RURAL MAIL SERVICE STARTED BY M’KINLEY. History of the Daily Dcliv^y in the Country. Democrats Said that the Plan Was Im practicable, bat the Republicans Have Thoroughly Demonstrated Its Value to Farmers. Rural free delivery of mail is the off spring of the McKinley administration of the l'ontoffice Department. Its de velopment from an insignificant begin ning of forty-four routes and an appro proation for the fiscal year which dosed in 18b 7 to its present magnificent pro portions with the rural routes numbered by the thousands and an appropriation of $l,7ri0,<>00 voted for its further exten sion during the present fiscal year, has all Itccn brought about by the McKinley ad ministration. A movement to broaden the free deliv ery of the mails was started by Post master General Wnnatnaker under the Republican administration of Gen. Har rison. It took the form of village free delivery, and wus more an extension of city delivery to smaller communities than a free delivery to farmers, but limited us was its scope and successful though it was in increasing postal receipts and postal facilities, it encountered Demo cratic opposition. When Mr. Cleveland came in, his Postmaster General fearing its effect in popularizing Republican prin ciples and disseminating Republican lit erature, ordered it dropped. It was a Republican administration that conceived and executed the ideu of brightening the home of the farmer, edu cating his children. Increasing the value of his land, compelling the improvement of the roads, and bringing the news of the markets and the weather so as to se cure him a better price for his crops by delivering daily bis mail to him on his furin. Every Democratic House of Rep resentatives since the idea was first broached of carrying the mails into the rural districts, has declared against it. The Forty-third Congress, with a Demo crat from North Carotins us chairman of the committee on postoffiees nnd post roads, proclaimed the plan impossible, sud turned it down. Postmaster Gen eral Bissell, Postmaster General Wilson and First Assistant Postmaster General •Tones in the Cleveland administration, all took up the cry of extravagance and impossibility of execution. Consequently little or nothing was done to give the farmers access to the mails until Cleve land went out of office. Wh on Pi.-t Ac«ii«fnnt General Perry S. Heath took up the rural service under the direction of the President nud the Postmaster General in March, 1897. it was languishing to the point of extinguishment, und in a few months more would have hern starved to death, like Mr. Wnnaniakcr's village de livery. The official reports of the Post office Department record that it w as with surprise that President McKinley and those to whom he entrusted (tie adminis tration of postal affairs, learned that there was such a thing as an experi mental rural free delivery mall service in progress. They at once grasped its possibilities and advocated its immediate development and a Republican Congress generously seconded their efforts. Under this vivi fying touch, it has grown until there is not now a .State in the Union that has not felt the civilizing and educational in fluence of rural free mail delivery, and not one that does not desire a further expansion of the service. On the 1st of June, 1900, there were 1.200 rural ser vices in actual operation and 2,000 up plications for an extension of the system in process of establishment by special agents appointed for the purpose. The appropriations for the rural free delivery service have been increased from 150 000 in the fiscal year 1IS97-9H to $150, 000 in 1S98-99, and then to $450,000 in 1899 19eiiehts of the government which they help so lib ernlly to support by their taxe>! The country can well afford to continue and extend n a)stem which makes better citi zen* aud happier home* and contribute* largely to the mental, moral aud material advancement of nil the people. Ilura! free delivery of uistt ha* corn* to stay, und the lte|>utdi**au sdrninistra fion which brought it into being will stay with it. Trade liipanslun tit Sunlit Anirrt* a Aecvrdiog io the Manufacturer, the present disturbance* in I’biltit have eut phasired the n. e.stttr **f American man iif,uturer» developing an outlet fur their go,at* in t’eiitral and Mouth America above »tint they now control, l*r,».pi, tUut bis reached a |adnt of development that Manufacturer* aft treking etery fiatlet for the production of ittsoz mills and works Wide » number of the lend tag exporter* are looking south 1st new ftsttU uf entvrpriai I M» b a* t» should he, f«r the more f»«i* that ar» mattttfv* lured and exported the ftfslci that pt<» pertly and -haa-< !■*» * sudio at I,m» i h of foreign I .outlier* e iH»r foreign eomtwerce un br • W‘*pwWi ran admin at n *a 1**4) wax worth jo o.|4 |t* 51 tool i . 1 x *t fi*• tra*4e aslmtntstraiMw trt I *" *'< it waa xsttl ugly J* yut aWt. I.m an t»«zesse *1 xev*u buAtlzed ntilib « dollar* a feat W favwt of Ike M* p »t *'• p«' MANUFACTURERS HAVE A VERY BUSY YEAR. Exports Under the Dinglcy Law Show Vast Growth. Tbe Demand for Raw Material Is So Great that Imports of Manufacture era' Material Have Also Greatly Increased. The manufacturer* of the United State* are making their greatest record in this closing year of the century. Huajr workshops, smoking chimneys, factories running on double time and, in some cases, the full twenty-four hour* with three shifts of bunds, are an evidence of this: but exact proof is found in the re port of the chief of the bureau of statis tics, just issued, which shows an enor mous increase in the importation of the raw materia!* which they use in manu facturing and an equally enormous in crease in the exportation of finished man ufacture*. Importations of manufactur er*’ materials in the fiscal year 1900 were more than double those in the fiscal year 1S!I4 arid, during the three fiscal years in which the Dinglcy law ha* been in operation, have exceeded, by more than $100,000,000, the imports of raw materials iu the three years in which the Wilson law was In operation, while the exportations of finished manufac tures, in the three years under the Ding b\v law, have exceeded, by more than saoo.oon.oon, the exportations of manu factures In tbe three years under the Wilson law. lCviilence from Official Sources. Here are the official figure* showing the importation of manufacturer*' ma terials and exportation* of manufnrtnre* In the fiscal year* 1895, 1890 and 1897, nil of which were under the Wilson low tariff, contrasted with those during the fiscal years 1898, 1899 and 1900. which were under the Dingley tariff. Tbe Wil son tariff, it will he remembered, went into operation Aug. 28, 1894, and the Dinglcy tariff on July 2(1, 1897, so that the fiscal year* ending June 30, 1895, 1890 ar.d 1897, were practically all with in the operation* of the low tariff and those of 189*f 1899 and 1900 wore prae BORROWING. LENDING. _ 1906 ^ <£.EL Junta AND HIS COTTON BALE. IIow Did He Hot Ills Trust Stock and What Did I£e I*ay for It? I he composite chnirmnn of the Popu list Democracy, Senator Joucs of Arkan sas, is still resenting with considerable heat the charge that since he is such an important officer of the American Cotton Company (capital f7,000.000; John K. Searies, lately treasurer of the sugar trust, grand mogul), it must be that be is n high priest in the trust temple, or. at least, that he is a reckless, ubandoned plutocrat. To do Mr. Jones entire jus tice, we suppose that the American Cot ton Company is not a vicious trust which deserves to be destroyed, any more than a number of other corporations of $7, 000,000 capital in the hands of former officers of more monopolistic trusts. Pre sumably the American Cotton Company will make all the money it can. will make dividend*, indeed, upon its 97,000,0**1 of stock. Mr. John E. Searlcs can i>e trust ed to look ufter a little thing like that, even If Mr. Jones devote* all of his at tention for the next three months, or for the next three years, for that matter, to Populist Democratic politics exclusively. The phase of Mr. Jones' connection with the American Cotton Company which we would like hitn to explain is this, rather; How much of the $7,<**(, 000 of the stock of the company has he got. how did he get it. and what did he give for it? Is iiis name, undoubtedly tin eminent one in some quarters, used in tlie board of directors as a bait to catch Investors? I>id Mr. Jones himself pay par In “cash money” for tin* stock that be bolds? Is his possession of it, or any purt of it, due to the fact that he is in fluential in tlie finance committee of the United States Semite, and by virtue of liis position there could do his company, or Mr. Henries', or utmost any company of the kind in which he dr Mr. Hcarlos might have an interest, a very important service at a very critical time? We have never known a gentleman of Mr. Jones' financial prospects to grow rich suddenly except by some means of this kind. In other words, and to be plain, it is fair to infer, until Mr. Jones denies it, that he is "it,” neither on ac count of his cash, nor his property, nor some invention of demonstrated value, but rather on account of his "pull” or ids swing. We say that it is fair to infer this until Mr. Jones denies it, because Mr. Jones, by reason of his unjust at tacks upon leading Republicans puts himself very much in the public eye and invites attack from any quarter. Mr. Jones has no business to live in a gluss house with perfect safety if he is going to keep throwing such large stone*. THE POLITICAL SITUAJIO>i tically all withiu the operation* of the Dingiey turiff. Imports of manufacturers' materials and exports of manufactures under the Wilson and Dingiey laws, respectively: Import* of maierlal* Exporta of for manufacturing. manufacture* Eer <*t. Per ct. Wilson law of total of total 1b95 >191.119.*10 28 11 *183.393.743 23.14 1X98.. 209,3(18,717 2885 228,371.178 28 48 1X07. . 214,918,823 28.10 277 2X3,301 28.87 To' -1 *«15.405,152 $8*9,432.312 ldt, cy law— It 294,543,917 33.20 290,697.3M 24.02 It 9.. 222 913.239 HI 87. 3.3*.673.53* 2*13 1900 . S02.284.198 35 57 432.2X4.3*18 .31,57 rout 872MS1.352 It.Ml,657 278 The ab*ive tuldo 1* worthy of careful study. We have been hearing, for years, from Democratic orator* tir*t, tliat free raw material* would help the manufac turer**, and, Keeoud, that a protective tariff destroy* our chance* it) foreigu markets, yet it will 1* seen by this table that the importation* of "Article* in a crude condition for use it) domestic In dustrie*" amounted, in the threw years under the Wil*ou free iriide law, to $'*1\ 40ft. 152. while in the three year* undi r tin Diugley protective tariff they amount io *T'Js.XJ 1.12*2 l.ook ai«o at the natrow column, which luillcafe* the percentage* of the total import* which them raw mi terials form, uud you will see that they form a touch greater proportion of the to tal import* under the Itcpubiicuu *>>teiii of protection than under the Democratic »y*teoi of free trade. Why? The an • w e* is simple * n*> Igh I 'nder the Deni m ratic low t.it ill abfcotnte free trade in • otoe purlieu!*! * mm.) maim fact tir*‘rs were compelled * It her to Piii*e theif work* *** reUu.e their output owing to the * J istp Hal t! of maiiufaettire* ! ffuiu ahrowtl under the low tariff rate* | Hen** the small c**o**itot*ti o of raw i material in luai.ofaetunng Tklt differ erne of noM'e than f itst.igsi is»i in the ■ in iltlity of rata maierlal* imported III the . threw yens ttaitiv a tltffeieiii-e of several h*.ndr**l an I lion* **f dollar# in the am mut of good* Manufactured and hundfe*!* of millions m the anmiint f money paid to wage earners la the ii*«mi* tnanwfa tor •>• lige* I'sllute* hre fewer. ilSc total liabilities **t arms *ha f»i >d in the vear et.d.wg Tin* Ml i:*a* ; |ta),N?n,M0 It lb is. r |M«d the r*(| I ng Iran owed l.’.3ltunv I It wtU *ho* Ue seen that the am I*ial est la oaly ikusl mw *hird ski' (> wa* la IMA It | >*■'.# *ha tier) «f pi •(* * *t WHO IS MARK HflHNA ? Who is this Marcus Hanna, ua. That people call him great? Is he the man who holds the helm Which guides the ship of state? Is he like old Goliath tall— Like some steeple In the sky. Or, Is he that awful wicked man Who winks the other eye? Tot, tut, my son, he's just a man Like good old Iteuben Blue, Who has hi* way of doing things. And "knows a thing or two!” But why does Bryan hate hint so. And Bopocrats berate? Is It because he’s old and slow, And Isn't up to date? Oh, no, tny son. you let your life lie's not so scry slow. For w hen his shoulder's to the wheel The curt is bound to go. The reason why the Boom-raU Now tremble at hi* name. Is 'cause In- dot it to 'em once Au's goto' to do the same Again tM» full, nnd bury deep Bill Bryan and hi* host In some dark place w here Tag*) clans Forcrer lliorv will roast, k\ here boiling oil, bob** and -posts kin) Aginiiatdns dwell A place my *oti, so but and bad, It* nano- l must hut tell M I.. G Blent* of Money l'lr< ululliig. I'rroidcnt M-Kltih)'* letter of accept i anew railed attention lav Ky l.-d effect it. ty to the pee (api'A . if. elite u . f money la the I ailed States Ihi- per -Spill rlnulntton marks the h.gh water of kmrrit-au pres|>eril| It l« u-w |gU V. for yyen wan. woman and chlid ttt the country To show It* growth, ta *ptta of thr pfrdo tious of It* • alanttlt free • dyer till this table Is append**! I'ltnlaitM Year par -aptia 1*IM .... . . . |lt »<*T» ... ... . IT It! IMstt !• t! ‘At «J >*’•» • . ...... _ £4 *4 . . ....._ sum I***' .. , .. ..... J*. l*i M'KINLEY ON THE WAR. The (lovemincnt Will Carry Liberty Into All Its Du. mu in. At the exercises in connection with the presentation by the Navy Itcpartmcnt to the city of Canton, Ohio, of a cannon captured hi Santiago, the President, af ter repealed calls, responded ns follows on .Inly -1. 1000: "My Fellow Citizens 1 will not con sciit to prolong these exercises beyond making acknowledgment for your gen erous coll and expressing as well the pleasure which I hnve had in participat iug with iny neighbors and fellow citizens «n the observation of this anniversary— ■ me of the most significant, if not the nui-t significant, in American annals. The ured principles proclaimed in 177<> in the Hty of Philadelphia, advuneed Iri mnphantly at Yorktovvn. made effective hi the formate n of the Federal I nion in 17*7. sustained by a united people in every war with a foreign power, upheld by the supreme sacrifices of the volun teers of 1*01, scaled iu solemn covenant at Apfiotnaiioa Fourt House, sanctified within the 1a«i two years with the best blood of* the tnefi of tlie North and the men of the Mouth at Manila and Man It igo and hi Porto lllvti still nnuuate the Vmeriean heart, and still hnve their force snd virtue. < Isold and enthusias ti ippinii i i And adhering to them a* yye line always adhered to them at any • tel, or at am sacrifice, we find ourselves after *.»;«• hmiilr* it* hrlrBti mill ta» Umi I* mH> MlllflPt |*u***>««) i^i k I 1* . • i* «v*f 'f “'if iWitHia 1 iKutkmma* 1 iim) tuiitf I Im rr«M ImNMMMMNHI Wi- • •)«»• |r11«4»t |»* , •'!} it tuiiilf Mi baa uNti Iftil t*w Ufl li»« >»!• PROTECTIVE TARIFF APPROVED BY BRITISH. Crockery and Glassware Manu facturing Stimulated. The British Consul at Chicago Makes a Report to His Government Indors ing the Republican Protec tive Policy. Advantage* of the protective tariff sys tem accruing to the workingmen of tld* country I* shown in a report of the Brit ish vice consul at Chicago to III* govern ment, in which he deal* with the china, earthenware and glass trade of Chicago. He point* out that the higli tariff on good* of this character has cuuldcd Americans to start factories for the man ufacture of these goods, and more will soon he built, tn his report the vice consul says: “For year* the Briti-h potter ha* been the supplier of the American market. anr* are nut so well put on ns in the British, and tiie whole article is. as n rule, coarser, and yet underglazcd pattern* and Moat blue have not been made successfully, and, with the process ih<- same, purchas er* will not take the American article. Kvery manufacturer in the United States procures specimen* of each new British design, and copies are made if it is thought likely to take in the market. The manufacture of china in the United State* i* not yet competing with the United Kingdom, but is improving rap idly. "Cut glass, for the manufacture of which there are one or two small fac tories in Chicago, has a large sale, and the American article is said to be vastly superior in design, cutting, shape, polish and luster to any other, and it 1* claimed that the polishing by acids has a g ' *t superiority over the hand polishing. Bo hemian glass still has a good market, but it is found that the British glass is made too fine, and the thin stemmed goblets are not good for the rough treatment they receive in the United State*. American or Belgian cut glass is preferred, ,lvhe demand for gins* which formerly came from Leith and Kdinburg, has now turn ed to the United Slates, which also ex ports cut glass to Great Britain and Ger many.’’ Demand for Ifojt ami <'attic Protlni'U. Through the Republican policy of open ing the mills awl of restoring confidence to general business, practically every workman in the I'nited States has be come able, since lHfiti, to have nil the fresh meat he wants. The fuel thut the city workman can afford to cat more roast beef, chops, hams, veal cutlets, bacon, pork, sausages, etc., than he could in lblMi means of course (but there must be more money in the farmer’s business of raising corn to feed t*• cattle Hud hogs. Take the many other products derived from cattle niul hogs, which had been raised on corn, like lard, glue, gelatine, isinglnss, curled hair for mattresses, etc., brnsb bristles, felts, soap, glycerine, am monia, fertilizers, hoofs for button mate rial, cut bones for knife handles, etc., poultry food* from dried meat scraps, al hitmen for tiling color* and Mulshing leather, nratsfoot oil, etc., nil these have naturally more extended use* when time* are prosperous than wiicti they are not. For Instance, lard nearly every cracker made ia about one eighth of It lard. In prosperous time* the families of work men go on picnic*, travel, eat oyster stew*, and d« other things which great ly Increase tire consumption of cracker*. A* a result of such increased demands for the products front slaughtered hog* and cattle, which in turn means better demand for com. there h.t» been ait ■ n bancsnunt in the value of live hog- and cattle a* follow* Jate |, IHP7 Jan |, ll**» fatlle .. . 9WT.Htffl.43t WMI IWkVoO lings .. Idd.„’7’„* 1~,\* •Jtil'J.'.ias) Total .. WII.'-tf.’.lfM «NU41l.aw dairrlcan Hallway Nap|Jlr< \Iim«iI. V I t*s» ton stt-e! rad contract ht* pm b#en Wadv*d in tV»n*vlv*i|la far the Cape t’niutty government railway* Ibis folio*** aaolher arrive >f Ittaat i -ns rtf rad* delivered lot >«r the «m I* am %n Ollier twiVI • ItipMMsM i* >,ts*t ions, which hits town sent Is llorntst I at* U growl COtUUO tCI*l I ||ll)|li l* I- i ■»-» -• SI IHh* • Uetlr It, Now • Ihtlsar *. IVts to t •atpla* »r (*l •'.'h III t* lb* j l altrd Mi*te* treason fir* !*••* s*•-•. ! wader the la*.'«t*tl< fna 11*0* ► dlvy I ihtif v|i * 4s*> t af lUMb.iJJ _._ < SCUTTLE ANO PANIC ARE BRYAN’S POLICY. > Why Richard Olney Supports the Nebraskan. lie Always Ha* Been a Believer in Haul ing Down the Flag and Shirking f Responsibilities Falling to the Coun ry. .Mr. Uichurd Olney hii* done a public servin' lo the entire country by forcing every voter to face the fact that Mr. l>t>!iu'« election mean* scuttle. Mr. Olucy was one of an administra tion which withdrew from the Hawaiian islands, lie would repeat the act. We are iu the Philippine*. Mr, Olney would leave. President McKinley’s itdminis trillion lias protected American citizen* from massacre urn! American women from outrage in China. Mr. Olney de nounces its nets us the act* of the "weakest and silliest of administra tions." The administration Ims demand ed the open door in China, and when Manchti reuetioti and massacre threat cued to dose mid bolt the door i'lvii dent McKinley bus thrust in the wedge of victorious American troops to keep the door open front t'hinese into! ^ craws* or European aggression. But till* is a part of that policy on which Mr. Olney urges Mr. Bryan's election, I** eause "so fur us the injurious conse ijtiences of past courses can be averted or mitigated something may be Imped from those not primarily responsible for them.” "From their official authors and jusfi tiers nothing Inn persistence iu these courses can reasonably tie expected/' says Mr. Olney. He is right. If re sistance to American authority comes on American territory President Mc Kinley will suppress it. Wltere the flag lias been hauled down, a* in Hawaii, he will replace it. and the American jm>o pb* will vote to keep it there. Where 0 citizens are iu peril President McKinley T will protect them, in all lands. Where their claim* to ju«t indemnity, ns in Turkey, have been systematically peg lected by a previous administration, of which Mr Olney was Secretary of State, President McKinley will insist on pay meat. Mr. f fluey objects to this policy. The American people approves, Vermont demonstrate* It. That New England State land* for the ting and all it pro- r toots. Mr. Olney demands n policy of scuttle. To him this "outweighs” all else, lie admits that panic will come with Brynn: but bitter, he says, in suii• tance, "Scuttle ami Punic" than “Sovereignty and Security." We accept the issue. We trust Mr. Olney can be induced to accompany Mr. Brynn on lit* platform campaign to urge scuttle with n vigor und plainness of -,leech his e|j . f. bis fender und Id* ^ guide dodges. Mr. Bryan talks of a "stable government" in the Philippines. Mr. Olney objects because wo "forcibly expelled Spain from her Philippine pos sessions.” Mr. Olney returned the Ha waiian islands to one tyrant. He is ready to return the Philippine* to an other. I lie American people Is not. Mr Olney is jj lawyer, lie Known tbnt the legal choice lay between Spanish sov ereignty anil ours. He prefers Spanish; American voters tin not. Mr. Olney talks of much else, but hi* heart Is In a policy of scuttle. He denounces the INiigley tariff. Perhaps tie thinks voter* prefer the tariff liis chief signed and which brought depression, desolation nud deticits. He complains of "the most, intimate relations between the I’lilted Stales treasury and the money market.’’ As be looks at our credit on a 2 per cent Imsis and British bond* seeking a market in New York he per Imp* hopes to persuade the country that those were better and more prosperous days when Mr. Olney approved secret contracts with money changer* dictating their terms at the White House, whet* our bonds had to be sold in London at usurious rates to buy gold and prop the sinking credit of the treasury, which cowered before bonkers who today have no word in its policy. Mr. Oiney has done well for the Re publican party. He ha* recalled to the public those dire days of a Democratic administration of which he wus a part when our railroad* were iu the hands of receivers, our factories closed, our treas ury empty, our credit guile and our flag disgraced, lie demands again days of panic, of a free trade tariff, of crash and failure, of breaking batiks and bankrupt tinn*. These "calamitous possibilities,’' which were calamitous certainties under the C'leveland-Olncy administration, are “nntui igliril,’ says Mr. Olney, by the certainty of a policy of "scuttle" from Mt Bryan. I’nder him citlaen* will no , longer, iu peril, see the llag < tuning with / salvation in it* folds, brought to Pekin by "the weakest ami silliest of adminis trations," the this will couie down in the Philippines, and it will ln> withdrawn, a* Mr Olney withdrew it iu Hawaii, though iu Cuba Mr, Olney is willing to break uatiouul faith and protests against this i-ianil l*ing ‘'alien territory." Trust s proslsvery Democrat to grab Cuba ami to insist, a* lie does, that it must I* coon an "integral part of the Putted Hutu," which the Iti publican parly did not accept as to mutevcd teriitory when urged for slaie-y and will tint when urg i <| for sent tie Mr Olney is ■ Democrat, lie needs a parti IL> ha* no oilier, ll would be sIPHtlge if be did toil Vllppnrl a lb ms ••rail* candidal' note-* he were a public peril A public peril be admits Mr, llryao l*. but since \|r Olney most sup p-.rt hnvi. in -pile of «n, it la of grave public service ibat He l.«i made plain |# ah Mo n th.it \| Plan ic t unit mean* disaster at hot,** but ite grace abnsot • policy of scMttb surrender and retreat, Philadelphia IVe*a Peatvee Hfaappe-ivra nl M< Htnley it a|-|M 41 s ih ti pie, deni \| Hairy « letter of acceptance has met with a levy treat V fwr)«M *1 >11 Prance |‘re» it#at M KisIry • g ‘Ub4 v it respect |„ I I'Mi,* dsr*s. Ml the toiler ■*« sow f*r *o-mnng hr»d**i, t ram o'* ItliliMr do nag tks Mgs ,,t. • ,r hfs not |et faded tisW Wra || V