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rk e NEW ERA - fOR GREAT WEST
President Roosevelt's National Irrigation Act to
Be Wonder-Worker.
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1 MilliONS OF CHEERFUL , HAPPY HOMES
Avenue of Relief to Congested Cities-Health ,
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i ' Prosperity and Patriotism Fostered by
: , ; Contact with Soil-Republican .
" Party Leads the Way.
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i i : Even thc Denh1l'r:1ts ire beginning to .
i t realize sOlllethill of , the possibilities for
i good which are to COllie to the whole
. . United States through the nationlll irri-
illtioll act passed hj' Il ItI'lmLlil'lln Con-
. Itoose'elt
lUul signed Lj' President
jres , ; ;
, June 7 , JHO : _ : . The ell1cwrnts Ire uOW
\ dniminJ that they "did it. " Still , the
[ fart remain that President Roosevelt ,
bj' the force of his own identity , put the
and made it
measure through ; Congress
. it the law : of the l nil with his olllcini si- ;
I , nature I1S Pre : , tIent.
It is not a dream , hut a fact , that the
I , present Ilolllllution or the United States
the arid public do-
: can Ill' dUlllicuted on [
I JIluin in the \Vest _ 'l'his can he done
'without making ; new eOlUlletitors for
those already I engaged ! in agricultural
pursuits ; iu the East nul in the South.
On the other hnllll , this wonderful act
. of plwtill ; a new nation ill what is now
nil hut :111 Ullhroken desert will confer
benefits on those ; sections
t enormous
Which are already covered with farms ,
factories and tOWIIS.
1 nil : Internal Prob1ell1'
I In our greatvest / ; , a population of
, IOOOOOO ) might ; live iu urosJerous [ cou-
t I ' tentlllent. There i'4 everything to ius quire
L , . -tlll' charm IIf
ahd ! reword their illtlllstrtlll' (
, clilllate mill of scenery. the fertility of
soil ; . the IInimainahlc : wClllth of water ,
forest and minc. : and across the Padlic ,
hew worlds ! to l'IIllIl'r. \ [ Our biggest : ; in-
rental lIuestion today i. ii ; the pre11arttioh
and colonizatiun or this Ilrollllcti\"l arel.
i This nation mast keep 011 with its his-
tone work or \'jjr.ntioIl. ) : It ] must con-
{ tinlle that marvelous reciprocal \ process
lIj' whiC'h it hots so rapidly risen to im-
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Iuihts IIf onolllic 1I0WI"-
i Jlll'tlllrahle : ; : (
the making ; IIf new 'omllliwities to fet'tI
f the old , the enlargement ; or old ! 'omIllllni-
1 ties to feed the lIew The longest ; step [
yet taken to this e1141 is adoption of the
i plan of national irriation--l'hielj' ; :
thl'O'lh ; the instrumentality IIr President
i Hoe : > e\'clt. It is i a new policy , only nt
i present in its cXlel'illlClntal [ stage ; , hilt
's , those who know mo < . : t.1It it believe it
t is a measure big ; with nationll rate.
\Iomcnton. New Y.ro. I
j , 1'\'c Ire entering ; 1I110n Il new and no .
i melltnlls era that calls for the highest I
-I 'qualitieil 'ur constructive stat'snllwship. ,
mmr TIlt ! l\1u"ement Jllust he broadly : founded I
and firmly \ and intelligently ; 1\1:111:1l'd. ! 'Ve
i sue IIIlnllill ; , not for u _ ; elves hut for
future generatioll . for n ' Ire the forefathers -
fathers or a knightfnt ; re in a mighty
tIUl. ! It we are elllllI to our duty rind
our ol'llortunities , we shall make homes
for a hllllll1'e,1 , million or the freest moo
who ever walked the earth.
\ \ " l' ; ore living , ; III all age of mighty
\chie'emellt. Engineering works whiclt
the IIIt ; ener\tioa wOII"1 have thought
an im\lossibility \ will be the 'ol\l\lletl'll \
task of this ellt'r\tioll. ; The New York
subway , the great tunnel or the Penn-
j'I\lIIi:1 railroad , the Isthmian : canal and
fhe Salt River reservoir in Arizona and
other mammoth 1'r Jationlrojec'ts \ will
+ 1)(1ltII(1 as catnphted [ monuments to
the constructive genius lr our people \ allll
( this a/e. / The future is potent \ with still
; : rulllll'r undertakings whirh will , in n
tety brief years . also stand ns uccom-
JIishl'tl : fncts. Egypt was for centuries
the granary of the worlil. That land of
' ' and ' the cradle of
mystery romance wa :
our eh'ilization. For 'OllIItlt.S ages the
t Nile : hall risen nnnually , to fertilize the
land J\'hich has yielded , from year to
year : , the sustenance or teeming millions. I
Grented Qne.Uon of the Ace :
The question of irrigation which now
confronts the people of the United States
fs out ! or the must importlllt of the al' ;
Jt is of inure importance than the II'th-
11li:1Il canal or a deep waterway to the
seas It hl"oh'es the solution or the for-
est and flood IIrohlf'l\1. It embraces the
future internal len'lollmeut or the Unit-
etl States. It will require years or work
to perfect \ the systoht of nationl\1 irrigation ; -
tion but it will be the greatest benefit
saver conferred on the western peollie. i
) Tell may be cruel allll unfair . but nn-
lure iF i generous fillil utterly impartial. I
The earth , the sun and the writers are
tis kind to the poor liS to the rich. The
roses do not stop to look up a mtlll's
nlIIcial standing ! before consenting ; to I
hloc.m for him. They grow wherever
Jllante'l. They cover the poor \ 1\Iau's cot-
tlJC as gladlyas they do the rich man'
'ilia. _
Iiasbandry 1\lftkea \ Patriot. .
Nations many sprint into being , encr-
itsti by the force of ideas alone , but
the 'Ilrous manhood , the mature growth
nf II S Smite can only hI' nurtured rued
huiit 11)1 ) upon the : abundant nnd nua ni-
fold productions or the earth. The very
Pxistetlce amid tll\:1IH'e of civilization art
, irmly grounded on immaterial re'ource
! tions become great and independent
nK they develop a genius for grasping ! ! the
forces and materials or nature within
their re:1chlnd converting ; them into a
steady flowing stream of wealth and com-
tort.
tort.To
To hold a people in industrious , pro-
dncthve , contented habits habits or virtue -
tue mind of patriotiskn ) , it is needful to
give them an interest in the cultivation
of land. This fact is seen along ! the
shores or historic ! time. Wherever goy-
tl'nment has auntie laws which have gi\-
en thc people or the land its occupancy
on fair terms , then content and plenty
have been on every hand. Wherever it I
has been hand for the masses to obtain '
A9 use or the ) and . then discontent and
t1leulties have been rampant on every
, + and , and frequently national ruin bas
! Il tilt result. The noblest use to which
any maR or people caD put history is to
t ke it either as warning or vise in-
ruction. In the United States 1\'e hue
hi.fZttality . .quatIty aJ1d variety Ouch IUP-
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plies and resources as no one go\"ern-
uncut in the world ever hat ! hefore.
Danger in Congested Citieil.
It is not without serious meaning that
so many of our people are massin ; ill
cities that in cities rents Ire going hi- !
er , : ! I'ul hence people [ Ire living I in fewer
rooms or smaller ones , amid that the attendant -
tl'lIl1:1IIt and consequent evils , immoral , phy-
ical , industrial , intellectual ! . and national ,
lire seen on every hand.Ve. ! . are today
passing through a period [ or prosperity Ill ,
the United Stites without parallel in ,
the worM' historj' JIllIin ; from the
histor or all nations , this Ill : ! ) not ( ton '
linue irIlII'Jinitel Our leaders must know
that they have to till , not with supine
men WillI h:1heen trained to suhmis-
sive oellience-a people whu stand re:1tIj" :
to shunt their eyes , ouch their months and
take whatever is i given and he contenttd
therew itm. Adversity will bring COll1mo'
lion i:1 our cities as "coltl engenders
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Uemc(1y in irrigated Varmns.
In coutelllllatill [ ; the dangers 11f the
future that [ may come to this rl'Jluhlie '
the wise citizen should reach oat and
seize whatever refledmay be within
his reach ! annul apply it so that all time
years .to cOllie play he free from fear and ,
distnrbitmg fOl'cfs : luch :1S are aitvays :1t
work is ! every lIttiou. That remedy nl-
lleu's to II ( ' . to pot the balance of our
pOJlulltiou back ou the JlutI maul keep it
there. There serums tu hl' no other rear
011\ ' , The than who has his home Ulllln
mother earth ! . the Ulan who draws his
living : straight ; fro lIatll1''s ' grammutry ; , the
11I:11I who is free from all the lIuccrtliu-
ties of : t wage ; earner's euldoyui lit. the I
lIlall who gather ; , his wife and children
around his own hearthstumir and gets ; his
living ; IW his own labs from his ecru
luntI , ill the l1I'ho1"I-e ; : of this counU'j' It
behooves our ytatesumru to rise tll the
I'c'lsion and imbue tile ' Americnn peOIle
with a 11:1t1'oti ; > ! tlf'tl'I'miul to tarn
the hal:1l1ee : of our IWlmlltiGIl back to
tIre laud allll 111lllt : it there with homes
that 110 social lIJ1he\\ : CU1 ever disturb.
This will safeguard ; this nation for all
years to cOllie. - . _ _
All Can Have IIoll1clI.
The station has land for eve : ' ' 1\11111
who will make Ids Irnme upon n good
f:1ith-wlw will break the s ( d. plant
I'NIIR , huilt ! Il house and settle'dowa to
SUllloI't Imes ! , rllmil.r from the soil , hilt the
nation has no IUlllt-at least , it ought to
have nOlll'-fll1' the lIIall Who merely
seeks to forestall the actual Joettl'r1111 !
sell ont to him lit : I profit I , or heurne n
lal\lIord , collecting ! : income from his tu- ,
:1n : t.
LaIIJ JIIfnolol [ rehs men or n large ;
portion lit the 1I'IIIIlIets [ of their Ilhor. It
nullities the spirit of CIUstitntillllai -lIar- ; :
:1I.tC'I'S Which see'to ] give :1SlIr.lhl'e of
political [ frl'I'llolI Xo ru:1II : is free ! In
the true sense of the terns ( who III beholden -
holden to another for the means CJf hIs
existence . UIII luitl : monopoly lIIalQ4
rd.els instead of [ : ltl'iots. lu till' ease of
Ireland : it drove amore ! than half the 111I111I-
IatillU W:1jfr01ll1 its native soil. It tilled
their hearts with hittl'l'Iu's. ; Jlltl e'u
sent some or her I'hiltll'en into the ! ranks
01' BuIHlIIl'S enemies in the hour or her
great : troublc.
Will Help the I OiIt.
The subjugation and settlelllent or the
great clllpire or public lauds means that
every factory wheel ill the United State
must whid faster , that every banking
house must handle more money , and that
every railroad must transport ) more [ IIIS-
! 'en ers allll frei ht. 'rhis , iI : trim , , means
II , large anti busier population [ \ ill every
eastern and southern town , and that of
Nurse will quicken and enlarge the tIe-
malld for all the products of the soil iu
the nll1i'r sections of thc ' ' ' I
C'O1llt1'In the I
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l11eantime that which is grown from the
soil , to hI' conquered } hy irrigation in thH
\V ( 'st , will go 1111110st exclusively to the
fecdiag ! of new hOllle l11:1rkets to he erected -
'II within flit arid region itself antI to
the satisfying ! of ttutinmited ' demands ill
the Orient and III the frozen north
LimitJc. . Oriental Tr ( le.
Visible ineret in \lIIerc\1I ; t.1I1I1:1e :
in trade between thc Asiatic Etst and
Ithe Pacific coast I. beyond ! the cOllcep-
tion of the or'llillrj' citizen , This trl1l1S-
pnrtation issue concerns till ! merchant ,
the manufacturer antI the mcehlIIic of
the : Atlantic States , the ) fiddle States
and the fur W cst as well as the Pacific
Olst. These merchants , manufacturers
and lI\C'chunics have the same interest ill
the Asiatic trade that they have In the i
iniation ; de"elopment or our acid and
semi arid IUlid. The larger that trade ,
tile greater the dl'mani1 for the industrial
Ilrnduets or the vast region crust or the
pocky : mountains , the greater the em-
chency of truns.Pncific trmuportltions ,
the greater our trade with \sia.
In a Wljthe merchants Manufacturers -
ers and mechalics east or the Itocky
mountains have more at stake than have
tilt ! Pacific coast Stat's. Increased ; trade
with Asia . especially nn increased de-
111:1.1111 Americall rood stuffs , lI1eall increased -
creased agricultural , 'oulllIercial and : iu-
du.trial activity on the Pacific coast a
larger population [ / ou the Pacific , nntl !
finally the most important or nil , n
larger home market for what the people
or the Pacific coast _ call the American
En't !
! mpro'c4 Tran.portatIon.
The transportation issue is settling
its lt. The trlns-contincntal railway
companies face n globe circling cOUllleti-
tio.n that forces them to raise the etfi-
df'ncy or their systems , west or Chi-
en go , The steaD lines or the Pacific
ocean are meeting the transportation dl'-
mands , thus American commerce
with the Asiatic East Is insured by that
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I great Ilrontater of trade kaowu lS swift
iawl I glll:1r ! : transportation. :
' 1'11 ' , ' o"IIIJllpl1lent " tlf this transportation
i'4 a steady stns : ! reliahJt flow of freightt ; .
lIl're irl'iatioli comes Into plmt [ ' , Irrigation -
gation ; insures reullir crop and tlel'e-
fore a fixed 'olmne of freight ; ; : ; even as .
II reliable ! tl'lIlsllUrt'ltOl : : insures regular ;
trade. These Jlh.li'l' of nutbuJ1 life 111'1'
part and : parcel [ : of time erolntionary 1 ' o.
ce04 that . hm trade the United "trtes l'
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trade leader of tile wOI'M. The :11' v .
tie , of the cOllntr are rising to the new
'Ulwmie 'talllllI'll. JIe wha fail to se
this shonlll seek a how per llecth'l'
' 1'0 the ordinary brad : tae thrumsi'ufIE
trade lacks special = I sigimifienuice. ; He
knows it relates to trade with \.sii ,
aUlI that we are enastlIltJj' : exporting : [ ; tJl
and import in ! : from \si I. lIe does : nt
realize that : nil the leading : : I'ollntl'ies nf
the earth lire 'Ol1lllt'tin for the trade n.f
e'el'al : : huuilred millillll A-iatics : , and that
this trade is really ! the greatest ; coml1lel'-
, ( 'iallriz \ ( ' of time Ihlj' He does nut realize
that this trade play : he the making of his
own n'Hle. , rutting ; or husine- :
Your Personal lntercd.
harmers , rancher , : : , miners lumbermen ,
lhereiminc : . . , lthol'll's : qr the \Vest , 110 not
vote ' : I < ! iinst your OW/l interests ! : , that of
'nHr family ; and : yours ! aml : their fll III'e.
Vote fCH' HoC ) e\'lt :11111 r'a 1'hlIIJTile > '
hats : brought you \ glad tidings ill Uw n\- : \
! formal : ! ! 11'iigallon : I't. Its workings Kaye
already 1It'III1 ; , Under its operation there
will he a tehdelmey ! 10 hllllllH'l Iliterests
\Ind tlll1s help [ In 11' powerful tray to keep
the government ste\tl ) ' , It will settle the
beef question , every acre Irrigated ; would !
produce more than thirty times aM knelt
as : < i" non produced on mummy or our wild
llritl land" It will produce new town !
or 1II0c1t > rate size , where un the \"ocltionl
of trade , or lelI'nin ; , literature and religion -
liJion will 110urish. It will change the
face or the e\11h. It will change ! the
face or the sky. It will mOllify the at-
1'lospherC' It will [ change the climate.
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It will give life , health , joy amI prosperity -
IJcrit to tlll peoilic.
Work for Rcpublicnn Part7.
When we rome to contemlliute the
whole field or natural western re-
Jollrces ) , available for food , for industry :
and for COllln1'I'C'I' , when we attempt tn
grasp [ in one act oC thong the lellJ.th
and breadth and depth of the riches with
which Providence has loaded this sec-
thou ; when we try to realize how every
ilMsihleWlllt [ - , every material aspiration
of lIIan cnn he bountifully pro\'ided for ;
when we consider how lIIeasureles arc
the values which will spring into being ;
: it the touch or modern industry , and
how thee : raines , when once created ,
lire ! solid : ind real and become incorpo-
rated into the emkdurhng ! structure uf 1111-
h mlJl u } society , WI ! may ! begin ; to estimate -
timate prQPrthe ! ! measure or re-
1'1IUnlihilitwllic1 } , rests "lIon this 11:1-
thou and ! ifs rosen ! ! ruICl' This is not
tIIf'rL'lr to preserve unharmed the price-
less boom ot civil ) liberty which leaves
the Intli\'itllllli f'ltizen free to do his share
In work of Ilc'cloplllent , but to adopt [
such < meail\rr" as will prevent the waste
of natural resources : , dear the way of
progress allll Il1'omote the triumph IIf ciy-
iIimton. ! Th record of the Republican
party show it to lIe a party of progress.
A Sign of Prollllerlty.
There is 110 better criterion or general
prosperity . than the postal huincs .
.hell tillles lire good / the postal revenue
iucreu es , mind rice Vl'rsu. The report of .
the PO ! ' tmaster General shows that for
time year endlug July J , iS9.i ) , the receipts
from postal revenue were $ Tf.171i1O0.
For the year ending July I , J002 , they
were $119,9552'9 ) ; : ; : ) , IIn increase nr 57 per
cent during ! seven years of eomitiuntias
Republican rule During ) the year ending /
July I , 1595 ) ; : ; , the receipts front the monej'
order business were $8103S : ; for the
year endhug July \ 1 , 190' ! , they were $1-
SS,81 , an increa of 183 : per cent dur ,
hag seven years of Republican prosperity.
The Postmaster General in his annual
report for m0"2 said : The increase in
the postal revenues attests the wonderful -
. ful prosperity or the people and the ac-
tivity or business interests throughout
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the cOlllltrt would ( hot have been
proper ( for : the Postllllstlr General in au
ollieial ! report to attribute ! ski.3 wontler-
ful prosperity ill 1902 to the operation uf
Ow tillll' ; t:1rHT ; ( act' nod : other HelIlb- [
JjC'lIl measures , hilt such was the fact.
I WHAT IS TO BE WILL BE
Growth oC the Astntic Demand for
Products of the Unite 8tnte. ,
'I'JIi Asiactie lIatious have lived upon )
ric'e--stating thins ; imi a general way
CIIl the , -Tentolli ' races have for 'same
' gener'atholis ( lived upon lIeu : , . It 1raR
become tlutllrtl within the last year II
tire , that at least one oC the . \.sial'ti. \ :
nations has cOllie to live upon 1Ionr
Tho'e desperate little fighters ; : ; , the .Tap-
11IlC"5C have taken to hard : : tack , as did
om' own _ \IIINiCl1I fighters ; tlumnlmmg the
.
Civil ) \.ar , liS a part of their snhi'islence ,
and the same regard as tl whatever i'l '
made : ! frlml our wheat has already ex-
te:1I11'I , in a measure : . to the more vast
Asiatic plIIJlire nr ( , 'himrt That clever
correspnnticut'illiuu : ft Curtis , speaking : -
ing ; or the extent to which our flour js j !
already used by Japl\IJ ; Slj'S :
Whlll' tlH' Imports < nf flour within [ time
Inst ! year fir su have "I't'll illUdl greater
fhllll 'ever before UII ul''uunt lit till' 111'1')111- )
rlltOIl [ fer ! wllr , 1I1"'l'rtlwh'l'tI thl'rl' I" I''a-
Sllll III expert II ( ' 111I1111111'(1 I'Xllltllf'lolI of the
lIIarkpt. , ' ' fllliUlN . " ' ' '
Japanese : ! generally lire
IJtllIlIln ; to use wheat dour fur various
pur\lo \ I' ' ' ' , Nearly I'\'t'n' hll11lI'lwltl Is I now
usiig It tit tuake ) the little rakes : :11111 sweetmeats .
meats whlt'h they use with their tea SI'\-
prnl times 11 day III ! urge qunutlth [ A
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still larger / 1IIJI0IIJlt of n cheaper CJII/\IIt ( is [
used fur paste by the IIIltllllrnCtUI' or
screens , 1II111orelll1l1 , fllll and other articles
of that Idlll1. Sluee ! the war Iwnu ! hard
bread lIull ht'l'U lutrotlul''ll tnlll the army ns
' min alternate ration wIth rlt-c Time -otllt'rs : !
relish tIJ" vnrb'ty : hard . tlek ! Is I easy to
handle and carry , the uutl'llh'e'ulnl' of a
Ileutlli lit Hour 1s equal ) to that or II pound
IIr rice , nod It costs lI'ss. The Japanese
export their h'st rll-e tll Praul'e , England /
nutJ ( ; hlnll , where It hrhls ; hug prices . belug
IIf the very highest ; : l1l1lt' . 't'hey hUlnrt [
vast quantities [ IIf cheaper mire fur Iht 'UII-
Gumption ot the CGult's : mill the InlHlrlu :
class from Korea , Bormah , Chluu , Singapore / .
pore ) 11I111 other punts of the Fast Utllt's.
It ts ehtlrely practicable tit mh'lltnte
dll'UI IIrJIIIIII of flour far this low-gnule
rice , and It will III' easy tll c1u SII when
the sohlll'l"II come Iwuw vitli their appetites ' -
tltl'S for hardtack add wheat IIrcllt1.
Could ! there he , under any circumstances -
stances or conditions , expressed a vaster
idea or the enormous trade relations that
must henceforth exist between Anterhea
and the . lsiatc coulltries ! America
produces hread. The \siatics have learned -
cd to cat bread with the rest or the
worlel. 'Ye Ire going to sllpII [ them
with it.'e have to ship [ it across the
Pacific Ocean over the CtHllllll'rcial path
way \"hirh we have made tllltl beneath
which IIIltlerlies our cable sj'stem. There
. is i nothing in the world that call stop : [
the Asiatic Ih'I1I:1I111 for the wheat products [ -
IICts of the United States , nod the wheat
products of the United States ! once made
this country , to a great ; extC'ntthe tre'
l11ellllolls power it is. i ! '
They talk about "lrnperia1isl1l ! " 'rlll'ro
is i no "Iml'eri:1lism ! " Thi continent is
produeing ; : what the rest ot the world !
IHetls1111 time IlihahitUlts ot this tour
tiueut , IInder the rule or Republican Ull ,
ministration ! , associated with otter inter
lIC'nt : I\'ermllents on either ode ! l )10'
pose to IIIPII < Asla with these pral- [
lIets that \Ioill nl-e. ( : 'l'he fact that
the United States has completed Its
pllthwa ) ' across the vast ocean ulIII hay
Its interl1lellillte stilt hums ( , 1\1111 its 111I 'iI'S'
signs close to the \silltic county , Is hilt
fill inc lt'nt ! of eventt . which 111'1'1:11'1 \ :
or the industrial hhtll"jtlf the wOl'ltl
Docs anyone Imagine i / that t hi' Jlrl'Sl'1I t
l1lJjlrit ( uf the \meh'\11 people [ arc going ( '
ing to lIelect ; their tlstensihh' duty , grout
merely to thcl1l"I'I\'S hot to : mother Jlor-
tion or the hllman race ? 'Phey will
hardly tIe it.
This k i hilt talking ) [ of the products of
the wheat tipltls that Asia HOW denJIIIIs.
It has nothing to do with iron and steel
and the thollII1I. . :11\11 one other products -
ucts of all our fields and all our facto-
ries which they will otherwise demantl.
This is hilt re-ferrin ; : to the simple affair -
fair or one single product , hut it is
enough to afford an ill lIt 1':1 tion.
I
AntI yet they talk : about "Imperial-
Lau : " ' .rhere is no "ll11peril1li'lm ' : ' 'Ve
are hilt brothers who are going to as-
sist in feeding the rest or our brothers
or the world ; to give ; them the benefits of
it all and to reap ourselves the benefits
or it nil. To submit to anything else
wOllld be sil\j' \ It is but a problem of
common sCnse.
Export of lUannfoctllrea ,
Figures ; re < 'entljissued hj- the Department -
ment of Commerce nntI Labor at 'Vush-
itmgton show that : during the month of
July last our exports of manufactures
: ' uihmtnteil ; to $40.OLai000 . , : nginst .
000,000 of ' agricultural ; products. During
, Tllue the exports or l:1IIllfactllres were
nl.lrlj'l , OOO,0:10 : , against $3 , OOOOO
agricultural prtducts. : This is the first
tiiike in the history of the country that
the exports ) of 111IlIlUr\ ( tlU'es ha\"e ! exceeded -
ci'etletI those or the farm. This doe ! ' hot
IIIC:1II : that the exports qf farm products
arc falling off , hilt thlt tllJ so of 111I1UII-
fm'tures have greatly n'I'C'.lsetl. This is
tIne to a protective tariff tvhlch while it
IJLnefiis : \ll\Il"lcal1 ntanufacttires , also in-
Creases tlmu \ hOlllo tltHl1and for American
fl1l'1l1 ; products , .
olllocraey'8 ; had Reenrll.
When time veterans of the Civil 'Yar
were wIth Gen. Grant before Hichlllond
01 : with Sherman marrhill ; to the sell , u
Dnnocratic national convention declared
the war a failure and demanded a dishonorable -
honorable peace.'hen the business
liken , the wllge-earners nllll hOliest men
of11 classes ! were battlhhg for sOUllll I I
money and the gold standard the Demo- :
cl':1tie party , liS tn organization , was I '
cIimoriu : ; for tree silver at JQ to 1. 'I
When the Republican parts WI1S contend-
ing for protection to _ \me1' ( 'an JIIllnufllC-
tllrers : umd workmen , its opponents } were
advocating : a policy destructive to hoth
\Vha : good timing has the Democratic
party ever done , anyhow ?
Not the Only Important Qne.tion.
.ldmnitting ; that the gold ; : standard : is "ir-
revocaLly fixt'II " liS Judge Parker says ,
though he did not helll fix it , that is only
one of many / important financial 1 questions } -
tions that 111llj- come IIp in relation to
financial : mlltters. The question or the
preservation [ and extension of our I'Ys-
tgnt of hnnljn : antI currency ; the refund-
ing of our national debt as it may , from
time to time , become due , and ninny other -
er questions of like importance may
arise. To place thc settlement or these
questions in unfriendly hands night rc-
suit iu such 11 distuhallce of business . as
would shock the whole ' '
cotumtry ,
, I'er.onnl Abn..o Wilt Not 'Vine
The l > ell1l1l'Iltlc part has been so
lon iu he opposition :11111 its every day ]
work has lit ) icing ; been eritieishi , that it
forgets thnt 110 battle was ever WOII
by tlwttnrll\l at the en'11my. : pulse ot
) : lm' . HOMC"clt will makt' votes fur him ,
lit Is II very IHlJlIlJnr m:1II. I'I'rsll\lul
erittasm will lint draw IIwa.1 from him
oily ninth who 1II11111rl'II : him , , hut It will
stir JII4 ! ulhllrt'r ! tll the Inure \ corniest SUII-
1 art IIr helm ,
_ \eeordlug ! ; to time Hnllkl'r'I Monthly for
AlI"l\04t " there ore 7. : bO2'S ! Illdh'hlInl !
1IIIIil1IItm'I'I III the sovhigs : \ lJllllk of the
elllh'tl :4tnl : < ' . , 111111 It 1'4 Ilfe to soy that
iWiOOO : ( will rote for time Hl'llIIhlll.:11I
ticket , lit Ieit ! t nil who are legal ! : voters
0111 ,
" \o - ; more important Ililedion can en-
anit'h our uttentlon , and minima .honhl
receive mnre earnest null thoughtful ;
cnn.ithrl\tloll , than one which aeek. to
LI1I1I'lluI1LlJ're.or"e the hhrb standard
of our JoJIIIJntion and citt : cen.hlp-
StI1Dlor Fairbanks 111 tbeSel1l&te , January 11 , 18.8.
The passage ) : or the National Irrigation
.
Act marked a new era for the n. est.
Its efl'ed1)1011 ) actual settlement may not
11ufairly lIe compared to that or the
Homestead law . signed b- President
Lincoln in JSG2.
Under the Wilson low tariff exports increased -
creased $114,000,000 ; in three years ender -
lIeI' the Dingle- tariff they increased
$1i , OOOooo.
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PARKER'S FAVORITE POEM
( Alton n. Parker Ig ! very fond ot the poetry
'try ot James WhltcomlJ HIIl'y-Current
Note. )
Uncle David Bennett lIill's at Pilrker's
house to stay
To help hint fix his fences an' to tell hire
what to say ; ,
David says : "De kc'tll , now IOU l.'e t
candidate : ,
Or else they'll git the best or you-that' .
jest as sure as fate :
Now don't semI any telegrams , crcltia"
further doubt
Or Roosevelt 'll heat you ,
d you
don't watch ,
out !
'Yunst they was a e:1ndidl1te thought
he'd han 11 chance
It he'd tell thc people } } what he knew
about finance ;
Went about th' country with a holler an' ,
. a whoop- .
When the votes was counted he was un-
tlenleath the SOUl
Stick to what I tell you , or 'ou'll amble
up the Spoilt ,
Per Roosevelt 'Il beat you ,
ef you
don't watch
- out !
" , , "unst I wore a feather plume : 'I Am
n Democrat ;
Till a cyclone front th' west jest blew
away my hat-
When they ast me what I was , I answered -
. swered cool \11' cn'm ,
With another feather plume which read : .
'I Guess I , Am. '
Bet your life that David knows jest
what lIe is allout-
An' Roosevelt ' 11 beat you ,
er you 1
don't watch
out !
"Best he party keerfnl how you : ' talk
about th' trusts-
If yon want tll roast one , better wait
nntil it Il msts.
An' tb' money Cuetioll-dou'c } have very
much to say
As to plutycrats-l'ememher henry Gas-
sa way ! !
Stick right ) tea whisper , dOll't yon ne'er .
dare to shout ,
Or .1t'Oose\"elt heat yon , .
ef you ,
don't watch
ont !
IIHa.\"e your picture talen-out : be keerfuI
what you wear -
Put on all th' overalls UII' look like \
'count - fair ; '
Take your little plunge : into the Hudson .
every tinny ,
Keep below the water when YOII've anything -
thing to Raj-
) find your Uncle David-his suggestions : : '
never tlont-
For Uoose'elt ' 11 heat you ,
EF YOU
'DOX'T WATCH
OUT ! " '
F
TRIBULAT * r1S OF A GREAT
GRANDFATHER. .
, \ ,
.
Over ( Tl'tltly's Letter )
, . . . . .
1. -.t.- , - . ' - - - '
" ' 1':11' ' ; ' , 3-- . 'JetJ : : - tUilllsbptl , rl'1I III , IM" _ _ . -
Teddy's Ittter nod hlln u'c' li I td so pinch . .
fun slure I tens 100iN'11 lu a hlata" hl
rear : that grand old rough rWer. Andy J' 1'-
sun , wus elected for 1\ secnud tt'rw. Jt
tosses us up SII hh [ : : that It seems liS It
" , e'tJ never ( 'ou"W.AllI\\'u. ,
I never did 1\ paper so filII ot In-
terroatloa ; Ilolllts nl that letter , allll every
denied one ot them lIe ) a Jolt ou the 110':11'
p1t'X1I1 tbat Steve Is su loud ot tulLlu'
IIho\1t.
1\lIuky , " said Steve , ns I IlCIhlilr ( Illto
breakfast this lllOrulll' the first tme ! slure
I posed liS Jetbllsl1ah peklmi ( the shoe
strings out ot hIs l'Yt'S. " lIlIk.f' , " says hl' ,
" wlmy does'l'eddy's letter remind you ot a
corduroy romn" .
"BI'I'IIS a It.s so full ot "IIIIII' . " SIIYS I , j
JllI'sslll hIs 1'0111111111'1111I the first crack. \
Tberl"s uothtn' like II few sharp [ jolts oil
the spine [ tll slJarl1I 1111 old mates lutd- [
' ' .
1l''tIlUI8. I
No wonderrou - thought : It n mile 1011 ; : . '
A short piece ot road IIkl' that guns ) 1lUll ; :
way when your wugop hasu't any springs
or straw Oil the hottom , UII' your old l1aulf
lack fut like mlll ( ' .
I tell you AIIOU , that' the mattl'r with I
us. Time 'UlOt'l1ltIl' haml(1):1111 ) hnl'u't
gut any sprints [ moor straw for 11SlIloII" . and
I'm jttlu' all fired tired tllruhlIlu' all tIle
axle ' ' ' .
I'I'nlll'
grease.
, ,
ThIs letter or 1''tJII\8 tJO'I'II't run 011
rubber tin's. lIe may mean . wet ! , but wIlllt
'
right . has he Ilr.rIIl' Into our l'ou'lrtfolll ?
What llIItihwl' Is It ot his If we- nre' like . .
the man IIt : Jlln' a ride 011 the end ot a
tralll who never sees ullythlll until it's
Passed ? If he was us old IS I ant 11I'il
bless hIs stars It he coulll see anything ,
IJI'hhul or herorc.
This ha'lu' foresight Is all n P.l'pllhlll'm ,
! : Ift.Ye Democrats bn'l'u't got it , Were '
always su'klu' the hlllIl tt'ut.
1\'e never saw anything In IlItmt industries -
tries till the Uepuhllc ndnpted ) the . '
tOlll1l1llll' and brought : It imp on J'roteetlou
mil k.
udlk.We
We ue\"er saw that the 1nloll had to he
preserved [ , If tlll're't're to ht enough
oll1's to to 1'11111111. until the Hppulollt'llll
tn'pcl It cud tilled the otlins for nigh : onto
forty r'urs. :
\Ye 1It"'t'r saw that two thlnJ ( ' 011111 mint
occupy the same place lit the saute time
until the Hepuhllcnns nell1ptl"l the gold
stJIlllnrt1 and left us' holding \ the bag between -
t\\U hlmetalllslll Iud free amid ullllmhtLl
sIlver
I tell you , w"ve 110 faculty for forp-
shht-anel. far as 1 can see , mlltty
little for hlnd , slght. eitltt'r No wonder time ,
IIUllkhi ' - I'lIIhlt'lII. lJlI
IIUllk\ our patty you
kllIlW : J'\ " ( . bean loklll' III uIfbl'r's londll' )
glass lately , and J swnu Ir my I'hlll whiskers -
kPIS ain grown like a gnat's niud my rimrs
are JIttlu' so ] nog tht.y dmol. [ Steve IIIIYt !
It's only nu optical " haIlUl'uutIIII [ ! , snpt'rlu- '
1111CI'd by too much loroodlu ; over It'pulo-
lIellJ elrtooIlS.
Bht say , Altou-oll the ClIll't-hl\"e you
cllllstllted your glass sllll"e JOIII mndt that .
-11t'1''h = to Charlie Kllnllil mod the other
Charlie hens ' ?
,
Donkeys have ths ! advantage over turn :
they eau grt their t'lrs 10 the ground ; without -
out rrll\\"III1' ou theIr 1t'IIIt's. ,
WI1IIII1' to see yon put 'fl'iltJy ! fin the ; : rll1 ,
Iroll [ , your old lIudt
iiENIY G.\.SSOWAY ,
Party Ilceord. ,
In every nntion:11 campaign for forty
years past the HCIHlblicIlll party hay
lIootl upon [ its record "r thin ) : . ; tIone , ot
laws ena eted . or policies established : under -
Ier which the ( 'olntry has ] progressed )
mil IlrOller'll. The record or the Denm-
ocrsthc node in two administrations -
ol'rlti arty mlile llmini tr-
tions wa so full of disaster , or conuuer- .
chal I shipwreck , or inlll.trill paralysis
and business failures that its chief bu i-
hess in recent years has been toget . : s
far away from its record ns pH"ihle ,
Porker Would lie Un.af'e. '
'Yihont qt'stiOlin ! ; the sincerity or
,1cll < Parker's expressions out the
lunacy question he was , by his uwn stte
llnt , more devoted to his party , in I
1SJtl , than he was to his sincere con-
victiohks or riht ; That being the case ,
: have a right ! to assume that lIe might
it al extreme moment , agahn surrender
ls Irilclles for the sake or his ! plry _
Such it mal cannot he held up as a safe
candidate , te for the hghest : position : in th
ct'eument
