Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
IDAHOIS REPUBLICAN
SENATOR SHOUP THINKS IT
WILL BE so THIS YEAR.
Farmers and Miners Received Much
Better Prices Under Republican Admin
istration Benefit of Protection to Wool
Big Bank Deposits.

Idaho will, hope, reverse its cleo
toral vote for President this year"
said United States Senator George l..
Shoup, of that state to-day.
Instead of being counted. as in 1896.
in the Fusion column, hope that |
shall find Idaho recorded in the cleo
toral college for the reelection OF
President Mckinley.
There is every reason" continued
the senator, why Idaho should go
Republican. Our state has never
known such prosperity as it has ex-
perienced during the present admins
felt both by the miners and farmers.
Protection to American industries has
given the American market to Amer
lean manufacturers, with the result
that there has been an increased de-
mand for lead. zinc and copper, all OF
which are products OF Idaho. Not only
has the demand been greater for these
minerals. but the prices have been
very much more satisfactory
Lead forms very interesting OBJ
ject lesson in Idaho. Under the Re
publican administration OF President
Harrison the price paid for lead In
our state ranged from S420 to $3.50.
In the same month in 1898 lead sold
at $780, In 1894 1t was down to
1920, and in 1895 it touched as low
as $3.50. With such an experience
as that l cannot understand why 1t is
that our state went for Bryan in 1896.
President Mckinley assumed Of
fee in March, 1897. Two months la
ter the price paid for lead in Idaho
was $3.121s. In 1898 it was $3.50, last
year the value of lead had increased
to $4.10, and this year it has touched
$40, exceeding even the good prices
that were realized when the Mckinley
tariff was in effect under President
Harrison. This comparison affords an
object lesson, and there should not be
a single mine owner or miner in the
state of Idaho recording his vote next
November for anybody except Presi-
dent Mckinley and the other Repub-
lican candidates.
STOCK growers in our state" con-
tinued Senator Shoup, "also realize
the benefit derived from protection.
When American wool was protected
by the Mckinley tariff sheep in our
state were worth from $2.25 up
to $3.50 per head Just as soon
as the Democrats began to tinker
with the tariff and prepare to
pass the Wilson bill, down went the
price of sheep until they were worth
only $141 each in 1895, and $1.27 in
1896, just one-half their value in
1893.
Let us turn that picture to the
wall and have another look at the
protective tariff view. In 1897 sheep
in Idaho were worth As cents
a head more than in 1896
In 1898 they were worth 80
cents a head more than in 1896
In 1899 they were worth $1.38 more
than in 1896, and this year, according
to the department of agriculture's fig
ures, the average price Of each sheep
in Idaho was $3.50 on January l, as
compared with $1.27 in 1896. The in
crease in their value within that pc
riod has been 120 per cent, and they
are now worth more per head by 30
cents than they were on the LIST day
of January, 1893, before President
Cleveland assumed office.
There is another strong contrast
that ! can make about our sheep
values said the senator. ut is this:
In 1892 there were 900 sheep in
Idaho, and they were worth s1,265,0 900.
In 1896 there were over million
sheep in Idaho, twice as many as in
1892, and their value was only $4,000
more.
Now, for one more comparison: In
1897, just before this administration
came into power, there were 1,376,000
sheep in Idaho, and their value was
s2,346,283 At the beginning Of this
year there were just twice as many
sheep in the state. and their value
Dau luCTedSSu up W @i,ffo,oVV, ShoW-
ing a gain of more than 200 per cent
in value, while the increase in guam
tity was only 100 per cent.
Can you imagine that any stock
grower in any part Of the country
would be indiscreet enough to vote the
Democratic ticket with such facts as
those staring him in the face? Take
the price of our wool-it sold at 10
cents per pound in Idaho in 1891 and
1892. In the Cleveland years 1T sold
anywhere from 6 to 61a cents. Under
this administration we have, of course,
got back to Is cent wool again. The
amount of money paid to farmers in
Idaho for their wool in 1895 was S41S,-
500, the amount they are getting this
year will exceed $1,000. 900, an increase
of 400 per cent. Every sheep in Idaho
from yearlings up. could be marketed
to-day at 1925 per head. Wool is be-
ing sold at Is cents to 25 cents per
pound Cattle have advanced $40 per
head, and horses are worth $500 to
$40 90 per head more than year ago.
think Idaho will go Republican"
nICHnNCERTED MOCRATS