The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-01

Copyrighted. 1896 by the Associated Press
London. Oct. M.-The wheat ana cur
rency questions are still attracting great
attention here. The Spectator this week
publishes an interesting article on the rise
in wheat and its bearing upon protection
and hi-metallism. in the course OF winch
II says:
.sThe rise in the price OF bread Is likely
soon TO lead TO unrest in the labor mar
kef. The present activity in trade gives
Is Dor organizations favorable emporium
ity for pressing demands for higher wages;
but il remains to be seen how far the re-
cent Improvement in trade can be main
tanned. If material rise in wages IS IN
sisted upon There are endless POSSIBLE
tiles of friction II the price of bread be-
comes a serious question We can only
hope the politicians who are coquetting
with the various forms of protection will
learn to digest the lessons that will be
expounded by events If the price OF bread
IS materially affected during the coming
winter. How should we fare now IL the
esta blishment of an imperial zollverein
forced US 10 look TO home production and
the Canadian surplus TO fiji our own
mouths and for the needs of Indias From
financial point of view. the rise in cereals
shows a strong case for further large
movements of gold to the United States,
while. regarding politics. whatever the re-
suit. shipments of gold from here are still
probable in the one case. because the panic
and scramble for gold will make Amer
leans sell gold faster and pay premium
for the metal, and in the other because
a revival of industrial activity and a re-
turn of confidence will attract British
bullion. Lastly. the rise in wheat and the
accompanying weakness of silver have an
instructive bearing upon economic theory
Not only Bryan, but the English BIZ
metaliists also. are deprived of one of their
most effective arguments
Indian advices show that now. whether
rain falls or not. there must be keen dis
tress in the Northwest provinces and in
Dude. and the Indian government must
be prepared TO succor the population by
relief operations conducted according to
the so-called famine code. Orders have al
ready been given to these officials to pre-
pare for an immediate enforcement of
famine measures. While famine is
threatened in India through the drouth,
the west of Ireland is declared to be face
to face with famine owing to heavy rains.
which have caused failure of the crops.
especially of potatoes. Throughout Sep
TENDER and during the beginning of Oc-
tober there was an almost incessant down.
pour of rain. There have been great floods
in the northwest of the island. and many
OF the lnnaDltantS must feel the pangS or
famine before Christmas. The situation is
compared to that of 1879 when a disas-
trous harvest led to a revival of political
disorders in Ireland. However. the chief
secretary of Ireland. Gerald BIfour. dur
ing his recent tour of the affected dis
tricts. secured information which he says
will enable him to cope with the distress
which he is now ready to meet.
Der OF parliament. for the West division
OF WICKLOW. who intends to ask parlia-
ment to order an inquiry into the lyman
affair. bases his demand on the past his
tory OF a mysterious Mrs. Tyler, who. he
asserts. acted as a medium between Ty-
nan and the British police. 1t appears
that when Sir George Trevelyan was chief
secretary for ireland. the Dublin police
learned that Mrs. Tyler offered bank
notes to the amount OF E20 to a sporting