The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1897-12-23
PARAGRAPHS WITH POINTS.
Brief Political Comment on Men ana
Public Affairs.

| the returning prosperity is estimated no.
| at something less than one-fourth Of ON.
| per cent.
The Kansas State Board of Agricultn,,
| estimates the total ralue of Kansas a..
| ricultural products for 1oa? TO be STA.
| 600. 600, the greatest since 1890.
| Editor Mclean of Washington. D q
| has surrendered his house in Cincinnati
rented temporarily for the Ohio campaign
to establish" residence in Ohio.
With only S153, 100000 of silver coined
nv the United States minis last year N.
| silverites cannot make out a strong cass
about Discrimination" against silver.
A free trade tariff: general depressio,
/ and distress. A protective tariff: pros.
perity and plenty. This has been simplv
| the history of the country since its frs,
President.
The .sChinese WALL" due to the DincIe,
| law. don't seem to be seriously interfer.
| ing with our export trade. In fact tina.
| trade is larger with the wall than it wan
| without it.
Wheat has gone up again, but the ca.
! lamityites have some consolation left in
/ the fact that the New England mackeraI
catch is $4,000 barrels short of that OF .
/ year ago.
The comparison between the railroad
| earnings and the bank clearances at the
present time and one year ago indicates
an astonishing change in the business OF
| the country.
| Indications in Washington tend to tn.
probability of an early reopening of nego-
/ - fo fbo r
| bitration between the United States and
/ Great Britain.
| What has become Of the three Senator,
of the Capitol who went boldly forth to
| discover why Japan fell into the hands Of
| the money power" and abandoned the
| silver standard?
| Wheat, silver and Bryan! Last year
| they all stood together, but they have
since parted company, though Bryan has
been trying to keep pace with silver in its
downward course.
The total value Of the agricultural pro-
| ducts of Kansas for 1897, according to
the report of the Board of Agriculture of
! that State, is $176,00O,00O, the largest
in the present decade.
1.-THE first six months Of the Mckinley
| administration were the most disastrous
| in the history of the country."-W. ].
Bryan. This is well in line with most Of
Mr.. Bryan's remarks.
| The export trade continues heavy, not
withstanding the fact that a protective
tariff law is in operation. 1t was 30 per
| cent larger in September, 1897, than IL
was in September, 1896.
"Uncle Hold" Boies continues to pro-
test that he had nothing to do with the
construction of the Chicago platform.
There are others who wish that they were
| in a position to similarly assert.
| With all the Democratic vituperations
against the oppression and wickedness Of
the Dingley law, we haven't heard any
wish expressed yet to return to the benef-
cent provisions of the Wilson law.
! It is not known what amount Bryan
| received for his speeches in Ohio, but ID
is thought he made good terms III view Of
his Willingness to accept payment in sill
yer. Mclean dislikes paying out gold.
| The receipts under the Dingley law con-
| tinue to increase month by month, and u
seems likely that the prediction that II
will meet all running expenses of the Gov
|
Still the Republican strength in the
| South continues to grow, and the latest
and most notable addition to the list is the
| prospective successor of Arthur F. Cor
man in the Senate of the United States.
| The increase in the postal receipts of the
| country for this September over those Of
| September of last year simply augmcnts
| the evidence piling up on all hands to
| show condition of increased business.
Secretary Wilson wants the establish
| ment of agents of the Government at all
| the embassies, to secure information for
the benefit of American farmers, and to
| help in the extension Of our foreign trade
With a hundred thousand tons of Ala
| bama coal going to Mexico for the use Of
her railroad locomotives in competition
with English coal, it looks as though a
new field is open to the South for her rich
| products.
The revival of all industries and the
commencement of prosperity in all parts
| or the United States were the natural
and necessary results Of the action of the
| PRESIDENT and Republican Congress-
John Sherman.
Ihefexport trade of September was the
heaviest Of any month in the year, and
was greater than in any September for
years. 1t amounted to $1O4, G91, 705, q
gain of over % per cent over that of the
| September of year ago.
Mr.. Bryan kept up his calamity cry in
Ohio this year despite the fact that the
october statement of the national banks
of the country showed that the individual
| deposits in the national banks were $253,-
| UOO,OOO in excess Of those of one year ago.
Mr.. Bryan was heard to say soma
months ago that he would be glad if the
| Mckinley administration could bring
prosperity to the country. That was very
patriotic, but has anybody heard his ex-
presslons Of satisfaction since it has
| come?
Conservative estimates state $1G0,G00,-
| uoO as the figure which will probably be
reached by the gold reserve of the Treas
| ury Department before the end of the
crop season. This state Of affairs pre-
sents something Of contrast to the last
/ administration.
Senator Hanna, it is understood, has
only one regret regarding the Ohio cam
| palgn, and that is that Mr.. Bryan did not