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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1900)
> B t n . PR ERT NTENT IH RIO THE AMERICAN kuru. WART TO BE PROSPEROUS ? I DO YOU WANT IT ? you \VorkIngman ? you a Miner'/ you a Farmer ? you a Mechanic ? you n Printer ? you a Hallway Employe ? you a Clerk ? you a Traveling Salesman ? jou a Wage-earner of any . DO YOU WANT IT ? Do you want to continue the present good business conditions , which give employment to all and better wages than ever before paid ? If so , rote for McKInley , for un der his administration , the protec tive tariff nnd Bound money princi ples for which the Republican party legislated , the' depression , the idleness and want of 18011-00 have vanished. DO YOU WANT IT ? Remember the panic , the depres sion , the Idleness nnd want of 1803-00. That was the result of a change of policy In only one great fnctor 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 n change of currency and n change in our foreign policy. Do you want n panic in 1001-4 far worse than that of 1803-00 ? Do you wnnt Idleness nnd star vation and millions subsisting an charity Just as they did in 1808 ? If so , vote for Brynu and you will get It. 00 YOU WANT IT ? Mv. 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 ehieily of the kind we make. Yet they only take (5 ( per cent of them from the United Stntes. 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 coimnnmlinj ; it from her Asiatic stations at Hongkong and Singapore. Do you want to lose It ? If so , vote for Bryan and you will get If. DO YOU WANT IT ? The change of tariff policy which upset ami demoralized every busi ness and industry in ' 03 was bnd enough. But now It Is proposed to couple with it another change which would multiply Its disturbing and destructive power upon business and every Industry. Bryan proposes to change Sound Money for Chenp Money n Hun dred-Cent Dollar for a Fifty-Cent Dollar. Do you wnnt it ? If so , vote for Bryan and you will get It ? DO YOU WANT IT ? In 1802 this country was more prosperous than ever before. Em ployment was more general and wages higher than they hud ever been. The people , misled by the asser tions of the Democratic olllce-seek- ers , 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 , dcnlerB canceled their contracts for home manufactures , factories reduced their working forces and curtailed their orders for the- product - duct of the mine , the forest aud the field , nnd uncertainty took the plnce of confidence In the business world. Whnt followed ? Every workingmnn , every em ploye nnd every farmer whose market was thus curtailed remem bers. There was n panic , depres sion , gloom , enforced idleness nnd wnnt. All this was the result of n 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 4o Brynn and you will get it. o < fr 4 Increase in nine crop * $710,722,017 Increase in value of lire stock 032,000,801 Total IncrcnHc $1 , U-K1,08-118 : This roproscutH ttio difference that farmers have jalnc < l in ono year mitlcr a Republican administration. The Rain in the value of live stock was distributed an follows : Jan. 1 , 18J)7. Jan. 1 , 1000 Total. Total. Ilorscn $ 152,0-10,31)0 $003,000,0-12 Mules. . U2t02Ut)0 : 111,717,002 Co\V8. . . , ami , _ > : > , unit 51-1 812,100 Cattle. . 507,020,421 080-180,200 Sheep. . 07,020,042 122,005,013 Hoes . . 100,272,770 245,723,000 $1,055-114,012 $2,288,375,413 To appreciate what this means to every Individual stock owner , nuto ttio change in ttio average price per head of each olaaa of animals : Jnn. 1 , Jan. 1 , Inc. 1807. IOOO. Pet. Horses i $31 51 $44.Ol 42 Mules 41. OO 03.50 20 Cows 23.10 31.00 30 Cattle 10.05 24.07 50 Sheep 1.82 2.03 Ol Hoes 4.1O 4.0O 22 The details by crops are : FIIOM DEPARTMENT OP AGKICUliTUIlE'S REPORT. FARM VALUBf. Increase in 1800. 1000. 1000. Corn $513,871,012 $850,810,000 $345,038,039 Cotton 310,070,437 483,750,000 103,773,503 Wheat 205,008,000 380,000,000 114,301,100 Oats 120,248,880 102,187,500 41,038,011 Potatoes 75,070,302 07,350,000 21,070,038 Barley 18,204,000 32,337,500 14,042,504 Rye 8,340,300 14,242,500 5,800,101 Hay 000,205,504 071,000,000 1,704,430 Ituckwhcat 4,031,424 0,380,000 1,448,570 Total $1,000,331,883 $2,707,057,503 $710,722,017 American fnrmnrR received almost $115.OOO.OOO ntnra money for their wheat thiB year , under Republican prosperity , than they < > did in 1HOO under Democratic depression. This year the people < > < > can afford to buy bread. In 1800 thousands of them were starving < k and becglnu for broad. Tlio runner * will not throw away the substance for the sliudoxv. They will vota I r n continuation of Republican prosperity as against a return of Democratic adversity. They will vote for Me- Hinloy and Roosevelt. They will not vote- for IJryan and Stevenson. Hank Failures. Number. Liabilities. 1S03 BOS $170,295,078 1801 8 ! ) 13,909,050 1S95 135 22,704,038 1800 107 50,070,370 Annual nvernge. . . 255 05,927.400 ? S97 103 20,094,509 1S9S Bl 15,097,702 1S99 87 24,504,570 'Annual ' average. . . 04 20,307,057 'Democratic annual excess 101 45,528,452 i No comment is needed. _ . Failures Calendar Year. Number. Liabilities. 1800 10,007 $189,850,904 1891 12,273 180,808,038 1802 10,314 114,044,107 1893 15,242 340.770,880 1804 13,835 172,902,850 1805 13,107 173,100,000 1800 15,083 220,090,834 1807 13.351 154,332,071 1898 12.180 130,002,890 Ii09 0,337 00,870,880 GROWTH OF THE SOUTIPS COTTOX HUMINDUSTRY. . New Factories Going Into Operation and Others Projected. 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 yeors. The figures include only such mills as weie actually in operation and not mills that were Idle : Mills in Operation. States. 1807. 11)00. Alabama 37 ! ! Vrkansns 2 H Georgia 77 8-1 Kentucky 11 8 Louisiana 't -1 Mississippi 7 7 Missouri 3 North Carolina 101 188 South Carolina 7(5 ( 1)3 ) Tennessee 20 20 Texas 4 5 Virginia lo 14 Total 425 470 The mills actually muler construction and those projected compare as follows : Under States. construction. Projected. Alabama 5 0 Arkansas 1 Georgia 20 21 Louisiana 2 . . Mississippi 0 1 North Carolina 25 8 South Carolina 10 10 Tennessee 5 2 Texas 4 2 ' Total 84 53 STREET RAILWAYS INDICATE PROSPERITY , Their Business Has Increased Thirty- four Per Cent Since 1894. * The street railways of America now represent the enormous Investment in bomH and stocks of $1,800,000,000 , upon 'which investors are receiving annually over $70,000,000 in dividends and inter est. Salaries and wages amounting to $250,000XX ( ) a year are distributed among 300,000 employes necessary to equip , operate and manage thU great In dustry , repair Its 20,000 miles of track , handle its 00,000 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 sueh 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 1801 , when the people could not afford to ride us much as they do now. Mr. Bryan's Prosperity. Taxable property listed by Mr. Bryan during two administrations was : Assessed value. 1000 $4,500 1804 200 Mr. Bryan's prosperity $4,3CO AS A PROOF OF PROSPERITY. More than Twice as Much Made "Last Year as In 1894. I'lg 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 steadily , when fnrmcrti receive ample remuneration for their crops , then the production of Iron Advances. A period of depression la always accompanied by a sag In the production of Iron. The following table shows the production In 18)0 ! ) and 1801 , as Illustrating the busi ness conditions under two administra tions : PRODUCTION OF PIG 1UON. Tons. isnn 13,020,703 1801 ll."i7tS8 ) : Republican Increase 0,9(3,315 ( ( The production by countries In 1800 wns at ) follows : Countries. Tons. United Stntes l.'UWOJOIl Great Britain , 'H)5U : Germany 8,1-12,017 Russia 2,1172,492 France 2,502,388 AH n steel producer this country is without A rival. We make nearly -10 per cent of the world's output , Great Britain makes 18 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 its branches la widely followed. Exports of Farm Products. 1000 $835,912,952 1805 $553,210,026 Republican Increase $282,702,926 Exports of Manufac tures. IOOO § 432,284,366 1895 $183,595,743 Republican Increase $248,688,623 Exports from Mines. IOOO $38,977,550 1800 $18,509,814 Republican Increase $20,467,736 It Sort o * Looks as If I'd Have to Expand , " PROSPERITY PROVED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. Savings of Ihe Pcoplfe Show an Im mense Gain Over 1894. Ono evidence of the prevailing pros pcrity that cannot be denied or overlook ed or Blurred over is the record of de posits in the banks , and particularly the savings banks , aud the loim and trtibt Institutions. The money in the State nnd national banks is the working capital of the business community ; that in the other Institutions represents what the farmers , wage earners and the vust army of the provident ponsess. The record In the Democratic yeur 1894 nnd the Republican year 1899 is below : Total No. Depositors. Bank. 1894. 1899. National . . 1,424,900 1,991,183 State and private. . . 502,750 1)00,391 Lonn nnd Trust Cos. 205,308 443,321 Savings . . . 3,113,477 4,25-1,510 > Total _ 5,545,807 7,053,414 Increase in number of > > depositors 2,109,547 Total Amount of Deposits. Bank. 1891. 1899. National . . . $1,155,191,588 $1,830,110,140 State and private. . . 214,442,510 418,281,207 Ix > an and Trust Cos 239,50-1,892 570,721,117 Savings. . . . 1,205,450,410 1,782,974,481 Total. . . . $2,874,589,400 ? 4,008,090,005 Increase In amount of deposits. $1,733,500,509 Average deposit In all banks : 1894 $520 1899 002 Mr. Bryan says we are not prosperous. The bank dvpo&itu eay that we" are. RECORD OF THE AMERICAN RAILWAYS , Greater Volume of Business Shows the Country's Prosperity. It may be tnkcn na axiomatic that when the railroads nrc doing n large volume of business , the country as a whole IH doing the fame. The record of rnllroad building and railroad business in 1895 and in 1899 compares us follows : MILES OK RAILROAD BUILT. Yenr. MlleH. 1S92 4,441 1895 : 1,050 1899 4,500 1900 * .VOO * Estimated by Interstate Commerce Commission. GROSS RAILROAD RECEIPTS. Yenr. Amount. 1892 $1,19,03,840 ( ; ( ! 1SSH 1,000,013,838 1899 1,313,010,118 Decrease of $102,093.482 between 1892 and 1894. Increase of $210,000,700 between 1S94 and 1899. TONS OP FREIGHT CARRIED ONE MILE. 1899 123.007.2ri7,153 1895 85,227,515,891 Republican Increase. . . 38,439,742,202 RAILROADS' NET EARNINGS. 1899 $150,011,119 1895 ; 349,051,017 Republican increase $100,990,072 1'OHtlll HCOulptH. 1899 $95.021.384 1894 70,983,128 Republican Increase $18,038,250 More business In the country ineana greater postal receipts. The Postotllce Department tells which party has brought plenty to the country. BANK CLEARINGS TELL THE STORY OF PROSPERITY. The Record During ( lie Last Three Ad ministrations. Bank clearings 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 Ilarrlhou , Cleveland and McKlnley : IIAHHISON. Year. Amount. 1880 $ -0,321,000,000 1890 " . . . 00,807,000,000 1891 r)0,805,000,000 1892 01,002,000,000 Average 5fi8,05S,000,000 CLKVKLAXD. 1893 ? r > - ,020,000,000 1894 45,390,000,000 1895 53,028,000,000 1890 t > 0,932,000,000 Average $ . ' 0,8-1-1,000,000 M'KINLKY. 1897 ri7OSr.,000,000 1898 ( SS.fiOO.OOO.OOO 18S)9 ) 93,503,000,000 1000 Average 573,029,000,000 The record shows the ebb nnd How of business and lurge business trunsuctious mean a prosperous people. Typlc'ul AVetitern The deposits In the savings bunks of Moliue , 111. , Hock Island , 111. , and Unv- enport , Iowa , have gained 01 per cent since the election of 189(1. ( The deposits in the savings Institutions of thcbu three cities compare UH follows : Oct. 1 , 11KK ) ? 10,230,394 Oct. 1 , 1890 10,079,732 Gain $0,150,002 The largest t'nlua were made by the email accounts. WOOLEN IMPORTS ARE REDUCED TO OXE-TIIIRD. Home Manufacturers Arc Now Supply ing ( lie Home Trade. The following table shows the hnporta and exports of woolen manufactures In eight inontliH ending Aug. ill , nnd the New York price of Ohio XX fleece wool during the month of August , from 1805 to 11)00 ) : Augimt price of Ohio XX 8 mot Woolen ninnufnctiircs , lleece wool ending Imports. Export.s. cents. 181)5 . . $40,0(17,014 $470,725 18 IvSlKI 29,514,091 (5Mti78 17 18D7 37,714,0 < ! I M-l.fi 12 IS'.KS 11,081 , ins 717,089 181)1) ) ) 10,470,022 770,5(17 ( soy * 181H ) 111,081,1)28 ) 88tio30 28V6 Tlio Imports nre thus M'eu to ho only one-third of whnt they were In the free ( rude your , 1805 , while exports Imve nearly - ly doubled since then nnd the price of wool Is tiO per cent higher. REMEMBER ! The Party ( Democratlu ) stands where It did in 1SOO on the Money Oiu'Htlon. AV. J. llryananesvllle , Ohio , .Sept.1. . What Say Wool Producers ? "It IH immaterial , In my judgment , whether the sheep growers receive nny benellt from the tariff or not. * * * I nm for free wool.V. . J. Hryan In Oongiess. The sheep raiser can answer Mr .Bry mi's argument by quoting these figures : Boston Quo- Wilson Tar. Dlngley Tar. tattoiiH. ( Free wool. ) ( L'rotectlon. ) Ohio 17c 30c Michigan 14c 23c Terry , line Delulne , clean 30c 57c Terry , line medium clothing clenn. . . .27c 50o Ken. i/ | blood , clean.2r > c 43c "I am for free wool , " says AV. J. Bry an. an.What What say the wool producern ? Farm Value of Wheat. ( Dcptrtmontnt AKrloulturo'i [ 'Inures. ) 1805 $270,004,011 ) . . Icmocrntlc 1800 205,008,000 I 1800 385,480,211 } . , , J "CI > Ul > llcnn 1000 380,000,000 Sleeping Cars More Used. Prosperity smiled on the Pullman Company nnd its employee during the past year. The product of the company's works was valued at $17,020,270 , as ngalnst $ it28'Jri7 : ( ! a yeal ago , an in- LTWIHU of $3t08,013. : At Pullman , 0,258 employes were on the rolls , and they re ceived an jiBBi-i-mili ! of $ K,83aa01 in wages , nn average of $ OUl.iS ! to eacli tier- son employed. . , In the operating dcpartiwf .f on UIR dif ferent roads there were 1(1,0(1(1 ( ( ( employes , who were paid ? 8-l8tKi2 : in wages. The number of employes the previous year was 111,017. and the wages paid amount ed to Jll)00,28J. ? ( ) : Farm Value of Cotton. Department of Aurlctiltiirc'a ' Vrnr. Amount. 1805. $2(18,5.11,025 J800. HIO.O70-ta7 1800. J12.OOO.-1HOI 1o IOOO. lHi,7f)0OOI Prosperity in the South. On the whole , the South Is rapidly de veloping Into whnt CJod 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 nnd coal In Europe nnd mnking steel mils for all the world , our prospects are indeed bright , and we are ready to crown cotton king , with pig Iron stnndlng an heir ap parent to the throne. ROBERT F. MADDOX. Vice-president Maddox-Rucker Banking Company. Augusta , On. Farm Value of Oats. Department of Agriculture' * Klguren. Vnnr. Amount. 1805. $158,705 , 81 ) 180O. 120,2 18,881) J Ucnlt 1800. 170,15-1110) ) IOOO. 1O2.187.5OO ) Money in Circulation. Sept. 1 , 1900 $20.85 July 1 , 1SOU 21.10 Republican Increase $5.75 Mr. Bryan mild that the reverse would bo true were Mr. McKlnley elected In 1890. This Is only nnother disproof of Bryan the prophet. Farm Value of Barley. Department of Aurlculture' 1'lunrcs. Tour. Amount. 181)5. $ -10JMSI.70n ) 1800. \ 8i0 1,000 J"cm- 180O. IOOO. Union Labels Printed. Til prosperous times the people smoke more cigitrs. Here is the record for 1895 , 1899 and the first six months of 1900 : Labels printed. 1895 47,815,000 1899 55,140,000 1900 ( six months only ) 30,855,000 Farm Value of Potatoes. Department of Agriculture' * Figure * . Yenr. Amount. 1805 $05,115OC8ID 1800. 75,070U02)IJera ) < 180O. 100,004,022 ( 1000. 07aOOOOOJliep'