Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-01
IDAHO IS REPUBLICAN

\ kyRAlO IN XAAIl ItOA4N1AAS
\ SENATOR sHouP THINKS NJ
WILL BE 50 THIS YEAR.
Ysrnen and Miners Received Il lTuoh
Better Prices Under Republican Admin
istration- Benent OF Protection to Wool
big Bank Deposits. ~
idaho will, hope, reverse it, cleo
toral vote for President this year"
aid United States Senator George =.
6houp, Of that state to-day.
Instead of being counted, as In 1896,
In the Fusion column. hope hat !
shall find Idaho recorded In tn cleo
tOral college for the reelection Of
President Mckinley.
There 10 every reason" continued
the A>nator, why Idaho should 80
Republican. Our state has never
known such prosperity as It has ex-
perienced during the present admtnis-
l3tration. The good times have been
felt both by the miners and farmers.
Protection to American industries has
given the American market to Amer
team 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
yery 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 $500 to $4.3O.
In the same month in 1898 lead sold
at $3.50. In 1894 1t was down to
1920, and in 1895 1t touched as low
as $3.50. With such an experience
as that cannot understand why 1t Is
that our state went for Bryan in 1896.
President Mckinley assumed Of
dee In March, 1897. Two months la
ter the price paid for lead in Idaho
was $3.121a. In 1898 it was $3.50, last
year the value OF lead had increased
to $40, and this year it has touched
$4.70, 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
Z 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 1925 up
to $3.50 per head. Just as soon
as the Democrats began to tinker
with the tariff and prepare tc
pass the Wilson bill, down went tbs
price Of sheep until they we're worth
only $l.41 each In 1895, and $1.27 ir
1896, just one-half their value in
1899. Z
"Let us turn that picture to the
wall and have another look at the
protective tariff view In 1897 sheer
! in Idaho were worth As cents
10 bead more than in 1896
II 1898 they were worth 81
cents head more than in 1896
| In 1899 they were worth $1.3S more
than in 1896, and this year, according
to the department Of agriculture's fig.
ures, the average price of each sheer
! In Idaho was $3.50 on January l, Al
compared with $1.27 in 1896. The in
crease in their value within that pc.
Rod has been 120 per cent, and they
are now worth more per head by g
cents than they were on the LIST day
| Of January, 1893, before President
Cleveland assumed Office.
There is another strong contrast
chat can make about our sheer
values" said the senator. 1T is this:
In 1892 there were $4,000 sheep In
Idaho, and they were worth $1.265, 900
| In 1896 there were over a million
sheep in Idaho, twice as many as In
1892, and their value was only $1,000
more. -a-4..s 49,
| Now, for one more comparisons: In
! 1897, Just before this administration
came into power, there were 1,376,0o(
! Eheep in Idaho, and their value was
$2,346,2S3. At the beginning Of this
year there were just twice as many
sheep in the state, and their value
had increased up to $7,445,0 900, 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 az
those staring him in the face? Take
the price of our wool-it sold at I;
cents per pound in Idaho In 1891 ant
1892. In the Cleveland years 1t solo
anywhere from to 67k cents. Under
this administration we have. Of course
( got back to 10 cent wool again. Thu
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