Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-11-02
CEREDo WAYNE co W. VA WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER , sas

the current expenses OF the govern
ment; the sale OF government honda
and increasing the interest bearing
debt of the government TO pay sx-
penses has been stopped.
our Foreign rrad..
FOREIGN trade has Increased until
II Is now the largest ever known in
our history. Last year u reached the
enormous sum of 81 500 600. 900. I,x-
ports being abost Si $50. 900 600 aud
imports about 5000 600 600 cor the year
August was the largest month ever
known In our foreign trade. Imports
are constantly decreasing. while ex-
ports are decreasing, in other words
We are buying less and selling more.
thereby making our country richer
every day. Imports this year viii not
exceed $500 600 900. showing n decrease
OF $3.50. 100000 over last year.
Cotton and provision exports have
increased. Last year we exported S00-
oQ0,O00 pounds Of ham as against GG5.-
100000 pounds for tho previous year.
600 100000 pounds OF lard against hBS.-
100000 In 1897 Exports OF cheese have
increased about SOO00,OOO Tho export
or cattle over Imports shows Fnin
ot 10000 head. Our export OF corn was
sg0. 100000 hushels In 1898 as against
177,OOO,000 in 1897.
Agricultural products have increased
In price, while the price OF nearly
every manufactured article the farmer
buys has fallen. Under the Dingiey
bill exports increased the FIRST III
months Sl5' o0O,0Qo and imports de-
creased SIG 600 600.
Export OF Manufactures.
The export OF manufactured articles
has Increased until they now consti-
tuto about 30 per cent OF our total OK
ports. The present year will show an
Increase OF about sec. 900 600 over last
year In the export OF manufactured
articles. while our imports have fallen
OF $50. 600 600 The decrease in the
import OF manufactured articles wns
81 per cent ia 1897. and viii be Al per
cent I'm 1898
During last year the manufacture OF
Iron and steel made wonderful strides
while the advance In the price Of both
has Increased. and the iron and steel
mills are unable TO fll their orders
In 1850 we imported OF iron and steel
products S7l 900 600. and exported sI4.-
O00, 600. In 1890 our imports OF these
articles were $4,000 600. and exports
had Increased 20 S25. 900 600 For the
fiscal year ending June. 1898. tho i'm
ports decreased TO 2.6l5, 900. and the
exports amounted TO $40. 700 600 In
1880 we Imported FIVE times as much
iron and steel products az we export
ed. In 1898, rs years after. we export
ed FIVE and one-half timos as much as
we imported.
Today the state OF Alabama axes
the price Of pig iron In the leading
markets OF the world. What "A glori-
Gus result for southern state. Penn
I sylvania sends steel billota and plates
| 10 England, and American rails and
I other steel products 10 20 Australia
I Japan and Russia
lmportations Of foreign wool have
been reduced, and the price OF wool
and sheep has about doubled Under
I the Wilson bill wool declined IA To rs
cents, sheep from S25O TO $3.50 per
head. Under the pinglev hin wool
has gained IA 10 10 cents. and sheep
I risen In price from $3.50 TO $3.50. and
In some localities 81 per head
The gold reserve In the treasury has
/ constantly Increased until II Is now
I the highest ever known rarchlng
100000. 600. The lowest point reached
/ was under Cleyeland's second admin
lslrat IN January, 1895, when II
Tin Plate Industry.
Tho tin plate indu8try has Increased
! rapidly. u Is now giving employment
20 5000 men, whose wages amount 10
$4,000 per day and consumes about
$6.OOO.OOO worth OF raw products an
nually. IL Will be remembered that a
Few years ago the making Of tin plate
Ia this country by putting n duty on
that imported was laughed at aud rid
/ icuied as impossible by Democratic
orators and the Democratic pro7g We
are now exporting the plate. thereby
saving M home the immense sums for
merry paid 10. foreign countries for
TIN plate besides giving employment
TO our people for ali we manufacture.
Our lumber interests have become
prosperous, mills are running on full
time and new ones being built Tho
value Of spruce and pine lands has in-
creased AZ least s. per acre. while the
markets that we're given 20 Canada
under the Wilson free trade bill have
been restored tc American lumber.
Under two years Of Republican al
ministratlon whole pyramid ~ mort
cages on farms IN Kansas and Nobraa-
ka has been paid on. and is now on
exhibition az the Omaha exposition.
Selling Bonds 10 Pay war Expenses.
To pay the expenses of the war
800 600 600 Of per cent bonds have
been sold after public notice 20 200
! 600 subscribers. az par This ls In
striking contrast with the sale of
bonds made by Democratic president
under private contract and without
notice 10 syndicate % pay current
expenses ~ the government in time
OF peace the loss 20 the govern mnnf
on the first $50 900 600 being about sr
7 O.O0O. Yet certain Democrats I'M
congress opposed the sale N bonds %
While August shows the largest bus
iness IN the history ~ our foreign
trade. according 70 Dunn q Company
business failures were less than any
August in the last five years an
these beneficial results and others that
might be named in the buainesa and
financial world that have come about
under Hruubiicau administration.
are not accidental, they are fhr fruit
Of Republican policies wisely admin
istored
oampa'gn Prophecies 81 Democrats