The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-07-14

7. F. MCCARDELL.
THE MARYLAND Bankers Association held
its annual convention at the Blue Mountain
the following resolution; THAT we are nnal-
terably opposed to the free coinage of silver
and to every debasement of our currency, IN
whatsoever form may be presented that
firmly and honestly believe that the true in
terests of our country will be best served by
its rigid adherence to the gold standard OF
value the continuance of which will not only
maintain its financial integrity and the well
fare of its citizens, from the wage-earner to
the capitalist, but will perpetuate, through the
preservation of confidence, the existing tire
less development of its resources, which is
rapidly making it the first among the COM
mercial nations of the EARTH" There was one
dissenting voice to this resolution-Mr Charles
L. Fink, of Westminster. He said he was
opposed to the ratio of 16 to 1, but not to the
free coinage of silver.
A DISPATCH from Canton, o., dated July
18th, says: 1.-THE campaign of 1900 in Canton
will not be duplicate of the campaign of 1896.
II is not the present intention of President
McKinley to make speeches to delegations
which may visit Canton during the summer
and fall, even if he should remain here all the
time. The President will be so much occupied
with public business that he will have but lit
tie time to devote to the campaign. -Four
wears ago he was a private citizen and as the
candidate of his party felt justified in taking
the active part he did in the campaign. Now
he is President of the whole people and feels
that he should give his attention to the many
questions of government that are pending and
which are constantly arising. 1t is the pres
ent intention of the President to confine his
participation in the campaign to bis letter of
acceptance"
THERE rs scarcely a thing done on farm
today in which patented machinery does not
perform the greater part of the labor. The
grain is sowed, cut, bound. threshed, cleaned,
sacked. stored and transported by machinery
the corn is planted, cultivated and cut by ma
chinery, while the mower cuts, the tedder
spreads, the horserake gathers, the hayloader
loads and the carrier unloads the hay. The
potatoes are planted and dug by patented ma
chimes. and even the hogs are slaughtered and
the chickens Matched by machinery. But Tor
all this there is scarcity of farm help and the
cities are full of loafers. Machinery has be-
come a necessity and spurred invention to the
utmost otherwise we could not get along at all.
IT WAS a Judge in New Jersey. few months
ago, who declared that the life of q child, killed
by trolley car, was not worth more than
dollar, in contrast with that estimate jury in
the New York Supreme Court the other day
awarded $40 900 damages to q six-year-old boy
who was partly paralyzed as consequence OF
being run over by brewery wagon. Children
seem to be worth more in New York than in
New Jersey, at least in the courts. Still, the
further question presents itself, why ia it that
taking the average man in all juries there
should be so much variance in their verdicts?
Why should boy killed by trolley car be
considered OF less value than one burt by
beer wagon2
THERE ARE now nine Presidential tickets in
the field in the United States and there might
be more before November. These include the
Republican, Democratic, Populist, Middle-of-
the-Road Populist, Prohibitionist, Social La
Dor. Social Democratic, De Leon Socialist and
United Christians. If all of these happen to
get on the official ballot in Maryland ballot
boxes as large as store-boxes will be required
to hold the tickets.
THE LONDON Spectator says in regard to the
Chinese question that it must be radically set
tied and that 1.-The solution will come best from
the man and the country who are disinteres-
ted." The London journal refers to the
United States. This country has already indi-
Gated that it thinks the territory of China
should not be seized and thatthe policy OF the
open door for all SHOULD be maintained.
THE INCREASE in the foreign trade of the
United States during the fiscal year just closed,
as compared with the previous year, wilt prob
ably aggregate over three hundred millions OF
dollars-by far the greatest in our history
and yet the proportion of our trade carried in
American vessels was the lowest of any preyi-
.pps year,