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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
October
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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íngtou are nothing less tlian a set oí fakiis. They have been giving out pretended Btatistics ;is to the work of the íiew tari f. which are so íalse that tho bureau of statlstlca and labor bureau have disclaiined all respouslbility for them. Oh good authori y it la staled ihat letters of credit, amounting to two hundi-ed million dollara, were scl.l to Ameriian tourists to Fuiopelast nummer. Tliis shows where American gold goes li i: such quantitie?. And It is altogether probable that not enehn'í o: these tourlsts ever saw the Yo-emite Valley, tl e Colorado Canon, the Great Lakes or even the Falla of Niágara in thelr own country. There are few women in the every day walks of Ure who give closer attent ian to the domestie affairs of her household tlian the Empress of Germany. Prom the kitchen tb the nursery. In all the details of care Tor her numerous family of little ones, nothIng; escapes her caro and superintendent-e. Xo wonder, wlth such a wife Emperor William can a tl end to business and go wliere and when he ïleases, and he has the reputation of appreciating that he has a good wife. A drop of $10,000,000 or $15,000,000 below the $100,000,000 '.lne by the treasury go'.d fund would not be as bad now as it was eight or ten moths ago. Business has started up, and a return to the uncertainty and gloom of 1894 is impossib'e. We hare now nearly reached the time xrhev a return flow of gold usually eets in. ïlie present heavy :orn exports and the immense size of this year's erop, whlcli will leave a large surplus for theforeign demand, promIse to bringg old importation soon. Rit. Clemens is llkely to witnese and be the gainer in a battle royal Sor the passenger trafic of that town. The Grand Trunk has long enjoyed a monopoly of that trade and don't propose to be side tracked by a üttle trolly aflalr, and will put on numerns and cheap trains to meet the toolly competition to Detroit. If the Srand Trunk had not played Ihe hog when she had the wbole thing, tben no competition would ever have arlsen. But now the people are in duty bcund to help along the company tbat haa brought about what they so much desired. If ihey aüow the new company to be frozen out, tliey know exactly what to expect of the Grand Trunk agaln by its seli'ish past. In 1he death of Gen. O. M. Poe, the state of Michigan sustains a perKona'. loss. He was probably one of the best civil engineers in the whole nntion, and bis service to this state Jias boen of such a cliaracter as io be beyond price. At the "Soo," especially. he has conducted work that "- made him famous the world over. Sucli men can illy be spared, but Deatl', knows no human desires and necessities, and it does seem to be a trutb that he loves a shining mark. For the great beneiit that Gen. Toe flone üiU state, the peop'.e theref should erect to bis memory a statue of bronze or marble, that fut-ure geuerations may know that his services have been appreciated. The monument that all intelligent people have erected in their memories for this great engineer will last but a generation, and then he will be forgotten, except by those who are reminded of him by the benefit his great work has done. He should have a memorial tablet more ondurtag- i ■ i ui ti w

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