Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-14

Democratic newSpa pers and "a few blat-
ant orators to create lack Of confidence
in the public mind by saying the coun-
try is going to the bad; that great in
dustries are shutting down; that the
railways are retrenchng, instead Of i'm
proving r0adbed and equipment that
no new factories are being constructed;
that thousands Of working people are
idle and that Republican prosperity l.
a myth These statements are ~ pal
pably false or so greatly exaggerated
that intelligent persons are not misled by
them, but there is danger that when the
canards are reiterated by the calamity
howlers a few people WHO do NOT keep
closely in touch with Industrial and com
mercial conditions may be led to believe
them.
Any man or newspaper that deliber-
ately attempts to create distrust in the
financial or commercial world is little
less chan criminal. Some States have
punitory laws framed for the purpose
os sending to prison persons who circu-
late untruahful rumors about banks and
trust companies. If the man who causes
run on a bank by spreading a false
report is a criminal. is not the man or
newspaper that attempts 10 make politi-
cal capital by destroying public conf
dence also a criminal: Aud, by the same
reasoning, is not the party that permits
or indorses the utterauccs Of the calam-
ity bowler and spreader of false rumOrs
IN enemy of the law?
What Is Possible.
Suppose the Democratic party won a
victory at the polls through destroying
confidence in commercial and industrial
circles, would the administration Of that
party have the confidence Of the people :?
Would not capital, which is always timid
in the face of uncertainty, begin to hide:
And when capital is distruStful what
happens? Industries lag or close. traa
Of the retail merchant falls off, the job
her aud wholesaler suffer, railway traf
tic diminishes, hundreds of thousands Of
wage elrners are thrown out Of work
distress becomes general, soup houses
are opened and cities are compelled to
begin charitable works for the idle
No political party that countenances
the creation of d.strust is worthy Of the
peoples confidence. 1t viii be a sorry
day for the country when the cal.ni:y
howlers succeed in reversing those beneii-
has put into effect and which have re
suited in an era of the greatest pros
perity any nation has ever known.
That Industries and business of all
kinds continue to prosper there can b.
no doubt. The few strikes in the build
ing and ether trades are not indicative of
depressed conditions. Wage earners do
not strike in times Of panic or waning
prosperity. Strikes are generally for
higher wages, and 10 toier expects an
increase in wages when work is scarce
and thousands of MS fellows are idle.
There is ample evidence that prosper
ous times are still with us. \ glance at
tie newspapers. Democratic as well a.
Republican, shows that millions Of dol
lars are being expended in building new
factories and enla 'ging old ones, in con
7tructing new trolley lines and impr0y-
ing the roadbed and equipment Of steam
railways
More persons IRE employed now than
ever before. As proof Of this statement
take. for instance, the railways, who's
traffic always Is. a reflex Of bushes
conditions generally. The number 81 en-
pioyes on the psty rolls of the railways
in ;he United States on June 80 1903
was i,312,537, or $50 per loo miles OF
line These figures, compared with those
ut l3V2, show 'tn increase of ID, 222, oi
II per 100 mits Of line
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