Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-11
Contrast.

Two years anu u HRtl VI INepuDiludh
administration have worked a great
change for the better. The fact stands
out with striking distlnctnsss as ev-
cry citizen knows. The Chicago plat
form, which the Democratic party Is
at pains to reafflrm, deplored 'the fall
of prices, the prostratlon of industry
and the impovershment of the people.
1t would require columns to epltomize
the prosperity that has taken the place
of those conditions The first step in
te Transformation was to reject the
Chicago platform All succeeding ad-
vantages resulted from that emphatic
Judgment fthe people. A glance at
some of the benefits indicates the ma
ture and extent of all. Our currency
is equal to the best in the world
Workers everywhere are busy at good
wages. There is no army of the un-
employed. Farmers sell their products
at profitable prices, and are paying off
debts incurred during the period of
Democratic blight. The foreign trade
of the country is unprecedented.
Threatening international problems
have been settled. The Pacific railroads
have paid up in cash. Hawaii has been
annexed after half a century of dis
cusslon. Cuba is free. The treasury
keeps ahead of expenses, and has an
immense store of gold. The country
has carried through a successful war
and expanded.
A closer look into these items in
creasas their significance. In three
years the money in circulation has
been enlarged nearly $4OO.OOO.OO0, and
$3.50 GOO, 900 of the addition lis in gold
Exports of manufactured articles in
the last fiscal year footed up $685., $751;
794, or 2S per cent of the total exports
of domestic products. Our exports are
so per cent heavier than they were
four years ago. The increase in two
years has been 23 per cent Our
bridges are going to Egypt and Bur
nah, our locomotives to dozen coun-
tries, and our agricultural machinery
to nearly all the world. One reason for
this is that the world knows that in all
trad -ng our dollar means 1OOc Bank
clearings for the year ending with last
month were the largest on record. The
increase is Ill per cent over the dark
Democratic year of 1894. 1t is to be
remarked that the latest figures are
the best of all. In August the exports
of iron and steel manufacturers
amounted to $12,442 974, against So
061, ,965 in the same month last year.
--e exports of wood manufacturers
were larger than in any previousmonth
and there were also gains in paper, to-
bacco fibers, india rubber. glass, fertll-
izers. starch, paints, naval stores and
some other articles.
Now let Mr.. Bryan, who persever-
ingly invites the country to place him
at the head of affairs, take the witness
stand. Three weeks before the Pres
ldentlal election of 1896, he said in a
speech at Minneapolis: 81 repeat that
we are on a declining scale; that we
are going down, and that under the
gold standard gold will be dearer still,
demand for gold and every new de-
mand will increase the purchasing
power of gold and Nlepress prices. ,
many voters were led to believe that in
1896. But in 1899 are they as much
impressed as ever with Bryan's judg-
ment as to the basis of prosperity in
AS country? In a previous speech
during Cleveland's second administra-
tion Bryan declared chat the world
could not count on an addition of over
S46,000,0 600 a year to its gold coin, or a
total of $13S, 100000 for the next three
years. The amount really coined in
those three years was 1864 ,704, 300.
Gold production is more than twice as
large as he said it would be. What
passes for eloquence in Mr.. Bryan may
satisfy some people, but if they want
TO talk common sense business it is the
part of wisdom to-choose some other
adviser.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.