The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-01

/ $40 TO $50 pef he1di they are seltu8
their cattle at price that they did not
dream OF three years ago.
The mills and manufacturing INDUS
tries Of the country axe open and run
ming; labor IS employed: the soup
houses, the bread wagons, the CoNey
armies are things Of the past, thank
GOdi New mines. new Industries, new
opportunities for American capitalists
and American labor are opening every
day.
Eloquent Figure.
No fair-minded man can view the dr.
ference under this administration with
Its correct policies. and that Of the last
administration with It's false doctrines
without standing in sl'nple astonlsh-
4 ment. at the beneficial chang which
has come to us by the people going
back to the old ana tried precepts OF
Republlcnnism. do not desire 20 deal
/ In mere assertions. but Com oiiiclnl
sources give actual figures 10 slow how
vast has been the change Tile total
/ exports OF domestic merchandise this
! year amounts to over 81 600 100000, this
for the lrst tlneN IN cIuntry's history,
and the total exports OF agricultural
products alone reached $685., 200, 900.
Never but twice In 1881 and 1892, have
they ever been us much as 800, 100000.
This year the increase over last Will be
| fully $i50OO0.000: over 1896. $3.50. 000, 900,
and double that Of 1895.
When the farmers OF this country
come to consider that they are selling
\ abroad for good solid cash twice as
much in 1898 under Mckinley as they
sold under Cleveland they can very well
| appreciate the difference between free
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nestle products Of all kinds, our sales
to Europe are more than three times
| as much as our purchases, the exports
| to Europe being over 81 ZOO, 900, 900, and
our imports. which represents our pur-
Chases, but little over $500, 200, 600 To the
| Countries Of North America we have
sold twice as much as we have purchas-
ed from them and to Africa we have
sold more than double the amount OF
our purchases.
All che figures and facts collated by
official sources show that there Is not
country, indeed scarcely q spot in the
civilized globe, which has not been
customer OF the United States. England
has purchased more than $500. 900, 900;
Germany over $li3, 4OOO, 900; France more
than 81, 100000; British North America
| over $4,000, 900; the Netherlands over
| $4,000 900: Belgium over 10000 900; It.
ally over $9O,00O,0O0; Mexico over $l9,-
100000; Japan over $i9.O00000; British
Australia over $14,0OO.O0O; Brazil more
than Sl2.O00,000; Denmark more than
Si2.000,00O; British Africa more than
Sl0,O00.000, and even Spain with whom
we have been at war, more than &c.,
100000. Our purchases abroad have
been much less than those of last year
and very much lower than the years
preceding.
We have bought about S6OOOOO.OOO,
against over S7G4 100000 last year. and
our total exports of all kinds will prac-
ticaily double our imports. while last
year they were less than % per cent
greater than our imports. Thus we
have again practically demonstrated
In ways that cannot be disputed nor
denied that the Vital prosperity Of our
country Is dependent upon our adher-
ence to sound morey and sound protec-
ton as proclaimed and insisted upon
by the Republican party. 1t viii take
many vars for this country to recover
from the losses in value brought to us
by the four years OF Democracy under
Cleveland, yet no other country in the
world can point TO such strong recup-
erative powers as ours.
'sitII;ne ga rnet.
There is another striking difference
between Republican administration
and a Democratic one. In u time of
profound peace S2G2, 100000 were added
to our national debt In order to carry
on q Democratic government of panic
and disaster. Under Mckinley, as
have said, the passage Of the Dlngley
bill demonstrated promptly that It was
able to raise revenue enough for ALI eX-
pendltures in time OF peace, ard, in
/ stead OF having to borrow money to
keep up the gold reserve that reserve
| never fell from the day OF Its passage
until the declaration Of war with Spain.
| The extraordinary expenses OF that war
made II necessary for this country to
borrow money and bonds were Issued
for the purpose.
Under Democratic policy bonds were
sold to n syndicate In such q way that
millions OF dollars were realized by
few men.
Under Republican administration the
bonds were sold to the people them
selves In denominations OF $50 and up
| wards. and the total Issue was sub
scribed five times over and It is stated
that the whole loan was taken in sums
tess than $50. In such n state OF af-
| fairs, the question has come to us, and
what are to be the issues OF this cam
paign? I answer you, my feiiOw Re-
| publlcans, that so far as the ndminis-
tration OF William Mckinley is con-
cerned, IL stands by It's record with
every pledge redeemed. with every
promise kept, with prosperity restored,
| and II comes to the country with its
principles triumphantly and over
whelmlngly indicated hy the cold
facts that cannot be for 'One moment
questioned or denied, and It confidently
awaits the judgment Of the people OF
| this country which shall pronounce
upon IT,. well done"
The Republican party Is not party
that changes lis principles In an hour.
The old and tried and true doctrines
that II in truth and sincerity has pro-
muigated to the people IRE n sufficient
foundation for Il to stand on. There
fore, so far as that party Is concerned,
the issues Il presents TO the country
are the same old ones OF sound money.
and sound protection. When you ask
me how the Democratic party, or the
PopuIlstlc part OF II at lenst, which hnd
Its new birth In 1896, VIII meet these
issues. and what new experiment they
VIII ask the country to embark In. /
confess to you cannot answer. | have
read with deep Interest the platforms
that have been promulgated by that
party In the various sections OF the
country. have noticed the dissen-
slOns that have arisen among the lead
ership in Texas. where Democracy Is
supposed ITO run and be Elorifled,"
with Mr.. Bailey on the one side oppOs-
ing territorial expansion and Senator
Chiffon on the other favOriUg IL. have
noted the entire abandonment OF the
Ia IL Ia.