Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-04
REPUBLICAN TEXT BOOK
Congressional Campaign Com.
mittee Issues Statement of
Party's Work.
Attitude on All Important Cues.
tons and Accomplishments
Shown.
Some New Light Thrown on the
Trusts Smallness in the
Industrial World.

do not have to guess what the repub
lican party will do. The whole worl
knows its purposes. 1t has embodie
them in law and executed them in ad
ministration.'
1 The book deals with questions re
Hating to the trusts, tariff, prosperity
the Philippines labor, isthmian cana
questions, and, in fact, with every
thing relating to the policies of the par
! ty 1t reviews the history of the par
| ty, shows that practically all lessla
ton enacted for the advancement of TIL,
country was placed on the statut,
| books by the republican party There
are copious extracts from the speechc.
| and messages of Presidents Mckin-
ley and Roosevelt relating to the
philippines, trusts, tariff, and reciproe-
jity.
| This interesting volume contains q
| long list of legislation for which the
the chapter on protection and pros
perity is the following:
The prosperity of the people which
has accompanied this activity of pro-
auction. manufacturing, and eNporta-
ton has been equally marked in every
branch of industry. Wages have adj
vanced, the number of persons en-
ployed has greatly increased, the pro-
ducts of the farm have doubled in val
ue. and the earnings and savings of the
people have largely increased.
The deposits in the savings banks
of the country-those repositories of
the surplus funds of the workingmen
the pensioner. the widow and the orph-
an--were $690.000,000 greater in the
single year 1901 than in 1896. The in
dividual deposits in the national
banks of the country We're $L29S,o6i-
$50 greater in 1901 than in 1896. Thus
the individual deposits in the savings
and national banks of the country now
exceed those of 1895 by the enormous
sum of S1,9Ss.00S.142."
The chapter abounds in figures
showing the restoration of good times
under republican policies and legisla-
ton. 1t is shown that the value of pro-
ducts has increased, wages have adj
vanced, farm values have risen, min
ing industries have prosmred. foreign
trade enormously developed, and man
ufacturing has become active to an un-
raraleled degree.
Considerable space Is devoted to
what is called THE American Invasion
of Europe consular reports being
quoted to demonstrate that American
goods are finding a foothold in all for
eign countries.
There is 90 per cent more railroad
business being done now each year un-
der the Dingley law" says the text
book. than the annual average bust
ness done under the Wilson-Giorman
law. There is also an increase of so
per cent in total amount of wages now
paid. The passenger is paying less and
the freight rate has fallen Is per cent.
That this result is due in large measure
last year, While our corn, potato. and
apple crops We're so small, relatively.
little of those staples We're shipped, still
the railroad business of the country
was the greatest in our history.
Some space is also devoted to show
ing what the republican party has done
for labor. This is conclusive evidence,
comments the text book, that 1t is not
the democratic party which is the
workingman's friend. Acts speak loud
er than words"
Under the head of TRUSTS and La
bor." the text book gives a study of in
iustrial combinations and their effect
on wages. employment and prices. This
important statement is made: In all
lines. taking together all the establish
ments which have reported, there has
been a decided increase in the number
| of employees. and in all cases, With the
exception of the travelling statesmen,
there has also been an increase in the
wages paid"
Figures are given to prove that the
profits of increased business have been
shared by the employees. 1t is said that
| the claim that while the wages paid in
| the United States are higher, the cost
of living is correspondence cheaper in
Great Britain, is erroneous. II is said
! that the American working man lives
better than the European; that he eats
more substantially. dresses better, and
| is more comfortably housed and more
often owns his dwelling; spends more
| for insurance, and, in short, has much
| higher standard of life than the Eu-
| ropean working man.
| THE attitude of the two great parties
! on the trust question is clearly defined,
| says the text book. THAT of the demo-
| cratic party looks to constant agitation
with no restrictive legislation; that OF
the republican party to such restriction
| as will prevent arbitrary advance in
prices or reduction in wages thru eX-
| elusive control, but not the destruction
| by legislation or injury by fictitious ag-
| itation of legitimate enterprise thru
great manufacturing systems by which
production is cheapened, prices OF
manufactures reduced, and permanen-
| cy of employment assured
| The record of the democrats as
shown by the text book is failure to do
anything, either In the fiftieth or fifty
second congresses, when they We're in
the majority, altho the question was
considered "In 1884," says the book
"they again grapped with the trust
problem, adding TO the Wilson German
tariff bill series Of provisions purport-
| ing to authorize the regulation OF
trusts, but which neither the democrat
| ic president nor the democratic officials
who were i'm power when the act came
| into existence made, so far as is known
any attempt to put into operation"
Combines Products Small.
| It is shown that the value of trust