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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
2
The paper notes marching workers with better pay and pride this year. It mentions gold discoveries abroad and locally, and a political address by Hon. Fred White of the allied parties for governor of Iowa to be delivered in Nevada next Saturday evening.
The case for Seth Lowe as mayor of Greater New York rests on his experience as a college president, a line of argument also used for W. L. Wilson.
The article notes a Milwaukee resident who has run a brewery for twenty eight years yet has never tasted beer. This unusual detail highlights a singular local figure and his long standing enterprise in the city.
In September Iowa reports mercury around the century mark and wheat prices near the same, signaling strong local prosperity and robust agricultural activity across the state.
Wa. C. Whitney purchased 12 000 acres of land in Massachusetts with intent to create a game park. The article notes the land could be better used by dividing it into 40 acre farms.
Six factories at Sioux Falls idle three weeks as they plan to resume work. Senator Pettigrew listed as a stockholder in two concerns. In the tenth senatorial district Col J C Palmer was nominated on the 6021st ballot after Kopp withdrew. Palmer acclaimed. A Kansas paper cites a recent surgical operation as entirely successful but notes the patient died.
Frep White was killed after planned speech at Iowa City last Thursday evening but did not appear. About 200 enthusiastic silver shouters attended, awaiting the speaker who never arrived.
The text critiques the Populists and Democrats over free silver and the so called republican deficit in state finances. It quotes State Auditor McCarthy arguing the deficit is imaginary, while accusing opponents of inconsistency and false claims amid crop failures and political maneuvering.
The passage notes a claim that the gold dollar equals 400 cents due to rising farm product prices. It also mocks the average Popocrat, contrasting them with a Chilcoot pass Indian for perceived wit and judgment.
Secretary Wilson returns from a western trip and says the western horse is fit for foreign war use though its owner overestimates its air living. The New York Tax Citizen's committee backs Seth Low for mayor of Greater New York, recalling his 1884 role in party disputes.
Six shipments of range cattle passed through the Missouri Valley feed yards last week bound for Chicago. Each train averaged twenty cars with twenty cattle per car, totaling about 2500 head. Grain shipments are normal and railroads report no dull periods.
In both good and bad times merchants should seize public attention by securing liberal space in the local newspaper and filling it with bright reliable ads weekly.
Last year populist speakers argued price regulation lay in the money question. Billy Bryan once emphasized that theme and now says higher farm prices stem from demand for American products in foreign markets where they are purchased.
Republicans in Colorado nominate Chas. D. Hoyt for the Supreme Court with Silver Republicans endorsing him. The Populists also nominate a candidate. The Democratic Party ceased activity in Colorado and has not put forward a nominee.
Av Adams of Humboldt Independent quotes the American Press Association saying they are instructed by the Democratic state headquarters at Des Moines to provide two columns of free coinage 16 to 1 plates. He notes the paper cannot use them and that business is too good to adopt 16 to 1, adding they would use gold bug plates if they chose.
The speaker critiques populist orators who moved from blaming farmers for low product prices to attacking laborers as farm prices rise. The author mocks the shift as inconsistent and reactive, labeling critics as inconsistent and quarrelsome.
The Times foreman Doc West now runs a Dallas City Illinois paper and appears to suffer bad spells. We publish one of his effusions showing a fanciful line about the angel and devil, suggesting his unstable condition at present.
The piece critiques Debs urging labor action and labels union and non union workers as scabs. It denounces aristocratic officials who escape penalties for theft and cites Charles M Charnley of Chicago and Iowa figures Spaulding and McFarland as examples. It ends urging prosecution of public officials and notes hog market observations urging bacon hog production changes.
The T. M. Sinclair Packing Co of Cedar Rapids issues a circular urging swine breeders to favor light Bacon Hogs over heavy lardier types. Packers for export push wider price gaps, noting heavy coarse hogs fail to meet consumer demand for bacon and hams, while Canadian exporters already target the higher quality exports.
In Marshalltown opening speech Ex Governor Boles blames Republican extravagance for a reported deficit of 1 million dollars in state funds. Auditor McCarthy replies with a detailed accounting showing June 30 1897 warrants 1 813 404 30 outstanding, cash 36 672 90, net deficit 410 829 87 and notes extraordinary costs from a special session offsetting gains. He disputes the 1 000 000 debt claim as an exaggeration by 552 497.17.
The article analyzes factors affecting corn prices including weather risks, possible U S farm estimates from Orange Judd Farmer indicating 1.8 billion bushels in the new crop, government figures near 2 to 2.6 billion, and compares old stocks from 1891 to 1897 with 1892 stock levels. It notes exports and historical price ranges at Chicago and asks if next March stocks may mirror 1892 levels.
The large harvest across the Dakotas and Nebraska has revived idle plants in Sioux City, reopening production and signaling economic relief for the region.
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