The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1900-01-04
RELEASES EXCEED FILINGS.
A Condition In Nebraska THAT IL Being
Favorabiy Commented On In the East.

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in the national capital was almost ie.
void Of politics, or of news of any ma.
tional Importance. Many of the con.
gressmcn went home, or took holiday
junkets. Those who remained here spent
the time in the social whirl. The Ne.
braska members improved the time in
catching up with their correspondence,
and by visiting the departments in ithe
interests of constituents who were anx-
ious about pension claims and other
matters.
One of the items that is going the
rounds of the eastern papers tells the
story OF the release of mortgages in Ne
braska, and contains the tabulation
which was printed by the Nebraska
papers last spring. This tabulation
makes the showing that under the dem.
ooratic times the amountTof. * farm
mortgages filed far exceed the amount
of those released, while in 1897 and 1893
the conditions were reversed, and the
releases exceeded the filings by over six
million dollars for each year. The east
ern papers a.e making many comments
on this good condition of affairs, and
are anxious to sec what the figures for
1899 will show.
Nebraskans III Washington are con.
graduating Senator Allen on his selec-
ton Of n private secretary. They believe
that he has used good Judgment in the
appointment of man of sterling abil.
ity and honesty, and one who has never
made any pretense Of being either n
democrat or populist. The new ap-
pointee was formerly Kentuckian,
where he held u federal Office under the
republican administration. He will be
great help to Allen, as he is n born
rustler, but it is hard to see where the
Jacksoniun democrats of Nebraska can
get any comfort out of the appointment
The treasury bureau of statistics has
just made report showing the export
of breadstuffs for the eleven months
ending with November, 1899, and the
figures show that the amount of corn
shipped to other countries was larger
than for any previous year, and that the
shipments were constantly increasing
1t seems that the popularity of the great
American product is ~growing abroad
and that under the present supremacy
Of American trade the exports will grow
so large rs topermanently raise the price
of the article. This is news that cannot
but be welcome in INebraska.l THE
report shows that for eleven months
ending with November this country
shipped out 1876, ,S32, $50 bushels of corn
valued at $7l,742,l 1917. The export price
was 40 cents per bushel. In 1898 it W as
81 cents. In the exports of rcorn meal
there is also large increase in
quantity, with higher : prices. The
amount for 1899 is 1911 barrels, as
compared with 237 ,O95 in 1894. Most
Of the corn product goes to Europe, and
over onethird of it is sold to England
The :snews that Andrew Carnegie
has made gift Of ST., 900 for the estab-
lishment of public library at the state
capital of Nebraska, along with his other
great gifts, will cause general rejoicing
when it is realized that the money which
is thus being given away is not causing
hardship to the thousands of men en-
ployed by Mr. Carnegie. On the con.
trary notices have been posted up at the
various works of the Carnegie Steal
company here in the east announcing
another increase III wages of IA per
cent, making Il total raise of % per cent
since the return OF general prosperity,
The increase in wages affects 10000
hands. This is pretty good way to
'press down the crown of thorns on the
brow of labor" ~ f. A, HARRISON.
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