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fl WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
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raj The Farmcra' Interests Heine Care-
I fnlly Studied.
1 Special correspondence :
k 1 Washington , February , 1897.
' 1 The Ways and Means Committee is
i 1 pushing the work of the new tariff bill
| as rapidly as possible. One of the most
distinguished members of the committee ,
k speaking of the difficulties in the way of
' framing satisfactorily a tariff bill and
the length of time necessary for it , said
m to your correspondent :
r "If any man , no matter how well posted.
I will attempt to determine for himself
I what ought to be the duty on pyroligneous
,1 acid , and then multiply the time occupied
T In that attempt by the thousands of items
• I in a tariff measure , he will get something
A of an idea of the time and labor required
_ m to complete it. "
TJ This suggestion indicates in some deB -
B gree the amount of labor required to corn-
m plete a bill of this kind and the amount of
fl labor which the -Ways and Means Com-
H mittee is patting on this new measure.
fll The two weeks of hearings which they
JHJ gave were a smajl fragment of the amount
JUS of labor necessary for the framing of the
Fw bill. The statements made before them
In orally during the fortnight during which
I'm they were hearing arguments were a small
jm proportion only of the material pressed
jrM upon them by the friends of the various
rHf ! industries , and especially by the friends
AJ of the farmers. Hundreds upon hundreds
HJ | of written manuscripts and thousands up-
| BJ on thousands of letters have reached the
Ho committee and its members with refer-
< 4BJ ence to the various schedules of the tariff
> mjf bill. No class of citizens has shown a
il greater interest in the tariff than the
* HR farmer , and it may be set down as certain
jjBJI , that no class of citizens will get more
HJ careful and faithful attention in the fram-
HE ing of the bill than those * same farmers.
K Every question relating to their industries
HE and interests is considered. Many of the
FdR important items relating to their indus-
[ m\ ; \ tries have been acted upon already , and
Tin in all of these the new rates fixed have
I' been such as to give a satisfactory pro-
It Ntection. . While the figure which has been
N
ikK fixed upon cattle is not quite as high as
HJ that of the McKinley law , it is believed to
HJ be ample to thoroughly protect , the stock
BO raisers of the United States against the
jg n competition of Mexico and Canada , which
fJL were the only countries sending in live
WK stock in competition with our own. On
D § some agricultural products the rates of
mm the McKinley act have been restored. The
HJ prosperity of the agriculturist under that
HJ law was so strongly marked , and its pop-
HK ularity with the farmers was so great that
He the committee has cheerfully acted upon
f ] the recommendation of representatives of
| II the agricultural interests and restored the
\ H McKinley law in a very large proportion
| H of cases. One subject which has given
J them a great deai of difficulty is that of
BJ "wool. The Wool Growers' Association
BV has requested'a rate of 12 cents per pound
BR on first and second-class wools , with an
BSaddition of 3 cents per pound for skirted
Bm. Australian wools , which is very consid-
B ' " • efablyiajpscess of the Tates of the Mc-
BH . Kinley Imffef &dxlso , something higher
HH than fhose.strggested by tfie Voolen manu-
BH facturers. _ _ The . members of the commit-
BH * ee are somchvfe&embarrassed by what
BB - theyconsider -a4f extreme demand on the
Bfl part of the Wool Growers * Association ,
HBJ for they feel that if they make the rates
BBjj of duty on wool excessive it will result
HHJ in such an increase in the price of woolen
BBa goods , as to grow * unsalisfactorrfan gg
HHJ sul is dyj.ittageously to * rf epeopl § o
BBJ the conntry/aVHrell-as unpopular in its
HBJ * effect .On Che public mmd. The woolen
BBI manufacturers have recommended , a rale
BHjr of Stents per pound on woolens valued at
BwJ HHtot Gic n.te j "pound , twlefSiJanjl-it i * rpb- : *
BBBBBBP'7y " able -tSat t.be committee -will find some
BBB golden mean between these two requests
HHJ of tKc w ' eel growers and manufacturers' "
HH1 On the question of reciprocity , nothing
BBV has , as yet beau determined. There is a
BBl disposition on the part of the committee
BBjj to provide a reciprocity clatfse , but they
BBj are finding difficulty in this because of the
BBJ fact that "they do not expect to.put sugar
HHJ -on. the free list , as was the case under
HHJ the McKinley law. If will be remembered
Hv Hint freclprociry , waa made easy " nnder
BBJI' thei Kw.l law because that act placed
BBJ v < r-auga wftE &ee Jisjr but gave "to the"
BBJ * ' ei Kj pS demand"Vn . equal
BBJ ' , / cpaij l S tb duties ' levied on our
E - ' , b i1 ijyihose co'nnvries wanting our
° their free of duty.
BBJ sugar to come in ports
3 The fact , however , that the law which is
II now being framed is not to put sugar on
BBJ the free list Tenders it more difficult to
BBJ mate reciprocity a feature of the new law ,
BBJ let it is expected that the bill will , when
fl completed , contain such provisions as will
BBJ make it practicable to again put into op-
B eration certain reciprocity arrangements
BBJ which proved so extremely valuable and
BBJ added po much to our exports in certain
B directions during the operations of the
BBJ McKinley act. No subject has more in-
Hj terestcd the fanners than that of recip-
BBj rocity. and while the details of the bill
J have in this line been completed , they may
BH rest assured that their interests will be
BDfl guarded in these as in other lines of the
BVJj The sugar question is one which is still
H troubling the committee. While there was
BJBJ a recommendation on the part of certain
BBc sugar producers in favor of a bounty on
B beef and cane sugar , it is scarcely
HBJ probable , judging from present indi-
BmB cations , that this will be complied
B I with. There will be. however , a
Bw tinfficient protective rate of duty on
B sugar to encourage the beet growers of
BJ the upper Mississippi valley and Pacific
Iff coast , as well as the cane producers of the
W. . < Southern States.
BjL It is probable that the new bill will not
be given to the public until the special ses-
H m sion of Congress is called. It is now uu-
H derstood that that session will begin on or
B about Mnrch 1' The committee expects
ft j to have the bill ready by that time , , and it
mm J j3 understood that about two weeks of discussion -
* ' cussion will be considered sufficient in the
? House. Of the passage of the bill there.
, there of course is no doubt , for the House
will be thoroughly Republican and it is
understood that the Democrats dfe not ex-
factious opposition to
I pect to make any
the bill. What will develop when the bill
1 comes into the Senate nobodyknows. The
ailvcr people are remaining silent , and if
the public is to judge iy their attitude in
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the past there is no reason to hope for
oo-ojkJfation on their part in anything pro
posed by the Republicans. There is , how
ever , reason to believe that there will be
sufficient co-operation on the part of the
gold Democrats to bring about the pas
sage of the bill ifi the Senate after a rea
sonable discussion. Senator-elect McEn-
ery , of Louisiana , although a Democrat ,
has already expressed his intention to sup
port a reasonable protective bill , and it is
probable that certain of the gold Demo
crats will take similar action in case their
votes are necessary to put the bill upon
thp statute books.
GEORGE MELVILLE.
DECLINE OF BRYANISM ,
His Kaj > id Disappearance Is Evidence
that Hia 1b a "Lost Cause. "
Perhaps the only thing in American
politics more remarkable than the rapid
and picturesque rise of the silver movQ-
iueut before the last presidential election
is the precipitous downward tendency of
the same movement since the defeat of its
vociferous prophet , William .T. Bryan.
As { be period of sober afterthought
lengthens out , aud as the time for fche in
auguration of President McKinley draws
near , the conviction is forced upon Re
publicans thnt they were unnecessarily
alarmed and upon Popocrats that they
werc foolishly hopeful :
The delusion that Bryan was dramatic
ally near the goal , and that he could keep
up the fever of silver enthusiasm for four
years and win , hands down , in 1000 , was
soon dispelled. When the clamorous din
of his oratory died away , all the enthu
siasm went with it. Among his followers
the bitterness of first disappointment has
been followed by the hopelessness of utter
despair.
A careful study of the official returns
has convinced the sincere men of all po
litical faiths that McKinley's victory was
with one exception , the most sweeping ic
the history of the country , and that Bry
an's defeat was a deliberate , honest and
mighty protest against dangerous falla
cies , designed to mislead the unthinking
and catch the time serving.
Considering normal conditions , the mosl
emphatic repudiation of Bryanism came
from the States where he expounded his
doctrines most persistently. In the eight
een decisive McKinley States McKinley's
majority over Bryan was 1,54S,000 , with
241 electoral votes , not to speak of the
30 additional electoral votes received in
the close States.
Mr. Bryan still travels about considera
bly , but he can lose himself in a crowd
just the same as any other citizen. His
goings and comings are no longer an
nounced. Since his defeat he has made
two visits to this city , and on each occa
sion the only one so poor to do him rever
ence was his friend Robidoux , the Union
avenue saloonkeeper.
In politics it is possible to set in motion
a great wave on a false issue ; but when
the tide once begins to ebb it never re
turns.
There is nothing unique in the neglect of
Mr. Bryan. He is simply the champion
of a lost cause. Kansas City Journal.
THE TARIFF WILL PASS.
Democrats to Join witli Republicans
in Favor of a Protective Measure.
Unless the most experienced observers
in Washington are greatly deceived , says
an exchange , the Republicans need have
no anxiety about the passing of the Re
publican tariff bill by the Senate , even if
the Republican Senators are not a ma
jority. There will be no serious opposition
to such a tariff bill as the Ways and
Means Committee is framing. Demo
cratic Senators may offer some opposi
tion , but it will be perfunctory. This is
because there are not a dozen free traders
in Congress such as there used to be , and
possibly fewer * advocates , of high tariff.
The free trader is now confined to the
editorial room or the recitation rooms of
a few colleges. The experience of the
past few years has modified the free
trader who has connection with business.
; Asjfor4the people generally , they attribute
e tafctiaiionjn business to the present
rlff Democrats In Congress who were
free traders are-now , In. favor of a jeve-
aue tariff which , will gxre incidental pro1
tecilon. 'The-new Dingley tariff bill will
4 * odera1 TiiefeTircr say" tbose * TVilp
"ifnoyc abou ib * lt w ll give , protection id
-home-industries , .but sucb rotecKoirasns
wmpatiWe witbfan * .
there "will be no serious
• To .such a. measure
ous opposition. Even the silverites , Tvho
a .year.ago threatened to antagonize "any
revenue measure which does not include
the free coinage of fifty-cent dollar s ? , have
wisely come to the conclusion that such
a line o action would be unwise ' ) and
would hurt- their cause. X > eniocra ts , who
are now chieflyfromthe South , see the
tariff'which .will in-
folly opposing ; a , / "
ample-revenue- -a time when the
Inre is at the rate of sixty or seventy
million dollars a year.
WAGES IN EUROPE.
A Comparison with tlie Figures Paid
in America.
The recent annual report of the Massa
chusetts bureau of statistics of labor con
tains a careful comparison of wages and
prices here and abroad. Chief Wadlin
ascertains that during the period 1860-
1SS.1 wages were 75.4 per cent higher in
Massachusetts than in Great Britain , and
the general average weekly wage is now
77 per cent higher.
As to the items entering into the cost of
living , they were on the average only 17.2'J
per cent higher in ISSo in Massachusetts
than in Great Britain and of his figures
11.49 per cent was due to the single item
of higher rents , leaving only 5.S1 as the
higher average cost of food , clothing and
other necessaries.
Of course , the Massachusetts workman
spends more money than his English cou
sin he can afford to. He earns 75.4 per
cent more. He expends 11.49 per cent
more because of his higher rent , and 5.81
per cent more on account of the higher
cost of certain necessaries of life. Then
beyond this , as Chief Wadlin's figures
show , be expends voluntarily 3L12 per
cent to maintain that higher standard of
American living generally which is re
flected in his higher rent. The Massachu
setts workman , native or naturalized ,
demands a larger house and more con
veniences thau he or his ancestors were
satisfied with in the "old country. " It is
this which makes his rent a larger item ,
and he demands other things to corre
spond.
Altogether , the Massachusetts work
man expends 4S.41 per cent more for the
support of his family than the English
workman. But as the Massachusetts
workman earns 75.4 per cent more , he can
do tbis he can provide a better home-and
longer schooling for his children , and still
lay up a larger proportion of liis wages
against the inevitable "rainy day. "
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THE WHITE HOUSE.
The executive mansion , better known as
the "White House , " which is to be the
home of Hon. William McKinley during
the coming four years , will , at the end of
bis term , have given to the country a hun
dred years of its history. Although its
corner stone was laid in 1792 , it was not
until the latter part of the year 1S00 that
it was occupied as a presidential resi
dence , and even then it was not in a com
pleted condition. So it will require prac
tically all of the term of President Mc
Kinley to round out the century of the oc
cupancy of the executive mansion by
Presidents of the United States. 'George
Washington , under whose auspices and
during whose presidency the corner stone
was laid , did not live to see the building
completed , his death occurring but a few
months prior to its occupancy , and it is
related that he walked through the unfin
ished building commenting upon and ad
miring its general'beauty and prospects
only a few days before his death.
It was not a "white house" when Wash
ington last saw it , or when it was occu
pied by the early Presidents. It was not
until after the vandalism of the British ,
who set fire to it on the same dav that
they burned tke Capitol building , that it
was of the color which has given it the
title of the "White House , " during the
recollection even of the preceding gen
eration. Built originally of brown sand
stone from Virginia , it retained the orig
inal color of the stone until after the fire
which blackened its walls had rendered
it an unsightly object. Luckily the fire
was quickly extagulllstegdJby a heavy fall
of rain , which/et in shMtfyJS SiULwas
started , and as'i was found tbaffh ® * 15
were not dama.d , they 4re nofe
The fire and snWaTi j jps-
ngured them lt became uectorfary towver
them with asoat of painty and thus the
presidential nansion became known as the
-"White Hyase , " and has so remained
since that/time. Coat after coat of paint
has beenbiven it as years Jiave passed ,
but it is tie same old White House wbose
plans wen made under the direction of
Gen. WW.iington , "and whose corner-stone
-was laid jrf hisjiresence and whose nearly
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BBY&N AS SPEECHMAKER.
o @ efli oSAmerican intelligence- *
atMl eJajihat T rever BryXnJper-
sonally e | pounded the false doctrines of
free\silve | and.TepudiatIbn , „ just there the
election returns demonstratedjiis greatest
weakness ? Jt may be claimed ) yjhisfld-
mirers that out\for Br ants aory his
defeat wbuld h ejbeen ven yet more
' been
disastrousi Biw'jconldHit sfellpiaTe
mcu-eemphatie han ih follo BrfigUTesJ
show ? Tjet uifiexhibi th ullrra-ths ;
eighteen decisTve McKmley States only :
Elec McKinley
vote. over Bryan.
Pennsvlvania , 32 295,000
New York 36 26S.O0O
Massachusetts 15 173,000
Illinois 24 142,000
Wisconsin 12 102,000
New .Tersey 10 S7.000
Iowa 1JJ 65,000
14 " 56,000
Michigan
Minnesota 9 ,000
G o3,000
Connecticut
2o 48,000
Ohio .W0
Vermont.- Maine J 40,000
4 6.000
Hampshire
New 3W
Maryland J -2,000
Island
Rhode 15 1 .000
Indiana U'000
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West Virginia
241 1,548,000
Total
These great majorities , so uniform from
in Amer
East to West , are unprecedented American
politics. They carried with them
ican
seventeen more votes than the required
majority of 224. In all these States the
vote was free , full and honestly counted.
There is but little comfort for the Bryan-
ites in these figures. And nowhere in the
column dors it appear that the "change
of a few votes would have reversed the
result. " New York Sun.
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FIFTY MILLIONS OF GOLD
Added to the Currency of the United
States in Six Months.
Within the last six months the gold
mines of the United States have produced
not less than $21,000,000 worth of that
metal. As not more than from 10 to 15
per cent of this metal has gone into the
arts , and as none of it has been exported ,
it is apparent that at least ? 18,000U00 of
new gold of our own production has been
added to the amount of money in the
country. It is immaterial whether this
metal has gone through the mints , since
it is to all intents and purposes money ,
whether it is in the form of bullion ot
coin. For many of the uses of money in-
t
completed walls and apartments were fre
quently admired by him during the clos
ing years of his life.
The executive mansioi has been so fre
quently described that' ts details seem
unneccessary. Standing in the midst of a
magnificent group of elms , oaks and othei
forest trees , surrounded by well-kepi
lawns which are ornamented with various
flowers and shrubs showing the highesl
production of the landscape gardener'E
art , it divides attention among visitors tc
Washington with the great Capitol whose
picture was given to the readers of this
paper a few weeks since. Surrounded
by ample ground , whose total area is
about eighty acres , the gates at its front
stand always open to visitors , who may
freely enter not only the grounds but , dur
ing certain hours of the day , the executive
mansion itself. No permit is necessary ;
every American citizen , every visitor tc
the American republic , may visit and in
spect and enter upon the residence of the
Chief Magistrate of the land. Courteous
officials at the doors admit all who come
during the hours allotted for visitors anil
they are permitted to pass through those
apartments not kept as private business
offices of the President. The great East
Room , celebrated in history and the sub
ject of constant admiration , is always
open to the public , and its walls frequent
ly contain the most brilliant assemblages ,
including representatives of all the great
nations of the world.
The structure , as already indicated , is
built of brown stone painted white. Its
length is 170 feet and its width SG. It
originally fronted southward , looking
out on the Potomac river , but the drive
way was constructed so as to bring car
riages past the north entrance , and that
has gradually come to be known as the
"front" of the building. During Jack
son's term , a large portico , with heavy
stece columns , was added to the north
front , so arranged that carriages drive un-
3er it between the great pillars , depos
iting their occupants upon the stone steps
leading to the vestibule of the executive
mansion. It is the north front of the
building , and the portico added during
Jackson's administration , which is shown
In the .accompanying picture. - Tlie build
ing cost originall.r $230,000 , , but the. ad-
deed .gold is more convenient in the form
o larsp-riarartlmir iu T ibrnV OCsmaS
coined pieces-"fhe Ioss.byibrasum in shifK
ping tbrefonner being mrich Bmaller than
the JattprT It is moneyCbpcanse it per
forms the functions of-money. Injiddi-
tion to the new gold of oor own product
tion there has been added to the amount
of moneyVln the country during the same
.period , by importation of § old from for-
dgn untrievnot'less than _ ? 30,000j000 ,
making . . a totaladdition , frotji these two
sources alone * of about $50,000,000 within
six Wnths Siour City Telegraph.
FREE TRADE AT HOME.
The Greatest "Free Trade" Field Is
Furnished by Our Own States.
There is a ripple of pleasurable and sur
prised excitement at present among the
lonely devotees of the markets of the
world fetish concerning the "tremendous"
increase in the export of American manu
factured goods. It is estimated that these
* * the "unpar
exports will reach tbi year
alleled total of ! * 2G0,000,000. It was last
year$22S.4S9.S9:5 : , as against ? 1S3,595,743
in 1S95. The percentage of manufactured
products in all exports rose from 2L14 to
between the years 1S94
26.47 per cent
fiscal ending .Tune 30
and 1S9G. The year
in all these
, contemplated
is , of course
statements. These are large figures when
printed by themselves. They always are
printed by themselves in journals which
see in them the long looked for opening
of the markets of the world. But they
shrink they shrink piteously when ar
rayed beside those of the value of the
total manufactured products of the coun
try in a prosperous year , thus :
Estimated manufactured
exports. 1S97 $260,000,000
Actual manufactured pro
ducts , 1S90 9.000,000,000
Leaving as home mar
ket absorption ? S,740.000,000
Our concern with the markets of the
world is seen to be considerably less than
with the markets
concern
8 per cent of our
kets of ourselves in this which was once
William McKinley the
well called by
greatest free trade system extant , the internal
States and
ternal commerce of forty-five
five territories.
MOREWORKAND BETTER WAGES
Enconracintr Figures for the AVork-
incmen of the Country.
Labor agitators constantly assert that
the number of employed is decreasing and
that wages are growing lower. The statis
tics of the United States census office
from 1870 to 1S90 disprove these asser
tions , showing a constant increase both
in the number of persons employed and
I
ditions which have been made and tt
interior decorations from time to tin-
bring the total cost , down to date , wit
furnishings , pictures , etc. , to about $1
500,000.
The first floor is occupied by the grct
East Room. SO feet by 40 , stretchin
across the entire eastern wing of tl
building ; opening from this three oth <
rooms in line , known as the Green Roon
the Blue Room and the Red Room. Thei
titles grow out of the fact that the wal
and furnishings are of the colors indica
ed. Still beyond these at the southwe ;
corner of the building is the great stal
dining room , 40 feet by 30 , and capab ]
of seating fifty-four people at the larg
table which stretches its entire length. O
the opposite side of the great corridc
which runs through the building is th
private dining room , where the Preside !
and his family gather around the famil
board. The basement is occupied b
kitchen , laundry and other paraphernal !
of household life. The second floor is o <
cupied in part as the residence of th
presidential family , the remainder of th
floor being given up for offices for th
President and his staff of clerks and ai
sistants. The western end of the hous
is occupied exclusively by the family , an
this is sacred from the public eye , whi !
the eastern half is given up to busines :
Into this portion of the building all da
long flows a stream of visitors , some c
them to pay their respects to the Pres
dent , others to discuss with him the a
fairs of the nation , others pleading for a-
pointment for themselves or their friend ;
while still others are content to lay thei
wants before the President's private sei
retary or his corps of assistants and clerk
who occupy adjoining rooms.
President and Mrs. McKinley will fin
the executive mansion in apple pie orde
upon their entrance on the 4th of Marcl
The retinue of servants and attaches re
main through one administration after at
other , excepting as to the few persons
attendants whom the President or hi
family may desire to bring. The fore
of clerks and assistants to the Presideu
usually remain with but slight change
many of those now employed having beei
on duty in tlie buildinjjjiince the time o
Presidents Lincoln aritf'G-rnnt
i lSLsiHSHP0 rl-'IfyiTOusgs wTo this : '
the agitator during tae lagtgcampaigh xer
plied that , although lS90wasJi5prbsperous
year , since theatherejfiaVlIeen deCTeise-
and the condition ' | of the woricjngman ' 'is"
not , as gojdas it2was. ' . ri • . -
" " "Conclusive evidence that wages have Increased - '
creased and more men are employed is
furnished by the report of the Massachu
setts bureau of labor statistics , which has
just been issued. This is the best of the
State labor bureaus. The report consid
ers 2,427 identical manufacturing estab
lishments in 1SS5 and 1S95. By a com
parison of their returns in 1SS5 aud 1S93
it is learned that the number of persons
employed therein has increased from 1S7 , -
477 to 21S.352 , an increase of 30S75 , or
16.47 per cent. Meanwhile wages have
also increased. In 1SS5 the average
yearly earnings of each employe in these
identical establishments was § 301.62. This
increased to S41S.99 iu 1S95. a percentage
of increase of 15.86. The increase in the
total amount paid for wases during the
same period by these 2,427 identical manu
facturing establishments was § 2. ! . 92,759 ,
an increase of 34.95 per cent.
POPULISM AND SILVER.
Was the People's Party Really the
Friend of the White Metal ?
In a speech before the bimetallic con
vention at Topeka on Tuesday ex-Senator
John Martin declared that free silver was
only a surface issue aud that deep down
beneath it were the real issues which the
silver party would be called upon to solve.
In the next breath he declared for the
government ownership of railroads and
hinted at other procedures which have
come to be regarded as the socialistic pro
gram , pure and simple.
At Boston on Monday George V. Wash
burn , member of the Populist National
Committee , issued an address to the Pop
ulist party , in the course of which he said :
"We united with the silver forces in the
recent campaign not because we believe
free coinage of silver is the solution of the
financial problem , but because it would
better existing conditions , would meet
with the least resistance and would be
come the entering wedge for our main
issue , viz. : Full legal tender paper money ,
issued and regulated by the Government
alone. We do not stand for redemption
money , but for a scientific dollar , kept
invariable by proper regulation of the
money volume. "
At a dozen different places since the
last election , leaders of the Populist par
ty have uttered the same sentiments. In
fact , they have lost no opportunity since
election is over to furnish substantial evi
dence that the Republican charge was
true and that the Populist party is not a
friend to silver. Kansas City Journal.
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GOLD RAPIDLY INCREASING
Some Interesting Facta Iiearlnsr on
the QuckUou of the Use of Silver.
There is an intimate , although indirect ,
connection between the question of estab
lishing a bimetallic monetary standard by
international agreement , and the Immcnsu
increase , during recent year * , in the
world's production of gold. If the annual
output of gold has reached such a figure ,
and is increasing at such a percentage ad
to afford a virtual guarautcc thnt thu
world's commerce does not require , for
its satisfactory handling , a greater use of
silver than now exists , then the neces
sity or probability of an international
agreement in behalf of silver In very re
mote. Now let us study the question of
the increase in the world's supply of gold.
The Engineering and Mining Journal , a
most excellent , though of course not an
official authority upon the subject , gives
the following figures as representing the
gold production for 1S95 and 1806 :
, 1S96. 1895.
United States. $57,000,000 ? 40S30,000
Africa 45,250.000 44,545,000
Australia 43,710,000 42,795,000
Russia 31,600.000 31,780,000
Mexico 6,990,000 5,600,000
India 6,000,000 4,5O0r.OOO
China 5,170,000 4,650,000
Colombia 3,100,000 3,1S5.000
Brazil 2.4S0.O00 2.230,000
Germany 2,390,000 2,355,000
Guiana ( Rrit. ) 2lSr.,000 2,170,000
Guiana ( F'nch ) 1.S75.000 1.S65.000
Austria-
Uungary . . . 1,870.000 1.S30.000
Other coun
tries 8,920.000 6,770,000
Totals ? 21S.500.000 § 201,105,000
According to this table , the production
of last vear exceeded that of 1S95 by
SlT.SO. ijOOO.
A still better appreciation of the in
crease in the world's gold output can be
obtained when it is remembered thnt for
1S9-1 it amounted to ? 179.000OW ) iu round
figures , while in 1S91 the total value of
all the gold mined was only about 5130 , -
000,000.
It is thus seen that the stock of gold
is increasing at an extraordinary rate ,
nor is there any possibility that the value
of the yearly output will be less than the
present figures for a long time to come.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribuue.
"STILL LACKING. "
The Tariff Law a Failure to the Last.
The receipts for January were nearly
$6,000,000 less than the expenditures.
That is , under the present Wilson tariff , -I
which some Democrats affect to believe J
will some day produce enough revenue , I
we increased our debt last month 5200 , - I
000 daily. This Wilson tariff has now I
been in operation twenty-nine months , and I
has resulted ? n a total deficit of $126 , - I
377,216. For the first twenty-nine months I
of the McKinley tariff it produced a surplus - I
plus of ? 23,026,188. The mere statement I
of these easily proved and not disputed I
facts should be sufficient argument to con- ( I
vincc any sensible mind that the repeal M
of the McKinley tariff was a gigantic fl
blunder , and the passage of the Wilson fl
tariff an act not far removed from a crime. H
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Wilson law is due to more extravagant HJ
appropriations will not hold water , for H
the receipts for the twenty-nine months H
under the McKinley Inw were greater BJ
than under the Wilson law for the same L\
time by $14 ( * ,114.62 , while the expendi- Bj
tures for the same time under the McKinley - \
ley law were not quite $3,000,000 less. BJ
There has been a great deal of unwise BJ
legislation in the world , but it is doubtful BJ
if ever a people were called upon before \
to repeal a law. under which they were Bg
? ujoying unexampled prosperity , and J M
adopt one in its stead designed to close BJ
their factories , paralyze their industries. B
decrease their commerce and plunge them BJ
into bankruptcy. Louisville Commercial. BJ
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SLOW BUT SURE.
Business Improvements Cominir as H
Rapidly as Conld Be Expected. > |
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nenfc in alb departments of business activity - H
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ing nctivity comes a growth of business HHj
confidence . thatJs shown In the large purflH
chases ofrawrraaterials for use in supplyflH
Jng'a market * th at is certain to open up flH
brislrand strongsin the spring. flH
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mercial condition's for many years past
that the industrial recuperation will be HHJ
similar to the trade revival that followed HHJ
the resumption of specie payments in HJ
1S79. The people waited for a few HHj
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months for the benefits that were prom-
ised , and there was great disappointment HHJ
over the fact that a quick wave of pros- HHJ
perity did not sweep over the country. HJ
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suddenly and strong , bringing the greatest H J
growth and prosperity the country had BBJ
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ever There is every indication that such a reBBJ
covery from the depression of the past BBJ
three years has already set in. There is HB
no wild speculation of any kind at this HBa
time , and hence the gain must be attribHHJ
uted to the deliberate judgment of the HJ
ablest and most conservative business HJ
men. Chicago Times-Herald. H
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LYNCHING NEGROES.
The Southern Newspapers Are CritBBJ
ic 'einjr the Custom. HflJ
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ing papers of the South the best and'most HHJ
influential papers have taken ? o eeri- H
ous and vigorous discussion of Caching , HBJ
its causes and effects. Some time ago the HHJ
Chicago Tribune printed a table of its H
own compiling which showed the followBHB
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ing lyuchings for 1S96 :
Alabama 15 Mississippi 6 HHJ
Arkansas 4 Missouri 5 HHJ
Colorado 4 New York 1 H
Florida 10 North Carolina. . 1 H
Georgia 9 South Carolina. . 4 J
Illinois 1 Tennessee 14 H
Indiana 1 West Virginia. . . 1 H
Kentucky 9 Texas 7 BBH
Louisianu 25 Indian territory. 4 BBH
Maryland 2 Oklahoma 6 HHH
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Minnesota
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em States and ten in Southern territories HHH
leaving nine for all other parts of the HBfl
country. The sreatcst number of lynchHHH
of the last decade was HHH
ings in any year
235 in 1892. so that the returns show a HHH
gratifying decrease of the crime- CinHB
cinnati Commercial Tribune. HHH
Be deaf to the suggestions of taleHHH
bearers calumniators , pick-thanks or fl
malevolent detractors , who , while great Bflfl
men sleep , sow the tares of discord HHJ
and division , distract the tranquillity HHJ
of charity and all friendly society. j H
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