Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-05
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.

PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
short n Timely Commentaries ON
Men and EVENTS.
There will, it is announced, he six ccles-
tial eclipees in 1898. But there will be
other eclipses, too.
The silver ENJOYS who wcnt~to Japsn to
see why silver was dcMonetizel don't
seem to be in any hurry To report. lime
is passing, gentlemen.
Under President Cleveland ,tisesper cap
ita circulation in the country fell to
$2l.1O, hut it has increased under Presi-
dent Mckinley TO $22.s9.
Even the Tammany democrats have
snubbed Mr.. Bryan. He wrote then. nrg-
ing that they should put silver into their
platform and they promptly responded by
keeping it out.
Nobody has been heard to hint Tor the
past W months that William Mckinley
made any mistake last fall when he re-
marked that he thought it better to open
the mills to American labor .ha:. the
mints to the worlds silvcy.
1t is limited that the democratic ticket
of 1900 may he Henry George, of New
York, and Tom johnson. Of Ohio. on a
platform OF single tax. Fhc party must
have All issue. You know, and as free trade
and free silver are dead ,l,cyc seems 10 he
nothing else left.
The year ending Sept. I. 1897. WAS .
bad one for the MISUNDERSTANDING pd-in-
hand theory. One ounce af silver Oh Sept.
], 1896, was worth jus, as mucl, as one
bushel Of wheat in New York. Oh Sept.
Il. INlI- II tnnI inst t&rn nc .:lvcr
to buy 81 bushcl of wheat.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bryan will
issue another book shortly. tn hi cutitled
"The Complete Letter Writer and that
il will contain full instructions en- the art
1T getting private letters into print with
ont waiting for the aid and consent Of
the party to whom they ire written.
The earnings of the Dinglcy law il, the
second half of August were slightly in ex-
cess Of S0,O0O,O0O: those of the frs; half
OF September We're oter 500 0.00b, and
those of tile last half Nof September were
in excess of $11 ,OOO. 600, showing a steady
and gratifying increase in Income undcr
it.
"Tle true story of MIR. Hanha's attitude
to his workmcn and toward union labor.
as Tar as his mining interests III Western
pennsylvania are concerned, is that he is
the hest man in the whole district to work
for. Prom statement Of William War;
nor. Secretary United Mine Workers of
Pittsburs District.
The treasury receipts under iht. D:nyley
law are steadily increasing. The receipts
OF Its second month arc greater than those
OF the second month under the -Ni!xDy!
INV, despite the fact that the lti:g,cy la
found the country filled witA forc
goods. while the Wilson law found miaI.-
millions dollars worth. OF goods waiting
to enter and contribute Ia lis earnings.
The Tammany Democrats evidently
Thought Il live national chairrnan better
than a lead presidential! caAiidate. Chair
man Jones advised then. ia give silver the
cold shoulder in their platform. Ex-Can-
didate Bryan urged them 10 embrace ii.
As Jones will remain chairman nn.ii the
national convention of 1870 is fi,l,y cryan-
lied. the willy TammaDyitrs stood by
Jones.
The Philadelphia Press MAS ,nsslc =
careful canvass of the S,,,.e of pe!inssll
v:lnia. sending out 1O2 inquiries iilip the
W counties of the State relative 10 the
business and industrial conditions. The
sesu1e - inoSl STitilylns ana tlf Reports
unanimous TO the effcc1 that times have
greatly improved. factoric. s,nr,.si I'M all
over the State, orders are coming in and
labor finding employment. everywhere. ~.
The lenders of the calamity party a4e
overjoyed nj. the slight fa,. IN wheat late
~. They are cxpcctan.,s watching quo
%tations. in the hope that something will
conduce to II further depreciation of it's
value, SO that they can say. We told YOU
SO" to the farmers. The fac. tha. Nm.
ounce of silver 81 year aga WAS equal in
value to q bushel of wheat. Int now buys
only half n busllel. has knocked the wind
out of their speci0us arguments.
A couple of months age Tie frcn traders
looked complacently at the large cspprta1.-
tions Of manufactures nD,jer the Wilson
law, and were only waiting Ia point exnlt-
ingly TO the falling off Of these exporta-s
tons under the new law. II seems. how
ever. that they were wrong. SIS usual. The
first month OF the operations nf the Ding
ley law showed II larger .xIurtatiou Of
manufactured articles than far amy corry-
spending month Of preceding years. So
much for their stateincntS that Sin. enact
mcnt of IL protective revenue law would
cut off our market ubrna.I for American
manufactures.