The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-12-31
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Brief Political Comment on Men ana
Public Affairs

| per cent.
The Kansas State Board of Agriculture
estimates the total value of Kansas az
ricultural products for 1897 to be $176,-
| UUO,OOO, the greatest since 1890
| Editor Mclean of Washington. d c.
has surrendered his house in Cincinnati,
rented temporarily for the Ohio campaign
to establish" residence in Ohio.
With only $50, 100000 of silver coined
by the United States minis last year the
sliverltes cannot make out strong case
about discrimination" against silver.
a free trade tariff: general depression
and distress. A protective tariff: pros
perlty and plenty. This has been simply
the history of the country since its Grsr
President.
The Chinese WALL" due to the Dingley
law, don't seem to be seriously Interior
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
lamltyites have some consolation left in
the fact that the New England mackerei
catch is $4,000 barrels short of that of u
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
probability of an early reopenng of nego-
uatlons for the adoption of Il treaty of AZ
bltratlon 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 $176,000,00O the largest
III the present decade.
The first six months of the Mckinley
administration were the most disastrous
III 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 protective
tariff law is in operation. 1t was % Der
cent larger in September, 1897, than it
was in September, 1896
Uncle Hold" 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 vituperations
against the oppression and wickedness Of
the Dingley law, we haven't heard any
wish expressed yet to return to the benefi-
cent provisions of the Wilson law.
1t is not known what amount Bryan
received for his speeches in Ohio, but it
is thought he made good terms in view Of
his Willingness to accept payment in sill
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 it
will meet all running expenses of the Gov
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
prospective successor Of Arthur 2. Cor
man in the Senate of the United States
The increase in the postal receipts of the
country for this September over those of
September Of last year simply augments
the evidence piling up on all hands to
show condition of increased 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.
With a 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.
1.-The revival of all industries and the
commencement of prosperity in ali parts
of the United States were the natural
and necessary results of the action of the
President and Il Republican Congress-
John Sherman.
The export trade of September was the
heaviest of any month in the year. and
was greater than in any September for
years. 1t amounted to $lU4, 691, 7O5. q
gain of over % per cent over that of the
September Of a year ago.
Mr.. Bryan kept up his calamity crv in
Ohio this year despite the fact that the
October statement of the national banks
of the country showed that the individuot
deposits in the national banks were 1858
OOO,OOO in excess of those of one year ago.
Mr.. Bryan was heard to say some
months ago that he would be glad if the
Mckinley administration could bring
to the country That was yery
patriotic, but has anybody heard his ex-
pressions Of satisfaction since it has
come?
Conservative estimates state S16O.OOO.-
600 as the figure which will probably he
reached by the gold reserve of the Treas
ury Department before the end of the
crop season. This state of affairs pre-
sents something of contrast to the last
Senator Hanna, it is understood. has
only one regret regarding the Ohio CAIN
paign, and that is that Mr.. Bryan did not
make more speeches. The Republicans
gained an average of nearly hundred
votes to the county in their majomties
where Mr.. Bryan went.
Silver's Low Cost.