Show ajie ft A few days ago THE aub bitted to its the proposition of discontinuing the monday morning paper and the price to 75 cents cpr month or to continue times a at per month every subscriber wa entitled to one vote and the way the people voted airey airly startled the management it was a regular to 1 vote only 53 votes were cast for the seven day paper while all the rest voted for the six day paper at 75 cents per month this vote so strongly indicates what the people want that THE on october let will discontinue the monday morning paper and thus give THE STANDARD employed emp loyes the opportunity of resting on sunday and afford ilie people a chance to have the paper at their own price whenever a majority of the subscribe demand the monday paper we shall be pleased to again take up a seven day paper THE trade of the united states for the month of august and for the eight months ending august 1896 are here given imports exports august 1895 august 1895 echt months 1896 beicht mouths 1895 the exhorts for august 1896 exceed the imports by over while in the imports were greater than the exports by or a favorable showing in favor of for the eight months ending august 1896 the favorable balance of trade was while the adverse balance of trade in 1895 for the same period wag imports are tile cause of hard times assert then the eight months of the year 1896 should have shown a v on darful advance toward prosperity over that of 1895 that there has been no forward movement is plainly made evident by the records of business failures published by bradstreets Brade and dun the year 1808 promises to go down in our financial history as the most disastrous ever experienced not excepting he year 1893 if the importations are to be tadeu into consideration the question arises why is 1896 a more disastrous year than 1895 when we have imported so far less in foreign ghods and have exported more of domestic boode or a total improvement in our favor of over |