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means the enrichment Of the nation
In This light the progress of the South
should be watched, for while its indus.
tflai upbulldlnS may mean the changing
of some forms Of industry in other sec
lions, there is versatility enough in our
people and in our country to find a new
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

a wear of Western corn and bacon, COM
menced to raise their w food sup
plies, and in this way, returning to the
Old ~ante-bellum system, u the
cost Of raising cotton. While these
changes all revolutionary in their char
acter, were in progress. the small bank
rupt railroad lines were brought into
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

rate of 40. OOO, 900 tons a year. Taere
is almost feverish activity in cnlargt1g
the output of old mines, in opening arw
ones, and in bnilding coke oveas, for Il
ready demand meets every ton pro-
duced with a profit that makes glad tee
stockholders.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

compact systems, new n heavier rams
laid, rolling stock increased, n neces-
sary extensions made.
IRON AND COAL.
Thus the South passed through the
long period of depression. standing the
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put into blast. With every furnace
crowded to its utmost capacity, which
will o be the case, the output Of
Southern iron in 1900 promises t. be
nearly so per cent larger thar eve" te-
fore. The demand for coal exceeds tie
production, though that is now at tho
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

Turning from iron and coal, with the
almost fabulous profits which they are
yielding, TO other industries, phosphateS
mining looms into prominence. Up TO
ten years ago South Carolina was the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09
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was winning these first skirmishes, and
When ats people We're dazzled by the
new opportunities Of employment and
"ealth-creation which We're opening be-
Tore them after the darkness of thirty
years OF war and reconstruction trials.
there came the world wide financial
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

great test, which came so unexpectedly,
in Il way that strengthened the worlds
confidence. 1t not only neId it's own
during this period, but its irca-makers
entered foreign markets an | demon
strated that the South could dictst tie the
price Of iron for the world. Alabama
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years ago he proclaimed the coming
power of the South in all industrial pur-
suits, and heralded it not as a disaster
to Pennsylvania and to New England,
but as an added strength to the indus
trial power of the country. 1.-The de-
veiopment of the S3uth,' said lie,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-01-09

They have cost about $500, 600. They
steel billets fyor shipment to Pittsburg.
A number of furnaces built DUNG the
boom of 1SS9-9O, and which awe been
idle ever since, have lately been bought
by STRONG companies, and are now being
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
A MIGHTY SNUG BALANCE.

No single fact can more strikinslv
tell the story of what Republican gov
ernment means to the country than this
that while during the whole period,
from 1901 to 1897, there was an excess
Of exports over imports of only $685..
o2e,497, there has been in the short
three years of the present Republican
administration an excess Of exports
over imports in the enormous sum Of
81, 4sS, ,73s, ,094.-Extract from Republi.
can national platform.
And this in the face Of the declara.
tion of doctrinaires that all trade is
essentially an interchange of commodi.
ties and that we cannot sell unless we
buy That is the theory of it.
The fact of the business Is that, un.
der the present Republican administra.
ton of the affairs Of the nation, we
have not only sold to other countries
vastly more than we ever sold before.
but we have bought less from other
countries than we have usually bought
IL pdnp yCalS.
"What has become of the cash to bal.
lnce this trader" We have paid debts
with it. repaid to Europe the millions
upon mill 0ns that we borrowed since
the civil war, and during the civil war,
to put down rebellion and develop the
country by building railroads and other.
wise subduing wild, western waste.
"And what will we do with the cash
balance in our favor when all these
debts have been repaidp" We will
lend the money to Europe or the rest of
the world that needs it if we do not.
but it is likely that we will find use for
1t in our own country in stimulating
enterprise.
A few decades of such favorable bal.
ances in our trade with the rest of the
world will make America, instead Of
England, the worlds financial focus.
That also is worth achieving.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
THE REPUBLICAN COMMERCIAL
POLICY.

The Republican commercial policy is
one Of resolute Justice. It demands for
the lowly peoples of Asia an open door
for the commerce of the world, tariffs
to be adjusted to the needs of those
peoples but to be the same for all the
world regardless of spheres of in1u-
ence" which robber nations may ac-
quire.
And what is demanded from others Is
accorded to others. The trade of the
Philippines is open to all the world up.
on the same terms that it is open to
citizens of the United States. The
Philippine tariff is imposed for the
benefit Of the Filipinos, not the Am.
ericans, and our late enemy, Spain, may
trade there as freely as our own people.
Thisisthat. greedy oommercialtsm, "
Of which Mr.. Bryan's platform depre-
catingly speaks as being extended at
the price Of liberty Why, it is laden
with the spirit Of liberty, iberality and
equality.
Already our administration at Wash
ington has warned the nations Of Eu.
rope that, in dealing with China, the
United States must be reckoned with,
notas an applicant for territory or spheres
of influence but as nation rightfully
demanding for It's own commerce what
it is willing to accord to the commerce
Of other nations.
And, paralyzing fear to all namby-
pamby and white hvered craftsmanship,
European nations know without being
told that, so long as the Republican,
party is in power, the army and navy
of the republic stand back of its just
demands to insure compliance there.
with.
If this were a world Of punctitious
courtesy and tireless regard among ma
tions for the rights, privileges and
prosperous comfort of commercial com.
petitors a policy based upon "the per-
suasiye power of high and honorable
example," might serve but inasmuch
as it is not such world the 'persua.
sive power" and "high example" re.
quire the reinforcement Of deter.
mined will and resolute aggressiveness
that we may not only stand firmly for
what we ought to have but reach ont
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

The stranger was stubbin his Toe
ag'in stones in the road and didn't look
happy, but he braced up and said In
answer:
'Let US take case right here at
home. Here is a store. 1t had to be
designed by an architect before the
carpenter could build it. Mr.. Plumber
kin read, write and flgger, but kin ne
draw the plans fur buildin?. But
fur higher education no man could do
It,"
"Yes; 1t was a smart bit of work"
acknowledged Moses, ''but ! had con-
siderable to say to that architect. He
had never heard that thunder would
turn sweet milk sour; he didn't know
COWS had only teeth on one jaw; he
didn't know how to stop hen from
settin, hog from rootin or dog from
KILN sheep. He even poked his finger
into a wasps' nest to see If the critters
was at home. I'm not ag'in schools,
but If they is to tell our children that
the earth revolves on its axis why
don't they also tell 'em that scratchin
n hogs back with a corncob will help
to fatten him?"
That's a pint, Moses-it's pint"
shouts the deacon as he raps on a
bar'l. "Abner and Moses hev made
their pints, and now we'd like to hear
from Lish Billings"
'I've got mighty little to say" re-
plies Lish as he sits with his back
| bumped up like camel.
But it can't be that an intelligent
| man like you is opposed to education?"
protests the stranger.
That's accordin to what sort of edu-
cation 1t is"
81 refer to general education. You
look like q man Of peace, but perhaps
you have had trouble with neighbor
some timer
Yes, had trouble with Sam Wheel
er once"
And you went to law?
YES"
ITO go to law you had lawyer. If
that man had only known enough to
read. write and figure, he wouldn't
have bin a lawyer. He had to hev a
higher education to be a lawyer. Don't
you see"
81 skassly do" says Lish.
But you had a lawyer. and so did
Mr. Wheeler. There was a suit. and
you got jestice.''
That's a pint fur the stranger,
Lishr' shouts the deacon.
Yes, mebbe tits, but lemme tell him
how it turned out. Sam shet up one Of
my hogs with his, and | proved 1t,
but my lawyer lost the case and charg-
ed me $40 to boot. The hog wasn't
wuth over So, but Sam had to pay his
lawyer $12, and he went home from
the lawsuit to find the critter dead.
That's gineral education. Sam and me
lost 500 and a hog between us and
was mad at each other fur ten years,
and I'm sayin I've had huff of it and
am ag'in more schoolhouses till DEATH"
The deacon jumped off the floor and
said it was pint and a strong one,
and the stranger got down off the coun-
ter and said he wasn't feelin extra well
and guessed he'd git to bed early.
NJ. QUAD.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
BEYAN1sM AND COMMERCE.

The favorite interest in the estimation
Of the old Democracy was commerce.
Commercial expansion has been mar.
shaled to do battle against the pretec'
tive tariff ever since there has been a
tariff on the statute books of the re-
public. The campaign of 1883 was
made on flying the flag of the republic
in all the seas of the earth and, to do
this, the American merchant marine
was to be rehabilitated.
But what does Mr.. Bryan's. party,
through Mr.. Bryan's convention at
Kansas City, say in regard to CONNER.
oial expansion and the rehabilitation Of
the American merchant marine? Only
this: 1--WE favor trade expansion by
every peaceful and legitimate means.
but we are unalterably opposed. to the
seizing, or purchasing Of distant isl.
ands to be governed outside the consti.
tuition and whose people can never be-
come citizens"
1t is noticeable that moro Of thees'
'peaceful and legitimate means" Of ex.
panding commerce were suggested, and
the unalterable opposition expressed to
the acquisition of strategic ports and
islands would, if put into effective oper-
alton, preclude the possibility Of an ex.
panded and protected commerce in Pa.
ciflc waters.
1t was against the strenuous opposi.
ton Of that party that Hawaii, the
priceless pearl of the Pacific and strate.
gic focus for all the trans.oceanic trade.
came to fly the American flag above its
legislative and executive halls.
The Island of Guam can never be o
state in the American union, and it can
never be an independent nationality.
1t must ever be governed from Wash.
lngton and its people can never become
citizens Of the American republic with
all the rights and privileges of Ameri-
can citizenship, but it possesses the best
harbor in the farther waters Of the Pa.
cific and is as essential to successful
trans-Pacific commerce as station for
changing horses is essential to long
stage line. Whether there be wars or
not our shipping now has thousands of
miles from our shores, home to go to,
for coaling, provisioning, repairing or
to fly for safety an incalculable advant,
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
1T CLEANS THE SHIPS.
Sailing Through Volcano Cratei
Tn the ERean Sea

Sailing Through a Volcano Crater
In the Egean Sea.
In the Egean sea vessel may sail
into the top Of crater, and though it
is hard to find anchorage there, yet a
mere sail through is appreciated great
ly by captains, because 1t cleanses the
bottom Of the ships from marine
growth.
More than 1000 years ago the isle of
Santorin was split in half by an earth
quake, with the result that what was
once the crater of a volcano is now a
crescent shaped harbor. Two glisten-
ing white towns Of Thera and st.
Nicholas are perched on the summit Of
the steep cliffs, whose dark and dismal
hue is similar to that Of the top Of We
suvius. Standing out against the sky
are large numbers Of windmills, with
many sails. arranged in q perfect cir
Gle. These are evidently employed for
crushing the olives. which. along with
the terraced vines. are the staple prod
uct Of the island. The Santorin wine Is
Of excellent quality and is highly ap.
preciated in the Levant.
Between the main island on the east
and the smaller, Theresia, on the west,
are the three small Kaumene islands,
all Of which have come into existence
since the original earthquake, while the
largest of the three was "born from the,
sea" less than 200 years ago, showing
that the center Of the old volcano has
still certain amount of activity.
The water in the harbor into which
the sulphurous streams from this vol
canic island drain has peculiar prop
erty which completely cleans off
growths Of every kind from the bottom
of any ship.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Word has gone out to all the speakers
and writer's who are to aid in making
Mr.. Bryan's campaign to drop all men-
ton of 16 to /, and to reserve their
thunder for the bogy of imperialism and
with side shot now and then to that
other bogy the bad, ,bogy bank man. Hav-
ing committed his party to the 16 to l
policy Br. Bryan has no further use for
that issue and will have none until, if
the American people should be fatui-
tously SO enclined, he might, peradven-
ture, find himself in the presidential
chair. Once in position of authority
and power his first hard work would be
to reduce our financial system to chaos
in an attempt to force the issue of free
coinage upon the country. He has
pledged his party to just that thing.
He himself believes in it and the only
way to keep him from it is to keep him
at home. The purpose of the free sill
yer party is too plain to be pbsured and
tNoP"piIoln WIN hot pelHIt IL Io pe OD-
soured. The trick of moving heaven
and earth to commit a political party to
a definite policy and then apply the
hushness of mumness to all the speak
ers and writers that the people may be
beguiled into thinking that the issue
has been dropped is too transparent
piece of political jugglery to work out
side of a Spanish republic
where every toy diyerts the attention.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
His Musical Sense,

WHAT Is your favorite operaW asked
the foreign gentleman.
Mr.. Cumrox was about to answer
"The Mikado," when he observed that
the eyes Of his wife and daughter were
upon him.. Then he assumed an air of
nonchalance and answered:
"Oh, don't care particular about the
names Of cigars or the titles of operas.
l like to change around. just tell 'em
to give me 25 cent cigar when l feel
like smoking, and when 1 want music
enjoy any old $5 a seat opera.
Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
The Wit Mr. Beecher Kent In.

In the early days of Mr.. Reechers
career, when wit was unknown in the
pulpit, some Of the deacons of his
church asked him if he didn't think
such frequent outbursts of humor were
calculated to diminish his usefulness.
He listened patiently, and when they
finished he said, Brethren, if you only
knew how many funny things l keep
IN you wouldn't complain about the
few let out."-4adies' Home Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

age that Mr.. Bryan's party would have
turned its back upon because the in.
habitants of the Island OF Guam can
not be made into American electors to
vote the hybred ticket of the new De-
mocracy.
The spiritless policy of this new De-
mocracy would also stand. impotently
by and see the so.called robber nations
OF the earth shut the American mer.
chant and manufacturer out of the ports
of Asia, comforting the country for the
loss of the trade of half of the human
race by the assurance that there had
been extended" on our behalf all DOS.
sible influence" to be derived Through
the persuasive power of high and
honorable example" +"
And this in world where trade goes
to the nation that can get it, where a
resolute standing for the right is the al.
ternatiye for submission to wrong, where
the good that nation would have must
be gone after to be gotten!
1t was not this spirit which prompted
the old Democracy under President
Fillmore to send Commodore M. @.
Perry with feet of men-of-war to sail
deiantly into the harbor at Yeddo and
at the mouths of shotted guns compel
Japan to emerge from hermitage and
make treaty of amity and commerce
with the young republi" then so full of
courage and manly endeavor. For in
those days there were men in the Demo-
cratic party.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
The Next Rest Thing.

81 trust" said the new member of
the school committee, "that you do not
hold out to your pupils the misleading
hope that each Of them may be the
president?'
mo, indeed" replied the dominic,
"but I do not think that I err on the
side of improbability when l teach
them that each has a good chance of
being a presidential possibility,"-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Those men and papers who have
talked SO glibly of our nation having
enslaved the Porto Ricans, the Cubans
and the Filipinos have forgotten that
the Republican party was not the parrty
Of slavery bRt Of liberty, that its mis-.
sion has been to free, not to shackle.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

The consistency of the new Democ.
racy was well exemplified at Kansas
City by placing on the committee on
resolutions, to formulate and illuminate
a drastic plank on trusts, Mr.. Van
Wycke, one of the participants in the
infamous New York ice trust, who is
now fighting an antitrust law in the
courts of New York. It may reason
ably be presumed that when the anti
trust plank was adopted in committee
all the members instinctively turned TO-
ward where Mr.. Van Wycke sat and,
with true Democratic unanimity, wink
ed the other eye.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Ia Turkey amber is supposed to be
specific against the evil effects Of nico-
tine, and as the people are great lovers
Of tobacco they freely indulge in the
use Of it, put take care to safeguard
themselves by having amber mouth
pieces to their pipes,
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
LEDGER'S CLUBBING RATES.

Ledger and Daily Gall. one year 81 so
Ledeer and Weekly Call, one year . 8 go
Ledger and Daily Bulletin, one year w 6 so
Ledger and Semi Weekly Bulletin, yer 90
Ledger and Weekly Bulletin, one year. 80
Ledger and Daily Chronicle, one year.. 7 10
Ledger and Weekly Chronicle, one year go
Ledger and Weekly Examiner, one year go
Ledger and Daily Examiner, one year . so
Ledger and N. Y. Weekly Tribune, yer 90
Ledger and N. Y. Tri-Weekly Tribune, ly $50
Ledger and Cosmopolitan Magazine, yr 8 35
Ledger and S. F. Weekly Post, one year 8 90
Ledger and McCall's Magazine, one year Q rs
Ledger and st. Louis Globe Democrat, ly 90
Ledger and " Twice Week." one year 90
s1> The above rates are strictly in advance
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

MI, Pryan's convention at Kansas
City strangely forgot that its master
came to the support of imperialism at a
critical juncture and induced his friends
In the United States senate to ratify the
treaty of Paris and so transfer the SOW.
erignty of the Philippine islands to the
Unaed States and that without his aid
the treaty would not have been ratified.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

1t was all edifying spectacle in Kan.
sas City to note the enthusiasm with
which delegates from states in the Am
eriean union which have disfranchised
voters by wholesale, for no other reason
than the color Of their skins, greeted
the declaration that all men are created
free and equal and that governments
derive their just powers from the con.
sent of the governed.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

i may not be generally called to
mfhd that the doctrine that the consti-
tuition follows the flag was first ex-
pounded by John @. Calhoun in fur
therance Of his accompanying PROPOSE
ton that the constitution, by its own,
unaided operation, carried human
slavery into the territories, but such is
The fact.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

The Republican party is the party that
does something. Mr.. Bryan's private
property party is the party that undoes
something or will ifit gets the opportun-
ity and its courage does not fail it.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Knew the House.

, Citizen-Off'sher, can you (hic) tell
me where I hic) live? I'm Chic) Sem
ator Bigboddy, you know.
Oficer-What's yer cooks name?
Citizen-Mary Ann Chic) O'Brady.
Officer-Four blocks down and two
doors to yer right.-Judge.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

The reader never knew Republican
convention, orator or newspaper to
strive to excite class prejudices, envy,
bitterness of spirit, hate of other fell
low citizens. 1t appeals 70 reason not
to ruGtion.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
SOME STRONG PINTS.
BOTH SIDES WE'RE ELOQUENT ON
THE NEW SCHOOL QUESTION.
eaD Perkins, the Postmaster, Tells
How the Cause of Higher Educa-
tton Was Knocked Ont In the De-
bate at the Jericho Pontofhce.

HOW IAS OdUES eh k1l8hCE GuucA-
tton Was Knocked Ont In the De-
bate at the Jericho Pontofhce.
Copyright. 1900 by C. B. Lewis.l
Lish Billings, Abner Jones and
Noses Plumber hev bin holdin Jericho
back fur the last two years from hevin
new schoolhouse. The matter has
come up almost every evenin at the
postofice and bin hotly argued, but
they couldn't be budged. The other
night mighty smart lookin stranger
was stoppin in town, and it was ar
ranged that he drop in on the crowd
md take the schoolhouse side and put
The three Instructors on their backs.
The stranger was on hand at the hour
aamed, and when the proper mint ar
rived Squar Joslyn speaks up and
says:
Stranger, If you was resident Of
this town. would you be fur school
houses or ag'in emp
I'D be fur 'em, Of course" replies
the man. "I'd vote fur the cause Of
education If 1 had to live on one meal
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Sarcastic.

Myer-Have you noticed what a lot
OF new houses are being put up all over
the city?
Gyer-Yes, and I've been wondering
why they don't put up few old ones
Just for change.-Chicago News,
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
Early and Late.

Plodder (at 6 a. m.)-Hello, Rounder!
What are you doing up SO early?
Rounder-Hello, old fel! What are
you doing out sho late?-Philadelphia
Record.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

and take 1t. 1t will be vain to look to
the new Democracy for that pnrposeful
resolution which characterized the old
Democracy.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Lying side by side in specially pre-
pared graves on the farm of the late
Robert Bonner in New York are the
remains Of Dexter and Maud S, two Of
the greatest horses the world ever saw.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Metals get tired as we'll as living be-
ings. Telegraph wires are better con-
ductors on Monday than on Saturday
on account Of their Sunday rest, and a
rest Of three weeks adds 10 per cent to
the conductivity of a wire.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

SAFE DEPosIT.---Saf deposit boxes can be
rented from the Bank Of Amador County at the
small expense of IS cents q month, therebv So.
curing you against any possible loss from fre
or otherwise. Don't overlook this opportunitv
of protecting your valuables
SAVE MONEY-Patroliae a home institu-
tion. Send money away through the Bank Of
Amador County; Iou will save 10 per cent and
upward over postofioe or express. Money sent
parts OF the world. We have the latest quota
tions on foreign exchange.
SAVE MONEY-It doesn't cost anything to
gneposlt money In the Bank Of Amador County
They receive deposits from IS up. Comnence
the new year by opening up hank account. 4
man or woman with bank account has u
nnanclal standing. Don't bury your money ;
BILE to be robbed while alive
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Friendship bought with money isn't
proof against the coin of your enemy
Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10

Want of care does US more damage
than want Of knowledge.
Amador ledger., 1900-08-10
American Beauties

There are none fairer or sweeter the
world over, Unfettered and untram-
meled the American woman queens it as