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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Pettierew and Mantle.

Nobody has called attention to any great
anxiety on the part of the public to know
the result of the interview of Senators
Pettigrew and Mantle with the Mikado of
Japan on the true cause of the demoneti-
cation of silver. The fact is, everybody
except Pettigrew and Mantle understood
all about it before they left, or if they did
not they could easily have learned it by an
examination of the official report of the
director of our mint, which shows that the
japanese silver yen, which in 1887 was
worth 1913 cents, had, by July, 1897,
dropped to ATS, while the gold yen had
not changed particle. the prices of 1888
and 1897 being precisely the same, 99.7-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
An Object Lesson.

The financial situation in the Southern
Republic presents an object lesson which
should not be lost upon our friends, the
free silver lunatics. Advces from the
City of Mexico, in the words of recent
arrival from that unhappy place, paint "a
gloomy picture of the future" young
Californian who has resided there for
three or four years, and who has held a
conspicuous position in a large business
concern. states that the decline in the
price of silver has practically driven him
out of business. He says that everything
has gone up threefold-except wages. Ow
ing to the tremendous discount on that
metal working people are now scarcely
able to earn sufficient to procure the nee
essaries of life.
All branches of business are paralyzed
and Americans are leaving the country in
droves. Merchants who have outstanding
accounts and who are compelled to collect
them in silver are being put to a tremen-
dous loss. When this young man left
Mexico it took $3.50 to buy 81 in ex-
change, a condition which has practically
destroyed the importing business, and
which is gradually Gripping the Govern
ment; for as imports decline the revenues
of the republic are obliterated.
The evolution of a free silver basis in
Mexico substantiates everything alleged
by the opponents of Mr.. Bryan in the last
presidential campaign in this country. 1t
was then said that wages were the last to
go up, and that currency inf1at of every
kind was injurious to the masses. This
is always the fact. Capital takes care of
itself, but labor is always the victim of
prevailing circumstances. Yet it is a
strange coincidence that of the several
millions of people who voted for William
J. Bryan, probably IS per cent were men
who, had his financial theories been put
into effect, would have suffered the most.
In Mexico the masses are not response
bic for the financial crisis. The Gov
eminent maintains it's silver basis with
out consulting them. But in the United
States, had the free coinage of silver been
adopted, the people themselves would
have wrought their own ruin. No reason
ing man can contemplate the possible re-
suits of the presidential campaign of 1896
without a SILVER. Bryan was defeated,
after all, by a narrow plurality. Had he
succeeded and had his demagogy and
crude theories been put into the form of
laws, fifty years of good government and
prosperity would not have wiped out the
damage he would have inflicted upon the
nation.
If there are any free silver lunatics in
this country who still believe that it is
safe to adopt free coinage of silver with
out the consent of any other nation, they
should be sent to Mexico and compelled
there to study the frightful results of
deprecated currency upon the welfare of
the common people.-San Francisco Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Have a New Opportunity.

Democratic orators who last year were
trying to convince the public that the
clique of fnanciers in Europe whom they
vaguely denominated money power"
were responsible for the adoption of the
gold standard by all the intelligent ma
tons of the earth, will now have an op-
portunity to make an equally interesting
and equally reasonable assertion by
charging up to the gold power the failure
of the crops all over the world. 1t is
just reasonable to charge the destruc-
ton of Argentine crops by grasshoppers
to the money power as it is to assume that
the money power could influence the leg
islation of a great nation on that most
important question of its policy, the cur
rency.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
BRYAN REvERSES HIMSELF.
1mpertinence and Effrontery that
Would Shame a Street Fakir.


year ago w. J. Bryan was travelling
tinent declaring that the law of supply
with the prices of American products, and
that the only hope for advancement out of
the condition of industrial prostration was
through the free and unlimited coinage of
silver Now he is campaigning among the
same people with the unreserved declara-
ton that government policies, legislation,
financial systems, etc, have nothing what
ever to do with the price of products, but
that they are governed solely by the law
of supply and demand.
1t would not be so bad if Mr.. Bryan re-
manned content with reversing himself.
But with an impertinence and effrontery
that would make patent medicine fakir
ashamed of himself he proceeds to reverse
all of the American people who did not
agree with his highpopalorum theory of
year ago. Everywhere and upon all oc-
cations the Republicans insisted during
the campaign of 1896 that the price of
products was governed by the law of sup
ply and demand. Now Mr.. Bryan is striy-
ing to make it appear that the Republi-
cans have abandoned their contention of
a year ago and are claiming that the ad-
vance in the price of wheat and corn is
solely due to Republican legislation and
not to the operations of the law of supply
and demand. This is false and Mr.. Bryan
knows it is false. Because he has come
over on to Republican ground is no rea-
son why he should seek to drive the Re
publicans on to Populist ground which he
has observation-disclosures City Journal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
straws from the Postonice.

The records of the New York postofice
show that nearly ten thousand more do
mestic money orders were paid at the
general Office in the first two weeks of
August this year than in the same time
last year. These money orders have,
without doubt, in most cases been sent
to pay for goods ordered from New York
merchants by persons living elsewhere
This means that nearly ten thousand peo-
pie who were not buying goods from New
York dealers in August last year are buy
ing this year. Straws show which way
the wind blows, and this is one of the
straws which mark the coming of what
promises to be a hurricane which will
sweep the country into such prosperity
as will give the devoted band of free
traders bad dreams for many day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
THE MODERN FARMER.
His Lot Is Improving Faster than
That of Other Men.


The old-time farmers boy was not seri-
ously to blame for striking out for the
city His pathway of life was not strewn
with roses, nor were his days succession
of joyous picnics. He was compelled to
rise early in the morning, long before the
lark had ceased from slumber, and BRING
the cows from the dewy pasture. he was
expected, before he had chance to sat
isfy his morning hunger, to pail six
cows; be kicked over at least once; feed
and groom four horses, and carry food
and drink to at least twenty-five head of
open-faced swine.
In the summer he was expected to hold
the handles of a bull tongue pillow and
tramp adown the rows of corn until long
after the chickens had gone to their night
ly rest. In the fall, when the old horse
power threshing machine came around, he
stood at the tail end and forked away the
straw, while ragweed dust filed his lungs
and clogged the pores of his skim In the
winter he was sent out to pick stones from
the rocky field, and as he picked, fresh
stones sprang up like dragons teeth to
take the place of those he had gathered
He had no time to read, and mighty little
for rest. 1t isn't any wonder he got tired
of the business and struck out for the city.
Now it different. The farmer no longer
comes to town in his road wagon, sitting
on two-inch plank laid across the top OF
the wagon, but he rides IN his surrey, MS
horses arrayed in silver-mounted harness
He sits in a carriage seat to piow his
ground, and after his days work is done
takes a walk for exercise. The old-fash-
toned horse-killing and Misunderstanding
threshing machine has given way to a
modern invention run by steam, automat-
ically fed, which stacks its own straw,
and measures, weighs and loads the grain,
while the farmer, seated in the comforta-
T. L. ~Io 10 ofohf hean lie
hay is stacked by machinery, and baled
by machinery. His water is pumped by
machinery. His stock will soon be fed
by machinery. He is beginning to put in
telephones and order his groceries over the
wire.
The time is near at hand when, instead
of being the slave of toll, the farmer will
be the man of leisure we'll as the man
of capital
When that time comes it viii be found
that the ambition of young men will lie
in the direction of becoming landed coun-
try gentlemen instead of hard-driven,
overworked and smothered-ior-a resi-
dents of the cities.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09

German law was in force and cotton ties
were on the free list, but the price was
$1-35 per bundle at wholesale. This year
we have the Dingley bill and a protective
tariff on cotton ties and they are offered
at 40 cents bundle at wholesale. These
facts do not seem to work in with the
Cleveland parrot cry that "the tariff is
tax. These facts, too. are of themselves
sufficient refutation of the other free
trade falsehood scattered SO broadly and
SO constantly, that a protective tariff fos-
tiers trusts. Last year, under free trade,
there was cotton tie trust; this year, un-
der protective ia riff, the trust is broken
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
"PROvIDED" AND Off"
Stand in the Way of that Silver and
Bank of England Story.

Stand in the Way of that Silver and
Bank of England Story.
What the Bank of England proposes to
do about silver was formally and authori-
tatively stated yesterday at the semi-an-
nual meeting of the bank by the Governor,
who read a letter he had written to the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, stating, in
substance, that the bank was prepared to
do what it was permitted to do by the
bank act of 1914, that is, to carry one
fifth of the reserve against its notes in
silver, provided, however, that the French
mint is again opened to the free coinage
of silver land that the price at which sill
yer is procurable and salable is satisfac
tory" The Governor went on to say that
the bank had bought no silver, and all that
it had agreed to was to do what is per-
missible under the act of 1914, ON the con-
ditions he stated. This is some slight en-
engagement to bimetallists, but not
enough to excite charlottesville Com
mercial.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Iowa Democracx and Gov. Boies.

The Democratic party in Iowa is not
content to lose the alliance of the other
anti-Republicans of the State, but by its
latest move it has ostracized the Boies
element The venerable Uncle Horace"
saw fit to advocate the adoption of the
commercial ratio between gold and silver,
and base free coinage thereon, instead of
16 to l. He insisted upon it. There
upon the leaders ordered him to the rear.
He is no longer allowed to go to and fro
up and down the State preaching the gos-
pei of free coinage at SO. to Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09

The farmers are now getting just two
and a half times s much for wheat as Mr..
Bryan md his followers promised them il
they adopted free coinage. They prom
ised 81 per busbel for wheat in silver dol
lars. and admitted that they didn't know
what the silver coins would be worth
They are now worth 40 cents under free
coinage, while the farmers are getting two
and half times that in good American
1OO-cent doliars-Exchange
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
why They're Paying Mortgages.

1t seems now that it is the poor farmers
who are being "intimidated." Last fall
the Popocrats assumed that the working
men were processing friendship for the
Republicans because they feared dismissal
if they did not, but the election showed
that there was no foundation for this
sertion. Now Mr.. Bryan says it is last
years threat of foreclosure that is lead
ing the farmers to pay off their mortgages
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Absurdity Is Made Clear.

The recent statements of Statistician
Mulhall, in which he shows that the prai-
RE States are the most prosperous spot
upon the face of the earth, make clear the
absurdity of the effort which was made
by the silver orators last year to induce
the people of that section to adopt cheap
money basis of further prosperity.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Wheat to Bring Golden Dollars.

While our wheat production is very
large this year, our home consumption is
increasing with returning prosperity and
we will have to hold the major part of it
for our own people. 1t is estimated that
we viii have in the neighborhood of 300
100000 bushels for export which means
not far from 200, 200, 900 golden dollars to
be distributed among the farmers
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Threats Not Carried Ont

1t is not observed that the countries
which were making that terrific protest
against our new tariff three months ago
are putting any OF their implied threats
into execution. They know now what
they knew then. that the balance of trade
was in their favor, and that they could
not afford to carry out any of their
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Protection in the south.

the South, shown by the election of SEN
ator McLaurin in South Carolina, is no
surprise to those who have studied the
situation in that section The New York
Sun, whose editors scan the political hori-
zon pretty closely, in a recent article
points out the growth of Repubiicanism
in that section, and says it is to be an I'M
portant field for the party in future.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Making our own Tin Plate

The free trade theorists are not hunting
up Just now their assertions made when
amount OF protection would enable the
United States to make its own tin plate.
Not only is the bulk of our tin plate now
being manufactured at home as a result
of that protection thus given, but our
manufacturers Of that article are actually
invading foreign markets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Had to Have an Issue.

People who are surprised that the three
anti-Republican conventions in Nebraska
decided to again advocate free silver
should remember that they had to have
something for issue. OF course the
Democratic tariff theory was too unpopu-
lar to trot ont again, las also the other di-
lapidated fads of the iDemocracy
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Not . safe Money Metal.

A fall OF 20 per cent in value in a money
metal in ten months would seem to war
rant the belief that it is not very safe as
n money metal. Yet that is just the fan
in the value of silver since last November
1t was worth 6515 cents per ounce in New
York on Nov. 3, 1896, and is worth only
81 cents to-day.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
The Price of COTTON Ties.

A dispatch from Charlotte N. c.. states
that an Illinois manufacturing company
offers to furnish the regular fiat cotton tie
at 40 cents per bundle at wholesale in
carload lots, or at 20 cents at retail, and
that several carloads have already been
ordered for that immediate section The
oispatch goes on to say that last year the
price was $l-oo per bundle at retail and
$1.35 at wholesale. Then the WILSON,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Sick of His own Medicine

now presenting a curious spectacle. Two
months ago he crammed free silver. and
free silver only, down the throat of the
Democratic party, and now he is as sick
of the dose as were the other people. But
he can't get rid of it now. He has made
his bed, he must lie in it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Failures Have Decreased.

Business failures in the United States:
Second week September, 1897. .169
Second week September. 1885, -315
Second week September, 1885, ......21S
Second week September, 1884, ....--21S
Second week September, 1898. 346
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
Hauling Down the Silver Flag.

More than local significance attaches to
the refusal of the Democratic State Com
mittee of New York to revive the free
silver coinage issue for use in the APP
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-09
BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
LOST FISHERMEN SAFE.
The 16 Men Left Adrift in the Fog
Reach ProVincetOwn.

Provincetown, Mass, May 26.-The six
teen members of the crew of the Province
town fishing schooner ]. F. Johnson, who
went astray on the western bank last Fri
day, arrived here to-day.
All were well, although they suffered
much from hunger during Saturday. The
men report that they were unable to judge
as to the location of their vessel, but by
blowing fog horns continuously the do
ries were gathered together and tied one
behind the other. They remained In this
position until daylight Saturday, until the
dense fog lifted, and It was decided to at
tempt to row to La Have, Nova Scotia
the nearest port. Two dories were aban-
doned before heading in that direction, the
occupants being distributed in the other
boats
The small quantity of hard tack in the
dories was soon exhausted, and the men
were compelled to eat raw fish. No vessel
was sighted until the castaways were
within twenty five miles of the Nova SEQ
tia coast At o'clock Sunday morning,
the Norwegian bark China, Capt. Ander-
sen, from Hamburg, hove In sight. The
men were taken ON board and cared for
On Monday, the schooner /. b. Merritt,
Jr., passed near the bark. She was sig
nailed, and as she was bound for Boston,
the Johnsons crew asked to be taken on
board The Merntt's captain consented,
and when off Race Point this morning
the men got into their dorles and rowed
nine miles to this port.
They were only day behind their YES
sci. which reached here yesterday. and re-
ported the loss of her men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
LONDON AND THE BIRTHDAY.
The TroOping of the CoIOrs One OF
the Feafures Of the Celebration.

The TroOping of the CoIors One OF
the Features of the Celebration.
London, May 25.-The official celebration
of the queens birthday was observed to-
day In London with the usual closing Of
the courts and government offices. the
ringing Of the church tells, a display OF
flags. artillery salutes and the ceremony
of trooping the color, on the Horse
Guards parade, in which the co,onlal
troops now In London took part.
The ceremony was unusually imposing.
The Prince Of Wales was attended BY the
Duke Of York. the Duke OF Cambridge.
the Duke OF Connaught Prince Christian
~ schleswlg- Holstein, Lord Wolseley. the
commander-ln-chief OF the forces. and a
large and brilliant staff, including an In
dian aide-de-camp. The prince was re-
ceiyed with a royal salute which was
given by the Grenadier Guards. Cold
stream Guards the Second Scots Guards.
the Second Life Guards and the colo
Mai troops
The Princess Of Wales, the Duchess OF
st. Albans. the King and Queen OF Wur-
temberg. Prince and Princess Charles OF
Denmark, the Duchess OF Fife, the Ouch
css OF ConnauRht and others witnessed
the ceremony from the cOmmander-ln-
chiefs room In the Horse Guards build
ing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
PopULIsT GETS a POsToFFIcE.
Democrats kicking Against the Sc
lection For CedartoVvn.

Democrats kicking Against the Sc
lection For Cedartown.
Washington, May 26.--The President to-
day sent TO the Senate the name of ex-
Representative John I. FuIwood, as
postmaster at Cedartown. Fullwood has
always been a populist. There are strong
protests from Polk county democrats
against his appointment. and 1t is al eyed
that he is personally offensive to most OF
the people there. Senator clay is going
TO fight the confirmation, and believes he
will defeat Fullwood.
Several important fourth-class Offices
were filed to-day. Among these Is Hart
well, where J. c. Massey Is the appointee,
This is the office Yancey Carter, the pop
ulist senator, sought 10 control, but his
man failed to land. The other appoint
ments are:
Bethlehem, Walton County-R. w. Ia
ME
Geneva, Talbot County-w. A. Walker
Hoboken, Pierce County-E. A. Nc
Keithen.
Sioam, Green County-A. S. O'Neal.
Toccoa, Habersham County-G. L.
Walker.
Union Point, Green County-F. s.
smith,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
RELIEF WORK IN CUBA.
Gen. Lee Cables That He Has suhi-
cient Supplies.

Washington, May 26.-Consul General
Lee cabled the state department to-day
from Havana that the amount of sup
plies he has now on hand there for the
relief Of American citizens in distress is
abundant, and will last for some time.
Presumably this statement applies gen.
orally to all the consulates for the con-
sui general has been in consultation with
his subordinate consuls on this matter by
direction of the Secretary Of state. At
any rate, the department. will now pause
before moving further IN the direction of
distributing relief. Yesterday steps were
begun to hurry forward supplies from this
country to Cuba just as soon as Gen. Lee
was heard from.
Gen. Sullivan, commissary general, had
selected one of his most experienced as
sistants, Capt. Davis, VII r ndered such
good service at Memphis in the relief OF
the flood sufferers, to go to Cuba with
the supplies, If necessary, and distribute
them under the general plans of Gen.
Lee. The New York commssary depart
ment was to undertake the purchase Of
supplies. Then r. A. Smith, a director in
one of the steamship lines plying between
New York and Havana, had offered free
transportation to Cuba of the supplies, and
everything was i'm trim to begin to move
as soon as word came from Gen. Lee
Now, however, the department will wait
until Gen. Lee notifies it that there is
further need for relief before putting it's
plans into operation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-27
SPANISH JINGO TALK.
Havana Editor Warns This Country
of Danger of War.


Havana, May 26.-El Diario de la Marina,
in leading editorial to-day, says: I'VE
see in the American newspapers evidence
that there are certain social classes in
the United States not sufficiently alive to
the Importance of the advice Don't
monkey with the lions tall These classes
are remarkable for the eagerness with
which they invade jurisdiction in affairs,
which, like the Cuban war, are exclus-
lively the affairs of Spain.
''The persistence with which they recog-
nize the belligerency of the insurgents is
crazy and ridiculous. The important con-
servative interests of the United States
should not forget that the patience of
Spain may soon become exhausted. The
Spanish government has given abundant
proofs of it's good will by ignoring the
many inconveniences that have been caus-
ed by resolutions in congress. These in
terests ought to be thankful to US for
our abnegation. We have suffered, but in
case the sword should be unsheathed Spain
certainly would not be the heaviest loser
in the fight. Spain has sent 100000 men
to Cuba to settle a domestic difficulty.
What would she not do in the event of
a foreign war with the nation which for
a century has abused our patience by
ignoring Spanish honor and chivalry.
President Mckinley should consider this
carefully and if he is to deal with us as
enemies, he should take the advice of an
enemy and no longer trifle with u.s.