I
vim
m)i
Good and Strong Words that Republi
cans Ought to Heed.
nEvSPONSlMLITIES TO BE PACED.
Ringing Words on Trim Urpulilloin'Mii
Experience of tlio Vnnt Should Ilo n
Uuldo fur tlio Future Only llnnent
and Cnpublo Men Should lie Honored
With lMuco.
(From the Nebraska State Journal.)
Tlio decision for tin early convention
for nominating nil candidates for state
and county o'fflcors, Including mombors
of tho legislature, brings the republi
cans of this county face to face with
important responsibilities that must bo
dealt with within tho next thirty days.
Tho experiences of tho last session
of tho legislature havo taught tho
peoplo of Lancaster county tho abso
lute necessity of sending somo strong
men and trustworthy men to represent
them In the legislature. In tho last
legislature adequuto leadership was
lacking to a painful degreo on tho
republican sldo of tho house.
A sufficient number of republicans,
somo of thorn from Lancaster county,
got Into the habit of bolting tho deci
sion of the republican caucus and join
ing with tho fusion minority for per
sonal or political ends to prevent
wholcsomo action by tho majority
pnrtv and to endanger for a tlmo re
publican success In tho election of a
United States senator.
This sort of thing cannot bo sub
mitted to and it behooves tho repub
licans of Lancaster county to mnko no
moro mistakes in candidates. Whether
tho republicans of Nebraska will suc
ceed in electing again n majority of
the legislature, thereby securing with
ordinary good faith and party allegi
ance, two republicans in tho United
States sennto in place of Senators
Thurston nnd Allen, remains to bo
seen, and there will undoubtedly bo
n lively campaign In tho senatorial
and representative districts of tho
state.
Every precaution should bo taken by
tho republican organization to guard
ngalnst nccldents nnd failure, in case
tho republicans have a mnjorlty, when
tho votes nro polled.
Tho majority will bo a slender one
in any event, probably, and that makes
It exceedingly desirable, first of all
that there shall bo strong men elected
in the republican districts, and second,
men concerning whoso fealty to tho
lenubllcan party there shall bo no
shadow of doubt.
No men should bo nominated for tho
legislature weak enough and person
ally greedy enough to sign any sort
of contract with tho members or tno
fusion minority in caso of a ropub
Ucan majority, binding themselves to
net with tho fu8lonists either in mat
ters of legislation or In tho matters
of the selection of a sonntor.
Tho republicans of this county
especially cannot afford to forget for
n moment tho occurrences of a year
ago, nor can they afford to riominnto
or elect nny man to tho legislature
who has been recreant In tho past to
tho republican party, or who has bolted
a republican caucus, and mado Ignoble
terms with our political opponents.
Only by living up to this rule can
tho Lancaster county republicans hope
to prosorvo their organization. It is
a sine qua non this year.
To retain her proper Influence in
tho legislature It may be necessary
to call upon gentlemen of Lancnstor
county who seek no oillco, legislative
or othorwlso, to make tho sacrifice of
allowing themselves to stand for n leg
islative nomination. Tho lntorests of
tho county and state often demand
bucIi sacrifices, and tho Journal most
carnc'stly appeals to tho patriotism of
our leading citizens to bring about an
Improvement in tho material of a leg
islative ticket this year. Lancnster
county demnnds for tho emergency
men of tho highest character and of
acknowledged ability and forco on tho
republican ticket for both houses.
World's Kipnrt Trmle.
Tho export business of tho United
Stntes is now almost ns great as tnnt
of Great Britain, tho figures for 1899
being $1,253,48G.000, or within thirty
four million dollars of tho total from
tho United Kingdom. In 187C. how
ever, tho figures wore: United States,
$497,203,737; Great Britain. $1,087,
497,000. Tho protective tariff hnBdono
wonders.
Illtrli riciiron fur IIoiiiIh.
The outstanding 2 nor cent curroncy
option bonds of tho United States aro
quoted nt 103. Tho z per cent thirty
year gold bonds, which will bo Issued
under tlio now curroncy bill, it is ox
nectcd will sell at 105. Theso high
nrlccs aro complimentary, Indeed, to
tho stability of tlio ftnnncial system of
tho country. Tho bonds of no other
country commnnd such high figures.
St. Louis Star.
Jlle Profit In th Month.
Down whoro Brynn is certnln that
tho country will voto for frco trade,
somo of tho now mills built up under
tho protcctlvo tariff nro making lm
rrenso profits. Ono cotton mill built
nt Clovor, S. C, eight years ago, had
on Juno 30. 1899, not earnings amount
ing to $30,940, or 41 per cent for tho
year, on tho capital stock of $89,000.
Previous to that tlmo tho stockholders
had nlroady got out of tho mill In
dividends moro than their total Invest
ment. Wntternn Popoiinren the (loeliel I.iwv.
In its Issuo of a fow days ago tho
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal contained
tho following editorial:
"It mny bo taken for granted that
tho present Goebol election law will
ho radically amended, or replaced by
ono very different from it.
"No party will enro to go boforo tho
people as tho champion of tho oxlst
ing law. It has been fully tried and
tho grnvost fears for' It havo provod
woll foundod. It Is doomed, nnd thoso
who hoped most from It now rocog
nlzo that It la a failuro and will co
operate with or lead a movement for
a satisfactory substitute.
"Certainly those who a fow months
71 wrrn
nr,o wore tho most wnguino ndvocatos
of tho law nro Its champions no longer.
It Is they who havo suffered most
through Its failure. Tho domocrats
know that at last fall s election they
lost thousands of votes through tho
handicap of this law, nnd that slnco
tho election It has been used nt. almost
every turn to further cripple them.
They havo had enough of It."
Money In ttie Miutli.
Tho south Is nt last getting on a
r-clf-sustalnlug basis, nnd Is nblo to
movo tho cotton ciop with southern
capital. Tho general development of
the, Industries thoro, on account or tno
protective tariff, has led to a grent
Increnso in tho banking faculties so
that tho southern bnnka nro now able
to furnish the monoy needed to hnndlo
tho crop.
In spite of this great Improvement
In conditions, the south will bo ex
pected to vole for freo trade, frco sil
ver, anti-expansion or nny othor doso
which the leaders of tho democratic
party sees lit to concoct.
Iteptiillntrn (liirlii'llmii.
John A. Yates, chairman of tho dem
ocratic committee of Motcalfo county.
Kentucky, has resigned hlo position.
In his letter to Chairman Young of tho
democratic stato commltteo ho soya:
"Seeing that tho democratic legis
lature of Kentucky is determined to
decldo tho contests for governor and
lieutenant governor In fnvor of porsons
who woro not elected, and that said
legislature (a majority of whom arc
domocrats) has no Intontlon oi re
pealing tho Gocbel election law, and
Innsmuch ns my mind Is mado up
never again to voto tho so-called dem
ocratic ticket whllo tho said law Is
on the statute books, and whllo Goebol
Ism is in control of the narty. I heroby
tender my resignation ns chairman of
tho democratic county central commit
too of Metcnlfo county, and ask that
the same bo accepted at onco.
Knvliic Hank Iepoltor.
In tho state of Now York alono tho
increase in savings bank doposlts havo
amounted -to $109,303,702 since Mc
Klnlcy's election. Thoro nro In tho
state now over 2,000,000 depositors,
having to their credit $887,480,050.
lone U nn Ortopun.
Chairman Jones of tho democratic
party Is connected with ono of tho
greatest trusts In tho country, tho
round bale cotton trust, and has been
a director and stockholder In tho
American Cotton company for years,
These trusts aro Incorporated In New
Jersey, tho stato which Brynn recently
spoke of as tho "robber s roost.
Inrrcimcd Money Clrcuhtt Ion.
The monthly statement of tho comp
trollor of tho curroncy for February
shows that tho total circulation of
nntlonal bank notes nt tho close of
business on tho 28th was $249,434,878,
an Increase for tho year of $0,532,511,
and an Increnso for tho month of $2,'
447,085..
Trtmt In n Kre .Trnde Country.
Tho official report comes to tho stato
department at Washington thnt there
Is a wholesale movement in Austria
toward the formation of trusts. Somo
of the combinations noted in tho report
are nmong tho hat makers, papor fac
torlcs, sugar makers, shoo factories
knit coods and gas plants.
And Austria is a freo trado country
where tho protcctlvo tariff could not
by nny possibility bo the "mother of
tho trusts." Tho only tariff there is In
tho nature of nn Internal revenue on
cigars, tobaccos and a few other ar
tides.
Purine thn Niitlomil Unlit.
The 'monthly statement of the ro
celnta and expenditures of tho United
States shows that tho total rccolpts
for tho month of February woro $45,-
031.205. and tho expenditures $37,738,
472, leaving a surplus for the month
of $7,892,793.
In tho last eight months tho recolpts
havo oxeceded tho expenditures by
$37,703,000, representing a reduction of
tho national debt by about that same
amount.
When tho democratic party was In
full control tho government failed to
pay expenses, nlthough It was a tlmo
of profound peace. It makes u great
difference who is running the mnchlno
Crocodile Tenrx for 1'nerto Itlro.
Tho democrats of congress bowallod
tho fact that tho United States was
robbing Puerto Rico by tho tariff. But
when tho proposition enmo up to do
voto nil tho collections from the tariff
at both onds of tho lino to tho relief
of tho peoplo of Puorto Hlco, the demo
ciats voted solidly against It. For tho
sake of an additional plank In thol
platform they woro willing to lot tho
islnndoro starve.
Tho system of evolution obtains in
tho politics of Nebraska. A fow years
ago tho independents rcsoluted ngalnst
tho lawyors, decided not to uominnto
or voto for them, nnd blacklisted thorn
so far as tho organization was con
corned. Since then by a gradual pro
cess tho lawyors havo gained full con
trol of tho whole organization, and
none but lawyers aro elected to con
grcss nnd to othor Important plnccs.
A Southern KxpiiuitlonUt.
Sonntor McLauron of South Cnrollna
Is nn out-and-out expansionist, nnd ho
voiced tho sentiments of n largo con
stitucucy in tho south when ho Bald
in tho course of a speech a fow days
ago In congress:
"Our southern manufneturors havo
already reached out to tho markots of
tho Orient nnd dlscovorcd thoir ad
vantages. Tho southorn farmer need
such markets for his raw cotton to
mako Its production remunerative. By
tho acquisition of the Philippines wo
hold the koy of tlio eastom situation?
Wo need not rely sololy upon trenty
lights to securo tho 'open door,' but
can domnnd equal commercial oppor
tunity with other nntlons, and if neces
sary, with the vnntngo ground wo.huvo
assort that demand. Will tho United
Stntes throw awny tho golden oppor
tunity by giving up tho Philippines?
I nm In fnvor of holding thorn, nnd I
bollovc tho southern fanners and man
ufacturers will sustain mo In my posi
tion. I bollovo further that tho pres
enco of tho United States nnd of its
flag, the emblom of human freedom,
progress and civilization, will carry to
tho millions in tho Orient vmnnmborcd
blessings which, In tho coming years,
will bo for their betterment and amel
ioration and will condtico to tho per
petuity nnd glory of our frco Institu
tions nnd tho commercial supremacy
of tho nation."
A table printed byBradstrcct'sshows
thnt 3,553 Now York business houses,
which hnd on their rollN 299,957 em
ployes In 189G, havo increased th
number to 35G.278. whllo tho increnHs
n wages In 1899 ns compnrod Wltu
1890 was over $20,000,000.
During tho first seven months of the,
current fiscal year tho exports of
American manufactures show an In
crenso of $52,000,000 over tho similar
period in tho fiscal year 1899, In splto
of tho fact that 1893 beat all provloufl
records.
Tho por capita circulation of tho
United States has Increased from $4.99
la 1800, and $13.85 In 18G0, to $25,098
in 1900.
Inuring tho past fivo years tho agri
cultural cxportB from this country
hnvo amounted to $3,100,000,000. nnd
of this 95 por cent wnB sold to Euro
pean gold standard countries.
The Gold .Hlnndurd In .Inpnn.
The "Report on tho Adoption of tho
Gold Standard in Japan," by Count
Maysayoshl, minister of finnnco for
Jnpan, has been received In a trans
lated form nt Washington, nnd con
tains somo Interesting Information on
n subject which is receiving consider
nblo attention In this country. It
discusses In detail tho history of tho
currency In Japan, nnd closes with n
ennpter entitled: "Effect of Colnngo
Reform upon tho Economic Condition
of Our Country." Tho following Is n
quotation from tho report:
"Slnco tho adoption of tho gold
stnndnrd (In 1897) our currency has
been freed from constnnt fluctuations
In its exchange rnto, to which it was
subject before. Owing to this latter
fact, moreover, tho rolntlons between
tho claims of tho creditor and tho lia
bilities of tho debtor become less sub
ject to sudden nnd unexpected
changes; business transactions aro
mado safe; an Improvement In credit
took plnco In. tho community nt large;
prices becamo moro constant; In a
word, thfi way was now opened for tho
BtendyTtnd orderly growth of our
commerce and Industry."
Tho minister of finnnco rofors to
the great expansion in tho commerce
and industries, nnd especially to tho
largo Increase In number nnd nmount
of checks nnd bills passing through
tho clearing houses. Ho says that
slnco tho adoption of tho law capital
ists from tho gold Btandnrd countries
havo boon Investing freely In tho
country, and thoro Is a growing ten
dency toward lower Interest rntcs,
tho Investors uelng no longer nfrald
of the loss subsequent to the fluctua
tions In tho price of silver. A great
Increnso In, tho commorco with gold
stnndnrd countries Is nlso noted. An
other quotation from tho report Is as
follows:
"Slnco our coinage reform enabled
us to avoid all tho evil effects of flue
tuntions in tho prlco of aiivor. wo
stand now no longer, as was formerly'
tho case, under the necessity of mak
ing plans for financial matters with
tho currency constantly changing in
vnluo, nnd sometimes suffering unex
pected losses nnd evils In times when
those evils nro unusually violent. All
thoso fears of miscalculation and
losses havo now become a thing of the
past. Most particularly in tho last
fow years when nntionnl expenditures
for things bought abroad, such ns war
ships, etc., havo greatly increased in
nmount, wo havo doubtless been nblo
to avoid, on nccount of our colnngo
reform, great losses on tho part of
tho nntlonal treasury. Besides, slnco
our adoption of tho gold Btandnrd, our
government bonds havo been sold In
no small nmount in tho European
market, so thnt their names appear
regularly in tho prlco list of the Lon
don Stock Exchange. This fact nt
onco .converted our bonds Into nn Inter
national commodity, and will no doubt
lead to a closor relationship between
our home nnd tho foreign monoy mar
kets."
This glowing report of tho Improve
mont of conditions In Jnpnn will bo
cold comfort to tho sllvor men of this
country who hnyo repeatedly declared
that tho adoption of tho gold standard
by nny country could bring nothing
but distress nnd disaster.
.Jintir.vlnir tho I'rcnlilrut.
Senator Lodge: In tho long process
of tho pntlent years thoso who now
nssnll the president with oplthct nnd
Imputation will shrink down boyond
tho kon of ovon tho nntlquarinn's
microscope; but tho name of the presi
dent who took the Philippines nnd
planted our flag nt tho portals of tho
oast will stnnd out bright and clear
upon tho pages of history, whoro nil
mon mny road It, and ho will havo n
monument bettor than any reared by
hands In fair and fertile lands bloom
ing nftor long neglect nnd In, n race
tedeomed from tyranny and lifted up
to broadening freodom nnd to larger
hopes. ,
Seven shillings a day has been adopt
ed by tho New South Wnles govern
ment as a minimum wago to railway
laborers.
Thomas Darragh, of Granito Moun
tain, Texas, claims to bo tho oldest
lopubllcnn voter living Ilo Is 98
years old.
a woman suurago nmcnument re
ceived 54 votes, ngalnst 48, In tho Ohio
houso, but failed In not receiving u
constitutional mnjorlty of 00.
Australia raises tarantulas for tho
sako of 'their webs, tho fllamonts of
which nro mndo Into thread for bal
loons. Thoy nro Ilghtor thnn silk and,
when woven, lighter thnn ennvas. Each
tarantula yloldB from twenty to forty
ynrds of fllamont, of which eight
twistod together form a slnglo hrcad.
Ono of tho features of tho drawing
room nt uon. undcn-i'owoUB homo In
London Is tho uplnry. Two largo boo
nivos, with glass sides, stand on ornn-
mental pedestals closo to n largo organ
which occupies ono wall of tho largo
room overlooking Hyrto park. Tho bees
eacapQ through a windpipe which leads
out or tho "vlnuow.
O'ELAIIERTY'S VIEWS.
WISE COMMENT ON A QUES
TION OF THE HOUR.
lllboriitnn Vernlon of tho True linrnrd
nM of Judge Von Wyck's Affiliation
Willi nn OrcKiiliMlon Formed for tho
Kitcrmlnntlon of Trust!.
"01 see bo th papers," remnrkod
O'Flaherty to his friend Doolan, "thot
a nion bo th name av Hogo 'as writ
ten a lotthcr to th' newspapers in th
name av th' Commcrahall Thravclera'
an' Hotel Mln's Aunty-thrust league,
adVQcntln' th' nomlnnshon av Judgo
Van Wyck fur prlsldlnt bo th' Dlmy
crnts bokaso th' Judgo 'as no other oc
cupashon than tliravolln' nroun' th'
counthry In parlor cars tollln' funny
yarns to th commorBhnll thravolors,
which, av coorse, saves th' drummers
lots av money they wud othorwlso 'nvo
spent on th' thoyatcrs fur nmuscmlnt.
"There's Just wnn Inconslshtnncy In
th' nrgymlnt mado In ho's favor bo
Mlsthcr Hogc, who says ho's ngln tit'
thrusts, an' thot la, th' Judgo appears
to 'ave a monopoly av th' funny stories,
an' gives thlm away gratis.
This belli' th' enso, how do ho ex
pect tho playacthor byes, or th' funny
byes nv th' nowspnpors to make a llv
In' b.o sellln their wit to th' theyaters
or th noospapor8, ns th' caso mny bo?"
"It's very onslnslblo," Interjected
Doolan, and Inquired, "do yor Undo
Tim, th commarshall thravolcr, know
any nv theso laddy bucks?"
'Me uncle,'' rejoined OFlahcrty,
"knowB thlm bo heart, nn' ho Bays th'
lcaguo exists only benntho th' hats av
th' prlsldlnt an' secretary, who start
cd out wld a skamo to git th' 500,000
commnrshall mln av tho counthry to
jlno tholr league, at an expense nv wnn
dollar a year each.
"This wud mako a halt a million
dollars a year to dlvart towards th'
pockets av this glt-rlch-qulck league,
do yo mblnd?
"Av coorso, th' commarshall mln,
who aro havln' nil kinds of silly niters
made to thlm bo peoplo who wud want
to buy th' earth wld a discount av two
folvcs aff an' sixty days datln', cudn't
eco th' needBlslty av payln' a half a
million dollars a year fur dacayed
gooso eggs, an' declined wld thanks.
"Thin th' prlsldlnt gits mad bckaso
he cudn't mako n thrust av th' dhrum
mcrs, fur ho's own blnlfit, and wroto n
lotthor to Mlsther Croker, av th' Tarn
many Hall thrust, tcllln' him ho had
rayslned from th' Republican party,
nn wud throw" th Inflooonco av th'
Commarshall Thravelors' Nashlnal
league on th' side nv th' Tammaany
thrust, or any owld thing wld money
in it.
"As Mlsther Croker Knows moro
' about polytlcks, an' glttln' th' blgglst
O'FLAHERTY AND DOOLAN.
share av th' spoils than ho do about
commnrshall mln, ho bit lolkc n huii'
gry IIbIi at dead bato, thlnkln' thot th'
lilgh-soundln' nnmo av th' Commar
shall Thravolcrs' Nashlnnl leaguo wud
catch famished gudgeons; nn' thin, to
mako It moro tnktn' lolko, ho annaxed
th' Raines law hotels to It, nn' they
now call It 'th' Commarshall Thravel
ors an' Hotel Mln's Aunty-Thrust
league,' lavln' out th' Raines law part
of It beknso av Its onaavory charac
ter.
"Mo undo towld mo thero's nary a
commarshall nor hotel mon on ho's
roitto from Boston to Shaykago thot
knows nnytliln' nbout th' concarn, thot
th' hotels thoy name musht bo lolko
McFatlden's fnthor's Irish castle, where
yo cud put yor arum down th' chimb-
ley an staalo cverythln' In th' Iioubo.
"Th hotel mln towld me uncle thot
they 'avo no consumln' dayslro to conv
pate wld froft soup houses, an' prefer
open mills to thlm, nnd thot clowns,
fur commarBhnll mln, are not In ns
much demand as they appear to bo fur
DImycrnt prlsldlnshall candydntea.1
NOW THEY KNOW.
J'eoplo Who Were trout-lilt ten IJnn't
Want to Itepont tlio Kxperlcnoe.
Lx-Congressman Hoek. of Tevna
professes to think thnt "everything
looks nn though this would bo a Brvun
ycai." Ho says that thousands of men
who did not voto for Bryan lh 1S0G will
voto for him In 1900. Eight years ago
the voters of tho country sacrificed tho
prosperity which thoy woro enjoying
under tho McKInloy tnrlff lnw and
oiecton tho "stiilTcd prophet" of free
trado to the presidency. Perhaps It Is
this fact which leads ex-Governor
Hogg to think thnt they will go nnd do
uitowiHo in lUOO. Thoro certainly Is
no other sign anywhere which would
lend a man In the possession of his
senses 10 inline that there was ovon a
remote possibility of this being a
"Bryan year." But. Governor Hoeu.
the fact that tho peoplo havo dono a
thing once Is no suro sign thnt thoy
will do It again. In fact It Is often tho
surest slsn thnt thoy won't renent It
And that Is tho way it Is In this enso.
In 1892 tho majority of tho peoplo of
tho country did not know from actual
oxperlenco what frce-trado meant, nor
what Democratic tanir reform would
mean, oither. Now they do. They folt
happy and proBporous and woro wlllln
to oxporimont a iittio with rreo-trado'
Juat to boo what would happen. But
"n burnt child dreads tho flro," nnd tho
peoplo of thlt countrr got pretty badly
burned by playing with frce-trado In
1892. Or, perhaps It would bo moro
appropriate to sny that they got badly
frozen through It, becnusn of tho lack
of having sufficient warmth In their
houses and for want of comfortnbjo
clothes to wear. In nny crtso they aro
not likely to repeat tho experiment of
1892. Ono period of Idleness, poverty
nnd discomfort Is enough for n life
time." Thnt Is what frce-trado would
menn, and tho election of Brynn and of
a congress in sympathy wun mm
would menn free-trade. Tho peoplo
want no moro of cither.
FACTS THAT SHOULD TALK.
UIITcrrncn In 1'urelimliiR l'orcr of tho
Wnee-Knrnrr'i Dollar,
That was a very clover cartoon of
Dalryniple'a, In tho issuo of "Puck"
of Jnn. 10. It was entitled "Tho Evo
lution of tho Dollar."
It showed tho difference between tho
purchasing power of tho wngo earner's
dollar in 1875 and 1900. ns well as tho
dlffercnco between tho earning power
of tho capitalist's dollar In 1875 nnti
1900.
In 1875 tho wago enrner holds up a
very small dollar to match tho capital
ists big dollar. Then tho Intorcat on
money wns from 7 to 10 per cent, whllo
coal cost $9 a ton. flour $12 a barrel,
coffee 50 cents a pound, sugar 1G cents
a pound, shoes $5 n pair, keroseno oil
CO cents a gallon, gas $3 a 1,000 feet,
cotton cloth 20 cents a ynru, clothes
$20 a suit, and other things In propor-.
tlon.
In 1900 tho capitalist holds up a
vory Binall dollar to match tho wngo
-earner's very big dollar. Now tho xato
of interest on money ranges from iVt
to 3V4 por cent, whllo coal costs $0 n
ton. flour $5.25 n barrol, furnlturo is
50 per cent cheaper', coffco Is 30 cents
a pound, sugar is 4 cents n pound,
shoes nro $2.50 a pair, kcrosono oil is
12 cents a cnllon. Ens Is $1 a 1,000 feet,
cotton cloth Is 5 cents a yard, clonics
are $10 a suit, and so on.
What nn object lesson this lsl How
It answers tho cry of tho demagoguo
that tho poor nro getting poorer and
tho rich richer al! tho tlmo!
And whllo making tho comparison
let us not forKOt that wngos aro from
10 to 25, and oven 30 por cent higher
than they wcro in 1875, whllo tho ten
hour day has given way to tho nino
hour tiny, nnd, In somo industries, to
tho eight-hour day.
Facts llko theso talk. At lcnBt, thoy
should talk, and thoy should do somo
thlnc to convince us thnt tho world Is
rcallv nroKresslng. and that tho strug
glo of tho average man for n living is
irnttlne easier and'rnot harder all tho
time. John C. Freund, New York
w
Music Trades.
Will Not Kill Trunt.
Frco-Trado will kill tho trusts.
Carml Democrat.
Wo do not wonder thnt tho editor of
tho Democrat thinks Frco Trado
would kill trusts, for ho knows It has
n vi-rv kllllnc effect. In fact, ho knows
It killed nearly everything whon wo
hnd It boforo, but If ho will romombor
thn trusts aro tho only thing It did
not phaso. Ho knows, or ought to
know, that tho Standard Oil trust,
unit fir trust, and numerous othor trusts
UvpiI nil throiiRh tho Frco Trado pe
riod of Democratic mlarulo and pros
nored on it by tho nld of tho Demo
emtio narty. Tho groat doprcaalon in
business and stringency In tho money
mnritnt durlnc this Freo Trnde. soup
houso era mndo it imposslblo for tho
nmnllnr flrniB to exist, and tho trusts
snucozed thein out of existence. Dur
Ing tho Freo Trado, soup-houso ad
ministration thoro woro almost as
many failures in ono year as there
nrn in two now. Many of tho trusts
tho Democratic party aro now prc
tnnillne to Unlit woro organized during
Democratic rulo, and others were aa
filHind in vnrlous ways. Tho most dls
craccful of all, perhaps, wns tho .as
sistance Havomeyor of tho sugar trust,
received at tho hands or tho Demo
cratic senators, headed by ' Senntor
Vest of Missouri. In Frco Trndo Eng
land trusts nro bolng formed at n rnpld
rate. No, Brother Chnrlcs, Frco Trado
will not kill trusts, but It will kill
everything cIbo, freo soup-houses ox-
coptcd. Benton (111.) Republican.
Tho Bnuth'a Onnnrttinltlo.
All thnt Is needed to lnsuro still
moro rnnld progress nnd bowlldorlng
dovelontnont In tho Southorn states is
tho construction of tho Nicaragua
rnnnl. nnd tho stimulation of trndo,
tint nnlv with Asia, vlu Nicaragua, but
also with tho South and Central Am
erlcnn republics. Tho building of tho
canal seems nssurcd. Tlio stimulation
of sen going trado will como In time
if tho policy of tho present administra
tion In rcfcrcnco to tho mcrcnant ma
rine is nut into effect. Tho South Is
hnirlnnlnE to renllzo her opportunities.
It Is too much, however, to expect nor
yet to net upon her own chnnged pol
itical convict ons. But ovon this nction
will como whon tho vnluo of Rcpubll
can nol c cb huvo been demonstrated
upon every farm and in every, hamlet
and city of tho South In splto of South
ern politicians and prejudices. Kansas
City (Mo.) Joumnl.
Wity Thoy Struck. ,
Tho strike of 400 laborers In th
cmplo" of tho Amerlcnn Steel & Wire
Company is another ono of thoso pros
perlty strikes that do not involvo any
reflection upon the conditions existing
In tho Industry affected. Theso cm
ptoyca wero granted an Increnso In
wnges of 7V4 per cent, nnd struck be
causo tholr demand for a 10 por cont
Increnso waa not granted. Sioux City
(la.) Journal.
pnER' HABOir
Mr. CamllAnto Ilrynn lie "I-ey T.nw" on
ynmtlnnn of FrroTnin nnd Tnrlff.
Thn Phllntlclnhla Record scolds Mr.
Brvnh becnueo of his discreet sllnnco
on tho subject of protcctlvo tariff, and
accuses him of trying to engineer an
nmnlgamatlon of "antl-lmpcriallst"
Republicans and free-silver supportoro
ns a sot-off for tho loss of sound mon
ey Democrats. Tho "Record" objects'
strenuously to tho glittering generali
ties in which Mr. Bryan aoais wunn
dlBcussInc tho trust question. Undo
fnult with his failure to advocate tho
repeal of the tariff nn tho swiftest and
surest way of annihilating all capital
istic combination and bowalls bitterly
tho fact that "tariff reform, under tho
banner of which tho Democratic party
has triumphed In presidential and con
grcslonnl elections, enters no longer
Into Mr. Brynn'B program."
Continuing its lnmeht over tho de
sertion of great principles, tho Rocoitl
cays:
"A crent r linn en has como over Mr.
Bryan bIiico ho wns ono of tho enthu
siastic Democrats In connrcss who
carried Representative Wilson of West
Virginia around on their shoulders
nftor tho latter hnd concluded a grent
fpeech on tho tnrlff bill. Tho enthu
siasm of tho free-silver presidential
claimant for tariff reform, llko the
courngo of Bob Acres, has oozed out at
his linger ends; nnd the samo phenom
enon is to bo observed of most of his
followcra In nnd out of congress.
What In mntt rnmnrknblo nhout this
desertion Is tho fnct that never beforo
In tho history of tho country was there
so much need of maintaining and en
forclnc tho Democratic tariff policy as
thoro Is now, whon tho lnnd Ib covered
with protected monopolies in ovory
flnlil nf Industry nnd enterprise. U tho
Democratic party haB been right In ltu
long continued opposition to the pro
tective system, how much grcnier is
the Justification for relentless warfaro
unon tho lnlnultlcs nnd spoliation of
tho Dlngloy tnrlff?"
Truth and Justlco Impel a plea of ox-
tcnuntlon In behalf of Mr. Bryan. He
has not deserted tho sacred cause oi
tariff reform. Ho Ib only suppressing
for tho tlmo being his undiminisnen
zeal. "Brer' Rabbit ho lay low." Mr.
Bryan wants to bo prcaldont much
moro thnn ho wants to wear tno man
tle of William Leftover Wilson. Ao
between a four-years' lien on tho ex
ecutive chair and a brief precarious
rldo on tho shoulders of a row rroo
trado Democrats, he chooses tho chair
oVerv time. Let tho Philadelphia Roc-
ord remjmbor these things and be rea
sonable. Mr. Bryan Ib all right on tno
tariff. Less than a month ago ho pub
licly announced, In contradiction of u
current report, that his vlowa on tho
subject of removing nil duties on im
ports of foreign wool had undergone
no change. This ought to console and
rensssuro tho Record. Any man who
in nnnnhln of favoring frco wool and
nil that that Implies to the farmora of,
tho United States 13 a good onougli
free-trader.
Tariff, Trnitii nnd Trice.
Attention Is called to tho fact that
whllo tho Amorlcan prlco lovol la 17
nor cont hlcher than a year ago, that
of England la 12 por cont higher. If
tho advances In prices Is duo to trusts,
solely or primarily, it muat bo that
thov havo trusts In England, uut ir
England, with no tnrlff except for rev
enue, has trusts, what becomes of tho
nlea that tho tariff Is tho mother or
trusts? Tho fact Is that frco trado Eng
land, as well, as protected Amorlca.has
trfiats: that America has trusts in ar-
tlplos that are not protected aa woll as
In thoso that aro: thnt part or tho ad-
vanco In Bomo of tho articles controlled
by trusts Is duo to tholr manipulation,
and that a fow or the trusts which.
havo thus abused tholr power havo
hrnn enabled. bV tho oxlatonce of a
high tariff on thoso articles, to push
nrlccs a bit hlEhor than would havo
been possible If competition with the
old world product had boon freo. Not
tho tariff, but tho commercial advan
tages and tho attractions of stock Job
bing havo boon tho parents of theso
now corporations, whoso real power
for good and for 11, oven to tho wlsost
and moBt caroful of obsorvors, is still
a problem. St. Paul Ploneer-PresB.
A Cohdonlte Phonograph.
Tho wholo system Ib pernicious and
unnatural. When seen In Its oxtromo
view It Is as irrational ns tho attompt
to forco wator up hill or to cultlvato
orangOB In Cannda. St. Josoph (Mo.)
News.
What would you supposo this man
wns writing about? You wouldn't for
a moment lmnglno that ho alluded to
nn economic system which has made,
ours tho grentest nmong tho nations
of tho earth, and mado our peoplo tho
most hnppy, prosperous nnd envied
among all tho peoples of tho earth. But
you would bo wrong. This Cobdonlto
phonograph was actually talking about
tho protcctlvo tnrlff.
For All or None.
Thoso attacks on tho part of the op
ponents of tho question aro not to bo
Ignored, for there la an element of
sound reason In thorn. It any break
occur In the Protcctlvo system by
menns of reciprocity, then there will
bo danger of tho whole system giving
way. Thoro should bo Protoctlon for
all or Protection for none. San Fran
cisco Call.
The Colonel nnd tho Coon.
Col. WUHo Jonklus Bryan Is still
gunning for an Issue which will Btick
In tho coming campaign. Tho coon
which onco romarkod to Davy Crock
ett, "Don't ahoqt; I'll como down," has
not yet put in nn appearance. Phoo
nlx (Ariz.) Republican.