The Red Cloud chief., 1904-09-16

kWyUDErsu2 new p0 pers nnu " lew Diat-
orSoGx,,o create lack Of confidence
he public mind by saying the coun-
n 10 going to tho bad: that great In
Hustrdes Are shutting down: that the
Railways are ~rctrencling, instead OF i'm
bsoving roadbed and equipment: that
no new factories are being constructed
Ahat thousands OF working people nrc
tate and that Republican prosperity is
\ myth. These Statements are ~ pal
pAbiy false or 80 greatly exaggerated
TINT intelligent persons are MT inislcd 10y
them, but there IL danger that when the
celsards nre reiterated by the calamity
.gs, v wlers n few people who do not keep
Ateiy IN touch with industrial and COM
hal conditions may be led to believe
man or newspaper that deliber.
attempts to create iistrust in the
cial or commercial world il little
AX than criminal. Some States have
'i& bDr laws framed for tho purpose
ste4r0J hding to prison persons who circu.
M4 tntruuhful rnmors about banks and
|9&( ofbOmpanies. If the man who causes
<XyunY on n bank by spreading II false
Ella oev is a criminal, is not the man or
vi, lvSaper that attempts tn make politi'
!Mf Apital by destroying public conf
Nh also a criminal? And, by the same
kseL is not the party that permits
yses tiM utterances OF the calam-
xkler and sprcnder OF false rumors
g 1emy of the law?
What 10 Possible.
suppose the Democratic party won a
ktory at the polls through destroying
N nfidencc In commercial and industrial
n ~ solns xx,atttt thA aI,nsnist ratinn .f tI,at
! pnrty have the confidence Of the people?
4 wouh not capital, which IL always timid
! b0 the face Of uncertainty. begin To hide?
y And when capital is distrustfui what
Happens? Industries lag or close, trade
kof the retail merchant falls off. the job
fbeg and Wholesaler suffer, railway traf-
yfic diminishes. hundreds OF thousands Of
wage earners are thrown out OF work,
distress becomes general, soup houses
karc opened and cities are compelled to
begin charitable works for the idle.
~ Mo political party that c~ountenances
: Acrcation Of distrust is worthy Of the
Mes confidence. 1t will be a sorry
VA Nor the country when the calamity
ffs succeed in reversing those bench
~ Plicies which the Republican party
u Esht into effect aud which have re-
n iA an era OF the greatest pros
any nation has ever known.
- ~ industries and business OF all
~ f~Satinue to prosper there can be
10 at. The few strikes In the build.
!ad y other trades are not Indicative OF
pas-ked conditions. Wage earners do
N nie Pike In times of panic or waning
1NN Fed irty. Strikes are generally for
.sfHop. wages. and no tOiler expects Ill
OF Pc In wages when work is scarce
zach housands OF his fellows are idle
.ccsg. IRE Is ample evidence that prosper
- y hnes are still with us. A glance n,
graz newspapers. Democratic as well a,
afyubucan. shows that millions OF dol
are being expended in building new
nounceirs and enlarging old ones, in con
INIT thing new trolley lines and improv
the roadbed and equipment OF steam
their wars.
Tore persons are employed now thai
politfeforc. As proof of this statement
or instance. the RAILWAYS, who's
plZzled always Is a reflex OF bushes
itself uJ'ns generally. The number of ON
. .f on tho pay rolls OF the railway
penuen United States on June 30. 1907
H. cl.An .3l2.53I, or $50 per 100 miles o
~ These figures, compared with thos
NJ. hr ion ui,.s ~ linz
kel ~
,AT summary OF dispatches taken froI
In, Boston Evening Transcript. IN
isbury Dispatch and other rcnu,,hI
nj k. -. 80 ~" ''l"'""'
{SPapers III thc last hve days IL her
p zen:
a,..,.., p,..
3F ~ w .'rv,"'s Hai,waSs
Wv tork.--rwo million IL the estimat
h. me cost OF the steel rails wanted h
"rahd trunk Pacific sponsors for IN
peatniscry,
hansas Slty:,-onc million dollars Is
nav. speut ny the chicago. Huntington
they tniiroad Company In the dcrclo
uiule n {" nolulhHH III 'lay county, Mo, o
-rtH nansas C''y;,
~ thsS""; n.ss' nree nunnred ana hl'
&sxcsnn nnoinrs WI, oe spcht ~ tue Goa
frcsm Henderson Point TO Point Cadet.
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ssu.u"un, soco'IpJ ~ riproS'hs ~ phsssns
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