The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-09-24

cans-the prosperity which they thought
we had robbed them of returned under
the policy Of a president who got his
majorities in that self same East
z. ''The fellows in the middle west did not
consider that the defeat Of Bryan meant
the death of free silver. They began
talking Of the victory that was to come
In 1900 the next day after the election.
They were talking it as hard as ever a
year ago. You heard it on all Of the
trains, but you don't hear it now. They
are eMogizing Dewey, Mckinley and the
rest of the heroes when they are not
talking of the increase In the volume of
business and Of their own now undertake
ings. Occasionally you come across all
original. Bryanite who feels that it is his
duty to be sad, and who says that the
war made the good times and that Bryan
always was for war" t."..' :
Wheat is not the only bumper crop. We
shall have, it is estimated, 100000, 900
bushels of corn, an increase of 81, OOO, 900
bushels over last year, and it is worth
just as much money as last years crop.
We have 678,OOO,O0O bushels of oats as
against COS, 100000 bushels last year.
There is an increase in the potato crop
of over so. 600, 900 bushels which is a great
satisfaction, because last years crop was
very bad--the one dark spot in an other
wise bumper year, while this year is COM
pletely a bumper. The farmers Of Kan
ee'e' WIZ are now putting UP SuDScrlp-
ton for Joe Letter. with two or three
more bumper years may be dispensing
charity in Wall street ITSELF
The European countries are not "pig-
ging' the gold of the world now. It looks
as if we were. Since June 80, 1887. we
have imported SIS, 100000 in gold. In that
time we have produced $1,000, 90 in gold
Colorado, the great Free Silver state, has
produced this year more gold than any
other state; and even Ex-Governor Waite
is prosperous. A conservative estina te
is that about 100000 have come from
the Klondike, and it will remake per-
manently in the country because most
OF the miners. there are Americans, and
a number of the F'rench-Canadian claim
owners, disguised with the mining laws
of their own country and the heavy royal
ties, are going to become American citi-
zens and invest their money here. The
state of Washington, which was more
deeply in the slough of despond two years
ago than any other state in the union, is
as pleased as a boy with watch and
| chain and new ball and bat In this
case the Klondike trade has been the
handmade of the return Of general pros
perity. The commerce of all the Pacific
coast ports is on a rapid increase, and
they are looking forward to a big trade
with the Orient. Then the sum total of
| gold, imports and production is $181, OO0,-
arts and we have $160, 900, 600 to the good.
At the rate it dosen't look as if our
| foreign neighbors were bleeding us or
that Mexico, under its silver standard,
is any better off than we are. Money
is loosening up on all hands. ~
From all the summer resorts, both in.
land and on the coast, comes the report
of the biggest business ever known. This
not only warns the heart of the summer
hotel proprietor, but also it joins in with
the big crops in increasing the freight
receipts of the railroads. If the war did
! not prevent our expectations of manu-
factures and agricultural produce to
foreign markets. 1t did keep a great many
OF our people at home who would other
wise have spent their money abroad. Ac-
cordingly at least $4,000 900 which would
otherwise have gone into the pockets of
foreign steamship companies and the
keepers of foreign hotels is doing good at
home.
The war was brought to successful
close just at the season of the year when
| men are thinking of undertaking new
business enterprises and in circumstances
which will Lead them to put their schemes
| into action. Whether or not we get the
Philippines and Cuba, both are to be our
markets. From the far East we learn
that the. merchants of China and of
Japan, as we'll as of the Indies, have been
AAAA0A CSSSO-LAey dIt an 1InpreSS1Onable
people-by our victories at Manila. Amer.
lea has become great in their eyes and.
accordingly, American goods will find a
better opening. Whether it Is American
or foreign capital that goes into Cuba, It
is all in our interest. Something like
$1,000 600 has been received, or is on its
way here, drawn out Of the Bank of
England in French Napoleons to be in
vested in Cuba. It Is gold, and it is gold
that will grease the wheels of industry
in the Pearl Of the Antilles and the
wheels will be Americans Of energy and
enterprise who will find occupation in
turning the Inflated island into a. great
garden.
Aguinaldo will likely catch onto the
American spirit and set his soldiers to
pi"4i1"s rice. And one day they will
learn that they need American tools to
WI thelr ground, and in the Philippines
VIC may find another such a. field as we
are bound to find in Cuba. A foreipne1
mas said that we would conquer our, new
charges by getting them to buy our
olcycles and our dollar watches. CAPTAIN
clark IN making his trip around the Horn
was acting as drummer for American
trade. 1t means many millions to us in
neW-men-of-war and in new steel
| merchant vessels which the Union Iron
works Will construct for foreign nations
American mechanical skill has now The
klnd OF prestige which appeals to the
gallery added to the hard, cold fact 81
us superiority. This will count, too. with
some OF o'lr folk at home who like ia
ouy foreign goods because thew are
Aorelgn and have an ancient reputation.
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