PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE.
How Republican Policies Have Caused
the Greatest Good to the
Greatest Number.
EXPENSIVENESS OF GRYANISM.
Reasons Why the Nation Could Better Afford to Give the Demo
cratic Candidate a Royal Pension than to
Suffer Him to Be President.
Dividends
to
P
fO THE American bostness man.
as W. J. Bryan four years ago de
fined hlra. Including the "Mid
who la employed for wages," the "Mer
chant at the cross roads atore," the
"Farmer who goes forth !n the morn
tsg and tolls all dny. and begins in the
prlng and tolls all summer," the "Min
ers who go a thousand feet Into the
aarth," the "Attorney In the country
town." etc., the la.st four years of Re
publican rule have wrought remark
able benefits.
The Prosperity Chapter Interesting.
The Republican platform of 1890 pro
fessed "full assurance that the elec
tlou would bring victory to the Repub
lican party and ;omsperity to the people
f The United Btati a." How prosperity
followed In acquet e to the Republican
victory comtltutas Indeed a re-
tnnrkalily Interesting chapter of Ameri
can Matoiy chapter which must al
wars bring home to the hearts of the
.American people, with grateful force,
the truth 'bat "peace hath its victories
no less renowned than war."
"Lett we forget" the causes, and be
eome ungrateful for the prosperity which
faring the hut four yenrs has become the
II important iucident of our happy ex
istence ss s people, the reading In block
auil white of the record al prosperity is
sit this time very timely. Future success
must always be based on the lessons al
cast experience. If the American people
re to continue In the prosperity which
hy have beca enjoying t'.ie last four
years, It is by considering with serious
arnestness the data of such prosperity,
miking thereon the one possible decision,
land expressing such decision with salu
tary emphasis at the polls this next No
vember. Tbe "Messes" the Foundation.
Tn the remarkable speech four yesrs
go by which Mr. Bryan sprang Into
farns sod into tbe nomination for tbe
residency, ho expressed the "Democrat
ic Ides tbst If you tnske the masses pros
perous their prosperity will find its way
op sud through every class snd rest
upon It."
Literally Indeed has this general ex
pression of an old Idea been fulfilled by
Ins Republican party under President i
aVtcKlnley.
; It Is one thing to have s rather Indefi
Its Idea as to what a desirable result
'Would be It Is another thing to success
fully sccomplish such s result.
Both the Republican snd the Demo
cratic psrtles made their promises in
BS96 to restore prosperity to the people.
The masses saw through the quackery of
ut Democratic plan of beiug made pros
perous by tbe payment of wages in 48
weat dollars, so they turned down Brysn
and elected McKlnley President.
Mr. McKlnley had somen hat fscetloue
lj been termed "the advance agent of
prosperity." Ho soon as be wss elected
Democratic organs got themselves resdy
for sneering interrogatories of "Why
don't the abow come?" l't csme, however,
svith such stsrtllng promptness ss to pro
duce the bewilderment of despair among
th law whose own prosperity was de
grades! on unrest fu! despsir among the
amies. The prosperity "show" was soon
(Mod to be no humbug. 'Pie people had
Indeed aot been deceived by the "advance
Srsnt " They were soon getting more
ansa they had really dared to expert.
The Unlocking of Matter.
Tlit Hist manlgflsuation of the proaper
rT movement wsslhe unlocking of vast
ensie ef money from boarding, and the
laclag of it on deposit at tbe banks. Hie
etitemrnia of hunks during the autumn
id winter months of 1806-7 showed
'? and stesdy Increases In deposits,
1 ir were also striking gains in clear
ings Indicating s greater rapidity ia tbe
ovenients of mosey. While tbe first
''publican measure positively conducive
1 too present prosperity wss the Dlng
v tariff bill, which did not become a
until .Inly 24, 1H97. yet general bust-
wilted not for Its passsge before
discounting" the greet Improvement la
fiierii eondltlose which it was obvl
" would soon ensue.
Tata 1897 begun the gloom of four
t" 1 o' 1 '..., .,- bsrd times wss still
"ging over the country, discoursglrg
Mfrprlaa and blighting such Industries
bid to exist. With tbe Inauguration
President McKiuley, the vaet lustitu
" of business credit, on which is vitally
"pendent the industrial prosperity ot sll
T1 of people, began at ones to re
'"eT from the destructive effect of the
Ey "r" "f panic-breeding silver aglta
lag irota the general loaa of confi
JNJCS emu,., i1T fl) tnrti ,lin(j,ri 0f the
'vsland sdiniulstratlon.
'he ten srkelaarni defeat of Bryan the
sla November had gives the conn
ae hi... that free ailver waa a "dead"
ind that the Democratic party
""M not have the inconceivable temer
y to rrvlv t four yenrslsier. and in
us, whose chief god wss
J Hlver Idol
J"t free trade policy of President
r""'sud li, ,!, harm Is tws waya.
"11 It had resulted Is tbe closing
the country over, the' driving eut
'"l"ujent of thousands sf Americas
Labor, Wealth to Farmers.
Strike to Miners.
and
workmen, a general lowering ef the
wages of those stili kept at work, and
the loss of profitable marketa to the farm
ers who supply tht workmen's "dinner
pail."
Secondly, the Wilson law, though in
tended to be "a tariff for revenue only,"
was drawn up on such grossly erroneous
fiscal estlmatea by Secretary Carlisle that
it even failed to produce the revenue nec
esaary to pay the current expenaea of the
Government.
Revenue Prndnclng Protection.
The total deficiency caused by the four
years' operation of the Democratic tariff
law was $lS5,8il4,183. It was this lsck
of revenue which forced President Cleve
land into the burdening of the country
with $202,330,092 of new debt. The only
way by which the Government could fully
pay Its current expenses was by drawing
on Its gold reserve. The only way by
which President Cleveland could enforce
his commends),. resolve to protect the
gold reserve, and thus prevent his admin
istration from going out with tbe coun
try hopelessly "busted" through free sli
ver, was by the Issuing of bonds.
Tbe Dingley ai;t was, as expected, s
success both as a revenue producing and
as s protective measure. Within a few
months from its passage all predictions
were verified, and the receipts for No
vember and December, 1807, and Janu
ary, February and March. 1808, exceeded
the monthly disbursements of the treas
ury. The Circulation of Geld.
An Interesting phenomenon noticeable
in 1807 was tbe nppesrance of gold in
even the channels of common circulation.
Anybody who wanted gold cola, perhaps
for tbe novelty of seeing whst bail be
come a rare sight, could go to a bank
and exchange paper or silver for gold,
and find that the banker made the ex
change not reluctantly but very gladly.
Bryan had pointed to the apparent scar
city of gold coin, aud to the difficulty that
had been attendant on keeping up tbe
gold reserve, as proof of bla theory that
the volume of gold was too small ta form
a sufficient basis for the money circula
tion of the country. But after Bryan
was given leisure to write up "The First
Battle," gold ceased to be scarce, for It
had come from hiding, and nobody es
pecially wanted it. Since doubt bad been
so completely removed, and our own peo
ple as well as tbe whole world had been
given so thoroughly to Vnow that all
kinds of American -money were Just aa
good as gold, every bit, thpn why should
gold be especially wanted when other
kinds of money were not only just as
good, but were more handy to carry?
Tbe Full Dinner Pal'.
In the autumn of 1807 there was an
enormous crop of wheat in the Uuited
State. Other years, however, have seen
bumper crops, but mighty poor prlres snd
no prosperity. Kansaa has aeen corn
through heavy crops become so cheap
that it waa used for fuel.
But In 1807 there wss a demand for
wheat, corn and other grains. Tbe "full
dinner pall" of the American workman
was becoming a new factor in the ratio of
demand to supply of farm products. The
mills were sgain being opened through
tbe psssage of the Dingley bill. Capital
was becoming more aggressive in enter
prise sud saw profits, not losses, in busi
ness expsnalon.
With the American workingman In
such a position tbst bis dinner pail hsd
to be filled first, the foreigner was put
Into an excited, impatient, worrisome
mood. America, despite Its enormous
crop, contrary to precedents, was not
selling liberally. Consequently prices
went booming upward. The average price
per bushel on the farm reached nearly 81
cents. Id 1804 It hsd been 40 cents, in
lHOT) less than 51 ceuts, snd in 1890 It
wss 7U cents.
Foreign money and the money of tbe
populated centers if the East began pour
lag Into tbe great agricultural area of
the Middle West.
The formers who bad Keen barely able
to keep the wolf from the door sud pre
vent loss of mortgaged homesteads, now
felt themselves flushed with wealth. They
began to spend money for clothing, food,
firming tools, and to psy off their mort
gages. A great debtor rlaaa, to whom
Bryaa had vainly hinted the string that
could come to them by the cheating of
their creditors through 42 cent dollars,
fast became a creditor class, Accounts
were started at country bunks, aad farm
ers who bad been borrowers sf money se
ct me lenders of mouey.
Of courts this grest prosperity ef ths
farmer began st once ti Increase tbs
prosperity of the city labsrer whs had
furnished tbe Initlsl cue given him
through ths victory of tbs Republican
party. There are upwards sf 1,600,000
farmers In the United States, aa against
5,000,000 IndustrlsJ workers.
Farmer Make Work for Wags KarneV
These 8,500,400 fsrmera made gltraor
dlnirlly heavy bnyers of what tha 6,000,
000 industrial workers produced. Al a
consequence great Industries, wkloh hid
been stagnsnt under D-imiorify. seegm
active and proHtsble. In ootapatltloa for
labor they were forced generally to nisi
wages.
The enormous expsnsion Is ths esliia of
espsrls treat the failed Mtatea, fiom
vT93.302.5fC for ftte year ensled Jose SO,
lSUa, to $1,304,186,371 for the year ended
June 30, 1X00, constitutes one o-f the most
significant features of the prosperity
movement. During the three years of
Republican rule the balance of trade
grew to be $1,433,537,094 favoring this
country.
This expsnsion deserves to be studied,
aot only because of Its plain showing of
mi. lions and millions of dollars increased
wealth to this country during the last
toar years, .but also because of ita In
structive relation to t'ne many and di
verse political theories which have been
loose from time to time smong the Amer
ican people, especially among some col
lege professors who in tbe seclusion of
their studies think too much, and know
by actual experience of the world too lit
tle, and by men like Bryan, who think
too little.
The free trsde school of thought theor
ises on tbe equilibrium of internstionsl
szchanges. It reasons that if one nstion
adopts a protective tariff. It will cut down
Imports, but that tbia will be balanced by
oa is voi"tne nf exports on the clear
enough principle that nationa, n.r
viduala, cannot long continue to buy from
customers to whom they cannot sell.
If exports of merchandise do not fsll
off with Imports, the reasoning concludes,
then there must at least be a balancing
outward movement of gold which may
disorder home money marketa. Some free
tradera also indulge iu tbe peculiar the
orizing that by hindering imports we hin
der property wealth from coming to us,
and that by not also hindering it from
being exported from us, we steadily grow
poorer.
Protection's Part In Prosperity.
The prosperity experience of the last
four years haa shown that a protective
tariff, wisely applied, can without qnes
tion be a means of enriching a great na
tion like our own. Tbe passage pf the
Dingley bill was the direct means of re
storing prosperity to a large number of
industriea in this country, which, mi I. r
the Wilson law, could not compete in the
home markets with Europe. (Jivea pro
tection in their home market, these indus
tries were enabled to pay attention to for
eign markets. The protected iron and
steel Industry gained so vastly In power
and strength that it became tbe aston-
ishiug wonder and dread of the industrial
communities of the world. How Ameri
can engines became used on the railroads
of England because they were better,
chea per and could be made quicker than I
English built engines; how an American
firm got tbe contract over English firms
for the Atbara bridge in the Soudan:
how American air brakes, locomotives
and rails were almost exclusively order
ed for tbe great new railroad of Siberia,
were a few instances of many which sur
prised aud dazed the whole industrial
world.
Luxuries from the Other Si te.
The prosperity that came to our work
ers in these protected industries was the
means of spreading prosperity to all home
workers, whether or not they belonged to
pursuits or callings of tbe kind which
needed to be protected.
Nor did so much prosperity at home
work to the harm of those other countries
which must" continue prosperous, if they
are to continue to be our good customers.
While American exports this last year
were $ 1,30V 180,371, the largest in our
history, and were more widely distributed
throughout the world than ever before,
yet in some directions there were great
Increases In imports. Our Imports of
manufacturer.-,' materials this last year
were valued at $302,264,100, which is
about 40 per cent greater than for any
preceding year in our history.
By being protected lu his opportunities
to make at home the articles that ought
to be made at home, the American indus
trial worker has more than well utilized
and justified such opportunity glvn him.
He has done bis work so Increasingly well
the last four years that all the nations of
the world have become bis customers.
The whole outside world, instead of sell
ing him the things he ran just as well
make himself, now sells him tbe material
which his increased work requires snd
which it is not worth his own busy while .
to prepare, and the silks, the satins, the 1
perfumes, the wines, the gloves, the jew- 1
elry, the artistic fancy notions, tbe toys, j
the tropical fruits, the tea, coffee, sugar,
spices, etc., which he could not very well
If ever afford to buy for himself, wife sud i
children, before the Republicsn parly
gave hnu prosperity.
PROSPERITY IN IDAHO.
Report of Rtate Korean of I nrnlgi s
tion l.ahsr Btatistlcs ProTes It.
"There are few, if any. States in the
L'nion where laboring men are belter
treated, get better wages and have more
opportunities to acquire homes and se
cure a competence than In Idaho.
"The relations between laboring men
and tbeir employers in tbis State are M
usually pleasant. With tbe single ex
ception of one county In the Slate there
hare been no strikes for years iu the
Htata and no labor troubles of any kind
In this couuty labor troubles are now
in a fair way of being satisfactorily set
tled. The mines are being worked by a
good aet of men, who are paid from $3
to $.1 per day, and every citizen la aatis
tied with tbe conditions. In other parts
of the State the relations between la
borers and their employera are Barmoni
ous and pleasant.
"All labor orgaalxatlona that are baaed
on law and order are welcomed not only
by the employers of labor, but by all
classes of citizens, and all such organiza
tions ars In a flourishing condition. Near
ly all, If not all, of the labor unloaa bave
a hospital fund and many of them have
halls where the meetings of the union ars
held, while In some Instances there ars
libraries In connection with tbe unions
that contain the best books OB literary,
phllssophlcal aud scientific subjects. Aa
a clasa ths laboring men of Idaho are
sober, iaduitrloill, frugsl, well educated
aad Intelligent."
Prosperlir for Minors.
Coke, a product of coal. Is used exclu
sively la manufacturing Ita consumption
Is one ef bhe best evidences nf the pios
perlty and Increase of our manufactur
ing Industries.
In ths tear 1800. under McKlnley,
prosperity and "ths opsutng of the fac
tories," waa a great year foe coke. More
now colts ovens wars sstabllshed thsn 1
srar bafors and ths product wai greater.
Till pries mors thin double, sad even
thin (lis demand caused by lbs growth .if
th Iron Itid steel Industries of the conn-
try Mllltl nut ba supplied. In 1884 coke '
Wli soiling it $1 par ton, larljr Lu 1U0O it
tcuohld fi a too. I
PROSPERITY FOR ZINC MINERS,
Fonr Tears of McKlnley and Protec
tion Have Enriched .Missouri.
McKiuley prosperity and the protective
tar ff o s:nc aud lead ores have, in f.-ur
years, added millions of wealth to Mis
souri and Kansaa. Tbey have made s
comparatively iiitle strip of territory in
southwest Missouri and southeast Kansaa
tne greatest nuc milling section iu tbe
world, producing seven-eighths of tbe
American zinc ore and about one-fourth
of the entire world's supply.
Fvr yesrs this district, which centers
abo'tt Joplin. Mo., snd tSalena. Kau ,
cousieted of aeversl little mining csnips
struggling along and yielding very little
product. Miuing was done in a crude
si primitive way. aud lack of capital to
Operate in a manner befitting a country
so bountifully blessed by nature waa a
check to development aud a barrier to
progress.
Three years ago a change began. The
factories of the Eaat. which had been
alarmed over tbe Wilson bill and abut
down their plants entirely or in pert, bsd
their confidence restored and resumed
operations to taeir lull . . TaSa
created a demand for more sine, which Is
used extensively in many industries. New
uses for ziuc for various purposes were
constantly being found, and additional de
mands for zinc ore were thereby created.
As a consequence, ths attention of
Eastern and foreign capital became at
tracted to America's great undeveloped
zinc fields, whose only need was financial
aid. Money, which had been tied up by
cautious capitalists, sought investment.
Wonderful were the changes wrought.
Mines, mining Ictaeg ami mineral lauds
doubled aud quadrupled in value, crude
and antiquated methods of mining gave
way to modern methods. The old hand
windlass and horse hoisterwere supplant
ed by modern machiuery. Old abuudoned
mines which had been left with their tim
bers to rot and tools to rust were opened
up again and new milling camps sprang
up all over the district. An era of pros
perity had dawned and the increased de
mand for zinc had advanced the price to
a point undreamed of four yeara before.
The following table la concise history:
71 NT IN MISSOURI.
Quantity Average price
produce. 1
in tons.
, ..10O,2t
, . .n,7fa
, . .i;u.48S
,, .1 OS, Bill
. . su.ir.0
. .101,204
.. 02.754
. . I' l l IS
. t:;o,'i.;s
. .181.4:10
pulil per
ton at. mine.
Totsl
varus.
H 350,588
2.873.053
2.862,47s.
2,245.021
1,337 910
1,707,661
1,831,850
1.706,047
9,087,821
S.974,624
Tear.
MM. . .
iti. ..
1SH2 ..
1893. ..
I8M. ..
!-"' ..
reel . .
1887. ..
ism. . .
1809. ..
33.fi I
21 00
21 Trt
J0.5T
1B.00
ie.sa
JO. 7.1
is.a-j
20 rt
82.93
A few of the above figures are particu
larly instructive. In 1802, at the close of
the Harrison administration, the Joplin
zinc field produced 131,488 tons, the av
erage price of which at the mine was
$21.76 per ton and the total value of
which was $2,804,47ri. In 181)4, under
tbe Wilson bill depression, the produc
tion of this same field bad fallen to 8U.1M)
tons, with an average price at the mine
of $15 per ton. a total value of $1,337,010.
l'n 1808 the quickening influence of Mo
Kinley prosperil) was fairly Under way,
the production rose to IHIMMI-S tons, with
in average price at ths mint of $40. DO
per ton and a total value nf $J,U37.:l2l .
Last year, 1800, the full tide of prosper
ity promised by the Republican party
was flowing In on the Joplin nod Kansas
district and the production readied high
water mark in 181,130 tons, with (in av
erage value at the miaei of $32.03 per
ton and a total value of $5,074,024, or
over four times as much as It was in
1804. The year 11)00 figures, when all In,
will show a still further increase. Yet
it is prohable that the Missouri section
of this prosperous region will utterly ig
nore this wonderful object lesson and
vote for Itryan, free trade and rotten
money. Vote to again close up the fac
tories and bring disaster to their country.
Windfall to Kallroad Labor.
For the fiscal year ended June 30,
I8OII1 gross railroad receipts were larger
by $200,140,623 ihau for the year ended
resents larger dividends (in the form of
increased wages) to labor. Similarly
there was a gain over 1805 of $28,,S"S,
408 in net earnings. This has gone part
ly into tbe st reugtbening of cssb oc
count', but the greater part of It into
Increased dividends to stockholders. It
must not tx- forgorten in this ismneetion
that railroad securities are owned very
largely by people of all classes. They
are rei-oium'eiided to widows for safe in
vestment. They form the basis, next to
government bonds, for the investments of
insurance companies, sud for the trust
funds of charitable aud philanthropic In
st itutions.
In 1808 there wss paid in compensation
to employes of railroads the total aum of
$40tV,05B,610, as agaiuxt $4 tr,,.V)8,201 iu
I8B6, a gain of $40,.M7.3:,7. When in ad
dition we consider the increased wsges
indirectly tin i it in new construction of
track and bridges, in new cars, etc., which
absorbed the greater part of the increases
in gross earnings, it will be more evident
what s windfall just one year nf pros
perity has been to the people who work
on the railroads.
The number of new miles of road built
during the year ended June 30, 1800, was
4.500. as sgsinst only leWO for ths cor
responding period ended in 180ft. Of
course this is significant, not merely be
cause it bss meant Increased work snd
more money paid in wsges, but because
it iucreaaed the facilities of commerce,
and because it made It that much eaaler
for ths farmer to get bis products Into
the city to fill the dinner psil of ths city
workman.
Prosperity on the Paella.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, In an
interview the other day, said:
"Anything produced In the United
Statea will now permanently find Its way
Into all psrts of the celestial empire. Our
trade relations there lo the future srs
ecured. The trsde In cotton goods ha
been very heavy in Manchuria and other
northern province. Our Intereat gener
ally, our dairy, poultry and other product
from the farms of the United Ststes,
cow hare assurance of permanent mar
Wets la sll the provinces throughout tbs
Chinese Kmpire where such things are In
demand, and this demand Is growing snd
will contiuue to grow.
"The work of Kecretsry llsy In this
reg ud supplements and compliment! the
work of oursrmy and navy. A year ago
no nation would have listened to a propo
sition of this kind ithe open door policy),
hut the whole world listens to ths United
Stales now, The 'white msn's burden'
came with tba islands. Secretary Hay's
work bring th reward for lifting th
burden. Horn idea of th vastness of
IhJ Interests involved msy be galad from
, f- fie, ft, at wWs ten years ses swv
e port from the Paciic coast to all coua
tries ag fated 1J6.OUU.000 and five
year. os.M KsJ.ta Si. the steady increase
in I'ariiic roast exports baa raised ths
aggregate to 678.000 U s year ago."
Prosper, tv Dividends to Farmers.
Last year's prosperity dividends paid
; by the Republican party to the farmers
of ths I u.ted States smouuted to up
wards of one billion dollars. Ths vslus
ot ten staple crops showed for 1M0 a lo
ts' increased value of $323,000.1) over
1MB, Add to tnie increase aa advancs
. f lmM.000.OM during the same period ia
tbe value of live stock, aud the balance
sheet shows disbursements ot s round
billion. This does not include the special
pronts from better prices for fruit, but
ter, cheese, eggs, vegetables and laatly,
but not leastly, wool. Following ars
cumpariaoua of values of ths principal
crops:
III 1KW. 1H
Crop. Totsl vslus. Totsl valus.
Corn aj44.H83..V4 t52.21i. 1 10
Wheat 337.S88,uj xm.e.M.Vfj
Oats Ui3.855.068 lsw.i6:.o:
Rye 11.WS4.82S 1-.2H.11S
Bsrley 29.312.4U 2V..MH.254
fotatoes ia.fc4.001 gO,S2
Cotton J'W.sjS.o-sJ 832.000,000
Hay SU3.13,S:3 411.92". im
Tobacco 85.574.220 t5.M)0.i)t
Flax 12.000.000 24.000,000
Totsl
.81,787,939.671 82 09,'.8SO,78B
Prosperity Asnona; Miners.
The prosperity of ths American miner
the last four yesrs haa been remarkable.
The activity of ths milla and of ths rsil
roads baa boomed the price of coal, cop
per, tine and other metals. These have
yielded far better returns In wagea to
those "who go a thousand feet Into tbe
earth," than tbey would have done had
Mr. Bryan been elected 'resident in 1800.
The opening up of the mints to the free
coinage of silver would never have really
boomed the price of ailver, for the silver
of the whole world would hare poured
into America, the nationa of the earth
being only too glad for ua to pull their
chestnuts out of the fire for them.
In the miuing of gold In a gold stand
ard country, miners have profited far
more than they would have ever profited
by the mining of silver in a silver stand
ard country. The lone, poor proapector,
and the "grub sinker" have had a chance
to "come in" on the production of gold,
whereas silver mining has alwaya been
under the control of wealthy ayndlcatss,
and of individuals like Mr. Clark of Mon
tana, whose wealth enabled him to buy
a Democratic Legislature to elect him
Senator, and to contribute $100,000 to
the present fund to elect Bryan Preai
dent.
Story of the Clearings.
The best gauge of the volume of busi
ness of the country is the bank cleariug
etatlstics. They prove, as no other fig
ures can, the trade movement. Never In
the history of the country have they
shown such a vast aggregate of business,
such nn immense increase aa during the
years of tbe McKiuley sdmluistration.
The following figures are from Brad
street's and are accepted as official. Tha
comparison is made with ths yesr 1804,
Us that is the year the Democratic pol
icy of .handling the finances of the coun
try was in full sway.
The grand total of the bank clearings
Of the United States, as 'given by Brud
street's, for the first six months of 1894,
Were $22, 08ii,07 1 , 100. For the Brat six
months of 10OO they were $42.So7.20I,
310. an increase of $20,772,130,120. For
the month of June, 1804, the grand total
was $3,576,810,899. For the month of
June, lilOO, it was $0,021,008,707, an Ua
crease of $3,044,753,408.
Better Prlrea for Farmers.
The following table shows the current
market price of differem staple crops on
June 1, 1890, and June 1. 1000:
June 1, June 1. Adv.
Farm products. 189. 1000. p. c.
Corn 80.2714 $0.37H 87
Whest 67 .4W Is
Osts 178. .21 23
Hye St , 6 51
Bsrley 28 .40 4H
I'otstoes 2a .40 45
Hsy 826 1150 24
Klsxseed 82 l.HO 110
Butter 1414 ,is 2
Cheese u; ..- , 20
Live bogs 8.25 8.12U 65
Lire cattle 8.55 4 82U 22
Rheep S.2S 4 87H 65
Cloverseed 7.40 1.60 1
Cotton 07H .uu 20
Wool It)! .20 70
Rroom corn ... 82.50 180 00 454
Hops 07 .18 78
Millet seed 80 1 20 so
Kggs .0014 1014 a
Corn, Cattle and Contentment.
"Oentlemen." shouted an orator In
Kansas iu 1800, "from the beginning of
Indiana to the end of Nebraska there ,1s
nothing but corn, csttls and content
ment." And he added a little later: "The joyful
sound of the mortgagor paying off his in
debieduess bas even pierced the dense
esrs of the money changera of tbs East."
Nothing can exceed the breezy joy, tbe
piano and top-buggy buying enthusiasm
of the Kansan in tbs year of bis pros
perity under tbe gold standard.
Clasra Smoke I Over Prosper It t.
Probably unthiug demonstratss prosper
Ity more clearly tbsn the consumption of
cigars.
W. C. Hollister of Chicago, who prlnta
tbe blue labels for tbe Olgarmakers' In
ternational Union and Is required to make
stildnvit to the number turned Out, bss
msde the ftfllowlng report to President
O. W. Perkins of the union of the labels
printed during recent yearat 1A93, 47,
815,000; 1800, 40,440,000; 18P7, 46,M6.
(WO; 189S, 40.000,200; 1899, nfl.lsO.OOO.
During ths first six months of 1900 ths
number jumped to, 36,8AA,000. Men can
not afford to buy cigars unless they are
prosperous and earning good wagea.
Money Karnad and Spent
Tn 1899 the .avlng bank, deposits of!
. !.!.. i at,.... .t.. . . Moon 1
the United Ststes sdvanced to $2, 20ft.
360.054. That brought them up to more
than the combined ssvlaga hanlt depos
ta of any two other nations In fbe world.
and to half the deposits of Austria. Hun
gary, Bavarl. Belgium, Denmark,
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Prussia, Sweden, Swlttei land, the Coiled
Kingdom, Australasia, Canada, Cape
Colony, India, Natal and th Crowa eulo
nles ill put together, their combined aV
posits being, ia 1800, but $4,593,94ll,4.'si
Nsbrsska's Prosperlir
The SecreUry of State of Nebrstka hn
compiled a list showing that the exreas
of mortgages paid off and released during
over those (lied for tbe ssme period
amounted to more than $50,000,000. 'Hie
most of these were paid In rash,
the foreclosures were comparatively few.
It will be bard for Mr. Itryan to con
vince tbe farmers of his own Hiat that
tbey ars set prosperous.
HvOSPERITY AND GLORY.
Air Ma rckl of Thruugk (ie. r.-ls
HsKlakty slJ Kuustveit, asra of gjl4S)
deeds.
Mn wbote loysl sas g no the aatlea
seeds;
ales who resoiuttos ah the w..r J uaite4
keeUs.
atrluglog prosperity Sad g uryl
CHOKl's
Ilurrtkl Hurrah' Is h, aor srs are boua4.
Hurrah! Hurrsht Our oi uey all IS
sound ;
Hones: guides dollars rlsglng all ths wri4
t around.
Bring tug prosperity tu.l g oryl
Bonders ta ear history, men of real worth,
ales whose nsnies are honored over ail ths
teeming earth.
E'ta swung the brsvtsl since tbe qs Ijs has
Its birth.
Bringing prosperity aud gloryl
Bold ts truth and Justice, t Integrity aag
right.
Hold to rear'ess p'l... ip ev to h i est lol
Isrs bright:
Hold your eouutry'e credit e.r spotless
with your might.
Brluglng prosperity and g oryl
Keep the fruits of tlciory statu ess ever
more. Keep your banners Hylog SS Msul u's dtt
tsat shore:
Keep uur uuinr PiSSsWWal SrllltlS ins tVs-iis
Uoose door.
Bringing prosperity snd glory!
Cherish deeds of tslur
wreaiued In meat-
orles sublime.
Cherub grand arh'evcuitnta
Oriental clime:
rought Is
Cherish honest duty rsUIng; now 1
the
golden time.
Brluglng pruspeilty snd glory!
PROSPERITY FOR WAGE-EARN IKS
Proves by ths History of the American
Federation of Latior.
That ths laboring men of the coun.ry
are In a more prosperous condition than
ever known before is proven beyond any
chance of contradiction by the statistic
of the American Federation ot Labor,
sent out over ths signature of the pu-al-dent,
Mr. Samuel Gompers, who is a
Democrat.
We compare the disastrous years of ths
Wilson bill and Democratic rule-1803,
1804 and 180rV-with 1800, under kt '
Kinley and prosperity.
Ta 1803 the American Federation of
Labor met at Chicago. There were D5
delegates present, 3S national trad un
loai repreaented, 18 local trade unions,
10 city central uulons and one Stats
branch. The receipts for the year wei
$20,804 62, and the expenditures $21,3M.
In 1304 the American Federation of
Labor met at Denver. Colo. There were
77 delegates present. SO national trsd
unions represented. 12 local trade uuioos,
11 city central unions and three Stat
branches. The receipts for the year weis
$15,346.43, and the expenditures $17,
802.08. In 1805 the American Federation ot
Labor met at New York City. There
were 98 delegate present. 34 national
trsde union represented. 23 tocsj trn'd
union, 10 city central union ud thr-s
Stat branches The receipt were Jl",
751.75, and the expenditures $15,012 -'.'.
In 1899 the American Federation ot
Labor met at Detroit. There were 1SU
delegates present. 55 1. stomal trades un
ions, 05 local trsde unions, 31 ce..tral
unions snd five State brauches. The re
ceipts were $36,757 13. and the expendi
ture $30,50i. M
Surely labor prospers when the mem
bers of this great organised hotly can
contribute to tbe cause, us shown by ths
above receipts, over $16.00(1 moie in IH'J'J
than they did in 1KU.H. snd several thou
sands more thsu double what thev did ia
each of tbe yers 18!i3, I8ill snd 1805.
Under date of Aug 0. IWSi. Mr (lump
ers stated the number of independent
unions to be 1.154. city central union
191, State branchy 14
It Is evident from these figures (but
when the American Federatiou of Labor
meet in December next there will be a
howiug of progress made and mere.
of memberihip, ill accomplished under
labor' prosperous conditions, such ss us
Ishor organisation bas ever before made.
I in" Exponent Farm I'rnuncts.
The ogrieiiltni nl repot t show that our
sale of agricultural product abroad dur
ing the past thre years I8i7 1K!HI srera
more thsu $.OXi.()00.000 grsaltt ial
the preceding three years, 1804 IMMI.
Exports of butter were Worth, m 1895.
$915,533. in 1899, $3,263,9". I
There were 425.352J87 pouud of ba
con exported in 1896 and 562,051, 40
pounds in 1809 Phi was so Ini ease ot
137,000,000 pounds.
The following are some Interesting com
parative wool prlrea, furniabrd by a
prominent Boston commission bouse:
JANUARY.
Tear. Pin Medium Conrsa.
I Sim
1M1
1897.
1S98
199
1900
1TH 80 19
19 2JV4 19
19 81 18
29 80 20
3H 89 24
56 ia .
During Harrison' administration thei
was sn approximate gam uf $154 ixn.issj
In the value of live stock. During Cleve
land's admluistrstton there wss an ap
proximate loss of $82O.000.UOt During
the ttrst three yesrs of McKinley's ad
ministration so spproxtmste gslu ug
$557,000,000. Adlal Btavenann's Prosperity.
The city of Uloomlagton, 111., which Is
tbs bom of th Democratic vice-piesldtn-tlal
candidate, Adlal ED. Stevenson, but
recently sold Its bonds 00 s bssis which
males tbe interest paid by the city on
the loan oaly 3 40 per cent. 'Phis rate
la lower than any mualelpsllty in ths
United States eould get lo 1896
As a o.Ueei. of Hloomlogton, Mi S..
vnon will b bl to ssv sotn moju-.v
In taiei, because of th good credit and
prosperity that ha come to bl lown ss
s skar In the beneficial results of Re
publicsn policies during the last four
,h: :rmAit. ', ' . " .
" "'"'a of Amerleau municipalities
yeors. 1 ne remrkrit appreciation is
sine McKlnley' election id 1896, mean
ing great aavlng to taxpayer, has heea
one of the most interesting festuiei of
th gret prsaasjrily that has eome 10 th)
people of this country.
No Room for Calamity Hssllag,
Lrge sum nf money srr being oaTercJ
n tn tin. in. is. coin mos of th Chiclg
Is.ly pspers to losn st t's per cent sa
- ity property, 4V4 per rent ou farm prop
el ty. When money ts offered at these
rates it behooves tk calamity howle.
to take a back seat Such interest rates
Indicate such prosperous tunes ss tbs)
' country ha never seen befoie.
Men Wanted in th Mill.
Many manufacturers of woolen ar I
cotton goods in Connecticut state thug
lots of looms are idle because men t
' work them cannot lie (mind Wages bv
1 adtsnced ia cotton mills frum 12 is aw
per cant.