Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-22
REPUBLICAN POLICIES
THEIR RESULTS CONTRASTEO
WITH THOSE OF DEMOCRACY
The Prosperity of the Agricultural
Class Means that Men Engaged in
All Other Lines of Industry Are
Also Prosperous.

speech in 1896 w. j. Bryan said that
the American business man included the
man who is employed for wages, the
merchant at the crossroads store, the
farmer who goes forth in the morning
and tolls all day, and begins in the
spring and tolls all summer. the miner
who goes q thousand feet into the earth.
the attorney in the country town." etc.
He also expressed the Democratic idea
that II you mako tho masses prosperous
their prosperity will find its way up and
through every class"
The Republican party during the last
eight years, in fact well in theory.
has been carrying out this Democratic
idea" Of making the nation prosperous by
making the masses prosperous" 1t has
reached out after the laboringmen in
the cities, the farmer. the country mer-
chant, the miner the country lawyer.
etc, all included in Bryan's defpition
of the american business man." and
IL has made them all prosperous Ii
may be said of the prosperity that the
Republican party brought not for GER
tain classes. but for the masses. and
from them up and through every class.
that THERE WAS PROSPERITY
ENOUGH FOR ALL.
Through the opening of the mills Of
the United States, rendered again pos
sible by the return Of the country in
1897 to the Republican policy of pro
lection, the unemployed classes were
given work. THEY WE'RE THEN
NOT MERELY BUSINESS MEN. as
Bryan said they were, but BUSY MEN.
A Contrast of Results.
In Democratic times there was con
slant and frequent allusion to the ARMY
OF THE UNEMPLOYED. The Corey
Army that went to Washington. in 1894
to demand that the government give il
work was but a small guerrilla detach-
ment of the vast army that stayed AT
home, suffered. starved and found the
living of life to be almost unendurakle-
When this army Of the unemployed got
work, and not only that. but got steadily
increasing wages. il made a quick and
good market for the products Of the
farmer who goes forth in the morning
and tolls all day, and begins in the
spring and tolls NIL summer"
There are nearly nine million men In
the United States who make a living for
themselves and families by tiIling the
soil, and who must depend for their
prosperity on the demand for their prod
ucts from those employed in manHac-
turing inuustrleS. L ne census OF IbUJ
showed that the wages Of those employed
in manufacturing industries had increas-
ed S431 ,105, $50 from 1890 to 1900. The
figures would have been immensely more
striking conld the census decade have
covered 1894, In the midst of Demo
cratic times. to 1901. the present time.
NO WONDER THAT WITH SUCH
ENORMOUS GAIN IN WAGES To
IA AnnRINE RTfGT-
NESS MEN, WHO WE'RE GIVEN A
CHANCE TO BE BUSY THROUGH
THE REPUBLICAN, POLICY OF
PROTECTION. THE PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT IN
CREASED FROM 3i4 BUSHELS IN
1894 TO G33 BUSHELS IN 1904, THE
PRICE HAS DOUBLED. AND THAT
ABOUT THE SAME THING is
TRUE OF PRACTICALLY EVERY
THING THE AMERICAN FARMER
PRODUCES.
This farming class of business men 10
now given adequate reward for their toll
by day and through spring and summer.
IL now can, in fact already has, paid of
mortgages and started checking accounts
with the country banks.
Change in Conditions.
The merchant at the crossroads store
now finds the farmer and his wife and
children have money TO spend, and want
more and better clothes to wear, books
to read and bric-a-brac TO adorn tbs
country home. The farmer could now
afford Of he wanted toi to change from
the corncob pipe to . real Havana cigar.
and dress every bit as stylshly as the
business man in the city. pay as high
fees to his doctor and his lawyer and
just as much rent for the pew In church
His wife could dress In satins, silks and
laces, just like the city business mans
wife. and hire servant girl to do house
work that in Democratic times she her
self had TO do He could afford TO have
his daughter wear clothes that would
make her look just as attractive as the
bankers daughter in the city. and study
music. art. French. etc, that would make
her just as much at home in the most
accomplished society. lie could afford
10 send his son TO college where he could
get an education that might make him
some day railroad or bank president
or even President of the United States
The American farmers increased pros
perity reciprocally benefits the working
man in the cities, and the workingman's
prosperity again reeiprocally benefits the
farmers in the country. creating thus an
endless chain of mutual benefits
As for those who "go n thousand feet
in the earth.' etc, they. too. have fully
shared in the Republican prosperity
which has increased enormously the de-
mand for iron, copper, zinc, lead, coal,
coke and the precious metals. In mining,
as well as in all other branches of hon
est industrial effort, the american busi-
ness man" can now secure the hire that
the Bible says his labor is worthy Of
but which Democratic policies ruthless.
ly deprived him of.
The Limit.