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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

made by the people in 1892 resulted in tho
OF this legislation BY Congress
!. tue Wlison-GOrman act of 1894, stop
ping TINS industry. The Dingley bill, en-
ac'ed Dy the extra session of the present
congress. has again revived the hopes of
Tue american people. There is a pros.
pect now that this 500, OOO, 600 will. with
IN a lew years, be kept at home to be dis
..iouteu among the working people
~.nroushout the country. One question
he American farmer must always have
III mind, and that is, the steady employ
hlent OF our laboring people. We are
workers ourselves. Those who employ
iaoor IN other lines would feel the effect
OF these new industries. Labor would
DC more IN demand and get better prices
because OF the distribution of this $780,
Vo"'ooV among our people. 1t will be an
opportunity, valuable to the farm not only
III Inc investigation Of crops, but with re-
sard 10 Its benefit to the dairy. The by
prodhcts OF beet factories will be as val
uaoie for feeding to the dairy COW as the
sugar beet would be before taken to the
factory, because the bulk of our staple
crops mas more carbonaceous matter than
the DAIRY COW requires. The factories only
use the c~arbonaceous part of the beet,
leaving the heterogeneous matter entirely
IN the pulp. A great impetus will he Civ
EN- to dairying in the United States. The
sugar industry will enable the farmer to
una this necessary element of COW feed,
ana the farmer. when he takes a load Of
beets to the factory. will bring back a load
OF pulp and save it up against the time
when he needs to feed it. Note the effect
OF the two policies rs they bear upon the
farmer n his prosperity. The theory
OF the one is that we should buy in the
cheapest market. We tried that during
the last administration. The theory Of
the other is that we should produce in the
United states everything that our soil
and climate are capable of producing. We
remember distinctly the effect Of this pol
icy under all Republican administration.
We are getting an earnest Of the effect
OF it now under the present administra-
ton.
Protection Esta b1ishes New Industries
That protection establishes new indus
tries we have had a lively illustration
within the past few years. In 1891 we
had no tin manufactures in this ou1
try; we imported 1.O36,4 9,O74 pounds.
President Mckinley placed % cents a
pound on tin coated iron and steel. That
act has created nearly 200 tin plate mills.
In 1891 we imported $25, 1906 worth.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1880,
we only imported $11.4S2,33SO worth. We
import now for special uses only: very
o o VIZ will not import any.
The ideal condition to be reached is such
diversification of industry that the farm
or will find a home market for most Of his
products. The establishment of every
new industry brings lis nearer to that
ideal. 1t is estimated that 10000 people
are directly and indirectly employed in
the tin plate industry. They are new
customers here for the American farm
ers that We formerly fed at arms length
in other countries.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
No Satisfaction for FREQ Traders

No Satisfaction for FREQ Traders.
Free traders who expected support for
their peculiar views from the English
statistician, Mulhal, will be disappointed
to know that he has taken pains to point
ont the fact that the expectations Of the
United States have increased three times
as fast as has her population during the
protective tariff period. Mr.. Mulhall
shows in . recently published article that
while the increase in population in the
past twenty years has been So per cent,
the increase in the value Of expectations
has been It's yer cent, and practically all
that under a high protective tariff.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Teller's /" Deadly Competion."

Senator Teller will soon be able to lay
away on the upper shelf Of his library that
much.worn sentence about the deadly
competition" which the silver-using coun-
tries are making against the United
States In international commerce. Rus
STA, Japan and several of the South Amer
lean silver-using countries have all gone
to the gold standard since Mr.. Teller
started his deadly competition argument
into the field. and now word comes that
China is about to follow in the same line,
thus leaving Mexico and a few South
American countries our only "dcadly com
petitOrS,"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Political Btrd.Shot.

It was an "off year. in Ohio for the
other fellows.
Mr.. Bryan and ex-Gov. Boies are stilf
on speaking terms.
Mr.. Bryan is probably thinking nov Of
the blasted furnaces.
The free silver sun has ret and the free
silver wave has receded.
The Hon. Arthur p. German Il con-
templating retiring TO private life.
The rails in the Western country are
bright and shining with the heavy freight
traffic.
There have been two 'of years' in
Ohio. This year and last year-foP the
Democrats.
Some of his speeches would Indicate
that Mr.. Bryan wore smoked glasses
while in Ohio.
Chairman Jones still sticks by ex-candt-
date Bryan, and says that silver u all
right as IN issue.
The Mexicans viii forgive Mr.. Bryaa
for going to Ohio first il he win make his
next cali in them.
How about that Dingley law Chinese
wall? 1t doesn't interfere, apparently,
with our export trade.
The freight traffic Of the West keeps the
rails bright. Railroad rails: mot Popo-
cratic rails against prosperity.
The Mexicans missed the greatest OPP
~portunity OF their lives when william
Jennings didn't visit them.
The waves OF Republican prosperity
continue t. wash away the planks fuem
the silvercratic Chicago platform.
Mr.. Bryan made numerous speeches
during his recent tour through Ohio, but
reading m was reading them all.
Facts, figures aud prosperity are run
ming along hand in hand and they are all
giving the free trade silver croakers tr0u-
bic.
Mr.. Bryan's Ohio speeches showed that
he is still Joined to his idols, despite tAe
fact that everybody else 10 abandoning
them.
One hundred thousand tons Of Alabama
coal have recently gone to Mexico for tn
use OF her locomotives. Good fur the
South.
1t is to be expected that Democrats VIII
deny that the Dingley law has anyfhang
to do with the return Of prosperity % IL
country.
The Ohio counties IN which Mr.. Bryan
spoke In the late campaign increased their
Republican majorities 0O7 yotes oveE
those Of last year.
Inst year, III ii copmerciAl relasiona
with Great Britain, the balance % tEaAos
In onr favor was greater than in IN ~
vjous rear IN history.
Under President Cleveland the ~
itA circulation IN the country felt 1s
$21.10, bnt II has increased undor -
dent Mckinley ID 4.38D sSssa
The Democratic New Yosk 1casS
says that gold n a II n ~ 1EgaE
York md The tide ufs ddmeNe
turing tnteReGls jxiioe1A tEA4re
mi1NG19Afe httoek% ~ u1e
h~S1isa1ss0
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Adopting . New Craze.

That the Democracy il substituting for
the free silver issue the single tax idea
and others such il shown by the action OF
National Committeeman Shanklin Of In
diana, who, In the same day, addressed
Mr.. Bryan as the next President Of the
United States and then stated that he
would support Henry George IL he were
In New York. As 10 well known, George
was the original single tax prophet and,
in addition to this, attracted to his sup
port in New York oil the socialists, dis
~contentists and other lists. This brings
Bryan, free silver, single tax, socialism,
red flags and various other cardinal prin-
ciples into pretty close touch.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Populists Tired or Democracy.

POpuItsts Tired or DcmOCracy.
Further fusion between Populism and
Democracy grows more unpopular in the
South az the months pass. Congressman
Howard Of Alabama, a prominent men,
Der of the Populist party, said in a re-
cent interview in Cincinnati: ut will be
iompssible to get the support OF our party
for Mr.. Bryan again. Populists will not
be drawn into the support OF Democratic
candidates. We have been betrayed by
the Democrats, and it win be impossible
for them to use u party again in a ma
tional election"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
He Spcaks His Mind.

.rJncle Hold" Roics cannot be kept still,
An of the threats and persuasions OF his
nemocratic associates will not induce
him to any longer support the free coin.
zoo nroposition Of the Democratic plat
Snrm az Inst year. He Is out in a new
and vigorous communication, IN which ne
saws that while he wants to see silver
nscd "A currency, he Is satisfied that the
rronosition for it's free and unlimited coin
sve ~ a ratio so different from b com.
mercial ratio would be not only injudi'
c;ons. but fatal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
A Bryanitic Ftxxla.

The Bryan experiment In Ohio during
the closing days of the campaign there
was a izzle. In the counties In which he
held forth to the delighted farmers the
Republican majorities averaged about a
hundred greater than last year. II Bryan
had spoken from every stump" as orig
inally announced, what would have been
the result?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Increased Ctrculatiuu Nc lium.

Increased Circulating Me lium.
Something over a year s Mr.. Bryan
was stating that the only way to Increase
the circulating medium OF the country
was by the adoption Of the free coinage OF
silver, and yet the treasury figures show
that to-day there are millions and millions
more money in circulation than when this
statement was made.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

English manufacturers must cheaper
their cost Of production il they are to
hold their ground against the American
competitor. And all this is happening
under the Dingiey law, Of which the free
traders said, three months ago, that its
erect would be to close foreign markets
TO American commerce, and especially
manufactures.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Customs Receipts Increasins

CuBCOIu0 IteCetpU1 IhCF66Stng.
The receipts from the new tariff law
now show an increase over the receipts
of the Wilson law at a corresponding date
last year. The treasury officials expect
by the first Of the year that the receipts
will be sufficient to meet current expenses
Of the Government This will be a novel
experience to such clerks a. have been in
the Treasury Department only since the
beginning Of Cleveland's last administra-
ton.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

Everything seems to be going against
free silver theorists. Despite the refusal
Of the United States 30 adopt the free
coinage OF silver, the farmers Of the coun-
try received more than twice a. much for
the September sales Of wheat 40 IN Sep
tember Of last year. The September ex-
ports of wheat, according to Dun's Re-
view, were 25,606,638 bushels. against
17,648,815 bushels In September, 1893,
but owing TO higher prices this year the
mos;ey received for these explorations
was . than double IN 1897 than In
1880.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
A New Omcer.

The new Commissioner on Reciprocity,
Mr.. John Kasson, is especially fitted for
the position to which he has been appoint
ed. He is an eminent diplomat and when
serving az minister to Austria, and, also,
as minister to Germany, rendered valua-
bic service to this country from a COM
mercial standpoint. Mr.. Kasson is now
engaged in getting his new department
into running order.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Largest i'm History.

The report Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission adds to the weight Of evil
dence already ut hand Of an improved
business condition Of the country. 1t
shows that the freight tonnage Of the last
year 10 the largest or any year In the his
tory OF the country, being 10000 600 tons
greater than that of last year.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Joint Tour OF Stara

Who il responsible for the statement
that champion Fitzsimmons and ex-can-
didate Bryan are to make q starring tour,
Fitxsimmons to do the sparring and Bry-
an the starring? This would make a
strong team in view OF Fitxsimmons'
well-known popularity and Bryan's ex-
ceptional success Of late in making
speeches at county fairs for a share OF the
gate receipts.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Expectations Increase Under Ding
ley Law.

Not even the satisfaction is left to the
free trade Democrats OF saying that the
Wilson law was better for the exporters
of American manufactures than the Ding
ley law. They thought they had things
dead to rights on this score, and that as
soon as the new law went into operation
they would be able to point to the decrease
in the expectations OF American manu-
features, but in the very first month of
the new laws operations the expectations
of manufactured articles were larger than
in the corresponding month Of any for
mel year. This is disappointing to these
gentry, and somewhat amusing, in con-
nection with their walls Of regret that
such a wicked measure should be enacted
as the Dingley law, which would cut of
our foreign markets.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
WAY Arc They silent?

r. was thought that the mails and wires
would he kept hot and hunming with re-
1870 ~ to why Japan ought not to have
pdontcd the gold standard, As a result Of
~. trim az a certain trio of American sill
rar .tstecmen who took q vacation In
1enan nt the expense Of the silver trust.
mi the American people have again been
doomed to disappointment and mot . word
hss neon heard from these patriots.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Euows . Dead D0e.

Your Uncle 'dod" Boies has made an
other statement to the effect that 1.-THE
Chicago platform II at variance with the
whole theory Of IN form Of government"
Now, Uncle Hold wn3 supporting the plat
form last year. but he knows 4 dead dog
when he sees it, and he would Hike to rally
the party to some other issue.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Dencit DAYS Ne.rlv 1--WE.

1vcIICIV OayB NcH11y Ov6f.
1t will be q novel sensation for treasury
clerks to be confronted each month by a
treasury surplus rather than O deficit.
The receipts under the new tariff law
new show an Increase over the receipts
Of the Wilson law at a corresponding
date last year. and the days Of deficits are
nearly ended.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Moxican Rryauite Prosperity. :

Moxtcan Rryauite Prosperity. :.
When i Mexican takes IS In Mexican
silver, for every dollar Of which he has to
work ~ hard Al his American brother
works FOR hin gold dollar. and buys with
Il Eooda worth 81 N American gold, that
= Nexican Bryanite prosperity: The
woekinsmen Of this country don't want
any q Il = theirs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
silver Cannot Com piafn.

The Treasury Department is response
bic for the statement that there is now
in the world $4,235. 900, 900 in silver
money, and that OF that amount IS per
emit is fnil legal tender. This looks as
though silver had not been Disseminated
against to any great extent.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Amount Lost ~ FarsnerA

A statement compiled from the Official
records OF the Government prepared by d
free trade Democrat show that during
Clcveland's last term the farmers OF the
country lost more than q billion dollars
. year BY decreased. consumption ami de-
creased values OF products
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
DO Not Follow . Rad Example.

DO non Follow . BN0 Example,.
1t may be we'll enough for the Demo-
Gratis to assume that the Ohio Republic
cans are going to qnarrel among them-
selves oyer the ~senatorship. but they viii
be mistaken. Republicans are not given
{ o treachery, although they have had the
Democratic example for many years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
WHAT THE CHILDREN SAY.

When, in the dusk Of evening. come to
where | see
Three little faces at the window looking
down ut me,
And hear the shout CT Papa" and the
sound OF scampering feet,
And find myself prisoner ere ] can beat
retreat;
The robbers seize my parcels and search
my pockets through.
And bear me 10 their castle spite of al!
that | can do.
There the queen OF these handtu gently
chdcs their boist'rous giee.
and asks how many kisses II Will take TO
ransom me.
oh. is there any pleasure in all the busy day
That's quite as sweet as listening then TO
what the children say?
Helen thinks n hundred kisses are enough
to ransom me,
II I'll change them all for pennies bright US
soon as | am free;
while Henry claims that Papa is more
valuable than Chat"
And so the rascal coniiscates my ovcrcoat
and hat.
But tender-hearted Josephine makes terms
for my release:
"We'll let you CO. dear papa, for Just one
kiss apiece"
When I've paid my ransom duly, this val
liant robbor band
Escorts me to the table. with n guard on
either hand,
There for blessed hour fling my cares
away
And grow younger as listen to what the
children say.
From ny prison in the study I detect them
stealing by,
TIL they think they're out Of hearing: then
with shouts away they fly
All about the house they frolic-now below.
now overhead.
Little chance I'll have for study TN they're
SauEly tucked in bed.
But at last there comes n silence, and tip
toe out to see
Three little sober faces clustered ut their
mothers knee
Their prayer. please bless dear papa"
never fails to put TO rout
Every skCptiCal opinion or philosophical
doubt
when the world looks cod ard cherries,
and heaven seems far away,
Just stop, my friend and listen TO what the
children say.
Thomas G Roncy, in Chicago Standard
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09

ii!l Collector have presented this
hill To your husband time aud again at
his office. and he is always too busy TO
attend TO it. have also called here
with II IS times. but you have always
put me off
Mis- De Rich What? You have
called al this house with that petty bill
Is times? Such frequent calling with
one bill is an insult. sir Begone!-N.
Y Wnelxly
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
THE MILLER'S GEESE. :
BY MARY sOMMERvIILE ard
MARTHA D. BANKS.
TAIR and sweet were the flowers in

TAlR and sweet were the flowers in
the morning sunshine, but no farer
nor swceter than was Elizabeth herself.
us she came down the walk in front of
her grandfather's cottage, in her pref
" print frocl and with the roses in her
cheeks. which in some sly manner had
sprung up there long before any of
their rivals had thought of blooming in
the garden.
Down in the heart Of Pennsylvania,
in the first quarter of the present CEN
tury lived Elizabeth with her grand
father and her grandmother. in the
small house near the woods on the bank
Of n brawling creek, not far from The
village Of Bellefonte, lying under the
shadow of Bald Eagle mountain! The
name Of Bellcfontc had been giver to
the town by Elizabeth's grandmother,
in honor of the magnificent spring
bright, cool. fresh, sparkling and never
failing-that bubblcd up on the edge OF
the village.
On the opposite shore of the creek
s.uod the old mill. with its whizzinc,
hurrying wheels. grinding away day
by day in order to supply the good peo-
pie of the town with their daily bread,
and hard by was the humble home OF
the miller, David Crew, where he and
his wife lived by themselves, with only
a flock Of geese for company. 1t was n
wild, lonely spot, but Elizabeth's
Quaker cousins were over in the Town,
within walking distance, and Elizabeth
seldom sighed for other companions.
Indeed. her grandmother thought that
She was almost too fond Of wandering
round in the sole society of her own
feelings and fancics, and that of the
dumb creatures about her, for n Young
maid who was of mind to become a
thrifty. able housewife, and she did her
best TO lure the girls thoughts and foot
steps into more practical. domestic
paths.
But. in spite Of her love of out Of door
life and her affection for nearly all
living things. Elizabeth felt no great
respect for the lively geese Of the miller.
They arc but noisy birds" she would
'''' "'" .1l... s.''.'',','. r. - ~,
~ us "oou' ~. '''''i 'l ~ o'n nn
- J, ""N, - '"+ ~. ~, i,,r;aro ,ba,
'" '' "'' ~ ',-,'",' ~ tonta7" s.' .,''
s''' mas ''o' q ''.'
Ike some SlHl '"Fs.' ,t'"' n",e
seen ."r ''I". "''.'' "o.'u ,..,, 'vas'l'S. y
reply, win 'ie'I '"'f'f i'','' Pu''s ,,u. ~,
'Ae ''"U,'' anu 'u'| '"'''''',' -, ''1i u'S
aware "uere '"eH "'e o' " ""' '''' "' (
1o,a".
Then would ElIZApelh "'u, d ana hahs
her glIay ''i''e h'ou. ior WEI s"c A"e"
that She was sometimes more gwen 10
dreaming man 10 'olnE' "u' h,F me-, "rano-
ialher Wcuiu 'h'h '''HA "''nIn nun
'e''' ana i'''"'I'.EH "' '", E''"'"h
tn''N Oh A,s gr"I, ,...' .', J., 'o, >, iuos,
'e 'rN"o" ',ot'o '.'' ~ W 49, ~, l,' ~ a.J =,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09

y Gcorgiu drummer had customer
whose mme was Legg. The latter
failed in business. and the drummer.
who happened To he on hand at the
time. ,elrgraphrd his firm:
"Lrg9 has broke"
The firm placed the wrong cous,ruc-
,ion on the telegram and replied:
SORRY See II physician. and keep
sober" Atlanta Constitution.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09

Crimsonbeak-Do dogs ever get wor-
ried, do you suppose?
Yeast-Why, certainly! saw one
yesterday in a stew.
"What was it. u rabbi, stew?"-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
An Aid to Quietudc.

Mr.. O'Hara-Maggie, pfwhat do yez
wear yer gloves for pfwhin yez are
playing the panner?
Mrs. O'Hara-'Sh! the baby's shlap-
ing. an Oi don't want to make so much
noise.-Judge.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
He Had Nine,

"A child in the house" said the
Thoughtful Chap. lis a joy forever"
Yes. remarked the Nonsensical Guy.
somewhat sadly, "and | know people
who are overjoyed. d."-Cincinnat Com
mercial-Tribune.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
GnNe Himself ANxnN.

Judge-You might os well own up
that you stole that tdouble-barreled shot
gun from the colonel here.
Sam Johnsing-l was jess so desperit.
boss, dat tuck de gun bellase wanted
TO shoot myself.
But instead Of committing suicide
you went and sold the gun for two dol.
lars"
Oats SO, boss. but ] had ter sell de
gun ter buy cartridges wild de money.
Can't shoot myself widout cartridges"
IN. y. World
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
The DiCrcr Half.

IL cannot understand" said the bach
elor clerk. why mans wife is called
the better half"
You would" said the married clerk,
"if you had to divide your salary with
ne."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09

Diner--Is the landlady's daughter
studying music?
Boarder-She's only learning 10 play
the piano.-Up-to-Dnte.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-12-09
In the Police Court

Mrs. Yeast--IIaye you frieud at
court?
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-No; but believe
my husband is there a good DEAL
Yonlers Statesman.