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.HEVIEYI OF THE CAMPAIGN l
great Issues at Stake , bui
There Has Been No Fever-
ish Excitement.
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, . ; Z1f 'INDS OF VOTERS MADE UP
Present Conditions Are Satisfactory ,
and the People Will Elect Fair
, banks and Roosevelt and a
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Republican Congress.
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TIle Presidential campaign which is
just closing has' some unique features.
. There has been from first to last , an
, F .al.sence or spectacular features. The
unusual feverish excitemeut the election
Fear collapse or business , the general
uncertainty and anxiety which used to
characterize a national campaign are
lacking this 'enr. Yet the issues at
stake , with choice to be made between
the two great parties = . are tremelllous.
The cause of the general calm , the
, even carrying 011 or business , the nb-
foence ot public excitement is not the
" " which much
far-fnmed "aIlathy" of so
b said just now. The people arc not
. .pathetic. They are only satisfied. They
have what they want , they have made
tap their minds to keep it , and they
know they are amply able to keep it
1i- casting their votes on election day.
Republican rule Republican work , Republican -
publican prosperity . peace and justice.
t that is what the people or the United
States have and that is what they are
, determined to keep by the election of
. Iooseyelt : and Fairbanks and a Republi-
- < .an Congress
. " . The two great national parties : stand
.i or the two kinds : of people into which
1 broadly speaking ; . the whole complicated
4.p mass of human beings / may be divitled.
1 , The people who work the people who
/ live each day for the best that day af-
fords , the people who accomplish things ,
these are naturally and inevitably He-
Imblicans. The other kind or people the
' Sookers-on , the critics the fault-finders .
the IJromisers of great , things and doers
-tt nothing , these make up the Demo-
crntic ' , I
party.
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The Republican party acts. The Dem-
ocratic party protests.
Policies of the Par "
This progruuDle of the to parties ,
carried out for many years , has never
jbt'en so clearly shown as during the dis-
' < ussion of national affairs which has
.r h'eu coin ; : 011 this ' ( > ar , The Republic -
. . LJ CI uc before the country ,
4 through President Roosevelt , to give / an
account of its stewardship from the day
when President McKinley took the chair
of Chief Executive in iS97. .e first
four rears : of the administration ' P.resi-
I dent McKinley must : be considered in
ounectton : with the last four years of
McKinley and Roosevelt , for the carry-
ing ; ont or Republican policy under He-
publican principles during those years
iiS the basis upon which Republicans ask
for another term of po\ver.
The Republican platform and Presi-
dent Roosevell's speech and letter oC nc-
C'ptance : show how closely the Republican -
can party sticks to the practical work
of the present how well it knows what
the people want and how surely it is
planning and gloving : to carry ont the
desires of the pcople Upon the money
question the part occupies the J.me
"round where it stood , under attack , in
181)13 ) mill 1900.
In its internal policy it stands for pro-
tection , the irrigation of arid lands , the
construction of the Panama canal , the
regulation of illegal trusts that run coun-
" , ter'to the Interstate commerce laws the
payment of just pensions to disabled ,
honorably discharged , veterans of the
War for the Union and other measures
and ideas : familiar to the peoIlle. The
hopes and labors of the government have
been - to bring the Philippines into close
relations with the American people , to
" . iit them for self government , and to give
theme form of self government 80
clearly defined as to its future and so
well set forth that all may see what has
been done since the fortunes and fate ot
, war threw upon the United States the
direct responsibility for millions of fel-
low-beings in the Asiatic seas. The foreign -
'ign policy is but a record of peace and
good will with all the nations of the
earth Prosperity industry and hopeful-
l1e.8 II.t home confidence and respect
abroad , such is the brief story of Republican -
publican rule during ! the past eight rear :
What bas the opposition to offer ?
Upon the gold standard its platform is
silentIts candidate who voted for
Bryan in 1S9G and 1900 now firmly declares -
clares his conversion to honest money
doctrines. Bryan is on the stump for
Mr Parker , and the mass of Democrats
today are for free silver or any kind
of money that will ere to call the ig-
ignorant
" 1'I0rant to their standard. Upon nil the
questions of government policy and practice -
tice the Democrats are as much tt sea
os they arc upon finance Their whole
plan of campaign fO far as any plan
bas been developed is the 'World-1'ithout-
end scheme of finding fafilt wish everybody .
" body and every institution which accom-
pushes thing
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Democracy's Weak : Protest ! ! .
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There are feeble and more or less intelligent -
telligent protests against protection. Not
daring to oppose the Panama canal , the
protestors content with protesting
against : everything that has been done ,
GO tar , to make the Panama canal a
real thing. Upon the gigantic trust
evil , which menaces individual-prosper-
ity , not a word of sincerity bas been
"poken by a Democr:1t. The efforts of
President Roosevelt to apply the United
States laws to infractions of the Interstate -
terstate commerce laws by the trusts
(1:1'0 been roundly condemned by the
Democratic candidate and his tol\\ers \
The payment of disability pensions to
aged veterans of the civil war hal ! been
bitterly resented by the same candidate ,
and by his political associates.
' foreign policy , inaugurated aDd
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carried on 'by .Tohn flay greatest of
modern diplomats , receives nothing but
condemnation from the would"be admin-
ittrators of the affairs of the nation.
The serious ' , toilsome task of making !
a new , free people ont of the mixed peoples -
pies of the Philippine Islands , a labor
which must he characterized by delibera-
tion care and the highest conscience , and
which is only at its beginning has been
ignorantly and wantonly assailed and
mi'represented. ! And in connection with
this gigantic i task , which must try the
strength of American statesmen yet unborn - I
born , the "bogey man" of "Imperialism"
has been constructed. .
It is all , literally : , "gr'at cry antiAitt-
tIe wool. " .
The : Democratic candidate , in one o'r
his few public speeches , has given oh
a childish expression of fear of tliS {
amusing bogey man of American Imperialism -
perialism "History teaches , " he said
"that from Republicanism to imperial-
ism the movement is gradual and unpre-
cch-ed of the peoplc. Its ominous pro-
gress , when discovered , leaves open but
two courses-submission or resort to
"iolence. "
A Hnmillatins : Cry.
It is humiliating that an American
man who has : had the benefit of a com-
mon school education should so mistake
the philosophy of history as to raise in
his own mind , or that of anyone else ,
the ancient fear of kings mid emperors in
a country which has been governed br
the people for a hUllllre years.
All the trend of human thought and
human destiny is toward the government
of the people for the people Even in
the old world the principle works , and
is Her ad'\'ancing. The planet upon
which we lire may fall into the sun , or it
may be muffed out like a candle hy
some ot the mysterious powers of the
uninrse But in the epoch of the
world's history in which we live no seIr-
governed nation of tree people will take
the road back to Bubjeetion. And ot
all people the Americans are the lost
to look tearfully forward to such an
anti-climax.
Xo one regards these ! "Imperialistic"
warnings seriously , but they show what
kind of people make up the Democratic
party. "Anything , " they soy , "for a
cry ! anything , from a whine to a shriek ,
anything , to get us a bearing ! And ,
perhaps , such tools these mortals be ,
we'll bowl ourselves into power ! Once
again , all shriek ! "
But 893 is not tar enough back. The
black shadow of Democratic rule is still
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remembered , ruefully , by American vot-
ers.
ers.The people have made .up their minds ,
and "the shouting ; of the capt:1ins" can-
not turn them one point from their
source They will elect Roosevelt , Presi-
dent ; Fairbanks ! , Vice Presidcntb and re-
turn a Republican Congress.
Domestic l\lanufacturel. :
The exports of domestic manufactures
from the United States have grown from
S40.345SG2 in ] 8GO to $403,1341,401 in
IG02. Nearly all of this growth was
under Republican administrations Since
899 the exportation of manufactures
has averaged , over $400.000,000 per an-
nnm , being : more than twice as much as
in any year prior to 8G13 , tour times
as much as in any year prior to 1877 ,
and ten times as much as in any year
prior to 8137. ' Could there be p. stronger
argument in favor of Republican policies
than that afforded by these figures ?
"Within the limits defined by the
National Constitution the National
Al1mlnlatration has aonsht to secure
to each man the full enjoyment of his
right to live his life anti dispose of his
property and his labor as bll deems
best , so tons as he wrongs no one else.
It has slitvn In effective fashion that ,
inl cmleavnrlnJ to make good this
unrantce , it treats aU men , rich or
poor , wlmtever thclrcrced , their color ,
or their ttirtlt - place , as standing alike
before tile Inw.-RooIt.\"cl : letter ot 11.0-
ceptauce.
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Never mind the certainties yon hear
about as to Hooseelt's election Do
your part. Cast your Tote , rain or shine ,
mud , snow or dust , cast your rote !
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DO WE WANT THAT AGAIN ?
Republican President Harrison had
: 8UOOO.UOO ! government receipts in his
last fiscal year , Stl3 ; the next year .
Democratic President Cleveland was
only able to show $298,000.000 , n decrease -
crease ot $88,000,000. Do we want that
again 1
Republican President Harrison had an
excess : ot' receipts over expenditures of
.341OOO in his last fiscal rear : , 18G3 ;
the next year , Democratic President
Cleveland had an excess of expenditures
over receipts or li9,803,000. Do we
want that again : ?
Democratic President Cleveland also
had nn excess of expenditures over receipts -
ceipts of $4OOO.OW : ) in 18\1-1. \ and or
$ : ' 5OOOOOO in IS9 \ : ; . Do we want that
again ?
Republican President Harrison had
$ G,8tH ) .OOO postal receipts ill his last
fiscal year , Snt : ; the next year Demo-
cratic President Cleveland had nearly a
million less. } : : Do we want that again ?
Democratic President C\t\'eland \ ! , ill his
four fiscal years 1S11t ! to 1897 , had $1-
132,000,000 of railway securities wiped
out by recei\'erships Do we want that
again /
Democratic president , Cleveland can
only show $82,000.000 of manufactures
exported in his four fiscal years 894-
8\)7. \ . against $ lG ' OOOOOO so exported
in Uoose\'elt's foil fiscal years , 001-
OM , n shortage ; of $ S ; ; 1,000,000. Do we
want that again : : ?
Republican President = Roosevelt shows
$3,300OOO,0 on deposit in our savings
banks , while Democratic President
Cleveland could only show $1.03UOOO- '
000 so deposited in his best \"ins-b:1nk ; :
year 1897. In other words $1,2G1OOO- ,
000 less of such deIloBits. Do we want
that again ?
Republican President Roosevelt can
show $ ; ; ,7'lSOOOOOO total exports in his
four fiscal years , 1901.1904 : Democratic
President Cleveland : in his four fiscal
years , 94-189j , only reached a total '
export of $3,631,000.000 , or $2.117,000-
000 less. Do we want that again ?
Republican President Roosevelt can
show a total foreign commerce ot $9-
490.000,000 in his four fiscal years , 1901- :
1904 ; Democratic President Cleveland for ,
his tour fiscal years 189-1-81)7. can only
show $ G,559oOo,000 , or $2,931,000,000 :
less. Do wet / want that again ?
Democratic President Cleveland wit-
nessed , in 189 , 13 , i30 miles ot steam
railways sold under foreclosure , an ex-
cess over the 1904 foreclosure sales ot
13,275 miles. Do we want that again ?
Democratic President Cleveland , in
1896 , had $1,015,000,000 less money in
circulation than Republican President
Roosevelt bas now. Do we want that
again / .
Democratic President Cleveland in
189 , was paving ; $10,000,000 more an-
anal interest on our public debt than is
now being paid. Do we want that
again ?
Democratic President Cleveland , In
lS913 , had $ tH4.vvO.OOO ' less gold in the
treasury than Republican President
Roosevelt now has. Do we want that
again ?
Democratic President Cleveland , in
18913 , bad $4,757,000.000 less total bank
deposits than Republican President
Roosevelt can now show. Do we want
that again ; : ?
Democratic President Cleveland , In
18913 , had Jooooooooo : less life insur-
ance in force , than is now protecting
those dependent upon us. Do we want
that again 1-
Democratic President Cleveland , in
18913 , exported $ 8,000,000 more gold
than he imported , while Republican
President Roosevelt , in 1904. imported
7,000,000 more than be exported , thus
making n showing against Cleveland or
$05.000.000 in a single year. Do we
want that again !
Democratic President Cleveland hauled -
ed down his country's flag in Honolulu.
Jude ; : Parker and his party say they
will do the same in the Philippines Do
we want that again !
Republican President HarrIson's last
calendar year , 1892. was one of the
most prosperous years the country bad
enjoyed ; Democratic President Cleveland
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and his tariff-for-rennue free-trade
policy destroyed that prosperity , undo-
ing- in a few months the good ItepubH- :
can work of the years since Lincoln's i
first election. Do"e want that again ?
Democratic l'resident Cleveland's en-
tire second term engagement ; was played
to the accompaniment of weeping wo-
men and wailing children , hungry for
food Do we want that : again ?
ALTER J. B\.LLAHD
Schenectady , X. y
Sympathy for Pnrker.
_ Possibly some Democrats may want
tote : for Parker , because they would
fed very sorry for him in the event of
his defeat But it is a matter of com-
nlO'.l gossip in New York that Parker ,
if not elected President is to have a tat
job anyway ; that in act he bas already
li ! 1t 1 < offered by august Belmont the posi-
tioLl of counsel of the Interborough Tran-
sit Railway :1t a salary ot $ : : JO.OOO a
year , the same salary he 'would get as
President of the United States , and that
in this position he away also do outside
legal work as member of a law firm to
consist of Hill , Sheehan and Parker. In
any event Mr. Parker bas 'secured a fine
advertisement for himself by his candi-
daep for President ' , 80 that there will be
no danger whatever of his not being able
to earn a good living in . private life by
the practice of law It would seem to
be better for ) Ir. Parker to get 50OOO
per year from ) fr , Belmont as direct
counsel for that gentleman . than to get
$ OOOO per year from the United States
government , for official services that maybe :
be largely influenced by the suggestions
orIr. : . Belmont , who is in the trusts ! \ {
neck high , an0 who once organized ; a
syndicate which got a rake-off of nearly
3OOO.OO on bonds issued during the.
second Cleveland administration to make
good the deficits resulting from the Wil-
" ' ' " bill.
son "tariff for revenue only"
In the minds of voters the personal
prosperity ot thousands of Americans
who would be adversely affected by Dem-
ocratic victory should count for more
than sympathy for the Democratic can-
didate ; who will doubtless continue to
grow personally more prosperous , notwithstanding -
withstanding a disappointment in his
Presidential a JJira tion ! ' ! .
Growth of u.ucturinlr.
Manufacturing never attained much
growth under the old Democratic regime
Democratic legislation and Democratic
administration were not favorable to it ,
They favored the importation of manufactured -
factured products from foreign countries.
The real development of our manufacturing -
ing industries dates practically from the
birth of the Republican party and tbe
establishment of protection. In 1860
there were only 1-10,433 manufacturing
establishments in the United States ; in
1900 there were 512.i34 In 18GO the
value ot our manufactures was $ ] ,885.-
861,000 ; in 900 it was $13,039,279,000.
The figures show that our present great
manufacturing system dates from the organization -
ganizatioo of the Republican party.
How Is 1hit , \Ir. Cleveland ?
Ex-President Grover Cleveland says in
a solemn letter advising young men . that
his first vote was cast for "the experi-
enced , undramatic Buchanan , " rather
than for Fremont , the "Pathfinder " According -
cording to the record , Grover Cleveland
was born on the 18th day of March ,
1837. He could not have reached the
age ot twenty-one years in 1856 , when
Buchanan was elected Not until 858
was Grover Cleveland of legal voting ;
age.
age.But , as the Washington Star remarks ,
"they used to vote early and often" in
those days !
Overconfidence has lost many politi-
cal battles. It is well to reel sanguine ! ,
but don't be cocksure until the enemy
capitulates ; and the only way to force
capitulation is to overwhelm your opponents -
ponents with an avalanche ot' votes Cast
your ballot early on November S for
Roosevelt and FJ.irbmks. :
If you htaii : to return to the disastrous
times that followed " the election of
Grover Cleveland In 1892 , stay away
from the polls or Tote for Parker aDd
Davis
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WHAT DO YOU WANT 1
If Ton Desire the Cor..ntry' Welfare
Vote for RooseTelt.
Vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks and
elellt a Republican ! > s
It you want the honor and..dignity of !
the country upheld ; I
If you want present prosperous con-
ditions continued ;
If you want the affairs ot government ; :
administered intelligently and economi-
call , } " ;
If you want the books kept open and
dishonesty punished wherever found ;
If you want grasping monopolies repressed -
pressed and forced to obey the law ;
If you want justice administered to all.
rich and poor alike ;
Ir you want a hungry horde or Demo-
cratic looters kept out of office ;
If you want such tricksters as D B
Hill gh'eI no place in the cabinet ;
If you want illegal trusts rebuked for
contributing to the Democratic cam-
paign fund ;
It you want corrupt Tammany not to
, be given a chance to raid the national
treasury ;
If you want the Tammany grafting
system not to fasten its clutch on every
branch of the federal government ;
Jr you want a manly man retained in
the 'hite House ;
If you want a Democratic nonetity , a
weak tool of tricky politicians , kept out
or the Presidential chair ;
If you want the nation to retain its
lead among the world powers as a peace
promoter ;
If you want firmness displayed when
firmness will protect American lives and
property interests ; ;
In short , if you want everything that
a good , patriotic citizen should want
vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks and
elect a Hepnbliean ! Con ress.
Republican Policies Promote Foreign
Trade
The official figures of foreign com-
merce during September show that the
gain was $1,670,000 a day , a record
which bas been equaled only once in the
September exports in a number of years ,
and which is $3iOOOO a day more than
the average gain ot the preceding six
J'ears. This is shown by the following
table :
Excess ! Gain
Septemberof exports. per day.
1898.$42,189,000 $1.400,000
lSG9 _ . . . . . . . . . , 39,174.000 1,300.000
l1oo _ . . . . _ . . . . . 56.333,000 1,860,000
IGOl . _ _ . . . . . . . . 40G3ooo 1,333.000
1902 _ _ . . . . . _ _ _ _ 27,702,000 923,000
11103 . . . . . _ . . . . _ 28,38.'J.000 WGooo
Aver _ ot 6 years 38.U91.ooo ,300,000
1904 ( . . . . _ . . . . . _ 50,135.000 .G70OOO
It is evident from these figures that
Republican policies cannot be unwholesome -
some for this country in any particular
Thus notwithstanding we preserve our
home markets under the protective tariff
yet Woe are able to increase our business
in foreign markets as well The "trade
follows the fla : ; " doctrine and the "open
door" help accomplish this result
An Extravagant Ol1tlllY.
Talking about the alleged extravagance
of the war department under Republican -
can rule Judge Taft reminds the Atlantic -
tic seaboard that one item in the increase
of recent expenditures has been the guns
to effectually protect the great harbors
ot the East. In ) fr. Cleveland's day
there was just one gun mounted along
the whole line of the Atlantic coast from
Maine to the Florida keys.
' "t 18 a IItrikinl evidence of our op-
ponents' insincerity in this matter
[ protection Americanl ! abroad ] that
with their demand for radical action
by the State Department they conp'e
n demand for n reduction in our small
military ct:1bti"hment. Yet they mUst
know that the heed paid to our pro-
tests against ill-treatment ' of our cHI-
ze.s will be exactly proportionate to
t : : belief in our ab lity to make theee
protests effective should the need
arllc.-Roose\"elt' letter of accept&nce.
Get out and Tote on election day
Tbat's the only way you can help elect
the Republican ticket DOW
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Another Glaring Instance of II I
Democratic Juggling with
Government Statistics.
LAB R BULLETIN IGNORED ,
Ia Order to Make Pcr iticlI Cnpit:11 and
Also to Misrepresent Conditions
and Deceive Voters-C.am-
paign Text.Book Trickery.
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An examination : ot the files of the
Democratic newspapers for the past few
weeks and of the recently issued Demo-
cratie Campaign Text Book discloses a
disposition on the part of the managers : :
of the Democrat c ' ampaign to discredit
the report on wages and cost of living ;
made hy the Bureau of Labor in its July
Bulletin ( Xo 53) ) , In view of the repu-
tatiou o ; Commissioner Wright for abso-
lute fairness in the collection and pres-
entation of statistics it is of some interest -
terc"t at this time to review his report
in the light of the indignant criticisms
which it has brought forth , and it may
bC' said at the outset that a careful examination -
amination of the report reveals the some-
what remarkable tact that practically
every criticism made has been answered " -
in the Bulletin itself Indeed , it would
almost appear that the compilers of the
Text Book either did not make use ot
the Bulletin or hall no desire to be con-
.ince ( ] of the truth of the figures pub-
lisl1ed therein , and that their insinuations : -
tions and clumsy misstatements of fact
were made for the purpose ot mislead-
lug the public mind. ' Let us proceed
to the most specific of the somewhat
vague charges that are nlade. jt
It is first charged that the report pub- y
fished in the Bulletin was ( quoting the I
Text Book ) "prepared ostensibly as an
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official document , but in reality , it seems .
for the special use of the Republican
Campaign Committee. " The "well-nigh
conclusivQ" evidence submitted in support -
port of this charge consists of a state-
ment by Secretary Shaw in June last y
that such a report would be published f
As a matter of fact it had been known 1
to the public for several years that the !
Bureau of Labor was engaged in collect- i
ing data far such n report and the por-
tion of the report relating to cost of fir ! ,
ing was actually published in Bulletin h
49 as early as November 19o.1-nearly g'
eight : months previous to Secretary !
SIlIlt = 's statement
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It is clearly stilted in the Bulletin
Itself that the investigation : was begun
in the winter of 11)00-1901 ) , and without
doubt the records or the bureau and
the testimony of hu redil ! ot manufac-
turers whose pay r ls were examined .
would have proved tae truth ot the state-
merit . had the truth been desired in Dem-
cratic qUlrter But l1o-Ior political
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reasons the facts disclosed were not
pleasing , und it s , ' i d necessary to (
adopt some method 'O ' pparently any
method that would t : ct from an ex-
hibit of a remarkable condition ot industrial -
I . trial depression was desired. Conclusive
evidence is at hand that the gathering
ot these statistics was begun in the win-
ter of BOO-ID01 , and that they were
not "cooked Qjl" for the occasion as
charged but it is not to be expected
that this : absurd charge will be ' withdrawn -
drawn , although as a matter ot fact the
figures as to wages / and cost of living
referred to have been corroborated by independent -
dependent investigations which have been
concluded h.r the State bureaus ot sev-
eral important :5tates. :
It is charged ; also that by giving equal
weight to unimportant articles of consumption -
sumption and articles of prime neces-
sity nn unduly small increase in cost ot
living is secured It is gravely : asserted
that nutmegs , pepper , alum , etc" , are
given equal weight with such important
articles as lard , beef , eggs : , flour , etc.
This chare ; might , indeed , be convinc-
lug if it contained even a slight ; element
of truth. Unfortunately for the criticism ,
however the Bulletin itself states that
all articles of food are weighed exactly '
according to the amount consumed in the
average ! workingman's tamily In this
Bulletin the exact quantities are given
and the method clearly explained , 80
that the cha e can only be construed as
a deliberate attempt to mislead the voters -
ers of the country and not IlS an error'
on the part Of the compiler ot the text
book. As a matter of fact the most
careful search ot Bulletin 53 shows that
the unimportant articles referred to , such
as putty , nutmegs ; , alum pepper , etc. . , .
are Dot even mentioned therein. These
articles are found , however , among the
200 articles entering into an index ot
wholesale prices which has been published -
ed annually by the bureau for the past
three years , but this index has no connection -
nection whatever with the report on cost
oC living. ; One pauses to wonder at the
fact that the Democratic managers : are
so lacking in resource as to adopt the .
clumsy trick of injecting figures from
another report into a discussion ot the
report on cost of living , and pretend that
they were a part of the latter report. It
must be assumed that in this section
there was the studied intention to misrepresent -
represent and convey an impression toj
the public utterly contrary to the truth'
and entirely unwarranted by the tacts. , " . ,
The entire portion of the Text Book un-
der the caption "Absurdity of Republican -
can veraes" : ( pages 124 and 125) ) , and
much that follows on pages 126 and 127.
ii : ot the character just mentioned
A Ludicrous Complaint. .
The further complaint that the figures
for cost of living ; are based on retail
prices instead of wholesale can only be
understood by assuming that the use ot
the latter would have given the Demo-
cratic campaign managers a little less
discomfort- Bulletin w clearly explains
the reasons for the use of retail prices
asa basis for cost ; ; of living in prefer-
ence to the wbolesale. It is true that
wholesale prices have been used at tides
to indicate the trend of cost ot living ,
but they are considered by economists :
as unreliable for the purpose ot indicat-
lug the extent : : of the increase or . le-
cr ase. Until the present day investigation : -
tion by the Bureau ot Labor no records
of retail prices covering any consider-
able period bad ever been collected , ow-
mg to the very great expense 6f makinc
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