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making a tariff .
W AYS A N D M E A N S C O M M IT T E E
W O R K IN G ON NEW B ILL.
The
F a rm e r« *
Ia te r e a ta
B e in g C a r e
the past there Is no reason to hope fo e
co-operation on th e ir part in anythin g pro -
posed by the Republicans. T h e re is. how •
ever, reason to believe that there w ill b. •
sufficient co-operation on the part o f tin »
gold Dem ocrats to bring about the pas •
sage o f the bill in the Senate a fte r a rea
sotiahle discussion. Senator-elect M c E n
ery. o f Ixiuisiaua. although a Dem ocrat,
has already expressed his intention to sup
port a reasonable protective bill, and it is
probable th a t certain o f the gold D em o
crats w ill take s im ilar action in ca«e their
votes are necessary to put the hill upou.
the statute books.
G E O R G E M E I.V II.I.E .
G O LD
R A P ID L Y IN C R E A S IN G .
f< h a e
h t e r e s t l n , F a c t . R e a r in g o n
,,f ti,.. . .. , , f
Ih e r e is an intim ate, although indirect
connection betu.-^n the question of estate
Iiahing a bim etallic monetary standurd by
, in te rn a tio n a l agreement, and the immense
increase,
during
n .e n t years, m tha
world s production o f gold. I f the annual
output o f gold has reached such a tigure,
and is increasing at such a percentage as
to afford a v irtu a l g uarantee th a t the
w orld's commerce does not require, for
its satisfactory handling, a g reater use of
silver than uow exists, then the neces
sity or probability o f an international
agreement in behalf o f silver is very re
mote. N ow let us study the question of
the increase in the world's supply o f gold.
T he Engineering and M in in g Journal, a
most excellent, though o f course not an
official a u th o rity upon the subject, gives
the follow ing figures as representing the
gold production for 1895 and 1896:
1896.
1896.
F n ite d States. $57.(4 4,.000
$ 4 6 .8 » .')()G
A fric a ............
45 250.000
4 4 .5 4 5 .(4 »
A u s tr a lia ....
43.710.000
42.795.000
,{uh' a ............
31.tiUO.OUO
31.780.000
M e x ic o ............
G/JOO.OOO
5.600.000
.......................................... C.OOOJMJO 4300.0UO
, 2 lioa ..............
5.17().(M4)
4.650.000
. ' / io m h ia ------
3,1(4).000
3.185.000
B r n « l .............
2.480.000
2.230.000
G erm any ------
2 3 9 0.(4 4 )
2 3 5 5 .0 0 0
G uian a (B rit.)
2.185.O00
2.170.000
G uiana ( F ’nch)
1,875.(4)0
1.865.000
A u stria-
H u n g a ry . . .
1.870.000
1.830,000
O th e r
coun-
t r i e a ..............
8.920.000
6.770.000
D E C L IN E O F B R Y A N IS M ,
f u l l y S t m lle g .
H l« R a p id D i s a p p e a r a n c e I a E v i d e n c e
t h a t I lia la a “ L o s t C a u se ”
Perhaps the only thing iu A m erican
W ashin gton . F eb ru a ry , 1807.
politics more rem arkable than the rapid
T he \ \ aya and M e a n t C om m ittee is
and picturesque rise o f tile silver amve-
pushing the w ork o f the new ta riff bill
uient before the last presidential eleeti««,
as rapidly as possible. One o f the most is the precipitous d ow nw ard tendency c<
distinguished members o f the com m ittee, the same movement since the defeat i- f its
.(leakin g o f the difficulties in the way of vociferous prophet, W illia m J. B ryan .
fra m in g satisfacto rily a ta riff bill and
As the period o f sober afterth ou gh t
the length o f tim e necessary for it , said lengthens out, and as the tim e for the in
to your correspondent:
auguration o f President M c K in le y d raw »
I f any man, no m a tte r how well posted, near, the conviction ia forced upon Re
w ill attem pt to determ ine fo r him self publicans th a t they w ere unnecessnrilv
w h a t ought to be the duty on pyroligneous alarm ed and u(<on Popocrats that the}
acid, and then m ultiply the tim e occupied w ere foolishly hopeful.
in th a t attem p t by the thousands o f items
1 he delusion th a t B rya n w as d ra m a tic
in a ta riff measure, he w ill get something ally near the goal, and th a t he could keep
,
o f an idea o f the tim e and labor required up the fever o f silver enthusiasm fo r four
to complete it .”
years and win, ha;>ds down, in 191*0, was
T h is suggestion indicates in some de soou dispelled. W hen the clamorous din
gree the am ount o f labor required to com o f bis orato ry died a w a y , all the e n th u
plete a bill o f this kind and the am ount of siasm went w ith it. Among his follow er«
lal»or which the W a y s and M eans C o m the bitterness o f first disappointm ent has
m ittee is p u ttin g on this new measure. been followed by the b<qielessue«« o f u tte r
T h e tw o weeks o f hesrings which they despair.
T o t a ls ..........$218.5<)0.<a4) $201.105.000
A careful study o f the official returns
gave were a small fragm ent o f the amount
According to this table, the production
o f labor necessary for the fra m in g o f the has convinced the sincere men of all po
of last year exceeded that of 1895 by
bill. T h e statem ents made before them litical faiths th a t M c K in le y 's victory w as
$1 7 39 5 .0 0 0 .
o rally during the fo rtn ig h t during which w ith one exception, the meat sweeping in.
A still l-etter appreciation o f the In-
they were hearing argum ents w ere a small the history o f the country, and th a t B ry
THE W H IT E MOUSE.
rease in the world's gold output can be
an
s
defeat
was
a
deliberate,
honest
and
proportion only o f the m ateria] pressed
j «-L a ned when it is remembered th a t for
T h e executive mansion, b etter know n as
op»>n them by the friends o f the various m ighty protest against dangerous fa lla -
completed walls and apartm ents were fre
ditions which have been made and the l / O I it am emted to $179.000.000 in roor.d
the
“
W
h
ite
H
o
use.”
w
hich
is
to
be
the
ciea.
designed
to
mislead
th
e
u
u
thin
kin
g
industries, and especially by the friends
quently adm ired by him during the clos
in terio r decorations from tim e to time figure«, w hile in 1891 the total ra lo e o f
h**uie o f H o n. W illia m M c K in le y during in g years o f bis life .
o f the farm ers. Hundreds upon hundreds and catch the tim e serving.
*
bring
the total coat, down to date, w ith a'l the gold mined was only about $ 1 3 t -
< onsidering norm al conditions, the most the com ing fo u r year», w ill, at the end of
o f w ritten m anuscripts and thousands up
T h e executive mansion has l>een so fre furnishings, pictures, e tc - to about $1.- : OOO.fOO.
on thousands o f letters h a re reached the em phatic repudiation of Bryanism came his term , la v e given to the cou ntry a bun- quently described th a t its details seem 500.000.
It is thus seen th a t the stock o f gold
com m ittee and its members w ith refer • rein the States w here he expoanded bis drarf years o f its history.
s increasing at an extra o rd in ary rate,
A lthough its u n n e c e s w ry . Standing in the midst o f a
.
1
he
first
floor
is
occupied
by
the
great
'•/S
trine«
most
persistently.
In
the
eight-
|
ence to the various schedules of the ta riff
magnificent group of elms, oaks and other
nor is there any possibility th a t the value
L a s t Room. 8i) f«-«-t by
stretching
bill.
No class o f citizens has shown a cen decisive M c K in le y States M c K in le y 's , corner atutw was laid in 1792, it was not forest
trees,
surrounded by w ell-kept
o f the yearly output w ill be less than *he
m
a
jo
rity
over
B
ryan
was
1.548.060.
w
ith
j
across
the
entire
eastern
w
ing
of
the
u n til the la tte r p a rt o f the ye a r 1900 that law ns which are ornam ented w ith various
g re a te r interest in the ta riff than the
I>reaent figures for a long tim e to come.—
farm e r, and it may be set down as certain -4 1 electoral votes, not to speak o f the it w aa ocewpinl as a presidential resi flowers and shrubs showing the highest boil-ling; opening from this three other C in cin n a ti Com m ercial T ribu ne.
additional
electoral
votes
received
tu
th a t no class o f citizens w ill get nutre
production o f the landscape gardener*. rooms in line, known as the G reen Room,
d e n t and even then it w aa not in a com
the Blue Room and the Red Room. These
careful and fa ith fu l attention in the fram - , the close States.
. ’1*r ’des attention among visitors to title , grow out o f the fact th a t the walls
pleted condition. 8o it w ill req uire prac J.1/'
M
r.
B
rya
n
s
till
travels
about
considera-
j
“ S T I L L L A C K IN G .* *
ing o f the bill than those same farm ers.
»» ashiugtou w ith the great C apitol whose
ly. but he can lose him self in a crowd ; tic a lly a ll o f the term o f President M c
and furnishings are o f the colors indicat
E v e ry question re la tin g to th e ir industries
picture was given to the readers o f thi«
ed. S till beyond these at the southwest T h e T a r i f f L a w « F a i l u r e to t h e L a a t .
and interests is considered. M an y o f the ju s t the same as any o th er citizen. H i« ' K in le y to round out the century o f the oc- paper a few weeks since.
Surrounded
corner o f the building is the great state J 1 he receipts for J a n u a ry were nearly
im portant items relating to th e ir indus goings and comings are no longer an cui«ancy o f the executive
mansion by by ample ground, whose total area is
tries have been acted npon already, and nounced. Sin<*e bis d e fia t he has mitde I I residents o f the F n ite d States. George about eighty acre«, the gates a t its front dining room. -P* feet by 30. and capable So •■■).< MS) 1« *s than the expenditure«.
In all o f these the new rates fixed have tw o visits to this city, and on each occn- ! B a s h in g t..n . under w h.w e auspices and stand alw ays open to visitors, who may of seating fifty -fo u r people at the large T h a t is. un<i«-r the present W ilson ta riff.
baen such as to give a satisfactory pro akm the only one so poor to do him rever- d n rm g whose p r« id e n c y the corner atone freely enter not only the grounds but dnr table which stretches its entire length. On wh*.-h some O«-ra<>crat* affect to believe
tection. \ \ hile the figure which has been enc* wa i his frieud Rubidoux, the C n io o 1 was laid, d id n ot liv e to see the building -ng certain hours o f the day. the executive the opposite side o f the great corridor w ill some day p rodute enough revenue,
which runs through the building is the we inrr«-ased our debt last month $29U.-
fixed upon cattle is not quite as high as avenue saloonkeeper.
completed, lus d eath occurring but a few mansion itself. X o perm it is necessary* private dining room, where the President
• sai d aily.
T h is W ilson t a r i f f h a s now
th a t o f the M c K in le y law . it is believed to ¡ In politics it ¡a possible to set in motion
every A m erican citizen, every visitor to
tO
h ia the Am erican republic, may visit and In- and bis fam ily gather around the fam ily b«-en in operation tw en ty-n in e months, and
be ample to thoroughly protect the stock a Freat w ave on a false issue: but when
bv*ar<i.
T h e basement is occupied bv
, ,
" aJked th r° 0Kh lb * oafin
raisers o f the I nited States against the the tide once begins to ebb it never re X
r*'*c ,t* 1 10 a ,rtfal deficit of $126.-
iD te r upon ,h * re*idence o f the kitchen. laundry and other paraphernalia
I n J o bu‘ld ,n * »'cimmeuting up-m and ad
8« «.216 E«»r the first tw em y -o in e months
, < h ie f M a g is tra te o f the land. Courteous
competition o f M exico and Canada, which turns.
o f household life. T h e second floor is oc
uurrng
it«
general
beauty
and
prospect*
T
h
e
re
is
n
o
:h
n
g
unique
in
the
neglect
o
f
of
the
M c K in le y ta riff it produced a sur-
w ere the only countries sending in live
o ffic ia ls at the doors adm it a ll who come
cupied in part as the residence o f the pbts of $3J.(J2»kl8l4. T h e mere statem ent
H e is simply the champion j only . few d a y . before h i. death
atock in com petition w ith our own. On M r. B ryan .
d uring the hours allotted for visitors and
i n g L V f a i r * “ * -fc ,e bouae” wh<*Q W a ,h
presidential fa m ily , the rem ainder o f the • of these easily proved and not disputed
they are perm itted to pass through those
aome agric u ltu ra l producía the ratea of o f a lo s t cause.— K ansas C ity Journal.
floor being given up fo r offices fo r the facts should l-e sufficient argum ent to con
bv i i
. ” ; . ° r w h *'° “ • • •
the M c K in le y act have been restored. T he
, pied by the early Presidents. I t was n >» apa.-Tin.nts n- t kejx as p rivate b us in g s President and his staff o f clerks and as
vince any sensible mind th a t the repeal
prosperity of the agric u ltu rist under th a t j
o ffic e Of the President. T he great East
who
TandaSi* m
the B ritish . !
sistants. T h e west«-rn end o f the bouse
T H E T A R IF F W IL L P A S S
U w was so strongly marked, and its pop
Room, celebrated in history and the sub j is occupied exclusively by the fam ily , and of the M -K iuley ta r ff w as a gigantic
-
i »k
i
,
,o 11 0,1 *lle
d a r that
blunder, and the passage o f the W ilsoa
u la rity w ith the farm ers w as so great th a t I
J,ey h«nw <| the C a p ito l building ¡hat t ject o f constant adm iration, is alw avs this ia sacred from the public eye. w hile ta r ff an act not fa r removed from a crime.
the com mittee has cheerfu lly acted upon • D e m o c r a t « to J o in w i t h R e p u b lic a n «
open
to
the
public,
and
its
w
alla
frequ
ent
« • • o f the color which h a . riv e n 7» . J
the eastern h a lf is given up to busiu«*ss
f s v o r o f a P r o te c tiv e M e a a u re .
T h e excuse th a t the shortage under the
I title o f th e “ W h ite l i « a : ^ . ” r d u “ "
ly contain the most b rillia n t a*semblug<>s
the recommendation o f representatives o f .
In to this portion o f the building all day B ilson law is due to more e x travag an t
I niess the most experienced observers
^ • M n c u l t u r a ! interests and restored the Í
including representatives o f all the great
recollection even o f the p r e c < d " i
long flows a stream o f visitors, some of • ppro|»riationa w ill not hold w ater, for
M c K in le y law in a very large proportion in W ashington are g reatly deceived, say* eration
B u ilt o rig in a lly o f brown a T id - [ nations o f the world.
them to pay th e ir respects to the P resi the receipts for the tw en ty-n in e months
o f cases. One subject which has given an exchange, the Republicans need have
T h e structure, as already io-1 .rated, is
‘¿ K*Dia- ‘t retained the o rig built o f brown stone painted w hite. I t s dent. others to discuss w ith him the a f | under the M c K in le y law were greater
them a great «leal o f difficulty is th a t o f no anxiety about the passing of the Re ma
inal color o f the «tone u n til a fte r th»
fairs o f the nati->u. others pleading fo r aie
ban under the \ \ ilsoo law fo r the same
wo.,1.
T he W ool G row ers* Association publican ta riff bill by the Senate, even if
length is 17U feet and its w idth 86.
h
pointm ent fo r themselves or th e ir friends, rime by $146.114.»12. w hile the expendi-
has requested s rate o f 12 cents per pound the Republican Senators are not a ma
o rigin ally
fm n ted southw ard, looking
t
an
u
n
s
ig
h
tly
object.
L
u
c
k
ily
the
fir-
w hile still others are content to lay their
res f<-r the same tim e under the M c K in
.“ r** 111,1 •♦cond-daaa wools, w ith an jo rity . T h e re w ill be no actions opposition
* • « q u ic k b extinguished by a heavy f . | , out on the Potom ac river, but the drive | w ants before the P re s id e n t*, p riv a te sec- ley law were not quite $B.<JtMJ.O0U 1«-»
addition o f 3 cent« per pound fo r skirted to such a ta riff bill as the W a y « and
way
was
coastructed
so
as
to
bring
car
1 re ta ry or his corps o f assistants and c lerk* T h e re has been a great deal o f unwise
r * *° • h o rt,J Mfter It was '
D em o « a « ‘T
A u s tra lia n wools, which is very consid M eans C om m ittee is fram in g.
s.arted. and as it wae found th a t the walls rtagea past the north entrance, and that who occupy adjoining moms.
legislation in the world, but it is doubtful
erably in excess o f the rates o f the M c cratic Senators may offer some opposi
has g radu ally come to be known as th e
* r r e uo< d a m a g e ^ they w ere not rebuilt,
President and M rs. M c K in le y w ill find ■■ eTer ■ people w ere called upon before
K in le y law . and also something higher tion. but it w ill be p erfunctory. T h is is
fro
nt
o
f
the
building.
D
u
rin
g
Jack
rb e h iv and smoke having, how ever dis
j the executive mansion in a|<ple pie order to rvpea a law . under which they were
than those suggested by the woolen m anu because there are not a dozen free traders
figured them , it be<-ame n ^ - c ^ r y to cover •on s term . * large portico, w ith h e a w apon th e ir entrance on the 4th o f M arch
enjoying
rn exam p'ed
prosperity,
and
facturers. T h e members o f the commit- in Congress such as there used to be. and
stone
columns,
was
added
to
the
north
them w ith a coat o f p ain t, and thus the
adopt one in its stead designed to close
T h e retinue o f servants and attach«-» re
are »om ewhat embarrassed by w hat possibly few e r advocates o f high ta riff. pn>sid» n :ia l maa«ion became known as the fro nt, so arranged th a t carriages d riv e uu
d" , H b* rw ** n the great pillars, depos mam through one adm inistration a fte r au- 'b e ir factories, paralyze th e ir industries,
they consider an extrem e demand on the T h e free tra d e r is now confined to the
»N h:te H o use.” and has a« remained
?art, . o f th * W ool G row ers* Association, editorial mom or the recitation rooms o f
ting th e ir occupant, upon the stone steps j other ex«*epting as to the few persona' d«*c re a s»‘ rheir commerce and plunge them
since
th
a
t
rime.
Coat
a
fte
r
coat
o
f
¡mint
T h e experience of the
fo r they feel th a t i f they m ake the rates a few colleges.
bw.lm g to the vestibule o f the executive attend ants whom the President o r b«s 1 into b an kru ptcy.— IjonlsvOle C..m m erci«l
has been given it as years have paas-d*
fam ily may desire to bring. T h e force
, dnty on wool excessive it w ill result past few years has modified the free but it is the same old W h ite House whose mansion.
I t is the north fro n t o f the
in a a c b an increase in the price o f woolen tra d e r who has connection w ith business. plans w ere made under the direction o f ' building, and the portico addevi during o f c le rk , and a a a ia ta u t. to the Preaideut ■
SLO W B U T SURE.
usually rem ain w.tfa but alight change ,
As fa r the people generally, they a ttrib u te
goods as to grow u nsatisfactory and re
Gen. W ash'ngtotk and whose corner atone • ,C.k ° * adln ' n‘’ tra tin n . which is shown many o f those now employed having been '
the
stagnation
in
business
to
the
present
I'u s ia e a s
I m p r o v e m e n t * C o m in c a a
ault disadvantageously to the people o f
in the accompanying picture. T he build
w as laid in his prvsence and whose nearlv
the country as w ell as unpopular in its ta riff. Dem ocrats in Congress who were
ing coat o rigin ally $250.000. but the ad on duty ,B the building since the tim e o f !
R a p i d l y a « C o n l t B e E x p e c te d .
,
I
residents
Lincoln
and
G
ra
n
t.
effect on the public mind.
T h e woolen free traders are n«»w in fav o r o f a reve
T h e re is a gradual but certain .improve
m anufactu rers haTe recommended a rate nue ta riff which w ill give incidental pro
ment in wll departm ents o f business ac
B R Y A N AS S P E E C H M A K E R .
>-ee«l gold is more convenient in the form
o f 8 cents per pound on woolens rain ed at tection. T h e new D in gley ta riff bill w ill
th e ir average y e arly earnings. T o this tiv ity . including the m an ufactu rin g and
or large bars than in the form o f small
per pound or less, and it is prob be a moderate measure, say those who T h e S t a t e « io W h ic h H e S p o k e V o t e d
, P** «aK¿,a ,u r d u rin < lh * !•»» campaign r^- merchandising interests in all parts of the
,
coined
pieces,
the
loss
by
abrasion
in
ship
know
about
it.
I
t
w
ill
give
protection
to
able th a t the com m ittee w ill find some
A g a in s t H im .
p litd that, although U B l) was •
ping the form er being much sm aller than year, since then there has bw-n i ^ X a ’“ ’ country. \ \ ith this acceleration o f trad
golden mean between these tw o requests home industries, but such protection as 4a
ing a c tiv ity comes a grow th of business
T o the credit o f A m erican intelligence
e
la
tte
r.
I
t
is
money
because
it
p
er
com
patible
w
ith
an
increase
o
f
revenue.
o f the wool growers and ma no facturera.
it m ay be said th a t w herever B ryan p er form s the functions of money. In addi ñ«“ ? ¿ c CüíD<1Í^ ,n ° f lh * w« ^ > F m a n is ' confidence th a t is shown in the large pur
T
o
auch
a
measure
there
w
ill
be
no
sen
On the question o f reciprocity, nothing
chases of raw m aterials fo r ns« in supply
sonally exi»ounded the false doctrines of tion to the new gold o f our own produc mo as good as it was.
Conciosi ve evidence th a t wace« h . . - «
has as yet been determ ined. T h ere is a oua opposition. Even the silverites. who fr«-e silver and repudiation, ju s t there the tion there has been added to the amount
ing a m arket th a t is certain to open up
crease,! and mo
«Fes ha re in-
disposition on the p art o f the com mittee a y e a r ago threatened to antagonize any election returns dem onstrated his greatest
or money in the country d aring the sa me lëtTs'h” *’1 b'r ,h * I* pMrt ° f ’ ‘‘^ M a 'X ë h i i * brisk and strung in the spring.
revenue
measure
which
doea
not
include
to prdvide a reciprocity danse. but thev
I t is believed by dose observers o f com
n e a k n t*« . I t m ay lie claimed by bis ad penod. by im portation o f gold from for
are finding difficulty in thia because o f the the free coinage o f fifty-cent dollars, have m irers th a t but fo r B rya n 's orato ry his
m ercial conditions for many years | sat
d g n countries, not lea* than $.'{ h .( h i i .< h s i .
wisely
come
to
the
conclusion
th
a
t
such
fa c t th a t they do not expect to put sugar
i th a t the industrial recuperation w ill
d«*feat would have been even yet more m aking a total addition from these tw o 8 « . . -
' h>- > » " - f
",*'■ " ,
,h *
« " S r a line o f action would be unwise, an«)
disastrous. H o w could it well have been sources alone o f about $50.000.000 w ith in ers 2.427 id e n n «i
^ 7 **p o rt cons.d- , s im ilar to the trade revival that follow ed
would
hurt
th
e
ir
cause.
Dem
ocrats,
who
the M c K in le y law . I t w ill be remembered
the resumption o f specie payments .a
more em phatic than the follow in g figures six months. Sioux C ity Telegraph.
>’»«uti«a| m an ufactu rin g estai,
i atM r^ - P7 X'i7
W8B mad* f I ’ 7 «nder are now chiefly from the South, see the Mfebnw? Ix -t us exh ib it the result in the
1879.
T h e people w aited foe a fe ^
folly
o
f
opposing
a
ta
riff
which
w
ill
in
the M c K in le y law because th a t act placed
months fo r the benefits that were prom
eighteen decisive M c K in le y States only
it la learned that the uum her ,,f
J
•a g a r on the free list, but gave to the sure ample revenue at a tim e when the
FREE T R A D E A T H O M E
f i»ed. and there was g r,a t disappointm ent
Elec.
M c K in le y
c ï'
< f e ? . *
President the rig h t to demand an equal d e fid t is at the ra te o f sixty or seventy
‘ over the fact that a quick w ave o f pro«-
vote.
over B ryan. T h e G r e a t e s t - F r e e T r a d e ” F i e l d l a
concession in the dnties levied on onr million dollars a year.
“ * ■'***“ • au increase o f 3 0 875 ,r perity did not sweep over the country.
a
a
P
ennsylvania
.
.
.
32
295.,
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4
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l
a
h
e
d
b
y
t
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r
O
w
n
S
t
a
t
r
s
.
goods by those countries w anting our
W h en the revival came, however, it com«
268.(44,
N'ew Y o r k .......... • • a . 3«
T h e re is a ripple o f pleasurable and sur
suddenly and strong, bringing the greatest
sugar to come in th e ir porta free o f duty
M
assachusetts
..
173.(44)
•
a
a
.
15
W
AGES
IN
E
UR
O
PE.
T h e fact, however, th a t the la w which is
prised excitem ent at pres« nt amoug the
grow th and pros|>erity the country had
142.000 lonely devotees o f the m arkets o f the u o t k a l estabhshinenta was $361*.,¡2 T b i* I ever seen.
Illin o is ................. • • a . 24
now being fram ed ia not to p ut sugar on
•
a
a
.
12
A
C
o
m
p
a
r
ia
o
a
w
i
t
h
t
h
e
F
i
g
u
r
e
s
l
’
«
id
W
isconsin
..........
102.000
.
* D,s
the free hat renders it more difficult to
world fetish concerning the “ tremendous** ift. reas.-«! to $418.]«)
T h ere is every indication that such a re
87.(4«, iiii rcase in the ex|tnrt of Am erican n iiu u - of increase of 15 86
N’ew Jersey . . . . • a a . 10
in A m e r ic a .
T» • ’ # IM‘r'*e n ta Fc covery from the depressi«« o f the past
m ake reciprocity a fea tu re o f the new law
.....I
M r t f„r^ . £ r7 ~ “
a
a
a
.
13
65.(44)
I
o
w
a
......................
T h e recent annnal report o f the Massa
factured goods. I t is estim ated that these
l e t it is expected that the bill w ill, when
three years h a * already set in. T h e re is
56.(4 4, exports w ill reach this year the “ unp ar ■ » ■ . « r o d
,h '
completed, contain such provisions as w ill chnsetta bureau o f statistics o f labor con M ichigan ............ a aa . 14
no w ild *i>eculation o f any kind at this
5.3.,
4 4,
a
a
a
.
9
M
innesota
..........
« 3 .B ÍC T » ' tin e , and hem*e the gain must be a ttrib
alleled total o f $2QQ.<MR>. is H) I t was last f a n u r i «
m ake it practicable to again put into ore tains a careful comparison o f wages and
a
a
•
.
6
53.000
y e a r $ 2 28. IM i.8 9 3 . »» a g a in s t $ 1 8 3 3 9 5 .7 4 3 • 0 increase o f 34.95 per
C h ie f W u d lin Connecticut . . . .
«ration certain reciprocity arrangem ents price« here and abroad.
uted to the
judgti « n t ,>f the
cent.
48.(44,
O hio ...................... a a a . 23
:n 1895. T h e percentage o f m anufactured
T Í T i proTed • "
valuable and ascertains th a t during the period IS»»)
ablest and most c o n servatile business
45.000
6
t>r<Mhicts in all e x to rts rose from 21.14 to
added so much to onr exports in certain 1883 wages were 75.4 per cent higher in M a i n e ................... • • a .
men.—Chicago T im e s -H e ra ld .
4( ,.,44, 2G.47 per rent between the years 189»
4
a a a
P O P U L IS M A N D S IL V E R
during the operations o f the Massachusetts than in G re a t B rita in , and V e r m o n t ...............
36.(44)
4
N'ew H a m p s h ire . aaa
and 1896. *1 he fiscal year ending June 30
M c K in le y act. No subject has more in the general average weekly wage is now
L Y N C H IN G N E G R C E S .
32.(44) is. o f coarse, contem plated in all these w - a t h e l e o p « * * P « r t , R e a l , « , h e
M a r y l a n d ............ a a a . 8
terested the farm ers than th a t o f recip 77 per cent higher.
22.(44)
4
F r .e n d o r » h e U h i t e M e t a l *
•
a
•
Rhode
Island
.
.
As to the items entering Into the cost of
statements. Th«*se are large figures when
rocity, and w hile the details of the bill
Th e h o u th r n N e w s p a p e r« A re C r l f
17.0,4) printer] by themselves. T hey alw ays are
in a *P«*ech twfore the b im etallic con
have in this line been completed, they mav living , they were on the average only 17.29 In d ia n a ................ a a a 15
i c i a m g t h e C n s io m
11.0(4) printed by themselves in journals which v»*ntion a , T ,.H .ka on Tu.-sdav e x - S « - n X
a
.
a
W
est
V
irg
in
ia
.
.
6
rest assured th a t th e ir interests w ill be per cent higher in 1883 in Massachus«-tts
I t is g ra tify in g to note that all the lead
ohn M a rtin declared th a t free silver was
see in them the long ktoked fo r opening
guarded in these as in other lines o f the than in G re a t B r ita in — and o f his figures
ing pa|,ers of the Sou'h the b«*st and moat
1 3 4 8 .0 0 0 o f the m arkets o f the world.
.241
T o t a l .............. ..
bill.
But they '• i .' a surface issue and that deep down
11.49 per cent w as due to the siugle item
influential pajH-rs—have takeu up a seri
s h rin k —they shrink piteously— when ar- ^
, - » e a t h ,t were the real iaa„e, w hich t b?
o
f
higher
rents,
leaving
only
5.81
as
t
[lr
u
niform
from
These
great
m
ajorities,
so
T h e sugar question is one which ia still
ous aud vigorous discussion of lynching,
higher average cost of food, clothing and E ast to W est, are unprecedented in A m er- rayed beside those of the value o f the , »«Irer p arty would lie called upon to I k
tra u b lin g the com mittee. W h ile there was
»“ the next breath he d e c l . ^ V
its causes aud effects. Some time ago the
otb«-r uecessaries.
ican politics.
T hey carried w ith them total m anufactured products of the coun- I
Chicago T rib u n e priuted a table o f its
a recomm endation on the part o f certain
government
ownership
o
f
railr,
>
■
t
\
O f course, the M assachusetts w orkm an seventeen more votes than the required try in a prosperous year, thus:
Wuted a, «„her 1 » ^ , ^ . . w S
’ k : 0?
sugar producers in fa v o r o f a bounty on
owu compiliug which showed the follow
E stim ated
m anufactured
beef and cane sugar, it is scarcely spends more money than his English cou m a jo rity o f 224. In all these States the
ing lynchings for 189«:
come
to
be
regarded
as
the
socialiatic
X
sin— he can afford to. H e earns 75.4 p,.r »<»»«" V* (1TS ■ • • *«•«» •«•«"« MvrHvwviy xv>iiiiiv«i.
exporta. 1897........................ $280.000.000
probable, jud gin g from present in d i
A labam a ............ 15 Mississippi . . . . .
6
gram, pure ami simple.
1
cent more.
H e expends 11.49 per cent T h e re is but little com fort fo r the B ryan - A ctual m anufactured pro
cations. th a t
this w ill be complied
A r k a u s a s ...........
4 M is s o u r i............... 3
A t Boston o u M onday George E W ash
more because o f bis higher rent, and 5.81 itea iu these figures. And nowhere in the
ducts, 1890 ........................... 9,000,(4)0.00! t
w ith .
T h e re
w ill
be.
however,
a
C o h ir a d o ............
4 X ew Y o rk ......... ..
1
burn, member o f the P o pu |ist
F lo r id a ............... 10 North C a r o lin a ,. 1
sufficient protective ra te o f duty on per cent more on account o f the higher column does it appear th a t the “ change
( «ununtt..«.. issued an address to ‘¿he 1» "
L eavin g as home m ar
cost of certain necessaries o f life. Then o f a few v«»tes would have reversed the
G eorgia . . . . . . .
9 South C a r o lin a .. 4
sugar to encourage the beet growers of beyond this, as C h ie f W a d lin 's figures
p arty, in the course o f w l.i. h
‘
ket absorption................ $ 8 .7 4 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 ,) ulist
resu lt.” - X e w Y o rk Sun.
the upper Mississippi valley and Pacific
W e u n ite d w ith ,h e s i.v e r f X ^ T h Z I l l i n o i s .................
1 Tennessee . . . . . . 14
show, he expends volu ntarily 31.12 per
O u r concern w ith the markets o f the
coast, as well as the cane producers o f the
In d ia n a ..............
1 W est V ir g in ia ... 1
recent cam paign—D«>t bevanse w , .-th
cent to m ain tain th a t higher standard of
world
is
seen
to
be
considerably
less
than
Southern States.
7
fre e coin a g e o f s ilv e r i . the X r i „
'“ Z“ K e n tu c k y .......... 9 Texas ..................
Am erican living generally wln, h b n -
3 per cent o f our concern w ith the m ar
F IF T Y M IL L IO N S O F G O L D
Ix iu is ia u a . . . . . 25 In d ia n te rrito ry . 4
I t is probable th a t the new bill w ill not flectedrin his higher rent. T h e M assachu
kets o f ourselves in this which was once financial problem, but because i t ’
M a ry la n d ..........
2 O k la h o m a ........... 6
be given to the public u ntil the special ses
setts w orkm an, native or naturalized.
A d d e d t o t h e C u r r e n c y o f t h e L ' n l t e i well called by W illia m M c K in le y the better existing condition«. *v „ u!,l nT '
M innesota . . . . .
8
sion o f Congress is called. I t is now un
With
the
least
resistance
ami
n
,
lld
£
d«-tuands a larg er bouse and more con-
S t a t e s In F i x M o n t h « .
greatest free trade system extan t, the in
O f these lynchings, 112 were In South
derstood that th a t session w ill begin ou or I veniences thnn he or his ancestors were
W ith in the last six months the gold ternal o m m e rc e o f forty-five States and come the enter,,,g w e d g e ‘fo r onr
ern {States and ten in Southern territories,
about M arch 13. T h e com m ittee exjiects satisfied w ith in the “old cou ntry.” I t ¡«
ISSU«^viz.:
l
ull
legal
tender
p«p,.r
„
.
X
mines o f the F n ite d States have produced five territories.
leaving uii e for all other p arts of the
to have the bill ready by th a t time, and it this w hich makes his rent a la rg e r item
,« u e d and regulated by the G o re ra m e M
country. T h e greatest num ber o f lynch
is understood that about tw o weeks of dis and he demands other things to eorre- • not less tlia u $21.000,000 worth o f that
alone. \ \ e do not stand for redemption
m
etal.
As
not
more
than
from
10
to
15
M O R EW O R KAN D BETTER W AGES
ings in any year o f the last decade was
cussion w ill he considered sufficient in the apond.
inoney but for a scientific dollar, kept
per cent of this m etal has gone into the
! 2.15 in 1S92. so th a t the returns show a
House. O f the passage of the hill there,
Altogether, the M assachusetts w o rk arts, and as none o f it hns been exported,
m variab le by Pro,H.r regulation of
fie
g ra tify in g decrease o f the crim e .—Cin-
E n c n u r a g in ir F i g u r e s f o r t h e W o r k
there o f course is no doubt, for the House man expeuds 48.41 |ier cent more for the
money volume. ’
‘u
ciuu ati CoM’ mercial Tribu ne.
in g m e n o f t h e l o u u t r y .
w ill be thoroughly Republican, and it ia supiMirt o f his fa m ily than the English it is apparent th a t at least $18.<MMI.<4M> of
A
t
a
dozen
different
places
since
the
new gold o f our own production has been
Lab or agitators coustautly assert that la s e le c tio n , le a d e rs o f th e P „ p U| j s t |1{tr.
understood that the Dem ocrats do not ex w orkm an.
But as the M assachusetts
pect to make any factious opposition to w orkm an earns 75.4 per cent more, be cau add«*«) to the am ount o f money in the the num ber o f employed is decreasing and ty have uttered the same sentiments
Be deaf to rt,e suggestions of tal«^-
In
I t is im m aterial w hether this th a t wages are growing lower. T h e s tatis
the bill. W h a t w ill develop when the bill do th is —he can provide a b etter home and country.
bearers calum niators, pick thanks or
m etal has gone through the mints, since tics o f the F n ite d S ta te s census office , fact, th e y h a v e lo s t no o p iu r t u u i t y aine e
cornea into the Senate nobody knows. The longer schooling fo r his children, mid still
e le c tio n ia over to furnish substantial evi- m alevolent detractors, who. w hile great
silver people are remaining silent, and if lay up a larger proportion of hia wages it is to all inteuta aud purposes money, from 1 8 10 to 1890 disprove these asser deuce that the Republican charge was
w hether It Is Iu the form o f bullion or , tions, showing a conataut iucraaaa both
uieu sleep, soar the tares of discord
public la to judge by their attitude io •gklnat the iotrlub l» "rainy day.”
true and th a t the Populist party is not a aud division, d istra ct the tra n q u illity
cola. For many of tbs use* of moDay La- (
Special correspondence:
I
is the number of persona employed and friaod to »Uver.—Kama« City Journal
of charity aod ail frieudiy «octet/.