The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-09-05
CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
REPUBLICAN TEXTBOOK SOUNDS THE
KEYNOTE.

The Republican campaign textbook
has Just been issued and Will soon be
available for general perusal. After
enur1erating the principal claims or
the party for popular support - the
Dromptness with which 1t has fulfilled
its pledges OF 1895, the general pros
perity since that date and the obvious
falacies OF the opposition-the book
then presents a grand array OF sta.
tistieal evidence In proof Of the sound,
ness of these claims. Among the facts
cited in evidence Of business improve
ment under the Mckinley admlnistra-
ton are: The reduction In failures
from $34G000,000 IN 1893 and $220,-
100000 In 1896 to 5000 600 In 1879;
the increase Of clearing house returns
from $4,000, 100000 In 1896 to $S9,-
600 600, 600 In 1899 an increase of 30
100000 tons OF freight carried by the
railways In 1893 as compared with
1894, aud an Increase of more than
$4,000, 900, 900 Of bank deposits In 1899
as compared with 1894. This great
business activity, coupled with heavy
exports and light imports, which are
shown to have always accompanied
the protective system, has resulted In
an enormous increase of the money In
circulation despite the assertions con
stantly made In 1906 that there could
be no material Increase In the circulat-
Ing medium without imitation by
means OF free coinage Of silver Not
withstanding the rejection OF that
In, oil ttot ton
In the United States increased from
81, SOC, I34 .9GG at the date of Mr.
Bryans 1896 nomination to $2,062,-
425. 40G at the date OF his nomination
in 1900, while the gold and gold eertih-
Gates In circulation, which In July,
1896 were but $497 100000 were In
July 1900. 1915, 474, 900, the per capita
OF circulation thus increasing from
S2l 10 at the date of the Chicago con
vention Of 1896 to $2650 at the date
OF the Kansas City convention of 1900.
Manufactures and Agriculture.
or the manufacturers the book shows
their prosperity from the enormous In.
crease In the amount of raw materials
which they require for use In manu-
featuring aud the equally striking In
crease of the exports Of their finished
products The importations of raw ma
terials for use In manufacturing which
in the Democratic year 1891 amounted
to only S13S 30, I35 and formed only 2l
per cent OF the total importations, We're
In the year 1900 $302 264, i06 and
formed 80 per cent of the total impor-
tations. willie the expectations OF fin
ished manufactures which In 1894
amounted to but Sls3 TBS, sos and form.
ed 2l per cent of the total exports,
We're In 1900 SI32 2s4 1896 and formed
81 per cent of the total exports.
The evidence OF agricultural pros
perity under protection and sound mon.
ey as compared with conditions under
low tariff and currency agitation IN
even more strongly marked. The
growth in consumption of farm prod
ucts among our own people under In
creased earnings Is plainly shown In
the higher prices obtained 10y farmers
and In the remarkable Increase In the
value of their crops and farm animals,
The consumption OF wheat In the Unit
ed States, which had ranged In the Vi
the activities OF the protective tariff
years. fell as low as three and one half
bushels per capita under the low tariff
and the business aud manufacturing
depression which accompanied Ii, but
returned again to practically six bush
els per capita In 1899
Prosperity of Labor.
The prosperity of the laboring men Is
equally clear and striking. The re-
ports of the state labor bureaus in the
great manufacturing and industrial
centers show marked improvement
both In the number OF employees,
hours of employment and wages paid.
This Is especially marked In the manu-
featuring, mining and transportation
interests. large Increase III the wages
Of railway employees, of men employed
In the coal aud iron mines and those
engaged in all lines OF manufacturing
being shown, one interesting fact
which is shown Is that the purchasing
power Of wages has ranged higher dur
ing President McKinleys administra
ton than ut any other time In the his.
tory of the country.
Dangers of Free silver.
On the currency question the book
opens with the assertion that how
ever much the skeleton of free silver
may Try 10 conceal itself behind the
mask Of Imperialism no thoughtful
man can doubt upon moments reliec-
ton that all OF the dangers Of 1896
again thi,Hton our financial system In
the campa gn Of 1900" Attention Is
callyd T. the fact that the Democratic
convention, at the dictation Of Mr.
Bryan, not only reasserted in general
terms all of the principles Of the plat
form II 1896, but emphasized adher
enco to the free coinage heresy by spe
officially rviterating the silver dcclara
tiun2 Of 1896 In the platform adopted
IN l9j0. Ii then shows that the asser-
ton that the currency question is set
tied and that therefore the party which
settled Ii may safely be removed from
control Of national affairs is not just
fed ly the facts An analysis of pres
ent conditions In the senate and hou2,.
and the prospects of their future con
troi shows that the election of Mr.. BrY
an would almost certainly be accompa-
MED by such changes in house member
ship and state legislatures as to give
perhaps during his first two years such
control Of congress that free silver leg
islation could and would be enacted
and that this fact would from the mo
ment of his election unsette all fnan-
clal and business conditions IN the
United States and continue this dis
turbance aud business uncertainty
during the entire period from the date
of the election, Nov. @, 1900, until the
end of his term, March 4, 1905.
Trust. and Foreign Policy.
The trust question is frankly and
vigorously considered. Official records
of legislation show that the Republic
an party is the only one which has
courareously undertaken the task of
controlling trusts by national legisla
ton. The Republican party placed
rnon tho statute hooks the only Of