Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-16

following the election Of Mckinley had
produced more bank and business fail-
ures than any previous six months in
our country's history. Wait, said the
promise maker, until Mckinley 10 in~
augurated, and then prosperity will
come indeed Again the people waited,
the man of Mark was duly invested
Wit power and patronage, but In spite S
of this the promised prosperity did NOT
come.
And vet a third time the promise
maker came forth. Like Pharaoh OF
lold he heard the peoples murmurs.
And now again he changed the time ol
his tune. Wait. he said, until McKins
ley can call congress together and
change the tariff and then prosperity
Twill come indeed and in truth. Com
gress met in extraordinary session, ac-
cepted the advice Of the man OF des-
tiny that the people could be taxed
rich, and brought forth the tariff oA
4 trusts They christened their new La
4 Dor tDingley and again and again
they shouted in unison, Prosperity ID Il
come. But there arose no songs Of e
labor, no hum of Industry was heard.
i Confidence did not make business
1
Washington was in sack cloth and
ashes. The promise makers were dumb
with despair. When, lo! out OF the
orient arose wall of suffering and
! want. India held forth her fieshless
lshands and pleaded for bread. From our
4 ports went ships, grain-iaden that the
i starving charges of British imperialism
4 might BE- fed. And in return for our
! grain provisions: a stream of gold came
into the land. The American farmer
was helped in demand and price for his
4 product, he paid the interest on his
mortgage and had something left to
spend with the retailer, the retailer
gave an order to the jobber and the
jobber drew upon the manufacturer.
And then, and not until then. did the
I factory wheels begin toturn and labor
e tilid employment.
Prosperity Explained.
& The conspiracy of t.confidence''
failed: an Increase of taxes availed
lot; the prayers Of the reverent Hanna
"A isei'e unansWered-bat the goas of
want, the sinister deities that parch
,s| The Wheat fields Of India and bring
Ipp fan urs5 % the lower Noiga, affected
What The Lection. the inaugura ton and
4 ttha tariff tax failed to accomplish And
4 Iset. in spiteof claim and boast, of
Blatant shout and scream. the records
show that the year ls97-the; first of
Nv iliialal OF 1anton--gav US l33, ,351 busi-
s ness failures. With liza biiitiss aggregate
& ing She enormous total of s154.332, OIL.
This MAS the first year of the so-calledS
PROSPERITY And this despite the fact
, that The International money interests
II We're leagued 10 bring gold to this
: E5.l
! sl5instead Of looting the treasury. that a
I.3nulSitude OF public claqners were
), shouting prosperity by night and by
! day. Had the country Matted for the
Z republican party to bring a change in
B business conditions IL would be waiting
q still rich i'll 'conti6ence," but poor in
7 purse. Oyl. harps would be hanged on
: the willows Stir aud our songs hut
I Jvremiads.
Following the Indian famine and the
4 strenuous efforts TO bring gold to this
. countl.y III order that the money famine
I nqigilfps relieved, the discovery OF gold
in Alaska occurred. Thence large guam
], tities Of bullion came 10 our mints.
Following this came the Spanish war.
: Nearlg 200 .oao men We're withdrawn
from the producing occupations and
! made Gus Toners alone. The labor mar
krt as relieved and consumption was
:, :, increaset. But this was not all. Three
I 4 hundl@d millions of dollars were bor-
! | l#Iesred ana spent. Antiquated tramp
Z steamers We're purchased at thrice
Z tl4eii,5 value. Useless yachts Of broken
down millionaires were bought at fab
!, ulous prices. Enormous quantities OF
{ clothing We're purchased for the sol
diels use. Out Of date Springfield
n
: used In arnling our volunteers. Tons
OF boiled beef and spoiled beef were
: taken off the hands of the beef COM
= bine' and dealt out to the soldiers of
1 the land. The transportation COM
! hinee received twenty millions of dol
4 lars for carrying soldiers and mu-
lnitions of war. Horse doctors We're ap-8
& pointed TO satiate fever-stricken camps
Z located 10 help the fatulent purses of
\ railway systems like that OF Plant
= Degenerate sons of illustrious fathers
!, helped 10 swel! ths roll of we'll paid in
: eompetents who followed the army as
!. suffers follow the flag.
Il Out of our borrowed money we paid
. for the medical supplies that were not
= furnished 10 our men who died on
\ Montauk Point; out of this came the
salary of Alger and the pension of
!. commission that heard the one and
whitewashed the other.
e Asto Money.
al Placed in power on platform that
. became the theme for the denial of the
le quantitatiNe theory of money, the re-
T. publicans have relied upon, that theory
le in every phase of their financial policy.
Pr Denying that an Increase In money cir
W cuiation stimulates stagnant business,
st they have inereasA6 the nancy t,irc ma
lef tion by more than half billion 3dollArs
OF since their advent to power. Con1ehn-
ing any effort to raise the price OF
IN commodities as repudiattpn. they hays
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