Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-04-14
JOSLIN

o0sLiN, April lS.-One or our farm.
ers was recently heard to say: Zone of
the greatest drawbacks to this part of the
country is the long, lingering springs,
which won't allow the grass to start.
Inc Australian ballot system seemed
TO work like charm in Yuma. Every
thing seemed to move as smoothly az if it
was creased with castor oil. OF course,
we heard one or two old fogies that
claimed they preferred the old way" I
ADVISE Il because there is no electioneer-
ing allowed within 100 feet. 1t seems to
me that voter should be let alone on
election day and have an opportunity tn
use Els own judgment. Then again,
there not being any numbering or marks
to be placed on the ballots, SO that it can
be ascertained afterwards how any per.
sen has voted. is the most important part
OF the reform. 1t seems to me that large
employers OF labor will not have the same
opportunity to control the votes of their
employ sand it will certainly be check
upon the purchasing OF votes or any
blocks OF five" arrangement we heard SO
much about. When counties and dis
-tric!s and states can be bought and influ-
Fenced with money. we have simply an
arlstocracy, and government of the
people and By the people, becomes COM
plete farce.
+ We find that in two years ending June
t30. 1891. we sent abroad in merchandise
and cash, 81 $40 S34, 173, and received
from abroad in merchandise and cssh, 81 :
7O4. 454, 800; difference, $174, 49, 74
So that in these past two years we have
sent abroad in merchan disc and cash
nearly S175 100000 more than we have
received back. And this thing has been
| going on for years. We not only send tc
| other nations more merchandise than we
get from them. but pay them cash gold
and bullion-in addition. Since the 30tt
of last June, the date to which the above
creased enormously, but there has beer
no proportionate increase in the amour,
OF goods we have received, and no "flov
OF gold" to this country. In Decembe
we sent to other nations more than two
dollars worth of merchandise for ever
dollar we received from them, and nov
are sending our cash after the merchsn-
disc. And yet taking merchandise alsn
we find the following TO be the case. tina
for the years 81 and 90 that we sen
abroat merchandise, $1.717 564. III, re
ceived from abroad merchandise, 81,
634 222 ,526; difference. $50, S4I, $50
Which would show q balance in favera o
this country on merchandise of $S3. BAL ,
5S5. and great many people wotil
jump at the conclusion that as natio
We were that much richer. which doe
not follow. It'wenld aiidepend whethe
We had sold our produce and mauufac
lures for less or more than they had cos
us, and whether we had been charged a
exorbitant price for that which We ha
purchased The fact that nation sell
more than it buys does not prove it
have been a profitable transaction, on
way or the other. va -s7 rF
If farmer sells 81 900 worth of hos
aud buys $500 worth of clothing an,
fam m nents. etc. will any one CLAIM
that he is $500 better off financially tina
he was before he sold his hogs? If b
got five cents q pound for his hogs an
they had only cost him four cents to rails
and fatten them, of course he would b
2j per cent gamer in that transaction
but surprising that he gained upon hi
hogs. he lost upon his purchases. b
would just be even, wouldn't hep b.
supposlng corn is up and his hogs hav
cost him five cent per pound and he sell
them for 4, and. on account of impol
duties, his clothing and farm implement
have cost him 40 per cent too much, ho'
then would the matter stand. Afsrme
might sell 10 calves fo- 800 and the
buy five sheep for $50 cash, and may G
may not have made profit in the trans
action, but the fact that he sells NOR
than he buys, does not prove it eithe
way. This error of attempting to sho,
the profits and losses of nation by com
pairing its imports with its exports. to So
the least, is fallacious and deceptive
Considering that the wealthy men of Eu
rope tprincipslly in England) own an
hold our railroad bonds. and for ,yeal
been gobbling up our llande, Manrfsctoi
les, distilleries, breweries, etc, almost il
Vulnerable, (Mr. Scully of London W
are told, owns $4,000 acres of land /
one county in Kansas, and $4,000 i
Illinois which he rents at So % pcr acre
therefore the large output Of gold an
silver from this country, may be &C
counted for in part. that it
simply the United States paying rents
profits and dividends to the wealthy me
of Europe. But We would ask right her
if protection is the one. and only thin
necessary to raise nation to prosperit
and affluence. how does It happen tina
free trade England has become rie
enough TO buy out the United States
Don't all speak at once: r
Frank Daily's little boy has had |, tn
scarlet fever and now Mr.. Daily himsel
is down with it, DR.. Morgan. of Moline
has been called in. Yesterday the, docto
was seen passing Josln station on hi
way TO Erie. 500. ..-,-.,.,