Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-12

trade We have in our lakes and rivers
There is more shipping through the Detroit
river in eight months than there is at Liv-
erpool the whole wear. and the tonnage
which passes through this canal is two or
three times as great as that which passes
through the Suez Canal. A great part Of
this tonnage consists of iron from the Lake
Superior regions which is carried
down to the Ohio lake towns,
and of coal from the Ohio
coal fields which is carried back. The iron
of these Lake Superior regions lies right
near the water and the mines are on hills
near the shore, 50 that the ore can be run
down on railroads by gravity and loaded on
to the ships, The iron is carried down the
lakes in big steamers of steel, which travel
almost as fast as the ocean steamships, and
millions of dollars are invested in docks all
along the lakes, and great cities are growing
up from the effect of the trade. All the
Northern Ohio towns are growing. and
there is rapid Increase in the population
and business of Toledo, Cleveland. San
dusky, Ashtabula and our other Northern
Ohio towns The city of youngstown has
than the whole cotton crop of the South,
and Cleveland, which had only go, 600 peo-
pie few wears ago, had 260, 900 at the last
census, and has more than 300, 900 people
now. Speaking of freight rates, those
which prevail on the lakes are 30 low that
the railroads could not touch them in such
matters as iron and coal, and 1t is only BY
these low rates that 1t will pay to work the
mines"
An Era Of Prosperity Ahead.
Elbow about the times, Senator7 Arc the
prospects good or bad?
81 think they are very good" was the
reply. tThe United States will be pros
porous in our lifetimes at least 1t Is the
richest country on tho face of the globe,
and it is the greatest in its resources and its
possibilities. We can't help but be rich as
long as we have as much of undeveloped
material as exists here, and at the same
time the nerve and energy to turn this into
money. would like to see our shipping
extended, however, and believe in encour-
aging all trade relations with other nations
which will tend to bring this about. The
United States will be the great England of
the future. It will at some time do the
manufacturing for great part of the world,
and its ships will sail to every part OF the
world carving its products.
''This brings us to the campaign said I
ct suppose the tariff and the Mckinley bill
will be one of the issues?'
cit will be the ISSUE" replied Senator
Brice "The people don't like the McKin-
lev bill and the disturbance of our busi-
ness relations which it has caused, and this
will be the main subject of discussion.
"How about silyer?"
Bars Silver Out Of tho Campaign.
'The silver question is q local ISSUE"
said Senator Brice. ''It cannot enter into
a serious campaign and the people of the
United States will not tolerate any tamper-
ing with the money standard of the country.
They are conservative by nature, and they
will always insist on q safe and sound
currency"
SHOW about candidatesf Will Cleveland
be your nominee?"
III cannot talk about 1t, f" replied Senator
Brlce. 'I am one of the National Commit
tee and I will have to wait until the con-
vention."
sYou were the Democratic manager of
the last Presidential campaign. Will you
please tell me what is the standard of
campaign morality in the Democratic party
to-day and what is the condition of the
party?"
"Political morality" replied Senator
Brice, twas never higher in both parties
than it is to-day. I believe our standards
are steadily rising, and public sentiment
will not tolerate corrupt methods. This is
so in the working of Congress and in the
management of campaigns In the last
campaign, am sure no corrupt methods
were employed with the knowledge of the
the same high-toned campaign work during
this wear. As to the condition of the
Democratic party, it is all right, and We
have, think, fair chance Of electing our
candidate" FRANK G. CARPENTER