The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Short and Timely Commentaries OF
Men and Events.


Men and Events.
There will, it is announced, be six celes-
tial eclipses in 1898. But there will be
other eclipses, too.
The silver ENJOYS who went to Japan to
see why silver was demonetized don't
seem to be in any hurry to report. Time
is passing, gentlemen.
Under President Cleveland the per cap
tia circulation in the country fell to
$21.1O, but it has increased under Presi-
dent Mckinley to $22.S9.
Even the Tammany Democrats have
snubbed Mr.. Bryan. He wrote them urg-
ing that they should put silver into their
platform and they promptly responded by
keeping it out.
Nobody has been heard to hint for the
past two 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 than the
minis to the worlds silver.
1t is limited that the Democratic ticket
of 1900 may be Henry George, of New
York, and Tom johnson, Of Ohio, on a
platform of single tax. The party must
have an issue, you know, and as free trade
and free silver are dead there seems to be
nothing else left.
The year ending Sept. I. 1897, was a
bad one for the d-silver-hand-in-
hand theory. One ounce of silver on Sept.
l, 1896, was worth just as much as one
bushel of wheat in New York. On Sept
l, 1897, it took just two ounces of silver
to buy bushel Of wheat.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bryan will
issue another book shortly, to be entitled
1.-The Complete Letter Writer" and that
il will contain full instructions on the art
If getting private letters into print with
out waiting for the aid and consent" Of
the party to whom they are written.
The earnings of the Dingley law in the
second half Of August were slightly in ex-
cess Of s9,000,000; those Of the first half
of September were over $10,OOO,0OO, and
those Of the last half of September were
in excess Of 81 100000, showing a steady
and gratifying increase in income under
it.
''The true story Of Mr.. Hanna's attitude
to his wOrkmen and toward union labor,
as far as his mining interests III Western
Pennsylvania are concerned is that he is
the best nan in the whole district to work
for."-From statement of William War
ner, Secretary United Mine Workers Of
Pittsburg District.
The treasury receipts under the Dingley
law are steadily increasing. The receipts
of its second month are greater than those
of the second month under the Wilson
Low Il h. +IooA h. To-
found the country filed with foreign
goods, while the Wilson law found many
millions dollars worth of goods waiting
to enter and contribute to its earnings.
The Tammany Democrats evidently
thought a live national chairman better
than dead presidential candidate. Chair
man Jones advised them to give silver the
cold shoulder in their platform. Ex-Can-
didate Bryan urged them to embrace it.
AS Jones will remain chairman until the
national convention of 1900 is fully organ
lied, the willy Tammanyites stood by
Jones.
The Philadelphia Press has made
careful canvass of the State of Pennsyl-
vania, sending out 102 inquiries into the
81 counties of the State relative to the
business and industrial conditions. The
result is most gratifying and the reports
unanimous to the effect that times have
greatly improved, factories started up all
over the State, orders are coming in and
labor finding employment everywhere.
The leaders Of the calamity party are
overjoyed at the slight fall in wheat late
ly. They are expectantly watching quo
tations, in the hope that something will
conduce to a further depreciation of its
value, so that they can say, "We told you
so'' to the farmers. The fact that an
ounce of silver a year ago was equal in
value to bushel Of wheat, but now buys
only half a bushel, has knocked the wind
out Of their specious arguments.
A couple of months ago the free traders
looked complacently at the large exporta-
tons of manufactures under the Wilson
law, and were only waiting to point exult-
ingly to the falling off Of these exporta-
tions under the new law. 1t seems, how
ever, that they were wrong, as usual. The
first month Of the operations Of the Ding
ley law showed a larger expectation Of
manufactured articles than for any CORE
spending month of preceding years. So
much for their statements that the enact
ment of a protective revenue law would
cut off our market abroad for American
manufactures.