NY STATIN
lil ulAlfiO
Prosperity Is Widespread
and Farm Mortgages
Are Decreasing ,
More Bank Deposits in States
That Bryan Is Hopeful
of Carrying ,
Business Conditions Generally Im
proving and Better Times
Prevailing.
Some of the Strongest Testimony
Comes from Candidate Bryan's
Own State.
In order to secure = ome up-to-date
facts relative to conditions prevailing
among the people all over the United
States , and particularly in the west
ern states , letters have recently been
sent to business men in the large cit
ies and in the country towns in those
sections. The inquiries related to
the bank deposits , and what better
ment if any was noticeable among
the borrowing classes. Some of the
strongest replies that have been re
ceived come from Nebraska , Mr. Bry
an's own state. It is to be noted
that the 01113' discordant note came
from Deadwood , S. D. The complaint
there was that gold is worth no more
than it was four years ago , while oth
er commodities have increased.
Some of the replies , in l rief are
summarized :
Colorado. Brown & Nourse , attor
neys for the First National bank :
"The business of this part of the
country has vastly improved under
the republican administration. Cat-
\ tie are worth twice as much as they
I were four years ago , sheep two or
three times as much. Many of the
farr-.rs ( or ranchmen ) lave paid up
ir .i-igages existing years ago. Col
lections are much easier to make and
i merchants have little trouble in col-
' lecting. We can safelj * say there is
not a laboring man in the state of
Colorado ( who desires labor ) who is
out of work to-daj- . "
Illinois. J. R. Walsh ( a democrat )
president Chicago national bank : "I
never knew a time when commercial
paper was paid up more promptly
than todaour notary complains
that he has no protesting- do. The
rate of interest is now verj * low. This
/.s no doubt due to the additional cur
rency issued under the new law , the
enormous production of gold in this
countoy , and more prosperous times
generally. "
II A. G. Becker , dealer in cattle paM -
M per , Chicago : "About $40,000,000 or
$50,000,000 annually are now loaned
by eastern banks on cattle , where for
merly this paper was never looked
upon with favor. This , of course , has
niadeit very much easier for the farm
er to obtain his money , thereby buying
\ more cattle , and instead of selling his
corn he kept this for feed , and
for raising hogs. Altogether it
has been quite a revolution for the
farmer all through the west , and we
are very sure it has come to stay ,
of course on condition that we retain
sound money and republican admin
istration. " '
Indiana. C. T. Lindsej * , Cashier of
the Citizens' national bank , South
Bend , Ind. , says : "Savings and com
mercial accounts in South Bend have
increased over four years ago 55 per
cent , , and 150 per cent. each. In gen
eral our farmers are well to do , man
ufacturers are employing a world of
men , running full time , and in some
instances over time. "
Second national bank , Richmond
mend , Ind. : "Bank deposits in our
community have more than doubled
ln the past four years. At least 25
: 'Jper cent , of the mortgages on farms
this locality have been paid. The
[ merchants are experiencing a won-
dJjrful improvement in trade. "
Indiana national bank , Indianapolis -
lis , Ind. : "Since 1S96 bank deposits
in this community have almost doub-
led. Interest rates on municipal
obonds have greatly declined. There
considerably more money being
1 loaned on mortgages by small invest-
it ors. "
Kansas. Ira P. Nye , cashier na
tional bank , Eureka , Kan. : "Depos
its have increased about 25 per cent ,
since 1S96. There has been an im
provement in our local credits of
from 20 to 25 per cent. Farm mort
gages have decreased nearly one-half
since 1S96. The principal reason there
for is the universal prosperity
brought on by a wise and judicious
administration. "
Kentucky. L. C. Murray , president ,
the American national bank , Louis
ville , Ky. : "All bank deposits in this
community have about doubled since
lS96. The agricultural interests in
is whole community have improved
4o such an extent as is really remark
able , and contentment and plenty are
shown on all hands , and only polit
ical disturbances occur. We only
vhope that four years more of such
prosperity can be attained , for this
ommunity has never before been in
cli a prosperous condition.
Michigan. M. L. Williams , vice
president , the Commercial national
bank , Detroit , Mich. : "Both savings
and commercial deposits have in
creased with us about 50 per cent.
Wespectively , during1 the last four
w UTS ; while credits of this district i
tavfe increased about- per cent. The
improvement in the condition of the
debtor class has been material.
Minnesota. J. H. Dight , cashier
First national bank. Duluth : "A num
ber of our people in mercantile pur
suits who hud borrowed money and
were unable to pay four years ag
5wve large 13 * reduced or wiped ou
their debts. Some who were in goo
financial condition have become ver ,
much betteroff. , We do not know o
any merchants of business capacitj
who have not very materially im
proved their position.
A. L. Alness , president Scandina
vian-American bank , St. Paul , Minn.
"This bank's deposits compared wit ]
three years ago have increased 9
per cent. I estimate G5 per cent , o
mortgages on homesteads of median
ics , laborers and small business men
have been paid and 23 per cent , have
been reduced. Money has been chea ]
and abundant since 1897. "
Montana. H. II. Matteson , cashier
First national bank of Great Falls
Mont. : "Bank deposits show an in
crease in our community as comparer
with four-years ago of 118 per cent
Four years ago our sheep interests
which comprised almost wholly our
borrowing class , were heavily in debt
To-day , while they have not beconc
loaners of money , they are far less
tn debt , and as a general rule are car
rying increased flocks.
Nebraska. S. II. Burnham. presi
dent First national bank of Lincoln
Lincoln , Neb. : "Bank deposits have
increased in the banks df this city
during the past five years 64 per cent ,
Never in the history of this state has
money been at so low a rate on good
securities as it is at the present time.
Farmers can borrow all the money
they want on first mortgages on their
farms at live per cent , interest , while
four 3'ears ago it was difficult for
them to get it at all. Four years ago
it was almost imxwssible for a busi
ness man to borrow a dollar from any
bank in the city of Lincoln , while to
day we are loaning as low as five per
cent. t A very large percentage of
mortgages have been paid , or at least
a portion refunded at a much lower
rate of interest. "
North Dakota. Union national
bank , Grand Forks. N. D. : "Bank
deposits in our community , as com
pared with four j-ears ago , have shown
from 25 to 30 per cent , increase , in
cluding both savings and commercial
accounts. This county is 25 per cent ,
ahead what it was four years ago in
general prosperity. "
First national bank , Fargo , N. D. :
"The bank deposits in our community
show a good increase over four j-ears
ago , running from 20 to 30 per cent.
A good many mortgages have been
paid up since 1S96 , some mortgages
which could not in 1S96 be renewed at
ten per cent , can now be renewed at
six and a half to seven per cent. The
cheapening of monej- has helped out
our citj' and state wonderfully. "
Ohio. 'Charles A. Hinsch , president
Fifth national bank , Cincinnati , O. :
"Deposits and clearings in this
city have increased in the neighbor
hood of 33 per cent , as compared with
conditions as thej- existed four years
ago. The deposits of this bank have
increased 300 per cent. Most of our
local debtors are in very much better
condition now than ihcy have been
for many years. The increased bal
ances of country banks indicate the
payment of farm mortgages , due to
the improved condition of the
farmer. "
South Dakota. C. L. Oleson , cashier
Security bank of Dakota , Howard ,
S. D. : "I take much pleasure in in
forming yon that the deposits of our
bank as compared with four years
ago are now just 100 per cent , larger.
Ten farm mortgages are now paid off
to everj * one that goes on record ,
while then ( four j-ears ago ) none were
paid off , and great quantities went on
record. "
William Selbie. cashier American
national bank , Deadwood , S. D. :
"This community is not a criterion of
general prosperity , for gold mining
is our main industry , and some of
our heaviest savers among the labor
ing classes have taken their savings ,
often considerable in amount , in go
ing to AlasKa. In the agricultural
district around us , however , the
change has been very marked. A
great many debts have been paid off ,
and the bank deposits have been
doubled. "
A POLITICAL PLATFORM.
"
x 4 you s' " * the pops all frown
W. < en they heard that Cholly Towne
Had been quietly turned down ?
Yes.
Did you see them faces make-
When they said : "We'll have to take
One more pull for Bryan's sake ? "
Of course.
Did you hear the silver bell
Peal forth joyfully and well-
That Towne didn't get a smell ?
Sure.
Did you see Dick Croker smile ,
Stretch hi : , mouth half a mile.
When the Towne men lost their pile ?
You know it.
Did you see him smack his chops
When the ice trust knocked the props
From beneath the western pops ?
You bet.
Did you think this two-faced crew
Can deceive the crowds anew ,
As they did in Ninety-two ?
Nit.
Plenty of AVorU for Labor.
The state labor bureau of New
York has made a report from 66 of
the leading1 industries of the state.
The report shows that wage earners
have had a marvelous advance in pros
perity. The men employed was as iofc-
lows :
Number. Total Wajres.
June 1,1894 ( free trade.15,112 53,246,143
June 30,1S89 ( protection.25,81 12.S31.65l
Exports Stcadlljr Increase.
For the eight months ended Augu&4
31 , 1900 , the total exDorls from Ihe
United States amounted
an increase of $49,500,501 for ifca
eight months of 189'a.
4
*
1S99.
7,685,414 , "U Sort ' Looks If I'd "
, , o' as Have to Expand.
M'KINLEY , WE'LL VOTE FOR YOU.
Air : Red , White and Blue.
McKinley , the pride of the nation !
Our leader undaunted and true ;
The hero of our veneration.
Allegiance we gladly renew !
By virtue of ties never sundered ,
By love for the red , white and blue ,
By the guns that for freedom have thun
dered ,
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
CHORUS.
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
By the guns that for freedom have frun-
dered ,
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
Your voice for our welfare has sounded ,
The trials of state you have borne ;
Your glorious deeds have redounded
And hallowed the path you adorn !
For honesty , justice and reason
And all that impresses the view ,
For triumph o'er error and treason ,
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
CHORUS.
With Roosevelt valiantly aiding ,
Inspiring your fearless command ,
With colors of glory unfading
A soldier devoted you stand ;
So firmly for righteous expansion.
For honor and loyalty , too ,
For manhood in liberty's mansion ,
McKinley , we'll all vote for you !
CHORUS.
C. P. R.
LABOR AND CAPITAL.
An Instance In AVIiIcIi They CoOperated
erated to Mutual Ad- '
vantage.
There are millionaires and million
aires.
There is the case of Mr. Matthew
C. D. Borden , a millionaire mill own
er , of Fall River , Mass. , widely known
among his friends and in that town
as "Matt , " equally well regarded by
the millionaires of the "dry goods dis
trict" of New York. It was a ques
tion in Fall River whether , on ac
count of the slack demand for cer
tain kinds of prints , certain of the
mills should not close down. Mr.
Borden thought not. It was he , by
the way , who had a year or more ago
taken the lead in raising the pay of
his employes some ten per cent. , thus
causing1 all the other mill owners of
Fall River to follow suit. This time
he said that production oughj not to
stop , that the mills ought to be kept
going , that the men ought to be con
tinued to be paid if there was any
way to do it. He saw a way. Per
haps he figured that there was no
great element of risk in the transac
tion ; yet if there was any , he took it
freely. He ordered some $600,000
worth of cotton goods , so that there
is no reason why there should be in
Fall River any disquieting labor situa
tion for a long time to come.
We believe that there is a deep lesson
in this thoroughly patriotic action on
Mr. Borden's part for all large em
ployers. The matter of employing
somebody , and equally the matter of
working for another , is just as much a
process of giving and taking as the
simplest or the most complex of busi
ness transaction of any kind.
No one can do all the work ; no one
: an make all the money. No employer
san make more than a certain percent
age of the monejor , if he tries to dose
so , other capitalists , equally solid finan
cially and equally brainy , will step in
and cut his profits down. The employe
can by no process obtain more than he
aught to have , more than the business
man will stand , for the employer will
simplj * shut down rather than continue
long to run at a loss. In a word , the
capitalist cannot have anything better
than a fair thing. He is a fool to ex
pect it. and the laborer , on the other
hand , cannot get more than the busi
ness will stand , though he ought in
every case to have what he deserves.
It is easy to argue from this point ,
ind we believe that nobody will deny
that the better employers and em
ployes understand one another , not
merely getting better acquainted per
sonally , but understanding what a self-
respecting , ambitions employe wants ,
and expects , and deserves , and appre-
siating , on the other hand , that the
capitalist must turn his money over ,
must make something , deserves some
thing , deserves especially well on ac-
: ount of the risk and worry he is un-
fler when all this is understood , we' '
should be on the verge at least of the
millennial period , when there would
DftTcr l > e a strike or a lockout , because
Llerewould never be cause for one.
Mill Operatives.
tie acraihern states to-day there
tire afcovh 12 000 operatives in mills.
itfat TofflHfcf fc s comparatively new
EM fcS"i B Jfca * re < /protection. .
UNCLE CONSIDER'S ADVICE.
Silver That Xob djAVnnts Piled Up
In the Treasury \rimlt AVliIIe
Gold In in Use.
Before writing a word on the sil
ver question I went to my Uncle Con
sider for good advice.
"Uncle , " I said , "do we really need
free silver free coinage ? "
"Need it need free coinage ! " ex
claimed the old man. "Why , we've got
it. This" government has a right to
coin all the silver it wants to , hasn't
it ? "
"Yes , but suppose we need more ? "
I suggested.
"Need m-o-r-e , " he repeated , slowly ,
"why , how much silver have we
coined ? "
"Well , I see by the mint reports that
we've coined $625,300,000 worth. "
"And how much gold ? "
"Six hundred and twenty-six million
six hundred thousand dollars' worth , "
I said.
"And where is that silver now ? "
"Well , I said , "I see by the last mint
report that $56,443,000 is in circulation.
The people have it , but $508,000,000 is
lying idle in the treasury. "
"Five hundred million silver dollars
piled up in the treasurj- , you say ? "
"Those are the figures , uncle. "
"And how much gold is there in the
treasurj- ? "
"About $ SOQCO,000 , and most of this
we have just rented from the English
at four per cent. , and we've got to pay
it back. "
"What , no real gold at all ? " said
Uncle Consider , thoughtfully. "Hiring
gold from the English , you say , just
to keep up appearances ? " and ray
uncle got up and walked the floor.
After a few minutes he stood up ,
wrung his hands and said , slowty :
"I've been a bimetallist all my life ,
Eli , and it seems as if everybody
else has been that way , too , for we've
coined $625.000,000 worth of silver that
nobody wants. The people won't take
but $36.000,1000 of it , while they take
$500,000,000 of gold. We can't sell it
to England for gold. It's only worth
50 cents to the dollar , anyAvay ; and just
to think , with all this silver rusting in
the treasury , a lot of miners and popu
lists are yelling for more silver , and
they want the government to pay a
double price for it , too. No , Eli. I'm a
bimetallist , but I know when I've had
enough. It is my deliberative opinion
that we'd better go a little slow on
silver for awhile and let gold catch
up. If the people want silver very
badly , let them go to Mr. Carlisle and
get some out of that $500.000,000 pile
in the treasury. The old highway
man used to blow a man's brains out
and get his monej" . but these free coin
ers , Eli , seem to want to blow our
brains and get our brains. "
Then Tincle laid down his Bible and
went on reading Mr. Preston's mint re
port.
INCREASED SAVINGS.
McKinley Prosperity Svrells the Sav
ings llnnk Deposits of
the People.
Mr. Bryan continues to argue that
the people want something more than
the full dinner pail. The } ' are getting
it. They wear more clothes , use more
cotton , use more wool , buy more fur
niture afed have and save more money
than they did under the Cleveland
democratic control of national affairs.
How much , better they have fared
under the administration of President
McKinlej- shown by the following
comparative statement of deposits in
the savings banks :
No. of Depositors. Deposits.
1S99 4,254,510 S1,7S2,974,4S1
1S94 3,413,477 1,265.450,116
Inc. under McKinley. 541,033 $517,524,065
That is to say , general prosperit } '
has increased , the number of savings
banks has increased by nearly SOO.OOO ,
the deposits by over $300,000.000.
JTevr Tru st Friends for Bryan.
In connection with the fact that Mr.
Croker , of ice trust fame , and Senator
Jones , of the Round Cotton Bale trust ,
are supporting Mr. Bryan , it is interest
ing to add that Mr. Bryan's recent
meeting at Parkersburg , W. Ya. , was
presided over by ex-United States Sen
ator Camden , an old-time democrat ,
who , besides being one of the richest
men in West Virginia , is a large stock
holder of the Standard Oil company.
It is not supposed that the intimate
connection of Senator Camden with
the Standard Oil company was even so
much as mentioned by one of the Bryan
papers.
S1LVEK AiND COTTON.
Bryan's Theory as to Parity and
Price Is Disproved.
Otvlncr to Good Time * of ( he Pint
Four YcnrM the I'eoplitf - Ui -
Inf More Cotton Thau
Ever Ilcforc.
Everything seems to go wrong for
the silver theorists. Their claim thai
wheat- and silver kept pace , was long
ago exploded by the fact that while sil
ver has continued to fall since 1SOG
wheat and practically everything else
produced by the farmer has continued
to rise. Their lust attempt , however
in the effort to sustain this argument
was cotton , which continued to fall in
price until 1S99.
They studiously avoided the fact that
the cotton production of the United
States , the world's chief cotton pro
ducer , has enormously increased , and
that- this fact accounted largeJy for the
decreased price , but kept hammering
away with their assertion that the si
multaneous fall in the price of cotton
and silver was proof of the accuracy ol
their general claim that the price of
silver governs the price of farm prod
ucts. But- now the last prop is
knocked from under this theory by the
fact that cotton is selling in the New-
York market for double the price of
1898 and 1899 , while silver continues its
downward course.
The price of an- ounce of silver in
March , 1896 , just prior to the nomina
tion of Mr. Bryan , was a little over 70
cents and the price of a pound of cot
ton was 714 cents ; or , in other words ,
in 1896 it required ten pounds of cotton
to buy an ounce of silver ; to-day an
ounce of silver is worth C2 cents and
a pound of cotton over ten cents , so
that it now only requires six pounds of
cotton tomy an ounce of silver in
stead of ten pounds , a-s was the case
in 1896.
The fact is that the price of cotton ,
like that of everj'thing else , is gov
erned by the ability of people to buy
and the relation , of production to the
world's demand. Under the prosperity
and manufacturing : activity which pre
vailed in the United States in 1892 the
home market took a much larger share
of our enormous cotton crop than it
was able to take nnder the business
depression and inactivity of manufac
turers which existed in 1S94.
The official reports of the bureau of
statistics show that the consumption
of cotton in the United States , which
amounted to more than 1.571,000,000
pounds in 1S92 , fell to 1,086,000,000 in
1894 , a reduction of nearly one-third ,
while in 1S99 the consumption of cotton
in the United States amounted to 2,006-
000,000 pounds , having ncarl- doubled
as compared with 1894 , and increased
over 30 per cent , over the corresponding
period of 1892.
The per capita consumption of cot
ton in the United States amounted to
over 24 pounds for each individual in
1892 , but it fell to less than 16 pounds
in 1894 , and increased to more than
27 pounds in 1899. Nearly 35 per
cent , of the entire cotton crop was
consumed at home in 1S92 , and in
1S94 less than 29 per cent , was con
sumed at home , while the figures for
1899 show a return to the conditions
of 1S92 , the proportion of the cot
ton crop retained for home consump
tion in 1899 being again nearly 25
per cent.
The relative importance of .the
home market of this single item of
cotton illustrates the value to the
farmer of a prosperous market at
home for any and all of his produc
tions. The figures of the bureau of
statistics and of the department of
agriculture show similar conditions
regarding the home consumption of
farm productions in prosperous j'ears
as compared with years of terrible
depression under democracy and a
low tariff , in which people were com
pelled to reduce their expenditures
lor food and clothing to the very
lowest possible figure , and the re
sult is that the home market under
the prosperity of 1900 is worth hun
dreds of millions of dollars more to
the cotton planter than it was under
the depression which is sure to re
turn to the country in case Mr. Bryan
and his followers are permitted to
force upon tne country their policy
of free silver and a low tariff.
The following table shows the home
consumption and exportation of cot
ton in the years 1892 , 1S94 and 1899 :
Home Consumption. Exportation.
Pounds. Per. Pounds P.C.re-
consumed. capita , exnorted. tained.
1S92..1,571,35,173J4.03 2,935,219.811 24.87
1S94 . . .l.OSG.093,15 : } 15.91 2,653,282,325 28.80
1899 . . .2,006S .795 27.14 2,787,919,122 34.03
Democracy's Trust Record.
At this tme , when Mr. Bryan is
talking about the "trusts" as if he
were the only person in the country
who is against them , it will , perhaps ,
be well to bear in mind that the dem
ocratic party when in power did not
place any anti-trust laws on the na
tional statute books. In the closing
days of the last session it furnished
the majority against an anti-trust
bill introduced by the republicans in
the house. When the Wilson bill was
passed seven years ago by the demo
crats contained some features that
were put in so obviously for the bene
fit of the sugar and other trusts that
President Cleveland refused to sign
the measure and it became a law
without his signature. He did not
have the hardihood to veto it.
"Wool Growers Are Prosperous.
Wool growing- has received an un
exampled impetus under the protec
tive tariff of the Dingley law. In
1895 there were 38,298,733 sheep in the
United States , valued at $65,167,735.
There are now 63,121SS1 sheep , worth
$246,175,335. The flocks have almost
doubled and their value is four times
as great as under the paralyzing1 free
EoTiprlnle of thft Wilson law.
THERE IS NO RETREAT.
An Incident of 1'rcnldritt MclClnIcjr'0
Ijlfe IIM it Soldier Shown HI *
Character.
"There is no such word as retreat ,
boys. Charge ! "
"There is no such word as retreat. ,
Kinley nearly -10 3 ears ago. They pic
ture the character of the president
of to-day as of the soldier of 1852.
Thomas O'Callahan. with one eye
blinded and one ear closed to sound
forever by a bullet wound , received un
der the national colors at Gettysburg ,
is now a resident of Fort Collins. lie
served through the war with distin
guished bravery.
"I served under President .McKinley
in 1SGU and have met him frequently
since. Kvery meeting brings back to
me one of the most patriotic e.xpres-
tions that ever passed the lips of u
soldier. A party of 40 mun under the
then Mi\j. McKinley wcn.t . on scouting
duty. They were perilous times then.
"All uent well until we reached the
top of a hill and unexpectedly ran into
a body of 'Johnnie. . ' numbering be
tween 300 and -UK ) . They were in am
bush , drawn up in firing line and await
ing our approach. Our first knowl
edge of their presence in the ambush
was a volley , which brought down our
three fronit fours of horses and men.
"Hetreat ! " our captain shouted.
"There is no such word as retreat ,
bo\'s. Charge ! " eame a second order ,
this time from Maj. McKinley. who ,
drawing his sword , dashed ahead , fol
lowed by every one of the men except
those who had given their lives to the
pause. The enemj- were completely
astounded , and. at our charge , re
treated in confusion.
Before we started on this scouting1
expedition , we were ordered to take
three days' provisions. 1 had a sack of
pounded oats on the pommel of my
saddle. After the rout of the enemy , I
turned the oats out to feed my horse ,
and found 15 bullets in the sack. My
horse was wounded , as was Maj. Me-
Kinley's , and his sword hilt was cut
to pieces by bullets. Maj. McKinley
laughingly called attention to it , and
at the same time complimenting his
men on. their bravery , remarked :
"You have done me a great favor ,
boys , and * if it ever lies in my power ,
I'll reciprocate. "
POLITICAL TRICKSTERS.
It SCCIIIH Tln-y Are the Kind of I eo-
I > lc Thai Ilrynn Prefers ( n
Side AVIth.
In recent struggles within local
sections of the democratic party be
tween the "better element" and the
disreputable element , Bryan has
chosen every time to side with the
disreputable element. '
Bryan personally took the stump
for Goebel in Kentucky , despite the
advice and warnings of the best
democrats of the state , who had put
up Brown for governor , as a protest
against the crimes against free gov
ernment and political decency that
Goebelism notoriously meant.
Bryan has given oilicial recognition
to the booole Clark wing of the de
mocracy : i Montana. An "entang
ling alliance" with the man who cor
rupted the Mantana legislature and
some state judges in order to get a
seat in the senate , does not seem to
worry his conscience one whit , so
long as tLe alliance means $200,000
contribution to his own campaign
fund.
In New York the official recogni
tion given by Ban to Croker , as
against Hill , was the chief means
wherebj * that notorious Tammany
Hall boss , who lives in England on
New York political plunder , defeated
Coler for the nomination for gov
ernor though Coler was the man
whom the best democrats of New-
York wanted nominated. Croker op
posed Coler because he opposed Tam
many's attempts to secure plunder
and pelf from taxpayers. This vic
tory for Croker , won by brutal im
perialism , aided b } ' the recognition
from Bryan , the New York Even
ing Post ( Ind. ) has described as
the "victory of cash over principles ,
of matter over mind. " The decent
democratic press of New York has
since been bitterly complaining of
the fact that Brj-an is the first dem
ocratic presidential candidate who
has ever so personally humiliated
himself as to give recognition to
Croker.
WE'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU.
Oh , Billy Bryan ! We've had enough of you.
You said four years ago what wasn't true.
Every voter knows , in the country near
and far ,
Your prognostications from the tail end
of a car.
So keep up your spouting , and say all you
can ,
But remember it's not Bryan , but McKIn-
ley's our man ;
For what McKinley said has all come true.
The country it is prosperous and we don't
want you.
you.GEORGE LAMBERT.
"Poet Laureate" of the Illinois Industrial
Republican League.
JJenefaetloiis Prove Prosperity
When times are good and people are
3usy they can afford to give freely
: o churches , to education and to char
ity. Last year's benefactions exceed
all previous records. They amounted
io $79,749,930 , as compared with $33-
670,129 in 1S9G , $20,943,549 in 1895 and
$19,567,116 in 1S94. Of the total
amount in 1S99 there was given to
educational institutions the sum of
$55,831,817 , to charities $13,206,676 , to
churches $2,992,393 , to museums and
art galleries $2,636,500 , and to li
braries $5,012,400.
Company Building- nn End.
During the month of August new
companies were organized in New Jer
sey with aggregate capital stocks of
$23,000,000. This is the lowest for any
month for years , and indicates plain.y
hat the era of consolidation of manu <
'acturing interests is practically at at
and.