The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-11
Editorial Notes.


in doubt to take a copy of the accept
ance letters of Mckinley and Bryan,
both the acknowledged leaders Of their
sides, go into secluson and weigh
them in the balance OF your best judg-
ment and you can't help but come out
right.
The Pacific Lumber Trade Journal
has discovered the real ''crime" which
is worrying u.s. "The crime of 1898
the demonstration of the red cedar
single. Sixteen to 1-l6 hard-up
single manufacturers to one fat,
prosperous buyer" And the ratio is
the same with the lumbermen.
In coming dollars out of silver
bullion, now worth about So cents, it
makes a big difference whether the
government gets the profits in the way
of siegnorage, or whether the silver
mine owner gets the benefit. Ii the
government profits, the whole people
get the benefit.
THE JOURNAL acknowledges the
receipt of premium list and season
tickets from theCounty fairs atTacoma,
Whatcom and Coupeville, the State
Fair at Yakima and the Portland
Exposition. We regret very much
that it is slow work to get start in
that direction for Mason County, but
there will be no campaign on next
year, and it is to be hoped that more
attention will be paid to agriculture
and less to politics.
ARKANSAS saw Vermont's 10000 re-
publican majority and went 10000
better for the democratic ticket. The
total vote cast was about 10000, and
the democrats carried everything. The
populist candidate for governor re-
ceived few votes, and the populist party
is practically dead in Arkansas.
Neither that state or Vermont we're
in the doubtful column.
IT is really too bad that Arkansas
held is election this week. ms tead of
in November. When votes are need
ed Arkansas, as we'll as some other
Southern states, has the facility of
turning them out in unlimited guam
tity. One county, Clark, cast twice
the number of votes ever cast before,
although people have moved out
rather than into the state. Kansas
has also lost a considerable population
during the past few years.
IT is constantly asserted that silver
is not a full legal tender because of the
exception clause. Most of us would
go without borrowing other peoples
money if we dictated the terms on
which we should repay. If that is the
object aimed at by those who demand
that creditors shall accept just what
debtors choose to give them, it would
certainly force the people into econo-
mlcal lines and thus be a benefit.
Regardless of the law people will make
contracts that suit them, or they wont
make contracts at all. Sometim es
Accommodations care very accep table.
THREE of the candidates on the
Republican State ticket are native
sons OF the Northwest. P. C. Sullivan
our candidate for governor, is an Ore
gon raised boy of hardy, Methodist
stock; John III. Price, secretary Of
state, was born at Oregon City and Ed
L. Brunton, the candidate for Supt.
was born in Walla Walla. Although
but Is years OF age, he is prominen t
IN the state society, and is now serving
his second term as Supt. of his home
county. Most of the candidates are
young men, but of experience and
ability, and will give the state a bust
ness-like administration.
| ANOTHER idea that looks beautiful to
most OF us is that Bryan's plan of free
silver would put more money in circu-
latlon' and we could certainly get
money easier-so they say. But how?
we can't get it without working or
giving value for it. That the amount
OF money available for circulation has
very little to do with the amount actin
ally IN circulation is shown by the pres
ent stringent times, when we all know
that there are hundreds of millions Of
Idle money in this country. II is
stored away in amounts from 500 to
hundreds OF thousands, much Of it
bringing no returns to the holders be-
cause not invested. We know that
when trade and commerce flourish
labor is plentiful, the working classes
prosperous and everybody has money ;
but when trade and business languish,
then comes the stringent times
There is no use Of expecting better
times until the wheels of commerce
4 begin moving, and then every sclass
WIZ % prosperous. Give us the work