Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-09-14

PIE unteF the dUu lhlSlTdllOH OF lTtSl-
dent Mckinley is an occasion for con-
graduation.
Let us consider some of the
grand achievements which have
wrought so marvellous a change in the
short period Of three years and half.
On the 18th of March, 1897, the scepter
departed from judah and the inaugu-
ration of a republican president oc-
CURED. For four years under demo-
cratic rule the land had been frescocd
with misery and fringed with distress;
with the advent Of a republican admin
istration the horizon so long curtained
with despair at once frightened with
hope and the air so long heavy with
the anxious entreaty of enforced idlers
asking of compassion the crumb of
charity became vocal with the happy
harmony of requited toll, factory and
forge forest and farm joining in the
grand anthem. filling the heavens with
the din of a nations industry. The
progress we have made as nation since
the Inauguration of President Mckin-
ley is without parallel in history.
The republican party came into
power pledged 10 the policy of protec-
tion 20 American enterprise and Amer
lean toll; that pledge was fulfilled on
the oath day of July. 1897. by the enact
ment of the Dingley tariff law, which
not only reestablished the policy OF
protection. restored confidence and
wooed back departed prosperity. but
at the same time clothed the president
with power 10 enter into reciprocal ar
engagements with other nations for the
enlargement of American markets.
Under the operation of the new tariff
law idle labor finds abundant EN-
Payment manufactures have in
creased ample revenue has been
secured. and as nation We have
entered upon commercial conqueSts
unprecedented in all time; in 1895.
one wear after the law became OPP
eratiye. our exports for the first time
exceeded the domestic exports of
Great Britain, and year later. i'm 1900.
our foreign trade was the largest we
ever had. exceeding i'm the aggregate
the sum of S2C80.0.0oo0. the balance
Of trade I'm our favor reaching nearly
s. .ooC.DJ0. and viii during 1900 eN-
coed 500. 0Jo,0O
During the three years Of the present
administration from March !. 1851. 10
March I. 1906. the excess of export, over
import, has been nearly or quit, four
times greater than during The entire
period from the organization Of The re-
public down to the end of Mr. C.eve-
lands first term. and still the rood
work goes on. as the report for 1909
wiz show an increased export trade.
and that one-third Of our exports vii.
be- the products of our busy taflers I'm
factory. furnace and mill. The clear
ing house statements show an increased.
business of $4,000. 100000 each year of
NJ. NcKiulcv'> administration. In
1~96 the reports show an aggregate of
20ol.o0u.oao. while I'm 1900 the ev-
changes aggregate sqa000Ca0lcO such
erormou, increase Ina, been made ms
sN.- bv the republican uoIicy Of nro-
lection 10 home industry.
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