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Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
WHO'LL LOWER THE FLAG?

The boys who carry flag in that distant sea
will be sustained by the American people. It is the
flag of our faith and purpose; is the flag of
love- 1t represents the conscience of the country,
and carries with it, wherever it goes, education, cvi
zation and liberty. And let those lower who
wI-President Mckinley at Evanston ILL.,, Oct II. 1899
IT, following the clear receipts Of duty territory
falls to u.s. and the welfare Of alien people requires
our guidance and protection. who will shrink from the
responsibility, grave though it may be? Can we leave
these people, Who by the fortunes OF war and our
own acts, helpless and without government to
chaos and anarchy. after we have destroyed the only
government they have had?-President Mckinley at
Savannah Ca- Dec II, 1893
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BUSINESS WAS DOUBLED.
Charles E. Hires Hopes the Nation
viii Not Depart from Republi-
can principles

Hires rootbee. has become household
word In the homes Of the ma ton and
the greatly Increased sales which il has
had in the last few years is another side
light on the increased business OF that
period Said Charles Z. Hires presf-
dent Of the company bearing his name -
During the last four years our business
has more than doubled in volume and
we are employing more than twice as
many people. part of this increase is
due to the fact that we have branched
out in a new line of industry-the prep
aration Of condensed milk-but the fact
still remains that all Industries have
ProspeTeu nightly and that we have
shared in the general Improvement
L therefore hope that the nation will
not depart from those principles and
that Executive which have guided IT in
the last four years and l am positive
that II they are not departed from pros
perfty Will continue and be even more
astounding in its extent than in the
past
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PROSPERITY WILL CONTINUE.
Lincoln X. Passmore Cites the Ex-
perience of Grain Shippers.

One of the most prominent grain firms
in the East is l. NJ Parr 81 Son. Limited
with offices in the Bourse. and Lincoln
K. Passmore. vice-chairman necessarily
is thoroughly posted on the export trade
He said
The experience of American grain ex-
porters affords a particularly favOrab BILE
opportunity for realizing the growth OF
netional prosperity. During the period
of Industrial depression under Cleve-
lands administration grain exporters ex-
perienced no difficulty in making their
shipments by rail to the seaboard. now
they cannot get their grain through
readily and exports are steadily fall
ing off
The explanation lies in the fact that
during the period of depression there
were always plenty of cars to move
grain, because there was not enough
manufactured goods transported TO fill
them Railroads offered every induce
ment to grain shippers. Now the manu-
facturers are so busy that their prod
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their rolls.
With absolute faith In the verdict Of
the people the officers of the Link Belt
Engineering Company are unwilling to
contemplate the reverse of the picture, or
the consequences of suSpending for the
next four years the financial and revenue
policies now in force. There comes clear
~ to their minds the conditions prevail
ing previous to the first election of Presi-
dent Mckinley; the stream of unemploE-
ed workmen applying for "A chance to
earn an honest living: the reduction Of
hours of labor. and consequently Of pay,
for those who were and remain on their
payrolls. and particularly the distress
which pervaded the homes Of the work
in the textile Industries Of Phiia-
delphia. They do not believe that the
people of either Philadelphia or the
country at large have forgotten the ex-
perienCes of the late days of the last
Cleveland Administration, or that the
activities Of their memories will fail 10
be evidence In the counting Of the votes.
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NO COMPARISON POSSIBLE.
Col. Elkins Believes Mckinley Will
Be Elected by a Large Majority.

Colonel William L. Eikins. whose
business interests are represented IN
many cities including Chicago. New
YORK BufaIo. etc. as well as IN PlliIa-
despFia is therefore qualified to speak
for the whole country, says
There is no comparison as between the
administration Of President Mckinley
and that Of Cleveland four years ago.
The ore is 80 far superior 10 the other
that 10 com parISoH can he made. The
anticipation IF the reelection Of Mckinley
makes everyone feel very happy and /
d large majority The business interest Is
Of the country demand it and l ca mot
believe that il is possible for him to be
Cd feated. especially by a candidate Ike
PrEan. whose policy everyone knows
would ruin the country The American
people know a good thing when they
see II and theE viii continue the Repu6-
Iicau party IN power
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did when silver was 100 cents to the dol
lar. and this is accounted for by the
fact that the amount mined worked out
at 50 much less expense Upon ques-
tioDiug they admitted that as their
pronts were now greater than before. II
silver was sold at a legal instead OF q
commercial value the profit would be so
inOrd1nately high as TO lead 10 a Gala MI
tous condition OF some kind. The people
turn a deaf ear to the imperialism cry
OF the Democrats. and they seem euthus-
iasticaliy 10 favor expansion. as the Re
publican party uses that term. With
reference to the experience of my com
pany, / may add that we find business
better than ever before and that the
Increase has continued this year, despite
the disturbance OF a Presidential cam
paign.
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OUR MERCHANT MARINE.
A Proposed Shipping Bill Which
viii Give Employment TO Thou
sands Of Worktugmeu.

Morris. Wheeler & CO. are among the
leaders in the Iroa trade, which largely
governs other lines OF business Delres-
sion IN iron means depression IN all
branches Of trade. and an opinion from
This line IS accordingly significant. An
drey Wheeler. Of the above firm said
ne thought there had not been sufficient
attention given 70 the fact that both
Bran and Stevenson were free traders
ard that in the unfortunate event Of
their election there would be great
cheek put upon new enterprises. and z
feeling Of doubt and uncertainty would
take the place Ct the feeling Of conf
deuca that exists whel i Is known that
the friends - protection % American
industry are II power.
Workman who can recall the years 1szz
10 1896. when the Wilson tariff bill was
Il eject and Cleveland and Stevenson
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uct requires nearly all the freight cars.
and Ii is difficult to get the cereals to the
shipping ports.
Exports have been falling off because
home consumption has increased. and as
the American farmer secures relatively
b. tier rates than the farmers in any
other part of the world he is not de-
sirous of sending his product abroad TO
meet the low-priced grain from other
producing countries. II is the domestic
consumption of raw products and the
foreign consumption of manufactured
products that makes for the prosperity
of a country.
That the American farmer is pros
porous must be evident TO all He is now
securing 80 cents per buShel for exactly
the same grade Of wheat that he secured
but 80 cents for in 1898 and 1894 | am
certain that If President Nc Kiuley is re-
elected the farmer and the manufacturer
and the workingman and the business
man. all viii continue TO enjoy the un-
bounded prosperity of the last few years
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GEORGE v. cREssoN SPEAKS.
Endorses McKinley's Administra-
ton with Both Hands-Nation
naunauds His Reelection

A. president and treasurer OF the great
rrrssrlsDN- beartng his name. and also
president OF Tie American Pulley Com
parv George v. CreSson Is n position
nsffo4,al welfare The coDpanSs works
al Eighteenth and Allegheny Avenue
rank among he leading industrial estab
VSbneuts OF the city The American
Pulley Company is "a concern nearly as
large The works have Just been finished
ard rerresenr The results OF fifteen years
labor The new establishment Is really
wonderful industry and its product Is
REGARDED as the pulley which viii come
into universal use in the very near fu-
ture- The hundreds OF worktngmen who
are employed In these two ESTABLISHMENTS
give Mr.. Cresson a good opportunity Of
learning the thoughts OF The laoortng
classes Mr.. Crssson is also president of
the Manufacturers Club and is thus
brought into contact with the repressa-
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LIKE OLD WING TIMES,
Ra1ying Cry Then So Day and
Roast Beef-To-day It Is the
Full Dinner Pail

The first political campaign I remem-
Der: said A. Colhurn. head Of the A.
Colburn Company. whose spices. teas,
etc. have become household word
throughout the land. was back in the
forties. and the issue fought then is
substantially the same now Those were
the times Of Locofocos and Wings. and
the raliying CRY was 81 a day and roast
beef. Just to-day IL is the fun dinner
pail
I have never been able to understand
the benefit Of low free trade prices on
goods. II the iaboring men Of the CoUn-
try were not enabled 70 earn wages suf-
ncient TO purchase them From a some
what extensive business experience I
am prepared TO assert that business will
prosper in the future. as undoubtedly il
has IN the past four years, II the pres
ent Administration i returned To power.
I believe II is TO the best interests of the
workingmen to cast their votes for the
Republican party. and I have not the
least doubt that II President Mckinley
is reelected the wisdom Of choosing him
viii be apparent 10 all after the heat
OF political strife IS over
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AN IMPRESSIVE STORY.
a Large Increase in the Sales of the
Enterprise Co. in the Last
Three Years

The books OF the Enterprise Manufac-
turing Company OF Pennsylvania tell an
Impressive story of the growth of bus
mess under the Republican Administra-
ton The company is one of the largest
in Pennsylvania
Says NJ d. kuenig of the company
The percentage OF increase OF sales
during 1897 1895 and 1893, as compared
with 1896 was 8 per cent. 9 per cent. and
80 per cent. respectively
The principal articles we manufacture
are. Meat and food choppers. IS sizes and
styles for hand and power, rapid grind
ing and pulverizing mills, 80 sizes and
styles for hand and power: sausage
suffers and lard presses fruit wine and
Jelly presses. meat juice extractors; cold
handle sad irons; raisin seeders; cherry
stonerss smoked beef shavers; self-prim-
ing and measuring pumps and faucets:
bung hole borers; lawn mowers: lawn
sprfnklers, etc. We are a present work
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money. The cry of trusts" seems to me
therefore 10 be "Vox ct praeterea nihiI." "
It is a campaign song for those who have
always been opposed to every step taken
by the hosts or industry and progress
Trusts Will be regulated as ali other
necessary factors in human advance
ment have been. but the inexoratle laws
Of trade will do this better than any
statutes which can be devised, and the
regulation will proceed in spite Of any
such statutes The proposition To reg
ulate trusts by prohibiting their inter
state commerce Is like an endeayor to
extend the isvees across the MISSISSIPPI
and stop its flow The levees are feces-
sary by the rivers side. they are futile
across its channel
Prosperity is nlenaeed. we are told
by the specter Of Imperialism and milf
word power ihis IS As ola IS the Ha-
ton. Was hington. Jackson. Grant were
al despots who would ultimately gov
srn the country by force Of arms To
generation which witnessed the peace
fUl disarmament Of million men are
not the words ''mIlitarism and i'm
psrialism'' in very truth but specters
and without the substance of flesh and
blood save only that which has been
sacrificed in the endeaToT 10 take I'D
duty laid upon Us in the name OF hu-
Uanity. and in the fare % the civilized
world. and 81 which We would be rid
soon as II can h0nOraDlE be discharged
To hold the fear Of imperialism abroad
in so great regard as TO make Us willing
to incur the peril OF vita ted currency
than seems called for The Tagalogs are
an estinable people and their slI4erings
are no doubt. to be depIOred. bat the
certain ruin which viii follow 59-ceur
dollar is Of more consequence to the
mill and mine workers and 70 the hun
dreds Of thousands Of Ceposirors in banks
and savings funds OF our own lands
than the entire island Of Luzon and all
its inhabitants.
They will be taken care Of in due time
a. well BY Republican politicians a.
by those Of Democratic faith and purity;
there IS not much 70 choose between the
comparative ability Of both these classes
but the preservation Of q sound stand
ard Of value upon which our people can
deal with the world II accordance with
the rules OF other civilized people Is SO
paramount that no other issue can hide
It While men are found willing 70 de-
stroy prosperity and business confidence
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
UNPARALLELED PROSPERITY.
Bryan's Election Means Idle Mills
and the Army of Labor
Starving

William J. Matheson * Co, Limited
dye stufs. 126 South Front Street are
represented in all sections Of the United
States and Canada and have a national
standing. Says Frederick Turnbull. man
ager or the local branch
During the Administration of Mr.. Nc
kinney the business community of the
nited States has experienced unparal-
leled prosperity. We have enjoyed a
protective tariff. which, il not perfect.
has been satisfactory to the great ma
jority OF manufacturers, who have been
enabled TO keep their employees fully
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DEPOSITS LARGELY INCREASED
They Tell Story of Prosperity
Which Cannot be Offset by
Argument

bingham s. Morris president OF the
Girard Trust Company. commands atten-
ton because OF his personal prominence
and the sminsncs of the great fnstitu-
ton over which he presides He says
Inc increase in the number Of deposit
tors N saving funds and other similar
repositories throughout the country as
wei as the marked increase in volume
OF the deposits tells e story OF the PROS
perltF of the country and OF its dtsrrfbJz-
ton through the people which cannot
be onset by any arguments to the con-
tTary. This prosperity thus exemp9tf7ed
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-11-24
M'KINLEY'S WISE LOGIC.

You cannot help the farmer by coming more sill
yer; he only be helped by more consumers for
his products-rlajor Mckinley to delegation of farm
ers, August "a, 1896.
The way to help labor is to provide it with steady
work and good wages and then to have those good
wages always paid in good money-f1ajor f1cKinleyto
delegation Of workngmen. August a. 1896.
Our flag has been assaied in those distant islands
in the Pacific, and ask the people of Iowa whether
shall not stand firmly and untedly until American
sovereignty shall be established in every island OF the
archipeago-Presdent Mckinley at Waterloo. la,
Oct TO- 1899.
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The national credit IS Of too para
mount Importance and nothing
should be done 10 taInish or impair
it-Ecn. w Mckinley. in House
OF Representatives, April IS, 1878.
The financial honor of this Gov
eminent IS OF too vast importance. IS
entirely too sacred TO be the football
OF party politics. n Maj. VIM. Nc
Kinley at Canton, Sept. IS, 1896.
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AN INSURANCE VIEW.
Alfred S. Gillett Gives Some Pointed
Reasons Why Mckinley
Should be Elected

said Alfred : GilieIt. president OF the
Gfrllrd Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany. one OF the ola. reliable tnstitu-
tious Of Philadelphia -
The issues Ut the campaign are the
subject ot much debate and much could
be said in favor 81 the retention 81 the
system OF government Ia force during
the last -FOUR years. DO We want u
change BY no means Was there ever
"a time OF such general prosperity as that
which the nation has enjoyed since
President Nc hfnIey was electede Posi-
lively no Could the iAeor1ng man at
any period in the history of the country
reap such a general reward for his la
bor2 No There Is more money per
capita in circulation than ever before.
all the Industries are prosperous. and
though We insurance men are suffering
throagh causes that are purely acct
dental the nation Is rcapiug the bsns-
Mt from a national policy which, II con-
tinued through the votes Of the peo-
pie. Will surely cause industries TO -four
ish in the future as they have in the
past and viii give us four years more
of good times.
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tatlve business men of the city He
says
/ lndorse the Mckinley Adminlstra-
tlon with both hands. President Nc kim
ley has guild I'd the nation as well al any
President We ever had I am certain that
no President could have done better than
Mckinley under the conditions existing
during the years of his wise administra-
ton
l feel certain that he viii be reelected.
Tor the best interests OF the ma ton de-
inand II. The prosperity which the coun-
Try mas enjoyed since his induction into
once was not checked until gftators
began 70 suggest the possibility Of the
election Of Dir. Bryan The check which
prosperity has had by the Bryan agita-
ton has peer very bad for raanufac-
tGrers. am convinced that if Mckinley
Is reelected ne future will BE- one Of
splendid business. whereas Il Bryan IS
elected many manufacturing industries
VIII &c compeIlea 20 close their doors.
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Duty determines destiny. Destiny
which results from duty performed
may brig anxiety and perils, but
never failure and dishonor. Pursu-
ing duty may not always lead BY
smooth paths. Another course may
look easier and more attractive, but
pursuing duty for duty's sake is
always sure and safe and honorable.
President Mckinley at Chicago,
Oct. io. 1893.
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TIE Republican Party broke the
shackles Of 1000. 600 slaves and
made them free, and 70 the party OF
Lincoln has come another supreme
opportunity which il has b-zvely net
IN the liberation Of ten millions OF
tie human family from the woke OF
imperialism. President Mckinley
70 the Notification COMMITTEES, July
II. 1900.
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Our appeal IS not 10 false
philosophy OF vain theories, bur 70
the masses Of the American people,
the plain, practical people whom
Lincoln loved and trusted and whom
the Republican party has always
faithfully strived TO serve.-Maj.
Mckinley TO Notification Com
nittee, 1896.
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PROSPERITY CERTAIN.

Lincoln Godfrey, head of the large
drv goods house Of William Simpson
Sons Il Company. said
I desire TO see the present Administra-
ton and the national policy adhered to
during President McKiuiey's term con-
tinued and / am sure that II this is done
prosperity will continue In the future
as 1T has so bountifully in the past.
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Co They are perhaps the Oldest nonr
manufacturers in that section of the
State, having been established in liss
The firm was Incorporated Aarch =.
IS4- They report an increase or Per
cent in the volume of business since
Is-s. Is per cent increase in the NUMBER
OF employees. and II per cent. increase
III the amount of wages paid.
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ing on a line of electrically connected
meat and food choppers and rapid grind
ing and pulverizing mills. We anticipate
getting out a very complete line of these
machines, should the present prosperity
OF the country continue.
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and fair wages for all who are willing
to work. while business ca pital has Sc
cured. as a rule. satisfactory returns.
To the very idea Of seeking change
from our present conditions is incompre-
heuSihIe =
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Notable Progress in the Flour Trad.

Business up the State has enjoyed the
same general prosperity a. that reported
by the Philadelphia ests blisnments One
Of the notable industries OF Wilkes
Barre. Pa. Is the merchant milling coz
Germ known as the Aiasr-EilIard Milling
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The credit OF the Government, the
integrity OF its currency and the in
volatility OF its Obligations must be
preserved President McKinlev's
inaugural.
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cratic party TO rid itself Of Populistic
leaders and platforms.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-13
COTTON GROWERS ORGANIZE.
ASSOCIATION FORMED IN GEORGIA-WHAT COT
TON HAS SOLD FOR IN THE CENTURY

Macon Ga. May 12.-The Cotton Growers Con-
convocatons of representative planters and bust
ness ever held in Georgia. The convention
called for the purpose OF effecting organi-
them a better price for cotton. Five
hundred delegates present, representing every
county in the State, and composed of planters,
warehousemen. manufacturers, bankers, merchants
and lawyers.
The convention addressed by Hoke Smith,
Pope Brown, president of the State Agricultural
Society; j. F. Hanson, Harvey Jordan, l. B. Eng
llsh and others.
Mr.. Smith in his address said in substance that
the value of the South's cotton crop Is further
reaching IN it's effect than any other product of
the SOIL its aggregate annual value being
$500 600 He said that in the last hundred
years the money paid for cotton raised in the
United States amounted to s5000, 100000 OF this
amount s1l 600 600 900 received for cotton x
ported. He said that in fifty years the consump
tion of cotton had increased from 2,500000 bales
annually 5000 900 bales annually, increase of
200 per cent. H advised the farmers of the South
to organize to control the marketing of their
cotton such basis as would secure to them It's
real value.
The convention concluded with the organization
of the Georgia Cotton Growers ASSOCIATION, and
elected Harvey Jordan president F. NJ Langley
treasurer, and executive committee. composed
of three representatives from each Congress dis
trict.
The plan upon which the work of organizing the
farmers Is to be effected referred to the
committee organization and the executive COM
mittee jointly--the convention ratfyng in advance
any plan that might be adopted
Macon was chosen as permanent headquarters of
the association.