The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-27
Sensible Words About the Cuban
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The n. y. Herald has ihia bit ,of
sense IN = mass IT sepsai ional stun
about Cuba
I'VE do not want Cuba. In ae-
quiring II We snail lind IL ns0ssaAsy
Tor the security Of this islansl and the
gulf to annex MI this maia West india
group, and all their outly Ing supports.
Mexico will then 10 In our way saA
the Central 4 American republicu,. and
40 the never ending but still hexin-
ming work as abss,r pitsn will % tin
arreated In ibe confusions s,,si disscln.
tion Of the whole incofsrent and ID.
congruous fabric. We do nol wsnt
Cuba because os the future danaego
threatened from its acquisition - do
not want it because of the simmsdiate
dsbts, embArrassmenta, political con.
paications. corraptieua. aud demesali.
.stions that wiiI,come with the ialand.
'r.is annexation wouid b made q ieb
among schemiDg and unacrupulone
politicians, compared with which cur
Pacific Railway jobs. with their Credit
Mobilter swindies. sw ould appear con-
temptibIe. We do not want Cuba as a
State or Territory of ths United
Etates.n
And the Cinctansti fsaseste throws
this bomb shell into our war camp -
"Some think We ought to 60 to war
with Spsin because We can beat her SO
easy. The latter notion is . mistake.
Spain IL = stHhborn customer. Sup
pose we taxi. Cuba, what t.en ? It
will be the end of the hurt we can do
to Spain, One Alaban,a was found
enough TO sweep the seas Of our ships.
Spaiu could sehi ont ~ many Ala
bamas ~ she liked Shs could keep II
up for . generation, and il would be
Just like her 70 do 1. Meantims We
should bs sinking our. hundreds Of
millions in impotent efforts TO raiss .
navy to carry war into Spain. War
With Spain means IN addition Of I. .O0D
millions TO our debt. and new esssn.
back imitation thst will send the cold
premium up where II was in the civil
war #s.sl ss*sts,#. ~
The Chicago Journal of the 18th
inst publishes some interesting grain
statistics, from which it appears that
the Chicago elevators contained 4S4, 1874
bushels Of wheat: 1.o65, ,557 bushels OF
c"rn 3l0,5O9 bushels of oats; IS. .7O6
bushels Of rye, and 425 ITO bushels Of
barley. making tota. of 1854, ,O7e
bushels Of all kinds Of grain, against
$50, ,67S bushels . week ago, and g.
6S2. .565 bIsheis 1t this period last year.
in Milwaukee the atocks of grain
amounted TO a7s, ,4l2 bushels Of wheat
q, 40i bushels OF corn /; 1851 bushels OF
oats 5.7A8 bushels OF rys. aud 64,s0s
bushels OF barley. Buffalo contains
6,00O bushels of wheat, 10000 bushels
OF corn, 1900 bushels Of oats and lOO,-
0O0 bushels Of barley. ss=s4 5s!s
New York warehouses; on the 18th
inst. contained $4,000 bushels Of
wheat; 3.002, 900 bushels Of corn 7al,-
600 bushels ef oats 1a.0O0 bushsis OF
rye; 2Sa, 600 bushels al harley, and S0,-
600 bushels OF malt. zs
The stocks OF grain Tin sight" In the
United States and Canada on tho 8th
instant are given in the Journal as fol-
lows: Wheat, s,07s, ,6l7 bushels; corn,
S.920. .684; oats, S,0i5, ,95i bushels; bar
ley, 2,0s9,9l0 bushels; rye, el9,l42
bushels. s. asz .zzes lssss s. a..,
Congressman II. B. SMITH, Of the
Elmira District. New York, has given
bis back pay To the homeless children
OF bis district. Ia his explanation OF
his course be says: 5 isrs
In any event In the present situs-