The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-24
TIMELY TOPICS.
The tariff haylng been reformed the
next stem Is the.currenCy

The tariff haylng been reformed the
next step is the'curreney.
Loan agencies are showing their con-
fidance Ia the permanenoy OF the bust
ness revival by directing their represent
tatiyes OF the west TO resume the max
ing Of loans on farm property at low
rates OF interest.
All indications still point TO good crops
and high prices for everything that our
fapners have TO sell abroad, crops in
all other garin producing sections OF the
world being unusually light this year.
The new tariff measure is not only thd
books In many years, but becomes iaw
earlier than any tariff act since the first
one enacted by an American Congress.
Gold Democrats are the busiest people
In the country just now. They are
making a sharp fight In every state
where there is a political contest and
are bringing into their ranks many who
voted last year for Bryan.
Populist National Committeeman
Bateman FeRews his attacks upon ex-
Candidate Bryan In a recent publication
In the Washington Star, insisting that
his original statement regarding Bry'
ans contribution was made with the
understanding that no action against
fusion should be taken by the Popuitst
organization prior to the next national
campaign.
Sundry editors throughout the coun'
try seemed TO be disturbed over the re-
port that ex-candidate Bryan wears
silk and ruffled night shirts, But why
not? Mr.. Bryan has become q pluto
crat in the short time since he espoused
the cause Of the dear people, and since
he failed to get the presidency through
his efforts In this line, why should h.
not at least have the consolation Of
wearing n silk night shirt since he is
now amply able to pay for it?
And now Alaska comes to the front
with probably the greatest known gold
mines in the world. Verify. things are
going badly for the silver advocates and
the calamity shriekers, Even before
those great discoveries in Alaska, there
was reason 10 believe that this years
gold production would surpass that OF
any year in the history OF the world,
while the prospect OF high prices abroad
for our good crops warrants the belief
that other parts OF the world Will be
sending In their gold for our grain dur
Ing the coming year.
Those prophets OF evil predicting all
sorts OF failures and misfortunes for
Secretary Sherman's conduct of the
state department upon the theory that
he had passed the stage OF activity and
usefulness, find themselves brought up
with round turn by Mr.. sherman's
ringing letter of Instructions to Minister
Hay on the fur-seal question. No doc
ument emanatlng from the state de-
partment In many years has SHOWN
greater vlgor, clearness OF perception.
and fearlessness In the cause Of justice
than this, and II Is incidentally sting.
ing rcbuke to those who have, by di-
rection or innuendo, been attacking tn
secretary Of state, and through him the
administration.
The people OF the United States have
evidently profited by the lessons Of the
hard times during the past four years
The New York Sun (Democratic) pub
lshed few days since large number
OF kilograms from various parts OF the
country especially the farming cons
munItles OF the west, Indicating that the
farmers In every locality are taking adj
vantage Of the good prices which they
are getting for their crops to pay off
their mortgages. In every part Of tho
country farm mortgages and other OBJ
legations Of that character arc being
rapidly reduced in number and size, and
with the splendid prospect and prices In
sight. the coming year will doubtless
see n large reduction In the indebted
ness about which the calamity howiers
have Indicated such distress.
The last refuge OF the free traders in
their attempt to excuse themselves from
the reduction in the wages of the coal
miners is In the statement that coal I'M
portations were no greater under the
Wilson law than under the Mckinley
law. They do not seem TO understand
that II Is the price fixed by foreign i'm
portations rather than the quantity i'm
ported, which. in this case. fixed prices
Of the home productions. The fact that
Nova Scotia coal mined at the waters
edge and loaded Immediately upon yes
sells from the mines, could be brought
into the New England ports, with n
tariff 81 cents less per ton than prior to
the Wilson law. was Of itself sufficient
to turn the tide Of West Virginia coal
away from New England and into the
west, thus inducing rate wars and
forcing down the wages OF miners in
nearly the same amount that the re-
duction In tariff reduced the prices Of
coal In the eastern markets.