Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-12
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REPUBLICAN PROSPERITY

Chicago. May 7.-(Spec:al Correspond
ence.)-1t will be indeed strange ii the in
telligent men of Montana this year do
not rescue it from the column of demo-
cratic states and place it abreast OF the
civilization and progress OF the country.
If they care nothing for thei" own well
fare. consideration for the welfare of &C.
ooo,OO0 other people in the United States
should induce them 20 support reI ub,i-
can men and measures a. the polls. What
do local and personal contentious amount
TO when the prosperity of the whole ma
ton is involved in the question of poiiti-
cal supremacy. In 1892 when the coun-
try was prosperous the people We're mis-
led by demogogucS into tie support of
the free trade party; but the panic Of
1898 came as a terrible sequence to their
folly. That mis- sake is nor likely to &C.
cur again while men have their senses
about them and exercise the privilege of
voting in line with their convictions.
With copper and wool both nearly dou-
bled in price and all other Montana prod
ucts enhanced as a direct result Of re-
publican legislation, what earthly reason
can any Montana voter give this year
for ~clinging to the fortunes of the demo-
cracy?
The figures of exports, imports and
the increase of the former are almost
beyond comprehension. The balance
of trade in our favor is so great that
the man who declared protection to
be the enemy of foreign COM
merce can no longer defend himself
from the charge of insanity. The per
capita amount of money in circulation is
greater than ever before in the history
of the nation. Corn is selling at 40 cents
a bushel. When Cleveland was presi-
dent and the Wilson bill was in force, the
farmers We're burning corn for fuel. All
the cereals are up to a profitable figure
and twelve million farmers are happy and
busy. We are now the greatest coal
producers in the world. We are sending
steel and iron and other products to all
parts of creation, and are paying more
money in wages and bigger wages than
any other nation under the sun. There
is a demand at a good price for every
pound of cotton we produce, and the
wages of half a million cotton operatives
have been voluntarily increased from 10
to 20 per cent all over the east and south.
In view of these facts and many others
equally encouraging it is good to listen
to the voice of Charles A. Dawes, comp
troller Of the currency, who is now in
Chicago. He said the other day:
THE present outlook for the republican
party is good. The conventions recently
held in Ohio, Massachusetts, Nebraska
and Indiana demonstrated that the party
is united in its support of the adminiStra-
tons policy, and that it is determined to
sink internal differences on non-essen-
tials and unite on the great underlying
principles which are at issue in this cam
paign.
This is a critical campaign. both for
our party and the nation. The differences
between the two parties are fundamen-
tai, and not superficial. On the result
depends not alone the continuance of do
mestic prosperity; but the future welfare
of millions of semi-civilized peoples.
"On the result largely depends also the
question of our share of the enormous
trade of the empire of China, the bulk
of which, although naturally belonging
to us, now goes to other countries. If our
fair share of his trade is to be secured
for the labor and capital of the United
States the policy of the present admins
tration relating to the Philippines must
be maintained at the polls in November.
The discussion of all these questions
of our duties as trustees of the best in
terests of the peoples of our islands, and
of our moral responsibilities and COM
mercial possibilities as a nation-will
tend to deeply engage the sober hough
of the American people. And it is to the
sober thought and judgment of the peo-
pie that our party appeals for vindica-
ton of what it has done. and for con-
tdence in what it hopes to do hereafter"
Henry Altenbrand of Manhattan, Mon
tana, passed through Chicago yesterday.
He is about to start UP the Bozaman
paper mill after many set backs which
his energy has finally overcome. The es.
Establishment will give employment to so
men at Manhattan ana fully 100 in vari-
Gus other parts of the state. The latter
will be engaged in collecting old paper
and rags and in asserting and packing
the same. The Manhattan mill will pro-
duce a commodity which annually will
save hundreds of thousands of dollars tc
Montana that now goes to Minneapolis |
and Chicago. Every newspaper in the
state should take pride in ~patronizing so
important a home industry. Bozeman pa
per, like Bozeman barley, flour and dairy
products, should find Il ready market in
Butte. Every dollar saved in Montana
is a dollar made.
Speaking of Montana products calls to
mindthe fact that Montana horses are now
in active demand in the Chicago mar
ket for shipment to South Africa, where
it is said so, 900 horses and mules nave
been lost during the war. Thomas HO-
gan, the travelling freight agent of the
Northern Pacific. who has & great deA,
to do with the moving Of stock, says at
"a rough guess thar at least 2i9 cars Of
horses nave been talk ~ ou. % Montana !
by that comoany. The shipments have
been going along or otil ar lines and the
aggregate must exceed L.. ito az least.
At a price of Sc per head there has been
something over 500. 900 brought in Mon