The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-10-20
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himself as tOll0WS.s 4 5nelEpy II lsttih 5S
the following prophecy: # Vim.
Mckinley is elected and put II
power for the next four years wa ges
will decrease, hard times will come
upon us andov the land, the price
of gold will go III, mortgages will be I
forec1osed by the money lenders
and sharks, the factories and mills
will close, we will export no goods
but import from foreign lands all
the goods we will use. Want and
misery will come upon us. Re
member what say" Now that
is the positive utterance ofsthe pro-
phet of the Democratic party and
it will be edifying to examine into
the fulfllment. In the first instance
it is predicted thatif VIM. Mckinley
is elected and put In power wages
will decrease. Mr.. Mckinley was
elected but the record shows that
wages have steadily advanced until
they have reached higher average
than ever before in the history of
this country. The next prediction
is that hard times-will come upon
us and over the land. The facts
are that never before has the coun-
try enjoyed greater prosperity than
during the last three years. Next,
says.the prophet, wheat will go
down. In 1896 the average price
for wheat was SIS cents per bushel;
in 81 it was IS cents; in '98 it was
62A cents; in 80 it was 6o1z cents,
and the average for the present
year has been 1874 cents. Next,
says the prophet, the price OF gold
will go up. The fact is that the
price Of gold has gone down as
compared with all the products OF
human industry, and the rate OF in
terest is now lower than it ever was
in the past. Mortgages will be
forec1osed by the money lenders and
sharks, sings the prophet. Fewer
mortgages have been foreclosed and
more lifted since the inauguration
of President Mckinley than during
any administration iii the last
twenty five years, and more
mortgages were foreclosed during
the last Democratic administration
than in almost any other period o.
the country's history. The next
prophecy is one Of the most start
ling fa1sehoods in the whole cate
CORY, Mr., Bryan positively pre-
diets, and calls upon the people tt
remember his words that factories
and mills will close. If he hac
practised on false predictions to
ten years he never could have sue
ceeded better than he did in making
that prediction. We all know tina
almost Immediately upon Mr.. Nc
Kinley's. election factories began t.
open all over the country and eve
since they have been more actlv'
and have sent out more manutac
tured.produets than the factories Q
two-thirds of the globe besides
Then comes this prediction, w
will export no goods but will i'm
port from foreign lands all the good
we will use, In the light Of tn
facts Of our foreign exports and I'm
ports during the last three year
who can read Mr.. Bryan prophec
without concluding that he was
and probably is, entirely ignorar
of the forces which make for fol
eign commerce. The exports {
this 1country during the last yea
have surpassed in magnitude a
former years and the balance
trade in our favor has been create
by millions upon millions of dollar
than ever before. As a matter {
fact, the excess Of exports over in
ports from March 1st, 1897 I
March Ist, 1900 is $1,4S3,537, o4!
thus showing that under M,
McKinley's administration,
which Mr.. Bryan prophesiec
we will export no goods br
import from foreign lane
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