The evening times., 1895-09-18
Sent from Washington.

Not only Is the return OF Senator Brice
to the Senate and the success OF enatpl
German In Maryland desired by the sugar
trust from feelings of gratitude for past
services rendred. but aiso because of the
probability Of further tinkering with the
sugar schedule.
IL can thus be see nthat there would be
nothing strange In the sugar trust making
large contributions to the campaign funds
| OF Senator Brice and Senator German.
| The money would be considered as II IL
were 80 much insurance premium paid
| upon property of the trust which was
liable to destruction by fire.
| 1t Is stated that Senator Brice is tn have
as much money as he desires from the sugar
trust for use in the Ohio campaign, and
tnat Senator Gssman IL tu be accorded
similar courtesy. How large the fund for
use In Ohio Is, is not known. 1t Is not stated
| or tn be inferred. that this fund Is for
corrupt use in bribing voters or securing
members OF the Legislature, for money car
be expended in large sums in political
campaigns in ways that are considered
perfectly legitimate, and at the same time
be useful in helping to carry the Legislature.
Senator Brice then enters the Ohio cam
y
of the Buckeye State. but as the agent of
Wall street and OF the sugar trust.-Albert
Halstead, in Cincinnati COmmercial-Ga-
zette.
President Cleveland In his next annual
message to Congress will renew his recon-
inendations for revision of the financial
system by retirement Of the greenbacks
Secretary Carlisle will, in his annual re-
port, substantially repeat his recunrnenda-
tions Of last year. President Cleveland
and his Secretary OF the Treasury will,
In short, ask the Republican Congress TO
adopt their recommendations for financial
reform which the Democratic Congress
rejected.
The means which the President will
suggest for retiring the grecnbacks will he
for Congress TO confer upon the Secretary
OF the Treasury power to sell long g-tern.
low-rate gold bonds In sufficient amount
to ocallinand cancel all the out standing paper
money that is row being employed TO draw
gold frnm the Treasury. 1t is said the
President has already received assurances
that the bankers of New York. Chicago and
other large cities, and the commercial in
terests OF the country will Join in urging
Congress tn adopt the Presidents recon-
mendations as a sure means for perma-
nently protecting the gold reserve.-J. A.
Mathews in Chicago Daily News.
Speaking of the value of our exports for
the twelve months ending June 30, 1898,
Worthington c. Ford, chief of the bureau
of statistics, said to-day:
l{t. y,a %
twelve months ending June 30, 1892, was
over 5000 ,OO0, 900 greater than the value of
the exports for the twelve months ending
June of this year, yet the quantity of ar
ticles exported this year is largely in excess
of the quantity exported for 1892. The dis
crepancy in value is owing to the panic of
1898.
ITO show the shrinkage in value take cot
ton, for instance. In 1892 we exported
1895, 1i5,125 pounds of raw cotton, val
urd at S256 ,S69.777. Now cotton that
year was over valued $25,OO0,OO
Through carelessness, for the same month
in making returns to collectors the amount
was allowed to 20 Cncorrected. Now for
the twelve months ending June 80, 1895,
we exported 3,517 ,533.1O9 pounds of raw
cotton, the value of which was S2O4, 9O0,-
O00. Since then cotton has advanced seve-
raj cents per pound. The planters in Anssis-
sippi, Georgia and Louisiana are complain
ing beca use they did not increase their plant
ing this year. We exported during the fiscal
year ending June 80, S95, twice as much
wheat as we did in 1892 and received less
orit; becau use of the fall in theprice OF wheat
and by reason that Europe had larger
crops of wheat than in 1892. This year,
however, proves good returns for our
grain.
but the best evidence that we are in
creasing our exports is that in 1892 only
1851 per cent. of our exports were manu-
factured products, while in 1895 under the
operations OF the Wilson tariff, the exports
of our manufactured products was 23.14
per cent; a very handsome increase in ten
months under the new tariff.
"Our exports for the next fiscal year,
/ 1866, promise to be very heavy, and there
has also been of late a gratifying increase
in prices. Clifford Rose, in Louisville
Courier Journal.