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Story of the C1earings,

The best gauge of the volume Of bust
ness of the country is the bank clearing
statistics. They prove, as no other fig
ures can, the trade movement. Never in
the history Of the country have they
shown such n vast aggregate of business,
such an immense increase as during the
years Of the Mckinley administration.
The following figures are from Brad
streets and are accepted as official. The
comparison is made with the year 1894,
as that is the year the Democratic pol
icy of handling the finances Of the coun-
try was in full sway.
The grand total Of the bank clearings
of the United States, as given by Brad
streets, for the first six months Of 1894,
were 500, OS5, OIL 1876. For the first six
months of 1900 they were $42,S57,2O1,-
BIG, an increase of $40, ITO, 100, 100. For
the month Of June. 1894, the grand total
was $3.50, 315,339 For the month of
June, 1900, it was ,0GS, 707, an i'll
crease of So, Isl ,46S,
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Prosperity on the Pacific,

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, in an
interview the other day, said:
Anything produced in the United
States will now permanently find it's way
into all parts Of the celestial empire. Our
trade relations there in the future are
secured. The trade in cotton goods has
been very heavy in Manchuria and other
northern provinces. Our interests gener-
ally, our dairy, poultry and other products
from the farms of the United States,
o have assurance of permanent mar
kets in all the provinces throughout the
Chinese Empire where such things are in
demand, and this demand is growing and
will continue to grow.
"The work Of Secretary Hay in this
regard supplements and compliments the
work of our army and navy. A year ago
no nation would have listened to a propo-
sition of this kind (the open door policy,
but the whole world listens to the United
States now. The white mans burden
came with the islands. Secretary Hays
work brings the reward for lifting the
burden. Some idea Of the vastness of
the interests involved may be gained from
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Proven by the History of the American
Federation of Labor.

Proven by the History of the American
Federation of Labor.
That the laboring men of the country
are in Il more prosperous condition than
ever known before is proven beyond any
chance of contradiction by the statistics
of the American Federation OF Labor,
sent out over the signature Of the presi-
dent, Mr.. Samuel Gompers, who is a
Democrat.
We compare the disastrous years of the
Wilson bill and Democratic rule-1S93,
1904 and 1S95-with 1899, under Nc
Kinley and prosperity.
In 1893 the American Federation Of
Labor met ut Chicago. There were 30
delegates present, IS national trade I'M
ions represented, Is local trade unions,
10 city central unions and one State
branch. Tie receipts for the year were
$20,S64.62, and the expenditures $21, 1888.
In 1894 the American Federation Of
Labor met at Denver. Colo. There were
II delegates present, 30 national trade
unions represented, - local trade unions,
IL city central unions and three State
branches. The receipts for the year were
$~l5,346.43, and the expenditures ST.
800. 0S.
In 1895 the American Federation Of
Labor met Mt New York City. There
were SO delegates present. 81 national
trade unions represented. % local trade
unions, Is city central unions and three
State branches. The receipts were $13,-
751.75, and the expenditures SIS, 612. AZ.
In 1881 the American Federation of
Labor met at Detroit. There were 1S9
delegates present, 55 national trades un-
ions, 65 local trade unions, 81 ~cc:.tral
unions and five State branches. The re-
ceipts were $3G. 1918, and the expendi-
lures $50. 599.22.
Surely labor prospers when the men,
bers Of this great organized body can
contribute to the cause, rs shown by the
above receipts. over SIG, 600 more in 1899
than they did in 1893, and several thou
sands more than double what they did in
each of the years 1893, 1894 and 1895.
Under date Of Aug. 8, 1900, Mr.. Comp
ers stated the number Of independent
unions to be 1,154, city central unions
191. State branches IA.
1t is evident from these figures that
when the American Federation of Labor
meets in December next there will be u
showing of progress made and increase
of membership, all accomplished under
labor's prosperous conditions, such as no
labor organization has ever before made.
Larger Exports of Farm Products.
The agricultural reports show that our
sale Of agricultural products abroad dur
ing the past three years, 1S97-1S90, were
more than $500, 00O, 200 greater than in
the preceding three years, 1S94-1S96.
Exports Of butter were worth, in 1895,
$915,533; in 1899, $3,2G3, 951.
There were 425, 352, 1877 pounds Of ba-
con exported in 1896 and 5G2, e51, 4SO
pounds in 1899. This was an inc. ease of
137,000,00O pounds.
The following are some interesting COM
parative wool prices, furnished by a
prominent Boston commission house:
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During Harrison's administration there
was an approximate gain of $154, 000, 900
in the value of live stock. During Cleve-
lands administration there was an ap-
proximate loss of $S20,OOO,0 900. During
the first three years of McKinley's ad-
ministration an approximate gain Of
1851, 900, 900,
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Corn, Cattle and Contentment.

"Gentlemcn," shouted an orator in
Kansas in 1899, from the beginning Of
Indiana to the end of Nebraska there is
nothing but corn. cattle and content
ment."
And he added a little later: 1.-THE joyful
sound Of the mortgagor paying off his in
debtedness has even pierced the dense
ears of the money changers of the East"
Nothing can exceed the breezy joy, the
piano and t%op-buggy buying enthusiasm
of the Kansan in the year of his pros
perity under the gold standard.
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ZINC IN MISSOURI.


"A rev OF the above hgureS are partlcu-
larly instructive. In 1892, at the close Of
the Harrison administration, the Joplin
zinc field produced 131,4SS tons, the av-
erage price of which at the mine was
$21.76 per ton and the total value Of
which was S2,S64,475. In 1894, under
the Wilson bill depression, the produc-
ton Of this same field had fallen to S9,15O
tons, with an average price at the mine
of SIS per ton. n total value Of $l,337,91O.
In 1898 the qu%ickening influence Of Nc
Kinley prosperity was fairly under way,
the production rose to 1884, 6S tons, with
an average price at the mine Of $20.96
per ton and a total value of $2,927, 321.
Last year, 1899, the full tide of prosper
ity promised by the Republican party
was flowing in on the Joplin and Kansas
district and the production reached high
water mark in 1S1,430 tons, with an av-
erage value at the mines of $32.93 per
ton and a total value of $5,974, 624, or
over four times as much as it was in
1894. The year 1900 figures, when all in,
will show a still further increase. Yet
it is probable that the Missouri section
Of this prosperous region will utterly ig-
more this wonderful object lesson and
vote for Bryan, free trade and rotten
money. Vote to again close up the fac
tories and bring disaster to their country.
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Prosperity Dividends to Farmers,

Last years prosperity dividends paid
by the Republican party to the farmers
of the United States amounted to up
wards Of one billion dollars. The value
of ten staple crops showed for 1899 a to-
tai increased value of 1928, 100000 over
1895. Add to- this increase an advance
of $633 900, 900 during the same period in
the value of live stock, and the balance
sheet shows disbursements of a round
billion. This does not include the special
profits from better prices for fruit, but
ter, cheese, eggs, vegetables and lastly,
but not leastly, wool. Following are
comparisons Of values Of the principal
cronS.
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Nebraska,s Prosperity.

The Secretary of State of Nebraska has
compiled a list showing that the excess
of mortgages paid off and released during
1898 over those filed for the same period
amounted to more than $4,000, 600. The
most of these were paid in cash,
the foreclosures were comparatively few.
1t will be hard for Mr.. Bryan to con-
vince the farmers of his own State that
they are not prosperous.
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Prosperity for Miners.

Coke, a product of coal, is used exclu-
sively in manufacturing. Its consumption
is one Of the best evidences of the pros
perity and increase Of our manufacture
ing industries.
In the year 1899, under Mckinley,
prosperity and "the opening of the fac
tories" was a great year for coke. More
new coke ovens were established than
ever before and the product was greater.
The price more than double, and even
then the demand caused by the growth Of
the iron and steel industries Of the coun-
try could not be supplied. In 1894 coke
was selling at 81 per ton, early in 1900 it
touched So O ton.
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the fact that while ten years ago our
exports from the Pacific coast to all coun-
tries aggregated $26,OO0,OOO and Eve
IA ago $40, 200, 900, the steady increase
in Pacific coast exports has raised the
aggregate to $4,000, 900 a year ago."
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Cigars smokeI over Prosperity.

IlEHrs omUke OVer ~Frosper1tys
Probably nothing demonstrates prosper
ity more clearly than the consumption Of
cigars.
w. G. Hollister of Chicago, who prints
the blue labels for the Cigarmakers' In
ternational Union and is required to make
affidavit to the number turned out, has
made the following report to President
G. w. Perkins Of the union Of the labels
printed during recent years: 1895, A.
$4,000; 1896, 46,44O. 900; 1897, 1885,
500; 1898, 46,609,2O0; 1899, So, 14O, 600.
During the first six months of 1900 the
number jumped to 3~G,S55,000. Men can
not afford to buy cigars unless they are
prosperous and earning good wages.
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Money Earned and Spent.

In 1899 the savings banks deposits Of
the United States advanced to $780,
3GG,954. That brought them up to more
than the combined savings banks depos-
it's of any two other nations in the world;
and to half the deposits of Austria, Hun
gary, Bavaria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway,
Prussia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United
Kingdom, Australasia, Canada, Cape
Colony. India. Natal and the Crown colo.
MES all put together, their combined de-
posts being, in 1899, but $4,593, 949,45O.
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Men Wanted in the MiIIa.

Many manufacturers of wooden and
cotton goods in Connecticut state that
lots of looms are idle because men to
work them mo be found. Wages have
advanced in cotton mills from II to 20
per cent.
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Adlai stevenson,s Permanently.

The city of Bloomington, ILL.,, which is
the home Of the Democratic vice-presiden-
tial candidate, Adlai Z. Stevenson, but
recently sold it's bonds on n basis which
makes the interest paid by the city on
the loan only $40 per cent. This rate
is lower than any municipality in the
United States could get in 1896.
AS a citizen Of Bloomington. Mr.. Ste
venson will be able to save some money
in taxes, because of the good credit and
prosperity that has come to his town as
n share in the beneficial results of Re
publican policies during the last four
years. The remarkable appreciation in
the credits Of American municipalities
since McKinley's election in 1896, mean
ing great savings to taxpayers. has been
one Of the most interesting features of
the great prosperity that has come to the
people of this country.
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windfa1l to Rai1road Labor.

For the fiscal year ended June 80,
1899, gross railroad receipts were larger
by $3.50. 149. 623 than for the year ended
June 80, 1895. Such increase mostly rep
resents larger dividends Tin the form Of
increased wages) to labor. Similarly
there was a gain over 1895 Of 1885,
45S in net earnings. This has gone part
ly into the strengthening Of cash ac-
counts, but the greater part Of it into
increased dividends to stockholders. 1t
must not be forgotten in this connection
that railroad securities are owned very
largely by people Of all classes. They
are recommended to widows for safe in
vestment. They form the basis, next to
government bonds, for the investments of
insurance companies, and for the trust
funds Of charitable and philanthropic in
situations.
In 1893 there was paid in compensation
to employees of railroads the total sum of
$495, 1855, 61O, as against $445, sos, 261 in
1895, a gain Of $49,547,357. When in adj
dition we consider the increased wages
indirectly paid in new construction Of
track and bridges, in new cars, ETC., which
absorbed the greater part of the increases
in gross earnings, it will be more evident
what a windfall just one year Of pros
perity has been to the people who work
on the railroads.
The number of new miles of road built
during the year ended June 80, 1899, was
1850, as against only 1850 for the cor
responding period ended in 1895. OF
course this is significant, not merely be-
cause it has meant increased work and
more money paid in wages, but because
it increased the facilities of commerce.,
and because it made it that much easier
for the farmer to get his products into
the city to fill the dinner pail Of the city
workman.
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No Room for Calamity How1iue

Large sums Of money are being offered
in the financial columns of the Chicago
daily papers to loan at 3R per cent on
city property, ~ per cent on farm prop
erty. When money is offered at these
rates it behooves the calamity howlers
to take a back seat. Such interest rates
indicate such prosperous times as the
country has never seen before,
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Better Prices for Farmers.

The following table shows the current
market price of different staple crops on
June 1, 1896, and June 1, 1900:
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6 wine and
The colored American., 1900-06-30

10 King and Queen County, Virginia,
in 1912 sn5 from that day until this his
life has beeh busy one. With bis
parents he moved to Richmond when
twelve years of tge and was put in such
schools as was given 10 colored people
at that time. AT a tender age he joined
the church, but his early career was
devoted to politics. Gifted and brilliant
by nature he added to these charms by
a dilligerb D course of reading. At an
early age he was noted for his brillianey
and for his eloquence. An active young
republican he occupied every position
in the republican organization from
a ward committeeman to an executive
committeeman of the state. The last
political services he performed were as
delegate from the state at large to the
The colored American., 1900-06-30

Chlcsgo National Convention In 1884,
having been a delegate to two previous
conventions in 1879 and 1880. so rapid
was his progress and 30 deeply rooted
was he in the confidence of the party
leaders that in 1870 he was appointed
By Gen. Grant in his first administra
ton to responsible position IN the
Custom House at Richmond, Va. This
position he held with honor and credit
from June 1870 until August 1885, serv
ing under four different collectors. It
must be said to his credit that durirg g
the sixteen years OF his political life be
had the confidence Of all honest men of
all colors and all parties, He felt,
however, that politics was not his call
ing and that he had been selectt d for
higher and more noble work in Ilfe, the
work of the gospel ministry. He en-
tered the Richmond Theological In
stltute, stood high In his class, was
licensed to preach in 1874 and ordained
regular and set apart In 1879. After
holding a number Of minor charges he
resigned the position of General Agent
Of Foreign Missions as well IS the
psstorate of the Fifth Baptist church Ct
Richmond and took charge OF the
The colored American., 1900-06-30

Shiloh Baptist church In this city. He
found membership of something over
400 in Shiloh church at that time while
now the membership exceeds 900.
Shiloh has been remodelled at cost of
something in the neighborhood of
$1H 600 ang he has raised more than
$35 .000 Shiloh church today is one OF
the most popular and flourishing
churches of the District OF Coulumbia.
The church is a monument 10 the
energy, untiring zeal and the elequenee
of Rev. J. Anderson Taylor.
The colored American., 1900-06-30

The friends and members of Shiloh
Baptist church were in a gracious mood
last Tuesday evening. The church was
decorated in gala day attire and looked
as beautiful as bright June morning
Its capacity was tested by represen-
tative gathering of citizens within and
from without the city. The occasion
was in honor Of the degree of Doctor of
Divinity conferred by Guadalupe Col
lege, Seguin, Texas, on Rev. j. Auder
son Taylor. the pastor of the church.
The exercises began al o'clock and
were interesting from beginning to
end. Rev. William J. Howard pastor
of Zion Baptist church, acted as master
of ceremonies and filled the position TO
the satisfaction OF all. A musical pro-
gram was arranged by che good choir
inter. persed with short and approppri-
ate addresses by many distinguished
divines. Among those who spoke were
Revs. Walter II. Brooks, W. j. Howard
George W. Lee, W. B. Johnson Francis
J. Grimke and A. P. Miller. One of
the features OF the evening was the elo
quent acknowledgement Of the honers
conferred Oh him by DR.. Taylor. In
this brief speech he rehearsed the his
tory of the church in it's early struggles
and told the story of his own tribula'
ton in bringing it to its present high
plain of work and Of excellence. DR..
Taylor is Virginian by birth and spent
the early years of his life IN Richmond.
During his long and useful career in
this oity and as pastor of Shiloh Bap-
tist church he has made friends by the
scose. He has brought Shiloh baptist
from small building to the grand eul'
fee that 10 is today, and the member
ship has increased from a small mum
Der high into the hundreds. The Gil
max of the evening was reached when
DR.. W. B. Ball, d. D., of Texas, made
most happy address, part OF which
is herewith printed:
Ds. Bald addressing Rev. J. A. Tay.
Ior said: "Ysu by your past labors In
the cause of our denomination, have
&c dssred yourself to the entire Baptist
The colored American., 1900-06-30

| brotherhood in the state of Texas. We
recognize in you true exponent Of the
Baptist principles and the manly cour-
age to advocate those principles every
where. We also recognize in you
true gospel preacher, one who sets forth
the doctrines in such a clear manner
that the most intellectual will be con-
vinced Of its power, and also In such a
simple manner that the little child can
accept Its plain teaching. We recog.
nize in you true pastor who knows
how to watch over the flock OF which
Holy Ghost has made you oyerseer, and
a great friend of home and foreign mis-
sion; for during the seven years that
you were secretary Of Our foreign mis-
sion work you did more to place our
denomination in the front ranks Of
those who are laboripg to evaDgelize
the world than any of your predecessors
and IS the representative Of the million
and half colored Baptists fthe United
States, In the Worlds Evangelical For
eign Mission :Conference which con-
veDed in London, England, June 9th,
1888, you did more to place our denom'
ination before the world as one Of the
great factors in evangelical work, there
by honoriDg us and winning fer your
self a fame that will last through COM
ing ages. We look upon you as being
great friend Of the education of our
people. We believe you to be one of
the strongest advocates of everything
that will develope and dignity our peo-
pie edueationally, morally and reli-
giousIy. Believing that you are en-
titled to the highest honors that can be
bestowed upon you, the executive
board of GusdaIoupe College composed
of forty OF the strongest bfethern in
our state unanimously voted You the
honorary degree Of Doctor of Divinity,
and have authorized me as their secre-
tsry to present to you this diploma as
a token of their high appreciation as
an able minister Of the people and an
of the principles set for in the
New Testament"
DIR. Taylor has wonderful career.
His biography reads like romance.
Born in slavery, feared and nurtured in
the period of reconstruction he has
lived to see the auction block turned
nts q school house and the slave pen
10 inverted into church, He Yves born
The colored American., 1900-06-30
SHILOH'S GALA DAY,

Rev. J. Anderson Taylor Given the De.
gree of Doctor of Divinity by Gauda-
loupet College. A Grand Reception in
Which Many Prominent Divines Took
Part.
The colored American., 1900-06-30

THE
COLUMBIA ASSOCIATION
Wishes to announce to the public in
general that they will give
A Grand Picnic
1t hakeVieW Park,
THE NEW PLEASURE RESORT,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th.
1t is the largest Park in the District.
Knowing the need of q Pleasure Park
for our people, this park has been ar
ranged and fitted up with large pa
vilion 40 so feet. Summer houses,
swings, croquet grounds, and other ia.
cilities. There is plenty Of shade and
an abundant supply of elegant water
HOW ~ GEL 10 IHE
PARK.
Take the Metropolitan cars; transfer
to Washington and Great Falls road;
get off at the station at the District
Line; take the road leading to the
Girls Reform School. The Park is
200 yards above the School only eight
minutes walk from the cars.
Gates open at 9 am, close at 11.30
pm. Admission, % cents. Children
Is cents Music by Hofman's Orches-
ira. For dates, apply to J. W. Green,
1922 Florida avenue.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1900-07-19

master mind ut the Republican
convention, and that the same
man Hanna has during the last two
years made the following public
declaration regarding trusts:
1.-THE English Government is as
good us ours"
Large combinations of capital
have existed for 200 years in Eng
land
THE great commercial success
of England has been due to those
same trusts"
"Thosc combinations known AS
trusts are not a political question
at all. They are simply and pure.
ly IA business question"
1.-THE trusts have the best men
in the country at their head. | be-
licve in their organization"
ri think the trusts will result
bcncicially to the men who work
in the factories"
what harm can those trusts do
to the people of this country2"
1.-THE formation of trusts is a
step forward"
"Thcy are not intended TO in
crease profits, but to reduce cost 4"
"Trusts! There sno such thing"
"Thc story that | have defended
trusts in amy of my speeches is alb
soluiely false"
"Thc combination of corpora
tions is simply the evolution of
business; don't know Of trust in
the United States
II say they are not trusts. If
they are, prove it,
There is not trust left in the
united States. There never were
more than about Il half-dozcn, and
they all have been dissolved and
converted into large corporations. !"
In short, in the language of the
Ellicott (Md.) Democrat:
Senator Hanna at first denied
that any trusts existed. Then he
claimed that they were necessities.
Now ne asserts that the Rcpubli-
can party will smash them. All of
which would be somewhat contra
dictory if it didn't come from the
handmade of duty and destiny"