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New York Money Market.

New York, May -MONEY-Adoney on
call easy. 1d15z per cent, closing bid and
offered at IL per cent; time loans easy; 90
days ~ per cent; 80 days, 80 per cent; .
months 3d3h per cent -
CLOSE. Prime mercantile paper. ia
~ per cent. sterling exchange strong, with
actual business in bankers, bills at S4StlO
a S7l5 for demand and at S4-S5lUl44- eo1J Tor
80 dav bills; posted rates. s. s51zd4.S6 and
81 s7I674. IS, commercial bills, $3.50
SILNER-Bar silver, 553sc; Mexican dol
lars, 4414c
RONpAGovernm bonds easy.
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New york, May 26.-COTTON-Sales to-
day, 349 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet
and Is points lower. Quotations per 100
pounds: Middling uplands, S13.O5; mid
ding gulf, $3.50.
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Furnished by ]. z. Gall. Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
Onice no West Sixth street. Telephone
4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co. Kansas City. Mol
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Here is an actual picture of the
Japanese in action on the Yalu, Sun
day, May 1. The telegraph stories tell
of the wonderful execution their ma
chine guns and artillery have done.
The lower picture proves the Japs are
giving good care to the Russian
wounded within their lines.
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New York, May 25-SUGAR-Raw sugar
strong. Fair refining, 7-16c; centrifugal.
50 test, 3 15-16c; mOlasses sugar, 3-16c-
Refined sugar firm. Crushed, $3.50. pow
dered, S505; granulated, S4.95.
COFFEE-Market easy No. Rio,
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Galveston, Tex, May 26.-COTTON-
Market steady at 1z7sc per pound
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New York. May 2s.-BUTTER-AIar
steady. Creamery. common to extra, "a
dlS5kc; state dairy, common to extra. 136
TIC.
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cold shfpments Continue.

bank today announced the engagement Of
s., 900, 900 In gold bars for shipments to Eu-
rope on Saturdays steamer.
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Knnsas Citr Gin.

FURNISHED by J. E. Gall, Commissions,
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks
Office 10 West Sixth street. Telephone
4s6 Correspondent Christie Grain and
Stock Co., Kansas City, Mol
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The average author doesn't concern
himself much about the color of bindings;
but he generally thinks his book is bound
to be read.
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Wool Market.

St Louis No, May 26.-WOOL-Market
steady Territory and western mediums,
16d21c; fine mediums 16117ci fine, 15d17c.
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ATnrI-nt Gnssfn-

FURNISHED by A. M. McDermott Commits
sion Co, Stocks, Grains. Provisions and
Investment Securities. Rooms 20 and p,
702 Kansas ave
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Fruits AND VEGETABLES. ''s
FURNISHED by s +. Lux. successor to W.
o. Anderson g. Co. 30 Kansas ave-
nue.l .
ORANGES-Per box, 10000.
LEMONS-Californias per box. 81 50; Mes
STRAW BT1RRIESPer crate. 81. e5a,7 X
PINEAAPEI 7 E7 IS crate ss.25a1.75
BANANAsVv5F,s5E5E 9PR z 81 AZ, $szs;ooaso0.
PIEPL.AANS,TT--.P,eE lP;. l5kQ2c-
New BEHIS-4exas' per doz. punches,
WAX Wax BEANs-Per 1s-bu. box. son
PEAS-Per 1s-bu. basket. &c
CTlC-TMBERs-er doz., 56e -oc-
NEW POTATOES-Per Ri q so,s, -
I,ETTUCE-Per basket. Sc $i-70al-z5
RADISH ES-Ber doz- punches. 121zc
TOMATOES-Fancy Florida bsSii--..
GG66ee65AASSG tzTsssss-5zs0 per BsF i Sack; &c -
HoNEr-a4-rafPEf .s sssss; SIS.
SWEET POTATO PLANTS. Der ooo
GABBAAG5E7 Il PI- 5AsNlSgTsaaPer Loo. n5
FULL CREAM CHESS ~
2O-Ib. Daisy cheese, per d. n
Kansas y A, per lb-----.-...-.-. i9
New. York State (white). per ID. i9c
Brlcks per ID -----.----. IL
I.irnburger. per ID. .-..... '-------- l95zc
- BUTTER, EGGs. PoUijfi,,Tj;ffi;v55 --l5'ke
benS 4 I5 bToierg I T59e9z1teTs zoe each:
EGGs-Fresh, 1sc
PRAIRIzBaIed. Der ton
55 IL EPyo9se' per ton-------- sos "a
- ---------------- 5-50d60o
Topeka Hide Marker.
LPrlces paid IN Topeka this week. ba.ou
on Boston q'zotations-l Ds'sea
no. P TALLOW -OPeAa' May IS
o-'-----' 80 O11I-D .......--........75zo
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given. This report comes from MEM
bers of the emperor's suite.
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Kansas City. May %.

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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
4 Car paixn Issue that 10 Worthy Of
the Yoter,a Attention.

They are coming, the less fortunate,
coming to this American continent to
secure a better life for themselves than
they have in their W land. They are
coming from the less prosperous parts of
Italy, and from Bohemia and from Hun
gary and from Poland. and throughout
all that wide northern Siavic region
wherein is oppression Of the Jews. In
other words, they are coming from every
where! From Europe the most oppressed
and, i'll some cases. most unintelligent
classes are coming here to find better
conditions for themselves, and meanwhile
TO necessarily infuse q new element of
blood here as well as q new element of
thought and religion and general drift
of being. We accept them and their
blood and the infusion Of their genera
ions for the future. We accept them, in
the broadcast sense, with the idea that,
by and by, there will become a homo
geneity of the races which will take care
of itself. The Morse in all his varieties
is, Of course. a part OF US. but the assimi-
lation of the Latin in all his varieties is
another thing. We are trying 10 be big.
broad Christians and make no distinc-
tons.
Certain laws have been enacted under
the regime of the Republican party. and
the manner in which they are being en-
forced illustrates, as well as could be,
the earnestness of the present admins
~tration, in allowing the fltering into this
country, in all generosity, Of those who
seek a better harbor for what there is in
life. 1t is but fair to the Republican
party in this campaign that every voter
should think of all that the party has
done in the enactment of laws and the
enforcement Of them, in all hberality, as
to perfecting the immediate business well
fare of the country and as to controlling
the amalgamation Of its future blood.
This is one Of the side issues Of the
campaign to which the attention Of every
voter may we'll be directed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
A Daily Increase of $352,3O4 for
Eight Years.

During the last eight years Of Repuhli-
can administration the increase in the
volume of our currency has amounted
to S312304 per day. or more than $40
600. 600 per month-the total increase
being $1.014, 7l6.561. This increase has
been chiefly and directly due TO the poll
cies of sound money and protection.
BY the act passed Dec. Is. 1899. by a
Republican Congress G42 Democrats vot-
ing against it and only IL voting for 1t
in the Hons of Representatives and Is
voting for it and : against it in the Sen
ate). and signed by President Mckinley,
the gold standard was sanctioned 10y law,
and according to Alton 4. Parker was
then firmly and irrevocahly establish
ed" Just as free silver would have
driven gold from the country according
to the famous Gresham law that "bat
money drives out good money. SO thu
positive committal of the country to tn
gold standard resulted in a large gail
Of gold to our currency. The increas
ingly large output of gold from Alaska
California. Colorado and other Western
States remained IN the United State.
instead of being driven ont. as would
have been the case had free silver tj
nmphed in 1896 or 1900 Not only this
but the United States gold standard drew
to this country much of the gold produc
ed in South Africa and other parts o
the world.
The policy of protection also contribut
ed to our ability to keep our own golt
and get more gold from other nations. FOL
it made the balance Of trade favorable
since it tended 10 increase our exports
over our imports. Instead of sending
gold out of the country as in Demo
cratic times. to pay for goods that Amer
lean labor at home might just as wei
have produced, the Republican policy has
been to cause gold to be distributed a,
home for work lone just as we'll at home
or the present amount Of money in
circulation about As per cent is gold
which mostly represents money saved te
the people Of the United States by the
Republican policies Of sound money and
urofocfian
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
THE PRODICAL PARTY.
Biblical Story that Fits the Democracy
Of Today.
portland Oregonian,)

portland Oregonian)
The Democratic party is like a certain
son which wandered off into q far coun-
try and filled his belly with the husks
which the swine did eat. But when he
came to himself he said, l will arise and
60 back to the home Of sense and honesty
which l left and will ask to be taken
back as a hired servant on probation. !
will admit that l was wrong and have
now seen the light and l hope to be re-
stored through good behavior to my for
mer place in the confidence OF the folks
at home and decent people generally.
That is to say, the Democratic party
could be conscientiously likened to the
prodigal son il it had acted on the lines
just laid down. But the attitude It ao-
tually assumes is something entirely dit.
ferent. Without explaining or reprobat-
ing his actions Of 1896 and 1900 when
he voted for Bryan, Judge Parker asks
the support and confidence Of all gold
standard men because he somewhat pat
ronizingly recognizes the gold standard
as "~irrevocably established" He does
not animadvert upon his own conduct In
leaving home or even upon the quality
of the nutriment which the far country
Of populism afforded the Democratic
paunch.
As near as We can make It out, the
Democratic idea is that the Elder Broth
err should be thrown out on the world
and the Prodigal Son installed - man
ager Of the estate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
SUGAR TRUST POLITICS.
Close Relations of Wall Street and the
Democratic Party.

Democratic Party.
New York Letter in Los Angeles Times
When New York State was being got
into line for Judge Parker, Havemeyer
put on guard for Parker one Of his W
men. Cord Meyer by name. Cord Meyer
is the sugar trusts representative in
Democratic councils. The Republican
party is able to get along without having
a sugar trust representative in its coun-
ellis. but if Democrats come into power,
it will be Cord Meyers happy duty to
make sugar stock 60 up and down on the
New York Stock Exchange and to let
it be known to anxious statesmen when
it is going up and when it is going down.
Do the people out West know that in
New York, when the Democrats desire to
carry an election. they go out and tell
the district leaders that a certain stock
on the New York Stock Exchange, say
Manhattan Elevated, will 60 up SIS per
share in case of Democratic success? ?
That is what they do, and it does go up,
too, and that shows how close the Demo
cratic party is to Wall street in New
York, where Parker and his cohorts come
from. They buy elections with stock
tips, and Cord Meyer, Billy Sheehan and
Belmont are extraordinarily good tip
SterD.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
the exception OF Russia, show produc-
ton hy couu. IS as follows:
THE PHILIPPINES.
Republican Policy IL in Line with
Territorial Prscedents.

Four years age the Democratic par
ty denounced the acquisition Of the Emil
mine Islands by the United States as
a dangerous form Of national expansion
and their retention as an application or
militarism. The only logical CONCLUSION
of this position was our immediate re-
tirelnent from the Islands. leaving them
to Shift for themselves. In his letter ac-
cepting the nomination for Wee Presl-
dent in 1870 Mr.. Roosevelt commented
on this position as follows:
THE simple truth is that there IS MOTH
ing even remotely resembling imperial
ism or militarism involved in the present
development of that policy Of expansion,
which .haS been part of the history or
America from the day when she became
a nation. The words mean absolutely
nothing as applied to our present policy
III the Philippines. for this policy IS only
! imperialiStic in the sense that Jefferson $
policy in Louisiana was mperIallStlc
only military in the sense that Jackson $
policy towards the Seminoles or clusters
towards the Sioux embodied mllitarlsm:
| and there is no more danger Of its pro-
/ ducing evil results at home now than
| there was of its interfering with free
dom under jefferson or Jackson, or III
the days of the Indian wars on the
| plains.
THE only certain way of rendering
il necessary for our Republic to enter
on a career Of 'militarism' would be TO
abandon the Philippines 70 Their w
tribes. and at the same time either TO
guarantee a stable government among
these tribes or to guarantee them against
outside interference. A far larger army
would be required to carry out any II
policy than will be required to secure
order uuder the American flag; while
the presence of this flag on the Islands
is really the only possible security against
outside aggression. Properly
speaking. the question is now not wheth-
er we shall expand-for we have already
expanded-but whether we shall con-
tract"
That was the issue four years ago
Now the Democratic platform says:
I'VE believe with jefferson and John
Adams. that no government has a right
10 make one set of laws for those a,
home and another and a different set o.
laws. absolute in their character. FOL
those in the colonies. We insist
that we ought to do for the Filipinos
what we have already lone for tn
Cubans."
There has never been a time since
the formation of the government tina
Congress has not made one set Of law
for the States and another set for tn
territories. The laws enacted by Con
gress for the government of the Philip
pines are no more absolute than thos
which have been enacted during the las
hundred years for our various territories
Tho ovIirapu that tho United State
shall do for the Filipinos what it ha
done for the Cubans is unreasonable. w
never claimed to own Cuba, but we pos
sess the Philippines by an undispute
title. A Republican administration di
entire justice to Cuba as demanded b.
the circumstances Of the case, and tn
Republican party can be depended upo
10 do entire justice to the Philippines.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
Demora|izing Effects Of Democratic Policies VS..
Beneficial Effect Of Republican Policies.
KING TO PAUPER and PAUPER TO KING
Phenomenal Rise of the Industry Since l694-
Accurate Barometer of General Trade
Conditions-Wages Increased.

TURN OUT THE BEST TYPES ON
THE SHORTEST NOTICE. AND AT
THE LEAST COST. TO PEACE
STEEL THE MARKETS OF THE
WORLD. DURING THE TWELVE
MONTHS ENDING WITH JUNE.
1904. THE TOTAL EXPORTS OF
IRON AND STEEL AND THE NAN
UF ACT URES TIL Ell FRO
A NJ UNITED TO S1ll.94S.5>6
AGAINST $29, 290.2G4 DURING THE
DEMOCRATIC YEAR 1894.
During the last eight years the Brit
ish newspapers have been forced To dole
fully notice a continued succession or
American industrial triumThs over Great
Britain. Now it is an American firm
that gets the contract to buiId the great
Atbara bridge across the Nile IN upper
Egypt. Now It is an American loco
motive that superseGes the Brush loco
motive Oh a leading English railroad.
Now il is an American electrical com
pany that gets all the orders for the cleo
trical equipment for the great new Lon
don background railroad system. And
thus episodes of American commerclaI
conquest during the last eight years
could he repeated until they would grow
wearisome to read. The continued tri'
umphs of the United States in the stee
and iron trade, at the same time tina
this industry in Great Britain has beer
in process of decline, led to the creation
recently of a British Commission Of bust
ness experts to investigate the sit
uation. This commission III its first re
port on the iron and steel trade presents
information of the highest value from
firms employing over 81 per cent OF III
labor in this combined trade-231.GH
out of an aggregate of $4,000 workers
and il has ascertained that while this in
dustry has been advancing rapidly II
other countries it has remained almos
stationary in Great Britain. The i'm
ports have increased 200 per cent an
the exports have declined IA per cent
and foreign competitors, protected j
their own home markets. nave made J
the basis for the conquest Of the BIRTHS
market. The masters Of the trade hav
been consulted, and only 5 per cent 0
them are content with free trade an
a policy Of inaction. The employers O
81 per cent of the labor are convince
that nett her rN~~4~"s NOR men can eyppf
equaHty or conditions unless the HON
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
Latest Republican Outrage.

On Aug. y 4 fall Of snow, the frst
Of the season., occurred in Minnesota,
and it cannot be denied that it occurred
under the Roosevelt administration.
Crops, flowers and garden produce were
damaged, and there was the dickens to
pay generally.
The Republican party cannot deny
that this thing has happened under q
Republican administration. but it can d.
this: 1t can promise another snowfall
on Nov. 8, so vast that the memory OF
all preceding snowstorms will be lost.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23

power and prestige under the sponsor
ship OF the Republican party was moth
ing short of marvellous.
The great victory for the gold stand
ard cured the uneasy, panicky conditions
that had prevailed in the money market.
1t was possible in 1897 for great i'm
prOvements to be financed by railroads
and other corporations. The investor
came out Of the woods where he had
been during Democratic times and
bought bonds that represented cash to
be expended in more rails. more bridges,
more cars, more machinery, more sky
scrapers and more other things that re-
Quired enormous consumption OF iron and
steel. But the increasing ability of the
country to buy more iron and steel was
met by increasing necessity for larger
consumption. The railroads suffered
from car shortages because they could
not buy new cars fast enough to keep
pace with the increasing business that
came to them. In almost every line
Of industry the calls in the iron and steel
industry for material increased so rap
Idly that it was a difficult matter for
the iron and steel manufacturers to hire
new men fast enough for the additional
work to be done, and to otherwise keep
mp with enormously increasing consump-
ton. But the Republican policy OF pro-
lection not only operated by its general
business effects, to stimulate the increas-
ing consumption, but also to force the
increasing consumption to BE- met, not
by larger foreign imports OF iron and
steel, giving more work for the foreign
ers to do, but by increasing domestic
nrodnction giving more work for Amer
lean laboringmen to do at continuously
increasing wages.
Consumption and Production.
Here are the figures as to how both
consumption and production Of pig iron
almost trebled between the Democratic
year 1894, through the Mckinley and
Roosevelt administrat tons, up to the year
1904.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23

The iron and steel industry is often
referred to as the barometer Of gen
eral business" 1t reflects conditions OF
depression or prosperity throughout the
country in a remarkably sensitive way
for there is no business nor industry
In the country which does not share
closely in the various conditions which
snake steel either "king' or "pauper.'
and. as Andrew Carnegie once said.
s.steel is always either king or pauper.'
When times were hard, as during the
period of the last Democratic mini
tration, 1S93-1S96. there was indeed an
open door into the palace of King Steel
for the wolf of poverty to enter and
make Steel a Pauper.
1t was shown then that when panic
and depression visit the country, steel
feels the effects the most sharply end
the most quickly of almost any com
modify.
THE RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC
POLICIES WAS NOT ONLY TO
HEAVILY CURTAIL THE AMER1-
CAN OONSUMPTON OF IRON AND
STEEL, BUT TO GIVE AN OPEN
DOOR TO THE FOREIGNER TO
SUPPLY WHAT DEMAND THERE
WAS LEFT. In two years, from 1897
to 1894, represented by the change from
Republican to Democratic rule, the pro-
duction of pig iron in the United States
dropped from 9,157,OOO tons to 6,6ol ,3Se
ton
The financial depression that existed
through the Cleveland administratio
made it difficult for railroads to foa1
the issues Of bonds that were needed Il
raise money for new rails, brid ges. car:
and other equipment involving large
consumption of iron and steel. The same
was true of the building trades. an'
other industries which can use iron ant
steel only as their business can expand
and, whose business instead of e%xpandin.
during the last Democratic administra
ton, was forced to contract.
Re a BILE Change Occurs.
After the election of President Nc
Kinley the enormous gains both in on
consumption and our production of iro1
and steel, attracted the attention Of busi
ness interests throughout the world
Steel, which was Pauper under tn
Democratic administration, once agal
King Corr, 't4Haed grtod Sst Of his worldwid
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-09-23
has carefully picked out Of their set

A06 aASAA ItSA&h - 49,
tings the twenty-six most bellicose. abb
s%olutist, imperialistic sayings Of which
President Roosevelt has ever delivered
himself. These are the Quintessence OF
his bloodthirsty expressions. Nothing
that he has said has ever gone farther
on the road to military despotism than
these twenty-six things.
FIX Parte Argument.
OF course. as every reasonable be-
ing knows, such ex parte argument is
not fair. 1t We're easy by choosing out
all of Jefferson's sayings on oae side to
prove him an ardent eXpansionist. or hy
picking out of all his writings on the
other side to prove him a hlgoted con-
tractionist. He could be shown mp as
a protectionist. if all that he SAID IN
favor of that principle were collected to-
gether, while all that he said against II
were omitted. Or 10y reversing the pro-
cess it could readily be demonstrated
that he was an absolute and perpetual
free trader. 1t could Ne shown that
he was a practical anarchist, advocating
a revolution every twenty years. that
the tree of liberty might be kept well
watered with blood. Or 10y emitting TINS
class of his writings and combining The
opposite class he could be represented
as constantly enjoining implicit obedi-
ence t. the law.
IT iseuseless TO multiply examples. nv
such a narrow scheme of special Plead
ing the wise man could be SHOWN a fool
because wise men sometimes are fool
ish. The most foolish man could he
shown a sage. because foolish men some
times are sensible. The gutter drunk.
ard could he proved a teetotaler. FOR he
has occasional periods Of complete so
briefly. Such a method is wholly false
The World knows it and r~es5rtei to il
only because its case was weak.
IT you would judge what Kind Of E
President Roosevelt would make tn
fairest method is to consider wAat kint
Of a President he has made. Bat il y"a
for some reason which il is not easy
IL conceive. refuse this test. and pre-
fer 10 Judge him on. what he has said
do not read merely stray words alIt
sentences gathered and arranged by hl'
enemies. In all fairness read thes'
words in their proper coltexts. Read a
much of RooSevelt's writings as you haN'
time for. You viii find them the expires
sions not Of a bloody and deSpotic intel
lect but of a clean. strong, honest mind
instinct with patriotism.