Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-18

on December 6:
My sympathies go out to the men who
are fighting under the Stars and Stripes
wherever they are. and / am not in
favor of pulling the flag down. 1 guess
that shows where | stand.
All over the south leading men are
coming out for expansion. A great cot
ton planters convention at Charlotte,
N. G.. a few days ago came out hot and
strong for expansion and knocked seven
kinds of daylight out of the p~in-headed
democratic press of the north and north
west. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
three days ago contained the follow
ing;
Governor Jones of Arkansas has come
out boldly for expansion. He has reasons
for believing in the policy and he gives
them. General T. r. Churchill of the
same state is quoted as saying: we
have already expanded, and have been
expanding ever since we gained our in
dependence. Without expansion we
would nave been a little republic east of
the Alleghenies. BY expansion we have
become one of the leading nations of the
world. We must take no step back
ward"
These straws in the political wind show
the direction Of American sentiment. 1t
10 q IdSl liol VI III lei In op-
pose the expansion policy dom know
the names of the oceans in which the
Philippines, Hawaii and Porto Rico are
located, and are equally ignorant of their
products and possibilities. The anti
expansion organs have got to craWfish
or lose the confidence and support of
patriotic Americans, for all intelligent
citizens. democrats and republicans
alike, are taking a broad, humane and
progressive view of the proposition. In
Montana the issue may be safely left to
the ~untrammeled press, to the men who
toll, and particularly to the members of
the gallant First Montana volunteers.
OUR GERMAN FRIENDS.
Never was a message from the presi-
dent of the United States so well re-
ceived all over the world as that of Will
liam Mckinley on the opening of the
present congress. Aside from it's sug-
gestions as to nance it is a paper of
wonderful strength, and shows why the
United States is entitled to be considered
first among civilized nations. The
friendly reference to German interests
in this country n abroad can but in
tensify the devotion of millions of Ger
man-Annericans to the political party
whose chief utters such broad and gener-
Gus sentiments. That such sentiments
find a ready response in the Fatherland
is particularly gratifying and is album
dainty evinced by the following words
of Count Won Buelow, which he author
lied to be sent across the sea:
Il regard the message as an %enuncia-
tipn mpT1Qr3h 1a in the 6pNplODnpnt of
GerInan-Anlerican friendship. The warm
tone in which the president speaks OF our
mutual relations has created here the
best Impression and one may be sure
that the ~synpathies exhibited by the
president for Germany are here sincerely
reciprocated. Politically everything be-
tween the two countries is serene and
there is nothing that disturbs the entente
Economically considered the
and tone of the message
the hope that the United
States, with their increasing exports to
will make fair concessions to
German trade, and that the reciprocity
negotiations will be further conducted
in a friendly spirit to a good end"
ABOUT MONEY.
Mr.. Roberts, the director of the mint,
in his annual report, gives the following
interesting figures:
1.-The minis and assay offices operated
upon more bullion in the aggregate and a
greater coinage vas executed during the
last fiscal year tina in any previous
year. Original deposits of gold were
slightly less than during the previous
year. amounting in value to $143,497, 1870,
against STAT, 693, 1914 in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1898. Domestic deposits
We're the largest in our history, amount
ing to SIC, 252, 4S7, against $69. SS1, 12O in
the preceding year., but there was a fall
ing off in foreign coin and bars.
The coinage of gold was the greatest
in our history, amounting to SiGS, la, 1870,
against $64. 634, 865 in the preceding year,
and might AVE been considerably larger
if the capacity of the minis had been
greater. The stock of gold bullion on
hand increased from SOC, GSs, 3S2 on July
l, 1898, to $119, $50, 772 on July l, 1899. -
THE coinage of silver dollars from bull.
lion purchased under the act of July IA,
1890, was SIS, 254, 100, against $4,000, $50 in
the preceding year, and the coinage OF
subsidiary silver So 66, S77,65, against &c.
4S2, S04.
THE production Of gold coin in all of
the important gold fields of the world
is increasing rapidly and with prospects
of continued gains for years to come.
The yield in the world in the calendar
year 1898 was $685., 600, 900, against $685.
900, coo in 1897. The production in Aus
tralia todate in 1899 has shown a gain of
25 per cent over the corresponding
months OF 1898, which indicates a prob
able gain for the full year of SIG. 900. 900.
The United States, Canada and Mex
leo will doubtless increase their product
SIS, 900, 900"
1t ma be of interest also to note that
in New England and the south the
wages of 100, 900 cotton mill operatives
have been, or will be, raised 10 per cent
before the end of the year. Most of this
increase is the result of the opening of
new markets in the Orient, in the Amer
lean colonies and in those countries with
which reciprocity treaties are now being