Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06
Affairs of National Interest Now
Uppermost at the
Capital.
GRAVE CONFERENCES At WHITE HOUSE,
The President AdhereH 10 His Nom
commlttnI COursc-gndustriRl De-
preston becoming More Marked
Forbidden Topics Among Repub-
Iicnns-stIll the War Tax,
LsnoeIal correspondenee.l

from Europe ana voices lnc nope VI
the captallstic class that Mckinley
will be reelected.
The masses Of the people, especially
those working for daily wages, know
that they have 40 interests In COM
mon with the Nanderbilts and Rocke-
felcrs. Because the latter want Nc
Klnley retained In power the com
mon, everyday people are plnnlng
their faith the more steadily TO Bry-
an,
Dcpcw with great rhetorical flour
ish tells what world power the
United Statcs has become aud how
the European nations now speculate
on It's policy, where they formerly e.
norcd IT,
Depew is wrong The United States
has always been world power since
Il won It's independence from the
mother country II European nations
are now paying more attention TO It's
foreign policy It Is because this nd
mniStratlon has placed IL In the class
OF nations who keep standing, armies
and sublugutc weaker people for the
sakc Of holding colonial possessions,
Each one wonders how It can use the
United states to further its own
schemes,
The president Ia staying at the
white house very steadily of late, lie
concluded that il would not be good
politics for him 10 attend the g. \, Il,
reunion at Chicago, The old soldiers
were offended They wanted Conn
rndc Mckinley to explain TO them his
new policy Of Imperialism and mil
itarism, Bryan told them he was
willing to trust the fortunes Of the
country TO brave volunteer citizens
who would always be AZ ready for
duty IN time Of danger as the yeter-
ans were from 1850 to 1850
\ snrcnSm Upon Fact
"Thc full dinner pail" might be an
attractive compalgn slogan for the
republicans, If II were not such u
sarcasm upon fact
The industrial depression that has
been creeping upon the country for
months Is becoming more marked
every day. Through Pennsylvania
and Ohio especially, there is a grow
ing record Of big manufacturing
plants shut down "mdciintcIy,'
Only the man dependent upon daily
wages for living understands the
full force Of that menace, II means
an empty dinner pail to thousands.
Then, too, even the tin Of which the
dinner pail Is composed costs more
than II did four years ago ON account
of trust prices, Hardly an article of
food that goes into the dinner pail
but what is affected by trust prices
The sugar, coffee, meat, crackers
salt and even cakes are all bought at
trust prices, and instead of full
dinner pail, many wage worker
carries n very light one. The ad-
vances in wages in some trades by
no means compensates for the ad-
vance in prices which seems necessary
for trust prosperity.
The administration keeps pretty
fully informed of industrial condi-
tions and grave conferences are held
at the white house daily to decide
whether q business scare might not
be better campaign argument than
that OF prosperity, I|'
If the administration desires II the
trusts can easily manage general
closing down Of their plants for a
month or six weeks before election,
They can declare that the mere pos
sibility Of Bryan's election has par
aly2ed trade.
The trusts are the more willing TO
do this because nearly all have large
stocks Of manufactured goods I'M
sold, Prices have been put so high
that consumption has fallen off, a
few weeks idleness would serve to
unload the accumulated stocks and
il would he an economy to dispense
with the weekly pay roll while the
worlimen were being starved into vot-
ing for another four years of trust
control,
There is--and with good reason
some doubt whether the wage work
ers will not hold out against such q
plan and vote for Bryan all the more
stubbornly, believing that unless he
is elected now their chances OF re.
sisting the trusts will be still less in
the future than at present.
Keeping the People Guessing.
McKinlcy's letter of acceptance still
tarries If "prosperity" and impe-
rialism are both forbidden topics and
the free silver bogy fails to scare
anybody, it is difficult to see upon
what ground the republicans can ask
the votes of the people,
Affairs in China are causing anX-
iety. 1t looks bit peculiar for
week to pass without n word from
the American commander at Peking.
The latest rumor is not encourag.
ing. 1t indicates that the Chinese
have gathered in force and are be.
sieging the foreign troops in Picking.
This is an extremely dangerous state
OF affairs. 1t is said also that the
European nations have fatty in.