Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-05-14
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The Opinion Of Delegate RawIins Of
Utah Territory.
influence Of Wall Stfeet-1hs Fertility 81
Uiah-Depressins Statement.

most people have not thought of as affect
ing our case. As to the next presidency
VIC should cut very little figure in the cleo
, toral college, as ell the four would have
but 12 votes But suppose tho choice Of
tie next president should be thrown into
the house. Then Utah or Oklahoma
would count just az much az New York
1t Is the majority Of states, not Of mem
bcrs, that decides, and great many poll
ticians arc calculating on tho next election
being thrown into the house / sometimes
think that alone would be enough to keep
all the four territories out, but there Is On
other and still more powerful cause. Wall
street has served notice that no more silver
senators are to be admitted, and what
Wall street wants has to be done. I have
not been saying so, but it looks very much
as II no new states could be made until
this silver question isso thoroughly settled
that everybody will recognize the settle
ment and no more attempts DO made to
change It,
Utah's Fertility.
rs It possible for the population out
there to go on increasing ut present rates
when so much Of the area is mountain and
dcsert7"
1T Is really wonderful how large pop
ulation the valleys will support, and in
great comfort. / sometimes think an acre
Of land in Utah well watercd and cultivat-
cd would produce food for q family. And
am afraid that millions of families in
the United States will have to como to
something like that. In other words, i
think that civilization il about to receive,
II it has not already received, n great check
on i.9 present course; that there will be
less division Of labor and each family sup
ply itself with almost everything. / can
not scc TINT there Is soon to be a great re-
vival of business on the old lines or that
there will be rich market for manufac-
turcd goods
1t seems to me that the price of farm
produce for some years is going to be so
low that farmers cannot buy manufac-
lures If it be so, each family will have to
10 entirely self sustaining and with gold
rs tho basis of all money it seems to re
there must be this steady shrinkago and
check to civilization In such case We
Utah people win be right at home We were
brought up to live that way and can do it
again. 1t is depressing however, to think
of the way some of our interests have gone
down. Take our wool, for instance, which
Is only cents pound, if one can sell it
at oil, and think of the millions Utah
might make with wool at u fair price.
Low Price of Wool.
"Yoa have often spoken Of that region
west of Great Salt lake as the most CEN
plctc desert in America and so it was con
sidcred 20, 600 square miles or more of reg
ulnr barrcnncSs. Well of late years mil
lions have been made on that same desert
\ hat !, ,,l,
worthless weed that no stock would touch
has proved the finest kind of winter feed
both for sheep and cattle When tho snow
comes, 30 the stock can get water, all that
region is good pasturagc, and when sum
mcr comes the stock is taken up into the
mountains. One herder can take care OF
1000 sheep or more, and so the expense is
triiiing. The great trouble is that the re-
tGrnS ere trliling, too just now, but there
Is scarcely any limit yet to be set to the
development of stock raising in Utah, and
there is good land enough with running
water to employ farming population of
300, 600 or so. Add to this all the mining
manufacturing and other business, and you
VIII see the enormous margin for develop
n,cnt that Utah has, but there IL no use in
denying that the fates are against us at
present. Silver is away down, and wool is
down and going lower the politicians arc
nsgainSt tho new state for ono reason and
Wall street for another. and if we got over
all these why, the chances are that Clcve-
land would veto us. But Utah can live
Her people know how to be self sustain
ing
The Hope Of Europe.
After hearing this somewhat depressing
statement Of the case it was n pleasure to
listen to Hon. ]. b. McCrcary, who passes
much of his time during the duh DAYS of
debate on appropriations bills in his com
mittec room--forcign affairs On the gen
eral subject of money and the near future
hc said: Nothing would suit the people
of Europe better than for us to adopt free
coinage. l know it and have often heard
them say SO. 1t would put us on silver
basis at once and give them our 5000, 600,
600 of gold. In the great conference, of
which, of course, you have read, one of
tho Rothschids said, America wants t.
unload her silver l said to him that our
corn crop is worth Mt least ST5G. 00o 00O
our wheat crop has been rs great in value
as 5000, 900, 600, our cotton crop is $500.
ooo,o00, Of iron and coal we minc well
over $500, 600, 600 worth yearly, while Of
silver our prclCct Ii bat $65. coo, 600. 1t
the world can afford to wait fer an inter
national agreement better than wo can. j
am equally opposed TO an exclusive gold
or silver basis. | believe in both, and /
know we shall get it if we hold on firmly"
Minor Matters.
While the less Interesting details of the
appropriations bills were being droned
over in the house the critics wcrc whct-
ting their tongues fer u general assault on
Judge Holraan'a Indian bill He always
catches it pretty heavily, but this year the
clements of wrath are stirred up against
him more lively than usual. So many
things are asked FOR by tho friends Of the
Indians, and the judge has been SO rcmorsc-
less in cutting down even the moderate cs-
Inmates, that there is "A general combina-
ton OF Shc wrathful elements to attack his
bill.
There has been q general and surprising
change all around the board in the senate,
and the progress of the tariff bill is COM
pared to tho changes of partners at pro-
gressivc euchrc. First the sugar senators
We're placated, and then they were disgrun
tied, and then they were placated again,
all this according to current report. Then