The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-05-28


in district convention some time in
June, to elect delegates to the Nation
al conversion July 4th. This is
straight populist, not "fusion." ]
TOWNSEND is again stirred into ac-
tivity on new railroad schemes tot
connect With the transcontinental
lines. Their board of trade committee
is rustling to get new company in
corporated, claiming @that with rail
connection Townsend would be the
deep water terminal for Oriental and
other deep water ships, especially
wheat carriers.
PEOPLE who are surprised that gold
is going abroad at the rate Of 10 or IL
millions month should remember
that foreign goods are coming in at
the rate of 70 or so millions a month.
The enormous increase in the amount
of foreign goods being brought into
the country, all OF which must be paid
for in gold, must explain to a great
extent at least the increase in the out
flow of gold.-Olympian.
JERRY SIMPSON says that Congress
man Lewis of Washington dresses
like republican goldbug, talks like q
Bryan democrat, and votes like mid
dle-of-the-road populist. Our Con-
gresham is trying to make himself
solid with all classes, so as to be Gin
it," which ever side wins. His politics
are evidently of the kind which can
be readily adapted to circumstances.
THE story goes that the sulphur
mines now located near the Matches
trail about Is miles from Buckley,
were first discovered bv camper
whose fire took hold of the rocks which
burned and created such smell that
he had to move two or three miles to
get away from the fumes. Anyway
the mines are fact and Buckley can,
evidently, supply the world with sulr
phur for along time to come.-Buck-
ley Banner.
The democratic senator's will oppose
tax on beer because it is "the poor
mans beverage" and because any tax
on it is "wholly unjust ifable in time
OF peace with Sl20,OOO,OOO of idle
money in the treasury" The "poor
man" is not likely to be deceived by
this contention. He can remember
that the S12O,OOO,OOO idle millions, if
they are in the treasury, were obtain
ed by borrowing, and will soon be owed
for interest. He also knows that he
gets the same amount of beer in his
glass, tax or no tax.-Ledger.
LITTLE is being said about the con-
struction of the Great Northern tun-
mel through the Cascades, but work
has been actively going on and actual
entrance into the mountains will be
made next month, when night shifts
will be worked at each end of the tun-
mel, which will be about q miles long,
or 1929 #. The tunnel will slope
downward IL # to the 100 it so as to
provide thorough drainage and give a
draught sufficient to carry off the
smoke. 1t will take about two years
to complete the tunnel, and the en-
ployment OF large forces of men will
mean large expenditure.
In some quarters the future is be-
ginning to trouble the politicians, as
to where the money is coming from to
carry on the county expenses. Just
at present, everybody who possibly
can is making the struggle to pay tax
es and before Nov. 3Oth, perhaps a
considerable amount of the delinquent
taxes will be paid in to take advantage
OF the recent laws. The exemption
feature of the revenue law relieves
nearly all the houses and personal
property from taxation. In Shelton
less than score of the buildings will
call for taxes from their owners. Out
side few stocks of merchandise. the
railroads, printing offices, and two OF
three industries, sho one in this y;cini-
ty has property subject to taxation,
The question is: where will the money
come from?
STATE warrants are now worth tri.
file more than their face. Some of on,
popullst friends consider this a fact
worth mentioning frequently. Thel
point to it rs an evidence of the con.
fidence which investors have in the
populist administration. 1t is moth.
ing OF the kind. The warrants arr
bringing on the market just about
what they are worth as an investment
Ihey are quoted at the figures that
were familiar several months ago-he
tore there was a populist administra
ton. When the pops and democrat.
FUSED and their orators went about at
lacking the credit Of the state, anG
promising all manner OF crank leeisla,
ton, the price of warrants fell. A,