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Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
ALroEL.s oHA.r o,scovEsv,

2 John P. Altgeld has made q great
discovery. 1t Is that II you sell more
than you buy you are growing poorer.
Mr.. Altgeld revealed his discovery
last Thursday at New Haven. Conn. In
speech there he said:
This country is being drained to
pay tribute to foreigners. By estab-
fishing the gold standard 1t takes
twice as much of our products to pay
that tribute. During this administra-
tion we have parted with over II $780,
000. 900 worth of goods more than we
received in return. and we have only
$137 200. 900 to show for 1t How long
can we stand an annual loss of nearly
$500. .0O0. 900? This amount OF goods
goes abroad every year and disappears.
Mr.. Altgeld's figures are apparently
derived from the statistics of our for
eign commerce. In the fiscal years
1897. 1898. 1899. and 1900. we sold to
other countries goods valued at w.
s03. 3.6s5.559. and bought from other
countries goods valued at $2.s27.6 .643.-
225. leaving balance or credit In our
favor OF $1.s76.042, 1884. During the
same period we exported 1871 .639.4s3
and imported 464.563. .275 in gold aud
silver, an excess OF precious metal In
ports over exports OF Sl92 2.923.7s2.
The Altgeid theory is plain. For
our $1,976, ,o42. .s34 excess OF merchan-
disc exports we have nothing to show
but our y192. .92a. 1882 excess of precious
metal imports. and SO have grown
poorer by the difference between these
sums, which is s1.7s3. .lls.552. Divid-
ing this by four we have $4s5. .I7s.63s,
Altgeld's annual loss of nearly $780,
000, ,000," the amount of goods" which
he says "goes abroad every year and
disappears"
Mr. Altgeld's neighbors in Chicago.
however much as they have dinered
from his (Altgeld's) opinions hitherto.
have considered him a man OF intelii-
gence. But his New Haven speech
must force a reversal of that tudg-
ment. To show ;he ineffabie silliness
of Altgeld's annual loss OF nearly
$500, 900. 900" assertion we have but to
take the commonest concrete indiyidu-
al case.
dIhtI Juun oiuitiis hitsi 's'ss@h -
crops. paying his bills. and setting
aside enough for next years expenses,
finds that he has 81 900 left He might
convert that $1,000 into gold coin and
bury It In his cow stable. Being
sensible man. he looks about for an
investment. He may lend his $1,000
to n neighbor on mortgage. or he
may buy a railroad. United States.
or even an English government bond.
Now. Smith has parted with 1900
worth OF goods more than he receiv-
ed" and has only a piece OF paper to
show for it." But is Smith poorcrf Is
his British bond. II he choose that In
vestment, tribute to foreigners!
Smith knows 1t is not. for whenever
he cashes coupon he knows the
British taxpayer gives tribute to him.
Democratic stump speakers have
emitted many lunatic assertions. but
Aitgeld's discovery that our favorable
trade balance OF si.7s3.iis.552 is not
gain but loss certainly caps the climax
of folly. His doctrine that men or ma
tions grow poorer whenever they sell
more than they buy Is the most ludi-
crous argument" that this campaign
has produced. d.-chicago Inter Ocean.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
DENVER LETTER.
RESULTS OF THE CANVASS UP TO THE
PRESENT TIME.

Hon. p. S. Rider, Candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor-Leadville, October
Goth; Alma, October 9th: Elbert, Oc
tober Doth; Trinidad, October Both,
Hon. II. T. Yeaman. Candidate fol
Attorney General = Cheyenne Wells
october 25th; Florence, October 26th
Canon City. October 9th; Trinidad
October Both.
Hon. f. Y. Pueblo
October 25th.
Mrs. A. J. Peavey-Manitou, October
25th; Lamar, October Goth; Rocky
Ford, October 9th.
Mr.. @. w. Stephenson-Kremm
October 23th; Yampa. October 26th
Steamboat Springs, October 9th: Hay
den, October Goth; Craig, October Both
Mr.. Lyman II. Henry-Cheyennt
| Wells, October 25th: Lake City. Octo
Der 21th; Idaho Springs. October Doth
Central City, October 30th.
Hon. Robert Kerr-Aspen, October
25th: Edith. October 26th: Creede and
Monte Vista, October 9th.
Hon. ]. r. McNeely-Como, October
25th: Fairplay, October 26th; Alma
October 27th.
Hon. A. NJ Stevenson-Pitkin, Gun
nison county. October 27th.
This is the only speech Mr.. Steven
son will deliver; 1t will be in response
to an invitation from his old friends
and neighbors in Gunnison county.
The campaign at large is progressing
ms favorably as could be expected
The Republican national committee
has issued an estimate which is deem
ed to be conservative. giving Mckinley
and Roosevelt 256 electoral votes sure
with thirty-four doubtful but more
likely to be carried by the Republicans
than the Democrats. My own estimate
has not varied for the last four weeks
that Mckinley and Roosevelt will
probably have not less than 300 elec-
toral votes.
Mr.. Bryan has been invading the en-.
emy's country again and Tammany
Hall got up lively demonstration for
him in New York city. which doubt.
less convinced him that the state would
surely give him its vote. In his
speeches Mr.. Bryan has been going
from bad to worse. He talks very lit
tie now on Imperialism, not at all on
silver. and not very much on trusts:
his sole reliance in these latter days of
the campaign seems to be upon exclt.
ing class hatred. He makes n speech
Mt summer resort and deplores the
that so many working people are not
able to take long summer vacations.
and intimates If he We're elected presi-
dent things would be different; he sees
woman in the audience dressed in
shabby clothes. and takes occasion to
remind her that there are a great many
women who wear better clothes, and
that 1t Is the fault of the Republican
party that the rich are rich and the
poor are poor. This sort of stuff Is
causing a great many Republicans who
formerly had n high respect for Mr..
Bryan personally to come reluctantly
to the conclusion that he Is now no.
thing more than demagogue. The
shadow of coming defeat seems 70
have rendered him desperate. All PIE
tense of sincerity or consistency has
been cast aside. He Is no longer the
inspired prophet of great causei be
is simply modern Wat Tyler.
w y
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
lspecInl Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
Denver, Colo, Oct 20.-The first poll
of the state has been taken, and very
completely and thoroughly in most
counties. 1t is possible now for the
state committee to form some estimate
of the possible results. The commit
fee is not of course giving out exact
figures. but 1t may be safely said that
the poll shows majority for the Re-
publicans. Doubtless the Democratic
poll shows majority for the fusion
lists: preliminary canvasses are always
colored more or less by the preferences
OF the canvassers, even though they
may try to be as exact as possible. II
is safe to assume at least that the Re-
publican canvassers are as accurate
as the fusionists', and on this assump-
tion the state is very close. The tide,
however. is still running toward the
Republicans, and in the two weeks re-
naming before election day it is prob
able that the doubtful voters will
come more and more to the Republican
side.
Probably the most interesting coun-
ty to the whole state. as well as to it.
self, because it is the largest county
and Its vote may be decisive. is Arap-
ahoe. The results of the registration
county of about 5000 To overcome
this the fusionists are relying upon the
police force, upon their trained force
of repeaters, and upon fraud in the
count. The Republican managers are
fully aware of this, and have taken
measures which they believe will be
entirely effective to meet any Demo
cratic force or fraud. They are sure
that there will be fair vote and hon.
est count on election day. They. feel
confident. therefore. that the county
will be carried by the Republican can
didates. A straw which may serve to
show how the political wind is blow
ing is furnished by the fact that one
of the well-known gamblers of Denver
has offered $1,000 even that the Re
pubiicans will carry the county. What
ever sympathy the gamblers may have
are supposed to be with Governor
Thomas and his party; but when 1t
comes to betting gamblers are cold
blooded: they regard it as business
proposition and do not allow their SYM
pathy to influence their pockets any
more than they can help.
The speaking campaign has gone on
during the past week with great Wig
or, and will continue practically until
election day. Senator Wolcott has
been speaking in the southern part of
the state. and has met with. II very
cordial reception and very large audi
ences. The dates for coming speeches,
so far rs they are scheduled at this
writing. are as follows:
Hon. Frank @. Goudy, candidate for
governor-Aspen. October 25th; Lead
vile, October Goth: Alma. October 9th: I:
Elbert, October Goth: Trinidad, Octo-
ber Both.
Hon. II. W. Bonynge, Candidate for
Congress in the First District-Erie.
October 25th; Atwood. October Goth;
Iliff, October 9th; Holyoke, October
Doth; Brush. October Both.
Hon. II. NJ. Hogg, Candidate for Con-
gress in the Second District-Aspen.
October 25th: Florence. October Goth:
Creede and Monte Vista. October 27th;
Idaho Springs. October Goth; Central
City, October 30th.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
: KNOW PROSPERITY.

The telegraphers OF the United
States. an army in numbers. have
Joined the Mckinley Roosevelt Teie-
graph League. which has It's headquar-
ters In New York. The telegraphcrs
say: THE question which confronts
the telegraph profession Is. whether
through the reelection OF Mckinley
we shall continue to be blessed with
steady employment and satisfactory
wages, or whether on the other hand
we shall invite by our own acts. busi-
ness stagnation. financial depression
and scant employment for us and re-
turn to the conditions existing pre-
vious to 1897"
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
PROSPERITY GALORE.
ALL CLASSES THRIVING AS
NEvER BEFORE.
The Re-CleveiandiEed Democracy Has No
Argument That Is Not shattered by
the Happy Conditions Nov Prevailing
Signs of the TimeA

Mr.. Bryan and his followers are hav-
ing hard time to convince the farm
ers that they are worse on in 1900
with protection and sound money than
they were in 1886 with the shadow Of
free silver impending and free trade
law in operation.
A general comparison Of articles OF
farm consumption and farm produc-
ton between the two years completely
disproves the Bryan theory.
In the item of farm animals alone
the farmers are worth Ave hundred
million dollars more than they were in
Democratic Gays. The table printed
below, which is from the reports of
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture, is worth study;
TOTAL VALUE OF FARM ANIMALS.
1896. u,727 1926, ,6S4
1900.. 2.212, ,756. .87S
The difference is apparent in every
class of animals. Divided into appro-
ingly shown:
VALUE OF HORSES AND MULES.
1896. $6o3, ,344, SAB
1900. 715.6S6.5
VALUE OF ALL CATTLE.
1886. $s72,SS3,96
1900. 1905. .2ss. 1865
VALUE OF SHEEP.
1896. ....... $65.167 ,735
1900. 122 .665. .913
With all grain. animals. and other
farm products higher in price. 1t is no
wonder that the farmers Of this coun-
try have little use for Organism.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

At indianapolis Mr.. Bryan Ipdnleed
In q lot of demagogy concernff II fhd
methods of raising campaign 1E65.
1t was very cheap kind OF def14Stgy.
He was addressing the Leagne OF Dem
ocratic Clubs and he appealed to the
delegates to raise money, saying that
the Republicans drew from the trusts
on nm understanding that the favor
would be reciprocated In the form or
Legislation. In other words he charged
the Republican party with raising
money corruptly. And he was address,
ing nm organization that had Just elect
ed w. II. Hearst president and MarcuA
DAILY treasurer! II those two men do
not know and resort to every means of
raising money, no matter how corrupt,
they can get all the advice they End
from Croker.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
Soldiers
per 1000

Even Switzerland Keeps $4,000 SOL
diers In compulsory. active military
training. exclusive Of the 1900 men
In the Landwehr and Landsturm ire
serves). This is forty-seven soldiers
in active training for every one thou
sand OF the population. The United
States has less than one soldier for
every thousand. Is our republic sorty-
seven times as afraid Of its protectors
as Switzerland?
Shall we wipe out the army and
leave American ministers. merchants
and missionaries to be murdered with
out redress or appeal?
Mr.. Bryan wants to cut down our lit
tie army to the vanishing point Do
you?
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
DEMOCRATIC PROSPERITY.
lomaha Bee. Dec. 22. 1sea.l

(omaha Bee. Dec. %. 1s93)
Knights of Labor assembly. No. 374.
composed of upholsterers and mattress
makers. held a regular meeting last
night. 1t developed at the meeting
that about one-hnlf OF the membership
is at present without anything to. do
and unable to find work In their line
In Omaha. 1t has been the practice OF
tradesmen in this line of work to 60
on to Chicago when work was slack
In Omaha. but their fellow workers In
Chicago inform them that It is even
worse there. SO there is nothing for
them to do but do the best they eau
at home.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

A. R. Julian was preacher at Chad
ron, Neb., three years ago. in the es-
timation of his flock he was doing
good work. but was unable to reach
his own ideal of what pastor should
be. Therefore he bought a newspaper.
which he ran in vigorous. clean style
tor over two years. And now, feeling
confident that his editorial experience
has left him better fitted for pulpit
sering. he has sold his paper and will
re-enter the ministry.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

Music has won more battles than
gunpowder," said great general.
Certainly more flags have been taken
by Sousa's band the past summer than
by all our armies in the field. Near
ly every city in Europe has presented
sousa with civic banner, and his So
ealled American" music has marched
triumphant through camps usually
half-hostile to the States" May such
peaceful victories attend The Stars
and Stripes Forever
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
WORKS ARE BUSY.

Four years ago the Cutter Hammer
company OF Milwaukee. Wis. laid on
about one-half OF their men. on ac-
count OF insufficient business. and the
other half were employed only six
hours with six hours pay. Today,
every man Is working full time and
receiving ten hours pay for nine and
quarter hours work. The compnny's
condition IL similar to that OF all
other electrical manufacturing con-
Germs.
The electrical workers know n good
thing-know how to continue prosper
ity by voting the Republican ticket.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

Nothing has been heard of Princess
Chimay for a long time, but probably
this is due to the fact that her do
nestle troubles are now at an end. and
that her husband has forgiven her for
her indiscreet adventures with the
Hungarian gypsy Rigo. The prince and
princess are now in Paris, and the
last that was heard of the violinist
Rigo was to the effect that he was
somewhere in Africa. Photographs Of
The princess are no longer on sale
either in Paris or Vienna, and big
sums are consequently offered for the
picture of her as she appeared on the
Partisan variety stage.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
COMMERCIAL EXPANSION.

Count Louis viereck, who has taken
the stump in Minnesota. Iowa and
the Dakotas, for the republican ticket.
was formerly a member OF the German
reichstag. but left Germany because Of
the militarism Of that government.
but he sees nothing Of that tendency
In this country. He says: "As mat
ter Of fact. the issue Is one of CONNER
cial expansion. and has nothing what
ever to do with imperialism.p
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

A new silver medal is to be issued to
all ranks of all the British service ac-
lively employed during the operations
in South africa. The medal will be at
tached to ribbon with an orange
center, having narrow navy-blus
stripes OF red
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

The school children of Jersey City
were the principal contributors to the
Galveston relief fund there. They gave
about $1,100 in money, which is $500
more than the mayor got from all
other sources; and they also came
to school laden with wearing apparel.
canned fruits and vegetables, which
1lled eight trucks.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
PROSPERITY REACHES CHURCH

The Rock River conference Of tho
Methodist church has, Just completed
Its labors at Chicago. During tho
past year fye churches have been
erected. at a total cost OF about $780,
900. and $l3.s00 indebtedness has been
paid on. The church has had an era
Of prosperity like everybody else.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

What is one to what he's after?-.
If his 40 to 100
Being him that which he Is seeking.
Sixteen Bryans and the balance
o. the crochets of the party
May arise and go to thunder,
One and .neyer-ending thunder.
WIN. ]. hampton in New York Sur
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

SOCIAL decency toward Mr.. Croker and
others whose guest he is today. Or It
may Be due TO lively sense Of grati-'
tude for favors received and expected.
But whatever the motive may or may
not be. the facts recorded above con-
denim him as hypocritical demagogue
before the people.-Chicago Inter
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
OUR ARMY COMPARED.

I'VE oppose militarIsm. It
will impose upon our free people a
large standing army and unnecessary
burden OF taxation. and constant
menace to their liberties. s."-Democra.ic
National Platform. 1900.
Our large standing army" exclusive
of the Philippine volunteers. consists
of $1,000 men. In 1867. with a popula-
tion only half as great. II was $4,000.
This large standing army" is relative
ly the smallest army In the world. as
these figures show:
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
sArlsrAcroEv IN COLORADO.

Returns received froin preliminary
canvass Of Colorado. by Chairman
Ford Of the Republican State commit
To-, indicate that the Eains made BY
the Republicans In 1898 will be more
than maintained this year. Chairman
Ford expects that the state will give Z
RspubIican majority Of 10000 this
ytAr.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

Come two years ago Emperor WILL
tam likened China to an artichoke
which must be eaten bit by bit. From
present indications the emperor's ap-
petite has now grown SO that. II nec-
sssaFy, he will undertake to swallow
the whole artichoke at once If his
terms are not complied with.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

Professor Riggs OF the Field Column
bian museum claims to have found in
western Colorado the bones of the lar
gest fossil that ever existed. This sheds
some light on the disappearance Of the
Populist party In Colorado. b N
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
Odd Knsiish Laws.

Lord Russell was the nrst Roman
Catholic who held the post Of chief
justios since the Reformation. Stat
utory disabilities barred the way 70 .
wool-sack. A pApist can b prime
minister but he can not b lor1
chsncelIcr.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

An autograph love letter of King
usnry VIII. to the unfortunate Anne
naIeyn has been unearthed In the
vatican library. It II In French, and
= ths approved style Of the lovs-sick
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

Eight years ago Salvation Army Of
hcers were forbidden by the authori-
ties to say 'Hallelujah" in the streets
OF Berlin; today the army meets night
ly in twenty halls in the city.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
Republican Increase ...... s.96a,

While the output OF pig iron doubled.
those manufacturing interests which
used pig Iron or its products in any
shape must have doubled their bust
ness within the ive years.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

The people of Kansas are to cele-
brate the fiftieth anniversary of the
admission of that state to the Union
with an exposition to be held at To-
peka, the capital of the state. in 1904.
A strong organization has been
formed to perfect the plans.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
BUSINESS DOUBLED.

Activity at the mines. factories and
furnaces is best shown by the follow
ing exhibit OF pig-iron production OF
the United Stntes-thus:
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

"A man never knows how much he
really loves girl until she rejects
him.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

A scolding wife would doubtless be
successful as railway engineer-she
Is always on the rail.
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

No one. looking at the matter from the
standpoint Of common sense. expects TO
CURE constipation by taking pills AMI
strong cathartics: a. PERMANENT
CURE is only effected by removing tht.
cause: GARFIELD TEA so CURES.
burglar broke into Mr.. Isar's house
the other night and was so mad because
he couldn't find anything worth stealing
that he slammed the door when he left
and woke the whole family
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

There may be much scientific and
literary sympathy between nations
which are politically uncongenial.
There is a current medical proverb
In Europe that when thing is veri-
fed on the banks of the Spree, as
we'll as on the banks of the Seine,
that is. when Berlin and Paris agree.
there must be something in it. So
much has been added to our knowl-
edge Of the physical history OF the
race by study and experiments In
France and Germany. that the proverb
is worthy to be remembered when the
political relations of the two coun-
tries are in question. Moreover, it is
net best for the world to emphasize
the fraternizings rather than the
estrangementsopf the nations?
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01

y "A Swiss factory inspector reports
that two years ago company of
workmen objected to an improved
ventilating apparatus because 1t would
breed rheumatism. This summer the
same laborers refused to go to an
other building because it lacked that
yentilating apparatus. Since these men
seem to have learned useful lesson.
why not import them to America and
distribute them about the country as
church janitors? An Ohio minister
recently had to stop his sermon while
two fainting women were carried out.
An investigating stranger afterward
discovered that the janitor had nailed
the new memorial windows so that
they could not be opened, because his
occasional substitute had bad habit
Of trying to air the church!
Cañon City record., 1900-11-01
AN ADVANCE IN PRICE.

Rye was worth 2sM cents TO 80 cents
In Chicago In June. 1895. II was worth
bs cents In June. 1900.
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
ELECTRICITY ON ALUMINIUM.
Carried Eighty Miles With q Loss Not Ex
ceeding 4 Per Cent.

Carried Eighty Miles With q Loss Not Ex
ceeding 4 Per Cent.
Electric power is being transmitted
over an aluminium cable three-eighths
of an inch in diameter over a circuit
eighty miles long at Provo, Utah, ac-
cordng to II. X. Newcomb, one of the
large stockholders in the Telluride
Power Transmission Company, which
owns the Provo plant. Mr.. Newcomb
is banker of Cleveland, Ohio, and he
is stopping in Denver on his way home
from trip to the two plants belonging
to his company at Telluride and at
Provo.
I'VE are generating about 2,OOO-horse
power" he said, ''and sending 1t to the
mines at Mercur and Tintic. We have
demand for all the power We can
furnish, and shall enlarge our plant at
once to G,OOO or S,O00-hOrse power. 1t
Is located in Provo canon, and has the
water of Provo river. one of the largest
in Utah, to draw from, so we have no
scarcity to fear
Our wires run to Tintic and to Mer-
cur, and across between the two, max
ing q circuit eighty miles long. We
send power over them in both direc
tions, so that if a break occurs, we can
supply any point from the other end of
the loop. At the Provo plant we start
the current with voltage of 10000.
and the loss in transmitting forty
miles we find to be only something like
four per cent. We use cable of
aluminium, six strands. and the whole
is only trifle more than three-eighths
of an inch in diameter, but it carries
all the current we send over it, and
presume would carry a great deal
more
The Grit-advocate., 1900-04-20
The ook's Interest In south Africa

A resident in the suburbs noticed
that his cook had stuck up in her
kitchen a map of South Africa, with
the British possessions colOred red, the
Transvaal brown, the Orange Free
State yellow and the Portuguese terri
tory green. do you take an interest
in the war Mnry?" he asked. "No,
sir" replied the cook, but l mean to
ave a skirt like that brown bit and
blouses like them other colors; and
I'm just keepln the map to match the
patterns with when l get an evenin'
of, ir."-LondOn Daily Chronicle.