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PORTO RICAN SUGAR.I r ________ AFANtgM. KNCLI8H AND CER MAN LAND OWNERS. r | Mr. C F Saylor, cl the Department of Agnrwitare. ha* recently been on au j&riai trip to P*rto Rico. He RvBi clearly that thoae wbo would b* heS: by absolute free trade are the A;atat, English and ctbrr European •wwerw <4 tbe puintaucn*. and not the N.! *♦ >*.under » He says: * Let _» look into tbe factories tt« merit«« and 1 do not tear chal Rug* in this respect because I bare bee* n eter> fa tor? ;n Porto Rico. Watreer cwp us i* invested in tboae a* *iriit emana * *: a.i from .eland a *r<e» :*■ pu-e,t Spanish. It does not be «ng *o Porto R.ru. Tbe ptcuiur system ma.ctained by Spain through ail at the business concern* and so ft as tne.r own capital was employed, threw everything ,nto tne band* of tfte Spaniard* wbo were simp.y in Poet** R.oo doing business They do not leictii to that clement of Pm® Rj an* 'bat we feel au tender about, and would not become titlxen* of Por ’ R.i® or th-* country, whatever be c bmw of the < oaat.tuttcnal question. Other tnurei are owned and con troaed by Eng. at capita' , other* by German and tbe entire factory sy» . tern by Sp*n.«b Eng.i»t and German ' These factor.e* mainly through tte.r heap labor can. with absolute ?*ee trade put nugnr on tbe market at New York at cost to tbemaelve*. for 2 rent* s pound This would be S* for a *hort ton of sugar. Sugar ha* bee* telling thi* year for IT© per ton With fre* trade this would be a proCt at S3' on an outlay of ffi* which I figure is 7L per cenL Wbo get* tht* profit? There la only one way for handling imported sugar In this country ,ahu ’h*: is tb-«>ugh the two or three *»*gar combination* mainly through the sugar trust. They •grew with tbe p asters er manuisr terws to take this sugar, refine It. and ♦ y.» * it on the maraei dividing the profit cm a certs m basis, as ts now t» Lg don* and as hae been dime be !***t *. Hi*a..sb p.antcr# and the sugar trust for year*. How will they x * id* the prof's" Even** Earh get t :g I'H per ren*. * We do no: know. €**. y the par-lie* interested know. This point it clear however, and tbs: is that the Porto R.mn» are not bene fi-•«->* - cep.y 'he #ugar eott.i».nat ms of tht» country and the foreign plant er* or matufa furers of Porto Riri*. ' 1st * it a grest deal that we should have freed the Porto Ri ans from a risdmus a* had as slavery, mak.ng wLat run-vusum we of tight ought to task* .t |astir* to the people of thi# ccuntry. aswur.og them that after they > o* attained the standard that on* v ought to have to en>oy the rtgbts and pr.r .ege* of the constitution of the c -ttry it*' then they might be ad m-ited With equal pr:v.»eges with the rest t*o you think this ought to be before wage* are paid :a that country •-•me where near in comparison with wages in this country or before the average eftinrn of that .country shall si least hr able to understand tbe pri mary principle* of our government and institutions? We ray oa We should especially not hr mg in this great horde of cheap laborers who re ceive Was r* r day than one person c-raid live am in this country, snd yet they are supposed to s-.pport families it thin. We believe the laborer* of • • • • * - : * . proposition. "f -f course we don't undertake to *..r that Porto Ram is itself is afford ing all this great hazard, but in tbe I arto Ri-sn tdl! we have tbe princl t * at Stake Oniy l& per cent of the re»«nt k K.nWy tar ff is exacted, and this only to maintain the principle hat we have the constitutional right >i,. place a tariff against the Philip pines and Cubs when the time arr.ves, "hrs Rico ha* been able, at hex Ki 1.mum. to export about <4>.<MK> tons of augur ft* seen Id be able if ell ter resource# were brought mio play. * *eec us about 1 per cent of our * Hj* sum 'Lc Philip t a** and Cubs ark for the same pr’.v a* eg* the*, if wii. be an entireiy d.f grtvsif quest,km. And yet the same principles are involved that I have AianwnH-d in Porto Rico. Isn't it enough that we have expended so much biooi and *rea». re in wresting tbesr .# .and# from tb* condition they w*re n. at tbe same t.me offering #-.**> iclp in the future that is con M si*lent with fair and honest des .ng with our hi interest# sad people? *! am s tborough be!.ever in ex panse** I b«l w» that expansion is fraught with nrnlmlaWW ivtvrfit both *C the in hat .tatt# of the island and to tfcc peep * of *hi* cr-entry, when con gtvws *L* have framed such fair, hevsest |ust. sod equitable regulation* as are con*cent with tbe r.ght of tair own labor and industries." military not guilty. I fr Mti. i«<M Alii O—o»—IW* *» Mteku IM Act* L-xuet: ».*w isif. who >u the active tepnamtit.%« of Govern of bieaenen *erg th the Idaho mining nota. baa he*® giving ij t.st.^ony before the cotbfndi.ee on military affairs of the komt of represents t.ve* He declared that the mi.Mary authorities who had hem ivlH into that cmr.ct by the la or trouble*. never went beyond tie.’ bound* ih a s.ng'* laataice. At It it the m-f of the military which ar« made the Mihjert of this if veatign Clot, i* matter* not no far aa rofigress is col- emeu, what may have been dote by the state authorities of Idaho >■ 'easing the riots ahd maihUin it9 order. If there was any auacon dac «o the part e4 those oAclals they mo*- answer to the people, or the anchor ties Of the state g\ I® rep.j to the Questions of Mr liohetloo® aa to why the aher fl and musty commissioners of Shoshone count l had bee® suspended from trf §<*• and martial law declared witness §t«-"iaiT said thsA his artions were In •rrurda»ne with the inotrurUoos of Steweneberg. and were la the of taw and oedsr. Ho ou* A CONSPICUOUS SIGN OP THR TIMES. lus.on with the lawless element, and be* a use he feared they might wrong fully expend the county's money and do other things antagonistic to the state. He assumed from the attitude of these county officials, who, instead of as*.sting in the apprehension and proses ution of those who had been gu.tty of conspiracy resulting in the destruction of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan M.lis and the murder of two men. that they favored the miners, and obstructed the process of justice He believed that the interest of the community demanded that they should be prevented from interfering with the execution of the lam-, and from comforting the lam less element, and he accordingly placed them under ar re»* For that, he said, he was I answerable to the people of Idaho, and that -b*> military officers were not to be heid responsible in any degree. ELI PERKINS DOWN SOUTH. Oats strange Adululout from m Dyed la-(be-Woo! U rmorra t. The other day, says the Louisville Commen .a!. Li Perkins mas intro cu eu to J ,cge Scott, an old dyed-m tbe-wool Kentucky Democrat. The ; uig* u. well known in the Blue Grass | :rg.un an j the grand old Kentuckian I has aim ays been looked up to as a H.gh Pries; of ' befo'-the-wah Democ i racy.” Perk.ns was in*roduced by an old Iiemo< rat and Judge Scott supposed that El was a Democrat too and be !**- ame confidential mith him at once. Horn are we Democrats getting along. Judge?” asked Eli in a confi dential tone. The Judge looked at Eli a moment to see if hr really manted information -bout th< party, and slowly remarked; "Well. a.r. we are getting on very well financially but politically we are running behind.—Yes, I'm afraid we are running behind.” “What causes this*” asked EH. Well, air ” said the Judge, sadly, "I am afraid our party has not been i!together right. We have erred in j some things.” Wnere nave me erred. Judge?” Weh nr. i Late to admit it. but our 1 \rr Cleveland policy hurt us Ken . ns. 1 wouldn't say it to a black Repub.*an. but we Democrats all ad ! nut it among ourselves. You see,” *a;>J the Judge, "we used to get 35 **n j for wool, and a big price for hemp and tobacco before Grover came in. but that Wilson bill hurt us. It Lr ked wool down to 12 cents. Free j e, put u to help the cotton fellows, ruined our hemp and it rotted in the gr >und. Then we lowered the tariff n *< > and our tobacco went down on u*. We didn't complain, but we a:s diu a good deal of think ing Cattle and hogs got lower and lorner an i wh*n Grover ment out we mer* pretty poor—yes, dog-on hard up, sir! ” "Are they still bad—the times?” asked Ell, No honestly the times are good. Wool and h* mp and tobacco have dou ;e»: in pt .re and are still going up. Cattle and hogs aie high and our blue grass farmers are getting rich.” “Well, what is the matter then?” "Why these good times have kno< ked out our dear old Democratic part' Our Democratic farmers say *:»> will never vote for free trade or lew tariff again.” •'Well, what can we Democrats do?” asked Ell. 1 hat« to admit it.” said the Judge. »ad:y. ' but if we Democrats want to »:n ir. Kentucky again we’ve got to L«-ep the tariff right where it is. That <>l.j Wilson bill and Bryan's free silver w t.« a scarecrow to every farmer in Kentucky and Tennessee. We've tr.ed low tariff and we know—I’m ashamed to *ay so—but we know It hurt us' No. sir, the people are pros perous. hut our Democratic party is do.r.g poorly. I wouldn't F2y it to a • ~t k Republican hut that is the way • ♦ Iwoocrats talk among ourselves.” As the Judge got off the train at Islington, he remarked: "Yes. and There was another mistake we Dem ounts made. Grover Cleveland want ed to fiflk the Republic of Hawaii and put a nigger on the throne. We Dem rats didn’t complain, but it made us «ick for between you and me. we Deni rrats ain’t puttin’ niggers on •nron***. McKinley's white governor over a republic suits old Kentucky and the South.” ttMfrrn |’ro»p»rtlT. One of the oldest transportation of ic ala m Indianapolis said the otbs-. day that during the last six months every car and locomotive had been kept in constant service there. ■rsually.” be added, ’there is, in winter months especially, a week and sometimes a month when there are empty cars in considerable numbers Handing on sidetracks and dead en g :»es in the houses, but in the last six months—yes, twelve months—our 1 ustness has been limited to cars and the power to haul them, and there is as ret no sign of s decrease.” Shipments of grain and provisions for export have considerably increased, and the east-bound movement of live stock ana dressed meats was the hear ieat ever known in April. West-bound the tonnage of both high and low class freights continued heavy. Agri cultural and harvest implements are being carried by train loads, and in heavy groceries, hardware, glass, paints, oils, etc., the shipments are also unusually large. SOME TRADE FAILURES. Racord of Ynri of Prosperity and Bntl utu Depression. Business failures during the first three months of this year were even less in number and liabilities than in the early months of 1899, notwith standing the fact that there are a larger number of business concerns in the country. I-ess than 900 business failures in each of the three months of this year is a fact that stands out prominently as a record of business prosperity. But the value of this year's record can be better appreciated by the following tabulated compari son: FAILURES—JANUARY TO MARCH. (From Bradstreets.) Year. Number. Liabilities. 1891 _3.400 $44,348,783. .Harrison 1892 _3.207 35.861,749. .Harrison 1893 _3.069 39,424.144. .Harrison Average 3.226 $39,878,225. .Harrison 1894 ....3.969 $49,085.088..Cleveland 1895 _3.812 46.910.443..Cleveland 1896 ....4,512 62,513.926..Cleveland 1897 ....4.042 51.994,482..Cleveland Average 4.084 $52,625.986..Cleveland 1898 _3,515 $36.198.566..McKinley 1899 ....2.779 31.221,658..McKinley 1900 _2.697 29.157,101 ..McKinley Average 2.997 $32,192.442..McKinley During the Republican administra tion of President Harrison, with the Mcivinley protective tariff in opera tion. there were on an average 3.226 failures in the United States in the first three months of 1891-93, with lia bilities averaging less than $40,000, 000 a month. But the Democratic president, the Democratic administration, the Dem ocratic congress and the Democrtic free trade tariff of “perfidy and dis honor." changed this moderate record They made a new record for the coun try. a Democratic record of failures, and brought the monthly average number up to 4.084—an increase of 858 a month—and the average liabilities up to $52,625,985 a month, an increase of $12,747,760. This was a great Dem ocratic record of failures. It was un paralleled. Nearly everything went smash. But a Republican president. William McKinley, a Republican administra tion. a Republican congress and a Re publican protective tariff began to build up the country again, and the three months’ records of 1898-1900 show only an average of 2,997 failures —1.087 a month less than the Demo cratic average, and only $32,192,442 of liabilities, or AN AVERAGE OF $20. 500.000 LESS OF LIABILITIES EACH MONTH THAN THE DEMOCRATIC RECORD OF BUSINESS BREAKING. The figures are from Bradstreets. REVENUE QUESTIONS. Comparison of Republican Surplus and Democratic Deficiency. Secretary Gage has transmitted to the house his estimates regarding the surplus that will be created in the treasury at the end of the present fiscal year and at the end of the next fiscal year if the present laws for raising revenue are continued in force. This information was in response to a recent resolution, adopted in the house on motion of Chairman Payne. Secretary Gage's estimates follow: Fiscal year ending June 30 Receipts: 1900. 1901. Customs .$233,000,000 $240,000,000 Internal rev enue. 292.000.000 300.000.000 Miscellaneous . 35.000,000 37.000.000 Total .$560,000,000 $577,000,000 Expenditures: Civil .$104,000,000 $115,000,000 War . 135.000.000 125,000.000 Navy . 55.000.000 60.000,000 Indians . 11,000.000 10,000,000 Pensions . 143.000,000 145.000,000 Interest . 42,000,000 40,000.000 Total .$490,000,000 $495,000,000 It will be remembered that under the last Democratic administration, the then secretary of the treasury, Mr. Carlisle, was always presenting his deficiencies of revenues. The fol lowing comparisons is as interesting cs it is instructive: Republican sur 1900. 1901. plus .$70,000,000 $80,000,000 1S94. 1895. Democratic De ficiency .$69,803,261 $42,805,225 The same results are being experi enced by farmers and wage-earners who. in 1894 and 1895 were always confronted with deficiency, but are now in possession of a “comfortable surplus” that Ftesident Cleveland was so fond of talking about, but which he could only put into the pockets of British bond buyers. m ga tosldo’i ( radratUlL Agulnaldo has not yet presented his credentials as delegate-at-lsrge to ths Kansas Cttg convention. BRITAIN’S MAINSTAY. THE MERCHANT MARINE FLEET SAVES THE EMPIRE. fl«r Shipping Makes Good Her Eoor* naoni Adverse Balance of Trade — Shipbuilder Cramp's Views— Passage of the Shipping Bill Is Irged. Four generations of the Cramp fam ily have in succession contributed to their present pre-eminence in Amer ican shipbuilding. Their Philadel phia shipyard now ranks in extent and output with the best in Europe, I its product being always regarded as unexcelled in finish and efficiency. Mr. Charles H. Cramp is the present head of the family and its shipbuild ing company. On this account, and the weight of authority given to his utterances on the subject of ship building, as well as the probable early passage of the shipping bill, what he savg is of timely value. “Great Britain’s imports In 1S97,” said Mr. Cramp, when asked for a brief statement, exceeded her ex ports by $780,000,000, which is the largest adverse balance of trade in British history. How does she make it good? Chiefly through her vast shipping. Let me explain: At the last meeting of the directorate of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company—the largest in the world. 1 by the way—Its president placed its average earnings at $50 per gross ton, and which, in view of the competi tion to which it is subjected, may be regarded as the minimum per ton earning of British steamships. In formation from other authentic sources indicates that the average earning of the entire British steam fleet, consisting of 7.310,000 tons, will : not fall short of $70 per ton per year. The British steam fleet, therefore, an nually earns $500,000,000 a year. Her sea-going sailing fleet, consisting of 2.735.97G tons, earns between $45 and foO per ton per year, or say in the aggregate $130,000,000. The annual profits of banking, commissions and insurance in connection with this ship ping are about 14 per cent of the traf fic earnings. This shows: Steam fleet earn $500,000,000, sailing fleet earns $130,000,000. and other profits on shipping amount to $CS,200. 000—showing a total annual earning from British shipping of $69S.200.000 a year, say in round numbers $700, 000.000. “The earnings of her shipping, it will be seen, nearly wipes out Great Britain’s adverse trade balance,” con tinued Mr. Cramp, “and her revenue from foreign investments far more than exceeds the difference. “Of this colossal revenue.” con cluded Mr. Cramp, “the United States contributes a little more than two fifths directly: or, in other words, the producers and consumers of the United States pay to British ship owners not less than $280,000,000 a year as the common carriers of Amer ican commerce to and from all parts of the world.” Congress is therefore confronted with the necessity of relieving the American people from the annual JOE SIBLEY’S PLATFORM. Tells m New York “Yellow*’ Why Be Will Seek Re-Election. Congressman Joe Sibley, who was nominated by the Republicans of the district in Pennsylvania that former ly was represented by a Democrat, was asked by a correspondent of the New York Journal on what platform he proposed to ask for re-election to Congress. His reply was character istic of the man. He said: “As an optimist, and not as a pessi mist; as in favor of $16 a thousand for hemlock lumber in my district as against $6 a thousand four years ago; for 9-cent cotton as against 4 cent cotton; for $1.55 a barrel for oil as against 55 cents a barrel; for 40 cent corn as against 20-cent corn; for a bigger rate per ton for the man who digs the coal than was paid to the owner four years ago; for three eighths of one per cent of the popula tion out of employment as against 40 per cent four years ago; for $2 a ton for carrying ore on the great lakes as against 60 cents a ton; for $2.S5 a day for the ore handlers as against $1.25; for an average increase of 25 per cent In wages over four years ago; for a surplus of $90,000,000 in our national budget as against a deficit of $75,000,000,000 under the last Dem ocratic administration;- for the con tinuance of the opportunity for every man to secure remunerative employ ment, and the banishment forever of soup houses from this glorious coun try; for an export trade of two bil lions annually, requiring three times greater product of our manufactures than we have at the present time: for the growing trade of the Orient, which will require all the farm products of the great west and a good deal of our industries, and will keep wheat at $1 a bushel and upward. “There are 100 more planks in my platform similar to the above, but my chief plank is that I am for a con tinuance of the splendid prosperity that we are enjoying undpr the ad ministration of President McKinley. JefTernontan Import alia no Mr. Bryan's recent remarks about "imperialism” sound very much like tBe criticisms that were hurled at the Jeff erson administration when the Louis iana purchase bill was before Congress. As a sample here is a quotation from the New York Herald of March 21. 1804: "We revolted from Great Brit ain because her Parliament taxed us without our consent, expressed by rep resentatives. Our colonies may adopt our principles. Even the limited mon archy proposed in the bill now under discussion in the House of Representa tives will not probably be established, and it is next to a certainty that the session will terminate leaving Jeffer son in complete possession of all the despotic powers which were lately ac quired by the Spanish monarch.” Colored Voter*. Senator Tillman’s recent speech about the negro voter seems to have been but a preliminary toward dis franchising him in the south, judg ing from the action of the leading political party in Virginia. This evi dently is in strange contrast with the CAN HE ESCAPE A SMASH-UP? I - % / drain of $280,000,000 now contributed i by them for the employment and per manent enrichment of Britons. It is conceded by all, and the president and bis cabinet are emphatic on the sub ject, that the only way of overcom ing this adverse and dangerous con dition is for congress to speedily come to the aid of American shipping. The passage of the shipping bill, the pro visions of which are in perfect ac cord with the urgent official recom mendations of the president and the secretary of the treasury, and which bill has been favorably reported from the committees to each branch of congress, will revive American ship ping in the foreign trade and lead to the eventual retention at home of these vast millions, the foreign outgo of which drains us of all our gold or its equivalent in our products. But rrlm Since 1897 there has been a gen eral upward movement in the price of commodities in the United States. This was the cry of the Democratic party in 1896: “Give us free silver and prices will advance all along the line.” But the Republicans killed free silver and prices went up all the same. Kxpanalon for Fanner*. The agricultural reports show that our sales of agricultural products abroad during the past three years, 1897-1899. were more than $500,000,000 greater than in the preceding three years. 1894-1896. The American farm er is participating in the benefits of expansion. David JeeUyU-Hyde Hill. The report that the Hon. David B. Hill Is prepared to support a platform that drove him to the political woods In 1896 is by no means startling. David la just that sort of person. The Railroad Record. There were 4,500 miles of new rail road built last year, as against 2,219 miles In 1898, and 1,650 miles la 1895. avowed anxiety ol members of the same party to admit the native Porto Rican to the full rights of American citizenship. For an Fight-Hoar D.ty. Senator Penrose (Rep.) introduced a bill in the Senate limiting the hours of service of laborers and mechanics employed on works for the United States in any territory or the District of Columbia. The bill provides that every contract hereafter made to which the United States, any territory or the District of Columbia is a party, which may involve the employment of labor ers or mechanics, shall contain a pro vision that no laborer or mechanic do ing any part of the work contemplated by the contract in the employment of the contractor or sub-contractor shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any day. Ev.ery such contract shall provide a penalty of $5 a day for each laborer or me chanic who works more than eight hours a day. The provisions of this bill do not apply to contracts for trans portation by land or water or for such material as may usually be bought in the open market, whether made to con form to particular specifications or not. Bagging and Binding Twin*. Farmers will find a reason for the advance in bagging and binding twine by studying the foreign prices for Manila hemp and sisal. In-both of these fibers there has been an ad vance of 100 per cent in value in the foreign market within two years. Jute has also advanced over 50 per cent within the same period. Big Trusts Fighting. Recent troubles between the steel and wire combines show that even big trusts can not compete amicably for trade. As a matter of fact, the big ger the corporation, and the more it attracts publicity, the more vulner able it ia if it does not deal fairly by the public or its employes. THE ARMY OFFICERS TESTIFY IN THE IDAHO MINING INVESTIGATION. Ate Prisoner*’ Food end Thought It Excellent — FonUhed Miner* Who Tried to Balld s Tnnuel had E* cap*. , The Military Affairs Committee hag listened to the testimony of three army officers on the matter of the &“eatrient of the Coeur d’Alene miners, held as prisoners in Idaho by the soldiers, and on the general character of the food and accommodations. Capt. Edwards narrated the circumstances of the de tention of Mr. Heney after the state authorities had given permission for his release. He said that a tunnel bad been dug by the prisoners, that they might escape. When it was discovered investigation was made to determine who had done it. He suspected that Mr. Simpkins had been a leader of this movement, accused him, and upon admission, had him confined in the county jail. He ordered Mr. Heney and some of the other prisoners to fill up this tunnel, and they refused to work. For this insubordination, the witness said, he put Mr. Heney on bread and water, for the good of pris on discipline, and held him until h« had performed the work. Some other prisoners had been punished by his or ders for violation of prison rules. This punishment consisted of a diet of bread and water, and being required to forego the luxury of hay for their beds. This, however, was not severe because they had their blankets and quilts to sleep on. He said there was no de nial of free speech, and added that on the 4th of July, a celebration was had in which the soldiers, as well aa the men, participated; speeches were made, rough riding and other games were in dulged in. The suppression of the Mul len Mirror, and the order preventing the commemoration of July 11th, by a public gathering, originated with the civil and not the military authorities. Major Allen Smith of the 1st Caval ry corroborated much of Capt. Ed wards’ testimony, and approved all of the measures taken by the latter, 6uch as the punishment of prisoners, for the good of prison discipline. He told of a meeting which had been held at i which the question of permitting men to resume work at the pumps was con sidered. The union had ordered th6 men to quit the pumps, and as this would have resulted very speedily in the flooding and the destruction of the mines, the matter was brought to the attention of the witness and of Lieut. Lyons. Ten minutes was given the union to meet and rescind its action, and the union complied, after which the men returned to work. Had this action not been taken the mines would have been damaged to such an extent that it is doubtful if they could ever have been resumed. Major Smith said that he had not arrested any one, but that he had re quired a man to be prosecuted for draping the American flag in black, and putting it at half mast on the 4th of July. He said he had received no complaints of brutal or inhuman treat ment of the men. nor had he heard any complaints of suffering among their families. As to the quantity and qual ity of the food served he said it was sufficient and very good. Lieut. Heiberg testified as to the treatment of prisoners and their food and accommodations. He said that he h^d heard of no infractions of the rules by the men, nor of any improper treat ment of them by the troops. He said he subsisted for two weeks and a half upon the food from the prison kitchen, and considered it of superior excel lence. As to the matter of punishment inflicted by Capt. Edwards he consid ered that it was not severe, and that it was necessary to maintain disci' pline. Nebraska’s Farm Valors. Regarding the prosperity now prev alent in the west, a paper from the interior of Nebraska says: "With the price of steers ranging at from $4.CO to $5 in Omaha, hogs near the $550 mark, corn near the 30 mark at home, and the country full of money, it doesn't look as though the presidential campaign is going to ma terially affect prosperity, at least not in the agricultural and stock-growing belt. Four years ago hogs sold for $2.80 in Stanton, while good corn com manded but 14 cents. Oats, rye and barley show the same wide differ ence in price. Butter is worth nearly double what it was then. The same is true of everything the farmer has to sell, with the exception of wheat, and even that is several cents higher now than then.” Nebraska's Horrible Example. Nebraska affords a striking horrible example of the effects of a Democratic administration and a free trade tariff. Its bank deposits show it: Year. Amount 1892 . $24,.891,113 1893 . 17,208,47* 1894 . 18.074.832 1895 . 14.200,7 < 5 1896 . 10,227.537 1897 . 13.902,940 1898 . 18,225,180 1899 . 21.666,111 These figures represent the deposits in all banks in Nebraska under State supervision only. The decline during the Democratic administration of 1893 97 is as remarkable as the increase in deposits under the present administra tion of President McKinley. More Work at Home. With 100 per cent of increase in the population of the United States dur ing the last thirty years, there has been an increase of only 60 per cent in our total imports of foreign goods. This shows how the American work man under protection Is acquiring the American market. Demtad for Fa per. The man who writes the Kansas Oty platform will have to draw heavily upon the paper mills If he attempts tc explain all of the miscarried predic tions of 1896. Mlasoar! ImproTinf. Republicanism in Missouri must b« on the increase. Democratic legisla tures seldom take the pains to Goebel ise a state when there is no danger. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON IX. MAY 27—nr att .q "ATTHEW 13: 24, 33. Golden Text—“The rum . „ r,*,d *• tlie World" —Matt. 13: 38-ft,. ... . u. * arable of the Kingdom—The Wheat _ ’neat aud the Tare* -lb. Mustard “ 24- “Tho kingdom , » kingdom which has . <n !s tho and which Jesus '~‘11 ln ht-aven, lish on earth, in v", ' c‘1lme t.° *‘stab heaven are obeyed , ' laW!t °r earth becomes like and thus 37. “Likened unto r, n. ,, r .. . good seed.” Th. ,v . ‘lUh 4°w«* of man (v. 37,. wb \ , *' lh* Son good seed. He b< r <>urie of all Eden, and ha* b-. ” Kiird<11 ,,f Every good man. v 'er, fdm'e* child of God. born , ;*Un^ S\a Spirit, and made s , ' th* God. And Jesus r:i. ‘ »“« through which th. - ^medium 2K “But While me -1, (it,” i " e at night, in secret. It v, , . ” sower slept, for “he ; th? shall neither slumt- r h Israel when the ohor-.K v l- ; nor when the ch.mh i- , . r j , i often most busy s- r . v hen the church is awake and m ,..rn‘« but cretly, unobserved. „ • p:i.*,l. “ill. tv.eT 2S ”« ^devil whenf” T 'ar>' ‘"long the wheat. Tares art n. • a i,,generate kind of wheat, as u ,Xa and many commentators v, im.gmed but a distinct species, whi-i ha, m. original relationship to wheat or barley f‘rcf Thomson. 26. Brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.” When the grain is headed out; there -can b* no mi take then. As once 1 heard it remarked in that country, ‘the 28. “Wilt thou then that we gather up” The tares ought not to be there. They are an evil. Let us root them out. 29. "Nay." This plan was forbidden. (1) because to root out the tarvs would ruin the crop, and defeat the purpose for which the good seed wa u “Lest while ye gather up the tares. v» root up also the wheat.” Because there was dan ker of mistaking the wheat f : t..res; be 30. “Until the harvest” (v. Stn. or age. In the original, the wonl • world” taion) here is an entirely different w. d from that translated “world" in v. > It does not refer to the physical world, t t to th«* present era. or age. whit p en at the day of judgment and the com , of tha Son of man. “Say to the re« Tim reapers are the ang* Is" tv. , Matt. 10: 27: 24: 31; 2 Thes. 1: 7 "Ga her ve to gether first the tares." These v.ere gath ered out as far as possible in stalks bear ing their heads of seed. But in addition to this, since flour "of mixed wheat and tares cannot be given even to animals, all the baskets of wheat are carried from the threshing floor to the flat roofs of their houses, where the\ are emptied out on mats, and the tedious separation of grain from grain is carried on. sometimes for days, until the wheat is finally rid of this unhappy admixture —Thomson. Gather the wheat into my barn." where it will be preserved, and accomplish the end for which it was sown. Then tv. 431, when separated from evil, the righteous shall shine forth as the sun. the symbol of gladness, of truth, of glory, of life in themselves, and of giving light, and life, and cheer to all around. tSee L'an. 12: 3.) 32. “Another parable." To show an other side of the kingdom of God and thus correct env mistakes which are sure to rise if only one side is seen. 31. 32. “Like to a grain of mustard seed. . . . which indeed is the least of all seeds." Not the least of all seeds which botanists know, but the smallest that men sow in their fields; and the smallest of these in contrast with the plant which grows from it. "Greatest among herbs." And becometh a tree; not massive like a fir tree of Lebanon. or oak. but an herb so large "that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.” It became the greatest of the kind that grew from such seeds. 33. "Spake he unto them " To the peo ple on the seashore. "The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven." l.caven among the Jews generally consisted ni ,i lump of dough. An Old Anchor. Xot long ago the crew of an Eng lish trawler engaged in lobster fishing, I near Kinsale, had groat difficulty in getting their anchor aboard. It was firmly fixed in some massive, hard sub stance in the sand bank. When at last they succeeded in bringing it to the surface, there was attached to it a very ancient anchor five tons in weight, the shank being over ten feet long and the bend of equal propor tions. Fastened to the anchor was a small cannon. The anchor, which prob ably belonged to one of the ships of the Spanish Armady. wrecked on this coast, had become converted with ma rine matter, and this, in the three cen turies during which it had been im bedded in the sand, had been converted into a rocky fossil substance. The an chor is, of course, considerably worn; but it still presents a very massive appearance, and must have belonged to a large ship.—Youths' Companion. rlSltw. - Her Genile Retort. Judge Taft of Ohio, who will be as sociated with Gen. Wright in the Phil ippine commission, tel is this story of how his wife once turned the tables on him when he attempted a bit of sarcasm at her expense. The judge and Mrs. Taft attended church one Sunday morning, and after service Mrs. Taft was the center of a group of women who stood in the aisle and he4d a long and animated discussion on some topic of feminine interest, as women will. The juoge grew impa tient at the delay and was verj grum on the wav home. At last he said. “Do you know you chattering women reminded me of Balaam s ass blocking the way?” “Oh. no.’* replied Mrs. Taft, severely, “You are mistaken. It was the angel that blocked the way of the ass!”—Memphis Scimitar. LITTLE CLASSICS. The empty vessel makes the great est sound.—Shakespeare. He who is firm in will moulds the world to himself.—Goethe. Wise men and gods are on the strongest side.—Sir Charles Sedley. It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.—icon tsiignc. A man who cannot mind his own business is not to be trusted with aie king's.—Saville. Drive prejudices out by the door, they will re-enter by the window.— Frederick the Great. There is no vice so simple but as sumes some mark of virtue on its out ward part.—Shakespeare. All our possessions are as nothing, compared to health, strength and a clear conscience.—Hosea Ballou. Minorities lead and save the world, and the world knows them not till long afterwards.—John Burroughs. Morality and political economy unite in repelling the individual who consumes without producing.—Balzac.