The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-06-22
Uncle Joe Cannon, etc.,
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4 party from l1aI uay 70 tlls. IuaeF tau
policy, from an Insignificant manufactur
ing country in 1860, by leaps and bounds
while we still remained first in agrienl
ture among the nations of the earth, ",
have become more than first in manufac
lures. More than one third of all tn,
manufactured products of the wnol'
earth Is produced by American capital
by American labor, which works shorter
hours than any people on earth, and Ia
more steady employment than any PEG
pie on earth, and on the average re
ceives, conservatiyely estimated, on'
and three fourths dollars compensation
where similar labor elsewhere receive
but one dollar. Our manufactured prod
uct yearly is greater than the manu-
factured product of the people of Great
Britain, Germany and France combines
and this product is substantially con,
sumed by our own people, finding mar
ket within the borders of the republic
Although our exports OF MANUFACTURED
products is rapidly growing, last year
they we're over 100000 900, % per cent
of our total exports. II Is not few
men Of great wealth that make good
markets, but it Is the multiplied million,
that work today and consume tomorrow
with interchange OF their respective
products amongst one another; and tn.
prosperity of the farmer on one hand
and of the operative upon the other, de
pend on the prosperity of each as pro
ducers of their respective products and
as consumers of the products of Others.
Home Market the Greatest in the World
We are one harmonious whole; and II
one or more of the great industries is in.
juriously affected, those engaged in that
line of production cease to be valuable
customers for all the other producers in
the country. II we did not sell one par
ticle OF our immense product outside of
our own borders We would still have tho
best market of any people on earth. 1t
has been said, and truly said, that om
market amongst ourselves Is OF greater
amount and value than the international
markets of all the world amongst all ths
peoples of the world; and, while our PEG
pie are seeing TO it that our foreign
markets shall grow-and we are now
the greatest exporting nation on earth
yet it is absolutely necessary that w,
should see to it that we continue thai,
policy which enables US to dominate our
own markets and to continue the pres
ent and growing wage TO our own people
] can perhaps best present to you tn.
progress of the country by stating that
the wealth per capita of the United
States in 1850 was s5O7, while in 1907
it was 1925, and by stating further
that the total wealth of the United
States in 1850 was $l6,000,GOO and in
1900 sl4,O00,OO0,o0O, and now over one
hundred billions.
Progress Measured by Postofice.
But can give better illustration OF
the progress of the country under tn
leadership of the Republican party b,
referring to the Postoffice Department.
that great service that gathers no penny
of money except by the voluntary con
tributions of the people of the republic
Since 1856 the rates of postage have beer
practically reduced more than one-aa'f
In 1860, the year that the Republican,
party first came into power, the revenues
of the Postoffice Department were, ir
round numbers, ss5oO,000, while the ex
penditures were $4,000 00-a deficit on,
and one fourth times as great as the in.
come. The revenues OF the city post
office of Chicago last year were create,
in amount than the total postal revenues
of the whole country in the year 1860
Last year the revenues OF the posta
service were sl34,00O,00O, and the defic.
only si,0Oo0oO, or less than 3 per cent,
and this, too, Notwithstanding the very
large growth of rural free delivery, in
volving an expenditure of Sl0,000,0O0
This year the revenues have not been
ascertained but will safely increas by
$l0,000000, and in tn coming var BY
anothr $lo,oOo,00o, all of which meas
ures, and truly measures, the CONNER
cial, the business, the social and the in
dividual prosperity and well being of the
people.
The Wolves Want to Protect the Sheep
For more than GO years the Demo
cratic party has denounced protectio,
as robbery, and their cry has been some
times, ga tariff for revenue only" some
times for progressive free trad,
throughout the world" but whatever tn,
expression may be, they have Away.
been ready, when clothed with power, t,
run the dagger into the protectiy policy
And such is still the position of thai
party. In the closing days of the lat,
session Of Congress Representative Coch
ran, of New York, preached the pur,
Democratic faith; and there never wa
in my recollection such a demonstration
as came from the Democratic side o
the house when, with flaming eyes an,