Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 16, Petersburg, Pike County, 26 August 1898 — Page 3

IK I COMPLEX. Tlie Spanish Premier Discusses the Many-Sided Forthcoming Negotiations lor Peace. SOME IF THE PROBLEMS PRESENTED. The Question of Properties la Coho end : Porto Kleo—Whet Shell B« Done with . Spanish Criminals In PrUons?—The Sur- i reader of Menlle After Peeee NeCotle* Madrid, Aug. 80.—El Liberal pub- j Jishes remarks made by Seuor Sagasta I on the diplomatic and political situs- I tion. quoting the premier as follows: “From a legal point of view, the present state of things is neither peace j oor war. but merely a suspension of j hostilities An armistice wonld have j allowed us to dispel better the obscurity of the situation, but the United States declined to agree to our making a step farther in advance. “The questions to be solved are nu- j merous and complex. What we have done JSrst is to lay down certain bases, | on which each minister may make any observation which study of the sub* I Ject suggests These will continue to j be treated in daily cabinet councils, it \ being held that the bases in question j are the fundamental instructions for I the guidance of the various commis- i sions in the forthcoming negotiations, to be supplemented and rectified sub- j sequently by telegraph. “In Cuba, besides evacuation, there j are many other problems. Spain may j abandon her sovereignty over the great j Antilles, but there will remain the j question of edifices and all other prop- 1 erties. There are lawsuits before the tribunaTH affecting the interests of the Spaniards Where and When will these be decided? In Havana, where a large number of criminals have been con- ) detuned by the Spanish tribunals, what j is to be done with them? Then there are other questions for which we have to fix a basis of discussion and agreement regarding the Philippines Besides these and other problems of greater importance, there is a preliminary question to be discussed. “According to international law, a suspension of hostilities has been signed, and the surrender of Manila ought to have no legal efficacy. How will that principle be understood by the Ucited States? This causes us much anxiety and we give it great attention, but we are still awaiting the information demanded from Gen. Jaudeues, which lias not yet reached us, an account of the difficulties of coin* ( muuication between Manila and llong Kong.'’ —~ These remarks have all the appear- < ance of being authentic, as they are in accord with information from other sources and in harmony with Seuor Sagasta’s usual style. The public is still anxious for an explanation of Gov.-Gen. Augustus mysterious departure from Manila, but its curiosity is not likely to be satisfied for some time, the government declining to say anything.

SPANISH CABINET COUNCIL. Appointment* Announced and to U* An-nounced-Will Take Advantage . of the Delay. Madrid, Aug. 20.—The cabinet coun cil las. night decided to appoint Gen. Gonzales Parrado, second in command in Cuba; Rear-Admiral Luis Pastor Landero, who succeeded Admiral Navarro, the Spanish commander in Cu- j ban waters, and Marquise de Monte re, minister of tiuance in the insular cabinet, as the commission of evacuation for Culm. The Porto Rican commission has not been appointed, the government' waiting an expression of the views of Gov-ernor-General Macias, but it lias been decided that Admiral Valleriauo shall be oue of the commissioners. * The peace commissioners have not been nominated, but it is believed the i composition of the commission bos been decided upon, though the names of its members will not be published yet, as the government is Resolved to take advantage of the delay granted by the protocol in order to avoid a cabinet crisis, *

Oc.rlc.KUUb ShHilMbHIij. ftrtktr CxpnuloM of Ka|Utk Good-'Will -turiww CipiuulaB Predicted ud W»lrom»<L London, Aug. Sa—The Spectator, in iU issue this week, prophecied that America will retain all the bpanish possessions she has captured and thinks that “pressure from the Cuban loyalists will force the commission to stipulate that Cuba shall be governed by the United States for 20 years." The Spectator says: “America will find herself at the end of the year in the position of the beginning of an oversea tropical empire. Long may she rule in the interests of humanity and justice. While it is so ruled Englishmen will never envy her possessions nor their expansion into a domain as great as our own." A Good Claim, and It Ooftt To Bo , Promptly Paid. San Francisco, Aug. 20.—Zero L. j Thomas, whose home, near the Presidio, was so bsdly wrecked by a mob of soldiers last Monday, has filed a claim for 95.000 with Brig.-Gen. Miller for compensation for the damage done to his property and for injuries in* flicted on his wife and children by the infuriated soldiers, who were trying to gain possession of his son to lynch him for striking a soldier in a barroom brawL Brig.-Gen. Miller will promptly take up anti constant the com* plaint.

THE CLAIM OF PROSPERITY. The Great Victory tor “Soaad Moaey” la 18M Has Hot Caased the Whole Lead to Prosper. The claim that we are in the midst of prosperity that is rolling over the country in great, bounding waves, is becoming weaker and weaker. The sonorous cry of “dollar wheat for the farmer,** is not longer heard in the land. On the contrary, the trade journals have an apologetic, “glad-it-is-no-worse” sort of a tone, and are figuring dexterously to make as good a showing as possible. Wherever a falling off has occurred, it is ascribed to the war, albeit rather timidly and weakly, while wherever a gain appears it is blazoned for considerably more than it is worth, and attributed to the natural Improvement coming from “restored confidence,” etc. In nothing does the disposition to minimize the bad fear tures and maximize the good appear more strongly than in the comparisons made. Bradstreefs, for example, always lays it down as a rule that the number of business failures is an infallable test of business conditions. In its issue of July 2. that journal deals with this matter somewhat at length. It mildly deplores the fact that the failures for the quarter ending June 30 were greater than those for the previous one, but it finds some consolation in the circumstance that for the two quarters together the failures were fewer in number than for the same period in any year during the last four. In demonstrating this point Bradstreet’s presents the following table;

No. of Estimated T’r. failures. assets. 1S98 ..6.429 $36,606,918 Fer ct. or Total lla- assetsto bilities. liabilities. 172.120,311 50 1597 ..7,024 53.ffll.7S2 93,656.495 57 1596 ..7.602 60.495.568 105.535.936 57 1S9S ..6.597 44,153,664 79,707.861 61 1894 . .6,528 44.970.S25 S2.555.339 54 1893 ..6.239 106.371.813 170.S60.222 61 1S92 ..5.351 28,935.106 66.535.521 51 1891 ..6,037 4S.206.S96 93.S70.2S2 53 1»0 ..5.466 30.925.116 62.S67.962 48 11S9 ..5,918 32.803.940 67.4U.711 48 1888 ..5,254 34,834,746 64.987.622 53 1887 ..5.072 25,509.317 62.778.829 48 1886 .,5.461 25.509.317 63.241.432 48 1S85 ..6,106 32.955,405 68.570.505 48 1584 ..5.444 70.730,978 124.804.357 56 1SS3 ..5.296 39.887,202 73.594,205 54 1SS3 ..3,649 27.329.765 52.383.389 53 1881 ..3.256 19.7S3.523 39.533.705 50 1880 ..2.399 14.727.907 31.S37.303 46 18T9 ...3,810 29.690.478 60.508,756 49 It is true that the number of business failures during the last has been smaller than for the same months in any year since 1893, but the number Is larger than for the first six months In any other year since 1879. We grant that in four of the years included the amount of liabilities was larger. But the number of business concerns failing is a much surer test of conditions than the amount. That is to say the failure of 100 small business men for $10,000 each, making $1,000,000 in the aggregate, would speak worse for general conditions than the failure of two men for $1,000,000 each, making $2,000,000 in all. The best business condition is not always that which represents the greatest aggregate, but that which enables the greatest- numbeT of individuals to do, business safely and with a fair and reasonable return for their time and the capital invested. The manner in which wealth and business are distributed count for much .more than mere totals, because the latter may represent the operations of the accumulations of only t very few individuals. But the point to which we especially wish to direct attention is this:. In order to make a good showingfor business conditions, comparisons are instituted between a 189S and the very worst years we have ever had, at least since the panic of 1857. During the years 1893-4-5-6, and the first half of 1897. the condition of general business was simply appalling and the suffering among the poor was Almost without precedent. As a matter of course 1897 shows up fairly well, when compared with such years. The wonder is that the showing is not better, for there have been many elements at work which have operated strongly in our favor. First was the extraordinary shortage of food products in Europe and the countries that are gedterally our greatest competitors. As a consequence we have probably sold from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 more breadstuffs than we otherwise would. This itself is a tremejcbjqg item. Then, tne war has certainly been to our advantage. The direct disbursements of

the eovernmen^ 9^the jymy an^ nary fThnoThAve Tieen less than $75,000,000 ---another immense item. Henry Clews, in a recent circular, says that by reason of the war this summer American travelers will p-obably spend abroad $50,000,000 less than nsnal—another tolerably good-sized snm for use at home. Turning to the other side of the account It is difficult to see where the war has made a material cnt into a single important industry. Excepting with Spain, which is a small matter, our commerce has been wholly uninterrupted, and business has gone on just as if nothing bad occurred out of the ordinary. Indeed. many eminent financiers consider that the war has been a positive advantage. Under such circumstances the existing conditions are most assuredly less favorable than they should be. The qnestion naturally presents itself: What would they have been with normal crops in other countries, no war expenditures, and with the usual amount of American monty carried abroad? It is perfectly safe to make answer that without these unusual adjuncts business Would have been at its lowest ebb. • These observations have not been made* in a spirit of pessimistic croaking.' We have no desire to belittle any real prosperity that the people may be enjoying.' Our purpose is merely to call attention to the fact that the great victory for “sound money” in 3896 hat not caused the whole land to flow with milk and honey. It is not possible to point out a single improvement that can be fairly or even honestly ascribed to ths triumph of the

so-called “sound money” prtnc-ple in the last presidential contest. The country, as a whole, has simply reaped certain benefits from the mis* fortunes of others, while among our own people the abnormal conditions have enabled a few producers (and a few speculators) to profit at the expense of nearly everybody else. That we are right upon this point is condu* sively shown by the circumstance that for eight months after McKinley's election business grew worse and worse, and only showed symptoms of reviving when it became clear thatthere was an extraordinary scarcity of food products abroad. Nor can the improvement, such as it is, be credited to the Dingley tariff, for it is a palpable fact that two of our most important manufactures (cotton and woolen goods), industries which were guarded by that law with the most sedulous care, are in a state of extreme depression to this dajr, with wage reductions everywhere, and large numbers of mills entirely closed and paying no wages at all.

STAND BY FREE SILVER. Democrat* Are Willing to Fight the Republicans Fairly oa tbe • Money Isaac. Democrats will have occasion to congratulate themselves if the republican party submits to the boss rule of Mark Hanna. In the campaign of 1896 the republicans secured the election of McKinley by stealing the votes of many friends of silver under the pretense of j favoring international bimetallism. { That pretense is to be abandoned if j Mark Hanna succeeds in having his j way. The signs of the times appear to \ indicate that the republican party now proposes to fight for the single gold ' standard openly, and not under cover j as heretofore. j In this connection the Indianapolis j Sentinel says: “Perhaps the most sig- j nificant thing in this line is the state- i ment of Mark Hanna that ‘all hope of an international agreement on bimetallism is futile,’ ;and that the direct line of republican ideas is voiced in the demands of the ‘straight gold platforms.’ ” Nothing could pie asp the democrats better than a fair “fight with the republicans on th e money question. Fully convinced of the necessity of a return to.the historic ratio of sixteen to one, and believing that the way to secure that return is for the United States to establish the free coinage of silver ^nd gold at that ratio without consulting other nations, democrats will welcome a discussion with republicans who insist on the single gold standard. Internat ional bimetallism is a dream entirely bereft of actuality. Ithaslong been used by the republicans to delude the people. Its abandonment by both parties will present a clearly defined issue, the discussion of which will bring success to the democratic forces. —Chicago Dispatch.

POINTS AND OPINIONS. -Over in Wisconsin a public treasury is looked on by republican politicians as a private snap. — St. Paul Globe. -Perhaps Mark Hanna would like to know whether the Philippines would go democratic or not before expressing j an opinion as to their future.—Chicago Record (Ind1.). -The war revenue won’t have ! much to do now except to take care of the Dingley deficit. Some folks can’t be convinced that war is all a curse.rBinghamton (N. Y.) Leader. -A Spanish newspaper says “McKinley's chief adviser is an old lady by the name of Hanna.” Hanna and McKinley can fight it out, but that there is an old woman in the president’s official family no one doubts.—Kansas City Times. ——Every dollar that goes into bonds comes out of trade and puts up the interest rate against merchants and producers. That is why Wall street holds $200,000,000 idle gold in^the treasury and insists on more bonds.—Mississippi Valley Democrat. -The republicans may be allowed to settle their own poutical quarrels with the secretary of war. What the cduptry wishes to know is why our : army yyas not better supplied and eared for, and who is responsible for the inefficiency. — Louisvjlle CourierJournal. -When scores of soldiers are dying and thousands are ailing from yellow and malarial fevers, the secretary of war would be more decently tmi?!3yea if, instead of attempting to advance his political schemes, he were devoting his time to a letter of resignation.—Chicago Journal. -Mark Hanna has opined-that the next republican campaign will be fought out on war issues. It would be agreeable to Mark to have it this way, but the democrats are not going to permit him to send a substitute to the front when the battle begins.—St. Louis Republic. -Cannot President McKinley find some place, north or south of the equator, to locate Secretary Alger and { renew confidence in the capacity and i integrity of t he war department by the selection of some one who has the qualities needed ? Alger was appointed for pretty much the same reason Mr. Lincoln named Simon Cameron, to discharge obligations* and pledges incurred in the nominating convention. —Pittsburgh Post. -Secretary Alger went into the > cabinet under a cloud, and evidence of j mismanagement of his department for { political purposes has cropped out from ; the beginning. Many of the grave mis- j takes that have been made have been susceptible of the suspicion of unworthy influences. Secretary Alger does not redeem his mistakes by attacking the men who are trying for the good of the army and the countryto prevent or "**rect them.—St. Louis Post-Disoatch.

SHE SHEW HIM. Mr. HUmber*! Wife Wn Not of HI* Gulac to tbe Frost and lets* Killed. Blimber thougl it he would test his wife*! affection. “My dear,” he said, as he looked over the paper at her, “in the event of war it becomes the duty of every patriotic citizen to take up arms for his corn try.” “I suppose so.” said Mrs. Blimber, calmly. Mr. Blimber fel t a little irritated. “Do you know what that means?** ha somewhat sharp! if inquired. “I think I do,1 said Mrs. B-. “It means han: ihips, and deadly dangers, and perhaps deat t.” “Yes,” said Mi s. Blimber. “It means sleej ing in the open fields and in malarious swat ips.” “Yes,” said Mr . Blimber. “It means long forced marches, and wild forays, and deep irate charges, and ambuscades, and—and- other things.” . “Yes,” said Mrs. Blimber. “It means hospitals, and stretchers, and amputations.” - “Yes,” said Mrs Blimber. ‘‘It means fatal lievers and ghastly chills.” Yes, said Mre Blimber. “It means—say, Mrs. Blimber, have you any heart? Do ymu mean to sit there and hear me tell about these frightful continKncies without expressing the least regrets? > you want me to go to war and get killed? Do you want me to be exposed to a thousand mishaps by field and flood? What do you mean, anyway?” Mrs. Blimber went on with her fancy work. “Don’t get excited, Joseph,*’ she calmly j remarked, “there isn’t going to be any draft.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Touchinff Kinoneaa. The bronzed soldier looked at the pack* age addressed to him with moistened eyes. “Blessed angels,” he said; they do not forget us.” Then he carefully took off the wrappings and found: A nail brush, an ornamental hair receiver, a pair of ’tidies, a small bottle of mixed pickles, a tract, a handpainted blotting pad and a pants stretcher. —Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tso man should have stomach ache after he reaches an age of discretion. But as a rule, the older a man is, the less sense he has in eating.—Atchison Globe. lHii MARKETS. New Youk. August 22, 1301 CATTLE—Native Steers.• 4 75 «i» 5 60 corroN-Auiuitng. . 5* FLOUR— Winter W heat.. 4'^ U & 12* WHEAT— No 2 Red... <a CORN—No. 2. .... *i> OATS— No. 2. U POKE—New Mess. 9 50 « ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. 5** BEEVES—Steers..... 3 25 <£ Cows and Heifers... 2 >o CAL V ES— (per 100). 4 2. HOGS—Fair to Select.......... 3 55 SHEEP—Fair to Choice... 8 U0 FLOU U—Patents (new). 8 7u Clear and .'>u aight... 3 4X1 WHEAT-No 2 Rod Winter.. CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 31* OATS-No. 8. 22 d> KYE—No.*. 43 tf TOBACCO—Lugs.. 8 <w HA Leaf Hurley. 4.50 HAY—Clear Timothy (old).... # Ot BUTTER—Choiee Hairy.. 15 U EGGS-Fresh. <4 PORK—Standard (new)....... .... U BACON—Clear Rib. <4 LAR1>— Prime Steam. 43» A < illCAOU CATTLE—Natl re Steers . 4 25 HOGS—Fair to Choice......... 3 #0 SHEEP—Fair to Choice....... * 25 FLOUR—Winter Patents.. 3 06 * Spring Patents.. 4 30 WHEAT— No. 2 Spring (old).. 04 No. 2 lted (new). CORN-No *... 31*ia OATS-No.*.. 20*a PORK—Mess (new). 9 05 <0 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. 4 40 Q HOGS—All Grades.. 330 & WHEAT—No. 2 Red (new). U OATS—No. * White. U CORN-No 2. U NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 3 40 ® CORN—No 2. ® OATS-Western. 29* i HAY—Choice. . 13 Uo a PORK—Standard Mess.. 9 50 u 27* 6 35 4 40 0 10 8 95 4 26 3 8> 3 oO 73 31* 22* 45 8 50 © 12 UJ ii, 11 00 17 12 9 12* 5 05 3 05 4 00 3 75 4 M) 70* 70* 52 20* 9 lo 5 65 3 80 68 24* 29 BACON-Sides.. 6* % COTTON—Middling. 5* * LOUISVILLE WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 70 Q CORN—No 2 Mixed.. 53 OATS—No 2 Mixed. 22* j PORK—New Mess... 9 25 * BACON—Clear Rib.. 6* * COT't'ON—Middling. 5* ' 4 00 41 30 13 5i 0 60 «* 5* 'IH 34* 23* 9 50 6

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