The state herald., 1904-10-21
REPUBLICAN POLICIES
THEIR RESULTS cONTRAsTED
WITH THOSE OF DEMOCRACY.
Tho Prosperity OF the Agricultural
Class Means that Men Engaged In
All Other Lines of Industry Are
Also Prosperous.

In his famous Chicago convention
speech in 1896 w. j. Bryan said that
the American business man included tho
man who is employed for wages, the
merchant at the crossroads store, the
farmer who goes forth in the morning
and tolls nll day, and begins in tho
spring and tolls all summer. the miner
who goes n thousand feet into the earth,
the attorney in the country town." etc.
He also expressed the Democratic idea
that If you make the masses prosperous
their prosperity will find 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 "Dcmocrntic
idea' of making the nation prosperous by
making the masses prosperous" II has
reached ont after the lnboringmen in
the cities, the farmer the 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. 1t
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,
thnt 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 WERE THEN
NOT MERELY BUSINESS MEN. as
Bryan said they were, but BUSY MEN.
A Contrast Of Results.
In Democratic times there was con.
stant and frequent allusiou to the ARMY
Army that went to Washington, In 1894
to demand that the government give 1t
work was but a small guerrilla detach-
ment Of the vast army that stayed Mt
home, suffered, starved and found the
living of life to be almost uncomfortable.
When this army of the unemployed got
work, md not only that, but got steadily
increasing wages, it made n quick and
good market for the products of the
farmer "who goes forth In the morning
aud tolls all day. and begins in the
spring and tolls all summer"
There are nearly nine million men in
the United States who make living for
themselves and families by tilling the
soil, and who must depend for their
prosperity on the demand for their prod
ucts from those employed In manufac-
turing industries. The census of 1900
showed that the wages of those employed
In manufacturing industries had increas-
ed S431 ,lOJ,55O from 1890 to 1900. Tho
figures would have been immensely mora
striking could 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
THE LABORING CLASS OF BUSI-
CHANCE TO BE BUSY THROUGH
THE REPUBLICAN, POLICY OF
PROTECTION. THE PER CAPITA
CONSUMPTION OF WHEAT IN
CREASED FROM 3.44 BUSHELS IN
1894 TO G.33 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 IL
now given adequate reward for their toll
by day md through spring and summer.
II now eau, In fact already has. paid OF
mortgages and started checking accounts
with the country banks.
A Change In Conditions.
The merchant at the cross roads store
now finds the farmer and his wife aud
children have money To spend. aud want
more and better clothes to wear. books
to read, aud bric.n.brnc to ndorn tho
country home. The farmer could now
afford ~ he wanted to- Ia change from
the corncob pipe To n real Havana cignr.
nnd dress every bit ns siylishly as the
business man In 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
laces, just like the city business mans
wife, aud hire n servant girl to do house.
work that In Democratic times she her.
self hnd TO do, lie could afford to have
his daughter wear clothes that would
make her look just ns nttrnciiy. ns the
bankers daughter in the city, aud study
music, art. French, etc. that would make
her Just as much nt home In III. most
accomplished society. lie could afford
TO send his son To college where he could
| get mn education that might make him
some day railroad or bank president.
or even President Of the United States.
The American farmers increased pros.
perity reciprocslly benefits tho working.
man In the cities. and the workingman's
prosperity ngain reciprocnlly benefits tho
farmers In the country, creating thu. 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 hiss Increased enormously the de.
mand for iron, copper, zine. lead. coal.
coke and the precious metals. In mining.
ns well ~ In all other branches Of hon.
est Industrial effort. the American husi,
ness man" eau now secure the hir. that
tho Bible says his labor Is worthy of.
but which Democratic policic. ruthless.
iy deprived him of.