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cnEAr MoNnY ANn WAGES.

The falsest plea ever advanced to a
wage-earner is that cheaper money
makes higher wages
The true value of wages lies not in the
number Of dollars, but IN their purchas-
Ing power With cheaper money wages
would rise as to the number OF dollars
received but Il would take more dollars
than now to purchase the necessaries OF
life. Prices would rise more rapidly than
wages. This is well established by ex-
perlence. and constitutes the inherent
curse Of the free silver agitation.
Last year the earnings OF the United
States amounted 10 about s14 500. 900 900.
and Of this vast sum more than one-half
was the wages Of labor And the pur-
chasing power OF every one OF these dol
lars has increased more rapidly than
prices have risen since 1898.
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the proportion OF manufacturers nate
rlals imported Increases. II can only mean
constant increase In the country's
wealth and industrial activity And what
We have achieved is not our limit. Lead
ing economists and Industrial students OF
the old world confess the superiority OF
our skilled labor in quality and capacity
OF production In every direction where
export is involved They do not pretend
to deny, IN frank discussion. that we, to-
day the leading Industrial nation OF the
world, are destined to advance shortly
from our place as a close second In tho
commercial world TO first place.
But-we cannot either maintain our
place or advance II we abandon economic
principles under the Influence OF which
our marvellous progress has been made.
and embrace instead principles dlamet-
rlcally opposed 10 these.
The question before the people before
the capitalist and the wage-eaner-be-
fore every man with salary or with a
dollar invested-is simply this: DO you
wish return OF the 1887 conditions
including panic, bankruptcy and non
employment or a continuance OF the
prosperity experienced since them
Prosperity can be continued only by
continuing It's underlying cause-th,
present governmental policy.
Evening journal., 1900-10-23

AS an outlet for our wheat surplus. for
example. we cannot afford to depend
upon foreign wheat failures. This would
more often than not result in serious
and damaging overproductlon here. There
must be a steady and permanent market
for our growing surplus. This viii be
found in China. where the groundwork is
now being laid for the rse OF wheat as a
substitute for rice The United States
has formidable competitors in wheat ex-
port, and they will seek the Orient Ar
gentina leads. Her production, which
in 1885 was but $4,000 900 bushels. has
expanded TO 6O.OO0,OOO. In favorable sea-
sons Russia and India join Argentina,
The American wheat grower must stand
shoulder to shoulder with the American
manufacturer in extending and protect
ing his Eastern market
Evening journal., 1900-10-23
FACT AND FANCY IN KANSAS.
EIoquence of the state Bank Report a.
n Typical Farming Commonwealth.

EIoquence of the state Bank Report in
n Typical Farming Commonwealth.
Kansas has been peculiarly the home
Of pessimism and discomfort in American
politics. No amount OF pessimism. how
ever, can transform prosperous into un-
prosperous conditions, when comparative
figures and notorious facts are on public
view Late in August the people Of Kan
sas we're assured by the spokesman Of
those now seeking control OF the federal
government that prosperity is a sham so
far as the farmer is concerned-that the
prices Of what the farmer consumes have
risen faster than the prices Of what he
produces.
Since then the Bank Commissioner OF
Kansas, who is the States Populist lead
er and a gubernatorial candidate. has
reported that the deposits in the State
banks, which a year ago were S25. .9O6. 357.
we're on September last s31. 645 $40: that
the reserve funds had grown in three
months from S7,792.119 TO $40 96S, ,O0O-
the largest percentage OF reserve to de-
posts In be States history: that the
Kansas farmer has. as result OF pros
perity, been busy paying off his mort
gage and purchasing improvements; and
that the banks could to-day stand with
drswals twice as heavy as those of the
panic year. 1898. without calling in a
single loan. and still maintain reserve
20 per cent in excess Of legal require
ments.
All this. he says. is due to four years Of
good crops What he failed to say. but
what the farmer must now realize. is
that the best crops possible could not put
him where he is II the dollars he received
we're not worth. every one Of them, one
hundred cents and If the high tariff
prosperity Of the country had not enabled
the people to consume literally what he
had to sell. With this exception. the re-
port is an accurate statement.
Evening journal., 1900-10-23
FREE COINAGE ABo.

The opposition to the present federal
government is free silver opposition
since free silver represents the only POSI-
tive or constructive point in its formal
declaration Of principles Here is a sim
pie definition Of free coinage: Any man
who carries gold or silver bullion to the
mint may have ii coined into standard
coin without charge He receives one
dollar in coin for every s71.25 grains Of
pure silver II the coin is worth more
than the bullion by weight. the bullion
owner gets all the profit II silver dol
lar contains forty-seven cents worth OF
silver. he gets a profit Of fifty-three cents
on every dollar coined. and the govern
ment gets nothing although expected to
keep the silver dollar at par with gold
dollar Of nearly twice its intrinsic value.
This is most excellent for the bullion
man, but where do the people OF the
country. who pay him his enormous
profit. come in? The query is a practical
business one.
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FALSE N ONE. FNLsE IN OTHERS.

Since 1896 there has been an average
advance In the price OF farm products OF
nearly so per cent. At the same time the
price OF silver declined from 6S.7 cents
per ounce on August /. 1896. to els cents
on August I, 1900. This utterly demol-
ishes one Of the leading theories ad-
vanced four years ago by those who are
now advocating a change In government.
II their contention then was false In one
direction. It is a fair assumption that it
was false IN others. II their economic
theories we're wrong in 1896 the same
theories cannot be rightnow. This Is no
time to change, and these are no theorists
10 trust.
Evening journal., 1900-10-23
COMMERCE ANp FoREIeN RELATION.

The recent conduct OF our foreign rela-
tions growing out Of the trouble in China
has commanded the respect and admira-
tior Of European craftsmanship. BY rea-
son OF our success in the handling OF
delicate international problems we have
come to be regarded abroad as something
more than nation Of shrewd bargain
makers. The measure OF our influence In
the development Of commerce In new
markets will depend largely upon the
measure Of respect entertained for our
ability to deal successfully with the dip
lomatic questions which are frequently
developed by trade competition? Why
change a certainty for an uncertainty
Evening journal., 1900-10-23
FARM MORTGAGES.
How the Era OF Prosperity Has Lifted
This Form OF Burden from
Agriculture.

The record OF American farm mort
cages is an epitome Of American agri-
cultures struggles. trumphs and de-
feats. A mortgage Is a far more disturb
ing factor in the accounts Of the average
farmer than in those Of mercantile and
industrial investment. And the filing or
eanceling OF such mortgages depends
more upon the net value OF crops than
upon their size; in other words upon
general business conditions throughout
the country, which regulate crop prices
to the farmer
In considering the comparative effect,
in this direction. OF the last low tariff
period and the present high tariff
period we believe the American Agri-
culturist' to be high and absolutely un-
biased authority. II declares that our
staple crops were valued in 1899 at S40O, .
100000 more than in any year OF the
period Of depression including 1894, 1895
and 1896, and that other other crops ag-
gregated an increase OF more than 5000. -
100000. or 25 per cent. over the same
period
The value of agricultural real estate,
recovering steadily since 1896, is to-day
in round figures. 81. .22O. 100000 more than
one year ago. The percentage Of farms
occupied by owners is larger than ever
before, and the number of mortgaged
farms have diminished greatly. The
amount Of mortgages on farms occupied
by their owners is about $500 900 900 less
than II was decade ago. The average
percentage Of value represented by mort
cages is 27, the farmer has been greatly
benefited in the past few years by re-
duction in the interest rate and a ma
jority Of the mortgages now in force were
incurred for either purchase or invest
ment.
These statements are the result of mosi
careful expert investigation They speal
volumes for the radical change in oul
agricultural status since the shadows o.
1896 we're lifted. They plead. with un
answerable force. for Endorsement Of the
government policy which has made them
possible.
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WHAT RAILWAY FRETaHrs sAy.

In 1894. the year when protection was
abandoned. the railway freight OF this
country showed a shrinkage OF $4,000. 900
tons as compared with the previous year.
In 1888. the year following the restora-
tion Of protection. the railway freight OF
the country showed an expansion OF
124.O00.0 900 tons as compared with the
previous year and an increase Of $780,
100000 tons as compared with 1884. Do
two and two make four, or not?
Evening journal., 1900-10-23
1904 AND 1890 BsNK ACCOUNTS.

In the city Of New York. IN 1894. there
were 6O5.sS1 depositors in hanks Of all
sorts and in loan and trust companies.
In 1899 there were 749.s1O deposltors an
increase Of 1882 over the low tariff
year. In 1894 the total Of deposits was
seOs. .625.s2s. and in 1899 1892. .77O. Ss2-an
increase OF s2Ss145.459. Does not the
comparison between the two periods cou-
vey a warning as well as a suggestion
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LoGIc or a sIrItArInN.

Conviction should be carried TO the
voters Of the country by the fact that
every influential trade organization In
the city Of New York--such as the Cham
Der Of Commerce. Board Of Trade and
Transportation. and the Merchants Asso-
ciation-is unalterably OF the opinion. by
a large majority. that havoc would be
wrought to our commercial interests by
either the enactment Of a low tariff law
or a serious menace TO our present none
tary system. One would certainly. the
other would probably follow a change OF
government These great organizations
could not take a position inimical to the
popular interest without assailing their
own interests. Their judgment should be
respected.
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ouR FARMER IN the oRm,r

The fact that Americas power of pro-
duction grows more rapidly than does
the power Of absorption extends to the
farmer equally with the manufacturer.
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srnnL nm nrsINrss.
Enormous Increase by One Of the
Largest C0neerns In the ConntrN.

Confidential figures submitted by one Of
the largest steel rail manufacturing con
Germs ia the United States show an enor-
nous increase in the volume OF business.
number Of employees and wages during the
last four years as compared with the pre-
vious similar period. The figures speak for
themselves.
Volume OF business. lS92-96. Sl1J U95. 400 35
Volume OF business 1885, 1900 16s 500 SS3 43
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FACTs F0R THE FARMER.

The farmer is an intensely practical
man. General propositions do not ap-
peal to him when his own bank account
Is under discussion. He wants facts.
Here are few. Let him study them we'll
Let him consider the domestic consump-
tion of wheat and corn. the two leading
staples. In 1892 this surpassed all pre-
vious records. being coincident with the
protective tariff Of 1890. What hap
pened to the farmer In four years as
result OF predicted and actual low tar
nf? Official figures tell the story:
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ports Of foreign products amounting TO
S24,0O0,O0O. was also without precedent
S544. 764 1886.
The prosperity Of country. as we
have said depends on It's favorable trade
balance. What is the net showing. in
this respect. Of the two periods. 1888 to
1897. and 1897 TO 1902 For 1898 the bal
ance. which had been steadily In our
favor for three years suddenly went
against us by nearly sls,0OO.OO0. For
lSs4-5-6 low tariff years, the aggregate
balance In our favor was but s415. 900, OO0
For 1897 alone with new high tariff.
Il reached more than $3.50 900 600, and
for the past three years. lssS-9-190O. we
have the astounding total OF nearly
$l.700 900 0O0-or nearly five times the
aggregate In our favor for the total
period OF our commercial history. los
years. TO the close Of 1897
We have leaped by reason OF our pres
ent trade policy. supported by sound
money guarantees. into the position OF a
great creditor nation. Europe has been
sending us her gold. or the equivalent,
our securities. in settlement. when our
gold is exported, It goes not to pay debts
born Of trade balances II goes In loans,
safely placed, at per cent interest. Why
should we not BE- prosperous Why
should We not continue to be prosperous?
We can-but not by reversing and re-
pudiating the government policy that has
made us So
The proposition is one Of plain bus-
ness. not Of partisan politics
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15
As Soon Have Gold In Mine as Bank.

One OF the most unique mines In this
section ol the country Is that OF II. w.
Tracey. near Robinsonvilie. known rs the
Black Hawk. Mr.. Tracey'S mine con.
sists Of u pay chute not wider than a foot
at It's widest place. It's average width is
from two to three inches. His working
force consists oi himself. As the ore is
very rich, however, averaging perhaps
$4,000 a ton, Mr.. Tracey says he can get
all the money he want working single.
handed. tie considers the ground safer
than q bank, and draws upon II only ac.
tording to his needs. The property is
only opened up bv a 3~o-ioot shaft and a
short drift. Mr.. Tracey is now at work
on another shaft ON 4 parallel vein that
averages from one.tourth to three inches
in width. The ore IN this vein Is equally
rs rich rs that in the FIRST he worked. An
adjoining claim, known rs the Mollie
Gibson, Is also owned Nv Mr.. Tracey
Special from Granite 10 The Telegram.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15
Tramway Six Miles Long.

TO reduce expenses Of the Baisley.
ElkhOrn mine, the owners Of that famous
property have commenced some very
extensive and radical improvements.
The first step wa to put In n telephone
line from Haines to the mine, and the
poles and wire are now on the ground
and In n few days the work Of setting
the poles and putting up the wire will be
completed. IN addition to this they are
preparing to build a stamp mill IN the
canyon on Pine creek where abundant
water power eau be secured. The ore for
reduction will be trained down to the mill.
Then this tramway will be- extended a
distance Of five or six miles to Powder
river valley, and all the concentrates
from The mill will be trained TO this point
and then hauled to Haines for shipment.
These improved methods will reduce the
expenses, rs II will save hauling wood to
the mine, over IN up hill grade, aud do
away with the long haul OF concentrates.
Since the proprirtorS commenced TO sink
a shat, on their property, they decided TO
turtail the expense OF production.-Re.
publican.
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Name Of Locating Engineer.

A. Kinney, civil engineer, recently
employed on the Mohawk branch Of the
Southern Pacific, has been appointed 10.
eating engineer on the Columbia South.
ern. He started Thursday for Shaniko,
to begin setting stakes southwark toward
Lakeview. When a sufficient distance
has been cross.sectioned, proposals will
be submitted to contractors for bids. It
Is expected the work will begin within 20
days.-O regonian. That paper has been
imposed upon by someone. The facts
are that r. c. Kinney, (not A. Kinney,
joined the Anderson party, who are en-
gagged in making a preliminary survey
for The Dalles Southern Railway Co.
This company and the Columbia South
ern are two separate companies .-Shaniko
Leader.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15

sea at times Of full tide. None Of the
cannerymen cared to stay with the dig.
gings themselves, but when We arrived
In Seattle, the daily papers came out with
scare.head articles on the fabulously rich
diggings to be found at the mouth Of Red
River, OF Kodiak Island. The news was
given the world on the strength Of what
the captain Of the Valencia had said about
the place, and the information was vouch.
safed that a great stampede was being
made for Kodiak, where hundreds Of
miners were digging out gold to beat all.
Yet there isn't a human soul within 20
miles of the mouth Of Red River, but all
the same, look out for that point as being
the place to which the unwary are to be
lured next"
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Wednesday. August IS. 1900
agent should keep himself In evidence. or
brand every stick Of timber that Is of cred
for saIe.-Salt Lake Tribune.
Leave Coal Mine fos Harvest Fields.

Work at the Birch creek coal claims
has been temporarily stopped on account
Of the shortage Of harvest hands, the men
who were at work there having gone into
the fields for the present time. Senator
T. c. Taylor, who Is one Of the principal
ones interested In the claims, stated today
that II was not the intention to cease the
work Of prospecting, but that It would
again be resumed before long. The
showings already made have been sufi-
GENTLY encouraging to warrant going
deeper into the mountain. There Is good
prospect for some fine coal deposits being
unearthed In the near future. Its i'm.
portance, with reference to the develop.
ment Of the Pacific Northwest, is so great
that the utmost endeavor will be made to
find out II there Is coal Of quality warrant.
ing mining it.-East Oregonian.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15
MINE TIMBER DILEMMA.
Plenty Of Il Around but Government Agent
b iho There.

The mine manager whose woodpile Is
getting low and who, to continue the de.
velopment Of his ground and the Stopping
Of his ores must have timber, Is In a
dilemma. Having been notified by Percy
Sewers, special agent Of the Land Office,
that the Government will hold the min.
ing company responsible for any "stolen
timber" that Is found In Its property, and
further that there Is practically no Utah
timber which has not been cut in violation
Of law, the manager would like Mr..
Sewers to direct him just where to 70 for
timber.
There Is plenty Of II around, but as
there Is nothing to distinguish n class
from the other, the companies have de.
cided to defer all purchases until they
have had the assurance Of the special
agent that II Is safe to purchase. In the
face Of the recent admonition that they
would be compelled to pay the Govern.
ment as well as the original vendor for
any and all stolen timber In their posses.
sion, they were induced to believe that
Agent Sewers would seize the branding
iron and define the difference. The agent
has failed to do this, however, and the
result Is that not a little hardship Is
threatened.
A manager Of one Of the most active
properties said recently that his superin.
tendent had been signaling for timber for
DAYS, and that he, In turn, had been
vainly hunting for the special agent that
he might ascertain just what timber can
be safely purchased. Until he gets this
information he declines to replenish the
woodpiIe at the mine and serious en-
barrassment may result. The special
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15
BUSY AROUND BURNS.
Railroad Company Files Def
mite Location.

The United States Land Office at Burns
Is kept hustIing these days. The filing
Of homestead entries and claims under the
desert act Is always large here, but during
the past month there has been a rush,
the number Of filings more than doubling
those for any previous July. As Is the
case all over eastern Oregon, the small
ranchrr Is looking for a home here.
Whenever there Is q level tract Of land
and water convenient there Is a race to
see who will be the first to get It. Every
year finds more fences and less vacant
stretches Of country. The u Of
Harvey county are great, but on account
Of It's isolation, the outside world has been
slow In finding II out. But people are
coming now, and they find a welcome
here.
A large surveying party Tor the Cor.
wallis 4 Eastern company has just com.
pleted It's work IN the county, and filed
In the land Office here It's map Of definite
location, along with a profile OF the right
Of way or route to be taken. II began
surveying about "a miles southwest from
Ontario, on the Malheur river, and added
about 100 miles TO that already surveyed.
The new profile filed IN the land office here
shows the line to he along the valley OF
the Malheur river. II follows that river
for q distance Of i22a miles, the entire
distance the line Is now surveyed. The
surveying party broke camp On the 18th
1T July, and filed It's profile, ~ definite
location claim, IN the land Office on the
,sth. The land Office officials have been
records, 80 rs 10 report to the general
land office at Washington each lo.acre
tract Of government land through which
the new railroad survey passes. The
line, meandering with the creek, covers a
large section oi country.
The present survey ends near Crane,
IN this county, 20 miles southeast at
Burns. II Is iAo miles from Ontario.
There was u preliminary survey made
along this route several wears ago. a
lew miles this side Of the terminus oi the
present survey there are two preliminary
surveys. One leads out south VIA Albert
lake aud lakrvirw, IN Lake county. and
south through California 10 q
point on the Southern pacih, road. The
other comes via Burns. thence nv Prime.
vile aud on To Albany.
The tirli Is q good one from beginning
10 end. The thousands Of head Of horses
and cattle and sheep, and millions Of
Of wool from this great stock
center. demand better transportation.
this aud the vast amount OF
shipped into this country. the
rapidity with which II Is settling up is
enough 10 convince the shrewd railroad
nagnates that this is not a country to he
neglected, II is no longer q question Of
Inc people ot eastern and southern Ore.
gon begging Tor a railroad, but It Is a
ace for the swiitrst TO get here first
from Burns.
Kodiak for Next Fake Boom.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15

There is an increased demand for tim.
her. and there is strong talk Of an electric
road from the Cracker creek mines to the
timber below Sumpter. This will tend to
stimulate and support another great in.
dustrv. Few realize the enormous con.
sumption required Tor eve a dozen big
mines when sinking operations begin.
The Coms,ock alone exhausted 100000.
ooo feet OF timber. and Si.,ooo,ooo worth
OF fuel in about ten wears. Butte City
has nearly elnalrd this and hauls II from
MisSoula. There is timber enough in
Breeze, FRYER. Carbonate and Iron mills
ut leadville to easily build the city OF
Denver, A mill close TO available good
timber could, with a short road, supply
timber 10 the mines cheaper than il could
he cut at the Mines. +. L., in Portland
Mining Review. under Sumpter date.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-08-15

Don't neglect your eyes. Glasses and
spectacles properly fitted to detective
sight. T. C.. Rrodie, Opera House Jew.
elry Store, Sumpter.