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PROSPERITY STill REIGNS
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Democratic Efforts to Breed Distrust Have S.I I
, Far Proved Futile. I
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REBUKE FOR THE CALAMiTY HOWLERS
Railway Traffic Is Heavy , New Factories Are
Being Erected , and Iron and Steel Mills
Are Crowded with Orders.
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There is an effort on the part ot somc
Democratic newspapers and a few blat
M ora'OOt'S to create lack ot confidence
3n the public mind by saying the COIW-
try is gain ! to the bad ; thdt great industries -
dustries are slitting down ; that the
railways are retrenching , instead ot improving -
proving roadbed and equipment ; that
110 new factories are being constructed ;
that thousands of working ! people nre
idle and that Republican prosperity is i
A myth. These statements are so palpably
Itably false at" 90 greatly exaggerated
that intelligent parsons are not misled by
them , but there is danger that when the
canards are reiterated by the calamity
howlers a fete people who do not keep
closely ! in touch wits industrial and com-
Jnerci1l1 condition WAJ be led to believe
th.m.
Any man or newspaper that deHba-
ntely attempts to create < distrust in the
financial or commercial I world is little
less than criminal. Some States have
llURitory laws framed for the purpose
ot sending to pris6n persons who cireu
late untruthful rumors about banks and
trust rompl1ries. : It the mm w.ho . O:1U.ge.i
n run on a bank : by spreading a false
report is a criminal , is not the man or
newspaper that attempts 00 make politi- !
cal capital by dEtrtroyi : 1g public confidence -
dente also ( a criminal ? And , by the same
. _ reasoning , is not the party that permits
or indorses the utterances or the calam-
t it ) . bowler and spreader of false rumors
m enCl1lY ot the law ?
What Ie Po..lble.
Suppose the Democratic party won a
victory \t the polls through destroying : /
confidence in commercial and iudu . . , trial
circles , woulll the administration ot that
party haTe the confidence ot the people ?
Would . not capital , which is always ' tiutd !
in the flee Itt uncertainty , begin to bide ?
And when capital is distrustful what
happens ? Industries lag or close , trade
ot the retail merchant tails off , the job-
her and wholesaler suffer , railway traf-
fic dImiwshes , hundreds or thousands ot
wage earners are thrown out ot work ,
distre oooomClS ged rAl , soup houses
are opened md cit 2 are compelled to
begin charitable works ; for the idle.
No political party that countenances
the creation : ot distrust is worthy of thc
people's confidence. It will be a sorry
clay for the country when the calamity ;
" ' -TiW1 rs succeed its revear'c : . ; ; those lIcllcil'
cent policies which the Republican party
has put into effect and which have resulted -
1'IIIted ' in an em of the greatest pros-
llcrit any nation has ever known.
That industries h nd business of all
kind continue to sparhere can he
nu donbt. The few strikes in the building -
ing and other trades are not indicative ot
depressed condi : onSo Wage : earners .10 .
not strike in times ot panic or waiting :
prospf'rity. ' ! Strikes are generally , for
higher wages , and no toiler expects 1il:1 :
increase : in wages : when work is scarce'I '
and thousands et his fellows are ilUe.
There is ample evidence that prosIer-
QtL'I times are still with us. 'l glance at
the new apers , Democratic I\S well as
ltepubliOlln , shows that millions ot dollars
lars are being expended in building new
factories and enlarging : old ones , in con-
trncting ' new trolley lines and improv-
inb the roadbed and equipment ot steam
rnilwaj'S.
More persons are eml'loycd now than
ever berore. A-s proof If this st:1temcnt.
bake , for instance , the railways , whose
traffic always is a reflex ot business
conditions genc1"lly. ! The number of l'1I1-
plo.C6 on the pay rolls ot the railways :
in the United States on Tulle 30 , m03 ,
was 1,312,537 , or G39 per 100 miles ot
line. These figures , compared with those
Df 1902 , elbow an increase ot 123,222 , or
45 per 100 miles of line.
A summary of dispatches taken from ' I
i the Boston Evening : Transcript , the
l'ittsburl Despatch and other reputable
newspapers in the last the days ; is here
given : '
eteam and Etr.ctrlc Ratlwa7. .
Sew : Terk . -Two mUllen Is the estimate
of the cest ot the steel mils wanted by
the Grand Trunk aclllc sponsors for 100
de II Tet'y.
Kansas ! Clty.-One million dollars Is tn
be epent hy the Chicago ! , Burlington &
Quincy Railroad Company In the develep-
nlent .f holding In Clay County , Mo" , opposite -
peslte Kansas C1t7.
JIlt'bOft , Mlss.-Three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars will be spent by the Coast ! :
Electric Railway In constructing a line
from Henderson Point to 1'0111t Cadet.
Plttsburl-The Baltimore & Ohio will
spend $300,000 In Improving Its plenlcr
l'It1ltlen ' lit Baltimore ; the Wahlsh.pltt !
burg Terminal Is erecting a $1,000 ; freight I
houlle nt rltt8bnl'
Alamogordo ; : . : ( . M.-The EI Paso & :
aerthwestern Railroad Is building ! Arty relll-
deftct's at Alamogorde for omployes.
Buffale.-Ten large locomotives haTe
been added t8 the rolling stock ot the Bos--
ten & Maine Railroad e-qulpment.
Sinten , Tex.-'Vrk commenced on the
St. Leuls , Browns\"lIIe & : Mexico Railroad
which Ia te extend through San ratriclIJ
Couaty.
Plttsburc.-l'lttsburg railroads are la-
crt'uln : their coal and cattle car suppl7.
The Baltimore & : Ohio Is In the market for
1.000 gondolas , : and 250 refrigerator can : .
thc Wheeling & Lake Brie has ordered 1.000
wooden and iOQ : : steel cars ; the lttshurg
1 & Lake Erie bas put Into service 1,000 new
steel cars.
t BurllnltoD , t.-At n cost ot $200,000 the
, Central Vermont hallway will construct a
branch line from Bethel to the newly de-
t eloped granite quarries three miles from
'Dethel.
Bu alo.-The Lake Shore Intends to rl'-
( lulJle fenr"1rAcklnr the road from BurnlG !
to C1Il'1118. !
Wlcblta Kan.-The Frisco Line Is recon-
\ rltructlnl Its track and roadbed : between
.
'Ichltn and RlIsworth , giving employment
, to several ! hundred lahoren
rlttsburg.-'lhe : Union Switch and SI- ;
, 11111 Company reports that the new orders
' booked for August exceed nll7 other month
1 of the rear.
. Chlcago-Western railroads brought
\ to Chicago last week .20\,000 ; \ bushels ot
' \ Jraln.Ilho".ln nn Increase iof more than
1 1.000,000 bushels over tile grain traffic lu
\ the correspoudlnJ week last , .ear.
' New York.-The manufacturers or ma-
1 chine tools report that there Is a. deel fed
Improvement III the demand from thc rail.
roads which are repairing their rolllnl
stoc.-k.
\ New York.-Eliht million dollars will be
F
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expended by the New York , New haven
and I1:1rttord Railroad In Improving the
service from New York to the Bronx. The
road will Issue $1 : > ,000,000 ot boudl1.
Altoona ' . ' locomotives
, Pa.-TWll1t\-t1vlI
are being ! built for the Pennsylvania Hall-
read Company at the .Junlata shops.
Derby , Conu.-TIII' New York New Ha-
yea and Hartford HllllroDlI Company has
decided upon Important Improvements on
the Berkshire division at Derby.
Iernphls.-Tlle projected railroad tram
Clarksdalt' to Frlnr's Point In Mississippi ,
Is IInlll to be assured ; estimated cost ot cou-
atructlon 15,000 per mil"
.Tererson ! Clh.-HnllrolIl : officials nt J't-
fenou City say they are much encouraged
because ot the heavy increase 111 lmslDl'88
within the past two wt'E'ks
Fltehburl-A $ ; ,000.000 deal 1I1\.01\"lul ;
the purchase ot twenty IIUfer'ut trolley
roads lu Massachusetts and Northern Con-
nectlc'ut Is under W < lY.
Supt'rlor. 'Vls.-The docks are so full ot
coal many boats are still compelled to
walt several days to unlolld. This condition -
tllJU Is owing to n scarcity ot ears which
are being used lu the wheat tlellis.
Dl'trolt.-f'r'lght traffic officials ot the
roads ceuterlnt In Detroit nil tate that
business Is picking up.
Iron aael Rteel In.natry
I'lttsbur-One , hundred antI fifty more
men to ht' given t'l1)ployml'nt In new mills
being erected br the Jlltl'r"State Steel Com-
pauy ot Tart'ntnm and thc Allegheny Steel
and Iron 'Yorks.
l'lttsburl-B rrollllcln I.Gn : cotton
bUllllle ties In eight hour work the em-
ployes of the Plttshur , Steel Company :
break the world's record ; IIre\'lous record ,
1,1114 hunllls ,
St. I'aul.-One hundred thousand ton ot
ore In excess ot last yenr' product will betaken
taken out at six working Iron mines on the
Iron usage adding ! royalties to the
school fund $0,0.
Enllley , O.-Eusle steel plant running
on double time turning out : :0,0 : tent ot
steel rally for the Louisville antI Nashville
Railroad COnplnr.
Braddock. I4i.-The Edgar Thompson
plant ot the United States 8tlel Corpor-
tion has resumed operations , giving employment .
mellt to 1.0 workmen
Iltshurg.-Tweh.e hundred men . given
employment Ir : the rEUNptlon ot work In
Clnlrton Furnace No. : ot the United States
Steel Corporation and Mills Nos. 8 and II ot
the Amercan Sheet Steel and Tin Plate
.
Cnmpan
IlttshurJ.-Slx hundred and fifty given
employment hy resumption dt mills In the
Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel
Com pan .
Plttsburg.-New open hearth furnace of
the United States Steel Company ; plant at
Canton started up together with the plate ,
sheet . bar and hlct mills.
Chlcalo , Contract for 6.0,0 pounds ot
material awarded the American Brll = e
Company hy the South Sid Elevated Rall-
road , to he used In extending the system ;
estimated cost $ : > ,0.0.
Nlwport. Ky.-l . h.e hundred men given
employment by a h'surptun of work In the
sheet , puddle and bar mills.
Bnuddock. I'a.-One hundred antI forty
thousand dollars was paid out by the Edgar .
gar Thompson Steel Works after the frt
week ot resumption , ot business.
Pittsburg.-Time . 1'Y roll oC tie homestead -
steal Steel Works has been IIreasec $ itt ;
000 hy the employment ot additional min.
Plttsburg.-The large portion ff the big
mil order at the lenns'I'lh\ Railroad
Company was secured hy . the Carnegie
Steel ComJln7. Thl" with other orders .
will keep thc mil mills at nrdtIock open
sting for the next six months ,
ntn
!
New York-At n cost of $1,000.0 a new
plant ot the Seamless Tube Company I
being built at Monessen , ra.
BI.tlera I.dn.trlee
Asheville , X. C.-In the last year 1
hulldlns have been erected at Asheville
at I cot ot $3,0. and work under way
represents nn additional expenditure of
$1 ; : ; ,000.
Chattanlon.-The Government will spend
millions of . dollars the coming year In near-
hy improvements to the l'il'tt ot Clat.
tnoo1 wage earners _ and prlluceI
Chnrleston. tiV. \ . - . \ $ -,000,000 ax factory -
tory is I to be established It Chnrllstnn ,
Memphls , -More titan $ ,1,0,000 has been
spent In building ; enterprises - during the
.
present rear.
Tampa , Fln.-Durlng the year $0,9,317
has been expended In new buildings and
F.000 of bends . are to be issued for municipal -
nllpal Improvements
Hock . 11111 , S. C-A hydro-electric plant
recently completed nt n cost ot $ l,10O
I k furnishing power for machinery antI
lighting purposes corerln/ nn area ot t"en-
,
'
tyf\ mlle
Paris. Te-Iore than $1,00,0 Is the
estimate ot investments at Paris durIng thc
year 1904.
San Antonlo.-Building operations now
under war represent nn expenditure ot
. ; :1).0
hierkley. Va-A steel door and bllml factory - I
I' tory HtrklcT Is _ a new addition to industries It
Dallas , Tex.-There Is n dpmand for
200.000 laborer In thf cotton fclls and In
the factories ot the South.
Memphis , Teun.-The . Coke and
Coat Mining Ccompa\7 ot Mt'na , Ark- . his
been chartered with n capitalization ot
$200,0
Columbia , S. C.-A cotton mill Is to he
fRtahlshr at Columbia br the Marion
Cotton Mills Company , with a capital stock
ot S100,0 ® .
itlchmond . Va-The new Ahby Cotton
Mill , eontIn hl E , ( ) spindles , will be
started up at ym orla . St'pt. 1 ;
Charlotte . X. -The remodeled J.OrY
Mills ot GItorl : will have 0\11 5,0
spindles and ; 0 looms In operation by Oc-
toher. :
Columbia , S. e.-The Dryton Mllk of i
Spnrtanburg , npertn ; 1.40 spindle and
30 looms will dlnhle its plant.
Ansttn . Tex.-The Braaos Valley Cotton
Mills Company has n-Incrporated with
a capital stock ot $10.0.
Charlotte . X. C.-The contract las been
: wnllE't fn $10.0 for the erecting It
buildings for the Itowah Mills ot Grt'ns-
here . The company Is incorporated for
$1,000.0 >
Nashville.-A $500,0(0 plant for the man-
utacture ot carbon paint Is to he t'recte at
Nnshville. Work 011 the $ i5.0 stone dln
ot the City Mills Company has been
started. I
86 ndotI e , Ga.-More than $245,00 I
has been spent In SlltrTlc In the last '
year ment lu Industrial enterprises arid Impro\e-
Daltlmore.-Three million dollars Is to be
invested Ie commercial enterprises upon
the resumption of navigation ot the Oc-
ruulgec River between Macon and Hawklns-
, "le. Ga.
Louisville.-The Kentucky I'acklnf and
Provision Company Is a new industry for
Louisville. The plant has 1 dally capacity
ot 1,0 dioga . 10 cattle and : Iheep.
Iemphls-At a COt ! ot $ zO the
Welsh & Lsh Manufacturing Company Is
doubling the capacity ot its spoke factory
nt GrenntIa. IS ! . A 'Z.O sand brick
plant Is belug erected by the Grenada . Cot-
ton 01 Company.
Brmlnhlll. A1n.-Unirersal Equipment
Company organized , capital $60 . x10 .
Sylaeagua . \In.-Clpltal stock ot thc
Alabama White Marble Company Increased
to K quarter millIon dollars ; property to
be deTeloped. _
MI.dcllaneoao.
New York.-The lockout nnd strIke ot
1,200 plumbers In Brooklyn has been de
dared off , the master plumber granting
k
the journeymen an increase ot wages from .
I $ ,5 to $4.75 n day : the agreement runs
two years.
Trenton 7ear. N. J.-Statistics show that the
increase In the number ot manufactories In
New Jersey In the last ten years b almost
double that ot nny other State , the percent-
,
' being 72.
age :
Kansas ; City , o.-Among the noteworthy
imirovemeata at Kansas City are $1.0.-
Impro\emens and
. oil refinery
000 soap factory ; l.M.OOO 01 rlnery
pipe line ; $1.0,000 packing plant ; railroad .
facilities
terminal
elevators additions to fnclth. '
costing $1,000,000.
$1.0.0.
Ifarrlsburmr . -Four hundred men and
In new
be given employment
are to
industries women at I.ohlel. b $ near larls11ur. The
Indu.trt' ! t United State Senator
large farm ot former 'nltec
larJt Is to be transferred Into an
J. D. Cameron : transterra
Industrial village.
Canonshurl , Pa--Empoylng ! 3.0 men ,
the Standard Tin Plllte Cempany has resumed -
sumed operations.
operaton are contemplating -
. capitalists
Mlaneupolls.-Eastern capitalsts
templating the ! ( 'stablslwlcnt ot a large
tt'mplatn ; nt ' 1Ineapol ,
soap
Salem Ore.-One hundred thousand dolt
lars Is 1 to be invested In I lnen mill at
Salem : giving employment to 10 persons
the Plttsburg.-The first year. capital stock of the Yel-
low Creek Coal Company of 'Ylkesbnrr ( ' ,
\ Col $1.000.000 , the
Pa. , has been Increased to $1.0.0
company " ha\lnl purchased IGOO acres oC
coal land In Brush and Salne Townships ,
Ohio.
. 0.-It Is positively stated that
Zane8le. O-I pOlt\ely
the Crooksvllle district will all
the minIs ot Crooksvle ,1 al
be 111 operation within a few days.
I'Ittsburg.-More than 1.0 of the 1 , :
\
men laid oft In the last three month hy
the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing -
turing Company ot East rlttsburg have
becu taken huck. The Westinghouse Machine -
ulen
chine and Air " Brake Companies are rushed
with m'ders.
Dctrolt.-A new $ : , O passenger
be
steamer ordered bv the Anchor Line to
built by the . \me'rleal Shipbuilding Com-
pany.
' . are speculating on
'loledo.-Iarlne men speculatng
hirreese or sullurs ' wages with the open-
an wn/es
In Inl Ilrl'lle tal tratIc' The wages are now $2
per day , or : cents higher than In previous
vious seasons.
\1011 ! ensonI.
\ Fort Collius , Colo-Fifteen thousand dollars
Colo.-Fiteen
lars has been subscribed for the establish-
Ilrs hal
uncut lt a canning factory at l'or Col us.
llY the
The enterprise Is being promoted
Fort Collins Beet Grover' Association. .
Colns
Milwaukee.-Cnpltal stock ot the . Wisenu-
sin Bridge and Iron Company increased
$ : 00,000 to meet expansion ot bUHlness. .
Xew Htlord , Mass.-Company organized
with capital stock ot $600,000 ; will erect 1
; 0.000 mill.
spindle mi.
Wllkesbarre. I'a.-The 80) striking miners
lu.-The B
Wlkt'bnrrl.
at the Barnum Colliery of the lelnsylTnnla
lt IarnuD Col'ry
Coal Company , at Pitston , have returned
to work.
Pittsburg.-An ; unusually heavy movement -
ment or coal mind coke Is reported. At
Y"III\oOI 1 Il 110lC 1,40 loaded car arc
' .
awaiting mon'ment.
Detrolt.-Slx'stnry addition to plant of
the American Lady Corset Company , , giving !
employment to 700 more pt'rSUI :
011 , MIeb.-Board or Director elected
for pr.gmoscd factory.
McPherson ( , taCtur Kum . - aS8t'S801"S report
lel increase ot _ .107 acre "t Jlrunl
shows : I IlerClse : .1i ! .
this over Inst year.
Guru planted year "Pil.
Ilantell n.-Itulustrial I ii . lferences
Norwalk . Con 1.-hllISlrll .111'rlle . ,
'
between manufacturer amid their employes
In the Norwalk district have heel adjusted
satisfactorily to both sltIes.
satsfactorily . - new $9 , ( ) .OO ) hotel
Astor Xl\ will be opened far business Sept. 10.
DAVIS WILL NOT DO
To. Old for ' the High _ PoaUoa to.
Which He Aspires ,
Dr J. n IcFatrich , editor ot the
Third Ward Republican , a Chicago publi-
cation , says :
"It mi ) be that former Senator Henry
Gassaway Da\"i" i ! planning to have his
money talk for him during the campaign.
It is Oil ' 01 this hypothesis that his rc-
ply to the notification address ot John .
Sharp 1Villianis can bc satisfactorily ex-
Shar'iilUS
plaine1 The , ctoeuarin'ice presiden- .
tial candidate ot thc Democracy at '
til1
" .hie Sulllhur Springs function indict ! : -
ed that he is sadly deficient , in 80 r'i
as present issues are concerned . He had
nothing to say neon any of the questions
whph ; interest the voters of both partes !
A careful reading ot his address fails
to disclose where hc stands on any vital
issue.
"Thc man who is popularly supposed
tu carry the State ofVcst Virg. .
around 1 a shawl strap had not :1 , \orl
to : say regarding the tusts. He omitted
: m allusion to labor and capital. So far
as the speech indicates there is no such
lung as the Philippine qucstion. He had
nothing to sayy about the tariff. He is i
certainly old enough to have hard of the
Monroe doctrine , but no a line of this
important bit ot Americanism cnn be
found in his spech. For all he says
there is n such thing as the Panama
canal and the closest observer cannot
iear whether .he believes in thc open
door or reciprocity or nay ot the thins
which men discuss. And has not Uncle
Gassa1\'a beard ot the United States
. " \
, ' ?
navy
"For a speech which was looked forward -
ward to as a sort 'ot keynote : essay , the
nterUce of the old gentleman with the
barrel is a great disappointment to the I .
Democrats. To thc Republicans it is
imerely an evidence ot the tact that ) Ir.
i
Davits does not possess , at his advanced
age , the necessary mental equipment to
properly appreciate thc great public ques-
ions which must confront the next pre-
sding officer ot thc Sena te.
"Of course , Uncle Gassawa\ is a thor-
ouhl' respectable old gent m : : . He
i" also possessed ot much wealth and fern
n than who has : slipped over . the S mark
is well preserved and act .e. But there
- - - - -
is a vast difference between minding his
business and attempting ;
own personal : ntemptnl
:
at the sunset of life to take a hand in
the strenuous work ot conducting the
reat affair " ot a big nation. As Vice
President Henry Gassaway Davis will
not do. "
The L.ne PI.herman
I is enl one ot the epriosities of nn
American national 1 campaign the result
Ot which is i foreordained , bat it' arouses
more than 1 slight degree ot interest
Where is the 1.ne Fisherman. the man
who has been twice President of the
United States ? Where is hc , and what
is he goitrg to do between the present
time and the 8th ot Novembers
What is be thinking about-tllis Iane' .
Fisherman , and what are his inclina-
ton We are all interested in him ns
1\"e should be interested in al ) ' ex-Presi-
dent ot the United States , and , being
interested , we have also n curiosity.
What about Cleveland ? I that portly
and forceful old gentleman going to have
anything to do with politics this year , or
is he simply intent upon the . consideration -
ton ot the suhjet ot lines , bait , and all
that sort ot thing ? I
The impression seems to prevail , and
one apparently justified , tnt thc Sage
ot Princeton is not much interested in
the Sage ot Esopus . The SaK ot
Princeton has at least n certain caliber ,
and the two men do not fit I
Still 'e all want to know what the I
Lone Fisherman is going to do.
"The Republican party will be found
eepfaslns those ls.ues fad those
qa.tlon8 which make for the eta-
bUi , the honor and the welfare of the
conntry-Seaator Fairbanks , at Ind.an-
spoils , December 31 , 19
I Judge Parker is said to have written
I his financial views so as to not offend
Bryen. He toted that way , too , a couple .
i of times. i
.SOME COMPARISONS
CONDITION TREASURY UNDER
PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS.
Hew the Public olt Was It..ased
Whea Democracy Was I. ' ewer aDe
low the Netleael Flnanc. . Wart
Cu.erTcd Later by Iepublcan
When Grover Cleveland began the fire
fiscal year , July 1 , 1893 , of his second
term , our public debt was $1,345,0,0 ;
when the fourth fiscal year closed , Juue
30 , 18D7 , it WR $1S17,000.000 , : . n increase -
crease of $272,0,0 without anything : :
to show for it.
When Benjamin Harrison began hh ;
first fiscal year , July . 1 , lS , our public
debt was $1G9OO ; when his rourth
fiscal year ended , June 30 , 1893 , it was
$1,55,0,0 a decrease ot $74,0-
000.
000.When we add Cleveland's increase ot
$272,000,000 in the ' public debt to Harr-
son's decrease ot $74,0,0 we have
a bill ot indictment amounting to $31-
0,0 against the Democratic part n
a result ot "Conr : re.rl more ot Grover. " '
When Benjamin Harrison began his
first fiscal year . , July 1 , 1889 , he found
. cash in the public treasury' , ' ;
$ ( GOO c.sb lJblc teaslr
when he closed his fourth fiscal year , ,
June 30 , 183 , the cash balance was
$ .une iOiOO an increase ot $04,000,000 , ,
without selling any bonds to increase the
public debt.
"hen Grover Cleveland began his first
second-erm sal year , July 1 , 18U3 , he
found $ iOiOO cash in the publi :
treasury ; when hc closed his fourth fiscal
. 30. 189i ,
June
year ot that second tern ,
he left only $ snoo ot a cash h balance -
ance , though in the meantime he had sold
enough bonds for cash to increase the
public debt by $2i2,0,0 consequentl
be really decreased the treasury cash by
$ nwo.o : being the * 272,00,0
bonds sold less the $134,0,0 difference -
ence between the $ S3OO and the
$ 07oO cash balance.
11'ken Benjamin Harrison began his
first fiscal year , July 1 , 1589 , tbg net
public deht-that is , the entire debt less
the cash in the tresur " -w3s $9i5,000-
000 ; when he cOed his fourth fiscal
"ear , June 30 : , 18:3 , it was only $83S-
000,000 . a ; decrease of $137oOU as
the result ot four Republican yers.
'Yhen Grover Cleveland began the first
fiscal year of his disastrous second term
Jub' 1 , 18U3 , the net public debt was
* 88.0,0 ; when he closed the fourth
fiscal year , June 30 , 187 , it was $ ;
000,000 , au increase of $ 48OO as
the result ot foul Democratic years.
When we add Harrison's decrease ot
$1HOO : in the net public debt to
Cleveland's increase ot $ 18OO in
the sane , we have another $ 285OO
bill of indictment against the Demo-
bi
cratic party for only four years ot finan-
cal ! misrule.
When William McKinley began the
first fiscal year ot his first term , July 1 ,
] 8:7 , he found oub' $531,000,000 in the
public trea\ur ; when he closed his
fourth fiscal year , Tune 30 , 1U02 , the
treasury cash balance , was $1,098,000-
900 , In increase or $2G7OO as the
result ot four Republican year , of pro-
'tection to American industries and finan-
chl ability. And this wu in spite ot the
fact that $340.0.0 had been paid ont
for the cost of the Spanish war for the
freedom ot Cuba.
When we add IcKinlej's increase ot
; 2G7OO treasury cash to Clc\"elalls
real decrease ot $138,00.0 in the same : ,
we have $4 : OOO plus the Spanish
war expense , us the true gain to the
cOmtry of tour years ot Republican prosperity .
perity immediately following tour years
of Democratic ad\'ersity.
When Hooseyelt's first fiscal year began
1 1901 the cash balance -
gan , July , 101 , treasury
ance was $1,098,000,000 ; when he closed
his third fiscal year , June 30 , 104 , it had
increased to $1,3S .OO an increase
or $254,000,000 , notvithstandiulg that all
the Spanish war tuxes hid not been
tbolished , but $ : i0,000C00 had been paid
the canal rty and
out for Panama : property
rights ; :111 that $5,000.000 had been
; iYen , .md nelrb. $ ; , OOOO more loaned ,
to : the I.uisiana : Purchase Exposition.
. .
When wc sl\lmarize the treasury cash
transactions from the beginning ot
CleYel ld's eond-term frst fiscal year ,
. July 1 , SU3 , to the close of Roosevelt's
third fiscal year , Tune 30 , 1004 , we have
the following :
Cle''eland's loss in 'treas-
ury cash . . . . . , . . . . . . . . $138,0.0
rcKinle's gain in treasury -
ury cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2G , OO
Roosevelt's gain in treas- t
ury cash , . . . . . . . . . . . . " _ & 1,000,000
Paid cost Spanish war. . . 340,000,000
Paid Spain for Philip-
piies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,0,0
Paid account Panama
- - - - - - - -
canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000,000
Gift mid loan Louisiana .
Purchase Exposition . . . 10,000,000
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,10fOO
Eleven hundred and nine millions ot
dollars betterment less torty-ehht mill.
ions increase in our interest-barin. debt
between July 1 , lSn , and June 30 , 1904 ,
lea \'inJ one thousand and Hlry-ne mill-
ion ( $1,0G1,000,000) ) to the credit ot
seven rears ; of Republican control ot our
national , finances.
W AIER J. BALLARD.
Schenectady , Aur 23.
SLY OLD DAVID
Unique r..itl.n Now Occnpled by
Jadue rnrker' df.naser.
It is not often , . that : a political leader
finds it necessary- to promise his party
associates that he will keep out ot o Ice
: ld be unrepresented in the councils of
Jds friends in case ot thc success ot his
own nominee. This unique performance
has been exemplified by the Mephistopheles -
pheles of the Democratic part , David
Bennett Hm.
' rite effect is rather grotesque. I is
much as i the king ot the nursery rhyme
were to declare that he would not in
any case , taste ot the pie , after thc tour
and twenty blackbirds had been caught ,
plucked and bake in a biz dish or } astr .
l.'le reception given to the promise
of Mephistopheles to "be good after
the 1st ot next January , " is rather com-
ical. The more outspoken ot the Democrats -
crat say plainly , "Pshaw ! I don't be
lieve it ! " while the more secretive ones
simply "wink the other eye" with a
grimace that would make the fortune ot I
the man that "broke the bank at Monte
Culo. "
I is a sly old DAVid , so it is ! Well hc
knows bow t draw the ass's skin over .
his own ; confident is he that no braying
I
I kill hide from the faithful feW his real
- - - - - - -
-k
nature , while the gullible ! many , he imagines -
aines , will joyfully count upon his meek-
I.r r tnJ into private life as soon a he
has seen his party triumphant in the tall
elections.
I It is a grotesque position , that ot the
Wolte's Roost politician. To gain ! Ws
ends he promise to keep out ot all participation -
tilJtiol in the results he i working fer.
I must haTe been at some cst in self-
respect that this 'sop was given tQ the
Imre respectable wing ot the Sew York
Democracy , men who will not train with
liill , and WM do not scruple to say so.
But with the at whom the shot was
aimed Hill's promise will avail nothing.
They know the man. He has no friends ,
nor his 'he any enemies who believe in
Wm , except a to his limitless power for
nil politics ia whatever he uudertakes.
It is quite probable tat he will retire
from politics before the frs ot January ,
190 , but it will be , not by his own yol- !
ton , but because of the defeat ot biB
party at the polls in the preceding Xo-
vember.
MR. Hilt'S RETIREMENT
It Ie Portunat. for Him batlte Ka.-
nor 1. Not the He.t.
David Bennett Hill announces that hc
.
will at the end ot his sixt -fNt year re
tire from ' politics , but that he will take
a part in the present campaign. The mis-
take that Mr. Hill make is that he does
not retire uow. This is ole or the thiu s
he said in his recent opening campaign
speech tt Binghamton , New York :
That vast corruption exists In many departments -
parments ot the Federal Go\erunlelt Is
virtually conceded. I has been declared
often that more corruption has been disclosed
closed during the last tour years than durIng -
fug the whole previous period ot our his-
tory. Therefore It must exist , or I could
.
not be disclosed. Convictions for frauds .
however , can he counted 011 Que's fingers.
The Ielubllcan party tends toward social-
Ism when It advocates the right to build
up one man's business at the expense ot
th comwunltr. What the American people
demand Is n free fed and 1 fair contest In
the _
race ot lc
It is perhaps fortunate for Mr. Hill
that he has decided to disappear from
loltil & It is most unfortunate , for his
sake , that in his speech , practically open-
lug the campaign on the Democratic
side , he should have been guilty ot pout-
lea ! falsehood. That is not the manner
in which a god American should sing
, his swan 901mg.
All men should be fair Mr. Hill de-
cares that enormous corruption exists
under the present Republican administration -
tion , and hHimate vaguely that the Republican . -
publican party is responsible for any e\.i
which may hate occurred. He refers
especially ) ' to frauds ot the Postofce De-
partmcnt , and there were some frauds.
'Ye at least odmit "this. Into every
great party } Fill necessarily be ingrated
sOle thic"es. What has happened in
the united States following the discovery -
ery that some ofcils ot the Postotce
Department were indirectly stealing ?
What has happened is this :
The Republican . party punishes its
own . thieves and throws them out ot its
rank , . What happened to the men who
stole under the present administration ?
They are already wearing striped clothes
mil doing the lockstep il various local- !
ties. Could there he a better proof of
the soundness and honesty or the present
administration in that it punishes its own
sinners , and , very properly , punishes
them to the utmost.
David Bennett Hill , in intimatng that
there his been unpunished crime among
the vassals of the part which is conducting -
ing the affairs ot this government just
now , is guilty of political trickery and
poItol1 falsehood ot the baldest kind.
I is very earnestly to be regretted
that an exceedingly clever A.merion
should mar the circumstances ot his exit
from political life by expressions ot what
are not facts , and ot 1 sort never coi n-
tenlcd by the greatest leaders or great
parties. What : Ir. Hill said nt Bing-
.bamton cannot mar the outlook ot tltr
Republican part one jot or tittle , but it
cnn mar the respect which the American
people held aside from nil party lines ,
for , one ot the shrewdest ot - politicians. -
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
.TkoleWle Voted for McKinley Prob-
. - '
. -n'bly Will Support HO seve1
( Kansas City Star , Indepcndent. )
Some allowances must be made , ot
coarse for thc optimistic representations
ot politicians at the approach of every
great election. It is a part of the gamete
to manifest confidence , even it the policy
of "claiming ever"hing" has bee discredited -
credited by thc bet political managcrs.
But the declaration that , according to
more or less careful canvasses . those
'oung Democrats who bolted Bryan and
voted for McKinley , \i remain in the I
Republican party , is quite plausible.
Those aId Democrats in whom the party
spirit is still strong in spite of the trying
alignment or the Democracy four and
eight years ago , may be expected to re-
turn to the told pretty generally this
; "ear ; but there is nothing except partisan -
draw them and this does
san feeling to \ , ckes
not exist to any great extent among the
younger generation , especially among
those : who have already broken over the
lines to tote for 1 Republican Pres-
dent.
Indeed , President Roosevelt appeals
with especial force to the young men ot
the nation. Considering his fchie1"e
ments , he is still n young man himself.
He is in intimate sympathy with the
spirit ot early manhood. He is vigorous
in mind and body , and is active in both.
He is i strongly progressive. His leadership -
' ship bas been inspiring to all classes. .
but more especially t ( those in wham
ambition 1S assertive. His policies np-
pral forcefully to those who would make
a stronger and n better nation. He stands
for those reform that are regarded as
e-seittial t the perpetuity of personal
liberty and civic hteousness.
Thc belief that President Roosevelt in
his splendid fulfillment ot : n obligation
assumed as ' result of accident , has enrn-
el an election at the hands of the people
he bas served , is especially strong in the
hearts ot the younger generation ot vot-
ers
The Democratic argument this year
should be printed in the humorous col-
umns. It is , in brief : "You need not be
afraid of us . for it we elect R Presi-
dent and the House the Republican Sen-
ate will keep us from doing any dam-
"
age.
"Growth f. the Jaw of oar national ,
social and industrial eIns. > We have
not yet reached the limit or the D1Tine
I purpole _ Tomorrow will be greater
and more"plendld than today.-Seaarr
FaIrbanks , at St. Paul , . U\Uit :1 : , 11
Whenever the Democratic party has
bad the power it has attacked and de
stroyed the policy ot uitotection for
American indutre . . ; - - , ' " '
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WHEN Hill WILL QUIT.
[ David Bennett Hill says he will aban . + '
don politics when Parker is elected. ]
" \hen Bennett Parker Hill is eleeted , " Mr D Tit i
announces that his speaking voice will
uddenly grow still ;
He says that for rude politics be real ! "
shl not cue ,
When Parker has been planted r. the "
Prshlential ! chair
0 , gentle reader , with alam c . not
grow cold and stiff :
There's much ot virtue in that \Vhen , "
as Shakespelke sid of 9L"
t
'Yhen Parker is elected"-it's - a strik-
ing trait of Dn Te'
That always in his statement then's
n little phrase that saves.
You see , it would haTe sounded like an
unexpected joke
Had be said he'd retire the day that
Davis sid : "I'm bNke"
"WH X Parker is elected . I shall put
campaigning by , "
" -a how he emphasized it , and le winked .
ed the other eye -
When Parker is elected , tea the stars
will Rhine -
wi nt noel ,
And we will shovel snow along about
the month of June ,
The birds will put on trousers and the
crocodiles will sing
The frogs will be electing Mr. Stork to
be their king ,
And when these things have Ippenel ,
it you think to notice It i I )
"WHEX Parker is elected , " David :1 : .
Bennett Hill will quit. . i '
"When Parker is elected"--why . Ile
might as well haTe said 'f
That be'd be chasing ballots wleg th i
rest of us are dead , i
And that we'd hear him talking when I
the Last Day's trumpet called , Y
Or that be'd drop his scheming wRen ho I ,
ceased from being ; balled.
bnle. I
When Parker is elected--he will ,
elece-he wi quit I
and also then
" 'e'l lear that David Bennett Hill i >
is growing hair again.
t
ROOSEVELT AS PRESIDENT.
Some or the Prominent AchieT.eat
or the AdmlaietrnUoa
( Chicago Tribune. )
V fiat . positively , bas he ( Roosevelt ) ,
accomplished ' I
He haH handed over t" Cuba the gOY-
ernmcnt ot the Cuban republic. I
He settled the anthracite coal strike
which for half a year had demoralized
1
the industries ot the country.
When Great Britain , Germany and
Italy were attacking Yenzuela he in-
I
ducel them to desist , thus preserving the f 1
inT'iolabity of the Monroe doctrine.
The three commissioners dppiute by
him to discuss the Alaskan boundary
.question gained a complete victory for
lie American contention. '
i
The Cuban reciprocity treaty , which
had been defeated by one Congress , was 1
passed in 1 subsequent special session , ; i
because Roosevelt insisted. y' '
By the creation ot n bureau ot commerce - j
merce : \ labor , for which his infin- I
,
ace is 1el y responsible , the President
gas taken the first definite step toward
the solution ot tlle , trust problem. Light
sill be let in on the management of the
trust ! ! . Ten , when their evils are defin- _
rely , not vaguely , ascertained a proper r < : ,
corrective can be applied. t
The door to China's trade Aaa bees t J
kept wide open to our trade. I' .
But the most enduring benefit the 1
Presid 'bias brought to the country has
been the assurance that the Panama t 1
canal would be finished. In the isthmian , _ n I
imbroglio the President acted always 11
within the treaty rights ot this aaien ;
his official conduct was eminently cer- f 1
recto But were it not for his exceptional f
adroitness and vigor during the crisis the ' ( {
prospect ot the interoceanic canal would i
sti be years in the future. For nearly }
40 years man has dreamed or piercing J (
the American istmus _ But it remained .
for President Roosevelt to bring these
( reams within sight of realization. IIia- ! '
ory will record iris connection with the , ! ,
Panama canal ns the most momentous : .
fetnre ot his frt term. ' :1 : f
Thus Theodore Roosevelt bas been an Ii
i ullright and painstaking , vigorous and ; i.
usefuil honest and patriotic President. j
i
It seems both wiser :111 fairer for the !
American people to reelet him rather :
leople '
than to elevate in his place nn untried
jurist , who , however exemplar his per- ;
80nal character , has had practically uo : : i
xperienee' whatsoever to fit him for the :1 : a
I
most difficult position in the world. .
difcult
11 ' ,
'Vay Chance ? : !
Why should there be 1 cne il the
national administration ? What's the I 1
matter with Roosevelt ? Has anything
; one wrong ? Has it been necessary to
i"sUi IX)11H to pay the running expenSe ;
or t11 government ? Is there any money i
in the treasury ? Has the soup bee aa- ' !
sl'rted its ! l.reD y since the palmy
tars : of Grover ? Has Theodore Roosevelt -
' velt betrayed any trust reposed in hm
or , bas he manifested any symptoms ot _ ,
spinal affection ? Has the 9alec Dem-
sciatic party advanced any assurance t
the American people that they are any
more proficient in the twentieth century
than they were in the nineteenth ? Clan
hey satisfy the honest , industrious , p
ducn citizens ot America that they seek
tor anything but to again grasp the stir-
plus and again empty the treasury , 81
they baTe on e1"e1 previous opportunity ?
Farmers Ignored by Democrats.
The Democrats ot Kansas , in making
ip their State . ticket , baTe entirely ignored -
nored the farmer. The Republicans
norC
nominate two ot the leading farmers or
the State as Railroad Commissioners.
even ont ot thirteen nminaton including -
cluding Governor , on the Democratic
Sonly
while the Republicans
ticket are lawyers , Repnblc
only recognized the lawyers in the no-
iaton of Attorney General , judges ot .
Supleme ; Curt , and one member o the
Uailroad Conlni ion. The policy ot ig-
Ilring the farmer , which the Democratic
Xational Committee is reported to have
nnounced . is cared out with : yen-
; eance bye Democrats of Kansas.
Balfour , the prime minister ot Eng-
land. in a speech delivered at Sheffield .
ceclared that Cobden , the apostle ot free
trade , was "a great man , but he failed
tu foresee the de.elopment ot the last
I hnlt century which had made free trade
an empty name and a vain farce. "
The element which leads and comi-
nate > the Democratic party today stands
I not for tariff for revenue , but for ulti-
I mate free trade. There is no use ting ,
1 to dodge that fact The w rkinleD , of .
take Dote of
.merica must tke