The advocate., 1897-09-01

AASu Anuuouldl BTOWJl.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: When General
Roberts made his famous campaign
into Afghanistan Great Britain prac-
tically established the frontier to suit
herself. The present Ameer Of Afghan
istan Is on the throne by and through
British intrigue. An agreement with
him limited his own field of influence
with the border tribes It is reported
that his leading general has instigated
a new uprising among the tribes on
British territory, and that he is ambi-
tiOus to exercise the same influence
throughout the whole district formerly
exercised by the AhkOOnd of Swat. He
will not succeed in this, but he will
probably call into his own territory a
formidable British army which will 80
rearrange the boundaries as to mate
rally cripple his power. Instead of
the great teacher of the MOhammedans
ruling in the Swat valley, it is now
occupied by British soldiers.
New York Sun: Economy in expen-
diture lis well, but it may be carried to
the extreme Of a vice injurious to So
ciety. If every American spent only
the money requisite to keep soul and
body together, saving the rest, our
complex civilization would sink to the
simplicity Of barbarism. 1t exists and
progresses because men spend their
money to crafty an increasing variety
Of artificial wants created by their
tastes and ambitions. Thus the null
tiform industry of our civilization Is
made possible. When men generally
begin to practice sharp economy de-
preston follows. The increased econ
omy decreases the demand for a null
titude of articles in whose production
labor is engaged, and mechanics and
other wOrkmen are thrown out Of en-
plOyment, and they, in their turn, are
compelled to refrain from buying be-
cause they are without money with
which to buy.
The American: We have great
wheat crop this year, a great market
and rising prices for agricultural prod
ucts. And exporting large quantities
Of such produce and at better prices
we are building up a favorable trade
balance that must make Great Britain
our debtor ON current accounts. These
current accounts must be settled, set
tied, as we have said, by sending us
gold, or returning our securities. If
gold is sent money will be made more
plentiful in the United States, and such
increase in the volume of our currency
will make possible a general and sus-
tanned advance in prices, an advance
in prices that must add to the profits
Of industry, stimulate production and
lead to industrial revival; a revival
that will last as long as we can keep
such gold, which will be just so long
as we are blessed with bountiful har-
vests, and our competitors are kept out
of the category of effective competitors
by short harVests.
Carroll D.Wright, United States Com
missioner of Labor: / believe that for
every fact which can be brought to
bear upon the question to show that
machines have deprived men Of labor
another fact can be referred to which
will prove that more men have been
supplied with labor than have been
deprived Of it. Every impartial inves-
tigation of the subject has proved this.
There has been no debasement of hu-
manity by the substitution of machin-
cry for human labor, and that there is
no danger in such substitution. must
insist that it has not helped to create
new and tremendous inequalities of So
ciety, or turned thousands into tramps
and vagabonds, or hardened the nat
ural selfshness of men in any way.
1t has changed the old individual re-
latiOns of the employer and the en-
plOye to the corporate relation; but
IL is now forcing men fn the nnnnlnsinn