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Show A CURIOUS STATE OF AFFAIRS. Andrew Carnegie, and, by the way, Andrew is a Scotchman, and spends most of his money in Scotland, and is a protectionist, informs the American people in the Xorth American Ameri-can Review, that the Argentine Republic Re-public went to the wall, financially speaking, because that country acknowledged ac-knowledged and used silver as money. Now, if Mr. Carnegie can make the laboring classes of America believe that silver is a bad and dangerous commodity to have around, it will simply be yielding up of one more of the few last chances for the circulation cir-culation of that useful metal sometimes denominated money. Carnegie's Car-negie's ideas is the centralization doctrine, pure and simple. Keep the money from the people and centralization centraliza-tion is the result, and the strongest plank in their platform is the gold standard plank which, if it is to be recognized rec-ognized as the only true basis, will, as it should, create a demand in our country, coun-try, the like of which has not previously previous-ly been known. McKinley's tin plate has by all accounts been Iiv.ade, and if it is a fact which must yet be proven, that tin plate is going to be manufactured manufac-tured in quantities to supply the home demand, we can safely assert that tinware is destined to have placed upon it an increased price to fhe great advantage of the poorer class of people. In 1880 we received from Cuba fifty-two I '"" """in.i.iiiinMri ill mi tim mi'" millions in merchandise of different kinds, and sent to Cuba about eleven millions. In 1S88 Great Britain received re-ceived from Cuba only a trifle over one million of dollars, but, sent them article arti-cle to the value of twelve millions. The reciprocity treaty recently taken place between the United States and Spain will result in a free exchange of products, and of course Cuba will buy more of us under a lower rate of duty. Less protection ami more business might be a good thing, as it is beginning begin-ning to be understood. A man on the Fourth of July was heard to say that he knew nothing about politics, and he asserted positively posi-tively that he hail not made up his mind with which party he would cast his lot, and within ten minutes' thereafter there-after he was informins another fellow-traveler fellow-traveler throtight his veil of tears, that he was a fool if he disbelieve any portion por-tion of the protective doctrine, and that the authority and the wealth of the country should be centralized for the reason that the people would then know where to look for redress and the money necessary to carry on their business. busi-ness. When John Sherman caused the demoralization de-moralization of silver he struck a blow at the agricultural classes from which the coming generation will hardly recover, re-cover, even with the restoration of silver sil-ver with a circulation such as free coinage would distribute. Mr. Sherman Sher-man has been strongly censured by many of his own party for the act. and yet when John Sherman's name is mentioned in connection witn the sen-atorship. sen-atorship. every man hurrahs for the old war horse. When James G. Blaine was a candidate can-didate for the presidency he was the strongest advocate of protection in all its forms, and its worst forms, and was accordingly applauded. And when James G. Blaine advocated free trade or reciprocity then he was the greatest of Americans, and all the time Sherman advocates centralization centraliza-tion and is a high taxionist, and great applause goes up for both gentlemen. It is curi )us, "dog gone if it isn't," |