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.IRON Ai STEE
Demoralizing Effects of
Beneficial Effect of
KING TO PAUPER AND PAUPER TO KING
Phenomenal Rise of the Industry Since 1894
Accurate Barometer of General Trade
Conditions Wages Increased.
T!u Iron nml steel hnlutry is often
referred tu in die "barometer uf gen
oral business," It rctlei-ts -: 1 1 it ii n uf
depression or prosperity throiuhoiii the
ciMiiitry In a riMiiirkalil.v sensitive way
for there ix no business nor i 1 1 1 1 1 i r.
in tlw country which due nut slu.-',.
closely in tlii various lit! in wiiii h
muk tei'l cither "king" u.- "pauper."
ntiil, us Andrew Carnegie once said,
"steel is nlwn.vs citli.-r king or pauper."
Wlii'ii limes wen- li.ir.l. as during tin1
licrioil of I hi- I - t Democratic adminis
trntion. lSO.'MS'.):!, tln-iv was indeed mi
open iloor into tin- i.iliu'i of Kiic. Steel
tor the wolf of poverty to enter Mini
linike Steel n I 'mi per.
It wiii shown then that when p nih
il lid depression -it the iniiiitry, steel
feels the ell'ei-N the moil sharply I lid
the most itliel, of almost any com
modity. Tin-: misi'ir ok democratic
POUCHIS WAS NOT ONLY 'I'd
HIOAVILV CCRTAII. Till: A.MKKI
CAN COXSC.MPTIOV ' IRON AMI
STKKl., Hl'T TO (ilVT. AN OI'lIN
door to nil-: i'ori:m!ni:r to
SCPPI.Y WHAT DK.MAND tiicrh
WAS liKFT. in two je.iri. from lv.r'
to 18SM, represented hj the change from
Republican to OeiiiiM't-iitie rule, the pro
duction of pis Iron in tin- 1'niteil Slute
dropped from !.1.".000 tons to ii.ii."7.:!SS
ton-.
'L'he financial depression thnt existed
through the Clevehniil administration
made It dlllleiilt r.ir railroads to Ho it
the issues of bonds tli-it were needed to
inlso money for new rails, bridges, ear-
nml otjier eiiuii:ueut in vulvitis; largo
consumption of iron and steel. The same
was true of tile building trades, and
other Industrie-) wliieh can use iron mid
steel only a- their business emi - .iml.
mid, whose business iis, .,iil oT t v 1 1 ;i 1 1 I i : I u
during tin Inst Democratic ndiuiuistrn
lion, wns foreed to eoiitv.ict.
Iteninrkabtc Cliiiimc Occur.
After the election of President
Kiuley the enormous gains Isith in
consumption mid our production of
Mr
our iron
mid it eel, attracted the attention of busi
ness interest throughout the world.
Steel, whlili was I'.-mper under the
Democratic administration, once again
wax King, mid like Kins fot.tou and
King Corn, tlie growth of his worldwide
Nm.itier of eftahllslimciits
I'aiiilnl
t-'alii licit olllclals, clcil.s, ete., umiilii'i-
Saliuies
Wiiiie-enriiei-s, aver.iije iiuiiilier
Tut 11 1 wanes
Men, til .ve.irs ami over
Wanes
Wemcii, PI yeaih ami over
Wanes
t'ldlilreii, mnlei' Hi. ials
Wanes
Miscellaneous expeliHcs
Cost of mnteil.ils iiseil
Vnlne of priHluelH r.'.'.".M "iillnls e.ii-li ,
Tons of piodm-lM (.t piniiiih cnclii
Not lepiuleil sepjinlely. tllecicise.
power and prestine under the sponsor
ship of the Itepulillcnii p.iri. was noth
iiiK short of marvelous.
The nroat victory for the nold stand
nrd cured the uneasy, panicky conditions
that hud prevailed in the money market.
It wns possible in 1SII7 for ureal im
provements to lt- tlnanci'il by railroads
mid other eo'rHir.itioti. The investor
emne out of tin woods win-re he had
been ilurliiK Deinocr.itic limes mid
lMiunl't bonds that represented cash to
be expended in more rnlU. more bridges,
more cars, more machinery, more skv
bcr.ipers mid more other lliiuns lli.it re
(piircd enormous consumption of iron and
steel. Hut the increasiiu ability of the
country to buy more iron and steel was
met by increasiiu; necessity for lamer
c-inisiiiiitluti. Tin- i-.illriMils sufferi'd
from enr shortanes because tliey could
not buy new cars fast enough to keep
pace with the incrc.isini; business that
on 111 h to tlii'iu. In almost every line
of Industry the calls in the iron and steel
Industry for material Increased so rap
idly that it was n ditllcult matter for
the Iron mid steel manufacturers In Iiirc
new men fast etniunh for the additional
work to -tin done, and to otherwise keep
up with enormously inereaslnn consump
tion. Hut the Republican policy of pro
tection not only operated by its neneral
business effects, tu stimulate the iiicreas
Iiik consumption, but also to force the
liiL-ri'.-iNliiK consumption to be met. not
by larner foreign Imports of iron mid
wool, sivinn more work for the foretell
ers to tin, but by increasiiu; domestic
production, RlviiiK more work for Amer
ican laborlnninen to do at tontinuoiislj
iucreabiun waijiw.
Consumption und I'roitnctlon.
Here are tlm tiKiire.i as to how both
consumption mid production of pli; iron
nlmost trobled bptween the Ik-inocratic
year 18!U, throunh the McKlnley mid
Hoosuvelt adiiilnistratious, up to the year
iiki.
Production, Consumption,
Tons. Tons.
o,i.-7,ass tJ,tr. 1.47S
ll,77.',n.'U 12,005,7-l
i:i,020,70:t :i,771),H2
3.1,780.242 :i,17!.4()!
in,878,.rf 1(1,2:12,4411
17.821,307 18.412.S!!l
18,000,252 18,03!,!M)7
lSOt
1808
1M)
1000
ism
1002
ioo:i
Conqueat of Foreign MurkeU.
in'1'
tic pi
lib tlm x-ast ncrcasu in tlio itonies-
nrnJuctlon of Iron nml steel under
liniinhllpo.il lllle it llPCMIlll! possiblu to
conduct tlio Industry at a relatively fur
Krcntcr perfection and lesser cot than
xvliPii tlio work was done 011 only one
third tlio scale. J?UIS CAl'SI-U) TIIF.
UXITKP STATES, HV ITS Sl'PE
HIOll METHODS. ALU LIT Y TO
L muUalnr
Democratic Policies
Republican Policies.
vs.
thin oit Tin-: iu:si' tyim:s ON'
Tin-: shortkst notici:, and at
Till-: l.KAST COST. To I'lIAClI
AIIU invami: WITH IIION AND
STKIll. TDK MARIxC'fX oC TDK
WOULD. IUK1NO Till: TWW.YI-:
months i:.iMN(i w:ni jc.ni:.
umi. tiii: total exports ok
IKON AND STi:i:i. NI TIIH .MAN
n-'A i"it i: iis t n K i: i:k it o.m
A M I i . N T 1-: 1 ) T( I Mil .'.I lS.r.St!.
At! A INST S-J'.VJl.'tl.-.'f.l HI ItlNtl Tin:
ii:.ioi'1atic yi:. i: ism.
Diirnii: the last elfrnt .e.i" tlie T.rit
is'.l liewsp.ipei--. line 1 u fut l d to dole
full) notice a coi.tillilcl .Uccc-sion of
Aii'cricnii iudiiitrial trluinp'is oer tii-ent
Itriinin. Now it is nil Ainciic.in lirni
tluil i:et tl oiitraet to liui'd the -.'rent
Atli.ir.i liridiii- ticrns die Nile in upper
Kcypt. Now it is n ti American loco
motive that supersedes tlie I'.ritMi loco
motive on a Icailhi,.- Cucli'li railroad.
Now it is mi American electrical coin
p.lll.v thai nets :i (he mderx lor the elec
trical eipiipiueut for the crent new Iaiii
don iiuilerriiuuil 4-.1ilro.1d s.seni. And
thus episiides of American comiucrcial
conquest dlirllli: the last eiplit J ears
could he I'-pcaleu iiuti1 till) would crow
we.irNome to lead. The 11 1 in Mi- t tri
umphs ol tlie I'lllled Slates in the steel
and ii iii trade, nt the smue time that
this i ml n 1 iv in Cre.it I'.ritniu has heeu
in process of decline, led to the creation
fcceiiilj of a Itrltisli Commission of busi
ness extierts to im estimate the sit
uation. This coiuinisjoi in its first re
port on tin- iron ami steel trade presents
llifoi-iuatliiu of the highest value from
llruis eiiiploiim: over S7 per cent of the
ImIhii- in this continued trade L'ltl.lHK)
out of an ii-Mi-cxiilc of L'liri.tKHI workers;
and it has ascertained tli-it while tills In-
dustry lia 1 11 advancing rapidly in
other countries it has reuiailied iilmost
stationary in (ireat Itritain. Tlie iin
ports h,ic increased '-'(Kl per cent mid
tile exports liave declined "'. per cent,
and forein coiupetitot-s. protected in
their own home markets, have made it
flic Pais for the conquest of the Itt-hMi
market. Tlie masters or tlie trade have
heeli cousiilteil. mid onl.v .1 pel nt of
them aie content with free trade and
a. policy of imictioii. 'l'he eiuployi-rs of
S7 per cent oT the l.-iimi- are colivlliced
that neither masters nor men can expect
iipialit. of conditions unless the home
Pel' eelll
llll-ll-IIHI-
IS! Ml to
1'MHI
.7.0
IJ.I!
ll.-l.l
SI.7
W (I
.'IT. 4
:io.o
:i...:i
1.741! Ii
1.IUI.-J
I'J.s
)o.!i
- int.
of Census
IS! IO
710
jm.oii.sii
$11.4 1 ..: in
171. 1st
ys:i,'-7:: tnu
p.s.ni.'i
$s.vs0.IH-J
r.s
ji7.uk:
'-'.ISO
JtUI.-.-os
51S.-Jll.tl is
$:!J7.-J7J.s(.-,
yiT.s.nsT.r.i'.i
n:,-jiii.47s
IfKKl.
r.i
j:.:io..-i:io.st
!'.JI7
Jlt.741.;ss
::-Jt u7
jtjo.s-:i!,"-iv
it. 1 irr,
$t'.1i.l.",7.4i7
1.071
JIUl.sss
l.lmt
Tttj.Hi:
s:;lvj74.hsi
JVJ.4:il.;ni
nsii,u::4,tiis
J!.."(i7.siill
,.
.7.1 1;
(Ml
hl.4
industries are protected. Tlie commis
sion itself reports unanimously tlm; the
1 dative decline of the iron and steel in
dustry cannot be attributed to natural
disadvantages or want or sj und en
terprise on the part of either i.r P.ritlsh
manufacturers or workmen, ! 1: s due
to tin- fact that their competitors in tin
Cuited Stales mid Oerinany. having se J
cured control of their luuiie markets by
means of tariffs and the regulation of
(heir export trade, are in 11 position to
export their surplus products,
lncrenac In Whkfi.
The value to labor mid to the indus
trial and commercial Interests of the
I lilted States or (he development of tlie
iron and steel Industry under Republican
lllle will be apparent when it is real
ieel that the wages und sulm-les paid
in Iron und steel manufacture in tlie
I lilted Stales have Increased from $8!,
27:i.!."; in IS! 10 to $1:42.000,000 in ltMK).
The growth and importance to labor of
the Iron ami stis-d iudiistr.v Is illustrated
hj the followiiu table, the ligurc.s being
II pari or tlie olllcial report of the Cuited
Slates Census or 1!I(K):
Iron ro Keulnni (let llcncliln.
Tlie extraordimirll.v good times which
emne to the iron mid steel industry of
tin- Ciiiteil States brought exceptional
piosperitj to our iron ore regions, tlie
Cuited States mioii assuming 11 greatly
increasing lead over its closest competi
tors, Ureal I'i'italii mid d'ermmiy.
From tlie Democratic iears, ISS15 to
1001, the latest date where olllcial data
is available, the production of tlie three
countries was-
lii.-nt Itrltnin,
(loss tons.
(ii r m. my.
.Metric Ions,
ILV'tllUKm
ii.iirj.:i.r,
1.'.4l!...!i7n
ir..iKii,-ji;:i
I7,'.isti,(i;r.
IS.tMil.JIII
V. K.
tiroes tuns.
i.vd'.in 1
iii.ni.-.. on
I7..".is,uiii
i!i.t.-::t,7iu
'Ji.iis,i.i7.".
J7..v,:i,U!i
lS!r...
1WM1. .
1SU7 .
tslis..
1M1. .
1IKHI. .
11X11..
. .ij.iii.4ii
. .i:i,7n.7lll
..1n.7s7.s7s
. ,i4,i7i).n:iK
. .1 4,4"i. .'i:m
..I4.u-js.yis
.U'.'J7.'..ltiH
its.r.iO.'j.iN
JS.SS7,47H
Ill 1001 the "i.NXi,47 tons of ore pro
dliced by the Cuited States exceeded by
42,02:1 tons the combined output of (ireat
Britain mid (ierinauy, which iiinouuted
only to 2S.8l,ri,4."(i tons.
The high record of production in this
country was readied in 1002, when the
total was :!.," l,lU.ri, In 11 combined
world output or about 87.000,000 tons.
(eriiiany reached its highest record in
1000 Willi 1S,1H5I,2!)4 tons, mid (ireat
Itritain its maximum In 1S80, when its
total was l-l.fi-lll.10r ton.
In l'.MM, tlie year when this country
for tlie first time produced more nre
than Croat Hritiilu anil (iermany com
bined, tlie total world output of ore was
70,0Sl.(;iri tons, leaving only ,r. 1,004 ,4 .'ill
for the entire world oiitMde the Culled
States, whose production w.m 26.S.S7, 170
tons.
For that year tlie otllchil figures, with
tlw exception of Riliii. li.iw pr, dm -tii'ii
li.v countries a ftilinw :
Toll.
1 Illicit Willi". .' SiHi'l
l!crninn Hl.r.Tn 'J.VS
treat 11 1 11 di r.,.,.Tr..uK
S.lt .1MI.,UI
Illlll'l' S ll'I.IH"
.tiHiia llmmuij ;i..v.".i,(ni 1
svi lieu , -. !(,' "O
I'.-lglmu .".,7.imi I
Alt others !l.ll .
Tot 11 1
THE PHILIPPINES.
HeiitibUcan l'ollcy la In Line nlth
Terrltorlnl l'ratfi-daiil.
I'oiir years m;o the lteinocrntie par
t.v denounced the acquisition of the Phil
ippine Islands bj the Cnltcd States us
u dmuterous form of national expansion
iiiid their retention ns 1111 application uf
militarism. Tlie only lonlc-il conclusion
of this position was our Immediate re
tirement from the Islands, Irnvliin thorn
to shift for themselves. In his letter m
eeptiliK ill' tioiuitliltioli for Vice I'resb
dent in 1!KI0 Mr. Uoiwcvclt comiiiented
011 till position us follows:
"The simple truth Is that there N until.
iiiK even remotely reseinblliiK 'imperial
Ism' or milit iristu involved in the present
development of t lint policy of expansion,
which has been part or the history of
America from the da.v when she became
a nation. rue vvorus mean m.soiuieiy
nothlnj; n. applied to our present policy
in the I'lilUpiilues, for thin policy Is only
linpeiialist e In the sense that .leffersou's
policy in Louisiana was Imperialistic;
only nillitaiy in tlie sense that Jackson's
policy towards the Seinlnoles or ('lister's
towards tin Siou embodied militarism;
ami there N no more dnuuer of its pro-ilm-lir;
ovd results nt luuiie now than
tliere was of Its iiiterferiiii: witli free
1I0111 under .lelfei-soii or .lackion, or ill
the days of the Indian wars on the
plains.
"The only certain way of remlerim;
It necessary lor our llcpubllc to enter
011 u career or 'militarism' would be to
nhaiidon the Philippines to their own
tribes, mid at the smue time either to
nuaraiitce a stable noveriimeut iiiuoiik
these tribes or to Kiiiir.iutee them una I list
outside interfeieuce. A far liii'ci-r nriny
would be required to carry out any sucli
polic.v than will be required to secure
order under tin- American llaj;: while
the presence of this linn on the Islands
is reiillj the only possible security nnalnst
outside annressimi. Properly
speakinn. tin question is now nut wheth
er we shall expand for we have iilrendy
expanded but whether we shall con
tract." That was the Issue four jears iiko.
Now the Democratic platform Miys;
"We believe with .leffcrsoti mid John
Adams, that 110 novcriuiient has 11 rinlit
to niiike one set of lawM for those nt
home mid another mid 11 different set of
laws, absolute in their cluiracter. for
those In the colonies. We insist
that we oiulit to do for the Filipinos
what we have already done for the
Cubans."
There has never been n time since
the formation of the novcrnmeiit that
Connress has not made out- set or laws
for the States and another set for the
territories. The laws enueted by Con
gress for the government of the Philip
pines are no more absolute than those
which have been enacted dliriui; the last
hundred years for our various territories.
The demand thnt the Cuited States
shall do for the Filipinos what it tins
done for the Cubans is unreasonable. We
never claimed to own Cuba, but wo pos
sess the Philippines by 1111 undisputed
title. A Ucpuhlic.111 administration did
entire justice to Cuba ns demanded by
tlie circuiiistauces of tlie case, mid the
Republican party can be depended upon
to do entire justice to tlie Philippines.
AS TO IMMIGRATION.
A Ciimiiuliin Ixaue that In Worthy of
the Voter' Attention.
They are coniiux. the less fortunate,
(oiiiiun to this American continent to
secure a belter lire for themselves than
they have in their own Intnl. They nre
coiuiun fiotn the lex prosperous parts of
Italy, and from lloheuiia und from llun
Kary mid from Poland, nml throughout
all thnt wide northern Slavic region
wherein is oppression or the Jews. In
oilier words, the.v are couiiun from every
where: From Europe ihe most oppressed
and, in some ciih-s, most unintelligent
classes are comiun Jiere to tind better
(ondilioiis for themselves, and iiiranwhili!
to necessarily iiituse n new element of
blood here ns well as 11 new element of
thought nml religion mid general drift
of being. We accept theiu mid their
blood nml the Infusion of their genera
tions for the future. We accept tliein, in
the broadest sense, with the idea thnt,
by mid by, mere will become n homo
geneity of tlie races which will lake earn
of itself. The Xorse in nil Ills varieties
ii, of course, a part of w. but the assimi
lation or the Latin in nil bis varieties is
another tiling, We are trying to be big,
broad Christians ami iiiiihc no distinc
tions. Certain laws have been enacted under
the regime of tin- Republican party, and
tli imnnicr in which they nre being en
forced illustrates, ns vvpII us could be,
the enrnestuess of the present adminis
tration, in allowing the filtering into this
country, in nil generosity, of those who
sock a better harbor for what there Is in
life. It is hut fair to the Republican
party in this campaign that every voter
should think of nil thnt the party has
done in the eiiaitiiieut of laws mid the
eulorcemeiit of them, in nil liberality, iih
to perfecting the immediate business wel
fare of the country mid us to controlling
the amalgamation of Its future blood.
This is one of tile side issues of the
cnmpaigu to which the attention of every
voter may well be directed.
"We wunt no 1nv inspired by pos
ition, nor do we wait them atlnilula
terad hy aetllahneaa or incttpacltjr. The
beat Intra, wlaoly iiilmlnlaterx!, nn
what we demanil, and they tun lieae
curail If ire hut do our duty, duty
cnMnaaaitad by the ancrlflce ef tboaa
who alecp on thla Held, und by onr awn
lntercta nnd the Intereita of thoie
who ahnll follow q,-Sniit;i I'alrtnnki
at freehold, N. J June 37, 1003.
The country is Indebted to the Repub
lican party for tlie national bank .sys
tem, tlm resumption of specie payments
and tlm establishment of the gold stand
ard. It can well afford to point with
pride to these mid other achievements
opposed and denounced by the Dcmoc-r-n'y.
Tlie average, weekly rate of wages In
the United States is 170 per lent nnd lit
('.rent Hrltnlu 100 per cent. It mnrks
thu difference, between protection uud
free trade.
ROOSEVELT'S WORDS
PRCSIDENT'S UTTEnANCtS MA.
LICIOUSLY MISCONSmUED.
I.lldlciour Attempt ti.r n SclM'.n
tlironril Dtoiocrnt Ic I.c.nlrr lo Mnttc
11 Kufc Man Appear it DiiiiurrotiB to
the Count r.r l'olll.rrV Letter.
((Mllcnni. Tribuue.)
The New- York World I probably tin
most enthusiastic Parker paper In the
country. To mi extent it Is trikiiiK the
hevnote of the Parker eliorus in the
east. Two of Its editorials are to be
reprinted nml circulated by the Demo
cratic committee ns cmiipainu itocu
tnpiitH. These two editorials are in the
form of open letters addressed by Joseph
Pulitzer, editor of the World, to Theo
(lore Itoosevelt. Tin- llrst one occupied
11 pane the second nearly two panes.
The third may take up three panes.
In the words of Mr. Pulitzer, "The
paramount issue of this cmupainn is not,
us you would have It. free trade or free
silver,' but VOL' YOlHtSIJLF --Theodore
l'nosevclt. This issue is forced
upon the country by .voitr unusual tem
perament and talent- a our own stroitn.
able, iiinhliiotts. rcsotii.-ctul, militant.
passionate per.soualll.v, your versatile mid
MirprlsliiK nciilus."
Till issue was framed by the World
in Its tir,t l.-ner. July ;t(, 1IHM. Itnt as
that dociiiueui did not sc.-m to frlnbtcn
anybody to Parker, the hot blood of
stroiu' desire denied moil ited to the
brain of Mr. I'iilii7ir, nml Ills emotions
rnvlslusl .ids judnmcut. 1 1 is second let
ter the one two panes lonn, printed on
August 'J.'l is addressed to "Tlu-odore
Hno'cVflt, Cmnlid.ite for President of the
lniled Slates and the Western Hem
isphere." Tlie headlines usk if the Pres
ident is n "military incnnlonianinc." He
is accused of 11 "r.pinonialiia" to be the
"nraud lord prop-, to; ' of the two Amer
icas, A Oil. lift nf Folly.
This letter Is inteiesiug lr.t, be
cause the World is gem rally recognized
as the chief Parker spokesman; second,
lis nil exhibition or thnt gibbet of folly
to which partisan e.il. uiitcmpered b
common sense, can 1.11 occasions, elevate
n man ordinarily so level headed us Jo
seph Pulitzer.
Roosevelt's record, contends the World,
clearly indicates that Ids return to povv
er would be vested with tlie ruin of
our free institutions. It proceeds to
examine all his despotic procedures mid
unconstitutional usurpations, serintlm.
Hut it iimiuesiioiiably omits much that
would make its case stronger. For In
stance, it does not show how the Presi
dent has increased the standing army
so that it has bis-ouie a incline- to the
liberties or tlie citizens. (For. in fact,
during President Roosevelt's administra
tion tlie army has been diminished, not
Increased.)
It does not prove bow I lie mnhiious,
costly, und bloody wars conduiited during
the present administration were lu-gilii,
not ns the constitution provides, by mi
net of emigre's, but at the Imperial dic
tation or tlie ruler. (For. in fact- there
lias been 110 war or nny sort .luring
President Homevelt's iiiliulnistrntloii.)
Alwuya for I'ence.
It does not even show how the Presi
dent has brought the countr.v to the
verge or a desperate war. which was
prevented only by the retreat or the
country which he threatened, as it might
lliivo proved against its favored Presi
dent Cleveland. (For, in fact, the Pres
Ident lias at no time brought the country
near n war. Ills efforts mid those of his
Secretnry of Stale have been consist
ently directed toward the peace of the
world, and the circumscribing of ihe ureu
of hostilities once will's have begun, I
It does not show how President Roose
velt had used cither corruption or force
to Inllucnce elections in nny Stute, so
nbasing tlie principle of local self-government,
nor how he has deposed a re
uileitvant governor, or dissolved a hos
tile State assembly after Mhe fashion
of certain reconstruct inn Presidents,
(For he hits done none of these tilings.)
It does not show how he inlltienced
judicial decisions, reversed 11 decree of
i-i.urt, or suspended a judge who had
striven to limit the presidential usurpa
tion. This is always the first symptom
of the dissolution of constitutional gov
ernment. (Hut President R.sisevelt has
not been guilty or it.) a
It does not show how. wl the leg
islature, nmlnlaluing Its Independence.
1 of used to ill vest itself of its authority
nnd humbly uccept the "advice" of tlie
ninii 011 horseback. In- tilled the halls of
the lawmakers with bayonets, ovcritwisl
tlie tribune of the people, dissolved the
sitting, imprisoned the ringleaders. As
is well known, the terrorizing or ihe
legislature is tlie twin forerunner with
the control of the judiciary in the down
fall of free institutions.
Huh Done None of Thla.
It does not show how the President
niiuulled thu right of free speech mid Im
posed u vexulious censorship upon the
press, Tlie World's own articles nre liv
ing proof that he has done imuu of this.
It does not show how, like the great
est of our residents, he has, under the
jilea of national duress, suspended the
writ of habeas corpusthe very spirit
of civil liberty. (For President Roose
velt bus npt suspended the writ of habeas
corpus.)
Thus the record shows President
Roosevelt lias, in jio single way, even
euibryonicnlly exceeded Ids constitutional
functions. He has not turned his face
in the direction or 11 single one or that
set of actions whereby the usurpers of
history have established themselves In
power on the rujns of freedom. Xei
ertholess. the World reiterates thnt. by
Ills record, it can prove Tlusidorc Roose
velt to be 11 man dangerous to the lib-erlli-H
of his country. How can this
proof be. wrought V
In n simple way. Hy passing over
in silent contempt his record us a thor
oughly constitutional nnd patriotic Pres
Ident; by picking out of their contexts
wuiie of the things ho has said taking
ouu paragraph from ono speech, another
paragraph from n different speech; by
taking one hentenee from a paragraph
here, another sentence, from 11 paragraph
tliere; even by taking n phrase, from n
sentence here, another plirnso from 11
Hcutencii tlieru; by then wearing these
different contextless paragraphs, sen
tences, nnd phrases Into n slnglo fabric
which fnbilc, charges the World, is
truly ludicutiru of tlm whole cluiracter
of the man Hooscrclt:
In pursuance of this plan the Wor!!
Ins carefully pliked out of their et
Lnjs th" lveiil,v-s mint !u-llicose, ab
solutist, Imperialistic strings of which
President Roosevelt has ever delivered
lt'iii.sclf. These me the ipiintiMsciiec of
bis bhhidlhl-sy expressnn.- Nothing
that he has said has ever gone further
on the road lo tiiililar.i despotism than
these iwenty-si.x th.ngs.
', Parte Arvtllitirilt.
Of course, as every te.isoiiable bW
inn knows, such e pane argument is
not l.llr. It were eisy by choosing out
nil of Jefferson's s.i.vlugs on one side to
prove III 1 1 1 an indent expaiisionlsi, or by
picking out of all his wiiiiugs on the
other side to prove him 11 bigoted eon
Irnctiouist. Me could be shown up as
u prolivlloulst, if all that he said in
imnr or ih.it principle were collected to
gether, wlille all (hat he said nguiusl it
were omitled. Or hy reversing ihe pro
cess i could re.ulll.v lie deinoustralcd
thai he wa .111 absolute mid perpetual
flee trader. It could be shown that
he was a pi-.ietlc.il anarchist, advocating
u revolution every twenty Jc.ns, that
file tree of liberty might Is- kept well
watered with blood. Or by omitting this
class of his writing ami combining tlie
opposite cliss he could be represented
as cm st i!'il, enj -iiiiug Implicit oltedl
cm e in the law.
It Is useless ti 'iiulllpb examples. Hy
Mich a narrow s.-h.Mue of special plead
ing th.' wise man could b- shown a fool,
because wle men sometimes are fool
ish. 'I'lie most fool'sh 111 .1 ti could be
shown 11 s.ige, I ause foolish men some
times are sensible. The g-itter drunk
aid could be proved n teetotaler, for lie
lias occasional periods of complete so
brlet.v. Such 11 mcthiil is wholl.v fuNc.
'l'he World knows it mid resorted to It
only bemuse lis case was weak.
It you would Judge wlial kind of 11
President Roosevelt would make llle
fair.'st method is to consider what kind
of 11 President lie h,i inadc. Rut ir you,
for some reason which It Is not easy
to Conceive, icfuse Mils !es, mid pre-lei-
lo judge 1 1 i lit on what he has said,
do not read merely sir.iy words and
sentences g.itheied ami arranged by his
enemies. In all fairness read lliese
words In their proper contexts, Until n.4
much of Roosevelt's writings ns you have
(line for. Voit will Mint them Ihe expres
sions not tif a bloody mid despotic Intel
lect but or 11 clean, strong, hont-si mind,
Instinct witli patriotism.
MONEY IN CIRCULATION.
Dully
liu-rrane of tHII.V-MlO l
for
Klglil Yen tv.
During the last eight years or Republi
can iiilmiiiistr.itlou tin! Increase In Ihe
volume or our currency has amounted
lo S.'t.V,",(U ner 1l.1v. or more lli.m $10.-
IKHI.OOO per month" the total Increase
being l,01l Till,:.!!. Tills increase lias
hi eu cliiell.v and direct l.x ilue to the poli
cies or sound uioiiev mid piotecilou,
Hy tlie act passed Dec. IS, l.NOO. b u
Ri publican CoiigresK (M'J Deuioerats vot
ing against it and only 11 voting for it
ill the Mouse of Representatives and -.'I
voting for it and 'J against it In the Sen.
lite), and signed by President .Melxlnley,
the gold standard was sanctioned by law.
uud according to Alton It. Parker was
then "llriuly mid irrevocably establish
ed." Just as free silver would have
driven gold from the country according
to the famous (iresliam law (hat "bad
money drives out good inoiiej, so this
positive comiiilital of the country to the
gold stun lard resulted in a large gain
of gold lo our currcncj. 'l'he luerc.is.
iligly large output of gold from Alaska,
California, Colorado and other Western
States remained in tin United States
instead of being driven out, as would
luive been the ease bad .free silver tri
umphed in ISDil or 101)1). Not only this,
but the Cuited Stales gold stamlai'ii drew
lo this country much of the gold produc
ed In South Africa mid oilier parts of
the world.
The policy of protection also contribut
ed to our ability to keep our own gold
und get more gold from other nations, for
it made the balance of trade favorable,
since It (ended to Increase our exports
over our imports. Instead of sending
gidd out or the country us In Demo
eratie tiino, to pay for goods thu Auu-r-Icau
labor at luuiie might just .is well
luive piodiice.l, the Republican policy lias
been lo cause gold to be distributed at
home for work done Just us well nt home.
Of Ihe present minium or money in
lirciilatiou about -IS per etui is gold -which
mostly n-presents money saved to
tlie people or the Culled Stales by the
Republican policies of sound money and
piotecilou.
SUGAR TRUST POLITICS.
Cloae Uelntlmia or Wall Street nnd th
Deiuncriitli' I'nrty.
(Xew York Letter In l.os Angeles Times. I
When Xew York State wns being got
into line for Judge Parker. Ilnveiimyer.
put 011 guard for Parker one or his own
uieii, Cord Meyer by name. Con I .Meyer
is tin- sugar trust's representative in
Democratic councils. 'l'he Republican
purty is able to get along without Ii ivlllg
n sugar trust representative in its coun
cils, but if Di'iuocr.us conui into power,
it will be Cord .Mfyer's hnppy duty to
'make sugar stock go up and down on the
Xew Ytirk Stock Kxckunge mid to let
it be known to nnxloiii lutomru when
It is going up and when it Is going down.
Do the people out Weit know 1 1)11 1 hi
Xew York, when tlie Democrats desire, to
carry an election, they go out uud tell
tlie distlict leaders th.it a certain stock
on I lie Xew York Slock Ilschnuge, say
Manhattan Klevnteil. will go up $lfi per
share In ease of Democratic success'.'
'I'll. it is what they do, mid it does go up,
too, uud (hut shows liow close tlie Demo
eratie party Is to Wall street In Xew
York, where Parker and his cohorts come
from. Tlu-y buy elections with stock
tips, mid Cord Meyer. Hilly Sheehau uud
Hcliiiout arc extraordinarily good tip
stcrs. I.uteat Ifopnbllcnu Ontrase.
On Aug. Ii!) 11 fall of snow, the first
of tlie season, occurred in Minnesota,
mid it cannot be denied that it occurred
under tlie Hoosuvelt administration.
OropH, ttowcrs mid garden produce vver
dtininged, nnd there wns tlie dickens to
pay generally.
The Republican party cannot deny
that this thing has li'ippciicd under 11
Republican administration, but it can do
this: It can promise another snow-fall
on Nov. S, so vast that tlio memory of
nil preceding snowstorms will bo lost.
It is soiuctimcii well lo consider whnt
might linvo been. Whero would our gor
eminent finances, our revenues, our do
mestic Industries and our foreign trade
bo
now If tlio Domocrncy had succeeded I IntQrejU,'.' Measured .yy. tbW .efiLuV
hn
I In
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AlMATTCDCnfJ ANMS I
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THiTIME IT'S RCOSEViyfc ' I a
HE'S AFRAID Cyi .
Tlm CnmiViitlrn of Anirrlt'i ft''
Utter JAsinnt
l'rmllcttnitn About
Itetinbllcntu.
Oil the cvrnlnk or Sept.
land wuh flt peace, nml imv
dread possessed it. Vcrmor;'
Its say, In no niitnrnniiig i(,i
nil wns calm in city mm co
in New York vvim gathering
11 few faithful editors of
nntecedents, to talk over thr
nation, nml ineidriitally
Mpiare meal which, when en
mid iiecoiiipnnicil by sprechp
bauiiiet.
A nlong tin chivalry will ,
there was Henry Wnltersoi
lucky. Tlie moment )nwaw
festlrn bonril those etlitnr.s ,
tors who irt niYUstuinetl to.V.'
usual progress of events knei
thing wn.s going to happen
vliietl thnt Henry had !'
things." It Is it vvny he has
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Time rolled on. The rich'.1,
viands, prertnrcd for the 111
palates of the visiting editul
cocktails, th gi'iicroiui w.'iie '
strong wuteVs. nil th'e If
rate prepared, for Hum. Am.
Wattersuti, n 1 lilpf speaker "
lug. . i
Wntterson Is nt times n 1
man. Tills was one of tlie'
was not onl.v excited, lit wn
morbidly, seined. And of n
the world, Ibis brave, loyal. ,
American gentleman wns uf
other brnve. Kiynl, ehlvnlrou
geiitleuimi tluv President of1
Slates, Theotlole Ront-evelt
Tin re was iiuit iibiiut
black ling," "slittllng the -si
.-.vL'sUwi'l-sVUiMJlirBZ
tiprocit.v" which i.iinle V7"ntle
ci'H turn pale. Ilieiigli they kn j
than did the speaker to what I
Ii nt words referred.
Tlie trembling editors J;lj
ed. Wnllerstin lowcrisl Ins'
multered forth charges uf rip
against Hoosevrlt past, lino;
cut, Roosevelt future. Ag.ill
Ihe earth, shcok his fisli 11 lo
lowed his predictions of nn
imididate for the pn sideticy,
crlasting Preside'lt in tlieji.i,
odorc RooseVelr, if Hie itfpul
tltiiie in power. tVntterson'
thought orc-arteril. Iliirrlsmt
trr II. Harrison (I., perniuh
blooining Mnyors of L'liiinR
these exnliip!e of political h
lung to tlm Dcmm-rallc p.uty
the nerves or the wrought'
ers. mid they were nble to lnv
linen to the Impassioned goal
Kentucky.
The Hood of orntory wrilt
mid when It wan over tlie edl
lieved, becmiM- no scUure
cli-t racier had iniide fitting cl
ullerunies of the ehoh-tli: spe
eloipience lin been vvheltei)
upon the obtrnslvf augh'H
And then the telrfcraphle
us upoli the uluprtflf the
words of Viitlers.iniJo tie prli
iiuiift'-tv p.t,pers llialfhrreiiil
ny t ne lovpug iniiuyii". im- n
or objurgation, Miljntatluii ai
thin. trt
The iiuhrti' Jitavlujrfc
which grcet,s the effiirlJi oflll0.
llie first place, talk tis iniii-h,
second pl.ne, liabiliinlljr uvrr
mark. There was a guoj-natu
peih.ips, ns some stalwart ,
glanced over Ihe "scare lieiifl
morning papers, mid our or
tlie great nriny of freetnen v
neighbors, ns lie bsiked up
warnings, drnnncintkias -and 1
of tlie hyslerical orator of
"Wiittei'son's broke loose isab.
And that was ulL
THE PRODIGAL PAI
- , m
Illhllcal Htory that Vita tte Or $
nfToilnrv '
(Porlbind Orejiouhn.)
The Democratic party if like 4!
sou which wandered off into a '
try nnd llllcdihla belly with tj
which the swii)td eiU,ILnl m
came to himself be said, I xvlil 1
go back to the home nf sense iJJJ
which 1 Irft and will atk to
buck as h hired servant on prJ
will admit that I wan wrong
now seen the light ami I hope m
stored through good behavior t
iner ldacc in the'confidnii-e of JJ
nt home and decent people genrfc
Thnt 1 tn Hay, the DeinoersP
could bo eoiiseleiitiouuly likelier
piodignl sod if it hail acted omj
just laid down. Hut the atUtuj
tunlly assumes la soincthljg cnt.
ferent. Without explalnlug or, r
lug his actions of 1800 and lOd
he
voted for Hryau, Judge Pali!
Ihe support ami confidence of t
.standard men because he aotnowj
tt....l.. .. !... !.- l.l .1
lioi.AiOKfJ ,L-ti.K..rn nil? kuiu k
us "Irreroejibly establlsheii."
not animadvert upon hi own en
leaving home or even upon the
of the nutriment which the far
of populism Afforded the Dei
paunch.
As near as we ran make It', 5
Demoeratie Idea In that the ISI1U-11
er should be thrown out on 'lb)j
nml the Prodlg.il Son Installed t
uger of tlm estate. ' '"
T,
l'rlcc Placed oa Itepentanc
('old Democruta who bolted tlie,
party will be permitted to join tl
Helmoiit-Piirkcr orgaulaadon, p
they pay a bin entrance fee. The
erntic State Couunittce of Indi1
prepinlng to levy a heavy awesHtr
gold DomoeruUi who wlh to Tt
Pnrker. In other words, theLw,
have been rovlled m bitterly' 1
Hrynn for supporting I'almcr or 1 v
ley nt tlio Inst two election mus.jft
their pocketlKsjks it they wkili
humbly hi the Parker bandwasoaVH
PrcMideut Roosevelt said In UlafiWli',
of uccoptance: "A party ia of 'Mfc
onlv in so for 11s it uroaBBttu. the l,.r4,vv
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