Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-12-11
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Brief Political Comment on Men and
Public Affairs.

rlcultural products Tor 1881 to De S1gO,- !.
| 100000, the greatest since 1890.
Editor Mclean of Washington, D. c., !
has surrendered his house in Cincinnati,
rented temporarily for the Ohio campaign
| to "estab lish" residence in Ohio.
With only S153, 600, GOO of silver coined
| by the United States minis last year the
silverites cannot make out a strong case
about discrimination" against silver.
A free trade tariff: general depression
perity and plenty. This has been simply I,
the history of the country since its first
| President.
The "Chinese WALL" due to the Dingley
| law, don't seem to be seriously interfer-
| ing with our export trade. In fact, that
| trade is larger with the wall than it was
| without it. /,
Wheat has gone up again, but the ca
| lamityiteS have some consola ton left in
the fact that the New England mackerel
| catch is 10000 barrels short of that of
year ago.
! The comparison between the railroad
| earnings and the bank clearances at the
present time and one year ago indicates
an astonishing change in the business of
| the country.
Indications in Washington tend to the
proba bility of early reopening of nego-
| tiations for the adoption of a treaty of ar
bitration between the United States and
|
| Great Britain.
| What has become of the three Senators
| of the Capitol who went boldly forth to
discover why Japan fell into the hands of
the money power and abandoned the
| silver standard?
Wheat, silver and Bryan! Last year
| they all stood together, but they have
since parted company, though Bryan has
| been trying to keep pace with silver in its
downward course.
The total value of the agricultural pro-
ducts of Kansas for 1897 according to.
the report of the Board of Agriculture Of
that State, is 176,OoO,0OO, the largest
in the present decade. I
1.-THE first six months of the Mckinley
administration were the most disa strou8
in the history of the country.'-W. j. \
Bryan. This is well in line with most OF
Mr. Bryan's remarks.
The export trade continues heavy, not
withstanding the fact that a protective
tariff law is in operation. 1t was % per
cent larger in September, 1897, than 1t
was in September, 1896.
ssUncle Hod'' Boies continues to pro-
test that he had nothing to do with the
construction of the Chicago platform.
There are others who wish that they were
in position to similarly assert.
: With all the Democratic vituperatfons
against the oppression and wickedness of
the Dingley law, we haven't heard any
wish expressed yet to return to the bench
cent provisions of the Wilson law.
. 1t is not known what amount Bryan
received for his speeches III Ohio, but it
. is thought he made good terms in view Of
his willingness to accept payment in sn-
; , yer. Mclean dislikes paying out gold.
The receipts under the Dingley law con-
tinue to increase month by month, and It
seems likely that the prediction that Il
OF fI,nG
eminent after January will prove true.
Still the Republican strength in the
South continues to grow, and the latest
: and most notable addition to the list is the
S prospective successor of Arthur P. Cor
: man in the Senate of the United States.
The increase in the postal receipts of the
4 country for this September over those of
September of last year simply augments
J the evidence piling up on all hands to
show condition of increas ed business.
Secretary Wilson wants the establish
, ment of agents of the Government at all
. the embassies, to secure information for
the benefit of American farmers and to
help in the extension of our foreign trade.
S With hundred thousand tons of Ala
bama coal going to Mexico for the use of
her railroad locomotives in competition
;, with English coal, it looks as though a
{ new field is open to the South for her rich
products.
THE revival of all Industries and the
commencement of prosperity in all parts
Of the United States were the natural
? and necessary results of the action of the
President and a Republican Congress-
, John Sherman.
The export trade of September was the
heaviest "a any month in the year, and
, was grea r. than in any September for
years. lWamounted to S1O4, 691 7O5 a
gain OF over Y per cent over that of the
September of year ago.
Mr.. Brynn kept up his calamity cry In
Ohio this year despite the fact that the
october statement of the national banks
of the country showed that the individual
deposits in the national banks were $685.
ooo,oOo IN excess of those of one year ago.
Mr.. Bryan was heard to say soma
months ago that he would be glad il tho
Mckinley Administered ton could bring
prosperity to the country. That was very
patriotic, but has anybody heard his ex-
pressions of satisfaction since it has
come?
Conservative estimates state S16O, Co.,
OOO as the figure which will probably be
reached blythe gold reserve of the Treas
ury DepaHment before the end of the
crop seasot- This state of affairs pre-
sents some/hing of a contrast to the la st
administra ION.
Senator lama, it is understood, has
only one n ret regarding the Ohio CAM
paign, and hat Is that Mr.. Bryan did not
make. NOR speeches. The Republicans
gained an verage of nearly a hundred
4 votes to county in their majorities