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The United States Department of Ag riculture has just Issued its statement of the value of nine of the principal crops of the United States. Comparing this Talne with the value of the -ame crops in ly; and adding the increased Talne of live stock already published, there is an increa.--d zain of over one billion two hundred million dollars. It Ls the difference between prosperity and depression between Republicanism ami Democracy. The increase Ls given below: Iacreaae ia Nine Cropa-S 710,722,617 Increaie im Live :tock.. 501,444,474 Total Gal to Farm era 9 1,21 2,167,091 The value on the farm of the nine prin cipal crop raised ia the United States wa -710.722,oT7 larger this year than in 1S0I. The azure are supplied by the Depart ment of Agriculture. tho-e for 1G00 hav ing just been completed. The details by crops follow: FAfiX 1S96. S5l 3.571,912 319,976,437 263.69.900 1 20,245, ! 75,67',362 1!.294.996 .346,399 669.293,364 4.931.424 Corn Cotton.- - Wheat -.-. vaTa ...... ...... Patatoea . Barley if yc ..-.. ....-.- Hat ................ Buckwheat.... Total $l,996,334,Ss3 American farmers received almost $ll.".m).UOO more money for their wheat thLs year, nnder Republican prosperity, than they did in liJHJ under Democratic depression. ThLs year th.- people can afferd to buy bread. In 1&5I thousands of them were starving and beczjnz for bread. The American farmers received $346. 000.000 more money this year for their corn crop than they did in li1J6. sorrmitf progress AXD PROSPERITY. Shows by the Activity cf Railroads aid Factories. The increase of eaminzs of the South ern and Southwestern railroad system? of the South and Southwest is an excel lent indication of the improvement of business conditions in that section of the country. The advance since 1S06 is shown in the table below: f Eaminzs in Auzust 15!. TJOO. Southern ?6.rS46.1 $l.S-"5.40."i Southwestern .. 3.911.776 S.432.064 Total -12.496.041 .?1S-2L0.469 Money has loaned at lower rates of interest: both agricultural and mannfae facturinz iiiteresu have bn stimulated thereby: and what -timulate these inter ests directly sumnlates the business of railroads. The out-bound shipments of the raw cotton may not have ben heavier because more was used in the Southern mills; but the out-bound shipments of textile zoods have zreatly increased. Also the in-bound shipments of the luxuries of life have increased enormously, and this class of freight is the best paying of all. Opening up new markets in .Cuba. Por to Rico and the Philippines for the pro ducts of the South has given great addi tional stimulus to the Southern railroads, which, zeozraphically considered, derive unusual advantages from the expansion policy. The extent to which new factories have been erected in the States of "West Vir ginia. Kentucky and Virginia is shown by the number of establishments started alonz the line of the Norfolk and West ern road during the past year. These in clude: Three new cotton mills. One silk milL Three knitting factories. One duId mill One cotton and linseed oiL One coke bi-product plant Four iron and steel works. One hosiery factory. One Sour mflL Two canning works. Three Deanut factories. One furniture works. Four wazon and buggy works. One handle factory. One stave works. Three planing mills. Sixteen saw mills. The future of the South i in developing its manufacturing interests and there are thousands of Southerners who already realize thLs and who are alive to the Talne of the protective tariff. To Govern the Philippines. They the Philippines will not be gov erned as vassals or serfs or slaves: they will be ziven a government of liberty. rezulated by law. honestly administered, without oppressing exactions, taxation without tyranny. Justice without bribe. educatiMi without distinction of ocial condition, freedom of relizions worship, and protection ia "life, liberty and tie pursuit of happiness." William McKIn- They received nearly J1C4.000.COO more money for their cotton than they did in 1S!. This year the mills were open and J there was a demand for eotton. j American farmers received nearly 542,- j 000.000 more money for their crop of I oats this year than they did in 1SD6. i They received nearly $22,000,000 more money for their potatoes this year than ' thev did in 1S2V- People could afford to j buy potatoes this year, as the mills were open and good wages were being earned, j They received over $14,000,000 more money for their barley this year, and barley Ls one of the smallest of the sta ple crop-. They received almost $6,000,000 more I money for their rye crop, which is an other of the small staples. American farmers have aLo sained over $r,00.000.000 this year in the Talne of their live stock as compared with 1SJ, according to the Department of Agriculture's figure. Thus we have: Increa this year, $710,722,617 in nine staple crops. TALCES. 190O. 9S39,S10,0O0 43.730,000 390,000,000 162,l!7,30O 97.330,000 32.337,500 14,242,500 671,000,000 6,380,000 Iacreaae in 1900. 9345,938.099 163,773,563 114. 301,100 41,939,611 21.679,638 14,04204 3,996,101 1,704,436 1,449,376 $710,722,617 $2,707,057,300 Increase this year, -?."01.444.474 in live stock. Total increase. $1,212,167,091 in farm er's property in 1300. The farmer will not throw away the substance for the shadow. They will vote for a continuance of Republican prosperity as azainst a return of Demo cratic adversity. They will vote for Mc Kinley and Roosevelt They will not vote for Bryan and Stevenson. PROSPERITY CERTAIJ m UBERTY ISSUES. Views of a Noted Jewish Publisher oa the Coaatry's Fatare. As far as human judgment can fore see at least so it seems to the writer the next four years should be more pros perous than anythinz this country has ever before seen. There will be an enor mously increaM?d demand for our natural products, such as iron, and just now coal: and our manufactured products are also! rapidly makinz their way. In certain line, such a agricultural implements, tools and lizht vehii-Ie-. in fact whatever, it L neee -ary to combine lizhtness with ' strenzth. we are away ahead of the rest, of the world, anil it Ls only because we have not cultivated the foreizn markets1 with sufficient assiduity that we have given our competitors a ghost of a show. I In other lines than tho-e mentioned j above. nch as ladies" fine shoes and others that the writer could mention, we i aL-o form a class by ourselves superior to ' the rest of the world. These conclusions ! are drawn from personal observations in ! many countries. I A second point which ought to be ; well presented Ls that of expansion. You j no doubt are aware of the greater or less i persecution which the Jews have under gone in all the countries of the world, and are still undergoing to-day. Therefore one of the thinzs that we desire to see established above all others is the univer sal principle of the right of any decent, man to go anywhere where he thinks het can improve his condition and enjoy all) the rights and immunities of a native. without being put to any disadvantage' because of his religion. There are really i only two countries that give this privi lege: these are the United States and Great Britain. We know that freedom for all. equality for all. and safety and protection for all. are guaranteed wherever the Stars and Stripes float: hence we were expansion-' Lsts from the start and will be nntil the' end. Wherever a country is practically under American jurisdiction, it is a good ' thing for that country: it is a good thing for humanity, and a thing that is so good cannot fail to be a good thing for the( country itself in the end. though it mayj be costly in the beginning. j These are the points which we think! ought to be emphasized. The questions ouzht to be treated in the very broadest wav: details do not count LEO WISE. Cincinnati. Ohio. Sept 6. 1900. Railroad Men for McKinley. Bryan and the Popo-Democratic party have been claiming the railroad vote this year, especially out in Kansas. On the train going to Topeka a few days ago the conductor, brakeman and enzineer were all found to be enthusiastic Republicans. Station azents alonz the line were also found to be faithful Republicans and working amonz their railroad friends for McKinley. Bryan at any rate won't get the whole railroad vote. j WILL YOU? Yob Tored in 1896 for prospsriry aad. got it. Will yon aovriote against it PRESIDENT MKINLEY 5 MODEL OHIO FARM Not a Political Farm, but Managed in an Able Man ner, and the Place Is a Noted One in the Countryside. President McKinley owns a farm. A great deal has been written about Mr Bryan's farm, but heretofore no descrip tion of Mr. McKinley's broad expanse of corn fields, meadows, cow pastures and orchards, which comprise 162 acres. His well-kept bams, corn cribs and wag on sheds show care and thrift The wool on the backs of 200 sheep shines with cleanliness, for McKinley's farm, is a model one and a modern one. Unlike the famous Nebraska farm of the Democratic candidate for President the public knows little about it Two miles from Minerva, one mile from Bayard, Ohio, it stands on a sloping parcel of ground surmounted by the orchards of Baldwin apples. The Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad crosses a corner of the farm and the Biz Sandy canal courses through the field at one side of the main road. .--.&c. i - jf ,jr t The Main Barns on President McKinlysi5wm. McKinley's farm L a profitable one. In any season when crop are zood it yields richly. This year's potato crop will probably azzrezate 2.000 bushels. The corn fields have been known to pro duce as high as 3.."S00 busheLs in a single year. Last year the meadows produced 100 tons of hay. The oat? crop this year jzzrezates some 700 busheLs. This is apple butter making time in this section of the country. Many of the apples on McKinley's farm, just at the present time, are being made into apple butter. The large orchard is an impor tant part of McKinley's farm. One good year L700 bushels of Baldwins were gathered and as many more of other kinds kinds, making a total yield of near ly 3.."00 bushels. Part of the produce of the farm has been shipped to Canton from time to time to the McKinley home, but none has ever been sent to Washing ton. Canton is about twenty miles from the farm. Selling milk is one of the industries of the farm. There are twenty-five head of cattle. There are nine milch cows. Some of them are blooded stock. Raising ! REPUBLICAN PROTECTION ! DEMOCRATIC LOW TARIFF s cKinley act of I MO. 30 per bead. 10 - 2 " l.EO - 1.60 " .30 Bashd. .IS " .IS - .15 -.25 -.2S .40 -.40 .40 .20 - .5 each .25 per cent. .25 bushel .21b. .5 taz. .31b. .51b. .5 !b. .21b. Harm aaa Hula. - Cattle 1 year oM or aver. CaivM (anser 1 year) ... J Barley Buckwheat... Cdrn .............. Oats... .. vnaa. .................. rOtaaies ...... Qaient.. .... .. .... .. Beans . Peas, jreea Peas, oriea CaMage Other vegetables Apples, sreen or rip. .. poles, ane .. Kges- Poultry, live . Poultry, dressed Sscon and ham I calves is also an occupation. Ten fine horses are constantly employed. These are all draft horses. Two hundred sheep graze on the hillside. One season lio sheep were said from this place. This shows what a good market there is for the wool and mutton which comes from the President's farm. The chickens num ber more than 200. The man who has charge of Mr. 31c Kinley's farm is W. J Adams, formerly of Canton, but who was raised in Penn sylvania. He is a farmer who under stands his business, and it is said, in the vicinity, that there is not a more prosper ous farm in all that section. He has a half interest in everything. The fences are all kept up and there is an appear ance of neatness which marks his work. Mr. Adams has lived on this place for the past twenty years, and Mr. McKinley is delighted with him. Pyjyi Sii3i','a The re-idence is a two-story structure. built sixty years ago. It is now getting ' quite old in appearance. Tt shelters eleven i room. The porch Ls about the size of J McKinley's famous front porch at Can ton, and then on to the upright part there is a wing which L a story and a half in heizht The lawn is well kept and morning glories grow upon the fences at one side. Be-ides the houe, there are six build inzs on the farm. There is the main barn, the heep bam. the two largtt wag on sheds, the scale house and the pig pen. The accompanying picture shows the main barn to ihe right and the main wazon hed to the left The McKinley farm is visited each year by people who. on passing through that section, hear of the President's farm and are curious to see what kind of a farmer he is. One visitor once asked for a fence rail for a souvenir of his visit The Adams family has become used to kodak fiends and fully realize that to re side on the President's farm. L to be. in a sense, in the public ye. W. Frank i McClure. Wilson-German Act ef 1894. 20 per cent aa vaL 20 20 20 - 20 - M - 20 - 20 - - 20 " - 20 -.15 basse. .2 " .28 " .10 .20 " Free 10 per cast 20 - 20 .3dez. .21b. .31b. 20 per cent .1 Oineley Act at 1897. $30 per head. 27H per cent ad. ral. 2 par head. 1.S0 1.50 .30 bushel. .15 -.18 " .15 -.25 -.25 -.40 -.45 -.40 -.30 - .3 each. -25 per cent ad. val. .2 bushel. .251b. .5 doz. .31b. .5 lb. .5 1a. .21b. Brytnitcs Get No CotsotatkM from the Former Presttfeit, Whom They CUiaei Was Ukcwirij.im the Cuipait. Gen. Benjamin Harrison is emphatical ly for the re-election of President Mc Kinley. He silenced all statemena to the contrary by making his views known through the medium of an interview. "Is it true, general, that you have con sented to make some speeches in the campaign?" he was asked. Campaigning: Days Over "No. that statement has not been au thorized by me." was his answer. "I have said to everyone who haa spoken or written to me on the subject that I could not do any more campaign work. I began to make Republican speeches the year I began to vote, and have had a laborious, if unimportant, part in every campaign, State and national, since until isas. "In 1S9 T submitted myself to very hard usage, and then made up my mind and so said to my friends that I would do no more campaigning. Following this conclusion I declined to take a speaking part ia the campaign of 1S08. My retire ment dates from that year, not from this. HJa Work lor Party. "Few men have made more speeches for their party than I haTe, and no ex President, I am sure, haa made more. Since I left Washington my retirement from all participation in party manage ment has been complete. All that I have left to others, and I think they have very generally and kindly accepted my sense of the proprieties of the case at least between campaigns. . "In a word, I have vacated the choir loft and taken a seat in the pews with a deep sense of gratitude to my forbear ing fellow countrymen." "But. general, it is said that you are not altogether in accord with your party." As to Porto Rico. "WelL I have henrd that my silence was imputed by onie to that cause. Now. the only public utterance T have made in criticism of the policies of the party was contained in the interview, consisting of one rather short sentence, that I gave to the nwsnapers while the Porto P-ico bill was pendinz. "It was. in substance, that I regarded the bdl a a grave departnre from right principles. I still think so. I do not believe that the legislative power of Con zress in the territories is absolute, and I do believe that th revenue clause relat ing to duties and imposts applies to Porto Rico. 1st a Legal Question. "These views. I know, are not held by many able lawyers. It is a legal ques tion one that the political departments riOTECTI FOR TIE CATTLEIH How It Helps tae Northwestera Stock Raiser to Compete wish Caaada. Every one in Cass County. S. D.. knows James S. Landers of Argusville, and he is pretty well known in the State. He has lived here orae twenty years, is a most successful farmer, and attends closely to hN farm intere-t. Being of EnziL-h de-cenr. however, it would be natural that he mizht favor free trade ideas, but he has evidently been studying the effect of protection and free trade on the farmer, and he sends in the following letter for publication, which is worthy of close perusal by all. Argusville. Oct. r. I came down to Fargo to hear the Hon. J. D. Scanlan. and his speech was the best argument I ever heard on a political topic: there was no gas and no wind just solid facts. I can give you a good illustration of his arguments, which I picked up on the train going to Fargo: it was a freight, and on the train was a cattle man from Manitoba, and he was along with 102 head of 2-year-old steers. He had ship ped these from his home, eighty miles west of Winnipeg, to find a market in this country. It had cost him S100 for duty to enter this -lock; his freight was 23 cents per hundred from Neche to St. Panl. and then he had to reship to Chicago. He had been five days on the way when he reached Fargo. Now here Ls the point for my brother farmers to study a little: This Manitoba farmer ship his cattle from the other side of the line to Chicago, pays hayy duty, pays the freight, feed three times on the way. suffers heavy shrinkage, and then ees a better profit at the end than he can get at home and after paying all these expenses. Here is where we free trade farmers are blind to onr own interests, when we want these cattle to come in free, and if this was allowed what would we get for our stock? They would not be worth the raising and we would retnra to beggary, where thousands were before, under free trade. Now, I am interested in cattle, and I have been considering startinz in stock raising in the Canadian Northwest, where you can raise a teer until he w three years old for about $10. but what can you get for him then? He is worth about two cents a pound, and. he has to be a good one to bring that. Oh. no, I zness 111 not try that, but ni stay In North Dakota and vote for McKinley and protection. That is good enough for me. JAMZS S. LANDIS. of the government cannot fuOy adjudge. The final and controlling word upon this question Is with the Supreme Court of the United States. Cases Involving the question are, I understand, pending, and a decision in which we all must aapuevre cannot Le much deferred. "I think, therefore, that voters ought to vote with a view to the right decision of those questions that are directly anl finally in the control of the President and Congress. Firm Against Bryan. "The general reasons I gave in my Car negie Hall speech in 1SSG why Mr. Bryan should not be elected still hold good with me. His election would. I think, throw go vernmental and business affairs into confusion. "e should not aid the election of a President who woulil. admittedly, if he could, de-srroy the gold standard and oth er thinzs that we value even more, upon the deceptive suggestion that he has ben bound and that the Republican party will. after defeat, still have strength enough to save the temple. "It will be much better not to allow the man with destructive tendencies so much as to lean against the pillars. "" Qsotes from the Pant. "Perhaps it will ave you much trouble if I give yon. and underwrite aa of thi date, this extract from my Carnegie Hall speech: " 'When we have a Pre;dent who be lieves that it is neither his right nor hi duty to ee that the mail trains are not obstructed, and that interstate commerce has it free w.iy, irrespective of State lines, and courts that fear to nsc their ancient and familiar writ" to restrain and punish lawbreaker?, free trade and free silver will be appropriate accompani ments of nch an administration and can not add appreciably to the national dis tress or the national dishonor.' Prosperity I Citetl. "The econonnc policies of the Repub lican party have been vindicated by the remarkable and general prns&eriiy that has dev!opd dur:nz Mr. MeKin'ey' ad ministration succeeding a period of grat depression. A rhanze of administration this fall would almost certainly renew condition from which we have so hap pily escaped. "This full dinner bucket L not a ordid emblem. It has a spiritual significance for the spiritually minded. It means more comfort for the wife and family, more schooling and Jess w(jrk for th children ami a margin of savings for sick ness and old age." DillE WEISTER'S !Mtfi; TO THE POOS. Only Dcaw'ognes WH! Try to Incite a Contest of .Moaev. I see in tho-e vehicles which carry to the people sentiments from luzh p?j , plain declaration that the pre-ent -m-rrover-y i- bnt a strife hetwf-n one p.irt of the community and anot&er. I hear it boasteil that the poor hate the rich. I know that under the cover of thr- roof- of the capital within the last fwiry four hour, among men sent here to de vise mean for the public safety and th public goftd. it has been vannted forth ai a matter of boast and triumph that on; cause existed powerful enough to sup port everything and to defend every thing: ami that was the natural hatred of the poor to the rich. I pronounce the author of sjjrh sentiment. to be guilty of attempting a detestable frand on the community; a double fraud: a fraud which Ls to cheat mt'n of their property, and out of the eaminzs of their labor by first cheating them out of their under standing. The natural hatred of the poor for the rich! It shall not be until the last mo ment of my existence that I will believe the people of the United State capable of beinz effectually delnded. cajoled and driven about in herds by such abominable frand as this. " I admonish the people against the object of outcrie like this. I admonish every indnstrion.- la borer in the country to be on hi. guard against snrh a delusion. I tell him the attempt is to play off his pa5s.iu agains-t hi interets and to prevail on him in the name of liberty to mjnre and afflict hL. country and m tic name of in dependence to-dtroy that independence and to make him a beggar and a 1nv. Daniel Webster in the United Stat- Senate. Jan. 31. 1S34. Bribed by Prosperity. Mr. Bryan went to Salem. 111., the oth er day and his remarks there have called forth the following letter from a Chicago man: Chicago, III., Oct. 1, IfO. To 3L A. Hanna. Chairman Republican National Committer; Dear Sir I notice in Mr Bryan- Sa lem speech that he say "The Republi cans are zoinz to buy evry vote that can be bought and bribe every voter that can be bribed." tc That interests me. and from my very humble walk in life I must confeu I have been bribed myself. The three year of unparalleled prosperity has bought my vote. Call it what you please, but I zee- that L about ail the brIBery thertt need be in thi eanipaizn. G. E. C. Irving Park, III. f nal ba nfm bmi lIA Y4 t rTif. I