Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-08-28

support of the people at the approach
ing election, not alone for what 1t in
tends to DO. or promises to do, but for
what 1t has already accomplished.
FARMERS PROSPEROUS.
sour agricultural prosperity has been
as extraordinary as has been our COM
mercial development. Our agricultural
growth since the Republican party
came into control in 1896 has been as
marked as was the preceding agricul-
tural depression under Democratic rule.
The farm value of the wheat, corn and
oats crop in 1901 was nearly double
that of 1896, the last year Of the Cleve-
land administration. The former in
1901, in other words, for the three crops
of corn, wheat and oats received near
ly double the amount that he did in
1896.
Rural prosperity and Republican
rule are coincidcnt, while agricultural
depression, mortgage foreclosures and
low prices for farm products accom-
pany Democratic administration of
national affairs. The prosperity of the
farmer depends upon the prosperity OF
all other industrial elements of our pop
ulation; when the industrial classes
are employed at American wages their
consumption of farm products is on a
liberal scale and they are able and will
ing to pay good prices for the necessi-
ties and Injuries of life; under such
conditions there is a good market for
all the farmer has to sell. When the
reverse is true, and workmen are idle,
or working scant time at cut wages.
they are forced to practice pinching
economy, and the farmer necessarily
loses part of his market. The Amer
lean farmer is prosperous when we'll
paid workmen are carrying well-filled
ways accompanied Republican suprem-
acy.
LABOR NEVER so WELL OFF.
1T has been estimated by the presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor that three million men were out
of employment during the free trade
period from 1893 to 1897 while the
wages of those employed had been con-
stantly forced down. In 1897 the same
president declared in his annual report
that no man in this country worthy and
willing to work need be out of employ
ment. Labor in the United States was
81 tn t,~Ia
so fully employed, never so we'll paid;
in fine, the most pessimistic free-trader
will not deny that.
This condition of the mass of our
people is the foundation and the
frame work of our prosperity. 1t is
this great purchasing power of our
wage earners that is today keeping our
mills busy, our railroads running to
their very highest capacity, our farm
ers rewarded to the limit of their in
dustry and our great army of clerical,
professional and mercantile workers
fully occupied with liberal recon-
pense.
DANGER IN A CHANGE.
Business conditions should be let
alone; the American people should be
permitted to continue onward in the ex-
traordinary career marked out for
them without having their prosperity
imperiled by experiment or change.
Pennsylvania above all the other states
Of the union should not hesitate at
this time. Let Pennsylvania, which
leads all the other states in the gen.
eral prosperity of the country, also lead
in renewed evidence of devotion to
those great policies and principles
through which those splendid results
have been achieved"
Before the close of the meeting the
following resolutions were adopted,
after eulogizing President Roosevelt
and pledging support to the entire
Republican ticket:
I'VE commend our United States
Senators Hon. M, S. Quay and Hon.
Boies Penrose for the ability and
fidelity exercised in the discharge of
the onerous duties devolving upon
their responsible positions. And Sen
ator Penrose is especially entitled to
the gratitude of the farmer and dairy.
man for his championing the anti
olelmargerine bill, and carrying it to
successful enactment"