Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-21

Also Prosperous.
In bis famous Chicago convention
speech 10 1896 W. j. Bryan said thnt
the American business man included thu
man who Is employed for wages. The
merchant at tho crossroads store. tbs
farmer who goes forth Id the morning
aud tolls all day. aud begins III the
spring and tolls all summer. the miner
who goes q thousand feet into the earth
the attorney 10 the country town, ete
lie also expressed the Democratic idea
that II you make the masses prosperous
their prosperity will end its way up aud
through every class"
The Republican party during the last
eight years. Ia fact as well III theory,
has been carrying out this .Democratio
idea" of making tho nation prosperous by
making the masses prosperous" It ha4
reached out after the Iaboringmen il
the cities. the farmer, the country ners
chant, the miner. the couutry lawyer.
etc. all included III RryAn's defnifion
Of the American business man, ana
IL has mnde them all prosperous
may be said Of the prosperity that tn
Republican party brought not for GEE
tain classes. but for the masses, mud
from them up and through every class
that THERE WAS pROSpERITX q
ENOUGH FOR ALL.
Through the opening OF the mills d
the United States. rendered ngain poe
sibe by the return OF the country ID Il
1897 to the Republican policy of pro-
lection, the unemployed classes wero
given work THEY WE'RE THEN
NtH NfJfnfsT - nIT&INfF&G zS<ts
Bryan said they were. but BUSY All GIN y
A Contrast Of Results. /:
In Democratic times there WINS CON-
slant and frequent nlhision to the AI{NfX
OF THE UNEMPLOYED. The Guxex
Army that went to Washington, Ii 1864
to demand that the government give II
work was but small guerrilla dstaoh-
| ment Of the vast army that stayed N
home, suffered. starved and found fl16
| living Of life to be almost unenlurable>
When this army OF the unemployed sof
work, and not only that. bat got steadiI<
increasing wages, II made a quick ma
a good market for the products Of khX
farmer 'who goes forth III the moruifI
and tolls I'LL day. and begins Iii fh
spring and tolls all summer" {.
There are nearly nine million men q
the United States who make living f6(
themselves and families BY tIlling IN
soil, and who must depend for tlitf&
prosperity on the demand for their prod
ucts from those employed in manufot
turing industries. The census Of 1901
showed that the wages Of those emploxc1
| IN manufacturing industries had incre0nS
| cd $431. 105.550 from 1900 to 1900 Thu
| figures would have been immensely Iuof6
ufa sx -
covered 1904. Ia the midst Of pen1o
cratic times. to 1904. the present tiu16
NO WONDER THAT WITH SUCf
ENORMOUS GAIN In WAGES T1
! THE LABORING CLASS or nuGx
NESS MEN. WHO WERE GIVEN e
| CHANCE TO BE BUSY THROuG1
| THE REPUBLICAN POLICY 06
PROTECTION. THE PER CAPITA
| CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT I1IzI
| CREASED FROM 3,44 BUSHELS I'M +
1894 TO 6.33 BUSHELS IN 1904 TIL
| PRICE HAS DOUBLED, AND THAI +
TRUE or PRACTICALLY IsVNRXz
PRODUCES.
| This farming class Of business men q +
now given adequate reward for their toll
| by day and through spring and s,inln6<
| 1t now can. In fact already has, paid IN
mortgages and started checking account6
with tile country banks
A Change in copditions.
| The merchant at the crossroads stok&
now finds the farmer aud his wife md
| children have money to spend. and W{1I<
| more and better clothes to wear bo0I
| to read. and bric-a brac to ad0rn tE@
country home. The farmer could n0(
afford uf he wanted to) to change ffQ1
| the corncob pipe TO a real Havana cl641
and dress every bit as stylishly Az {<5
| business man In the city. pay Al hiX
| fees to his doctor aud his lawyer. ad
| just as much rent for the pew in ch,IrcI
| His wife could dress IN satina silks eIi<
| laces, just like the city business man
wife. and hire servant girl 20 do hoSiS
| work that In Democratic times she h61
| self had to do. He could afford 10 h41
| his daughter wear clothes that w00I
make her look just as attractive as n
bankers daughter In the city. and sfQ(
music. art. French, etc. that would mnl
her just as much at home In che M
accomplished society. He could anon
| to send his son to college where no co(
| get an education that might make 81
some day a railroad or bank presided
| or even President Of the United Stnf6
The American farmers increased .pr6
| perity reciproeally benefits the WORKING
man in the cities. and the workinginnn
prosperity again reciprocally bcpefits q
farmers ia the country creating thus 4
| endless chain Of mutual benefits.
As for those who 10 Thousand ~
ID the earth" etc. they, too. have fuI|
shared Ia the Republican prospef(f
which has increased enormously the
| mand for iron. copper, zinc, lead, eo&
coke and the precious metals. In mimi
as well as ia MI other branches Or III
est industrial effort, the American IN
ness man. can now secure the hire IA
the Bible says his labor Is worthy
but which Democratic policies ruthIt
iy deprived him Of.
The Limit.