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Mexico at tliia time. It appears that it now takes nearly two and a half Mexican dollars to pui-chase what oae American dollar will command. The following list of wages paid to the various crafts in Mexico as compared with their brethren in this country is taken from the report of a commission sent to Mexico last fall by the Trade and Labor Assembly of Chicago, and shows clearly what must be the cendition of workmen who are paid in a depreciated currency and one vhich is continually futber depreciating. Street-car drivers, according to the report, receive in Mexico 75 cents per day in Mexican Bilver, while those in Chicago receivo $2 25 in good money. Teamsters get $1 a day in Mexico in cheap silver, but $1.75 in Chicago in American dollars, worth nearly two and a half times as much as Mexican dollars. Printers in Mexico get $1.25 per day, but in Chioago $3 per day of money worth two and a half timt s as much. Bricklayars In Mexico receive $1.25 per day and in Chicago $4 per day. Contrast the difference here. The Chicago man gets nearly eight times as much as nis Mexican friend. Laborers in Mexico are reported as receiving 374 cents a day and in Cliicago $1.25. Does a study of the above showing recomniond the adoption of the silver standard, which several States are making their sole issue in this fall's campaigu? The high-water mark of "dollar wheat" has at last been reaohed at several markets, anl the general expeetation is that it will go higher. A toruporary slump may oceur, but that would not be of any importance. There are two specially noticeable features about thia wheat sLtuation. First, it is natural, not speculatlve. Second, it occurred at a time of the year when the rise would very largely inure to the benefit of the producer, or at least to the country in distinction from the city. A purely speculative advance is not of much benefit, and may do more harm than good. For example, in Sep tember, 18S8, the "Hutch" corner ran wheat up to $2. The market was in suoh condition that those who had sold what they had not got were at the mercy of those who had bought what they did not want It was all "wind" wheat. A few holders in country eleViitors, and a few farmers coming to towu wllh a load of real wheat reaped a light harvest from the squeeze, but that was only a few drops oí a sprinkle on the parched earth. Wheat has gone up above the dollar mark a good many times without justifying any especial congratulations. It was simply the throw of the dice in a game of luck. But now nature, not the pit of the epeculators, has brought it up. The up grade was not the toss of the bull's horn, but a movement due to causes as broad as the wheat fields of the world. Scarcity everywhere except in the United States is reason enough for a raise. It is now twenty years since wheat was really worth a dollar a bushei in this country as a stoady thing. The yoar 1817 was one ot high prices for this cereal, and it did mucb for the country. It prepared the way for the resumption of specie payments in 1879, which had already been fixed upön by law. Another thing it did, too. It eliminated greenbackism from American politics. Tho wheat raiser wanted good money with his good prices, and the farmers stopped crying for any further issue of irredeemablo paper money. Money worth 100 cents on a dollar was none too good for them. It is reasonable to ex peet that the cry for the free and unliraited coinage of silver at less than half its bullion value will die down to a faint whssper. Par money is none too good for wheat at 100 conts a bushel. IT yas said, once upon a tttne, that Main streot was to be pavcd. Wonder if it will ever be said, Main street ÍB paved. ÖUR patrons will please tke notico that we are at the same place at which we havo done business the past two years notwithstandiDg the number over our door has booa changad from 30 to 216. A LOAF of bread, the samo size and quality a heretofore, may.stlll b had for flve cents thouph the prlce of wheat has' nearly doubled withln the past year. Evidently somebody prospered when wheat was low. The renumbefinsr of the city, now being done by the city officials, will necessarily cause a great deal of confusión for a few weoks. In the end, however, it will greatly simpüfy our system. We can .well aflford to put up with the teraporacy inconvenlence for the coustant beneüt to be derived hereafter. General Weyler critieises Golli's method of kilhng as "unprofessonal." But all the same It lacked many horrors that Weyler has introduced in Cubu. The "unprofe9sional" doubtless raeans "different f rom my method of killinjj. ' Golli did not take the siclc and wounded, the oíd and infirm. women anj children for his victima. Cuba would have nothlnj to hopo for if the pretender Don Carlos should ascend the throne of Spain. He tells how he "would conquor Cuba by unflinching severity and generous concession. " Cuba had a taste o( Spaln's "generous concession" in 1878 and eince, and wants no more of it. Cubans are not interester) Id who will be on the Spaniah throne. A fallure now of freedom means that tney aud their children's children wlll be Spanish se rfs. The death of Cánovas doea not seem to have abated the cruelty pf Weyler. The latest telegramsare indicative of a tyranny that justifies revolt and that Ís oalculated to provoke inhuman reprisals. Weyler Ís reported as playing the part of Pandarus as well as that of Alva. A woman .whose beauty inflamad the lust of a General, and whose virtue aroused hls hatred, waa thrown into prison, in company with the vilest of her sex, by her baffled persecutor, and General Weyler, instead of rebuking his second In command, decrees banishment to an Afrlcan colony of Spain against the woman whose beauty is her misfortune and whose virtue is her crime. As the lady is a subject of Spain, no foreign nation can iuake her cause its own, yet friendly solicitation on her behalf may be made by eminent, if private citizens of other countrlos. It may be that the Spanish Ministry wlll disavow the brutal wickedness of Weyler, and it may be that his latest atrocity will inflame the ardor of Cuban patriot?, and as certainly will increase the sympathy of all free or civilized people with those who are fighting against such a tyranny as that ol which Weyler is the unclean aud cruel representativo. - later Ocean. Among the many evideuces of roturning business activily reported by Badstreet's last issue are the following news Items from various partB of the country: The Norwalk Woolen Mills at Norwalk, Conn , have resumed work, notifying their hundreds of operativos that night work is likely to berequired. The Birminghara, Alabama, Rolling Mills announce a resumption of work. The Howard Harrison Ipn Company at Besseraer, Ala., has ïbéreased Hs (orce, and the pipe works at Besiemer have resumed operations. The Providence mine at Scranton, Pa., which has lain idle for two jears, will resume at once. The Delaware Iron Worku at Newcastle, Del., have resumed operations, and the wall paper factory at Newark, Del., will soon resume. The Edgemoor Iroii Company at Newcastle, Dol., has increased its force. The Nashvllle, 111., coal minera havereceived an increase In wages of 20 cents per ton for mlning coal. The pottery manufacturers in New Jersey have reached an agreement to increase wages of emI ployees. The Southern Railway Comuiny has put the men in all its shops at work nine hours a day. The Hutchinson Cole Manufacturlnjf Company of Norwalk, Conn., will resume at once, employing 500 operatives. This howing rather savors of something more than a delusion aud a snare. Wno has rocently heard the statement, made so often durinp: the last prealdential cainpaign, that the price of wheat and the price of silver always kept tojjether and that the price of wheat would never go up untü silver went up? For the past month they have been golng in opposite dlrection3 a.t a rapld rate. ThE inquest whlch is being held to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the death of George Beekwith, of Chelaea, is creating considerable interest. The circumstances surrounding the case soem very mysterious. What was at flrst supposed to be a case of drowning is now generally believed to have been a murder, one doctor's testimony to the contrary, notwithstanding. The opinof several of the jurors seem to be that there was foul play, and it is their determlnation to sift the matter to tho bottom and if possible. discover the sruilty ones, notwithstanding the efforts of certain people to.shield some, or all of the 8uspected parties. Today the third session of the inquest is being held. It is believed that at this time something may develop that will throw some light on the subject. If young Beckwith was murdered, and from all indications, we believe tbat he was,, no stone should be lef t unturned in the efforts of the corouer to discover the perpetrators of the deed.