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Supplement to
CUSTER COUNTY REPUDLCIAN.
ThursdlNovcmhcr 3 , 1110-1.
13HOKEN DOW , - - NEDRASKA.
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9resent Conditions Arc Satisfactory ,
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. The Prclhteutlal ! camplI " , hlch Is
' just closing has SOIll unique toatures.
There has been. from I1rst to last , an
IlhllCnee ot ! ! pectaculllr feap1rlI. ! The
'l1l1llsual teverlsh , excitement , the electlou
; rear collapse ot busIness. , the glncral ! ,
uncertainty and anxiety which usell to II
haracterlze a national campaign are
; bcklng this 'ear. Yet the Issues at' '
Atake , with choice to be ml\de behveen
' ! the t\VO grel\t pu'tle : : ! , are tremendoui ! .
: 'J'he cause ot the general calm , the
\ .even . carr'ing on ot business , the a b-
: l'Ience ' ot public excitement , Is not the
ifllr-tamed "apathy" of which 60 much
I b said just now. The llcople are not
IIpathetic. They are only satisfied. ' 1'hey
eve wtat ! they want , they have madl'
I tip their minds to keep It , and they
I twow they nre amply nblo to keep It
: by casting their --rote on election dny.
, Republican rule. Ut'lmbUcan work , Re-
i l1ubllcnn pl'osperlt ) ' . ptace nnd justice.
that is' what thpcople ot tha United
. States hl1\'e , and that Is what they are
I rletermined to keep. by the election ot
I Roosevelt anll I"l1lrbanks , and 11 RepubU-
I < : an Con/ress.
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T' e h-o great natIonal parties IItand
tor tbe two kinds of people Into which ,
; . broadly speaking , the whole complicated
mass of humlin beings may be dh'lded.
, . ' 1'he people who work , the [ Ioople who
liTe each day for the bcst th"t Ilay at-
; fords , the people who aecomillish thil1 ,
these ure naturally and hw\'ltabl ) ' He-
t ' publicans , 'l'he other kind of people. the
, ' , lookers-on , the critics , the tault-t nllers ,
t e promisers ot l'eat Jings and dol'rs
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cor othlng , the. . . wake up the Dewo-
' crntlc party , - ,
" The Hepubllcan party acts. The Dem-
( lcrn tic party protests ,
: " Policies ot the Pnrt , . .
.j , ' This progrnmllle of the two parties ,
arrierl out tor m ny years , has never
; : ' Lt > cn BO clearly IIhowl1 as dm'lng the db-
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; cussion ot national affaIrs which has
-\0' \ ' \IICI1 ! going on this ytar , The Republl-
( " CAn party came be Core the couutry ,
/1 _ through President Hoe < ; evelt. to glvo an
( \ccount ot its stewat'dship from the day
'When President : \lc1\lnle : ) ' took the chair
cot Chiet Executive In 180i , 'he first
four ) 'ears of the adminlstt'ation ot Presi.
dent McKinley must be considered In
connection with the last four years ot
IcIjnley and Roosevelt , for the carry-
J ) . tng out ot Hopublic.l1I nollcy under He-
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( lubllcan principles during those years
is the basis upon which HepubUcans ask
for another term ot power.
'l'he H publicun plattorm and President -
dent Roosevelt's speech and letter ot nc-
t'ptance show how closely tte ! Republican -
can party sticks to the practIcal work
ot the prlsent , how well it knowi < ! what
he people wunt , and how surely It Is
planuing and ll1o\'in to carry out the
desires at the people , Upon the mOle ) '
question the ( ll\rt ' occupie' ! the s ne
, ronnd where It stood , under attack , in
J8D nnd moo ,
In It.'i iutl't'IIal policy It stands for pro-
ect1on , the Irrlation : ot arid lands , the
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< : onstruction ot the Panama canal , the
' , ; t'tgulation of iIIenl : trusts that run counter -
, , , tor to the Interlltate commerce laws , the
' ; payment of just peniolls ! to dlsahled ,
I " honorably dlschaFged'eterllns ot the
" , . . . , 'Var tor the Union , and other meanres ! ' !
And Ideas familiar to the people , 'L'he
I pes cmd labor of the government have
, " bien to bring the Philippine ; ; Into close
: , f ; ' latIons with the American pllle , to
fit them tor self government , and to n
them C1 term ot selt government .0
dearl1 dQ u as to Its tuture and so
win et torth tha t aU may eee wha t hili
tJeen done since the fortunes and tate ot
war threw upon the United States the
cUrect responsibility tor millions ot tel-
low-beings in the AslatJc eoas. 'fhl tor-
e1gn policy Is but a record of peace and
oed w111 with all the nations or the
earth. Prosperity , industry nnd hopetul-
ne. . at home , confidence and respect
abroad , lIuch is the hrlet story of He-
puhlican rule during the past eight years.
What has the opposition to orrer ?
Upon the gold staudard its platform Is
i aBeut. Its cundidate. who voted tor
1 Bryan In 18913 And 1000 , now firmly declares -
clares ! tIs con\'erslon to honest money
" doctrInes. Dryan Is on the stump tor
Mr. Parker , and the mass ot Democrats
toda , . are tor tree sUver , or any kind
' ot money that will serve to call the Ig ,
r' norant to thCi r standard. Upon IIU the
t qUCltlons ot government policy and prae-
' . tlce tl.1. Democrats are as much at sea
" ftl they are upon finance. ' 1'helr wholA
, Illan ot campaign , BO tar as any plan
' { has been developed , Is the world-without-
" Clnd scheme ot findlnll' fault wlAh everybody -
body and every instltutJon which accom-
pUshlls things.
I Democrnc11 'YeRlc Protests.
There are feeble and more or less In ,
e11lgent protests ngainst protection. Not
dorlnl to oppose the Panama canal , the
I proteators content with protestlnl :
IlgaJn8t everythln/l / that has been done ,
GO tar , to make the Panama canal a
,1' L l'eal thIng. Upon the gigantic trust
' - eTIJ , which menaces Indh'l.lual . prosper'
ity , not a word ot alucerit ) ' hns been
I1pokea by a Democrat. 'l'he ( > tl'orls of
. ] 'rc8ldent Roosnelt to npl1l ) ' the UnItel !
Htate'J lavs to Intl'actIons of the In'
terstate commerce laws by the trusts ,
ba\8 been roundly condeD1I1l'd by th
Jt'mocr\tlc candidate and his Collo1\'orli ,
' 1'he payment ot dlsa bllity pensions tc
llJed'Merans ot the ch'lIvar hall beeu
bltterly resentt'd hy the Mm. canllillate ,
I .nd by hla polltJcal assoc1atu.
forelp pollCT , luaulurated an
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carried on by .Tohn lIay , greatest of
molern ( diplomats , rece\\'es \ nothing but
cOlulemnatlon trom the would-be adminIstrators -
Istrators ot the : \rrnlr , at the nation.
'l'he scrious , toilsome task ot making
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a new , tree peol1le 01lt of the mixed peoples -
ples ot the Philippine Islands , a labor
which must be rharl\eterlzed by deliberation -
tion , care and the l ghost conscience , and
which Is only at it. . beginning , has been
ignorantly and wantonly nss\lIed ! nnd
mlsreprtsented. And In connection with
this gigantic task , which must try the
8trength ot American statc men ) 'It nn-
born , the "bogey m:1n" : or "Impel'lallsm"
has hl'cn constructed.
It Is all , 1I1erally , " rl'nt cry and little -
tle wool , "
The Democratic candidate , In one ot
his few l1ublic sl1eeches , has given out
1'hlldlsh expression ot fear \lit this
arnmdng boge ) ' man of AmerIcan 1m-
pElrlallsm. "History teaches , " he said ,
"that from Hl'l'ublil\nlsm to ImperialIsm - i
Ism the movement Is grallual nnd unpre-
celved ot the l1eople. Its ominous pro. ,
grt'ss , when disco\'l red , len vcs open but
two courses-submission or resort to .
violence. "
A lImlllntlns : Cr , . .
It Is humiliating that an AmerIcAn
man who has had the bcnefit of a common - I
mon s'hool education should so mistake :
the Ilhllosophy ot history 4 ! ! to raise In
his own mind , or that ot anyone else ,
the aucient feRr of kings fllld emperorll : in
A country which has been go\'erned by
the people for a hundred years ,
All the tl'end of human thought and
hnman is towal'd the '
destiny Io\'ernment
at the people Cor the l1eople , B\'en in
the old world the principle work ! ! , and
Is ever advancln : , : . 'I.'he Ilanet upon
which we live may tall into the ! sun , or it
may be snuffed out like a candle by
some ot the mysterious powers of the
unh'erse. But In the epoch ot the
world's history In which we live no eelt-
go\'Orned uatlon ot tree people will take
the road back to subjectJon. An ot
aU people the AmerIcans are the last
to look fearfully torward to 8uch an
autl-elhnax.
No one regarlts these "Imperialistic"
warnings seriously" but they sho\v whnt ,
kind ot people make up the Democratic
party , "Anything , " they 8ay , "tor a
cry ! anytWn& trom a whine to IIhrIek , '
anything , to get us n hearing ! And ,
perhaps , such fooll : thelie mortal. be ,
wo'll howl ourselves into powerl Onc.
again , 1111 shriek ! "
Dut 1803 Is not tar enouJh hack. The
block shadow of Democruilc rule i. lltill
remembered , ruefull ) ' , by American Tot-
ers.
ers.The people have made up their minds ,
and "the shouting ot the captains" cannot -
not turn them one point from theIr
source , They will elect Hoose\'elt , Presl-
Ilentj Fairbank ! ! , Vice PI'esldent , and return -
turn a Republican ConJ'ros.
nOIUClltic JIIannfnctures.
The export" of domestic mauuacture ! !
from the United States have growll from
$40,845,802 In 18GO to $40.1,641,401 In
ID02. Nearly all of this g owth was
under Republican administrations. Since
1809 the exporta tlon ot manutactures
has averagell over $400,000,000 per annum -
num , being more than twiN as much u
In Iny year prior to 18DO , tour times
as much as In any year prIor to 1877 ,
and ten times a much as In any year
prior to 18 7. Could there be a stronger
nrgument In tavor or Uepubllcan policIes
than that afforded by these figures ?
"Within the limit , . definell b , . the
National Constitution the Natlonnl
Al1mlnllltrntlol1 hn. . 110111:11' to secure
to ench mnn thll fllll enj".wellt ot hi. .
rhht to live hila 11fe nUll dlapose of hi. . .
Ilrolicrty Rlll1 hhl IntJar us' he decms
heRt , ftO 10111 : a. he wroll/'t no one ellle.
It hnR "h"wn In e/f / ctl\'e fnllhloll thnt ,
In elllleuvorlnir to make I : od thl. . .
uarllntec , It trenh nl1 men , rich or
IIAor , whntever their creC'II , their color ,
, or their hlrth-"llIce , aR IItalllllng atlle
before tit. , la\V.-noo.tV I ' . ! lmer ot & 0'
ceptlloC41.
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I Neyt'r mind tile certalntlu you. hear
, about all to Roe evelt'l election. Do
your part. Oalt ! your , -ote , rain or Ihlne ,
I mud , .no. . . . . or dust : , cut lOW' Tote I
DO WE WANT THAT AGAIN ?
Hepuhllean Prcsident lInrrlson hall
$ abUOOOOOO go\'ernment receipts In his
lust fiscal 'ear , lS : ! the next ) 'ear.
Democratic President Cleveland wa
only able to show $208,000,000 , a. de-
Ct'ellse ot $88,000,000 , Dove want that
a.ain : ?
Uepubllcan Presillent IIarrison had all
excess of l'eceillts o\'er eXllellilitures ot
2,341,000 In hili last fiscal ) 'car , IS ! ) : ! ;
the ' DemocrlltIc President
next ) 'ear , ,
Clevcland had an excess of cxpenlllturell
o\'cr receillts ot $ tJ,803ooo. Do we
wAnt that again ?
Democratic President Clevl'land nlso
h\l ; ( an e1cess : of expenditure ! ! over receipts -
ceipts oC $ ' 12,000,000 In 18U'1 , and of
$ : : i , OOOooo in 1805 , Do we want that
a1'uln : ?
Hepubllcan President Harrlsoll hall. .
$7 ,8UIiOOO pO'ltal receipts In hiM last
fiscal year , 18H3 : the next ) 'ear Demo-
Ct'utlc Pl'lIlllent : Cleyeland hall nearly n
million less. Do we want that IIgaln ?
Demoeratlc Presillent Clc\'t'land , In his
tour I scal years , 18J.1 ! to 18 i , had $1-
1B2OOOOOO of railway lIeeurlties wiped
out by receiverships. Do we wllnt that
again 'J
Democratic President CIlIVelnnd can
only flLow $ S 1,000OOO ot mnnufactures
exported In hi"onr I seal yearll , 18U4.
18i ! , n alns1 $ lG72OOOOOO 80 exporte.t
In Uooeyelt's rom fiscal years , lU01-
1904a shortale ; of $ 1OOOOOO , Do we
want that n ain ?
ItC1l11b1iean Pre..lltent Hootcvelt AhoWII
$300,000Q : on dep031t In our sa"ill ! : I
bl\nks , while Dem ratic President
Cleveland coullt onb' show $ l , : mOOo-
000 AO Ilel10sited In hi" best fla vlnbanlc !
' ( > nr , 18117. In otlHr words , $1 , UlOOO , .
000 less of such deposits. Do we want
that again ?
Re-publle6\n Presltlen t noosevelt can
show i , i4HOOO,000 total I'xports in his I
four fiRcnl years. 1001-1D04 : Democratic I .
PreBl ent Cleveland In his four fiscal.
'eKn , 180.1-1897 , only reachlt a total
export ot $3,631,000,000 , or $2.117,000-
000 If'ss ' , Do we want that again ?
Republican Pre-Rldent Hoosevelt cau
show a total tOl'elltn commerce ot $0-
400,000,000 in bls four fiscal ye-au , 1001-
lD04.j DemocratIc Prrsldent Cleveland for
his tour fis < , al year' ! , 18D4-181)7. can only
8how $ G , 51),000OOO , or $2D31,000,000
less. Do wo want that again ?
Democratic Presld'nt Cle\'eland wit-
nlssed ! , In 189G , 13 , j30 miles ot stcam
railways tlold under foreclosure , an excess -
cess over the l toreclosure sales ot
13,275 miles. Do wo want that aflIin ?
Democratic Preliltent ! Cleveland , In
lSDG , had 1,015oooooo less money In
circulation than Republican President
Roosevelt hu no\v. Do we want that
again ?
Democratic Prestent ! ! Clevelanl In
180U , was pitying $10,000,000 more annual -
nual Intel'fst on our public deht than Is
no\v boln ! : paid. Do WI want that
again ?
Democratic Prellident Cleveland , In
18DO , hl.d $ 14v\JQOOO less golel In the
treasnry than Republican President
Uoose\'elt now has. Do w. want that
aKain ?
Democratic Presll1f'nt Cle-veland , in
18)0 ! ) , had $4,757,000,000 less total bank
deposits than Hepubllcan President
noosevelt can now show. DoYo want
that a/\In / ? ,
De1ll0cra tic President Cleveland , In
180 , had $5,000,000,000 less lite insurance -
ance In torce , than is now protecting
those dependent upon us. Do we want
that again ?
Democratic Preldent ! Cleveland , in
18DO , exported $78,000,000 more gold
thnn he imported , while Itepubllcan
President ItooseveIt , In lOOt , Imported
$ liOOOOOO more than he exported , thus
making a showIng against Cle\'clund ot
$ U .OOOOVO In a 8illlle ye r. Do wo
wllnt that again ?
Democratic PresidE-nt Cleveland haul-
ell down his cuuntr"s l1a/o / : In Honolulu ,
Jndge l'nrkor and his party say they
" ,111 do tlli sl1me In the I'hllipplues. , DoVe
\Ve want thut again ? " -
Hepubllcau President IIarrison's last
calendar year , 189 , Wall on. ot the
most prosperous y ars the country had
enJoTedj DwoCNtJc Pruldent Ol..land
und his tarlff-tor-re\'enue tree-trade
1I0licy destroyed t hut 11rosllerlty , undo
Ing in tiew month8 the good Uepubll-
can \-orl. ot the years since Lincoln's
first election. lJo we want thn t a nln ?
Delllocltlc President Ole\'eland's entire -
tire second term cngalemeut was 1110 yell ,
to the flccompanlment ot weeplnl : women - I
men and wallin ! : children , hunJry tor
tood. Do we want that lignin ?
WAUL'En. J. B\.LLAllD.
Schenectady , N. Y.
n.mpath , . tor Parker.
PossIbly some Democrats may want
tq vote tor l'orlwl' , hecause they would
Ccol very fiOrry tor him In the event of
his deCeat. But It Is a matter of common -
mon gossip In Xew York that Parker ,
It not elected l'rmlllient , is to ha'e a fat
job anywayj that In fl\ct ho has already
been oll'ercd b ) ' Au ust llelmont the position -
tion ot ( ' ( Junsel of the Interooroll/h 'r nI I
sit Itnllway at a salary of $50,000 a
year , the snme salary he would get as
Prlsldent ot the United States , and that
In this position he may also 110 outNlde
legal work as member ot a law firm to
consist of lIl11 , Sheehan and Parker. In
any e\'ent 1\Ir. \ Pllrl.er has secured n fine
advertisement Cor hlmselt by hi.l ! cl1ndl-
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dllfJY for lresillent , so that there will be
no Ilonger whate\'er of his not helng able
to earn ct good Ih'lng In private lito by
the practice of law. It would seem to
be better Jor Mr. Parker to get $50,000
per year from Mr , Belmont Ill ! direct
cOllnsel tor thnt gcntleman. than to get
$ OOUO ller 'ear Cl'om the Unltl'11 Statcs
' ol11elal 8el'\'ices that '
governmt'nt for \ mn )
he Inl'gely inl1uencell b ) ' the sU'Jcstions
at Mr , Belmont , who Is In the trusts
neck high , and who once or.anlzed a
! 1J'llllleato which g-ot ft ral.e'off ot nearl ) '
$3OOOUOO on hunlls ISltl ! tt durIng the
8 ( > C011(1 ( CIt \'I'I\nll ! IIdminlstrntlon to make
good the deficits reilIlting trom the W11- ,
son "tariff tor re\'enue enl ) ' " bill.
In the minds ot'oters the perRonnl
prosperity of thousands ot Americans
who would he adversely arrected by DemocratIc -
ocratIc victory should count tor more
than s"mpathy tor the Dmnocratlc can-
dldatejvho will I\oubtless ( ' ( Jntlnue to
grow personally more prosperous , not-
withstnndlnr dlsalpolntment in his
Presidential al'plra Hens ,
Growlh uf lo1ullu.uctllriIlC.
Manufacturing never attaIned much
growth under the old Democratic regIme.
DemocratJc legislation and Democratic
admlnlstratlou were not favorable to It.
They ta\'ored the importation ot manufactured -
factured products troUl ( orelgn countries.
The realllevc10pment of our manufactur-
InIndu'itries dates practIcally trom the
birth of tbe Uepublican party and the
establlalunent ot proteetlon. In 1800
there were only 140"133 manufacturlnK
establishments In thc United Stntesj In
moo there were 1 ,7a'l. In 18 O the
\'lj.lue or Ollr mnnutacturesV1I8 $1,885.-
8G1oooj In 11)00 ) It was $13,03D,27DOOO ,
'l'he I1gures show that our present Jreat
manutllcturlng R'stom dates from the or-
lanlzatJon of the Uepuhllcan parly.
IIow J 1'111. , Mr , Cleyel"ml ?
Ex-Preshlent Gl'over Cleveland says In
a flolemn letter advising young men , that
his first Tote Wll8 cust for "tho experienced -
enced , undramatic Buchanan , " rllther
than tor Ii'remont , tbe "Pathfinder. " Ac-
( ' ( Jrlling to the record , Grover Cleveland
was born on the 18th Ilay ot 1\larch \ ,
1837. HI coulll not have reached the
a e ot twenty-one yearB In J8W , when
Buchanan was elel"ted. Not until 18)8 :
\Vas GrOTer Clevelllnd ot 11'1:11 : Totin&
age.
age.But , 1.8 ! the Washington Star rmnarkll ,
"they used to vote carly anll orten" in
those days !
Overconfidence bas lost many political -
cal battles , It Is well to teel ! ! anguine ,
hut don't be co'ksure nntll the tnem , .
capitulates ; nud the nuly way to torce
cllpltulatlon Is to oTerlThelm your opponents -
ponents wthan ! avalanche ot votes , Cust
your ballot farly 011 Nov ( > nlber 8 tor
ltoose\'clt 111101 1"oIrhflnk't"
It ) 'OU , \ . . tv r.turlJ to the db/utrou8 /
tlme5 that tollowcll the election of
Grover CleTelaud In 1802 , atay a"ay
frow the paUl ( II' Tot. tor Parker and
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WHAT DO YOU WANT'1
If You D slre the COllntr ) . " 'eIr"r'o
Vote fnr Hno.cTc1t.
Vote tor ltooscvelt anl1 I 'ulrbonks and
eler.t HOPllbllrn9 CongrcsI :
It you want the honor aud dignity ot
the country uphelllj
It ) 'OU want prl/sent prosperou. conditions -
ditions ( ' ( JntInued j
It you want the nrralrs ot government
IIdll1lnlstercd Intelligently Ilnd economl-
cl1lly j
It you want the book ! ! kellt open and
dishonesty 1ll1nlllhed where\'er fonul1 j
It ) ' 011 want graMllllIg Utonopolles re-
presed ! and torced to obey the lawj
If you want jllstlco Ildmlnllterell to all.
rIch and lloor allkej
It 'ou want a huu r.r horlle of D.mo-
cratlc looters kept Ollt of OmCej
It you want slIch trlckstcrs as D. .
lIlIl given no place lu the cuhlnetj
It ) ' 011 wuut l1Ie al tl'lHtH rehllled tor
contrlblltlng to the Democratic cam-
IJalgn funll :
It you wunt corrllilt 'l'nmmany not to
bo Jllven ct chancil to raid the natJonal
treasur ) ' j
It you want the 1 ammany Krattlng
system not to taRtcn lIs cllltch on .very
brandl ot thc federal o\'ernmentj
I " 'Oll want a manly Ulan retalne1 In
the 'hite House ;
1C 'ou wunt Df1mocrnllc nonctlty , a
weak tool of tricky politicians , l.ept out
ot the PreslentlH,1 ! ! chair :
It ) 'OU want the nlltlou to retain Its
lead IImong the world llOwers as a Ileace
llrollloter :
It 'ouvant firmnesR dlpla'cl1 ! when
firmness will IlI'otect American 1I\ ' ( s and
pt'OpE-rty IntcrestJ-l j
In short , if 'Oll lXllnt I'ver 'thlu that
good , patriotic cltizrn IIhOllid wllnt ,
vote tor Hoe e\'elt aUll l'alrbanks anl1
elect n Hepllblic'nn Cl1lurt'SQ ,
Republican l'otlcles Promote Fore"n
Trnllc _
The omclal figurei' ' ! of torelgn com.
merce during September sho" that tllA
gain was $ lOiOOOO a day , a record
which has been equaled only once In the
September exports In a number of years ,
and which Is $ : JiOOOO a Ilay more than
the average aln ot the precedlnr six
rears. TW. is shown by the follow1u"
table :
Exces. GAin
Septemherot exports. per day.
18GB . . . . . . _ . . , . 42 , 180,000 $1,400,000
lSD9 . . . . . . . . . . . SO , 1 i.fooo 1:100,000 :
moo . . . . . . _ . . . _ rilll3a,000 : 1,800,000
mOl . _ _ . . . . . _ . . 40,1113,000 1aaa,000
1002 . . _ . . . _ . . . _ i,702OOO 023,000
lU03 . . . . . _ . . . . _ 28lSiOOO : : 0 IGOOO
A ver. or year : l8UtI1OOO 1,800,000
IDa-I . . . . , . . . . . . O,135,000 1OiOOOO
It Is evident ( roln thee ligures tJlnt
Republican Ilollcies caunot be uuwhole-
flOlne for this I'ollntry In any particular.
' 1'hIl8 notwithstanding we preserve our
hOlUe markets IInder the protective tariff ,
yet wo are able to Incrl'ae ! our bu\lnes8
In tMelKn markets ilK well. 'l'he "trade
tollows the flag" dnctrlne and the "open
door" help accolUplish this result.
An J xtrftvllrnnt Untln , . .
Talking about the nlleged extravagance
ot t.be war department under Republican -
can rule , Jude 'I.'aft reminds the Atlantic -
tic tleahoard that one Ih'm In the Increase
ot recl'nt expenditures hall heen the guns
to f'rrectllally llrote't the grt'at harbors
ot the I ast. In 1\lr. \ Cleveland's day
there was just anA 1111mounted : along
the , vhole llne of the Atlantic cout trom
Maine to the Ii'Jorida kt'Ys.
"It I. . n ftt rlk Ins : e'I.lellce ot onr op-
ponenh' In'tlncerlt , . In this " , ntter
[ Ilrotectinn of Amerlenns nhroftl ] thnt
with their demnllll for rnlilenl Rctlon
h , . the Btnte lJepartlllclit the , . cOIIII'e
n ( 'cmnnll for n relllction III ollr s"'nll
mllltnr , . eKtnhllshment. 1't't they mll"t
Iwow thnt the hee:1 : fin h ) to ollr Iro-
tostlllltl\lnltt 111-trel1tlll IIt ot our citi-
zen. will he exactly 11rollortlonnte to
the hellet In our nhlIty to mnke tllt'se
llrote..ts elTcctive flhol1l1l the uecil
" lt'.leU of . ,
.rlal-noolev r IIccevL14nc.
G t out IInd Tote on electIon daT ,
That's the olllT WRY ) 'OU call help eJect
thl IlollubllCIlD tJcket , now.
.
W GE S AND GOST OF liVING
Another Glaring Instance ot
Democratic Juggling with
Government Statistics.
lABOR DUllETIN IGNORED
In Order to Make Political Capllal ad
Also to Mlsrcl1rescnt CondllioDs
and Dccelve Voters-Cam-
pallll Tcxt.nook Trickery.
\
An uamlnntlon lot the nIts of tb.
DemoC'rntic ue\\lpllllers for th. Pllllt tew
weeks 'lU1I1 ot the receutly 18suod Demo-
ct'atIc Cnmlnhn ( 'l'ixt Hook I1Iscl03es .
dlsJlIt1on on the Ilart of the mauaJ ; r.
'of the Democrntc ! camllalin to ( l1&crol1lt
tht ) rellOrt on wag's and ( ' ( Jst ot IIvlnl
nll1l1e h ) ' the Burenu of Lnbor In Its July
Bulletin ( No. : l ) . In vieot the reputation -
tation ot Conllnls'lloner Wright tor ab _
lute Calrness In the collectIon and pres-
entntlon of stnt111cl it fs ot 80ml t-
ter't lit this tlmc to re\'le\V 1:1i' ' ! report
lu the light ot the hllUgnant criticisms
which It hns brouJht torth , And It ma , .
111' snltl at thl' outset that careful ex-
nmhllltion of the report reTeals the somewhat -
what romnrlmble tact that practlC' lly
ever ) ' crltlclRIIl mnde has been anVerell
In the Bulletin Itself. Indo I1 , It 'Would
ahllli > t l\lllcnr ( that the comllllorlf of the
'I'ext BOlli , cilher did not make U8I of
the Bulll'tIn or hall 110 desire to b. con-
vlncel of the truth ot the figures pub-
1.11d ! . therein , nnt ! that their Inalnua-
t\ons \ and clllln , ' mlR"tatementl or Cad
were made Cor the purpose ot mlsleal.
hli the IlIIhllc mind. Let 1111 proceed
to the most IIl'ecltlc ot the somewhat
vOJue charges that .are Illade.
It Is I1rMl chared that the report pub.
llNlled In the BullotJnYR' ( quotln the
'l'ext Bllok ) "preparod ostensibly nil all
olllelni docUluent , but in reality , It Reems ,
tor the slleclal use ot the Republicall
Cnullahn { Committee. " 'l'ho " , , 'oll-nlgb
eonclullvQ" e\'hll'llco RubmlttOlt In BUP-
llOrt or this chnt'Jo consllts .ot a tato-
ment by Sl'crelary Shl\w In Juue last
that Bueh n rt'llort would be llUbllshod.
All matter ot fnl.t , It hud heeu know"
to the public Cor se\'eral years that th
Bureau ot l/uhol' WI'II ougagel ( In collectIng -
Ing- data , tor louch , a repOl't aUlI the portion -
tion of the rellort rollAtlnK to cost ot Ih-
Ing WQ8 actllully published In DulletIa
.11) ) n el11'ly UII No\'umher , jD03-nearly
right 1II0uths IIrc\'lou to Secrota17
Slaaw's IItntemeut.
Not Whnt IJernncrfth Wnnte4.
.
It is clearly stntotl In the Bulletin
1tllelf thl\t the hlv\JijllKation wal be ul1
In the wluter ot lUOO-1Ull1 , anll without
doubt the records ot the bUJ'eau and
the testimony ot Inuulre ot manutac.
turers whoso puy 1'01ls were examlnlll
\\"oulll have [ Iro\"l\ \ the truth of the stat.-
mtllt. hud the truth been doslred in Dem-
ucrntlc 1111l1rlerll. 'But no-for politJcal
rO\ijOIlH ! , the tacts dlsclosell were Dot
llieaslll , und It seemed necessary to
udolt ) IIOllle lIIelhod , IIPlluroutIy anr.
method that would detract from an exhibit -
hibit ot 11 remarkable condlt\OL\ \ indWl-
trlul deprelilon ! wus dellirud. Conclual-e
c\1I1ellco is at hund thltt the \therlns
ot these ttutlstlCl ! walt bcgun In the winter -
ter ot WOO-IUOl , und that they \Ter.
not " , 'Ooked up" for the occMlon as
churged , but It 11 not to be expected
that this lIJsurd ! charge will be with-
lIra wn , nlthouJ.h : all 11 matter or tact the
liKurel ! 411:1 : to wugl"S flud cost ot Ilvlnll
rlCerred tll have been corrobornted by in-
Ill'llelulent InvcstJ ationl ! which have beeD
cllllchillell h ) ' the State bur"aus ot In-
erlll Inwortant States.
It lIS chargell also that by giving equal
wel ht to IInillllHJI'tant articles at con-
IIlIlIIp1'lon Rlill IIrtlcle ! ! ot prime Jleces-
! llty an 111111 ul ) ' Hlllull IncI'case In cost or
11 ' Is secured. It b ' ' assertell
111111 : ! ; I'a'ely
that IIl1tllle l ! , Ileppor , ilium , t1e. , are
ghpn cIJlIal weight with ! luch hUllOrtant
articlcJi us lard , beet , egs : , 1I0ur , eta _
'J'hls chl1r u IllI/oht / , huleed , be convincIng -
Ing It It contained e\'n a IIlIght elt'ment
or truth. Unrol'tllnutely tor the CrltlcllW. '
lrowu\'er , the Bullctln Itelt ! stntes th 11
all at'Ueles ot Coed I\rt ! weighed exaotIrl
according to the alllount conllumed In the
Il\'urue workingman's tamily. In thl.
Bulletin the eXllct quantities a.re '
and the m'thod cleluly explnlned , .0
that the chue : can only be conlltrued : . .
a deliberate uttemlJt to mislead the Tot-I
ers at the couutry and not ns an error
. on th IlOrt ot the conwiler ot thl/l / text
hook. As a matter ot tact the most ,
cllreul search of Bulletin 53 shows thAt ,
the unlmlwrtant articles referred to , .uc
as llUtt ) ' , nutmels , ilium , pepper , etc. .
arl1I0t t'ven IIIcHitlonerl therein. Tohn.
IIrtlcles are fOllnd , ho\nver , among the ,
( j0 Drticlc ! ! entering Into an Index of
wholesale Ilfices which has been publl boIl -
oIl annllllll ) ' h ' the bureau tor the pul
three yearll , bllt this index has 110 cor.r
IIcctinn whttu\'er : with the rellort on coot
or 11 vi lit ; ' . One IJaUses \Yonder at the
( nct that the Democratic mallagers are
RO lacking in reRource as to adopt the
clumsy trick ( > f injl".1lng figures trom.
another rellort into 11 discussion ot the
report on cost of livIng , and pretend that
they were a part ot the latter report. It
IIII1St be 1l\sumed ! that In this lIectloa
there was the studied Intention to mis-
l'epreRcnt and ( ' ( Jnvey fin Imprr.sion to
the public utterly contrary to the truth I
and entirely unwarranted by the tact. .
'j'ho t'nUre 1I0rtion or the 'ext Book und -
d r the caption "Absurltlty ot Republl-
can Averages" ( pages 12.1 and 125) ) , find
lIIuch that tollows on page l tJ and 127. ,
bI or the character just mentioned _
A I/ndlcrnns Complnlnt.
The turther ( ' ( Jmplalnt th.t : the fiiure. ,
( or l'Ost ot lIV1111 : are based on retail ,
prices Instead or wholesale can only b.
understood by assuming tb.t : the use of
the latter \Voultl hl1 ve given the Demo-
( 'rutlc < 'lImpuln 1nanagera a lIttl. lUI
11iscomCort. Bulle.ln 3 clearly erplains
t he reaon ! tOl' the use ot lltall prices
a' ! a hnsis tor COl1t of livlug In prefer-
enef ) to the wholes.1lo. It Is tru8 that
"holcsale prIces h\\c [ been uscd nt times
to Indicate the treml ot cost ot lIvlnr ,
hut they I\re conillered ! by t-ConomJstl
111:1 : unrelia le t r the purpotll ! ot Indlcllt-
iUK the t'xtent ot the Increase or .1 , .
I'rlal ! < e. Until the prt1sent day inve.'Jtllf\ .
tion hy the Bureau ot I/awr no recorl"
or rtlatl1 prices coverIn any consider-
Ilbl. perIod hud ever bien coUectfd , OIW-
11111 : to thl verT rut expon. . of maldq