The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-12
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his EFFORT to prove that the all-pervadins
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have beel Z Ge.aslun wheh lie was going
up and down ana osS Inc country tcre-
telling awlu, disS.ters In ycase OF his de-
ieat. is not good ana suuielt3S reason
Why ne Shorid tftet tiieni vain HcCntvnipt.
The lessons o. e.peTitGce should pe uUre
protitably Utilized, =
The imniEiLc sa!H In our export trade.
the large incrtasc in wages. the addition
OF oae or two :n:ilionJ OF workers 10 the
actlvc llsts o. our industries. the Suostnn-
tial Prosperity o, the farmers. the a5and-
ance OF capital. the transfer OF the wo:IG 8
monetary cti!Ic: lIU!l LonGcn to New
forB-A.i these are .2c;s that should not
be ignored end %aieh should be q cause OF
CONCENTRATION anu ;au lotto pride 10 MIR.
bryan. even though their coming discred-
Its his 1S25 forecast. ~
In one or more OF his recent speeches
Mr.. BfSon has said TO the waye-workers:
u waHs you to take the cost OF what you
buy as laborIns man and measure IL
against your WAGES, and sec II the trusts
have not raised the p.lee OF what you buy
more than they have your wages =
"A Risky Challenge.
That was risky challenge. for the facts
Were and are Mt hand to prove that tho
worklngmen have, been prosperou5 since
ls9G beyond precedent. fnr New ork
measurtng the cost OF what they bought
against their wages, earned 80 much TESS
than,they had TO spend. to keep from going
hungry that they ate up not only all their
wage earnings. out more tha S3l, hij.tvJ OF
thelc savings bank deposits; that from
1879 to 1891 the waeeworkcrs were paying
SO much more for their bread and butter
Tran they.wcre able to earn In wages that
they were compelled 10 diminish their
sayings Lank deposits from <I.1S5. Is. 95T to
Sl;f4i,Jil.2S The Press further SUBMITS
That since. the defeat OF NJ. Bryan In
1896 the Eagc-earaers of this country have
earned so much moro than they spent
that Is tossay. to use Mr.. Bryan's express
sion, measuring the Cost OF waat they
have bought against their wages, they are
so much better off-thut In 1S33 they had
Increased their savings banks deposits 10
$40. JG6. sh. That was gain In surplus
earnings put IN savings banks alone OF
more than 100000 over 1891. And as
K all these sockdologers were not enough.
the Press shows that the returns from
New York and other states thus far re-
ceived FOR the year ended June 30. $780,
Indicate that the total savings banks de-
poSitSa to-day are more than 900 900, &C.,
That. says the Press. means instead OF y
loss OF 81, orJ.0Do n year, such as the wage
carriers suffered in their savings In 1884,
gain since then OF more than threc-Quar-
tiers Of q billion of dollars. All that is
In addition TO the expenditure of many
millions expended In buying homes, can
ceiling mortgages. Investments In building
and loan associations and other properties
ali that So. 000.0 01 In savings banks alone
slnce 1891. The Press says this .ineans
thatthc waEc-earaers OF the United States,
measuring the cost OF what they buy
against. their wages, have not only n large
surplus OF wage earnings now. but arc
drawing in dividends on the 81. .J0D. 900
which they have put In the savings banks
are drawing In addition to their wages
Interest dividends OF more than SO. OK. 90
a year.
Times Better Than Ever Known.
Property has more than regaincd the
position from which 1t fell in 1892. and
VIII put 1t in round numbers. There
Is not u man In the United States who
can read and write. and who has n
fair comprehension Of the events that
are transplrlns around him but what
knows and perfectly understands: First,
that the times. a popular expression for
prosperity In the United States, lave
been better during the past year than
ever before In the history OF the Uni
ted States. Second that every aarti-
Gle of that increase In chat, prosperity
! has been due to two great factors, l.os-
sibilities created by legislation and
confidence in the stabilityIof conditions.
* pretty plain straightforward question
Is presented to the people of the coun-
try, which do you like better, the times
OF 1896 or the times OF 1900? & 1t Is hot
worth while discussing it, Every one
knows that the times OF 1896 were the
Legitimate and logical and necessary re-
suit OF Democratic administration, and
every one of you know that the the re-
enactment OF the tariff law of 1886 and
the planting OF the feet OF our financial
and commercial enterprises solidly upon
the platform OF the geld standard eapu
that confidence. ana made those poscl-
bilities out of which this prosperity has
grown. So 1t Is n straightforward
Issue, presented as CLEARLY and definitely
as II Is possible, and Mr.. Bryan Is the
logical exponent OF the one condition,
thnt OF 1876. and Mr.. Mckinley Is the
exponent and promoter and high nries.
OF the conditions OF 1900. Now Choose
We whom yc win serve II Republic
enrism Is prosperity. serve that: II the
Baal OF Democracy is the open door to
prosperity, enter and serve that.
Question Of Trusts.
General Grosvcnor discussed briefly
the question of trusts. and pointed GU,
and furnished evidence to prove that
the only legislation ever enacted by
Congress In the interest Of the people
anu against trusts was enacted By n
Republican Congress-. signed by n Re-
publican President and enforced by II
Republican administration. and charged
that the cry CT trusts" whether mpdc
by James X. Jones, OF tho Cotton
Compress Trust" or Richard Croker, OF
the great Zee Trust" were hypocrti-
cal cries TO cover up their own conduct
and their own deficiency Of duty.
He discussed Mt some length tho u,,rs-
ton Of imperialism. following along the
line OF argument which declares TINT
there can be no such thing us mpcr-
lalism in the United States. lie said
TINT In the acquisition OF the philln-
pines and In the acquisition OF other
territory by the United States we had
followed the prcccdcnts or tho govcrn-
mcnt fromthc beginning. TlG doe
trinc OF ex proprlo iviSorc WA n doc
Urine OF Calhoun. which brought about
the civil war and the overthrow OF Elm
very. 1t wns the doctrine that pro-
dnccd revolution once, and hnd been
abandoned by the Intelligent people OF