The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-27


1t is but fair to acknowledge that it was
Gear" Reed, after all, the Speaker of the
House, who prevented the Conference
Committee from being overborne by the
Senate conferrees into complying with the
sugar trusts demand, and the country
will be under obligations to the GEAR
for his masterful action in the premises
NeaO Orleans Times Democrat.
Wheat is now 2oc bushel above the
price where it stood year ago. Wheat
goes up while Organism goes down. If
Bryanism had gone up wheat would have
gone down. This is the relation that ex-
lists between the two. good many
farmers in the west voted for Bryan, but
they have good reason to be thankful that
he was beaten. November 8, 1896, was
great day for the country.-.St. Louis
Globe Democrat
If there are any South Jerseymen con-
templating an invasion of the Klondike
gold region of Alaska, they should bear
In mind that the climate is not we'll adapt
ed to longevity for 'tenderfeet." That is
to say. unless of the most rugged physi-
que, man who remains in the country
over two years cannot return to civiliza-
ton and temperate climate and sustain
good health. What is the wealth of the
golconda to good health i-Camden Con-
yTer
A big drop in bar silver on Wednesday
sent the price of the white metal down to
the lowest notch it has reached in two
years, 5oX cents an ounce OF course
there are glib reasons advanced for this.
one being the lessened demand for silver in
the East through Japan's adoption of the
gold standard. But the chief reason which
our free silver friends give for the decline
Is the adverse legislation, and this is the
thinnest reason of all You cannot lepis
late the price of commodity down any
more than you can by legislation send it
up. The laws of trade alone control such
matters. If the fall in the price of silver
were due, as the free silver people assert,
to an appreciation in the value of gold
consequent upon favorable legislation, the
effect of the Klondyke discoveries should
have been to send the price of silver up,
but the fact is that the depreciation of sill
yer is simply and solely due to the over
abundance of its production at constant
ly decreasing cost in the mining and
smelling processes. And that is all there
is to it.-North american
The populist and calamity howlers are
having hard time explaining the fact
that the farmers of Nebraska have paid
off $50, ooo. 900 worth of mortgages in the
past eighteen months. While it is an nm |
mistakable sign of real prosperity, such as
these farmers and others have not enioyed |
for several years, it is being argued about
and tortured until the credulous might also
believe that it was sure sign of financial
chaos and national bankruptcy. The fact
is that these farmers have been ENJOYING |
splendid season. Their crops have been
excellent, their wheat crop never better,
and they have found good prices for their
products. The supply of ready money
has been plentiful and they have applied
it Immediately to discharging the heaviest
burden upon them. In nineteen cases out
of twenty this burden is the mortgage on
the farm. 1t is a dead weight upon the
farmer, and when it is lifted prosperity
begins to assume tangible shape. repre-
scented by the actual accumulation of cash,
upon which there is no certain drain. The
case of Nebraska is not peculiar this year.
Her crops have been good only in proper
ton as other States have shared in the
bene6cence of the season aud the markets,
and it is now in order to hear reports of
the same sort from other parts of the
country. Even Kansas may be expected