Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-24
Prosperity and photography.

Prosperity and photography.
The Clinton, Ia, Advertiser is an
enterprising newspaper. 1t was not
content with the prosperity specials
sent out by Mr.. Austin of the repub!i.
can national committees literary
bureau. The Advertiser had yearn-
ing to know all about it at first hands
so it assigned its reporters to inter
view number of business men and
others, and asked them if it is true
that prosperity has come. After Sc.
curing the interviews, the Advertiser
admitted that, so far as it investigat.
ed, prosperity had come with hop,
skip and jump. Some of the Adver-
Users interviews are given here:
Havemeyer-Never knew the pros
poets for business to be better. The
sugar trust cleaned up few millions
out of the last deal they | a, On sugar
and the Dingley tariff Will enable it
to still further increase its profits.
Business never before looked so
| bright.
Morgan-We made good thing out
of the Cleveland bond deal, but the
recent increase in the selling price of
the bonds has enabled us to still
further add to our profits. This has
been due to the fact that President
Mckinley has determined to stand by
the gold standard, as evidenced by
his request for the appointment of a
currency commission.
Clews-- Operators on Wall street
never cleared greater profits than
they have during the last two or three
months.
Lumber Baron-The additional du-
ties placed on lumber has added mil
lions of dollars to the value of the
stumpage we own. Prospects for
business never looked brighter.
Steel Rail Maker-The fact that we
are enabled to get our help for less
wages than than we paid last year
shows that there is boom in the iron
business.
Coal Operator-We were beginning
to enjoy fairlj prosperous season,
as we had made arrangements to Sc
cure our labor for much less cost
than ever before, but the fool miners
did not know when they were we'll
off, and are out on strike. In the
meantime, the coal we have on hand
is bringing much better price, SO
that we are doing fairly we'll. AS
soon as the miners are brought to
terms you will see prosperity return
in a great tidal wave.
Federal Oficeholders-I never saw
times more prosperous than they are
at present. After being out of office
and compelled to earn my living for
four years, it seems good to get back
into good warm berth again.
1t was impossible to interview rep
resentatives of all branches of indus
try, which Will explain the absence
of interviews with striking coal min
ers, locked out cotton spinners and
sweat shop coat and mantle makers.
But with prosperity sloshing all over
Mr.. Havemeyer of the sugar trust,
Mr.. Morgan of the bond syndicate,
Mr.. Clews of Wall street and Messrs
Rothschllds of Threadnecdle street
and Paris, there is no call for iufor-
nation from the working people.
When prosperity sloshesaround these
distinguished gentlemen, little of
the spray must fall upon the classes
not represented in the above inter
views, and such as they must be salts
fed with little foam.
While prosperity is fairly engulfing
these gentlemen, the locked out and
striking laboring men and women
can put in their time between dashes
OF spray III study ing ortllography.
They are beginning to realize that
the gold standard advocates 1cok ad-
vantage of their ignorance of orthog-
raphy and spelled the word raise"
wrong in those campaign promises.
Vote for the gold standard and Sc
cure a raise of wages" was a gold
standard campaign cry, and The
workingmen were not able to detect
the error. AT the beginning of the
next campaign the laboling classes
will SECURE first class proofreader
who will kill the SIP and the IS" in
that little word and insert the letter
u" and then the campaign will pro-
gress with a mutual understanding
by both sides.