue. Bangkok , Siam.
"Times. "
'Wo hope that this prediction from
the Orient is underestimated.
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, t ii i . i - i , V ir ipirjam - -sc-t - - - , rrras = rm , - ,
"Prollflc Parent of Deficit ! . "
The prolific parent of deficits Is con
gressional extravagance. The Journa
of Commerce and Commercial Bulle
tin , New York.
Why not prove it so by your figures
Wo quote them from the same article
Year. Revenue Expenditure. Surplus
1891 $392,012,448 $335,372,085 J37.239.7e
1S32 304,037,785 345,023,331 9.914.4 ;
1893 34,3,819,628 383,477,954 2.341,07
Dencll
1893 $313,390,075 $356,195,29S $42,805,22
189G 320,970.200 352,179.410 25.203,24
1897 317.184.72S 365.S07.83C 18.C23.1C
Our average annual expenditure dur
ing the first three given years , a
above.was $354,624,657. This was din
ing the Republican policy of protec
tion. But , from 1895 to 1897 Inclusive
under the Democratic free trade tar
Iff our expenditures.averaged § 35S,0GC
860 a year within ? 40,000,000 a yea
of the same amount.
The final column of our table , how
ever , shows that there was a surplu ;
of revenue , averaging $16,500,000 i
year for the years 1891 to 1893 inclusive
But during the Democratic admlnistra
tion with its free trade tariff , fron
1895 to 1897 inclusive , there was ai
average deficit of $28,800,000 a year
The "prolific parent" pf these Demo
cratic deficits was not our "congression
al extravagance , " whichtwas within $4 ,
000,000 a year of the same amount un
der free trade as during the three yean
of protection. But the "prolific parent
entof deficits" under the Democrat
administration was its free trade tarifi
with a revenue averaging only $329 ,
000,000 a year , as compared with ar
average revenue of $378,000,000 undei
the Republican tariff for protection
The figures are taken from the sanit
article in The Journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin which mad (
the utterly false statement that "tlu
prolific parent of deficits is congres
sional extravagance. " The statemeni
should read : "Democracy is the prolific
parent of deficits , " -proven by the
figures above quoted.
The Vote on the Tariff.
Thirty-eight votes were cast in th <
senate for the Dingley tariff bill ant
twenty-eight votes were cast againsl
it. Sixteen senators were paired
Seven senators , all of them Populists
or silverites , did not vote. Actually
therefore , the vote on the tariff bill it
the senate was as follows on Wednes
day :
For -V
Against - " i
Not votinjr
Vacancy 1
Total W
Forty-six is a majority of the sen-
att. This is how the states which sup
ported and the states which opposed
the tariff bill stood in respect to the
total vote at last year's election :
For. Against.
Connecticut . . 174.S90 Alabama 153.12 :
Illinois I.O90.SG9 Arkansas . . . 149.C9'
Iowa 521,547 Delaware . . . 31,4i ; <
Maine 11S.593 Florida 4C.4C :
Mass 401.3CS Georgia IW.Oi ? :
Michigan . . . . 544,492 Miss 7ti.r i
Minnesota 341,637 Missouri C74.0H
Montana . . . . 53,217 S. Carolina. . CS.W
N. Hampshhe. 83,670 S. Dakota. . . S2,9. > *
Ohio 1,014,292 Tennessee . . 321.99'
Oregon 97,337 Texas 314.7 *
Penn 1,194,233 Utah ! > ( ! ,12-
R. Island 53.JS3 "Virginia 191.69
Vermont . . . . 03.82.
Wyoming . . . . 20SGrj Total 2,738.96 ;
Total 5,774.313
With Senator Murphy paired againsl
the bill , Senator Piatt cast the vote oi
the Empire state in its favor. Witli
New York's vote added , the states sup
porting in the senate the tariff bill
adopted Wednesday represent a tota ]
vote of 7,320,000 , against a total vote
cast at last year's election of 2,700 , -
D00 in states recorded in opposition.
Such in detail is the analysis of the
vote , and it is to be added in addition
that of the twenty-four senators hav
ing the longest terms to serve , seven
teen were recorded in favor of the bill
an Wednesday and only seven against
it. New York Sun.
The McKInley Idea.
Now if there is anything upon which
Sir. McKinley has set his affections it
is upon having a higher tariff on for
eign goods than ever existed before.
'The Telegraph , " Bradford , England.
He has never said so. All that he
ias ever desired is a tariff that will
irotect American wage earners from
: he competition of cheaper labor pro-
iucts made abroad , including the goods
irom Bradford.
The last refuge of the free traders
n their attempt to excuse themselves
trom the reduction of wages of the
; oaI- miners is in the statement that
: oal importations were no greater tin
ier the Wilson law than under the Mc
Kinley law. They do not seem to un-
lerstand that it is the price fixed by
ioreign importation rather than the
mantity imported which , in this case ,
ixed prices of the home productions.
The fact that Nova Scotia coal , mined
it the water's edge and loaded im-
nediately upon vessels from the mines ,
: ould be brought into the New Eng-
and ports , with a tariff of 35 cents
ess per ton than prior to the Wilson
aw , was of itself sufficient to turn the
ide of West Virginia coal away from
ew England and into the west , thus
nducing the rate wars and forcing
iown the wages of miners in nearly
he same amount that the reduction in
ariff reduced the prices of coal in the
: astern markets.
And now Alaska comes to the front
vith probably the greatest known gold
nines in the world. Verily , things are
joing badly for the silver advocates
md the calamity shriekers. Even be-
iore these great discoveries in Alaska ,
: here was reason to believe that this
rear's gold production would surpass
: hat of any year in the histGry of
: he world , while the prospect of high
prices abroad for our good crops war
rants the belief that other parts oE
the world will be sending ia their
; old for our grain during the coming
fear.
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. UNCLE SAM WANTS NO AN
ARCHISTS.
America H Not to He Made an Anylun
for Them The tar Shutting Out
Dangeroun 1'ersoiiK From For
eign Countrit-H to Ho Strictly
Kn farced.
Watching for Aiinrchlnlg.
Washington , Aug. 14. The treasury
authorities are keeping a sharp look
out for the Anarchists now bein
driven from France , Spain and Itab
by concerted action , and no pains wil
be spared to prevent the United State !
from being1 made an asylum for thes <
men.
Terrence V. Powderly , the now com
missioner of immigration , said lnsi
night that he would adopt every rem
cdy under the law to exclude l'lunas
leader of the Spanish Anarchists , wh (
has been conducted to Havre by
French officials and shipped to New
York. The immigration authorities
will notify their officers at New Yorli
and all large seaboard ports to be on
the lookout for Anarchists headed this
way. It is expected that the United
States consul at Ilavre will { five speci
fic information as to the ship on
which Planas and his co-Anarchiste
shall sail.
The law permits the exclusion oi
"persons ' who have " been convicted ol
a felony or other infamous crimes ov
misdemeanors involving1 moral turpti-
tudo" and of "persons likely to become
a public charge. " These are the only
provisions which even indirectly can
be applied to anarchists and the bu
reau will be compelled to resort to
them.
After the Barcelona anarchistic agi
tation the French sent to the state
department hero a list of anarchists
expelled from that country and ex
pected to come to the United States.
The list was sent to the immigration
officers in New York , Philadelphia ,
Boston and other ports with instruc
tions to apply the law against anarch
ists named on the li .t None of them
were apprehended , however , as thev
either did not come or were smuggled
in by way of the steerage.
Mr. Powderly was asked if he fa
vored strengthening the law so as to
specifically exclude Anarchists , and
replied : "I most assuredly would favor
a law excluding from the United
States every criminal , incendiary and
Anarchist. There is no trouble in fix
ing1 the status of a man who has been
conv.cted of a crime , but the term
'Anarchist' has not been clearly de-
lined , so that it is extremely difficult
to ascertain who the Anarchists are. " '
Mr. Powderly went on to show the
difficulties in the way of defining1 "an
archistic. " The latter claims to be a
philosopher seeking an ideal state of
society. To this end he advocates the
abolition of all law and the substitu
tion of individual eirort. It is only
when the Anarchist carries his philo
sophy to the point of becoming1 an as
sassin or advocate of assassination or
incendiarism that the law can deal
with him. It cannot deal with him as
an abstract philosopher. "
In the case of Planas , the Spanish
Anarchist , there seems to be no doubt
as to his character. Mr. Powderly has
long1 known Planas. The fact that he
is expelled fron France would proba
bly bring him within the section of the
law excluding those who had been
convicted of any offense involving
moral turpitude.
BIG POLITICAL POW-WOW.
President UIcKlnley , Senator l'iatt nnd
Governor Dlaclc to Meet.
Washington ; Aug. 11. An interest
ing and probably important political
pow-wow is scheduled to occur this
week at Port Henry. Representative
Wallace T. Foote , jr. . of the Twcntj'-
third New York district , is having a
house party there. His Congressional
colleagues are his guests. Governor
Black , Senator Piatt Speaker Kccd
and Senator Chandler will be present
during the week , and President Mc
Kinley accepted an invitation to-tlay
to dine there Saturday , wlien he will
meet the party. One of the most con
spicuous features of the meet will be
the coming together for the first time
in several months of Senator Piatt
and Governor Black.
It is thought here that the two New
Yorkers will reach a more cordial
understanding and that some import
ant propositions toward carrying on
Greater New York's political campaign
will be discussed and something defi
nite decided upon.
Eastern Klondikers.
Seattle , Wash. , Aug. 14. One of
the largest and best equipped of all
the parties that have started for the
Klondike from Seattle this season has
just arrived in the city from New Eng
land. They arc organized on a mili
tary basis , the captain being Arthur
E. Seymour , son of the well-known
mind reader. Charles II. Moseley , for
merly of the Boston Herald , is secre
tary , and A. E. Iiogers , of Norwich.
Conn. , is treasurer. Each member of
the party originally contributed SI,000.
and each agrees to share and share
alike in all the expenditures and profits
of the expedition. Apart from these
individuals the company has plenty of
backing1 .
School Kcpairers Strike.
Chicago , Aug. 14. Two thousand
five hundred men employed on Chica
go's public school buildings struck to
day by order of the Building Trades
council and repairs on thirty-five
Bchool houses were stopped. If the
strike is not settled soon it is said the
ouildings will be in such a condition
that they cannot be used at the open
ing of the schools in September. The
labor unions demanded that the board
of education insert a clause in future
contracts that none but union men be
amnloyed on the school buildings.
JOHN SHERMAN.
Not Prolmblo that Ho WIN Ketlre Frrr
the Cabinet.
Washington , Aug. 13. All report
about the early retirement from th
cabinet of John Sherman , sccrctarj' estate
state , which have ben scatters
broadcast of late are denied by Mr
Sherman and the report that Judg
Hay , first assistant secretary , wa
summoned suddenly from Cantoi
where he was spending his vacation
to assume- charge of the department
is also denied.
The fact that Judge Day was pre
paring1 to leave Canton for Cambridge
boro. Pa. , evidently gave risu to thi
renort. He is not expected iu Wash
ii.on . , before September.
Though the immediate retirement o
Mr. Sherman is not expected , it ha :
been the impression among well In
formed men in Washington for several
oral months that his service as secre
tary of state would certainly nol
continue through the administration ,
nnd possibly not thro igh its first year.
The fact cannot be concealed that he
is in feeble health , due to advanced
age and long years of political activ-
it3 % "but the statements that he is men
tally irresponsibl are preposterous ,
for his conversation is as clear and ra
tional to-day as any man's.
When Mr. Sherman went into the
Cabinet it was with the express understanding
derstanding- he bhoultl be relieved
of all l ard diplomatic labor. Hehai
visited his office daily when in Wash
ington , has met the diplomatic corps
at the appointed times and has per
formed other light duties , but has not
attempted to perform any of the heavy
labor of the department.
NO KLONDIKE GOLD TAX-
Canada Abandons Tts Scheme to Exact
l'lacer Royalty *
Ottawa , Ont.T Aug. 13. Influenced
by a strong protest from both the
politicians and business men of the
northwest portion of the dominion ,
the government has decided to aban
don its scheme to force miners of the
placer regions of the Klondike to pay
a royalty of 10 or 1"per cent ou all
gold taken out there. Many business
men declared in their representations
to the government that such a rule , ii
put in force , would undoubtedly lead
to infinite troubJe and might lead to
bloodshed. The storekeepers anil out
fitters of British Columbia are busy
now arranging their plans to compel
all prospectors to buy their supplies
of them by enforcing the payment ol
duty on all outfits from the United
States which arc carrietl into the
Upper Yukon valley.
FREE SILVER SCHEME.
The Proposed Purchase of Forty Tons
for Enforced Unlimited Coinage
Washington. Aug. 13. The Silver
Dollar league of this city has issued a
circular asking investors to cooperate
ate in the purchase of fortj tons ol
silver to be offered at the mints fet
free coinage , and in the event of the
superintendent's refusal the courts
will be invoked under a clause , which ,
it is claimed , has not been revoked , of
the act of February 28 , 1378 , which
provides that "silver dollars of the
weight of 41'JJ-j grains Troy standard
silver shall be coined at the mints of
the United States as provided in the
act of January 1 > ? . 1837. " According
to the circular , "the profit to those
who will help us to start and finish
the fight on the above lines" will be
S700.000. For any sum above a dollar
investors may become part purchasers
of the forty tons.
Eloped With a Tramp.
Sktiaua. Mo. , Aug. 13. A tramp
about : J.1 years old , whose right name
is unknown here , but who was known
by the simple sobricruet of "Joe , " ' was
given employment splitting rails , , by
John Jordan , , who lives on Thomas
ChamboIain ' s farm , fifteen miles
north of Sedalia Some time during
Monday night , the stranger , who had
become enamored with Jordan's wife ,
hitched two of his emploj'er ' s horses
to awagon and drove oftT with Mrs.
Jordan and three of her children. The
fugitives were traced to this city , and
it is believed they are now traveling
through Benton county , ou their way
to the- Ozarks , or Intlian territory.
The Tide of Immigration.
Washington Aug. 13. The tide ol
immigration is at the lowest point
> 5nee the general government assumed
jurisdiction of the subject in 1HZ2.
Che number of arrivals from all coun
tries , according- treasury statistics
luring the last fiscal year , was 230.822 ,
i decrease a compared with the pre-
rious year of 112,435. The lightest
immigration of any previotis year was
in 18'J. "i. when the number from all
. • ountrics was 27S,94S.
Europe * * 'Wheat Xeed * .
London. Aug1 . 1"J. The Times , in
Lhc course of its financial article to-
lay , says : "It is estimated by per-
jens in a position to form an opinion
that at least 12 per cent more wheat
Llian is usually needed by Europe will
1)0 wanted this , year. Owing1 to the
-.hort Hussian. French antl Austro-
ilungary crop- > , the United States will
be the only country able to meet this
3xtra demand. ' "
Virginia Ucuiucr.it- > .
Roakoxk , Va. . Aug. 11. The Demo
cratic state convention was held here
irestcnlay with nearly all of the 1,54S
nembers of the body present. Mr. E.
IV. Sanders was made permanent
chairman without opposition. His de
nunciation of the gola standard elicit
ed applause from the convention. The
lirst considerable outburst of chcer-
ng was evoked by the declaration
Lhat William J. Bryan will be the
president in 1000. J. Ilogo Tyler of
Pulaski , was unanimously nominated
lor governor. The Chicago platform
was unanimously reafiirmci *
TALKS OF THE TIMES. |
ftH
6ENATOR STEWART GETS INTO
THE SWIM. JdS
EnthtiHluotli Oror Krrrjlhliitr ut Sllr
That Ho Think * Muy < Jo t " . " fj k
Cent * nnd ll ll * r - * that Wheat * • J
Will Ituiu-li 81.00 . .Immior M
Nevada on Silver. 1
Hunator Stewart un OptomNt .Vinv. M
New Yomc , Aug. 1.X The Times today -
day publishes the following : "Sen- M
ator Stewart is one of the latest eon- 1
verts to commercial optimism. lie Is H
a "bull" on everything except silver.
He is engaged in a vigorous campaign I
in Wall street and said yesterday that
he had heard so much about bettor J
times that he had determined to
'gather in a part of the prosperity
which is not only rampant in the M
street , but throughout the laud. ' M
uWherrJ asked what brought abonfc k
the change in his views , he said : H
"There is no room for pessimism in fl
this country No onu can be a bear H
iu the face of the wheat famine in fl |
Argentine , Russia. Hugary nnd India. • - K
In view of these conditions , abroad , X y |
should not be surprised to sec silver" 9
sell as low as twenty-five cents and T
wheat as high as a dollar. There i * j
nothing in talking silver at the W
present , time , and my advice to my T
friends in the West is to fall in ( f J
line with the forces of prosperity ami s _
progress and receive their due share } mA
of the reward. The time has passed H
for the old issues. Wc must turn to m
face new issues and new conditions. I S
frequently hear it said that thisseeur- M
ity market is a duplicate of the mar,9
lect of 1873. It is not. It is more of a r |
bull market. All a man has to do Is J
to get into it , go to sleep and get rich.
"The wheat situation in the West |
will make every railway not a div- 1
dend earner but a dividend oayer. 1
Railroads that have been moribund
for 3'ears are now taxed to their full
est capacity and are still unable t < > *
accommodate their t-afiic. I am told
that there is imminent danger of a car <
famine on many of the most impor
tant lines traversing the country. '
" 'Are the people in the West alive
to this new situation' ' '
" 'The people in the West. ' he re
plied , 'are wide awake. They know a
good thing when they see iL Most of
them are hanging on to their cereals
with confidence born of hope and ac
tual knowledge of what is goirig on i
around them. With their immense /
crops they will be able not only to
liquidate their indebtedness to the j
money sharks of the East , but will in-
auguratc a buying movement that will fl
surprise the people in this part of the fl
country. I think that by the late fall fl
the truth of what I said and reiterated M
during1 the campaign will be generally jM
recognized and this is that- there can [
be no general prosperity in this country -
try that is not born and sustained in M
the West' M
"Senator John P. Jones of Nevada ,
who is spending a vacation iu this M
city , said yesterday that the continued M
fall in the price of silver ought not to f 1H
surprise anyone. 'Silver is falling in / •
price , " he said , 'because of the falling A
of the demand for it as money. Japan 9
has gone into a gold basis and so less- * * a
cned the demand for silver. Hesides \
this , there has been , because of uni-
versa I hard times , a great falling- off 1
in purchases in the East. The Ori- a
sntal countries use silver money and < M
our purchases are paid for in that M
metal. The demand has been cut off |
by reason of the hard times. ' M
"Of the increase in gold production S
in Alaska , Mr. Jones said : 'I am not A
opposed to prosperity through an increase - / M
crease in gold. The Republicans are
very lucky and I congratulate them. M
on the fact that this great discovery fl
falls within their administration. I M
believe a great deal of gold will be M
found in Alaska and it is certain to M
restore prosperity , for which the Republicans - B
publicans will claim and receive credit. 9
I shall welcome its return , whether fl
through gold or silver. Much gloriti- X
nation and congratulation is heard - 9
over the fact that our Western - 1
*
orn wheat is going1 up to
i dollar because of a famine in.
Argentine , Russia , India and other ,
countries. I do not think that our
prosperity is founded upon destitution I I
md starvation in foreign nations. I aj
want to see a flood of money turn the flfl
idle mill - . /heels and irrigate the waste / { 9
plains of our land. Another result " '
that will follow from an abundance of . 1
money , be it silver or gold , will be ' ) m
abeyance of this hatred of the trusts. fl
The people hate trusts , and only prosperity - M
perity will drive monopoly out of their fl
minds. Plenty of money will crush k
aut the trusts. They flourish only. ia. 9
hard times. ' " d < 1H
Jim
Is Without a l'ower riant. * * 1
Kansas Crrr , .Mo. , Aug. 13.The - 9
discovery has been made that there- .
no provision for a heating and power * m
plant in Kansas City's fine new government -
ernment building. In the original 1
plans for the building the poweeplant J
was placed in the east wing. Later it M
was found that the appropriation 9
from Congress was insufiicioot ta 9
erect the building complete , amd thefl
east wing was cut off , but no provision - M
sionwas made for putting a. power M
plant in the main part of the building. %
SENATOR HANNA WRECKED ,1
The Ohloan's Steam Yacht on the ttoefca J J
or Northern Li't : Superior. . fl
Pout Akthuix Ontario , Aug. 13. J 1
The steam 1 * I
yacht Comanche , with Sen- {
ator M. A. Hanna's * ?
partv on board , i3 $ T |
ashore somewhere in ' I
the Nippon. ± r < *
straits on the north shore of LakeSu- ( '
perior. The boat seems to be in seri
ous danger , as the telegram asked
that two wrecking tugs and a lighter
be sent at once. The teleirram was
sent from Mpigon station , on. the Ca- '
aadiaa PaciGc
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