The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-12-24
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Brief Political Comment on Men and.
Public Affairs.

| The Kansas State Board of Agriculture
| estimates the total -alue of Kansas ag-
| ricultural products for 1SS? TO be $176,-
100000, the greatest since 1890.
Editor Mclean Of Washington, D. c.,
has surrendered his house in Cincinnati,
! rented temporarily for the Ohio campaigns
/ to establish" residence in Ohio.
With only $153, 100000 of silver coined
| by the United States mints last year the
| s1lverltes cannot make out strong case
about ''discrimina ton" against silver.
free trade tariff: general depression
and distress. A protective tariff: pros
perity and plenty. This has been simply
the history of the country since its first
President.
The Chinese wall, l,".due to the DingIey
law, don't seem to be seriously interfer-
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
lamityites have some consolation left in
the fact that the New England mackerel
catch is 10000 barrels short of that of q
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 reopening of nego-
tiations for the adoption of a treaty of ar
bitration 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 it's
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,O0O, the largest
i'll the present decade.
The first six months of the Mckinley
administration were the most disastrous
in the history of the country."-W. ].
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 opera ton. 1t was % per
cent larger in September, 1897, than it
was in September, 1896.
"Uncle Hod" 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 benef-
| 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-
| tlnue to increase month by month and it
| seems likely that the prediction that il
will meet all running expenses of the Gov
ernment 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 p 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 augmcnts
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
new field is open to the South for her rich
products
"The revival of all industries and the
| commencement of prosperity in all parts
| of the United States were the natural
and necessary results of the action of the
President and a 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 $lo4,691 ,705, a
gain of over % per cent over that of the
| September of a year ago.
Mr.. Bryan kept up his calamity cry in
Ohio this year despite the fact that the
| October statement of the national banks
of the country showed that the individual
deposits in the national banks were $685.
| 100000 in excess of those of one year ago.
| MT. bryan was HetiTQ TO say some
months ago that he would be glad if the
Mckinley administration could bring
prosperity to the country. That was very
patriotic, but has anybody heard his ex-
pressions Of satisfaction since it has
! come?
Conservative estimates state $160, 0,000,-
! 900 as the figure which will probably be
reached by the gold reserve of the Treas
| rtr ont tha of a
| crop season. This state of affairs pre-
sents something of contrast to the last
| administration.
Senator Hanna, it is understood, has
only one regret regarding the Ohio cam
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 maiorities
where Mr.. Bryan went.