Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
IT Cauuot Be Concealed.


neishbors 1t is true that the marked i'm
provement which has been SO strongly felt
in the East and in the Southwest has not
vet reac hed the Northwest In full volume,
simply because our harvest is later. Our
wheat crop has only just begun moving to
market The 500, 100000 which this
years crop will fetch into this region has
only begun to be distributed. Neyerthe-
less, if the person who complains that
prosperity has not yet reached him will
look around over the whole city and State
he cannot fail to perceive a very marked
Improvement. The banks are in better
shape and are loaning money more freely.
The merchants are full of hope and conf
dence. and manufacturers are making ar
rangements for full output. Less idle
men are seen, and, in fact, it is claimed
BY employment agencies that no person
who is able and willing to work need now
suffer from lack of employment. The in
crease in the volume of business through
out the country is unmistakable- 1t Is
revealed in the sta tement Of weekly bank
clea rings, which show a gain of 4o.6 per
cent as compared with the corresponding
week of last year. Minneapolis gain is
1872 Ter cent, which may be taken as an
indication that from this time on the re-
vival will be felt here in full force.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
Tie TarII and Farm Prices.
Our free trade friends assert that the
sole reason for the rise in the price Of
wheat is the grain shortage abroad. They
are vociferous in declaring, in season and
out of season, that the enactment of a
Republican tariff has had nothing to do
with the farmers increased prosperity.
Let us look into this claim for a moment.
1t is not true, as many of the anti-protec-
ton organs imply, that wheat. Of which
we export vast quantities, is the only agri-
cultural staple that has risen in value.
There has been a marked increase in the
price of corn, oats, rye, pork, butter,
cheese, hops, hides ard potatoes Lambs
fer Slaughtering are worth $1.25 per head
lore than they were one gear ago. The
value of sheep kept for wool has also risen
significantly since the passage of a tariff
that protects American focks. These as
sertions are not made rashly. They are
based upon the official statistics Of the
Department Of Agriculture. 1t viii be
seen at a glance that products of which
we export comparatively moderate
amounts hare kept close to wheat in its
upward movement. In our estimation the
tariff has had great deal to do with this.
Since the Dingley bill became law huge
army of previously idle men has been set
to work throughout the United States.
Wage earners who had been employed
only part time are now working full time.
No Hating cke ADVANCE.
Dun's review, which has been jubilant
in its proclamation of business revival for
several weeks, declares that there Is NO
halting in the advance; that business
grows better in all ways; that there is a
steady increase in production and work
ing force, and that the power OF the peo-
pie to purchase is a feature which over
shadows all others. New York reports
show that wheat is not the only commod-
ity that is advancing in price, for over
one hundred staples are higher, and there
is continued heavy demand for manu-
featured goods or all kinds