The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-07
PngiIism and Economics.

II there shall happen to be a dearth
of news at any time during the next
few months. the Corbett-Fitzsimmon
fight can be depended upon TO fill in
the gap. To the associated press IL
will prove a mine of inexhaustible re-
sources. The worlds stock of muir
ders, suicides. Opponents. cyclones,
fires and lynchings is liable to run
short at any time; the European war
cloud sometimes disappears for sew
eral whole days together; the presi-
Dental nomination prophets may sue
cumb to fatigue; occasional lulls in the
silver agitation are certain to occur;
even the South American revolutions
may give out Unexpectedly some day.
and there is the possibility that the
tcothache or something may result in
temporary shutdown of Mary
Leases mouth. But the Corbett-Fitz-
simmons fight we are to have always
with us until some time next October:
and 1t is good for anywhere from two
lines to a column and a half a day
right along week in and week out.
There is no limit to what will be
said and written on the subject; there
is no end TO the graphic reports ami
fine speculative discussions with which
the world is to be entertained and edi-
fed regarding the two men. their words
and acts; Corbett and Fitzsimmons at
their respective training quarters; the
hours at which they retire and arise:
the size of their eggs at breakfast and
the exact quantity of the beefsteak
they consume to the fraction of an
ounce; the number of times they punch
the bag. and the force and rapidity of
the punching; the dimensions of their
immortal arms and legs; their weight
their girth. their reach. their respira-
ton. their wind. their SCIENCE" the
hardness of their flesh. the toughness
of their skin, the quality of their
muscle: and then the priceless words
they let fall from their awe-inspiring
mouths: the low opinion each feels he
has been constrained to form of his
antagonists professional ability and
character as a gentleman: the supreme
confidence Of each TO demonstrate the
truth of his convictions regarding the
other to the entire satisfaction of a
breathless world; these and ten thou
sand other minute details OF the pro-
gress of their training will be sent over
the wire. in cumulative quantities
until the final climax, the great battle
| day at Dallas. Texas. when all the rest
of the worlds events will pale into
hopeless and utter insignificance, and
the name of Dallas will take it's place
by the side of those Of Gettysburg,
Waterloo. Marathon and Jackson
willie.
Already the Corbett-F itzsimmons
| fight is making itself felt in the worlds
affairs. is exerting an influence on cur
rent thought. Yesterday the associated
press, under Dallas date. sent out an
interview with one p. T. Roberts. who
said: THE total crop of Dallas county
| last year. according to the assessor :
| report, aggregated s1.929,4 This glove
| contest will be worth more to Dallas
| from a dollar and cents standpoint
| than the entire agricultural product of
| the county for 1S94". Mr.. Roberts has
not yet figured conspicuously as an
economic thinker. but he gives ample
evidence of keeping in touch with the
| financial literature Of the day and of a
| serious and earnest desire TO con-
| tribute something towards the solution
Of the problems that are vexing tn,
| lltire country. Summed up. his gen
| eral proposition is seen TO be that in
| round numbers a prize fight OF tn,
| magnitude Of the approaching one Il
more than equivalent pecuniarily e
two million dollars worth Of agricul
| tural produce.
| This. we believe. Is one Of the mos
important discoveries in political econ
omy made in recent years. We ar