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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Cotton's Best Year.

This butchery is sickening. There is
no hedge, nor bush, nor rock on all the
stricken field in whose slim shadow some
shuddering silverite may not be found
hiding from the statistician's steel. They
are thickest behind the refuge Of foreign
crop failure. A poke in these sets all
sorts and sizes to wriggling, Grandpa
Bland and Boy Bryan, and Teller wall
ing, now that christianity and morality"
depend on more business for Nick Hills
smelter. And as they wriggle they squeak:
Famine, you brutes! You are gloating
over famine. You are exulting in the mis-
cries of the victims of the gold standard
in India and Austria and England and
France. There is nothing in this wave
of prosperity which-ouch!-is giving us
some temporary embarrassment but for
eign shortage in wheat"
Let us stir up the wrigglers a little
further. There has been no foreign short
age in cotton. If there had been, it would
not matter in the sense that a wheat
shortage matters, for we supply 10 per
cent Of the worlds cotton anyway, and
never more than % per cent of it's wheat.
Yet we are getting an extra 10 per cent
this yearTsay, S30,0OO.000 on $500, 00O,-
0O0-for osr-cotton. These are the fig
ures, just compiled by the secretary Of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Mr.. Hes
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
The Iron Barometer.

Among the proofs OF reviying prosper
ity, which some people are trying hard
not to see, must now be included the in
crease of II per cent in the output Of pig
iron within about one month after the
new tariff was enacted. For many years
there have been not few among the fore
most practical business men who have re-
garded the production and consumption Of
iron as the surest barometer of the con-
ditions upon which depends increase or de-
crease Of general prosperity. This is in
part because the production is of necessity
months ahead OF the final consumption in
finished forms, and is based upon all that
some of the shrewdest practical men in
the country can foresee of the future de-
mand for rails, car materials and other
railway supplies, for freight vessels along
the lakes and on sea coasts, for business
buildings and the structural shapes OF
which their skeletons are framed, for ag-
ricultural implements and the iron and
steel entering into their construction. for
extension and improvement Of farms. and
so for fence wire and wire rods. and for
erection of residences and other build
ings, and so for nails and hardware OF all
kinds. When evidence points to material
ly increased consumption in so many
forms trained business men calculate that
better times are coming.
The production of pig iron started this
year with a weekly output of about 16o,-
600 tons, having enlarged to that extent
from 112,TS2 tons last October, gain
of more than 40 per cent. There was
little further advance to about 10000
tons in March and April, but as the pass
ing of the tariff bill came to be considered
more remote or uncertain and stocks OF UNI
sold iron accumulated the production was
diminished to 1G4 900 tons at the begin
ming OF July, showing a conservative de-
termination to defer further increase OF
output until the conditions necessary for
future prosperity were more positively as
sured. This assurance came with the
passage of the tariff bill late in July, and
the weekly output was slightly raised
Aug. 1. and increased 20, lbs tons weekly
during that month. But the output Sept.
1 was already the largest ever known for
that month, excepting in 1S9o-when
sudden furry lifted prices about to those
Of 1S9O-and it was $4,000 tons larger
than Sept. l, 1892.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
southern Cotton Mills.

One of the most encouraging features
Of the business season ended on the first
Of this month was the showing made by
Southern mining and manufacturing en-
terprises. Reports from reliable sources
indicate that all Of them were fairly pros
porous, even while similar industries were
depressed in other parts of the country,
the result being due in great measure to
the advantages of the proximity of the
raw material to points of consumption or
manufacture, and to the favorable climat-
ic conditions. This was especially true of
cotton manufacturing, which evidences
growth both continuous and Of remarka-
BILE extent. For the first time the con-
sumption of Southern mills exceeded a
million bales.--Memphis Scimiter.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
COME, Mr.. BRYAN.
Try to Be Consistent in Your Theories
and Assertions.

At Atchison, Mr.. Bryan made a speech
from which the following are detached
sentences: Last fall the Republicans
said we were repudiationists because we
wanted to lessen the purchasing price Of
the dollar. The price of wheat
and corn is governed by the law of supply
and demand solely. The law of supply
and demand governs the value of a dollar.
Ii there is n short crop Of money dollars
will rise. Nature makes a short crop of
wheat. Man makes short crop Of dol
lars by law"
A year ago Mr.. Bryan asserted that the
value Of dollar was not influenced by
any power whatever except the declara-
ton by the Government that it was a dol
lar. He asserted in season and out of
season that such a declaration was suffi-
Gent not only to make every silver dollar
worth gold dollar, but also to raise every
ounce Of silver bullion in the world to the
value Of gold at a ratio OF 16 to /. With
such record as this, how can the man
have the audacity to now come babbling
about the value Of the dollar being gov
erned by the law Of supply and demand?
He says the dollar has grown too valua-
BILE because it has not kept pace with the
law Of demand. The more money there
is in the country. he contends, the less
the dollar will buy. Does history bear
out such claim? In one of his lectures
Mr.. Bryan presents table to show that
since the crime Of 1878 there has been a
steady diminishment in the price Of pro-
ducts. To make his theory good he must
also show that there has been diminish
ment in the number OF dollars. On the
contrary, there has been a steady and
rapid increase in the number of dollars
since 1873, until now we have per cap
ita circulation of S24.30. whereas in 1873
we had but S1S.04.-Kansas City Jour
nal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Labor and Free s,Ive.

The Illinois Federation Of Labor has re-
adopted, as part Of its platform, demand
for the free coinage Of silver at the ratio
Of 10 to /. But on this, as on previous
occasions, the advocates Of the plank fail
ed to point out wherein labor would be
benefited by the granting Of such a de-
mand. No attempt was made to contro-
vert the specific statements as to where
free coinage would do irreparable harm to
labor.
The workingmen Of Illinois have eighty
million dollars invested In building and
loan associations. A change to the mono
metallic silver standard of free coinage
371A-grain dollar would reduce the value
of these investments about go per cent,
and labor would lose forty-eight million
dollars on one item.
The working people Of this State have
loaned 251a millions In gold value dollars
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16

Being unable to deny that prosperity
has come again upon the country, the
Popocrat statesmen and organs with
one accord are loudly proclaiming that
It Is all due to the failure Of the foreign
wheat crop. The growers Of wheat,
they say, are prospecting. but other
wealth producers are getting no bene-
fits. There is a great deal Of difference,
however, between mere assertion and
well authenticated fact. There Is
abundant evidence on every hand that
all classes Of the people, including
wealth producers Of every description,
are sharing in the new prosperity. The
failure Of the foreign wheat crop could
not start hundreds Of idle shops and
factories to operating and give employ
ment to hundreds of thousands Of Idle
workingmen. The failure Of the foreign
wheat crop would not suffice to stinlu-
late all lines Of business and produce
a feeling Of confidence and security
among investors and merchants
throughout the country.
The failure Of the foreign wheat crop
would not quicken the domestic wool
trade, the leather trade, the trade in
print cloths and sheetings, the tin, cop
per and iron trade, the beef, pork and
lard trade, the trade in petroleum,
glass, lead, cottonseed Oil, lumber, pa
per, brick, coal, salt, hay, hemp, pota-
toes, corn, barley, rye, butter, eggs and
fruit. According 70 Bradstreet's, which
has kept a record Of the business done
in all lines for the last four years, the
trade in all these commodities and
scores Of others has rapidly Increased
since July-the month in which the Re-
publican tariff was enacted.
Regarding the stories Of Western
farmers paying Off their mortgages IN
such enormous amounts, the Orange
Judd Farmer has made careful inqu-
ries and says that while It finds the
newspaper statements somewhat ex-
aggerated, there Is unquestionably an
immense amount Of liquidation going
on. During the past few years the
farmers have practice such economy
that the marked improvement in wheat
and other prices has wonderfully i'm
proved their financial condition. One
great incentive to pay off old mort
cages is the lower interest rates at
which new loans can be obtained.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
PROSPERITY is NOW GENERAL.
Business Improvement Moves Forward by Great
Leaps and Bounds.
Tho DolefuI Cries Of Calamity HowIers mot
Check the Advance of Good Times

the markets will again be as low and weak
as the price Of silver"
This sort Of explanation can never be
effective, for two reasons. The first Is
that ii goes too far for the average voter
to follow with much interest. The second
and the best is that it wholly fails to ac-
count for the advance in many important
commodities which have nothing to do
with the harvests in Europe or the famine
in India. Has there been n famine in
hides anywhere? Has the leather crop
failed! What bad weather has made
iron scarce and raised the price Of steel!
What is the force that has lifted the mar
ket for wool as far, in proportion to for
mer quotations, as wheat has risen? Why
are lambs much higher than they were
when the Dingley bill was passed? How
about the butter crop? Has that failed
in India! Is the cheese market feeling
the effects Of the harvests in Russia?
Where is the cotton crop n failurei Who
has heard Of a lumber famine?-Cleveland
Leader. .
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Why Do the croakers croak,

Solemn silverites whose knowledge of
affairs Is wider than that Of most Of the
men who voted for Bryan last fall, are
not altogether silenced by the rise in
prices under the conditions existing since
the complete triumph of sound money In
the United States. Some Of them, like the
lubugrious Richie, of Summit County,
essay the weary task Of persuading people
who like the change in the times that II Is
the result Of famine In India and ruined
harvests In Europe. These persons pa
rade before the voters Of America the
dread procession of gaunt victims of star
walton in Hindustan, and they quote the
gloomy reports Of crop failure in ireland.
They point to meager grain fields in rs
sia and to the shortage of 100000 BUSH
els In the wheat crop Of France. There"
they say, sis the source Of higher prices
In the United States. Let famine and
ruin abroad be followed by normal wealth
~ and hnrvests, and the general level Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Due to Republican Policy.

1t il only little while since the Demo
Gratis OF the country were haunting the
Republicans with the slowness of pros
perity In returning. Where now, they
said, are the signs Of its coming? The
new tariff had hardly been signed and
Congress adjourned before the boom was
on in such force as to be undeniable. The
blindest pessimist In the Democratic par
ty had to admit 1t. Then came the claim
that the shortage of wheat abroad was
the cause OF 1t oil. That was the burden
of Mr.. Bryan's Iowa speech.
No doubt the shortage in the wheat and
rye crops of the other grain-exporting
countries has advanced the price of wheat
In this country, but the great central fact
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Po.s.I savings Banks.

1t IL announced that PostmasE,, me
eral Gary, after thoroughly stuay,n stab
subject, has concluded to favor inc - thls
lishment of postal savings banks - Of
country, and will make the advoc ,rcuuu-
such a measure q feature OF n's He
bency Of the Postofiice Departm.n but
has not as yet formulated p,hmitted
will do so in his report to De SUI - he
to the President on the opening "
next session Of Congress.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
The Tariff 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 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 and potatoes. Lambs
for slaughtering are worth $1.25 per head
more than they were one year ago. The
value Of sheep kept for wool has also risen
significantly since the passage of 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 will be
seen at a glance that products Of which
we export comparatively moderate
amounts have 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.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
Ia, shot at the Farmers.

The free traders took their last sn !. ~.
the farmers in June; they hustled " a,,,s
erything available on when .ne NJ, The fol-
law increased the rates of duty. - n.
lowing shows the value OF sone lime.
more important farm produces ~
1907. comma red with June, 1890 .oos
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16

In other words, we have ante-panic
values and ante-panic prices. The crop
is worth $25,0OO,OOO more than it has
been in the best year for FIVE years.-New
York Press
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
No Hating the Advance.

Dun's review, which has been jubilant
in its proclamation Of business revival for
several weeks, declares that there Is no
hating 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 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 of all kinds.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-10-16
BETS AND CAMPHOp
SECRETARY WILSON'S Mr.,
ABOUT THEM. ~

The Agricultural and Arbor,.
Receiving Special Attention Wiz
Says There Is No More Rea.o. :
Buying Sugar Abroad than W..
The evening times., 1897-07-24

fact OF bis inability 10 procure the funds
was said 10 have unbalanced his mind. He
talked constantly about the remarkable
finds Of gold from the time Of the first
report. and was anxious To try his fortune
there. He made a final effort among his
friends Thursday 10 get the $500. but did
not succeed. He went to bis home. and
berated his friends roundly for their fail
ure to assist him
Miller told his wife late in the afternoon
that il he had but $500 he could make
$4,000, coo in a month This was the first
intimaUion that Mrs Miller had that her
husbands reason Was giving way under
his excitement Miller became more dem
on st rative later, and his wife went to the
Bedford avenue police station and asked
that policeman be sent to her home to
protect her. She employed special police
man when she was informed phatif a regu-
ar policeman was sent it would be neces-
saIy To arrest her husband. As they en-
tered the house Miller appeared. brandiSa-
ing revolver. He threatened to shoot his
wife, and was barely prevented by the Of
fIceT. who watched the insane man all
night. Miller wasin the same cited coadi-
ton next morning II he did not at once
recover. Mrs. Miller said. she would have
70 have him put into an asylum
The evening times., 1897-07-24
CARRIED ALOFf BY A KITE
Giant Invention of a Camden Man
Lifts Him Above Earth.
Made "A Plaything OF Its Maker and
Required Several Men to Hold
1t Down.

Philadelphia, July 24-when Walter p.
Skinner built tds kite N the Easement OF
his residence. No. 512 North Ninth street.
Camden, he got it too big for comfort. 1t
was such a giant, indeed. that he found it
Impossible to get it out any of the windows
or doors, no matter how he tried. That
was discouraglng. for Skinner had lively
anticipation Of the amaZenlent his kite
would create when it went soaring into
the skies. Undaunted by this setback,
skinner set 10 work and cut two feet Off
the width an d as much off its length Even
then the mon ster was seven feet wide and
ten feet high
skinner selected Thursday night for
a test OF his huge kite, and 10 came near
taking him off on a voyage through space.
With balf- milo OF good strong rope tied
to it, the kite was carried to open lots be-
tween Penn and Pearl streets, opposite
Skinner's residence News of the antict-
pated exhibition spread through the vi
cinity, and a crowd of perhaps 400 per
sons gathered to zee the kite 70 Up.
They saw a deal moretEan theyexpected
skinner got two young men to hold the kite,
while ne and Walter Hoffman, a FREUD
ran across the lot with the rope To give the
monster a start. A good. fresh breeze was
blowing, and soon the kite began to rise,
slowly at first, aud a good deal like n man
TN der the influence of the ardent Il was
AS much as the two men could DO to hold
the nope. There came a lull in the wind.
however, and it rose more slowly and
gracefully The crowd appIauded as the
big object took more aud more Of the rope
and rose and higher IN the atmosphere
At length all the rope was paid out, and
the kite was riding. with scarcely a tremor,
high IN the heavens
So well was 1t laboriug that Skinner
took the rope alone In a moment the
wind brushed up again and before the
amazed Skinner realized what was hap
pening he was off his feet and moving
over the gro1rd toward the east at a
terrific gait. Tie excited crowd called To
him TO let go his hold. and save him self but
Skinner held on like grim death, deter.
mined 20 save the giant which was making
him the riaything. Hoffman ran to the
rescue and managed TO get hold OF the
rope, letting SINNERS feet touch terra
firIna once more.
Even with both men tugging at the
rope the kite threatened to get away and
they had all they could do to keep their
feet by running and relieving the wind
pressure Then they wrapped the rope
about telegraph pole and mana ged to hold
the kite Ii took n half dozen men to haul
down the giant. Skinner will again give
another exhlhition when the weather Is
favorable
The evening times., 1897-07-24
PLANS FOR WINDING STREETS.
Northern Section Too HiUy for
Rectangular Avenues.

Northern Section Too HiIIy for
Rectangular Avenues.
Commissioners Wight and Black. ac
companfed by Mr.. A. P. Richards, the civil
assistant OF the Engineer Commissioner.
made a tour OF the northwest section YES
terd*y afternoon, which will probably
result in the laying out of winding streets
In that section the first departure from the
original Elan Of the city, which provided
only for rectangular streets
The section is known as No 3 Of That
provided fer in the highway extension act
and the streets to be laid out are those for
which provision is made in that enactment
The principal one of them viii be Connect
cut avenue extended
The Commissioners desired to lay the
streets in straight lines as in other Dor.
tons or the city, but the District sur
veyors found that the country was much too
uneven to attempt to cut straight through.
Accordingly it was proposed to cut the
streets to follow the windings of the
valleys, ana plats were accordingly pre-
pared.
Under the circumstances Commissioners
Black approves this plan and the other
Commissioners are disposed to look upon
it favorabIy, but the tour yesterday was
made for the purpose OF seeing for them.
selves Just how hilly the section is and to
follow OUT the routes To be taken by the
proposed streets.
The evening times., 1897-07-24
OFFENSIVE TO NAVAL MEN
officers Humiliated at the Lack Of
Dry Deck Facilities.
Seeding the Indiana tn Halifax for
Repairs Regarded as "A Rather
Disgraceful Spectacle.

New York, July 24-The officers of the
Brooklyn navy yard are much perturbed,
not To say humiliated, at being compelled
to ask foreign government for the use or
q dry dock in which to repair the battle
ship Indiana. There is at present abso-
luteiy no dock in this country in which this
warship can be floated. THERE'S no course
open to- the navy authorities but TO beg
the permission of the British government
TO place the vessel in the dry dock at
Halifax or run the risk OF seeing her fall
into serious state OF disrepair
Already the Indiana has been fourteen
months out of dock. Ii is the rule of the
Navy Department. that the ships shall be
docked every six months for overhaul.
Owing to the lack OF dock accommoda-
tion, the Indiana has got into bad oondf-
tion, and the navy authorities are driven.
for the first time in the history of the
country, to send warship from home
to a foreign port for repair.
The officers of the Brooklyn navy yard
are much iHcensed at the negligence and
careleSsIcss Of whoever is responsible for
the present condition OF the dry dock there,
and they say il viii be fully ei ght months
before the dock i s In fit condition for use
Meanwhile, there are other warships beside
the Indiana notably the New York
which need repair, and it is feared that the
use Of the Halifax dock will have to be
asked for these It Is a humilia ting spec
tacle for sTis country 60 present in the eyes
OF the world, but tt is necessary in order to
save the vessels from serious depreciation
as instruments OF war.
Although this is the first time this country
las been compelled to send warsf1ip from
a home to a foreign port for repairs, IL is
by no means unvEualfor Uncle Sam to have
his ships docked in foreign ports when away
frcru this country no NOR unusual, In fact
thar it is for foreign vessels visiting this
city to lie up at the Brooklyn navy yard
The reeretat,le fact about the present con-
ditioD of the Brooklyn dry dock is that ft
not only precludes the possibility OF the
biggest waEship of this country going under
repair, but it also debars the navy au-
thorities from extending TO foreign war
ships the aceomm odation they often desire.
Ii has not Teen definitely settled that
the Indiana il to go 10 Halifax, but il was
said this morning that there was hardly
anv douts that she would The navy
authorities are at present negotiating
with the British government for the nee
essary permission. That, of course, Will
be given. II will take the Indiana four
days 20 get 20 Halifax, and should there
he another vessel in dock she will have
to wait her turn
The cruiser New York. the flagship of
the squadron, is in a similar plight. She
went to Brooklyn TO be docked some
weeks ago, but found that there WAS no
accommodations. She was last in dock
Oh December 2. 50 that the regulation six
months have elapsed. She will have To
go to Tompkinsville next week, to toin
the squadron, without having been cleaned
and painted.