The advocate., 1897-10-13
Public Opinion.

nearly as much as he needs naval dry
docks at home.
Kansas City Star; It has often been
said that Missouri could sustain Itself
" 1t were fenced in from the rest Of the
world but that sort OF an arrangement
would be mighty tough on the people
Oh the outside.
Providence Journal: Orchards and
vineyards are not commonly thought Of
as among che chief resources Of Mis-
souri,, but 1t is estimated that the fruit
crop Of that State this year will be worth
about $25,OOO,OOO.
Sioux City Journal: Having acknow-
lodged at last that providence Is on the
side OF the Republicans, the Popullsts
and POpOcrats might take comfort in the
reflection that the hog cholera micrObe
Is still on their side.
Chicago Journal The people Of this
city have submitted to extortion, lnso-
lent abuse, daylight robbery, and the
corruption Of their representatives at the
hands Of the street car companies until
the companies have forgotten who owns
the city.
hands with Croker to reinstate the Tam
many machine in power, under the guise
Of the anti-monopOly party, Is one Of the
Jokes Of the season that rise far beyond
the power of a professional humorist
to conceive.
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat Austria has
too much trouble near home to permit
her to go outside OF her own sphere to
borrow any The same can be said Of
the other great nations Of Europe. Spain
can gain no ally anywhere In conflict
with the United States.
Syracuse Post: It Is no secret in Ger
many that the young, headstrOng En-
peror has little use for Bismarck. He
has on more than one occasion exhibited
ingratitude toward the venerable states
man that has made the blood of many
Germans boil with Indignation.
New York Commercial Advertiser: We
now import more than 10000 900 worth
of sugar every year. Manifestly, II this
can be produced as cheaply at home,
and the price Of it paid to our own peo-
pie instead Of being sent abroad, great
economic gain will have been made.
Detroit Tribune To bring the metals
to parity at either the French or
American ratio would be to greatly
enhance the value OF silver, in which
the English are not interested, and also
to greatly depreclate the value Of gold,
In which they are enormously concerned.
Chicago Tribune: When Gabriel tOots
his horn and humanity wakes up in glory
the frst thing likely to happen is to see
the Union Jack flung from the battle
meRts and an English voice announce
that the City of the Pearly Gates has
been British possession for many,
many ages.
Cincinnati Enquirer: Senator Chand
ler's views on the money question are
said not to be in line with those of the
Republican party. It Is plain that the
only proper course for the Republican
party is to get around to Chandler. The
party without Chandler In the Senate
would be splritless affair.
Boston Herald: This fact that they
suffer In the outset of their freedom from
the evil that slavery has implanted in
them, and that the white race Is re-
sDOnsible for their slavery, should never
N Bio ous OF our minds In dealing with
c0lored crime, and should lead us to be
tolerant and conslderate of colored GRIM
\ inals above those of our own race who
have had better advantages,
Petersburg (Va.) Index~Appeal: Mat
thew Marshall, who writes in the New
York Sun, utters solmen truth when
ne says "the people Of this country will
never consent to be again afflicted with
a bank currency Of ten thousand differ
ent designs, and secured by nothing but