Show A straw Indicating the condition of things comes from the East A few days ago the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railroad asked the agents of the lumbermen what would be the extent of the demands which they would make on that road this fall for tho transportation transpor-tation of their product and the answer an-swer was that it would depend on the result of the election If Bryan carries the country on November 6th the haul will be small l If on the other hand Bryan should be beaten the transportation transpor-tation facilities of the road would be taxed to the utmost limit Noting it the Chicago Tribune says This Is a business development of course in which politics does not directly enter The railroad referred to is not in politics poli-tics The truth Is that the agents of those companies know what the men who use lumber propose to do In case Mr Bryan Is elected and they are making their arrangements accordingly according-ly l Mr Bryans best friends admit that his election will bring around a panic but they comfort themselves with the reflection that it will not be for very long There was a panic In 1893 The panic proper did not last more than two months but the effect of It paralyzed para-lyzed the country for three years And then there was no talk about doing away with the specie standard of this country whereas Mr Bryans proposition 1 proposi-tion when we get down to tho real true inwardness of It Is to make both gold and sliver mere commodities and to run the country on an Irredeemable paper basis |