The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-08-23
PROSPERITY EVERYWHERE.

I'm N HEh 4 ~ @MA
when they purchase goods, by mail or
money order business of the government
for the year ending June 80, 1899, over
100000 orders issued. and the increase
in amount during the same time was $780,
100000 Only wonderfully prosperous
people can send that amount of money
by mails
Nebraska,s Bank Deposits.
The most emphatic proof of pros
perity and financial comfort in
Nebraska is found in the re-
port OF the State bank examiner in
jan 1. 1900. There was deposit in
the State savings banks of the State.
most of which are outside the large cities
$21.666.11o. an increase of $4,000 in
year. As these banks the banks
in which the farmer deposits. well
the laboring man. it shows that prosper
ity has arrived in Nebraska in a very
healthy state.
Prosperity and Charity.
Prosperity benefits largely educa ton
and charity That the country is pros
porous beyond what it has ever known
is proven by last years benefactions-
The enormous sum of $40. 149,956 was
given to charity and various institutions
compared with $33, 67o 100 in 1896.
S26, 9i3.o43 in 1895. and $19.567 ZIG in
1894. OF the amount given in 1889 edu-
cational institutions received 500, SOL. SIT,
charities 3,2O6, 616. churches s.. 992,-
593. art galleries So, CSC, 800, and libraries
So, O12, 400.
When the Farmer Thinks.
The farmer is wonderful and power
full force in the United States There are
upwards of S.5OO,OO0 OF him, against
100000 manufacturing workers, and
only 36S.OOO mining workers. The farm
er is prosperous as he never was before.
and his mighty force Will be felt when
he votes to have his present prosperous
condition continued He remembers the
condition of prices of his products under
Democratic rule and shudders when he
thinks of it
Demand for Small Coins
Hon. George E. Roberts, director of the
United States mint, says that never in
the history of the nation has there been
such a call for small denominations Of
money-pennies, nickels. dimes. quarters,
half-dollars and one and two dollar bills
This is the of money that makes
change in the retail store and is paid out
by the banks in small dealings with farm
ers and wage workers. and shows how
much of it they
wyorninns's Prosperity.
As to how prosperity is coming along
in the State of Wyoming the following
| official figures the total deposits
| in the banks of the State for the past
| four years are very instructive. They
| are follows:
Dee Dee 1929 1899 81 -e sss 40 40
Dee 10 15 49, ~ 80 90 90
Dec =. 1899 5,3S4,533 10
The Price of Wool.
The Yakima Wool Growers Associa-
| ton of North Yakima. Wash, says that
| wool in that State, according grade.
sold in 1894 at from 514 cents to 10 cents
| per pound in 1895 from 6 cents to 10
cents per pound; in 1896 from ~ cents
| to IL cents per pound; and in 1899. under
| Mckinley prosperity, it sells from 10
| cents TO 20 cents per pound
l Wool in Montana
In 1894, under the Democratic free
/ trade in WOOL the average price. accord
| ing to the official figures furnished by
| the Montana State Board OF Sheep Com
| missioners of that State. cents per
| pound In 1899, under Mckinley and
| prosperity, it was 16 2-3 cents per pound.
| and this year contracts have been made
at 20 to D cents
| Very Few Failures.
| The official figures of the mercantile
| agencies show that the failures in 1899
| were the fewest in number and smallest
| in average liability ever reported in TWEEN
| tyfive years. Verify the widespread
| disaster to all business that Mr.. Bryan
| predicted would follow McNinley's cleo
| ton must have got sidetracked some
| where
Wool in West virginia.
| In 1895 the wool growers of West Vir-
| ginia We're getting, under the Wilson bill.
9 to IL cents for fine Unwashed wool. In
1899 under prosperity and Mckinley.
they received 20 to p cents. These are
the figures from the largest dealers in
| the State Is it any wonder that West
Virginia IS for Mckinley and prosperity.
Prosperity Down South
| Prosperity is abiding in the South At
lanta. Ga, has contracts awaiting fulfill
ment for $4,000. 900 worth OF build
inGs-
| Under present prosperity prices the
cotton crop of the South is estimated to
| be worth $500 ,OOo. COO
/ PopuIist Wheels Run Overtime.
The pros perity of the country is not
| confined TO one particular location
| class Even the wheels in the heads of
| the Populist leaders are running on ex-
| ira time that contract of trying to
| account for the failure of their 1896 pre-
| dicfiauS