Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-10-06

iStratiOn. In November the Fifty
sixth congress viii be named, and not
one good reason can be given for plac-
ing it in opp0sitl0n' to the president.
1t might perhaps seem little i'm
pertinent but not wholly out Of place
to inquire OF democratic members of
the house and senate, who are finding
fault with the management Of the
army, how many staff appointments
were made on their recommendations.
The national gold reserve is now
the largest in the history Of the
United States, farm loans are down to
) per cent. annual interest, and the
general prosperity is daily increasing.
What a ruin" that Dingley tariff is
proving to be,
The result Of the Dingley tariff is
being realized every day in the great
benefits to this country. New capital
from across the water is being invested
in this country, giving employment to
thousands Of labOrerS. which in time
creates home market for the farmer.
Clinton (NIo) Republican.
Why don't the democrats attack
our protective tariff with their usual
yigor? Why don't they compare the
inequalities Of the DingleY tariff with
the blessings Of that WilSOn-GOrman
tariff that restored quiet to the noisy
factory towns and gave rest to the
weary "serfS Of the Tobber-barOns?"
The balance of trade in favor of the
United States for the year ending
June 80, 1898, was 1915, 002. 1853. This
was the first years trade with foreign
nations under the Dingley tariff bill.
And yet the democrats tell us that
foreign nations Won buy Of US unless
we admit their goods free of duty.
How do you like it, as far as you have
gone, gentlemen?-Laramie Repub-
lican.
The analysis which the southern
press has given of the Cuban situation
confirms the wisdom of President
Mckinley in recommending to con-
United States rather than the recOg-
milton Of Cuban independence. Many
of the most prominent democrats Of
the south are going on record in favor
of the policy outlined by the repub-
Of President Mckinley in his message.
The men who saw with clearest
vision the commercial future Of the
United States were the most ardent
prOteCtiOniStS. And they, in common
with the great bulk Of their fair
minded and Intelligent fellow COuntrp
men, perceive that our commanding
position in the worlds markets today
is directly due to the wise policy
which fOstered the creation of
American industries, stimulated them
to prosperous activity and guarded
them from disastrous foreign rivalry
when fairly established Times.
A hicago steel and iron company
has ust closed a contract for the
delivery at Victoria, B. c., of $500 tons
of steel plates to be used in the con-
struCti0n Of five British steamships.
This contract was secured against the
competition of some of the largest
steel firms in England and Germany.
Another Western steel company has
just completed the delivery Of 5000
tons of steel plates at Glasgow and
has also been supplying quantity Of
light ''Th' rails to parties in Germany.
a healthy child of Protection is the
iron and steel industry in the United
States.
What does free aud unlimited coin
age mean? 1t means that everybody
will have his stock Of the cheaper
metal coined into dollars which receive
the governments promise to make up
the deficiency of their intrinsic value,
while he sells the higher priced metal
in the market. In this manner indi-
viduals control the coinage both as to
quality and quantity, while the gov
eminent should control it and say
what metal and how much shall be
coined. The government, in order to
control coinage and circulation must
buy the bullion and coin it on its own
account.
The IS to theory is a good thing
| with which to hOOdWink the Marines
| The free silver leaders do not think
! it feasible in practice. Senator Mills
| of Texas. in his letter of withdrawal
from the senatorial race declared free
coinage at Is to l by the United States
impossible, and this is what VIM. J.
| Bryan said in his speech in congress,
| Aug. Is, 1893: 1.-The principle of BIZ
metallism does not stand upon any
| certain ratio, and may exist as l to 30
as well as l to &c." But free coinage
! orators insist that free coinage will
| restore the price of silver, regardless
! of the oyerpr0duction of the white
metal: but they lack the authority of
| their standard bearer for the profess