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The oasis., 1900-01-27
BEGINS TO LOOK DIFFERENT.

While THE OASIS never believed
 that Great Britain "would have a
 walk over" in the present war with
 the Boers, 1t did believe that the
 British would win in the end; but
 late developments have caused re-
 vision of that opinion, and this journal would not now be surprised to see tue South African republics win out.
 It is now stated that the Boer government has siezed and is oper- ating for its own account all the great mines in the Rand The out put of gold from that source is as great as ever and all flows into the treasury of the Transvaal republic. A mint has been established at Pre- toria and is coining the gold. With the millions of the Rand at their command the South African repub- lies can command the services of soldiers of fortune from all over the world. Never before in the history of the world have there been so many trained soldiers ready and willing to take service of the kind now offered in South Africa, and they are said to be Hooking there by thousands. They already con stitute a formidable force in the Boer army, and their numbers are said to be constantly augmenting
 Those who do not accept this view say that by a strict blockade Great Britain can keep out of South l Africa these men and the necessary munitions. But that is much bet ter said than done. Fortunes are to be made in running blockades, and with opportunities for gain so great daring spirits will crowd to .ake the chance
 Britain's latest undertaking in Africa grows in magnitude, as events pass along. and she may be destined to complete humiliation md defeat.
The oasis., 1900-01-27
PIMA So)DNTN

At Tucson Thursday morning of last week Alfonso Verdueo shot Li- brado Rubio. wounding the latter in the shoulder. The shooter is in jail
 Saturday last Messrs Juan Pedro Camou and Arturo Morales Of Quay mas, were at Tucson, returning home from a visit in California and at Phe- nix.
 Last week and early in the present week MT. A. H. Moon, representing the Los Angeles Times, was at Tue son. He went thence to Bisbee and Nogales.
 MT. Ramon Moreno, of the firm of Moreno Brothers at Nogales, who has beeen in Tucson since the 2nd inst, for medical treatment, for liver trouble, has entirely recovered and returned home to the line city on Thursday of the present week.
 The new Park View hotel, Billy Reid, proprietor, is meeting with great success All the rooms are con- stantly filled, and applicants are daily turned away. Mir. Reid will cut up the lodge room in the front of the second story of the building, into fourteen good living rooms, adding thereby to the capacity of the house
 At Tucson BaTkley Brothers have recently removed their livery stable into new and commodious building, constructed especially for the pur pose, which is one of the most con- venient and well arranged structures of the kind ever erected anywhere They have stall room for seventy horses, Carriage rooms, harness rooms, feed storage cellar, etc., all arranged 1 so everything is cared for with the least possible time and trouble. It is model establishment.
 Next Tuesday evening, January 30th, the great play by Hall Caine, "The Christian," a dramatization of MT. Gaines famous novel will be pre- sented at the Tucson opera house This drama is the great dramatic suc- cess of the decade, and has attracted great attention everywhere. It will be presented by powerful histrionic combination, who were induced to stop at Tucson only by guarantee from Manager Grosetta of s1, ,000. MT. Grosetta has arranged with the South ern Pacific Go to sell excursion tick cts to Tucson for the occasion at one and one-fifth fare for the round trip
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
PROSPERITY AND GLORY.

Air-Marching Through Georgia.
Mckinley and Roosevelt, men OF golden
deeds,
Men whose loyal energy now the nation
needs; "a
Men whose resolution all the world united
needs,
Bringing prosperity and glory!
CHORUS.
H51 Hqfrah T. o 6on0r n %s sfe IL 4
Honest golden dollars ringing All the world
Bringing prosperity and $ nv.
Builders In our history. men Of real worth,
Men whose names are honored over all the
teeming earth:
Zen among the bravest since the nation had
Bringing prosperity and glory!
Hold to truth and Justice. to integrity and Y
Hold 70 fearless principles, to honest doll
lars bright;
Hold your eountry's credit ever Sp0tlesS
with your might,
Bringing prosperity and glory!
Keep the fruits Of victory stainless ever
Keep your banners flying on Maniia's dis
tant shore, SS
Keep our noble President within the White
House door,
Bringing prosperity and glory!
Cherish deeds Of valor wreathed in meme
cries sublime, Z, n
Cherish grand achievements wrought IA
Oriental cline; s8 s
Cherish honest duty calling; now's the
golden time.
. Bringing prosperity and glory!
II
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
PROSPERITY IN IDAHO.
Report OF State Bureau OF Immigra-
ton Labor Statistics Proves 1t.

Report of State Bureau OF Immigra-
ton Labor statistics Proves 1t.
.There are few, il any, States in the
Union where laboring men are better
treated get better wages and have more
opportunities to acquire homes and ser
cure competence than in Idaho.
.The relations between laboring men
and their employers in this State are un-
usually pleasant. With the single ex-
ception Of one county in the State there
have been no strikes for years in the
State and no labor troubles of any kind.
In this county labor troubles are now
in fair way Of being satisfactorily set
tied. The mines are being worked by a
good set of men, who are paid from SIS
to So per day, and every citizen is salts
fed with the conditions. In other parts
of the State the relations between la
.borers and their employers are harmoni-
Gus and pleasant. s
/ ''All labor organizations that are based
on law and order are welcomed not only
by the employers of labor, but by oil
classes or citizens, and all such organixa-
lions are in a fiourishing condition. Near
lis all,.if not all, of the labor unions have
a hospital fund and many Of them have
halls where the meetings Of the union are
held, while in some instances there are
libraries in connection with the unions
that contain the best books on literary,
philosophical and scientific subjects. AS
a class the laboring men OF Idaho are
sober, industrious. frugal, well educated
and intelligent"
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
ZINC IN MISSOURI.
Quantity Average price
r,roduced naid DER

IA few Of the above figures are particu-
larry instructive. In 1892, at the close Of
the Harrison administration, the Joplin
zinc field produced 131, 4SS tons, the Nv.
erage price OF which at the mine was
$21.T6 per ton and the total value OF
which was S2,S64.475. In 1894, under
the Wilson bill depression, the produe-'
ton Of this same field had fallen to 50, 100
tons, with an average price at the mine
of SIS per ton. a total value of 81 49, ,9l0.
In 1898 the quickening influence Of Nc
Kinley prosperity was fairly under way,
the production rose to 139, 66S tons, with
an average price at the mine Of S20.96
per ton and total value Of 1927 81.
Last year, 1899, the full tide Of prosper
ity promised BY the Republican party
was flowing in on the Joplin and Kansas
district and the production re6ched high
water mark in ISL ,430 tons, with IN ay-
erage value at the mines Of $3S2. a3 per,
ton and total value of S5,974.624, or
over four times as much as it was in
1894. The year 1900 figures, when all in,
will show still further increase. Yet
it is probable that the Missouri section
Of this prosperous region will utterly ig-
more this wonderful object lesson and
vote for Bryan, free trade and rotten
money. Vote to again close up the fac
tories and bring disaster to their country.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
PROSPERITY FOR ZINC MINERS.
Four Years Of mckinley and Protec-
ton Have Enriched Missouri.

Four Years OF Mckinley and Protec-
ton Have Enriched Missouri.
Mckinley prosperity and the protective
tariff on zinc and lead ores have, in four
years, added millions Of wealth to Mis-
souri, and Kansas. They have made
comparatively little strip Of territory IN
southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas
the greatest zinc mining section in the
world, producing seyen-eighths Of the
American zinc ore and about one-fourth
OF the entire worlds supply.
@ For years this district, which centers
about Joplin, Mo-, and Galena. Kan,
consisted Of several little mining camps
struggling along and yielding very little
product. Mining was done in crude
and primitive way, and lack Of capital to-
operate in manner BETTING a country
50 bountifully blessed by nature was
check to development and barrier TO
progress.
Three years ago change began. The
factories Of the East. which had been
alarmed over the Wilson bill and shut
down their plants entirely or in part, had
their confidence restored and resumed
operations to their full capacity. This.
created a demand for more zinc, which IS
used extensively in many industries. New
uses for zinc for various purposes We're
constantly being found, and additional de-.
mands for zinc ore were thereby created.
AS a consequence, the attention Of
Eastern and foreign capital became at
tracted to Americas great undeyeloped
zinc fields, whose only need was financial
aid. Money, which had been tied up by
cautious capitalists, sought investment.
4 Wonderful were the changes wrought.
Mines, mining leases and mineral lands
doubled and quadrupied in value, crude
and antiquated methods of mining gave
way to modern methods. The old hand
windlass and horse holster were supplant-5
cd BY modern machinery. Old abandoned
mines which had been left with their TIM
bers to rot and tools to rust were opened
up again and new mining camps sprang
up all oyer the district. An era Of pros
perity had dawned and the increased de-
mand for zinc had advanced the price to
point undreamed Of four years before.
The following table is concise history:
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Prnsnerity for Miners.

4 Coke, product of coal, is used exclu-
sively in manufacturing Its consumption
is one of the best evidences Of the pros
perity and increase of our manufactur-
ing Industries.
In the year 1899, under Mckinley,
prosperity and 1.-THE opening of the fac
tories was great year for coke. More
new coke ovens were established than
ever before and the product was greater.
The price more than double, and even
then the demand caused by the growth Of
the iron and steel industries of the eoun-
try could not be supplied. In 1894 coke
was selling at 81 per ton, early in 1900 il
touched s. ton ~ ~aas
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Nebrnska.s Prosperitv.

The Secretary of State of Nebraska has
compiled a list showing that the excess
Of mortgages paid of and released during
1898 over those filed for the same period
amounted to more than $50, 600, 600. The
most Of these were paid in cash,
the foreclosures we're comparatively few.
1t will be hard for Mr.. Bryan to con-
vince the farmers Of his own State that
they arg not prosperous. o.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Money Earned and Spent,

In 1899 the savings banks deposits Of
the United States advanced to 1920
366954 That brought them up to more
than the combined savings banks depos-
its of any two other nations in the world;
and to half the deposits of Austria, Hun
gary, Bavaria. Belgium, Denmark,
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Prussia, Sweden. Switzerland, the United
Kingdom, Australasia, Canada, Cape
Colony, India, Natal and the Grown colo
MES all put together, their combined de-
posts being, in 1899, but 1853, 949, $50.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Prosperity on the Pacific.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in an
interview the other day, said:
Anything produced in the United
States will now. permanently find its way
into all parts Of the celestial empire. Our
trade relations there in the future are
secured. The trade in cotton goods has
been very heavy in Manchuria and other
northern provinces. Our interests gener-
ally, our dairy, poultry and other products
from the farms of the United States,
now have assurance of aermanent mar
kets in all the provinces throughout the
Chinese Empire where such things are in
demand, and this demand is growing and
will continue to grow.
.sThe work of Secretary Hay in this
regard supplements and compliments the
work of our army and navy. A year ago
10 nation would have listened to propo-
sition of this kind 1.-THE open door policy),
but the whole world listens to the United
States now. The white mans burden
came with the islands. Secretary Hays
work brings the reward for lifting the
burden. Some idea of the yastness OF
the interests involved may be gained from
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Cigars Smoke over Prosperity.

NoKafU1>S % 1T 2
Probably nothing demonstrates prosper
ity more clearly than the consumption Of
cigars.
w. C. HOLSTER Of Chicago, who prints
the blue labels for the Cigarmakers' In
ternational Union and is required to make
affidavit to the number turned out, has
made the following report to President
G. W. Perkins of the union of the labels
printed during recent years: 1885, Ar
.S15, 900; 1896, 46, 440, 900; 1897, s46,546,-
500; 1895, 46,609, 200; 1899, 55,140,00O.
During the first six months of 1900 the
number jumped to 36,S55, 600. Men cam
not afford 20 buy cigars unless they are
prosperous and earning good wages.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Better Prices for Farmers
The following table shows the current
market price Of different staple crops on
June /, 1896, and June i. 1900:
Corr. Cattle and Contentment.

"Gentlemen," shouted an orator in
Kansas in 1909, from the beginning of
Indiana to the end of Nebraska there is
nothing but corn. cattle and content
ment.
And he added little later: The joyful
sound of the mortgagor paying off his in
debtedness has even pierced the dense
ears of the money changers Of the East
Nothing can exceed the breezy JOY, the
piano and top-buggy buying enthusiasm
of the Kansan in the year Of his pros
perity under the gold standard.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
JANUARY.

During Harrison's administration there
was an approximate gain Of $154 ,000, 900
in the value of live stock. During Cleve-
lands administration there was an APP
proximate loss Of $500, 600 900. During
the first three years Of McKinley's adj
ministration an approximate gain Of
$751;, O00, coo.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30

the fact that while ten years ago our
exports from the Pacific coast to all coun-
tries aggregated $4,000, 900 and i've
years ago SAP ,0o0, 900, the steady increase
in Pacific coast exports has raised the
aggregate to S73 ,0OO, 0c0 q year ago"
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30

Many manufacturers OF woolcn ard
cotton goods in Connecticut state thar
lots of looms are idle because men TO
work them cannot be found. Wages have
advanced in cotton mills from lo to 20
per cent - - * ~ A,..l
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
windfall to Railroad Labor.

For the fiscal year ended June 30,
1899, gross railroad receipts were larger
by $780, Las. 1923 than for the year ended
June 80, 1895. Such increase mostly rep
resents larger dividends lin the form OF
increased wages) to labor. Similarly
there was gain over 1895 of $2S,SoS,-
45S in net earnings. This has gone part
~ into the strengthening Of cash ac-
counts, but the greater part of it into
increased dividends to stockholders. 1t
must not be forgotten in this connection
that railroad securities are owned very
largely by people of all classes. They
are recommended to widows for safe in
vestment. They form the basis. next to
government bonds, for the investments of
insurance companies, and for the trust
funds Of charitable and philanthropic in
stitutions.
@ In 1898 there was paid in compensation
to employees OF railroads the total sum of
$40, O55, 610, as against SAD, 50S, 261 in
1895, gain of $40, "a ,357. When in adj
dition we consider the increased wages
Indirectly paid in new construction of
track and bridges, in new cars. etc, which
absorbed the greater part of the increases
in gross earnings, it will be more evident
what windfall Just one year Of pros
perity has been to the people who work
on the railroads.
The number of new miles Of road built
during the year ended June 80, 1899, was
1850, as against only 1,650 for the cor
responding period ended in 1895. Of
course this is significant, not merely be-
cause it has meant increased work and
more money paid in wages, but because
it increased the facilities -of commerce,
and because it made it that much easier
for the farmer to get his products into
the city to I'LL the dinner pail of the city
workman.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Prosperity Dividends to Farmers.

Last years prosperity dividends paid
BY the Republican party to the farmers
OF the United States amounted to up
wards OF one billion dollars The value
Of ten staple crops showed for 1899 to-
tai increased value Of $685., 00O, 600 over
1895. Add to this increase an advance
OF 1888, 000, 900 during the same period IN
the value of live stock, and the balance
sheet shows disbursements Of round
billion. This does not include the special
profits from better prices for fruit, but
ter, cheese. eggs, vegetables and lastly,
but not leastiy, wool. Following are
comparisons OF values Of the principal
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
PRosPERITYFoRWAaE-EARN

Proven by the History Of the American
Federation Of Labor.
That the laboring men Of the country
are in more prosperous condition than
ever known before is proven beyond any
chance Of contradiction BY the statistics
Of the American Federation OF Labor,
sent out over the signature Of the presi-
dent. Mr.. Samuel Gompers, who IS
Democrat.
We compare the disastrous years Of the
Wilson bill and Democratic rule-lo95,
1904 and 1Sa5-with 1890, under Nc
Kinley and prosperity.
y III 1893 the American Federation q
Labor met ut Chicago. There were 70
delegates present, IS national trade un-
ions represented 1S local trade unions,
Lis city central unions and one state
branch. Tie receipts for the year were
see, SG4.62, and the expenditures $2l,3S
In 1904 the American Federation OF
Labor met at Denver, Colo. There were
~ delegates present, 30 national trade
unions represented, u local trade unions,
IL city central unions and three State
branches. The receipts for the year were
SIS, 346.43, and the expenditures $17,-@
302.O8.
In 1895 the American Federation Of
Labor met at New York City. There
were 96 delegates present, 81 national
trade unions represented, % local trade
unions, Is city central unions and three
State branches. The receipts We're $13,-
751.75, and the expenditures 15,612.42.
In 1899 the American Federation Of
Labor met at Detroit. There were 1S9
delegates present, 55 national trades unt
ions, IS local trade unions, 81 cc..tral
unions and FIVE State branches. The re-
ceipts were $36, 757 Is, and the expendi-
lures $50, 1922. 5s. 's
Surely labor prospers when the meme
bers Of this great organized body can
contribute to the cause, as shown BY the
above receipts, over SIG, 900 more In 1890
than they did in 1893, and several thou1
sands more than double what they did il
each Of the years 1893, 1894 and 1895.
Under date OF Aug 8, 1900, Mr.. Comp
sers stated the number Of Independent
unions to be 1854, city central uniona
191. State branches IA.
m II is evident from these figures that
when the American Federation of Labor
meets in December next there will be
showing Of progress made and increase
of membership, all accomplished undet
labor's prosperous conditions, such as no
labor organization has ever before made.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Total .....s1, 7s7 ,9se,e71 ssoso,sso,1s5
Prosperity Among Miners.


The prosperity of the American miner
the last four years has been remarkable.
The activity Of the mills and of the rail-
roads has doomed the price Of coal, cop
per, zinc and other metals. These have
yielded far better returns in wages to
those who go thousand feet into the
earth. than they would have done had
Mr. Bryan been elected President in 1915.
The opening up of the minis to the free
coinage Of silver would never have really
hoomed the price or silver, for the silver
Of the whole world would have poured
into America, the nations Of the earth
being only too glad for us to pull their
chestnuts out Of the fire for them.
In the mining of gold in gold stand
ard country, miners have profted far
more than they would have ever profted
by the mining Of silver in a silver stand
and the grub stalker" have had a chance
to come in on the production Of gold,
whereas silver mining has always been
under the control Of wealthy syndicates.
and Of individuals like Mr.. Clark Of Mon
tana, whose wealth enabled him to buy
Democratic Legislature to elect him
Senator, and to contribute 100000 to
the present fund to elect Bryan Presi-
dent. s
Story of the C1earings.
The best gauge Of the volume Of bust
ness of the country is the bank clearing
statistics. They prove, as no other fig
3ures can, the trade movement. Never in
the history Of the country have they
shown such a vast aggregate of business,
such an immense increase as during the
years Of the Mckinley administration.
The following figures are from Brad
streets and are accepted aslofacial. The
comparison is made with the year 1894,
as that is the year the Democratic poll
icy Of handling the finances of the coun-
try was in full sway.
The grand total Of the bank clearings
of the United States, as given by Brad
streets, for the first six months Of 1894,
were $50 ,085, Oh, 1876. For the first six
months Of 1900 they were So, S57, POI, =
316, an increase Of S2O.772, 13O, 100. For
the month Of June, 1904, the grand total
was 3,576, 315 ,339. For the month Of
June, 1900, it was S6,621 ,06S, 707, an in
crease Of So, O44, 753, 468.
Better Prices for Farmers.
The following table shows the current
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
Adlai stevenson,s Pros pcrity.s

4
The city of Bloomington, ILL.,, which is
the home Of the Democratic vice presiden-
tial candidate, Adlai q. Stevenson, but
recently sold its bonds on basis which
makes the interest paid by the city on
the loan only $40 per cent. This rate
is lower than any municipality in the
United States could get in 1896.
As citizen of Bloomington, Mr.. Ste
venson will be able to save some money
in taxes, because of the good credit and
prosperity that has come to his town as
share in the beneficial results Of Re-
publican policies during the last four
years. The remarkable appreciation in
the credits of American municipalities
since McKinley's election in 1896, mean
ing great savings to taxpayers, has been
one of the most interesting features Of
the great prosperity that has come to the
people of this country.
The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-08-30
L.arger Exports Of Farm Products.

Larger Exports of Farm Products.
The agricultural reports show that our
snle of agricultural products abroad DUR
ing the past. three years, 1897-1S99, were
more than $500, 900, 900 greater than in
the preceding three years, 1S94--1S96.
Exports Of butter were worth, in 1896.
SOL, 53333; in 1890, So, 263, 951.
There were 425, So, ISL pounds Of ba-5
con exported in 1896 and 562, 651 ,480
pounds in 1890. This was an incense OF
137, COO, 900 pounds. 81
The following are some interesting COM
parative wool prices, furnished by q
prominent Boston commission house: