Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-09-06
Saint Narg's Beacon.
EVERYTHING FOR BRYAN
Friends Rallying, Opponents
laundering and Bungling.
IEDoRarHG THE PARAMOUNT Issue
More Troabie For sgcIkinIey In Cat
ness Affair - VIII Administrators
Play Casspaw For Great nritaint
Imperialism's Unpleasant Frutss.
Real ssProsDeratyv Statistics.
Especial Washington Letter.l

Imperfmlism's Unpleasant FFmfss.
Real aProsperityv Statistics.
Especial Washington Letter.I
The administration has been pretty
well worried over the Chinese compli-
cation. The report that the allied
forces reached Picking and rescued the
foreign legations caused considerable
satisfaction ut the White House and
relief 70 the country In general
II remains to be seen whether Nc
Kinley VIII have wisdom enough 70 get
our troops and citizens out Of China
promptly and close the incident There
Ii no doubt but the foreign powers In
tend to make this trouble an excuse
for trying TO get the Chinese govern
ment under their control This WIN be
q preliminary step to the partitionlng
OF the country.
Great Britain Is foremost In this
scheme, and II win mark unusual dis
erection on the part OF the administra-
ton IL II refuses TO pun chestnuts out
OF the fire for the British.
Still the fact that the campaign Is on
makes the administration very eau.
tious. II took far more account Of
public sentiment In this trouble with
China than u did In the Philippine
matter. In the latter case there was
no popular verdict 10 be faced at once.
Everything points to the election Of
Bryan. and one step In the direction OF
any ENHANCEMENT with the foreign
powers over the Chinese matter viii
lose Mckinley countless votes.
The Endorsement OF Bryan by the
anti-imperialIst congress was a remark
able thing. The movement has been
nonpartisan. and Its leaders have been
men prominently identified with the
Mckinley campaign of 1896
Think OF Carl Schurz and Bourke
Cochran, who were the most effective
orators the Republicans had In 1890,
now openly for Bryan! Neither OF these
men has changed his views on the
money question. but they realize that
1t is at this time minor issue and they
find themselves compelled to agree
with Bryan and the Democratic plat
form on the paramount issue of I'm
perialism.
When Dun and Bradstreet reluctant
ly admit from week TO week that there
Is a widespread and deep industrial
depression II Is about time for the Re-
publicans Co call In their prosperity
statistics.
Factories are overst0cked and have
shut down. This causes q lack of de-
mand for raw materials. Workingmen
and farmers lind themselves unable to
pay trust prices for the necessaries OF
life. The shabby suit Is made to last
another season. The old shoes are re-
soled instead OF q new pair being
bought; hence the lack Of demand for
clothing aud boots and shoes.
There Is especial dullncss In lumber
and steel and Iron. The great building
trades lockout In Chicago accounts for
a portion OF that. Then. too. the farm
ers, with the prospect or a short crop,
are not building barns nor using wire
fencing. They cannot pay trust prices
for such things. and. besides. they have
understood for some time that trust
prosperity meant their impoverish-
ment.
For q comparatively new policy I'M
perialism IL already bearing unpleas-
ant fruits. The people Of Porto Rico
are not prosperous under the extra con-
stitutiOnal carpethaS government. In
deed they are begging for work that
they may not starve. Cuba's indus
tries have not been restored and our
military regime has looted everything
In sight. No wonder Mckinley is Will
ing TO haul down the flag and leave the
Cubans TO their own devices.
Ii won't do TO say that the Demo-
Gratis are encouraging the FilIpinos to
revolt. The administration has had
two clear years and unlimited re-
sources. 1t has pursued mistaken
policy. As Bryan remarked recently,
'Where Is there a people lighting for
freedom who look to the Republican
party for sympathy"
The window glass trust ut Its recent
conference ut Niagara Falls raised the
price OF window glass Is per cent.
Just previous 10 that Il shut down sew
eral factories and left Its workmen 70
face an Indefinite period Of idleness.
Strange and marvellous are the ways
OF the trust. Presumably this advance
I'm price was TO make up for the cam
paign contribution which Mark Hanna
demanded and got IL this industry
had not been one OF the pets under
Republican protection there would
have been no trust and no opportunity
TO raise prices until the western farmer
has to board UP the windows of his
house when he can afford to build one
because he simply cannot pay trust
prices for the privilege OF enjoying
daylight and sunshine.
The wage workers are not deluded n
the least by trust prosperity. They
know that II Is always ut their ex-
pense. both In wages and cost Of living.
The census (igures on wages are
proving rat:.r Disappointing To Re
publicans. When the reductions from
1893 TO 1906 are taken into Tho average.
there Is no advance on which tn base
q shout for prosperity Many of the
advances OF the last two years are
shown by the official reports OF the
American Federation of Labor 90 he
simply RESERVATIONS TO the rate that
prevailed In iSa2. Workmcn paid few
er trust prices then for the n,s,,sssities
OF life. The wage workers knnw that
any degree OF prosperity they ever NJ
tain comes I'm spite of AMI MT hsx.ausc
Of Republican sympathy