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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
6
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Supplement issued for Mitchell weekly capital on Friday December 10 1897 features local notices and brief items. The page includes community updates and short notices from the Mitchell area.
Treasury data show September farm exports rising to 74.26 million dollars while farm importations fall, boosting overall exports and government revenues. Exports of cattle, corn, barley, oats, rye, hops, bacon, hams, and butter rise. imports of unmanufactured cotton, flax, sugar and wool fall. Treasury notes increased receipts and potential surplus under the new law.
In a Topeka Capital editorial, the shift is blamed on tariffs boosting wages and employment east of the Missouri. It argues Republican tariff policy benefits American labor and farmers, shuts out pauper goods, and condemns Bryanism and free trade as threats to property and prosperity.
The report notes 1892 exports of 75,451,840 bushels of corn and 287,609 barrels of corn meal, and last year shipments of 176,919,365 bushels and 475,268 barrels. It credits a commission set up in Harrison era for promoting corn in Europe, and calls for its reestablishment to aid American farmers as foreign demand rises.
The wool record argues that domestic raw materials including wool cotton woods and metals give the nation natural manufacturing advantages. It asserts England must import cotton while the United States can supply its own needs and that protectionist policy offers the essential conditions for continued prosperity and competition across all industries.
The New York Commercial Advertiser opines the tariff’s impact is not yet clear. It notes revenue lag due to anticipatory imports and industry adjustment after the gale and the Cleveland era. It predicts wiser judgment with time and eventual vindication of the tariff measure.
Mr Bryan boasted in Ohio that he had come to bury Mark Hanna. The audience laughed then, but counties where he spoke ended up increasing Republican majorities by about one thousand votes over last year, proving the adage that he laughs best who laughs last.
The report shows England linen imports at 2,204,600 yards in September 1897, down from 6,087,000 yards in September 1896, while jute piece goods imports fell to 6,282,160 yards in September 1897 from 9,166,400 in September 1896, reflecting reduced shipments.
The Congressional Library stands as a premier American architectural achievement. It spans twenty four years from idea to completion with multiple architects maintaining a consistent design while expanding capacity to 4 500 000 volumes. The building features a Greek cross plan, a central rotunda, extensive reading rooms, and a tunnel to the Capitol. Total cost reached 6 350 000 dollars.
In 1896 silk bread stuffs 4 202 yards versus 9 883 in September prior year woolen tissues 22 900 yards versus 650 000 worsted tissues 224 800 versus 1 451 000 and woolen carpets 6 800 yards versus 47 400. The drop explains why English allies dislike the Dingley tariff and why American manufacturers favor it.
Secretary Wilson, addressing a 1897 audience in Middlefield Ohio, describes a frontier town scheme to curb wealth disparities by sending a committee to "live with" the more prosperous residents until they are "eaten back" to balance the local economy. The tale illustrates satire on redistribution in the Southwest settlement.
A Tribune investigation finds imports up less than one percent in price, while farm product prices rise. It argues higher manufacturing earnings and agricultural profits offset the tariff driven price increases for goods affected.
The piece notes lawmakers and ex- officials shifting away from free silver. Senator Stewart urges acceptance of prosperity, while ex- Govenor Altgeld reportedly backs a paper money faction. Boies denounces the 16 to 1 ratio as silver falls from favor.
The Canton Ohio Free Silver Club announces its abandonment of the Democracy and alignment with the Populist party. Known as the Bryan Free Silver Club of Canton, it was a leading silver supporter for Bryan last year and its switch marks a notable realignment.
An analysis cites English writer Mulhall on U S productive power and growth. It notes rising grain and cotton output, expanding exports, and robust internal trade under protective tariffs. The piece argues protection built manufacturing progress and sustains both domestic and foreign markets without choosing one over the other.
Statistician Mulhall notes the US population rose 58 percent in twenty years while exports value climbed 175 percent. He says export growth outpaced population threefold, largely under protective tariff critics argue tariffs harmed foreign trade relations.
Retiring justice Field urged readers railing against United States courts to study his comment on the Supreme Court, the nation’s highest tribunal, as he reflected on its methods and role amid the changing legal landscape.
A judge announces retirement after more than thirty years on the bench. He laments the court's role as the most democratic arm, possessing the power to declare the law and act as a safeguard against the government’s excesses.
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture reports to the President that the United States can supply the full 100 million of its 400 million annual imports for sugar from domestic production. He notes sugar beet experiments show Americans can grow their own sugar and that most other farm products can also be grown domestically.
The October treasury statement shows circulation near 1.079 billion dollars, about 100 million higher than a year earlier. More than half of the increase is in gold, with gains across gold coin, gold certificates, and other note forms.
The piece surveys agricultural gains in Kansas valued at 176 million dollars and notes broader US economic shifts under McKinley era tariffs. It cites silver debates, Bryan’s stance, export trade strength, the Dingley law, and forthcoming electoral dynamics with figures on gold reserves and bank deposits. It references Senatorial changes and southern Republican gains.
Congress praised tariff work as treasury receipts from the new law rise to a healthy level. Month by month earnings average at x million dollars per business day, with anticipated gains after stockpile consumption. Revenues expected to cover running expenses and offset Wilson law losses.
The British postal savings banks are growing in favor with the public. The last annual report shows 6,862,035 depositors, about one in six Britons. The note urges establishing postal savings banks in the United States with minimal delay.
Edwin Atkinson reports that silver production costs under 25 cents per ounce, about 20 cents to mint a dollar. He notes three quarters of US silver mines are foreign owned and argues miners push for laws to convert 20 cents of silver into a dollar.
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