Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-10-25

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DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS.
i 1t grows more evident as the time
passes by that the prospects Of Demo
cratic success hi 1900 are particularly
bright. The old isms are stronger than
they were in 1896 with the people of
the United States. Arbitration has
gained friends, the income tax is
stronger with the masses, the opposi-
ton to government by injunction grows
apace, the people want bimetallism
and appreciate more clearly the njus-
tice and oppression of the single gold
standard. These "reformers'' of the
currency who visit to have the paper
money issued by the banks instead of
the Government and secured only by
the Office furniture of these institutions
have but small following. Thus 1t is
evident that the issues of 1896 gained
largely in popular favor.
party has furnished several Of great
Importance. Concerning these issues,
William j. Bryan says: ION the new
questions sentiment Is developing rap
idly. Many Republicans who did not
recognize the menace Of the trusts IN
1896 are becoming alarmed. They now
see the dangers which threaten the ma
ton when an Industrial aristocracy cam
arbitrarily control the price Of the raw
material, the rate Of wages and the
price of the finished product. The Re
publican party Is impotent to destroy
the trusts because the trusts are large
ly responsible for the success Of the
Republican party in the last cam
paign. While that party is not framing
ITS politics along religious lines, It will
not dtsobey the injunction, Remember
thy Creator Republican hostility to
the mastery inactivity displayed by
the ADMINISTRATION on the trust ques-
ton will manifest itself as soon as a
clear-cut issue is presented by the plat
form. The Republican party will thun-
der against the trusts with generali-
ties when the Democratic party will
point out specific remedies. On the
question Of Imperialism the opposition
Within the Republican party is already
manifesting itself, and will grow as the
determination to fasten Its imperial
policy ON the country becomes more up
parent. There is no real attempt being
made to defend the Presidents policy"
1t will be seen by the foregoing that
with the old issues more clearly under
stood and the new issues pressing
for solution the Democratic
party has the position of vantage and
is entitled to feel highly encouraged as
to the prospects of success In 1900.
What Must the Sacrifice Rep
If there be amy certainty Of securing
peace in the Philippines by increasing
the military forces there, then there
ought to be no hesitation at Washing
ton about making such an increase. Be
fore it Is decided the situation should
be most carefully and seriously consid-
cred. Nearly 10000 men have already
been sent there. More than half of
them are either dead, wounded or Ill
from climatic diseases. The fighting
has been going ON during the healthful
At the same time, after all this sacri-
fee of life and death, we actually hold
less territory than we did few weeks
ago. How many men will we have to
offer up altogether in order 10 subju-
gate the natives? A calculation on this
question by either the War Department
or President Mckinley will be thank
fully received, no doubt, by the people
Of the United States.
There are between eight and ten
millions Of the Filipinos, and they have
shown that they are not to be despised
as fighters. After having been routed
with fearful slaughter" they come up
I'M better shape than ever, and are EVIL
IDENTIFY learning the art of war to some
purpose.
In the entire group of islands there
are considerably over million fighting
men. How many American lives will it
take to annthilate them? For that is
what will have to be done with them,
judging from their present temper
New York News.
A Paralysis of General Business.
Since the organization Of Industrial
combines matters have changed materi-
ally. The trust does not see why 1t
should divide the profit with jobber.
In some Instances the wholesaler Is al
ready ignored and the sales are made
to the retailer and the trust
gathers in all Of the profit. 1t no longer
divides with anyone and 1t does not in
tend to do so for the future. BY re-
moving competition the necessity for
protecting a jobber and wholesaler
has also been removed Under other
conditions the manufacturer would not
dare to ignore the jobber for fear he
would turn his customers, the whole
salers, over to some other factory. To-
day the jobber is left absolutely with
out fangs. All factories are in the trust,
therefore all customers must seek the
same source of supply and the jobber,
however unwillingly, must accept the
observation-disclosures Post.
Sugar Trust and Trustees.
At difference of an eighth of cent
a pound between raw and refined sugar
the protection of the trust would be
high above the percentage stated by
Mr.. HaEemeyer. Against his assertion
1t has been demonstrated over and over
again by current facts and figures, and
by the tariff act itself. that the discrim-
nations in favor of the sugar refiners
against importations of Ger
man beet sugar. range as high as a
cent a pound. The Mckinley tariff pre-
tended to make sugar free, while levy
ing a duty of half cent pound on the
refined product. This was actually and
practically a duty of a half cent on the
entire consumption, raw and refined,
imported and domestic; and 1t trans
ferred $20,OOO,00O from the pockets of
the people to the Golfers Of the trust,
while despoiling the treasury of its