The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1900-11-02
BUSINESS FACTS.
Enarcial Prosperity Re-
suits from a Protect
i've Tariff.
i)Eicisl Figures Show United
States Now Second in the
Worlds Foreign Trade.
! a nlty Cries Of Bryan and His
Followers Are Set at
Naught.
MARKETS Of tic World Being Captured
4 n Gold Standard and Protection
&
Esrksts Of tie World Being Captured
Cold Standard and Protection
Triumphant.

fs3 ~ bryan Is an huNOChtG VI AESG
We and free silver, but he and his
flowers have always maintained that
1 protective tariff would deprive us
Y of the markets of the world" while
ifthe gold standard. il maintained.
would result in our absolute expul-
sion from them and our commercial
ruin.
What arethe facts? We give below
Q table made from the official figures
furnished by the treasury department
of the United States. showing the
foreign commerce of the six great
civilized and gold standard nations
of the world for the year 1899. The
< figures for 1900. SO marvellous is the
Z increase in our prosperity, it is con-
fidently predicted, will put us at the
head of the list or only excelled by
one country, Great Britain. We have
( already. it is known. surpassed Great
y Britain in the volume of export trade.
Country Total Commerce;
United States S s!S
Germany lse 80 S ~,
France ~ 5ls ~
Russia .............. 4s0e9sooo
n In 1899 our commerce exceeded that
Of Germany by S57.s47,2oa, making
US that year the second nation in the
world in foreign commerce, which is
doing pretty well toward capturing
the markets Of the world" and puts
the calamity cries of Mr.. Bryan and
his followers in this respect on the
list of discredited rawlings of men
grossly ignorant of the history of our
commerce.
But in the eyes of Mr.. Bryan and
his followers the gold STANDARD that
the conspiracy against the human
race was to be the final nail in the
/ coffin of our business in the markets
of the world. In 1878, when the ter
rible crime was committed and
> ssilver was assassinated," we bought
lAf foreign countries $56,52S,651 more
THAN we sold them. In other words
we failed by that amount OF captur-
kfng any of the markets OF the world.
In 1879 before silver had been struck
down" we failed by S116.2s3,646 in cap
turing any Of the markets of the
world, for we bought just that much
more of foreign countries than we
! sold them.
But in 1896 the people OF this coun-
try voted to adopt both q protective
tariff and the gold standard. The
1 result in capturing the markets of
1.-THE world is shown by the following
( table taken also from the official re-
iports of the United States treasury
Sdepartment:
AMoIJNT SOLD FOREIGN COUNTRIES
MORE THAN WE BOUGHT.
y Year Ending
1897 81: o23 SSs
lS8 gos 10. os
lS ~ 6SI
1900 on'3s4'Voi
This looks as though we were cap
q turing the markets of the world" un-
y der a protective tariff and gold
II standard faster than any other ma
ton in the world ever captured them.
Is and when the figures for the coming
fiscal year are in it will be the pros
perity record of the world. The
truth of this is shown by the fact
that for the year ending June 80,
1900. the total commerce of the year
snrpasses by the vast sum of $317.-
729.a50 that Of. any proceeding year,
and we are still expanding. Do we
want to take any step that will es-
tablsh free trade and free silver and
at one step paralyze this magnificent
progress we are making? Ponder the
above and answer with your ballot
In November