The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1897-12-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Special Corr spondencs.

Special Corr spondence
WASHINGTON. d. Nov "a, 1897
If til" average fnrner did not enjoy
his Thanksgiving turkey this year II
Was prni'ably because hc was too
busy with prosperity which This fret
year at the Mckinle; adnliLi i.tration
i,ns brought him. The official figures
continue to chow such prosperity as
the farmer has not known for MANY
Years. The November exploration
Of wheat has been nearly fifty per
cent. larg,r than during last year, and
the shipments of last week from the
Atlantic poris are the largest record
IN any week for many years. if not at
any time ia the history ofthe country.
The actual exporls Of wheat from all
ports for the crop wear thus far has
been, in r~und numbers, II hundred
million bushels. When the increase
III prices il taken into consideration
also it will be seen that the farmers
are getting very largo sum of
money for their wheat product this
year-far in excess If that in many
preceding years. Tho expOrtations
Of corn are also increasing, those for
the present m"nt,. being nearly "a
million bushels in excess Of Noven-
bcr nf ios rour
Aud while the farmer has occasion
to be thankful for h,s for, uns. in goo,
crops and good prices, ether cit'zca.
Of the United tales tave OCCASION s.
be thankful 10 The farmer ! at ni-
prosperiip has Trough ;.,o.p' r,'us
conditions T." Uthes. ani to .lr
cOuntr: Itself The alarm whiri, y rs
felt at this season during !l'"sr !,ars
in which gold was beiug drawn out
of the country. aId the Government
compelled 10 sell bon ~ io r.pieni>;,
the gold iu the Treasury. n" iong,r
men of the great ciiir., .,"t .n,. res,
mihistratiOu. Tie fIcr ii,.. lir .ar
mers of the cuuuir> nav ....h, AIT
lions of bushels ..f " i.c.,; .. -..n -
broad. for whicsi x,'d - '.,.i IL. lat.
GOld-staDC"rd Datlnne ;.urc:,dsln- "a,
Obviates the .irnxrr III reduction II
the quantity of k"i,: III tne couu :,
or OF raids upon t"e god in 49,
Treasury. Treasury officials nay
they are getting greater quantities
of gold than they need or even t;,an
they desire, the gold reserve now
reaching nearly $l6O,ooO ,ooG, while
tho official figures suo"ing the
Of gold in the United state.
and in circulation continue to lnd;-
cate al increase, due doubtless 10
the fact that our exports are pow
largely in exC",s OF our impOrts,
which have iuiicn materially sine u
the enactment OF The nov tariff law
The COMING OF CONGRESS-
Congress. when it meets in its reg
ular session next week, vii. have no
occasion % regret is action in the
special session by which il placed the
DiDgiey tariff law upon the statute
hooks. The doleful predictions made
by the Democrats about the pros
pectivc operations OF The Republican
tariff measure which was enacted .;
the special session few months ago
are not being realized On the COZ .
trary, the four m,nth> liz which it
has been tested have proven that the
Republicans mi.'" 70 ...I- So in thci:
action with r-fer' D:. sii,> ,.,c">ut
Its earnings in lie Ionr n-",h> j
Wblci, ii h.s pre- u "p ra.iDn are
man: millions in .xr,,-s of those uI
tie corresponding ,nn"i,,> Ia tie hl,
tory o. the Wilson law nD., are .uii..-
lent to fully Jus.if. th" mriict If thu
Republican. that it will, " lien u.,riii;,i
conditions are resumed. prove ample
in it's qualities as Il revenue rrosincer
aud in Its effect upon our commerce.
The receipts of the Treasury during
the first four months of the operation
OF the law will amount in round
to $9O,O0O,OOO. while the
Wilson law in its first four months
earned about $s3,OOO,OOO. When it
is considered that the Wilson law had
the benefit Of enormous inporta,ions
which had been held back in order
to get the advantage Of the lower
tariff rates which it gave, apd that
the Dingley law labored under the
disadvantage of very email inportat-
ions because OF the heavy shipments
into the country prior TO its enact
ment, it Will be seen that the operat-
ions of the new law indicate that it
il to be much more successful! as
revenue producer than was the Wilson
law. The further fact that the re-
.o;nte hora osood;iv iucreoanA and