Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-11-04
PARAGRAPHS WITH po,mTa.

PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Short and Timely Commentaries -
Men ana Events.
There will, it Is announced, he six celes-
tial eclipses in 1893. But there will -
other cclipses, too.
The silver ENJOYS who went to japan 10
see why silver was demonetized don't
seem to be in any hurry to report. Time
is passing, gentlemen.
Under President Cleveland the per cap
ita circulation in the country fell I
$21.1O, hut it has increased under Presi-
dent Mckinley to $22.S9.
Even the Tammany Democrats have
snubbed Mr.. Bryan. He wrote them urs-
ing that they should put silver into their
platform and they promptly responded By
keeping it out.
Nobody has been heard to hint for the
past " months that William Mckinley
made any mistake last fall when he r.
marked that he thought it better to open
the mills to American labor than the
minis to the worlds silver.
1t is limited that the Democratic ticket
OF 1900 may be Henry George, OF New
York, and Tom johnson. Of Ohio, on .
platform of single tax. The party must
have an issue, you know, and as free trade
and free silver are dead there seens to be
nothing else left.
The ear ending Sept. I. 1897. was .
bad for the wheat-and- silvcr-hand-in-
hand theory. One ounce Of silver on Sept.
1. 1876, was worth just as much as one
bushel OF wheat in New York. On Sept.
l. 1897, it took just two ounces OF silver
to buy a bushel Of wheat.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bryan will
issue another book shortly, to be entitled
"The Complete Letter Writer" and that
it will contain full instructions on the art
bf getting private letters into print with.
out waiting for the aid and consent" u
the party to whom they are written.
The earnings of the Dinyley law in the
second half of August were eighty In ex-
cess Of S9,OOO.O00: those Of the first half
Of September were over &1O.O00OO0, and
those Of the last half Of September were
in excess Of 1000. 900, showing q steady
and gratifying increase in income under
it.
1.-THE true story Of Mr.. Hanna's attitude
to his workmen and toward union labor,
as far as his mining interests in Western
Pennsylvania are concerned, IL that he 10
the best nan in the whole district to work
for."-From statement Of William War
ner, Secretary United Mine Workers Of
PittsburG District.
The treasury receipts under the. Dingley
law are steadily increasing. The receipts
Of its second month are greater than those
Of the second month under the Wilsoa
law. despite the fact that the Dinsley law
found the country filled with foreign
goods, while the Wilson law found many
millions dollars worth of goods waiting
to enter and contribute TO It's earnings.
The Tammany Democrats evidently
thought Q live national chairman better
than a dead presidential candidate. Chair
man Jones advised them to give silver the
cold shoulder in their platform. Ex-Can.
didate Bryan urged them to embrace il.
As Jones will remain chairman until the
national convention Of 1900 IL fully orgnn-
lied. the willy Tammanyites stood BY
Jones.
The Philadelphia Press has made .
careful canvass Of the State OF Pennayi.
vania, sending out 1O2 inquiries int the
81 counties OF the State relative to the
business and industrial conditions. The
result IL most gratifying and the reports
unanimous to the effect that times have
greatly improved, factories started up all
over the State. orders are coming In and
labor finding employment everywhere.
The leaders Of the calamity party are
overjoycd at the slight fall In wheat late
". They are e~xpectantly watching quo
t~ations, in the hope that something win
conduce to u further deprecia tion of it,
value, 30 that they can say. I'VE told ron
so" to the farmers. The TACT that an
ounce OF silver q = ngo was equal In
value to a bushel Of wheat, but now buys
only half a bushel. has knocked the wind
out OF their specious arguments.
A couple Of months ago the free traders
looked complacently at the large exporta-
tions Of manufactures under the Wilson
law, and were only waiting to point exult-
ingly to the falling on of these exporta-
tons under the new law. Il seems, how
ever, that they we're wrong. ~ usual. The
first month OF the operations Of the Ding
ley law showed a larger expectation Of
manufactured articles than for n CORE
spending month Of preceding years. So
much for their statements that the enact
ment Of q protective revenue law would
ont of Our market abroad for American