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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1900)
PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE! How Republican Policies Have Caused the Greatest Good to the Greatest Number. EXPENSIVENESS OF BRYANISM. Reasons Why the Nation Could Better Afford to Give the Demo cratic Candidate a Royal Pension than to Suffer Him to Be President. Dividends to Labor, Wealth to Farmers, and Rich Strike to Miners. rrpO THE American business man, "jr as W. J. Bryan four years ago de fined him. Including the “Man who Is employed for wages," the “Mer chant at the cross-roads store." the “Farmer who goes forth In the morn ing and tolls all day, and begins In the spring and tolls all summer,” the “Min ers who go a thousand feet Into the earth," the “Attorney In the country town.” etc., the last four years of Re publican rule have wrought remark able benefits. The Prosperity Chapter Interesting. The Republican platform of 1WHJ pro fessed “full assurance that the elec tion would bring victory to the Repub lican party and prosperity to the people of the United (States." How prosperity followed In sequence to the Republican victory In 1800 constitutes Indeed a re markably Interesting chapter of Ameri can history—a chapter which must al ways bring home to the hearts of the American people, with grateful force, the truth that “peace hath its victories no less renowned than war.” “Best we forget" the causes, and be come ungrateful for the prosperity which during the Inst four years has become the all important incident of our happy ex istence ns a people, the reading in black and white of the record of prosperity is nt tills time very timely. Future success * must always be based on the lessons of past experience. If the American people ore to continue in the prosperity which they have been enjoying the last four years, It is by considering with serious earnestness the data of such prosperity, making thereon the one possible decision, end expressing such-decision with salu tary emphasis at the polls this next No vember. The “Masse*” (lie Foundation. I:i the remarkable speech four years ngo by which Mr. Bryan sprang into fame ami into the nomination for the presidency, he ex pres sis! the "Democrat ic idea rhnt if you make tin* musses pros perous their prosperity will find its way up and through every class uud rest upon it." Literally indeed lias this general ex pression of an old idea been fulfilled by the Republican party under President 1 McKinley. It is one thing to have a rather indefi nite idea as to what a desirable result would be. It is another tiling to success fully accomplish such a result. Both tlie Republican ami the Demo cratic parties made their promises in 189*1 to restore prosperity to the people. The masses saw through the quackery of the IVmocratic plan of being made pros perous by the payment of wages in 48 cent dollars, so they turned down Bryan and elected McKinley President. Mr. McKinley had somewhat facetious ly been termed “the advance agent of prosperity." So soon ns he was elected Democratic organs got themselves ready for sneering interrogatories of "Why don't the show come'/” It came, however, with such startling promptness as to pro duce the bewilderment of despair among the few whose own prosperity wa» de pendent on unrestful despair among the musses. The prosperity "show” was soon found to la* no humbug. The people hud indeed not been deceived by the "advance ugent.” They were soon getting more than they hud really da red to expect. The t.'nlockiiiK of Money, The lirst manifestation of the prosper ity movement nt« the unlocking of vast sum* of money from hoarding, mid the placing of it on deposit nt the hanks. The statement* of hHiik* during the autumn and winter months of ImWI-T showed heavy and sternly increase* in deposit*. There were also striking gains in clear lug* indicating a greater rapidity in the movement* of money. While the tir*t Itepublican measure positively conducive to tire present prosperity wn* the Iting ley tariff hJII, which did uot become a law until July IM. IMt7. yet general l>u»i ties* waited not for it* passage before •'discounting" the great improvement In genual condition* which it wa* obvi ous would soon ensue, W hen 1*0? U gan the giu.iu »f four years of Iletaueralie hard 'tin** was still hangiug over the country, discouraging • nteipr.se and blighliug such industries • * tiled t« eil*I With tin inaugural cot •if |*l esldeltt McKinley, the list llislllll tieil of business credit, on which I* Vitally dependent the ih.ln.irul prosperity of ail • lasses of people, I* gait at Wilts, to ii cover front the destructive rftsti uf the fern years of panic breeding silver agn* lieu, and f' tn* the p iwul ‘ .»• of t .. n deltve eawsed by the fiscal bittlcb » of the Cleveland administration The overwhelming .hfnitsf lima Ike prvitdoig Novell,la r had given the estiM tr» the idea that free viiver w a* a It ».| issut and that tin Ikn.rin- tarty would not have th* lueont *Tfat»h' t«m*i Ity In revive it fwiu inn later, and in . . !• o' t liry so »’ .. . l,i. f * i the silver idol ■fte fie* hade p<lk| «f IV >n|. ‘it Cleveland had d-n. harm in tn> vo |*rtmarUy It had r»-*.di>.| in the rk (,g of m o>» the nf ewpiuywent of thousand* of .lisen.ti workmen, n general lowering of the wages of those still kept fit work, and the loss of profitable markets to the farm ers who supply the workmen's "dinner pail." Secondly, the Wilson law, though in tended to be "a tariff for revenue only," was drawn up on such grossly erroneous fiscal estimates by Secretary Carlisle that it even failed to produce the revenue nec essary to pay the current expenses of the Government, Kevenue Producing Protection. The total deficiency caused by the four years' operation of the Democratic tariff luw was $155,8tM,lfi3. It was this Sack ■of revenue which forced President Cleve land into the burdening of the country with $2*>2,330,tttl2 of new debt. The only way by which the Government could fully pay its current expenses was by drawing on its gold reserve. The only way by which President Cleveland could enforce his commendable resolve to protect the gold reserve, and thus prevent his admin istration from going out with the coun try hopelessly "busted" through free sil ver. was by the issuing of Inmds. The Dingicy act was, ns expected, a success both ns a revenue producing and ns a protective measure. Within a few months from its passage all predictions were verified, and the receipts for No vember and December, 1H!>7, and Janu ary, February and March, 18118. exceeded the monthly disbursements of the treas ury. The Circulation of Gold. An interesting phenomenon noticeable in 1807 was tin* appearance of gold in even the channel* of common circulation. Anybody win* wanted gold coin, perhaps for the novelty of seeing what had be come a rare sight, could go to a bank and exchange pa|»er or silver for gold, and find that the banker made the ex change not reluctantly but very gladly. Bryan had pointed to the apparent scar city of gold coin, and to the difficulty that had been attendant on keeping up the gold reserve, as proof of bis theory that the volume of gold was t<s> small to form a sufficient Imsis for the money circula tion of the country. But after Bryan was given leisure to write up “The First Battle." gold ceased to be scarce, for it hud come from hiding, and nobody es pecially wanted it. Since doubt had been so completely removed, and our own peo ple ns well as the whole world had been given so thoroughly to know that all kinds of American money were just as good as gold, every hit, then why should gold be especially wanted when other kinds of money were not only just as good, but were more handy to carry? The Full Dinner I’ai'. In the autumn of 1 v»t*7 there was an enormous crop of wheat in the United States. Other years, however, have seen bumper crops, But mighty poor prices and no prosperity. Kansas has seen corn through heavy crops become so cheap that it was used for fuel. But in 1 h:»7 there was a demand for wheat, corn and other grains. The “full dinner jmil” of the American workman was becoming a new factor in the ratio of demand to supply of farm products. The mills were again bidiig opened through the passugc of the Dingley bill. Capital was becoming more aggressive in enter prise and saw profits, not losses, in busi ness expansion. With tiic American workingman in such a position that his dinner pnit hud to be filled first, the foreigner was'put into uu excited, impatient, worrisome mood. America, despite its enormous crop, contrary to precedents, was not ►filing liberally. Consequently prices went booming upward. The average price |mt bushel on the farm ri-achcd nearly Ml ■ cuts. In lK'.ti [t had lieeti 4!t cents, in 18UTi less than lit cents, and iu ISiHi it was 73 cents. Foreign money nnd the money of the populated centers of the Fast began pour iug into the great agricultural area of the Middle West, The farmers who bad io-en barely aide to keep the wolf from the d<>or and pre lent loss of mortgaged homestead*. imw felt themselves Hashed with Wealth. They began to spend money for clothing, food, farmiug tools, niol to pay off ttivlr m itt »«»'*•• A great debtor da**, to whom Hr)nu had vainly hinted the saving that could 1'ome to th« in hi th»* t ln*attng of their creditor* thr ngh 41* tent dollars, fast Isssaioe a creditor cia*« Account* were started at country bank*, and farm ’ •*»* w ho h ail la on Uarrow t r* of money hr cantc )«mb*** i<I looney. Of *••■■.r*i this gri at | i |u li if (he i farmer began at use to in. • the I prosperity of tin- city laborer who had ! fot'Hi** ed the to dial ■ oe given him llli og'i the lul l ,.f tlm liepuhil ill part) I here are upward* of I'HIIOI I farmer* m> th* I wiled d*.it,'*, a* *viis,r ,Vi*ii,ii*i inluitital asrktfi. » «>wmi Muki to W fur to agr lariarra IW«r f ini.r*. mil. rlfran# 'Ufllilf IVal) Iwiitta of »lMI IW Anal '•»* MmIimI » ikt i i>i i.lu.• <i \i ,, r fixt Urlntlrtn, ® 11- k kill Inrr® •< ifktkf U kf !»>•« - *. », W. *»i.» «<in< I® tuu*t»iliiu«« fir I V'i ik>) »m I ‘i'i »J g< krriilf) tw in »r i <***"» Tw »In•#**•"*»• r»fI® IV uh® »f I Hf»<l»» I' *1 »!U I 1.11*4 w l«. III' u $7!>3,31*2.502 for the year ended June 30. to $1.85*4.180,371 for the year ended June 30, 1000, constitutes oue of the most significant features of the prosperity movement. During the three years of Republican rule the balance of trade grew to be $1,483,.">37,01*4 favoring this country. This expansion deserves to be studied, not only because of its plain showing of ' millions and millions of dollars increased wealth to this country during the Inst four years, but also because of its in structive relation to the many and di verse political theories which have been loose from time to time among the Amer ican people, especially among some col lege professors who in the seclusion of their studies think too much, and know by actual experience of the world too lit tle, and by meu like Bryan, who think too little. The free trade school of thought theor izes on the equilibrium of international exchanges. It reasons that if one nation adopts u protective tariff, it will cut down imports, hut that this will be balanced by loss in volume of exports on thp clear enough principle that nations, like indi viduals, cannot long continue to buy fruut customers to whom they cannot sell. If exports of merchandise do not fall off with imports, the reasoning concludes, then there must nt least he a balancing outward movement of gold which may disorder home money markets. Some free traders also indulge in the peculiar the orizing that by hindering imports we bin der property wealth from coming to us, and that by not also hindering it from being exported from us, we steadily grow poorer. Protection'* Part in Prosperity. The prosperity experience of the Inst four years has shown that n protective tariff, wisely applied, eun without ques tion be a means of enriching a great na tion like our own. The passage of the Dingley hill wns the direct means of re storing prosperity to a inrge number of industries in this country, which, under the Wilson law, could not compete in the home markets with Europe. Given pro tection in their home market, these Indus tries were enabled to pay attention,to for eign markets. The protected iron Hnd steel industry gained so vastly in power and strength that it became the aston ishing wonder ami dread of the industrial communities of the world, IIow Ameri can engines became used on the railroads of England because they were better, cheaper and could be made quicker than English built engines; how an American firm got the contract over English firms for the Atbara bridge in the Soudan; how American air brakes, locomotives and rails were almost exclusively order ed for the great new railroad of Siberia, were a few instances of many which stir prised and dazed the whole industrial world. Luxuries from the Other Hide. The prosperity that came to our work ers in these protected industries was the means of spreading prosperity to all home workers, whether or not they belonged to pursuits or callings of the kind which needed to be protected. Nor did so much prosperity at home work to the harm of those other countries which must continue prosperous, if they are to continue to be our good customers. While American exports this lust year were $1,31*4,18U,371, the largest in our history, ami were more widely distributed throughout tiie world than ever before, yet in some directions there were great increases in imports. Our imports of manufacturers’ materials this last year were valued at $302,204,RNI. which is about 40 per cent greater titan for any preceding year in our history. By being protected in his opportunities to make at home tiie articles that ought to be made at home, tiie American indus trial worker lias more than well utilized nn<l justified such opportunity given hint, lie has done his work so increasingly well the last four years that nil tiie nations of tiie world have become Ins customers. Tiie whole outside world, instead of sell ing him the tilings he ran just us well make himself, now sells him the material which ids increased work requires ami which it is not worth his own busy while to prepare, and tiie silks, the satins, the perfumes, the wines, the gloves, the jew elry, tiie artistic fancy notions, the toys, tiie tropical fruits, the tea. coffee, sugar, spices, etc., which he could not very well if ever afford to buy for himself, wife and children, lxjfore tiie Republican party gave him prosperity. PROSPERITY IN IDAHO. Report of State I’.nreuu of Iininicrn tion Labor rtutiwtics Proves It. “There are few, if any. States in the I’nioti where laboring men are better treated, get better wages and have more opportunities to acquire homes and se I cure a competence titan in Idaho. “The relations between tailoring men | and their employers in this State are un I usually pleasant. With the single cx j eeption of one county in the State there 1 have been no strikes for years in the State aud no luhor troubles of any kind. In this county Ulx»r trouble* are now in n fair way of being satisfactorily set tled. The mines are Is-ing worked by n good set of men. who are paid from $.'i to $5 per day, and every citizen is satis fied with the conditions. In other parts of the Slate the relations between la Imref* and their employers are liaruiuui oiw and pleasant. “All lalmr organisations that nre bused on law aud order are welcomed not only j by the employers of tatior, l,ut by all Ii lasses of citizens, and ail such organisa tions are in a nourishing - iidunoi. Near ly all, if uot all, of the lalmr unions have , a hospital fund and many of them have hails where tin* meetings of the miimi are held, white in some liist tneea there are i libraries in otarnlum with the uni, ns that i iiiiain the l. «t on literary, | phtt**» pbtc«l and toi-nt ii subjects A» a * i ■ 's the laboring turn of Idaho are i eiWf, inductftoo*, frugal, well r*|u«at*si I and intclbgcut “ I'mi-arlli (»» Mlatra • ' a t it i« iiu<| **%t|i4* «l»rti III t - Hi,if .. 1.1111,4 Ila n K<4Mfll | I' M**1 *'f * Hr U tl « I |.|. i.<>* ut I h* (•« .< »«■! ta* .K*, ui iaufk. i<ir* i*-la»lrt** I., lb.- Ivat. u«4»f 'I- Kiuiaj, .III! III.- g lb. (*•<• it. h. \| ;i feta . -b»- Mirti •».«■ ntilli.knl ib-ia k**» ah I lb* » l mi fti-tbl Tfc* fbt*'** »•*»**' ib-ia -I aad ib* a lb* >li in i*-t .•»*»». 4 b« lb* gtu«lb nf lb* ji ,H IK'I llwl 1« l i.lt < • ,.f |)m> t- tia i it,, IMH . **« ..« »• *1 l*. t i-a*. *arl» la !!»•> K i iM' S.'l fkl a t«a. PROSPERITY FOR ZINC MINERS. Four Year* of McKinley ami Protec tion Move Knriched Missouri. McKinley prosperity and the protective tariff on zinc and lead ores have, in four years, added millions of wealth to Mis souri and Kansas. They have made a comparatively little strip of territory in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansna the greatest zinc mining section in the world, producing seven-eighths of the American zinc ore and about one-fourth of the entire world's supply. For years this district, which centers about Joplin, Mo., and Ualcna, Kan., consisted of several little milling camps struggling along and yielding very little product. Mining was done in a crude and primitive way, and lack of capital to operate in a manner la-fitting a country so bountifully blessed by nature was a cheek to development and a barrier to progress. .Three years ngo a change began. The factories of the East, which hud been alurmed over the Wilson bill and shut down their plants entirely or in part, had their confidence restored and resumed operations to their full capacity. This created a detnund for more zinc, which is used extensively in many Industries. New uses for zinc for various purposes were constantly being found, and additional de mands for ziuc ore were thereby created. As a consequence, the attention of Eastern and foreign capital became at tracted to America’s great undeveloped zinc fields, whose only need was financial aid. Motiey, which had been tied up by cautious capitalists, sought investment. Wonderful were the changes wrought. Mines, mining lenses and mineral lauds doubled and quadrupled in value, crude ami antiquated methods of mining gave way to modern methods. The old hand windlass and horse holster were aupplnnt ed*by modern machinery. Old abandoned mines which had been left with their tim bers to rot and tools to rust were opened up ugain and new miuiug camps sprang up all over the district. An era of pros perity had dawned ami the increased de mand for zinc had advanced the price to a (mint undreamed of four years before. The following table is concise history: ZINC IN MISSOI KI. Quantity Average price produced , paid per Total Year. In tons. ton at mine, value. 1890.100,218 122.51 . $2,256,58:1 1801.123.752 21.60 2,673,053 1892.131,488 21.76 2,862,475 18113.108.591 20.57 2,245.024 1894 . 80,150 15.00 1,337.910 1895 .101,294 16.86 1.707,665 1896 . 92.754 19.75 1,831.856 1897 . 03,148 19.62 1.706,947 1898 .139,668 20.96 2,927,321 1899 .181,430 32.93 5,974,621 A few of the above figures ore particu larly instructive. In 1802, at the close of the Harrison administration, the Joplin zine field produced 131,488 tons, the av erage price of which at tin- mine was $21 7)1 per ton and tbu t<ri«l value of which was $2,804,475. In 18i>4, under the Wilson bill depression, the produc tion of this same field had fallen to 89.150 tons, with on average price at the mine of $15 per ton. a total value of $1,337,910. In 1898 the quickening influence of Mc Kinley prosperity was fairly under way, the production rose to 139,0)18 tons, with an average price at the mine of $20.!»i per ton and a total value of $2,927,321. Last year, 1899, the full tide of prosper ity promised by the" Kcpublican party was flowing in on tlio Joplin and Kansas district and the production reached high water mark in 181,430 tons, with an av erage value at the mines of $32.93 per ton and a total value of $5,974,024, or over four times as much as it was in 1894. The year l!mo figures, when all in, will show a still further increase. Yet it is probable that the Missouri section of this prosperous region will utterly ig nore this wonderful object lesson and vote for Itryan, free trade and rotten money. Vote to again close up the fne toiies and bring disaster to their country. Windfall to Hailrnad Labor, For the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1899, gross railroad receipts were larger by $2)01,140,i>23 than for the year ended June 30, 1895. Such increase mostly rep resents larger dividends (in the form of increased wages) to labor. Similarly there was a gain over 1895 of $28,858, 458 in net earnings. This hns gone part ly into the strengthening of cash ac counts, but the greater part of it into increased dividends to stockholders. It must not is- forgotten in this connection that railroad securities arc owned very largely by people of ail classes. They are recommended to widows for safe in vestment. They form the basis, next to government bonds, for the investments of insurance companies, and for the trust funds of charitable and philanthropic in stitutions. lu 1898 there was paid in compensation to employes of railroads the total sum of $495,055,910, as against $443,508,2)11 in 1895, a gain of $49,547,357. When in ad dition we consider the increased wages indirectly paid in new construction of track and bridges, in new oars, etc., which absorbed the greater part of (he increases in gross earnings, it will lie more evident what a windfall just one year of pros perity lias been to the people who work on the railroads. The uumlier of new miles of road built during the year ended June 30, 1899, was 1,5*10, as against only 1,050 for the cor responding period elided in 1895. (If course this is signitieani, not merely In cause it has meant increased work and more money paid in wage*, but because it increased the facilities of commerce, and because it made it that much easier for the fanner to get his products into the city to All the diuiier pull of the city workman. fruapcrUv mi the I'netHe. Hi-eretwry of A grit-tilt tire NVIliun, in an interview the other 4ny, anil!. “Anything |ir<>i!ui'ei| in tin* I’niteil 4t*»e* will now permanently hn<l lu way into all |ntrt« nf the eeh i’i.iI e|ii|4te atur iiunte relation* there lu the future are MM-ure*!. The trmle in rvttoti yun|< ha* l«eew veiy heavy in Umnhurlii mn| other northern |>tul mee*. I »ur intiieit* genet all), our .1 m », poultry ami other prelm-t* ftom the farm* of the I nlleil Miaie*. now have a»*uratiee of i* nii iiu m war kit. Ill all the til . |j,e * u • • l.loi . ' . .11.. Ill 4- Htan.l, am! I lit* it* nun 4 U grtrtt lag ami w ill foul mill.' 11 grow “The *<tfh ef Wee ret ary Hi) in I hi* regitil *Mp|4em*wt* an<! roWtplllMrWt* the n ifh >»f ..in *rntt awl uni t \ year ago r • Wall in * uhi have luteu*-! I* a prop.* • itmn ut thU hint! ithe ojj» n <!>...r polo * t, iu*t I|h whoh wofM Ihifut l i iu» | fc.t..) hme* nun fk* ‘whil man*# hmhu* I * at*, tail!) the Ulan*!* «ikUn II iy*« w.ifh hrmg* I he reward fur titling the i luitilr* h, .«« ih* •( I he lei Hvet o| > I he lanifiii iti 1**4 way l» g tin*4 linn the fact that while ten years ago our exports from the I'acillc coast to all coun tries aggregated $215,000,188) and five years ago $42,18)0,18 8), the steady increase in Pacific coast exports has raised tlie aggregate to $78,000,000 a year nso.” Prosperity Dividends to, Fortners. Lust year's prosperify dividends paid by the Republican party to the farmers of the United States amounted to up wards of one billion dollars. The value of ten staple crops showed for 1805) a to tal increased value of $323,000,000 over 185)5. Add to this increase an advance of $033,000,000 during the same period in the value of live stock, and the balance sheet shows disbursements of a round billion. This does not include the special profits from better prices for fruit, but ter, cheese, eggs, vegetables and lastly, but not leastly, wool. Following nre comparisons of values of the principal crops: 1895. 1899. (’rep. Total value. Total value. Porn . *544,985,534 »tl.'9.'J10,110 Wheat . 237,038,998 319,954,209 Oats . 163,055,1818 198,107,975 live. 11,1814,820 12,214,118 Harley . 29.312.413 29.594.254 Potatoes . 78.9S4.90I S0.32S.832 Potton . 2fl0.33S.o90 332.000.018) Hay . 393,185,615 411.920,187 Tobacco . 35.574.229 45,000,000 Flax . 12,000,000 24.000,000 Total .$1,767,839,671 $2,09),040,738 Prosperity Among Miners. The prosperity of the American miner the last four years hus been remarkable. The activity of the mills and of the rail roads has boomed the price of coal, cop per, zinc and other metals. These have yielded far better returns in wages to those “who go a thousand feet into the earth," than they would have done had Mr. Bryun been elected President in 185K1. The opening up of the mints to the free coinage of stiver would never have really boomed the price of silver, for the silver of the whole world would have poured into America, the nations of the earth being only too glad for us to pull their chestnuts out of the fire for them. In the mining of gold in a gold stand ard country, miners have profited far more than they would have ever profited by the mining of silver in a silver stand ard country. The lone, poor prospector, and the "grub stuker" have bad a chance to “come in" on the production of gold, whereas silver mining hns always been under the control of wealthy syndicates, and of individuals like Mr. Clark of Mon tana, whose wealth enabled him to buy a Democratic Legislature to elect him Senator, and to contribute $118),(88) to the present fund to elect Bryan Presi dent. Htory of the Clearings. The iiest gauge of the volume of busi ness of the country is the bnnk clearing statistics. They prove, as no other fig ures can, the trade movement. Never in the history of the country have they shown such a vast aggregate of business, such an immense increase as during the years of the McKinley administration. The following figures are from Brml street’s and are accepted as official. The comparison is made with the year 1834, as thut is the year the Democratic pol icy of handling the finances of the coun try was in full swav. The grand total of the hank clearings of tlie I’nited States, as given by Brad street’s, for the first six months of 1834, were $22,083,071,190. For the first six months of 1300 they were $42,857,201, 310, an increase of $20,772,130,120. For the month or June. 1834, the grand total was $3,570,315,333. For the month of June, 13*Mi, it was $0,021,0*58,707, an in crease of $3,044,753,408. Hotter Prices for Farmers. Tiie following table shows the current market price of different staple crops on June 1, 1830, and June 1, 15*00: June t, June 1, Adv. Farm products. lstm. 1900. I>. c. Corn . $127% $0.37% 37 Wheat.57 .*54% 13 Cuts.17% .21*4 23 Bye.3 5 .53 51 Barley .. .28 .40 43 Potatoes.28 .10 43 Hay . 9.25 11.80 21 Flaxseed.82 1.80 IIP Butler.11% .IS m t'heese.o*5% .08% 20 I.lvo hogs. 3.25 5.12% 58 Live cattle .... 3.55 4 32% 22 Sheep . 3.25 4 !»:% 53 t'loverseed .... 7.40 7.50 1 Cotton.07% ,oi 2o Wool. 1*5% .20 70 Broom corn ... 32.5.0 lHO.Oo 454 Hops .07 .12 • 72 Millet seed .-... .80 1 gi 80 KggS.09% .10% .8 Corn, Cuttle uml Contentment. “tjentlemen,” shouted an orator in Kansas in 181*3, “from the beginning of Indiana to the end of Nebraska there is nothing but corn, cattle and content ment.” And lie added a little inter: “The joyful sound of tlie mortgagor paying off Ids in debtedness lias even pierced tlie dense ears of the money changers of tlie Fast.” Nothing can exceed the breezy joy. tlie piano ami top-buggy buying enthusiasm of tlie Kansan in the year of tiis pros perity under tile gold standard. Cluars Hnioke I Over Pmapcrlty. Probably nothing demonstrate* pronpcr ity more clearly than the consumption ol cigar*. N\ . I1. Hollister of I'iiiengo, who prints the him* IiiIm'Is for the ('ignrnuiker*' In ternutienal I'lilon tim| is ris|ilirei| to make affidavit to the number turned out, lias uiude the following report to President <J. W. Perkin* of tlie union of the label* printed during recent years: ihit.y 47,. Hl't.OHO; Inswi. 4tl.440.tM>; 1“!*!. 4tl.,V4ti, SOO; lHIW, 4ti.l*t!».,Jt*l; ISSgl, fta.140.IMMI I Miring the first six mouths of IINmi the nntnlier jumped to ;i«i,H,V>,tM*i Men can not afford to loiy eigar* unless they are prosperous and earning good wages. Money I * rind and *|i.-nt, III iHiMI the savings bunks df|MMdtfi of the Cniled States advanced to g«,£tn, .'ttgk'tVl That brought them up to more i than the combined savings banks depo* it* of any tan* other iiatin* in |Ue woibl, and to half the deposit* of Vn-tria lion gary. It avAfiii, tMjfntm, lii'iiHii irk. Prance, Italy, the SrtkvfUX'l*. N - tsity, I I'rnssi i, Hsi dm, MwItaeiland. I'.e I'nited Kingdom, Australasia, Panada, tup,* » ol ■» !, In-lia, S it t) and tin- I'n « n Hie* all pul logi tiler, the ir i -Unbilled th posit* Wing, in lnt*t, lot * t,*tx't tvt!» t.'ai NvkrasksS l>iuv|*rity. Th- M*-s tetary of Mtate of \. hr ask* ha* eontptled a list showing that tW rx«es* 1 w atgagr* paid off and reb»w**o| during j |MM* over th-rse hl>d for th*- same period si,. oated to wore than fails*ii«»i |-|(t, us, *s • of the*,* were pa, 1 m rash, the fi,e-> I »sn i w*le * -ti.p.ir ,t,i, ty few It will U ha | I Ml hr* aw l.. i H * In-e tW firmer* of h , WWW Mtate that , Iks y at* s i pissaps iow* PROSPERITY AND GLORY Air Marching Through Georgia. McKinley and Hoosevelt, meu of » deeds. Men whose loyal euergy uow the l needs; ... i Men whose resolution all the world I heeds, ... Bringing prosperity and glory, CHORL'H. Hurrah! Hurrah! In honor we are I Hurrah! Hurrah! Our money I sound; Honest golden dollars ringing all the around. . Bringing prosperity and glory! Builders In our history, men of real Men whose names are honored over teeming earth; K’en among the bravest since the nail Its birth. Bringing prosperity and glory! Hold to truth and Justice, to Integrl right, Hold to fearless principles, to hont lant bright; Hold your country’s credit ever t with your might. Bringing prosperity and glory j Keep the fruits of victory stalnleg more, 1 Keep your banners flying on Manll taut shore; Keep our nohle President within tht House door, Bringing prosperity and glory' Cherish deeds of valor wreathed It orles sublime. Cherish grand ach'evements wrap Oriental clime; Cherish honest duty calling; not golden time, Bringing prosperity and glory PROSPERITY FOR WAQE-EAl Proveu by th« History of the An Federation of Labor. That the laboring nien of the j are in a more prosperous conditi) ever known before is proven beyi chance of contradiction by the of the American Federation of sent out over the signature of tl) dent. Mr. Samuel (Jumpers, wl Democrat. We compare the disastrous yeat Wilson Dill and Democratic rul 181)4 and 1895— with 1899, nut Kinley and prosperity. In 1893 the American Federi Labor met at Chicago. There delegates present, 38 national t) Iona represented, 18 local trade 15 city central unions and oni branch. The receipts for the y< $20,804.02, and the expenditures In 1S94 the American Feder Labor met at Denver, Colo. Th 77 delegates present, 30 nation unions represented, 12 local trad 11 city central unions and thr branches. The receipts for the y $15,340.43, and the expenditui 302.08. In 1895 (he American Fedci Labor met at New York City wore 90 delegate* present, 34 trade unions represented, 23 lo unions, 15 city central unions i State branches. The receipts v 751.75, and the expenditures $ In 1899 the American Fede Labor met at Detroit. There delegates present, 55 national t ions, 05 local trade unions, 3 unions and five State branches, ccipts were $30,757.13. and th< tnres $30,599.22. Surely labor prosper* when hers of this great organized contribute to the cause, ns she a (tore receipts, over $10,(XX) m than they did in 1803, anil se' sands more than double what each of the years 18!)3, 181)4 at Under date of Aug. f), 11)00, } ers stated the number of i( unions to be 1,15-1, city cent 11)1, State branches 14. It is evident from those fi when the American Federatio) meets in December next thort showing of progress made at of membership, all accompli! labor's prosperous conditions, labor organization has ever b< barcer Exports of Farm ) The agricultural reports sh< sale of agricultural products j ing the past three years, 181)7 more than $500,000,000 grea the preceding three years, 181 Exports of butter were woi $915,533; in 1899. $3,2(53,951 There were 425.352,187 pa con exported in 1890 and pounds in 1899. This was ao 137,000,000 pounds. The following are some inte para five wool prices, furl prominent Huston couwnissiu* JANUARY. Tear. Fine. Me< IMF..17'j I MW.in IH!»7.11* I MW.211 I suit.2«4 1 m >.;« During Harrison’* admlnii was au approximate gain of in the value of live stock. £ land's administration tliero proximate loss of $H2<),<NXkg the first three years of Ml ministration au npproxiiaj $557,000,000. Adlul Htrvfniun'i I'm The city of ltlonmington, the home of the Jtcinorratip tint candidate, Aillui 1C. St recently Mild it* hontlx on | makes the interest paid bf the loan only IS.40 per c. it la lower than any inunlcl l tilted State* could get ill As a citiien of lthioiuiii| veiison will he aide to sari ill tales, because of the gi| prosperity that has com* t a share in the bem-tbial t pllldicaii polo i< « dm mg tl years. The remarkable a> the cretlil*' „f American since McKlliley's election i mg great sating* taipa, one of the ui,e.t Interestlf the great |>ro*per!ty that b people of tht* country. No Memo for tulamltt l arge t>tin« of money an in lb* flnam kal tolnmu* * daily |uipcr* to loan 41 n ‘‘Itjr |oo|o-rty. Ily per cent n ty W In ii y i4 uf « It It* !*• *•*%» « I hr rut * » it hu< h u ii Hu* | ♦’»' *l|< i| |il i«|n , u|!« iMdfttff Nil* N»ttf M"« H )h< %<« « H »Ml« l III Id MudJI ui *t»'*f4« ttif** % 1 * ' tif trv l« » *rfc IWm « u* t'llid'vil m drill* |Hf fttil.