davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
British Exnorts on the Decrease.

The returns issued by the London
Board OF Trade show that during the
month of October there was decrease
of $7,000000 in the value of British ex-
ports, and also a decrease of $3.OOO,OO0 in
the value of imports. The decline was
chiefly in yarns and textiles. The decrease
in the exports of machinery was nearly
$2,0OO,000, owing to the strike Of the en-
gineers. The shipments of tin plates to
the United States continue to decrease,
and the wheat shipments from America
TO increase. The total decrease in the
value OF exports for ten months OF 1897
is $3O,OO0,000, as compared with the cor
responding period last year.
The successful competition of the Unit
ed States, Germany, Belgium and other
countries blessed by protection has had Far
more TO do with the decrease in British
exports Of machinery than has the strike
of the engineers. To the same cause is
due the decrease of $30.000,000 in the
general line OF British exports in the first
ten months of 1897. or all the nations Of
Europe Great Britain is the only one left
that clings to free trade, and she is losing
her prestige in manufactures at ruin
Gus rate.-American Economist.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Political Bird-Sbot.

1t was an "of year" in Ohio for the
] other fellows.
Mr.. Bryan and ex-Gov. Boies are still
on speaking terms.
Mr.. Bryan is probably thinking now Of
| the blasted furnaces.
The free silver sun has set and the free
silver wave has receded.
The Hon. Arthur F. German is 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 "onf years" In
Ohio. This year and last year-for the
Democrats.
Some of his speeches would indicate
that Mr.. Bryan wore smoked glasses
while in Ohio.
Chairman Jones still sticks by ex-candi-
date Bryan, and says that silver is all
right as an issue.
The Mexicans will forgive Mr. Bryan
for going to Ohio first if he will make his
next call on 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; not Pepo-
cratic rails against prosperity.
The Mexicans missed the greatest op-
portunity of their lives when William
Jennings didn't visit them.
The waves of Republican prosperity
continue to wash away the planks from
the silvercratic Chicago platform.
Mr.. Bryan made numerous speeches
during his recent tour through Ohio, but
reading one was reading them all.
Facts, figures and prosperity are run
ming along hand in hand and they are all
giving the free trade silver croakers trou-
BILE.
Mr.. Bryan's Ohio speeches showed that
he is still joined to his idols, despite the
fact that everybody else is abandoning
them.
One hundred thousand tons OF Alabama
coal have recently gone to Mexico for the
use of her locomotives. Good for the
South.
Ii is to be expected that Democrats win
deny that the Dingley law has anything
TO do with the return OF prosperity to the
country.
The Ohio counties in which Mr.. Bryan
spoke in the late campaign increased their
Republican majorities 997 votes over
those OF last year.
Last year. in our commercial relations
with Great Britain, the balance OF trade
in our favor was greater than in any pre-
viops year in history.
Under President Cleveland the per cap
tia circulation in the country fell to
$2110, but II has increased under Presi-
dent Mckinley to $22.S9.
The Democratic New York journal
says that gold is on its way to New
Y,ss and the tide Of domestic manafac-
turing interests rises higher each day. The
railroads are blocked up with the crush OF
business all along the line"
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
TeIler's Deadly Compet.on -

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 row word comes that
China is about to follow in the same line,
thus leaving Mexico and a few South
American countries our only deadly COM
netitors."
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Adjoining a New Craze.

That the Democracy is substituting for
the free silver issue the single tax idea
and others such is 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 If he were
In New York. As is well known. George
was the original single tax prophet and.
in addition to this, attracted to his sup
port In New York all 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.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Faith I'm the New Tariff.

The great business Improvement which
the country has seen since last July Is due
largely to the feeling among merchants
and business men that the new tariff will
furnish both protection and revenue sufii-
cient to run the Government. This sim
pie restoration of confidence has brought
forth millions Of dollars and given employ
ment to thousands Of hands at improved
wages. 1t has caused unused chimneys
to pour forth black smoke and idle wheels
to revolve merrily. The new tariff is in
operation, and its revenues are constant
ly increasing month by month and week
by week. Yet II Is to be expected the
Democrats will say that the Dingley law
has nothing to do with the improvement.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Good Times for Farmers.

Comptroller Eckels of the Treasury De-
partment says that the conditions through
)ut the country are most satisfactory.
The Improvement has come rapidly and
permeates all lines of industry. 1t began
with the agricultural classes. The farm
ers have good crops and are getting high
prices for them. The cattle raisers are
benefited by "A substantial rise in the price
Of cattle. The same is true with the sheep
raisers. This Improvement in agricultural
earnings has had its effect on the rail-
roads by increasing their earnings. 1t
has put money into circulation and has
enabled people to discharge their debts
and thereby benefited the merchants.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Blind. nut Still Shouting.

The fact that the gold mines Of the
world are now producing more than
enough gold to furnish the currency nee
essary to keep pace with the growth Of
population does not disturb the silver
mine owners. who are clamoring for the
use Of their metal for currency. 1t has
recently been shown that the cost Of pro-
ducing the amount of silver required for a
silver dollar is on an average about TWEEN
ty cents, but notwithstanding this they
go calmly on insisting that their metal
shall be used for making dollars at
cost of twenty cents apiece, despite the
fact that sufficient gold is now being min
ed TO meet the requirements of commerce
and business
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
a Single Instance.

Evidences of improved business condi-
tons are found in almost every spot in the
United States. A single instance Of this
is given by Congressman Weaver OF Ohio,
who says of the village of Troy, in that
State, that the output of the wagon works
at that place In August, 1897 was 49,
200, against So, 200 in August Of last year;
in September, 1897, $17,700, against So
600 in September OF last year; in October.
1897, S26,400, against $1,000 in October
of last year. The Piqua rolling mill, To-
Gated in the same district, reports a larg-
er sale Of iron in the last seventeen weeks
than Of the entire year Of 1896.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
We Welcome N,nryiand.

Maryland. by her recent Republican vic
tory, now assumes permanent position
in the Republican column. In three sue
cessive years-'9J. '9G. '0T-the Republi-
cans have. in hard-fOught campaigns on
both sides. carried the State by good
najorities. so that many leading politi-
clans of both parties now look upon Mary
land ms safe Republican State. This is
another evidence of the steady growth Of
sentiment in favor Of Republican princi-
pies in the South, as well as the North.
the Republican representation from the
South in the House having grown from
year to year until it is now larger than in
any previous year in the history Of the
counfry
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Expectations Increase Under Ding
lev 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 tbs 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
mer year. This is disappointing to these
gentry, and somewhat amusing, in con-
nection with their walls Of regret that
such a wicked measure should he enacted
as the Dingley law, which would cut off
our foreign markets
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Dincley Law FuIfiiIs Promises.

The Dingley law is doing all that its
trainers promised for it up to this time.
The November receipts will average near
ly one million dollars per day for each
business day OF the month. All Of this is
accomplished without any material reve-
nuc from the duty on sugar. as the inn
porters are now using up their large stock
OF that article which was imported before
the new law went into effect. 1t is esti-
mated that the revenue from the duty on
sugar when the present stock is exhaust
ed will average $5.000.000 a month. which
of itself will be sufficient to bring the
revenue up to a sum equal to the ordinary
expenditures. With the increase which
will come from other articles, such as
wool, wooden goods and other manufac-
lures with which the country had been
filed. it is now perfectly apparent that
the revenue produced under this law will
he ample to not only cover all the ex-
penses of the Government. hut replace the
losses under the Wilson law.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
He Disaprres with BRYAN.

Those who, at the dctation of their
owr enemies, disregarded their old friends
and attempted to revolutionize the creed
of their old party will justly be held re-
spors. BILE for all the results that have here
tofore followed or shall hereafter follow
their departure from Democratic princi-
Piles and traditions, and we who have re-
fused to desert the old standard and coal
esce with the advocates of 6atism, social
ism, protectionism or any other form Of
government paternalism can well afford
to stand where we are and wait for de-
liverance which is sure to come. Elk
Secretary Carlisle.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
No Retaliation.

Not so much is being heard now from
Democrats as a short time ago about the
retaliation of foreign countries against
the provisions Of our new tariff measure.
A great deal was said about the injury
to our export trade which would. result
from the action which foreigners would
feel Obliged to take to offset the results
of the new tariff; but official figures now
show that our exports of grain and man
ufactured articles continue right along
in spite of the new tariff, and. in fact,
that they are increasing rather than de-
creasinC under il.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Exports Outstrip Population.

Mr.. Michael Mulhall, in paper in the
North American Review. asserts that in
the last twenty years the population Of
the United States has risen from 45,OOO,-
600 to Il 100000 souls-an increase of %
per cent--and at the same time the value
Of exports has risen 10 per cent-that is,
three times as fast as the population. The
same eminent authority declares that
1.-THE quantities of food yearly exported
are sufficient to feed 30,000,000 persons
in Europe. from which il appears that
American farms raise food for 100000
600 of people yearly" With a productive
capacity so vastly in excess of the de-
mands of the home market it is evident
that foreign markets must be opened for
our surplus if the country is to enjoy per-
manent prosperity. If the administration
can do this through the gates Of recip-
rocity, all right; If not, the country will
find another way of breaking down the
barriers which choke the channels of dis
tributiOn.- Exchange.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
PopuIists Tired OF Democracy

Further fusion between Populism and
Democracy grows more unpopular in the
South as the months pass Congressman
Howard of Alabama, a prominent MEM
Der of the Popuiist party, suid in re-
cent interview in Cincinnati: 1T 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 will be impossible
for them to use our party again in ma
tional election"
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Increas.d Whpat Exports.

Everything seems to be going against
free silver theorists. Despite the refusal
Of the United States to adopt the free
coinage Of silver. the farmers Of the coun-
try received more than twice as much for
the September sales of wheat as in Sep
tember Of last year. The September ex-
norts of wheat. according to Dun's Re-
view. were 25.S6S. S3S bushels. against
17.G4G.S15 bushels in September, 1896.
bu. owing to higher prices this year the
money received for these explorations
war more than double in 1897 than N
fCOc
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
H Sneaks His Mini

Uncle Hold" Boies cannot be kept still.
All of the threats and persuasions Of his
Democratic associates will not induce
him to any longer support the free coin
age proposition of the Democratic plat
form of last year. He is out in a new
and vigorous communication, in which he
says that while he wants to see silver
used as currency, he is satisfied that the
proposition for its free and unlimited coin
age at a ratio so different from the com
mercial ratio would be not only injudi-
cious, but fatal.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10

ket for American wheat products is being
developed in Asia. From 1887 to 1891,
inclusive, average annual sales of wheat
-four in Japan were 36,650 barrels; from
1892 TO 1896, inclusive, 71.14S. In 1890
alone Japuan bought 103,5S2 barrels Of
our -four. For the same periods the aver
age annual sales In China were 16,OOS
and 20.723. The best Asiatic market,
however, seems to be the British posses
sion OF Hong Kong, which last year took
S25, S72 barrels of four.-Exchange
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Customs ReceInts Increasing.

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 novel
experience to such clerks as have been in
the Treasury Department only since the
beginning of Cleveland's last administra-
tion
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
A RlYanitic Eizzle.

The Bryan experiment in Ohio during
the closing days OF the campaign there
was fEzle. 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?
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
why Are They siI,ntq

It was thought that the mails and wires
would he kept hot and humming with re-
ports ms to why Japan ought not to have
adopted the gold standard. as result of
the trip Of certain trio of American sill
yer statesmen who took a vacation in
Japan at the expense OF the silver trust.
hut the American people have again been
doomed to disappointment and not a word
has been heard from these patriots.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Joint Tour of stars.

Who is responsible for the statement
that champion Fitzsimmons and ex-can-
didate Bryan are to make a starring tour,
Fitzsmmons to do the sparring and Bry-
an the starring? This would make
strong team in view of Fitzsimmons'
well-known popularity and Bryan's ex-
ceptional success of late in making
speeches al county fairs for share of the
gate receipts.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Lareest in historY.

The report OF the Interstate Commerce
Commission adds to the weight of evil
dence already at hand of an improved
business condition of the country. 1t
shows that the freight tonnage Of the last
year is the largest of any year in the his
tory of the country, being 100000 tons
greater than that Of last year.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
A New Officer.

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 as minister to Austria. and. also,
as minister to Ger: any. rendered valua-
BILE service to this country from COM
mercial standpoint. Mr.. Kasson is now
engaged in getting his new department
into running order.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Knows a Dad Doc.

Your Uncle "Hod" Boies has made an
other statement to the effect that "the
Chicago platform is at variance with the
whole theory of our form OF government"
Now, Uncle Hold was supporting the plat
form last year, but he knows a dead dog
when he sees Il, and he would like TO rally
the party to some other issue.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
ENGLAND Bnys Amtric N Cooss

The growing demand in England and
other foreign countries for American man.
ufactures Is commented on by the Lon
don Economist, which says, in recent
issue, that England is becoming large
purchaser Of American manufactures, cs-
pecially in iron and steel lines, and that
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10

English manufacturers must cheaper
their cost of production II they are TO
hold their ground against the American
competitor. And all this Is happening
under the Dingley law, of which the free
traders said, three months ago, that its
effect would be to close foreign markets
to American commerce, and especially
manufactures
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Increased CircuIatint Me linn

Something over Il year ago 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
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
NIericnn Rrrnnite Prnsneritr-

When n Mexican takes 50 in Mexican
silver, for every dollar Of which he has to
work as hard as his American brother
works for his gold dollar. and buys with
It goods worth 81 in American gold. that
is Mexican Bryante prosperity. The
Of this country don't want
any OF il in theirs.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Ms Loric Doesn't Convince

Mr.. Bryan explains very satisfac-
torily, to himself, why silver has fallen n
fifth OF It's value since he was roaming
the country last year, while at the same
time wheat has advanced 80 per cent in
value, but now and then he runs up
against a farmer who can't see through
his logic. 1t is remarkable how some
farmers can't be convinced.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Deficit DAYS Ne rly Over.

1t will be a novel sensation for treasury
clerks to be confronted each month by a
treasury surplus rather than deficit.
The receipts under the new tariff law
new show an increase over the receipts
of the Wilson law at n corresponding
date last year, and the days of deficits are
nearly ended
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Amount Lost by Farmers.

A statement compiled from the official
records OF the Government prepared by a
free trade Democrat show that during
Cleveland's last term the farmers of the
country lost more than billion dollars
year by decreased consumption and de-
crnased vnlnes OF products.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Silver Cannot ComnIain

The Treasury Department is response
bic for the statement that there is now
in the world $4,235.000.000 in silver
money, and that of that amount So per
cent is full legal tender. This looks as
though silver had not been Disseminated
arainsf 10 any great eXtent
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
DO Not FOLLOW a II Il Ex mnle

1t may be well enough for the Demo-
Gratis to assume that the Ohio Republic
cans are going to quarrel among them
selves over the senatorship, but they will
be mistaken. Republicans are not given
to treachery, although they have had the
Democratic example for many years.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
they Wish They Hadn't

1t Is understood that a good many Of
the gentlemen who had to do with the
framing Of the Chicago Platform OF 1896
nov regret that they are not in a position
to join Uncle Horace Boies IN bis SELF
congratulation that he was not par
ticipant in that incident
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
Asia Becominn Our Marked

The Bulletin Of the Bureau Of American
Republics contains some interesting 6g-
ures showing the extent to which mar
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10
FRIEND TO FARMERS.
SECRETARY WILSON so RECO0
NlZED BY AGRlCULTURlSTS.

Liberal Extracts from an Address by
the Able n cad of the Agricultural
Department A Practical Talk by a
Very Practical Man.
The Yale expositor., 1897-12-10

operation. Issues have been abandoned
entirely.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-08-02
IMPRESIO NES

El msrino es ell hombre de las grandes
proezas, ell h6roe prueba de sufrimientos que
jamas se abate, que desconoce ell miedo, que a
veces, con una copa, olvida los pesares; Gre
&C ante ell peligro, RE cuando ell mar Sc mues-
ira scberbio Sc indigna con la calma de los
elementos; conoce los misterios del mar Y los
secretos de la terra; siendo cosmopolita, ANA
con delirio la patria nativa. Los poetas lie han
cantadO con entusiasmo. Los escritores lie han
ensalzado. iQue mucho, pues, que lie dedique
estas NAL trazadas lfneas, 81 20 simpatizo con
todas las grandes cosas, con los grandes hom
bres, con las grandes ideas?
El militar es ell heroe del deber cumplido,
el martir de la polftica de los gobiernos, ell hi
dalgo manchego que caza de aventuras, mar
cha donde ell dober lie lanza. Es generoso, por-
que es valiente; es sufrido, porque obedece,
ciego, la ordenanza; es experto, porque los
vaivenes de la fortuna le han hecho saborear 10
mas dulce Y 10 mas amargo de la vida
:Qu6 mucho que 20 tambi6n enaltezca 4
este soberbio tipo & quien la civiizaci6n debe
tantas conquistas?
La ciudad de San Juan, oorte de la buro-
craoia puertorriquena que nos abruma, es cier-
tamente una bella ciudad 4 la europea, con su
no escaso movimianto comercial, con ell en- am
bre de vecinos que sc anida en- su compacto ca
encopetados empleados, con sus acerah, con Gus
adoquines, con sus mdltiples peri6dicos, con gu
luz electrica-un tanto languida-con su tel6-
fono, con sus guaguas tranyfas, con sus Guar
teles iglesias.
(Se derriban las murallas que la aprisiona.
ban, oae por terra la centenaria valla hecha, ell
apariencia, 4 perpetuidad. Ell progreso todo-
10 pulveriza, todo 10 transforma. iVitor por
el progresoD
81 no temiera hacerme cansado invitarfa, 4
mis- lectores recorrer estas pintorescas costas
desde Mayagiez San Juan, no sufrirfan, Sc
10 aseguro, quebranto alguno, no temerfan ser
vfctimas de la desidia de los municipios que
abandonan la Naturaleza los caminos-seprl-
tura de vivientes-y sc cobran con rigor inqui
| sitorial lac contribuciones. Sufririais susie
| -pasajero, es verdad-pero susie al fin: la en-
trada en- el puerto de Arecibo y la recorrida de
la costa, que es, como 10 dice ell mote, caribe
Despu6s, todo es bello aquf. (Topografcamen
te hablando).
| 5ov1No DE LA TORRE.
Capital, Julio 1897.