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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
4
The Livingston Post editor Geo Alderson announces his candidacy for county treasurer amid party tensions. The Me nova cana readers mock voting, while the senate passes a desert land act relief bill extending required improvements and final proof deadlines.
A reader notes railroads offer passage from New York to San Francisco for 30 while another fare amounts to 86. The text claims Congressmen travel free and mentions perceived advantages of being a congressman at 380.
A letter notes wool advancing to about eleven cents and possibly thirteen by season's end. It mocks Republican fears and blames Congress conference committees for failing to agree on a trade measure, calling free trade a vague idea.
The wool season nears end and total shipments are forecast at about 3,950,000 pounds, with earlier figures around 6,500,000 pounds claimed by others. Big Timber prints exact shipment figures, reflecting its prominence as a top wool supplier in the state. The article also notes a Senate bill by Hart of Minnesota altering public lands law to widen survey and settlement provisions for coal and agricultural lands, with certificates issued for survey costs, usable as part payment for lands.
A citizen argues that spending within the community keeps money circulating locally, notes every dollar of income is aided by neighbors shopping at home, and urges Montanans to buy locally for goods and services including job printing, groceries, dry goods, and hardware.
A wartime item states Japan has proven victorious against China, claiming destruction of the Chinese navy and the loss of about 5,000 Chinese men.
The piece denounces Congress for failing to pass a tariff bill and lists Democratic missteps from the repeal of the Sherman silver act to bank panics and wage cuts. It cites Mrs. Landon Stanford stranded by a strike, describing her isolation and the contrast with striking mobs and hardship in Livingston.
President Cleveland's labor commission to study the recent strike will meet in Chicago on August 15. Railroads, labor organizations and citizens with an interest in the issue are urged to present views in writing if unable to attend the public hearings.
This week in Dry Goods the Hatch Dier Mercantile company offers 500 yds Shirting 500 yds Indigo blue Calico Ze 500 yds Oil Red Calico Te 300 yds Dutch Blue Calico 36 inches wide very heavy 123¢. 1 000 yds Bleached Muslin 36 inches wide Te Fine Pereale Sand 10¢ A great discount in remnants this week.
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