Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-29
WHY'RE PESSIMISTIC?
FACTS OF TRADE, COMMERCE AND
FINANCE THAT INSPIRE.
Every Department of Our Industrial
Life Shows Strength and Marked
Advances as Compared With DEM
Ocratic Free Trade Times.

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Why be pessimistic when our foreign
commerce exports and impOrts) for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1903, was
the largest in the history Of American
foreign commerce, amounting to ST.
445, GIG, AT, an increase of 1852, 279, 345
over 1896, the last Democratic year?
Why be pessimistic when our export
Of gold in the Sscal year ended June so,
1908, was only S47,090,595 against
| SIP, 4O9,947 in 1896, the last Demo
cratic year?
Why be pessimistic when our import
of gold in the fiscal year ended June so,
1903, was $46, 9S2,027 against only $685.
525,O65 in 1896, the last Democratic
year?
Why be pessim.stic when the balance
of trade of commerce in gold was only
S1OS,56S against us in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1908, compared with
| 1874, 1872 against us in 1896, the last
Democratic year?
| Why be pessimistic when our export
of Mr.. Bryan's trade panacea-silver-
in the fiscal year ended June 80, 1903,
was only $44 ,245,259 against $60,541,-
| $40 in 1896, the last Democratic year?
Why be pessimistic when our import
in the fiscal year ended June 80, 1903,
| Of this same nation saving" metal
;even at the much lower price value
which has reigned ever since Mr.. Bry-
ans first attempt to force up it's value)
was S24, 163, 491 against $2S,777, 1856 in
1896, the last Democratic year, re-
duction of only $4,613,695, though we
got more silver for less money in gold?
Why be pessimistic when of our total
imports of Stops, 619,127 in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1908, over $780,,
100000 was for manufacturers mate
rails, which helped to keep busy at
good wages the 100000 workers in
our 100000 tariff protected factories?
Why be pessimistic when in the is-
cal year ended June 80, 1903, we never
had an appreciate 1.-THE of 100000
wage earners idle at one time, against
their will, as was the case, according to
Mr. Gompers, in the best Democratic
year?
Why be pessimistic when in spite of
the fact that our merchandise imports
in the fiscal year ended June 80, 1908,
exceeded those of 1896 by $245, S95, 443,
the balance of merchandise trade was
1894, 372, 1853 in our favor against $1O2,-
| S72,264 in 1896, the last Democratic
year?
Why be pessimistic because the bal
ance Of trade in our favor in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1903, was $84, 026,-
$50 less than in 1902, while our i'm
ports in 1903 were $122, 29S, ITO more?
Why be pessimistic when our exports
of merchandise in the fiscal year ended
June, 3d. 1908, were $1,419,991, 2907
against 1852, 6O6,93S Gan increase Of
$537, 1884, 252) in 1896, the last. Demo
cratic year?
Why be pessimistic as to the protect
ing value of our protective tariff when
Great Britain after fifty-seven years of
free trade is now getting into line for
an adoption Of the system of protection
to industries on which so many mil
lions of people depend for their daily
! bread?
Why be pessimistic when our favora-
BILE balance of trade in the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1908, was 1894 ,372, 1853
against an unfavorable balance of $751;
735, 1913 in 1893, the first year Of Mr..
Clevelands second term?
| Why be pessimistic when since the
organization of our national bank sys-
tenn and the starting of 6,S62 banks on
| ~ 1872 have gone into the hands Of re-
ceivers?
Why be pessimistic when Uncle
Sans cash account for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1908, shows surplus in
receipts over expenditures of $50, no.
936 in spite of the abolished war taxes
and of increased expenditures of 1884,,
9S5, 1872?
Why be pessimistic when Uncle
Sans income is about 100000 for
each working day?
Why be pessimistic when, by the in
crease of our internal trade, in the
! fiscal year ended June 80, 1908, Uncle
Sans cash shrinkage from abolished
war taxes was only $41.764,S66 instead
of the $70OOO,OOO shrinkage fully ex-
pected?
Why be pessimistic when in the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1908, compared
with 1902, Uncle Sam sold over $4,000.
900 worth more public lands in the
west?
Why be pessimistic because in the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1903, Uncle
Sam paid out to the pensioned defend
ers of his honor and his fag-members
of his own family-the sum of $685.
425,61S, as a partial reward for their
patriotic services?
Why be pessimistic when Uncle Sam
had in his safety vaults at the close of
the fiscal year, June 80, 1903, 1861, $780,
1913 in solid gild-more gold than the
Roman empire possessed in its palmiest
days and more than now possessed by
the British or any government upon
earth?
Why be pessimistic when Uncle Sam
also had at the close of the fiscal year,
June 80, 1908, as much as 1921, 545, O12,