The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-18
'ial activity are due to the Dingley

trial activity are due to the Dingley
act.
Much as one may despise these de-
luding tactics one cannot help a modi-
fed admiration for the agility and deft-
ness with which the party evades the
effects of the discovery of it's tricks.
Sometimes, asin 1896, it was saved sim
ply by the Stupidity of its opponents,
confirming itaagain in its old time faith
that it mattered little how foolishly it
might act, it could safely rely upon
worse blunders, g by. it's opponent to
save it fronfss the consequences of it's
folly WhensHtse vicious legislation in
money matters and in hobbling COM
merce cullniHated in the panic of 1893
how shrewdlyI they lodged responsible
ity by charging it off onto the incoming
Democrats. POSSIBLY the same fooling
of the people might have saved them
in 96 withouto5the incredible folly COM
mitted at Chicago, but it helped to save
them. The proverbial flea, that is
never there when you put your finger
on it, is not more elusive than are
these faeile Republicans in escaping
consequences. Drive them into cor
ner and presto, they are out in the open
as saucy as ever
Recalling past experiences enc can
not but wonder how they will meet the
inevitable contradiction of their pres
ent claims of prosperity making which
the year will bring about. We know,
every sensible person knows, and all
candid persons admit that dollar wheat
is due only to short crops abroad, and
that the mills in this country are run
ming in anticipation of the trade that
will come with the marketing of the
grain. There is no probability that 10
Gusts will ravage Argentine next year
nor that drouths will aff1ict India and
Russia, while it is certain that high
wheat prices will stimulate increase of
acreage next year. III wool there is no
reason to expect that the f1oczs Of Aus
tfalia will be decima ted again soon by
a drouth like that which has parched
the pastures, and in a year or two that
country will be again pouring it's sur
plus wool into the markets. The man
ufacturing capacity of this country far
exceeds its capacity to consume, and
the present activity will soon fill the
demand, increased as it may be by the
enforced economies of the past three
years, when the mills will find their
export trade blocked by the obstructive
legislation of this congress.
Then, when wheat prices recede,
when wool falls. when the mills have
to restrict output, when the reaction
follows the action, with the Dingley
act still operative, it will be amusing to
watch the acuteness with which Re-
publicans will wriggle out of the logic
that will argue the responsibility alike
of that wonderful act for the good
prices and industrial activity of the one
| season and the falling prices and dull
ness of succeeding ones. They will do
it; of that we may be sure, and do it
with a FEASIBILITY that will make a.
confidence man blush for his art Not
only will they exculpate themselves,
but they will fool lot of simple people
into believing that the reaction is due
solely to the Democrats But it will
be one of those cases that will demon
strate even to them the 1impossibility
of fooling all the people all the time.