The advocate., 1897-11-03

AAvAASi NASJ 4 AC1Au0uIS EdLI4Ck EtdukdEu
Henrietta; Secretary and Treasurer,
d. Wells, Rochester.
The Secretary Of Agriculture make
one excellent recommendation In hi
report to the President. He recon
mends the appointment of agents II
foreign countries to look after the in
terests Of American farmers. I'VE ar,
endeavoring," he says, ito get informa
| tion from foreign countries with whom
we compete in the markets Of the worlC
regarding crops and prices, We art
also taking steps to ascertain wher,
crops are grown on different therma
lines so that seeds and plants may be in,
telligently brought to this country t
assist in the diversificatiOn of our crops
and add to their variety"
The New York Mail and Express call.
attention to the fact that Of the GAS
ocean steamships which entered the port
Of BuenOs Ayres during the first elgh
months Of the present year, not one
sailed under the flag of the United
States. Yet those vessels carried thou.
sands Of tons Of our goods, the frelghts
on which went into the pockets of Eu.
rOpean ship-Owners. The growing com
merce Of Argentina, which might be
largely controlled by American enter.
prise, is passing into the hands Of Ger
many and England, and will continue ia
do so until our shipping laws and COM
mercial policy are revised on terms that
will enable us to compete successfully
for the South American trade.
Henry George more than once threat
ened Croker with the penitentiary II he
ever got the power to put him in it,
and on this fact the New York Evening
Post thus commented only the day be-
fore Georges death I'VE are not sure
that this threat did not also cover Platt
for Platts ofPenses against the COM
munity are OF precisely the same char
acter He gets his money in much the
same way, but instead of spending II
in personal indulgence, as Croker does
he allows certain portion to be di-
verted to his sons firms, so as to be
Ostensibly pOcketed by the young men
But, whatever the words he used
Georges threat feels like a breath OF
fresh air passing through a close room
Nothing else we have heard in this can
vass sounds so like an assurance that we
have a man among us whose sense of
proportion and Of right and wrong has
not been dulled by long use and who
has managed to retain his share OF the
old American civic courage"
The Chicago Times-Herald thinks It
would be well for the sound money man
ayers Of railroads, mines and factories
to avail themselves Of the present op-
portunity to circulate gold among their
men freely, and the following argument
is offered in support of the proposition:
Last year it was observed that there
was a strong sound money following
among the employees of some mills where
this custom had prevailed. A man with
a purse Of few $40 gold pieces which
he has earned does not lend a ready
ear to the champion Of cheap dollars.
He Is bit incredulOus when told that
the gold bugs have all the yellow metal
under lock and key. Let some Of the
present stock be taken from the con-
gested bank vaults and given to the
farmers and wage-earners. 1t Is we'll
enough to tell these people that there
Is a big supply Of gold in the country;
a good deal more gold than silver; that
Cripple Creek, the KlOndike and other
places are turning it out by the ton
and the supply is increasing at a great
rate, but it is more convincing to give
it to them to see and to feel in their own
pockets"