> 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'
