i.
Ol
R
mm
TH
GROWTH OF THE SOlTIi'S
COTTOX MILL IMSTRY.
STREET RAILWAYS
LYDICATE PROSPERITY.
FIG IROX rRODECTIO.Y
AS A PROOF OF PROSPERITY.
1T00LEX I3IP0RTS ARE
REDUCED TO OAE-TIIIRD.
1 DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE f
New Factories Gain; Into Operation and
Oihers Projected.
Their Business Has Increased Tcirty
four Per Cent Since IS94.
More than Twice as Much Made Last
Year as in 1S94.
Home Manufacturers Are Now Supply
ing tbe Home Trade.
WART TO BE PROSPEROUS?
werj
J
Are
Are
Are
Are
Are
Are
Are
Are
Are
kind?
DO YCU WANT IT?
you a Workingmaa?
you a Miner?
you a Farmer?
you a Mechanic?
you a I'rinter?
you a Railway Employe?
you a Clerk?
you a Traveling Salesman?
you a Wage-earner of any
X
X
X
X
X
X
DO YOU WANT IT?
Do you want to continue the
present good business conditions,
which give employment to all anj
letter wages than ever before
paid?
If so, vote for McKinley, for un
der his administration, the protec
tive tariff and sound money princi
ples for which the Republican
party legislated, the depression,
the idleness and want of 1S93-90
Lave vanished.
DO YOU WANT IT?
Remember the panic, the depres
sion, the idleness and want of
1893-0(3. That wns the result of
a change of policy in only one great
factor of our national welfare.
The election of Bryan would
mean a return to all the causes
which led to that panic. It would
also add to them two other equally
potent causes for panic a change
of currency and a change in our
foreign policy.
Do you want a panic In 1901-4
far worse than that of 1893 90?
Do you want idleness and star
ration and millions subsisting on
charity just as they did in 1803?
If so, vote for Bryan and you
will get it.
DO YOU WANT IT?
Mr. Bryan proposes to give up
that valuable stepping stone to
the commerce of the Orient the
Philippine Islands.
The countries commercially ad
jacent to Manila now buy $1,200,
000,000 a year of goods chiefly of
the kind we make. Yet they only
take 6 per cent of them from the
United States.
Now that we have the Philip
pines, we have a trading center
from which we can command a
good share of that business, just
as England is commanding it from
her Asiatic stations at Hongkong
and Singapore.
Do you want to lose it? If so,
vote fur Bryan and you will get it.
DO YOU WANT IT?
The change of tariff policy which
upset and demoralized every busi
ness and industry in '03 was bad
enough.
But now it is proposed t couple
with it another change which
would multiply its disturbing and
destructive power upon business
ami every industry.
Bryan proposes to change Sound
Money for Cheap Money a Hundred-Cent
Dollar for a Fifty-Cent
Dollar.
Do you want it? If so, vote for
Bryan and you will get it?
DO YOU WANT IT?
In 1S02 this country was more
prosperous than ever before. Em
ployment was more general and
wages higher than they had ever
been.
The people, misled by the asser
tions of the Democratic office-seekers,
tried the experiment of chang
ing the policy of the government
on the tariff question.
What was the result?
On the very day following the
election business began to decline,
dealers canceled their contracts
for home manufactures, factories
reduced their working forces and
curtailed their orders for the pro
duct of the mine, the forest and
the field, and uncertainty took the
place of confidence in the business
world.
What followed?
Every workingman, every em
ploye and every farmer whose
market was thus curtailed remem
bers. There was a panic, depres
sion, gloom, enforced idleness and
want.
All this was the result of a
change in our tariff policy which
affected the great manufacturing
interests and which threatened la
bor. Bryan now threatens to lower
the tariff and take away protection
from labor.
Do you want it? If so, vote for
Bryan and you will get it.
WHAT FARMERS
X
X
AIRED BY PR
HAVE
BSPERITV
Increase in nine crsp
Increase in value of lire stock
Total increase
$710,722,617
632,000,801
$1,343,683,418
Tbis represents tbe difference that farmers have gained la one
year under a llepublican administration.
Tbe (tain in tbe value of live stock was distributed as follows:
Horses ..
Males....
Cows
Cattle....
Sheep....
Ilogs ....
Jan. I, 1897.
Total.
$452,640,396
02,302,090
300,239,093
507,920,421
67,020.042
160,272,770
Jan. 1, lOOO
Total.
$003,069,042
111,717,002
514,812,100
680,486,260
122,665,013
245,725,000
$1,655,414,612 $2,288,375,413
To appreciate what this means to every individual stock owner,
note tbe chance In tbe average price per bead of each class of
animals:
Jan. 1, Jan. 1, Inc.
1897. 1900. Pet.
Horses $31.51 $4461 42
Mule 41.66 53.56 20
Cows 23.16 S1.60 36
Cattle 16.65 24. 07 BO
Sheep 1.82 2.93 61
Host 4.10 4.00 22
The details by crops aret
PROM DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE'S REPORT.
FARM VALUES.
Corn
Cottoa
Wheat
Oats
Potatoes
Hurley
Kje
Hay
Buckwheat .
Total
1896.
$513,871,912
310,970,437
263,608,900
120,248,889
75,670,302
18,294,996
8,346,309
669,295,564
4,931";424
lOOO.
$859,810,000
483,750,000
380,000,000
162,187,500
07,350,000
32,337,500
14,242,500
671,000,000
6,380,000
S1,096,334,8S3 $2,707,057,503
Increase In
lOOO.
$345,038,088
163,773,563
114,301,100
41,938,611
21,679.638
14,042,504
5,896,101
1,704,430
1,448,576
$710,722,617
J American farmers received almost $115,000,000 more money
for their wheat this year, under Republican prosperity, than they
did in 1800 under Democratic depression. This year tbe people
can afford to buy bread. In 1806 thousands of them were starving
2 and begging for bread.
The farmcrj will not throw away tbe substance for the shadow
X They will vota ler a continuance or Republican prosperity as
against a return or Democratic adversity. They will tote for Mc-
J fiinley and Roosevelt. They will nut vote for Bryan and Stevenson
:
Bank Failures.
Number.
, 59S
, 89
, 135
197
255
105
51
1S93
1S94 ,
1S95 ,
1S96
Annual average
1S97
1S0S
1S99
'Annual average... 64
democratic annual
( excess 101
No cemmeot ta needed.
Liabilities,
f 170,205.073
13,1)09,950
22.704.C3S
5G.G79.370
65.927.400
24.504.570
20,397.957
45,52S,452
Failures Calendar Year.
Number. Liabilities.
1S90 10. 907 $189,850,964
1891 12,273 1S9,808,G3S
189'- .-.i 10.344 114,044,167
1893 15.242 346.779.8S9
1894 13.SS5 172.902,856
1895 13.197 173,190.060
1S9C - 15.0SS 226.096.834
1897 ..... 13.351 154332,071
188S... 12.180 130,662,890
1899 9.337 90,879,889
The following table, prepared by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, illustrates the growth of the cotton
mill industry in the South during the
past three years. The figures include only
such mills as were actually in operation
and not mills that were idle:
Mills in Operation.
States. 1897. 1900.
Alabama 27 41
Arkansas 2 5
Georgia 77 84
Kentucky 11 8
Louisiana 3 4
Mississippi 7 7
Missouri 3 3
North Carolina 1C1 188
South Carolina 76 93
Tennessee 29 29
Texas 4 5
Virginia 15 14
Total 423 479
The mills actually under construction
and those projected compare as follows:
Under
States. construction. Projected.
Alabama 5 6
Arkansas 1
Georgia 20 24
Louisiana 2 .
Mississippi 0 1
North Carolina 25 8
South Carolina .....1G 10
Tennessee 5 2
Texas 4 2
Total 84 53
The street railways cf America now
represent the enormous investment in
bonds and stocks of $1,800,000,000, upon
J which investors are receiving annually
over $70,000,000 in dividends and inter
est. Salaries and wages amounting to
$250,000,000 a year are distributed
among 300,000 employes necessary to
equip, operate and manage this great in
dustry, repair its 20,000 miles of track,
handle its 60,000 cars, and meet the ever
pressing demands for improvement.
Directly and indirectly over 1,200,000
persons depend upon the traction inter
ests of America for their livelihood. An
industry of such proportions penetrates
and more or less affects all other enter
prises in the country which sustains it.
Nine-tenths of the business men and
women of the United States look to the
management of street railway companies
to furnish them with swift, comfortable
and safe transportation to and from busi
ness. The business of these companies
has increased 30 per cent since 1S94,
when the people could not afford to ride
as much as they do now.
Mr. Bryan's Prosperity.
Taxable property listed by Mr. Bryan
during two administrations was:
Assessed
, value.
1000 $4,500
1S94 200
Mr. Bryan's prosperity $4,300
Tig iron production is one of the most
accurate indices of the general business
conditions of the country. When business
is good, when wage earners are em
ployed 6teadily, when farmers receive
ample remuneration for their crops, then
the production of iron advances. A period
of depression is always accompanied by
a sag in the production of iron. The
following table 6hows the production in
1S99 and 1S94, as illustrating the busi
ness conditions under two administra
tions: PRODUCTION OF FIG IRON.
Tons.
1899 13.020,703
1S94 G.G57.3S8
Republican increase G.9G3.315
The production by countries in 1899
was as follows:
Countries. Tons.
United States 13.620,703
Great Britain 9.305,319
Germany 8.142,017
Russia 2.672,492
France 2,502,388
As a steel producer this country is
without a rival. We make nearly 40
per cent of the world's output. Great
Britain makes IS per cent and Germany
21 per cent. Only one-sixth of the coun
try's production is marketed in the form
of steel rails, showing that steel manu
facturing in all ita branches is widely
followed.
Exports of Farm
Products.
lOOO
$835,912,952
1805
$553,210,
Republics
Increase
$282,702,9
Exports of Manu
tures.
1900
$432,284,366
1 899
$183,595,743
Republican
Increase
$248,638,623
Exports from Mines.
1900
$38,977,550
1895
$18,509,814
Republican
Increase
$20,467,736
"It Sort o Looks as if Td Have to Expand.'
PROSPERITY PROYED
TO RE SUBSTANTIAL.
Savings of the People Show an Im
mense Gain Over 1894.
Onr? evidence of the prevailing pros
perity that cannot be denied or overlook
ed or slurred over is the record of de
posits in the banks, and particularly the
savings banks, and the loan and trust
institutions. The money in the .State and
national banks is the working capital of
the business community; that in the other
institutions represents what the farmers,
wage earners and the vast army of the
provident possess. .-
The record in the Democratic year 1S94
and the Republican year 1S99 is below:
Total No. Depositors.
1894. 1899.
1.424.9GG , 1,091,183
Bank.
National . ..
State and
private. . .
Loan and
Trust Cos.
Savings ...
502,756
205.308
3,413,477
906,394
443.321
4,254,516
Total 5.545.8G7 7.C55.414
Increase in
number of
depositors 2,109,547
Total Amount of Deposits.
Bank. 1S94. 1S99.
National . ..$1,155,191,5S8 $1,830,1 16, 140
State and
private... 214,442,510 418.2S1.2G7
Loan and
Trust Cos 239,504,892 576,724,117
Savings 1,265,450,416 1,782,974,431
Total $2,S74,5S9,406 $4,GOS,09C,005
Increase in
amount of
deposits. $1,733,500,599
Average deposit In all banks:
1894 - m s- $520
1899 ... : 002
Mr. Bryan says we are not prosperous.
The bank deposits say that we are.
RECORD OF THE
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
Greater Volume of Business Shows the
Country's Prosperity.
It may be taken as axiomatic that
wnen the railroads are doing a large
volume of business, the country as a
whole is doing the same.
The record of railroad building and
railroad business in 1S95 and in 1899
compares as follows:
MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT.
Year. Miles.
1892 4,441
1895 1.G50
1899 . 4.500
1900 : 'saoo
Estimated by Interstate Commerce
Commission.
GROSS RAILROAD RECEIPTS.
Year. Amount.
1892 $1.1G9,03G,840
1594 1,000,943.358
1899 1,313,610,118
Decrease of $102,093,482 between 1892
and 1894.
Increase of $24G,GGG,7G0 between 1S94
and 1899.
TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED ONE
MILE.
1899 123,GG7.257,153
1595 85,227,515,891
BJJK CLEARINGS TELL
TIIE STORY OF PROSPERITY.
The Record During the Last Three Ad'
ministrations.
Republican increase... 3S,439,742,2G2
RAILROADS' NET EARNINGS.
1899 $456,041,119
1S95 349.G51.047
Republican Increase $100,990,072
Postal Receipt.
1K9 $95,t)21,3S4
1S94 76,983,128
Republican Increase :$18,03S,256
More business In the country means
greaterApostal receipts. The Postofflce
Department tells which party baa brought
plenty to tae country. m
Bank clearfngs tell the total volume of
business transacted in the country at any
time. Here is the record in round mill
ions during three administrations, those
of Harrison, Cleveland and McKinley:
HARRISON.
Year. Amount.
1SS9 $50,321,000,000
1S90 T 00,807.000,000
1891 50,805,000,000
1S92 Gl.902,000,000
Average $58,958,000,000
CLEVELAND.
1893 $54,020,000,000
1S94 45,396,000.000
1895 53,028,000,000
1896 ; 50,932,000,000
Average $50,844,000,000
M'KINLEY.
1897 57,085,000.000
1898 08,500,000,000
1S99 93,503.000,000
Average $73,029,000,000
The record 6hows the ebb and flow of
business and large business transactions
mean a prosperous people.
Typical Western Savings.
The deposits in the savings banks of
Moline, 111., Rock Tsland, 111., and Dav
enport, Iowa, have gained 61 per cent
since the election of 1896. The deposits
in the savings institutions of these three
cities compare as follows:
Oct. 1, 1900 $16,236,394
Oct. 1, 1S96 10,079,732
Gain .......... ........ $6,156,662
The largest gains were made by the
small accounts. j ; j
The following table shows the imports
and exports of woolen manufactures in
eight months ending Aug. 31, and the
New York price of Ohio XX fleece wool
during the month of August, from 1S95 to
1900:
August price
of Ohio XX
8 mos Woolen manufactures, fleece wool
ending Imports. Exports. cents.
18.95 $4O.;7.044 $470,725 IS
1890 29.544.:4 G14.G78 17
1S!)7 37,714.k;1 144.512 2314
1S98 ll.0Nl.15S 717.08'.) 28 Va
1899 10.470,022 779,507 30Va
1890 12.0S-1.92S 886,030 2S
The imports are thus seen to be only
one-third of what they were in the free
trade year, 1895, while exports have near
ly doubled since then and the price of
wool is 60 per cent higher.
REMEMBER!
The Party ( Iemvcratie ) stands
where it dil in 1KOO on the Money
Question. AV. J. Bryan, Zanesville,
Ohio, Sept. 4.
What Say Wool Producers?
"It is immaterial, in my judgment,
whether the sheep growers receive any
benefit from the tariff or not. I
am for free wool." W. J. Bryan in
Congress.
The sheep raiser can answer Mr .Bry
an's argument by quoting these figures:
Boston Quo- Wilson Tar. Dingley Tar.
tations. (Free wool.) (Protection.)
Ohio 17c 30c
Michigan 14c 23c
Terry, fine Delaine,
clean 30c 57c
Terry, fine medium
clothing clean.... 27c 50c
Ken. i4 blood, clean.25c 43c
"I am for free wool," says TV. J. Bry
an. What say the wool producers?
Farm Value cf Wheat.
(Department of Aericultnre' Figures.)
180G 205.008.1OoJIJeraOCr"iC
18O0...
10OO...
385,480,211
3&0, 003,000
Rcpu
blicaa
Sleeping Cars More Used.
Prosperity smiled on the Pullman
Company and its employes during the
past year. The product of the company's
works was valued at $17,026,270, as
against $13,028,257 a year ago, an in
crease of $3,398,013. At Pullman. G.25S
employes were on the rolls, and they re
ceived an aggregate of $3,832,291 in
wages, an average of $621.3S to each per
son employed.
In the operating department on the dif
ferent roads there were 10.OOG employes,
who were paid $8,483,132 in wages. The
number of employes the previous year
was 13,617, and the wages paid amount
ed to $6,996,283.
Farm Value of Cotton.
Department of Agriculture's Figures.
Year. Amount.
1805. $268,541,025
1806. 310.076,437 I wem
1800. Ii2.ooo.4ao I
19UO. 483.750.00f "ep
J
Prosperity in the South. '.
On the whole, the South is rapidly de--veloping
into what God intended it to be,
the garden spot of North America.
With our diversified industries, increas
ing manufactures, farming on a more
careful and scientific scale, and our sis
ter States marketing pig iron and coal
in Europe and making steel rails for all
the world, our prospects are indeed
bright, and we are ready to crown cotton
king, with pig iron standing as heir ap
parent to the throne.
ROBERT F. MADDOX,
Vice-President Maddox-Rucker Banking
Company.
Augusta, Ga.
Farm Value of Oats.
Peportmeat of Agriculture's Figures.
ear. Amount.
1805.
180O.
180O.
10OO.
$158,705,381 n
120,248,880 J 1,m
1 70. 1 54,31 O)
1 62, 187,500 J "ep"
Money in Circulation.
July 1, 1S9G
$26.83
21.10
Republican increase ............ $5.75
Mr. Bryan said that the reverse would
be true were Mr. McKinley elected in
1S96. This is only another disproof of
Bryan the prophet.
Farm Value of Barley.
Department of Agriculture's Figures.
Year. Amonnt.
1805.
1806.
1800. ' 32,838,240)
10OO. 82.337,500) llP-
$40,343,705)
18,204,006 J Lfmm
Union Labels Printed.
Tn prosperous times the neople smoke
more cigars. Here is the record for
1S95. 1899 and the first six months of
1900: r.
Labels printed.
1895 47,815,000
189.9 55.140.000
1900 (six months only) 36.855,000
Farm Value of Potatoes. -
Department of Agricnltnre's Figures?
Year. Amount.
1805
1806.
1800. ' 100,664,622 (
10OO. 7.30O.OOO
75,670.302 1 "m-
JTabkuf-fW-Str0gr ?J 1 tot"6 guaranteed.
5 'drujrgUle.
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