The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-06-28
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.


PROVIDING MORE REVENUE.
The Omaha Bee SAYS The next Con-
gress will be compelled to make provision
for more revenue, and the question: as to
how this shall be done is manifcstlV of the
! greatest Importance. 1t can he done hy
: increasing internal taxes on whisky. beer
and tobacco. which has some advocates
but proposition of this kind would meet
with formidable opposition. The last Con
gress increased the tax on whisky but a
proposal to do the same with beer met with
small support, for although it WAS urged
that an additional tax of half dollar 4
barrel on beer would not affect the con
srmerS of that beverage, the politicians
were not willing to run the risk OF anta@-
! onizing the large brewing interest of the
country, which is capable of tNertlng a
great deal of influence. 1t Is hardly prob
able that a proposition to tax beer, which
| is pretty sure to be made. will command
| greater favor in the next Congress than IN
the last one. Another proposal Is to re
store tea and coffee to the dutiablc list
placing such Il moderate duty on these ar
ticlcs as it is believed would not bear ser
iouslv upon consumers. 1t Is estimated
that from S25 ,000, 900 to $50 100000 annU-
ally could be raised from these sources.
and it is urged in advocacy Of duty on
tea that it would tend to give American
| consumers a better article than they now
bat ny
is the dumping ground for the poorest
quality of tea, unstable elsewhere, and
they profess to think that a duty would
remedy this, or at any rate greatly reduce
the amount of such tea coming here. But
to put coffee and tea on the dutiablc list
! would be an assault on the free breakfast
table which would encounter very for
midable opposition, so that it is very doubt
full whether proposal of this kind would
be seriously entertained by Congress.
PRICES AND Products.
The Minneapolis Tribune says In the
Great Northern wheat case before Judge
Kerr, in st. Paul, Mr. fuller, prominent
Polk county farmer, testified, among 9th
er things, that in 1882 the price OF self
binding reaper was S2.5 now it is Sl25
Now, in 1882 the average price of wheat
of wheat was IS cents per bushcl. 1t
would thus have taken 324 bushels OF
wheat to buy self-binding reaper. This
wear. taking the highest and lowest prices
at Chicago, the average price of wheat l.
g. cents and it would take only IS. bush
els of wheat to buy such a machine. The
difference in favor of the farmer this wear
as compared with 1882, in that transaction
is l51 bushels of wheat. That is to say
he can buy certain Indispensable piece
of machinery now for only about half tho
number of bushels of wheat that woult
have been demanded for the scmc article
thirteen years ago. The farm price OF
wheat in both instances would have beer
somewhat less than the figures given, but
the proportion is substantially the same
THE PROMISING CORN CROP.
The Kansas City Times says 1t is zen
crly agreed that the wheat crop will b,
|
cations are that the losses in this respect
will be more than compensated for i'll the
greater corn crop. The area of corn har
vested last year was 81, 5S2, 2o9 acres. ant
the Weld was 1914 bushels to the acre OF
an average. This year it is estimated tina
the area will reach nearly .S,00o,00i
acres, and the yield will average above ,:
bushels to the acre. During the last yea
there has been good deal of experiment
ing With wheat. cottonseed oil cake ant
other articles of similar nature as food fOI
cattle and hogs, but as Il rule the result
has been unsatisfactory. The promise o
a bountiful corn crop is therefore encour
aging as it implies the certainty of cheap
er beef pork and other food that are s.
necessary to human happiness and com
fort 1t may be said confidently that witt
an abundant corn crop there is no DANCE.
of famine
EFFECT OF INCREASED WAGES.
The New York World says: \ promi
ncnt tinancier lately remarked that Il II
per cent. advance in wages has 4 more
immediate and better effect upon trade
than does an advance of twice a. mucl
in the price of farm products.
The reason given was that an increase
in the pay of wage-workers is usual,
spent at once upon better scale of living
\ greater variety of food is bought an,
| tba clio and otI ,,acuSSarisS am
comforts of life are rcplenished. ThG
tendency of this is to stimulate manufac
lures, trade and transportation.
With the farmer, however an incrcas,
in the price of his products after a periot
of depression is apt to be used in rcdu
cling his Indebtedness or in making need
ed Improvements on his farm. He buy
more after awhile, but the effect on @cncr
al business is not felt so soon.
This year we have had Il concurrent ad
vance in wages and in the price Of farm
| products. The World showed that thu
wages Of over $50, 900 Workmen have beer
increased within the last thirty days
The number of men employed has ais,
Dccn largely lncIcdStu- an d. tiuS'
and partly as effect the volume Of busi
ness III the country, as shown by the Clear
ing-housc returns, has increased from y
to 80 per cent. and the earnings Of tn,
railroads are 10 per cent. greater than
last wear. If this general improvement
shall continue the revenue, of the Coy
eminent will surely increase and the las
source Of anxiety disappear.
That was wise business man who sale
that there is "enlightrned scltiShnc>S" il
every increase of wages that can honestly
be afforded
Hancs Washington Store is full O
bargains in every one of their fifty de
partmcntS.
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