Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-01

see any signs yet of returning pros perity.
 The last half century has pre- duced a great crop of financiers- men with ability to wreck bank, a life insurance eoEpany or building and loan association.
 The democratic theory of the taxed dinner pail is no longer lis teucd to by tho workman, who is now receiving regular employment and wages. Let the dinner pail be taxed, if necessary, Ee says. Better fuli aud taxed than free and empty.
 Franco aud Germany are both en- gagged in training dogs to attack soldiers mounted on bicycles in time of war. The old saving, turn loose your dogs of war;" may yet have more significant meaning than has vet been attributed to it.
 Chinese vegetable peddlers in Pneulx are resisting paying license for the privilege of selling their produce. They have engaged J. l.. B. Alexander as their counsel, and if necessary, propose to carry their case to the supreme court of tie territory.
 Tho free trade organs which are gloating over the fact that the receipts under the new law are run ning light in its first month or two, have evidently over looked the fact that the Wilson law has also a record. During several months of its early history the receipts under it fell below the twenty million line, and yet it had the advantage of largely excessive importations, due to the fact that foreign imports were held back prior 10 it's final enact mant, while conditions are exactly reversed with reference to the Ding ley law, the importations during the few months prior to its enact ment being nearly double the nor nal amount.
 An exchange says that "the growth of the protection sentiment in the South is plainly shown by the cor dial reception rendered Senator Me Emery in New Orleans on his return after his vote aud earnest work in behalf of the Dingley tariff law. The spectacle of a democratic sena- tor working for and supporting a republican protective tariff measure is entirely unusual, and especially so when it comes from the older class of southern democrats, as was the case with Senator McEnery." There is no doubt that in Louisiana, as we'll as in some ether of the Sou, hern States, there is a very strong sentiment in favor of pro tection, but the trouble always has been that those entertaining this sentiment have not had the courage of their convictions to break away from the old solid south democracy and vote their honest convictions and sentiments. While being pro tectionists at heart, they have voted with the party which opposed it. The acting editor of the Phenix Gazette, during j. O. Dunbar's ab- sence, is upsetting all of the calamity howls (howled for political purposes only) recently made by the latter. The pencil pusher in charge of the Gaztte now, in very pleasing op- timistic contrast with recent calami- ty shrieks of that paper, very frank ly says: "IndieatiOns all point to a hustling season in Phenix. the busiest ever known. Building in- creases rapidly. Only yesterday, J. H. Holmes, manager of the Saginaw Lumber Company's yard, said, We will sell almost-twice as much lum Der this month as during any pre- vious month during the past two wears. Money is plentiful and real estate is yet very cheap. Several sales have been made during the past few days, the principal ones being in the Montgomery addition, together with a fair amount in both Brill and Capitol additions. Che beauty of it is that there are no poor lots on the market and all are desirable from the river bank U the extreme northern part of the city. Prices will rise rapidly, and those who have fair amount of foresight will get in on the ground floor"
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