The Yale expositor., 1897-11-05
PARAaRAP7s win pOlnlo.
Short and Timely Commentaries on
Men and Events.

Men and Events.
There will il Is announced, be six celes-
tial eciipses in 1893. But there will be
other eclipses, too.
The silver ENJOYS who went to Japan to
see why silver was demonetized don't
seem to be in any hurry to report. Time
is passing, gentlemen.
Under President Cleveland the per cap
tia circulation in the country fell to
$21.10, but it has increased under Presi-
dent Mckinley to $22.S9.
Even the Tammany Democrats have
snubbed Mr.. Bryan. He wrote them urg-
ing that they should put silver into their
platform and they promptly responded by
keeping it out.
Nobody has been heard TO hint for the
past two months that William Mckinney
made any mistake last fall when he re-
marked that he thought il better to open
the mills to American labor than the
mints TO the worlds silver.
1t is limited that the Democratic ticket
of 1900 may be Henry George, Of New
York, and Tom johnson, Of Ohio, on a
platform Of single tax. The party must
have an issue, you know. and as free trade
nothing else eft.
The year ending Sept. |. 1897. was
bad one for the wheat-aud- silyer-ha nd-in-
hand theory One ounce Of silver Oh Sept.
!, 1S9G, was worth just as much as one
bushel Of wheat in New York. On Sept.
], 1897, it took just two Dances Of silver
to buy bushel OF wheat
1t is understood that Mr., Bryan win
issue another book shortly, TO be entitled
'The Complete Letter Writer" and that
it will contain full instructions on the art
81 getting private letters into print with
out waiting for the aid and consent OF
the party TO whom they are written.
The earnings Of the Dingley law in the
second half Of August were slightly in ex-
cess Of 100000; those of the first half
Of September were over $l0,000000, and
those Of the last half of September we're
in excess Of 81 100000, showing a steady
and gratifying increase in income under
IL.
''rhe true story Of Mr.. Uanna's attitude
to his workmen and toward union labor,
as far as his mining interests in Western
Pennsylvania are concerned. is that he is
the best man in the whole district to work
for. From statement OF William War
ner, Secretary United Mine Workers OF
Pittsburg District.
The treasury receipts under the Dingiey
law are steadily increasing. The receipts
Of its second month are greater than these
of the second month under the Wilson
Law. despite the fact that the Dinghy law
found the country filed with foreign
goods, while the Wilson law found many
millions dollars worth Of goods waiting
to enter and contribute to its earnings.
The Tammany Democrats evidently
thought a live national chairman better
than a lead pres dental candidate. Chair
man Jones advised them TO give silver the
cold shoulder in their Platform. EXCan-
didate bryan urged them to embrace it.
AS Jones will remain chairman until the
national convention Of 1900 is fully organ
lied, the willy Tammanyites stood by
Jones.
The Philadelphia Press has made n
careful canvass OF the State of Pennsyl-
vania, sending out 102 inquiries into the
81 counties of the State relative to the
business and industrial conditions. The
result is most gratifying and the reports
unanimous to the effect that times have
ETCdlll lHlpIoNeu, ldctOI4es StaTleu up al
over the State, orders are coming in and
labor finding employment everywhere.
The leaders OF the calamity party are
overjoyed ut the slight fall in wheat late
ly. They are eXpectantly watching quo
tations, in the hope that something viii
conduce to further depreciation OF its
value, so that they can say, I'VE tod you
so" to the farmers. The fact that an
ounce Of silver a year ago was equal in
value to bushel Of wheat, but now buys
only half bushel. has knocked the wind
out of their specious arguments.
A couple of months ago the free traders
looked comp'acently al the large expor&a-
tons OF manufactures under the Wilson.
law, and were only waiting TO point exult-
inC,y to the falling off OF these eXporta-
tons under the new law. Ii seems, how
ever. that they were wrong, as usual. The
first month of the operations of the Ding
ley law showed larger expectation OF
manufactured articles than for any CORE
spending month Of preceding years. So
much for their statements that the enact
ment Of n protective revenue law would
cut off our market abroad for American
manufactures.