The advocate., 1897-10-27

attest the satisfaction OF the people with
the triumph Of Republican principles in
1896 and their determination TO main
tain the cause Of sound money will do a
very great deal for the restoration and
expansion of prosperity.
New York Herald: Although the loss
of life in the fever-stricken section of
the South is most distressing, the cost
Of the contagiOn to business is assum-
ing an aspect that causes grave concern.
1t is estimated that in New Orleans
alone the loss will be $4,000 900, while
the loss in other directions and the cost
Of maintaining the quarantine will run
the total up to $38,00O,00O. People in
more favored sections may we'll extend
their sympathy to the people Of the
scOuTge-stricken section.
Buffalo Express: The families of ne
groes who went to Liberia from the
South on the steamer Labrador, in the
spring Of 1896, have arrived in Liverpool
in destitute condition. They say that
the promises of the Liberian agents have
been broken, that more than half of the
LabradOr's party are dead, and that the
rest are trying to reach the United
States. This experience possibly will he
a warning to other negroes not to seek
happiness in Africa. The black man has
better chance in this country than any
where else in the world.
Austin CTex) Statesman Mr.. Bryan
is in error when he says that free coin
age Of silver will fix a mint price for sill
yer, just as mint price is now fixed for
gold" We have the authority Of the
Secretary Of the United States Treasury
for saying the mint fixes no price for
gold. All the mint does Is to give in
return for certain number Of grains of
unCOined gold certain number Of grains
of coined gold, less the cost of the nee
essary alloy No mint in the world
could afford to do more than this, for
no mint in the world is rich enough to
do it.
New York Tribune: Tree-planting
should be praCticed on an extensive scale,
forest fires be more scrupulously guarded
against, and the woodland area of the
country be systematically cultivated, in
stead Of ruthlessly raided. Other ma
tlOns neglected the lesson long, but have
learned 1t at last, and now enforce it
with a strictness that here might seem
despotic. But this nation is bound to |
come, sooner or later, to some such sys-
tenn Of forest conservation and it will |
be fortunate If it does not reach it |
through the ruinOus experience of tree
lessness.
Louisville COurier-Journal: Jerry |
Simpson declares that he has suggested |
to Billy Bryan that protest against |
Tommy Reed and his usurpatiOns should |
be "dignified with a place in our next
national platform, and Mr. Bryan fully
agrees with me-" And thus these Pop
ulists arrange "Our next national plat
form" for the Democratic" party. Per-
haps Jerry has succeeded in finding the
much-needed new issue to supplant sill
yer. What a vOCiferous campaign we
could make for a ticket of Billy Bryan
and Jerry Simpson on platform of no
Tommy Reed and free and unlimited
Tommy Rot
Pittsburg Dispatch: The first argument
In favor Of socialism of all the varying
grades is that the present system has
failed so utterly that it must be pulled
up by the roots and thrown away. We
have no intention of disputing the un-
satisfactory nature of present conditions.
We have long opposed the abuses which
concentrate the opportunities of enter
prise to the benefit of a favored few.
The urgent need of reform is indisputa-
bic. But as employed, in favor of the
alleged reform of putting all enterprise
into the hands of the government, the
argument Of the failure of the system is
utterly destructive of it's own conclusion.
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