The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-11-20
BUSINESS BEING HELPED.
The Republican Party Is Doing What
Ii Promised.

The Republican Party Is Doing what
Ii Promised.
In the closing hours of the Ohio cam
paign Mr.. Bryan invaded the state ana
began his campaign tour by asserting
that "the first six months of the Nc
Kinley administration were the worst
in the history of this country" and that
there had been no improvement since
McKinley's Inauguration. To that state
ment we replied that the evidences of
prosperity are now too apparent TO re-
quire explicit demonstration. We called
attention to the fact thatseveral months
elapsed before IA new tariff bill could
be formulated and passed, and said that
in the interim the earlier months of the
Mckinley administration were as pros
porous as the closing months of the
Cleveland regime and that following the
passage of the Dingley Law all lines of
business experienced an awakening Of
prosperity.
The Atlanta Constitution thinks this
statement very remarkable" because
the last months of the Cleveland admin
istration ARE set up Us standard of
prosperity" Quite the contrary. Every
one knows that the closing months of
the Cleveland administration were
marked by great industrial depre ssion
and hard times. But the early months
of the present administration were no
worse. The Constitution adds:
but the Times-Herald makes another In
timation that is suggestive, TO say the
least. 1t as good as says that the extra
session Of congress and the tarin law
raised the price of wheat and thus stimu-
lated all lines OF business. The
main point Is the claim that the extra ses-
sion OF congress and the formulation and
passage Of a tariff bill raised the prices and
stimulated business
This is not the first time the claim has
been made that the republican party is re-
sponsible for the wheat famine abroad, but
ii is the first time we have seen II put forth
by a leading newspaper Since the
republican party has entered upon the per-
Torrance of miracles, can II not go forward
In the good work and double the price OF
cotton as well as the price of wheat?
THE whole matter is too absurd for Sc
rious discussion. The republican party had
no more 10 do with the doubling of the
price OF wheat than the man in the moon
nay, not nearly so much, II ii be true that
the moon has the smallest influence on the
weather"
To all of which the Times-Herald en-
tiers plea of not guilty. 1t does not las
good as say" that the extra session of
congress was responsible for the higher
price of wheat, nor does it say or be-
lieve that the republican administration
has been responsible for the sunshine
and the showers which have made album
dant crops possible. But our Atlanta
contemporary must be blind indeed if it
is unable TO see throughout the country
signs of awakening prosperity in all
lines of business activity. While this
Improvement is partially due to large
crops at home and small crops abroad,
1t is also largely due to restoration of
public confidence in the present admin
istration.
Business men know that the Mckinley
regime stands for honest money and
that for four years at least the free sill
yer ghost has been laid. They know it
also stands for protection TO home in
dustry, and that tariff tinkering is at an
end.
There is no longer any uncertainty in
the business world as to the national
policy upon any issue materially affect
ing American business interests. With
a restoration Of public confidence has
come renewed activity in workshops
and factories. The reports of Brad
street and Dun show this. The market
reports prove it. The republican party
is not performing miracles, but il is at
tending TO business.-Chicago Times
Herald.