La Junta tribune., 1904-09-17
Democratic Efforts to Breed Distrust Have So
Far Proved Futile.
.REBukE FOR THE CALAMITY noWlERs
Railway Traffic Is Heavy. New Factories Are
Being Erected, and Iron and Steel Mills
Are Crowded with Orders.

IN ne pubic mind BY saying the coun-
Hy 10 going to the bad: that great in
dustriss are shutting down; that the
railways are retrenching. instead Of i'm
proving roadbed and equipment: that
no asw factories are being constructed: !:
Idle and tbat Republican prospsrity il
Q myth. These stafsments are % pal
pabiy FALSE or % greatly exaggerated
ths4 Intelligent persons are not misled BY
them, but there II danger that when the
canards are reiternted by the calamity
howIsrs q few people who do mot keep
closely In touch with industrial and COM
!, mercial conditioos may Be led 70 believe
them.
Any man OF newspaper that dehber-
afely attempts 30 creafs distrust In the
financial or commercial world h little
Les than criminal. Some States have
punitory laws framed for the purpose
OF sending to prison persons who circu-
trust companies. II the man who causes
. run on = bank by spreading q false
report n q criminal, II not the man or
Newspaper that attempts 10 make poiiti-
cal capital BY destroying public con6-
, dsncs aiso q criminal? And, by the same
reasoning, = not the party that permits
or indorsss the uftefances OF the calam-
ity bowler and spreader Of false rumors
an enemy Of ths iaw7
what IL Possible.
Suppose the Democratic party won Q
victory at the polls through destroying
confidence In commercial and industrial
drcles, would the administration Of that
party have the confidence Of the people?
Would not capital, which In always dmid
In the facs Of uncertainty. begin TO hide?
And when capital II distrustful what
happens? Industries lag or close, trade
OF ths rctail merchant falls OF. the fob
bsR and wholesaler su1er, railway traf-
DC dimnishes. hundreds Of thousands of
wage sarneN are thrown out Of work.
are opsned and cities are compelled to
begin charitable works for the idle.
No political party that countsnAncss
ths creation Of distrust 10 worthy Of the
psopls's confidence. II will b q sorry
day for the country when the calamity
howIsrs succeed In reverdng those benen-
cent policies which the Republican party
kn1 put into effect and which have re-
suited In an sra OF the greatest pros
pEity any nation has ever known.
Thak Industries and business Of all
kinds oonkiuus 10 prosper there can be
no doubt. The few strikes In the build
ing and other trades are not Indicative OF
dsprsssed CONDITIONS Wage earners do
NOT strike In dmes Of panic Or waning
prDpsg3ty. Strikes arc generally for
higher wages, and NO toiler expects an
incrsase In wages when work II scarce
and thousands Of his fellows are idle.
, There = ample evidence that prosper
ous tm0 are still with rs. A glance at
The newspapsss, DemocNtic as well as
Republican. shows that millions Of dol
lars are being expeuded In building new
factories and snlarging old ones, in con-
srucing new trolley lines and improv-
i, ing the roadbed and equipment Of steam
railwaya
More persons are empIoyed now than
ever before. Az proof Of this statement.
take. for instance. the railways, whose
traf1ef always IL . reflex Of business
conditions generally. The number OF en-
ployss ON the pay rolls Of the railways
In ths United States on June 80, 1908.
was 1.312,537. or $50 per 100 miles Of
Line. These figures, compared with those
Of lsoe, sbow an increase Of 123 22. or
- per 100 miles Of line.
A Summary Of dispatches taken from
The Boston Evening Transcript. the
Pitasburs Dispatch and other reputable
sewspapsrs In the last I've days IL hers
given:
otsaa asd Electric Railways.
New York.-Two million 10 the estimate
ef the cost of the steel rails wanted by
The Grand Trunk Pacific sponsors for 1905
Kss:as city.-one million doIIars 10 70
g spent n the chi %cniesss. su,iinston ~, tor 4
s..s os soIdins. in Gay c.anss. No. y
Dseite Kansas City.
sAss::aS dollar: WIN &c .psns y the he cc.:s
Electric Railway In constructing Q line
mon Henderson Point to Point Cadet.
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