Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-09-01

 press. The object is to save the extra expense of ending guards along with prisoners. When the farmers have moneyl they buy goods. Thus the farmers are not merely the advance agents of prosperity, but the real show itself"-New York World. Well, the farmers are getting some money and are coming in for full share 0f prosperity.
 With the daily list Of failures oi building and loan associations, life insurance companies, aud ether in- stitutions, the apparent object Of which is to furnish opportunities for accumulating savings by instal!- ments and in small sums, raises the serious question whether each in- dividual Is not more competent to take care of hIs own money than these self styled finaucierS Instead of being savings institutions they are simply wreckers of other peo- ple's money.
 When Cieveland's administration net only failed to redeem it's prom ises 10 give farmers Sl co wheat and to give general prosperity 10 the country, but on the contrary gave it four years of the worst depression in business ever experienced, u ey excused themselves by alleging that circumstances which they could not control was the cause of it. Now when good times are returning un- der the Mckinley administration they claim that 1t is Providence. Admitting their excuses it seems that Providence aud favorable cir cumstances stand in with he repub- lieans and do not in any way affiliate with the democratic party.
 Despite the pacific talk of Japan on the Hawaiian question, she still keeps her war steamer in the harbor of Honolulu. That the Japs in Hawaii have Intentions of attempt ing to capture the island is evil denced by the following from u 0 Honolulu Star: If we look upC Japanese correspordence and arti- cles in he Japanese press It IS found | that allusion is made to an uprising in the islands. It is one of the ex- cuses for the presence ef tue Nanl- wa in our waters. Should such rising ake place it would be very easy for the Japanese government to repudiate it if unsuccessful and it would be very easy to reap the advantages were it successful. This idea of a probable rising is ever present in Japanese minds in the empire and there is good reason to believe that 1t is present among the Japanese minds here"
 4 big London banker was quoted the other day as saving in an inter view that England would not puF- chase much wheat from the United States this year, but that she will bs able to obtain her supply else where. He further stated that there will be little if any gold returned to the United States this fall as has been predicted. That while the balance of trade is Tn favor of the United States, the margin is being invested largely by the purchase by Americans Of American securities now held in England. The entire tone of the interview showed that th:s banker. whono doubt repres euts the general sentiment of English capitalists, felt quite bitter towards this country on account of the pas sage of the Dingley bill and plainly hinted that nothing will be pur- chased here that can be avoided. He spoke disparagingly of ali sorts of American securities. There are a few EnglIshmen alive yet who fail to realize that, over century ago, tn , United States cut itself adrift from England and IS anindependent country.
 A few years ago an agent of the Massachusetts Benefit Life Asso- citation visited Prescott and sue ceeded in writing up considerable number of policies for our citizens. Policy holders in the institution received notice a few days since that the company had collapsed and the authorities If Massachusetts had taken charge of it and policy hold CTS will not realize Sl co for ali the money they have paid in. The managers of the institution, who so ably conducted lts affairs to a sue cessful failure, very considerably sent ont a circular of recommenda- tion as to the particular company its policy holders should reinsme in again. As no special advantages whatever are offered to the NJ B. l..