Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-04-21

SOuUD III COdSDWlSG vessels Will DE IN
terrupted, and if carried by rail, the
prices necessarily increased.
The value of the sheepin the United
States has increased $25, 900, 900 in
round numbers since the Inauguration
Of President Mckinley. and is now
the highest since 1898, while the
values of other farm animals and pro-
ducts have also greatly increased.
"The issue is now with the Congress.
1t is a solemn responsibility. | have
exhausted every effort to relieve the
intOlerable condition of affairs which
is at our doors. Prepared to execute
every obligation imposed upon me by
the Constitution and the law, I await
your action. "-President Mckinley to
Congress on the Cuban question, April
il, 1898.
''The only hope of relief and repose
from condition which can no longer
be endured, is the enforced pacifcation
OF Cuba. In the name Of humanity,
in the name Of civilization, in behalf
Of Injured American interests which
give rs the right and duty to speak
and act, the war in Cuba must stop"
From President McKinley's mes
sage, April II, 1898.
The course of the new administra-
tiOn with reference to beet sugar is
being highly commended by men of
all parties and all sections. Secretary
Wilson'S latest report on this subject
shows that the experiments Of last
year were highly successful, and that
he has reason to expect that the beet
sugar production Of the United States
in 1898 will be double that Of 1897, and
that this will shortly become one of
the well recognized and successful
agricultural industries Of the country.
1t is a remarkable fact that the free
coinage Of silver proposition has been
ignored in nearly all the democratic
populist gatherings of late. At the
democratic convention at lndianap-
Oils, at the recent meetings OF the
democrats in Michigan, which was
attended by Mr.. Bryan, at the Pacific
coast conventions the subject was
made secondary, and other issues
pushed to the front. The democratic
pOpulist candidate for mayor OF Mil
Waulee avoided the silver issue in all
his speeches; the Oregon democratic
pOpulist convention refused to en-
dorse the candidate and platform of
the conventions of 1896, and every
where the disposition to get away
from the silver issue and its embar-
easements under present conditions
Of prosperity has been clearly appar-
ent.
What say the free trade orators now
with reference to their assertions that
the duty on hides and an increased
duty on leather would certainly raise
the price on boots and shoes? The
latest issue of Dun's Review, in it's
standardization of business conditions
says: ''In boots and shoes the unpre-
cedented purchases between February
10 and March 26 have not prevented
unusually large orders for this season,
with prices slightly yielding as to
leather" ThiSfact, coupled with the
figures recently quoted, showing that
all grades Of boots and shoes are sell
ing at less than they were at the
beginning of last year, make plain
how absolutely groundless were the
assertions made by the opponents OF
the Dingley tariff bill that the tariff
which it placed on hides and leather
would cause an increase in the price
of boots and shoes.