The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-11-21
SIX FROZEN FACTS.


in a very small space
the reasons why the people of the
United States shall reject demo-
cratic national control at the fed
raj elections next year, and
estore the administration of af-
fairs to the hands of the republi-
can party. Under the caption,
'Six Frozen Facts" is given
these reasons, as follows:
During the four years that
Benjamin Harrison occupied the
presidency, federal revenues ex-
ceeded expenditures nearly $2Io-
900, 900. During the last two
years, under Grover Cleveland,
federal receipts have fallen SIP,
628, 3oo.87 behind expenditures.
When Benjamin Harrison step
ped down from the chief magis-
tracy of the nation in 1893, the
interest-bearing debt of the fed
eral government was substantially
S585, 900, 900. On June 1st, last,
after a little over two years of
Cleveland ''fnanciering," and
free-trade tariff tinkering, the
interest-bearing debt had swollen
to $7Io, 2o2, 900.
During the fiscal year which
closed on June 80, 1893, most of
which year republican president
tenanted the white house, this
country built 4,S7e miles of rail
road. In the following year,
under the whitening blight of
Clevelandism, it built less than
half that number, or to be exact,
2, 2,247 miles.
In 1892, the first year that the
beneficent effect of the Mckinley
tariff law began to manifest
themselves, the people of the
United States sold goods amount
ing to $I,oI5,732,oII to people
abroad. During the last fiscal
year, ten months of which the
iniquitous Wilson-Gorman tariff
law was in operation, the exports
from this country had shrunk to
$7o3,553,o18.
According to the census OF
1890 the total amount of wages
paid in the United States that
year, a year when the republican
party controlled the executive
and law-making departments OF
the nation, reached the 1nagnif-
cent sum of 81, 282, S23, 2o5. In
1894, under Grover Cleveland,
and a democratic congress, only
the beggarly sum of about ST.
200, 900, 900 was paid in wages.
In 1890 the value of the man
ufactured products of this coun-
try was $o, $40, 10Y, o25. -Four
years later, thanks to the malign
influence of a democratic presi-
dent and a democratic assault
upon the factories, shops and
mines and farms Of this republic,
the value of these products had
dwindled to a little over S, 900,
900, 900.
These are statements of facts
and can not be denied nor
explained away. They e1nbody
a truthful presentation of the
case. The six facts, taken
together, show at a glance why a
change is needed, why the peo-
pie have been voting for republi-
canisn and against democracy,
and why they should continue to
so vote. 1t demonstrates the
supreme importance of next
years national campaign and
points to the necessity of making
adequate preparations for the
coming battle. 1t emphasizes
particularly the duty of strength
ening the republican party at
every point, keeping its ranks
solid, its spirits unbroken, and
its forces in a good state of organ
zation. The situation calls for
perfect equipment all along the
line, and does not admit of care
lessness or apathy at any instant
from now until the vote for pres
ident is polled in November,
1896.
We have the faith to believe
that the people who were ,nisled
by democratic moonshine theo-
ries, and who voted to put the
democrats in power in 1892,
have had severe enough lesson
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