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TO
CORVALLIS GAZETTE.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1UOO.
FAVOR M'KIHLEY AND
CONTINUED PROSPERITY.
Peculiar Position of the South
ern Business Men.
Emphatic in Favor of Sound Money and
Protection, and Are Satisfied to
Let Well Enougb Alone.
The South Is becoming: thoroughly
awakened to the fact that the policies of
the Republican party protection, expan
sion and sound money are those that
will best promote the industries of that
section of the country. The Manufac
turers' Record of Baltimore has collected
another broadside of Southern opinion
on the issues of the day, this time from
bankers. The Southern bankers as a
rule coincide with the opinions of the
manufacturers, and here is what some
of them say:
E. L. Foster, vice-president of the
Bank of Anderson County, Coal Creek,
Tenn.: "While I was a Democrat and
voted three times for Cleveland, I do not
see what could be done from a mere
human standpoint that would be more
disastrous to the business interests of the
country, and therefore to every interest,
than the election of Bryan. The gold
standard of money must be maintained,
imperialism or no imperialism."
A. S. Reed, cashier, Bertram, Texas:
"While a very large majority of people
in this section will vote for Bryan for
President, because he is their party nom
inee, still the honest conviction of the
best business men is' that they would
'really prefer to see Mr. McKinley re
elected, believing that such re-election
would the better tend to insure a contin
uance of the present prosperity."
H. F. Schweer, cashier First National
Bank, Denton, Texas: "T firmly believe
that Bryan's election would bring finan
cial disaster over our beloved country,
degradation to onr flag wherever it floats;
McKinley's election, continued prosper
ity and all nations honor our flag wher
ever it is thrown to the breeze."
H. W. Showalter, assistant cashier,
Ritchie County Bank, Harrisrtlle, W.
Va.: "Democrats and Republicans both
say that times are better now than ever
before in the country's history. McKin
ley, protection and sound money is the
cry from all lips."
Joseph S. Davis, cashier First Nation
al Bank, Albany, Ga.: "The conservative
business men of the South, almost with
out exception, regard the doctrine of free,
independent and unlimited coinage of sil
ver as a menace to the country's pros
perity. But what the result would be
shouid Mr. Bryan be elected would re
quire a prescience beyond human to de
clare with certainty."
W. E. Satterfield. cashier People's Na
tional Bank, New Iberia, La.: "The coun
try has never been se prosperous as since
the election of Mr. McKinley. We want
to see his good work continued. No
Bryan."
G. W. Saxon, president Capital City
Bank, Tallahassee, Fla.: "The political
party that maintains an honest, stable
currency, with open doors for foreign
trade, will, in my opinion, best subserve
the business interests of the country."
J. K. Ragsdale, Blair, S. C: "The av
erage business man believes that the elec
tion of Mr. Bryan to the presidency of
the United States would cause a money
panic."
F. A. Piper & Co., bankers, Uvalde,
Texas: "We are doing well; be satisfied
and let it alone."
W. S. Wilson, cashier Deposit Bank,
Eminence, Ky.: "It is my opinion that
the election of Mr. McKinley will be for
the business interests of the country. Im
perialism is only a scare,, that we care
nothing for. I am a Democrat, but I
am convinced it is to our interest to make
no change in the President."
P. A. Ball, cashier American National
Bank, Fort Smith. Ark.: "This section
of country never before enjoyed so great
a degree of prosperity as at the present
time. We are well satisfied with Mc
Kinley's administration, and for my part
apprehend that a change would prove
most disastrous to every business enter
prise." A. E. Watson, president First National
Bank, Marlin, Texas: "The business out
look is good. In our opinion the election
of Mr. Bryan to the presidency would be
very disastrous to every business inter
est in the country."
William PowrtiT cashier E r.k of Cul
loden, Culloden, Ga.: "1 am a Northern
er. While he (Mr. Bryan) might not be
able to foist his free silver Issue upon the
country, it would be dangerous to give
him the chance to do so, and only for
the race question, I believe that this
-would be the verdict at the polls of many
thousands of the voters of Georgia."
O. F. Luttrell, cashier Bank of Brew
ton, Brewton, Ala.: "It seems to be the
consensus of opinion among the leading
business men that the business and com
mercial interests of the country will be
best subserved by the election of Mr. Mc
Kinley. No one denies that the election
of Bryan would be adverse to all busi
ness." J. B. Carter, president Gribble-Carter
Wholesale Grain Co., Sherman, Texas:
"As for presidential candidates I do not
think it advisable to make a change at
this particular time."
C. W. Arnett, Fairmount, W. Va.:
"Bryan's election would mean disaster to
business, destruction of public confidence,
the return of panics, the reduction of
work and wages, and the repetition of
the scenes of hardship which filled the
land during the last Democratic adminis
tration." O. G. Bournan, Citizens' National
Bank, Hillsboro, Texas: "I believe that
the business interests of the country
would be injured less by the election of
President McKinley than Mr. Bryar "
'DEAR BOY" LETTERS NO. 8
My Dear Boy:
So old man Skinner says that there
will be war in the Philippines for twenty
years yet; that we will soon see the time
when men will be conscripted in every
township for service in China, and that
we are bound to have a financial crash
next spring, and then the poor people will
see the hardest times they ever saw.
Well, I guess the old man is a typical
Democrat. He certainly has all the
symptoms. Perhaps I had better tell you
what the symptoms are.
There are certain constitutional char
acteristics which distinguish the Demo
cratic party and opposite characteristics
which distinguish the Republican party.
When I tell you what they are, you will
see why I want you to be a Republican.
1. The Democrats are pessimistic.
They always look on the dark side. They
perpetually expect evil ahead and see
nothing but the evil in the things that
now are. You pick up an average Demo
cratic platform and you find it full of
phrases like the following: "We protest,"
"we denounce," "we disapprove," "we
view with alarm." One of the strongest
reasons against the party Is that they
are always striving to make the people
discontented with their lot and to fill
them with anxious forebodings for the
future. Right in the middle of abundance
and cheer and victory, they insist that
we are all going "to the bow-wows."
Now it is the nature of Republicans to
be optimistic. The Republican party sees
the bright side. Thankful for the bless
ings of the past, they look forward with
confidence to the future. They expect
good things and the expectation helps
bring good things to pass. They rejoice
in the greatness and prosperity of our
highly favored land. They look upon
our schools and churches, our farms and
factories, our army and navy, and. their
platforms contain phrases like these:
"Thankful for the past," "we rejoice,"
"we congratulate," "we point with
pride." They bring to the people a song
of hope and cheer and content. Be a
Republican, my boy, and "keep sweet."
Don't let yourself get soured and pessi
mistic. 2. The Democratic party seems unable
to learn from experience. One reason
why I fit in easily into the Republican
party is because T can learn from expe
rience. Eight years ago I was a free
trader. I read about free trade in a book
and was convinced. It was a very nice
book and the free trade theory was pre
sented in a very nice way. I still insist
that free trade is a nice thing in a book
so long as you keep it in the book; but
when you take it out of the book and ap
ply it to wool and eggs and pig iron and
things, it doesn't work worth a cent. The
experience of this country from 1S93 to
1897 made me a protectionist. But our
Democratic friends have failed to learn
the lesson. In their platform this year
they still denounce our protective tariff
law.
If there is anything positively settled
by the experience of nations, it is that
the best standard for a nation's currency
and for the world's currency is gold. For
centuries the nations bungled along en
deavoring to keep up two standards, sil
ver and gold, with the result that the
comparative values of the two metals
were constantly changing and the cheap
er one driving the other out of circula
tion, making currency scarce, values un
certain, exchange troublesome and com
merce difficult. Through experience, the
nations, one after another, learned that
the honest way and the best way is to
have one standard and that standard the
best money gold with a hundred cents'
worth of gold in the dollar. We have
learned that, since a standard dollar is
a measure of value, it should contain the
value that it represents.
All civilized people in the world have
learned this except the Populistic-Dem-ocratic
party. They come out this year
of our Lord 1900 and propose to roll
back the wheels of progress and return
to the financial ways of barbarism.
Now the Republican party does learn
by experience. It keeps up with the pro
cession. When a thing has been tried
and found wanting, the Republican par
ty drops it. When a thing has been
proved to be good by experience, the Re
publican party sticks to it. My boy, the
Republican party is not perfect by a long
ways. It has some men in it who are
not good. Any great party must have
some such in a world like this. It may
sometimes make mistakes. But the broad
political principles of the party are true
and right and it is the party that learns
from experience. You be a Republican
and yon will not be sorry.
YOUR FATHER.
Who Fills the Dinner Pail?
Every full dinner pail contains these
articles:
2 ham sandwiches 5 cents
2 eggs 3 cents
Bread and butter 2 cents
Tomato 2 cents
Pie or pudding 3 cents
Sugar, salt and pepper 1 cent
Fruit 2 cents
Drink 2 cents
Total 20 cents
The farmer produces all of these ex
cept the coffee or tea, and perhaps not
all of the sugar.
Ft is to the interest of the farmer to
see that the wage earner has a chance
to live such as he has enjoyed during the
Republican administration.
Too Much Prosperity for Wicks.
Jack Wicks, the sawmill proprietor of
Quicksilver Mountain, Mont., has joined
the Missouri railroad flagmen in declar
ing against too much prosperity. Jack
Wicks is going to vote for Bryan. He
says so himself, and is entirely frank
about the reason.
"Why," he is reported to have said,
"three and four years ago I could get all
the help I wanted at almost any price I
offered, and could put pay days off two
or three months if I chose, and the men
vould stay with me. Now I am paying
men $50 a month and their keep and
have hard work to get them and harder
work to keep them. If I even look cross
wise at one of them, he calls for his time
and his money. I don't dare to let a pay
day go by or my camp would soon be de
serted. Vote for McKinley and keep up
this condition of affairs? Well, I guess
not."
Money In Circulation.
The money in circulation in 1870 was
$675,212,794; in 1900 it was $2,006,683,
042, or three times as great. And this
under a gold standard where aU dollars
are of equal value.
.YEARLY Hi TIN PLATE
PRODUCED AT HOME.
Striking Intance of tbe Va'ue of Protec
tive Tariff.
The Democrats have a fashion of claim
ing that the tin plate duty is an impo
sition on American consumers. Without
the duty which was originally imposed
by the McKiuley law of 1890, tin plate
manufacture would never have been be
gun in the United States.
To-day nearly all the tin plate used in
the country is of domestic manufacture.
The factories give employment directly
to thousands of men and indirectly to
other thousands who produce the iron
which goes into the plate.
The United States imports and produc
tion from 1892 to 1898, inclusive, have
been as follows, in long tons:
Production. Imports. Total.
1892 18,803 208,472 287,275
1893 55,182 , 253,155 308,337
1894 74,200 215,008 289,328
1S95 113,606 219,545 333,211
1896 160,362 119,171 279,533
1897 256,598 83,851 340,449
1898 326,915 67,222 394,137
Total 1,005,786 1,226,484 2,232,270
Prices have gone down as the result of
home manufacture.
Domestic. Imported.
1892 $5.34 $5.34
1893 5.15 5.15
1894 4.57 4.57
1895 3.66 3.66
1896 3.40 3.63
1897 3.05 3.90
1898 2.85 4.00
The creation of the tin plate industry
stands as one of the most marked in
stances of success in the history of the
country. The Republican principle of
protection is directly responsible for the
establishment of this new industry on
American soil.
ISSUE BOILED DOWN.
"Shall we run our mills full time, our mines and our factories full time
and find a market for our surplus abroad, or shall we shut down one
third of our producing capacity in order to oblige Mr. Bryan? There is
the labor question boiled down, and that is the main issue or a part of it.
I contend that the main issue of this campaign is free silver, and every
collateral issue that has been injected in this campaign has been for the
purpose of throwing dust in the eyes of our working people." Chairman
M. A. Hanna. -
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FARMERS NOT DECEIVED
BY BRYAN'S ARGUMENTS.
The total Increase of the value of farm animals between 1896 and 1899
was $501,444,474. This and the increase in crop values represents an
enormous gain to the farmers. The total gain is as follows:
TOTAL INCREASE IN VALUE 1899.
Farm animals $501,444,474
Corn J38,203,143
Cotton 71,221,163
Oats 65,662,942
Hay ' 23,780,573
Potatoes 17,146,482
Wheat 8,942,730
Barley . 7,103,015
Rye 2,253,349
Buckwheat 881,338
Total $836,640,209
The figures on farm animals include the value of horses, mules, cows,
other cattle and sheep, but not swine.
The farmers are not to be fooled by Mr. Bryan's statement made In
accepting the Populist and Free Silverite nominations. Mr. Bryan then
said:
"The prosperity argument which the Republicans bring forward will
not deceive the farmer."
Neither will the possession of the man-made dollar in the farmer's
pocket deceive him.
He knows enough to continue prosperity.
Only a D n Fool.
An Ohio sheriff was taking a crazy
man to the Columbus asylum the other
day on the train. At the next station
another sheriff with another lunatic got
on. Tbe sheriffs knew each other and
got talking, placing the two crazy men
in the seat before them. They also, of
course, got into conversation, one asking
his neighbor where he was going.
"I am going to the asylum at Colum
bus," said Crazy No. 1.
"What is your trouble?" asked Crazy
No. 2.
"Business reverses and heavy financial
losses several years ago npset my mind
and I have been gradually growing
worse. Now let me ask where you t-re
going."
"Why, I am going to Columbus to en
ter an asylum, too."
"Indeed, what Is the matter with you?"
"Imperialism sent me crazy."
"Imperialism, thunder; you are not
crazy at all, you are only a d n fool."
SHALL THIS RETURN?
(From the Chicago Inter Ocean, Dec.
13. 1893.)
Boston, Mass., Dec. 13. A circular
was issued to-day to landlords by the as
sociations for the unemployed, asserting
that 80,000 workmen having as many
persons dependent upon them, are unable
to find employment and asking that no
rent be required of such until they are
employed. Another appeal, addressed to
the citizens of Boston, asks them to see
that the city provides work. A move
ment is on foot for a procession of the
unemployed on the common, and a meet
ing in Faneuil Hall next Tuesday.
Factories Are All Busy.
J. W. Knaub, the chief inspector of
the Ohio department of workshops and
factories, has just made his annual re
port for the year ending Nov. 15, 1899.
The year's work ended on that day, the
date being fixed by statute. He says re
garding the general conditions:
"Everywhere the inspector found the
factories crowded to their fullest capacity
and straining every point to fill their or
ders. The hum -of the machinery was as
music to the ear of the mechanic, and
seemed to serve the purpose of lightening
the burden of his labors and leave im
pressed on his countenance the smile of
contentedness."
This is why Ohio will go Republican
this year.
B. H. Roberts Doubtful About Utah.
Brigham H. Roberts of Utah will be
well remembered by the American peo
ple on account of the struggle over his
seat in the House of Representatives.
Mr. Roberts is a Democrat. Here pre
his ideas on Utah:
"Cand"- compels me to admit that
Utah is a doubtful State. Four years
ago Mr. Bryan carried it by 51,000, but
there has been a marked change in senti
ment since that time, and it is a serious
question whether the Republicans will
not win this fall. Most of those who
had left the party on the silver issue
have returned to the fold, and there is a
strong sentiment in favor of expansion."
More Freight Carried.
According to "Poor's Manual of Rail
roads," which is about to be issued, the
quantity of ifreight carried by all the
railroads of the United States in 1899
was 126,991,000,000 tons-miles; that is,
the equivalent of carrying one hundred
and twenty-six billion nine hundred and
ninety-one tons of freight the distance
of one mile. This is the largest on rec
ord in the history of the country, and is
only another proof of the prosperity of
the nation.
Like Joseph's Coat.
My platform is like Joseph's coat,
A crazy quilt to get a vote.
The wildest hobby I will mount.
If I can call it paramount.
Come ye to me who nurse a sore,
And I will cure yon evermore.
On one thing only I'm intent
t want to be your President.
SIMON MI'S FAMILY.
A Story of
BY ALMA L. PARKER,
CHAPTER V. (Continued.)
"Well, don't worry, father. Do the
best you can, and if you can't pay the
mortgage I'll pay it for you."
"You are a good girl, Vinnie. My!
but we'd be proud of you if you'd only
let Glen Hartlngton alone."
Vinnie smiled, but she did not an
swer him. They had argued that sub
ject so many times that she tried to
avoid It.
"Well, Vinnie," he said finally, "I
must bid you good-by, and hurry back
to Boonsville to buy those calves 'fore
Harrington gets them." So saying, he
was gone.
The next day Vinnie received a pos
tal card, stating that he had got his
revenge on "old man Harrington," so
she presumed he had made his pur
chase. The spring rains came. The sun
shone and nourished the growing corn.
The wheat crop had ripened, and har
vest time arrived. The price of wheat
was getting higher every day. When
Simon's wheat was threshed he order
ed It put In a bin, to wait there for the
highest market price. He now spent
his time watching the markets.
"Cynthia," he said one day, "it looks
as though we may get $1 per bushel."
"I don't see how it could be, Simon,
when McKinley Is President,"
"Well, you needn't think that Mc
Kinley has anything to do with it.
It's because of the scarcity in foreign
lands."
"Oh," said Cynthia, and she wonder
ed if Simon had suddenly turned into
a "snpply and demand" theorist.
"There is one reason," he continued,
"why I hate to see wheat go up, and
that Is because It gives the Republi
cans a chance to cow. They never
stop to reason about the scarcity of an
article."
"I heard the other day that silver
was goin' down. Why is that, Simon?"
"Oh, that's the Government's fault.
I dare say that those sliver miners
hsrte McKinley."
"I don't believe it is right, Simon, to
blame the Government with everything
bad, and for every thing good give
something else the credit. I don't un
derstand how silver can go down and
wheat go up, when the Populist speak
ers used to say they always fluctuated
together."
"They do fluctuate together usually,
but you must remember, Cynthia, that
there are exceptions to all rules, and
this case Is simply an exception to
that rule. That's all."
"There must be lots of exceptions to
rules this summer. I think if there's
many more, some of the rules will
have to be changed. I never saw eggs
and butter a better price this time of
the year. Wonder what corn will be
worth?"
"Well, Cynthia, that will be just ac
cording to the extent of the crop. Last
year corn went down to 10c and the
country Is full of old corn. If we
should have another big crop it won't
be worth huskin'. Is my opinion. Con
ditions have to be Just right to get good
prices when we havegjgold-standard
money."
"Well, I hope, Simon, that the price
of corn will be another exception to
the rule, so beside paying the mort
gage we might build an addition on
the house."
"Don't count on anything of that
kind, Cynthia. If we can make enough
to eat and wear we ought to be satis
fied, for that will be doing exceeding
ly well during the next four years.
We may all go to the poorhouse yet."
"I guess there's not much danger,
with the granary full of $1 wheat"
And so It proved to be. Simon sold
his wheat for $1 per bushel and paid
every cent of the mortgage. Many of
his neighbors did the same.
Corn was a good crop, too, and high
priced, and Simon decided to husk it.
"I am so glad, Simon," said Cyn
thia, "that your predictions do not
come true."
"It's Just another exception to the
rule," said Simon.
" 'Peers to me," said Jlmmie, "that
you're kind of cornered, pa."
CHAPTER VI.
The Spanish-American War.
The following winter the Maine
was sunk by a foreign foe, and over
200 American sailors mnrdered.
Simon was extremely anxious for us
to lick Spain "then and there." But
President McKinley, knowing that we
should not make an accusation without
proof, waited until It was proven that
the Spanish were the perpetrators of
the crime, and until this nation should
be in readiness to settle the difficulty
quickly.
"I never saw the like," said Simon;
"how outlandish slow they are up there
in Washington. I suppose McKinley's
waitin' for Hanna, or somebody else, to
tell him to go. I'll bet If Bryan was
President of the United States Spain
never would have sunk the Maine.
They'd have been afraid to. I tell you
If I was President of the United States
and another nation sneaked around and
blew up one of our ships, or pitched
onto us. In any way, I'd do the same as
Country Life,
GUIDE ROCK, NEB
if another man had struck me. IM
strike back, quicker than lightning. I
wouldn't wait for a proof, or to get my
weapons all polished and in order. IM
just simply give him the full benefit
of my bare fist I would lick him, Just
as I am."
"Ah, pa," said Jimmie;" I remember
one time of your pitching onto a man
just as you were, and he made you say
'enough.' "
"Jimmie, -you don't know what yon
are talking about. I was discussing ths
affairs of nations. I tell you, it is un-American-like,
to let them Spaniards
think us afraid of 'em."
"Pa," said Anna, "if you don't watch
yourself, you will be a perpetual fault
finder. I believe our government will
settle this difficulty all right. Any
way, they surely know more about It
than we do."
"Never mind, my daughter; you'll get
tired a-waitin' till McKinley declares
war against Spain. I don't believe he'll
ever do it. He don't care anything
about the starving Cubans, or our na
tional honor. He Is there for the pur
pose of helping the rich men; he don't
care how many helpless people starve."
"Well, Simon," said Cynthia, "so far
he hasn't hurt us any. I never saw
times Improve faster for thSJ laboring;
classes. Wages are high; everybody
has work, and prices for farmers' prod
ucts are getting better all the time."
Their conversation was here inter
rupted by Mary entering the room. Shs
had been to Boonsville and brought ths
mall.
"War is declared," she said.
"Is It possible?" said Simon In as
tonishment "Hurrah for McKinley!" JImmis
shouted.
"Jimmie!" said Simon, impatiently.
"Be quiet. Who told you, Mary, that
war is declared?"
"The newspaper says so," said Mary,
and so it proved to be. Simon was
"fooled" again, as Cynthia expressed
it for in big, black letters the paper
announced that war had been declared
against Spain, and the President had
called for 75,000 volunteers.
Boonsville was In a state of excite
ment, and young men commenced t
talk of Joining the army. People won
dered how long and disastrous the war
would be.
Political Simon said the war wonld
prove what kind of stuff McKinley was
made of. He said he had no confidence
in him for managing a war. There
never was but one Republican that he.
ever knew capable of doing such s
thing, and that was Abraham Lincoln,,
and If he was a-living to-day he would
not be a Republican.
All eyes were now toward McKinley.
A great responsibility rested upon his
shoulders. As commander-in-chief of
the army and navy he was at the head
and directed all.
About the first order he gave was ts
the Asiatic squadron, and we all know
its result.
Commodore Dewey, following the or
der of his commander-in-chief, sunk
the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. N'o
such battle had ever been known In ths
history of the world, and Dewey be
came a national hero.
In the meantime the Flying Squadron
and Admiral Sampson's fleet went in
search of Spain's Atlantic fleet, sup
posed to be near the West Indies.
Young men were still hurrying to ths
front, and among the volunteers wa
Glen Harrington.
It was hard for Vinnie to bid hint
good-by, but he said he felt it his duty
to go. Long were the farewell words,
and Vlnnie's eyes followed him as hs
walked away to board the train that
was to bear him to the coast She was
proud of her lover, and she admired
him, more than ever, for wanting t
be a soldier, yet tbe thought of his go
ing filled her with dread.
Many soldier boys would lay dowa
their lives. Would he be one of thoss
called to die for his country?
The thought filled her with dread
and the true meaning of war came Us
her. Simon was very much surprised when
he heard that Glen Harrington had
enlisted.
"Cynthia," he said, "I am glad he's
gone, and I hope he'll never returu."
"Why, Simon Grey, how dare youx
talk so?"
"I didn't exactly mean that I wish
he'd get shot but I wish he'd stay int
Cuba. It would make one less Repub
lican vote In Boonsville, besides saving
us the unpleasantness of a Republican
son-in-law."
"Well, Simon, we might get a son-in-law
with a worse fault than votin' ths
Republican ticket. Let's not ridicnle
the Republicans now. They have dons
all right so far. Wait till they d
wrong."
(To be continued.)
Valne of the New Industry.
The value of the American tin plats
produced in the United States from 1891'
to 1898, both years inclusive, was $70,
307,000. All of this vast sum would have
jrone abroad but for the establishment of
the industry in America, made possibls
by the protective tariff. That's Repun.f
lies. nism.