The advocate., 1897-09-22
Public Opinion.

llublby Dlll ub buuOWtu Will Ju0 oupOl
natural power of creating wealth anC
restoring prosperity, why doesn't 1t re-
store silver to its former value?
Sioux City Journal: An Alaska In
dian has gone to Chicago to study theol
ogy. Chicago is not sending any Of hei
theology to Alaska, and the Indians uI
there naturally want TO know what 1t Is
like.
Austin (Tex.) Statesman: How can
Spain demand that we cease to supply
Cuba with any kind OF merchandise
even munitions of war, when Spain de-
nies that any war is in progress in Cuba,
and declares that the fighting is merely
an unimpOrtant local insuTectiOn In iso'
lated parts Of the island?
Chattanooga News: No race Is stronger
physically as class than the Southern
black, and none is 80 tractable and so
easily managed A general hegira Of our
cOlored people to any other section would
be disastrous to this section. We could
spare many OF them, but we need the
bulk Of them to do the bulk Of the heavy
work.
Harper's Weekly: When it is asserted
that higher tariff, more protective and
restrictive on commerce than the last,
brings prosperity, the assertion is false
No taxation of one industry for the ben
eft of another ever created additional
capital or called into existence a new
profit, for taxation destroys and does not
create.
Nashville American: What Is needed
is something that will do away with the
necessity of keeping a gold reserve and
furnish a better banking system than
that now provided, A more flexible pa
per currency, and one better adapted to
local demands, is the great desideratum.
The business men Of the country insist
on such changes and they should be
made.
London Eng) Morning Post: The SEN
satiOn of the moment In the French cap
ital Is the price of bread, and this, unfor-
tunately, is Of more serious import than
the usual nine days wonder Of the bOule-
wards. So great is the agitation over the
final rise Of Id. per pound in bread that
several committees have been formed
and meetings announced to discuss the
subject,
New York Voice. The law will be
given it's full force and will exercise its
potent power when the people insist that
their lawmakers and laW-enfOrcers shall
understand that the State has moral en-
ergy, and public officials are given power
to apply that energy. 1t should be the
special pride of the people to serve no.
tice on all concerned that men not Of this
caliber need not apply for public place or
power.
Savannah News: DR.. Chauncey M.
Depew, one Of the ablest advocates Of
high tariff measures, now finds that the
tax on personal effects OF returning trav-
elers above the amount of $l00 Is zone Of
the most Objectionable features" Of the
new tariff measure. VIII DR.. Depew state
why, in view Of his former record on the
subject, he objects to the tariff being ap-
piled to those belonging to his particular
class and acquaintance?
Winterset Qowa) Review: A partisan
press tells us that prosperity is return
ing. Do not be deceived. SO long as
capital has it in its power by C0mblna-
tion, to levy fixed charges upon industry,
prosperity to the great industrial classes
can never be more than chimera, n
wlll-O'-t -the-wisp, phantom Of the imagl-
nation, for when the absorbing power Of
capital is constantly increasing, no tenn
pOrary revival in business can change
the certain and fixed result.
Denver Republican: There is no genu-
inc fear either at home or abroad as to
the future stability of our currency We
are both able and willing to pay all our
debts honestly, and they will be paid
when they fall due. This fact is as we'll