Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — POLITICS OF THE DAY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLITICS OF THE DAY

OBJECT LESSON FOR 1898 The extraordinary shortage of food fligpaeg in Tsmupu, buh-bi aw? ftniurt of crops during thq seasoi\ exf 1898, and! the failure of crops during 'these® son j of 1898 in countries which compete with the United States, such as India, Argentine Republic and Australia, accounts for the enormous Increase of other during ’ th/etoven months of the fiscal year ending June 1. The«e exports hate been large beyond all precedent and were looked for by those familiar with the situation. The following table shows tbo-vaine-ef-a** Por* 1893, from -which -the—volume—of- -tHM year’s business may be understood; Year. Wheat. , Flour. Corn. 1893. $83,634,9*r0 $75,494,34? f24;58T,3!l t 1894 . 59,407,041 69,271,770 30,211,154 1896. 43,805,603 51,651,928 14,650,767 1896 . 39,709,868 52,025,217 37,836,862 1897 . 59,910,178 55,914,347 54,087,150 2898.120,721,512 63,306,233 <57,000,270It must be remembered that while* this table gives the exports for the entire twelve njopths qf. eqph, ing year, it'gives them for only eleven months of the present fiscal year, which shows that jup exported about $100,000,000 more breadstuffs In eleven months of 1898 than wp d the* eotjrt'j year of 1697„ which was itself a year of phenomenally large exports. The wheat crop in India and 'Argaptinjj Republic ripens tn the Winter.-' the crop of 1896-7 was an almost entire failure hi those countries, resulting in the great famine in India the latter part of the flscafyear of" 1897 was naturally affected, resulting In a larger demand from this country,, fortupate for us anidjthie. world el largevjthatthe Alnjlghty felesßed os with an abundant harvest and thus filled (Air gfan- ! aries so thdt we Could Pied ; otherwise the distress wbtild have been great. It was also fortunate for the farmers of this country, however unfortunate it may have been to the of foreign countries, and the rmQerpaid workingmen of our own, that this interposition of Divine Providence came in time to alleviate, for the time l being, the disastrous effects of. standard. Otherwise, with the low and continually depreciating prices, which prevailed during 1896 and Ahe parly months of 1897, the mincf rails to conceive the condition which would have resulted. It is noticeable, however, that the advance in prices has been almost wholly confined to food products, and the Increase in our exports have been confined to this class Of the products of the farm. Thus it happens, as previously shown, that while dur exports of cotton were in bulk somewhat larger, the amount of (noney received therefor was less than for the crop of the previous year. Of all products perhaps pig: iron comes nearest being the barometer price of labor, It is almost wholly ;ft» product of labor. A fall, therefore, in the price of pig iron indicates to an almost dead certainty a loWOrtnfc-ofl tfiei wages of those who produce it. Although the use of steel and other products of pig Iron have been enormously extended the price Of this, aside ffofn food products the most important 1 6t human productions, has steadily declined. James M. Swank, editor ofdhe Bulletin of Philadelphia, the Organ of the American Iroft and Steel Association, recognized as the best authority on everything pertaining this, xict in the United States, says in'the June 15 issue: . 0 j»*i “By correspondence and by consulting quotations in the pig iron cento## we have ascertained that an average price for our pig iron production was $10.46 per ton in 1896, and $8.85 in 1897. This shows a loss of 61 cents per ton in the price. AS there have been ho Improvements of value cheapening -the process of producing pig, iroonpurijitjf: the year, this 61 cents a ton fifay "be* said to be taken from the price of labor. Thus while staple food products have advanced under the influence of the extraordinary foreign demand, the price of the other great staples have declined as a result of a snll appreciating measure of values.' hhve always said that prosperity mult begin ! at the fartn, and when the farmer'getS good prices for hi# products all clashes Share his good fortune with him. The small measure of prosperity the country has been enjoying, during 1898' IS due wholly to the advanced 1 price of the products of the farm used as-Jood. The farmer gets ffiore monejjr tot his products this year, consequently he had money to spend after charges* .With, which to Jiuy- the pred-l nets of other people’s labor this industrial activity is stimulated ’ftie gold standard advocates, ever ready to magnify the Importance of the nioneyTpidq w* th%t national prpi&Mwi was dependent upon ability to borrow, and that while foreign-and domestic money lenders were frightened by silver agitation- prosperity fiyotdd not come. All that"was needed was to restore confidence to Shglockn aed,-pH would be well. The object lesson in the. experience; of should, tber^pe,^.

The Chicago Platform, <j If the Democrats do not control the next Congress by overwhai4&M&S> uwt Jority it will be because of the inefficiency and timidit/ia WadWship. The icalism of extreme plutocracy has already begun, and it is making! itself felt in an unmistakable Wa/. r Whrit ft? 1 means is illustrated in tbefee oerih sprits* * on . the proposed f'riAngKWAffi&Bfbani’t i imperialismanadon thesbond deal adopts i >ed the other daY by tbe free Ctaihagfr i Republicans off Kaßsos.,to,/lMii? r .-.■itii' 't-fil'vV.i\ir.a Ttlnoif

We belieye.this Government »« .capably | of attending to its own affairs witfVouCthe ■ aid of hay ofhbr hat^ x * We belief entangling alliances^With * foreign nations to be inimical to thsbfest J interests of the;' teachings,of Washington,, baying, so wise in the past, should be strictly j>W served in the future, and for this we are 'opposed to thO taggestW! Anglo*' American ailiapce.; < fTbfc RepnWif iwfiparti i having obtained an unnecessary bomhmt , sue in place of the bimetallism it prom-' ministration proceed to prosecute the present-war wriiOh tt underttktti , j The! Vanren'sel by f&brilrralo m vv/.^ufhni--We believe that manhood,, not, money,, should be the controlling factor of this nation, Arid that* 1 dll A should. bohrodpristrictl JGJ«e«moeßtii’OHi| trol, and'to this irifclOWHTtfiif) operation to any party that honestfy and fearlessly attempts to restore the affairs of the Government to the people. In Kansas, in Nebraska, in South Dakota, and throughout the. West gener-

ally plutocratic, radicalism In the con* duct of the war dle-of-the-Road”* Populism oh one hand sibility that the Democratic party can lte 3, <?6ntTOlted 1 by' the Palm«l*ehakmM bolters. Insfehd of chabghDg the issues platjf<mm,tho bopd dealers and imperialists at Wasatogtoff Iff# forcingAhe f.uU,eat all the elements which united in full latest Kinley, and Rothschild are co-opemting to force a inn tcottiplftti auki effective union of aliwiNtstof dftpimlwn to plutocracy than seemed possible six hfttrfh vpiatfqign stands for the constitution and(t.Aho. laws, foe jfstice, for.liberJty t for Americanism, for civilization. Its principles are .about so receive an overwhelminj 'aiyaanii The Repnbliq of Hawaii has been annexed to the 1 snitM* 'fetotds'' by joiut resoladon, which passed tfte py and .Use Bonat© py a xoifol { 42 ! ytm -tP'm nays; 3AVhateveri op/-4*. tipM.fsittflltprei were il^r Ubib? S’eanto** ■ and Represen tad ? s nexation must now be laid “fV'h 4 recollect that when Texas was adnrftwfls tnißban#gitiv#^;hq*> 7 of New England rang witfi threats to repeal It' soinh Ok}} nnW&etitt toe J'didtim adrifh. again-\ nexed Te^qg ; at ,tbe aesceUttaoAf^.^ie, in those^^ilfttf 11 told them that, where ..the, American flag had been unfurled, it never should be hauled do*vn:.oud Democrats are going to acqhibste’ and Pot Ale Ha- >. au .xxiianoew »tP laugh at them now.uWQrShgll accept HflWatl, tmt we aoeept ip asfhg standing shall haw a terrltor hr! lj idinectsd trolled from. Washington, apd shall not, while the pi ass of Its population ill of the character It has to-day, be admitud ?a& a* Statq of sije Uftipm yJUi the right; to vote .given to all the nff * raff .of KfiflfikW, {M'CtHh6a6' there Can't Ignore Cubans; ' - If wpajt, |a, EresldonJ McKinley’s plan Were put into bfaffatieif, ft would nullify the purpose of InsurgentjS. that the government to be set up tiff the war shall be their government. In this they are right, ' There ments inGaba..* tli'e othb? fs And unless we are fighting for the Other, weitre intruders. The Hulled States will have the_ present Cuban republic wlidfi *the*» driven out of Cuba. By the almost unanimoixs vote of both Cuban .republic. \>[aß £e(;bgpfts&Bl r 'Bbtfi< * poltticdl parties :1|39& espressed theio f9g in cagoTubflC. s & tone loob tuu'i .byixtq

Current Notea. Not,«nfef4riWPg. thp jbopd Ttraying bank hps yofunteered hi# services to the country!— Fresno Expositor,,’ t ' ,y » not strike off Cuba’s bonds; ik‘ Recorder. , ThemoitaUty,rejjpr||i of th%-Spanish arm/ feh6^“tbhHff , lTO7 V2?dl <&&<* t/felidW fever and bthetf diseases, which shows rani Wrilo# :r W#r.iff the most destructive tp foreign troops in that cli,mate. Oregon went Republican j Aotfty, j that, brings the high price for wneat. ana 0 wheat |What a terrific'lot of trouble the voting *klng hft«4u ftxingv himself goodPtranHf 1 "' .'»■•*•* lei at „ t ,j* Pifthfayenne.TPtaiijcß » missary department, have rutile? 'fatiilfeMft'dhe' apparently ,a imflfea i ; jnatter of gdtfft^g l “i&ften# t«»d kb thttll spldlers •with unlimited -money to do ll with. But the officers are feeding on y/ iff Oregon is.*, i grehfc I .wbeAt, S|tate, and O reg*p,! 58f&RAly; j gave the was sf> per cent. How do the Oregon tfWfir I’- 1 ’- raisers like th£_j§j£uati_on_ now? Perhaps no better than Oregon silver mffi-‘ “ aftrf thela6utli4-» qqStQty r ) j Here we, again with Grover Cleveland pr sor‘ > Muririg'ri waribWlitt'k diast ahftnyih ./pre been a*YeHfißle'atestuoGij jp tel# beidre the harvest, to a u pomrbel& was 2$M° d be accepted as one of the a war under the single gold standard.

itTtirrionmtiX—pjle are too bald and too strong to be ,dowft.fty//a y fftldiery.. Does mit a despot rul<p tBe 8 GMgAffc6ft? t ■'With a hand nt Iron? Ana inSvhat pariwSage;? of liberty are we tio-tbe Cteitdnte fprom General Green B. Raum sums WfWtoki demands made by the monetary reformers now pressing Congresain fa-,_ tor of the banks in one neat little sentence. He says the demand is “that the GovernkMP4i9[lQhi jbuS UU by ceasing t® issue Circulating of its own, but shall ; remain in the backing business for the ! purpose ofHgnaranteeisg aad.iymleemr mg thejdHMßaflKnj^yyfß

the si^dejßtai»arl^mßn|riFtleiqrst time war taxea-hftve-etexfbelnlevied, wb4e,theßupp]y,p/ tnoqeyi lri> #i ! rcnlab'hU feamltpwH coureejdbrfa; iarm products than wonld gMPbitl jfe, liver were coined and greenbacks is;ued'to' pay war-expenses,-thus-ex-panding the volume of currency, in* Stead of lugJ bnn#L I Every time one of these UfJoWul. i ends its half-ton at the enemy it ajrfayttlj val«jofJif luiall farm, lome people are beginning to wonder O' IStMA&AJMkkLm iia tpdedi l ti4*a f civil and religiq| tft^fi:^|fil 4 ppressed land, but If this war is prosecuted to nc<iuire territory, to make jobs for prospective captain generals and to give ~onds to the bond hungry, we hesitate.