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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1900.
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Publltlitil Dally. Hxcopl Sumliy. l.y TIi Trlji
one rubllihlnx Company, l Fifty Cent a Monlli.
1.IVV R. rilCIIAnt), Kdiler.
0. V. IIYXBIX, llmlneM Manager.
fcow York Office! 150 Kifmii ft-..,. ...
P. 8. VltKiXAND,
Sole Agent for Foreign Adwtliln.
tntcrcd it the Pmlofflcc at Scranton, fa., as
Sccond-Cia) Mall Matter.
When upaee will permit. Tic Tribune l alwaya
slad to print slim t letters from Hi trtencli bear,
iiijf on currvnt topics, but lis rule la that the
must be signed, lor publication, by Ilia writers
real name! and tbo condition precedent to r
iritaiice Is that nil contributions shall be ium
icit to editorial revision.
SCHANTON, NOVRMIlKn 5, '1000.
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
Nntional. . '
I'refldent-WIM.tAM McKINI.KY.
VIce-rroltlnit-TIIKOUORH. HOOSCVtl.T.
State.
Cougrejunen-at-barge OAIX'SIIA A. tinOW,
nouKftr ii. loKitonitEft.
Auditor Oeneral-K. B. UAltnUSlir.nOll.
County.
roi.gress-WII.UAM CONNI'.t.f..
.ludsn-f!i:oilOi: SI. WATSON'.
Mieilir-JOHK II. fi:m.o.i.
TrmMirrr .1. A. SCItANTON.
Dl'tricl Atornev WII.MAM It. MlttiS.
1'intlioiiot.iry John COPEI.AND.
Cleik of Cmirts-TltO.MAS 1'. DANIIXS.
ftoceulcr of Dei-ils KMIt, BONN.
KeglMer of Wllla-W. K. IIIXK. .,-
Inn- ConuiiNiloner-BDWAIlD B. STURGhS.
Legislature.
I'llt Hltrll THOMAS .1. BliVNOMW.
fvcnml nistrlet .rOII.V SCTIKlTKn, ML
I bird DNtriel-KnWAIlD JAMKS, Jit.
lomth Diitrict-I'. A. HUMUS".
"If there is any one who believes
the pold standard is a good thing,
or that it must be maintained, I
warn him not to cast his vote for
me, because I promise him it will
not be maintained in this country
longer than I am .able to get vit of
it." William Jennings Bryan in a
Speech at Knoxville, Tenn., Deliv
ered Sept. 16, 1896.
"The party stands where it did in
1806 on the money question." Will
iam Jennings Bryan, Zanesville, O.,
September 4, 1900.
Last Word to Voters.
I.V TUB rASlS (if most voters
.irsuinenl now Is unnecessary.
Tliey have studied the questions
at issue in the campaign, have
carefully compared the opposing can
didates and the Influences they rep
resent, and have made up their minds
which way they Intend to vole.
There are sonic, however, who, while
imt In doubt about the head of the
ticket, have minds yel. open in regard
to the local nominees. Our advice to
tlirni is to give their party the benefit
of any doubt and vote a straight ticket.
Where-.!, number of names appear on
a party ticket it is inevitable that
ronie voter somewhere will feel like
objecting to one or more of them; ii
ticket i completely suiting everybody is
an impossibility. Hut it Is important
to remember that party organization.
Which Is the basis of party success
and I ho necessary means of getting
certain principles introduced Into the
government, rests upon par.ty regu
larity: upon respect for the will of the
majority; upon Individual concessions
in minor particulars for the sake of
elfecting gieat results by virtue of
en-operation. You might not like some
colonel in the army but if you were
a soldier pledged to uphold the (lag
yon would not let your personal bias
betray you Into insubordination or de
gqrtlo.i. For the good of the cause
you would pass It by.
Tt seems to us that every Uepubll
can, as well as many persons of other
party affiliations who put prosperity
and pride in splendid national achieve
ment above partisanship must to
morrow vole to continue in o(tlce the
administration which has shown such
a great, capability for producing ex
cellent results, and also to re-elect
the congressman who has been, to
the extent of his opportunity, William
Moronity's loyal partner and sup
porter III all these things. Hut while
voting right at th top of the ticket,
why should not every llrpubllcati, at
least, uphold his party ly voting for
tile other Republican candidates, Wat
son, Tellows, Scranton, Lewis, L'ope
land, Daniels, noun, Beck, Sturges,
and the legislative candidates, either
Reynolds. Seheuer, James or Philhln?
They are Republicans nominated by
plurality vote in open primaries; tholr
lltness for oilier Is unquestioned: and
their defeat or the defeat of any of
them, would count ns a Republican
lo.'-s and as a Democratic gain.
The auguries point to a rousing Re
publican victory in this nation. Lot
us have Its local counterpart to-morrow
in Lackawanna county.
Take no chances on n split ticket. It
may forfeit your ballot.
livery dollar William Council owns is
busy making work for others. He Is
the worklnginairs real friend.
Cot well enough alone.
. ; Tie Great Coal Question.
A"T"V12 OnKATKST prosperity
I barometers lu tha world
.L are coal and pig Iron. Coal,
perhaps, Is the greater of
the two. It Is the material energy
of the country; the great factor In all
Its manufacturing enterprises. When
the country is prosperous, when all
the factory chimneys are belching
smoke, and when all the furnace fires
aro (laming, then the coal miners are
busy, the production increases, wages
advance, and the railroads got enor
mous tonnage in huuling the coal,
Shipping Is In demand for coal car
goes and t)io entire country throbs
with the energy generated by coal.
That the United states, Judged by
this barometer, is prospering as It
never prospered before, Is Indisputable,
That It is u prosperity that reaches
the masses Is also beyond dispute. In
18S8, the production of coal In the
United States was not only the largest
In our history, but larger linn that
of any ether country in the world.
In 1891, for the first tint?, the United
States llgures show a larger produc
tion than of Great Britain. As the
production of iho Wilful Ktales In
lSfifl exceeded thiil. of 1S03 by 3V.i3,bSJ
tons, the Immense and steadily In
nreafltig prosperity tit the country
ran be fairly gauged,
lly opening the milts ml her than Iho
mints, llin coal production of tins
country has Increased from Ul.PS0.3ri7
tons in ism) to 2riS,r.ni),6riO totu In isoo
an Increase of (1,15:1,293 tons. The
figures as to the averago numbnr of
men employed lu the coal mines of the
Unltrd States In 189fi ntid ' ISO!) nhow
how the opening of the mills of the
country Increated the number of wage
workers In tills one Industry. In 1896
there were !tn.";,lfi'J men employed lu coal
mining, th 1S98 there were (01,221 men
so employed, and In IS!)!) there were
1:10,(53.", an Increase of 17,473 men em
ployed over 1898 and of over 10,000
over ISftS.
Vote lo-moirow to keep these good
limes.
Vote for an honest dollar and the
chance to earn tt by honest toll.
Every dollar Wllllani Council owns Is
busy making work for others. He Is
the worklngnian's real friend.
Dont swap horses In the middle of
the stream.
flake Victory Complete.
FOR THK LAST time Ave wish
to warn all Republican.?
against false reports of
treachery among the Repub
lican candidates. A carefully plotted
conspiracy Is at work to spread dis
cord by circulation of these lying tale?,
l'.iy no heed to them. Vote and work
for tbo whole Republican ticket.
Vote and work for Connell. lie
stands for i'rotectlon, Sound Money
and the JlcKlnley administration.
Vote and work for Watson. Ho Is
the. parly's and people's choice for
Judge.
Vote and work for Follows, His In
defatigable and loyal canvass deserves
the crown of sweeping victory.
Vote and work for .Scranton. A life
time's active party service merits this
partial recognition.
Vote and work for Lewis, Copu'und,
Daniels. Bonn, Ueck and Sturges.
IT'cry one is a representative cltl.on
whose parly credentials and personal
claims are above reproach.
If lcsident in Hie First legislative
district, vote and work for Reynolds;
if in the Second, for Schcuer; If In the
Third, for James; if In the Fourth, for
Philbiu. All are bright and active men
and well lilted to do good work at Ifar
rlsburtf. Vote and work for the father of the
homestead law and sage of Cilenwood,
Galusha A. Clrow.
Vote and work for Wayne's popular
citizen, K. H. Ilardenbergh.
Vote and work for the McKinley and
Roosevelt electors, locally represented
by our elocjuent and efficient mayor,
Hon. James Jtoir.
Make toinonow's victory so complete
that' there can afterwards bo no talk
of treachery or of contes'ts. Show your
staunch Republicanism by voting an
unscratclieil ballot.
Let well enough alone.
Rryan's plan to remedy trusts by
taking protection olY everything pro.
duced by them, takes no notice of
labor, but labor ought to take notice of
him.
Vote for an honest dollar and the
chance to earn it by honest toll.
Worthy of Study.
THAT WAS a wonderful showing-,
noted In Saturday's
Tribune, of the Increase in
local bank deposits made
during the four years of Republican
good times. It ought to be studied and
re-atudled by every voter. Just look at
the llguies again:
l'iit Nation.il IjjiiL
.M.iy, lsiui jt.Sv'j.'jW i,
heptcmlier, 1UU0 1,Wjl,iOj Mi
Thliil National bank
lVlini.ny, ISM l,Jlii,7ll lu
Si'iiti'iiibrr, 1!NH) J,!it5,jl7 50
Tiiidrii.' National lianlc-
IVbliiary, ISWi $ 4,-,iil 711
September, 1IW0 l,,.!li,7Ut :io
I.aikawanna TnM und Sato l)ipiiit (.',
Mny, IWX! s '."11,(110 i-
.luuuaiy, iimm) eni,(i.Vi ii
(TIip Mvlnsa ilepoilts ut tlii. bank now e.u-ml
a million).
Xlfieliants' nnd Mpvliaiilii' bank
.Mity, If-M $ (i.i.-),(i,-,( .1:1
Novi-mbiT, 1801 1,SJ2,0J0 22
County ,Salt's bank
November, IS'i.l i C(,(I7.1 to
Nodiibci-, lSlt'l I,:il!i,,n 7i!
Pcuiitnii SavlngH bank
.Mny, ISWI 91.(tTKt.Tl S.1
November, ISO!) ,. l,iiSI,3SI 73
Dime llrpnnlt nnd Discount hanU
May, ISM i ,vl,i;il ng
Kebinaiy, 1000 1,120,8910.1
Wot Side I1.111U
May, 1800 $ :o,(Al SO
No ember, 1MM r.SL'.mi 08
Cllie fiiiliiKS deposit at tills bank now rirn
li.-ilf a million),
The total deposits four years ago, at
the close of the Cleveland administra
tion, wero ?10,7n7,S14.20. The total de
ponlts now, ot the close of tho MeKln
ley administration, are $17,891,310.93. If
the rnports were brought up to date,
the total deposits would be found to bo
In the neighborhood of nineteen mill
ions, or nearly twice as much as they
were four years ago,
Thpse deposits range from the pen
nies of the poor to the thousands of the
rich, but It Is In those banks which
make 11 specialty of small savings do
posits that tho percentage of Increase
Is largest and most significant, Thete
figures tell a story which no amount ot
demagogic appealing to class prejudice
und envy can upset, Tho man who
values tho welfare of the community
will not vote tomorrow to put these
fruits ot Industry and thrift lu Jeop
ardy, Ho wll not, by ballot, Invite a
return of Democratic times,
Don't swap horses In the middle of
the stream.
fo one Is simple enough to believe
that Croker Is (serving Bryan for
READ AND
THK LAST Dninoctrttlo administration wrought disaster and .distress,
McKlulej, I'rolectlon and the Oold Standard restored conildence and
built up on tho ruins, Will the voter give up good times for bad
ones? Will he exchange prosperity for need? Surely not, It he
reads the record of the past four vearo In comparison with the condition ot
tho country at the end ot the Cleveland regime. Il Is a. startling contrast,
nnd the lesson which It teaches la one that must appeal lo every citizen who
prefers certain prosperity to probable adversity.
iso.vo. isw-tnoo.
Area I?. S. trrrllory, . iiillm ,. a,ni,,ooo U,1M,OT Imreoce 170,000
Population , 70,000,000 S7,U0O,0Ot Increase 17,000,000
Hank rlearlinri $3I,D23,KH,U4 $l,000,XMX) Inercao $J3,077,700,SS
llnslneM failure? Jiil.oml.P.H tl0,S70,Rog Decrease 135,210,035
MerclmnilUc rvporti S2,tX)0,n:ia l,;M4,lHl,37t Increaeo 531,870,43:1
KilHirH inaniitnianren 22.-7t,irrt 432,2H4,.1(M Imreaie 203,713, t8Sv
IXp'irl nf r0.1l I0.r,m,0)j 19,502,412 fnerease 8,850,350
Imports 770,721,671 810,714,070 lnercae 0l,"S0,(iPfl
litre evporti 10J,SS2,20t 511,171,701 Increase 411,50,4.17
Hallrniiil employes, No. of 820,020 !i5.,02t lncre.w 102,304
Itnilroail cainlnm, gro fl, 123,032,025 $1,313,310,018 Inueaje. $187,078,50.1
ll.lllroail rarnliiR, net 332,7fl0,9i 450,351,010 lncroar 123,581,0111
Itullrouil mis, all Uncln, No. ot .. 1,381,590 1,113,010 liurease 80,020
illlei of railroad built 2,000 4,600 IncreaiB 2,500
Itnllroml ipcelvvitlilpi ,. $275,507,000 .W,283,000 Peereun 23,:U2,IX10
llallroail foieeloMire 1,160,.'I77,000 2(17,334,000 PecnMe sS3,0t:l,(X)0
I'iK Iron iiiHile-toni S.M3.122 11,074,105 lncreae 6,350,078
Steel product", tons f,,20t,OS9 10,702,200 Increase 5,410,520
(Cotton coiiMimeil, per capita .... 18.40 27.00 Increase 8.CA
Value of cotton products made .. $602,082,020 1,000,000,000 Increase $107,017,060
Anthracite coal produced, loin .. 1:1,177,483 47,003,203 lncreae 1,187,720
lllttmiltiom coal produced, tonn .. 138,000,000 150,000,000 Increase 11,034,n(K
Money In elrculatlnt $l,50fl,031,02(t 2,002,000,000 ltici-ea,ie $5,5,309,074
Per raplta circulation 21,10 20.50 Increase 5.40
liold In chcnlatlou 403,440,000 815,474,000 Increase 317,028,000
Silver In cliculatloi .'18,1,01(1.(100 470,023,177 Increase 03,607,177
Net Kolcl In It. K ticasiiry .... 150,012,224 420,000,000 Increase 260,087,770
(lold In United State (100,000,000 1,041,000,000 Increase 441,000,000
(iold production In II. S 53,088,000 72,500,000 Increase 10,412,000
ItecclpH nf I'nllcd States X2(i,07(1,200 5I5,00,020 lncicase 188,081,120
Hccelpts from customs 100,021,751 234,028,481 Increase "4,000,730
Itcsources of national banks .1,307,115,773 5.000,000,000 Increase 1, (112,834 ,227
Individual bank deposits 1,008,113,503 2,500,000,000 Increase S3I,580,492
United States treasuty Drf., 231,000,000 Stir,, 81,000,000 lucreaiie 312,000,000
Sales X. Y. Ilxolianire shares .... St,65t,OM 170,421,135 Increase 121,700,039
Rales of bonds, do $.103,153,820 $$20,711,100 Increase $103,307,580
Avcrajte price utoelcs 05.2 78.0 lncrcae 13,4
llfith for V. y. Is, 1025 120 131 Increase 11
Itatlo of silver to gold .',2 tn 1 3.1U to t Increase l!i
AvcraKu wnires $1.55 , $1,75 lncrcau ,20
Wheat, per bushel t... .70 ,75 Increase .5
Corn, per bushel ,34 .40 Increase .0
Oats, per buhel .25 ,2S Increase ,3
It.ve, per bushel , ,43 ,54 Increase .It
1'i'k iron, per ton $12 $10 Increase $1
Steel billets, prr ton 20 25 Increase 5
Steel tails, per ton 20 30 Increase 10
If you want continued prosperity, turn down the false prophet of calam
ity, Bryan, and vole the straight Republican ticket.
naught. The political patronage which
he would command In the event ot
liryan's election would make him n
multl-mllllonalre, but Croker has put
his money on the wrong horse thisj
lime.
Take no chances on a split ticket. It
may forfeit your ballot.
Kvery dollar William Connell owns is
busy making work for others. He is
the worklngnian's real friend.
You voted for prosperity and got it.
Will you now vote against It V
Do You Want It?
TE CHANGE of tariff policy
I which upset and demoralized
M every business and indus
try In 'f3 was bad enough.
But now It is proposed to couple with
it another change which would multi
ply Its disturbing and destructive power
upon business and every Industry.
Bryan proposes to Change Sound
Money for Cheap Money a Hundred
Cent Dollar for a Fifty-Cenl Dollar.
Do you want il? If so, vote for
Bryan and you will get It.
Good sense has often been mistaken
for political apathy in the campaign
season.
Four years ago you voted for Repub
lican good times and got them. Don't
vote them away.
Like the average critic, Mr. Bryan
becomes sadly tangled when answer
ing questions or making explanations.
Vote for an honest dollar and the
chance to earn It by honest toll.
Tammany never had such a hold on
any presidential candidate as it has
on Bryan.
Don't swap horses in the middle of
the stream.
Mr. Bryan seems to bo the original
Bryan man, with no competitors for
tile honor.
Keep the mills open; keep the flag
(lying.
Let well enough alone.
AN INCIDENT.
Kdltor of The Tribune
Sir: Dm Ins an aripuiient, a day or two ago,
about the timidity of Mr, rounell's motives in
hit ofroitu to secure a recognition of the minora'
claims and a settlement of the ntrlke, 1 re
lated n rliemmlance tb it uliowrd eiy conclu
fiircly how .Mr, L'onnell ivcraideil the working
people 'nine eishtcwi yean ago, and contlnuinc
the aieum. ut by u-fci 1 lug to his ginciuim and
nilliiiiC abKUiHi' tn every win thy charity in
later .uur., I ft It lifidily Rr.itillecl when one
of the paity, who had before been opposed to
.Mr. Connell, said that he would vote tho straight
llepubllcan Iklivl, My story wai practically as
follows!
About ciKbleeii years aito I came to Scranton
and eneaeeil In the ait business, rented ,1 tine
stoic 1011111 on lauhawann.t avenue ami with a
tine slock of (foods endeavored lo cater to a
"hltsli claw" trade, HaviiiR been "brought up"
lu tho business nnd nlth a real love for things
ailUtlr, 1 had, perhaps, an unduly blqli opinion
of my Knowledge In that line, and, ftudlnc; that
the business did not puy, I felt somewhat em
bltteied towards what I contemptuously called
the "cheap town." of Scranton, It was about
this time that I first met William Connell, and,
by the way, 1 don't think I have ever come
ill personal (outait with him since.
Thomas Hope, a Iloklon artist of good reputa
tion, hail home paintings 011 exhibition at my
store and .Mr, fonnell called, in response to my
Invitation, tn bee them, lie spoke very kindly
of my establishment, suylnir that good pltturet
were real educators, by iiuplilug 11 loie of the
beautiful, etc, I replied that 1 was not In busl-nc.-s
for that purpose, tlittt I had found Scranton
tn he a "ilimmo town" and that I did not well
da 011101 and continued In that utralu until Mr,
l'onnell turned upon and sharply reproved me,
He said I "Hold on, ,oun; nun, I cannot stand
line and penult jou to ridicule our people,
whom, although tliey may full short of your
Ideaj In art culture, have known for ycai ai
honest, hard wniklng people, capthle of us lino
feeling1) and as worthy ambitions and as much
heioUin is any peoplo under the win, You for
get that the very thing jou complain of is a
(list step fn the light tllrttlioii, and the miner
and his wife, coming heiv tn buy a ihinmo
to adoin and make their home cheeiful, art
on the tight track," No one hearing Mr, Con
nell could hive doubted his camcstncsi, and,
although I resented the rebuke at I lie time, 1
knew It was deserted and luve never forgotten
It, but have for many ycais been heartily
ashamed o( the position 1 took at that time, and
have becoino a Arm believer and ardent supporter
of our hmtling, wide-awake city.
Yours,
frank V, Leach.
Scranton, Kor. 3.
COMPARE.
The Trtifh flboW
William M'Kinlgy
Ficin the New York Sun.
MR. M'KIXf.UY was not very well under
stood by the people of the United States
until lie was titty-four years old, and in
the white lioue. He carried to the ex
ecutive mansion 11 reputation for not
much more than a ;;ood order of sitotid-clns.i
ability, u personal amhhllity and tact that
made and kept friends, considerable adioitncs's
in the minor negotiations of statecraft, intense
convictions anil minute technical Knowledge con
cerning one of the great questions of public pol
icy, that of protection by tnrilT; and beyond
that a certain inelastic, unimaginative opportun
ism suited to a lather narrow zigitag path across
(lie pages of history. Yet statesmen arc not born
nt fifty-four; and characters are not remodelled
at that age by the mete pietmre of ilrciuin
stances. There must have been in William Mc
lvinley (10111 the And all the gicater qualities
and capabilities which few observers would
have set down to his credit in 18W, or would
decline to recognire in him four years later.
When all has been said that can be said fairly
against this administration, the fact lemuins
that since the preservatlorl of tho Union U
Lincoln's heroic patience and' steadfast purpose,
no president bus been confronted by duties of
such magnitude as those which have devolved
upon Mr, McKinley. Xo president could have
risen lo tin! occasion with a more surprising ex
hibition of entile mental und inoinl adequacy,
or witli less atlentallon of personal mateiful
lies'. Ten yens hence iicople will lauali when
they leniember that theie were thoe who ,1c-'
cticel Mr. McKluley of despotic practices and In
tentions subversive of free government. Twenty
years hence it will win incredible tli.it the. term
McKinlcyism once Implied in the inlucls ot some
Americans a di-toste for constitutional rcstiic
tlons, 11 disposition lo override the coordinate
departments of ttie gnvci anient, ,1 reckless de
sire to iisttip and domineer. The lecoul of the
piesidcnt's careful nnd consistent adheicnrc not
only to the letter of the law- but also to the
spirit of our institutions, while shaping his way
thmuglt the crowding difficulties of his first teim,
will be no plainer then for men to read straight
than it is now; but il will be contemplated
then without partisan bias, and no political
adventuier and his party will have any motive
to distort or misinterpret, it. On the other
hand, equally ludkious will he the lememhrance,
as an histoilo fact, that McKlnlryism was un-
deistood by otheis at different times to mean a
wabbling, wavering, helpless infltmity of will, a
inanniklnlike subjection to tho control of cor
rupt influences, a spineless, shiftless, shifty
habit of policy tills vvaverer being the McKlu
ley who oigunizcd iivlft and crushing victory in
our fust war with a foreign power for half a
cintury, sent Dewey to Manila and Sampson and
Shatter to Santiago and Chaffee to Peldn, added
111010 tcvrltoiy to our dominion than any presi
dent since Jefferson, inlsed the flag and the pres
tige of the United States before the world higher
than ever before in hlstmy, and preserved at
home the nation' l.iith and honor while lestoi
ins blessed pinvperity lo the people thereot!
0
Perhaps enough time has clap-ed already to
bring to u Jut appreciation of Mr, Mi Kiuley'a
attitude early In 1;08 some of Ills ciltios ami op
ponents when minds are not utterly awry. Tint
was the period, preceding hostilities with Spain,
when lie was accused of indecision; of congenital
inability to rl.oose r. part; of moral cowardli
even. His pclltlcal enemies, misappreneuiiing
altogether the character of the man, were at
tempting to force him to piematuro action. Ills
friends in congress and in l lie country wcic emo
tionally impatient. The prctsure from every
side was sufficient to luve carried a lightweight
president oft his feet. He lost, as a matter of
historical fact, neither his firm foothold nor Ins
head, While others weie clamoring, his admin
istration was prepaiirg for tho coming war; and
tho results of tho pieparation were manifest a
few months later, to the glory of the Hag nnd
to the astonishment of some Kurope.ins nnd
Asiatics. So fur as the several branches of the
executive mansion were conrerned, the most 1110.
mentous crisis since the Civil war was met by
President McKluley with fit dignity, full sense
of responsibility, unswervingly patriotic purpose,
THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE.
In I8ffi under n Uemicratic
Administration and n
Frcc-Trade Tariff
$5 0,0 00,0 00,000
$i,fiU,i,5(s.i;io
$703,iW2,5W '
$152,158,(117
Deficit, $42,805,2'..'
$75,568,200
$220,01)6,834 (1800)
$2,21)1,01(1,000
38,298,783
HanU ClcurhiK-4
Foreign Commerce
Exports of Milsc.
CnstoniR Receipts
Treasury Balance
liuluiKc of Trade
Full n res
Wages Paid
Sheep, Number
Sheep, Vain
l'Jg Iron Production, Tons
$65,1(17,735
0.057,388 (189)
1050
Miles Uailroad
18031807 hon in Value 181)7-1000 Incrcas: in Value
$4,283,000,000 Form Products $0,355,000,000
lu 1804.0 Und to Borrow ... In 1001) lias $300,000,000
$202,000,000 Uncle Sam , ill Dank
And Americans Are Lending Honey to Europe,
Tha election of McKinley, Connell anil tlie whole Republican ticket tomor
row by majorities that will stamp Hryanlsm out for all tlmo will mean dol
lars and cents In Hie profit account of every American citizen.
anrl practletl efficiency well-nigh unprcddntil.
And that will be the ttnchilltngrd verdict ot the
historians.
Then tstne mother revelation of the Ineacltli
of a MalfsnmiNlilp prevlomly consigned liy many
In he bounded north, south, cut and west by
tariff schedules. In dealing with the delicate and
complicated questions arising from the war, Mr
McKluley proved that he possessed creative Im
agination nf llic first order. The end of the
nineteenth cenlitry has been marked hy u won
dcrful revival ut the American spirit, nnd by
the (treat national movement which began In
Harrison's thnn and was only tunporatlly
checked, not stilled. In Cleveland's. .Vn narrow
Intellect could liavo perceived the significance of
this movement cr recognized Its splendid oppor
tunities as they opened one niter another, 'that
Mr. McKinley hail not only academic faith tn
the destinies ol this republic but also the cotir.
age to help work them out pinetlcally,
and the political genius lo ilo It In the right
way. always under the! laws and the constitution,
will constitute hl chief title to fame and to
(he gratitude nf th Americans who shall live
alter us. His distinguished services to protec
tion anil honet meney will stand conspicuous
In the record, but It Is ills part In promoting
lbs larger natlonat inleiwts that underlie all
domestic politle.it Isiues nnd aie more Impor
tant than any ot them, being typified by the flag
Itself, that will put his name sernrely among
the names ol the great presidents.
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For nearly three years now Mr. MuKlnley has
pioaccutcd with steadfast fidelity the policy
which was Indicated to him by events, as it
would liava been Indicated to any equally pa
triotic and able president facing the same situa
tion and opportunities. He is an opportunist
to Just that extent ard in that sense only, from
the beginning to the present lime nellher oppo-
sltton nor hostile criticism has turned him from
the straight line to the end In view; ror lias he
manifested, as to principles or details, the slight
est hesitation or -Ineonslstene-. At the same
time he has performed his sworn duty under cir
cumstances of exceptional difficulty, without sur
passing at any point or In any particular the
line which defines the limitations of In-, consti
tutional authority. He has usurped no more than
he hai avoided the responsibilities proper to
him. His will has been no firmer to do the part
belonging to the executive than it has been to
refrain from Interfering with the funrtlons of
tho legislative and Judicial department ot the
government. Ills course has been as true as an
arrow's, and that couise Is recorded beyond the
possibility of honest misconstruction or credible
misrepresentation all along Us length hy his
own official declarations.
WORTH KEEPING.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
To exhibit the wonderful giowth ot the for
eign trade of thn United States during .the ad
ministration of President McKinley, we make
the following; comparisons, tha figures allowing
exports and Imports for nine months ending
with September:
1894 President Cleveland
Imports $503,590,042
Exports. . . 562,288,257
1895 President Cleveland
Imports $600,981,988
Exports 546,423,033
1896 President Cleveland
Imports 3522,088,289
Exports 650,963,348
1897 Cleveland and McKinley
Imports 8588,743,315
Bxports 732,630,004
1898 President McKinley
Imports 8475,378,955
Exports 854,188,848
1899 President McKinley
Imports 3585,902,398
Exports 902,477,500
1900 President McKinley
Imports 694,458,413
Exports 1,031,681,608
What better argument can be found for the
re-election of President McKluley and the con
tinuance of Republican policies in national af
fairs? Under the Democratic administration then
was uncertainty, small trade, little work, and
unsatisfactory compensation to labor. Under
the llcpublican administration llicvo has been
employment for every willing hand, and the
wages of labor have been higher than ever be
fore, while the foreign trade of the country
has increased faster tnan at any other peiiod lu
our history faster indeed than in the history of
any other nation In the world.
Let us havn at Washington a continuance of
the great Republican policies of protection and
sound money under which we prosper.'
TRADE WITH PORTO RICO.
The manufacturing and familng inlet-eils teem
to be about equally benefited by the increased
export, trad" with Porto Itico uhich has fol
lowed the Porto Itlciui tariff act. The act went
into effect May 1, 1900. and the treasury bureau
of statistics lias Just completed the figures cov
ering the live mouths of our commerce! since
that act became operative. These figures show
that the exports to the island fiom Slay 1, 1000,
to October 1, 1000, were $!,73f ,203, against $(,
802 in tho same months of 1607, the last year
in which Porto Rico was undert the Spanish
flag, or nearly tour times as much in five months
of MOO as in the corresponding five months of
1S07.
o
All the gicat douses of manufactures show a
maikcd increase In 1000 as compuied with 1S07,
anil so do all the great classes of agricultural
products. Agricultural implements increased
from $1,217 iu tho live mouths ot 1897 to $3,850
in the same months of 1900; sewing machines
increased from Si, 008 to $3,13'.'; cars and car
riages from SM,344 to $12,200; builders' hard
waic, from (1,335 to (22,0S; furniture, from
$3,392 to $23,220; lumber, from $33,417 to $03,517;
petroleum, from $12,030 tn $G5,95a; and cotton
cloth, from (1,423 to $400,194. Agricultural
products show an equally striking increase.
Coin increased from (337 lu the five mouths ot
ISO to 10,712 In the some months of 1900; but
ter, tiom (3,131 e (5,240; chece, from (1,002
to (20,103; bacon, from (0,910 to (2S.I31; pork,
from (7,820 to $04,307; lard, from (41,892 to
(201,401, and flour, from (20J,278 to $102,912.
There aro ni.iny other Items both in manufactures
nnd agiicul'iiral products which show an In
crease, vvhllo the products of the mine also
show n niaikrd growth, especially in the c-atc of
coal, which increased from $14,080 to $!rt,3t5.
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this lemail.ablc growth lu our exports to
Porto Itico is especially interesting and some
what Mirpiblng lu view ot the statements made
during the dlscitsiions of the Poito Illcan act,
which indicated that, owing to the destruction
of crops nnd property in Porto Itico hy tha
bun ii ana of August, 1E0O, the people ot that
island would luve little to sell nnd practically
nothing with which to buy, Vet the imparts
into the United Stales from the island have
more than doubled In the five months since the
net went into effect, ns compared with the same
In 11)00 under u Republican
Administration and a
I'rotcctivs Tariff
$105,000,000,000
$2,244', 103. 5 VA
$1,304,470,214
$233,857,1)58
Surplus, $81,22l),771
$544,704,885
(1809) $00,870,881)
$3,050,035,000
03,121,881
$240,175,335
(1800) 13,(120,703
5100
Unlit
months of 1807, anil Ihe Mpotls el fhe Island,
M alreldy shown, have nearly qtisrlrtiptett.
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The list of Imports I very much smiller than
that ol exports, the ililet Items belli smrar,
hides, loliacco and coffee. The list of exports
Includes a Isrje hutnher of Articles, amonn
them being- agricultural Implements, tools, maps
ntl engravings, eorn, meal, flour, candles,
chemicals of various kinds, coal, cotton goods
of all classes, ami especially cloths! dried fish,
gunpowder, linllilers' hardware, electrlral ma
rhlnery, cutlery, pumps and ptimptm? machinery,
steel rails, nails, pipes and fittings and numer
ous' other niamifartures of Iron ami steel: hoots
and shoes, harness and saddles, paper of vari
ous Riidcs, rlcs, vegetables, and manufactures
el wood and many other articles, A roinpnrlsnn
of the growth of exports to I'orto lllco In the
five months' operations of the new law with the
growth In the general exports during the same
comparstlvr periods is specialty Interesting, The
total exports from the United States during the
five months from May t to October I, loot), show
an Increase of K1 per rent, over tho sama months
of 1807, Mlille the exports to Porto Ilco In the
five months from May 1 tn October 1, 1000, show
011 Increase of 'J."S per cent, over the Vorrespond
in months of 1807,
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REPUBLICAN
OBJECT LESSONS.
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Wisconsin. -f
Depositors. -f
-f H.mlis. isu 1HK). -f
Xattonat .. 4'J,.VW fl.'i.Ml -f
-f Nat. Milwaukee. ,G7,1 10,704 -f
-f Stale and Private SiVW fin.tViS -f
-f Savings ' 4.M0 7,"C1 -f
f Total 8.1.8SC lt:i,sf9 -f
f Increase in No. of depositors.. 611,363
- Amount of Deposits, -f-
f flanks. ISfll. 1800. -f
-f National 8 1.1,031,824 S 2,',,OI1,74t
Nat. Milwaukee.. i:i,867,20.' 2.1,053,443 -f
-f Mate and Private 10,S37,809 24,0:7,tVl -f
Savings 800,800 ,G2l,fl0, -f
Total 1 f ,10,2t,037 $75,300,74.1
Increase in deposits $3(1,10.1,100 -f
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City of Detroit.
Depositor.
-4- Hanks. 1Sni. lvift. -f
4 National .I.KM il.SIO -f
- Savings lil.SOO 03,70.-,
Total 40,010 li0.,",t -f
Increase In No. of depositors.. 10,0.15
Amount of Deposits, -f-
-f flanks. 1S0I. 1S0O.
-f National $ 0,123.70,1 $ 12.11)5,020
f Savings 10.00.1,377 27,W,00S -f
-f Tolal $25,217,173 $40,101,023 -f
-f Increase In deposits $ 14,S83,S33 -f
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Laces today occupy a more
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needless to say that our.
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things iu Laces by the yard
as well as all-overs.
Jackets, Boleros, Collars,
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made Irish, Russian, Arabian
Cluny, Point Venice and
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Beautiful assortment of
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Elegant line of all-overs,
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