The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-30

provo ou1c11nI to busineSS- Inc smAstcr
the Wages the les NE can
buy: The way Il has worked IN New Eng
land 10 this: The manufactures finds his
margin of profit diminished. 50 he re-
duces prohts The wageworker. having
less to spend. buys less and gets AZ cheap
ly AZ possible what he must have. h
dsminishes demand and Increased compe-
tifion forces down prices. The margin
Of profit disappears and there IL another
cut In wages. with the same result
The senate Becomin Al oiissrchy.
From the 81. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The senate does not represent the people
or the common interest. II is composed Of
representatives of special interests. and
what legislation In had Is a compromise.
In other words. the senate Is becoming
oligarchical instead OF democratic And
IL VIII grow worse instead or better until
some way Ia found 20 bring senators 10
a closer accounting TO the people. Az
long an they are "owned." to use the ex
pressive language of one of them. popu-
lar legislation annot be expected.
Buying Ships I'm England.
From the New York World.
The cable interrupted the Thanksgiving
festivities yesterday with the news that
- ht ha
passenger steamers and two huge freight
ers for the Belgian-American t~rade-from
two English shipbuiiding irms' Can IL be
that In spite of the war. In spite
OF a~nnexations right and left. trade viii
persist I'm following not the flag and the
gun. but the law which says "seil where
you can sell the dearest and buy where
you can buy the cheapest?'
Hard In Rsce the Future.
From the st. Paul Globe.
The present does not AFFORD a particu-
larry safe basis for conjecture as to the
future policy of this country. Our foreign
war has precipitated upon US many
questions which will prove important
points Of difference and which will lead
TO a wide divergence of opinions. The coci
that crows just now in a way that sug-
gests that he knows II all in advance will
probably find his head upon the block be-
fore another two years shall have rolled
around.
Strange Revenue Ruling.
From the Binghsmton. N. Y. Leader.
The commissioner Of internal revenue
holds that the manufacturer Is the prop
err person to fix the retail price or value
OF his goods. This would seem to be @
strange thing to hold. Wher
the TttdlltT DuNS KOOus lntN DctoHlC Utf
goods and the Law person would naturally
suppose n he Is the one to fix the price
at which he Is to dispose Of them. In
nuenced only by competition or by tho
circumstances or conditions of trade.
Republican Family Row.
From the Kansas City Times.
Senator Lodge has practically given no
tice to the administration that the va
rious industries will insist upon free
trade between the United States and th'
colonies. and the lumber. sugar. hemp
tobacco and rice interests are m~arshalint
their forces to prevent ii. This Is an un'
expected family row. but II gives promise
Of developing into a fierce struggle be
tween the factions for supremacy.
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Arguing Against an Appetite.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
An Oberlin professor says with some
truth that the sentiment for expansion
represents a national appetite. 'Ont
hears on every hand" he writes
''weighty arguments against sue a pol
icy. but in its favor, only generalities
and cheers" He thinks II quite use
less to argue against an appetite. The
president has gone down before IL like
a chop into a hungry dogs stomach.
General Woods Order.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
vice OF gambling In Santiago Is toe
long-lived and too deeply rooted to b.
eradicated by the methods which Genera
Wood has adopted. We know how tina
is in this country. We try sometimes Il
make people good by law. seeking to reg
ulate their habits and reform their view
Of things by legislative enactment. but WI
seldom succeed. We have learned a bettel
and surer way.
Opportunity for Democracy.
From the Peoria Herald.
There has never been a better opportu
nifty for democrats than there Is now 4
they have the judgment to take advant
age OF the occasion. IL is the party o.
the people as against the party of TIT
classes. and IL has the advantage of be
ing the aggressive party. while the re
publican party will from time to time b.
placed on the defensive.
Algcrism a Costly Luxury.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Already they are estimating that 22.0o
pension claims growing out of the Span
ish war will be filed in this country. 1000
OF which will he due to disabilities an,
deaths contracted in the camps. IL vii
be a long time before we shall &c
through paying for the luxury of Alger
ism.
Pays BETTER Than Train Robbing.
From the st. Louis Republic.