Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-25

h - his credit that he does not pouo
for anything that he IL not. He II not
an orator and will not attempt that
role. The country will not regret this
nor Will he lose by II. There are too
many professional takers In the Sem
ate now. There are men there who
can make speeches that lap over from
day to day, who pride themselves on
their ability to talk against time. and
when they have finished one Of their
long-winded speeches they have not
Influenced n vote nor helped anybody
Ia or out OF, the Senate to u better nm
derstandingfo of the subject. The coun-
try does not want any more Senators
of that kind. 1t wants men of affairs,
men who can accomplish things, who
have strong convictions on economic,
financial and business questions, and
clear conceptions as to how needed re-
forms can be brought about.-Indian-
apolis Journal.
Protection Popular In the South.
There Is nothing remarkable In the
appeal Of Southern Congressman for
protection to cotton. 1t was inevitable
that such an appeal should be made.
In the past few years there has been a
marked increase in the imports of cot
ton from Egypt. This material, grown
by fellaheen labor, can be brought into
the United States under the provisions
of the Wilson bill and sold profitably
at price so low that American plant
ers cannot afford to raise 1t. There are
other articles-notably sugar in the
case Of Louisiana--for which Southern
business men and agriculturists are
earnestly demanding protection also.
Slowly but surely the conviction that
the vital interests of the South and
North are identical, instead of antag-
onistic, is permeating the Southern
mind. With the decay Of Bourbonism
and the disappearance OF the "unrecon-
structed" elements which cherish free
trade chiefly because it was tenet Of
the Confederacy there will come a
larger view Of the rights, the duties
and the needs Of American citizenship
In the former slave States. Already
great progress has been made in this
direction. The time Is not far distant
when a strong majority Of intelligent
Southern voters will stand with the
enlightened manhood of the North in
supporting, not only protection, but
sound money and the supreme author
ity Of law.-New York Advertiser.
To Open New Markets.
However diverse may be the views
Of those who give attention to econom-
ic questions with respect to the Nc
Kinley tariff act Of 1890, the fact
stands as an imperishable monument
to that splendid exaltation Of Ameri-
can labor and American interests that
our foreign commerce, under its benefi-
cent operation, reached the highest
point that has been attained in our
country's history. Having reached
high-water mark in our foreign trade
under an act which bore the impress Of
Major McKinley's genius and the con-
structive evidences Of his own handi-
work, it Is easy to understand that
"McKinleyism" in its widest signifi-
canoe stands for new and ever-expand-
ing markets for the fruits of American
industry.
That the new administration is pledg-
ed to break down the trade barriers
erected under an unwise and un-Amer-
lean tariff policy-a policy which open
ed wide our own markets and exacted
nothing in return, which destroyed
friendly and profitable commercial re-
lations by annuling most benficent re-
ciprocity treaties-is evidenced by the
numberless utterances of the Presi-
dent-elect upon this question as well
as by the unequivocal declarations Of
the party platforms.-Chicago Times
Herald.
About National Appropriations.
Democrats are denouncing the Re
publicans for the record of the pres
ent Congress, although 1t will be seen
that the Fifty-second Congress, which
was Democratic in both branches, ex-
pended $1,027, 100000, or within eigh-
teen millions as much as the present
body will have appropriated by March
4. Certainly, an increase in the Ma
tional expenses Of eighteen or twenty
millions in four years, or at the rate
Of four or five millions year, can not
be considered excessive. Several times
500, 600, 900 have been expended on the
navy and on the National defenses
within that period, yet no class of citi-
zens, not even the Democrats, object
to the large necessary expenses for
those purposes.
Furthermore, the Democrats are
conveniently forgetting that their own
crazy revenue and deficit-producing
policy Of the past three years has in
creased the interest on the National
debt by no less than $11,5OO,OOO per
annum. Deducting this sum, which
produces a similar increase in the an
nual expenses, from the appropriations
Of this Congress-, and we find that the
present body has appropriated even
less than the amount expended by the
Congress that expired in 1S91.-Toledo
Blade.
Political Com ment.
If the government con create 81 cents
of value by stamping 371H grains of
fine silver as dollar, 1t can create 100
cents Of value by putting the same
stamp on a bit of paper.
In spite of the generally unfavorable
conditions Of last year, the savings
banks of New York State made good
showing. Their surplus, their resour-
ces, and the amount due depositors all
showed increases.