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VOL. 4. CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, L893. NO. 17. P B O P E S S I O N T i L L . S. H. DRAKE, M'.D- PHYSICIAN A SURGEON, O f f l « « « v e r B a n k o f C h o l t a u . CHOTEAU,- - MONTANA. JAMES SUEORÔYE, ATTORNEY AT LAW,. CHOTEAU, MONT. Admitted t o p i o t i c e in Land , Pension a n d Patent Claims before the Interior Derpartment. Land , Water s Und Irrigation Rights a Speci alty. All Legal Papers and Collections given care ful a nd prompt attention. Attorney If. A. M. A. Co. Correspondents in emery city in North America. Notary Public. COUNTY ATTORNEY , TETON COUNTY , 3 ~ . O K . - b = i ~ A - T 3 B S T 1TT0RNEY & COUNSELOR ST LS¥. j . HJ.' WAMSL/EY. Plryy&iclb'Pi & Stefge&ii. CHOTEAU. .................... MONT. J. H. DAY. COTT3STT1T S U B V E T O B Irritation Ss Land Surveying a> Specialty. G h o t z a u , . . . M o n t a n a . G h o t e a u L odge No-34 TlloidB it* regular communications on ilia 1st and 3d Saturdays of each month. All visiting br ethren cordially welcomed. D r . 8. H. D rake . W. M. JOJEZltf C L 1 Z n X F P», A ntkomed to practice before the De partment of the Interior, the Land Office, and the Pension and other • Bureaus. PENSION CLAIMS SPCCIALLY A T T E N D » T S . Car. Main sad fit. John Ska., Fort Bentos. A. G- WARNER, JfOTAEY PUBLIC, ■ TJ. S. COMMISSIONER, AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE ¡F ilings & F inal P rooes on P ublic L ands . [CHOTEAU, . . . - MONT. • W M . ¡E3L X j-^ r o z s r , o t a i 3 r ^ p t j l T o i i c NEED?. MORTGAGES end all kinds of legal iNftaruments drawn up. ICHOTEAU, - - - - MONT. Real Cause o f the Financial Stringency. . « . « A R R E T T . A. C. WARNER. -GMRETT& WERNER, IlM V S T A tfO X R s , h e a l estate ,- INsUBANCE OHOTEAU, MONT. “W JEC- 3 S t C L A I R , ì k - t ' b e t ' & H feticci H ot and C old B aths . |ain Street, Oppeeite Cholean House <— ---------- S ------ 1 SubBorll e for T he M ontanian . The Argonaut. What is the cause of the present finan cial stringency throughout this prosper ous country? What is the reason that ho many mills are dosing down? Why- are railroads taking off trains, and other railroads passing into the hands of receivers? Why are hundreds of thousands of working men walking the streets, looking for work that does not come? The answer is not hard to find. The democratic partisan organs are vainly trying to make a scapegoat of silver. It is perhaps ths first time in the his tory of the world that a great and prosperous country has been told that ruin Btared it in the face from the pos session of too much of one ol the pre cious metals. The answer, as we have said, is not difficult to find. The public memory is short, but it can readily go back to the democratic platform on which that party swept into power last November. Here ip the vital clause: “ We denounce republican protestion as a fraud; a robbery of the grtat ma jority of the American people for the protection of the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the demo cratic party that the federal govern ment has no constitutional power to inpose and collect tariff duties except lor the purposes of revenue only.” publican journals warned the American people of the dangers sure to flow from democratic free-trade, the reply from the democratic organs was “ calamity- sliriektrs.” When republican speakers pointed out that free trade meant the paralysis of American industry, the democratic orators made merry. The deluded workingmen who followed thss# false prophets laughed too. They are not laughing now. The mere threat of free trade, result ing from the democratic accession to power, has caused such a cataclysm in 'the United States as has not taken place for twenty years. The democi ats have had full possession of th$ govern ment for leas than six months, and under the menacing influence of their British free-irudeplan they have already caused wide-spread ruin. Let us take a glance at this gloomy picture. The Northern Pacific Railway is in the hands of a receiver. The Erie Railway is in the bauds of ft rscelver. The Reading Railway is in the hands of a receiver. The Uaion Pacific is threat ened with bankruptcy; it is taking off brains, disckarciug men, and closing shops. The Southern Pacific is taking off trains, discharging men, and closing shops. The New York Central has taken off eight of its express trains, is discharging men, and closing shops. * * * * * Since the democratic party came into power, American securities Hated on the New York Stock Exchange have shrunk in value §625,000,000. The bonds of American railways have declined in value §325,000,000. Wheat has fallen from ninety to seventy cents a bushel; corn, from sixty-two to forty-nine cents a bushel. In short, the shrinkage in valups of American property can be shown by figures to be thirteen hundred- millions of dollars. One hundred and five national banks, says the controller of the currency, have failed m the last six months—or sinee the democrats came into power—“ only one hundred and fire,\ say the detno- eratic organs. We have no statistics concerning the failures of banks other than national, but they are up in the bwndreds. Scores of mills are closed id the* manufacturing districts; thous ands of factory bands are idle in New England factory towns. In New York city, 36,177 men are out of work in 57 trades, aB Counted by their trades- unions. And to add to the misery, other seores of thousands are pouring from the \West into the East, a grand army of brawny laborers seeking for employment—crying out for a chance to earn bread, that their souls m ay not be parted from their sturdy bodies. On# can feel nothing but pity for these deluded men. It is by their votes, it is true, that a political reyolution ha* been effected. But they are not to blame. It is the leaders of the demo cratic party at whose doors lies this destitution, misery, and want. A con dition of unparalled prosperity has suddenly been Changed into a desola tion so wide-spread that it has riveted the attention of the civilized world. In 1885, which ushered in Cleveland’s first term, there was no danger of a free- trade revolution, as congress was re publican. But with Cleveland’s second term, the democracy has entire posses sion of the government. The result is at hand. , The gloomiestpictureAdrawnf by-republicapjournals do not equal the present conditioar of affairs. Manu facturers are closing down their mills, to avoid,competition with pauper Euro pean labor. Merchants are preparing . for free trade and lower prices by reduc ing their stocks. Thonsande of clerks and workingmen are being turned into the streets. This destroys the principal market of the farmers, which is the home market. “ Free trade” was held forth as a delicate bait to the farmer by the democratic organs. Before this free-trade fever is overitwill be a stench in his nostrils. It is a dark and gloomy picture—the condition of the United States in 1893 under a free-trade democratic adminis tration. But this is only the beginning —this is but the shadow cast before. “ F or if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in tbs dry?\ TELEGRAPHIC, Votes Against Silver. W ashington , Aug. 28.—The vote on Bland’i free coinage bill in the house this afternoon was as fol lows: At a ratio of 16 to 1, lost, by a vote of 123 to 225; amended, 17 to 1, lost by a rote of 100 to 240; amended, 18 to 1, lost by a vote of 102 to 239; amended, 19 to 1, lost by a vote of 105 to 237; amended, 20 to 1, lost by a vote of 119 to 222. Mantle .Not Seated. W ashington , Aug. 28.—The Mantle case, was taken up in the senate this afternoon, and the vote stood 28 to 31 against seating the appointed senator. Dem ocratic Prosperity. C hicago , Aug. 27 —Typographi cal union No. 16, including all the large English papers of .the city, adopted radical methods for the relief of unemployed, in the shape of a rule to hold good for five weeks, that none of the regularly employed shall work more than four days each week, putting on subs the other,two. “ Confronted by a Condition.” C hicago , Aug. 17 _ The Javanese village in Midway Plaisance will close to morrow. The Javanese say they are unable to meet the 25 per cent of gross receipts de manded by the World’s, Fair d i rectors, and must quit. Their village has been one of the most attractive shows on the Plaisance Travels As Fa^t As Democratic “ P rosperity.\ N ew Y ork ., Aug. 26: At the races of the National Cycling as sociation, Harry Wheeler, in com petition over a four lap track, broke all records, English as well aB American. His last quarter merman’s best record. The W o rld’s Grain Crop. V ienna , Aug. 27.—In a lengthy annual world’s crop report pre-. pared by government officials the estimated yield for North America is placed at 8S2,000,000 bushels wheat, 24,333,000 bushels rye, 1,109,000,000 bushels corn. The world’s production of wheat this year is estimated at 2,279,000,000 bushels, against an official aver age of 2,380,000.000 bushels annu ally the last ten years. The de ficits to be filled by importing countries will require 379,000,000 bushels. The surplus available in exporting countries to <satisfy this demand is 378,666,000 bushels. Held up a Train. S tillwater , Aug. 26—Train No. 4on;the Northern Pacific was„held up by train robbers to-night four teen miles west of here. There were five men in the gang and they are very new, only securing $52 out of over $6,000 which was in the express car, the messenger hiding the balance and other val uables. The passengers lost var ious small amounts, but it is not thought the loss will be very ex tensive, as they only took what was handed out, somewhat like passing the bat. The sheriff of- Yellowstone connly happened to be here and got an early start, with great chauces of bagging the outfit.
