The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-03-06
THAT PROSPERITY.
A County Paper Wants to Know
Where 1.-THE General Is.
From the baltimore News March ari


From the Baltimore News March Bird.
The Democratic Advocate of Carroll county
lasted week printed the following:
ssWhere Are Those Millions ?-Ifit is in or
der, the Advocate would inquire ifthe $50. 600
600 of outside capital that were TO be invest
ed in Baltimore enterprises in the event OF
McKinley's election have arrived yet? We
have noticed a number of assignments and
failures in Baltimore. but nos great revival
that the investment of SIG, 200, 900 of outside
capital would produce. Let The News inter
view Banker Brown and Trust President
Davidson upon this matter and give the people
information. These gentlemen gave out the
statements concerning these $50, 900, 900
through interviews in the Baltimore press Just
before the election last fall.
A Representative of The News showed the
above extract to the gentlemen named
and here are their comments
MR.. ALEXANDER BROWN.
Since the election we have been dlsap-
pointed in the realization of some 0four plans
involving the investment of new capital chief
w on account of the agitation of the Cuban
and other matters that have threatened to in
volye us in war Capital is sensitive, and
when there is the possibility of international
trouble those who control it manifest no haste
to use it in developing new enterprises. My
statement printed in The News before the
election was based on the assumption that all
agitation would cease with the election of Mr..
Mckinley, and business would be permitted
10 recover. The rest we had Alright to expect
has been denied us BY the jingO Senators and
Representatives in Congress, and part OF
the press who have devoted their energies III
irving 10 provoke conflict with foreign pow
ers. This agitation is responsible for the
nresent depression of business aud timidity of
capital. and as soon as it ceases business will
revive. and money will be released and circu-
late freely. The plans | spoke of before the
election are ready to be revived and pushed
to a successful consummation when we are
permitted by the jingoes to have rest.
Ex-MAYoR DAVIDSON.
Ex. Mayor Robert C. Davidson, president
of the Baltimore Trust and Guarantee Com
many. said ''In the last four months we have
handled new business amounting to over a
million dollars; and nearly every dollar ofthe
is money has gone, or will go, finally into the
hands of the laboring classes, and we can
safely say that had Mr. Bryan's falIacious theo-
ries prevailed at the polls, not one dollar OF
these securities could have been tloated. We
have other large transactions in allegiance, but
il is premature to specify what they are. II
the silver monometallists would accept the re-
suit of the late election, aud their candidate
would conceal his ghoulish glee whenever the
news reaches him of some failure of il badly
managed financial institution. and ifthe mem
bers Of the National Legislature would adopt
methods of common sense in the transaction
of the countrys business and the bralnless
newspaper man would cease to deplore the
absence ola prosperity which he does nothing
to facilitate. things would resume their nor
NAL condition.