Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-21
REPUBLICAN POLICIES
THEIR RESULTS COkTRAsTeo
WITH THOSE OF DEMOCRACY.
The Prosperity Of the Agricultural
Cisss Mesus that Men Ensased In
All Otnsr Lines Of Industry Are
Also Prosperous.


In his famous Chicago convention
speech In 1896 W. j. Bryan said that
the American business man included the
''mnn who is employed for wages. tho
merchant at the crossroads store, thu
farmer who goes forth In the morning
and tolls all day, and begins In the
spring and tolls all summer. the miner
who goes . thousand feet into tho earth.
the attorney In the country town." etc.
He also expressed the Democratic idea
that II you make the masses prosperous
| their prosperity will lind its way up and
through every class"
The Republican party during the last
eight years. IN fact as well In theory.
has been carrying out this Democratic
idea" Of making the nation prosperous By
making the ''mhsses prosperous" II has
reached out after tho lnb0rinsmen in
the cities. the farmer. til. country mer-
chant. the miner. the country lawyer.
etc. all included In Bryan's definition
Of the "American business man." and
It has made them all prosperous. II
may be said Of tn. prosperity that the
Republican party brought not for Ger
tain classes. but for the masses, aud
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
| siblc 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.
\ Contrast Of Results.
In Democratic times there was con
| slant and frequent ailusion to the ARMY
OF THE UNEMPLOYED. The Corey
| Army that went to Washington. In 1894
to demand that the government give !,
work was but 4 small guerrilla dssseh-
ment Of the vast army that stayed at
home. suffered. starved and found the
living Of iifc to be almost uncomfortable.
When this army Of tho unemployed got
work. aud not only that. but got steadily
Increasing wages. Il made . quick and
. good market for the products Of the
farmer "who goes forth In the morning
and tolls oil day. and begins In the
spring and tolls all summer"
There srs nearly nine million msa 10
the United States who make . living for
themselves and families by tiilins the
soil. and who must depend for their
/ prosperity on the demand for their prod
ucts from those employed In mapufac-
turing industries. The crnsus Of 1900
showed that the wages Of those employed
la manufacturing Industries had incsess.
ed ft3i .i0o.S $50 from $50 to 1900. The
figures would have been immensely more
striking could the census decade have
covered 1904. In the midst Of Demo
cratic times. To 1901. the present time.
NO WONDER THAT WITH SUCH
ENORMOUS GAIN IN WAGES To
THE f.ABoRlNG CLASS OF RttS,..
SEs SE MES. ws.n s.s.eSy roi.IST TSs OF
~ Id sriON. THE PER CAPITA
CONN sMPTtOS oF WHEAT IN
, CREA4D FROM I.i< BUSHELS Is
, 1894 TOSI3 BUSHELS IN 1904. THf
PRICE HAS DOUBLED. AND THAI
ABOUT THE SAME THING I.
TRUE OF PRACTICALLY EVERY
THING THE AMERICAN FARMEt
PRODUCES.
This farming class Of business men Il
now given adequate reward for their tot
BY day and through spring and summer
II now can. In fact already has. paid OF
mortgages and started checking accounts
with the country banks.
| a Change In Conditions.
The merchant at the crossroads store
now finds the farmer and his wife sod
children have money TO spend. and want
more and better clothes TO wear, books
to read. and brica .brnc to adorn tbs
country home. TIL. farmer could now
afford df he wanted in, in chang. from
the corncob pipe To- r'il Havana cigar.
aud dress every hit Is styiishiy as the
business man Ia the city. pay a. 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
laccs, just like tho city business mans
wife, and hire n servant girl TO do house.
work that In Democratic times sbc her.
self had 20 do. lie could afford to have
his daughter wear clothes that would
make her look just as attractive a. the
bankers daughter In the city. and study
music. art. French, etc, that would make
/ her Just as much at home in tho most
accomplished society. lie could afford
TO send his son to college where he could
get an education that might make him
some day a railroad or bank president.
or even President Of the United States.
The American farmers increased pros
pcrity rcciprocally benefits the working.
man In the cities, and the workingmsn's
| prosperity again rcciprucally benefits the
farmers In tho country. creating thus an
endless chain Of mutual benefits.
As for thos. who go q 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.
rs well as in all other branches Of hon
est Industrial effort. tho American bust.
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.