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The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

striking contrast to the ememorableyear
of Democratic ad,ersity, 1894. when
s37, 1s9,677 more savings were with
drawn than were deposited.
There is a vast difference between the
significance of strikes in years of adver-
sity and years of prosperity. According
to the annual report Of the American
Federation of Labor the 2,OO4 strikes of
the organizations af1liated with that
body In 1903 resulted in benefits to no
less than 192.b91, or II per cent of the
249.S19 members involved. In 1904 the
proportion of successful strikes wns only
37.35.
Clearly the present prevalence of spo,-
adic strikes will not serve the Demo
Gratis A. campaign Issue, except as .
boomerang.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
The Why It Works.

Prior to the establishment of protec-
tive duty on tin plate the annual impor
tation of the article into the United
States ranged in the vicinity of 650OOO,-
600 pounds. for which we paid over $2o,-
100000 year. When the Mckinley tar
iff law took effect, Oct. /. 1890, there
was not tin plate factory in the United
States. and Democrats declared there
never would be. By 1892 the production
of American tin amounted to over 49,
900. 900 pounds: by 1894 to 139, 900, 900
pounds. by 1896 to 3O7 900 900 pounds,
by 1899 to 791,000,00O pounds, since
when it has largely increased. Now, in
stead of sending millions of dollars
abroad every year for tin we make the
tin and keep the money at home. That
is the way protection works.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.
Why Should Anyone Desire u Chang.
Of E1iatinx Cnudifionsa


of Existing Conditional
When Mr. Mckinley was first elected
President in 1896 the country was in the
midst of nm industrial panic. Business
was depressed trade was parnlyzed and
confidence was destroyed. This was the
result OF four years of Democratic rule.
The election Of Mckinley was followed
by an immediate revival of trade, which
continued throughout his administration
and to the present time.
Our foreign trade increased enormous
ly during Mr.. McKinley's administration.
In 1899 we sold foreign nations S1,227,-
443, ,425 worth of American products and
in return bought only 5000, ,OO7. 1888, or a
balance of trade in our favor of $751;
366,O31 for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1898, we sold foreign nations $1,231,-
S29,95O worth of products, and in return
bought only $G16,205, ,159, balance OF
trade in our favor of S615, 100000. The
total balance of trade in our favor during
the two years was 81. .145 100000.
Compare this with the last two yenrs
OF olevelands administration under the
tarih act of 1894. During those two
years the balance of trade in our favor
was only $2S7,OOo,OOO, as against ST.
l4o, 100000 during the last two years of
the Mckinley administration. One was
under the Democratic tariff of 1894 and
the other under the Dingley law, which
is still in force.
Since the election Of Mckinley in 1896
the country has been lifted out of chaos.
stagnation and financial depression. and
brought into an ern of prosperity the
like of which was never before written
on the pages of history. Why should
any patriotic American wish to exchange
present conditions for those which pre-
vailed under Democratic tariff and adj
ministration?
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
FAVOR SOUND MONEY
WHY FiNANcIERs WILL SUPPORT
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
New Yorkers Fear the Democratic
Party and the Past Record Of Its Can
didate, Who Voted for W. J. Bryan
and Free Silver.
New York World, Radical Dem. !

New York World, Radical Dem.l
One Of the chief reasons given by Re-
publcans of this city for their support
Of Roosevelt is his position on the money
question. That is made clear by the
answers which the World Is receiving to
the note which it has addressed to the
business men who took part In the
Sound Money Parade" here in 1896.
asking them to state their present presi-
Dental preferences.
A large proportion of the Republicans
who have given their reasons-more than
two-thirds so far-have named sound
money as one of the concerns uppermost
in their minds. Over one-half Of the Re
publicans put the money question above
everything else. Here are some quota
tons from answers from Republicans:
George A Vail-Sound money and
Theodore Roosevelt.
H. H. Royce-The present admfnistra-
tion IL sound on money, Panama and
the Philippines.
f. Q. Ayers and F. ]. Pennock-
Roosevelt is the only candidate who
stands for sound money, progress and
true Americanism.
Thomas j. Atkins-I am still 4 sound
money man, nnd to be sure that l will
mako no mistake shall vote for Rooee-
welt.
George T. Boggs-I am still for sound
money and the policy of the present ad-
ministration as carried out by our Pres-
dent.
George d. Perkins-Always sound
money. always Republican.
William Bishop--l am still for sound
money and Roosevelt.
John ]. Tower-For sound money still,
l shall vote for Roosevelt.
Tappen G. Personals we believe that
sound money requires n more substnn-
tial assurance than a telegram from the
candidate of a great party to the effect
that the gold basis is already established.
We are earnest supporters of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks.
Henry Clews-With the Republican
party in power We are sure of sound
money.
Frank A. Ferris-Now, as then. and
all the time for sound money, reason
able protection. with efficient control Of
trusts.
X. G. McKinney-while Judge Parker
has accepted the fact that the gold
standard Is irrevocably fixed, his party
has not.
Thomas H. Baskerville-I shall vote
for Roosevelt and Fairbanks for the
reason TINT they believe in sound money
OH principle. while their opponents have
amply taken up sound money for polit-
ical expediency.
W. NJ. Seymour-Sound money is an
issue. If not, why did it take SO long at
st. Louis to find 1t out7
Walter L. Pierce-I shall vote for
Roosevelt. l have no use for a man
who voted twice for Bryan and free sill
yer.
]. F. Fairlamb-For sound money al
ways.
F. B. De Gress-I do not feel that
Judge Parker's telegram pledges the sup
port Of the Democratic party to the gold
standard, and In view of this shall vote
for Roosevelt.
Percy d. Adams am supporting the
party of sound money and constitutional
principles. OF course, 1 am for Roose-
velt
John n. Waydell-I am advocating 4
good sound-money President, and Roose-
welt has been tried and not found want.
In
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Remedy for Bu.ine.. Par.ly.i.

When Mr.. Mckinley was elected Pres
dent in 1896 business was paralyzed, the
revenues of the government were not
equal to its expenditures and the Cleve-
land administration had borrowed large
sums of money to meet current expenses.
Eleven days after his inauguration Pres
dent Mckinley had Congress in session,
and, pursuant to his recommendation.
1t passed the Dingley tariff bill, which
has restored prosperity. equipped am
pie revenues to the government. and, in
the language of President Mckinley, has
given labor in every field the useful oc-
cupation, the liberal wages, and the ade-
quate rewards to which skill and indus
try are entitled"
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Voter. viii H.ve to Gu.,,.

Judge Parker's letter of acceptance is
promised on or about September IL
some seven weeks before election day.
The American voters will. therefore,
have less than two months in which to
make up their opinion as to presiden-
tial candidate ''plucked from the worm
hole of obscurity," by David B. Hill,
and then only from a statement of views
whose authorship they can only guess.
Nothing he has ever done. said or writ
ten affords the slightest inkling of his
capacity to write a State paper. choose
a cabinet or steer canal-boat, much
less the ship of State of the greatest
republic on earth
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Official re.t,m ony.

The report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 1902 showed the total
number of railroad employees in the Uni.
ted States to be 1.1S9.315. The report
says: "As compared with the statement
for 1901 this shows an increase of 49,.
146. The return of prosperity in rail.
way transportation occurred about the
beginning of the year 1898 the second
year of the Mckinley administration.
The number of men employed on June
80. 1897, was S23.476. showing an in
crease in railway employees during the
past FIVE years of 365,S39." This testi.
mony as to the effects of Republican
administration is official.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Democracy and the Money Question

Democracy and the Money Question.
Alton b. Parker wi.ed the convention
chat "the gold standard was irrevocably
established by law" after the committee
which was dominated by Mr.. Parker's
special political manager, David B. Hill,
had already voted down, 80 to 10, a
plank that said the standard was mo
longer open to question Thus the
Democratic party, as represented by its
platform in committee, is in a majority
OF over two to one in thinking that the
standard is open to question" notwith-
standing that its presidential candidate
snys it is .irrevocably established by
law" II over half of the Democratic
party thinks the standard still "open to
question:" what assurance is there that
if this party should control both branches
of Congress the standard would not be
"open to question:
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
kn,shtlie.t Figure IN American Poll

[Jacob Riis on Roosevelt. the Man"
In Review of Reviews. August. 1901
A man with red blood In his veins.
healthy patriot, with no clap-trnp 5ingo-
ism about him. but 4 rugged belief In
America and Its mission, an intense low
er of country and hag, vigorous optim-
ist, q believer In men. who looks for the
good In them and finds it. Practical In
partisanship, loyal, trusting and gentle
us friend: unselish. modest as wom-
IN, clsan-handed and clean-hearted, and
honest to the core. In the splendid vigor
of his young manhood he is the knightli-
est figure in American politics to-day,
the fttest exponent of his country's idea.
and the model for It's young sons who
nre coming to take up the task he set
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Paramount. and r.ntamount.

In 1896 free silver was the PARA
MOUNT issue according to the Demo-
Gratis.
In 1900 imperialism had become the
PARAMOUNT and burning issue"
nevertheless free silver was still TAN
TAMOUNT" to what it was In 1900.
In 1904 the Democratic convention
wired to Mr.. Parker, I'VE do not con-
slider the money standard to be an issue
of this campaign"
Thus free silver, which fell from para
mountcy in 1896 to tantamountcy in
1900, has now struck the ground with
such a hard thud that it is simply too
delicate to be mentioned.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Tauxart as an Organizer.

Hon. Thomas Tnggnrt was chairman
Of the Democratic State Central Com
nittee of Indiana in 1892 and 1894. In
the first year the Democrats barely es-
.aped defeat after having carried the
State in 1890 by nearly 10000. and in
1894 the Republicans carried the State
by nearly $4,000 majority.
Mr.. Taggart was the Indiana member
of the Democratic national committee in
1900 and 1902. In that capacity it was
his duty to look after his own State as
much as II he had been chairman of the
State committee. If he did the results
Of his work did not matherialize, for the
Republicans carried the State by 26.5oO
in 1900 and by $4,000 in 1902.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Was There Any Crime.

"The crime of '73," when silver was
.'demonetized. seems to have been for
gotten by the Democratic party, which, in
1896 and 1900, so bitterly accused the
Republican party of the crime" Or
has the party really discovered that there
was no crime, after all-only n premedi-
tated scheme of the Republican party to
nlly itself with the intelligence of the
country and win popular gratitude by n
financial policy that brought prosperity :?
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

In American citizenship We can sue
ceed permanently only upon the basis
OF standing shoulder to shoulder. working
in association, by organization. each
working for all, and yet remembering
that we need each other so to shape
things that each man can develop to best
advantage all the forces and powers at
his command.-From Roosevelt's speech
to Locomotive Firemen at Chattanooga.
Tenn, Sept. s. 1902.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
p-~a, n, Party Dictator.

The tariff plank in the Democratic
slatform. as reported by the COMMITTEES
declared in favor Oof "A wise, conssrva'
dive and businesslike revision" of the
tariff. At William j. Bryan's dictation
nll the qualifying words were stricken
put and the plank was adopted in that
form. He did not want the revision to
be wise. conservative and businesslike."
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
First votcra.

This is young mems campaign. Join
First Voters Club. II one has not
been organized in your community, do it
yourself. Literature and buttons will be
supplied clubs. Apply to the chairman
OF your State Central Committee or to
the Republican National Committee, Au-
ditorium, Chicago
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

"our opponents, either openly or
secretly, according to their several
tenn pc m ents, now ask the people to
trust their prsssnt promises In con.
alteration of tho fact that they intend
to treat their past promises As null
and void. v-Pfes.dsnt Roosevelt.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

Ou important questions OF national
policy the Republican party does not ask
the people to depend on promises. 1t
points to its record of things done az
an earnest of what it will d..
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

Stealing the Platform m of the Peoples
party in 1890, stealing that of the Re-
publicans in 1oo4-How can the e.
mocracJ now pretend to he a party
based upo. convictions? Icaunot see
In the manage ment of the national
party anything or cnrth except an ef-
fort to find which 10 the best bait to
put on the hook. - Thomas 4. watsou
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
Cau.. of pro,,.rIt.

No person should deceive himself as
TO the cause or continuance of the pros
perlty that now prevails in all lines OF
business 1t is due to protective tariff
and sound money. and will continue just
rs long as we have a Republican admin
stration and not day longer.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09
THE PENDING STRIKES.
They Are of No Use as Democratic
Campaign Material.


After cropping about blindly for some
thing to take the place Of the dead 16
to free silver issue of 1896 and 1900,
the Democrats have apparently seized
upon the unrest of labor as indicated in
numerous strikes in various parts of the
country as condition which can be
charged to the Republican party. This
is merely another illustration of the ira
ditional faulty of Democratic issue hum
ters to monkey with a live wire. when
they are looking for something to win
votes.
Strikes, like the poor, we have with
us always. But unlike the poor they are
not proofs of hard times and misfortune.
More often strikes are the signs and at
tendants of prosperous times In hard
times wage earners have nothing to
strike for, except against sharing in the
losses which wait on unremunerative
industry. In good times, such as we
have been experiencing under Republi-
can rule during the past eight years,
strikes indicate the natural ambition of
labor to secure an increased share in
the profits of their remunerative indus
try.
Under Cleveland, from 1893 to 1896,
strikes signified the protest of labor
against declining wages.
Under Mckinley and Roosevelt. from
1897 to 1904, strikes have marked the
strides by which labor has raised its
wages to point never before known in
the history of the industrial world.
No official statistics of strikes have
been compiled later than for 1900, but
the figures for the sixteen years to and
including that year show the follow
ing loss of wages to employees during
two Republican and two Democratic
administrations:
Wages lost
to employees
1889 1889 to 1883 1883 {CIeyelandl ......s 49, 9st @
Total s years Democratic
,eeo administ nin ration ;......s s1l9' $50 6oi
1850 to 1882 1882 garrison; ........$ a9'S39 l5l
1897 to 1900 (Ackinley).. 61.oo5I23
Total 8 years Republican
administration S11O, ,s14
Thus it will be seen that employees lost
nearly 100000 less striking for an in
creased share of the prosperity under
Harrison and Mckinley than they did
striking against reduced share of the
dwindlinG profits under Cleveland.
But more to the point are the figures
which show the proportion of strikes
succeeding in the respective periods as
follows:
Per cent
of strikes
Inclusive. successful
1885 to 1855 (ClevelandO ndO.............. 50.43
1893 to 1906 (Cleveland). ............. 53.25
Eight Democratic years. ......... 81 .s4
1889 to 1892 (Hnrrison). on)..............4 Al "a
1897 to 1900 (McKlnley) .............. G3, A
Eight Republican ycnrs.......... o3.s4
The banner year for strikes was 1894.
which involved a loss OF S37 145, 532 to
employees in wages.
1t has been estima ted that the strikes
OF 1903 lessened the purchasing power
of the American people by fully 81 .OO0-
100000; and yet, 50 universal was the
increase in pay of wage earners that
the savings deposits of the country were
Increased by the enormous sum of $240,-
s9J. .l55 in one year. This affords q
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

Six years experience of the present
tariff law has shown that it protects the
American workman's work, the Ameri-
can workman's home and the American
workman's wages. Free nade would rob
him OF this protection in the interest OF
foreign workmen.
The Springfield herald., 1904-09-09

Total s years Democratic ...
administ ntion ......... S119. 800 col
1850 to 1882 (Harrison). ......$ 49.s59,15l
1897 to 1900 (Mckinley). ....... Gl,Oo5,I23
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22
Little Folks, Fashions.

There is little change in styles for
small boys, says a writer in the Pill
grim. Trousers of the comfortable,
scant bloomer pattern have entirely
superseded the tight fitting sort and
are gathered we'll up above the knee,
falling rather scantily over the gather
ing tape. The Russian blouse still
holds its own and requires no tie at the
throat. Sailor blouses are not in favor
for very small boys, but are worn by
the boy of seven to ten. The best
dressed child Is most simply clothed
and with greatest regard to personal
comfort. Overabundance of rufles and
exaggerated bows are a source Of In
noyance If not discomfort to the child
and an indication Of poor taste in the
mother. Little girls wear their skirts
very short, only to the knees, and made
quite full,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22
roR rARMEns


y Da1A zhem - ~ CIV.
There 80 ! great nesting e ~
bnQka 1aRssn 1t kncsln recently,
md fYufssDsr ~. =. Henry Of W1scon-
Mn nAAe ~ speE1ng address, IN which
he oaught tie attention q his bearers
and hsld + ~ the etrength Of hh facts
md The close sympathy be manifested
for the business Of farming. Calling
attention to the COW breedery assoda-
dons at work in various states, he
said that II any one ten years ago had
been so bold as to assert that gray
haired farmers would one day study
oorn he would have been laughed at.
This study is what brings about bet
ter conditions on the farms, and better
conditions induce the boys to stay
there. To further illustrate that edu-
cation pays the farmer, Professor Hen
~ told Of fifty farmers who supplied
a dairy with milk. Twenty-six of the
fifty read an agricultural or farm pa
per, the others did not. The end Of the
year showed that each COW owned by
the twenty-six had earned SOL, while
the COWS of the others brought in only
SIG, and the cost Of the feed for the
more productive cows was less than the
expense incurred in caring for the
cows that earned less money.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22
Increased Knowledge.

The increase of general knowledge
concerning the finer points Of modern
farming is a matter of note, especially
tile spread of such knowledge during
the past ten years of bulletins and in
stitutes. It is very common now to
find at the institutes a number Of farm
ers fully able to follow the speakers
with a line Of searching questions in
a way which proves they have been
doing so1ne hard thinking and have
perhaps worked out some new iGeas
fresh from the field and stock barn.
Most Of the younger men, even those
who seldom attend the meetings, are
often able to talk Of their personal ex-
periments with the latest methods with
stock and crops. An increased conf
dence in some of the newer ideas is
evident and, although the term 'scien-
tifc farming is still distrusted, there
are growing numbers who are In a
careful way making use of the best
teachings they can find. Farming has,
in fact, reached the stage where hard,
clear thinking must go with hard work
to make a first class success.-Ameri-
can Cultivator.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

EEH N NA
In laces the SNOWFALL and lily Of the
valley are popular patterns.
Bows Of various shapes and sizes
adorn the newest Louis XIV. bodices
and sleeves.
The Marie Antoinette ichu in nous
seine de sole is conspicuous as a fin
ish to afternoon gowns.
Gold and silver braid for evening
gowns is bordered on either side with
ruchings of chiffon and gauze.
For the gagged skirt, to which fash
ion is now so partial, the soft fabrics
are best adapted, and there is an ex-
tensive variety of these materials.
Neat check silks are favored for
blouses and spring wraps Of the shawl
persuasion, relieved with plain satin
pipings and lined with ivory satin lib
erty.
Gowns that are worn without coats
will sport some fancy yokes. They are
not necessarily of lace, but can be Of
shirrings Or of applications, OF the
Jokes can be little accordion plated
capes, fastened to the stock and al
lowed to fall over the shoulders. =
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22
Food For Young Pigs

Shorts and skinned milk is the ideal
food for young pigs. Where milk is
not to be had, shorts moistened with
kitchen Stops is good. In a months
time a mixture of oats and ground
barley may be added. AS the pigs
grow older whole peas stepped for
t~wenty-four hours may be fed. Roots
in winter and clover pasture in sum-
mer will in all cases reduce the cost of
production. Well cured clover hay
may be given in small quantities in
winter and will be relished and, utiliz-
ed to good advantage. Charcoal or
hardwood ashes and salt should be
within reach at all times. Professor
Henry gives the result of an expert
ment with bone meal fed with corn.
He found that % per cent less grain
was required to make 200 pounds of
pork. Hardwood ashes and salt had
nearly the same effect. We learn from
this that by the use of this condiment
the cost is reduced by nearly a cent
per pound.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-22

A stalk of Indian cor growing Wig
orously In a dish Of water without a
particle Of earth is one of the sights at
the Harvard botanical gardens that is
Of interest to farmers. 1t is found that
thene are innumerable vegetables and
ave shrubs and trees which thrive in
water which has a deposit Of certain
chemical substances, such as chloride
Of potash, sulphate Of magnesia, phos-
plate Of iron, phosphate Of potassium
and some Of the %nitrates. With the
use of these it has often been found
that a plant will grow even though the
water in which it's roots rest may
be partly frozen. The chemical ele-
ments are just as active, and the
growth shoots upward in it's natural
n The practical object Of grow
ing plants in this way is to enable the
observer to watch the process Of growth
from seed to maturity and to note the
exact effect Of various fertilizing sub
stances.